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" The news-herald. COBB, Editor and Owner. The Burke County News ) ,. . . . " 7 " The Morganton Herald f Consolidated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Advance. MORGANTON, N. C, DECEMBER 16, 1915. NO. 31. land Deals In Linville n, nr r.nmnanv Tak- Up 0ptins on rarms ai h Prices. ! m0nthe ago the Southern fompany procured options on deal of the land on Linville li aPddy's creek, in this coun l the view to erecting a great the vicinity of Pool's mill, ple wondered if the company 'take up tne options aim nuw Holloay is Dusy recoromg e "o t-tvi c on Linville river iv's creek, witn a prospect 01 -ansfers to the c any. The de this week iuclude about from Mr. T. L. Berry, at approximating $15,000; about Mr Tf a Gihhs at. Vr Gerard Lail about 300 t $7,000, and Mr. C. T. Jaynes . i aaa XT-v 1mtKt- vfhoi vr 111 be taken up within the next ys. plans for the future of these i n. rf-a colli n cr rn- Qra CT but it is hoped that every them will invest somewhere Burke and remain wih us. SENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS OPEWELL BURNED kliieh Sprang Up in Less Year Reduced to Ashes. ,vell, Va., grown up since sum h the great new gun cotton If the Du Pont Powder Com mas practically destroyed last by by a fire which started in a ,nt and did property damage ted at from $1,000,000 to $3,- . The Du Pont works out the settlement were undamag- i'lages A and B, near Hopewell, b house the families of mar- iployes of the factory, also es- es of wild disorder accompa- e fire and citizens lynched a "or looting. There was no loss otherwise and only a few mi- uries were reported. ial law was proclaimed with pal of six militia companies, from Richmond by order of mart. The thousands of home- .en, women and children had ent to Petersburg and Rich- but many men remained to what little property they had Me to save. The fire started Greek restaurant and was by the accidental overturning m stove. The fire raered from m. until nearly 9 p. m. Avail s-fighting apparatus was ut- adequate to cope with the situ- the flames eating their wav P the flimsy frame structures thrown up during the early ' the town last summer, like i tinder. Says Bryan is "Simply Ob sessed" and That Roosevelt is the "Giant in Mother Goose." Washington Dispatch, 13th. Describing William J. Bryan as "simply obsessed" and Theodore Roosevelt as "the giant , in Mother Goose," chairman Tillman of the naval committee addressed the Senate today on national defense and assail ed what he characterized as the greed of private manufacturers of war materials. Senator Tillman upheld Secretary Daniels' administration of the Navy Department. "The question of preparedness re quires grave consideration and prompt action," said Senator Till man. "There are all sorts of opinion and advice from all quarters good, bad and not only unwise, but un thinkable of adoption except by wild men of Barnes. "Mr Bryan, the evangelist of peace at any price, is utterly opposed to any and all increase. He seems to be sim ply obsessed on this question and has lost his poise. Ex-President Roose velt, on the other hand, who snorts and roars like a veritable bull of Ba shin, poses as the God of War, and clamors for a very large standing army and a great reserve. He re minds one of the giant in Mother Goose." No Welcome For Ford Party. The Ford peace expedition is also looked upon as a joke on the other side, and is thus unfortunately han dicapped in any effort it might make in behalf of peace. Neither encour agement, recognition nor support in any shape or form will be offered to the Ford peace party by The Nether lands government, according to infor mation from official sources given to a correspondent of the Associated Press at The Hague. Government of ficials, it was indicated, naturally noted the party's departure and also received a notification thereof from the leader, but no reply was for warded. No opposition will, however, be placed in the way of the party's landing in Holland but should the ac tivities of its members become em barrassing, they will in all probabili ty be requested to transfer their headquarters to other than Dutch territory. Private pacifists, of whom there are. many in Holland, probably will welcome the Ford par ty as an addition to their ranks. rSUKKE SUPERIOR COURT. I BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT RTTTT. A MVCTFIWV iist oi uases uisposed of Up to This (Thursday) Morning. Following is a list of cases disposed of up to this morning in Burke Su perior Court which