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VOL. XVI.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N, C, AUGUST 12, 1913. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
NO. 44.
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LOCAL ITEMS LF INTEREST
The Yadkin River & Watauga
brought in 9 car loads of lumber
Friday and 9 cars yesterday one of
these cars being loaded with tan bark.
A series of revival services began
at Walnut Grove church in Moravian
Falls township Sunday conducted by
Revs Weatherman, Redman . and
Pressly Blevins.
The blue print alluded to regarding
the flying machine, in the contract
printed verbatim et liberatim on page
two in the association's advei tisement
was drawn by K. M. Allen, C. K., of
this place.
A revival meeting which closed at
Lewis Fork church last week resulted
in 22 additional members to that con
gregation who renewed their call
for a pastor to Rev. Pressly Blevins,
of Wilkesboro, for the ensuing year.
It is reported that a meeting of
teachers held at Rock Creek was
largely attended by teachers, com
mitteemen and citizens, conducted
by the county superintendent, and
that all greatly enjojed the meeting.
There will be a recital of express
ion at the auditorium of the graded
school building in Wilkesboro by Miss
Bertha Bradshaw under the auspices
of the Philathea class of the Babtist
church Wednesday evening at 8:30.
Admission 25 cents for adults, and 15
cents for children.
Rev. A. P. Ratledge, pastor of the
Methodist church in Wilkesboro left
Friday afternoon going to his old
home at Mocksville, in Davie county,
for a week's rest. Mr. Ratledge has
been unceasingly at his work in
Wilkesboro since taking charge of
that church last year. '
While running a iiiuuliiud ul the
Oak factory Saturday morning Mr.
H. G. Clark, a regular employe, sus
tained a very painful injury upon
the left arm botwean the hand und
elbow involving a fracture of the
bone perhaps which disabled him
from work for a time at leapt.
Prof. C. C. Wright, county superin
tendent of schools, informed ua that
on sending out diplomas several had
been returned without any notice as
to why, and ho wishes to make it
known that all parties failing to re
ceive their deplomas will pkase noti
fy him so that he may send each
at once..
The resignation of Rev. J. M. Duna
way as pastor of the First Baptist
church was accepted by that congre
gation on last Sunday morning. Mr.
Dunaway made it very clear that he
wished the resignation accepted and
there was nothing left for the church
to do but accept it. The resignation
is effective September 28th. Mr.
Dunaway's plans for the future have
not been announced.
A telephone message received by
Mrs. W. S. Cox here in North Wilkes
boro yesterday morning stated that
her brother, Mr. Roby Vannoy, had
sustained a severe flesh wound on the
face running a wood saw at his home,
near Wilbar in Mulberry township.
A doctor was summoned from North
Wilkesboro. Mrs. C. E. Jenkins
went, it at first being understood that
the wound was even more serious than
since thought as Mr. Vannoy was
able to succeed in an effort to ride as
fr an Millers Orepk on the road to
meet the doctor in order to save time.
A large splinter perhaps an inch wide
pirced the upper lip and nose and in
to the left cheek.
Hustler
Semi-Weekly
One whole year
now for one dollar.
Soon it will likely
cost you more.
Cases Taken up from Friday Morning lo
This Morning.
WihW long criminal docket of 140
cases in superior court had not been
finished this morning. The civil will
likely come up pretty soon. Follow
ing herein are the cases handled since
last Friday morning, in addition to
those printed herein last week.
The criminal docket of Wilkes su
perior court, Judge Cline presiding,
Solicitor F. A. Linney prosecuting,
was resumed at the court house Fri
day morning at 9 o'clock. Perhaps
the most important case tried dur
ing the day was that involving a
a preacher and his wife and another
party from Ashe county. Attorney
T. C. Bowie of Jefferson represented
the defense.
Saturday morning the capital case
came up for the trial of Harrison
Higgins. The case was investigated,
and the defendant submitting a plea
of guilty of assault, did not go to
the jury. The plea being satisfactory
as far as possible to the parties of
the prosecution and the State. A
sentence of 14 months on the roads
of Catawba was imposed on Higgins.
Following the above case, Otto
Wood's name the well-known, Wilkes,
young defendant, was sounded. A
contention over technicalities came
up about the serving of certain papers
by the sheriff between Attorney H.
