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The News Printery equipped to do your next order of Job Printing prornptly.- Don't wnd your work oat of town we will do it to suit you. let us convince you- The 'Lenoir News. lis the very beet Advertising Medium, because It Is read by the Largest Number of the people of Caldwell County. : ONLY Ol.OO TIIKYKAR ,. m i, i i s H; O; MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AMD FRIDAYS. PRICE Sl.OO THE YEAH. VOLUME XI. ' JLETSTOIR, N. C, JUNE 8, 1909. , NO. 02 BOY TIED WITH A ROPE. Sad Story of an Afflicted One for Whom the State Makes No Provision. Lexington Dispatch. A passenger on an Ashoville bound train Friday tells a strange story of seeing a human being rop ed out like a beast to a tree, the 6ame being a boy 17 years of age, who was born an idiot. Making inquiries the man learned a few facts which are given below: The scene of the story as told is in the heart of the Blue Ridge country, near Round Knob, in McDowell county, seven miles from Old Fort and 23 miles east of Asheville. On the right of. the road going up the cabin of the boy's family stands in plain view of the cars. Around it are a few tilled acres. Mountains tower on all sides. Near the cabin are some fruit trees and beneath one of them the boy has been tied duriug the day with a rope around his waist, for many years. People passing up and down the road, knowing of the case, have seen the unfortunate standing or sitting at his tree day in and out when the Weather was at all comfortable. One man says he has seen him there when the air was rather fresh. At night the youth is confined in one end of the little mountain cabin, which rudely barricaded, i8 dismal looking enough. The boy is without a ray of intelligence and cannot speak understandably. He can feed himself, hut eats with hands, all efforts to teach him the use of u knife and fork being fruitless. There me conllicting reports us to the sort of treatment lie gets, some saying lie is handled kindly, others saying lie is not. At any rate tin man who gathered information thinks that family is hardly in position to give the un fortunate being the attention that he should have. It is learned that the mother of the boy refuses to part with him. Four years ago she is said to have carried him to Morganton to place him in the hospital, but as the in stitution is for insane people, the idiot was denied admission Re cently the neighbors say that some stranger, apparently an official, investigated the case and wrote the sheriff of McDowell to take charge of the boy. The mother, whose name is Hartlctt, however, is said to have told the sheriff she would part with the boy under no circum stances. The county thereupon agreed to allow her 2.50 a month for his support. It seems that there is no place for such afflicted people except the county jail or the country home. The State makes no special piovis iou for idiots. The man who tells the story says that it is a digraee to the State of North Carolina and expresses the lelief that there are scores of cases something like this. He grew sarcastic in his references to the matter and spoke of the idea of sending money to heathen coun tries for foreign missions " while we allow such human suffering as this, allow an idiot to be cared for in this style, hitched out like a beast, right under our noses." The family doubtless does the best it can, thinks the man, but he declarces the case pitiable, tragic, and talked as if he were going to see if he couldn't stir the officials to take some action. To relieve constipation, clean out the bowels, tone and strengthen the digestive organs, put them in a nat ural condition with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, the most, reliable tonic for thirty years. 35 ceuts, Tea or Tablets at Dr. Kent's Drugs store nd Granite Falls Drug Co. Cut Hair by Electricity. Atlantic City, N. J., Juno H. A test of an electrical appliance by means of which every man may cut his own hair is slated for to day at the National Electrician con vention . Felix Brown, of Chicago, the inventor of the apparatus, con fesses he is not too sanguine as to the general usage into which the self-cutting machine may come but rather contrived the device for his own amusement and to illustrate the extent to whichlelectricity may be applied. Already there is the elctric mass age, and the electric razor, which requires no motion of the hand, but simply buzzes all the beard off a man who is inclined to take his ease about shaving. The hair clipper is attached to a wire the other end of which can be fitted into the socket of an elec tric lamp, and then operated at a fast or slow speed according to the wishes of the hair cutter and the tipographical peculiarities of the head to be shorn. A feature is the ability to notch the clip tor a short or long cut. Woman is Robbed Of $20,000 in Bills. Seattle. Wash., June :. Mrs. (ieorge Shea, of Duluth, Minn., who is visiting her sister, Mrs. John English, at Alki Point, a suburb, reported to the police last night she had been rebbed of 20. 