Newspapers / The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, … / April 12, 1915, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
V S f- Pi state Library YOL. IX.-N9. 29. L1NC0LNT0N. N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12. 1915. ONE DOLLAR PER TEAR "lL to CIVIL DOCKET EINISI1ED THURSDAY Superior Court Adjourned Thursday Afternoon Damage Suit Settled, 1 Jury Awarding $500 Other Cases ' on Docket That Were Disposed Of. Court came to an end Thursday aft ernoon. Judge Adams, presided over both the criminal and civil sessions. Judge Adams maintained his reputa tion for impartial rulings and fair de cisions. The working of the session i being carried on with dispatch. On the civil docket the damage suit against the Seaboard and C. & N. W. took up considerable time. This case was a suit for $5,000 damages brought by Mrs. Mamie Mauney and husband, C. W. Mauney of Cherryville. against the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Carolina and Northwestern Rail way. The plaintiff charged that while in the Union station waiting room in this city some months ago waiting for a train she was insulted by two .men who were under the influence of whiskey; that she appealed to the Ticket Agent Norris, who failed to protect her from the insults; it was also brought out in the evidence that the husband of the plaintiff, who 'was not in the reception room at the time, but who v.us up town, returned to the station and that he asked the agent to have the men arrested, but that he refused to have anything to do with them. On the other hand evidence was introduced by the defendant com- Sanies that they were not liable; thai Irs. Mauney did not notify the Ticket Agent, and that nothing was known of the matter until the suit was in stituted. The jury in this matter awarded the plaintiffs $500. The attorneys representing the de fendants were Judge Walter Neal, of Laurinburg, for the Seaboard; Mr. J. H. Marion, of Chester, S. C. and Cant. C. E. Childs of this city. The plaintiffs were represented by Messrs. L. B. Wetmore, and C. A. Jonas of this city, and Mr. W. A. Self of Hickory. The other cases disposed of from the civil docket were: Audie Clark by his next frjend W. E. Clark against R. H.. Wright and W. R. Johnston as Wright and John ston Contracting Company. This case was tried at the July term, 1914. when the jury awarded the plaintiff $25,000 damages, case was appealed to Supreme Court and a new trial granted. At this term the case was comprised and by the terms thereof plaintiff recovered of the defendants $1912.05. r ' D. D. Edwards vs. A, B. Willis Exr. and others. Juror withdrawn and mis trial ordered. . . L. B. Wetmore vs. Wayoco Mfg. Co. Jury verdict in' favor Of plaintiff $125.00 . J.-T. Hill vs. A. T. Aiken appeal from Justice of the Peace judgment Justice of the Peace affirmed. A. S. Abernethy vs. R. E. Clark ap peal from Justice of the Peace, judg ment of non-suit. C. B. Finger vs. David Willis plain tiff takes voluntary non-suit and taxed with the cost. . W. F. Sain vs. M. J. Ritchie jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff $72.40. UNNTED STATES DENIES THE RIGHT OF THE ALLIES TO PLACE AN EMBARGO t)N COM MERCIAL INTERCOURSE. The United States government has made public its note to Great Britain announcing that "it could not admit" either the right of the allies or their claims for jurisdiction in placing an embargo on all commercial inter course between Germany and neu tral countries. "To admit it," says the communi cation would be to assume an atti tude of unneutrality toward the pres ent enemies of Great Britain, which obviously would be inconsistent with the solemn obligation of this govern ment in the present circumstance!,, and for Great Britain to make such . a claim would be for her to abandon and set at naught the principles for which she constantly and earnestly has contented in other times and cir cumstances." The note reviews at length the le gal phases of a blockade of beligeiv ent territory and virtuul blockade of neutral coasts. In conclusion the United States stutes its expectation that Great Britain, after having con sidered "the possibilities of serious interruption of American trade" un der the order in council, "will take the steps necessary to avoid them, and in the event that they should un happily occur, will be prepared to make full reparation for every act, which under the rules of internation al law constitutes a violation of neu tral rights." The American communication in terprets the circumstances under . which Great Britain claims to be jus tified in adopting retaliatory meas ures toward her enemies as "'merely a retson for certain extraordinary activities" by her naval forces "and not an excuse for or a prelude to any unlawful action." ; "If the course of tiie present ene mies of Great Britain, the note adds, "should prove in fact to be tainted by illegality and disregard