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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. XV.
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, , 7. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 4. 1913.
NO. 14.
TIKIE
' Madison County.
Established by tba Legislature Set
don mo-'Bl.
' Poulatlon, 20,132.
County Seat, Marshall.
1646 feet above sea level.
New and modern Court House, cost
133,000.00.
New and modern Jail, cost $16,000.00.
New and modern County Home, cost
110,000.00.
Officer.
Hon C. B. Mashburn, Senator 26th
District, Marshall, N. C.
Hon. James K. Rector, Representa-
tive, Hot Springs, N. C.
N. B. McDevltt, Clerk Superior
Court, Marshall, N. C.
W.M.Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall.N. C
Zade O. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds,
Marshall, N. C.
C. F. Runton, Treasurer, Marshall
N. C, R. F. D. No. 4.
R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
N. C.
' Dr. Chas. N. Sprinkle,. Coroner,
Marshall, N. C.
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.
Home located abont two miles south'
west of Marshall.
- Courts.
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
fore First Monday In March, Com
mencing Feb. 26th, 1912.
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon
day In March, commences May 20,
1912.
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday la Sept Com
mences Sept. 9th, 1912.
Civil 6jn Monday aner rirsi nan-
day In September. Commences Octo
ber 14, 1912.
BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall
N .C.
R. A. Edward, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R- F. D. No. S.
Reubin-A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel. N. C. v
J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday In every
month. y
Road Commissioners.
A. E. Bryan, Chainjw Marshall,
N. C. R. F. D. No. 2.
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mars HU1,
N. C R. F. D. No. 2.
Sam Cox, Member, Mara Hill, N. C,
R. F. D. No. 2.
G. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
r Dudley Chipiey, itoaa angiueer,
Marshall, N. C.
George M. Pritchard, Atty., Marsh
all, N. C.
Board meets first Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October each
year. 1 '
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C.
Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C. R. F. D. No. 8.
W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C, R. F.
D. No. 2.
Prof. M. C. - Buckner, Supt of
Schools, Mars Hill, N. C, R. F. D.
No. 2.
Board Meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each
, year : ! ; '
i Colleges and High Schools.
(Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore.
President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term
' begins August 17, 1911. Spring Verm
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof
H. A. Wallin, Principal, Spring Creek,
N. C, 8 Mo. School opened August
I, 1911. ' '"-
Madison . Seminary High School.
Prof. J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar
shall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. 7 Mo.
School began Octber 2, 1911.
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut N. C, 8 Mo
School began September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G.
Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C,
MA School began Sept. 4, 1911.
Notary Publics. ..
. 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, 1913,
. X F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C, R. F.
D. No. t. Term expires April 3, 1913.
C. 3. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term
expires April 21, 1913.
J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term
expire April 25, 1913.
Roy L. Gudger. Marshall, ' N. C.
Term expires May 3, 1913.'
Term expires May 25, 1913. , .
Dudley Chipiey, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires July 29, 1913.
W. Oi Connor, Mart Hill. N. C.
Term expires Nov. 27, 1913.
J. A. Wallin, Big Laurel. N. C. Term
expires Jan. 24, 1914. ,
D. C. Bullock, , Stackhouse, N. C.
Term expires Feb. 22, 1914.
D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term
expires juarcn i,
J. G. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4
- Term expires March 16, 1914.' .
3. E. Gregory. Joe, N. C. Term ex
. plrea Jan. 7, 1914.
Jasper Ebbs, Spring ' Creek, N. C
Term expires Sept 24, 1914.
C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex
plre Deo. 9, 1914.
W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, N., C
Term expires Jan. 22, 1916.
' , POST. .
Georg W. Qahagan Post, No. 38.
G. A. R.; 8.. M. Davis, Commander; J
H. Ballard, 'Adjutant Meets at tb
.Court Hons Saturday before the sec
joad Sunday In each month at 11 a. n
BALKANS
DEFYING
0
ALLIE8 POSITIVELY REFUSE TO
MUZZLE GUN3 UNTIL THE
TURK8 ACCEPT TERMS.
