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Sip . m mif Tho Lenoir Nows. A TWICK-A-WEEK FAMILY WKWHPAPKlt. THIS VEUI HKBT ADVERTISING MEDI UM. BEADDY EVERYBODY. ONLY il.OQ THKYKAR, The News Printery t IU UkU llllL'ni UL'll 'I'll l.k ja null i ivni nniiji x j it 9 DO k LL i :es J THE LATEST TYPEFACES USED. GIVE US A CALL. ATRIAL IS ALL WE ASK. H. O. MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AMD FRIDAYS. ' PRICE SI .00 THE YEAR. VOLUM X. LENOIR, X. P.; FEBRUARY 7, 1908. NO. 20. kludge Prlchard Vindicated.. Chaflotte Observer. At this period in tho history of North Carolina, when talk is so free and suspicion is so heedlessly breathed upon character, one should not be surprised at detrac tion of any man. it is, however, none the less to be deplored aud deprecated, but the more so, when the object of attack is a judge, even though he .lie the judge of a United States court and a Kepub lican. Most unfortunate assaults, assaults to be regretted and le probated, were made in the lower house of the Legislature last week, upon the official aud necessarily the personal integrity of Judge J. 0. Pritchard, of the United States Circuit Court, it being al leged "that on the day he heard the railroad cases a contract had been sigued by his rock quarry company to sell rock, at great profit, to the Southern Railway, ai d the evidence was accidentally found in the rate hearing in Wash ington." The facts in the case are thus stated by the Asheville cor respondent of The Industrial News in a special of January Hist. "The only semblance of a foun dation which can be discovered for the attack upon Judge Pritchard in the House today is that he, to gether with a number of Asheville citizens, owns an interest in a rock quarry, and that some rock has been sold to the Southern. The quarry iu question is a small one, very near the tracks of the South ern just west of Asheville. Horace Brown, an expert quanyman, J. M. (iudger, Jr., and other citizens share with Judge Pritchard the interest in the land on which the quarry is located, and the greater part of the rock has been sold to Buncomlie county and the city of Asheville, and whatever stone the railroad company has purchased for ballast has been bought at the same price at which it was quoted to the city of Asheville and Pun combe county, or to private parties. 'Judge Pritchard does not, and never has, controlled the business. He is not even an officer of the company. This, to the positive knowledge of your correspondent, has been made to do service as the basis for this strangely vicious at tack by a public man in a public place upon a man who cannot, in the very nature of the case, hit back." In addition to this, leading mem bers of the Asheville bar, all Dem ocrats, unite in a statement, that Judge Pritcard lias done nothing wrong in the matter in question. From a political and every other standpoint the attacks were a mistake. Judge Pritchard is an honest man is entitled to exemp tion from charges involving his character which cannot be sus tained. Eighty Degrees of Frost. " Dundee Advertiser. It is difficult for us to form any conception of the degree of cold re presented by the HO degrees of frost recorded from certain parts of Kus sia. Sir Leopold McClintock tells how in one of the Arctic expedi tions, a sailor was foolish enough to do some outdoor work at preci sely this temperatre. His hands froze, and when lie rushed into the cabin and plunged one of them into a basin of water so cold was the hand that the water was instantly converted into a block of ice. At 25 degrees, Dr. Kane says, "the mustache and under lip form pen dulous beads of dangling ice. Put out your tongue and it instantly freezes to this icy crusting. Your chin has a trick of freezing to yonr upper jaw by the luting aid of your beard; my eyes have often been so glued as to show that even a wink was unsafe." Portuguese Monarch. Lisbon, Feb. 1. King Carlos, of Portugal, and the Crown Prince Luiz Philippe, were assassinated today and the city is in a state of uproar. The King's second son, the Infanta Manuel, was slightly wounded but Queen Amelie, who strove to save the Crown Prince's life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A bank of men, waiting at the corner of the Iiraco Do Commercio and the ltua Do Arsenal, suddenly sprang toward the open carriage, in which the family were driving to the palace, and levelling carbines which they had concealed upon them, fired. The King and the Crown Prince, upon whom the at tack was directed, were each shot three times, and they lived only long enough to be carried to the Marine Arsenal nearby, where they expired. Almost at the first shot the King fell back on the cushions dying, and at the same moment the Crown Prince was seen to half arise and then sink back on the seat. Queen Amelie jumped up and threw her self toward the Crown Prince in an apparent effort to save his life at the cost of her own, but the Prince had received his death wound. The police guard fired upon the as sassins and killed