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Statesville, N. C, Thursday Evening, December 10, 1908.
No. 375
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Mayor Grier
HE HAS A VERY N10E. TIME.
Mr. E. G. Gilmer Takes Mayor cnoois ot the state in the North
Grier Out Auto Driving and parolina day exercises Tne sub
Has Quite an Experience No ject fr the book is "The Settle
Damage Done.
As the citizens all know. Mr. E.
" ... , , , , , Historical Commission.
Gilmer, our popular hotel land- ,, . , '
" -xl Most of the schools of the coun-
ord, has recently purchased an r ti ,
' J r - ty will hold exercises on that day,
up-to-date automobile, and many the 18th of this month. The pub
(f his friends have been enjoying lie schools of this city will have
nice little spins around the city quite an extensive program and it
with him.
Mr. Gilmer is a goiod automobil-
ist, and when he strikes a nice
piece of road he believes in brun-
iug th wind.
It seems tot our friend, Mayor
Grier has been contemplating buy-
ing an automobile for some weeks,
and he prevailed, or rather Mr.
Gilmer prevailed on him to go out
driving with him.
We don t know whether Mr. Gil-
mer had to insist on his honer very
much or not, but they went dnv-
ing all right.
The route they chose for the
drive was up the new road to
wards Taylorsville, which is the
best in the county.
Mr. Gilmer left the city at a
very good pace, explaining the
mechanism of the machine to his
honor as they went. Finally he
decided thatf as the mayor was
going to purchase a machine
it would be good policy to
give him ta little training in the
way he should go, so he turned the
jvheel over to his honor.
Everything worked nicely his
honor running the machine all O.
K. Arriving at the end of-the
newroad Mr. Gilmer showed his
honor how to turn around and
they started back. .
Everything was working
so
nicely coming back that his honor
decided he would do some fancy
stunts, at running the machine, so
he opened the throttle wide and
let' er go.
In running so rapidly the hind
wheels X)f the machine left the
macadam and got into T;he dirt
part of tne' road. This did not
suit his' honor, so he brought the
steering wheel an awful twist,
when lo, and behold, the machine
left the road, making across a field
for tall timber.
Now of course these two gentle -
men have giood nerve in ordinary cobs, of Clinton. It was a quiet The afternoon session was pre
cases'but when it came to a situa- home wedding, only the immediate sided over by Judge George Hill
t ion like that, any one is likely to members of the family being pres- yer, a member of the Georgia State
get "flustrated."
Of course his honor and Mr.
Gilmer became flustrated, and
tried in every way to get the ma-
chine stopped but could not get
their minds concentrated enough
to take hold of the right lever.
On they went thrugh the field,
eral other obstacles until they
Knied n Hteh in the field.
Of nnnm th?o made the gentle -
mea-set up ana taKe notice,
double their efforts to stop the
machine. Mr. Gilmer finally suc
ceeded in stopping the runaway
just as it put its front wheels over
the edge of the ditch, ready to
plunge downward.
After tho Portion, of ooursel
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hi hnnnn vArv much out of.
ready breath, so he fell back on
the seat, and with a sigh said,
the ,Wrn,im T have caused '
We do not know whether his
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date again -or not but the Mascot
NORTH CAROLINA DAY.
Oerman Settlements the Subject
lor the Day Nicely Arranged
Book Gotten up by R. D. W.
Conner, Containing iqq Pages.
The department of eduaction
issued an interesting pamphlet
which contains an interesting pro
gram for the use of the public
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menr oi tne Germans ' and is com
piled by Jfrof. R D W Conner,
acurtHar01 north Carolina
promises to be very interesting.
Prof. L. 0. White, county super
intendent of public instruction
will be at the Barkley schoolhouse
in the No. 2 district on that day,
when he will deliver an address
before that 8choo1 and th ..U!
pf . No. 3 district, Chambersburg
township, both schools meeting
and observing the day together.
0n the 24th of this month Prof
White will be at the school house
in No x district Failstown town.
ship wne.re he will address that
school in connection with the Car
olina day exercises.
Mr. Wm. Sloan to Wed.
