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MOUN1 AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY
ir,t 191,3.
NO. in
BIO ASSOCIATION MEETS
IN STOKES
Oathcruiff of Primitive Baptists
Assembles May 18th.
Daubury, May 12. Hrt-nt pre
par.it.ii his arc being made by Un
people. of till' LaWSOIIV ill.- Section,
an. I Peters' reek township in
general for tin' lug Primitive
Mapfist Associat ion to I"' held at
Snow Creek cliuri'li mi tli" third
S it ui. Ja , Sunday niul Monday
of this IIIKlltll which will be .oil
May 17, In. and 1:m!i.
Snow Creek church is nt Law
sonv illr .in .sight, of Shoppard's
.store It is a pretty, level spot,
with pli nty of room for the hosts
of men, weiueii j t r i I - - InMn n who
Will Ci!lle with their wagons, bug
f'ics, CI fl'lageS Htnl automobiles,
hor.s back ami nl'oot, l'f"tu a
sweep of country from all sections
of Sti Li s, from points in IJoek
ingham, Surry ami .other North
(Carolina counties, ami frem Pat-;
rick, Henry ami owicr vugmi.i
('(unities.
The Association is the biggest
event of the Primitive Baptist
church. It means tin' association
of the Leaders (f many churches,
for the transaction of their
church affairs, for preaching ami
for social intermingling. It
means the coining .together of
hundreds of their intniibcrs. and
for tin assembling of great con
courses of spectators. Good fel
lowship, hositality ami pood
ration prevail.
The.Smnv Creek association is
expocted to lie, the largest attend-
od of a like gathering in the his
tory of the county. Tlw nearby
landlords, Messrs Zack iSheppard,
Matt' Robertson and .others are
taking down their fences in ord
er that there may be room for
the multitudes of vehicles and
tock, -which all the big hearted
eitizcas for mile around, are
whetting .their knive 8 for the
slaughter of fatted beeves, pork
ers and! poultry. The good wo
men of the neighborhood will
spejfcl many an hour over their
bakv ovens preparing cakes and
pastries, pickled and dainties to
feed Uioir friends from far and
near.
It w learned that the Sheriff
of the county has been requested'
to furnish a nuainVr of special of
ficers of the law, who fwill see
that order prevails. It is mighty
hand in great 'crowds where there
is no police protection to main
tain order. Iloodlums will creep
in, ami row dies will bring liiuor,
and oftien fightings and brawls
will disgrace the assemblage and
bring disgrace disrepute to the
neighborhood. Hut the good Pap
tists of Peter's Creek will not
permit any such proeediejiiga !at
Snow (Ve'ek. Sheriff Slate with
a nuiuluT of his deputies will be
on the- groiuwl every day to see
that there Is im retailing of li
quor, no disorderly conduct, and
everylbody 'may go with the as
surance of spending a pleasant oc
casion. I i
Client Wept on Shoulder of
Lawyer Who Freed Him.
St. IouLsj Dispatch.
"My client is an honest man.
I have known him 20 years and
in all that .time 1 know person
ally that he has been upright, in
dustrious, home-loving and of. the
best, of character. This us a cum'
of mistaken identity. . The de
fendant would scorn to steal. He
ha.s a faithful wife and nine chil
dren who are a credit to the com
munity.; If you convict thus uia.:i
on .this circumstantial ev idence,
you rob him of a sterling charac
ter, built up by years of honest
endeavor; you put the stigma of
shame upon a dependent wife and
lier children." j
Thus did Clark Ilml-vm, at
torney for Freikrick We'key, a
negro, .ap'pt al before a jury in
Judge Kinscy's court for the ac
quittal of his client., charged w ith
robbery. The jury was visibly
affected. The prisoner's wife a d
children s51 d.
