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"mS WEALTH OF THE MIND IS i. 3 017LI TBJJE WEALTH." . . . ... jr . VOL.XLIL. POOIDKD BY J. L TTEBSTES. REIDSVTLLE, Jt. C, OCT. li, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION CIS DOLUB I IE1B, NO. 39 2'"'' " ''""" "? ' H ' I 'I lit ? i i; -1 WENTW ORTH ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL Happenings From The Capital of The County And Surrounding Vicinity. DEATH OP MR. IRVING. Information bag jnst reached here of the death Toesday mtrning of Mr. 3. Wash. Irving, who resided In the Settle Bridge neighborhood. Mr. Ir- Ting baa been in feeble physical con dition for some months and his friends will learn , witn torrow and regret that the brave tattle he wai fighting against illneEa has been lost. Mr. Ir. Tina was abont sixty years old and leaves a wife (who was a Miss Harri son) and three children to monra their loss. At this writing the hoar for the funeral had not ben learned. SUNDAY'S SERMON. Last Sunday morning Rev. Thomas C. Jordan delivered a flnl sermon in the Wentwortb Methodist church and his effort was highly complimented by many of his hearera. Mr. 'Jordan will so to Conference on the lith of November with a fine report both from a spiritual and finan cial standpoint. HEARD BRYAN. Senator C.'O- M MuMicbael, Mesrss. Henry 0. Stalllngs, Joel H. Moore, J. P. McMichael and. two sons, Oor rell and Dillard , went to over to Ur3eusbord last Friday night to hear the great Commoner, William Jen nings Bryan. Of course they enjoyed their visit and the speech. ' RILEY DAY CELEBRATED The Wentworth "Graded School cel ebrated James Whitocmb Riley's birth day last Friday in a most pleasing manner. The pupils save readings and rceitatons ffoin Kley a poems. An interesting sketch of the "Hoosler poet" read, and enjoyable songs, etc. f ic Interest to the hour. . Hap'eVHiekerra4-;aii4l Senator (Mc- Tlichaelcada e rprpprlate' talks if J the z-lkzi ". I.Ic'm 'vpn.,praie. vU. Every pupil particlpatin was-congratulated. Such occasions ate all too lew. v SEfcMON 10 JUNIORS. Tlie Wentworth J uniors are epxect '(no a laroe crowd xliere next Sauday afternoon, at which time Rev. L. P. Bogle, of Ruffiu, will' preach the spec ial sermon in the M. E. 'church at 3 o'clock to the Wentworth Council. Every Junior in the county is cordi ally invited. ESCAPED CON VIC CAPURED. Deputy Sheriff H. J. Walktr. 6l "Jklayodan, was in Wentworth last week. He has turned orer to the Fed erarl authorities a wnite uiau whom he took froutrcight train No. 8U on the Norfolk & Western on Tuesday night of last week..- The man is sns jected of having been implicated in several robberies in this section of North Carolina and Viginia in recent months. He had In his pojsession a suit case In which was found a com plete set of tools, fuses and caps. Indi cating that he is at least versed iu the use of dynamite or nltro-glycerlne. Mr. Walker states that the man boarded the train at Roanoke on Tues--x, A.onno and 'the conductor sub- pected him as ft dangerous character. The conductor wired ahead for the officers who met the train at Ridge waT. and between there and Mayodan located the man who has been, held in the Rockingham jail awaiting instruc tions from the authorities at Washina ton. The prisoner gave his- name as Grainy to Deputy Sheriff Walker, when the latter placed rhim under ar rest, but later he told persona confin 9d with bim in tba Rockingham jal that his name Is Brown.- He will be tield by the Federal authorities until secret service men complete their in vestigations. Gralev, alias Brown, according to the Rockingham officer, is well neon ainted with cities and towns in this section, as well as In the east. t The nf the several towns are aio well known to him. t PERSONALS. Mr. W. A. Julian has accepted a Dosltion to rerresent the Old North c.. smnkintr Tobacco Company at gtais - Memphis. Tenn. Mr Robt. Martin visited his father, Mr. Shade Martin, here last week. Several of the Wentworth people -d hearing Dr. C. W. Byrd's splendid sermons at RBidsvilie thii week. ' ' t Miss Sue Lee Carter visited her rel atives at Ruffin last Sunday. v Misses Minnie Lee and Urta WhiUe more visited tbeir sister. Mrs. Oscar Bosick, at Madison Jast Smnday after noon. The show at Reidsville drew very few of oar citizens lastaesday. The many friends of ex-Coroner John U Sharp rejoice that he is get ting welt We learn that there will be a flag raising at Sprav next month. Mr. Thomas W. Hopkins to His Reward. Passes Mr. Thomas W. Hopkins died at his home in tiie Monroeton sectfon Wed nsday, the 13th inst., at 2 o'clock p. m. He had been in declining health for several months, but was thought to be improving the past few weeks. So the news of his passing, while not wholly unexpected, came as a shock to his many friends. Mr. Hopkins was one of the oldest and most hfghlyesteemed citizens of this ssction of the connty. He was in his 76th year and spent his whole life in this bis native connty