1 I ABYERTISir CwwXTYi 1, sun v6 vi n r;ss::ty s3- 6ST 0?,3liIS. : 0 Rad by Mot- Than THIG PAPER IGGUED TUEGDAY5 AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Volume XVI ' Lenoir, N. C, Tuesday, September 15, 1914 No. 86 VI, DOWNS FAMILY ?H1ST Compiled for Publication; by , ". Our Correspondent,' Rev GIRL SUDDENLY MUTE. 1 With More Students. Than Ever. ; Before. r New Budding II JVv Cm Tim ' ' M. Kinston, Sept -12. A,' small child of J. 8. Mashburn at Fort Ran, in Greene county, has be come suddenly mute, it is said, ionowiug a ; propuecy . mauo w ting up and V maintaining a her parents : several weeks ago fool ;in the neighborhood when they would 1 not : accept are ne-lived. Ills" lour sons relielous belief which she -had &m ed by a minister - in the section and immediately r became f anat- natlve ical. She appealed to herrela- trade, tives to, become converted, and '-.-. (The sketch of . the above fam ; '.'. ily Was -w ritten by j Rob t: L. ' 'Downs, and is so IwelT written that I have made no changes. : I. W, Thomas.) - " 1 ... Charles Downs was a ; ; Irishman a weaver J '. by : - who when quite- young enlisted her efforts unavailing, she de ? : in the British army. : '"' v Iclared that God would seal her ' ' After serving in one or two lips tiirsuch time as the quick' campaigns, he .waswith other ening spirit of salvation should 4 ; troops, sent to '. America where awaken them to -the; joy of her . durinar the Revolutionary war, own faith. For a number of he setyed under Lord ' Cornwal- days now the girl has uttered .lis. After the - surrender at no coherent 'syllable, and the Yorktown he decided to remain family is unable ! in America and become 4 a citi- thing more than sen of the new Republic. He head from, her in reply to ques asked for a discharge from the-ar tions. She has been observed, my, This being refused, he dis-1 however, to wander to an out charged himself by ' deserting, of -the: way, spot and there give He fled into Mecklenburg uren- utterance to queer sounds. REPUBLlCAfl ; GOriVEFITlOII. stu dents as were ever present, to any other opening in the history of the institution. 1 Not only this, but in doubling the number of its students in one year, it has made a record of which no other college in the State can boast There are 130 boarding students now in. the college, with - ten more to come, who have been detained at home by illness and other causes, but who have paid reservations, and will be in the STICK A PW HERE. (Raleigh New and Observer.) The beoole of North Carolina Met Saturday; Sept 12th, and will be put in a far better posi- Nominated ranidates for - ti0n to control in political affairs lhe Various Uthces. I bv means of a state wide legal ized Drimarv. It is a measure The Republicans of Caldwell for the vLt of all the trv- ont.ico arm a nod Qf her college in a few days. It was with much regret that Pres. Craven had to decline to accept reservations and also to write others who had made res ervation that It would not be tion at the court house In Lenoir for the purpose of every county and to all elective nffines. urt oi uuuuuawiiK t -ve in the State candidates for the various offices. the Democracy shonld let the The convention was well attend- men know who are the ed, and everything passed off L-m, w th. I ywUUUWV.w VUUV most harmoniously. T. C. Rob- wan nq bins was elected chairman, and S. A. Richardson was made secretary. The following ticket was nominated: Sheriff, C Merk Rader; Clerk of the Superior Court, Ed. F; Allen; Register of Deeds; Dick M. Cline; Treasurer, Victor H. Beach; for the Legis lature, S. A. Richardson; Coro ner, Dr. A. B. Goodman; Sur- party primary is wanted. No member of the permanent riMtfrp-prfti asapmhlv shmildhA able to come to Raleigh at the 1915 session and say that it is a matter which ba& not been call ed to his attedtion. The time for the people to act is now, as nominations are being made. The people will never rule as they should rule if they sit idly by and wait for things to hap- Den. Tnev must take action for veyor, James a. isbeii; uounty themselves. The walized pri Commissioners, R, H. Pipes, D A.Wnisnant and Walter B. A. Il" : Placed them on the waiting ltet Solicitor F. piwuo paa Wm ovr uuui !yOWu? ww '-.u Davennort had a second Cor- Boone, was to have been Irelaod some yeers before. He first wife was a daughter or tne -M . - ft f was fever apprehended by the late pavid Sherrill of Little i officers bf the British govern- River, His second wife was a meat Later he married a worn- McLeod; By the first marriage an of German extraction and lo- he had four children, Jefferson) cated : permanently in Rowan Aaton, pinkney and Sallie