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PEOFL wtiu akl ku nw, CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES IN NEWTON CO HOME HIGHLY SATISFIEP-COMg ANT SFE I A vol. XXXVII NEWTON, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915. NO. 76 Li' Doing Among Warring Nations .'I'.!' t,. A - a'. A severe winter weather has -ked operations in the various K 4-U there is a sea 01 mua. 1 . -1 riirhtinj? is reported in anywhere except the .1 A i ' iiis where tne Austnans are wring on the Serbian rem - and the Montenegrins. i sending an expedition in kv.u". which, lies between a,-d the sea. Germans e led as preparing an in- . . i ,.Vn ot h,gypt ana uie capture ihe Suez canal, as well as get yci'Jy I'01 an invasion of -ia and India. There is even rv ialk of an invasion of Eng- iv.i. and large troop movements o reported in Belgium and the coast. h-c:u-y Ford's peace crowd has ..,;.;,! Norway and has been i hough not officially wel Marshall French has re ,i command of ihe wes nt 10 Gen. Douglass Haig. !ms formerly protested i;.:;: the fortification by the v. . f Saionki. but 203.030 men e :r. work there. America has ? ::aI to the Austrian note, iterating the demand that she -avuv the sinking of the An na, punish the submarine eorr ..ncier and pay for the Ameri- kiiled. Unless Austrian ac- 1 1 va man cans cede s. diplomatic r"'ken of?. relations will a-n:l: LJL.tJ t dv ; v v V if, in : .n? r re?. ad Fatal Sunday School Row. afternoon at JNortn prist church, Buncombe .1 row having an old feud )ttom of it, started, with it that Martin Burnett is A a bullet in his heart; Harnett is in custody vo.md in his head; Claude who used the pistol, is .-rit a! exnected to die. er AicAfee had shot Martin Hnvnett. and wounded William, tr.e latter cut him to pieces with a knife. McAfee claims Martin riivt attacked him with a knife and he shot him dead. Thus, it may be inferred, the se?.?on of (rood will is at hand. i, Southern 'Strong For Courtesy. To encourage employees to be courteous in all their dealings with the public, the management v.i Southern railway is asking - that reports of examples of cour teous acts on the part of employ ees be made to it. With this policy in view the following has been printed on the menu cards in some of the Southern railway dining cars: "The management of Southern Railway Company expects its t-inployees to distinguish their service to the public by courtesy and requests the traveling public to report examples of successful service so that the employees may be encouraged by apprecia tion of their efforts." TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS ITEMS A Few of the Happenings of Local Inter estWhat Folks are Doing. The Landmark notes that Dr. P. F. Laugenhour, formerly of Newton, has been quite ill but is able to be up and about his home in Statesville. Saturday E. M. Wilson pur chased the half-interest of his partner, Roland Robinson, in the New York cafe, and is now sole proprietor. Mr. Robinson has not decided what he will do. -The lot salt . J. Smith Campbell at Maiaen Saturday was attended by a large crowTd, and about 40 lots sold, ranging in price from $25 to $100. ' Ihe appointment of J. H. Aiken as postmaster in Hickory was confirmed lart Thursday. Mr. Aiken was appointed to suc ceed the lamented A. C. Link, who died suddenly last spring, and this was the first time there had been opportunity of confir mation. Rev. J. A. Snow of St. Paul's, Columbus county, who was recently called by the Bap tist congregation to be pastor here, has advised that while he has not resigned his present charge, he is seriously consider ing the Newton offer, and doubt less will accept it. The telephone office will ob serve Sunday hours Saturday, ac count of Christmas. Christmas day business will be more or less suspended, though it being Sat urday, it is likely that there will be some business carried on. It is not a holiday for the rural car riers, who will tote the Christ mas packages as usual. The banks will be closed, and gener ally speaking, everybody will take a day off. Thirty-nine counties -have appropriated $24,880 for demon stration work. Catawba gives $600; Burke $540, Cleveland $600, Lincoln the same and Mecklen burg $720. Homer H. B. Mask is the county agent here, and he is one of the finest there is, doing a great work for the county in connection with the farm life school. If Catawba peaple will ; co-operate with him during the year and thoroughly organize for pig, corn, tomato, and poultry club work, Catawba will have "some" exhibit next year. Judge Shaw's Ruling Startles The State A dispatch from Morganton Friday carried a report of a rul ing made in