Established 1899
M'S ESCAPE FROM
, MATTEAWAN ADDS TO
SENSATIONAL CAREER
New York. Aug. 17.— The escape of
uirrv K. Thaw from the state liospi
.l tor tlie criminal insane at Mattea
,l adds anot her aci to the sensation
"*dv vshicli liad its beginning in
York city on the ni«hl of June
«10C6 On that occasion, In company
Sthhis voung wile, Evelyn Nesbit
Stw ami two friends, Thaw went to
,-Madison square roof garden to wit
ness the opening performance of-*
of the performance
Mt his eat and began to pace back
nl rih in the aisle behind the seat
a iM,Sed by Stanford While, an archi
tect of international fame, and hisson
The elder White was 53 years old, and
in i,i« distinguished career had stamp* d
on manv of New York city's prominent
buialings the mark of his artistic gen
-lU\[adison Square Garden itself was
one of the architect's triumphs and lie
liad a studio in its lower.
1 ii t his set t ing Thaw drew a re vol ver
ai d tired three bullets into Stanford
White's bod v. The architect, died al
most. instantly. Thaw siood for a mo
ment over his victim's prostrate bodv,
.|. eH walked to the elevator of the roof
' rden, where he met a house deteciive
and handed over the revolver without
resistance.
EVELYN AT FIRST LOYAL.
Thaw then was arrested by a police
man. and while the officer's hand was
on liis shoulder Mrs. lhaw rusned upto
iier husband and plied her arins around
ins neck, 'lhaw assured his wile that
h would be --all right" and not to
W To this Mrs. Thaw rejoiued: "I did
not think vou would do it that way!"
and She added: ".Never mind Hairy.
111 stick to you through tnick and
lhin -" . *X. . *1
Thaw at the time of the tragedy was
°7 \eai> oid and was known as the
"young spendthrift millionaire from
Pittsburg."
iviiliam Thaw the father,
mechanic in Pittsburg and then made
small ventuies in coal lands with in
creasing good tortune.
lie was said at one time to be Uie
wealthiest individual owner of Uie
Pennsylvania railroad. . When he died
his estate was said to be worthi4o,OUO,-
OuO.
By the will Harry Thaw wasallowed
$2 OO a year, but his mother increased
this to ssu.uuu annually.
Evelvn NesbitmarriedTliaw inPitts
bui*, April 4, 1905. ahe was noted
among ai lists for her beauty, and had
been in turn a model aud actress.
With Thaw at the tombs, a legal tight
toiree him began with his family's mil
lions behind a lormidable array oi coun
sel. His tirst trial resulted in a disa
greement At the stcond trial the jury
acquitted him on the charge of murder
on the ground that he *as ltisaue when
he shot White and Justice Dowling
committed Thaw to Matteawan as an
insane criminal.
He entered the asylum February 8,
1908. Since then the Thaw family has
spent a sum estimated at $200,000 in ef
forts to have Thaw declared sane and
set at liberty.
In May, liHJS. Supreme Court Justice
Morschauserdi cided against anaiiempt
to reii ase l haw on habeas corpuspro
cetdings. In June, 1909, a similar writ
met the s:tme adverse results, this time
before Justice Mills. The case then
went to the state court of appeals
which sustained the decision of the low
er court. A third effort in July, 1912
resulted in Justice Keouh agreeing with
the other supreme court justices tiiat
Thaw still was insane.
There was a scandal recently over
alleged attempts to engineer Thaw's
release through the attempted bribery
of Dr. John W. Russell, former super
intendent of the Matteawan hospital.
An inquiry resulted in the indictment
of John N Anhut, a young New York
attorney employed by Thaw. On >fay
17 last, Anhut was found guilty of of
fering Dr. Kussell a $20,000 bribe and
was sentenced to from two to four
years at Sing Sing. The present sup
eiintendent at Matteawan, Dr. Ray
mond C. Kieb, was appoiuted after Dr.
Kussell resigned.
ARREST THAW ON SIGHT.
New York's 10,000 policemen have
orders to arrest Harry K. Thaw on
sight.
A general alarm for his apprehension
was sent out by police headquarters
today to every precinct in the city.
