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COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS
Items From Our Regular Corre-
pond en U and Neighboring
County Paper.
FAXCIX POST WUCHT MADE 20
POUNDS.
(Charlotte Cbaerrer.)
For the past several days.
Postmaster J. H. Weddington
and bis associates hare been
busily engaged in Retting ready
for the extension of the parcel
post service, which goes into ef
WATAUGA.
(Watauga Democrat.)
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. .White"
nerof Lenoir R. F. D. 2. are feet today. The fact has been
visitors at the home of Mr. mentioned on several occasions
Hartzog in East Boone. that today and hereafter the
Mrs. Squires and daughter, of welRhl of P1' of fourth class
Lenoir, mother and sister of the mail ,or deliTery within the
Rev. Mr. Squires, who preached firet and wiU " in"
the baccalaureate sermon at creased from 11 to 20 Punds'
the closing exercises of the A. Rate of postage on parcels ex-
T. 8., on July 11, have taken ceedingfour ounces in weight
board at the home of Mr. B. J. will be five for the fir8t
Council for a few weeks. P0130 and one cent for each tw0
additional rounds or fraction
Mr. W. C. Coffey, Treasurer tnereofwben intended for local
of the Training School, received deU very and five cents for the
first Dound and one cent for
week a warrant for $15,000, to each additional and frac.
be applied to the construction of tion thereof when intended for
some new and much needed delivery at other offices wjthin
buildings. This is the annual fllfc ftnd znne
The following rule is given:
'The-rate for local delivery
shall apply to all parcels mailed
MR. DRURY COFFEY PASSES AUTOMOBILE A PROMOTER
Uaeful and Valued Citizen and What it Ha Done for Blowing
Bra re Confederate Veteran
Answers Final Roll Call
Rock and The Beautiful
Mountain Country
(By Old Harrygraph)
Green Park, N. C, Aug. 13.
year,
MEM BLOWN INTO KITS
DYNAMITE.
BY
amount appropriated by the
last legislature for this purpose.
The conditions at the home of at a postoftice from which a rur
Mr. Ninevah Foard, in Cast al route starts, for delivery on
Boone, are most deplorable, such route, or mailed at any
The father, mother and two point. on such route for delivery
children are very sick, the I at any other point thereon, or at
household duties all devolve op- the office from which the route
on two little children 8 and 10 starts, or on any rural route
years of age. Mr. Foard is starting therefrom, and on all
amply able, and willing to pay matter, mailed at a city carrier
for much-needed help but so office, or at any point within its
far it has been unprocurable, delivery limits, for delivery by
I carriers from that office, or at
IMUdgU 1'MUUUg, DVJU Wi IUi I
W K Farthing nf Rver Dam. any offioe for local delivery
left on Wednesday of last week
for Montana, where he will loin cles in Paragraph 2, section 34
his sister, Miss Rachel, who has Parcel P08 regulations, when in-
been teaching in the West for 0lO8ea ana wrapped in the man
t.h nit. t..A vMr A e ner prescribed by the last
years.
have so often said before, we
are indeed sorry to tee our
bright young people turning
their backs on dear old Watauga
when they are needed here so
badly.
sen
tence of fhat paragraph, will be
accepted for mailing to offices
within the first and second
rones."
VflLKES.
(Patriot)
We are informed by J. A.
El-
Vote To Reject The PropoaitioM.
Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 12. Ov
er a hundred business men, rep
resenting twenty-two counties
voted unanimously at the Just
ledge, keeper of trie county Freight Kate Association con
home, that Joe C. Keller, aged ference here today to reject the
71 vears. and Ellen Pardue, aged proposition of the railroads for
62 years, inmates of the county an adjustment of the interstate
home, journeyed to Wilkesboro freight rate controversy. The
last week and endeavored to get rate offered would not put the
a marriage license. Register of State on a competitive basis.
