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NEW SERIES VOL. 20.-NO. 107 WADESBQItO, N. C, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2G, 1908. WHOLE NUMBER 1,107
IN THE HANDS
OF receivers!
NEW TURN IN AFFAIRS AT
BLEWETT FALLS.
. Mea.rt W. 11. Brawno and W. A. UUn4
Appelated Hicilrm of the Rocking
"' ' ham Power Co. by Jod;e Prlehnrd
'll I Alleged That Actions of Ilaah
HtRu4 CaptBf la Rfiili( I
. . Jura Over Land Boaght for Power
. ComptBf aad lultl Growing Oat of
ThU An Hara.alag tha Pragreaa (
. Wark.
' ' The expected has happened. The
Rockingham Power Company has
' gone into the hands of receivers.
. the-receivers were appointed Monday
by Judge Pritchard at Richmond.
- The Raleigh News and Observer of
, yesterday, prints the following ac
" . count of the matter:
"Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, on Moo
, day morning in Richmond, signed an
order making W. II. Browne and W.
A Leland receivers of the Rocking
ham Power Company.. the company
developing the large water power on
the Pee Dee river at Blewett Falls,
' near Rockingham.
' 4The receivers were appointed in a
'r suit instituted by the S. Morgan
Smith Company, of Newark, Pa.,
- ;who aie large contractors in the
building ot the plant, and also are
large stockholders and bondholders in
,.. the company. They allege as one of
the pincipal grounds for receivership
the reiusal of Hugh MacRae and
. v Company to turn over to the Power
., Company lands wich Hugh MacRae
- and Company purchased for the Pow
er Company; that the suits growing
"' out of this refusal are harassing and
V. threaten to interfere with the progress
of the work, and, if continued, loss
would result to both holders of the 82-
.." curities and the contractors.
1 "Messrs. Browne and Leland have
for some time been in charge of the
'. work, and it is understood that the
progress of the work will continue
under the order of the court. The
development ol this power, of course,
- means a great deal to the south cen
tral portion of North Carolina, and it
is hoped that the way wilt be opened
Tfirff speedy completion of the work.
The receivers propose to at once de
velop 15,000 horse power, and when
the plant is completed there will be
ful.y 30,000 horse power."
Don't Mlea Thle.
The third number of the cqurse
provided by the Wadesboro Eoter
. tainment Bureau comes next Wednes
day night, December 2. This num
ber is one of the best and mostexpen
, sive and will be entirely different
' from anyof the others. Holders of
' . season tickets can get reserved seats
.at Parsons Drug Store next Monday.
Those who have not season tickets can
secure reserved seats at the same
time.
. . J. Caveny and Company are well
known aU over the United State;,
. . and the Wadesboro people are indeed
fortunate in being able to enjoy this
- entertainment. The company was
in Charlotte this week, where a large
' . audience greeted them. Mr. Caveny,
the. famous cartoonist, clay modeler
and impersonator, has added to his
;,., already splendid reputation by pro
diicing his great protean novelty of
: "Dr. Jekyiand Mr.Hyde." Heim
.. personates five characters from the
, book, making the transitions so rap
idly that the ; costume changes seem
-instantaneous. The songs of Miss
Caveny are illustrated by Mr. Cave
' ny's skillful hand.
( There will certainly be a great au
dience to greet this attraction and, as
there js no possibility of a return
date, every one should secure seats
, as soon as possible.
Reserved seats, 50c; general admis
sion, 35c. The entire ( front of the
house will be reserved.
Barn and Two Sluice Burned.
Yesterday morning, a few minutes
after 4 o'clock, a barn, on Mr. H. D
Piwkston's place, about a mile and a
half from town, on the White Store
road, was destroyed -by fire. Two
mules in the stables were burned to
death before they could be rescued
and a lot of fodder, corn, farming
u tinsels and a buggy were also des
troyed. :The brn and mules belonged
to Mr. Pinkston and his' loss is about
$400. The other contents of the barn
belonged to Aleck Lanier, coloredr
who lives on the place. There was
no insurance on any oftbe property,
The fire is believed to be of Incendary
origin. . v
NEW TRIAL GRANTED.
Aeah flaahlag Wine Ca. Agalnat
Railroad la Baprame Caart.
