A EOC KING HAM COUNTY PAPER.
VOLUME XXIX NO. 53.
REIDSVILLE, N. C TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1916
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
CONSIDERABLE
WORK
FOR THEjef SESSION
First Session of the 64th Congress
Ended Closing Hours Remarkably
Quiet Kitchin Issues Statement
Regarding Legislation Passed.
PRESIDENT ISSUES
FORMAL STATEMENT
Congress adjourned Friday morn
tag, concluding a session record,
breaking in many respects, with ap
propriations for the future running
well toward two billion dollars. . Con
gress at the session just closed ap
propriated exactly J1.626.439.V10
which, with obligations and autuort
Batons, makes a total of $1,858,3.4 L
485. During the session 17,800 bills
and 642 resolutions were intrbduced
in the House. Of these 252 became
laws and 33 public resolutions were
adopted in addition to 150 private
bills and resolutions.
While the closing saw the adminis
tration legislatve program mainly
completed, some things wait to be
continued at the winter session; nota
bly the remainder of the President's
program of railroad legislation, whi;:h
was partly enacted to prevent the
threatened, strike.
In; a formal statement, President
Wilson, speaking of the work of Con
gress, gave notice that the remainder
Wt the railroad program would, be
pressed at the new session. His state
Men was as follows:
"A very remarkable session of Con
gress has just closed, full, as all re
cent sessions of the Congress have
been, of helpful and humane legisla-1
tlon, which constitutes contriDiiuon
if capital importance to the defense,
the economic progress, and the whole
some life of the country.
"It is to be regretted that the ses
sion could not have continued long
enough 4o complete the program re
cently projected with regard to the
accommodations of labor disputes be
tween the railways and the employes,
but it was not feasible in the circum
stances to continue the session any
longer and therefore only the most
Immediately pressing parts of the,
program could be completed. J
"The rest, it is agreed, has mere-!
ly been postponed until it can be more
maturely debated and perfected. I
have every reason to believe that it is
the purpose of the leaders of the two
houses immediately upon the reas
sembling of Congress to undertake
this additional legislation. It is evi
dent that the countrry should be re
lieved of the anxiety which must have
been created by recent events with
regard to the future accommodation
of such disputes."
. The immigration bill,- the corrupt
practices bill, and the bill to permit
combinations of American exporters
to meet foreign competition abroad
went over.
The closing hours of Congress were
remarkably quiet. Only the presence
of the President in his room, near the
Senate chamber, served, to attract in-
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
Mrs. Annie E. Howe, only sister of
President Wilson, is seriously 111 in
New London, Conn., and is not expect
ed to live.
The Bulgarians claim that up to tho
present time the Roumanian casual
ties are 400 officers, 21,000 unwounded
soldiers, and the losses in dead and
wounded are enormous.
In the primary Saturday in the
Third Judicial district, Judge Francis
D. Winston was defeated by Solicitor
John Kerr for the nomination for
Judge. Kerr's majority was around
2,000 and was the surprise of the "po
litical" season.
A strike of stage employes, long
shoremen, brewery workers, machin
ists, bartenders, moulders and print
ers in sympathy with the unionized
carmen who quit their places the past
week in New York, has been .decided
uDon at a meeting of the heads of
their unions.
IT CANT BE DONE!
Two bandits fatally wounded Lee
Ramkin, superintendent of the Ohio
Coal Co. at Florence, O., Saturday
and escaped with $11,000. Rankin
was on the way to the coal mines to
pay the employees. The bandits ov
erlooked $1,000 which Rankin had in
his pocket.
Dr. T. 31. Jordan or the North
Carolina health department, vaccina
ted 17,000 persons against typhoid fe
ver within five months. The work
by Dr. Jordan has been in Bladeu,
Alamance and Catawba counties. He
made the record of 1,640 persons vac
cinated in a single day during his ;ta
at Hickory and during the first we.t
that he was in Catawba county he
vaccinated 6,746 persons.
Virgil Butt, a white man 35 year? of
age, shot and seriously wounded fve
persons at the home of Thomas Mor
ris in Marion on Sunday afternoon.
Butt's wife was a cook at the home
of Morris, supposedly against his will,
which is .supposed to be his reason
for the act.. Butt. shot his wife, then
entered the Morris home and began
shooting at the other occupants of
house. Butt escaped after he had
been wounded.
