North Carolina Newspapers

THIS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Volume XV Lenoir, N- C, Tuesday, November 4, 1913 No. 104 Iews itemsj BracT Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. The sand-clay road from Hick ory via Newton is completed within two and a half miles of Maiden and will be finished to the Lincoln County line by early spring if the winter is not too severe. Lincoln Locals in Gas tonia Gazette. St. Louis, Oct. 30. Each of the heirs of the estate of Adol phus Busch, the late brewery magnate, who according to the will filed here yesterday, are to have shares of the trust into which the estate is to be formed, will have an annual income of $375,000 a year, or pore than $1,000 a day. We are pleased to note that there are now 877 students reg istered at our State University, being 100 more than had regis tered at this time last year. The great bulk of these students are from this state, about 90 per cent, and they are from b9 couu ties. The few counties unrep resented are in the extreme eastern and western part . of the state. Chatham Record. New York, . Oct. 30. -William Sulzer's conviction by the high court of impeachment and his removal from the office of Gover" nor of New York, was thrown into the Federal Courts today by Wm. H. Moore, a printer. In a remarkable petition Moore alleges that the control of the State Government has passed from the people to a small . group of citizens and consequent ly New York is no longer enjoy ing a republican form of gov ernment as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution. Raleigh Oct. 30. The Dust Freight Rate Association' of North Carolina, in special ses sion here today in the office of Gov. Craig, adopted resolutions providing that the permanent organization be delegated, to the present officers and advisory board withjpower to adopt COO- stitution andibylaws, fix dUeg and all membership and other regulations that shall govern the association. Under the ms olution there.must be a meeting of the association not later than May lith for the election of of titers and getting ready for the summer and fall campaign. Fine Supper For Clerki. Mr. and Mrs.;.). C. Seagle tendered the employees of the Bernhardt-Seagle Co., with a delicious andlJabundant supper at their handsome; home in Le noir between 6 and 10 o'clock Thursday evening. Mrs. Sea gle was assisted in entertaining by her sister, Mrs. G. L. Hern hardt and those who attended state that the table was fairly loaded with all one could desire to satisfy the inner man. After supper was served the gentle men enjoyed a box of fine cigars presented by.Mr. Seagle. Alto gether the occasion was a most pleasant and sociable affair which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Those attending, were: Messrs. J. A. Courtney. Dennis Rabb, Joe Powell, L. "A. Wat son, Ross Pressnel and Nathan iel Helton. A scholar says butter was un known to the ancients, but you can't get a patron of a cheap boarding-house to believe it SWINDLING THE RAILROADS. There are two Hides to almost every question and this seems to be true in the matter of the railroad freight classifications. An incident has cropped out in New York which goes to explain the care exercised by the rail road companies to prevent frauds in the classification of freight. The losses suffered by the railroads have become so se riousjlthat Assistant United States Attorney Knox has felt justified in instituting an inves tigation. It is claimed that by the violations of the interstate commerce laws the railroads are yearly defrauded out of hun dreds of thousands of dollars. One New York firm has been in the habit of shipping cut dress forms as cotton piece goods, in stead of under the classification of dry goods, and has saved 10 cents on every 100 pounds ship ped. This firm admitted its guilt. It was finetl $500. A firm manufacturing scientific and optical instruments has been shipping its products as hard ware and glassware, thereby saying 11 cents a hundred pounds. Alillmery firms are said to be the worst offenders. The law provides a maximum penalty of two years imprison ment for false classification and the Government announces its intention to break up the prac tice, even if individuals as well as firms have to be indicted. It is proper that these prosecutions be pushed. 1 he railroads are made to observe the rates pre scribed and ought to be protec ted from, false labeling. Char lotte Observer. Two Fir Alarm. Thursday night about 9 o'clock the whistle of the Moore Cotton Mill Co., at Valmead, sounded the fire alarm and many people went from Lenoir to see what could be done. The tire broke out in the pickers room in the Moore Cotton Mill and flashed over the cottpn of "which there was considerable loose in the room, about 24 bales altogeth er. Te fire was quickly eo tfnguished, however,) by thje Splendid bre figfitrogj systeto 1 which has been Installed' there amounting aiiogetuw? n neighb04-hoc4ofdpv;tlie "floor being Durnoo soioe ajru couon damaged by both fire-afld water. The tire was confined to the one room and thus the mill escaped further damage. The adjuster was due here yesterday to make a settlement for the insurance companies. Saturday evening about ( o clock another tire alarm was made here at Mr. T. A. War ner's house on Mulberry street The flue had become filled with soot which caught fire and made an awful smoke but the tire was confined to the flue and no dam age was done, with the excep tion of giving the residents o the house a good scare. Do you wish something can enjoy, That te'nds to banish things which annoy, you al