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The Landmark, December 1913
*capacity for several months and has ¥ STATESVILLE,N.C.,TUESDAY,DECEMBER 2,1918. poss RE O.37. smc a AEE z NOT SO,SAYS GOVERNOR CRAIG Convicts Will Not Be Removed From the Statesville Air Line Road. The convicts will not be taken off the Statesville Air Line railroad.The Governor has the sole authority in this matter and he says the convicts will not be removed. A newsmony on the second page of r'The Landmark sets forth that the directors of the State rison,in meeting Saturday,resolved to remove the convicts from the Statesville Air Line railroad—51 in number—-and offer these and other convicts to be taken from the State prison farm to railroad contractors,this being neces- sary,it is asserted,to secure funds to conduct the State prison. Ever since the present State pris- on board has bad charge there has been a persistent attempt to take the convicts off the Statesville Air Line railroad.The excuse now offered is a defect in the act which prevents the State Treasurer crediting _the State prison with the stock received ‘from the Statesville Air Line.There is no defect in the act.It was drawn exactly as it was intended to be drawn.It provides that the railroad company shall issue stock in the road to the State of North Carolina in payment for the work of these con- victs.This has been done.What department of the State government shall hold the stock or whether the State Treasurer shall credit the State prison with the stock,was not a mat- ter for the railroad company to say. That is for the State administration. It will be noticed that while the State prison board was whereasing and resolving there was no sug- gestion of taking convicts off the Elkin and Alleghany,which road has them on the same terms 45 the Statesville Air Line.Mr.R.M. Chatham,a director of the State prison,is a director of the Elkin and Alleghany road.Neither is it pro- posed to remove the convicts from the road work in Henderson and Madison counties,where nothing is aid for their services.It is only the Statesville Air Line that is to be sacrificed.: But the whereasing of the peni- tentiary board amounts to nothing. The board has no authority to re- move convicts from anywhere,and it knows it.It referred the matter to the council of State and at a meet- ing of the council Saturday State Treasurer Lacy,who is also very of- ficious about the Statesville Air Line, made &motion to remove the con- victs from this rond and his motion didn’t.even get a second.But as a matter of fact the council of State has no authority in the premises.It i«the Governor who has the author- ity.Gov.Craig has said again and again that the convicts should not be removed from the Statesville Air Line.He is standing by that promise.SON aes oe Bailey Property Sold—Mr.White Buys Home in Town. A company composed of Messrs. F.A.Sherrill,W.T-Kincaid,C.S. Tomlin,R.M.Gray,J.E.Boyd,J. A.Davidson,J L,Sloan and R.V. Brawley has bought through Real Estate Agent W.J.Matheson the roperty of the Alfred Bailey estate, Rev SF.Wentz and D.C.Coving- ton,all colored,on Davie avenue,the consideration being $4,600.The prop- erty has a frontage of 327 feet on Devie avenue and runs through to Water street.It contains three small dwelling houses occupied by colored ple.While no plans have as yet m made,it is assumed that the purchasers of the property will im- prove it. ‘Mr.Matheson has sold for Mr. Geo.P.Rives of Charlotte to Mr. E.G.White of Shiloh township,a house and lot on Race street.Mr. White will move his family to States- ville and occupy the property.Mr. Elijah Reid of Dealsville,Alexander county,who recently purchased the White farm in Shiloh,will move to it as Soon as Mr.White vacates.Mr. Reid is a good farmer and citizen and will be welcomed to Shiloh.Like- wise Mr.and Mrs.White will be wel- comed as residents of Statesville. The John Moton land in Sharpes- burg township,-about 65 acres,was resold at the court house Saturday by Z.V.Long,commissioner,to Mr. L.B.Bristol for $500. Mr.J.HK.Rockwell has sold his house and lot on Kelly street to Mr. J.P.Moore.Lumber is now being placed a residence to be erected for Mr.Rockwell on his property on the Wilkesboro road,adjoining that of Mr.W.B.Brown,which he will occupy when completed.’ Collector Watts Passes Out More Pie. Collector A.D.Watts made a num- ber of appointments yesterday.Mr. Robt.L.Church of Wilkes county was given a permanent appointment as deputy collector for service under revenue agent;Mr.Groyer C.Ham- rick of Shelby was appointed a depu- ty for service under the.revenue agent at Jacksonville,Fla.;Maj.John G. Young of Winston-Salem was a pointed assistant stamp deputy in the office at Winston-Salem;Mr. ‘Stephen T.Neal of Reidsville was ap- inted stamp deputy at Reidsville; Maj.W.W.Wood of Greensboro was appointed stamp deputy at Greens- boro..Mr.Hamrick was here to take the oath,after which he left for At- lanta to report to the revenue agent there before going on to Jacksonville. The Commissioner of Internal Rev-enue has continued Mr.P,E.Dancy of Wilkes county as special employe. Mr.Dancy.has been ‘serving in this MARRIAGES IN MOORESVILLE. One Thanksgiving Day Accident —Personal Items. Correapondence of The Landmark. Mooresville,Dec.1—Last Thurs-day night about 9 o'clock,at .the residence of Rev.I.E.Long,pastor of St.Mark’s Lutheran church,Mrs. Mary H.Moore,widow of the lateR.D.Moore,was married to Mr.J. L.King of Wilmington,Mr,Longofficiating.The happy couple leftFridayforWilmington,where the will spend a week or so,after whic they will return to Mooresville to live.Mr.King is a traveling sales- man.Miss Jennie Howard _returned Thursday from Sherman,Texas,where she spent several months with her sister;Mrs.J.B.Martin.She left in the spring for New Mexico,where Mr.and Mrs.Martin werethenliving,and later accompanied them to Sherman.On Thanksgiving morning Elmer Plummer,the 9-year-old son of Mr. J.K.Plummer,who lives two miles from town,while hunting with his father,received a load of bird shot —or rather a part of a load—from the gun of an unknown negro,Mr. Plummer and his son were a short distance from his home hunting rab- bits.The boy was in an open field while his father was a short dis- tance back in the woods.A rabbit coming from the woods was within a few feet of the boy when three ne- groes,about 70 yards away,saw it and fired without any thought of the boy.The rabbit was killed at the feet of the boy and ten shot entered the boy’s back and leg.The ne- groes,realizing what had occurred, ran and before Mr.Plummer could recognize them they were making time across ‘the field.Their identity so far is unknown.The boy is not at all seriously hurt.So far.as known this is the only Thanksgiving accident near Mooresville. Mr.and Mrs.Thos.Thompson and Miss Carrie Thompson,of China Grove spent Thanksgiving with his father,Mr.W.C.Thompson,near Mt.Mourne.Mr.Gus.Lowrance came down from Statesville to spend the holiday witth home folks.Mr Edgar McNeely,student of the A.& M.College,Raleigh,and Miss Mary McNeely,of the Wilkesboro graded school,spent Thanksgiving with their parents,Mr.and Mrs.C.K. McNeely.Mr.and Mrs.8,Clay Wil- liams of Greensboro returned home last,week,after spending several days with homefolks.Mr.Pant Witherspoon,who is connected with the engineering corps of the Balti- more and Ohio railway with head- quarters at Baltimore,is visiting his sister,Mrs.C.E.Mills.Pinkney Mills and Ben Stuart Houston,stu- Hents at Mt.Pleasant,were at home for Thanksgiving.Miss Susie Brady of Davidson is visiting Miss Norvelle Gudger near Mooresville.Misses Ruth and Lucy Culbertson,teachers in the graded schools of Salisbury and Statesville,respectively,spent Thanksgiving with their parents,Rev. and Mrs.R.W.Culbertson.S.J. Craver of Winston was the gucst Thursday of the Commercial Hotel. Rev.and Mrs.Welter Furr of Char- lotte spent several days last week with Mr.and Mrs.S:M.Furr and family.Mr.Frank Brawley,Jr.,ar- rived Friday to visit relatives here for several days. Last Thursday night at the resi- dence of the bride’s parents,Miss Bert Neel and Mr.J.Blick Alexan- der were united in the bonds of mat- rimony in the presence of onty mem- bers of the family and Rev.R.C. Davidson,the bride’s pastor,who per- formed the ceremony.The wedding had been kept with the strictest se- crecy,not even the most intimate friends of the contracting ~parties knowing that it was to be at that time.The bride is a daughter of Mr.and Mrs.J.C.Neel of Moores- ville and has a large number of friends.The groom has been for sev- eral years manager of the Moores: ville Steam Laundry,until it was closed down a few weeks ago.He came from Concord to Mooresville and has made many warm friends here.They will board with his sis- ter,Mrs.Kate Starrett. Mr.and Mrs.H.P.Deaton with their children spent Thanksgiving with his mother at Concord and re- turned Friday night.He stoppec over in Charlotte with about 20 oth- ers from here to attend the meeting of the D.0.K.K.’s and incidentally see Messrs.M.R.Shoaf and J.M.Kennette “ride the goat”into the order.It was stated by a poultry deal- er here that the number of turkeys consumed Thanksgiving Day is far less than the number used several years ago.Whether the turkeys are growing scarcer or the rabbits moreplentifulhedidnotsay;but it is a fact,the rabbits in south Iredell are plentiful.They are good,too; equal to the celebrated Chatham county species.Mr.M.W.White of GreensborowasavisitorintownThursdayandFriday.Mr.W.@.Ariail returnedSturdaynightfromRockHill,8,C.,where he attended jfor two days theSouthCarolina‘onference.MissBrettieGrayspenttheholidays,withherparentsinMecklenburgcounty. were married in Statesville last week, are boarding with his parents,Mr.and Mrs.J.M:Raymer, Cotton Mills,Mr.Ed.SwannMissEthelParkswereunitedin mar- riage. officer. 6 madea.splendid formed the ceremony. Mr.and Mrs.Claude Raymer,who Last Wednesday at the residence ofMr.Ed,Lothery,.near Mooresvilleand Rey.F,°A.Barnes,pastor oftheSecondPresbyterianchurch,per- KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK. Young~Nelson’s Remains Brought to Taylorsville For Burial—SingingContestonThanksgivingDayand the Prizes—Taylorsville News. Correspondence of The Landmark. Taylorsville,Dec.1—The remains of Mr.William H.Nelson,whose death was mentioned in Tuesday’s Landmark,errived on the noon train Thursday.Mr.C.W.Nick,a mem- ber of the band to which Mr.Nelson belonged—the Twelfth Infantry band, located at Presidio of Monterey,Cal.,accompanied the remzins here.They were met at the station by relatives and friends and tsken to the town cemetery for interment.Rev.L.L. Moore conducted the services at thegrave. Mr.Nick brought the news that he and Mr.Nelson cut down a tree anditfellacrossawireandbrokethe wire.The end of the wire fell into some water.Mr.Nelson caught the wire where the insulation ‘was tornoffandwasinstantlykilled.Mir, Nick ssid that while he was not a all this year and that he was verypopularbothwiththeofficersandtheboys.Deceaged was an unusual- ly bright boy and had many friends here who sorrow with his relatives over his untimely death, There was a large crowd here Thenksgiving Day to attend the mecting of the Alexander Singing Association.Mr.J.L.Gwaltney, president of the association,presid- ed over the meeting.Five classes entered the contest —the Poplar class,led by Mr.Milton Chapman; the Sidelight class,led by Mr.Jef- ferson McLoin;the Linney Grove class,led by Mr.James Baker;the Taylorsville High School class,led by Mr.Loyd Teague,and a class of children from Three Forks,led by Mr.Benjamin Harrington The judges were Messrs.Jere Smith,W: F.Patterson,Peter Johnson,John Gilreath.The cup was presented to the Sidclight class.The dozen song books given by Mr.D.Mc.Mathe- son was presented to the Poplar class,and the class of children was presented a silver cup. Postmaster J.L.Gweitney hed the misfortune to accidenatly shoot his right hand while working with a to shooting at a The injury wasriflepreparatory hawk ten days ago. not considered serious at the time, but has since been causing Mr. Gwaltney much pain.He was inStatesvillelastweektohavethein- jury dressed at Dr.Long’s Sanato- rium and returned to Statesville this afternoon to remain at the Sanato rium until he gets relicf. The Junior Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church entertained at the manse Friday evening.Games were played and an offering for the church was made. Sheriff Matheson took America Jones,colored,of this county,to Goldsboro last week and placed him in the hospital for insane negroes Mrs.Hollarand Miss Suma and Mr Long Hollar of Hickory,spent Thanksgiving here with Dr.0.L. Hollar,returning by automobile to Hickory Friday.’Mr.Jack Wyckoff of Statesville spent Thanksgiving Day here,the guest of his sister, Mrs.Floyd Lippard.Mrs.R.P Matheson and son,Mr.W.C.Mathe son,went to Charlotte Friday morn- ing to visit friends and attend Con-ference.Mrs.Lon Coon spent Fri day in Charlotte attending Conference.Mr.Jay Chapman,who has been in Iowa for some time,arrived Saturday to visit relatives in andneartown.Miss Ellie Grier of the faculty of Statesville graded school, spent Saturday here with her sister, Miss Winnie D.Grier,at the home of Mrs.Julia Cooper. Mrs.J.A.Bardon,who visited her mother,Mrs.Jane Judson,returned S.C."While here she purchased two small lots on Highland from Mr.JL.Sharpe for $175. Mr.H.T.Kelly moved his family Friday to Dr.Asa Thurston's resi dence,where they will live until they can get a desirable location to build ahome.Mr.J.C.Herman,who owns east of the court house,will his family into it this week. Friday morning to attend ence, ville spent Thanksgiving Day J.L.Gwaltney. Other Cases in Court. Superior Court. assault with a deadly weapon. sault. bers and Spinn Patterson,alias Ed the officers swore out warrants the defendants. terdaytween tharlotte and Raleigh. * strong boy he had been able for duty Saturday to her home in Columbia, the residence Mr.Kelly moved from, move ‘Dr.W..LeGette went to Charlotte Confer- Mr.Chas.E.Echerd of States- here s.Echerd at her father’s,Mr. Mayor Submitted and Gave Bond— Mr.J.L.Cloaninger was arraign-ed in Justice Lazenby’s court Satur-day afternoon on a charge of dispos- ing with mortgaged property.Hegave$200 bond for,his appearance at Mayor Caldwell,who assaulted Will Mayhew on the street Thursday eve-ning,was placed under $100 bond byJusticeLazenbyforhisappearance at Superior Court to answer for an ThemayorsubmittedhiscasetoJustice Lazenby a short time after the as- Will Simonton,Louis Moore,Ar-thur Daniels,Anna Day,Ida Cham- Lynch,all colored,wore arraigned inthemayor’s court Saturday afternoon on charges of retailing,but the Statefailedtomakoacaseagainstanyone of them and ail were released.The witnesses “changed their tune”ofter for The Norfolk Southern railway yes-ut on a regular scedule be- FROM WITHOUT THE STATE. Items of Interest From All Over theCountry. The strike of the employes of theGeneralElectricCompanyatSchen-ectady,N.Y.,has been settled. Forty-two thousand persons,in- eluding President Wilson,cabinet of-ficers and members of Congress,sawthearmyandnavyfootballgameinNewYorkcitySaturday.The armydefeatedthenavy. Speaking at Anderson,S.C.,Sat- urday,Gov.Blease attacked Presi- dent Wilson,declaring that he had never been a Wilson man.For which President Wilson and his friends should be devoutly thankful. The government has entered suit in the Federal court in Baltimore to dissolve the American Can Company, an alleged trust which cqntrols a large percentage of the business in cans,containers and packages of In. An elaborated anti-high cost of liv- ing bill not only to restrict cold stor- age of food but to penalize agreement for storage,pooling,division of ter- ritory,interference with competition or other restraint of trade in food- stuffs,has been introduced in Con- gress by Mr.McKellar of Tennessee. A week’s campaign by the Na- tiona!American Woman Suffrage Association to secure the adoption of a constitutional amendment to ¢n- franchise women was launched Sun- day at a mass-meeting in a theater in Washington.It was the formal opening of the forty-fifth annual con- vention of the association. Mrs.Pankhurst,the English mili- tant suffragette who recently came to this country to lecture and was tem- porarily detained by the immigration CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. Appointments For Statesville Dis- trict and Some Others. The Western North Carolina Con- ference,M.E.Church,South;which ended its session in Charlotte yes- terday,made the following appoint- ments for Statesville district:. Presiding Elder—Lee T.Mann. Alexander circuit—M.V.Honeycutt. Catawba—B.Wilsen. Cool Spring—J.J.Edwards. Davidson—J.C.Harmon.‘ Granite Falls and Hudson—D.F. Carver. Hickory station—A.L.Stanford.Hickory circuit—J.T,Hornbuckle. Iredell cireuit—P.H.Brittain. Lenoir station—Z.E.Barnhardt. Lenoir circuit—C.H.Curtis. Maiden—J.W.Kennedy. Mooresville station-—C. rick, Mboresville circuit—E.Meyers. Newton station-——W.M.Biles. North Lenoir circuit—J.C.Keever. Statesville,Broad Street—J.F.Kirk. Statesville,Race Street—J.J.Eads. Statesville circuit—J.C.Mock. Stony Point circuit—T.E.Wage. Troutman—C.L.McCain. President Davenport College,Lenoir, J.B.Craven. Rev.Plato Durham is made presid- ing elder of the Charlotte district and Rev.J.R.Scroggs succeeds Mr.Dur- ham on the Winston district.Rev. H.K.Boyer is presiding elder of the Shelby district,Rev.R.M.Hoyle presiding elder Mt.Airy district.Rev. D.Atkins goes to West Asheville, Rey.J.C.Rowe to Asheville and Rev.W.M.Robbins,formerly of Statesville,-to Brevard.Rev.©.M. Pickins is pastor at Mt.Zion.Rev. S$.\Kirkpat- authoritics,didn’t attract much at-} tention during her tour of th try but her visit seems to ha‘ profitable finan ed for me i rie<th her $20,000 by h f Wesle H of |Va.,63.ye dicted week a } ef attempted criminal a lt of dauchter of a court official.He plead guilty and was sentenced to five;years in the State penitentiary..A | few days avo in West Virginie,a} man named Turner,wealthy and| prominent,was convicted of crimi- nally assaulting a young lady who was visiting at his home and was senténced to life imprisonment. Death.Record. Mra.J.M.Shook,who lives in south coun bn ially Ss ha Statesville,received a telegram last Wednesday informing her of the death that day of her sister,Mrs. Harriet J.Ellis,at Whverly,Ala. Mrs.Ellis was 84 years old.Her husband,the late Anderson Ellis, died some years ago.She leaves four children—-Mes G.W.and J. N.Ellis of Waverly,Mrs.Laura Greer of Anna,Texas,and Miss Net- tie Ellis,who lived with her mother. Mr.and Mrs.Ellis were married in 1850,moved to Alabama and had made their home there since.Mrs. Ellig was a daughter of the late T. A>Bell of Statesville Mrs.B.F.Arrington,a sister of Mrs.W.W.Walton of Statesville, died Sunday morning in Baltimore, where she was visiting.She had been in poor health for some time Mrs.Arrington is survived by four children.A son,Mr.John Arrington; lived’in Statesville many years ago. Mrs.:Arrington’s remains were bur- ied at Goldsboro yesterday and Mrs. Annie Bell Walton leaving for Walton and Miss attended the funergl,. Goldsboro Sunday. Viola,May Carson,the two-months- old daughter of Mr.and Mrs.J.T. Carson,died’Saturday at the homeofherparentsinBloomfield.Funeral services were conducted Sunday by Rev.€.S;Cashwell and the remains were taken to Bethlehem graveyard for burial.j Mr.Siler May Come to,Statesville to Live—Church News. A large congregation heard Rev. Frank Siler at Broad Street .Meth- odist church Sunday morning.Mr. Siler preached an excellent sermon on “Christ and Him Crucified,”which was much enjoyed.He returned to Conference at Charlotte Sunday night.Mr.Siler,who has returned to this Conference from Georgia,has been made missionary secretary of the Conference,the position formerly held by Rev.H.K.Boyer,and may lo- cate in Statesville,as.this is a cen- tral location for his work.Rev.W.T.Walker will preach at Bethany church Saturday at .11 o'clock and will hold a communion service there on Sunday following.Rev.W.A.Lutz went to Mar‘on Sunday afternoon and,conducted a service there Sunday evening.He re- turned home Sunday night. Rev.I.W.Thomas of Caldwell county,a native of Alexander county, will assist in a meeting at the Bap-tist church st Hiddenite this week.The Bonner Bible Class of the First Associate Reformed PresbyterianSabbathschoolhelditsregularelec- tion of officers Sunday.Mr HoraceStikeleatherwaselectedpresident, Charles Davidson vice president,Wal- ter Shives secretary and treasurer. Watauga and Yadkin River RoadStoppedTemporarily. Boone Democrat. The fact that the Watauga &Yad- kin River Railroad Co.has advertised for sale its last remaining bunch ofmules,makes the mountain peaple fear that the extension of the roadfartherthanDarbyisnowseriouslydoubtful.. M.T.Smathers goes from Taylors- ville to Forest Hill,Concord Rev. J.W.Jone of Mooresville is made rar ‘ary for the Confer- ‘ Shelby opal Church America. Honor For Mr.Dorman Thompson— The Methodist Conference. The session of the Methodist Con- ference in Charlotte,which ended yesterday,was harmonious and with-out special interest aside from the routine proceedings.State Senator Dorman ThompsonofStatesvillewas,highly honored by the Conference,being elected a dele- gate to the General Conference on the first ballot.The other lay del- egates are ©.H.Ireland of Greens- boro,George L.Hackney of Lexing- ton,BE.A.Cole of Charlotte,W.R. Odell of Concord.Clerical delegates Rev.Plato Durham,Rev.G.‘ Rowe,Rev.J.H.Weaver,Rev.H. \K.Boyer,Rev.Lee T.Mann of Statesville,Rev.T.F.Marr.Alter- nates,Rev.H.M.Blair,editor Chris- tain Advocate,Rev.E.L.Bain arid Rev.C.W.Byrd.Rev.J.H,West was elected finan- cial agent of the orphanage to suc- ceed Rev.W.0.Goode. The Yadkin Homicide —Meyers Claims Self-Defence. Anent the killing of Harry Nichol- son by Luke Meyers,in Yadkin coun- ty last Tuesday night,reported in the last issue of -The Landmark,the Yadkinville Ripple says Meyers claims self-defence.The two men, who were on bad terms,met at a corn shucking.Nicholson attacked Meyers,says the Ripple,and Moyers fired on Nicholson,killing him=in- stantly.It is stated that Nicholson,who is a son of Dr.Nicholson of Lewisville, Forsyth county,had served several terms in the United States army, was regarded as a reckless fellow and had had trouble with his neighbors. He married Miss Rosa Coffin of Hunt- ing Creek community,Yadkin county, and his wife and four children sur- vive.Meyers has a wife and two children. Fairfax Harrison President Southern Railway.b Fairfax Harrison,president of the Chieago,Indianapolis &Louisville Railway Company,was yesterday elected president of the Southern Railway Company to succeed the late W.W.Finley. Fairfax Harrison is 43 years old. When 34 years old he was appointed assistant to the president of the Southern.Three years later he be- came vice president of thr road.He is a native of New York and a broth- er of Francis Burten Harrison,re- cently appointed governor general of the Philippines. “Big Money”Asked to Run the Gov- ernment. Congress will have to appropriate just $1,108,681,777 to operate the gov- ernment of the United States during the fiscal year 1915 according to es- timates prepered by cach department and sent to ‘the House by Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury. 1 The meeting of the Iredell-Alex- ander Medical Society,scheduled to have been held in Statesville yester- day,was postponed 6n account of the weather. Near Gastonia Sunday Geo,Byrdshotandkilledawomanwithwhomhelived—Clem Watts.Both colored. Byrd,who claims the shooting was ac- cidental,is in jail. Miss Fannie Kale,daughter of Mr. Locke Kale,and Mr.John witt were married in.Hickory Friday. BRIEF ITEMS ORL CAI,NEWF ~—-Coburn’s Minstr is the a, traction at the theater this ‘evening. >-Mrs.Beauty will be an attractios at”’Shearer Music Hall next Monday evening,8th. —-License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Josephine Foster and Mr.Stephen Efird. —No meeting of the county board of education was held yesterday be- cause of a lack of a quorum,Messrs. Bradley and Nicholson being unable to be present.—The stockholders of the States- ville-Buffalo Shoals Bridge Co.wilt. club,Statesville,next Monday,8th, at 2:30 p.m. in regular monthly session yesterdsy. Only routine business was transact- ed,the board having one of the quiet~ est meetings ever. —Mesdames D.F.and F.D.Me- Kinne of Louisburg are at the bed- side of their step-mother,Mrs.L.T. Stimpson,who is seriously ill at her home at Turnersburg. —The meeting which was to have been held at Harmony yesterday,at which Mr.Clarence Poe was to speak, was callod off on account of the rain. A meeting will be held at a later date., --Mr.F.M.Summers,who a year ago moved from Mooresburg,Tenn., where he had lived for many years,to his old home in Shiloh township, lest week moved back to Mooresburg and will live there. -oGov.Craig,who has been suf- fering from rheumatism,has gone to Hot Springs,Ark.,for treatment and will spend a week or two. passed through Statesville Sunday en route to Hot Springs. Mr.John W.Cruitt of Baltimore will meet with the local conclave of Heptasophs in their conclave room in the Patterson building this eve- ning at 8 o'clock and all members rre asked to be present. Lint cotton 13,seed cotton 5.25 ‘and eotton seed 40 cents the bushel were the prices offered by Statesville buyers yesterday,but on account oftheweathertherewaslittla,or nocottonplacedonthémarket. Mrs.L.C.Moore and her son,Mr.Clarence L.Moore,have moved to Statesville from Cool Spring town-ship.They are occupying a residenceonDavieavenue.r.Moore has apositionwiththeCashGroceryCom- pany.‘:, Mrs.J.H.Dingelhoef,who re- cently underwent an operation in a Greensboro hospital,was brought home Saturday by her father,Rev. W.A.Lutz,who went to Greensboro Friday.Mrs.Dingelhoef’s condition is improved.Messrs.James and Will White, assisted by A.Pearson and Hyman Patterson,colored,all of the vicinity of Statesville,went after the rabbits on Thanksgiving Dey and the four made a record which they think ia worth while.They killed 110 rabbits. Deputy Collector Alexander,Sher- iff Deaton and Deputy Sheriff Gil- bert seized and destroyed a distillery in New Hope township Friday eve-ning.The still was located on a branch between two mountains.|No one on the premises when the officers arrived. _.Medsrs.Z.V.Long,J.A.Hart- ness and J.EB.Fesperman spoke at a meeting of the Junior Order at Oak Forest Thursday night,and Sun- day afternoon Mr. Thanksgiving address in the Metho- dist church atCatawba under the auspices of the Junior Order. Dr.8.Frontis of Mooresvilld motored to Statesville with a party of ladies Thanksgiving Day.The doc- tor told an acquaintance that when he left home he had no idea of com- ing to Statesville but not being an expert chauffeur he couldn’t turn around and had to keep coming. Messrs.C.C.Wright of Wilkes county and W.M.Bledsoe of Alle- ghany county,members of the execu- tive committee of the State Board of Agriculture,spent yesterday with Supt.Meacham at the Iredell Test Farm.They were en route to Raleigh to attend a meeting of the board. —The postoffice people are urging that Christmas packages be mail early to guarantee safe delivery and avoid congestion in the parcel — system during the holidays. Postoffice Department will allow par- cel post packages to bear the inscrip- tion,“Do not open until Christmas.” —Mr,J.A.Arey yesterday re- ceived an order from Cornell Uni- versity,New York,for 48 dozen cans of tomatoes,the product of the Ire- dell tomato club girls.This will clean up the stock,as about 84 dozon cans had already been sold to local dealers.The value of the tomatoes $250.This is the season when’trade becomes more active with the near approach of the holidays.Statesville merchants have large and varied tending purchasers will .Tauch valuable.information from Land- mark.If you want to know what to buy and where to buy it,look at The Landmark’s ad.columns. son;that many.birds were kill d at Thanksgiving,in violation of lav It’s a pity that people who disreg: the law when it suitsJ pleas to do 80 could not receive a ment that they would remen They will live in:Newton.all time. mect in the rooms of the Commercial ° —The county commissioners were — Long.made a — put up by the Iredell girls is about - stocks of all lines of goods and in-. —The opén season for ‘partridge— shooting:in Iredell began xpeeenet It is rumored,however,that not the hunters waited for the open sea~ /ef the liquor traffic in Asheville rep- WILL TAKE CONVICTS AWAY. Penitentiary Board Orders Convicts Removed From Statesville Air Line Road—These and Convicts From the State Farm to Be Hired Out to Keep the State Prison From Falling Into Debt.‘ Raleigh Dispatch,Nov.29,to Greens- boro News. _Called here in special session to- day on account of serious develop- ments as to the financial condition of the institution,the board of direc- tors of the North Carolina State pris- on declared for a radical change in the policy ofthe management to avert an impending deficit of large proportions,and for sweeping chang- es in the distribution and employment of the convicts. The meeting was called because the State Treasurer had discovered that a defect in the act providing for the construction of the Statesville Air Line railroad,Statesville to Mt. Airy,relieves the State Treasurer from crediting the State prison with cash face value for certificates of stock in the Statesville Air Line for convict labor.Up to the time the defect was discovered in the act,a few days ago,something like $65,000 in cash had been credited out of the State Treasury to the prison for Statesville Air Line stock.When the discovery was made all this back credit was charged against the prison again and the prison authorities no- tified that no more credits could be allowed,and that this construction work must be done by the ‘prison without any credit benefit from the State,the prison to hold the stock for whatever it could realize out of it in the future. This charge against the prison of the Statesville Air Line stock leaves the prison with a deficit of $18,508 at thi#time,and a prospect and practi- cal assurance,if the present policy is maintained,of a deficit of not less than probably $40,000 December 1, 1914.The prison assets for the next year,including cash credits for con- viet labor in railroad construction certificates of stock and all outstand- ing solvent credits,is $181,097,while the estimated expenses of the prison are $202,459. It is on account of these conditions the directors have adopted resolu- tions as.follows: Whereas,we have been informed by the superintendent of the prison that the State Treasurer has decided in ac- cordance with the advice of the At- torney General of the State that there is no authority of law for him to pay the State prison the par value of the certificates of railroad stock earned with prison labor in the building of the Statesville Air Line railroad,and that in consequence of this decision of the Treasurer the State prison has overdrawn on account of mainten- ance its account with the Treasurer to the extent of $18,508.00,after hav ing used not only all of its cash de- posits,but also cash from the State Treasury to face value of all the cer- tificates of railroad stock in the other State-aided railroads,which under the law it is entitled to receive;and Whereas,the superintendent further presented a statement of of the prison assets.available for maintenance of the prison for the next 12 months,to be derived from the sale of the products of the State farm,based on current market prices, and for all of the prison convict labor at work on certificate account to State-aided roads and on cash ac- count,and also all of its outstanding solvent credits,showing a total amount of $181,097 as the available amount as a maintenance fund for the next fiscal year,or until Decem- ber 1,1914,and has made an estimate of the ordinary expenditures of the State prison for the next fiscal year, or until December 1,1914,showing that the needs of the institution will be $202,459.53,which added to the present deficit of $18,508,will make a total sum of $220,967.53 that will be necessary to cover its needs for the said fiscal year,and whereas this will leave a deficit December 1,1914,of $39,870.53; Now,therefore,it is unanimously ordered by this board that the super- intendent be and he is hereby order- ed and directed to curtail the opera- tions at the State farm for the year 1914 to the point where 100 -able- bodied convicts,together with the in- firm population of the prison,will be able to cultivate the crop planted; that the superintendent be and he is hereby authorized and directed to take no further steps in replenishing the State farm with the additional teams needed for the cultivation of its entire acreage.The superintend-|ent is further directed and instructed | to take no further action looking to | the building of new quarters for pris- oners at the State farm or equipping it with improved machinery.It is further ordered by this board that 200 able-bodied convicts be withdrawn from the force now at the State farm and together with the 51 now on the Statesville Air Line railroad,be ten- dered to the Governor and council of State to be let under contract for aconsiderationofnotlessthan$1.50 each per day to the eredit and use of the State prison in accordance with the law of the State.But in the opin- ion of the board these contracts should be for a cash consideration. The 200 from the State farm to be- come available on or about January 1,1914. In making the above order,the board of directors desire to frankly state that they are unable,in view of section 11,arti¢le 11,of the con- stitution of the State which says,“It shall be steadily kept in view by the Legislature and the board of public charities that all penal and charitable institutions should be made as nearly self-supporting as is consistent withthepurposesoftheircreation,”to reconcile the statutory”gift by the General Assembly of 1913 ,100 able-bodied convicts to work the®pub-lic roads of Madison and Hendersoncounties,requiring the State prison, without any return whatever,to pay even the railroad expenses of saidconvictsandemployes;and that they are unable to reconcile further withconstitutionrequirementstheassign- ment by the General Assembly of TUESDAY,---December 2,1913. WHERE JUSTICE IS NOT BLIND. “The “higher up”blind tigers brought to light by the investigation resent,it is stated,wealth aggregat- ing $1,000,000,Their wealth and-se- cial standing is such,remarked Judge Carter,who conducted the investiga- tion,“that no judge in the State would have the temerity to impose road sentences;”“and if such a judge could be found,”he continued,“‘nice people’in Asheville would petition to let the defendants off with a fine, although no pecuniary imposition would represent 10 per cent of the profits cleared.’Judge Carter has stated a condition,not a theory—a condition which he does not approve, by the way.It’s a burning shame that such conditions exist,.but they do exist almost everywhere.The Landmark has asserted again and again that there is no equality before the law—and there isn’t.Numerous ordinary citizens,white and black, have been sent to the chain ‘gang from the Asheville courts for vio- lating the liquor laws.Most of the defendants did business in a small way,probably,and made little out of it.Many of them were ignorant peo- ple,of low degree,with little concep- tion