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1 ... 'I State Library', ' Vol. V. LINCOLNTON. N. C. TUES OA 7. SEPTEMBER 19, 1911. No. 75 SOME ART TREASURES. Raphael's "Adoration of the Shepherd" Owned By North Carolina Ladies And Will Be On Exhibition At The Appalachian Exposition. Bt Old Hurry ffraph. In a beautiful old Southern home "The Fountain" by name in a lovely, mountain-enriched valley, known as the "Happy Valiey," in Caldwell county, North Carolina a home charming and quaint in its history and folk lore, and venerable with age and story; being built more than a century ago, handed down with its sweet and sad, and holy associat ions, from one generation to an other; is a real, genuine Baphael work of art, "The Adoration of the Shepherds." It is signed by the master painter of the world, and competent art critics pro nounce it genuine. It is a beauti ful old gem. In the collection of art in this Caldwell county colonial home there are other gems, the auinenucuy oi wmcn nas never, X believe, been questioned, that would put art connoisseurs into a state of ecstacy to behold them. There is a Dutch scene by Isaac Ostade, painted on wood; "The Judgement of. Midas," the joint work of Paul Brill and Annibale Caracci; a beautiful and rare can vas, by Deitrich; another by Von Behr; etchings by Michael Angelo, Rembrandt, . and Salvator Boss, and others. The Appalachian Exposition opens at Knoxville, Tenn., Mon day the 11th of this month, and remains upen until the 1st of October, and North Carolina will contribute the most interesting feature to this display of the inge nuity of women and. men. The Owners of the above rare collection of art have consented to allow the old and valuable pictures to be placed on exhibition .there during the time of the exposition. They will be guarded day and night in order to secure their safety. These treasures of art once be- i ja l - 4.1 11 Oollett Leventhorpe," erstwhile a captain in a crack British regi ment, and later a brigadier general of the Confederate army, soldier, surgeon, civil engineer, chess ex pert, literature, art connoisseur, and courtly man of the world. General Leventhorpe set to work to discover where this Baphael painting he possessed, "The Adoration of the Shepherds," came from. He found that it had belonged to an old and wealthy family that had left Spain, on ac count of politics, in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. They firstwent to Mexico, and later to NewNOrleans. The family had dwindled, the last of the men had been killed in the war, and, final ly, at the death of one of the women, the old mansion and everything in it had been sold at auction. "The ' Adoration of the 8hepherds" was supposed to have been brought from Spain and had been highly prized by the family, and that was as far - back as the general could trace it. - General Leventhrope always be lieved that he possessed the great est painting, the most priceless gem of art ever brought to America. After General Leventhrope's death 1.1 T 41 AAllnAitftn VlOB due uevciifcuruye uiuctwuu uao been kept intact at "The Foun tain," the home of Mrs. Leven-. thrope's sister, Mrs. William T)a7Pnnnrr. Jnnps. in thft "Hftnnv Valley." The ownership of the pictures, however, is divided among two nieces of Mrs. Leven thrope, one of whom is Miss Lily Jones, who resides at "The Foun tain," near Patterson, in Cald well county, North Carolina. Boll Weevil Appears. Bocky Mount, N. C, Sept 12. The boll weevil has appeared here on the farm of Mr. Sidney Bal combe, and is playing havoc with - his crop, destroying at least three fourths where they are at work. Bains have been injurious to opening cotton; too wet to pick out. - The berry situation has im proved. The situation of corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, fair to . very good. Miss Sallie Packard and Miss Mary Damron go to Fassifern school at Lincolnton this week. This is Miss Packard's first year, while Miss Dainrr-a is a former student Cleveland Star. A WORTHY EXAMPLE. Three Year Ago Noted for Rid Koadi Now Has Improved Highways. McNeill's township, Moore coun ty, should be an object lesson to the people of the whole South. Three years ago the township was noted for its abomnible roads. Today according to a statement from John B. McQueen, road su pervisor, the township has nearly seventy miles of improved roads, money in the treasury to build more, money coming with the tax es soon due, and the sinking fund to provide for the bond issue has already reduced the bonded debt incurred at the beginning of the road-building period. When the township decided to try for good roads it