C. Caviness and Solicitor Linney be
fore the Judge, and the officers who
served the papers were called to the
stand; Sheriff Brown and Constable
J. P. Shew. Constable Shew was the
officer who went to arrest Wood
in Antioch township on that day and
he described the maneuvers of Otto's
exit from the vouse of Jacob Wood
in Antioch. Constable Shew is an
old man himself, in hair and beard and
years at least, a veteran between the
States, but has a remarkable degree of
vim. On entering the house the consta
ble not knowing Otto from the other
boys, all comparatively young, laid
his hand on the wrong boy and Otto
stepped out the door; and after get
ting off down the hill from the house
he opened up a battery of rapid pro
fanity against the constable for
breaking into his private citizenship
and made the "welkin ring;" and on
not being pursued he became bolder
and retraced his steps; knowing that
the constable had lost fleetness of
foot in years gone by, Otto approach
ed within 50 or 75 yards; pointing
a pistol in his hand and carrying a
shot gun on his shoulder Otto was
a walking arsenal following patrioti
cally the constable up the road re
turning. '
But this seems to have been some
time ago. For since then Otto has
rambled in Virginia, been convicted
of stealing, and "hided" it back to
Wilkscarolina; and only a week or
more ago was spending a night with
innocent friends at the foot of the
Brushieu when observed strolling
out before breakfast in the morning
at day to the barn of the father of
"his girl" to take a toddy from his
bottle hidden the night before in the
straw after an entertainment in the
neighborhood. As guest he then re
turned to further impose on his host
for breakfast, but was followed and
brought out of the dining a minute
later before the eyes of his young
lady a prisoner instead of a guest at
first declaring that he could not af
ford socially to go into town with
handcuffs; that he had been arrested
a thousand times but had never before
been so much insulted. Otto
is a bad one, and there is no
telling when he'll get enough lesson
to make him stop and be some kind
of a man at least.
Grover Church, sci fa., to be dis
charged upon payment of cost of sci
fa.; original case continued.
Henry Rash and J. W. Wyatt, as
sault with deadly weapon; guilty as
to Wyatt, not guilty as to Rash. The
latter in case of fornication and adult
ery, gave bond of $200.
R. F. Williams, judgment of the
court that pay fine of $25 and cost.
II. Clint McNeill, false pretense,
Fair Book Next Week.
The Wilkes fair book of 84 pages
contains regulations, special rules
and an interesting premium list and
advertisements of local merchants
and manufacturers. In this issue of
the Hustler elsewhere may be read a
contract with Aviator Thomas Brady
with the association. Secretary John
R. Jones expects to begin sending out
these books immediately to persons
who are interested. The executive
committee of the organization this
year is: Messrs. J. R. Hix, W. H.
Church and Genio Cardwell. The
board of directors are: Messrs. T. B.
Finley, C. C. Smoot, E. L. Hart, F. D.
Forester, C. Call, J. C. Henry, W. S.
Pearson, R. M. Brame, C. C. Gambill
J. T. Finley.
nol pros., county half cost.
C. L. Forester, larceny, nol pros.
Bob Wood, concealed weapon, judg
ment ni sci.
Otto Wood, resisting officer, not
guilty. On another charge, G months
on the Catawba roads.
John Jones, fined $10 and cost.
Lundy Minton, affray, suspended
on payment of cost.
In Isom Sheets' case judgment was
suspended, half cost to county.
Joe Black, case tried, not guilty;
still in custody under another cnarge.
Jesse Hamby and Martha Wheeler,
fornication and adultry, defendant
called and failed; judgment ni sci.
Andrew Payne, retailing, continued
for the defendant; bond $300.
Dora Cropps and Dury Cropps, for
nication and adultry, guilty, sentence
not passed.
Frank Triplett, retailing, defendant
pleads guilty; imprisonment in jail 3
months. Triplett in another case on
same charge, 6 months on Catawba
county roads, commitment to be is
sued February 1st; another case, re
tailing, guilty, judgment suspended,
half cost against the county.
Steven Waters, colored, larceny,
pleads guilty, judgment 3 months on
oads of Catawba.
Bob Grinton, failing to work road,
guilty; judgment of a fine of $5 and
cost
Mrs. C. M. Brewer versus A. M.
Vannoy, W. L. Henderson, W. A Bul
lis, D. S. Pardue, 30 days allowed for
defendants to file answer.
