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V J"! " I ) ""j r " OBBEditor and Owner. " A he Burke Co7nty New777T ' " " ' The Herald onsohdated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price ?1 Per Year in Advance. L. XXXL MORGANTON, N. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1916. - NO. 40 CHARLES MACE gHOT THROUGHJIEAD. Lgyidente ruin to iu iici nus- lltd as Her iuuraerer iviace jill Dodging in the Moun- Tuesday at noon Sheriff and deputies have been scour- rch of (Jnanes mace to wuum an noints as the murderer oi his r t. vho was iouna aeaa at tneir . ...a. 5rvVif miles of TVInrcstntrm ,8aDouici&" . jh the side ot the head, evident- the early part oi Monday Reports which -have reached kinton snow tne anair xo nave ' Lmialir Tvnntal nno Mono e his children irom the house, ffere afraid to return and spent nitrht in the woods, going to Mors' homes the next morning Ur nitiful story. The dead wo- I kaci her arm broken and her m . i 1 n t , showed otner marKs oi violence; liently she had been beaten before us murdered. Ihe bullet hole T tieall Woo siuucu virim uuueiii imediately after the news reached anton Sheriff Berry, Coroner and several deputies went to scene. .In a search of the house discovered a complete blockade lers' outfit, the mash in fermen- t,.,u,i "Uj .a a as Hie iiuDuanu utu unu. sus- n was at once directed toward land the search was begun at i, That afternoon one party of searcers came in sight of him. iff Berry had already declared an outlaw and Mr. R. "W. Pipkin at him as he was going up the : of a mountain. During the day erday the sheriff deputised pos- j : 80 men of that section to as in the search. It is said he was :near Three County Corners yes ;ay afternoon, and that is the lat report to reach Morganton. message from Governor Craig rerday declared Mace an outlaw, m'f ?100 reward for him dead or EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. Felt in Morganton Monday Af ternoon About 6:40 No Dam age Done Tremor Felt Over Wide Scope of Territory. Many Morganton people felt an earthquake shock 'Monday afternoon about 6:40, and from Tuesday morn ing's papers it seems that the 'quake was felt over a large stretch of teri ritory, though no damage was done anywhere. An Atlanta dispatch of the 21st said: - An earth tremor of slight but dis tinct nature that made itself felt throughout Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia! and . portions o Eastern Tennessee and Alabama was reported early tonight as having been felt at about5:45p. m., Central time, today. In no case was any damage reported and while in some instances persons hurridly left buildings there was nothing in the nature. of a panic. The only seismograph known to be in the section affected by the tremor is a Mobile, Ala., where the instrument recorded brief shocks. Most reports agreed that the tremor rassed from east to west and was felt only momentarily. In Augusta, Ga., and several other places, how ever, three distinct shocks were re ported. At other points only one tremor was felt. The earth shock either did not reach Florida or was so slight as not to be felt there, according to ports here tonight. re- e affair has been the subject of :h talk here since .Tuesday. R INCIDENT RECALLED. Durham Ladies to Make Ban- dages For Soldiers. Durham Dispatch, 18th. Many Durham ladies, headed by Mrs. B. N. Duke, of New York, who has been spending several weeks at her winter home in this city, have or ganized themselves into a Surgical War Relief committee. xne purpose oi tne committee is NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON. Birthday of the Father of His Country Observed in Wash ington and All Over Country. Washington Dispatch, 22nd. Every agency of the American gov ernment paused today to pay homage to the memory of George Washing ton in the capital named in his honor. President Wilson, Secretary Lan sing Ambassador Jesserand of France and other public men gath ered to celebrate the day. Both houses of congress suspended business while Senator Johnson of Maine and Representative Baker of California read Washington's farewell address, with its pointed phrases warning against "insiduous wiles of foreign in fluence," "mischief of foreign in trigue," and "the impostures of pre tended patriotism." The farewell address has been read every year in congress for genera tions, but probably never before were Washington's words so closely ap plied to present day contingencies. At Mount Vernon wreaths and flowers were laid on the first presi dent's tomb. BRIDGEWATER