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H. C. JIARTIH,
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Thursday. Makch 4, WIS.
country are as well fixed as our
town is, .With climate and
scenery unsurpassed for attrac
tiyeness and health, we have ev
ery reason to be proud of our
section and town and a little ef
fort in boosting will bring others
to help ns enjoy it "and to help
in its development
CARTER-ABERNETHY IN
' QUIRY.
A big sensation has grown out
of the incident at Newbern court
recently where Judge Frank
Carter, of Asheville, imposed a
fine of $50 on the Solicitor, L
A. Abernethy, for what the
J udge considered contempt. As
our readers know, the Judge or
aered nim to sit down and he
did not do so until a third de
mand and then the Judge order
ed him into custody and assessed
the fine. The Judge intimates
in his handling of the matter
that the solicitor has been guilty
of showing favor to a man in
dicted for murder, because the
man has perhaps both wealth
and influence. This intimation
vu Hie pan oi juage uarter
riled the Solicitorjandj he now
alleges immoral conduct on the
part of the Judge at sundry
times and places. The matter
was taken before the Legisla
ture, where a resolution calling
for an investigation was passed
and now a committee has been
appointed; to investigate the
whole matter. This committee
is composed of seven men and
there is a big array of lawyers
. on either side. It is said hun
dreds of witnesses iwill be sum
monsed and possibly an extra
session of the Legislature wil
oe called before the matter is
. disposed of finally. The whole
, proceeding will involve a big ex
. pense upon the State and we be
lie ve will be v indication of both
. the men. While we have not
followed the matter very closely
we are Inclined to believe that
there is really nothing very se--,'
rious in any of the charges, still
they are of perhaps enough
gravity to warrant the investi
gaion' We are inclined to side
', f with fodge Carter and hope he
'will be cleared of the charges of
,y immorality which seem to have
, been instigated mainly by ani
( mus. As to the Solicitor we
trust he can be able to establish
tfis innocence of the implication
placed upon him by the action
of the Judge.
We have recently heard a
good deal said about establish
ing a Hosiery mill in Lenoir, but
as yet no ' definite steps have
been taken along this line as far
as we are advised. We note
that the knitting mills of the
country are nearly all running
on full time and some of them 24
hours a day. One at Marion is
working 24 hours a day and has
orders ahead and is said to be a
regular mint for its owners. A
little effort will organize a mill
for Lenoir and there is certainly
an opening for such an enter
prise here.
We were talking with a gen
" tleraan recently who has been
- - -about the country a good deal,
r probably west once or twice and
V'Tie says Lenoir is the best town
he knows of. He is not a prop-
' , erty owner of Lenoir either, but
t'. lives near, located near after
, 'looking around some time trying
- to' find a better place. This is a
iacs mai many residents ot our
- ' town do not appreciate. Lenoir
- is one of the very best towns in
. the country. The business in-
- terests and manufacturing are
. moving along smoothly and en-
joying v? reasonable prosperity
compared with some other see
s'' tionn Of the country. In point
( of educational and church facili
- ties ind inJ i the stability and
, JaDageD3ent, of Lenoir's , bank
ing, mercantile and manufactur
ing Industries few towns of the
WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND?
(Everything.)
The following paragraph is
!rom the Henderson Gold Leaf:
'Ladies and gentlemen, the
price of neutrality seems to be a
terrible toll to Pay."
Is the half loaf that we have
not better than a whole provid
ed we too had to put crepe on
every door? Are the trenches
and their stenches across the
sea not enough to make us
pause and thank God that we
are neutral and can remain
neutral, rather than enjoy a lit
tie better business and maybe,
in trying to do it have a war of
our own?
The other day a gentleman
pointed out to us that if we got in
to it we couldn't help it, and war
always made good times. He
cited the Han ko Span ko war to
prove it, but he didn't stop to
consider that if we were mixed
up in this thing we wouldn't
have anything to sell the allies.
Now we are completing orders
for them for over eight hundred
million dollars worth of goods.
Were we in the war we would
furnish munitions to 'ourselves;
we would live on our own fat
and have no Nation to help us
take our products. Has the war
made Belgium prosperous and
if a good thing why the thous
ands of starving, helpless Bel
gians begging for bread. And
with England threatenine to
starve Germany by throwing
her navy into all her ports why
let us think that the toll we pay
for being neutral isn't live cents
on the dollar?
No, ladies and gentlemen, we
are paying no toll. We are get
ting off lightly and we should all
say thankfully.
A CARD.
Editor Lenoir News:
We heartily endorse the
change made recently in your
valuable paper, although it was
entirely satisfactory before, but
now you have ample room for
everything you want, with space
eft for some good stories, which
makes it interesting to young
people, yes! and old ones too.
Well then, we consider it a
first-class paper in every respect.
have been a constant reader of
your paper for several years and
would feel at a loss without it.
