- " VOL.4. BKvl>:*fc/ ' ' T V*iafl I ^OUNTfaoRRI W- eivfeffa-ERi FROM DIFFE ft. . MKAtMW CiKAMH. k'/",_. J Glad to Mf the news ecrlbea gettliig back on the "Job" again. ?- _Walla Walla. Idalia and otherY. Tour places were vacant last week. 4pV' - ... We cordially welcome the H%w Branch lt#mlter to our news corner. Glad aa hello-pete to have you with I, ?? . Owes aaaVn. "1 J Mr. Geo. Mweli. a saw-mill em ploys. Meat1 tuHu.was badly scalded by a sadden displacement ^ra oiowvalve tine day the past wmT The; injury ssstathed la very severe and , may result serious. We hope for hlna . a most speedy recovery. 5r ~ -r. -P: ? We much thank thetwLa Not eaco ahouldst thou he only "4", * We wouldat that thou. Sometime, somehow, _ Be pleased, at least, toTforty more. 5n v-lf JskevUIe's prose, -Shouldat not oppose. 5 We might at last Hftf atones to cast At jioao ill-imitating dunce." " TI House* getting so close together at Hfrragaw that the doga have to wag ^H^ir abbreviations up and down? Broon to wag them sldowThe. ?u ; . HPIfe to a charm In Oilead's balm. Which needs small explanation, ^ It Plaetown could have understand Tho eow-date innovation. He'd not be down to burn or drown One'a duty to the Nation. To eating eggs the questions bags. For purest rmmutation; _ Wo nil should est and eat and eat. As 'there an obligation So that the "pie" might justify The^sld hen's* occupation. ' .ye yemly U enp tnaglrn? the Qyredcope?the new scientific Instrument which positively Illustrates and demonstrates the earth's rotary ' HBbttr-srtthtn -Its Ol bit and lie fieii of attraction?gravity. How many have them? 5 As the wind veered to the BouWaw. Behold we saw an awful mouth! *%. Resentment gleamed from eye and saoat, But, aa it happened, we were out. gryi >S Hard aa adamante or bricks. 'A Gllead's teeth were in a.mix: > Some were cutting up a rat. Soma were munching 'possum fat. Some were sausaglng a goose. What If be had been tied loose! . Gobbler's "gobbs" with "kyonks" untold Might, mow, be within his hold. ) UILRAD. ^ m - / ,-tt v x / H. M. Candy, or waaningion. came \ down hontlng last week. ^ B. B. Winfleld. of Blount's Creek. ^ was here Sunday. 0 \ Misses Mary Whltford, Dora Dantela, and W. u. Yeates visitea J k. Jor.ee, at Chocowlnlty, Sunday. Mr. and Mre. H. K. Cutler spent Sunday at Blount'a Creek with Mrs. Cutler's parents. F'fcbormen are getting ready for shad fishing. ? T: IL pfiisirw narrtmrwm in the woods )ut week, having been shot by some 00b? The debating clug debated this subject Saturday night: Resplved, That the beauties of nature excel th?f^beautles olr the art of Ann. Next ?-tUne-tt-wHl be. -Resolved, that the - South was not JuitiflaMa in acceding froirt the Union. B. D. Daniels has a pen of Indian Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Buck went to L. J. Bishop was out bicycling Sunday afternoon. J. L. Latham went to Chocowinity Sunday. Plnetown, that boy la IS now. Ten cent* for this. /Brhgaw, maybe it will require 133 poles to pnt np your wire, Ten centa for this. ^ Bay fellers, a man buys one saw for Btc., and another for $1.60. The one he pays $1.60 for wears flrc limes ig long as th*? blbaf-. Ho now much cheaper is the 60e. saw? ;?^ RIVER ROAD STATION. The aeries of services at St. Stephi en'a church, condbcted by Rot. Mr L Mathews, assisted by Rev. C. D. Ma ?***" lone, olesud Issl Sunday. NotwiOx W - standing the inclemency of the ~?'*?