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THE NEW5HERALa q COBB, Editor and Owner, The Burke County News The Morganton . Herald Y Consolidated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Adv ance. xxxi. MORGANTON, N. G., FEBRUARY 17, 1916. . NO. 39. c OUNCEMENT OF CANDIDACY EXPECTED. probably Be Made By Pres ent Wilson Within a Month fiends Take Matter as Set- Jed. jt Wilson's closest advisers ijgglQeuK get him to make the first formal incement of his candidacy with- montn wnen iney Deneve ivir. will notify the Secretary of ' 0f Ohio that the voters of the e will have his consent to use lname in the primary. nder the Ohio law a candidate is ired to notify the Secretary of to before a eD. zo oi ms wiinng- ie , . i to have nis nam,e usea in tne kally notified of the law's -'ons. L president has made no defi- announcement ol whether he Jd be a candidate even to -.his :nds as far as is known, but they take it as settled that he will be. Since the above was written Presi- t Wilson has made formal an- acement that he will allow i 1. . -. i 3 a r " nt Tr 1 3 4- 1 MS 10 Uc uscu xa a Lauuiuatc. j been pro- his 182,622 BOY SCOUTS. bership of Organization Has Increased 46 Per Cent in the past Year. ishington Dispatch. .in increase of 46 per cent in mem- ;Mp during last year was an- r,nced today at the annual meeting the National Council of the Boy :ats of America. There are now 622 boys and scoutmasters in the ement. Among the significant as of the chief scout executive's re- rtwere that scout troops had been anized in almost every church de lation in the country, that 3,489 ips met in churches, and 3,886 school buildings, armories and feminity institutions, and that the 67 scoutmasters included clergy n, physicians, lawyers, teachers 1 other professional men, all of ;h character. DEATH OF MRS. J. M.PATTON 'rang Girl Prevents Wreck at Drexel. One week and probably two were hvented at Drexel last Saturn's v ming by the presence of mind of 35 Freddie Williams, the 16-year-3 daughter of Mr. Byard Williams, J lives just this side of the station Drexel. Just after No. 36 passed ?home Miss Williams noticed that ail was badly broken, and knew if a train passed over it a de- pent was certain. Knowing that height train was due from the west ;ost any minute and that it was pe for passenger train No. 15 from feast she ran to the depot as quick- s possible to tell of the hrnkpn f By her quick action both trains stopped. As it was, the onlv pvenience to the mssPTiwrs rm 15 was a delay of about 40 min- until a broken rail could be re sed by a new one: thev were vsrv pful to the young heroine for he aved the experience of what d in all probabilitv have hen P serious wreck and very warm '"cirnraisoc vF n. . t .,0 Vi At vvas an act; "ttoism. A Good Woman, the Mother of a Large Family, Passed Away Sunday Night. Keen sorrow was brought to the hearts of a wide circle of relatives and friends by the death near mid night Sunday night of Mrs. Florence Patton, wife of Mr. J. M. Patton at her home in Morganton. Mrs. Pat ton had been sick for several months, and during the last few weeks of her illness it was known that she could not survive. Death was due to a heart trouble with which she had suf fered for years. Mrs. Patton was a native of Iredell county, and was before her marriage Miss Florence Reed Rich. She was born in October 1855, making her at her death a few months past 60 years of age. She was married to Mr. Pat ton in 1874; in 1901 they moved to Morganton and have since made this their home. -To them were born 13 children, 10 of whom are living 6 daughters and 4 sons. They are Mrs. P. W. Patton and Mrs. T. J. Sparks, of Morganton, Mrs. Floyd Rawls, of Clinton, Mrs. Arthur Dale, of Wood lawn, Mrs. Willie Alston, of Oxford, and Mrs. Floyd Moss, of Drexel; Messrs. Frank Patton, of Morganton, William Henry Patton, of Marion, John Reed Patton, of Greenville, S. C, and Charlie Patton, of Hay, Wash ington. All the children except Mrs. Alston, who had just returned to her home last week, after nursing her mother for several weeks, arid Mr. Charlie Patton, in Washington, were with their mother at the time of her death. Funeral services, which were very impressive and attended by many friends and relatives, were held in the Methodist church Monday afternoon at four o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. E. Williamson, her pastor, and Rev. J. R. Williams, of the Baptist church. The Home Circle, of which she was an efficient member, attended in a body. Since early girlhood Mrs. Patton had been a consecrated and loyal member of the Methodist church. In her passing it may be truly said that a "Mother in Israel" has gone to her reward. She