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ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. 39 ASHEBORO, N. C, MARCH 19, 1914 No. 12 GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Interesting Items From Here and There Briefly Told For Busy Readers Arthur Beschke, proprietor of the Sanford bakery, died at his residence in Sanford at 10:20 Sunday morning after a brief illness, at the age of 63. Because George W. Vanderbilt left no male heirs the Fifth Avenue man sion, the art works collected by the late Wm. H. Vandermilt, the sura of $1,000,000 outright and other property will descend to Cornelius Vanderbilt under the will of his grandfather. The executive committee of the North Carolina Press Association de cided to call the annual convention of the association for Wrightsville June 24-25, and to recommend to the association that the midwinter ses sions be held, in Raleigh. Governor Craig has appointed a committee of delegates to attend tne tenth annual conference of the Na tional Child Committee to be held in New Orleans March 14-18 at the invi tation of the Louisiana Child Labor Committee. . Mrs. Minerva Burnett, aged 75, was burned Feb. 18. at her home near Can ton, N. C, when her home was de stroyed by fire. While preparing her breakfast, her clothes became ignited and on account of age and feebleness was unable to escape. James N. Bolejack, who was con victed recently in Mecklenburg Su perior Court on a charge of wife mur der and sentenced to be electrocuted, was first married to Victoria, a daugh ter of one of the noted Siamese twins. Mrs. Bart Hall and daughter Nancy and two sons, Charlie and Larkin, were placed in Wilkes county jail Friday charged with the murder of Bart Hall, the husband and father of the accused, who lived about ten miles from Mt. Airy. North Carolina lost one-half of the the $40,000 originally set aside for the improvement of the public high ways through delay in naming the Thomasville and Lexington project sites ior tne"- wnBtuwiwiv. . was worked up by H .B. Varner of Lexington. Mr. W. B. Keith forwarded to the Treasury Department March 14 his resignation as collector of cusutonis of the port of Wilmington, effective May 1. Senators Simmons and Over man recommended the appointment of 'WJalker Taylor of Wilmington some months ago and it Is expected that he will be appointed. William McLendon, a negro of Chapel Hill, has brought suit for $5,-000-against J. C. Scarboro, a negro undertaker of Durham, because the un dertaker sold the dead body of his father, Alfred McLendon to the Uni versity of North Carolina for the dissectinaf room. This is the first case of the kind in the State. Cant. Cameron Witherspoon, prob ably the oldest locomotive engineer m the State, died Friday in Greensboro after a lone illness. He was born in Orange county in January, 1846, en tered the service of the railroad at Burlincrton at the aee of 16 years and served more than 40 years. He was twice married, the second time last June, and several children 01 tn first marriage survive. The remains were buried at Burlington. President Wilson has appointed Wil liam H. May of Maryland United States marshal of the Panama Canal Zone as a reward for conspicuous ser vice rendered in the construction of the can.il. It was expected that John W. ThomDson of North Carolina. neiDetual officeholder who now has some sort of a job at Panama, was to be made marshal, but evidently the calculation of Thompson and his friends slipped a cog. Twomenwere killed and two deputy sheriffs and a woman wounded as the result "f an attempted hold-up of a Chicago and Northwestern freight train at Manlius, 111., Friday. Arthur Fisher of Peoria, 111., engineer of the train, was shot dead by one of the bandits and an unidentified robber was slain in a battle with a sheriff's posse. Mrs. Wright, wife of the station agent at Langiey, 111., was struck by 1 stray bullet. ' -' - The House of the Kentucky Legis lature has passed, by a vote of 60 to 32, a bill providing ior tne suomis sion to the voters at an election in 1915, a constitutional amendment pro viding for State-wide prohibition. The bill also makes provision for a State dispensary system for the purpose of dispensing liquor iur uieuic pur poses. The Senate may not pass the bill. All but 19 counties in Kentucky are now dry and local option elections will be held in these, ine wet coun ties contain the large cities and the big distilleries. Boys in Corn Club Contest 3,082 Boys Have Enrolled According to the figures given out in Kaleigh last week, a,vaz rjoys have enrolled in the corn clubs in the State. Wake county leads the State with 225 and Richmond is eeconu with 157. Iredell is credited with 95, Alexander with nine, Catawba six, Davie