'"Not. guilty !' the jury report
tsl after deliberating five minutes
We'key, overcame with appar
ent emotion, grasped his lawyer's
hand and leaned upn his shoul
der. Then Use attorney felt for
his watch. ! It wni gone. A
bailiff s ued Wdkey as he M as
leaving the court rnnn. He
fouikd the watch in Welkey's
pocket. I
Maj. Hamiltcn and Ocn. Carr
Engaged In Hci Fist Fight.
Durham, May ID. -One of the
most .sensational developments of
the celebration of Memorial day
hen- thi.s nfteriUNin was ,a fist,
fight between (Jellefid .Illlillll S.
Carr, who has charge of this
division f tin ,ann of the Con
fehtaey, ami Maojr.l. W. Ham
ilton, comman b r ( f- th" Webb
eain.of Confederate veterans.
The fight occurred in .the bbby
of the eoiirthoiiM'. and was wit-Ticx-ed
by a l irife iiiimln r of
(.'onfi'derate veterai'.s and a small
liiimber ef other eit i.i-ns.
Neither ot , the tw
were injured vcrv much, but Ma-i f
ior iiamiiioii s rice was seraien-
i i . i i' .....
not take part in the parade whieu
Was to precede the exercises , nil
der the auspices oT the Daughters
of .the Contederaey at the Ac'Jfcl
cmy of Music, giving his reasons
that the line of .march was too
loing for the old soldirrs to take
in their enfeebbd condition. They
ha I planned to meet at the court
luuse and march to the academy,
and from there to take the ears
for the cemetery, where the salute
over the graves of their dead
comrades would be fired.
Cuum cf the Trouble.
General Carr wished the old
soldiers to take ;part in the
parade, and as the chief officer
of the. armv in this count v sent
out such orders. The Webb camp
had a meeting at the courthouse
and on a .vote decided not to
march in the parade. lajor
Hamilton, as commander of ' the
camp presided at thiu.meetjnig-J
Nhen the riveting adjourned
General Carr met ajmunber of
the old fcoldiers in the loldiy of
the coiirthoise and talked to
them about tneir decision not to
obty his orders. Major Haaniltooi
came down the s.tps from the
meeting roim just at this time,
and the general iidered him
under arrest 1 hey got into an
argument and Gpni ial Carr ac
cused J Major Hamilton of being
the cause of the decision not to
parade. The commander of; the
camp said that he was not the
cause of it, and when he said'this
General Cnrr shipped him in the
face with his open hand. Both
men clinched. A 'dozen or more
old soldiers wer? standing round
at the time but they made no ef
fort to stop the fight. Finally
after a tussle cf several minutes
duration .). J. 'Thaxton, deputy
sheriff, caught hold of Major
Hamilton, and pulled him off.
General Carr picked up the ma
jor's glasses and handed them to
hi'n after. the fisticuff, remindiing
him at the same time that he
was still under arrcsf. The com
mander replied that he knew it.
The Men Make Up.
The old soldiers did not march
in the parade a.s a body, only six
taking part, and the .familiar
figure of Major Hamilton was
missing from the usual celebra-;
nl ami (needing wncn ine auray j
was over. It m-.-his that the! .Marshal W. Ix gall, of the
cause if the fight.gr. w i ut if.Wct.rn North Carolina district,
the inisu.mlcrstaiidii'jr of the pro-j w as notified of the arrest of
gram that had been arra'igi 1 . for j Hi'ghcs in Spokane and a.skcl
the day. Major If tinilt ti gavel where he wanted him sent. lb'
ord.-rs that the old soldier would! wired to send him to (ireen.sboro.
tion, ol Memorial day. 1 he j third class, probably within a I
camp wa, placed in charge of1 year. This may require b-gisla-j
First Lieut. na.nt Lloyd. The af-jtion by Congress, be said. His j
fair threw a damper .over the j plan, which will be laid before j
.spirit of the old soldiers for the'the President, would provide for;
day, and there was little cheering
of. any of the parts of the pro
gram on their part. Even the
playing of Dixie by the band
aroiiscl responsive cheer from,
the ranks of the nun who .wore
the grav.