oftheir duty to society,They knew,however,that they had no right to violate the law and they were justly punished. But here are men of wealth and social standing,proprietors of hotels and drug stores,who wilfully and knowingly commit the same offence either commit the offence them- selves or are parties to it.Men of superior intelligence and of high so- cial standing,a greater responsibility rested on them.Not only was it their duty to obey the law because they were as subject to it as the humblest citizen,but in addition it was their duty,as men of wealth and prominence and high social standing, to set an example before those who Jack a proper conception of the duty of the citizen.These men,therefore, not only,as a matter of right,de- serve the same punishment.as the humblest citizen who violates the law,but they justly deserve a great- er punishment,because of they wealth and prominence -and social standing their offence is greater and has a greater and more lasting ef- fect. But Judge Carter bluntly stated the truth when he said that a judge could hardly be found who would dare send any of them to the chain gang; and if such a judge were found he would be overwhelmed with petitions not to do so.And he might have added that if a judge were found who would disregard the pressure,the next recourse would be to the Gov- ermor,who would be overwhelmed with petitions and appeals for par don or commutation. Such is the condition,and yet every judge who imposes lighter pun ishment on the man of prominence and influence simply beenuse of ‘that rominence and influence,violates is oath of office and the spirit if not the letter of the law;and every Governor who is moved by pressure in such cases to change a sentence or issue a pardon,is equally guilty Officers of the law are guilty of the very gravest crimes against society, they are promoters of anarchy,when they are influenced to discriminate between men in the matter of law enforcement, These are simple,self-evident truths to all thinking people,and they cannot be denied or answered States and nations have been wreck- ed by this sort.of administration of the law,and seoner or later the con sequence will be felt everywhere. LLLLL has all In Rowan Superior Court a Salis bury company that sold ice and coal was convicted of giving short weights and fined $300.This brings attention generally to the matter of buying and selling by weight and measure,and how the public gener- ally has to.accept such things by faith.When you buy coal and ice, sugar and coffee,butter and meat potatoes and grain and hay and what not,in 99 casés out of 100 you ac- =the weight or measure of the seller without question.In selling cotton,tobacco,ete.the farmer of- ten has to take the weights of the buyer.How much is lost in a year by short weight or short measure? If an examination was made the rev- elation might be astonishing.This does not mean that all dealers are dishonest.Far from it.The great majority are honest and attempt to co the right thing.But there are dishonest people in all lines of busi- ness,in all trades and professions. There are people who cheat boldly because they are dishorest.Others, sometimes found “in the amen cor-ners of the churches,looking verypiousonSunday,consider it simply a matter of business in trade to cut a little off the weight or measure, and salve their conscience with the idea that it is simply shrewdness in trade which the dealer must practice if he would get on;and sometimes short weights are innocently given because the scales go wrong and the dealer doesn’t know it.Al!l this is simply to say that there should be an awakening on this propositionthatwouldresultintheenforcementofthelawastostandardweightsandmeasures.The law provides for a standard keeper and there shouldbeoneineverycounty.or townwhosebusinessitwouldbetoexam-ine all weights and measures occa- sionally.If our memory serves us,examinations of this character weremadeinSalisburysometimeagoandmanydefectiveweightsandmeasuresfound.Certain it is thatextionsmadeinsomeofthecitiesoccasionallyhaveresultedin :acs of numerous weights ,J The:honest dealerhavenoobjectiontosuchanexaminationforhewillwantanyde-fect .who censiderstheexaminationareflectioncnhishonestyshouldbeexaminedtobesure on Lat the of stock for which the State is re-quired to pay in cash full par.valueforthemaintenanceandsupportoftheprisonandstillleavingadeficitofear‘over,expenditures,—Re-garding this matter as they‘do andforthereasonsabovenamed,”theboardofdirectorsexpresslydesiretoreservetothemselvesascitizensoftheStatetheprivilegeofprotest-ing against the policy of said laws, are willing to observe and be govern-ed by the law as expounded to thembythelegaladviseroftheState. THE KILLING ACCIDENTAL. Yadkin Youth Shot His ‘Twin Broth- er Accidentally—Another Accident-al Shooting in Yadkin. In the last issue of The Landmark it was stated,on information gainedfromaphonemessagetoTheLand- mark,that a son of a-Mr.Jenkins of Yadkin county had shot and killed his twin brother.The report indi- cated that the boys were fighting,it being stated that one of them was armed with a stick and the other with a shot gun.A statement sent from ‘Yadkinville to the Greensboro News says the shooting was accidental.The Jen- kins family live on the farm of J. G.Ray,two miles from Yadkinville. The shooting took place.Wednesday.The twin brothers,about 18 years old according to the News’report, were standing on the porch of their home “playing with a shot gun,”when the gun was accidentally dis- charged and the entire load entered the mouth of Calvin Jenkins,blow- ing the top of his head off.The gun, says the News’report,was in the hands of Calvin Jenkins’brother when it was discharged. While hunting Wednesday after- noon Farris Caudle,son of Rev. Thomas/Caudle of Mt.Nebo,Yadkin county,Was shot by his own gun,dy- ing from the wound in’a very short time.The story goes,says a report to the Greensboro News,that young Caudle,who was 17 years old,was standing still and placed his shot gun on a stump,which happened to be decayed,and started:to turn round, when the gun slipped from its place and the hammer struck the side of the snag,firing the contents of the gun into the left side of the body, barely missing the heart.The doc tors dressed the wounds,but could do nothing that would save the boy.chumemaneruaninimnemnaans Prisoners at State Convict Grateful For Thanksgiving The prisoners at the State vict camp on the Statesville Air Line railroad were given a holiday and a good dinner on Thanksgiving In appreciation they sent thg follow ing to The Landmark for puMication: “There were never happier prison- Camp Feast. con the Statesville Air Line camp Thanksgiving Day,who are so well taken care of by Capt.J.O.Gaither, their supervisor.They give thanks heartily to Gov Locke Craig and to Supt.J.S.Mann,who requested that the prisoners of North Carolina be given a holiday on this day Tubs and pots of chicken were prepared and set before us and brought smiles to discontented faces.Never have we seen one more pleased tha our captain,J,©.Gaither,as he looked at his men enjoy their din- ner.We all had plenty of chicken and it was a show to see us march to our tables,each one to receive a great dish of chicken and rice.Peter Spry,a prisoner with 40 years,stood at the head of his table well pleased May God bless these men,Hon.Locke Craig,J.S.Mann and our good cap- tain,J.O.Gaither.May the praying people of our country still continue in prayer;may we live nearer to God and be obedient men in stripes.” The above is the substance of the statement as far as The Landmark could make it out. on STATE NEWS. Editor London of “the Siler Grit has put on a moving show as a side line. The Gastonia Gazette says thut be- tween midnight and daylight Friday morning robbers entered the office of the Piedmont &Northern station at Mount Holly and blew the safe open. They secured for their trouble $23 in cash and checks amounting to about $80.Nitrgglycerine was used and the job had all the appearances of having been perpetrated by pro- fessionals, Three Forsyth county farmers took1,000 pounds of pork sausage to the Winston-Salem market,and as it was good country sausage,with plenty of sage in it,says the Journal,it sold readily.The minimum price for sau- sage is about 20 cents and at that figure the load was worth $200. The Association of City School Sus perintendents,in session in Raleigh last week,elected R.H.Latham of Winston-Salem president,A.T.Allon of Salisbury vice president and H.B. Harding of Charlotte secretary. STOP CATARRH!.. Unless Properly Treated With Hy- omei This Disease May Become Serious. If you have catarrh,indicated by sniffing,stopped up head,droppings in the throat and morning choking, there is an irritated state of the mu- cous membrane which affords an ideal condition for the growth of dis-ease germs. Do not allow these dangerous germs to begin the destruction of yourhealth. The easiest,simplest,quickest,sur- est and cheapest way to check ca- tarrh is by breathing Hyomei.This worderful medicated air treatmentdoesnotupsetthestomach,but is breathed in through the Hyomei in- haler,directly following and surely destroying all disease germs that may have been inhaled—the tissues }of the throat,nose and lungs are quickly healed and vitalized.Money refunded by _Statesville Drug Co,to anyone whom Hyomei City picture other convicts on railroad work,ac-he is as hongst as he professes to be.\cepting as pay therefor certificates fails-to benefit.A complet costs but’$1.00.ee -same-time-as-officers_in-charge |. of the State’s penal institution,they } Day.| ers in North Carolina than those at} RIENDSHIP! ee « ~'Some say it is all a matter of business, but we have learned it is entirely possi- ble for a real friendship to exist between the bank and its customers. We know we have a long list of cus- tomers whose true friendship we do not doubt,and whose friends we are. Establish a bank friendship with us. We are ready to do our part. MERCHANTS &FARMERS’BANK OF STATESVILLE. “The Bank For Your Savings.” L.T.STIMPSON Cc.S.TOMLINF.B.BUNCH J.A.KNOX The South Methodist Conference,in session at Rock Hill, Carolina voted against changing the name of the Church from Methodist Episcopal Church,South,to Methodist Episco- pal Church of America.The vote was 201 to 45. MOTHER!THE CHILD IS COS- TIVE,BILIOUS. Don’t hesitate!A laxative is neces-| sary if tongue is coated,breath | bad or stomach sour. Give “California Syrup of Figs”at| a teaspoonful today often saves| a sick child tomorrow.| If your little one is out-of-sorts,| half-sick,isn’t resting,eating and | acting naturally—look,Mother!see) if tongue is coated.This is a sure| sign that its little stomach,liver and} bowels are clogged with waste.When} cross,irritable,feverish,stomach sour,breath bad or has stofnach ache,diarrhoea,sore throat,full of cold,give a teaspoonful of “Cali- fornia Syrup of Figs,”and in a few hours all the constipated poison,un- digested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels with- out griping,and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless “fruit laxative,”be- cause it never fails tu cleanse the little one’s liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach and they dearly| love its pleasant taste.Full direc-) tions for babies,children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle.Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your.druggist for a 50-cent hot- tle of “California Syrup of Figs;” then see that it is made by the “Cal-| ifornia Fig Syrup Company.”Don’t be fooled! See Us For Fat Mackerel,White Fish, Orange Hams,Breakfast Bacon,Mince Meat, Cranberries,FreshiOysters all the time. —'PHONE 89— Eagle & Milholland. once— NOTICE|! First class tin work and repairing. Roofing Contractor. CLYDE E.GAITHER. *Phone No.157, President. Vice President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier THE GIBSON ART LINE Of Hand Colored Calendars,Christmas and New Year Cards and Booklets. Engraved Christmas and New Year Letters5 cents and up.The prettiest line ever shown R.P.Allison’s —Bookjand Toy Store DON’T WAIT To buy that good WATCH!The longer you wait the more time yan lose.Get it and keep right op time.From $40 DOWN TO $1.00. Jewcler.-H.B.WOODWARD, R.H.RICKERT &SON, Watch Worth Owning! A customer bought a Watch of us recently and it seems he is just a little bit dissatisfied with it.After compar- ing it with our regulator several times and finding it on time just to the minute he said,‘‘O shucks I won't have any fun with this watch,I don’t have to set it!’WehavemoreofthesamekindofWatches.Would you like to have one?i Jewelers. de MonumentsandTombstones That is My Business. Best material,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. If you need anything in my line be sure to see.or write me before you buy,as f am prepared to protect your interests. Ask your neighbors who have bought work from me andseewhattheysay. I appreciate your neighbors’business and will likewise appreciate yours. YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND.MOORESVILLE,N.C. ZEB DEATON,Proprietor. PAGE THREE.— -ON CLOTHING and Hats. put dollars into your pockets. merchandise we handle.lived up to. All $25.00 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $20.00 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $16.50 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $12.50 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $10.00 Suits and Overcoats will go at You should see ourSamereductionsonOddPantsandBoys’Suits.Hats up to $3.00—choice for $1.00. No goods charged at these prices.the best things always go first. Everybody has heard of the tariff.Well that law has passed and is getting in its work. CLOTHING IS CHEAPER.We find we have too many goods bought under the old tariff law to carry into the new tariff law. best,and realizing this we are putting on a sale that will set this town and surrounding coun- try a-going.We are going to unload and are making prices that will move the goods and You know our reputation for fair dealing and the quality of Weare back of every statement we make and every word will be We always have believed that the first lossis Sale Will Begin Friday,December 5th,and Continue Six Days. Alterations will be charged for at cost. $18.5015.0012.508.507.90 job counter of Shirts Come early as @ .9 9 e 6 7 r |alldinigs in Statesville at the Time |North Carolina Equal Suffrage ; |)TH K LANDMARK)of the Fire of 1854.|League Incorporated.RS %Y i ESDAY,..December &1013.|Correspondence ef The Landmark The Equal Suffrage League of |“a one ———--—-|_I am indebted to Mrs.J.M.Shook|North Carolina,headquarters in|a |Washington's Surveys “Found Cor-|of Caldwell street for the following |Charlotte,has been incorporated to}a|rect.linformation.She is a daughter of at.sleet North aFeClineie “Wisihiitin's oo teaiiadl the late T.A.Bell of Statesville and promote ‘mal iffrage n No a ee es Son ep 7 ME;|at the time referred to was about |Carolina.The incorporators are Anna|% jdone in 1751,when as a lad of 19 he twelye years old.Forbes Liddell,Susana Bynum,Lena jran lines with chain’and compass When the fire occurred in 1854 (or|tolmes Reilley,Annie B.Abbott,M. ithrough the wilderness of the Vir-|1853)ne oar the court hi L.Bynum,Alma B.Maxwell and :;-io .G Ste sewille be ’....—=;iginia hills for Lord Fairfs hag |im the public square of Statesvill:a ; Been shaaiesd a ..aleekeranael on |the nearest buildings were McRor Mary B.Palmer _rileevorswhohavejustaneitntheirre-|Store,on the north,now Gray us Loeal organizations of suffragettes |~a |ports and who~found the work of the |Store;_S.R.Bell’s store on the east,|/are understood to have already been “‘‘‘ae ihmortal patriot perfect.jnow First National Bank;J Ww organized in (harlotte,Winston-Few housewives give serious thought a Washington,running his lines oe ie ae oe the har:aie theo aie ve —watdow:Fo —¥to the actual cost of flour made into ‘.ae ak lat ents and bon.|Sloan's clo g store;ar irant’s|these ces the membership is secur-at ‘SsfreeorRemeigsonagPreetistoreonthewest,now Harrison's ed from among the best people.bread.Often they are influenced by 4 A MERRY CHRISTMAS and boundaries to which technically clothing store.The court house Ms Te et eeeoat the first cost of flour without consid- educated surveyors using high power |built of brick.All the other build-STRENGTH FOR OLD PEOPLE.'ari th dditi n l t f :di t 4 T Y All transits and all the refined and ac-|'@8 in Statesville were of Old people,to overcome the weak-=es TOMS!COST OF IG FOGIRE ES,2 o rou }curate methods have been able find |t@vern was next west ’s |ening,debilitating effects of increas ::a r oe an have been a to find store and was at that time o ing old age,«make a very sad Itwill surprise a great many people to ‘7MerryMayItBe!|‘The government has been retrac-|Conducted by J.Frank Bell,wh msitake in using so-called “remedies”knowthatour self-rising SAVE TROU- ing the old lines because it is buy-|bought it from “Billy”Gri that contain alcohol and dangerous or BLE FLOUR is'the cheapest they canWehopethatmanymoremayinglandthroughtheterritorywhich|P@*t house west—with a w:habit-forming drugs.Often this|x é come lthey run for the new Appalachian |ve them—was called the stuff,because it livens and brightens|buy—as well as the best.y :,|Scien i aol }son house.Mr.-Leinster,father of |them up a little just after taking a ::i aWhichyouwilllivetosee;Eo t reserve.eke tate:©.Lalueter,lived in this |doeu takde them to imasine that it fs It is cheaper because it eliminates en-fis.9 .’-~_———‘—|.’:i ...‘f 4 'rT;;|house and used a front room for a|doing them good;-when it isn’t.Rem-tirely eleven pounds of ingredients i ng date,|:|tailor shop.Mr.Daniel Speck had a |edie e or sir sale such |:°aF|We hope that each recurring date):FAGBED-OUT”WOMEN [sates anc.Me,Daniel Speck edethat rayorter alee ech)which must go into a barrel of flour to jDecemberTwenty-Fifth,tavern.The fire-places to these rooms |citement of the nerves and heart|make it up into bread.4".;were in the corners at the north end |jeaves them worse than they were ‘a Will find you in a merry state-—Will Find Help in This Letter,of the partition separating them and |before. Itself—A Christmas Gift! HOME BAKERY. Christmas Specials Turkeys, Cranberries, Raisins, oo 1gs,Prunes, Cocoanuts,All kinds of Nuts,Nice fruits of all kinds. Bradford Grocery Co.‘PHONE 27. Overworked,run down,“fagged out” women who feel as though they could hardly drag about,should profit by Mrs.Brill’s experience. She says:“I was in a very weak, rundown condition.Life waa not worth living.I could not sleep,waa very nervous,stomach bad,and was not able to work. |“I consulted with one or two phy- |sicians,without benefit.I read of |Vinol helping some one in a similar|condition so I began to take it,andit 4.04 this |Work’s Tavern.simply did wonders for me. in weight and I am now health and stronger than ever. not find words Vinol.”—-Mrs.W.H.Brill,Racine,Wis.| Thousands of women and men who) were formerly weak and sickly owe) their present rugged health to thé) wonderful strength-creating effects of I gained In better you up and make you strong. does not we give back your money.) our Saxo Salve,We guarantee it, W.F.Hall,Druggist,Statesville, MILLINERY!HORSES FOR SALE! “Our line of Millinery is com- plete.All the newest things..” Don’t fail to see our 98c.and $1.98 Hats—SPECIAL. Respectfully,MRS.MARY SIMMS. +—-—’PHONE 180-——107 East Broad Street. Eight PercheronMares with foal,3 to 5 years old,aver- age 1,400 pounds.Also ten Horses {from 3 to 6 years old,average 1,000 to 1,500pounds, R.M.Freelandor C.L.Whitener, ‘.Nov.21—8t Hickory,N.C. Setanta NNR it I can} enough to praise | | | P.8.—For rough,scaly skin,try|tirely or chiefly on insects: | | } || that thejitwasgenerallybelievedfirestartedbyasparkgettingbe tween the chimney and partitio ae started about 8 o’clock that cold night and burned these three buildings,all that was on this block;the yurt house,the Stockton store and two small dwelling houses west of it.TheBellstore,and perhaps the McRori store,were saved by blanket wet by a bucket brigade bringir ter from the spring near wher }Iredell Telephéne Company building now stands. Mrs.Shook does tavern remember ever d not was calle LaF Statesville,Nov,29,1913. Lookout For Those Birds. Progressive Farmer. Wihile this is the open season for quail and some other birds in Vir- |ginia,the Carolinas.and Georgia,it should not be forgotten that a Fed-Vinol.We guarantee Vinol to build eral law imposes a perpetual closedIfft}season on the following migratory insectiverous bitds which feed en- |links,cat-birds,chickadees,cuckoos,N.C.)|flickers (yellow-hammers),fly-catch- \ers,grosbeaks,humming-birds,king-IR@lots,martins,meadowlarks, hawks,or bullbats,nuthatches, |oles,robins,shrikes,swallows,swifts, |tanagers,titmice,thrushes,vireos|warblers,waxings,Whippoorwills,| |woodpeckers and wrens.The saving | }of these birds is money to the farm- jer.See that the law against killing||them is strictly enforced. . Fit His Cis Exactly. “When father was sick about six years agoreadanadvertisementofChamberlain'sTabletinthepapersthatfithiscaseex-actly,”writes Miss Margaret Campbell ofFt.Smith,Ark.“He purchased a box of them and he has not been sick since.Mysisterhadstomachtrouble:and was also ben-efited by them.”For sale by all dealers, >|dose, Bobo-| night-| ori-| Oil Emulsion is a splendid body and especially good for to the Rexall Olive real médicine—a trength-builder, old people,because it furnishes ystem ingredients necessary build wasted tis strengthen the nerves,give new energy and a young- er and livelier feeling to the body. 1es, not first any dangerous drug.It may make you feel better after the nor to re-| It| >doesn’t contain a drop of alcohol nor perhaps for several days./| But if you don’t feel much better and| stronger before you have taken a} quarter &s much as you have of oth-| er medicines that didn’t help you,we will gladly give you back your money. That’s certainly a square deal. The four Hypophosphites it con-| tains are used by leading physicians everywhere in debility,weakness and liability to disoase,to tone and strengthen the nerves.Purest Olive Oil,one of the most nutritious,most- easily-digested foods known,being taken with the hypophosphites,gives rich tissue nourishment to the entire system. You who are weak and run down, j}and you who are apparently well jnow,but are liable to suffer from |various ¢old weather ailments,use Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion to get andkeepwellandstrong.For the tired- out,run-down,nervous,emaciated or debilitated—the convalescing—grow- |ing’children—aged people—it is a|sensible pleasant-tasting aid to re- |newed strength,better spirits,glow-‘ihg health.If it does not help you, |}your money will be given back to |you without argument.Sold in this |community only at our store—The |Rexall Store—one of more than 7,- |000 leading drug stores in the United States,Canada and Great Britain. Statesville Drug o.,Uptown, Store,Center Street;Boulevard Store>Western Avenue,Statesville,N.C, }| The ingredients consist of eight pounds %of baking powder at a cost of 25c.per apound,making a total cost of $2.00 for a one barrel of flour.This does not in-4 clude the additional cost of 2 1-2 pounds 4ofsaltwhichmustalsobeadded. As the ingredients are most carefullyproportionedandmixedinourSAVE TROUBLE at a cost to you of only 80 cents a barrel over the best patentflourssoldinthiscity,you will see that on every 48 pound sack of SAVE : TROUBLE you actually effect a sav- ing of 30 cents. As aflour of quality you will appreci- ate its worth when we tell you thatanumberofhousewiveshaveadvisedus thatin the future they never expect tobewithoutSaveTrouble.They haveareason—two reasons in fact—QUAL-ITY and PRICE.Isn’t it worth whileyourinvestigation.’Phone to your grocer for a 24 pound sack today.Youwillsave15centsinyourpurchaseandgetaflourthatiswithoutanequalonthismarket. If your grocer does not carry this flourcallphoneNo.98 and we will advieeyouwhereyoucangetit.STATESVILLE FLOUR MILL 00.) FOR RENT—Twofirst-clase d-horse farms.MONEY—Te lean.hares B SteeL.B.BRISTOL.Nov.11.|»ville,N.Ge ast e a _WATCH—Wat paper.en label,paper will be stopped: TUESDAY,---December 2,1913. MEMBER GOY.CRAIG'S STAFF. A raid of the Battery Park hotel, Asheville,disclosed the parapherna- lia of a regular bar.Pete Sevier, who operated the —“refreshment yoom”in this high class hostelry,a place which caters to the higher class and where Superior Court judges, State officials and:others of promi- nence usually stop when in Asheville, testified that he had sold whiskey in the Battery Park for two years, that intoxicants were served to guests in their rooms,on verandas, in the dining room or anywhere in the building;that liquor was sold not only to guests but to anybody who wanted to buy;that he paid.J. L.Alexander,the proprietor of the hotel,$5 to $10 a month for the room,the amount being gauged by the volume of business;that in addi- tion to the rent he paid Alexander $10 to $20 a week,according to the volume of business. If that testimony is to be believed, the bar was not only conducted in the Battery Park hy ‘and with the consent of Alexander—he being paid rent for the purpose—but the infer- ence is that’he was paid a part of the profit,the amount ranging from $10 to $20 a week,according to the amount of business. Alexander is a Craig’s staff and as such is a sworn officer of the law.That is a pretty kettle of fish indeed.The least Alexander can do'‘is to resign his of- ficial position at ortce and relieve Gov.Craig of embarrassment.If he doesn’t resign the Governor should take action. member of Gov. the deIfitisnecessary,to save State from bankruptcy partment thereof from financial fail- ure,to take the convicts off State- aided railroads or State-aided public roads,The Landmark will readily agree that it’should be done,provided all enterprises are treated alike.»If the decision of the State penitentiary Wirectors to take the convicts off the Statesville Air Line railroad had in- cluded the convicts on the Elkin and Allegheny road and the convicts do- ing public road work in Henderson and Madison counties,The Landmark, while regretting the necessity,would have offered no -objection.But so long as the order applies only to the 51 convicts on the Statesville Air Line,it shows the groscest discrimi- nation,and against such diserimina- tion this paper of course protests.In the matter of the Statesville Air Line’s relations with the State,the Charlotte Observer correctly says: The Levislature made a thorough investigation of the affairs of the Statesville Air Line and found it to be meeting the requirements of the law.More than that.It was found’ that of all the State-aided railroadsinNorthCarolina,this particular line seemed to have the best.cause for State assistance. or any ee Davidson College lost in a debate with the University of South Caro- lina but Davidson won in a football contest with Wake Forest.If one is to judge by the prominence given athletics in the colleges Davidson is happy,as a victory in a slugging match seems to be far preferable to victory in an intellectual contest. The extra session of Congress, which began last spring,ended yes- terday at noon,when the regular ses- sion began.One session merged in- to another and no mileage charged up,praise be. Wilson will read his message to joint session of the two houses 1 o'clock today. can be President a at Board Directors of School For Fee- ble-Minded. The extra session of the Legisla- ture in September increased the mem- bership of the board of directors of State School for Feeble-Minded at Kinston from 9 to 12.The Govern- or has appointed Chas.Dewey of Goldsboro,Rev.D.A.Caviness of Warrenton and A.B.Justice of Char- lotte additional members of the board,and has also appointed Mr. J.D.Boushall of Raleigh to succeed Mr.A.C.Davis.It was charged when the membership of the boardwasincreasedthatthepurposewas to get rid of Dr.Hardy,the super- intendent..The board will meet to-morrow and it is said that Dr.L.B,McBrayer of Asheville is a candi-date to suceeed Dr.Hardy. a TITELLOLOLTI ‘Chinese Pheasants in Watauga. Boone Democrat. Last spring a pair of ChineseeewhichweresenttoCapt: vill by his brother of Denver,Col.,were liberated on his farm near town.They were soon lost sight of and thesuppositionwasthattheyhadbeen destroyed.But not so.Only a fewcapsAgetheparentbirdsweredis-cove on the farm,havi with dents of Life inthe Old Tf renewals arenot in by date} ora meat OF STATE NEW: and Other Inci-North State. Byrd Marion,a notorious blockader of Surry county,died a few days ago in the Federal prison at Mpundsville, W.Va.e Col.E.F.Lamb of Martin county,an old standby of the politicians,istobedeputycollectorofcustomsatElizabethCity.| President Emdrsonof the Atlanti¢ Coast Line,who died in WilmingtonlastTuesday,was buried there Thurs- day afternoon. Playing with a 22-calber rifle,Ed-die,5-year-old son of Mrs.Peter Chackels of Asheville,shot and_kill-ed his 2-year-old brother,: A hospital for negroes afflicted withtuberculosiswillbebuiltatWilson.The corner stone was laid last weekwithMasonicceremonies. Playing with matches while his par- ents were away,a 3-year-old son ofMr.and Mrs.James Myers,of Lenoir county,was fatally burned, By a two to one decision the Uni-versity of South Carolina captured the third and two out of three annual debates with Davidson College,in Charlotte Thursdsy night. At Siloam,Surry county,last Wed- nesday,says the North Wilkesboro Hustler,a son of Sunsam Donatham, 18 years old,was caught by a saw log he was loading on a wagon and crushed to death. E.L.Auman was.Saturday con- firmed as postmaster__at_Asheboro. The appointment was held up for a long time while charges made against Auman were being investigated.He was oppesed by Solicitor Hammer and others. The Lenoir News says that last year Mr.J.K.Barlow of Caldwell county made 120 bushels of corn on 12 acres—an average of 10 bushels per acre.This year,by following the demonstration methods,he made 120 bushels on two acres. Congressman Page has recommend- ed Mr.E.C.Winchester for post- master at Monroe.Editor Beasley of the Monroe Journal,who is a can- didate,is backed by his brother,Ed- itor Beasley of the State Journal, and Secretary of the Navy Daniels. A weekly paper,to be called the Democrat and to be devoted largely to politics,will be published at Dur- ham by a stolk company.Gen.J. S.Carr is president of the company and Mr.O.F.Crowson,editor of the Burlington News,is secretary and treasurer of the company and will be the editor of the new paper. With nitro-glycerine expert burg- lars smashed the vault of the Bank of Ellenboro,Rutherford county,be- tween midnight and day Saturday morning and got away with $2,900, eaving only $7.70 in cash.A man living near the bank heard the ex- plosion and went out,but the bur- giars held him up and so frightened him that he was unable te give the alarm. At Greensboro Saturday Judge Boyd signed a judgment awarding the Hunter Manufacturing and Com- mission Company $44,000 in the ac- tion against the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company to recover loss- es growing out of the failure of the cotton mills at Randleman two or three years ago,The insurance com- pany became liable for the losses on account of credit insurance. Mr.H.H.Morchouse,wife and son of Chihuahua,Mexico,have pull- ed out from that tumultuous country and reached Wilkes to make it their home.They have for some time been interested in apple growing in the Brushy mountains.Mr.Morehouse and two of his associates in business in Mexico compose the members of the Triangle Orchard Company of Poor’s Knob,Wilkes county. Disgusted with things in.generel and his wife in particular,Ben Spratt, colored,of Salisbury shot at his bet- ter half three times,the only dam- age being a bullet hole in her hat. More disgusted because of bad marksmanship,Ben turned the gun on himself and fired bullets at his temple and breast without serious in- jury.He then threw away his 38- ealiber,declaring it was no good,and the police took him in charge. The Confederate veterans of Yad- kin county held their first “reunion at Yadkinville Thanksgiving Day.There was an address of welcome by Mr. F.W.Haynes,exercises by the school children and a dinner for the veter-ans furnished by the people of Yad-kinville.In the afternoon Prof.Z. H.Dixon of Elkin,formerly of Yad- kinville,deliverel an address-in place of ex-Gov.Glenn,who could not be present.The Yadkin veterans pro- pose to hold a reunion yearly here- after. At Lexington Wednesday night, says the Davidsonian,Dr.J.E.Cath- ell of Churchland,Davidson county, assaulted and cruelly beat Prof.O. V.Woolsey,superintendent of the Lexington public schools,Dr:Cath- ell:was on his way to Richmond and| left on a train before he could be arrested,The Davidsonian says there was considerable indignation on ac- count of the violence of the assault. It learns that the trouble grew out| of a basket ball game between Lex:| ington and Churchland teams and Dr.Cathell charged Prof.Woolsey with writing a letter reflecting,on him.