North Carolina Newspapers

-A - - A Home Newspaper Published tn ilnterest of the People arid for Honesty in" Governmental Affairs. . V No. 19. Wm i H . Stewart, Editor. 1 . s - -, - . - . k ' y - .5 . "" x -, i 0 - ; LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY. Chickens Hailoe Hard Tine. A Plea for th8 Worn Out Horses. Lexington Dispatch. April Slst. The horse traders are here. Some of them .have left. There has been mighty little traffic in am- mala this court. The crowds have been small. We would just like to say, right here, that somethmg ought to be done to these fellows who drag , poor old broken down rips from place to place, trying to convert their old and aching bones into coin. Some of them can hardly move -pitiful sights. The power hons people tell a funny story in connection with Monday morning's fire. A thief stole two pairs of trousers from the men who work at the water plant at night, and had just about 'time enough toget to Center street when the hideous fire whistle be gan to sound the alarm. Next morning the pants were found, in the street. It is presumed that when the thief heard the whistle so soon after his theft, he natur ally thought tney were blowing it for him r and guilt being heavy on his heart, he dropped his booty and fled. Some say he is likely to be running yet. E. L.r Weaver, of Warrenton, who har been here several weeks in the interest of his vending ma chines, has closed a trade with Messrs. J. W. Crowell aud W. A. Anthony to manufacture one thousand of the machines. Work is already going on and some of the machines will be finished by Monday. It was invented by E. L. Smith, of Windsor. One style machine will hand you a nickel package of crackers, upon your dropping coin in the slot. If you drop a dime, it hands it back to you. Another style sells apples, another chewing , gam, another cigarettes and cigars and another smoking tobacco. People in po sition who know say that the men interested in this machine "have got a good thing." The older people will remember Professor Charles M. Symthe, a northern man who came here in the early sixties and taught school. He died here and was buried in the cemetery, A daughter has writ ten to a friend here stating that she wishes to come to Lexington in May and try to locate the grave. Mrs. Smylbe was. a Miss Harris, and the family is well-remembered by two or three of the older citi zens, and others doubtless will re call them. Friday as No. 86 was pulliDg out, bearing the last of the gentle men who attended Orange Picb bytery , a chicken, evidently bad ly out of balance, mentally, as a result of dodging about during the week when so many preachers were in town, flew up on the trian and all efforts to get it to come down proved unavailing. It knew this week the Methodists would meet in conference, and it doubt less reasoned that if Presbyterian ministers could cause such hard lines to atroear in a fowl's life there wasn't a chance for it when the Methodists came. The last seen of the chicken it was still on No. 86, as it it rounded the bend. But no doubt, even it did escape both it landed in the hands of the colored porter on the train There is one chicken lost to the Lay men'? Movements this week, but the town has many more and every one is curteously offered to the visiting brethren. Any lady reader of this paper will receive, on request a clever "No- Drip" Coffee Strainer Coupon privilege, from Dr. Shoop, RaciueX Wis. It is silver-plated, very pretty, and positively prevents all dripping of tea or coffee. The Doctor sends it, with his hew free book on "Health Coffee" simply to introduce this clever substitute for real coffee. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee is gaining its great popu larity because of: first, its exquis ite taste and flavor; second its ab solute healthf ulness ; third, its economy 1B 25c; fourth, its convenience. No tedious 20 to 80 minute boiling. - "Made in a min ute." says nr. snoop, rry it at your grocer's for a pleasant but prise. Sold by afi Grocers. GOOD ROADS LEGISLATION. I Provision liade bi the State to Assist in the Construction of Public Roads. I . ' . . .. : " ' One of bhe acts of a general na ture thatjwas passed by the Gen erai Assejnbly of 1909, telates to eooi roadB and should be the means of greatly promoting and stimulating the