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THIS PAPEfl ICSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR, A. YEAR.
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. ; V.: Lenoir,, N. C, Friday, November 28, 1913 . . :
Voluma XVI
No. 6
; Bl ITEOHF I3TEEST.
lalereslln? Reading Matter of
1 ' Local and National Affair '
. in Condensed Form. '
- -Wilmington, Nov. 25. Thorn
j as Martin " Emerson, 4 president
of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail--.
-way Company, died late, tonight
at bis home in this city,' follow
ing an attack of acute indiges-
. tion yesterday while on a tnp
, of inspection: over the system
1 with members of the v board of
-v directors of the .rline. Mr. , Em
' ersoa attended by his' physician
and friends reached Wilmington
at an early hour ? this' morning
on a special train from C the
jSooth, and while ' it Sras an
nounced daring the day that his
: condition was Improved, there
came a turn for the . .worse and
he died at 11 , o'clock . 'tonight
Ashe v Me, Nov. 24. The sec
' ond chapter in the investiga
tion into the alleged illicit traffic
in liquor In Ashevilfe and Bun
combe County was written here
this morning '. i when Superior
Court Judge Frank .Carter, sit
ting as a committing magistrate
exploded a bomb ' by ordering
the immediate arrest of John H
Lange and uay Ureen, owners
and proprietors of the Langren
hotel, and : the , Century Drug
Store, J. L. Alexander proprie
tor of the Battery Park hotel,
and J.. Baylis Kec ton. manager
of the Langren, together with
one other man Isadbre Grant,
colored, alleged agent of one of
f the first four named. The ar
rests followed Immediately and
the defendants were placed un
der heavy bonds. '
Will Fields who lives about 4
miles from' Elkf Park, 4 Avery
County, near . the .Tenn. line,
was called to his door last Wed
nesday nigbt to : look, into the
muzzles of two- revolvers In the
, hands of two masked' men, who
demanded his money or his life.
Refusing compliance ' the guns
snapped in his face,' but did not
' fire. Fields' dodged back into
the house, where he was follow
ed by the men,; who heat him in
to unconsciousness with the
guns. At this juncture an out
cry was given by other members
of the family ,and the a bandits
fled after a hasty search for
money. Fields had - about $300
on his person but the .. robbers
got none of It. Dave Oakes and
his son were arrested on susplc
kn of attempting .the robbery
Washington, Nov. 25i Wil-
. liam Wilson Finley.'president 0
the Southern'-Railway and'j
leading'flgure in movements for
the development of the South,
died here today as a result of a
stroke of apoplexy " which he
! suffered a; few hours before
Mr.Tinley's family; friends and
associates ere 1 totally Vunpre
par edlf or hia sudden . death
Scarcely past the prime" of life
he was vigorous and energetic
! and seemingly" in ' the best T 0:
health a moment before he was
i felled by the stroke.. The fami
ly physician called and every ef
k fort was made to '' restore him to
J consclbusness. ' At 1:50 this af
I'tternooh he'; passed? awayr with
Mrs. Finley, three of his daugh
:; ters and his son at his , bedside
V Eggs are on the free list, bu
nobody , has yet , been . heard
crowing about their . cheapness.
That -New ,York, minister
should have known better than
to have preached, from the text
''Well done, thou ' good and
faithful servant," at a l recen
cremation. ' '
WASHINGTON SURVEY,
Government surveyors, who
have just been checking up some
of the lines reputed to have
been run by George. Washington
lnhlsdays4 of chain, and; con
pass work; have found .them
good. v .
About 1751, according . to tra
dition," 1 George ; : Washington,
then 19 years old, ranlsOut for
Lord Thomas Fairf ai , the line
between 1 what was . ; then , to be
Augusta and Frederick counties,
Virginia, this being only a part
of a great , deal of surveying
which he is said ' to have been
engaged upon ' at that time.
