THE SUN
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Has More Thau Double The
Circulation of Any Weekly
Paper in The Tenth Congres
sional District, Comprising
Thirteen Large Counties- t ,
VOL. 5. ftO. 20.
RUTHERFORDTON, N. rG," THURSDAY , MORNING MAY lZf J905.
$5.00 A YEAR.
' , " (V AX A TV Has More Than Double The
V &2 - ; A - 0 A V M R? Circulation of Any Weekly
( . 1 . . i AM I ' Papet in The Tenth Congres-
m - iSTy 1 KA L I t x ' sional District, Comprising
V r,. ' " O N'V U V V Thirteen Large Counties. -
GOOD WORK FOR
THE FIRST YEAR.
The People Of Rutherford Coun
ty Complimented.
CATTLE MUCH IMPROVED.
Last Year Inspector Connell Found
1-4 Of Our Farms Infested With
The Souther Cattle Tick, And
Upon His Return This Year, He
Finds That Amount Reduced 1-2.
To the Editor of The Sun
I wish to comrjliment the people of
Rutherford county for the interest
taken in exterminatingthe cattle
ticks, the most serious . obstacle to
local cattle traffic in the State. . I
Last year I found about one-fourth
of the farms in this county infested
with the Souther cattle tick. This
year I find about one-eighth of the
farms that were infested in other
words one-half of the farms that were
infested last year are clear of ticks
this season. - - ." . A : . :J v :
Now, this is good work for the first
year, but still the. other Jaalf could
have been cleaned up just as easily.
Have you thought of what the peo
ple of Rutherford county are: loseing
-annually from the effects of the Fed
eral quarantine restrictions, not men
tioning the losses caused -by cattle
dying from diseases, brought about by
this easily exterminate but deadly
pest, the cattle tick?
Cattle are bringing from 3i to 4$ cts.
per pound at Hendersonville. The
market men of this county "are payinj?
from 2i to 2i cents per pound in oth
er words a cow weighing 1,000 lbs. will
bring $45.00 in Hendersonville; where
as, a cow of the same -weight brings
$27.50 in Rutherford county. Why is
this so? Are cattle scarce in Hender
son county? No, there is at least 5
cattle there to every one there is here.
Here is the cause. After it became
established that ticks infesting. South.
ern cattle carried the germs of Texas
fever, or distemper, the National gov
ernment established a cattle quaran
tWline extending across the country
y t tne Atlantic to tncracine ucean,
located such as to place all tick-infest
ed territory south of said line.
The price of cattle is fixed for the
whole country at the -large markets
north of the quarantine line. In oth
er words, what the cow will bring on
the large markets less the expense of
snipping is the price, she will com
mand on the local market, or on the
farm. Otherwise someone would ship
her. Henderson county is north of
the quarantine line and has free ac
cess to these large markets. Ruther
ford county is south ethe quarantine
line and is prohibited from shipping
to these markets except under certain
severe restrictions.; That is the cause
and the only cause for the difference
in price of cattle in the two .counties.
Get rid of the ticks and the quaran
tine restrictions will be removed by
the Federal authorities. To show that
this work pays let us take Henderson
county as an example.'
During the spring of ,1902 certain
quarantine restrictions were placed on
a part of Henderson county; - during
the existance of these restrictions cat
tle sold in Hendersonville at from
to 3 eents per pound. On the pledge
of the Henderson County Cattlemen's
Association ' and the Department" of
Agriculture to exterminate the ;ticks
or at least quarantine the infected
cattle, the Federal quarantine restric
tions were removed. Within ten days
cattle advanced from 3 to 4 cents in
Hendersonville because cattle could
be taken to other markets. This
meant the saying of several thousand
dollars to the people' of Henderson
-r. ... .innliailV ' W IIRb il Ifl 1 1. 1 4)KTi -Till
. i-i . i -.rem mm ' mi mmmj - wvnt -. .m. mm mm ut
county hd obtained authority tcf,ex
" pend $200 per year from the, county
funds, of which only $l20was used,
to employ inspectors to locate and
quarantine the tick-infested farms
and instruct tne people in the be3t
methods of exterminating the; ticks.
With this small expenditure and tli
active co-operation of the people, the
t icks have been exterminated in two
ve"ars. Six entire counties, Wilkes.
Caldwell Burke, Catawba, Lincoln
and Gaston, have been exempted from
""all Federal quarantined restrictions
rtnrimr the past three years,, leaving
Polk Rutherford, Mrftowell "and
almost surrounded by the
vSeral quarantine line. Now. there
ino reason why these four counties
.fannld be under quarantine later than
Su fill Where it is possible for
who have tick-infected pastures
Jo take the cattle out of those pas--
TaoK later than September lRt it
,ifLDH Jr of ticks! by-March'lstC
- Zl 'tls the Airest and best pln
Tb (n the ticks in one season,
exterminate tne aWptn vartRA
PERSOHAL AND LOCAL.
