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Morganton To
Shelby Railroad
Burke County Commissioners
Make Order on Result of June
Election Virginia-Carolina
Midland Railway Company, if
They Build Road, to Make
Bond of $100,000 Within
Ninety Days, and to Complete
Road to Casar Within Eigh
teen Months.
At the last regular, meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Burke
county the following order was made:
"It is ordered that the following
be spread upon the minutes of the
Board of Commissioners of Burke
county as the order of said Board, to-
vvit: An election having been legally
held on the 5th day of June, 1915,
said railway company shall further
do and perform all other acts . and
things required by the said act of
the General Assembly in-order to be
entitled to ' have subscriptions made
to said proposed railroad under the
provisions thereof, when voted by
said townships, then and in that case,
and not before, it shall be lawful for,
and the duty of , the Chairman of this
Board of Commissioners, and he is
hereby directed to subscribe in bonds
to the capital stock of said railroad
in the name of each of said townships
the amounts so voted - by each of
them, that is to say, in the name of
Morganton township, fifty thousand
($50,000) dollars in bonds; and in
the name of Upper Fork township,
fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars of
bonds; provided the voting, of said
township for bonds in that amount
Lis hereafter ratified by an act of
General Assembly of North Caro
lina, otherwise the ' subscription in
bonds to be issued in the name of
at the proper polling places in Mor
ganton, Upper Fork and Lower Fork d Upper Fork township shall be
townships in Burke county, respect
ively, pursuant to the order of this
board, made upon petition filed, un
der the provisions of an act of the
General Assembly of North Carolina,
passed at its session of 1915, the
same being Chapter 442 of the Pub
lic Local Laws of 1915, upon the1
question of each of said townships
voting bonds to be used in subscrip
tions to the stock of a proposed rail
road, running from Shelby in Cleve
land county by way of Casar and
through said townships to the town
of Morganton in Burke county; and
the judges and registrars holding
such elections having made returns
thereof and it appearing from such
returns, as duly recorded in the office
of this board, that Morganton town
ship has, by a majority of its quali
fied electors, voted in favor of a prop
osition to subscribe fifty thousand
($50,000) dollars of bonds to said
proposed railroad; and that Upper
Fork township has,. by a majority of
its qualified electors voted in favor
of a proposition to subscribe fifteen
thousand ($15,000) dollars of bonds
to said proposed railroad; and that
Lower Fork township has ,by a ma
jority of its qualified electors, voted
in favor of a proposition to subscribe
twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dol
lars of bonds to said proposed rail
road; and it appearing to this, board
that there has already been a survey
of a proposed railroad through said
townships by Manly McDowell and
his associates as trustees for a cor
poration to be hereafter formed and
created under the Laws of the State
of North Carolina, to be known as
the Virginia-Carolina Midland Rail
way Company and chartered as a
common carrier of freight and pas
sengers, such parties hereinafter
named as the Railway Company, and
that said Railways-Company through
its said trustees, Manly McDowell
and his asosciates, stands ready to
enter into bond conditioned for the
construction and completion of the
said railroad through the said town
ships within eighteen (18) months
from the date hereof; now, therefore,
if the said railway company shall,
within ninety (90) days from this
date, file in this office .a bond pay
able to this Board of Commissioners
for and on behalf of said townships,
as their interests may appear, in the
sum of one hundred thousand
($100,000) dollars with good and suf
ficient surety or sureties, conditioned
for the construction and completion
through said townships within the
time aforesaid, of a standard gauge
railroad with steel rails not less than
60 pounds per yard, grade not to
ceed 2 per cent, no curve to exceed
nine degrees (9 degrees) and to be
equipped and in operation with the
proper rolling stock for the safe ac
commodation of both freight and pas
sengers said road to be constructed
with oak or heart pine cross-ties of
standard dimensions, and the bridges
across Hunting creek, Lower Fork
and Upper Fork to be constructed of
steel, and the abutments of said
bridges to be of stone or other ma
sonry. All trestles to be standard
and constructed of strong oak . or
heartpine, so as to constitute a part
of a proposed railroad from Shelby
to Morganton through said townships
as aforesaid, by way of Casar in
, Cleveland county, and also condi
tioned that the said railway company
shall assign transfer and set over
to the Chairman sof this Board of
Commissioners, all rights of, way for
said proposed railroad through said
townships which have already been
secured and that such as are here
after secured shall be taken in the
name of the said Chairman of said
Board of Commissioners and that the
in an amount equal to five (5) per
cent of the assessed valuation of the
real .and personal property , situated
and located in such township for the
previous year (1914) as shown by the
tax-list of Burke county for said
township for, said year; and in the
name of Lower Fork township
twenty-five thousand ( $25,000 ( dol
lars of bonds, provided the voting by
said township for bonds in that
amount is hereafter ratified by an
act of the General Assembly of North
Carolina; otherwise the subscription
in bonds to be issued in the name of
said Lower Fork township shall be
in an. amount equal to five (5) per
cent of the assessed valuation of the
rea and personal property situated
and located in such township for. the
previous year (1914) as shown by
the tax-list of Burke county for said
township for said year.
