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Volume XV Lenoir, N. C, Friday, August 8, 1913 No. 79
LEGISLATORS ARE SENT TO
PRISON.
Webster Springs, W., Va.,
Aug.. I. Sentences were im
posed upon live members of the
West Virginia Legislature late
today by Judge O'Brien in the
Superior Court. They were eon
vie ted of bribery in connection
With the election of a United
States Senator early in the year.
The sentence's follow:
Delegates S. U. G. Rhodes,
Kath Dull and II. F. Asbury,
six years each in the penitenti
ary. State Senator 15. A. Smith,
th'e years and six months' and
Delegate Davie Hill, live years.
In addition the live are dis
qualified for life from holding
any public ofliee or office of
trust.
The sentencing of the men
came shortly after Delegate
Davie Hill, the fifth to stand
trial on ' bribery charges, was
convicted this afternoon. After
the sentences were imposed an
arrest of judgment and stay of
execution for '.K) days was allow
ed by the court, to permit attor
neys for the defendants to make
applications for appeals to the
State Supreme Court.
More than two months have
been consumed in the trials of
these charges, the first of their
kind in West Virginia. There
were seven indicted, the five al
ready tried haying been held on
felony charges and the other
two, George S. Van Metter and
Rev. T. .1. Smith, on misde
meanor charges. The trial of
the last two will probably be de
ferred until another term of
court.
The five convicted men were
arrested in Charleston, W. Va.,
late in the afternoon of Februa
ry 11 by Sheriff Bonnerhill in
the presence of Public Prosecu
tor Townsend, who with the aid
of a private detective investi
gated the rumors of bribery
which weif being circulated at
that tune in regard to the sena
torial election. Before the ar
rest, it is alleged, they were
paid by the private detective for
their votes and the marked mon
ry was found in their possession
The live were indicted Februa
ry I I ( 'barges that Colonel
William Seymour Kdwards, one
of the candidates for United
States Senator had offered bribes
fell Hat.
AMERICANS IN DANGER.
Washington, .Inly -W . Head
(piarters of the Mexican federal
military division of northern
Mexico have been located at
Nuevo Laredo, just across the
Rio ( Irande from Laredo, Tex
as and a concent rat ion of t roops
will le effected there during the
coming week, according to to
day's state department dispatch
cs. General Telle, will com
inand the federals and rumors
are current that t he Carran.ista
forces will attack Neuvo Laredo,
"1
ei at tolls being directed Irom
II idalgo.
Americans in Coco, state of
San Luis I'otosi, are said to be
endangered by lawless condi
tions and it is believed the or
gani.ation of cigilantes will be
required to insure their protect
ion. Kaoul Madero is said to
have joined the Caraanzista
forces at Hermanas.
Consul lspinasse reported
from Frontera, Tabasco, today
that the bandits in that section
bad been dispersed and danger
to Americans lessened. Conse
quently the gunboat Wheeling
went to Pureto, Mexico, report
ing today that everything was
quiet there as well as in Cam
peche and Progreso.
EXPRESS RATES REDUCED.
Washington, Aug. 4. Reduc
tions in express rates which
will cost the express companies
fully $2(,(X)0,(XX) a year, approx
imately 1C percentof their gross
receipts, and affect every place
in the country, were ordered by
the Interstate Commerce! Com
mission today to become elec
tive on or before October .
.Notable reforms in practices al
so were ordered.
he most important change
prescribed is by way of modifi
cation of the present graduated
scale of parcel rates. Hundred-
pound rates for short distances
have been either left unchanged
or slightly reduced. For longer
distances they have been lower
ed for fifty pounds or less.
Practically all rates have been
reduced.
Packages of more than four
pounds going more than two
hundred miles and less than two
thousand carry new rates gener
ally lower than parcel lost rates.
For more than three thousand
miles, the rates are practically
unchanged.
The report and order of the
commission, prepared by Com
missioner Marble are virtually
an affirmation of findings of
former Commissioner Lane, now
Secretary of the Interior. By
prescribing a so-called block
system, dividing the country in
to (.)"0 blocks, averaging "2,T)(X)
square miles, as originally pro
posed by Mr. Lane, (,XX),(XX),(XX)
different rates now published by
the express companies will bt
reduced to less than tr0,(XX), and
the Interstate Commerce Corn
mission believes the system
loints the way to a solution of
the existing maze of freight
rates.
The general impression in of
ticial quarters is that the ex
press companies will attempt to
test by legal means the consti
tutionality of the coinmission s
order.