.t the May term of the Superior
Court, presided over by Judge Jones,
the case of Noah Rushing against
the SeaboardAlr Line railroad was
tried.. Rushing, who lives in Lanes
boro township, sued the rail
road lor personal Injuries caused
by a piece of heavy timber fall
ing on him while in the employ
of the rallroad,negligence on the part
of the railroad being charged, because
proper tools for doing such work
were not provided by the defendant.
Rushing secured a yerdict for $300.
Both the plaintiff and the defendant
appealed, the former, because the
Judge, in his charge, restricted the
jury ae to the amount ot damages it
could give, and the latter for alleged
errors contained in the charge of the
court and the admission of evidence.
The Supreme Court's decision is favor
able to Rushing and against the rail
road. The following resume of the
opinion is taken from Sunday's News
and Observer:
' 1. Where there was evidence tending to
show that plaintiff was Injured by reason
of tailing while helping to carry a heavy
log, under direction of the defend ant's fore
man, and that the usual method of haul
ing such logs was with lug hooks, which,
If used, would have prevented the Injury,
the case was one for the jury and motion
for judgment as of non-suit was properly
denied.- ,
2. Iu such case a charge to the Jury that
defendant owed to plaintiff the duty of;
supplyiug him with safe and suitable tools
and appliances with which to do the work
required of him, and that plaintiff would
not be held to assume the risk unless "the
act itself was obviously so dangerous that
in the careful performance the inherent
probabilities of Injury were greater than
those of safety'' was not objectionable.
8. Nor was It error to charge in effect
that, if the jury should find that lug hooks
were in general use by railroads for simi
lar work at the time the Injury was sus
tained, it was defendant'sduty to furnish
them, and that if . they should further find
by the greater weight of evidence that by
reason ot the nature of the work and sur
roundings a man of ordinary prudence
would have seen that it was safer to use
ug hooks than the hand, then the failure
to provide them would be negligence, an I
U they sliould find that such negligence
was the proximate cause of the injury,
they should answer the first issue, as to
defendant' negligence, "Yes."
4. It was also proper in the court to
charge upon the evidence that if the jury
should find that, after plaintiff fell, his
fellow servants could have prevented the
injury by holding the log, but negligently
dropped it, such negligence would be
chargeable to defendant's employees and,
if the proximate cause of the injury, they
should auswer the first issue "Yes."
5. It is competent in the trial of an ac
tion for damages for personal Injuries for
plaintiff to testify, for the purpose of
showing deceased's earning capacity, what
were his wages at the time of the injury
and what lie was earning in. his condition
at the time of the trial.
6. A question ' asked a plaintiff, in an
action for damages for personal injuries,
whether he caused the stick of timber to
fall on himselt is competent as, tending to
negative 'coatributory negligence on hia
part.
7. Where a defendant offers in evidence
a part of a paragraph of the complaint, it
will not be admitted excep; he offer the
whole of said paragraph, where the para
graph Is not seperable, but so connected
that the part not offered is uecessaiy to
explain tha t which is. ,
8. A charge to the jury ou the quesi ion
of damages: "Whatever you may allow
. is the end of it. The
doctor says the injury is not permanent.
The presumption is that it is ended. If
you allow damages therefore, you will not
allow for any pain, or suffering, or dimin
ished capacity for labor beyond the pres
ent. Your inquiry as to damages will not
extend to the future, but shall be limited
to such damages as he has sustained np to
the present moment" was error (1) to take
the doctor's opinion as conclusive in the
face of other testimony to the contrary;
(2) to hold that there was a presumption
thatjthe injury was ended, and (3) to deny
inquiry as to damages for the future and
restrict it to damages sustained up to the
time of the trial.
ti. Where a plaintiff has been injured by
the negligent conduet of the defendant, he
is entitled to , recover damages arising
herefrom, both present and prospective,
embracing actual expense incurred for
nursing, medical attention, loss of time,
loss from inability to perform either men
tal or physical labor and from incapacity
to earn money, and for actual suffering of
mind or body, which are the immediate
and necessary consequences of the injury.
10. Where there is error touching one or
more of several issues andit clearly ap
peal's that the matters involved in other
issues correctly presented, the Court will,
in its discretion, restrict a new trial to
those issues affected by the error as here,
Of the errors noted, to the Issue of dam
ages. "
WOMAN'S FARMERS INSTITUTE
Wliat They Hare Doae la On Caaaty
la Worth Carolina aad What They
Mar do In Other Caaaty.
