A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1913.
VOL XVII NO. 21
BURKE COUNTY FEU Dfv
Pitts and Hennessee Families Fight
Deadly Duel at 6len Alpine
Six Are Victims. - ;
Abel Pitts with three
knife wounds, the one under the
arm being the most serious. ,
It was first reported that M. N.
Hennessee was fatally wounded
but this was an error. He. ho w-
Morganton, Jan. 18. The blood- ever, has a broken iaw hone and a
iest and most desperate fight this numBer 0f severe bruises about the
section of the State has , ever wit- head and body, none serious,
nessed is reported from Glen Al- Policeman Sam Bennett who
pine, a little town six miles from made an attempt to stop the fight
Morganton, tonight, asthe. result received a load of buck-shot in the
of which six prominent men he abdomen and while his condition is
mortaiiy wounaea irom pisioi ana serious, hope is entertained for his
knife wounds. , recovery.
The fight is alleged to have re- The affair grew out of a fist fight
suited from a feud existing be- earlier in the day between Doctor
twcen tne rnxs ana , nennessee Hennessee and Gorman Pitts, the
lamines, wmcn reacnep: its cuimi- cause 0f the first fight not having
nation tomgni in a pisioi ana Kmie yet been learned. After the first
duel on the streets of Glen Alpine, g2bt Doctor Hennessee went to his
which lasted for 30 minutes and in borne, and arming himself, came
which one after another, was shot back on the streets, where he and
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down or cut to pieces wun, Knives. others of his relatives met the Pitts
Friends of both families rushed and the ficht was on. It is said
to the assistance of their friends, tbat Doctor Hennessee in addition
only to find themselves engaged in to having a revolver, also had a
a bloody conflict and received pro- Winchester rifle and a long phy
bably fatal wounds. All the avail- sicians knife on his person. The
Bble physicians in Morganton were Pitts crowd too were expecting
rushed to the scene and telephone trouble it seems and were likewise
messages state that several of the armed.
octal JfctvjF
Grand Lodge of Masons.
Meeting'in annual comraunua
tinn with an attendance of over 500
At the meeting of the Twentieth delegates, the Grand lodge of
Century Club at the home of Mrs. Masons last week in Kaleigh trans-
Pescud Craig pn Morgan street, acted considerable business. It
the Club members began a review was decided to postpone action on
of the art of sculpture and paint- the code revision until the comma-
ing, beginning with its earliest nication in 1014.
period. The subject for this even- Grand Master W. B. McKoy
ing-was The Madonna. The Ma- declined re-election and the officers
donna, by Mrs. E. A. Thomas; elected and installed are:
Story of Sistine Madonna, Mrs. Graml Maslcr. Dr p. M. Win
Hudgins; Murillo's picture of the tester, Charlotte; deputy grand
Virgin Mary, Mrs. Giles; History master prof J T Aidcrmanf
of Madonna of Chair, Mrs. Bird; Henderson: senior crand warden.
Poem by Eogene Field, Mrs. A. p.p Hobgood, Jr., Greensboro;
Dl 1 I - t l A. A, I -
omowu. vjpiesoi buoui veuiy janior grand warden, A. B. An-
fiveof the noted Madonnas master rfrews, ,Jr.,Rlcieh; grand trens-
pieces of the most famous artists
urer, Leo D. Heartt, Ualeigh;
of the world were used for study Lj secretary, John C. Drcwry,
and observation.
This program was one of special
interest to all present and it was
continued at the meeting held with
Mrs. D. F. Giles. At this meet-
ing Mrs. Pless read an excellent
Kaleit h.
The appointive officers namfd
by Grand Master Winchester and
installed at the same time were:
grand lecturer, K. S. Ed wards.
Topia; senior grand deacon. Dr. C.
naperon painting; Mrs. WinborocJr Pr:d Kiiwtnn: innior nd
The Ancient Mosaics of Ravenna, deacODf QeortfoS. Norfleet, Win-
wnen tne wors oi an were por- ston45alpm; Rrand marshflif H. A.
trayed by minute particles of glass r , GIlnton. ffrand DUrsuivant.
wounded are being brought to In tne affray, according to an hometimes 10,000 tiny U a B well.. Vhi takers; grand
. am - a niDfiuo urura i m-u v f in rm K a. .
tjrace Hospital ; here. ! eve-witness, t lere were at least 100
Sheriff Berry, with a large posse sh0ts fired including several loads
of deputies, left for the scene of of buckshot, but fortunately after
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Ibe conmct ana automooues are on the secoDd shot fired from the
the way to bring the wounded who Winchester rifle, the gun clogged
are abje to be moved to the hos-ana refUsed to fire, thus probably
pital nere. I savins? several lives. In addition
Telepnone messages state tnat to the sfrots fired there are at least
Dr.E. A. Hennessee is shot through 10o knife wounds on the six in
the lungs and bead and cannot live jured men, mute evidence of the
until midnight, while three other bloody affair.
men, Gorman Pitts Ervin Pitts .
and Policeman Sam Bennett, are Ash ford News.
seriously if not fatally shot, and Ashford, Jan. 20 Miss Mabel Sides of
pieces were used in one portrait stewards R. a Cantw-ll, Wil-
Mrs. w. . wood gave an excel-1.. w n RffCr, CW-
lent article on Design. Copies of . . .. IL f , Rrftdlpv,
several famous pictures wereshown RaiiiKhf grand hiitorimn, Marshall
as perrect examples in design, ana Haywood, Ralcieh, grand
Mrs. Ui es read the story wbict i Mjlistailt ffrana sccrcUrVf W. W.
prompted the portrayal of one of WilsoQf Iu!eiub
mem.
