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FMOGMESS
. A, WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1911.
VOL. XV NO. 48.
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CRIMINAL DOCKET ENDED COUNTY RURAL SCHOOLS MILLS SHUT DOWN.
DAVID'S BOMBARDMENT
two
two
months on roads.
Martin Duncan, larceny,
months on roads.
Cid Hemphill, retailing,
months on roads.
Wifliam Sullivan, beating board
bill, two months on roads.
"Sis" Smith, retailing, three
months on roads.
Jim Frances manufacturing li-
qour, six months on roads.
The jury in the case of T. M
Hicks, admr. of W. Y. Hicks, vs
.the Western Union Telegraph Co.
and Marion Light & Power Co. in
which the plaintiff asked for $20,-
"000 as damages because of alleged
injuries resulting in the death of
W. Y. Hicks while in the employ
ment of the Western Union, re
turned a verdict against the West
ern Union Telegraph Company
awarding the plaintiff $5,000.
Civil Docket This Week Jury in Value of Property, Enrollment and Drouth Closes 152 Plants . In The Continues His Argument That the
Demage Suit Awards $5,000 Other Interesting Facts in Carolinas 70,000 Operatives South Was Not Justified in
Elliott Not Guilty. Supt. Giles Report. Out Of Employment. Continuing the War.
The criminal docket was cleared From the annual report of Coun- Charlotte, July 31. As a dim- Now Saul, let us stop for a min
Priday, the grand jury completing ty Superintendent Giles to the State ax to the unprecedented, drouth uto and get our bearings before w
their work Thursday evening. The Superintendent of Schools, are this section is experiencing, 152 drift farther in thU debut. Wo
civil docket was taken up Friday gathered some interesting facts and cotton mills in North and South are arguing, or trying to at leu
and will continue through this figures about the rural schools of Carolina shut down today because that the South was justitiible in
week as there are several impor- the county, and when compared the water in Catawba river is so carrying on the last two years of
tant cases. A recess was taken with the reports of previous years low the Southern Power company the war.
from Saturday noon till Tuesday the educational progress of the cannot supply the plants with ow I would not attempt to ar-
morning. county is shown. According to power. jrU0 this delicate question if I
The jury in the case of State vs the report just made there are 61 It is estimated that 70,000 oper- meant to allow myself to bo iti-
A: E. Elliott returned a verdict of rural school houses in the county, atives are thrown out of employ- fluenced by those ikxjLs, lecturers
not ffuiltv. Other cases on the 52 white and 9 colored, valued at ment. It is expected that work an() statesmen of whom you spoke
criminal docket were disposed of approximately $50,000. Four of will be resumed in two days. It and who have filled the annals of
as follows: the houses have been built during has been many weeks since rain of our Southern literature with all
Will Vaugh, a. d. w., five months the past year at a total cost of any consequence has fallen and lo- that noisy chant out the "lost
roa(is $1,600. All of the houses built in cal weather bureau records show a cause," "Southern manhood."
Will Brown and Guss Greenlee, recent years are modern structures deficiency of 50 per cent, in pre- "Southern chivalry etr
larcenv, fined $27 and costs. and well equipped, there being cipitation for this section. You have said vou could under-
Julius Brvson, a. d. w., two I only eight log school houses now OreeKs which have not gone ury sUnfj whv a Northern tnn wmiM
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months on roads. in the county and four of these are in -io years are muanoies, ana uis- alUlct lhPS uih uM:ue nf
JoflSftruffffs. rocking house, four used by colored schools. Four tress among the rural population . ,. f h- , of
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houses have been repaired and re- dependent for water on wells is ppjp Now I want to ask you if
modeled during the past year, and great. Mountain streams 10 ine jt ls not jUqt as reasonable to tup-
contracts have been let for the west, upon wmcn iiounng mius, . f . npn mn ,
building of several new houses and tanneries and cotton mills are de- just M n(ylCfi n the nnposite dir.
for repairs on others. pendent for power, have dwindled MWH.:,iiv nci, he ;s the
There are 64 school districts in to mere brooks in some instances, . . . f , , D:no, M
the county, 52 white and 12 color- and many enterprises have been U d lho mosl nsilivft tU 5-
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ed, two of which have no houses iorceo w snui uown. v,rups r and nottrst termor of nv
at present. During the past ses- burning up in the helds. Many
sion there were 49 schools which farmers in this and adjoining coun
had one teacher, 17 had two or ties, despairing of a corn crop,
more teachers, and in 20 of the have chopped down the ypung corn
schools high school subjects were and are using it for feed, while the
m a I 1 A. . T J 1 - V, s. m 4 ft I
taught. Twenty-nine districts or not widus arc pmyiuK an( annomositi which havo rhar-
the county have a local tax and in cotton. acterized the South since the war
4.1 flin niramnA farm io P.ltlPQ and t)W1) tO the HOTth . i -t t
iuesouisuiv,w imoovcioKo io i ; and has ciogeu tne wnecis or nro-
133 days, while in the others the and west of Charlotte are lacing , . . , ,
average is only 115 days. There the ordeal of a water famine that Lauscs som 0f us to continue to
.w 111 a- t !i . I lL! A! iM In AvnA.innnmrv A t I
are 2 i rural lioranes in me wniie tu oaiicuuu,uik.