construction ot improved roads iu North arolina This act parries with it an appro priation of $5,000 andas stated in the act, the object and purpose of this appropriation shall be to enable the North Carolina Geol'og ical Board to advise with the township and county authorities in buildinfg and improvement of the public roads, by sending to the township or county a competent road engineer, who will assist them in locating the improved roads, advise them as to the best road to build and how to build it, and alco ,1 give advise relating to the best kind of bridge to be built in con nection with the improvement of any roao. rne ueograpmcai Board, through the State Geolo gist, may make inquiries in regard " J jry to systems of road building and. man&gemeht throughout the ed States and make investigations and experiments in regard to the best methqds of road-making and the best kind of road material, and shall disseminate such knowl edge by lectures to be given in the different clunties and by prepar- ing, pubiisning and aistriouting buUetius apd reports on' the sub jects of road improvement, and shall also gather and tabulate in formation ind statistics of road building in North Carolina and disseminate the same throughout the State.'! As will bid seen from the above, it is now possible for the Geologi cal survey to hire engineers who are competent road builders and take up . with the Various counties aud townships who are contem plating the construction of im proved roads, where to locate their roads, what? is the best road to build, giving consideration to lo cation, and how to build it. Arrangements have been made to employ W. L. Spoon as road en gineer for fche geological survey and he will enter upon his duties about May 1st. Mr, Spoon's home is in Alamance county, and he is a graduate oi the University of North Carolina. He has been it devoting. himself to the study and construction of good roads for hiteen years and during the past seven years has Deen roaa en gineer for the office of public roads of the Unitd States Department of Agriculture. He is considered by the office cf public roads as one of the; best engineers in this country and for some features of road engineering he has no equal. Thus hej comes thoroughly equipped t(j take up the various phases of ithe emneering work which he wyl be called upon to do Y 9 in the different counties of North Carolina. I The survey, which has made a thorough st4dy of the good roads problem, is confident that it will be able to save to the counties which are inaugurating a system for the construction of improved roads, considerable money that other counties, which have -taken up this kindbf work, have spent unwisely on account of lack of ex perience. j In JNorthi Carolina there are three types of improved roads now s being constructed: macadam, gravel and sand-clay. In deter- miniug thek ud of road to be built, certain impo 'taut conditions must be considered: (1) availability and suitable Irnad building mate rial; (2) estimated traffic over the road ; amount of (3) wealth of the county which is to pay for the road. Ii deciding th? se qaes tions, the road engineer of the ge ologial Burvey ehould be of great assistance to he townships or coun ties, and before these communi ties begin th construction of im proved roadg all these questions should be given careful considera tion and the system planned out before the work is started. In do ing this there. will be little chance of locating the road in the wrong 1 7 T - . , . , .; .1 ..V. . ' .-- , r , V . - , .-, , I - . T . J 1 - 1 J ' - - I H f CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Surprise Marriage. Judgment Against Register of Deeds. - :0a Concord TlmeB. April. S .'nd v v Another surprise marriage oc curred last Sunday; when -f James Cook, son of Charlie Cook, and Miss Scott Dees, daughter of R. A. Dees, went to Port Mill and were married, - ; Iu Esq. Lore's court last Satur day judgement of $200 was ren dered againdt Register of Deeds J. P. Harris in favor of R T. Joyuer, of No 9. The suit' was brought against Mr. Harris for issuing li cense to Mf. Joyner's daughter, Miss Pearl, and Adam Burns. The girl was not of legal age, and it was claimed that Mr. Harris failed to "swear on the book' the witness who testified as to her age. R. r. Grant, who has been with the