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I THIS PAPER IS READ BY THE PEOPLE. IT GIVES THE NEWS WHILE IT IS FRESH AND IS NEWS Volume XV Lenoir. N. C Friday. February 28, 1913 No. 33 NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. The North Wilkesboro Hust ler learns that a man named Holman, 55 years old, was crush ed to death in the cogs of & grist mill in Ashe county a few days ago. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 23. Flames which caused a proper ty damage of approximately $1, 000,000 were still burning here late today, but were entirely un der control. No further damage to property is expected. In Wake Superior Court last week Walter G. Ferrebee, who lost a hand and was otherwise injured while in the service of the Norfolk Southern railroad as flagman, was awarded $10,000 damages. He sued for $75,000. In Edgecombe county last week Ben Shavers, a negro 18 years old, was killed by Elmore Morgan, a white boy lb years old. Morgan says they were playing mad dog, Shavers being the dog, and that the shooting was entirely accidental. Shav ers' father says there was ill feeling between the boys and Morgan was sent to jail until an investigation could be made. Chas. Daugherty, a young man of Wilmington, employed as a saw tiler at a saw mill on Trent river, near New Berne, was caught between the log car riage and a roller bench and rushed almost beyond recogni ' cion. He had cut off the steam from a log carriage to tile a saw when a negro boy loafing about the place turned on the steam with the result stated. Daugh erty was taken to a 'hospital In New Berne and may die. Joseph Price, a white man of Marion, charged with the mur der of John Allen, colored, in August, 1911, was acquitted in McDowell Superior Court last week. Price was arrested on the statement of his 16-year-old son. that his father had slain Allen in order to get the gold which the negro was supposed to carry on his person. The boy stuck to his story which the father and mother both denied. The theory oi the defence was that the boy concocted the story for revenge because his father had whipped him. It is well enough to encourage and admire the girls in the toma to clubs of the county, but what about the girls and boys in the city and its suburbs? There is hardly a home in Charlotte that has no room for a garden and chicken yard in the rear. The girls and boys of the city should be able to produce as many to matoes and other vegetables as their cousins in the county and they have the advantage of an immediate market for their pro ducts without canning it. Charlotte Chronicle. North Carolina last year pro duced a little more than $51,000, (XX) bushels of corn, which is quite an advance from the 34, 818,000 bushels produced 11X10. The average yield last . i t 1 l. I L .1. year was Jo.z ousueis to um acre against 12.8 bushels to the acre 12 years ago. After the Boys Corn Clubs have had a few more years to get in their work and the farmers become more fa miliar with the imiwrtaneo of seed selection and proper culti vation North Carolina will be producing 80 to, 40 bushels to ' the acre with an acreage that will give us more than one hun dred million bushels of corn a year. (Charlotte Obttntr.) To its city's street department as an example of inexpensive improvement The Spartanburg Herald points what has been done by a local real estate de veloper upon one of the new streets there. Early last Fall he applied sand liberally to red clay, had it ploughed in deeply, and thereby got a street which uas stood heavy hauling all Win ter and is now better than at any other time. This street was not even rolled or packed, as of course it should have been. The Herald is therefore led to believe that other streets which may not be paved would render much better service if at least well mixed with sand. We have no doubt whatever that many a town might with advantage build stretches of sand-clay road as some in this section have done. If not the regular sand clay, an even less expensive im provement, like that just describ ed may be made. Or when ap plied often enough the split-log drag will do excellent work at practically no cost. The chief requirement is to utilize experi ence and avoid such senseless mistakes as filling mudholes with fresh material for mud. If work done on streets or country roads with little or no benefit had been devoted solely to mak ing them self-draining, far bet ter results would have accrued. Sand as a further improvement is cheap. Hard-surfaced streets or roads cannot be had every where, but it costs very, very ittle if people only knew it, to keep from floundering deep in mud. Lawyer "Set Dewi (Greensboro - ByJadf. New.) Dif race Te TV Sou. (Raleigh Tin.) Uomplainimr that toe luage "necognued by connoisseurs had no right to treat him in the of architecture and art the coun manner in which he was doing, try over as one of the most beau and saying be had stood It as tiful public buildings in the Unit- long as he was going to stand ed States, the Capitol of North it, Uol. Jonn A. Barringer, an Carolina is without doubt one attorney, yesterday afternoon of the worst kept public build was ordered by Judge R. B. ings in the world. Its corridors Peebles to "Set down." Colon- are filled with trash, tools and el Barringer said he wouldn t implements of all sorts, empty do it, but when ordered the sec- boxes, discarded furniture and ond time to "set down" he did other articles that ought to be so declaring that it was for ho relegated to the trash heap otner reason man tne juage nau its closets and toilet rooms are the power to control that court, filthy and indecent. In one of Colonel Barringer was defend- them a bucketful of empty whis ing R. A. Apple, who waacharg key bottles, the accumulation of ed by the state with a trespass, a single night, was seen. In and was in tne act of examin- one of the corridors while the ing a witness, when the judge snow was melting Saturday, it asked what