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P«v«f«l M«(I* WMMt Him B«mvy FiatiMM tmi m n.i«tgfc, Jan, 20.—With threats of THTi0iatirti| pradictioj^ denth. Cotton, a powerful negro woman, yes- t^day Biado'Justice J. H. Owen's of- fic* resemble a bsttlefield, Etagger- ing Attendance Officer D* R. By^:um againct a wall viien she hurled a heavy flatiron at him, made the blood fl«w tnm Squire Owens' hand &r.-i was eventually prevented from prob ably Killing the officer whe^i Mr. Ow ens threw hor i':to a corner and toO'-. a ^eavy ’?on seal fvom her. After being overpowered Uy Mveral offlners she was remanded to jail for ten d ’.y.? without trial by Justice Owens for contempt for court and when her tem per cooled sufficiently she will b* tried for nolation of tiie compulsory at- ■ te dance law. The assault upon the ofllcer in Jus tice Owens’ court . room yesterday morning followed a previous one at the woman’s home and in that in stance she wen tafter Mr. Bynum with a lurge kiUfe and then an axe. Both of the weapons were taken from her and with the aid of two men deputized she was brought to court for trial. There she proved & match for both the oflBcer and justice. Squire Owens is carrying a bandaged hand and Mr. Bynum is suffering from a bad bruise on his breast. The negress was arrested several days ago for failure to comply with the compulsory attendance law in that she Bent her boy to Georgia in order to keep him out of school. Justice Owen,s heard her explanation and up on her promise to send for the child allowed her to return home. The at tendance office went to see her yes terday morning to find out what she had done and was. given a very un expected reception. keep th« pot boiUnc." Mlk Wewf. On her birthdAjr mnniveraami High Point, Jan. ;iO.—ihc pUna for aiways put ou her best gown ibl lat- Uuldii« the Exposition buildin( hcM ost shawl and patiently awaited this Spring received a starter Mo;iOay the coBiing of. children of the neigh- «r.en iwo Kigh Poir.t philanthropic borhood. in Charge of HisMuri To* b.:.cca Warehouse. . ..ail. ^0.—ivorth Carolin- »:.d broad loinded men oi/ered 000 worth of real estate for sale, to iiZ used as stock in the great enter- ^.die. 'ihe youvif me.i ma.i .g Uii.- >£'er are reliable. The site f^r th- are c.;.;Qucting the newly-ope;ieii ^ ,-roposed building is some of the city = '..-a-co Tii.-v. ct at iiearborri, Mo., ---i-iSt Valuable real estate. •■ii- St. jfieyh, where the State of I>- Rones! who owns a large jewel : ,oui i >:. u iliddle Western business , -'V store here o:i »iair, street, has ra ‘'-rs.-.i- sefi itig to revive the!‘^.ri;sd from Aiiieii. 3. C.. i.i:> : ; :;.eri>- u.ipo>-lu.:t tobacco industry! -i -me- Mr. Fcoiies sold his pro,-crl5' i ■ ih: i b. L. Joyner,. of *hat «ty, where he has beeii i . i u.; ■ is in charge of the ware- ;;;:vise at Ifearborri. C. A. D. Bakes, 'if Orford, is at the head of the of- ike force; Art fUistkitis, of Kinston, auctioneered at the ojie jihg sal, when .IG41.51(> yourds wei^ sold for $20,000, and Luther K. Bowling,- of Giwnville, is the head checker. . for .sjvirui years. . Mr. Rones i.. tends to invest duite a -eat Qum i ;iOre properLy 1;^ i’oi.it The Friends’ Church was .fill^ to >vcr flowi ;g isauduy n.e ii.g tu uiis Anns T. Jo;'.es lecture,on Zulw land. 'iTie Buric e Orchestra is rendering i At the opening, repre^ntatives of ^ the “Buyers” in at- ' nearly every big Western railroad acd • e : i the Manafactnrers’ Club • ether. corporations were pKsent and [iea^ng men made addresses. A St. Joseph paper devoted a page to the occasion. Sensatiooal Message Sent 1>y Cole Blease. Colvsmbia, S. C.^ Jan. 20.