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ironi mm 1 k2 M 3 f 53 i$ 71 X H H t I' VOL. XVI. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C, DECEMBER 22, liU-i. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. NO. 45. 'dtlti pi? k 4 B Lm t HIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS. Ice on the town pond ha. softened id the jnunr folk' skating is done. This p.'.sp;iper will not be issued lu'ain until next week. Rev. .1, N. Brooks last week sold to Mr. M. F. Brooks acres of land i'n Mulln rry Creek for four thousand dollars. Mr. J. W. Garvey desires to express Miyiks for the kind ministrations ns aunng me recent niness - , ...... . .,. oath of his wife. Alexander county is noun: to nave a good roads day mooting in Taylors ville first Monday in January, say9 the Mountain Scout. The government keeps an inspector at the apple tables in the United Fruit Growers establishment all the time as an enforcement of the pure food law. Mr. Ed. Scott, merchant in the edge of town, left yesterday morning for his former h.ime town Lenoir in re sponse to a message that Mrs. Scott's mother, Mrs. Mary Hall, was seriously ill with pneumonia. A friend from down at Ronda in North Wilkesboro last week, said what many may not realize the good truth of, and that is that there no better place to spend Christmas than right at home. A friend in the lower end of town reports that one porker was killed by his neighbor tipping the scale at 190 pounds and that Mr. F. P. Blair came also second with one which he has hung behind the pantry door weighing 36 pounds. New Hope Baptist church, near Purlear, made up thrt e good size box es of apples, flour, sugar, etc., and expressed it to the Baptist Orphange at Thomasville for the little fellows for Christmas. Mr. G.'E. Vannoy brought them down Saturday. While sitting before the fire place at their home Monday morning, Mrs. A. A. Finley and daughter, Miss Grace, were wounded by an explosion caused by an unknown combustion of some kind from the coal fire entering the left arm of Mrs. Finley below the elbow. A fragment of something like dynamite cap was taken out by the attending physician and will be examined under microscope to try and detect more exactly just what kind of cartridge or cap the explosive was. ANYONE HAVING OUTGROWN CLOTHES TO DONATE Any one having out-grown children's clothes that they will donate to the poor will please send them in before Wednesday noon. The committee have sev eral boys and girls from six to twelve years, also some smaller children in their list that they want to make comfortable. They want to thank the gen tleman from out on the Brushy- mountain who so kindly donated two bushels of nice apples to the nnnr All the ladies wish him a Merry Christmas. Young Couple Marry at Moravian Falls. A marriage took place of a young couple which went out from Wilkes boro last night over the frozen roads to the Methodist parsonage at Moravian Falls at eight o'clock in which Pastor Cherry received and performed the matrimonal knot to be known as Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Smithey. The bride was Miss Emma Alexander, daughter of Mr. Jesse Alexander, of Roaring River R. F. D.,and the bride groom a son of Mr. Boss Smithey of Moravain Falls. Mr. George Howell and Miss Minnie Hays occompained them. Mrs. 0. K. Terry Head. A telegram has been received here stating the death of Mrs. 0. F. Terry at Danville, Va., her home. Mrs. Terry had been sick from paralysis. MRS. J. W GARVEY mm pimniu iinnumn i uitu dunuAi mtm) Friends in North Wilkesboro were saddened to learn of the death of Mrs. J. W. Garvey which occurred early Su; day morning just after mid night at their new home in the north east part ef the town she having been removed from the Wilkes hospital in Wilkesboro about two weeks ago. Mrs. Garvey was about H5 years of age and before marriage was Miss Ivie Mitchell, of Bertie countv, and came to this mountain section to teach in Ashe where she became ac quainted with Mr. Garvey and was married to him in 19()f. After coming to North Wilkesboro to live Mrs. Garvey had been an ac tive worker of the First Babtist church. Many will renumber that Mrs. Garvey made, among other ad dresses, one at the graded school building a few months ago and show ed her close observation of condition of living with those whom worked and sympathized heartily at the end of her life which comes practically in middle lifetime and apparently pre maturely she leaves beside her hus band three small children, two daugh ters and one son; one of her sisters, Mrs. J. T. Ilolloman, of High Point, had recently been to see Mrs. Gar vey and had returned on account of the illness of her mother. Brothers of Mr. Garvey, Messrs. Joe, stu dent of Richmond Medical College, Messrs. Robert and Charlie, of Beaver Creek, and Mr. George Reeves of Beaver Creek, attended the funeral. The following acted as pall bearers: Messrs. E. M. Blackburn, E. C. Wood ie, E. E. Eller, W. H. Church, J. C. Reins and WT. R. Absher. Mrs. Garvey had been very ill for