THE CHABLOTTE NlEWS SEPTEMBER 20 I9II
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^-or Has it That M, R.
Walker is Not Dead, But
Residing In Florida
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\ Sept- 20.—A well
■•-i i cii»rent on the
: . that yoiinR Mr. M.
. i sir>i!Osed to have
! i.' on AVriRhtsville
'i; Aiii;. has been
F'v'iida town, and is
The rumor has not
■ u 'o foundation, but
■ ’i^i^tent nature. It will
1 ilu.; the night of the
two companions
\\ .ilker on the trestle.
:i letter handed him
an, the other was look-
nlker is said to have
’ ; of feet up the tres-
V . re thus employed and
■ 0 (1 a pistol fihot and
;ii:anp into the swiftly
01 the channel below,
ns vcr saw his body af-
•uikh every effort was
: ■ .•very. The young man
ir t''ie amount of $30,-
an'o pooplo do not
■ if his continued ex-
,.;aiiing arrangements
with the beneficiaries.
rumor the young man
a relative in a town iii
ige Story This.
Newspaper Advises
■ind for Annexation of
I r. . ident Taft and Ad-
, 1 r )Oitv Have Made it
; !r\;S Moons Absorptiou
Only Question of
and Stripes Float
'■ Ottawa.” The above
? of a clipping from the
^’ress. of London, On-
K'Hi to Mayor Joseph
.Mr. \V. T. Gregory, of
Tanada A telegram
fi.Ilowing was sent to
Mayor Smith by that gentleman inquir
ing about a local paper said to be call
ed the “Wilmin^on Journal.” The
clipping enclosed was based upon the
reciprocity measure soon to be passed
upon in Canada, and contained many
quotations from the “Wilmington Jour
nal,” which, as the headlines quoted
above would Indicate, were strong ar
guments for the conservative division
in Canada. As there is’ no such pa
per here it Is to be wondered where
the Free Press, playing up its story so
strongly, got its data. It is possibly
some floticiova story, and paper, con
cocted by the conservatives to arouse
public sentiment against reciprocity
A prompt reply was sent by Mayor
Smith, which will very likely be print
ed throughout Canada tomorrow i:i
refutation of the story and its foun
dation.
Who Wore That New Suit?
Last Saturday night while peaceful
ly taking home his brand new suit of
clothes, a negro man of this city, had
reached a dark portion of the town
where he was dreadfully surprised to
suddenly see hundreds and thousands
of brilliantly colored stars shooting
out from his person in the vicinity of
his nose. The next thing he realizf'vl
was a stinging pain on the front part
of his countenance, as he gazed up
ward from a reclining position on the
ground. He slowly arose, wondering-
ly. and .started to pick up his new suit
of clothes, which he found were nr>t
there. He put his hands in his v''ck-
ets to think it over and discovered
that his pooketbook and $12 were
gone. A guilty looking, blood-spotted
brick, gazed upon him from the ground
That nigger suddenly reached for hi.>
hat ai\d pulled for points where white
lights glowed. He got his nose
at a drug store, but did not wear his
new suit the next day.
iiStLE
WS NOTES
Men Who Killed
Maskbum Sentenced
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Special to The News.
Pineville, N. C., Sept. 20.—Mlsses
Emma, Susie and Marie E/Ims left to
day for Marion, Ala., to attend school
at the Judson Female College, at that
point.
Mrs. J. R. McCullough, who has been
in feeble health for some time, was
taken to the Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, yesterday for medical treat
ment.
Master Elms "Withers, of Columbia,
S. C., who has been on an extended
visit to his grand parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Withers, on Main street,
returned to his home last Saturday ac
companied by his aunt. Miss Mary
Withers.
Miss Nannie Gilson, who has been
quite sick at her home for the past
ten days, is somewhat Improved at
present.
Misses Maggie Johnston and Miner
va Garrison have gone to Charlotte
where they are students at the Presby
terian College.
Miss Bessie Robinson, of PalesMne,
Texas, who has been spending the sum
mer in Mecklenourg, visiting relatives
and friends, expect to leave for her
home next Wednesday. She will be ac
companied by her cousin, who ex
pect to spend the winter in Texas.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Harris, of Leesburg
Fla., is visiting her parents. Rev. and
Mrs. Charles Kingsley, at the Presby
terian manse, on Main street.
Mr. Luther Winget, of Gastonia,
spent the week-end with his aunt,Mrs.
J. H. Spencer, on Fisher street.
Dr. C. M. Strong, Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Moore, of Charlotte, came down yes
terday Dr. Strong’s automobile and
the two gentlemen attended service
at the Presbyterian church, while Mrs.
Moore stopped with her aunt, Mrs. F.
C. Harris, on Fisher street. The
party went from here to “The Oaks,”
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Miller,
of this vicinity. .
