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: i DjjbliShC" VA JL. VJ . VjUUU The Burke County News ) , ... The Morganton Herald J Consolidated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1.50 per Year in Advance rl'VTT . MORGANTON, N. C, JANUARY 4, 1917. NO; 32 teTE REJECTS GER- I "Refuse to Consider a Pro- gaI Wnicn is r-mpiy aim in here" War Aims Not Out lined. , tpoIv to the proffer of Germany In icy. iijjer aiuet) iu v-.. P i o r rvl lonf urn nnto 6 . . .1 j? lare(i that tney rj.u.s,e lu tuu- P -. 1 -.-V -V. -J o nmnfir o-rrl ml mai Utah Vi-rtrl i"1 ' t j Ti7:n: niencan amoassauu-, imam -eS Sharp, by Premier Briand and made public simultaneously m Mon ana rans. xnc wneuw ij governments insist ma. xiu peace possible so long as tney nave not tured reparation for violated Ms and liberties and the free ex- Lce of small states and have not Ueht about a settlement tor the hire security ot tne woria. ine iff! UcClHi C3 Wv . vy v miv ktral powers is not an oner oi LCe but a "war maneuver." it is lared to be founded on "calculat- misinterpretation of the charac- of the struggle in the past, the Lent and the future." The note does not specifically out- ,e the definite war aims of any of e entente governments, except Bel- ton. Before the war, it is pointed ,t, Belgium asked for nothing but i i. i I jive in harmony with ner neign- Assailed in spite of the treaties -jaranteemg her mvioiaDinty, aei- the note says, has taken up Ls to defend her independence and er neutrality violated by Germany BEGINNING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR 1917. Democratic Caucus Tuesdav Night Elected Sergeants, Clerks and Assistants. Sergeans, clerks and assistants were all that took the attention of the first Democratic caucus Tuesday night, says the Raleigh correspon dent to the Greensboro News. Mur phy was chosen speaker by acclama tion. . Rufus Doughton made the nom inating speech, Harry Grier of Ire dell, presiding and Ned Pegram of Durham secretarying it. Governor Doughton put the accent upon Mur phy's long service, his parliamentary power, his untainted Democracy; the Democracy of Jefferson, Cleveland, Bryan and Woodrow Wilson." The last was applauded. CHARLES CROWNED , KING OF AUSTRIA. With All the Pomp and Splen dor of Mediaeval Ceremony the Emperor Takes Oath. Emperor Charles of Austria was crowned king of Hungary at Buda pest Saturday with all the pomp and splendor of mediaeval ceremony. Neither war's grim sorrow nor knowledge that Hungary's soldiers are bitterly contesting their way on two or more fronts dimmed the glory of the ceremonies. They lasted throughout the day and until. late in the evening. At nine o'clock the new emperor was formally invested with the crown. Franz Josef's youthful suc cessor to the crown of the dual mon archy was garbed in the ' gala uni form of a Hungarian field marshal, a costume gorgeous in its glitttering GERMANY'S ANSWER TO WILSON'S PEACE NOTE. THE ALLIES PEACE TERMS Gallatin Roberts and Henry Page, I jewels and his own orders and decora- Murphy's late opponents, and Harry Stubbs, escorted the new speaker in. The acceptance was brief. He thought he was progressive enough to be named among the forward-lookers, reactionary enough to avoid a run away. He wants the 1917 assembly to be epochal. Then the fur flew in the clerkship elections. For principal clerk, John Pearson nominated Alex Lassiter, 18 years assistant to T. G. Cobb and El lis Gardner asked the caucus for "God's sake give Frank 60 days of political freedom." Henry Page urg ed it to give Lassiter the slavery he sought and the first ballot was a tie, 47 each. The next gave it to Lassiter 52 to 41. Otis Shell, of Dunn, was made en grossing clerk. J. H. Moring, of Wake, was re-elected sergeant-at-arms over Mewborn, of Greene, 52 to 39. E. J. -Jenkins, Y. B. Howell, Sid Moore and J. D. Gunter were nomi Belgium's aim, which is declared be the only aim of her king and overnment, is described as "the re- stablishment of peace an justice. But iey only desire peace which would ssure their country legitimate rep- ation, guarantees and safeguards r the future." The note, which is the joint act of nated. The first ballot failed. Jen eMum, France, Great Britain, Italy, j kins easily won the second. JJavid acan, Aiontenegro, .jronugai, xwu- r. j-emiigei wao- ic-cicv,icu wibuuuu ! . i r i i j i : : rania. Kussia ana oeruia, uetmics t ujjpv&iuiun M the present strife was desired, j In the senate, Harding, of Pitt, was made president pro tern of the senate. Senator McNider presided and Sen ator Long, of Alamance, was secre tary. David Castor, of Cumberland, again was made sergeant at arms and Jno. W. Alexander, of Clay, assistant. Ce cil Broughton, of Troy, went breezily