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Our Job Office is Cora, plete. Your next order respectfully solicited. MM0 The only Semi-Weekly Published in Caldwell County. $1.00 per year. H.C. MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. PRICESl.OOTHE YEAR. VOLUME Xix LENOIR, N.C., NOVEMBER 28, 1909. - NO. 8. Three Cornered Duel in Which Man, Wife and Child are Killed. New Orleaus, La., Nov. 17. News reached here today telling ot the death of a whole family in a three-cornered duel at Pioneer. Clarence Compton, one of the' principals and his wife and little daughter were killed. Sylvester Owen was wounded. He and his brother Clarence, Compton's op ponents, are in custody. An alleged slighting remark about the Owens' sister was the cause. The brothers, demanded an apology. Compton retaliated by offering to fight both at the same time. Armed with two automotic re volvers, he took his place against the Owens at a distance of twenty paces, the Owen brothers standing five feet apart. At the given word all three opened lire Sylvester Owen fell first. Raising his weapons, Compton demanded of the other antagonist if he had had enougbt. "You have two children," Compton declared. Have you. had enough of thist" The others refused to allow a ces sation of hostilities. Binding his wound, Sylvester took his place again. As the Owens, in answer to Compton's first shots, fired fusilade ,the latter's wife and child dashed from their home nearby and hurled themselves in the line of the billets. As they fell, Comp ton toppled over, mortally hurt. The Oweus declare that the wo man and the child threw them selves in range before they could cease firing. Col. Folk a Fine Instructor. The Bar of Lenoir has always been noted as one of the best in the State. Today it is not surpass ed by any town in North Carolina of its size for the ability of its lawyers. Col- O. N. folk was perhaps the greatest lawyer Lenoir has ever had: he was the peer of lawvera in the State: as a teacher tf , of law he had few equals; as proof of this, six of his law students are now candidates for Judge, viz Wakefield and Jones of Caldwell; Finley of Wilkesboro; Cline of Hichory; Lowe of Watauga; and Spainhour of Burke, either of whom is well equiped for the Judgeship, and the present incum bent, Judge Councill, is also of Col. Folk's make of lawyers. The high standard of the lawyers of this section is due largely to the greatest lawyer North Carolina ever produced, Col. George N. Folk. One Opportunity This Season. The presentation of "The Mer chant of Venice," by the talented young actor Edouard D'Oize will be the only opportunity for our citizens to see this masterpiece comedy of Shakespeare this season . It will lie a theatrical eyent in many respects. No other star is presenting the play this season, and Mr. D'Oize's offering comes in the way of a production. It should call out the culture of our city. Beiug a city of culture the theatre should be filled. They Become Too Smart. Uncle Toby In Home and Farm. The trouble with too many of the men whom we elect to office is that after they are elected they become too smart. They are like a horse who is fed on oats they become obstreperous. Before election they are as humble and tractable as a child. They go all over the country trying to find out what the farmers want, and then take the stand that will make them popular with that class. Bat as soon as they are e ected they seem to forget that they are merely servants of the peo pie who elected them. Some who have never had an office before, or occupied any posi tion ot trust, strut about like a young turkey gobbler in a barn lot When they are waited upon by lob byists and asked to support certain measures they regard it as a comp liment to their ability and influ ence. They listen to these smooth tongued violators of the law with more attention than they do to the men who elected them. They seem to get the idea into their heads that they are masters instead ot ser vants. In many instances they vote squarely against the interests ol those whom they are supposed to represent. And many of them are very cheap, too. They would scorn to take a bribe. But they succomb to flattery, they try to convince themselves that their con stitueuts are wrong. And it is an easy niatier ior a man to convince himself when he once sets out to accomplish that task. If his conscience has been be smeared with flattery, drowned in drink, or demoralized by women it becomes easier still. This is the class of men that are "dead easy for the trusts and corporations. They may be honest so far as tak ing a bribe is concerned, but they are so selfconceited, so far above the intelligence of their constitu ents, in their mind, that they imagine they are the "whole cheese." I believe it is safe to say that there are enough of such men as these to control the power in most of our legislatures; good enough fellows at home, but crazy conceited fools when given a little authority. They ought to be allow ed to stay at home. Kelsy Items. Mr. D. N. Coffey has gone to Banners Elk on business this week Mr. John W. Cofley sold a fine clog this alteruoon lor a round up price. Miss Georgia Watts will close er school in White Springs district near Kelsy next Friday. Miss Vera Coffey, of Kelsy has just closed a publicschool atGragg N. C. and the report is Success. There must be a lot of raccoons and 'opossums around in this country by the amount of hunter traveling about at night. Presiding Elder Bagby preached a most interesting sermon at White Springs Methodist church on Thurs day of last week. We have had the finest weather we nave ever witnessed in themoun tains, but alass when we look north to-day it makes usthiuk the good weather is a thing of the past. There is said to be a panther in this country. It has been seen by a few and heard hollow by many. It has gotten a lot of our galax pullers afraid to go to gather leaves. Wc are having some lively times on the liklge now: Mr. John Cof fey gave us a nice time at his corn husking last Monday, a. id we ate a fine chicken dinner mixed with sweet potatoes aud many other good eatables. The singing class of Boons Fork and White Springs combined at tended the Globe singing conven tion whiten was enjoyed by all the class, and I must say, I for one nev er seen a finer dinner spread any where than the people of the Globe spread on last 8unday and every body welcome. We also heard some of the finest singing by the Upton choir that could be heard at all. Susie AnD. Nov. 17, 1909. A Methodist Minister Recoiumench Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I have used Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for several years for diarrhoea. I con sider It the best remedy I h.v ever tried for that truoble. I bought a bottle of it a few days ago from our druggist, Mr. R. R. Brooks. I shall Tr be irlad to BDeak a word in its praise when I have the opportunl ty." Rev. J. D. Knapp, Pastor M E. Chuicb, Miles Grove, Pa. Sold by J. E. Shell and Dr. Kent, drug gists. Girl to Serve Seven Years. Mobile, Ala. MissLillieSutton ot Ucean Springs, Miss., who was sentenced last spring to .seven years in prison for the theft of a half pound of butter and five eggs valuntarily gave herself up to the sheriff, the Supreme Court having affirmed the sentence. Left fatherless and motherless and having to care for an invalid brother, Miss Sutton led a solitary life, which, it is believed, impaired her mind and rendered her irresponsible for her act. (Seven vears for five eggs 10c and one half pound butter 10c. in auother place in this paper a man stole f luOO. and was sent to the pen for 12 years, and of course he will be parden before his time is half out.) Croup Cured and a Child's Life Saved "It affords me great pleasure to add my testimony to that of the thousands who have been benHted by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy My child, Andrew, when only three years old was taken with a severe attack of croup, and thanks to the prompt use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy his life was saved and today he Is a robust and healthy boy, says Mrs. A. Coy, Jr., of San Antonio Texas. This remedy has been in use for many years. Thousands of mothers keep it at hand, and it has never been known to fall. For sale by J. E. Shell and Dr. Kant, drug gists HELPfUL HINTS ON HAIR HEALTH Milkweed and Ivy Poison. A writer in "The Emergency Service" says: "Ragged milkweed will cure oak or ivy poison. This fact should be generality known by all who love to roam thu woods. Be ing in the woods nearly all the time I used to be bothered every sum mer, getting poisoned two or three times evejy season. I learned of the milkweed cure accidentally, as I would rub the itching places with all kinds of shrubs aud weeds until one day I let the juice of a milk weed run on some of the ridges on my hauds aud noticed that it dried up the blisters and stopped all itching. Since then I have tried this remedy in many different cases and at all stages, and it has invariably cured every case. have had to cure some people two or more times before they would believe in the milkweed, as they were using other things at the time the milkweed juice was applied." Scalp and Hair Troubles General ly Caused by Carelessness. Dandruff is a contagious disease caused by a microbe which also produces baldness. Never use a comb or brush belonging to some one else. No matter how cleanlv toe owner may be, these articles may be infected with micro!