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Volume XV Lenoir, N. C. Friday, January 31, 1913 No. 25
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS , WOMEN SHOULD NOT VOTE CAROLINA N-W. RAILWAY. THE DEBATING CONTEST, t NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. ' SOME AUTOMOBILE LAWS.
Reader Sends us The Following
Important Line, Some Facts The Lenoir Schools to be Repre- Interesting Reading Matter of New York State Passes Laws
in Reply to Our Re
cent Article.
Taken From an Article in
Hickory Democrat.
sented in the Debating
Contests in Feb.
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
Protecting the Public
Against Accidents.
Items From Our Regular Corres
pondents and Neighboring
County Papers.
KINGS CHEEK.
Nothing of interest to com
ment on in our little town only
mud. The roads are simply aw
ful. Mr. J. H. Harlow has just put
up a corn mill near his home.
Very convenient to the people.
Rev. J. (J. Benfield tilled his
regular appointment at this
p. ace Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Frenis Coffey is a very
successful trapper. He has re
alized something near $4. (JO
wortli of muskrat hides in a few
weeks. He is expecting to land
a very large oixjssum soon.
We understand that Mr. Geo.
Parsons, of near Meadow Hill,
committed suicide last Friday
night by shooting himself. We
haven't learned the cause.
We are glad to see the Kelsy
items grace the columns of The
News so often.
The people of our community
are enjoying the best of health.
Hope it Avill c ontinue.
Some unknown ierson tried
to play a trick on Mr. Chas.
Crotts last night by calling him
out after the family had retired.
Mr. Crotts came out but no re
sponce. No sooner than he had
entered the house the same was
repeated. This time Mr. Crotts
took his gun with him and tired
on them. He says they just
touched the high place and oc
casionally a mud hole. Just
served them right.
Mr. and Mrs. Game Beach
were visitors on Kings Creek
Saturday and Sunday.
1 he school is progressing
nicely at this place. X. Y. Z.
Jan. -27th, 19K1.
BOONK.
The school building for the
primary school in the Boone
district is being completed in
the west end of the district
This school is near the residence
of the late Maj. II.. Bingham
and should go by the name
which he gave this section--"Scouffieville".
Reverends J. H. Farthing, J.
M. Payne, and L. C. Miller
closed on Sunday a series of
meetings at Three Forks.
Rev. J. M. Downum tilled the
annointments of Rev. Mr. Jones
at Honewell and Blackburn
Chapel on Sunday.
Hon. F. A. Linney has just
returned from Wilkes Cdurt
He says that there are 800 men
workintr on the Watauga Rail
road and that Maj. Landon, the
chief Engineer, says that he
aims to get to Cook s Gap in
time to get the Watauga Bonds
The first Quarterly Meeting
of the Boone circuit will be held
at Rutherwood next Saturday
and Sunday. Rev. M. H. Vestal
will preach and preside at the
Conference.
Mr. G. II. Blair & Son niaini
factured this season 150 barrels
of kraut. They will make '20
barrels more.
The macadam drive in front
of the School buildings at the
Applachian Training School is
a great success and has already
been worth much.
Mr. Calvin Long who lives
one mile west of town has sold
his farm to Mr. K. G. Gragg.
A series of debates havo been
arranged between the Appala
chian Training School. Marion
High School , and Cullowhee
Normal. The first debate mi
come off Fobruary 21. A. M,
The following is a copy of a
etter addressed to the New
York Herald's Woman's Suff
rage Competition and was writ
ten by a young woman of Green
ville who is a firm believer in
woman's rights, but scorns the
idea of a "womanly woman go
ing to the polls to cast her vote
or seek some political position:"
Greenville, S. C. Jan. 16, 1913.
The Herald's Woman's Suffrage
Competition New York Herald,
Herald Square, New York City,
N. Y.,
My dear fellow competitors.
