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CRATIC TARIFF. CALDWELL COUNTY.
—-‘— iHe Was Mntder«d m H» Home
(Obsei-ver Bureau.) . f And Robbed of Several Hun*
Washington, May l.^South-j dred Dollara.
ern cotton mill iren still com-1 Lenoir, April 30-—John Hice,
plain of bad business, Manj;of ,a white man about 50 years old,
MILL MEN SUSPECT DEMO-‘JOHN HICE IS KILLED IK {MORTONS TOWNSHIP EN-
, THUSWiSTlC OVER tHE OP
PORTUNITY TO SyBCURE
THE INIERLTRBAN RAIL
WAY.
them do not feel the improve-] was found dead in his home near
oient in trade indicated by the,the Catawba river, in the south-
reports receivi^ by tihe Depart-jWestem part of the county on
ment of Commerce, jWednesday afternoon about 4
‘‘There i.s considerable unrest ,«’c}ocfci The evidence point to
among cotton manufacturers," ]®ie fact that he was unmistak-
>aid a young North Carolina milJ ably robbed and murdered soree-
man who his nMide considerable I time Tuesday night.
money during the last two de- The murdered man was last
cades manufacturing cotton seen Monday aftemobn, when
goods.: “Mill men are saying,lie was at the home of a neigh-
very little but they fear the bor, Mr. \\Tiisnant, who lives
Democi'atic Administrstioii' i.S|about one mile from him, and
partially responsible for the con-^ made arrangements with the lat-
dition dxi.sting in cotton milling j ter to help him plant corn or*
centers. Many of us ha\ e As l\e did not show
weathered, the worst of the up on the day appoints, Mr.
storm and will be able to keep on. Whi.-^nant went to his home
Personally ! have lost nearly about 4 o’clock that afternoon
$100,000. That was a hard ami made the horrible and grne-
some discoven- recited above.
The floor of the home was pi'.rtly
ajar and on the inside lay the
bodj' of Hice, cold and stiff,, with
the face and head disfigured ;uul
clotted with blood.
Several ugly wounds, upon ex-
:i!!ination, were found on the
right side of the head above the
ej. e whiis the back of the head
li'a.-? badly crushed in by the
blows from some blunt instru
ment. Xeaj'by tiie bady were an
old-fashioned stove .shovel and
a heavy rough dhuir with hair
and l>lood on them, /eaving no
doubt even in the mind of the
most ciisua! obsxrver as to tlio
in (ieliverinir
These wide awake citizens
have sippoihted a committe of
six of their most active business
men, who have gone actively to
work to see that all poll taxes
are jxaid, and that all of her
voters are qualiii^ to vote on
this great question.
They realize the importance of
securing trolley car connection,
both freight and passenger, to
the larger trading centers. The
farmers, realize the advantage of
being able to market, evevy
morning, the small perishable
things that now go to waste be
cause there is no now cheap,
prompt and frequent mean.-=, of
getting these things to market.
The mevchiuits and msnufactii;’-
ens appreciate the opportunity to
eliminate their present signitic-
aht drayage accounts, and the!
opportunity to take their sup
plies inore frequently from the
\yholesale and larger retail estub-
lishments of Burlington, These
people are enthusiastically alive
to their opportunity and are
ing to take adx’antage of it in'
a iarge nia.iority “for aubscriii-
ti'iit” on iiw Mist “
•June.
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'.ihir int.
DONE
iue.=?ci
blow to me. I never voted any.
thing but the Democratic ticket
and I don’t believe that I will
change although Iihave a suspic
ion that the tariff has been low
ered too much, and throv.-s us
into close competition with
cheap foreign la1x>r.
“Some of my associates in the
mill business t^iink, as i do, but
are saying nothing, hoping that
something will come to convince
us that «-e az'e wrong in our
apprehensions. We are waitin;?
and watching and hoping.