of the principles of war sanctioned by enlightened nations, it cannot be sup- fiosed and this government does not or a moment, suppose that his Maj esty's government would wish the same taint to attach to their own ac tions." CONTRIBUTED TO THE NATION. University News, Letter. . In the census year, 880,372 native born North Carolinians were living in other States of the Union. . Our net loss in inter-State migration du ring the census period was 271,807. All told, in the history of the Na tion, says Mr. Gold, North Carolina has furnied to other States more than 1,000,000 inhabitants; or nearly 4,0u0,000 .their descendants considered-. . ' A negro who was beating a ride on top of a freight car, from Durham to Henderson, was pulled from the top of the car by a baggage tele gru"h line.thrown under . the wheels of tue train and killed. DR.W.R. MINTER'S NEW WORK Enters Upon His Duties As Pastor of The Historic Presbyterian Church At Austin, Texas. Following is an article from the Aus tin (Texas) American, which gives an insight into the new work Dr. Minter has entered upon. Wo feci sure News readers will without regard to denomination read it with much inter est. Dr. Minter having been greatly beloved by this entire community. The article gives a history of hie church and historic facts are generally inter est in cr: "Rev. Dr. William R. Minter, a North Carolinian today officially be comes pastor of one of the most his toric churches in Austin or the State, which has at various timos numbered among its congregation some of the most notable men and womon of the State and the South. "The First Southern Presbyterian Church is as old as in Austin and as one prominent churchman recently re- marked, "The history of the church and the city are so interwoven that they have become inseparable, and to speak of the one is to speak of the other. v'Dr. Minter arrived Thursday from Lincolnton, N. C, where he has been pastor of a Presbyterian Church for muny years. Me is a southerner and is widely known In religious circles, many efforts having been made to in duce him to leave his North Caro lina charge before the Austin congre gation was finally successful in calling him here, tie spent some time in Austin several weeks ago and is de lighted with the city and the people he has met here. Coming with him were Mrs. Minter and their three children and Mrs. Minter s sister, who will also make her home here. Of ficers of the church and members of the congregation met the ' new pastor at the depot and an informal- recep tion of welcome was held immediate ly following his arrival. , "Oct 13, 1914 marked the seventy, fifth anniversary of the organization of this church. The organization was effected by the Rev. William Y. Allen, a missionary sent by one of the Alabama presbyteries to the new Ke public,of Texas. "The Austin church was the fourth church organized by the Presbyter ians in Texas, the others preceding it being San Augustine, Galveston and Houston. "The citv was about six months old when Mr. Allen reached it, com ing from Houston by way of Baftrop, a journey then requiring moreVlays (nun noun are now reqireo. "The organization took place Sun day afternoon. Oct 13. 1839 at Bal- lock's Hotel, which was located on the site of the old Postomce. The organiza tion comprised six members, and two of these James Burke and Mr. Bul lock were chosen ruling elders. One of the remaining four members was Colonel Abner H. Cook, through whom we trace our lineage back to that church organized by Allen. "A log church was built on the pres ent site of the Cumberland Presby terian Church. This was destroyed before finished by a tornado. Colonel Cook helped to hew the logs for this building. "Troublous tifhes came about that time, and the new city came very near dying. The little church shared a similar fate. "In 1850, Rev. William Baker, son of the illustrious Dr. Daniel Baker, renewed the organization. Colonel Cook becoming a ruling elder. Mrs. J. H. Hutchings now in her 90th year was one of the charter members. "Mr. Baker served for fifteen years, the last few of these embittered by the Civil War. He resigned in 1865. "Then occurred an unhappy division which deprived the church of all but eighteen members. But these have grown until, with their offshoots, they number over seven hundred. "After short pastorates by Drs. Por ter, McDonald and Grasty, Dr. Smoot became pastor in 1876 ,and so con tineud for nearly thirty years. In many ways the church deserves the title often, given it, "Dr. Smoot's Church." "The successors of Dr. Smoot, John son, McLauchlin and McLeod, have only builded upon his foundation." GERMANY WILL PAY FOR SINKING V. S. SHIP. JVashington, April 8. Germany's intention to compensate the owners of the American ship William P. Frye, sunk on the-high seas with her cargo of wheat by the commerce raider Print Eitel Friedrich, was communica ted formally to the United