was proposed to do the work with the taxes. This was sufficient to show what a good road signified. Then a bond issue of $15,000 was voted. From that bond issue the present mile age has been constructed, and $2,000 of the debt has been paid from the funds accumulated in the sinking fund. The debt will be wiped out in a few years, eight to ten years at the most, and the in creased value in property will give an increase in taxes that will put the township on an entirely different plane. J.E Buchan, in a speech on the subject of good roads at Eaeford recently, said that not a farm in McNeill's township was more than two miles from a good road at present, with roads still pushing in all directions, while four years ago most farms,scaicely knew what a good road meant The township is big, and not within a day's travel of a passable road when the movement begun. Now it is one of the most agreeable sec tions in the South to travel in wagon, buggy or automobile. The difference in the life of the people is astonishing. New airs, thrift and interest spring up, traf fic is on an entirely new basis, farms have a different appearance, and the general stimulus to every thing is beyond measure. The results in McNeill's are most accurately measured by the vote for road bonds taken recent ly in Sand Hills township adjoin ing. Sand Hills has been like Mc Neill's without roads. But when the vote was taken it was almost unanimous in both precincts for a bond issue, and already the town ship is getting good roads, the equal of those of McNeill's. Never was a more complete con version. Those who opposed good roads in McNeill's four years ago are now adherents of the im provement, and no price would induce them to go back to the old system. Around Vass, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aherdeen, Lakeview and vicinity travel i3 a pleasure as well as a profit. Hoke county is fast getting into the line and Cumberland is joining the movements, and, in two or three years more it will be almost im possible to find a main road in this section that is not like a boulevard. News and Observer. . A Fight at Campmeeting. Correspondence of the Hickory Demo crat. Jacobs Fork, Sept 13 The campmeeting iat Wesley's Chapel closed Tuesday. The crowd was not as large as last year. On Sat urday night after preaching they found a young man selling beer which he had in'his buggy, 12 bottles full when arrested, this they captured with $12 out of his pocket. Then a company fight followed. One young man knock ed the officer down with his fist He was fined $5 for resisting an officer. Another man was fined $50, who tried to part the officer and the belligerent but he appeal ed. The well and spring were drawn dry by the crowds but the Presid ing Elder and preacher did not exhaust, of course, the spiritual streams. "' ' Farm Die School In Gaston. An important meeting of the citizens of Gaston was held in Dallas Thursday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possibilities of getting a farm-life school for Gaston. Some of the farmers of the county would like to see the school located at Dallas. ALLEGED SEDUCER REFUSES TO TALK H. N. Pace of Eagle Rock Keeps Mum in Crayen County Jail. New Bern, Sept 14. No new developments have occurred today in the much talked of case in which H. N. Pace, of Eagle Bock, N. C, is charged with the sedua tion under promise of marriage of Miss Henrietta Daugherty an estimable young lady of this coun ty, and Pace still remains in Cra ven county jail in default of a bond of $5,000 awaiting a preli minary hearing next Monday. ' Pace was seen yesterday by your correspondent and asked a few questions in regard to the re port that he has a wife and three children living at Eagle Bock. No information, however, , could be secured from him. When he first came to this city he secured rooms and board at a boarding house at which there were a number of young ladies and he acted in such a manner that he won the good will and re spect of all. He met Miss Daugherty while she was employed as a waitress at the Gaston Hotel and as she claims won her love. According to her statement they had been engaged to be married for a number of weeks when they took a trip to Wilmington to have the knot tied there. However, this was not done, and as a result of rigid investiga tions into his past life and his present actions a warrant was sworn out for him and he was placed behind the bars. It is probable that he will be sent over to the next term of Superior court after he has been given a prelimi nary hearing. READ THIS. Yes, T am so glad they are talk ing of having e Fair in our county this