The following invitations have
been received in the city:
Mr. and Mrs. John Calvin Daniel
Request the honor of your
$v presence
at the marriage of their sister
Mary Long Daniel
to
Mr. William Judson Sloan
on the afternoon of Tuesday the
twenty-second of December
one thousand nine hundred and
eight" at four o'clock
"Oakhearst"
Green County, North Carolina.
Mr. Sloan is a well known young
man in this city, having formerly
Lived here, holding a position at
the Evan Hardware company.
fle is a brother of Mr. .C E.
Sloan, now of the Evans Hard-
are company Mr. Sloan has fr
jome time been hi Greenville,
where he is taching school.
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Copeland-Rivers, at Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, S. C, Dec. 9
Miss Mary C. Rivers, of this city,
and James W. Copeland, of States
ville, were married this morning
at 9:30 o'clock at the home of the
bride V mother, Mrs. M. C. Rivers,
Ion Alabama street, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Dr. Ja-
lent. After the ceremony the bride
and groom left for Florida and
Cuba, where they will spend sev-
eral weeks, and upon their return
will make theirhome atClinton.
Mr. Copeland is engaged in the
the mercantile business at States-
ville and Clinton, but will make
th A latter place. The.T A "Ronsteel. of the United
bride is a well known and popular
vnntit ladv of this city and is a
Ur f Mrs. A. H. Twichell,
wnose nnsoana is f.ux
Clifton and Glendale Manuiactur-
ing companies.
T1 nnxrr
nntipian W real busy all the time,
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but if vou waot anything in his
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line real chean for a Amas pres
ent, he will take time to wait upon
you all you want.
man would like to be along the
next time with a kodak and get
some snap shots ot tne proceed
lings.
South Has
Great Future
BRYCE SEES LIGHT AHEAD.
British Ambassador, Called Upon
For an Impromptu Speech Be
fore the Southern Commercial
Cougress Predicts an Area of
Great Prosperity for This Sec
tion Mr. D. A Tompkins Talks
on Cotton Monopoly and Manu
facture, Declaring That the
Suth Has got to Face New Con
ditionsPeople Slow to Change
Their Views.
Washington, Dec. 8. Express
ing the conviction that a great fu
ture is about to dawn upon the
South, James Bryce, the British
ambassador, today received a not
able reception1 from the delegates
in atendance upon the "Southern
congress, following a speech in
which he declared that he is a well
wisher of the South.
The ambassador was the center
of attraction, although his visit
was unexpected. Mr Bryce came
into the hall simply as a specta
tor, but the audience soon noted
his presence and immediately
shouted "speech, speech," filled
the air and he was compelled to
yield to the desire lof the congress.
"Since I came here "eighteen
months ago," said Mr. Bryce, "I
have twice visited the South. I
can hardly express to you the con
trast between what I personally
witnessed twenty-seven years ago
and the present conditions. Where-
ever I have been in the South I
have been struck by signs of ac
tivity, progress and development.
I see land being brought more and
more into cultivation; more and
more being done for agricultural
methods. I saw the resurces of
your soil, of coal and iron, being
brought to light and I saw a new
spirit in the South which desires
to make educational progress com
mensurate with material develop
ment." The ambassador pointed out the
enormous difficulties with which
the South has had to contend since
the civil war. "Now, however"
he continued, "there is a great
door open before you and as one
of the well-wishers of the South,
who believes in its greatness as a
flourishing and important part of
the country, I venture to congrat-
Ulate you on what is being done
and to say that still greater pros
pects are before you."
Railroad Commission, who in a
brief address, reviewed the work
0f that body in dealing with trans
portation companies. The princi
pal speakers were William J. Oli
Ver of Knoxville, Tenn.; Clarence
H. Poe, editor of The Progressive
Parmer, Raleigh, N. C, and Dr.
states bureau of soils.
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Total of 1908 Crops.
9. -The crop
ieb ureau of
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reprting uoaru ox iu u1Wu
statistics of the Department of
Agriculture today estimated from
reports of correspondence agents
renorts of correspondence agents
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duction of cotton in the United
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bates tor tne year
1908-9 would
I . n -t nn rtT Ann . 1
- amount to o,io,y u,uuu pounub.
