North Carolina Newspapers

d(( JCs a n m W vv Aa , , , ' . ii , ... Published Every Thursday Zt.OU a Year, Due in Advance Published by Estate of J. G. Boylin. i VVADESBOKO, N. C THURSDAY. MAIICH 4, lOl.n VOL. XXXV. NO. 0 ESTABLISHED 1881 ed PROVIDE FOR RURAL POLICE Bill Which Has Passed House W ill Al- low Appointment of These Officers in Several Townships. Last week Representative F. E. Thomas introduced in the House a bill to establish the office of rural po- - lice in. the townships of Lilesville, Morven, Gulledge and White Store, these being the townships which vot ed in the primaries last August for rural police. The bill has already passed the House. The bill authorizes the commission ers to levy a tax to be used exclusive ly in paying the salary or salaries of the officers. Inasmuch as the taxes can not be collected until November, the rural police will be appointed by the commissioners on the first Mon- day in December, 1915. The bill gives ..", the commissioners power to appoint ' " one or more officers' for above men tioned townships," and the salary, of each officer must not exceed $75.00 .' "per month. The commissioners may in their discretion annul or revoke the ' ' operation of the bill in: any township ; if the citizens of the township affect-! ed petition them to do so. . . ; The wdrk of the rural police' will 1 be watched with interest when they are appointed, and if their work -is sat isfactory it-is probahle that' the. law J will be extended to apply to the entire county, two years from now. .-.'Ches- . terfield county, has had rural "polke for several years, and is well pleased with the experiment;' ;:-.IjCwUl .be ho - ticed that ; all- the townships '.which . voted for rual police, .except Liles- 'ville, border on ' the Souths Carolina-. line, and that they; hay had'.the test .opportunity for. observing (ttre worK.oi the rural police in .Chesterfield counP ; It is thought' the tilKWiJ; pass the. Senate without 'qpndRjtiont ' . Moonshiner Killed Inlaid Near Ham- Hamlet, Feb. 7v-r-Actilpg- upon, . in- ' formation' that'an illicit distillery was 1 '' in operation ' abOu sjx miles , below Brown of Richmond County and Po liceman Miller of. Hamlet made a raid on the still' Friday "night about mid- 4 ... Vpori reaching' . tbe" edge-- bf the , ' swamp ear the'locatioiit 'c' 'the still the officers found;'; a Vii' Jvlfo was carrying' a35rgalJoVv;vSxill ayfajy from the swam'p''He'w.aliariisbeld tid 1m- . mediately tfiree'-;bf ;; Ma' ?'nt pinions j ran out'oi he'a''a?idn,!d'fie . on 'the offioer's.,; -r'v.:5v;1. . f '' '' The offiQWs.Vltu'rij'eiii thfe fire and Colin, McIfittBSA. was filled Jay the of - ficers. Fry, the mini -.who had the still.iwas a'Woflifr'u-lajw'. -: 4f : the man killed. ' q y ' The other;w6Vmenibevs of the party fled and have fof'be'en Raptured. The inquest was'helSoday' h 'Coroner Smith and' the, jury ' exonerated the officers from anyb?ame. .The deceased and Fry were-fomerly. -residents of Moore County ' above Carthage and have been living ashorftime in the neighborhod of th slheof the kil- ling. The place where.'ithe killing oc curred is in a neighborhood where at least a dozen homfcid.es have oc curred within the last few years. Deputy Sheriff Brown was in charge of the posse and to Win " is due the credit for the capture, Farm Mortgage Loans. Chicago Dispatch. ; . The Spring always brings activity in farm land credits. Bankers who spe cialize in farm mortgages -report in creasing popularity of this form of in vestment, and a rather sharp decline in the yield rate, which, in the case of the best paper, is between 5 1-2 and 6 per cent, or 1-2 of 1 per cent less than a few months ago. Farmers are taking up maturities more than usual, and well-to-do farmers are increasing their holdings. Land prices have not changed appreciably, aggricultural prosperity offsetting industrial de pression. Fred W. Thompson, mana ger pf the farm loan department of th6 Merchants Loan & Trust, and presi dent of the Farm Mortgage Banker's Association, says rural conditions and prospects are exceptionally attrac tive even if peace is declared this year; but "at such a time there is some tendency toward lack of conser vatism in making farm loans, and bankers should guard aggainst that." Rural credit legislation ywill go over .until the next session of