MONTENEGRO IS PROTESTING
The Entire Bulgarian Cabinet, With
King Ferdinand, Is Proceeding to
Adrianople to Celebrate Continue
To Batter at The Tchatalga Line.
London. Although the great pow'
ers have commanded that the Balkan
war cease, the fighting continues. The
allies, taking heart by success, re
ceived the ultimatum politely, and re
plied that they agree with these in
principle but cannot accept all the
details.
The spectacle of the six great pow
ers working In harmony on the dread'
ed Eastern question is matched by
the unusually strange spectacle of the
Balkan States defying them. Mean
while the concert of the power re
mains a strong only a its weakest
link, and since Russia cannot be ex
pected to use her army and navy
against her Slav brethren to loosen
their grip on the Turk, the proceed'
rag have been reduced to a diplo
matic debate.
The allies have accepted the paw
ers' peace term as "a bail of nego
tiation" but cling to their detennl
nation to exact Indemnity and refuse
to muzzle their gun until the Turk
accept their term. Their experience
of the last armistice, they declare,
was that Turkey used It merely to
gain time.
The Bulgarian army, therefore,
continue to batter at the Echatalja
line, and according to the last re
ports, stands Just where it did when
the armistice was arranged on De
cember 3 last It Is entirely possible
that the allies may march Into Con
stantlnople before peace Is signed.
The Montenegrin are protesting
against the powers' decision to in
clude SeutarMn the new state or Al
bania. Their argument is:
"Why should Europe deprive Mon
tenegro' of a city necessary for it
prosperity, to create a new and art!
ficial state?"
The entire Bulgarian cabinet la
proceeding to Adrianople with King
Ferdinand and will celebrate te denm
In the ancient Turkish capital while
the gallant Shukrl Pasha and his gen
erals are prisoner of war In Sofia.
Dayton Conditions Improve.
Davton. O. The city water work
which have been out of commission
nines Tuesdav moraine, were restored
at noon Saturday, relieving what has
been one of the mo4 serious phase
of the situation here. George F. Bur
ba, secretary to Governor Cox, ha
tnlneraahed the chief executive the
following: "The situation is rapidly
Improving. Ninety oodles nave Deen
recovered and the work of digging
corpses from the mud and debris is
progressing."
Ptoad Situation Becomes Graver.
Cincinnati. O. With nearly 15.000
persons In the towns on the Kentucky
side of the Ohio river driven from
their homes by the rising yellow tide
that Is sweeping down the Ohio Val
ley and with more than 3,500 homes
altoeether or nartlr submerged, the
flood situation in this vicinity is as
suming ereater proporltldus hourly.
Here the water front buildings are all
partly under water and much damage
ias been done. ,
Confessed to Bomb Outrages.
New York. Harry J. Ktotz, the city
clerk injured recently by the explo
sion of a bomb which he was building,
confessed on his deathbed, according
to the police, that he had constructed
and mailed the two bombs which re
sulted In the death of Grace Taylor
last year and Mrs. Madeline Hun-era,
a few months ago, also the bomb
which exploded last March In the li
brary of Judge Otto Rosalsky.
Flood Threatened at Rcohseter.
Rochester,' N. Y. With the Genessee
rushing into ttte city with a greater
volume of water than In 1865, the
time of the greatest flood in its his
tory, merchant are Moving their
goods as rapidly a possible and es
tablishing temporary quarters. So far
there has been no loss of life but the
city engineers are paying close at
tention to the streets Jn the Immedi
ate vicinity of the river for fear that
the foundations have been undermin
ed and a poslsWlity that the -curbs
may sink and the pavements give way.
Preparing' For Flood at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn. While consider
able alarm exist here over the prob
able effect of the anticipated high
stage of water, local United States en
Sneers say the levee around Mem-
fcis wil hold a rise of 45 feet and
more. - Railroads centering in Mem
phi have begun preparations for a
flood and will lefee their track which
run through the flooded sections of
Arkansas. With a atag of 89.4 feet at
Helena. Ark., the prediction 1 made
that fifty feet will be registered at
laat point In a week. ;
SCENE. ON THE
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This is a scene on the raging Miami river at Dayton, O., where hun
dred of live have been lost in th
ONLY ABOUT 500
PERISHED III FLOOD
ROLL OF FATALITIES IN OHIO
AND INDIANA IS VERY MUCH
SMALLER, THAN THOUGHT.
