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VQLXTME X. Jy'-v-JjViV i l l IEISTOIR, .3ST. C, MAY 19, 1908. NO. 55.
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Ashamed of a Father.
8elected. ;
Two men had" entered into an
agreement to rob : one "of : their
neighbor. Everything was plan
ed. They were to enter his honse
at midnight, breakopen his chests
and, drawers, and carry off all the
silver and gold they could find.
4 'He is rich and we are poor,"
said they to each other, by way of
encouragement in the evil they
were about to perform. "He will
never miss a little gold, while its
possession will make us happy.
Besides, what right has one man to
all this world's goods!''
Thus they talked together. One
of these men had a wife and child
ren. One of thsee man had no one in
the world to care for bnt himself.
The man who had children went
home and joiued his family, after
agreeing upon a place of meeting
with the other at the darkest hour
the coming night.
"Dear father," said one of the
children, climbing upon his knee',
"I am so glad you have come home
again."
Tne presence of his child tcoubled
the man and he tried to push him
away, but his arms clung tightly
about his neck, and he laid his
face against his cheek, and said in
a sweet and gentle voice
"I love you. father!"
Involuntarily the man drew the
innocent and loving one to his bos
oin, and kissed him.
There were two olde children in
the man s dwelling, a tKy ana a
girl. They were poor, and these
children worked daily to keep up
the supply of bread, made deficient
more through idleness in the father
than from lack of employment.
These children came home soou
after their father's return, and
brought him their earning for the
day.
"Oh, father," said the boy,
l8uch a dreadful thing has hap
pened! Henry Leo's father was ar
rested today forrobbiug; they took
him out of our shop when Henry
was there, and carried him off to
to prison. I was so sad when I
saw Hnry weeping. And he hung
his head for shame of bis own
father! Only think of that!"
"Ashamed of his father!"
thought the mau. "And will my
children hang their heads, also, in
in shame! No, no; that shall
never he."
At the hour of midnight, the
man who had no children to throw
around him a sphere of better in
fluence, was waiting at the place
of rendezvous for him whose child,
had saved him. But he waited in
vain. Then he said: "I will do
the deed myself, and take the en
tire reward."
And he did accordiuz to his
word. When the other man went
. forth to his labor on the next day,
he learned that his accomplice had
been taken in an act of robbery
and was already in prison.
"Thank Heaven lor virtuous
children!" said he with fervor,
"They have saved me. Never will
I cause them to bin's h for their father."
. Fifty Killed In Tornado. -
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J Shreveport, La., May. Fifty
persons are reported . killed and
hundreds injured as a result oft
storm that swept Caddo and Bos-
pier last night. To-day the terri
tory is a scene of desolation. The
town of Gilliam is wiped out, Bel
linger is wrecked and Hill City is
damaged. Wires are down and
details ate unobtainable. The hos
pitals here are prepared to receive
the injured who are expected to
arrive on relief trains now on the
way The Katv passenger train
was Iwrecked near Konac by i
washout. The Cansas City South
ern train from the scene of the
storm reports the country devasta
ted. The tornado swept through
the oil fields, blowiug down der
ricks and scattering the machinery.
Wrijht Flyinj Machine is Good.
Raleigh Evening Timet.
Manteo, N. C, correspondent
sends the following account of yes
terday's trials of the Wright broth
ers' aeroplane:
'With the ease and swiftness of a
huge eagle, the Wright brothers
aeroplane made a flight of three
miles, circling about the great sand
hills, at times skimming along
over the surface dipping down,
A Tornado Words Havoc
A special from Springfield, Neb.,
says a tornado last Tuesday wreck
ed the towns of Louisville, Bellevue
and Ritchfielp, killing several per
sons and injnring a large numbet.
The number of deaths is unknown
and no names have been secured,
but it is said between 40 and 60
are injured, many seriously and
many fatally. The Town of liel
levu is declared pracically wiped
rising, turning corners, landing out, but it is not known that there
within a few yards of the, starting- are many fatalities
point.
The three-mile voyage was ac
complished in a little more than
three minutes, and the aeroplane
Carried both inventors.