convened on Mon day, Dec. 6th. Port Berry vs. Emma Berry action for divorce. Divorce refused. Maud Abernethy vs. R. Lee Aber- nethy. Plaintiff granted divorce. Hilliard vs. Abernethy, Lyerly & Co. Judgment for plaintiff and re covery of land. Harrison & Packer vs. W. C. Moore. Judgment $200 for nlaintiff. C. S. Smith vs. Southern Railway. Judgment for plaintiff $250. Mrs. W. C. Henderson vs. Huffman Mfg. Co. Judgment non suit and against plaintiff for cost. D. F. Bailey vs. L. A. Kincaid and Marshall Arney. This was a suit for damages on account of an accident to Bailey's wife and child. Mrs. Bailey fell over a sack of corn with her child in her arms while the corn was being: unloaded from Arney's wagon at Kin caid's store and thee hild sustained a broken leg. Judgment for plain tiff $50 and costs. Corpening vs. Westall comprom ise. Kennedy vs. Beckton compromise. Bondinghauser vs. Watts non suit judgment against plaintiff for cost. Mrs. D. A. DuBose vs. Ray-Campbell Co. Judgment for plaintiff. Henderson Pearson, Elias Walton, Dora Hamilton and W. T. Mull vs. Morganton Road Commissioners. Ap peals dismissed. Ed Dale vs. Lee Rust compromise. Huffman Mfg. Co. vs. J. D. Pitts non suit. Denton vs. Southern Railway judgment for defendant. it Snow in This Section iears. i -epest sno-,v in years and de- tte deepest in the memory of Je oldest inhabitants to fall Ol vie . -t . - oiuuis was mat wnicn be tog about the middle of the on Saturday with such velocity frJT soon the ground was white lDe beautiful" and before 10 that night the depth reached 10 12 inches. mS of Saturday's snow the f Entemrise save- "irio.v 5 here, although Lincolnton, lies south, got only three Charlotte on our east got lnch. AshevillA ;ne midst of the snow country, ""cnes, and hembered that at least one I Member snow prime f!hricti P' 1877 if the date is correct, j L iys was the biggest be- : stmas that is now recalled." 1 Painhour Returns. ':an absent n-F hX 3 missinary of the Bap- ! Uiss Lettie Spainhour j ' Morganton Sunday at noon i iW "er Home here. Report Acts of Courtesy. To encourage employes to be cour teous in all their dealings with the public, the management of the South ern railway is asking that reports of examples of courteous acts on the part of employes be made to it. With this policy in view the following has been printed on the menu cards in some of the Southern railway dining cars: "The management of the Southern Railway Company expects its em ployes to distinguish their service to the public by courtesy and requests the traveling public to report exam ples of successful service so that the employes may be encouraged by ap preciation of their efforts." Inasmuch as the public is always ready to talk about the discourtesy of the railroad people, it is but fair that acts of courtesy be reported. Allen-Walton. In a pretty marriage ceremony at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon witnessed by near friends and relatives, Miss Anita Walton became the bride of Mr. George Allen, of Concord. Grace Episcopal church, where the ceremony was performed, was beautifully dec orated for the occasion with ever greens, carnations and lighted with candles. Rev. George Hilton, rector of the church, administered the vows. Mr. Hardie Turner was at the organ, playing before the ceremony Bercuse and Hoffmung, and Mendelsshon Wedding March as the wedding party entered. The bride, who was attend ed by her siter, Miss Cora Walton, as maid of honor, was beautiful in a brown broadcloth suit with acces sories to match. She was given away by her father. Mr. G. Hendrix of Concord, was best man. During the ceremony "The Answer" was played softly, and the party left the church to the strains of Grand March from Tannhauser. The bride, a beautiful brunette, is exceedingly popular in Morganton. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walton, of Quaker Meadows. The good wishes of many admiring friends here will go with her to Con cord, where the young couple will make their home. Investigations Find No Solution and Mystery is as Unex plained as Before Dr. Wil son's Report. Dr. C. L. Wilson, of Lenoir, a mem ber of Mr H. C .Martin's investi gating party to find cause for the mysterious Brown Mountain light has made the following report. Since reading the article from the pen of Mr. W. W. Scott, of Washing ton, D. C, concerning the Brown Mountain light mystery, I have been anxious to know more about it. On December 8th I started in search of more information. I reached Lov en's hotel on Jonas' Ridge about sun set and commenced my observation