~ ?y'~?1 j * * /ASH! ESPONDENTS li lSTING NEWS ' RENT SECTIONS ' _ " weaiher, which has sometimes been very. unfavorable,' the services were n tAnrlAil hu anil unuri\i. If.. Bhtppard at J1 "Holly Glen" one evening this week. ? Daisy, a little child of Mr. and Mrs. ? J. L. Alllgood, whp has boen quite sick, is now better. r< Mr. J. W. Alllgood was here on ? business one day this week. ? Miss 11. M. Cherry, of River Road fl Station, was a guest at dinner of Mr. ? and Mr*. L. M. Sheppard at "Holly Glen" Monady. now having very cold weather. ^ FROM R. F. D. No. 4. Rev. John R. Mathews held a series of meetings at St.. Stephen's F ^'piMo&ar church last woe*. Kara s he was greeted by a large and V attentive audience. While l>cre he t] was -a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. cl Cotten. li Mr. and M^s.4?harlie Singleton and tl children, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cutler, U Mr. and Mm. Julius Cutler, Mr. and" ~ " Ihtbt"wnorton cutter "and children7 a spent.Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. | . Cabe Cotjer. Misses Florence Braddy and Rae Cutler were guest of Mrs. Maggte Woolard spent Saturday night with ? the Misses Congleton. -Mr., and Mrs. H. Cutler aad-Mr, ? W. H. Sullivan and Miss Viola Mae 8 , ttoyd were guest of Mr. ap<^ Mrs* lt John M. Cotten Sunday. b Messrs. Johnnie Congleton. Lyman ' Finkbam and Otis Woolard and ? Misses Susan Braddy, Martha Boyd a and Olive Cutler were guests of ?' .Misses Dora, Stella and Annie Congle- " ton Sunday* Bad colds and pneumonia arc tho c' order of the day. 0 Mr. W. H. Congleton spent Sunday with his parents Oak Grove Cen- J , LM.. ? -i Miss Susan Braddy was a guest of Mrs. C. a. Cutler one night last week. Miss Sarah Waters is spending several days with Mrs. W. A. Congle- tJ ton. 8, Miss Chrlssy Hawkins, of Hawkins- e llle, v'slted friends In. our vicinity tl last week. . . b ITEMS PROM I1ROAD CREEK. j, Hello #11 ye corresponders.. Wishing you all a happy New Year. tl Miss Essio F. Latham returned p Ihome Saturday p. m. from Washing- e |ton, after spondlne a week with her I. sister, Mrs. E, P. Black. Soory to know of Jrtte -Illness of . lira. B^W.' Alllgood. Mrs. M. H. Cutler. of Zion, spent ^ Monday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Tetterton. * Mr. Jjcod Jordan, of Zion, spent awhile Sunday morning with his aunt. b Mrs. W. T. Latham, i --Mr, ?ud~MFe.?O?J.~ AUigood-and y fhti/tro^ spent Snp'^py afternoon -with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cutler. t| Mr. James Robert Lee and Misa J Maggie B. Sullivan will be married ^ on Wednesday afternoon, February ^ r "fvIBIB, at the home of her mother, ~ ; Mrs. Fannie Sullivan. 8 %Mr. Elbert J. Respess was a visitor c at Zion Sunday night. t, Mrs. W. T. Latham and daughter. | Miss Little. spent Wednesday at Mr. * Tom Harvey and Mr. W. T. Boyd, of Zion. J , Mr. Mode Shepard, of River Road. Q and Mr. Cbacy Whitley was visitors r at Mr. W. T7 Lfttham'a Wednenday , night of last week , ' A young man called Sunday night ' to two Tmin* *trl? ?n?Mh? r*?*?Tr4 was the glrla went Co bed and left the *> popr fallow.. Ha. Ha. 1 The writer apent Xmaa off thie I year and had a very pleaaant trip. B ? t Pl.NKTOW v t ? f "*? -T R HvMgde of Bath. Ailed C > (Continued on Page Two.) ' *Y *' [ xajKI '.fir ? . % . - - % lit.'.'' fry'.' jy 'ngt WASHINGTON. NORT ' Fair Ton! nnnnnnn nnti I JffiFBSS PHI-1 n? U?obroond. Vt..'a Tip." K?The Itate BupremoCOUx't at noon yesprduy through Chief Justice Keith, afuaed' the petition of floyd Alleu Dd his sou, Claude Allen, for u releasing of their case. The so-called "after discovered ridence" presented by their counsel,! ichard E. Dyed and Harry Mi Imlth, wntlon not to Interfere with the ** Icutlon of the sentence.* of dentp I BULthfiae men.-who-we re conrictcp If partic pation In the Hillcviye l?urt murders of March 14. 