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r rm New XXXVII JL-J TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS ITEMS Fr.v of the Happenings of Local Inter est What Folks are Doing. At the close of a protracted meeting at Piney Grove Baptist church in Catawba township, lit'toon converts were baptised hx.-t Sunday. The meeting of Clark's creek farme: s to decide on the propo s t - mi to redredge the creek will i held in Newton next Monday, September 13th. In Raleigh Sunday, Miss No :ia Boliek, daughter of Mr. .hn-o.ne Bolick of Conover, a nu've in the Rex hospital, was married to Mr. G. M. Hood of K:uMgh. The State corporation com mission has added 15 per cent to the tax assessments of Catawba county. The assessments wTere raise.! in SO counties, ranging from 5 per cent to 30 per cent. -The Christian Endeavor of the Reformed church will meet tomorrow evening at 7:45 o'clock. It is desired that a full atten dance of members be present. The topic of the evening is "Throw Yourself into . your Task." The school will be in session and old members of the college will be present. The Catawba College campus presented a lively appearance all day Monday as students were ar riving. We learn that every room in Matron's hall has been allotted and that the numer of young la dy students this year will exceed any recent year. The boys are ill ling up the rooms in the main building. The opening exercises will be held today. there was a wrecK oi a Southern coal train at Connelly Springs Sunday morning. Sev eral cars were off the the track, and a wrecking train was kept busy all day clearing the track for other trains. Charles Lind !ey, a young man of Henry Riv tr, who was stealing a ride was killed. Mr. EdHewitt telegraphed his first ginner's report to Washing Ion Monday. Although he did not say so, he had nothing to report from Catawba. The .uovemment's first report will be pul-lished in a few days. Its in terest will consist in the compari son of the number of bales gin ned in the country at large with i he number last year up to Sep tember 1st. -Mr. Frank Frazier, son of Mr. R. C. Frazier of Catawba, who is with the Western Union Telegraph Company as manager of one of their offices, was recent-' L' transferred from Bristol, Tennessee to Lexington Kentuck ey. Lexington is in the heart of the Blue Grass section and is noted for its fine horses and cat tle. The baseball enthusiasts of Newton are very much interested in the announcement from Gas tonia that Chief Bender, the fam ous Indian pitcher, who has figur ed in four or five World's series for the Philadelphia Americans, will pitch for the Gastonia team today in Gastonia, against the Morganton team. These two clubs are playing a three days' series of games for the champion ship of the Western North Caro lina league. The winner will meet Red Springs, the leader in the Eastern Carolina league, Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Charlotte for the championship of the State. Some of the New ton fans may go to Gastonia to day to see Bender in action. There will be communion meeting at St. James Lutheran church Sunday, Sept. 12; but no service on Saturday nrevious. On Tuesday Sept.14, all those having interest in the St. James ceme tery will please come or send a hand to clean up and put all the ffraves in good order. This is a duty we certainly should not neg lect out of respect to our own, and a kindness we should like done to us when we are resting w the bosom of mother earth. vo The Creamery Idea . Declared A Good One Newton people will undoubted ly give a cordial welcome to a co-operative creamery. Com ment on the subject indicates that the town will extend the glad hand. The co-operative plan appeals to farmers who might put their cows into a creamery herd. One sends us a copy of an act of the last legis lature providing for such organi zations. JjTo member can have more than one vote and cannot own more than 20 per cent, of the stock. The farmers wTho supply the cream or butter fat, and eggs, will be the force that runs the plant. A suggestion is made that the town give a free site it need not be costly town lots , and that the creamery could go into the building and loan association here for the buildings. Every merchant who has said anything has expressed a keen desire that the creamery come. There ap pears little doubt that enough cows can be pledged to give it a good start. Such a plant would not injure the Catawba plant at Hickory, it is pointed out, because it has grown to such proportions that another creamery in the county would nos cripple it. A dairy man of sound judgment declares that there are ampleresources to justify a plant here. It would be established, not in opposition to any other plant, but as a needed agency in