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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER: DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, SN. C.; THURSDAYf JAN. 30, 1913.
VOL. XVII NO. 22
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SON ACCUSES. FATHER
Johnston was aDprised of the boys
talkV The arrests followed. ;
.The accused is about 50 years of
age and has a large family He
conducted a small store near his
former home but became financial
ly embarrassed in 1910 and 1911.
J. G. Price, Former Resident of Mc
Dowell Countyi Under Arrest
for Alleged Murder.
Coming apparently as a sort of
climax to a series of family andMost f his reai .'ate was sold
financial troupes running through UDder mortgage. So far as is
H that period of years from 1910 to known, no other crimnal charge
the present time. Joseph G, Price, lies against him.
who formerly resided neat Rocky L "7
Pass in this county, is now -in jail ; Graded School Notes.
here awaiting a hearing on the Agreeably to the plan submitted
serious cnarge or muraenng one to the several High Schools of the
onn .iieu, a, nero. -ni son, State by the State University, the
Ernest, is saia to De nis accuser, Maridn Hieh School has formed
having made a statement to Sohcf- triangle . with the Appalachain
tor A. Hall Johnston last Saturday Training School at Boone, N. C,
which warranted his. ordering the the Cullowhee State Normal
arrest of the father and the deten- School at Cullowhee, N. C, for
won oi ine son. the purpose of holding three Dub-
The father was arrested near lic debates; Qn the night of Feb
nuiaenorarou, woere ne ana ""J- ruarv 21. a team from the Marion
tjrs of his family were residing, 80-1 win defend the affirmative
Saturday evening.and fetched here side of the question of Woman
Monday. The son was detained suffrage &snst a team from the
here until Monday, then taken to Appalachain Training School; on
Rutherfordton and lodged in jail, this same nighCanother team from
This was done to prevent the two the Marion High School will de-
men from holding any communica- fei)d the negative side of the same
tion. No time is yet set for the question from the Cullowhee
hearing as D. E. Hudgins, Esq.; School, at Cullowhee. ' This, plan
representing the father is prepar- bf organization has been accepteii
ing to summons witnesses. by nearly all of the high schools
In brief, the material facts of of the state, and more than a hun
this startling development follow dred high schools will debate this
in a somewhat chronological order. same question on the same night.
Early last' spring the partially Any school winning both, sides'of
puriea remains or a ; man were the question will be' permitted to
found, accidently, by some men send a team to the State UmversltV
who were cutting woqd on a small to take part in a public debate
v.cvw uwi. . A.a Mvm. be iieidin Uommons nail somt
The Sheriff was notified and after time in ADril. and the reDresenta
careful investigation identification tives winnjDg this final debate will
was made, from clothes, shoes and have their names inscribed upon
ttie skull, that tne remains were th Aycock Memorial Cup.
those of John Allen, negro, who John Eniott; Cecil Little, J. W.
was reported as-missing the sum- pless Jr; and J w. Streetman,
mer previous. Jr. have been selected to represent
Allen was eccentric but harmless the Marion High School in the first
and quite well known south of debate. Full particulars' as to the
Marion and in Kutherford county, organization of the team will be
TT ' U 1 1 a.' ' J J l ' - J J I . . m . . .
xie worKeq an oaa joos ana savea announced later. Uf course it is
. practically all his earnings as he quite an honor for the Marion High
almost always was given shelter School to be in a triangle with such
and food by those" who knew him high grade schools as those men
wen. ne had a penchant tor gold tioned above, where the students
AS TO WHOOPING COUGH hntcnLoDai, though it mar bo. por SIX MONTHS' SCHOOL-
, i xu vui3 lucaiuv oi uuro air sua i .
It's Contagious and a Child Suffer- sunshine, with the uncrowded con- School Tax to Be Increased for
, ihg from it Should Be Isolated ditions of living, a rjumbcrof mild Teachers1 Salaries Other
from Other Children. outbreaks may occur without a Matters oflnterest.
. ' death, but who knows when the
lhe btate law requires the Uoun- infflntof ,ow vSt.i:lr.:n 'k IUlcigh. N C. Jn. 27. In th
ty Health officer to placard every to tho dispac whn it mmht ;ct Senate SnatorStuddert introduce
hnnea mnnea inmlao hdna mAnelAo I .. . I I'll m . . . .
uuoo-oh wcU havo cscapcd aod doubt-1 0,115 Ior & unnorm sucdtrU of life
sctme lever,. wQoupmg cougo, lcss would hav bad DOt Qno msuranco pohcirs and the rnla.
diphtheria, smallpox, yel Iow fever, bcen r. . tion of loans on life insorancft.
tophus fever, bubonic plague, or To gain the hearty co-opefkUon Little, of Wake, introduced
cholera, naming among the num- of tho pubUc in thc Cjjht fop
moxoiamenment to ooastitation to giro
oerwnoopingcougn, ana wisely so. slrictiv cnf0rced laws it is only governor jeto power.
