North Carolina Newspapers

'-I ;.:;iJi:ja NewRpaperPufeliShan the Interest of thePeopie and for KoneBtgm SAMslff October IIth 11. H i J 1 , . Selai Ellis , t ColBBibiti Coaotr Boi, Selma.sllial06lttmbul County .boy sixteen years old; who UyesarfaHmuff? and Ooanty Dispensary J nly 25th Btretehgr&masH fnf kit vftaral Jnirable work or to go toscnoolf. tie weignj edi onl y, sixty i6nnd8 and-had an enormous meera a xaw n left" 1 Qk:"P?iYki:: - B ixabetb' Maxwell Steeld A microscopic ; examination verged tne Dliei , maF - no was a vcxim 01 lut? eovcipot type of hookworm ,inf ection. Treatment was bgun by Dr. Pridgen, but as he had to move his hospital, Dr. O. W. Stiles, scientific secretary of the Hookworm Commission, was prevailed to complete the treatment at the Mariut Hospital in Wilmington. Selraa made a splendid re covery, cau walk or ranT'and is now at his home iir good health. He ganiod 19 pounds now weighing 79 ponnde, and the quality of bis blood ha? increased from 14 percent to 60 percent of normal. He is an enthusiastic-worker in the hookworm crusade, but is only one of the thousands who are finding restored health and pleasure as a result of the campaign. Seventeen of the eastern counties of the State have provided f or these dispensa ries. Self Reliance. A child is not satisfied when his father shows him how to do a certain thing. Bnt watch the exultant ex pression on his face when by actually doing it he has ononered the thins: him self. This new sense of conquest is an added power which in creases seJl-connaence ana eelf-resDect. Henry Ward Beecner usea to tell the following stcry of how he was tausrnt. wnen a boy. to d pend on himself: "I was sent to the DiacK- board, and went uncertain, full of whimpering. "That lesson must be learned," said my teacher, in aauiet tone, but with terrible intensity. All explanations and excnses he trod under foot with utter scornfulness. I want that problem; I don't want any reason w hy you haven't it,' he would say. " lI did study two hours.' 'That's nothing to me; I want the lesson. You need not study it at all, or you may study it ten hours, just to suit yourself I want the lesson. 'It was tough for a green bov. but it seasoned me. In less than a mouth, i naa tne most intense sense of intel- lefttnal indeoendence and courage to defend my recita tions. 1 'One day his cold; calm voice leii upon me 10 ipt? midst of a demonstratioD, 'No!' I hesitate'3, and then went back to the beginning; and, on reachincr the : Bame point again, 4No!' uttered in a tone of conviction; barred my pro Tne nextl- i Bat OOWll IB nnfn'a;An ' He, too, was stopped with Nn" hnt.' wfint riffht on: and finished: and, ashe sat down W M N I n W M 1.1 ril M VW I . - W I 1 I W well : . . " . ' ' 4 Why,' 'whimpered I, t'I recited it jnt as he did,? and you eaid 'No!'-" c. Why didn't yon say Yes,' and stick to it? : , ; - It is not enough xo know your. lesson; you must know that you know it. " You have J learned nothing until you are sure. If all the world says 'No,' your business is to say Yes,' and prove it.'" One of the greatest de lusions that a human being could ever have is that ne is permanently benefited by continued assistance from others. Orison Swett Mar den in "Success Magazine." BROUItABLETIIWPiECTfS iYERW6 :PtrlBticK08iBirrBgRwilBii6iiarjf initt-tojVirwi bronlte tablet, U mpmoty of Mrft MSkbM axweleeleV Ibewl diCiiithn rendered aaaaio, ,-iy . vouuery 01 Thee. 1 : 1 mm. jameg aioore, xegen bhaDter m oharse Prayer, Rev, ByrdoJOlark, D TJ nvelling of m arkr 't t Btwa- bth Maxwell Steele . by Mim Msry Hand rsoa and Miss 'Janet Marker wreathed by Eluateth Mixwell Steele Clarv, of Greeni- boro, and Kiohara tienaereon, J r . He mark's by Skate Regent, Mra . William Reynolds: Winiton. Addra?a, Hon. Theo. F; Klpttz. Masio,' "Carolina. " I Benediction, ReV. F, J. Mai