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Volume XVI:
Lenoir, N. C. Tuesday, July 2ir 1914
No. 70
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TOETrRANY OF CUSTOM.
- . lPrebyterin Standard) '
'We have all read r and "have
been thrilled by the story of the
young Swiss who threw, himself
' upon the bristling spears in or
1 der to break the serried ' ranks
'- of the enemy, f j 1 1; - I . y -It
is in order) now for some
modern Arnold von Wlnkelrled
to'sacrifice his social standing by
, disregarding " a social custom
that is fast spreading. ., v ..'
1 " Once the presents at Christ
mas werelconflned to the imme
diate family, and were real : ex
pressions of love. In recent
years the circle has steadily
grown till it la fast including
"' one's acquaintances, without re
gard to age or intimacy, and in
consequence the Christmas sea-
v son is onedreaded as the maker
of burdens too heavy ;tobe
borne. ' :
Some of your friends have
: been married 25, or it may be 50
years. There is . nothing pecu
liarly wonderful about that,
such as would reflect any credit
-upon the parties' concerned. It
only shows how good God has
, been to spare them to each oth-
. er for so ' many years, and if
there is to be any giving, it
would seem more in keeping
with the fitness of things to give
something to His cause,
Such, however,' is not the cus
tom; but cards are sent out an
'n'ouncing a certain 'anniversary,
- which is a delicate , way of ask
ing for aj)resent 'and forthwith
. all who receive such, card's, buy
'SOCQethiQgof the; least " cost that
; ili'ii their face: ''
The children, have their birth
day parties, r and then, instead
of old-time games such as our
level headed ancestors played,
each one invited must bring a
present, which means heart
burning on the 1 . part of some
who could not afford a finer one,
- and social ostracism for .those
, who brought nothing, v
Again the circle is widening.
-The rite of infant baptism has
'been caught in the ' maelstrom,
and now instead .of being aTe
iigious ceremony in which par
ents dedicate their child to God
and enter into covenant rela
' tions with Him, it has also be
come an occasion, for the same
conferring of presents.
-' ; No one likes these ; customs,
. and all would like a return to
'the old ways, yet no one has the
. couragcfto defy them.
So far the : funeral has escap
ed, but the time may come,' when
each one in vited will bring some
, thing to be put in the grave, af
V ter the manner of our savage
ancestors, ," v ; V .
A FEW RULES , FOR HOG RAISERS.
(By Lester Homes, R. R. 25, Sheridan
- j') Indiana)'
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,K( For young pigs y?Q always fur
"nish a dry' bed where they can
get lots of sunshine. -
, ' v .,We keep fresh : water where
Vthey can get it always.
' i We never permit a hog to be
f come lousy, using crude carbolic
acid and coal oil-as a preventive.
j'We keep pldnty of charcoal or
, soft coal before them.
' If possible we never
have "a
pen or hog lot next the highway
"Jand we try to prevent pigeons
'and crows and buzzards from
alighting in the peris. - 1 : ! J
,We tiuarantine new hogs uhti
sure that they are free from dis
ease. ' . , . ' -
. , -iWe do riot allow stock-food
men.or patent medicine men
" , within the lot, for-we can't te)
how recently they ; may ha,ve
visited a sick herd. v ,
: We never keep a sow more
', than a year if she does not pro
' duce an average of six pigs per
litter.' x' , ' " v' "
COLD HILL SENATORS ESCAPE ALL
; BLAME ?
Washington July J 17. No
body is to- blame for - having
boomed the Gold Hill mine on
senate stationery.
. That in substance is the find
ing of senate committe which
has investigated the remarkable
chain of circumstances that led
to the circulation on the Wall
Street curb of a Gold Hill report
struck off on senate committee
letterheads in the offices of two
senators who are stockholders in
thymine.; ; ; ' V. . J?
The committee's report, which
was laid before the full commit
tee on privileges and elections,
contains not a word of condem
nation for anybody or anything.
There is nothing in it that would
discourage, the ibost timid from
emulating, this effort to exploit
the North Carolina Golconda on
senate stationery.
Even Walter George Newman,
the promoter who used the Pres
ident's room at the Capitol to
sing the praises of Gold Hill and
who enjoyed the extraordinary
privilege of going on the floor of
the senate,-might find encour
agement in the report to try his
luck again.
LOUD "AMENS" COVERED PRISON.
ERS' DEPARTURE.
