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PRIZE OFFER To Correspondents sending best letters from now until Deo. 24th:Ft Prii $10, Se oad Bt $5.00, Third Beit $2.50. PRIZE OFFER To Correspondents sending best letters from now until Dec 21th: Firit Prize $10, Sec ond Beit $5.00, Third Beit $2.50. :State Library $J..UJ I j ,1V TWICE A WEEK Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall as they May. J CENTS PEE COPY. Vol. 1. LINCOLNTON, N. C. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1907. No. 78 Lincoln News. Alpha'i Letter. The equinoxtial storm struck us last Sunday night. The heaviest rain of the season fell, accompan ied by considerable wind. No ser ious damage to crops. The little infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sherrilldied last Tues day night and its body was inter red at Mountain View cemetery Wednesday evening. The child only lived about 20 hours. Mr. Ed Ballard, of Machpelah, has contracted to teach the public school at Elbow. Ed Shipp, a colored man, of near Denver, carries the honor of hav ing the first bale of cotton ginned in our section this season, the cot ton was ginned about Sept. 10th by Mr. J. C. Mcintosh. v A Sunday school was organized at the new Methodist church, (Le banon) last Sunday evening, v.; Rev. Walter Rudisill closed a revival meeting at St. Paul's church last Sunday night which resulted in several conversions and 4 accessions to the church. There lives in Catawba Springs Township, a colored gentleman of the Baptist persuasion who, for convenience, we will call Dan. Sometime age Dan was licensed by his church to preach, and not be ing able to read he called on Mr. L. his employer, to read them for him. After Mr. L. had read his authority for propounding the gos pel the following conversation took place: Says Dan: "Now Mis ter L. I wants to preach a sermon to my people, on de subject of in surance I think you will fine de tex in de ninth chapter ob de ax ob de deciples, I wants yer to read dat chapter for me." me nintu chapter of the acts of the Apostles was read to him by Mr. L.' but the word "insurance' did not; show up, whereupon Dan Says "read de hoi book mister L. I know its in dar some whar." Mr. L. then com menced to read until he pronoun ced the word "assurance," when Dan stopped him with "stop right dar mister L. I thinks date de word, ise lookin fer, anyhow dat word will do dem niggers jes as well as insurance." This same colored man told his brethen that "Nickerdemus baptized Jesus in de ribber of Jordan." Mrs. Mary Dellinger, wife of the late A. C. Dellinger, of Chronicle, had the misfortune to fall in her room last Wednesday evening, and received injuries from which she is not. expected to recover, A 1 t:.. n nnf wnQ O '1 1 1 U O of the accident . i i 1 T , A Thompson, M. J. Shelton and Li nom Brotherton, all of Denver, left for Jamestown this week. Dr. before he returns and will, inci dentally, call upon Teddy at the White House, the doctors friends say that the object of his visit to Washington is in the interest of the Denver P. O. and also to ask the President to recomend in his message to Congress the advisabil ity of establishing a TJ. S. govern ment building at Denver, this last, however, is only surmised. We wish to call the attention of the young men of Lincoln county to the schools for higher educa- A.! . 1.1 T . L .1 4- 'T .mroit' And Crouse, these schools are open to all public school teacherSj-and to all students of our public schools 1- .. .... ... . .f r. f 1 1 T it tn cttSnrk WI1U 11I4VC fjuircco.iuuj' ftuoi.ij uug seventh grade. We believe these schools will fill a long felt want, and we hope that our young peo ple will take advantage of this golden opportunity to get an ed ucation. In this day of rush and push, when labor is scarce and vragvi high," wo fear that too many of our young men an laying too much stress on tha dollar now to tho neglect of the improvement of; their minds. They seem to enter tain the false idea that because they are not making any money while going to school, their time is being wasted. This is a sad mistake, young men in getting an education. You ' are laying up that which none of the storms or reverses of life can take from you your education will prove a bank that will never break. Even from a financial standpoint (Avhich we think should be the last thing con sidered in getting an education,) the educated young man has a great advantage over the unedu cated. As an illustration of what per severenceand pluck will do in this direction, we now have in mind two, young men, brothers, who were reared almost on top of the Little Mountain, sous of a poor widow, left fatherless when they were mere boys, but they seemed to have a thirsting after know ledge, and lost no opportunity that presented itself to that end On account of their fondness for reading they were even persecu ted by their near relatives. We remember of hearing one of them say "the boys wont work and nev er will be any account." Well where are these trifling boys to day? One of them worked his way up until he graduated