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Baxter Scott, a youn? roan ' liv
log near Statesville, accidentally
hot himself through the thieh
while exhibiting a pistol to som e
friends last Sunday afternoon . His
found is not s dangerous., f
, th fellow, H. ,innel, - who
assaaltedjlitor GriaVof the York
ville enquire; last fall was tried in
YwkvlTle.Iast'. week iound guilty
and sentened to six months on the
roty or pay a flue t 1500.
Foy Kurfee, fifteen year old
wnWJ. wirlee, of Statesville,
' : disappeared from home about four
, s weeka ago jidl his parents ind
ftb&da am still unable to finh him.
He is known to have had about
50 in money and it is feared be
Jwas killed and the body hidden."
ThomaeTille Dispatch.
I Mr. W.S. Miller, a very pros
'perous farmer who has charge of
Mr. J. W. Lambeth's farm, raised
this year 1,050 bushels of wheat
with an average of 31 bushels per
acre and 900 bushels of oats, which
he raised on 20 acres. He has had
charge of this farm for four years
'and has averaged from 1300 to 1500
bushels of small grain per . year
besides his corn and cotton crops.
He is considered one of the most
successful farmers in this section .
Relics From a Kiver Bed.
Fort Frances Correspondence
Minneapolis Jourual.
While workmen were removing
rock and debris from the old chan
nel of the river between the second
and third chutes to make way for
the big power dam on the American
side they unearthed in oue of the
pot holes in the rock a remarkable
collection of Indian weapons and
other articles, comprising toma
hawks, spearheads, arrowheads,
sturgeon fishhooks, etc., all made
out ot pure copper and hardened
t the consistency of steel .
"The articles are bright in appear
auee and are of superior workman
ship, being evidently the work of
the prehistoric race which fashion
ed the mounds, oraments and
Utensils of the early days. That
these people possessed the know
ledge of tempering copper is evi
dent from the specimens. How
they came there is a mystery, but
the general belief is that a
party of lndiatjs while endeavor
ing to land or make a portage lost
control of their canoe and were
swept over the falls, the canoe be
ing overturned, causing the con
tents to go to the bottom of the
river or be carried down stream.
v That these articles were together
is proof that they must have been
tied into, leather sack or some snch
receptacle. They were found pack
ed together in the hole, which had
doubtless been caused by centuries
of swirling waters and gravel.
r Husband, Kills Wife's Lover.
Scranton, Pa., July 21. Sus
pecting, unfaithfulness; Amos C
Blakeslee, an iron "worker, entered
his hdnie through a. window this
morniug and found his wife with
Garrett S. Berry, general manager
Of the Schreader Bottling Company
After a scuffle he Shot Berry fatal
ly.
"I did not intend to kill him,"
said Blakeslee. "I merely wanted
to catch him and tell his wife."
How to Relieve Ivey Poisoning
Orange Juice is a simple remedy
for ivy poisoning. Bathe the ami
cted part of the body. The itch
ing and burntng will cease, and in
few days the skin will peel wun
out any further spreading.
Anijn who weeps and a woman
who doesn't will bear watching.
Kills Brother With Hoe.
Goldsboro, N. 0. Juy 19.
Patetown, eight miles from this
city, was the sceue ,oi a terrible
tragedy Sunday evening about six
o'clock and as a result of which
David Bivens is dead and his
brother, James Bivens, ' was held
under 1200 justified bond for the
August term' of, court, charged
with the killing of his brother, '
The two brothers lived ! within
one hundred yards t"f each; other,
and the tiagredy occurred in cot
ion' field between the two homes.
James Bivens had lust left his
home when he heard his wife
screaming in the cotton field, and
running towards the seen, grabbed
a hoe at the tobacco barn . He wis
startled to see his wife being cholf
ed tb death by his brother, David
Bivens, and struck his brother on
the head, rendering him senseless.
He died fifteen minutes later. As
his brother fell from the blow,
James Bivens carried his wife to
her home and by vigorous efforts
saved her. She had been nearly
strangled to death, being black in
the face. .Upon; his return to the
scene of the attack he found his
brother dead.
The onl witness to the tragedy
was the dead man's wife, who was
a sister of the woman attacked.
James Bivens surrendered to tho
authorities late Sunday flight and
was given a hearing before Justice
oi the Peace J. G. Ginn this morn
ing. The widow of David Bivens testi
fied that her brother-in-law was
justified in killing her husband,
and upon this testimony the de
fendant was released under $200
bonds for his appearance at the
August term of court.
