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) RALD. G. COBB, Editor and Owner. THE BVR.KC COVNTY NEWS I connMw ?q iQrtl THE MO KG AN TON HER.ALO f Consolidated Nov. 29. 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Advance.1 VOL. XXIX. MORGANTON, N. C FEBRUARY 19, 1914. No. 41 NEW5HE 1 I i 3 1 if t c SALLOWNESS 'j ; . v.u r is due to a torpid l.l.ii the stomach and a ,s. To correct the trouble take RED Z po".vr;F.r. FORM) :i i complexion is sallow and .1 I: : V or" vertigo (thud j;.;-, . v.. c-. - or rising sud & . ,- ar.-i your bu wis are irregular, v.r.h iv.uch ilatulence (wind in the b.v.vh- you are badly in need cf Suv.r.oas Liver Regulator. The liver ;f cc.use of all the trouble and v.'.t;: 'he liver is at fault, there is n mere ettective. Simmons L:-. . r Re;:r!.:t."- restores f '. ' .' ' 1 '-s in the "wee S1.00 V. cJ. Z on the : To u?. vrc .. -.r-,jr:3 . '- ' '. rm ii.Cy per vL Pioprietors suri 5 C i LJl!.' e 15 H-P lor on sill just been is a goo. $350.00 'A Engine A Cornish complete aringcon- S250.00 One 15 H-P Nagle Engine, and ay Staie Boiler . car.1, lete rig. $200.00 Pi-:. -12. IS H-P Erie City ri narv Engire, and i; P Erie City Boiler s;.!:: this is a com ae riff, and will give .-a r atisf action. Price $225. 00 y of this machinery I wil1 or cash or on time, or I will o. 1 and No. 2 Hart - for same. Write or r Si. TURNER, Machinery and Supplies, K.one 7. StatesviHe, N. C. HICKORY WAN! ED! We buy logs, sawn lumber ar.l dimension sttck. Write for prices. Ivey Mfg. Co. HICKORY, N. C. irral Associa tirotion and 714 J- 'J 1 o . Bank ti Trust Co. STON-5ALEM, N. C. No ordinary qorset lean give you the style, fit or comfort you can have in ;! 0 J; J- S irena mmame Corsets (nQT 60LD IN STORES) I will call at your home by appointment, and give you any information on our cor sets with no obligation on your nart. Teleohone or send postcard to Ma. M. t GILLAM J t:-"Ve have a few copies left tae famous verses written by f ra"Ci.s Silvers, who was hanged H1 Morganton July 12, 1833, for tr'.e murder of her husband. They iil be disposed of at 5 cents per Herald. ' .. i'.k. to tM JO. NEWS OFTHE NEIGHBORHOOD t . A Batch of Live Items Culled From the Papers of Our Neighbor Counties. CATAWBA. Newton Enterprise. Feb 12th. Mr. John Lutz, a prominent farmer west of Newton, died last Friday night and was buried Sunday at New Jeruselem Luth eran church. He was the father of the Lutz Bros., prominent in the dairying business of the county. Mr. J. H. C, Huitt, of Catawba, R. F. D. 1, who was in I'o v n Saturday, told us that a eaa a of negroes was brought t) Ca tawba Friday night to bech worx iuonaav mevmner on Southern Power Company's rail road to Lookout Shoals. Capt. P. W. Carpenter died at his home in Conover Saturday night, February 7th, at 11 o'clock. He had been in feeble health for several months and his death was no surprise to his family and friends. He reached his eightieth birthday on January 19th. The widow of Engineer William M. Eagle, through her attorneys, has began suit against the South ern Railroad and Eugene E. Bumgarner, cf this county, for $75,000 damages on account of the death of her husband in the wreck hst March between Con over and Hickory. ... Mr. John M. Arndt, who re cently sold his farm on the Ca tawba river to the Southern Power Company, has bought Mr. G. E. Bollinger's farm near Claremont. Mr. Bollinger, we learn from a Statesville news letter, has bought a 78-acre farm from the Henkle Live Stock Company on the eastern edge of Statesville, paying for it $10,000. Hickory Democrat. Feb. 12th. Miss Willie May Winters and Mr. L. M. Westmoreland, both of this city, were married at the Methodist parsonage in Newton Monday. McKinley Sigmon, who was tried in Newton court last week on the charge of killing Terry Shell in this city New Year's eve, was acquitted by the jury. No direct evidence showing that he was the person who fired the fatal ahot was introduced and he was given the benefit of the doubt. Mr Fd Clinard. a former Hickory man, and a son of Mr. Frank Clinard, of Happy Valley, was dlled a in Tus cor. day. JNo parucu "NT, .a to a v; coula h-: rha accident occurred learned. Arrangements