leaves to her chil dren the heritage of a noble character and to all who knew her the memory of a life of the qualities that count for making the world a better place in which to live. PRESIDENT WILL NOT MAKE SOUTHERN TRIP. May Make a Few Speeches, But Will Not Make Tour Like His Western One. Washington Dispatch, 10th. President Wilson will not make an extended Southern trip to speak for preparedness. He told Southern senators and representatives who in vited him to various cities today he might make a few speeches, but at the present time would not make a trip similar to the one he recently took to the middle west. Whenever possible the President will accept invitations to make visits to cities which will not keep him away from Washington long it was said today. MRS. THOS. S. KENAN DEAD. Succumbs to Internal Injury Bleeds to Death. Raleigh Dispatch, 14th. The death of Mrs. Thomas S. Kenan came as a great shock to the people of Raleigh and the entire State. She had been in splendid health for some time, but swallowed a portion of the breast bone of a bird that caused great suffering. An X-ray examina tion revealed the location of the trou ble and the bone was finally thrown off, but serious lacerations resulted that started internal bleeding, and it was this that caused her death. DIED IN TEXAS. Ms More Pension Increases. special Densinna n i. f UlUlttll fand places on a roll of honor for soldiers who are holders of of honor and over 65 vears old authorized in a bill introduced by ; jntative Sherwood of Ohio and "sed WednesHav Je of Congress. .It is esti- that not mora iVion 1 AAA cme under the Measure Wher npnci'ftT, u;u j . k.. Ulll. UC&llfllKd 111 tnt widows of Spanish volunteers i') Saw,, j toJ i more than 90 days, uiov-ussion ana' nnaiiy 0Ver until next WPflnPsHnv n. . --w.v ciailL VV1UUWA 1 n-comes do not exceed $250 a iti0n77s of 512 a month and $3 nl for each minor child, with- via "lt; cause oi tne sol- Titanic Monument Nearing Com pletion. Washington Dispatch, 11th. Work on the mammoth memorial to the men of the Titanic who went down in order that women and chil dren might have a chance for their lives is nearing completion, and will be placed in position in Potomac Park, in Washington in the next few weeks. The memorial will consist of a fig ure of a man standing with out stretched arms and will be of heroic size. The design is the work of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, formerly Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt of "New York. She has supervised the cutting of the granite for the monument at the quarry at Quincy, Mass. The monument will stand 35 feet high. The figure of the man will be 13 feet high, and the distance from the end of one outstretched arm to the end of the other will be 13 feet. The memorial is the conception of the Titanic Memorial Association, which aims to honor the memory of the brave men who stood on the deck of the sinking liner and made no ef fort to save themselves, forfeiting their lives that women and children might live. It is a memorial of the famous tradition of the sea, "Women and children first," and a fitting em phasis of the words: "Greater love than this hath no man that he lay down his life for his friend." Killed in Sleigh Ride in Idaho. Mrs Joseph Berry, of Connelly Springs, who went to Idaho Falls, Idaho, a week ago Sunday in response to a telegram announcing the death of her son, Mr. Frank Berry, at that that place, is expected to arrive at Connelly Springs this (Thursday) af ternoon with the bod v. The will be made at Connelly Springs, tuneral arrangements to be made af ter Mrs. Berry arrives home. The young man's death, which was a great shock to his relatives and friends occurred while he was on a sleigh ride. The horses which he was driving, becoming unruly, ran away, threw him from the sleigh with the result that he died from injuries re ceived. Hearing of his accident Mrs. Berry went to him but he was dead before she. reached Idaho Fails. The father and mother and several brothers and sisters survive. Miss Ruth Berry, who holds a position with the Morganton Furniture Co. and. boards at Mrs. R. F. Goodson's, is a sister of the deceased. The Body of Mr. Joseph McEl rath Brought Home for Burial. Sunday afternoon the body of Mr. Joseph McElrath, who died last Thurs day in Galveston, Texas, arrived in Morganton. The funeral services were held at Grace Episcopal church Monday morning, conducted by Rev. George Hilton, and the remains laid to rest in the churchyard of that church. One of Mr. McElrath's requests be fore his death was that he be buried in Morganton, and it was in compli ance with this request that the body was sent almost across