fall, in the fair town of Lin colnton, and I hope all other counties will follow suit, for I am preparing a number of articles to put on exhibition. Will name a few of them: Three straw hats, plaited and sewed with my own fingers. One of that number is made from long leaf pine needles, (or straw). My! but wasn't it tedious work. I think it ought to be worth about $5.00. Then brooms, there will be no end to them. The same with walking canes, axe and pick handles made from beautiful white curly hick ory. A number of baskets of various designs.' Can't take up time and space here to name them all, but you can bet I will have themon the grounds. I do court competition, and want to see who can furnish the greatest number of articles made with his or her own hands. To this, I respect fully ask county papers to copy, as I expect to send my exhibits around to the fairs in reach. The cotton farmers sure have a hard time getting their cotton I picked. It is now almost the middle - of September and - there are whole fields of cotton with not a boll picked out. So many rains have made it mean picking. I had thought my cotton pick ing days were over, but my wife has a piece of ground in cotton nearby, and - fearing she has over cropped herself and for passtime and amusement I take my chair and go out and pick, yes ' and I take two rows at a time, while it lasts. But when the broom corn commences coming in, then I will have something else to do. To my patrons in the broom business, I have been making brooms for 35 years, and am still able to do the work. Thanking my friends for past patronage, I also ask your patronage in the future, while I am able to do the work. After attending the old soldiers' reun ions, the camp meetings and fami ly reunions, I feel highly blessed. About 3 o'clock this afternoon a considerable rain and storm visited our neighborhood, blowing . down trees, cotton houses, etc. My good friends and cousins Sumney Bamsaur, wife, and little Martha will return to their home in Birmingham, Ala., tomorrow, after a weeks visit to his mother, Mrs. Martha Bamsaur, where a family reunion was held a week ago in honor of Mrs. Bamsaur's 76th birthday, of which another writer will give fuller details. Will now ring off for fear I tire your patience. . J.C. Warlick. Sept 13, '11. TFT OFF ON LONG TRIP Most Important Excursion Ever Under taken by a President Politics "Will Play a Part. , Beverly. Mass., Sept. 14. President Taft leaves Beverly to morrow on his 'second swing around the circle. In the opinion Of many of his friends the trip promises to be one of the most important ever undertaken by a Chief Executive. VThe "swing" starting tomor row will be about 13,000 miles in length. Twenty four .States will be visited and in eighteen the Psident will speak. In Kansas, Nf braska, Iowa, Missouri, Mon tana, Idaho, California, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, Min nesota and Wisconsin he will spf'ad many of his busiest days. These States are labeled "insur gent" by those who keep the poli tical books. New York, Colora do, Wyoming, Illinois and Penn sylvania will be slighted but iu those States the President will not have to work so hard. The same political book keepers credit them to the "progressive" wing of the Bepublican party. Michigan, which has been called "Taft in surgent" will get a lot of the President's attention. The trip begins in Boston to morrow night. Syracuse, N, Y., is the first stop. Washington will see the wind upon Novem ber 1. The train will consist of three pullman sleepers, a dining car, a baggage car and a day coach. Tomorrow will be Presi dent Taft's 54th birthday and he plans to spend the day quietly on the links at Myopia and at Par ramatta. Mrs. Taft expects to remain in Beverly through October. Mr. I. S. Conner Passes Away. On last Thuisday morning the death angel visited the home of Mr. Jacob S. Conner and claimed him as a victim. , Mr. Conner had been afflicted with heart dropsy for quite awhile and his death though expected was quite a shock to his community. - He was a noble citizen, a loyal church member and a good neigh bor and will be missed very much in his community. He served faithfully in the civil war and made a brave soldier and was ever true to the lost cause. He was a member of the Method ist church and was laid to rest in the Mt Zion church yard in the presence of a host of relatives and friends, the funeral being conduct ed by Eev. W. M. Boring of Crouse. The bereaved family and friends have our deepest sympathy in this hour of sorrow. Cherry ville Eagle Catawba Wine. There may be a great many citi zens of Catawba county who