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4P ONLY ONE BETTER MAN TkM U only on better buui tkaa the dm who et behind rnniE to i.ENniR Lenoir U a heaatifvl city, with loTely homes, good schools and churches, all niodera conve nience and unsurpassed scen ery. A good place to lire. Com up .en higher ground. "d pushes, and tiettte LLbrirj, Co? who geta aheed and pulls. f r I vivi Th Lenoir Topic, Established 1875 r i . i .. . ,fl,9 Vol. XLVI The Lenoi, Established 1898 Consolidated Aprd 1, 1919 LENOIR, N. C, TUESDAY NOV. 16, 1920. Price, Fire Cents the Copy NO. 14 ? 1 480 CASES A MONTH IS RECORD f finrtYt r.rnlini Report for IMorth Carolina Shows Unceasing Activity Since Armistice FOUNDATION LAID PROGRESS FOR Peace Time Program of Or ganization Well Launched and Promises Very Val uable Service That the American Red Cross has been discharging its duty toward Am erican Boldiers and sailors in North Carolina at the rate of 1,840 cases a month since the war, as well as in augurating a peace program of bet ter health and social service in many communities, is shown by a report made public at Southern Division headquarters of the Red Cross today, ummarizing Red Cross work in North Carolina since November 11, 1818. "A review of Re'd Cross work in North Carolina since the war," states Ihe report, "shows that many of the diapters in the state, already have inaugurated the peace time pro gram actively and that they have al eo laid the foundation for carrying en a more enlarged and effective work than ever, in the future. "The first mission of the Red Cross in North Carolina, as the county ever, has been to care for the inter ests of the ex-service man and his family. This duty of the Red Cross has discharged since the. war at the rate of 1,840 cases soldiers' and oldiers' families a month, assisted Cross has been able in North Caro Cross has ben able in North Saro lina to put 759 civilians or civilians' families, to the state's public nurs ing services on a firm footing foot ing, to install 22 public health nurs es in the state, conducting 175 class es in home hygiene and care of the sick, teach onore than 3,000 students these principles and knowledge of di etetics, looking after the tubercu lar soldiers of Oteen, teach first aid in high schools and colleges, train a large number of social service workers, and interest more than 35, 000 North Carolina children in the work of the, Junior Red Cross." Thd report states that there 132 """'iled0ies8 "hajitwts lHNflrtU "Caro lina, with a total membership of ab out 95,000 and with 134 full-time secretaries and workers, of whom 8 are trained workers, 33 are paid workers, and the rest are volunteers. Speaking of th enursing work of the Red Cross in North Carolina, the report says: "Should the Red Cross die tomorrow in North Carolina, though this is an inconceivable sup position the state would have gain ed the services of 90 per cent, imore Red Cross nurses than could haVe been placed without it; the bureau of public health nursing would have to be discontinued until the next leg islature met; the opportunity to learn home hygiene and care of the sifk, and home dietetics, would be denied to thousands of girls and women; hundreds of sick people would go un oared for; thousands of people would lose the chance to learn the funda mentals of health; and the state as a whole would suffer an immesur able loss physically, economically, and spiritually." In adition to this, on its tombstone migh be inscribed: "The greatest agency of its time for the protection and establishment of standards of public health nursing." The report gives examples of spec ific nursing activities at Andrews, Ashboro, Boone, Bryson City, Car thage, Chapel Hill, Gastonia, High lands, Edgecomb county, Morgan town, New Berne, Newton, Catawba county, Oxford, Granville county. Salisbury, Rowan county, Tarboro, Washington, Wilson and other North Carolina towns where, states the re port, "any citizen will testify to the value of the Red Cross nursing ser vice, when all of the nurses work to the limit of their endurance, to which fact many people owe their lives." After reciting the number of sold iers and soldiers' families helped by the Red Cross work for soldiers in North Carolina giving