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MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912.
VOL. XIV
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J3i!:ootoryi
Mediae County.
Established by tha Leglalatura Sea.
ilonlMO-'ei. ,
', population, 20,131.
County Saat Marshall '
' 1MI (eat above sea level
Nsw and modern Court House, cost
I3J.000.00. " "
Now and modern Jail, cost $15,000.00.
New tad modem County Home, coit
110,000.00. .
Offleera.
Hon. Jet. L. Hyatt. Senator)' S3
District, Burnsvllle, N. C. ,
Hon. J. C Ramsey, Representative
Marshall N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superloi
Court. Marshall. N. C.
. w. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall,
James Smart, Register of Deeds,
Marshall. N. a ' w '
a F, Runnlon, Treasurer, Marsnall,
N. C R. . D. No. I.
. R. U Tweed. Surveyor, White Rock.
N. C -
Dr. j. H. Balrd. f oroner, Mara HIU.
N Ce
, Mra. Bliaa Henderson, Jailor. Mar-
' ihall. K. C. '
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall,
n. a v t , ,
Dr. C N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall, N. C.
James Haynle, Supt County Home,
Marshall. N. C. '
. Home located about two miles south
west of Marshall. '
. Courts.
Criminal and Civil, Flrat Monday be
fore First Monday in March, Com
menolng Feb. JBth, lilt.
ClvU 11th, Monday after First Mon
day In March, commences May 20,
origin! and ClvlL First Monday
.m. vint Monday In Sent Com
mences Sept. 9th, Mil. '
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day In September. Commences Oct
bar KIMS.
BOARDS.
r-nimtv Cammltilonere.
' W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
C V. Cassada, Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. t
Renbln A. Tweed, Member. Big
; Laurel, N. C.
C. B. Mashburn. Atty, Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday In every
month. ' i ' .
Dfiiii CammlM oners. '
if Brran. Chairman, Marshall, N.
f R. r. u. x. -
; A.amsey, SecreUry. Mara Hill,
N. CJ-. F. D. 2. ' '' '
s jCox, Member. Mars Hill. N. C
r. f;d. No. s.
' O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley "Chlpley, Road , Engineer,
uk.h w r. .(....-,..
George M. Prltchard, Atty, Marshall,
n. c ." - ': . . -
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
. Rn.nt of' Education. '
J.iDer Ebbs. Chairman, Spring
Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 8.
W; R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F
n Nn 1
d. M . r. nupknar. SuDt ' of
llUh ; -
Schools. Mara HIHj N. C, R. F. D
nnrd Meeu nrst Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.-
Colleges and High scnooia.
Mars Hill College, Prof . R. L. Moore,
President, Mars HIU. N. a Fall Term
basins August 17, 1911. Spring Term
tiafftna. Januarv i. 1912. .
, on-in nrtak Hlah School. Prof.
a C. Brown, Principal, (Spring Creek,
N. C. ' 8Mo. School opened August
...j. a. Ulirh Sohnnl.
Prof J. M. Weatherly, PrinclpalU Mar
shall, N. C. R. F. U No. I I
Sohool began October if 1911.
Bell Institute.. Miss Margaret E,
Griffith. Principal, Walnut. N. C. 8 Mo
Sohool began September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G,
Anders. Princbal. Marshall. N. C. t
Mo, School began Sept 4, 1911.
Notary Publlca.
' 1 n Ramsey. Marshall. N. C. Tenn
asnlres Jan. 11. 1912. '
A J. Roberta. Marshall. N. C. R. F
D. Na 8. Term expires May 30, 1912
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C
Tarm exolres August 10. 1912.
C. C. Brown. Bluff, N. C. .Term ex-
nirea December 6. 1913.
J. A. Leak. Revere; N. C. Term, ex
plres January 18. 1913.
i W. T. Davis. Hot Springs, N. C
. Tarm axnlraa January 10. 1913.
J. H. South worth, Staokhouse, N. C.
Tarm axDlraa January IB. 1913.
f. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. 0.
I Tarm axDires February 8. 1913.
J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C R. T
D. Ka. 2. Term eiDlrea Anril 1. 1913
. J. F. Tllson, Marshall, N. C..-R. F. D.
No. 2. Term expires April 3, 1913.
C J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term
: axDlraa Anrll 21. 1913.
J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C Term
. expires April 25. 1913. ,
Roy L. Gudger, Marshall. N. C
: Term expires May 1. 1913.
Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall. N. C.
Term expires May 25, 1913. '
Dudley Chlpley. Marshall rf. C
'' Turn axolraa July 29 1913.
' " W. 6. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C. Term
eiplras November 27, 1919. '
POST.
George W. Gahagan Post,' No. 18
O. A. R.
' B. M. Davta, Commander.
J. II. Rsllard. Idtutant.
1'eets at the Court Hon Saturday
t-.vre the seoona Euaday la
Bcoth at 11 A. Ii.
OLD BILL" MINER
OHCE MORE FREE
MAKES GOOD HIS BOAST THAT HE
WOULD ESCAPE FROM
PRISON.
WAS SERVING 20-YEAR TERM
Saws Way Out of Mllledgevllle Peni
tentiary' and Takes Two Com-
panlona With Him.'
Mlllede-evllle. Ga. "Old B1U" Mi
ner, bandit and train robber, serving
a twenty-year sentence in the Geor
gia ; penitentiary, made good his
threat of a few months ago when
he declared that he would again gain
hla freedom. .
When guards at the prison farm
made their rounds they discovered
that Miner was gone, and bad taaen
with him W. J. Widencamp, a "lifer"
from Tattnall county, and W. M. Wig
gins, sent up from the same county
for one year for carrying a plstoL
Slnoa ha made his sensational es
cape laat fall and laughed at the pris
on authorities when recaptured, say
ing that it would not be long until
he waa gone again, Miner has been
under double guard by day, and chain
ed and shackled to his bed and room
by night
The chains and shackle were found
locked to hla bed, and the Iron rlnga
In the walls of the room, but the old
man had gone. He sawed the Irons
away, and then cut the bars of the
window, crawled out and dropped
(mm thn second story. The other
prisoners who escaped were not man
acled.
Miner' was n western gold and all
ver miner before he turned train rob
ber. That accounta for his now.be-
in called "Miner."
Mtner'a first escane on October 16,
last year, was also spectacular. At
that time he choked a guard into in-
sensibility, while he told a companion
to hold a gun at his head, took the
ffnurd'a nlatol and escaped.
With him escaped his companion,
Tom Moore, a life prisoner, and Jonn
Watts, of Pulaski county, also a life
man, convicted of killing a man and
his wife.
Miner had advised the prison an
thoritlea that he would remain in Mil
lariaavllia at -the state farm a while
for rest About 3 oolock In the mor
ning -Night Ouard Bloodworth was
overpowered by Miller, Wno cnoaea
him and vowed he would kill him If
he resisted.' He told him that Moore
bad a pistol at his head. Tne men
then took the guard's guns and es
caped, well armed,
CUBANS SLAY REBEL LEADER
Negro Revolters Routed By Govern
.' a ' mant Troooa, .
RantiAM da Cuba. General Evarta
Estonex, head of the negro revolt in
Cuba, has been killed, together witn
than ona hundred of hla tollow-
r in hattla with federals under
Lieutenant de La Torro, at Virginia
Ttnttupn near Mlcarasongo.
Kntnnez'a body arrived from the
scene of the battle and was carried
to the barracks amid a nostue aemun-
stratlon. Clvlllana threatened to
elze the rough box containing tne
corpse and tear It to pieces.
t It la reported that General Ivonet,
chief lieutenant of General Estonex,
also was .killed In a jungio tmcaei,
wher they were surrounded by gov
ernment troops and cut to pieces.
The negro chieftain waa identinea oy
papers in the pocket of his uniform.
Telegrams from the - scene of ac
tion Bay that negroes are being shot
down like rats throughout the Orlente
province. Bands are being aurround
ed and annihilated. No quarter Is
being given and no prisonera
Gompera Files An Appeal.
Washington. Samuel Gompera and
Frank Morrison, ot the American
Federation of Labor, recently senten
ced to one year' and nine months in
jail respectfully, for contempt of
cdurt, filed an appeal from Justice
Wright's decision and gave ball. Ex
ecution of their sentence was stayed.
The cases grew out of the alleged
boycott of the " Buck's Stove ' and
Range company,
Train Hits Auto.
Charlotte, N. C J. M. Jamison,
part owner of the Stonewall hotel,
of Charlotte, was instantly killed and
Mrs. W. M. Bagwell and seven year
old son of Hamlet were seriously In
jured on a grade crossing near New
ell; seven miles north of Charlotte.