F. H. Neal versus Dr. II. F. Long,
damage suit, 30 days more to file
answer.
Jesse Eller and James Adams, for
nification and adultry; Jesse Eller
sentenced to Catawba county roads
90 days; county to pay half the cost.
Talmage Billings, assault, judgment
that defendant serve 4 months on
Catawba county roads.
Filmore Adams, retailing; judgment
that defendant serve 12 months on
roads of Catawba county. Six other
cases, judgment suspended, one-half
cost against the county in each of
these against Adams.
Ace Thomas, assault with deadly
weapon, judgment that the defendant
pay a fine of $50 and cost.
John Wilborn, judgment, 12 months
on Catawba county roads. Half the
cost paid by the county also.
Talmage Billings, assault with dead
ly weapon, continued.
J. P. and M. G. Johnson, inducing
minor to lenve the State; J. P.' John
son was fined $500 and cost; M. G.
Johnson dismissed.
Bert Austin, slander, judgment that
the dc
ant servo 15 months on the
county roads of Catawba.
Felix Tidline, burning building at
county home, not guilty and not dis
charged. Grover, Robert and Jesse Parsons,
peace warrant, each sentenced to
Catawba roads 12 months.
Boyden Bumgarner, carrying con
cealed weapon, guilty, judgment sus
pended. Other cases also judgment
suspended, retailing, assault, carrying
concealed weapon, judgment suspend-1
ed. A case of retailing, guilty, 18 !
months on Catawba roads. '
W. M. Brown, issuing check with-j
out money in bank, juror withdrawn, !
mistrial; bond of $200.00, placed in ,
custody. i
Wilkesboro Route 1 News.
Corn'spoiMliMuv of tin' Hustler.
The good rains we have peen hav
ing have turned the corn from yellow
to green again and beans and toma
toes are more plentiful.
Rev. Geo. Sebastian and F. Carlton
conducted communion services at
Mountain Valley church on Mulberry
Sunday. Rev. MeSwain is conduct
ing a protracted meeting at Millers
Creek.
This week Mrs. Leodeme Eller of
Cricket is ill with typhoid fever
friends are sorry to learn.
Rev. W. W. White now of Greens
boro, but formerly one of Wilkes
counties ablest preachers, conducted
services at Pleasant Home Sunday
and a large crowd attended; he will
start from here this week to visit
friends atObids, Ashe county.
Miss Lizzie Brooks of Statesville
came up Sunday to visit her parents.
Messrs. Carl Bullis of Millers Creek
and Zollie Eller of Purlear visited at
the home of Mr. L. B. Pierces Sunday.
Mr. Otto Whittington of Whittington,
N. C, visited at Mr. H.wC. Kilby's Sun
day. Miss Minnie Faw of this com
munity and Mr. Robie Nicholas of
Buck, N. C.were married last Sunday;
they have the best wishes of friends.
Mrs. L. S. Brooks and daughter, Miss
Florence, trained nurse of Statesville,
visited Misses Dora and Effie McNiell
one day last week. What has gone
with the Millers Creek and Purlear
correspondents; we would be glad to
hear from them again.
Aug 10 19i3.
8 Prison Officials Convicted in Mississippi.
JtU'kHon, Miss., dispatch, 1( th.
Investigation of irregularities in
Mississippi's State institutions, prin
cipally the prison system which al
ready has resulted in conviction and
sentencing of eight men, will be press
ed vigorously the coming week and it
is freely predicted that the scandal
has far from reasked a climax. Gov
ernor Brewer has headed the investi
gation and brought charges before
grand juries that have resulted in
numerous indictments and convictions
for thievery, graft and embezzlement.
He now is investigating stories of seri
ous conditions at all the State prison
farms.
The scandal broke when Lawrence
Yerger, secretary of the prison board
of trustees, was found short in his ac
counts about $38,000, confessed and
was sentenced to 10 years servitude.
He implicated others in his downfall
and working on this evidence Govern
or Brewer and his assistants have been
instrumental in convicting prison offi
cers and former officers of crime even
down to petty thefts of products
raised on the prison farms of the
State. He now is probing into charges
that prisoners on the Parchman farm
suffered severely last winter because
State officers at the farm sold to their
own account large quantities of sup
plies purchased to feed and clothe the
prisoners.