lett. ;.. : Music, ""Star Spangled Ban ner " ' . The tablet is boated on the left granite abuttment at the en- ,ran)8 ot cmicn arug bsoiw, &his being comidered the nearest thn Rt.RAtA tavnrn oa waeu ttan. ureene noppeu iu j-t si a j: Sal-.sbury Quite a orowd is here to-day to be resent at the cereiromes which are very interesting History on the Subject. Rev J. Rumple's History of Rowan gives the folllowing par ticulars of the affair which is the inspiration for the placing of this marker: "Having followed the track of the British army from the Ca tawba River to Sanahtfiythn giving a continuous narrative of their march, let us now raturu and trace the course cf Generals Greene and Morg&u over nearly the same ground . Unfortunate. y we have not in this case, the bene fit of journals, maps, aud "Order Book," as before, but still we shall be able to ascertain some facts concerning this day's march. "General Morgan crossed the Catawba River at IslaDd Ford, on the northern border of Lincoln t on the 2 3th dfty 0f jan uary, 1781, only tw j hours ahead of the British van guard, under Brigadier General O'Hara. It was just at the hour of sun set when the British came to the banks of the broad stream, sweep: ing onward with its wintry cur rent from the foot of the Blue Ridge. In the dsrkneBs there Wft8 danger in crossing the stream, especially with the courageous Morgan and his army on the pth- r side to receive them. Bnt with trained RimVof two thouiand. unencumbered with " baggage or nriannnrn. tha British com man - de& could confidently calculate' upon overtaking the Americans, numoeuK.uujr u0u y ttB anA i all KftH nf hnm Bre militia, and embarrassed with the fivfthnndred nrisoners lately can - . . - l- ture at Cowpens.-The passage therefore ..... -4. , . .. DCBtDoned until tne next morn- & -. - - . - ing. m. . . . : - a. t . t A I lion 01 morgau auu uis libbio . r- I mv TiaTinff feh1 nicht toe iram fell in toirenti j ard 1 tlia rivar war brimful and fnrdbl.'in whioh condition it I . ' J " f . M . 4 M.M remained tor Greene were on ofVthe re- planning the details : "- n;.na AV -nnifihA: rtTTnf iha fiBnaredmiKftamV route highMvuprthe. oountry toi wards Virginia, Gen.: Morgan, With his regulars, seems to have remained on the east baLk of- the Oatawba,v: watching 'the "British and prepared to dispute" their pas' sage. But when' it was ascertain ed that they had 'oTossed below of February, Gen. Morgan e'egan twoaystne -ritjsn-were ompellef to lingef pthejw ern banks; whileE Morgan his retreat towardtiiYkin As he was higher up the river. ;Wt ociiiectuethat & hisoutBWfts jalong; .Be-ripfi"s?4 either thd Beattie's Ford pr Sher- inilFord roadly6ls: rcs appear "j toirll Salisbury late the same afternoon, and 'were not concerned sintK skirmish at Cowan's Ford ork Torreuce's xTayern r Therenisgr tradition in Salisbury, tnat "as y Morgan's 'troops filed; past George Murr's house, at the east.cofper off Mam ' arid , Frankhn ; atreets whereCharle Gordon now; Jives gome of the men misoliievduily punched oat 'some panel of glass! with, their bayonets This mast; have been late in ; the afte'rao'dn,; for Morgan'a. troops. ensamped that night about balf mniast of SaiisbttryVonr the Yadkin road . Nb doubt th'e prospect-of a good eight's y$iiand:)irf psstiieveioped ln theYrjioiriB6t: these veterans:the exubeiranda of ipirifi ihat suggested the mischief' The encampment moat have been in the grove' where the residence1 of John S. Henderson ,: Ssq . t now' ii. There they would have the advantage of two or thies ; excel lent tpriugs of water, abundance of fuel, while at the', same time they would be near -enough to. the town for convenience of supplies, and directly on the line of maroh for an early start in the morning. "It appears that Dr. Read,, the surgeon cf Morgan's army, with the hospital stores, and some wounded and