The police acted on request of the
Matteawan asylum authorities. Here
is the description of Thaw as sent oui
by the police:
Height 5 feet, inches; weight
166 pounds; brown hair and eyes; dark
complexion."
The clothing worn by Thaw at the
time of his escape was not descril?ed.
Within half an hour after the gen
eral alarm had been sent out, unform
ed men and detectives wgre on duty at
ferry houses, railroad stations, and
the principal thoroughfares entering
the city. The police of Hoboken and
Jeisey City, also were noli lied and re
quested to aid by watching the rail
road terminals and ferries.
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St Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Norirood Bass of South
Carolina, is visiting her mother,
Mrs, J. L, Springs.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
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REFLECTION ON CORPORATION
_ COMMISION.
Prpm the news columns of the
Concord Times we take the fol
lowing extract regarding the
Raleigh Pi eight Rate Confer
ence:
*'Chief Justice Clark took oc
casion to say that the proposition
is a gratuitous insult and disgrace
to the in*el igence of the people
or the State. - John Mitchell, of
Hickory, even wanted to reflect
on corporation commission,
but got small comfort, the xsom
mission being thanked along with
other authorities. The Just
Freight Rate Association recog
nized leb proposition as an evi
dence of progress, but went no
further,
Mr. Mitchell did not propose to
do anything that would reflet on
the North Carolina Corporation
Commission, but in the pas ing
of resolutions of thanks he pro
posed to let the resolution* exten 1
only to the Go*, and the Special
Fi eight Rate Commission. From
what we have been able to ltarn
regarding this conference senti
ment was overwhelmingly in har
mony with the position taken ty
Mr. Mitchell and the statement
made by the Times that "he got
small bom fort ,f ~ seems to be far
fr >m a correct interpretation of
the sentiment of the conference.
The Raleigh News and Observer
quoted the incident correctly in
saying that Mr. Mitchell aban
doned his position as a personal
tribute to the Raleigh manufac
turer, Col. A. A. Thompson.
THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT RATES
Governor Cra ig and the other
officials of the state who have in
hand the matter of securing
freight rate adjustments for
North Carolina are standing by
their former position of not ac
cepting anything until the de- j
manda of the state are substant- i
ially complied with. The carry
ing out of this policy has again
resulted in a rejection of the
latest proposition of compromis
ing the matter as suggested by
the last proposal of the carriers.
If.the railroads are to pursue
their former policy it seems rea
sonable to expect that, before the
convening of the extra session
of the General Assembly they
will submit another proposition
for the consideration of the
state. However, this may be
and regardless of the proposition
they may submit, it seems a
safe prediction at this time to
say that in the end North Caro
lina is going to secure justice in
rhe matter of freight rates.
Public sentiment is aroused to an
extent which has not been equal
ed aince the state engaged in the
fight to drive 1 quor out and the
same determination that gave
success to that - campaign is go
ing to give success to the cam
paign to secure just freight
rates. Public sentiment is the
fighting arm of the law, and
now that this public sentiment
is aroused we may expect to see
a literal enforcement of such
laws as the state may pass to
the «end of eliminating freight
rate abuses. .
The thinking people of the en
tire state are agreed on the prop
osition that a war with the rail
roads should be averted if pos
sible, and it is onJy in the event
of such a condition being forced
upon them that they propose to
engage in any fight with the
carriers. Should war come the
state will uphold its sovereign
position, and in the end the
carriers must lose. Such an end
can Only be accomplished how
ever, by means which will be
harmful 'o both the state and
the carriers. The part of
wisdom seems to dictate a policy
to the carriers different from
that which they have been pur
suing. For their own good it
will be well for them to meet the
just demands which the people
of the state are making and thus
avoid a fight between themselves
and the state of-North Carolina.
Deserted the Army - Fryfe Given Four
Months.
Deputy Sheriff Burns returned
Sunday from Wilmington where
i.e went to deliver Henry Killian,
a native of this county, to the
army post at Ft. Caswell. Kil
lian deserted the army at Ft. Sam
Iloust n, Texas, on the 9th aay
of last April.