Congress. BUY YOUR lieef, Pork, Vegeta bles, Eggs, etc., from C. A. Crawford, Always fresh, Phone 124. . Hamlet on theme between; North' I0mir,a confer inemeeivcs uni . : and South Carolina; Sheriff Person quo l4,Whe Versatility 'of .their, bit fe ' " ; of Marlboro "Caunty, S...Cnd,two if-m. JM."1 Tenuties toff eflter - with Deficit Sheriff no fewer" than a dozen men irmong my Grier's Anti-Jug Bill Almost Dead. Raleigh March 3. A conference committee was provided by the Sen ate and House today to undertake an adjustment of the differences between the two branches of the Legislature over the Crier anti-jug bill. The House refused this morning to concur in the Senate amendment for an election the second Tuesday in August for ratifying the act. ,As a result, the opinion is generally ex pressed that further effort to pass the Grier bill will be abandoned and the fornre committee may bring in a substitute similar to the White sub stitute some days ago that would re strict shipments to one quart of whis key cr not more than .five gallons of malt liquors in any week to an indi vidual, the liquor to be in a single re tainer. . The conference f committee on the part of the Sanate' consists of Sen ators 'nh. Gilliam and -White. The committee on the part; of "the House consists of Douhtonf ; Enre, Page, Thomas, Whitford and. Battle. Da Wives Tq!1, tha Truth to Husbands? Their In the March 'Woiran's Hoao. Com- nanicn anHear.i. an avticlo -cn,titled, !;The Lies We'Tell' to Men." k i?' the ; Wsonal confession of a wop an v.hoj 'maintains that women rarely' tell the truth, to men and that it is j&e men's ault. After relating some of her ex periences iri girlhood and youn? vu tnanhood, the author, of this artick' goes on to tell, as follows, how, after she became engaged and married, each year, has added to her understanding: '; 'For one thing, I found I must maintain fervently that he was the J announced that the Austrians suf onlyman I could" ever posibly have ; fere:j seVere reverse and that yes loved, under 0y possible circumstan- j terday they lost in prisoners more ces.,' Isn'.t ttaf one of the drollest fal- !ti,an g.oob men. The Russians cap- I lncfes ofj'the. (Jther:- Sex, about us? ThrujhS.hd ac-es,' it Jia? . stood uncon- Itradictei.' .-Men. they 'i.dScjare with somothtiir'of the' pride 'with which youth' of -twenjty will announce that hfit Has a . Past, axe at heart Morrnons. A -woman can love but once! We are!frnnf, n iirm1!mi tha fm-trpv Ror - afraid to tell theim they would not,;; consider it nice:-r-nov many men we fcave known ' ' wh$!fi'we could , have leaved,, how manj'l feven, whom we, did love !-;T1i ere 13 rftjt the slightest r,eason pecni friends that I could have cared about, could have . niacried, ' with whom, I could have, bpen happy." ' Dr., Noble's, Good Advice. Statesvill'e Ldrriark. '.. prof, Tobl wafrv entirely right in yrging theIiedell county teaches to instruct the children about home. mat ters. Some school children who can tell something of the government of Rome in the old days, know nothing about their town or county govern- 1 ment, the area of the countt', pepu- j lation of tax values, simply because they are not taught these things. Of course the great majority of the pop- illation have no occasion to keep the names and number of the townships of the county in mind, but the fact that.. only about a half dozen of the audience in the court house last Saturday were j willing to say they could name the j townships in Iredell, isn't something j of which to be proud. The Landmark 1 especially doesn't feel proud. It has occasion to publish the names of the townships in one connection or ano- titer, every few months; and seeing , Caucasus the near East again is corn that so few folks know their names ';n!? ;nto the limeliirht. The Russians cnuses suspicion that possibly news papers are not so closely read as onte of us would like to think. But if folks read the newspapers more closely they would know a lot more than they do. . An Irish Informer. Kansas City Star. When illicit distilling was common in Ireland there was an old man who went about the country repairing whis ky pots. The gauger met him one day and asked him what he would take to inform him (the gauger) where he had repaired the last whisky pot. v "Och!" said the old man, "I'll just take half a