Now, Mr. Editor, you can se
cure other subscribers the same
way you did me, just send a
sample copy and many of them
will respond. As the saying
goes, "A good editor, with a
gooa paper and winning ways,
will succeed.
Prosperity is crowding around
you now. -y
Very truly,
J. C. Coffey.
SHERRILL FAMILY HISTORY.' ,
(Continued from 1st page.)
at Wansport, Va. Sion Sherriil
married Delia Coffey ' They
have four children, all living' in
the - west. , Annette married
Harrison Penneil and went to
Kansas, Isaac Sherrill's second
marriage was to Maryann Rob-
erson. To them were born five
children, two of whom died in
infacy. The three that lived
were, Isaac, Jr., Mary and
Thursa. Isaac married Martha
Freeman and to them were born
seven children; Rederic, Wesley,
Maryann, Susan, Margarette,
Martha and Wade. Rederic
died in the Civil War. Marvann
married Robert McCall and
went to Kansas. Marearette
married Hutto Freeman and
went to Kansas. Martha mar
ried Laban Russell and made
her home in Calhoun. Tenn.
Wake married Lou Sherriil, of
Watauga county. They made
their home in Kansas. Wesley
Sherriil, Jr., married Lou Brad
ford and to them were born two
children; Worth C. and Lucy.
Wesley Sherrill's second mar
riage was to Emaline Nelson.
daughter of the late Hugh Nel
son. They lived in Watauga
county. Mary, daughter of
Isaac Sherriil, Sr., married Sol
omon Greene, of Watauga coun
ty, and reared a large family.
Thursa, youngest daughter of
Isaac Sherriil, Sr., married the
late Abram Sudderth, of Val-
mead, this county. They had
eight children; Newton, Mary,
Margarette, John, Elmyra,
Pinkney, Sidney and Josephine.
Newton died in the Civil War.
Mary is the wife of Smith Bar
low. Margarette married SiH.
ney J. Stokes. Elmyra married
Horton Barlow. She died some
19 years ago. John married a
Miss McCall. He wasjikilled
several years ago while saw mill
ing in Wilkes county. Sidney
married a Miss Kincaid, of
Burke county, and lives in
Montezuma, Avery county, N.C
Pinkney married Mattie Powe
and lives at Valmead, NV C
Josephine married D. P. Pres
nell, of Valmead.
The above is an imperfect
sketch of one of the largest and
most numerous families in Cald
well county. The Sherrill's are
mostly well-to-do farmers, indus
trious, truthful, virtuous, honest
and law-abiding. They are de-
vided religiously and politically
A . . .
a generation back they were
mostly Baptist, but are now
largely Adventist. Some are
Republicans and some Demo
crats. Thos. C. Sherriil was a
Baptist minister of the Primi
tive faith. Rev. G. D. Sherril
was, for many years of the lat
ter part of his life, an able and
zealous expounder of the doc
trines of the Christian Advent
church. He was liberally edu
. .1 A .
uttusu. At one time ne was a
student in the United Baptist In
stitute, Taylorsville. He was
many years a teacher in public
and private schools, and was for
a short while Supt. of Public
Schools in Caldwell county, and
was once elected "Treasurer of
Caldwell county. Sion Sherriil,
brother of Rev. G. D. Sherriil,
was.a very intelligent and pub
lic spirited citizen and took an
active interest in the religious,
educational and political affairs
of his county. Of the Catawba
Sherrill's, the writer remembers
three prominent Methodist min
isters; Revs. M. V., Albert and
W. L. Sherriil. M. V. or Mar
tin Vanburen, was a verv inter
esting preacher, the writer hav
ing otten heard him in his boy-
nood days.
BUSINESS LOCALS
Notice sadr tbls keid are Us
won each tatertloa. Na advertise
catleasttaa 10c s s s
Th Brine Quick Results
UK KENT My dwelling- oa Mul-
oerry st. See T. F. SeeWn.
5-2t-pd R. H. Spaiohour
EGGS FOR SETTING Priae win-
.-J. urpmgton Egrgs, guna
. -j -j- j-wa tciuugi
-tt J. C. Cnflfotf an1
Route 4, Lenoir, N. C.
FOR SALEA quantity of Straw,
Shucka and Fcvl.W
5-lt-pd. . F. Wakefield.
LOSTA small Barett
er return. to New office and jret re
ward. 5.
FOR SALE 2 yoke of cattle, weigh-
uk irom 4juu to xs.m. am rt v
Several rood milch
j w i . b.ua
good running 8 horse power keroaene
engine, 1 20 inch Meadow's grist
mm ana l grain and oob crusher.
All in good shape, been run one
vcr. aiso iau Dusnels of nice Irish
potatoes. J. C. Coffev A Son
4 T.ennir P If Tl w i
... , aj . T
fUK S.A1; Khode Island Red Pul
lets and Cockerels. S. A. Grier.