Mrs. V. L. Stevens iu Progressive Farmer.
It was the writer's privi
lege to pe present, by invitation,
at a recent meeting of the
Woman's Farmers' Institute of An
son county? The ineeting was so
much that was worthy of emulation
by other counties and other organiza
tions of this kind that it seemed
worth while to review the work of
that organization lor the benefit of
your reader.
The women of Anson county held
their first meeting under the auspices
of the Department of Agriculture
three year ago. A little group of
twelve women under the leadership
of Mrs. W. J. McLendon met In the
court house where Miss Mae Card
and Miss Viola Boddie, Department
of Agriculture workers, conducted
the meeting. From this small begin
ning the work has grown until now
there is a permanent organization,
more than a hundred members. For
the past two years two successful ses
sions of institutes have been held in
different parts ol the county. These
summer institutes wera held under
the direction of the State institute
workers, but the most important fact
in connection with these meetings is
is that the program prepared by the
local women was the most important
feature of the institutes.
HOW TOWN AND COUNTRY MAY BE
BROUGHT TOUKTIIKR.
The meeting on October 30th was
the second of a series of independent
institutes arranged and successfully
carried out by the local organization.
For two years past the success of the
work has been due to the efficiency
and zeal of Mrs. J. G. Boylin, Chair
man, and Mrs. J. C. Redfearn, Sec
retary. These ladies, both interested
in farm life, one successfully conducts
. ing a farm in the county, the other
the wife of a practical farmer, and
intensely interested and thoroughly
in touch with every phase of farm
life, are thoroughly alive as to the
possibilities of the woman's institute;
and their social prestige is an impor
tant factor in the success of the or
ganization. To me the key to the
situation is in the fact that the lead
ership has fallen into the hands of
these iladies who have superior social
and intellectual advantages.
The ase and tact with which the
whole affair was managed last Fri
day was well illustrated in the dinner
served at the town restaurant -by the
Merchants' Association of Wades
boro complimentary to the institute,
where there was a special effort of
the ladies in charge to so seat the
company so that the more
timid and retiring should enjoy
the hour in conversation with their
less reserved neighbors; also in the
general response from the ladies of
the town to dine wtyh the visiting
ladies, since the ladies of the town
were not guests of the association,
this very hearty response clearly il
lustrated the spirit which pervades
the whole community. This compli
mentary dinner to the visitors from
the farms together with the presence
in the meeting and the presentation
of papers upon appropriate topics by
the President and Vice-President of
the Merchants' Association, well il
lustrated how this spirit of co-operation
betweeu town and couutry is
being fostered.
Death of an Old Citizen.
, Mr. Burell T. Mills died early last
Thursday morning at the home, near
Lilesville, of his son, Mr'.T. B. Mills.
Mr. Mills was 85 years old and had
been in feble health for two or three
years. His consort for over
50 years preceded him to the grave
by only a few days. Mr. Mills was
well known in Wadesboro. During
Sheriff B. L. Wail's administration
he lived in the jail and after that
time be made this place his home for
several years. He was kind hearted
and accomodating and was liked by
his friends. The remains were laid
to rest at Savanah graveyard, Rev
P. H. Seago conducting the funeral
exercises. : c ' -
. Impure blood runs yon down makes
you an easy victim for organic diseases.
Burdock Blood Sitters purifies the blood
cures the cause builds yon tp.
POLKTON LOCALS.
Mlea Mary K. Flake Harriett Pei.oaal
and New Item Pram the Town af
Polkton aad Vicinity.
For the first time in the history of
the place, a show came to Polktou
last Friday. It was well patronized
by young and old; by Caucasian and
African.
The infunt child of Mr. and Mm.
E. M. Carter died quite suddenly last
Saturday. It was taken sick with
acute congestion of the lungs and
lived only a few hours. Our people
deeply sympathize with the parents
in their sad bereavement.
Miss Mary F. Flake, of this place,
and Mr. John W. Curran, of Burns
ville, were quietly married last Sun
day evening. Mr. Currants one of
Anson's prxperous farmers. Miss
Flake for several years wa9 Polkton's
efficient and popular postmistress.
She carries with her to her new home
the kindest regards and best wishes
of our people.