Charges of general laxity of per
forming duties at several of the farms
and by the three members of the
prison's board of trustees resulted in
the indictment of each of the three
members on charges of misfeasance
in office. Col. W. A. Montgomery, a
member of the board and one of the
best known men in the State was tried
on this charge, convicted, lined $100
and ordered from office. He is hold
ing his office, however, pending appeal
of the case.
Indifference to duty is spoken of in
connection with the disastrous prison
fire on the Oakley farm when 35 con
victs, trapped in an antiquated wood
en "cage" lost their lives. A special
State committee that investigated the
fire reported general mismanagement
and lack of protection for prisoners j
at the Oakley farm.
The chairman of the prison board
who faces the misfeasance charge has j
been conviet'.d of embezzlement. He j
is C. C. Smith who is now serving a
five-year sentence. He was found
guilty of taking $900 he obtained on
an automobile deal made for the State, I
Personals.
Mrs. W. I!. Henry and family
ami the Misses Terrv who have
been spending some time on the
Mountain in cottage, will return
tomorrow and expect to leave here
Saturday, Mrs. Henry to visit her
sister, Mrs. Graves Moses at Levelrun,
Va., Miss Bertie Terry her cousin,
Mrs. N. P. Thomas at Danville.
Mrs. J. E. Johnson and little child
of Fair Mont, N. C, who had been
spending a week with Mrs. lioundtree
at Poois Knob, left Friday afternoon
returning home.
Mrs. Minnie Somers (Mrs. Boss
Somers) who had been visiting two
weeks in Statesville and two weeks
at her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N.
Garner, of Hunting Creek, left here
Friday afternoon for Augusta, Ga.
Mr. J. C. Bumgarner, of Ronda,
passed hrough Saturday from a visit
to Grayson county, Virginia.
Mr. Benj. M. and Mrs. Turner and
little daughter, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
arrived Saturday visiting his mother,
Mrs. J. B. Murphy, and sister, Miss
Ella Turner. The former left return
ing Sunday while Mrs. Turner will
visit two weeks.
Mr. S. L. Jenkins passed through
Saturday from Winston to join Mrs.
Jenkins across the Blue Ridge.
Mr. T. S. Miller arrived Saturday
and is spending a while with his
family in Wilkesboro.
Miss A. R. Hodgkin, of Greensboro,
is visiting at Mr. J. H. Pennell's near
town; her brother, Mr. R. E. Hodgkin,
who had been, left returning to
Greensboro that afternoon.
Miss Mollie Robey, of Elkin, came
up Saturday and is visiting Messrs.
T. J. and J. E. Phillips at the boaid
place Wilkins.
Mrs. II. G. Anderson, of Grandin,
passed through Saturday en route to
Pittsburg, Pa., to visit her mother.
Mr. H. W. Westbrook returned to
Norfolk, Va., after visiting Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Jones, Mrs.tWestbrook re
maining. Miss Annie Russell, who had been
visiting her sister at Moravian Falls,
went down to Elkin on Saturday
afternoon's train returning home
accompanied by Mr. Hosea Arnold.
Editor R. A. Deal came in Thursday
night from Montrose visiting his
family in Wilkesboro.
Mrs. J. W. Vickers left Saturday
afternoon for a visit to her brother,
Mr. Wm. Shore at Lexington, Yadkin
county.
Mr. J, W. Bentley and other mem
bers of the jury were excused Sat
urday afternoon in time for returning
to their homes on the 3-o'clock train.
Mrs. L. F. Tillery, of Rocky Mount,
is visiting her brother, Mr. L. Vyne.
Miss Maud Minish, who had been
visiting Misses Miller and Smoak in
Wilkesboro, left returning yesterday
morning on the Watauga for her
home in Lenoir.
Clerk of thecourt of Caldwell W. C.
and Mrs. Moore, who had been visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W,
Barber, and Mr. E. Jr., and Mrs.
Jones, returned to Lenoir via the
Y. II. & W. yesterday morning.
Miss Breta and Mr. Robert Noel,
of Lexington, are visiting at Mr. F.
G. Holman's in Wilkesboro, the latter
to probably return home last of this
week while the former will spend
some time with Miss Gay Holman.
Miss Bertha Bradshaw, of Hickory,
irrived yesterday at noon and is visit
ing Miss Gay Holman in Wilkesboro.
Mr. Richard Finley returned yes
terday from Roaring Gap.
