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JrOL. XXXIV
MOUX1 AIRY, MOUTH. CAROLINA, THURSDAY.) NOVEMBER 27, 1913.
MO. 22
GOVERNOR BLEASE'S
THANKSGIVING GIFT.
r&role 99 South Caroolina Con
ricts, Pardoning- one Other.
Odnmbiia, Nov. 22nd. Ninety -nine
M vu" Ta-r,k) w'n'
jiTxviit k-m'I toelay by (Jovernor
BWb as h'w lluarik-Mgiving- gift
to prisoners in. the iState pem
SUvitiary ami the public works
an line tnveral counties of South
Clipolinn. This is unidoubtestly a
mird for executive chfliietficy.
A hurried eompilatietfi piv
tl? follow img1 a tin- nature of
the yrioiw crimen for which the
, Wero serviftg sentences:
Murder, 28; manslaughter, 26;
bigmmy, 1; violating dLiwwy
kiwi, ; liurglary and larcviiy, 7;
fiKsault aim! battery with imitt
villi in. RMcriiilt And tiiatteirv
tf hijrh ami aggravated nature,
4; liKniisebreakluig uiid larceny, 5;
highway rohhcry ami 'larceny, 1 ;
larceny of live stock, 1; oJxtaim
, xsig -fgnoSa tcmUt false, pretences,
M . V t A.
and petit larceny, 1 ; wipe, 3 :
1reach of trust, 1; breach of
trust, fraudukoit intent, 1 ; tn.nu
laiuyihter ami carrying eoneeal
tl weapons 2; grand larceny, 1;
safe oracling, J ; larceny and for
fftr 1 ; total 100.
"With, tjhe insuin of the large
lnvteh of Tluuiklsgiving pardons
and. paroles, Governor Hlease'a
clemency record j.pjroaclre the
2)00 mark.
The records in the SeeirejtJiry
tu Mate a otrnce show that up
to yestertlay he had issued 2o7
Hmirs ami e'cnnrmitaticaiH- and
Ii25 paroles, making a gramX to
tal of 782 jurvVrtis, comraurtAtirpifi
rul parous.
T1h Governor's first oat of
vlcnnt'iKC!- after cuniiig ixirbo tlic
cuTkio was to (tMiunmtie tJie fwB
tttv of Joliai lVixlk'.ngTacB o,f
"WUViiunifdnurg 0nni,ty fixmi h'tng
mg to life imprLsoiroitflC llhia
ras Awn? January 10, 1911. Ac
,orviito the records tl first
. . j ft . . m - - -
ip3roio was srkai tti u. j asa
ter, a former client of Oaver(n ,
IiVuo law fum whcin the Gov
ynwur pnrohxl on Felmtru'arj"1 20,
1911. Hunter Iwd bem serving
avn eig-lbt-jwur wmttvice for aaain
rUinti(ter. Tliis caw CTeAtenl
ymit imterKt.
MlioiuW the CVve(riw;r puw the
1,000 nvark: My the next cfii of
Oci'ral Aimbly, he will
lia-sv .-eraCT'd one pardu, eom
miHtattiVit or panic, n diy s'j ku1
flH-nnnirtr office three yk'irs lo
m 4m of the IiginlAtuiv.
Hie paroles are datixl N'owm
Iht 2j.
hi all hirt. oaic, whfcfli Is a pir
lon, tli prisini'rH rchia''d
nulf.T the jwirole a-t.
'
Some Good Read News.
The. critjzerN who liv on the
Ttvhl lid,:ii,.sf fxcun the Tiwky
Toixl cm Pkh rivT to the AI-Ui
Airi aiml lXlii road n.tir AVill
Atklins nftulriKce, okscrvrnl Injrth
of the (good road days and the
rwuk wwh ho gratifying that
tiny have worked, five days with
iWr tejioiiH aiihd have hired fl.n
'Xtrn teuin to IwJp gr!(Wk.
Ono Blb:mai of the road w an
line care ctf J. A. Blue rtrxl A.
