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LINCOLNTON. N. C. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1911.
No. 102
KILAS PARTLOW CAUGHT
Negro Suspected of 'Attempting to
Wreck C. & N. V. Passenger Train
at Crowdcrs Creek Trestle in Septem
ber in Toils at Charlotte Rewards
Aggregating $400 or More out ' for Him
. May be Brought .'Here.
Gftstonia Gazette.
Milas Partlow. a negro much
wanted in York, Gaston and
Mecklenburg counties for various
crimes but principally for an at
tempt to wreck northbound pas
senger train Ho. 10 on the Caro
lina & North Western Railway at
Crowders Creek trestle, this coun
ty, on September 19th, is at least
in the toils and rests , at present
behind the jail bars at Charlotte,
Sailing under the alias of John
Black, he was arrested were Sat
urday on a warrant charging him
with the theft of a mule, harness
and buggy from a party at Tirzah,
S. C. Charlotte officers suspected
that he was Partlow, some persons
there having identified him. Sun
day afternoon Chief of Police J,
W. Carroll of Gastonia and Con
stable H. E. Johnson of York
county, went to Charlotte and
positively identified the negro as
Partlow. The negro then acknow
ledged his identity and did not
deny that there were warrants out
for him in Gaston ana xoric coun
ties for disposing of mortgaged
property but denied that he was
connected in any way " with the
dastardly attempt to wreck the
C. & N. - W. tram at Urowders
Creek trestle. Chief Carroll was
armed with the warrant for Part
low for this crime but the officers
at Charlotte declined to let their
prisoner go until they made some
satisfactory arrangements as to
the rewards outstanding for his
capture and conviction.
Rewards aggregating $400 or
more are outstanding for Partlow's
arrest and conviction. The C. &
N. W. Bail way Co., offers a $250
reward, Governor Kitchin $100,
York county $50 and perhaps
there are others which have not
as yet come to light. Partlpw is
wnofot huni a Ian fnr ' Aiannvina nf
mortgaged property Deionging 10
Messrs. Craig & Wilson" or this
city..."-.
As soon as the matter of a divis
ion of the rewards can be agreed
upon between ' the officers of the
several counties involved it is
probable that Partlow will be
brought toGastonia first to be put
on trial for the attempted train
Wrecking. There is strong cir
cumstantial evidence against him
in this ea&e. If convicted of this
crime he will doubtless get a long
sentence. If he is finally convict
ed of all the Offenses with which
he is charged it would seem likely
that thei remainder of his natural
life will be spent behind prison
bars. He bears a bad reputation
and if half is true that is said
about him he would richly deserve
such a fate.
LINCOLNTON WATER ANALYSIS.
T1 I IT T AlUa Qnnf Ktt
W. L. Kistler,, Superintendent of
Water Works. Location, Lincoln
ton. Source, Tap. Marked Dec
ember. Received December 11th,
1911. Reported December 14th,
1911- , Sediment, none; color,
pi' ' m-cobalt standard, none;
' turbidity silica standard, none;
Odor cold, none; odor hot, slight;
Alkalinity, (in terms of Calcium
carbonate), 26.2; chlorine, 2;
nitrogen as nitrates, 0.04; nitrogen
as nitrites none; free Ammonia,
.054; Albuminoid Ammonia, .036;
Total number of bacteria 20 O.
per c c, 350; total number of
bacteria at 38 C. per a c.f none;
total number of acid-producing
bacteria, none; Colon bacilli in 10
c. c, none; Colon bacilli in lcc,
none. No pollution,
C. A. Shoee,
Director.
BOX SUPPER AT IRON STATION.
There will be a box supper at
Iron Station school building Sat
urday night December 16th. Two
contests will take place in which
a cake will be given to the" pret
tiest girl, and a cake of soap to
the ugliest man. The proceeds go
for the benefit of the school. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. -C.
0. Beam, Teacher.
BRING YOUR JOB WORK
TO THIS OFFICE.
DON'T GET COLD FEET
Alpha Urges Every Man to Stick to His
Guns and hverythlng Will Be O. K.
Old Officers Re-Elccted.
Iron Station, N. C, Dec. 18,
1911 At the first meeting in
December of Elbow local- F. E,
C. U. of A. all the old officers,
were re elected for another year.
Most of our members are re-enlisting
for next year with
enthusiasm.
