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j i 1 1 1 u 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 :: Gfo Medium ; ; Through which you reach tho ? , people of Ma.dioo County. ' i ' 4. . i . i - 1 . ( Advertising Rates on Application Hill M I M' l-M M-i-M-M-M-M" ' ' ilfHH f' mz::i ccu.jty rxcc:j. :; . LV ' Jan 23, idol ... p 3 rr rr Kin :C3 CXOAD NEWS, - ' EsuLUcd May IS. 1S37. : I : j jj Contoliiited, i ' Not. 24, 1311 ; . U ,U , 3 mini 1 1 im-mm n i i 1 1 1 1 r THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XV. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY' NC. .FRIDAY, MARCH 28. 1913. NO. 13. Jl Eli J L rLO K 0 Dirootory. ' ' Madison County. - Established by the Legislature 8e don 1860-61. r '; '-'.: , , Poulatlon, 20,132. ., ' w County 8eat. Marshall. ' 1646 feet above pea level. ' '-; New and modern Court House, cost ' (33.000.00. I " New and modern Jail, cost $18,000.00. New and modern County Home, cost 110,000.00.. : . - ' v Officered : v ' Hon C. B. Mashburn, Senator tfith District, Marshall, N. C i Hon. James E. Rector, Representa tlve, Hot 8prlngs, N. C. N. B. McDevltt, Clerk i Superior Court, Marshall, N. C. ' - W. m! Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall JJ. C. Zade O. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds, Marshall, N. C, , ' C. P. Runlon, Treasurer,. Marshall, N. C, R. P. D. No. 4. R. L, Tweed, Surveyor, WhlU Rock, ' Dr. Chaa. N. Sprinkle, Coroner, . Marshall. N. C. i ' ' Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar shall; N. C. ' , ..John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall: N. C. - ' Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall, N. C . . James Haynle, Supt County Home, Marshall, N. C. J". Home located about two miles south west of Marshall. Courts. : Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore First Monday in March, Com menctag Feb. 2th, 1911. Civil 11th, Monday, after First Mon day In March, commences May 20, Hit J ""V .. , Criminal and Civil. First Monday after First Monday ta Sept Com mences Sept th, 1812. Civil 6th Monday after First Mon day in September. Commences Octo tor 14, mi. ; ' BOARDS. . County Cwnmtoelonert. ; ' W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, 1 N C '' . . R. A. Edwarda, Member, Marskall, KJC., R. F. D. No. 8.' Renbls A. Tweed, Member, Big Laurel. N. C. J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall, N. C. ' ' .v. Board meets first Monday la every "month. ': l:r",'- r -: ';'! "''.;; Road-Cemmlsslonere. . ' A. E. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall. N. C. R. F. D. No, 1. . ' J. A Ramsey. SecreUry, Mart BUI, N. C R. f. D. No. X. ; - ?; Sam Cox, Member, Mars Hill, N. C, (LTD. No. 2. ' . , - -w y- rs-r- O. W. WUd. Bl Pine, K. a , " . Dudley i Chlpley,- Road Engineer, Marshall. N. C. ; " " George M. Pritchard. Atty, Marsh all N. C - - Board meeU-flrst Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October , each year.'.- : i Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creek, K. C. ' Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. S. , - W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. 1 Prof., M. C. Buckner, Supt of Schools, Mars Hill, N. C, R. F. D. No. I. ' Board Meet first Monday in Janu ary, April, July and . October each fear. - Colleges and High Schools,, Mara Hill College, Prof. R. I Moore, President Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August 17, 1911. Spring Verm begins January 2, 1912. s f : v Bprlng Creek High School. Prof. H. A. Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek, N. C I Mo. School opened August I, 1911. Madison Seminary High School. Prof. J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall. K. C R. F. D. No. 2. . 