dis&Med Brtish of ficers, who were prisoners, had reached Salisbury some time in advance of the troops. II 9 was stopping at the tavern of Mrs. Elizabeth Steele. This tavern was cn the north west side cf Main Street, between th old Court House, and the corner where the present Court Houie now stands, probably at the corner of Main and Liberty (?) Streets, adjacent to the present Court House corner. Dr. Read was sit. tirg in the apartmeot overlooking Main Street, engaged in writing paroles for such British officers as were unable, from giokneis or de bility to proceed further, when he saw riding up to the door, General Greene, unaccompanied by hia aids, or by any person whatsoever, and looking quite forlorn. " 'How do you fiud yourself, my good general?' " eagerly in quired Dr. Read, ' Wretched beyond measure- without a friend without .mon ey and destitute even ot a com paction,' " replied Greene, as he slowly dismounted from his jaded hcrse , The general bad dispatch ed his aids to different parts of his retreating army and, had rid den through the rain ai.d mud cf Rowan winter roads, . over thirty miles in a direct line, not allow- mg for; excursions to the right and left, during this exciting day. Besides- this, he had lor themes i of sad meditation the two -- disas 1 Irons skirmirhes of the day. and apprehensions of , the near . ap 1 pr ach of Col. Tarleton and "hia y----- I wis ' truly a disoonrscioK one toe? one: . . - . .. But: nelp was nearer 1 imasined. "Mrs Steele wan . ue 1 I 5: tnotic and: kina.hear had overuea t :i ----' i .12-L.: J: Ji marss- upon iiguBiuK juu , uau, 1 - . . . m . ...... 1 .... t a 1 nf.w. n rnsv nu unfiTi 1 .1111.M 1 r L buuu loupi, f B r 0 ight; the -rain foa,f Uamnt were trying. to tastenjip- affidftvite followed Jadge -Board-by morning , Iu doe time a bountnm repast )n'the Americans people In. a-formal request 1 tora. ed guest, while a cheerfnl; fire i tx. BU A.OW WW .WWW. wm wm " ger, fatigue and cold ' was 1 duap r . A nn it hof nra i h a rrtrhfnrttriif int f UOS: COS OI HIS HUVirWUIUBUSm J Steele approachedhimandre minding him ot the despodiDg- words ne naa uuerea upoii. iiar assureo mm 01 ner, symp thy and friendship. Then draw ing two email bags of rspecie from ; under her apron, sh j presented - them to him, saying; gracefully : "Take these for, you will want them." Mrs." Steele was not r..-. fc- t .. 1 XI. XI . f M-Mmm " ' ' 4 t 1 & HEALTHY COTTOMEED - -Ve "t- i A Sirioos CottoB Disease AstliracRQS!) cotton wDiohiearrptwctingni ctton'fel tllilf iwn- if dofei ton anthracnose,:; y' a-ltfelnosVesiiE whn onle bolletiMfprirtf ul?ertike:;sotSm ageTeoomepink:;ioft fir&ad t. n&T& of : thet;bQit- ns fails to open andVofteo :'.t he cdn- HrnnrimAnt t Station il concerning thdisla-haiftffl G&orgiarmgrMyer erejniafm IS?!11 I is1are4if 4fS?ii$IJll' Althoughtliej dis6se? asen 1 andrS on. the bolhifit leaves and iterni.- pttcin grow Urs should knbiff that this disease ia carried- from - season to season on the seed, and that seed from a 10k boll; even though very slightly diseasad, may raise a dis eased plant, and this in turn may spread the disease to the whole ore p of the next season. There is no satisfactory treatment, and the one point to be remembered is that seed from diseased fields is likely,, to carry the disease, in fact, almost iure to do so. Even seed from clean fields which has paiaed through a gin in, which diseawd cotton has een ginned is dangerous, ii- is of utmost importance for the" grower to be sure that bis .r-.'e: leed does not come frooaoh ope Trom a region wh ."ely oaeo pre fails. tion bulletin . poor, as the remarks of some writers upon this su hct, would lead ua to infer, and perhaps could have fill id his pockets with proclamation money, worth less than Confederate notes were in the beginning of 1865. But sil- :T:fnrgili4 !Jbs7sjdis;l0 