Recital at the Cojlege.
A recital will be given by the
music students of the f emale col
lege, in the Shearer Music hall
- next iuonuay evening ai o u u
The public is cordially invited.
What Will
I Us
WORLD COME TO END DEC. 27.
Lee Spangler, of York, Pa., Soothe
i sayer, Predicts Dire Things to
Befall the Land World Will
Come to an End December 27.
. York, Pa., Dec. 9 December is
to be a strenuous month, if the
prophecies' of Lee 'J Spangler,
York's direful prophet and sooth
sayer meet with fulfillment. Ac
cording to "Spangler, no less a ca
tastrophe than the end of the
world is to take place the latter
part of the month probably on
Sunday, December 27. However,
it may take place a week earlir,
Sunday, Dec. 20th, and thus af
ford an economical solution of the
Christmas present problem.
Some of the terrible things that
will immediately precede th end
of the world are described by
Spangler in the following alarm
ing fashion:
Nations shall rise against na
tions. i Kingdom shall rise against king
dom. , .There shall be famines and pes
tilences and earthquakes.
Rivers will dry up.
The fish of the sea will die.
The sea will boil up with a great
noise.
The cities of the nation will fall.
Mountains will not be found.
Islands will pass away.
The city of Boston will sink.
.3 New York will go up in smoke.
People wTlT flee to the 'moun
tains.
The land will dry up and get
ready for fire.
The crops will fail and prosper
ity will be cut off.
The banks will keep on failing.
This cannot be stopped.
Roosevelt will get rid of all his
money.
The Treasury will go dry.
. People will carry their money in
their pockets, and hide it in their
homes.
Families will steal it from one
another This is the gold that is
piled up for the last days. This
gold will rust in your pockets. It
will give you more trouble than
good. x
Labor organizations will come
under one hand and rule the land.
There will be great wrath
among the people. Hatred, kill
ing one another, hanging them
selves, and children will rise
against their parents, two against
three and three against two.
Mother-in-law against daughter-in-law.
All plagues that is written in
the Bible will be brought forth.
The land will be full of lice, frogs,
crickets and locusts. Whosoever
will be stung by these locusts will
die.
There will be igns in the sun,
in the moon and in the stars. .
In the end of time the sun will
be black and the land will be in
darkness. The moon will be as
.blood, the stars will 'fall and the
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heavens be shaken
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ter of Deeds, pued nis nrst mar-
nage license yesterday atternoon.
J. lie pal Lies vj ijuiu iuc Aiv-tjuot;
were issued-re Mr. Thos. Dixot
Moiore and Miss Annie Weisner.
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Mother do you hear that rat
on tlmg in your babies throat!
Put
and stop
auuic -uCia -
it at once.
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JUDGE NEAL RESIGNS. ,
Much Surprise at Action of Judge
on Eighth District Resignation
is Effective Saturday Several j
Mentioned as His Successor.
Raleigh, Dec. 9. Great surprise
isexpressed here today at the res
ignation of Walter H. Neal as su
perior court judge of the eighth j
distict, which was filed at the gov-
ernor's (office. The latter has erone
to Washington and will return
Saturday, the day the resignation
is effective.
The appointment of Judge
Neal's successor will be made Sat-
urday, so that he can proceed to ly.five hours the House of Repre
Johnson ; cunty for the regular sentatives yesterday considered
term f court beginning there Mon- hill providing for the taking of the
day. thirteenth and subsequent decen-
Being mentioned for appoint-
ment to succeed Judge Neal are
H B. Adams, of Wadesboro; W. J. very outset of the debate it be
Adams, of Carthage; Maj, H. A. came evident that the' progress of
London, of Pittsburg; Lee Rich- the measure toward passage would
ardson. now solicitor in the eigth.
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Rough Corn Shucking.