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Klnston, July 15. Alonzo
Marshburn, a negro, was today
carried to the Duplin county
Jail at Kenans vllle, from where
he with seven others escaped
about two Weeks ago. He was
arrested by a- Lenoir county
planter and brought to jail here
until a Duplin county officer
could come for bim. Marshburn
confessed that he was wanted in
Duplin to stand trial on a charge
of larceny and described the
means that he and the others
employed to escape. - While the
little county seat town was sleep
ihg the conspirators in the jil
held a. religious service to drown
the noise made by those dig
ging the hole, for their escape.
oong and prayer 5 services are
frequent : occurrences in theH
county jail in- Kenansville, and
citizens disturbed., froni their;
slumbers returned v- immediately
to sleep. An especially capable
black led the service, while the
physical huskies used the tools.
Marshburn was a . - chorister,
and prayed a bit too, he said.
The time for the .exit v was ac
companied by an extra loud
men" and the eight slipped
through the ' hole and skulked
away over the . country side.
Only Marshburn hast been cap-.
tured.
MORE FRAUD WHEAT.
I bought one bushel .. of seed
wheat from' E. P. Link, the seed
peddler, one half bushel each of
two varieties both smooth head
wheat. I sowedseparate. One of
the lots was about half bearded
and had several different kinds
of wheat In it; the other lot was
about one1 fourth bearded and
mixed with other kinds of wheat.
I sowed. it on the best land. w J
bad prepared it well v and used
200 pounds .of fertilizer per acre.
It did not make ' near as goo
wheat as my qwn seed " did right
b,y the side of it. I lost ' some
thing like $10.00 by: buying the
one bushel of seed, $4.75 I paid
for the wheat and ' it liked," five
or six .bushels of .'making as
much as my own seed ' would
have made. V . .
- John Turner, -
Yadkin Valley, N: 0.
" Before marriage he thinks she
is the dearest girl in the world
After marriage, when the bills
come in, ue Knows sne is. ,
EWS ITL1E5 DF STATE
Interesting Neyrs of All Kinds Derived from Various
1 Sources, Revised and Condensed for ' ,
. -v. v-- Brief Reading. : -
The Bank ofv Morganton - has
ately moved into its handsome
new quarters on , West " Union
street. .
President Wilson is being urg
ed by Gov. Craig and many oth
er prominent North Carolinians
to appoint Chief Justjkpe Walter
Clark of ths ' State Supreme
Court to the" U. S. Supreme
Court to succeed the late Judge
. H. Lurton.
Washington, July 16. Repre
sentative Webb, North Carolina,
was chosen by the house Demo
cratic caucus today to succeed
Representative Clayton, Alaba
ma, recently named federal
udge, as chairman of the judici
ary committee.
New York, July 15. In one
borough 6f Greater New York-
Manhattan 540 absolute divorc
es were granted during the six
months ended June 30, as
against 872 during the same pe
riod last year. These figures
were made public today by the
county clerk.
Durham, July 15. William
Erwin, the 16-year-old son, of
W. A. ErwiR, of West Durham,
was placed under arrest this aft
ernoon in connection with the
injury of Thomas Cogbill, who
Was run down by an j&atomobile
being driven by young Erwin
this afternoon.
The people around Louisburg
don't seem to want booze very
badly as there was a trunk con
taining 50 pints of whiskey "tok
en from the train carrying' mili
tia companies to Morehead City
some ten days ago and has not
been claimed as yet. It is sup
posed it belonged to some of the
boys who Wanted to do a little
blind tigering" and. they are
afraid to claim it.
.Fayetteville, July 16. Wed
nesday night Sheriff McGeachy
arrested at Watkins mill, a few
miles north of Fayetteville, a
negro identified, as Aaron Du
pree, murderer of Mack Brown
on his farm at Dundarrach last
December. The prisoner denied
being the right party - but he is
now safety locked in jail.
Newton, July 16. Carl Stew
art was arrested here a few days
ago ch arged with deserting the
navy, ; He is the son of Mr. arid
Mrs. Ueorge Stewart, and was
only about 16 years old when he
enlisted and did so without the
knowledge and consent of his
parents. He ' was ; taken to
Charlotte and from theTe to
Norfolk for trial. -
vAshevllle, July 16. The trial
Of Berry Dockery, charged with
the, murder; of Perry, Bradburn
in the Leicester section " last
March," began in Superior
court here this mornrag, 'Judge
E. B. Cline- presiding. The
state introduced only four wit
nesses and then rested its case.
which is considered a damaging
one for the defendant.