That will make yon glad and feel much stronger, And make you think you wan to live longer, Heighten your bliss and lessen your woes, And make you friends out of all your foe$;. We have 1$ surt, ' be wise and secure, It,, J ' ;4 were positive rnenas, our paper will do It , ' LEHM PEOPLE 11. Hon. Mark Squires of Lenoir, was a court visitor this week. Newton News. Mr. M. M. Teague of Lenoir, was a Charlotte visitor yester- ay. Charlotte Observer, 1st. Mr. George O. Shakespeare of Lenoir, is in Raleigh on busi ness. News and Observer, hursday. Dr. Kerr, physician for the Grandin Lumber Co., went to Lenoir Wednesday. North Wilkesboro Hustler. Miss Lina Ivey of Lenoir, is a guest at the home of her uncle, Mr. J. B. Ivey, in Piedmont ark. Charlotte Observer, 1st. Mrs. Arthur Kelly of Lenoir, was the guest of Mrs. Joe At wood several days the first of the week. Morganton News-Herald Mr. J. A. Allen of Lenoir was in the city this morning between trains. He had been attending the fair in Charlotte. Gastonia Gazette. Mrs. Jennie Seagle left Tues day morning lor Lienoir to pend several months with her son, Mr. J. C. Seagle. Morgan- ton News-Herald. Mr. W. A. McGlamery sales man of Asneville, and formerly a citizen of Wilkes and brother of Mr. L. M. McGlemery, went on the early train this morning or Lenoir by way of Grandin. North Wilkesboro Hustler. Mr. N. R. Tripletthad his up per lip bruised by a piece of piping in some way striking it yesterday morning while engag ed in work at the Shell Chair Factory, the wound being only a slight one however. North Wilkesboro Hustler. At the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Duck worth near Chesterfield, Miss Nonnie Duckworth was married Thursday night, October 23rd, to Mr. J. Roby Kincaid, son of Mr. John Kincaid of Muttcnz. Caldwell County. --Morganton News-Herald. Mr. R. H. Harper of Caldwell County, spent Sunday night here with his brother, Mr. F. G. Harper, and left yesterday af ternoon in company with Mr. H. T. Blair en route to Oak Ridge as attendants at the marriage of Miss Blanche Holt of that place to Mr. Joe. H. Gwyn of Mount Airy, which takes place, there Wednesday night. Jtforth Wilkesboro Hustler. The local newspaer should be found in every home. No child will grow up ignorant who can be taught to appreciate the home paper. It is the stepping stone of intelligence in all these matters not to be learned, in books. Give your children a forign paper which contains not one word about , any person, place or thing which they never saw or perhaps ever heard of. how can you expect them to be interested? But let them have the home paper and read of per sons whom they meet and places with which they are fa miliar and soon an interest is awakened which increases with every arrival of the local paper. Thus a habit of reading is formed and ihose children will read the papers all their lives and become intelligent men and women, a credit to their ances tors; strong in their knowledge of the world as it is today. The Lenoir News $1. the year. 1115 AND PERSONALS Miss Hugerson of Mortimer, was shoppingjn Lenoir Satur day. Mr. S. R. Morrison of Hickory was a business visitor here Fri day. Attorney Ed. Coffey of Boone, was a guest at the Martin House Friday. Mr. E. F. Reid of Chester, spent Saturday and Sunday in Lenoir. Mr. M. C. Triplett of North Wilkesboro, spent several here last week. Mr. W. A. McCall of Finley, was transacting business in Le noir Saturday. Mr. M. C. Estes of Colletts ville, was a business visitor to Lenoir Saturday. Miss Bertha Steele of the Valley, attended the teachers meeting here Saturday. Mr. C. A. I'ressnell attended the Charlotte Fair, last week returning home Friday. The Bernhardt-Seagle Co., have two interesting advertise ments in this issue of The News. Misses Miller and Smoak of the Granite Falls graded school were visitors in Lenoir Satur day. Prof. Goodrich principal of the Hudson Graded school, was in attendance at the teachers meeting in Lenoir Saturday. Mr. Geo. O. Shakespeare, at tended the meeting of the North Carolina Just Freight Rate As sociation at Raleigh last week. Returning home Friday. Messrs. C. H. Holloway and Will Dickson of Collettsville, who have been engaged in the lumber business near Chase City Virginia, have returned home. Mr. J. M. Mauney is building a new dwelling on Spruce Ave nue, near the home of Mr. R. A. Rainseur and expects to move into it about the 1st of De cember. Mr. John V. Link returned last week from an extended visit to Virginia in the vicinity of Chase Qjty. He was right much pleased with some parts of that country. Mr. H F. Davis a prominent Morganton merchant, was lie re Friday wih his son. Mr. E. B. Davis, of the new drug firm of Ballew it Davis, returning home Saturday noon. Messrs. Brannan & Kirby of Knoxville, will hold an auction gale of unbroken horses n !