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. .0 -mm. (j THIS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Volume XV Lenoir, N. C, Friday, June 27, 1913 No. 67 III III II f I INHUMAN TREATMENT ACCORDED YOUNG GIRL. Augusta, Ga., June 24. Charges that he fastened a chain around the neck of his 15-year-old daughter, suspended her by the chain from a meat book in his butcher-sjiop, and then beat her with the butt end of a bug gy whip until the ulood flowed freely from wounds on her shoulders and body, were made against J. J. Johnson, who was arraigned i recorder's court this morning. There are three specific charg es against Johnson disorderly conduct, cruelty to a child and assault with intent to murder? On motion of the defendant's at torney the hearing was contin ued until Friday. Policeman R. M. Moore, who arrested Johnson, states that he was called to the Johnson meat market last night by a telephone message from neighbors who heard the girl's screams. The policeman stated that when he reached the shop he found John son's daughter, Nellie, hanging from a meat hook, suspended by a chain, which had been wrap led twice around her neck and locked. Moore said the girl's arms, neck and portions of her body showed evidences of se vere beating, and that blood was Bowing from the wounds, appar ently caused by the butt end of a buggy whip, which the father held in bis hand. The chain bad made a gash in the girl's neck and she was exhausted when the policeman released her from the chain. Moore arrested Johnson, who was refused bail by the authori ties and locked in the jail. Johnson told the authorities he had whipped his daughter be cause he could not control her. LAD1ES' WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM DEATH. (The Observer.) tloldsboro, June 24. Yester day evening about (5:45 o'clock, just as the lightning and thun derstorm was breaking into the heaviest downpour of rain that has visited the city in years, the large automobile of Mr. John L. Borden, driven by his negro chauffeur, James Wooten, at a high rate of speed to get its occupants out of the storm, overturned at the corner of John and Ashe streets, and that none of its occupants was Killed is little short of miraculous. The car was occupied by Mrs. John L. Borden and four of her children, Misses Rowena, Mary and Annie Lee, and Master Ar nold, Miss Elizabeth Borden, youngest daughter of Mr. E. B. Borden, Mrs. D. R. Kornegay and Mrs. Robert Miller. It was found that Mrs. Miller had a broken ankle, several ribs brok en, and is badly bruised. Mrs. Kornegay has a dislocated shoul der and scratches, cuts and bruises on face, arms and body, but no broken bones. Miss Mary Borden's face is badly lacerated and lower jaw broken in two places; she is also con siderably bruised about the body. These three are the most severely injured. The others are more or less bruised, cut and scratched. Klnston, Jutae 2a Three year-old son of H. C. Ipock, a farmer living near oov uity, u-h attacked ' by an infuriated hog when he stumbled into her litter of , pigs, ana-was rrignt fully Injured. The boy's face was lacerated and one eye torn rMt. He mar lose the other. Some women rescued him ' and he was rushed here to a hospital and will probably recover... WEBB LIQUOR LAW NOT PROSECUTABLE. Washington, June 19. The Webb law forbidding interstate shipments of, liquor into "dry" states is not a criminal statute and violations of it cannot be prosecuted in United States courts. Attorney General Mc Reynolds so declared in instruct ions sent today to eve.ry United States attorney in the country. The law merely prohibits such interstate traffic and contains no penalty for infractions. "Its purpose," said the attor ney general, "is to permit state laws to operate in respect of in toxicating liquors moving in in terstate commerce. u .The law simply deprives ship pers of any privileges they might claim on the ground of Interstate commerce and permits the application of state prohi bition laws to interstate com merce in liquors. This is the first time the de- partment of justice has construed the Webb law, which was de- Clared unconstitutional by for- mer President Talt and former Attorney General Wickersham, President Taft vetoed the bill on the ground that it violated the interstate commerce clause of the constitution by delegating the regulation of commerce to the states. The bill was passed over his veto. Attorney General Mc Reynolds interpretation is said to mean that the federal government is not called upon to enforce a law for the violation of which no penalty is imposed and that the interstate commerce forbidden by the law is "outlaw" com merce in regard to which the states are free to apply their statutes. The attorney general did not attempt to pass upon the constitutionality of the act, and it is believed that this ques tion ultimately may reach the United States Supreme court. Lightning Dettroyi Wood Working Plant. Fayetteville, June '2',i. A tire was started by lightning today which destroyed the plant of the Fayetteville Wooden Ware company, lhe loss is 3:;b,uuu and was about half insured. Fifty men are out of work. Or ders aggregating 30 carloads of goods are on hand. The com pany will probably rebuild im mediately. The same storm tired the strawberry packing house of C. S. Strange and the country place "Myrtle Hill," destroying the house. Two mules were struck on the farm of D. B. Gillis. Cora McLean, a negro girl, and Rose Crofaar- tie, an aged negro woman, lost their lives. Nine Drowned. Washington, June 23. Nine