PENSION ADVANCE ;"
SOON OPERATIVE
ycfri Pensioner "WilLTleceive
Approximately 40 Per Cent
IVIore Than Formerly. "
-TLaleigh, Oct. 18. The 'first pay
ment or pension money 'to Confed
erate veterans anT widows of vet
racns with the increase authorized by
- tine last legislature will' be made De-
m E" I Tpri.L. AC'JJa T-
ao, biiu ouie Aumior. Bax
ter Durham has . figured each pen
sinner will receive approximately 40
per cent more money iharf the last
poryroent. j
IVnaaoners of the first class, who
hanrt; laeen receiving $110 annually,
w2X get $150 for the next year. The
increase to second class pensioners
is from $100 to $135; third class, $80
tm $120, and fourth class, $70 to
The total amount to be paid, out
in pensinos for the next ' year will
fee 21,000,003 as against $655,000
firr this year. Pension money is!
mi-annually in advance! The;
gajurgrrt 1 be made in - December
wall cover the first six months of
!, and in June pension money for,
last six months will be sent out.
The number of Confederate vet-, from railroad property with a warn
czasxs and widows - of .veterans to ;ing that "violence of any nature will
aXune In the pension fund now is not : be tolerated by the organiza
IBl37j andthe million volUrs has 'tions."
proportionately' divided among The strike wasannounced follow
by -Auditor Durham. Of thejing an overwhelming vote, said to be
number' of .pensioners,
4,988
idows virtually all . of
these
hi the fourth class.
-rensioners oi tne first class are
kn11n 34oviAjn a a
TWv,ijr .omtccu.. o w.C
snalt of wounds, and blind widows,
Those of the: second class must have
fafcqripthgTiijjrtUEgO
v Tra .iiVx ,m -ik ,
1 VI. A t vuv
1- - - - -
w oersut3 wna have - lost a ieg below
iSitflcnee or an arm rendered useless
bv reason of wounds areDlaced in
Has third class. Those who have lost
and eve. and soldiers and widows un-
xMe to , perform manual labor con-1
statute the fourth class, which . is the
rest.
STROUDTOWN WORKING FOR -
MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING
At a meeting of a number of citi-
.-, ' .
n.iio'-qtrnnffnwn'iinteTestrne feature of the program
Ait t tn. Rrl,nnl nildintr
last Friday afternoon plans were set
r fi,A Aun,vt, g. n.w'fore the Kincr and Queen of Spam,
- xwv. VVJ.Wr v niuvM J mv.
modern school buildincr in this dis-
- . . .-..
irict. The meeting was a very n-
ttcusiastic one, and it was theunani-
mous decision of those present that a
odern building is imperative, if the!
mmmnnitv a to bft adeatiatelv -
taken care of. The present-buUding
is old and unsuited to the require
ments necessary to have a modern
school, "It is the purpose of the citi
a ens .of this community to hold an
lection at some future 'date on the
Uestitn of a bond issue ' to finance
sat new building. " Already there is
considerable enthusiasm aroused, and
it is expected that the bounty 'Board
rf Education: will be requested to
jcs3 upon a call for an election at no
listant day.- , - ' -
116 iStroudtown school ihready
-rJovs four teachers; It is orJedf
e largest districts in the county
and has a large 'number of students
rfrolled. The present building is al
ready taxed beyond its capacity, ahd
nothing short of a teal modern brick
structure. with good! equipment ' will
satisfy the people of the community.
DOKAV' CEREMONIAL.
Bagdad Temple' No;-213, Dramatic
lrder';- Knights " of Khorassan ,-of
-asheville, will stage -a special : cere
Monial in" Marion -tonight ( Thurs -fcry,)
The JceremJnial will be held
5a the ' court house. It is Vexpected
-tiat about 20 "tyros" will cross t the
'iot sands ; of the - desert. A grand
parade, led ":. by Bagdad's Concert
and, is scheduled 1 i to . '- take ; place
abotxt 6 p;: m. ; ; i ": '
lr4y a - faction of : bnef percent jdi
-One ;S35ailable fcoal "In - the nited
States has been mined. ? - l
raoaern DUiiaing is imperative, ix tne a. v. . "
educational heeds of the children ofdent; Mrs. J. M. Snoddy, secretary
RAILWAY EMPLOYES ORDER.
