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5 3 ci iyr VOL. XXX If JI0UJV2 AIRY, NORTE CAROLINA, THURSDAY, .YOVEMRER !:f, VJ11 no. r.) Standing of Contestants $10 Special Award Paid Penn's Pleasing Contest Last Saturday marked the ending of the Third Special Award Period of Penns Pleas ing Contest and the Special Award cf $10.00 was earned by Miss Ella ficss. The count was as follows : Miss Ella Doss 6C5 Miss Aliie Marshall 220 Miss Lillian Branncck.. ..1G2 Miss Viola Nichols .0 Miss Sarah Banner 7 Msis Anna Recce 4 Miss Alma Banner 2 Miss Alice Ayers,A 1 Miss Mir. nic Stack . 1 LIFE FOR TRUTH. The standing as to votes polled from the beginning cf Penza Pleasing Contest up to and in vading the Count made last Sa . -rday h as fclkws: Miss El!a Dcss. . . . Mas Allie Manhall. Mrs. G. M. Sparger. .053 .122 .502 i i. i. r J1 V- Mrs. W. A. Chappcll.. ..197 Miss Lillian Erannack 162 Miss Saiah Banner 15 Msis Viola Nichols 9 Miss Alma Banner 5 Miss Dinkey Mourer 3 Miss Brigs Prathcr 2 Miss Mary Fulton 2 Miss A'ine Gallaway 1 Miss Alice Ayers 1 Hiss Myrtle Tilley 1 Miss Minnie Stack 1 Miss Mildred Richtcn 1 Ucattie can Live a Month if He Confesses. Richmond, Va., Nov. 20. Hen--y May Beattie, Jr., sitting in he death 'fll of the peniten tiary here, 1mm than ton feet away from the electric chair in which lie is to die next Friday, !clatcd with himself u probl.-m about an strange, a tremendous, as ever a man faced. It was thus: "Would :',0 ad ditional lavs of lift tV woith while accepting in exchange f r a conivssii n cf guilt! WouM 0 in- more i . i nth of hreiith be : suf fiei'iitj recompense for a fin al and eternal hiaek ning .( h.s li :ni" by himself?'' flovt riHT Matin, it ha.s !' vl -cd, approached hy ail sorti cf ipfliiM.ee to grant the rich young v. .f.- sl iver a short reprieve, made th'w prim proposal: "if Beattie will make a full and frmk confession, lc can live ntitli D-s-etiiher 2t, 1'hrVma.s Iv.v. If he decs mt, he shall k electrocuted at the tune n w fix d. Let him decide for him s, It." Give Me Time to Think." REAR-ADMIRAL JNO Y. TAY LOR SUICIDES. Distinguished "Old Sea Dog" Who Had Notable Career as Naval Surgeon Kills Himself At Age cf 82 Years. Wa-shintcn, 1). ('., Nov. 17 Rear-Admiral .Mm Yea' man Tay lor, retired former medical direc tor of the I'nited States Navy .rid otic of thi? most distinguish d naval .surgeons n the coun try ended hi lift? hens today by sin of iiKf hitn.self in the head with a navy pistol. The officer 'vas alone In hLs study at the tune, but the butler hearing the report of th pistol found him unconscious, lie died in. half an hour. Admiral Taylor was h2 years aid ana nad liau a mtaMe ear-1 "it a a naval .surgi-cn. lbs! Health had 1 ng been pcr and the death h an automobile) acci dent at Wilmington, Del., two years ago cf his only son, An drew I try son Taylor, was a seven shock to the aged surge-ofi. He never left the house afterward. and despondency over this bur row ajil the hopeless eonditlotii -f APPLES GONE TO WASTE Lack of Railroad Facilities Ccsts Alleghany Much Money. Sparta. Nov. 16. Every rvew- Iils health in believed tm have It is understood th:i,t lieattic's prompted huu to take his alife lawyers- informed him of the proposal yesterday, and that he said in reply: "(Jive me tim t think. (Jive me time. I would like to live :?0 days lorg er. (!od knows what might hap-jx-n iti I'.O days. I cannot; decide now. It is too great a ques tion." Altd so, contrary to his usual custom of sp-nding