through as the reading clerk, R. O. Self, having no fight as principal clerk. I. W. Hughes, of Beaufort, was elected engrossing clerk. ovoked and declared by Germany id Austria-Hungary, and that Ger- i i i 1 1 ,4. fcany made no enort to Dnng auuui, specific solution of the troubles be ;een Serbia and Austria-Hungary, ! did Great Britain, France and Rus- A peace concluded upon the Ger man ide would be only to the advan ce of the central powers, says the 3te, while disasters caused by the a? demand penalties, reparation Guarantees. The German overtures are descnb-. Death of Mrs. Jennie Seagle. I as a calculated attempt to influ ence the future course of the war tions. The administering of the oath took place in front of the parliament building in the. presence of his peo ple. They lined the streets in dark masses, brightened here and there with flags, and cheered the royal cou ple to the echo. The king's carriage from the palace to St. Matthews church, where solemn religious ser vices was held, was drawn by sixteen horses, amid continuous roar of can non salutes and the cheers of the people. A mounted pageant followed the king's carriage, and in the gorgeous procession also were representatives of royalty of all the Central Powers and neutral nations and diplomatics. It was at St. Matthews church where the most gorgeously glittering assemplage met the new king and queen representatives of royalty and of all nations not at war with Hun gary. There also assembled the mem bers of parliament, all garbed in the national costume of Hungary or their army uniforms Proposes a Conference Made Immediate Answer. Germany replied immediately last week to President Wilson's peace note. Following is the reply of the Cen tral powers to the President's sug gestion that each of the belligerents state their contentions: The high-minded suggestions, made by the President of the United States of America in order to create a basis for the establishment of a lasting peace has been received and considered by the imperial govern ment in the friendly spirit which was expressed in the President's communication. The President points out that which he has at heart and leaves open the choice of roads. "To the imperial government an immediate exchange of views seems to be the most appropriate road in order to reach .the desired result. It begs, therefore, in the sense of the declaration made on Decembr 12, which off red a hand for peace nego tiations, to propose an immediate meeting of delegates of the belliger ent States at a neutral place. "The imperial government is also of the opinion that the great work of preventing future wars can be begun only after the end of the present struggle of the nations. It will, wThen this moment shall have come, be ready to collaborate entirely with the United States in this exalted task." GLEN ALPINE NEWS ITEMS Correspondence of The News-Herald. I knew a man once by the name of Dred Boone, a literal descendant of Daniel Boone. When you met Dread and asked him how he was, his in variable reply, "I am full of aches and ailments." People are crying out Parliament had nre-1 about the hiSh cost of living forget- viously assembled early in the morn- j inS the fact they &et more 'for their ing. j work, . and everything the farmers Kino- TCnr-l wo anri0r. rw nave Dring high prices. WorK is of St. Stephen continuously from shortly before ten o'clock until notn.(-idIeessthe Part of . any one, but 3d to end it by imposing a German peace. The overtures also are saia p have the effect of intimidating neu- On Christmas morning at 3 o'clock, Mrs. Jennie Grant Seagle died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Jennie Hoean. For over a week she had been seriously ill and because of ral public opinion as well as to stif- j her a(jVanced age little hope of her en oninion in the central powers i Te onWniTiPfl. torn out by economic pressure and . T1 f unerai services were held on ushed by the supreme effort which T d morning at the Methodist church, the church to which Mrs. Seagle was such a loyal and devoted member and for which she worked so This emblem of royalty, . blackened and battered by age and by theft in previous ages by Turks and revolu tionists, weighs a little more than five pounds. plentiful and there is no excuse for pflpoinc fnv t"TlA VP3VF i pib were .50. an increase ovci as been imposed upon their inhabi- ants." "Finally," it is asserted, "these vertures attempt to justify in ance in the eves of the world, a new i j4.j i ' t U LAv X v j- ww-.