North Carolina Newspapers

: - -' - .'.V.' J77 CHINA GROVE, N. C..NOVEMBER 26TH, 1916. : VOL 8. NO. 46. PRIOE 76 0ENT8 w- .... -. V ' r x 1. :- I- LOOAL NEWS of interest to - r ALL OF OUR READERS. Cecil Graham spent ypstei day af ternooniu Salisbury . 0 Correll of the Sumner neighborhood, was a Salis bury visitor yesterday. Attention is called to the report of the condition of the Bauk of China Grove to be found in this week's Record. As usual it makes a good "blowing indicating successful management. Bub Bostian, Flake Eddie man and lVilliam Eller, were in Salisbury yesterday after noon. A. Van Pelt is in Salisbury thU week doing some work on the Grimes Roller Mill. Mrs Van Pelt spent yesterday In Salisbury visiting her sis ter, Mrs Harrison Walker and incidentally keeping an eye on her worst half J E Clfne and E E Gray trore in Salisbury yesterday afternoon. There will be a game o f basket bill, Friday, Decern ber 3rd, at the public school ground between the Moores viile and China Grove team. Kev. W . H. Riser and fam Ily were Salisbury visitors Monday. John R. Brown and family cpeut yesterday at Granite tjoarry Visiting his parents, &6vvud Mrs. R. L Brown., John T . Dol spent y ester-' TS. Wilkie spent yester day afternoon in Salisbury. H. D. Holdbrooks, who has been in Tias for the past few years is here on a visit iofriem&B. He says the cot ton croD there will not amount to more than one fourth. He was there during the big storm and had quite an interesting experience. Mrs. M.. L. fatterson is spending a few days in Albe Eiarle visiting her sons, Jb JN., A. JL and H. B. Patterson. Miss Ieah B )dieis spend- lug a few days in Durham. Miss Myrtle remberton, "Went to Winnsboro, C, yesterday, Mrs. H. C. filler and chil-. dren spent yesterday at J. C . Miller's. Mrs. H. C. Kennedy of Charlotte, ia visiting her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Kirk. H. H. Peacock, was in Salisbury yesterday on bu siness. Mrs. H. H. Peacock, who has been spending a week in Salisbury visiting her sister, Mr. Ethel Barger, returned home today. Miss Maude Richardson of Kannapolie, spent yesterday here visiting her auntx Mrs I. L. Sifferd. C. B. Miller of Charlotte epent Wednesday here and enjoyed dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Frank Kirk, A. C. Miller, W. H. Bostian, Mack Kir , Hoke and Frank Rickard, S. B., H. Q. and 0. W. filler, were Salisbury visitors yes' terday. Misses Ruth Johnson and Delia Blevins, are visiting at Neweirs, Miss Johnson's lionie.- Get it at Sifferd's. A Garaje For China Groie A Brush of the Rooztf 6irip CispiBf f SHisbin ti ls EstihNslil. The China Grove Lumber Co., has dtoided to convert the build ing it now oooopiea. into a garage, aud will move to a building on E nt Depot Street oooapied by the Colonial Column Co. tome yeara ago Additions will be built to thi place and the bntineie con tinued with B, J. Boitian in charge. The building for the garage it an exoellent one and the location near the Main square, is ideal. This is a branch of the Rnnser Garage Co., of Salisbury, and it is their inlentioa to Bee that a fall line of automobiles, parts, gaso line and oils is kpt in stock. Competent workmen will be em ployed and. it is ezpeoted, that it will be ready for business by Jan uarv 1st. Lewis, sn experienced automo bile man now connect d with the garage at Salisbury, will be in charge. Qt rid of Thoee Poisoos la Year Sjs- temt You will find Dr. King's New Life Pills a most satiafactory lax ative in releasing the poisons from your system. Accumulated waste and poisons cause manifold ail ments unless released. Dissioess spots bstore toe eyes, biacxness and a miserable feeling generally are indications that you need Dr. King's ITew Life Pills. Take a dos'e tonight and you will experi ence grateful relief by morning. 