the further and continued develop ment of Catawrba as a dairying community. But all speculation is more or less idle without a good road west of town. The Sandy Ford road has been partly graded, but not top-soiled. Farmers in that section are more than willing to do anything necessary to get the road ready before winter sets in. It is a subject, in the estimation of business men, that ought not to be dropped until the improve ment is put through. It means $$$$$$ to Newton. Pellagra Deaths 35; Tyhoid Fever 23. "There were 37 deaths from typhoid fever during the month of July in the ten coun ties employing whole time health officers. These counties areBun combe, Forsyth, Nash, Robeson, Sampson, Pitt, Guilford, Vance, Durham and New Hanover,'.' says a bulletin issued by the State Board of Health last week. Continuing, it says: "In the interest of public health work, especially along this line of disease prevention, this fact carries much significance. Typhoid fever has been one of the big strongholds faithfully and repeatedly attacked by the health officers of these counties, while pellagra has had no specific bomb directed against it. For this there have been 'two apparent reasons: "First, insufficient data and scientific knowledge concern ing the disease, its cause, pre vention or cure; second, in the light of public health work the death rate from pellagra has un til the past few years been of little consequence in comparison with the typhoid death rate. ' 'That the death rate of typhoid fever has fallen from figures which used to be, perhaps, the highest of all diseases during the month of July to a rate 50 per cent lower than pellegra, or to figures that would not have startled any one of these coun ties a few years ago as its own summer typhoid death rate that public health work is lower ing the death rate at this rate is both gratifying and encouraging. In other words, it proves that disease prevention is more than theory and that reducing the death rate is not only a possibili ty but that it is an actual accomp lishment. It speaks well for the. health work in those coun ties who have deemed it worth while to employ whole time health officers." Raleigh News and Observer NEWTON, N. COUNTY COMMISSIOiNERS MEET The Jailor Must See That Prisoners Bathe Once aWeek Cther Ordeis. The county commissioners had no important questions to con sider at their meeting Monday. The question of buying the Ca tawba river bridges and building one at Lookout did not come up in any shape. The jailer was or Jered to have each prisoner bathed once a week, have the bedding sunned once a week and to clean each cell and toilet once a day. It was ordered that $15 be paid for burial expenses of Mrs. Mary A. Killian, a Confederate pen sioner, j Malinda Hafer of Claremont was continued as an outside pen sioner and allowed $2.00 a month, J. C. Camnbell of Maiden was continued on the list at $1.50 a month, O. C. Overcash of New IS ton was put on the list for three months at $1.50 a month. An election was ordered to be held in Conover, school district No. 10 on October 11th on levy ing a special tax of 30 cents on property and 90 cents on the poll for a graded school. H. D. Sease was appointed registrar and T. L. Hunsucker and Albert Smith pollhoMers. The petition was granted for a public road from Oren Cline's to Hickory road nearDeal's store" No damage to landowners wras as sessed. J. K. Smith, Elam Isen hour, D. E. Cline and Robert Drum wrere appointed overseers with authority to summon hands to cut out road and put it in con dition for travel. John K.Smith, W. L. Yount and Lee Rockett1 were each allowed $1.00 as asses sors. The Catawba County Fair wars given $50. The Register of Deeds was ordered to write each road super visor for report on number of polls at $1.00 each" collected and the names of persons paying them. Reports must be in by first Monday in October. Ti U7oa kCkr -f lio-f -fl--k onf a ! mobile tax of $1100 received from the state treasurer, be divided equally between the eight town ships, each to receive $137.56. A Clover Crop. More clover was harvested in Catawba this year than in many years. We do not know exactly but have an idea that there was more land in clover than ever. Former Agent Foster got many a farmer to put in a patch until the total ran into several thou sand acres. A sample of the results is seen in Mr. Lee Car penter's crop. He had 10 acres of new ground in the legume. Nothing was used but 8-2-2 fertilizer, a 200 pound bag to the acre ton in all. He got 10 tons of hay from the 10 acres at the first cutting; and at the second got about half as much, and threshed 14 bushels and 40 pounds of seed in a wheat thresher, no clover huller being available. The seed brings $10 the bushel just now and Mr. Carpenter