from one of the leading business col leges of our country, and is today Chief clerk in the office of the Southern Railroad in Richmond. The other graduated from one of our leading Medical Colleges, and is now a practicing physician in high standing in the city of Rich mond Va. Go thou, young man, and do likewise. Alpha. Electricity On The Farm. A company has been organized in Harford county, Maryland, for the purpose of applying electricity on a large scale to farm operations in that county. Besides the great water-power of the Susquehanna river washing the eastern side of Harford, there are a number of smaller powers within the county limits, and these it is proposed to develop for purposes of electric lighting and of motive power on the farm. The possibilities in such an undertaking are vast There is considerable of a labor problem in the county which is hampering dairying operations, and it is thought that one of the first adaptations of electricity will be to the operation of milking machines, which, it is-claimed,' insure perfectly hygienic handling of the milk from cow to consumer. But electricity may also be used to run the thresher, to saw wood, cut fodder, pump water, turn grindstones, and even to run in the house the washing machine, the clotheswringer, the sewing macine and the ice-cream freezer, to say nothing of ironing by elec tricity and housecleaninggenerally. The uncovering of this project will be watched with interest It is really no novelty, but has been put into effect with most satisfac tory results here and there in the country. A demonstration of its success on a large scale should tend to bring every power stream in the rural districts of the country into subjection to the farmer to lighten his loads and those ofthe housewife and to do much toward solving the ever-pressing labor problem of the farmer. Southern Farm Magazine. Mr. W. A, Aderholdt, the hust ling representative of the Morrison Brothers Company, left Wednes day for a trip through North Brook. '.'Prof." Aderholdt never fails to leave pianos and organs in his pathway as mementos of his visits. Pierponts Little Graft. Thomas J. Pence lu News & Observer. Washington, D. C, Sept. 26. Within a period of two years the banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Company has received $45,348. GO from the Southern Railway. This nifty sum is nothing more nor less than a gift, which the man who controls the railroad extracted from its treasury. Under the guise of charges for postage, sta tionery, ink, commissions, etc., this sum was given the great Wall street concern in payments made at frequent intervals. To better understand the situation it should be stated that J. P. Morgan & Company is a banking firm, and as such handle the finances of the Southern Railway. - Mr. Morgan controls the ownership of the Southern, his banking linn simply acts as banker to the corporation. Any orilinarybanking firm would go to the expense to do the bank ing business of the Southern. Not so with J. P. Morgan & Company. That firm charged, and charged well, for handling the finances of the Southern. This information was unearth ed in the examination of the South ern's books by the State's wide awake attorneys, Messrs; Wood ard, Justice and Bryant. The dis closures are pertinent to the North Carolina rate case for the reason that North Carolina is assessed to the extent of 22 per cent for this charge of $45,318 in favor of the Wall Street firm. This charge of 22 per cent against North Caro lina is made by the Southern in the distribution of all its general expenses. No other Southern State is assessed so heavily by the Southern. The payments made to the Morgan firm by the Southern follows; .. : Octol'or, 1005 .. . . . May, 1906-.. ....... June, 1900 ......... June, 1906......... September, 1908 , . . October, 1906 ...... March, 1906 .. December, 1906 ... , Decomber, 1906 June, 1907........ January, 1906. .. . . October, 1906...... Other charges ..... . -.'..$1,473.81 ... .1,473.81 ,.,.536.32 877.07 ......685.60 ....1,473.81 .... 2,474.7;-) ....1,407.66 ....6,703.01 ....6,050.51 . . .5, 688.44 . . . .1,473.81 , . .15,000.00 A LITTLE ITEM FOR ANDREWS. The attorneys for the State dis covered during the hearing here that Col. A. B. Andrews, ' Vice President of the Southern Rail way, gets $3,000 a year as Presi dent of the Carolina division of the road. This amount was not men tioned by jOomptroller Plant when that official gave Col. Andrew's salary at $11,000. In addition, to this $14,000, the State's attorneys declare, that they will prove that Col. Andrews draws additional and larger- sums from the subsid iary lines of the Southern. - The State . put in . evidence a voucher dated July, 1905, which shows that Vice President An drews was paid $3,000. There was no suggestion in this item of expense for what purpose the mon ey was expended. The voucher read "for expenditures by the first vice president " The State will summon Col. Andrews as a wit ness for the purpose of explaining the purpose of this expenditure. He will also bo questioned about the $4,000 paid John C. Drewrv and the $2,000 paid the Raleigh Evening Times.'"" ". . ,' . '. 