. ... ' - ' ..- Editor and Owner xE'e BMoanZntyHerTld ' ConsoHdatod November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Advance. MORGANTON, N. C., DECEMBER 23, 1915. NO. 32 st War News iTTrooos From the r Peninsula Feature of Ti Past Few Days h One of Greatest Chap- ... w ict nrv. dispatch, 20th. ! Lcement of the British announce nvArsha(i- 1 from kal 1 r,pws tonisht. For Will. - A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT. since PUD1U-i: v,. Jnd of one ment nu 7 , fieat chapters oi me wax , k 0f the news was hard s'10 . An fact that rumors ien Lpnt in the street een LU , Hrnwal "of . QTIfl U1C m vnA been a matter of forces , j;c-11BcinTi . -v CU11 v- " real F .j,! f . i . i Parliament m wmcn ... . 1 T J that withdrawal iuu fended by a high military feeling oi m 7--ffas generally one of relief -ah regret. A popular half ... ut) the British 1 .tihide as follows: rf which ,5 ends me vuv ,wt hones were duui if it had succeeded, would V have turnea me tiuc ui Our troops irom me mu w o -four mi PS Of VIC- Tere wivm , policy underlying the Dar ,5 expedition may yet be car issno in some a SUCCesai.u nart of the Near ISast out tne A of forcing a way to Constan 3 through the famous btraits is ontly relinquished. -A trooDS continue to occupy 1 - - 3 of the peninsula at Seddul commanding the entrance to 1 1 1 . "I- bits where many isroisn nave .mi o new flibraltar will one .01 a " nse. The position here is pro :by a double line of ships and sumed that this will be held. 'air degree of quiet has con .1 on the war fronts during the 24 hours and none of the oft Pension Checks (Lucy Larcom.) Oh, Christmas is corning again, you say, And you long for the things he is bringing; , . But the costliest gift may not glad den the day, Nor help on the merry bells ringing. Some getting is losing, you underr stand; Some hoarding is far from saving. What you hold in your hand may slip from your hand; There is something better than hav ing. We are richer for what we give, . And only by giving we live. Your last year's presents are scat tered and gone, You have almost forgot who gave them; ( V But the loving, thoughts you bestow live on As long as you choose to have them. Love, love is your riches, though ever so pooij; No money ;an buv that treasure: Yours always, from robber and rust secure Your owiiwithout stint or measure. It is o&ly; love that we can give; It is onrly by loving we live. For Whojis it smiles through the Christmas morn The Li Jit of the wide creation? A dear little Child in a stable born, Whose love is the world's salvation. He was poor on earth, but He gave us ail That can make our life worth living; And hippy the Christmas Day we call Thaf is spent for His sake in giving. He shows us the way to live; Like Him, let us love and give. Judge Shaw's Decision in the latter of Motganton Side walks. tki there has been m.ch discussion Qter Judge Shaw's decision in the Su perior Court last week in the mat fiar of the Morganton sidewalks, many ot understanding the decision, The threats of a big offensive inj-ews.Herald asked Mr. W. C. Ervin ITALY PREPARES TO ADD ANOTHER MILLION TO ARMY $11,180 From the State Being Distributed This Week to Confederate Soldiers and Widows in Burke. Clerk of the Court L. A. Bristol has been kept busy for the past few days delivering pension checks from the State to the old Confederate soldiers and widows of soldiers in Burke. There are on the pension roll for this county two old soldiers in the first class receiving. $70 each an nually; four in the second class re ceivng $60 each annually; twelve in the third class receiving each $48 an nually. There are 175 old soldiers in the fourth class on the pension roll diers who also receive $32 annually. and 137 widows of Confederate sol diers who also receive $32 anually. There are two old soldiers Ambrose Bowman and H. A. Adams on the roll as totally blind, and these receive $10.00 per month each. So the amount of State pension money com ing to Burke amounts to the snug sum of $11,180, divided as follows: 175 soldiers in the 4th class, $32 each, $5,600; 137 widows of soldiers (4th class) $32 each, $4,384; 12 in the 3rd class at $48, $576.00; four in the 2nd class, $60 each, $240; two in the 1st class, $70 each, $240, and two totally blind $10 per month each, $240. Glen Alpine News The News-Herald's Subscription List Continues to Grow. , : nr.T-1-Vi T?ncc?ji linlipia and? ;.Cj ill UU1 Wl uwwav.j " Saltans has yet actually mate .31. iistent reports of a Greco-Bul- p encounter, resulting