ED TO STRIKE OCT. 30TH
Chicago, Oct. 15.-i-More than half
a million American railroad. rnen
were today ordered " to - initiate a
strike October 30, while other unions
whose membership brings jthe total to
Shout two millions, announced unoffi
cially that they were tonight prepar
ing to follow suit and make the walk
out "general, on the same date.
Under this program the, tie-up
would be " complete, according to
union predictions, by November.
The hour was -fixed for 6 arm.,
October 30, except for one Texas
line, whose trainmen were authorized
to gout October 22.
The railroads listed in the f irst'
group on 'which the strike ' is to be
come effective, touch 42 of the 48
states with a trackage of 73,000
miles out of the total United States
trackage of approximately 200,000.
- The . New England states comprise
the group that is virtually untouched
in the first walkout.
-
The strike orders were issued, to
the big five brotherhoods, oldest and
most powerful of the railway unions,
and they , specif ically included mail
trains in the walkout. Their provis-
ions instructed strikers to keep away
upwards o5 90 per cent, favoring a
strike because of a 12 per cent wage
reduction authorized by the United
e States railroad labor board of July 1,
. and after it was declared by tne as-
OTlrl OfrPT it. W9 flPP ftrPO flV tOP &S
- -- .
sociation of railway executives in ses-
sion here yesterday tha.t a further re-
,mad5ir - It was- said that the strike
v -
...... . iv.
-aecision wa niaae oexure me a-
nouncement of this further intended
cut.
EAST MARION SCHOOL
ORGANIZES WELFARE CLUB
On Wednesday evening, October
12th, the sixth and seventh grades of
the East Clarion school gave a short
program celebrating the discovery of
America. Appropriate songs and
recitations Were rendered. ;Tbe most
4.;. mrim-aTYi
' was a dramatization. showing Colum-
busbefore the King of Portugal; be-
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f jxi i t i..
a ine lanum ui wiumuus.
After the program ; a community
welfare club was organized. Mrs.
! A. F. Hunt was elected president,
Mrs. J. P. Hornbuckle, vicre-presi-
and Mrs.' Rodgers, treasurer.
these excellent officers and the co -
operationt of the school patrons it is
hoped to do a great deal oi communi
ty work.
with an enrollment of 220 pupils.
The girls basket ball team, under the
direction of Miss Hazel Richardson,
has been organized. Great interest!
on the part of both pupils and teach
ers is being shown. - ,
PROHIBITIOrf DIRECTOR FOR
NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS
Raleigh, Oct. 17. During
A-nr " f V o.
v.w
three months he has been
III UUlCCy
fT -4r.nfn linwa haan 'moA 918 n'pr.
sons iave been recommended for
pnsecutiari,',l$5,0 00 worth of prop-
ertv used for distilling purposes has
been destroyed, and $36f 1,000 in tax-
pa an'd nenalties1 ave been reported,
according to a statement today by R.
A , TTnnlnss. federal Drohibition di
rector TforNorth Carolina:
$750,000 "WAR FINANCE L ;.
