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"he Monroe Journaj VOL. 19. No. 5. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1913. ONE DOLLAR A YEl FRANK HOUSTON IN CABINET NATIVE OK MONROE SKCUETAKY OF At.KK I I.TUKF.. Mr. Wilson'x Official Houm hold Complete, Willi V. J. Bryan Heading tin- List ami Two Na tive iif North Carolina in the. (Inle w Secretary of Agricul ture Wa Horn in Monroe and Han Remarkable Kccord lo His Credit Brother of Dr. W. B. Houston. David Franklin Houston. Mr. Wil son's Secretary of Agriculture, was torn In the old Glouster Hotel build Ing In Monroe in the rear 1866. His people live in Union and Mecklen burg counties on both his father and mother's side. Dr. W. B. Houston id a brother. Dr. Frank Houston, as ne is know here, has made frequent visits here since the beginning of his wonderful career. The full Wil son cabinet is as follows: Secretary of State William Jen Dings Bryan of Nebraska. Secretary of Treasury William G. VcAdoo of New York. Secretary of War Llndley M Garrison of New Jersey. Attorney General James Ma Reynolds of Tennessee. Postmaster General Albert S, Burleson of Texas. Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels of North Carolina. Secretary of Interior Franklin K. Lane of California. Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston of Missouri. Secretary of Commerce Wil liam C. Redfield of New York. Secretary of Labor William B Wilson of Pennsylvania. DR. HOUSTON'S CAREER, Dr. David Franklin Houston mov ed with his father from Monroe to Darlington, S. C, when a lad. He graduated from the University of South Carolina and then went through Harvard. Since that day big career has been one series of brilliant successes. He went to the University of Texas as Professor of economics, and soon became dean of the faculty. He was then elect ed president of the A. & M. College of Texas and bis brilliant work at the bead of that Institution won Na tlonal recognition. It came just at the time that the new life was be ing enthused Into the agriculture of the South and Dr. Houston be came a leading statesman of the new school of Soutben upbuilders. It Is the recognition of the work done at this period that has brought him to his present position. From the pres idency of the A. & M. College, the Texan made Dr. Houston the pres Ideut of their University. Here he remained till called to the presi dency of the Washington University tit St. Ixmls, an Institution that has a producing endowment of more than six millions, and an annual liv come larger than that of John Hop kins University. Holland's Wonderful Hen. Statesvllle Landmark. Mr. C. S. Holland dropped Into The Landmark office Tuesday after noon to tell about a remarkable hen he had just purchased from Mrs, Wiley Ladd, who lives on the John M. Sharpe place, east of town. "The hen," said Mr. Holland, "laid 34 eggs, sat on the whole bunch and batched 34 chickens, and while I was bringing her to town in a box with the little chickens she laid three nice eggs in the box." Mr. Holland then went on to explain that the "biddies" were only two days old Tuesday and It was just too early after "setting" for a hen to lay one egg a day, let alone three. He said It was impossible for the eggs to have gotten in the box any other way and there could be no doubt that the one hen laid them. Continuing Mr. Holland said "my witnesses are Prof. Thompson, Po liceman Morgan and Dr. Hill, who saw the chickens and eggs In the box and will tell you that I'm not joking." Asked what he paid for the hen, Mr. Holland said he gave 60 cents for the hen and three cents each for the little chicks. When The Landmark reporter got out on the streets he found Mr. Morrison and asked him If he had seen Mr. Holland's wonderful hen. "Yes," said Mr. Morrison, " I look ed in the box and saw the hen, chicks and eggs and then I put this to Mr. Holland, 'The Governor of Indiana said to the Governor of Illi nois, I love a lie but you please me too well.' " Mr. Holland says he don't know what breed his hen Is, but she looks like a Barred Plymouth Uock. She Is a great hen, all right, and the owner is justly proud of her. Lords in the Making Allan Dawson, a New York edi tor, says he was In London when the question of making five hundred lords was agitating England, and that he happened to be in the press gallery of the House of Commons when the subject was under discus sion. "It was an exciting time," said Dawson. "A list of names were un der consideration. I listened until the House had disposed of three and had elected their titles. "The first man decided upon was General Booth, of the Salvation Army. It was set forth that his title was to be I-ord Suveus. The next was Mr. Patterson, the big bag gage and express man of London, and Ms title was to be Lord Dellverous. The third was Mr. Pink, who owns the largest jam factory In England. They fixed his title as Lord Preser reus. Then I came away." DAMEI.S IS THE FIFTH. Xcw Secretin y of the Navy Follow Four Others From This State. Charlotte Observer. With the appointment of Josephus ranlels happily assured, there will a fifth Secretary of the Navy from this State. The other four were: In Jackson's first term, Jno, Branch, commissioned March 9th 1829. who resigned April 19. 