Mrs. Leroy T. White, residing near
Windsor, Bertie county, on Thursday !
i was beaten to cteatn oy ner nusnana ,
With the stock of a shotgun. When
the body of the woman was discovered
in the home seven hours after the
crime, it was being cried over by the
three-year-old son of the couple. Mrs.
White was 23 years old and White is
27. The woman's estate is valued at
$40,000. The motive of the crime is a
mystery. White escaped.
There is no ' cause for Democrats and Progressives lovers of
peace and opponents of the horrors and crimes of war -to feel other
than the greatest confidence in the re-election of President Wilson,
Friends of his Republican opponent have been making vocifer
ous endeavor to impress' the voters of the country with a fictional
strength for Mr. Hughes' candidacy. .
President ySCilson has the Democrats of the country enthusias
tically behind hini.
He has the friends of preparedness and peace.
Tie has every Progressive who really holds policies above preju
dice and deeds above vague promises.
lie has the women voters of the states where suffrage is an ac
complished fact, who hold their country first in their esteem and who
are able to see more in the support President Wilson has already
given suffrage, than ia the opportunist espousal of their cause by a
candidate who before never has- shown by his acts even the most con
descending sympathy.
There are but a meagre few states where Mr. Hughes' cham
pions can give him more than a doubtful chance of securing electoral
votes.
No issue has been joined by the speeches of the Republican can
didate which is of sufficient worth to merit serious consideration.
Behind Mr. Wilson there is a long record of deeds done and
legislation enacted which puts him far up abreast of the times and
popular demands.
For President Wilson to be defeated there , must develop such
reaction from present sentiment as would be startling indeed.
He has the record of achievement.
ne has the shibboleth of peace. ' "
ne has the accomplishment of preparedness.
He has a Congress which has stood nobly behind his policies and
has written laws that the great masses of voters will surely indorse,
ne has been direct, diligent, assertive and dominant.
iso puDiic man eyer cnensnea loitier ideals or did more to win
to them the public approval. A
Beat him?
IT CANT BE DONE! '
Beat him, and restore to power in the Government the old order,
the Republican reactionaries, the guardians and agents of privilege
and prerogative? ."
Beat him, and blot from the statute books laws that register a
century of progress? . '
NO, INDEED!
Beat him, with the harvests ripening into such wealth as the
country never ImrtJogl ,0' C'vi,; :
' ' Beat him, with the Government's credit the talk of the world ?
Beat him, with labor employed, wages good and happiness the
outward semblance of nation-wide contentment?
Beat him, with the vaults of the banks of the country bulging
and legislation already enacted which is the guarantee of low in
terest rates?
Beat him, with his neutrality achievements, which have made us
the one nation secure from the criminal effusion of the red blood
of the sons and fathers of the land?
Beat him, when the law is highly respected, when the national
honor is respected, when the flag has been made the signal at once
of preparedness and peace, and our people home-loving, God-fearing
and ready for the higher achievements in the future than were ever
chronicled in the past?
REIDSVILLE CLOSES SEASON
WITH A DOUBLE VICTOR V
Baseball is thing of the past in this
town this year, so far as the Reids
ville Athletic Association is concern
ed. Besides making it possible for
our people to enjoy the good, clean
sport, the Association rounded out the
I season with marked success financial
ly and otherwise, and gave Reidsville
a winning team and, we firmly bo-
lieve, the best amateur club in North
Carolina or Virginia.
The local team, which has won a
great majority of the games played,
was composed of the following nam
ed players: Miller and Ingle, pitch
ers; Jesmer, lb.; Nichols, ss.; Wom
ack, 2b.; Dr. McBane, 3b.; Mobley
and Stuart, catchers; Claybrook, Mc
Bane, Borland and Delancey, out
field. This combination Is hard to
beat.
In the game with Thomasvifio on
Friday something out of the ordinary
happened when Ingle pitched a no
hit game, the only one ever seen on
Red J diamond. He and Claybrook
featured for the locals, the latter
hitting two nice two-baggers, while
Gentry's splendid fielding for the vis
itors is worthy of special mention.
Thomasville never had the least
chance of scoring, while fast bane
running and squeeze plays enabled
Reidsville to pile up a large score.
First game: R.'l. H.