unaccounted for and undoubted ly drowned was the report to the War Department tonight on the capsizing of the Government survey steamer Beaver, yester day on the Mississippi River near New Madrid, Mo. The list of missing: C. S. William son, Jr., engineer: J. W. Mc- Conkeil, surveyor; J. C. Lamb, pilot: A. D. Coston, steam en gineer: Owen Logan, stoker; H. Estes, C. Brown, Philip Wray and H. S. Sherrill. laborers. The report said thai every ef fort was being made to recover the bodies and that a diver had been engaged to make an exam ination of the steamer. The boat is at the bottom - of the riv er, under 18 feet of water. The Lenoir New $100 a year 1 HHP Uncle Sam's 137th birthday will be celebrated in big style on July fourth, and we are going to make the old gentleman proud of his boys. Every citizen of Caldwell, Watauga, Wilkes, Alexander, Burke, Ca tawba and other surrounding counties is cordially invited to be with us on that day, and help us enjoy the big celebration. This is Lenoir's entertainment, and we are now insisting that all our good people come in and enjoy the day at our expense. Every cent of the expense is contributed by citizens of the town and they have responded liberally just to give the people of this section of the State a day full of pleasure arid amuse ment. All the contests will be open to everybody irrespective of county and age. From morning till night good music will be fur nished you by the Hickory and Lenoir bands, and We are making special idies. On the secoBrr noor will le the offices of the president. jhe science hall, laboratory and rooms. The remainder of e building will be given over yinto t vpui nig lor uie " t-..t.il asking now that you come, bring the old woman and the children and enjoy what we have prepared for you. It is going to be the Caldwell County, and you Cordially CELEBRATION DR. C. B, McNAIRY, Chm. S. A. RICHARDSON, Sec'y. E. F. ALLEN, Treas. E. A. PQE, Chief Marshal - J. G. ABERNETHY W.E. MILLER FACE FORWARD. (Raleigh Times.) In North Carolina's Hall of History is the most splendid message ever sent by a North Carolinian and it is, like all really great messages, in a few words. Here it is: "Tell my father I died with my face to the enemy." It was written on the'tield at fateful Gettysburg and the writer was the gallant Col. ..Isaac Erwin Avery. He and his horse were both shot and his right side was useless, but as he reclined, dying slow ly, he contrived to get from a pocket a pad of paper tind on it wrote or rather scrawled this message to our race throughout the ages. It is an epitome of North Carolina's work at Gettys burg, because that was the fash ion in which our men went to their fate on that field. This message, over which men and women have looked with eyes full of what have been aptly called proud tears, carries with It a meaning for other people than those who are soldiers, for North Carolina, ever calls on her sons and her daughters too to keep their faces towards ma ny sorts of enemies. We do not have to recount these enemies; the public conscience knows them all too well. All North Carolina wants is that, knowing them, we shall be prepared to die if need be, in our opposition to them. A Mississippi judge refused a woman a divorce which she wanted because her husband kissed her pretty maid. The wife should be thankful that her husband has found a way to keep the servant. When you write an advertise ment, write it to nt an or your readers rather than "a few who can comprehend a . complicated sentence or a dictionary style CELEBRATE efforts to provide free ice 2 our merchants shall be enforts and make the day oll th? to much labor and ex- ' i i occasion, ana we are omy biggest day in the history of just can't afford to miss it. yours, COMMITTEE. C. D. RABB J.L. COTTRELL M.H. COURTNEY A. G. FOARD W. C. BRANNON W. M. MOORE MAKING THINGS LOOK NICE. (Ohio, State Journal.) "I will not put that pavement down, 1 11 not sod that front yard." "I'll not trim that tree," because 1 will not get a cent more rent for the house if I do. That is not stating the whole case. Of course the man should have his rent. He can't do without that. Hut there is something incumbent on him, and that is the civic duty of making his property presentable and attractive so it will bean hoDor to the community. Owning property is a sort of public matter after all. It es tablishes a relation between the owner and the people. He has no right to make that relation a purely selfish matter on his part. He should exert himself somewhat to make it agreeable to. his neighbors. Suppose everyone in this town would re fuse to improve the appearance of their property a bit more than they bad to why, in 10 years the city would look deso late, and bankrupt. Never keep up a ragged appearance, never permit an eyesore, never refuse to put down a pavement or im prove a lawn because it will not increase the rent. The truly great man lives to benefit others and not himself, and yet in ben efiting others he benefits him self. It is hard to get onto that gospel, but it is there written in the very constitution of things. Card of Thank. We wish to express our thanks to the many kind friends who have ministered to ws so faith fully during the long continued illness of our dear companion and mother. And for the many expressions of sympathy for us in her death. May the blessings of Almighty God, ever be with you. C. H. Curtis, and family. Get The News twice-a-week for$l PISGAH FOREST TRACT WILL NOT BE PURCHASED. Washington, June 23. The Pisgah forest tract, part of George Vanderbilt's