county. He raised a family of From the second marriage, five ten children, nine boys and one children. John, Robert, Lou, , irirL- Most of . these children Lizzie and Lula, Pinkney and possible to take them, but Watson. Linney, of pres nelius Hall, enough reservations ent to address the convention, could be had from the list of but on account of the inclement tho&tk mhrt hiivft made inauirv weather and bad condition of khnnt. Anterinor to comDletelv the roads, he could not reach fill it. Lenoir in time. As a whole, a finer set of stu-1 At the close of the convention, dents has never been drawn to- M N. Harshaw introduced tne aethr than those at DavenDortl followinK resolutions, which mary is for the benefit of the people and they should never grow weary till it is in force in the state and in every county of the state. The way to get the primary is for the people to make themselves heard. NEVVS ITEM INTEREST Interesting Reading Matter, of Local and National Affairs V in Condensed Form. ' tn oa nt etni)cnf.a ovoplturorA itrlorttAr) wit.hnnt, a dissent ' '. J. t. .". A-.-. f Ji.iu.UUI A MM4 T.ili Uwo ftuJ ovuuvuw . wens -we wu n uuu, - rT represented more homes of infiu- ing vote: 1. s that remained .in' North Caroli- died while a young girl nawas Aaroa Downs, the pro- Jeff served in the Confederate genitor of the Calewell Downs, es army. He was at Appomattox He married a lady whose maid- and brought home a piece of the i en nami was Frazier, and about 'famous apple tree." A few the year 1806 settled in what is years after the war he and , now JLiittie ; River township, Aaron went west, " settling in Caldwell County, but was then I Madison County, Mo., . where Bn rke County. He raised a they became well to do citizens. fumily of six childrenfour I . Sallie became the wife of G. boys and ., two ' girls. They W. Pressnel. John lives at the were: James, ; Charles, David, I old home place in Little River; William. Eliza and Margaret. 1 while Robert is a citizen of 7ames Downs, the oldest son, Alexander County. Lizzie mar married in Illinois. His wife's ried a Mr. Hermon who located maiden name was; Frazier. His at Hickory, N. C. All the family - consisted 'Of four chil- members of this family are dead dreri; to witf Charles, Frank, except Aaron, John and Robert Surrelda and SalinA. Charles William, the fourth and last died young, Surrelda married a 80n of the elder Aaron Downs, Vn''heytrom41iin;,where mfitrded in Georgia. His wife's they afterward made their home, maiden name was Dozier. She Salina became the wife of the s still living. They raised tep late Alva Brown of Little River. 1 children, all livine. to wit: AlUhe members of ,this family pierce, Wesley, Robert, Alva, . are now dead except Franklin Pomeroy, ' Columbus, ' 'David, Downs, of Alexander. He was Georgia and Jane. Pierce, Al a Confederate soldier ana is lya and David are citizens of ence and standing than those do "The members of the Repub who are now here. lican party of Caldwell County With such aA splendid student in convention assembled, be body, and a faculty that is un-lieving in a free, open and frank surpassed in the South, the ex-1 declaration of principles upon cellence of the work at the col- which the party stands, and re lege for this year is easily jcognizing. the right of every faratiid . Teood citizen to be informed of The equipment for the years the purpose for which his sup work is entirely new throughout, j port Is asked, make the follow- and the college is very proud in ing enunciation of our beliefs the possession of seventeen and policies, and we invite the beautiful new Hallet and Davis co-operation of every voter in Pianos. The Hallet and Davis the County, , irrespective of past Company have won 139 compe-l party affiliations in our endeavor titive gold medals, and have the Uo carry the same into effect distinction of holding testimon First We heartily endorse ialsfrom such musical celebri- every plank and principle enu- tiesas Wairner, Strauss. Con- merated therein of the platform stantino, Liszt, ' Rubinstein, and recently adopted by the Repub- a splendid one from' the Vatican licans assembled in btate Lon at Rome, written by the late vention in the city of Raleigh, Pope Pius X. That the music and we hereby pledge our unan- ehnri an well Aauinopd withlimous support to the deciara- these excellent pianos, means tions . enunciated in said plat- that it offers to its students in form. mft t.HA vprr. best advantages Second. We condemn and de- J. W. Harrison, of Blowing Rock, R. F. D., has growing atv his home a eiant sun flowerl measuring 18 inches in diame- " terand 55 inches in circumfer- " - ence. This is decidedly the