M. K-, Tlrt following, e'rtizeixH
3uf' c-omitributed hiiior or e.Lsh to
hvi do the work ; (h-o. Jaknon
John Ky, W. E. Ilayinore, M. iS.
Knv. (J,m, Ulue, W. (5. Kev, .1.
'AI. Ilajvll. Wjilstm K".v, K. M.
I"vii, J. A. IUn', A. M. Key ajid
Kd lariolk. nie otlur Aeetitui
w in the care, of uS. Y. Simpson, S.
M. (l)a;p!aniil, Wibi JI.u-m.ii ?uid
tlitttM. T!n rowtd i about half
gra4l aiiini the work will 1m eon
linund nnt il iw rul is .eoniipl"it
tl and in tine sjmiog the Hjjlit.
log dmg will lv is-ied to kvip the
ro.ul in condition whi!e i;icK inj.
!'!,) its tihe liiov' for trd'
TtUuU in this .etixtfi. 'llw etti-j
if. ali g ;.( rcd truly gae,
.111 li'H t i ii .i'.y ! i, i,2cs fri the
yradi' vh,ie Mi(!t(l, All thej
':tierw nU-isg tin- ri:ul hav- ex-
liixlt-d a hilp'ig It a i d; hik
f ii rj! j-Ii YJtr aid vmnc cjlJi fi;
J'in- Nnwj;.s. The road wlu-n fin-;
"isl.ed wiU be a endit t ti e n!i;-'
mrm'.ty it paso.-s tlimli. The
grad-ii.u vi!l Ve fini-hid U'fore
the wealJier g-t.s ti freezing
liard. nfure is a good intenfC in
ro.ul buUd'ui in tit's wvtitui d"
l)o!4ll UWli.-hip U.il for gtd
nmds for SluI7l g"'ni-ra.l. I
THE CITYWARD DRTJT.
Mm Contented to Live in the
Open, But Their Wire Want
Company.
IIerlrt Quick, m Gool IIou.se
kltieping Lsgaxine.
Jfy exploratioiw of the mmh
of framem backed by my own
i 1 iift on a fa.mn, ant the live of
in'y tnother, tf'j-itcrM, auntx, ciiw'.rw,
urki wounea .jJdMg'MorH liivod, 11
me to the concliiMon that the
"drift to the ciU-.V h;w betni
largc-ly a woman movement. I
lijivif found the men on Unm
mifh more coutmted o.nl hapiy
than tln women.
II y another wanted my fatheT
to leave the farm and nwie to a
llcge town wU re the children
could have "a better ohnmce."
He d'ml not av.'ide to her w'whos,
nnd one hit, of spiritual lrift M-as
ol necked. Hut jvwt to tlie degree
tlmt fanners have reaeluxl the
plane of lettnajj- tie wife - aaml
daughter vote en the future tf
tire family the' have been push
ed toward tlie city.
Out on broad ad tie' ranges I
have found men and Uns filled
with tlw? traditUTiiial joy of opti
juvs arml the frcedomi of spirit
which (gtxii with it ; Irtit in nvury ,
many (tw tlieir women were
pining for neighbor, for domes
tic heli for prt'ttv clothes, for
choul3, muHic, art, ar.l the th-ings
taUl when the magj-utuvts waine
in.
So here we have one of our
greatest national prohk-m re'at
cd batik" to tliat eig'lith or fcukth
jersi(n in our population who
happunt to be a fawn woman.
Our agricultural life has been
falliig to pieces. T3ic ragfnont
br.ve 'leen siKkxl to the cities.
1 ht jiritk'o f the nation once lay
in its sturdy fanners. Prom
their ranJis came our Ht'itcduDeYj,
our scholar, our f inane iem Tlw
irou-dn.tlve nat icon's hlood name
fmra U .blade of aevhtea and
iet aml.tho pol: from . jaLT T""
plowshares. THie farmera fought
our hattks and tmilt our rail
ways' ami bridges. They Slave
been tlw? wfldiers of progrtts. 'And
u nuts we cam st.ul iniaait-aiiJ a
farm life in which the grvntn
of American life can flower, the
armies of prgnti will Kiiffer
that tleca-.lence which cxwiuis to
he lwMta of any natiun wIkh
they oouie'froBn paynnentjs UJte;td
of from uneadiow aiul plow (id
fieklri.