Night before last at a corn cipitated over an amendment by;
shucking held below the city Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, who
about three miles, there was a sought to have the temporary;
large crowd and plenty of old census force authorized by the bill,
"booza" present. with the exception of a few minor
Some men from the mountains positions, appointed on the basis
were camping near the place competitive instead of non-cm-where
the shucking was in pro- petitive examinatins. Ho argued
gress and they also had plenty of
the ardent.
Some of the oorn shuckers feel-1
ing pretty good, bantered the wag
oners and the result was a general
mix up for a season.
No damage of any consequence w&s the contention of Mr. Robin-
was done, but fearing the officers son of Arkansas, who sought to
of the law, the parties involved substantiate his asertion by citing
got together, and after much cry- the recent appointment of Daniel
ing, finally compromised the mat- Keefe, as commissioner general of
ter. immigration.
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Stockholders Meet. acted was the reference to com
The stockholders of the new mittee of a notice of contest by H.
grocery store met last night. No C. Warmouth, Republican, for the
business of any importance was seat of Albert Estopinal, Demo
transacted except the appointing crat, from the first Louisiana dis
of a committee to apply for a char- trict.
ter. . At 4:55 p. m. the house ad-
A number of gentlemen were journed.
appointed as a committee to
go before Messrs. H. P. Grier and
A. L. Coble to apply for a char-
ter
The charter will authorize them
to begin business with a $6,000
capital, with liberty to increase to
n r r r
$zo,uuu.
School is Christened.
The new craderl s.hrwTl m North
StatesYille, just beyond the home
of Mr. J. A. Hartness was Chis
tened today.
posed of
A. committee com;
Messrs. W. W. Turner, J. A.
Hartness and M. A. Feimster,
was appointed to choose the name,
and it was finally decided to call
it the Feimster graded schoob of
North Statesville, in honor of Mr.
M. A. Feimster, the ex-county
treasurer.
Gone to Virginia
Messrs. J. F. Dagenhart, Rufus
V. Nedll and W. A. Rhine, all of
Eufola vicinity will leave tonight
with their families for Chase City,,
Ya., where they have bought pro-
perty and will locate.
Mr Dagenhart will engage in
farming, having bought him a
large fine farm .
The other two gentlemen men-
tione!iwill engage in the saw mill
business, having shipped their saw
mill outfit from Eufola to Virginia.
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Birthday Party.
Master John Neely Gilbert eel-
ebrated his 7th birthday on last
Tnesdav afternoon, from 3 to
o'clock, thirty of his little play
mates being present. -
The children enjoyed the even-
ing by playing games and other
amusements. .
Census Bill
Is Passed
PRESENT SYSTEM IS BAD.
After a Short but Hot Fight House
Puts the Census Bill Through
Bill Provides for the Taking of
the Coming Census and Subse
quent Decennial Censuses. "
Washington, Dec 9. For near-
Qial censuses, and passed -it with-
out material change. From the
be impeded.
Prolonged, animated and, at
times, heated discussion was pre-
that the latter method opened the
way for a relation to the "spoils
system ""which had obtained for so
long.
That the civil service was not a
bulwark against the spoils system'
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Masquerade Party. - ''I
At the rink last night a mas
querade party was given in which
a large crowd of young people
participated,
There was costumes of all kinds
land descriptions, some beautiful.
others comical.
The prize to the lady for the
utifulwstume .
tiful bottles of fine perfume, was
not awarded to any one, as no
raes were m the masquerade.
xne prize 10 me genueman ior
the best cstume, a fine French
Briar pipe, was awarded to Edgar
Garrison. . -
New Store Named.
After some studying the name
I for the new grocery store has been
agreed upon.
It is to be called the "Dixie
Club and Grocery Company." The
reason for the word club in tho
name is that the company will fit
up club rooms and a club will be
organized..
Will Not Qualify. "
Captain P. C. Carlton I7I10 was
elected coroner in the last election,
will not qualify, and the county
commissioners will have to ap
point a person in his place
Mr Carlton objected to his nom
ination as coroner, but his friends
went ahead and nominated him
any way.
5 Notice of Services."
Rev. E. A. Osborne will conduct
services at the Trinity Episcopal
church next" Sunday morning at
11 o'clock and Sunday 'afternoon
at 4 o'clock. 4
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