- LOAN TO STATE BANKS
I Washington, t ct. ; 1 5-The . ; War
Finance corporation :; today- provided
for a loan of $750,600 -for North
Carolina banks or" crop moving pur
poses. , Most of this goes to tobacco
exporters who: wish-to ' make . ahip-:
merits to China. . -' - .-'
VlThere 'are "6,449,998 , farms in the
United States, of which 2,758,591
are lot more' than "IX) 0 acres. '
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
' Happenings in McDowell --
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, Oc$. 17.--The boys who
represented the' different organiza
tions at , the Older Boys Conference
at . Canton-have returned home. Each
of the boys report a good time and
all feel that they have been greatly
benefitted.. The following boys -represented
their respective" organiza
tions: Boy Scouts: Royce . Mc
Daniel, Franz Strickland,v Birch Al
lison, j Kimball Miller and Paul
Hughes. High School: - Joe Setppe,
Roy - McDaniel, Charlie Cannon . and
Charlie Stirewalt. Baptist Sunday
School, Ralph Harris; Methodist SunMcity'tqdy.
day ocnooi, Aioeix rsoDiitt.
Miss Mattie Tate entertained a,f ew
friends, including High. School, at her
home at. Greenlee last Saturday
night.
. A box supper at the,- Catawba
school last Friday night was ' well
patronized', the proceeds from the
entertainment amounting to $39.00,
which will go toward furnishing the
school building with patent desks.
R. H. Rector was in Asheville Sat
urday .on business.
J. A. Swann and family have re-
cently moved to Old Fort from Glen-
wooL ' -
I . Miss Jessie Bird of Asheville
is
visiting Miss Foy Tate.
Gardin .-Swann and Koy Griggs
have recently entered the Old Fort
High' School. -"
TTirvK Vlihnnl - I
p. j. Teague has gone to Granite
Falls to take charge of the Bryson-
Tootip K mrfp maw f r4 pnds : wWIp
. - - -- tf .
. .'. . .it . i ' -
xn uia , r ort ana tney will regrei; 10
see him leave. -
1 Mr. Tripp, who formerly lived m
Old Fort but more recently of Mor-
eanton returned.to- Old " ort last
week to assist in the management of
;Bryson-Snyder Company's depart-
ment store. ' .. -
r Geo. E. Marshall, of the Marshall
Lumber Co.,- left last week for vMt.
Airy to be away lor several days.
Dr. and Mrs. Jno. B. Johnson were
in AcVtnvilla Inst wk.
in Asheville last week.
A party from Old Fort motored to
Bridgewater Lake Sunday.
! The construction oi tne nignway
.
av i-trn cirtACf at i in nrr ia nrncrrnvv.
(vr .-.
ing nicely. x
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lefevre have
returned from a two weeks' visit
thru the West, visiting Kansas City,
i
Denver and Longmont, Colo. They
Withalso-vasiteg the National Park, Piks
! . . . - . -. . .
( Peak and other points of interest
GARDIN
Marion, i Oct.
17. Mrs. Joseph
trie U; rJQt5v0e i foi;fftr.
nia. .
. j. B. Higgins left last week -for Q14
Fort.
. -
Miss Mayme Bowman is spending
a few days with homefolks here.
Miss Marie Wacaser was sopping
III iUallUIl OalUl uajra
A corn husking given at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carswell during
fVio mpot wn5 trrfnt.l v pmoven hv
. v.v e- i
Micigiiuuia anu j.xxciiuo. - .
, sotdier,-spenfra few days here last
week,
Iyey, Holland
left
Ikforiday
for
re-
Montfords ,Cove where he
Isume his work.
will
We welcome into this section, Mr.
and .Mrs.' L. O. Lawing, "the t new
moVers." . " -'V ..: - ' N "
Jack Frost - has been . a regular,
tho 'unwelcome, Visitor in this section
recently. ' ".-P-' -
NEBQ. -:'(:.
Nebo, Oct. 17. A large
en-
joyed a candy ullin athe hbm
Miss Eva Snipes last -Thursday: night;!
Those present were : r Misses y Belle
and' Minnie Lentz;-Vivian, Mabel and
Elizabeth Parks and : CleoiBemphill,
of Nebo Misses Anna ,.. s Conley" and
Thessa'jamison of .Marion ; Messrs.