J. L. Boger, former chief of
police of Concord, has been ap
pointed United States deputy
marshal to succeed R. R. Ross,
who resigned to , become post
master at Asheboro. Boger s
appointment was fought by T,
D, Maness, pity attorney ot Con
cord, wqp charged and' the
charge-was not - publicly denied
-that Boger was short in his
'accounts while chief of police of
Concord.
AND USTfl INTEREST
Percy Fields, 18 years old, of
Abbott's Creek township, Davie
son county, is in fail charged
with criminally assaulting Vir
gie Vaden, a 13-.vear-old orphan.
The boy denies the crimp.
San Jose. Cal.. July 15. Eva
J. Rinehart, a nurse was arrest
ed here today charged with hav
ing killed her companion and
partner, Mrs. Kathleen "Bluett,
to collect her life insurance.
Leipsic, July .14 A new
world record for an aeroplane
was established here today by
Heinsich Oelerich, a German av
iator, who rose in his biplane
7,500 metres or approximately
24,606 feet nearly four and three
quarter miles,
Miss Doxthy Bauer, a 14-year
I old girl of , Tarry town, N. Y.,
swam the Hudson River at its
widest point last Friday, the dis
tance covered by .Miss Bauer
was about six miles and the wa
ter was very rough. The feat
is said to be unparalleled in the
history of swimmers.
In the police court at Wins
ton-Salem this week J. E. Saint
sing, a Winston-Salem druggist,
was convicted of retailing and
Dr, Dimmette, a physician bf
Wallburg, Davidson county,
was convicted of issuing illegal
prescriptions for, whiskey. Both
were fined and , both appealed.
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President Duncan of the Nor
folk' Southern ; Railway system
has announced that Raleigh will
have thjgri : principal railway
shops of the system., They will
be among the . largest in the
south and do the work for four
divisions of the road. ' i
Six persons were killed and
twenty wounded in Norfolk Fri
day when a trolley car pulling
a trailer crashed into a freight
train, the cars were running at
such a great rae of speed that
two of the heavy steel cars of
the train were carried several
yards from the track.
Paris? Ark'., July 15. Main
taining his innocence, Arthur
Tillman, 22 years old, was hang'
ed here today for the murder of
his sweetheart, Amanda Steph
ens, iy years old, whose body
was found in an abandoned well
at Delaware. Ark., last March.
Both the Stephens' and Tillman
families. were prominent.
Washington? July I6.r-Secre-
tary Bryan, in a formal state,
ment issued tonight, came out
fof woman suffrage. He de
ciarea tnat ne would as no po
litical rights for himself that he
was not willing to grant his
wife, and announced his interi
tion of supporting the proposed
state constitutional amendment
extending the franchise to worn
en to be voted upon in Nebras
ka next November, r (
; Asheville. July 16. -An; or
ganization was perfected and a
juvenile court established for
Asheville at the meeting held
yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock
at the Y, M. C. A. building,
which was attended ? by a large
number of people interested in
the movement in this city. The
meeting was due to. the . v isit
here of the Juvenn! Protective
association wthwuth'ern,'head';
quarters in Atlanta, who came
to Asheville several days ago
and made ;severaV; addsses in
the city in regard . to the estah-
lishme.it of the court '
KWDEL QUITS THE PARTY.
A Washington dispatch says:
Representative -George J.
Kindel, of Colorado, elected as a
Democrat it(was learned .today,
has left the Democratic party,
and will henceforth be known
as an independent lr Kindel
has told his friends that he re
gards the administration as in
competent and; that he is no
longer able to affiliate with the
party. Not only that, but Mr.
Kindel will assist. Senator Jo
seph W. Bristow of Kansas,
Republican candidate Tor re-election
to the Senate, and will aid
other Republican candidates in
so far as they esijjuse bis views
on the transportation problem
and the Mexican question. Mr.
Kindel has pui chased a&tereop
ticon outfit, and will invade the
congressional district of Repre
sentative David J. Lewis, Dem
ocrat of Maryland, who has
been an adviser to' Mr. Burle
son, tne .Postmaster General, in
parcel post matters.
Claiming that he was thrown
from his bicycle by reason of
a defective place in a paved
street, John Arnold has brought
suit against the city ' of Ashe
ville for damages in the sum of
$2,000.
The education commission ap
pointed by the general confer
ence of the Methodist church to
choose a location for the pro
posed Methodist University has
selected Atlanta, Ga. Hender
sonville, N. C, and Birmingham
Ala., made strong- bids for it
Asa Candler, brother of Bishop
Candler, 'hasdonated $1,000,000
to the institution. f ?