has sold his. It was clean A No. 1 seed, pronounced as good as ever seen here. After running the stuff through the thresher once, Mr. Carpenter repeated the perform ance and got four bushels, 40 pounds more than the first time and he says the stuff is still white with evidence of more seed. With the price at $10 and going higher, it seems that it would pay somebody to invest in a regular clover huller here abouts. Certainly it would pay the growers. From the 10 acres this farmer has gotten at least $200 worth of hay, not counting the second crop; and $140 'worth of seed $35 an acre at the least. Last year cotton farmers didn't get that much from two acres, after all sorts of hard work. Mr. Carpenter's was the ordi nary red clover. Concerning crimson clover The University News letter, published at Chapel Hill and sent gratis to all who C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915. Candidacy of Mr. Self Well Received in State. Although it is a long time until the campaign may be expected to get warm enough to be inter esting, the announcement of Mr. W. A. Self of Hickory for the democratic nomination for attorney-general has met with very flattering response in all parts of the state. A friend of Mr. Self tells us that he has received letters from men who are leaders in their several sections, pledging them selves to his support. What news paper comment The Enterprise has seen is pleasing. Wherever Mr. Self is known he has friends and will have support. Friends of the candidate in this his home county are optimis tic to a degree. They have no fear of his losing the nomination. litis hard to conceive how the democratic party could turn down a men who has given it such brilliant service as the Hickory gentleman. The Business Outlook. Dun's Weekly Review Says: Restraint upon new enterprise, slackens as international diploma- ic- relations improve but the de rangement of foreign exchange continues a disturbing element in finincial and export circles. De preciation of European funds in market has reached the stage where interference with oversea trade is threatened, although no actual check to merchandise ship ments has thus far cccured. Important problems, however, are diminishing in number and there is a growing belief that current business progress will not be seriously impeded. Even the notable revival of activity in some directions is less impressive than the general restoration of confi dence, with which a return of full prosperity would not be pos sible. Virtual assurance of big grain crops and knowledge that the purchasing power of the people was never greater than at pres ent are two of several reasons optimism has become a national characteristic. Any long range view of the situation leads to sanguine conclusions and though complete absence of complaint is not to be expected, underlying conditions are so sound that real pessimism is no longer warrant ed "Sustained improvement is the keynote of advices from practi call all leading centers and in the few7 instances where concrete betterment is still lacking a spirit of hopefulness is plainly manifest. That the advent of fall will be occompanied by fur ther expansion is everywhere anticipated. During August which is usually a slack fperiod, the tide of business rose to high ea levels and the gains are clear lp reflected in most of - statistical barometers. Ex-Sheriff D. M. Boyd's many friends were glad to see him in Newton Monday. want it, says: The crimson clover seed im ported into the United States in 1910, mainly from France and Austria, amounted to one and a half million pounds. This year the amount imported was twelve million pounds. The cost of crimson clover seed is high. From thirty to seventy per cent of it will not germinate. Good seed, by the way, are a bright greenish yel low; poor seed are brownish in color. The price, and the difficulty in securing good seed and good stands, keep our farmers from growing this valuable forage crop more extensively. Clover hullers are too expensive for the individual farmer to own individually. Here is a chance to bunch up, and use a machine cc-opera-tivelv; secure abundant home grown seed cheaply; and increase our clover acreage at a rapid rate. AUDITORS MAKE STATFMENT County Finances Shown by Quarterly Inspection. The Enterprise has received the following from Auditor D. H. McCollough, who has in charge the auditing of the county offices, in behalf of his firm of Scott & McCollough: REVENUES 1914 Tax list as per tax books $19,132.27 Fees from County Clerk 1 376 82 Fees from Register of Deeds 1 869 14 Fees from County Judge's Court (Costs) 648 75 Treasurer's Commissions for Road' Funds " 500 95 1914 Licenses collected by Tax Collector 973 50 Sale of County Home Products 175 80 Fees collected by Sheriff 54 10 Old Lumber sold 16 71 Penalties collected by Tax Collector .1914 Tax list 6S6 24 1914 Taxes discovered and collected 54 64 Treasurer's Commissions on School Fund 3S2 66 $25,871.58 DISBURSEMENTS Salaries $ 5.812.57 County Home Expenses 770 69 County Indigent (sup port) 1 778 18 Court Expenses 1 662 73 Advertising, Stationary " & Printing 408 04 Permanent Improve ments 4 247 10 Interest on Borrow ed funds 406 SO Jail Fxpenses 1 040 65 Appropriated to School Board 1 000 00 Sundry for materials and supplies 1 935 59 Listing 1915 Taxes 1 037 40 Tax Releases 73 95 1914 Insolvents . 