felSfiolCTtffifiniS; iindslides iWwits ! n he vtioinity tenU-roti JKoquiriesxrom-vrri-oua sections qf the Btte arev be 1 1 ver and gold were scarce in those naught type and will be 27,000 dftvi. and no American officer or t)n vessels. The estimates this gentleman would have complain- ed of the burden of carrying it along with him The general ac- cepted this timely gift with giati- tude. and doubtless it was all the more welcome because accompa nied by graceful words of kind ness and . encouragement'. The hero's heirt was lightened .Iby this opportune kindnesB, and af ter a few hours of rest, he wnt forth to Buperiftfeend. and direct the retreat of hir little armyj and provide for their .transportation across the Yadkini : 4 Just before the, departnrev from Salisbury, ven weene leit - a memorial of .nis visit or a - pecu liar kind. His eye' caught sight of a portrait' of GeoirgA IIL bang--' iue on the walls'- of - the ?rcona. iuj5 vv.aau ,"u"u " to a conneciworVM Steele i to a conneojtion of j Mirs. Steele ?yh" f " V"? - ' I ' e.ionA in itio Mntt nf ifwoi.M 1 nrs. oharsed Wlta muraer .on nine 1 v- -i--a,ir u. A:: Ji.. 9Bnu roW"-"V"5T "r: J.... onriii.iniranrttnt hliur - thi - 1 - . - i . - ' 1 n n rw rAauri hiiu.i a i, i Hrtiuiriu . een ehed in the; struggles 4o thtow off the ihaeklea of?glavefy -whioh, the English king and : v Par- land d with a pieoe orfj cnalk wrote! the baok of it; f 'O b1oh15W - 1lhSf eJ i v 5v . . . - - of Mrs. Steele But it has not been in possession of the family f: r many years. When Dr. Foote wrote his Sketches of North Caro lina, in 1846, it was i;i the post- office at Charlotte. Wfi9n UoJ, Wheeler published his History of xt .1. aJZinu in-iftKi if. -I. in XI Ua, I U V v - - " J -'MV the possession Swain, the president varsity at Chapel ' x I Vi i. -. ha nn in t ri a h.n4. be now in Raleigh. rCCUCDll II1TTCDC lit lUfCDCeTi?' iouimmi. via! ii,no ur inii.oi4i' Big ten8 Beduced 1q littls Paragnphs wxtitt Retliri'ii.WMstir- fhgdmfjth nunloajicrBelii sJMtiSi TWenlry isfloodied Irt every, di rection i Thef Chippewa ;iaiseeigee itsinaxidVu in . streets as the result - of an een-nour 'ram. mere is w of Albert vflle have coyered ; Ithi ralbiroAdracklWa Misibnirisirer? roiijtoaheigtti tliettet Alwv"normal lii'ftl internatidnair missionary union while in aeasioif in": iiVash- ingtotf, assesed; respluii testms against .Ihei- .iwpfA'm'eri-' belrfedrummera. hjsJtest wai occasioned by tbe ;order of Secretary Knox seat to consals one iirectiog ..tnejtoinopg nite r the-brewera- anion. . Secrer tary of ;Agrii?uHdrer Wilson rVilso was t criticised. - for accepting. the honorary presidency ..of : the brewers congress. v r : '' Escorted by more than one hundred members of naval organi zations, including seven hundred midshipmen from Annapolis, the body cf Rear Admiral Winfield Soott Schhy Thursday afternoon was tasen irom nis nome in Washington to St . John's church where the funeral services were held and thence to Arlington where it was committed to earth with all the ceremony and dis play due his rank. Poison from the handling of money caused the death Friday, at Waltham. Mass., of Geo. H. Farnham, treasurer of the Wal tham County Co-operative bank. Mr. Farnham scratched a pimple behiod money. poison nt ear while- counting. It developed into blood j and eventually Brigbt's disease. Secretary Meyer has announced that the navy estimates for the next year provides for two battle ships of the same size a those in the last appropriation. These ships are of the super-Dread- year will not exoeed the appro-1 priations for last year. . . Fonr inoneg of snow covered Northern ranee of the Adiron- :n Vnrlr Sutnrdav It is the heaviest precipitation,' t us time of the year in ten years. Two thousand . inhabitants of Black - Kiver . Jaus, wisoorsm, ar- without food or shelter: after leave to mor