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ft?- f KADfi IN NEWTON HERE EVERY DOLLAROU SPEND GOES TO SUILD A BETTER TOWN AyT vol. XXXVII KIOR COURT EVENTS ie Slate Docket and the Re- r. 1 V !1 f in jteveiai i ivu i,ases. against Rev. S. Doug- !o Pulley, alleging false ,. the last state docket vaulted in a mistrial Fri- l'.!;, . n, the civil docket was n hp in superior court. Sen- 1 1 1 H I. 11 iliy t imposed inciuue luarsnau -v . profanity $5 and Carland Travis, buglary, ,,nt!is on the roads: Mon if i colored, robbery, six Kngene Burns, forgery. Il'l'i' i.i.k-nuMit suspended payment of enJant to give $200 l. m ! :v nal to appear each crimi for two years to show h.avior; Andy Wilson, indecent exposure, 12 the civil cases has Beck vs R. A. Bass n -i. ;i iik.-l-Craig Livestock Co., i , m;i-vs for the death of a The plaintiff was award -I ,ii In the lower court and 111! i' i us court, utner cases to: . i t S. Smith vs. Martha . uivorce, non suit, plain pay costs: Hickory Novelty Mrs. S. E. Williams of aion, difference over bill of !.:ni: or. iudgment for defendant; .1. M. and Precilla Mauney vs. A. r,.V. iiiis. non suit: Frank Nor nnn vs. Brook ford cotton mill, ni hi suit: Will Powell vs. Mandy Powell, for divorce, granted; Ym. Williamson vs. Hardaway ('-.. judgment, Anna Detter et r.k vs. Rufus Whisnant, judg ment: E. H. Whitener vs. John II. Whitener, judgment. Ye-terday the court took up t'ne case of Ed Blackburn vs. D. E. Abernethy, for alleged dama ns growing out of a difficulty last election day. The jury re ceived the case at 5:30 yesterday ;md court adjourned for the day. In a Jit tie less than two houis a vc-dct was returned for $0. vr. Blackburn sued for $3,000. In Gas and Motor Circles. Dr. G. W. Shipp has exchanged his what-you-may-callum for a Ford runabout. Forney Hayr.es last week purchased a Ford to.irinr car from the Carolina Motor company, and Charles Uni t of Claremont has bought an verland from the company. The ice plant and bottling works ha; pui in a Ford motor truck. Sunday Dr., J. A, Young met wi' h an accident on the Maiden road, and hit a bunch of logs that knocked his Overland out of lin? trying to dodge a mud hole. And while trying todo the same thing the other day, John W. Krvin, motoring in the western part of the state, trimmed too close to a river's brink and the hank gave way, almost precipi tating his machine, himself and ft'llow he was giving a lift, into l'nad river. A wide-open throt tle jerked him Horn the bath. Yesterday morning a negro walked into a garage at States ville, picked out a car that suited him, cranked up and lit out. O.'iicers here were put wise and had a chase after a negro driving :nar hut found it was another "it tit. Irishmen Held Up. N'ir.o hundred able-bodied Irlimen who went to Liverpool to sail for this country to escape s rvice in the war were held up af. Liverpool Saturday and not allowed to sail. The street mobs fouu them and the firemen on the vessels sailing refused to si'l if the men were allowed to CfMK' ahrnnd. Tt is hinted that lhy men, all of the poorer class, were heing furnished money to My their passage and the $50 demanded for each immigrant by tois country; and it is intimated toat sailings of British subjects to escape the war will be stopped from now on. Commissioner Osborne of the eternal revenue on his return horn the Pacific coast last week 'clared President Wilson the v lirmgest man he had ever known I'ihlic life. People all out est ai'e for him for re-election. 1 me Newtcdm Ewtmmptirto Small Boy Victim of Hunting Accident Saturday morning Harry Bar ringer, 7-year-old son of Henry Barringer, was accidently shot by his brother, Homer Barrin ger, while hunting rabbits, both eyes being penetrated by shot, four in his right and one in left; and the boy's body being sprink led from his head to his knees by bird shot. 'Dr. T. W. Long was called and rendered first aid, and hur ried the lad toStatesville by auto. The accident occured about 11 o'clock. Homer and Tom Bar ringer and T. G. McConnell of this place, had gone to the Bar ringer farm to hunt and the boy followed them. The first rabbit they jumped was in direct line with the little fellow but he wasn't seen by the hunters "and his brotherQfomer fired, with the deplorable result noted. Late reports last evening on the condition of the little fellow stated it was not expected he would live through the night. Ex-ray pictures showed that the shot penetrated his brain, and the wonder is,- that he has lived so long. Members of the family are heart-broken and have been with the boy constantly. They have the