NEWS. Robert Winkler Sells Farm to Kincaid, Lyerly and Benfield For Good Price Other News, and Personal Mention. Correspondence of The News-Herald. Mr. M. F. Tate has returned from Asheville, where he has been spend ing a few days with his granddaugh ter, Mrs. Uharles Dewey. JUNIOR BANQUET 29TH. Burkemont Council Planning For An Enjoyable Occasion Na tional Councilor Web to Make , Address. .One of the biggest events in the history of local Juniorism is the ban quet which Burkemont Council is planning for next Tuesday, February 2&th. The presence of National Coun cilor C. B. Webb, of Statesville, will add much to the occasion. He will make the principal address of the evening. It has been arranged to have the address public, as Mr. Webb is a speaker of no small ability. The following program will be carried out in the Graded School Auditorium: Music by Morganton Concert Band. Prayer by Rev. C. A. Caldwell. Music. Address by" National Councilor Webb. Talks by Messrs. A. C. and I. T. Avery and po??ibly others. This program completed the mem bers of the local council and their in vited guests will retire to Fraternity Hall, where refreshments will be served. The exercises in he Audiorium will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. THE PENNSYLVANIA ON TRIAL RUN. U-!JB!fKa!SK8 lTEMSOF INTEREST. nol . ... " .nri Xotes of Recent Happen- Belgian Minister Expresses Deep i ings in North Carolina! Appreciation of This Nation's' nickorv i k Genernsitv 1 .CK0.7 Is considc"nj: having a uenerosity. semi-prifessional base ball team this rsew ork Dispatch, 19th. j summer. America has contributed $7,500,000 j Lincoln county commencement will to the relief of Belgium, according toe held April 1. Clarence Poe has E. Van De Vyvere. Belirian minitpr of, finance, who sailed today for Lon don on the steamship St. Paul after spending several weeks in this coun try. Up to February foodstuffs nn clothing valued at more than $80,000, 000 had been shipped into Belgium, he said. Belgian interests supplied more than $60,000,000 of the sum exnend. The remainder was given by the peo ple or the United States and other countries. Mr. Van De Vyvere stated that $56,000,000 worth of supplies had Deen purchased in this country. The Belgian minister thanked the American people for their generosity and said in a farewell message: "I ask you individually and as a nation, to accept the life, the friend ship and the faith which is offered to American by every Belgian as the tribute of their gratitude." Immense War Cost of Three Allied Countries. been invited to make the address. A bronze tablet to Revolutionary heroes of that section was unveiled in the lobbia of Gastonia's new post cfiice Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Susan Bond, 72, a granddaugh ter of Richard Caswell, the first Gov ernor under the constitution of North Carolina, died last week at her' home in Kinston. The temperance people of Raleigh celebrated George Washington's birth day with a big National Prohibition rally, with Gov. Malcolmn R. Patter son of Tennessee, as the principal speaker. The steel bridge at Spruce Pine which collapsed some time ago with a large drove of cattle, is now being re placed and work is rapidly progress ing. The new bridge is to be much stronger and more durable. Largest Battleship Yet Built Left Shipyard Last Thursday On Trial for Speed and En durance. The super dreadnought Pennsyl vania, the lareest battleshin vet built Mr. Walter Patton. of Marion and ! for the Unied States Navy, left the Jay Ballew, of Marion Junction, were ' plant of the NewPort News Ship in Bridgewater Wednesday on bus- j BuildinS an(1 Dry Dock Company last iness. ' Thursday for Rockland, Maine, to run Mr. Bob Hunter, of Nebo visited 1 the ofricial government speed and in- his uncle, A. P. Hunter, Sunday. durance trial. The first two days of to make bandages and other material L.MlSSes Pearle Gibbs Mc- e VOya? T u t ? nee,w w osoin , Aa r I Gimpsey spent Saturday with Mr, J the warshlP by her builders and the 0 a r. Afw iirovernment runs beran Fehmrv 99 i Asks Information As to Susband's Death, Gets It. :ton Dispatch, 19th. :)me time ago the widow of Peter ?son, living near Columbia, S. C, e inquiry through a newspaper ie address of any one who was Her husband at the battle of ton, during the War Between the s. Simpson was killed in the ;ement. William Warters, Sr., Falling- Creek, has written ATrs. ?scn, informing her that he was by the side of Peter Simp Khen he was shot down. Her and was a member of a party led an ambush by