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Volume XV
Lenoir, N. C. Friday. September 12, 1913
No. 89
DEMONSTRATION WORK.
Much Good H&a fceen Done by
This Work in Cald
well County.
COLLEGE OHMSC
One of the most favorable
openings in the history of Dav
enport Female College at Le
noir was held Wednesday morn-
ti , , , ing. Besides the large number
The farm demonstration work . . . .
,v . , . . i of students present there were
that is now being earned on o i , , ,
,,h..., ;.i. .i .,, ..quite a number of local people
w nil UU11UJ Willi UK' A1U Ul
the Cm tod States Department of
Agriculture, is producing the '
greatest results and the bene !
tits being derived therefrom by
those interested are even great- j
er than expected. ,
Caldwell County, m Mr. C. J
M. Goforth, has an agent who I
comes up to the full require-j
ments of the head men of the
Department and the results he
is producing over the county
are being very much eompli
merited by those in charge in
this State.
The Department has been pay
ing more than half the expense
of the work in this county, which
is an exception, mainly because
of heavy losses last year by the
county on account of washed
away bridges and other damages
done by high water. The work
has been of incalculable benefit
to the county and the fact is
being realized. Many counties
in the state are making increas
es in their appropriations and
putting their agents on full
time. In Guilford County the
man in charge of this work has
been offered a salary of :l,r00
per year. Caldwell County is
very fortunate in having a man
of Mr. Ooforth's worth and
ability who is willing to work
on a moderate salary.
As a matter of fact the De
partment is willing to put more
money in this work in Caldwell
County, providing the county
will meet them half way. Tin
rule being to pay one half the
salary. 1 lie department is
willing to put $r(X) in the work
if the county will do as well am
it is plainly the best policy tin
Commissioners could follow to
accent these terms. This would
enable the agent to give his full
time to the work and would Ire
the means of producing mud
greater results.
We do not believe the people
of the county would allow the
work to stop now alter seeing
its hem-tits. 1 1 is worth too
much to the county. me conn
ty in I he state has already used
.'p(K) bushels of crimson clover
seed, practically all traceable to
this work'. The corn crop is in
creasing in tire slate as a direct
result of t he work-. It took r0
years to increase the corn crop
J,(X0,0(X) bushels before the be
ginning of this work, and it lias
only taken 4 years to increase
it to 1(,(KX),(XX) under demonstra
tion methods, and as yet not
over L'O per cent of the farmers
have been reached. During the
same time the wheat crop has
been increased 'J,(XX),(XX) bush
els, and cotton T(X),(XX) bales.
The outgo of money for sup
plies has been reduced from
$f)0,(XX),(XX) to less than $40,
(XX),(XX) annually. And many
millions of dollars have been
added to bank accounts, yet the
work is not really doing what it
should on account of the lack of
financial support, but the old
North State is getting rich any
way. Tire average income per
year for farm work was Slid,
but the next census will show
much better.
There are a great many things
that might be said in regard to
this work but it seems unneces
sary at this time to dwell fur
ther on its beneficial results in
this county. We trust the com
inissioners will take this matter
up and go over it carefully and
FARMING OPPORTUNITIES.
The Difference Between The
Western Farmer and The
Southern Farmer.
on hand to witness the exercises.
President J. H. Craven
presided and made the students
an interesting and instructive
talk on college work and facul
ty. Rev. W. L. Sherrill, secre
tary and treasurer, followed
with a well received talk on the
character of the work of the
college.
Hon. W. C. Newland, the new
ly elected Chairman of the
ioard of Trustees, made one of
his usual strong and interesting
talks, dwelling on the present
fhetency and equipment of the
acuity and predicted that the
school was just entering upon
its most useful term.
Davenport College ranks well
up witti the other female col-
eges ol .North v arolma as is
fully testified by the large and
satisfactory attendance at the
opening.
Two Live, Let In Storm.
The worst wind and rain storm
in the history of this section of
the State swept Eastern North
Carolina Tuesday night and
Wednesday. At Farmville two
boys were killed by the falling
timbers of a tobacco ware house.
