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does more than half the job print
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Volume XVIII
PUBUSHED TUESDAYS and f RIO AYSj
Lenoir, N. C, Friday, June 23, 1916
PRICE: -TWO CENTS A COPY
No.5
FROM
J;v ;V -SERVICE i:a7
.-. Borne of North Carolina s sol
djiera do not want to go to Mexi-j ;
: co.- Appeals are already coming
In fays a report from Washing-
ton to (ret Congressmen ,and
. others "to usef their inlluence to
have the War Department let the
: boys stay: at home.- Secretary
Baker told a, Tar Heel friend- of
V A ; National ; Guardsman , today
that there is to be noback-steV
ping now. Those regularly en
listed must offer for serv ice. -
T A well-known cotton mill man,
whose-name has not yet been
made public, appealed in behalf
of two of his officers -whose ser-
vicesare needed at home to keep
- the factory gplng. The prospects
for obtaining their release are
not bright, ,
A number of North Carolina
i employers, - along with others
throughout r the nation, have
announced that they would "pay
theimen wliO belong to the
miiitfa the difference between
what Uncle Sam pays and what
'tbeyjBetnow and 'let them go to
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Te DESTROYER. 'MCPOUGAL" MAKING 30 HlLtS AN HOURT
m a -v -
war. ,
GENERAL YOUNG PLEASED
WITH CONDITION OP THE
MP.'.
NORTH CAROLINA GUARD
5
Raleigh, N. C. June ,19.-Ad
jutant General Lawrence W.
Yo'ung , said s tonight ' that - the
nromptne$a, with which the com
panies of ihe guard responded to
the mobilization order with full
cftninjmm strength of sixty-five
reo. to- the company was really
1 i Skrkable and that numbers of
tnem reportea as ine . aay aa-
yanced, enlistments as high as
twenty-five and ovr towards the
Njmaxlmum strength of 140 men,
-He' mentioned especially Heder
son,: Asheviller..Louisbugf Tar
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A SECTiON of iH NAVY AVIATION CAMP ESTABLISHED
eVCRA CRUZ'- YEAR. SGO"
TAft K-7 ONE UMCLE SAMS 37 SUBMAPjKES ttOW
. JAMES EOLiGK, OF TAKOLEO ITI HARNESS
QCK ATTEMPTED THEO. ROBi fiSQTI IS DRAG-
TO CBJJfJlT SUICIDE : GEO TH DEATH BY UULE
(Special to The Newt)
Theodore Robinson, the '18-
Mr, James Bolick, of Bailey year-old son of Mr. Henry Rob
Camp, attempted to commit jnson, of North Catawba town-
suicide Sunday nigtit ' by ship, met with a horrible death
cutting bis throat with a knife. Tuesday when a male which he
However, bis attempt failed. he was plowing became f rieh
J nst before Mr. Bolick attemp- tened and ran away, dragging
ted this desperate act he went the boy, who has tangled in some
into the parlor where his wife, of the harness, for about a half
baby and daughter were and U mile.
toid tnem good-Dye ana saia, 1 Young Robinson just unhit'
will soon go to sleep He ched his mule from the plow to
threw himself across the bed go to the house .out of a thunner
ana seemea ro oe in reai para, stiower. Ue decided it was not
riis wire rushed to can some going to rain and was hitching
neighbors and while she was out back to the plow when the mule
he attempted to cut his throat became frightened and started
with a Knile. A smau son and to run. In the struggle a line
daughter, the only two persons which was fastened to one of the
in the house at that time, pre-1 hames. became tangled around
vented him succeeding his rash I the boy's arm and was dragged
tn;i uy grauuiug uis uuu tuu i aoout a nan a mue oeiore a
taking the knife from him. neighbor. -Mr Ivey Conway
A physician was called from caugnt the mule. The boy was
Blowing Rock and be found the unconscious when released and
wound not so bad as was first his body was badly bruised and
thought. The gash across his mutilated. Physicians were im-
neck was about one inch long mediately called, however, they7
and a quarter oi an men deep. were unable to save , the bbv's
It is said that the trouble was iife. He lived until about 12
the outcome of jealousness be- oclock that night.
cause the minister walked home
with Mrs. Bolick Saturday even
ing to spend the night, with the
family.
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II1S RTTAGK DETACHMENT OF AMERICAN
CHY
El Paso, Texas, June 21. A
detachment of American cavalry
clashed with Carranza forces at
Carrizal, 'aboal 90 miles south of
i : : i
the fall of
n SCRAPS WITH SON-IN-LAW
Mrs. Mire Eldridge and her
son-in-law had quite a scrap one
day last week , over a pig. It
seems that Mrs. Eldridge wanted
the pig and her son-in.law sold
it to somebody else.