States government today. Ambassador Gerard cabled a note handed him by the Berlin foreign of fice in reply to the recent American communication submitting an indem nity claim for $228,059.54 oh behalf of the Frye's owners. The foreign offi ce upholds the legality under inter national law of the raide's action in sinking the Frye and backs the lia bility of the German government to pay indemnity solely on the old Prussian-American treaties of 1799 and 1828 which provide that contraband belonging to the subjects or citizens of either party cannot be confiscated by the other and may be detained or used only in consideration of payment of the full value. In view of this situation, the note says, the American owners must be compensated for their loss .It is point ed out, however, that the case must go into a prize cour that questions of ownership, cargo and destination may be established formally. The German position is that' the Frye's cargo of wheat was contraband because it was consigned "for orders" . to Queenstown, which is declared to be ' a fortified port of Great Britain. No j notice is taken. of the fact that, since' the wheat was sold en route to British citizens, the United States filed a claim for the vessel only. Monday night professional cracks men visited the p'stoffiee at Honea Path, S, C, and took $2,000 in cash and stamps.. They were np)-to-date traveling in an automobile. COUNTRY ON EVE PROSPERITY ERA Good Times Are Already Here De dares Congressman Pou in Inter view. News and Observer. "I have the utmost faith that the country is on the eve of an era of very great prosperity," said Con gressman E. W. Pou last night in dis cussing the business - outlook. "I recently saw several of the officials of one of the largest banks in New York and they all agreed that pros perity i here and that times are go ing to get stqadily better. "So far as congress is concerned," said the Congressman, "Pretty much all the important legislation that the people want with two important ex ceptions was enacted by the Congress which has just adjourned. The excep tions are first, government aid to rural highways in co-operation with the States: second, a national rural credit system backed by government aid. If these two laws are added to the laws already passed during the Wilson administration I believe the country will with one accord agree that President Wilson has accom plished more than any president in the last fifty years and will realize what many people - already know lUUb HO 19 VltV Ul liaviUll 9 HUH dozen greatest Presidents. Mr. Pou was in Raleigh by invita tion to make an address at a banquet of postal employes held last night in the Federal building. "I have always felt a deep interest in the rural free delivery service." he said. "You might note," added a friend who heard the conversation between the newspaper man and Mr. Pou that since Mr .Pou has been in Congress the number of rural free delivery routes in the Fourth District has grown from four to 116. Mr.. Pou has always been active in the increasing of the R. F, D. facilities of the district" Congressman Pou is a guest at the Yarborough. He plans to return to Smithfield this morning. Washington, April 9. Treasury of ficials today were predicting continued improvement in business conditions. Their optimism was based on reports from 80 national bank examiners that the recent past has been marked by a steady return to conditions existing before the war upset American indus try. Revival of business in virtually ev- eyery line was found. There was pro nounced hopefulness, the report said, in agricultural .commercial and manu facturing circles. Business in the South, the depart ment announced, with cotton at ad vancing prices, is stowing a pro nounced improvement Crop prospects in the south were declared excellent. In the Western and Pacific states a general improvement was noted. The lumber industry was said to be recov ering, and mining was resumed on a larger scale. Good crops were predict ed. Some depression still is felt in New England, the Middle Atlantic, states and portions of the central west it was said. Manufacturing, except for foreign trade, was said to be lagging. Maine, however, was said to be the only state in which there was any real depression. ' There was an Increased demand, it was said, for railroad cars and for steels and for structural iron. THEIR TROUBLES PILE UP. More Information About The White Chicken Thieves That Is Not To Their Credit. It now appears that James Cham bers of Spencer and A. L. Logan of Salisbury, the white men jailed here last week for stealing chickens from north Iredell merchants, have been in the chicken thieving business for some time. Mr. Ed. L.Tong of Elmwood was in Statesville Wednes day afternoon and identified the men as the same from whom he. bought about 30 chickens some time ago. In dealing with Mr. Long the man who now says he is