Winston-Salem, July 16. The
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Compa
ny has awarded the contract for
the new concrete sweat house to
Harwood and Moss, of New
port News, Va. The new build
ing will be of steel and reinforc
ed concrete and will contain no
wood.' It will be 66 feet wide,
291 feet long and 104 ; feet high.
It is to have 11 stories and will
have a capacity of 3,400,000
pounds of leaf tobacco. "
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A rather unusual fake was
tried on Mr. J. ( B. Stanley of
Durham' last week when his
nephew who was in Norfolk,
Va., sent several telegrams to
him 'informing him that his
nephew Jim Stanley bad been
killed and wanted money to bu
ry the body. Mr. Stanley wired
to have the body prepared for
burial and sent to Durham and
he would settle all bills on ar
rival. After the body did not
arrive and further investigation
was made it was found' that the
young man had sent the tele
grams himself in order to get
the money.
Fort Smith, Ark., July 171
After a pitched battle x between
several hundaed striking coal
miners and their sympathizers
and 100 guards stationed at the
Prairie Creek mines,
of the!
Mammoth vein uoal company
near Fort Smith today, which
ended in the rout of the guards,
tipples of three mines were de
stroyed by fire and , dynamite.
The property damage is estiiriat
ed at $200,000. So far as can
be ascertained, no one was
killed or seriously wounded i'n
the fighting, which began short-
ly after daybreak and continued
until late in the day when the
their ammunition was exhausted
Rioters held possession of the
mines for several hours, wreck -
Jng the, plants wi
explosives. Tonight the prop -
erties are deserted. '
' A BIG GUN. . '
The 16-inch gun, said to be
the biggest piece of ordinance
in the world, now being made
ready for service on the fortifi
cations at Panama, will be sent -to
Panama next spring.
Some idea of the tremendous
power of this gun, destined to
protect the Pacific ' entrance to
the Panama canal, may be
formed from the fact that it is
fifty feet long, weighs 142 ton :
and fires a projectile about six
feet long. The projectile itself
weighs a ton and is discharged
by 665 pounds of powder. It re-"
quires eight men to carry the - -powder
charge. This gnn has
a maximum range of, from 22 to
23 miles. The elevation per- f
mitted by its carriage willenah- "
le the gun to fire a projectile"
about 11 miles across the Pacific '
ocean. It has sufficient powers
theoretically, to pierce two feet
of the best armor at the muzzle. "
At 11 mile? the gun is calculated
to pierce a 12-inch armor plate,
or any side armor afloat
When a shell leaves the gua
it is revolving around its axis at , '.
about 4,000 revolutions per min
ute and develops a pressure of
88,000 pounds ' to the square)
inch. The pressure to the rear
on the gun and forward on the
projectile amounts to 7,600,000 ' ,
pounds. The projectile's veloc
ity of 2,250 feet per second gives
a muzzle energy of. somewhat
more than 84,000 foot tons .'
that is an energy capable of
raising 42 tons one foot - every. '
second.,. '.L'--'X.r!',h:.:MiQ
Army ordinance officers believe
the gun ' will be a tremendous
instrument of peace when it fin-1
ally is In position on the 6anal.
ON LOYALTY f
, , (Jerome P. Fleishman) "
Take It from me, unless you're '
iq sympathy with the Old Man1-,
unless you can work "with" him
as well as ior, bim unless yott
want to grow as the business
grows unless you sometimes.
think about your job an the man
who makes it , possible in a a
kindly, helpful, uplifting way1 "
you'd better resign. - ,:
, You'd better do it quick. You ' .
aren't worth much to the : firm.
What's more, you arenrt worth
much to yourself. I know. I
worked for a mean boss . once..
Loyalty was an unknown thing
in his organization . . The only .
time the men and women in his
employ cared a rap for him was
on pay 'day. - Then they showed
their interest in the firm by step
ping up to the cashier's window, .
And that was about the only
time they looked halfway inter
ested. . , - .iV f
Get a good boss. , Take an in
terest in your work. Try to im
prove daily on that wprk. Get
some fun out of tackling every-,
thing t hat comes your way with
the one idea v of doing . it ,"the
bes you know how". That is,
loyalty loyalty to the boss and
loyalty to ypur own ; best inter
ests.- Pretty soon you 11 be doing
your work so weir that .the boss
will be compelled to sit up and
take notice. Then, maybe, he'll
raise your salary. He will if he's
the right kind of, an executive!
And when he does that, you will
raise your standards and . your
ideals still higher and try to
beat out the good work,' that
brought about the increase; in
recognition. ; t
Oh, yes loyalty pays: ! It
pays best the man who is loyal,
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