and one in the colored schools, Salisbury, Concord, Spencer, Mon-
with a total of 3,000 volumes. roe, Wadesboro and other places
The school census shows 5,237 the water supnly problem has
white and 600 colored persons in reached the serious stage and meas
the county of school age (between ures of economy are being rigidly
6 and 2i years) of which 3,276 enforced. The situation in Ohar-
white and 252 colored are enrolled lotte has not improved materially.
.i i .1 i mi I tV.y-ii-rK tVift antlinritipc m wnrbinc
in tire rural scnoois. iim average i.uwuKu ...v. v
daily attendance of the whites in night and day on the problem.
the rural schools during the past Feeling that the distress of the
session was 2,434, colored 161. people is not being relieved as
During the session 45 first grade promptly as was hoped by means
white teachers and 3 first grade of tanK trains irom me river at
colored teachers were employed in Mount Holly, the oilers of water
. . t tt 1 T!
fV, rol enhnnk. from uastonia, oneioy ana im-
there wms pUinlj do hope.
Yes, you say there was bopo
Well it depends on what you call
hope. You hire referred mo to
the history of that period anil I
find that before the close of C3tha
South was failing to recruit her
arraiet as fut m they were beinjs
kill-!. Early in G the South be
gan to looc Lyi in-uion of tho
North was a failure. Huehl wli
advancing through Kentucky aad
Tenncs.e sweeping ererythicg aa
he went; Hooker and Tbomm bad
won the battle of Mmioaary
Hidge; Grant, who had prorea
himwlf an eCicicnt commdcrt.
was ilowly but lunely gaining
ground about Richmond; Shcrmia
people under the sun. So in thi
argument it is my desire tn trr
a Southern man to look th tnr
squarely in the face and rnie my
self above, th narrow prejudice
hate the Yankee.
first, l wani lo ay
mrKt ern
had announced his intention J to
march to the sea and Johcsioo
Ie, Wheeler and Forrest wcro
failing to check him or cut him off
from the source of his supplies aad
recruits. Jackson. Sidney. John
ston, and Stuval had ben killed.
Shilo, Spotsilvania, Vicksburg,
Missionary Kidgts and Gettysburg
had bcn fought and lent, leaving
thnus-and of Southern olJien
desd never to be replaced, whllo
the North was receiving fresh re
cruits every day and were really
just beginning to fight in earnest.
W'xs this hope I If it U I would
like for you to tell me what black
despsir would look like.
Granting for the ake of argu
ment that those men still fought
willingly CTta when all was lost,
was it not the duty of Jeff Davis
and his cabinet to put a slop to
that merciless war :n the name, of
civilization and humanity! If the
mn of the South were so blinded
by haired and passion and in this
respect had sunk to the, level of a
phatically, that I haven't a word to barbarian it ws all the mora th
Dysartsville Dots.
Dysartsville, .July 31. On last Wed
nesday night Mrs. Hntchins' barn was
"burned, burning two nrales. Loss esti
mated at $800. Origin of the fire nn
known.
Mrs. Anna Taylor and Miss Margaret
are gnests of W. L. Kirksey, at Mor
ganton.
Mrs. Charles Kirksey, William and
James, of Morganton. were visitors
here last week.
B. T. Daves was a juror last week
and the mail was carried by a supply.
John D. Laughridge has built a porch
to the front side of his house.
Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Walker were vis
itors at Jesse Walker's, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P Knox and baby,
of Statesville, were guests of J. L. Cow
en last week, Mr. Knox will travel but
Mrs. Knox and the baby will remain
sometime.
Fulton Landis was a visitor here Sunday.
say against those old veteran vnu
and Bob Taylor so loudly praise.
Truly they arc due nil the honor
and credit a great people can be
stow, yet we cannot overlook the
fact that many of them fought lie.
cause they were forced to. Some
because of their hatred and a few
no doubt because they felt it wa
their duty. In our day so far re
moved from those troublesome
times wo are so struck with the
I - . i . J I I Q kill 3UMAV1I J W vi t I tiling
Sit vp.fl.rs ftffO
there were only 49 colnton were today acceptea ana
rural school houses in the county, tank tra.ns brought n ton.Cht 50 - .$
16 of which were log houses, and 000 gallons from each place This
the value of the property was only is ban pumped into the city CQn j not hmvp
$19,120. At that time there were mains oy menus u. ure CuK.u,
duty of that cabinet, which had
assumed the dreadful rrponibtl
ity of the confederacy, to hold
them in check, and why they did
not will remain one of the unan
swered qutions of the ages unless
we agree that they too were to
blin led that they allowed it to go
on to satisfy their own hatred.