one, Rowan 90, Lincoln 11. Wm. Kearos Killed Tuesday Mr. William Kearns of near the old White House Postofflce was n the woods near Hopewell church Tues day afternoon cutting logs and when he felled a large tree, the tree struck a limb from another tree, which foil on him, crushing his skull. He lived until midnight Tuesday night. He was 65 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. He was born Nov. 30, 1855,and in ear ly life married Sofronia Steed . From this union there are six living chil dren. Ben Kearns, Ed Kearns, of this county, John who lives in Texas; and Thomas who is at Ellerbe. Cora Sam uels, of Winston-Salem and Pattia Ledwell of Thomasville.. His lust wife was Addeline Newsom. maids were in bed when the fire was $50,000 in the funds of the Goidsboro Bank and also of the National Ba ik The funeral will be conducted at Hopewell church today at 11 o'clock. TO MEET IN RALEIGH JUNE 17. Democratic State Convention May 16 to 23 for County Primaries and Conventions. The Democratic State Committee, in session in Raleigh Tuesday night of last week, named Wednesday, June 17, as the date of the meeting of the Democratic State convention, Satur day, May 16, was named as the date of the county, primaries or precinct meetings, and Saturday, May 23, as the date for county conventions. Mr. Chas. A. Webb resigned as chairman of the committee and Thomas D. Warren of New Berne was unanimously elected his succes sor, no other name being presented. W. S. Parsons of Richmond county was elected a member of the commit tee to succeed J. R. Blair of Mont gomery, deceased, and D. G. Brum mitt of Granville was elected a mem ber to succeed W. A. Devin, resigned Devin having been appointed Supe rior Uourt udge. MR. J. REECE BLAIR. An Appreciation by the State Demo cratic Executive Committee. At its meeting in Raleigh, March 10. the Democratic Executive Com mittee adopted the following paper: Whereas, the Hon. J. Reece Blair, has been removed by death from his useful. activities as a member 01 the Democratic- Executive' Committeer and Whereas, this committee, desires to make record of its genuine appre ciation of his value to the Democra tic party, as well as his noble person al qualities as a man, a friend and a citizen: Now therefore, be it resolv ed. First. That in the death of Hon J. Reece Blair, this committee recog nizes an irreparable loss: As a de fender of . his party's cause trao. unselfish, courageous and wise, his superior our state has not produced Second. That the members of this committee realize that in his death they have lost the companionship ot a genial, warm-hearted brother-man and fellow Democrat, wise in counsel, kind of heart and noble of soul. Third. That a copy of these reso lutions be spread upon our minutes, a copy be forwarded to Mrs. J. R. Blair, and other copies be given to the State press. United Statesc Express Company Will Go Out of Business. In New York Friday the directors of the United States Express Com pany voted unanimously to liquidate its affairs and dissolve it in the shortest possible time. The success of the parcels post and the recent ex-o press rate reduction by tne inter state Commerce Commission are held directly responsible for the company's retirement from business after 60 years of continuous operation. Earn ings for the five months of the fis cal year so far reported showed steady decline, with a $32,000 for November. deficit of! The late Senator Thomas C. Piatt of New York and his family for years were the dominant interests in the United States Express. The company at one time had contracts covering 38,000 miles. In part these contracts have expired, but the remaining ones are said to be of potential value, and it' is assumed they will be transferred to one of the company's former competitiors, probably Wells-Fargo Company, in which the Harriman interests have large interests. CHAUTAUQUA COMXNH. Will Be Here for Pull Week in jruly. Miss Grace Hes6ey, representing the Chautauqua Association of Swarthmore. Pa., left yesterday af ter being here for a week. In the interest of the association and has secured a conrtact signed by an hundred of the leading citizens of the town that insures Asheboro one week of the Chautauqua during the coming summer, and we will have as one of the speakers either Judge Llndsey, Champ Clark. William J Bryan or Senator Gore. The Chautauqua comes some time -during July and this week will also be featured by the Teach ers' Institute and will be a banner week for the town. The Dfberani for the Chautauqua, which includes three cervices daily, is interesiine from beeinnine to end, and Asheboitv-ts to be congratulated upon seouring this attraction. We shall publith mor about It later. North Carolina Wins Rates Washington Special Dispatch to Greensboro Daily News. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has granted the relief asked for by the North Carolina authorities and the railroads 'rom the provisions of the fourth section respecting class and commodity rated from Ohio river crossings, fat. Louis ana Memphis. The net result is to reduce the through rates from the points named to practically all the stations in Norch Carolina approximately 10 per cent. Several hundred stations in the totaie are affected, and the impression U that the decision of the commission will prove epochal in the commercial history of the State. COOK-SLACK Miss Majorie Slack Becomes Bride of J. A. Cock. At the home of the bride's pa rents, Mr. and Mis. C. W. black, at Randieman xuesaay at 11 o'clock a pretty home wedding was solemnized, when Miss Majorie Slac Decame the bride of Mr. J. A. Cook, of Burlington. Rev. G. H. Christ enbury officiated. Hie bride is a beautiful and ac complished young lady having many mends in other towns wime Mr. Cook is one of Alamance county's tinett young men. The couple lert on the noon train for Burlington where they will mak their home. Miss Slack is well known in Asheboro. where she spent several months. St. Patrick's Day Tuesday. Tuesdav was St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. and all the loyal sons of Erin were out in full force, wearing of the green, and otherwise avowing allegiance to tne patron sain 01 tne Emerald Isle. March 17th is not the anniversary of the birth of St. Patrick but of his death, which is reputed to have oc curred in the year 492 A. D. St. Pat rick was a priest sent by rope Ceies tine to visit the Emeral:! Isle and convert the inhabitants from the an cient faith, that of the Druids, to the Catholic belief. He was reputed jto have labored for 60 years among the Irish, effecting many reforms and do ing manyfTeat works, one of which tradition tells was the driving of the snakes from the island. That he broke the strength of the Druids was attest ed by the development of time and Ireland remains true to the present day to the faith of St. Patrick. Greensboro Daily Record. Tragedy at Greenville, S. C. R. Emmett Walker, aged 20, of good family and social standing, was shot and almost instantly killed Thursday, at the Carolina Mills at Greenville. S. C. by G. W. Tidwell. aged 52, a traveling salesman, of Clinton, o. Kj. iiuweu went 10 vyuik er's office, called him out and grasp ing his right hand pulled a pistol with his left and shot Walker twice. Tidwell claims that the young man contributed to the delinquency of his 19-year-old daughter and then refus ed to marry ner. ine Kiiung oc curred six davs after Tidwell learned of the alleged relations between his daughter and Walker. First Woman Convicted. Mrs. Anna Stoe. charged with v:o lation of the Mann white slave law, was found guilty in the United States distrirt court at Atlanta, Ga., Wed nesday. She is said to be the first woman thus far found guilty in the South of violating the act. Judge Newman will sentence her. The indictment alleged the trans portation of Anna Bond from here to Birmingham for immoral purposes. Samuel Stoe, her husband, was con victed in January ot violating the white slave law. Paul Garrett, of Norfolk, who buys the scuppernongs and other grapes of Eastern North Carolina at a good price, is engineering a winemen s cor poration which would represent over $150,000,000 of capital throughout the country. The Charlotte Observer jays Mr. Garrett thinks "it we must De reerulated it's far better it should be by ourselves than by some fellows in Washington wno aon t Know anyirang about the trade and who are largely influenced by spite and malice." But he d better watch out ror the anti trust law. George Westinghouse the Noted In ventor ueaa. George Westinghouse the noted in ventor succumbed to heart disease at his New Lork home last Thursday moraine. He was 68 years of age. lie became an inventor at the age of 15, when he produced a rotary en gine. George Westinghouse was born near Schenectady, N. Y., Oct- 6, 1846. His widow and only son survive. Secretary McAdoo to Wed Miss Wil son. Another White House wedding will occur in early June if reports are true. Secretary JVlcAdoo who is ou years old, a widower with six children is in love with Miss Eleanor Wilson who is 24 years old. McAdoo has been a frequent social visitor at the White House lately and although no public announcement is made it is certain that the wedding will occur in June. SUPERIOR COURT Randolph County Superior Court convened here Monday, with Judge M. H. Justice as presiding judge. There will be a three weeks term of court; the first two weeks will be taken up with the trial of