the continent to the town of his birth. While yet a comparatively young man Mr. McElrath decided to go west to make a fortune. That was 34 years ago and, though it ever remained his intention to come back home for a visit, he hadn't been back since leav ing. Though he never became a rich man he was considered a fairly successful man in his business. He was a bout 60 years of age. Mr. McElrath is well remembered by all the older residents of the town. He was a leader amonf th x--mno- men of the community before he went away. All who remember him speak of him in highest terms. He was a son of the late John McElrath, fa miliarly known in Morganton as "Dandy John." Three sisters survive: Mrs. E. M. Hayes, of Statesville, Mrs. A. B. Morrison, of Washington, D. C. and Mrs. J. E. Bechler, also of Wash ington. Mrs. Hayes and Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson, of Statesville, were here for the funeral. MR. TODD R. HENDERSON DIES IN COLORADO.! Prominent Burke Man On West ern Trip Succumbs to Attack of Appendicitis. Utterly unprepared were friends and relatives here for the shocking news conveyed in a telegram received Tuesday of the death in La Mar, Col, Monday night of Mr. Todd R. Hen derson, of Worry, one of the most in fluential citizens of that section of the county. Mr. Henderson left Morganton sev eral weeks ago for a visit to his brothers in Alabama. While there he decided to take a trip through the West. He had reached La Mar, Col, when a sudden attack of appendicitis necessitated an immediate operation, resulting in his death before his rel atives in this county even knew that he was sick. NEWS ITEMS OF, INTEREST. Brief Notes of Recent Happen ings in North Carolina. The United State Public Health Service will send two experts to Whit ney, Stanly county, to instruct the people there how to construct a san itary dam. A former Shelby boy, Armond Car roll, has written a Shakespearian scenario which will be produced in At lanta in May. The scenario will be used in the celebration of the tercen tenary of Shakespeares death. Julius H. Mahler, a native of Ral eigh, a resident of Durham for 22 years and for 14 years associated with the Durham branch ot the American Tobacco Company, is to become active vice president of the company, with headqyarters in New York city. He succeeds T. B. Yuille of New York, The body will be sent home for in-' signed. The job carries a salary of terment, but as it is not yet known ' ?25'000 when it will reach Morganton funeral TW . I'iwvaiMWil Ufl 1WW VO operate a motor car, propelled by elec tricity, between Lenoir and Hickory. If this project materializes, it will af ford travelers transportation facili ties every two hours between these two points. It is said that General Manage'r Nichols of the Carolina and North-Western Railway has the mat ter under consideration. Evans-Whisenant. i?wdenCe of The News-Herald. k' L. Evans and Mice Ti,T,;n lant of Quaker Meadows were I lett On inn. , Mo y ev James inse SS' at the Quaker Meadows Mr. and Mrs. Evans are well O this C0ltfmunity and a host , "as Wish them a life of han. and Prosperity. Rutherford College Basket Ball Team. Correspondence of The News-Herald. The basket ball team was success ful the past week. They were vic torious in several games, although they did not win in every game, they played like men and brought honor to the school they were representing. The following teams were played by the Rutherford College team: Linwood College, 42 to 14 in favor of Rutherford College. St. Mary's College 24 to 30 in favor of St. Mary's College. Frontman State High School 29 to 9 in favor of Rutherford College. Spencer 29 to 20 in favor of Spencer. Mooresville 24 to 21 in favor of Mooresville. Ford May Put on Advertising Campaign Against Prepared ness. A report comes from Detroit that Henry Ford is preparing to launch a country-wide campaign of newspaper and magazine advertising against the programme for huge naval and mili tary expenditures now before Con gress. It is said that Ford intends soon to carry out his announced in tention to devote millions of dollars to an educational campaign against war and preparedness which he de clared to be the first tep toward act ual war. None of the details of the plan have been learned but it is stated that Ford had been considering the campaign for some time and that "all the people of the country would be reached by it." List of Jurors Drawn to serve at Burke Superior Court beginning March 13th for two weeks, for the trial of the criminal docket. Judge H. P. Lane of Reids ville, will preside. First week L. G. Barrier, J. P. Hagaman, S. M. Clay, J. F. Wood ward, L. B. Carswell, J. R. Ross, L. J. Webber, R. H. Kincaid, J. M. Har