financial as sistance to the amount of $32,735.96 has "been the smallest part of the assistance given. The soldiers have received information and practical help from the Red Cross in obtain ing compensation, medical treatment, vocational training and other rights from the government that no one else was prepared to supply. Such assistance has been without cost to ' tbe soldiers, though it has furthered the payment of thousands of dollars in cash to them. It has saved lives where th Red ross hurriedly secured hospital work for desperately ill men. It has relieved anxiety where shell shocked men had disappeared and were not found." The report comments on the num ber of social workers trained for ser vice in North Carolina, and mentions the Red Cross Institute being con ducted in co-operation with the Uni versity of North Carolnia at Chap el Hill. It describes community stud ies which have been made, such at Raleigh, N. C, tells of the first aid course conducted at a number of chapters, relates the work of the Red Cross for patients at Oteen, and con . eludes with a description of the work by the Junior Red Cross, ranging all the way from "bird .. dinners" given Dy , w umifigTon junioT to aous washrags made by the Juniors of Statesville, Mooresville V;and Char - lotte. , COUNT. MT, A meeting of all Sunday school su-, perintendents, lay leaders, stewards, trustees, exhorters, local preachers; and Dastors of the Methodist Episco-' Pal Church, South, of the churches of Caldwell count will be held in the First Methodist church in Lenoir , Saturday, Nov. 20, beginning at 10: o'clock in the morning. This group meeting will embrace all the churches of the following: charere3: Dudley St ti. --. T, u,,,!. ek I r : i. t?ii i ti )-: tuV"..,"i-j , u. Pjr Zwr,r:r. HpflX nnrtSH II nA .n ??"y fT.riei,fCtlmf member plan to be with us on that day. The meeting promises to be quite an important affair. The central committee imet in Statesville last Monday and arranged the program and details of the committee. The central committee invites all the people to be present and take part in the discussions. But it urges every official member of the Metho dist Church in Caldwell county to be present at the opening hour and re main throughout the conference. The program is as follows: 10 a.m. Sermon by Rev. T. C. Jordan; subject,' 'Tithing, God's Plan for Financing the. Kingdom." 10:45 a.m. Experience meeting, led by Rev. H. G. Allen. 12 m. Dinner on the grounds. 2 p.m. Senmon by Rev. M. H. Tuttle; subject, "Tithing as a Finam cial Plan for a Country Circuit." 2 :35 p.m. General discussion led by D. H. Warlick, D. C. Flowers, Horace Sisk and G. A. Tuttle. 7:30 p.m. Sermon by Rev. E. R. Welch; subject, "Tithing as a Finan cial Plan for a Sation." e BICKETTS PARDON RECORD ALREADY EXCEEDED CRAIG'S Raleigh News and Observer. Governor T. W. Bickett has par doned 150 more convicts than were freed during the administration of his predecessor, Governor Locke Craig and 204 more than Governor W. W. Kitchen pardoned. The record of pardons was fur nished by the Governor's office yes terday to an inquirer from Apex, who wanted to know the compara tive number of pardons. During his four years of office, Governor W. W. Mt.onin pardoned ia) prisoners; Governor Locke Craig pardoned 434; and Governor Bickett in the three years seven months of his four years' term has pardoned 584 prisoners. But in three batch of pardons credited to Governor Bickett, is in cluded in those the Governor has sought out without request from out side the prison. Early in his admin istration the Governor declared that he aimed to be a friend to the friendless in prison. On this, plat form, he undertook a survey of the State prison, and with the. result of a careful investigation by the prison officials, and with the records of the prisoners before him, he undertook to pardon many whose cases, he thought, justified it. In addition, the Governor has acted on the reports of the State Board of Parole in a great many cases.'