civil cases and beginning on Monday, March 0 there will be a week term for the trial of criminal cases. In the Spencer vs. Bynum ef al case a juror was withdrawn and a miurial ws ordered. As we go to prees the jury has the case of p. A. Williams et al vs. Seth W.LauHi lin. 1 The following jurors were drawn i'cr the., firs-t week of court; Aithur McColliiim, J. L. Henry, James CoutlDs, H. T. Wright. W. P. Pickett, John T. Mofl'itt. J. R. Coble, A. O. Green, S. B. Davis. A. A. Smith, w. H. Watkins. Jr., A. Lamb, B. C. Rich. J. V. Caudle, R. E. Green, E. S. Gray, J. W. Yow, W. II. Wheeler. John H. Hinshaw, Samuel Lambeth. BONDS FOR ASHEBORO WATER SYSTEM SOLD. The $20,000 in bonds recently issued for the water extension by the town commissioners have been sold to Messrs. Bolger, Moser and William, of Chicago.Ill. , at par. Work on the water extension will be begun in a month. Mayor Craniord has been pushing this steadily. Biltmore Estate and $5,000,000 to Cornelia anderbilt. The will of the late George W. Van derbilt leaves his entire estate esti mated at 20,000 000 t his widow and his only daughter. Biltmore. Mr. Vanderbil's world- famous estate in North Carolina is left to his daughter Cornelia who is 12 years old. She also receives 000,000 in cash and is made residu ary legatee. Mrs. Vanderbilt receives the estate at Bar Haven, Maine, the Vanderbilt home in Washington, $250,000 in casn a life interest in a trust fund of $1, 000,000 wheih she may dispose of at her death as she sees fit, and part of the real estate in North Carolina known a? Pisgah Forest, containing about 80,000 acres, together with the contracts for the sale of timber there. Southern Will Deliver No Liquor at .. . - - High Point. High Point, March 17. No mote whiskey will be deilvered at High Point by the Southern Railway Com pany is the latest and best news tne people here have heard for some inie. It has been told by O. A. Schauh, the agent, who says he has orders to tnat effect. Wellesey College Bdilding Burned The Wellesey College Hall, at Wd lesley,, Mass., was burned Tuesday night. Two hundred and fifty stu dents, fifty instructors and fifty tvii.lc man in lierl wVlpn the 7.1-0 WUS discovered. One girl rung the alarm, uhilo nthprs rushed through the burn ing halls, waking the sleeping fellow students, rertect discipline, eooineso and bravery on the part of students and faculty members prevented loss ol nie or injury, ine loss was esti mated at $10,000,000 with $000,000 in surance. Bank Shortage at Goidsboro. A shortage of $25,000 in the funds of the Goidsboro National Bank and !j;"0,000 inthe funds of the Goidsboro Savings and Trust Company was made public Monday. Mr. ceorge a Norwood, president of the Saving lU.iiik and also of the National a Link, I personally deposited $."0,000 for the I purpose of meeting the shortage. Mr. 1 11. C. Smith an employe in the Na tional Bank was bonded for $10,000. fco the shortage was only $-10,000. Mr. Mnilh is suspected and the money is. ! sitid to have been lost by speculation ! in cotton features. Dr. S. B. Turrentine Inaugurated Yes terday at Greensboro College. Dr. S. B. Turrentine was inaugurate President of Greensboro College for Women Wednesday. Among the not ed speakers were: Governor Locke Craig and Dr. Bruce R. Payne, presi dent of George Peabody College for teachers. A luncheon followed the exercises, admission to which was only by card. Growth of Building and Loan Asso ciations. The growth of building and loan as sociations in North Carolina during the past ten years has been remar kable, especially in view of the fact that series of stock are being retired twice a year by most companies. In 1904 there were 41 building and loan associations in North Carolina with assets of $2,542,988.51. The number had jumped in 1913 to 131, and the assets had increased to $9,581,773.89. These associations are under the su pervision of the Insurance Commis sioner, and their affairs are regularly investigated. They exist primarily for the poor man and man of small means, and are doing a great part in providing homes and developing the habit of thrift. Wireless Telephone Tests. William Marconi, inventor of wira ss telegraphy, is in Sicily this week. experimenting in the sedning of wira- s telephone messages from thai is land to England. THE LOST $20,000.00 Varner Explains Why States- ville Mocksville - Winston Salem Road Failed to Get Money. Mr. Parker R. Anders-on, the Washington correspondent of the Greensboro Daily News, created quite a s-nsaticn in his paper .Sun day morning by sending out a repor from Washington that this stale had lest $20-000 of the foity thou- and thft was allotted by the Gov ernment to be spent in North Caro lina. 1 1:1s was the $20,000 that was