Their automobile was struch and de-
n.k w a northbound Southern
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railway freight train. , Mrs. Jamison
and two children escaped injury. The
automobile stalled on the railroad
track, and Mr. Jamison was attempt
ing to rescue the women and children
Two Killed; Others' Hurt.
Louisville, Ky.Twd persons were
killed and three aerlously hurt in a
lire that attacked a second floor dor
mitory of a business building here.
One of the victims waa a .homeless
woman. The evening before the ac
cident she appealed at the dormitory
for shelter. It was given. Her char
red body waa found in the kitchen
of the burned apartment Like the
others she had icen overcome by
smoke', and before firemen found her
she was burned to d-ash. Ehe had
given her name as Lu!a Pay.
CHARLES E. PATT0N
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Mr. Patton Is serving hla first term
In congress, reareeentlng the Twenty
first district of Pennsylvania. He la
ona of the big business men of hla
home olty of Curwensvllle and In poli
tics la a Republican.
MOW OiNIS LYNCHED
MRS. R. E. JORDAN WAS CUT TO
PIECES BY HER NEGRESS
i . HOUSE 8ERVANT.
Plnehurst, Georgia,' Citizens, Chase
Sheriff and Prisoner Sixteen
: Miles to Cordela.
" fa
Vienna, Ga. The entire country
side is In a state of tremendous ex
citement over the killing of Mrs. B.
E. Jordan by her negro servant, Annie
Barkdale, and the subsequent lynch
ing' of the negress by a crowd of en
raged citizens of three towns,' who
took her away from the sheriff after
a 18-mlle pursuit in six automobiles,
strung her up to a tree and filled
her body with lead. v
The . Barkdale negress killed Mrs.
Jordan without the slightest reason.
Mrs. Jordan, wife of a wealthy planta
tion owner, had reproved' the negress
for failure to do some work about the
house. Without a- word,- the negress
sprang upon her, stabbed her in the
back three times and then, as ber
mistress lay upon the, floor already
dying, the woman cut her throat so
terribly that the head waa nearly
severed from the body.
Just a few minutes after the Bark
dale woman had been put into the
Cordele, jail, the pursuers rushed up
in a great cloud of dust. They de
manded the woman of the sheriff and
were about to storm the Jail when
they learned that the negress bad
been spirited away to an empty house
about five hundred yards away, Upon
this house they 'descended more than
flfty strong and, though the sheriff
and his deputies resisted stoutly for
a moment, they were too greatly out
numbered to -hold the negress agnlpst
the mob.
MOUNT M'KINLEY SCALED
Highest Peak on Continent Climbed
for First Time ny protessor
,' Parker.
Saaitle Wash. That Prof. Herf
schel Parker of Columbia university
has reached the summit of Mt.sMc
KMniov America's highest peak, and
hitherto unsealed, and is now on his
way to tell the world of his success,
Is the word received by Mrs. George
nrnwn of Tacoma. mother of Belmore
Browne, Prof esBor Parker's compan
ion, In a letter from ner son.
Rnaton Traveler Sold,
Ttnatnn. The sale of the Boston
Evening Traveler, one of the oldest
newspapers in the state, to tne uoa
nn Herald, was announced by J. W.
Farley, publisher of The Herald. The
announcement adaa: run ana aiier
i Tha Traveler and the Even
lng Herald will be published together
aa a comrtinea newspaper irom m
Herald plant." The Traveler was es
tablished in 1825. Both Traveler and
Herald are 1-cent .papers.
B.Lkrat Fraad Prom Jail,
inn, r.'""-" .
. . with iaht months of ber
sentence stll to he served, Mrs. Em-
mellne Panahurst, leaaer m urn miu
tant Buffragettes, who waa sentenced
. .ihn imnrlaonment In Mar
lO nine ' -
for conspiracy, has been released
. i ii neVitnV Taw-
from Hoioway jam m. ru,v
....... 4n nt editor oi voies r cr num
wk waa aentenced with Mra
P.nVhurat. Was aio irrau,
. ,.. detained. No explana-
Hon waa made by the home office.
but It la presumed uh "
hurst was reieaaou -
a.i.ntiata Watch Sun Spot.
