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1 I DC- . I G. COBB, Editor and Owner. k XXXII. '. The Burke County News , The Morganton Herald Consolidated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Advance, ,iSTDENT WILSON MEETS , rpe Commissioners Represent ing Carranza Visit the Pres ident on the Mayflower and He (Returns Visit to Get in Per sonal Touch With Matters Be ing Discussed. w London, Conn., Dispatch, 12th. Resident Wilson lent his personal ich today to aid the efforts of the iierican-Mexican joint commission seeking a permanent foundation of Snpathy and understanding upon ich may rest the future relations of . United States and Mexico, 'utting aside for one hour his own es and his vigil at the bedside of his ter, who is dying here, Mr. Wilson -hanged calls with General Car ta's representatives. It was the it time during his administration it the executive had dealt personally h a representative of the Mexican facto government, and the signifi ice of this fact was not lost upon ler of the Mexican or American nmissioners. Statement of Sympathy. or the first time, also, representa- les of General Carranza received di- tly from the man in whose hands :haps lies the fate of their country statement of sympathy with the Jis of the revolution which has torn ixko. he regeneration of the stricken na- Ii must come from within, Mr.' Wil- said, and, in answer for his col- gues and himself, Luis Cabera, ranza's minister of finance and man of the Mexican delegation. ierted that his country was strug- g toward the light of free and inocratie ffovernmpnt. p. Wilson laid great stress it was jrned, on the point as to the present ference upon which both Secretary Rising and Secretary Lane centered fir remarks at the first meeting of commissioners in New York the aection of American lives and perty in Mexico. he president said he hoped the! Emission would be successful in ing a solution for its problems cn would insure the security of ericans, not only along the border, m any part of Mexico. Ihe meeting was arranged when the tsident arrived yesterday. A mes p of sympathy from Mr. Cabrera ii his associates - - vv W 1U1 llson by Secretry Laane, chairman the American commission. The !sage contained the hope also that Mexican representatives mie-ht h their respects to the president in son before they returned home. The cutive signified his wish to meet i Mexican delegation at once. Ac npanied by the three American - egates the Mexican party was tak ' to the Mayflower. The visitors were eived with full naval honors except ;it the salute was omitted. A brief hange of greetings took place in ' president's salon, Secretary Lane reducing his Mexican conferees. Within fifteen minutes after the xican commissioners had returned the hotel where the conferences are "ng place, the president's barge eyed the executivefrom the May wer on a return visit. At the hotel he was met by Secretary Lane, dge Gray and John R. Mott, the nencan commissioners, and escorted a great sun parlor where the Mex representatives awaited him. For lf an hour the president and the six nmissioners chatted informally. e President went directly to the mt of the Mexican revolution. He s he said, more familiar than his ai'ers perhaps realized with the fun cental principles of the struggle for e government in Mexico. He assur them of his deep sympathy with )se aims, adding that right-thinking n all over the world must sympa 2e with such high aspirations. on the brief statement he made the xican commissioners realized that ! President has kept in personal lch with all that is taking place be W theb order. -uia in ms repiy ret erred tne United States as leader of t.hp pment for free government and as I luor to whom Mexico must look wiving for the type of govern nt its people sought. MnVi ia - o - ' " n done, he said h mnni. Famed to he aims of the revolutions omrtA P'eved. p more than a two-thirds vote senate ratified the treaty to buy banish West i .si tdu mil P dollars. - MORGANTON, N. C, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916. T - m l " . REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN MAINE. Complete Returns Give the State to Republicans by About 13, 000. Portland, Maine, Dispatch, 12th. Practically complete returns from yesterday's election show no changes in the general result. The Republican victory was complete, scattering re turns from outlying districts today showing the trend of the early fore casts. The total vote, approximately 150,000, was the largest ever cast in a State election. The figures have not been approached since 1880, when 12,802 were cast. In the last presi dential year and two years ago it fell below 142,000. Returns from the border where the members of the