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Volume XVI v - v. .'. Lenoir, N. C Tuesday, September 8, 1914 ' : ; No. 84 -
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HARTLEY FOLY HISTORY
: Compfled for - Publication by
t Our Correspondent, Rev ! ' ;
; .LW.Thomak.
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' Walghtsel Hartley camV to
. this country from Sbapsblre,
England in 1740, and settled in
' Maryland near" FredicV Name
of bis wife is not known. r They
had three children, John, Maha
la and Nancy. Nancy married
' David Tncker; Mahala John
V Dinwiddie and John, Elizabeth
rBecket. Elizabeth Becket wag
a waitress In the home of the
Jeffersonsrand nursed Thomas
Jefferson and knit caps for him.
John Hartly had seven children,
V Finley, George, James, Reuben,
Nancy Elizabeth and Ava.
Nancy married Geo. Tucker;
Elizabeth, General Wilson; Ava
never, married; Finley married
Sarah Brooks; Geo., Elizabeth
Davis; James, Anna McCrary;
Reuben,' Jane Fulenwider.
John Hartley was a weaver by
having lost V leg froni scrofula."
He died in 1896. He,, was not a
member of any . church,- but a
very moral man, and was demo
cratic in politics. ; Polly Hartley
married W. W. Sherrill and
lives in Watauga county. Ma
hala Hartley married John Bry
ant and Is' dead. Alford Hart
ley t married Lucy Greenway,
daughter of William
IIEV5 ITEM INTEREST COUNTY GOJOTIIITS
Interesting Reading' Matter of Items from our Regular , Corres-
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
pondents and Neighboring
County Papers.
HIBRITEN.
FAMILY REUNION.
The family of A. H. Courtney,
deceased, gathered in a delight
ful family reunion at the old
home place at Hartland on Wed
nesday September ' the 2nd.
The mother and all the living
children with their families
were present. There
living children,
grand-children and
IE0JR. BEDS.
i Progress of the War in Europe
from The Latest
Dispatches. '?
Waahinnlnn Uan f ft Pwt
. An informal reception was
dent Wilson today announced he iven to Mp m j. Smith and
Greenway would not mate a 8PakiDK tour daughter Miss Lucille, at the
arid settled on the head of upper during the coming campaign, home of Mr. T. B. Swanson last J grand children
Little river, this county., They He declared his intention of Tuesday night The occasion had passed since
Had fiovon fhnrtrpn Rpowp. "staying on the job", because of was greatly enjoyed. Ice cream
wnijam .Tvaanh Tilman Mai-withe "unlooked for international and cake were served inter
situation.
are seven
Ann, Elizabeth and Myra. Geo.
was never married. He died in
Missouri. William married
Elizabeth Largent, went to Mis
souri and later died Nin Texas.
Joseph Was twice married; first
to Hannah West and . second to
Vieiia Powell. By .first mar
riage there were four children.
Dora married'J. C. Spencer and
lives in Va. Lbuwena married
John West and lives on the old
Hartley place. Lucy married
Smith McDade and lives at Hud
son, N. C. Alford never mar-
in a reunion, since that time
some changes had taken place,
spersed with music, both vocal the memory of which brought
and Instrumental. Especially tinges of sadness. But the oc-
iub uuiwu ui ua6ioiu6 iu we wouiu meuuoo wie war ume icasion, ior tne most part, was
Washington is turning out mon- mUsic, fife and drum, which was one of gratitude, joy and glad
ey literally in bales these days very interesting to the young hess. The ecod health and vie
w luwM iijc i;iioio iu uimuumioi- ana aiine same ume canine ud or oi tne motnr was a snnrr
memories of the past to the old- of much delight to the children
er ones. Une strange feature Notwithstanding her nearly
of the occasion was that of the fourscore years she is active
53 persons present all were con- and lively. On this occasion
nected, either by blood or mar- she gave to each of her children
riage with one exception, Mr. a linen towel which was made
T. H. Broyhill. who was present of goods woven bv her
and was not related
trade, He wove on an old fash- ned. By second marriage there
ioned hand loom, and it is said were six children. Laura is
he could weave 40 yards per single. Delia died some years
day and that he knew how to do agd. Missouri married Finley
Laxton and lives on Kings
Creek this county. Josephine
married Rufus Heffrier and lives
near Hickory, N. C. Sallie is
nothing else whatever. He
. died fn Va., and his widow and
' family came to North Carolina
" in 1783.- Finley settled in Row
in county and the others came single and Ivey married Lula
"to Caldwell countv. then Burke. Lanier and lives on Little Rivar
George settled where J. P. Bush Tilman Hartley married Sarah
' . now lives. He had six children, Williams and had six children.