James Chambers gave his name as James Brown and Mr. Long made out the check, for the chickens to James Brown . At the time of the, sale to Mr. Long the men were driving the same old gray horse which they drove on their .trip through norjh Iredell and which is now in the hands of the Davie county officers. The men were arrested in Davie county, as told in Tuesday's Landmark, and Sheriff Sprinkle of Davie has notified Sheriff Deaton that they, will be wanted in that county when Iredell finishes with them. They are to be tried in Davie for having more liquor than the aw allows, three gallons of "booze" hav ing been found in their buggy. Un der the new liquor law the horse and buggy driven by the men are forfeit ed to Davie county on account of the large amount or liquor which the buggy contained. Chambers and Lo gan claim they secured the liquor in Wilkes county Statesville Landmark. WANTED SOMETHING MILD. "Can't you print somethinsr about the war that will not be so horrible?" asked a Raleigh lady yesterday. "Why yes, indeed," some one replied. ''Here is a letter from a young Chine- man which the April Bookman has copied from the daily newspaper: -now tnere is a great battle in Eu rope. This began because the prince of Austria went to Serbia with . his wife. One man of Serbia killed him. Austria was nnrrv. and so fiuht Ser bia. Germany write a letter to Aus tria, I will help you. Russia write a letter to Serbia, I will help you.. France did not want to fight, but they got ready their soldiers. Germany write a letter to France. You don t get ready or will I fight you in nine hours. Germany to fight them pass Belgium. Beleium sav I am a coun try. I am not a road, and Belgium write a letter to England about Ger many to them. So England helped Bel gium." News and Observer. One hundred more saloons were Voted nut nf tha Kfata tt t,,lliAjna Tuesday. Of the 102 counties in the (Hal K . . J. I WW BVR III ANOJHER GERMAN SHIP AT NEWPORT NEWS Newport News Va., April 11. Steaming her way at tun speed, pass ing four Allied warships off the Vir ginia capes in the early hours of this morning, the German converted crui ser Kron"rinz Wilhelm, another of the remarkable merchant raiders of the South Seas, arrived in this port today and asked tor luei and sup plies. , , The Kronprinz Wilhelm, many times reported destroyed, made this port in almost helpless condition with less than 25 tons of coal and only scanty provisions for her crew of 500 men and 61 prisoners from British merchant ships sunk in the South Atlantic. The 15.000-ton crui ser came with a record of 15 mer chant ships of the enemy captured. 14 of them sunk, nine British, four rrench and one Norwegian. lhe British ship Chasehill, captured, was allowed to proceed, taking to shore more than 300 prisoners from pre vious raids. The value of the ships and cargoes destroyed officers of the Wilhelm estimated at $7,000,000 Following in the wake of the in terned Prinz Eitel Friedrich which arrived here a month ago yesterday after similar thrilling and effective war operations for the German arms the Kronprinz Wilhelm come dashing bravely throueh a lane of enemv war ships and her commander Lieutenant Captain Paul Thicifelder, formerly navigating officer of the German ciuiser Karlsruhe, said tonieht "we got in without being seen by the enemy and we can go out the same way. In her raid of the seas since she slipped out of New York harbor Au gust 3 lust the German cruiser never touched land and took 960 prisoners from various vessels destroyed. London, April 11.-The French of fensive in the Woever, it generally is believed, is the prelude to a big gen eral effort by the Allies in the West The Russians in the East, like the French in the West, apparently are making progress in the capture of im portant points before endertaking a general forward movement. Fighting is going on under difficult weather conditions. The ground is covered with snow which is commenc ing to soften. The Austio-Germans continue to bring up reinforcements but the Russians appear to have con fidence in their ability to handlo the task. ' The Allied fleet , ha according to unoficial reports, been bombard ing the Dardanelles forts from the Gulf of Saros. This doubtless is be ing done to prevent fhe Turks from repairing the forts, for it is not be lieved here that the big attacks will be resumed until the land forces ar- Says War Costs Six Million Men. Rome, April 7. The nations now at war lost 5,950.000 men in the first eight months of the conflict and spent $8,400,000 in the first six months, acording to figures prepared for the Avanti, a socialist organ, by its mili tary expert The article declares the only result of the war will be a reci procal wearing out of the forces en gaged and not a military victory. It is calculated that nine or ten months more will exhaust the reserves of men and that the country which will suffer least from this exhaustion will be Russia. Austria Contemplates Making Peace ' With Russia. Turin. Italy. April 8. The Gazette del Popolo declares reports that Aus tria contemplates concluding peace with Russia in order to defend herself against Italy are not so visionary as Vienna communications Indicate. The paper s Vienna correspondent professes to have reliable information that Austria already has opened semi official pour parlers with two powers of the trirj'e entente and he believes a "dramatic surprise" is possible. LESS FERTILIZER SOLD TO DATE Ruleigh News and Observer. 