Mitt Lucy Earnhardt Pallet.
Miss Lucy Karnhardt died at
the home of her mother Wednes
day at 1- M' o'clock after an ill
ness of several months, from a
complication of diseases. In the
early spring she was forced to
give up her work at Whiteville,
where she was teaching and re
turned to Lenoir, hoping that a
higher altitude would prove hen
eticial to her. For a little while
she seemed to be improving, but
she soon relapsed into a criti
cal condition, and for several
week's her life was despaired of.
Miss Karnhardt was a daugh
ter of the late Dr. Karnhardt,
and Mrs. Annie Karnhardt, who
surv i ves her. She possessed a
bright sunshiny disposition and
bore all her suffering patiently,
meeting the end calmly and
with a christian fortitude. Af
ter graduating at Salem Acade
my, she entered the teaching
profession, and remained m this
till she was forced to retire be
cause of her health.
Besides her mother, she is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. R. C.
Powell. The funeral services
were conducted from the First
Methodist church Wednesday af
ternoon at 4.;H o'clock by the
pastor, Rev. C. M. Pickens, and
the burial took place in Belle
view cemetery. The pallbear
ers were: Messrs. .1. C. Smith.
( ). 1). Heafner, Clarence Heaf
tier, R. K. Hoover, N. R. Trip
lett and Ralp Tood.
We are not certain, but we
think we found the place across
the lake where Schiller wrote
his play, "The Robbers."
THE SANITATION OF SODA
FOUNTAINS.
(North Carolina Health Bulletin.)
A large amount of disease is
contracted at the soda fountain.
Small amounts of the saliva of
those using the glasses remain
on the glasses, and before the
washing water is changed it be
comes, to variable degrees, adul
terated with ordinary spit. It is
known that the germs of tuber
culosis and the infective agents
of measles, whooping-cough,
scarlet lever, diphtheria, and
occasionally typhoid fever, are
carried in trie mouin secretions.
The soda fountain, as it !s ordi
narily managed, has for a long
time been a source of annoyance
to sanitarians. At last, how
ever, it seems that the problem
of operating a sanitary soda
fountain is solved.
Paper paraffin cups and sau
cers are now being manufactured
and put on the market for a
little more than half a cent
apiece. These cups in the pro
cess of manufacturing are dipped
into melted paraffin and . are
practically sterile; they are put
up in stacks, and in using them
at the fountain the clerks do not
touch the inside of the cup, or
tin; upper third of it. Custo
mers that are served with the
sanitary cup drink out of a cup
that no one has used, and that
has not been touched with hu
man hands or lips. The sixxms
that are used with the ice cream
are dipped into an antiseptic so
lution before being served to
customers. fountains using
these sanitary appliances do not
spread disease. The patrons of
soda fountains should patronize
those fountains that go to a
slight expense in giving the
public clean, harmless drinks;
this will encourage the more
general use of the sanitary cup.
Children' Day Observed at South
Lenoir M. E. Church.
Children's Day was appropri
ately observed at the South Le
noir Methodist church on last
Minuay niglit. 1 lie exercises
rellected much credit on tin
Sunday School, and were great
ly enjoyed by the large crowa
present. The following pro
gram was carried out:
Recitation, Bible Boys am
( Iirls, Gertie ( i riflin ; I eclaina
tion, Bob and the Bible, ( (scat
( 'larke; Recitation, A I 'u..lnif.
Question. Dolly Richards: Song,
My Mother's Bible, Choir: Roc
itation. The Baby Moses
Light girls; Recitation, Tin
Child Jesus, Three girls; Song
Rockabye, Four little girls
Recitation, The Lad with tin
Loaves, Grady llaigler; Kxor
cise, Samuel, the Little Helper
Four girls: Recitation, The Cap
tive Maid, Fannie Clarke am
MBude Bentley; Recitation
Young Timothy, Hampton Mai
lard; Collection Speech, Cora
Griffin; Recitation, She Sang to
Him of Heaven, Charlotte Trip
lett.
Mrs. C. C. Shell of Salisbury,
arrived Tuesday to spend some
time with relatives.
Read the page ad of Mr. II.
T. Newland's in this issue. It
contains interesting information
for you, and it will be well
worth your while to visit his
store during the sale.
The many deeds of kindness
and very sweet attention shown
Mrs Karnhardt and Mrs. Pow
ell during the illness and after
the departure of their daughter
and sister, Lucie, are inexpress
ibly appreciated.