were made immediately after the mes sage announcing' his death was rpppivpd here, to have his body shipped to Hickory for buria .1. WATAUGA. Boone Democrat. Feb. 12th. Dogs have been making: senou tions unon the ttocKs oi sheep on the Winkler farms east of Boone. Solicitor Frank Linney con tinues to "deal in dirt" occasion nllv. his last purchase being the Richard Gragg place (the Bing hm old farm) the price paid be ing $2,000. It is a nice piece of property and is located just a little more than a mue west w the village. Mr Will Holsclaw, ofRoseland Florida, sends us the following, which is really enough to maKe a mountain man hungry, at this season of the year especially: "We are having beautiful weather- plenty 'of new tomatoes, cab bage, turnips and lettuce to eat every day." Married, at the Baptist parson age in East Boone on Wednesday evening of last week, Mr. Wade Norris. of Boone, R. F. D. . to Miss Ora, the cultured daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tatum. of Brookside, the -Rev. J. M. Pavne Derforming the ceremony. Both the bride and groom are former students'of the Appaiacu Training School and are among the county's most pro ficient school teacners. C3"A11 grades of Domestic Cc i for sale by Morganton Ice & Fuel Co. 'Phone 179 CALDWELL. Lenoir Topic. 11th. The County Commencement for Caldwell will be held April 3rd. Mr. Todd L. Cook, of Globe, has a one cent piece bearing date of 1775, issued during the reign of King George Third of Eng land. Mr. Cook found the. coin wlv"c! plowing Gn Wi'son'3 Creek in report: the corn yields in Caldwell, i. Li . D. C. Henley's Ke made record v. c Ci'loukcch i i ou.sncis per aci't on two acres of land near town. As Mr. Hen ley is G9 years of age, and did the work of preparing the soil and cultivation himself, this is a record worthy of special men tion. Mr. W. H. Laxton, who for merly lived at Kings Creek, Cald well county, has purchased Mr. J. M. Hollo way's residence and store and other property at Cricket, three miles from Wilkes hero on the Jefferson road, and has moved his family there, where he will engage in the mer cantile business. Miss Beulah Austin, daughter of Mr. S. L. Austin, lost an eye and suffered other painful in juries on Tuesday of last week. The school boys at Hibriten Academy were playing ball when one boy by accident allowed the bat to slip from his hands and strike the girl in the forehead, completely destroying her right eye. She was taken to Foot Hills Sanatorium for treatment, and it is thought that her other eye can be saved. Mcdowell. Marion Progress, 12th. J.J. Epley, of Williamsville, Mo., is visiting his brother, T. L. Epley. Mr. Epley is a native of Burke county and this is his first visit to homefolks since he left the State 42 years ago. Some much needed repairs are being made at the postoffice. A new floor has been put down and when the walls are given a coat of plastico and the wainscoating retouched the building will pre seat a much more attractive ap pearance. Garden City School wall close Saturday, February 21. rof. M. T. Hinshaw, president of Ruther ford C r, a, Li d-l'var an edu eaaia ad.ro-s at 11 o'clock. noon addresses Will be given by lion. C. F. Mc- Kt-,oo:i, of Morganton, Mr. D. F. Giles and probably others. The closing exercises will take place that night, beginning at 7:30. Register of Deeds R. L. C. Gibson was called to Randlemar, N. C, last week by the death of his brother, Rev. J. D. Gibson, which occurred Friday, the 6th, after an illness of only a tew days. His death was caused by pneumonia. The deceased was well knewnhere and enjoyed the h'sh esteem of a large circle of friends. He was born in Mc Dowell county April 29, 1850. The Tortures of Rheumatism are aggravated during climatic changes be cause the impure blood is incapable of resistance and ordinary treatment SCOTTJOOWWl seems useless but the fame of Scott's Emulsion for relieving rheumatism is based on logical principles and scientific facts. This oil-food promptly makes active, red, life -sustaining blood corpuscles and its body-building properties regulate the functions to expel poisonous acids. Scott's Emulsion, with careful diet for one