1831 in Millard Fillmore's admin Intra tion. William A. Graham, commis sioned July 22, 1850, who resigned June 28, 1852. and served to July 28. 1852: in Franklin Pierces ad ministration, James C. Dobbin, com missioned March 7, 1853, who re signed upon. Buchanan's inaugura tion March 4, 1857, and served two more days; in William Henry Harri- son's administration. Geo. E. Badg- er, commissioned March 5. 1841 Mr. Badger -served during the brief presidential life time of Harrison end was continued by President Ty- ler until resignation, on September 11. 1841. All four North Carolinians there fore, had their Cabinet careers dur ing the 12-year period between 1829 ana 1841. mere nad been no North Carolinian in the Cabinet be fore, and Mr. Daniels will be the first one since. Of a like condition with the three Presidents born in North Carolina who were elected from other States there were Cab inet officers born in but not ap pointed from this State. Every res ident. North Carolinian appointed to the Cabinet has held the Navy post A fact of much Incidental interest Is that Matthew Calbraith Perry's expedition opened Japan during Sec retary Graham's tenure and by his orders. The order in which Cabinet port folios rank is: State, Treasury, War Justice, Postofflce, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor. There will soon be a tenth, the new Department of Labor, by separation from the ninth. This is the order in which presidential succession would devolve If by any chance both I resident and ice-President pass ed away. It does not imply, how ever, that the Importance of the several posts 1b measured by or der of precedure, as the order In which they were created by law, or sheer seniority, determines the point. Departments of recent es tablishment really overshadow some which far preceded them simply be cause no known occasion existed for them at the earlier date. , We did not found a Navy Department until we started the beginnings of a Na vy, which was during John Adams' administration, in 1798. Since 1885 the Navy Department has been of steadily growing Importance, until now. In both magnitude and respon slblllty, It is a great post. After it mere was no new Department es tablished until the Interior Depart ment came along, under Polk's Ad ministration, In 1849. Monroe Companies Reaching (tut. The Piedmont Buggy Co. and The Cotton States Wagon Co. of Monroe are reaching out and winning de served success. The buggy compa ny has just sold two jobs to the great vehicle house of Texas, Par- len & Onendorfe, which will be placed on exhibition at the Dallas Texas, fair. This Is for the pur pose of advertising them with a view to extending their sale all over Texas and Mexico. This particular buggy is a new one, having steel hub, spoke and tire, and designed for special sale In that section When the Mexicans quit shooting each other they will go to riding in buggies made In Monroe. The Cotton States Wagon Compa ny, which builds business wagons, is also rapidly extending its trade and orders are now coming in from all over the South, mnny of them from the largest cities. The compa ny has just turned out a delivery wagon for the Texas Oil Company and this no doubt means many or ders of a similar kind. Mr. James Simpson Freeman. Written for The Journal. The sad death of Mr. James Simp son Freeman which occurred at L'n- ionvllle, N. C. on Sunday night at 12:30. Feb. 24th, 1913, marked the passing away of another old confed erate soldier. Mr. Freeman was a member of Company "B" under Cap tain McRae, of the 15th North Caro lina Regiment, the first volunteers to eave Union county to serve in the Civil War, and remained there four years. He was in his 71st year and died of Bright's disease. He is sur vived by two sisters. Mrs. York of Charlotte, Mrs. By rum of Davidson College, and five children, Mrs. J. E. McManaway of Greenville, S. C, Mrs. C. H. King of Westminister. C, and Mr. Banks Freeman of Unionville, N. C. Tied to Chair, Child Falls Into Fire. Albemarle Enterprise. A very sad death took place In the home of Mrs. L. C. Mlsenheimer Sunday Morning. Her little daugh ter Ruby, 7 months old, was placed in a small chair and tied therein, and left in charge of the children while the mother was at her work. The little guardians grew careless and deserted Ruby, and In some way the chair was upset, the child's head falling into the fire, where she was found a few minutes