These two counties were' sepa
rated from .what was then
Orange county, and the grant to
Lord Fairfax; was supposed to
extend westward to ! the Pacific
ocean. subsequently ; tnese
arge tracts were further subdi
vided, so- that the "Fairfax ne'
as it is generally known, runs
now between Rockingham and
Shenandoah counties, ? with 'the
original Augusta and . Frederick
counties to the south and north
respectively. i
' In the orgaalc act for the for
mation of the two counties, or
parishes' as they were then
called, it was required that the
line should be a v straight' one
from the head .spring of Hedg
man river, one of the sources of
the Rappahannock, to the head
spring of the Potomac
Since It was required that the
line should be straight, it , was.
first necessary to get the -ap
proximate course by building
large bonfires on the interven
ing high points. Then starting
from the top of the Massanutten
mountains, the line was run
straight away over ; intervening
mountains ' and - rivers toward
the northwest
Good Rdi Dy At OA HilL
Friday was observed as good
roads day at Oak HIU High
School. A program calculated
to teach the pupils the right of
civic duties was the first thing
in the day's work. Then came
the lessons of the day , with its
duties. Then the principal with
axe took the boys out on the
grounds where they moved
stumps, logs, rocks, trees and
bushes, making the -campas 'as
attractive as possible A - Every
little boy did what he could as
citizens. The assistants, "with
brooms, soap and water, cheer
fully aided by the girls made
the school rooms a model o:
neatness in - nearly every re
spect. " Every ; one -did s his or
her duty. One who might have
noticed them In their work tha
day would have said, 'Those
children : are bound to make
good citizens." . ' ' 5
A reader.
San Diego, ': Cal. Nov, 24.
Two intrepid navigators of the
air, Lieutenants Hugh M. Kelley
and Eric L, . Ellington, U.VS. A.
attached to the camp of the
First Aero Corps, were instant
lv killed at North . Island, todav
when they fell from an altltudej
of 80 or more feet in a dual bi
plane. Within eight - minutes
after Lieut Ellington f.had Wav
ed his hand as a ; signal to 1 the
mechanicians to let go the bl
plane, the army aviator and his
brother. officer ,were . dead
Lieut. Ellison was a soitof Sher
iff Ellington of Johnson, County
N, C, and was the first man ev
er transfered from ; the navy to
the army, by , executive order 0;
President Taft.
No man questions a
standing in a streetcar.
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Mr. W, Gi Newland is having
good shingle roof put on his
Lenoir home.V; - v - :?
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Mr. A. E. Nelson; of Patter.
son, was a business ; visitor in
Lenoir Wednesday. y - - '
Miss Veile of the 'Graded
School' faculty, attended the
Teachers Assembly at Raleigh
thisveek." ,' -t
Supi G. O. Rogers of the Le
noir Graded School, is in Raleigh
this week; attending the State
Teachers Assembly. v
Mrs. Frank Martin and chil
dren of Thomas ville, N. C, are
visiting friends and relatives in
Lenoir for a few days.
Miss Marshall of the Graded
School faculty, left Wednesday
or her home in Statesville
where she will spend Thanks
giving.
Mrs." L. F. Englesby who has
been spending a monin wiin
Mrs. H. C. Martin, returned to
ber home in Washington, D. C,
Tuesday. x
Large numbers of turkeys
have been brought to Lenoir
during, the past few' weeks and
shiDDed over - the country for
Thanksgiving dinners.
Mr. P. W.Tnrnmire is very
11 at his home on Vance street
Mr. Turn mire Is a .Confederate
soldier and is one of the .old
men in town ' and it is hoped
that his illness will be of brief
duration.
Mr; and Mrs. W. H. Benfield
of Everett, Wash., who have
been spending a month with rel
atives in this section, left Wed
nesday for Hickory to spend 1
few day before returning to their
home. Mr.; , Benfield is an old
engineer but has decided on his
return home to go into the dairy
business. While , In the city
Wednesday he paid The News
office a pleasant call.
Mr. E. C. Ivey who is the
local wireless operator, informs
The News that an aerial is being
erected in Asbeville with which
be will be able to communicate
with when it is completed. Mr.
Ivey.is'qulte an expert in this
line of work and feels that he
will have no trouble in getting
in touch with the Western, North
Carolina metropolis by wireless
communication.