Burke court by Judge Shaw to the effect that towns couldn't make citizens pay for street improvements along their property and at once it became apparent that if the ripreme court sustained ruth a ruling, it would affect evcrv town in the state and upset tens of thousands of dollars wcath of improve ments, throwing such a burden on municipal treasuries that bond issues would be imperative. Saturday, however, a second dispatch from Morganton stated that Judge Shaw only ruled on the question, of jurisdiction and did not pass on the point the first dispatch said he did. Suits were brought by the town to compel certain property owners to pay their improvement assessments, and were first bef ore a magis trate and taken to superior court on appeal. Judge Shaw held that magistrates had no juris'dic tion and the town appealed from his decisioji. CUPID PRECEDES SANTA CLAUS Runaway Affair Saturday First of Christ mas WeddingsClaremont News Notes. Claremont, Dec. 20. As usual, Cupid has preceded Santa Claus, appearing Saturday and arrang ing a runaway wedding in which Miss Bertie,' the 15-year-old daughter of R. L. Moser, and Ralph Carpenter were the prin cipals. Miss Moser Was milking Saturday morning when she re ceived a note from the young man to meet him at Charlie Car penter's. Borrowing clothing Christmas Trade Booming and Town is Thronged Fair weather has lifted the gloom from holiday shopping and the stores are thronged with buyers of Christmas goods. The outlook last week was most dis couraging. Merchants here never made such preparation for holi day trade as they have this year, bringing on huge stocks of stuff and of a class higher in grade than ever. But last week's weather made it appear that much of this would be left in the from a neighbor, she made a , shelves. Saturday morning, how North Carolina Report On the Leading Crops The government crop report and estimate on North Carolina shows that the aggregate is 8 per cent above last year and prices December 1 averaged 7 percent above last vear. m tnis state d,uou,uui acres were planted in corn and 64,050, 000 bushels were produced. The price averages 77 cents. There were 950,000 acresMn wheat which produced 10,355,000 bushels which average $1.20. The sweet potato crop covered 85,000 acres and produced 8,925, 000 bushels. In 1914'the acreage was 76,000 and 6,840,000 bushles were growm. The price this year averages do cents against 65 cents in 1914. The average production per acre this year was 104 bushels. Married. in the v office of the Saturday register of deeds, Henry Hudson, son of the late Lawrence Hud son, and Miss Ellen Ledford, daughter of Chauncey Ledford, were married by Rev. W. W. Rowe. SntnrHnv afternoon also Rich- Thursday night the country arf Hepler and Miss Blanch Set- zer, of the Ivey mill, Hickory, were married in the register's office, Rev. W, W. Rowe officiat ing. Register Sigmon issued seven "pairs" of license Saturday and turned two applications down. had closed the store at 10 o clock, , Yesterday the register issued stnrp nt w siv nv at unvers i was destroyed by fire. The ori gin of the blaze is not known. About $1,000 was carried on the stock, which wras worth consid erably more, so that the loss is heavy on Mr. Taylor, who has had a fine business. Mr. Taylor Jifei many Disavows Acts of Germans. The German government has ksued an official statement in which it strongly disavows al leged acts of lawlessness in the United States by Germans, who stand indicted with plotting to blow up canals, bridges, build ings and ships; munition fac tories and all plants engaged in supplying the allies, of which events there has been a plenty. The G erman government would not have its citizens violate the laws of this country, says the statement, and it assures the United States that none of these things has been done by order r with the sanction or knowledge of official Germany. j: Judges in the Primary. Attorney General Bickett has i uled that under the new primary "aw candidates for superior court judgeships shall be nominated in their respective districts, each Judge being voted for in the dis trict in which he lives, but in the section the entire state will vote as usual for all the judges. m company wiui stveicii men, and gone home. A .