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,'' ft';-','. VOL. II. CHINA GROVE, N. C., DECEMBER 9TH, 1910. THE TIMERS COLLECTION NO. 46 LOCAL NEWS MATTERS. Short Items Concerning our People and Their Doings. Mrs. Herman Efird returned from a visit to her mother, Mrs. Rev. A. Shnlenberger, at Mt, Pleasant Wednesday. ; B M. Gill on, of Concord, was here Wednesday trying his lack as a hunter. He reports little suc cess. Rev. and Mrs. B. S. Brown of Salem neighborhood, were pleas ant oallers in our village Wednes day. ' Miss Dorathy Kimmons, who has been in AsheVille for some time, arrived here Wednesday to stay at hf r father's, Vio Kimmons ftr rn ij. r i n, she being just rec v ;ing !;ean an attack of fev .- ip Tariton and fumily, of Ppenc-r, ar,- visitiug at. Lather Lntz's this w"k. Mrs. Frank Patterson, of Kan napoliB, was a visiter of her moth er, Mrs. I. F-ank Patterson re cently'. T. M. Win coff and fm!Iy left here Wednesday for Salisbury where they will mike their home,' Mr. WmecofT has secured employ, ment at that place. Miss Vernon spent Saturday aad Sunday at her heme at Smth River. Mrs. Rev. James P.el.i, of Gastonia, arrived at the. home of her father, O, T. Rankin, Wed nesday, to spend a few days. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Dreher, of Wilmington, N. C , who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hanna for some days, left here Sanday, Mrs. Dreher is going to tee her sister-in-law, Mrs. Louis Swink, of Winston, and Dr: Dreh er i opntmueing bit Aahttng- trip :ittlWH Bown N. C. Conference of Tenn. Synod. The North Carolina Conference of the Tennessee Synod met with Mt. Moria'h congregation Thurs day of last week. In the absence of the president, RevC. L. Mill er, the secretary, preached the opening sermon. The annual eleotion of officers resulted as follows: Rev, 0. K. SALISBURY NEWS ITEMS. Bitand Little Eren s Which Occur In and Around our .Neighbor City. The- Bazar held by the ladie9 of the Lutheran Church, was a great success, they havingmade quite a neat sum , Article not sold were auctioned off. Beside being a financial success the occasion was Bell, president; Rev. W. A. D&at- much enjoyed by those present. on, Rev. J. F. Deal, treasurer. . Seventeen ministers and thirty three lay delegates were present. This conference comprises '81 con gregations add 28 ministers. The congregations are in Catawba, Lincoln, Bark, Caldwell, Wa tauga, Gaston, Iredell, Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Alamance, Rowan and Union counties. Much work was done at this conference that will be far reach ing in its results. - Rev. J. C. Diets, of Cherryville, preached on Friday and Dr. J. C. Moser on Sanday. The next meeting will be held in April, 19H, at a place to be chosen by the officers. The Thursdt Afternoon Glub. On Thursday afternoon, Decem ber 1st, Mr-. Mo. L. Ritchie en tertained the Thursday Afternoon Club. The members ware de lighted to have as visitors, Mrs. J. A. Dreher, of Wilmington. Mrs. M L. Patterson, Mas. J. A.' i bom and Mrs. H. C. Patterson. At the close of a very delightful, social gathering the hostes?, in her usual gracious style, served ah elegant salad course. The club accepted the very kind invitation of Mrs. M. L. Patterson to hold its next regular meeting in her home of charming hospitality- relatives in that neighborhood Pjlhians Elect Officers. . At the regi)lar Communication tZSVL of China Gfove.JLodgo. No. 102:: The death of Mrs .H. G; Tyson, which oocured suddenly Wednes day about 6 :80 p. m., was quite a shock to the friends of the family.