This next year is going to be a
hard one for the farmers in the
drouth stricken district and very
naturally the Farmers organiza
tion will suffer to some extent,
There are always those in any
organization who are easily dis
couraged when things do not
move just to their liking, and if
there is some dropping out this
year no right thinking member
will be surprised. There are
those who are not satisfied be
cause we cannot 'control the
price of cotton. Why brother
with the cotton crop raised this
year it is like trying to stop the
flow of "Niagara.'? , You see we
are pulling at the wrong end of
the rope, and we think We are
only partly to blame for this, for
we remember of reading last year
when cotton was bringing a good
price, many long drawn articles
in the papers, by those who
thought they knew what they
were talking about, to the effect
that there never would be again
any danger of raising too' much
cotton, that cotton always would
bring a good price in the future,
no matter how large the crop
might be. These gentlemen were
either trying to deceive or they
were badly mistaken, and the
farmer with the past experience
they have had, ought to have had
more sense than believe any such
stuff. Of course we can by holding
our cotton and marketing it grad
ually help the price some but the
very fact that a bumper crop has
been raised will not down. The
remedy lies in the short sentence
reduce the acreage for the next
crop and the way to do this Is. for
every farmer to . begin at home
and not wait On some one else to
do the reducing. When we know
by past experience that a small
crop brings more money to the
South than a large crop we de
serve to be called a set of igno
ramusus if we don't curtail the
acreage next year. Let us heed
the advice of Dr. H. Q. Alexan
der our worthy state president,
and farm in the futuie to "make
a living and not to make motSey."
The Doctor could have added that
this is exactly the way to make
money farming. The Farmer's
union, although yet in its infancy,
has already accomplished much to
better the condition of the far
mer and it is the dnty of all
farmers to join the organization
and help on the good work. There
is certainly no good reason why
any member should show the
white feather at this time. Let
us this year try harder than -ever
before to impress upon the minds
of our membership the importance
of trying to raise our own sup
plies, and as much as in them
lieth to stay but of debt. Let us
"try as never before to impress the
educational features of our order for
"A virtuous and enlightened peo
ple can never be enslaved." Let us
subscribe for and read good farm
papers like the "Union Farmer"
and the "Progressive Farmer"
and not only read but heed the
advice therein given and we will
guarantee that at the close of an
other year the condition, of the
farmers of Lincoln county will
have been very much improved.
Alpha.
SAXONY NEWS. .
Saxony, Dec. 19. The little
folks at Saxony are looking for
ward to the presents that Santa
Claus will soon bring to them
Mrs. Bertie Williams has been
very sick but is improving at this
writing Misses Eva and Nettie
Mauney visited their uncle, Mr.
Smith at Gastonia Saturday and
Sunday Miss Ocie McCoy spent
Saturday and Sunday in Char
lotteMr. O. F. Long is wearing
a broad smile, it is a big girl
Mr. Joseph Beal has accepted a
job with the Saxony mill Misses
Ruth and Minnie McCoy visited
the Misses ' Campbell of Cliffside
recently. Golden Bell.
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LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS.
CIIIUSTMAS 1911.
O Little town of Bethlehem,
How Btill we see thee lie! '
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee to-night.
For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing to God the King,
' 4-0.4 peace to men on earth.
O holy Child of Bethlehem!
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in us to-day.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Iinmanuel!
. , Phillips Brooks.
SOME ADVENT THOUGHTS
A few more days and Christ
mas will be here again. ', We are
all going to celebrate the event in
some way or other Most of us
seem to be coucerned more about
the things which satisfy our car
nal desires, than we are about
the things we need. Some
thoughts then,' as to what would
be best for us and for our chil
dren ought not to be out of place
at this time.
The day stands for the best
gift that was ever given to man
the gift of Christ our Savior.
Do we really appreciate that gift!
If we do we will show Itf ty the
kind of gifts we present to each
other. The only kind of gift
that is really worth anything is
the gift of our heart's love to
one another. This is the kind of
gift that God gave on the first
Christmas, only He gava it to His
enemies instead of His friends.
Really then, Christmas is a time
for sacrifice rather than for feast
ing. Think what (sacrifice
Christ nade when "He became
flesh and dwelt among us." Do
we behold His glory or the, glory
of our fine clothes, our beautiful
decorations, and our good things
to eat! Is it not very appropriate
for every church to have a Christ
mas, service! Yes, you say, we
going to have a Christmas service,
a real Christmas service, consist
ing of nice songs and recita
tions, a treat for the little folks,
that is for the Sunday school
or congregation, as the1 case may
be.In other words we are going
to give ourselves a treat for Christmas.-
Now there may be nothing
harmful in that little box of candy
etc., but is the house of God the
place for such trash! Are we not
thus making our Father's house a
house of " merchandise! Have
our churches been set apart for
the feeding of men's Bodies or
their souls! We are compelled
to Bay that this is nothing but a
cunning device of the evil one to
keep our minds off of the higher
things. To the extent then, that
we bring those things into our wor
ship that will satisfy, our carnal
appetites io that extent we have
side tracked our religion, and sub
stituted the things of this world in
its place. ' We khow 'these little
material gifts make the children
happy for a day or two but is it
not a carnal joy! Let us ask them
to give up everything this Christ
mas except the bare necessaries of
life, and see what the effect will
be." If their joy is spiritual, " then,
to make the sacrifice ought to in
crease that joy ten fold! Just
make such a suggestion if you dare
and see the last smile fade from
off their faces. Why is it so!