sow for Lenoir, UlliB, 'WKUUUiug tuo watuii .uui the flood of Black River overrun the town. The town continues off from, the world .The -mayor sent' cut an appeal for assistance, Saying the peopld need food- and tents in which to live until homes are rebuilt . r Los Angelea, Cal. , Oct.7. Al tofnWs for the McNamar broth- ' t.n - . - . j mad tht ih ane be tried in . ka.ibl.w H.W. v yrm - . gome other department orthe'.su 1 . . - - . .. - , -. perwr:- court. . The filing of the mane oy jm,wiuvjb uu Dav jbt&? defensefor change is .generally con r oasej Judge pfe-f that the : 1 ary will ; not - bi Comple pleted bffore the first or sec- t0 hQ!p others is vprooL: Among Fridkv of the murder of Alex Har waekin Deoembsr and thut tbem is Mrs. W. W.-Gouldilof riaaTfot. "9.fW! lex liar- 7 1 rmA nra trials, wiit'iast ror . nve or six months. : ; : . ' ; " It'i Equal Don't ExUt. N- one has ever made a salve, orntmnt or balm to compare with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. ItVihr .tk hotiof a finta. norna? u IWUW aw a. v - I nti.nn.i4 Hanrli rsr nflnl t Try it. Only 25c at All Druggists, 01 Governor Burns, JSraises .-Darep, oaios,,i re?.J! lx&y?YWuPlK' 'B.U u? V"Z,""W" "r" of the Uni- Boils, Ulcers, EciemaSalt Rhe Hill. It is um. For Sore eyeeOoicu cores, i in; kb"bibi , vt niRCDCnPl C flF 1! 5F BiTflPRnSFEHTfcJH leftr4ed!today5thaaheiBayiesi whosedam bursted last Batarday. wiplnglo lb wlih tnecridce of acoretof HveV thrwtenel to levelAustinlin ifthestiindi bnildfpmscution later is brought againstlt. -5 'f titMtZnll message that ; has beenapread to the hbmQleis and helpless citizens of ; Anstin; Stopi this talk of criminal responsibility, stand 'np fcr the company that built Austin 4na;we will lurnish funds -tor re- .ouiidingi - we win v open r . our mills," is" the other side of the bargain. ; Tjtkat was ihe bargain proposed to. a? prominent' citezen pf Potter oounty by one of the? Bayless attorneys, v.: ' Another amazing story was in -circulation to'the eff jot that Dis- trict Attorney Nelson had declar ed that the purpose of the coro ner's inquest was hot to fix the criminal responsibility for the dis aster. When asked about the story he said : "In" my position as district attorney I have no 1 cell ing of persecution against anyboby I shall simply do my duty. The purpose of this inquest is simply so ascertain it there had been a destruction of property and if any persons lost their lives iu conse- auence. and also to asertain wnat has been the cause of this destruc tion of property and loss of life. Since it mis;ht have been caused bv neelieenoe on the part of the owners of the dam or in the con struction of the dam, or both, all these may have been to blame or the cause may have been beyond the Control of any one and conse I ouentlV-A Calamity for, which no one she uld be censured." Austin. Pa., Oct. 5. In a day's work of overhauling the wreckage here, due to the break ing of the dam last Saturday and the resultant flood, five additional bodies were aooounted for today. Four complete bodies and the nether limbs of a woman are in the morgue tonight in suh condi tion that their immediate dispo- fliin na ueea ordered. The dead recovered to date number fifty, with about twenty-five more to be accounted for . according to the census by which the oauali ties are ohecked off. ' Rev. Peeler 6oes ToLuoir. Rev. A. S .Peeler, who recent 1 y resigned the pastorate of the R91 formed :i church - in ; Waughtowu, where he goes to accept the pasto rate of the reformed church there. Mr. Peeler's pastorate .in Waugh: town was highly sucoMsfui. He served the congregation most ac . ceptably f "r more than , three yeaN aad.it was tlaring' his pasto rale that a splend;d or 10k church was erected at a coil of four thou- dollars or more. Som9 of ?f" - , - - tha nnnnv war horrownn f rnm the ' . - - r