SMALL BOY PIED .
BENEATH AUTOMOBILE
WILL RECOVER
rlv irAn.v hnt.h sides
boro, Wilson, Raleigh, Lexing- heavV casualties ac-
ton and Aahboro as . making es- ,n nrtW.:ttV rBnnrtJ) re-
pectatly fine records in enlist- , fe4 by Mexcan military arf.
tborities in Juarez tonight.
"According to the report which
the Mexican authorities are in
vestigating forty Americans were
.oients.. There are no orders yet
, as, to the concentration camps in
this ; state: It is believed "here
th.at the First and. Third infant
ft to b tlrv ttUI ho mn-
: . . . . , killed bv machine gun fire in a
hll zed at the state lair grounast-- t- k. - - .
. .- . j sa.4- surorlse attack. The Mexican
nere ana iue oecoaa loiauvrjri - . . r, . .
rMW Wfr hM : at casualities ittd said not to have.
Theexecutivecommittee of the Gomez is nataed as being among
RfiA-Mr association. ; today the Mexican dead.
granted permission loathe use TheAmerican command is said
of the fair grounds, if the war to have been part of a scouting
department approves that( place patrol from Guzman, returning
' for a concentration camp. Ral- th fleneral Pershines line of
eigh authorities have oeen ham- 0 m ic&tion, Carrizal, nam
meringon the vyashington an
th'Orities all "day in the ' interest
sof concentration camp here.
ed as the place of the encounter,
is about 9 miles southwest of
Villa Ahunada, the Mexican field
base" in Northern Chihuahua.
Later General Francisco Gon
zales, Mexican commander at
Juarez, gave out a statement in
which he announced officially
that the Mexican command had
taken 17 American prisoners.
He r also said that General
Gomez's death had been confirm
ed, but said he bad no official re
ports as to thenumberof casual
ties on either side. The wound
ed, both American and Mexican,
the exact number of whom is not
known here, were taken to Villa
Abumada.
' General Gonzales said that the
report of the engagment ' was
made to him by Lieutenant Col
onel Genoveso Riva who succeed
ed to the command of the Car
ranza troops with
General Gomez.
AMERICANS OPENED FIRE
Washington, June 21. Gen
Funston transmitted to the War
Department the following report
from Gen. Bell at El Paso:
"There was a clash this morn
ing at Carrizal near Villa Ahum
ada, between Carranza and A
merican troops in which Gen
Gomez and other Mexicans were
killed,, the number unknown
Number of Americans killed or
wounded unknown. Gen. Gomez
sent a captain with an order to
the American commander to go
back, but the American com man
dersaid he was going to Villa
SHQULD'CONGRESSMEN
! ANSWER CALL TO ARMS?
Washington, June 20. Presi
dent Wilson's call for the nation
al guard for border duty renew
ed today a perplexing question
as to the status under the new
army reorganization act of mem'
bers of congress who also are
members of the nationel guard.
A bouse sub-committee named
some weeks ago to study the
question has not reported.
MastefcJ'ck Coffey, aged four ; '
years was seriously , injured i
about 6 o'clock Monday aftef .
noon when the automobile ot
his father, Dr Lawrence : Coffey v
of Lenoir, turned completely: '
over while rounding the curve .
just beyond Mr.- G, H, Geitner's
residence between Hickory, and"
the Catawba river, and others' .t '
in the party were slightly injur- "
ed. Dr. Coffey, Mrs. Coffey ,
their son Jack and 18-months- " "
old baby and Miss Fannie Cost- '
ner, of Lincolnton were- return- ' ;
ing from Mount Holly. They
were driy ing a Ford.
Dr. J. H. v Shuford was sunf-
Representative Chiperfield, moned b teieDhone he htjr.
wno juuK uvuv,, "T ried out in his large car and car-'
Illinois nauonai guara, express- . . . - A . h Rict.krd
ed the opinion that a member Baker pital, where attention
oi congress ii oruereu k iuei od . M nrvff
v i tv ma 4 v uui v. v hwa wuvj
Trout snouia resign irom con
"ei i m ) nj
gress. opeaKer viarjs recwieui , MM K. Aac !- eh:
tnai uenerai jouq a. ixgau re- ed in d MWrmv; riba bew
Mexican captain wounding mm. signed from uongress to serve brokeDt Unusual tovrelate, he
Americans attacked uen. uomez, mioewu war, ous tuat vu-1 wa not kilied. but it was feared
rai tsiair s resignation irom con
but were thrown back."
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HURT1EII AUTOMOBILE
T!