Bolt From Cloud Kills Chicken.
The strange things that a bolt of
lightning will do appear to be with
out number, and every few weeks
brings forth stories of the weird
pranks of the electric fluid.
Mr. J. Watt Hood, wh se home
is at Matthews, to day related a
peculiar incident of this kind
which took place a few days ago at
the home of Dr. McClelland.
The sky was almost cloudless,
with only one isolated bit of cloud
floating almost overhead, when
suddenly there was a terrific crash
and thosein the vicinity saw leaves
showering and falling from a large
green tree in Dr. McClellau's yard,
and at the same time a chickeu
standing under the tree, tumbled
over dead, and its feathers were
scattered and burned.
Otherwise the,strange bolt frtfra
above did no dgmage. The huge
tree was in nowise injured. The
bolt had come straight down, and
had uot hit the trunk or limbs of
the tree at all.
It appeared that the electric dis
charge had come from the small,
and almost invisible cloud over
head, and was not attracted by the
tree at all, the tree happening
to be in the line of the stroke, so
that the leaves were the only parts
of 'the tree that were Btricfceo.
These, however, fell in showers ftp
the heavy discharge crashed
through them, killing thr single
rhirkpn under the tree.
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A young man who was standing
close by was unhurt, although he
was somewhat shocked by the
bolt.
Proper Treatment for Dysentery and
Diarrhoea.
The great mortality from dysentery
and diarrhoea is due to a lack of pro
per treatment at the first stages of
the disease. Chamberlain's Collo
Cholera and Dla rrhoea Remedy is
reliable and effectual medicine, and
when given in reanonable time will
prevent any dangerous consequences.
It has been in use for many years
and has always met with unvarying
sueoess. For sale by J. E. -Shell,
Druggist, Dr. Kent Druggist.
Great Food Threatens Galveston.
Galveston, Texas, July 21.
Water is pouring over the sea wall
before a 48-mile wind. The ba
rometer is extremely low and a
serious flood is feared.
The weather bureau bulletin
says: "A report received by the
bureau from Galveston this morn
ing says the gulf is high and ris
ing. Water in the western por
tion of the city is several feet deep.
The wind is from the northeast,
blowing at an average rate of 44
miles an hour.
The storm was first sighted Sat
urday over the Carrfbbesn Sea.
Shlpptog Inierests have been ad
vised daily regarding the storm's
advance over the Gulf of Mexico.
Two spans of the bridge' connect
ing Galveston with the mainland
were swept out to-day by the water
and wind.
A wall of water like a tidal
wave struck the town and much
loss of life is feared. Murdoch's
bathing pavillion and surf bathing
pavillion were swept away.
Galveston is isolated.
A Safe Vault.
Recently there has been complet
ed at the Treasury Depratment
what is probably the greatest steel
vault in the world.
The vault is intended to hold the
half billion currency which was
authorized by the Aldrich-Vree
land bill. Work on the vault was
commenced nuder Cortelyou's ad
ministration, and so perfect it is
that a small army of burglars
would stand appalled at the task
of trying to break into it even were
they able to gain access to it.
The roof of the vault is about 25
feet under the surface of the street,
under the corner of the building
occupied by the division of issue of
the Treasury Department. There
is only one way of reaching the
vault by an elevator which opens
into the office of the division . The
vault is of steel throughout and is
55 feet wide with a -height of 18
feet 'All the steel enclosing the
vault is eight inches thick, some
thing like the armor of battleship.
Not less than 17 miles of wire is
would around the vault, and it is
practically impossible to touch the
exterior of the vault in any fashion
without setting off an alarm.
The Aldrich-Vreeland bill re
quires that 1400,000,000 in emer
gency currency is printed. About
two-thirds of this be already in the
vault.
Notes From Whitnel.
After he continued rains we are
having some very fine weather for
July. The pleasant nights remind
us of fall of the year.
Upland com looks fairly well in
this section, but crops will be rath
er short and the fruit crop is very
poor.
The Misses Largent are moving
into their new home.
Misses Eva and Florence Cobb
have returned home from High
Shoals.
Mr. Coot Swanson has bought
Mr! Crawford's house and lot and
is doing a lot of work in the way
of improvements on the house.
There is very little sickness in
this section at present.
We understand that Miss Lula
Wakefield has bought a lot aod
will erect a nice dwelling in the
nearfuture. We are glad to have
Miss Ldla with us. Whitnel is a
nice place to live and we are glad
to see it bulding up.