about 6:30tp m., for the light can be seen now at twilight. It was a real cold night and the wind was blowing a gale, but I had gone too far, made too great a sacrifice of time to lose my opportunity. Brown Mountain in its general course, points north-east and south west. The west end is about seven miles east of Loven's Hotel. The south end is about twelve miles from Loven's hotel. A line drawn from point of observation near Rev. Dr. Gregory's cottage by Joy postoffice and on to Morganton, limits the south end of the mountain, this line is twenty-five miles long; the north end is bound by a line drawn from same point of observation to Lenoir, a dis tance of about thirty-five miles (a dim reflection from the electric lights of both towns can be seen at night.) In looking for the light from this point, you are on the west side of Brown Mountain looking east. Those who have observed this spectacular phenomenon most are a unit in the belief that it rises on the east side of Brown Mountain, and therefore has to rise above the top of the moun tain before it can be seen. I will say frankly that this is not in accord with my belief, to me the light appears visible on the west side of the moun tain when first seen. There are more points than one from which this light can be viewed, John Barrier who lives three quarters of a mile south-west of Loven's Hotel can see the light from his window or door, and it can also be seen from Tip Top U. G. Mr. Loven and Pe,t Tuttle (son of Esq. C. A Tuttle of Lenoir) saw the light from the top of Rip Shin about three weeks ago, between one and four o'clock a. m. while coon hunting. Rip Shin is half way between Loven's ho tel and Brown Mountain. This placed them within three miles of the sup posed location of the light. They said "this was" the best view of the light they havi ever had, all of which goes to show we will "ketch" it when we go after it on Brown Mountain. The first time this mystery was seen, and discussed, so .far as is known, was by a party from Morgan ton stopping at Loven's hotel, about ten years ago, then there was a lull in the discussion of the affair for five DEATH OF D. H. PEELER. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Perhaps the Oldest Man in the County Passes Away. Mr. D. H. Peeler, who had passed his 91st birthday, died at his home at Rutherford College Tuesday after noon, after a lingering illness, and was buried in the Methodist church yard near the college today at 11 o'clock. Mr. Peeler was one of our best known citizens, a man of high chris tian character, and had passed the age of 91 years, making him perhaps the oldest man in the county. Mr. Peeler was twice married, the first time to Miss Eliza Robinson, who died years ago. His second mar riage was to Miss Mary Ann Robin son, who survives. The surviving children are Mr. Alfred Peeler of Cleveland county, Mrs. Sallie Estes, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs. Ella Turner, of Virginia, and Miss Hen rietta Peeler, of Rutherford College. The late Thomas Peeler and the first wife of Mr. J. A. Lackey were chil- large connection and the funeral was!, county IonS a resident of New Brief Notes of Recent Happen ings in North Carolina. Judge Cline has named General Manager Edward B. Penny and W. M. Thompson of New York as receivers for the Elkin & Alleghany railroad. A reorganization of the road will be started shortly. Fire at the orphanage of the North Carolina Methodist Conference in Ral eigh Monday morning destroyed the barn, entailing a loss of $2,500, pro tected by $1,000 insurance. The live stock were saved. Announcement was made Tuesday that Mrs. John W. Hanes of Winston Salem had given the Methodst Chil dren's Home, near that city, $10,000. It is stated that the money will be used in the erection of an industrial building- for the home and is in accord with Mrs. Hanes' interest in an advo cacy of proper training for the boys. Robert B. Dula, a native of Cald- attended by quite a number of rel atives and friends. Marriage of Miss Kate Corpen ing. Friends here have received the fol lowing announcement: Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Corpening announce the marriage of their daughter Kathryn to Mr. Bert White Kirkman on Tuesday, the fourteenth of De cember nineteen hundred and fifteen at High Point, North Carolina. The bride, a daughter of Mr. W. P. Corpening, of Upper Creek township, a capable and attractive young wo man, has held a position for some time in High Point. Many friends here will join The News-Herald is wishing her much happiness. it