from a rian surprise attack have been si up by the Greek statement k encounter took place in Al ia territory. No one was killed few were wounded. Order was red promptly and an amicable L7 is proceeding. is announced from Paris that bmy detachment has yet crossed Ireek frontier. Meanwhile work e defensive lines around Saloniki h actively pushed and the Greek 3 in the neighborhood of the ire being evacuated by the popu- military circles declare they evinced that the forces oppos ie Allies will not attempt to 5 the frontier, the Bulgarians be e they realize the danger of pro Greece and the Germans be 5 they are grateful for Greek and because they . realize tremendous cost which the en e would entail. bout it and Mr. Ervin said: "Judge Shaw's decision in the mat ter of the Morganton sidewalk as sessment was simply to the eifect that a proceeding to inforce a lien for and sidewalk improvements under the old Moreranton charter, should have been brought in the Superior Court and not before a Justice of the ireace, although the amount of the assess ment was less than $200. The Judge held that a proceeding was a proceed ing in rem against the abutting prop erty, and that no personal judgment could be taken , against the lot owner. This decision does not affect the new town charter at all, and does not pre vent the collection of such assess ments out of the property improved. In cases that Judge Shaw was trying, suits had been brought before a Jus tice of he Peace," and a personal judg ment had been- rendered against the lot owners and a lien declared by the Justice on the lots which were 1m nroved. This was the extent of the decision, and instead of holding that the assessments were not valid, the Judge held that they were valid, and could be enforced in the Superior Court." ?E BIG LAND DEALS. More Linville Farms 'd to Western Carolina er Co. at Good Prices. fral more transfers of farms on 4 nver to the Western Carolina ": Co. have been made since our "Port. R. d. Nobblitt and E. S We sold a farm fnr $6,000. Girnsey, about 600 acres, con- H .$23,000; J. D. Benfield, acrps siKnnn- w T Rnss. 2'500; J. M. Ross. 'farm S5.000: infield, 30 acres $1,000. f the transactions were for arl Hudson, who is a travel- man, is here to spend with his wife. fu- T. Battle, of Mt. Airy, is at l0r Christmas. J0ranCollettt came home Monday Uallas, Texas, to cnpnrl fJirist- J his mother, Mrs. Mary Col- The Massachusetts Child and the North Carolina Child Greensboro News. The lady president of the Teachers' Assembly, Miss Mary Owen Graham of Charlotte, pointed out that in Mas sachusetts $25 is allowed each child, in the educational expenditure, where as in the Southern States the amount ranges from $3 to $10. ; In 1912, there were enrolled in the common schools of Massachusettst a little more than 70 per cent of the school population; in North Carolina nearly 72 per cent. The percentage of enrollment in average attendance was 83 in Massachusetts and in North Carolina 63. The cost per capita of average attendance in Massachusetts was $49.13; in North Carolina, $11.36; and for this the Massachusetts child got 186 school days and the North Carolina child 109 days. The Massachusetts child is not worth that much more, nor any more, than the North Carolina child. Every week gives The News-Herald new subscribers, sometimes the num ber more, sometimes less, but it is gratifying that the increase is grad ually causing us to print more and more papers every week. The paper has every cause to be thankful for the appreciation which is thus ma terially shown in the addition of new subscribers and the renewals of so many of our old friends; it is a rare case now that a subscriber requests his paper discontinued. The past week has been a sample1 of what we consider a rather good week's business in our subscription department and we herewith make acknowledgment of subscriptions re ceived since we last corrected our list a little over a week ago: Renewals, R. M. Conley, Petaluma, Cal.; Thomas Avery, Route 1; John Peyronel, Val- dese; G. L. Stacy, Route 1; Will Giles, Gibbs; J. W. Winters, Route 5; John Carswell,- Route 4; J. R. Taylor, Bridgewater; R. M. Powell, Route 2; J. C. Laughridge, Mt. Airy; F. W. Hossfeld, Morganton; J. T. Patter son, Chicago; Mrs. J. A. Curtis, Mor ganton; Thomas Walton, Route 5; A. P. Warlick, Meeker, Colo.; D. A. Mc Neely, Connelly Springs; O. B. Lackey, Memphis; T. N. Hallyburton, Morganton; J. L. Mull, Route 3, Con nelly Springs; J. K. Clark, Route 3, George S. Ramsaur, Morganton, and