-.-,,. Cal. The largest Bun
Jj7 BkDOUvuof
spot which has been detected within
a year, a paten on ma auu auimuo
10 000 miles In diameter, though lta
mark on the 17-inch image at the Mt
nrn.A. nhaarvatorr measures but a
fifth of an inch across, is now under
. . 'tha Carnegie obserra-
tory and baa been photographed sev
eral times Since IIS appearand, iui
- aim not la approximately
78,540,000 aquara mlles.i urface
nearly ten times we aiie m norm
America. .
UNITED SUITES
LIE
NO FUNDS PROVIDED "VoR THE
, FI8CAL YEAR BEGjNING
" . JULY FIRST.- "...
TEMPORARY RELIEF NEEDED
President Taft Informs Congress That
Officials Will Have to Vio
late the Law.
Washington. President Taft sent a
message to congress, pointing out tho
anomalous situation whereby the ma
chinery of the Federal government
must continue in direct .violation of
law, ' making officials liable to fine
and imprisonment, unless steps are
Immediately taken to provide funds
for the next fiscal year. '
The president appealed for the
passage of a resolution extending the
necessary appropriations of the cur
rent fiscal year for a temporary pe
riod to tide over the emergency caua-
ed by the failure of the regular and
deficiency appropriation bills to pass.
It Is unlawful Jor any official to
create a deficiency or to accept the
services of any one gratuitously, un
less congress acts, it is pointed out
In administration circles, one of these
laws must be violated to some ex
tent, because government business
cannot come to a standstill.
The navy department is going alow
In risking a violation of law, and If
appropriations are not made the civil
employees of the navy yards and
many In the department will be given
furloughs.
"NELLIE BLY" IN CONTEMPT
Noted Traveler and Newspaper Wom
an Declared In Contempt of Court.
New York. "Nellie Bly," in private
life Mrs. Elizabeth C.u Seamon, one
time noted traveler and a newspaper
woman and now owner of the bank-
runt ironclad Manufacturing compa
ny of Brooklyn, waa aentencea Dy
Federal Judge Mayer In Brooklyn to a
term of twenty daya la jail and to
nav a fine of 13.000. f '
Mrs. Seaman was round guuiy oi
nntmtnt of court in connection with
a creditor's inquiry begun, after a
Federal judge in urootayn aeoiarea
the Ironclad Manufacturing company
hankrunL Attorneys for the Ironclad
creditors have sought to bring out
that the American Steel Barrel com
ninr. another concern operated by
Mrs. Seaman and said to be valued
at $2,000,000, waa nothing less man
a subsidiary of the Ironclad. In fight
in thia move Mrs. Seaman adopted
the attitude of refusing to produce
certain barrel company dooks, wnicn
resulted In her being adjudged in
contempt
Gave Pepper to Elephant.
Tarrytown, N.- Y. An Italian, em
ployed in the railroad yards here, is
Ann vinned that an elephant haa no
sense of humor and no appreciation
of pratclcal Jokes. The Italian es
sayed to entertain a number of
friends by feeding an elephant In a
freight car a pint or so of black pep
per. The elephant, known aa Jumbo,
tt tnnv tha nenner In good faith,
and the sneeze that followed nearly
knocked him down. Enraged, jumDO
grabbed the Italian with hla trunk
and threw him 50 feet 'away onto a
car of coal. The Italian waa badly
Injured, but waa assisted noma oy
hla friends. '
. Gold Medal for Gorgaa. .
New York. The trusteea of the
American medicine gold . medal have
the medal for, 1912 to Col.
William C. Gorgas, chief of the Unit
ed States army medical oorpa iu mo
Canal Zone, aa "the American physl
i . .Kn haa nerformed the . moat
wau . " v
conspicuous and noteworthy service;
in the domain or meaicmo m m.
" The award la in recog
nition of the able manner In which
he and his staff rid the lsinmua oi
Panama of the fevers ana tropical
Aia..oa which killed so many thou-
sands during the French company s
lease of the canal zone.
Exports' on the Increaae.
Waahineton. Increasea In both ex-
nnrt. and imDorts are shown ; by a
statement of the foreign commerce
of the United States lor me moum
r.t Mav made nubile by the commerce
and labor department's bureau of sta
tistics. Imports ror May rouuea m
value $155,710,573, as compared wim
$129,141,100 for the same, month a
year ago, and tne toiai ior uib
mnntha endina with May waa $1,522,-
246,824. against $1,404,418,921. The ex
port totals were $17Mua,uos ior ay,
19l, against $15),152,533 , -
Left Country Rather ThanPay 5.