$15,000,000 PROPERTY LOSS
Revelation Come With Receding
Flood Waters Showing Marvel
ous Escape of Thousands.
Cincinnati, Ohio. The flood waters
have now receded sufficiently to
show that the number of persons
drowned in all the affected cities in
Ohio' and Indiana may not' exceed
500. While ; many persons are still
missing to friends and relatives, In
vestigations made Indicated that
many were safe who' bad been thought
lost.
In Dayton careful estimates placed
the number of deaths at 200 or fewer,
although a meeting of the undertakers
asserted that the total might be 800.
Relief wort went on rapidly In Day
ton and all parts of the city were
reached.
Columbus will have the next to the
largest loss of life, sixty bodies hav
ing been, found In the inundated por
tion of West Columbus.
Chlllicothe and Tiffin, Ohio, where
there had been reports of fifty or
more dead, each found 18 corpses.
Figures from Piqua give a death
toll of 50' persons. Fremont and Mld
dletown, Ohio, each had 14 dead; Mas
slllon 6, Zanesville 4 and Troy 9.
' The Indiana total drowned receded
to - fewer than 50, distributed as fol
lows: Peru 20, Brockville 16, Fort
Wayne 6 and Terre Haute 4.. No
bodies' have "Been found in West In
dlanapolls, where as. many as 200
deaths were at one time reported.
At Cincinnati the Ohio, swelled by
Its tributaries north and south, caus
ed alarm, and, although the situation
had hot yet reached an acute stage,
reports from neighboring Kentucky
towns indicated that warning had
been issued to the inhabitants to
seek "points of safety from the ris
ing water. . -
An Indiana alarm was felt in the
valleys of the Ohio, Wabash and
White rivers, but ample warning seiv"
ed In a measure to reduce the panic.
Los of Life at Dayton Will Not Be
Over Two Hundred.
n South Dayton, Ohio. Dayton's loss
of l(fe probably will not exceed 200.
This estimate Is based upon a per
sonal canvass of almost a hundred
of Dayton's leading citizens, men of
unquestionable judgment and reliabil
ity who have foeen engaged In relief
and rescue work in every section of
the city ever since the rising waters,
Invaded the business section.
At Rushvtlle half a million do'lars
of damage was done In the business
and -residence districts. At Kokomo
the property loss was estimated at a
million dollars and five hundred per
sons are living in the second . stories
of Ibeti homes. . Similar conditions
were reported from Anderson, Marlon,
Tipton, Nobles vllle and. Peru.
Conditions at, Indianapolis, Fort
Wayne, Knkomo and other places In
central Indiana were the worst in
many year r From every part of the
state there were reported disastrous
inundations. ''
At Peru property damage of half a
million dollars was done by the flood.
It was reported. Logansport also was
under - water. : Governor Ralston re
ceived a frantic appeal from Conners
vllie, Ind., for, aid for many sufferers
from the flood. It was said White
river had broken over its banks and
great loss ot life had ensued.' v-
Sweeping v,-p the Ohio valley from
the west the third storm in ten . days
devastated different section between
Louisville and Clnclnanti, In Ken
tucky, southwestern Ohio and Indiana.
MIAMI AT DAYTON
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ALLENS PAY THE
ELECTROCUTION OF BANDIT8
VOLLOWS WHEN DRAMATIC
FIGHT TOSAVE THEM.
SON AND FATHER EXECUTED
Floyd Alien, Leader of Outlaw Band,
Unnerved a Ha Goes to Death
for His Part In Tragedy.
Richmond, Va. Floyd Allen and
his son, Claude, the only two of the
Hlllsvllle gunmen .to pay the death
penalty for the C-oIl court house
murders a year ago, were electrocuted
In the state penitentiary,, after a dra
matic eleventh-hour attempt to save
them had been thwarted by Gov.
Mann unexpectedly returning to the
capital, thus preventing the lieutenant
governor from acting upon a request
for a commutation.