crown." "Done!" retorted the gauger."Here's your money, but be careful to tell me the truth." "Och! I'll tell you no lie, sir. I just mended the last whisky pot where the hole was." Samuel L. Rogers Takes Charge Cen sus as Director Monday. Washington Dispatch to Charlotte Ob server. Samuel L. Rogers of Macon county was nominated for director of the Census today. He will be confirmed tonight. His salary will be $6,000 a year. He will bring Mrs. Rogers and the six children to Washington to live. Mr. Rogers was Corporation Com misioner for North Carolina for sev eral terms. He managed Senator Sim mons' last campaign. Mr. Rogers goes to work Monday. THE WAR. Austro-Germans Vainly Assaulting Russian Lines Allied Fleet Again Bombarding Dardanelles. London, March 3. In their deter mination to leave Przemysl and drive the Russians out of Galicia, the Aus-tro-German armies which for some weeks have been on the Galician side of the Carpathian mountains have made, repeated attempts the last few days to break through the Russian en trenchments but without success. Since Sunday when in massed for mation they threw themselves against Russian 'troops' holding strong posi tions?) th' Austro-Germans have at ackod 'axain JTand again in spite of heavy losses - - :.esterday, according to the Russian hns held here, and he is .regnrd..-d as 'official account, ''.the Austrians deliv-jonc of the best judges that ever re ared, furious feat 'unsuccessful attacks cupicd the bench in Anson eour.ty. ! between- the' ?an and. Ordawa Rivers, The following cases were dispr,.ed of while the Germans, 'made fruitless r.t tsmpts p.round Ivozlouwka and Rojan ka. AtvRo.'i'!;ka they lost two com- ' sanies, which were surrounuea ana an- u;hi!ateJ. ' V.' . 0 estimates ' have -'heMi '..published "0f losses sustained by 'he ''Germanic armiei in theW efforts to through' the Russian lines at break these places, but they are believed to have been very, large, as the Russian posi tions wer almost impregnable. In the Austrians' attempt to out flank the Russians in Eastern Galicia two Russian official reports thave jtured, also a number of guns and mut.h transport material. j -Oh the other extreme wing in North j Poland the Germans either have as, isume(j the defensive or are retiring iexcent at Ossowetz, where they con- - , unofficially reports that their guns have -eilenced two. forts. They at tempted to approach the city but were unsuccessful. The Germans,' claiming success near Augustowo yJiere they captured 1, cbt) prisoners, admit they have with- drhwn thedi adtance gusrds south of Myszynic and that the Russians have been feeling their way to the north west of Przasnysz. The facts seem to be that the Russians are advancing judgment for plaintiff, slowly along the whole northern line, j Ba"k of Union vs. II. S. Pinkston; They have reinforced their armies at ' judgment for plaintiff, every threatened point and are con-1 Detroit Automatic Scales Co. vs. K. sidcred to be in a3 good a position Hammond; judgment for plaintiff, as the Germans, who have left their ' M. A. Hinson, et al vs. W. N. Pink-railways-behind them. ston; judgment for defendant, plaintiff So A HI cl s the West is concerned, the French offensive in the Champagne region countries to be the outstand- ing features of the campaign. The French troops have reached the high est points on the ground north of Perthes and Beausejour and must be near positions from which thev can shell the branch railway that runs to! L. L. Little executor, vs. B. II. Crow i the rear of the German line and main- Idcr and wife; judgment for plaintiff. tains communication between the Ger- man forces before Rheims and Ver - dun. There has been fighting at other points, but none to compare in im- portance with that in Champagne. With the Allied Fleet again bom - : barding the Dardanelles and the Russians nushintr their offensive in the have scored a distinct success by the capture of the Turkish port of Khopa, ea, l-rom which the .i Turkish army in the Caucasus drew part of its supplies. Unofficial reports say that besides the ships which are bombarding the interior Dardanelles forts some of the fleets are throwing shells into the Gulf of Saros, so that the Turkish garrisons will be subjected to fire from two sides. The Turks are concentratiner strong forces for the defense of