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Formtrty McHcxvll Democrat
VOL XIV,
MARION, N. a, THURSDAY, MAY 19. 1010.
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PROFESSIONAL
T. A. MORPHEW -
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW r
Office over Merchant's & Farmers'
' Bank-"
MARION -
N. C.
DR. j. GILLESPIE REID,
Dentist
Will answer calls at any
hour of the "night.
Rooms 3 4 and 5
First National Bank Building,
Marion, N. C.
McBRAYER & ROSS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Prompt Attention Given All
Business Intrusted to Their
Care. :-: :-:
Up Stairs, Streetman Building
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DR. WM. FLEMING
DENTIST
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OFFICE IN STREETMAN
BUILDING.
C. E. HOUSE
Surveyor and Draughtsman
Make or Copt Maps
Blueprints and Abstracts' a
Specialty.
Office in Streetman Bldg. Main St
L. C. GONEKE, M. D.
Physician 5 Surgeon
OFFICES IN
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ON FIRST FLOOR
Special Attention yen to office
practice in the treatment of
chronic diseases.
OLD NORTH
STATE NEWS.
Inte resti ng Items .' of .News
Briefly Set Forth For -
v Busy Readers.
R. L. Gwaltney, of Taylorsville,
announces that he is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Eighth district.
Friday, May 13, was the " anni
versary of the birth of Senator Z.
B. Vance, war governor of North
Carolina and the state's distinguish
ed member of the United State's
senate until his death, 15.yearsago.
Fines, penalties and costs collect
ed by the Ashe ville " police cou rt
for the year ending May 1 amount- working smoothly,
ed to $19,109.06. The past year
there were 789 arrests for drunk-
j enness as against 1 87 the year
'previous and 1,425 two years ago,
j the last year of saloons.
THE RAILROAD
REGULATION BILL
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Much Good. Work Accomplished by
House Democrats and Progres- -sives
Will Je Reversed..
Bj Tarenner. apodal Wahlntoa eorrfttpoadeat
Washington, May 17. Repre
sentative government almost-but
not quite prevails in the national
House of Representatives. ""
Although still objectionable as
passed by the House, the railroad
regulation bill was discussed,
amended and improved. And it
was all done in the open.
The entire 'membership of - the
House, for a change, was permitted
to vote oh the question of rejecting
undesirable r sections. Improve
ment of the bill by amendment
was also allowed.
Had the Cannon machine been
. lew men
The North Carolina Agricultural
! Society awards the contract to
Messrs. York and Cobb of Gren
j ville for a fireproof concrete agri
cultural and horticultural building
at the state fair grounds, the bid
being $6,725. The building is to
be completed by September 15.
The Republicans of Mitchell
county held their convention at
Bakersville last week and decided
would have done the legislating
instead of the entire membership
of the House.
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under tne regular tjannon sys
tem of gang rule, the railroad bill
would have been reported from
committee under a rule prohibiting
OLD FORT. NEWS.
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Former Native of This County Dies
In Colorado Personal
Paragraphs.;
Old Fort, May 11. Esrl-Brad-
ley and Frank Terrell have arrived
home from Mars Hill College
where they have been io school.
Mrs. Robt. McElroy and two
children are visiting her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Blackwelder. years and Walter Calhoun, aged
W. O. Ledbetter, who has been twelve years, of Marion, Jf. CL,
teaching school io Oklahoma the rnt Tuesday night in Newport.
TWO MARION "BOYS
SENT TO THEIR HOME.
Citizens of Newport Provided Then
With Transportation.
The following special from New
port, Term., appeared la the Knoi-
viUe Journal and Tribune:
Having wn enough of the world
which they ran away to e a month
ago, Charley lUrrott, aged eleven
n I ii n
jnieaoqiusur
icers
for
FEE
D STUFE
past year, arrived last week aad U
stopping at Mrs. Hetue Bradley's
where his wife has been for several
months.
Mr. Britt, of Asheville, Is visit
ing his sister, Mrs.
this week.
Mrs. T. M. Chaney had as her
guest from Thursday to Saturday
Mrs. W. D. McSwecn, of New
port, Tenn.
S. F Manney, representative
from the L O. O. F. lodge here,
joined the other delegates who
were traveling in two Pullmans on
No. 12 Monday and went to Golds-
boro to attend the sessions of the
the membership of the House from
voting for or against amendment. J Grand Lodge.
