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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1919
VOL, XXIII NO. 21
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PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE
HAPPENING OF INTEREST IN
THE GENERAL ASS E MBLY O F
' NORTH CAROLINA.
TO; ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Reasonable Argument Advanced That
Lynching is Not a Proper Method
of Protection to Women.'
Raleigh, Jan. 11. Standing com
i"aaitttees on tie house were announc
ed. today by Speaker Brummitt. The
committees and chairmen are as fol
lows: Regulation of liquor - traffic, Mat
thews of Bertie chairmna; election
-lvrs, Neal, ""chairman; claims, Oliver,
- chairman; Judiciary, No. 1, Daws,
- -chairman; expenditures of the house,
Taylor, chairman; courts and judicial-
xListricts, Jlay, of Macon, chairman;
privileges and elections, Brown, of
Pitt, chairman ; banks and currency,
Powell, chairman; engrossed bills,
r Bail, chairman ; manufactures and
llabor, Love, chairman; judiciary No.
1, Grier, chairman.
Griffin, of Unionfi introduced a reso
lution to amend the constitution and
submit the question of woman suf
rfrage to a vote of the people.
The Senate;
In the senate, ; there was announce
ment of a special message', from Gov.
-Bickett relative to the ratification of
the, federal prohibition amendment,
"but since the senate has already pass
. ed the resolution and sent it to the
4bouse, the message was not head.
There was a message from the
liouse announcing the passage of the
-. ' resolution to allow Asheville to ox
' pend $5,000 for entertainment of re
turned soldiers and sailors, but . Sen
ator; Stevens, of Buncombe, told the
senate that he had a hill pending in
.the senate involving the same mat-
ter and that he wanted this house- bill
tabled. This action was taken.
The senate adjourned to Monday
noon.
Jan. 13. Speaker Brummitt was
confined to his hotel because of after
effects from taking the anti-influenza
serum and Governor Dough ton call-
ed the house to order at .2 o'clock.
Many members who obtained leave
' of absence Saturday had not -return
ed. Representative Stephenson led
the house in prayer.
, Appointments of sixteen additional
committees vwas announced. The
chairmans of the finance, health and
education committees were announc-
- ed. Col. Benehan Cameron is chair
man of the roads and turnpikes com
jmitt'ee and' S. Brown Shepherd, 'of
'"Wake, is chairman of the committee
for the regulation df public service
corporations.
The governor sent a special mess
age to the senate and house urging
the immediate appropriation of $75,
000 to be used for the purpose of re
building the two dormitories of the
: Caswell Training School at Kinston,
, destroyed on December 8 and anuary
: 6. He called attention to the fact
that the children there are now sleep
ing in the dining halL
The committee on rules, after con
sultation with Dr. Rankin, decided
that it bad a rule to bar the lobbyists
without making a new one and that
the best preventative against a con-
jested hall would be to enforce" it
-strictly. Under the house rule, which.
," members, judges of the supreme and!
"superior courts, ex-members, state '
officers and persons especially invit
ed by the speaker," or some member
- are entitled to the privileges of the
k floor v 'V : C- - -
: ":tr'y";:'-: Senate. -
y Ehe Senate was convened at "noon
"by Lieut. Got. Gardner and immediate-
, 'Ty after the invocation by Rev. Mil-
, ton Barber, rector of; Christ church,
. Tlaleigh committee appointments were
announced. . : . .
: The chairmen of some of the more
Important " committees in the senate
are: Holderness, appropriations;
Scales, judiciary, Nori; Long, of Hall-
. -fax,-judiciary No.' 2; Davenport, agri
culture r Tright, . railroads; - Harding,
education; Gray, finance;: Cowper, of
Lenoir, constitutional amendments;
Glidewell. insane asylums; Ferebee
public roads;' Connor, banking and
currency; S tacyy military affairs;
Cooper, coumies, cities and towns;
DeLaney, insurai ice.
New Bills introduced.