The last meeting was held at the
M. N. Hennessee and Abel Pitts ConneUy Springs and Miss Ada Sides of
are mortally wounded, and others Greensboro, visited their sister, Mrs. J
r ur 1 j C. Connelly, last week.
WUam wavtaI TVMn vrr A AmnflAn 1 .1
Tiucu iDvuiycis daughter, Mrs. J C. Brown, Saturday Qf j Q Grifiin.
the desperate ngnt continued witn night and Sunday. He was accompanied
home of Mrs. J. Q. Gilkey on last J r
Friday afternoon. The program lhe bavoy lheatro win reopen
being The Masters of the Fifteenth aDoul ine 01 coruary wun a
and Sixteenth Centuries. Twenty ntgn-ciass enieriainmcni in mouon
members were oresent at this biffh- UJ,cturvs A company or expen-
I A ft
lv entertaining meetinc and all eDCed men backcd ln0 rolina
" I t'I n f r ft 1
found the social hour and the study rum vxmpany 01 snc-
hour equally delightful. ville, of which C. N. Justice is
The next meeting is at the home manager, have taken charge of this
theatre aud it is their intention to
show three reels daily of the very
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fcnives, and men lying weaKened nome oy ms uiue granoson, v,nanira Mr and Mrs L q Uriffin were best pictures as well as the latent
in their own blood tried desperate- Brown. at home to the members of the hn illttmtpd enn nd music
lytoend the lives of theiiL an- Woodo:Marion gpent the day here last Bible' Class of the Presbyterian These gentlemen endeavored to
tagonists.
Friday, bird hunting.
the local hospital. Their condition
is serious.
inree or tne wounde9 men were gk f. Bradley, or Forest Uity, was a
brought down on train No. 16 to I pleasant visitor at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Brown Sunday.
Mr. -and Mrs. C. E. Laughridge of
Bostic, visited the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Brown, Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mrs. Emma McOall left Saturday for
Union Mills where her sons Todd and
Claud are in school. She was accom
panied by her little grand daughter,
Lonnie McCall, who will enter school
there.
. Mack Lonon and Green Chapman
went to Marion Saturday. .
The school here ' will close Friday,
Jan. 81. An entertainment will be
Morganton, Jan. 19 The des
perate fight between the Pitts and
Hennessee factions at Glen Alpine
last night has been the general sub
ject of conversation here today. .
Dr. E. A. Hennessee, who was
thought to be dying when brought
to Grace Hosnital here last night.
alli4 t.Vnc mnrmncr nd wq tolrP.n given. The public is invited to attend.
, t 1 o 1. . M. C. Caldwell, and daughter, Lizzie,
w -uocwr uuug s oauuturiuui, at went to Johnson City, Tenn., Sunday.
Statesville, on an early tram today Izi will enier scnooi mere. .
tur breainieuii. nc racivcu iuui
bullet wounds either of which may
prove fatal, one feeing in the cnest,
in the region of the lungs. In ad
dition to this his jaw bone is bro-
Sunday School, Tuesday evening, ghow lhe famoua -NicU Carter
January 9. Thirty-eight guests en
joyed the hospitality of their pleas
ant home. Several interesting con
tests were held which necessitated
the sharpening of the wits consid
erably. Then the guests were
ushered into the dining room where
pictures last week, but owing to a
a series of unfortunate circum
stances, one of which was a bad
machine, their first effort was- not
a great tuccess. However, they
wish to state to the public that the
shows to be iriven in the future
the hostess, assisted by Mrs. P. A. I wf n be real ones. A new outfit
Reid and Mrs. John Hopper, scrv-
ied delicious refreshments. The
whole evening was one of delight
ful social' enjoyment and good
cheer.
will be sent here from headquarters
in Ashoville and every thing thor
oughly tested before the formal
opening. W. V. DcFarlcy will re
main hero to manage the theatre.
These gentlemen state that no
Garden City Tidings.
Garden City, Jan. 20 School reopened
January 13th, after three weeks vaca
fcirtTi. Thft avfiracra attendance for the
ken, both ears are multilated, right I last month was 80. This is a decrease
hand shattered and all tendons and ton account of so many families moving
muscles on left hand severed. He away and several of the pupils have
the 'marks- of i 10 wounds; gone tochool elsewhere. We have our
j- :i.u 1 W largo ueii crecwu,
face. His recovery is considered
extremely doubtful.
