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VOL. XXXI V
MOUN1 AIRY, NORTE CAROLINA, THURSDAY. , JANUARY 15, 19 14.
NO. 29
VIRGINIA CITIZEN DISAPPEARS.
Will Lawson. of Ararat, Va, Dead
or Has Deserted His Home
and Family. .
Citizens from tho Ararat, sec
tion of Virginia tell' a thrilling
Wtbrv of the interest that has
1 v
been aroused by the' disapear
atice of Mr. Will Lawson, a well-
to-do citizen who lives in Vir
ginia about eight miles northeast
of thifc city.
The story goes that Mr. Law
son left hi home on Christmas
eve late in the evening1 and told
his family that he was going up
near the mountains to buy a saw
mill. It wan known to his'-fam
ily that lie, had with' him as much
as fifty dollars in money. At the
time he left be was somewhat
under the influence of liquor, but
lie had no liquor with him. He
was seen by a neighbor going
Along the public highway late in
the afternoon of the above nam
ed day, ami since that time if
any one his Keen him it has not
been reported.
For two weeks his fumily
thought little of it, for he is a
man who drinks at times and
was not any too devoted to his
people when under the influence
of liquor. They were under the
impression tliat he . w,as visiting
among some, of his relatives.
About a week .ago the people
in his section became aware of
hiisdisappearwnce and search was
m,iTf'i " pftof 01 las where
great interest was at once.' aroused-
It was remembered thait he
bad spells with his heart when
drinking. It was ah-M recalled
that he was kicked on the head
,in Winston some weeks ago by a
anule and badly hurt. He left
home, without selling all bis tobac
co ami there was almost nothing
to indicate that he had deserted
his people.
All this left tlbe invpreKsnon hat
Ji wh dftd. possibly, and his
body lying somewhere in
neighWhood without burial.
When this idea got abroad every
man in five miles' of his horn,
with a very few exceptions, quit
business anil every foot of land
for miles around has U-en search
ed. It tho opinio now that
if Ins body in within five miles
of bis homo it must bo under the
water, for tlie scajrch has been
00 thorough that Had lie been in
that wet ion he would have been
found.
Ttdegrams have been sent to
distant joints where he is sup
jtoscd to have gone should ho I'
out of the country, but not the
least civ id e nee has yet been sc
tuml as to wih ere- ha may he.
lie rait-cd eighteen barns of
tobacco hurt year and had six
lianiH about ready to sell, and
there it no reason for his leaving
his home and family that is
known to his people. 1 1 is farm
is one of the in that sec-
lion and is worth not less than
ix thousand dollars. He leaves
a wife and twelve children.
Any information, about him
will be aijfpreciated by his people.
He is- about, forty five years of
fige, is of medium heighth. rath
er heavy, weighings pos-sibly ICO
Us. rel face with sandy mus
tache. Seme Hcg Killing Hints.
''rogressi ve Farmer.
Before killing hogs get
a
hermonu-ter, such
as are usital
tubaeeo, and
v used in curing
f test t!i' water.. For grown lios!
have th.c water ls." degrees, fori
young hogs, lti.") tlegrets. I'.y J- i
.serving this there will K no
dsnger of getting the hair "Ket."
Kill not more than three hugs
before K-alding 'a ud butelnTimr.
When thiwe are fiiL:hcd, kill ot h- prest-H. tJo-m in the tim re
ers. lie sure (id l.-t the animal seriln-d by liw or this md'u-e will
ieat get ut of the e arenas be-1 U 'ph-ad in liar of their e-ilbe-J'ore
salting. Salt it well and tion. C. S. Cilmer Kxr.
d not unpaek. until the melt is
ready to hang up.
AN INTERESTING LAW SUIT.
Thirty Thousand Dollars Involv
ed Surry Girl Resorts to the
Courts to Obtain, Her Right.
In the state oa Indiana, in a
county court, attorney O. E .
Snow, of Pilot Mountain, on Wed
nesday began the trial of a suit
that involves a nice sum of tmun
fy", some thirty flhousand' dollar.