Messrs. W. L. Rose and J. T. Pat
rick had a large and appreciative au
dience of parents and childen out to
hear them last Thursday night
Their addresses were interesting, and
no one could fail to draw pructlcul
lessons of lasting benefit from th;m.
$Mr. A. D. Dumas, one of Rocking
ham's progressive citizens, spent
"snow day" in onr town. His many
friends here were glad to sec him.
Mr. Wayne Teal,' of Charlotte, is
tea eking the public school in Burns
ville township near Mr. J. R. Beach
urn's. If everything moves on well Polk
ton will soon have a bank. A gen
tleman In Salisbury offers to put up
the building. All our citizens have
to do is to shell out money enough to
float the stock. It will be done.
Mrs. W. D. Edwards, who was in
bad health for some time during the
early Call, is about well again.
Mr. D. S. Bricker is making prep
arations to build a house on his land
a short distance north of Polk ton.
Mrs. Nora Olivette (Teal) Jordan,of
Mullins, S. C, is visiting friends and
relatives in Anson.
Mr. A. E. Beachum, who spent
some time in a hospital in Baltimore,
has returned home, much improved
in health and spirits.
Rev. J. P. Boyd has moved into
the Methodist parsonage. He sold
his own dwelling some time ago.
Some capitalists from Maxton have
purchased theg Garrison land, along
the railroad east of Polkton. Many
of our people are wondering what
disposition the purchasers will make
of the property.
Polkton high school is in a flourish
ing condition. The attendance is very
large. A number of hoarders are in
attendance and several families are
looking for houses, that they may be
in reach of this excellent institution,
The negroes of Polkton are prepar
ing to build a church in the town,
Mr. S. K. Harriss has the contract
and will put d force of hands at work
at the building in a lew days.
Mr. Jesse Sykes, of Burnsville, has
moved to our town for the purpose of
sending his family to school. He is
occupying the cottage owned by Mr.
Daniel Atkinson.
The election of John A. Johnson
for the third time as governor of Min
nesota proves him to be a Democrat
who succeeds "in doing things." It
is true he may not be endowd with
the fatalistic qualities of a "peerless
leader' but he possesses the sterling
principles of statesmen like Tilden
and Cleveland. Perhaps he will be
the Democratic Moses who will lead
the progressive, independent people
of the great Northwest and of every
other section of our trust burdened
land out of the wilderness of monopo
ly combines and banded greed. In
any event, Governor Johnson's "fu
ture is not all behind him."
: Progress.
Read the pain formula on a box of Pink
Pain Tablets, Then ask your Doctor if
there is a better one. Pain means conges
tion blood pressure somewhere. Dr.
Snoop's Pink Pain Tablets check head
pains, womanly pains, pain anywhere.
Try one, and see! 20 for 25c. Sold by Par
sons Drug Co.
FOR SALE Old'papers. TheM.
A I. has a large number f old papers
to dispose of aid will do so very cheap
y. 25 papers for 5c.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr9. T. A. Marshall, who has bn
visiting relatives in Atlanta, return
ed home Saturday night.
Col. F.d J. Coie spending the
week in Philadelphia on business.
Messrs. Jas. A. Hardlson and
II. B. Alluh spent Monday in Char
lotte. '
Messrs. W. E. Brock and F. E.
Thomas spent Monday in Be nnetts
ville, S. C, on business.
Mrs. J. M. Covington and Dr. and
Mrs. J. M. Covington, Jr., left last
night for Savannah to see the auto
mobile races to be run theie this
week. From Savannah they will
go to Jacksonville, Fla., for a few
days stay.
Rev. It. M. Mann is s-pending the
week in Clinton.
Mrs. I. P. Hedgepath, of Lumber
ton, spent Sunday here at the bedside
of her brother, Mr. VY A. Lucas,
whose dangerous illness has been
noted.
Miss Mattie DcBerry, of Wade
ville, is visiting the family of Mr. E.
F.Huntley.
Mn. J. A. Covington and son,
Ed., of Rockingham, spent Satur
day and Sunday here with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Fenton.
Mrs. J. C. Allen and infant son, ol
Lanesboro township, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Capel,
of Powelton, Richmond county.
Mr. E. F. Fenton is spending
Thanksgiving day in Rockingham
with the family of his son-in-law, Mr.