25c Prof. (J. E. Miller, Prof. R. D. Jenkins and Miss Town Bend went to Raleigh to at tend the annual meeting of the Teachers Association. Mrs. Ghas. A. Rankin of &raluua,4 eral weeks with her motneT. t Mrs. M J. Graham Miss Hulda Groom is spends ing a few days in Charlotte. Miss Etta Mae Miller is vis iting her sister at Stanley. Paid Oit $29,099.00 The Rowan County Building and Loan Association with head quarters here has paid off ita ninth series, paying tlOO on each share of stcok carried. Since organic mg tms neipiui -s8coiasiou nas paid out the sum of $29069.00. The 22ud series will be opened tpthe puniio on tne nrst Satu- day in December. LA EirniaiiU Celebrates BlraaaT Lawson A. oitisen and Earnhardt, a good industrious farmer who lives near town, celebrated his 65th anniversary Saturday by giving a sumptuous dinner to his friends, there being about one hundred present. Besides thaj dinner, which consisted of about all the sood thinzs that one might name, there were games and the renewing of eld friendships and plentyof good music, the lat ter being made a specialty in the evening. R S. Bostian was pres ent and acted parson for the oc casion. All present report hav ing had a delightful time and, as they retired, wished their host many more happy birthdays Hows This? We offer One Hundred Reward for any case ot oal at cannot be oured by, Catarrh Cure. .J. CHENEY & COZ Toledo, We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfect ly honorable in all business trans actions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by bis firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COM- MERCE, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internally, aoting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonals sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists; ' Take HalPa Family Pills fox constipation. Greece Accefles to Demands Sink Sfctpl Ailotiil tfr Proceed. Interest Ret Catered oa Booninta tod Russia Nov. S5. Greece at last has removed the uncertainty surrcuod ingher attitude toward the En tente powers t by t sending a reply to , the. joint liote of the power which according to an Athens die patch "is couched in very friendly terms and gives satiifaction of th demands of the Entente powers and ah guarantees considered es sentia).' While the details of ihe docu ment have not yet been made pub lib, the answer is accepted as meaning that the Entente allies will continue unhampered their landing of foroes at Salomki and transferring them across Greek territory to the Serbian front. .In western Serbia the Teutons are stU advancing against the Serbs and Montenegrins. South west of Sienica the Austro-Hnn-garians have crossed the Monte negro frontier, and have reached Vuourn, south of Mitrovitz and Pristinia, Vienna asserts that 16, 800 Serb and a large number of guns and quantities of ammunition and other war essentials were taken. In southern Serbia the Frenoh report the repulse of Bulgarian attacks east of Krivoak. Un official advices are that seven Getmsn regiments have arrived at Prilep, on their way to aid the Bulgarians against the Anglo French and Serb forces in the south. Reports from Berlin say that large oonsignmets of Japanese guns are arriving daily at the Rus- sian Black Sea pxt of Odessa, probably for use in the Balkau campaign . A strong offensive movemeut by the Turks on the Qallopoh fir of the British aLd French gnus. Numbera of dead were left by the Tarks on the field. Sap ping operations and fighting with grenades - are going - on various points in the peninsula. The '4tente allies' laviatora have dropped bombaon the Dedaghatch railway statiou while allied moni tors and smaller waroraft have bombarded the Aaiatio coast. No important engagements have been fought on the western line in Frauoaiand Belgium. Onty isolated battles are in progress ot the Russian fiont and none of these. has assumed the character of deoisivene8S. On tho Isou front