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Formtrty McDctvtlt Democrat
VOL XIV.
MARION, N. C., THUKSDAYrAriUL 7, 1910.
NO. 21.
I RO FJBSSION AIj
DR. E. J. EVANS,
DENTSIT ;
WW
MAJUON, - - - C.
Koorus 1, 2 and 3, Potect Building
At Old Fort second and : fourth
Monday's-
T. A. M OR PHEW '
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office over Merchant's & Farmers'
Bank.
ULU NORTH , GOOD ROADS
STATE NEWS. CONVENTION
Interesting Items of., News At Hendersoriville Pledges
Briefly Set Forth For
: Bus Readers. '
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The Southern Railway has-sub-
ijmtted to the corporation plans for
fan up-to-date station at Statesville.
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The town of Tnomasvillo will
soon vote on a proposition to vote
t $100,000 bonds for waterworks,
MARION -
N. C.
DR. J. GILLESPIE REID,
Dentist
Will answercalls at any
hour of the night. .: :
Rooms 3, 4 and 5
First National Bank Building,
Marion, . N. C.
NcBRAYER 8 ROSS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Prompt Attention Given All
Business Intrusted to Their
Oare. -t i- -
Support to. the Construe-
. ttion of the Great'
Highways.? .
HenderaonviUe Dispatch, SC&h.
The greatest impetus ever given
the good jroads movement in North
Carolina was launched ' here today
when enthusiastic representatives
of: piedmont and western . North
Carolina--from Charlotte to the
State lines and the adjoining coun-
J udge E. B. Jones of Winston ties in South Carolina and Tennes-
has resigned the Judgeship in order Uee pledged the supnort of their
to enter the race for Congress in I respective communities to the con
the 5th district. ' istruction of the three" great high
ways. The convention, called to
Dr. C. C. Weaver has resigned I consider every county along the
the presidency , of the Davenport line of the Charlotte to Knoxvi He,
Female College to take effect at Greenville to Asheville and Spar-
the close of the college year. The tanburg to Asheville highways,
board of Trustees will meet on responding to the call of Dr. Joseph
Tuesday, April 15th, to elect his Jde Pratt, reported progress and
successor. gave evidence that by October
these great highways would be
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Asheville Citizen: According to ay ior ne Dig auiomooue run
the report of . Judge Henry B. toKnoxville..
RtATO.nQ.- rafcrwi'Sn tW ..ea I The meeting
':'HAS THE RIGHT-RING"
The French Broad Hustler Psys
Mr Cocke a High Tribute ai
a Man and a Democrat.
- Under the caption, "Has Th
Right Ring,1 the French Bnml
Hustler of HendersonviJle, in re
ferring to the Jornnl announce
ment of Hon. William J. Cocke,
of Buncorabo for the democratic
nomination for Congress from this
district, pays Mr. Cocke a high
tribute as a man and a democrat
and says that the party needs more
of such men; that "we commend
Mr. Cocke for the manly .manner
in which he re f errs to his op
ponents in the contest" and that
Mr. . Cocke struck he keynote.
when he. said that party harmony
was paramount. Other strong Da
pers of the district commented
most favorably on Air. Cocke's an
nouncement of his candidacy and
spoke in high terms of him as a
man, a debater and a staunch
democrat. His many friends and
strong supporters appear enthusi
astic over his chances for securing
the nomination. The ' Hustler'
editorial reference to Mr. Cocke
and his announcement follows:
T. 1 . Yt
SHEMWELL IN
ANOTHER ROW
ON HIS WAY TO SERVE FIVE
DAYS IN JAIL
well forfeited everj claim. If he
ever had any, upon public tyo
pethy. We still maintain LUt
Gorernor Kttchin, with the facta
before him, acted humanely la com
muting Sbemwciri sentence, bst
the maa has prated himself totally
incapable of appreciating a bemase
Again Ordered Conductor to- Stop motive and has t iodic led the -
Train and Bee-rne Threatening Umate set by hira of his vindictive
Spencer. N t A ,. L- rs, UtQ
itw.lUtopat UiinKtm.," lnee Sh,m.tll thouU be made to ffer
well, a well.knun c.t. r i.f Ix- Mrx u: y- M
lotfton, addnwHl to Conductor L.n.:,ui rt ,f-. , . lf-
of the SbemwcU tlrip.
, heniwfll U cxm in jtil at Grt&-boro
Up Stairs, Streetman Building
DR. Wm. FLEMING
DENTIST
OFFICE IN STREETMAN
BUILDING.