Thomasville . . . .000 000 000 0 3
Reidsville . . . . .200 030 2x 7 7 0
Batteries: Zachary, Mason and
Smith; Ingle and Stuart.4 Struck t,
by Zachary 2; by Mason 5, by Miller
7.' :
Saturday's game was featured by
the pitching of Miller and the neavy
slugging of Nichols whose opportune
hitting scored four of the five runi
made by Reidsville. Dr. McBane and
Claybrook also secured a couple off
Zachary's deliverey in this game.
The box score follows:
THOMASVILLE AB R
Sullivan . . . . . . ... .4 0
Long . ... . , .... . .4 0
Devane ... . .... .3 0
Gentry ... ...... ..3 0
Finch, A., .. .. .. ..4 0
Zachery .... . . . .4 0
Finch, B., .. .. .. . .4 0
Smith .. ... ..." .. ..3 0
Murphy . . .... . .4 0
SPRAY MAN KILLED BY i
DEPUTY HARRY LINDSAY
i
Officer Was Attempting to Overtake
Party of Men Riding In Buggy When
Pistol Was Discharged and Murphy
Was Instantly Killed.
shooting claimed to
IIAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL
H PO A l
1 10 0
It is estimated at the War Depart
ment that the Mexican expedition and
the assembling of the National Guard
at the border had cost the government
$15,000,000 a ionth. This average
cost per month, it Is stated, began im
mediately after the Columbus raid in
March. It will cost the government
more than $900,000 to return to their
home States the 15,000 guardsmen or
lered demobilized last week. The ex-
tA.of f what tthor-uriaa wnuM h.1VA !
' ff..i 21 avnnt-- Pense including food as well as trani
been an uneventful ending of an event-, . .. . . . .
poriauun aim extra ai;i;oiuiuuuti.iuiia
ful Congress.
There was disappointment, but no
bitterness, over the failure of some
measures during the long session and
Democrats are proud of their legisla
tive record, with Its six hundred mil
lion dollar National defense appropri
ations, the creating of the farm loan
board and rural credit banking sys
tem, the child labor bill, the preven
tion of the Nation-wide railroad
strike, establishment of a Government
shipping board to rehabilitate the
American merchant marine, creation
of a tariff commission and many other
legislative enactments of more than
usual importance. ; :
For the winter session, the Demo
cratic leaders look ". to the railroad
legislation as the dominating feature.
The subject next in importance
which Congress will consider will be
conservation of National resources.
Water power bills which failed at this
session will be revived, as will meas
ures for the conservation of mineral
resources and for control of destruc
tive flood waters. First on the De
cember program, however, will be the
immigration bill with its literacy teot,
passed by the House but not the Sen
ate at the session, and the corrupt
practices bill to reform election meth
ods which Senator Owen vainly tried
ro get on the statute books, before
adjournment.
Representative Kitchin. majority
leader of the House, and chairman
of the ways and means committee,
who was not always In accord with
the administration, said before leav
ing the Capitol: i
"We have put through more con
fer officers average three cents a mile
per man.
Enraged because of practices of a
strange sect known as the "Holy Roll
ers." a mob of men and boys, armed
with guns, axes and clubs, raided the
"church" of the order at Carlisle, a
mining town in the mountains near
Gadsden, drove the worshippers away
and razed the building. The "Holy
Rollers" claim to talk with God n
"strange tongues." A year ago cne
of the "preachers" permitted a snake
to bite him to demonstrate to a crowd
that even a reptile could not harm one
of God's chosen children. The snake
sank its fangs into the man's arm.
Twenty-four hours later the man ws
dead.
structive legisl-tion than any other
session of Congress. It has been ic
complished with good feeling all
around. There has been less bitter
ness and less filibustering in this ses
sion than in any previous session
within my recollectios. On the Demo
cratic side we have had united action
and the session has been eventful and
epoch-making." .
The Republicans pointing to the
appropriations and authorizations fcr
the futureamounting close to two
billions, closed their part of the ses
sion reiterating charges of extrava
gance and waste.
IT CAN'T BE DONE!
CASWELL'S HISTORIC COURT
HOUSE IS HIT BY BOLT
For a while Friday afternoon the
courthouse of Caswell county, at Yan
ceyville, was menaced with destruc
tion by fire, which was started when
a lightning bolt struck the pinnacle of
the belfry. Happily the persistent
efforts of Yancey ville citizens, who
prize the substantial structure with
a sentimental value which knows no
computation, succeeded in quenching
the flames with a bucket brigade. The
belfry was ruined. The courthouse is
heavily insured and there will je no
monetary loss.
