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THIS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Volume XV
Lenoir, N. C. Tuesday, July 29, 1913
No. 76
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS
Item From Our Regular Corres
pondents and Neighboring
County Papers.
WILKES.
'Wilkes Patriot.)
President K. W. Gwyn and
General Manager W. A. Shell of
the Shell Chair Company, after
looking over the several sites!
that have been offered the new
company, have decided to rec
ommend that the plant be locat
ed on a three acre site on the J.
G. Hackett farm, on the south
side of the W. A Y. K. R. R.,
one half mile from the Southern
Railway's station. There is
some opposition among the stock
holders to this location, on ac
count of its being outside the
corporate limits of North
Wilkesboro, but taking every
thing into consideration, Messrs.
Gwyn and Shell feel that it is
the very best proixxsition within
reach.
Monday morning officers Dan
cy and Hauguss destroyed two
large distilleries on Hunting
Creek, near Iewis' church.
One had a capacity of 142 gal
Ions while the smallar had a ca
pacity of 12f) gallons. 2J stands
and 4 vats of beer were destroy
ed and 2") bushels of mash. The
coppers were brought to North
Wilkesboro and were the larg
est ever captured in the county.
The plants were only 4(X) yards
apart and had been in opera
tion the night before, Sunday
night. The officers report that
the operators had just left the
biggest plant. Two small plants
were destroyed in Union town
ship the last of the week by the
same officers.
David Tinsley, an insane man
of Mulberry, who escaped from
an officer in Taylorsville a week
ago, was captured at his home
'n Mulberry Sunday. He was
taken to Morganton this week
by .1. F. Kilby.
Mr. R. Don Laws who suffer
ed a nervous breakdown the
hrst of the week, is improving
and will soon be at his work
again.
iukk k.
i Burke Messenger. )
We get it on pretty good au
thority that a branch line is to
be built from Morganton to Joy,
a distance' of about twelve miles.
As is well known, the timber on
the Cheevor tract of land, some
thing like :t2,(XK) acres, is to be
cut and moved and in order to
do this it is necessary to have
some kind of a road. The pro
motors were considering putting
in a tramway from another
point, when, wo learn, they got
an inkling of the fact that the
Southern was figuring on build
ing from this point. Tle tram
way proiKsition was held up
and the parties are now consult
ing with the Southern officials
We hope to have something
more detinate about the matter
in the near future..
Friday afternoon Fred Brown
and Hull Smith, who were as
sisting in threshing wheat at
the Sanhope Johnson place near
town, were overcome by heat
and Sunday morning required
attention of a physician. We
are pleased to note that they are
now greatly improved.
Mr. T. G. Cobb, editor of ou
neighbor, the News Herald, was
taken to Statesville Friday and
entered Dr. Long's Sanatorium
He is suffering an attack of ca
tarrh of the stomach and many
friends join The Messenger in
wishing him a speedy recovery
FIFTY ARE KILLED IN FIRE.
Binghamton, X. Y., July 22.
Fifty persons were killed, ac
cording to late estimates, and as
many injured, a dozen of them
mortally, in a tire which swept
the four story factory building
of the Bimrhamton Clothinir
Companv this afternoon. The
vlctims wotv chu?ny woimn and
gj,.s
v..rW. ti.nitrllt .... uvi l,:ul
been recovered. In the city
hospital and in private institu
tions are 30 injured.
Some two score itersons are
known to have escaped, as if by
a miracle, from the building,
which burst into names like a
landerbox and became a roaring
furnace almost in no time after
the first alarm was sounded.
About 12j persons were in the
factory when the tire broke out.
hose unaccounted for, or most
of them, are believed to bo still
n the red hot ruins of the struct
re.
Around the scene of the ca
tastrophe, the greatest this city
las ever known, thousands to
night watched the rescuers work
in the glare of three big search
ights, many in the great throng
being restrained only by the
closely drawn police lines from
rushing into the ruins to seek
the bodies of relatives or friends
WAS SWIFTLY OVEH.
Many streams oi water are
being ioured into the tiery pit,
which a few hours ago was the
cellar of the burned establish
ment. As the ruins were cooled
slightly, from time to time in a
spot upon which the streams
were encountered, men went
forward to dig as long as human
endurance would allow them to
work. Occasionally a body was
found.
