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MOVm AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JAXUARY 30. W 13.
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VOTING CONTEST
CLOSES FEB. 7th.
A Few More Days in Which to Work for the
Beautiful Piano
There are now but a few more
day in which the candidates en
gaged in The News popular vot
ing contest have to work for the
several prize offered. The vot
ing come, to am end on Friday,
February 7, at 4 o'clock and
immediately thereafter the count
in g will be commenced to eo who
shall be declared the winner of
the splendid Obenneyer piano
and the other beautiful and use
ful articles offered to those who
are making an endeavor to land
the premiums. It is not believed
hjy those who have given the
matter careful thought that any
particular person has the grand
prize cinched at the present time
but there are several in the race
who have a good ehanoe to land
it if they only will hustle.
If you liave not yet seen the
fine piano offered in this content
come to The News office and
take a look. Many of our citi
zens have exam hied the instru
ment as to its quality and ap
pea ranee and there is yet the first
one to say that it is not a fine
one. It is of .a plain rich ma
hogany, and a prettier piano wan
never unloaded at Mount Airy.
Musicians of this vicinity have
tested it as to its quality of tone
and volume ami every one of
them say it is finer than silk.
There are several young ladies
who appear to have the- best of
th eontest. but none of thorn
ft1 a .,ii.v -... iJyTA
ultimate owner of tiro first prize.
If one of these contestants who
is way down the list should take
it into her head that she was go-
ing to win the big premium she
' i V 1,1 An. uiv .Si Vim Wlllllll llllVM tl
do some work to make it, but
that is what was expected
when, the contest opened. tsev
oral bunches of seven new sub
scribers or renewals in the grcujs
tf seven would put the lowest
candidate ii the race up among
the leaders.
For those who wish to vote
without any competitor seeing
th era, The News desires to state
that cash with your subscription,
telling where the paper Ls to be
sent and to whom the votes shall
be given can be placed in an en
velope and deposited in the bank.
The judges will open these en
velopes as soon as they start to
'count and will credit all votes,
including bonus votes. In order
to secure bonus votes on mer
chant' coupon they must be
counted at The News office b-
v fore being voted.
N Miss Ola Ward was in the
lead at the last count. Several
others are well to the front and
are putting forth every effort
on the home stretch to win the
coveted prize. Kither of these
ladies can land the prize if they
will take the time to get out
and solicit new subscriptions und
renewals. Every bunch of seven
new subscribers means 4.200 votes
and seven renewals will bring in
3,500 votes ami the way to win
is to get these new subscript ions
and renewals, as they count up
rapidly and they cany with
them the big lonu offers which
contestants should be sceUing.
From now on until the close of
the contest, which will be on
Friday, February 7th, we will
give the following bonuses. These
will positively be the last bonus
offers, and they will hold good
until the close of the contest.
For every seven yearly new
subscriptions we will give 8,000
extra vot, making a total of
12,200. votes.
For every seven renewal sub
scriptions, 6,000 extra votes nxak
kiny a total of 9,500.
For every seven back subscrip
tions, 4,000 extra votes making
a total of 6,800.
For every bunch, of forty (40)
merchant coupons, that are
brought to the office of the Pub
lisher aiai counted, an, addition
al bonu of 1,000 vote will be al
lowed, fnaJkittg a total of 2,000
vcte.
;-3 c u pon may be collect
ed from any and all merchant
who are giiving coupons, ami must
be brought to the News office in
bunches of forty tickets, to be
counted by the publisher or one
of his assistants before the cou
pons will be Issued.
Friday, February 7th, the vot
inig will cease and the final count
will be made that evening. This
is hut a short time ahead and it
is worth the while of the ean
dULit.es to get out among the peo
ple and work like Trojans from
now until the ballot box is clos
ed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
of the day mentioned. No ballots
will be received after 4 o'clock
under any circumstances, no
matter who may have them or
what excuse they may pres-nt
tor not gettiwg them in at the
proper time.
The contest is on the square
and, there is to be a fair field
and no favorites.
The ballot .box is now at The
First National Hank where it will
remain until the contest closes.
All lonus votes that are to be
cast must be accompanied by the
number of coupons stated on the
bonus or the lnonvis votes will not
be counted nor allowed to be
given, to the contestants.
