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VOL XIV.
MARION, -N. -CTHURSD AY,' JAN UAUY , 27, laiO.
PROFESSIONAL
W. T. MORGAN ;
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in First NationaUBank. BldgH
marion; n. c. .
f VDR. E. J. EVANS,
- DENTSIX -T 7
. MARION, - " - NC. fc
Rpoms 1, 2 and 3, Poteet Building
At Old ; Fort second and fourth
. Monday's ;.
T. A . M OR PHEW
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ' V 1
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Office over M ercjiant's & Farmers'
;Bank. '
MARIOI -
NOU.
PRIZES?GIVEN-
: FOR.BESPCORN
NEWS OF THE
, ; NORTH STATE
Natural Conditions in Coun- Briefly Toldfor Busy Readers'.
. i ties Equalized
; $500 IN PRIZESKv
McDowell County: PJacedlin -Eight
-District -Contest V Open vto
"Boys From -Twelve' to Sev-"
;enteenuifears of Mg'tf;
' Full Conditions; Rel-Tp j:.
-; ative .-to, the bon-c'. I : .
- test.:, t ; " . ir . : .
: The State Department of Agri
culture has redistrictedther State
forlboys corn clubs, dividing the
State into tebrdistrictsiafrangftig1
them soas to provide, as nearly as
IKJSsible' an equality in the ? condi
tions in: the, counties included
each district S , - vj. ; c
BURNED TO DEATH
Ncr
DR. J. GILLESPIE REID,
Dentist r : .
Will answer calls at Any
hour of the night. . :i .
Rooms 3, 4 and 5 '
First National Bank Building, -"
Marion, N. C. "
SINCLAIR S McBRAYER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Prompt , Attention Given All
Business Int rusted ? to Their
Care. :-l : :-:
OVER G ALSTON & TATE STORE
s. r DENTIST " :
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wvwwv
OFFICE ik-STREETM AN
BUILDING. ?
C. E. HOUSE
Two Women and One Child Were
Burned to Death Last Week-r
ihrilling' Escape of Wilkes-
P : boroj- Boy from Death- -
: , Head of 'Negro Baby ;
v : Found in Woods. x . ? T
lJ :" - i f
- :W. Ji Watson, formally chief
of police at Waynesville, died sud
denly in that town Thursday" eve
ning of heart trouble. : .
. Mr. Chas. F. McKesson b seek
ing appointment as postmaster at
Morganton and was in . Washirg
ton last week in that interest. ;
.;Mr. II D. Robinson, of Wades
boro, for some years solicitor', of
-The Board of Aarienltnre at' its ine einiI jaaiciai aistrici, nas re-
December beetingrappropriated to become president of the
$500 for premiums to boys' corn
club contestants, r x ?
The contestants are to be be
tween th ages of 12"knd 17 years.
Any Jxy ..becoming ,12 ' years' old
by June first will be eligible," and
Bank of Wadesboro. Gov. Kitcb-
will appoint Robinson's successor
and there are many applicants.: ;
In Anson county a few days ago
the head of a negro baby , was
founds in : the woods. .-. 5 It bad
any" boy, who is now 17 but will be evidently been severed from the
18 not later than August rstx will body by a knife, ; The crime was
be eligible to enter the contest. laid at the door oj a young colored
: The- rules governing the contest irl but so far she has escaped ar-
will-be" about -the same as they jrestv ; r: . - . ".
m. a .1 - -.1. mi v .
were Mast year, except mat any ine lverness uompany, .wiin - a
ooy will oe permitted. to get any cap.tu pffl50,000, "will erect a
person to break his land ' for - him. cotton mill at Winston-Salem to
The younger boys are not heavy to , manufacture high class gray
enough -to handle - a large two good?. R." J. Reynolds, H. G.
horse . plow in heavy land, but J Chatham, and other local capital-
after-the land is broken each boy j ists,,and J; B. Dube ' and . . W.
must do , the remainder of ; the I Fuller, of the American Tobacco
work himself. " If it is known Com pauy, are the promoters.
that any boy permits another per- In Salem church - neighborhood,
to do the work or to help in Burke county, Monday ; of -last
the work,after th? land is. broken I week, Mrs.; XiUtber-Shaping . tied
until alt cultivation is hnished, he her 9-monthsnold child in a chair
will be ruled out of -the contest, in front of the fire and left the
THROUGH THE
GREAT WEST
M. T. Elliott;Writes Interest-
. ingly t)ftnis Tgp.