C. E. HOUSE
Surveyor and Draughtsman
Make ok Copt Maps
Blueprints and Abstracts a .
. '; Specialty.
Office in Streetman Bldg. Main St
L C. G0NEKE, D.
Physician S Surgeon
- OFFICES IN
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ON FIRST FLOOR
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Special Attention given to office
practice in the treatment of
chronic diseases.
was under tno au-
I r .1 XT iL 1 1 . I XBIIJ Hill LUUlljr IBlillUl
George K Smathers, receiver of 4 "t" one of the ringling declarations of
th --"Wftstern ORrolina Rank" t 21C ana economic survey ana me Hon. William J. Cocke of Bun
al.v against the Western Carolina P001? Appalachian Good Roads combe in the formal announcement
Association, in. iratt, neaa oi o cuuiuacjr iur iuo codrits-
both" these institutions. nre5ided. sionai nomination, which appears
tion. The bank failed Octobell,
1897, and its affairs have been in
litigation since then.
Morgan ton Wins Suit for Removal
of Freight Depot.
News-Herald.
The suit of the Morganton Re
tail Merchants' Association and
Curfew Items.
Cttrfcw. April I.-iln I. L U)
tpat AltL7 8a&d7 la OU Tori
wilh br &9tu. Mm J V Tartar
Tucker, in chairc f northbound
paswngcr train No. 3H, fait iiiht
on which Slf mwfll was a s&n
ger from AtUnta. Th train was
not Mrlieduled to tO at Ixicctoo
and the conductor vt iiifurmcd his
assnger, afirr loiii.g Cltarlulle
where Mr. Tucker uk char of
the train.
In answer lo the iIohimU of
Shemwcll, th c rnlucL.r rxplain
m tuik mtucr in iiuiiutwuuj 1 8aady for AriII tti tlT
could not stop So. S3 at losing I tp&4 mm Uw wh wtia Ur irctbtr
Ion, but that he ouM atk the db-C- -
ass inn uispaicner any imng ana W trt iU (Mrvn wvU
an 1 yoo will atop this train at Lpx-lcwmfaJ jrmr. m tKr mUia gfi
ington for me," wan the rtort o( rTU r-c4 rr.
Ham. to Mr t Mr H A Uawki.
March Si. a m.
T. U- Sa4r" &f Markaa. cl
Soadaj cixbl at tLbarao ti tntu,
Mr. aa4 Mra R C .a4
MUmm Laura aa4 Mta&W IU ipt;t
SaxuSaf arurDooQ iia CUra at4 Aa
Ca !LL
O. O. Marraa b (mLM4 a a
pair of cmW
Shemwcll as he iwuniftl threat
ening attitude in the rar. Ho
jumped from his m-i, anuria a
manner that could not be mistaken,
retreated to tlw rrar of the coach
where it is believed a sceno was a
verted" only b.v the colteji of CapL
Tucker. It may li lo here
that Sbemwell caustU trouble for
the same conductor at Hiyh Point
several years ago where it ii a id
h was ejected fr-m ti c train with
a revolver in his hand. On this
occasion Shemwcll I-ad also tie
MARION A TOWN
' WITH A FUTURE
The Highlander Has a Good
Word for the "Hustling
Junction City11 and
The Progress.
trm lasra ppr-U eIlyf Uimi 92.'.rf
Izto br-r7trdaea. U la ft:u4 17 M.
ia'dclU Lurary alO:ij. Tl-t Xa;c
U 6rwT7 U4-l. ctxJtLUrU. tlat U U
f la tU Isiaary. It U 3 f-"AU y
a.i wtllal ftwiU asaay axi;a fa-
rvaj ao tla tack ali c iba fa;r.
Our wtr-Ay cccsasaararr. Ut Cm.
La4 Siar. U tcxsjstrzZLz ca TV XTa
UjuSt aa4 lit faiMdfUIMa. aTt
tlla arsb2) U uoniil
of a 0vfty ta tlla aoaa W $cU
aaw tl kabtt c feU t;c(M at4a
or "asJU. W doal kaovr 9 tsca
CUUa4 rrt a ax4 ta &ra tW
ef w aaMTl Hal Oar ta ta 111 coca
ooaartaLa caca $JLzLal tcUmz
wUcaUlaeiaiaaana. Jna tial co-r;il
wtla tia tart Hat Orralaal waa Ujti
pi-j n iiwn 1 caf t9 Jara, Taa C&ar. Drea
ccraUa aa4 TV Aarara SLrUkaav ll
i7cU Ma tlal iirt la a rvttj fair
iorw f aa taVie.l ja;r.