tender sympathy of many friends. Another Killed Hunting. Bob Hamilton, formerly a resi dent of Newton, was shot and killed by his son in Gaston coun ty Saturday, while hunting, and the remains were brought to this county Sunday and carried to St. John's church for burial. As the story reaches Newton, the boy was in the act 6f firing at a rabbit when his father got between him and the game, re ceiving the full load in his left side near the heart and dying instantly. The boy swooned in his horror and when the two were found later was still uncon scious. Woman's Club Today At Graded School The newlv organized Woman's club for civic betterment will meet this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the graded school building instead of at the, Meth odist church annex. Every lady interested in improvement and betterment is urged to attend. The Woman's flub Work. The Hickory Record says edi torially: "There is no limit to the good a band of women or ganized properly can do. The Woman's club of Raleigh has just laid the corner-stone for a handsome home that it will have on Hillsboro street, and the whole community was interested. The Woman's club of Raleigh has led in good movements; it has fought for pure milk, good schools, rallied to the support of the chamber of commerce, stood by the library and kept many good things alive. The club has its several departments, and all women interested in any one line of work are enlisted. It is a tre mendous force. "We are reminded of the splendid service the Woman's club of Raleigh has rendered that city by the announcement that the women of Newton have formed a club and will at once take up the work of civic better ment. The women of Newton may expect to meet with dis couragements, but if they pre- sist they can become a greater force in their community' than if parh member had three ballots to cast at every election. "And they will get more plea sure out of their work, if they hnvp tasks before them, than they possibly could if their ef forts were aimless. Here's suc cess to the Woman's club of New ton." Mr nnd Mrs. J. P. Siirman of Alexis have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Ballard during he week. NEWTON, N. Hickory Lumber Plant Destroyed by Fire j The plant of the Hickory Manufacturing company was de stroyed by fire Saturday 'night entailing a loss estimated at around $100,000 with about one fourth covered by insurance. An entire city block was burned over, much lumber and finished work being burned in addition to the plant, which was gutted, only the books and papers of the firm being saved. The fire was very spectacular and could be easily seen from Newton, and not a few people motored up to see it. Absence of all wind saved property worth a million, for the Piedmont wagon works and other plants and several residences would have gone by the board had there been any wind at all. The plant will be rebuilt at once. A yard of lumber con taining 5 million feet was not touched and the company will work off its orders through other plants in Hickory. The three score workmen will probably find employment in these plants until the company can re-establish it self. In his sermon Sunday on his 25th anniversary, Dr. J. L. Mur phy had , intended to say that when he came to Hickory the three things of which . the citi zens were most proud were the old opera house, the Hickory Inn and the Hickory Manufacturing company, He would have stated that of the three, the first two were burned; ahd it so turned out that when he did mention this fact, he had to say that all three of the town's early proud possessions had been destroyed by fire. A fire at Morganton wiped out several fire-traps near the depot and endangered considerable property, and another blaze damaged the residence of Cap tain Bristol. Fire in a factory in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon killed a score or more of men and girls and of 40 injured by jumping, many are expected to die. There were 300 people working on the four floors of the building. A fire at Raleigh Saturday morning at an early hour de stroyed $400,000 worth of proper ty, the printing house of E. M. Uzzle & Co., and The News and Observer Deing wiped out. It was the second time since Jose- phus Daniels became secretary of the navy that his paper has been the victim of disastrous fire. His loss this time will be about $100,000, with consider able insurance. Other buildings in the vicinity were- damaged. The state lost about $60,000 worth of supreme court records, stocks of paper and other prop erty, with $30,000 insurance. Some of the stuff can be dupli cated, but some cannot.