The story, which is not the
brightest charpter in our local
history, is about as follows:
A quarter (if a century ago
thTe lived in tli Pilot Mountain
Seotion two young people, Miss
Kllum Cook and Everitt Cox. . A
daughter was born'to Miss Cook
out of wedlock ami report said
that Everitt Cox was the father
of the child. In tlhe course of
time Oox went west and made
his permanent home. He acquir
ed valuable land and when he
died! a year ago he wbus supiwxl
to own proerty to the value of
thirty thousand dollars. During
all the years he is said to have
sent money back! to his daughter
at different timps.
Ellen Cook remained' single and
lived with her daughter to whom
she gave the name of Daisy. The
baby developed into a beautiful
child and w hen it was eld enough
to talks it was learned that the
little one Was both dealf and
dumb. When she wa.s old enough
she was sent to the institution
that the 1 state provides for this
unfortunate class and was educat
ed there. She is now a young
woman, twenty three vears of
age and rather good looking.
When Mr. Cox died a vear aeo
in Indiana he had brothers and
sisters in that state who laid
claim to his property, he having
ney married. Attorney O. F.
y jtj funjMoyeti 10 aeieTft
that state and the ease was set
for trial on Wednesday of this
week.
Lawyer Sno and Mi-s Cook
left Pilot Mountain last Sunday
to attend the court and will be
away for as much as ten days.
The law that applies in a case
of this kind is interesting' and is
something like the following. Trte
old English eutinn, known as the
common law, governs in suck cas
es where no statute has;bcen made
by legislative ldies. The old
English law waa that a child
',hom out of wodkK'k was Nullius
J'Uius, that is, to put at in Lng
Lsh, NoilMKly's mm. Anl the
child could never become heir to
any property exeopt that belong
ing to its mother. lliere wasi
long ago recognize what became
known as common law iiiarriagejs,
whidli were the result oif con
tran't betw(Hj a man and a wo
man, but in which no legal mar
riago was ever performed . A
child fby a common, law marriage
wjls cavtitiled to its father's es-
twte if the marriaee could be
linn n. IV I' i'r x,iiir in i t i"fs .I ii
H,t,',"1"' riiolu-d among
lb v, n.1 iioi'i-nwi i" ......
the Cither admitted the marriage
ami the fliifld to be hi.s own.
In the present case the fact
that money was sent back, here
from time to time to the mother
of the child, is not admirable in
court for the fact tint Miss Kl
h'i Vok w the onb' witness to
. i ' . r .... 1 .1... i..f ii i.miik.
U I I. U I nil. I tiur ''"'.III v i I
. . i .... (,'d bruin. .Not knowing w
(ixitent witness ai:l by the rules.
e 't . oil....... i )n In' bear was dead or how
of ewdeiwe is not allowed to
testify in the. ease.
Uut they eliiin that witnesses
can be secured in Indiira who
w 11 testfy to he tact tliat xx
admitted on various oeec'ions
that, he had a d.'.i.glter bncK 'n
this state..
If a jury decides th't Mi-s
Cook is his daughter, and tliat he
fo admitted the fact, then she
will heroine sole heir to all his
pro'MM'ty, otherwise bis brothers
and .sisters will irct it.
Those in positron t know
tliink' that Miss (m k has a very
fair chance to win the suit.
Having
of the w
Executors Notice.
uitr iiualilKM as exe-uror
ill ( Uev. J. A. Ciilnier;
; all l.irties owing the estate will i
; make ptiit ayment anl sivej
; cost, and all parties holditigj
i elaiuus asraiawt. the estate . will
(IrvensWo, N. C. 11. F. 1).
Nov. A), PJ13.
EXC1TIN0' BEAR HUNT
IN BURKE MOUNTAINS.
One of the Largest' Bears in that
Section Was Deamed and Final
ly, Killed,
Morganton, Jain. 10. There are
many places in the old ' north
state that one can go to enjoy
himself, but very few places thAt
one, can get more real enjoyment
than' at the home 'of Jim Parkft'
in Linvilk? townhhip, Hurke coun
ty. It is a most luMpitable home
ant strangers are alwavs welcome
and arc trated to th very btt,
that thus rich Linv'ule bottom'
laml cavtafford.