‘ At Sawmills,a flag station’ten miles south of Lenoir,a passengertrainontheCarolinaandNorthwest- ern road Saturday ran over and killed the 18-months-old child of Mr.and Mrs.B.U.Annas,who lived nearby. The baby was in the habit of follow- ing an older brother and had wan- dered from home and sat down onthetrack.The engineer saw the child when the trdin rounded a eurveandappliedtheairbrakes,but theentiretrainpassedoverthelittleone before it could be stopped.When the mangled remains were removed train-men and passengers wept like chil-dren, For Weaknessand Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general Mrote tonie,GROVE’S TASTELESSchill TO Ic,out them a large brood of beautiful,well- «zrown young ones.i Malaria and builds up the aystem,A true tonic |room a few'days ago and was bruised |Mexican situation is that the rebels, |tutionalist o cvsans sn The State fire-inspector of Geor-gia ‘has issued through the columnsoftheAtlantaJournala_warningagainstopenfireswheretherearechildren.Eight out of ten of thesecases,”he says,“can be placed tocarelessness,All open.fires,espe-cially where children are,should bescreened.To leave a baby alone in’ahousewherethereisafireiscrimi-nal.Mothers,or parties-in-charge of,children,so often get them,to sleepandplacethem.in their crib in frontofthefireandthenleavethemin the house alone.They certainly runagreatriskandtakedesperatechances.”, Desperate chances,indeed.Now.as winter is beginning,we may ex-pect to see multiplied cases of chil-dren being burned by getting into anopenfireplacewhilenooneelsewasintheroomSometimesdeathistheresult,sometimes prolonged ago-ny ending in crippling or deformity almost.worse than death.Who can conceive the lingering horror that must gnaw a mother’s soul all herlifewhensherealizesthatherown negligence has sent her baby to its grave through the tortures of hell,or has transformed its promise of strength and beauty into a hideous deformity that it must drag through long years? A man may gamble with his mon- ey,or his prospects or even his life, and still,by his conduct in otherways,convince the world that thereissomethingworthwhileinhim.Buta man who would.knowingly risk his child,his baby—well,he would be beyond words to describe.And sometimes thoughtlessness is the worst of crimes.NS Money Wanted For Postal Service, Army,Navy and Agriculture. Estimates totaling $306,000,000 for the postal service for the next fiscal year have been submitted by Postmaster General Burleson to Con- gress.This total,if embodied as framed in accordance with the growth of the Postoffice Department, would make the greatest appropria- tion ever made in a single appropria- tion measure. Secretary Garrison has transmit- ted to the House his estimates for the military establishment during the next fiscal year,aggregating $106,000,000,which is roundly $10, 000,000 greater than the figures sub- mitted a year ago for the army bill. Secretary Houston wants Con- gress to appropriate $25,000,000 for the agricultural work of the govern ment.Navy estimates Secretary Daniels has sent to the House appropriations committee ask $145,000,000 for the naval establishment during the next fiscal year.His estimate is $5,000, 000 below Mast year and yet proposes the building of two battleships at $15,000,000 each,eight torpedo boat destroyers and three submarines. Completed Currency Bill Sunday Night. Determined to have the administra- tion currency bill ready for consider ation by the Senate as a Democratic party measure when the new session of Congress opened yesterday,the Senate conference of Democrats worked far into the night Sunday night settling the disputed details of the bill.As finally agreed upon the measure was but little different from the draft presented to the Senate by Chairman Owen and the five other administration Democrats of the banking and currency committee. The conference decided,however,that if disputed points of importance be- came apparent in the course of de- bate on the floor,each difference among Democrats,as it arose,would be taken into the conference,the par- ty disagreements straightened out and the majority united to act on the floor. Items From Dunlap Community. Correspondence of The Landmark + Dunlap,Dec.1—-Miss Mary Dunlap of Statesville college spent the Thanksiving holidays at home.Miss Janie Atwell,whois teaching school at Bethany,spent the week-end at thé home of her mother,Mrs.Reece, at Cool Spring.Mrs.J.G.Gray and little Miss Mary Lee Gray of States- ville spent the week at the home of Mrs.Gray’s mother,Mrs.Belle How- ard.Miss Mabel Dunlap,who is teaching in the high school at Mt. Ulla,returned yesterday after avisittoherhomepeople. Mr.Roy Nicholson,who has been sick for ten days,ig able to be out again.Mrs.Emeline Morrison fell in her up considerably.No bones broken and she is improving now. Mexican Rebels Have the Best of the Fighting. The only thing of interest in the or the constitutionalists as they call themselves,have gained very mater- ially in the fighting within the past week.Gen.Francisco Villa,consti- commander,says that northern Mexico,embracing the States of Sonora,Chihuahua,Coahuila,Nuevo Leon and Tamauli- pas,and including the territory from the border to a line 500 miles south-ward,in two weeks will be wholly un- der the authority of the rebel forces. Entire Train Crew Killed. An entire train crew of four was instantly killed Saturday morning in a head-on collision of eastbound freight No.468 and local freight No, 38,westbound,on the Virginian rail- way,at Keever,Va.,67 miles east of Roanoke,and a brakeman on.the ‘westbound ‘train.was seriously in- jured.‘ The barn of Will Bollinger,of West Newton,was burned Thursday.Thefireissupposedtohaveoriginatedbysomesmallboyscarelesslydropping matches while they were playing around the barn.Live stock saved but corn and feed and farming tools destroyed, Ceres O14 Sores,Other Remedion Won't Core The worst cases,no matter of how long standing, meeeAFineShow1 TalentFridayneareayx ments have been so well presentedandsowellenjoyedaswasthePyth-ian Minstrel at Statesville Theater Friday night,and to one unacquaintedwiththosewhotookpartsomeofthemmighteasilyhavebeenmis- taken for regular stage artists.The|programme was rendered in a pleas-ing manner from startto’finish,withnohaltsanywhere,and all the num-bers were enthusiastically received.The work of the orchestra was ex- ceptionally.good,reflecting “muchcreditonthedirectorandeachmem-ber as well.The black-faces or endmen,were naturally the most inter-esting characters on the stage,es-pecially the premier comedians,Messrs.E.Q.Heritage and A:J. Salley,who were the stars of the eve-ning.‘The singing was good and there were some good local “hits,”if such may ever be considered good. all right.The costumes were fine. The last number on the programme, a farce court,was exceedingly amus- ing.Mr.D.F,Mayberry played theroleofjudge,Mr.L.J.Freel was police officer in charge and Messts,W.M.Salley and Godfrey Kimball were attorneys.The minstrel chorus was composed of Messrs.R,E.Clapp,T.D.‘Webb, R.M.Gray,Frank Armfield,Edwin Ramsey,Godfrey Kimball,D.F.May-berry,A.J.Salley,A.Y.Alexander;end men,Messrs.E.O.Heritage,A, J.Salley,L.J.Freel,R.M.Rickert, J.DeWitt Ramsey,Earl G.White;interlocuter,Mr.W.Herbert Hoff-mann.The personnel of the orchestra was as follows:Violins,Messrs.FrankH.Whiting,C.E.Echerd,*Carlton A. Andrews,Owen W.Leonard and R. L.Sloan,little Miss Dorothy Gill and Master Lessenne Allison;horns, Messrs.R.O.Harbin,Royden Stim-son,A.L.Mills and E.R.Wilkinson; drums,Mr.Ross Barkley;pianist, Miss Rae Gill;musical director,Dr. Chas.A.Turner. Following was the programme:PART L Curtain Chorus—(Before curtain rises) Opening Chorus—‘‘Have a Heart’’ Ballad-—“For Killarney and You” Mr.Frank Armfield Introduction of Comedians —Heritage Salley End Song—‘Brother Noah gave out ChecksforRain”Mr.L.J.FreelBallad—I'll Change the Shadows to Sunshine” Mr.Godfrey ©.KimballBallad——“At the Gate of the Dreams” and Palace of Mr.B.R.Thurman End Song—“Give me Shelter,Grub and my Spending Change” Mr.EB.O.Heritage“To Have,To Hold,To Love’ Mr.W.M.Safley End Song Slip your Glad Come with Me” Mr.A.J.SalleyPARTIi. Ballad Regs om and Monologue Song-—“"You go in Mr Stay out Here’Mr.E. Friend 0.Heritage Sketch Song-——“You ain't Talking to Me”Mr.A.J.Salley“High License Court”-—CompanyerrFarce The Sparks circus has again gone into winter quarters in Salisbury ROSES! The frost has not nip- ped our roses in the bud.They are as beautiful as though it was summer.Exquis ite White,Pink,Rich- mond Reds,American Beauties,Violets and Chrysanthemums, | Van Lindley (o., FLORISTS TO THE SOUTH, GREENSBORO,N.C. Polk Gray Drug Co., Local Agents. Few,if any,local talent entertain-| With a few exceptions the jokes were| of Mine Tl} Ta By Parcel Post Long yearsago we had to pullmanymilesthroughthemudtodoourChristmasshopping,but.many changes have been wrought. Among the many advancements for your convenience has come The Parcel Post Service For almost a year we have sent allgoodsorderedbymailorphonetothedoorsofourcustomerspostageprepaid within a few hours after the orderreachesus.Every order sent us isgivenourpersonalattentionandfilledwiththeutmostcareandwiththeas- surance that you get Your-Money’s-Worth-or-Money-Back thus giving you practically the same advantage as you would have in mak-ing you selections in person over the counter, Not Necessary to Remit With Order Just write or ‘phone your order with- out troubling to send remittance anda statement of the amount purchased will go forward in the package and this can ~ be sent us later.This isa part of our high class mail order service. RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON CO. THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POSTSERVICE. 3e o 0 s @8 e e e s e o s e se Have You Seen The Asssortment OF STATIONERY,TOILET POWDERS,TOILET WATERS, HAIR BRUSHES, HHANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS, CHAMOIS, HUYLER’S CANDY,sis cosa PATEge HALL’S RUG STORE. BIG CUT IN CUTLERY The consolidation of both stores leaves us over- stocked on Carving Sets and we have decided to let the public have the benefit by GREATLY REDUC- ING the price on this one article.From now until after “Thanksgiving”wewill sell you a CARVING SET at your own price.There’s no reason why “‘old Turk’s”head «should be wrung off when we offer these caryers so cheap.See our east window and take advantage of this great reduction. Iredell Hardware Com’y. Please return our wire stretchers,as there are oth- ers who want them.: JUST RECEIVED] AT Mills &Poston’s Store A sple ndid line of Navy and Black La- dies’and Children’s Hat Shapes in-Vel- vet,Plush and French Felts. All at Special Prices. a are cured by the wonderful;old reliable Dr. and sure Appetizer.For adults and children,Sc,Porter's’Antiseptic Healing Oil.It relievesPainandHealsatthesametime.25c,We,$1.00, ==MILLS &POSTON= ‘Kingan’aBreakfast Strips Reliable Hams Miller-McLain Supply Co. First Family of Virginia,Hams Sliced Dried Beef Breakfast Bacon. Ham and Hens When you want to buy a Ham don’t fail to see.me. lam selling the best Ham on the mar ket at only 20c. per pound. A fine bunch of Brown Leghorn Hens for sale. D.J.KIMBALL. THE LAN DM ARK |?°BE MARRIEDTHIS EVENING. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.oS120WEST:BROAD STREET.TELEPHONE NO.14.JFFICEs ————————————————————TUESDAY,-~~December 2,1913. In Superior Court at ‘Goldsboro Herman Bizzell,a negro boy,was ac- |quitted of the murder of his father. The defence had offered to pleadguiltytoseconddegreemurder.The prosecution insisted on ‘first degree murder and got nothing. ‘To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine,It stop theCoughandHeadacheandworksofftheCold,pape,refund moneyif -it fails to cure.E.GROVE’S siguature @*each box.2c GIRLS WANTED—To work after school,folding letters.PIEDMONT RED CEDARCHESTCO.Dec.2-—1t* DINNER AND SUPPER will be served atthecourthousetomorrowbytheladiesofTrinityEpiscopalchurch,in connection withafancyworkbazaar.Public invited. AUCTION SALE~—On =Saturday,December6,at 11 o'clock at the home of Mra.Sallie Robb,deceased,1 will sell personal prop-erty.horse,mule,‘milch cow,etc.FRED R.SILLS,Admr,Dee,2-1t* LOST—Overceat,bunch keys in pocket.Please return to The Landmark._Dee.2 : FOR SALE-—Cabbage plants at $1 per000or121-2c.a hundred.‘MRS,J.OSTWALT,Statesville,R-3. Dec.2-—1t*. FOR RENT—Good Country Home,with orwithoutsmallfarm.Next door to CoolSpringAcademy.MRS.LD.MOORE, 1,-W. R-2,Cleveland,N.C.Nov.28-—--2t. Lest—Hand-bag containing pair Spectacles.Please return to THE LANDMARK, WANTED—Your order for subscriptions forall.magazines and periodicals,HOTEL Dee,2-—-1t*. 2,000 yards 36 inch Striped Outing,value 10¢.,our price 7 1-2c. IREDELL CIGAR STAND.‘Phone 99, Nov.18—8t. One Case 32 inch Madras,short lengths, 10c.value,our price 71-2¢. Popular Confidence in BELK BROTHERS is demonstrated by our growth since we began business 12 months ago. We Buy For Cash and Sell For Cash. Another installment:of Coats and Coat Suits per express for this Week’s sale. See our line of All Wool Skinner Satin Lined Suits for #10,$12.50 and $15. All riew and up-to-the-minute in style. Ready-to-Wear|Dresses from a 98c.Gingham house dress up to #20 Eve-ning Dresses. THE STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS.. Carpets,Rugs,Linoleums! BEST QUALITY.LOWEST PRICES. %SS ayad cod s w 7Preess SON OMeSSeS We have the goods.Anything in Floor Coverings. Our stock is too large to atore and xee’a big assortment of Oneida Body Brus- sela,Electra Axminster and Shuttleworth WiltonRugs,in all sizes. We have a big stock of Inlaid and Printed Linole- ume and Floor Oil Cloth. Don’t paint your floors.1 Looks just like hard-wood We have been selling gifts for Christmas for severalweeks.They were left to be delivered later.Comeinearlyandgetfirstchoice.Will deliver any time. You want what you want when you want it,and we have it.Come and see us. f o 1 ae+4FB a aa ae A ee Re RR|’2x whee S, ;Pe Rigel;sD)\PS aS :Yea.eaeosbas ~Loseeeeee at, oya Pe quote prices.Visit our * Jae our Fiber Rug Border.floor.We put it down. Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co. Miss O’Berry and Dr.McElwee atGoldsboro—-Engagement ofHayesandMr.Wilson Announced‘ards For Marriages at Trout- man—Receptions,Dinners,Ete. The marriage of Dr.R.S.McEl-wee of Statesville and Miss EstelleO’Berry of Goldsboro will take placeinthePresbyterianchurchatGolds- boro this evening.at 7:30,o’clock. Three Statesville people will be mem- bers of the bridal party.Messrs.Pe- gram A.Bryant and Herbert Hoff- mann will be groom’s men and MissElvyMcElweewillbeabride’s maid.Miss McElwee went to Goldsboro thefirstoflastweektoattendthes0- cial events preceding the wedding. Messrs.Bryant and Hoffmann wenttoDurhamSaturdayandspentSun- day there,going on to Goldsboro yes- terday..Dr.McElwee left Sunday for Goldsboro and Miss Mamie Mr-Elwee weit down yesterday to bepresentatthewedding.While in Durham Mr.Bryant was the guest of his brother,Mr.Victor S.Bry- ant,and Mr.Hoffmann was the guest ¥Mr.Jack Wallace at Trinity Col- ege.At a luncheon given by Mrs.H.E. C.Bryant in Washington Saturday the engagement of Miss Ivy Hayes, daughter of the late Gen.E.M. Hayes of the United States army,and Mr.James W.Wilson of Morganton and Statesville,was announced,Miss Hayes has spent much of her life in Morganton and is well known in the State.Mr.Wilson’s home is in Mor- ganton but he has lived in Statesville since last summer,having a position in the office of the collector of inter- nal service.The marriage will take place at the home of Miss Hayes’ mother in Washington January 7.It will be a quiet home wedding and no invitations will be issued. Cards have been issued for the marriage of Miss Josey Wagner and Mr.Zeb.B.Brown,which will take place Wednesday afternoon,Decem- ber 10th,at 2:30 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents,Mr.and Mrs. Cc.M.Wagner,at Troutman. A reception was held at Front Street Presbyterian ¢hurch Friday evening in honor of the pastor and his bride,Rev.and Mrs.W.M.Walsh, at which time the members of the church and others had an opportunity to congratulate Mr.Walsh and to meet the young woman who is to be his companion and co-worker in the pastorate.The callers were rhet ot the church door by Mesdames John Wakefield and Reid Morrison and were ushered to Mr.and Mrs.Walsh by Mrs.L.K.Overcash and Miss Lil- lie Bostian.From the main audi- torium the guests were shown by Misses Margaret and Luola Over- cash into the Sunday school room, where refreshments were served.The church was attractively decorated. Mrs.E.R.Rankin entertained the Entre Nous club Friday afternoon at the residence of her parents,Mr,and Mrs.J.C.Steele,on Mulberry strect. The club progremme for the after- noon consisted of “The Life of Wag ner”by Miss Mary Scott,and an account of “Tristan and Isolda,”one of his operas,by Miss Carrie Hoff- mann.Following the programme the ladies gave their time to “Christmas sewing”and toward the close of the afternoon refreshments were served Mrs.J.H.Cornell of Pittsburg was a guest of the club Quite a namber of invited guests in addition to the traveling men at tended the banquet given by the United Commercial Travelers in their hall in the Anderson building Satur- day night:and the occasion was a pleasing one.Mr.Jas.Mac Connelly was toastmaster and Mr.H.W.Clif ford and W.A,Bristol were the principal speakers of the evening Mr. Clifford spoke of the benefits of the ro Cs:ee and”Mr.Bristol spoke on “The Traveling Men.”The banquet spread,which was prepared by the Civic League,was served by Misses Mabel Laugenour,Willie Nicholson, Eloise Connelly,Mary Flowers, Charlye Tomlin and Elmina Mills The members of the Elcricemoh club and a number of outsiders were entertained Friday afternoor E.G.Gilmer at the In: call was answered w events..“Wonders of was the subject for the and Mrs.Eugene Morrison was programme leader.Papers telephone,telegraph and other uses of electricity were read by Mes- dames Morrison,J.L.Cowan,T.M. Crowell and E.B.Watts.Mrs.Dor man Thompson sang two selections with Mrs.R.B.McLaughlin at the piano.Mrs.Charles Anderson Mrs.D.S.Thomas assisted th tess in serving three courses of freshments.Mrs.Claude Morrison of Charlotte was a special The Eclectic club met } |afternoon with Mrs.Dorman Thomp- son.Many topics of interé were discussed under the head of current events..Mrs.R.RB.McLaughlin read a paper on Mary Stewart,Queen of Scotts,and Mrs.A.D.Cooper read a paper on Lady Jane Grey.There were vocal i selec- The ith current Electricity” afternoon the the special on hos re- and instrumental tions by Mesdames Wim.Wallace and A.J.Salley.The hostess was sisted in serving a salad course by Mrs.Salley and Miss Lucy Rice. Miss Mary Austin Glover will en- tertain tomorrow evening in honor of her guest,Miss Katherine Claywell of Morganton. as- Reported for The Landmark. Mrs.Otis L.Woodside of Loray de- lightfully entertained Thursday in honor of Misses Sue and Willard Vickery,Jessie and Eulslia McLel- Mand.A ‘dainty,delicious Thanks- giving dinner was served and the day was a very happy one.°Miss Katheryn Morrison,the at- tractive young daughter of Mr.and Mrs.R.Lee Morrison,entertained Friday evening at her home near Toray.An elegant course dinner was served,followed by games and music, and late in the night refreshments were served.The hours passed quick-ly and the guests reluctantly bade their fair hostess ‘good night.Those present were Misses.Lelia Ervin,Jessie McLelland,Mary Sharpe end Messrs.\J.C.Sullivan,Earl Ervin and J.M.Watts. A party was given at Scott’s byMissesGertrudeandMargaretMur- feat by Mrs.|roll| and | dock,Thursday evening,in honor of Miss Carrie Colvert of Statesville. Music wes furnished by Miss Mar- garet Murdock.Games were plzyed and all had a delightful time. GLIMPSE:OF PASSING THRONG. PersonalMention «of People and Their Movements. Miss Angie Caldwell left Saturday for Cincinnati,Ohio,from whenceshewillgotopointsfurtherWest.Mrs,E G.Gilmer went to Char- lotte Saturday to attend the Meth-odist Conference.She will go from Charlotte to Concord to spend a weekwithMr.Gilmer.Miss Miriam Yount,who visited Dr.and Mrs.E.M.Yount,returnedSaturdaytoherhomeatConover. Mrs.R.M.Jamison,who visitedMrs.M.C.Williams and _other friends in Statesville,has returned to Mocksville.Mr.Henry Nicholson was at home from Trinity College,Durham,for the Thanksgiving holidays. Mrs.W.F.Sherrill and son,Mas- ter Kenneth Sherrill,returned Sat- urday night from Charlotte,where they visited Mrs.Sherrill’s brothers, Messrs.T.M.and Zeb Shelton,and attended Conference.Mr.Noel Reid,who spent several days in Statesville and the Olin com- munity,returned to Charlotte Satur- day night. -Miss Kate Cochrane,who is teach- ing at New London,was at home last week to see her father,Mr.M.J. Cochrane,who is seriously ill at his home on Harrill street.She return- ed to New London Saturday night. Mr.J.L.Nelson of Lenoir,a stu- dent at Trinity College,spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Statesville with Mr.Godfrey Kimball. Mr.J.D.Cochrane,Jr.,is at home from Cincinnati,Ohio. Messrs.Frank Brady,Baxter Over- cash and Thos.and Frank Hill spent the Thanksgiving holidays at home, returning to Davidson College yester- day.Mr.Brady is a member of the Davidson football team which de- feated Wake Forest College in Char- lotte Thursday.Mrs.A.$8.Webb and Master Hal- bert Webb,who visited Mr.and Mrs. Logan Stimson,retyrned to ‘their home in Concord yesterday. Miss Mary Marshall,who spent Thanksgiving with home folks,has returned to Lenoir,where she is a teacher in the graded school. Mr.Lee Albertson has returned from an extended trip to Oklahoma and other points. Notices of New Advertisements. Handbag containing pair specta- cles lost.Return to The Landmark. Cabbage plants for sale.—Mrs.J. Ostwalt,Statesville,R-3. Girls wanted._Piedmont Red Ce- dar Chest Co. Dinner and supper and fancy ba- gaur at court house tomorrow by.la- ;of Episcopal church. Auction sale of personal property at home of Mrs.Sallie Robb Saturday. Overcoat lost.Return to The Land w dic Big reductions in suits, Sale begins Friday.ale ,ete Home BakChristmasgreeting. ery. Turkeys,cranberries,raisins,ete -Bradford Grocery Co. Establish a bank friendship chants and Farmers’Bank Meats.—Miller-McLain Supply Co. Install a pump.—W.E.Munday. ..Hams and hens.—D.J.Kimball. Specials in striped and outing and Madras.—Belk Bros. Stationery,toilet Hall’s Drug Store Storm shoes.—Sherrill-White Co. Christmas gifts by parcels post. Ramsey Bowles-Morrison Co. End of season millinery sale begins Friday,5th.—R M.Knox Co. Lyric programme for this week. Coburn’s minstrels at |Theater this evening. Anything in floor |Grawford-Bunch Furniture Co Programme at Crescent Theater. Over $2,000 display of high-grade in sterling and Ger- leather,etc.—, -Mer- powders,etc Shoe coverings |Christmas gifts iman silver,ivory, |Statesville Drue Co. |Death of Mr.Harris—Turnersburg |News. |Correspondence of The Landmark. |urnersburg,Dee.1 Mr.William |Harris,whose sickness has been men- |tioned in The Landmark,paid the |debt Saturday evening about 7 o’clock. He was about 60 years old and loaves la brother and several sisters,a wife and a large family of children.He was a member of the Baptist church at Hebroy,.and the remains will be laid there*today. The many friends of Mrs.L.Tr. Stimpson will be very sorry to note that she is very sick at this writing and there is not very much.hope of her recovery. Thanksgiving passed off very quiet- ly.All business was suspended and some went to church while others shouldered their guns and made for tall timbers. Mr.J.J.Sloan,who has_been working in the roller mill,has gone home,as the writer is able to take charge of the mill again. The writer spent Sunday in Tay- lorsville,making the trip in his new automobile. Death of An Infant—Scott’s Person- als. Correspondence of The Landmark. Scott’s,Nov.29.The infant son of Mr.and Mrs.Tally Adams died Thursday night and was buried Fri- day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian cemetery at Loray. Misses Carrie Colvert and Mar- garet Murdock of Statesville spent Thanksgiving with Miss Gertrudo Murdock.Miss Lois White of Trout- man visited friends here.Prof.J.C. Sullivan spent Thanksgiving at Davidson.Misses Cora Rufty and Kate Millsaps of Statesville visited relatives here./‘ eeneeceenenearmenrecteemererecmcams,i Cared of Liver Complaint. “I was suffering with liver complaint,” says Iva Smith of Point Blank,Texas,“and decided to try a 25¢box of Chamberlain's Tablets,and am happy to aay that I am com- pletely cured and can recommend them »to every one.”For sale by all dealers. Statesville | STOTT -MONEY! Don’t carry money on your person! Don’t keep money in your homes!It may be lost,stolen or destroyed—possibly the knowledge of your possessing it may endan- ger your life! It is not safe;it earns you nothing;it does no one any good.DEPOSIT IT IN A BANK! It will be safe and used legitimately in the up- building of the community. It can always be obtained on demand,and in making your payments your checks are a valid (X C EC G << (L I E K reenytIfdeposited upon certificate,four per cent in- terest will be allowed.This bank solicits your deposits—either uponcheckingaccountoruponcertificate. (L A A A KK AK A KX RX KL E E PITA L owe.$100,000|$33,000CA|SURPLUS &PROFITS res} SHERRILL-WHITE SHOE CO Storm Shoes. Sturdy Storm Shoes for the man who is out of doors.Ideal Shoes for Sportsmen,Linemen,the Plow and all others who wish to keep their feet dry and comfortable. Leather of Kangaroo,Elk and Box Calf.Viscolized Soles and UppersSPECIAL! Men’s Brownstone Blucher Tip 17 inch Boot,laced with rawhide,$6 value,our Special Price $5.Call in and let us show you what we have tooffer you ina 17-inch Boot for $5.00.Yours truly,{ SHERRILL-WHITESHOECO.(S.B.Miller’s Old Stand.) We will occupy after Janury Ist,1914,the store formerly occupied by The White Co P.S. The Lyric Programme:| Friday. Iron Masters—K B Film Iron Masters ~K B FilmTheNewBaby—Keystone Film Saturday. Tuesday. His Last Bet—Thanhauser Film Between Home and Country—Reliance Film Through The Neighbors’Window~American Film Wednesday. The Message From Headquarters—Thanhauser Film (Three Reels) Thursday. Red Sweeney's Defeat —American Film Family Grandchildren The Frame-Up—Majestic Film Calamity Anne’s Heroine—American FilmForHisLovedOnes—Majestic Film Twickerham Ferry—Reliance Film Monday. Mutual Weekly and fine feature films every Monday. Great End of Season Millinery Sale’ BeginsFriday,December, AT The R.M.Knox Co’.s Owing to the fact that we have kept up our Millinery stock by express shipments all through the season,we still have a very large stock of Pattern Hats,Trimmed and Untrimmed Shapes,and as we have made up our minds to clean up again this season they will go AT YOUR PRICE. If you haven’t bought now’s your chance. If you have bought buy another,You can afford it at oux prices now. *Big line Ladies’and Children’s Coats, Rain Coats and Rubbers. ®‘Things Useful and Needed! The Barler Ideal Oil Heater for the bath room,Roasters and Carving Knives for the Thanksgiving Turkey, Butcher Knives and Meat Choppers for hog-killing day,Buggy Robes to keep off the cold on your way io church.These are a tew of the things you will need.Our stock is complete and prices are low.Hot or cold,you will always find a welcome at our store. If you happen to be one who has an account with us of long standing, don’t stay out in the cold and suffer. Be brave and come right in and let’s talk it over.It will be easier tomake things right,now,than to delay. We want you to be happy Thanks- giving and Christmas,and forever, for that matter,but there are some folks we have it up.our sleeve to keep disturbed unless they come in and square up.Yours truly, |Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co. —— |—=4 NEW ~=|{Cotton Ginnery :At Oil Mill now com- b pleteand ready for your :cotton.Can gina baleevery15minutes.Will Pe buy your seed cotton 4g or gin for toll,and buythelintandseedright:on the ground at Top4Prices.Giveus a trial. a Satisfaction guaranteed IMPERIAL COTTON OIL COMPANY. "PHONE 205. FOR SALE.3 About 65 lots and several houses in Statesville. Also about 15 good Farms.}.; @ =)Cash or On Time.122Ges ©W.R.MILIS,—_Real Estate Agent. mad : See me before buying.e Commercial National Bank OF STATESVILLE,N.C, Capital ee Surplus and Profits - Total Resources Over —- $100,000.00 30,000.00 390,000.00 Four per cent interest paid on .time and Savings Deposits._ YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. W.D.TURNER,---—President,EK.MORRISON,--=Vice President.D.M.AUSLEY,-Cashier.@.E.HUGHEY,-Assistant Cashier Rt as a anh ee THE LANDMARK BAR IN BATTERY PARK HOTEL. Witness Testified That He Sold Lig-uor Freely in Asheville’s ChiefHostelry—Hundred |ThousandGallonsReceivedinAshevilleinTenMonths.ee Asheville.Dispatch,Nov.28,to Char-lotte Observer : Sensations came thick and fast at today’s sessions of the Superior CourtwhenJudgeFrankCarter,sitting as a committing magistrate,continuedtheinvestigationsrecentlystartedlookingtothemorestringenten-forcement of the prohibi‘ion laws in this city.The disclosures of the dayincludedtheannouncementthatdur- ing the past 10 months over 90,000gallonsofintoxicantshavebeenre- ceived in this city,according to therecordsoftheSouthernRailwayCo. This afternoon was given over to the preliminary hearing of James L. Alexander,proprietor of the BatteryParkHotel,charged with violatingtheStateprohibitionlaws.The most interesting feature of this hearing was.the testimony of Pete Sevier, who,on oath,admitted that he has conducted a whiskey establishment at the Battery Park for the past two years,selling whiskey and other in- toxicants to guests of the hotél and others who desired to purchase them. In the hearing Mr.Alexander, the defendant,was the first witness. Judge Carter told him that he would not administer the oath to him.The defendant is an officer of the North Carolina National Guard and as such is sworn to support the constitution. Mr.Alexander refused to answer the great majority of the questions ask- ed by the attorneys conducting the prosecution. Chief of Police Charles N,Lom- inac told of the raid of the refresh- ment room at the Battery Park ho- tel.Thomas S.Rollins asked the po- liceman if he knew whether or not the local bankers ordered their own whiskey during the recent conven- tion of the North Carolina Bankers in Asheville.Judge Carter would not allow the chief to answer the question immediately,remarking in a significant manner that the local bankers will be given a chance dur- ing this investigation to tell whether or not they bought liquor for the convention,and if so from whom they purchased it. Sevier stated that he employed Isadore Grant to work for him at the Battery Park hotel and dealt in in- toxicants and soft drinks in the re- freshment room of the hotel»He de- nied that he ran the room for Mr. Alexander,stating that he rented it, paying as rent $10 a month during “Good Seasons”and $5 a month dur- ing “Poor Seasons.”In addition to the rent,he swore that he paid Mr. Alexander $20,$15,$12 and $10 a week,the size of the payments de- pending upon the amount of busi- ness done.He admitted that he had the whiskey shipped in the names of all persons who would allow the use of their names;that he kept about 50 gallons of whiskey on hand at all times,storing it in a room on thethirdfloorofthehotelandinother places in the building.He stated that he served whiskey at the coun- ter,on the verandas,in the dining room and at any other place that the guests of the hostelry desired intox- icants. Those in the court room laughed when the witness answered the ques tion of tne attorney as to whether or not the proprietor of the hotel knew that whiskey was being sold by stating‘Everybody in town knew it.I Suppose Mr.Alexander did,too.” Dealing with the figures compiled by auditors and stenographers,Judge Carter stated that,basing the caleu- lations on the amount of whiskey which has been received thus far, Asheville is receiving and consuming 100,000 gallons of whiskey each year, Of this quantity,60,000 gallons are sold by the large dealers,an average of $1 a gallon profit,showing:that they are making $60,000 annually. In dealing with the findings of the investigators of thé drug stores hold- ing lieenses to sell liquor on prescrip- tions of physicians,18,207 prescrip- tions were filled by Grant’s Pharma- cy,the Century drug store and its predecessors and MacKay’s Pharma- ey.In ten months Grant’s Pharmacy received 5,000 gallons of whiskey,all of which was accounted for by pre- seriptions.MacKay’s Pharmacy,ac- cording to the statement of Judge Carter,received 7,500 gallons of spirituous,vinous and malt liquors. A total of “3,111 prescriptions were filled calling for 2,300 gallons of in- toxicants,5,000 gallons of whiskey having been disposed of for which there are no prescriptions,according to the statement of Judge Carter. Approximately 10,000 gallons were received by the Century drug store and its predecessors,it was stated, 850 gallons being disposed of on 2,- 116 prescriptions,over 8,000 gallons being unaccounted for. In the present investigation,the judge remarked,the custom of allow- ing the big fellows to go free and sending the poor devils to the roads is not being followed.The men un- der arrest are of such social stand- ing the wealth,their holdings repre- senting more than $1,000,000,Judge Carter remarked that no judge in the State would have the temerity to impose road sentences.If such a judge should be found,it was stated,“nice people”of Asheville would pe-tition to let the defendants off with a fine,although no pecuniary imposi-tion would represent 10 per cent oftheprofitscleared. ee A Mr.John W.Thompson of Ral- eigh,who was recently.given an ap-pointment in Panama,is now spe-cial district judge of the Empire Dis-trict Court of Panama. How to Bankrupt the Doctors.- A prominent New York physician says,“If it wete_not for the thin stockings andthinsoledshoeswornbywomenthedoctorswouldprobablybebankrupt.”When youcontractncolddonotwaitforittodevelop into pneumonia but trent it-at once.Cham- berlain’s |Cough Remedy is intended -expe- cially -for:coughs and colds,and has Won a wide reputation by its cures of these diseases, It is most effectual and is pleasant and safetotake.For sale by all dealers.. a [Freight Rate Hearings at.Greens-‘boro, Washington Dispatch,Nov,28,toGreensboroNews._.The hearings on the petition of theVirginiacitiesagainstputtingintoeffectthenewfreightratesinNorthCarolinawillbeginatGreensboroDecember16.Chairman Clark,oftheInter-State Commerce Commis-sion,will conduct the hearings.AllcontestswillbeheardattheGate City and every phase of the freight contYoversy in North Carolina will be gone into.In the opinion of J.C, Forester of Greensboro,North Car- olina will be given even a better rate than now proposed by the agreement entered into between the railroadsandthecommissionrepresentingthe State.’ “I am confident that as a result of the hearings,which will go jnto the question of all long and short haul rates from the West.to North Caro- lina,will result in even a better rate than is,now proposed,”said Mr. Forester.“Furthermore,I am confi- dent that many North Carolina job-’ bers will discontinue trading with Richmond and the other cities who are:endeavoring to block the efforts of the Tar Hecls to get an equitablefreightrate.”: Teachers’Assembly Elects Officers— Bust of Dr.Wiley. The North Carolina Teachers’As- sembly,in session in Raleigh last week,elected ‘officers as follows:Prof. M.Cc.S.Noble,of the University of North Carolina.president;Miss Mary Owen Graham,of Charlotte, vice president;Prof.E.E.Sams,oftheStateDepartmentofEducation, secretary;S.S.Alderman,of the State Department of Education,as- sistant secretary;Prof.C.C.Wright of Wilkes county and Prof.E.D. Pusey of Goldsboro,members of the executive committee. A feature of the closing session was the presentation to the State by the assembly of a marble bust of Dr. Calvin H.Wiley,nestor of the pub- lic school system of the State.The presentation address was by Acting President E.K.Graham of the Uni-versity,and the acceptance on the part of the State was by SecretaryofStateBryanGrimes.Dr.Wiley was superintendent of schools in North Carolina for 14 years up to 1865,and won fame throughout the country for the great advancement |achieved. SOME DON’TS For Stomach and Liver Sufferers Don't take medicine for your Stomach ail- ments morning,noon and night,as usually suchmedicinesonlygivetemporaryreliefandsimplydigestthefoodthathappenstobeiptheStomach Don’t permit a surgical operation.There isilwaysseriousdangerinoperations.and in many ases of Storhach,Liver and Intestinal Ailmentstheknifecanbeavoidediftherightremedyis taken in ime,Don't go around with a foul smelling breathcausedbyadisorderedStomachandLiver,to the discomfort of those you come in contact with. If you are a Stomach Sufferer don't think you cannot be helped,probably worse cases than yours have been restored by Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy roMoststomachailmentsare mainly caused by a cCatarrhal conaition.Mayr’s Wonderful StomachRemedynotonlyremovesthecatarrhalmacous,batallays the chronic inflammation and assistsinrenderingtheentirealimentaryandintestinaltractantiseptic,and this is the secret of its mar i velous success,:Don't suffer constant pain and agony and |allow your stomach ailmentstophysically under\mine your health.No matfer how severe your |case may be or how long _have euffered—one |dose of Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy |should convince you that you can be restored to |health again.Mayr’s WonderfulStomach Remedy has been taken and is highly rec mended by Members of Congress,Justice of «SupremeCourt,Educators,Lawyers,Merchants,Bankers, Doctors,Druggiets,Nurses,Manufacturers Priests,Ministera.Parmers and people in allwalksoflifeSendforFREEyaluablebookletonStomachAilmentstoGeo.BE.Mayr,154-150 Whiting St., Chicago,LL For sale in Statesville,N.C,by theStatesvilleDrugCo.