NEGRO BOY SHOOTS HIS AGED
FATHER.
(News and Observer.)
Whiskey was the cause of a
shooting near Wake Forest,
when Columbus Gulley, a negro
lad, shot and perhaps fatally
wounded his aged lather. The
shooting took place Saturday
night, about U o'clock on the old
man's farm, three miles from
Wake Forest.
Molly Sanders and Maggie
Hodges, the two daughters of
old man Dick, had been "tank
ed up" on mean, "fifteen min
utes to hell," as they call it,
when old man Gulley came into
the sitting room when? the girls
were to quiet the rough house.
While the women were making
a boisterous demonstration, old
man Gulley was receiving the
tire of his son, Columbus. The
first shot wounded the old man
in the breast and the second in
the hand, the first bullet pass
ing through his body. One of
the girls was struck in the
wrist.
Deputy Sheriff W. R. Timber
lake made the arrests, Columbus
Gulley surrendering himself.
The women were taken also,
one at Youngsville and the oth
er at Wake Forest.
Preliminary hearing in the
case was held yesterday morn
ing before Mayor .J. C. Caddell,
in Wake Forest. The mayor
found sufficient evidence to hold
Columbus and his sisters. The
three are now lodged in the
Wake county jail without bond.
The old man was shot through
the lung. Little hope of his re
covery is ascertained, as peri
tonitis has already set in the
wound, and pneumonia is ex
pec ted.
In case of the old man's death
the boy will have to stand trial
for murder.
SOUTHERN WHOLESALE GROCERS
FINED $2,500.
Birmingham, Ala, July 111.
Federal Judge Grubb Unlay tined
the Southern Wholesale Gro
eer's association !?'', T)(X) for con
tempt of court in violating a de
croo issued in I'M 1 commanding
the organization to abide by fed
eral anti trust laws. President
.1, 11. McLaurm, of Jackson
ville, Fla.. was tined s'lJXX), 11.
Lacy Hunt, of Wilmington. N.
('.. and L. A. Melt hers, of
( 'harleston. S ( ', , were tined
I I, (KM) each and the costs were
assessed the delendants accord
ing to costs of their respective
Witnesses.
The decree of l'.U 1 prohibited
any violations of the anti trust
law. A suit was tiled this year
against the soul hern Wholesale
Grocer's association, its presi
dent and officers and many mem
hers, but al ter the t rial was on
a few days all defendants were
expurgated except those named
in the decision by .1 udge G rilhh
Judge Grubb held that Presi
(lent McLaurm m issuing n cir
cular in October l'JI 1 that the
decree of the court would not
affect practices of the associa
tion. that committed a violation.
Invite Them In.
All advertisement is an mvi
tation to your place of bttsiness.
If you don't invito trade, you
need not complain when it pass
es you by. I lie money you
save by skimping your advertis
ing account is insignificant com
pared with profit you would reap
from a liberal advertising poli
cy. Kx.
It is always a paradox of drink
that a man will get away with
more than he can carry.
THE W. N. C. FAIR ASSOCIATION.
The News is in receipt of a
copy of the 1DRJ catalogue of
the Western North Carolina Fair
Association, which will hold its
third annual Fair at Asheville
on October 7, M, 'I, and 10.
The catalogue of ninety-six
pages, bearing an attractive
picture' of four views represen
tative of Western North Caroli
na on its front cover, is f-,1! of
interesting information relative
to the Fair and in the announce
ment of a number of new fea
tures, bears evidence's oi a de
parture in many respects from
the somewhat stereotyped form
of agricultural fairs.
The catalogue contains nearly
a thousand classes in which dif
ferent exhibits can be made and
for which cash premiums aggre
gating approximately 4,XXJ are
offered. The number and varie
ty of exhibits for which premi
ums are offered has been consid
erably increased over those of
last year and the amount of the
premiums has been appreciably
increased.
The Boys and Girls Depart
ment is an innovation for agri
cultural fairs and by reason of
the varied line of exhibits for
which handsome premiums and
diplomas are offered, it is be
lieved that it will finally become
one of the most interesting fea
tures of the Fair and serve the
purpose of interesting the boys
and girls of this section in those
things which will tend to great
er progress and development
along many lines
STATE NEW ITEMS
The town of Washington has
purchased the privately owned
electric light and water system
of the town, paying the sum of
$:.", (XX) for it.
L. K. Moore of Siencer fell
from a telephone pole lift feet to
the ground in lxington, Tues
day and was seriously injured,
sustaining a broken rib and oth
er internal wounds.