- eries of crimes submarine war- j pall kearers were her grand-nephews, we, deportations, forced labor and Mrgf seagie was 82 years of age. weed enlistment of the inhabitants ! cm,p ,vac; Miss Virginia Grant, of Davie county. The only surviving member of her immediate family , is her brother, Mr. A. T. Grant, of Moeksville, her only sister, Mrs. J. Died While On Visit. Mrs. Adeline Falkner, aged 86 years, died Friday before Christmas at the home of her great-niece, Mrs. Will Cannon, near Hartland. She was on a visit to Mrs. Cannon when stricken again with paralysis. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jasper Craig, of Caldwell county, and several grand-children and great grand-children. The body was taken to Caldwell county Saturday for burial. Rev. Hilton Leaves on Annual Northern Trip. The Rev. George Hilton left Mor- ad- i w cn m!.nv vpnrs rnn-! ganton yesterday for his annual mis- ! laiuuuu; j.vi '""j J y i ... sionary trip in tne isortn ana expects to be away for five weeks. During that time Grace Episcopal church will be closed for services as will also St. Stephen' (colored) and St. Margaret's (cotton mill) missions. As to the latter Sunday school will go as usual. At Grace church it will be discon tinued until the Rector returns, owing f-Sainst their own countries and vio ations of neutrality." pe Morganton Postoffice. -pi.., , . . , . . l.i!a Clavwell. having died last year. local post omce has just cioseu - alA to the departure also .from town of L:uicr Eon, ivir. dacuu . ucaKic io suivze ucnifc ... ti. prominent business man of Lenoir, -.lbv.t he was reared in Morganton. The uvx , , , 15 of $970.56. This, it will be!sban1 ana fner aiea T i T rnto,l ..it 'ears aKO. lie i& icmciuucicu H ,lves us Clty delivery service i -ef . . n 2,5 e ,i . , r j Older Cllli-tJIlO Ul tC WW" o ctjvc- f soon as the requirements of good ' " " kt- j . . , . nwl ble architect and builder, tweets and mail receptacles are com-i kpri u. ..... c No old lady of the town was more iHied with hv the tAwn nnd natron S Christmas week, although the bus- j in the history of the office, passed I'thout a hitch in dispatch or deliv- Ty- All outgoing mail was in the fffice a half hour before train time f as dispatched on nrh. train and at fQ time was there the least conges- 0n- The office was kept open Sun- IJ evenintr and Christmas day for delivery of Christmas packages aad at closing time Christmas' day fl"e was not more than fifteen or !Wety packages left in the office. As i a example of the increase, more mail s receiver! fmm nn tTain than re- ced any whole day during the week Wore Christmas last year, and the JtBoing maii increased accordingly, ri (T 3 T .nnvAA c o 1a -ir tiivi m,th w f cent in insured parcels. &SS EthftI MpHUI Tvrt rristmas feer home in Vermont. loved and highly respected than Mrs. Seagle, whose lovely Christian char acter and spirit of kindness and char ity touched and helped many lives. Quiet and with never a pretence of show her life was an inspiration and her memory a lovely heritage for her family and friends. Bill For Universal Training. A definite plan for universal mili tary training will be laid before Con gress this month in the shape of a bill formulated by the general staff of the army, accompanied by com plete estimation of cost as compared to the present volunteer system. In the hearings before the military committee of the House of Congress five of the 22 members asserted their belief in the theory of universal ser vice, while two emphatically declar ed against such a system. Mr. J. 1. nail, who has been m charge of the Episcopal Sunday school since he came to Morganton. Plans and drawings have arrived from Mr. H. J. Hardenbergh, archi tect, of New York City, for the con templated new church for St. Mar garet's mission. It is hoped the building will be commenced in the spring. Community Christmas Tree. The third annual community Christmas tree which was held on the Court House square Christmas night, by the United Charities, was a great success. The tree was resplendent with electric lights and the coming of Santa Claus gladened the hearts of all the little children. The Christ mas moving pictures furnished by the Charlotte Observer added much to the occasion. Mr. C. B. Webb, o fStatesville, has been appointed to a position in the office of Senator Simmons, chairman -of the Senate finance committee, and has 5 gone to Washington to " take up his work. some today can see no good in the times. There is more money today than we have ever had in the history of our nation and less excuse for grumbling. The farmer, the, back bone, once the bottom rail is on top. Twenty years ago I bought eggs in the stores at Morganton four dozen for twenty-five cents, ham meat for ten cents a pound, corn 40 cents per bushel, selling now for $1.25. Too many are leaving the farms for the town and factories and are crying like poor Dred, "everything too high." Last week Lem Farris and Bob