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NEWTON N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.
No. 29
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Live Items Culled
Ixed.ell.
S!atoville landmark.
Mr. J. L. Cloaninger, of Bar
.in.ror tnwnshiD. sold the first
i.il of Tredell grown cotton this
season on the Mooresville mar
ket Wednesday afternoon, the
.rice per pound being. 12 cents
Messrs. J. B. and J, E. Douth
it. of Clemmonsville, who recent
ly bought a lot in the the vicini
ty of the glass factory for the
ivction of a machine shop, have
begun work on the bu lding for
the shop.
Mr, V. D. Clarke, who has
returned from a trip to Watauga,
s.ays they have had frequent
showers in the mountains and
crops are good, the only shortage
U-ing the hay and cabbage crops,
which were cut by droughts in
the spring. Irish potatoes are
bringing $150 the bushel and
upples are plentiful. '
Mr. II. M. Yount, of Conover,
who plays ball on theAnlerson,
S. C, team, was painfully hurt
i:i a game in Charlotte Wednes
day afternoon. He was struck
o-i the head by a ball. He came
t States ville Wednesday night
a:,d is now with his brother, Dr.
K. M. Yount. He is getting
a'.MHg all right and is expected to
be well in a few days.
Ca,ld.T7-ell-
Lenoir Topic.
A very destructive wind, rain
and hail storm occurred in the
vicinity of Hudson on Monday of
last week. The Lutheran church
v. as blown off its pillars and the
i.,;',ins was pretty badly
'.nvcked. Considerable damage
-m also done to corn.
Miss Nellie B. Rankin died in
K'.reaon August; 12th after a
i ::et illness with appendicitis,
M:-s Rankin was a missionary
u i has been supported for the
; ;-t four years by Lenoir Pres
l . ; rian church. She is a native
v: Savannah, Ga.
The citizens of the town should
i.'l the warning of the town
a. rarities not to use city water
"a Luvns and gardens. If this
'17 weather continues indefinite
7 there is possibility of the
- .: ;i!v failing to meet the de
uvc.A unless there isjnore econ
":.'7 in the use of water.
The fine horse recently pur
i i a- e l by Lenoir Fire Company
i. been put into service and
' : :s makes our fire fighting
;;ment lirst class. The two
i :-es now are exceptionally
: and they present an attrac
t appearance. The entire
including hose, wagon,
i . 'i ess, etc., cost the boys
-77.i:ii
ZjIrxcoirx
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Coutitv News
t 'i:b0 a. m. Lincolnton's big
. the contest largest' load of
n.!e was pulled oT. Only
wagons competed, one be-
ing to Mr. P. C. Whiteside
; uthside and the other to
. 'lus Finger of route three.
. Whitside's wagon contained
people and Mr, Finger's 172.
" judges therefore awarded the
" fur bringing the largest
i f people to town to Mr.
!'. It was decided later
7 inasmuch as the score was
1 T'.se the prize would be
' hied and both of the contes
ts were iriven a set of busrerv
ta
'''- ''' -ss, the premium advertised.
'-! 1 lard ware Company donated
th:.- prize.
A horse belonging to Mr. Earle
i; who lives near Maiden was
('I ' latcd on at Beal & Co's stab-
"n last Wednesday. Dr.R.R.
Ii"!r.i:art performed the opera -tio;i
and removed several pieces
of t!:e animal's skull. While
ij lag a double team near the
fu7iad the animals became
ffivi.tened at a passing train and
r'i away taking for their route,
lvht up the track, one of the
':,j,s-.s being between the rails
un, the other on the oiitsiHp
Th.v
ran probably a hundred
From Exchanges.
yards with the plow'when'one of
them fell and was dragged quite
a little distance before the other
horse stopped. Evidently either
the crosstie or the rail crushed
the skull of the injured animal.
It will probably live.
Morgnaton News-Herald.
Judge A. C. Avery and Mr.
Robert Wall, son of Mr. William
Wall of Quaker Meadow town-
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snip, and a recent graduate of
Chapel Hill law school, have
formed a partnership for the
practice of law at Newland. in
the newly formed connt.v nf
Avery, Mr. Wall will give his
entire time to the yractice of law
in Avery county, and Judge
Avery will attend the Superior
courts of the same.