—Investi gation of the State hospital for the insane was ordered today by the South Carolina General Assembly following the receipt of a sensational message from Governor Cole L. Blease, unclos ing a copy of a personal letter which the Governor said was written by Uuiteu- States 'senator E. K. TlUmaf, and mailed under a government fran>c. The order directing the investigation Wat; embodied in a concurrent resolu tion. (sovemor Blease said in his message that Senator Tillman in his letter re ferred iy an alleged attempt to oust Dr. J, W. Babcock, superintendent of the hospital, by "Governor Blesse’s underlings and satellites," A bill au thorizing the sale of the hospital now 18 pending in the House. The value of the property involved is said to ex ceed $1,000,000. “All the facts will be brougrht out if an investigation is ordered, as I hope wi'l be. An effort wiU be made to smirch Dr. Babcock and his lady assistant, I>r. Saunder.s, as these men must have such excuse, you know, and the not at ail scrupulous," reads the letter alleged to have been sent by the senator. Alice Holmes, Blind Poetess, Dead at Asre of 82 New York, Jan. 20.—Miss Alice A. Holmes, who delighted in the title ' of “the blind poetess of Jersey City,” died oti Sunday at the home or her nisce, Mrs. Teresa E. Kolb, 278 A Union Street, that city, in her 93rd year She was a friend and scbool- - mate of Fsnny J. Crcsby, the blind hymn writer. Miss Holmes was bom in the coun ty of Norfolk, England, on February 9, 1821, and at the age of nine she came to this country with her pare>its in a sailing vessel. On the 7-weeks’ trip over smallpox developed among the passengers and the girl wa-s stricken. The disease left her totally blind. In speaking of her affiiction to a reporter several yesrs ago she said that her “last view of a human face nd nature fir came as the siow-goinjr ship was passing the Staten Island shore." At the age of 17 Miss Holmes was sent to the New York institution for the blind, where she was a roommate of Miss Crosby. On the first evening they were together they exchanged eouddences, and Miss Crosby said that she was a Methodist. “To what church do you belong?” asked the elder blind girl. "*I am an Episcopalian.” replied Mias Holmes. “Oh,” exclaimed Miss Crosby, “then you are a ehurchmsn!” and a moment later she began to sing: "Oh, how it grieves my poor old bones To sleep so near this Alice Holmes; I will inform good Mister Jones I cannot room with a churohman.” Hirw years ago Miss Crosby visit ed Miss Holmes in Jersey City and together the blind women recalie'’ that poem and laughed heartily over the recollectfons of their first meet iaar. Misf! Holzjftes did not began to writt’ poetry uatiJ she was more than 26 years old. She published foux volumes, “Poems by Alice Holmes’' (!849). “Arcadian Leaves” (18^) -Strmy LeHves (1868), wd «I,oat Vi»- Iob” (1&S5). Site t>Md to say that ihe dids£»*t give her poems to the woiii to aeQuiM Iktmit' bat faxk to Children Cause Fire. KinstOif, Jan. 20.—A spectacular fire on West Washington street here ■r.t 1 o’clocii yesterday afternoon did damage probably not exceeding $350. bat attracted hundreds of people. Children are believed to have started the blaze which destroyed adjoiciag stables on the premises of G. W. Knott and W. B. Mewborn, in a lead ing residential neighborhood. Newbern Officers Cha^ng Vagrants. Newbern, Jan. 20.—^During the past few days the Southern Express, Com pany’s liquor office on South Front street has been crowded with negroes who called there for tbs purpose of receiving and ordering whiskey. The police officials discussed the matter, a»d yesterday an officer was on hand whea the place .,>pened «n*i na AArh -ne gro came in be was told to appear before the mayor. Twenty-five or 30 negroes were summoned during the day and were arraigned in the charge of vagrancy. Several were found euil^ and were Aned. It is the intention of the authorities to keep this action up ^ntil every vagrant in the city, who secured suf ficient money to live on by acting as at “walking blind tiger.” has been forced to seek pastures new. Yeggman Given 30 Days. Union, S. C., Jan. 20,.—Arresited on suspicion of being a yeggman and be cause he w»s found attempting to en ter the building of the Union Steam Laundry Friday night, a man giving his name of George Thompson was fined by Mayor Duncan and sentenced to 50 days on the chaing’ang. WouId-Bc Congresfirmen in the Third District. Newbern, Jan. 20.