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VOL. XXX.
MORGANTON, N. C, JANUARY 23, 1915.
No 37
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terms.
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Machinery and St pp'ies,
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tion and American Institution
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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
REAL ESTATE!
IN GLEN ALPINE, N. C.
7-room-house, 3 acres im
proved land, water and out build
exchange for farm lands.
5-room-house about one acre
good garden, orchard, water con
venient, a real bargain, $500.00.
4 miles from Glen Alpine 130
acres of land, 6-room house,
store house, good spring, 30
acres cleared balance wood land
orchard. $2750.00, terms to
suit.
Three-fourths mile from
Glen Alpine, 60 acres land. $150.
I have wood land laying well
from 310.00 acre up. Call or
write,
j. G. Parker,
Glen Alpine, N. .C
South $120,000,000 Richer Thar,
She Was November 1 Eight
Cent Cotton Means That and
More to Section.
Atlanta Dispatch, 24th.
Notable improvement in bus
iness conditions in the South
within the last few weeks is in
dicated in reports from mer
chants, cotton factors and bank
ers from all over the section
The last month in particular
business men assert has de
veloped the recuperative powei
of the Cotton States. In al
these States cotton which wa.
selling a few months ago for c
little more than six "cents i
pound, now is finding a compar
atively ready market at above
eight cents.
Since the Government repori
of November 1st, the increase
of two cents a pound in the sell
ing price of cotton, with the cor
responding advance in the price
of cotton seed, according to fig
ures of the estimates of exports.
lias resulted in a net increase
during this period of approxi
mately $120,000,000 in the cash
value of cotton. The effect oi
this enhanced value, it is stated;
has been felt in every line ol
business in the South.
Conservative observers of the
situation say that never has
there been such a holding move
ment in the South as that noted
since the opening of the present
cotton season. At the outbreak
of the European war, fall de
liveries of cotton ranged from
12 to 13 cents a pound, which
with a crop estimated at more
than 16,000,000 bales forecast
a season of remarkable activity.
With the European markets sud
denly closed and the exchanges
suspended, the price abruptly
decreased about one-half.
To-day throughout the South
the movement of cotton from
farm to market is steadily pro
gressing, and as a result, accord
ing to reliable reports, the farm
ers are paying their debts to the
merchants for supplies, the mer
chants are meeting their obli
gations to the small banks and
they in turn are settling their
account with larger banks. The
general business tone is declar
ed optimistic.
635.80
1.266.41 U
KEPOP.T OF THE CONDITION OF THE
BANK Of MORGANTON
AT MORGANTON. IN THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AT THE CLOSE Or BUSI
NESS DEC. 31ST. 1914.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts J67.105.64
Overdrafts secured. $2S3.24; unset-urea,
3.j2.5t
R-t.r:.hw jr7.1M.10: furni-
" rurp and fixture. 5.02 31 10.266.
Dut fr;.m banks and bankers 19.482.2
Go.d coin 942.50
Silver coin, including all minor coin cur
rency 1.182.16
Naiionil bank notes and other U. S. notes 5,513 00
$105,127.79
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $23,000.00
Surplu fund 2,300.00
Unu.vi ied profits, less expenses and taxes
paid 3.661.09
Dividends Unpaid
EiiU payable 11,000.00
Time Cor ificates of Deposit 20.983 40
Deposits subject to check 44.179.30
$105,127 79 I
State of North Carolina. I ss
County op Burke, f
I. W. E. Walton, Cashier of the above named
ta .V, do solemnly swear that the above statement
is tr i o - he best of ft'V knowledge ami belief.
VV V.. WALTON. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 8th
dty of Jan.. 1914.
Chas Gordon Tate, Notary Public:
iB S. GAITHER.
Cirrect-AUest: . C. A. SPENCER.
FRANK P. TATE.