It will take at least two days
the authorities believe, before
the cellar can be cleared and the
whole truth known.
AMERICANS REDUCED TO NEAR
STARVATION.
El Paso, Tex., July 2;!. Hud
died in t,wo houses on the main
street of Madera, Mex., tin
Americans who are besieged by
bandits had been reduced prac
tically to starvation when
messenger leit ttiero lourteen
days ago. He arrived here to
day after a hard trip overland
He said the bandits are bent on
murdering the Americans fo
protection given some cowboy
who attacked and killed two
bandits.
The messenger said all can
nod goods had been exhausted
when he left and the Americans
had been reduced to subsistence
on meal and a little flour. There
are some Englishmen and other
foreigners in Madera in addi
tion to the Americans.
Reports received at the local
Mexican rebel junta state that
Pancho Villa has started south
with his rebel command to re
lieve the Americans at Madera.
Meantime the attack on Jua
rez is given up. Villa, it is
said, hopes to win recognition
for the constitutionalists by the
United States by protecting its
citizens. He has sent part of
his men to the Mexican Central
railroad south of Juarez tojre
sist attempts of the federals to
rebuild the railroad between
Chihuahua and Juarez.
It s commendable in a man
when he looks ahead, but it's
better to go ahead.
If some Nation doesn't hnrry
up and intervene in Mexico there
will be nothing left worth fight
ing for.
PIONEER ORGANIZER OF
SALVATION ARMY DIES.
New York. July 23. Word
has reached here of the death in
Cologne, Germany, on Satur
day of Commissioner George
Seott Railton, pioneer of the
Salvation Army in the United
States, France aud Germany.
He traveled all over the world. I
preaching, writing and engag-I
ing in other activities for the ar-
my, Ins service in that case tiav ;
ing begun a.s Gen William !
iooth's secretary when the
movement was known as the
'Christian Mission.'" He was
argely resionsible for the
change to the present name.
Sitting at his desk in General
Booth's office one day Mr. Rail-
ton wrote: The C hristian Mis
sion is a volunteer army." His
chief, looking over his shoulder,
took the ion from his hand, lined
out the word "volunteer" and
substituted "salvation." From
that day the army was known
by its present coriorate title.
General Railton arrived in
New York iu the fall of 10.
His command consisted of seven
English girls. In spite of ridi
cule and open hostility the little
company knelt on the flagstones
in Castle Garden and "took
possession of America in the
name of God and the Salvation
Army."
New York did not prove hos
pitable. The iKlice denied the
company the right to hold open
air meetings. No church would
open its doors to the strangers,
nor was any public hall obtaina
ble. Harry Hill, who had a
mixed show in Houston street,
on which the virtuous frowned
gave the Salvationists their first
welcome.
Commissioner Railton and his
English girls went to Harry
Hill's, where, between acts, the
commissioner addressed the
habitues of that resort and the
girls sang army songs.
In his travels Commissioner
Railton always liked to associ
ate with the humblest. He in
sisted on going steerage on wa
tor trips. On land he went sec
ond class when mere was no
third and third class when then
was no fourth.
EATS FOOD BY THE TON
(Foreign Kxch;uie. i
Have you any idea of the
amount of food you will have
eaten if you attain the age of 7!,
providing, of course, that you
are of average height, weight
and apiK'titeV
Fifty-four tons of solid food
and "3 tons of liquid about 1,
;i(X) times your own weight! That
is the take your-breath-away
answer.
The tons of bread you have
consumed would equal in size a
small family hotel, and a ton and
a quarter would be the equiva
lent weight of butter.
If you had been a lover of
bacon and were to stretch it out
in single slices, iour miles
would be the length. Five tons
offish, and 12,(MX) eggs stand to
your credit, while a normal
cheese eater easily consumes 100
ixninds.
The vegetables ybu have con
sumed would till a train thret
miles long, and to that trainload
you could add 10,(XX) pounds of
sugar and 1 , 5(X) pounds of salt.
Some half ton of tabacco ha
been consumed in pipes and (X),
(XX) cigarettes by the man who
has been a smoker.