bison, L. A. Kincaid, J. M. McGal liard, J. L. Sparks, M. C. Perry,' J. G. Parper, J. Mac. Ross, Monroe Hoyle, M. McMahan, J. H. Walker, A. J Wacaster, W. W. Keller, A. L. Ben nett, E. Haywood Poteet, D. A. Watts, P. D. Baker, J. R. Cowen, T. W. Kel ler, W. P. Golloway, J. S. Dysart, Walker Lyerly, R. E. Sudderth, J. R. Taylor, J. R. Mullis, Pink Lowman, S. V. Crites, M. A. McGimsey, W. A. Ross, Jr. Second week W. Henry Garrison. Ike McGalliard, John Medlock, W. M. Walker, Wm. Williams, E. C. Roper, W. A. Bailey, A. T. Willis, L. C. Rob erson, W. T. Hudson, Jule N. Gales, C. B. Kincaid, J. R. Watts, Joe Walls, T. D. Crockett, A. B. Wakefield, John Long, H. D. Daniels. arrangements have not yet been com pleted. Mr. Henderson belonged to one of Burke's most substantial and promi nent ramilies. He was a son of the late Lawson Henderson, so well known throughout this section, being a conductor on the western division of the Southern for years, and was a grandson on his mother's side of the late Governor Todd R. Caldwell, for whom he was named. His mother, Mrs. W. C. Henderson, of Worry, and several brothers and sisters survive. His wife died a little over a year ago. Much sympathy is felt for the be reaved family in the sudden sorrow that has come to them. Gastonia will ask for the 1916 ses sion of the North Carolina Press As- i sociation. The invitation will be in tended to the executive committee which meets at an early date to se lect the place and determine the time of meeting. One inducement which Gastonia will offer the association to secure its meeting will be a day f pent on the famous battlefield of Kings Mountain. Table Rock Notes. Correspondence of The News-Herald. We are glad to report that Mr. W.I T . . L. Allen, whose condition for several .fIn "aywof "u?ty SuIr Court days was considered serious, is ablel, ?IcMahan cntrc1 a P . A Remarkable Invalid. The Outlook. Has any other invalid in the world a record like Mollie Fancher's? For half a century she has been lying day after day and year after year in her bed in her home in Brooklyn as the result of an accident when she was seventeen. She has just cele brated the golden jubilee of her in validism, and among the testimonials she received was a letter of sympathy from President Wilson. A curious fact about Miss Francher's illness is that formerly remarkable psychtc powers which were widely discussed in scientific circles, were attributed to her. These powers of "mind reading" have now disappeared. Her optimism and humor remain, however, and she "reads everything in the papers except the war news." KjO. lheodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt sailed Friday on the Brit ish steamship Guiana for a pleasure trip through the West Indies. The first stop will be at St. Thomas, in the Danish West Indies. After visiting the British, French and Dutch colo nies, Col, Roosevelt expects to return to New York on March 17th. Bridgewater Items. Correspondence of The News-Herald. Miss Pearl Gibbs, of Marion, spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. G. C. Anthony. Miss Tressa Ballew, of Marion Junction, spent a few hours here Sun day with her mother, Mrs. J. W. Bal lew. Miss Carrie Tate visited her sister, Mrs. T. B. Conley, in Marion several days last week. Mrs. Mary Ann Conley, who has been in ill health for a number of years, is now quite sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bob Hilliard. Mrs. Will Hemphill, who spent sev eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Ed Gear in Shelby, reurned home last week. Miss Mag Hemphill, of Nebo, has been visiting Mrs. G. C. Anthony. The infant child of Mr. Tate Rust has been seriously ill with dyptheria. Mr. Johnie Morrison, our genial R, F. D. carrier on Route 1, has been in disposed for some time, only being able to be out at times. Mr. Abner Seals has been acting as assistant car rier during the absence of Mr. Mor rison's brother, Winnie, who has been regular assistant for some time. We are glad to see Mr. Morrison again. Mr. Ralph Abernethy bought thirty odd head of cattle from Mr. Robert Winkler last week. With a genuine case of smallpox nearGlen Alpine and "impetigo" at Nebo a few of our people have de cided to be vaccinated and not wait until these two diseases reach our town. Mrs. H. H. Mills and Benjamin Hil debran were in Glen Alpine one day last week. Feb. 16, 1916. to be up again. Mr. Myrk Hartley left last week af ter spending several months with his mother, Mrs. Max Ramsaur. , Miss Ethel Hartley spent Wednes day in Morganton shopping. Very pleasing reports come from Mr. Marcus Winters, who left a few weeks ago for California. He is es pecially attracted