r r - T, ' .: . . Only two yean hive elapsed, linee the h oris 3 of worship war complet ed and only one httodred d Hariri 'remains unpaid and half f thiB amount is in hand. R9V I D. Bv, Bowers, of High foint. baa bfeeiv'eiedted to tucceed Rev. Peeler and it is thought that ne win accepi, .it insBoa oenuubi isthe;WorId Qrawtng Better? - Many thi ngs go So prove th at it - ,'ThA wav thousands are trvins 18 The way thousands are trying pittfield. N . l Fmding good - health by taking Electric BittarsVI of.bouth Creek and abent forty she now advises other sufferers,' years I suffered with stomach, ahdl exton 0a colored church there kidney y fmdKr m;h onr.' hw every w ucop-;wy -rf"1? Josenhine Yates II took Elect no Bitters ButlhisfoaM9ft woman, Josephine lates, I .&' AmiuIW'-knfnAwl MMnAi ' I .amaa4a4'a 4-Ka Alltlffnh Kail I ilver (IUU KIUUUV IHUJeUY tllSt 8 I lb IB BtllU, jluuw&ou urn uo. uunu i 60o at All Druggists. STATE HEWS. mmfr. IS??? JgifMfpfev pJimmf ne superior court. . He used a ,5eam ownea oy Morris to nam tne . tobacco, but Morrii j cliami" to. . know nothiDg of the presence ; of the tobacco in his stable. ' There .have been other thefts recently . from the railroad 'yards and special agents ..of . the company are here doing lome fine-tooth searohing for the thieves. . It develops that the tax valna- ion of property in Raleigh for 1911 is $10,710,461 as compared with $10,084,086 under the for- er assessment. Raleigh entertained Saturday nearly six hundred jackies from the United States navy warning ship Franklij, they being here for the A. & M. football game whioh took place Saturday after noon. Arriving at 1240 cn a special train thd tailors marched through the city to capital square where a wreath was plaoad on the statute of Worth Bagley and then they proceeded to Nash'sqnaie where the ladies served a filler to (hem and presented each with a "Wide-a-Wake Raleigh" silk streamer. On November 1, the Observer Company is to undergo a reor ganization. On that date Maj. James C. Hemphill is to become the editor of the Observer and A. E. Gonzales is to anaume the of fice o publisher aud managing director. Both of these gentle men become stockholders in the company. Two other new stock holders will be George Stephens and Word H. Wood. D. A. Tompkins will not only retain stock in the company bnt the pa per will continue to have the benefit of his loLg experience with it. Major Hemphill is one of the best known and one of the ablest editors in tne south, hav ing won renown as editor of the Charleston News and Courier, on which paper he spent twenty years of his journalistic career. For two years he has been editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. J. Z Green, State organizer of the North Carolina Farmers' Union,, who was in Greensboro for the meeting of the executive council, gave out the following statement in regard to the work of the organization : MThe Far mers union continues to gain strength, both A inj'.ne.w and i-. old territory. We now have more than 2,000 chartered local .anions iu the Btate. . We.,have ttken:. in 14,000 members in 1 North Caro lina since tha annnil- meeting in Greenab aro last December. . . Thorn well Atid fewtr a 'Greena- J bow young man. wha hae been north and learped the art of' ima with him a new Cartiis 7 biplind; w-hiioh belongs - to ' therIiindsey Hoys Aviation company,: of tjhat city.f Mr; Andrews has assem bled the machine - in - the fair f grounds and is miking two flights1 liailv. practisinz ter the Central Carol na fair thie - wek. -Mr,- . - .fu ftiBn rnf.nrflh. (tlirm of this sectidir'an'd' give 'ecfaibi tions of flying. ' - ' i ? - News reached Washington city ---i-- - . - . . . . . . . "" Vv r v "f. Creek and abent 'miles from Washington. seems, that Harper, who was the ing his escape immediately. Si'-! It ;.t .. . " IliMMMi '