There's always room at the
top, but the trouble is we some
times can't push the other fellow
off.
GEORGE CARROLL TODD IS NEW
TRUST BUSTER.
Washington, July 2o. George
Carroll Todd, of Virginia, was
nominated by President Wilson
today to be assistant to Attorney
General McReynolds and "trust
buster"' of the administration, to
succeed James A. Fowler, of
Knoville. Tenn . who will retire
August 1 .
Mr. Todd, now a special a-
sistant to the attorney general,
entered the department 'of justic
lo years ago and was associated
with William A. Day. assistant
to Attorney General Knox and
the government's first "trust
buster." He participated in the
government dissolution case
against the Northern Securities
company, in which the Supreme
pmirt rendered the first of its
sweeping decisions under the
Sherman law. He later beanie
assistant counsel for the govern
ment in the prosecution of the
hard coal trust" which was in
charge of Attorney General Mc
Reynolds when he was a special
assistant to Attorney General
Wiekersham. In the house
money trust investigation, Mr.
Todd was associate counsel with
Samuel Untefmeyer for the Pujo
committee. He is a native of
Smithtield, Va. Mr. Fowler
will return to the practic of law
in Knoxville. He was appointed
"trust buster" by former Presi
dent Taft in May, P.U1, and dur
ing his two years term has brok
en the record of all his prede
cessors in a vigorous enforce
ment of the Sherman law, hav
ing directed and supervised the
tiling of tV7 civil and criminal
anti trust suits, including some
of the most important ever un
taken by the government.
Tabernacle Sunday School Has Picnic
Last Saturday morning the
Sunday School met at Taber
nacle Advent Christian Church
and soon with loaded wagons
and buggies and tilled baskets
began to move in the direction
of Hibriten Park, and after a
little drive, began to ascend its
slopes by way of the newly con
structed and much improve(
turnpike. Arriving at its sum
mit at 11 :)H). and after a little re
creation, and a bird s eye view
of natures scenery, all enjoyed
a sumptuous dinner which was
prepared by the good ladies
The day was spent in the in
te rest of the Sunday School.
It was represented by the aged
as well as the young, their ages
ranging irom " to years
Good order prevailed through
out the day and was much en
joyed by all.
Contributed
Splinter Caused Tetanus.
(Greensboro News.)
Elizabeth City, July 2.V Dan
Morgan, a young man about 1
years old of the Bay side section
of this county is here at the
home of a friend suffering from
an attack of tetanus. Th
young man was brought her
yesterday morning by his fathc
for the purpose of taking him to
a , Norfolk hospital for treat
ment, but when he arrived hi
physician found that his cond
tion was too serious to make the
trip. Anti toxin was secure
from the Norfolk hospital and
treatment was begun last nigh
in an effort to save his life.
Young Morgan and a number of
his friends were bathing in the
river more than a week ago and
he stuck a splinter in his foot.
This caused a severe sore, but
he was able to get about until
yesterday morning, when he
was suddenly stricken.
PERIL OF POWER
i Charity and Children)
The Republican party was too
long entrenched in power in our
national government. Any
party that the people continue
in authority for a long series of
years witl become not only in
solvent and unmindful of the
peoples' interests but positively
corrupt The better element in
the party a ill be pushed aside
and henchmen assume control.
The lobby investigation now go
ing on in Washington is reveal
ing some things that go U prove
the truth of this statement. If
the Democrats had been more
aggressive and successful Mul
hall would not have had the
story that he told before the
committee which is probing into
the affairs of the "invisible"
government. It is in accordance
with human nature that when an
office holder has no fear of dis
placement he becomes bold in
:ie things that under other con
itions he would fear to under
take. The same thing is true of
any party, for we are only jxxjr
weak mortals after all. The
Democratic party in North Car
olina needs a fright. It is drunk
with jower. Because our lead
ers were afraid of giving offence
to a certain class of citizens
nothing has been done to relieve
the financial situation, and the
ast legislature, instead of reme
dying the evils in our very ine
fhcient system of taxation,
simply issued bonds to pay the
debts the state owed, and made
no provision whatever for the
raising of revenue to meet the
steadily increasing expenditure.
t is all folly to say that nothing
can be done. Something can be
done and something must be
done; but it is a great deal easi
er to do the thing that is right
and necessary when the legisla
tors are scared than when they
are perfectly complacent. If the
two parties in this state were
more evenly balanced you would
see a very different situation.