niinton. Larkin. Georee. Alford. Two of these died- young and
" Waighstel and Mahala. George the others are unmarried. Til
o ' Harttev Sr.. was aN saddle and man was a confederate soldier
, harness maker. "He was paral- and lost n arm at Rheam's sta
i bed and confined for :' 84 years, tion in Va. He died some years
and died in)1834 at the age of I ago. Mary Ann married Wes
72. His son, Col. Clinton Hart- ley Spencer, and diecTin 1863 in
ley, never 1 married. He was Little river township this coun-
'-, f!nl. of the malitia. was sheriff tv. Elizabeth married Rufus
of Btirke - cptinty a number of Smith and lives on Lower Creek
years, was one of the comrnis- this county.. Myra never mar -
sioners that located the town of tried and lives at the old home
Lenoir, was coroner of Caldwell place. t Waighstel Hartley mar-
county and acting sheriff at one I ried Julia Loudermilk. They
k time. He was an Episcopalian had two children, Sarahann and
religiously and a Whig political' Caroline. They were Jason. C.
- lv and died at the aee of 05. and John W. Hartley. Mahala
- Larkin Hartlev flever married. Hartley never married. Eliza-
fairs brought on by the Europe
an war. Double-shifts were in
stituted and employees were re
called from vacation to meet
the demand. Money has been
printed at the rate of $100,000,-
000 a week. The new machines
representing the last word in
engraving, turn out iu,uw,wu
bills a day compared with the
I old presses which had a capaci
ty of about 1,000,000 bills.
The North Carolina ' School of
the Feeble-Minded, two mjles
from Kinston. is now filled to
more than two-thirds of its ca
Dacitv. and no more boys will
be taken i nto the Institution.
Eightyrthree children are en
rolled and the full capacity is
120. Only girls of the highest
grade of the feeble-minded will
be taken to fill out t he number. Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Dr. C. B. McNairv. suDerinten- Chattanooga, Tenn. who have
dent, says applications have been visiting Mrs. Browns par-
been received for" 125 more than ents Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Powell
can be admitted, and he is choos- returned home Friday
The Annual session of the
Piedmont Advent Christian con
ference was held with Tabernac
le church beginning last Thurs
day and lasting till Sunday
night Eld. W. F. Hendrix was
chosen moderator and Dr. G.
H. Burgess, Sec'y. The session
own
hands in the time of the civil
war.
At noon all gathered about
the family table which was
loaded with good things to eat. j
All were sure that no better
table had ever been spread. ,
The afternoon was spent in
social intercourse. Many of
was Interesting throughout with tne incidents of former years
good attendance. On Sunday were recalled and told. The af-
morning at 10 o'clock a memori- ternoon passed all too soon. All
al service was held in memory regreted the arrival of the time
of the late Eld, G. D- Sherrill when members of the family
which was verv touching. must take their departure. It
New York, Sept. 4. Wireless :
messages received today from f
twenty-six Nauen, Germany, by Count Von
four great- Bernstorff, German ambassador
Seven years to the United States, stated that
they last met the Austrian center had com- ; v
pletely defeated the Kussians;.' ;
that all forts in northern France, i
had been taken without a strug- -.
gle and that the French retreat At
continued. ?
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The messages as received ai:
the Sayville, L. I. wireless sta-;';"
tion were garbled and could notr.
b fully read. The intelligible ,
portions read as follows: - j i
"The Austrian center com
pletely defeated the Russians;:1.
taking 160 guns. The AustrianTvr
right wing near Lemberg strugs K
gling against superior Russian
troops, was relieved. , r
All French forts in northern ,',
France were taken without J
fight. Only Maubeuge holds ;
out. German cavalry and ar
tillery makes rides . (probably! V
raids) as far as Paris. The Geti
man army has crossed the Aisne .
and is advancing on the Marne,
where already siege guns aiv
rived. French army retreating;
behind Marne near Verdun, t
"The victory of General Hint-
enburgs army is increasing ev-
if----
ery day. Number of Russian
Brown Qf is to be devoutly that a11 prisoners now 90,000."
may be spared to meet on many
other similar occasions.
ingonly children that promise
to be tractable until the final
limit is reached.
i
Joshua and Celia. The Tucker
boys were all blacksmiths and
carried on an extensive business
i In that day. They all moved to
i Tenn. and Ga. Celia Hartley
married Jesse Hartley and lived
north of Lenoir. J esse was, no
Miss Annie Belle Moore of
Lenoir visited relatives here
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Thos. M. Barlow is sick
at the home of his son-in-law,
Mr. J. D. Melton.