"The bonds to be so-, subscribed in
the name of said townships to be
coupon bonds, payable to said rail-
way company, running twenty (tv)
years and bearin interest from the
date of making such subscriptions at
the rate of six (6) per cent per an
num payable semi-annually; such
bonds for such townships to be of
of railroad of standard gauge and
equipment, as hereinbefore described,
shall be constructed f ronv Shelby in
Cleveland county, to Casar in said
countyv connecting with the line of
railroad to be built through said
townships in Burke county, within
two years from this date, so as to
constitute a connected and operated
line of railway, under one manage
ment, from the said town of Shelby
to the said town ot Morganton, then
this order is to be null and void and
all subscriptions made and bonds is
sued thereunder shall be null and void
and surrendered by the holders there
of to be cancelled.
"All of the provisions of this order
are to be incorporated in and to form
a part of the subscriptions and bonds
to be made and issued thereunder
"Done by order of the Board of
Commissioners and signed' by i its
Chairman and attested by its Clerk
at this a regular session of said
board, and seal of Burke county af
fixed thereto .
County Seal
"J. M. BRINKLEY
"Chmn. Bd. Comrs. of Burke County.
"J. B. Holloway, Clerk."
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the denomination vof five hundred
($500) dollar each and signed by the
the said Chairman of this Board of
Commissioners in the name of such
townships and counter-signed by the
Clerk of this Board, and payable at
the town of Morganton, N. C, but
not to be issued or delivered so as to
Couldn't Afford to Advertise.
Selected. ' '
Jud Shaw sold shoes and sealing
wax, and lamps, hshpoles and glue
tobacco, , candles, gum, and tacks,
slickers and sardines, too; dry goods
and hams were in his line; he dealt
in' peas and beans; he. kept the gen
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jeans; but Jed, somehow, he wasn't
wise -"'Couldn't afford to advertise."
- Not that he harbored any grudge
against his home town sheet; he was,
as anyone' might judge, a kindly man
to meet; his customers, he treated
fair, and yet he prospered not; his
goods were honest, one would swear
he simply was forgot; for Jud,
somehow, he wasn't wise "Couldn't
afford to advertise."
Mail order firms from out of town,
much wiser in their day, paid liber
ally for their renown, and gathered
in the hay; their catalogues went
everywhere; they advertised for trade;
their name went forth with trumpets
blare, and, ah! the coin they made;
couldn't afford, they were so wise,
couldn't afford not t'advertise.
Now, Judd's stuff it was just as
good; his prices were the same; the
loss was ours; he simply would not
spread abroad his name; though
townsfolks might have much pre-
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you know the reason why, for Jud,
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townships until the said railroad
shall be completed, in the manner
hereinbefore provided, through the
township in whose name the same
has been subscribed.
"It is further ordered that in case
said 'bonds are issued and delivered,
as aforesaid, there shall be levied,
from year to year during the life
of said bonds, on the taxable property
located and situated within the boun
daries of each of said townships the
amount necessary to meet the inter
est annually accruing on thes bonds
issued by said townships, respect
ively, and to create a sinking fund
to pay off and discharge said bonds
at their maturity.
"Provided nevertheless, that if the
said railway company shall fail to
file the said bond of one hundred
thousand ($100,000) dollars, within
ninety (90) days from the date here
of or shall have failed to have com
pleted and in operation the said rail
road through said townships, as
hereinbefore provided, so as to have a
connected line of railway running
from Shelby in Cleveland county by
way of Casar and through said town
ships to the town of Morganton -in
Burke county on or before-18 months
from the date hereof, then or in'eith
er of such cases, all of the provisions
of this order are to be null and void,
and the subscriptions to be made in
the name of each of said townships
for said railroad are likewise to be
void and of no effect, and in that case
it shall be lawful for -such subscrip
tions to be made" by the Chairman
of this Board of Commissioners to
any other proposed v railroad upon its
compliance with the terms hereof.