7 Mo. '.School began Octber 2, 1911. ' ' ; - Bell Institute. Miss Margaret H. Griffith, Principal, Walnut N. C, 8 Mo School began September 9, 1911. , . ' Marshall " Academy., Prof. R; 6, Andera, Principal, Marshall, N. Cr 9 , M School began Sept 4, 1911. ' - - . t- Notary Publlea. .' ' -: J. C. Ramsey, Marshall,, N. C, Term expires Jan. 1, 1914. J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C R. F D. No. 2. Term expires April 1,1912. i J. F. TllsoJ, Marshall. N. C. R.i F. D. No. 2. Term expires April S, 1913 C. J. Ebba, Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 21, 1913. - J.: W. Nelson. Marshall, N. C Term ' expires April 25, 1913. . ' Roy L. Gudger, Marshall, , N. C. Term expires May 2. 1913. Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall, N. C. Term expires May 25, 1913. . -Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, N. C. , Term expires July 29, 1913. " W. O. Connor, 'Mars ' Hill, N. C - Term expires Nov. 27, 1913. J. A. Wallln, Big Laurel, N. C Term expires Jan. 24. 1914. - I D. C. Bullock, Stackhouse, N. C Term expires Feb. 22, 1914. v D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. 3- Term exclres March 14. 1914. J. G. F.a'Tfpy. Marshall, N. C R. 4 TeTt T- : f 3 tlarch 16, 1914. ' . -. . J. T. ( ' tv, Joe, N. C. Term ex f J u 7. ru. i. r T Crppk, N. C '. ft. l?i. U.S. Mil CROP T TOTAL OVER TWO MILLION BALES LESS THAN RECORD ' , OF PREVIOUS YEAR. . . LARGE NUMBER OF LINTERS U. S. Census Bureau Issues Pinal Ee ' tlmata Figures About aa Had " Been Expected. Washington. The ," United ' ' 8tates census bureau Issued the annual cot ton report ' - ; The final estimate of the cotton crop of 1912 Is 14,076,430 bales. - '. , The crop tor 1911 was 16,109,349 bales, and for 1910 It was 11,965,861 balea. " " Expressed in 600-pound bales, the 1912 crop is 14,295,500 bales as com pared with, 16,250,276 bales for 1911 and 12,005,688 for 1910. The final estimate by states and by subdivisions follows: . Flgurea by Statea. ' Estimate Estimate Yield Yield. 191213 1,366,424 . ' 803.071 . ' 25,485 . 56,065 60.033 . 1.887,461 . 891,437 . 1,048,034 . 934,420 '. 1,054,867 ; 1,257,708 . ,289,504 , .4,886.415 . 15,516 : 191M2 I 938,791 31,099 95,336 91.146 2,867,741 395.608 '1,212,046 1,152,459 1,043,803 1,727,094 457,957 4.288,510 Alabama . . . . Arkansas, . . . Virginia , , Missouri V Florida . , , . Georgia' . , , . Louisiana . . . Mississippi North Carolina , Oklahoma.;- . . South Carolina, . Tenneasee ., ... Texas. ... , All Others. . . . Total . . , . . .14,076,430 16,109,34 Figures by Quality. 1912-13 1911-12 Equivalent In 500 .' - -xlb. bales. . . .1495,500 16,250,276 Round balea. 81.528 . 100,439 Sea Island . .' . - 236,641 119,262 Linters , . . . . 605.704 - 556.726 Average weight 507.8 J 504.4 '. Included in the statistics tor 1912 are: --: .'.--:.: Linters, 605,704 bales; Sea Hland cotton,, 23,641 bales; round bales, 81, 628. Round bales are counted In the estimate as half bales. . The average weight of the bale for 1912 is 507.8 pounds as compared with 504.4 pounds for 1911 and 501.7 for 1910. -: '':-''''": Cotton, not yet ginned included in the total estimate, and is placed by glnners and dellnters aa 129,172 bales. " The only surprise In the estimate la the great Increase in linters, which this year are placed at (05,704. bales, a startling Jump from 1911. Analysis of the figures by states shows big crops west of the Missis sippi ; Texas with nearly 5,000,000 bales and Oklahoma with a million. When the crop west of the river Is heavy, linters show a great Increase, and the diminished crop In the east had very little effect on linters. The Texas cotton has a fuwy seed, which will not gin clean,,; ; - MANY ARE KILLED BY STORM Buildings Demolished, Houses Unroof ed, Wires Paralyzed, Crops Injured. Atlanta, Ga. More than one hun dred persons are reported killed' and hundreds" were Injured, some mortal ly, by a storm of tornado intensity, which. raged over centra- western, southern and parts of. the eastern states. Property damage will run well into the millions. " "' .