An hour after the lightning strack
the courthouse the Danville fire de
partment wa.9 asked to make the 18
mile run with one of the automobile
America First.
The Reidsville Review notes that
the Statesvilie Landmark is worried
because the new dimes scon to be
sent out from the mint bear the fig
uro of a Grecian lady on the obvserse
side and the bundle of rods and the
axe of the Roman lictors on the re
verse, and wants to know why they
continue to put these "furrin' " figures
of people and things on our money in
this free and enlightened country?
"Why the figure of a Grecian lady,"
asks The Landmark, "when we could
have a fine figure of an American
lady? Why the bundle of rods and
the axe of the Roman lictor, when we
could have a plow, a cultivator, reap
er or something representing the
great American Industries? Why not
put the pictures of some of the girls'
and boys' cannings clubs, and corn
engines. Two large chemical ext'n-1 clubs? or a bale of cotton, sheaf of
guishers were sent, but the man car
rying the extinguishers when about
half way to the Caswell capltol was
flagged down and told that the flames
had been subdued. The bucket bri
gade had proved effective after
strenuous efforts.
At about 4:30 a heavy thunder
storm passed over Yanceyville, doing
wheat, or a factorry?"
The Statesvilie Landmark is right
in demanding that American figures
and American ideals be represented
on American money by an administra
tion professing to be pre-eminently
Amercian. We were on the point of
raising the same objection, but The
Landmark anticipated us. If we are
REIDSVILLE
McBane, Dr. P., cf.
Stuart, c," ... . .
Nichols, ss. . ...
McBane, E., 3b. . .
James, lb ... . . .4
Mobley, If. .. .. .
Claybrook, rf. . . .
Miller, p
VVomack, 2b. . i . .
84 0 5 24 11
AB R H PO A
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.4
.4
.4
0
.4
.3
.3
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33 5 6 27 3 4
Struck out by Zachery 7; by Miller
6; bases on balls: off Zachary 0. off
Miller 6; hit by pitched ball: Devar.a,
Gentry; stolen bases: Stuart; um
pire, Mr. Staples.
Score by Innings: R. II. E.
Thomasville . .... 000 200 1003 5 7
Reidsville .. ..102 000 20x 5 6 4
NEW YORKER INTERESTED IN
THIS PARTICULAR SECTION
considerable damage. During i;s , ln reality the greatest nation on earth.
Mr. Robt. T. Amos of High Point
was visiting relatives here the part
week-end.
heght, a thunderrbolt struck the top
of the courthouse and within a few
minutes flames were seen to be
emerging from the belfry which
crowns the two-story, stuccoed bri ;k
building. For an hour the flames
gradually gained and began to eat
their way down towards the main
building. While the fire was burning
a corps of men began removing the
furniture from the courthouse, alsu
books and records of great value. The
storm was one of particular violence,
and several residences were struck
by lightning and set on fire. Mra.
Cora Siade was knocked senseless by
a bolt, but recovered consciousness
some time later. Lightning set tire
to a quantity of feed and tore some
fences to pieces.
and our motto is to be "America
First," let us cease to be borrowers
and imitators and try to do something
original. Art is long, they tell us,
and it is time it had reached Ameri
can studios if it is to have permanent
place in modern civilization.
Some of the "delectable damsels"
often referred to by our morning con
temporary, would look well on a silver
ten cent piece and better still -on guM
coins of the larger denominations.
And this without reference to the'r
commercial value. Greensboro Record.
Private Paul R. Wootton of Camp
Glenn has been spendng a few days
here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. A. Wootton. " J "
Mr. John Fargar of Leonardsville,
Madison County, New York, writes
The Review as follows:
"Through the courtesy of your
editor or Mr. J. W. Dunn t have re
ceived quite a number of copies of
The Reidsville Review during the
spring and summer, for which I am
very thankful, and many of them nave
been read by Linn Cross, of this place,
who Is considerably interested in. that
section of the country. Have mailed
quite a number of them to a Mr. Car
penter, Cassville. N.Y., who also is
Interested in the South. By the read
of these papers I find that Rocking
ham county, especially Reidsville, is
an all 'round progressive city and
county; it must be seen to be real
ized. "Although I have to work for my
living, I am contemplating a visit to
that place some time between the
middle of November and the tiist of
December for the purpose of trying to
secure a home in that section. There
are a number of others who seem to
mt to settle in the South, and if you
can give me any information in regard
to such things from time to time, I
will be glad to receive the same and
will impart the news to others who
are interested. Thanking you for fa
vors which I have received in the
past and appreciate very much."