- For several weeks Mrs. Tyson had nDt been in her usual health, but apprehension waB not felt that the end was so near. sAbout 4 o'clock Bhe complained of not feeling well and a physician was called, but noting could be done. Mrs. Tyson had been suffering with hearttrouble for some years. She leaves a husband, three daughters and one son, Misses Lily and Grace, Mrs. Joseph Ait ken, of Baltimore, Harry G., who lives in Portland, Oregon, and a sister, Miss White, who has beep hviug with Mrs. Tyson a few years. Mrs. Tyson was 70 years of age. The funeral took place at tho First Presbyterian church of which she was it member, this evening, and the service was per formed by the pastor, Dr. Byron Clark. The interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery. The, Daughters of the King met at Charlotte Wednesday in St. Peter's Church. Rev. F: J. Mallett, of this oity, accompa nied them and preached the ser mon at 11 a. m Mrs. F.J. Murdoch, of Salisbury, waB elect ed president in place of Miss Carrie Roberts resigned, and Mrs. C. C. Adams made a talk on "The Faithful Few." This was the tenth local assembly -wnich was very interesting and much enjoyed. . . " A Card of Thanks. I take tins method of returning to the kind pecp'e of China Grove my heartfelt thanks for the many kindnesses Bhown during the illness and at tfie death of my. mother, recently. J. C. Goodman. Rev. Lohr at St. Mark's. As announced in these col umns lait wsek, Rev. L. L. Lohr preached in St. Mark's . L ohuroh on Sanday morning, at 11 a. m., to a goodly sized audience who speak in terms of praise of the sermon. Rei. McKeeier at M. E. Church. ; Rev. McKeever, recently assign ed to the China Grove oircuit of the M. E. Church, preaohed his initial, sermon here laBt Sanday morning to a goodly sized au dience. Rev; McKeever made, a aplendid impression. He expects ing officers were elected ; chancel or commander, J. L. Sifford ; vice chancellor. Mo. L. Ritchie: J. N. .Dayvault, prelate; W. C. Sifford. keeper of records and seal : J. F. Cooper, master at arms; V. B. Miller, master of the work; Dr. G. A. Ramsaur, M. ex chequer; P. E. Wright, master of finance ; J. L. Holshoaser, inside guard; C. J. Miller, outside guard. Mrs. Linn. - The grocm is a son of the late Monroe Cauble and is a capable ying farmer. The couple are at 4he home of the groom's mother, near Sumner. Sheriff McKpnze left Wednes day night for BluefeUd W. Va to bringEd Dfrvis, the man who killed Conductor Wiggins, if he proves to be the right here, man. It seems thereis very little, if any doubt, of him being - the right one, - I .; . NO ADVANCE IN EXPRESS BATES Commlnlos Will Inquire into Reasonadle Sneij of Rates. Washington; Deo. 7. Proposed advances in express rates for the trausportatjoqf cf liquors in pack ages and jagsjwere suspended to day in an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The tariff s .were to have become effective On ipecember . They were' suspended until April 14, 1911, Meantime, the commission will institute an inquiry, into the resonableness of the proposed in creases. The aotion of the 'commies on was taken on ocmplaint of S L. Clark and many other liquor deal ers and liquor manufacturers of Virginia and North Carolina against the Southern Express Company, and all other express companies. - The .complainants do a large business throughout the South, j particularly in the States of Virginia, North Caro lina South; Carolina,' .Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. It iB alleged that by reason of the regulations jas to packing of liquors the express companies make an increae of their charges to the shippers that will aggre gate more than $100,000 a year in the States named. The re gulations lire regarded nurea- DECISION AGAINST UILEASE SCHEME. THE STATE'S POPULATION. Says Railroads Are Guilty Of Breach Of Population of North Carolina Is 2,206,- Falih In Asking Eichaoge For Tickets Raleigh, Deo. 7. The North Carolina Supreme Court in Har vey vs. Railroad,, from Wilson county, -practically deals a knockout" blow to the. railroad mileage book regulations requir- 287, or an Increase of 16.5 Per Cent Washington, .DeoJ 5i Popula tion statistics 'of the thirteenth census were issued todffy for the following states : North Carolina 2,206,287, ao in crease of 312,477 or 16.5 rer cent. ing holders to procure mileage over 1,893,810 in 1900. The in tickets in exchange ief ore board- crease from 1890 to 1900 was 275, ing a train lji its ruling juBt 836 or 1,7. 