(two stores),anddruggistseverywhere. HELPLESS AS BABY Down in Mind Unable to Work, and What Helped Her. Summit Point,W.Va.—Mrs.AnnaBelieRaneyofthisplace,says:‘‘l suf-fered for 15 years with an awful pain inmyrightside,caused from womanly trouble,and doctored lots for it;but with-out success.I suffered so very much,that I became down in mind,andas help-less as ababy.I wasin the worst kindofshape.as unable to do any work. I began ‘taking Cardui,the womar’stonic,and got relief from the very firstdose.By the timeI had taken 12 bot-tles,my health was completely restored.lam now 48 years years old,but feel asgoodasIdidwhenonly16, Cardui —saved me from —my mind,and I feel it my duty to speainitsfavor.I wish |had some powerover,Suffering women,and couldmakethemknowthegooditwoulddathem.” If you suffer from any of the ailmentspeculiartowomen,it will certainly be It has been helping weak women formorethan50years,and will help you,too.Try Cardui.Your druggist sells it. conn te:-Medicine Co.,Ladies’visory Dept.,oe Tenn.,for SpecialinstructionsONYOUrCase4-page book,HomeforWomen,”in plain wrapper.N.G.121 NewGuods Being Added All the Time. Watches,Clocks and Jewelry promptly and carefully repair- ed,and all kinds of hand en- graving ideal RT dei Paxton &Daywalt’s, Next door td5c.and 10c.store. “ATTRACTIVE FARM. 64 acres fine farm land.Well wateredand200,000 feet of pine timner.Three milesofrailroadstationandonpublicroadeightmilesfromStatesville.Near good schoolsandmailroute.Price low and terms easy.ZEB.VY.LONG,Atty. worth your while to give Cardui atrial.| HORE On November25 we will!have to arriveatour’stables in Statesville three car loadsofextragoodstock.We will have onecarofextralargeMares.Be sure andcometoseeusiyouneedanything.,Also have a lot of Studebaker,Jr.,Wagons in stock. Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. Shoes,Shoes! SHOES FOR OLD MEN,SHOES FOR OLD WOMEN,SHOES FOR YOUNG MEN.-SHOES FOR YOUNG WOMEN,SHOES FOR YOUNG GIRLS,SHOES FOR YOUNG BOYS.SHOES FOR THE SMALL LITTLE FOLKS, Bring your foot troubles to us and_we will give yousatisfaction.The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co., Statesville,N.C. FOR SALE! Lot 99x198 on corner of public square in Yadkinville,with store, sleven-roo n,tw >-story dwelling in good tondition,barn and out- valitiege-€’e dlocetod fora hotel or boarding house.Offered attbaf2in, Le 37k.5.,cae ict win six-zoom dwelling,city waterandbarn.Close to Graded School. Corner lot on Oak and Sharpe streets,61x162. 100-acre farm one mile from Cool Spring High School,10}from Statesville.Two-story,seven-room dwelling,barn and out-buildings,all in good cundition;fifty acres in cultivation,balance in oak andpinetimber. Other large and small farms,city and suburban property for sale. For further information call on or write ERNEST ¢INSURANCE,STOCKS,ANDREALESTATE.PHONE 23.OFFICE NO.1,MILLS BUILDING, Cold Weather Specials! Ladies’Vests and Pants to match 50c.and 25c.Misses’and Children’s Union Suits.Ladies’Wool and Cotton Petticoats25cand$1.00.Ladies’all Wool Sweaters $2.00.Misses’ all Wool Sweaters for 98c.Elkin Blankets from $1 to $10 MILLINERY—Just received new line of Plush Beavers, Velvets,Felts of all kinds.Also new Feathers and Trim- mings of all kinds.Call and see them.Respectfully,D.B.KRIDER &COMPANY. osyeReOwQek~~Sa amprinig”oe (REY RO,+| *.3 “@):Ol \a +De Do eae .ras.Bo Pekpeprimpatra Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special for cash New Rugs have arrived.$3.00 9x12 and up to $75.00, Statesville Housefurnishing Company. MUSIC LESSONS FREE! I will pay the tuition of any pupil,to any teacher for six months,who buys a new Piano from me dur- ing the month of November,1913. Select Your Teacher,Send Bill to Me and I Will Send Check.: Pianos deposited with metobe sold ut factory prices, on easy installments.Organs.and all small instru-- ments at 10 per cent discount during Novembar. JS.LEONARD,Statesville,N.C. FORSALE—Right horse-power I.H.CC.)FOR SALE—Good Store House néar depotportableGasolineEngine,Meadows Corn;at Mt.Ulla and 10-room dwelling suitableMill,Corn Crusher,Shafting,Belting,.etc.|for boarders.State High School at place. Bargain for quick buyer.Carolina Motor,Z.L.OWN,Mt.Ulla,N.C.JNov.21.5 my 21—8t*.‘ If your judgment rules your pocket-book—you'llbuya Ford._ The careful buyer knows that Ford lightness and’Fordstrengthmakeitthemosteco- nomical car on the market. And big pevoncuion makes its first cost lowest. Five hundred dollars is the new price of the Ford runabuut;the pair car is five fifty;the town car seven fifty— all f.0.bDetroit,complete with equip- ment.Getcatalogand particularsfrom The Carolina Motor Co ,Statesville,N. C.,or G.L.McKnight,Mooresville,N. C. |Ky.,Friday.He was 70 years old a Ke 9 6)fe 2+CASH—LUMBER!422 F PRICES AND MEASUREMENT :We will please you with both. ;Correspondence solicited from buyers and sellers. is -PHENIX PLANING MILL COMPANY, :Phones ipdevendent«8 RR.JACKSON Manager.Nov.7—26t. IN THE FIRST PLACE Bring every prescription direct to u.to be filled.This i"is the best ah vice we can offer any one using medicines. ;We have the druge,every kind or class,each of standard }purity,fresh and potent.Wehave the knowledge and ;the training,and the experience that counts in scientific, )careful prescription compounding.You get all safety, y satisfaction,results.Ask your doctor. ;The Polk Gray Drug Company, @ ON THESQUARE @ i Prescription Specialists."Phones 109 and 410. i 2 i « :ual hughts toi @ E.Believing asI do that the man who buys furniture on_install- |ments should have ;some consideration,I H have decided that from i now on my time price E and cash price shall be \the same.Or in other words,come to ;me with a little money and get what ; Be you want just as cheap as if you had all ii money to pay cash.Everything marked a in plain figures at prices as reasonable as ;anywhere.‘Respectfully, i: i The Williams Furniture House, Statesville,N.C. ag Pr e a t i g i a t e cn c an a e r e e e e at e Statesville Realty &Investment Co. 1906 eum 1913 On October 31,1918,we close our seventhyearofbusiness.e take this occasion tothanktheloyalpatronsofourcompanyfor the business they have entrusted to us dur-ing that time and we believe we have givensatisfactiontoallofourcustomers.Hav-ing grown out of infancy into mature.man-hood in the INSURANCE BUSINESS weaskforacontinuanceofyoursupportandinfluence. Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” We write all classes of BONDS,and thus >save you the embarrassment of applying toyourneighborforsuch.Writeusyour needs. J.F.CARLTON,~~Manager. LrHE LANDMARK TUESDAY,---December 2,1913. ITEMS OF ALL SORTS. Threatened with impeachment pro- ceedings because of alleged failure to do his duty during the recentstreetcarstrikeinIndianapolis, Mayor Shank of that city has resign- ed.Shank,who we believe is a Dem- ocrat,is automatically succeeded by Harry R.Wallace,the city comptrol-ler,who is a Republican. Cassius M.Clay,president of the of 1889,one time candidate for Gov- ernor of Kentucky on ‘the Democrat- ic ticket and prominently known throughout the South,died at Paris, and leaves one daughter,Mrs.Cyril Goodman of Cairo,Egypt. Mr.and Mrs.F.B.Sayre,who lefttheWhiteHousesoonaftertheir marriage last Tuesday evening with-out advising the public of their destination,returned to Washngton Thursday and.took Thanksgiving dinner at the White House.It is supposed they spent the time in Bal- timore.They sailed Saturday for Europe.y Contending that $20,000 {is too much for the life of a locomotive en- gineer,the Southern Railway Com- pany has appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse the Supreme Court of South Caroli- na,which awarded such a sum to the widow of an engine driver who was killed when his train dashed into a burning trestle near Alston,8.C. Here’s a breach of promise suit that goes to the head of the list.At Lowell,Mass.,Miss Jennie L.Car- ter,formerly a teacher in the Boston public schools,has brought suit against the estate of Frank B.Sher- burne,who killed himself two years ago,for $4,000 damages.She alleges that she was engaged to marry Sher- burne when he committed suicide, and that by resigning her position to prepare for the wedding she de- prived herself of means of earning a livelihood as well as going to consid- erable expense. It came to the attention of Judge Landis of the United States court in Chicago,a few days ago,that the Mobile and Ohio Railroad company had settled with Mrs.Mary Panek, the mother of a soldier killed in a wreck on that road,for $750 and of this amotnt $250 went to the wo- man’s attorney.Mrs.Panek said she was told that was all she could get. Judge Landis ordered an investiga- tion,saying he proposed to find out why a soldier’s life was worth only $750.Immediately the railroad com- pany shut off the investigation by raising its figures to $2,500. Otoman Zar Adusht Hanish,“high priest of Mazdaznan”and leader oftheMazdaznancultofsunworship-pers,said to number about 14,000 in different cities,was found guilty in Chicago last week of sending objec- tionable literature by express in vio- lation of the inter-State commerce laws.The verdict brands as unfit for circulation the vextbook of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention |, @‘Chimneys | OU see them often —the builders’and contractors’shacks—the temporary buildings for every sort of purpose.| Almost invariably they are kept warm and comfort-| able in cold weather by the a cult.The-book was read to the jury and almost no other evidence was of fered by either side.The book pre but the feature objected to by the government was a treatise on sex relations.ee Deaths and Injuries on the Rail In- creasing. The Inter-State “Commerce Com quarter ended June 30,1913,shows that as compared with returns of the corresponding quarter of 1912 there was a total increase of 140 in the number of persons killed and 8,283 in the number injured in railroad ac cidents of all kinds in the Unted States.There was an increase of 124 in the number of train accidents equipment together caused more thar 69 per cent of all derailments re ported,15.1 per cent being caused by broken rails. The total number of cas all classes of accidents in railroading during the quarter was 2,535 killed and 49,911 injured.Of these totals,2,286 were killed and 15, in to dents,including accidents to em- ployes while at work,passengers get- ting on or off cars and ‘trespassers The.total number of collisions and and 202 derailments affected ger trains.The financial caused by the accidents w:3,234, 286,-a material increase over the returns for the corresponding quar ter of 1912. Girls More Thrifty Than Boys. Girls are more thrifty than boys. This is the cor¢lusion reached by offi- cials of the Atmerican Society for Thrift,headquarters in Chicago,which has awarded prizes to schoo!children for the best definition of thrift and for the best narrative of an individual instance of thrift.Three times as many girls as boys entered the con- test.The society was organized for the encouragement of thrift among young Americans.Hazel Haag,a pupil in the Warren High School,Warren,Pa.,won first prize of $10 for the best definition of thrift with the fol- lowing: “Thrift is management of one’s af- fairs in such a manner that the value of one’s possession is being constant- ly increased.” There is more Catarrh in this sec-tion of the country than all other dis-eases put together,and until the lastfewyearswassupposedtobeincurable.For a eat many years doctors pronounce it mn local Aisense and pre-scribed local remedies,and by constantlyfailingtocurewithlocaltreatment.pronounced it incurable.Science hasprovenCatarrhtobeaconstitutionaldiseaseandthereforerequiresconstitu-tional treatment.Hall's Catarrh Cure,manufactured by F.J.Cheney &Co.,Toiedo,Ohio,is the only constitutionalcureonthemarket.It is taken inter-nally in doses from 10 drops to a_tea-spoonful.It acts directly on the bloodndmucousstrfacesofthesystem.hey offer One Hundred Dollars =forcaseitfailstocure,Send for cir-culers and testimonials.A@areas:F.J,CHENEY &CO.,Tole-Ohio. scribed sun baths and herb remedies,| mission’s accident bulletin for the} Defective roadway and defective| 868 injured in other than train acci-| derailments reported for the quarter| was 3,596,of which 148 collisions| ~linto stubborn lumps and causea sick, ,i SmoOKetess } :Wherever furnaces or ordinary stoves cannot be used,or wherever ordinary heat is not sufficient—there you find need for one of these handy Perfection Heaters. If you’ve a house without a chimney,or a cold spare room,or a balky furnace,you will appreciate the Perfection Heater. Made with nickel trimmings (plain steelorenameled turquoise-blue drums).Ornamental.Inexpensive.Lasts for years.Easily moved from place to place.At dealers everywhere. * Washington,D.C.(New Jersey)Charlotte,N.C. Richmond,Va.BALTIMORE Charleston,W.Va. Norfolk,Va.Charleston,S.C., It’s Programme With Two Ms and E.,EVER WATCHFUL.B. Raleigh News and Observer.|ae e ty “l would certainly like to know A Little Care May Save Many States-Hicko Wanted a how anybody gets ‘prog-rum’out of :“I \°& programme,”Prof.M.C.8.Noble,ville Readers Future Trouble.er the newly elected president of the Watch the kidney secretions.North Carolina Teachers’Assembly,|{+that they have the ember Kup We buy logs,sawed commented as the debate near the 7 :". tage the Seumnae sxestiai of thé of health.lumber and dimen- Assembly was calling for use of the The discharge not excessive or in-sion stock.Write word in every sentence._|frequent.f ae 4 1 don’t see how anybody re get Contain no “brick-dust like”sedi-or prices.prog-rum,’but how a teacher can do it beats me.If there is.,anything ment..‘all IVEY MANUFACTURING C0., plainer than programme,the a in the Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially}* gram,I never saw it.I used to know /for weak kidneys.Oct.10.Hickory,N.C.% a good Baptist brother who would fat a Statesville’citizen tell *you}: insist upon saying ‘prog-rum,and’1/.th ekg thee Lcaeultteemtangidinestranaan lsaid to him one day:‘Brother,it’s |[0W ney work. not prog-rum,it’s programme!The Mrs.M.L.Moore,Meeting St.,WANTED!e gram is plain enough.It rhymes |Stgtesville,N.C.,says:“I suffered|]To,trade my interest in 320acres of 4 |<Pon m,ee ¥“7 a as eee —~—gerne bag New Mexico land in three miles of * j yreacher ,rot &oO 0 2 p ears.ere as PSs 8 ‘:eal }used in his presence.”|my loins and I had dizzy headaches.I a Wont Some “er —d |(Glory to Prof.Noble!The “prog-|did not sleep well and the secretions NorthCar niin,Y.rates n cf lrum”business is simply “putting on|from by kidneys were unnatural ort rong.our fat ves,a dog”—calling the word out of its |Doan’s Kidney Pills,procured at sheep and beef cattle,also a few 4 name for “the big of the thing,”they|Hall’s Drug Score,did me a world of good milch cows.~ think.The Landmark so despises the |good.They strengthened my kidneys|}P,T,Burke,Mgr.Cloverdale Farm,+ affectation of “prog-rum”that the/and relieved my pains and aches.1 ‘Phone2295.Statesville,N.C. word never goes into this paper if/hope that yy statement will induce the editor knows it except in the old/other kidney sufferers to try thiswayandthecorrectway—pro-|remedy.” |gramme;and The Landmark is pleas-|Por sale by all dealers.Price 50 GALVANIZED IRON >ave the backing o sensible .‘‘‘8[Od to nave tne anno Prof,No.(cents.Foster-Milburn Co.,Buffalo,FOR |ble.)Bory:New York,sole agents for the Unit-Sorghum Pans|ble.7 .‘.ed States..° Remember the name—Doan’s—Special W idth. and take no other.1s T.W.FRAZIE R. ~ In Yadkin Superior-Court last week Dave Joyner was convicted of man lufacturing liquor and sentenced to 18 months on the chain gang NoticeSgrsive.Orem Os fe |‘ECLIPSE ENGINEScoygassocaced©#men's *|Ready Kor Tobacco||AND THRESHERS. resisting’an officer. (BAT CABBAGE,FISH,SAUSAGE,,I will have some of our latest |NEW BREAD.ie ee :style machines here in a short~The tobacco season is time.Come over thefirst ime |No Indigestion,Gas,Sourness or Up-open and McElwee’s Plan-you are in town and see them |set Stomach if You'll Take pias s and let’s talk it over. “Pape’s Diapepsin”—Try ters’Warehouse is ready This!Cc.H.TURNER,| to make tobacco bring the Do some foods you eat hit back c F Near the Depot. : od,b rork badly;ferment ighest market rices,:|taste good,but work badly;fermen higrhes I p tredell ’Phone No.74,Bell No.7. | More buyers and other- sour,gassy stomach?Now,Mr.or |Mrs,Dyspeptic,jot this down:Pape’s wise better equipped than i|Diapepsin digests everything,leaving s : inothing to sour and upset you.There ever,You can’t do better Inever was anything so safcly quick, lso certainly effective.No difference elxewhere and we don’t |how badly your stomach is disorder-think you can do as well.|}sce led you will get happy relief in five |.|—e minutes,but what pleases you most)So come to ns,the ware-é is that it strengthens and regulates aes the shag jyourstomachsoyoucan.eat your fa-house with.the -highest e ing ason ! |vorite foods without fear.—price.}: |Most remedies give you relief some-“Those who love to read\times—-they are slow,but not sure.’:’4:ee hima :ita ave the best time tPape’s Diapepsin”is quick,positive McElwee S Planters slant eheual aa 0 do so and puts your stomach in a healthy Ls g ‘ condition so the misery won’t come|Warehouse.Don’t strain your “eyes. back.| You feel ‘different as soon as/|Pontte Look eae “Pape’s Diapepsin”comes in contact|g |ion 7heat g with the stomach—distress just van-ishes—your stomach gets ewee!not THE DAVIS MILLS Hoh am s ;ARD,undigested food,your head clears andyoufeelfine.Give you 40 Pounds ‘Best at-No.1 Robbins Row.OPTOMETRIST, Go now,make the best investment ent\Flour and 13 pounds Bran 8.Center St. you ever made,by getting a large :P &‘ fifty-cent case of Pape’s.Diapepsin in exchange or Pay $1.14 per from dny drug store.You,realize in bushel cash for wheat.Watchfiveminuteshowneedlessitistosuf-this ad for price each week. fer from indigestion,dy4pepsia or Best Flour and Meal.Prompt S.J.Holland. any stomach disorder.and courteous service at all F PEI ROPE times.It pays to patronizeSALEOFeer*h PROPERTY.oy Has good farm horeésl The undersigned administrator of the estate THE DAVIS MILLS;.nd mules for sale for: of ies cn,Noreen sell _Hiddenite,N Cc a . t to t es i r for cash a e oi:eee +: houhe Dhlace of the dédented tn Concord town-cash or on time.Terms ship,on s =to suit purchaser. FRIDAY,DECEMBER 12,1913, all of ‘the personal property of said deceased,|;A TYPEWRITER BARGAIN ! consisting of household effects,live :stock,No.5 Underwood $60.Automatic attach- _Best equipped livery~— ais cil tocenenseat1aoclock,&,m |(MERE:Ws P,RBOR,Mateayilia,BC in town. ;L ©.STEVENSON,ov.18—St.:Ge ae Administrator.|THE LANDMARK prints the news,$2_per Phone 3,»Day or Ni R.B.McLaughlin,Atty.year,$1 for six momtha,60 eents for threeNov.21,1913.~-monthe _. PAGE EIGHT. [JUST THINK,OVER T =DISPLAY OFStrictlyHighGradeChristmas Gifts! Se AT THE STORE OF QUALITY. T hey are distinctly different and of such superior quality.| It is with pride and pleasure we show you each and every article. ™.COME,SEE AND ENJOY TODAY ¢™@ BELOW IS A LIST OF A:FEW OF THE MANY HUNDRED: Leather Goods German Silver,Etc. Card Cases,Mesh Bags, Purses,Card Cases, Silver Parisian Ivory Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets, Sterling Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets, Stationery Fancy Boxes, Children’s Paper, Military Sets, Mesh Bags, Vanities, Card Cases, Purses, Shoe Pins, Belt Pins, Puff Boxes, Hat Pins. Military Sets, Puff Boxes, Soap Boxes, Jewel Cases, Odd Combs, Brushes, Vanities. Hand Bags, Skirt Bags, Music Rolls, Y Lap Pads, Collar Boxes, Bridge Sets, Coat Hangers. Cigarette Cases, Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets, Jewel Cases, Brass Candle Sticks, Smoking Sets, Ash Trays, Fern Dishes. Correspondence Cards, Box Paper,25c.to $7.50, Waterman Ideal Fountain 'Pen,$2.50 to $10. Smokers’Materials Meerschaum and‘Briar Pipes,with Amber bits.Cigars in Christmas Boxes of25,$1 to $3 the Box: Silk Umbrellas with Silver or Gold Handles;Rich American Cut Glass;Japanese Hand Paint- ed China;Stouffer’s Famous American Hand Painted China;Christmas Candies in half to five pound boxes—Liggett’s,Norris’and Apollo’s;Perfumes,imported and domestic. STATESVILLE DRUG CO.,=Quality Prescriptionists woe ==—= If it is THE BEST you wish,it IS HERE. The Crescent Theater---The Home of High Class Motion Pictures If it IS HERE it is THE BEST.Our Programme For This Week: TUESDAY. Pathe Weekly. The Clown’s Revenge—Drama The Clown’s Revenge—Drama Tables Turned —Comic The Ex le—Dr. WEDNESDAY. The Dance at Eagle Pass ~Scenes in Honoluln—Scenic Ess.Dr. THURSDAY. Her SapremeSacrifice—Warner FeatureHerSupremeSacrifice—Warner FeatureHerSapremeSacrifice-——Warner Feature Henrietta’s Hair and Borrowiug Trouble —Comedy FRIDAY. Carious Sea Creatures Daily Doings in Manila —Hoodooed on His Wedding DayWondersoftheBrinyDeep The Sixth Commandment |SATURDAY Call of the Plains A Faithful Servant The MonumentWhenLoveForgives War-Ridden Juarez tion to devote her life to the man she loves cessories as well as the ou‘door scenes,represent the very best that careful premendouschargesofdynamite,the ball room scenes with the ‘‘Tango’’dancingisperfectineveryscene,being absolutely steady and free from any blemish.SPECIAL SATURDAY—WAR-RIDDEN JUAREZ.Taken immediately after the battle,showing the awful ruin and destruction caused by the Insurgent Artillery.OPEN FROM THREE TO TEN P.M.PRICES 5 AND 10 CENTS, ether in an American photo-play.he quarry with the thrilling accident,the blasting of stone by tre- y professional cabaret dancers and the picturesque country scenes have never been equalled in any motion_pictures The photography Remember—On Thursday we show another of the celebrated ‘Warner’Three-Reel Features —‘‘Her Supreme Sacrifice.’’This is a powerfully dramatic story in which a woman sacrifices wealth and social i- This beautiful story has been played by a company of the best actors that have ever been gathered tration,lavish outlay of money and artistic taste could provide. The costumes,the settings and ac- It is equal to a trip to Juarez. . 2 mE LANDMARKDoNotExperiment when you need Paint.Experiments COST MONEY and ruin property.You assume no risk when you buy as you are PROTECTED ABSOLUTELYbythesignedeyesandguaranteeoneverycan.You KNOW what you aregetting.This is not the case with otherpaints...i ———FOR SALE BY——— Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co., Statesville,N.C. TSA A ED ~~NOTICE TO CREDITORS.r = INSTALL A PUMP.Having qualified as administratrix,with the } Now:that your winter ‘seed are in will annexed,of D.A.Miller,I hereby notify’all persons having claima against his estate |}call and figure with me on_install-ing a pump. to present before the 2ist |day.of No indebted to the estateare requested to make payment.P qe CAROLINE W.MILLER,Administratix,C.T.A.W.E.MUNDAY.55,114 East Broad Street.‘ |TUESDAY,---December 2,1913.| |Mr.Elliott Goes to South Carolina— i Schools and Changes on the Farm. |Correspondence of The Landmark. Stony Point,R-2,Nov,29—/Thanks-||giving was very quietly spent around ||here.Most everybody stayed at| |home.The old and young people en-| |joyed an old time Christain Harmony} |singing at Mr.B.Y.Elliott’s Thanks-||giving night. |Mr.Dover Johnson,who has a posi- |tion with the Home Bakery in States-lyille,spent Thanksgiving with home folks.Mr.Moyer Elliott left this| |morning for Greenville,8.C.,wherejhegoestoacceptapositionwithhis juncle in the Bruce &Foster drug store. |The school at Rocky Branch is|progressing nicely with Mr.and Mrs. W.R.Windsor as teachers.Mr.S.C.Johnsoh and Miss EvaBrucebeganteachingatMt.View|school last Monday, Mr.Eph_Privett,who-has beenlivingonMr.E.8,Millsaps’place,has moved to Mr.J.W.Hager’s.Mr. Dry of Cool Spring will move,to the Millsaps place. }That’s the Size of It.|Durham Herald.|“The quéstion is,is a man to be held ineligible to hold office in his party just because he has done somethingthatsomebossdoesnotlike. California Woman Seriously Alarmed.|“A short time ago I contracted a severe;cold which settled on my lungs and causedimeagreatdealofannoyance.I would havebadcoughingspellaandmylungswere#0soreandinflamed1begantobeseriouslyjalarmed.A friend recommended Chamber-lain's “Cough Remedy,saying she had useditforyears.I bought ‘a bottle and it re-lieved my cough the first night,and in a|week I was rid of the cold and soreness Newa of York Institute Neighborhood. of |PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HRALING OIL,a sut- imy lungs,”writes Miss Marie Gerber,Saw-}telle,Cal..For sale by all dealers.‘ oie mame Correspondence of The Landmark.| York Institute,Nov.29—We have||had fine weather for several weeks| and farm work is generally done ex-||cept tobacco,and that is being put|}on the market rapidly.| Several of our citizens attended the | singing at Taylorsville Thanksgiv-|ing Day.Misses Mary Sharpe and | Elsie Lackey,who are in school at| Hiddenite;spent Thanksgiving at| home.Mrs.Angus Leach of Bryants-| |ville was called to the bedside of her | father,Mir.T.G.Walden,who is seri-|ously ill.*Miss Mamie Harrington has entered a business college in Charlotte.Miss Winnie Gilreath, who is teaching at Side Light,spent Thanksgiving at home.Dr.J.P. Munroe of Charlotte was called toseeMr.T.G.Walden today,'Mrs.Mary,wife of Mr.Peter Sloop, died at Hiddenite last night. Murder in Charlotte. B.B,Carter,a contractor of Char- lotte,was found in\a dying condition Saturday evening in a room he used for an office,his head chopped to pieces with a carpenter’s adze.He had sufficient consciousness to whisper a name to a physician and as a result four me ohn McQuary,Nick John- son,James Griggs and Brady Mc- Nelis were arrested and held for trial. Carter died in a short time., Carter’s was the fourth killing in Charlotte in less than two.weeks. Jack Robertson,a negro,was found dead Sunday morning :near Efland, a station on the North Carolina rail-|- road in Orange county.Supposed to have been killed bv a train. SS j To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful ofd reliable DR. thetrelieves pain and heals at time.Note liniment.sat $0.$3.00. STATESVILLE THEATER ——-ONE NIGHT ONLY——— Tuesday,December 2d, J.A.Coburn’sGreaterMinstrels Presenting an all white company.Every- thing new every season.Beautiful en- semble spectacle (a gala ni ht aboard a battleship.)‘Jolly Jack Tars at play.” Splendid scenic production.of a modern American Dreadnought-and the men who man them.:‘THE GREAT BIG FUN SHOW! And all that is new in minstrelsy.Splen-did male choir.Sparkling comedy:Un- excelled dancing.High-class trel Vaudeville,The show you know. Parade and band concerts daily. _Seats’on sale at Polk Gray Drag Company. PRICES -----GENTS TO $1.50. aS -Wednesday ‘tobacco men and solicit their busi- ’ VOL.XL STATES VILLE,N.C.,FRIDAY,DECEMBER 5,19138. as a cma ‘BIG LEAF TOBACCO SALES. Leaf Tobacco From Several Countieson=Statesville Market—Prices Good—The Amount Realized Per Acre. The Statesville leaf tobacco mar- ket is becoming more popular each day and this week’s sales have been about the largest ever.The’manag- ers of the Planters’warehouse on Water street,where the tobacco is bo sold,have been kept busy day andnightlookingaftertheirpatronsand the warehouse and surroundings have been packed and jammed with wag- ons since Monday night.There was a good sale Tucsday,a better one Wednesday and a still better one yes- terday.Judging from the number of wagons which came in yesterday af- ternoon there will be a fair sale todzy. Forty odd wagons hauled in _the “weed”which made the big “break” Wednesday morning and there were 50 odd wagons at the warehouse yes- terday.Alexander growers were inthemajorityWednesday,but Iredell, Caldwell,Alexander,Rowan,Davie and Yadkin were all well represented yesterday.The prices paid for tobacco on the local market have been unusually good this season and this is whatpleasesthegrowers.The price has been getting better for several years and many farmers-who had quit rais- ing tobacco have again become active growers because they find tobacco to be about the best money crop they can grow,especially those living in the mountainous sections.Alexander is rapidly becoming a banner tobac- co county because of the adaptabili- ty of that section to tobacco culture, though that section is not far ahead of Iredell,Davie,Caldwell,Yadkin and others.Eight hundred pounds to the acre is a fair average in all this section and when it is considered that the average price paid on the States- ville market Wednesday and yester- day was around 20 cents the pound it will be seen that an acre of good tobacco brings a good sum of money when the product is properly handied. Nearly every grower approached by the newspaper man says he has found tobacco the most profitable erop he can grow.Mr.J.E.Chatham ef the vicinity of Taylorsville says he will net $820 from an acre and a half of land.He sold a load Wed- nesday which brought $314 and still has some more at home which came from the sameacre and a half,to be marketed later.Mr.A.N.Sharpe,an Alexander countygrower,sold one|more and New York.Theywillre- acre’s product Wednesday which net-turn here in a few days and will ted him $200 and his brother,Mr.otot og one of Mrs.Nooe’s apart-ments.R.F.Sharpe,Jr.of Alexander,re- ceived $140 for the crop from one acre early in the season.Mr.J.H. Looper,a well known tobacco grower of Alexander,expects to get $1,000 for his crop grown on four acres.He has already sold to the amount of #490 and will place the remainder of his crop on the market later.Among the number from north Iredell who sold portions or all their crop yes- terday was Mr.J.Moody Smith of Eagle Mills township,whose load of 768 pounds brought $118.64.After paying warehouse and auction fees, ete,Mr.Smith had $113.76 left.Mr. Smith had only an acre planted in tobacco and in addition to that sold yesterday he has 60 pounds at home. Some of his neighbors realized even: a larger amount than he from one acre’s crop.Many Instances like these could be given.One man who had an unusually large amount of the “weed”in yesterdcy’s break receiv- ed an average of 25 cents the pound for the entire lot.Some extra good grades brought as high as 38 cents the pound. It has been suggested that the next clubs to be formed among the young people of the rural districts will be girls and boys’tobacco clubs.Miss Darrow Lackey and Master Marsh Lackey of Alexander county,aged 14 and 11 years,respectively,have already formed a little club of theirown.They cultivated patches of to- bacco this season and brought theirproducttotheStatesvillemarket. The girl received $60 for her crop and the boy received $54. Big tobacco sales like those of and yesterday should mean much to the business of the community because each sale places from $7,000 to $8,000 in the hands of the tobacco growers.While some of this money is spent in meeting obli- gations already made,much of it is expended for supplies,farming im- plements,household furnishings,etc.. and it is up to the local business men to see that these purchases are made in Statesville.Many of the tobacco growers have already learned that Statesville’is not only a fine place to sell,but to buy as well,but there are others who say that their busi- ness is not solicited in Statesville as it is in other towns and for this reason they do not always make their purchases here.Live business men will find it to their advantage to visit the warehouse,mingle with the ness.At least one Statesville busi-'ness house is getting its share of thistrade.During the past few days this particular company could hardly takecareofthecustomerswhoflockedto its store.A glance into the wagonsofthetobaccogrowersastheyare leaving town reveals that many areloadedwithfurniture,etc.;Larger tobacco sales on the States-ville market means better businessforthetownandeverythingpossibleshouldbedonetoimprovethemar-ket and inducé more growers tobringtheirproducthere.At thepresentrateofincreaseafewmore O’'BERRY-McELWEE WEDDING. Brilliant Affair~at Goldsboro—Mar- riage at Statesville “Inn Tuesday Evening.! The marriage of Dr.Ross MeEl- wee of Statesville and Miss Estelle O’Berry of Goldsboro was solemniz- ed Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Presbyterian church of Golds- ro.The church decorations were simple and in good taste.On the rostrum a background was made of green pines, interspersed with brambles and light-ed by candelabra,and banked in front with palms and ferns.Over- head was arched with a wreath ofbramble.Pines were banked in all the windows.. Admission to the church was ‘by card.Prior to the wedding march, layed by Mrs.Geo.Bynum,Miss ronson sang.The order in which the bridal party entered was:The ush- ers,Messrs.Thos.O’Berry and E.M. Land;bridesmaids,Misses Sudie Hub- bard.Clara Spicer,Elvy McElwee, Helene ‘Weil and Elizabeth Borden, all wearing white crepe and ecarry- ing pink carnations;groomsmen, Dr.P.W.Covington,Messrs.Ben- nett Perry,,R.I.Smith,P.A.Bryant and W.H.Hoffmann;dames of hon- or,Mrs.Thos.O’Berry,wecring whitecrepemeteorandcarryingKillarney, roses,and Mrs.E.M.Land,wearing white satin and carrying Killarney roses;maid of honor,Miss Rachel Borden,wearing pink crepe meteor and carrying Killarney roses;flower girl,Catherine Edgerton;pages,Robt. Yelverton and Chas.Barhom.The bride,wearing crepe meteor trimmed in point lace and carrying bride’s roses and lilies of the valley, entered by the left aisle with her father and met the groom and hisbestman,Dr.F.W.Rankin,who en- tered by the right aisle,in front of the altar,where Rev.V.G.Smith read the ceremony. From the church the bridal party returned to the home of the bride's parents,Mr.and Mrs.Nathan O’Ber- ry,where an informal reception was held and Dr.and Mrs.McElwee received congratulations and good wishes of friends.Here the bridal party was arranged in the dining room and a picture matle of it.Re- freshments and cutting the brical cake followed. Dr.and Mrs.McElwee left at 9:30 o'clock on their honeymoon,which will be spent in Washington,Balti- * The marriage of Dr.McElwee and Miss O’Berry is characterized as one of the prettiest events of its kind in the history of eastern Carolina.Of an exceptionally fine character,the bride is loved by a large circle of influential relatives and friends.All seem to have welcomed tris oppor- tunity to unite.and make her wedding the happiest event of her life.Their esteem for her was shown in gifts from a basket of eggs to a costly silver service and all received like appreciation.The gifts numbered several hundred,mostly silver and cut glass.Dr.McElwee,son of Mr. and Mrs.J.H.McElwee of States-ville,is a young man of promise.He has built a good practice and has miany friends who congratulate himforhavingwonsoworthya_help- mate.House guests of the bride for some days prior to the marriage were Mrs. Locke Craig of Raleich,Mr.and Mrs. Moore,Mrs.Hubbard and Miss Sudie Hubbard of Fayetteville,Miss Louise Finley of North Wilkesboro and Miss Elvy McElwee of Statesville. Dr.M.VY.Burrus of Rockford,Surry county,and Miss Ruth E,Dobson of Cushman,Ark.,were married in Statesville Tuesday evening.The ceremony was performed by Rev.Dr. Charles Anderson in the parlor of the Statesville Inn about 7 o’elock. Dr.Burrus and his father,Mr.J.G. Burrus,a prominent citizen of Surry, eame to Statesville from Rockford Tuesday morning and made the ar- rangements for the marriage.Miss Dobson arrived on the evening train from the west and was met at the station by Dr.Burrus.They drove to the Inn immediately and no time was lost in calling the hotel guests together to witness the ceremony, some of them having been previouslynotifiedoftheapproachingevent. The bridal pair spent Tuesday night at the Inn and left Wednesday for Rockford. Dr.Burrus only recently returned to his old home at Rockford from Ne- braska,where he has been practicing medicine.Miss Dobson’s people were originally from Surry county and Dr.Burrus met her while she was visiting her aunt in Surry a few years ago.The courtship was continued after the young lady returned to her home in Arkansas and the young physician located in Nebraska,con-summating in the happy meeting andwedding-here Tuesday night.Ilr.Burrus is a handsome man and hisbrideis‘a very attractive young lady,the two making an unusually finelooking.couple.