the day read i"g light novels, he spent this Sunday pacing up and down his cell, or sitting on his cot with hLs head I' tried in lib anus, wrestling with his bbjnroblem. .Naturally the bivuta life, Horn In Kast Nottingham, lt., cornt'r fnwn wlow tne moun tain" us inquired of earnn st'v- as to the projrrea.1 thft new Elkia ami Alleghany railroad i mak 'nr. The grading k being push ed rapidly and the company ex pects to b operating train t the lHt of the Blue Iiidge by December 1. Thus will cut in half the distance between th; place and EI.'in, the nearest ra l road Kint of importance. Natur ally the price rtf real est.it" h;i ailvatiecd as a result of the rumors of a railroad soon to be built to Sparta, but tloy will be apt to sag before thus d reran is fully realized.. Thousands of bu.sht Ls i f appl s. pot:tto s, i : -., will he thr.vn away in this ei'im ty thU fail for lack f a market, or ratht r the finner's inability to g"t his roluee to a tmrket. Large lnves of eatth' an-. beit!g carried to the nulrond fn m this county and being shiped to markets (l .wn east. The e st of getting the (Mttb to a riilroa 1, the waxte of apples, eabb;ige and other produce consequent ir'n its remoti t'es.si from m.arket will cost this countv more than $"(),- Alleghanv corni est ettough' through ! in cnanneLS mentionea uuri"g Surgeon m,tv. V nr 1.'. vmn tr hftv. built a road to Elkin or any oth er point of equal distance. until tHtrTftOTVA' ri"TLeieirwho rttand at the tcp cf the list when the last and final c:unt is made will be tho ones to partici Satfl in the Grand Awards c! $100.00. Penns No. 1, Sun Light Sun Cured, Red J and Queen Quu-ity do please and ?atisfy. R;al money at Christmsa time is YOUR BEST FRIEND VOTE OFTEN. Admiral Taylor was gra. uatidi m th v,.ar fn.m Jef t rson Mecju-al (f- alont. lvti 1 f I hlf.'liH tihlQ in I W' k on. if.iu appomted asHistant surgi-on in the Utiitctl States Navy the fol lowing year. He was with Far-rag-ut on the Oneida in. the Itat tle of Mobile Iay during the Civil War and in, that eucuiinUr won distinction. Iveeonition came rapidly to Dr. Taylor. He bet e nudk-a! inspector in 1872 and medical di rector in 1870 and was rttin-d in lSyi. He also served as fleet surgeon and was on the charge P olicitor Hammer Gives Good Ad- United States Will Send Troops I vice, But Not For Lawyers. to China. fJn'etLsboro Record. Washington Dispatch, 15th. Here w mighty, good advice Tle Stat(, K.p.u.tllu.nt has pne from the Ashebcw Courier, whose tiellJlv j,.L.iaeil t0 so,ui a r..i. alitor is a fine lawyer. ,,.,, ,., f,.,n M;mil.i t Robbers' Explosives Fail to Blew Open Bank Safe. (Ireetiville, Nov. 18. Special. Safe cn.c'a :s in e an unsiu-c s--. ful attempt to r. it the bank tf Ayden. in this comfy, Friday ILL' wis ever-iCtiurte. of it bjCJ o'cavaWu jt cue., in' (is many- urn's -souoik ana :ew jtu- rec exclsimtHl p;issiotuately : "Oh, (Hfnition cf his Civil uVst-n ice 'led, if they'd oijy give me a! he was advanced to the rank cf , few more weeks." rear admiral in 1900. The am izing nerve that, kept! Admiral Taylor Ls survived by him up through his trial onlaljhis widow and one dauglit r, (undoubtedly his begun to break. Charlctte Bryson Taylor, a maga ; Within the st few das, at in-!zine writer, who nsid in New t-rvals, he ha.s gone into fits cfi lork. vi dent we -pit g, followed by out bursts of rage in which he would rant and swear. These who have been clot, st to him apart from his relatives in 1 lawyers say they believe he would do anything for an 'One of the tilings wtnen ail (.'hnwiiiKtao, a seaport in China i l"M- A'"'llt 1 ul,oi'k Mr- added month of life. They rath ueighhors should do is to arbi- uui..t ..