- Reports from Alabama show the loss of lite was heaviest In that "State, the number of dead there being plac ed at sixty, with additional fatalities reported, but not -confirmed. - Two towna, Thomasvllle'and Lower Peach tree, were practically wiped out. Two are dead In Indiana, two n Tennessee, two in Ohio, two in New York, one in Michigan and one In Louisiana. N' McCombe Won't 06 to rFanee. Washington William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, issued , a statement an nouncing that he had declined to be come ambassador to France. He said: "I do not feel that 1 can afford to leave my life work the practice of the law. I feel compelled to devote myself to my personal affairs, and at the same time, I will lend any assist ance In my power that will contrib ute to the success of the Democratic administration and the Democratic party." , Buys Brooklyn Bridge, for $500., New York. Karl Hoopea, who came over from Amsterdam, Holland, some t'-i-e st-o, Faili J for home after a de- r r v t r ' 'once In New I ! i ""? am he ! si iv--e ! 0 If EASTER 1.-:-:.; "-. y , Next to a pUsnmage to Jerusalem, the water from the River Jordan ia one of the greatest things the simple minded religious peasants, of Russia, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey wish for. Thousands of devoted pilgrims go to this holy river In Eaater week In order to bathe in the stream that they may be washed of their sin. Every pil grim to the River Jordan fills a bottle with the sacred water so that those at home may be purified. BIG SVi'L'iDLFRS CAPTURED HAIR 8WINDLERS CAUGHT WHILE 7 TRYING TO ESCAPE ON 8TEAMER; : Thousands of Dollars Found on Them. Defrauded Banks Out of One Million Dollar f New Orleans. Charged with de frauding banks in this country and Europe of approximately one million dollars through alleged manipulation of Invoices, Antonio Muslca, his three sons, George, Arthur and Philip Mu slca, New. York hair dealers, were arrested In their apartments on the steamer Heredla here. Two daughters of the elder Muslca, . Louise and Grace, were also detained. - The par ty was taken into custody Just before the departure of the Heredia tor Co lon, Panama. ' ' When searched at police headquar ters, a large amount of money and much negotiable paper was found In the possession of the prisoners. Fifty thousand dollars was secured from Arthur Muslca and about ten thou sand more from other members of the party. " ';; . - ''''; The Mustcaa carried with them nine pieces of baggage, which the police hauled to headquarters. It Is believ ed that much more money and valua ble papers will be recovered. , The Muslcas did not appear to be perturbed over their arrest Affidavits were sworn out charging the father and three sons with being fugitives from Justice and the two daughters with, being material wltnessese,. On the way to the central police station an Incident occurred , which caused some excitement. The elder Muslca, attempted to secure from Phil ip a revolver which the son bad in his pocket : ' ' "No, won't give it up. I am going to kill myself before I get to police headquarters," Philip declared. -The weapon . was taken awa from him after a, desperate strugle with one, of the detectives escorting , the party."'-',. i' !' -'.:"' : A Eighteen thousand dollar In bills of large denominations was found hidden in Miss Grace Musica's cor net Eighty thousand dollars was re covered from Muslca and hia;. three sons. ; ' ' ' !rr-v' . " ' ' Antonio MuBlca attributed his firm's embarrassment tof the failure of three large foreign, hat concerns. He said his company owed these companies approximately 300,000 and when pressed for a settlement he, with his family, 'left New York bound tor Pan ama. He denied having received any money on - fraudulent Invoices and bllla of lading. ' India Camp pn Roof of Hotel. New York. An Indian camp- has been established on the root of one of the clty'e newest and most fash ionable hotels. Chief Three Bears, who Is fO years old, protested against the confining four wills of a mere room. Bo he and Long Time Sleep, White Calf. Lasy Boy. Big Top, Medi cine Owl. White Calf's Squaw and Medicine Owl's Sauaw and a 10-year-old Indian girl all pitched their tepees above the eaves.! whence they could look out over the city's . artificial peaks and canyons. Soldiers of Huerta Trapped. - 1 Naco, Ariz. OJeda's Fedorala, trap ped by the state troops around Naco, continued destruction of the railways to the south, thus preventing the ar rival cf Cabral's group of Insurree t c I-1'.