Fred Meytre, Route 4, Connelly Springs. New ones are Mrs. M. A. Gordon, Morganton; J. E. Hood, Route 3; D. S. Lail, Connelly Springs;. Mrs. G. G. Allen, Concord; Miss Lettie Nelson, Patterson; Miss Lucy Brad ley, Nebo; J. D. Bradley, Connelly Springs; I. O. Brittain, Covina, Cal.; Miss Belle Rhyne, Thomasville; R. V. Pearson, Willows, Cal., and H. A. Adams, Route 4, Hickory. A number of these, renewals and new, are sent as Christmas gifts. Again we repeat our suggestioh of sending the home paper as a Chirst- mas gut to the absent relative or friend. It's not too late yet; come in and let us enter the name to begin with this issue, if you wish, or the first of the year. Hi SS Dn p, " J UUUCtt Will rlotte for thp hriavs. Miss j ett from Greensboro and ' T- Walton from Lenoir. fSEva WoH x J rr. J .t of several months in Ro- fPids. Miss Eloise Williams, who has I been teaching at Table Rock, spent last week here visiting relatives. Miss Bowman of the Deaf School faculty, will spend Christmas at her home at Oak Ridge. Misses Lewis and McGill will spend several days at the home of Miss Lewis in Ken tucky. Messrs. Alexander Woodward, Frank and Nollie Patton are at home for the holidays from Trinity College. Italian Campaign Not Under stood By Outsiders But the Operations Have Aims and Much Has Been Accomplished By Them, Thinks Associated Press Correspondent at Rome. Rome Dispatch, 23rd. Italy now has 2,000,000 men en gaged in the war and is preparing to add another 1,000,000. About 1,000, 000 men are on the fighting line, stretched along the mountains from Trentino in the West to the Austrian stronghold of Gorizia in the East. Another million is in reserve for emer gencies and to fill gaps in the fighting line as needed, or for operations in the Balkans. The third million is reD- resented in the additional classes in process of being assembled during the coming months as the scope of offen sive and defensive military operations may become enlarged. The Italian campaign is well under stood by every Italian; but the out side world has had only a vague un derstanding of the meaning of these operations. The military operations and what Italy has accomplished are best understood by taking a map of Italy showing the northern frontier. The Alps sweep in a great semi-cir cle from the French frontier on the Mediterranean to the Austrian fron tier on the Adriatic. This sweep from west to, east is a sort of natural bul wark or boundary of Italy. But in two places this natural sweep of the Alps is dented deeply to the south ward, first in the Trentinto region in the west and then in the Triest region of the upper Adriatic. Thus the nat ural boundary of the Alps is broken at two vital points and Austria has stretched down at both these points and firmly established her political control, her control of Trentino dat ing from the time of Napoleon and of the Triest region from the war of 1866. The first object therefore of Italy's campaign is to get back the two prov inces which dent the natural frontier of the Alps, thus regaining former Italian territory and re-establishing the great mountain range as the strategic defense against the nations of the north. This main objective has necessitated dividing the campaign into two parts, one in the west, with Trent as the center, and the other in the east, with Triest as the chief ob ject. Between 400,000 and 500,000 men are engaged in the western op erations centering at Trent and about 600,000 men in the eastern operations directed toward Triest in all about 1,000,000 men with another 1,000,000 in reserve. The main drive of the Italians has been toward Triest. The military leaders say Triest could have been taken any time in 15 days but it could not be held as the Carzo moun tains sweep around back of Triest and form a circle 15 miles back from the Adriatic with Austrian batteries posted at every crest of these encir cling mountains. The Italian com manders therefore decided that in stead of taking the rich prize of Triest it was a military necessity first to control all the approaches and moun tain defenses sweeping around Triest. This in leality has been the cam paign going on during the last six months. lhe ilanan commanders express satisfaction with the progress they have made. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Death of Mr. Abel Pitts, in His 90th Year Silver Creek Bridge Falls in With Horse and Wagon Other News Correspondence of The News-Herald. Thursday evening about 6 o'clock Mr. Abel Pitts, Sr., passed into rest. He had been in failing health .for some time. He was in his 90th year. He came from Catawba county and by frugality and industry had ac quired considerable estate. His fam ily connections are large, among whom are some of the most promis ing and prosperous citizens of the county. He was an old Confederate soldier, having served honorably throughout the Civil war. He was unassuming n his nature, noted for his honesty and faithful in his friend ships. Those who knew him best have ost a good neighbor and friend. Rev. A. C. Swafford officiated at his ob sequies. One of the children of Mr. Charlie Saulman was buried recently at Zion church. Beginning with the first Sunday of the new year there will be services at 11 a. m. on the first Sabbath of each v month and each Sunday night at the Methodist church. Miss Horne, music teacher of the high school here, left for her home in Rutherford county last Saturday night on the receipt of a telegram announcing the sudden death of her father. Silver creek bridge near Morgan ton fell in last Monday when Bil Mike Talbut was crossing. The horse and wagon was gotten out, the horse getting skinned up though not se riously. A lucky escape. This en tails a serious inconvenience. Some are using the old ford but this is dan gerous. A team of horses with load oi wood had to be cut out o the wagon, leaving the load in the ford. The lads and lassies who are off a school are coming in every day to be with loved ones at the Christmas Tide. Christmas of 1915 is up'on us and the old year will soon be a memory. Changes have taken place vacant chairs in some households but taken all together we have large cause to be grateful and thankful to the Giver of all gifts. Quoting from a writer, Every Christmas makes the world a better, sweeter, purer place to live in, reclaiming millions of hearts from desolating selfishness, bringing the blessings of sympathy to hearts that were hardening, the gift of under standing to hearts which were bitter and sore. Blessed be Christmas for ever and forever." JAP. Glen Alpine, Dec. 22, 1915. Brief Notes of Recent Happen ings in North Carolina. Swiss Hospital Named For Pres ident Wilson. A dispatch from Berne, Switzer land, says President Wilson has writ ten an inscription for the Soldiers' Home bearing his name and dedi cated with elaborate exercises at Berne on December 21. Americans in Switzerland have con tributed $6,000 for three of these homes, which are suitable for being transported along the frontier where Swiss coldiers are guarding the 'long line under rigorous mountain condi tions. The first home was named George Washington, the second Abra ham Lincoln and the third Woodrow Wilson. Morganton to Have a Municipal Christmas Tree Again. The Community Club is preparing to have a municipal Christmas tree, the second one the town has had. As last year's tree, was such a success it is thought that this year's will be even more successful. The plans are to have the tree on the graded school grounds Christmas day from 4 to in the afternoon. If the weather is unfavorable the program will be car ried out in the auditorium instead of out doors. Everybody who attends is requested to join in the singing of "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!" and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." Belmont has voted $25,000 in school bonds. There was a heavy snow in the eastern part of the State Tuesday. There are twenty-nine hundred canning club girls in North Carolina. W. C. Lisk, a revenue officer, is a victim of smallpox. He is at his home in Rowan county. Davidson students Friday sent a elegram of congratulations to Presi dent Wilson, a former student. The amount of cotton ginned in North Carolina to Dec. 13 this year was 667,113 bales against 766,445 on the same date last year. H. Hoyle Sisk, of Lexington, 27 years old, has been appointed consul at Amoy, China. Mr. Sink lived in Japan for several years. K. W. Barnes of Wilson county will become secretary of the State Board of Agriculture after January 1st, suc ceeding Mr Elias Carr, resigned. The position was offered Mr. Wright, su perintendent of schools for Wilkes county, who declined it. Mr. Barnes was formerly a member of the Board of Agriculture. W. C. Lyda, who lives near Hender sonville, fell prostrate on the floor at his home Friday from a stroke of pa ralysis and while his wife called for help their 16-year-old son, Dawson Lyda, who was convalescing from fe ver and diphtheria, fell from his chair and with the uttrance, "I'm