—^The latest can didate to enter the race for nomina tion as Representative to Congress from the Third District has made his announcement. This is D. A. Dees, one of Pamlico county’s most promi nent citizens, who says that he is tak ing this step at the request of many of his friends. At. present there are nine candidates in the race: Hon. C. .’J. Thomas, O. H, Guion and B. G, Credle, of Newbern, Alex, H. White, of Polloeksville, E. M. Koouce, of Ona- ’ow county, George E. Hood, c.* More- head City, and Congressman John M. Faison. Wtst»na{n*s Eugeaics Law CcnatStu- tkmaL Milwaukee, Wls.. Jan. 20.—The Wis- ';onsin eugenic hiw, which provides for the issuance of marriage licenses only ^ipon a certificate of a clean bill of health, was this afternoon declared •^constitutional by Judge F. C. Eseh- weyler, of the Circuit Court. The ^ase will go the the supreme court Judge Eschweyler held that the ec renic law was of unreasonable statu *ory limitations so far as physician’f fees were concerned, and that it wa in unreasoiiahle and material impatr- ■nent of the right of persons to enter into mtrimony. The law was praised because of 5t.‘ •noveraent toward suppression of sex Jal diseases, but condemned becausc Us enforcement is impossible. The court held that if the Statf \ihes to exercise its right for prevent- "-g undesirables from marriage it 'hould weed out the unfit, aad there ■ y not cast upon the fit an unfair de macd. Allan Peterson and Miss Hp.liii: >hraidt made application for a mar •iage license January 2, the day or •vhich the law went into force. Cler! Widele refused the petition becaus* he man did not have a certificate of ■''ealth from a physician. Peterso’ ■ought recourse in the courts. WMko«s« and Lsk of Apjwtite otd SttandanS craeral aov«'a TASTBiESS cliJli 'Ci liiic. o oJpirftt »t»d briii3 '»T» thf' in. A to^ «t»xe Aopetiw. >oi ac»u!;.j •..Ui-a, rooms this week, riie band v.'cv', .1 i :hc dty fae.y i.rcud cf Ih' organization, especially so for future .iancM a.'id soeiai occasions. The Hi^h ' Foi t Motor Crtmnftnv has started the ball to rollirf: in 1914 ''V contracting for 750 automobiles. The enm>«r:y claim's that this Is b :’?!end5d territory to operate in. Croker Advises Against Long StapK Cetton Next Season. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 20.—David E Cro’Ksr, of H'.^rts'. nie, p;-_'si'.l2"t :f th : ‘?o«th Carolina Plant Breeders' A«ao- ■riation, in his aiuiual adure-ss befirt the meeting of the association here Monday, advis^ aigainst planting long staple cotton next season exoo’^f' in sections of the State where the marketing facilities are good. “The growers of long staple cotton have been unable to interiest the cot ton buyers to the extent of creating a a steady and uniform market for long staple cotton,” he said. “I have done all I could to help second President l.)abba of the Farmers’ Union in his efforts to better the rnarketing condi tions. I believe a proper sysiem of warehouses would greatly benefit the staple cotton market. “Unless we can change present marketing conditions. I believe that ■ -= -- raraiers should stop planting staple feiicw-Craft FOR THE GRIP ftaakSwMtiMMUMdWkk GeoJ Riwdti A zreat many people tt*e jPeru- na. tor the Krlp. Some use !t an ■ooa «a the igrfp tWBlas, talclns it during the acute mtage of the dlfi- ease, cl«arain£ for It sreat eSl- eacT In shorten- IniS tlie disease, and especlallr i M t In ahortenlnc ■ • UMiy people take it after they have i kad Um trip. TtMir convaleeoence is alow. They teve luffered aione tor a BMBth ar two, without any sl^a of ' eomplate recovery. Then they reaort ; tm Pwtuaa oa a. tonic, with splendid ‘ reaulta. j ICn. An* Gift B. F. D. 1, Athena^ ' Otil6. whoae portrait apixau* abov% ! write*: “I think 1 would have beea daaJi Itcic a«o U it had not been toe PenuUL Six yiseia aco Z liad la gxippe Tcrx bad. The doctor came to aee me eveqr day, but 1 amduaUy Kiev . worae. X told my buthand I ^oocht, I would auiely die if 1 did not set leltef aoon. “One day I ptckM up the news paper aad sccidsDtally found a testi- monial of a woman who had b«MI cured of vrlp by Perona. I told lajr buaband 1 want^ ta try it. He went dlMetly to tha dmc store and got a bottle of Penin&. 