Merchants need not be afraid
of buying an over supply of cou
tom since we will redeem at
what you paid for them all you
have left over at the close of the
contest.
Anofflr Special Offer.
We have been notified to offer
50,000 votes with each piano sold
during the balance of the con
test. Brinig in your prospects or
keep the mum cs until the factory
representative calls on you and
he will go to the parties and
make the sale. It must either be
cash or bankable note. This is
indeed a very luVral offer and
every one of the contestants
ought to make at least one sale.
Prices will" be reasonable and
within the reach of all. 50,000
votes on each piano sale will help
you in winning the fine Obenney
er & Sons piano which is on, ex
hibition at The News office.
The following are the enter
prising merchants who give
coupons.
F. M. Poore,
Karp'a 5 and 10 ct. Store.
W. K. Mcrritt Co.
W. W. Purke,
V. K. Lundy,
Peoples Drug Co.
R- II. Leonard,
Fnuik Howard,
The following" shows the result
j of the total vote up to the pres
jeut time for each contestant:
' Miss Ola Ward, .... lSl,J2;.
Miss Mallie Thaeker .. 1:12,025
I Miss Maud Sparger, .. 126,400
! Miss Annie' Miller, 115,!75
Miss Johnnie M. Roberts, HO.tioO
Miss Mary Johnson,
42,125
Miss Gertrude Recce, .
I Miss Nellie Hay more, .
I Miss Nina York, .. ..
: Miss Annie Folger,. . .
Miss Irene Hunker. . .
jMiss Lillie I lemmings, .
;Miss Katherine Willis, .
; Miss Nannie Watson,..
Mi:-s lsabell Saunders,
2t;,c.oo
21,400
14,200
1:1,675
11.4(H)
8,4. ".0
3,100
2,425
. . 550
Miss (Jrace Hundley,.. .. 525
; Remember that there are many
ihaiuKoine prizes given by var
; ions merchants around town, a
j list of which may be found in the
advertisement on another page.
(After the piano is awarded, the
. a . ..1 i i
ne-i conicsiani lias iirsi ciiowc
of the other prizes, the next one
has the second choice, ami so on
until idl are claimed.
Small Farm for Sale.
I have seventeen and one half
jacre of lainl for stile. It is
iucauxi uu iUiuMHim river, one
mile froan Zephyr. About ten
acres in cultivation: and balance
in wood. No buildinigs, liut a
good spring arnl plenty of water.
Scue of the laiid is rivre bottom.
John Bowers,
Jloute 1, Dobson, N. C.
GUILTY
Judge Eure Fines Bell $10 and
Suggest Teacher Take Train
ing as Pugilist.
Greensboro New.
Judgo N. L. Euro in the city
court yesterday held that both
Principal J. A. Williams, of the
high school and Ijoc.ke Hell, dis
missed student of the school, were
As
"guilty of an affray. The atern
hand; of the law fell more gently
upon the shoulders of the school
principal, however, for after
weighing the cireimrstances the
court rendered a suspended judg
ment verdict in the case of Wil
liam, while young Hell was tax
ed $10 and costs, all aggregating
approxinaiely $15. Judge Eure
gave warning that should a ca
similar to that of Hell' oome
before his court he would impose
a road sentence. lie, too, sug
gested that the school principal
take a course in physical training
to enable hian to more successful
ly cop with his students. T hi'
reputed remark from the I
brought forth several criticisms,
the critics of the court resenting
the suggestion that a teacher of
the city schools should qualify as
a pugilist as well as a scholar be
fore accepting" educational service
The case tried yesterday orig
inally included Hell as the sole
defendant. When the case was
called, however, Col. John A.
Harringer, counsel for Hell, ask
ed that the warrant be amended
to include both Williams and
Hell on a charge of an affray.