Success to The News.
SCRIHBLKB.
July 21, 1909.
The under dog is frequently get
ting what is coming to him.
Farmers' Institute.
Farmers Institutes have doue the
farmers more good than anything
to improve their business, except
the agrcinltural paper.
In South Carolina they have had
a very steady growth. In 1903
there were 17 institutes held in
North Carolina, 1904 58, 1905 79,
1906, 136, 1907, 169, 1908, 234. 68
of the institutes held last year were
for the women on the farms. I am
in favor of having an institute for
the women in this county next
year and want to organize them at
the institute at Lenoir. It will
help them socially, domestically
and financially. Every woman on
the farm ought to have some
thing to ipterest her that she could
make a lot of money out of, beside
it would be a pleasare to her, a lot
of things she might do, a fruit gar
den, vegetable garden, poultry
raising, etc. The hills of Caldwell
ought to be covered with chickens.
If the farmers will attend one or
more of the institutes to be held
and, will practice what they learn,
they can in three years double the
yield per acre on all their land and
do it with half the work they are
doing now. It was interesting to
me to hear A. L. French last year
at Granite Falls Institute, tell how
he went out with a team and culti
vated 25 acres of corn in a day,
and among other good things he
told us was, bow to keep onr corn
from firing. The Institutes at Le
noir and Granite Falls will be in
teresting and busy days. There
will be two speeceson corn culture,
two on soil improvement, one rota
tion of crops, one on feeding, one
on dairy cattle on the farm, one on
disease of stock and one on Irish
potato culture, besides all the in
formation given that the farmers
will ask for. All the speeches will
be practical, made by men that are
doing what they tell us how to do
Dr. Kent is making 50 bushels of
corn to the acre on land that was
once worn out and so is J. L
Beach, where once was unsightly
gulleys on his farm, now grows 50
bushels of corn to the acre. And
J. C. Coffey will tell us how to
raise potatoes, for he knows how
and is doing it. He has about 0
bushels planted this year.
The Institute at Hickory will ,
interesting to every one, every
farmer and housekeeper in the town
and connty ought to see it. There
will be two cars, one loaded with
the latest and most improved farm
machinery, the other with the
most modern convenient furnish
ings lor the house and kitchen,
among them will be two fireless
cookers, by which if you want a
warm dinner you can have it with
out making any fire, except the
one you had the day before.
Everybody take their families
and go tb Hickory. Do like Sam
Jones said, "Travel about, get on
the train and go to Hickory. Have
a holiday, a day of pleasure and
rest and a day of learning.
(. M. Gokorth.
Items From Wilkesboro Chronicle.
Mr. Will Horton, of Lenoir, was
in town the first of the week.
Mr. David Bower, of Lenoir, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. C. Wink
ler.
On last Sunday night Messrs
McGhinnis & Parsons, merchants
of Boomer, lost a coop of fifteen
chickens that were held in readi
ness to ship Monday morning. The
coop had been broken open and
the chickens were nowhere to be
found. Some one suggested that
it was the work of a red fox, but
the merchants are strongly in
clined to the belief the fox was not
of the red species.
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Gentlemen :
Yours of the 22nd at hand; also the
three sample collars came this morning.
Ship us five dozen No. 82 collars, same
as sample. We remain,
Yours truly ,
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By Q . P. W.
(We are rather proud of the
The prohibitionists are putting
detectives at work in the near-beer
towns and the claim is made that
in Durham the real article has been
found. The matter is to be passed
on in court. In this, as in other
lines of business, the honest dealers
are likely to suffer odium from the
doings of dishonest dealers. It
may be set down as a fact that
vioaltions of the prohibition laws
in this State may be attempted
hero and there and may be success
fully carried on for a time, but in
the end the violator is sure to come
to grief. Charlotte Chronicle.
People Write Price.
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Bowel Complaint iu Childreu.
When six months old the little
daughter of E. N. Dewey, a, well
known merchant of Ag new ville, Va.,
had an attack of cholera infantum.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy was given and
effected a complete cure. This re
medy has proven very successful in
case of bowel complaint in child
ren when given according to the
plain printed direction can be relied
upon with perfect confidence. When
reduced with water and sweetened it
is pleasant to take, which is of great
importance when a medicine must be
given to young children. For Bale
by J. E. Shell, Druggist, Dr. Kent,
Druggist.
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