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THIS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Volume XV Lenoir, N. C Tuesday. July 1, 1913 No. 68 a COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS ' Item From Our Regular Corre- poodenta and Neighboring County Paper. WATAUGA. Watauga Xe.) We are advised by officials of the Watauga and Yadkin River Riilroad Company that work will be resumed in earnest on construction of that road within the next thirty or sixty days, and that the recent partial sus pension of the work 1 was only temporary. All work on the railroadjhas not stopped howev er as the squad of thirty-three convtctvs now at work on Elk, and as soon as about one half taile of rough rock work can be finished the track will be laid from Elk ville to Darby, a dis tance of ten miles. Mr. Lee Orsborne, of Sugar Grove one of our best stock inen passed through town last Week en route to Maiden, Ca lawba county, where he expects to bring a load of stone ware Wck with him. He was carry ing with him nome of our de licious mountain cheese to sat isfy the watering mouths of the flood people below the moun tains. Our good women folks here in Watauga can make the "best cheese, on earth any way. Mr, Asa Watson was in town last week. He told us that he had hauled and sold to the Wa tauga and Yadkin River Rail road Company 8 tons' of hay. J There is the most hay in the stack over this county that we! have ever known. On a "visit to Cove Creek last week I noticed one yard-of haystacks with at least 12 in it. Watauga is ahead of Avery county In hay and corn if she has notjgot Mutt and Jeff. BUKKE. (Morganton Messenger.) That'wRs truly a horrible af fair which occurred near Drex- el ihursday atternoon when a little girl six years old was shot through the head and died as a result. She was a daughter of Robert Lefever. Immediately after the shooting she was brought to Grace Hospital but died soon after reaching this place. Itjseems that she and another.littlejsister went to the spring. While there Harry Jar- ett and Carl Williams came up Harry Jarrett had a 22 calibre pistol and it is said that the Williams boy told his companion to watch him shoot the little girl. He pulled the trigger and the childjtti Immortally wounded The two boys made for the woods andjthat night the Will iams boyjwas arrested and now rests in jail. He is nine years old. The Jarrett boy who is said to be half witted, 'is still at large and has Sense enough to evade arrest. He is 15 years old. It is truly a horrible affair Saturday Governor Craig in-anted a pardon to A. 8. Sefc- tlemyre, who was convicted be fore Judge Huffman, s few weeks airo and sentenced to the roads of Catawba county for damag ing jail property. It will be re membered that Settlemyre and three other young men were confined In jail here for an at tack on a citizen of Lower Fork township and while incarcerated they proceeded to break up ev erything in their reach. The wooden floor has been torn out of Sheriff Berry's office at the court house and is re Placed by a concrete floor. This - will last a little longer tnan trie , wooden one and will place our' NEW AUTOMOBILE LAWS. Many Important Chance Made by The Last Legi- lature. , The law regnlating automo biles was materially changed by the last Legislature, and be low we are giving a synopsis of the most important sections of it, in order that the public in general may know their rights as well as machine owners. There are about 9000 automo biles in the State at present, and in order that the public saf ety may be conserved, machines should be operated at all times with the utmost respect for the rights of the public. Every owner of a machine must file a brief description of it with the Secretary of State, and it must be registered with him. pires June the 30th and the li cense fee is $5 for 25 horsepow er or less, $7.50 from 25 to 40, and for over 40, $10. "Separate account of fees is kept by the State Treasurer, who shall as soon as practicable after July 1st of each year, pay to the treasurer of each county HO per cent of the gross revenue de rived from such county, such sum to be applied to the road fund to said county and to no other purpose. A display number is famished p eaoh owner of a car by the Secretary of State, and it must at all times be conspicuously displayed en the rear of the registered motor. The number must be so fastened as to be eas ily seen at all times. JNo per son shall operate a motor ve hicle upon the public highways, genial sheriff on a more solid foundation, if such a thing were possible. WILKES. (Wilkes Hustler.) Police T. G. Kilby and D. S. Lane got 'em one last night, Joe Black, formerly of Ashe, was arrested about 10 o'clock near the main bridge between the Wilkesboros with about 10 gallons of whiskey in 2 kegs, 1 gallon jug and quart bottle The trial will come up before Mayor E. B. Barkley this morn ing. A tine barn tilled with hay be longing to a Mr. T. J. Price about 8 miles north of Jefferson on Silas Creek, Crumpler rural route, was burned one day last week containing hay and other feed. A lot of hay recently pur chased by the Giant Lumber Company here in North Wilkes boro, and stored in the barn, had just been removed a day or two before. The loss is esti mated at $800. The fire origi nated from a stroke of light ning. Effort has been made in North Wilkesboro this week to estab lish a chair factory by Mr. R. W. Gwyn and others, with Mr. W. A. Shell, president ef the Lenoir Chair Manufacturing Company, who has been here this week. A most enterprising business would this bo for our people desirable in its attendant nature of work and workmen Heavy wind rain and hail Monday swept the county east of town a mile going from north southward. Trees were uproot ed near the Eudaily farm and the wind gushed into North Wilkesboro and the hail literal ly shredded the corn In fields norm oi town, ino nail fell in town. The storm passed about 2:80 in the afternoon. PROGRAM OF 9:00 a. m. Line for parade will begin forming on College Avenue in front of Davenport College. 