three of them. The royal family were returning from Villa Vicosa, where they had been sojourning, and were on their way from th railroad station to the palace. A strong guard was in attendance because of the recent uprising in the city and the dis covery of a plot to assassinate Pre mier Franco and overthrow the monarchy, but the band of mur derers had selected the most ad vantageous spot for the commission of their crime, as they were con cealed from the eyes of the police until the carriage had wheeled in to the Praco Do Commercio, a large square. Hefore any of the guards were aware of what had happened the as sassins leaped toward the carriage and instantly a fusillade of shots rang out. In a moment all was terrible confusion, the King and Crown Prince being shot down with out the slightest chances to save themselves. Police guards sprang iinon the regicides: the number of whom is somewhat uncertain, and killed three of them and captured three others. Due of these com mitted suicide after 1 icing placed in prison. It is charged that one of the murderers was a Spaniard named Cardova. Work. There's only one way to get pro lit out of any piece of work, and that is to keep at it till it's done. You can't set your success a going then go off and leave it and expect it to run on of itself. Every time you stop pushing it. it's bound to backslide like a freight train on an up-grade, and go to everlasting smash. (Jetting on in life is like climbing a tree you must hold fast with your legs what you have already gained, and keep reaching out with your hands for a grip higher up. I'p you go, inch after inch foot after foot hand over hand, till you reach the top. The attack on the integrity of Judge Pritchard has been con demned alike by both democrats and republicans. No right think ing man in North Carolina would for a moment doubt the honesty or motives of Judge Pritchard. He is a clean, square, honest judge, all attacks on him by irresponsible de generates to tne contrary notwithstanding. Burbank Potatoes. Seedless oranges, seedless apples, the creation of new flowers, the production of the thornless edible cactus these wonders constitute only part of the miracles which Luther Burbank has performed at his Santo Kosa estate in California. His chief work has been with the potato. He created the Burbank pototo, whici, it is estimated, has added to the wealth of the nation upward of 20,000,000. His latest success is with the socalled aerial potatoes. He grows potatoes on a tomato vine in the air, instead of in the ground. While the potato and tomato are very closely allied in family ties, being indeed not far separated blood relations, they are as far apart as the poles when it comes to any satisfactory am algamation, but some very re markable results have developed in his attempts to cross the two. For example, he has produced to matoes from the seeds of plants pollenatcd only from potato polleu . He has produced what he aptly calls "aerial potatoes," most pe culiar in form, growing on a Bur bank potato vine, grafted on a tom ato plant. These open-air potatoes are of different shapes and sizes, as well as cold's. Some of them assume grotesque forms aud appear quite like little pigs. The recent gift by Andrew Car negie of 12,000, to be spent by Mr. Burbank in further experiments has done much to center attention on this genius. Without a university training and with only a fundamental educ ation upon which he has builded by wide reading, he yet leads the scientific world in the department to which he has given his life. He has suffered as few men suffer, not only from actual physical want and privation, but from the unjust cri ticism of those who did not com prehend. He now iscomfortablv established but has never sought wealth. He spends his entire time in superi ntending the experiments and is al wavs enthusiastically busy. A Timber Famine Predicted in Twenty Years. Scientific Aim rienn, .Ian, -."lh. (iill'ord Pincliot, the government forester, made t he declaration, on the return from a six months' in spectiou trip, that 'in twenty years t lie timber supply in the I'niled States on government re serves and private holdings, at the present rate of cutting, will, he ex hausted, although it is possible that the growth of that pcriojl might extend the arrival of the famine another live years."' Mr. Pincliot urges that the magnitude of the danger should not be under estimated, for every man, woman and child in the country would be affected by such a famine. Al though about one fifth of the for est area or the country is made up of government reserves, attention is called to the fact that the gov eminent does not control a cor responding fraction of the timlicr supply, because the government lands are not so good as those owned by private owners. Money is to be asked for to extend the for estry service, and to push the w ork of reforesting the denuded timber lands, although it is claimed to be utterly U'vond the powers of the service to meet the situation and prevent serious trouble. A n