Washington. Rather than pay a $5
fine, which he believed unjust, Frank
Klnnaman, a young man of this town,
la on his way to Europe. , Klnnaman
was one of sixteen youths who were
arrested tor mischievous damage to
private property. They were fined $5
each and given a week! to pay the
declared that the
1UUUW -
fine was an outrage and told bis
friends that he would leava the coun
try rather than pay it Two days
later word was received mai n uaa
sailed tor Europe.
FRANK HITCHCOCK
V
Postmaatar Qanaral Hitchcock re
fused to say anything about the resto
ration of C. H. Quackenbtish to the
railway mall service, In taking which
action Prealdent Taft flatly Ignored
Mr. Hitchcock's recommendation after
vltrlollo correspondence.
BOMB THROWNAT MARINES
THE NEGRO REBEL8 ATTACK AN
OUTPOST IN VICINITY OF
EL COBRE.
Cuban Troops Have Had Battle With
the Rebels Near the Town of
Calabazaa.
Santiago, Cuba. Captain Gulick,
commanding; the United States ma
rines at El Cobre, reports that his
whole company la on auard every
night and constantly exchanging shots
with the Insurgents. The marines
have entrenched outposts mounting
automatic guns, A bomb was ex
ploded near the American outpost at
El Cobre mines, but did no damage.
The report that the Insurgents have
burned the town of Mayarl Is untrue.
Cueto, a small village, was destroyed
by rebels believed to be under the
command of General Ivonet
Government troops have had an en
gagement with the column under Ea-
teoz at Calabazaa. The rebels' loss
was ten killed and' many, wounded.
Estenoz Is reported to be fleeing
with a small following. Regulars also
attacked a band of Insurgents In the
vicinity of the Juragua mines.
Inactivity of the Cuban troops in
Oriente has given rise to a renewal
of reports that the government still
is negotiating with the negro leaders.
This the government strenuously de
nies, reiterating Its Intention to con
tinue offensive operations until the
complete subjugation of the rebels.
Reports of the whereabouts of Este
nos and Ivonet are conflicting, but
.government advices admit that the
former probably has 300 men.
WOMEN CLUBS IN SESSION
Mrs.' Moore Calls the Eleventh Bien
nial Convention to Order.
San Francisco. The alms and am
bitions of 600,000 club women of this
country who are striving to aid the
moral and social uplift of women and
children especially, were represented
here when Mra. Philip N. Moore or
St Louie called the eleventh biennial
convention of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs to order.
The Sutler street pavilion, where
the meetina- took place, presented a
scene of beauty with lta splendid flo
ral and evergreen decorations and the
thousands of delegates and visitors
in respondent gowns.
The council of the federation met
to consider proposed revision of the
laws. The plan of reorganization,
known as the Pennsylvania plan, pro
viding for "upper and lower" houses
In the convention, was considered,
and the council determined against
Its adoption. It also decided againBt
the change of the directorate irom
fifteen to fifty, and the aame course
waa a rtnn ted regarding the proposed
increase of vice presidents from two
to five.
Chinese Cheer for the Suffragettes.
New' York. An Innovation in worn'
an's auffrage tactics here developed
when an automobile filled wKh women
drew up In the heart of Chinatown
and one of Its occupanta, who wore
.n oriental robe, addressed 200 Chi
mm on a street corner in their native
language. There were volleys or Uni-
nese cheers when tne epeaaer, wno
waa introduced aa "Mrs. Jean White,"
..minded her auditors that women In
China had a .vote now and urged that
the men of their race m this country
do what they can tor them.
Striking Waltera Return to Work.'
New York. Walters and other ho-
ti amninveea declared their long-
drawn-out etriffe off and are prepar
ed, they announced, to return to wora.
They held a meeting and iisienea
. MIrt'i submitted by a delegation
of eighty of their number which had
been appoiniea uj mo
the leading hotels affected by the
..riva Thla renort waB that the'Sson-
dltlons were favorable for the men
resuming work. The vote to enn tne
strike was almoat unanimous on tht
part of 1,800 amployeea present
THE TAR HEELS AT
THEJilEHTI
MAJORITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
DELGEAT8 8T00D FOR PARK. .
ER ON TEST VOTE.
WAS A GREAT GATHERING
All Kinds of People There To 8well
The Crowd and Add Joy To The
Occasion Not Many Women From
North 8tate.