about eight weeks. Many children will lose a friend in her death, a friend in need, a friend in deed. Mrs. Garvey leaves behind a name worthy of emulation and was the chief found er of the new organization of charity which may prove great good to North Wilkesboro. MAYOR'S COURT GOING AFTER THE WHISKEY, Yesterday morning the mayor's court was crowded with witnesses and spectators as a result of what some call "Christmas" liquor that's been coming in for the past week or more at the North Wilkesboro express of fice. Morgan Hawkins and wife Lettie Hawkins were up before Acting May or A. A. Finley y sterday morning on the charge of vi jlating the State li quor laws. Hawkins' wife is said to be a daughter of Richmond Speaks, who has somewhat of a whiskey re putation and comes by it as a herit age. Both are young and had in court with them a little daughter about five or six years of age sitting wiU. her arms around her mother who seemed to be almost collapsed. It was brought out that about nine gallons of liquor had been shipped here to them, sometimes in her name and sometimes in the name of her husband Morgan Hawkins as a method of de ceiving, or as Attorney Hays for the State said "similar to the act of steal ing," as it was doing something which they were afraid would be seen. Around the house was pint bottles, quart bottles and half-pint bottles, coca-cola bottles, and boys have been seen going and coming with bottles of liquor, GOVERNMENT FISH FOR WILKES STREAMS WED. Oakdale, Tenn., Dec. 22.-R. H. Pharr, North Wilkesboro, N. C, 8:30, P. M. Your fish will arrive there December twenty-third, twelve fifty five noon, baggage car promptly with two ten gallons. Mr. J. T. Finley has fish enroute. Mrs. Nell Demmette, of Wilkes boro, finished in a newspaper contest the other day winning a pony sadi'.le and bridal which she will receive by shipment this week. How They Bury Dogs in Montana-Wilkes Folks. ConvoiuU'nr' of the Hustler. Livingston, Mont., Dec. 13. I don't suppose you Wilkes folks have been having as cold weather as we have here in Montana; however it isn't as cold here now although it seems good to sit by the stove and have lots of coal and wood these days. Some more of our North Carolina friends have returned to Livingston. Mr. J. L. Davis and family returned a few days ago. Mrs. Davis left here in September to visit in Wilkes and says she had a lovely trip. Mr. Sam Jones, who went back to North Caro lina to his sister's marriage near Ready Branch, has returned and is at his same job working for the Union Pacific railroad. Mr, Zack Triplett and wife of Parlier, N. C, just re turned from their old home visit a few days ago. He holds a position on the the Union Pacific. All of our North Carolina people are out here are taking this winter for their vaca tion to visit their old friends in Wilk es and its a pretty good time to get off from their work as times are dull. About one hundred men were laid off from their work on the Union Pacific first of December and while there are a good many here without work some left to find work at other places. We have a few new buildings going up here if times are a little dull and we're hoping times will be better by spring anyway. Mr. and Mrs, M. H. West and little son Leo visited Mr. M. L. Lewis and family at Three Forks on Thanksgiv ing and found all in good health. Mr. West says Mr. Lewis had four nice large turkeys and that they had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs. A. J. McNeill and sister attended services at the Baptist church today. Mr. J. C. Lewis and Mr. Sam Jones visited Mr. J. L. Davis and family a few nights ago. Mrs. R. M. Noons visited Mrs. A. J. McNeill December 10th and had a lovely visit. Mumps are prevalent here. A new kind of burial took place at Helena, Mont., the other day. It was the burial of a little dog the expense of which was five hundred dollars. This is no joke nor made up story but true while we hope there's no one here in Livingston that is that crazy over a dog, but we don't know for people out here are awful crazy over dogs. No one in Wilkes we are quiet sure would spend five hundred dollars to bury a (log, but they might give that much to get rid of the dogs. Now beat Helena, Montana, for the burying of dogs if you can. Well I think this little story will do to close on for this time. Success to the dear old Hustler and all who read it. Personals vcyca Her trc wlii. oil z;sc&. And, this being the presumptive case, that small, high window of tho light might wrtll be hprs. Directly across tho street from the Trine residence, oa tho opposlto cor ner, a colossal npaftment structure stood hnlf-finlsiied, stonework to itu second story, gaunt iron skeleton rear ing above. To his infinite .:i.