452 63 State Treasurer for Indi gent Pupils 149 47 Sheriff's Commission on 1915 tax collection 714 91 Allowance to sheriff for 1 day settlement 3 00 Total all charges gene ral fund August 31 1915 $ 21,494.31 Unincumbered balance general fund this date 4.377.27 S25.S71.58 Catawba is Just Starting Direction. in Right To the Editor of The Enterprise: I was much interested in your editorial, "Creameries, Cows and Clover." This calls to mind a bit of cow clower history. I have a field cleared 10 years ago and has been in corn ever since. The first three years averaged about 25 bushels per acre. Seven i years ago crimson clover was sown in corn during August, re ceived a light covering of manure (8 loads per acre), was partly grazed off by the Jerseys turned during the latter part of May and planted to corn and has been treated the same way ever since, only that the manure was applied every other year. The crop has steadily increased, year by year. This year the crop has been esti mated at from 50 to 75 bushels per acre. However I do not press that rotation. I did this to see wrhat could be done, also by shortage of land, could not well do othorwise, but this field starts in a 3 year rQtation of red clover and wheat, corn, cowrpeas, etc. Dr. Poe during his travels through Europe wrote in The Progressive Farmer. "In a cer tain county in Ireland I found 14 co-operative creameries, 8 agri culture societies, several farmers' co-operative banks and a farmers' fair association," yet we Cataw bans boast of what we have done when in reality we have hardly begun. Newton township (agriculturl ly speaking) has the cream of the county. Our farmers go up and down the cotton row and see the soil -rushing down the hill, yet they are puzzled why Clarks creek is filling up. Preach silos, creameries, cows, clover and bermuda. H. P. Lutz. McAdoo's Plans For Cotton Crowers' Aid A special from Washington Friday says: Definite steps were taken today by the federal reserve board and Secretary McAdoo.of the treasury department, to extend aid to cotton producers of the south and to clear the way for hand liny the fall, crop without the uncertainty and difficulty exper ienced last year. The board issued new regula tions authorizing federal reserve banks to give special rediscount rates on promissory notes secured by warehouse receipts for staple agriculture products with the restriction that member banks must not charge more than 6 per cents, to the borrower. Secretary McAdoo announced he would soon deposit $5,000,000 in gold in each of the federal reserve banks at Richmond, At lanta and Dallas. In a state ment he said that if conditions showed the need of deposits elsewhere to aid in handling any other crop he would extend simi lar government aid. The newT regulations are broad enough to apply to all staple read ny marKetaoie crops Put it is HI il i.i wen Known tnat tne cotton crop is the one which has given con cern of late." The board announc ed that tne reserve banks in At lanta and Dallas had requested a discount rate of 3 per cent, on the sort of paper approved in the regulations. The announcements tonisrht followed meetings that have oc cupied thp time of the board, ana Air. McAaoo mostoi the last two days. Although when the secretary originally proposed deposits of government funds in southern banks, alone, many months ago, the plan was not favored by several members of the. board, itwTas not opposed during the recent discussions. Some members indicated, how ever, that as the total cotton crop possible would be worth about $S00,000,000, they did not think $15,000,000 would go far toward handling it. Relaxation of Orders in Council Expected Soon. Wasington, Sept. 3. Confer ences now in progress between Great Britain and France in re gard to trade out of neutral Eu ropean ports, are expected to re sult in a definite announcement of conditions under which Great Britain will relax its orders-in-council to permit the shipment of German or Austrian-made goods to the United States. A statement issued tonight by the State Department revealed that Ambassador Page at Lon don had been informed of these conferences and told that an an swer mierht be expected at a lat ter date to his informal inquiry as to w7hat treatment would be ac corded applications for shipment permits made through the De partment's foreign trade advisers as unofficial representatives of Americans owning millions of dollars'- worth of merchandise now held at Rotterdam. In its statement the Depart ment says: "Many importers are laboring under a mistaken impression in regard to Great Britain's attitude touching the bringing forward of German origin.