save the years he served in the Confederate Army. He was a successful farmer and afman of proverbial industry. Up until last year he was actively engag ed in manual toil, and remarked to a friend that he did as much work as any man on his place. Possessed of unusual pood sense and practical busi ness ability, he was called to serve the county in responsible positions, as a member of the Lagislatare, County Commissioner, and for many years as a justice of the Peace. vFe w men? Of - our acquaintance pos sessed' so irfaresting a fund : of infor- matl ou rerdfng, 'Iscat- historyv .Jle seemed never to forget any thing and oon Id recall dates with the veriest ease. His recollections of the war, In which h bore a man's part, were veiy vivid. He enlisted in Capt. Sam Boyd's company, 45th Regiment. tut at the close of the war belonged to the Filth North Carolina Cavalry. Surviving him are his devoted wife and. the following children: Mrs. Sam Loraax, of Brown Summit, and Messrs. Artie and' Tom Hupkins. Mr. Hopkins was a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Reids ville and had filled the office of dea con mcst acceptably for several years. He will be especially missed in that congregation. The funeral service and burial will take place at Fair Cirove this after noon at 3 o'clock. V i VIEWS-NEWS REVIEWS BY ANON. Hon. William Jcnnnvgif Bryan, America's foremost Statesman who thrilled an immense audi ence in Greensboro last Friday niht and who will speak in Dan- ville next Thursday night, October 2!sl", ; A Spray Magistrate Found Guilty of Retailing. A rather nnusuai and novel case was disposed of before Recorder Dunn, of Leaksville Township, Tuesday. J. A. Hopper, a Justice of the Peace, was indicted for selling coeds on Sunday and celling intoxicating liquors. The State offerel to show by six'witnesses that tre so-called cider the 'Squire was dispensing to the rthirsty had a 'kick" in it that gave the intemper ate one a head like a bushel'baske'r in the cold gray dawn." One of t'.ia'vrit ne?ss tcstlf 1 t!"t it : - " - " i -and'Oha&ged.'tha 'attuma, fflnnm to .Clouds or .sniciaer aiur The County Fair Now on at Spray andGood Crowds Attending. That man is entitled to sympathy it be ha floated ao far dowo the stream Of life as to ha nntnnehd hm tha memories of bis early home life days when a good mother pointed the path that led to troth and honor. Ex-Sen- ator Elibu Boot Js the last person in public Ufa who would he expected to carry In his memory inch I - tL. . . muiiuicut, iud worn ii common- ly defined. Alter fpreildingj, with such signal ability, over the delibera tions of the New York Constituticnal Convention, at Albany, and just be fore he laid aside t be gavel be said : "TbereMs a plain old honse in the bills of Oneida, overlooklng.the Val- ley of the Mohawk, where troth and honor dwelt in my youth. Wheal go back, as I am abont to go to spend my declining year. I mean to go with the feeling that I can say I haven't failed to speak and to act in accord ance with the lessons that I have learned there from the Uod of my fa thers. God grant that this opportun ity for service to our country and our State may cot be neglected by any of tbe men in this convention for whom I feel so deep a friendship. " The! Couaty Fair is now in fuli blasi it Spray and The Weekly learns thaj toe re ue some very creditable exbl Dili I Indeed. While not op to quantRrV-of course, yet both the farm proaucn ana iit stock exhibits are equal it net superior to those to be found jit dcr Jother fair In tne State. ueshyrss vFatnjrs ' Unica Day and;pr:i.lO;"A!: --S5t Mas the mist Is kin to raln,, will creep across the heart. a4 tbosgbts of cold and cheerless wietry days will linger like the wall of the wintry wind, ZZlV bdatlfolly Lcasf Cow puts lit "0 tr:) flay data this world pat Vcr bisk t:l blth trrrsat fctsrt. scow icrta . - . Under the brlsht aod clnrlons sky, and isokt On daties well performed and dava well spent! For hJn the wind, ay, and tbe ysllow. leaves Shall have a voice, and give bla elo- qeent teachings.' No liner thought eaa come to a man than the thought of doty well done. Kipling, In his dedicatory poem to Balettler. neatly expresses, in one line he condition: V : 'So cup to lip in fellowship they gave him welcome blab And male him place at tbe banquet Doara tne strong Men ranged thereby Who had done bis work and held bis peace and had no fear to die.! So what matters If one goes beyond the path of the outmost son through utter darkness hurled" if he goes un afraid and with the consciousness of doty well performed Mone his work and held his peace and had no fear to die." Hes was a poor boy. walking in humble ways. As be worked in the fields his brain was filled with pic tures. Porerty nor . adversity could not shake his faith. He set his lace toward tbe goal. He kept the faith. He did the best that was within him. By his own unaided efforts, by Indus try, intergity and work he secured i place : in . the busy world. One