1 per cent. made,.. Harvey is, a traveling man and attempted at Wilson three cr four times to procure a ticket in exchange for mileage, being stood aside each time by Mecklenburg county is one ef the counties in the State, having a population ot 67,031, 34 014 of whom are in Charlotte's extended limits. Rowan is credited with the agent in order that he might 37,521, about 20,000 of whom live wait on caBh purchasers of tickets, in Salisbury and Spencer . The Finally the train came without figures by counties are as follows: Disk Or Moldbsard Plows. A correspondent wants to knew if we would .advise the use of a diskplov when only two 1,100- pound animals are available to pull it. Unless the land is light, two horses of this weight will not be able to pull a disk plow satis factorily, and even in light land, if the plow is run very deep this amouut o team force will be too light. The disk plow has certain ad vantages over the moldboard nlow. but for ordinary work a his family to reach here this week nnj mnld hoard nlow will do to adjust the differences between the express companies and the shippers on an dquitabl ba9is. NEW OFFICERS SWORN IN. when they will sonage. occupy the par-! A Reception to be Given. One of the great events of - the holidays will' be the reception given by Miss Thorn, Miss Vernon and Miss -Wortham, at the graded sohool on the twenty-second in stant.In the afternoon from four until six the younger married peo pie are invitea ana cue younger set at night. Over two hundred invitations have been issued. A collation consisting of punch, salad, coffee and loes will be served by Guth of Riehmon. Taken altogether, this will be quite the most elaborate affair ever given in China Grove. In the aftezneon the hostess will be assisted by MesDames Corriher, Hanna, Frank Patterson, Swear ingeu, Swiik, Thompson and Rifohie. In the evening by Misses Vienna Linn, Cora Sifford, Zelia -Oorriber, May.SIoop, Ruth Thcmt Maggie Bostairr, Brown Ritchie and Edith KimbaU, and Missrs Mike ' Ramsaor, Hubert Cooper, Locke MoKenzie, ; Charlie Brown, Herman Cooper, Frank Kress and Earl Bostian. satisfactory work. The disk will plow land when so hard that it could not be plowed with the ordinary plow, but it takes more than two 1,100-ponud horses to plow this kind of land with a disk. The disk is also superior in its ability to turn under large quan tities of trash and where the land is fall of small roots the disk will do work that it would trouble themoldboardp'ow to do. With sufficient force the disk plow will probably do deep plowing better and less of the raw soil will be turned up on top . . But with only two horses and for general farm- work we would take a good two-horse moldboard plow .Raleigh. Progressive Farm er . ....... . i i . ;.- - . S2SBaetSer;air - . - . tt n t i . . I uo uuuiuiiBiuu is mqu'JBbeu nuuie UljUBTHLIU, a.. J - 1 BHIOI, IU Gold Hill Township, Wednesd y morning. Sh wus nearly 99 years of age. The funeral was at St. Luke's Reformed church, and the burial was in the cemetery of that chuich. The Geiser Manufacturing Co., of Waynesboro, Pa., contemplate building a large warehouse on the lot receutly purchased from Overman & Co., on North Lee Street. They propose to begin building in January and hope to have finished it by spring. The annual meeting of -the Stockholders of the Peoples National Bank istobe held Jan uary 10th in -the director's, room. This bank was established aboat fiv