School reopens at Bethany li gh
School on Monday, Sept. ISth. Onlv
classification the first day. Let all
who expect to attend this school -one
out and be classified. You can then
secure your books and be ready to
begin work when you start to school.
J. Wilson Carrell, Principal.
(By Murdoch Murray.)
Mr. Tom Murphy, an employe of
the Rhode Island Mill at Spray, whilo
driving a horse and buggy in which
were two other men, Mr. Nic Martiu
and Mr. Charlie Martin, was, appar
ently, accidentally shot and killed
Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Harry Lm1
aay of Draper.
The three men drove through Dra
per returning to their homes at Spray,
and Murphy was singing "Tipperary"
as they passed through town.
Officer Lindsay followed thera on
his. wheel, but finding himself unable
to overtake and arrest the men, he
cast his wheel aside and jumped ou a
passing jitney. When the men saw
this. It Is said, they slowed down and
Linidsay climbed on the buggy, and
reaching up, caught Murphy by the
clothing at .the back of the neck with
his right hand in which he held bia
pistol. InstahKy two shots were
fired. One ball entered hs head at
the lelft side of the neck and cam
out, it is said, about the center of his
forehead. The other went wild.
Nlc Martin says that after the shots
were fired he was so unnerved that
he Jumped out of the buggy and start
ed to run, when Lindsay called to him
and he came back. Lindsay, he said,
acted as if he had killed Murphy by
accident, and offered his pistol fo Nic
and said he would go with him to
Spray. Martin says he lold him he
did not want his gun, but would go
with him to Spray. So the two men
went to Spray and Lindsay was turn '
ed over to Sheriff Eanes.
Nic Martin was seen at his home
about 8 o'clock and told the writer h,3
version of the affair ln a stralghtfor-.
ward manner. He said he knew
Lindsay very well and they werfcr old
time friends, and that they were all
good friends, so far as he knew. .
Mr. Martin was asked if they were
drunk when they drove through Dra
per, and he replied: "No, sir, we were
not." Asked if - they were acting
boisterous, and this he positively de
nied. ; ''
'Tom," he said, "was singing Tipper
ary, and that was all there was to
it."
Those wha saw Mr. Lindsay said he
felt very bad over the affair; that it
was purely accidental, that the shot
(and they said there was only ore
shot fired) that killed Murphy, ard
this was when the hand was used
both to hold Murphy and the pistol
at the same time, the weapon being
one of those "squeeze" pistols that
pressure alone will discharge.
All parties to the affair are well
known and bear good reputations.
The dead man has lived in Spray for
three or four years, and leaves a wife
and two children. He was a member
of the Red Men. The Martins are
well known and stand well.
Mr. Lindsay is postmaster at Dra
per and is popular and highly regard
ed. Lately, he has been acting as of- .
ficer at Draper.
Coroner Jett was 'phoned for and a
rlved upon the scene and after an ei
amination of the body, ordered It re
moved to the home, and set the hour
for the inquest at 12 o'clock yesterday.
Shell Spoils the Beer Barrel.
Lieutenant Fishbach, the adjutant
of one of the Prussian regiments on
the Eastern front, writes home:
"There was joy in one of our jou
panies yesterday. One of the sol
diers had received a large barrel of
genuine Bavarian beer from his fathr
and he invited his comrades to share
the precious beverage with him. As
the barrel contained sixty-eight gal
lons every man In the company would
have received about a quart, but the
Russians spoiled the feast. Just as
the barrel was about to be tapped a
shell struck the shelter of the dug-out.
A splinter of the bomb went clean
through the cask and the beer squirt
ed in all directions, forming a small
lake on the floor. Two men were kill
ed and three others severely wouni
ed." ... VV. : - -.
Mr. L. S. Somers, a progressive
young farmer of near Mclver, calle-l
In to see us Saturday. He says he
made the best and brightest cn'p cS
tobacco this year that he ever "nada
before.
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