° iMr.C.S.E.Hart of Chambersburg township and Miss Mattie Rankin ofBell’s Cross:Road were marricd yes-terday at 1 o’clock at the home ofMr.T.J.Conger,Rev.J.F.,Kirkofficiating.After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.Hart left in an automobileforhomeinChambersburgtownship.Mrs.Hart is a sister of years will show Statesville to beamongthelargersofthe .¥:Ge!: Mrs.Conger and is a ghterof theLeeinofDavidsontown-isa substantial citi- AGED ALEXANDER MAN DEAD. Mr.Noah Hefner Passes—Proceed-ing’s County Commissioners—Tay-lorsville’News. Correspondence of The Landmark. Taylorsville,Dec.4—Mr.Noah Hefner died Monday morning at 4o'clock at the home of his son,Mr. Preston Hefner,in Wittenburg town- ship,at the advanced age of 92 years,nine months and 20 days.He was’ very active for his age and was in his usual health,ate his supper Sun- day evening and complained ©after- wards of not feeling well but soon felt better and the family retired. About 4 o’clock they héard him moan, went to him and he died a few min- utes later,presumably from the in- firmities of age.Deceased was thé) father of nine children,four of whom survive—Messrs.William Hefner,of Brookford and Preston Hefner,Mes- dames Moses Fox and,Harriet Hef- ner,all of this county.Deceased was baptized into the Lutheran, Church in infancy and joined the church in early life.The funeralandintermentwereatFriendship Lutheran church Wednesday morn- ing at 10 o'clock.Services were con- ducted by the pastor,Rev.Mr.Yount of Catawba. The board of county commission- ers met in regular session Monday.On account of the rain few people were in town and very little business was transacted.The petition for apublicroadfromCheathamford rdad near H.O.Beckham's to Stony Point,filed at the last meeting,was not disposed of by request.of citi- zens interested in the road,but will be considered at the next regular meeting.A petition was filed asking for re-establishment of the section of public road from the Munday grave- yard to the Rufus Munday house,inEllendaletownship. Mr.Oscar Rhyne,son of Mr.W. R.Rhyne,and Miss Florence Miller, daughter of Mr.Sidney Miller,all of the cotton mill village,were mar- ried Saturday evening at the home of the bride’s father.Rev.J.A. White rformed the ceremony. Mr.omas Watts,who has been in the Charlotte Sanatorium for sev- eral weeks,having his eye treated, returned home Tuesday night.His son,Mr.Chas.W.,went to Charlotte Tuesday morning and accompanied him home.His condition is come- what improved. Mrs.James D.Dorsett of Spencerisvisitinghersister,Mrs..Dd. Committees For Daughters of Con- federacy Bazaar. The following committees have been appointed for the bazaar to beheldFriday,19th,by the United Daughters of the Confederacy: Arrangement—Mesdames M. Adams,D.F.Jenkins,J.B.Gill;cul inary department—Mesdames Belle Carlton,D.S.Thomas,B.B.Webb; serving meals—Mesdames J.C.Irvin, L.Harrill,R.L.Poston;soliciting Mesdames L.Ash,B.B.Webb,J.T. R. Montgomery,D.S.Thomas;fancyworkbooth—Mesdames A.D.Cooper; B.F.Long,J.F.Carlton,Ellen Wyckoff;candy booth—-Mesdames J. E.Deitz,Sig.Wallace,A.J.Salley, Miss Nell Armfield;baby show— Mesdames R.P.Mitchell,W.B. Brown,J.E.Heinzerling,John Shaw; in charge of tables—Mesdames J.T. Montgomery,J.Mc.Connelly,J.H. Hill,H.P.Grier,R.O.Leinster,A. D.Cooper,J.A.Cooper and Miss Barr Morgan.Every United Daughter of the ¢ federacy is expected to give a piece of fancy work. 0 on Creamery Routes Established—Col- lections Begin Monday. Two creamery routes have been es- tablished out of Statesville.One starts on the Boulevard,in south Statesville,and returns via Buffalo Shoals road;the other covers theWilkesboroandChipleyFordroads Mr.Everett Troutman will be in charge of the routes.He will make his first trip Monday on the Wilkcs-boro and Chipley Ford route and Tuesday will go over the Boulevard and Buffalo Shoals route.Mr.Troutman will cover theseroutesasoftenasmaybenecessary to collect the cream,which will be shipped to the Catawba creamery atHickory.This arrangement is in ac-cordance with plans decided on to work up interest in a creamery for this county.These routes will beworkedand-others established if in-terest develops,and whenever it is found that enough cream can be se- cured to operate a local creamery onewillbeestablished. Preparation For theNextWeek.‘ The armory of the Iredell Blues, the second floor uf the Carolina Mo- tor Company building,is *sow beingconvertedintoapoultryshowroom in preparation for the annual exhibitoftheIredellPoultry.Association, which will be held there Wednesday,Thursday,Friday and Saturday of next week.A better show room couldhardlybefoundandthedisplaynext week is expected to be a very at- tractive one.Many entries are beingmadeanditisbelievedthatthetotalwillrunaheadoflastyear’s exhib-it,which was the largest of any showheldintheState.Persons who willexhibitspecimensareurgedtomakeentriesjustasearlyaspossiblesothatthoseinchargeoftheshowmayknowwhatto.count on.The hand-some silver cups which are amongthepremiumsofferedarenowondisplayinthewindowoftheStates- Poultry Show FROM WITHOUT THE STATE. Items of Interest From All Over theCountry. Near Keysville,Va.,this week asengertrainwasderailedandall our cars,express,baggaze and twodaycoaches,were burned but no onewashurt.. The Rivers and Harbors Congress, composed of men from all sections of the country who are seeking appro-priations for waterway improve- ments,is in session in Washington this week. A lone masked bandit WednesdayafternoonhelduptheBankofMon- treal branch at Plume Coulee,Mani- foba,stole $10,000 in currency,shot and killed the bank manager and es- ¢aped ih a stolen automobile. Expenditures of millions of dollars for_zood roads are proposed _in_bills introduced by Southern Representa- tives in Congress.They call for varying scopes of ny with appro- priations to run as high as $100,000,- A dispatch from.Pierre,S.D.,says the Indians of that vicinity are pre-dicting there will be “No winter this season.”Freak December weather prevails all over the Dakotas,with warm rains and the thermometers well above freezing. Immigration officials of the United States are busy with efforts to frus- trate the plans of a secret organiza- tion with headquarters at Manila to flood Pacific coast States with Hindu laborers,according to Anthony Caminetti,commissioner general of immirration. Charges that the income tax sec- tion of the new tariff law constitutes class legislation and is “unconstitu- tional are made in a test suit filed in Chicago against the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank on behalf of Miss,Elsie De Wolfe of New York. Verdicts of guilty were returned at Morganfield,Ky.,against the Im- perial Tobacco Company of GreatBritainandIrelandandtheImperialTobaccoCompanyofKentucky, which were on trial for violation of Kentucky's anti -.trust laws.Two separate verdicts were returned and a fine of $3,500 assessed against each defendant.The two companies,which have operated extensively inthestemmingtobaccodistrictofwesternKentucky,were indicted for conspiracy to depress pricestothefarmers. Preferring to incur the displeasure of the Huerta government to a very practical manifestation of the rebels’ wrath,the producing oil companies of Mexico have cancelled their con- tracts for supplying the National railway of Mexico with fuel oil.This is regarded as one of the most se- rious blows dealt the government be- cause it is likely to bring about ear- ly suspension of all railway treffic, which would interfere greatly with military operations and commerce. The rebels had threatened to destroy the oil unless to the govern- ment were discontinued. sales Mr.Stimipson’s Home Burned With Practically All Its Contents, The residence of Mr.W.L.Stimp- son at Harmony was totally destroy- ed by fire with practically all its eon- tents Monday night between 10 and 11 o'clock.The fire originated from the kitchen flue and the roof around the flue was falling in when it was discovered.Mr.and Mrs.Stimpson were away on a visit at the time.In the house with their children were Mrs.Cora Booe and a little son of Mr.R.F>»Gaither.When the fire was discovered Mrs.Booe hurriedly aroused the children and rushed them from the house in their night cloth- ing.One little girl came near being shut off by the flames before she was awakened. Mr.Stimpson is arranging to move to Lincolnton and had recently sold his home to Mrs.Booe,but had not moved out.There was $1,000 insur- ance on the house,but no insurance whatever on the furnishings. New Stores. Work on the interior of the store room in the Hotel Iredell building,to be occupied by the Walker Five,Ten and Twenty-five Cent Store,is near- ing completion,and Mr.J,O.Walk-er of Asheville,who has already ar- rived in Statesville and will have charge of the business,announces that the store will be opened to the public Saturday,the 13th,A modernplateglassfronthasbeenputin,up- to-date shelves and show cases are being installed and the store will be an attractive one. Hamoy’s Ice Cream Parlor and Candy Kitchen,which occupies the storeroom in the Hotel Iredell build- ing vacated by Adden &Salley, opened yesterday.A new front wasalsoputinhereandtheinteriorfix- tures are elaborate and beautiful. Court Casec.; It is understood Set Lee Martin oftheAmitysectionhasver»placed under bond by Justice G.W.Me- Neely for his appearance at Superior Court to answer for an assault withaknifeonanotherwhitemanafewdaysago.Particiilars of the fight could not be learned.Ernest Jackson,colored,has beenlodgedinjailheretoawaittrialinSuperiorCourtforthelarcenyof $4 at Mooresville. Church Items. Preaching at the PresbyterianchurchatTroutmanSundayafter- noon at 3 6’clock.Preaching at Tabor chur¢éh Sunday ville Printing Co.and are attractingmuchattention,a. Mooresville Man Killed By Dynamite Explosion—Negro Boy Injured, J.M.Dawkins,foreman of W.E.Graham’s road construction force in Orange county,was killed Tuesdayafternoonbycnexplosionofdyna-mite two miles from Hillsboro.Theforcewasdynamitingrockendsixsticksfailedtofire.Dawkins and anegroboywent.back and placed an-other stick near these and ran away.This stick exploded and it wasthoughttheothershadalso,Daw- kins and the boy returned to the place and just as they reached it the ex- plosion of the other six sticks occur- red.Dawkins was blown into the air and instantly killed.The boy was blown about 12 fect.His head is horribly cut and other serious injurics received.It is thought that he willrecover. W.E.Graham was formerly en- gcged in road work in lredell county and Dawkins lived at Mooresville.He was 36 years old and is survived by a wife and child. The negro boy,about 16 years old, also went with Graham from Moores- ville or vicinity to Orange county. (The Mooresville Enterprise gives the name of the victim as Dorkins. That paper says Dorkins was with the Graham road force when it was at work in Iredell but it seems he was not a resident of Mooresville and did not have a family there.—Th2 Landmark.) Hadn’t Been to “De Mourner’s Bench”But Sung in the Choir. In Mt.Airy a few days .ago,2c- cording to a report to the daily pa- pers,a carpenter brought suit against a colored congregation for work done on the church building.In looking for the trustees of the church on whom to serve the papers,a col- ored hackman,known to be conspicu- ous in the church,was called on by an officer.The hackman promptly denied that he was responsible.He said he wasn’t even a member of the church,and in his zeal to disclaim responsibility he said to the officer; “Why,boss,I hain’t never even been to de mourner’s bench.I jes’ sings in de choir.” This closed the case for the hack- man and he was allowed to go. Many years ago an aged é¢vangel- ist conducted a revival—or attempt-ed to conduct one,for the results were not conspicuous—in one of thechurchesofStatesville.Attempting to arouse the interest of his congre- gation,the evangelist told of suc- cessful tings held elsewhere ap “Why,at one meeting I held even a member of the choir was convert- ed.” Serious Flood Situation in Texas. Dallas,Texas,Dispatch,3d. With three rivers—the Trinity, Brazos and Colorado—and innumera- ble small streams out of their banks as a result of heavy rains which be- gan Monday night and still continue, the flood situation in central Texas has assumed serious proportions. Within a territory 200°‘miles in length and 100 miles in width practi- cally all lowlands are under water; approximately 15,000 persons have been driven from their homes; scores have been rescued from tree tops and floating wrockage;several railroads have been forced to suspend operations,and incalculable damage has been done to property.Seven persons are known to have lost their lives.Waco,on the Brazos river,re- ported the most serious situation. Sections of that city known as South and Bast Waco are under water and it is estimated that more than 10,000 residents were made homelegs.Mili- tary companies statiofied there have been ordered on duty by Governor Colquitt.Train service out of Waco was practically cut off by washouts. Real Estate Deals. Master Roger Moore,son of Mr. and Mrs.C,D.Moore,has bought from the Pulaski Tool Co.of Pulaski, Va.,a lot in the Turner property on the Wilkesboro road. Fred.R.Sills commissioner,this week sold the Robb land in Concord township,containing about 27 ccres, to the Robb heirs for $785.<A lot near Stony Point containing about an acre,was sold to Misses Minnie and Alma Robb for $200. Mr.E.G.Gaither has bought from Dr.J.J.Mott the vacant lot on west Broad street between the Carolina Motor Co.building and the express office,the consideration being $1,350. Tried to Bribe McAdoo. Secretary McAdoo has declined an invitation from a correspondent whose name he would not make pub- lic to appoint him a revenue collector in return for a present of one-third of the first annual salary that goes with the office.“I will give you $100 just.as soon as I amappointed and therestjustessoonasIcanhaveapublic sile,”wrote the.job seeker,“There if no place for you in the Treasury Department,”wrote Mr.McAdoo in reply.“The best service I can_ren- der to you is to advise you to revise your moral standard.’”)Soichninssasiisassadiigidity-axh ; Six special trains cayrying 1,200boysandgirlsfromOhiogmembersof corn clubs and domestic d ‘ence clubsinthatState,ond their fripnds,mak- ing a total of about 2,arrived in Washington tp*s are taking in the city 5Mr.and Mrs.Walte4 Thompson willleayeConcordtomorro#,*or Winston-Salem,their new home;,,where Mr.Thompson becomes superintendent of the Methodist orphanage.; BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS —Look over the offerings of theadvertisers.You will find not only attractive holiday offerings but some-_ thing for everyday wants. —Mr.and Mrs.Q.F.Payne and son,of the vicinity of Statesville, left this week for Mulberry,Fla., where they will visit for some -time.—The Ladies’Aid Society of Press-” ly Memorial church has presentedMrs.S.W.Haddon,the president ofthesociety,a white Friendship quilt. —The dramatic club of Statesvillecollegewillpresent“Mis’Beauty’ in Shearer Music Hall Monday night at 8 o’clock.Admission 15 and 25 cents. —The price about the same. cotton remains On the Statesville market yesterday lint brought -13 eents,seed cotton 5.25 and cotton seed 40 cents the bushel., —-The Iredell tomato club girls sold 128 dozen quarts of tomatoes to Statesville dealers and 48 dozenquartstoCornellUniversity,New York,a total of 176 dozen quarts. —-Mr.John W.Cruitt of Baltimore, who was to have delivered an ad- dress to the Jocal Heptasophs Tues- day night,became ill in Rock Hill, S.C.,and was unable to come to Statesville. —For the Christmas and New Year holidays the Southern railway will sell tickets at reduced fares. Tickets on sale December 17 to 25 and December 3lst and January Ist,with final limit to,January 6. —Mr.C.L.Brown and family of Harmony left Wednesday for Spar- tanburg,S.C.,where they will live. of Mr.Brown moved to Iredell from ae Lincoln county a few years ago.He 4 is*a good citizen and made many ‘a: friends in the county who regret his decision to go clsewhere.. —Friday,the 19th,is designated as ‘ North Carolina Day in the public ce schools and “Knapp Agricultural.a Day”is the programme.The sub- ject commemorates the life ond ser- viees of Dr.Knapp,the founder of agricultural demonstration work aridboysandgirls’clubs and will also direct the attention of the children to country life and its development. —-Mr.and Mrs.C.L.Corpening,who were here recently on a visit to Mr.Corpening’s home folks,went oa from here to Korelock,Mich.,to hunt a deer.While there they had a delight~‘ oresainsi theidnthe ¢party sent to Battle Creek,Mich.,nine fine deer and kept one to cat in camp. —The ladies of the Episcopal church were very successful in theirbazaarheldatthecourthouseWed-a nesday,the proceeds amounting to ng nearly $100.Fancy articles were 4soldfromanattractiveboothand“§candy,put up in fancy paper bas-y kets,was sold at another booth.It was the purpose of the ladies toservebothdinnerandsupper,but the patronage during the dinner hours a was so large that everything wassoldbeforethemiddleoftheafter- noon. RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS, . ca n d 4 ed >raw ha Aerts,Khe aiat 4RUDAMERICANREDCROSSIZ3}rs a 2 m4 STaT BFA ER otividMERRYCHRISTMAS2706,|ta Er eeee ‘Buy Red Cross Seals atid helpstampouttuberculosis.Three-fourthsofthemoneyreceivedfromlocalsales will be retained for anti-tuborcu- losis work in this community.Buy Red Cross Seals and show your in-terest in the work.For sale at Hall’s drug store,Stimson’s drug store,Polk Gray Drug Co.,Statesville Drug Co.,drug store on Wostern avenue and Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware . Co. Suits Against Sugar Company Run Into Millions. Fifty-two suits,asking for $33,- 879,397,have been filed in the United States court in New Orleans against the American Sugar Refining Com-pany under the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law,making a to-tal of 130 suits filed within the past two weeks against the same concern asking for damages aggregating more than $100,000,000,The last suits filed are almostidenticalwiththefirstsuitsfiledtwoweeksagobyWoganBrothers,charging the American companywithbeingamonopolyandhavingmanipulatedthesugarmarkettothedetrimentofthecomplainants;all ofwhomareLouisianaplanters,manu-_ facturers and dealers.\ The Peddler’s Tax is Valid. The Supreme Court has.affirmed _the lower court in holding as valid—the peddlers’license on of the |revenue act.The validity of the sec-. tion was attacked on the ground thattheseveralexceptionsinthestate=ment created unconstitutional dis-crimination.The Supreme Court helthattheexceptionswerevalidunder— the doctrine that the Legislature has© the right,to herpes|tradesexem and totaxsometradesanReee rr name county,where a business man of Salisbury,died yes- torday,aged 59. afternoon at 3 o’clock.He wasDaviecounty.e Mr.Daniel M.Miller,:a leading|Smith,who was native ote license tax under p The case came up from ing m d proprietary sued t>recover same. =e Paceaeon eae THE LANDMARK)”————————————————FRIDAY,---December 5,1913. Statesman —‘RecommendFEARTHATASTORMISCOMING]Generally Approved.; Reports in Washington That Trouble |Washington Dispatch,2d. is Ahead in North Carolina—Law-|President Wilson laid before Con- yers Getting All the Jobs.eee,today the legislative ambition last.i n Dispatch to Cherlotte;of the emocretic administration. Ecenee es ‘rae Pay nae eer ents re are rumors of dissatisfac-|*‘before the assembled’Sena sateen the appointment of so many and House aSe chatoher a!the lat- Sevryers in North Oarplish,bl.of Se REC 008 moa tre Oa See the good jobs,it is argued,except Applause punctuated ree at the one A.D.Watts holds,are going|terances and when ane = to attorneys.Everywhere one looks there was an en Ps is lemon- he sees a North Carolina lawyer on stration —with nan clapping-an the job,either waiting at the pie cheers.Briefly .een ce ta counter or gathering from it.ined a programme for ope justice The farmers,doctors,business men and the general welfare of the nation and others may work up a protest.and proclaimed the aspirations of the if a Tillman should rise in North United States for internal amity and Carolina just now and start a cru-the maintenance of constitutional sade ngainst the lawyer,he would|government in all America.; have a hearing.With close,almost cager attention, ‘One well -known North Carolinian /members of the two houses listened who traveled this way last week |and time and again the legislators thinks that there is about to be a themselves gave vent to their enthu- revolt in the State over the selec-|5!asm along with the crowded gal- tion of so many lawyers to fill Dem-|!eries.Less than'3,000 words Jong, ceratic jobs.He pointed out that the message was one of the briefest Lawyer Bailey had been given a lay-and most novel of American state pa- man’s job,and that Lawyers Webb|pers-—a marked contrast,as present- and ‘Dortch were to have two other ed by its author today,to the hither- jobs that laymen could fill,That is}to lengthy documents averaging 20,- the way the talk runs.000 words or more,droned through In a later dispatch to the Observy-by a reading clerk to an inattentive 1 Congress. and terance +the same correspondent—Mr.H. E.co Beesebonasat There was another contrast con- 4 of Walter W.“The declaration spicuously apparent.President Wil- Watt (of Charlotte),who is known|son had read three messages before throughout North Carolina as a fight-|--on the tariff,the currency and ing Democrat,that he would vote for|Mexican affairs.The first time he Mr.Glenn instead of Senator Over-|addressed a joint ‘session i person, man if only those two run,has caus-early in this term,there was an at- ed considerable comment in Demo-mosphere of stiff formality,applause cratic circles here.***Many|was liberal,but perfunctory,and people who come to Washington pre-|there was an indefinable air of pre- dict a revolution in the State.Edit-|cedent being broken—or a_century- or John J.Fariss of High Point said |old custom being revived.Today the today that things are ripe for all President’s reception was warm,al- sorts of trouble in several congres-|most uproarious as he concluded his sional districts.He thinks that Rep-|reading.Later Republicans and resentatives Page and Webb may be Democrats alike pronounced the mes- defeated.He wants to see Senator|Sage the utterance of a statesman. Overman succeed himself but he|~“I like the idea of the President would not be surprised at serious op-coming before Congress,”said Rep- position to him.The people,he says,resentative Mann,Republican House fear that Senator Simmons is build-leader,“and readinga short message, ing up a machine with lawyers at one pithy and to the point.In the main end and Col.A.D.Watts at the oth-I like the message today.I think er.everybody will recognize it as the ut- “Mr.Farriss is not alone in his|terance of a statesman,regardless with its de-fears.Mr.Walter W.Watt,who|of”whether he agrees travels much,has secon signs of|tails.”MN co brewing storms.A match applied at Of particular significance was the right place would set a great po-|some outburst of applause regarded litical fire,he says.There is nojin the national capital tonight—the doubt that much of this talk comes |unmistakable approval that greeted from an alleged unequal distribution |the President’s remark: of patronage.Men like Mr.Farriss “There can be no certain prospect and Mr.Watt did not want patron-|of peace in America until General age,but they have heard echoes of|Huerta has surrendered his usurped a number of bitter patronage con-authority in Mexico.” tests.‘Down with the lawyer’may Among those who would discuss be a slogan in the coming campaigns the message in Congress was a gen- in North Carolina.The great har-}eral endorsement of the,administra- vest by Tar Heel attorneys in the |tion policy toward Mexico, ed|President,“but it is from the quietinterspacesoftheopenvalleysand |’id |the free hillsides that we draw the THE PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS.|restor M Received With “Enthus weeeercar the te oe.eats The prompt passage ofbillisCae:Men the nerovidingasystemof ¢‘and the encouragement ofagriculturaldevelopmentisempha-},sized,“Our thoughts may ordinarilybe.concentrated upon the cities andthehivesof.industry,upon the criesofthecrowdedmarketplaceandtheclangorofthefactory,”says.the sources of life and of prosperity,from the farm and the ranch,from the forest and the mine.|Withouttheseeverystreetwouldsilent,every office deserted,every factoryfallenintodisrepair...And yet the farmer does not stand upon the same footing with the forester and the}.miner in the market,of credit.He istheservantoftheseasons.”“Turn from the farm to the worldofbusinesswhichcentersinthecityandinthefactory,and I think thatallthoughtfulobservers.will.agreethattheimmediateserviceweowethebusinesscommunitiesofthecoun- try is to prevent private monopolymoreeffectuallythanithasyetbeen prevented,”says the President in urg- ing sane and effective anti-trust leg-islation.‘Presidential Primaries. Taking up the method of selecting candidates for the presidency,the President says: “I feel confident that I do not mis-interpret the wishes or the expecta- tions of the country when I urge the prompt enactment of legislation which will provide for primary elec- tions throughout the country at which the voters of the several parties may choose their nominees for the presi- dency without the intervention of nominating conventions.I venture the suggestion that this legislation should provide for the-retention of party conventions,but only for the purpose of declaring and accepting the verdict of the primaries and form- ulating the platforms of the parties; and I suggest that these conventions should consist not of delegates chos- en for this single purpose,but of the nominees for Congress,the nominees for vacant seats in the Senate of the United States,the Senators whose terms have not yet closed,the na- tional committees and the candidates for the presidency themselves,in or- der that platforms may be framed by those responsible to the people for carrying them into effect.” Insular affairs—Hawail.Porto Rico and the Philippines—are dis- cussed and it is urged that ultimate independence'for the Philippines must be kept in view.Full Territorial form of-government for Alaska and the building of railroads in Alaska by the government is recommended. Urging the better equipment of the Democratic plum orchard is net going a well with the boys between the plow The recommendations in the mes- Handles,behind thecounters,and |Sage were heartily approved by elsewhere outside of an attorney’s of-|Speaker Clark and Leader Under fice.f wood and it was stated that bills “The silence of Manly MeDow j]|would be drawn to cover the recom-| If he would |mendations not already under eonsid- jeration,causesi Gneasiness here break out and give vent to his feel igs or show signs of giving in there ‘ould be a sigh of relief all along the line.But his.silence brings cold chills.” The Message. Announcing that the United States is at peace with all the world,the President congratulated the coun- ———i try on the growing disposition of END OF THE ASHEVILLE CASES}41)nations to bind themselves by treaty to the processes of peace and urged the ratification of arbitration treaties now pending.Mexico. Following is the full with reference to Mexico. “There is but one cloud upon our horizon.That has shown itself to the south of us,and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until General Huer- ta has surrendered his usurped at- thority in Mexico;until it is under- stood on all hands,indeed,that such é n é pretended governments will not be their possession and refrain from the |countenaneed or dealt with by thesaleofwhiskeyforthenextthree|government of the United States.We years.Under the terms of the com-jare the friends df constitutional promise a fine of $4,000 is imposed on|government in America;we are more John H.Lange and Gay Green,the|than its friends,we are its cham- former paying $2,666.67 and the lat-|pions;because in no other way can ter being assessed with $1,333.33;|our neighbors,to whom we should James L.Alexander pays a fine of |wish in every way to make proof of $2,000;J.Baylis Rector leads guilty }our friendship,work out their ownandjudgmentissuspendedforthree|development in peace and_liberty. years;D.MacKay forfeits his liquor |Mexico has no government.The at- license and agrees hover to apply |tempt to maintain one at the City of for another,and a similar-entry is|Mexico has broken down,and a mere made in the case of F,H.“McMullcn.|military despotism has been set up The costs of the.investigation,|which has hardly more than the sem- amounting to approximately $1,500,|blance of national authority.It are divided equally among Messrs.|originated in the usurpation of Vic- Alexander,Green and Lange,Each |toriano Huerta,who,after a brief at- of the defendants pleads guilty to|tempt to play the part of constitu- two charges of violations of the pro-|tional President,has at last cast hibition laws,judgment being enter-|aside even the pretense of legal right ed in one case and being suspended |and declared himself dictator.As a for three years in the other.consequence,a condition of affairsThedefendantsonwhomjudgment|now exists in Mexico which has made Big Blind Tigers Submit and PayFines. The investigation of the illicit liq- uor sales in Asheville—principally at the Battery Park and Langren hotels and drug stores—which -was in progress for several weeks,with Judge Carter of the Superior Court sitting as a committing magistrate, was ended Tuesday when the defend- ants submitted and paid heavy fines. They agreed to donate the liquor seized to the hospitat for charity cases,dismantle barroom fixtures in statement was suspended—except McKay,who|jt doubtful whether even the most!sion this week at Oxford,Bishop Mc-is ill—are described by Judge Carter |elementary and fundamental rights nie “small fry,”who were em-|either of her own people or of the yes.disposing of the cases that he had|within her territor y can long be suc- been asked on what terms he would|cessfully safeguarded,and whichallowthedefendantstopleadguilty|threatens,if long continued,to imper-and end it all.He dictated the terms |j]the interests of peace,order and and they were accepted.-<. The Citizen says Asheville is real-|ly to the south of us. tion.That condition mayforafewdays. Southern Power Co. was $15,000.This does not includethevaluablemillsiteownedbythe doctor. lorable condition than ever. There is “Catarrhinthis sec-|willintionofthecountrythanailotherdis-|j;@ until ittleeasesputtogether.an the lastSoeyearswas#to be incurable‘or & .|shall not,; it incurable.Science ‘has|ter our polic f tchf Catarrh be nstitutional olicy.0%.watcwatartD,store reauires constitu-|And then when the end comes we Judge Carter announced in|citizens of other countries resident }eigh and tolerable life in the lands immediate- ly dry for tho time;that liquorcan’t usurper had succeeded in cy vations wy Sek Hasdide Bot treabeboughtonaphysitian’s prescrip-|es,in despite of the constitution ofcontinue|the republic and the rights of its peo- ple,he would have set,up nothing butSEaprecariousandhatefulpowerwhich Newton News:Dr.J.H.Yount |could have lasted but a little while,ee ree et art deenasoldlastweeksomerealestatetothe|and ‘whose eventual downfall wouldThepricepaid|have left the country in a more de-h,But heasnotsucceeded.He has forfeited ve the respect and the moral’support Cascaretsevenofeeeaewereatonetimeseehimsucceed.Littloe by |sour and fermenting food and foul=a has been completely isolat-|pases,take the excess bile,from theurable.led.By alittle.every day his pow-|liver end carry out of the system:years er and prestige are crumbling and|all the constipated waste matter and Poriedios,So constantly|ths --s.p8)is not far away.We|poisons in thereatmbelieve,be obliged to al-waiting.re!great by morning.They workwhilereqan's Catarrh,Cure,shall hope ‘o see constitutional order|en or cause any inconvenience,and |bureau of mines and the enactment of, ‘an employers’liability aet,the Pres- |ident closes with this compliment to |Congress: “May I not express the very real |pleasure I have experienced in co- loperating with this Congress and lsharing with it the Tabors of com- mon service to which it has devoted itself so unreservedly during the past seven months of uncomplaining con- centration upon the business of legis- lation?Surely it is a proper and pertinent part of my report on ‘the state of the Union’to express my ad- miration for the diligence,the good temper and the full comprehension of public duty which has already been manifested by both the houses; and I hope that it may not be deemed an impertinent intrusion of myself into the picture if I say with how much and how constant satisfaction {have availed myself of the privilege of putting my time and energy at their disposal alike in counsel and in action.”NNT Girl Figured in Murder Case. At Crowley,La.,Dora Murff,thé 18-year-old girl who testified that she killed her sweetheart,J.M.Del- haye,because he refused’to marry her,was found guilty of manslaugh- ter.J.S.Duvall,her stepfather,was held guilty of first degree murder, with a recommendation for life im- prisonment.Allie .Duvall,‘half-sis- ter of Dora Murff,jointly indicted with the other two for the murder, was acquitted.Delhaye was killed on a street at Crowley October 15 by a charge from a shotgun fired from the carriare in which the three de- fendants were riding.Evidence showed that as he fell Dora Murff|jumped toward him,firing two bul- \lets into his body from a revolver. |At the trial she assumed full respon- sibility for his death. The North Carolina Conference of the M.E.Church,South,is in ses- Coy presiding.Lieut,Gov.Daughtridge is in Ral- is acting Governor while Gov.Craig is out of the State. BEST LAXATIVE FORBOWELS—“CASCARETS.” End Sick Headache,Bad Breath, Indigestion,Constipation. Get a 10-cent box now. ‘Are you keeping your bowels,liv- with Cascarets,or merely forcing a assageway every few days with alts,Cathartic Pills,Castor Oil or Purgative Waters?‘3 Stop having a bowel wash-day.Let thoroughly cleanse andkegulatethestomach,remove the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will make you you sleep—never gripe,sick- Fit B's Case Exactly. “When father was sick about six years Smith,Ark.