The evidence was that Hell had
been dismissed from school ami
that he returned with two com
panions with a request to visit
the classes. Tiis Principal WP-
liam refused, whereupon Hell re
marked "I'll see you later," The
ed that the present was always
the best time to settle such af
fairs and to have accepted Hell's
challenge to come into the street;
the two reach big the sidewalk lie
fore the fracas began . Young
Hell got tie best of the fistic erv
e ui.ittr, U vgh fere was on
p arent hck of agin essive.: ess
on the part of th" principal. It
was also stated that Mr. Wil
liams suggested to Hell that he
go quietly from 1 1 u school prem
ises. Under this evidence judge
Euro held that both
of an, affrav.
were guilty
Bumed Hole in Chief's Trous
ers. New Hern, Jan. 25. A very
unusual civil ease was disposed of
in New Hern today when Roseoe
Avery, a young white man, who
lives at Dover, in thUeounty, was
given a hearing before Justice of
tho Peace W. K. Harrington on
a warrant charging him with the
destruction of a pair of trousors,
owned by Chief of Police W. C.
Rouse, of Dover.
Last Christmas day young
A very and several companions
were celebrating the occasion witl
fireworks. The noise of the ex
plosives became offensive and of
ficer Rouse eoiumanhd tbe.m to
put a stop to it. Instead of do
ing this, Avery lighted a darge
cannon cracker and cut loose
with it at the guardian of the
law. Ilis aim was true and the
BOY AND TEACHER
OF AFFRAY.
.missile .struck the latter on tne j trafficking the country over in
leg just as the cracker explod-d. j ,ul,. postage stamps aggregat-
. Upon investigation, Officer Kouse i,, s,.Veral million dollars, was
found that the trousers had been j reported today to Postmaster
set afire and a large hole burn-j r,m.raj HiteheWk by police in
t I in them at a very conspic-; spoors.
uoiw point. The matter would j Through confessions of brokers.
have doubtless parsed unheeded, j wilis . 0jK-rations were invest igat
jbut for the fact that the wearer j,. jt was learned that stamps
I of the trousers had only a short j stolon by burglars from postof
jtime before donned hi best pair, j fUVi, aitaj embezzled by employees
and it is needless to say tnat lie ,
was aggravated, lie called u!u
Avery and demanded that he
pay for tlu damage. The latter
refused to do this, and the mat
ter was taken to court. The
i magistrate decided that Avery
j must pay for the trousers and al
iso settle the cost of the court.
Do Not Hava Sore Feet.
An Allen'a Foot Ease iowder In tbe
footfath gives instant relief to
Chilblains and all foot achea. Then
for lasting comfort, sbaks Alien'
Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder, 1
your anoes. All Drugguts, 25c.
MISSISSIPPI IS OUT OF
BOUNDS.
Torrent 200 Feet Deep Rushing
Through Break in Levee
V id sibling, Miss., Jan. 25. A
torrent two hundred feet deep
tonight is rushing through a
crevasoe. in the Heulah levee, a
bout a hundred mile north of
here, on the cast bank of the
Mississippi.
The water is rapidly inundat
ing the lowlands ami destroying
crops and forcing hundred of
families with their live-stock ti
the hill.
The engineers estimate that at
leavst a thousand square mile will
be inundated.
Fifteen hundred men, four hun
dred of whom are State convicts,
are working day and night to
"tie" the ends of the break, but
the crevasse is constantly widen
ing. The levee broke early today,
and; resulted from settling in th
foundation. Major J. A. Wood
ruff, United States engineer, w in
charge. There were alarming
rumor today as to the condition
uf the levee at Fieler's Landing
To a late hour tonight, no loss
of life was reported.
The water will srpread over the
greater portion, of Holivar, Is
sapucnt and Sharkey counties,
and sections of Yazoo, Washing
ton and Warren, Greenville, the
most important town in the p'
of the floor, is protected by high
ridges.
The town of Lobdell was inun
dated tonight, and the outskirts
of Heulah are flooded.
The riverside division of the
Yazoo ami Mississippi Valley line
from Greenville to River Junction
has been abandoned, and prepar
ations are being made to transfer
the mail from River Junction t
Greenville by laurithes.
New Corn-Growing Record.
Whiteville, N. C, Jan. 20th.
