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V. - , . .- v. - V ' j V " -. :v V;;-;r--; - r'- '' Wv';' .v;'''w--: II? . 1 V: 0 r A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVQTED XO THE. BEST, INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. f If 1 ESTABLISHED 1 ... '- LI 11 .COMMISSIONERS MEET:5 Farm ; D e mo nst rato r i; Disco n t in ue d : ; New Bridge 0 rd efed Built FerinianrJiirors. -' Tho board of county commission ers held a busy session at the court . house this week; . The . .usual Dins- and routine ' business was . looned after, and several other.matters of umportanccT given attention; ; ' ; The commissioners o'rdereid'1 that ai new wooden "Vbridgevbtiilt across the Catawba liver ator'near ' -Hunter's mill, in ; Nebo township. It will be a low type bridge and. is to be completed by the first of next "j v-montb. V - ' V i ; Kegisterf DeedsParter was - I U ' instructed to' baye the register of , deeds' office r epainted - and : other wise improved. ::; a :. V ; The board ordered that the coun ty farm demons t rato r '. ' fi d iscdn -tinued ior the year 1917 onliccpurit of recent floods. :: , v Wilson;.N.XSiePPd B. Ix. C. Gibson ; were . appointed as members of the finance cbm- I .Trirora' were drawn for the:' Feb ruary :ternl ; ; of 7 superior . .court, r;i which convenes on February -19, 5';'asxfolIol?s:f,'"fX'' Firet'week-vjrii. tedbetter J. 6. McDaniel, - W. W. Guy, . Q. lft J. W. Jarrett, j: G.' McCall, R A Ledfprd A. C. Gardin, T. L. '4 ' ney; K A. Chapman, J. r. Wil TidgeV C,: K. McCall; W. H; .Hun V teri G; E. Macoi K." Li. ' Bowman, Joho Kich, G. H. Silver, H. H: v Tjioson, J. xi iiempniii, vr. -iuu Xaoender, W. J. BowmapJ JJ .JH. Uenslev.- E. J. ' Lanshter, i J.. S. ' .Sigmo.n, D. C. Bateman, Sam Mor - . gan, J. Ii. Arrowood, B. M. Bright. ; Second week :M. G. Burgin, J. " B; Lonbn, A. Ii. "SutUemyer,: 'At Ii. Gardiner i. G. Price, S. I v'Copelandt'P.'Ci'SmOT , Gallion; J; C:, Sandlin; T. :W. .ri'ili'Henli ' nessee, S. LBrowo,-R. :A' Mar- low, : W. T. Moffitt, ? S. 4 Davis, j;D; Hunt, A. E. Noblitt. Students Home DtrringHo!fdays The following ' studeptewere Home : for the rhojidays:.' Misses Mary, and Sarah Bud gins,' form 'Randolph-Macon Institute, Dan ' ville, Va. ; Miss Frances : Wood tmd Wlimer Corpening,SalenlColr' lege; Winston-Saiemr Mis3l Fay "Conley, Greensboro Golieg Women; Misses Anna Conley ' and Mary Poteat, State : ft NormaU Greensboro; Roy; -"Giles, V " John - Elliott rand ; f: j. .W: ';'Streetman Trinity; College, Purb am ; ;WiU PI ess,; Davidson College, ; Bill Xonon, Donaldson, . Fayetteville; Alexander; " Wbite, Cecil; LUUer ' Clinton landis and Isaac ? - Giles,' University, Chapel Hill. - The County . Board or Health, - composed of County Superintend ent Byron Conley, Mayor Street ; man and J, Ij. Nichols, : chairman oV the board " of ' county "commis-o-sioners, met. Tuesday and elected - Dr. G.B. Justice of Marion and Dn D. M." Mcintosh o Old Fort 'H3 members of the Board of Health. The board vnll meet next Monday . to elect a county physician.: ; .' " t J ' . i, ; -!.. ' ' ''Z' sit. ,;.r-.-.V a. V . -; V t yy -:Jf jess, Jr., i enteriainea a number of his friends . at his home, Viewpo.inttBungalowtlbn .Monday night: v About fifteenTcquples de yotcd' ther evening 4? to dancing, while others enjoyed various ; card gamesv r During vihe pleasant hours delightf aLref reshments were sery ed.by Mrs; t J; W ,Pless, assisted by Misses Nell e and Aannie Laurie Blanton n?