largest flower of which we have heard. The stalk bearinar it is immense in size and ten feet tall. C- Watauga Democrat ( l The Stanbury brothers, of; ' Mabel, this county, who, last ; . spring, killed Deputy bnerinr. Ham Snyder, and later surren- -' dered to the authorities, were tried in the Mountain City Su perior Court on last Monday and -were acquitted as to the charge of murder, but were then tried for carrying concealed weapons; ; ' and sentenced to the roads for six- months each. Watauga Democrat. - ; f ' ,New Bern, Sept 10. After being out for two and one-half v hours the jury In the case of tbe state vs. Clfde Kennedy. Sid Gaither and Alex. Curtiss. tbrea 000.00, and at the same time basy0UDg white men charged with persiswjuuy uu sbetuiiasujr ,fv i the murder of m. oarianai,.a fused to provide any means nrosDerous farmer, in this ' citv whatever for increasing the re- August 9, tonight returned a ver venue. We favor a policy of diet of guilty of murder as to all retrenchment for the State gov- three, but recommended mercy eminent and adequate laws for j as to Gaither and Curtiss. providing sufficient revenue to place our government on a cash basis. Fourth. A man's vote is giv en to him for his protection and security, and is his only means by which he can secure the en actment of benenciai measures for himself and family; and real izing thatathe popular will is of ten perverted and demagogues are permitted to control elec tions by bribery and intimida tion, we favor a statewide pri mary election law for all As a result of the police drag- net and cases in the county court resulting therefrom six defen ¬ dants lave been given 60-day. sentences for selling whiskey. , Out of these cases have grown ; other indictments and as a con sequence the managers of the Southern hotel and Miller's cafe are to be tried, , the first for maintaining a common nuisance and Miller for running a gamble ing house. 1 r According to the census o the United States there are now a local minister oi tne Caldwell County; Jomeroy ana .u .tfwuvU)min!St.rnt.iAn fnr imnosinir the , , , TT . . , 1 , I hunts, BUU ivuiu, auu eiiw(iemji i 1 " , Methodist church. He is the Columbus, of Watauga County.! u nntk nMn in nitons tariff law bn v The musio school is very large, the people of the United States, noariir tanno ma mnnv n nifl.no. and thus brineintr aoout sucn a state of business depression, that many laborers have been offices, to be held on the same day for all organized political thirteen millions of foreign oom parties. And in order that such citizens in. wis country, ana or a law may be made the mostef- these millions something more ficient and secure the beneficial than si millions are over. 21 and wholesome results required years of age and about one half of it, we favor a rigid corrupt of these have citizenship papers Dractice act applicable to pri- ojr have applied for same, leav- mary elections as well as alU"g.about tnree minion aliens apnArai elections. 1 most of whom are exploiters of Fifth. We denounce and con- the favorable system of labor m . 1 A 1 ' A. A. it ' JS. rfemn the. use of monev and w"s counwy wias is uiejr cumw . I ... t. , tv I - " I. ... . . . V that are to be had for technic, nounce tne jn aiionai AwmuurttUU whiskey during the campaign to this country and secure rem 4ather of Rev. J. A. Downs, a Wesley lives' in California and prominent minister of the Ad- Robert in New York state. 4, tbuusw uuuiuu, uu .w-u m ueprgiaw sue wiuyw. ui mio ana over twice as many in voice preacmnjr m tne city oi unica- wuitam Brown oi Liittie tuver. XO. i ! " While' Jane is.the wife of Rev V Charles, the second son, mar- j. M. Payne of Boone, N. 0 ' . ried a Mariey.of Wilkes county. Eliza, oldest daughter of Aaron r They had , eleven , children,, to Downs married Harrison Pres as it has ever had before. The splendid singing in church and thrown out of employment in dustrial enterprises have been and on election day, as practic ed by both political parties in previous years, and hereby pledge our nomines for the va rious County offices to a carp- ployment at the large wage pay with the intention of returning" to their native land to enjoy their remaining days at ease. The prevailing war may make for naicrn ana election conauctea " """" strictly on high moral principles, many years to come, and it will c0ikt onA inHi;n.laU socause tne legislators oi 4 by the pupils of Davenport, such! forced to run on short time, and pledge ourselves to use our this country to take notice of as Girardeau. Miss Baber. Miss instead of a diminution in tne ..... . labors exrjloitation asrainst the " "-.."-j. .