Cannon mills for several years has resigned that position and is now traveling for a Richmond house selling oils, etc. He will be succeeded by Jdhn Kluttz, of Durham. f Last Tuesday evening while Unit-pValter Lipe, the 15-year-old sou of L. E. Lipe, was, gunning his father s automoble wood saw at H. G. Ritz's he got his hand caught by the saw and badly hurt The four fingers was sawed to the bone between . the knuckles and the second joint. It was thought at first that the hand would have to be amputated, but the wound? are doing well so far, aud it is now expected that the members will be saved?. Othar A. Barringer, of Mt. Pltaaant, has gone to Rockwell to take charge of the work of the Barringer Manufacturing Co., the new cotton mill there being erect ed by Rev. Paul Barringer and as sociates. It is expected that the aH will be started in Jun. " A Great Complication. When the second trialW Beach Hargis, charged with the murder of his father, Judge James Hargis, s called at Irvine, Ky., this week, one of th3 thirteen attorneys for the defense will be a woman at torney, Mrs. William A. Young. Her husband, who was one of the attorneys who secured the acquit- al of Eugene Gardner, in San Francisco, for the murder of a negro, will also act for the defense, which will be directed by United States Senator W. O. Branley. This will be the first time a woman attorney has appeared in an im portant case in Kentucky. f Hargis has at his command fifty thousand dollars fcr his defence. This includes all his mother's part of the estate left by the parent whom he killed, as well as his own share. His sister, Mrs Evelyn Hogg, now has a suit pending in which her mother is defendant, to prevent all the mdney of the es tate being used to defend the youug man. Jackson, Ky., dis patch. Swept Over Niagara. This terrible calamity often happens because a careless boat man ignores the river's warnings growing ripples and faster current -Nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ache in the back warns you the kidneys need atten tion if you would escape fatal maladies Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's disease. Take Electric Bitters at once and see Backache fly and all your best feelings4 re turn. "After long suffering from weak kidneys and lame back, one $100 bottle wholly cured me," writes J. R lilankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only 50o at all druggists. place and the mouey available for the construction of improved roads will be spent to the -best advant age. All township and county authorities are cordially invited to write, to the geological survey of fice for information on any sub ject relating to improved roads and for engineering assistance if same is desired, or for some mem ber of the survey staff to visit the county and address their people on the subject of good roads.; Extract from circular No. 44 by the state's geologist. SELECTION AND BREEDUiB OF PLANTS. Some! DetaUiilfcfomttlor M SpW Interest Progressnra Frner$ ma eartfeners :K Perhaps, there if'no one subject related to farming that in of great er importance to thr farmer -than the improvement of. his general crop by seed selection and: breed ing. The work is not only intense ly interesting but it usually result! in awkening a keener interest "in all' phases of cop production, - in eluding the preparation of the soil for the seed - bed ; 4 the cultivation of the growing plaht, fertilization , and . eLyen the marketing of the products. As a. rule ' it , costs no mere" to cultivate a crop grown from good seed, fronlimproved varieties, than it does to cultivate a crop that will produce scrub plants. The orgnators . and growers of improved varities not only have the satisfaction of hav ing made 'the growing of these crops more profitable by reason of improved quality and increased yields, thus benefiting every -one interested in their, production and consumption but .they usually also reap an additional financial re ward from trie sales, of the seed or plants ot their, improved varities. Higher priced lands call for larger yields of better quality in order to make interest on the money invested. Furthermore improved varities are stronger constitutionally and are not bo 9ubjectto effects of disease. In fact some varities have been pro duced that Ate immune to certain diseases. They