As to the Southern mothers, I
have nothing for thera but word
of praise and tears of sympathy.
Yes, they are just as worthy of tho
claim of patriotism as anr who
ever won fame and glory on the
ftVld of carnage, but all the philo
sophers dead and living could ner-
i .i tn? i
Mi i. nk.:i it . r mate me ueucve mey wuuccij
only three local tax districts and and an additional steamer borrow- M who clVe up the.r younc k. to bo
the average term in these were 105 ed from Columhia, b. U, will aug- conripts to shot down in the early morninff of
days compared with 62 7-10 days ment the local 6re apparatus m of sofrcrintrhow youth when they were o aueh
in the other schools. The enroll- this work tomorrow. It is hoped skimmcj thc buRS and worms needed at home and at that leader
ment in the schools of that year by Wednesday to resume an econ- off their soupwcnt a whole BCC when they were to dear to
was 2.605 whites and 520 colored omic service through the mains. n , mrh on man thera and neled so much the puid-.
;i 4i .mmfr Tt has been Cut Oil Since early rn-l ..... , , , , inflMonr nf hnmn mrl mother-
Miss Olley Price, of Cliffside, has Pupns, wim tuc w Wu should cat in a day ana lay mKe -K
i m m m -v em -m a. . m mrm m t am , t . m m mrw n. t mm mw mw am. mm n v
school census was ,uoi wmresauu Ut nii?hts from hunircr. Ask him, aouufc ",c -
The Asheville Citizen's Great ih dni dcsrl "unlrj I vl Z
The Ashev lie umzen s ureat m hcr OWQ dcAr
Popularity Contest. fcar of tho dcscrUsr,8 dcath did not the patrioUc devotion to country.
The Asheville Citizen is con- keep some of them from being U to my mind only another
ducting a great popularity contest traitors for no other purpose than exhibition of her Christian forti-
TV, JWVa nd MoTlnwell Sine-1 nnrtoin xvhn ro thn most nonu-1 rrt rWnf from their hunger . tudo and numoie auommion 10 100
commiiiiity would sell for more, having . convention meets at Dysarts- lar people in Western North Caro- These are painful facts your wor- inentoble consequences of the tad.
ZZlZlT.. ville, N. C., Friday, August 25th. lina. $5,640 in valuable prizes are thy -poets, lecturers and states- "
The farms with these conveniences All parties expecting to take a to given away, and already men" overlook. Why? Because corded in the history or Uien
bring no better crops than they did be- choir are requested to write the great interest is being taken m tho it casts a reflection upon those men race-
lore. But when the tax assessor comes following committee on entertain- contest. who forced him to fight, a fact
along, he says we must raise the assess- ment to-wit: W. N. Laughridge, . f th Q d which w0 cannot blame them to be
Zr'ZT. ""r"XUi -------J J. ivi. VTOionn ami Vn I r-: ci 7n nhalmers Auto- ashamed of, and any man who is
r snr- crivinff number of cnoir so an win xuc, v-.- .
pleas- provided for. Every body is mobile, down to a $20.00 Eastman willing to lay aside his prcjuchcc
. .r i . - t i m . .;n ami nil that cilit? ti nerfii!il nti-
3B- - -liriTTitorl tft fnmft. I KvlOlT. I wRIiLY-tJLltJ UWUIW iu I uuu I . . : A. t
t pT gjiEix, -Pres. wn North Carolina" will re- ment about the Souths will blush Tf oSl
P- , . . , , . , " TVT TT-ii ceive valuable prizes, and we hope for shame that those tn authority building on Lccoir Collro
ire destroyed the freight depot E. P. CrawfordVof Sugar Hill, . . of rcaders wjU bo at Richmond compelled those poor campus in honor of the late Dr. IL
-uwuuie ouuuay mommg. lue Men luesaay iur -uin.WnnmW. men to remain in tho ncld when A. loucr.
wgm of the fire is unknown. I a position witn toe w- ' ;
been vifdtinff here several davs
W. T. Landis, of Sonth Carolina, is 414. colored. The average daily
visiting here now. attendance of the whites was 1,544,
What shall we say of improvements, colored
anyway? we duiio. cnurcn iiuueo,
OVlLUUl HUUt5H UUU JJU.ctA.t7 gUVAX lUttUO Cfeuv 1 , a
say these things enhance the value of Ringing bonvention
ourlands. It is true that land in a
crs re-
utnan
Dayiv Cuahk.
conveniences. So you, see that by stir- ff;ving nu
iu in it iit) me easier ana more pj
ant we burden ourselves with taxes
Zero.
During the joint Sunday School
Normal of the Tennessee and North
Carolina Lutheran Sync!, held at
Lenoir Colics, Hickory, Man