Tlie farm Wonuei must batr
th:-se oiuin;;ug ho.t.s of stnaig
men, or they v'll iKt be borne.
And iui!vis flic tan n wmeii irui
live under eoiiditions which imakie
for hapiiil'.s6, liealth and pride,
our whole iation wiill he weaknn
ed ly I ho ill healtli unhatppww,
and unrest t f tlwMO m4.heiM ail
uivc.
There i a movemenit for K't
tcr things ainojijg the fanmins'
wii't cf he lflixl. There r a
new crganizatiojk ei m interna
tional cale. TUnv are pcKtini
ing nd revioit anl prognM in
the runul hoiuw. TJi'w khsi iy
fuuluig reeogtwtiotn affiuuvg (hem,
that all Hit pci&is of pnogrniai are
nj iongu- to le alkiwetl to go
to the man life cn .tlie farm, wh.le
the woman life w to vegetate.
Tine faH is that tilie Inciter ci
ditionis wJuch liau4 wane to fann
ers throiiigh prigTtss ar.d dnvcai
tion have I km n huigely forced up
on the amtn. nee the two ex
ck were on a parity in the 'mat
ter of hblr and livOng. The old
notion of a very e4inivteJit farm
er's wife was tilie one who "wa ii
ed a3il nwKj'ped, ami bakWl and
brewed, at id iiti a run, and
went a vu-sitimt; wl the n moon."
Hut the 'pneJiit vxniaji jnove
ineiiit on the farm is toward a
higher plane than the e'onoiuie
plains It 'm a d'miiJid for bappi-i
Jt ami ciw aal tlw frutu if
Ui-(..vS ill tl'ti Imuse, is we'd u.s
out it.
hi brief, the fniun woman r is
iw lein.uilir.,g, and rei-eivLii-g
better thinH in the order if
t.he".r nirintn to her daily life1
t'sivt, thiue.s in the ho!ic for In-r
I ;iM.e, I Ll'g ; weol il'v, thir.g.st
in the hoiLse for her children'!
ha; j 'e r ai d fuller 1; . :ne 1 f ;
a'wL thirdly, th'i.s out s'A
hiLSf, in (he neirhborhHid,
T lie
fvr
the bitter ii!l fuller cuili'liuoie
life of hervhf, h-r chihlnn, hr
hub;uul, aiid her im-iu-bbors. Thus
Ls th ou'Liic of the rurd uplift
which i.s atlurii f iie every
1hv.
THE DREAM COME TRUE
A year 4?o ve had dreanw o' a Wber t-sjtrm of treei for
this town we hal been drnii)g alltnit U'tU-r tmita for years,
Imt it -lotvketcf to' us like the time had oouve for a iv?iVization of
the dra!a. 'Ie mud then waf rSoc top kep on Main Street
wdiieili tappearod in tle same space
wit'Ji a vkiw to ereating a puheiw sentJantaat in favor of a 'better
syNtnm of strtts. Wc had hop a tUuit tiw dream would oonve
tnw ilirt nt that time men wlvo sliouM lia eoioourapf d r.s m our
effiort to create a public entim yst ActivUly hiumtc! and laugh d
t itlcut. Ami no it is witth n liMk pride tinat we have seem
tine (ineam come tne at ho earH- a date.
Hy tlie t'me tikis paper is reiul the Main strext of this town
wiiill le jitiit fiiiHtittl, and it lo kVi fully ".w AveJl as the above
l:vt,w-ir op tlw ;iirtiifit coohi pre kiot. All that ;jart of Main
Mtroet wflvere tl bulk of the re ail ami wlulesale husine? is
duxnw is ivow a' credit to our town rl would lx; a credit to any
city in the state. The work if ipattltxjr it (Jmvn has lle1n(V)I, by
mem who knew tili luine and imthrrv has Imjcii left inkhwie to
malic it ;i fln-tt clt-. j. Mr. CM. Miller, omi f tle Iwl but
veyors mi tlw state made aU thd .surc8 asul male ttvem as they
Khould 'U nwidv -u -it u t its isnme :.ndiVidia'H wamWxl them, as has
too oi'tni bni Uh ease in the pi.e, Mr hoy Hruwn, of Winstoav
Md u was eriiphiyett to mine hro and taku aeitive cluirge of
tlw work. Mr. J. V. Jones was the contrmetor ami irf an exvi
enecd workman in wtnn" mml c'in -nt ami hxs giWui irt hw ptsmiutal
fct tent ion 'torn the hosriniwg.