A conservative estimate of
the damage in Kdgecombe coun
ty is $; !(X),( XX), while the damagi
to crops is estimated at from J0
to ;i0 per cent. In Greenvillt
the loss was estimated at about
.)0.lXX). in vuison tire loss
was figured at one million dol
lars. While Washington is
said to be the heaviest looser
with a loss of from one to two
million dollars.
h or more than t hours tut
telegraph and telephone line
were all out of commission and
ciii'iiunication with the outsid
world was out of the question
The railroads also suffered s
vert1 losses and in many cases
the track's were swept away
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
Itemi of Interest to The People
of Lenoir and Cald
well County.
(Charlotte Chronicle, l
In the Central West and in
some sections of the North one
farmer or farm laborer will cul
tivate 10 to ro acres of land,
planted in small grain, hay or
corn. The product of the farm
is either sold for shipment to the
South, or as is more generally
the rule, is fed to cattle and
hogs, the final pnxluct of the
farm being dairy products, hogs
iiul cattle. In this section of
the country 'jr acres is a large
icreage for one man to cultivate
and tins one man will work
much harder handbtig that
much than will the Central Wes
tern farmer who handles twice
as much land. The Western
farmer uses two or more horses.
He uses labor- saving farm ma
chinery and does the work sit
ting down. He does bettor
work and gets larger yields and
he expends a fraction of the
i i .i.ii i .i
physical energy mat me ouiri
ern farmer uses, so that he is
not too tired at night to read or
v isit or enjoy himself.
Southern farmers have allow
ed the one -crop system to almost
ruin them and it is to be noted
that the successful fanners in
this section are getting away
from it. In fact, the most sue-
r- i r I . -
cessiui ianners in mis secuon
have adopted the Westerners'
ystem and are accomplishing
more results with less work
than they would have dreamed
possible a few years ago. The
cost of labor even on remote
farms lias reached that place
where it must be reduced to a
minimum and the only substi.
tnte is modern farm machinery.
Labor must be more efficient to
earn its price and the greater
efficiency and greater results
from the labor must be secured
through machinery. Before the
farmers of this section reach the
maximum ol prosperity mey
must devote a greater acreage
to hay, corn and small grains
nrd must double, treble and
pnntuple the number of heads
! I . 1 ll 1
ol livestock ine.v nave at pies
ent. And this does not neces
sari I v mean that they will grow
less cotton, for on land that has
been used for grain and peas
and ii properly prepared and
cultivated the same amount oi
cotton can be grown on one half
or one third the area devoted to
it at present.
Mr. Philip Stine visited his
daughters in Greenville. S. C,
this week.
Mr .1. C. Anderson of Hobart.
Okkv, is spending sometime in
Lenoir and vicinity.
Miss Annie Krvm left Tues
day for Philadelphia, where
she has a position as teacher.
Mr. B H. Bohlen has moved
his tools from this place to
Kings Creek and will reopen his
shop at that place.
Miss Lizzie Kmcaid of Wash
mgton, 1) C, arrived in Lenoir
Wednesday for a few weeks visit
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY.
The Lenoir Graded School
will open Monday, 15th, and the
term gives promise of being a
good one to judge from tht
names of the teachers who have
been selected to look after the
departments of the school. The
list is as follows
G. ( ). Rogers, supt.; Miss Ma
ry Coffey, instructor of latin;
Miss Willie ll'-ow1'.. ! '. - '.
Miss Sarah . I ones. h .story and
science; Miss Ada Yeile, mathe
matics; Miss Dora Turtle. 'rh
grade A; Miss I cics'.e 11 a.it i,
th grade B; Miss Lucy Abef-
nethy. ."th grade A; Miss Swan
me Hester. Tith grade B. Miss
Lucille MiddletOIl. 1th grade;
Miss Helen Shell, llrd grade
A; Miss Mary Marshall, :;rd
'Made B; Miss Cornelia Miller,
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
with friends and relatives. I 2nd grade A ; Miss Sa
I
Thaw Forced Over Border.
Colebrook. N. H., Sept. 10.
Tariff Bill Paases.