- Two years' labor in gathering plates of bird life, showing every bird of the state, done by Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geologist, the work being ready for the press, cannot be duplicated. Courtney-Ivey at Lenoir. Thursday Marshall H. Court- 1 Ti (T T X ney ana miss lina ivey were married at Lenior, the home of both parties. The bride is a daughter of the late Dr. W, P. Ivey and a grand-daughter of the late Rev. Geo. W, Ivey. The groom is a son of M. M. Court ney, business man of Lenoir. At Granite Falls Thursday Mark Feimster of Rutherford i colleere was wedded to MissErma Abernethy of Granite Falls. Rev. W. V. Honey cutt officiated. s x, , TRub J. A. -"Kirk's Buss", a Sport pup, raised by Dr. Young for J. W. Martin, local dog trainer, won first in both derbys in Pennsylvania and Ohio field trials last week. Ruby Sport is the famous setter be - longing to A. O, Yount. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1915. I i ii ! . AT IHL UlUKlnfcS j A The Woman's Missionary coun cil of the Southern Methodist church has set apart this week as a week of prayer throughout the church and the ladies of the local church will observe it by meeting each .afternoon at the church at 3 o'clock. There will be a different leader each after noon. All the ladies of the con gregation are asked to attend. The Woman's Aid and Mission ary society of the Lutheran church will meet Thursday at 3 o'clock in the parsonage; all the members are asked to attend. The children of the infant class of the Lutheran church will meet at the church Wednesday after noon at 3 o'clock in order to practice songs for the home mission service Sunday. The parents are asked to see that A 1 - 1 tneir ennuren are present on time. A full attendance is de sired. The Lutheran Ministers asso ciation of the Tennessee synod met with Rev. J. A. Yount yes terday and among those attend ing were Revs. V. L. Fulmer and C. I. Morgan of Newton and St. James and Rev. Mr. Speagle of Maiden. Revs. W. J. Roof of Lenoir and W. E. Murray of Hickory, new members, were received. Thaasssociation, dis cussing the recent synod, re joiced in'the growth of Christian feelings, one toward another, as manifested. The meeting at the Presbyter ian church will begin the second Sunday in December, with Rev. Dr. O. G. Jones of Greensboro'; assisting Rev. W. M. Sikes. With Our Subscribers. D. W. Whitener of Mountain Creek called Saturday and left a trio of dollars on his subscription, backwards and forwards. He has been a subscriber ever since he can recall about. Eli Simms of the town pushed his date up a year by rolling a dollar in Saturday. J. C. Brotherton, clever gen tleman from Mountain Creek, who spent last week here on jury duty, . renewed three dollars' worth last week. Among the renewals of the week were remittances from D. F. "Dellinger and J. L. Henkel of the county. Mrs. Roland Clark, nee Miss SallieSmyre, of Springdale, Ark., will arrive tomorrow to visit relatives. Cotton. Cotton broke 3 to 8 points at the close yesterday, as compared with Saturday, and the local price yesterday wras Hi. It will be 11 to 11J today. The ginners' report was 7,384,000 bales gin ned, as compared with 9,800,000 last year. The Newton Markets (Corrected Every Issue) Cotton Cotton seed Cotton seed meal Cottoi. seed hulls III? 50f 1.90 75c $1.30 .$3.00 to $3.20 1 85 75c and 80 1.00 60 1.10 1.25 90-$1.00 40r 3 ior Wheat Flour Bran Corn Corn meal Oats Rye iPeas Irish potatoes Sweet potatoes Dried fruit Chickens iEggs Butter 25 255 j Beeves Calves ; Hogs Sheep ; Dry hides ! Green hides 3 to 4c 10c 15f 121 Increasing His Wheat More Cotton is Foolish Dr. FredT. Foard of Band vs township, here Friday told The Enterprise that he is sowing 40 to 45 acres in wheat, againt20 acres last year. Most of this is clover sod and has been manured and limed world without end. He expects at least an average yield of 20 bushels the acre and may be there'll be more. He has more than doubled his wheat acreage, although the report is current that all over this coun try farmers are cutting their 1914 grain acreage with the in tention of plunging into cotton again because this year it hap pens to be worth a good price. "They are mighty foolish," said Dr. Foard, "to plant 'the world in cotton." He has land that brings a bale the acre, yet it is going into wheat. He be lieves, with many another that a decreased grain acreage t; make room for an increase in cotton acreage will have all the chances of being ruinous. Some farmers, it is re ported, have actually prepared land for wheat, changed