-, ..., fr(l, ),:., V. M. For, st went in search of ,.r ,.vmim. that h. will make the trate all minor differences in the ou tjie (.ut oJ. t.cnjii 'rjie pur! , a doctor to att. t'd a sick rhihl. vmf.-ss.ioii. nature of civU actions Ay arbi- l(lse us to iHtform tuwnternution- Wl't-n about f pass the bank j mat Bcatu Mus Consider. Yitted tion i 1 Vial TV trat.on court is not difficult to al Jut unJcr j,OXc.r tn.(U orgiuaze. l no arttitxatom siiouiu : !,, , i:.,.. lf J. . . , J " HJ"j VI'VIl tilt- IIUC Vi ClMIl" Jbe worn to do their duty and ,;,,,;., khwcc,. ivkim. m.d adminisU-r justice imiNirtuillv. ,i, The witncfwes can be sworn ami i ." . -t. t.u:r c.k . .t .: n t v v..:;.s partliu..: Au r A f tr iisary to Have a l;.Aer or h .... , , , , , as the ease may be Wltr De,mrtmMlt but it was mo without "rgi.me.it !1U(,I:tariIv exlM,1u.d Tll(l ()ffil.iabi n court w slow at.d Wtre canful makl u (ar It 1h-8 not pay to that the dLs,(aU.u tf thrst. triM matters anto court tl china wouU w HiwoiuU.ly , . . , . without any political meaning .the ba.u ea are trivial, it ,,.i fh mvonu nt u- tw,t f. l tiw iiiiri.u .unink w snmmi i.ieso m- conhtfU0ll as intervention. o ones neighbors ir.i- , u:..i, . : , . " l' IIIU UVIH I II IIH II MTHU" iaib to fk'ek an al- liatP(, th(! Boxpr tpim,,t.8 the Uifttrf tnrvTign tin. mow ana Unit(lJ Statog hh ot,lc ometinies nntfc.-tJiiin ii!swcp nf 1 1 . ,, was uocurncu me privilege or le COlirt. mnintni..;., ., ...Ulfo-.. f I5ut what does Iii-thcr Jliunmer ..i,,,,-, ltl v,nA t M;r.ot, i lean by such advice? Does he twPen lvkin(f aM, tbft geft ju 0f. iun. u put nia oreviireii, in,,i tn ,,.i i oil tile ppoNiie s;i" oi I lie sui-ci, a highway man thrust a pistol in his face and marched him to a shelter across th" strevt, where t.. Ii lirli t '1 t in tl 11 I-MU lllitt .. ,.i t, VnrM.i o.,,.!11" "t.Ksim ami gets th, 1111 This, however, in what Henry will have to consider: Ho said, "(J.kI knows what might happen in 150 days." Hut if he mak-s 30 l .1...... .. - ....I. I., 1. lannling guard over bun with a! , 1 . , , i i i i, P'i to save, because the confes- drawt iustol while the other '. ... ,. i .i I , e Kl'n, autivmatieallv will remove disapiveaivd u the direction or ,. ., ,' , , I any pinsmJile doubt that 'iover- the bank door. . Vi i i i- , , . iiorMatai might have of his Shortly thereafter three, sue-1 .jlt-and the governs.r is con cessive explosions were- beard ui , vin(.,,( o it alrea.lv. I (eat tie may figuiv that it would be fo'wh for that rea- A few minuter later guardnig Mr. jiwyers, out or InisinessT I hey ight to havp him up and ehiin-b" him. mor Rcll cf the Wright School For Month Ending: Nov. 17. list grade. Maud Stinc, !?-. der to guard against such oent am the siege of the lega tions during the Uoxer uprising. Stabbing of Woman on Stage Came Near Resulting Fatally. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1C During two supposed a scene bet ween i . .... Hodires. Hradv Hil'ton Junius lovers! in a vaudeville act o -i uly Draughn, Del ma Hodges, ih Norman, Daisy Ilemmi'igs, tv M oser, IVarl Ilciiiinings J sley Clifton, (leorge Mitchell, ggie 1 1 allies. .'nd grule. Ida Mte-r, I'.ertha email, Myrtle Jones, Olga chcll, Nina Park. I'd cratic. liiii Aonuan. Miu- Mitchcll. lVrcy Norman, Teacher. V "V?r pkici In th !