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LINCOLNTON, N. C. TUESDAY. APRIL 15, 1913.
No. 30
LIVE ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
TO PROTECT ROADS
NEWSCH00LH0USE
NEAR MACEDONIA
OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
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All Sort of Happenings In the Old North
State Culled From Our Exchanges For
The Benefit of The News' Busy Head
ers. A crate of strawberries, the first
one for this season, was sold at
Mount Olive Wednesday, bringing
$5 which was considered a very
low price for the beginning of the.
season y the price, no doubt, being
regulated by the quality of the
berries. With seasonable weather
for the next few days, the market
there would be in full blast
A $60,000 bond issue will be
voted on in Cherry ville May 6 for
municipal impiovements, which
will be divided as following: $20,
000 for a school building, $4,000
paving, $25,000 for waterworks,
$5,000 for lights and $6,000 for
paying the outstanding debt of the
town. Each item will be voted on
separately, and the outlook now
seems to indicate that all will car
ry by a large majority.
Mooresboro, Cleveland county,
has become quite a depot for li
quor shipments since the Webb
law made Eutherford county dry.
Eutherford patrons of the mail
.order liquor houses, in great num
bers, are having their booze ship
ped to Mooresboro and are hauling
it over through the country. Many
have been coming down on the
trains and carrying it back with
them in the passenger coaches. .The
conductors on the Seaboard do not
wish to haul the liquor and are
seeking legal advice about the mat
ter. President Woodrow Wilson has
written to Mayor J. Eugene Ban
kin of Asheville, expressing his
appreciation Of that city's invita
tion to the members of the Presi
dent's family to spend . their Sum
mers there ..President Wilson stat
ed that he and Mrs. Wilson had
.decided after carefully considering
the matter, that they ought to
choose a secluded spot and for
that reason they decided to
to take the Churchill place, at
Cornish, instead of tbe Summer
home which was placed at their
disposal by the residents of that
city.
North Carolinians who spend
their vacations in the western part
of the State will be interested to
learn that work is beingjcarried on
looking to the completion of a
horseback trail to the summit of
Mount Mitchell by the coming
summer. Work has been started
on the trail and it is expected that
it will be completed within a very
short time. Last summer horse
back riders were able to reach the
peak, although the trail was not
very wide and was considered dan
gerous. Many improvements are
being made by those who are in
charge of the work which is being
done at this time." T.'T-" -
Employer W. A. Joly, of the
Internal Eevenue service, has re
turned to Asheville from a raid in
South Carolina where he succeed
ed in seizing and destroying two
illicit distilleries, one in Green
ville County and the other in
Spartanburg. The latter was a
95-gallon still, and had been
known among revenue men for the
past threei years as "Big Betsy."
Mr. Joly says that it has been op
erated from Saluda, N. C to Mel
rose, 8. C, during that time; but
the men have never been able to
get it. He cut it to . pieces : and
then consigned it to a bonfire.
He found 2,000 gallons of beer at
the plant at which 'Big Betsy"
was being operated.
Miss Mary McNeely, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. John C. McNeely,
of Shiloh township, Iredell county,
aged 12 to 14 years had a narrow
escape from death when her cloth
ing caught fire in a field some dis
tance from her home. Mary 'and
her younger sister had gone to the
creek bottom where their father
was at work and when the father
had to go to the house on an er
rand he told the girls to pile corn
stalks while he was gone. As he
was returning to the field he was
met by the younger girl who told
him that Mary had caught on fire
and had jumped in the creek to
put the fire out. Bushing to the
creek Mr. McNeely found Sis
daughter still in the water. The
flames had been extinguished, but
she was suffering torture from the
burns, practically all her clothing i
being Durnea irom her back.
Bill Introduced ; by Hon. R. B. Klllian at
The Last Session of The Legislature
Passed And Is Now a Law.