Major Hamilton and Gen Carr,
have made up and. both now say
they are a.s good friends as they
have been for the past,2K years.
Maj. Hamilton is making a state
ment to the effect that both
have made up in the local paper
Sunday morning. Moth regret Taft order violated at least, the
the affair, but say that it. was fundamental purpose of. the civil
unavoidable. s, rv ie.' law because it placed t
The celebration of Memorial . permanently in office without!
day, which was held in connec-. examination or other test as to
tion. with the annual inspection nn rit or efficiency, a great horde (
the police and fire departments, of persons. If left in this condit
vvas. witnessed by a record crowd ion ;uul .permitted to op-rate
in Durham. The parade was wit-, without proper examination into,
licked by a thousand. or more poo its workings the order would j
pie and was participated in by make honest civil .service, a farce!
the polic cand fire departments, , ami jirove a setback to its pro-j
the military comp.uiy, the boy ' per administration and future
s-ouis, me cuy aim couniy oi- rogress. My etiort .is to eor
ficials, and many .other citizens ( rt-ct the evi! and save the merit
and city instituitoua in carriages of the onler and duly .safeguard
and automobiles. j civil service and affieieney."
SPEEDINO TRAIN CARRIED
NO I EAR.
Federal Prisoner Escaped From
Federal Officers Waa Closing
a Lcng Trip.
(ireen.sboro, May LJ. Through
the car wiudew of a Pullman on
train No. 12, l. li. Hughes la-t
niyht ma le a dojieratr and mi--eesl'ul
bii for freedi. m from Ihe
clutches of federal officers in
wlm.M' charge be had alni'.sf eoiu
p'eted a transcontinental journey.
tlFuge was arretted in Sokane,
tighterSj WjhiiijftoM. ami ma le hi.s escape
in the Western officers at
i .--,.( m cv :tT II ir i i i
l : l l . . i a
l-'or five days and night
t wo
leput ies f nun Spokane held watel
over their man in the journey
across the country. They oe
cupiid a I'ullman ear and took
turns about guarding Hughes.
The deputies here were notifi
ed that the prisoner wouul ar
rive on No. 12 bust night, and
Col. T. YV. Vincent went down
to meet the train. He receiv
ed the intelligence that the pris
oner had made his csx-ape and
the Western deputies were hot on
Iiw trail. 1 lie othcerrt had no
trouble with Hughes all along the
route and for this reason he was
not. handcuffed.
As the train wttH1 leaving Salis
bury, the prisoner wils jennitted
to enter the private compartment
of the ear and when the door
was unlocked by thfc jorter, the
man wa gone. He had made lias
escape through the small window,
according-to the report, when the
train was moving at a very rapid
rate of speed. The two deputies
were let off the train at Lake
ami went back to give chase.
Hughes Is wanted in the dis
trict because of a postoffice
charge. He was arrested and
placed in jail and there Is no
reeonl here to tell of how he
made hi escape. Deputy Vincent
was not sure whether he had
skipped out under bond or had
broken jail.
All Fourth-Class Postmaster
Must Be Examined.
All fourth -clats postraasterships,
exx'ept those paying lean than
180 a year, were thrown open to
eom.jMtitive examination by an
order wsucd by President Wilaon
These ixxsitions are retained in
the classified 'service, but about
r0,000 incumbents who were plac
ed in the classified service bv ex
ecutive orders of previous ad
ministrations will have to meet
all '('(iniers in competitive exami
nations to hold their positions
with civil service protection.