is possible to see a light from Con ned Springs to Brown Mountain and Loven's hotel, for Connelly Springs and ilutherford College can be seen from these points, yet I did not see the light Mr. H. C. Martin sighted for me at Connelly Springs on the night of the eighth (this was Mr. Martin's plan to cither confirm or eliminate the headlight theory. ) Will say if Hil- debran Mountain, near Connelly Springs, were a volcano emitting flames a mile high and illuminating the entires urroundines south of Brown Mountain, yet our modest lit tle light would go on playing its pranks as it does now. My investiga tion thus far leads me to the belief that we are not dealing with a single light, but lights, say a bumper crop of jacko'lanterns. I will see these lifrht.s or lip-ht. nr mnre till tho togoc ! t T.riii ;u 4- 4. 4. c ti 1 minus serveu eisni years irom lyx- j. win ii-iii my tent Vll tuu Ul JJIUWI1 j , - , -r . . . - -land was snrveerlefl lw C. M Tr0 swirl Il imnrain nhnnt -tniiT- mi oc nnrth - ' w J -juijvic years until Rev. Dr. Gregory occu-Jj Who will e-o with me. i served eiht years, from 1906. piea nis summer cottage. He saw the , f j shouW not likfl t aw. fn ; hlIlng couny offices in Catawba, 1 1 rrhr ouorv nirrhr whan Viq ttt- 4-Vi : ' York city, formerly connected with the American Tobacco Company and. now a millionaire, recently bought a building, corner Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street, for which he paid about $2,000,000. The yearly income from the rents is $172,000. Mrs. Julia Ann Troutman, an aged white woman, was burned to death at her home in the Organ church neigh borhood, Rowan county, Sunday night. Her body was found on her front porch early Monday with the cloth ing practically burned off. It is sup posed she caught fire from an open fire-place and rushed to the porch in an effort to put out the flames. She lived alone. Three white boys, Eugene Burns, Claude Krider and a Teague boy were arrested in Hickory Sunday morning: for store breaking. The Krider boy. 14 years old, is the same who was ar rested in Statesville a few weeks ago for an attempt at store breaking. He is now under bond for his appearance at next term of Iredell Superior Court. The Teague boy figured in a store breaking case in Hickory over a year ago, when Abernethy Hard ware Company's store was broken into and some bicycles stolen. He was caught after a sensational chase lead ing to Taylorsville. The Newton Enterprise gives an in teresting bit of information in the statement that all the clerks of the court of Catawba county, six in num ber, for the past 50 years are. still alive. M. O .Sherrill, State librarian for many years, and living in Raleigh, was elected in 1866 and held the office 16 years; P. A. Hoyle of Newton was elected in 1882 and held eight years; J. F. Herman was elected in 1890 and had four years; J. W. Rockett came in and served four years; L. H. Iredell Sheriff Must Refund. The Supreme Court's decision in the matter as to Whether the sheriff of Iredell county when placed by law on a salary last December had a right to I collect for himself commissions on I 1914 taxes collected after that date I went against the sheriff and he must j pay into the county treasury all such j commissions. The total amount is es-' timated at $3000. Automobile Accident. The first automobile accident of any consequence to occur in Morgan ton created much excitement on the streets here last Friday afternoon. In trying to avoid hitting a Deaton child who had darted out into the street in front of his machine, Mr. Ben Lane drove the car into the sidewalk in front of Presnell & Hogan's store with such force as to to dislodge one of the street light posts. The child was knocked down, but not seriously injured, and no one was hurt. The car was rather badly battered up but can be repaired. Everyone who wit nessed it felt greatly relieved that results were not more serious. Marion Pm,, i. In t,'-3o ui mat ween. feared a v. rinn , Luuri oi tne con- c ui iana in jhc- u, near Old Fort, be- ,f H. Giles and N. O. -iuie. it is pre- that tb reserve whiVh ; Ti "umber of western coun- " Carolina. Miss Minerva Arlington, who is r student at Salem College at Winston Salem, will arrive in the city Friday to spend the holidays with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. John Arrington, at the Central Hotel. Miss Arrington is an exceptionally pretty and vivaci ous young woman and while she has resided in the city but a short while has already won numerous friends. Mr and Mrs. Arrington spent much of last winter in