w La ta eeaTa taic trto
acik ta la ca
Bank and stockholders thereof, the
stockholders are liable to the ex
tent of $50,000 for the losses of A , w" and the point is well taken. This
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depositors in the defunct, institu- lue euU!iaiI" uispiaveu oy vue ,s absolutely essention .to the suc-
rurai aeiegaiesine men upon cess 01 tno aemocratic party in
whom this movement in the last this district and the State t Friend-
devohes. and one of them, &;2!PJ
. W. Conner of Bear Wallow, a candidale bas 'bee,, named by
electrified the convention when, representatives of the people every
unannounced, he arose and declared good democrat should give him ac
that if somebody would come down tive and loyal support. Last week
to n;,ir Kt fp,n we said editorially and here repeat:
.. . . 4, . , . In contests between aspirants for
the six-mile stretch that has en nominations, the determination of
the bufiraboO in the plans Of the ovprv crrnA ntrtv rnn KftnM
others, against the Southern Rail- advocates of the Charlotte-Knox- to assist in the selection of the
way, began in Burke Superior VQ highway, he and his neighbor- most available candidates, consider- Last year it wilt be remembered
Court on Wednesday of last week. p w.,i ing character, titness and personal that Capuin Sraithers was forced.
to compel the defendant company Lnd out and make that road. !taD ."AT?.0. ?Lho p?ple by the same msn, to Hop south-
. .1 x, . - 1 waofc men in ouico who are wining 1 1 . v- t ,
to remove the Morganton freight Tbjg was the broad soirit of en. tn nrfknt lhpm .nfi nt thrvi P0301 tra,n 3 aod ,cl Mr-
depot from its Dresent site to the thusiasm that marked the conven- who would betrav the trustimDOsed Shemwcll off at Lexington. Tb
north side of the tracks and pro- Uion and dknlared th snirit of J in them for a mess of pottage.' trouble last night is said to becroly
vide ample facilities for receiving I tDe men behind the movement The present situation affords the la repetioo of the former offense.
and discharging freight, was given throughout - " 1 V .7 liTr Jf Reaching Cncord U,t ,.i2ht
to the jury Monday-afiernoon. and The next meeting will be held worthy men who express a wiUinir-lonuclor'uc faired ILitcher
shortly afterwards the jury ren- ;n Knoxville durihff the Auualach- ness to serve them. Mr. Cocke in Clark, in Grettsdjro, forinatiuct-
Champ Clark is the Cnt leader
of a Minority in Cocgreaa io oar
history who completely orerthrew
a strong and well orgasixd ca-
macded thai hU train . U stopped inty. All honor to Uxacnp Clark,
at Iexington and the requeat was
denied.
the brilliant Democratic leader who
unhorsed Joe Cannoo. Yoo jst
watch "him" arl "iu
- txaar twen rati jtm J.y-csAi
Too aa nur riciia tJt arsarifi dim aim a
Dordac lUood UilUta pcnl-a ta UaoS
-carta tb caobil yva
aa4 ancall f rfr tlal raci
a:-ar tl It a ftw Ub hm traa ILU
all U poi!kal aartMt caxae ta (V
ar4 lta Urn ta-i tart mrjm.
VTa a- actlUa at a3 ertinLai.iU V
U liVr arwara&ot VLL tir7le4
awNliata. x U v3 t.- t-ir.
as4 a&tmll t sateajKw4 aa a v-oru 7
taaftitUoav 'Tl MaDoa rrefnaa, 4ia
ItaV
Tbe HiLlaoier Is dteyl gTaie
f ol for ttc kkd wcrda, arxcx iLe
z,?l tivat tare jet beo ipcVta la
03 r ULsJf.
We caa recirrocala iLe bcowU -Tbe
Marioo iVxsgrtaa. fottaeriy
the McDowell Desocral. it coa cf
tbe aLale 1 Ureal elLca azd it
located in oc of ocr Urcsi towrj
a Iowq with a felsnL
We vt&l to give Marica a Viz
boow write-op cot of Ibeaa dara.
We tcpJa don in Ills accioa da
arie to krow cxrt alccl t h
Uirg "Jcaclko Gty asd abect
pfojrrramjre McDowell of whki
ManoQ la tbe cocsty araL
ian Exposition.
dered a verdict in favor of -the
plaintiffs. Messrs. A. C. Avery,
Sr., I. T. Avery and E. M. Hai-
field represented the plaintiffs and
Messrs. S. J. ""Ervin and W. C.