191"2. I Governor Mann this afternoon 6?it |>r a copy of the Sppremo conn's I pinion denying the Allen appeal. He litimatml that he expected to qubte l orn the opinion In his final st/telient regarding the popular poll ion |>r clemency'now before ^faT m i B. SEARICBT All THE PAYNE MEitlflR AL| Rev. H. B. Searlght. patior oflthe irat Presbyterian church. wHi/eod- . uct services at the Payne Memorial reabyterian church, NicholsowUle, bis evening - at-'-7: 30 o'clock. I The Itlzens of that vicinity are cordially tvitcd to attend. These services at be Payne Memorial are always atjnded by attentive congregations. iTIRsttHE PR0CRA9I FOR ROBT. EJJjE BIRTHDAY !. Leo's birthday on the evening of le 20th promises to be quite an investing /\y?nt. .Mr, YtUUfU?6. . randson of General Rohert Hansom, t to be the orator. He is reputed to e one of the most attractive and enirtaining young ^-speakers in the Eat? and all who bear bim wiil be mpiy repaid. A very attractive muical program is being arranged by le local committee. Inasmuch as le 19lh falls- on Sunday tho exerIses aro to take place on the evening f the 20th in the school auditorium. mm mi\n not ? beserted, he says Newport News. Va., Jan. 16.?Capbin Smith, master of the British teomor Indrakuala, when questioiid yesterday regarding the statement bat the Indrakuala immediately ackcd off from the sinking Julia .uckenbach after the collision, going Ho shallow water and leaving the nuggling seamen to thbir tarr. flfi'.U "As soon as the collision occurred lie Indrakuala's engines were sloped. All lifeboats were ordered lowred and e.very effort was made t/> ave as many lives as possible. "We picked up six of the Luckc'nagh'g^erew. inehtdlwg Clite* Engf-1 ear Knudsen. Some of the mea rore taken frotn the floating wreckge and others were, saved by the use f life buoys. "Our ship was sinking by the bead, ut our one thought and purpose was i save as many lives as possible. The tidarkuala stood by the scene of the 'reck for an hour and a half or~unII we got in communication with the kantsh steamer -Pennsylvania, cornrites caused us to drift anat| crowd in llaleluh would have filled! ... , I It was a day of ovation to Locke. Craig. now goverror of tho State, i and no mau could have but been I proud to have been the recipient cf] so greti*. tributes. And the ringing declarations in his inaugural address, his avowal of the set and fixed purpose to stand for- tho people ubove all things, thowiw that lie realized the import of tho/call to service fr$m him,.and that he proposed to prove a} true' champion of put their trust in him. i ' ihe great audience in the auditorium cheered him to the echo as he aroc-j to take tho oath of olKct?t the pcopl^ standing as he did this, and giving even greater applause when no taced tnem to deliver his first message to the people as governor of his native State. And throughout it there was the closest attention given, interrupted only by frequent applause as he enunciated the principles by which his administration would be guided, these principles summed up in-the declaration that this is the day of the rule df the people, and that with" impartiality and justice to all he would administer the affairs of this great State. The many events of the day were carried out with precision from start to finish. Committees met and called on the governor-elect at the Yarborough hotel the military section of the parade assembled on Martin Street about Nash Square. thu? car. riages and automobiles were in line on b ayetteviile street below Davie, and on' time the great procession, with the Third Regiment band in the lead, began the inaugural parade j through the handsomely decorated streets of Raleigh, fourteen military companies, the A. and M. cadet battalion and the Boy Scouts of Ral-I eigli, with bands here and there preceding the carriages and autorr.obilp section. In the carriages in parties of four were Governor-elect Craig, T.leuten ant-Uovernor-oiect Dpughtridge and the - officers el^Ud by the people, the members of the legislative Inaugural Committee, mem oers or me nnteng inaugural tornm It tee and many distinguished guests. Fulluwing the great number of carriages there we re fully a hundred automobileeT'ln these distinguished victors from all parts of the State, members of the electoral college of North Carolina, members of the Democratic State Executive Committe'e, chairmen of the Democratic county executive committee, mayors of many of the cities and towns of North Carolina, and editors of many of the newspapers of the State. ? 