In addition to the bill of Senator
Gray providing for the appointment
of a budget commissi6n, others includ
ed one by Senator' Warren amending
the state-wide read law slightly so as
to make it apply to local conditions in
Beaufort county and one by DeLaney
to co-ordinate the illuminating oil act
and the gasoline act with reference
to Inspectors..
After hearing a strenuous speech by
Representative Stubbs, of Martin, and
a half dozen other speeches in oppo
sition, the house voted to ratify pro
hibition amendment to the constiti
tion, the vote being 93 to 10. It was
the resolution voted upon, so that
the measure is now enrolled in readi
ness for signatures of the president
of th senate and sneaker of the
house in its formal ratification
The assembly, in Joint session, can
vassed the vote tor United States sen
ator and state officers, a perfunctory
procedure that requires only 10 min
utes, showing. Senator Simmons' vote
to be 142,524 as compared wtih 93,697
for his Republican opponent, J M.
Morehead.
Senator DeLaney of Mecklenburg
introduced a resolution for a special
joint committee of five to prepare a
bill to confer on the county authori
ties powers of local legislation in com
pliance with the constitutional amend
ment heretofore ratified.
Boti "housesc passed a joint reso
lution paying tribute to the lamented
Dr. E. K!. Graham, late president ol
the University of North Carolina.
Senator Long, of Halifax, introduc
ed a bill to increase the salaries ol
superior court judges.)
-The bill by Senator Liong, or idaii
fax, to increase salaries ;"of judges
would mean that the .supreme court
judges -would. receive $5J000 Instead oi
$,000 and superior court judges $4,
500 instead of $3,250, and would maks
the expense fund of each $1,500 in
stead of $750.
The House.
Jan. 15. Speaker Brummittt con
vened the house at 11 o'clock. The
praeyr was said by Rev. Mr. McFar
land, of the Methodist church. '
New bills were introduced as fol
lows: Shepherd Amend the law as to the
taking of oaths by the corporation
r commission.
Shepherd 'Provide for the erection
of a suitable building for the state de
partment of agriculture, by authoriz
ing the expenditure of $250,000 re
ceipts of the department, when avail
able for the purpos.
The Senate.
The senate convened at noon with
President Gardner in the chair. The
oath of office was administered ta
Senator Haymore, of - Surry, who has
been detained at home by sickness un
til this time..
The senate spent the morning
thrashing out ruls to govern .his
session and rounrted out a schedule
of them -patterned largely after those
of the last session. New features ex
clude from the lobbies all persons ex
cept legislators- and state officers, not
even the president of the senate hav
ing the power to invite visitors into
the lobbies, this being to safeguard
the health of the legislators In t hese
epidemic times.
The House.
Jan. 16 The house met at 11 o'clock
and prayer was offered by Rev. D. N.
Cavihess, pastor of Central. Methodist
church.
In; lieu of punishment by death foi
capital offenses committed in," this
state, Representative Sounders would
have imprisonment for- life in ' the
state prison substituted." Soon after
helwas elected last November he an
nounced through his paper that .he
would introduce the measure at this
session anad it is the first move to
ward state-wide reformation to hit
the hopper. "- - -
The senate was convened at 11
o'clock by Lieutenant-Governor Gard
ner, prayer being offered by Represen
tative J. B. Stephenson, .of Northamp
ton. ' -':
vThile the session of the senate
wasn't "Much Ado About Nothing," it
was devoted for the most part to an
animated discussion as to when a bill,
aftefr 'being passed upon favorably by
one two or three committees sikrald
be' "sent to the appropriations "com.
mHtee, if the expenditure of money is
involved. V " ' r . - " . ' i
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.
HARMONY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, Jan. 15. The school
has closed for awhile on account of the
influenza situation.
I. C. Crawley of this vicinity recently
killed two 7-inonths-pigs which weighed
222 and 212 pounds respectively. Very
good porkers.
Mrs. A. . Rowe has been on the eick
list for the past few days.
Mrs. H. B. -Crawley has been ill for a
mbnth or mor6.
James Pyatt killed a 7-months-old pig
weighing 225 lbs.