do not know that the name "Cataw ba" has a national j reputation in connection with a very popular and celebrated grape wine. In re ferring to this the Wine and Ale Vault, a newspaper published in Troyj New York in a recent issue says: "The wine of this name, now so celebrated in this country, was named from its grape, which was first found growing on the banks of the Catawba river in North Carolina. The late Mr. Longworth of Cincinnatti, 0., was nearly the first to, put the wine on the market, and, with much care and expense he succeed ed in producing a wine that com pares favorable with the very best of imported wines. The finest kind of Catawba wine now commands a high price." Hick ory Democrat IN MEMORIAM. Alexis, route 1: Mrs. Minerva Fisher was born Sept 9, 1832 and departed this life : Sept- 8, 1911, aged 79 years, lacking one day. She was, baptized in infancy and in childhood was received into the Methodist (Church to which she was ever afterwards a faithful member. In 1 853 she was married to Mr. J. W. Sigmon to whom she wta a devoted wife for 53 years. Mrs. Fisher was laid to rest in New Hope cemetery. Many descendants of this good woman mourn for her, she bning the mother of 7 living children, 47 grand-children and 19 great-grand children. THE STARS AND BARS. The Much Loved Flag ot the Confederacy Designed by a Native of North Caro linaFirst Waved in Louisburg, N. C, In Early '61, Two Mo nths Before the State Seceded. When the Senators and Repre sentatives of the seven Confederate States that had seceded February 1, 1861, met at Montgomery, Ala., the first business after organizing was to decide whether the new nation should have a new flag and new Constitution or fight under the "Stars and Stripes" and under the Constitution of the United States. The debate was short, both sides had strong arguments to offer. A new Constitution, composed of native white citizens, was adopted, and a committee was appointed to select a new flag. This committee advertised in the leading papers for designs of flags, to be sent to them at Montgomery. One of these went from Louisburg, N. G, where there was living a man, an original secessionist who so hoped that the Confederacy nftnm onnrtf. a nonr fiarv ann a nanr CnnsHtiitinn that, hp was rpadv' with a design when the advertise ment of "Flag Wanted" appeared. When this man, Orren Eandolph Smith, was introduced by Gen. Julian S. Carr, commander-in-chief of the U. C. V. of North Carolina, at their reunion in Norfolk, Sept. 1910, be told the story of his flag in the following words: "Three times have I been a soldier at my country's call, twice fighting under the Stars and Stripes and once under the 'Stars and Bars.' While with Taylor, south of the Bio Grande, a unit in that proud army that never let an enemy touch our flag; in Utah with AlbertSidney Johnston, 1857-18o8, I learned what the flag meant to the men who were willing to give their lives for 'Old Glory' every day and every hour in the day. A soldier's flag must be his inspira tion. . It stands for home, kindred and country; it must be something more than a piece of bunting or the blending of bright colors. "When at Sumpter, that shot was fired that was . heard around the world, I realized that a new country had been made and that the new nation must have a new flag, of the deepest truest signifi cance, to lead the 'Men in Grey' against the greatest odds and through the greatest difficulties that any soldiers have ever over come since the world was made. The idea of my flag I took from the Trinity, 'Three in One.' The three bars were for the Church, State and press. Bed represented State, legislative, - judiciary and executive; white for Church, Father, Son and Holy Ghost; red for press, freedom of speech, free dom of conscience and liberty of press all bound together by a field of blue (the heavens over all), bearing a Star for each State in the Confederation. The seven white stars, all the samo size, were placed in a circle, showing that each State had - equal rights and privileges, irrespective of size or. population. - The - circle, having neither head nor foot, stood for eternity, and signified 'Yon defend me and I'll protect you.' I had the flag all complete in my mind before the Confederate Congress advertised for models, and when the advertisement ap peared I went to my friend, Miss Bebecca Murphy (she is now Mrs. W. B. Winborne, of Wilson, N. C.,) and asked if she would make me a little flag, I'd tell her how. I tore the 'Bars and cut the Stars' and sewed the stitches and when finished the little flag was sent to Montgomery, with the suggestion that a star be added