1 he farmers of North Carolina have bought 37 per cent less f etrtli- zers this year than they had uo to same time lust year, according to Commissioner of Agriculture Gra ham's information. This deduction is made from figures of sales at hand from over the State since December 1, the beginning of the record year. Commissioner Graham states also thut, from dates ascertained in his department he would estimate the reduction of cotton acreage in the State at 25 per cent. vi course the lateness of the spring might be holding down the fertilizer sales. However, at ; the same date last year fully 60 per cent of the sales had been made. The sow- inflr of snrinir oats haa been rnntiiripr. ably hindered too this year. Winter wheat and oats are report ed as suffering considerably from the effects of the late cold weather and indications point to a large sale of ni trate of soda as a spring covering to facilitate the backward growth. Ni trate of soda will also likely be large ly used during the growing months of corn and cotton, owing to the high price of fertilizers containing potash. NO SHEEP THEY TAKE TO GEESE Marshville Home. You have doubtless' heard it inti mated some time in your life that yailer" dogs are mean. Well "val- let" dogs are iNetm. Two "yaller" dogs went to the home in New Sa lem Township of Mr. E. Mullia one night last week and killed 19 big fat geese and then stopped at a neigh bor's house the next morning and started up the work again. . Debate between represetnatives of Davidson College and Clemson Col lege, S. C, which took place at Rock Hill Monday night, was vicotry for Davidson. The quetion Was, "Re solved, That foreign immigration to the United States should be further reBtrkted by the imposition of it lit eracy test" AFTER THE WAR IS OVER. Allies in Danger of Quarreling Among Themselves. "While the spring campaign in Eu rope's great war is opening up,-' says a statement issued by the National Geographic society a few days ago, and the question is pending as to whether or not the coming summer will end hostilities as those ol the Na poleonic wars were ended in the year ot which this is the centennial, it is in teresting to go back a hundred years for a glimpse of the process by which the map of the continent was remade at that time. "In March, 1814, Great Britain, Aus tria, Russia, and Prussia entered into a treaty binding them to stand togeth er until peace was concluded. A little less than three months later France, with Napoleon beaten, entered into a secret agreement with these powers giving them the disposition of all the countries which the Little Corporal's iau naa noeraiea irom rrencn control. "The Allies decided to hold a con gress at Vienna for the distribution of the spoils of the war. As soon as they met there ureat Britain, Austria.Kus sia nnd Prussia decided that they would first settle all controversies themselves, and then call in P'rance and Spain to ratify what they had done. France was represented by Tal leyrand, and he declared that France would never give its consent to such a course of procedure. Sweden and Por tugal were finally added as members of the congress, and itwas not long until bones of contention were thrown into the area of debate upon which the four Allies could reach no agree ment among themselves. One of these was the question of the disposition of axony and t'oland. Kussia insisted that she should have the whole of Pol and as the price of its contribution to the war. England, through its leading representative, Lord Castlereage, firm ly opposed the pretensions of Alexan der. "The diplomatic war continued for a number of months with England stand ing by France, her late enemy .against Russia, her recently ally. Finally, with Russia showing no signs of yielding F'rance, Austria and Great Britain en tered into a secret treaty of defense, the purpose of which was to force Rus-. sia to terms. The Allies probably would thus have fought among them selves at that time, just as the Allies did after the Balkan war a few years ago, had not Napoleon reappeared on the scene of action as their common enemy again. "The outcome of the bickerings in the congress resulted in Austria and Prussia retaining most of their Pol ish dominions, with the remainder go ing to Russia under agreement that it should be a separate kingdom, ruled by the czar af Russia, acording