Directors.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that appr
cation will be made to tae present
General Assembly for the paspag-o vt
an act authorizing an election t c
question of extending the corporat?
limits of the town of Moiganto .;
said bill providing that che - -,
rate limits of said town be extend' u
one mile from the Court House, p -vided
a maioritv of the voters wituii
the present corporate limits and those
to ue included m the proposed ex -fusion,
vote for said extension at an
election to be held for that purpos.-.
on the third Monday in March, 191-
Notice is also given that appii-.
tion will be made at said session t.-
amend the charter of the M'.rga.i
ton Graded Schools.
Notice is also given that the Char
ter of the Town of Moreanton be
amended to divide the town in Wards
No. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
BRIDGERS CAN FIX IT.
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Re
pairing.
Muddy Roads and Sentiment
Monroe Journal. 1
When the public roads are deep
in mud pretty much everybody
is in favor of road improvement.
But when the roads dry off and
become fairly passable, every
body forgets it. It is very
much like the Arkansas man
who was sitting in his house fid
dling while the rain poured
through the room. A stranger
came up, and asked why in the
world he didn't fix his roof.
"Stranger," said the fiddler
"don't you see its raining and
a man can't work in the rain."
"But," persisted the stranger,
"why don't you fix it when the
sun is shining?" "Stranger,"
replied the contented man as he
fiddled right on, "a man don't
need it nxea when the sun
shining."
State Hospital News Notes.
Correspondence of The News-Herald.
Mr. W. K. Houk's youngest
son, Dewey, and son-in-law, Mr.
E. P. Hoyle, both have recently
had severe cases of pneumonia.
Hut we are glad to state now
chat both are up and convales
cent. Mr. J. S. Parsons, the abat
toir manager, turned in 12 more
lice porkers last week, average
veight 325 pounds. One in the
.ot tipped the scales at 370 lbs.
Mr. D. C. Barnwell, a patient
1'rom the mountain section, has
been here for many years. He
v. orks in the shoe shop with Mr.
::cott and is quite a handy man.
-Ir. -Barnwell has a nice little
. oultry yard over- on the hill
;a.ck of the Hospital and in
-.;! :ich he takes very great pride.
Mr. Brevard McCall, a pa
tient here for many years from
Mecklenburg county, -is still a
familiar figure and character.
He can when the weather is
pleasant be seen daily standing
about on the lawns or near the
store with his slippers in his
hands discussing the political is
sues of the day and the Euro
pean war (and in which he takes
great pride) with all who pass
and will stop and give him a
hearing.
The new female structure was
opened up the past week and
and the building will be wholly
occupied in the near future.
The patients dance on Friday
night was quite well attended
from the hospital and colonies.
There were some visitors. Miss
Bonnie Penland, a former nurse
was a visitor and attended the
dance. Miss Penland is now do
ing nursing work at Indian
apolis, Ind. She was returning
to her duties there from a va
cation trip to ner home up m
the mountain section of this
State.
Mr. R. B. Moore, the Hospital
farm manager, made a short
business trip to Statesville the
past week. ,
The chapel services on Sunday
afternoon were conducted bv
Rev. Mr. Williams, of the First
Baptist church at Morganton.
The attendance was again much
smaller than usual owing to the
inclement weather.
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
in
Why Not Order From Mail Or
der Houses
Jo
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Blease's Order Void.
Columbia, S. C, Dispatch, 23rd.
An order was issued here by
Governor Manning declaring
'void and of no effect" the ac
tion of Governor Blease in dis
banding the South Carolina Na
tional Guard shortly before he
retired. Adjutant General
Moore said he believed the or
der automatically restored the
troops to their former status
and that a re-organization would
be unnecessary.
Governor Manning based his
action on the ground that the
disbandment was illegal.- No
explanation was made, however,
regarding the basis for the
claim. Thirty-one companies,
including approximately 2,000
men, comprised the State s or
ganized militia.