000 in currency. Mi's. Shea, who arrived in Seattle last Monday, intended to invest the money in property he.ie. Iferhusband shipped themoney to her by express, the package reach higher on Thursday. Yesterday Mrs. Shea and her sister decided to visit Seattle to see the decorations. They hid the 20,000 between the sheets of a bed. On returning lioine it was found that burglars had ransacked the house and stolen the treasure. Striks Causes Rioting-. Philadelphia, Pa., June 2. The attempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to operate its cars to-night with strike break crs, imported from other cities, resulted in the lirst serious rioting w hich has occurred since the strike of the street car men Ingan on May 2'. In the Kensington district, where many mills are located, the feeliug ran high. Mobs of men, women and children pulled the motormen and conductors from their cars and Inat them severely. In many instances cars were set on lire and in other cases thrown across the tracks. The police were powerless to control the angry strike sympathizers. When they charged the mob, it separated only to form again in the vicinity of another car. There are many imitations of De Witt's Carbolir.ed Witch Hazel Salve DeWitt's is the original. Be sure you get DeWitt's Carbollzed. Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for It. It is good for cuts, burns and bruises, and Is especially good for Piles. 8old by J. K. Shell, Lenoir Drug Co., and Uranite Falls Drug Co. Three Per Cent Reduction, New York, June 1. In its monthly cotton report to-morrow The Journal of Commerce will Rhow that compared with last year, the cotton average has l)een reduced ;.5. per cent., according to over 1,H00 reports from our special cor- cespondents of an average date of May 25. This is approximately the same result as given in last month's report, when the consen sus of opinion indicated a reduc tion of 4 per cent. Observed in South. New Orleans, June 3. The birthday of Jefferson Davis,' only President of the (knifederaoy, was commemorated to-day with public ceremonies throughout many of the Southern States. The day is a legal holiday in Georgia, Florida Alabama, Miss issippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas and Louisiana, and so far as the public schools are concerned, in Virginia. In Louisiana it is also set apart as Confederate Mem orial Day. The bestowal of crosses of honor upon surviving Conleuerate soldiers was included in the pro grammes carried out in many places. Numerous Confederate organiza tions and hundreds of citizens gen erally joined to day in New Or leans, where ex-President Davis died, in paying tribute to his memory, and in strewing with flowers the grave of Confederate soldiers. Manning Gets the Judgeship. Raleigh, June 3. Governor Kitchin has appointed Hon. James S. Manning, of Durham, asssociate Justice of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the re signation of Judge Henry G. Con nor, to become Cuited States dis trict and circuit judge of the east ern Carolina district. Judge Manning is 50 years old and has served repeatedly in the State Legislature. He is an able lawyer and managed successfully the Kitchin campaign for Gover nor last year. Trouble Makers Ousted. When a sufferer from stomach trouble takes lr. King's New Life Pills he's mighty glad to nee bis Dy pepsin anil Indigestion lly, but more -he's t iekled over his new, line appe tite, strong nerves healthy vigor, all because stomach, liver and kidneys now work right. '-'" at .J. K. Shell. Brushy Mountain Fruit Crop Good. Wilkeslwo June 2. The Rrnsh v Mountain Fruit Growers Associa tion has two important meetings next week. On the 10th it meets at Clarence Call's orchard and on the 11th at Killtey's (Jap. Mr. W. M.Scott, a I'nited States govern incut fruit expert, will In present and lecture. Representatives of the State Agricultural Department will Ik present also. The fruit crop on the P.rushses is splendid this sea sou . Mothers- Have you tried Hollister's Kocky Mountain Tear It's a great blessing to the little ones, keeps away summer trouble1--. Makes them sleep and grow. iW cents. Tea or tablets. At Dr. Kent's Drug Store, and Wrnnite Falls Drug Co. Fire At Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, June 2. The Alpha Tan Omega Fraternity ex perienced a heavy loss to day wheu their chapter house was totally consumed by fire. No memlers of the fraternity were in the house when the fire broke out all being at the afternoon dance at Commons Hall. The house was valued at 3,000 with insurance of $1,000. The house was built about fifteen years ago. Immediately after the fire about twenty of the members, both alumni and native, met and planned for rebuilding. The origin of the fire is unknown. Could Not be Better. No one has ever made a salve, oiut uieut, lotion or balm to compare with Bueklen's Arnica Salve. Its the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Eeieuia, Salt Rheum. For Sore eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped Hands its supreme. Infallible for Piles. Only 2T.O. at J. E. Shell. The Wonderful Alaskan Wheat. Lexington Dispatch. Dispatch readers will remember a discussion last year about the merits of Alaskan .wheat, a new variety claimed to have been dis covered growing wild in some part of Alaska, and said to have enor mous heads, big grains and many of them, containing more food value than the best wheat kuov n, and yielding far more per acre. The claim was denounced and the whole thing branded a fraud, for the seed of the wheat was selling at fabulous prices. Saturday Captain Walter Cockreham, manager of the Emmons mining property, fetched half a dozen heads of this wheat