SAW TAFT PARADE 1
ROSE AND I.
by d. vr. rxAwrcKX.
Maoj jtnn hre cots mm fooJ
Bat virld in my iuetwry still
The nllk-gap oru! tb UIL
Jaym and wtrom Jo I furxvi
Am th yer ga wlftly by.
Bat m tiTcr, forpri tb taptln$.
Trln W Talon I t PIHJ.n I00 aiw'Jr cmm ml rrUd,
aay isLucny uay lor oports 1 1 Ana twM by thAw w me
Went Fishing and; Got Wet
Yisited Great Salt UVr
-Highest Railroad Point
in America.
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It was after' a six days journey
At min-vp aier Uc U1L
llet form wm trim a4
Her eye wr Urg a4 tcrrwo.
A X slowly turned ary,
l C' T ; . :? . . I - w- i-
wucu can x racuco was ursi siRnfc- At lh nf .amm-r
4 . 1 I
ea, a very oeautiiui sight to bebolJ Two yeriou wt i
as we viewed from our bont which lArmin ha aaUn m uii .
m -
we . boarded at Richmond point 1 1 wcHtb oil mUk
Arrived in the city at 8:30 p. m. Th olt-fp odr U;. hi.t
Was there over the night, the next u"! 1 m,lu,r-
day having to take t a north bound I Haw oft I t&.i tK. i,.i
train only seventy-five -miles to go I Of my ahoribixi ry cow.
when the final destination would !
be reached. - I , Broad River Newt.
Now I was surrounded by Quite 1 8ii iAto ro am.
a different pednle from the eastern niAck Moqnfla. 2. C. Ja, tx mo.
folks, the Californians. A morel!" t0 ' fti0aBT ua h.t
mnnin a rlf m nf - nMnIa i I An rr 1 '
ininK couiuoo touna. xu&sr 10 1 tifi
i. ..j ;
la.-w.luo wuajuioj wiwi, V I H. A. Banrett soil J. 1L 0rri
old fashioned people, afwavs ready cud a Wr irit to BUck Voccula
to remember that some one els is 1 Jtrrdy. , H .
In tK wnrlrl (KcIvm. wilTam U&ratrr d4 fml?y cl
iui ftunaay one leuow saia, icis MW
lr l l Ml l l ll ir . Mft h H V v iihui
fishing and without procrastinaUog thl iU tb pfu of kr rmiu
any irrae was soon in a rig ana air. asd Aim pnmbcw r&or.
DC
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: ; : FEED ORDERS '
n
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o alwajra try to kep a good sck c! Hj.xf ii
CoUooSmi Ucllsaai Mill KwO; lUtxtcrt wt ars ili, u
Cl! joor orders PROillTLY.
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speeding toward the coast.
Although our sport was shadow-
ed by dark clouds and a rough sea, !
at' the same time this expedition
will bo remembered from the soak
ing we received from above. "
This beautiful country abounds
U
n
n
Building Your Home
Now U tie tirae to stwjy abool bTVlirg jocr tccat
We can bciU it for or fcrruh li cuHa.
Let os know what jxnx want and we will be jlaJ
to fa rohh prices. -
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NEAR DEPOT.
Pil0SEr37
DOC
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Surveyor and Draughtsman
Only $10 : worth' of commercial
fertilizers may rby used on - each
acre, ine piai oi iana must oe a
full acre. Lesslhan an acre will
not - be considered. 'The plat- of
land must not be less than a half
acre in width. .. Square plats are
preferred. Only . boys living on
the - farm can compete for . these
room for a few minutes, w When
she returned the child was in the
fire 'lburncd to deaths It' had
pitched forward" with " the chair
and fell In the fire.
, North Wilkesboro Hustler: Mr.
Tt E. Handy, a young man about
18 years of age, employed" at the
Oak furniture factory, while
Make ob Copy Maps
Blueprints and Abstracts a
Specialty. -
Office in Streetman BIdg.