years ago ai.d has proved a great .access It is stated that the railroad from Sisbury to sMonroe is a cer tainty. C. M. Miller has been engaged as surveyor and will be gin the -ork in a few days. When-lthjr.ute is a'nnoiiuced, it said the actual work will begin and pushed on until completed. Max ' Moses left Wednesday night for his home in Germany. He has sold ut his business-to I. Littman. He resided in galis- oury ntteen years or more, , was Ibe Reccnlii Elected County Officers Take the Oath of Office. Last Monday all the county officers were sworn into offiice v Clerk of the Court J Franx BtTc Cubbins, by virture of . his office, administered ho oath' to tne county commissioners. 'r - He was then sworn in as. Clerk of the Court by the chairman of board cf commissioners. Th-- L other ccun.ty officers wer sworn in ry tnecnairmau or the com missioiiHrs. The following ia the new boarei'. of .' commissioners ; P B. Beardlp. A. Hartmau, W. P. Barber, L Deal and Fred Mc- Can'essr Two of the old board drop out, W, L. Harris and RBr Peeler, A number of magistrates, perhaps thirty, throughout the county took the oath. Some of them, however, did not qualify. The legislature will makp appoint ments to fill out vacancies. . Harvey having gotten his ticket. He boarded the train with mile age which the conductor refused to accept, putting him off at the first station . He received $2, 500 damages. Now the supreme court, Asso ciate. Justice Hoke writing the opinion, approves tne judgment holding that Harvey had the right, under the circumstances, to ride on the mileage. The Court would not set aside the verdict as to the amount of damages ex cessive, although Justice Brown and ..Walker, while concurring that the plaintiff should recover held that . the amount awarded was excessive . Chief justice Walter Clark, in an opinion con curring witn J usticeJAoxe ana Manning in the controlling opin ion of the courts holds farther that the requirement that a hold er of a mileage book shall obtain a ticset in exenange is a preacn of faith on the part of th4-uraii- 1 "X roads at whose mstance-the1 spec ial session of the General Assem bly of 1908 -was held to raise the passenger rate to 2 1-2 cents upon the proposstion of the railroad companies that tney would issue Iee4a-ok8t?o,fttgj. mean in Chief. Jadi ice Clark declares, the mileage to which the - public had always been accustomed, whereby the mileage had been palled on the train by the con- ductor. The. Chief Justice alaqfi holds that the requirement to geV tickets for mileage is unreasonable and void and becoming heretofore unknown in this State and still unknown except in this Statand a few adjacent Utatea where the principal North, Carolina roads extend. . - It is a notable fact that in the last General Assembly a bill pass ed th House by a large mt jority prohibiting the mileage ticket requirement and that jt failed in the Senate by tbe deciding vote of the presiding officer after a tie vote of Senators." ( The' indications are that the queition will be fought all over again during that approaching session.? Alamance 8,712 Alexander...... ...... 1192- Alleghany 7.745 Anson 25,46r Ashe 19,074 Beaufort . . ... . 30,877 Bertie... 28.089 Bladen. .. 18,006 Brunswick ' 14432 Buncombe 49,748 Burke ..: 21,408 Cabarrus 26,240 Caldwell. ............. 20.579 Camdem '. . 5,640 Carteret 13,776 Caswell: 14,858 Catawba 27,918 Chatham 22,635 Cherokee . . Chowan. . . Clay , Cleveland. - j;- 14,136 11,303 3,909 24,494 38.020 25,594 ni l r. UUlUfUUUB I craven . . t. .r: s CmierlaudxJ . r! 35,284 .. 4.841 . . 29,404 .. 31,394 .-. 25,442 .. 35,676 .. 