' Thrtime hais long passed, when
big gam' was' plentiful but there
are still a few bears and other
large game left in the mountains
up the Linville river and1 back of
the Table ltock, ami there is no
greater pleasure than for John,
Charlie and'Jiud Parks to take
you on a camping trip of three
or four days up the river ' with
their celebrated bob tailed bear
hounds. In the davs 'of Daniel
lltoono perhajis no , mora thrillintf
event took! place than did abou
two weeks ago when on, the head
of the chimney branch one of the
largest, bears killed in years was
demicd and killed by the Parks
loys ami a company of friends
composed of Ed ftp.ainhour, Pete
Fox and Pert Wwe. It happen
ed in this wise: The "stander"
were pjaced on the Chimnv ridgf
which ridge is the main ridge lea1
rng fnom the top of the moun
tains and- 'Which a bear must ne
cessarily cross in going either up
or down the river. The "driv
ers," or men who eo with the
honu.ls and seethat the dugs iget
over and aronud cliffs, etc., then;
drove aromid the east side of
S?h orM), mo u nta i n a4lri.d
the monving the bear trail was
struck. The honuds trailed tVwn
Linville river . over about five
miles of the rough tt country east
of tihe R(Hiki'S, one would imagine
if he could hut see it and then
across the Chimney ridge where
the slanders were placed.
Every man was quiet ami near
er and nearer around the moun
tain and up the ridge the bear
came direct, to Pete Fox who
iflaced a shot behind his left
shoulder hu thru in was a little to
far off and on he. went after hav
ine been fired at seven more
trines by Pete. The bear went "
on for about two miles and was
finallv denned in a cliff which
was the most ideal den possible.
It was only Urge enough for the
bear to get in easily awl was hol
lowed out inside and sloped grad
ually downward ir:s:de. The
openir.'sr was on trtw side of the
mountain and was therefore very
difficult to get at him. On
reaching the den the men began
wondering how thev were to pet
him out "when all at ( nee out the
the
cr w
Shots were fired' at him and he
tumid back; to his d-Mi. Th;s
stunt waw repeateI several trines
until at lat his eyes were shin
'il inside the cave an I Kd Spaiu
hiur ti k aim aid fired not know
inir wh -ther or not he had. killed
lrm. The ipiiestion thei'. iros ps
; ti who would go in and see about
hether
many
other hoars tlier" wit' in the
e ve. Ed S')iiiih nr. tiut to his
aim that he had t ik "i. un1il h"
trappii'. aid crawled into tlu
.cave. The first place, so Ed stys.
that he put h" hand, wa.s ir the
bear's mouth since he thotV'ht
tiie bear was lying with his head
to he side, but to his horror the
head v-s the firt iliint of eon -
tact. Th-n realiir.g that the;;) - ; t ! er.u-.gh t; put a gui-' in;
bear was ' f eoin.se d 'ad, he hitch-; h:s I t-N himI daie h'.'m to f:re.
ci a buck ..V in. to the bear's heels! Main a man talks threateningly !
an I yelled to the f dlows .-vitfs'de
to pr;il hi- feet and pulled him.
:iuy ait so ami out eame M
and tlie bear. Tin- bear wa.s tlieii
tied t'l'tthrr by the fttt and h
Vi le run tlm.uirh ard va borne
ihmiic in tins manner. Midi us a
liunt on Iniville th ugh it is
doubt Ail if (iut such a hunt vi!l
occur airain for yeain.
Th. hears in this mountain are
i of wonderful ei:durnce. The '
three days before Cliristinas a i
large bear was struck sutli of!
I.inville river on the I.iuville '
mountain nide and chased three i
lavs, onlv stjoppiriff at niirht nndj
taking tin track, u aga.n m-tnejin n.y
morning. iSnow then began to
fall and the chase had to-' stop
but only for a few days for . the
day after Christmis'the iunt was
started again hd after .'three,
more days' rnmung, the bear was
killed r.ear Prtn mountain hy
Air. Aldredge, who lives between
Table Jlock and 'the Hawk's Bill.--
Two Hundred Men Fanned By
' State.