Raleigh. A special from Baltimore
states that the North Carolina delega
tion supported Judge Parker against
Colonel Bryan by a vote of 15 to 9,
Chairman Glenn casting the vote.
The North Carolinians voted as fol
lows for Bryan: Glenn, Justice, Hale,
Newland, Hammer, L. L. Smith, Cox,
White, Ramsey, Graham, Bryant
Hanes, Mcklnnon, O. U Clark, Rob
inson, Mclver, Young. .
For Parker: Dortch, Dow.d, Mc
Lean, Lamb, Aydlett Harding, Finch,
W. 0. Clark, Ranson, O'Berry.' HIU,
Howard, Daniels, Abell, Hastings,
Underwood, McQueen, Bailey, Blair,
Doughton, Clement Brenlzer, Roberta,
Ervin, Mllla, Weaver, Lovill and
DUlard. .
J. S. Carr and A, S. Raacoe were
not present
The consensus of opinion among
the North Carolina dolegatea seemed
to be that Mr. Brayn made a mistake
In starting the fight on Parker. There
was no special significance in the re
sult of the contest waged by Bryan,
as it affects the fortunes of any of
the candldatea. North Carolina waa
for Wilson, but opposed to Bryan and
did not care to slap Judge Parker
without cause.
"I think the convention waa one of
the greatest ever held In this coun
try," said former Governor Glenn,
discussing the situation.
North Carolina was well represent
ed at the convention. In addition to
the 48 delegates there were many in
teresting people. Senators Simmons
and Overman were among the visit
ing statesmen. There were very few
women among the Tarheel visitors.
Polities In Union County.
The Democratic primaries for the
nomination of a legislative and coun
ty ticket will be held throughout the
county July 20. There are Just 35
"patriots" willing to serve the dear
people aa per their announcements.
Union is entitled to two representa
tives in the lower house of the legis
lature and for this position there are
6 active candidates aa follows: J. D.
Bundy, W. A. Eubanks, W. G. Long,
H. L. Price and John C. Slkes. Union,
together with Anson. Stanly and Dav
idson, compose the twenty-fourth sen
atorial district ' and aa Union and
Stanly had the senators two years ago
in the persons of R. W. Lemmond
and D. N. Bennett, Anson and David
son will name the men this year
Crops Good In Halifax County.
Inquiries among those who have
heen in town from the surrounding
rural districts elicited the information
that crop prospects are exceedingly
promising. The recent very cool
weather did ome damage but the far
mers say tuat this damage will be
practically overcome with plenty of
sunshine. In a few daya many of the
farmers will begin to "lay-by" corn
of which It la said there will be a fine
yield If indications mean anything,
State Llcenaea for Automobiles.
In the department of state there are
several clerks busy issuing the renew
al licensee for automobiles, the re
newal tax being one dollar. There
are about 4,500 automobiles In the
state for which the renewal licenses
must be secured by June 30 or the 11
cense will be cancelled and the owners
will be required to taKe out entirety
new ones at $5
t Dunn. The Dunn military company
will go to Morehead City July 3 for a
two weeks' encampment Capt J. L.
Hlnus will have charge of the soldier
boys. ' '
The Postmasters Association.
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina Postmasters' - Association
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til lv . a 1o nai4 rvf A iio-no(
Will UO uctu iu7 invwi pat t, vv nuQHB
or first part of September at Wrights-
vllle Beach. The association is com-
nosed of the first Second and third
clasa postmasters of the state. The
fourth class postmaster will also meet
at the same time. The meetings are
of a business nature and many matters
of interest are to he discussed. Gen
erally the postmasters make recom
mendations on subjects pertinent to
the Improvement of the service.
Old Man Found Dead In Road.
Rev. W. A. Myers, an aged and well
known Baptist minister of Wilkes
county, waa found dead in the road
near hla home In the ' New Castle
community. Mr. Myers haa been very
feeble tor some time and It la pre
sumed that he Buffered a fatal at
tack of heart disease. He whs 81
years of age and leavea a number of
children. He was well known in the
northern section of this county, where
he often conducted religious services.
The funeral and Interment waa at
Zion church In this county.
FINISH CONFERENCE HOME!
The Young People Meet In $125,000)
Building Near Black Mountain
Three Bodlea Use It
Charlotte. F. C. Abbott returne
from the annual meeting of the Blue-
Ridge Association which was held at
Black Mountain several days ago. This
association chartered by the state, is
composed of representatives irom ue
Young Men's Christian. Association,
the Young Women's Christian Aaaoci
atlon and the Young People's Mission
ary Education Movement of the South
representatives of these several asso
ciations comprising the executive
committee of the Blue Ridge Associa
tion. .