Floyd Allen, leader of the outlaw
band, an aged prisoner, was terribly
unnerved by the excitement incident
to the delay of six hours In carrying
out the sentence.
The prison guards next brought
Claude swanson Alien, son or r ioya
into the death chamber.
Governor Mann cut through the
maze of constitutional questions con-
cernlng . the lieutenant governor's
right to Interfere In the case of the
Aliens by returning to Virginia soil.
From Washington he telegraphed
here that he would be In Virginia
soon, when L'eut. Gov. Ellyeon was
expected to announce whether or not
he would commute the sentence of
Claude Allen, as urged by Allen sym
pathizers.
With Governor Mann1 again In his
own state, the proceedings before
Lieut. Gov. Elly-son automatically end
ed, and friends of the condemned men
who worked all through the night
and who admitted that the last
chance had been lost. They did not
expect clemency from Governor. Mann
although it was suggested that he
be urged to grant a respite.
Governor Mann arrived in the city
from Washington at 11:30 o'clock.
There was a large crowd around the
station, composed largely of friends
of the Aliens, although there was no
demonstration. Ten policemen and as
many detectives escorted the govern
or to his automobile In which he was
hastily driven to the capltol. He de
clined tsee any one. although he
notified the prison superintendent that
he would be in his office throughout
the day.
F'oyd Allen almost collansed in his
death cell when Informed that the ex
ecution had been delayed. Claude Al
len, whoRe nerve never failed hereto
fore, broken down completely.
15,000 Workmen Idle.
Youngstown, Ohio. Fully 25.000
workmen employed in various indus
tries of the city are temporarily
thrown 'out ot employment as a re
sult of tbe flood here. , Loss to the
big industries being compelled to shut
down , will be very heavy. At East
Youngstown the Mahoning river is
nearly half a mile wide, and the Penn
sylvania line through the city and
for a number of milei east are en
tirely submerged. Every bridge In
the city Is guarded by policemen.
f . . V Reservoir Break.
Akron, Ohio. The big state reser
voir south of Akron has broken. Men
on horseback spread the ' warning.
Residents of the nearby sections are
fleeing for their lives. .
Springfield. Ohio. This city la in
the midst of the worst flood' In its
history. The lowlands are under wa
ter. Several hundred houses In the
eastern section of the- city have been
flooded. Many - factories have been
.compelled to close. ,
ENLTY
IN THE PATH OF THE
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Tbe devastation caused by the Omaha tornado Is graphically Illustrated
by thla photograph, taken at Lincoln boulevard and Thirty-fourth street,
directly in the path of the storm.
DEATH AND
RUIN
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I
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST AND
MILLIONS IN PROPERTY IS
RAZED IN OMAHA.
OMAHA UNDER MARTIAL LAW
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Cdnvcnta and School Are Blown to
Atoms and Every Piece of Glasa
Blown Off Office Building.
Totals of the dead and injured in
the tracks ot the storm are as fol
lows;
City.
Omaha and suburbs
Terre Haute, Ind. . ,
Chicago, III. . . .
Yutan, Neb. . . .
Berlin, Neb. . . .
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Bartlett, Iowa . .
Weston, Iowa . . .-.
Neola, Iowa . . .
Glenwood, Iowa . ,
Bebee, Iowa . . .
Malvern, Iowa . .
Walton, 111. . . .
Sterling, 111. . . .
Traverse City, Mich.
Perth, Ind
Dead. Injured
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152 330
18 250
5 40
16 20
7 17
12 13
3 10
2 2
2 2
5 2
2
2
1 3
1
1
1
225 691
Omaha, Neb. More than two hun
dred persons were killed and 400 were
injured in a windstorm that demol
ished 450 other homes, damaging hun
dreds ot other buildings and caused a
monetary loss of $5,000,000.
Most of the casualties were In
Omaha. Nearby towns In Nebraska
and across the Missouri river in Iowa
also suffered severely. Wires were
snapped off in all directions and It
took many hours to gather and circu
late news of the disaster.
Fire broke out In the debris of many
wrecked buildings in the Nebraska
metropolis and these were menaces
for some time, as the fire companies
were hindered by fallen walls and
blockaded streets. A heavy rain fol
lowed the wind, however, and drench
ed the hundreds of homeless persons,
but also put out the flames.