The deputy sheriff on his re
turn stopped in Salisbury where
ne took charge of Rube Fry,
wanted by the city authorities
here for assaulting Cicero Travis
at Brookford more than a year
ago. Fry was given a hearing
before Recorder Blackwelder this
morning and was sentenced to
the county toad# for four months.
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1913
MBS BEAR "
WEBB AT NEWTON
Newton, Aug. 15.—Wlmt will go
uown io history as the greatest Con- -
federate reunion *held in Catawba
county up until the year 191.1, lias just
oi sed. The estimate of the crowd has
neen placed at between eight and ten
thousand. The drawing card of the
day was the address of Congressman
Edwin Y. Webb.
The court house was packed at least
an hour before the time for the ad
dress. The speaker's subject was
"Patriotism." lie dwelt on the rea
son why the South "seceded." as some
called it, but the speaker said it wasn't
secession and that nothing but dire ne
cessity ever caused this great South
land to leave the Union. He aiso said
that nothing had more to do with ex
citing prejudice and hatred against the
Sout h than the- book "tJncle Tom's
Cabin," which was widely circulated
aiid read in the North. He also reier
i red to the beginning of the slave trade
in the North and how it was carried
on until the act of Congress forced the,
North to quit selling human beings to
the Southern States. Theu the senti
ment against slavery was started.
Before the address the soldiers form
ed In line, 200 or more of them, and
led by the Hickory Military Company
ami Lhicolnton band, marched to the
court h >use and were seated in a body
do ring the address. A fter the speaker
had finished. Mrs. F. M. Williams in a
lew appropriate words, thanked him
for the tribute he paid to "The Cat
awba Soldier." After this the veter
ans were invited to the northeast cor
ner of ttie square where a sumptuous
dinner was spread. Mr. Webb was in
troduced by Attorney George McCor
kle, of the local bar, who expressed to
Mr. Webb the appreciation of Catawba
county people on his coming to New-
E ton.
HICKORY'S WATER
GETS FINE REPORT
In a telegram Monday morning the
State Chemist informed the City Man
ager that the water recently 'sent there
proved a perfect analysis. This water
was from the new well 'which was re
cently bored in the western part of the
city, and the city authorities have
been anxiously awaiting a favorable re
port. Everything has been held in
readiness and the water from this well
was turned into the city's water mains
on last Monday afternoon.
Special Stock Train on Southern.
Atlanta, Ga., August 8 —To
enable growers in Western North
Carolina, East Tennessee, and
Southwest Virginia to promptly
forward Jive stock to Eastern
and Southern markets and to
Virginia feeding grounds, the
Southern Railway has arranged
to operate a weekly fast special
live stock service such as was
operated last year. The service
this year, however, is to include
points on the Virginiaiand South
western Railway between Ar
palachia. Va , and Bull's Gap.
Tenn., and will cover a period,
beginning on Ssptember 4th and
continuing until December 31st,
according to announcement made
today by Live Stock Agent F. L.
Word.
Each Thursday, during this
period trains will be started at
early morning hours from Oolte
wah Junction, Htrriman Junc
tion, Bristol, and Appalachia.
These will be consolidated at
Morrißtown, leaving the New
Line yard at 2:45 p. m., arriving
Asheville at 9:25 p. in. Traii»B
will also be started from Murphy
N. C., and Rosman, N. C., on
the Transylvania division, ar
riving Asheville in the early
evening. At Asheville the stock
will be made into trains and run
special to Spencer which will be
reached before 10 a. m. Friday.
Here stock will be fed, watered,
and rested in the comnrdious
modern plant which the Southern
Railway completed only a few
months ago. Friday afternoon
trains will leave Spencer, giving
arrival at Greensboro 7:10 p. m.
and Danville 9:55 p. m. Friday,
Raleigh 1.55 a. m., Goldsboro 11
a. m., Richmond 7a. m., Lpnch
burg 4:40 a. m., Charlottesville
19:50 a. m., Manassas 4:00 o. m ,
Potomac Yards 6:45 p. m. Satur
day. Stops will be made at all
points between Orange and Man
assas to deliver feeders and a
special train will leave Manassas
at 4:30 p. m. to deliver feeders
to points on the Manassas and
Harrisonburg branches.