In a statement making this- or
der public, .Postmaster General
Durleson announced that it was
the purpose of President Wilson
and himself to extend the classi-
fied service to include presidi-n-
tial postmasters of the second and j
a qualification test for ineiini-:
bents and applicants "in keep
ing with tlie importance .of the,
offices." i
Further the Potma.ster ion
era 1 says: I
"Political consideratioi's have'
in the past very largely control!-
en me seiecuon oi louri n-cia-vs
postmasters ,and under this or
der Democrats must le held re
sponsible f,,r the wise and safe
adminisrtaticn f the.se offices.
Ciidir the circumstances the
Col. Osboin Will Drive Every
Modrtshiner Out of the State.
Washington, May 10. -4 'omm'is
s'mner of Internal Revenue W.
j H. Osborn told the Daily News
eorrevjMi:deiit tonight that he i
i workirg on plans which he will
, put in operation shortly that will
drive every "moonshiner" out of
I North Carolina. The commis
sioner .said be is positive this can
be done ;u:d that he ill do if
jit takes every revenue officer .in
jthe .s t ice to accomplish his
I purMrse.
"The state i f North Carolina
i bp seme ihirh to fortv thousand
majority has decreed that the
s't.ltc shall be drv," sail the col
onel. "The Webb law and the
.search and seizure measures are
doing excellent .work. The fed
eial g h i r::nn nt w ill do its part
and will see to it that no whiskey
is distilled within the borders of
the state."
C(,l. Osborn Is not .ready to go
into detail a.s to bis .proposed
plans. He expects, however, in
addition to Mending additional
men into the state to help drive
the moonshiner out, to have the
cooperation of the sheriffs of the
counties in which illieit dLstller
ies now thrive. Col. Osborn says
he had been told that more illicit
distilleries were destroyed in
North Carolina last year than
there were licensed distilleries in
the entire I'nitd .Stats. "Twice
that number will be destroyed
this year." said the colonel. "I
believe before the'end of the year
there will not b a bloekader in
North Carolina." I
Owwnissioner Osborn will try
his plan in his native state first,
but he will not stop there. His
plan is to stamp out. the moon
shiner from one end of the coun
try totheother.
Unless President Wilson decide
Monday 1o override thy ruling
of the department of justice W.
K. lireeae and Jowcph Dickerson
will have to serve terms in the
penitentiary for 'alleged irregu
uarity in banjdng methods in connection-
with the failure of the
First National bank of Asheville
16 years ago. The department
has1 already ordered District At
torney Holton to take the men
into custody and they will be
brought into court Tuesday for
resentence. j
President Wilson ha9 oonsent-
to receive a delegation of
North Carolinians Monday who
want the President to pardon
Breese. ! It is not believed that
the President will interfere with
the action of the department of
justice,
D. .1. Kerr, whom Representa
tive Gudger recommended for
postmaster. at Canton, has filed
his answer to the charges sent
here with reference to his char
acter. Mr. Gudger says Kerr pro
duccd letters in large numhers
which say Kerr is a high tye
of man.
To Walk Across Continent.
Wilmington, May 12. A. F.
Funderburk, of Pageland, Ches
ttrfield county, South Carolina,
formerly of Columbia and for
several years a member of the
City Council of that place, who
arrived in Wilmington early Sat
urday morning to start on his!
pedestrian trip from the Atlantic j
to the Pacific coast, will leave j
here tomorrow morning on hisj
long jourmy. He hopes to reach;
an 'FrancUco by September 10, '
and plans to walk every step of!
the- way. lie starts without
funds.
lie found awaiting him on
arrival here a letter from thcj
governor of South Carolina, in.
response to his request for a
b-ttt-r to be used by him in intro
ducing himself in the towns and
cities that be will pa-s through;
on his trip. Governor Cole Ie
MIease states in his letter that he.
Is absolutely certain that any
one who would undertake the
trip Mr, Funderburk had indi-.
cited he had planned, is loose in
his head, and goes on to express
the hope that Mr. Funderburk ,
will be able to ke.-p out of jails!
and asylum lis on his trip, that,
the people will be kind to h'anj
and that if he should became an j
inmate of any of the asy lums he i
hojH-s the governor of the iState
in which the institution is locat
ed will notify him, as Mr. Fun
derburk u one of his subjects.