day a fatal illness struck him down and life with its sunshine, its agonies and irs;was exchanged for death with ,aee,' its dreamless rest It's Time For a Change. It t sins to look like Maj. titedman is to have real opposition in his aspi rations to represent tbe Fifth District In Congress for tbe tonrth consecu tive term. Granville countr Is nrs Ing Generrl B. 8. Royster to run, while Durham county is anxious to la represented by her brilliant son, Vic tor a. Bryant If these two able gen tlemen consent to being "put for ward," it is jsQre than probable t list several other distinguished gentlemen from tbe several counties will contend tor the nominates. There Is Hen. t? Porter Graven, th-i x-"""""! '' ' -. . - JitV ill.; UB LUeS. The attorneys for the State thought ?4 beNecpud year of tte fair this sufficient analysis to ahnw that the 'Squire's cider went bevondthe "twilight zone." Lawyers for the defense attempted to show that the pfesscntiou was malicious and ought not to ba credited by the Conrt. The Court thought . other wis9, however, and allowed the defendant to pay ip and the costs. He entered a plea of gniltv as to tbe'JSunday sales and paid the ccsts. The State was represented by Char lie McMichael and Reid 'Kay, while A. D. Ivie and B. C. Trottsr present ed the case for the defendant. and the Ipoq, crowds in attendance tacb "day! aid the interest shown would seem to pobt to the conclusion - that s afely established and that be Id each year Hereafter. 3, Curti3, of the State De al Raleigh, is present to act ;ctthe live stock on exhibit- ion. cpuBty r arm uemonstraior r. S. Walkfr,- Mr. A. L. Frencn and ise naaae we failed to learn. of the other depart- the fair it will t Mr. R partinec as jadge another were the! jaciges mcnts. Caswell Rapist Commuted. A. D. Ivie, former State Senator from Rockingham county, was here today with W. C. Douglass, well known attornev df Yancevyilie, and procured from Governor Craig a com mutation of the death sentence of John Scales, of Caswell county, to life imprisonment. The prisoner was to be electrocuted on Friday of next week, but now, through tbe interces sion of these attorneys, Judge Cline. the nourt and connty officers and many citizens of Caswell, escapes the electric chair and will serve a life term. Scales is an 18-year-old ne gro who was convicted of criminal assault, his victim being a negro wo man, who, according to representa tions made to the Governor, was a very, bad character. ttaieign cor. Charlotte Observer. Mr. lyie Expects a Contest Strenuous Frank Hairston was tried in the Recorder's Court yesterday for shoot ing John Ferguson a uight or so aeo in Reidsville. 'Both aie colored. Hairston was given seven months on the roads for the shooting and two months for carrying a concealed weapon. In Regard To Controlling Con I victs. Tuesday was circus day in Reids ville and Robinson's Famous Shows furnished the amusements The show is one of tbe best ot its size that has visited our city. The factories knock ed off at noon to permit their em ployees to attend, and the crowd was augmented by a goodly number of country people. Reidsville sent over a good ceie Ration to hear William Jennings Bry an at Greensboro last Friday night. All were delighted with his superb plea for universal peace. He'is un questionably America's greatest ora tor and statesman. if Raleigh, Uct. 8. A. D. Ivie here today from Rockingham and speaking of political conditions, said there is very little talk among the folks in that part of the State. He hears something about "rotation in office" on his trips to one and another of the towns, but that the people at heme are not greatly interested in who has the office or bow long they bold, so long as the administration is honest and economical. However, he expects tbe 1916 primary to be strenuous as to a number of tbe State offices and ex presses regret that It will be necessa ry to choose between friends in a con test of this sort. LET THE WEEKLY DO YOUR JOB PRINTING Commercial Work a Specialty To tbe Editor of The Weekly: In the -Reidsville Review of some weeks ago Mri Oliver criticised tbe shooting of two prisoners attempting to ecsapa at Mcnroteon camp. 1 thought then, and have not changed my thinker, that Mr. Oliver in his note under article clipped from the Greensboro paper, also article in edi torial column, not only did tbe citi zens of Roocklngbam county, together with tbe road officials, an injustice, but also every law-abiding person in the Stats cf North Carolina. When a man Is found guilty of a crime and sentenced to work on the public roads as a punishment, and he goe there a criminal realizing that snards have no right to use means to keep him J from escaping, it seems to me vou j might as well turn tbe court bouses! and jaih into club bouses for crimi-i nals and give frequent receptions at j the ecu cry's expense to these law; breakert. v'v There are prisoners who will serve years on tbe roads and behave in a creditabl