"Provided, further, that when the
said railroad shall be completed and
in operation, as hereinbefore pro
vided, then it shall be the duty of the
Chairman 'of this Board of Commis
sioners to re-convey to the said rail
way company all rights of way as
signed to him or taken in his name
for said railroad, and as the said rail
road shall be completed through each
of said townships, it shall be the duty
of said Chairman to issue and deliver
to csaid railway company the said
bonds, so subscribed by said town
ships, respectively, duly executed, ac
cording to the provisions of this or
der. $
"Provided further that unless a line
somehow, he wasn't wise
afford to advertise!"
-"Couldn't
The Results From Less Than An
Acre.
Newton Enterprise.
Mr. P. E. Fry has submitted fig
ures for operations on not quite one
acre of ground this year -29-30 of an
acre, to be exact. He had it in clo
ver first and then in . corn. His
itemized statement shows, the fol
lowing: Received 1,300 pounds of seed,
which at 3 1-2 cents the pound
equals $45.50. The cost of harvest
ing and threshing was . $5.25, leaving
$40.25. ,,.
After the clover Mr. Fry put the
and in coj-if, and while it is not ma
rred he estimated it by counting the
number of rows and ears to the row,
finding 170 ears to 35 rows or 5,950
ears; and. 114 to 17 rows, being of
uneven length, making . 1,972 ears,
a total of 7,922 ears. Counting
130 ears to the bushel, though 100
ears is nearer, he figures out not quite
Gl bushejs. Counting it at 75 .cents,
!;e figures $45.75 worth of corn; and
adding this to his clover profits, he
has a net return of $81.75. The cost
of the corn' he figures at $4.25 corn
amounting to $41.50 net and clover to
$40.50. As a record for an acre
this is good enough, made better by
the fact that not a pound of fertilizer
was used. ..
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When Well-Known Morganton
People Tell It So Plainly.
When public endorsement is made
by a representative citizen of Mor
ganton the proof is positive; You
must believe it. ' Read this testi
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ache ,every man, woman or child with
kidney trouble will do well to read the
following:
R. J. Hallvburton. denutv sheriff.
Lenoir St., Morganton, says: "I had
an attack of kidney and bladder trou
ble, caused by heavy lifting and -a
strain. I suffered from pains through
the lower part of mv bodv. Several
of -my' friends had been helped by
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at. the Burke Drug Co. They quickly
eased fhe pam and before long, re
moved it entirely. I recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills as a first-class
Kianey medicine."
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Mr. Hallyburton had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
By virtue of a power of sale con
tained in a mortgage deed executed
and delivered to me. on the 10th day
of December, 1914, by P. K. Queen, to
secure such costs as might be finally
adjudged against him in a certain civil
action then pending in the Superior
Court of Burke county entitled P. K.
Queen vs. J. H. CooK for slander,
(said deed filed and marked for regis
tration in the Register's office of
Burke county on the 3rd day of Sep
tember, 1915,) and by reason of de
fault made m the payment of the
costs which have been finally ' ad
judged against him in said action,
amounting to $106.90, I will sell, at
public auction to -the highest bidder
for cash at the Court House door in
the town of Morganton, North Caro
lina, on Monday, the- 11th day of Oc-
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4- i xi.. 4... j r j t . I r4rt
Fork township, adjoining the lands of vC
J . H. Cook, Peter Buff et. al., bounded
Beginning on a sourwood and
north 2 east 79 poles to a white
Sally Queen's corner; thence east
west 28 poles to a black gum
Cook's, corner; thence north 70 west
30 poles to a stake, thence north 22
west -132 poles to a Spanish oak.
thence south 55 west 56 poles to a
stake, Buff's corner; thence south 21
east 66 poles to chestnut oak; thence
north 15 poles to a black gum; thence
south 31 east 80 poles; thence j south
85 east 140 poles; thence north 50
west 44 poles to the beginnig, con
taining 75 acres, more or less.
This the 10th day of September,
1915. .-4 ' '
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