effort will be made to protect the Ap palachian forest and promote the growth there. The State forester of California has ndvocaced a plan that is being watched with much interest. In that State, under the police power, the forester is attempting to pro tect the watersheds and to prevent Lenoir. Reformed Church Standard. The third Sunday in January the editor spent in the town of Lenoir. The town itself is beauti fully located, nestled among the hills at the foot of the mountains. The inhabitants are noted for their intellectual culture, their genuine refinement and their unfunded hospitality. On the particular oc casion he was the guest of the Presbyterian congregation and the reason for his being such was the fact that the beloved pastor of that congregation was away resting and regaining strength lost in strenuous work and the further fact that the little mission of the Reformed church was also shepherdless at this time. Services were conducted morning and evening in the Presby terian church. This is anew build ing erected during the pastorate of the Rev. C. A. Monroe, a brother greatly beloved by the people. The attendance was large, the attention given the world was earnest and the interest manifest was great. This is an active congregation and the contributions to all purposes lead any congregation in the Presbytery. While in the town he was the guest of Mr. E. F. lieid and his charming family and also shared the hospitality of Col. J. G. Hall's home aud that of Maj. Harper and J. M. Barnhardt. It was a de lightful day and thoroughly enjoy ed. Of course the members of our own mission were present at the services and an opportunity was eiven to speak a word to many of them in their homes. They are a brave little band having a good name for good works and in good repute with their neighliors. In his absence the editor's pulpit was most acceptably tilled by Brother . . Howe w hose ser mons both morning and evening were greatly enjoyed by the large audience. m private owners from devasting these lands in a manner that will in jure the irrigation of lands lying below. Figures have lieen pro duced to show that at the present increase in the value of timlier land, the owners of such property are making more by letting the timber develop than they would by cutting and placing the money out at interest. Ashvd the Fireman up. ( levci.inil Lender. hen the lust fire companv, in response to an alarm, reached the long row of tenements, thetirecap tain at once jumped from his en gine and endeavored to locate the lire. When he had ineffectually hunted through three or four structures lor it. he descried an oid woman sticking her head out of a w indow of the topmost I floor, of an eight story tenement, a I little farther up the street. 'Any lire up there!" he yelled, w hen he had reached the pavement beneath this building. For answ er, the old w oman moti oned for him to come up. Accordingly, the captain, with his men hitriring their heavv hose behind them, laloriouslv ascended the eight (lights and burst into the room where the old woman was ! ''Where is the fire!" demanded the captain, when no (ire or smoke lie- came visible. "Oh, there an't none here," re plied the old woman, (lashing an ear trumpet. "I asked y' np cause I couldn't hear a word you said 'way down there." If the peach crop had as much sense as the groundhog, it would have learned long ago that all that glitters is not summer. 0.W.P, HARPER, Prci. J.H. BEALL, Cashier. W.A. SHELL, A-Caihler jg-" - -a,, urn,,,, ,, tT(W),lM1 L,W1m IIWlMMMBMBMMMMBMMWWWMMMMMMMMiMiMWMMM It gives you a feeling of satisfaction to know that you have a fund that you can draw upon in time of need or to make a good investment. It gives you a credit that enables you to easily secure a loan for business purposes. It makes your neighbors hold you in higher regard when you pay your bills by check. 10 very check you sign is a bona fide advertise men t as to your standing with every man who sees it. It furnishes you with an absolute receipt for every bill that you have paid, in the shape of a canceled check. It insures you against loss by fire, thieves or accident. If you will open an account with this bank, you will find it of great value to you in every way. interest paid on Savings Accounts, compounded four times a year. ASSETS AND RESPONSIBILITY OVER $300,000. Your Bedroom Should Be Bright and Sunny. Is it so! Let us furnish your liedroom, make it bright and cheerful. You spend a third of your life in bed, so if you want to lie comfortable let us sell you one of our tine light, clean, sanitary liedroom sets. Our liberal terms will save you money. BernhardtSeagle Hardware & Furniture Co. f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-M-f-M-f-M-f-M-f-f-M-f tc QTCRMncpfi a nn X Ui UILIII1UL.IIU UV UUij i Asheville, N. Carolina. X X J Largest Fur House in the South. No Express charges, no Commissions. Your av erage is what, counts, not the high price you get for one skin. Write for Prices. 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