Bad features of the bill could not Prof. L. C Cornwell and bride
have been eliminated. were in Uld Fort two davs last
The entire measure, iokers and
all, would have been forced down
the throat of the House jus Was
dictated by the railroad companies.
and just as submitted by "Uncle
Joe's" Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. This com
mittee is packed with men who
While here a pure was raised and
the boys were given tickets to get
to their home. The boys were
not anticipating the killing of the
fatted calf in their honor, bat times
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I II Green. I ntTe wn Drt3. J, DOOC I
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wiu iook got-a to inem regsraies
of tho physical sufTericg they wen
due.
When train No. IDS came Icto
the local sUUoo Tuanday night the
boys were riding the blind baggage,
but one of them was seen and both
were put off.
The boys ran way from home
for the purpow of seeicg the world.
They saw Johnson City for a month
and were sathficd. Iuricg that
time they resided In a bam and
took what food they could beg.:
The cold weather of last week made
Building' Materia
BuffalocSuHewit
NEAR DEPOT.
PHONE D7
wees visiung Mrs. Uornweu s peo- them lorn? for the comfort of home.
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Fv uu-uu. 1 1 in Mondir ther beaded UiaI vet
A. H. Spencer, the popular and after being ejected twioo from
agent, leaves this week for Atlanta, freight trains caught the blind bag-
Gulf port. Miss., and the far westlgmge of a passenger and landed In
on a two months vacation. J. N. Morristown safely. Tuesday cirht
Cowan will act as agent daring his they started for home, but were
io noia a orimary election on Aug- have been aided m coming to Con- Waugh, of SUtesville. they finished their trip in style
gress by the railroads. tv, Mmtkt Uln in;M r . Mp mK.
The improvement of the railroad I rn:ntTtt 4 ftV 1 nrV hv tKr2 mi roancest of the rmir stated
bill m the House by a coalition of .... . r. . Mr. . . t .1 a r-.
t r j t : I j , - . , . -
mocravs ana irrogrexTe found Dorlh of r anywsy.
a cause ior rejoicing, nai n apes
it i ,
noi mean m me people nave real- . . PUADinTTC UAQn
W rM trl f Ka T,;n.l llss uouru, lormnj unniiLui i i- nnuu-
ust 16. A resolution was passed
that Chas. E. Greene be endorsed
for Congress at the Congressional
convention. '
Mr. L. C. Wagner, who was ap
pointed postmaster at StatesviHe,
notwithstanding he had, told
QqU. I law-making machinery from the
tariff trusts, Wall street and other
a native of this county and a dau
ghter of. the late WauMashburn,
WARE GROWS.
gressmanwles that he wasnot a rrn u With 25 m
candidate for the place and would (orms of special Pnv leg which .,. n... c.!... c.i'
decline the apDointment, has noti- dommate tne itepuoncan party
tied the congressman that he will through either the control of local
not accept the appointment and it
is supposed that his nomination
will be withdrawn.
politics or by masing large cam
paign contributions.
The House is only the lower
branch of Congress." The railroad
bill will not become a law as passed
by the House. The Senate is the
been appointed postmaster aCSalis- dominating half of Cougrees, and of Qld TofL
u is sun controlled aosotuieiy oy
W. Henry Hobson, chief clerk
the Salisbury postoffice, has
She left this county about twenty
five years ago and at the time of
her death was conducting a hotel
at Durango. She was a member
of the Presbyterian church and ber
funeral was attended by a large
crowd or friends, interment was
at' that place. She was a sister of j
Sheriff P. H. and J. M. Mashburnl
J.T. B.
P. J. Sinclair
D. L. Caklton
SINCLAIR & CARLTON
LAWYERS
Practice in State and Federal
. Courts.
Office over Gaston & Tate's Store.
MARION, N. C.
McCALL & LISENBEE J
- . ATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW
WW
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the greedy corporate interests.
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Ine benate will pass a Dill con
taining some of the very features
stricken from the measure in the
House. Both the Senate and
House bills will then be sent to a
conference committee composed
of either three or - five members
of each branch of Congress.
As the majority of conferees will
j bury to succeed Jas. H. Ramsey.
All told Mr. Ramsey has been
postmaster at Salisbury for 20
years. Hobson is a Davie county
man; 30 years old, and has lived
in Salisbury for ten years. He has
I served in the postoffice in various
I capacities for several years.