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The News,
s ille, N. C.. Sept. 20.—Mr.
of Chatham, Va., ffpent
;e :he last of the week in
viilf lookin*; over the town
view of building an ice plant
: . near future. He was very
: ii with the town and hopes
i- plant ready if he decides
here in time to supply the
. ice next season,
rmuncements of the coming
this fall have been of more
•Ty interest here. The date
marriage of Miss Ellen May
'0 Mr. Zed Griffith was an-
; at a reception at the resi-
f Mrs. J. A. Morris last week,
te of this happy event is Wed-
evening, Nov. 8th. The an-
it*nt of the coming marriage
Mary Johnson to Mr. Chas.
Ml was made previously, the
3 marriage Is Wednesday,
of scholars in the Thomas-
' school continues to grow,
- day 400 were enrolled and
u'lrning this number was
'0 425. Before the close of
•his number may be increas-
The prospects for a suc-
olon is very flattering.
, “ 30th the Sixth District
of tl'.e Improved Order of Red
held in Thnmasville and
' euilance is expected. A
"arc program has been ar-
the occasion.
Special to The News.
, Asheville, Sept. 20.—Information
t has been received here that Judge
I Cobb, who has presided over the su-
' perior court of Graham count at Rob-
! blnsvllle, has sentenced the men v'ho
j were convicted of killing Tom Mash-
j burn, which occurred ' about six
m6nths ago, in the trial which has
just closed. The men are W. J. Hyde,
,0. R. Crisp, and Jim Hollifield. Hyde
and Crisp were sentenced to 12
months imprisonment and Hollifield
to four months. They were tried and
convicted of murder in the second de
gree bi^t counsel for the defense suc
ceeded in having the verdict set
, aside, after which they submitted to
j a verdict of manslaughter.
It is said that the three men went
' to arrst Mashburn, who is said to
have escaped from the chaingang of
I one of the Georgia counties, that he
J expressed some unwillingness in ac-
I companylng them and that Hyde then
shot him. Hyde plead self defence,
i saying that Mashburn had cut at him
I with a knife.
HIGH POINT WORKING
FOR ROAD CONNECTION,
Special to The News.
High Point, N. C., Sept. 20.—At a
large and enthusiastic meeting of the
citizens Saturday night at the manu
facturers’ Club Mr. J. J. Farris was
elected chairman and Mr. F. N. Tate
secretary. Mr. Farris stated that the
purpose of the meeting was to raise
funds to complete the connection' be
tween High Point and Winston by
finishing the corner of Davidson. Mr,
Tate read Mr. Spoon’s estimate of the
cost which showed the road could he
built for $5,000. There was a unani
mous vote to raise the money and com
plete the road, and to this effect a col
lection was taken amounting to $1,300,
$500 of which is from the merchants.
A mass meeting is called for tonight,
when It is supposed the full amount
will be raised.
TWO DEATHS IN
Bank Cashier Surrenders.
By Associated Press.
I Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 20.—
i Nick M. Ellis, former cashier of the
i Farmers and Mechanics bank who
Iwas recently indicted for forgery on
I six charges of making false entries
* and misapplying the banks funds, re-
; turned from New York and surren-
: dered. Hew as placed under bond of
$6,000.
HIGH POINT.
Special to The News.
High Point, N. C., Sept. 20.—Mrs.
C. L. Moon, one of High Point’s old
est citizens, died Sunday morning at
her home on English street, aged 66
years. Deceased was daughter of
the late Capt. John Endy of Greens
boro. She is survived by her husband
and three children, John W. Moon of
High Point, Fred Moon of Christains-
burg, Va., and Mrs. Dan Marable of
Salisbury.
Mrs. Mary Ridge, mother of Chief
of Police Benjamin Ridge, died this
morning at her home on South Main
street at the age of 83 years. The fu
neral was held this afternoon at the
South Main M. E. church, of which
she had long been a member.
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(From Grenville News.)
With quite a number of representa
tive citizens of Henderson county.
North Carolina, present, the Green-
ville-Hendersonville Highway Asso
ciation held an important meeting yes
terday in the rooms of the board of
trade, at which time matters of vital
importance to the construction of a
highway from Greenville to Henderson
ville were discussed. As a result of
the meeting within the next two weeks
the Greenville end of th^ road asso
ciation will sent a road engineer to
the state line where he will meet
an engineer from Hendersonville, for
the purpose of agreeing upon a route
for the road to be constructed.
Furthermore, the president of the
association was authorized to ap
point a committee of ten who within
the next two weeks will confer with
the Greenville county legislative
delegation and secure from them
their promise to support a state ap
propriation to build the highway.
While not a large meeting in re
spect to the number who attended, the
gathering was successful from every
standpoint, and it is the hope of the
oflBcers of the Highway Association
that this meeting will help . to stimu
late the interest of the Greenville
people. The meeting was attended by
four representative citizens of Hen
dersonville who voiced the senti
ment of the Hendersonville peoplef
when they said, “we are for the
road.” These gentlemen were Messrs.
G. W. Justice, supervisor of roads, of
Henderson county, F. S. Whetmore, U.