FOR SALE 2 good work horses, 1
good work siule, 1 cheap mule, 1
good second-hand- J. I. Nisson wa
gon, 1 good second-hand Geo. E.
Ntsson wagon. Big bargains in
buggies. Moore & Seehorn.
FOR SALE 1 2 horse-power and a
zy horse-power second-hand Fairbanks-Morse
Gasoline Engine.
H. C. Martin, Lenoir, N. C.
1 WILL PAY CASH for Chickens
and Ducks, young and old.
2 tf O. D. Heffner
Harshaw Building.
M j& -P-ffi J
The Bluebirds are Sing.
ing, the Spring Feeling
s In the Air;
The pretty farming days will be here,
before we know it Gpt ready for business.
Buy a -
Beit Treatment for Constipation.
"My daughter use-d ' Chamberlain's
Tablets' for constipatlort with good re
sults, and I can recommend them high
ly," writes Paul B. Babtn, Brushly,
La. For sale by all dealers.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Doll Ra.
'ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENET ft CO., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 16 yeara, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations mads by his firm. .
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
' : . ToWdo, a
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken IntarnsIIy,
acting directly upon tha blood ahd mu
cous surfaces of Uis system. Testimonial!
ryntal?Dru?gr.Ci.W : U
TaaBsll'araaUyKUsfoaoaaUpe.Uos. j
CHATTANOOGA
AND
Plow deep
While sluggards sleep
And you shall have corn
To sell and to keep.
GET THE BEST
Bernhardt-Seagle Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Hardware and Furniture.
j Special Announcement
On account of the unsualiy high price floor and snm ntw fnnj
products, we find it necessary to either chanre more for th
ries or to lower the cost of serving our natrous. W hnv AmAa .
the latter course. To lower the cost of doim? business will frn.
this date sell all goods for (JA.8H without exception to any one. W
will.also limit oar delivery service so as to make this expense mini
mum. Goods ordered before 3 p. m. will be deli dBri ...
afternoon. This will be the only delivery.
Goods delivered will be collected for bv Messflno. nni aqq nravi
-t, ---- fry a V f a
ously paid for.
We are anxious to serve your best interests, and hli tht. mna.
ot our patrons would prefer this change rather than an advance in
price. For instance, bread at 5 cents, the old price, instead of 6 cents,
which most bakers elsewhere are charging. -
In Addition lnnflnnin tk. 1 1 .
wuMuuiiiS uus iow prices on our calf ery Products.
For Successful Gardening " will under this system sell all staple groceries for less than formerly
I -. m vuiiowicuo iriiu lair uuNiness.
We ask your hearty co-operation in this undertaking which
r 4- m 1 uiutui ruwesra. Liec us assure you that this
Wftftfl Son fiC 18 Dot a moye 00 oar part to increase profits, but simply to keep the
Vf UUU OeeUS necessaries of life within the reach of all. Even these e&auges wgl Jot
make a saving sufficient to cover the advance
Grown In the South and. prodte but we are willing to carry our part of the burden.
a ,p,ese keep in mind the terms of our system, both as to the
therefore, best adapted for Owh Only" and-the limited delivery which we hope you
" will find sufficient for vonr nMo f j
And also Stands for Rolls,
And then there's
bKLAD and PIES and
CAKE,
We BAKE for HUNGRY
SOULS.
We're Artists with the
ROLLING PIN
A J L ' .1 nn
-urn nere s tne l une we sing,
Dough, re, mi,
fa, sol, la, see?
When ROLLING OUT
the DOUGH!
BRANNON & ANGLEY
Bakers ft Confectioners.
TERMS
CASH !
to Southern soil and ell
malic conditions.
We have them In bulk
and packets.
Respectfully,
BRANNON & ANGLEY.
CABBAGE PLANTS
Fresh and Vigorous.
YOURS FOR CASH.
Ballew & Davis
3L 16
W YEARS
REPAIRING WATCHES and
at Lenoi N. c;
"If You Got it From Duls
It's all Right."
.Personal attention to all works
taken nowj" w.
A. W. pUlA
; . -; MARTJN BpQCKrA,?;
VE ARE MAKING A LIST OF
THE TYPEWRITERS IN TOWN
See that we get your machine with the Make and Model.
, tnink that we will be able to pre you a ribbon then..
We
INKS OF NEARLY EVERY KIND.
Try a bottle of Pencraft.
Water color paper: Addiner Machi
Corbon, the very best. Try a box at our cost.
Have your pictures framed. New lot of mold
ing by the 15th,
Then Be Sure and Get a Receipt With
Each Purchase You Make, and 'Gei A
v, tieceipi" exDiained. fi
1 ,
LENOIR
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