Information as to this service
will be furnished by any agent
or by F. L. Word, Live Stock
Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Suffered Eczema Fifty Years —
Now Well.
J. Seems a long time to endure the
awful burning, itching, smarting, skin
disease known as 4 tetter ' another
name for Eczema. Seems good to
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ECZEMA OINTMEN'I has proven a
perfect cure., ~
i Mrs. D. L Kenney writes: — I
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to you for your Dr. Hobson's Eczema
i Ointment. It has-cured my tetter,
* which has tioubled me for over fifty
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adv.
DR. HENNESSE IS
FOUND NLLT CUILTT
Morgan ton, Aug. 18.—The jury In '
the case of Dr, E. A. Hennesse, diarg- j
ed Willi the murder of Gorman Pius j
at Glen Alpine, near here, last winter, i
after being out since Saturday night
relumed a verdict of not guilty upon 1
llie opening of court here this morn- i
ing. ,
Pitts was killed in a fight at Glen (
Alpine on the afternoou of January
18. In the fight six men were serious- >
ly Injured, Dr. Hennesse himself bear- i
ing 10 wounds iuliis body from a knife
and sustaining a fractured jaw bone. «
Hennesse was taken Jaj a liospital and 1
his life despaired of ieveral days after i
the engagement* 'flie fight started i
early in ihe afternoon, when Hennes
se and Pitts enga£sd in a fist tight, i
Hennesse went U*slte hoi&e and arm- I
ed himself and returned to the scene, \
Bad blood had existed between tins i
Pitts and Hennesse families for some
time and the tight was a signal for a '
general melee. Pitts died several cays
after the affair.
Mips
Items of Interest Gathered Here and |
There.
Lenoir, Aug. 17.—Drury D.
Coffey died here at the home of-.
his son, F. H, Coffey, Saturday
evening at 6 o'clock after an ill- "
nfißß of some few weeks. For
several months he had been in
declining health and his death
was not altogether unexpected i
by his numerous friends and re
latives.
Raleigh, Aug. 18.— C. H. Em- !
ory yesterday forbid his wife at- !
tending "unknown tongue" ser
vices and she disobeyed. Taday {
Emory was bound to court under
SSO bond charged with whipping
her severely. _ Mrs. Emory testi
fied that her husband beat her 1
unmercifully with a buggy whip,
flogging her twice for disobedi
ence.
Fayetteville, Aug. 18.- Ac
cording to a telegram received
here, Charles McGougan, nephew
of Dr. J. Vance McGougan, of
this city, was shot and killed by
a negro at his turpentine camp
'at Perrv, Fla., vesterday morn
ing, and, returning the tire, kill
ed his slayer. Both men died
about the same time,
Juneau, Ala ka, Aug. 18
Twenty-five or more passengers
and seven members of the Paci-j
fie Coast Steamship company's
steamer State of California, per- 1
ished Sunday morning in Cam
bier Bay, 90 miles south of Jun
eau, with many passengers im
prisoned in their state ruoms.
The steamship left Seattle last
Wednesday night for Skagway
and way points. The purser lost
all of his records and it is not
possible to give a complete libt of
the missing.
Thoma«ville Rejected It.
By the way of keeping history
straight, as Judge Clark would say, it
should be called to mind that, even
before Hickory adopted the "City
Manager" idea, which Dayton, £).,
has since seized upon so avidly, anoth
er North Carolina town took a shot at
it, but later lost her nerve and backed
down. This was Thomasville. During
the time when Captain Bill Burgin, a
progressive of the progressives, was
mayor, the board of aldermen passed a
resolution creating the office of city
manager, with a salary of $1,200 at
tached, But when ' their action be
came known, especially the salary yvrt
of it, such an agonized yell went up
from the taxpayers that the board hasti
ly rescinded the resolution.
It was argued, perhaps justly, that .
the town was at that time too small
for srch an expenditure to be really
economical; and as economy is, theo
retically, the chief merit of the plan,
it was abandoned in this case, So
Hickory retains her position as the
first town to have a city manager.—
Greensboro Daily News.
Mrs. Byers Injured.