Washington. Sept. b. Tin
Democratic tariff' revision bill
passed the Senate at ."i: 111 o'clock
this afternoon amid a burst of
applause t hat swept down Irom
crowded galleries and found it
echo on the lloor of the SenaU
Its passage was attended with
surprises in the final moments of
the voting, when Senator La
Fol lotto, Republican, cast his
vote with the Democrats and Harry K, Thaw slept on Amen
was joined later by Senator win soil barricaded in a hot
iv.inrlnYt.or 1 'rmrressi ve room here after one of the most
The Democrats had counted siting days in his career
throughout the long tariff tight Thrust unexpectedly over the
upon losing the votes of Sena- Canadian border early Unlay de-
tors Kansdell and Thornton of spit" the writ demanding his
Louisiana, Democrats, who vot production hefore the King's
ed against the bill today because Bonch in Montreal on Monday
it would put sugar on the free next, he was for three hours a
list. Until the names of Sena- five man, and drove madly in
tors LaFollctte and Poindexter an automobile lor ouiutue miles
uroi QPhmllu idled however through the liills of Vermont
no one knew definitely the and New Hampshire. Near
stand they would take and their noon he ran into the arms of a
votes were greeted with enthu- New Hampshire sheriff and was
Houses lor rent seem to he in
demand in Lenoir and to meet
this condition there should be
more built for this purpose.
We should be able to take care
of all the people who Wish to
come here.
The News will appreciate
your phoning any news items to
this office and will give it the
proper attention. It is our aim
to give the peeple of Caldwell
County and Lenoir a good read
able newspaer each issue and
you can aid us that much.
We regret to announce that it
was necessary to move .itss
Eleanor Clarke to the Presbyte
rian Hospital in Charlotte on
Wednesday of this week ou ac
count of her serious condition.
She was accompanied by her
sister, Miss Ix)uise Clarke, and
by her cousin, Mr. H. C. Martin,
Jr.
Miss Kinma Teague enter
tained a number oi ner menus
at her home Monday evening rn
honor of her birthday anniver
sary. During the evening th
young people enjoyed all kinds-
of good music and games and a
course of delicious refreshments.
All attending report the even
ing a most pleasant one.
In the case of K. C. d recti
against the Watauga V Yadkin
Iviver Railroad, tried at Hoone
this week', the jury gave (I recti
a verdict tor IO,UKi damages.
It will be remembered that
(ii'een was seriously injured by
a blast while working on the
road in Wilkes county over a
ik . i i
year ago. iout niseves weie
blown out and he was otherw ise
injured.
e Sum
tier, ;md grade 15; Mrs. Susie
W. Fuller, 1st grade A; Miss
Kthel Keeter. 1st grade I'.. Miss
Annie Link, music.
Miss Middlcton will teach a
course in French and Miss
Mrown in Cierinan. Rev. C. T.
Squires will teach Business
Methods providing a sufficient
class is made up. Supt. Rogers
will have a class in Civics and
possibly liiatiieinaucs. uv. v .
H. McXairy will assist in lec
tures in physiology.
Children in the 1st grade
must enter before the first two
weeks expire or wait until the
spring term.
siastic applause
make just as liberal an appro
prtation lor lite worn in tin
county as their finances will al
low them to do. It is too good
a thing for the county to let go
and we have too good a man in
charge not to give him the right
kind of support so that he may
give his whole time to the work
in Caldwell County.
The members of the Baptist
hureh at Collettsville have
called Rev. ,). (). Fulbright pas
tor of the First Baptist church
of Lenoir, to preach for them on
Saturday before the first Sun
day and on the first Sunday af
ternoon in each month. Rev.
Fulbright has decided to accept
the call, in so much as it does
not in the least interfere with
his work in Lenoir.
CLASS MEETING.
Class No. b of the First Meth
odist church met with their
teacher. Miss Helen Shell, Mon
day evening to reorganize
Fred Robbins was elected presi
dent, Arthur Courtney vice
president, Edgar Bisaner sec re
tary and Garland Hoover treas
urer. A name was next dis
cussed and it was decided to
call the class "The Hustlers-
A committee consisting of tin-
officers and Miss Shell was ap
pointed to draw up a constitu
turn and present it at the next
meeting. Donald K'anoy and
Fletcher Tate were appointed to
look after absent members.
The Hustlers will meet the first
and third Tuesday nights of
each month with then- teacher.
After the business meeting
Miss Shell assisted by Mrs. ( '
l ' SI lei 1. ser ed dei u lolis -,ce
cream and wafers.
The Hustlers are Fred Rob
bins, Arthur Courtney. Edgar
Bisaner. Garland Hoover. Hur
bert Ivey, Donald Kanoy. Fletch
er Tate. Harold Corpening. Bil
lie and Roy Seehorn, Wiley
Grist, Waightstell Dysart. Jay
Sudderth and Smith Clifford.