month, will relieve the lame muscles and stiffened joints and subdue the unbeara ble sharp pains when' other remedies fail. Beware of alcoholic imitation rtrtrl insist Oft the parity of SCOTT'S. 13-82 emulsion! I cotmwi on. I RUTHERFORD. Rutherfordton Sun, Feb. 12th. Messrs. J. F. Spainhour, of Morgan ton; J. W. Pless, of Ma rion, and Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, were among the visiting lawyers here this week attending Superior court. Rutherfordton can soon boast of one of the best bands in the State. Since the last issue of the Sun an organization composed of some of the town's best musi cal talent has been perfected and Prof. R. J. Herndon, of York ville, S. C, has been engaged to teach it and is now here giving lessons daily. Mr. Devault Koon. one of the county's oldest and best citizens, died at his home in Morgan town ship Saturday morning last after a thirteen days illness of pneu monia. Mr. Koon was 91 years old and had been a remarkably strong man up to the time of his death. was wTell read with a most remarkable memory, and could, possibly, relate more his tory than any man in this section of the State. Mr. C. D. Geer last Thursday began his five and one-half miles contract on the Chimney Rock road beyond Cove creek and will push it to completion as rapidly as possible. The chaingang force will continue the work on this road up to where Mr. Geer's con tract begins. It is the intention of the road authorities to put the Chimney Rock in first-class con dition for summer travel. Messrs. J. F. and J. D. Blankenship also began their eight-mile contract on the Twitty road Tuesday morning. LINCOLN. Lincolnton News, 13th. Lincolnton is now the home of a hustling, wide awake Chamber of Commerce. The progressive business men of Lincolnton have put their shoulders to the wheel, united, and they are enthusi astic. A marriage that is of consider able interest to numerous friends in this city was that of Miss May Campbell, of Hickory, and Mr. L. T. Heavner, of Lincolnton, which occurred last Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, the ceremony being at the home of the bride's father, Mr. S. D. Campbell, in the presence of friends and rela tives. The bride is one of Hick ory's charming young ladies while the groom is a prominent young Lincolntonian and is en gaged in insurance work. Give That Puny Child This Guaranteed Remedy. it vour cnua is unaer-we-igor, listless, filing, liable to get sick easily, it needs a medicine to build its weight and strength. For this purpose there is nothing else wTe know of that we can so strongly endorse as Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion. The remarkable success of this splendid medicine is due'to the fact that it contains ingredients that tone the nerves, enrich the blood and furnish to the entire system the strength, weight and health-building sub stances it needs. And, it does all this without injuring the stomach. In fact, Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion is not only pleasant to take, but even the most sen sitive stomach is benefitted by it, and the digestion improved. On the other hand, it contains no alcohol or habit-forming druers. which most parents object to giving their children. It does its eood work by taking hold ot the weakness and builds the body up to its natural strength, at the same time making it strong to resist disease. If Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion doesn't build your child up, feed the stunted, puny muscles, and make the little one lively, strong, well, and full of the animal spirits children are' meant by na ture to have, come back and tell us and get your money back. We don't want you to lose a cent. We think this is no more than fair, and it leaves you no cause to hesitate. For old people also for convalescents for all who are nervous, tired-out, run-down, no matter what the cause we offer Rexal Olive Oil Emulson with the same guarantee of entire sat isfaction or money -back. Sold only at the 7,000 Rexall Stores, and in this town only by us. $1.00 W. A. Leslie, Moreranton, N. C. THE KING OE ALL, LAXATIVES For constipation, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo. N. Y ,. says they are the king oi an laxauves. i ney are a blessing' to all my family and I always keep a box at home " Get a box and got well again. Price 25c. At drug gists or Dy man: a. isuckien &Co . Philadelphia j or St. Lou is. CLEVELAND. Shelby Star. Feb. 13th. Mrs. Sallie Martin, whose des perate condition was noted in Tuesday's Star, died at her home four miles north of Shelby on the edge of No, 6 township about 8 o'clock Monday night. She was the wife ot Mr. Weldon Martin and leaves her husband and two cunuren. i Having discovered the fact that the date for the bond election in the Falston-Belwood railroad dis trict conflicts with the date of the county commencement, the election has been ordered post poned one week by the County Commissioners. Instead of the election, therefore, being held AyriMch, 1914, it will be held il 11th. Mr. Monroe Wellmon was mak ing uaa shipment of cats yester day morning. He says a plague killed all of the cats in a certain section of McDowell county eight months ago and since that time the rats and mice are increasing and doing damage at an alarming rate. Mr. Wellmon had a sack full of eats and will make a ship ment to rc-:tock his farm. Webb Protests Against Negro Kauway Man uerK. Washington Correspondence Charlotte Observer. The race question has bobbed up again, inis time Kepresent- ative W ebb is protesting against continuing the service of a negro mail clerk between Salisbury and Knoxville on the Southern Rail way. It has been reported to Mr. Webb that the negro is obtrusive, and he washes where the White clerks do and uses the same towels, etc. A vigorous protest was made to Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart, Re publican, against the situation created by the employment of this negro by Representative Webb to-day. A SURE REMEDY FOR LIVER. LAZY Goto Leslie's Drug Store for This Safe, Reliable Remedy and Get Your Money Back if it Fails. ThprP are verv few remedies that gain the confidence of drug- gists as Dodson s Liver lone does. Leslie s Drug Store sells it and backs up the sale of every bottle with the money back guar antee that the price will be re funded if it fails to give complete satisfaction. Dodson 's Liver Tone costs 50 cents a bottle. It is the safest and best remedy for torpid liver, constipation, biliousness, etc. that has ever been sold in this city. It takes the place of dan- aevous calomel and does not lay 'ou uv) as a dose of calomel often lots. A bottle in the house is as rood as fifty cents in the bank. It vou or your family need a liver tonic you have the medicine ready. If it fails you get your money back. Be sure you cret Dodson s Laver Tone when you ask tor it. Ihere are imitations ot it that may dis appoint you. Golden Jubilee. The golden jubilee celebration by the supreme lodge, Knights of Pvthias, will be held at Wash ington, February 19, in obserV' ".nre of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the fraternity. The occasion will also be ob served in some manner by many heal lodges throughout the cour. WEAK, WEARY WOMEN. Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When housework is a torture, When night brings no rest nor si een. "When urinary disorders set in, Wnmpn's lot is a weary one. tvWs Kidnev Pills are for weak kidneys. TTnvp nroved their worth in Mnrcanton. Tms is one Morganton woman's froctimnnv. Mrs. D: A. Rich, Old Mill Hill, iwnntnn. N. C. savs: "I was nervous and dizzy, my he id ached and I did not sleep well. The kidney ac- tinn wan also irretrular. Finally, I used Doan's Kidney Pills, . procured from the Burke Drug Co.. and they made me entirely better. AnoQier of the family suffered from kidney trouble and backache. Doah's Kidney Pills made him strong and well. Vnr sale bv all dealers. Price 5ft rents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. New York, sole agents fnr rhp TTnited States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. County Commencement In our Teachers' Association, in the early'fall, it was decided to have a Countv Commenppmpnf this snrino- insf- hafnra rv. cv,i I j-v swsxv Ulv OLUUUIO 0f the county closed. About all 0f the teachers voted for it. and nonp. ao-ainsr if Tho 1ofQ I e ww ... xuv uatc Xiao been set for TUESDAY, MARCH 17tn. unlessthere is some reason for changing. The following prizes will be awarded: Declamations (one boy each from Morganton and Glen Alpine High Schools.) First prize, $10 GoldJ Medal; second prize, $3 Gold Medal. Recitations (one girl each from Morganton and Glen Alpine High Schools. ) First prize, $5. 