Claude McDonald, a student in
the graded school here, will leave
this week for Columbia, S. C, to
attend the National Corn Expo
sition. Until the first of the
year he lived at Dillon, S. C,
where he made quite an enviable
record as a corn grower. In 1911
he made 210'L- bushels on one
acre. Last year he made 197V-;
bushels. This is an average of
204 bushels to the acre for the
two years which so far is known
the best that ha ever been made
for two successive years. Jerry
Moore, the champion grower for
1910, made 220 bushel but ui
1910, the ivxt year, he only
made lo4 bushels, which made
his record for the two years only
195 bushels. Capt. Drake, of
Marlboro county, in South Caro
lina, several years ago grew 250
bushels to the acre which so far
as is known Is the bout record
that has ever be-en made for a
single year. His and that of
Jerry Moore are the only records
that are ahead of young Mc
Donald's, and he thus has the
standing of third in the list of
corn growers of the United
States. II-? has won over a thous
and dollars in prizes- already, and
expects to get others at Columbia
this week. He has a four-year
scholarship at Cleinson College,
and is now preparing himself to
enter there as a student next
vear.
Stamps Stolen by the Million.
Washington, Jan. 2:!. -Illegal
()f i..irsr,v ,uii,e.s.s houses were our-
chaeil iuid rcK)ld by brokers at
fices far below their face value.
It was learned that in sMiie cases
the brokers made agreement to
I my all stamp employee stole at
from fifty to ninety jht cent of
their value, and then old them
to merchant for about nincty-fiv
er ent of their value.
Four sealed indictment of
brokers were handed down in
New York City yesterday. Sim
ilar trafficking has been uuearth-
a score otner large ernes
e country.
NEGROES GET OFF VERY
. LIGHT.
Two Murderers of White Man
Sent to Road for 4 and 2
Yean. '
Winwton Journal, 20th.
Although one was convicted of
murder in the second degree and
the other of manslaughter, Jack
Holme and Mack Tyson, the ne
groes charged with the murder
of Archie Morgan, a young white
man, were let off with light sen
tence yesterday afternoon bv
Judge Cook, who took the ground
that the white men were a much
to blame for the fight m the ne-
Jack Holmes, who firod the
fatal shot and was convicted of
murder in the second degree, was
sent to the county roads for a
term af four year. Mack Ty
son, his companion, who partici
pated in the scuffle with Mor
gan, in which the p'wtol with
which Holmes fired the fatal shot
was wrested from the white man'
hand, was sent to the county
road for a term of two years.
The jury took the case yester
day at 12 :30 ami brought in its
verdict at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
The Joke on Solicitor Graves.
boiicitor Graves attempted to
protest that the punishment met
ed out to Holmes was too light,
but Judge Cook would not hear
him, and created great amuse
ment when he addressed the so
licitor after this fashion: "Sit
down, sit down; you may be
able to come here and do better
than I can, but well, you are
not up here yet. You may be
some day, and I believe you'd
make a pretty good judge. Four
years may not seem long to oine
folks, but to one who served
through the war a I did, w
slfot ana iiCpmon as i was,Hxtmr
years is a long, long1 time. So
let the sentence stand, Mr. Clerk.'
Nor would Judge Cook listen
for a moment to the protest from
Mr. Patterson, attorney for the
defendants, that the punishment
given Mack Tyson was too heavy.
The case consumed pratcically
the last three days of the special
term, whk-h closed yesterday at'
ternoon. It was a hard fought
case and the verdict of the jury
was a surpirse to many, who
thought that Mack Tyson would
be cleared, ami that .Jack Holmes
would be convicted of manslaugh
ter. Buy a Good Cook Bock From
Your Uncle Sam fcr a
Nickle.
Washington, Jan., 24. Uncle
Sam is taking note of the gen
eral moveanent throughout the
country to obtain better cooking,
through organization of cooking
schools and cooking clubs, and as
a mean of helping the move
ment along today issued an in
terestuug booklet entitled "Les
son in Cooking for the Sick
and Convalescent ' '
The publication was prepared
and printed primarily for the
use uf the cooking classes at
nurses' training schools, connect
ed with- government hospitals, but
the subejet Is of such general
interest that arm ligaments have
been made for the sale of the
pamphlet by the superintendent
of documents, government print
ing office, at the normal price of
five cents a copy.
While the recipes in this pam
phlet were compiled chiefly for
the sick, they are of interest to
all persons desiring simple ami
wholesome dishes.