t firt the street wus raled propiuly, then a en'imoit bed of
rtk ail svtid was la:l five 'Hr lies detp and m th'w a layxir of
Ktoin1, eefcr size, wa filnccul imd vtml with ht tar. After roll
ing wit h the heavy Mtieium rollor a not Imt layer of small rock "w as
,-)HKrd witli tar and this covered with fine stone. Altogether! the
KhI if lock is nine imdim thick, five inch U'n-ig of eenmat aifcl
tilie ro laycm 1uihI t rretht r with two eoaUs of tar. Tflno tar V
a prejKtatioii 'HK'de for the ...pur pew tfluit will iet get toxi ft
in hot weather, im1 at all t'mcH it w sujifpomd to serve ari a
h'mfwr to keep the. rock in sitin.
Pncou tire fuct Mr. J. A.,Yokhy; htm lead in thiw motmunt
and lie has hnl th hearty v;'prrt cif the other cum mlsskwiers.
Mr. YtJJey has KjM iit mit h of hi- t'ne during the past few
m.i4l:n hiking after the details f the work iumI seeug that it
was projwrly exeen'td, and it ;s "an to his efforts in the main
that the town has been' able tonake this prognwivti (move ai
Mils time.
It is admitted hy every one who i entitled to an opinion
tluit the we rl ' of nukm? the .-.treot is a first class job and a
envliit to ur ppognke town. It has cost our eople, all told,
UN much as e:.ght or nine tli'us uul tlollais arnl Jialf of this kimii
will 1m pi.id 'hy the men who o.eai pr.Kity along the street.
An I b- it srd tu the evevlititlng cnxl'-t of the propirty owners
that we have not heard of a single man who lias not cheerful
ly e.iHUK-nited with the town and net his part of the expense like
a u hi e spirited citizen.
Ai d .mi the dream has com.' true.
Resculticrs cf Respect.
Wheieji.s it has plea.vd our
II. .; : j:i'v Father in His whe
)t-t v','d -i ! to rniu fc fn in our!
in'di J our est) inixl brollur .lol'.n !
I. Ja-eiv,.-n ; . tiK'reii ie be it rc
. 1 viil ;
P;itT 11 1 at we lnw in bum-
: lle SI hllli4ol) to His diviiu will,
j S. u l ; Tll.lt hi his death the
Ir.hie KLiL'e Coum-il No. 7:1 dr. .
IT. A. M. Mount Airv, N. C. has
io-'T a t-yai a-Ml ta JliiuI menu n r.
lUilrd. Thet h;.s lordly ar.l
vtioji to duty 'e eoiniimidd as
worthy of eiiiulat.Loa.
P'UVth, That Ve extend to the
hreaved widhw ami children our
' VNVV' iGMkltoH
7 ' rl u
it tccmx rvtvr.', TIuh was done
lf j Msinpa'hy in this their
n.'jV'i ilde h s m il ciiumid
n to a hv.iiitr and nioiviful
(i'l who a!i!H' can comfort
hr; If , n h.ciiited.
Fifth, That a copy of tin'
olutivis K ns'oubd: in
tl
ie
re
the iiuiui's i tir iiu:ieu. a
'Jit. to the family
fur3i'(d d the local
aiiil eOj-jS
lap'i-s for
pir-ica:ion.
I. AV. l-arp,
H. V. iVyerh.
(xniu Jttie.
All gMxls lKM!(.'ht at Kniirhts is
guaranteed to be as reprcieiiid.