certain Questions was necessary to set buckets to had to do with the case. Final- catch the water that literally Colonel Barringer arose and flowed through leaks in the roof told the court he had no right The walls, ugly enough at best to treat him in that manner ''and with their dingy brown paint, trying to humiliate me before the door facings, the window the crowd here. I ve stood it as frames, and other parts of the ong as I'm going to stand it," interior have been so abused, he said. marked up and cut up as to have Set down!" ordered the judge become disgraceful to the State. Colonel Barringer refused. In certain places large portions obiuuhii: Knlu tome iiummi uie piasterm, aiiu wikc le bench. . blocks of the beautiful frieze, es i Colonel Barringer stated he pecially in the gallery over the would do so because of no other Senate chamber, have been so reason than that the judge had loosened by the water flowing authority to control that court, through the leaks that they have and had the advantage of him. fallen off in great blocks. In many places the Capitol presents the appearance of a building in the first stages of decay. The People and the Astute Politician (Greensboro Record.) No one has ever been able to understand why there is so much time wasted in the Legis lature in talking over bills that are demanded, yet no matter what it is some wise gentleman feels called on to dive in, waste time and do more harm than good. Senator Long of Ala mance has introduced a bill in the Legislature giving any city or town in the State authority on petition, to hold an election on adopting of rejecting the commission form of government The bill is on the same lines as the original local option bill in force in this State. On presen tation of a petition signed by one-third of the qualified voters of any town, township or coun tv. the County Commissioners were required to order an elec tion and the voters did the rest This bill is demanded. Instead of passing it, the wise men are holding it up, while a dozen cit ies are asking for a chance to vote on the commission form of government. Senator Long' bill would settle the whole thing at one time. And yet we how about this being the day when the people rule. Maybe, but not when the astute politician can help it. Gorman Pitt Diet. Morganton, Feb. 23. --Gorman Pitts, the eldest of the Pitts boys, .who was shot and cut and otherwise injured in the Pitts Hennessee battle of Glen Alpine several weeks ago, died her early this morning from h wounds. Dr. Hennessee, who is now charged with killing hi,n, was brought hero today and placed in jail, and is being held without bond to await trial at the March court ' SuiSefibe lor the New. ' New W.y Te Deal With Drank. (Greensboro New.) COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS Items From Our Regular Corres pondents and Neighboring County Papers. Judge Junius G. Adams of the Asheville Municipal court has hit upon a novel plan in dealing with drunks who persistently pester the court with their pres ence. 1 be judge recently in creased 'drunk" tines from $5 to $10, but it seems this failed to have the desired effect. Now the court has decided to impose road sentences, but with a pro viso. Thirty days on the " roads is to be imposed upon all per sons convicted of drunkenness in the Asheville court with an avenue of escape only through the temperance pledge. All "drunk" defendants are to be given the privilege of going to the roads or signing a pledge to lishing it. Please in future abstain from alcoholic along the same line. drinks. If the defendant signs the pledge and breaks over then the road sentence immediately becomes operative. We are ful ly persuaded that if this rule is made iron-clad there will either be an increase in the road force in Asheville or a decrease in the number of drunks" before the court. Build Silo. Atlanta, Ga., February 26th, -How the average farmer, us ing ordinary farm tools, at an expense of only $65.00 can con struct a silo with a capacity of Bill For Reformatory For Girl and Women Endorsed. (Raleigh News and Observer.) The plan for a reformatory for girls and women under 30 years of age who need help for a clean life, has been endorsed by the Senate committee on pen al institutions. The bill was in troduced by Senator Bryant of 55 tonsenough silage to feed uurnam ana provides mat mere CQWS 40 ds per day for oe a reiormatory lor gins ami four monthsis told in a booklet women found guilty in the courts t tfe t b th Li ve Stock of various items of criminal con- Department of the Southern duct under the law, with under Railway( a copy of wnich wm sooou ieaiures in me insurare w K mo:i or.,r former A. neusea as a means oi nejp. d ntr reQUest for same to Mr rne proposition is mat me oiaie p L Word) Live Stock Agent) give 15,UUU in lyid and 3,uuu lwhprn Rftiiwav Bid.. Atlan Order MiitriaL Asheville, Feb. 25. After be- ng out for 60 consecutive hours the jury in the case of the State against John rluff, a negro charged with the murder of Pa trolman McConnell on July 4, 911, came into court this morn ing with the announcement that it was unable to reach a verdict and Judge Steven C. Bragaw thereupon ordered a mistrial. Huff was returned to the at this place bad organized a so- county jail where there is incar- ciety quite a while belore that cerated another "John Huff" came out. We thiuk all the alias Wess Brewer, also a negro, schools ought to loilow in the who six months ago wa tried for good work. the killing of McConnell. The Mr and h. M. Beach jury in that case also disagreed, were visiting on Kings Creek and Brewer was returned to jail ast Sunday. X. Y. Z. in 1914 for the institution, the income of the first year to be us ed for buildings and equipments, after a site has been secured at some small place or within two miles of it. The need to protect and take steps to reform the class of girls and women who are guilty of violations of moral and other laws was urged