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May 20th will this year be "Au
tomobile Day" in . Charlotte. The
members of the Charlotte Drum
Corps have secured the co-operation
of the Greater Charlotte Club" and
plans -are rapidly being matured the Honse Democrats and Progres- of seeing Jlalley'a Comet as he has in close proximity to both the Sea-
Sugar Hill News.
Mr. Thomas Morris and son
Lawrence of Marion visited rela
tives here last week.
Mrs. Emily Wilson and Miss
Ella Grant are visiting T. W.
Wilson of Nealsville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. IL P. Morris,
Will Wilson and Misses Lizzy and
Floor Secured Salesmen
Increased.
To keep pace with the extension
of its business and the growth of
Charlotte, the Charlotte Hardware
Company is enlarging it stock of
goods and separating the whole
sale and retail deprtmeot. The
company has been very successful
during the four years of its life
and it has become necessary to se
cure more floor s pacts and roke an
addition to the stock of goods in
order to cope with the growing
business. Mr. W. W. Hagood is
erecting a building at the corner
of Sixth street and Railroad C0xl?0
feet two stories high with a base
ment which has been leased for the
wholesale department of the con-
cern. ints Dotkitng win uooi mui
w a. t c rim s !
JUST RECEIVED.
A fresh lot of
0 Sire
6 Suz
12 Su-c
l6Si.-s
IS Sue
Watches
J. FRED SPRAGUE
JEWELED and OrTlCIAt
Poteet Building,
MARION,
N. C.
which, when carried out, will make
a very attractive series of events
by no manner of means ill suited
to the importance of the occasion,
i A mammoth parade of automobiles
is being arranged for, to take place
at ll a. m.
Annie Wilson attended church
be "regular" Republicans, specially services at Glen wood last Sunday,
selected by Aid rich and Cannon, : The "stork" has visited B. A.
it goes without saying that much Simmons and left a fine boy.
of th good work accomplished by Mr. Snowball has about lost hope iure
gotten his toes frost bitten by get- board and Southern tracks the
ting op at; nights to look for it. Lhmmentsean be received and dis-
ithout
ALL THE GIRLS LIKE KISSES
Uc nuke them fmh every day. Ccccur.-.-! K-cs, Cmra
Kbscs the ten oer. Our Cream Pui!i Laiy F-rtn,
Mica room sr.J Docxhr.un 0 My! iiey are r-"
fresh dxJy.
W MaKjr a Specialty of Fancy and t&iJitty
rmn CaMjr.
PUin, Lsyer and OU Faxhior.ed Iocr4 Cske. Vrmzi Cake, Eii.
YcrCkc to Order.
Fresh Bread and Sar.mxh Bur. o crjr day. Hc HcZ. rt try
CTer.ir.x it 5 JO.
TofSl,.0, Marion Bakery, J. T. Cartee, Prop.
It- was so
B. K McCALL
C. B. McCALL
The Newton News says - that
when William Clippard,' a young
man of Caldwell township, Ca
tawba county; visited "the : show
in Newton Saturday- he lost
Burial Supplies $75 betting on a trick in a side
show, and that $50 of the amount
was not. his money; that jhe went
home and was so "grieved over
his loss the next day. that. he wrote
a nice letter to the family, telling
Ove?McCaH"& Cdnley's Furniture of his trouble, then took-a . singly
McCa.ll Brps.
- UNDERTAKERS
Coffins and
Any business intrusted
to.our care will receive
prompt and careful at
tention. . . ,
sives will be reversed,
with the tariff bill.
The finale of the railroad bill
promises to be the Payne-Aid rich
fiasco all over again. Representa-
ive government will have given
special privilege a tight racey bat
in the finish Aldrichism and Can-
nonisin will win by-a nosel. But
why should such a result be con
sidered strange I For what pur
pose do the railroads .make $260,-
000 contributions to the Republican
campaign fund if it is not to con
trol the Republican party's legisla
tion!
Store.
ABERNETHY,
LYEREY & CO.
Manufacturers of all, kinds of
LUMBER.
Boring; ceiling, siding, mould- ;
ings, doors, sash," fraracs.'and-
all kinds of building material
AUo Manufacturers
CL
barrel shot gun, placed -it against
his temple and pulled the trigger.
Death followed at once.?