-ht proved e '!! ni-e . -. i i itn.'-s made know a t!i;.; , f s i ! i i :' ' i WEEK AT THE RIVER KLNG OF GREECE KILLED KING GEORGE WAS WALKING IN STREETS OF SALONIKT WHEN HE WAS SHOT. -. ' ' Crown Prince Constantino Has Been Proclaimed King of ; Greece. ' Salonlkl. King- George of Greece was assassinated , while walking in the streets of Salonikl . The assassin waa a Greek of low mental type, who gave his name as Aleke Schlnas. He shot the king through the heart The king was accompanied only by an aide-de-camp, , Lleuten spt Colonel Francoudla. : The aes'slneame'ull-' denly at the king and fired one ahot from a seven-chamber revolver. The tragedy . caused Intense excitement Schlnas waa seized immediately and overpowered. , , The wounded king was lifted into a carriage and taken to the Papafion hospital. He waa still breathing when placed In the carriage. Prince Nicholas, the king's third son, and other of fleers,, hurried to the hospital. Arriving first, Prince Nich olas summoned the officers, and, speaking to them in a voice choked with sobs, said: "It Is my deep grief to have to an nounce to you the death of our be loved king, and Invite you to swear fidelity to your new sovereign, King Constantino." The assassin of the king la an evil looking fellow, about forty yearn, of age. , On being arrested he refused to explain his motive for the crime. He declared his name waa Aleke Schl nas, and. In reply to an officer who asked him whether he had no pity for his country, announced ' that he was against governments. - ' Schlnaa maintained a perfectly Inn passable demeanor, which was . sug gestive of being irresponsible tor his actions. , ' : ' Notwithstanding the rapidity with which the king received attention, he was dead on arrival at the hospital. The king fell into the arms of his aide whenshot Two soldiers ran up on hearing the firing and helped to aupport him. He was placed in a car riage' and efforts were made to stop the bleeding, but he breathed his laBt on -the way to the hospital near by. When Prince Nicholas bade the offi cers swear fealty to Constantino they shouted "Long live the king I " Mourn ing emblems were displayed werjr whero. , v ;.:,;'.''-'''.' The Greek governor Issued a proc lamation announcing that the oath of fealty to King Oonatantlne had been taken..--- 'O'lv ?y.:ty ' - . 8U Hurt In Wreck. " Macon, Ga. Six V .persons were slightly injured when four sleepers and one day coach of the Dixie Fly er.; Chicago to .Jacksonville, were ditched at Bon Air, Ga on the Geor gia, Southern and Florida tracks, The wreck was caused by a broken rail. Four sleepers and the day coach left the rails and turned over. One sleep er was hurled Into acreek. The In jured were brought to a Macon hos pital, where they received medical aid. . The accident occurred near' Bon Air, Ga. There were 125 passengers. Arrested as an Embezzler. Montgomery, '" Ala. James G. Oak ley, president of the state convict board, was arrested charged with embezzlement of funds aggregating nearly $100,000. Following the arrest Oakley, Governor 0'Neil announc ed tlii t he had remov. t the presl (' "t of f ''i board fr i c "ce and had t i c' ct the vSr-t depart t ! - e t i 'a. The . "t ty JORDAN r TARIFF REVISION SESSION NO OTHER LEGISLATION UNTIL DEMOCRATIC REVI8ION MEAS URES HAVE GONE THROUGH, Wilson's Date for the Extra Session April 7, Pleases the Demo ; , eratlo Leaders. Washington. The extra session of congress, called by President Wilson to assemble April 7, will begin with nothing but the tariff revision bills before It This fact was made cleai In a statement, by Representative Un derwood,' chairman' of the house com mittee, on ways and means. Until tariff legislation is weH under way id the house, no general