Quite a surprise was given
their friends Tuesday morning
when S. M. Sloan and Miss Belle
Hildebrand were quietly married
at eleven o'clock at the home of
the bride on Hickorystreet. The
event marked the culmination of
a romance of years. Only mem
bers of the family and a very few
intimate friends were present.
Kev. James Long, the bride's
pastor, came dowd from
Bluemont to perform the
ceremony.
ZE3IIclror3r.
Hickory Democrat.
The dairy barn' of Mr.! Dave
Moore McComb burned to the
ground Friday morning about 11
o'clock. The dairy herd was not
inside at the time but a new
carload of cotton seed hulls, a
loft full of roughness, some
wheat recently threshed and
other contents were consumed.
The new silo burned.
The State Farmers convention
will be held at the A. & M. Col
lege in Raleigh, August 29 to 31.
There will be addresses by the
experts of the A. & M. College
on tobacco curing, soils, farm
seeds, stock judging, dairying,
etc. Two Hickory men are to
talk, Earnest Starnes on "How I
raised 146 bushels of corn, "and
W. J. Shuford on "Cooperative
Marketing in Catawba County."
The Potomac Synod which
meets in the Reformed church of
Hickory in October will contain
some distinguished men. Promi
nent among them will be Dr.
Shick, of Washington, D. C,
ex President, Roosevelt's pastor;
Dr. William Mann Irvine, head
master of the celebrated Mer
cersburg Academy. About 400
ministerial and lay delegates
make up the Synod. These
come from North Carolina,
Virginia, Maryland and part of
Pennsylvania. It is a very
representative body and Hickory
will do herself pround in enter
taining it.
Watermelon Freed Negro.
Yazoo City, Miss., Autc, 24,
Aided by a watermelon and a
dime, Richard Brown, a negro
wife slayer, effected his escape
from the county jail here yester
day, locking jailor Williams into
the cell.
Brown gave the jailer the dime
to purchase the melon and when
the latter opened the door to
shove in the melon, the prisoner
yanked the jailor inside, jumpinar
out himself and locking the
door. A posse had failed to find
Brown last night,
Mail Delayed Five Years to be Dis
patched.
Albuq jerque, N. M., Aug. 17,
In the next few days persons
in various parts of of the coun
try will receive letters addressed
to themselves years ago. Yes
terday several mail sacks that
were lost during the flood of
1905 were found ki the bed of
Feces river. Their contents
were in such a good state of
preservation that they were
mailed to their various destinations.
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.iiurevuis recs.
Of interest to the Charlotte
citizens who have dealings with
me register of deeds and the
clerk of court, is the announce
ment of a reduction in the regis
tration fees for the recording of
documents in the countv court
house.Tho fees which the county
officials receive in connection
with the proDer recording or
mortgages, deeds, etc., is fixed
hy the Legislature of the State,
and by an act of that body, con
tained in the two volumes of the
acts of 1911, and under the head
of Public and Private Laws,"
the reduced prices for this work
are set forth. The Legislature
now says that the fee for the
(proper recording' of deeds of
land transfers and mortgages
have been placed at 75 cents and
90 cents, respectively. The cost
of registering a deed of land
transfer is exclusive of the saaall
fee which comes to the clerk of
court. Hitherto, the register of
deeds has been enriched to the
extent of 90 cents on deeds of
land transfers and $1.15 for
mortgages. The reduction upon
the receipts of the register of
deeds will undoubtedly amount
to a considerable amount during
the course of a year, as there are
many papers of the above-mentioned
type recorded in his office
Charlotte Observer
Hold Ctton For Thirteen Cents
Cents.
Washington, Aug, 23."Hold
cotton for thirteen cents" is the
advice to be formally given to
farmers' organizations by a com
mittee consisting of Senator Wil
liams of Mississippi and Owen of
Oklahom and Representative
Burleson of Texas, representing
a conference of Senators and
Representatives from seven cot
ton growing States. A commit
tee will urge the State banking
associations to co-operate
against "the bearish movement
of the speculators."