Bnice Tate; ; BenT'tacy, Marvin
Hemphill, Henry , Gibbs, Robert Jand
Fate Lentz, Lawrence 1 Mason - arid
Mutt Sowers. ;V fy-l-tz
- TJom Stacy,' who is , teaching school
at'Old Fort, spent the week-end with
homefolks her6.- - ::h:
Misses Betty Bowman, and Eliza
beth; "Parks, Watson Wilson, " and
Charles Brown motored to the Xin
ville dam yesterday. '
EFFECT CAPTURE
AFTER HOT CHASE
Asheville Times, :17th. .
The. capture of Bill Godfrey, alleg
ed notorious blocfeader- and ? bootleg
ger f Rutherford jsounty by Diur
Marshal W. J. Beachboard of Ashe
ville ; a.two other "officers before
dayligh Sunday; was not without its
thrills, Recording to an account -by
j Mr. Igeachboard who returned ta the
.v iouav. Vs ... . . -
The deputy had a warrant for God-
frey on charges of blockading and stained in - a coUision of his autof
went to his home'in McDowell county mobile wi a street; car there Satur
only to learn that he had slipped ayv '" '."cr--'; ,.; C
away to Rutherf ord county. J oined , Plkcements through State: employ
by John B. Ban prohibition officer ment offi
for Rutherford county -and W. D. mark in f September, "according,, to
Pitts, a deputy-from Burke county, ; figures -compiled in the office of Di
the deputy marshal reached the house rector M. L. Shinman.; During the ;
occupied by Godfreys and his wif e, month 'l, 327 e Jobless were' con-:'
about 4 a. m. 't . j nected with ; jobs, 1,110 of them be-
The officers surrounded the place, ing men and 2 1 7 were women, v
Mrs. Godfrey came to the door and , , ' I '- j t
.K.nM-: o7i, Hickory, Oct. 1 1, Attacked yes-
fifers. Following a short delay after
the. officers threatened to force an J
trance, they heard a noise in the
'rear of the house, and found Godfrey
making a. hurried exit from a, rear:
window. -
I " A chase ensued in the darkr Beach-
, . ,
board chased Godfrey down a dark
path until the .pursuers toe caught
lencth: on the eroUnd. ;: .S6; clbseCwaountain: section; accibrdinir to Ben13
w - . v - - '
TV 1.1 . l 11.-1. " i--.:lT : irJt
oeacnouara ,vmut; ii& . itixi .iawp vjuu -
frey. Seizings the latter's i ciothmgr.Try i cpuntyrrA- big fall? hnti being
he held on fiJcegran-deaiiiv istotfti
daunted Godfrey jiore -loose- from a
portion of hisclothihg . and again,
took to his heels. The next flop was
in a ditch, but once again
was on his feet and gone, ' this tim
backtracking. ,
! At this stage Banks, took up the
;cnase. ror a nunarea jaras oQQ -tbolli weevil
trey ancruanKs raced opwnevm
wav. The officer was fresher and
way
overhauled Godfrey, who was
then
taken to Rutherfordton, where
wuuTiur.fluV xul
. j . . . . T
diice ill uiau ill vj ui l. uci c iical nu-
,y ,r,- ,
vember. Godfrey was clad, only in
his night clothes during the . wild rtheir neo tenants owed where i
chase, and wore neither shoesocks, wag asked. by j the landlord and :
nor hat in the race around the frosty. brought them t this county to assist;
pastures.
. T- 1 1 T : !..--.'
deputy marsnai ceacnDoara lxsq
arrested wmara urown ana n.a an-
non of McDowell county on charges.
ox riiiicit aisuuin?ran.u vnanes m
ins of Yancey county for
alleged
transporting. jL,acn was put unar
opna ior appearance ,m uwinci cuur
here.