Lowdermilk went to Raleigh to take the Pasteur treatment. They carried the head of the dog which bit them for examination. A letter was re ceived here stating the dog was mad. They will have to stay 21 days before being released. It is to be hoped no serious results will follow. They are both poor hard working men ' with families. Mr. Will Scott has been quite sick with a bad case of pneumonia. He has had a trained nurse from Ashe ville with him. Mr. C. B. Bright, from Charlottes ville, Va., is here visiting his parents. Mr. W. B. Garrison, who was hurt in a wreck near Statesville the last of November, is back from the Bil lingsby hospital at Statesville, much improved and speaks in the highest terms of his treatment there under the special care of Dr. T. V. Cloninger of the hospital corps. The largest frost I have ever seen in this or any other county was last Saturday morning. Not much trou ble to the imagination to believe you were looking at a quite respectable snow. The road commissioners of Silver Creek township are hard at work and at a meeting held herel ast Saturday decided to put on four gangs of men today and push the work to comple tion. The amount to be expended is the twenty-five thousand dollars of bond issue voted by the township. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Parker and daughter, Miss Margaret, spent Christmas pleasantly at? Lexington, Durham, Seven Springs and Faison. Mrs. Sid Bright and Mrs. Stevens are still on the sick list. Mr. Price Simpson, one of "Uncle Sam's Jackies " was home recently on a furlough to see his people. Mrs. Bessie Puett, daughter of Mr. J. W. Simpson, and wife of Mr. Will Puett, was buried here' last Saturday. She was 28 years old and leaves a AsBriefly Summarized and Un officially Set Forth in the Lon don Spectator. The Spectator, a conservative Lon don paper, devoted the greater part of last Saturday's issue to answering President Wilson's question as to what are the peace terms of the en tente allies. Briefly summarized, the principal demands as outlined by the Spectator follow: "The peace terms are to start from the status quo before the war, thus including the evacuation of the whole of northern France, Belgium and Montenegro. Alsace-Lorraine is to go to Denmark and Posen, Polish Prussia and Austrian Poland are to be added to the new sub-kingdom of Poland, which the czar has pledged to create. "The Slavs of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Croatia, etc., are to be cre ated into a new kingdom. "Bohemia is to be an independent state. "The Roumanian section of Tran sylvania to be added to Roumania. The whole Austrian Tyrol, plus Triest, Istria and the other portions of Austria, which are Italian in blood or feeling, to be added to Italy. "Turkey to yield Constantinople and the straits to Russia. "The Armenians to be put under Russian tutelage. "The Arabs to be freed, while Sy ria, Asia-Minor and Mesopotamia are to be given external protection guar anteeing tranquility. "The German colonies to remain in the hands of the entente. Moreover, a money indemnity for the ruin Ger many has done in Belgium, France Serbia, Montenegro, etc. "As regarding shipping, Germany to make reparation in kind for al ships of commerce destroyed, ton for ton, neutral shipping to be replaced only after all the demands of the al lies have been satisfied. "The German navy to be handed over and distributed among entente nations. "As a guarantee against future war,jt-TeTallies are to insist upon the democratization of the German "gov ernment; "The Kiel canal to be neutralized, under an international non-German commission, including the entente countries, the United States and other neutrals." BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER THE STATE A Glance of Happenings During the Week in Different Sec tions of North Carolina. . There are now 35,000 licensed au- omobiles in the State, an increase of 1,000 in six months. The number running on "license applied tor cars is unknown. Dependent families of convicts in v North Carolina, 615 in number, re ceived $10 each from the funds of the State's Prison for the Christmas ' season. The board took this action upon recommendation oi Lrovernor Craig. H. C. Niven, 16 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Niven of Waxhaw, Union county, died in a Charlotte hos pital from injuries received in an automobile accident Christmas Day. Seven young men were in the car when the machine turned over. Mr. Santford Martin, editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, has been ap pointed by Governor-elect T. W: Bickett as his private secretary. He will assume his duties early in Jan uary but will continue to direct the editorial policy of the