1 could aee the im- IKOVement in m vetr short tttna ana waa uooti able to do mjr woric. X ooc- tlntied using It tintU I waa entirely •ured.” Mr. Victor Patneaude, S2f Hadlsoa St, Tepeka, Ka*.. writes: "Twelva raen aco I had a seToia attack of la frippa and I never really recovzred my heolth and strenitth, but e»w i weaker every year, until X was unable | to work. ‘’Two years aco I began using Pe- nma and It built up my strength so thSLt In a ooople et month* I was able to to to wcrk acain. Ttiis winter I haa another attaok ef la grtppe, but Feruna soon drove Ic out of my syit* tem. Ify wita and I consider it a household remedy.” Theeo vkHo ebjeat ie liquid medi* »Inc« Mi> new obtain Peruna Tahleia, Kotioe. TImv» will be a nuMtiag «( Bll* Ladge Ko. m, A. F. « A. M., U tiiair HaU an next Mouday ovMisg, 1 cotton, and go back to short staple cotton, where they are not fa.vorably located as regards markets.” : A number of other experts made addresses on various phases of plant breeding. , C. A. WALKEa, W. M., C. r. 8XAa?l. 8wy. Mb* tuait, ma^ ewagws Rsitk’s fteee. Cat baMUHM. >^e« utd eaMsge at Ks(«teati! (lo. Petition for Pardon of Cleve McBrydc Heerd by Governor. Haleigh, Jan. 20.—Governor Craig heard lengthy and spirited argument Monday by counsel for and against tlie granting of a pardon for Cleve McBryde, of Iredell County, who is serving two y>ars’ sentence for sell ing whiskey. Former Judffe E. B. Jones appeared for McBryde and J. A. Hoiderness for the opposition to the pardon. Deputy Sheriffs of Ire- Subscribed and sworn to before me dell county went into Yadkin county this 21st day of March, 1912. bwea iaa c-ystors, call t sea Boa CbeaJ:. anst to Kvtel Ward- Sn»atUnc doitg at ftalfVs Place Sojtr k«M» kay. e«te Mi Midi mMti m imf, te fiMt aR it itasr m to capture McBryde and shot him desperately before he aws taken. Now there ia a movement to institute suit against the deputies and their bonds- raen for &mages. The opposition to the pardon insists tbat to grant the pardon wotild be to prejudice the dam age suit against the officers. Govern or Craig made it clear that he can only pass on the petition for pardofi on its msrita without any thought as JOHN J. B.\LL, Nota>y Public. Letter t* ( Dr. KUner A Co., f Blafkaittton, N. Y. { Prove What Swamp-Soot WIU Do For 7ml Send ten cents to Dr. Eilmor &Co,, to wh&t eifect, if any, there might Binghamton, K, Y., for a sampls siise be on be damage suit by the granting bottle. It will convince anyone. You of a pardon. | will also receive a booklet of valu- - —■ table information, telling aboui the Unclaimed Letters. | kidneys ani bUadw. When writing, Gentlemen: E. R. Brown, Toy Look, ^ mention The Tvrice-A- ^oseph E. Glenn, J. L. Graves, J. A Kernolde, W. H. Watson, Messrs. Me- Karah & Co. Ladies: Mrs. Esther Bousall, Miss Mary M. Liles, Mr.s. E, W. Si.Timo.-is, Mrs. H. ,T. Scctt, Persons caning- for any of these otters will please say “Advertised” •nd give date of advertised list. P. L. WILUAMSON, Postmaster. Week Dispatch, Burlingt-on, N, 4J. Refrulnr fiffy-cp”t and one-dollsr rir.e bottles for rale at all drug stores. VALUABLE ADVICE. TAKE OUR WORD. Alioat t« f«r mdhk, we are ei|»srt$ tki s tita, we ttaif wluit jrm For C»Wi Bra*, ■ i MmJ, Dairj feed, &eet (Hilp, fiiii f««dl trill iuk« tJLt i#iBf flow h9rwt9 fetd Horse Ic feed, te d»»ce wko cumfit be csi;?iaoed, welwTC oat, e^ra, si;dpst>iff ail kt»li «r kaf, mw to tee «« ia regard t> what to feed. Merchant Supply CdsipEny, N. CiraibiKa, N C astiQgs Burlington Citizens Should Profit by TTie Follanring Sta£e- j mtnt. ‘ Donn’!» Kidney PiV.s were used by I this Burlington resident. ! Their merit was shown—the story ' icld. i Now comes fiirthcr evidence. The te.stimony is confirmed. ■ The remedy was tested—the results Pareras Serum Fails. Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—^A patient in ^ loea! hospital, upon whom surgeons .erformed a rare operation in an ef- -ort to save him from the progressive 1 lasted. ■svages of paresis, died yesterday: Could Bur1in;ton residepta demand tirgeons who had w&tched the case stronger proof? vith keen interest say that one of the It's Burli.ngton testimony.. It car nost heroic experiments of surgery | be investifrated. lad gone to nought. j Mrs. Bertha Stanfield, 1015 Dixie In an effort to save a man declared' St., Burlington, N. C., says: “The o be hopelessly affiicted surgeons bor-. endorsement I gave Doan’s Kidney d a series of holes in bis skull and IHlls before, was correct. I am glad njected into tSte diseased bir&ins a' to confirm it now. I waa in bad shape enun used only in the most danger- as of all blood diseases. The pa- ieat was 51 years old. The operation, done tvince in P&ris, as proved of beneSlt in arresting the isease. The operation here was the trtft of its kind performed in this '>untry. It is seid the patient did ot recover sufficiently from the shoek eeauM of previously weakened vi- ality. rate C«a«4 la * t« g«yg ■id ntasd asMOsr if fASO ' Ml» M ton MW mm ti lafctaft a««rlN««nii4iil(¥ilui»Ct*Uap. raeStsttoii^SsM tad iMt with backache and had trouble ir straightening after stooping. I was also bothered by nervous spells. I saw Doan’s Kidney Pills advertised and got soma. They helped jite in ev ery way. Tke pains left and my kid neys beeatB« normal.” For sale by cU daalars. Price SO PtiaM Mt lutf Kalyk'a Place. Cura & CaM te Ow 0«y t : '-/Q &L hitc i lorne Plfiw*. st Ifi* than oos lo f'sct ,rc in ords* '.■ c!o*e the cmt quidk. 3-}i P! .ws iin d at $t2.50 Sde jMrict |8.2S. 2 H. i'hwH iigfcd «t 51 l.tX) Stic price $5 50 t-H. Ptows, listed 54.50 Jc |5.50 S»ic pnoe $S.2:i &$S50 :iit}e Show Worn >therwice not dkm- igtd. No trouble to get re>’;sin, you can afford to buy thete plows t the priccs named, even if you db aoc n«td the plow« right lio * . Standard make Chiii^ Plewt, you ca« well eSford to 3.dvc kdO miiet fnr Ooe these ChiUrd Plowk. Act quick before stock it picked over. N. C r* A nmi/rf i Ihs Ahra^ Bvtj Store Bisixfteii, C lEIEVEt m lEEl k HEIIill 10118 - T«E GIIVE’ Tbft Old Standard Grove’s cLUl Tome is Equally ValuaUe as a General Tonic because it Acte on the LiTeft Drivea Out Malariaf Enrichca the Blood and Builds up Wlmle STStem. For Qro^a People aad Childrea. ■ Ill, „ I .. Taa !cati« whtt yea are taking mUta yon taka Gceve’e Taateleac cMU Tmlc «the feiauila ia minted na every label showiag that it eeataiaa tk* wellkaows .onSe projHictiw of QCTIlfIN3 as4 IKON. K ia as atxoajr u the afccaacect bittee aiiie aad la ia Tacteleaa Fona. It baa «a eqaal f»t Malaria, Ckilla and Feiror, iVeakneaa. geaeraJt debility aad lose *f apg«tit«. Givei Ufa aisA vigor taSusiaf ^Tothera a»4 Fsle, Sickly C^diea. Btliotua«is« withaot yargtag, ’IfiUma Mrrana dapresneK aad low «^its. aroa«c» tke Uver to cotiaa aai .mtSst tlu feloed. ATraeTonicendS«EeA;i$«taet. A Complete Stnngthasar. 'ioisHjiiyshcaldbewitiioDV It. GiuiTSBtcnl by year Oioygist Wemeanit. SSc. (BEY TH T IMPULSE MAKE THAT INVESTMENT TODAY. Two Valuable Farms For Sale. We Offer Tract No. 1. 0«ie mite from tcAvn, containing 30 ae:es On this farm are three huihnnfts;—a three ruoir, adveliinc- house, almost r.ev. , welJ on t)se porch, crib and barn shedd- fd cn two sides. Ihe s(>i! is a ssnd> loam and is especially adapted to th^’ jjrcwthof lobKCco, watemis^ons and all kinds of garden prcdutts. An iclt.Kl location for a truck or poultry faitn- Price $1600.00 Tiact Nj. 2. Ccr.tainiEjr 125 acres with good rocm hcuse, bsins srd cut houses. The soil is a choeolate loam and is well adapted to the growth of grains, cotton and grrasses. Abou^ 50 acres in cultivation, rf^mainder ia wood and pastures. Tliis trsct adjoins the lands of Fred Garrett. Seymore Alread, S. L. Spoon and others. E.-iSY TEE^S Price $2250.00 WE WRITE INSURANCE IN STRONG COMPANIES. WE HAVE MONEt TO LEND Standard Realty & Security Co. C. C. FONVILLE, Muaf«r Bsdimgtoii^ Noftk Carobw iHnnwT «c aw*
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