The majority of people consider necessary, I believe, to acquaint In the House the ficanco corn-
whooping cough, a minor ailment people with the true condition of lmlltco WILS Civen clerk and ynul
and one that carries with it only affairs.
the inconvenience incident to the
paroxysms of coughing. This idea
is far from correct, as this disease
has the highest mortality record
of- any .disease common to child-
G. B. Justice,
County Supt. Health.
clerks, and provided committees
on oppropriition and counties,
cities and towns, eommitt- n
agriculture and roads and turo
pikes, saving two clerkships. " .
money and ten-cent pieces. When
he had saved enough Of the latter
to get a piece of the former, he
' would change. It was common
knowledge that he had several
hundred dollars which he carried
tin a little cloth sack. .
" How much is not known, exact
, ly, as he was suspicious of al most
very human when money was con
cerned having, it is said, once given
s'e substantial sum to a certain white
tnan several years ago in Ruther
" ford county to -keep for him This
. bellow is said to have it yet but
Allen always grew restless and ap
p parently afraid when he was asked
hew much he had given him and
? yhy he did not get it back.
! Allen had spent , several days,
previous to the last time he .was
seen by any person who could or
4would mention it, near the Price
ttiome. ,
Differences between the Prices,
lather and son, from small matters
gradually - grew "until, when the
- son is said to have refused to -go
?, to'Rutheirfordton to reside with
v 'S his father, the open break occurred.
The son, seemingly madev restless
by what he is said to known' con-
cerriing the negro's death, " talked.
Smouldering suspicions burst into
flaming " certainties and , r Solicitor
Rutherfordton News.
Rutherfordton, Jan. 21. The Iiav introduced bills to amend
hood in children under one year two-story brick Commercial bank mw 13 10 usury, to empower
of age. Twenty-five per cent of building on West Main and Second niarricd women to rcocire danisms
all children die with the disease Streets, is nearing completion and for Personal iojury, and rejjlato
before they reach one year. when completed, at an estimated I cr power and electric lichtinz
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If we should see a person affect- cost of about $10,000 or $12,000. companies
ed with diphtheria roaming the it will be one of the best buildings! Duplicate bills were introduced
streets at will, we would hold up in Rutherfordton. The Commcr- ln botn nouvs Friday for six
our hands in holy horror; but only cial bank was organized in 1900 nionths minimum term for rural
one diphtheria patient out of ten with J. F. Flack as Cashier for a h"001 through a $250,000 Stat
has died with -the disease since the number of years, and beginning PPointmcnUo assorts four-monlhs
discovery of antitoxin. Whooping with a capital of $10,000, with lnn andsupplemi'nUry Spercent.
cough is a contageous disease and prominent citizens as stock holders.
a child suffering from it should be the business has grown so that they
isolated from other children when- will on the completion of the new
ever possible, and should never bo building, own their own' home.
allowed to attend school, and need- J. L Morgan, of Manun, is one of
less exposure should be avoided, the stock holders of the Commcr-
This necessarily entails some hard- cial bank.
ship to the' children and parents," - The two-story frame, seven room
but nothing to compare with that Sunday school annex to the Presby-
which naturally follows the nurs- terian church, on East Washington
ing and heartache of seeing a small street, will soon be completed. It
infant in paroxysms after par- will add much to the appearance of
oxysm of couching which seems to the church building and be of al-
tear the little throat and chest to most untold benefit to thc Sunday
pieces and often the worst hap- School workers and pupils.
pens, and we bury the tiny fellow
are much more mature, and. where
the course of study is at least two
years longer.
Nebo School Notes.
Nebo, Jan. 28. The new Metho
dist minister, Rev. P. O. Routh,
was informally welcomed to the an already considerable epidemic
That baby's life might just as
because of some one's thoughtless- Easter Comes This Year On March
ness or neglect. The 23rd.
A story in point: A healthy, ro- Easter Day comes this year on
bust boy contracted whooping March the ealiest it has oc-
cough, and as it effected him only cured since the year 1S5G. And
slightly, he was left free to pursue not until the year 2009 will Easter
his work of delivering groceries. Day come again as early as March
At a home where he went almost 23rd. In other words, it has been
daily there was a sixteen-months- 57 years since Easter Day came as
old baby whom he often fondled, early as March 23rd; and not until
This child contracted tho disease, 95 years have rolled away will it
and, after three weeks of torture, come so early again,
developed pneumonia and died. A great many things have hap-
This baby's mother then inquired pened sine the last Easter day came
why the grocer's boy was left free so early what will have happened
to go upon the streets, spreading when it comes so early again. It
Stat property tax. the pnxecds of
which can go only to salaries of
teachers for two additional months
of schools. The bills arc tho pro
ducts of the joint committee oa
education and the State Depart
ment of Education.