Con- ; appealed, and an agreement was en stantinople and the Balkan States are ! tered into that all suits involving the watching the operations with intense same points should be decided ac ' interest. The success or failure of cording to the ruling of the supreme the Allies' attempt to open the straits court on one suit, which will be car means much to the Balkan Nations. I ried up. , The King of Greece has called a ' This a fitting time to state that grand council for a full discussion of when Judge Rountree was here in Feb the situation The Chamber later will ruary he, in open court, complimented hear the report of the council. (Clerk of the Court Boggan very high- Great Britain has not replied to h', saying he was one of the best the American note regarding the na-', clerks in the state. All who know Mr. val war zone and food shipments. ' Boggan, and are familiar with the ef No Fertilizer in Monroe. Monroe Enquirer. A fertilizer inspector sent out by the State Department of Agriculture was here last Saturday, There was nothing for him to do. There was not a bag of commercial ertilizer in town. WANTED Corn for cash. Laney, Cheraw, S. C. SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNS. . jMuch Business Disposed of in Three I)u3 of Court, Though There Were riage of Miss Allie Mae Bums, who, Few Cases of General Interest for two years, has been studying nurs Judge Rountree a Believer in Work, ing in a Charlotte hospital. The mar Superior court adjourned yesterday riage took place December 2th, but after a three days' session, in which had been kept a profound secret un- much work was disposed of. In fact, til Tuesday. it is stated by those in a position to i Miss Burns is a daughter of Mr. C. know that more work was accom- M. Burns, and is extremely popular in plished than has been done by any Wadesboro, where the news of her court within recent years, even though marriage will be heard with much in- the other courts remained in session a full wek. Judge Rountree, besides be ing a learned lawyer and a just judge, believes in work, and every minute of the court just closed was engaged in .accomplishing business. This U the second term of court Judge Rountree , this week: D. D. Coward vs. P. F.. Smith, judgment for defendant. It v;-s charged that Smith fraudulently con cealed property last fall when he took the insolvent's o;Hh to avoid paying a judgment secured by Mr. Coward for a horse which Smith drove to death, ' However, it was not proved that the defendant had any property and he was released. Ella Ellis vs. Mack Eliic, suit for di vorce; non-suit. James Ratliff vs. A. C. L., non suit. Elizabeth A. Moss vs. John Moss, suit for divorce; non-suit. J. H. Zeilin & Co. vs. R. E. Capel; compromise. J. L. Griffin, Robert Bryant, G. W. Dietz, and J. M. Ramseur vs. Webb & Yount and Falls City Construction Co.; judgments for plaintiffs. There were four cases, the first four men nr.med being plaintiffs, and the plain- 1 tiffs won in each case. L-. A. Buir vs. Mit Hardison, com promised. Ellen Sturdivant vs. Esther Sturdi vant; remanded to clerk of court for disposition according to law. Virginia Buggy Co. vs. Laura Little administratrix, judgment plaintiff. ; ' - - - New England Jewelry Co. vs. R Crowder; judgment for defendant HIalock Hardware Co. vs. S. A, M. for W. L. i to pay cost Helen Mowery vs. M. W. Mowery; I judgment for plaintiff. Davis-Ross Co. vs. R. D. Hildreth; compromised. E. M. McRae vs. South & Western K- K, Co., et al; judgment for plain- tiff- F. S. Royster Guano Co. and Col- . ! tnnbia Guano Co. vs C. C. Moore, judgment for plaintiff. J- Frank Spencer et al vs. John F. j Spencer et al; judgment confirming I sale. I Blalock-Allen Hdw. Co. vs. J. W. Hasty; judgment for plaintiff, ! F. M. Ilightower vs. Cornelia Yar- ing et al; judgment for plaintiff. First National Bank' of Wadesboro i vs. M. V. Duncan; judgmen for j plaintiff. f T7U T T J 1 T 1 ; riora o. Connor ai vs. j-iiverpooi and London and Globe Ins. Co.; judg- j stent for plaintiffs. . I A number of suits to collect notes and mortgages, growing Out of the -recent failures of the Southern Sav ings Bank and the Dixie Develop j ment Co- were disposed of. These ! were decided uniformly in favor of the plaintiffs. Some of the defendants ficient manner in which he looks after his duties, will agree