aimply have the vigor to resist them. The growing. and distribution of good varities it a far-reaching faotor in our national prosperity. The breeder, therefore, becomes a public benefactor as well as mak ing larger crops himself and reap ing an increased revenue resulting from the higher pY&es which-thfe improved varities command upon the market. He may thus attain to prominence which otherwise he would never Jiave acquired. Good farming helps to make good citi zens, and good citizens help in the making of good farmers. ART AND SCIENCE IK BREEDING. The work : of producing better plants is both an art and a science. The science of breeding includes the work of the investigator in de termining by means of experiment the principles relating to the different problems of breeding. The work of the scientific investi gator may not in itself be profit able, yet it may result in valuable additions to the knowledge of the subject. The work of the investi gator is the discovery of the prin cipals of breeding. These the practical breeder may not have the training, the time, the oppor tunity, or the means to discover. The art of breeding is the work of growers who by long . experience with the crop from a commercial standpoint become accurate judges of the value of plants for cultiva tion and economio propagation. Often, -also, it embraces the prin ciples discovered by the scientific investigator or breeder. QUALIFICATIONS FOB THE BREEDER, Success in the improvement of farm crops depends to a great ex tent on some important qualifica tions of the breeder. He must have a natural liking for his work and the plants hieh he is im proving, The experience gamed by constant association with crops with which the breeder is interest ed is the most important factor involved in the production of new or improved varities. It is this experience that makes it possible for the breeder -to pick out - toe " best plants almost intuitively, although in many cases it is not possible to give exact reasons for the selections. This accurate judgment comes easiest to those naturally adapted to the work. However, it may be acquired by any careful farmer who has real interest in the subjeot by t the study of the plants from 'all pos sible scouroes of knowledge. ADAPTION TO BNVTBONMENT. The adaption of the varieties to the conditions of soil and climate where they are grown it one of thie (Concluded on page 'six ) ST ATESYIUE AND IBEOELL COUN FY. Reiepds Offfccre' Oofag Great easiness. P jCottea Uift CisiCeBprotolseif. SUtesvilla Landmark, April 80-23. Annie Weaver, a half-witted ne gro woman ' w ho ' lives on East Front street, secured a bottle of laudanum , Saturday evening and drank'a big'doBe of the drug. As Vrajultahejfweht ciazy' and for some little time Saturday night she made things lively in the negro settlement where she lives. The United States distriot court, Judge Boyd presiding, convened yesterday morning. The grand iurjp was drawn with R. M. Rose- bro, of Cleveland, as foreman. The trial of cases on th? criminal docket was begun, District Attor ney Holton and Assistant District Attorny Coble representing the government. Samuel Benton, who died in StatoBvilla last week, left an estate valued at about $10,000, about $5,000 of real estate and $5,000 of personal property. Mr. Benton left' a will, R B. McLaughlin be ing named as executor. Alarm in the vicinity of Trout man, val ued at about $5,000, was left to T. W. Hager, ' of Memphis, Tenn,, a nephew of Mr. Benton. W. O. Benton, ot the deceased, is to re ceive $1,200 in cash or securities and Mrs. E. E. Harwell, his sis ter, $800. The residue of the es tate is left to. a niece, Miss Josep hine F. Benton, of Atoka, Tenn, Charlie Summers a- noted char acter of Sharpesburg township. was arrested Sunday morning about 5 o'clock . at his home in Sharpesburg by Sheifif Deaton and Deputy Sheriff Ab. Brown, aud was brought to Statesville and lodged in jail. He is charged with retailing in four cases and illicit distilling in one case. He trsrot.OOO-bond yesterday after noon and was released. The case of the Statesville Cot ton Mill against the firm of A. D. I Juiliard & Co., of New York, was settled by compromise here yester day by the attorneys in the case. In the compromise Juiliard & Co. paid the Statesville Cotton Mill $5,030 and all costs in the