the Federals at j's mill, near here. Mr. Warters, ' is 75 years of age, has a vivid 'lection of the incident. soldiers at the front in the Euro pean war. Headquarters have been furnished the- committee -in the First National bank building andv each afternoon this city's lediner societv matrons j gather to aid in the work. Four Durham negroes, Dr. A. M. Moore, John Merrick, J. M. Avery and C. C. Spaulding, donated $75 to the $25,000 financial campaign on the Y. M. C. A. The subscription of the negroes raised the total amount secured to $21,576, thus leav ing only a little more than $3,400 yet to be obtained. Ublicans of Ninth District Hold Convention. Republican convention for the congressional district was held A Fatal Ride. Olin Ramsey, aged 20 years, son of Mr. J. A. Ramsey of Hickory, died Thursday afternoon of last week in Statesville as a result of injuries re ceived early that morning while beat ing a ride on a freight train. Ramsey and two companions caught freight 'train No. 72" at Hickory about 3 o'clock Thursday morning. East of Catawba Ramsey was attempting to cross from one box car to another, when he slipped and fell between the cars. The wheels passed obliquely across- his limbs, crushinghe bones in his right leg to about the middle Wton last RotuwloTT TV -- v Miuiua v nicy xxii i purpose of namW deWatPs!?1 me ign and m the lett leg to the 'Iia n i I Xr-rtaa TTa Time 4-nlr- 4- C!--n4-n11 4- !SSrS. W. S Pnnr.nn on I T TSJ :burton attended from Morgan- Pearson made a speech in "e created quite a sensation by aicing as an ingrate and traitor oosevelt. Mr. Hallyburton was ia Presidential elector. candidate was suggested to the ary for the congressional nom 311 because the convention was so between the candidates. Jake eell and Charles E. Green, and re Quite a number whn want- M. Morehead. ! knee. He was taken to Statesville to Dr. Long's hospital, but nothing could be done ot save him. Young Ramsey had been employed in Valdese and was on his way .to Mooresville to take a position. It is said that his father had given him money o pay his way on the train. The body was brought to Drexel, the former home of the Ramseys, for burial Friday afternoon. POPULATION UP MILLION. 68 Now Have 1O1.208JU5 West Leading in Growth. 1Sus bureau exnerts estimated 4y the DOmilatinn vf tho United Nanuarv Jy July 1 it would be 102,017,302. iast year they figured the pop- 0f 100 9CK2ia Woetom ping the list, with Oklahima, J North Dakota and New Mex 1ing in the order named. ' G. C. Anthony. Mr. W. P. Riddle, of Pensacola, ar rived Sunday to spend some time with his granddaughters, Mrs. .Ralph . Ab ernethy and Cecelia Ballew. -Mr. A. S. Abernethy, of Hickory, was here on business one day last week Mr. C. W. Dockery, of Rusk, N. C, snent Thursday night at the home of M. F. Tate. Messrs. S. P. and M. F. Tate at tended the corn meeting in Marion last Thursdav. Mr. Knox Gibbs and family and Mr. Will Giles and son, Mark, left last Tuesdav. the 15th, for OVlahoma. Mr. Gibbs exnects to make that his home, while Mr. Giles is undecided whether he will stav or not. Messrs. Will Pool and James Powell have boufrht farms in Henderson county but will probably not move before the cominc fall. Mr. Robert Winkler has sold his farms for Sfil.nno. The pnrbacers are Mr. C. B. TCinraid. Mr. John Ben- fild and Mr. Walker T.verlv. Mr. Ben- fieM eettinqr the W'nkler home. Mr. Ralnh Abemethv his Position as clerk for W. T.-rorlv in his Store bere and Mr P Q T1.Am. on. reoentlv of TUack Mountain, has accented the piae and has been at worV since Monday. Mrs. A. F. Alexander nas on ral sifV for the Pact, woolf rtn fho ?r,. TVs. T.nn and TTonnoscoe. of fllari A1n?nv Viave made covttal nrofoocton sl visits to onr Hftlo town apd pear Vto-ra icn tVio 1jct TOOolf or two Miss TTarov To to lof MnndoTT f "Ralt.imore. wnorp pno oynpnts to Vu COT,f out as rnilUner for the unrin sea son. Jan. 23. 