Because the souls of our children
are constantly fed with selfishness
rather than with love. There are
thousands of professing christains
in the world today who have
never learned the joy of sacrifice
and self denial.
There is a dark cloud gathering
over the Christi in church to day,
that cloud is pride, its silver lin
ing is a reflection from the bottom
less pit, and death and destruction
are following in its path. Christ
says, "if - any man will come after
me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross and follow me." Yet
many of us take the money that
we have gotton by the sweat of
other men's toil and build for our
selves fine homes, furnish them
with the best that money Can buy
and then with a proud step and a
haughty look scarcely notice our
poor and needy neighbors. But
the sun is not crossing the hills
everyday for nothing. There is a
day coming when we shall have to
stand before the Great Judge, and
tell why we have thus disobeyed
His commands. He has told us
plainly not to lay up for ourselves
treasures upon earth; therefore
we shall be left without excuse in
that day. David H. Smyre.
Items Clipped Frdm The Hickory
Mercury
Mr. R, L. Ford, of Lincolnton,
was in the city on business last
Thursday. He said their county
fair last week was good, and that
Lincolnton is now putting in
good concrete sidewalks.
Mrs. Walter Hefner and babe
went to Lincolnton last Thursday
to visit her brothers who live
there, and to join her husband
who was there delivering fruit
trees. They returned Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Whitener
and two children, of Lincoln coun
ty, were in the city two days last
week, visiting his father, sisters,
brothers and other friends.
Rev.Dr.J'." Lr Murphy is
sporting a pretty walking cane.
Mr. P. D. Hinson of Lincolnton
made him a present of it. The
cane is a hickory cane and
was bent and made by a Cleve
land county road convict. It is a
tapering square, and ou it is
some beautiful and skillful carv
inga lizzard. Serpent, and beau
tiful perforated squares. It is not
only beautiful, but a good lasty
cane. Mr. Murphy appreciates
it, and who would not! "
Misses Mae and Bertha Rhodes
and Pearl Moretz, of Lincoln
ton, students of Lenoir College,
with other Students have gone
home for the hollidays.
Mr. Noah Williams and sister-in-law,
Mrs. J. F. McKinis, of
Lincolnton, were in the city Sun
day and Monday, visiting friends
and doing some shopping.
Nurses Entertained. -
On last Wednesday evening the
nurses of the Lincolnton hospital
were very pleasantly entertained
at tea by Mrs. R. E. Costner.
Vocal and instrumental music by
one of the guests, and the agree
able, congenial spirit of all made
the occasion one1 of rare pleasure.
These young ladies, whose lives
are given to the care of the sick
and suffering, appreciate exceed
ingly an evening such as this when
the doors of a bright, hospitable
home are thrown open to them.
UNCLE SAM PAYS FOR ALL
Some of the Luxuries That Are Sup
plied Free to Members of
Congress.
"To begin with, each member of
congress receives $125 a session as a
stationery allowance," writes Irvin
S. Cobb in Munsey's. "He may be
a free and lavish correspondent , or
a small and scanty one ; just the
3ame he gets that $125. And takes
it. There is no record of a refusal,
"Every member has the free Use
ot the congressional baths and bar
ber shops under the capitol. He can
take a nifty Turkish bath, a Rus
sian bath, a Roman bath, a needle
shower, or the plain, old-fashioned
Pike county style of bath, lying
down in the tub with both faucets'
going; and it doesn't cost him a
cent. As often as he pleases he may
have a shave, a haircut, a facial mas
sage, and be manicured all around,
as they say in parts of Iowa when
shoeing a horse. , Every other day he
can have the back of his neck shaved,
just as if he were going to some
large special function back home.
Uncle Sam pr.ys for the attendant
and provides the whole outfit."
TOO LONG
Mr. Parvenue How long did il
take you to do that picture?
The Artist About four months.
Mr. Parvenue Gee ! I seen a fel
low in a store window down town
wljo painted 'em while you wait.
NO AIRS FOR HER.
There is an old colored woman ir.