-rt time af terward he heard an explosion . and going out, saw one side of the building in flames. It is be lieved to have been incendiary and set on fire at that side of the store. Mr. Taylor had one of the best, cleanest and most up-to-date country stores in the county and his loss will fall heavy. At a meeting of Baptist lay men and ministers in Hickory Friday, the idea of consolidating South Fork institute and the as sociational schools in Lenoir and at North Catawba, was discussed with favorable criticism, and Os borne Brown, who presided over the meeting, wp instructed to call a second meeting at Hickory within the next 30 days, of the trustees of the three schools, since these authorities are the people who must execute any plans for consolidation. JNortn Catawba off ered 400,000 bricks, 15 acres of land; and the state mission board will put in $5,000, and there will be about $20,000 to start with. Newton would like to have the consolidated school if there is a chance. Hick ory and Lenoir will put in bids. Capt. Andrew Long of the Navy is expected this week to spend Christmas with Dr. T..W. Long and family. hasty trip to Claremont and Rev. R. M. Carpenter performed the ceremony. License was secured Friday with the expectation of getting married Sunday night but a phone message that nightj hurried the event. The bride's people were opposed to it be cause of her age. We are ex pecting several other weddings before the holidays are over. There will be a Christmas tree at St. Mark's Lutheran church Fridayjafternoon at 3 o'clock. Christmas day there will be ser vices at Mt. Calvary Lutheran church at 10;30, when a treat will be given the Sunday school. There will be a play at Clare mont school Thursday night "The Old Maids' Association". The children will give other exer cises also. ' School will close Thursday for the holidays and re-open January 1. Ed Sigmon is home from City Point, Va., to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Sid Sig mon. Knox Sigmon and George Cloninger are here from Bryson City. Miss Addie Hoke has ar rived from New York to spend a month with her sister, Mrs. ! Charles Little, who has been very ill for nine weeks.' George Wilkie spent the week end in Statesville .MrsJEva Little and Miss Beulah of Cataw ba spent last week with Mrs. Garland Huitt. Mrs. Joe White ner of Newton Rt. 4 spent a few days here this week, the guest of her daughter, Miss Esther White ner. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huitt of Charlotte, Va. have been the guests of Mr. Huitt's brother, Guy C. Huitt. Sam Yount came home Friday from Kannapolis to. spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Yount. Miss Mary Sigmon spent Saturday in Newton, shopping. Summy Duyck died last Satur day at his home near Claremont, leaving a wife and four children. The family has everybody's deep est sympathy. Mrs. R. R. Boggs of Calawba, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Rockett of Route 2 and Miss Lela Whitener of Catawba wTere among the visi tors Sunday. ever, the sun came out to shine in a cloudless sky and large num bers of people came to town. Yesterday was a busy day everywhere, and many a Christ mas gift was purchased and laid aside for Saturday. Merchants are highly pleased and the indi cations are now that every day this week, right up to Friday, will be busy ones. CATAWBA STATE'S MODEL COUNTY Hawn History May Be c A eVT r n - PIaCed in PubHc Schools Study of the Subject of Co-operation ! Reveals County's Advanced Progress j George W. Hawn of Hickory, A letter from Chapel Hill says: author of the volume, "The Ca The model co-operative county in tawba Soldier in the Civil War," North Carolina is Catawba. j was in town Friday afternoon, p v,f 4. u ' and when asked what sale his Ihe people of that county have , , , . . , , , , . . . , -. book was making, said he had not only waked up to the possi- a5out m copies left aRd that he Dihties which may be obtained had ceased efforts to interest the through co-operation, but they public He said however that have gone to work with so much the idea of Dlacing a copy in spirix xnat xney nave won tne h Sf,unol i;hrnrv in f u0 honor of being ranked as the finest model of co-operation in the South. Co-operation among county would be presented to the board of education, and in this manner it wTas hoped that a few more Don't forget Rev. M. A. Abernethy and his scheme to carry good things to the inmates at the county home, Christmas. tne tarmers many be divided in- j copies might be disposed of. to three general classes; co-op-r-; The idea wag favorably receiv. ative production, co-operative j by several citiZens to whom it marketing, and'co-operative sow-; was mentioned, and it is believed eties for banking. The farmers j that the board will approve it of Catawba county have develop-; and that the citizens will approve With the Holiday Advertisers This Issue ed each of these to some extent The first step towards co-oper- j ation taken by the Catawba coun- ty folk was the founding cf the ! Catawba creamery in 1910. The : total initial investment in this creamery wras only 1,200. When the business began, the number of patrons was 38. The first month's operations produced i sales of butter to the amcunt of $y4U. inree tnousana pounds or i butter were made during the; month. By the end of the first j year the amount paid to t he pa- j have trons had reached 814,863. Tne ; county vouths of fiftv "I .. i ill tf w w oraers ; second vear witnessed a marked cPWori oi.