■‘Cotton manufacturers are
concerned about a bill that would
regulate the employment of 14
and 16-j.eai-old bays and girls inp'^strumenis used
their mills, which is now pend- the death biowf;.
ing in Cor.gi'eSi^. would become I ^Vhen di.-^covered the body was
a law Lht'!! we would ha\v to |dres.-;e(l in ; rough skirt and
.[uit mill busine.s.s.” overails. luid the bjire feet, indi-
The.se shitement.s were thrown I eating that Hire had retired ov
out in a hurried motel lobby eon-j'va.s ri.xing to retire for the night
versatlon Ijctween the mill own-i'^'-'i'en attacked. Thtre were
or and The Observer correspond- n^any blood stains on t*he floor
ent. liul thvy aie typical of whai ^^d wall of the room, which
one hears here several times ;i tended to show thut the munler-
tt wk i'loni Southern mill men. |ed man put up a game and vul-
The manufactiU'ers us well as iant fight for his Iif« befort: he
otluT clcar-thiiiking men, do not i^as finally overcome and receiv-
criiicise tfa- lr'r.sident. The truth,death hhnv.
is. [’resident Wilson is becoming j Hice lived iilonc, his wife luiv-^ ^ ,
more popular every day ; t^e^big died about one yeur ago. twelve
(H'opk* iva!i>’,e lhat he is pure .snudl two-room house, and is!
goW. unci rings i-tear whenever |believed to have had on his per
and where' er coiiiited. Thesus-,son some or $500 whei! he
picion !.' ;ig,-iinst the Demwratic J vi as sent to lus doom !>y tlie
tarili—the lui i!?’ for reveno,'roblter and murderer,
only—many business snen doubt'®t was known that lie usually
the wisdom of a low tjirifT so,carried his money around with
long US the Ihdteii States pays^'dm. and the fact that lie hved
high wage.:, lui.s short hour.;, alone is ;i rather seclmied plat j
and denniitds more hixunes than nuuie him an ea.sy mark. His, „ , ,
other counU-ies. pocket book, empty and blood !•’ j ,"^7 ^ Aianiancc county.
The protest against the child stained, was found near his body. P‘‘ffe 455,
lalxir bill is directed at the Palm- testifying silently but unmistak-
er bili which pa-ssed the House /^t)ly as to the cau.se of the deed.
last Congress and is sdisolutely!
certain to become a law withisi MOTHER AND WIFE DlS-
the ne.xt two year?.. The billj A(iKEEl>; HE DRANK C.\R-
wonld have passed tlie Senate' BOLIC ACID,
last March had it ever co.nie to a ! Hiskory. May 1.—Adolphus
vote. It niay ho modified btu ^fcGuire, aged about ;J5 died at
in some firrr! it will pass. The bis home in Highland late last
mill men if they would change evening just IS minutes after a
it had better get together and self-administered dose of car-
agree upon am.endments. The bolic acid, about two tablespoon-
measure may be amended but ful of the deadly drug bein;;'
at
Prices at
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of the power cun-
tcdned in u certain Mortgage
executed by V.’ilJ Burton ivui
wiiV, Catherine Burton to the
vndersigiHHl on the I6th day of
pluy. lfH.l. iintl duly regi.ster;,l
ii! thp oDiic of the Registw of
Deeds for Alamance county.
State of North Carolina, in book
.\o. 6' 1 of Mortgage Deeds, piigts
'39;!-49.'’> to secure the payment
of « certain bjn(!, conveyed cer
tain re;i! e.state. and wherc.-is
default having been made in the
payment of said bond and in
terest, 1 will cxpotie to pul.'lic
.sale to the highe.st bidder for
casli at the courthouse cioor of
the county of Alamance, on Mon-
y 1
P. il.. the lund conveyed
in s;ii(i mortgage deed to-wit:
.A cei-tain tract or pai-cel of
land lying and being in Alamance
louiity, State of North Caro-
iiiia, in firaham tmvnship, >jnd
defined and de.scribed as fol-
low.s:
It being fot No, 1,",;’ in p],it
i‘‘fi>nled in the office of Register
r«feren.'e to which is hereby
male for a more complete de
seription. This deed conveys all
of .said lot except a front of 2-j
feet extending back the full
length of the lot and adjoining
lot No. 1.S2, upon which is sit
uated a three room new cottage
dwelling.