Wesley Edwards is in Bad Health
Taken to Farm.
Riehmoiid, Va., Nov. 21. Wea
hy frlwards, one of the men en-
paf til in the chootuigr iql of the
CVtrroll cotsity eoxirt March 14,
1912, now servir;' a term of 27
yeaxg, has hem removed from thq
pcflttntittrr to the state farm..
tSxhia Allen and the other
metnbers of the clam there are
three behind prwon walls, heiles
Wesley Ketwards art reportetl
to be in good lalth.
Dr. Maakn sakl that in ease
WiVili- Kslwamk innproveel and
he jmiw no reason why ho shonild
not I? woiild le reitunei to
the primai till he sliall have coun
seled tlie -time. for whk'h he was
originally senteneel. The tiano
that he Mpeiuks in the hospital at
htc stte farm M-ill cottut in his
coiif.rneimejiit as though Ive were
i.1 the puiiteiirtLarj'.
Tlie change was nude to pre
vent -possible develo fluent f
tuireaulus8. In the Hjruig of th
ytNir the proner was atUwkell
with (nea-Jes, jk! since that t'niie
he has suffered several attack
of pleur'y, and these have Herv
! to tmatcritully mhnv the stal
wart frame of the otiw harely
iiftnuitaiiH'er.
Dr. Herbert Mara; jnunitentiary
surgeon, askvd regarding tine re
moval of Wesley EdwanU, Avid
that he had ordered the man re
nun'etl lo'air' lie was Mfraid that
(iomplkiatioiH might follow. He
admitted tliat Uie prinuer ia
mihdi worn, that confinement is
telliiig him, and tliat attae-kjs
enf ineaskis wit phnirby have left
him in a weakened eiwid'irtioiv To
guainl against dewhpmcnt of
any jmlnuuiary trouble be deem
ed at but, the.vih KiSwaids is a
lonvf-term jwisomr, to ortler that
he le takk'ii Up to the stite faitai
in (Jooeldajyl comity.
Wt-ttlej- Kdwaivls has been work
ii ,' in tlue shoju for more tlwin a
ytir, an t so rar as w Known ne
has imui' a tiuAUd . prise4r. He
was arrested kn lew a several
itionhts after tlu xhoot:Ja; ti.ok
ji!aev while working as a street
piver. He rv.wkd arrest md
tli eu'.f'u-e'is were .giTn a busy
eiii?a:iriiiui:t in getting him to
the jliee station.
Valuable Land for Sale.
I luve about 2o acrs of Uiul
in suburbs cf Mt. Airy on Fan
cy ap road. This land lays
well. Has had twelve thmsatul
loads of manure on it in five
years. Ueon used for Trucking,
is in high state of cultivation.
O. V. Helton.
For further particulars,
see Robert Beltcn.
Spemoer Ycung Lady Chose Hi
Tar, Had.
fincer, Nov. 22. With tragic
dnwhwHtiorp f love, pitlh-txr ap
peals of devotion ami tlw? viw
thl'ijt "tlv pcojfle ah all W iuy
pisuple, ami wfliat is mine hall
!? tlttine, alml thire mini'," intry
Mii MaikI Tne'kiir, of H-x.-m-er,
on T3i!umbiy hsjame tlw hlitddntf
bride' ef tl. R. , 0:tte- a well
klvwri yNMK'.ff iman of this place,
w5fn WIm? ctatte- In irrefercned to
K:srl JVrw, 'of Ind.iiUKtp lis, while
tlm two ntum txiil side by hide
in. uie of tlw. pr'uiciij street of
piifwier. Fi;u'.h if with tlie oth
er foir tine heart and hai'd of the
yoiwijp wwnsvv ef(ch preAsaij his
eltim for a lac at hr siiW.
Wliile." in tliss attitude ami facuig
the two suitors, Mjt-w Tucke r tiok
her place hy the s'ule of the
hipejucer ttowi aa(l the three walk
ed! to the pursenaage of the Hei
ecr Ifcuitfist church, where the
marriajrei ocrmiif y was p-rfonn-.
etl bf' ilev. J. L. Vipifnn an. Mr.