While a force of hands was
engaged in blasting out rock on
the Catawba river road about
two miles from this city Monday
afternoon a Mrs. Byers, who
lives nearby, was struck with
rocks from the shot and is
thought to be seriously injured.
Mrs. Byers was standing in the
yard at her home which is about
200 yards from where the shots
were fired, when several pieces
of rock, struck her on the body,
one piece striking her in the
forehead, inflicting an ugly
wound. Dr. Blackburn was im
mediately summoned and dress
ed her wounds. Late reports
are that she is resting well.
To Visit m Hickory.
Miss Nettie I. Abernethv left
yesterdav to visit her parents,
i Mr. and MrsJ. Robt. D. Aber
i nethy, of Hickory. She will also
go to Blowing Rock —Charlotte
News, 15th.
Mrs. J. H. Shu ford and'chil
dren have returned from a visit
to relatfyfr in Waynesboro, Pa,
IK HEN WOUNDED
IN tract ON M
Spartanburg. S. C., Aug. 18.— Three
.men, Frank Eppley, J. C. Owensby
and _ John Turner, were seriously
wounded toniuht. when a mob storm
ed the county jail in an effort to lynch
Will Fair a negro prisoner, charged
with assaulting a young-white woman
near here today. Sheriff White and a
deputy, facing t tie mob alone, repeat*,
edly drove them back with pistol shots
when they advanced with battering
rams.
Members of the mob finally return
ed tlie fire and in the darkness the
three men were struck. They were
not fatally wounded but were taken to
a hospital for attention.
- The young woman was assaulted in
a lonely farm house this morning in
the absence of her husband. The ne
gro knocked her down with a club, it
is alleged, and outraged her.
' LOCAL AND PERSONAL!
Miss Annie Ervin of Lenoir,
is visiting her sister, Mr?. W. B.
Menzies
1
Miss Gladys Reid has return
ed from a visit to friends in
Asheville.
Mrs. T, M. Rose and son, of
Hamlet, are visiting her brother,
G. W. Hall.
Miss Annie Laurie Abernethy
is visiting her mother, Mrs. H
D. Abernethy.
Miss Mildred McCubbins of
Salisbury, is visiting Miss Mar
garet McComb.
Mrs. Summerow of Cliffs,
spent Monday night with Mrs.
F. P. Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris have
gone to Forest City to visit Mr,
Harris's parents.
Miss Wilhelmina Williams of
Morganton, is visiting h«»r aunt,
Mrs. Henry Hallman.
Miss Amelia McComb has re
turned home after spehding
some time at Montreat.
Miss Mamie Sue Johnson visit
ed her aunt, Mrs. R. F. Goodson
at Morganton, last week.
Mrs. Ella Jackson, of Cheraw,
S. C., is spending some time with
her sister, Mrs. J. A. Sellers.
Misses Margaret and Constance
i Bost visited their uncle, M. M
I Bost at Morganton last,week.
' Miss Alma Hend'ey. of Greens
boro, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. F. Hendley on Ninth
Avenue.
Master Russell Allen, of Rich
mond, Va., is spending some
time with his aunt, Mrs. W. A.
Rudasill.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Maynard,
of Wiikesboro spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Lon Maynard.
Miss Hester Hendley has re
turned home after spending the
summer with her grandparents
in Wadesboro. _
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hendley
have returned home after a pleas
ant visit to Mr. Hendley's par
ents in Wadesboro.
Mrs, N. E. Aull has returned
to her home in EstilK S. C.,
after spending some time with
her mother, Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
Misses Isabella and Isla Morton,
who have been visiting friends
and relatives in Person county,
expect to return home Friday.
Miss Mary Hendley has return
ed home from Greeesboro where
she visited her sister at the home
of her uncle and aunt, Judge and
Mrs. Thos. J. Shaw.
Misses Virginia and Nancy
Hall, Alice Cilley and Sallie
Morton have returned home
after a delightful visit to Mrs.
Jones, of Happy Valley, and
Mrs> J. G. Hall of Lenoir. They
were accompanied by Master
Davenport Jones.
Regular services morning, and
evening at the Reformed church
next Sunday. Dr. Murphy has
returned from his vacation and
will preach at both services.