by the climate and productiveness of the country, most particularly by the trees laden with ripe apples and oranges. Mr. Stanley Gibbs, a native of Burke, who, .for nearly forty years has made his home in the West and North, including Alaska, is in the Old North State again. He is at present visiting his sister, Mrs. T. C. McGimsey. or guilty of manslaughter for the killing of her husband last August. Judge Long sentenced her to three years in the State penitentiary. She was tried for first degree murder but the jury could not agree and then the compromise was made. Mrs. Mc Mahan is 34 years old an dhas had six husbands, three of them dying under suspicious circumstances. The Democratic State Committee is called to meet in Raleigh March 8 to fix the time and place for the meet ing of the State convention, to fix dates for the meeting of the prima ries and county conventions and to de cide upon manner by which delegates and alternates to the Democratic na tional convention and the Democratic national committeemen shall be iu- Mrs. W. T. Winters spent a few lected and to provide necessary rules days last week in Kinston, where she land regulations respecting the selec- placed her small daughter in training school. Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Kincaid, of Morganton, made a short call on Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kincaid enroute to Joy last Friday. M iss Emma Kincaid returned to her home here last week after an extended visit with relatives in Morganton. Mis3 Jessie Harris has gone to be with her friend, Miss Minnie Boone, near the State Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kincaid, of Worry, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McGimsey. , Now, we are told, is a most excel lent time for swatting the fly. The occasional warm day ushers them into the unscreened house in small numbers when they are easily killed while if we are negligent now the number to which these few will mul tiply by mid-summer will be uncount able. If every farm housewife would do her part now all would be saved a great deal of annoyance later. Once or twice each day, going over the rooms in constant use, will work won ders. If we do not possess a regular swatter, a paper back book almanac size answers the purpose beautifully. Feb. 16, 1916. Britt Will Have Opposition. Asheville Dispatch, 4th. Congressman James J. Britt, the Republican Representative of the tenth congressional district, is going to encounter some hard sledding when he enters the lists for re-election. In addition to a revived interest in Dem ocratic ' politics in the district, the Congressman from Asheville is go ing to find trouble in his home camp. and back of all lies the Keating child ! as to Aether the law included real tion of the same. A large safe in the store of D. I. Sartin at Cool Springs, ten miles from Statesville was blown open some time Sunday night and cash amounting to between $40 and $G0 dollars, notes, mortgages, stock certificates and other papers valued at several thou sand dollars are missing. The rob bery was not discovered until day light. Two Syrian peddlers who were said to have been Keen near Cool Springs Sunday were taken into cus tody and held pending invej ligation, but were later released. Friday, March 24, has been set aside by Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, as the day for celebration in the public schools of the State of the Tercentenary of William Shakespeare. At the request of Shak espeare Tercentenary Associ ation, Dr. Joyner will, also, in a short time, send to the county superinten dents for distribution to their schools a brief program of exercises for the day. The program was prepared by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Chairman of the Association. The case in regard to inheritance tax from the Tucker tax from the tax from the Tucker estate, Wak county, was this week decided in fa vor of the State Prior to 1905 in heritance taxes were only charged against personalty. In that year the Legislature amended the act to include real property, the act beginning "All Real an Personal Property, etc. At other poihta in the statute, the word "real was omitted and this gave rise tr a controversy that lasted for years. labor law, against which Mr. Britt cast the weight of his voice and his vote. Mr. E. W. Berry, of Route 4, Hick ory, was a Morganton visitor last Saturday. property or not. The Tucker estate fought it and the State Tax Commis sion made a test case of it, winning out in the end. The estate paid the tax on its realty, with interest, run ning the net amount to the State up to $7,474.30.
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