00 Gold Medal; second prize, $3.00 Gold Medal. Declamations (one boy from each township.) First prize, 810.00 Gold Medal; second prize, $3.00 Gold Medal. Recitations (one girl from each township.) First prize, $5.00 Gold Medal; second priza, $3.00 Gold Medal. Compositions (one girl and boy from each townsip.) First prize, $2 50 Gold MedaJ Drawings (as many as want to enter.) First prize, $2.50 Gold Medal. The money for the above medals has been subscribed, and the names of the gentlemen will be given later. It is up to the boys and girls to see who can do the best to get them. There will be no township prizes offered, as it will be honor enough to any boy or girl to rep resent their township at the County Commencement. Any school in the county sup ported wholly or in part by public school funds may enter the con test. Only one boy and one girl from each township will be selected, except on drawing and composi tion work. On Saturday, Feb. 28th, a pre liminary contest will be held in rr; ::mZ the County Commencement. We hope to have competent judges at the township and coun- I i i j- x J - T - i . ; wiiujsis " ueciue wno wins. These judges to be selected out- side the township if they can be had. While the county is so large that only one boy ands girl from each township can take part di rectly in the County Commence ment, we want as nearly every school child in the county to be present at the County Commence' ment as it is possible to have. Dr. J. Y. Joyner will be pres ent and deliver the address of the day. It will be an opportunity for all the children to see and to hear the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Let all the schools come pre pared to sing together ' 'America' ' and "Carolina." I shall ask the teachers to have the children in the different grades to prepare some of their very best work in maps, writing, figure work, language, etc., with name of child, age and school al on paper, I shall ask that this work all be sent to Miss Carnelia Carter, Morganton, N. C. not later than March 7th. We want to make this the most profitable of ail our school days in this year, and we do trust that the teachers will get busy and in terest themselves, and in doing so, they will interest the children and patrons of the schools. Talk . commencement to your people. The Morganton Cornet Band will furnish music for the occas ion. Atheletic contests for all the boys. 100 yards dash. A running long jump. A running high jump. Abroad jump (stand ing.) A high jump (standing.) Suitable prizes will be awarded to the winners. The following persons are ap pointed as committees in the various townships: Prof, R. B. Bush, Miss Lizzie Hood and Walter Harbison for Quaker Meadow township. Joe Duckworth, Misses Jennie Smith and Louise Reid for Lower Creek township. H. C. Smith, Misses Carey Taylor and Winnie Smith for Smokey Creek township. J. B. Cooper, Misses Buena Laxton and Willie Cherry for Lovelady townshlp M. C. Perry, O. M. Yoder, Mis.es Don . JlVIcGimsey, Inez BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Insures the most delicious and healthful food By the use of Royal Baking Powder a great many more articles of food may be readily made at home, all healthful, de licious, and economical, adding much variety and attractiveness to the menu. The " Royal Baker and Pastr Cook, containing five hundred practical receipts for all kinds of ' baking and cookery, free. Address Royal Baking Powder Co., New York. Loven and Louise Williams for Icard township. George Hildebran, Alex Harbi son, Mrs. Lottie E. Wacaster and Miss Dora Anderson for Lower Fork township. Charlie Hicks, Misses Annie Clippard and Bertha Giles for Upper Fork township. E. M. Coulter. J. A. Gettis, Misses Gertrude Neill, Hettie Pitts and Olive I. Waters for