q, COBB, Editor and Owner.
The Burke County News )
Ihe Morganton Herald J consolidated November 29, 1901.
MORGANTON, N. C, SEPTEMBER 21, 1SKL6.
Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Adv
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MADE GREAT
SPEECH HERE YESTERDAY
vt Governor of North Carolina
Sneaks to urowaea nouse
Reviews the Democratic Na
tional Record Introduced by
Sir. John Pearson.
tic nominee lor governor, spoke at
Morganton court house ; yesterday
ced to stand m the aisles and doors.
he audience was a representative
, of farmers, business men, and also
lumber of ladies were present. Fre-
nt applause voiced approval of
at the speaker was saying. Mr.
kett's presentation of the record
the Democratic administration in
interest of the great masses of
people as opposed to special in-
i i :: J? xl l i
igsts, ana nis review ui me legisia-
enacted that has been beneficial
'the whole country was exceptional-
strong. Interspering his appeal to
ison with fitting, catchy jokes the
.aker held his audience interested
over two hours. Avoiding com-
in mud slinging and dwelling very
e on State politics, he took time
i t i 1 1 i
answer compiexeiy me cnarges oi
jne of the Republican ' speakers of
ravagance in the State administra-
Legislation, such as' the reform of
currency law, the Federal Reserve
the Farm Loan act, Agriculture
tension act and ine uooa itoaos Dili
lie reviewed' and explained in a
ceful convincing manner.
Ihe speaker was introduced m a
ef, appropriate speech by Mr. John
ferson, democratic candidate ior tne
;islature. He spoke deliberately,
not once did he let his audience
. His voice showed the effect of
d campaigning. Telling Mr. Pear-
h that he would come batk at him
the splendid introduction given him
said that out of the 100 counties
presented in the next Legislature
one would have a better represen-
ive than Burke would have in Mr,
larson.
'Opportunity," - said Mr. Bickett,
the forerunner of obligation; pow
is always linked with' obligation,
ledge myself to so use the oppor-
f.ity and so exercise the power as
make life more attractive to the
page man in JNorth Carolina. In
king this campaign I do it with
ilice toward none and charity to all
1 in my remarks I shall say noth
: that would hurt the feelings of a
ear old Republican baby." He said
wanted Republicans as well as
pocrats to believe in the sincerity
his purpose to be a good governor
all the people, regardless of pal-
:cs.
ith this introduction to his speech,
presented the wonderful national
jcord of the Democratic party dur-
the last three and one-half years.
it has been without narallpl in fho
is the sublimity of folly. Said Mr.
Bickett, "Every school boy knows that
Wilson has been confronted with prob
lems, the like of which have not been
known since the time of Lincoln, and
surrounded by pitfalls on all sides he
could not apply unchanging rules to
changeable conditions." He quoted
Edison, a lifelong Republican,' who in
giving his support to Wilson said that
a single false step would have plunged
this country into the maelstrom of
war. "A man surrounded on the east
by yellow jackets, on the west by hor
nets, on the north by blacksnakes and
on the south by hellfire and damna
tion must make lightning changes in
his position or soon he has no position
to change. Take . note of the fact,
however, that every change has been
in the interest of the peace and pros
perity of the American people."
"I am not surprised," said Mr. Bick
ett, "thata the bludgeon of criticism
falls heavily on the President's head
and that the poison shafts of envy are
aimed at 4iis heart. Such is history.
When a man clothes himself in the
mantle of self forgetfulness he in
varibly incurs the suspicion and envy
of small groups. Whatever may be
said about him I feel confident that
straight from the hearts of the great
masses of the people will come the an
swer when the ballots are cast that
whether he be a weakling, as Hughes
claims, or a sinner, according to
Roosevelt, while half the world quivers
in agony of time's greatest tragedy, in
America there is peace which passeth
understanding, and prosperity
abounds; while in other lands there
is poverty we are having a veritable
epidemic of prosperity. Cotton is
roosting in the treetops, tobacco is
climbing the mountain peaks, yearl
ing calves are bellowing at the moon
and wheat is tangoing with the stars.