MissyHessle Bush was painful-
JRNED OVER NEAR DALLAS
SUMMER SCHOOL BREAKS
REGISTRATION RECORDS
in both the. enthusiasm mani
filgted and the number of stu
'SOx iar regiawsicu nic
. ', miD sw8iu W,vU, uuHwu Mr R T. . Rush.
HV t"C A; S. Wilson were slightly, hnrri
Ot A i nursaay, J une, , iw k r,.,,, -M .nA
xsseau :y , r r?j over on. curve about four miles
fa"1?: thissidebf DaUas- Mn Wllsoh
v ,-r . . w wars driving the car when tne
was nurrieu w - ajiuuiu wju uu
the hospital on another car. Mr.
Bush ana Mr vyuson were noi
F LOCAL MAN DE
VELOPING POWER PLANT
AT BOONE'S F
FIRST REGIMENT WILL GO
TO
E-
the 800 mark before' Sunday
thus making it practically: "cer
tain now that over 1000 students
1 will be enrolled before the . sum
' 'feer is over, ! 'All available' -Jor-
mitories are full,-and the; univer
slty is taxe'd to accommbdateajl
.'who come. " It is also hard to
find a suftlcient, nuiberfof class
.. rooms H-
Subscribe . for The : Lenoir
News, $1.00 ft yearv, .
so badly hurt and secured help
to turn the car back over. ,They
foun'.yeryTittledamagedone
to the car and -were able to : rup
it back to LENOIR that after
noon.-
Tuesday Mr; ; Busb ' went to
Lincolnton' to bring his niece
bach home from the hospital.
T
congress was pocketed by Piesi
dent' Lincoln and never was ac
cented. Joseph A, Wheeler, a
major; general in the Spanish
war, resumed his seat in con-
a a 1 . a
gress alter tne declaration oi
during the night . that he could
not recover. His condition 'was
improved Tuesday,. however,
and Dr. Shuford said he wop Id
recover. ' -.. ? .
Miss Costner, whoia a niece
of Dr. and Mrs. Coffey, sustain
of peace, but while serving with Ld a bmised eye and a fractured
- t
Mr. David R. Shearer electric
engineer for the Boone Fork
Lumber Company, is spending a
few days in town. He is making
plans for a hydro electric plant
at Boone's Fork Falls.' These
falls are more than one hundred
feet high and although the
stream is small more than three
hundred horse power will be de
yeloped. , This power will be
used to run the Lumber Com
pany's plant. The Company is
cutting timber and peeling tan
bark and building train roads.
Quite a nuinher from this sec
tion are working there and spend
their Sundays at home. The
Railroad running 1 from , Monte
zuma to Shulls Mill is v being
rnnWiv nushed to completion.
They expect to be at Shulls Mill
! by August 1st. . : .? . , '
the colors drew no pay as a
member.
Senator Wadsworth . is lieuten
tenant in the New York national
Orders came late Tuesday
night for the mobilization move
ment of the North Carolina Na- guard and to the absence, of his
tional Guard to begin Saturday, Ca.ptsLio in Europe,' it was said
June 17, when the companies today would command Troop M
of the First regiment will be Representative Tilson is lieuten-
transportedfrom their home ant the Connecticut guard;
station to Camp Glenn, More- Representative Crago is a lieu-
head City. lhe second and tenant colonel of the Tenth Penn
Third regiments will iouow ai Uvlvania. and Representative
intverals of three days each, the bhCD0lls is a member of ' the
J- i A 1 ! J I . ' ' . .,
eastern aepaj-unenj. uyiuK u- South Carolina guard.
signated Camp Glenn as mobili
zation of the entire force in the
state. Adjutant General Young
says mobilization 'preliminarle3l
are moving splendidly witlx rapid
enlistment to war strength
The News Printery first when
in need of Job Printing. '
right" forearm. Dr.. and Mrs.
Coffey were bruised and the
baby, which was in. Mrs. Coffey's; v
arms, , escaped with, nothing.
more serious than a mouthful of i
.. . . - , 1
dirt. . , .. . , . i.
Dr. Coffey's machine hit' the
curve too rapidly and the auto-
mobile ran off and turned over.N
Had it been a heavier machine,'
the result would have been more
serious,' but fortunately ' all the
occupants will recover, Hickory
Record, June 20. v
AMI
jllCAN AVIATORS BEING
V ASKED TO RETURN
Mr. Frank Clinard, of the i ;'
ley. Revs. J, N.. Atkins, of Fos
coe. Hugh' A2 Dobbin,- of .the
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France have been invited by the raerson pcnooi, : un. oaB,
Aero;(viuo ot America to return joi oiowmxiiocs, anua. a. vwjr-
to tfclir native country for ser- ner, of this placed 'left Tuesday
vice in the event-of war yith j for Asheville to attend a conven '
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