,..
NW3 nd Observer, '6th.
Tlie. State Prison Board yester
day hrr-d two hundred convicts
fr'-m the. . State's Prison and put
them' ro'work at $1.50 a day. each
The first batch went . to .the
Hardaway Consfruction Company
of Whitney anil they will work
on tht dam at Whitney. There
are 150 in this svniad. The other
force of 50 went to Itamlolph
county ynd Will work, on the
roads .'of that place.
In placing these the board' as
much pleased. It 1ms Win fight
ing the old plan of buihlinig rail
roads that may never have raihs
or locomotives and have stood
for the cash basis of hiring out.
The-State feed and guards the
men and the construction com
panies work them, .The rate is
considered very good and pays a
good profit to the State, students
of that phase of the State's af
fairs say.
Tlie larger batch will work on
one of the largest pieces of de
velopment in the world tod a v.
Whitney is to have $15,000,000
spent on it. Six years ago the
panic arrested and totally de
stroyed a venture o? $7,500,000 of
which $0,000,000 had.." n paid in
That tragic nraste , mi loss will
prove worthjVuos VMV Southern
Aluminum Ct uu 'will not even
usf the 1.it y 'sKiam wnnen
spafcs the Yf fiver and w
nam a u
a piece
The spectacular Narrows will
be developed and the gorge that
marks it as one of the freiks of
nature in North Carolina will be
flooded by the great dam which
the Sta.te" Prisoners will help to
build. They start to work in a
few days.
Dared Too Much.
It isn't wise- to dare too much,
.sometimes the other fellow calLs
the-bluff. In Virginia, the, other
ilsv two men fell out ami one
expressed tl desire to shoot the
rth. r if he had a eun. The oth-
cr fellow got a gun, bawled it
to the man who pnofessed to be
itching to shoot and dared him to
proceed. The flelow who was o
accommodating a.s to gvt the gun
of the other man to sltoot him
has Wen buried and' the man who
accepted the challenge ;s in jail.
In Spencer the other night, two
negroes, Andy Newkirk ail Sam
B-irber .fought ahout a woman.
Andy tix'k Sam'tf gun frcm him
and bent his heaxl almost to u
oul p. Then to further humiliat'?
his ur.fcvtunate rival, Andy hand
ed the pistol to Sam and itred
him to shoot. Sam had strength
rtrH-'h to null tin triffffer and
..! e:ei t motor jxiwer to hiKc ur
Mi' tall timber. The ball struck
Andy .mpiandy in the forehaed.
-but the skull was too thick ami)
it ;K UL'lied axoui:u aiiKl Mine out
q? the tor of the head, leaving
liim in such cond.it irn that a fun
r I in iv b n eesssry. If an ir.
' : "nil exnress-.s a dcs:rt to. per
r.:.ite y vr hMe with h-deii pj-1-lfti,
ard you are absolutely suit1
Ii - hasn't ' a "wr.o!ii-"' h'lnl v.
you might casually remark that he
wouldn't had; if It? 'had . tl . gun.ioV (MM1ts a heid Based
I Tint unl.'.'s you an anxrus
i'iu:i this r ir. lai:
iV).;ere,
lon't
; ihout shoetirg who Jn-stt't th..
j slir.'htot ith a cf burning powd -r ;
'
Unit even tlierirrhst eowatu auve . ,,,irnt,v jl,ut r,ti-.ir- thf
'twill ordinarily d something if,.n,.i for sa,. ddarees
he is h-ard.d a pun and d m-d to
prrcerd, just whi-n he has been
i .. ..a..., i. . .; l.l .1.. u
lur.-i-uoi; im wiku ne u.-un "
he hail a irnn. tat. sviiie Laui-
mark.
CaiTh the I''ea?
lUve-U'v w I'it'tn
d'e-i'tre we
yoa used t) catch
arms
iT-'ic married
ne in your
lie Ves. and now I catch yout
PLANS FOR NATIONWIDE
FIGHT FOE SUFFRAGE.