af terwards burned to death. BUI Taylor, alleged to be one of the most noted and most feared lawbreakers of Burke county, has been arrested. He has been a not ed criminal for 30 years. I) KIi HOLD If. Bandits Take Charge :f n Freight Train on Isolated Mountain Nim Huntington. West Va., Feb. 28. Masked men held up a fast freight train on the Norfolk & Western Railroad last night at AlwU-k. 35 miles from Williamston, W. Va. Two of the bandits. It Is believed, were wounded in a revolver duel. The scene of the hold-up is an is olated mountain spot. Evidently the bandits believed they were stop ping a passenger train. Wires were cut and only meager details filtered in here late to-day. From what has been lea red the men flagged the train. When they discovered It was a freight they opened fire, shooting into the freight cars and sending a steady stream of shot along eith er side of the train. After tihe first shock the train crew returned the fire. Two of the three bandits were seen to fall, but aided by the third, regained their feet and re treated up the mountain side. Case Tried at Court. Superior court adjourned Thurs day evening. After the report in last week's paper the following cases were disposed of: Administrator of J. E. Little vs. Seaboard, suit for damage to stock In shipment, plaintiff secured $385 S. H. Crowell vs. J.H. Harkey and others, land suit, jury answered is sues in favor of plaintiff but judge afterwards set the verdict aside for reason that It did not up pear that the deeds claimed to have been lost by plaintiff, executed by de fendants, did not have seal. Southern Cotton Oil Co. vs. Al fred. Fred, and J. A. Redfearn, suit ever accounts. Referetd to W. J Pratt. Eva L. Brewer granted a divorce from Leonard Brewer. Bettle McKenzie granted a divorce from Henry McKenzie. T. W. Huey vs. City of Monroe suit for damage In running over a rock pile, erdlct for town. Mary Broom vs. Southern Express Co., action for damage In failure to deliver corpse of her son at proper time. Plaintiff secured verdict for $62.50. W. T. Phillip vs. J. F. Courtney non suit. J. W. McCain vs. R. C. Griffin, ac tion for commission for breach of contract in land sale. Plulntlff won $190. D. M. Fisher, col., vs. Georglana Fisher and Savings, Loan and Trust Co. Georglana had deposited $125 iu bank, and her husband tried to secure the money. He got a verdict for $25. Alice Smith vs. Jno. A. Smith, ac tion for divorce and alimony. Heard before the judge who found that al legations of plaintiff to be true, and ordered that defendant pay her $150 tor immediate necessities, $75 for attorney s fees, and $25 per month hereafter, beginning March 15. Social. Mrs. Estelle Stewart gave a pleas ant sewing party to a few friends Wednesday afternoon. Delicious refreshments were served by M dames N. C. English and Joe Heath and Miss Lounsbury. ooo The Sorosis club was entertain ed Wednesday afternoon by Mrs W. A. Lane. The club is studying American history and literature, and this meeting, appropriate to the season, was a "Washington" occa sion. The members responded to the roll-call by naming some battle of the Revolution. Mrs. J. A. Stew art read an Interesting paper on The birth and early life of Wash ington." Mrs. Frank Laney's sub ject was, "Washington soldier and President. Mrs. H. B. Adams gave a reading, followed by the "wooing and winning of the first lady of the land," by Mrs. Lane. A lively discussion was then en gaged In on "The Mother of Wash ington." The club was pleased to welcome as guests, Mesdames Fannie Stev ens, Atha Stevens, I. B. Bourne and Miss Klbler. Delicious refreshments were serv ed, the hostess being assisted by Mrs I. B. Bourne. ooo The Book-lovers club met Tues day afternoon with Mrs. W. C, Stack. The time was pleasantly. spent In playing Rook. Mrs. H. M. Ulmer making the highest score. Mrs. John McLean of Maxton was the guest of honor, and Mesdames Irving Stack and Robert Payne were elected new members. Miss Lura Heath assisted the hostess in serv ing dainty refreshments. ooo Mrs. O. W. Kochtitzky entertain ed the Music Club Friday afternoon. The subject for this meeting was Verdi, and Interesting papers were read by Mesdames Ulmer and Yates, and Miss Leak their subjects being 'II Travatore," "La Traviata" and The Masked Ball.". Piano solos were rendered by Mes dames W. A. Lane and W. J. Rudge. and Miss Lura Heath. Vocal so los by Mesdames J. F. Laney, 11. R. Laney and J. W. Yates were very much enjoyed. The Invited guests were Mesdames W. C. Stack, A. L. Monroe, E. W. Crow and John Mc- ean of Maxton. A tempting salad course was served followed by Ice cream and cake. ooo The Woman's Missionary Society of Central Methodist Church, held a delightful social meeting Monday afternoon in the church parlors. Hlckorv will vote on the commis sion form of goevrnment on the 170 .KKIY.I. OF WIUso.V. Ktnchcil Wellington Yesterday from I'rinct ton Crossed Threshold f the White Mount for lh First Time. Woodrow Wilson of -ew Jersey yesterday went to Washington to he inaugurated today, the twenty eighth President of the United States. His was a triumphal entry, the pent-up Democratic enthusiasm of 16 years concentrating seemingly at the gateway of the Nation's Capital and bursting forth in a joyful ac claim. Through a lane of Princeton Uni versity students and surrounded by cheering thousands, the President elect and members of bis family hastened from the station, escorted by an official reception committee to their hotel. The dome of the Capitol glisten ed under a bright sun as they pass ed, and the city below presented a panorama of patriotic color as they viewed Jt from the hill. Smiling in the glow of a kindly day and bow ing to the plaudits ut the people, the rormer president of Princeton Uni versity, who rose through the gov ernorship of New Jersey to the highest office in the land, looked happy. Within less that two hUnrs after his arrival Mr. Wilson, for the first time in his life, crossed the thresh hold of the White House and grasp ed the hand of William Howard Taft, President of the United States, for a few hours longer. With Mrs. Wilson, the President-elect was es corted to the home which will be theirs for four years., by Colonel Spencer Cosby, shortly before In the evening. The President and Mrs. Taft awaited their coming and extended them their cordial greeting and the keys to the home of Presidents. that was im was South Carolina Iicbislutive Matters. Mr. Hugh Long, member of the South Carolina legislature from Al ken county, came up yesterday and v-111 spend some time with his fami ly, who are at Squire W. G. Long's. The South Carolina legislature ad journed Sunday morning. The leg islative session if forty days long and meets every year. The mem berg receive five dollars a day for the forty days. On joint ballot the two houses number the same as the two houses of the North Carolina Assembly. Here we bave fifty sena tors and Izo members of the houBe there they have 44 senators and 124 representatives. Mr. Long, who will soon leave for Aiken to open his law office, tells The Journal while the session just closed aa intersting one, no very portant general legislation passed. The six months public school bill passed the house and was expected to pass the senate, but when It came up many of Its friends were absent, and the bill was killed. The compulsory attendance bill also fail ed. There was an attempt to sell the two hundred and fifty acres of laud which the State owns in Colum bia, on which the insane asylum and the soldiers home are located, but this failed. Some time ago the State bought land out of town and the hospital will be moved to it. The legislature killed the hosiery mill work in the penitentiary about which there has been so much talk and scandal. .Mr. Long, who was elected ns neither a Blease nor an anti-Blease man, says that he was impressed with the fact that the mass of the legislature tried to act without re gard to the factional fight, but to make up their minds Independently on the merits of the various ques tions. Fa Body of Mm. Yann Xes was umcd and Autopsy Held. Charlotte Chronicle. Empowered by the grand jury dur ing its late sitting with necessary auihority to make an extensive in vestigation into the death of Mrs H. Vann Ness that occurred to him as reasonable and proper, Soli citor George H. Wilson Saturday ordered the exhumation of the body and the holding of an autopsy. Of ficiating as a corps of experts were County Physician C. S. McLaughlin, Drs. Addison Brenzicr, Clarence N. Peeler and A. H. Barrett. Drs. K. Register, William Allen and T. B. Register were also present. After an exhaustive Investigation on the part of these physicians, a 'erdlot was given to the effect that here was no visible marks to indi cate death by any other means than hat first accepted, suffocation by pns. Solicitor Wilson stated after the autopsy that the step was taken at he Instance of the grand jury and upon Its presentment, empowering and Instructing him to take this course. He further said that the testimony of the physicians, who made thorough tests, substantiated he first conviction that death was due to asphyxiation and that no ex ternal signs of violence sufficient o produce death were in evidence. The condition of the blood Indicated beyond doubt that death followed the inhaling of illuminating gas. This action on the part of the solicitor will doubtless set at rest he multitude of stories that have gone from Hp to lip since the death of Mrs. Van Ness and will put an end to an agitation that has embrac ed and gripped the city since the sad and unfortunate affair. Shall health work continue? Shall It Increase? Ask your