- They seem to believe that goods contracted for prior to March 1 with legal lia bility of payment are now freely coming forward and that appli cations will be received by the British Embassy at this capital. This is an error. ' "The American Consul Gene ral at London informed the De partment that attorneys on the ground were obtaining permits for such goods upon conditions which were not specially stated. "The Department is now send ing a cablegram to Ambassador Page at London stating that the American importers not repre sented by private attorneys in London feel that they should re ceive notice of relaxation of the application of the British order- NO. 46 ANOTHER PASSENGER SHIP TORPEDOED Carried Gans, Therefore There Was no Violation of Germany's Latest Order to Submarines. London, Sept. 5. The Allan line steamer Hesperian was tor pedoed at 8:30 o'clock last night off the south coast of Ireland, 100 miles southwest of Fastnet. Ap proximately 350 passengers were on board, one or two of them Americans. All were saved ac cording to the latest report issued by the Allan line. The steamer did not sink, and is reported proceeding under con voy to Queenstown, wherc most of the passengers and crew were taken by rescue steamers sum moned by wireless calls for help. Passengers landed at Queens- town asserted that the attack was made without warninsr. The United States embassy here has not yet received any confirmation on this point. The American con sul at Queenstown telegraphed there were one or two Americans aboard, adding that none was lost. The Hesperian, 10,920 tons gross, was outward from Liver pool for Montreal. Many of the passengers were wounded Cana dian soldiers on their way home from the front. Early reports from Queenstown were that there were 50 passen gers in the first cabin, 150 in the second snd 250 in the third, but it later was announced at the Al lan line offices in Liverpool that the passengers numbered only about 350. There were approxi mately 250 in the crew, all of whom were saved according to the line's announcement. SHE CARRIED RIFLE VISIBLE AND MOUNTED ON HER STERN. Washington, . SepL5. Ameri can Consul Frost at Queenstown cabled tonight that possibly eight or ten lives were lost in the tor pedoing of the Hesperian, He said the liner carried mounted and visible on her stern a 4. 7-inch rifle. The consul's message dated 1 p. m. today, follows: "The Allan liner Hesperian tor pedoed by German submarine 70 miles southwest of Fastnet at 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening. One or two Americans on board, none lost. Loss of lives about eight. Vessel has not sunk. Admiralty boats landed passengers in here (Queenstown). Due about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. There were about 45 Canadian troops on board, unorganized and mainly invalided. Also one 4.7 gnn mounted and visible on stem. Vessel bound for Montreal." Death of 'Squire M. J. Cochran. Thursday night at 11 o'clock at his home in Statesville, 'Squire M. Jones Cochran died after a few days of serious indisposition and months of feeble health, aged 67 years, The funeral was held Friday and interment was made in Oakwood cemetery. 'Squire Cochran was for many years a resident of Catawba, liv ing on his farm near Catawba station. A number of years ago he moved to Newton and later, selling his property, moved to Statesville where he since resid ed. He is survived by his wife, one son, Dr. James D. Cochran of Nashville, Tenn.; and four daughters, Mrs. Fannie Reese and Misses Kate, Belle andMary Sue Cochran ;one sister ;Mrs. Mat tie Cashion of Greensville, S. C, and two brothers, Messrs. John Cochran of Leslie, S. C, and William H. Cochran of Walla Walla, Wash. He was a brother of the late George W. Cochran. The many friends of the family in Newton and the county will sympathize deeply with the be reaved family. Mr. Cochran was a magistrate for many years, was well known and highly es teemed as a good man and an ex cellent citizen. in-council in regard to gcods owTied by them inRotterdam and are now entitled to full informa tion as their-applications would be received in London or by the British Embassy through the un official aid of the aid of the foreign trade advisers." V .
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