- Along with his platform of friend ship for the friendless, the Gover nor has drawn the line against pro fessional pardon-seekers, maintain ing that the application of the pris oner would have weight with him that the fonmal petition of shyster lawyers could not claim. He adopt- ed the policy that a prisoner needed no attorney when representing his case lor a pardon MARRIAGE LICENSES The following marriage licenses were issued during October: Lawrence A. Curtis, Saw Mills, to Martha E. Dagenhardt, Rhodhiss; William Holde.nv to Bertha Porch; Marvin Bumgarner, Granite Falls, to t imam uuiur.ii iici uiin. i in t-ii Clara Kirby, Granite Falls; William B. Bass, Rhodhiss, to Eva Moore, Rhodhiss; A. H. Devier. Granite Falls, to Lola F. Gross, Henry River; George Lewis Swanaon, Gamewell, to Laura Cardwell, Gamewell: Garland Smith, Sadie Mills, to Lillie Turner, r-iL pn. -di.. r:, a .' Granite Falls; Poly Price to Annie Reid; Fred Ehrod, Granite Falls, to Florence Burris, Granite Falls; Carl Walker to Nellie Bishop; Charle3 W. Kirby, King's Mountain, to Effie Lee McDade, Hudson; Jonas Hollar to Sallie Icenhour, King's Creek; Percy Hunt, Hickory, to Lonie Pearl Heff ner, Hickory. Colored Abee Mull, of Granite Falls, to Rosa Wilfong, Granite Falls; Ernest Michaux, Collettsville, to Ed na Moore, Collettsville ; Sandy Powell to,Cora Witherspoon. GENERAL NIVELLE GUEST AT BALTIMORE OBSERVANCE With General Robert G. Nivelle, the commander who threw the Ger mans back at Verdun and who later succeeded General Jaffre as com mander in chief of the French mili tary f orces, as its guest and taking part in its celebration Baltimore observed Armistice Day. mere were many phases of the ob re-manypnasesoi tne b - but the most significant e at the grounds of the vto - servance were those St the grounds testant EniscoDal Cathedral of the Tj - -j . t, ov,mjj iiuwcs uj. slave . leKisiutui- Ilcarnation and on the memorial es hereafter to ratify constitutional Held, opposite the City Hall. j i . : , At the Cathedral grounds Gener- niendmenta. v ThJ proposal con al Neville took part in laying the cor-' templates a requirement , that all nerstone of the first unit of the federal constitutional '. amehdmenta i Cathedjal, the Synod Hall and, the ueuivauon oi uie group oi tne ouno- lings that are to arise there. ' baaaador Pezet of Peru, made an ad- dress at the ceremony. - CQURT C0NVENED irrnTPnrv lir ,TAA1T YRnTRkIIAV wflliN 1 LoJ 1 LdUt 1 ilUUll I Judge Shaw Presiding Bruce - - . . .v, , x. , . . ,. ,, I c,,; "r., 'V a I alu"e fS Tli' 1' u j-" j o , X Greensboro presiding and Solicitor R. L - Huffman of Morganton represent- ing the State. Judge Shaw did not reach here until nearly nooa and no morning workwas taken up. Several Persona ea court to kow good behavior. There wer, no imniiFtjnf aaaa avanf t 1 ' iri. r i j X- .u nailer oruce, irnargeu witn assault -uijr, woo uintiiuuwuvuai, "u wiav fT, . . rPfPrTpH in w on two little girls, which is expected the owners of the turnpike company e four points rererred to are to come up this morning. Bruce has do not have to move the toll gate f s , Brussels con secured counsel, Messers. Spurling from between here and Patterson to ! f erence experts, second, a meet Srholl. wnn'will nnpar a noint airitt miles from the citv lim-! ln? at Geneva between representa- It is expected that the criminal ',erm will be over by tomorrow evening or , oeiore, ana civil cases win De up Thursday morning. I -It 1 taken RUMOR THAT W. & Y. V. R. R. IS TO BE REBUILT Little credence is given here to the story sent out fram Winston Salem Saturday forecasting the re- building of the Watauga & Yadkin plenty, security and peace, our virtu River railroad from North Wilkes-; ous and self-reliant people face the boro to Grandin. This story was the ' future," and setting aside Thurs result of a statement given out by, day, November 25, for the usual ob- n. H. Janes, a timber broker of New iorK. Mr. Janes nas timber lands in the vicinity of Grandin. However, it is understood here that he is in no way connected with the Elk Creek ' tractions and preoccupations of our Lumber Company, which owns many daily life, that we may contemplate thousands of acres of timber lands ! the mercies which have been vou which formerly belonged to the Gran- chsaf ed to us, and render heartfelt din Lumber Company. Mr. Janes is and unfeined thanks unto God for quoted as saying that his company, I His manifold goodness, the Elk Creek Lumber Company, I "This is an old observance