committal will be named and no other legislative subjects will be taken up. - The. president specified no subject for the extra session In his proclama tlon; but It la fully understood thai his, message to congress at Its open Ing will dwell upon the need of tarlfl revision. If currency, Philippine in dependence, Alaskan affairs, woman suffrage or other pressing question! are finally forced upon the attention of congress, it will be only after thf Democratic leaders of the two houses and the president are convinced thai the success of tariff revision is as sured. ': ' House leaders will be ready to gc ahead with tariff revision as soon at the session convenes. 114 Warranta Issued. Chicago. One hundred and fourteei warrants for thirty-one alleged mem bers of the "arson ring" were Issued at thp Instance of State's Attornes Johnston. Twenty-eight of those nam ed tn the warranta are business men some of them wealthy. Their namei were not made public, pending arrests When arrests are made on the war rants, the total number of person! taken into custody will aggregate for ty-four, alleged to have been impll rated in forty fires from which a to agregate forty-four, alleged . to have tal of $800,000 was collected In lnsur ance. Georgian Named Clerk of Committee Washington. Oscar W. Underwood chairman of the ways and means com mittM. announced the appointment ol rninnel Kevin Colaultt of Savannah Ga., as clerk of the committee, sue ceedlng Hon. Daniel c. Roper, recent ly appointed first assistant postmastei general. While the appointment u congressional, rather than preslden tlal, It la, the first Georgian who hai been received under the new admlnis tration. In making the appointment .... t ; ' 1 Suffragettes Call on Prealdent Waon Washington. Suffrage for the worn en of the United States by a constl tutlonal amendment was formally pre aented to President Wilson by a com mittee of national leadera In the move ment Mr. Wilson waa urged to reo ommend to the special session of con gross action on such an- amendment but he told bis visitors he had not made up his mind on the euffrag question. "The president -was courts ous and sympathetic throughout said Mrs. Ida Husted Harper of Nei York, one of the leaders V Store Wrecked by Irishmen. Red Bank, N. J A five and ten-cem store was wrecked by a mob that ob Jected to St Patrick's day. souvenln displayed in the windows, declarlnt that the display held up to rldlcuh things which they considered sacred When the 'store opened the parlsl priest called on the proprietors am d'Tnded the removal of the articles f wo kindred persona r.-Uliered out , --, t'-.? p' .ira sad whi a the pr'-i t - 1 t" t'.t 13 r-.' --ion tad fal'.w r. ! S -. -e the c .-; TO HELP PRESERVE CHI IS MM WIL80N INTENDS TO PARTICI PATE IN THE FAR EASTERN DIPLOMACY. THE PROTECTION REMAINS The President Believes That the Na tion Can Be of More Service With out Being Tangled Up In the 8ix Power Loan. Washington. President Wilson's recent statement withdrawing the aid ot this government from what was popularly known as the "Six-Power loan" doea not mean the retirement of the United SUUs from participa tion in far Eastern diplomacy. The president talked about China Informally with some of bis callers, tunong them George Bronson Rea, technl al Secretary of the Railway Commission, empowered by the Chi nese provisional government to con struct 10,000 miles of trunk railways in China. Mr. Rea explained to the president that without the aid of the United States government American capital bad been enlisted in the railway en-' terprtse, but that it waa desirable too know how. far the United States would go In protecting what Mr. Rea term ed "honorable contracts , between American business men and the Chi nese government" Independent ot po litical connection. The president asked Mr. Rae to prepare and submit to him a memo randum and promised to study the question very Near efully. 