Reports are to the effect that the
I town is blown away and the peo
pie in a panic. The Burlington
station was torn to pieces, most of
the bnsiqess houses wrecked and
Verdict of $800.
Hickory Democrat. .
It will be remembered that sev
eral months ago about the 3rd of
September, IMS the tracks of the
C. & N. AV. railroad was torn up
near the freight depot by some un
known parties at night. Spencer,
who was section master of the rail
road at the time, acting under or
kers from Fletcher, the O. S: X.
W. road master, began to relay the
track. Mr. Cillev, who was then
mayor, was sent for and ordered
Speucer to desist. Spencer ret used
to quit work, ' whereupon Cilley
ordered policeman Tope to arrest
and lock Spencer up.
Spencer remained in the lockup
for alout an hour when he was re
leased on IkmhI.
Afterwards Spencer sued Cilley
aud the town for damages, the
There is no longer any ground for HO residences destroyed. The Mis-
questioning the performance of the souri Pacific depot is standing but
men and their wonderful machine, both telephone and telegraph wires
Yesterday's flights w ere observed are down.
by a group of men congregated in There were four distinct tornado
the woods w ithin a mile of their clouds as seen at Springfield and
starting point, and by another they made their appearance short
group of disinterested men who ly before f o'clock. Heavy damage
watched them through nowertul was done in the countrv and it is
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Take Pride bi
Yam Lawn.
A h
awn tnat is
appearance of the
glasses from a nearby point.
For more than oue half the dis
tance the aeroplane was ploughing
through a L'0-raile coast breeze, but
it appearded to move with just as
much speed going against the wind
as when sailing with it. Every
moment the craft was in the air it
appeared to be every bit asoliedient
to the will of the operators as are
the wings of a bird.
The machine complete, with its
operator, weighs 950 pounds, but
to one watching it appeal's to glide
through the air with the buoyancy
of a tissue-paper kite. It is the
steering grear that is giving the
Wright's most of their present
concern.
feared there was some loss of life.
10,000 People Drownrd.
News of oneof the greatest dis
asters China has ever known, a sud
den tidal wave, lore in on Yangtse
Kiang, which involved the loss of
nearly 10,000 lives at Hankow,
was brought by the steamer Titan
which arrived last Monday night.
A wave, "JO feet in height Hooded,
without warning, down the river,
overturning thousand of junks,
sampans and snail lx)ats and
wrecking some large river steamers.
Some 3,000 Chinese were sleep
ing in the sampans and small craft
and huts by the riverside at Han
kow, and they were enveloped by
the great wave.
The scenes for many days after
the disaster wereihorrible, the river
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heinc strewn with the dead and
We copy the following editorial , . . , ft f
trom the rJkin limes, a Kepuon-
can paper,
which states the posi
tion of the best Republicans:
The action of the Republican
State convention at Greensboro last
Shut lp The Saloons.
News and Observer.
Mr. S. II . Hearne, of Albemarle,
town being joiued with the idea
that as cilley was acting in his of- Republican Paper Endorses Pro
ficial capacity the town would hibitiOH.
probably bear the burden . At the
trial city Attorney Yount moved
to dismiss the suit as. far as the
town was oneerned and the coun
cil for Spencer stated that he would
not oppose th motion as the town
was not liable in a legal sense! The
........ a a r week in refusing to adopt the Hon.
T Tftrf . tart taht or . a., Tho.. fcttle's mention .Inch, if nl., county, wbo . in the
...-a-a venuon ou record against oiaie pro- v " "" " '
vera.et u. 8u uuuu.v-u uvui b i of lthe , wonderlul er0wth of the
against Mr. alley. ' ' iL I twn nf Almrle. Twentv vears
uauon. Ainrmauve acuououinei " "
part of the State convention with & the' ha1 thre hundred
reference to this resolutioi would
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Hickory Mercury. have committed the party in this vocaies saiu n me, goi nu o. me
Rfof. t th intrt nftruMlistilW saloons they would kill Albemarle.