of the would have the railroad in operation American people, deeply imbedded by next s-pring. Local parties, who are familiar with the Elk Creek Lum- Janes connection with that com Janes' connection with the that com pany, and it is feared that his state mets are misunderstood by the news paper correspondent who sent out the story. The story sent out reads as follows: "H. S. Janes, one of New York's turning to the grateful embrace of capitalists interested in development ' the nation, has resumed the useful operation of the Elk Creek Lumber pursuits of peace, as simply and as Company mills in Watauga county, ! promptly as it rushed to arms in ob spent several days here this week at i deience to the country's call. The cenaing a inai wnicn terminated in M.r Janes' company securing the largest verdict ever recorded in For syth superior court, approximating about a million and a half dollars. The company has acquired title to about six thousand acres of fine tim ber land in Watauga, located on the line of the Watauga & Yadkin River railroad, which was badly damaged! by the flood in that section a few years ago. Mr. Janes stated today that his company planned to put the railroad in operation next year and resume operation of a $300,000 lum ber (mill plant, which has an annual capacity of thirty million feet. "This will mean a fine develop ment for this section of North Caro lina, the financiers behind the great enterprise contemplating putting a large force of men to work' at re building the thirty-one miles of rail road early next year." ENGLAND PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEROIC DEAD OF WAR In historic Whitehall Great Brit an's newly unveiled monument to her "glorious dead," half buried be neath hundreds of flower tokens of frnA nnf.inn sa qnrrnwinur ann"witit-inn of their sacrifices. A few hundred yards away, in Wesminister Abbey, amidst the tombs of the realm's great men re pose the body of the empire's "new est immortal" an unknown com rade of those whose deeds the cen otaph memorializes. Every part of the empire, all class es of its citizens, from the king to . . . . ... PFlvate' Pupated in the impres- subsequent burial rites in the Ab bey. During the. ceremonies White hall and the streets adjacent to the ( T UlirVlllIlK VVl VlMUilH,!) CI 1 1 11 11 IV, Abbey were jammed with people, host .Uceey told .the, i VL 'T n Z , silence which fell over this old con- course as Big ben thundered the hour of eleven seemed to vibrate with repressed emotions. It was silence broken only by the hysterical shriek of a woman, who collapsed from the intensity of its spell. On the tenth stroke of the great gong the King pulled the cord unveiling the imposing and, with others, stood monument uncovered CtrtGl IMS with bowed head, then, wreath and those of the Prince of Wales and the official colonial rep- resentatives nad been reverently de- floor. The upstairs of the building posited at the base of the cenotaph wag soon filled with smoke, but the the field marshall pallbearers with fire company did excellent work in their hallowed burden moved off to UBing their chemicals. The water was the Abbey, the King followed the nag draped coffin ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS DO NOT SURRENDER The national association opposed to suffrage announced that it had combined .with the American con- ' .titutional league' and the Maryland (leftrufl for statu 'dpfen!u in am- 1 txL 1 ZZ T. '.1. ,"1" was . unsigned, so it found its S.W-to "t.-te ratification or -to ' pecial conventions .elected by the 'voters in each state. , . mm DECn)ES . -,-TirCC7...r! 17 A VHP TIIPNDIYE InlUiY 1 Ulu'I II&L I c. u.:.i,i;. a ,' bays Legislative Act to move loU Wag jnconsti. tutinnAl. faw AnnMlcd ! jni,e. W F H.B, . r.ndd v - aJ1L, ; " i his decision Lenoir and Blowing Rock i against the Turnpike Company in favor of the defedannt. His opinion, ,u:.u ,., i wuim was i just received here a few days ago, says that the act passed by; the spe- cial .session of the North Carolina loirialatiirp wKih mftt in Rjlpirh in! t,.i ,.;t.,. ! t-i,f 1 its of Lenoir, as the act would have had them. me case has been appealed to tne Supreme Court. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY PRESIDENT Washington, Nov. 12. President Wilson issued his Thanksgiving pro clamation tonight, saying that "in servanees. ihe text oi tne procia- mation follows: . "The season approaches when it behooves us to turn from the dis- in our thought and naDit. me Dur- dens and the stresses of life have their own insistence. Cause For Thanksgiving "We have abundant cause for Thanksgiving. The lesions of the war are rapidly healing. The great army of freedom, which America sent toi the defense of liberty, re- equal justice of our laws has receiv ed steady vindication in the support of a fisw-abiding people against var ioua , feinister attacks, which have reflected only the baser agitations of war, now happily passed. Must Discharge Duties. "In plenty, security and peace, our virtuous and self-reliant people face the future, its duties and its oppor tunities. May we have vision to dis cern our duties; the strength, both of hand and resolves, to discharge them, and the soundness of heart to real ize that the truest opportunities are those of service. "In a spirit, then, of devotion and stewardship, we should give thanks in our hearts, and dedicate ourselves to the service of God's merciful and loving purposes to His children. "Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, -do hereby designate Thurs day, the twenty-fifth, day of Novem ber, next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and I call upon my coun trymen to cease from their ordinary tasks and avocations upon that day, giving it up the rememberance of God and His blessings, and their du tiful and grateful acknowlergiment." NORTH CAOLINA FOURTH AS SOURCE OF REVENUE The. bureau of internal revenue has announced that taxes collected and deposited by its representatives during the fiscal year ending June 30, totaled $5,410,284,874.90. This is more than Representative Claude Kitchen and Senator F. M. Simmons, who headed the committees that framed the present law, estimated. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and North Car olina yielded the largest returns. North Carolina jumped from $10, 598,834.38 in 1912 to $169,206,007. 77 in 1920. Most of this was on to bacco. The division being income profit taxes, $45,032,387.56 and Miscellaneous (including tobacco) $124,173,620.21. SMALL FIRE IN HARSHAW BUILDING Saturday morning ibout 10:30 o'clock the fire alarm was turned in. an(j fn about three minutes the fire c(mpany arrjved at the News Office, .fVio Qforta rf a nro ' Trio firo u'oc caused by a defective flue in the rear 0f the building, on the second then turned on, and in half an hour there was not a sign of hre left There was very little damage done anywhere as the machines, etc. on the first floor dn the News Office were covered with oil cloths and pa- novKi oa fhat tvioror mi1ri Tint ruin them. The fire company deserves , OToatoaf nroioo tnr tha nmmnt. ne-sTwith which thev arrive when -i w.nlcn , "rlve wne an ftlarm turnei "v lt wa8 also surprise visit, as tne wews torce were surpnsa visit, as me i not aware of the fire. UNSIGNED IETTER The News received some informa tion about a corn shucking this week, " sending in j. . ... . TIT . A neW9, items that they sign name, as w cannot print anything unsigned, nHO gfj A definite agreement concerning the precedare to be followed with regard to the reparations due by Ger- manv was reached between the Fren- ch and British governments. The agreement calls for a meeting at Brussens 0f allied technical ex- perts with the Germans and also a meeting of the allied premiers in Geneva- the first half of Febru- ary to discuss the total amount due ani Germany s capacity for payment Si. Leygues, the French premier, in a note to tne ontisn Amoassaaor, . . , . t-. . i .v. a tne can oi ueroy, noimea uie Am bassador of the definite agreement hbased on the four points previously uaScU i arnvea au tives of the allies and the German government; third, consideration by the reparations commission of the findings of the first two conferences, and, fourth, a meeting of the prem iers to consider the decisions of the reparations commission.) The note shows that Geneva con ference of the allied ministers will be held after a plebiscite has been taken in Uper Silesia or at the latest in the first fortnight of