The pamphlet contains PH) re
cipes covering n wide range,
which includes instruction for the
preparation f soups, fish, oys-j
ters, i ggs, steaks, chops, salads,;
desserts, ami beverages. j
Any one desiring a copy of the ;
p.uuphlet can obtain it by send
ing five cent and his address taj
the superintendent of documents,
government printing office. Uncle!
S;tm explains that the five cent,
charge is just sufficient to cover!
the cost of printiing. j
Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for
Children.
RelioTe FeTerishcess, Bad Stom
ach, Teething Disorders, move and
regulate the Dowels and are a
pleasant remedy for Worms. Used
by Mothers for 22 years. They nev
er fait At ail Druggists. 25c. Sam
pie Fre. Address, A. S. Olmsted.
Le Roy. N. Y.
Quick Woik Results In Stopping"
Diphtheria.
Greenslmro News.
Work done recently by Dr.
William M. Jone. superintendent
of health in (Juiflord county, is
believed to have been largely re
sponsible for putting a quietus to
an impending epidemic of di
theria throughout the county.
Since that time, whieh wa over
a month ago, the diphtheria ha
practically disajypeared, and it is
not expected any more this win
ter, or if it comes it will not
spread by reason of the precau
tionary methods taken.
Three or four cases had been
reported to the county superin
tendent, and the board of health
immediately decided to allow
him to issue bulletin. lie went
to work directly and in just CO
hours the manuscript had been
prepared, printed ami distributed
all over the county. Five thous
and, copies were printed, and' the
work of distribution was done
Saturday and Sunday. Churches,
Sunday schools, ami every or
ganized or unorganized means
available was employed for get
ting one of the circulars uito ev
ery household.
The three or four cases that
had developed speedily were cur
ed. Tli ere was no spread, ami
the people were possibly saved
of a serious epid-mic. Occurring
a it did at a time when children
mingle together in school the out ,
break was especially dangerous.
The special bulletin gave infor
mation on the symptoms, and on
the prevention and cure, and was
described by a phylsician yester
day1 as one of the best pieces of
work for th good of the entire
county witnessed, while represent
itfg t hi value of a live board of
health and superintendent
ealth.
Picking' a Bride for the
of Wales.
"Ifincc
London, Jan. 21. Although it
is not likely that the betrothal
of the Prince of Wales will take
place for sne little time, the
question of his marriage is al
ready being talked of ami is cer
tain to come prominently before
the public after he leave Oxford
in Juno next.
The mbme of almost every el
igible princess has already been
nieut.iomxl, but, of course, thus
far without any authority. Many
Englishmen would like to see an
alliance between the heir to the
throne and the German emperor '
daughter, believing that it Won!..'
do much to remove the tension
between the two empires, but the
German princess is somewhat ol
der than the prince, and this
would doubtless prove a bar tc
their marriage.
A daughter of the emperor of
Russia has also been, mentioned.
The latest suggestion, however,
is that a match might bo arrang
ed with a princess of Roumania,
the daughter of the crown prince.
Prince Ferdinand, the heir to the
Roumanian throne, is a nephew
of King Charles; his wife, t!
Princess Marie Is the daughte
of the lute Duke of Edinburgh
(son of Queen Victoria) and the
Grand Duches Marie of Russia.
Wife Flcgs Hubby 'Other Wo
man' Flees.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21. Magi
trate Grells informed a woman
who had given her husband a
'hiding" with a cat-o '-nine-tails
because she found him with an
other woman that she bad done
perfectly ritht, advised other wo
men in the court room to do like
wise, ami then made the angry
wife and rather meek' husband
"make up" and go home togeth
er. Richard Hinkle was the hus
band, and his wife, Lillian,
swung the stinging whip. The
whipping took place last mid
night in front of the Reading
Terminal, on Market tstreet. Mrs.
Ilinkle last night hire.! a colored
hoy to watch her husband. Tha
boy saw Hinkle and a young wo
man enter a caf?. He telephon
ed Mrs. Hinkle, who properly
armed, arrived in time to see
her htwhand leave tho cafe .A gain
and again she flogged Hinkle.
The other woman fled.
Hinkle said he had been a
"perfectly dutiful husband from
the beginning until but nigfct.
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