“He pu acts on ;5 and miucoue surtacesofsoage Yo eblete tn,ce papery that fthis eames ex:{end Reyer,Fave,:‘OF y;Margaret bell of ess.2 *Qe os |ness,Coa ongue, he vend an”ivectisonene of Charsberlane,|men take a Cascaret igs then cost only 10 conts a box from yourdruggist.Millions of men and wo- Head!,Bilious-digestion,Sour Stomach or Gonstipated Bowels.Cascarets belong in every household.Children just love to take them. which recently completed its line in-| to Charlotte, purposes a strip of land owned by! the Mecklenburg Cotton Mills Com- pany.The mil people wanted about) $100,000 for the land. demned and the jury mill folks $12,500. and a Mecklenburg Superior Court) jury raised the amount to $20,000. Is Evidence of the Good Service We Render. Comparative Statement of Deposits: Dec.1,1908,Deposits.................6.002+++-2 $33,386.20 Dec.1,1909,Deposits.............0.000-...005+-+93,988.16 Dec.1,1910,Deposits....%...............0.....-98,451.71 Dec.1,1911,Deposits..................4%...-+..-136,870.84 Dec.1,1912,Deposits ...........00.20.50...174,416.41©Dec.1,1913,Deposits.........220,996.61 Checking ‘Account. We solicit your business,and invite you to open an account if you donotalreadyhaveone.t us suggest that youpayall bills by check.It’s safer,more convenient,and more business-like, Certificates of Deposit. We issue certificates of deposit bearing 4 per cent.interest from date, payable quarterly.If you have some idle funds you are not going to use for awhile come in and deposit it and get one of these certificates, Savings Department. Our Savings Department appeals fo all classes of people,as we will open an account with any amount from $1.00 up,and then you may add to it by depositing any amount at any time.We divide our profits with you by paying you 4 per cent.interest,which is compounded four times a year. eeeeey _We welcome all who will come and do business with us.We are al- ways glad to see you,andwill take pleasure in explaining anything about our system of doing business that you don’t fully understand. 4 .Ret SCARLETS ONEONTA MERCHANTS &FARMERS’BANK OF STATESVILLE. “The Bank For Your Savings.” L.T.STIMPSON -- C.S.TOMLIN ----.Vice President. F.B.BUNCH ----=Cashier. J.A.KNOX -Assistant Cashier “The Norfolk Southern railway, wanted for railroad. President. Pianos at a Big Reduction! It was con-| allowed the! Case appealed} In order to hold my territory for another year and extend the same if possible,and THICK,GLOSSY HAIR Girls!Try It!Hair Gets Soft,Fluf- glistens with beauty with life;has an incomparable soft- ness and is fluffy.and lustrous,try Danderine. beauty of your hair,besides it im- mediately dissolves every particle of dandruff;you heavy,healthy hair if you have dand- ruff.This destructive seurf robs the hair of its lustre,its strength and its very life,and if not overcome it pro- duces a feverishness and itching of the scalp;the hair roots famish,loos- en and fast. is thin,faded,dry,scraggy or too oily,get a 25 cent bottle of Knowl- ton’s Danderine at any drug store or) toilet counter;apply a little as direct-| ed and ten minutes after you will say| this was the best investment you ever| of everything else advertised,that if| also for the purpose of taking a vacation from business during the month of Janury, I offer ten Pianos,in stock,at 20 per cent. off the regular prices.Also all small in- struments at a reduction of 10 per cent. FREE FROM DANDRUFF. fy and Luxuriant at Once—No More Falling Hair. If you care for heavy-hair,that and is radiant Just one application doubles the J.§.LEONARD, Statesville,N.C. have -ie,(|:::=:=ae DON’T WAIT To buy that good WATCH!The longer you waitthemoretimeyoulose.Get it and keep right op time.From $40 DOWN TO $1.00. eannot ie;then the hair falls out If your hair has been neglected and H.B.WOODWARD,Jeweler. made.| We sincerely believe,regardless |Watch Worth Owning! lustrous,beautiful! you desire soft, hair and lots of it—no dandruff—no ; itehing scalp and no more falling hair—you must use Knowlton’s Dan- derine.If,eventually—why not now? See Us For A customer bought a Watch of us recently and it seems he is justa little bit dissatisfied with it.After compar- ing ft with our regulator several times and finding it on time just to the minute he said,‘‘O shucks I won't haveanyfunwiththiswatch,[don’t have to set it!’’WehavemoreofthesamekindofWatches.Would you like to have one? R.H.RICKERT &SON,Fat Mackerel,White Fish, Jewelers. 2OrangeHams,Breakfast Bacon,Mince Meat,‘Cranberries, Fresh Oysters all the That is My Business. Monumentsand Tombstones time. —’PHONE 89—’Best material,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfaction guaranteed or no pay.[Si Sal Eagle &Milholland.in need anything in my line be sure to see Or write meoreyoubuy,am prepared to protect your interests. Ask your neighbors who have bought work from me andseewhattheysay.' I appreciate your neighbors’business and will likewise appreciate yours, NOTICE |! First class tin work and repairing.Roofing Contractor.YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND MOORESVILLE,N.C. CLYDE E.GAITHER.te ZEB DEATON,Proprietor.+. et ek ie Ron i n ce e hi k e s oe ee ca t pe c t i c . x. dr e aoa n el e ta re ee oe se ee PAGE THREE, merchandise we handle.lived up to. All $25.00 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $20.00 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $16.50 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $12.50 Suits and Overcoats will go at All $10.00 Suits and Overcoats will go at You should see our job counter of Shirts No goods charged at these prices.the best things always go first. Same reductions on Odd Pants and Boys’Suits. and Hats.Hats up to $3.00—choice for $1.00. Sale Will Begin Friday,December 5th,and Continue Six Days. Alterations will be charged for at cost. y Everybody has heard of the tariff.Well that law has passed and is getting in its work. CLOTHING IS CHEAPER.We find we have too many goods bought under the old tariff law to carry into the new tariff law.We always have believed that the first loss is best,and realizing this we are putting on a sale that will set this town and surrounding coun- try a-going.We are going to unload and are making prices that will move the goods and put dollars into your pockets.You know our reputation for fair dealing and the quality of We are back of every statement we make and every word will be $18.5015.0012.508.507.90 Come early as SLOAN CLOTHING COMPANY,Statesville,N.C. A MERRY CHRISTMAS To You All, Merry May It Be! We hope that many more may come, Which you will live to see; We hope that each recurring date, December Twenty-Fifth, Will find you in a merry state— Itself—A Christmas Gift! HOME BAKERY. Christmas Specials Turkeys, Cranberries, Raisins, Currants,Figs,Prunes,Cocoanuts,All kinds of Nuts,Nice fruits of all kinds. Bradford Grocery Co. "PHONE 27. TBE.LANDMARK BILLS AGAINST THE COUNTY. |FRIDAY,December 5,1913. |Mr.who was offered a job in connection| |with the exposition at’San Francis-||day the county commission rs sidestepped the place and will go||posed of the following .W.|tthe county:Carolina,| Mr.| oo, to!San Domingo with Walter |Vick,formerly of North at a salary of $3,000 per annum. |Vick has been appointed collector lrevenues at San Domingo and Joyner will be his assistant. councilByauthorityofthe |State,Acting Governor Daughtridge||has granted a pardon to Robt,Twoed |plie who has served|‘four years of a 9-year sentence on | roads for manslaugh-|forand|for supplies. of Madison county, ithe Buncombe iter.Gov.Craig was counsel Tweed when he was convicted for this reason referred the caseithecouncilofStcdte. Andrew Joyner of Greenaboro,j of Mr.| of| to | Sprains,Bruises Stiff Muscles are quickly relieved by Sloan’s Liniment..Lay it on—-no rub-Try itbing. Ankle Sprain and Dislocated Hip. “Leprained my ankle and dislocated my hip by falling out of a third storywindow.Went on cratches for four months.Then I started to nse your Liniment,according to directions,I must say it is bens me wonderfully,We will never be without Sloan's Lini-pxpent apy pore a mson. SLOANSLINIMENT Kills Pain Splendid for Sprains. “I fell and sprained my arm a weekagoahdwaainterriblepain,I couldnotusemyhandosarmuntilIappliedyourLiniment.i _never be with-a's Bottle o Blan iipipent,"‘Mra, Fine for Stiffness. “Sloan's Liniment has done—than anything I have ever triedorstiffjoints.I got my hand hurt sobadlythatIhadtoatopworkrightinthebusiesttimeoftheyear.I thoughtreaoebiisrine—to have myIgotabottleofBigan Lgnimehtandcared my hand," more MILLINERY! Our line of Millinery is com- plete.All the newest things. Don’t fail to see our 98c.and $1.98 Hats—SPECIAL.Respectfully, MRS.MARY SIMMS.——'PHONE 180-—_107East BroadStreet. free,instructivesrionhofres,ahd Claims|Andited and Passed By the Commissioners —Payments Work at County Home. In regular monthly Mon- dis- claims against session G.Thompson, Lewis TurnerCountyHome—J. |superintendent,$40; oe wife,work,$18; .$22.85,R.M.Knox Co.$6.80,W.iD Troutman $62.70,Smith &Bros $27.27,Brown Bros.$10.20, |ville Drug Co.| States 75 cents,all for Jail—C.L.Gilbert,jailer,$107.45; Iredell Hardware Co.95 cents,Fred B.Phifer $2.45,Walle Bros:Co |$5.50,Statesville Drug Co.$1.45,al Miscellaneous —~Sheriff |destroying distillery $20, jconveying prisoner from to Mooresville and Stat:$6.25; Ed.Cornelius,coffin for pauper,$3; Abernathy Bros.,lumber,$4.89;DeputySheriffC.E.Jones,for destroy ing distillery $20,expenses in caseofprisonerbroughttoStatesville, $8.25;J.A.Arey,county's tion of salary as agricultural adviser,$41. 67;Statesvitte Sentinel,publishing |tax notice,$20;Deputy She« |bert,expenses in case of prisoner |\bronght from Mooresvill:$2;ox|penses of patient taken to Mors j ton,$7.20;W.A.Brown,} |ing prisoners to jail,oS and je |fees,etc.,$26.46;R.L.Freeze,tlandwork,$52.70;Clerk of|Hartness,application papers to Stat |Hospital,$2;H.©.Cook,court |house janitor,$40;Dr.A.Campbell,county physician,$50;city water de partment,water for jail $15,for court house $14.06;Statesville Print- ing Co,,supplies for clerk’s office $4.- 35,sheriff’s office $6.50;Mooresville Enterprise,publishing tax notice, $7.25;Moore &Moore,livery Chairman Feimster,$34;Statesville Drug Co.,drugs,$6.45. George’McDaniels of Sharpesburg|township was exempted from poll taxandplacedonthepauperlistonac-count of his health. The Solomon Construction Compa-ny was ee $1,500,and Hunt Bros.were paid $1,000 for Work on the new county home, architects,were paid $554 on county home plans.The commissioners received com-pensation for the quarter as follows: M.A.Feimster $10,R.C.Little $13.- 50,W.L.Matheson $20,N.A.Lew- is'$15,R.F.Gaither $18;J.E.Boyd,|clerking for board,$55.20;L.C.Cald- well,county attorney,$25.Clerk of Court Hartness filed his report,which was ordered audited by the county”attorney and chair-man of the board of commissioners,and then published. porpo the The best safeguard against croup is a bot-tle éf Sotedt He and Tar Compound inthehouse.ah Ginn,Middleton,Ga.,somes:‘uy children are very susceptiblecroup,easily catch cold.I give them+"Folsy's Honey and Ta:Compound and in“fevery instance they get prompt relief andaresooncured,We keep it at home andpreven.|croup.”For aale StatesvillebyDrugCo,‘ bad P Star Milling} wr | up-j we Si about Waco and oneo riff Gil-| for| and Wheeler &Stern,| Mr.Watt Opens a Gusher Well 4 His Texas Farm. A clipping from the Waco (Te ot oes News of recent date tells of | “gnaher”artesian well on the farm| af Mr.W.T.Watt of Waco.Mr.| Watt,who is a North Carolinian,a |brother of Mr.N.P.Watt of States- |ville and Messrs.J.N.and P.V. |Watt of Stony Point,is a wealthy| banker of Waco and owns a farm of 650 geres a half miles from town,on whi he has a summer home.To get iter to irrigate and to maintain a lake for fish he began| drilling a well and at a depth of 1950 fect struck a flow of water of a tem- perature of and of such volumé that it ¢40 feet above the ground level The water gets! warmer as the well is sunk deeper and Mr.Watt will sink it 30 or 40 feet additional to ascertain the re- sult.Siiilar have been sunk well now fur- nishes the city water department of gallons of hot arte two anda 104 degre ishes with millior ian water Mr.Watt has this section sev« known to many readers. visited relatives in ral timed and is well of The Landmark’s| BE JEALOUS OF THE BEAUTY OF YOUR HAIR.| In other words,be careful of it.) The beauty of your hair depends up- on its health If it’s beautiful,it’s healthy.._To make it glossy,bright, silky-seft—to make it fall more eas- ily into the graceful,wavy folds of the coiffure@to make it stay where you put it e Harmony Hair Bean-| tifier.This dainty liquid dressing is just.what it is named—a beautifier. If your hair is beautiful now,use it to make it even more so,and to} preserve its loveliness.If it is ner beautiful now,Harmony Hair Beau- tifier will improve its appearance in | a’way to please you,or money back.| Its rose fragrance will overcomethe | oily smell of your hair.Easy to ap- |ply—simply sprinkle a little on your | |hair each time before’brushing it.) |Contains no oil;will not change col-| |or ofthair,nor darken gray hair.To keep hair and scalp dandruff- |free and clean,use Harmony Sham- |poo,This pure liquid shampoo gives|an instantaneous rich lather that im- mediately penetrates to every part lof hair’and scalp,insuring a uick,| thorough cleansing.Washedo just| las quickly,the entire operation takes|jonly a few moments.Contains no-| |thing that can harm the hair;leaves| \no harshness or stickiness—just “a | |sweet cleanliness.Both preparations come in odd- |s haped,very ornamental bottles,with |sprinkler tops.Harmony HairBeauti- fier,$1.Harmony Shampoo,50c.Both |guaranteed to satisfy you in every|way,or your money back.Sold in |this community only at our store—|The Rexall Store—one of the more \than 7,000 leading drug stores of the|United.States,Canada and Great |Britain,which own the big Harmony |laboratories in Boston,where —the |many celebrated Harmony Perfumes and Toilet Preparations are made.Statesville Drug Co.,|Uptown Store,Center Street;.Boulevard Hay Western Avenue,Statesville, j l What Does Your |Flour Cost You? Few housewives give serious thought to the actual cost of flour made into bread.Often they are influenced by the first cost of flour without consid- ering the additional cost of ingredients. It will surprise a great many people to know that our self-rising SAVE TROU-BLE FLOUR is the cheapest they can buy—as well as the best. It is cheaper because.it eliminates en- tirely eleven pounds of ingredients which must go into a barrel of flour to make it up into bread. The ingredients consist of eight pounds of baking powder at a cost of 25c.perpound,makinga total cost of $2.00 foronebarrelofflour.This does not in-clude the additional cost of 2 1-2 poundsofsaltwhichmustalsobeadded. As the ingredients are most carefully proportioned and mixed in our SAVETROUBLEatacosttoyouofonly80 cents a barrel over the best patent flours sold in this city,you will see that on every 48 pound sack of SAVE TROUBLE you actually effect a sav- ing of 30 cents. As a flour of quality you will appreci-ate its worth when we tell you thatanumberofhousewiveshaveadvisedus that in the future they never expect to be without Save Trouble.They haveareason—two reasons in fact—QUAL-ITY and PRICE.Isn’t it worth while your investigation.’Phone to yourgrocerfora24poundsacktoday.Youwillsave15centsinyourpurchaseandgetaflourthatiswithoutanequalon this market. If your grocer does not carry this flour call phone No.98 and we will advise you where you can get it. STATESVILLE FLOUR ae00. MONEY—To lean.AddressDex ..ville,N.C, FORBt RENT—Twe fire€-class 4-horse farms,|1,B BRISTOL.Nov.11, rr PUBLISHED ‘TUESDAY FRIDAY, 120 WEST BROAD STREET, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: WATCH~-Watch the label on your ‘paper.If renewals are not in.by.date on label,paper will be stopped. bere aepnonneces, FRIDAY,---December 5,1913. The Landmark 4a beholden to the Greensboro News fe»directing its at- tention to the very clear and inter- esting statement of a distinguished Englishman anent the Gettysburg cel- ebration and the reasons therefor. The.Englishman’s further statement that we have preserved State’s rights with such tenacity “that a man may be married in one State and not,mar- ried in another,”isn’t so far wrong: ‘The action of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference on tobacco is one of the’signs of the times.The sentiment of the Confer- ence was overwhelmingly in favor of prohibiting the use of tobacco in the Church schools and requiring candi- dates for the ministry to abstain. The leaven is working against tobac- co.This generation will not see it put under the ban but the next will in all probability. Col.Al.Fairbrother,who issues a publication when the spirit moves him and quits when he gets ready, has revived Everything at Greens- boro.The publication is issued weekly in newspaper form instead of monthly in magazine form,as for- merly.Everything is unique and interesting as always.The Land- mark is pleased to hear from the colonel weekly and here’s hoping that Everything will prosper.ST They’re having a “higher up”in- vestigation in Mississippi that is bringing results.As one result of this investigation nine State officers or former officers hnve been convict- ed of criminal ¢harges and several of them are serving penitentiary.sen- tences.The Lieutenant Governor of the State and a State Senator were arrested this week on an incictmcnt charging them with soliciting bribes. Let the good work go on. The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Gbserver,discussing rumors of an impending revolt in the State,quotes Editor Farriss of High Point as saying “the people fear that Senator Simmons is building up a machine.”That’s a great joke,to be sure.They do Senator Simmons wrong.He isn’t building up a ma chine.He is simply keeping in ex- cellent repair the very fine machine he has had all along.The Senator’s machine didn’t produce desired re- sults in 1908 but it more than made good in 1912.The fear at this day that Senator Simmons is “building up a machine”—well,Editor Farriss must have been joking.NN Among the many excellent prece dents set by President Wilson is the habit of saying what he has to say in few words.President's messages have always been a burden to news- papers and were read by few people. Encumbered with long department reports,the recommendations of the President were buried in a mass of other matter.Addressing Congress Tuesday,President Wilson left the department reports to speak for themselves and in his own behalf made a direct and plain statement of such facts as he wanted to bring to the attention of Congress The Landmark gives a pretty full sum- mary of the message on another page.Aside from his statement of the Mexican situation and his recom mendation for presidential preference primaries,the Pres.gent gave most attention to the pending currency bill and urged on Congress,in nection therewith,to provide a sy tem of rural credits for farmers.In fact the President gave more atten- tion to agricultural interests than to any other subject.The message the utterance of a settesman and its directness and simplicity are worthy of the high commendation it has re ceived con- 8 00 ;Asheville Some of the orpershave ex-as desire to know just what 8 the administration’spole.toward Mexico.The President has told them in his message.It is a “policy of watchful waiting.”St The punishment imposed in theliquorcasesisnotof course in proportion to the offence, for it'is small punishment toa man of means to pay a fine;and’a fine of $2,000 imposed on a man of wealth is not as much-of a burden as’2 fine of.$25 imposed on one without.means. These remarks,however,are not a criticism of Judge Carter.He did the best he could under the circumstances. The publicity given the °Asheville cases is the greatest punishment to those involved and it may be of bene- fit in the future. aeenerenaenealeeenmnmall Estimated Value of ‘North Carolina Crops., Raleigh Dispatch. North Carolina’s harvest this year in value will equal the assessment for taxation of all her farm lands, estimates Commissioner Graham in his report to the State Board of Ag- riculture.In spite of floods in some sections,drought in others and storms of unususl severity and dura- tion,he says,there will be gathered, so far as the market price is con- cerned,the most valuable crops ever harvested in this State.: The assessed value of farm lands is $230.597,000;the crops Major Gra- ham estimates to be worth $232,082,- 199,and this does not include by- products.The chief crops and their estimated yields follow:Corn including forage,$65,000,000; wheat,including straw,$10,000,000; oats,’including ‘straw,$4,000,000; hay,$6,000,000;tobacco,$30,000,000; cotton and seed,(800,000 bales),$62,- 000,000;Irish potatoes,$1,500,000; sweet potatoes,$4,000,000;peanuts, $6,000,000;peas and beans,$2,000,- 000;hogs,pork and stock,$17,000,- 000;horses and mules,$1,500,000; cattle,$2,000,000;rye,$500,000; apples,$600,000;dairy products,$1,- 787,245;poultry and eggs,$8,094,954.Total,$232,082,199.: This does not include berries,can- ned goods,vegetables,truck,buck-wheat,honey and molasses.This remarkable exhibit,says the commissioner,has been produced by the adult farmer and is the result in a large measure of the teachings of the Department of Agriculture through its institutes and demonstra- tion work.Mr.Graham states that the minds of this class of citizens cre fully developed and must be appealed to through the “show me”method, or object lessons. Army Bill Passed. The House Wednesday passed the Hay army volunteer bill that in va- rying forms has been talked of at |the capitol for many years.The bill would put war volunteer forces on an equal footing with the regular army.It would provide that when- jever in the President's judgment war jis imminent or actually exists the |President may organize lregiments for war purposes. The|;amen,instead of enlisting for a short) |period as in past wars,would enlist “for the war.”The President would appoint all officers,not four regular officers to be appointed to any one volunteer regiment.The volunteer force thus formed would |supplement the existingee:;;Guard or militia,witn which the j would not interfere. |Republican Leader Mann is the belief that the bill was being put through now to be ready for |Mexico. bill |Twenty-Eight Perish House Fire. in Ledging re which swept the upper floors of |the Arcadia Hotel,a Boston lodging jhouse.early Wednesday.Others are |missing,Scores were taken to hospi- |tals suffering from burns and injuries |received in jumping from windows. |Nearly ali the bodies were so mu- |tilated as to make identification im- |possible.The victims were men in }poor circumstances.Caught in the jcrowded bunks on the top floor of the five-story brick building and in the |xmall rooms on the fourth floor they| |were helpless.When they were aroused the stairways were in flames. The fire apparently started in a hall- |way closet on the street floor. And now Judge Clark of The Lend-| mark is trying to hit Judge Clark of the Supreme Court over the head with |Temperance and Bible Reading. In addition to the resolutions men- volunteer | more than | National | express-| Twenty-eight men were killed in a} LIVE ITEMS OF‘STATE NEWS. Accidents,Crimes and Other Inci-dents of Life in the Old North State.Lovelady township,Caldwell coun-ty,has.voted $25,000 of bonds forroadimprovement.: Congressman Stedman has rec-ommended W.G.Bradshaw for post-master at High Point.os J.P:Stancill,the Republican post-master at Smithfield,has resigned and yet there are no signs that.themillennium’is at hand.aeDespondentonaccountof —ill health,Dr.N.H.Street,a wellknownphysician,shot himself todeathathishomeinNewBerne. Miss Mayme Wilcox,a native of Ashe county,and Solicitor Thos.M.Newland of Lenoir were married in Washington Wednesday afternoon. It is stated that woman suffrageclubshavebeenorganizedatfive points in.the State—Asheville,Mor- ganton,Charlotte,Winston-SalemandBakersville.A.P.Bump,about 60 years old, living near Wilmington,committed suicide by shooting himself.He left a note in which he assigned failing health as the cause.i The two Newton banks have bought the $25,000 of road bonds issued by Newton township.Par was paid for the bonds less $1,000 for commis- sions.and attorney fees. Davidson county,in some.respects one of the most unprogressive coun- ties in the State,has cut off the ap- propriation for farm demonstration work to save the expense. Company C,of Rocky Mount,Sec- ond Regiment of the State troops,has been ordered disbanded by Adjutant General Young because of the fail- ure of its members to attend the drills and to comply properly with the oth- er regulations. There is a good deal of mystery in connection with the murder of B,B. Carter in Cherlotte Scturday night. Two of the men arrested in connec- tion with the murder have been dis- charged.The two still in custody «re Nick Johnson and Brady MeNelis. Such of the whiskey seized in the recent Asheville raids as was fit for medical use was sent to a charity hos- pital.“The remainder,stored inthe jail,was emptied~into the sewer through a bath tub.As much of the whiskey was in pint bottles it was quite a job to empty it. Gov.Craig a few days ago par- Fresh English Walnuts, Brazil Nuts, Almonds,’ Mixed Nuts, Cocoanuts. Miller-McLain Supply Co. doned Jane Bennett of Watauga ‘eounty,a woman about 60 years old | who had served about five years of a} 15-year sentence for second degree| murder.Pardoned:on the ground| that she killed her victim under very| provoking circumstances.| The Dispatch says that Dr.Cath ell,who assaulted Prof.Woolsey in Lexington Wednesday night of last week,surrendered to a policemanthe | same night and gave $25 bond for his | jappearance on Friday,at which time| lhe was fined $50 and cost.It is re-| |ported that Prof.Woolsey will bring| suit for damages.| Sidna Allen,the noted Virginia| |murderer,was under bond to appear| at the present term of Federal court| lin Greensboro to answer a charge of | blockading,but inasmuch as Sidna is serving a 30-year term in the Virgin- ia State prison for murder he could- jn’t well appear and Judge Boyd re- leased his bondsmen. At a meeting of the advisory com- mittees and officers of the Just | |Freight Rate Association,in Greens-| bore Tuesday night,resolutionswere | {adopted severely denouncing the ‘chambers of commerce of Richmond, |Norfolk,Petersburg and Roanoke,| |Va.,for their interference with the jattempt of North Carolina to secure |more equitable freight rates, |Senater Overman has reintroduced ‘his road bill,providing that the Fed- ‘eral government shall appropriate $500,000 a year for ten years for good road work,the smount to be in- creased $25,000 each year.So State jor county can get any of the money unless it puts up an equal amount. It is figured that North Carolina lcould get a million from the Federal Treasury under this bill end Senator Overman’s friends won't let this be forgotten next summer. |Five mites from’Winston Tuesday |evening Rufus McKinnamon was shot ‘and killed by his son,John,24 years lold.The son said he went home and \found his father,who was drinking, labusing his mother and sister.He |protested and his father threatened \to kill the family and got his gun. When You Have a Friend or Rela- tive Ill in the Hospital or in the Home,Send Some Flowers! There’s nothing except your own presence,as cheering to the sick and as delightful as fragrant flowers. No flowers sent by parcel post. Van Lindley (o., FLORISTS TO THE SOUTH, GREENSBORO,N.C. Polk Gray Drug (o., Local Agents. [MILLINERY'!| CLOSING OUT SALE on.Don't fail to see our line of Hats,Corsets,Belts,Gloves, Collars,etc. MRS.MARY SIMMS."PHONE 180-—107 East Broad Street. now INSTALL A PUMP. Now that your winter seed are in call and figure with me on install- ing a pump. W E.MUNDAY. ie "Phone 66.114 East Hroad Street. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having qualified as saministrator of the estate of J.M.Long,deceased,this is to notify all persons having claims against anid estate to present therm to the undersigned on or before Nov.11,1914 or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to enid estate ore required to make immediate settlement W.H.LONG, R.T.Wentherman,Administrator, Nov.il,1915NOTICETOCREDITORS. J.W.Nicholson,a member of the firm of J.W.Nicholson &Co,having died,all per- son«having claims against said firm will exhibit them ‘to undersigned surviving partner on or before the 19th daydf September,1914, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery.All persons indebted to said part- nership will please make prompt settlernent. W.T.NICHOLSON, Surviving Partner. The business of J.W.Nicholson &Co., Funeral Directors,will be continued at same Atty "ouQuen’Chisins Gi, iTheBestNoneTooGoodFor Her. -How About Parisian Ivory Toilet Set Simple Elegance,Many Styles. Come and Satisfy Yourself. THE STORE OF QUALITY. Statesville Drug Co., }istmashills |? By Parcel Post! Long years ago we had to pullmanymilesthroughthemudtodoourChristmasshopping,butmanychangeshavebeenwrought.Among the many advancements for your convenience has come The Parcel Post Service For-almost a year we have sent all goods ordered by mail or ’phone to the doors of our customers postage prepaid within a few hours after the order reaches us.Every order sent us is given our personal attention and filled with the utmost care and with the as- surance that you get Your-Money’s-Worth-or-Money-Back thus giving you practically the same advantage as you would have in mak- ing you selections in person over the counter. Not Necessary to Remit With Order Just write Or phone your order with- out troubling to send remittance anda statement of the amount purchased will go forward in the package and this can be sent us later.This isa part of our high class mail order service. RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON CO. THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POST SERVICE. the “Bible Amendment.”The law-/tioned elsewhere,the Methodist Con place,543 Center St.and under same name.-|He took the gun away from his Day “phone 157,night and Sunday ‘phones yer need not fear the editor on this ference in Charlotte adopted resolu-|father and shot him twice,reloading issue for the lawyer is right and the |tions favoring an amendment to theeditoriswrong.—Charity and Chil-|Federal constitution forbidding thedren.|transportation and exportation of in- That is to say,the lawyer is right |toxicating liquors as a beverage,andandtheeditorwrong,in the opinion ielso a law forbidding the use of tho of Editor Johnson.If Editor John-|mails to any publication that carriessontookthepainstoreadwhatThe|advertisements of liquor,morphine, Landmark said to Judge Clark he|cocaine or similar drugs.The Con- should know that there was no dis-iference would also inhibit the use of cussion at all of the merits of the |the mails for circularizing dry terri- Bible amendment and no statement |tory and soliciting orders for liquor.of this paper’s views thereon.Taking|The Conference clso went on record note of Judge Clark's criticism of the |in favor of reading the Bible in the lobbying during the extra session of |public schools.the Legislature,The Landmark srid} it had no doubt that the lobby exist-|Huerta Insists That He Will Stay on re itis always there when a Legisla-the Job. ure is in session.But while Judge!The enunciati i 7Clarkcomplainedthatalobbydefeat-|policy Soomre tae %cena Brae: ed the submission of the ‘initiative |dent Huerta of Mexico.He says:: _—referendum—which this paper “I have no intention of yielding. avors—The Landmark asked him to|Should this fighting in Mexico con- state whether it was a greater offonce |tinue for years I shall continue to to lobby against the initiative and |do my partin it if I am still alive.” referendum,pointing out that Judge General Huerta declared that ‘the Clark had written a Catholic friend |country was self-supporting and that in Wa se |iWilmington,urging him to arouse |forced loans,if made eBsa the Catholics against the Bible |would enable him to resisti efinite. amendment and saying it would be|ly.So long as he was able ‘to obtain easier to defeat the amendment in the|American 4il he did not regard the Legislature than before the people.|shutting off of native oil from the Now since Dr.Johnson has butted in/railways as vital . to help his friend,the lawyer,were:|==°ery ask him to state whethor;Fleetrie Light For Taylorsville. +«Mime bear "acca lobbying|Taylorsville Scout. with clean hands when he was tryin nenet :irate und Ubtey 40 actont 2 ee a re Cotton Mill oe Pd?and if Jud “lark =[ore into a”contract —to oppo udge Clark has |the town ten elect ligharighttolobbyhavenotthe“lesser|years,ere eeebreedswithoutthelaw”the same , privilege?The merits of the Bibleaiveniimentartdtheinitiativeand PE a ea =past Foley's Honey and referendum are not in this discussion.|dy for sl eowehe,colds at tee a abies.The issne lobbying.Now,man |it has given permanent.relief in a paubetotherofCharityandofcasesofobstinatecoughsandcolds.”Con-tains no opiates.Refuse substiChildren.answer sale by Statesville Drug Co.mic hes has furnish for two seteeeeetemteammennmeamnmemenmnnmamemnen’ i Georgetown,Texas.:i.A.‘Kimbro,says: the gun to fire a second time.He felaims self-defence and his mother land sister corroborate him.It is not |probable that he will be prosecuted. Revenue Officer J.Frank Miller jand others made a raid in Montgom- lery county a few days ago and found la manand a woman operating an il- |lieit distillery.The man fled to the timber and the woman was taken in charge.A little later a muzzle of a gun appeared in view of the officers and with a demand to “turn that wo- man loose.”Demand was not en- forced and the officers say the fellow ran again,but that they turned the woman loose when they found out all they wanted to know,which may have been about-the time the gun was pointed at them.el ADVERTISED LETTERS.*Following ia a list of letters remaining fh the postoffice at Statesville,N.C.,for the werk ending December 2,1913. Dr.L.Shaw Andre,Mra.Letha Bunton, Mrs.Lottie Campbell,Thomas Campbell, Allen Cember,Glen Childers,Milas Colbert, Osborn Lackey,Mra,D.P.Miller,V.©. Miller,Mrs.Fannie Morrison,John G.Pope, Dr.Henry Lee Sloan,Andrew Stuart,Mag- fe Watts,Miss Amanda White,Andrew Wil- liams.Persona calling for any of the above willertisedxpleasecallfar“advDEWEY L.RAYMER,P.M.© SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. The undersigned administrator of the estate‘of Lée Thomas,deceased,will sell at publicauctiontothehighestbidderforcashatthehomeplaceofthedeceasedinConcordtown- ship,onFRIDAY,DECEMBER 12,1913, all of the personal property of said deceased,consisting of household effects,live stock, corn,,wheat,farming utensila,ete.Sale will commence at 10 o'clock,a.m.,L CG.STEVENSON,Administrator. 222 and 2269.Statesville,N.C. Sept.19 1918. COMMISSIOSER’S SALEHOUSEANDLOT. Thomas Campbell,William Ida Campbell-Johnaon,ex parte Under and by virtue of an order of sale made by Jas.A.Hartness,clerk of the Su- perior Court of Iredell county,in the above entitled cause,the undersigned commission- er will onTHURSDAY,DECEMBER ii,1913, at 12 o'clock m.,at the court house door of Iredell county,sell to the highest bidder at public auction,the follewing described house and lot,situated in Statesville,N.C.:Begin- ning with a sassafras on the road and run- ning thence south with the road 105 feet; thence west 105 feet;thence north 105 feet; thence east 105 feet,to the beginning,con- taining one-fourth of an acre more or less Terma of sale—Cash on confirmation of sale.ZEB.V.LONG, R.Lee Wright,Atty.Commissioner. Nov.11—4tw. COMMISSIONERS’RE‘SALE OF LAND. OF Campbell and North Carolina,Iredell County. In the matter of J.F.Cash and others,ex parte.Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Iredell county,mmde in he above entitled special;pr ing,the Endersinned commissioners \will.on MONDAY,DECEMBER 15,1913, at 12 o'clock,noon,at the court house door in Iredell county,North Carolina,offer for re-sale to the highest bidder for cash,that cer- tain.tract of land lying and being in Eagle Mills township,in Iredell county,North Carolina,described as follows,to-wit : Beginning at a stone,Rezin Cash's old corner;thence west 79 poles to a stope: thence south 88 poles to a stone;thence east 79 poles to a stone;thence north 88 ea to the beginning,containing 40 acres, more of less,and being the identical tract of land conveyed by Rezin Cash to James Cash by deed dated March 10,1865,and re- corded in book No.10 at page 546 of the records of deeds of Iredell county. Bidding will begin at the advanced bid of $526.Terms of sale cash upon confirma- tion of sale.R.T.WEATHERMAN, R.B.McLaughlin;Atty.Nov.21,1913. Vv.LONG,*Cor Things Useful and Needed! The Barler Ideal Oil Heater for the bath room,,Roasters and Carving Knives for the Thanksgiving Turkey, Butcher Knives and Meat Choppers for hog-killing day,Buggy Robes to keep off the cold on your way to church.These are a tew of the things you .will need.Our stock is complete and prices are low.Hot or cold,you will always find a welcome at our store. If you happen to be one who has an account with us of long standing, don’t stay out in the cold and suffer. Be brave and come right in and let’s talk it over.It will be easier tomake things right,now,than to delay. We want you to be happy Thanks- giving and Christmas,and forever, for that matter,but there are somé folks we have it up our sleeve to keep disturbed unless they come in and square up.Yours truly, Nov,14,1913. l Lazenby -Montgomery Yardware Co. the lead. ment. . Count the cars in your town and it’s bright dollars to red t cents you'll find the Ford in It’s the one car you can rely on at all times-—and under all conditions. car your neighbors buy. Five hundred dollars is the new_price of the Ford runabuut;the touriag car is five fifty;the town car seven fifty— all f.o.b.Detroit,complete with equip- Get catalog and particularsfrom The Carolina Motor Co ,Statesville,N. Kanes C.,or G.L.McKnight,Mooresville,N. NM berremeeeenrer er == enone It’s the Mayer Dry Sox!© The Ideal Wet Weather Shoes keep feet dry and warm.Notice the sturdy construction of these wonderful shoes. outer soles;cork lining between outer and inner sole;special oiled silk lining between upper leather and inner lining;rubber welt sew- ed in with leather welt;double layer of leather over toes;extra long tanned oak counters;steel shank to strengthen and hold the shape; extra high quality uppers;leather lined throughout;rubber heels. careful inspection ry construction. Mayer Dry Sox Shoes are ideal wet weather shoes.They afford protection against snow,slush,rain,cold or dampness. solid throughout and as stylish looking as any up-to-date dress shoes. This is another striking illustration of the quality of Mayer Honorbilt Shoes.No better values are obtainable anywhere. We want you to call at our store and give this famous shoe your It will be a pleasure to show you its extraordina- Heavy oak tanned They are Very respectfully, Poston-Wasson Comp’y. CASH—LUMBER!42 PRICES AND MEASUREMENT—- We will please you with both. Correspondence solicited from buyers and sellers. PHENIX PLANING MILL COMPANY, R.JACKSON Manager.Independent 43Photes}~"£ Nov.7—26t. Nov.21-—-8t Hickory,N.C. |R.M.Freeland or C.L.Whitener, a Carpets,Rugs,Linoleums!arpets,hUgS,LINOEUMS: BEST QUALITY.LOWEST PRICES. A|tAey8:fb We have the goods.Anything in Floor Coverings. Oor stock is too large to quote prices.Virit our store and see a big assortment of Oneida Body Brus- selx,Electra Axminster aud Shuttleworth.Wilton tugs,in all sizes.\ We bavea big stock of Inlaid and Printed Linole- unie and Floor Oil Cloth. Don’t paint your floors,Use our Fiber Rug Border. Looks just like hard-wood floor.We put it down, We have been selling gifts for Christmas’for severalweeks,They were left to be delivered later.Come in early and get firat choice.Will deliver any time. You want what you want when you want it,and we have it.Come and see us, Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co. Reser .x HORSES FOR SALE!||Ham and Hens Eight Percheron Mares with |Wheh you want to buy a foal,3 to 5 years old,aver-Ham don’t fail to see me. age 1,400 pounds.Also ten I am selling the best HamHorsesfrom3to6years|ae _et at only 20c. old,average 1,000 to 1,500 |Aig spounds.qt A fine bunch “oft Brown|Leghorn Hens for sale. |D J.KIMBALL. rHE LANDMARK PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. 12@ WEST BROAD STREET.TELEPHONE NO.14. FRIDAY,---December 5,1913. GLIMPSE OF PASSING THRONG. Personal Mention of People and Their ee Movements. Mr.Clayton L.Lackey has returned to Asheville after spending a few days with home folks here. Miss Nora Neal Foard,who spent the Thanksgiving holidays at home, returned to Davenport College,Le- noir,Tuesday.fi Mrs.B.C.Griffin and little daugh- ter,Virginia,and Mrs.Fred Long and two children,who were here on ac- count of the illness of their mother, Mrs.J.M.Davis,returned this week to their homes at Marshville and Ca-tawba,respectively. Mrs.Fred Barkley and child,who visited Mr.Barkley’s relatives in Statesville,have returned to their home in Gastonia. Mrs.Jas.M.Ramsey and little son, James,are visiting.Mrs.W.‘ Hanks in Charlotte while Mr.Ram- sey is in Charleston,8.C.,on busi- ness.; Mr.Jas.Mac.Connelly left Wed- nesday for a trip to Dallas,Texas. Miss Margaret Click,who visited Miss Lucile Kimball,has returned to her home in Elkin. Mr.J.O.Wardwell of Boston ar- JFFICE: rived in Statesville Wednesday to spend several days shooting quail on the Coffey hunting preserves in the county.Mr.Wardwell is accom- panied by Mrs.Wardwell and Miss Barnes.Miss Marie Harrison left Wednes- day night for a visit to New York city. Mr.Thos.MrAuley of the vicinity of Huntersville,who had been visit- ing Mr.W.B.Parks at Barium,spent Tuesday night in Statesville with Mr. and Mrs.C.H.Summers. Dr.Plato Bingham of Newport, Tenn.,Dr.R.K.Bingham and Mr. Ed.Bingham of Boone and Mr.C. L.Miller from Lacrosse,Wash.,visit- ed Mrs.N.A.Bingham this week, The two first named are sons of Mrs. Bingham and the last two are neph- ews. Dr.E.A.Hall returned Wednes- day from Greenville.Miss.,where he spent three weeks with relatives. Mr.J.F who has been at home for a week,will return to Win- ston-Salem probably tomorrow. Mr.W.M.Westmoreland returned yesterday from Florida,where he spent several weeks. Mr.C.E..McKesson spent Tuesday night in Statesville with his son,Mr. L.W.MacKesson,returning to Mor- ganton Wednesday noon. Mrs.Ellen Morrison hes returned from an extended visit to her daugh- ter,Mrs.J.D.Stocker,at Jermyn, Pa. Mr.E.L.Hedrick of Taylorsville, who has a position in the revenue ser- vice under Revenue Agent Vander- ford,went to Asheville Tuesday to go on the job regularly. Mrs.F.M.Scroggs of Morganton spent a few hours in town Wednes- day.She was en route home from Charlotte,where she spent a week with relatives and attended Confer ence Scroggs, Notices of New Advertisements. Economy at Belk Bros’. Pianos at a reduction ard.Reliable ammunition ware Co. Watch next issue of The Landmark for Mills &Poston’s ad J.8.Leon Iredell Hard ANOTHER DECEMBER WEDDING Beall-Colvert:.Announcement-—Pre- 'Nuptial For Miss Guy-——-Other So- cial Affairs. Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Caroline Moore Beall of Linwood and Mr.James Cliffton Colvert of Balti-more.Miss Beall is the only daugh-ter of the late Dr.J.F.Beall of Lin- wood.Mr.Colvert is the youngest son of Mr.and Mrs.J.E.Colvert ofStatesville.He is now:employed with the Baltimore &Ohio railroadinBaltimore.The marriage will take place December 27 at “Beall- mont,”the home of Miss Beall’s mother,at Linwood.It will be a quict home wedding and no invita- tions will be issued.Guests to the number.of 80 or more were pleasantly entertained Wednes- day evening *by Miss Mary Austin Glover,at her home on Center street,the event being in honor of her guest,Miss Katherine Claywell of Morganton.Three rooms,all at- tractively decorated with beautiful flowers,were thrown open to the guests.Hearts was the game of the evening and Miss Mabel Laugenourwontheladies’prize,a pair of silver MONEY! Don’t carry money on your person! Don’t keep money in your homes!It may be lost,stolen or destroyed—possibly the knowledge of your possessing it may endan- ger your life! It is not safe;it earns you nothing;it does no one any good.DEPOSIT IT IN A BANK! It will be safe and used legitimately inthe up-building of the community.5 It can always be obtained on demand,and in making your payments your checks are a validry. If deposited upon certificate,four per cent in-terest will be.allowed.This bank solicits your deposits—either upon checking account or upon certificate. >> > ) b> > > > > > ) 19 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 . b> > > >> > >> ) 93 9 3 9 3 9 9 3 9 2 SP dd > d > » ) §3 9 3 9 3 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 9 9 )$100,000|eRe)[CAPITAL oe.SURPLUS&PROFITS...... slipper buckles,.while the gentle-men’s prize,a set of coat hangers, went to Mr.E.G.Gaither.A salad course,followed by ice cream and cake,was served. The Newton Enterprise says Miss- es Mary and Anna Rowe entertained at the home of their mother,Mrs.J. D.Rowe,three miles from Conover, last Friday evening in honor of a number of guests from Hickory and Statesville.The Statesville guests were Misses Jessie Massey and Kate Finley of the graded school faculty. Reported for The Landmark. The party given in honor af Miss Lura Guy,bride-elect,by Misses Flora Lewis and Charlye Tomlin at the Tomlin*home on Davie avenue,was attended by about 36 guests.A lively game of hearts was played in which Mrs.E.M.Yount was success ful and was given a hand-embroider- ed apron.In the hall where Misses Lewis and Tomlin received the dec- orations were white chrysanthemums and ferns.Ivy and pink flowers with stands of white hyacinths and nar- cissus formed the parlor decorations. From the chandelier to the four cor- ners of the parlor pink.hearts were in evidence,while from the center a miniature bride was suspended.In the library yellow and green prevail ed At the end of the games a salad| course with oysters,coffee and | stuffed dates,was served.The ta- bles were then cleared and each guest wa given a ecard and envelope to write good wishes for the bride-elect, which are not to be read by her until she is on her wedding trip.After this was over Mrs.W.H.Tomlin be-| gan playing the wedding march and two dainty little maidens,Catherine Neely and Lydia Dye,clad in white} shadow lace,marched to the strain | carrying an attractive white basket filled with daintily wrapped pack ayes for Miss Guy.When the basket | was handed Miss Guy excitement ran high as the bundles were unwrapped, revealing numerous gifts in hand-em broidered linens which friends had showered upon the bride.Out-of town guests were Miss Mary Flowers of Rock Hill and Miss Miriam Yount of Conover First Baptist Philathea Class—Call- ed Meeting on the 10th. At a recent meeting thé Philathea jelass of the First Baptist church elected the following officers:Miss |Mary Watson Shaw vice pr president,Mra.J.H. dent,Miss Alice Har Mayer dry sox.—Poston-Wasson Co.Work boxes and tourist ase R P.Allison, Your queen’s Christma Statesville Drug Co Mis’Beauty at the Monday evening. gift Flowers for the sick roon Polk Gray Drug Co.,local ag Closing-out sale of millinery Mrs.Mary Simms. Read the growth of the Mcrenant &Farmers’Bank. Pointer lost.—Harold Yount Lady salesman of ability wanted for outdoor work.»Addr«care The Landmark. Storeroom for rent.—Dr.J.E.Me Laughlin.Cabbage plants——Mrs.J.D.Ost walt.Improved land for le—L.L Walker,Hiddenito.Household articles for Apply at 318 Walnut street |Mr.Ledbetter’s Promotion -Worthy Young Man Who Stands High. The Landmark mentioned recently ville,had been promoted from ticket clerk and telegraph operator in the office of the Seaboard Air Line rail- way at Columbia,8,C.,to city pas- senger and ticket agent.The Colum- bia (S.C.)Daily Record,mentioning the fact that Mr.Ledbetter is but 25 years old and a young man to se- cure so responsible a position,quotes Mr.J.S.Etchberger,traveling pas- senger agent of the Seaboard,as say- ing that Mr.Ledbetter,while a young man,is an able and competent one. He has been with the Seaboard about eight years and is regarded as one of the most promising young men in the service.Mr.Etchberger,who rec-omemended him for the position, speaks in highest terms of Mr.Led-better and the Statesville friends oftheyoungmanandhisparentswill be pleased to know of his success. Lieut.Gov.Bilbo of MississippiandStateSenatorHobbsofthesameStatehavebeenindictedinWarren county,Miss.,for soliciting a bribeinconnectionwithlegislation. Mis’Beauty and the Others atShearer.Music Hall Monday Evening. Mis’Beauty,her charming moth- er,attractive sister;Mammy,Cook-ie,Uncle Shoddy and “de oder qual-ity niggers,”will be at Shearer Mu- eeeeR sic all Monday—December 8th.Yankee doctor finds a Southernbride.Double wedding.Come and meet them all!—ad. Nuts.—Miller-McLain Supply Co.| that Mr.N:G.Ledbetter,son of Mr.| jand Mrs.Wm.Ledbetter of States- ris secretary and treasurer,Miss |Frances Nixon press reporter,Mrs I.M.Gordon teacher and Mrs.Chas Anderson assistant teacher. The usual bus was transacted and much tere was manifested in MILLENDS3-Ply Rubber Roofing $12 nou Excellent low-cost Roofing for barns,pack houses,dairies,corn cribs,sheds,ete.Gives rotection equal to highest-priced rubber roofing.1] Roofing except in shorter lengths--two tofive picces in roll.r ing,ifa defect occurs,the ba pieceiscut outand destroyed,leavin fectly good Roofing called a mill end.Pricts on millends ing.Putupin“gh i Exactly same as our regular SpotlessInmakingourRubberRool-RRashortlengthofper- than for fulllength Roof-one hundred sqfare feet antl allow for laps.urnis with nailsand cement.Guaranteed satis-containing enough tc la: factory.1-Ply,35lbs.,Te;2-Ply,45 lbs,99;3-Ply, 65 Ibs.,$1.28 per roll.Quick shipment from Rich-mond;little freight.Free Samples and Catalog. a)674 Shockoe Lane Richmond,Va. F —— “You May Fire When You're Ready” Is ‘what Dewey said to his chief gunner when he entered Cavite Bay.What if his ammuni- tion had been of a poor quality and his gun-nery not up to the standard?He probablwouldn't have given that important orderwith such coolness But Dewey~knew that his powder had been kept dry,that it was fresh and effective and that every gun was properly charged;that every man at theguns was brave and steady and a “‘dead shot.’’Just so when you go hunting if you have confidence in the gun you're shooting,and confidence that the ammunition you shoot is loaded right and of the very best quality,you've got the battle half won We want to talk to you about reli- able guns and dependable ammunition, Please return our wire stretchers—we need them. Iredell Hardware Com’y. planning for the work of the New Year, A called meeting of the class will| be held in t adies’parlor of the} ichurch Wednesday afternoon,10th,| lat 3.30,and a nembers of the class| |are requested to be present.| }FRANCES NIXON, Press Reporter. Mr.R.H.McNeill of Washington is | in town | |4The Baptist Pastor’s Aid Socicty | |will demér te an article for ladies,| ot Ramsey Saturday and inot obtainable in |Bowles-Morrison Co.’s Monday.—advt tores, |For SALE. Two suite of parlor farniture,|Grand fine instrument,~Rosewood | |emse:pictures,china,silverware and oth- |@r Household articles Apply at 318 Wal- 1 nut street Dec.5 —6t |FOR SALE—S9 acres of improved land.See LEVI I WALKER,Hiddenite,N.( Dec.5 t* 'PFOR RENT—Storehouse on Davie avenue. DR.J.E.MeLAUGHLIN Dec,6—2t* |FOR SALE—Cabbage plants at $1 per 1.000or121-2e a hundred.MRS.J.D.OSTWALT,Statesville,R-3.Dec.5—1t* door work Permanent remunerative posi- tion for right party.State experience if any Address S.,care The Landmark.Dec.§—It LOST—Liver and white pointer bitch.Liber-al reward for return to HAROLD YOUNTorinformation.Dee.5. FOR SALE—Good Store House near depotatMtUllaand10-room dwelling suitableforboarders.State High School at place.Z L.BROWN,Mt.Ulla,N.©. Nov:21—6t*. FOR SALE—Eight horse-power I HH.C. portable Gasoline Engine,Meadows CornMill,Corn Crusher,Shafting,Belting,ete. Bargain for quick buyer.Carolina MotorCo.Nov.21. WANTED—Your order for subscriptions for all magazines and periodicals.HOTELIREDELLCIGARSTAND,‘Phone 99. Nov.18—8t. Mis’Beauty! WHO?Come and see.WHERS?Shearer Music Hall. WHEN?Monday,December 8th.’ Don’t Miss it! Work Boxes,Tourist Cases! Ladies’and Children’s Work Boxes,Lap Robes and Writing Desks in Leather and Wood.‘Tourist Cases and Bags. —=EEe SH ~otie. The latest thing in Ladies’Work Bags AT R.P.Allison’s —Book and Toy Store Get Coupons for pony contest with every purchase. WANTED—Lady salesman of ability for out | ~~A TYPEWRITER BARGAIN! os yen $60.Automatic attach. P.KNOX,Statesville,N.C.Mov.18—8t. Great End of Season Millinery Sale!} BeginsFriday,December},4 d The R.M.Knox Co’.s Owing to the fact that we have kept up our Millinery stock by express shipments all through the season,we still have a very large stock of Pattern Hats,Trimmed and Untrimmed Shapes,and as we have made up our minds to clean up again this season, they will go aad AT YOUR PRICE. If you haven’t bought now’s your chance, If you have bought buy another.You can afford it at our prices now. Big line Ladies’-and Children’s Coats,- Rain Coats and Rubbers. +3 -The R.M.Knox Com N °,°A Light for Aging Eyes Good eyesight should be protected above all things.A harsh ora flickering light strains the eyes,The soft mellow glow Rayo Lamp is the best light for reading,sewing or whenever the eyes must be used at night. The Rayo Lamp is constructed on:scientific principles.It gives the best and steadiest light. It is made of solid brass—nickel-plated.Lighted without removing chimney or shade.Easy to clean and rewick.A style for every purpose.- Ask your dealer STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington,D.C.(New Jersey)Charlotte,N.C.Richmond,Va.BALTIMORE Charleston,W.Va. Norfolk,Va.Charleston,S.C. EL O N Se g r e ke e ee RS ee l Pe e r en e ee s AA R A B A R A R V A A A A R A L A L L T II I IS I S IS , ||=~NewCottonGannery AtOil Millcan gina bale every 15 minutes.Will buy your seed cotton or gin for toll,and buy the lint and seed right on the ground at Top Prices.Giveus atrial. Satisfaction guaranteed | WR R L L L L E WR SI T S I S I I I O I I OI D OD Ie , IMPERIAL COTTON OIL.COMPANY. ‘"PHONE 205. "e2eeee ~SFOR SALE.: About 65 lots and several—houses inStatesville. S Also about 15 good Farms. a ~~;Cashor On Time.422 See me before buying,§*sW.R.MILLS,Real Estate Agent.$ SSS $806080000020686080866060 Commercial National Bank OF Capital $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits 30,000.00 Total Resources Over -590,000.00 Four per cent interest paid on time and Savings Deposits. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. W.D.TURNER,--~~President.E.MORRISON,- ~--Vice President,D.M.AUSLEY,-~-Cashier,G;B.HUGHEY,-Assistant Cashier, [AGAINST THE USE OF Teneloopé Methodist Confere:Voted toItOut,of Methodist Schools |andCandidatesFortheMinistryMustPromisetoAbstain--No Change inNameofChurchorCreed—Stand-ard of Admission For MinisterialCandidates.Raised—Statistical Re- ports—-The Appointments,teks While the Methodist Conference inCharlottelastweek:voted,16%to 25;sgaine’changing the name fromMethédist.Episcopal Church,South,to Methodist Episcopal Church ‘inAmerica,it at the same time voteddecisivelyinfavorofdropping’thewordSouth.By a close vote—87 to88—-the Conference cane to sub-stituting the words “Church of God”for the words “the holy cathdlicChurch”in the Apostle’s Creed.TheConferenceadoptedaresolutionask-ing the General Conference to ap-point a commission to confer with asimilarcommissionfromtheMetho- dist Episcopal Church with a view tosecuringorganicunionunderthenameoftheMethodistChurch:~By a.vote of 79 to 72 the Confer-ence decided to raise the standard for admission on trial,requiring candi- dates to have completed a course freshmen class of an A grade c¢ol- lege.There was a_spirited discus- sion,some contending that it wouldshutoutausefulclassofmen.Unan-imously the Conference refused —to approve a proposal to change the phrase “man and wife”to “husbandandwife”in the marriage ceremony. Rev.E,L.Bein of Winston-Salem,former presiding elder of the States- ville district,offered the following resolution,which was adopted: “Whereas,We belicve the use oftobaccoinanyformduringthepe- riod of adolescence is detrimental to the person,and whereas,we believe that the parents who patronize our institutions of learning would prefer that their sons should haye thrown around them at this time of life ev-ery wholesome rstraint,therefore be it resolved,that we recommend «to the faculties and boards of trustees of all the schools in which we have property interests that they take ac- tion in a way necessary to eliminate within two or three years the use of tobacco fro 1.the students-andfaculty.” A lively discussion resulted on thereportofacommitteerecommending that all candidates for the ministryberequiredtopromisetoabstain from the use of tobacco,Strong op-position was offered by G.T.Rowe, Plato Durham,W.R.Were and A. W.Plyler,and the resolution was de- fend by J.F.Kirk,C.H.Ireland, E.Myers and others.The sentiment was overwhelming for the resolution and it was adopted. Statistical reports show 183 local preachers in the Conference;97,290 members,an increase of 2,208;1,-801 infants and 2,590 adults baptiz- ed during the year;79 Epworth Leagues with 2,627 members;782 Sunday schools with 5,752 officers and teachers and 78,766 pupils enroll- ed;$12,000 was assessed for super-annuate preachers,widows and cr-phans of preachers and $9,544 wascollected. The Conference gave -$22,483 to foreign missions,$19,508 to domestic missions,$9,558 to education—707 more than last year;$9,606 to Church extension,$591 to American |BibleSociety,$20,010 to presiding elders, $176,286 to preachers in charge and$5,011 to bishops. There are 391 societies,832 1-2 houses of worship,valued at $2,451,- 000,on which $91,530 is owed:228 pastoral charges,195 2-2 parsonages valued at $458,025,on which $20.- 936 is owed;ten district parsonages worth $42,800,on which $5,701 -is owed.Total damages during the year amounted to $1,020.The Con- ference carried $705,000 insurance on which it paid a premium of $3,308 and collected in return $15 damages. The appointments follow: *Asheville District. A.Wood. W.Ingle. Presiding Elder-—C Asheville,Bethel.Central—J.C.-Rowe Haywood Street-F. North AshevilleWestAsheville M.Hoyie. W.FE.Poovey. D.Atkins.Biltmore and Mount Pleasant—J W.Camp-bell,C.Hi.Neal,supernumerary Black Mountain—R.FE.Hunt,W.G.Malo- nee supernumeraryBrevardStation—W.M.Robbins Brevard Cireuit—c M.Carpenter. Fair View—-E.RB.Troy. Fiat Rock--A.Burgess,supply.fendersonville—W.F.Womble.Henderson Cirevit—A.L.Latham.Hot Springe—R.H.Hasty.Leteester—J.H.GreenMarshall--J.P.Hornbuckle. Mars Hill—J.W.Hunter,supply.Mills River—To be supplied by PD.C. Thompson Spring Creek--To be supplied. Sulphur Springs—T..Groce. Swannanona—-R.F.Hunnientt. Tryon and Saluda—To be supplied.Wainut—Z.V.Johnston,Weaverville Station—E.W.President Wenverville Collewe—W.A.New-ell:vice president Weaverville Collexe,W.B.West.Missionary Conference Fox. to Cuba—-R.#.Parker.Evangelist—J.J.Barker.Charlotte DistrictPresidingElderAnsonvilie—L.L.Smith. Charlotte,Belmont Park—7.H.Bradley.Brevard Street——L A.Falla.Calvary—R.'S.Howie.Chadwick and Seversville—J.A.Sharpe. Derita—T,A.Plyler,supply. Dilworth and Big Spring—J O.Erwin.Hickory Grove—E.©.Rozzelle.Duncan Memorial and Huntersville—L.Ww.Cook,supply.Trinity-—T,F.Marr,Z,Paris,junior preach- Piato T.Durham. er.Tryon Street-—E.K.MeLarty,W.L.Nich-olson,supernumerary. Lileaville—T.GC.Jordan. Marshville—J.W.Williams.Matthews—W.L.Dawson.Monroe,Central—J H.Weaver.North Monroe—R.H.Kennington,supply.Morven—J.E.Woosley.Mount Zion—C M.Pickens.Pineville—B.F HargettPolkton—C.C.BrinkmanProspect—J.C Postelle.-Unionville—-M.T.Steele.Wadesboro—G.D.Herman. (Contfnued on Seventh Page.) California Woman Seriously Alarmed.;‘A short time ago I contracted a severecoldwhichsettledonthylingsandcausedmeagreatdealofannoyance.I would havebadcoughingspellsandmylyngsweresosoreandinflamedIbegantobeseriouslyalarmed.A friend recommended Chamber-lain’s Cough Remedy,saying she had useditforyears.I bought a bottle and it re- study that would admit them to ny Complimentary RefeFinger,Formerlyof Statesville.(943.|Mrs;Al.Fairbrother in Everything,| eco|Cut ‘Mrs.Gordon:Finger of Charlotte,who made #State reputationas clubeditorintheCharlotteObserversev-eral years ago,has been called on bythatprogressivejournaltoconductapagedevotedtoclubactivities,notonlyoftheQueenCity.but of theState.Mrs.Finger is an easy,graceful writer,who thinks andknowshowto,express her.thoughts.She is a general favorite with clubwomen.in North Carolina,amongwhomsheiswellknownand.bywhomherabilityasawriterand|club worker is recognized and ‘ap-preciated.Any page which she con-ducts will be interesting and of realvalueandtheObserveristobecon-gratulated ‘on this notable addition toitsstaff,|(Mrs.Finger is a Statesville lady,a daughter of Mr.and Mrs.W.EB.Turner of Statesville). Will Have a Monument—Wrote HisNameinMindsofMen. Fairbrother’s Everything, “A Friend”Suttle in the States-ville Landmark,recalling that it wastwoyearsagolastmonththatthegiftedandbrainyCaldwelltookhis departure from the material world,hopes that one of these days a gran-ite or bronze monument will be erect-ed to his memory by the people oftheStatewhomhelovedandwholov- ed him.It will.After a few yecrs pass Caldwell will be remembered in the manner suggested.However,for this generation no brass or bronze or granite necd proclaim his name to the curious passer by.He wrote it in the minds of men and for many years:to come people will speak en-dearingly of “Jo.Caldwell.”The liv- ing need no monument—and,“it is only the forgotten who are dead,” said George Eliot. BAD STOMACH? ONE DOSE of Mayr?’9 Wonderful Stomach Remedy aad Stomach,Liverand intes-tinal Aliments. Thousands of people,some right in your ownality,have taken Mayr’s Wonderf«a!StomachR.for Stomach,Liver and Intestina:Ailments,Qa ia,Pressureof Ges ArouwtheHeart,ir Stomach,Dietrase After Eat-ing,Nervousness.Diszsiness,Fanting tle,Sich Headaches,Constipation,Torpid . ete.,and are praising and recommending ithighlytootherssothattheymayalsoknowthysofliving,Mayr’s Wonderfal Stomac:emedy is the best and most wklely known Remedy for the above aliments.Ask your drug- giat for abottietoday.Put itto a test—one deseshouldconvince.It is marvelous in ite healing preperties and ita effects are quite natural as itactsonthesourceandfoundationofstomachaiimentaandinmoetcasesbringsquickreliefandpecmanentresulta,This highly suceessfal Remedy haa been taken by the most prominent people,and those in all walks of life,among them Members of Congress,Justice of theSupremeCourt,Educators,Lawyers,Merchanta, HMankers,Doctors,Drugg@iets,Nurses,Manutac- turers,Prieata,Mini«ters,Parmers,with lasting benefit and it should be equally succeactul inourcage.Bend for free valuable bookiet ontomachAilmentstoGeo.H.Mayr,MfChemist,15415 Whiting Street,Chicago, For sale in Statesville,N.C.,by theStatesvilleDragCoa.(two stores),andFAMILYAVOIDS“SERIOUS SICKNESS By Being Constantly Supplied With Thedford’s Black-Draught. cDuff,Va.—"‘l suffered for severalBannasaysMrs.J.B.Whittaker,oftnieplace,‘‘with sick headache,andstomach.trouble. m years a friend told me toThediond's Black-Draught,which |did,and |found it to be the best family medi-cine for young and old. I keep Biack-Draught on hand all thetimenow,and when my children feel alittlebad,they ask me for a dose,and ifdoesthemmoregoodthananymedicinetheyevertried. We never have a long spell of sick-ness in our family,since we commencedusingeee_Thedford’s Bilack-t purelyvegetable,and has been found to regu- late weak stomachs,aid digestion,re-lieve indigestion,colic,wind,nausea,headache,sick stomach,‘and similassymptoms.4 It has been in constant use for morethan70.and has benefited more thas &millionpeople.‘s druggist sells and recommenBingeDrat,Price only 25c.GetaPackagevsN.C.128 New Goods Being Added All the Time. 4 Watches,Clocks and Jewelry promptly and carefully repair- ed,and all kinds of hand en-— graving ‘:ian |eee Paxton &Daywalt’s, Next door to 5c.and 10c.store. ATTRACTIVE FARM. 64 acres fine farm land.Well wateredand200,000 feet of pine timper.Three miles lieved my cough the firat night,and in aweek1wanridofthecoldandsoreneseof mg:dungs,"’writes Miss Marie Gerber,Saw-te Cal.For sale by all deniers.+i ‘miles from Statesofrailroadstation and on public road eight ¢ ‘We have been in business in this town|bottle will cost you notthing.You aloneforsometime,and we are looking to!to judge.'gain and égain we have seen hobuilduptradebyalwaysadvisingouright.-wt few drops of cai Seas wash pptotheskin,takés away the itch,tnwstantly.the cures all seem to patrons righ .Bo when we tell you that we havefoundtheeczema Temedy and that wetaydbackofitwiththemanufacturer's PENSncladguara:‘se,backed by ourselves .D.D.Prescription made by.you can depend upon it sigh give our|2.D.D.Laboratories of Chicago,iscomposedofthymol,a@}ycerine,oll of .wintergreen.and other healing,soothing,*cooling ingredients,.And if yous PiJustcrazywithitchyouwill.fsoothedandcooled,the itch absolutwashedawaythetromentyouapplithisDb.D,D.We have made fast friends of morefibyrecommending advice not in order to sell a few.bottlesofmedicinejtoakin.sufferers,but be-cause we know how it will help ourbusinessifwehelpourpatrons. We keep in stock and sell,all the welliknc°1 skin remedies.But we will saythis.If you.are suffering from anykindofskintroyble,eczema,psoriasis, one thrashortetter,we WERE FOP bo tryafulllremedy to a skin sufferer here pealbottle.of D.D,DD.Prescription.|there and)we want you to try it 20Wifitdoesnotdothework,this|on our positive no-pay guaran stee.W.F.Hall,Druggist,Statesville,N.C. Have You Seen .The Asssortment STATIONERY,TOILET POWDERS,TOILET WATERS;HAIR BRUSHES,HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS,CHAMOIS,HUYLER’S CANDY, HALL’S RUG STORE. MORE FINESTOCK We have on hand a lot of extragoodstock. Some extra large Mares.Be sure and come to see us if you need anything, Also have a lot of Studebaker,Jr.,Wagons in stock. Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. Shoes,Shoes! SHOES SHOBS SHOES SHOES SHOES FOR OLD MEN. FOR OLD WOMEN,FOR YOUNG MEN. FOR YOUNG WOMEN, FOR YOUNG GIRLS,SHOES FOR YOUNG BOYs, SHOES FOR THE SMALL LITTLE FOLKS, Bring your foot troubles to us and we will give yousatisfaction. The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co., Statesville,N.C. ' 7 e ¥pt.+0 Qe 8~ft >ve ° :~al 0:a+|) ofp)s'=>>>&oO Fe t's SeP;eee oesDScle3tie&te ole GPteowere: Mpaits ng GO Paseo eo Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special for cash New Rugs have arrived.$3.00 9x12 and up to $75.00. Statesville Housefurnishing Companye eo 7 ——8_ FOR SALE! Lot 99x198 on corner of public square in Yadkinville,with.store,_ eleven-room,two-story dwelling in condition,barn and out-buildiags.~Well located fora hotel‘pr boarding house..Offered atabargain _Lot 67x151 corner fot with six.dwelling,city water and barn.Close to Graded School. Corner lot on Oak and Sharpe streets,61x162.: 100-acre farm one mile from Cool Spring.High School,104 from Statesville.Two-story,seven-room dwelling,barn and out-buildinall.in cundition;acres in cultivation,balance in oak anpinetimber. Other large and small farms,city and suburban property for sale. For further information call on or write : ERNEST 6.NSUREAL ESTATES”ND Near good achoolsandmailroute,Price low and terms easy,Oct.81.ZEB.V.LONG,Atty. PHONE 23.OFFICE NO.1,MILLS BUILDING. THELANDMARK FRIDAY,---December 6,1918. Sturdy Storm Shoes for the man who is out of doors.Ideal Shoes ’for Sportsmen,Linemen,the Plow and all others who wish to keep ‘their feet dry and comfortable. Leather of Kangaroo,Elk and Box Calf.Viscolized Solesand UppersSPECIAL! Men’s Brownstone Blucher Tip 17 inch Boot,laced with rawhide,$6 value,our Special Price $5.Call in and let us show you what we have tooffer you in a 17-inch Boot for $5,00.Yours truly, SHERRILL-WHITESHOECO. (S.B.Miller’s Old Stand.) P.5.We will occupy after Janury ist,1914,the store formerly occupied by The White Co. Cold Weather Specials! Ladies’Vests and Pants to match 50c.and 25c.Misses’and Children’s Union Suits.Ladies’Wool and Cotton Petticoats 25c and $1.00.Ladies’all Wool Sweaters $2.00.Misses’ air Wool Sweaters for 98c.Elkin Blankets from $1 to $10. MILLINERY—Just received new line of Plush Beavers, Velvets,Felts of all kinds)Also new Feathers and Trim- mings of all kinds.Call and see them.Respectfully, D.B.KRIDER &COMPANY. THE FIRST PLACE Bring every rescription direct to us to be filled.This is the best advice we can offer any one using medicines. We have the drug»,every kind or class,each of standard purity,fresh and potent.Webhave the knowledge and the training,and the experience that counts in scientific, careful prescription compounding.You get all safety, satisfaction,results,Ask your doctor. The Polk aay Drug Company, @ ON THee E SQUARE @ "Phones 108 and 410. Believing asI do that the man who buys install-furniture on ments should have some consideration,I have decided that from now on my time price and cash price shall be the same.Or in other words,come to me with a little money and get what you want just as cheap as if you had all money to pay cash.Everything marked in plain figures at prices as reasonable as anywhere.Respectfully, The Williams Furniture House,Statesville,N.C. Statesville Realty &Investment Co. 1906 <u>1913 On October 31,1913,we close our seventhyearofbusiness,We take this occasion to.thank the loyal patrons of our company forthebusinesstheyhaveentrustedtousdur-ing that time and we believe we have givensatisfactiontoallofourcustomers,Hav-ing grown out of infancy into mature man-hood in the INSURANCE BUSINESS weaskforacontinuanceofyoursupportandinfluence. Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” -We mae st classes of atte ae thussaveyoutheenterofapplyingtoyourneighborforsuchriteusyourneeds, J.F.CARLTON,_-»|Manager. AGAINST ane USE OF TOBACCO —Waxhaw--W..F.Sandford.Weddington-—-Seymour Taylor.President Southern todoeirio!Institute-—J,A. Baldwin,Missionaries to Japan+-S.A.Stewart,W.8S. Oxburn.Missionary Secretary--Frank Siler._.Greensbéro District.Presiding Elder—-G.T.Rowe.Asheboro Station—-J.E.