representa tive In the Legislature. SKETCHES BY THE WAY. Iist (H-k' Journal contained an article from the Charlotte Chronicle about how Messrs. J. E. Little, J. u. .Met all, and other natives of Goose Creek who are living In Charlotte, were advocating secession or Goose Creek from Union county and joining of It with Mecklenburir. The article aroused the ire of some of the Goose Creek natives who are now living in Monroe, and some of them were not slow in saying tnmgs. They want it understood that Goose Creek has given up some gooa citizens to Charlotte, but that she has too many good ones left to think of being tacked onto such a county as Mecklenburg. They said furdermore" that there might be some Goose Creekites living else where that Goose Creek was glad to get rid of. Dr. A. M. Secrest of m mion urug lorapany went so tar as to say that It was not verv becoming In Goose Creek upstarts who go away to get so much of the big head that they are ashamed of boose Creek. ooo "Better stay away from the in augurauon, saia ir. Stewart to a bunch of fellows that were talking of going. "Some of you fellows will get up there and be like the South ern negro who was in New York and he got run over. He got up remarking that "New York wasn't no place for a colored gentleman nonow. ' ooo Mr. Ney McNeely said that it didn't fit him for he never expect ed to go to but one inauguration and he was holding himself back for he might become president some nay and have to attend his own inauguration. Mr. McNeely is bank ing on the fact that he comes from the same township that Andrew Jackson was born in. ooo Prof. Bunk Lemmond Is getting together the old fiddlers for the purpose of having a convention in Monroe at an early date. He says he Is getting hungry to once more hear the whang-y-dang-dang of the old boys. Mr. Lemmond him self Is an artist of shining abil ity. ooo Saturday morning after the rain had "done its durndest" to drown ev erything even down to the frogs, superintendent Nlsbet and Prof. A. G. Randolph stood on the corner of the square and looked as If they had themselves been soaked In Ice water, i ney were mourning over the fact that the teachers could not get here to attend the regular monthly meeting. Prof. Carroll of Wlngate, Mr. Huggins from Indian Trail, and a few others got In on the train, but few others could make it. ooo When Mr. Bill Eubanks left for Washington Saturday night he was accompanied by Mr. F. D. Deese He had bought a berth in a sleep ing car and Invited Mr. Deese to share it with him. He figured that as the thing was built for two there would be no use In going alone. Mr. Deese was advised that he had better not try sleeping In that lit tle box with as long legged a man as Bill Eubanks, as Bill would at least have to make one double to get his legs in, but he said he would try it anyway. No news has been since received from them and the presumption Is that they both got out alive sometime Sun day morning. ooo "Please say in the paper," said a well known gentleman of Monroe, that the parents in our town ought to teach their children how to speak to grown people on the street. It is miserable bad manners for a little chink of a boy or girl to meet a grown person on the street and say 'hoddy," instead of 'good morn ing,' or 'good evening, Sir.' You may meet the school children and greet them most politely and pleas antly, and those of them who have politeness enough to Bay anything at all are not likely to say more than 'hoddy.' This Is miserably bad manners and the boy or girl who Is taught only that can never make a polite gentleman or lady." ooo If guano Is known by its smell there must be some mighty good stuff In Monroe now. Dr. Flow, who used to be a fertilizer Inspector, says that when Hob Toonia of Geor gia was asked If It wouldn't be a pood thing to h:ive fertilizer inspec tors In Georgia, the old man sniffed In contempt and said that they wouldn't do any good, as he could take a sack full of black dirt, drag a pole cat backwards through it and fool any of them. 0 0 0 Officers Rarrett and Laney an swered a hurry cull Sunday to the suburbs from a "cullud lady," who said that a crowd of gamblers were near her house In the woods and she wanted them arrested. On reaching the place they found that the game was some distance out of town, and on Inquiry ns to what they were playing, the women said marvels." Then the officers said some things and came back to town. DEATH OF I'KOF. J. A. 1.11 FAS. Former Siih riiili nl lit of Mniiroo StIh.oIs ii in llil.