Women Outline Campaign to Ob
tain Constitutional Amendment
Washington, Jan. ll.--Pian
for a givorous Nationwkjse canv
ptfigh to 'obtain a constitutional
amehitment giving' suf f raige to wo
men were outlined today by ' the
Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage. The program incjudies
a schilule of ''demonstrations,"
that will, according- to suffrage
leaders, "awaken the country as
never before '.to a realization of
the i3Kue and if "necessary trans
fer the majority in Congress to
a party that will stand for suf
frage." "We are perfectly willing to
have the Democrats pass theta
mennlment but i"by tlie close of
Congress' they h&ye nt taken ac
tion, wo will transfer our votes
"to-A. party that will act," said
Miss Jessie Hardy Stubha tonight
in announcing the union's plans.
It was eleieided at a meetinig to-
elay to transfer the energy of
the urnion to the West at the
close of the present ssion of
(Congress, Nevada, Slontana and
the Dakotas were niimed as the
SUites -upon whkdit the organi
zation will concentrate its ef
forts. . The, first of the " demonstra
tions" will W held in Washing
ton the last day of this month,
when 100 working women from
various States will urge tlie Pres
ident to support the suffrage
amendment. There will be meet
ing. held simultaneously through
outthe country on May 2 and a
Nalionaljrnass meeting in Wasli-imf-'ft-O-
pai gn id j su li rage organzauoiw
through-out the country and $,-
. i
110 was pleelgevl at to-day's meet-(.
intrs.
"We are going into every dis
trict of every member of Con
gress, known to us to be oppos
ed to woman suffrage," said Mks
Stuobs, "paying espeeial atten
tion to those where the eleetions
showed a narrow anargin for the
victors."
WiH Raise 'Possums and Get
Rich Quick.
Asheville, Jan. 9. Believing
that tli ere is always a market for
a well-ftd, fat ssum, Thoraaa
Israel, of Henderson conuty, has
conceived anl put into execution
the novel idea of raising 'pos
sums -to order, and to carry out
his idea, has enclosed a kirge plot
of ground on his place near Hen
dersonville, stocktHl it with 'pos
sums and is sutt'wig back! waiting
for his profits to materialize.
Mombers of the 'jxissum tribe,
made famous by Conner Presi
dent Taft, multiply very rapid
ly, Mr. Israel says, and he also
lhiniks that the nresciire enf the
domesticated animals will attract
large numbers of their brethren
from the nearby1 hills anl vales.
Eiguring all these factors into
t,ju, ,)ro.'jxvsition, he expects to
navp ftj)0ut n.m) 'posMims of
marketable aire at the end of two
j ears.
Tessums now bringing from
four to six bits (.) to "." cents)
apieee. and their skins, when pm-iicih-
Tirepansl, bring an equal
Miaouiit. Figuring every possible
eatsstrche into the account, Mr.
Israel thinks he can ra'se the sav-
or tieiicacv at a rest cr anoiu
on his
l,iothi - r figures, th-s woul 1 give a
pr fit o'f from a dollar to a
d)i'a:- .umJ
a euartt-r on every
animal.
At.. i ,i,..:.i,..i
I ..I . Iiilfi ill,! liet-Ml,'AI LW
; ajj( ., to eol.,.r tju. 'possruii
ma, k,"t as vet. but he is in dead-
ani
that He
Veil-
wi, m.)k(, in,u,PV
js, .j-vj,,,, i,;s rlt l in the
. . ....
ttirc lv spelUlllH' las metlev
.supplies to st ut the farm.
re -
of
ast
im -
No Race Suicide Here.
Wad -boro M-'-sei'ecr.
Ciiol" Wash Mclvindon, a
-Methbe tld clorsd iirui
' LsnelM)ro twnshijv. died 1
Week. Uinde Wflh had, AQ 1
dei1(Md, IJ7 chihlrHii.
to all
Jwlrom wei ? given Biblical mimes.
HUNDRED GALLONS, OF
WHISKEY SIEZED.