case Tillett & Guthrie, of Charlotte, represented Juiliard & Co and McLaughlin & Nicholson and Arm- field & Turner were attorneys for the plaintiff. Deputy Collector J . M Davis and Deputy SheriffWard found and destroyed a large illicit dis tillery plant in Eagle Mill town ship Saturday. The outfit showed evidence of having been in use for some time and the 150-gallon still and all other fixtures were in their places when the officers arrived. The officers also destroyed600 gal lons of beer, about 80 gallons of low wines and a lot of meal which were fonnd at the plant. No- one was on the premises when they ar rived. In discussing the recent sale of beef cattle fed 'at the State Test Farm near Statesville, Commiss ioner of Agriculture Graham, who recently visited the farm, says the sales, whioh amounted to about $22,000, netted $236 in cash and 107 tons of manure, after deduct ing all expenses. Mrs. L. P. Allen and children this week moved to Spencer, where they will occupy property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Mr. Allen who is a fireman on the local shift ing engine, will continue his work here but will spend Sundays with his family at Spencer . Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Blackwelder will occu py the Rickert house, corner Cen ter and Front streets, vacated by the Allen family. Rev. J. H. Pressley received a telegram this morning announc ing the death last night at Ches ter, S. C , of Rev. C. E. McDon aid, a prominent minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church; He will be buried at Winsboro,: S. 0., -to-morrow. William. H. Cowan died very , suddenly at his home in Olin i township yesterday. He was not ; wen yesseraay one out not seem to I be seriously ill. Yesterday morn MM - . - - , " VISITS WHITE HOUSE. Senator Tillman's First Call There Fo Seven LongYears. His first visit to the White House in about seven years was paid to-day by Senator Tillman of South Carolina and he received a cordial greeting from President Taf t. His appearance in the exe cutive offices created a sensation. The Senator walked to the White House unaccompanied, but left with Senator Beveridge of Indiana. riding to the capitol with the lat ... ter in his automobile. Booker.T. Washington was wait ing to see the President when Sen atorTillmacf arrived, 4 The South Carolinan was immediately suown into Mr. Taft's private office. The call was purely of a social nature, it was, declared. " l.came" said Senator Till man, "to see if the office-seekers had fried any fat off the Presi they haven't fried a dent, but pound," Asked why he had never visited he White House in the past. Sen ator Tillman replied: "I waited ill a gentleman got here." "It's not necessary to make a nine days'- wonder of my visit to resident Taft.Y said Mr. Till man after his return to the Capi- ;ol. "We . have always been good friends, and ;I have frequently gone to see him as Secretary of War. , Whether he has inherited his office from Roosevelt, or been elected by the nedDle there is no reason for any one to suppose that he has inherited Roosevelt's mean ness." Mr. Tillman said that he mere y went to the White House to say good morning to the President and bo express his "gratification oh having a gentleman there." "I have no favors to ask of the President and no advice to offer." paid Mr. Tillman; ; "rwo&Id have gone to see him sooner had it not been for the fact that I have been out of the city. I have taken the I first convenient ODnortunitv to call upon him." . . . While at the White House Sen atot Tillman saw Booker T. Wash ington for the first time . "I was very curious to see him," said Mr Tillman, "because it enabled me to draw mv own conclusion as to' he percentage of white blood there is in him. It is over one-half. Asked what impression he form ed of Washington, Mr. Tillman replied : ' Booker Washington is consid ered a great negro, and he has great intellectual powers. He has a Jesuitical face. If he had not oeen engagea witn a lot ot people about him, I should have gone up to him and chatted with him. wouia use to discuss the race question with Booker Washington. would like to ask him a lot of questions. Washington dispatch. ing he waB still unwell but able to be up. About 12 o'clock, while lying donw, he died suddenly and unexpectedly. The police department