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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
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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
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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
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, 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
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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?
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