1 Mr. Rea pointed out that the objection! fea tures of the Six-Power loan project to which China herself had objected were those which concerned the inter nal administration ot China and that bis relations with Sun Yal Sen and the Chinese republic were such that he knew the action of President Wil ton had met with approval In China. Mr. Wilson indicated that the de velopment of . the administration's policy toward Chink would be gradual and well measure. That there waa no intention of withdrawing the po tential influence for protection which this government has exerted In re spect of China. The president's viewpoint it was aid, was that the United States would be in a far better position to help preserve the Integrity of China by remaining outside of any particular agreements which might have " for their object a voice in China's polit ical, future than by actual participa tion, i-- .-.--.': : Again Discussing Question of Peace. Sofita. Representatives of the powers called on Premier Gourchoff separately and handed htm the fol lowing communication: "The govern ments of the great powers take note with satisfaction of the acceptance of their mediation by the allied states and point out to them that before the discussion ot the terms of peace is begun, It is tor the powers to for mulate their views as to the basis of negotiations to pe adopted. i To Study Social Proplem. Washington. The whipping post for white slave traffickers and ae deucera of women, a tax upon bach elorhood, more careful training of children and abolition of Joy riders and ragtime dancing were advocated as remedies for the social evil at a hearing here conducted by the Illinois Senatorial . Vice Commission, which came. to Washington primarily to in terest President Wilson In a Nation wide vice crusade. Tariff Foremost In Wilson's Mind. Washington. President Wilson hopes to do most of the fighting for tariff revision before Congress begins its work early In April. The presi dent Is of the opinion that it is better to do the talking and the fighting if any is necessary before the spe cial session is far along.' Are Under Rush Orders. ' Washington. Under rush f orders from Secretary Garrison, a - medical officer and three members of the army hospital corps, are. proceeding from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to Lower Peach tree, Ala., the town virtually wiped off the map by a recent tornado. The action was taken after an appeal for help waa received by President Wil son. The American Red Cross noti fied the governor ot Alabama, that It would give all possible aid to the suffers In the tonado stricken dis trict Bark Meets With Disaster Grimsby, - Bug. The French bark Marie, from San Francisco for Hull, at the end of her long voyage met with disaster and destruction here. Her cap! tain and crew of 24 men were saved by the trawler Amer. The Marie went ashore be tore daylight on Haisborough sands.in the North Sea during a blizzard. It was quickly pounded to pieces by terrific 'seas. The crew was in a desperate plifrt and had lost hope when the Amer rsme cp, lautir"-!d a lLV-boat and ! sve- 1 I-.- "'ok tr;,. FROM THE TARHEEL STATE) Latest News of General Interest Thaw Has Been Collected From Many ' .Towns and Countiea. Ashevllle. Seeking damages In the1 sum of $2,000. Lorenzo Parker has! brought ault in the Buncombe countyj , court for $3,000, against the Southern) Railway Company, ' Salisbury. Sheriff J. H. McKenxie broke all records at China Grove by collecting more tax than ever collect ed in one day in Rowan county. The; amount taken In by the Sheriff was1 $3,860. ' Raleigh Governor Craig announce! , the appointment of the visiting com-i mittee for the University ot North Carolina, composed of Larry L Moore, Newborn; James Spruat Wilmington: W. E. Breexe, Jr., Brevard. ' v. t . Goldsboro. Almost the entire per sonnel ot the Wayne county bar and a number of citizens of Goldsboro as sembled at the clerk's office to wit ness the inauguration of the new county court of Wayne county which had been established by the last gen eral assembly. ' ' , Greensboro. The Women's Chris tian Temperance