their minds and decided to put that land in cotton next spring. Dr. Foard declared Bandys township was "coming" in an agricultural way. "We have got to deep plowing, terracing, rotating crops, sowing clover, using lime and stable manure," he said, "and no part of the county is developing faster, I have brought up my land to where I raised 65 bushels the acre in a piece of corn this year, and men from everywhere said they never saw a river bottom beat it. Clover, lime, deep plowing, did it. I terrace and try to keep all the water that falls on my land. I am keeping around 20 head of cattle and nine horses and have 200 loads of ma nure a year." Circus Horses Killed. Greensboro News: Early Fri day morning about 3 o'clock a car loaded with horses, a part of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train, was struck by freight train No. 71 in the High Point, yards, according to information received here by railway officials, and two) draft horses were killed and 16 j others injured. The circus train ! was coming from the south and ! was going in on the siding from the main line. The freight was!12 m gold; and Koy Setzer third, coming from the north on the southbound track. As the circus train was about half way on the siding the engine of the freight struck the car of horses, and completely overturned it, stand ing all the horses on their heads. The engineer of the freight en gine is said to have stated that the headlight from another train kept him from seeing the circus train and that he did not know! it was on the main line. The car just aneau oi me car wnicn ,.o cfinioi- .no niwi with iwnlf whe were asleep. None of these. however, was injured. Magnitude of Demonstration Work. Raleigh dispatch to Greens boro News: Figuring upon the home demonstration work now being done in North Carolina, the department today discovered that the ' counties individually have provided $25,525.63 and that in the state $-16,000 has been given to this work Its magnitude is now begin- ning to be felt. A result of the work is found in the increasing number of girls who come to Raleigh colleges and tell howr they have "canned" their way to the institution and continne to pay their expenses while in school. The various institutions are precaring a set of figures to show what the young women have done in ths brief period in which both the state and the national departments of agricul ture have been aiding in this work. It has become a passion. A few days ago Edgecombe county, which is said to lead them all, I appropriated in a single day Three Mistrials Broke Court Records Here Three juries unable to agree within one week of superior court established a new record so far as is recalled, last week during the trial of state cases. The last time inability to agree was reported by a jury, Judge Adams caused a smile when he said, drily. "Make the usual entry, Mr. Clerk." The "usual entry" had become "mistrial." In the first case 12 men ponder ed for five hours ever whether Herbert Corpenir.g had exceeded the speed limit down College street. They stood six and six. The next case was that alleging the sale of a pint of whiskey by Bud Lippard. The jury went out about 10 o'clock and stayed till 5:45, standing nine for acquittal, three for conviction. The third mistrial resulted in the case against the Rev. S. Douglass McDufTey, colored, who was charged with false pretense in securing cash and supplies from negroes in Hickory. The jury stood seven to five for conviction. A lawyer, recounting the week's work, declared that a majority of the jury m trials of misdemeaners should be sufficient to decide a'case. He expressed disgust. inree juries nung up over speeding, fa pint of licker and a chicken," he observed, with a snort. Chickens figured in the trial of the colored preach er. Scarlet Fever Closes Schools. The schools at Marion have been closed for two weeks pend ing the clearing up of the scar let fever situation, there being almost an epidemic of the di sease. Sunday schools have also been stopped and children are kept off the streets as much as possible and away from public gatherings. So far there have been but one or two cases in Newton and not half a dozen in the county. Strict supervision and prompt isolation are expected to prevent trouble. Youug Cattle Judges Made Good Showing County Agent Mask is proud of the way his young cattle judges, trained in two "schools" held during October, acquitted themselves at Hickory fair, Kenneth Hewitt won first prize, i $20 in gold; Kerr Wilson second, j $8 in gold. There were 22 entrants in the the contest, one of whom was a girl, Miss Delia Huffman, and she did very well, scoring 233 ! points out of a possible 300 points. The winner of first scored 292 ; points. Mr. Gray bill of Raleigh, stated that he had seen a lot of boys work at cattle judging, but never had seen more earnestness and less foolishness I ne young to win that scored less mi , "i",,,v'" ! gold and very few than 200 points. The lowest was 115. In January when the live stock association meets at Salisbury it is possible that several farm life schools or counties will send teams to judge cattle and if so, the county will have a team picked from these young experts of the fair. Mrs. F. M. Williams returned Saturday night from San Fran- j ?!sc0 where fhe wenV to the ereneral convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Williams, who has held the office of recording secretary gen eral, was re-elected. Her friends will be pleased to know that the trip was very beneficial to her health, which has not been of the best until recently. $1,500 to pay a whole time health officer; $660 for county farm demonstration work and $500 for home demonstration work. That was nearly $2,700 that one coun ty appropriated for a most sane and salutary "fad" which a few years ago could not have receiv ed a cent. NO. 64 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS ITDIS A Few of the Happenings of Local Inter estWhat Folks are Doin. The graded school enrollment to date is 589. Smith Bros., new barbers, advertise for your patronage It is reported that an un named negro fell from the Look out dam into 30 feet of water Saturday and when the body came to the surface, life was extinct. To handle increasing trade Saturdays C. D. Drum & Co. have employed an extra man G. C. Furr, a popular young gentle man recently come srom Albe marle. The Hagenback-Wallace cir cus will be in Hickory Wednes day. It travels in three special trains and is without doubt a big show. Many people will go from NewTton and all around. It is about time for the water to begin rising again in George Thornburg's meadow. A shower is needed all over the county and that meadow gives the word when rain is coming. James Shuford, manager of the Lincolnton phone exchange, who has been acting for Manager Blanton here while he has been incapacitated, whenever thera was any outside work, was h ere yesterday. Yesterday Monroe Coffey, colored, and Mack Setzer, white, prisoners in jail, had a row over five cents belonging to one or the other of them, and- passed licks. The white man choked the negro and the latter rapped on his head with a piece of broomstick. No thing serious. Piecing out a local on Arbor day on page 3, it is to be added that in addition to the tree the whole school named "Yates Killian", the 10th grade named one "Richard Little", and the 9th grade one, "Stamey Ballard". T. Edwards donated the Norway junipers. Saterday night at a corn shucking on the farm of "Bud" Pope there was a difficulty in which Colon Hedrick was severe ly cut. Russell Bolick has been arrested for participation in the trouble and he is also reported as having been cut. Hedrick was slashed across the arm, for one place, and the artery was almost served. After the wound had been dressed, the artery broke and he bled profusely until medical aid again was rendered. The teachers' meeting Satur day was the best nekL in a long time. It was the first of the school year and was attended by over 100 teachers and committee men. Supt. Geo. E. Long, Prof. A. P. Whisnant, Supt. A. S. Ballard. County Agent Mask, Dr. W. G. Bandy, Mrs. S. F. Watson and others made talks about im provement and betterment, com munity clubs, reading circles and moonlight schools for illiterates. The teachers for the most part pledged themselves to aid in wi ping out illiteracy from the coun ty and if the peogle who cannot read and write will cooperate with the teachers, Catawba's ten per cent of illiteracy will disap pear. The quarto-centennial of Dr. Murphy's pastorate at Hickory Sunday drewT people irom many places and a large audience heard the various addresses and ser vices morning and evening. Rev. W. W. Rowe of this place spoke on "Boyhood memories of Corinth congregation and the ad vantages of a long pastorate," and Prof. James Fry of Catawba college discussed "The Young Man and his Home Church." Adrian L. Shuford of Conover also made a talk, and many others who grew into the church under Dr. Murphy's pastorate. The program was elaborate and the event will be memorable. Felicitations came to Dr. Murphy from friends and admirers.
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