to its own constitution; Switzerland was given a constitution; Italy retained Lombardy and Venetia; and Holland kept Belgium, Luxemburg and Lim burg. Sweden, losing Finland to Rus sia, secured Norway as compensation. "England made a proposal that the slave trade of Europe should be abol ished, which resulted in a declaration of abolition, leaving each country free to fix its own date of abolition. "It was the purpose of the English representatives to secure a solemn guarantee from the members of the congress to make collective war on any nation that migiit undertuke to disturb the agreement of partition. This plan partook something of the nature of an international court such as is today recommended by many peace advocates. But the return of Na poleon forced the adjournment of the congress, almost before it had parcel ed out the territory at issue, and whol ly before it could take up and adjust those matters which might have the more fully made for permanent peace.' Prospects of the winter wheat crop planted last fall on the greatest acreage in the country's history, are that 619 000,000 bushels will be pro duced, This is the estimate of the national Department of Agriculture. The final estimate of last year's crop the largest ever, was 648,990,000 bushels. Dudeley Field Malone. collector of the port of New York, charges that British cruisers patrolling the wa ters along the coast of the United States huve been violating the neu trality law by coaling and taking on supplies from vessels putting out from the port of New . York,The matter will be investigated. LAND VALUES. Twin City Sentinel. farmers should never be mindful of the fact that good roads influence the value of land. Good roads mean better living and desirability. Manatee County, Florida, built sixty-four miles macadam and shell road. In a few years the value of farm lands increased from ten to twenty dollars an acre. Spotsylvania. Vireinia. improved some roads with the result that lands which could have been bought for seven percent in value, and in Din widdie County, Virginia, land that lay ten miles away from the road was en hanced in value. Bad roads will prevent the advance ment and prosperity of almost any community. Life is hardly worth liv ing it the means ot communication are qot good. People who become iso lated because they can t travel to town or to their neighbors at all sea sons of the year cannot live a verv joyful life. . - . OF COURSE IT WAS TRUE. Congressman 'Claude Kitchin was reminded of this amusing incident when the conversation turned to the trials and triumphs of love. borne time atro a voune man calleil at the home of the darlingof his heart and after several anxious minutes aft er he had pressed the buzz button, a maid came to the door. "I wish to see Miss Smith." softly remarked the youth, making motions like heading for the hat rack. I am very sorry, sir." returned the maid, barring the way, "but MisB Smith is not in." "Not in!" exclaimed the young man in a dismayed voice. "Are you sure!" raroon me," was the reproachful Mannno n U m.:i fUMx . . . 1 1 ...,'..... vw 11111, UUV J "U flUITIJ don't ooubt her word do you?" Phil adelphia Telegram. NEW PRIMARY LAW SUMMARY Provisions Of The Act Passed By The Legislature. The primary act passed by the Legislature is of great length. Maj or Henry London of the Chatham Re cord summarizes the provisions of the bill as follows: On the first Saturday in June pre ceding a general election there shall be held primary elections at all the voting precincts in the State for State officers, Representatives in Congress, United States Senator in the year when one is to be elected, district officers in districts composed of more than one county, Represen tatives in the Legislature and county officers. And in years when the Pres ident is elected he and the Vice Pres ident shall be voted for at the pri mary elections. ' These primaries are to be conduct ed in the same manner as are the general elections and by the same election officers, who are appointed by the county boards of elections. Bal lot boxes are to be provided for the candidates of every political party, the members of every party voting for their choice in their own boxes. No man who has heretofore been a Democrat can vote in the ballot box es provided for the Republicans, and no Republican can vote in the dem ocratic boxes unless he promises to vote at the regular election for the nominees of the party in whose box es he votes at the primary election. Before the primary elections are held there shall be a registration of those who may wish to vote at the primary, this registration to be con ducted as isthe registration for the general elections, and opposite the name of the voter must be written the name of the political party with which he affiliates. Every candidate for a nomination must file a notice of his candidacy and a pledge that he will abide by the