TO THE TEACHERS OF SUR-!
RY COUNTY.
Mere
About Our Wasrintrton
City Trip.
It is definitelv settled that we
will leave home so as. to michlthrec t ks before cm rather
Winston Salem on the 11:20 A. diseouragii g fi whatever hoped
M. train. Mondav, Mav 2"ith.!mav still be entertait ed of the
' Wc w ill reach Washing
day at Id; pi . M., ,
tin re three fu! days.
Wc have planned a
; steam boat down tie-
riv er 1'i miles to Mt.
same
main
trip on
Potomac
Vel'lloH.
This will be an oX erditigly in
jtercsting trip to a!!, and espeeial
My s to thos.- who have icver
; enjoyed the pb
I tcauier.
.i.suiis i,f a river jAvery Newton, an Am- i lean phy
:s;eian en'aL'd in pf.n-ti'-c at
We will ha i
time to visit, all
the public bui
the Zooh gical
Gardens.
int's, including
arid Ptotanieal
As to the eXpelisi s ,,f the trip.
I would say, if you wish to econ
omize, you need not spend over
$20.1 M) from Winston back to
Winston including everything.
You can easily make, it co.st f'-'O,
or even more.
I would suggest that you car
ry your lirst si.iy s lunch ami
supjx-r witli you I nun home n
you wish to economize. Then in
Washingten you can "put up"
at a Hotel on the European plan
and get your meals at the res
taurants. I would advise that
you take with you nothing in the
way of baggage that you can
not handle yourself.
It is iuiMrtant that I know
who intend going that I may
not if v the Division Passenger
Agent at Charotte who will met
us in Winston with necesary ex
cursion tickets for the party
Any friends of the teachers win
wish to make the trip can do so
on the same terms by notifying
me by the 20th inst.
I regret that you ar not , aJUoiyi. drawn - from any , .U
ging, for it would prove a great
help to you in your school work,
aside from the pleasure ami pro
fit gained. The trip will do
you good all your life, broaden
your vision of our Nation's great
ness, and ad much to your pres
ent stock of knowledge. Let
every one who can do so, em
brace thU opjKirtunity to take
one of the most pleasant outings
any one can take in so short
time and with so little cost
W. M. Cundiff.
Rebuilding Plant.
Raleigh, May 12. The mater
ial is being assembled for the re
building of The News and Ob
server building. This building
is to be restonsd in much more
complete and adequate shape
than before, and will be a model
newspaper home. The work will
require several months and in
the meantime Business Manager
Magley has arranged to open tem
jKirary quarters in the Mahler
building on Fayetteville street.
In this way The News nad Obser
ver will get out of the way of
The Kale'igli Times, whose news
paper plant has been running
double time to get out both pa
pers with the aid of a couple of
other limiting plants in the
city. While The News nad Ob
server lost liemi'y by the fire,
through lack of insurance, people
in a I puts of tic
in g f r l d i
S;..!e ate co:n-
s d
$100
in
subscription bonds and otherwise
For Violating His Oath cf Of
fice. Asheville, May 12. Magistrate
M. A. Cre.Lsnian, who issued the
warrant last Saturday for W. S.
Adams, of Star. S. C.. on the
charge of bribing and intimidat
ing a witness in the .John Huff
case, and who at. 10 o'clock that
night heard the ease
without the
prosecutor being present, and re-ig
lea.sed Adams, was arrested lu-rei
tonight on a bench warrant.
on a tieneii warranr, is
sued by .Judge W. J. Adam,s and
held to an.sWt r to the charge ot
violating his oath of office.
The warrant was procured by
Solicitor Hubert II. R-'Viiolds this ;
morning, after the prosecutors of
Adams, with, the witnesses, ap
peared before Magistrate Oeas
man to try the detective, and
were told that he had be-n re
leased. The facts were immediately
laid before Judge Adams in the
Superior court, aid the bench
warrant fallowed.