Ervin the defendant. The merits
of the case were thoroughly gone
j into and it is pretty generally be
lieved that the, town will soon get
j the relief asked for, although the
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IIH1HI1I1HIII. I JIIII IIHII V UHVH llllllim tJl I ....
. : - r--" - sen ted mm as
an appeal to the bupreme Ltourt. . w -
his letter states what will be the
democratic slogan in the- Tenth!
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P...t M...J a -l luiiintw 11 wio uauuer iu uu unuus
uuni ndiicu nuwmauuu, when he says: 'Down with Aid-
Asheville, April 2. -Hon. John I richism, Cannonism and Grantism. I
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f nnt nroB MnAmSntt Kv thA lho rivalry appears among the
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republican congressional conven-1 Xf, ru fn, ih
v vvmmvMVl a a a 'awaaaw awa aaaw
m aaa a
ions, ataticg mat nemweii itad
demanded that l.o stop his train
at Lexington. Tl.e t doctor care
fully averted approaching iheiu-'
well, who remain! in ih lck of
the coach or bringing fu iy tr-u-
.a a a
tion bv acclamation 21 - : ' r "Z pic wun mm. u.ougn n ..... as-
iniiui v uiauucr 1 11 wuilu iiu icicii .1 . 1
Mr PparcnnVnamfl wunntnrA. U K? nnn..B ir t,a nt,cf IUraDCe irom J-attengcrs tntl
r wvruvU ... """"" I I 1 I It I I 1 I rM --.
sented. Mr. Pearson of the com- Let brotherly love continue. M10 ,M
mittee to introduce Mr. Grant pre- . appealing for harmony and reply is said to have been run
1 a a a "a.-.aa . a 1
; uecianmr mat ino xenm aisinct 1 vour train on nu uciions ana not
B. E. McCALL,
C .E. McCALL
UN DEE TAMERS
Coffins and Burial Supplies
Any business intrusted
to our care will receive
N prompt'1 and ? careful at
tention. .' " ,
Homicide in Rutherford County.
A dispatch from Caroleen, Ruth
erford county, to the Charlotte
Shemwelli order.
Then the conductor wired the
Cocke well savs: To accomplish
The convention was a tame af- this irreat service democracy inut
I I . aa a I
fir. Th 1ova nf twarp. hq lit in be united. Whom you select as Uispatchcr ttal5Memell was t lain-
the ooposinir factions. . Resolu- Uour standard-bearer is of small My in a desperate mood and to ra
tions were adopted, endorsing the lL .5" ltv J 1 ows to l0P for bim meto1 lfoubU?'
1 Ui sinrritvnfPrppntTaft : IVr, j J 1. though he aatf he was ready to
OOV; V Va aaaa aaaa a aj vwvm - : I iat fcj 4 rlvllUl W akaV4 OUV-VM aasa aa-
. " a a 1 1 . . 1. 1 I am r 1 n 4 ba v aaii aA I m Im.. aV. m a lv t Aaa ! !if
and endorsing Mr- Grant's course I wars hwn tn mn a higher ambition crrJ ou instructions regaroiesa
u iuuuuuj "6" " I " . I - , 7 I - . . , , . . . ... ,,
than my own personal advance- 01 trouoie to nmivn tir ooemweii.
me it, I ask for harmony then in fearing a ivtutKo uf ShcrawelPa
ika i.M)lw - t a9 KiaK la la I a
iw iiieuuij iii-iij "nvn,wj inast caiafa III ll.e talur Ot a DOS-
a . . w 1 . 1 at b- ..at a . -
leiicr, x lauueu uijscu. 10 jour
Mr. Charley Walters was shot and in Congress, recognizing in him an
killed. The difficulty arose from efficient public servant
a dispute about road liberties in uowiand, who was chair-
the passingxof their buggies, and man of the Buncombe" county Re
Walters andMr. Sam Melton, mail publican . executive committee in
V - I . a. a
fpll . intrt ha.4tv combat, the last campaign, was elected
Store.
A Woman Wants
The Home Paper
carrier,
UVer maiI..UUiuc o.m- v , - t , , m ,k,i,m.n flan.rraciial a-
pirrifir. tojus na&mnir ana oecame utio wmumicc.
I !fn1frrAi4 art1 ? ia coa4 Y f f? ftOl Va
I iUVUlVCU) auu o oaiu ut w vuw 1 C Ll T IT CI
fatalshotv He was lodged in the 'ai 10 r.6,u ,ur ra.r t.c-
Rutherford jaih . nuns.
Washington, March 31. The
senate democrats are-going to Join
the democrats in the house in the
fight to make public all congres
sional v campaign contributions.