of tbe Aae- Italian line, the Italians are .. vigorously on tbe offensive merous points. The Italians repeaieaiy entered Austrian posi tions rfeatt .Monte San Micnele, but, according to Vienna, were ejeoted. The Gorizia bridgehead and the southern portion of the town of Gorizia are still undsr ombardment by the Italians. Distress In the Stomach. There are many people who have a distress in the stomach af ter meals. It is due to indiges tion and easily remedied by tak ing one of Chamberlain's Tablets after meals. Mrs. Henry Pad gban, yietor, N. Y , writes : For some time I was troubled with headache and distress in my stom ach after eating, also with con stipation. About six months ago I began taking Chamberlain's Tablet? They regulated the of my bowels and the head and other annoyances ceased a short time." 5 Hero Council, No 65, Jr, O DAM, will elect officers for the next six months at their regular meeting next Wed nesday. This is an impor tant matter and all members Bhould be present. Beware of Cheap3abstltutes. ' . In these days of keen compefeion it is important thai' the -pub-lie should ie e tlat' they get Chamberlain's Cough! Setnedy and not take substitutes: sbtd for tb sake of extra profit. " Chamber lain's Cough Remedy has etocd the test, and been approved for more than forty years. Obtain able everywhere. Calenflar (By fche publicity committee.) China Grove.1 Nov" 24th The program committee of the O'Hen ry Literary Sopiety has planned the following program, for ihe next meeting cn November 80th De bate, ' Resolved : That the practice of vivtfection for soien tific porposes is; justifiable. Will be diacoMed oo the affirmative by Annie Hoffman, Eugene Kimball aud Banks Hodge, on the negative by Mary Cooper, William Swink aud James .Pat ten on. Current fv;uts by Luom dwarmgea. Male Quartette by Hijke Rickard, Yorke Peeler, John loetian and Jenn ings Kester. Recitation by Eliza beth Boitian and r duet by Rose. Tne basket ball team defeated M oresville last Friday the 19th with a soore of 4to 8 but wsb de feated the following Tuesday by Spenoer with a "Soore of 21 to 14, We certainty caib give the China Grove boys credit for playing a good clean game'. We will be uhatle to have the Lyceum oonrsef whioh we had planned to have on account of fiuancial standirjlg. Two more new ttudeuts have entered school this week, thy are Mason Wilhelm and Alexander Boat. ? f Everybody is joyfully anticipa ting the Thanksgiving vaoation which lasts from Wednerday even log uutil Monday morning. e We Mnritocli Wiley Dlei io Bal timore. In tbe death of Capt. Wm. Mur doch Wiiey in" Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, yesterday mrping, Saliibury loses one of ber brightest and most Vanatile citizens.- His remains arrived here this morning and were taken to his ho me oa aoutn uuurcn j place .tomortow, probapty t -10 a. m , 'He was near sixty years old and, beside his wife, leaves a son, Samuel H. Wiley.', rip in the con sular ..service of the; government and located at Asoorsioh, Buenos Ay res, Sonth America ;-a brother, C f I UiUti nf aliah and o sisters, Mrs. N. Pi Mttrphy of .(..hn, an m rmt A.,ni s Prsitou. of Soonchun. Korea. ;a.u j stomach troubles. The family the BYmoath ; cf the entire I community. Mrs. tfari E. Wright of Uosresillle. Burns io Oeatb. Mooresville, Nov. 28. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wright was burn ed to death here this afternoon about 4 o'olock. She lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. A ill rostou on Statesyille avenue, and weighed probably 250 piuuda. Mrs. Pos ton had goi.e to tne Dome ot a neighbor and left her mother at home alone. In a vary short while Mrs. W. A. Thompson, who lives next door, heard terrifying screams from th Poston home and ran over. When she reaohed the back part of the house Mrs. Wright fell dead on the baok poioh, having. been terribly burn ed from her kn4es up, her features having been dungured . Mrs. Wright was 52 years of age, and was' a daughter of tbe lateW.O. Brmcefield of Cham bersburg Township. The remains will be conveyed to Shady Grove Baotist Churcfr at Amity for .in terment. - A Fine Whoopfbs Cough Remedy. Mothers. Dri Bell a Piua-Tar Honey ia jaat the remedy for your childreu's cold ailments. The tot ia that bine la a quick enemy of cold conditions. Its qualities loosen the mucous in the throat, southe the lungs and open up the air passages. The combination of honev. soothing and pleasant, with the loosening pine quality mak8 this an ideal cough remedy for children. Each passing year brines . for- it. new friends, i.' A ramiiy grag o uuu anoru q ua wiiiiuui . w a b ttle. Gist ft at Sifferd Tie Farm' Wifctin Mr);.Ta Ktlltd Mr Eur) Prefiayfioa U Pnat AcclM'$ Ig - aoreA or Fiilstf to opiratt. Striking the rear sleeper of the Riobmondbound football special whioh had just stopped on .the Salisbury yards Wednesday night just before lO a'olook. Southern passenger train No. ,88 plowed about onc-tbird the way , through the wooden Pullman,kiiing Hen ry 0 . Severs and Charles Edwin Hall of Charlotte. Twenty-two were injured, those more seriously hurt being pasiengers on the spec ial, but several of No. 88's trav elers were badly shaken up by the force of the collision. The injured arer J. M. Smith, Charlotte, slightly hurt ; O. Max Gardner, Shelby, broken ankle, bruiged about the face, back bad ly wrenched; Forest - Eitridge, Shelby, ribs broken; 8, B. Mc Call, Mrs. B. E. Smith, G. H. Holton, Mrs. F. T. Purse, W. R. Howell, 0. 3. Stone, Harry Tally, all these passengers of the special, are hurt, Mr Tally probably the most seriously. He has an ear out off aud othr slight injuries. On No. 88 tbe injured art-: Mrs. H. D. Noble, Bridgeport, Conn., neck strained; Mrs. P. J Nevine, West Orange, N. J., neck sprained; A. L. Popley, Balti more, elbcw out; J. A. Brat man, t i a. i ' a . i t ,MU,U,B' "8" rm l,09r,BO v. i.acy, unanotte. rignt nana cut; H. N. Furnold, Pensacola, Fla., fractured arm; N. O. Ta- tum. New York, .dining car waiter. scalp wound ; D. H. Holleborough, Charlotte, baggagemaster, leg sprainsd ; L. H, Lewis, New Jer sey, soalp wound; Mrs. R. P. Ire- laud, Cleveland, O., ( shoulder sprained; Jesse Arnold, negro, scalp wound. laws luiuKBU uu tne buwjiki - - hnrt. No. 88 was running at good speed otherwiss it could have been easily stopped before hitting the special whioh had just stopped and its flagman had not got baok more than a lap, it is said. One f th trainmen- otiNo. 8 says that-thero wis no light on the rear end of the speciil, but a pas aeneer of the-latter save there wai PS fc?in? D sugni curvet tne waca i. prao tically straight for ai mile south and the engineer nhould have eas ily seen the train on the track ahead of him, or at least- heeded the red signal light just at this point. Mr. Hall was killed initan'tly and hia body was so mangled that it was first thought that of the Pullman 'porter. Mr. Severs could not have lived ' long; a leg was broken and his body was crushed. In the spoial, loaded with its great number of Carolina support era going to Riohmond to see the annual Thanksgiring . game be tween the Universities of North Carolina and Virginia, Congress man Webb and Harold Hall were in the third sleeper. 