Out of the 202 known dead within
the area covered by the storm, 152
were residents of Omaha. The re
maining dead are scattered over a
considerable range of territory, with
Council Bluffs reporting 12, Yutan.
Xeb., 16, Berlin, Neb., 7, Glenwood.
Iowa, 5, Neola,. Iowa, 2, 'and Bartlett,
Iowa, 3- v
The storm appeared to have started
at Fifty -fourth and Center streets.
From there it traveled north, veering
slightly to the east, to Leavenworth
street. Then It t?ok a northeasterly
course to Fortieth and Farnam streets
and sweeping its way through every-1
thing. Still traversing a little east
of north, it covered a course from:
Fortieth street east to Thirty-fourth
street, a distance of six blocks.
Among the show places of the city
damaged by the storm ?as the Job-
lyn Castle.,, The root was torn off and
the trees and shrubbery uprooted.
Striking Bemls park, where the
homes of the well-to-do Omahans are
located, the storm turned sharply to
the east and passed along Parker and
Blonde atreeta to - Twenty-fourth
street, where its path was six blocks
wide. ..
Finally, at Fourteenth and Spencer
streets, the storm swept ovei the
bluffs, high above the Missouri river.
demolished .the Missouri Pacific !
round-house, leveled the big trest'e
of the Illinois Central railroad over
Carter lake, wrecked lv number of
buildings near tba Rod and Oun club.
OMAHA TORNADO
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GREAT BRITAIN
NEWS OF REJECTION OF "DOLLAR
DIPLOMACY" ONLY LEARNED
THROUGH NEWSPAPERS.
STATE DEPARTMENT AMAZED
President Wilson Maintains Matter
Should Have Been Submitted
to Bankers Interested.
London. The house of commons
was astonished when informed by
Francis Dyke Acland, parliamentary
under secretary for foreign affairs,
that the British government had been
left to glean ftom the newspapers
its only knowledge of the change In
the American government's attitude
toward the Chinese loan.
Mr. Asland said that as late as
March, the American minister at Pe
kin, acting on the instructions of his
government, Joined the ministers of
other powers in presenting to China
proposals regarding the loan. He con
tinued: "The British government has since
then had no intimation of .any kind
from the government of the United
States that the American official atti
tude toward the Chinese loan has un
dergone a change and I have no in
formation about the matter except
what I have read in the newspapers."
Washington.--state department offi
cials were surprised to learn that
there had been comment In the Brit
ish house of commons on the failure
of the British foreign office to re
ceive official notice of President. Wil
son's announcement of policy toward
the proposed six-power loan to China.
Assistant Secretary Adee, acting
head of the department in the ab
sence of Secretary Bryan, said there
was no reason for giving official no
tice to any foreign government; that
the attitude of the government to
ward this proposition was a matter
between President Wilson and the
group of American bankers concern
ed. The president, he said, had told
the bankers that the administration
would not request them to continue
their negotiations for a share of the
loan and that ended it as far as this
government was concerned. Copies of
the announcement, however, were
sent to the American minister to Chi
na and to the American representa
tives to the five other powers inter
ested for their information.
Funda for Alabama .Victims.
Mobile, Ala. A committee of the
Mobile chamber of commerce and
business . league raised among the
merchants of this city $1,800 for the
sufferers of Lower Peachtree who
survived the storm. In adidtion to
this, dry goods, groceries and, drug
were supplied. One druggist sent
400 worth of medicine. The cham
ber of commerce wired $500 to Lower
Peachtree. The town of Camden, in
the same county as Lower Peachtree.
has sent $300 for relief.
Eliot Declines London Post
Washington. Official announce
ment was made at the white house
that former president Eliot of Har
vard has declined President Wilson's
offer to be ambassador to Great Brit
ain. Mr. Eliot wired his thanks, but
said ha thought he could be of great
er aervice to the country at home.
So far the president has selected no
one for London, It is understood
however, that before the end of th'
week he will make a choice as to tha
post and other important embassies
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W LSON SURPRISES
FRUIT IS HOT RDRT
t
WE8TERN CAROLINA GROWERS
ARE LOOKING FOR BANNER
CROP THIS YEAR.