The democrats will work in har
mony for legislation making com
pulsory publication of all contri
butions. Senator Bailey will in
troduce publicity bill in the sen
ate and will lead the fightl
party wisdom, and your sense of I .
party justice I commit my claim, uispatcner viara insirecioj vao-
and your verdict will be Una! with jductor Tucker to slop vio. Zi at
me and by every effort I shall seek Lexington and let Mr. Shemwell
a . . a I
to have it approved at the polls.' or Tliese orders were carried out
Headquarters
for
FEED STUFF
Building Materiall
Byff alloc b EiewStt
NEAR DEPOT.
PH0HEO7
This is the kind of democracy
we like, to bear preached and. while
standing neutral among the candi-lmonilrlloD-
Sbemwell making no further de-
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- MAKE HER r v
hAppy.by TAKING
vlT THZ .YEAR- ROUND
A Penny Saved - Is
A ; Penny Earned
A DOLLAR- SPENT AT HOME
la m Dollar That May Come Back
Highway Robbery i n J1 itchel I.
Our Plumtree correspondent re
ports the following:, B. J. Bean;
of Pinola," was robbed- of. about
$J.35 in cash the other night. - He
had been away on business and
started home 'about 3 a. m. and
lwhen near : the top- of the Blue
Ridge, abb vC. C. JohnsonVstore,
three men came from the roadside
and caught the horse, one holding I Our old friend Mr. W. A.
it until- the others dragged Bim off Laughridge, of McDowell county.
and secured the money. y ehor eniber 0f . the board of com-
they will be apprehended and mssioners of that county, was
brought to justice soon. Up to welcome visitor in Morganton this
this writing there is absolutely no week. 1 He is'one of the old-tune
clue to the robDers.- Ji.ronicie, 1 substantial men of the section
Bakersville. ' . ' . I one of the kind whose .Ideas ' of
government and improvement uri
pretty generally correct. He be
lieves that education and good nxids
are the salvation of our ;countr.v
rehciously. morally'- and cotnmer-
cially ' A chdV wjth- him was ir-
dates. the Hustler wishes to say
that his announcement has the right
ring and clearly indicates that be
is a democrat from principle rather
than for spoils. In the past history
of the party in this section may be
recalled numbers of men colling
themselves democrats who tin ally
proved to be mere seekers after of
fice. Hence the recruits to the re
publican party and iis triumph in
the district.. We need more demo
crats like Mr. Cocke claims himself
to be, and which statement his paU
political record fully sustains."
-?t:L - , It's The .Truth. ,A .
. Many a man wants more vim in
his home paper, when at the' same
time he is carrying a few dollars
worth of its vin- in his pocket.
Thirty 'four councilmen of the
city of Pittsburg have been indict
ed for taking bribes and six banks
are implicated in the bribery. The
banks wanted to be made dei toi
tories for city funds and in order
to get the necessary laws iel
proceeded to bribe the councihm n
Beea La'zatiTa Coogh Sjmp la rnarr n
eed. This U because we know what "U
will do and want to"conrinc you Uu
epeciaUr reoommaoded for cEildren ai
it ia plnaast to take and Ls gentlf lxa
AnVia t.ai Wtnn a. .
deed a pleasure ana a prout to mis rhooinir conch. Trie izc soc
scribe. Morganton I ews-He raid, and I L00. Sold by Dr. XL F. atorpbaw
Captain Tucker wired to Salis
bury for officers to meet his train
and Chief of Police Jolianand
others were at once In readiness to
go to Lexington to preserve order
should It bo necessary. The trip
was abandoned when order came to I
stop the train. Sentiment la Sped
cer is at white heat, and an iod ig
nition inccliog is being freely Ulk
k m a .
ed 01 tor tomorrow ntirht 10 ex-
prvss disapproval and condemna
tion of the. atttoo 01 uovemor
w 1
Kitchen in comuliog the sentence
of Shemwell in the Smithert cajac
t j a fine and a jail sentence of only
five days.
The matter is tho whole tpsc
vj conversation on eve rr street cor
ner, at dining hall, mLaoranUI
ai d other places where tu are to
4 found. Several hurvdml rail-
rxid u:en reside in Speucrr and j
SdidHjry, and arr raily harried
t tl action of the Governor. The
Slibury Poata-ya today editoral
b: Hy his conduct in holding up a-
livthet train last uight Baxter Sbeaa-1
Watches
Jctoclry
Watches
ClocK
a
and Watches
All Kinds at All Prices.
Repairing bone In Factory Style-
J. FRED SPRAGUB
JEWELE'R and OPTICIAft
Gaffney ijeager.
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