The ends of the earth are calling for
American products, and the ,gold of
all nations is flowing into our coffers.
The American dollar has supplanted
the English pound in supremacy and
is the standard of -value throughout
the earth."
To prove that this prosperity
which we are enjoying is largely due
to the Democratic
SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY.
Largest Enrollment in its His
toryOver 700 Pupils Sev
eral New Teachers.
The graded school opened Monday
with the largest enrollment the school
has ever had. Nearly 750 pu
pils have been enrolled, the greater
number of them entering the first day
of school. The pressing need of more
room arid more teachers is most keen
ly felt. Before another year some
thing must be done to make room for
the steadily increasing number of
children who attend school each year.
Members of the board of trustees
and a large number o visitors were
present for the opening exercises
Monday. Short and fitting talks were
made by Supt. A. C. Kerley, Messrs.
J. Ernest Erwin, chairman of the
board, J. M. Mull and E. M. Hairfield.
New teachers in the school this year
are Miss Beulah Robertson, of Ral
eigh, Miss May Wellons, of Boliver,
Tenn., Miss Grace Bunn, of Spring
Hope and Miss Annie Spainhour, of
Morganton. Miss Margaret Young,
of Union, S. C, and Miss Lillie Mor
ris, of Rutherford College, who were
in the school last year, arrived last
Saturday.
The prospects for a most successful
school yearjare very bright.
DUKE AT BRIDGEWATER.
Head of Southern Power Com
pany is Inspecting Big De
velopment in Western Burke.
Messrs. James B. Duke and W. S.
Lee passed through Morganton yes
terday morning, traveling in Mr.
Duke's automobile, for Bridgewater,
where they have gone to inspect the
site of the projected power develop
ment of the Southern Power Co. on
the Catawba and Linville rivers. The
preliminary work is already well
started.
comes as a result of the party's
courgeous stand for the .right.
Also in the old banking system there
was no provision whatever for the
farmer except that he could get no
money at all. To meet the farmers'
needs the Democratic administration
went further and through the Rural
Credits bill established 12 rural credit
banks, which make it possible for
every man who aspires to own his
own farm to enter partnership with
Uncle Sam, borrow the money on long
time if need be and get 'his money as
cheap as any business man in the
country. This has done more for the
emancipation of the farmer than all
the laws put on the statute books since
the days of Lincoln.
Besides making it possible for the
farmer to obtain loans on long time
at a low rate of interest the present
administration has undertaken an ag
ricultural extension work for the edu
cation of the farmers, marketing facil-
ities have been provided, bonded
administration I warehouses, which in the old days
and to the courage of its officials,
Mr. Bickett told of the money crisis
which was about to overtake this
nation in 1913, but which was avert-
were used only for storing whiskey,
have been established for storing cot
ton, corn, wheat, etc. on receipts for
which the farmer may obtain ready
ed when McAdoo rushed to New York money. In addition to all this the
with fifty millions of dollars and ! government has begun to give assist
told those 100 bankers that if this j ance for building good roads. This
was not enough that he had more at wonderful record is no fairy tale but
Virgil Butt's Remains Found.
The dead body of Virgil Butt, the
man who ran amuck at Marion a
week ago Sunday and shot five per
sons, was found last Sunday in the
woods near Marion less than a
mile from the scene of the shooting.
Attracted by vultures, J. M.
Houck began a search for the object
of their prey and found Butt's body
in a decaying condition. By his side
lay a 22-calibre Remington rifle, a
razor, pocketknife, pencil and a
small bottle of strychnine tablets.
The direct cause "of his death is un
known, but is supposed to have re
sulted from poisoning.
Bloodhounds and officers followed
what was thought to be Butt's trail
for many miles, and it was thought
he was still a fugitive from justice
until his body was found and identi
fied. The body was buried by the
sheriff, without a coroner's inquest.