ESCAPE INJURY FROM COLD
Apple Raising Ha Become Th Big
gest Source of Revenue Which tha
Farmers of This Section of th
Stat Have.
Canton. Tbe fruit growers of Hay
wood county and western North Caro
lina are highly elated over the pros
pects for a banner crop in apples and
peaches this year, since tbe fruit tree
have escaped injury in the annual
Easter cold snap. Within the past
week this section has been visited by
the coldest weather since Christmas,
but those who are in a position to
know state that none ot the apple or
other fruit trees have been injured
and it is thought that tbe industry is
safe from danger.
Owing to the co-operation of the
state and national department ot Ag
riculture and the land and industrial
department of the Southern Railway
with the fruit growers of this section,
the apple raising and shipping busi
ness has grown to be probably the lar
gest source of revenue which tbe far
mers of this section hace. Last year,
an organization was formed whereby
the shippers of. apples adopted a uni
form grading and shipping standard.
It Is estimated that over a million
barrels of high-grade apples were
sent from western North Carolina "to
Northern and Eastern markets laat
fall. Boosters of this section will be
pleased to learn of the fact that the
crop of 1913 has not suffered from
freezing or frost
Will Enforce Mad Dog Laws.
Greensboro. Dr. W. M. Jones,
county health officer, - haa ordained
that the law of North Carolina re
garding mad dogs shall be enforced
in Guilford county. He says that In
the county numbers of mad animal
have been allowed to go at large
while other have been chained. This
Is In violation of the law and strict
orders have been given the county of
ficers to slay all dogs known to be
afflicted with the rabies and any ani
mals that they may have bitten. Dr.
Jones take tbe position that per
son and innocent children shall ba
protected insofar as possible in Guil
ford and that the life of a dog must
not stand In the way of protection to
human beings.
Forest Men Hold Meeting.
Asheville. The directors of ' the
American Foresty Association which (
Is composed of 10,000 member In
every state of the union, every prov
ince of Canada and every civilized
country on the globe, recently held
their spring meeting at this city. The
visitors went over the famous forests
of George W. Vanderbllt, at Biltmore,
and then left for Plsgah Forest, where
they went over his mountain timber
ed lands. A public meeting was held
at which a number of matters of na
tional importance were discussed. ''
Creamery Industry In Catawba.
Newton. -G. W. Humphries, , one
of the Southern Railway's assistant
dairy secretaries, was in the county
recently co-operating with the coun
ty commissioner of agriculture, H. K. . .
Foster, in the promotion of the cream
ery industry in the county. A new
cream route has been established
in the southern part of the .county
and an effort is being made to Inter- -est
the farmers along the route In
keeping more cows and furnishing .
cream to the Hickory creamery. ; i-
Officers on a Salary Basle.
Salisbury .Rowan officials accord
ing to an act of the recent legislature
go on a salary basis the first of De
cember, 1914. The salaries are to be
fixed by the county commissioners '
and to enable them to arrive at a Just
figure each official affected will be
required to keep a record ot all fee
coming into his hands for a year, be
ginning the first of next December. -
Convict to Build Highway.
Raleigh. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt V
State Geologist finds that the recent
Legislature made provision for the
construction by convict labor under, the ,
supervision of his department of the
Important section of the Central High- '
way in the Mars Hill section. Tbe
state is to furnish not leas than 25 -convicts
by June 1, and the State Geo-
logical Board Is to lay out the road .
and direct the construction. 'The sec
tion of road to be constructed Is In,
Madison county, from Mars Hill to
the Tennessee line. . -
Attend Three Commencement. -
Raleigh. Dr. 3. Y. Joyner, state su-
perintendent of public Instruction, at
tended thiee commencement seasons
for public schools participated In by
entire counties, this practice of coun
ty commencements becoming more
popular all the time. The commence
ments were Lincolnton, Monroe and
Yadklnvllle. There were thousands
of children at each of these arid tbe
exercises were most creditable. There '
were over three thousand school cL'l
itren in line at Monroa,