February. It also indicates that the fourth stage of the meeting of the premiers will discuss the plebiscite and sanctions and that steps will be taken to obtain the consent of other interested states to the procedure arranged. CLOTHING PRICES START ON DESCENT Men's clothing for immediate de livery was offered buyers toflay at prices 10 to 50 per cent below pres ent prices. Goods for spring and summer delivery were shown at prices 10 to 33 1-3 per cent under those a year ago, and men's shirts and similiar articles were shown at greatly reduced prices at the open ing of the thirteenth semi-annual buying convention of the United National Clothiers. The convention is being attended by retail clothing dealers from seventeen middle wesU ern states, and has taken the form of a huge display of made up gar ments. "The public is not buying; manu facturers and dealers are overstock ed" said W. L. Mohr, treasurer and general manager of the association today. "The price must eorr.e down. We have passed' the peak in high prices of wearing pparel. Men's clothing will be considerably cheap er from now on; the retailer can af ford to sell at less for his costs are becoming lower. "Here are some men's shirts," he siid indicating an exhibition "which wholesale at $45 a dozen a few months ago. Now they are offered at $16.50 a dozen. Here are 2,000 suits offered at $16.50, suits that or dinarily wholesaled at $45.00. The age of extravagance has passed, and, rather than let the goods rot on their shelves, the manufacturers are getting what they can out of them." N. C. SCHOOL CHILDREN SAVING OVER $451,000 In the months comprising the last school session, imore than $451,000 was invested in North Carolina in government savings securities, ac cording to official figures just com piled. This money was saved larger ly through the medium of school sav ing societies, of which there were more than 11,01)0 in this Federal re serve district, the war loan organi zation announces. North Carolina's eross sales of thrift and war savings, stamps, in ex act figures, amounted to $451,763, 43 in the district the gross total ex ceeded $2,315,000, or at the rate of considerably more than $250,000 a month. While much of this money was saved by school children, no small amount of credit is due, it is said, to woman's clubs and such or ganizations, which not only took an active interest in the saving move ment on their own behalf, but en couraged and assisted the work of the school societies. In the last four months of last year, the gross sales in North Caro lina amounted to $203,67 4. .r 1 . BIG CELEBRATION IS HELD AT MORGANTON At Morganton the second anniver sary af the signing of the Armistice was fittingly observed today. Bus iness houses were -closed and this af ternoon several hundred of the coun ty's ex-service men, in uniform, joined in a big parade, which was headed by Mayor L. A. Bristol and the Morganton Band. Cadets from the North Carolina School for the Deaf were also in the. line of march. The soldiers had supper together, served by the young ladies of the town, and this evening a variety en tertainment by home talent for the benefit of the local pos of the Am erican Legion was given at the audi torium. JUDGMENT RECORDED IN FORSYTH SUPERIOR COURT A recorded verdict for Forsyth Superior Court was entered Thurs day in the case of the Elk Creek Lumber Company, the plaintiff, against W. J. Grandin and the Gran din Lumber Company.' defendants. Judgemet involves a large tract of land in Watauga county, comprising several thousand acres and valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The verdict filed declares that the plaintiffs are entitled to recover $1,- 488,500 from' the defendan terest from Nov. 24, 1911. defendants with n DOUGHTON HAS A MAJORIH OF 1320 Republicans Claiming Fraad and Threaten to Contest the Election The official Vote for Dbughton aad Campbell in the eighth district has not been announced, and there has been much speculation as to what the results of the election will show . Th Republicans claim that the electiei was very close, with the possibility of a small majority in favor of Camp bell. The chairman of the Republi can executive committee of this dis trict, J. D. Dorsett of Salisbury, de