-i'-i?t-iU-?it i of the, town gave a leap-year dance in the honor of the young" men of their set last Thursday high tf at the Marianha HoteloThe i young ladies played fhe role ordiniarly;H played byit young ) men in 'taking the iniatiye in making ' for the occasion also f organises. ; The 'dance, was a Dleasant affair and v was very much enjoyed: by all those present. The young men of the town gave a -dance at Hhe Marian na hotel Christmas night; .whichv was " per haps the most enjoyable event the young people " of Marion have en joyed 1 this season.; Music , was furnished by the' Symphony or chestra of Morgan ton. Fou rteen couples were present. The out "Of town guests were Miss Dorothy Jones,- of Nashvillef' Tenn., and Messrs.Max-Gorpening of West Point; N. T. and Harry L. Sheep, ofr ' Baltimore. Chaperons: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pless. - ' Miss Elizabeth -Swindell enter- taineci tier 5 young; friends"-' of -tlid town at the home 4 of-her aunt, Mrs". , D;' f-E. - Hudgins, ; Tuesday night of last weeki in honor of her house guest; Miss" Dorothy ; Jones of - Nashville, , Tenn.. : The homo was beautifully . decorated for the occasion, in evergreerr and Christ mas colors. After various games and contests; the , guests1 about forty in number en joyed refresh ments, which . -were r served : by Misses Sarah; : Hudgins, Mary Hudgins'and Gdrtude Jones. ';-;:-.f. r . y-,- Miss Maude -Elliott was hostess to a number of friends at the coun try, home bt G. W- Chapman last Friday - evening.- . Rook, flinch4 and other "- games- were r played after which delicious refreshments - were served, i Toasting marshmellows created ; much fun and amusement, Miss'Thessa Jamersoh being voted the: champion - toaster. 'ij The - time 'passed so pleasantly and swiftly that iit was with ; reluctance : the guests bid farewell to " their graci ous when the clock pointed to the wee small 1 hbhrs. v Those present were MissesMary ; Burgin? Thessa Jamerson,; Jt)eliai Dora and Nellie Gibbs'v.and K tha i Misses Elliott; Messrs. Garland'Williams,'Thomas Gbwan7Johnf Elliott and V?R: Bailey: . v .: , Hosiery Hill Fys G op id; D ivid e nd. The regular annual stockholders meeting "of the Carolina Hosiery Mill Company was held Tuesday: An excellent report was made for the preceding year, which; showed the net earnings of the mill to ibe 40 per cent. Z The directors order ed an 8 per cent.dividend paid - the stockholders." " The officers of the company are R. Ii. Greenlee, tes ident;V ByronConjey, vice-i)resi dent; J? ; Streetman,:"secretary and treasurer and C. -F. Janes, superintendent.; Social Affairs. WrWmde! i ? Perfel) rgah IzaIbn t.'r -vSessioh-ori9l7.:; t Raleigbr Jan?; 2. Walter Mur phey was named ; unanimousljr ; to night )y; the caucus of democratic; members" for speaker of the house of represehtati legislature and I his election Awill take place at 'noon tomorrow when the legislature organizes for its biennial sixty, clays' session ... -' Gal latin r Roberts of - B unco mbe I and Henry. A;' Page of Moore- withd re w from the; race forspeakerV during the t afternoon, i leaving Murphy. witn .a ciear neia. -s Kri Mrr Murphy's nomination was made by R.. A. Dough ton of Alleg heny, ;who told of; his ipast legisla tive service covering six sessions and the speakership jof the 1914 extra sessions, and of . his iexcep tional qualifications. -,; j : : For principal clerk Alex Lassit er and Frank Hackett tied, 47 to 47, on the first ballot, and Lassiter won" on the second, -52 to 41. Other officers of; the house nominated were ' r - ' iV ; h :;f; Engrossing clerk, O. P. ShelK H arnett ; sergeant iit-a rms, J H . Morreng, Wake; reading clerk, D. P. jDellinger, Gaston. H, P. G r ie r of Iredel 1 was mad e permanent chairman of the house caucus, and J. :E. Pegram- of Durham secretary;' to s e r y e thbughout thellegislature: t The senatelcaucbs clioser F. C.; Harding olPitt president pro tend; R. O. Self, principal clerk; ";Dayid Gasto r, Cu mberland , sergeant-at arms ;J; W. Ale xahder, . Clay, as sistant sergean t-at-arms; O. - C. Broughtpn, reading clerk; T. W. Hughes, - Beaufort, engrossing clerk.'