Fayetteville, Sept 9. County
Physician J. W. NeNeal was
called to Linden this afternoon
to make an autopsy of the body
of a won. an who died Sundav
v. 1th ,'...:- ji'.s a:,d who. it has
been ( barged, was poisoned. It
is not known here who the wo
man was. but Sheriff Met . .ehy
.:..s g,,;,.. j !..:.v.eii tonight to
arrest her husband, whose name
is reported as Smith.
The evecutive committee and
advisory council of the North
Carolina Farmers I nion held
busy sessions m Charlotte Wed
nesdav ami manv matters of im-
lortance were considered.
Vtnong them being the plan for
i great rami Lite ( onference
ind the buying of fertilizers.
These matters will be further
considered at the State Farmers
Union meeting at Shelby in De-
eornuer.
Salisbury Beach, Mass., Sept.
10. A chill northeast wind
whipping in from Massachusetts
Bay at sunrise today found "JOO
homeless vacationists shivering
under scanty covering on Salis
bury Beach. Clad in thin cloth
ing men, women and children
had stood guard all night over
the few belongings they were
able to rescue from the sweep
of the lire that devasted the
Summer resort.
A Robesou county jury has
convicted a white man of first
degree murder and he has been
sentenced to the death chair.
While we believe that cases are
rare when the death penalty
should be inflicted, many op
portunities to enforce law and
punish men for killing their fel
low men are getting by in North
Carolina. We need a good
strong sentiment in the State
which will demand a sufficient
punishment tor murdering men
and a start in that direction is
sufficient for congratulation.
Salisbury Post.
brought here where he retained
counsel to resist extradition.
Win. T. Jerome will assutut
charge for the State tomorrow
seeking to have Thaw as a ward
of the state, returned to Mattea
wan.
No doubt that Jacksonville
(Fla. Jinan was ripping mad
when he was hurled by an ele
phant through a circus tent.
One of our leading merchants
informed The News man one
day this week that he had close
ly figured up his shea1 business
last year and had found that he
had sold ;!,a(X pairs of shoes,
mostly in women's and childrens
shoes. This may not sound
very large to some, but ;t,."00
pairs of shoes is some shoes
when you come to think of it
and it goes to show veVy ford
bly the great volume of business
that is being done by the mer
chants of this live and growing
town. As a trading center Le-1
noircan'tbe beat in Western!
iMM III UU'tmii ion ii,- v m ii
larger than it is.
Killed Instantly.
Asheville, Sept. - After
cutting and fatally wounding
George Kuykendall with a ra
zor near Marshall yesterday, T.
B. Curry was shot and instantly
killed by Deputy Sheriff H. B.
Barnes, while advancing on the
officer with the same bloody
weapon used on Kuykendall.
Barries was in the sandy bottom
district on special business for a
lumber company when he heard
of the cutting of Kuykendall.
He immediately tried to place
Curry under arrest, and when
the latter started to attack hint
tired four shots, all of which
took effect. Barnes was given
a preliminary hearing at Mar
shall today and placed under
bond of $'.."( Hi for his appear
unco at court. Me made the
bond.
The authorship of the follow
ing prose poem on "Good
Roads" is unknown, but the
Kansas City Sta r says it is get
ting "Amen " "Did Ceasar put
the iron heei upon the foreman's
breast, or did he try to make
them feel the Roman rule was
best'.' What did he try to make
them glad he'd come their
midst amid'r He built good
roads in place of bad that's
what old Ceasar did. "He
built good roads from hill to hill,
good roads from vale to vale;
he ran a good roads movement
till old Rome got all the kale.
He told the folks to buy a home,
built roads their hills amid, un
til all roads led right up to Uome
that's what old Ceasar did.
"If any town would make the
town the center of the map,
where folks will come and set
tle down and live in plenty's lap,
if any town, its own abode of
projHM-ty would rid, let it get
out and build good roads just
like old Ceasar did."
Subscribe for the News.
The New Policy A To Roach,
Asht-boi'o Couvior.)
Guilford is all out with ma
cadam roads and is building
nothing but sand clay or gravel
roads. That county is also ex
perimenting on the repair of
macadam roads with what is
known as sand clay roads. It is
a well known fact that it is al
most impossible to repair a ma
cadam road except by digging
up the road and building it
anew.
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