Togrcther With an- Alleged Block-
Winstoq-Journsjl, l.'ith. '. ;
. nerwi Mrite. ot MOKfseounxv,
and his deputies located andreap
turel near Walnut Cove ln.st. Sat
irrday night an allegwl bhx-.kad-er,
Perry Dillon, of ' patrt
county, Va., and seized-100-gul-lons
of ' whiskey, a two-horse
wagon. 2 horsts, a mule and a
saddle.- '
Dillon was phveed in jail at
Danbury .and Deputy Collector
V. H. Havne.s went down to Wal
nut (fve and' took charge of the
!irojcrty, which he brought tto
ivv irwon-rsalem r yesterxlay even
ing. The horses anil mule were
lft with, the Fisher Livery (Com
pany and the corn whiskey was
stored in the government storage
house here.
This is the same team that was
captured in Stokes count- last
November by Sheriff Slate of
that county, at which time they
arrested a man by the name of
Job' Wood, who was in charge of
it. He was released on bond by
the State authorities in Stokes
and early in December, the team
taken from Wood was bonded out
by him ami' other parties, put
ting up $.")0. . It has bee.n learn
ed, it hi said tliat 'Perry Dillon
is the real owner of the team.'
This man comes from a section
of Patrick county where ft is
said that a great deal ef "the
anient" is being , manufactured
and from which place hrge quan
tities of it are be'uuj hauled into
Stokes, Rock iiYzharn, and Forsyth
counties. And it is not thought
that a great deal of difficulty is
experienced in find hie a mark
et for it in the "dryl territory.
It was the ecrurJH impressioa
f6m Dillon,erVor TP ivhoT
lives in this county, near 'alker-
.. puty Collector. Haynes. of
town. Following up tnis lmpres-
Mt. Airv. Sheriff Flynt, of For
syth, nd Sheriff Slate, 'of Stokes
county, went to his home yester
iay evening, but no whisky was
found. There were, however, a
large number of empty kegs and
barrels lying 'about the place.
The w'hisky that is seized by
the revenue officers "and placed
in the government storage honse
here is disposed of under siecial
arrangements made with 'the' In
ternal Revenue Department by
Collector Brown, who was serv
ing when the prohibition law
went into effect. The serzed
whisky is advertised for 00 diys,
so th-at the owner may have am
ple time to put in a claim for it.
If no one appears, it is advertis
ed for sale for 10 days' at end
of -which time it is put up for
sale and Wd off liy tho deputy
collector at the amount of the
taxes for the govern mert. It w
IJien shipivnl into Virginia, where
it is resold.
Believe Slain Man Paid Assassin
To Kill Him.
Berwiok, Penn., Jan. 8. That
William Iechtenfeld, whose body
was fou ml riddled with bulhits in
Briar Creek! township on Decem
ber 19, paid $' for his own mur
der is the conclusion announced
tod.-ny by the plice who have
been working on the case. Lech
tenfeld, they say, funiishwl the
revolver, bought the. cartridges,
hired the a-sassin to commit the
deed, ami sfrood in the bushes
while the fellow aimed ami fir
enl. To prove this, the State con
stabulary erfficers have an amaz
ing array of evidence. ,
Thv motive of the crime was
liking from the first. There ya
every indication of suicide with
the physical impossibility of it.
If., li.i.l tlirf.;lte?Ki! jSUU'Ble OV
I ntuWiriir Imt feftr-
etl to t:ik u is me inv.uin- in- r
, . i , . 1. itf . . V. 1...
Hieve-d hsi soul would 1m' damn'.
In :i suloou be f fli-red money '
a man to kill him. and it h,
or . .... , , . . ,
i.t.een ta!M!l!e(l tliat !;e leu 11
!leon with a str.tntie foreisrnj
Uilthouirli nothir.g was thought!
I it at the tiine.
J. The belief that he paid Ur
i own murd r i supported b
fact tint he lad money a boy
! amiiin t he offered for the
; w hen he left heme and t!f
was lltth on bin person
IhmIv was fonud.
I