C. G0NEKE, M. D.
Physician S: Surgeon
prizes. - The plat of land must be standin2 near the : pulley - was
a part of some regular field in the cauffht by the belt and carried a
farm, and not a garden spot, a distance of several yards, through
city lot, or a plot belonging to tne a noie hardly large enough for one
cityor some other corporation. crawl : througl-j dropped upon
Main St The contestant may use an tne tha floor in another entirel v strinn
home raised ' manure He ' can eif e(j of his' clothes "but practically
Cotton seed, cotton seed meal, city Qniojarecl.
garbage, fish or fash scrap will be
considered as commercial fertili-
J.'LrJbrttrr maU IxuIimmi trip to
'Amocjr tb rofla at OU4 Crk
Sunday wtrs yir. CkwU CtortU r
and WC1 Voaroif OUwU. .
in forests and abundance of came, I r.n.r rvn't fcp tV.u riim l rm ill
such as the deer, panther. wila caUlwlth rbnemotila fiTtr. ;.. -
coon, etc,ahd many other smaller I Vn vuiim 'dmrtim Lu.U a
animals not necessary to mention, j tb rick tut for tb few wkV
Sundays are the lucky days for Mrm, Cklria 0nin wbr U Wa
the sportsmen in th WeiU in fact snfferUs rwtflri witi, m t. v
his U the only day they take tny xim vy . i,
delight in taking down the deer. ; L J?"7 V .T
One of the most important fea-ljr
tures of the Californians is camp- Uotn Iloy mUu
mg. lveryDody, ootti in Uief0f rut Crwk rUit! oa lb Bl
cities ; and country, spend at Teastjsa&day. , " ":-
thirty days during the summer I Ed Klly who Uq ic for
months in-Unts. 1 hU is a resting 1 1 U tryortM won.
period and resting time for the I Mr la York U'.t! ttita-U llcnly
m mm r . ;
. OFFICES IN
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
t ON FIRST FLOOR
.- :- aysaysaayaff
Special Attention "given to office
ii - practice in the treatment of
. v . chronic diseases. : .-,
zers. , ,
The prizes aggregate $50 for
each district as follows:
First prize, $25; second
prize,
An article in the Bulletin of the
State Board of Health - with refer
ehce to teaching, hygiene in the
public schools, 'slys,' In discussing
non-contagious diseases . among
childrenthat 15 to 20 per cent, of
all school children have defective
J&. R McCALL
McCa.lt
UNDERTAKERS
Coffins and Burial Supplies
J 1 Any business intrusted;.
to- our care will receive
f. prompt and careful n at
, tentiori. . , " .
Over McCall & Conleys Furniture I
btore.
Good Farm
j. For Ssile;: r
"Located on Southern and C.
C. & O, Ry near Gardins sid-
I ling, containing 60 acres-nidre.---,
or less, H acresof bottom land;
' f-Jnew four-room housVand out:,
,houses. Fine timberand up
Iand. Good orchard andfine
water7 y Near school nouse and
. : church. ."- - "
Terms: " One-half cash; bal-,
ance on easy term&r .
; For full information address :
C D. Wacacer
. npaloville, N.C
$15; third prize, 10.
;-The county superintendent tf I eyes, that, about 5 percent, have
nnhlift instruction are asked to co- defective ears, 5 to 20 per conL
operate with Demonstrater T. B. ve aaenoias, yy per cenu - mn
C. JR. McCALL Parker in this work, so as to get North :afolb ft x cent.
the most ooys possiDie 10 enier cf children in our rural schools
the contest. The average yield have hookworm disease."
of the boys in this State lastly ear
was 57. bushels per acre i Withfa tuck, : Pasquotank; Perquilmans
rppnrrl libft that everv" enternris- Chowan,"" Washington, lyreU
i in,, .itirpn hnuA enconraM the V Hyde, Beaufort, 'Pamlico.
movement. The boy who 1 suet
ceds in growing, a large crop of
corn stands a good show, of . develr
oping into a - man . who - will also
grow large crops.