designated by Governor Ciaig t( be spent on the road between Win- Eton-Salem. Mocksville and States- ville. Mr. Anderson in his fertile imagination, and it appears "with malice aforethought. charged that was to blame, llieie was not a scintilla of evidence to show that I was to blame in any way, shape or form, because I had no more to do with the designation of the $20- 000 to be spent on the Winston- Mocksville-Statesville road thaii the "man in the moon." Mr. Anderson should have known this and could have found out the true facts if he had wanted them and if he had made any investigation whatever. This aiticle in the Greensboro Daily News did n:e such a great injustice that while in Washington Monday I made a thorough invent! gation and thoroughly explained the matter in detail to Mr. Anderson and at his request made a written statement of the whole affair, but he has so far failed to publish this tatenient. and In his communica tion TUei-:daymoining continued to ' muddy the waters, and make it appear that there was a "nigger in the wood-pile." when the whole sit uation is as clear as the neon day sun. Every man who has been con nected with this matter knows that I was not to blame in any way- shape or form, and I have been thoi oughly exonerated by statements made by Governor Locke Craig. Sen ator Lee S. Overman and Mr. Geo. L. Wood, Chief of the Rural Divis ion of the Fourth Assistant Post master General's office, who has the United States Government's end of this matter in charge, The United States' Government first allotted to North Carolina $10,000. This Governor Craig des ignated to be spent on the Central Highway through Old Fort town ship, from Ridge Crest to the top of the Blue Ridge via Old Fort to the Marion township line. At the request cf the Old Fort Highway Commission I assisted them in pre paring their papers and securing their money. In June. 19 13, the government, at the suggestion of Senator Simmons. increased the allotment to .Noitl Carolina to $40,000. Governor Crain designated that $10,000 of this monv be spent on the Central Highway from the IGuiliord county line south via Thomasville and Lex ington toward the Rowan cotuily line. He appointed ine to represent him in furnishing a description of this road to the Government, which I did and $lu.0oo has been st aside to be pent in Davidson coun ty, and the $-0,000 to cover same lias been raised and appropriated hy Thomasville and L.".ingu.n tovin-s'aipsi. uovernor Ciaig designated that tu lowlli We got as far as Ashland and her $2i.0t(.i sliculn le tp.t "!vpnt j:,to camp. The now boys that the road between Winston-Sale'ii AU'.cKsvi!ie ti mi fitut'.viik ar.d nr pointvd Cart. V. H. Hi-nrs of Win-;a-in. We )t,ft ti,e ,r,V3 vho had the ton-Salt.m av Lis I eprci.tath e to nu.asIes at tho hospital. Wo leauh-.-d luii i-i, full d.scni.tmi of '"'-IFir-hinonJ and stopped for the nig'.:t. i-.;ui. winch y.r. Hanc-s did, but ; Next ,ay our retrimei-t took li e boats Gtciiptiou was i:.,t sati-iact..iy u.'for Han.is. landing, near Yorkto.v:.. the i'o.-toliict- lH-paitmei't and the We marched about uuht miles u.ul approiiati-n was wuhdiavw,. wl..ciiwent iflto ctu11)1. ve were sent down v.ua o. s in iw v."""l,,' forsjth. Davie and Iredell - On Februaiy 2 1st. 5914. t!'c fouit!. A'--MaM FosUna:-ter Gen - eral v rote '..U veri er C'raitr and In - formed him that if the designations :wnen j j,0t tothe war. I have got and dei-ciiplii.-Pf.- of the road weio ten to the tiring line after twelve i:t in their offices in Washington !m0nths of traveling. Next number in ten days that this approbation wj;i ten wnat the war reai!v is. would be withdrawn. 1 immediate- (i'0 ue continued.) ': ly made my description, which was satisfactory to the Government. The two h, , " . time limit for this description to be c ' "1 . " -urs' session of the iu the postmaster Generals office .ftahe Ac executive comniit was March 3rd, but cn account of 'He in,a -igh Tuesday night Thos. D, srme of the officials of the counties I Warr.'-i, of Newbern, was 'ected through which the Winston-Mocks-l,4ie'.Irman to succeed. C'a, a whl. .,m i .,.. .ii I.. i , ' . "uw .i.iiMCvuus 'ilu inn aD - seat, Mr. Hanes was unayie to Rtt hh final ttaiement in until after this time, expired, and that. Is the excuse of the I'Obtofru-e Department for withdrawing the. $20,000. I speLt last Thursday lu Winston, at the request of Mr. Hanes, assist ing him to make up a new set of P; pers iu accordance with the sug gestions of the Government, hoping to get theni to reconsidei and let thei?e people have their $.0.0o0 1 did ever.v'Uiir g I could in Washing ton Monday to airist Mr. Manes in this matter ?rd wo were p acticaHv assured that a little lf.ter in that they would secure their $20-000.' Tiie I'ortoflJce Department nrden-il' a-, it;.i;if( r iiorn the Oi'iiee i f rub lic Pj ads to no to Wiiisim at or.co to r,iH'u a l'.tliiiiinai-,' mrvry rf the road lrc.n Wir.mli to states-1 viile .ith an cvtJ.'uato f tin; cm of I bv.l-:irg the read. ., i iili-v,, i.t ''" :". !!':- v.iil ccmo t.i t all liiJit iu m end. All litis attempt to put l o I on me or on Cuvenici Lit-i:- u TURNER'S ROMANCE NO. 6 (Continued from last week.) When that day rolled around it was foggy on the river. We opened fire on the Yankees with our big guns. I never heard such noice. The whole earth shook, everything was aquiver around us. Across the river they had found out what we had done so the Yankees raised some guns over on their side. It was fun to see our boys and the Yankees shoot at each other across the river. They started a ia;l- road on their side out of reaoh of our guns and run around us and conectcd to the river above us. So all of our work profited the South nothing. In February they called for men to volunteer for three years, or dur ing the war. I hey would pay the boys $50 bounty and 30 days furlough. A great many of the boys-volunteered. I did not volunteer as my time was out in June. On April the 10th the first conscript act was passed, that all men between 18 and 35 years of age were to be pressed into service. So that includ ed me. I must tell a joke on our Colonel. We boys would talk to each other when on pickett across the riv.r, and when the Colonel found it out I was on guard. He came down for a little talk with the boys. He told me to get the boys to talking and then he would take hold of them. I got them started. The first word he spoke was in a different voice. The answer from them was "Who is that? "This is Colonel Pettigrew." "Colonel Petti grew you and your men grease your heels and slip back in the Union. I will bet you $100 that you nor any one of your men haven't any hair on your breast." "What makes you think "All wore off climbing those persimmon trees to get the fruit to eat.". The Colonel turned to me, and said, "Sergeant, I will quit them. He never tried them again. By this time our boys that had re- enlisted were making arrangements to start home with their $50 and 60 days furlough. The Yankees were dividing their army into two part3. Jackson and Breckinridge was to watch north of Richmond and John son to look after the southeast part of Richmond. We were with John son. March was here and our big guns were rolled in the river and lay there. , Our necessary baggage was. sent to Richmond. Our brig ade all left for Yorktown and march ed down there 125 miles. The 12th Regiment was left back for some purpose. Ia a few days we started our march for the point. We got to Fredericksburg and took up camp. It was now April and the boys who had been on a furlough had returned. Others had joined us. We had now a full regiment. We now became the 22nd Regiment. North Carolina had 10 regiments of three-year vol unteers and 12 regiments of 12 months boys. They were all put to gether and our3 was raised to the 22nd Regiment. We were reorgan ized and new ofii-.-ers were elected. In Company M, our company, we elected Laban Odell ctptain, W. B. Kivett first lieutenant, C. F. Siler second lieutenant, L. T. McMasters third lieutenai't, Milton Lawrence fourth lieutenant. All vrere new men except McMasters. Before our time was up these old commissioned officers luul a right to resign and come home, which they did, except !McMartsrs. Everything was straight jened out. We st-irteu on oi'r man-n tor lorn- had -joined had tile nieasl ol... Ill ... i.t-,tQ.l m ni.i- nvir.-h ";0 ine Warwicks swamps in rei our bovs that had been there ior some time. We were not allowed Lnv flTe am it was April, 1862, then , hnvp told mv readers 1 would tt-11 '.u .aeviiic, ic9i,ieu. June 17 was chosen as the date of the State con vention ana Kaiiegh as the place, and other business of importance to' tlio party transacted. The roll call of the committee membership showed fifty three members present or by proxy. fetched and ridiculous, for everybody knows that 'Governor Craig i do ing everything in hi8 power for good reads throughout the Stat. It 's a fact that I have fpent as much time and money cut it my ov.n picket as any n,an in the State Cur 1;,h Hip la.-t five ycait, woiking uu st'.'i ! 'y for ttie cans- of ?ocd roads v.it.ici:i uvrid cr tl'e lic:e of n v.arrt. In !.;y opi 'irn t!. ly ojrorrr'i' 1"H war. i:-:i'i;(d In Wa'-htnrtr.- to n:a jI: t !..- w'.nh r,f the Im-oMp, h-iii.n. tin rplj. to eiuvato -soiiK'onp -(. i;V my i.i v, i.iall. I rr- 'o ntaifu i,:is s:f iriiicr t. hi't I to ku-ti hi:-tcn- 'fi:iiit nr-rl in ju lice to all cf.nct.i i'cd ' . - H. I!. VARMiU. l-eMr-rton. X. c. Mmcn 17- 1914. '