0. E . Hall waa also with his brother until just a few minutes, before the ac cident and the three weretalking together. However, he had gone baok to the rear Pullman fcr some reason, and his brother learned of his death in a short time. Squire Severs was one ot Char. lotte's best known and most prom inet citisens says the Observer. He resided in Seversville all of his' life and owned a large amount of property in this section of the oity. He was 74 years of . age and was born on the ocean near Charleston. He is survived b? his wife and five children, namely W. M , H. F. and L. A. Severs and Mevdames David Kistler and B. A. Lingle. He was an eld Confederaee sol dier, having served throughout the war. He was a member of the Fourth North Carolina Regi- meol wat a member of Meek. lenburg Camp, United Confed erate Veterans, Squire Severe left his offioe Wednesday and told hislE. Y. Webb was a passenger aiaociate. Alfred Brown, that he siiishn iiTi. Baxter Beck, a young man em ployed at the Graf-Davis-Oollet Company's plant bad, three fin gers of one hand cut off in a ma chine Wednesday. He was taken to the sanatorium where a cousin, John Beck, is also ocoupying a room with both arms broken , Thanksgiving was more gener ally observed here as a holiday than in recent years. Practically all business houses and industrial plants were closed. Several of the city ohurohes helidappropriate r,eoee raised collections for the orpbans. J Mrs. T. H. Tubbs of Salisbury died Wednesday at Benton, Pa., eccording to word received here. Mrs. Tubbs was the wife of Rev. T. H. Tubbs, a retired Methodist Minister, and had livjd in Salis bury a number of years. The 8rd of November she went to Pennsyl vania to attend the funeral of a sister who bad died with pneu mouia. Last Tuesday she con tracted tue diserse and bsr husband went Sunday to be with her. The iutermeut will be af Bloomsberg, Pa., Besides her god husband, Mrs. Tubbs is sur ?ived by one son who liyes at North Emporium, Va. Had sht lived till Saturday Mrs. Tubb 7 would nave been 70 years old The Northern Conference of the North Carolina Lutheran Sinod Trv1 opened a three-day sesiion at St. john. ohnrnh thi. itw v.tarH. with a good attendance. was thinking about going to Rich mond, to get some rslios for his museum. He had 1en acous- tomed always to taking Mrs. Sev ers with- him but this time: he went alone. Squire Severs col-, . . . ava a4T tKa Anaat a5wAA. Waelionl in thfeuth. - acciasntf the body was taken to Wright's undertaking establishment where it was made ready for shipment to Charlotte.. O.'E. Hall. Charles Edwin Hall, bsttsr known . among his friends as "Ned. Hall, the seoond of those killed, was a youngsr brother of Harold S. and Warren Vines Hall and resided with his mother . He was a young man of enterprise and achievement and was dearly beloved by his associates. Harold Hail was with him on the train but -was not hart at all. -The list ot injured issued from theWhiteheadStokes Sanatorium where they, were taken lmmedi ately after the aocident is a fol lows; O. Max Gardnsr and For rest Eakridge of Shelby, and J . M. 8mithr F. O. McCall, D. E. Smith, .Q. H. Holton, Mrs. Frank T. Purse, W. R. Howell, Charles S, Stone and Harry Tally. Thu list of oourae does not include those who were superfically hurt or who had their injuries attended to privately. It was reported that Gardner and Eakridge were more seriously hurt than the others but that thev had m. sood chance at recovery. Harry Tally bad his ear badly cut an torn and in addition sustained other pain ful bruises. TO fOOTBALL GAMS. Gardner, and Eskridge were en route to thb Carolina-Virginia game, M.r. uardner having been a star member of the 1005 team that defeated Vi rginia and he waa going back to obserre the tenth anniversary of this notable event. He was fearfullg cut and brfiised, so much so that it was first re ported that he had keen killed, Mr. Eskridge was not thought to be so dadly injured as Mr. Uard- ner. uotn are men oi spienoid physiques and will make a fine fight against any io juries they may have sustained. Judge James L. Webb of Shelby was in Charlotte when he heard of the wreck and promptly secured an automobile and, aocompanied by John B. Oates, rushed over to Salisbury to see Mr. Gacdner who i hiP son-in-law Oongrsssman on l ha train bat was not hurt. :Irp2n'CBrca for? Srui Jirj ti ict tl Oiei ff eerurBt. PBrt Cillt f8rA:t!:i. v . Salisbury, Nov. . 