for each State that joined the Confederacy. The ' flag committee, as you all know, accepted the flag and named it 'The Stars and Bars. ' They also adopted the suggestion, and it was not long before the flag bore eleven stars for the eleven Confederate States that voted for Jefferson Davis to be President After the small flag was sent to Montgomery I bought dress goods from Barrow's store and asked Miss Bebecca to make me a large flag, 9x12 feet, for whether the flag committee accepted my model or not I was determined that one of my flags should be floating in the breeze. Splicing two tall saplings together, I made a pole one hundred feet high and planted it on the courthouse square at Louisburg, N. C. (where I was then living), and the flag was sent aloft on Monday, March 18, 1861, two months before North Carolina seceded. Over the flag was float ing a long blue streamer, like an admiral has on his ship when 'homeward bound,' and on this pennant I had stars for each State that had seceded and one for North Carolina, for though my State was still in the Union I knew she was 'homeward bound.' This was the first Confederate flag ever raised in the Old North State, and this is how the 'Stars and Bars' came into existence, 'Dixie's Flag' that floated over the bravest and hard est to wear out soldiers ever en countered in any war." Miss Murphy, who made the two flags, married first Dr. Ger main Watson, and secondly W. B. Winborne. Her sister, Miss Sally Ann, refused to sew on the flag, saying she was "for the Un ion" and meant to marry a Yan kee officer, and she did marry James A. Miller, lieutenant U. S. A. But while Mr. Smith and Miss Bebecca made the flags, Miss Sally Ann played ou the piano and sang "Dixie," "Bonny Blue Flag" and other Southern songs. In 1904 Mrs. Winborne was living at Pine Tops, N. G, and she ap peared before W. L. Dunn, a jus tice of the peace (he was also post master) and made an affidavit to the making of the Confederate model and the large flag that was displayed in Louisburg. She is living today with her daughter, Mrs. H. T. Webb, on South Tarboro street, Wilson, N. C, and has become a member of the United Daughters of the Con federacy, for Mr. Smith said he wanted her to have a U. D. G. badge as it was "The Stars and Bars." ' Mr. Smith has made Henderson his home for years and ; he is a member of the Henry L. Wyatt Camp, U. G V., where ; he is al ways honored as the man who de-' signed the "Stars and Bars." Miss Jessica B. Smith, Hender son, N. G In The Key Stone. STANLEY NEWS. 8tanley Sept. 18th: After a very pleasant and profitable session the Kings Mountain Presbytery which was held in the Presbyterian church here, closed last Thursday afternoon. There were forty or more preachers and delegates in attendance. Eev. S. S. Oliver of King's Mountain being moderator of the meeting. The old-fashioned picnic dinner was served each day in the grove. All of the services were largely attended, but the missionary address Wednesday night by Eev. W. H. Hudson, missionary from China was one of the most interesting features of the occasion. The spring meeting of the Presbytery will be in ses sion at Lowell. While shifting last Thursday the engine No. 703 to the local freight No. 13 ran off of the track. Tho' no damage was done other than tearing up the track it was necessary to have the steam derrick brought from Mon roe to pull the engine on again, causing a delay of five or six hours. Eev. W. S. Hales and Miss Ethel Hales were Lincolnton visitors last week. Mr. W. H. Sumner spent Sunday with rela tives at Lincolnton. Mrs. Sumner is at Arden N. G Mr Polie Jenkins arrived from Bristol, Tenn., last week, where he had been playing ball on the league team for the past six or seven weeks. Mrs. - James E. Loven will be hostess Tuesday evening to a number of friends in honor of her cousin, Miss Jane Hope of Lowryville, S. C. who has been her guest for the past week. Miss Carrie Thomas of Newbern arrived Saturday from Baltimore and will have charge of the B. F. Carpenter millinery department, the opening to be some time the last of the month. Cob. Death of Mrs. Emeline Lohr, Mrs.Emeline Lohr. i widow of the late Joshua Lohr passed away at the home of her ' son, Mr. Geo. Lohr, at Dallas, Sunday. The body was brought to Lincolnton yesterday on the morning C. & N. W. passenger train and was later taken to the Daniels' churchyard by private conveyance for Interr ment Deceased is survived by five sons, viz: Messrs. Geo. and Jako Lohr, of Dallas, Mr. Tom Lohr of Hickory and Bev. L. L. Lohr and . v. H. Lohr of this county.
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