that the praise was just. - - Irish Cobbler, Red Bliss and other varieties of seed potatoes for sale at Burns Bros. ; - ' - j FOR SALE CHEAP 200,000 R. B. brick; also heart lumber for well curb ing, etc. John W. Odom. Coman-Rurns. Yesterday's Charlotte Observer car- ried the following account of the mar- terest. Here is the Observer's account: "The marriage of Mr. W. Trent Co man of this city and Miss Allie Mae Burns,, daughter of Mr. C. M. Rums of Wadesboro occurred in Lincolnton December 2G l'.Hl, but the hantv. or-in- currence is newj" this morning. ' asrnii'.h as the contracting parties hrd i";til now kept th? matter a pro jfour.J secret within a very narrow 'circle of friends. The corericny wa. i performed by Rev. I). H. Coivan,' f,,. ! titer of the groom and was witnessed i by Drs. Crowell Lawing and Thornp ; .-on of Lincolnton. "The bi ii'e h"s for two years been 'a msrnbc-r of the nurses' training . il'ool of St. Pater's Hosmtul previous 5 which she was a student at the Presbyterian Collctre in this citv a:i at Peace Institute in Raleitrh. She j numbers her friends by the scores in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wadesboro "The groom is a well known younsr business man of Charlotte, having for a number of years been a traveling representative of the Hospital Supply & Drug Co. "Mr. and Mrs. Coman kft last night for their deferred bridal trip to points of interest in the North. After their return they will be at home at 515 .North Poplar street." McFarlzn News. Mrs. T. B. Jenkins and sister, Miss Rebecca Pejrues of Petersburg, Va., arrived here Wcanescay to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pegues. , J;m Deuerry colored came very near oemg goreu to death by a very fe rocious bull last Tuesday morning. It was necessary for Dr. Chapman to take a number of stitches in both of his .sides. Mr. E. Y. Martin had the ir.i-frr tune of breaking his log several days ago while digging stumps with stump puller, we hoj.e Jir. Mrrtin will not have any serious trouble am will soon be able to attend to h work. Mrs. , DeWitt . Moj-tcn will , have, cltarge ol the tomato club m this com munity this year, fcne hi'.s quite ; large number of members atreac!" en rolled. The members are Misses Pau line Mer.chum, May Pittr.ian, Pauline Dawkins, Lina Little, .-largurete May Effie Moore, Eva Stubbs, Letha Low rv, Bctlta Teal. Manel Moore, Era Baker, Lydia Sings. Daisy Lee North cutt. Myrtle McCaskill, Lyda Phil lins, Sadie Kendail, Lesh Kendall Rosa Pegues, Mesdames J. T. Phillies A. B. Sings, II. E. Braswell, J. 3. Northcutt, T. L. Baker, G. M. Mc Caskill, D. H. Morton, An order for 14 dozen cans of tomatoes has been re ceived and distributed among the dif ferent members. Mrs. Morton told the girls net to become discouraged because they could not sell their goods ;:s fast as they would like to bat if nothing happened they would sell all they had. The club girls will plant beans as well as tomatoes this year avd can other vegetab'es so they can till orders of all varieties of vegetables and preserves and etc. Mrs. C. H. Baliinger and little' son, Chavles. of Mervcs, -jpent ' we'. end with the family cf Mr. W. A. Pe gues. ?dr. Dan Garriss, of Marlboro coun ty was a welcome visitor in town .-juniiay. Mis Nora Pcgucs of I ethel, spent bati'riiay and hunrtay v.ith homefoiks, . Miss Emma Evans spent the week end with Mrs. DeWitt Watson near Cheraw. A north bound' . through." freight train was delayed here "several hours last Tuesday morning on account of both of the big driving wheels on the engme being broken. Fortunately the trr.iii was on a grade and r.o "damage was done. ' , . Mr. John' Pittman .'died at. his home about three miles from here Wednes day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock after several days illness. M?. Pittman is survived by his wife and several children. The burial will be at the Teal graveyard. The W. O. W. order of which he was a member will bury him. The United Farm Women held their regular monthly meeting at the school house last Saturday afternoon. A large number of the members were present also several visitors. The program was good and every one seemed to enjoy the meeting. Mrs. J. W. Jones, and Miss Rosa Pegues were hostess to the club and served pcrmin to sandwiches and hot coffee. The next meting will be