In thc imu bills we ro reported
favorably: To allow jurors to bo
drawn from counties othhr.than
that of trial in certain cases; tho
vital statistics bill; to allow coun
ties to establish hospitals; employ
ers' liability bill, making the Fed
eral law apply in State cases; to
prevent tipping; to prevent chil
dren using firearms.
A joint resolution urging Con
grr. to pnAa the Vb Knyon
bill to prevent shipment of liquors
into prohibition territory was
passed unanimously.
Nebo community in the. event of a
T; JlTl.i.M
jrouuuiDg r&Ty uui ween. iir.
Routh is adjusting himself to, the
people of Nebo and the people are
already becoming attached to their
new pastor. ,
The people t)f Nebo also gladly
welcome the coming of Mrs. J. A.
Rudisill and- son,") John, to the
community to live." : They moved
from Hickory on last Friday. v
Mr. And. Mrs. . Garfield Pitts
visited Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hemp
hill "on Sunday..:,,?; .... , ? ' .
The honor roll for the Nebo High
School department for the week
Jan. 20 to 2 is as'follows: Pearl
Beet, Madge Brown, Neal Duval,
Mamie; Gbf orth, - Edith '; Lonofl,
Esse Hemphill, Faye Padgett,
Elsie Stkcy, Cheley Sigmon, Mag
gie Taylor, Alonzo Davis, Laura
Hicks, Effie Gannon,' Delia Gibbs,
Gassie Patton, Fannie Gibson,
Ethel Alexander, Fred Hensley,
Berry Hunter, 'Joncie Janes, Tracy
Sigmon, Hattie Taylor, Lottie
Wilson;
well have been spared, but it was
helpless to control the situation.
, There is no one who would wil
lingly be the cause of the illness
or death of an innocent child, and
when the question is brought be
fore the public we will, have no
trouble in preventing,, in a great
measure, epidemics of all kinds.
If each person does his part in the
matter of confining those having
contagious, diseases to the, house,
or in some cases to the yard, and
of notifying neighbors of the true
condition of affairs, so that tuey
may avoid contact with the infect
ed person, it will only be a short
time until there are no epidemics
of contagious diseases.
. The old idea that my child must
have such and 'such contagious dis
ease, and the sooner the better,'' is
barbarous and far. from true. - No
child was ever intended to have i
is possiblo to know 'what has taken
place during tho 57 years that are
past, but as for the 95 years to
come that is a closed book.
Lent begins this year on Febru
ary 4th, and this is the earliest
coming of Ash Wednesday and
Easter Day between now and, tho
end of this century. Easter Day
is always the first Sunday after tho
full moon happens upon' or next
after the 21st day of March. If
the full moon happend upon a Son
day, Easter Day is the Sunday
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It Is also intcsting to note how
late in urn year Easter Day has oc
curred and will occur. In lb'SG it
occurred as late as April 25th, and
this is the latest it has occurred
since that time. It will not come
so I ale as April 25, again until thc
year 1913. Exchange.
Floods in tho Mississippi river
are giving trouble at Various
points. A broken Icvec at Grecn-
Election of Senators.
The Oregon Legislature- ia
which there ia a large Republican
majority, confirmed as United
Stater Senator from Oregon,,
Harry Line, Democrat, who in tho
November election received tho.
highest popular vote. .The Oregon
law provides that tho Senator re
ceiving the largest popular vote at
the polls must bo elected bf the
legislature.
The Iowa Legislature has re-elected
W. S. Kenyon, Republican, and
the Minnesota Legislature has re
elected Senator Kouto Nelson, Re
publican. The "Nebraska Legislature has
elected Geo. W. Noma, Republican
to succeed Senator Morris Brown.
Norris was tho choice of tho peo
ple In tho Stato primary.
Tho Oklahoma Legislature has
re-elected Senator Owen, Dcrao
crat. The South Dakota Legislature
has elected Thos, Sterling, Re
publican, to the United SutesSen
ate. Sterling was the primary
nominee. , . j
Tho Tenncwo Iecrislatare lat
Thursday elected Chief Justico
John K. Sniflda, regular denjocrat,
of th ktatc supreme court, United
StaUta senator for the term brgi n
Uiug Mrvh 4. Prof. W. 1L Webb
bf Bell Buckle, Tern., indor-dst
democrat, was elected United btatrs
. m t m
any disesse, and when one doesville- Miss,, has flooded .adjacent vnntor for the term coding Marxh
somebody has made a mistake uu- territory and thc end i3 not yet. . i i.cxu
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