The finding of Butt's body, says a
report to the Charlotte Observer,
brings an end to one of the most
noted criminal records in the his
tory of McDowell county. Butt, while
in the army, murdered the captain
of his company and has been in
solved in many other shooting duels.
With the exception of Mrs. Butt,
whose condition continues critical,
the persons shot by Butt are expect
ed to recover.
President's Sister Dead.
Mrs. Anne E. Howe, only sister of
President Wilson, died Saturday at
New London, Conn. Mrs. Howe had
been extremely ill for about a week
with peritonitis.
KITCHEN
TO BE
HERE OCT.
3
Will Make An Address in Mor
ganton on That Date A Treat
in Store for Those Who Hear
the Brilliant Congressman.
. Announcement was made this week
that Hon. Claude Kitchen, Congress
man from the Second North Carolina
District, will be in Morganton on Oct.
3rd and will make an address in the
court house on political issues. The
local committee has set the time for
1:30 O'clock. "Mnro-onfftr. -.1.
have heard the news have already L P Bollck a Catawba coun-
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Brief Notes of Recent Happen
ings in North Carolina.
Haywood County Fair will be held
October 3, 4, 5 and 6. It is always one
of the biggest county fairs in the
State.
Amos Roper, a white man, was sent
from the recorder's court in Hickory
to the roads for 12 months for aban
doning his wife and children, who are
now with relatives in Burke. It was
Roper's third offence.
been expressing themselves as look
mg forward to the occasion with a
great deal of interest and pleasure,
as Mr. Kitchen is an exceptionally
good speaker and what he will have to
say will be well worth going to hear.
He is considered one of the most
brilliant members of Congress and
holds a proud record as congressman.
He will draw a big crowd when he
comes to Morganton.
ty farmer, died Saturday at his home
near -Newton. He is survived hv h'a
wife, two daughters and a son, the
latter being Trainmaster Lon Bolick,
of Winston-Salem.
The Watauga railroad connected up
with the Southern at North Wilkes
boro last week and this means, says
the Wilkesboro Patrioa, that the most
difficult part of the work of restoring
this line, so badly damaged by the
July flood, has been completed. H. C.
Landon, the general manager of the
road, says that he expects to have the
roadbed fully restored to Garndin, the
terminus, in about ten adys.
With rewards of $1,800 offered for
his capture and every officer at any
point of importance in several States
notified, Leroy T. White, the Bertie
county farmer, who beat his wife to
death ten day sagd, has not been
found. White left a note declaring
c
Made Showman Kill "Murder
ous Mary."
"Murderous Mary," the big female
elephant heading the quintette with
Sparks shows, was Thursday put to
death at Erwin, Tennessee, the State
authorities requiring it. Having none
of the quick poisons at hand, the
show men chose to hang the beast.
A derrick car of the Carolina, Clinch
field & Ohio railway was used. Heavy
chains wero lnnnaJ V. A. il i
iwwcvA auvui, ine eie-ii.i v .
phant's neck and the steam operated "1? T fTg t0 dr0Wn himself
crane lifted the massive formto' 7 .Men ginff in lhe
the air. The animal struggle? fori. 7 AjVf6 nVer' but lt is not
quite awhile before death finally re-' th&t h? committ suicide,
suited from strangulation. The show-1. ' The McKinnon will case, on trial in
men are said to have admitted that j Mecklenburg Superior Court last week
"Mary" had killed eight men, her! was decided by the jury in favor of
last victim being Walter Eldridge, ! Mrs. F. O. Hawley, daughter of H. T.
a Virginian, who was gored to death j McKinnon. If the verdict stands Mrs
at Kingsport, Tenn., Tuesday last.! Hawley will get all the estate, esti
It was for this last offence that the! mated at $100,000 to $125,000. Mr
elephant was condemned. ; McKinnon had made a will' in which
"Murderous Mary" had been seen j certain sums wee given to the Or
with the Sparks show by thousands phans' Home at Barium, the Grand
of people in this State, the winter father orphanage in the mountains
quarters of the show being in Salis-j-nd individuals. The Independence
bury. Showmen valued her at $8.. ; Trust Com Dan v of rHinHn
ecutor of the will. Mrs. Hawlev. tha
; only child of Mr. McKinnon, brought
The Shiloh Monument. ; suit to set the will aside on the ground
lint U .il
lhe monument created by the ef- miner was not competent
000.