manner, wbils others for a term cf a lew days will furnish ail the trouble yea are looking for. I am a ouch exposed to abusing any person in priion as any one, but would like to know bow Mr. Oliver or any other ! i - -m.n man can? hanaie even me w" matter without proper discipline. Well, we enjoy the privilege of hav- ing our own opinions here in this tree land fcr the: law-biding citizen, and l am'trond to car I don't agree with Mr, Oliver In this matter. ly r a'. ImJJ UAA Awtli. B.JAJk.fU boy" with a future sd full of. prizes, they . laid him to rest beneath the pinee. " Rack in the centuries before the Sa vior walked the earth Mythology tells us that tbe life of the young King of Argos was demanded as a sacriche by the gods, when one who loved him stood with breaking heart and asked: "Tell me! Shall we meet again:" The King replied : 41 have asked that qijcstiou of the hills That look eternal: of the flowing streams That lucid flow forever; of the stars. Amid whose field of azure my raised sDirit Hath trod in glory ; all are dumb, but now. While I thus gaze upon thy loving face I feel the love that tiudle through its beauty Can never wholly perish. We shall meet again." Tbe yearniugs, the aspiration and the great unlived hours of helpfulness to the human race will not be lost. The light cf such a splendid intellect will not go out in oblivion. The mother will some day see her boy again and the ending of such a young life will be explained. Was it wisely written: "Start tbe day with a thought tbat will hold sweetness within As the perfume Is held in tbe rose; For tbe day that with beautiful thought may begin, Holds its beauty ail through to the Condemnation Proceedings Irati- Try it and see. t; j. .'! always believed in saving some thing for a rainy day." "How much have you sa He stood, an old man, near tbe vil lage cemetery gazing out across tbe vid waste of the years. Absent so long be had forgotten to a great ex tent the tillage cf his fathers But today be has drifted to the old home. So many graves have been maae since list he went away. He thinks of old times-old friendt, of home and the hirer faces around tbe festive board, faces that peer out of tb gath ering gloom "lost long ince but ; some day to tee again. Jott a semblance of tacg iu the air, Indicating tbe approach of autumn. Tbe summer day are gone. Soon the great Artist, will paint In elonoos 1 color every leaf and in gold and pur ids and all the beauty of the rain- j bow's colors will make the fores look beautiful and Inviting; but tbe melancholy davs'r will come, and -2 i t'ut ,, lt, km . . . i., . . ... great honor Then, :Ubi u .w.iM D. Jvie, ot Rocs Ingham, a boo t whom -his friends feel the same way. Four years ago, had it not been for the con dition of his health at that time, Mr. Ivie would have probably entered tbe lists. Now that his health is a great deal better, his friends In Rocking ham and Casweli may insist upon him running. If. he should et his bead that way he would be a real contender and a barn man to beat. All four ot the possible candidates mentioned ate able speaker, and would make things too lively tor the Major. Forsyth county, also, is urgently insisting that the ought to furninh the man for Con gess, nod if liugh Chatham does con- ent to run. tie will stand a good cham ' of winning. He is not only a floe bit i nets man and highly success ful, bu. he is very popular. There is a generv ieenug in tue nun unmet that Major Stedmau ought to b re tired. He has held the honor three terms, and be ougth to be satisfied, since it wan understood when he wa first nominated that the conferring of tbe honor was a token of the love and esteem of the people for his services as a Confederate soldier. And, if we remember aright, the Major told bis friends at the time that be was get ting old and he wouldn't ask for tbe honor but one time. Caswell Seotl nel. tuted by Southern Power Co. Proceedings to condemn the lands of the Mebane-Va. Land. Co. and the Thacker Dairy Co.. werjs instituted before the Clerk of tbe Soperior Court at Wentworth Monday by the South ern Poer Ox to get a right of way. in tbe construction of their lines and towers to supply tbe electrical energy to the mill at Spray. The commis sioners appointed met at Meadows Summit edn-4ay and upon motion ot the rer oodents coodmI coo ti cued their meeting until the 24th in order to allow the land owner to iooooo witnesses to show tbe damages 43 their lands by the erection of the Southern Power Ca's towers. The petitioners are represented by Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, and Osborne, Cox and Kobiooa. of Charlotte, and th respondents are represented by McMichael & Ray, of Reidsville. "Oh f hiTPn't cared anytnina. t Ktt... 1- t f!hicgQ Record 1 notwithstanding tbe beanty of the a av ar a sv 111 il w mm - 1 1 5tl Herald, leaxtn, a fetliog that is akin to sadness! Some new Fair. features at tbe Variety .1
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