result of the pri maries and support the nominees of his party at the regular election. If no candidate has a majority of the votes cast at the primary there must be another primary between the two highest candidates within four weeks unless one of the two withdrays. A pluarality is all that is required in voting for a candidate for President and Vice President and not a major ity as is required for all other can didates, The expense of holding the prima ry elections will be paid by the State and county and also by the candi dates, the latter being assessed for the following sums: For any State or congressional office, except as herein stated, $50; for j e- of the Supe rior Court, solicitor of any judicial district or any State officer, $20; and $5 apiece for the candidates for eith er branch of the Legislature, and county officers, except surveyor, cor oner and county commissioners, who shall pay $1 each. Candidates for the township offices need not pay any thing. The more candidates there are the more money will be paid for the -expense of the primary, and possibly this primary fee may deter some aspirants from becoming candi dates. The only ballots that can be voted at the primary elections are the offi cial ballots furnished by the county noard ot elections, who will send them to the registrars of the precincts, and of Course, there will be different ballots for each of the political parties. The ballots that are voted must be kept for six months by the judges of election in the boxes, which must be proper! v sealed, so that no tampering with them can be done. , DOCTORS MUST REPORT Many Prosecutions Under the Vital Statistics Law. Bulletin North Carolina State Board Of Health. "The Vital Statistics law must be respected," is the postition taken by the Deputy State Registrar who has just returned from a trip over the eastern part of the State prosecuting doctors, mid wives and undertakers who have been delinquent in report ing births and deaths to their local registrars. : : It appears that in many eases the doctors, nnidwives and undertakers have forgotten the impression that the local registrars are to look them up and get their reports. Similarly, some of the registrars have objected to and even resigned their office because they thought thev had to follow uo the doctors, midwives and undertakers and get reports of births and deaths trom them. Now this is all wronc. It is not the local registrar's duty in any case to follow uo doctors, midwives and undertakers or even to ask them for reports. The law is very plain on this point and the local registrars of the State have been advised as to their duty, as have also the physicians, mid wives and undertakers. The Vital Statistics Department re cently employed a special assistant to aiu in maxing prosecutions where gross or wilful neglect has been found in the matter of reporting births and deaths. The law, to be of anv value to anyone, must be fully enforced, other wise the records will not be only de ficient, but the statistics will be mis leading or how far wronor thev reallv are. In-other words, the thirty or for ty thousand dollars now spent on this matter will be wasted or even worse than wasted if the law is not fully en forced. The Tennessee Legislature is tight ening up the prohibition laws in that State. It has passed acts designed to prevent social and fraternal clubs from storing and dispensing liquors and also providing stringent regu lations for the sale of liquor by drug stores. The discovery that a nero on the Catawba county pauper list, draw ing a small sum quarterly from the county for support, had $400 in imu uinwiiiK miervHi, cUHej roe commissioners to order a revision of k i: ..i uw yauyix lint. SOLDIER TELLS HIS WAR EXPERIENCE (By W. W. Ramsey.) Mrs. A. Nixon: Historian South ern Stars Chapter U. D. C. Dear Madam: At your request I will write a few incidents of my war experience. I have nothing to refer to as to dates etc. and what I say will be only from recollection. I entered the service in Capt. W. F. Hoke's company June 26, 1861 it being Co. K. 1st Regt. N. C. State troops. And as the princi pal battle in which this company par ticipated was over when I got there, (it being the battle of Big Bethel) and our enlistment being for only six months we had but little to disturb our peace during that period, our i headquarters being at lorKtown va. ( We made a few trips down to Bethel and at one time went down near Fort res Monroe and while on the peninsu lar we fared sumptuously every day, our bill of fare conwftting of ham, nice light bread, fish oysters etc., and good coffee. I next enlisted in Co. G. 67th Regt. N. C. State troops on the 4th of July 18U2. During this enlistment which continued until the close of the war l went through quite a number of battles, the first of which was at Fredericksburg, Va., on the 13th of December 1862. Our orders were to charge the Yankees