32,010 47,31i: f The Landslide Was Cheap for the Victors. Washington, Dec. 8. Accord ing to figafes made public here today the Demoratic landslide in North Carolina, when 8 Reoubli c in Congressmen were def eatod for re-eleotion to the House, cost the Republican' party $2,000 and the Democrats only $200, . an excellent citizen and many will regret his loss. Joseph Fels, the senior member of the firm in Philadelphia who manufacture Felt-Naphtha Soap, lectured at Merouey's Opera House Thursday night, on the condition of the poor people in England, against the . landed ar'stocracy. Mr. Fels was the guest of Miss Lena aud Dr. Le- Roy Meroney . The Bazaar held by the ladies t)f the Episcopal chureh opens to day at 12 o'clock, and vt ill con tinue through Saturday. . They will serve lunch after the theater tonight Many beautiful peices of fancy work are on. sale. On December 7th Miss Pearl saint and Liutner u. uauole were married at Rockwell, the cere mony being peformed by Rev. J. A. Linn. The bride is a daugh ter of Rufus Safrit and a sister of Mechanic Leaps Deliberately Into a Tank -fit M01I6B Barnsville, O., Deo. 7. In plain eig&t of fifty fellow work- A Change Needed. Itwilijbe twelve months before the. newly elected1' Congressmen will have a Voice in the? affairs of government, A number of pa pers are making vigorous protest! against the "unwise -elic of k Fed eralism" which allows a Congress man after he has been defeated at the polls to retain his v seat Charles Kendall, a moaloV T people have decreed that the men, '-1 . -' er's helper, leaped into a etipola of white-hot-metal, at a foundry here today. The man's' flesh jihh entirely Consumed, and only the bones were recovered. Kendall had been separated from his -wife for a number-of years. ' I Aeroplane Put It Ore r Auto in Race. Columbia, 8. 0., Dec. 8. The speed of j an aeroplane outstrip ped that of an automobile. This was again demonstrated today when Dr, F. A. Coward, a daring aotomobiliat of this city, was out tariff should be : reformed and it is moat apfortaPate that; a delay must follow, and that a host of Congressmen who ware7repudi ated at the polls last month., rc tain their Beats during the com ing session. 'The law, indeed, needs to be cnangedsp tnat a Congressman elected ; in Novem ber should take his seat at the following sesiion xf Congres. Stanly Enterprise. . Ends Wlnterf s Troubles.; .: To many, winter is a season of kronhle. -- The . frost bitten toe distanced byJSly in a biplane this! alla fingers, chapped hands and lips, chilblains, . cold torea.- red Dare Davidson Davie ...... Duplin. . . . Durham. Edgecombe ... Forsy the . . . . . Gastonv; Gates, f. . Graham Granville , . .. Greene i. Guilford. . . : Halifax; . . . Harnet..-, Haywood, . . Henderson . Hejford.. . . Hyde, . .t . . , Iredell.;.. . . Jackson j . . Johnson :; . . Jones ' . . . Lee . . . . . . . Lenoir . . . .:. Macon ; ... . Madison . . Martin .... Mecklenburg ....... Mitchell , r. Montgomery. Moore. . .............. "Nash ;. New JHanover . .... . . . . Northampton ...... . . . Onslow...... .. . . Orange . ... .-? ........ . Pamlico , Pasquotank . ". . . ... . . . Pender. . ........ . . . ... . Perquimans. .'. . r-. Person ....... .... . . . . Pitt . .7.. ....... ..... Polk.. Randolph . ....... Richmond ........... Robeson . ....... . Rockingham, Ron an; Rutherford. ';Z. :. . . . . Samplon .'. Scotlaudv?. .. . . Stanly ... . . . . . ... . . Stokes .'. . . Surry.... Swain . . , l , .Transylvania . . ... . 3 TrnreUj . ; .'. Uuiodrv. . . .' . . ... --Vancoiiu WORLD IS 6RWING BETTER. Crime is on the Decrease in 'North Caro Una. , Those folks who are so pessimis tic. as to think the world is grow ing more hideous with crime, is getting worse daily in sin should stop occasionally and look over the records, and having done so should l-se their grouch and bring contentment to their cwn minds and help cheer others. This ap plies especially to those who look through the glass darkly at their own. Old North' State. Relative to the latter Attorney- General Bickett's report for a year makes a most interesting, iu fact, a most gratifying showing, and the Ral eigh News and Observer "gives the following summary of it: ' "That crime is on the decrease in North Carolina iB shown in the following report of Attorney Gen eral T. W, Bickett, this for the term ending July 1st, ,1910, as compared with the term ending July Ut, 1909. 