1 -. TRAVELING EXPENSES TOO. A number of vouchers were in troduced for traveling expenses in curred by the first vice president. They foot up $2,337.55. There was another voucher for $128.92 for supplies for private car. The vouchers giving traveling expendi tures follow: y October, 1905 J12P.05 November, 1906 .............. 337.00 August, 1906.................. 100.25 178.70 847.25 202.25 281.00 207.00 154.00 275.55 129.50 A FEW HUNDRED FOR HENRY MILLER. Two vouchers showed payments to Henry W. Miller ' 'by order of the First Vice President." One was for '$501 and was dated July, 1905. The other was for $100 and was dated January, 1906. Neither of these vouchers showed for what purpose the payments were made. The Southern Railway gives a bond to North Carolina to secure the performance of its contract in the lease of the North Carolina railroad. The cost of this bond is $1,000, and it is given with the American Surety Company. This is charged to the general expenses of the company. Fines amounting to $553.75 which were imposed on the South ern for failure to post train arriv als, were also charged to the gen eral expense account Great Series of Races. . Charlotte, Oct 3rd. Every indication points to the greatest series of races at the com ing Mecklenburg County Fair ever held in this city and - the attend ance of more prominent turfmen with a h igher class of horses than ever before. The program for the four days includes running races in dashes and heats, trotting races of various classes and pacing by some of the fastest horses in the East. Purses aggregating $4,000 have been offered by the associa tion and with this attractive in ducement Secretary. O. M. Cresweil has been successful . in enlisting the attendance of liorsemeh' all over the East Every provision for the amuse ment of the public is being made and the midway attractions will be a greater variety than formerly. A few of tho larger midway attrac tions that, have contracted for space on the "War Path" are as follows: Francis Ferari's Animal Show, requiring 300 feet frontage with seven tent shows; Kemp Sisters, wild west and hippodrome; Iggorote Village, showing native Filipinos; W'iLson & Kojan, show ing electrical illusions; Coin.. Island widows; and others. Many of the attractions are coming direct from the Jamestown Expo sition , and (some from ... Coney Island. ' Mr. Asbury To Wed. The Charlotte friends of ' Mr. Louis H. Asbury will be interest ed in the following special which was received in the city from Bos ton, Mass. , yesterday afternoon: "The announcement just made by Mrs. Freeman Crosby of the en gagement of her daughter, May Whitemore, to Mr. Louis H. As bury, of Charlotte, has created a furore in society here. Miss Cros by is one of the most charming de butantes of the season and is very beautiful. Freeman M. Crosby, the father of the bride-to-be, was one of the best known of Boston's business men; his recent sensa tional suicide is still a prime topic in business circles. At his sum mer home in Ccnterville, Mass. r he took poison and then tying him self to weights threw himself into the pond on his estate. " Financial troubles were given as the cause for the deed." Mr. Asbury is a eon of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel As bury, of this city. Several years r.go he went North to live and has since achieved considerable note i'.s a rising young archetict of ITuvi York. Charlotte Observer Oct 1st December, 1906,,... . May, 1907........... July, 1906........... January, 1900....... February, 1906.'.'. . . . May, 1907.,;......;. March, 1906, ...... ... March, 1907..... Caesar's Letter. Mr. Sam Sigmon has sold out all his possessions, and will move with his family, on next Tuesday to the sfate of Illinois. We regret very much to give him up for he is a young man of the very noblest character. We cannot understand why he should prefer the North west to the good old South land. But we guess he is like most other young people, thinks his fortune can be made easier in some other state. But my dear friends, this is one of the grandest and most fatal mis takes anyone can make or fall into; for there is always a mine of dia monds under one's feet if he just only knew it, and the only reason why we don't know it is just sim ply because we do not take more time to think. I remember read ing this little story not long ago: A certain man and his wife had just returned from a lecture, the subject of which was "the mine of diamonds under your feet," and while trying to take off his collar, which was very hard to slip over the button, the husband became highly angered and began to curse. The wife, by way of kind reproof said, "Remoniber dear John, that you are standing on a mine of dia monds." He did so he did as he was bidden, and the consequence was he invented the lever collar button. So young man, I have this to say to you, when you are thinking of leaving the fair land of Dixie, if you will only look around about your feet at the untold sources of wealth