Vhat was referred to general
ly as the threatening condition
of the cotton market" was
thoroughly discussed at meetings
today and last night. Among
the participants were Senators
Williams and Owen, Representa
tives Underwood of Alabama,
Democratic leader of the House;
Representative Heflin of Ala
bama; Brantley and Hughes of
Georgia; Burleson and Beall of
Texas; Garrett of Tennessee;
Humphreys of Mississippi and
Small of North Carolina, A
number of them are large cotton
planters. The committee issued
a statement, which read:
TO MEET EXCHANGE METHODS.
It seemed to be the opinion of
all that there was a preconcerted
effort being made, principally
the instrumentality of the specu
lative element of the New York
exchange to break down the
price of cotton. It was the opin
ion of all that the present statis
tical condition of cotton did not
justify the lowest of present
quotations and the estimate of
15.000,000 bales was "not justi
fied by facts upon which a pre
diction could be sanely basedj
and that moreover, even if a
15,000,000 bale crop were in sight
the world's supplies still prob
ably would fall short of the
world's demand for cotton to the
extent of more than one million
bales because of the exhaustion
of the present visible supply of
carried over spot cotton. In
other words, that with a 15,000,
000 bale American crop, the
world's crop for 1911 woukisum
up only 25,000,000 bales with
140,000,000 of spindles creating
an active demand for 26,000,000
bales. This opinion was based
upon the latest advices from
Egypt, India, China and other
cotton producing countries."
CALLED BY . VARIOUS AGENCIES.
The statement refers to the
appointment of the committee to
write in the name of those pres
ent a letter to the president of
the Farmers' Union and to offi
cials of other cotton farmers or
ganizations asking them to ad
vise their local unions and other 1
subordinate bodies to advise the
farmers generally to hold their
cotton for 13 cents and to contin
ue to demand that price until by
a convention or agreement "ar-
I .
rived at in some way a differen
one sna11 be suggested. The
conference expressed the yiew
that Id cents was a seemingly
less price than that justified by
the existing statistical condition.
ASK BANKERS' SUPPORT.
"This committee," the state
ment reads, 'was also requested
to communicate in some way
with the piesidents of.thesayer-
State banking associations in the
cotton States asking them to
throw as far as possible their
moral and financial support be
hind the effort to counteract the
bearish movement of the specu
lators with the view of obtaining
a fair price for the farmers' cot
ton.
Information was given at the
informal conference that assur
ance would be given to President
Barrett or to Southern banks
that ample funds from ban its
outside of the South could be
had through the instrumentality
of Southern financial institutions
to be lent at the rate of 6 per
annum to those who did not wish
to dispose of their cotton at a
sacrifice upod cotton warehouse
statistics. This committee sub
sequently met in the office of
Senator Williams of Mississippi
and concluded that the best way
to carry out the idea suggested
and agreed upon was to give
this statement to the Associated
Press,
(Signed)
'"Roberts. Owen,
"John Sharp Williams,
"A. S, Burleson."
Mr. Taft's
Attempt
West.
to Win the
After the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff act in 1909,
Mr. Taft made a tour of 13,
000 miles to explain to the peo
ple of thirty-three States his
reasons for signing the Jbill and
the fine features of the new law.
In his famous speech at Winoma,
Minn., he pronounced it "the
best tariff bill the Republican
party ever passed." That speech
at Winoma was made primarily
to insure the re-election of that
stanch Regular, James A. Tow
ney. His trip through Wiscon
sin, Minnesota and Iowa was
expected to result in the discom.
fiture of the Insurgents and to
the advantage of the Regulars,
who had put through the Payne
Aldrich measure. His progress
throug Montana. Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon was hailed
with delight by the Carters,Hey
burns and Ballingers, and his
stop at Seattle was made the oc
casion of banquet in which the
"vindication" of Secretary of
the Interior Ballinger was duly
celebrated. The Regulars in
California hailed his coming
with delight. He took occasion
in his speeches to pay a warm
tribute to the ability and loyalty
of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of
Rhode Island, the real "father"
of the present tariff.