-oV, , several more licenses and turned down two applications. The names of those who secured license are Christmas secrets, and won't be "let out" till after it is over. The 13th Judd a Cannibal. Wesley Judd, colored, was captured along with a 50-gallon still by revenue officers at Merry Oaks Friday, and in the scrim mage the negro lunched on one side of the face ofPosseman Wat kins and made a meal from his left hand. He ate the posseman's hand while he was manacled. He is the 13th Judd to be hunted for for illict distilling, but the others escaped. The city bakery would you place your bread early. The New York cafe has an ad vertisement this issue. Read Caldwell Cochran's sug gestions. Read C. M. Rowe's specials at cost this wreek. Get your presents at Goodman & Frieze. E. H. Yount & Co. tell you ; at all times 75 per exactly wmat to get for "him" - i stock must be owned man or boy. Christmas candy boxes at Clapp's drug store. Santa Claus is atDrum's, ac cording to the new adv. All the well-known brands of candy at Freeze Drug Co. Abernethy & Thompson, the Christmas Store. the board's approval. The book presents in very admirable form the civil war history of the coun ty. That it is not what the author had hoped to make it, and that it is not, perhaps, what it might have been, are forgotten in the fact that it is what it is a very valuable volume, of inter est to almost every fgmily in the county, and a book that should be in every home. The idea of putting it in the schools, so that the children of younger genera tions may know what Catawba years g go increase both in the number of patrons and in the amount of business. The amount paid out for butter fat this year was $22, 015. The Creamery company wTas incorporated in 1912 with an authorized capital stock of $50, 000. It was, and still is, a re quirement of the company that of the by the farmers. At the present time only ten shares are held by j others than farmers. j ' The great success of the cream- ' ery could not fail to impress the farmers of Catawba county with the importance of co-operative enterprises; and so, they have j hastened to form other such as- that should be welcomed by the county. Cotton Ginners' Report. Spot cotton yesterday was llh cents here. The ginners' report came out with 10,303,263 bales, far behind last year, but it made little to-do on the market, which closed 3 to 5 points above Satur day. ' The Newton Markets (Corrected Every Issue) President Wilson's Wedding. The wedding of the president and Mrs. Gait took place in Washington Saturday evening in an extremely quiet manner with only relatives attending, and the couple went to Hot Springs, Va., for their honeymoon. Many presents wrere sent, although it had been given out that none save those from close friends could be accepted, and aH except such, that are of intrinsic value, will be returned to the people ! sociations. In 1913 the Catawba j County Sweet Potato Growers' : association was organized with a membership of 60. The associa tion had three purposes in or ganizing; first to increase the production of sweet potatoes; second, to improve their quality; and third to standardize the package for their shipment. The association has been growing steadily and is meeting a long- felt need in Catawba county. J But the Catawba county farm ! ers do not limit their co-operation i to enterprises merely for the sale Died. Robert M. Petrie died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Leonard, in Lincoln county Wed nesday, after six weeks illness wTith paralysis. He was an old soldier, acting as lieutenant-colonel of the Catawba county mili tia. Surviving him are one brother, Lawson Petrie of Hick ory, and six children Mrs. C. A. Jonas, wife of the state senator; Mrs. B. Wilson of Rutherford college, wife of the wel. -known Methodist preacher; Mrs. J. R. Goins and Mrs. D. W. Workman, Mrs. Leonard and Dr. R. W. Pe trie of Charlotte. Mr. Petrie first married Miss Sue Leonard of this country and after her death married Miss Eliza Yoder of Lincoln. He was parazed about six weeks ago and had been conscious tnly at intervals. virViri rroTTO fViom TVi o affair1 titqo , . , , , n i , ii ; of their products; he also applies the talk of the world but there ' . . . ' . mi , , j ! the principle of co-operation to were no frills whatever to it and L, , ,,. . , , - the supplies that he purcnases. everything was carried out in the T , . . , , , , , , , u i In order to supply tnis need, the simplest mamier pusbiuie, win , TT . ,XT . , . - i-i jj- I Farmers Union Wareho; uesiring a piain iiome weuumg. 