1916. Floyd ' t0 ber home in Clinton, after bPent several weeks here. Ltst Capital of Confederacy. The city of Danville, Va., has vir tually acquired the Sutherlin memo rial, better known as the last capital of the Confederacy, where President Jeff. Davis held his last cabinet meet ing. The city council has authorized the payment of the last and third in stallment of $10,000 for the property. The board of aldermen will, it is au thoritatively stated, take similar ac tion. The entire property has cost $48,000. Thirty thousand dollars was paid by the ciy and the remaining $18,000 raised by popular subscrip tion. The proceeds of the sale go to the great granddaughter of Major W. T. Sutherlin, who lives, at Birming ham, Ala. The historic mansion is used at present as a repository for Confeder ate relics and many of the rooms are used by various organizations con nected with Civil War days. . i ii i , . ... wun tne standardization trial over the measured mile course off the Main port. ' The Pennsylvania, with her main battery of 12 fourteen inch rifles mounted on four turrets, is declared by naval experts to be the most pow erful fighter afloat. A broadside shell fire from her big guns would weigh 18,000 pounds, which is said to be greater than the broadside fire of the Queen Elizabeth of the British navy, which mounts eight 15-inch rifles. The Pennsylvania is 600 feet long and will have a full load displace ment of nearly 33,000 tons. She is 97 per cent Completed and will be ready for delivery within a few months. A Vi,(a L.. l t . run vti.ti iuis wcvn issucu ior the Fo lowing are some of the facts Unitcd Motor Lines c). of M about war costs revealed recently , ville, cap5tal aulhorired anJ at the sessions of the British, French , 1,500 subscribed by E. P. Yates and and Canadian Parliaments: i V. B. Pollard of Wilmington and C. C. Daily expenditures Great Britain,! Ward of Mooresville, for operating $25,000,XV); France $15,000,000; and motor lines for passengers and freight Canada, $083,000. between Mooresville and other points. Total expenditures since war be-! w c ....... . ganFrance-$8,SS3,000,000; Cana-l , ;".S' , .ln?.of Ahcv". com" da, $408,000,000. j pIetcd a dcal m Mnran county, Kcn- Tntomct. t?u j.u. o. tucky, securing approximately 10.000 000,000. J acres of the finest Kentucky timber ! Pension and soldiers family al. and '"ral land. The combined j lowances by France amounted to over dealS fCprCf nt ls Prebably the $1,000,000,000. i largest realty deal in Kentucky for I French estimates of " artillery and ?. n C5limtcd ! munition costs for second quarter ot CUt rUn ful,y M0- 1916 is $190,000,000, an increase of i $90,000,000 over first quarter. A primary probably will be held to Canada's appropriation for main- i determine who is recommended for tenance of $400,000 men during 191C ' postmaster at Boone, which was made is $250,000,000. j a presidential ofllce of the third class : jthe first of the year. Three candi- Rock of Gibraltar as Bait For !dats arc in the race Mrs. Jennie D. Spain. I Lovill, M. P. Critchcr and E. S. Cof- Spain is to be given the Rock of!f!y' ? forn?c.r,r as Slate 'Sen Gibraltar if she will enter the war on j J" J!? fnt!onf $U year,y the side of the central powers, says a W,th f 300 fr clcrk hlrc rumor from Europe. This says the j A joint resolution to grant to the Kansas City Star, is probably not Boone Trail Highway Association of true. Spain knows well enough that . "orth Carolina, through its manag the central powers would have to! lnK director, J. Hampton Rich, of catch their rabbit before they skinned Winstin-Salem, the privilege of ect it; they must get Gibraltar before ' tnff a monument and erecting a they can give it away; and this war:1 thereon, in Washington, cora has taught a decisive military lesson ' mcmorating the deeds and life of that it is almost impossible for an j that old pioneer, was introduced in attacking force on the sea to take a Jthe House Saturday by Congressman well-fortified position on land. i Doughton. The resolution provides frro Panoinn "PH1 Dnoonl Two pension bills passed by the House of Congress will add more than $2,500,000 annually to pension ex penditures. One would grant pensions to the widows and minor children of officers and enlisted men who served 90 days or more in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States, either as regular or volunteers, during the war with Spain or the Philippine insur rection between April 21, ,1898, and July 4, 1902. The other bill would give $20 a month to survivors of Indian wars from ' 1865 to January, 1891, who served 90 days or more in an actual campaign and who .are 62 years old or over, and pay $12 a month to widows of such soldiers. Mrs. Robert Tate, of Knoxville, is here on a visit to relatives and friends Betterment Association at Hick ory Grove School. Correspondence of The News-Herald. A local association for the Better ment of Hickory Grove School was organized Friday, Jan. 21 with a mem bership of sixteen. The officers of this association were elected on Sun day, the 6th, at Oak Hill church. They were as follows: Mrs. Paul Franklin, president, Mrs. J. R. Wall, vice-president, Miss Fannie Drury, Sec. and Treas., Miss