- ';; " :-; '.' ' M:y. Senator ; McNider ; of Hertford was made permanent -chairman of the senatecauca of Alamance secretary.: ; v The legislature 'republican cau cus agreedlon J. "N McCrary of Davidson as minority leader in the house. V Hevill be given I compli mentry nomination f orispeaker. Fruit Growersltq Organize. ; Realizibj the need: for an. organic Ration to promote the ' interestbf trie fruit ihdustryoftlie cunty a number bf fruit growers have ask ed that a meeting ;be held : for i the burpose of i'riectingSucfi. ganizationJ-H Saturday January 6, has been set for the date for the meeting and everyone interest ed in 'Orcharding? is urged tobe present. The meeting will be at the court house at lb:30 a, jxi. tntertainmentat btrouatowq; f Friday . night, Dec; 22, the pupils of Stroudtbwn school gaye a ; very interestingbnertainment: pla-?and TebitatioTaa rebderedshbwing 'i mucbareful trafning by the teachers as well as rtUTl?f ir -:f Ytik ' nntSilc f'fi'rAm " largenumbef bf ; s6hoolpatrbhs present; it is eviaent qas mr. javis and his efficient assistants; Misses Gibbs and HcCurry have 'the xo operation' of the people of Stiroud-; town. The t regular Januarmeetingrdt tion ; will ; be held nextMondayl The meeting was postponed from lst Monday on account bf the Ab sence of Chairman T. 'J. Gibbs. - t ntft h j I sesff R bjictsfG ermi ny iPlPeacefProposal Paris, :Dec. 30VrThe natlyiSrefusedtor csiderlGer- manyfs peace proposals. The recent ' of : the Gwman government ? as a-military gmannrSrattier tHan -a; peace prbffeh-A'- .yc V';-;a;;" ; The ten nation3"of i;the entente declared tbe ar!tfust on until G-ermanylr.is'r terms; : Germany was again charged with responsibility for the war. ; r ? Peace ;is impossible, Uhe allies declared, until reparation is assur- ed. - ' ' - - , ..; J i There must be guarantees for the future - peace of the world; ; - ; yTh free existence ofsmall coun tries must be recognized. - vS' The German proposal was brand ded as '-'insincere?'- andf thedeter? mination of all entente powers? to reject the proposal and to continue the war until their aims I are at tained pronounced in the 'strongest terms. . ..... v . V Germany's proposal was declared to be an attempt to bring? about a German-made peace? The allies charged ; it was made to disturb opinion in neutral coun tries and to reaiffirm German: pub lic opinion. Germany was referred to as the . " -Si empirelwbich ''proclaipaedjyiat treaties were sera ps of paper. ' ,; Offers based i u pon the present I war map do not express the true situation nor ihe real strength of the combatants, it as declared. ; The reply of the allies was mad the neutral di plomatic re preseh ta tives in- Paris at 7 o'clock this evening-;- 'pytyfSi In addition to; the bote signed by. France, Belgium, Great Britain Italy, JTapari MonlegroPbrtu gal, Rumania, Russia and . Serbia; append ed Swas apeciallgian protest against the crimes commit ted by Germany against that coun try: In : ttis statement -Belgium declared the ki ng and the" - people of the 1 country, desired :5 no peace thatT dbes nbtfihci udeegiimae reparation - abd arantees f ; se curilyf or the"Iuture4 ' -l' The bonclusipn, wh Belm'sprbtest,g certain considerations as showing the special situation as rre Belgium. It thbn rewtelat ai internatipbai' preatieliidfbl ..