-iuh llurii-d ll tv this .Morning Heart Fail ure the Cause-. Prof. J. A. Bivens died suddenly In Raleigh about eleven o'clock Sunday night of heart failure. He had not been known to be sick and his death was a great shock to thousands in the State who knew him. The body was brought here for burial, arriving on train No 33, due here at ten o'clock, but which was more than an hour late this morning. From the train the body was taken directly to the cemtery. where services were held by Dr. Weaver. A large gathering witness ed the sad occasion. The death of Prof. Bivens was a great shock here where he was so well known and admired. As sup erintendent of the Monroe Graded school up till four year ago, he put the schools In the very first rank. From here he went to the State De partment of Education as director of the teachers' training department. Here he has served nearly four years with marked success. Before coming to Monroe he spent twelve years as principal cf the Charlotte schools and two or three years as Head Master of Trinity Park School. Durham. He was born Nov. 1863. He was superintendent of Central Methodist Sunday School while In .Monroe and was one of the best all round men who ever lived here. In his profession he stood at the top. About three years ago he was married to Mrs. E. J. McKenzie of Monroe, and they at once bousht a home in Raleigh and began house keeping there. He Is survived by his wife and three brothers, one of whom is J. D. BivenB, editor of the Albemarle Enterprise. He was a na tive of Stanly county, and his moth er died a few months ago. The pall bearers were Messrs J. M. Belk, R. A. Morrow, W. S. Lee. S. O. Blair, V. D. Sikes, O. W. Kochtitzky, and Prank Armfield. The train bearing the remains did not reach here until 11:30 this morning. Mrs. Bivens, the three brothers of the deceased, Rev. Mr. North of Raleigh, State Superinten dent Joyner, Prof. E. C. Brooks of Trinity College, and a representative of the Baracas of Italeigh, accom panied the remains. The floral of ferings from different sections of the State were magnificent. The Mon roe schools sent a most handsome wreath, as did the Royal Arch Ma sons of Monroe. Dr. Joyner spoke In the highest terms of Mr. Bivens, and Bald that his death was . the greatest shock he had known since the sudden taking away of Dr. Mc Iver. It seems that Mr. Bivens had not been very well for some days, but expected to go to his office on full time Monday. He had been suf fering from indigestion, but had ap parently recovered. Ho heard Bry an speak on Sunday, and ate a hear ty supper, and two apples on retir ing, About eleven o'clock he was seized with what the doctors pro nounced acute indigestion and died in a few minutes. The General Assembly adjourned In honor of Prof. Bivens yesterday ami passed resolutions of apprecia tion of his service to the Mate. Greensboro News: That Is a re markable situation In Buncombe. Two negroes have been in Jail for a long time, each charged with mur dering Patrolman MoConnell in 1911, both have been tried, and in both cases the Juries have disagreed. Only one man did the shooting, but the question of which has baffled the authorities. The County Commcm-cim-nt. Superintendent Nlsbet is making; arrangements for the county com mencement which Is to be laid In Monroe at the graded school on the 22nd, Saturday. On Friday night be fore, at eight thirty, the first event occurs, which Is a debate on the subject, "Resolved, That North Carolina should have a compulsory school attendance law." On the af firmative the speakers will be W. 0. Broom and J. N. Keziah, and on the negative, C. C. Williams and J. C. r.auconi. At eight thirty on Saturday morn ing, the committeemen, the teach ers and the children from all over he county will assemble at the graded school building, where a roll of the schools will be called by townships, to form a line of march. After the march, all will return to the building, where the spelling matches will be held, followed by he speech of State Supt rinteiident Joyner. After dinner the prizes mid diplomas will be awarded, and tile school exhibits examined. Ev erybody is invited to come. This is new and unlciue occasion and ought to be one of the greatest days the county has had. An Aged Woman's Sight R 'Mured. Henderson Gold Leaf. Mrs. M. T. Buchanan of this com munity, who lost her sight two years and five month ago, can now see. She underwent an operation, on her eye the first of January, which was performed by Dr. John Hill Tucker of Charlotte, and Dr. F. R. Harris of Henderson. Doctor Tucker removed a cataract from her eye, which had caused her blind ness. Mrs. Buchanan is 79 years of age but itood the operation well and has about recovered. She re ceived her glasses a few days ago and now she can tell what time of day it Is by the clock. She is again able to see her children and grandchildren and many things that have been hid from her for more than two years. Keeonler" Court. J. W. McCorkle, assault and bat tery; costs. Lester Ashcraft, colored, assault and battery; not guilty. S. H. Rogers, assault and battery; f 1 and costs. Tom Edwards, larceny; not guilty.