She came from her Philadelphia j forts of the United Daughters of the P"16"131 to make a will at the time it
home. Before the day was over Mc
Adoo had issued 360 millions to the
banks throughout the country and
if he had not had the courage and
patriotism to act in this wise, this
country would have been wallowing
in the mire of financial bankruptcy.
For a long time a panic was the
best asset the Republican party had.
has been, enacted in the laws of the
1 land.
Briefly replying to the criticisms of
North Carolina State politicians that
the State administration has been ex
travagant he said that statistics show
that our State government is run on
less money per capita than any State
in the Union except. South Carolina.
f tory of American politics. No won
!" every fact and every sign points It dealt in them because it paid to He challenged the critics of Treasurer
victory again in November." ; keep the people scared. If your gray '1-,acy' who have said he has an old-
"Hughes may call Wilson a weak- j mule went lame, or the old blue hen j f asnined method of keeping books,
? and a vacillator. Roosevelt mav ! hatched red chieckens. or the millc fail. ! to find one flaw. in the honestv in
him a sinner, but the sublimest
ct is this that while in Europe the
satest war in the annals of history
'itinues to grind its millions in the
:!s of, famine and death in America
ed to turn the Cleveland panic was to'! which they are kept. Instead of charg
blame. As to. panics he stated thatting tne democrats with extravagance
neither Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Cleve- there would be less surprise should
land were to blame for those which oe-! they charge stinginess.
Again briefly reviewing the great
big constructive measures of -the Wil
son program Bickett declared the
President's record is his sure reward
curred during their administrations
ace prevails. AnoVwhy is it there is ; but because both of them dared to
ace and why may mothers keep their : question the authority of a small
ns instead of giving them ud to the ! group of men who controlled the mon-
fnors of war when in other lanH s i ey situation of this countrv. anH wArp!a hls Qwn glory. Years to come
others are weeninjr for theirs and ! able to do so because we then-had the i can never tarnish his greatness. Im-
iniep r u .f. -jo i tj i ! onrnof v,i;v. il. i l mortal name?; npwr rlia T'ViJc.
- - ue euiniorren ' it. is np. whiwi, uaniiiitL Bvsieni m rue worm, i .am
!u -e a divine sens3 of iustice rules in : He said he did not hold the Renuhli-
fashinaton. For if Prf-cirlcm Wilcrm 1 can Dartv to blame for thp svstom
jN not been big enough to stand up j which was a war measure, born
m
paign does n6t put Woodrow Wilson
on trial but does put the voters - of
the nation .to an . acid test. He was
fd nlp.iri dr..Q;,r. -ti, j 4-uilP.fi3 anA vmanAnA iqra mi '4. 4u I firm in the conviction that on tho 7li
ua1oi Lijv&e yiiu iccu tut: 1 umvuuw n xuui. yiicil tne 1 7 w"
i;3 of (i3nthf thousands of the young ' Republican party was to blame for day of November an emancipated peo
anhood of America would be in ! was that after' having learned its de-lple from coast to coast shall say to
v,..l 1 ... .
pawners in Mexico or France. I lects Jt was kept for over 50
home in the early summer with her
niece, Miss Margaret Wilson, daugh
ter of the President, stopping at a
summer hotel in the suburbs of New
London. Her health had long been
impaired. When her condition be
came a matter of grave concern she
was moved to a Sity hotel.
With her were her two sons, Geo.