4 rr?UOTJOV MAtUUTl1. Lint Cotton, $11.76. Becd Cotton, $4 16 J Cotton 8eed, $26.00. TITR SPECIAL CLEARANCE HALE at J. K. Hoyt's will continue Friday and Saturday. Exceptional values to he found throughout entire store. lie I|ji|faag?-*| j| W 11 N-EVi PROCEEDINGS HMHS^EAd BILLS ARE Henalp?Ta?. lift) Senate caleld to order at 10:30 by a Lieut.-Gov. Newland. Prayer by Rev. * e H M. North.'pastor Kdeuton Street ^ Methodist church, Raleigh. Priv'i- c leges of the floor tfere extended to P ex-Stria tors John C. Mills, or Rut her- 7 ford; J. A. Drown, of Columbus; t Thos. p. Warren, of Craven, and Mr. Cotton, of Pitt. liills Introduced, f Bryu*! f - -Appoint a justice of peace ii for Chapel Hill township. Orange c county. Peterson?Provide for government v of towns and other municipalities In t this state. Require^ municipal au- t tliorities. upon u call or 2o per cent ? of the voters, to hold an election on'f for the adoption of a commission form of government an net forth in t the bill, which is a modified form of i v the New Jersey commission govern- li: rnent. adopted to North Carolina f needs. Referred to Judiciarj com-:\ m it tee No. 1. jl .Crown?Appoint justice of peace jl in Rowan county. t Peebo's?Provide 'for payment to clerks of courts of surplus funds in j 3 hands of trustees and mortgages in P certain cases. The (id en da I. Tlie chair laid before the Senate ' the resolution of Senator Watts tojli rntiry ?ho 17th umondinent to the! United States consTTTtKicip providing if for election of United States senators]a by direct vote of the people. Senator,?' Mason, ol^ paston. stated that while jti he linen * ??} to vote for the resolution j'1 he did not believe if would rfmciiy the, evils that were afflicting the pen.ja pit-. The resolution war. adopted ? without lurihi?!1 discussion. j-* Senator Parties' bill tc? repeal sec-la tion 3. chapter 71 '2. Public l.oral!'< Law a It'll. so as to take from the.'! commissioner* of Hertford county!" the right to comt.tot with one .of their '! number under any < ire u instances v.a' jtl pasted'on its several readings, as was ii the bill of Senator Pete"?on to regit-! late the pay of jurors in Sanip?oii| county. .. V Senator Thome's bill to make ii ! discretionary iust^ad <.<-mainla H>ry |-b 'for judger, of superior ..> sephus Daniels for postmaster goner-j al was adopted without discussion or ; comment after .> clerical prror had J been corrected. U At 11 o'clock word was received from the house that that body was.c ready to receive the senate ha joint,} session to canvass the vote for state >1 officers, but the senate was too busy] tcigo at^niyp Beaufort County I Trip to Master Herbert Allen, of Punao.M "It; C. wins the tree rrtp to Washing- ~ ton Hw ??I?n in iho 2 Boy's Corn Club contest for the PTrst ' Congressional district. This young man expects to leave for the Capital City January 21. About a year ajw Con pressman John H. Small authorized Mr. 1. C. Schuab, In charge of the Boy's Corn , Club In this state, to offer a prize in the several counties of thin district to the boy who would produce in the year 1912 the largest yield of corn -at titer tow-rat cost-on on acre of laud. Mr. Schusb is the special agent of the Farmers' Co-Op6rative Demonstration Work of the United 8tates Department of Agriculture and in locat- \ ed at West Raleigh. < After careful and most thorough | Investigation Mr. Schuab decides that < young Allen Is the winner. I This young man produced 83 bush- ; els of corn at a cost of 14.2 cents per ; iS I 114 -9H OF THE BLY; MANY INTRODUCED More reports from do parcaents. " nd institutions glvldfc amount paid i? officers and employes were r-ttlid a? follows: Institution for blind, <2.