the city and this fall decided to locate here permanently. Charlotte Observer, 15th. Deals in Real Estate at Drexel. Mr. D: B. Mull has sold hish ouse and lot at Drexel to Mr. Jacob Abee. Mr. Mull will move to Bowman's Crossing, where he is in business. Mr. Lush Baker has sold 38 acres to the Misses Reid for $1,000. Mr. G. P. Asbury has purchased from Mr. Byard Williams a house and lot at Drexel. Mr. Williams will move to Bowman's Crossing. The Southern Commercial Congress ! opened in Charleston Monday to con-! tinue five days. i The time is getting short until Christmas. Don't put off your shop ping until the last minute. Eleventh hour customers get little satisfaction for themselves and add much to the burden of the overworked Christmas clerks. light every night, when the weather conditions were favorable, and. again called Mr. Loven's attention to it, since that time it has been seen by hundreds of people. A more satis factory observation can be had on a moonlight than on a dark night, from the fact that you can get an outline of the mountain and surroundings. So far as I can ascertain, there has never been an investigation made from the top of Brown Mountain, this, in my opinion, would help to solve the mystery. Saw the Light. Near 6:45 o'clock p. m. three of us were crouched behind a knoll to shield us from the wind when Mr. Loven said "There is that light." I said, "That is a sky rocket." The ap pearance was on the south end of the mountain, seemingly near Joy post office. From that time until eight o'clock p m. (one hour and fifteen minutes) we had seen the light at different points as regards north and south fifteen times; it was only in view from one-half minute each time. What It Looks Like. ! The light has no resemblance to the ! reflection from a headlight but has! characteristics all its own, it re sembles the morning star or a dis charge from a sky-rocket. It also re minds one of a person, at some dis tance, carrying a lighted lantern and moves around with about the speed of a balloon. I do not regard this as a weird light, yet I noticed I did not sleep quite so well after viewing it as I do at home. So far as the landscape is concerned M1W11V, AV1 - , ... there is a knb in that vicinity called ! ..ore' 18 a very heaItny occupa- there is a knob in that vicinity called . UOn' lt W0Uld seem' Mysterious light Rattlesnakes! How does this trio sound? But we must go in the interest of science, you know. C. L. WILSON. Lenoir, N. C, Dec. 11, 1915. Miss Nita Shuping returned Tues day from a visit to Lenoir. Mrs. E. R. Haney has returned from a visit to Philadelphia. Miss Nigara Estes, of Asheville, is spending the week with friends in Morganton. She will go from here to Rutherford College on a visit. Miss Hatcher, of Charlotte, is boarding at Mr. P. W. Patton's. Miss Willie Spainhour went to Charlotte Saturday to meet there her sister, Miss Lettie Spainhour, who was returning home from China. Mr. Macon Michaux arrived Tues day from Richmond to spent Christ mas at his home. ! Mr. Allen Lee and Miss Annie Lee i of Concord, were hem tmlav Miss Belle Corpening attended the i Allen"Walton marriage. marriage of her sister, Miss Kate Corpening, Tuesday in . High Point, ! returning Wednesday. Hon. Solomon Gallert, an attorney of Rutherfordton and prominently! mentioned for the Democratic nom ination for Congress in his district, is in Morganton this week on business in the court. Miss Leah Howard returned yes- terday from Black Mountain and will I probably spend a month at her home I here. Mrs. John Garrison was called to Murfreesboro this week on account of the illness of her daughter, Mrs. John Evans. nni i i i Editor T. J. Robertson and Mrs.! ine nolllay trade is getting in full .wing. nearly every store in town ii m noiiday dress, the windows deco- Robertson left Monday for their new home in Madison, Rockingham county. They are followed by the best wishes of many friends they have made dur mg rated most attractively, and perhaps never before have i j.-j uany inenas mey nave made dur-i . , . , oyienui ai. -i -j . (stocks of holiday o-nrc uieir residence in morganton. Mr. j , o- ccn pxeaezit- Robertson expects to get out a paper T? n Iocal market to the holiday in his new field as soon as he gets i ,pPer In the variety offered for vie ; 4.i.i:t.-j rm i selectlon and reasonableness nf Morganton merchants would make his eauinment reestablished. The prospects for success for a paper there are very encouraging. iavorable comnarison ! tradesmen. .with city i
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