famous Biltmore estate in North Caro lina, which the national forest commission inspected three weeks ago with the view of pur chasing it as part of the Appa lachian forest reservation, was decided against today by the commission. Utncially the only reason given for the decision was that "all -things considered in connection with the proposed purchase, it was decided best not to take the contract." The price asked, certain restrictions and contracts for cutting timber, which it would have been nec essary to accept, are said to have Influenced the commission's action. The commission today approv ed for purchase two tracts, one of 3,900 acres in the ML Mit chell area, western North Caro lina, average price $5,39 an acre, and another of 2,100 acres in the White Mountain area, New Hampshire, average price $4.95 an acre. This makes the total area purchased by the commis sion since its creation less than three years ago moro than 600, 000 acres. Jail DeliTM7 At Graham Oa Sunday. (Daily News.) Burlington, June 23. There was a wholesale jail delivery in Graham, the county seat, yes terday just about noon. There were five prisoners, all negroes, and all escaped. The jailer and his family had gone visiting, with the jail securely locked The five prisoners, all m one cell, knowing this, secured a piece of pipe or iron bar and sprang the cell door sufficiently to allow one of the negroes, a boy, to pass through. He went downstairs and searched and found the keys, and returned and let all free. They were seen escaping by an outsider, who reiKH'ted to the police, but they got away. One of them re turned this morning and gave himself up, but the other four are still at large, and are head ing toward Danville, it is under stood. They are: Dee Moore, Jim Evans, Tom Cooper and King Fuller, all in for stealing. If You Want To B Lored. (Christian World.) Don't contradict people, even if you're sure you are right. Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of even your mast inti mate friend. Don't underrate anything be cause you don't possess it. Don't believe that everybody else in the world is happier than you. Don't believe all the evils you hear. Don't repeat gossip, even it interests a crowd. Don't jeer at anybody's re ligious belief. Learn to hide your aches and pains under a smile. Liearn to attend to your own business. Do not try to be anything else but a gentleman or a gentlewom an, and that means one who has consideration for the whole world and whose life is govern ed by the golden rule: "Do un to others as you would be done by. "Why can't you have your ad vertisementa set up and display ed in a style that will make them conspicuously different from those of the other fellow? NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. The North Carolina Veteri narian Medical Association met in annual session in Salisbury Tuesday. A large tobacco warehouse at LaG range, the property of Mrs. O. C. Wilkerson was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The blaze U believed to have been the work of incendiaries. Ben and James Threatt. broth ers of Lancaster, S. C. became engaged in a difficulty Monday, while visiting their parents, and as a result, lien is seriously cot in several parts of the body and James is in jail. In an interview at Asheville a few days ago, former Gover nor Robert B. Glenn stated that in the early fall, he would defi nitely announce whether or not he would oppose Senator Over man for the United States Sen ate next year. The automobile of Clarence Reynolds of Weaverville, went over a bank last Sunday morn ing a few miles north of that town, turning completely over and the occupants, a lady and several children, narrowly es caped death. Tom Alford, colored of Smith- field, was instantly killed Mon day morning, while attempting to splice a broken wire. He caught hold of a live wire and was knocked from the pole. His neck was broken in several places by the fall. Announcement had been made that the American Tobacco Com pany will begin the manufac ture of Sovereign cigarettes in Durham about the first of July. The whole of the output of this cigarette will gradually be car ried to Durham from New York. Adrunken passenger giving his name as R F. Little of Hick ory created a stampede and pan ic on passenger train No, 35 running from Salisbury to Ashe ville, Tuesday night by firing five shots from his 32 caliber pistol, just as the train left Bar ber Station. Drs. John S. Hood and J. E. Anthony and Mr. John White narrowly escaped death Monday afternoon, when the second sec; tion of No. 37 struck the rear of the automobile, while crossing the track of the Southern Rail way near Kings Mountain. The car was torn to pieces. J. O. Clary, an employee of the Southern Power Company, while doing some extra work at Kings Mountain for the town, was knocked from an electric light pole, by a shock received from a live wire and fell twenty five feet from the ground, sua taining serious injuries. Judge, lawyers, policemen, and spectators were sent scurJ rying to cover in the Criminal court of Washington, D. C, late Monday afternoon, when Ray Stewart aged 18, fired three Wild shots in an attempt to shoot up" the court. The boy is said to be unbalanced as a re sult of reading cheap literature. A Western bachelor has just left a girls' school $10,006. Very few men who have escap ed matrimony exhibit so much gratitude to the girls. Some people give the impres sion that everything they tell you happened to them twice. - I i 3 ?
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