For the very reason that the
parties in the government of
Great Britain are a constant
check on each other, that gov
eminent is much more respon
sive to the win oi tne people
than ours. To have unlimited
jwwer without abusing it is
state of virtue to which Ameri
can politicians have not vet at
tainod.
P'llagra Is Spreading.
Washington, July J(. Bella
gra, for which physicians have
found no cure, is spreading be
yond the zone to which it pre
viously has, been confined and i
invading new territory accord
ing to officials of the United
States public health service
who base their belief upon sta
tisticsonthe prevalence of the
disease in Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Texas, from ll.K)7 to 191
which were made public today
Reports from those three
states, bordering on the area in
which ellagra has most exten
sively existed in this country
show, says Surgeon C. H. Lav
inder, the prevalence of the di
ease u no lnconsuieraoie ue
Sree."
This suggests rather strong
ly," he adds, ' that iellagra is
increasing in the area in which
it was prevalent, and invading
new territory. Further inquiry
is needed to determine this with
any degree of accuracy."
The baseball season is more
than half over, and we haven't
so much longer to wait to know
who is the greatest liviug
American.
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
The Southern Conference of
the Evangelical Lutner,n Syn d
of North Carolina iwl in annud
session at St Peter's church,
Rowan county, on Friday.
Manly W Tyree of RileigU
was elected president of ti e
Photographers' Aoention of
Amerie-i on 'Vi.liy at ;.. annual
meeting held in Kansas City.
C. B. Kelly of Broad w.ty, Lee
county, is lying in a hospital at
'ayetteville with concussion of
le brain as a result of a fail
down a fight of stairs la.st week.
Gertrude Johnson, a colored
woman, who stabbed
Hattie Hearn through the heart
with a pair of scissors at High
Point last week, has been sent
to jail to await the action of the
Guilford county grand jury.
here is much conflicting testi
mony as to the altercation.
William Kern, the ten year old
sou of United States Senator,
John W. Kern of Indiana, is in a
hospital at Roanoke, Va., as the
result of an injury sustained on
Thursday when he was thrown
from his horse, the animal hav
ing slipped and fallen, Vhrowing
the rider and breaking his leg.
Returns from every voting
precinct in Mgecombe county
give a majority in favor of the
bond issue, authorizing the
county commissioners to issue a
hundred thousand dollars for
good roads and a like amount
for permanent bridge work at
once.
Mr. and Mrs. Auburn Setzer
eft Hickory last week for Lon
don, England, where Mr. Setzer
will purchase the necessary out
fit for the establishment of a
modern printing and publishing
house in Luebo, Congo Free
State, South Africa. Mr. Sei
zor will bo in charge of the pub
lishing house, which the Foreign
Mission Boards of the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches are
esiaoiisning ai inai point.
Mrs. Beulah Aldridge, the 17
year old wite oi e naries Aid
ridge was instantly killed at her
lotne near Salisbury on last
Wednesday afternoon by the ac
cidental discharge of a pistol.
With her baby sitting in its
cradle in the room, Mrs. Aid
ridge was putting the family
washing away in a trunk in
which a revolver was kept,
when the weapon was discharged
the ball entering her temple.
Hays Elected Governor.
Little Rock, Ark., July 23
Returns received up to midnight,
while incomplete, show the elec
tion today of Gearge Wr. Hays,
of Ouachita county, the Demo
cratic nominee, as governor of
Arkansas, but by a majority
smaller than that usually givei
the Democratic gubernatorial
candidate. Today's election was
made necessary by the selection,
last February of Governor J e
T. Robinson as United States
Senator to succeed the late Sen
ator Jeff Davis.
A Card of Thank.
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kindness to us
in our bereavement in the loss
of our husband and father. May
the richest blessings of God our
Father ever rest upon them.
Mks. J. W. Bean
and Family.
SuWribe for the Newi.