At El Paso, amid the acclaim
of two nations, Mr. Taft met his
great and good friend, Porflrio
Diaz, and tne two Presidents
pledged long lifeand success to
each other.
Following the trail of Mr
Taft's tour of 1909 we find that
James A. Tawney was defeated
and an Insurgent occupies his
seat in the House, Julius Caesar
Burrows is no longer Senator
from Michigan. The senatorial
seat of Thomas H, Carter, of
Montana, is occupied by a Demo
crat, The insurgents of Wiscon
sin have almost swept the Regu
lars off the map, while Senator
La Follette is the most powerful
leader in the Northwest. Cum
mins' hold on Iowa is unbroken.
Miles Poindexter, the new Sena
tor from Washington State, is an
Insurgent. Richard A.Ballinger
has been driven from the Cabinet
and now finds no defender. The
Insurgents swept California from
end to end; their hold on Oregon
has never been shaken, Diaz
has been driven from Mexico,
ana tne iormer dictator is an
exile in a far country. Nelson
W, Aldrich has retired to private
life, discredited, and the elabor
ate machine he built up in the
Senate is broken, Control of
the upper house has passed out
of the hands of the clique of old
time politicians, and the Insur
gents hold the balance of power.
On the eye of his departure in
1909 it was announced from the
White House that Mr. Taft was
determined to "put the question
up to the people," to "tell them
that if they want revision (
of the tariff with a downward
slant they must send to Wash
ington men who represent that
feeling.'" The people must have
taken Mr, Taft at his word, for
at the first election afterward
in November. 1910,. they sent to
Washington 228 Democrats and
26 Insurgent Republicans as
members of the House; pledged
to 'additional revision of the
tariff" with a decided "downward
slant." They left in the House
but 126 Republicans who regard
ea me fayne-Aiancn Jaw as
"the best tariff bill ever passed.
The President will soon make
another swing around the circle
There is no attempt to conceal
the political purpose of this
trip. It is to give Mr, Taft the
opportunity of meeting the
Westerners face to face and ex
plaining his reasons for vetoing
tne wool bill, the farmers' free
list bill and the cotton bill, and
to present the advantages of
reciprocity with Canada. Mr.
Taft is on the defensive, and he
will accomplish a miracle if he
can succeed in explaining his
actions to the satisfaction af the
Westerners who demanded and
were promised revision of the
tariff and 'revision downward."
Will his second tour in 1911 be
followed by results as followed
his tour in 1909? Baltimore
Sun.
What's Meaning of Atlanta Egg.
Atlanta, Aug, 23. The old
folks about Atlanta are begin
ning to speculate on what seri
ous portent may justly be taken
from the egg laid in Hapeville
last week, with the likeness of
Woodrow Wilson engrained in
bluish stripes into the.texture of
the egg's shell.
Such queer things have hap
pened befort in the history of
the world. About fifty y eat s ago
in Brittainy a young sailor was
convicted and sentenced to
death though protesting his in
nocence for the murder of his
sweetheart. On the day before
he was to be beheaded the jailor
went to his own backyard to get
a ireshlaid esrsr for the poor
youth's last breakfast, Lo and
behold, on the pure white shell
of the egg, was the image of the
Blessed Virgin with her arms
outstretched as if in benediction,
The jailsr hurried with it to the
priest, the priest to the civil
authorities, It was regarded as
an omen, a miracle. The hang
ing was stopped, and a week
afterward the real murderer was
found.
In the ancient Roman chron
icles there is still more pertiment
piece of egg-lore. It is recorded
that when Julius Caesar was
yet consul, nursing imperial
dreams s tinea in ms breast, a
hen at Rome laid an egg on
which appeared his likeness and
this was taken as a sign of the
gods that Caesar was to rule.
If anything of such nature can
be deducted from the picture of
Woodrow Wilson, the answer is
plain, for on the other side of
the same egg traced in the same
queer blue lines, is a map of the
United States.
