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r? o THIS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND. FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Volume XV Lenoir N. C; Tuesday, July 8, 1913 No. 70 a THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. The Day Was an Ideal One and was Greatly Enjoyed by the Large Crowds. Featured by many amusing and enjoyable attractions, and ideal weather, the Fourth of July celebration in Lenoir was a grand success, surpassing in at tendance anything that has ever been witnessed in this section of the State. Early risers on Fri day morning were rather dis couraged with the weather con ditions, but soon the heavy clouds dispersed and the sun was only obscured by gray glimmerings, which protected the immense throng during the day from the intense rays. The people began to pour into town early in the morning by wagons, buggies and automo biles, and the 7 o'clock train from Edgemont brought appar- ly held the blackberries for the NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION. Dies. " i The f Price-Cline Harness I & Tanning Company had a most Interesting Reading Matter of tvery Enlisted Man Over I he uninue ftrrancementa of collars. Local and National Affairs Broad rield turned at the and the Lenoir Feed store had in Condensed Form. Salute and Faced Flag. a sDlendid disDlav of their feed nrndnnu Thp chair of the "axeman, a wen Known uettysourg, ra., Juiy 4. ine Lenoir Chair TAR HEELS SICK. (Parker R. Anderson. Gettysburg, Pa., July 3. A gloom was cast over the North Carolina camp tonight when General Carr announced "that Maj. W. A. Guthrie, f Durham, COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS Items From Our Regular Corres pondents and Neighboring County Papers. WATAUGA. 'Watauga Xes.) R. J. Clark, marble salesman Manufacturing boatman of Elizabeth City, was United States regular army paid was ver sick and that he had Co. were attractively arranged drowned near that place Friday, tribute today to the thousands been token to the government and comfortably looking, receiv- "c f "uu"u "'h uucl w hospital on the field. Three 0f Lenoir representing Mitr ing much: favorable comment. W,MI wireu W1U w,wur,i' aumeM,en: uuwu other Tar Heel veterans were Reins Co. was here Monday on J. E, Shell, druggist, and G. W. occurrea. m ioe near oi ine wnieu cuy a stricken today and taken to hos- his wav to Lenoir. He b is been n . . .1 . . I nnffla ronrr nut in cilvar nw(ct I ... mi -r i I ... Uioertf, bod, dealers in meats Tbesixtb annual convention " puais. iney are J. m. fliiicueii, selling marble for his company and groceries, both had attrac- of the North Carolina Architect cal1, that wandered over the of statesville; J. E. Singleton, 0n this trip as usual he has been tl?e floats. The float of the association was held in.Wilming- ueiu wuere ,JW a,m 1Ylt;lu,i mauc of West- Durham; and Robert raking in the orders. Heputa Bank of Lenoir was well gotten ton Friday. Durham was ' se- mstory' ine D1K na Deiore Pitt, of Pine Knob. With the fine monument to the irrave of the headquarters or general PTontinn nt Mumr finthri ci, i?Qo up and was representative Friday, Durham was se- of I lected as the place for the mid- that enterprising bank No event of the day was more enjoyed than the climbing of the greasy pole. much headway could be made but the boys were game and winter meeting in December. Liggett, flashing in sudden curves of red. white and blue. A bolt of lightning struck the lorion m the sunshine of J '''eiie"ire xuurmm, half ay down the shaft. In noon, damaging, the building -t nt tho w. none of the others are in a seri ous condition and will probably leave the hospital tomorrow. Major Guthrie is having every attention possible. Dr. W. EI ently the whole population of citing, the pig being caught be . U . . t Ik V t ; n f V lAta 1 . . . - Mitto wwu, morwuici, vuirciw fore ne could tret a good run- ville and other places along the nng start There were many ShOUlderS I liVfnK ir. nK.mn r1 Vn o r-mrr anmAvha.t n.nrl rtntt.incr t.h c.itv I , ... ' 0 finally little Qulncv Drum, some , - squared, ngure trim in summer medical corps, and a native of 1 iu uai blutxvj mat uiuu iui sct is years oia, reacnea ine wp amid much applause. The greasy Dig race was not so ex- tnree Mr. Dick Horton passed through town Saturday alter noon with his bride of ooe wwk, Mr. Horton informs us that last week that he opened the largest jewelry store in Pennsylvania. At