9:45 Parade will move east to Mulberry street, North to East Main street, South to Harper Avenue, east to South Main St and thence to Public Square. 11:00 o clock Greasy Square. 1 1:20 o'clock Greasy Pig 11:30 o'clock Trick Dog Square. 11:45 o'clock 100 yard Dash on Public Square. 1 2:00 o'clock Motorcycle Race on College Avenue. 12:15 o'clock Slow Mule Race on College Avenue. 1 2:25 o'clock Bicycle Race on College Avenue. 12:30 to 1:30 Dinner. 1:30 p.m. Fireman's Demonstration and Tourna ment on Mulberry street. 2:00 p. m. Ball Game, Suffragettes vs Men, Kent- Wood Park. 3:00 p. m. Ball Game, Kentwood Park. 4:30 p. m. Awarding of Prizes for the day Public on Square. A list of prizes has already been published in The News. Remember that everybody. who is under 16 years of age, and no person shall operate a car when intoxicated- Adequate brakes and suitable and ade quate bell or horn are required. Two lighted lamps on the front and one on the rear must be displayed during the period from 1-2 hour after sunset to 1-2 hour before sunrise. A person operating a motor vehicle, shall on signal by raising the hand, from person, riding, leading or driving a horse, bring sufch mo tor vehicle immediately to a stop, and if traveling in the op posite direction, remain standing so long as may be reasonable to allow sach horse or animal to pass, and where animals are badly frightened the motor of the car must be stopped so long as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent any accident and in sure the safety of others, The speed rate must be reasonable and proper and in the residence portion of any city or town, the rate must not exoeed 15 miles, per hour. In business sections the speed limit is 10 miles per hour, and outside of the corpo rate limits of a town 25 miles. No person shall throw, place or deposit any glass or other sharp or cutting substances in or upon public highways. Any one violating any section of the act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A Serious Affray. Ed Oxford was seriously wounded oaturaay night in Hoffman and oon s meat mar ket by a butclier's steel hurled at him by Mr. James H. Clay. Oxford was drinking and used insulting language to Clay, and wnen asKeu,w iae n duck, re - 1 .1 J ? A. 1 1 peatcd his statement and drew a quart bottle nearly tilled wtoh whiskey, whereupon Clay threw the steel, which penetrated the beast of Oxford to the depth of several inches near the lungs. Oxford was carried to the Foot Hills Sanatorium, and will like ly recover if no complications set in. Clay was arrested and released on a $2500 bond. One of the mast distressing tilings connected with the affair, is the fact that Oxford's family is in needy circumstances and one of his children is seriously ill. It was reported to be dying" Sat urday night, but its condition has slightly improved. Get The News twico-a-week for$l EXERCISES Pole Climbing on Public Race on Public Square. Will Perform on Public Granite Falls vs Lenoir, every contest Is open to Death of Mr. Myre Etta. Mrs. Myra Estes died at the home of her brother, Mr. E. L. Estes, Saturday morning at 3 o'clock after an illness of sev eral months, Mrs. Estefe wai the wife of the late Monroe Es tes and was 81 years old a Ih'er death. She was a consistent member of the Rocky Springs Baptist church, and lived a de voted ch'ristianilife. She s sur vived by two brothers, Mr. E. L. testes of ColletfcsvUfe iad Mr. Larkin Estes of Ogdeh, Kah The remains were laid to restTn the family burying ground, near Colletts ville, Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Bootblack Strike. New York, June, 22. More Mian 10,000 bootblacks fn and around this city laid down their brushes at 3 o'clock this after noon. After that hour a "shine" was unobtainable. It was the first official act of the newly organized bootblacks' union. The bootblacks explained that they were prompted in fixing an early closing hour on Sun day atternoon because it was the only opportunity of the week for them to have a few hours' recreation. Little River Newt. It seems that there has not yet been any overseers and supervisors appointed, as there has not been any improvements made on our roads except Mr, Hill Miller has done a slight amount of work on his road. And some one has thrown a bunch of leaves and broom straw in a couple ot mud holes near lMr John Austin's There are holes on the Lenoir Creek road tlvat a wagon almost turns over in. There is one bad place near Mr. Sid Deal's farm that you hare to hold a wagon to keep it from turning over. The road from Mr. Smith Steele's to the Wilkesboro road is in a terrible condition. The bridge near Mr. M. Deal's mill hasn't been fixed yet, and the road from Mr. Deal's lo Avery Cobb's is not tit to ride over. I hope the ieople will take warning and work out their roads before Court Yours for good roads, A. T. Pokch. tarSubacribe for The News $1. GETTYSBURG REUNION. The Heroes of Meade and Lee Again Meet, But Not as Foes. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1. Forty thousand old veterans of the war between the North and South are encamed on the field here, the scene of the greatest battle of the Civil War. The old men are survivors of the armies that opposed each other fifty years ago in that bloody struggle, out they meet as friends and comrades, now, not as foes, of the fiftieth anniver sary of that mighty engage ment. They have lived long enough to forget past bitterness. and to remember only the cour age and the soldierly qualities that made Gettysburg one of the greatest Wattles of the world's history. The reunion will last through out neat Friday. Today is known as Veterans' Day, toinor row will be Military Day. Thurs day as Civic Day, and Friday, of course, as National Day. llie outskirts of the great bat tlefield look like a tented village. Under the regulations being en forced, the State of Pennsyl vania and the government are furnishing entertainment to vet erans only, and no old soldier Is permitted to quarter any member of his family ip the camps. Immediately adjoining the camp is a great tent for reun ions and herein will occur all the exercises, excepting the mfTTCary parade and fireworks. The reunion has drawn hundreds of thousands of people from ev ery state in the Union to Get tysburg and among the visitors during the next four days will be President Wilson and all of the members of his cabinet. The President and Mrs. Wil son and Governor Tener and Mrs. Tener will be the guests of President and Mrs. William An thony Granville, of the Penn sylvania College at Gettysburg Several of the buildings of this institution were used as hospi tals during the great battle. Leases of land covering 249 acres have been closed. In tents on the campus are housed the governors of the various states with their staffs. One of the most interesting of the veterans present on the bat tlefield is Colonel Charles Bur rows, of New Jersey, who is completely blind. The tented villages in which the veterans of the armies of Lee and Meade will live are on the government reservation, but on contigious tracts of private land rented for the period of the reunion. These camps com prise an area ot iyj acres, on which, besides the tents that house the veterans, there are 87 field hospital and infirmary tents, 30 bakery tents, and num erous kitchen and storage tents, me camps aione represent a monetary outlay, exclusive of grund rental, of about $253 425. The equipment of the sleeping ' tents for veterans includes 41, ; 1)40 cots, 40,000 blankets, 10,000 I wash basins, 11,350 candle burn ! ing lanterns, 60,000 wax ean- dies, b,000 galvanized iron drink ing water buckets. The total j weight of this equipment is 1, ,342,007 pounds, and the tota! value about $226,000. The haul ing of the ton tape and equip ment, together with the bag gage of the veterans, to the camp will entail an additiona expenditure of about $16,000, The kiteheu outfits weigh 135, NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and Rational Affairs in Condensed Form. Shrmers to the number of 000 met in convention at Wrights ville Beach, last Thursday. Peyton Thomas, a negro about 21 years old was killed by a pas senger train near North Wilkes boro last Thursday. Dorsey Walls, 1 year old son of Deputy Sheriff Walls, of Apex committed suicide Wednes day night about 12 o'clock by blowing his brains out with a pistol. Lester Current, a young mar ried man of Cool Spring town ship, Iredell county has been committed to jail at States ville on the charge of burning the barn of Mr. W. A. Murdock a prosperous fanner of the same township. Former Lieutenant Governor R. A. Doughton, has been ill fct his home in Sparta for a week, and shows no signs of improve ment. His illness prevents his presence at the meeting of the Constitutional Committee of the Legislature at Morehead City. On Friday, President Wilson sent in the following nomina tions of North Carolina post masters: S. P. Wilson, Fair mont; John V. Johnson, Farm yille; Fialey T. Croom, Burgaw; F. L. Williamson, Burlington; Samuel V. Scott, Sanford; C. L. Harris, Thomas ville. 644 pounds and the weight ctf ' the army rations that the old veterans of Gettysburg are ex pected to consume in the four days is about 1,000,000 pounds. More than 40,000 mess kits Will be necessary, and this means 40,000 enameled plates and an equal number of knives, forks, tablesioons, teaspoons and cups. The commissary department of the camp consists of one chief commissary, ten commissary sergeants, four commissary clerks, 1000 cooks and cooks' helpers, and 130 bakers. Gen. Sharpe. commissary general of the army, has figured that the cost of the, four days' rations will be $51,663; the wages of cooks, helpers, and bakers, $27, 930. while the mess kits will add to this total about $10,0d6. Add to this $534 for one field bakery, $1084 for 400 army rang es, and trie railroad lares of the commissary force, and the total cost of the commissary equip ment and service amounts to $112,109. In-order to provide an ade quate water supply, the govern ment has expended at the Get tysburg camp about $44,000. The lighting of the streets of the tented camps will cost about $6,000, while the rakes, spades, brooms, garbage cans, and oth er utensils needed in the prop er sanitation of the camp will add still another item of about $1,500. In charge of this great work pf caring for the 40,000 vete rans of the War is Major James E. Normoyle, the "Major Jim my" of the Mississippi Valley and Day ton floods, the man who directed tW relief of the suffer ers in those great deluges, and who was, as well, the controll ing figure in the great Mexican border mobilisation of March, 1911, of whom it is said: "He can do more work with less sleep, and always good-bumoredly, than any other man that ever: left West Point." . ! '1 ' Si
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