Set Trap for Men.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 24. In
ternal revenue officers in search
of illicit distilleries have discov
ered that a new weapon is being
used co discaurage thair invest!
gations. It was admitted today
by two revenue officers that they
had just missed stepping into a
large steel trap presumably set
for them by "moonshiners" in
Iredell county last night. The
officers had destroyed and illicit
still recently and were pursuing
their investigations last night in
the same neighborhood when one
of them happened to see the trap
just in time to avoid their being
caught in it.
Children Cry
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Subscribe to the Enterprise,
To Make Soldiers of Schooi Boys,
Washington, Aug. 24. A bill
is pending in Congress which
will affect the military of every
State in the Union, and which
will provide for what the general
staff of the army calls the line
of third defense."
This measure provides for the
organization in every high school
of every cityia the United
States of a cadet corps. These
bodies of youthful soldiers are to
be equipped by the Federal
government and placed under
the training of State militia offi
cers. Already there strong senti
menc behind the bill, and if it
comes to an issue it will receive
fevorable consideration. The
War Department is back of it
the educational forces are for it,
and the military committee of
the House and Senate are inclin
ed to indorse it.
Should such measure pass,
it will mean the military organi
zation of from 150,000 to 250,000
cadets in the various schools of
the country. These bovs will
be given thorough military
training, and will develop into a
body of equipped and drilled re
serves in case the country should
ever need their services.
rhis high school cadet move
ment is another effort of the
present administration in the
War Department to give the
country a stronger fighting force,
The six-months' enlistment mea
sure, the regular army reserve.
to be composed of former sol
diers, and the larger State mili
tia bills are parts of the general
plan.
There is more interest in the
proposed organization of cadet
commands than in anv other
plan of the War Department.
Th is is because almost everv
r j
town of consequence would have
a company or two of young sol
diers, and every opportunity to
get military training without
going to a military academy, or
enlisting in the national guard
Concordia College
CONOVER, N. C.
The thirteenth annual
session opens
September 13, 1911.
Thorough instruction in courses leading
to degrees for male and female
students.
Buildings renovated and improvements
made.
Board will be furnished at cost and will
not exceed eight dollars for month
of four weeks.
For further information address
Geo. A. Romoser,
PRESIDENT.
Claremont College
HICKORY, N. C.
If you have a daughter to educate and
desire to place her where she will re
ceive the best instruction, under the
most competent teachers, surrounded by
influence which tend to develop the
highest type of character and for the
least money, then you had better write
JOSEPH L, MURPHY. PRES.
Claremont College,
HICKORY, N C
THE NORTH CAROLINA
College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts
THE STATE'S INDUSTRIAL. COLLEGE
Four-year courses in Agricultural: in
Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engi
neering; in Industrial Chemistry; in
Cotton Manufacturing and Dying. Two-
year courses in Mechanic Arts and in
Textile Art. One-year course in Agri
culture. These courses are both practi
cal and scientific. Examinations for
admission are held at all county seats
on July 13. For Catalog address
THE REGISTRAR,
West Raleigh, N. C.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
State Normal and
Industrial College
Maintained by the State for the
Women of North Carolina. Five
regular Courses leading to De
grees. Special Courses for
teachers. Free tuition to those
who agree to become teachers in
the State. Fall Session begins
September 13, 1911. For catalog
and other information address
Julius I. Foust, President,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
The Sixty-first
CATAWBA COLLEGE
OPENS SEPTEMBER G, 1911.
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R. L. FLOWERS, Secretary, Durham, N. C
Carolina & North-Western Railway
Company
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MONUMENTS
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a lower price than ever. We are going to move our stock away
from Statesville this summer and we are making our prices
at enough above cost to get out the work and letter it. If you
wrant to save some money and have a grave that you ought to
mark, write us for prices at once. Very truly,
COOPER MARBLE WORK
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Mattresses
at prices so lo a
be without them.
at actual cost. Druggets and
mattings at practically whole
sale cost and substantial reduc
tion on all kinds of Furniture.
Large and improved line of
coffins and caskets. Moderate
prices. Efficient services.
M. J.Rowe & Co.
Home Outfitters.
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