(! or t-hBt ut a hx-al theater here tonight, Mme. Kremsa was stabbed in the hft breast by Mme. Ynki Yaina kura. The weapon wa.s a table knifo which had been substitut ed for a rubber il rirer usually Hse.r in the set lie. The injured h email 'ill on the stage and at the sight of blood many women in the audience became; hysterical and several faint.-d. The stabbing was accidental, both women Iteing the best f friends. lMivKiciai a say the in- I'orcst was joinci ny outers ami Stm to at,mit ,l)H Kui ()n tl? they took their prsiom-r to a;(t,u,r liah,1 he mav (.OIls-wler box car at the depot and lock-. ,hi,t ,u, m5jfht m w'eH he id him up. fhitiking this mighttnitl make tho jun)rs uho t.0I1. i- iciiMiig iiiiii UNi c.u.x- uu i""--I i , fee more c.mf(-t- bank, they moved bun to an other box ear, about a hundred yards down the track. !Mr. Forest's long absence from hornet aroused his family and searchera went out to look for able, and take what sweet note there may be in a month of life. His aged father saw him to day. When, asked afterward what he e.Mvted Henry would th.. ut 1 1 ii . It. mi t him, the number inereaaiug un-1 8aia . ..jf lnv bov make8 anv tu -,t readied anout titty. J'a.s- ltiir iiv Tim miY f:i iiinbiir di'iv .1 .... .... ., ; ,u, (. oreak, they heard elr. roivht calling to them from his prison j anl niierated nun. 1 lien lie told that the bank had been rub bed and the robbers had impris- statement to the public before nd. it wil' be gr 'atly againr-t wishes and advice." in y oned him. Trustee's Sale. I'.y .-irtue of the power conferred j " 'f St. (Jeorge's parish Banker Scatters Contents of Ccn tributicn Plate When He Stubs Toe. New York, Nov. 1H. J. l'icr lKnt Morgan tripped in church tinlay ana falling to the floor, hpilhsl the contents of the ih1 leetu4i plate, which was piled high with money. The banker was uninjured. Mr. Morgan, who is senior wanleii of St. George's KpLscojtal chiin-h, was taking the plate to Kfshop Greer for tho offertory benediction, when ho stubbed hLs toe over a misplaced jew cushion on the floor just Ik-his id the chancel rail and fell on his hands and knees. Silver coitw, bills and envelopes containing checks which 'Mr, Morgan had collected from the congregation 11. it. 1. t t..f.i.l iwitf 11 ei.l.t aisail , .1 1 , . . 1 now at O Ilan ons drug store, and the silver plate which he. b jugghsl with desperately for a moment, went rolling away. K. llufleton Cutting, the jun ior warden, former Mayor Seth Low, a vestryman, and several clergymen were quickly at Mr. Morgan's side and the. banker was soon on his feet again, un hurt he said and appar-fcitly n' t. ut all perturln-d in fact, quite the ealin-.st man in the chancel. The incident, witnessed by a largo congregation, occurred in an interval of the special service corutiicmoirative of the one hun dreth anniversary of the found- Winston-Salem Aviation Meet Win.ston Jaumal. Wednesday aivl Thursday, Nov ember 'J') aiul o0, will be r d letter days in the history of Forsyth county and Winst.MtrSa lem, for on these two days will nl given an aviation meet, auto- on a p'an never b-f-trt attc-it- ed in North Carolina. Two f!yi-: iniehiiic.s driven by two aviators in a s ri. of six flight-; eaeh. d iv, a"t :n bile races for cash prizes in between tho fli'rhts and a continuous band concert during the w!r le pr"gram, will furnish more amusement, than the people of this section have ever had f f -r-ed them before at one time. In addition to the program as outlined abovee, the men ha.rts- cf Winston Sab m have very khdly offend to give special bargains to visit us on Woednes-'av and Thur.