-, which will infect your scalp. It is far easier to catch hair microbes tbau it is to get rid of them, and a single stroke of an infected comb or brush may well lead to baldness. Never try on any body else's hat. many a hatband is a resting place for microbes. If you happen to be troubled with dandruff, itching scalp, fall ing hair or baldu.ss, we have a remedy which we Itelieve w ill com pletely relieve these troubles. We are so sure of this that we oifer it to you with the understanding that it will cost you nothing for the trial if it does not produce the results we claim. This remedy is called Rexall "St;" Hair Tonic We honestly believe it to be the most scientific remedy for scalp and hair troubles, and we know of nothing else that equals it for ef fectiveness, because of the results it has produced in thousands of cases. Rexall "93" Hair Touic is de vised to banish dandruff, restore natural color when its loss has beeu brought about by disease, and make the hair naturally silky, soft and glossy. It does this be cause it stimulates the hair folli cles, destroys the germ matter, and brings about a free, healthy circu lation of blood, which nourishes the hair roots, causing them to tighten and grow new hair. We want everybody who has any trou ble with hair or scalp to know that Rexall "93" Hair Tonic is the best hair tonic and restorative in existence, and no one should scoff at or doubt this statement until they have put our claims to a fair test, with the uderstauding that they pay us nothing for the reine dy if it does not give full and com plete satisfaction in every particu lar. Two sizes, 50 cents and ll .00 Remember you can abtain Rexall Kemedies in Lenoir only at our store, The Rexall Store. The Leuoir Drug C-ompany. .IIWUllPIMIjmMJJll U.UIHIIH.UH.U.III1. JUM 1HUQM.1II.1U..II. tHHIIklH. Yadkin Valley News. Mr. J. II. Cottrell is in Wilkes this week in the lumber business. Mr. T. M. Hawkins, of Wilkes boro, visited lriends and relatives here last week There is a great deal of sickness in our community, mostly la grippe. Mr. N. W. Harrison, of Blowing Rock, will lecture to the Buffalo Lodge No. 342 I. O. O. F. Sunday December the 12th, on Oddfellow ship. Everybody invited. We were mistaken in saying last week that the box supper at Green Rock would be Saturday night the 27th, it will be Friday night 26th instead. Uncle Remus. Items From Watauj a Dr. Oscar L. Moore, dentist, is now at the Critcher hotel for the practice of his profession. He is well prepared to do all kinds of dental work under a positive guar antee. Mary Folk, col, the thirteen year-old daughter of Nelia Wil liams, gave birth to an infant Tuesday evening and today both are slumheiing in the ground. If justice is done hemp will certain ly stretch in consequence of this double death. Watauga has another bloody tragedy to her credit. Tuesday afternoon Dan Yates and Jack Mc- Guire, both of Matney, had a fall ing out over a galax patch, and Yates emptied the contents of a shot gnn into McGuire's face and fled. McGuire's was thought to be mortally wounded. Democrat. You're Ooing Hunting this Fall? Of eonrse you are, Mr. Man, and you'll need plenty of ammunition and a new gun, perhaps a new hunting suit, cap or something of that kind. Anyway, whatever your Fall hunting warts may be, we want you to come to this store and let us supply them. For we have everything that will make your hunting expedition successful and enjoyable. Won't you call! We know both goods and prices will please you. .A. JOKE COtf TJS A customer came in the other day to buy a new saddle and became interested in our repair shop. Saw some old saddles refinished and newly uphol stered and mistook them for new arrivals. Decided to try our repair shop on his old saddle. Was so pleaded with the result that he decided not to buy a new one. We lost a sale, but gained an enthusiastic customer. Our repair shop is equipped for all kinds of work. No large factory has better facilities or more skilled work men. See us about your harness or saddle before our rush season opens up. "WHEN III DOUBT. BUY OF PRICE!" Of the good yields of corn so far reported in the county this fall, that which Mr. C. H. Ferguson tells of will be right in the fore front if not in the lead. Un an acre of creek bottomland at Mr. Ferguson's home at Goshen, ninety eight bushels was raised. Two years ago this same acre produced ninety two bushels, and won a first prize in a, contest. Patriot. Don't Forget To look into our Thanks giving window and don't forget to leave your order for a Turkey and Oysters, Cranberries, Celery, Basket Grapes, Malaga Grapes, Grape Fruit, Oranges, Ba nanas and Nuts. Respectfully, Harrison & Co. I i J
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