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: Gorman Pitts was shot just over
the liver and slashed'up generally,
anc Erwin Pitts "was stabbed f in
for the school children. t
Miss Eula Brown visited friends in
Greenlee Saturday and Sunday. , ,
Mrs. J. P. ' Gowani who has been visit
ing relatives in Marion for the past week,
returned home Saturday. -
Quite a number 'enjoyed vthe party
Mrc Mtnnift Rlnntnn Antrtnin-
one 0fWhmrtnnHftnr. Pictures will be shown that C&U of
son street on Thursday of last week. fed1aDy fa wnewer
nm 1 uA will bo enforced.
bled was given a spring-like touch Marion can patronize a good
by a number of large bowls of picture show .and the new manager
white narcissus and blooming white ment of the Savoy will no doubt
Kp?ntii M Rlnntnn wm as. receive all the support a good.
sisted by Mrs. Winborne and Miss
Lucile Blanton. Tea was served
at 5 o?clock, the' twelve ladies pre; j
ent biing seated at one long table
in . the dining room where much
merriment was had.
LATE NEWS OF INTEREST
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Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
Adam C. Jones, candidate for
Governor in Sooth Carolina in
1900, committed suicide Wednes
day at his home in Spartanburg.
Two million Dickages were han
dled by the parcel post system dur
ing the first siven days' opmtioa
of the system, according to figures
prepared by the PostoQce Depart
ment. It is announced that Mr. J. J.
Britt, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, will at the expiration of
his term in Washington return to
Asheville and engage In the nrac
tice of law.
Mr. Franklin McNeil of Wil-
mington, who this week retired
from tho corporation commission
after a service of 14 years, was
given a handsome silver waiter by
his associates. v
A public meeting at Morganton
last week authorized the drafting
of bills for a commission form of
government for tbat town, a rec
order's court, a chain gang for
Morganton township, etc
The North State Company, blch
proposes to furnish electricity pow
er to Morganton, Marion and ad
jacent towens his begun the erec
tion of a dam in the Catawba river.
in the vicinity of Glen Alpine, to
dovelop the power.
An anti-trust bill guaranteed to
have 'teethT' by ex-Speaker E. J.
Justice, and a bill by Kcllum of
New Hanover to put waterpowcr.
electric and gas companies under
rate control by the corporation -commission,
were features of the
Legislature Thursday.
Deputy Marshal S. IL Hark
rader, who wa assaulted and bad
ly dUtigurcd on Tuesday night of '
last week while en route to Sorry
county jail with a "moonshine1
distiller, will lose the sight of one
eye as a result of the attack which
resulted in the prisoner's being
taken away from the oft cere and
released.
Petitions are being circulated in
behalf of Solicitor W. C. Hammer,
who is a candidate for district at
torney. The Salisbury Post asji
Mr Hammer's candidacy is being
vigorously pushed. The other
candidates ars Solicitor Porter
Graves of Surry county, Mr. Chss,
A. Webb of Asheville and Mr.
Isaac T. Averr of Morganton.
one lung, shot in the body and re- given by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Gibbslast
ceived a slight fraction of the skull Friday ; night. :.. It ; was ; given for the
tViA Viand' of one A tn an sixth grades
- a. .. " .1 : -I Miss ''Tjennie Bursrin left here - last
of bis assailants. ,x50tu or xnese Mona .
men are in Vjrace xiospuai, auu the winter there with her; brother,
their condition is , very, : grave, George Bnrgin. ' ;
esneciauy tne latter. . , v . ;'
CLARS.
clean place of entertainment deserves.
Former Resident Dead.
Yesterday the remains of Mrs.
George Januins Tate, a former
resident of this place," were fetched
On Friday, Mrs. Guy Kirby en- here from Studley, Va.f for intcr-
tertained at Bridge, Mrs1. Kirby ment in Oak Grove cemetery in
was assisted in welcoming her I tho family plot. The funeral ser-
guests by Mrs. John Newton, of vices were conducted in tho Epis
Roanoke, Va., the, guest of the copal church at3 o'clock. Owing
afternoon. : At 5 p. m.' all , were to tho fact that The Prooeess was
seated at one handsomely appoint-1 ready for printing; a more extend
ed table in the dining room where! cd notico will be" published next
a very dainty tea was served. 1 week.- 1
The Methodist Children's Home
at Winston has received a cash
gift of $10,000 to use in the erec
tion of a model home for girls at
that institution. Less than three
months ago gift of lhe same
amount was received for construct
ing a baby cottage In connection
with the Home, The names of the
two libers! doners hare cot .been
revealed.
Governor Locke Craig has is
sued commissions in the N rih
Carolina National Guard to Law
rente W. Young, of Asherille as
adjutant general, and L. U. Br lion
of StatesvilK as qua terminer
general, both; with the rank of
a. ft am- m
bngadirt gcocnu, - ami Oorcoa
Smith, of Raleigh, as avstist .d
iutant genital. '
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