As you will see from the head
ing of my letter I am a southern
er and Old South Carolina is
my native state. I am a firm
believer in women's rights with
in her own sphere, but in my
opinion her sphere does not ex
tend to the political arena of
state and government, nor do I
believe she should lead a suff
ragette party into agitations of
political questions, by public
orations. iNotthat 1 undervalue
the comparative sense of wom
en, except that I cannot think
that women as a class are endow
ed with the same senses of dis
crimination on all matters as
men. Many women are grand
exceptions to this rule; but pub
lic Hlitical suffragettes in my
opinion who undertake to trans
cend their natural sphere, do so
at the risk of losing their real
rights, consisting of higher bet
ter and more sacred things than
politics. A pure modest wom
an is the grandest, noblest and
gentlest of all of God's creations.
Her mission in life is greater
and of more importance than
that of a crowned monarch of
the world. Her reign is in the!
home, where she sheds the sun
shine of love and happiness
After long weary hours of ob
stinate debate over some ques
tion of vital imortanee to our
country, the uncertain politician
seeks rest, not by shutting him
self within the four walls of his
study to think over the events
of his busy day, but when he
reaches home he finds a sweet
faced wife to welcome and cheer
him witli her sunny smiles lov
ing words, sympathetic heart
and intelligently agreeable' mind
She is a firm believer in woman's
rights, but would scorn the idea
of a womanly woman going to
the polls to cast her vote or
seek some political position.
I long to further the cause of
woman's rights. I want to see
her loved and respected by man.
I wish bur American woman
would forsake the political field
and stand up for her own rights;
the right to love and be loved;
the right to inspire others with
higher and nobler deeds; the
right to make home happy; to
make, life worth living. She
was not made to toil as a slave.
She is a sacred being with a ho
ly mission; too sacred and holy
to be wasted in a political field.
(Miss) Iva B. Ham,.
(The foregoing is alright from
one view point and as far as it
goes, but one of the main rea
sons why women should vote
is that they may purify and
raise politics above the low
trade and trafficing plane to
which they havo descended.
Wo believe she can do this to a
large extent without sacrificing
any of her womanly virtues and
refining influences. News.)
The Carolina & North -Western
Railway now has a milage of
13j miles," with over 40 towns j
and villages. .The C. & N.-W. J
Railroad has within two months i bates with Hickory and Morgan
purchased two modern freight ; ton Feb. '21, 1913. Miss. Carrie
engines, and are now having j Goforth and Reece Crisp will
built two more mogul freight1
and two large passenger locomo
tives, all at a total cost of $75,
000. There are over 500 employ
es on the pay roll, and the ofti -cials
have just moved into spa
cious offices in the Pryor build
ing opposite the Chester town
hall.
It requires 4j office employes
to handle the increasing busi
ness of the C. & N.-W. Railroad
the headquarters of which have
been iu Chester, for over 2f
years.
The C. & N.-W. has inaugu
rated a package car service from
Charlotte via Gaston ia north,
from Lenoir south via Gastonia
to Charlotte daily. On connec
tion with the Piedmont Northern
it also oierates package cars tri
weekly from Charlotte to Chester
and intermediate ioints via Gas
tonia. This enables the patrons
of the C. & N.-W. to get goods
the same day ordered. Passen
ger trains cqxrating double dai
ly, which makes connections
with Piedmont lines via Gaston
ia, giving passengers from C. A
N.-W. line the opiortunity to
spend several.liours in Charlotte
and return the same day. The
C. A N.-W. is making prepara
tions for a heavy Summer tour
ist travel and indications are for
a good season, as they make
close connection at all junction
points with trunk line trains to
all iK)ints North, South. East,
and West.
There are Tm cotton mills on
the C. & N.-W. Railroad (17 in
Gastonia); four cotton seed oil
mills; five knitting mills. Len
oir's six furniture and two chair
factories ship out 2r cars of tin
ished goods jxr week. Morti
mer ships out r2,000,000 feet of
lumber per annum. Between
Hickory and Edgemont, ;0,(XX),
(XX) feet of lumber are annually
shipped away over the C. & N.
W. Railroad. Hickory has the
most diversified industries of
any town on this railroad.
In 1892 the,C. & N.-W. had
only seven miles of side tracks
which took care of all the busi
ness at that time. Now it has
over 22 miles of sidings and
more are needed for increasing
traffic.