Good music and everybody invit
ed. Subject of morning service
"The peaceful sleep of the bles
sed dead."
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form of bowel complaint and is then
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case, it is but natural that he should
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; of a severe attack when life is threaten
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Nottce to Fanners.
Farmers wishing artificial inocula
ting material for legumes, clovers,
' alfalfa, etc., from Washington should
& apply to H. K. r'oster, Newton, N. C.
, In office on Saturdays.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
WOMAN KUIOERED II
AT PIU HOTEL
Hamlet, Aug. 15.—One of the
most mysterious murders of the
history of this section oceurrec :
at the Seaboard hotel at ""this J
place about 6:30 o'clock tonight
when a man registered at the J
hotel under the name of George 1
S. Nance, of Macon, Ga., killed!'
the woman who was registered '
as his wife. !
The couple arrived on Seaboard
No. 12 from Atlanta this morn- I
ing and after breakfast asked
for a room saying they would ;
i-pend the day here and go to '
Norfolk tonight. They spent 1
some time this morning on the
streets and went to their room.
No. 75, about 6-30 tonight. J.G.
Scott, a guest of the hotel, pass
ed the room and met Nance who
was going from the closet. Upon
the opening of the door to room
No. 75 Scott saw smoke and get
ting a fire extinguisher attempt
ed to enter the room,
Nance tried to prevent him
j from entering, but Scott forced
' the door open sufficiently to use
the extinguisher.
N. Monsarat, another guest,
came up at this time and upon
forcing the door discovered the
body of a woman lying near the
door and the entire body on fire.
The body was pulled in
hall and the fire extinguished.
They discovered that the woman's
skull was crushed and that she
was dead.
•Nance had not attempted to
leave and was placed under ar
rest From the condition of the
room Nance had killed his wife,
bad changed his clothes and then
poured oil from a lamp in the
room over the -body and about
the room, and setfire to the body.
After being arrested Nance mad«
a statement saying that they had
some words and his wife attempt
ed to cut him with a razor and
he killed her, that he did not in
tend to kill her when he struck
her. ;
Catawba Items.
Mrs. Pink Deal and children who
have been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. F. Shuford the past month
have returned to their home ir
Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Robey Ciine of Asheville is the
guest of her father Mr. VV, L Sherrill
Mrs. E. H. Miller of Salisbury is
spending a few weeks here with he
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitts
Mr. Miller spent Sunday here.
Miss Blanche McCauley of Hunters
ville is visiting her cousin, Miss Zula
Sherrill.
Mrs. C. C. Adderholdt of Memphis,
Tenn.," arrived Saturday to visit, Mr;
and Mrs. J, H. Adderholdt.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bost who have
spent the summer here and othei
places in the country left last week
for their home in Sin Marcos, Texas.
Dr. W. Pitts of Lenoir came home
Sunday night to visit his parents, Mr
and Mrs. J. H. Pitts.
Mrs. Claude Moore of Richmond is
the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Lowrance.
Miss Agnes and Master Robert
Andrews who have been visiting their
' grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Lowrance returned to their home in
Sadelia Tuesday. Their aunt Mrs
Blanche Brower accompanied them
home. l_
Henry Howard Banks II).
The Charlotte Observer.
"Miss Kate Torrance will re
turn home from Washington the
first of next week. She went to
Washington six weeks ago on ac
count of the illness of Master
Henrv Howard Banks Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Banks.
The little boy, who is nearly four
years old is suffering with heart
trouble and the many friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Banks in Charlotte
and throughout the State will re
gret to learn that his condition
shows little- improvement. Miss
Torrance is a sister of Mrs.
Banks.
Can a C hewer Go to Heaven.
A news article says that a
church at Forest City, Ruther
ford County, has been broken up
because of its otringent ruling
that no member should dip snuff,
chew tobacco, or wear jewelry.
The church had made this rul
ing and it seems that the mem
bers were quietly submitting un
til an evangelist came along and
said that the lid was on tight,
whereupon the whole member
ship, with the exception of seven
| deacons,, walked out and formed
| a new church. This illustrates
: the folly of trying to regulate
the conduct of peopje on points
1 that are not sinful per se, but are
r mere matters of opinion.