Howe of North Carolina and Wilson
Howe of Richmond, and a daughter,
Mrs. Cothran, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Howe's remains were taken
to Columbia, S. C, and buried Mon
day beside those of .' her husband.
The president and Mrs. Wilson ac
companied the funeral party. The
funeral was conducted in the First
Presbyterian church of Columbia at
noon Monday. Mrs. Howe was a na
tive of Virginia. In addition to her
children two brothers survive the
President and Jos. R. Wilson, of
Baltimore.
Confederacy, to be erected in Shiloh WaS mde and tiiat he was subjected to
national park, on the Tennessee-Mis-1 UnUue ln"uence.
sippi line, in memory of the Con
federate soldier, will be unveiled dur- .Huffman Nominated for
Solicitor by Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of 16th Ju-
.1 ? 1 r a .
uiciai uisinct.
Lincolnton, N. C,
Sept. 16, 191G.
In pursuance to the call of the
Almost from the outbreak of the
ar m this countrv and abroad there
fS been a determined ffincnr.-ci in
Pd this country into war. Great
j-wo nave ieaa in tms, Decause
ey foreign interests, carrying on
I campaign of . misinformation to cre-
;c entiment to force Woodrow Wil
Jn lnto war. It has been charged that
jj ai"e the laughing stock of Europe.
ft0'e who Walk in kinc'a nalanei
foff at the 'school teacher,' but jt of-
"appens that 'those wh o omA to
foff
in Lt, pray.;
Hughes may concentrate his feehle
x--" ""sons Mexican policy, but
never says what he would havp
r;i - "u6ucs iu ciaim xnat wnere
f USOn i ,
- "v0 ueen weaK and vacillating
Would have used iri a; t,a
d have laid down cast iron rules
years.
He. recited a specific case of the
Southern Railway which came under
his observation while investigating
freight rates. The railroad was about
to gp into the hands of a receiver
and Mr. Fairfax Harrison went to
New York to borrow $15,000,000. He
had to go to Mr. Morgan's private li
brary, the nation's emergency hos
pital, where $750,000 was squeezed out
of the Southern because a dozen Wall
Street financiers held a grip of extor
tion. This situation was relieved
when Mr. Wilson came along and
signed the Federal Reserve act, an
emancipation as great to the business
men as Lincoln's proclamation freeing
the slaves. The operation of the Fed
eral reserve banks was fully explained.
The speaker declared that a. money
panic is now impossible and it all
and opened the doors to wider fields
of larger hopes." Let it ber certified
on every freeman's ballot that the
cause of . humanity is the cause of -jus
tice and Wilson . i& the man it de
lighteth a people to honor
TTTM ss
wnson, "You have, served us with
unselfish wisdom, you have steered us
W. N. C. M. E. Conference Opens
November 23.
Bishop Kilgo, upon the suggestion
of the presiding elders and others,
has decided to change the time for the
opening of the next annual session of
the Western North Carolina M. E.
Conference from November 8 to
Thursday, November 23. The confer
ence will be held this year at Gas
tonia. A committee met in Charlotte
a few days ago and formulated a ten
tative program for the coming session.
The change in date for holding the
ing the autumn. All but a few thou
sands of the necessary money has
been, collected and the monument is
completed. The monument is a group
representing Night and Death on
either side of the Confederacy, with
Death taking from Confederacy's Cha,rman c- E- Childs, of Lincoln
limp hand the laurels of victory. At county the Executive Committee of
the base of the monument is the pro- the 16th Judicial District, met in the
file of the lamented Geo. Albert Sid- j town of Lincolnton, on said ICth day
ney Johnston, hero of Shiloh and a ; of September, 1916, present C. E.
commanding military genius, who;ChiIds presiding as chairman, and A.
lost his life in the battle. C- Avry as secretary. B. T. Falls,
. jof Cleveland county, F. M. Burress.