WA TAX IS NECESSARY.
Washington,
London, Sept. 4, 3:15 a. m. -In
a dispatch from Rouen,
France, a correspondent of the'
Chronicle says - he has learned ,
Sept, 4,' We I that the French authorities in
shall pay! the bill, though we I Paris are considering the sur-
nbt deliberately incur it," said render of the city to , the ; Ger--
President Wilson today, pre-1 mans in order to avoid the! de
sentlng before a joint session of I str action of prcfJerty from artil-
Congress his appeal for anllery fire.
emergency internal revenue
YADKIN VALLEY.
Le-
Valmead. He died this year
and was a very aged man. The
older Hartleys were Episcopal
ians in religion and Whigs in
The corn crrp is . very good
here.
Mrs. A. E. Johnson of
noir who has been visiting her dent said,
turned home last Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Arnold Hen
drixof Gastonia are stopping
with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Haw
kins.
Mr. Relle F. Hawkins of War-
ren, r&. ana Mr. ana Mrs. i
U. Graggof Edgemont are vis
and Mrs. . Francis
The fruit crop here is excel
lent, there being an abundance bers of the committee met to-
of peaches and apples.
iVr
: He was a blacksmith and a great beth Beckett, wife of John Hart- akin to the other Hartleys ex-
hunter. He made steel traps, ley lived to be 102 years, 8 cept by marriage. His sons
several (if which are still in the months and 29 days old. She were Lewis. Samuel, Levi and
country. He caught up the celebrated her 100 anniversary George. Lewis and Samuel
" wolves that infested the country with a dance. Her father who both served Caldwell County in
"Inhis'day. He died at the age came 'to this country same time the capacity of high sheriff.
' ' ftf M. : Georore. third son of the Hartley's did. lived where Levi lived on Blalrs Fork above
-'George Hartley Sr. married Foot Hills Sanatorium how is in
' Catharine Fincannon and settled suburbs of Lenoir. George
where W. H. H. Hartley now Hartley Jr. was blind 2 years,
lives. He had live children, He had a remarkable memory;
: Rufus, Jason, John, Polly and he recognized the voice of his politics. They are all buried at iting Mr
Mahala. Rufus married Piety cousin. Hiram Tucker after an Sardis church, Hudson, N. C. Hawkins
. ftlrby. VThey had four children, absence of 41 years and after and had their membership in
' a boy and a girl, are dead. W. Hartley had been blind 19 years. St. Andrews Episcopal church
H. H. and A. G. Hartley both James Hartley settled on Grea- which is now Sardis Baptist
' li vp ne&r Hudson. N. C. Rufus sv Creek near - the Leander church. John , Hartley served
' 'jwas a methodise in religion and Houck place this county. He nder Gen. Clinton in the Rev-
a' democrat in politics. Jason had six children, one girl and olutionery war. They were
Hartley married Sarahan Hart- five boys. The girl died with well to do citizens, holding many
'law ifomrhfov of Waighstel nninsv in childhood. ' The bovs I places of honor and trust, and
Hartley. , They had four , chil- were John, Bedford,
dren. A son and, daughter are Frederick and ' Thomas. . They and wolves being plentiful in a bombshell into the ranks of
wrf 1 a: S. und O. H. Hartlev all went to Indiana and became this country in their day. They1 his friends and neighbors, the
live at Hudson, N; C The wife well-to-do. , citizens- Reuben encouraged raising good stock hand of George Lewis1 , Fox,
of Jason died In "1871, and he Hartley, settled In what is now and prided themselves in fine known for years in Ashe ville as
married Roxanna Poovej. , By Watauga County, on . Flat Top horses;' They were a I fine class George E. Lewis, operating
this marriage ) there ' was one Mountain,' and a the ancestor, of of ciUzens.v The younger Hart- through his will, tiled today,
Wn4 kdiirhtar who married the Watauga Hartleys. At first leva are also good men. useful has stirred Ashevllle as it has
viukAv .iw wnHv. , w o - - i " I
Polev Winkler and lives at he Vas much dissatisfied with both in church and state. W. not been stirred In years,
Granite FailsYN. C.t Jason diedl his location, but ; later "became H. H. Hartley, to whom the According to the will, Mr,
in 1900. He was never a mem- prominent in the affairs of Wa- writer is indebted for the mate- Lewis' name is George Lewis
berof any? church, but' rials of thlV sketch,,. hasserved Fox, the woman with whom he
: nm.i WW ' ' aWii a Inftticfi1 of of Vears- renresented r thifc conn. Caldwell .County many years as has lived under the ' name of
F. H,
WILL DISCLOSES TRUE NAME OF
MAN.