G Stanton and J. L. Orr. These gen
tlemen said the city of Hendersonville
depended in a large . part on the
trade which she secured from the
lower part of flenderson county and
for that reason it was important to
them that there should be a good
road leading from Hendersonville to
that section of the county. Realizing
the need of the road, they have se
cured a promise from Supervise^ Jus
tice that he will begin work on their
end of the road on October the first.
At that time Mr. Justice will take the
county chaingang and moviiig it to
tne Davis place, Just across the North
Carolina line, will begin.to work the
proposed road from that point to
Hendersonville. All of the gentlemen
from Hendersonville said that Hen
dersonville needed theroad as bad
as Greenville and they promised their
support to the construction of the
highway.
Among the Greenville gentlemen
who spoke on the road question and
as to the best ways of securing its
construction were. Messrs. W. J.
Thackston, W. A. Gilreath, C. O. Al
len, J. H. Heyward, J. P. Goodwin,
supervisor of Greenville, ’and W. D.
Neeves, the engineer recently em^
ployed by the Highway Association.
All of the gentlemen spoke briefly
of the need of the road and as to
how to raise the funds for its con
struction.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr. W. G. SIrrine, president of the
Highway Association.
The key note of the road question
is expressed In the following plan
which was outlined at the meeting
and which the association. hopes to
carry out. As already' stated Super
visor Justice, in accordance with his
promise to the Hendersonville people,
will, on the first of October, begin
work on the North Carolina end of
the road. He will start at the Davis
place and work from that point to
Hendersonville. The Greenville peo
ple will 6tod^ their engineer next
week to- the * sttite line /Where he
will meet an engineer who will be
sent to that point by State Geologist
Pratt of North Carolina./'The two
engineers will have a conference and
will decide on the location of the
route for the road, Mr. W. D; Neeves,
the engineer who wHl represent
Greenville, has ^ready selected three
possible routes, but the on®'to wWcb
the North Carolina engineer agrees
will be finally selected.
As soon as the ofliclal route is
selected the work is to begin immed
iately and it is hoped that with the
assistance of all ^the road can be soon
completed.
, One of the most Import^t ques
tions discussed at the meeting held
yesterday morning was that of financ
ing the road. Tbe plan as adopt
ed was introduced by Mr. W. 'J.
Thackston, who moved that a com
mittee of ten be apointed to confer
with the Greenville county legisla
tive delegation and ask them to sup
port an appropriation for the road
and that at once. It is the earnest
hope* of the association that the
legislative delegation will favor the
project and will promise the neces
sary appropriation for the construc
tion of the road. This conference
will be held as soon as possible this
next week and if the delegation re^
turns a favorable answer the work
bn the road will begin Immediately.
The Greenville representatives of
the Highway Association hope to be
able to start the work the first of
Odtober. They desire " to start the
work as soon as possible, because
of the fact that Spartanburg Is try
ing to get the Hendersonville authori
ties to aid them in building a good
road to the mountains, and if the
Hendersonville people see that Green
ville will not support the road they
will be inclined to take up the offer
of Spartanburg.
After the meeting yesterday a rep
resentative of the News was told by
Mr. Sirrlne that he had received in
the last few* days a large nunrt)er of
offers for rights of way for the road
from people living along the proposed
route. To show the Interest the peo
ple along the route are taking in
the road he cited the instance of
where a Mr. Johnson stated yester
day at the meeting: that he will work
the road throu;^ his property and
w’ill lend all the assistance possible
for the construction of the road.
There are many others along the
route who will do the same.
Mr. Sirrine said that it was not
the intention of the Highway Asso
ciation to construct the road in a
very short tln;e. Tfhey realfze that
some time will b^ consumed in get
ting things arranged as the work
when started, can be pushed -to ‘com
pletion. He stated that the associa
tion will get into communication im
mediately with the county delegation,
and discuss with them the proposed
appropriation for tlTe construction of
the road.
Mr. Sirrine spoke in felgh terms of
the four Hendersonville gentlemen
who came to Gresenvllle to attend the
meeting. He said their coming down
was a public-spirited act and ‘show
ed that they have interest in the
construction of the road.
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The Jim-Jams
The young lady was painting—sun
set, red, with blue streaks and green
dots.
The old rustic—at a respectful dis
tance—was watching. - .
“Ah,” said the female artist, looking
up, suddenly, and pretending she had
n’t known he was there all the time,
“perhaps to you, too. Nature has op
ened her sky-plctures page by page?
Have you seen the lambent flame of
dawn, leaping across the livid east;
the red-stained, sulphurous islets float
ing in the lakes of flre in the west;
the ragged clouds at midnight, black
as a raven’s wing, blotting out the
shuddering moon?”
"No, mum,” replied the tustlc, short
ly, “not since I give up drink.”
That reminda Us what* Goldsmith
said, in “The Vicar of Wakefield,”
“That the concatenadon of self exist
ence proceeding in a reciprecal du
plicate ratio naturally produced a
problematical dialogism. »
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