Gen. Dan E. Sickels, the Fed
eral hero of Gettysburg, is in
great financial straits in New
York. He has held the position
of disbursing officer of the state
monument funds and was found
short in his accounts about $23,-
000, and litigation has been
started against him. His friends
are coming to his rescue, how
ever, Governor Sulzer heading
a subscription list with $100. aud
it is likely the shortage will be
made up in a little time. Mrs.
Gen. Longstreet, telegraphed
Gen. Sickles, that she would
raise the money among the Con
federate Veterans if need be,
before he should be humiliated
over the matter. The General
is now 92 years old.
Perhaps that Georgia woman
who wants to send a baby by
parcel post desires to put the
stork out of business.
In a spirited preliminary con-1
test at the graded school the I
following pupils were chosen to;
represent the school in its de-
uphold Lenoir's affirmative
Lenoir against Morganton, while
Iee Sixmcer and Cloyd Hartley
will uphold Lenoir's negative
in Hickory. Clyde Suddreth
and Harjld Corjxming, both
having excellent debates in the
contest, were appointed Ienoir's
secretaries of the two debates.
It will le remembered that
Hickory, Morganton and Lenoir
constitute one triangle of the de
bating union recently organized
by the University. Already
ninety eight of the leading high
schools of the State have joined
this union and much interest is
being manifested in the subject
for debate which is: Resolved,
That the Constitution of North
Carolina should be so amended
is to allow women to vote under
the same qualifications as men.
The regulations of the union
require each school to have two
teams, the affirmative debating
at home and the negative at
one of the two schools in its
triangle, and that every debate
in the union shall be held on
Fel). 21.
Should any school m any tri
angle win both of its debates,
the union provides for the en
tertainment of its four debaters
at the University where they
will contest for State honors on
Mar. 7. 1913. The winners in
this final contest will have their
names placed upon the Avccxk
Memorial Cup.
Under the agreement entennl
into by the superintendents of
the Hickory, Morganton and
Ienoir schools each school will
pay all necessary exjxMises of
the representatives of the visit
ing school. To defray this ex
ixmse it was further agreed that
a small and uniform admission
fee should be charged at each of
the three schools.
Caldwell Medical Society.
The Caldwell Medical Society
met in annual session Wednes
day in the office of the Foot
Hills Sanatorium. The follow
ing officers were elected for the
year: Dr. A. B. Goodman, Pes
ident; L. H. Coffey, Vice-President;
Dr. C. B. McNairy, Secre
tary and Treasurer; and Dr. A.
A. Kent, delegate to the State
Medical Association; and Dr. M.
T. Hickman, alternate.
The Society decided on a
slight change in fees $1.50 for
days visits within corporation,
$1.00 extra for night visits. For
the country, "0 cents per mile
for day visits and double for
night visits.
Subjects of importance both
to people and their profession
were ably discussed, when they
were invited to the home of Dr.
McNairy, where they were
handsomely and lavishly enter
tained at a banquet given by our
good Dr. McNairy and his wife.
Fortunate indeed were those of
us who could be there for a
moro delightful entertainment
we never attended.
We generally rush things
when the grade is downhill.
Where women give way to a
flood of tears, man proceeds to
put up a few strong dams.
The Stewart Divorce bill mak
ing five years separation, legal
cause for divorce has passed the
house of representatives of the
legislature.
A man named George Parsons,
of Wilkes, committed, suicide
self. He was about ." years of
age and weak-minded.
Mr. .). H. Coffey, of Gastonia.
who at one time lived in Inoir,
has invented a new kind of bug
gy shaft that the Gastonia Ga
zette thinks is a valuable patent.
Among the bills recently rati
fied by the Legislature is one to
amend the charter of the Watau
ga Railway company, so as to
allow it to become an extension
of the Virginia Carolina rail
road. N. B. McDevett has been ap
ix)inted clerk of the Superior
court of Madison county, to sue
ceed the late clerk. W. H. Hen
derson, who died recently. Mc
Devett is the first Democratic
clerk the county has ever had
and was appointed bv Judge
Frank Carter, of Asheville.
Raleigh. Jan. 29. Executive
committee of .North Carolina
Bankers association, in session
here today selected Asheville
as place of next meeting some
time between July 1 and 20.
President L. S. Covington and
Secretary W. A. Hunt will de
cide th exact date.