Journal. The little three-year-old daughter of Postmaster N. M. Lancaster, of Vanceboro, was burned to death Sat urday afternoon, Dec. 23. One of her playmates had in her hand an elec tric sparker, the sparker igniting the little one's clothing, and she was hor ribly burned before the firo could be extinguished. The livery stables of Smith Bros. & Stanfield, at Concord, were burned Christmas night. Twenty-two horses andm ules, six automobiles, a number of vehicles, a lot of feed, etc., were burned with the building. Loss about $10,000 and no insurance. Origin of fire unknown. Eighteen of the horses belonged to drovers who were stop ping at the stable. In the House of Congress on the 21st Republican Leader Mann lead in paying respects to Representative Page of North Carolina, who retires from Congress? -after-this - session. ' Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropri ations committee spoke in high terms and the House gave. rousing applause to the high tributes paid the industry, fidelity and ability of the North Carolinian. HOMICIDE IN CALDWELL. Deb. Culbertson is Charged With Slaying Bill Mooney Near Mortimer. Deb Culbertson, who shot and in stantly killed Bill Mooney near Mor timer a few days before Christmas, was bound over to court under a $5,000 bond. At the preliminary hear ing the defendant claimed he was compelled to shoot Mooney to save his own life and that of his brother. According to the testimony brought out there seemed to have been trou ble of long standing between the two men, but there was no testimony pro duced that either of the men had threatened the life of the other, nor did any of the witnesses swear they saw Culberson fire the fatal shot. There were two or three eye-witnesses present when the shooting took place and "when placed on the witness stand neither of them swore who fired the shot that killed Mooney. Morganton Negro Youth Killed in Charlotte. Thos. E. Fleming, a son of S. Flem- inf of Morganton, and a student at Biddle University, the colored educa tional institution at Charlotte, was killed day by a rock thrown by Clarence Bennett, another student. The affair happened on the campus of xthe university. Fleming's neel was broken by the rock. Bennett disappeared after the killing. Flem ing's body was brought to Morganton for burial. Dr. Clarence Poe has been selected by the North Carolina Library Com mission to succeed Dr. L. R. Wilson, of Chapel Hill, as member of the commission. Dr. Wilson, who was chairman of the commission, has ten dered his resignation on account of ill health. During the absence of Dr. Wilson, Mr. C. C. Wright, of Wilkes county, has been acting chairman. C. P. Leith, formerly in the employ of the Southern Public Utilities Com pany of Charlotte and charged with embezzling $1,500 of the company's funds by padding payrolls, was ar rested recently at Toronto, Canada, and has been brought back to Char lotte for trial. He had enlisted in the Canadian militia for service in the Enropean war, when arrested. Leith is a native of Scotland and has lived in this country 12 years. The result of a fire which totally destroyed the home of J. C. Adcock at Cumriock, Lee county, on the after noon of Dec. 21st, Miss Ruth Lind- ley, the 20-year-old daughter of Dan iel Webster Lindley of Guilford Col lege, was fatally burned. While kind ling a fire in an open grate Miss Lind ley's dress became ignited and as she rushed out of the room flames from her burning clothing set fire to cur tains in the room. The flames spread so rapidly that they were soon fcs yond control. Miss Lindley was jcin cipal of the Cumnock High SkhoQl and boarded in the home of Mr;. Ad--cock. husband, father and mother, sisters and brothers and one little boy six years old. She was an attractive wo man of a lovable disposition and will be missed by a large circle of rela tives and friends. Rev. A. C. Sffof ford, 'of the M. E. church, conducted JAP. Glen Alpine, Jan. 1, 1917. the burial services, of which church she was a member for several years, j crease in bank deposits for the year The summary of the condition of State .bank's at the close of business; November 15, compiled by the cor poration commission, shows an in crease in total resources for the year: of 34.9 per cent, the figures being; $118,212-308 this year and $87,660,524 a year ago. Four hundred and thir-, ty-seven banks and 25 branch banks are included in the summary. The in Mr. and Mrs. Key, of Bridgewater, spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. B. S. GaHher- was $25,575,099. Of the deposits re ported last November, $48,091,956 are subject, to check, $7,680,381 de mand certificates of deposits, $llf 464,354 time certificates of deposit and $19,874,981 savings deposits. r i J