dying," passed into death. The News and Observer Company will rebuild the office for that paper on the site of the building burned No vember 6. The new building will be of reinforced concrete and an effort will be made to make it fireproof. An offer of $45,000 was made for the Capital club building in Raleigh, for the News and Observer, but the club refused to sell. Miss Harriet Jarratt of Yadkin county and Mr. Henry Lemuel Cook, a native of Davie county, now of Key West, Fla., were married at the home of the bride's brother, Mr. A. H. Jar ratt, in Charlotte on the 15th. Friends state that this marriage was the cul mination of a courtship begun more than 20 years ago; that several times the couple were on the point of tak ing the marriage vows but in each instance something occurred to break up the match. Two or three years ago the nuptials were all but con summated, but there was a hitch and another delay resulted. Marriages. On last Sunday, December 19th, at the residence or the officiating magis trate, Esq. H. A. Adams, in Icard township, Mr. Robert Reinhart, of Ca tawba county and Miss Lillie Cline, of Burke, were happily married in the presence of a number of friends and relatives who came along to witness the ceremony. On Friday, December 17th, Mr. Ma rion Huffman and Miss Mattie Her man, both of Bandy township, Ca tawba county, were united in Mar riage at the residence of Esquire H. A. Adams. A number of friends and relatives witnessed the ceremony which was performed by 'Squire Adams. A. W. Hicks, former cashier of the Spencer branch bank of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., who had served nearly all of a two-year sentence in the penitentiary, received a pardon from Gov. Craig last Thursday. Hicks had been a most exemplary prisoner and the prison officers all joined in special pleas for executive clemency. The Avery Herald says that Walter Hartley, who went to Missouri about five years ago in a wagon, returned a few weeks go in a wagon to visit friends and relatives, and while at Blowing Rock was married. They spent the night with his sister, Mrs. C. Blankenship in Elk Park, and the next morning started on their long trip with two rusty grays and a good wagon for Bland, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. X. H. Cox will spend Christmas at Patterson. Mrs. George. Taylor .and children, of Bristol, Tenn., and Miss Mary Dickson, of Rock Hill,' S. C, will spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dickson. At the home of the officiating min ister, Rev. C. L. Rogers, Dec. 19, Mr. Michael Hipps and Miss Bessie Man gum were united in marrige. They entered to the strains of Lehengrin's Wedding Chorus and were attended by Mr. Bryan Mangum, as best man, and Miss Ellen Gettys, as maid of honor. The bridesmaids and grooms man were as follows: Mr. Kimbal Carswell and Miss Louise Ghigon, Mr. John Henry Cowan and Miss Maggie Neil. The bride was becom ingly attired in a handsome suit of blue cloth and the bridesmaids were also attired in blue. The groom looked handsome in a suit of brown. Miss Mangum is the beautiful and at tractive daughter of Mr. G. D. Man- Miss Gladys Coffey, teacher at Obeth, Miss Celia Kirksey, teacher at Drexel, and Miss Addie Coffey, who teaches at Enola, are at home for the holidays. Miss Pearl Hildebran will come home tonight from Chapel Hill and Miss Mary Hildebrm tomorrow from Miss Vivian Simpson, of Glen Al- j young couple wish, them much joy and pine, spent Tuesday in Morganton." prosperity. ' X. Entertainment at Glen Alpine. An entertainment consiting of three short plays was given by the Glen Alpine high school last night. They were: "How the Story Grew," "Jum bo Jum," and "The Sweet Family." Those taking the principal characters in "Jumbo Jum" were Messrs. Judge Bowers, Paul Conley, Lawrence Gar rison, Felix Grisette and Willie Arn ey, and Misses Louise Stacy and Nan nie DeVault. The members of the "Sweet Family" were Misses Louise Conley, Claudia Harbison, Velma Byrd, Swannie Giles, Annie Giles, Mary LouN Harbison and Edward Giles. , "Rube and His Ma." Correspondence of The News-Heraldl gum, a prominent citizen of Burke county. Mr. Hipps is the son of Mr. j A play entitled "Rube and His Ma" Geo. Hipps of this county and is a j 11 be ven at the Bost school house , , - - Wednesday evening, Dec. 29th. at 7 - . " , , i , 1 c!ock for the benefit of United Farm er. ine many inenas ox inis popular w0r, n,a ,v j:7i vi uiuiijr xii vited. A small admission fee will be charged at the door. , r