-:;ust. Alan found the guardian very wide R;il;e, very much on the job: no chnuco here'tol steal unseen into the building. I This in itself miulit. .havtt W" J- Mr. Edison Holmes is at home trom A &M. Mr. A. K. Forester came in Monday from Oak Ridge. Jonesville has on the edge of its limits a thirty-five hundred dollars Gen Sing farm. It is a novelty. Its beds occupy one-and-a-half acres and the whole plot is covered with three-inch slattincr. which, at a distance, looks like one large shed for some barn purposes. It is enclosed with poultry wire. Chinese buy the Gen Sing root and they believe it contains properties that will keen off anv disease. They call it the "sacred root." Jonesville is just across the river from Elkin and occupies the same re lation to Elkin that Wilkesboro does to North Wilkesboro, except; is not a county seat and is in the corner of of Yadkin county near the Wilkes and Surry lines. It is known in State history as the place of the Van Eaton School. Students from a distance then went there to school. Messrs. Will M. and Wesley Evans, two brothers, were born 10 miles far ther east in Yadkin county. Three years ago these brothers started this enterprise. Nearby they have builded two nice homes and the plot of Gen Sing is between them. In beginning their enterprise they ordered a costly shipment of 2-year-old roots, the size of table raddishes, from Pennsylvania in which they had the misfortune of practically a total loss. About the time the shipment arrived a brother of these two died and their attention was consumed by the death for a few days, and a sorrow in their intense in dustriousness. During these days the roots heated and fifteen hundred dollars worth were an ugly loss. However in 1913 the Messrs. Evans produced and gathered one bushel of this valuable seed. The seed wuld be the size of a cow pea if it were more flat. The plant is a stalk one half foot high. The seed grows in a pod, which, when red, is ripe; then it is picked.in August and September and packed in boxes, (shoe case size) one layer and another of common sand and the seed; let lay three weeks then seive the sand from the seed pods. Then they repack the seed in the boxes and let them remain there until the next April; then they reseive and let stay till the following fall and plant any time from October to the latter part of December. Roots will dry in one month. Drying is in the fall. These gentlemen made their first shipment last fall to Baltimore, The roots become mature at five years of growth. The seeding ought to be done so one crop will be coming on every year. Mr. Evans was to have seed for sale this fall. Faulty seeds are separated by pouring all into wat and these -bad ones stay on top. This plot of the Messrs. Evans con sists of beds four feet wide running all the way across the plot bordered with a six-inch plank with a two-foot walk way between. They use a spray material against diseases when nec cessary. A Farmer Who Ships Hay. From the Wnclesluno Mentii tiger unci In telllKencer. Capt. J. A. Boggan is today ship ping from Russellviile two car loads of hay bought by Mr. B. C. Hinson of Monroe. One car goes to Rocking ham and the other to Hamlet. For several years Captain Boggan has been shipping hay, and his example has had considerable influence in in ducing other Ansonians to grow this crop. The more the better. GERMANS WITHIN 30 MILES POLISH CAPITAL London, Dec. 20.-9:35 p. m-The Germans advancing on Warsaw over a wide front between the Vistula and the Pilicia Rivers have reached tin new Russian positions along the Bzura Liver and southward to kawa, with the result that another big bat tle is in progress. The Russians retired across th Bzura, destroying the bridges behind them. Two German detachments who followed over a partly burned bridge are said to have been practi cally annihilated, 50 survivors being taken prisoners. This is only the beginning of the great battle for Warsaw, from which the Germans now or m.t more than 30 miles distant. Field Marshal von Hindenburg expects stern resistance which the strongly reinforced Russian army is certain to offer. They are protected by the Vistula River, which the Germans have not been able to cross. the Russians are continuing op erations acainst East Prussia, as though the Capital of Poland were not threatened and by counter-attacks are attempting to throw off the Aus- tro-German attacks in Galicia. An Austrian sortie in force from Prze mysl, according to the Russian official statement, has entirely failed. The offensive operation! of the Al lies in the West are being carried out under conditions of siege warfare and are being stubbornly opposed by the Germans, who in their entrench ments and surrounded by wire en tanglements, make an advance of even a few yards very costly for the at tacking forces. In Flanders the Allies have gained a little ground at considerable cost. Along the coast the Allies' warships continually are bombarding German positions. The advance has been more marked from the Belgian border south to the River Uise where the ground is not as wet as in the flooded regions of Flanders. Along the Aisne and in the Cham pagne district the French artillery, now probably stronger than the Ger mans, has been keeping the Germans on the move, but in the Argonne re gions it is the Germans who are on the offensive. They claim a