Section 1, That the Board of
Commissioners of Lincoln County;
through its authorized agents or
employees, is hereby authorized
aud empowered, after due notice
to the land owner and his failure
to comply with the terms of said
notice, to eater upon any land ad
joining and lying along side of any
public road in said County and to
cut all timber or standing trees
within thirty feet of the edge of
said road on either side thereof:
Provided, that no fruit trees, or
shade trees about a dwelling shall
be cut except by and with the con
sent of the owner of said land or
his agent: Provided, that no
hedge for protection of land from
washing shall be cut when less
than six feet in height That the
timber so cut under and by direc
tion of the Board of Commissioners
of said County shall belong to and
be the property of the owner of
said land and the notice above re
ferred to shall be given to said
land-owner for the purpose of giv
ing him the privilege of cutting
said timber himself, and the land
owner shall have thirty days from
the service of said notice on him
in which to cut said timber. That
after the expiration of this time
and in the event the land owner
has not cut said timber or trees
tb en the Board of Commissioners
shall direct said work to be done
and after it is completed, and if
the land owner and the Board of
Commissioners cannot agree as to
the amount of damages, if any,
then the said Board of Commis
sioners shall cause three free hold
ers to be summoned to go upon
said land and view the timber and
inspect the road and assess the
benefits and damages, as provided
for under the general road law in
the matter of opening new roads,
with the right of appeal to either
party to the Superior Court of
said County: Provided, that in
the event the land owner should
appeal and not recover a laiger
amount than that granted by the
three free holders so summoned,
then no cost shall be taxed against
the Board of Commissioners of
Lincoln County.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlaw
ful for any landowner or any other
person in chirgeofor cultivating
any land in Lincoln County to cut
any ditches or build or construct
any terraces emptying the water
from the land and delivering it in
any public road in Lincoln Coun
ty, unless it shall be impracticable
to convey the water in any other
direction, and in the event that
said water cannot be delivered
elsewhere than in the public road,
it shall be so delivered as not to
enter the road in a large volume,
and such ditches or terraces shall
be provided for its delivery into
the road as shall be . approved by
the supervisors of the township in
which the land is situated, or in
the event of the election of road
commissioners for laid county, then
in accordance with the method ap
proved by them, and any person
violating the provisions of this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and be fined or imprisoned in the
discretion of the Court
Sec. 3. This act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
Big Township with Small Population.
Dmnn Guide. . ' ' .-;...;..
Johnsonville is the third largest
township in Harnett county, and
has only about 50 votes. There is
not a postoffice in the entire town'
ship except Bock Branch and Pine
view, which are only a few feet in
side. Only one rural route, and it
comes out from Cameron in Moore,
yet the Atlantic : Coast Lines
bound it for 35 miles on the east
and the Seaboard runs parallel
with: its western boundary and
within four miles of it There has
been no road worked in the township-
for about 12 years for two
reasons. There are : not hands
enough and there have been no
magistrates for about that length
of time to act as supervisors.
Little Miss Fannie Sharpe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Sharpe, celebrated her fifth birth
day on last Saturday by giving a
dinner to a number of her little
friends.
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Tjj THE ALL 80UTH BUILDING.
The Southern States Building of the National Conservation Exposition, which will be held at Knoxville iff.
two months, . September and October, 1913, will be one et the largest and' most attractive structures of this great
national show. This building is designed to contain exhibits of manufactured products of the sixteen Southern
States, especially such as will show the processes of manufacture which prevent waste and utilize by-products.
MARSHALL BEARDS
"LION IN HIS DEN"
Temper of American People Will Not
Brook Oppression, He Says. Warns
"Interests." Vice President Delivers
Stirring i Address Before the National
Democratic Club.
New York, April 12 Vice Presi
dent Marshall served warning to
night un men of vast wealth and
on "special privilege" that the
temper of the American people had
reached a point where it no longer
would brook oppression. , He told
the members of the National Dem
ocratic Club that the spirit of un
rest was such that unless reckoned
with the institutions of the Gov
ernment might be jeopardized and
the country revert to paternalism
or turn to socialism.
"Current opinion holds, justly
or unjustly," he said, "that, the
welfare of the people of this cou
try depends not a little upon the
conduct of certain men in this City
of New York. I have concluded,
therefore, to 'beard the lion in bis
den' in the hope that he may hear.
GOVERNMENTAL DUTY.
' 'Present advantage shuts our
eyes to the permanency of our in
stitutions. Not what we are nor
what we stand for, but what we
can make has come to be the meas
ure of governmental duty and in
dividual conduct And yet, de
spite this theory of life. Carl
Marx and hunger and a longing
for happiness are abroad in the
land. They are perturbing the
waking hours and coloring the
dreams of millions of Americans
who, after all," have the rights to
to say what shall or shall not be."
, The Vice President declared his
warning was the result of observa
tion of conditions in 27 Northern
States during the recent presiden
tial campaign. Swollen fortunes
and the . accumulation of great
wealth through governmental priv
ileges granted, he held, had much
to do with the discontent
"Alone with general prosperity
has come a marvelous piling up of
colossal private fortunes. Not
withstanding charges against me
that I have freely assaulted the
possessors, of ' these fortunes, I
know in my own heart that such a
view of my public atterauces is a
mistaken one. My assaults, if I
have made any, have not been di
rected at the possessors of the for
tunes but at the principles of gov
ernment which contribute, directly
or indirectly to the accumulation
of fortunes. The piling up of colos
sal fortunes, - supplemented by a
general diffusion of knowledge, has
made large bodies of people restive.