out of a railroad cut, we started and about the time We got in musket-shot of them we gave the Rebel yell, and they seemed anxious to get out of there. Our orders not being just understood we followed on some distance beyond the railroad Cut till we reached the top of a hill some two huitdred yards beyond the R. R. Behind this hill the Yankies had massed their forces and as it was then between sundown and dark we were ordered back to the R.R. We lost quite a number of men in this engage ment I will name a few from our company from recollection. Capt. John F. Spreck lost a leg, Noah Sain was mortally wounded, Cephus Hause died from a wound, Solomon Ramsey (a brother) died from a wound, An drew Sain lost a leg, Frank Clay was wounded in one foot Max Rudisill was killed, Jake Propst was killed, I think others were Wounded that I can't recall now. Capt. Spreck was a hnznrdnufl tjiRk - vn nft.r him nu. he was within twenty steps of the Yankee line, it was very dark so we succeeded in slipping to him and car ried him out without being molested. For fear of getting my letter too long I will name promiscuously some of the battles in which we were en gaged the dates of which I cannot re call. One in North Corolina between Kinston and Newbern, . on Bacelor creek, one near Druries Bluff between Petersburg and Rich mond, Va.. Here the Federals were behind rude breastworks; we charged them twice without success and without much loss on our side, and on making the third charge we succeeded in completely routing them, Were in quite a number of engage ments in the Shenandoah Valley and by this route in 1864 moved on to Wash ington going by way of Frederick City Md. and on to a noted house known as the Blair house, said .to be within five miles of the capital. It was said that the President moved out to give us right of way. In Octob er 1864 we were in a hand fought bat tle at Hatcher's Inn, Va. I will now go back to Chancellorsville as I experi enced more in this battle than any one previously spoken of. On Monday ev ening I believe, on May 3rd 1863 wo were ordered to fill our kanteens with water and be reiiHv to mnke a rhflro-n on Maries heights at six o'clock, the order was obeyed, we had not advanc ed far till the Yankee pickets com menced firing as they fell back.one ball striking my canteen (which lav in front of me on my right side) knock ing a hole in the front of it as large as a silver half dollar; the water and tin caused it to come unsoldered on the side next to me turning the ball which failed to touch me. The Yankees continued to fall back; after going some distance we started down a hill of considerable lena-th and on reach- the foot we started up a hill euuallv as long and more steep than the one we nuu uuine uowa ; un reucillllg tne top the Yankees were massed just over the hill and on lower ground than where we were. We were ordered to lie down, the firing was heavy from both sides we could only see the Yan kees' legs as the smoke would rise. It was now getting dusk, we were order ed to fall back. On reaching the hol low and starting up the first hill we had come down, a ball struck me pass ing tnrougn my leit tnign, it com pletely paralyzed my leg. I felt no fain. Soon it was dark but as well as remember the Moon gave some light. I soon became very thirsty, I was in the woods but the timber was not thickly set. It was net long till the Yankee skirmish line came by me. one of them stopped with me and ask ed u ne could do any thing tor me, l thanked him and told him not unless he could give me some water. He gave me a drink from his kanteen, which seemed to me the best water I ever drank, he passed on. Soon fir ing commenced way down on the left, soon the skirmish line fell back the same fellow came to me again, this time he asked me if I could travel at all, I told him no, he said if I could get inside their line I would be well cared for. but I hnd no disposition to trv to travel lUat wav. I auk cut him In get me a kanteen of water off of a dead man near by he did so and pass ed on. After some time I Vrawled to another dead man and got his kanteen, there was not much water in either of them but all together fared pret ty well as to water. Imagine the feel ing oi a boy surrounded as I was on that night, my wound bleeding very profusely ,dead here and there all about me. Within hearing of groans from the wounded and dying and thus remained till a late hour in the night wher 1 heard footsteps n9r m. Soon I recognized a man evidently plunder ing over ten battlefield. I spoke to him he nntwered me and a?ktri to what comiipny and regiment I belonged I told him, he told me he belomrd tt Co. B of that Regiment, I asked his Dane Continued on last page - 1 . : -, j t ,.,.'JJ,; ., I.- , ........,;,..,..r,...,,., --.:.. . ..; ,,;.:..
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 12, 1915, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75