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GUNNISON TL'NNU IS OPENED
3 A BYTAFT. .
Greatest lnixtioa. Projection of
! the County.
Montrose, Colo., 23. President
.Tift passed the day on the western
slope of the. Rocky Mountains and
amid a succession of scene typical
of the. great western country.
' Late thi afternoon Mr. Taft
stood on the brink of the 'deepest
irrigation ditch In all the Vest and
far out la the foot hills with not a
settlement in sight, made the elec
trical con nectioo which started a
flow of water through the Gunnison
tannel that will reclaim 140,000
aeres of arid land. It was the set
ting in operation of the greatest
irrigation project theUniten 8tates
government ever has undertaken
. and the opening was made the
occasion of a joyous celebration
throughout the valley of TJncom
pahgre. efore traveling out to the west
portal of the tunnel on a little nar
row gauge train, the Presinent vis
ited the Montrose county fair and
after some formal speech in which
he and the mayor and the goveuor
andsome others participated, he
was given a real tonch of western
lifea reiay raoe 0f cqV girls.
The race was arranged especially in
honor of the President and was a
novel and an exciting affair. A
girl of 16 was matched against two
older riders and carrying the sym
pathy of the crowd from the start,
won the two and half mile race with
three enanges of horses, by almost
a quarter of a . mile. During his
travels today the President had
ample opportunity to study the ef
fect of irrigation. For a long time
his train would run through
stretches of country where as far
as the eye could reach the only
vegetation in sight consisted of a
few grease-wood bushes or sage
brush. Then out of a rocky can
yon the train suddenly would rush
upon a vertiable oasis where wav
ing green fields pf alfalfa and miles
of orchards with trees laden with
fruit told of the miracle wrought
by the touch of water.
' At Grand Junction and here at
MontroBe the President visited the
fruit exhibits of the county fairs
and was told the almost uubeliev
ablestory of the season's yield.
Enormous peaches, apples, pears,
plums, varicolored grapes and al
most every other Known trult as
well as enormous samples of the
vegetable growth of the district
were shown to the President.
Suicide on Railway Track.
Hickory Democrat.
A white man by the name of
Deal was killed by a freight train
early Tuesday morning two miles
east of Morgan ton. It is stated
that he had been drinking for some
days and nad attempted other ways
of ending his life, though he was
prevented from doing so. It was
decided, after a post mortem ex
amination held in Morganton, that
he came to his death " by placing
himself on the track in front of a
passing train and was killed. Mr.
Deal lived within a few miles of
Morganton and was well known by
many of the good citizeus. .
Mexican City Unearthed.
Explorers in Mexico last v week
came upon a buried city, evidently
of griat antiquity. A pyramid
was discovered , 60 feet high and
200 feet broad at the base, ;That
Mexico and other sections of the
southern America were inhabited
centuries ago by highly civilized
race is proven by many inch dis
ooverles. , YVM
Many are called, but few get op.
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Exchange. , ,
Bloefleld, W. Ya Sept. An
entire family of six persons were
murdered and the bodies of all but
one of the victims were burned with
their home .at Hurley, Buchanan
County, Va., early today. The
motive was evidently robbery as
the owner of the' house, an aged
woman know as "Aunt Betty"
Justis was - generally supposed to
keep'a large sum of money a boat
the place.
Mrs. Justis, her son in law. Geo.
Meadows, his wife and their
three children were the victims.
Meadows' body badly mutilated,
was found this morning lying in the
yard of his destroyed home; the fu
neral prye of his loved ones. Two
ballet holes through the body and
a ghastly wound in the neck, which
nearly severed the head from the
body gave the discoverers their
first evidence of (he extent of the
tragedy.
A search of the ruins of the house
disclosed , a sickening spectacle.
The blackened masses of half burn
ed flesh and charred bones of the
two" women and three children were
found beneath the debris, each
body beariug evidence of murder
committed before the house was de
stroyed by fire, evidently lor the
purpose of biding the crime. The
elder woman's face was upturned
some distance from the remainder
of her half burned body amid the
smouldering ruins.
Another daghter of Mrs. Justis,
told the police that her mother had
a large sum of money buried un
der the sill of the house and they
succeeded in digging up 1950 in
gold and silver. The murderers
are supposed to have secured the
1600 which 'Aunt Betty" always
carried on her person.
Blood hounds were rushed1 to
the scene and in a short time they
took up the trail of the supposed
murderers in a cornfield which
joined the Justis home. There the
footprints of three men were found
impressed in the soft soil. A posse
of citizens, heavily armed, are fol
lowing the bloodhounds, bent on
lynching the murderers if they are
captured.
GREAT CROWDS AT CIRCUS.
Many People Here Plan to See
Barnum and Bailey at
Statesvllle, N.C.