:The property of the association .is,
located about three miles from Black
Mountain station In the opposite di
rection from Montreat and comprises
nearly 1,000 acres of land extending
from the foot hllla back to the very
crest of the Blue Ridge mountains.
the highest altitude being about ,-
000 feet '
The association haa Just completed
a most beautiful ana commodious
building to accommodate the annual
conferences of the three associations
the total cost of the property running
to about $125,000. The annual con
ferences for 191$ for the two first-
named bodies have Just been con
eluded with a total attendance of be
tween 700 and 800 students from tho
various collegea of the 8outh, and of
othor representatives from the asso
ciations. The conference of the
Young People's Education Movement
has Just opened. This will De fol
lowed on July 5 to 19, by the con-
ferences of the secretaries ana out
er representative workera In the
Southern Young Men s Christian As
sociations. '
The present officers of the associa
tion recently elected are: C. A. Row-,
land, Athens, Ga., president; Dr. E.
M. Potest of Furman university,
vice president; F. C. Abbott of Char
lotte, secretary and treasurer.
For A Tobacco Test Farm. '
A medal committee appointed by
the state hoard of agriculture is out
now inspecting several sites that are
offered for the. proposed tobacco test
farm' to be located somewhere in the
bright tobacco belt of Piedmont Caro
lina. They visited Durham and Ox
ford sections to Inspect sites sug
gested and will also go to Greensboro
and to polnta in Forsyth and Koca
ins-ham before they settle the ques
tion of the location for the proposed
farm, which It Is intended snail mace
tests and demonstrations-in tobacco
culture for the benefit of the tobacco
growers of the- state. In the commit
tee making the Inspections are Com
missioner Graham. Dr. B. W. Kllgore,
director of atate farms; I. H. Kerney,
Franklinton; William Bledsoe, Gates;
A. T. McCallum, Red Springs, and R.
W. Scott of Haw. River, representing
the state board of agriculture. .
Working on Good Roada Meet
State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt
of Chapel Hill is an exceedingly busy
man with the coming meeting of the
North Carolina Good Roads Conven-.
tion to be held in Charlotte the first'
two days of August. Secretary Cor
with and several others are trying to
set sneclal Inducements from the rail
roads and other concerns to attract
the peoplefrom all over the state.
Many People Die of Old Age.
More people have died of old age
In LaGrange, the second town In Blze
In Lenoir county, from old age than
from any other cause in the past six
months. Is the proud'boast of its citi
zens. That place claims the honor of
embracing more centenarians and oc
togenarians In Its population than
any other community of 1,250 or 1,500
souls In North. Carolina. -
Severely Shocked by Lightning.
During a severe electrical storm
near Piedmont Springs the dwelling
of Mat Robertson, near Piedmont
Springs Hotel, was struck and almost
demolished. There were 17 people
u v,A hnnu and batataI were aeverA-
ly shocked, but only one seriously In-
jurei. ugDurn neisou, wu iuu Bim.ii-
ered at the Robertson home with a
number of other young people of the
neighborhood, was shocked about the
shoulder . and the Injury extended
down the Bide, severely burning one
of his feet'
Name of Railroad la Changed.
The name of the Piedmont railroad
running from Thomasville to Denton,
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a AtaannA nf twttTltV mil API. h&fl
c wisutuvv w " ' ,
changed and In the future will be
known aa the Carolina and xaaain
River railroad. Mr. 'Bird S. Coler, of
New York, Is president and Mr.
Thomas J. Jerome, of Salisbury vlca
president of the new railroad. It la
understood that there will be a num
ber of changes made in tne present
roadbed, cutting-out a number of
curves, and reducing grades and re
laying the road with 70-pound rails, ,
Interesting Event In Mecklenburg.
An Interesting and significant event
In Mecklenburg county will be a can
ning demonstration to be held in con
Junction with a meeting of the Fann
ers' Union of the county with the De
rlta local union on Friday, July 5.
There are five girls' tomato clubs la
Mecklenburg now and the members
of these clubs and others that, are
being or may be organized will t-e
the special participants in the c; ' -demonstration,
which will be "
ed by Mrs. McICiinn'nn tf t ) :
.department of asrkC;.. ;