Association Meets at Oak Grove. of Polk county and Mark Squires, of
The 1916 meeting of the Catawba ! ieI1 CUnty' bdng "Panted by
River Baptist Association will be held p V u. , , .
at Oak Grove church in the western w. " "'.t '
part of Burke, the opening session set i w nUce .mlttee
for Thrusday of next week, Septem- A a Sohcitor of
ber 28. The opening sermon will be ! Z Je tor r tSly
preached by Rev. J. R. Williams, pas- rornmittep d ? f
tor of the First Baptist church, Mor- ' .and, ein Placed P
rnnn rn, . V. lurt" iUor . ination received the unan mous vote of
ganton. The association is composed ; w;.i .-twtr,; . , . ""J""1 ol
i. ii ia.lc committee and is herebv de-
of twenty-one churches. Two.newLj a , V Dy Ge
nwi,.. va i.s- " clared the nominee of the Democratic
iiurkemont and Pleasant Valley. A
very profitable and interesting meet
ing of the association is expected.
aright, guided us to. prosperous ways, j conference was the result of the dis-
Table Rock Circuit
Beginning the first Sunday in Oc
tober all afternoon services on Table
Rock circuit will begin at 3 o'clock
and all night services at 7 o'clock.
There will, be an important church
conference atX)oa Hill Saturday, Sept.
23, at 3 p. m. 1
The fourth quarterly conference
will meet at Oak Ridge Oct. 14-15, pre
ceeded by a week's meeting, which" will
begin Sunday night, Oct. 8th.
astrous rains in many sections with
in the bounds of the conference and
which destroyed the crops of many
lay members of the rural churches.
The suggestion was made to Bishop
j ivngo tnat by delaying the opening
j date for the conference a large num
j ber of Methodist farmers would' be
; in better position to meet their as
sessments.
More Hay Grass.
of the 16th
dicial district of North Carolina.
This 16th day of September, 1916.
C E. CHILDS, Chairman,
i A.. C. AVERY, Secretary.
With a majority of the meadows DOES IT PAY TO GROW
destroyed by the floods, necessity for! CRIMSON CLOVER
new meadows is going to be very; wcn.w
pressing next summer. If there was Eight years ago the Stfite experi
Zrid I -?-a 0t f mead0.wsim men began to sow crimsonclov-
should be sowri it is now. ,er on the Buncombe county test farm-
If the soil is good and thoroughly j and turn it under for corn, and have
prepared it is perfectly safe to sow j sown clover each fall and turned some
grass as late as the middle of Oc- under for corn each eprin on Sme-
tODer. i niaa. r 1 1 e ...
. h'w, U4 milu ior cignt years. fcerj
tey sorted this method the land nro.
- -
The longest petition ever presented
to the British Parliament arrived the
other day from Ulster county, Ireland.
It was 2 1-2 miles long and bore the
signatures of 115,000 persons who
asked for the prohibition of the sale of
intoxicating liquors for the term of
the war and at least six months there
after, in Great Britain and Ireland.
In selecting your grass mixtures for
this year, grasses that will mature
early next summer and produce two
or three cuttings should be selected. per acre.
lhe sooner these seed are put in This shows that bv the use of
the ground the better the rpn0 i .... : e use or
" ' ".own tiuver mat land
nvrnaA 1 li K . . 1 1
V "usllKts ccrn per acre, and
the eighth crop produced 48 bushel
be.
It is announced that an unlimited
fund has been set aside by the Ford
Motor Company of Detroit, to be de
voted to the treatment of crippled
children throughout the country who
are in need of orthopedic or surgicel
care and haVe not the means to pay
for it. ,
Crim
ean not flnlif l.
I made to produce corn every year, but'
can be made to
ueuer crons
every year. K
Crimson clover grows well in Burke
county and can be made a very profit
able crop when properly used.
It is alright to sow crimson clover
as late as middle of October, if soil
is good and thoroughly prepared.
. E. L. PERKINS, Co. Agt.
i