Silver Creek township. A. H. Giles, A. H. Connelly, Misses Donnie Cobb and Mary Ann McGimsey for Linville township. R. C. Franklin, L. G. Barrier, J. D. Clark, Earl Sisk and Mrs. Mary Burleson for Jonas Ridge township. Jones Kincaid, Misses Kate Edgerton, Edna Gibson and Mrs. Alma Johnson for Upper Creek township. C. P. Puett, F. E. Cook, G. L. McNeely, R. A. Annas, Misses Katie O. Tate, Clyde Magness and Mrs. H. O. Houck for Mor ganton township. I would suggest that these com mittees get m touch with each other at once and appoint judges to sit and hear these declamations and recitations in order that the contestants may know who will be selected to represent their townships. I would suggest the date previously mentioned, and the place of meeting as follows; Quaker Meadow township, Hickory Grove Schoolhouse. Lower Creek township, Pleas ant Grove Schoolhouse. Smoky Creek township, Am herst Academy. Lovelady township, Valdese Schoolhouse. Icard township, Hildebran Schoolhouse. Upper Fork township, Enola Schoolhouse. Silver Creek township, Glen Alpine High School. Linville township, Obeth Schoolhouse. Jonas Ridge township, Camp Creek Schoolhouse. Upper Creek township, Joy THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE Go to your nearest soda fountain and say "Bro-Mal-Gine." Say it so the dispenser will understand. Pleasant to take and knocks that head ache without an after effect. It's worth trying once for a nickel. in- 2. Sflr BoHIm. uiUt Do you know The Youths Companion as if is to-day? Improved and broadened in its scope. Enlarged by the addition of a Special Family Page, Boys' Page, Girls Page and Our Offer for 1914 Cut this out and send it with $2.00 for The C ,mpanion for 1914, and we will send also The Youth's Companion Practical Home Calendar for 1914. THE YOUTH'ST COMPANION, BOSTON. MASS. Remember 52 Times a Year, not 12 e Great" Family Combination Offer We do not know of any Family Weekly that we can more heartily recommend to our readers than The Youth's Companion. It gives us I pleasure, therefore, to announce publishers to make the following The News-Herald $1.00 The Youth's Companion 2.00 1 MS Schoolhouse. Morganton township, Morgan ton, in office of Beard of Educa tion. Each committee may set its own Jjour in the day for the meeting. If a change in the date of Ma ch 17th is made you will be notified at once. By order of County Board of Education. T. L. SIGMON, Supt. Mor anton, N. C, Feb. 10, 1914. $10. REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will lie pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its slaves, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Cattarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh beintr a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature is doing its work. The proprietors have bo much faith in its curative pow ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case tnat it tails to cure, faena tor list of testi monials. ddress: F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Soldby Druggists, 75c TakeHall's Family Pills for constipation. For Sale. 200 S. C. White Leghorn Pul- ets. Birds of Quality and Bred for Laying. In lots of 25 or more, 90 cents each. Less than this number, $1.00 each. Will de- lver Birds m Morganton free of charge. T. R. Ford, Route No. 5, Morganton, N. C. Wcc oiatoe are specially grown for setd purposes. We offer superior stocks of all the best and most s productive varieties: Wood's Earliest, Irish Cobbler, Improved Early Ohio, Extra Early Sunlight, i Bliss Triumph, ij and all other standard kinds. Wood's Beserist!?d Go&!cg' X for 1914. gives f .: descriptions ant! information, and also tells aLcut aL 3 the best jj Farm and ; Garden Seeds. . j. Catalog mailed free, vnle far it. T.W.WC JU CO" Seedsmen, - Richmond, Ya. irae BROMALGIKE CO.. Goldsboro. N. C. Chil dren s Page, Great serial stories. 250 short stories. A remarkable Editorial Page. Current Events and Science. A wealth of variety and quality, and all of it the best. DutraUa AiBoaocemeat for 1914 free on reqaest. that we- have arranged with tlie offer: BOTH $2.5 ?s hit Seed P :s I I J
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