and riches you will be perfectly content to remain where you are in the land of your native birth Carolina. In our last letter to The News we forgot to state tho runaway of Mr. R. II. Ballard. He was re turning home fromLincolnton; the bridle of one of the mules slipped off its head causing both mules to take fright and during their break neck speed, which continued for some little distance, Mr. Ballard was thrown from the wagon heavi ly to the ground, two of his ribs being broken and fractured by the fall. At this writing he is report ed as doing fairly well. Dr. II. N. Aberuethy, of Denver, is in at tendance. Mr. William Benfield spent a few days last week visiting friends t Spencer, N. C. Mr. Van Cobb, of the firm of Jones & Cobb, has sold out his one half interest in the store to Mr. James Helderman, and henceforth, the business will be conducted un der the firnTname ofJones & Hel derman. Mr. Editor, I remember a Bap tist family that was plied with questions something like these: You admit that you read nothing but the English transIatioiTof "the Bible! We do. You will also ad mit that you know but little or nothing at all of Greek and He brew! '. WTe do. You will further admit that the men who translated and revised the Bible from the original, which is Greek and He brew, were the most learned schol ars in these two languages that could be found, and besides this were the most pious men that could be obtained! Wc do. Well, now then, tell me this: If you rend only tht English translation of the Bible, and know but little or no Greek and Hebrew at all, and ad mit that the men who translated and revised the Bible from the original, which was Greek and He brew, were the most learned men in these languages that could be procured, besides being the most pious that could be found or ob tained throughout the world, and if they say they do not know, which they do, how in the nation, or name of common sense, do you who have Only tho English trans lation know! What you do know has come through them, and' with out them you know but little or nothing. It is my humble opinion that J umbo would profit very much from the above in regard to baptism. Caksak. Census Report on Advertising. The bureau devoted to the col lection, compilation and publica tion of statistical information has put forth a bulletin on printing and publishing,' covering the year 1905. Therein appear striking confir mation of the sense of the business man who advertises and enlighten ment for the business man who fancies he can get along as well without. The bulletin shows that in 1880 the circulation revenue of news papers was 11,000.000 more than the advertising revenue. In 1890 the advertising revenue had overtaken and passed the cir culation revenue and led it by 16,000,000. In 1905 the advertising revenue led the circulation revenue by 34,000,000. This phenomenal increase of ad vertising revenue, as compared with circulation revenue, is not due to decline of the latter. The cause is the discovery of adver tisers that advertising pays. Wise men having discovered that advertising pays; they in creased their investment in a good thing. Their example lias been followed by new men in business who have likewise found that the best way to sell goods is to let the people know that one has them for sale. Buffalo Enquirer. "W hat is a Home -What constitutes a home? Folks or furniture? A house, or those who inhabit itf This is a mystery that the wayward pen cannot sol ve Avith a llourish. A home is ex pansive, indeed, for it includes al who are born in its charmed cir cle, and many more besides; but it is a thing that grows, that is sub ject to evolution! Make the an swer to suit yourself; let it be whimsical or serious; but you may be sure that the spirit of home is not to be found in warehouses, nor in the auction shops, nor in the market places of the world. It is an ethereal essence, with a fluency which fills every corner from cellar to garret, and gives out its perfume even to the stran ger that enters the door. . And if juu iiuw tvvi iiau i niiiii ui uuiB subtle perfume, count yourself men! Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus's Magazine for Oc tober. - Gaston jltems. Rev. J. A. Hoyle, pastor of the Loray Baptist church, left this morning for Lincolnton, where he goes to baptize and to receive into the church Mr. Benjamin Beal, who lives two miles east of Lin colnton. Mr. Beal is a brother of Mr. J. B. Beal, oi Gastonia, and suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago, from which he has never entirely recovered. Mr. William Smith, who lives two miles from Dallas was the vic tim last Friday afternoon of ft most uisiressing acciuens. w nue attempting to take some lint out from under the gin at Mr. John Humphrey's gin in Dallas, Mr. Smith's right arm was caught in the saws and completely jerked off. A telephone message this morning stated that Mr. Smith was resting well and stood a good chance to recover from the effects of the ter rible accident Gastonia Gazette, October 1st
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