-tlay morrings. Thesei bar gains will K well advert fed, at d in a.Miticn to b"w pri- s otlrr inducements will be off. n d to people fivm out of town to do their f; 11 shopping during Avi at iotv A eek. While the meet Ls being h Id under the auspices of the Winston-Salem .Journal, at great ex len.se it Ls in reality being giv en by the citizens of Wituston Sabmi, all of whom feel a per sonal interest in making the two day affair a .kucccss. Tickets for the aviitictii and autoitit bile races are on sale JUST IN TIME. anon tne by a deed or truBt exccut-i Mr. Morgan pro ha lay was Me ca on tho 1st day of December, 1908 1 victim of his own irallantrv f r a . . i 1 1 i i t t . . u m 1 1 1 n .a ... i i I All lMVCSlliratKm I)lUWMl, lUS- , .uuu i. iiutu nu wim nun i ebiwtig that the attempt to rob tin- hanfc had been un.succesfiil piec of flannel with jurcd woman will reemi r. Vrlaln'a I.lnlniMr.t mill hir.il It i'i Mill ui jiaiu. inerw -tr. Kor ml by All dl V PENNS PLEASING CONTEST VOTE OFTEN. the safe Icing too good for the robbers to blow open. The out er door of tin- safe was split and1 coindderably damaged by' the eXlt(siitis, but did not opt tl the bidden, treasure to the nb bei. Several tools. obtained from a neighboring blacksmith shop, were left bv the safe. cordcti in Hook 36, iaRe :iti of the rotord of Mortgages of Surry coun ty. 1 wi'.l sell to the highest bidder for e.i.sli on the rviiilHe8 on Mon- ii:w inn .tin cay vi iu ciiu.er, j.n i . i at " rue o'clock P. M. tho following j lJ'u"1" iloK.-ritmrf rl ostale. to wit: A ell lircll to truct of land lying In Surrj county, j . Wtstfield township, adjoinlnx thai PENNS PLEASING CONTEST lands f Wra. Oammons on the' VOTE OFTEN. North, the land of C. K. Norman on I tho l- ;.bt, tho land of Will Moore on j the South, and tho lands of C. I i "I do not believe there is any the pew cushions, a doeii or more, were placed on the chan cel steps at hLs suggestion to K-r-mit many woinei., who had been in the back of the sit down. Arricgton on the West, containing Tho roblers were white, and' 65100 acres more or less, to satls- theif bungling job lea.ls to the r ,a dL'bt of J2C0 00 due t0 Robert i I- 4i . Ji 4 Jackson. belief that they were not cx-n,,, ,h- ,JtK a.. ion jx-rts. Andrew Jaekson, Trustee. other ineilicine ho good for whopp ing cough as Chamberlain's Cough Heincdy," writes Mrs. K'ands Tar pin. Junction City, Ore. This rem edy Is also unsurpassed for colds and croup. For sate by all dealers. Some Mount Airy People May Wait Till It's too Late. Don't wait until too .late. De sure to be in time. Just in tim with kidney ills. Means curing the back. Before backache becomes chronic ; Before serious urinary trou bles set in. No better remedy than Doau's Ividiwy Tills. Here Ls Mount Airy testimony. Mrs. J. 1$. Haley, 143 Factory St., Mount Airy, N. ('., says: "I was troubled by disordered kidneys and hardly a day puls ed that 1 did not suffer i'rem headaches. 1 felt ;:ll tired out and I noticed that the kidney Secretions were unuaturid, I tried many remedies but tho re sults were unsjiti-sfiM-tory until I began using IVmih'h Kidney, Pills. This preparation helped me in every way." For sale by all dealers. Trice 50 cents. Fo!ter-Mub;irn Co., Buffalo, Keiv York, sole agefit for the United State. Remember the name Dean' -ario othr. i 1
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