all office boys and girls from the
uncomfortable, djsnsly populated
MLm rmsu Led better, of tkU rlc.
adMLw Ylnri Moor, of Oid rori.
wrre tb gt t -iXr."0rrW dar
the. tilth of : October I log th Uttrr part cf lt wrk. '
cities.. 5 ;
.It is now
and X am in Frisco for a few days
before starting East.' Was in
formed by the conductor .xf the
Peniel Mission in Oakland that
President Taft would be in the
city next day. Therefore I was
determined to 1 see . the DrcsiJcnt w Cmr corwvcattrt. ; :oi
r,A rV,.-a v;. k.,t K With W wUht to tb rrogrtw.
possible.
Mrs. Jmfi Maxkn rvitrc4
Woum fxwa nwk'i Wt io Ur pnoU
Mbv MirKii"Moor, of Old Tort.' w
tb gukt of IHm Emma a&d Zee LcsV
5,-what bii brcOCf 0 WT T
IfltJC
.1.
Tf 'wbb ti r t tl Q a m ravt A tr
AH W WS llUy AM M. Ill 11 B kaKW A
. LWrlDjf Va
that he made his appearance in the I raotben imc
" Second ". District Gates Hert
ford, Bertie, Martin, Northamp
toni Halifaxf;Edgecombe, Wilson,
Warren ' . . '
Third District Pitt, . Green,
Wayne, -Lenoir, Craven, Jones,
Mr-.Parker sayst- vWe-want-a CartereW. Onslow,-Duplin, PeiRr.
hundred.or' more boys in' each TO.W"...!!
county to enter the '..contest Apj Joh nstorv-Wake, Chatham, Ije.
pneauon omiiKs wiu -owwr :.iira-p. Fifth District Person. Orange,
u re will be xeady, in a f ew weeks, rjaswell : Alamance. Kockinirlmni.
but the boys can begin work now Guilford, Randolph, Stokes, . For-
and send in their applications later, syth, Davidson. , ; r -
Blanks, ect. will' be sent to the Sixth District New . Hanoyer,
np. rintendent of . instrhction - in wE
eacn coumy, ur.uireui w wja ap- Harnett'
plying for .hem. ;. MC 1. U. c-VAnt.u ' niitrirt S e o 1 1 a n d .
Schaub, of:the-A. r & M.X3ollege is Uioo Richmond, Montgomery,
co-operating with me in the Boys. I Anson, btanley, Union, Oatmrrus,
uorn Jiuos, ana .oet ween us we
nope .-. to visit rwys kjotu 'iuo
meetings .in quite-a number t- of
counties in the Stater ? '"
- Letters of enquiry, for applica
tion blanks should be addressed to
T. B. Parker, Demonstrator, Ral
eigh. ;'tr..i-.,
. The Districts. - ;
citv.- - .
The salutions of the
almost shook the city. "
The parade of two or three hun
dred San Francisco policemen -and
as many soldiers marched up Mar
ket Street with" the President in
the rear ' accotnpanied by Cora
mander in Chief of th Uhited
Lb kxnx. drmry vi&tT taraXis
2M Una. worn !. cwai
iwt. aieep or wtxk. IluJluUr i Rorky
gun boats for moUur. Utkm tbm Lsttt. e-Mi-
thy tad tijuox- i J. w. bwwim.
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We sell only absolutely, Re liable Goods
at Trices that axe Lotu, couiideriujt quality.
We do icruirinf.- - -
' J. FRED SPRAGXJE
JEWELE-R and OrTICIAi
Cullowhcc Normal
and Industrial
School -
Mibtaised by tie Stile
fcr the boy acd
Clrli
cf Vi'citera Kcrth Caro-
liaa- : :
4.
Special Course For . Teachers
run irirrnat n rorotxTLOS addsxi
'."lZ-'jxXiisbi.'TrineiDa!.
CULAO'trjtCr SaUe Cnty. J. C.
AGAIN.
Phenoy Newtr
IU, W
Mecklenburg. -
,Xi2th District-Surry, Alle
ghany, Wilkes, Alexander, Ashe,
Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, ajc
Dowell, Mitchell, Yancey.