At the .closing -session of the
G rand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
North Carolina in Goldsboro last
Tlinrsdav. Winston-Salem . was
chosen for the"annual meeting, in
1911. Ulhcers for the ensuing
vear were el ected as follows: Mr
Charles Dewey, grand warden, Mr,
R. N. IIackett, grand master; Mr.
W. H.' Qyerton, deputy grand raas-
. Z . . v-1 fRrtcK. ioV Afpssrs -R H. W llliams ana
But he is glad for the supposiUon . j
tm uv smm tmj .. " " r I . t rmm
the other day what it was good for; cost oi araysge. invs ouiwmg
A man like himself wanting to seel will bo devoted entirely to whole-1
the wanderer had gotten up to take tale, while the ofSco will bo maio
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discovered his daughter with suit
case packed and in the very act of
eloping with a young man, but on
seeing the -fatner be applied the
wh'iD and passed on. The old man
said Halley's Cttmct had routed
Cupid. Bnowball finds some re
lief in this and thinks that his toes
were not bit in vain. -
: - Snowball.
-An interesting programnas been
prepared for the twenty-seventh
annual session of the North Caro
lina Teachers Assembly in". Ashe
ville June 14-17.- Ine .program
will consist of forty-six add resses
and 'reports, . in : addition to the
proceedings of the Woman's Asso
ciation for the Betterment of Pub
lic Scboolhouses in North Carolina,
and informal discussions. In ad
dition to those from our own State
with whom the teachers are famil
iar, the. teachers will have the
pleasure of hearing some of the
teachers and educational leaders of
other States. I
Indigestion and constipation upset the
entire system cause a wide ran of
other ailments. You needn't snff er from
buy of these trouble. - There certain
relief in Ilollister's Rocky Mount ainTei
Chapel Hill Items,
East Trade street where it Is at
present.
' The business has outgrown the
Dresent ouartera bkh has been
used for wholesale and retail since
its organization. When the change
is made In the near future, the
four floors in the present boildicg
will be given op entirely to retail
trade: New lines will bo added
and the office enlarged.
Four salesmen are now on the
road traveling tho territory within
a radius of 100 miles in which the
company has substantial patronage
in its line. The number of sales
men will bo increase to six and the
present territory will be worked
Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School
Maintained by the State for the
boys and girls of Western North
Carolina. . . .
Special Course For Teachers
run nnrnint rxroiniA-nox xDD&ir-a
R. L. MADISON, Principal,
'Cs!!?vlrft Jt:U:a
Ccss?j, N. C.
Mrs. P. II. Cannon of Bridge-
water is visiting ber daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Simpson.
T. J. Swan spent last week, in
Marion. .
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Kanipe'of
Marion were visiting at .Lesley more thoroughly and enlarged to
Haney's, Sunday. - . some extent.
Misses Pearl and Ruby Davis of Tbe officers are: Mecxrm. J. C
Marion were pleasant visitors at McNeely, president; IL L. Erwio,
the home of T. M. Hicks, Scndsy. vice president; Robert Glasgow,
Mr 'AntW mn tr Mi treasurer, ana j. t. neeiy, secre-
Della attended the commencement I tary.
at Marion Friday night. I IC. E. Troutman, who was for-
. Lafate Poteet went to Glen wood I meriy ecgtgtd in tne ntmware
yesterday on business. I business in Marion, will bo one of
Mrs. A. McGee, who has been the new salesmen.
suuenng from tne etlects or a lalL,
is slowly improving.
A. McGee and grandson.
Holland, spent
home of .
Stroudtown.
. . Rosebud.
Leo
Saturday at the
M. England near
A teach of rhumtixm. or a tvi&jr
of nenrahrU. whaUrvr Ihm troU U.
Chamtwlaln Linimcl crtrrft ivi;
the paid at oon aa4 cor to com
tlalot Ctvl-klT. Vrtt mrrltcmlXja rim
rtlirf. Bold VJ liarvoo XTBX vaX U4
COMMUNITY GROWTH
Every "visitor remark cn the growth xzd pros
pcrity of Mxrioa. This growth haabeca raxdc pos
sible by the efforts of our dtiieas and with the sid
of the banks. This bonk has dose its ctocit to
tnararac the forcing ahead of the ci titers and has
helped them la every possible way; sofeaardbf
their money, collecting their checks and drafts, asd
lending money to legitimate enterprires where pro
tection was assnred.
Become m customer that yoa may help cmr pro
gress and receive help la, tarn thrcaih this bonk.
The Merchants and Farmers Bank
fS5c at all dru&gisto. J. W. Streetman
all dTDgwa.
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