Statesvllle N. C. Sept. 26. Le
noir will be well represented at
Statesyille on Oct. 12th, 1909 when
the Barnum & Bailey greatest show
on earth exhibits there on that
date, for a great many of our cit
izens have already expressed them
selves as having made up their
minds to attend. A glance at the
list of wonders to be seen with this
big show would lead one to believe
that the limit in tremendous size
as well as number of novelties to
be seen has finally been reached
Barnum & Bailey present this year
under their city of 14 acres of tents
more things new than have been
offered by all other shows in years.
"Jupiter, the balloon horse, 7
Karolly's troupe of 16 Hungarian
coal black stallions, the musical
elephants, celebrated Konyot
troupe of equestrians, seven troupes
of foreign acrobats, four troupes of
aerialists and hundreds of others
arenio novelties all go to complete
a circus performance that has never
been equalled. The big menagerie
has been augmented by the addi
tion of many new strange beasts
and is larger than all the zoological
gardens in this country combined.
The street parade so gorgeous and
so tremendous in size, beggars de
scription and in all is a fair index
to the wonderful performances that
follow.
Monument to American Valor.
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The Chicago Newt gives append
ed account of the monument about
to be erected to "American Valor,','
as illustrated by the losses at Getts
burg of the 26th North Carolina
(seven eights of its number) and
the 24th Michigan (four fifths of
its numbers). The 26th North Car
olina was Vanee's. old regiment,
though commanded at Gettysburg
by the noble Harry Bnrgwyn, who
was killed there at its head.
Says The News:
A monument to American valor,
without distinction tfs to North or
South, which will be the finest
memorial on any battlefield in the
world, is to be erected on the field
of Gettysburg by C.H. McConnell,
a well known druggist. The moo-
ment will cost $160,000, according
to announcement made by Mr. Mc
Connell today. In telling of his
plans, he describes what he says is
the most remarkable instance of
valor on record the annihilation
of one regiment by another.
"The first day of fighiug at Getts
burg has been slurred over in bis
tory," said Mr. McConnell, who
participated in the battle, "because
it was a decided Union defeat. Iu
the first day the 24th Michigan
faced the 26th North Carolioa, Con
federate. At the close of the day
the 24th Michigan, my regimeut,
had lost 400 of its 500 men. The
26th North Carolina had lost 700
of its 800. No such fighting was
ever known to the .modern world.
None like it has been known since.
The loss of the famous light brigade
at Balaklava, was 32 per cent. The
loss of Roosevelt's Bough Riders,
at San Juan, was 2 per cent. The
losses iu the great Russian Japan
ese war were slight compared to
the respective 80 to 90 per cent
loss of those two regiments which
in that great battle of the civil
war, wiped each other out of exist
ence. It is to the glory of Araeri
can valor represented by this little
known encounter that my monu
ment is to be put up.
"The monument will be a sort
of pantheon with three domes. The
central will be guilded and will
reach toward heaven. It will face
the east so that the sun's rays will
fall upon it. The right hand dome
will be dedicated to the 24th Mich
lean, tne leit nana aome to tne
26th North Carolina . The central
dome will contain the names 'of all
the soldiers of the so-called iron
brigade the 2nd, 6th and 7th Wis
oonsin, tne 24th Michigan, the 14th
Indiana and battery B, United
States artillery who participated
in the battle, with the exception of
my own name which will be omit
ted. It will call special attention
to the unprecedented fighting
which took place on the first day
of the battle, and will, of course.
be put on the first day's field, where
hardly anybody goes at the present
day.
"I hope to have the mouument
dona in time for the fiftieth anni
versary of the battle in 1913. Ar
tists in Europe and America are
working on the design now. In
case I should die before it is com
pleted, I have left provision for it
in my will.
"The above article has been pub
lished in the News once before
but we think it good enough to be
published again. The fact that
Caldwell county had two companies
in the 26th regiment, companies I
and F. makes it of unusual interest
to many of our readers. News.'
,Why?
From a small beginning the sale
and dm of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has extended to all parted
the United SUtea and to many
foreign countries. Whyf Because it
has nroved ee dm 111? valuable for
coughs and eoldi. Fer sale by J. S
Shell Druggist, Dr. Keats DraggUs.
Worldly Affairs Bate Been Settled
Up, and all Things are Ilpe and
Ready.
West Duxbury, Sept. 22. Finn
in their conviction that the world
will come to an end at 10 -o'clock
next Friday forenoon, a colony of
about three hundred members of
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the denomination, known as the
"Latter Reign of the Apostolic
Church" arespending what they be
lieve to be their few days exhorting
The scene of their re) igious ardor
is "Aahdod'ra little wooden chapel
on the main turnpike between Bos
ton Plymouth in this town.
Worldly tasks have been laid
aside that the faithful may prepare
for the milleninm.
The services are practically con
tinuous. Iu all branches of the
worship the congregatiou particip
ates, singing the hymns with fervor
and interrupting prayer and ex
bortation with pious ejaculations.
TAKE A BATH.
Occasionally the services at the
chapel are suspended long enodgh
to permit a trip to the neighboring
pond, where the converts are bap
tize&
To feed the enwd that is attend
ing the meetings', a big tent has
been erected near the church, while
the bouses iu the neighborhood and
even the church horse sheds furnish
lodging for the poople.