sec ond battalion of the second Maine in fantry made a two days' march of sixty miles to exercise their franchise together with the returns from a few isolated towns, made the plurality of Carl F. Milliken, Republican, for gov ernor, over Governor Oakley C. Cur tis, Democrat, from the indicated fig ures of 13,000 last night to 13,800. In dicated pluralities for the other Re publicans will have solid delegations in both branches of congress and will easily control both branches of the legislature. NO. 17 Tarantula Kills Dog; Battle Causes Panic. Pittsburgh Dispatch, 11th. Springing from a bunch of bananaa being unloaded from a fruit wagon in front of a store today, a tarantula. alighting on the sidewalk in the midst oi a crowd waiting for a street car, engaged in combat with a strav dop- C3 and battled with the animal eleven minutes, finally killing it. Men and women fought with each other in an. effort to get away. Chil dren were knocked down and foreot- ten in the rush. The dog approached the tarantula and was immediately attacked. The aog tried to sink his teeth into the in sect, but it eluded every lune-e. Rit- ten in a dozen places, the dog finally i ell dead. Clerks in a drug store cap tured the insect with a net. MANNING BEATS BLEASE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Marion Man Wounds Five. Virgil Butt, a white man, 35 years of age, shot and seriously wounded five persons at the home of Thomas Morris in Marion Sunday afternoon. ine wounded are Lawrence Morris- Roland Morris, J. L. Biddix, Mrs. J. H. L. Miller and Mrs. Vifgil Butt, the latter the wife of the assailant. After being wounded himself, Butt escaped with probably a hundred men on his trail. Butt, it is said, has been a heavy drinker and has been regarded as dangerous when drunk. He went to the home of Morris, where his wife was employed, shot her and then shot the others. He is reported to have come towards the Burke line and officers in this county have been on the lookout for him. s Concrete Road to Blowing Rock Resort. L. P. Henkle and others are con sidering the proposition of building a concrete road from Lenoir 22 miles to Blowing Rock, to cost $150,000. It is said that the promoters already have an offer to pay $20,000 a year rent for the highway if it is built. Highway engineers have been called in and have been mapping out the proposed work. Nothing 'but auto mobiles and automobile trucks will be allowed on it and a toll of $1 for traveling over the road may be charged. Surprise Marriage. A surprise marriage took place at the Methodist parsonage Tuesday evening when Mr. Oscar Gillam and Miss Ada Parks were married by Rev. E. E. Williamson. Mr. T. I. Gillam was best man. Miss Parks is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parks and is a young woman of exceptional merit. Mr. Gillam, who is associated with his father in the grocery and meat business, has many sterling qualities. They will make their home for the present with the groom's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Gillam. W. A. Rhyne and Clarence . Clapp motored to Morganton Sunday and visited Sam L. Rhyne at the hospital, finding him very much improved. Newton Enterprise. Henry Ford has sued the Chicago Tribune for. a million dollars for call ing him an anarchist. NEWS FROM GLEN ALPINE. He became noted all over the coun try for his sensational remarks on various topics and through his re fusal to comply with the terms of the federal militia law, almost succeeded m disbanding the South Carolina na tional guard. At the conclusion of his second term as governor, Blease made the race for the United States senatorship against E. D. Smith, but was defeatedVf The sidetracks of Glen Alpine and Many thought that this defeat, would put a damper on future political am bitions of Mr. Blease, but when time for political announcements arrived last year, Blease stepped into the ring as a candidate for governor. With only one daily paper in the State supporting him, the former governor made a spectacular race, leading the field in the first primary, and leading Governor Manning by something like 24,0000 votes. South Carolina, shocked at this display of strength, rallied around the flag of Governor Manning and endorsed his record by renominating him for a second term. Off to School. f, Morganton will be well represented igain this year at the different schools and colleges over the State. Many of the young people are leaving this week. Messrs. Nollie and Frank Pat ton have gone to Trinity: Robert Ross. Clarence Bolick, James Kirksey, Her man Kirksey, Ernest Mull, Sam Ervin, Joe Spainhour, Joseph Ervin, Earl Spencer and Clarence Carter to the University, Chapel Hill; Guy Houk, to Emory and Henry, Emory, Va.; Vern