600 Horses Drowned. Six hundred horses were drowned in North river, New York, when a barge on which they were be carried to a steamer sank under its load. The animals were worth $200 each and were being shipped to France for war purposes. ehouse com pany, incorporated in 1913, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000. This warehouse is a wholesale warehouse for all the The defendant having de manded a trial by jury, the fol lowing jurors nave been sum-. farmers in the county. It handles monea oy tne snerm m tne ee;such articies fertilizers, seeds, Schrum case today, six ot them to be selected to hear the Box Supper at Moss School. J. D. Fisher requests an noucement that there will be a box social at the Moss school Friday night Christmas eve. Every one is invited to attend. Cotton IW Cotton seed 60? Cotton seed meal 1.90 Cotton seed hulls ' 75c Wheat $1.30 Flour $3.00 to $3.20 Bran 1 85 Corn 75c and 80 Corn meal 1.00 Oats 60 Rye 1.10 Peas 1-25 Irish potatoes 90?-$1.00 Sweet potatoes 40? Dried fruit 3? Chickens 10? Eggs 30? Butter 25? Turkeys 12?--13c Beeves 3J to 4c Calves Hogs 10? Sheep Dry hides 15? Green hide 12i? evi dence and decide whether or not he should have been arrested: Sam Fry, G. W. Sigmon, S. H. Schell, Quince Hawn, N. A. Travis, Ed Smyre, Lee Cline, Jas. McRee, Chas. Bolick, S. L. Kil- lian, E. E. Hartsoe and Ed. Bolick. Two hundred hearts were lightened yesterday when 200 Dockets were made heavy at the implements, wagons, buggies, and harness. The farmer's pro duce may be also marketed through the warehouse. Last year the warehouse did a $2,5C0 business. More instances of improvement might be cited. But what has been shown should convince the most skeptical that the county has greatly improved, and that the most powerful single in fluence in bringing about the fm- ShufordNational bank, which paid provement has been the practical out over $3,000 saved in "chicken aplication of the principle of co operation in the various farming industries of the county. t money oy tne L-nnstmas ciud during the year. Mrs. George Smyre, who was so badly burned Thanksgiv ing day, is improving at her home on Middlebrook under the skilled attention of Mrs. R. R. Brady, the well-known trained nurse. A deed was filed yesterday Automobiles. There are registered in this state 23,703 automDbiles, about 5.000 more than ever. In the country there are under license 1,500,000 machines and the out put of the plants last vear was nearly half a billion dollars. About 40 million dollars worth of trucks have been exported to Eu rope for war purposes. Europe will be full of second hand ma chines after the war. Claims For Titanic Victims. The White Star line is wiiling to pay $664,000 damages to the families of victims of the Titan ic disaster, in which more than 1,500 people lost their lives. About $500,000 of it would go to Americans if the compromise is affected. More snow is indicated by the signs of the times and there may be a"white"Christma3, or it may be a dismal rainy one, which is always the extreme end of the ,imit. Sale of Dairy Cattle. It now appears that the meet ing of the State Live Stock and Dairymen's association in Salis bury, January 25-28, will see the largest consignment of pure-bred Guernseys and Jerseys ever brought into the state. Twenty that was made July 21, 1880, by consignments have already been B. F. Eaton of Davie county to made and arrangements are be R. L. White of this county, for ing completed for bringing in an $80, for a lot in west Hickory, additional half carload of Guern along the railroad, being a part sey heifers from northern points of the Attwood addition. News Letter. - . Ncthirg definite has as yet been done about the bridge over the river at Lookout. Represen tatives of Catawba and Iredell have held a meeting with the Southern Power people, discus sing the proposition to divide the. cost of the bridge among the counties and the compar. y, each paying a third and operating it as a toll bridge until paid for, to gether with the Mooresville and Buffalo Shoals bridges, which would be taken over by the coun ties if the plan is adapted. Miss Grace Gaither, student in Flora McDowell college, Red Springs, came home last week to j spend Christmas.
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