TREATIES OF PEACE
i ADUrM.fc.tJ hi &t.iMAiiiy
Washington, Oet 18,The ad-
uuuiouauuu o ptotc vxcobxco - .nim
Germany, Austria and Hungary were
ratified by tjie senate tonight, the
vnti nn tJiF Tirst hem? fifi to 20:
: ' " " " t .
j tigiii yt " uvwvuwx "
garian treaty, due" to the absence , of
three .senators, beings 66 to 11 j
The senate action completed the
administration's immediate . pea6e
program and brought a full" state of
peace with the principal enemy powr
ers. Remaining now' - are only - the
formalexchanges - of gratification ex
cept, in the -, ease of r the Hungarian
treaty, as 'that goverriment alone: has
fyejto completei parliameutery:actiQn
onrthe treaty.
November 7. to 12 is "Subscribeto
every state.- Celebrate bypaying up
youri" subscription. .. There's nothing
like your, own - community, newspaper!.
-
- In England, tarring and feather
ing was a legal iorm of penalty in the
middlesges.
NEWS ITEMS FROM -
OVER THE" STATE
Items Concerning: Events of Jn- 4;
terest jahd lim p o r t m n C o
Throughout the State. V I
The week beginning; October 24th
will be Fair Week at Salisbury J", The
Fair opens October 24th and con
tinues throughout the week ' until J
Friday) the 28th. I IgQ: ' V:
The -: board of trustees of the First V
Methodist church of . Lenoir haveylet ;
the"contrafor:a .new parsonage.
The building: when v ; . completed and -equipped
will ..cost about $10,000; t " v
General James I ..Metts aged; 80,
commander of the North - Carolina
divison United ; Confederate veterans,
died "at a Wilmington hospital Tues-
day morning, the result of injuries
" -
59' fT . prominent Alexander,
counyy.xarmer, was xeportea aeau.xo-,
r
but.the woma
HeiT Reeo attracted bye muU,;
IfA oiol n4T
Tp" :v-,
Lenoir, Oct. 9. Plenty of signs ox. ;
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-K M S J-.'.-'S-.JU J--T.'iiliiiA.,ji' A.-ii'v "
vuriugt;,i - ufctni. - iiuuwci - ua;ac
just as the leaves begin falling good.
Mr Allridge and . Mr. Cuthbertson, ;
both' famous 'bear hunters, say that
bered during the past years. 'y.
Between 30 and-40 negroes "from
.itri.v i.i-iiijrjf J.
on the farms. r Finding these negroes
parties of not less
tilkn fivft Cleveland farmers.
- - ,.--. -- ; X
t - i t a i.
nave Deen motoring to vxeorgia wnere
Vfhev; WonM nav the landlord all that
Jn the .harvest
help 3: during, the
.ttem:&Hi.t - .
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CRCJP NOTES FOR, '
A flight joslinepiemo and
coastal; sections; of North'r - Carolina :
and a killing frost in the' mountain"
areas are reported by - the - county
agents to the Crpp Reporting Ser-f.
vice for the week ending October 10;
, xumxi ;xuc n cokusi ' ; vui vau igliuiw,
favorable weather for cutting hay
and late 'forage, crops. 1 ; . J,
vxxcNuaidViu.j.vi .-avniug nuca axe:
"TgOlflg lUrwaruttllU Xall ; piOWing . IS'
harvesting of corn is well urider way, .
the: cron beine entirely harvested in
many reas. ; Most" of the cotton'
eroti of ihe state la onin now- owincr
to the unusually warm weather . in
oepxemDex anu tne crop . is , oemg:
; gathered rapidly. ! The marketing of
tobacco, which is practically "all har-
vestetf; is ' in "full : swing; sales are , re
ported as moderate. Late gardens
are- Demc Diannen m some oi- tue
sbuUiern piedmont counties and truck
is reported to have imnroved in For- -
-i 1 - - a . -r 2 ' ' ; - ;
A great deal of hay hajs . ,been har-
vestea-tne crop oeing Deiow normal
in yield and ranging in quality from (
f airto - poor. - Pastures are r improv
ing- somewhat but in" most' localities :
the fields, were permanently ruined
by the drought and recent jins. have ?
not benefitted them. -: ; .-
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