to The Dispatch office, and stated that he had one acre of it, haviug paid )15.25 for a bushel of seed: that he sowed it on the poorest laud on the Emmons property, using 150 pounds low grade fertili zer: that it was now about six feet high and still a-growiug, ami that the best farmers in his section estim ated that this one acre of poor ground would yield 50 bushels of wheat. Heads he plucked at ran dom and brongh here are more than three times the size of our wheat. There is not a sign of rust, and stalks are big and strong, so that the crop is standing up well. Food tests show more pro tein than any other wheat, says the Captain, who is very enthusi astic over his acre of Alaska, and he says his neighlwrs are wild over it, and are waiting with interest the results of the threshing. Cap tain Cockerham declares that so far from being a fraud, Alaska wheat is a marvelous fact and lie- lie ves that it will revolutionize the wheat business. He sowed his last election day and says it will ripen at the same time our wheat does. He selected poor land as a test, and if it turns out as expected, he believes tine land will yield H( bushels an acre. We Got a Bargain in Alaska. Eternal Progress. That the I'nited States took ad vantage ol a great opportunity when Alaska was purchased is In coming more and more evident; it is also Incoming evident that that Territory holds hundreds of oppor tunities for individual men and women with ambition. The latest discoveries in regard to Alaska's vast resources estimate that there are within its borders hundreds of millions and even billions, of tons of coal. This discovery, placed side by side with all the other rich possibilities of Alaska, makes that Territory a national treasure house indeed. Liquor And Life Insurance Seven ty years Ago- Winston Sentinel. Seventy years ago a (Quaker w ho applied for life insurance was given to understand that he would have to pay an extra premium Incause he abstained from alcoholic liquor. Now the life insurance companies know that drink is destructive to health, lessens vitality and predis poses to disease. The progress of scientific knowledge overthrew the erroneous idea relative to alcohol. If You are Worth $50,000 Don't Read This. This will not interest you if are worth fifty thousand dollars, but if you are a man of moderate means and cannot afford to employ a phy sician when you have an attack of diarrhoea, you will be pleased to know thai one or two doses of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy will cure it. This remedy has been in use for many years and is thoroughly reliable. Price 25 cents. For sale by J. E. Shell, Druggist, Dr. Kent, Druggist. Garden Aid the growth of your garden and lawn sprinkle them. In selecting the necessary hose for this purpose, buy with care. Poor hose is dear at any price. It soon rots out or bursts and you are compelled to buy again. The SUPERIOR brand for which we are exclusive agents in Lenoir is par excellence. It will give you good, lasting service for many seasons and costs you no more than others ask for the sort that soon goes to pieces. :! 4 inch. 5 ply hose, 50 foot lengths, per foot 124&c When You All come to town on Pig July Third you want to look over the Inst, if not the biggest Harness and Collar Factory in the South. Hen you will find the Inst that is made. That is why we keep saying "WHEN IN DOUBT. BUY OF PRICE!" Two young white men, represent ing themselves to In brothel's and their names as Coffey, and claiming to In from Caldwell county, were arrested in the outskirts of North Wilkeslmo Thursday night and put in jail on a charge of breaking in Church's store at Roaring River. It is thought that one of them is named Hartley and the other Woodie and that their home is at Mortimer. At a hearing before Mayor Jenkius, Mr. Church iden tified goods found in the prisoners poacssion as being those taken from his store. Upon this and other ev idence, pointing to their guilt, they were bound to court in bonds of 1500 each, in default of which they were remanded to jail. It is thought that they are the ones who broke into Harrold's store a few nights before and took about $25 worth of, goods. Several sacks of clothiug, trinkets and canned goods other than those taken from Church's store, are said to have been found in their posession. which would indicate that they have eith er been lavish in their purchases or free with their foraging. Wilks Patriot. Hose Zepperlin's Long Flight Has Stir red up War Department- Washington. June '.i. A result of the recent remarkable aerial (lights by Count Zepperlin, War Department officials believe that Congress will appropriate a large sum for airships at the next session realizing the inadequacy of the small sum now available. The War Department's interest is evident in Secretary Dickinson's orders to the head of the signal corps to prepare a tentative pro gram of aerial station along the AS lantic coast, between Maine and Florida, with a suggestion later to prepare a similar program for the Pacific coast. The ostensible purpose of these plans is to learn the approximate cost of such stations for the Innefit of Congress next December. - - -- - - Congratulations, old man. I suppose you're tickled to death be cause it's a boy. "Yes, in a few years now I'll have an excuse for going to the circus." r
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