slight ad vance. The Servian and Montenegrin armies again have united after defeat of the Austrians who invaded Servia and are now making their second ad vance toward Sarayevo, Capital of Bosnia. The two armies formed a Junction near Vishegrade, which the Montenegrins have occupied. They expect to be before Sarayevo within three or four days. The first Boer rebel to pay the ex treme penalty was Captain Fourie, a former efficer in the Union Defence Force, executed at Pretoria this morn ing. This would seem to indicate that any of the officers of the Union Defence Force who joined the rebel lion especially the leaders will be severely dealt with, Berlin, via London, Dec. 17, 11:10 p. m. Berlin was aroused to enthu siasm today by the announcement of 3 great Austro German victory over the Russians in Poland. An official bulletin announcing this was issued shortly afternoon. Within half an hour extra editions of the papers appeared and the whole city literally flashed into bunting. American visitors, who a few days ago commented on the non-display of flags, scarcely recognized the streets, which everywhere were a with Ger man and Austrian colors, at many places intertwined. At the Reichstag, where a Red Cross meeting wf 8 in session, word was received from the palace that the greatest victory of the war had been won. The schools will close tomorrow that the children may assemble to celebrate the event. The first intimation of the nature and extent of the Russian defeat was received here last night and circulated in official quarters, but nothing was known of it generally until the official NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE. Items tiMnlrroxt From All Oyer the Connrrj to and from IVopIt ami the (J lobe. Mercury Registered zero in Boone last week. President Wilson has named R. V. Brawley as postmaster at Statesville. A North Carolinian has been practi cally agreed upon as the next leader of the lower house of congress, Claud Kitchin. Though the German Emperor was reported as having pneumonia a dis patch from Amsterdam Friday said that he was to return to the front last week. The effort for an agreed cessation of war in Europe for Christmas was not agreeable to both parties the Russians saying that they could not agree upon the same day. Charles T. Cox, a farmer of Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, was run over by his own wagon one day last week and killed. An exploratory operation revealed the fact that the small intestine had been cut entirely in two. Ray Holloway, a young white man, charged with illicit distilling, was or dered by Judge James E. Boyd Thurs day to be carried to Wilkesboro, his bail being fixed at $200. His trial will be had in Wilkesboro in May. Winston-Salera Sentinel. SITUATION ON MEXICAN BORDER CLEARED UP Washington, Dec. 20. -Consular Agent Carothers telegraphed the State Department today that Gover nor Maytorena commanding the Villa forces besieging Naco, Sonora, was preparing to withdraw his troops 10 or 12 miles from the border to elimi nate the possibility of further firing into American territory. Brigadier General Bliss, command ing the artillery, infantry and cavalry concentrated about Naco, Ariz., to enforce the American Government's demand that firing across the line cease, reported that Maytorena ap parently had withdrawn. This, how ever, has not been verified. As a result of these reports, of ficials here were confident tonight that the troublesome border situation was about to be cleared up. It is un derstood that when Carothers con ferred with Maytorena yesterday he was given a complete outline of the Villa leader's plans for withdrawal. Enrico Llorente, representative here of President Gutierrez, made public tonight a telegram from his chief quotion a message the later had received from Governor Maytorena yesterday announcing that the force besieging Naco had been ordered withdrawn to a "convenient distance." In obedience to instructions from the Capital, Maytorena reported, his troops did not fire a shot at Naco yesterday although several casualties in their ranks were caused by fire from the Naco garrison. Messrs. Iredell Woodie and Austin W. B., students, are at their homes. Notice to Our Customers and others: Cakes of all kinds made to order if notified before hand. Give ia your orders as early as conven Turkies rosted for 20 cent each Phone 252. Ones Her Good Health to Chamber lain's Tablets. "I owe my good health to Cham berlain's Tablets," writes Mr. R. G. Neff, Crookston, Ohio. "Two years ngo I was an invalid due to stomach trouble. i look ihrett buiuco wf these Tablets and. have since been in the best of health." Obtainablo everywhere. bulletin was published. It had been understood that the Russians were in a precarious position, but it was not hinted that a decisive result waa at hand. The official bulletin issued yesterday reported that operations were "proceeding normally" which phrase is the usual termination of the official reports. It is known now that thousands of Russians have been taken prisoners.