Neta Harbison, librarian. The association adjourned to meet at Hickory Grove schoolhouse Feb. 10, after receiving three new members Association again 'met at the school house at the appointed time. Both president and vice-president being ab sent, the principal of the school called the society to order. The president first elected tendered her resignation and Miss Myrtha Holder was elected in her stead. Miss Holder took the chair and at once entered upon her duties. Plans for the improvement of the schoolhouse 'and grounds were discussed. Society decided to ask the commun ity to meet Saturday, Feb. 25th, bring lunch, necessary implements and help jjean off schcfol grounds. Suggestions as to later improve ments in the spring were favorably received. Three new members were added, jpaking a total membership of twenty-four. The next meeting will be held March 10th. This cliff of solid limestone was one of the Pillars of Hercules, beyond which it was thought no man might venture and live. Beyond was Ultima Thule, the last island, the end of all. Later the Phoenicians, venturing out into the Atlantic to the tin mines of Britain, had a way station and fort on the rock. Centuries later the Car thaginians erected watch towers upon it to observe the galleys of their Ro man enemies. The Romans captured it, and the Goths took it from the Ro mans. The Moors got it next and held it for 800 years. The Moslem hosts landed there to overrun Europe. There have been 13 sieges of Gibral tar, and many battles there. Its rocky slopes have run red with blood. Early armies rained their arrows against it and their battering rams tried to pow der its natural walls centuries before the age of powder and iron balls. Britain has had the Rock of Gibral tar for 200 years and has fortified it f o strongly that it has been known for a century as "impregnable Gibraltar. To, capture it an attacking force would have to literally pound the vast rock to dust. Gibraltar is honeycomed with tunnels, and the muzzles of the greatest guns in the world bristle from a thousand openings in the face of the rock, like pins stuck in a paper. What would those guns be doing to a leet or land force that got close enougn to throw shells against the rock? ine tablet fchall not be less than 4 feet 6 inches high ,2 feet wide, and that the unveiling shall be in charge of North Carolina Society of Wash ington and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Caldwell Once Had Lady Sheriff. Charlotte Observer, 22nd. That Caldwell county once boasted a lady sheriff was the interesting news brought to the Observer office yesterday by a visitor in the city. The visitor stated that Miss Mary Estes, wife of Sheriff Triplctt of Caldwell county today, once served as sheriff, filling out the uncrpired term of her father, who in his day was one of Caldwell couny's most esteemed citizens and whose death occurred before his term expired. The commissioners then swore in his daughter and she served as sheriff the balance of the term, looking af ter the office while the outside work was done by deputies. It is an in teresting coincidents that Miss Estes married Mr. Triplett, who is sheriff today, and she doubtless now does some of the work for her husband that she formerly did for her father and then on her own responsibility. . Rev. H. . H. Jordan, pastor of the Methodist church in Gastonia, who served the Morganton church for four years before going to his present work was here Tuesday and Tuesday night, stopping with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Goodson. Friends here were glad to see him again. Rutherford College Items. Correspondence of The New.IIermUL Tfie ladies of Rutherford College visited the Platonic Hall lat Frid, j night The society gave the ladies an j interesting- entertainment. t The societies of Rutherford riw are looking forward to go in their new halls, in the new building, about the first of April. The students of Rutherford College j A Sudden Death. I Mrs. N. J. Fisher died very sud- jdenly at her home at Granite Falls I last Sunday morning. The funeral was held Monday -afternoon at 3 oclock at Poovys Grove church Rev. j celebrated Washington's birthday by G. W Fink and Rev: C A. Rhyne taking a trip to the top of Chestnut LuiiuuLuiig uic services. urs. nsner( was 68 years of age and is survived by five children. She was the mother of Mr. J. W. Fisher of Morganton. mountain. Hev. H. H. Jordan, of Gastonia, spent Monday in Rutherford College. Jan. 5, lyic. i
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