Deeds Foster being uncertain They adjourned in a body until
whether to issue the license or noon to meet with the Governor
not, appealed to the county at- and' other State officials,
torney who was undecided as to Chief Justice Clark took oc
what course should be pursued, casion to say that the proposi
The Register appealed to the tion is a gratuitous insult and
Solicitor who was of the opinion disgrace to the intelligence of
that they could not marry unless the people of the State. John
they left the home. The license Mitchell, of Hickory, even want
was not issued' and they went ed to reflect on the corporation
back to the home. commission, but got small com-
T.,MiftVnJkw.i9nr.w.lr tort, the, commission, being
ft i , i
some prisoners who were in the
up stairs room on the west side
of the jail made an effort to es
cape, and, but for the timely dis
covery of the fact by the guard
that was placed at the jail by
order of Judge Cline, the seven
thanked along with other au
thorities. The Just " Freight
Rate Association recognized the
proposition as an evidence of
progress, but went no further.
A small boy of Roberts', who
was with Hanes at the time of
nrisoners who were in the room the accident, had his leg broken.
AnM Wa made their escane. Hanes leaves a wife and several
r, mQ.,a J children and two brothers,
Dy - Louis and Henry Hanes.
nrisoners had secured a pocket
knife and they were using it in J- M. Spicer, of Austin, who
mi 4 was nere raonuay uuuruieu us
rive Ui. MW B - , j i v
. mat a nne nve-year-oiu muie oe
lVU(aU IAS JUi X Va t w uviiuauiu
was struck by lightning while in
the barn last Saturday after
noon and was killed. Lightning
an effective way
seven are under setence
roads.
Larkin Hanes was killed Fri
' i . - 1 . . -i f 111 UW" win no
day at Martin KODerra sawmiu, al80 8truck Abe Holbrook's
on Tumblljig' Shoals, 'Mulberry dwelling house but fortunately
township 'In some , way he no one .was injured seriously.
caused aibrk, that was holding The storm in that section that
i (irr,w ,,r trt Wm afternoon was unusually severe
a pack at lumber up, to become one Pollowing Mr. Spicer.s
loosenpa, wirowiuH mi visit, C. M. PhUlips, of Benham,
pack vpon him and crushing him hn the same section of the county.
to death. He was terribly came in and told us that a horse
bruised and broken and he died owned by A. C. Phillips of State
on thd lumber yard, altnougn ne iioaas, was also Ktuea oy ngtit
spokelfew. words before he died. jning Saturday afternoon,
Mr. Drury D. Coffey died at
the home of his son, Mr. F. H.
Coffey Saturday evening at 6 The automobile, this year, has
o'clock after an illness of only a 1 demonstrated the fact that it is
few week. For several months a developer and promoter almost
Mr. Coffey had been in declin- equal to the railway, when it
ing health, but not till recently comes to carrying passenners,
did his friends and relatives be- and annihilating time and dis
come alarmed about his condi- tance. Autos have given the
tion and realize that the end was Blowing Rock section the big
near. He was one of the old gest season it has ever had,
landmarks of Caldwell County, and the indications are they will
and the announcement of his largely increase every year if
death will bring sorrow to many the roads are kept in a good con-
homes, especially among the dition. Right here is a strong
older citizens, who loved and pointer for the turnpike corn-
honored him, as their comrade pany. Good roads will be the
and leader. success of Blowing Rock. And
Drury D. Coffey was born in better the roads the greater the
the Mulberry section of the crowds and more extensive the
county in 1838, and was soon travel.
