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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-
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dispatch, 20th.
! Lcement of the British
announce nvArsha(i-
1 from
kal 1 r,pws tonisht. For
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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
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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. ,
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