on Davis to Trinity Park; Charles Ross" to Georgia Tech.; Manly Whis enant, Christ School, Arden; Miss Elizabeth Anderson to Statesville Fe male College.; Misses Mary Kincaid, Ruth Houk, Laura Howard and Sadie Patton, State Normal, Greensboro, and Miss Elizabeth Walton, Deland Uni versity, Deland, Fla. Tragic Death of Young Erwin Pitts Local Items From Glen Alpine and Old Fort. Correspondence of The News-Herald. A gloom was cast over the entire community when the news came by Present Governor is Re-Nomi-Nated by Majority of Over 4,000 Votes. Columbia, S. C, Dispatch, 13th. At 1 o'clock this morning, with something: more thn issnnn uu(vvv v j lco I tabulated, the re-nomination of Onv. that E. L. Pitts, or Erwin. n ernor Richard I. Manning over Cole we all called him, had been scalded r BleaSGA, , considered certain- to death on an engine near Biltmore. Governor Mannin's majority over Mr r e' Blease, counting the vote of Ihe na Erwm was a son of Mr. W. D. Pitts, tional guardsmen on the border, was n0t quite 23 years old A yung man 4,652, the vote beine 68.i26 to fii via of fine habits, liked by his friends nnrl There remains only eighty-four small held in high esteem by the officials ,1CV,UVIS ""turned. I oi me southern Railroad, hv wfcm In the first primary held Alienist 9Q he was emnlnvwl. Tf. y,0a k - - s - " 1 j . v. iu uttu ma i - former Governor Blease ran some ed nearly six months. He was of a 24,000 votes ahead of Governor Man- sunny, cheerful disposition. Faithful nmg but failed to get a majority in and affectionate to his friends, dutiful the race in which five candidates took to his parents, he will he ml part. Robert A. Cooner of Laurens leaves a father m. . -v "ivuici, aid" polled a large vote in the first nri- ters and brother whn will inmm mary and tonight's returns indicated while life lasts ever remember their that the bulk of this went to Gov- son and brother. He was a member of ernor Manning in the second contest, the Glen Alpine Methodist church He Cole Blease has been the stormv was buried at Glen Alnin R,,o,, petrel of South Carolina. Servinc evening. "EYprrifioc wora oAnn 4-.1 e i t vuiiuuvicu two terms as governor of the State, by his nastor. Rev. A. C. srflr he made an unenviable record by re- Rev. J. R. Williams held services leasing practically all the convicts with the Baptist church Sunday even- held in bouth Carolina penitentiaries, ing. After the sermon a conference was held and delegates appointed to the association at Oak Grove church the 2nd week in October. Messrs. J. M. Brinkley, A. W. Trexler and J. Wise will represent the church. The pastor expects to hold a protracted meeting with the church in the near future and hopes if nothing nrevents to have Evangelist Dew of Ridgecrest to assist in the meeting. Bridgewater are filled with cars of every description of machinery for the southern rower Co. when they can get the road completed across the river to the proposed dam site. Mrs. Dolph Abernethy and children and Mrs. Sam Brinkley and children, irom Ohio, are back home again. Prof. M. S. Giles gave a receDtion last Friday night to the new corns of teachers and the high school schol ars of last session. The Professor made a fine talk and promised all a better school for this session. Mr. N. O. Pitts and wife and Mr. A. W. Trex ler and wife were also present. Re freshments were served. Mr. O. B. Lackey, of the Southern. and wife and little Miss Margaret, left Old Fort on No. 12 Tuesday even ing to te present at the marriage of Miss Rosa Lee Lackey, sister of Mr. Lackey. Much work is yet being done at Old Fort to get the railroad in good shane. Things are getting in good trim. The work gangs are not so large but are better organized and do more satisfac tory work. Virgil Butt, the man who did the wholesale shooting at Marion Sunday night, is still at large so far evading capture. JAP. Glen Alpine and Old Fort, Sept. 13, 1916. New Press Installed at School for Deaf. Mr. G. A. Wood, erector, for the Babcock Printing Press Co., has been -i a 1 1 m . K . . Shull-Lackey. r. scno01 10r e Deaf thl week - , . J .... v.jrmiu ureas in me " fo- mii iiucicoi, ill UUS nnnt no- t 1 1 tt section occurred yesterday morning' at w u . , , , . . xvi. t viic ov-iiuui paper uas oeen onnt- the pretty country home of ex-Sheriff ed on a large jo Jno. A. Lackey when his youngest department at the school is considered daughter, Miss Rosalie Lackey, was a very valuable feature of the work married to Mr. Ed Shull, of Elizabeth- anH tL t,w a A, ton, lenn. ihe ceremony, which took place at 10 o clock, -wras performed by ghuford, who for several years has Rev E. B. Troy Only the immediate been most successful in training the J Z a -ri - ' OI boys, is again at the head of the de givum, mi. ouuui, or jL.iizaDex.n-1 partment. ion, were present to witness the mar riage. Mr. and Mrs. Shull left on No. 11 for Pensacola to visit relatives of the groom. They will reside in Eliz abethton, Tenn. Steel For Bridge to be Shipped the 18th. Chairman Brinkley received Monday the followinsr message from the VJr. Linney Here the 25th. ginia Bridge & Iron Co.: "Expect to With Bickett scheduled for a speech shiP all steel except joists for Mc- here the 20th, added interest is given Dowell bridge on the 18th. Hope to til ft nrmnnrA'mn tttViV nnmAn mail f Tip T.Pnnir mQ ennrr nlon f ----w -..,.,,N4.4 w TV lllVli lUlllCO lllld ------ - w WVUS J 1M11 W11IV1 week that his Republican opponent for row." This means that, barring ac- I i..' i" , .:i.l. J.1 HT-T-V M 'tt t me iiuimnaiion ior governor has a tiuenis, me i.vrcuoweii oriage win De Morganton appointment for the 25th. ready foN use within the contracted T1! j l t ... X Z A J 1 i nil . xiiese two speecnes are Deinff looked i mue oo uays, or oy uci. nn. as forward to with much interest and as both candidates are fine speakers their coming will no doubt put the Burke campaign. "pep" into Rev. Dr. J. McK. Pittenger on Sunday celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Epis copal) at Raleigh. ' He retires as active rector, but has been made rector emeritus of the church. the masontry for the McDowell bridge can be used ,getting the steel here is ope of the biggest parts of the accomplishment. Mrs. Annie E. Howe, only sister of President Wilson, has been des perately ill for several days at her home in New London, Conn., and no hope is held out for her recovery President Wilson went to her bed side Sunday. She has peritonitis. DEMOCRATS NOT BLUE j OVER MAINE ELECTION.! Result Will Stir Them to Great-1 er Activity; They Are Still! lonhdent. Washington Cor,. 12th, Greensboro j ews. An immediate result of the Repub lican victory in Maine, in the opinion of politicians here, will be to stir the Democratic campaign managers to greater activity in States which they have been counting on to be in the Democratic column in the November elections. There has been a feeling of great confidence on the part of leading Democrats as to the outcome in November. This has given some worry to old-time politicians of the party who felt that no matter how propitious was the outlook for Dem ocratic victory in the nation at large, was not wise to be over-confident and correspondingly inclined to take chances. Judged by the views that prevailed among Democratic mem bers of Congress and among promi nent members of the administration, President Wilson was certain of a sweeping victory two months hence. For leading Democrats remain in Washington and it is impossible to say what, if any effect the result in Maine has had on the confidence that was felt by-jthe greater number. One of the foremost officials said today that Maine might be construed as showing the present trend of public opinion but he pointed out that sentiment in the country which had seemed to shift from time to time to one or the other of the great political parties had al ways swung back to President Wilson, as far as the Democratic observers were able to judge. His information from the best Democratic Maine was, he said that President Wil son was several thousand votes strong er than his party and on that account this official believed that if the Wil son presidential electors had been on the Democratic ticket in Maine ve. terday the national administration would have been indorsed anH the rvnr ularity of the President V pulled through the rest of the party's ! ticKet which was defeated. Opening Glen Alpine High School. The Glen Alpine High 'School open ed Monday, the 11th, with more than 150 children present, the largest open ing in its history. Short talks were mide by Superintendent of Public In struction T. L. Sigmon, C. F. McKes son and by the excellent superinten dent Marvin S. Giles. There are three new teachers Miss Martin, of Mocksville, Miss Smathers, of Can ton, Miss Lynch and Miss Moore, of Chapel Hill. No board of trustees, no people take a greater pride in their school than those of Glen Alpine. Truly it is doing a splendid work and has proven a center from which moral and intellectual light radiates "scores of homes in Burke, enriching and re fining them. The News-Herald wish es for the school a most prosperous year. Mr. Johnston Married in Georgia Mr. Victor G. Johnston was mar ried to Miss Marion Timberlake, of Marshallville, Ga on Saturday, Sep tember 9th at the home of the bride's parents. About one hundred and fifty relatives and friends were present to witness the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston arrived in Morganton Monday on a visit to the groom's mother, Mrs. W. H. Johnston and sister, Mrs. A. C. Avery, Jr. On Tuesday afternoon ,Mrs. Avery received from 5 to 7 o'clock in their honor, many guests calling to meet the bride and extend congratulations. The Road Work. Last week the Flood Relief commit tee had two forces of hands at work on the roads of Silver Creek town ship, one force in Lovelady. This week they have two forces in Silver Creek, one in Lovelady, one in Quaker Meadows, one in Upper Creek and cne in Lower Creek townships. In the Democratic primary Satur-, day in the Third Judicial district' Solicitor John H. Kerr, of Warren- j ton, defeated Judge . Francis D.j Winston for the judgeship. Winston has served the State as Lieutenant Governor and in several positions of public trust and his defeat for re election was surprising to many in other sections of the State. He was holding a judgeship by appointment of the Governor. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Brief Notes of Recent Happen ings in North Carolina. Miss Alice Pratt of Pineville, Ore gon, has been elected county super visor of rural schools in McDowell county. The governor has offered a re ward of $100 for the arrest of Will Vannoy, wanted in Alleghany coun ty for the murder of Willis Hendrix. Ex -Gov. Glenn begins a 10-day campaign in the State at Lincolnton on, the 20th. He wll speak at Mon roe, Charlotte, Gastonia, Concord and then at eastern Carolina points. Mr. Victor L. Stephenson, a native of Statesville, who has been with the Charlotte Observer for several years, as reporter and editorial writer, is now with the Philadelphia Press. Nimrod Buckner, aged seventy six, for many years a prominent merchant of Asheville, died Satur day. He was one of the pioneer Masons of Western North Carolina. All the colleges and schools are opening with a large attendance, many of them with a larger attend ance than usuaL Davidson opened with 350 and Wake Forest with 372. Sheriff Garrett of Hertford coun ty, was in Norfolk, Va., Sunday, looking for Leroy T. White, a young farmer, charged with beating his wife to death with a shotgun stock. U. N. Hocman, a native- North Car olinian and a gradute of Trinity College, has been elected to the head of the department of journalism of Leland Stanford University, Califor nia. In August more than two and a quarter million pounds of tobacco were sold on the Wilson market at an average of over 20 cents the pound. The August sales brought the farmers $-M5,6S9. Lewis Woodson, proprietor of the Elmwood Hotel at High Point, was found in an unconscious condition in the road near his farm. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis and is in a serious condition. Buncombe and Haywood are to build a great fence around the old Morgan pasture in the Pisgah na tional forest in those two counties, to confine the herds of bison and elk which are to be placed in the re serve. Two negro men and two negro women in an automobile crashed through a bridge over a deep stream near Belhaven last week and dis appeared. Oil on the water led to dragging the stream and the bodies and car were found. Beginning Monday the Carolina and Northwestern railroad is operating both freight and passenger service from Chester, S. C, to Edgemont, N. Cfrom the southern to the northern terminus the first through service on the road since the mid-summer floods. Since the flood changed things around, the Southern railroad has de cided to relocate the Saluda road, changing the grade from 46 to 2 per cent, abolishing the safety switches and cutting out curves. The work is said to commence in no great while. The Better Babies Contest is to be a feature of the State Fair again this year. It will be conducted by the Woman's Club of Raleigh and the State Board of Health and will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday of fair week which is j October 17-20. J. W. Pratt, associate professor of English in A. and M. College, Ral ;eigh, has been appointed instructor in jthe English department of the Uni j ted States Naval Academy at Annap jolis. The appointment was secured ! through competitive examination. Mr. Pratt, who is from Marion, graduated at Davidson College in 1908 and at the University of Chica go in 1915. Mr. Lamar Pegram died Friday ai nis nome in Lenoir, aged 38. He was formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Lenoir and later held a similar position in Asheville. He returned to Lenoir last January and took a position as bookkeeper. He was married March 1st last to Miss McKinnon of Laurinburg. His remains were buried at Gastonia, his former home. He is survived by his wife, motfier, a sister and brother.
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