*14.98 monthly for principal offl ers: state treasurer's offlre. *9.000 rjSB ?r year: insurance depigment. 811,96 annually for employes outside of he commissioner. The House?Tuesday , Sivth l>sy. The house convened at 11 oclock, 'rayor ^a* offered by Rev. .Mr, Joy- ,?& or. of ^Fayertcvltle Street llaptlaL liurch. thi ::mi inn a: \i t?b urphy il.u ruUt.- J Ireru suspended and a messenger Bent o the senate.notifying that body that he house wijk ready to meet in joint e*vion for Canvassing the returns --''MB rum the November election. The privileges of the floor \v> re ojsendvd to llev. J. " 0. rarlton. who was a member of tli" liotise 5 b years ' igo. r Formal reports of olfce expenses ? rere read from State Treasurer It. It. jdicy; t'cnmicsioaer of Insurante J. t. Voting, and the state school for ' a he blind. Motions were adopted for printing ^ 00 copies each of the Justice bills irovidisig state wide legalized-priiar:e? for all partier and the "cor- *~v^ np; practices acV* Hiii These nio- ^4 ions were by Flam of i'iti ami Wiljams of Cabarrus. -Mr ltay prcM nt* il a resolution v-Jh ro:i? the committee oil constitutional UHT.dniiiiih. asking tUu. house :o f-rr.qwor ih?? (oitimitl'e to inwMig.iU* Iih ts? < :da ;iv .onKtituitonal autend:"inr. art:) th-? method thai sdionTd o t'Hipldjvil. whether by so |>ar a to " . .i nie:i(l!i:on(H <>; through tlio . all ag f w ion?(Jtt!ticna] convention. iti-otolm* tits a - to tln? taxing v;-i S ?;?? ?^ re :t'?0 Mir.?;esU d ;.;nl the it-i:;11 o wonlil invest Hate and r?*TjjijoUiJ as to whether. its jts opinio), a penal s-v-soen .if -ii,- r.inljturt in In* i:?t" summit .>> .to ad "lift, lie .state's Hnanroj t? tin* lonr.'-c :on. ' . Ww DM* introduced. Xov. i I! ?Allow .ooi.iiDisylouej? of ' 'arret* per tiny ami mileage. .Murphy?Amend section 38 pubic -*?i - h? I** part hay*?-of -?-- - ?wJ ratifhlsos or" one corporation by anther so tbat^hc |iU!'Ju?>er ran it so lu? powers I hereof. . Murphy--'-Aiithnriyc Hawaii lumbal Jg f ethicalion to nettle a certain ?iie- . Jjg ute. t Murphy?Amend revise! relative to ? ;.yfl urehase of properly. ' fl Murphy Authorize ilowan ooiilissioners to convey certain prop, r.Mtller? Require boots and shoes tu nnui.' wholly of leather to be -ii> 'j tamped. Carlton?Provide six months' chool terms. Carlton?Require mortgagees and rust res in deeds of trust, in eases* ^ if foreclosure, to flic with the clerk in account of receipts and disbursements. l'hillips?Repeal chapter 53. laws >f. 1907. relative to killing certain ?'J tame, including wild cats. Keavis?Amend section 3769. Keisal o; lbu't ?j Sykes?Amend section 419. Re'.isit of 1905. $j Skyes?Authorize forexlosuro if crtain conditional sales. Hutching?Prevent public drtnik:unc|s iu Yancey county. tiutclune- Amend section linn, Public |.oeal l.nws of 1911. Williams---Amend section 3. Pubic I*aws of 1911. ? Joy Wins Washington City inshel. " ? Fn " rr-nurrmg TT77- ilccTSIou M:\ Srtinnh stairs additionally that young ?=2 Allen's yield \tfhile not as large a* some others In the district but his remarkably low cost of production entitles bim to the prlxo. Congressman A; 5ntall is to be congratulated upon this move on his part to encourage the young farmers of this district. The Daily News congratulates young Mien on his success and wishes hinu \ ple&sant as well as profitable Journey to the Capital City. an the evening of February 4. This performance will be Independent of the regular Lyceum Course Xor the present season. More details will be given through the columns of this pa- VfkiH - jS tt-1"' i mi s-~ f