, The Carolina Field lub has
called the attention of its mem
bers to the danger connected
with numerous clothes cleaning
establishments, ;, It states that
all through the state there are
clothes Cleaning and- pressing
shops where benzine and gaso
line are used in cleaning clothes.
employees at the same time
smoking'- 'cigaretts. Smoking
should - be prohibited in such
places. - '
Rev, E. N. Joyner, , Rector o;
the Episcopal church 'of Lenoir,
tendered his fellow ministers 0:
the' gospel a' very delightful and
enjoyable dinner last Monday a
the Rectory in honor of Rev. C
M, Pickens pastor of the Le
noir. Methodist church, who
left to attend the conference at
Charlotte this week. It is ex
pected that Mr, Pickens will be
transfered to another church as
he has been here for a number
of vears. Tnose present were
Rev. E. N. Joyner i Rev. C. M
Pickens, Rev C. T. Squires
Rev. A. S. Peeler, Rev. J. O
Fulbrlght, Rev. J. F. Deal,' Rev,
J. C. Keeyer, The affair was
most pleasant one and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all pres
ent.
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The fanners in this section
are done sowing wheat and
gathering eorn.
The school at Bludoor is still
progressing with a fairly good
attendance present most of the
time." ' '
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Roberts
are visiting friends and relatives
at ML Olivet this week.
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Mrs. S, E. Reid has returned
home from an extended visit to
friends and relatives at Buffalo.
Lumber hauling around old
Draco is still on a boom and it
seems tnat times are ' getting
better.
The farmers of this section
are going jto sow a great deal of
rye to turn under in the spring
as a cover crop. It is a great
help to the . land to raise and
turn under a crop of this kind.
Those who attended Rentz
Bros, show in Lenoir Saturday
report a great time.
Mr. Lee Lackey is a great
hunter for he has caught seven
ty-8ix wis tail. , w no 01 our
other hunters can beat this
record. If 'possums will make
man fat guess Mr. Lackey
will be found in tne iat man s
cass for sure.
Every farmer in Little River
Township ought to do his best
to make the poultry and live
stock show which is to be held
n Lenoir Dec. 17th, the great
est possible success.
As the writer closes he has
not yet heard how many 'pos
sums Mr. S. P. Martin has
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caught this season, We expect
to give the amount of his catch
this season right away. He will
have to wake up if he beats Mr,
Lackey on 'possum hunting,
although he is an awful hunter
himself. 1
Hurrah! for The News.
Wesley.
Robt C. Thompson Pardoned.
Information received in the
following dispatch to the Char
lotte-Times-Democrat and dated
at Raleigh Nov. 21st, will be 61
interest to Caldwell County gen
erall.V as much interest was
taken in therial of Mr. Thomp
son, who at the time of the kill
ingof Mr. Beaver, was a Deputy
Sheriff under former Sheriff
Icard. The shooting taking
place at a blockade distillery in
this county where the officers
bad gone to make a raid.
Raleigh, Nov. 21. Governor
Craig granted pardons today for
RobertC. Thompson of Caldwel
County, and Jeter Barnett 0:
Mitchell County. Thompson is
pardoned from six months ser
vice on the roads for manslaugh
ter. He was a deputy sheriff
and killed a man named Beaver
while attempting to arrest him
indications being that the killing
was accidental. Barnett is par
doned from 12 months sentence
for manslaughter, because he
was only 17 years old. Court
and county officers asked for
both pardons."
Girls may go to , palmists to
have their hands red; but they
don't go into saloons to ge
their noses red.
-, We saw one of . the most re
markable men in the city last
week. He made the response
of the marriage service loud
enough for everybody to hear
him. ' . '
j . j , TOSSUMYARN., w
(North wmesboro Hustler.)
To the Associated AnniasClub
of America: ;
I, so and so, Alias John Mor
gan, do hereby apply for mem
bership in the associated liars
club of America. I can say that
have never been taught how
to lie , and therefore I think a
young man in North Wilkesboro
wnnld ftt&nd a noor chance to
earn bowto lie because there
are not any boys in town that
don t lie. And I want to learn
so bad. I will not feel right until
learn now. 1
"O, what a time" on Friday
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night, October 3rd, 13; there
were two men and one boy out
opposum hunting. . They walked
n. u , .a
the dogs could not find any
opossum tracks. And they de
cided to come back home; they
bad to cross small branches and
climb steeD hills. Going down
one of the hills tbey got tangled
.u .ut.o, i j'"6
getout, they were jumping and
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n t nMa m va rn inn TTTinrr rj i
Bwevcning vo gei, awajr irum m
bnars wnen tne lantern went
out leaviBK them in the dark
The dogs were so excited that
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treed; they could not find their
way out of the briar patch after I
having lost their matches. He
to whom was designated carry-1
ng the lantern stumped his toe
aeainst a rock and lighted the
antern and went on to get the
oppossum woicn the aoga naa
treed. At midnight they re
turned home.