Things The Sun Man Finds On flis
Raunds To Write About.
Mr. John Wells, of Myrtle, was a
pittBiuiii cauer sataraay.
Mr. Fred fireen. of Soartanburs
S. C, spent Sunday and Monday here
visiting friends. :
Messrs. Zt. L. Womack and A. V.
Hamrick, of Caroleen, were pleasant
callers, at The Sun office yesterday.
-Mr! P. H. Gross, of Forest City,
was here Tuesday and called at The Sun
office and renewed his subscription.
r -Misses Bonnie Morrow and May
Hester spent Saturday last in Forest
City. They report a delightful trip. .
MisaMaude Coxe, of Green .River
Plantation, is visiting Miss Wilhelmina
Tate. Morganton News-Herald, 11 th.
-Mr." E. G. Sherrill of Old Fort;
spent several days here last week visit
ing his kinsman, Mr. JohnC. Souther.
- Miss Mabel Wells, dansrhter of Mr.
John Wells, of Myrtle, has returned
from Pacolet, S. C, where she has been
attending school.
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Mrs, A. W. Hnnt moved to .Gam
bles Store this week where she will make
her future home. She has many friends
here who regret to see her leave.
Mr: 'McGiivary Miller left Sunday
afternoon for Converse, S. C, where he
has accepted a position with the Clifton
Manufacturing Company as salesman in
one;of their large stores. Mr. Miller is
a most excellent and capable young man
and his many friends here wish him
abundant success.
Steve Carson Killed By Liahtnina.
During a thunder storm Saturday af
ternoon about 4 o'clock Steve Carson, a
colored man, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. He was an em
ploye of ex-Sheriff NE. Walker and
worked on hw farm near town. At the
time he received the stroke, he was en
gaged in feeding and was on his way
from the barn to the horse lot to feed
some cattle. . He was struck on the left
cheek, the current ranging downward,
badly bruised the body and tore his shoe
from his left foot. Carson was an in
dustrious colored man and bore : a good
reputation. ". w--s
Federal Court Jurors Drawn.
Col. H. C, Cowles, of Statesville, and
Squire C L. Hunter, of this city, jury
commissioners, to-day drew the follow
ing jurors to serve dnnng the June
term of United States District Court to
be held in Charlotte. The jurors will
be summoned toappear at- the Federal
courthouse by 10 o'clock in the morn
ing of June 13th:
Robert Simmons, Ferry, Rutherford
county; Plato Rollins, Gamble's -Store,
Rutherford county; M. L- Haynes,
Nanito, Rutherford county; B. W. Hy
der, Rutherfordton, Rutherford county ;
A. P. Hill, Rutherfordton, Rutherford
county. Charlotte Chronicle, 10th.
Dr. Uorri3on Leaves. v
Dr. R. J.-. Morrison, the popular den
tists who has been here in Drt A J.
WhisnsmVs office for the' past several
months, during Dr. Whisnants absence
in college at Baltimore, returned to his
home at Cherryville Saturday. He is a
clever young gentleman and has made
many friends while here.. , .
9.nd.
the Sf .h.t may Uv. escaped tjie
Death Of A Sweet Child.
Margaret Alice, youngest child of E.
M an Delia Carpenter, died last Satur
day and was buried Sunday at Pleasant
Grove. "Suffer little children, and for-
brtl them not, to come unto Me, for of
such is the" Kingdom of Heaven." X
Henrietta News Items.
(Special to The Sun.) "
' Henrietta, May 12 There were me
morial services ,at Oak Grove, church
and .Vburying . ground" near Caroleen
Wednesday: Addresses were, delivered
by Revs. R. M.H6yle. of ' Shelby, and
ST, R. Richardson.r of Caroleen. ; - ; C
Mr. J. F- Beason, a traveling' sales
man, of Charlotte, formerly a resident
of this place, was in town Thursday and
Friday. ! , , ,
' There will be an old-time singing at
Bethel church Sunday afternoon.
There will be a memorial service at
High; Shoals church, near Henrietta,
Sunday at 11 o'clock, , ,
- Mr. J. N. Callahan, who attended - the
grand council of the Red Men t Salis
bury last' week, returned home Tuesday 1
grease, aud kill , them. Don't 'allow
a single tick to get grown and drop off
the cattle on to the pasture fo one
season and you are rid of them. - Try
this. Your cattle-will look better,
do better and be better. Remember
you who have ticks on your farms are
responsible for the county being tinder
quaran t i ne for cattle; below the, 1 1 nel
Jf cajttfe are clear of ticks they are as
healthy as cattle above the line, .but
still -the .owners of the - non-infested
cattle are not allowed' to cross this
line on account of others who have
ticks, so let, us clean them up. :"
'Itejrpectfully,
RUTHERFORD'S MEW ROAD LAW.
The Act In F ull As Passed By The Last General
Assembly Of north Carolina.
A Bill to be Entitled An Act to Work" the Public Roads of
Rutherford County. - .':-.:
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ,
Section i . That the Commissioners of Rutherford coun
ty shall at their meeting on the first Monday in April of the :
. year nineteen hundred and five, and at their meeting the '
first week in January, annually thereafter, appoint one ca
pable person, in each township to he the supervisor of pub
lic roads in his township. ' '
Section 2. It shall be the duty df such supervisor in each
township, within two weeks after his appointment, "to ex
amine all the public roads in his township,' and divide them
into sections and appoint an overseer for each section and
apportion the persons who are required by the general road '
law oFthe tate, to work the public roads, to each overseer.
."ection 3. It shall be the duty of all overseers to give .
notice to all persons; subject to road duty, belonging to his
section of road, two days before the time appointed to work
on the road, and the kind of tool he shall bring; and he
shall require, and shall have performed six full days work,
of eight hours each, by every person, subject to road duty ;
belonging to his section of road: Provided, however, that -not
more than two days work shall be required at any' one :
working. And provided further, that any person, warned "
.by the overseer, shall have the right to send an able bodied
man; not subject to work on the same section of road, with
" the required tool, in his stead, or he may, on, or before, the
morning of the day required to .work, pay to the overseer
the sum of seventy-five cents, in lieu of one day's work.
Section 4: That any person, subject to road duty, and
being duly, warned by the overseer, who shall wilfully -re-.
fuse or fail to work, or pay, as jrequired Jby this act, shall -be
guilty of a misdemeanor and any justice of the peace
shall have the authority to try, and if found guilty, to fine
him in a sum, not exceeding twenty dollars and all costs of
trial, and it shall be the duty of the overseer to prosecute
any person willfully refusing to work, or pay when duly
warned. " r-; -; ' : ':' k ' ' : :l
Section 5. The supervisor of each township shall keep
a list of the names of all persons, in his township, who are
subject to road duty, and a list of all overseers appointed
by him," and .the names of all the workers assingned to each
overseer, in a book supplied by county commissianers for
that purpose, arid it shall be the duty of all overseers:to re
port to the supervisor, upon his demand, all changes in his
- allotment of workers, either by death, or removal, to or
" from his section, and the supervisor shall have the right to "
make such changes in assignment of workers as he may
deem proper. "
Section 6. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of each
township, to thoroughly inspect all the public roads in his "
township, twice each and every year, and to notify the
overseers at what time they are required to work on the
roads and the overseers, upon receipt of such notice, shall
proceed to notify all persons assigned him by the supervi
sor, at what time and place: they shall meet, and perform
-the work of repairing and improving the section of road as
signed him. . Provided however, the cost of repairing all
bridges, and the material necessary, shall be paid by the
county commissioners. - v
Section 7. The supervisor shall have the right, with
the consent of the land owner, to change ancP re-locate any;
part of-any public road in his township so' as to secure "a "
better road bed, or easier grade, and, when necessary," he
"may require the sarvices'of the county surve'or, in making
such change in roadway.
Section 8. All monies collected by the overseers, either
in lieu of work, or by fine, shall be turned over to the su-
. ,pervisor, ,whb shall keep the. same, as a road fnnd, to be
expended upon the sectioriof road from which collected,
and when the amount so collected, from any section shall
be sufficient, to employ ten workers at seventy-five - cents , ..
each, for one day, he shall direct the overseer, of said sec
tion to engage said ten workers, at said price, " and : direct
the performance of one day's work of ten full hours, upon
-his section of the public roads, and the supervisor shall keep
.a faithfuf record of all monies received by him, and when
and how disbursed. : . r
x.,-. Section q. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of the
r several. townships to make a full and complete report, un---
dertoath; to the county commissioners at; their -meeting on C
the first Monday in "January of each year," of the condition '
j'" of the public roads in their respective townships, and if the,
full amount of work, required by this act has been per- ,
formed "and to what extent the public roads, .in their town- "
ships are being improved, also all monies collected and how .
disbursed, and 'what amounts remain on hand to be turned
over, with all books and other papers relating to working -
the roads- to their successors:: - "
Section 10. The supervisors "shall receive," as compen-'
sation for their service, the sum t of J two dollars per day, .
for each day engaged in inspecting the roads in his town-; v
. , snip, not to exceed three days at any one inspection,, and
five dollars per annum for the other, services required .. of .
bim by; this act, and the overseers shall receive" one dollar, ;
vf:fi effccbwoxking, as compensation for notifying the- hands, ,
t. thoiwf dollar or engaging .workers, when so directed by
the supervisor, and one 'dollar pec jday ! for' superintending
" their labor. ' .' '.. r ' : ' 4
'SectiqiT:ir.i Nothing in this act shall be i coptrued l as v: ii
'depriving the supervisors or the overseers of , any. privileges - -
or rights given in the general road law of the State; and
, that this ast shall be in force fromsd after its-ri:
$400 STIEFF PIANO
TO BE GIVEN AWAY
Another Contest Inaugurated by
v Simmcns-Anderson Co.
BEGAN MONDAY, WAY 8TH.
This Is The f.lost Expensive Pcize
Ever Given Away By Any Con
cern In Rutherford County The
Plan Tully v Explained 7 By This
l7ell-Known, Enterprising Firm.
This is the most expensive prize ever
given by any concern in Rutherford
county; and it will cost you $400.00 in
cold cash if you buy it anywhere in
the United States, but we are going' to
give it away.
Here is our plan: ' The contest began
Monday, May 8th, 1905, and will close
November 11th, 1905, at 10, o'clock
p. ;ni, we win give you a vote with
every cent you spend with us during
the contest. If you purchase amouts
to 5 cents you will get 5 votes, if it is
50 cents you get 50 votes, if it is $10.00
you get 1,000 votes, and so on. You
may vote for yourself, your wife, your
sweetheart, or anyone you may wish;
you may sell your votes or give- them
away, we don't' care, just so they are
voted. The contest is not for the
prettiest girl, or the most 'popular
man, but the one that gets the nost
votes by 10 o'clock p. m., November
ilth, 1905, will get the $400.00 Sfcfeff
Piano absolutely free. We" have or
dered the piano and will have it fn
our store in a short time. We will
keepa record of those voted for and!
the number of votes they receive.
This will be published in The Ruther
fordton Sun every week. The only
possible way to get votes from Simmons-Anderson
Company, is to buy
goods from them. .We have over sev
en thousand dollars, worth ofgoods in
our stored; consisting of cloth ing: for
men and boys, all sizes and any price;
dress shirts, underwear, hosiery, ties,
collars and cuffs, hats and caps, styles
and prices to please everybody. Our
line of shoes run from the infant's
mocasin to the ditcher's brogan. And
if ve have not got the goods you want
we will get them for you. , We guar
antee the quality of our goods, and if
our prices are not as low as our com-
PROVE.
Satisfactory
Boston Mass. , Jan. 25th, 1905
Mr. Chas. M. Stieff, '
Boston, Mass
Dear Sir:-
! , : : The Stieff upright
piano, which you sent to the
New England Conservatory of
Music on trial last October,
has . proved entirely satisfac
tory, and on the strength of
this trial, I have decided to
place an order with you for
Twenty Five (25) Stieff up
right pianos, same style as
samples ubmitted.
These pianos must be de
livered at the New England
Conservatory of Music on or"
before September 1st, 1905
: Yours Very Truly
Ralph L. Flanders,
. . .., Manager.
Charles M. Stieff
Manufaetwer Sf the piaAo witK the
sweet tone.
. Southern warerooms, 211-213
. " North Tryon St.,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
C H. wTLMOTH, Manager.
-' Mention this twoer.
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CANCER
HOSPITAIi
We want every man and woman in the
United States to know what we are do
ing. We are curing Cancers, Tumors and
Chronic Sores without the use of the
knife, and. are endorsed by the Senate
and legislature of , Virginia.' If you are
seeking a cure, come bere and you will
get it. We guarantee our cures.
The Kellam Cancer Hospital,
RIGHiVlOISD, VA
petitbrs, don't buy from us. Our trade
is increasing every day, and we are
going to sell more goods in the next
six months than we sold In the past
twelve months. If we have the same
goods for the same money, with a
chance at a $400.00 prize, are you go
ing to buy from us or the other con
cern? -We do not consider this a mon
ey making scheme for us, but an ad
vertising scheme that will establish
the fact that we are selling the best
goods for the least profit. This is not
a gambling scheme, and there is no
chance for trickery, and no one need
be ashamed to enter this contest.
, SIMMONS-ANDERSON CO.
A Marriage At Sunshine.
rSr"l to The Sun.)
SUNSHINE Mav 15 Mr. PrnPtr.
Biggerstaff and Miss Cleo Bridges were
joined together in the holy bonds of wed
lock on May the 7th. at Sunshine, Kev.
M. M. Landrum, officiating. May joy
and sunshine beam in their lives for
good.
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