Chattanooga whose nineteen-year-old
son recently procured such a lucra
tive employment that he was for put
ting on a little more "style" than
his mother had hitherto been accus
tomed to display. The two had gone
to a general store to purchase some
household supplies. As they were
about to leave, the youth said :
"Mammy, ain't yo' gwine to buy a
couple o' plates?" . :
"No, chile, I ain't !" was the de
cisive reply of the old woman. "An1
I. don't wanter see yo' showin' sech
pride. AVe kin eat outcn de skillet i
while jit -
BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
"The party will recover from this
check," said Mayor Craig of Coving
ton, apropos of a temporary set back,
"They say the party will be broken.
I'd reply that it will be about as
much broken as young Lansing5!
heart.
"A chorus girl who had refused
young Lansing said to a friend :
"'I have broken his heart, I fear:
; 'You have. Ycu certainly have,!
the friend replied. "You've broker
it right in half.'T
. "'In half ? What do you mean?
"'I mean that he takes two girli
out to supper every night now.' "
. , THE REASON.
"There seems to be..veryfcw ai
this meeting of. the Society of Wom
en to Suppress Gambling."
"I know, but unfortunately, w
forgot, that this is the day when
many of the members have their reg
ular bridge parties."
NATURALLY.
"Iliggins is certainly stuck on hii
business."
"He ought to be, as he manufa
tores glue."
PREFER BICYCLES TO AUTOS
Danish People Have Bought Sixty
Thousand of the Former In
a Single Year.
Bicycle riding has ceased to be l
fad in most parts of America, and it ,
has been noted that many of the for-'
mer ; bicycle ; manufacturers have
turned their attention to the mak
ing of automobiles. Even the Eng
lish ardor for bicycle parties has be
come dampened of late, and the bi
cycle is now used only when a con
venient means of transportation for
the individual is required.
It is interesting to hear that some
sixty thousand bicycles have been
sold in Denmark in a single year. In
fact, the Danes have never ceased in
a regular demand for the bicycle.
English and American wheels were
formerly the most popular makes,
but German products have con
quered the market the past decade,
and to Germany, at the present, is
given Denmark's sizable order. Na
tional Magazine.
CHINA'S CRAZE FOR CULTURE
Celestial Empire Has 500 Studentf
Abroad and Many New Col
leges at Home.
Colleges have sprung up like
mushrooms after a rain in all the
provincial capitals. Ten years ago
there were probably less than ,300
students in modern government in
stitutions in Pekin; today there are
over 17,000.
College professors from America,
Japan and Europe have , been
brought in by the hundred ; there are
16 American teachers on the steamer
by which we are traveling, all to be
placed in one institution in Pekin,
the buildings for which are not yet
completed.
Chinese students have gone to the
four corners of the earth in search
of modern education ; there, are over
3,000 in Japan, nearly 1,000 in Eu
rope and about ihe same number in
America. Pacific Monthly.
GROWTH OF DOMINION CITIES.
The statement that Vancouver has
now 115,000 population will serve
to show the tremendous growth of
the west. " Twenty years ago the
Citizen published the census figures
showing that Vancouver had a pop
ulation of 13,000 and commented on
the fact that in the ten years from
1881 to 1891 it had grown from
nothing to 13,000. In the middle
west the figures are equally eloquent.
In Saskatchewan the city of Moose
Jaw in 1901 had some 1,200 popula
tion. Today it totals nearly 20,000.
Saskatoon's population in 1901 was
less than 500. Today it boasts near
ly 18,000. Lembridge grew from
2,500 in 1906 to 1-1,000 in 1911.
Ottawa Citizen.
TIT FOR TAT.
Minister (arousing himself in bar
ber's chair) All through yet ?
Barber Aye, lang syne.
Minister Then I must have been
indulging in a quiet nap? -
Barber Ye wis that, sir.
Minister It was very good of you
not to waken me. I am very thank
fu for what has been a most refresh
ing sleep.
Barber Hoots, man, haud yet
tongue; it's only a fair return. I
slept all through your sermon last
Sawbath.
THE PROOfc
"Shakespeare evidently foresaw
the manufacture of automobiles."
; "How do you prove that ?"
"Doesn't he speak of the . 'bubble
reputation?"'
THE CHOICE.
Referee (in divorce case) Whom
do you prefer to live with, my child
your father or your mother?
Child If you please, r.ir, which
ever gets the automobile.-Puek.
The Sunday school of Emman
uel Lutheran church, Rev. Enoch
Hite, pastor, will render a Christ
mas service, "The Star out of
Jacob," on Christmas Day at 7
n m All ara mneft PArAialltr in.
vited.