Union of North 'Car olina will endeavor to run stgarettes out of the state. That was the deci sion reached by the state executive committee at a meeting here when Raleigh was selected as the meeting plaoe' for the state convention this year and November 9 as the date., - Salisbury. A commission form ot government proposed . tor Salisbury ' waa voted down by an overwhelming majority. Out of an estimate of 1,000 . registered, 272 voted against the measure and only 77 for It This gave a majority of 846 against the measure out of 1.000 voters. Very little inter est was taken in the election and many leading citizens did not vote. Newton. The county Democratic executive committee met here recent ly to consider several matters pertain. Ing to county affairs. One pleasant i"i stance of the meeting waa the present tation to J. D. Elliott by the member of the committee of a handsome aOj rer cup In remembrance of his gea eroatty in carrying them to Washingj ton to the inauguration as hia gneataj Rocky Mount The Virginia Bast Carolina Railroad, which 1 bufUdtagi from Henderson In a southeaateriy d reettoa to Caatalia, in Naah countyj may follow a preliminary survey and be carried to Wilson and build to Rocky Mount President J. M. Turn-I er ot the. road la making the trip from , tjaauuia - tmvuga nwm coonijr ,j mu -touching the points of Red OakTHil liardston, Castalia and Ellenvllle. Hickory. The voters of Hickory de cided In favor of the new charter giv ing the city a commission form ol government by a majority of 35. The total vote stood 291 for the adoption and 266 against This has been one ot the warmest campaigns in a munic ipal election in the city for years, but although the opposition on both sides was bitter, the election passed off very quietly. ' Raleigh. President Hartness of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League is one of -the petitioners, along with the trial Judge and the solicitor for Gov. Craig to parodn June McLean, who ia serving a 12-months sentence on the Iredell county roads from Alexander county for selling whiskey. The par doa is granted. The prisoner has a wife and three small children ', de pendent on him for support Raleigh. An appeal came to Gov. Craig from Graham county for a Judge to . be assigned to hold court there in the stead of Judge Fouahee who is sick at Ashevllle and not able to hold court. The governor waa advised that Graham . county has had .only two weeks oourt In 18 months. The gov ernor found that there is no Judge available and was obliged to admit to the Graham authorities that "the Ju dicatory of the state Is exhausted." 8helby. Opposition has arisen aa ; to the formation of Buffalo drainage district which proposes to drain thlp one-time fertile creek bottom with a bond issue of $108,000. The opposition did not develop, however, until the clerk had ordered the district formed the commissioners had been elected and arrangements were being madi for the sale of the bonds. It ia a ques tion yet to be settled , whether ,. the drainage district will go on with it, work... -y Shelby. Considerable interest ; la being ahown by the young farmers in the boys' corn club this year. Already 47 have entered and more are expect de to follow. J. Y. Irvln, who haa the clubs in charge in this county, says he la working up valuable prizes, Ca first to reach as high as $75. Salisbury A. B. Saleeby, an officer -of the State Baraca Union, organ Ij-pJ two Baraca and one Philathea classes at Cornelius In Mecklenburg county. The Baraca and Philathea forces are making a final rally for big reports at the state convention to be hell 1 Charlotte next month, v. Raleigh. Bob Snipes who i t tenced at Morganton to a t four months in the state's j killing a man named r ritton la - . , haa been brought to the prison t gin hie sentence. Snipes sulsss to the charge of manslaTiE'st r. Spencer. Engineer am I and Fireman R. H. Etedman it : cer were slightly hurt la f" ment ot a freight trn'i at . on the m- 'i Vise (h i cor.". "' ': l ' it i.i ! - -