ably by the worn en who spoke for the establish ment of a reformatory, and the value of work in this line in oth er States was presented in their argument. The committee mem bers expressed themselves as being most favorably impressed and voted unanimously for the bill. ta, Ga. Secretary of Agriculture Wil son has recently declared that the Southeastern states consti tute the ideal section of the United States for live stock rais ing and must be looked to in fu ture years for. the nation's food 6upply. To stimulate interest in the live stock industry and to aid farmers to successfully fol low this line, the Southern Rail wav has established its Live Stock Department which is giv incr undivided attention to this work. Lyceum Courte. Our Lyceum Course would not be complete without the appear ance of the Chicago Ladies Or chestra. The best and highest priced attraction of the year Block System Complete. Spencer, Feb. ZA. The new automatic electric block system The management has succeeded recently installed by the South- . anQther dafce for them T"i 1 U a erniuuiway company uewee. d wm in the Spencer and Denim was placed Grftded gchool Auditorium Sat in service at 12:01 this afternoon. I. . . M h m ftt fi A,, .1.' i r a i. - I - All trains on uns pars oi uiu main line are now being operat ed under the new system, which is working like a charm. Inter locking switches, operated by electricity and electrically light ed, have been erected at inter vals of two miles apart till along the line. By the use of the au tomatic signal system inaugura ted it is said that wrecks by col lision will be practically impos sible. A silver dime always makes more noise in the contribution box than a $5 bill. J HUDSON. Mr. W. W. Stine and family have moved back to Hidson. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bush, of Gastoma, are visit ng at -ir. J. P. Bush's. Hiss Less is Shell is at Lenoir this week. We wish to tharl the com mittee of the Caldwell County Ministers Union lor preparing the excellent article on. Blessed Are the Mercilul." and the editor of The News for pub- coiiUiiUe T. February 26th, 1913. KLNGS CREEK. Will give our readers a little scratch from the creek again. We are having some nice weather. People are gardening, such as setting out cabbage plants and sowing gardeu peas, going by the old rule; Spring has broke by the doves cooing. Will see how it works this time. Our public school w 11 close March 7th, with exercises at night. Hope the weather will be favorable. Everybody cor dially invited. We noticed some time ago in The News some writer wanting the schools to organize a hu mane society fof the protection of dumb animals. The school where he has spent 18 months It is authoriatively stated that today's jury stood eight to four for acquittal from the first ballot which was taken Saturday after noon. A report is current tonight that the district solicitor will ask for a nol prosse cases, and that the two John Huffs" will eventually be liber ated. Feb. 25th, 1913. The New Free. The bill to aid public road building, by the state issuing 4 per cent bonds in lieu of county 5 per cent bonds, has passed the house of representatives and will likely pass the senate branch of the Legislature. Now listen girls, we wint to talk to you. We will give the News free, for a whole year to the girl under 15 years of age . .. who will crow ft rid cure for thft in botn " best Flower Garden, during the A 1 11 coming season. Ana we wm give the News six months iree to the second best kept plot or yard and three moutlis free lor the third best kept plot. The yards must be at least 10 feet square, the larger the bet ter and the girl can choose her own kinds, of flowers and plant all one kind or make it just as elaborate as she desires. She 4 o clock. 1 heir connections are easy to make this time and the will sure apioar on the abov named date. This will be the best attraction of its kind th year and, you should make your plans to hear this celebrated company. adv. The bill to raise revenue which has been prepared by the fi nance committee of the Legis lature, provides an entire re-as-sessment of real and personal property this summer. It also provides for a state Tax Coin-ralssion. The bill to permit the citizens must live in Lenoir and do all of Caldwell county to vote a bond the work herself in connection issue of $200,000, for the improve with the planting and care ot ment of the public roads of the the flowers. We will arrange county has been introduced in for a committee of ladies to vis- the legislature and if passed the it and inspect the yards some people will be allowed to vote time during the season and they on the question. will decide who are to get the As a result of the recent rev- prizes. Those girls who wish to olution in Mexico, the deposed compete must send us their President Madero and Vice Pres- names and addresses by tne ident and brother to the presi- nrst of April, dent have been killed by mobs, Now this is an opportunity to as they were being conveyed to gt the News free and also to the penitentiary. The country is in a state of turmoil and the commander of the federal army is military President or Gover nor. Several thousand United States troops are being mobiliz ed at Galveston, Texas, and it may be necessary for the United States to take a hand before the troubles are over, though the indications are a little more hoe ful at this time. So many poople are dying suddenly that it seems almost dangerous to be healthy. learn something about growing flowers. Then when the Flower Show comes on this lall thee girls will be in position to take part in that and ura.v win some nice prizes. Huxley said that an oyster was as complicated us a watch. All we know about it is that it's awful to swallow one that is uut of order. When a vessel has n holestove in her it visually n uke X w&iin for the people on board. 5 4 y 1 . -4 1 1 a 4 f4
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