But the saloons went, and today
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i h i., Thor n iH h thrpp ing sname and disgrace oi tne pany
mail carriers at a salary of about to say nothing of the effect such four cotton mills, two hosiery mills,
i7snrrMrMnh Tb twwitinna action would have had in driving two banks, two graded schools,
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t, tKren rtf from its i-anks the most respecUble111'"11"'11"-1"'
WCIQ 11 vll VM VUV mi "iiv Jb I
the hiffhwet crrrids in hp PTumina- element in the party.
v,a enma n,o ar In promoUv tabling the resolu- up-to-date town
HUIl llCJVi IK.IV V....N. -fe". I " " , .. ... . 1...J1.1
orri n il. i. T ov lion the delegates to the convention ns emoaisi, are eat-., uu.m
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M4 iiiu.rt iwi aiwi p r snoweu great wisuora viewer irum j- j
ttaraott. These eeptlemen will the standpoint oi political expeai-
nKfi. mn (mniirai coficfanHn encV: ana n (ioinir so it snoweu
No complaint is neam against tne p"'' l'" 10
Thia diHn servient to the lluuor toices in the 4 "ulu,lli
Ir,. . m. j. I Houino uqiu 'Tt t.ht npnnlp that
postage. Papers, in the city and lueacuuu ui m fimv- - j
couutv. that have heretofore gone tioutoucning tms matter places me 66 -
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free, will have to pay the regular P"y on a nigner plane oi respecca- '6 - - - -i
Our City Mail Delivery.
The City mail delivery for Hick-
Panic Prices!!
Owing to the hard times and scarcity of
money we have decided to cut prices on Beef.
We will sell you
Stew Beef at - - -Steak
at
6c per lb.
10 per lb.
Roast at
8 to 10c per lb. I
Lenoir Meat Market
and other industi ses that go with
The Luther-
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Troops And Nif ht Riders.
United Pren.
Mayesville, Ky., May 14.
Grave trouble is expected when
troops begin making their expected
arrests of night riders. Spies dis
seised as umbrella menders aud
.tramps have been patrolling the
' riders' districts and have a list of
the names of the leaders. Three
hundred will be arrested on this
report, The riders are armed and
1 prepared to resist. The troops
hare received ammunition and are
ready 'for the movement. They
'-.have been weathered into small
'. parties readv for a concerted move
lf nieut, IThe rider will b tftkeo to
. . the penetentlary when arrested to I
prevent any attempted rescoces
lar churches,
tel is now in
A new
course
modern ho
of erection,
t Harness
t and
VSMcMcs.
pound postage. And It will take puny man u nas ever occupieu in
two cent postage to carry a letter inecstaie oeiore.
from one citizen of the city, even We believe, as we have intimated
to another, if carried by the city before that the action of the con
carriers the greatest good to our cfty ventionwas a stroke of political
will be the, $2,250 paid oi in wisdom a step that win rebound
salaries, with city paying less than to the good of the party, but that
one-third of ifc wtaCn rejoices tne gooa peopie oi
the State most is that the action of
the convention was a heavy blow to
The young man Speaks who was the H uor foroes in the state, ahd
put in jail Friday for blocking, it Kmov&i 1 doubt, ifany ever ex-
says he.wastin debt a little and iste(L to the sncce8S 0f prohibl-
thought he would make a few runs Uon on MJ y 26th .
and pay out. Many fellows put mhmall dimension nolltioians Parks, of Dellaplane, who
ap the same excuse. The fact is if in the Republican party may con- here Friday, told us that Eli Jotan-
you want to get in debt or . in thcr I the action of tne party jn 8ome san has caught several carp out of
pen either, just go into the liquor, w COntest, but they the Yadkin recently and that one
business. Xou4 080 8f ,ni bot not wlU havp to take a back seat in of these weighed 13 ' 1-2 lbs.,
Ottt.WUeaChroncile, j, Mnnt.iAnR. Th bettor 1a. Wilkes Patriot.
will not be
Col. Ashlev Home of Clayton,
is a most excellengentleman, not
only so but he is one of the agj
gimsive kind who gets after any
thing he wants with both feet. He
has made a success of his life, and
he says he is going to make a suc
cess of his Gubernatorial race.
Hickory lemocrat,
Messrs. W. V.TrlplettaudE. E.
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