at the home of Mrs. H. E. Braswell. Whiteballed. Judge. -. ' "Well, Rastus," said the colonel, "I understand your club has declined to admit Julius to membershiD." "Dat's a fact, kuhnel." returned the old darky. "Ah dunno what de ob- jection to Julius was, but when dey come to him." vote, day done whiteballed WANTED Beef Cattle, poor or fat. C. A. Crawford. GROW BEEF CATTLE. Number of Ansonians are Building Up Herds Several Leading Breeds Represented. The growing of beef cattle is tak ing a strong hold on Anson county's progressive farmers. Two year ago Messrs. P. T. Rhync, J. Coit Red fearn, T. C. Coxe, EEli Griggs, Frank Bennett and Adam Loekhart bought a large herd of young Short Horn hei fers, cows and Aberdeen Angu3 steers and bulls. Mr. Rhyne has two steers that look ike elephants, each weighing between 23 and 25 hundred pour. ! . They are mmensc, and are shod with horse hoes. Besides the?, lie has nine tc-ers that wi.l wei'h over twoi'.e undred pounds eajh. V.rrt ! r i cows from which ha is mi iivi'-. it is raia iney give e :a.:y .-. n:u.h milk as the Jerstys.AUh: i:e cream dre-n't separa'e so '.vlily by ratura! process, the s -,:h me. I mus hps more nutnmert in Mr. J. Coit r.ediar:i has Her?; nd Shorthorns for beef, be.-ides Jer- eys cf registered stock and hiih grades for dairy purposes. Messrs. Loekhart and Bennett have ilerefords. Mr. Eli Griggs has the Aberdeen Angus. They are b'ack without horns. Mr. P. T. Rhyne was offered $1,000 for nine of his cattle yesterday. He killed a steer a few days ago which weighed 838 pounds dressed. He has a pen of beautiful shoats for which he was offered $400 by the same party, but the most picture like animal was a Berkshire snub nosed mother with five roly polys following her. If any farmer of this county has ev er killed a milk type steer and a beef tjpa steer in the Tame year he could readily realize why our market men can not affcrd to pay the fame pi ice per pound for each type. The lesf typ; vith its chocky hind quarters, deep and wide hadtj, where the h:h price steaks come from.cuts anJweighs very differently from a tain, hlf.i hijiboncd, big stomached milk strain. Even thahidca will not bm the game pi ice, although practically f-om the imal Cotii-.n seed meal r,nJ h;iV ft e-j to a tatt.nir.g oect tr.at will produce S25.00 a ye.r in high ftrado manure wi'.l make the most worn out farm blossom with red clo ver blocms and rye heads, and biu'i vetch blooms, that makes :;s precty a yard as the racst beautiful ga.-d-.-n of roses. Primary Bill is Pa; s d Er Senate. Raleigh. Feb. 2'' The Hebgood Weaver primary bill v r.s passed at 1 o'clock this morning by the Sonata by a vote of 36 to 10 and goes to tho House, where another Ion and sharp debate and contest awaits it. The Senate voted down an amendment by Senator Ward to refer the bill to the people 'at "the next e!e:tkn. The Senate spent from 11 o'clock to nearly 1 o'clock voting on a great number of amendments offered to the Statewide primary bill before the vo'ta on the main question was reached. The committee amendments were all .f adopted, but all those offered since the argument began were voted down nxcept two, one by Senator1 McRae of Mecklenburg and the ether by Sena tor White. The McRae amendment, provides for the exemption of 50-odd counties specified from operations as to county officers, including members of the House of Represe: ."CS. Che White amendment provides that ary one of the counties so; exempted. 'may . vote tnemse:vts uitaer t.v r-Trirv thrcus h . peti ::n ot one-fifth, of the county asking for the voters in th election. ' An amendment by Johnsori of Du plin to also exempt a large number of senatorial districts was lost by a close vote. The McRae amendment carried by one majority, 24 to 25. When the amendments were all in and the main question was ready to be put there was demand that the bill go to the Committee on Appropriations and President Daughtridge held that this must be the course unless the rules were suspended. The vote was then on suspension of the rules and carried. Thereafter the bill passed 36 to 10. And the Senate adjourned 'at 1 o'clock. ! Mr. Golitely I gave you that twen- y dollars to spend on groceries. You cant eat that hatI Mrs. Golitely "No! but I can feast my eyes on it. Fresh Cabbage Plants every Tues day at McRae Co. 'a.