this opening be had not less than pne thousand visitors. Dick and bis bride were aecom- nniform of white, face toward r.i h ....... "i6"f """"6 K1 """M me uK Kcui c uurnam man. ur. r itcn loia Five persons were killed and together and stood at attention, the Daily News , correspondent ' ; . n . that gwtfm ree injured Friday night, Somewhere the guns of the tonight that Major Guthrie was P, a w" when the Scranton Flyer on the thirty battery burst in staccato ft Tery sick man,, but that he ,.ivl.," -hVhlrLU car. , Mrs. Ed. Hodges got a severe fnuadeipnia and iteading lean- salute. Kvery omcer over tne hoped to pull him through. road. The special train from to enter this contest, among the road 8tructt a waon containing length and the breadtn ot tne A pathetic scene was enacted Hickory was an hour and a hall number beimr Mr. Bob Holsclaw. a Pcnic party, at a railroad wide held, every enlisted man t General Carr's headquarters late in reaching Lenoir, owing who declares that the pig did crossing near Quakertown, Pa. turned away from the duties of Uhen Miss Nannie Randolph DI a norse Saturday uiurn- the immense crowd coming nnt fffit a sonarw dflal. Rfilow u u , I moment and faced the flag, heels Heath, daughter of General in but rt was not 8enoas' al . . (,,-K HiUt utmu UJUIIIIKUUKU UU I .. . I 1.. ... . together, heads up and eyes Heath, who was killed here, held tnougn it could nave, Deen sen- board Air Line from Hamlet ? ligbt with the timent of the a reception fpr the old veterans ous. nour. who fonirht under the beloved As the last gun of the 48 sent w,.h nrn,a aHir DEADLY SEMAPHORE. I 11V. VII VIM WAftUW WAV mj wie iiiimeusK; wuiiur i not ef t a snrrnrv an& . llAinw vtr i. i i j D I I ITUIH I1US UWU WLUIUeUUfU UU from that point, uramte r ans, we give a full list of the prizes the double tracking of the Sea oaw wins ana nuusun. mere ftn(i the name of the winners: was not standing room on the Best Representative Float, $10LA.i RaiQih train, but everybody was happy pt Hills Sanatorium. since it was the fourth of July. Climbing the greasy pole. $3;Lu. Kiat taA.v.n.h. theechoes clattering about Cem- With the tears in her eyes and i ne rauroao. omciais say iui muincy Drum. The first con- distance of 12 1 (The Observer.) Catching the greasy pig, as prize; Vance Keller. 100 yards dash, 1st prize Shelton Pennf 2nd tied, Farthing and E. W. Clay, they handled 3,000 people be tween Edgemont and Hickory. Conservative estimates of the crowd in Lenoir on that day, place it at ten thousand. The first big event of the day each was the parade, whicn lormed Best clown, $3; Smith. on uouege Avenue a w:ou Best decorated pony buggy, o'clock. There was only one $2.50: Miss Dell Bernhardt band in the parade, and not two S4ow mule race, $2.50; Miss as was expected by everybody, LoU Sudderth on accouni oi tne ooys irum Kicvcle race, 'J.5U; Dave Hickory not reaching here in Farthing 'Construction Company of Roan oke, Va. time. The line of march, head ed by Chief Marshal Poe and the band, was begun at 10 o'clock. Next came the floats race, $4; J. R. Motorcycle Willetts. The first event of the after noon was the firemen's demon . . . , i- i . and they were truiy a worn oi stration. This took place on art and beauty. Never has a Mulberry street, and some clev- more brilliant and artistic dls- er work was done by our local nlnv Wn made in this Section firo rlonartmont. Tht hall trutrifl Ml8. f 7 ww- VMIV UW. wu.s etery Kidge and Konnd Top, hardly able to control her voice, Albemarle, June 30. Spencer v there was solemn silence, the Miss Heath thanked the veto- Watkins, the 20-jear-old mhi of hush of peace. Old veterans 8 fot attending the reunion I Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Watkina of $2, i ne convention or tne iNortti who did not realize, pernaps, ex- the reception today. this place, was electrocuted Dy Ed Carolina Bar Association, which actly what was going on, stood Tonight General Carr, with the rungs of the iron ladder to convened at Asheville on WedV silent under the spell oftheun-5oo North Carolina veterans,! the semaphore at the SouUiera nesday, adjourned Friday, iversal feeling that seemed to and an equal number of Union! depot just before noon tuaay Thomas S. Rollins was chosen sweep the field. Even the clat- soldiers marching side by side while he was attempting to president in place of Judge J. ter of pots and pans in the mess End headed by the United States climb the ladder to set a signal S. Manning, and Thomas W. tents w,as hushed and the yells infantry band, visited the head- for an incoming passenger train. Davis was re-elected secretary, of cooks abo,ut to dish up the Quarters of each Union state A freight had pulled into the midday meal lowered to whis-1 represented. I station and the semaphore re- pe rs. For five minutes the Gen. Bennett H. Young, of (fused to work, Mr. Watkius camp was quiet. Then the bug- Louisville, commander-in-chief started to climb the lackier to le spoke again in notes more 0f the Confederate veterans, find out what the trouble was, joyous, me sn Ken nag leapea caiied on General Carr and staff but received a severe snocic up the staff to its very pinnacle and in the course of his speech when he had taken hold of uia and the noises that 40,000 men e wa3 con vinced from what rungs can make, resumed their sway ne had heard here this week Immediately calling for l elp, the regular army's tribute to the dead and the flag of a re- W.' F. Prince of Wake united nation was paid. A barn belonging Little, a prosperous Catawba county was lightning Thursday destroyed with all its to C. S. farmer of struck by night and contents. Two horses, two cows, a new buggy, wheat and roughness, farming tools all went up in I CHEEKED LUSTILY. few minutes before that the North Carolina motto, he was seized by lapt. u. a. "First at Bethel, furtherest at Whitworth, who was sULumg Gettysburg and last at Appo- near, and the conductor oi tue mattox," was true. ' freight train. These two men n a niaimoH that' h himself reached him about the stiue oi me owiie. me "ou vug io- oetween uraniiie r ans ano u- c""'u president presented the modern Inden- noir at IKentwood Park was a her husband Thursday night, pendence Day as contrasted with splendid contest and went for who was examining a pistol, President Wilson had spoken in wa3 half Tar Heel and paid a time and when they laid hauas. tii, nrnirnn xraa . - - i : t ii.. i -t I wjhifh urnja HirharcraH t.hft hill. I I i : t:u..n i.. v, nf nn him vpru tliAtnsel VMS." WlUH'.lf- i4i). i ne mi nc natsvu """iinn mainys. lu uik t-ai ij jmii o tho hii? tent to the veterans in Kwu8 miuuwt vu mo i - filled with a bevy of beautiful Qf the game Granite took the let taking effect in the wife s , nnl. short the North Carolina troops 1 . .1 I . . . . I I i. t?W 1 4. iU - I ... . and sweet gins, ana aespiie me neftd by scoring four runs but w "u time afterward thousands of spirit of 76 one could not help this was overcome by the locals hospital at Kaieign and is m a L who left bfegaa their prep but being thanKlui ior me joys in the eight and the game ended serious cunuiuuu. arations for deDarture i Johnny P. Smith is dead at The President came into Get and pleasures of 1913. The Fire- hn the 10th when Squires scored i 11 I .... . men were next in ine une oi on a passed ball. There was Darade. and our company and gome auibblinsr over the last equipment showed up to much run but the game evidently be advantage. The following firms lonjred to Lenoir since there had business floats: Lenoir were men on second and third Chair Manufacturing Co., Bern- with no one out Salisbury as a result of a de- tysburg shortly before 11 o clock layed dynamite blast at a quar- from Baltimore. Through the ry at Granite Quarry. The boy narrow, crooked streets of this went to his work after it was war-famed country town he mo- ed down by a shock. Ti e young Many of the North Carolina man was removed irom me iaa- veterans left town tonight, and bv tomorrow only a few will be left. She was taken to the ri ma a t rnru'a tci i iiiiuwuiuiu 1 1 1 i w-j - der and carried into the station, where he died within a few minutes. Captain W hitworth was affected considerably, also. It is not known bow tue sema phore became charged, but it is thought that one of the electric wires running to the top of the signal pole came in contact with the ladder. Mr. Watkins was a member of one of the most prominent fam ilies of Albemarle, a bright and Rub Swell Nana. Th Observer. Kinston, June 30. Every thought all the explosions of toredout to camp with Cover- stream in this section of the rivnnmito harl Kred. One was nor Tener. of Pennsylvania, and Rtn.fr ia wr11pn from th rains hardt Seagle Co., three, Price- Many of the stores of the town : , fiHn .d he Renrespatative Palmer, of Penn- rtf Ust wk The dotal nreciD- Cline Harness & Tanning Co., were most attractively decorated was badly injured, dying later sylvania, by