Pjirrw caime to North tlarolina
TliiurMily memrif for tlie pur
pose of mwrryuiig M-k Tucker.
He was snirprise.id to find his
claim for a bride strongly ron-te-KUd
by Mr. (lites who has
Iwm for mesiffhs an admirer of
the bride.
Name Omitted From Tombstone,
He Sues.
M;ryMvrJ!e, Mo., Nov. 22ml.
llex'-ause his name wits omitted
from tlie sUie nrarkinig tin graW
of his wife, Jth I). rickett
sm1 the wife's clulilnai for $10,
000. He lt. the wu in the De
Kalb (Jounty ("Hrcu'.t court hre,
but hjaa ajJialexl to tlie Supreme
court,
Pickett ami Ollie S. iX-lvee
were cliikllud Bwee'thcarU an
this iieahl-rhcod. Pick(?tt tm
Ittsttxl for service in the Ciwl
war ami hecaine rgeant in
the sevemtetmth regiment. After
th "war FVli.it t Ritnel lme
and found that las . c14 aweet
Jusiirt had anajrkd Edwin. L.
Fierce. Pick'ett later maraikld.
In 1893 Pierce dixl. Pichett di
vorced Ms wife andf lahT 'ntarrietd
Mrs. Pierce againt the wishes
of hvr ohildre'n.
iPkikwtt ami t!le former Mm.
Iierce Uuef lived tegether ttm
Veiars iml nearly four months
wlfcMi'she elied. Tlie lierce chil
dren temikj'pvssitisum of all her
beWngiugs cxut the prtpcrty
Wt to l'vJci'.tt hy her will, ami
she was burial in tlie Maysville
cuinet-.ry. TSien the children de
eidcsl to iria'ttf tlie iboety of Pierce,
heir first lisisshatmL, from Winslow
ami lury it Uiskle Imt gnaw
here'. The iinonnniuiii.t wh'ieh hal
stexd in Pierce's grave also was
brtniight here aiml this epitaph
was ibdkhxl to tflie inHcrrptioji on
it T.-Vitiitg to Pierce
"Ollie S. Delvce, wife of K.
Ii. Pktfco lnorn in Franklin eonin
y, Ma-s July 24, 1851; die-d
MamJi 29, 1912."
P.rkl4. thought tlw UUh1 in
'rkirtjicn sluJl lisave sliown tliat
he was the 1baiiil of Mrs. Pierc
!W1 wllepel lie had leoem diunag
V$10,0(X), iiKwrnnWi aa the tn'ws
k'koii of hw mine fnmn tlie (monu
ment, ataiiliig in pkiin view of
tlie ffe-nenLl pnhlic, caused him
groat aniiiiKh.
Two Troup Trains Blown Up.
El TW, Tex., Nov. 22. Two
febiral troop trains, en re'iitfe fron
tiiUia.tdifua to .Juarez, were bViwn
nip at RvunMeria, C6 Tnil1 smith
of Juarez, this afternoon hv dv-
Jiftfliiiite maU'M phieed along the
railmeul titucld by the rebel. Thw
was he statu anent given oi;t to
rxight ls' Gem-ral Fniii'"0 Villa,
wluo rettkittted to Juare7. fretn UiWi
e-hfia where hi treR are a wait
ing the file nils aproiicli. He
said tilierc were l,r,0 f.nlerals on
th train fluMreiyid and that the
e-f life was enormous. The
reiU 1m iii-wcit tluit they captureil
ere of the trains.
Notice cf Land "Sale.
Tlx- uihl-rigKd hte for .stile,
at very r -...lahlo price' a tn.i't
f I ' l l, ! '! a " .. r more, with
in jii rt ,,iu'-!ia'i .'i':t f Mt.
An . T..U iaii I 's l.ui tuliiunto
h:Trl i.'d e'.'lll h hiUL'ht at a
Ul f-i.'.n. I -aU'd on li p hl'e
nitd which will idieirtly he parad
ed '.a it t u 1 -lay d. If viter.t
ei sn e ith-. r f us.
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