', '. k GREATER' EQUALITY.
, The desire of the people is for
greater equality of opportunity and
enjoyment. More and more, men
are coming to the belief that social
ism alone will open up and guaran
tee this equality. If I were the
possessor of a vast and growing
fortune and had made up my mind
that the Government should con
tinue to help me make it grow, or
if I were a socialist, I would frown
upon the educational system of
America.
"Have backward-looking and inward-looking
men ever stopped to
consider what might happen to
them here in the great State of
New York, if those who have not,
should take it into their heads to
make common cause against those
who havtt They talk about vested
rights and in their talks assume
they have both an inhereut and
constitutional I right to pass their
property down from generation to
generation until some reckless de
cendent shall have dissipated it
Suppose a Government and a Gen
eral Assembly ia the State of New
York should repeal the statute of
descents for real and personal
property and the statute with ref
erence to the making of wills, on
their death, how much vested in
terest would any relative have in
the property which fell from their
nerveless hands at the hour ; of
dissolution! The right to inherit
and the right to devise are neither
inherent nor. . constitutional : but
upon the contrary, they are simply
privileges given by the State to its
citizens.
HEAR PEOPLE TALK.
"Let backward-looking and inward-looking
men read the returns
of the last election. Let them put
on masks go down into the East
Side and hear what people are say
ing about them. Let them not
close their eyes and dream that
what has beea forever will be. All
that a man hath will he give for
this life and he is not wise who
having plenty, risks it all to get a
little more.
"The belief that there is an un
equeal distribution of wealth in
this country has been supplement
ed by the belief that much of it
has been obtained through special
privilege, that it did not come by
labor, skill, industry, barter or
trade, but through corners oh
commodities, through corruption
of Legislatures, through the sale of
impure foodstufis, through wreck
iag railroads, through all the de
vices kuown to man whereby the
law is not abrogated or chloro
formed." 7
CHANGE HAS COME.
"Let those who started,"he said
"and are keeping up this theory
of especial privilege which finds its
root, its sap and vigor in prohibi
tive duties, believe me when I say
that a change has come across the
spirit of the Republic. Be not de
ceived. Our justice is ceasing to
be perpendicular and is beginning
to be hoiizontal. Men are refusing
longer to look up that favors may
be handed down to them and are
beginning to look around to see
how mutual benefits may come to
them. Wake up, my brother; be
contented with that which thou
hast gotten. Yield a little - that
thou mayst save much."
.:',. "The backward-looking and inward-looking
men may be able
temporarily to check the onward
movement of the forward-looking
men, but if they do it will be an
unwise interference and may result
either in a paternalistic system Of
government which can only endure
upon bases of ignorance and serf
dom or in a socialistic system
which will destroy both the oppor
tunity and the desire of the man
to exercise in the fullest capacity
his natural and acquired endow
ments.1'.' Mi. Marshall called, on his hear
ers to support President "Wilson in
bis poiicies"that the individualistic
democracy of Thomas Jefferson
may not be destroyed."
ANOTHER YETERAN PASSES.
Mr. T. P. Scagle Who Formerly In Lin
coln County Dies at His Home at West
Palm Beach. Florida,
Mr. P. V. Seagle who was born
on Clark's creek and up until the
year 1855 lived in this county,
passed away at his home at West
Palm Beach, Florida on last Sat
urday morning. Deceased suffered
a stroke of paralysis on last Wed
nesday which was the final cause
of the death.
As stated before Mr: Seagle em
igrated to Florida in the year 1855
where he became engaged in the
orange business. When the war
broke out between the states, he
answered the call for men and en
listed in a Florida company. Lat
er bis company was sent to join
Johnson's army, then operating
in Tennessee and Mr. . Seagle par
ticipated, in many important bat
tles. He also saw service in Ken
tucky and Mississippi. Returning
from the war he resumed his
chosen occupation, that of raising
oranges for the market and was
quite successful, the freeze causing
him to lose his all. He then went
into the hotel business at West
Palm Beach and remained in it
until death claimed him. .
Mr. Seagle is survived by a
widow and three children two
girls and one boy all of whom live
in Gainesville, Fla Only one
other member of this family is
living, same beiDg Mr. A. J.
Seagle, a brother of the deceased
who lives in this county.
Deceased was a faithful member
of the, Methcdist church and at
the time of his death had attained
the ripe old age of eighty years.
.. The funeral , services were con
ducted at Gainesville, Florida,
yesterday morning and the body
laid to rest.