clares that Dr. Campbell will be seat ed in Washington if only a small amount of the charges of fraud are verified. He does not claim the ma jority for Campbell, but says that the election is very close, and gives ot tlje statement that something inter esting will be going on in a few days. In most quarters Dorsett's taldk is not given imuch weight. It is just the claim of fraud that has beem widespread among the. Republicans since the election. The Democrats want the Republicans to verify these charges if they can do so, and to quit trying to disabuse the public mind. From Mr. Doughton comes the statement of the official figures in several counties, and the unoffi cial ngures in Kowan, which are saM to be approximately correct. Mr. Doughton has never been much of a claimer so far as politics goes. When he makes a statement his friends ia both Democratic and Republican ranks know that he is speaking with out the usual hot air that goes with election claims. Mr. Doughton' statement is as follows: "Campbell Cabarrus, 730; Stan ly, 440; Alexander, 561; Caldwell, 120; Watauga, 767; Ashe, 44. To tal, 2,662. Doughton Alleghany, 340; Ire dell, 2,169; Rowan, 1,473. Total, 3,982. "My majority, 1,320. "These figures are official except for Rowan; the difference there could, only be slight and affect the result not materially." INFALLIBLE SIGNS OF A COLD, COLD WINTER All the forecasts of the goosebone weather bureau in this section for the winter of 1920-'21 may go awry as the result of the developments of the last six or seven days, which lead the less optimistic prognosticators to fear " some real sharp pinches" dur ing the next three months. The snow fall will be much heavier than last winter, it is declared, not that any long chance is being taken as regards snow, since last winter's fall was almost nil. Holly, which a few days ago promised to be shabby, is "berrying out" handsomely, one of the sure, signs of cold weather to come. Nature provides the berries for birds, it is contended by the wise ones. Animals are taking on heav ier fur, while fowls, both wild aad domestic, are feathered extravagant ly. All the fogs have been counted and their unusual numerosity par tends no good to "folks and things" in the weeks to come. It may ye4, despite its tardiness and the Octob r contentions of the optimists of th goosebone bureau, developed into a real, foot-and-finger freezing, drab and dour winter, say some of the old timers. HEAVY REWARD IS OFFERED FOk MEN Governor Bickett supplemented the $1,000 offered jointly by the city of Gastonia and the county of Gaston for the apprehension of the persons guilty of the murder of Joltii Ford near Gastonia and the possible fatally wounding of a female com panion when they were held up and shot. The total of $1,400 is the maxiura reward that can be offered by city, county and State for the apprehen sion of criminals, and both the Gov ernor and the county and city effi cials in Gaston hope that it wi'.i bring light on the "mystery surrounding the killing of Ford and the wounding of the woman with whom he was riding. Thus far the officers at work on the case are in deep perplexity with but little to guide them in their ef forts to run down the slayer of the young man. Nothing has developed in the way of a clue. Officers are said to be working on the theory that the assault was made by some friend of the young woman, and that jealousy was the motive that actuated the crime. ONE KILLED AT CORN SHUCKING IN TENNESSEE As the outcome of a rivalry be tween opposing sides at a corn shuck ing bee at Roan Mountain, Tennes see, Paul Goodson, aged 16, was shot and killed by Earl Powell, aged 17. - Goodson was the leader on one side in the shucking contest, and Powell was the leader on the -other side. It is claimed that Goodson threw an ear of corn to the center pile and it struck Powell in the head accidentlaly. The latter lef t f .the barn where the shucking was in pro gress and returned a few momenta later, with a shot gun. fired point blank at his opponent's head. Good-. son's head was almost severed from his body by the charge. Powell dis appeared immediately after the shooting but is being sought by th officers. . i .
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