has worked up 23 cases of retailing against Turner King, colored, who was pieced in jail Monday. It de velops that he has sold booze to all classes of people. Two or three 16 year-old white boys testify that they have bought liquor from him, While examining the cell at the jail occupied by the Cloer broth ers, the other day, Bruce Leinster, night guard at the jail, found a small piece of metal saw secreted iu the ceiling over the cell. The piece of saw had been placed in end of a short piece of broom han ble. The saw id supposed to be a portion of one the Cloers broke while sawing out of their call some time ago, It is so small that they could have accomplished but lit tle with it had they attempted to do SO. Permanently relieves constipa tion and indigestion. Regulates the bowels, builds up waste tissne. matces pure oiooa. xou - grow strong, healthy and robust. , Hol- lister'sSocy Mountain Tea, , the safest, nicest Spring tonic 85 oenti. Qornelison and Cook. Ron ta Pfeici - C::acjat -Sirzsi . Staaly .Bnterprtub April SSnd.- ' ' Dr. J. 0. Ro we. of s' Salisbury; has been-seoHred-to-mreach the baccalaureate sermon t0' the.gfad uafeing class of rAllernArle eradBd school at its olosiug(in the. latter part of May. Miss Fannie' Hartseir"surDrised her parents and friends b)f' gSirig to Charlotte lasl; eelrana1 1 vin' herself in marriagto (JaW a jrwuug uusuaess man weir known in Albemarle. Hie 'cere mony was pefomMon Wednes day. The new roller mill A that has been nnder process of erection 'tiv J. I. L. Efird and Or'. D," Moose is about, complete, and will begin operation ' iii a few. days . . All the maohinery has been installed-and the mill is a modemrone in every respect. It is located just below the Sibley shops. r. Albemarleis glad to have " this new t entajprise added to the list -of others. Rev. Hv,0. Spimkle and. H. L. Horton atteiided the ; laJymen's missionary conference - for the Salisbury district Which mifciat Lexington 1 uesday : and Wednes day. 9 Margaret, the: ihfahi child' of Mr. and Mrs. lA. EHarry. Tdied Sunda4 ina Charrotie, wlierl "sfie had been taken for treatment. The child was attaoked a. f aw weeks ago with whooping .cough, and this was followed lay pneu monia.' J. 0. Masters,, of the. Albemarle Development ? Company, returned Monday, and. began v negotiations at once for the erection of a stone and ooncrete ,dam aefoss .the stream, that skirts the . northern boundary.-, of their property in Souths Albemarle, and yesterday morning the contract for the work was awarded to L. .A.VMoody.. The dam is to be 160 feet , long , 10 feet high and 10 feet sat, base. It wilt be built some ,200 .yards above the ford where thehitream is crossed by Norwood road. Mr. Masters says the work is to begin-at once, and the. entire plans for developing vthe iprpperty.will be pushed through to . early r com pletion. He ; says the icompany purposes spending a million .dol lars on the site. PrefeTbesseJies -Heroes . Elmer 1 Lacey 1 aged ;i18; 3 Was drowned to-day as result' W the capsizing bf tt small rowbbatin the Pbtbmac !rrVer -here. 'Two -xther boys,5 Komer Baceyr the victim's brother, uahd' Deweyo;Nnttuwho were alsol in the rboat.l? narrowl v escaped the same fate and would l' . it .1 t i'a'J. - - f'f ..L '.li-ar nave oeen arownea out for nn heroic rescue by tiro negroes who were hekt the-sCene.-iVaihiir4n dispatch. 'Readers 6f WAnHkr'iW ii familiarwiththedeMlsofthcases against Fayette and i Charles ? All man. These cases were iriad ,AAV. eral days.agotJndjthef4efendants found guilty; of selling liquor in ..w.wv.u uuu in n , une ox $700 was imposed and netiee 'of ameal was-siven-. Jn tr nrni reducettfiingalhtteases was paid. The ameT wao Mith. drawaand the defendants 2 agreed to close up the plapevQn ; East In nes - street? jWhere they U been engaged m thf Sfle of soft drinks The oldfaihiflheal way of ddsing'a Heart orKidhey awj.ll wroag. Dr. Shoor -first; Dointed 1nfc tKi- error. This is whyJhfs toreScHp- is directed entirelv to the trnhma nf these.ail mehts, the weak inside or controlling nerves," It 'isn't - so difficult, says I Dr.' Shoop to strengthen a weak'' -jStomaoh, Heart,-or 'Kidneysif onegoes at it cpxreotly. Eacb lnsidergan has its controlling or inside nerve. $WM6h filufch.?nf, those everywhere to- dispense M recom- Toot I farm A . L" ll Q . vtfi j r 1 - S