Boliva county Mississippi is
nearly covered by water from
the overflowing Mississippi riv
er and the towns of Beulah, Be
noit and Rosedale partly inunda
ted. There has been no loss of
life reported and the stock has
generally been taken to point of
safety. New Madrid Missouri
is also partly under water.
There are l-l(X) apixVmtments
made by President Taft ixmding
before the United States Senate.
The Republicans want to take
up and confirm the apK)intments
and the Democrats tight against
it and prevent it. Thus the time
of the body is frittered away
over ixditical matters instead of
being used for the needed legi
lation of the country.
Among the Senators re elect
ed to the United States Senate
Tuesday are, Benjamin Tillman,
of South Carolina; A. B. Fall, of
New Mexico; and F. E. Warren,
of Wyoming. The new Senators
are, W. H. Thompson, of Kan
sas; William Hughes, of New-
Jersey; W. M. Kavanaugh, of
Arkansas; Morris Sheppard, of
Texas; and Key Pitman, of Ne
yada. All of the above named
are Democrats, except Fall and
Warren.
North Carolina sent out of the
State last year more than 22
million dollars for hay, corn and
feedstuffs, all of which might
have been produced at home
without clearing an additional
acre of land. We need capital
in North Carolina and borrowers
are paying seven and eight ier
cent for money with which to
push enterprises which mean
the growth of the State. And
yet we are not wise enough to
raise our hay and grain at home
and keep the money here for de
veloping our resource.
Chronicle.
It is wonderful how many
j things a girl can find to laugh
at when she has pretty teeth.
New York State has passed a
law providing a fine of ?100 and
six months in jail for intoxicated
persons who drive motor cars
on public streets or highways
and protecting the public in oth
er ways against the irresponsi
ble automobilist. A similar law
is being considered by legislators
in other Suites and it will no
doubt be as warmly welcomed
by sane automobile owners a
by the public at large.
And speaking of automobile
laws. North Carolina is in need
of one that will protect the pub
lie, will not work a hardship on
tuitoaiobilists and will be reason
able enough to be enforced.
Massachusetts has the best snvd
law in the country and it lias no
speed limit at all. It provides
a heavy penalty for "'reckless
driving," and the officer making
the arrest and the court are the
judges of what constitutes reck
lessness. A speed of 10 miles
an hour is not reckless on a
good road in the rural sections
with no teams to be disturbed
and no pedestrians to be endan
gered. A speed of 20 miles an
hour on unobstructed and quiet
city streets is not excessive, but
10 miles an hour with an aggres
sive and reckless chauffeur in a
crowded street would be danger
ous. It is not so much the speed
that is dangerous but the circum
stances under which any given
speed is made. Therefore it is
the recklessness and not the
sHed that the law would do a-
way with ami which endangers
the public. A sxed limit of 20
miles an hour for the State is
ridiculous, just as is the lower
limit for the city, and what is
the use of having a law that is
not and cannot be enforced?
What North Carolina needs is
a law that will severely penalize
reckless driving, the driving of
a car by a jx-rson who is under
the influence of liquor and a law
requiring examinations for
chauffeurs before they are given
license to drive a car. Entirely
too many children are driving
cars for the safety of the other
people who are using the streets
There is no objection to a
reasonable tax on automobiles,
graded according to the power
and weight of the car, the tax
going to the road fund of the
county in which the car is locat
ed or to a general road fund of
the State.
E. C. Duncan Want A. &N. C. Railroad
Raleigh. Jan. 29. E. C. Dun
can, president of the Merchants'
National Bank of this city, a
director of the Norfolk Southern
Railroad, and one of the receiv
ers of the Seaboard Air Line
before its reorganization, sub
mitted to Governor Craig today
a proposition to purchase the
22,tit')b shares, controlling inter
est, in the Atlantic it North
Carolina Railroad owned by the
State, his offer being to pay the
State $949,950 cash for the $1,
2tHUKX) par value stock the
State owns. It is understood
that Governor Craig will trans
mit this otter to the General As
sembly tomorrow in a special
message, recommending that
the proixjsition be accepted.
.When the police raid a bucket
shop the proprietors look "pail"
A man who has a crying wo
man for a wife is usuauy auatd
ot the damp.
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