London, Sep. 6. It is officially
announced that the British cas ,
ualties during the war thus far
have been 15,000. The latest
casualty list issued by the Brit
ish war office comprises 4,796V
men. The two previous lists ac-v
counted for 10,355 men killed
wounded and missing, making a
total of 15,151. '
Paris, Sept 6 The following-'
official communication was is
sued tonight: i ,
"First: The allied armies
again have come into contact on
our left wing, under good - con
ditions, with the right wing of
the enemy on the banks of Grand
Morin. v
"Second: Fighting continues1
Representative Underwood, and on the center and right in Lor
began consideration of plans to raine and the Vosges. The sit-
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raise the aaaiuonai revenue. uuiuu reuiwuB uuuuwKeu.
Various members suggested
sources which they believed
measure to raise $iuu,uuu,uuu,
the government's probable loss
in customs receipts because of
the European war. Prompt ac
tion was necessary, the Presi-
"to keep the treasury
His, only suggestion
as to the method for levying the
tax was that sources be chosen
that would "begin to yield at
once and yield with a certain
and constant flow."
The appeal met with quick ac
tion. As soon as the President
had left the house chamber
amidst an outburst of applause.
Speaker Clark referred the mes-
sage to tne ways ana means
committee. Democratic mem-
night at the call of the chairman,
"Third: Around Paris the en-s
gagement begun yesterday "be-
Asheville, Aug. 31. Reach
Tilman, were great hunters, deer, bear ing back across the grave to cast . rtrftnPfil- bited to tweenthe allied army and the
a . i - i , ji . . i n. l e I " v . i I "..Mi
additional taxation. On the list flank of the advance guard of the
t z
, V. the PeacaO years, (and united
, : in marriagejmore thaif' 200 coup
' ' ' les. He was a Democrat! John
' 'yf. Hartley . married Caroline
' vHartie'daughtey.of.-Wa
, : Hartleyf hey ; had ten J chil
: dreni allot whom are dead ex
' cept MadamsV Avery Smitb lX
- t S. Sullifa and;MJ;,G,kCloer.
, ' These ail live io Caldwell Coun-
crioole.
ty in the . state 5 legislature, magistrate and has been bupt.
Elizabeth Hartley married Gen- of the Sunday School of Sardis
eral Wilson and lived on the Church continuing for, over 35
farm now owned by D. S. Sul- years. ; A. G. Hartley has serv
li v an and others near Hudson, ed : in ihe capacity of, - County
N. C. She and her5 ' sister; Ava Commissioner, .The V younger
are' buried therel Nancy Hart- Hartleys are inostly Democrats
ly who ' married ; Qeo, ' Tucker in politics and Baptist in relig
lived on the Newland farm near ion. They arp tlaw -abiding and
Lenolr.f . Her children were .promoters of good moralsj re-
Johh, William, George, ' ' Hiram, 1 liglon and education.
Lewis for over twenty-five years
is Mrs. C. E. Lewis, and his
real wife is Mrs. Martha A. Fox
of Baltimore, Md, The" will
leaves all of his property, stated
at approximately $40,000 to his
wife, Mrs. Fox and . his daugh
ter, Mrs. Fannie May Hammond
said to be the wife of a promi
nent railroad official in Mary
land. ; "-V -V- -a'.;::-
suggested were:
Gasoline, a tax of 1 or 2 cents
a gallon; raiiroaa ana amuse
ment tickets, a tax of 5 to 10 per
cent; beer, an increase of 60
cents a barrel; domestic wines,
whisky, an increase of 15 cents
a gallon; proprietory articles,
tobacco and tobacco products;
chewing gum; soft drinks; play
ing cards.
The proposal to tax railroad
tickets was not received by mem
bers of the committee, although
it was estimated that a a per
cent tax would raise $40,000,000.
German right has extended. WeH
have advanced to the river Ourcq .. :
without great resistance. " r I
"The situation of the allied,
armies appears good as a whole.
"Fourth: Maubeuge contra-
ues its heroic resistance." j f
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One reason why the
isn't as fine a place as it
be is because ) Marriage
most common thing
world and love is the
thing in the world.
world
might
is the
in the
rarest
Hh Nio War. , .
The nine wars now on in Eu'
rope are: 1 V
Austria against Servian ' ' t
Russia against Germany, '.
3 France against Germany. j
4 England against Germany'.' (
5 Belgium against Germany," -.
6 Enkland against Austria.1'
7 France against Austria.tfl
8 Russia against Austria. '
9 Montenegro against Aus-'
tria. " '. 1 1
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