-"V , ' .i fiveK powers giiicludihgiGmanyf Belgiumbnjoyed.before the,, special status, rendering - her v in violable and placing herunder a guarantees butside" all European conflicts.;; r j 'rvj4'- gium wias the first tor suflferjf rom the aggression; of ; Germany,'' the note "declareS?For this Jreasbn 4" e BelgiunrverBment isbewssaripydefine ' the aims which Belgium hasmeyer ce bursiie whilefighigndertbe Belgium, - before' the war, asked botbmgFor of peace; and Jiusce that cbuhy;legitfeate rightgtb demand re paratibh and iguarahtees of safeguards for the future." - : J iA SbtaB ecliise ; of the mbbn fis scheduled to : begin on the morn ing of January 8 at 12:50 and. will continue about three hours, y 4 state n ewsIo ?m e wee: IterafcCbncerThing -Events of tin- pe rest.and I ro pbrtance Th ro ugh- .Greensboro iff to haive a 350,- 000;b6teliTery.:Soonv?H';tie; . Country club, tourist hotel and Tit . h . f golf link are the talk of . the Hiclr- ; ory boosters. , , , Revenue officers raided an- illicitt still InW Hill section of v Hay wood - county Sbnda night,5 capturing two -.men " ' andidestroyingi500 gallons of beerV; T SjGbnj a gibbi-PrJs B. Hayes and at one time govern-; " orbfift home in Verona, N. J. , Monday. ;.y H0 Jas mirjiety-seveb years olcL lalftaFriday. j7 ;" . ' rR;: H.Sykes, form- ' eif judge of Jpurham City Court . y and prominent in legal circles of North, Carolina, will be assistant attorney general ; under Attorney f General J. S. VMabning, it has ' been announced. ; Depebdentfamilles bfbpncts''v';;; in North Carolina; 615 in number receiyed-$10 eachf rbm the funds - g3tBegtaii massean!STlie action - uppbrr , Gpvernpr ''Cg.'; '; V:--' : A ;; . - r ;Rv. Miito of ? -CngressmanJE Jas;Lgbb the ;, r ;; " 'hbmeJbftheljudjEinvShe .' was;85years;ofage5ih :A ;':; and has been one- of the most cc-1 1 tiye pioneeii Baptist ministers in; the state:Klferi 1, i-;-: i-'.-'" ; xue latest v omciai statement qi ..-V' ; thek United States V government c shows; that thejR. J. Reynblda!; f actembrdjcire ing and smoking tobacco than any, otner.com pany. in tne wona .- ' ; gCbbtnbj;Ne W. Dula sold his watchr; ; .; mafiing and jVwelry establshment " af Inbir&lf : : . IteideriJfDr"D glass-fitting department, ho Wver: ; ( and it is -understobdJ; he will givo v f ;: nisiejatiret v thisiine;bf-wbrl':!fc 'f'-r . ; Robt M' Davidson, 43 years v -pldibfartnbf ship BuncombeJcbunt shoi t '.- and killed by ;his -neighbor, Hor- ace Clark, a farmer; Friday af tcr: noon-: said,;oyer ji road and there hcic been ill feeling between them fc sdmelkime; jail an:; . claims self-defence. Davidson a survived ;by ; ;his;r wif e and cov; children. Clark f is ; a ':i widower r with; orieichild-J ' iv;;, " - ' ' ..,H."f-i St.,- ft. ' t Only a Few Violated Parold. yy Sixtysexeja trusty cob vie ts ' tt c r o; 7 .jrbleas pri:c fi ;'; for CniMasby rder of :GfG7;; Craig and aiL returned expept two. The two whbfailed llabe Bradley of Swain county, K serving 16 years for murder; z u. ' Iiittleton Bergert of Warren f - sfngl5i3rs;fbr .v: SOf the? colantycnvicts'rcL i : : .1 : pri; parole all made good c c : it: : two or three," who were cuilty of misebnduct or failed, to return. - : SThe high cost of living ce nt! nuca bpth high and ccctly-; ' v y.. - :
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