recognized as a leader among The sale of the Wall-Leak pro-
his people in both social and po- perty up here some fifty lots
litical life. He was honest as a on the 11th of this month, has
citizen and always spoke his given a new incentive to Blow-
convictions. As a public ser- ing Rock. The lots are beauti-
vant, he was the champion of the fully located just across the
rights of his people and always I avenue westward from the popu
guarded their interests most lar Green Park hotel. They
zealously. When the Civil War were purchased mainly by citi-
came on, tie immediately voiun- zens from unariotte. and some
teered and went to the front as I from Durham and Chester, S. C
a memoer oi uompany ootn There is already talk oi many
North Carolina Regiment. He handsome new cottages to be
was made Sergeant Major of erected. Some have already
this company and distinguished made their plans, and it is safe
himself for his prowess and de-1 to say that in a year or two all
votion to the cause. He was in this most desirable property will
many engagements, but was be adorned and beautified with
only wounded slightly one time, handsome buildings. The time
having a finger shot off. J is not far distant when this wil
After the close of the war, he 1 be the most popular summer re
returned to his home, and began sort in the State. I Blowing
life anew as a farmer. He was Rock has a climate peculiarly its
soon honored by his people by own; nothing anywhere else like
being elected County Commis- it or to be compared to it And
sioner, and so successful and nature has done all it is possible
wise was he in handling the af -1 to make it beautiful, and mag
fairs of the county, that he was nificent in mountain grandeur
re eiecied seven consecutive When tne outside world once
terms, serving in all sixteen gets the idea of what is b re the
years. In 1887 he represented people will come in overwhelm
Ualdwell Uounty in the lieneral ing number. The increasing
Assembly of North Carolina, and tide has already set in, and
here he distinguished himself Blowing Rockites might as wel
for the boldness and aggresive- prepare for the coming multi
ness with which he championed tudes. The sun does not rise or
the rights and cause of the com- set upon a more beautiful coun
mon people, He moved from try, and the great orb of day
this County to the State of Kan- and painter of the clouds, seems
sas in 1892, where he lived 15 to appreciate this fact by the
years. In his old days he felt gorgeousness of the colorings he
the longing to return to his na- flings in th6 pathway of his com
tive County, and in 1907 he re- ing every morning; and tints the
turned and took up his residence draperies of his mountain couch
in Lenoir, where he lived till as he kisses a beautiful world
his death. good-night' in a crimson blush;
In 1868 Mr. Coffey was mar- leaving the beholder to admire,
ried to Miss H. E. Collett of this wonder and praise the . hand
county. She together with two Divine.
sons, Mr. D. S. Coffey of St.
Paul, Minn., and Mr. F. H. Cof
fey of Lenoir; one daughter, the
wife of Dr. Robert Coffey of
Portland, Ore., one of the most
noted surgeons on the Pacific
Coast; and three sisters,
Mesdames Charley Coffey and
H. C. Coffey of Lenoir, and Mrs.
M. E. Moore of Manhattan, Kan.,
survive him.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic fraternity and until his
death was the oldest living mem
ber of Hibriten Lodge, A. F. &
A. M. Ne. 262. The burial was
with Masonic honors, the funer
al services being conducted
from the residence of Mr. F. H.
Coffey Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock by Rev. C. T. Squires.
The body was laid to rest in
BellevleW Cemetery. The pall
bearers were Major G. W. F.
Harper, Capt. Edmund Jones
and Messrs J. L. Nelson, H. L.
Houck, E. F. Reid, C. A. TutUe,
M. N. Harshaw and F. P. Moore.
NEWS ITEMS OF JNTEREST.
Waynesville, Aug. 13. As the
result of an explosion at Sun
burst shortly after 6 o'clock last
evening, George Franklin and
Jim Gaddy are dead. Scarcely
anything was left of the bodies
of the two men, both being lit
erally blown into bits that were
scattered over the earth. Por
tions of the bodies are still lodg
ed in the surrounding trees.
The accident occurred at the
lumber operations of the Cham
pion Lumber Company at the
head of the Pigeon river, the
present terminus of the Tennes-
SO & North Carolina railroad.
All the men had left and gone
to supper with the exception of
the two named, who stayed be
hind to set off some blasts. At
the eating shanty the workmen
noted that the blasts did not go
off together, but that one was
delayed and, after waiting a
while, a cousin of one of the
men became alarmed and went
to the scene of the blasting.
Only the scattered remnants of
what had been the two men
were to be found.
The largest piece of Franklin
that could be found was a por
tion of the skull and hair that
was identified by his son.
No recognizable portion of the
body of Gaddy could be located
this morning. A piece of his
belt with fuse attached was
found lodged in a tree several
hundred feet away. It is sup
posed that the men after wait
ing for the second blast to go
off, went to investigate and ap
proached the charges of dyna
mite just as. the explosion oc
curred.
Franklin was a man of 42 and
leaves a wife and eight children.
Gaddy was also about 40 and
without a family. tJoth were
experienced men, and had been
residents of Haywood county
for some years.
Interetmf Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
SPECIAL LIVE STOCK SERVICE
BY SOUTHERN.
Made Brare Fight.
Baltimore, Aug. 15. After
Get The News twice-a week for$l closed It
undergoing more than 200 op
erations during three years for
the removal of a growth in his
throat that interfered with his
breathing, George McDowell,
31 years old, formerly of Spar
tanburg, S. C, died at a hospi
tal here yesterday while the
surgeons were making a last at
tempt to save his life
For the past 18 months Mc
Dowell breathed through a sil
ver tube inserted in his throat.