4,In 1909 there was repprted 1,-501- cases of retailing liquor as against 1,349 case9 in 1910. This shows a substantial falling off in the violations ol the State prohi bition la.w, "Here are some ot the other fig ures from the report, which shows the 'decrease in crime in the past jrear, and it is notable as compar ed with 19p9. "Assault with a deadly we aponT 1,988 in 1909 and 1,894 in 1910. "Carrying concealed, weapons : 1,187 in 1909 and 876 in 1910. "Gambling : 498 in 1909 and 436 in 1910. . . ' "Larceuy' and receiving: 405 in 1909 and 292 in 1910. "Larcency: 1,526'in 1909 and 1,150 in 1910. "Manslaughter 40 in 1909 and 26 in 1910. "Murder, first degree : 77 in 1909 and ,53 in 1910. , . . 87,063 10,455 4,74a -25,102 13J383 60,497 37,648 22,174 21,023 16,262 15.43G 8,840 34,815 12,998 41,401 : 8,721 11,376 22,769 17,132 13,568 12,191 20.J31 12,797 67X)31 17,245 14,t67 17,010 33,727 32,037 ' 22,323 14125 15,064 9 966 16,693 . 15.471 11,054 17,356 36,340 7,640 29,491 , 19,673 , 51,945 . 36.442 37,521 28,385 f 29,982 . 15,863 . 19,909 . 30,151 . 29,705 . J040a . 7.191 5,219 . - 33.277 vMnrdlrrBeoodd degree 1909 and 62 in 1910. . "Cruelty to animals: 105 in 1909 -and 87 in 910. : " : 'J':- Disorderl v house : 97 1 in 1909 . j An mm . . ' uu xlx iwiv;--; '. . -I ."Embezlement: in l909 and 67 in 1910, ' ; ; ' . "Fornication- and adultc ry : 358 in 1909 and 279 in 1910. . , "AffrayeSS ii 1909 find 632 in 1910. ; 5;Sfe?:-.'.-v "Assault and; battery : 164 in, 1909 and 149 in 19KK i : " Abandonment': "8p in-l&09 and -79 in 1910. V ; ' S' :r , "Failure'to list 'taxes: oil in 1909 and 149 in 1910.' . . , "False pretense : : 157 i i 1909 ' and 147 m 1910. . ;. . . , Criminal assault : 20 iii 1909 ana 18 in 1910. -: -"Intent to outrage : 39 i. 1909 ; and 89 in 1910. -c , 'Burglary: 53 in-1909 ai i47in 'Hoase burning: 7 in. 1909 and' 7 in 1910. " . Fraud: 11 in 1909 ai l- 11 in 1910. . ' V "These figures from tb . report of the Attorney General hich are collected from the dopkete of the; various counties are mos;i vicoar agjng in showing that in : Jarty every case named thore ie a de crease, only three of tLv crimes mentioned, intent - to unrraga,'. house. burning and fraurd. show ing the same figures for th- 'two years." - - , Old Jumbo Trapped. " All Norths Hollow, in tho part of Potter county, is r j over the killing of Jaml ; donbtedly the biggest bl ever seen in that county i d. . - owet iing - nn-tear one ' m m m .. J - afternoon. Ail acciaent by which one cy linder of his engine blew -np" dis abled McCardy, the aviatar,; this afternoon. . He was Hot - injurfid at all when this machine glided to theroand. and rough skins, prove this.- But : sach trouble! fly bef era Bucklen's Arnica Salve. A trial convinces. Greatest healer of Barns, Boils, Piles. Cats, Sores, Eczema : and Sprains:- Only 25c at All Drug gists. - ; .. Wash'hgtori. . iv . . : . . Watauga . ; . . . . . -Wilkes Wilson.. . . TfjclkiQ . Yancey .U;v.lv?. . . . that has killed more f h . p and Bhcats than any ten othe r L cars He was ttapped'and Vjii- J- by Ben Yentzer and" Arthur r'uns, 19425 and weighed'almost 500 j ' udds. He-measured almost nisiV feet from tipi to tip. ; Old J??!?ibo is credited with killinir t '.'? five sheep and at least a doze-: bii its dflrink his stay in the Pv iter county woods .' Philade' phi a Re cord. ' ' . ; x ' -. 63,629 20, 260 11,062 13 556 35,698 -30,282 28,26ft 15,428 12,072 i. ,. V"1"---!!-. -. .'.'v.- ' r-v - rJ'---" :'?- wv:.y-, --Vv - t'r , V