WOODLAWN
Woodlawn, Jan 20. With the ex
ception of one day's rain the weather
for the past week has been springlike.
M. L. Good has been quite ill at his
home with influenza; but is on the road
to recovery. This is the only case re
ported at Woodlawn.
Malcom Sinclair' and Bill Lonon of
Marion visited relatives here during the
week. ,
Joe McNeely made a business trip to
Woodlawn last week.
C. M. Corpening, Jr., upon his return
from camp remained for the holidays
with his relatiyes, bnt recently returned
to Ms business in the west.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Hicks have moved
from our neighborhood. It is useless to
say how we miss them and regret their
leaving this community. They lived at
Woodlawn for many years and never
failed in kindness or help to friend of
stranger.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs J. F. Hensley,
a son.
C. J? H7 Terry has' accepted a position
in Miami, Fla., where he will spend the
rest of the winter with his brother.
Get Ready to Spray the Orchard,
Raleich, Jan. 20. There is no
more important work on the farm
than that of keeping the orchard
sprayed properly. According to
Entomologist, Franklin Sherman,
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station and Extension Service, it
is now time to prepare for this
work, aud many of the leading or
chardists of the State are writing
in for information about spraviug
their fruit trees.
Many of tfhe county agents ha?e
requested froin 50 to 100 copies of
Extension Circular 66 on Orchard
Spraying, and similar requests have
come from the large nurserymen
and implement dealers who are
anxious to serve their customers.
Indications also point to the fact
that there will be a larger number
of retail merchants in the State
who will carry spraying materials
in stock than at any previous year.
This interest in spraying is a good
sign, says Mr. Sherman, for the
benefits to be derived from it's
proper use have been demonstrated
time after time in the orchards of
the State.
Mrs.Cuthbertson Diesof Influenza.
The funeral of Mrs. T. VV. Cuth
bertson, who died Wednesday, the
15tt), at the Meriwether hospital
of influenza, was held Thursday at
Nepo, her former home. . The de
ceased was a daughter of Mr. J. L.
Wilson anci had " a wide circle of
friends in the county who will be
grieved to learn of her death.
" Mrs. Cuthbertson was a member
of the Ladies auxiliary to the Or
der of Railroad Conductors of
Asheyille and members of the organization-
attended the funeral.
Mr. Cuthbertson. has also been ill
with influenza, but it is reported
that he is improving." 1
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uer. mgnis on iract.
A deal involving $100,000 con
sideration has been consummated
in the awarding tothe Union Tan
ning company of Old Fort, rights
to cut and remove timber from a
5,000. acre tract on the 'Mount
Mitchell section of the Pisgah Na
tional forest.
Rudolph Diffenbach, supervising
forester of the Pisgah preserve, re
turned' to Asheville last evening
and announced the award of the
contract. Several timber firms
competed in the bidding but the
Old Fort company made the best
offer to the government.
A force of 150 to 200 men will
be placed at work immediately and
it is stated that plans of the com
pany are to increase this force to
500 men by summer. At this rate
from five to serpen years will be re
quired to complete the clearing of
the big tract.
Timber included in the contract
is estimated to embrace the follow
ing: 30,000 feet of ash, cherry.
and walnut; 450,000 feet of poplar,
and cucumber; 900,000 feet of red
oak, and bass wood; 1,90Q,000 feet
of oak other than red oak; 700,000
feet of hickory, beech, birch, ma
ple, buckeye, hemlock, pine and
spruce 53000 cords of chestnut
acid; 500,000 cords of pulp wood;
2,000 tons of chestout, oak, and
hemlock bark.
Clearing -of-thesctioa - will be
under specifications set by the gov
ernment, which provide for a re-
growth of timber on the land. All
seed timber will be left standing,
and from the stumps of trees re
moved it will bo arranged to let a
natural regrowth take place. No
artificial reforestation will be
necessary in the method to be em
ployed in removing the timber.
Within a few years, the govern
ment expert stated, the tract will
be recovered with regrowth, which
then will he regulated so as to pro
duce a healthy stand of timber.