- Ninth District Yadkin, Davie,
Rowan. Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln,
Gaston, Cleveland,-: Rutherford,
Polk. .
Tenth District Madison. Bun
The Boys Corn Club districts Uombe," Henderson, Transvania,
1 1 1 . - ... I wr T , .O !
are as ronows: : .. ... , :.. I Jtiaywooa, jacKson, jiacon, owiud
First District Camden,4 Curri- Graham, Clay, Cherokee.
Pbcftjy. C , Jiu. lU-tx Editor.
u I Hani unr Krwt frwathii rww
will civw a fw Jtemw :
States Array left a very pleasant whew tbiy wUl.tuV Udr four!
impression on the mass of lookers-1 tome. , i . .
pn. t ' C I ' ilr. ad Mr. VVk Qor W
I boarded a bouthen racibc qiutu but n? irapnmaf
rain at Oakland pier and the nextr "B'.d Qww tt tWU hU rrot - -
place of interest was thet Great 1 :Jff a&d IUrb Cc4U r .Uiue
Sale Lake, which .is thirty '.miles lm! ftIh,b; ZZl 'S
wide, average depth ten feet, area B. L. paw J- V,jr.t
one thousand - six hundred' miles r"' H . 7 .
andjs twenty, six, per cent.salL j . few d.7, .iu
The specific gravity, is so; great bl!r Mra Jaoei Woody, t Vk.
IN HXT3AEO TO HCCKHIi
ITr ntd two wiskii U a io4
rtiMoovkj tby ,i wrrlSk wti
jou Uiti Uc to at Vl
SAY
TVmw any twroa t tcn tzvm
' VU t4 d!rt rt4 a eef rs
&4lrri Ut pytn . . - i ,
. bat I Vxsow Vyw is rrrif
Carson's Shop ; Klrty Block
(Xcrt 5trwi ; Vux l?o
5 C t-KfKffKf&KO
S GAME?
I Yes, I am
I Game
0 -
asdI wast to sell yea
til : .oar
1 Stationery
I and to make rocra I will
dl 11 10c packa'ca cf
groceries or italics cry cf
any fcisd for LO0.
o
that it sustains the human bJ in
any position.', fl i
The lake offers a peculiar in flu
ence on the surrounding country.
Tempering the extremes of sum
mtr and winUr anO. giviog a flo-
Hchtful softness to the air, - Has
an elevation of four thousand -feet
above- sea level. But to niiprvci
ate the'grandeur of the lake the
reader should visit some of the re
sorts along its Its shore where
thousands btbd in - its britny
waters and float upon its bouyant
waves.
near lompkiaTili. . 1
a-'CWUm Gk ao4 Dock 8caU
port dall Ucir" 7..JZ . .
Thi wtLr tu Wa to tad ih wprk
Ua lhat (Sown cu ll. rv4 frv VL T
WUhlnt U th rdri of Tlk 1-grc-m
ratuli c' . L V.l w'.!J cI-ml
U N 1.X JOS & A t-XT Sa I.XX1L
If yoa hTal 11 tio to rvrriM r-
i . .i rw..'. .fi t
nexi iook a iook arouna in oontirAik. Tl7 rzc nLli. r-urT.
Stpp!-r-
Look! :
V Listen!
j " i
No dinner ihM J if ycra J3
-rmrfr.ter that 1 imbni;!
ten" fur stove r'rC trto v-j,
, rln ani m ck cf a3 air.'
Rry-dii r!u.r.trz ' a n d
rumbtrj tools c U iriH
inJ it tt -7 cctr.rc
ti:ion. AH you hive o do h-
. to i:cp ir my ivop, kck si nty
coods an4 Ui:cn to ny rrix
n4 tc cenvinai iix i n v
. rve ytrtj n.r.ry on tnji.-
taayLr. --.. . w.
Ycun to lka.?t.
Don't Forget
Tbe Wravrr Pure aiiJ
Urrti-s art t tstla Lr
at tsy jic. Ifycarrt
cot jxsa U1 Ue jinud.
Ml. R. Grubsr
o
"-C-w c c
Blackburn Cz Lail,
Rescind Kin iibed Lssbcr,
Lalha and Sbbtks.
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