- noiron Thursday, 6th. They have an advertisement in this issue of The News. Mr. C. J. Powell gave a corn shucking at his . home on Lower Creek Yiday night,, Which was wH attended and enjoyed, and a lot of fine corn takenwit of the shuck during the evening by the guests. , v Many people have, been out during the past week taking ad vantage oi the pretty weather we have been having, which has put the roads in excellent condi tion ami made motoring a real pleasure. Mr. J. G. Ballew arrived Fri day from Baltimore and has tak en charge of the J. E. Shell A Co., drug store which he and Mr. E. ;B. Davis of Morganton are the present owners. Mr. Ballew has many friends here who are pleased to see him again become a resident of Lenoir. Detroctire Cyclone. On the 9th of October a very severe cyclone passed over cer tain portions of Nebraska and among the sufferers were Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel H. . McCall, who are well known in this part of the country and who live near Callaway, Nebraska. The Loup Valley Queen, a pap er published in Callaway gives the following account of the destruction of Mr. McCall's home by the tornado. "The next place was that of L. H. McCall. Mr. McCall had spent years in fixing up his ranch in the best of shape, and had it equal to the modern city home. The storm, being no re specter of persons or of fine homes, picked up his home and reduced it to nothing. Mr. and Mrs. McCall were the only mem bers of the family at home at the time, and seeing the storm coming went to the cellar be neath the house. They had no more than entered than the bouse went. When the storm passed they found themselves standing in a space about two feet square, every other portion of the cellar, whichrWas walled with brick, being filled with ma chinery and debris. They es caped without a scratch. The house was scattered over a radi us of a mile, furniture and household goods going in the same manner. Farm machinery was ruined, ash trees six inches in circumference being twisted off at the ground, and the fine cedar grove completely ruined. All that was left standing was a granary full of wheat and corn crib full of ear corn, and these buildings were wrenched beyond repair. A 1400 pound horse was picked up and carried through the air for a distance of three-quarters of a mile, and when found had a leg broken and there were 23 strans of barb wire wrapped around its body. The animal had to be killed. At this place there was an or gan in the house, and at the time the writer visited the scene no part of the organ had been found. A glass jar of pickles which before the storm were in the cellar, were found some 20 yards from the cellar with the jar unbroken, and standing be side a paper box which had not been moved from its place. County Teachers' Meeting. The Caldwell County Teach ers' Association met in theGrad ed School building in Lenoir, Saturday with practically' all the teachers of the county pres ent. Plans were discussed for the county commencement and the following committee appointed for the purpose of setting the date for same and the preparing of the program which will be reiKrted to the newspapers lat er. Lommittee: Messrs. u. u Rogers, H. S. Grant W. G Hartzog, Misses Willie Brown Maude Minish and Nora Steele How to make Grammar inter esting was another well handled discussion. Also the advanta ges of the Phonic Method. Mr. G. M. Goforth, County Demonstration Agent made an interesting talk and urged the teachers to use their best efforts in pushing the comclub work in the county. Great interest was manifested in the County Commencement by all the teachers and it is likely that will' prove a most in teresting feature of. the associa tion., . ':."' . LOCAL W PEflSONAL NEWS. Items of Interest to The People of Lenoir and Cald well County. The Book Store have an ad in this issue. Mr. Warlick of Granite Falls, was a visitor to Lenoir Sunday. Messrs. A. G. Foard and E. Ivey motored to Statesville Sunday. Mr. J. C. Coffey of Risden, was a business visitor to Lenoir Monday. Mr. Thos. Moore of Colletts ville, was transacting business here yesterday. Mr. C. L. Coffey a prominent planter from Lower Creek, was in town on business yesterday. County Treasurer E. L. Steele and Miss Anson Tuttle spent Sunday in the Yadkin Valley. Mr. J. P. Rabb came down from McDowell Saturday to spend Sunday with his family. Mrs. E. C. Earnhardt returned Saturday from a week's visit to Mrs. Lula Hickman of Hickory. Miss Era Munday who has been visiting friends and rela tives in Gastonia. returned yes terday. The Board of County Commis sioners and County School Board met in regular monthly session yesterday. The Lutheran Church Sunday School will render a special Home Mission service Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. J. O. Fulbright left yes terday for Collettsville, where. he will spend several days visit ing friends and hunting. Miss Pearl Minish is expect ed home tomorrow from Walnut Cove where she has been visit ing friends and relatives. A number of the young people enjoyed a Hallowe'en party at the home of Miss Mary New- land last Thursday night. Mr. P. G. Moore of Granite Falls, was a business visitor here. Monday in attendance on the meeting of the School Board. Mr. H. C. Landon, general manager of the Watauga & Yad kin River Railroad, was a prom inent business visitor to Lenoir Monday., v The Phitathea class enter tained Baraca class of the Meth odist Sunday School, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dula Thursday night Mr. W. E. Plummer of route 3, was a pleasant caller at this office Monday, and we regret to state that he moved this week to Hickory where he has accept ed a position in a furniture fac tory. Mr. R. L. Postonof the Poston Roller Mills at Statesville, was a business visitor to Lenoir Monday. These mills have a capacity of 000 barrels of flour per day and are the largest in the State. Mr. B. F. Campbell, manager of the Knox 5 and 10c Store in Lenoir, had the misfortune te run a nail in his foot Friday which is causing him consider able trouble and necessitated his going to his home in Hick ory Saturday where he will re main for several days or until he , is sufficiently recovered to rei turn to hi duty here. While he is away - the business is being looked after by Mr. P. V. Dot- , son of Statesville. . V. . V f-.., - ;' " ,4 ;"5t,--jS - V- i