Mrs. Kd. Seifert of Rowan
county was struck" by an auto
mobile in Salisbury Tuesday,
and narrowly escaped serious
injury, having been carried for
some distance on the hood of
the machine.
.lames (.arrett. a negro was
shot to death Sundav afternoon
at t he At lant ie l 'oast I mie rock
i l-i j . . X 1 - : I
quarry near r.iin i n in iisou
county, by Jerry Nero Gar
reft and Nero were engaged in
a gambling game and quarreled
over thirty cents.
Hiram Henderson, shout six
ty years old was drowned in
Dry Creek' near Brown's Chapel
church in Pitt county Sunday
afternoon. He was attempting
to cross the stream on a foot log
and lost his footing, going into
the swollen waters.
W. F Smith, brother and ad
iiuiiist rator of the late John
Smith of Rowan county has in
stituted suit against the Harris
Granite Company of Salisbury
m the sum of J0.tXX for the
killing of young Smith several
weeks ago by a dynamite blast
An automobile in which was
riding Drs. J. B. and R. A Lit
tie, Kit Whitle, and a negro man
named George Coulter turned
turtle near Newton on Monday
evening, while rounding a curve
bruising the two doctors badly,
cutting a finger of Whitle al
most off and fatally injuring the
negro Coulter.
"
If the way of the transgressor
is hard, it is surprising how easy
I it is to tollow it.
LIGHTNING PLAYS WITH YOUNG
LADY.
(Raleigh Times.)
Death literally played with
Miss lanna McGhee, 20 years
old, who lives at Mr. B. Hob
good's place, four miles south
of Raleigh, and yet never harm
ed her. Her escape was little,
less than a miracle.
The atmospheric conditions
were vi-ry peculiar Sunday
morning. There was what is
known as a high fog, which
blotted out the tops of the high
buildings, and irom an early
hour there was a drizzling rain,
with much lightning and ex
tremely heavy thunder, which
frequently shook the largest
buildings. A few minutes be
fore 10 o'clock a bolt struck an
oak tree a few yards south of
Mr. Hobgood's home, four
miles south of Raleigh, popular
ly known as the "Cobb place,"
tore some of the trees to pieces
and a part of the lightning went
both ways along the telephone
wires, which pass some twenty
feet from the tree. Miss Hob
good was standing in the south
porch, but was unharmed. Her
brother, "2(X) feet northward in a
cotton patch, felt the shock.
Going northward on the tele
phone wire the lightning went
under the house in which the
McGhee family lives, about
seventy five feet from the resi
dence occupied by Mr. Hobgood,
melted the wire and tore off
several of the upright planks on
the north side of the cottage
and lifted a section of the tin
roof above the corner.
Then the lightning began to
play pranks sure enough, lan
na McGhee had just stepied out
of the house on the porch, fac
ing north, from a room in which
there is a telephone instrumenr.
Suddenly there came flames and
thunder all together, and she
felt as if she was draped in tire.
In her right hand was a cantel
ope, and this was knocked to
the Door In her left hand was
a tin milk pail, with a brass
strainer. The lightning, which
made her arm and face tingle,
and also made her speechless
and mot ion less, made two holes
in tins pail; one in the side and
the other in the hp, both per
fectly round, as if made by a
ri tie bullet, almost a half an inch
in diameter. I hen the light
lung made two similar holes
through a sheet of iron top of
a tub, melted the lower part of
a water faucet and also a wire
which hung from the 'farm bell
at the corner of the )xrch.
nl.v a little sign of what
looked like smoke caused the
holes made through the metal
appear different from bullet
holes. Long sbvers of tele
phone poles were thrown in the
yard, in a cotton held and m the
Asylum roaif, the poles being
nearly destroyed m several
cases.
Forty Pattengert Injured In Wreck.
Tyrone. Pa . July ;!(). An en
gineer was killed and Id pas
sengers were injured in a rear
end collision of passenger trains
on the Pennsylvania here this
afternoon. AIout "JO of the iu
jured were severely hurt.
Train No 1 ' west bound crash
ed into tram No K. Philadel
phia for Pittsburgh, which was
just pulling out of the Tyrone
station. No l." was tive min
utes late and No, 1-1 was a
through tram
Most f the seriously injured
were in the parlor car at the
rear ot tram No l.. The hrst
three cars on No. . were mail
cars. Mail clerks. Herb. Seth,
Fisk and H mit.bager were in
. jured.
The seriously injured were
jta.M ii to Altoona hospitals.