Miss Beulah Laxton, of Morganton,
who had been visiting at Mr. T. S.
Miller's, accompanied by Miss Ella
Mae Miller, left Monday morning, re
turning home after visiting first at
Roaring River.
Mr. R. F. Kern, left yesterday for
Winston-Salem where he is visiting
his brother, Mr. E. G. Kern and
family, the latter of whom is at home
also in Salem, from Atlanta.
Mr. James Weston Dunaway, chief
clerk to the Construction Engineer of
the Florida East Coast Railway, with
News from Counties Near.
Watauga Democrat: Mr. H. S.
Deal and his wife, of Blowing Rock,
have disposed of their holdings there
and moved to Mr. Deal's old home
in Alexander county.
The Durham newspaperman at
Blow ing Rock includes in his items to
the Watauga Democrat:
"Mrs. F. M. Simmons, the charm
ing wife of our distinguished Sena
tor, is summering at the ' delightful
Watauga Inn. She is the central
figure of an interesting and admiring
circle of friends, and her presence up
here in this beautiful land, above the
clouds, is a pleasant addition to the
social circle of Blowing Rock where
everybody appears to be happy."
The trial of Dr. Hennessee, of
Burke county, is now on in Morgan
ton before Judge Webb. This is one
of the cases from the riot which
occurred in Burke last May, 2lst. The
Morganton Herald says that Peter
Swink was found guilty of manslaugh
ter and sentenced to five years in the"
penitentiary. A venire of 200 men
were summoned for Hennessee's case
there yesterday who is charged with
killing a man named Gorman Pitts.
That doctor was taken from the Long
Sanatorium last week back to Mor
ganton. Oakwoods.
Items (rum Ottkwoods Ooinmuitlly, 1'ilU.
Mrs. E. J. Jeffors and children, who
had been several days at Oakwoods,
left this morning returning to
Florence, S.C.
Mrs. Stringer, of Chicago, is visit
ing Mrs. McDonald here.
. Miss Clatie Jones, of Statesville, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, J3s.
Jones at Oakwoods.
Hiddenite is enjoying the company of
a little delegation from Charlotte.
Twenty-one children sent out by the
managers of the Alexander Rescue
Home are there for a vacation of one
month. They range in ages from
two to 13 and are under the immedi
ate control of Miss Mattie Deal.
headquarters at Marathon, Florida, is
in North Wilkesboro visiting hia
parents.
Mr. C. U. iavis, of Winston-Salem,
came in yesterday for a two-day's
trip.
Mrs. S. J. Strickland and daughter,
Miss Clara, of Tampa, Fla., arrived
yesterday met by Miss Roberts going
to the Wright cottage on the moun
tain. Mr. I. S. Call, of Savannah, Ga.,
arrived yesterday, visiting his old
home in Wilkesboro.
Mrs. J. 0. Gragg returned to Win
ston yesterday.
Mr. C. Call left yesterday afternoon
for New York.
Mr. Robert Reves, who is recover
ing from fever, was expected home
last evening from West Virginia ac
companied by Mr. Will Reves.
Postmaster J. G. Hackett went to
Raleigh yesterday evening to appear
before the corporation commission
in the freight rate business and the
matter of the new passengers and
mail schedules to North Wilkesboro.
Mr. J. B. Bivins, plumber of Elkin,
is here to begin the plumbing of the
new graded school building.
Mr. Will and Mrs. Neely, of Char
lotte, arrived last night to visit her
neice, Mrs. J. A. Casbion.
Messrs. J. Clinton Smoot; and sons,
Chas. C. and Master Clinton left yes
terday by automobile for Charlotte,
N.C.
Misses Maud and Bess Greenwood,
of Elkin, are at Mr. C. P. Burchette's
visiting.
Mrs. R. C. Hendren left on the early
train Monday to visit her son, J. B.
Hendren, at Maxton, N. C, and on her
return home will visit relatives in
Winston Salem, and son, Prof. E. S.
Hendren, at Pilot Mountain.
Mrs. L. F. Tillery, of Rocky Mount,
and neice, little Miss May Underwood
(daughter of nee Miss Jennie Vyne,) of
Sy.acuse.N. Y., have been visiting L.
and Mrs. Vyne since Friday.
Mrs. Chas. H. Pough left this
j at Laurelsprings.