I'his the ;Ust day of March,
1916.
M. E. KOFFMAN,
Mortgagee.
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never killed outright, for Dem-* swallowed. Physicians who xvere
ocrats as wall as Republicans are ,summoned reached him just af-
suppovting it, and it will hit the ter he had passed aw'ay.
South harder than any other sec-, The ciecea.sed was a hard-
tion. Some of its friends sup- working man witih a family, hold-
port it becau.se it strikes the.ing a position with the Martin
South. There is a paid lobby ^ Furniture Company. He quit
here f',r the hill. ;work there last evening, telling
II. E. C. BRYANT. his superintendent that he
I would be back the next niom-
Divorced Husband Kills Four of ing to finish up a small job, the
Wife’s Family. ;shop not running on Saturday.
JAIL YAWNS FOR LAWYER.
Little Rock. Ark., April 28.— .On going home it seems that he
Samuel Bell, alleged slayer of found his mother and wife ha'. -
four members of his wife's fami- ing some trouble about the chil
ly, neo.r Morrillton last night,'dren, w'hich according to reports
surrer.dered to Conway county,has been going on for some
officials early today and was!time. He ate supper and then
rushed to the state penitentiarj', took the acid,
here for safe keeping, the officers i Talking fi-eely to a friend af-
fearjig mob violence. The vie- . ter'having committed the deed,
tims v.’ere Dick Fryer and .'^mos he expressed himself as being
Fiyer. Bell’s father-in-law and tired of the trouble, which he
brother-in-law, re.spectively;'had stood as long as he could;
Mrs. Earl Bearden, his aister-in- ^ that he was prepared to die and
law, i.nd the latter's husband. | willing to do so. He then gave
Bell is said to have blamed U-ie*his watch to one of his children
family for the estrangement of and lapsed into uitconaciousness.
his wife, from whom he is di- He and his wife were always on
vorced, the best of terms.
Wilmington. .April 2».—K. C.
Sidbury, Esq., member of local
bar was today sentenced by
Recorder Emple to thirty days in
jail with such provisions. hcFw--
ever, as will enable the law’yer
to i-emair nt liberty if he choose
to abide by the judgment.
The ii,wyer was found guilty
of violating terms of a previour:
judgment by retuiTjing to a
parcel of land in dispute and
entering upon it. The land is
in Pembroke Park, Wrig^itsville
sound. Sidbury represents the
plaintiffs in'land suit and hisj
actions are part of his plan to re
tain pi>s- sfision of the property.
A trash pile is never neutral.
If you don’t make war on it, it
will make war on you.
l^lf Your Horse Looks^l
Like '
Come to
See Us,
And We Will Make Hn
Look like This
If you’re a knocker, there’s
only one place Burlington can
use you, and that’s on the ball
team.
We have just the
reed to uo it.
We are
Headquarters
for feed' why
take chances
when you know
youcangetitfrom
us. Ask yojr
Merchant to get it
for you, and if he
won’t do it, then
come for your
self.
\ OU UNDERSTAND we are Wholesalers, but if the Merchants won’t
get our feed you. we vnll arrange for you to get it We have full
line of Corn, Oats^ Bran, Rea Dog Sbinstuff, B«st Bread Meal. C. S.
Meal and Hulls, Hay, Straw, Shucks and Corn Stover. Fresh Cabbage
and other Vegetable? ail the time now.
Merchants Supply Co.
. Burlington and Graham, N. C.
Millers’ Agents for Melro.-»e and Dan Valley Flour and Feed. None bet-
ter; fry it.
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