None of the faithful appear to
have a shadow of a doubt that the
world will end Friday forenoon,
When asked what they will do if
the expected event does not mat
erialize, most of them refuse to
entertain such a supposition. Some
suggest that a love feast he held for
ten days or so, while others still
say that if the millenium does notj
come on Friday it will come next
year at the same season. The end
did not come, so the meeting broke
up in dissapointment.
Lee's McCrae Institute.
A corresDondent of the Hick
ory Democrat writing about Ban
ners Elk, says:
"It is inspiring to visit this beau
tiful sDot. located in the western
part of the State. The little vil
lage with an elevation of 4,000 feet
above the sea. nestles m the hlk
Valley, with great peaks towering
on all siaes, an over o,wu ieei
high. Beech mountain guards the
North securely, while Sugir mouu
tain is on the west. Then Grand-
father stands in solemn grandeur
to the South, and banging Rock
peers over the foot hills on the east
like a sentinel alert, and ready to
meet the advance euards-of the en
emy.
This is a prosperous valley, rich
in hay and grass, and with splen-
did orchards of apples, a good
home for man and beast.
The community is peopled with
a substantial class of citizens, with
many improvements in their
homes. They abound in geuerosi .
ty and hospitality to the stranger,
The most notable institution in
the village is Lees McCrae Insti
stitute for girls, under the charge
of Rev. Edgar Tuft. Mr. Tuft be-
gan eleven years ago with a one
room school house, and by patient,
prayerful perseverance has now a
school house and dormitory, both
large, roomy buildings, and a neat
Do not be deceived by unsernp-
uloue Imitators who would bavejon
belleee that imitation pllla are good
ae DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills,
There lent anything just as good as
these wonderful pills!! or the relief of
BackaebV Weak Baek, Inflammation
of the bladder, urinary disorders and
all kidney complaints. Any one can
take DeWIti'e Kidney and Bladder
Pills as directed in perfect confidence
of good results. Sold by J. E. Shall,
Lenoir Drag Co., and QraaiU Falls
Drag Co.
"You Know How the
Sitting Room Is
Furnlshca-
eod out a rocker that will harmonize with
the rest of the room.'
Muny an order like that comes in over
the 'phone from old patrons who have full
faith in the integrity and good judgement of
this store. 1
We'd rather have that feeling of confi
dence on the part of one thousand customers
than to have ten thousand customers enter
the store as they do most stores with the
uneasy feeling that they might get tricked
before they got out.
" What we say we do."
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Harness Leather
measured by price never was and never can be
made cheap.
1 The cost of bark labor and time necessary to
properly tan and finish, forbids it.
5 Its value must be measured by the service ob
tained, and this is the poirt at which all true
economy asserts itself.
"WHEN IN DOUBT. BUY OF PRICE!"
chuicb, and in addition another
good sized house' lor manual train
ing and art. Heie are six teach-
ers, women wno are giving tueir
lives in service to Christ, 40 girls
who are boarding in the dormito
tory, and over 150 pupils in all.
The girls do their own work in
the kitchen, dining room and laun
dry, all of these rooms beiug well
equipped with modern appliances.
The industrial places of the
work are commenaaoie Because,
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many are enabled thus to pay their
way.
Manual training and arts pre-
sent a creditable showing. Be-
(sides good pictures, the girls and
small boys allowed to attend, make
rugs, baskets of rattan, and rafflia,
toy bedsteads and other articles
too numerous to mention.
So mnch for the equipment.
Mnch could be said of it, but best
of all is the character building
that is going on.
And the girls show by their
earnestness, courtesy and good
I manners, that the heart, as well as
I the head and hand, is being cul
I tured and adornad-
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Practical Religion.
Some one asked Frauk Jarrell, of
the Holton Signal, wha. he consid
ered the best religion, and he an
swers: "In our humble opinion,
the best 'system' of religion is that
which brings to you the greater
peace and comfort. The only re
ligion we know in this country is
the Christian religion based on
the teachings of Jesus a religion
which, we believe, has been a.
marvelous aid to mankind. As
John J. Ingalls once said: 'Pilate
and Herod and Caesar, the kings '
and heroes, philosophers of that
time, are nothing. No one cares,
that they lived or died, but mil
lions now would rather die than
surrender their faith in Jesus. The
details of a man's belief, the de
nomination with which he shall
practice his religion, the ideas he
may have of heaven and hell, his
conception of his duty to God and
his fellowmen, are questions which
he must fight out for himself, and
his accountability, so long as his
conduct transgresses not on the
rights of others, is to his Maker
alone. Every man should strive
to live in such a manner that when
he places his head on his pillow at
night it will be with the feeling
that he is at peace with his -God,
his family, his friends, and his
banker. A religion which brings
so fine a feeling whatever it may
be called is worth striving for.
Perhaps this is not an orthodox
view, but we are answering our.
correspondent's question to the
best of our ability." ' 4' '
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