25, 6olisito Hayden Clement haiiitetM Oorouer T. W.; Sammamtt to summon a jury and hold'an "la quiry into the death of Htary 0. Severs and a HE; Hall of Char-' lotte,; killed last, night wImo Southern train No;: C8 atratk the football speciall;; : ; The object of rthe inquest is tf determine who, if any body, shoald he held guilty of manslaughter in the killing of thessmsn, and wh permitted - thxae ,' trains on tae blook - where there ' should 1 have been but one. ' " - The grand jury of Rewan Coun ty Superior Court is in sesuon and if anybody is Held nsponslblt by the coronerfa jury, it la prob able that indictments ? wilL' be drawn at this term of : court. The inquesVwiU be held at 10 , a, n. Saturday at the court house.' Investigation into the causes of one of the worst wrtltrof reotn ' years was begun thu - morninj in Spencer at Oooloek bT experts trom the IntersUto Ommaroe) Dommission... Saturday, morning .he North Carolina Corporation Commission will bffin a aimilai "Sbt. The railroad company, ia. hction with these officials will tjonduct a similar investigation For a passenger on a railroad train, especially one in a Pullman car to be killed hat become an oo ourrence so rare that such a hap pening as that of Wednesday night creates not cnly great ear prise but a demand, for a itrioe investigation and the takinj: d measures which will rends; . -ts likely a repetition. petition - J.V,.5rV- x;- a;iLc3tl:j $Mi' Misaccillictxss .'fit x:'jl--'-: -J-.-V-; '-' Reports thus, fax besa 'leaniUs;-!;?:: apecral, which was" running" ai seoond section of No. SS, was ran ning on a schedule of its ownf - ' , There were many, oiraculous; escapes reported . Not; the leas , speotaoular of theas ;was the lefp; pelLmell into the night by Messrs. H, A. Parker, commercial . agtxlt J . of the Southern with headquar ters here. James Austin . of -the Yarborough-Bellinger Company and Superintendent John sol. of the Travers-Wood Company, gea erai contractors, with omces in this city. These three men had walked baok. to the smoking oom partment and finding no vacant seats, had stepped through and out the rear platform of the train. . They were chatting together titer whin one of the number, looked down tbe track and saw the bright headlight of No. 8 swiftly 'ap proaching. At first he ocuid riot believe his eyes but there was no mistake and with a lsap and a bouud all jumped into the night. The crash followed almost -imme diately. They had only time to climb the bank and even then sua taine3 veryuiajrow escapes . from the timbers and filing debris. They did not hsve time "to. give ihe alarm to those inside for that -would have been futile. .They 00uld nw htT0 . olJf bw- fore the crssh. Thsy took chanoe of escape, the only'one left them, and fortunately suc ceeded in evading certain, death. The instant the crash oame,' the cries of the wounded ooaldbe heard. Qf course thoio serious ly injured could not give the alarm but those who had been shaken up aud cut badly were loud in thsir adjurations. The soene thst followed the impact, thsy said, was beyond description. The rear end of. the 'old wooden Pullman had caved in like so much pasteboard and the broken glass and splinters were on every aide;.- ' mi i ' O. Mai Garnuer, former State Senator, and candidate for Lieu tenant Governor, told John B. Oates about the aocideut as he lay on his ' !ed in the Whitehead Stokes 8anitorium. Mr. Oates and Judge James L. Webb, the latter Mr, Gardner's' father-in-law, bad gone up through the country iu an automobile frora I Charlotte, as soon as they heard about the acoident. They reach ed Salisbury about midnight. Mr. Gardnsr was entirely eonsejoua although his ace wss badly; cut and bxuieed, his left leg- broken. mashed about the arms and lesa and hia, beak severely wrench :: .t t. - - - -. .'.-.f-L:. mm' 1 Ml 3 4 -' --; -it;'. : 4: