BARTER'S WEEKLY,FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920
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Star, Feb. 13th. ' . - '. ' ; '
At a special meeting -of x the Board
of County Commissioners: held on -last
Mondav. W. F. Thompson and D. jZ.
i Duncan being present, the following
committee was named to Consult with-
' the citizens of Ashe and Wilkes touch'
ing road connections between the said
counties: Eugene Transou; T. J. Car
son, 'E. L. McMillan,- R- A. Doughton,
D. C. Duncan, G.T. Caudill. W. F.
- Doughton, W T. Upchurch, . J J. Mil
ler, Major Miles, John C. Moxley.
A' resolution appears on the minutes
of the meeting stating that the com
mittee is not authorized to consider, or
take any action or make any recom
mendations upon the proposed , high-
: -way running or proposed to be , con
structed through the counties of Alle
ghany and Ashe, from Sparta to Jef
ferson. -
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-News-Topic, Feb. 12th.
Sunday . night about 9 o'clock .Hen
ry Powell,- an aged and lughly re
spected negro man, was found dead
in a room at his home in Freedman
with, a bullet hole from a .45 caliber
pistol through; his head. It was a
case of suicide. . " ; 1 - 1
The old man had entered the room
an hour or two before he was found
' and had fastened the door on the
inside. Other persons were in the
house anpl heard the, report of the
pistol but it was muffled and they
thought it was caused by breaking a
stick of wood. Later he was called
and when no answecf was made the
. other members of-the family became'
uneasy and telephoned for -the police.
The ( door was broken, open and the
dead body was found. Beside the
body was the pistol. -
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Democrat, Feb. 12th. f
Dr. E. Glenn Salmons died at his
home in Bel Air, Maryland, on Febru
ary. 2, after an illness of nine days
with influenza followed by pneumonia.
Interment was made at Zion church,
near Statesville, North Carolina, on
. the 5th.
fir. Salmons was a son of Mr.
Frank Salmons who lived within a
few miles of Boone, and for ' several
years prior to his moving to Mary
land, he practiced dentistry in Boone.
He was unusually efficient in his pro
fession, was a polished gentleman and
had that rare faculty of making
friends of all with whom he came in
.contact. " Being widely known in this
part of the state, the news" of his
death will bring sadness to the hearts
at many people.
Dr. Salmons is survived by his wife,
three children, mother and one broth
er, who have the sympathy of all in
their bereavement.
FRENCH WIFE IS SANE j
BUT IS AWFULLY .WORRIED
Council -Byluffs, 'Iowa, Feb. 14.-! Mrs.
Ewalt Saur, young French bride, of
a former soldier, was held sane today
by a board of examiners before whom
her husband had taken hei Mrs.
, j Saur had suffered nervous prostration
over the high cost of living and what
she -termed "American extravagance.'
Mrs. Sauer cried for more than an
3iour-as she told how all the -money
which her husband turns over to her
each pay day "goes out as fast as it
comes in.". .
"Why is it that when I order some
meat," she sobbed, "that it is brought
extrava
exirava-
in an automobile. That is
gance horrible for poor people! I can-
not afford to have my meat delivered
m an automobile and. I won't.
it developed tnat tne bauers are buy-j
ing a home on mstallments and this
was something the young wife could
not understand. -
m ' a.
ier husband, she says, gives her his
pas- envelope. The. commission ad-
Vised her that her husband is a. jewel. !
JUDGE W. T. NEWMAN OF
ATLANTA DIED SATURDAY
Atlanta. Feb. 14. United States
.Indp-e William T. Newman, of the
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nnrtom iatnVt nf nnT-tria Hifd snd-
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denlv at his home here todav. acred
76 years. Judge Newman had occu-
pied the federal bench .fofi 37 years.
havine been appointed in President
Cleveland's administration. He was a
Confederate veteran and lost an arm
in fiehtine at JonesborO. Ga.. in the
last year of the war. y,; . .
SOUTH CAROLINIAN AWARDED
MEDAL BY GEN." PERSHING
Washington, Feb. 12. The" distin-
guished'service cross has been award -
S. CWGeneral Pershing for extra-
": ordinary;heroism; in action near Pre-
axiuiit, r rciiice, uu ucwuer o,wio owv
me with, company Cv. 107th infantry.
When the advance of Neeses. com-
pany was held up. by. a machine .gun
emplacement," he went forward with
with two other soldiers and attacked
the enemy position, shootmg th of
ai-wwsw. uuovw ii vj5 jr
enemy gunners, ' his citation said.- '
NftAea o-nl t efnfl i-n nainr of fav his
discharge from the army and accord-
ingly the medal has been forwarded
the commanding officer of the U. S.
Mississippi, where Neese .was assign
ed to duty, for presentation to him-t.
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
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Charlotte, Feb. 17.- Between 40 and
45 machinists' in the plant of Alex
ander; and .Garsed, manufacturers of
mill machinery, went on strike he're
this morning. - . ' .'
Mt Airy, Feb, 17. The farmers of
Surry county , have "gone wild", over
the high prices paid for tobacco the"
pasfc . season . , and are : preparing to
greatly increase the acreage -this year.
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Winston-Salem, Feb.' '13. Former
Govenor R. B. Glenn whjo has been
in bad health for several, years, was
able to go to New York this week and
attend a meeting of federal boundary
commission. ".: - , . - .
Moi-gantbn, Feb. 13.-Tbol .and -Tom
Mull, father and son, implicated in the
Mull-Lef ever fight .-: Sunday,, were
bound over to court and remanded to
jail without bail at the magistrate's
hearing this afternoon, Esq. W. F.
Hallyburton, presiding.
Asheville, .Feb. -14. The Asheville
Citizen company today closed a ' deal
whereby they took over the Y. M. C.
A. - building on Haywood street j for
$100,000. .The building will be used as
a home for the newspaper, possession
to be given by March 1, next.
Raleigh, Feb. 15.-Governor Bick
ett tonight announced that he is ap
pointing former Senator E.' H. Cran
mer, of Brunswick county, as succes
sor to judge W. Pi Stacy, of the
eighth judicial district, who resigned
ate Saturday in order to take up the
practice jbf law. '
Statesville, Feb. 16. Mrs. W. T.
Walker, wife of Supt. W. T. Walker,
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oi me rjanum springs orpnanage,
died of pneumonia following influenza
and her remains were buried in the or
phanage cemetery, the funeral ser
vices being conducted from the. home
at 3 o'clock, by Rev. H. M. Parker.
Raleigh, Feb. 16. Mrs. T. W.Bick-
ett, wife of the governor,, is ill at the
mansion with influenza, which she-is
supposed to have" contracted while
nursing at the emergency hospital.
Mrs. Bickett was ine Srct woman to
volunteer her services, when it . was
announced the hospital would be op
ened. Asheville, .Feb. 17. Information
has been received here that C. E. Gra
ham, founder of the cotton mill' here
and who orignally was in the .mer
cantile' business in Asheville, a broth-er-iir-lav
to Dr. C. S. Jordan has giv
en a million dollar office building in
Jacksonville to the board .of minister
ial relief of the Presbyterian . church.
Wilmington, Feb. 14. Superior
Court Judge W. P. Stacy of the eighth
judicial district late today forwarded
-to" Governor T-. W. Bickett his resig
nation to take efltject March 1. In his
letter to the governor, Judge Stacy
says that for. some time he has con-,
tenllated taking this step and that it
his hope to return to the bar and de
vote attention to practice of law.
.. Charlotte, Feb.; 14.-M)f ficial an
nouncement was made here tonight of
the election of Z..V. Taylor, of Char
lotte, as president of the Piedmont
and Northern railroad company, to
succeed E. Thompson, resigned. The
operates interurban electric i lines be-
twnharlntti and Castnnia and ho-
twee.n Spartanburg and Anderson, S.C.
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'Fayetteville, Feb. 16. Th,e story of
a clever swindle by which two Fay-
etteviile banks were deirauded oi.ss,-
300 has just leaked out here, me
alleged swindler, who gave his name
as C. C. Bain, presented five-day sight
I a. ml I
I drafts on. the southern uond com-
pany. At the expiration, oi . the nve-
day period letters were received from
Wilmington bank stating that drarts
had been turned down.' ; Bain has not
been seen since. .
Winston-Salem, Feb. 17. Hon. Wil-
nam Howard Taft, former president
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of the UniteoVStates, will visit Wins-
mom
ton-Salem next month, deliverine aniyour iron ana in ux, ionic aia tneworK
ii- Mi. i or.- ir-
aaaress nere ai oaiera, vouege me-
mortal Hall on the evening of Friday,'
March 19. Mr, TaftY appearance
here will be the sixteenth number of
the Famous Artists' and Lecturers
i Series,conducted under the auspices of
the Rotary .Club and Salem College.
TirvVintrham: Feb.' iW.y"R., Cli
nara. is aeaa, kqd greens in jail at
Rckingham and J. Kent Greer is -in
jail at High Point as a result of a
1 hjgw-y robbery near here Friday
W- 7A coroner's mquest was held
here today over the dead body of Cli-
- i uaiu, mc, ciuiw( ucui uic uc-
I reased ram a to "his death at thA nands
0f Robert Steele, Jr., J. F. Diggs, P. C.
Markwaiter. James Allred and Con
stable Ed. Rogers , and that the killing
ewas i justifiable (and hi self-defense,
Never was a bolder highway robbery
attemptea 'man ims ana me city ana
I surrounding fcbuntry was stirred . into
1 .u i.l ill ' it!. 1 1 1 . '"
a fever of excitement.
to j - . ' , .' ' ' ...--- ,
SJ Not unlike the" Crown Princeto
- 1 count . himself a f air equivalent -for
1900 'Germangoston Herald; ;
CONSIDER WJNSTON STATION
.Winston-Salem. Feb. : J.4. A - com
mittee of opresenative ciiizens. ap
pointed several weeks ago to sele? t
a desirable site for th proposed ne7
union passenger, station. ' the build'ng
of which was delayed by the war, will
make a report within the next few
days. y :' . .
While no official information has
been given out, it is reported that the
committee' will recommend' the selec
tion of the present passenger station
site, with an extension up to either
Church or Main street. This location
is regarded 'not only, the " most : : con
venient to the traveling public, but
an deal one in every respect. The
committee wilLmake a report to mass
meeting of citizens an if it is adopted,
a i definite proposition will be submit
ted to the railroad officials.
DEMOCRATS TO MEET IN .
RALEIGH ON MARCH
In a notice sent out by T. D. War
ren, chairnian of 'the state Democratic J
executive committee, he -calls this
committee and the advisory commit
tee, to meet in Raleigh Tuesday night,
March 2. for the 'purpose of arrang
ing a date for the state convention.
The call is as follows: ..
To the members of state and advisory
Democratic executive committees :
Pursuant to authority conferred by
section 10 of the plan or organiza
tion of the Democratic party of North
Carolina, a meeting of the state Dem
ocratic executive committee is hereby
called to meet in the senate chamber
in the city of Raleigh, on Tuesday
night, March 2, 1920, at 8 o'clock", for
the purpose 'of transacting the follow
ing business:
(1). , To fix time and place for
holding the state committee meeting.
(2). To fix a common day on which
all precinct meetings shall be held in
the various precincts in the state for
the purpose of electing delegates to
the county convention
(6) lo nx a common day lor the
holding of the county conventions in
each county in the state. -
(4). For such, other business as
may come before the committee. .
It is urgently urged -that a full at
tendance be present, as business of
importance will be transacted.
BYRD DEAL OF HIDDENITE
TAKES HIS . OWN LIFE
Mr. Byrd Deal, of Hiddenite, was
found early Monday morning hanging
in the barn. It is thought that his
mind, was unbalanced at the time of
committing suicide. ,i !
' He leaves a wife and six children
to mourn his untimely death. Burial
took place at Black Oak Ridge Tues
day afternoon. Statesville Sentinel,
Feb. 13th. V
63 CASES OF RO
BUT NOT A DEATH
W. J. Ellis, Yale, Va., Bank Director,
Farmer, and Prominent Merchant,
Had Them All-Taking Hudson's Iron
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Yale, Va., 1919.
Hudson Medicine Co., Petersburg, Va.:
Gentlemen: I want to thank you for
M?11 to the derfol
lu lL cuimnuiiiiy win-
,yu x uau n
time five families on my farm that
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had from four to seven in each family
striken with Spanish Influenza, in all,
oq Mpc t imt net. nA hnttlo of unni-
Iron and Nux Tonic in each familv
and given as per directions, we did
I not iose a- single patient and did not
PVpr h-ep th drwtnr in spa nnt nno
ow -m my immediate section, there
1 were 6o cases of Influenza at one time.
and in every home that your Iron "and
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I was lost In two hnnsos that. HiH Trt
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With best wishes for your success
m getting your Iron and Nux Tonic
in every home for the real benefit of
humanity ! am, i ' :
Sincerely yours, '
(Signed) W. J. ELLIS.
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R. JL, Doughton,;
F. D. Forester, Vice-Pres. A. W. Horton, Asst-Cashier
I ' B. D. Flakes, Cashier Ronda Branch
R. L. DOUGHTOR Member of Congress, Seyenth K C District
FY D. FORESTER, Wholesale Merchant, Nortti Wilkesboro,. N. C
WR NORTON, Physician, North Wilkesboror C ' . '
E. F. STAFFORD, Wholesale Lumber, North Wilkes boro N. d
C H? M. TULBURT,- Merchant, Millers Creek,, N. C 7
C A. LOWE, Farmer, Pores Knob, N. C. j - N !
C A. REEVES, Dentist, Laurel Springs, N. C
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