The flume system will be adopt
ed for removing the timber,' and
as no railway will be laid, dangers
of forest fires will be practically
eliminated. A saw mill is being
installed and soon will be in opera
tion." .
Wide interest is attached to the
timber deal, which is the largest
involving a tract of timber in the;
east section oi uie couniry since
the establishment of the govern
ment preserves. The government's
plan to clear the big tract and ar
range for a regrowth under scien-,
tific supervision is regarded by lo
cal timber men as a gigantic pro
je.ct and one that brooks big re
sults for the timber industry. The
tract lies along the west fork of
Curtis creek, and is about five miles
from Old Fort.
The interracial council of the
United States, formed to educate
immigrants in the language and
ideals of the country, to briog
about co-operation between em
ployers and foreign-born labor and
to encourage closer'relationshin of
the various racial groups, in the
country, was organized in New
York last wek.
Dr. W. H. Wakefield of Char
lotte, the eye, ear, nose and throat
specialist who visits this town fre
quently, is spending some time in
fk.T - - mm Z 4 t 4 1 m Attn? AM - s-3
hospitals; picking. up useful infor-
mation, and at tne same time us
ing a much needed resU ,
$100,000 Involved in Sale of Tim-
STATE NEWS 0FTHEWEEK
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and Importance Through
out the State.
Robert N. Page, former Con
gressman from the seventh district,
has announced his candidacy for
Governor in 1920.
Ex President, Taft will speak ia
Charlotte soon. He will speak
throughout the country in behalf
of the League to Enforce Peace,
The Asheville-Charlotte highway
is again open to travel after beins
closed for three months, the small
iron bridge at Ufee, between Bat
Cave and Rutherfordton, having
finally been replaced.
The Daily Tribune Publishing
Company, Asheville, has been in
corporated with authorized capital
of $100,000, $1,650 being paid in.
It is understood that James J. Britt,
former Congressman, will edit the
paper.
Marvin H. Stacy, dean of the
faculty of the University of North
Carolina, who had been acting
president of that institution sicca
the death several months ago of
Edward K. Graham, died Tuesday
morning at his home at Chapel
Hill from influenza. Mr. Sucy is
a navive of Cleveland county and
was 41 years of age.
Pinned Under Auto ManDrowns
: - ' in Creek. .
Asheville, Jan. 17. I. W. Mor
gan, a prominent merchant of
Black .Mountain, former mayor of
the town and candidate for sheriil
at the last Democratic primary was
drowned beneath his Ford in Flat
Cntek at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
His little son, Lonnie, who was
with him. at the time, escaped un
hurt. -
Mr. Morgan, who had a contract
to carry the mail to Blue Ridge,
was on his way to, that place ad
in making a sharp turn at the
bridge over Flat creek something
went wrong with the radius rod
controlling the steering of the ma
chine and it ran iuto the creek.
Although the water is but threes
feet-deep at this point Mr. Morgan
was pinned beneath the machine
and drowned before his little sen
could summon aid. Deceased is
survived bv a wife and sixchiliren.
Five Base Hospitals in North Caro
lina Have 4,235 Beds,
Washington, Jan. IT. Taking
inventory of. its hospital facilities
in North Carolina, the ofHce of the
surgeon general of the War De
partment announces that the five
base hospitals in the Tar Heel State
have a combined capacity of $4,
235 beds. The infirmary at Char
lotto has the largest capacity with
l,5Si beds.
The respective capacities of the
four other hospiuls in western
North Carolina are tbusdistrib utcd:
Hospital No. 12, at Biltrnore, 451
beds; WaynesTille Hospital, CZO
beds; Azalea Hospital, 1,03 beds;
Hot Springs Hospital, C0 becs.
Surgeon General Ireland an
nounces that soldiers affected with
serious bronchial troubles and re
spiratory diseases will be sent to
western North Carolina and crer
southern hospitals. He is of tha
opinion that the warm climate will
hasten the restoration of these cts