- - I .. i i mmwi. MniiHHViii x jau mi Liuina atw i r - . wit: John, Clintorr, bmitn,(Ben- nell, who was killed in the war stroup, Miss Brink, and many hiKn cf living, there has CGaas Gnume r- native born and the naturalized iamin,,William,Elisha, Jackson, between the states. They .had others, has attracted much at-1 ftUv been an increase. We de , C T:;JwirnAitizan andbethe i - ., ' . ... ,i , I . . .i.. , trf . Dnf nn onH hnloa 1)4 maun ot.n. I MM ftDOVB ana HJ see lUttlftlUUte "'ro- " . i-1 L..11. - n ft ts r nti c... ia - am . i ur: u hwu u t auu uw iiiwii.i wwmb i w x 7 m A Aiizapeuij owue, uvi,Klo -"-iuv cimureu, -- . . .a - B. , further denounce tne uemocrai. .. . .-a n. kjx cause of the enactment of such dents as he can take, have, asked ' Jane.: John died when quite Laban, Loucinda . . and barah. . lriafirImt.ion under , Mr. Bir- He administration for its failure . ' ' - '!.' . a hi. 1 l- , iL. v ,1 ... jyoung.unnionana omii-Q were Mueonara ana iuanesseryea in me miturham. : to Dut into operation the new in the ! Confederate' army. 1 Confederate army. 'Leonard A full Commercial Course has LPreriftv law. which has contin- Smith lost a jegt and Clinton was killed at the battle of 'Get- been added this year and a large U(jnslv keot caoital in suspense 1 moved r "'1 and a.staW of uncertainty; and the summer , of , 1880 .Charles to Mitchell county, where, a few h&sbeen added and is in especially do we condemn it for Downs and his ; nve i remaining years ago, she died. at an ad- charce of Miss Wilson. v Its extravatrant expenditure of , , sons all died with typhoid fever vanced age. .The oqly member Mr. -,t Birmingham has had tne people's money, the expen- . . j u , sons ail died witn typnoia le ver vanced age. ,xne in the .short space votabout six of the family now i ' -weeks. " . ' ' ' ban, a wealthy cit Hvinff in Ld- Dlaced in his studio a beautiful rn. new naiiei. an ivttvia diture under the first fiscal year 4 I , weeks, :; : V- - , ban, a wealthy citizen of Texas. M the Democratic administra ' - 'Eliiabethcitbe v oldest daugh: Margaret, the remaining daugh- use-and the College also has an tion exceeding ; that under the ter. who is now ' dead, became tea of the original uowns ia,mi- EmDress Grand on the stage in Republican administration for the wife of the late uapv.;- w . x iy .iurnu muu x .v v vm vuiji. 4 -. ? ; : (De previous year oy more tnan pftyne. She was the ; mother of had six children, Miles, Harvey, . i ne large swaem oouy now $20,000,00O. t..-nkiu.' - . l.miw a nmm. Nunrx' Sarah Ann. Surrelda w. vuw ?" Tki niiovtn that, the euyuuutvu, y vrr , ' .... ' , ... s thusiasm being shown by all tneh ' Inent in Caldwell and Alexander and Emana. Miles was , killed iPadinir ministers of the West- government of a state should al- ConatlesilfTheiLtrl.Othel -tnree in,ne war. narvey uvea t m era North Carolina .uonterence, those guilty of such offenses. Sixth. Believing that the of fice of County Treasurer is a useless expense to our County, as the duties of said offices can just as easily and expeditiously be performed by the sheriff or a local bank, at illegal I legislation that will put a stop to it Durham Bun. . , Anyway, Adam hadn't any kick coming He never had to stand for three hours on 'the nntside of a deDartment ' store while Eve-matched fig 'leaves: a , saving of at for her new Autumn girdle. ?. s least a $1,000 per year to the taxpayers, we favor the aboli tion of this office with the 'term beginning in December 1910. dajghteVhoiare:.s River. ;,The;, girls became the wives of : Avery and married and . are,; still living, ent toanagement .can mean - Elbert Laxton andTilford Pen- They became, respectively: , Mrs 0Q ,2 ' neii ( respectively 1 oi ;. n.iogs . uu v,"4 , " i eventually one of the largest .' ""Creek 'townshipit:fy-l SherrilK Mrs-iPlOkens ;Stahton colleges, for young women In but and and David, the thitd son of Aaron Old Eujrenics will have to do a lot of explaining before it be- caooage Before he gets her he figures that she is going to. live on love and kisses. But after he gets her he is always kicking' about the bills for corned: beef and "XT' kn vim within it. tncftmo 'a? ,tuQ comes popular. You may have WB wuu!T:!r-rL noticed that a man with a face Judging from the chances tak- !frii like a camel will marry a girl en by the girls this WlvU o ItWo iltt.c a iiirjavi tuu iikki w vutovs iu iuvj uw, e' third son of Aaron " , (Contlnuea on 3rd paM,).I t k the South.; vfoich has run the State in debt their daughter will be the pret- to tlie extent , of nearly $800;. tfest thing you. ever looked at make their dresses out of ham mocks next summer.Lt;'4VilS? 'f 7-

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