On Oct 6th "the same crowd
went another direction and after
catching all the opossums they
each could carry the young man I
eave his opossums (6 or 8 of I
them) to the old man and he (the I
young man) went to a young
assie's home, and from there to
church. After church, when
started home his two dogs were
standing out in front of the
church holding an opossum In
their mouths saying, "here's one
for you, Master, and here's one
fdr your darling Dixie."
So and So.
To Maet At Pattmoa.
To the citizens of the Patter -
son Township:
We, the undersigned commit
tee, e&rnestly request - all who
expect to place on exhibit any
kind of live stock at the Cald
well Coun,ty Live. Stock Show to
be held at Lenoir, on the 17th
day of December, to meet with
us at Patterson on Saturday,
December 6th,, at 2 o'clock, p.
m
for the purpose of arranging
everything for the show.
Now let's get busy and
make
December 17 a red letter for
Caldwell County. See or 9 con
fer with the undersigned.
G. A. McCall, J. A. Laxton,
Rupus Jones, Jay Harper,
J.C.Coffey.
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wuson secona aaugnter 01 tne
President,, were joined in mar -
riage late today at the ' White
House before a company of dis-
tinguished officials of the United
States government, members of
the diplomatic corps,- dose
friends and relatives. It was a
scene pfjrare brilliancy, touched
through the ten minutes of cer -
emony, with a grave ; solemnity
as the President of the ' United
States stood by his" wife, their!
faces a study in deep emotion,
as they gave in 'marriage the
first of their children. '
Items of Interest, to The People
of Lenok--and Cald
' well County.
Rev. H. a Marley
of Old
visitor
Fort, was a business
here Tuesday.
Send or phone in your
news
they
items to this office and
wlU appreciated
Miss Jane tiallew of Morgan
ton, is visiting ber parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ballew
Qar merchants enjoyed a rush
f business dvtriDg this week
for the thanksgiving holiday
The News Printery has re-
ceivedalarge paper cutter of
the best make '
and a stapeling
machine.
At St. James church there
will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion next Sunday morn
ing, at 7:30.
MrJ. A. Laxton a promi-
Qent farmer from MulberrT
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sectioDf was . transacting busi
ness here Tuesday.
Mr. J. W. Livingston ,pf
Boomer. WUkes County; was in
wwn on oosiness inesasy anu
was a pleasant caller at this of-
ftce-
Mr. D. H. Moore left the first
of the week for Boydton, Va.,
where he will be engaged in the
lumber business for Mr. J. M.
Bernhardt.
The Rev. E. N. Joynerovwill
preach and administer the, , sac
rament of the Lord's Supper at
Peace Chapel, Whitnel, next
Sunday, at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. L. R. Xlarke and little
son who have been visiting : at
the homes of Mrs. H. C. Martin
and Mrs. S- M. Clarke, ' . return-
led to Hickory Wednesday.
The News is requested to an
nounce that there will be a Box
Supper at Whitnel school house
Saturday Nov. 29th at 6 o'clock
p.m. lor tne oenent 01 tne
school. ,
Principal W. G. .Hartzog went
away Monday to attena tne
meeting of State High School
Principals at Raleigh, which
meets Tuesday and Wednesday.
1 Also he will attend the Teachers
Assembly. ,
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. 1 Curtis of
Hay, Wash. , and Mrs. W. P:
Pendly of Blowing Rock, re
turned Monday from . a visit to
relatives in Tennessee. : The
former will spend some time in
this section with' relatives be
fore returning home.
The Woman's Home Mission
ary Society of the Methodist
church will conduct a Bazaar on
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 4th
and 5tb, in the Wakefield build
ing on North Main street for
merly occupied by the Lenoir
Book Co. They will have for
sale many useful articles suita
ble for Christmas presents and
cinAo iha Raaur ia for n. trnrui
anco . mll1 na,n.
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J This will be the first experl-
lence of the parcel post depart-
Iment of the postal service in
J handling Christmas business.,
I Preparations are being made by
the department to Handle an
I immense amount of business,
An addition to the usual slogan
1 "shop early" may be added this
year "send your packages by
parcel post and do it early."
Have a thought for the welfare
of the post office employees ov-
er the country as well as for the
I clerks.