He had been under so many op
erations that he became immune
to the effects of cocaine and the
doctors were forced to use oth
er mean's. Freezing was, resort
ed to and then chloroform to
deaden the pain when they
worked on the growth which
had baffled every physician call
edinto the case. The doctors
knew that it was a muscular
growth of some sort, but could
not tell what kind. It was such
that it contracted - the man s
windpipe and at times all but
Atlanta, Ga., August 13. To
enable growers in Western
North Carolina, East Tennessee
and Southwest Virginia to
promptly forward live stock to
Eastern and Southern markets
Kind to Virginia feeding grounds
the Southern Railway has ar
ranged to operate a weekly fast
special live stock service such
as was operated last year. The
service this year, however, is
to include points on the Virgin
ia and Southwestern Railway
between Appalachia, Va., and
Bull's Gap, Tenn., and will cov
er a longer period, beginning on
September 4th and continuing
until December 31st, according
to announcement made today by
Live Stock Agent F. L. Word.
Each Thursday, during this
period trains will be started at
early morning hours from Ool-
tewah Junction, Harriman Junc
tion, Bristol and Appalachia.
These will be consolidated at
Morristown, .leaving the New
Line yard at 2:45 p. m., arriv
ing Asheville at 9:25 p. m
Trains will also be started from
Murphy, N. C, and Rosman, N,
C, on the Transylvania divis
ion, arriving Asheville in the
early evening. At Asheville the
stock will be made into trains
and run special to Spencef which
will be reached before 10 a"m.
Friday. Here stock will be fed,
watered, and rested in the Jom
modious and modern plant which
the Southern Railway completed
only a few months ago.
Henry Clews, the great finan
cier, predicts flourishing, busi
ness during the coming fall and
winter months.
Durham will likely be made
the headquarters for hospital
experiments in the study of pel
lagra in the South.
Owing to dry weather the corn
crop in the great corn belt of
the west is thought to be cut
short nearly a third.
The state appropriation of
$15,000 for the Appalachian
school at Boone has been re
ceived by that institution.
The creameries in Shelby and
Mopresboro, in Cleveland coun- 1
ty, pay out annually to thp far.
mers over $57,000 for milk and
cream.
Dr. Hennessee who was tried
for killing Pitts in Burke last
week was acquitted by the jury
after deliberating over the mat
ter for nearly two days.
The Wilkes county blackberry
crop netted the pickers over $66-
000 this year, according to a
statement of Mr. W. H. Horton,
in the Charlotte Observer.
John Carver, a white man re
siding near Lumberton, was ar
rested and jailed on Thursday v
charged with assaulting bis
neice, who is only 14 years old.x
Representative Henry D. Clay
ton of Alabama has been ap
pointed United States Senator
from that State to succeed the
late Senator Joseph F. Johnson.
The people of Black Mountain
like those of Blowing Rock, are
placing cots on porches and in
tents to accommodate the great
crowds of people who are in
that town.
The store of H. J. Olive, in
Wst Ashevilte was broken into
last Thursday night, the safe
was blown open and nearly $100
was taken. There is no clue as
to the guilty parties.
The first definite effort of the
Democrats to secure an agree
ment for an early vote . on the
tariff bill failed in the Senate on
Thursday, when the Republi
cans served notice that consid
eration of the measure wpuld
continue indefinitely.
The Carolina Municipal asso
ciation closed its fifth annual
convention at Wilmington Fri
day with the election of officers
and the selection of Charlotte
as the next meeting place.
Charles A, Bland of Charlotte
was re-elected president.
George S. Nance a , traveling
man killed his wife in a hotel in
Hamlet last Friday night and
tried to burn the body, flome
guests discovered the fire and
extinguished it before it did any
damage. He had crushed her
skull with some kind of a beer
bottle and said he struck
her in self defense as she was
trying to cut him with a razor.
He had several hundred dollars
on his person when arrested,
supposed to be his wife's money
as she was engaged in selling
perfumery for a Knoxville firm.
Nance is in jail and will not
talk, while the body of his wife
was taken to Knoxville by rela
tives for burial.
The flower of a family is some
times' found in a sack.
Every once in a while we hear
of some man drowned in a bath
tub. Some people should learn
something about new thing
before trying it.