J. A. Covington.
Mr. C. C. Farrelly, of Georgetown,
S. C, spent Monday and Tuesday
here with his sister, Mrs. E. V. Fen
ton, who is very ill.
Capt. and Mrs. W. J. Lucas, of
Chester, S. C," are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. T. B. Henry. Mrs.
Henry's sister, Mrs. M. S. Webb, of
Morehead City, is also with her.
Mrs. E. W. Martin expects to
leave Wadesboro Sunday night for
Maringuion, La., where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. E. A. Allen.
Mre. E. H. Rand is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mc
Lendon, of Ansonville.
Mrs. J. E. Morrison, of Morven, is
visiting relatives in Maxton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cole and Mrs.
R. L. Cole, of Rockham, are spending
the Thanksgiving season at River
side, with Mrs. J. B. Ingram.
Mrs. W. P. Ledbetter and daugh
ter. Miss Bessie, are spending today
in Monroe with the former's mother,
Mrs. Laura Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pinkston went
to Lillington yesterday to spend a
few days with the family of their
son, Mr. H. M. Pinkston.
Mr. It. L. Steele, of Rockingham.
spent yesterday here.
Miss Jessie Moore left this morning
for Sanford, where she will spend a
few days with friends.
OPEN
TODAY
RUG AND ROCKER
SALE CLOSES
Monday 3 0th, 9 P. M
COME TODAY I
GATHINGS FURN. CO
"The House of Quality."
Rutherford St . Phone 41.
SENSATIONAL SHOOTING.
Mr. A. D. CovlaKloa, a former Aa
eoalaa Preaeal a a Deeperala Pl.tal
Da.l la riorlda.
The following dkpatrh from Quin
cy, Florida, which apjrfd In Sat
urday's papers wa rad with great
interest here:
"Thomas R. Smith Is dead, his
father, Ty Smith, hot in thrw pUffs,
ai.d Dr. KoUrt Munroe wriouIy
woundtt in the lsr, is th result of a
sensational nhooting affray in the
court house hre this afu-rnoon. Two
Massy brother and A. D. Coving
ton are under arrest, charged with
the shooting. All the participant-!
are among the mot prominent men
in the county. Trouble has . been
brewing for nom time and friend
brought the principals together today
in the hope of settling the diffenwes.
The shooting started so suddenly that
no one seems to know who began
It."
Mr. A. D. Covington is a son of
Mr. T. Covington, of this place, who
is spending the winter, in Florida,
and a brother of Mr. T. J. Covington,
president of the Bank of Wadesboro.
Mr. T. J. Covington received a tele
gram from his brother Monday night,
which brought the intelligence that
he was acting as a peace maker and
was not engaged in the shooting ex
cept in that capacity.
Mr. Via Katertalaa the Tae.day After
noon Clab.
Commnoioated,
The Tuesday Afternoon Club,
which met with Mrs. W. C. Via, was
forcefully reminded that Thanksgiv
ing was drawing near. The mem
bers of this club, 16 in number, be
sides several guests, were presented
with cards, each card having a tur
key 'n one corner. Each was asked
to write as many words as could be
made from the letters, t-u-r-k-e-y.
Mrs. Fred Coxe was the successful
contestant. Then an acrostic on this
word was asked for in rhyme.
The hostess asked the ladies into
the dining room, which was made
very attractive by the beautiful red
roses plucked from her own garden.
A regular Thanksgiving supper was
there served. Each guest received a
miniature dressed turkey, accompan
ied with the mints to be used on her
children's play table Thanksgiving
day.
Mall Sack. Robbed.
Between the hours of :10 Situr
night and 1:30 Sunday nion Ing thu
ticket office at the passenger station
was entered by a thief ar,d two locked
mail sacks cut open and robbed. The
mails taken off of traius No.-. 33 and
41, due here at 8:-10 and 9:27, respect
tively, are kept in the ticket officer
until the next morning and this fact
must have been well known to the
burglar.
Eutranca to the office was easily"
made by raising a window. Two lock
mail pouches were cut open, but so
far as is known only $5.00 in money
and a handkerchief and pin were se
cured by the thief. Tjiese articles
were taken from registered letters.
Postottice Inspector D. M. Harsh
barger, of Asheville, and two or
three railroad detectives are at work
on the case and it is hOjjed that ithe
thief will soon be apprehended.