his side. His ap- itation during the past seven Lenoir Miiis, iuu.r r u DWJ c, ior we aay, ana in wieir ooiiuay, from hig wounds. pearance at the station of Get- days was over three inches, and J. Hi. hheli, loers maraes attire presented a lovely appear- tvsburr was the shraal for a tha rivr and creeks are risinir Tiank of Unoir, Lenoir Manu-Unce. Perhaps the- prettiest The Tenth annual convention I. n, trnm BnmoafhoroL..u1:.K (k 'i industrious young man. He . . . r tta-Ij i 1 1 t r 2- Inf fho Nnrfr.h HATYilina Rural I J I vac wnrlrini fnr thft ra.il mad uui...fs 1 1 , . , down in ine Ajenysourg couege upstate. The weuse at tnisi ., , . , , no . Princess Theatre, and mere tbe Shuford home iu the north- earners ftsswmuuu wuireu ,a f.Q ofj(NmaM? 91 . , - ,lJ)uiw'"'j. " ww.,---- 1 1 1 ki uuuua iauio vuu vwawuiuu mi iri i i, n ni- r-i iu iny auu v r: uiir; 1 am likfllv others that we have em Dart of town. . In Wilmington on Thursday! I' , ' . turned to college this It all. overlooked. The Boys' Corn Club had a spleDdid float and Maud What deserve much commendation for I made you buy displaying their club to such ad- stamps? vantage. The prize for the best Ethel Why, in more In Wi1minn4yri en Thill-art rt I " t I . , , , salute, r rom ine siauon 10 ine normal stage, w hue there is morning ana remainea in Bession ... . , . lvWI , .. T1 !J l ... , . . ana gray roaas ine r-resiuwui, now, it is iearea inai anotner was driven, while the Pennsyl- heavy rain would put the stream vania constabulary, looking 0ut of its banks. business-like, and efficient in the world u Friay nnon- About Dostaire I delegates were in attendance. Charlotte was selected as the their slate-like gray uniforms, w,th men in Confederate gray them more than ever. I went into the Place for the semiannual con representative flloat was won by I drug store to get some face pow mention next year. the Foot rims sanatorium. Mer. and who should be there Carl Putman. a white youth, guarded his automobile and kept and a few in blue, with women This float consisted oi an me but Jack. Boston transcript 19 earsold. was run over and the traffic clear. in i?v dress, and the Presi- eciuipment of a hospital, constat- , - killed by a lever car on the Car- At the entrance to the big dent in his black ing of doctors, nurses, operating Nell Has Maud always been Ullna and Yadkin River Rail- tent the President paused for a U ouiet fiirure .L.. L!..l I 2 " room, etc., ana wasue suujecs cross-eyed? : v . road Thursday, morning at a moment to let the camera bat- of much coumeni. . 1 oev noaw Belle No; some fellow once noint between Denton and High tery dod away as he stood with A woman-rights-advocates asks: 'If whistling will drive away the blues, why shouldn't the girls whistle?" Pshaw! if they did the pups would run of the Bernhardt beagie u were told her she had a beautiful nose Rock. The young man was a all good and one of; them stood ania he got that way from con- member of the section force, in second in tue conies, i ne ue- 8tantly looking at it Philadel- the employ of the railroad and noir Mills had a sacK 01 flour phft fcecbrd. big enough to cook oiacKoerry 11 ' 1 pies, ior ,'ery ; wuny m ,; g wiU jteld to h. nAnai i i vMimv tut a wee k. una 1 ..n4.inn j Aha Ienolr Veneer Co: had big , -,. r, , . . i.-i. ailV'i xUK Knnaunt lit. I (V i , i ? . . .. - 'l was just beginning his labors of the day when the accident oc curred. ? '"- There ia always room for lie baskets that would have easl- J Get The New twice-a-week forfl brains. head uncovered between a vete ran from either army. His en trance into the tent to the strains We struck a farmer last week frock coat was who said he was too busy to read his county paper. He was Governor 'lener introduced then on his way to buy West- mm id uuueu wuru. t n ern bacon. l ay lorsvuie Boout. rose to speak there was anotner So far Ambassador Page has not been turned down. cheer. The President spoke slowly and carefully, but the breeze that played under the ot Hail to the Chief" brought sides of the tent the restless the crowd, which estimates say or those wno nasienea in A book in the hand Is worth numbered 10,000, from their A """L1 A lwo in the library. chairs with a cheer. Thesp ak- derstand. The President was ers' platform was flllod with the interrupted only once or twice staff ofllcers of the governor, with cheering. , Many a man stubs his toe on the threshold of success. V
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