Mrs. Beard's School to Open.
The full * term of Mrs. James
; B. Beard's school will open on
, Monday, September 1,1913.
adv.
THE HI CAROLINA
CORN CROP VALUABLE
IreeiAsboro News.
That the 1913 corn crop will be of
Touch value to North Carolina farmers
is the opinion of E C. Elzemeyer,
-epresentative of the Quaker Oats com
pany. He said this would be true,
ooth for the fact as given out by Com
naissioner Graham a few days ago that
the North Carolina crop is a good one,
and for the ad itional fact that the
corn crop in the west this year is a
failure.
He has just received a bulletin from
his house, which gives the information
that this year will have the shortest
corn crop the country has seen in a
great many years. In part the letter
states:
"This is the year of the great corn
crop failure. Not since 1901 have
conditions in the corn belt been as
bad as they now are. For twelve
years corn experts have referred to
the failure of the crop of 1901. For a
good many years to come it is probable
that the year 1913 will be looked
back upon as the year when the com
crop .failed. Anyone who has not
seen th*i actual conditions prevailing
Colorado 1) Ohio has no conception of
the condiLion of the growing corn crop,
Oklahoma will raise practically no corn
Kansas and Missouri very little and
Nebraska not 50 per cent of last year's
crop, Illinois and Indiana, and a
large part of Ohio are in the throes of
a drouth which is daily cutting down
their yields of com which has already
been damaged from 25 per cent to
50 per cent beyond repair if abundant
rains come today,"
It is also stated that the oats crop
is fully one-third less than a year ago,
while there is a shortage of a billion
bushels of coarse grain indicated with
the crop of corn going back rapidly
daily.
Continuing the report says:
"The writer traveled through north
ern Indian by train. From the news
paper reports he was prepared to see
evidences of drouth, and he knew
that irreparable damage had been done
in the west, but was not prepared for
the condition that presented itself in
Indiana. The country, except for the
trees, is as brown as in mid-summer.
There was a mouthful of green pas
turage between Toledo, 0., and
Chicago. Corn, which should have
been six to eight feet high, is tassell
ed out as high as -the fence lops or
shorter, spindling stalks and to a large
extent fred. I think it is not in ex
aggeration to say that there is not a
bit of pasturage from Colorado to Penn
sylvania, with the exception of a north
ern strip running through the.Dakotas,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and the extreme
northern part of Illinois and Michigan.
"The same cause which is cutting
down the corn crop is eating up ex
isting surpluses. Since early in June,
extreme drouths have prevailed over
the entire central, western and south
ern parts of our country. In many sec
tions since June regular winter feeu
ing of live stock has been necssary.
Over that enormous territory which
supplies our country with beef and
where the cattle are usually taken care
of during spring anfl summer months
by pasture, regular feeding of grain
has had to be resorted to. Many re
ports from Missouri and Kansas tell of
farmers feeding wheat to their live
stock because there is no old corn left
in the country, and many reports are
that farmers are chopping the limbs off
trees that the cattle may browse on the
leaves. Train loads of water are being
shipped to Kansas points from Kansas
City and last year's surpluses of grain
are rapidly being consumedr The
thing is working both ways from the
middle as it were, and conditions are
framing for the highest priced feed
ing stuffs that we have ever experienc
ed.' 7
Not Afraid.
A North Carolina manufact
urer whose influence is dominant
in at least seven cotton mills,
and perhaps more, told The State
Journal recently that he had no
fear of tariff reform. All that
he wished -was to have the tariff
legislation settled as soon as pos
sible. "The fact of the business
is," said he, "that we are selling
most of our goods to foreign
countries anyway. If we can
meet foreign competition on for
eign soil there is no reason why
we cannot meet it at home. But,
moreover, if we cannot meet it
there would be no reason to tax
all the people in order that we
might."—State Journal. .
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
» believe him perfectly hOßiorable In all
business transactions and financially
, able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
5 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
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ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
j tem. Testimonials sent free. Price
. 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists.
| Take Hall's Family Pills for consti*
,! pation.