The following from a contrib
utor to the Newton Enterprise
signed "A Country Woman,'
contains food for thought, and
impresses one with the thought
that progress in our own com
munity means co-operation as
far as possible on all sides:
"It is true that money spent
at home is of more service to
the community than money sent
to New York or Chicago ; but at
the same time it is true that
money sent to Virginia and
Maryland for canned goods that
could be bought by our mer
chants from country people and
canning clubs at the same price,
is not spent wisely any more
than money sent to mail order
houses.
"I know a business firm has
to look ahead for stock but the
Droducts raised and canned by
the canning clubs are assure and
reliable as any commercial
house.
It is a poor rule that won't
work both ways and if we are to
help support the towns with our
money we would be glad to have
the merchants to suport us as
far as it is practical.
"Why cover the shelves with
California peaches and turn
down a home canned peach,
equal in quality and lower in
price ?
why sell a Tennessee tomato
for 15c. per can when the same
:an be sold for 10c. per can?"
Brief Notes of Recent Kappeii
ings in North Carolina.
The next meeting of the Teach
ers Assembly will be held
Raleigh.
Burke is first in per cent of
attendance on state-aided high
schools for 1913-1493.2 per
cent.
The Asheville school board
has elected Mrs. W. A. Newell
supervisor of kindergartens and
primary grades in the city
schools.
Gabriel J. Boney, who died in
Wilmington recently, left $10,
000 to build a monument or me
morial to the Confederacy, to be
erected in Wilmington.
Last Friday night the postof-
fices at Lowell and McAdenville,
Gaston county, were visited by
yeggmen, the former being rob
bed of about $100 in stamps and
money, and McAdenville of $1Q.
Last week the students reg
istered in the University num
bered an even thousand. The
student body is 114 larger than
last year. It is a marvelous in
crease, the hard times considered.
Over 400 master Masons from
every part of the State, repre
senting nearly 24,000 Masons
of North Carolina, attended the
128th annual Grand Lodee
meeting m Raleigh last Wednes
day and Thursday.
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a Doid robbery occurred m
Asheville Sunday morning. The
plate glass window of the up
town omce ot the Southern Ex
press Company was smashed,
but all the robber got for his
trouble was four packages of
whiskey.
The Elkin & Aleghany "Rail
road has filed in the register's
office at Sparta a mortgage in
iavor of the Columbia Trust
Company for $750,000. This
mortgage is one of a series cov
ering the bonded indebtedness
of the road.
A bill is being prepared for
submission to the legislature
which will allow the county com.
missioners to vote on the re
moval or remodelling of the Dur
ham court house at any time
during their term of office rath
er than at the December meet
ing only as the law now stands
At an enthusiastic mass meet
ing in Asheville Friday night
commission form of government
for the city was endorsed. The
bill prepared by a committee
was ordered sent to the General
Assembly to be enacted into a
law providing for a vote by the
people some time in March.-
The State U. C. T. Gouncil
meets in Greensboro February
22nd.
Pullman and One Day Coach
Overturned at Claremont.
Hickory Special, 22nd, to Charlotte
Observer.
Southern passenger train No.
15, westbound, due here at 6:35.
a. m., was wrecked this morn
ing at Claremont, two cars over
turning and the combination
baggage and mail car leaving
the track. Several passengers
received minor injuries and two
were brought to the hospital
here for medical attention. As
soon as the news of the wreck
was received here a special train
was run down carrying phy
sicians to attend to the injured.
It is remarkable that none of
the passengers was seriously
hurt or killed outright, a:, the
Pullman and one day coach
turned completely over against
the bank and one was left stand
ing almost on end. A broken
rail is assigned as the cause and
but for the fact that the train
was running slowly the wreck
might have resulted more dis
astrously. No delay in trains
was experienced as the wreck
occurred at a siding and trains
could use this in passing the
wreck. . A wrecking crew from
Salisbury cleared up the wreck.
GERMANS LOSE CRUISER.
Lowest Prices.
My Work Speaks for Itself.
BRIDGERS,
The Little Jeweler, on Main St.
Look over The News-Herald
Carefully. Don't you think it
is worth what we ask for it
1.00 per year? If you are not
already a subscriber, )nt us put
your name on the list.
WE have Grates from $1.50
up. Wilson Heaters have no
equal. Evervone who uses them
is pleased.
Morganton Hardware Co.
Genuine Jellico Lump Coal
lor sals.
MORGANTON ICE-FUEL CO.
The third annual contest of
the North Carolina High School
Debating Union will draw its
membership from ninety coun
ties. The counties unrepresent
ed in the comprehensive foren
sic debates are: Bertie, Cas
wel,l Hoke, Jones, Madison,
Mitchell, Pamlico, Tyrrell,
Washington and Watauga. The
enrollment has enlisted the ac
tive participation of 227 schools
135 rural and State high
schools, and 19 private schools;
The date for the preliminary de
bates throughout the State is
March 26, and the date of April
9 has been named for the stag
ing of the final contest in Chap
el Hill for the Aycock Memorial
Cup.
The Newton correspondent of
the Charlotte News of the 23rd
writes as follows: lhe ex-
crable weather which has af
flicted this section recently has
done considerable damage to the
improved roads and farmers
from all parts of the county re
port the roads as in well-nigh
impassable condition. No little
criticism has been elicited as a
result with regard to the road
building methods employed in
the expenditure of the $50,000
Newton township has recently
laid out upon its roads, although
many people declare that this
criticism fails to take the all
pervadingness of the bad weath
er into consideration.
A Scotland Neck dispatch of
the 23rd says that funds for the
purchase of "The Groves," once
the home of the famous John
Paul Jones of "we've just begun
to fight" fame, are being raised
by the Halifax Chapter, D. A. R.
Photographs of the mansion as
it was long ago will be used in
the process of restoration of the
building which is at present m
a dihpidated condition.
On Wednesday of last week
a wooden block of stores belong
ing to Mr. Charlie Yelton at
Lawndale, the stock of merchan
dise belonging to .J. L. Leary,
the motion picture theatre be
longing to Dr. R. C. Hicks and
another stock of merchandise
belonging to W. E. Richards and
Company, were completely de
stroyed by fire. The total loss
is estimated at as,uu. it is
supposed that the fire original
ed in the motion picture show
Quite a good deal of excitement
was caused in Shelby last week
when on Tuesday night Police
man Bob Kendrick,- on night
duty, was shot and painfully
wounded by a negro named Dave
Wilhngham, whom he attempt
ed to arrest. The negro had
been m a fight with another ne
gro at the Shelby depot. He
was captured after he shot the
policeman and placed in jail.
Kendrick was taken to the hos
pital in Rutherfordton and, un
less complications set in, will
recover.
First in North Carolina.
Chapel Hill Correspondence.
Counties, not unlike individ
uals, court par excellence or
ranking degrees of distinction
in particular fields of effort.
Prof. L. A. Williams, of the Uni
versity department of educa
tion, has compiled a table of
"First in North Carolina,"
which is calculated to stimulate
other counties not thus classi
fied to acquire these distinctive
qualities in educational efforts.
The table follows:
Harnett, first to establish a
moonlight school for illiterate
adults Leabet School, Miss
Bessie Knight.
McDowell, first to require all
teachers to hold a certificate
showing completion of a four
year accredited high school
course in certain subjects Jan
uary, 1915.
Wake, first to have Teachers'
Mutual Aid Society within its
borders Raleigh teachers, Jan
uary, 1915.
Nash, first in the per cent of
vaccinated children-98 per cent.
Guilford, first in total number
of students enrolled in public
State-aided high schools for
1913-14310.
Burke, first in per cent of at
tendance on State-aided high
schools for 1913-14 93.2 per
cent.
Wake, first in total amount
raised for the support of State
aided high schools for 1913-14
$6,810.
Jackson, first in average ex
penditure per pupil in State-aid
ed high schools for 1913-14
$52.63.
Jackson also ranked first in
this respect in 1907-08, the first
year these schools were established.
Guilford, first to have a whole-
time health officer Februarv.
1911.
Sampson, first to have a coun
ty supervisor Miss Lulu M.
Cassidey.
Wayne, first to have a county
commencement 1 BIO.
Halifax, first to register a stu
dent in the Correspondence
Study Course at the University
1914.
Bluecher Sunk in Naval Engage
ment in North Sea.
London Dispatch, 24th.
An attempt by a German cru
iser squadron to repeat the re
cent attack on Scarborough, the
Hartlepools and other British
coast towns was frustrated to
day by the British patrolling
squadron, and in running fight
the German armored cruiser
Bluecher was sunk and two Ger
man battle cruisers seriously
damaged.
The British ships suffered only
slight injury. So . far as is
known only 123 of the Blue
cher's crew of 885 were saved.
A battle also occurred between
the light cruisers and destroyers
accompanying the bigger ships,
but the result of that engage
ment has not yet reached the
Admiralty.
The British were superior in
ships engaged, weight of arma
ment and speed and the flight
of the German ships into the
mine and submarine infested
field possibly saved them from
further losses.
The Bluecher was a cruiser of
15,550 tons displacement, and
although commissioned in 1908,
was completely re-rigged last
year. She was not classed as
a battle cruiser, but was in the
next class to those formidable
fighters.
Home News First.
Publishers Guide.
With all the push and enter
prise of the big city dailies, na
tional weeklies and internation
al magazines, with the numer
ous rural routes to help they
have not crowded out the good
old county weekly containing
the neighborhood news and
they never will. This feature
will sustain the local paper so
long as the "letter from home"
sentiment remains with the
reader. News of war and ru
mors of war fall into nothing
ness when put alongside of the
item from Grassy Pond telling
of the visit of Abe Simpson and
his wife at Homing Ridge to
Sebe Jones' family over on the
Fork; or when Mrs. Ann Tuck
er in opening a fruit can cut her
self in the pantry ; or Pete John
son while painting his roof fell
and wounded himself in the
back porch. Even if the item
tells how Harry Smith, escort
ing Miss Mary Toombs home
from the party wras attacked by
a vicious dog and bitten in the
park, the weekly county paper
is read and appreciated just the
same.
Salisbury Sets New Social Pace.
Salisbury Dispatch, 22nd.
This is a notable day in the
history of Rowan county It
marks the formal opening and
dedication of the first building
in the State to be set apart by a
county as a social center for its
people.
The old court house remodel
led and repaired until it looks
like a fine new building was for
mally turned over to a commit
tee who will manage it and
make of it a gathering of 'the
whole county.
Some parts of the building are
already in use and now the en
tire building is ready for ser
vice. On the second floor there
is a beautiful auditorium of pre
tentious proportions with in
clined floor and galleries. On
the first floor two large rooms
are used for a free public li
brary and here shelves are ar
ranged for eight thousand vol
umes. There are also rooms for
the industrial club, for the his
torical society and rest rooms
for women and children.
To-day's program extended
from 10:30 late into the even
ing with intermissions for din
ner and supper. There was mu
sic by the Salisbury band, and
the speakers included Dr. J. Y.
Joyner, Dr. Hill of the A. and
M. College. Dr. and Mrs. Thos.
W. Single, Mayor Walter H.
Woodson and other local men
and women.
The idea of the social centre
was conceived by some Salisbury
women several years ago and
the building of a new court
house opened the way for the
realization of their dreams by
the use of the old temple of jus
tice which now becomes a pio
neer social centre building in
this section of the country.
The Home Paper.
Ex-Gov. David R. Francis, of
Missouri, once said the following
of newspapers:
Each year the local paper
gives from $500 to $1,000 in free
lines to the community in which
it is located. No other- agency
can or will do this. The edit
or, in proportion to his means,
does more for his town than any
ten men, and in fairness he
ought to be supported not be
cause you like him or admire
his writings, but because the lo
cal paper is the best investment
a community can make. It may
not be brilliantly edited or
crowded with thought, but finan
cially it is of more benefit to the
community.
Goood Roads Argument.
Charlotte Observer.
The congressional committee
on Federal aid to good roads, is
finding some material to help
the cause. The committee has
made the estimate that 700,-
000,000 tons of commodities are
hauled over rural roads yearly
at cost of 21 cents a ton-mile or
$1.89 a ton for average haul of
nine miles. The commission be
lieves system of first-class high
ways would reduce cost to 13
cents a ton-mile, resulting in
saving of $504,000,000 a year
On 6 per cent, basis, expenditure
of $8,400,000 for good roads
would be justified. Meanwhile,
the Observer would not encour
age any county or State to wait
on Government aid, but proceed
as North Carolina counties gen
erally have done, with the build
ing of roads out of their own resources.
Insurance is Big Question Be
fore Assembly This Week.
Raleigh Dispatch, 24th.
One of the principal features
of the coming week in legisla
tive circles will be the hearing
on the pending insurance bills
on the afternoon of Wednesday,
January 27, by the joint Com
mittee on Insurance control of
insurance rates in this State
along the lines recommended by
the special commission for the
investigation of the insurance
companies in tnis fctate. in
surance experts from all parts
of the country are expected for
this hearing.
Folly Unspeakable.
The soil that produces cotton
invites the grains and grasses,
the orchard and the vine. Clov
er, corn, cotton, wheat, and bar
ley thrive in the same inclosure ;
the peach, the apple, the apricot
and the Siberian crab in the
same orchard. Herds and flocks
graze ten months every year in
the meadows over which winter
is but a passing breath, and in
which spring and autumn meet
in summer's heart. Sugar-cane
and oats, rice and potatoes, are
extremes that come together
under our skies.
To raise cotton and send its
princely revenues to the west
for supplies, and to the east for
usury, would be misiortune it
soil and climate forced such a
curse. When both invite inde
pendence, to remain in a slavery
is a crime. To mortgage our
farms in Boston for, money with
which to buy meat and bread
from western cribs and smoke
houses, is folly unspeakable.
Henry Grady.
First to Hear Words
'Phone.
San Francisco Dispatch, 24th.
Over
What Should Be Known About
Cancer.
By S. J." Fort, M. D.
Literally translated the word
cancer means a crab; as well
as it can be determined the ap
plication of the term to the dis
ease is due to a Lmcied resem
blance between the swoolen blue
veins of the human breast and
the straggling claws of the
crustacean.
Whatever the derivation of
its name, the fact that from seventy-five
thousand to one hun
dred thousand people die from
cancer every year, for the most
part adults of both saxes other
wise vigorous and healthy,
ranks it among the first two or
three of the most fatal diseases,
at the same time causing an
economic . loss that can not be
measured in dollars and cents
any more than the individual
and collective suffering arising
from its effects, can be outlined
in words.
Cancer is never caused by de
bilitating diseases.
It is not an infectious disease.
It is not transmitted as an in
heritance from parent to chil
dren. It always begins in a single
spot and in that spot there is al
ways something that at first is
not cancer.
Most cancers are curable if
removed in the early stages of
their appearance.
With external cancer, the first
warning may be seen with the
eye or distinguished by the fing
er, in the shape of warts, moles,
small areas of skin covered by
a recurring scab, or an unheal
ed wound or sore. Under the
skin there may be a small lump
or nodule, in either case, pain is
rarely present. In such appar
ently innocent and unimportant
things come the deadly growths
for which scientists have fail
ed to discover adequate cause or
reason beyond the fact that any
irritation of small skin defects,
or injury of a lump under the
skin, greatly increases the prob
ability of cancer making its ap
pearance or, if already present,
having a more rapid growth.
The same may be said of irri
tation of a defect in a mucous
membrane like that of the lips
and tongue, by rough edges of
the teeth or hot tobacco smoke
from the mouthpiece of a pipe.
Early recognition of these de
fects, with prompt removal of
the irritated point, promises
nearly or quite one hundred per
cent of cures and sometimes the
local trouble may be cured with
out using the knife.
Few people realize that opera
tions for cancers are by no
means dangerous especially
when the disease is in its early
stages. At the present time
the cure of cancer is not a drug,
not a ray, not a miracle, but an
early recognition of its presence
and extirpation before its ram
ifications through the tissues
have extended so far as to nul
lify the use of the knife.
But people can not be treated
unless they ask for treatment,
and the chief duty of preventive
medicine to-day is directed to
educating the people to a sense
of their duty to themselves and
their families.
No harm can be done by the
over-haste in seeking medical
advice concerning symptoms
suspicious of cancer, while der
lay in seeking such advice is'
only a gamble with death.
From American Motherhood
Magazine.
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Most Cotton to the Acre
Much Fertilizer.
Statistics show that for the
Thomas A. Watson, an asso-1 fifth time North Carolina led
ciate of Alexander Bell, and the j last year in the average produc
first man to hear words spoken tion of cotton per acre, the aver
over a telephone wire, will talk J age in this State being 283
from here to Mayor Mitchell in y pounds of lint cotton. South
New York to-morrow at a cele-1 Carolina is second with 256
bration of the completion of a I pounds and Georgia third with
trans-continental telephone ser- I 236 pounds.
mi i A
vice, ine original experiments
were made by Bell and Watson
in Boston in 1875.
The Highlander of Shelby has
changed from a semi-weekly to
a weekly.
The Board of Education of the
State Baptist Convention last
Friday elected Dr. R. T. Vann,
president of Meredith College,
general secretary of the board.
He will begin his work as secre-
eary to the General Education
Board at the expiration of his
term of office at Meredith Col
lege.
This cold weather suggests
fire, and those News-Herald
subscribers who have promised
wood on subscription will please
bring it along
CONSUMPTION TAKES
350 PEOPLE DAILY
rwr sn neonle succumb to con
sumption everyday in the United States.
Science proves that me germs vy
thrive when the system is weakened from
rolds or sickness, overwork, confining
duties or when general weakness exists.
The best physicians point out thai
during changing seasons the blood should
be made rich and pure and active by tak
ing Scott's Emulsion after meals. The cod
liver oil in bcou s umuiaiuu -"-body
by enriching the blood ; it peculiarly
strengthens the lungs ana tnroai,
upbuilds the resistive iorces ui mc
to avoid colds and prevent consumption.
If you work indoors, tire easily, feel
languid or nervous, Scott's Emulsion is the
most strengtheningfood-medicine known.
It is totally free from alcohol or any
stupefying drug. Avoid substitutes.
14-42 Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J.
Howard A Banks, private sec
retary of Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, and formerly editor of
the Hickory Democrat, will sail
from Philadelphia this week for
San Francisco by way of Pan
ama canal. He will have charge,
during the Panama Exposition
of the navy department s ex
hibit, which was prepared under
his direction. This exhibit will
be one of the most notable fea
tures of the exposition, as every
period in the navy's history has
been covered in the objects to
be displayed. The war ships
Oregon and Olympia will be
docked in reach of the public
so that .crowds may inspcet
them and types of every sort of
naval craft will be anchored in
the harbor.
A party of Americans who
scaled the Jungfrau mountain
of Switzerland recently brought
back the news that from the top
of that peak they had distinctly
heard the sound of artillery fire
from the Alsatain border, about
150 miles away.
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Monument to Rev. McNeely Du-
Bose.
The many friends of the much
lamented Rev. McNeely DuBose
will be interested to know that
a handsome marble altar wTill be
placed to his memory in Trin
ity church, Asheville, N. C, it
is hoped, by Easter. If there is
any one wishing to contribute
to the altar fund the amount can
be left with Mrs. I. T. Avery,
who in turn will forward it to
Mrs. Samuel Tannahill, 53 Pan
ola street, Treasurer of the Rec
tor's Aid Society of Trinity Par
ish, Asheville, N. C.
To-day (Thursday) and to
morrow are big days in Raleigh
because of the presence of four
eminent speakers, of national
reputation. The occasion is the
third annual session of the Con
ference for Social Service, and
the eminent visitors are Wil
liam J. Bryan, famous the world
over as an advocate of peace,
temperance and" moral move
ments; Thomas Mott Osborne,
the greatest man of our time,
who has given his life to prison
reform; Mrs. Cora W. Stewart,
who has achieved National rep-
ntatinn tVirnnch the Moonllffht
School movement in Kentucky ;j
and Secretary Daniels, whom
North Carolina still claims.
The statistics also show that
this State is third in the use of
commercial fertilizer, having
used 762,000 tons last year com
pared with 1,019,000 tons the
largest in the whole country
by Georgia and 863,000 by South
Carolina. Alabama is next to
North Carolina in the use of
commercial fertilizer.
Thirteen new Masonic lodges
were instituted in the State dur
ing the year and not a charter
was revoked.
An ad. in The News-Herald pays.
PROMPT ACTION WILL STOP
YOUR COUGH. '
When you first catch a Cold (often
indicated by a sneeze or cough,) break
it up at once. The idea that "It
does not matter," often leads to se
rious complications. The remedy
which immediately and easily pene
trates the lining of the throat is the
kind demanded. Dr. King's New Dis
covery soothes the irritation, loosens
the phlegm. You feel better at once.
"It seemed to reach the very spot
of my Cough" is one of many hon
est testimonials. 50c. at your Drug
gist. -
The fine bridge at Greenlee,
whichwas completed last week,
is built of steel and concrete and
has a span from the end of each
approach of 340 feet. Old Fort
Sentinel.
Colds are Often Most Serious Stop
Possible Complications.
The disregard of a cold has often
brought many a regret. The fact of
Sneezing, or a Fever should be warn
ing enough that your system needs
immediate attention. Certainly Loss
of Sleep is most serious. It is a
warniner sriven by Nature. It is
man's duty to himself to assist by
doing his part. Dr. King's New Dis
covery is based on a scientific analy
sis of Colds. 50c. at your Druggist.
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Low Round Trip Fares to New
Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala.,
Pensacola, Fla., via Southern
Railway.
Tickets for the above occa
sion and to all of the above
points will be on sale February
9th to 15th, inclusive, with final
return limit February 26th,
1915; or, by depositing ticket
with special agent at either
of the above points, and paying
a fee of $1.00, extension of final
limit can be had until March 15,
1915. Round trip fares from
principal points as follows:
Charlotte to New Orleans,
$23.05; Mobile, $18.25; Pensa
cola, $18.35.
Greensboro to New Orleans,
$25.85; Mobile, $21.65; Pensa
cola, $21.20.
Winston-Salem to New Or
leans, $23.85; Mobile, $21.65;
Pensacola, $21.20.
Salisbury to New Orleans,
$24.35; Mobile, $20.15; Pensa
cola, $21.20.
Statesville to New Orleans,
$24.35; Mobile, $20.15; Pensa
cola, $19.70.
Hickory to New Orleans,
$23.75; Mobile $1955; Pensa
cola, $18.80.
Round trip fares in same pro
portion from all other points.
Excellent schedules, first class
trains, with through Pullman
Sleeping Cars and Dining Co.:
service via Southern Railway.
For further information, Pull
man reservations, etc., ask an
Southern Railway Agent, or ad
dress the undersigned.
R. H. DeBUTTS,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charlotte, N. C.
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