Crvasman Is one of the promi
nent men of the county. .
A Friedmann Patient's End.
Charlotte Ohsener.
The official report of a post
mortem examination in IS.-rliii on
a Friedmann patient wlo had
received treatment in N-w York
; alleged tuberculosis cure. This
patiet. .Jul. ii Mi 'lusky of n!;a
hi ma, .;2 years (f age. f ! d ad
oil a st re, t of the Jel :u I li i ', ;J al.
Tile pos lil'irteiu took Jilaee at
the b'oyal IF.wpifal. und r the
supervision of Prof. -,.r W, Ven
liofe.r bead of tie- path ',' g'cal
ibpartment there, with Dr. Iv
' Mad Nauheim, i irt it-i oat ii:g.
! Death, ac-i rdirg to fb- n-port.
had resulted from the rupture of
a p-asizil aneurism in a branch
of the pulmonary artery. The
lungs contained cavities as large
as lens' eggs. I'nb r micro.scopic
examination it was shown that
a pronounced tendency to heal
ing existed there, but the de
cca.seil had very recently de
veloped acute miliarv tuberculos-
i us ot the kidnevs, liver
i!M spleen
together with "a marked catar
rhal condition of the left Rosen
muelfer gland." Around the left
gluteal muscle, where I)ix-tor
Friedmann had made his injec
tion, there was extensive destruc
tion of tissue, with a typical tu
bercle in one place. The official
-,TjHrt itself simply states the
conditions found, but medical
men commenting upon it draw
the conclusion that the general
tuberculosis, as dlstingulshul frii
the pulmonary affection, follow
ed the injection ami was pre
sumably caused thereby. If this
be true, the exhibit for the Fried
mann treatment is eertair.'y very
damaging in so far as inferences
case. It goes to the root of the
whole theory, not original with
Doctor Friedmann but adopted
and developed by him. that
bacilli from cold-blooded animals
like the turtle can after some
preparation be injected without
fear of injury into human-kind.
Walla Rowan Court House Out
of Plumb.
Salisbury, May 12th. Charging
that the walls of the new Rowan
County court house, now in
course of erection, are out of
plumb, that inferior material is
feeing used in the construction,
that the granite was taken from
boulders and was not projerly
cut, that the building is from
three-fourths of an inch to two
and one-half inches larger at the
top than at the bottom, the Ro
wan County grand jury today re
commended the immediate dis
charge of the inspector represent
ing the architect, and that the
front of the building be torn
down and properly built. It is
charged that the insjector is in
competent. The action was taken
upon a thorough investigation of
the structural work and of the
plans as inspected by a committee
from the grand jury.
The walls of the building are
about completed, and it is esti
mated that $o4.000 has been ex
pended so far on a contract let
!oy - the County Commissioners to
the King Lumber Company of
Charlottesville, Va. The buihL'ng
as it stands was condemned by
the grand jury. It is stated tli at
true bills were returned against
the P ard cf County Commis
sioners as a whole, for failure to
do its duty in seeing that the
buil l ::g was properly construct
ed. 15111s were found against
two commissioners for contract
ing to do public work.
Baptist Meet in St.
.
Louis.
St. Louis. May 1:1. The gen
eral coin iiit in of the Southern
Paptist church was informally
oiH-n, , ;it the Third Chun-h in
this city today
and will be e in-
tinued until Tue-d.-y .. Fif
teen hundred deiegit i s. rcpn silt
ing the 2,0 .). P.tptist., in tie
South, are in attendance. The
coiivtiition is tin' largest dde
gited body in the world. No fix
ed prognmme has b.s i; pre pare I
for the gathering, but all the
church work, including the ac
tivities of the missionary, educa
tional and publication soeietes,
will be reviewed.