Fellow Figures Out That He Is His Own
Grand-Father. ,
Angus Carney, of Philadelphia
who has announced that he is his
own grandfather. Has his neigh
bors doing arithmetic. '
Carney has complied the follow
ing: "I met a widow with a grown
daughter and I married the widow.
Then my father met my step
daughter and married her. That
made my wife the mother in-law
of her father-in-law, and made my
step-daughter my step mother. My
father became my step son.
"Then my step mother, the
daughter of my wife, had a son.
That boy was of course my brother
because he was my father's son.
But he was also the son of my
wife's daughter and therefore my
grandson. That made me grand
father to my wife's grandson.
"Then my wife had a son. My
mother-in-law, the step sister is
albo his grand-mother, because he
is her step-son's child. My father
is the brother-in-law of my child
because the step sister is his wife.
I am a brother of my own son,
who is also the child of my step-grand-mother.
I am my. mother's
brother-in-law. My wife is her
child's aunt My; son is my
father's nephew and I am my own
grand-father.
Chattel Mortgages are for sale at
The News office.
Two Deaths Near Little Mountain Sec
tion Several O.her News Items Gath
ered by Alpha.
Iron Station, N. C, April 11.
Since our last ta The News, our
community has been saddened by
two deaths. Carro Littun the 13
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. Littun died last week at Maiden
of typhoid fever and her body was
laid to rest in Mountain View
cemetery, Rev. Mr. Bimmer con
ducting the funeral services.
Carro was a pupil in the writer's
school at the Mountain View
schoolbouse during the winters of
1911 and '12. She was a bright
girl, the very picture of health
and little did we think that her
young life would so soon be blot
ted out On last Saturday Mr.
W. A. Gilleland answered the last
call, and his body was interred at
Mountain View Sunday, his pas
tor, Rev. W. W. Rimmer conduct
ing the funeral services. Mr.
Gilleland was about 53 years of
age, was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Susan Goodson, by
whom he had nine children. His
second wife, Miss Laura Parker
was the mother of two children.
All the children we think survive
except one. Mr. Gilleland was
one of our best citizens and will
be greatly missed by his neigh
bors. Here's our heartfelt sym
pathy for all the bereaved ones.
Rev. J. W. Kennedy preached
a good sermon at Lebanon last
Sunday from the text, "Be not
deceived, God is not wicked, for
whatsoever a man soweth, . that
shall he also reap." The sermon
was a very instructive one An
old fiddlers convention was pulled
off at Denver last Tuesday night
About fifteen contestants entered
the contest for prizes. Mr. Henry
Mayhue won first prize and Mr.
Click Smith second. Some of our
lo:al talent were in the . race, but
came home fully convinced that
they were not the best fiddlers.
Those who heard it, say the mucic
was fine and the behavior good.
The Board of Education at its
meeting last Monday decided to
build a , new schoolhouse in the
Macedonia district, Ironton town
ship. The house is to be located
on the Sherrills Ford road north
east of Macedonia. -Mr. J. - W.
Little of Denver who was appoint
ed a member of the Board of Edu
cation by the last legislature is a
man who always keeps his head,
and may be depended on to do
what he thinks best for the schools
of Lincoln county. We notice
that every now and then some
good fellow bobs up who says he
may contest for Yates Webb's
seat in Congress. Now it is per
fectly legitimate for any one who
wishes to contest for Mr. Webb's
seat. There are scores of good
able men in Mr. Webb's district, .
but unfortunately they have not
been tried. Mr. Webb has been
tried and not found wanting and
few men ever had a stronger hold
on the common people than Mr.
Webb , and by the way what
is the secret of his great popular
ity. This scribe believes that Mr.
Webb's success can be accounted
for by the fact that Mr. Webb is a
christian man, and when he goes
to Washington he takes his relig
ion with him and puts it into
practice. Certain it is that they
who would succeed Mr. Webb, un
less he wishes to retire, will have
just lots of votes to reckon with.
Alpha. :
Catawba and Lincoln Counties' Pioneers.
Hickory, April 11. Rev. J. H.
Shuford, who has been engaged in
gathering historical data relative
to the pioneer settlers of Catawba
and Lincoln counties for several
years, is planning a trip into the
South Fork country for this pur
pose. Mr. Shuford now has the
records of almost all the original
settlers of this section, and these
will probably be published in book
form at an early date.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Daniels' public school will give
its closing entertainment April 18,
1913. The same exercises will be
given both afternoon, beginning
an z o'ciock, ana at night, begin
ning at 8:30. An admission of 15
cents will be charged for benefit of
school improvement X.