‘Thompson.Coleridge Circuit--R.L.Melton.Denton-—W.LeGette. Deep River-—J.D.Gibson,Greensboro Cireuit—F,L.Townsend,Greensboro,Centenary—R.D.Sherxill.Spring Garden-—-W.O.Goode. ¢ ;vale .oo and Carraway Meniorial—- West ‘Miarket—C.W.Byrd.West Greensboro Circuit—J.W.Clege.High Point,South Main—H.C.Byrum.Washington Street--J.H.Barnhardt.East and West--W.C.Jones.Gibsonville-—-W.8.Hales.Pleasant Garden—P.L.Terell.Ramseur and Franklinville—O.P.Ader.Randleman and Naomi--G.H.Christenberry.Randolph—-A.8.RaperReidsville—W.A.Lambeth. Ruffin-—-L.P.Uwharrie—C.Wentworth—A.J.Burru Editor North Carolina"Christian Advocate— H.M.Blair.President Greensboro College for Women—~S.B.Turrentine;secretary and treasurerGreensboroCollegeforWomen—-W./ Curtis. State Sunday School Seecretary—J.W.Tota: Missionary to Korea--J.R.MooseMorgantonDistrictPresidingElder—J.E.Gay.Bald Creek—James Barker,supply.Broad River—J.EB.Womack.Burnsville--L F.Cotton.Cliffside-—H.L.Powell.Connelly Springs--T.J.Ogburn. Forest City—J.A.Bowles.Green River—J,C.Richardson.Henrictta—Caroleen—J.F.Armstrong. Marion Station—L.D.Thompson.Marion Circuit-—-W.L.Edwards.MeDowell—O.P.Routh,Micaville—-R F.MockMorgantonStation-—H.H.Jordan.Morganton Cricuit--A.C.Swafford. Old Fort-—J.L.Smith,supply. Rutherfordton—Albert Sherrill Spruce Pine and Bakersville—J.Table Rock—-Elmer Simpson. Thermal City-—H.H.Mitchell,supply.Professors in Rutherford College Creel,E.J.Harbison.Mt.Airy District. Presiding Elder--R.M.Hoyle.Ararat—J.W.Combs. Danbury--T J.Polwer DebsonJ.G6.W.Holloway Elkin—J-A.J.Farrington. Jonesville —D.A.Oakley,supply LeakevilleA,to Ayer ‘ Madison and Stoneville—A.R.Surratt.Mount Airy Circuit—C,R.Allison,Mount Airy Station—.W.H.Willis. Pilot Mountain—R.L.Doggett.Rural Halll.M.Folger. Spray and Draper—J.P.HippsStokeedale—G.W.WilliamsSurmmertield—T.B.Johnson.Walnut Cove-E.J.PoeYadkinville—J.T.StoverNorthWilkesboro District. Presiding Elder—M.H.Vestal Avery—-To be supplied;W.M.Bagby, pernumerary Roone—D,.P.Waters. Creston-D.C.Ba Elk Park-—L B.HayesHelton—-E..E.Yates Jefferson E.P.Stabler Laurel Springs—S W Brown,supplyNorthWilkesboroParkerHolmes Sparta—T.J.HouckWataugn—J.1 Hickman Wilkes—O.©.Fortenberry Wilkesboro Station A P.Ratledge Professer in Appalachian Training School J.M.Dewnum Missionary to Japan-—W.A.Wilson Saliebury District. Preeiding Elder—-W.R.Ware Albemarie,Central—R.G.Tuttle. First Street—-R.A.Taylor Albemarle Cireuit—J.WBethelandLove's Chapel.-R.K.BradyChinaGroveStationFCHH.Rebbins. Cencord,Central—Harold TarnerForestHill--M.T.Smatners Epworth and Center—A.L.Coburn, Westford J.M.Ridenhour,supply. West Concord—G.A.B.Holderby Concord Circuit—-W.T.Albright Cottonville and Oakboro—H.I ply Gol4 Hill Ciresit—J.M Kannapolis Station—P.WLandisCircnitS.L.OwenMountPleasantCireuit—C.F New Lenden Cirenit-J.H.B Norwood——R.M.TaylerSalemCircuit——T.8.EllingtorSalisbury,First.Church—John WHolmesMemorial—G.W.Vick Seuth Main-—-G.A.Stamper Aher,supernumerary Salisbury Cireuit—EK.M. Spencer Station—H.C East Spencer and North Mair RichardsonWoodleafCirenit-—J.F.Usry Shelby District Presiding Fider--H.K.BoveRelwood—J.F.Moser,H.Gpernumerary.Bessemer City W. Cherryville—W.T, junior preacher.Crouse——W.M.Boring.Gastonia,Main Street-—J.F Orark and West Gastonia King’s Mountain and Fl Clegg Lineointon Station—T.J.RLincolnCirenit—J.H.RoberLowel]and Dailas—N.M.ModlirMcAdenville—B.F.FincherMoore's and Mountain Island BrownMount P.Morris. gE.KK. au. Hard Strider supply Starr,sup- Price ‘ucker Sherrill rendall Moore AvettSprinkle B.Shinn Very. D.Ww Holly and Belment—N.K.Richard- son Polkville—J.P,DavisShelby,Central—W.E.AbernetSitelbyCirenitandSouth Brothers.Lowesville--B,M.Jackson.South Fork-<W.8.CherryStanlyCreek--E.N.Crowder.;Statesville District. Presiding Elder—-L.T.Mann.Alexander——W.V.HunnicuttCatawha—RBevetly Wilson. Cool Spring—J,J.Edwaran.Davidson—J,C.Harmon.Granite Falls and Hudson—C am Hickory.First Chareh—A.L.Standfore Hickory Cireuit-—B.A.York.Iredell Circuit—-P.H.Brittain.Lenoir Station—Z.E.BarnhardtLenoirCireuit—T.S.Coble.Maiden—J.W.Kennedy.Mooresville Station—C.8S. Mooreatille Cireuit—E.Myers,J.rmumerary.Newton Station--W.M.Biles.North Lenoir Cirenit—J.©.KeeverRhodhise—E.W,Fink,Rock Spring—J.W.HiSouthLenoirandValmeadeland.Statesville Broad Street—J.F-.Race Street—J,J.Eades.PStatesvilleCireuit—J,©.Mock.Stony Point—-T.E.Wage and one to be sup-plied.Troutman—C.L.McCain.West Hickory—J.E.McSwain.President Davenport Collere—J.B.secretary Davenport College—W.rill.\Waynesville District.Presiding Elder—L.T.Cordell.-Andrews Station—-S.T.Barber. Bethel Cireuit—L.H.Griffith.Bryson and Whittier--D.H.Rhinehart.Canton Cireuit—W.1.Hughes.Canton Station-—J.P.Rodgers,Crestmont--To be supplied.Clyde—J.F.Starnes.Franklin Cireuit—H.Harper,supply.Franklin Station—-%,EK.Williamson.Fines Creek—J.A.Marr.Gienville—John H.Green.Haywood—-R.C.Kirk, Kirkpatrick W.Jones, -A.G.Shap- Kirk Craven; L.Sher- How to Bankrupt the Doctors. A prominent New York physician says,“If it were not for the thin stockings andthinsoledshoeswornbywomenthedoctorswouldprobablybebankrupt.”When youcontractacolddonotwaitforittodevelopintopneumoniabuttreatitatonce.Cham-berlain’s Cough Remedy is intended espe-cially for coughs and colds,and haa won a wide reputation by its cures of these diseases.It is most effectual and ia pleasant and safe to take:For sale by all dealers. _lsouth 88 |thente south Hayesville—R.F.‘Velions,supply.Highiands~-A.C,‘ibbsJudeon—T.RB.Briakley,supply.Jonathan~—J.A,Macon—J.L.Thence.Murphy Circuit—T,i Noble,supply.Murphy Station—Ira Erwin.Ranger Cireuit-—C,M.Grant,Robbinsville—-To be supplied.Sylva Station--To be supplied.ebster Cireuit-—D.R.Proffitt.Waynesville--M.F,Moores,‘Cullowhee Normal Training School- Abernethy,Missionary to Korea—-M.B.Stokes,Winston District. Presiding Elder-—J.R.Scromes.Advance--J.T.Ratledge.Cooleemee—C.M.Short. Davidson Cireuit--D.8.Richardson,Davie—-P.L.Shore.Farmington—J.B.Tabor.Forsyth—J.W.Vestal.Jackson Hill-—-C.C.Williams.Kernersville—C.P.Goode.Lewisville-—-A.G.Loftin. Lexington—-A.W.Plyler.Linwood—W.F.Elliott.Mocksville—D,F,Carver :Thomasville,Main Street-—D.M,Litaker.Thomasville.Cireuit—P.E.‘Parker.Winston,Burkhead—-W.L.Hutchens, Cenienary—E.L.BainGraceandLiberty—J,‘Ss.Hiatt. Salem—W.M.Smith. Southside—R.L.Ferguson. West End.M.Courtney.Financial.Agent Children’s«West. Missionary to Cuba-—-H.W.Baker.Transferred—D.H.Coman to HolstonConference,H.V.Clark to Virginia Con-ference*F.W.Dibble and G.G.Harley toSouthCarolinaConference,R.E.AtkinsonandH.M.Tuttle to North Carolina Confer- ence MI-O-NA STOPS ALLSTOMACHDISTRESS Why suffer with that uncomforta- ble feeling of fullness,headaches, dizziness,sour,gassy,upset stom- ach,heartburn?Get relief at once—delays are dangerous.Buy today—now—a fifty-cent box of Mi- o-na Tablets.Their action is sure, safe and immediate.Ch is no more effective stomach remedy than Mi-o-na.Besides quick-ly stopping the distress Mi-o-na soothes the irritated walls of the stomach,strengthens and builds up the d tive organs,thus assisting nature in the prompt digestion of the food—-your entire system benefit- ed,you will enjoy good health, Do not guffer another day box of Mi-o-na Tablets from Statesville Drug Store.Take as d bre and see how quickly Bet relief “L..B. Home—J.H. or re ges is get a the them you Kidney ‘Ailments Start with BACKACHE,DULL HEAD- ACHE,BLURRED EYE SIGHT,LOSS OF APPETITE,PAIN IN HIPS anc SIDES,SORE and WEAK KIDNEYS and URINARY IRREGULARITIES, TO NEGLECT-MEAAS Loss of Health and Vitality rO CURE-USE Foley Kidney Pills TONIC IN ACTION-QUICK IN RESULTS Wil CURE Statesville Drug Companyy SALE OF FARM. Under an order of the Clerk of the Super- jor Court of Iredell county in the special preceeding for partition entitled James H Setzer and Zet Setzer against Samuel H.Setzer and others,the commintionerwill,otMONDAY,DECEMBER at 12 o’elock th Statesville,sell at 5 ing tract of land in 5county,viz Beginning at a stone, mom's line,and ns south 72 76 poles to a wale Lipe’s thence north 66 76 poles to a holly bash,north 86thence a stake undersigned 15, ecourt house je auction the fol hiloh 1913, tn low township,Iredell in Sig- degrees westLipe’s corner, ut tree, wert thence a stone; legrees Li poles to grees east 45 po dexrees west Raymer's line poles to a les degrees « stone,Pope'sgreenenst line:thence a dogwood:ther poles to a stakenorth2degrees ning,containing 1 Terms of sale anle, Nev.1913 “SALE OF CITY PROPERTY. Under and by the Superior poles to degrees east 92(maple on branch);thence66poles«ty.the begin- acres,morp or Cash on confirmation of R.T.WEATHERMAN, Commissioner east leasal 4, virtue of a decree made by court of Iredell county,in the special proceeding entitled S.A.Busch et al ex-parte,the undersigned commissioner will expose at public to the highest bidder, at the court house door of Iredell county,at 12 o'clock m.,on MONDAY,DECEMBER the following described real estate, the city of Statesville,Iredell county, Carolina,and described as follows:Lots numbers 16,17,18 and 10 in Block 21 of the property of the Statesville Develop- ment Company,as same is plotted and plan- ned on the map of said company,said map being recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Iredell county in Book 15,page 441. On lots numbers 16,17 and 18 are located two dwelling houses. Terma of eale—One-third in cash uponconfirmationofsale,cne-third in four months end one-third in eight months,with interest on deferred payments.Title to be reserved until purchase money is paid.J.L.SLOAN, Commissioner. sale 22,1913, located inNorth Dorman Thoinpson,Atty.Nov,ZI,1913. SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT, By virtue of the powers contained in a mortgage deed executed by W.H.AllisonandwifetoMrs.Florence M.Watson,now deceased,the vndersigne:administrators ofherestatewillsellatpublicauctiontothehighestbidderfor-cash at the court house door in Statesville,N.C.,on SATURDAY,DECEMBER 20,1912,at 12 o'clock,the following describedhouseandlotinthecityofStatesvilleto- witt Beginning at the junction of Tradd andFrontstreetsandrunningwithFrontstreetnorth66degreeseast212feettoastake,Mil-ler’a corner;thence north 24 degrees westabout58fecttothedivisionfence,Allison'scorner;thence with the diviasian fence south66degreeswest218feettoAllison’s corner,on Tradd street;thence with said streetsouth24degreeseastaboul58feettothe beginning.Se s SMOOT,MURDOOK, R.B.McLaughlin,Administrators. Nov,18th,1918, NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having qualified as administrator of theestateofLeeThomas,decensed,I hereby no- tify all persona having claims against his estate to present same to me on or before the 2ist day of November,1914.L.©.STEVENSON,Administrator. A...LeANNIE Atty R.B.McLaughtin,‘Atty.» Nov.21,1913, “|ration,supplies hair needs. any case of KIDNEY o:}| BLADDER TROUBLE not beyond the| reach of medicine.No medicinecan do} @ore.The genuine is in a yellow packag? corner;| |lin i real |69 degrees west jold line ite «a BEAUTIFUL HAIR—ACLEAN,COOL SCALP If your hair is anything short of perfect;if it is too dry,brittle,dull, thin,or if the scalp itches,immedi-utely begin the use of Parisian Sage.The first application removes dand- ruff,cools and invigorates the scalp and increases the beauty of the hair. Parisian Sage,a scientific prepa- Tt con- tains the exact elements needed to make the hair soft,wavy and glossy,and to make it grow~—it is delicately perfumed—not sticky or greasy. Apply Parisian Sage and the cffectisimmediate.One application stops the head from itching and freshens up the hair.Use it daily for a week and you will be surprised and delight- ed.Parisian Sage is one of the quickest acting hair tonics known. Get a 50 cent bottle from States- ville Drug Co.today—everyone needsit. Low FAREs! Homeseekers tickets aresoldatgreatlyreducedfares onthe I stand 3rd Tuesdays of each month;stopoversfreeand25daystime,via Cotton BeltRoute,—to Arkansas and Texas Winter toarist tickets (round trip)from southeast points tomanypointsinTexas,Ppaichiinn and New Mexico,will be on sale daily Nov.Ist,1913 to April 30,1914;with exceedingly long return limit of June Ist,1914.Stopovers. All year tourist tickets on sale daily to certain points.in Texas —0 day limit. The Cotton Belt Route is thedirectlinefromMemphistoTexas, through Arkansas—two splendid trains daily,with electric lighted equipment c f through sleepers rlorears and dining cars.Trains com all parts of Southeast make direct connection at Memphis with Cotton Belt Route trains to the Southwest. For full information about Home- ecekers Fares,Winter Tourist Fares or All Year Tourist Tickets,address}the undersigned.Books about farm-}ing in Southwest,sent free.Write!H.H.SUTTON,District Pass’r Agent M.B.HOLTSFORD,Passenger Agent 109W.9th St._.Chattanooga,Tenn. ry ‘SALE OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY BY VIRTUE of >of Iredell county,rendered proceeding wherein M ,et al,are petitioners and R.A.Coop- et al are defendants,the undersigned commissioner will sell at public auction,to the highest bidders,at .le court house door Statesville,N.C.on MONDAY,JANUARY 1914, at 12 o'clock,m.the following estate,to-wit Lot——Begt orner, a decree of the Superior in .the recital Chas Cook, er described ining at a stake,I a Race street im the city running with his line south 220 feet to the McLeliand then south 22 degrees enst 75 feetMre.Campbell's corner;thence First rady'sofStatesville, on stake,|with her line north 69 degrees east 220 feet |berry to her corner on eaid Race street;thenwithitnorth22degreeswest75feettothe beginning,containing 2-5 of an acre,more or lems, Second Lot—Beginning at a etake,Foard’s northeast corner in the Miss M.E.Miteh-ell line,in city of Statesville;thence north22degreeswestwithMissMitchellandMrs.Lucinda MecLelland’s lines i364 feet to a stake,McLelland’s cerner on Mulberry street;then with said street north 86 de-grees west 93 feet to cornér of John F. Bowles’vacant lot then south 22 degrees east with line of said lot 206 feet,7 1-2 inch-es to stake,Sherrill’s corner;then 69 de- grees east 80 feet to the beginning Third Lot—Beginning at a stake o1 M+ street,Statesville,Mrs.Douglass’cor-ner;then.south 69 degrees west 150 feet to a stake,Mrs.Gill's line:then south 19 1-2degreeseast65fecttoastake,Mra.Gill's corner;north 69 degrees enst 159 feet to astakeonMulbertystreet;ther north 19 1-2 degrees west $5 feet to the beginning,von- taining nearly one-fourth acre,more or lessFourthLot—Three-fourths undivided in-terest in following lot:Beginning at »stoneontheeastsideofCenterstreet,States- ville,cormer of the St.Charles Hotel prop- erty:then north 66 degrees east with Hotelline110feettostomeorstake;then south 24 cegrees east 35 feet to a «take;then south 66 degrees west 110 feet to stake,Center street;then «ith said street north 24 degreeswest65fecttothebeginning.Also all al- ley rights and easements now held as in-cident to said property. Fifth Lot—Lote nambers 26PlockI,and lots nombers 14 and 15 nersburg avenue of Oak View suburban dition to the eity of Staterville Snid sale will be made subject te and rurhts of present ocer pantsTermsofSale—One-third cash,one-third in six and ene-third in twelve months. R.A.COOPER, MeLaughlin,Att'y.Commissioner. November 28 the. LAND FOR SCHOOL SITE. North Carolina—In the Superior CourtIredellCounty—Before the Clerk. The County Board of Education of Iredell county vs.Leon T.Pressly,Mary Pressly.The defendants named above will take no- tice that application has been made to theundersignedclerkoftheSuperiorCourtofIredellcounty,by the County Board of Ed-ucation of Iredell county,for the «ppoint-ment of three appraisers;to lay off by metesandbourids.not more than two acres of landofsaiddefendants,and assess the valuethereof,to be used as a site for a publicschoolhouseandgroundsfdrchildrenofthewhiterace,in District No.7 1-2 in Shilohtownship:and anid defeneants will furthertakenoticethattheyarerequiredtoappearattheofficeoftheclerkoftheSuperior Court at the court house in Statesville,N.C.,on the 22d day of December,1918,andawerofdefend,or he eT ae will begranted:.R.B.McLaughlin,Atty.Noy.21,1918. and 27 inmnTar- ad- leases R.B an-) A.HARTNESS,|Cc.8.6, Ready For Tobacco The tobacco season is open and McElwee’s Plan- ters’Warehouse is ready to make tobaceobring the highest market prices. More buyers and other- wisé better equipped than ever.You can’t do better elsewhere and we don’t think you can do as well, So come to us,the ware- house with the highest price. McElwee’s Planters’ Warehouse. THE DAVIS MILLS Give you 40 Pounds Best at- ent Flour and 13 pounds Bran in exchange or Pay $1.14 per bushel cash for wheat.Watch this ad for price each week. Best Flour and Meal.Prompt and courteous service at all times.It pays to patronize THE DAVIS MILLS, Hiddenite,N.C. Hickory Wanted. We buy logs,sawed lumber and dimen- sion stock.Write for prices. IVEY MANUFACTURING CO0.,Oct.10.Hickory,N.C. WANTE DD! To trade my interest in 320acres of New Mexico land in three miles of a good town with railroad runningthroughplace,for real estate in North Carolina.Your fat calves, sheep and beef cattle,also a few good milch cows. F.T.Burke,Mgr.Cloverdale Farm, ’Phone 2295.Statesville,N.C. GALVANIZED IRONaOR Sorghum Pans. Special width. T.W.FRAZIER. ECLIPSE ENGINES |AND THRESHERS. I will have some of our latest style machines here in a short time.Comeoverthe first time you are in town and see them and let's talk it over. Cc.H.TURNER, Near the Depot. Iredell "Phone No.74,Bell No.7 Reading Season! "Those who love to read have the best time to do so right along now. Don’t strain your eyes. Have me look after them. I will give you good serv- ice and best glasses. Hours 9 a.m.to 4.30 p.m, DR.R.W.WOODWARD, No,1 Robbina Row.OPTOMETRIST,613 S.Center St, S.J.Holland. Has good farm.horses and mules for sale for cash or on time.Terms to suit purchaser. Best equipped livery in town, 'Phone 3,Day or Night. MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND. By virtue of the powers contained in adeelexecutedtotheundebyJ.Bailey end wife,Eivira.Bailey,x ill sell at public auctior to the highest bid.der for cash at the court house doorStatesville,N.©,on "SATURDAY,DECEMBER 20,1913, at the hour at noon,the following decribedtractoflandinSeentownshipwit:Boginning at «stone,»N.D,Tommieline:thence soutn 6>deatas ShetoamapleonthebankoftheToad.%north 15 degrees.west 39 poles to aTomlin's line;thence south 53 degress.42 poles to the begim eonstagt)4 acres more or —~M.WESTMORELAND,|R.B.Metaushiin “nity.Mortgagee. Nov.18,191 an enormous stock of Jewelry,etc. may help you in selecting your presents: = AHE selection of a GIFT is often a task;you want to g r ae ee ae z " 4 ive something appropriate,something that will be appreciated,something expressive ofyourloveorfriendshipandyettoselectjusttheproperthingisabiggerpropositionthantheamountofmoneyinvolved.We have selectedHavebought,in several cases,more than we should.: offering them at very lowest price possible.We enumerate below a few special items which we are sacrificing In order to get these / Holiday goods moved we areprofitson.Read them.They WATCHES Elgin,Waltham.Illinois,Rockford, Southbend,and cheaper grades in from 7 to 21 jewel,0:12-16-18 sizes filled in any kind of case.Prices from $1 to $65. CLOCKS Clocks suitable for any room in house or office.Special —on gold,silver and Ivory finish rices from $1.50 to $10 for table useSHAVINGSETS In‘silver,gold and Ivory at $2.50 to $10. SCISSORS SETS AT COST. In Ebony and Silver.up : pa,at $4 to $10. these at cost MILITARY BRUSHES Prices from $2.50 GOLD HEADED WALKINGCANES, Ebony stick,suitable for dad or grand- SAFETY RAZORS—We will sell Knives,Forks,Spoons,Sugar Shells,Carving Sets and all other silverware Presents For the Ladies. «JEWEL CASES in Gold,Silver and Ivory finish,large lot to select from. fimsh.Bargains. best girl. to $8.00. Prices from 76c.to $9.00.Too manyinstock—going at a special price. MANICURE SETS from $1.00 to $10. BRUSH,COMB AND MIRROR SETS in Ebony,French Gray,Silverand Ivory GOLD AND SILVER HANDLED UMBRELLAS—the very thing for your GOLD CUFF BUTTONS from $1.50 GOLD BAR PINS from $1.00 to $18. GOLD CUFF PINS $1 to$2.50per pr.. GOLD BROOCHES from $1.50 up. war Gold mountings from $4.50 to LAVALIERS in Gold with chain,$3.50to$20. GOLD NECK CHAINS,any pattern, 0 $20. FILLED BRACELETS,guaranteed at$2 00 to $8 FINGER RINGS—notbing but gold in CAMEOS these,Ladies’,Gents’and Children’s,insets,signets and plain bands. DIAMOND RINGS A few small stones from $5.00 to $20.Large,perfect stones at $250 to $300. from $1.75 to $8.00 i LOCKETS—Plai;care eee guaranteed,set,price from $1.00to §fee —rom $1.25 to $2.50.:;STICK PINS -Largest assortment i:GOLD BRACELETS,bargainsat $7 50 city to select from.Price 75c.to$6.00. LADIES’AND GENTS’Watch Chains and Fobs,and any other articles kept inafirstclassjewelrystore .00. mentioned above which will go at a bargain.WE GIVE PONY COUPONS.We want you to come in and see these things. R.F.Henry Jewelry Company, They will sell themselves.Your money will go further here than ever before in Statesville.We have many goods not Statesville,N.C. THE LANDMARK| FRIDAY,---December 5,1913.| Mooresville News.Items. Correspondence of The Landmark. Mooresville,Dec.4—Mr.R.S.Tem-| pleton went to Charlott:yesterday| and had an operation on his eyes| which is thought to be successful.For| a number of months he has been! troubled with cataracts. Dr.Frederick Rankin of Baltimore } a visiting bis mother,Mrs.W.W. Rankin.Mr.J.H.Cloaningerspentseveraldaysthisweekat| Blythewood,8S.C.,looking at some| real estate with the view of purchas-| ing.| Mr:F.E.Coon,who has held a position for several years with the Mooresville Marble &Granite Co., will move to Statesville next weck and be connected with the business there.Mr.Jason Deaton of Mazeppa will move to town this week and work for the Mooresville Marble and Granite Co. Mr.J.Y.Templeton has been con- fined to his room for several days but is probably improving.Ruth Cranford,the daughter of Mr.cnd Mrs.J.D.Cranford,who has been desperately ill for about two months, is still no better snd there seems to be no ground for hope of her recov- ery. Wants the County to Maintain Wells on the Public Highway. Correspondence of The Landmark. Turnersburg,Dec.1—There is a good deal of talk about the incon- venience of water between here and Statesville,and several good citi zens have asked me to mention same | in my letter to The Lendmark.It is eleven miles from Turnersburg to Statesville and there is not a water- ing place of any kind on this road There are two wells on the road that were dug by the county some time| ago but after®they were abandoned the wells lost curbing,buckets,rope, pulley and all.The county could very easily have these wells cleaned out and repaired for use to the tax- payers who travel this road from day to day and can’t even get a drinkofwateruntiltheygettoStatesville.While old Iredell is boasting of good roads,let’s have these wells re- paired and put in good condition,as | we all know there are a large num- ber of people travel this road every day. JENNINGS. Improvements as a Result of Good Roads—Visitors in North Lredell— Good Results of Protracted Meet- ing. Correspondence of The Landmark. Jennings,Dec.1—Mr.and Mrs.Jo. Paris,Mrs.Henry Ritz and daugh- ter,Miss Sudie,and Mrs.J.W.Van Hoy,all of Concord,came up last THE GROWTH OF |Thursday in a machine,making the trip in less than three hours.They were guests at the home of Mr.W. A.Casey.All the party returned that evening except Mrs.Van Hoy, who will spend several days visiting home folks.Mr.Van Hoy will join her here on the 6th and they will re- turn to Concord next day. Mr.G.K.Windsor of Chicago,IIL, who has been visiting relatives in this neighborhood for 10 days,ex- pects to return today.Mr.Lee Brown,who has been very low with fever,seems to be very nruch im- proved. We are having a very interesting school at Union Grove this winter, with Mr. Mr.R.W.Couch has gone to Rich- mond for a few days’visit;will re- turn via Charlotte. Tourists,or those traveling over the good roads of north Iredell less than three months ago,would now sit up and take notice when they come to the little place on Rocky creek generally known as the city jof Jennings—noticing the rapid North Carolina Equal Suffrage League Organizes. The North Carolina Equal Suffrage|League has been organized ‘by the election of Mrs.Archibald Henderson| | | (of Chapel Hill president,Mra.J.Eu-|gene Reilley of Charlotte first vice| |ident, president,Mrs.Hossfeldt of Morgan- ton second vice president,Miss Mas- j| lin of Winston-Salem third vice pres-| Mrs.George Green Berne recording secretary, Suzanne Bynum of Charlotte corres ponding secretary,Miss Mary B.Pal- mer of Charlotte treasurer.Miss An- nie Forbes Liddell will head the pub- licity department. Cured of Liver Complaint. “I wes suffering with liver complaint,” says Iva Smith of Point Blank,Texas,“and decided to try a 26¢bex of Chamberlain's Tablets,and am happy to say that I am eom- pletely cured and can recommend them to every one.’For sale by ali dealers. COMMISSIONER'SRBE-SALE OF LAND. By virtue of an order of sale made in the |special proceeding wherein M.A.Beaver and Claud Howard as teacher,| jin Statesville, ‘eld channel of Fourth Oreex, |growth and general upbuilding of the | place in that length of time. there has been some increase in our population recently,viz.,fine boys at Also| Mr.Robt.Sloan’s and Mr.W.B.Tut-| |terrow’s. The protracted meeting which has been in progress at.Mt.Vernon Bap- tist church closed yesterday with bap- tizing. vived and several new members were added. |Superior Court of Iredell county, ithe special proceeding entitled J.L. The church was greatly re-| Will Build on the Iredell Side of the! River. Newton Enterprise. The Southern Power Company took up the option on the Wilfong place on the Catawba river last week, a few days before the expiration of the-option,and gave its check for |$15,000.The greeter part of the land jthat it needs has now heen secured. The present intention of the compa- ny seems to be to build the power plant on the Iredell side of the river, though it at first,we are told,pre- ferred the Catawba side. School Has Begun at Amity—Farm SACTN Work About Done.The Man Who Neglecta Himself. Correspondence of The Landmark.When his condition points to kidney7trouble,takes an unwise risk.Backache,9Troutman,R-2,Dee..3—Farmers pain and soreness over the kidneys,-nerv-are about all through picking cotton|ous or dizzy spells,poor sleep,are allandmostallarethroughsowing|*¥mptoms that will disappear.with the reg-wheat.Thanksgiving Day was qui-ular use of Foley Kidney Pills.They putthekidneysandbladderinaclean,strongandhealthycondition.For sale by States-ville Drug Co. etly observed in our neighborhood. The box sppper at Plyler school house,that Mr.Worth Beam had for the purpose of,raising money for a Christmas tree at Shiloh church,Was| well attended.There were 13 boxes| and they brought $12.40.| The school began at Amity last| Monday in the old school house,| taught by Miss Ava Roberson.They| and wife to others are the plaintiffs,and Troy Beaverandothersaredefendants,the undersianed commissioner will resell at public auction tothehighestbidderatthecourthousédoorN.C.,on MONDAY,JANUARY 5 +914,at 12 o'clock M.the following described tract of land in Chambersbarg township,to-wit: Bounded on the north by the lands of Mra.E.C.Poston’s estate,on the east by the landsoftheBarrierestate,on the south by theandonthewestbythelandsofEd.L.Long,contain- ing about twenty«ight acres more or less.Terms of sale,one-third cash,one-third inthreemonthsandone-third in six months RK.&McLAUGHL N, Com niasioner. COMMISSIONER’S RE-SALE OF LAND. Nov.28,1913 Under and by virtue of an order of the made in Hellard,administrator C.T.A.of the estate of Ma- ry Sisk,decensed,va.Floyd Sisk,the un-dersigned commissioner will,on ° MONDAY,DECEMBER 22,, at 12 o'clock,m.at the court house door in Statesville,North Carolina,offer for re-aaletothehighestbidderforcashthatcer tain lot or parcel of land lying and in Statesville township,Tredell county, North Carolfia,and more particularly de- scribed as follows,to-wit:Lot No.15 in Block No.24 as mapped and planned on the map ef the property of the Statesville Development Company,said map recordedin“Book No.15 at page 441 of the Records of Deeds for Iredell county,said lot lying and being im the city of Statesville,andfrontingonSeventhstreet,being 80 feetfrontand140feetback,ana being the aame aa that convered by deed of J.M.MitchellMaryA.Sisk.See deed book 47,pare 107 Registery of Iredell coun-Also Lot No.4 in Bleck No.24 aa 1913, being No.ty. shown on the said map of Statesville Devel- opment Company,which map is recorded in Book 15,pawe 441 of the Recorda of Deeda \of Iredell county,thie lot adjoining the firstmentionedlotandfrontingonEighthstreetandbeingthesamesizeofLotNo.15,andbeingthesameasthatconveyed”by \dore Wallace to J.W.Sisk and wife,see deed|recorded in Book No,\for Iredell county. Want to Sell Your House? of New) Miss | Iai-| 48,page 89 Roegistery| |Bidding will begin at the advanced bid of ||$346.50 for both lots.Terms of sale cash upon confirmation of sale, R.T.WEATHERMAN,Commissioner.Nov.21,1913. — expect to have their new school| .house ready in a short time.| They will soon have the second coat of paint on Shady Grove church| >house,but the work has been delay-| ed on account of the rain.Commun-'| ion services will be there the second|Sunday at 11 o’clock. RNC ENTErent | }Boy’s Arm Broken—Mrs.Payne Goes|to Virginia.| Correspondence of The Landmark. Loray,Dec.4—Late}yesterday af-! ternoon Paul,7-year-old son of Mr.| and Mrs.M.S.Hedrick,fell from an/outbuilding ond suffered a broken” arm.e |Messrs.T.R.Bonner of Baltimore,|B.C,Cook of Charlotte and H.E,|Lewis of Statesville spent,a week: here:hunting,guests of Mr.L.E.|edrick. Mrs;Payne,mother of Mrs.E.D,!9 Brown,lIcaves Saturdcy for Roanoke,|package?Va.,to spend the winter with her son. Net Beyond Help at 87. Sleep-disturbing bladder weakness,stiffnessinjoinks,wenk,inactive.kidney action and|rheumatic .are all evidence of kidney|A.Dean,47 E Walnutfrites:“I have passed ought I was beyond»Foley Kidney Pills You can sell more easily and at a better price if you will use a littleGOOD PAINT. ._Why not use the American Standard— with analysis and guarantee ‘on.ever FOR SALE:BY-—— ‘|Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co., Statesville,N.C. g {||| One Case of 50c. Waffle Cloth 25c. 50c.Plaid Waffle Cloth at 25c.Belk Bros. Store With It’s WellSelected Stock Means Economy For the Christmas Shopper.’ Economy of Time,Economyof Energy,Economy of Money Why so many people shop in our Ready-to-Wear Department? Because the values we offer are much better than those offered in other stores. Before buying a Coat be sure to see our special values.Elegant Bonele Coats,Brown,Navy,Gray,Black and Red,45 inches long, value $10,our price $4.98. Misses’and Juniors’Coats,all wool Mixtures,usual value #10 and $12.50,price $5.95 to $7.50.Hoe? Bargains this week in Children’s Coats,in all colors,$1.75 to $4.98. One lot Women’s Caricule Coats,$5 value,our price $3,98;$7.50 value for $4.98. DRESS GOODS. Just received a big line for the Holidays,all colors: 36 inch all wool Serge,68c.value,our price 50e. 44 inch all wool Serge,$1.00 value,our price 50 inch all wool Serge,$1.25 value,our price Black Mohair,85c.value,our price 38 inch all wool 75e.89e.59c. Mixtures,value 69c.,our price 48c. 56 inch Tweed in Brown and Gray Mixtures,value 624c.,our price 4c, A full lot of Brocaded Velvets and Bulgarian Silks for trimmings. $2.50 Wool Nap onds,while they last $2.75. BLANKETS. 66x80,our price $1.98;5 Elkin Blankets,slightly sec-A fall line of Blankets up to $5.95, White and Plaids. 5,000 Pair of Job Shoes at 98c. We carry a full line of Shoes from $1.48 to $4.00. VISIT THE BUSY STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS. LOOK OUT FOR OUR Christmas Advertisement N The next issue of The Landmark.We are going to havesome offerings worthy of your attention.Yours truly, =SMILLS &POSTON= “em |lockers,|side of the building will be used for 'gontains large dining roéms for both \Eo LA : DMARK. VOL.XL STATESVILLE,N.C.,TUESDAY,DECEMBER 9,1913.;NO.39. ‘an a eae IREDELL’S NEW COUNTY HOME, Magnificent Modern Equipped Struc-ture For Iredell’s Unfortunates-——Best of Ite Kind ip the State—An-ether Forward Step in”Iredell’s Progress. Located on a beautiful knoll about half way between Barium and Trout- man,and to the north of the Char- lette rail and public roads,is a “lit-tle city”for the unfortur:tes of Ire-dell,consisting of ,five handsomebuildingstotaketheplaceofthe resent county home,which has long 08 a disgrace to the progressive county of Iredell.Few if any coun- ty homes have a better natural loca-tion and it is claimed for the Iredellhomebypersonswhohavemadein- vestigation that it is not only the best in North Carolina,but is unex- celled by any of its size in the South.@f a truths may be said that it is far.superior to the average county home plant and would compare most favorably with many resort -hotel plants,the buildings being substantial and attractive,with every modern eonvenience.Work on the buildings is now virtually completed,but it will probably be the middle of January be- fore they are ready for occupancy.The painting,plumbing,installation ef water,light and heating systems are now in progress.When this work is completed and the plant turn- ed over to the county by the builders, every citizen of Iredell who takes a pride in the county’s progress,should visit the place.It is a “booster”for the county.i All the bu'ldings of the new 10me are of the bungalow mission style, having concrete foundations which extend to the first floor,above which the walls are made of red Statesville select brick laid in Flemish bond work,with stone trimmings.The roofs are all slate.The plans were repared by Wheeler &Stern,Char- lette architects,who have general supervision of the construction work. The buildings were erected by the Solomon Construction Company of @hariotte,including the electric fix- wres,and the installation of the heat- ing plant and pumbing is being done Hunt Bros.of Greensboro.Mr. _B.Moore of Statesville is the coun- t's inspector to see that the plans are carried out as specified by the architects,who have given the workcloseattention.All the work and material is strictly first class,no ex- pense having been spared to make everything permanent.The build-ings chould stand for many years. The main building,which contains the white quarters,is a two-story structure,faces the west and has a spacious front porch In the rear of the first floor of the building are the living apartments ef the superintendent,while the min portion of the floor is divided into apartments for white inmates On each side of the dividing hall are three wards,a large living room with open fire place,bath and toilet yooms,locker rooms with individual storage closets;ete.One females and the other for male in- mates.On the second floor on each side of a dividing wall are five single rooms and a bath room,the building thus being equally divided for male and female inmates..The -superin- tendent’s quarters are not large,but are complete with private kitchen, bath and toilet rooms,etc.A large eorridor runs the length of the build-ing on the first floor.ahd the center ball extends from the front porch through the superintendent’s apart- ments to the rear of the building. Back of the main building and con- nected with it by a covered porch is the central dining building,which white and colored inmates,a private dining room for the superintendent, large kitchen with cement floor,pan- tries,etc.In the basement of this building are the central heating plant,the electric water pumps and equipment and the laundry and work rooms.In a tower over the center ef the building is a large water tank. Another two-story building located in the rear of the central dining build- ing contains the colored quarters. This building has a dividing wall en- tirely separating the males and fe- males,with separate entrances for each sex.On the first floor are three wards,bath and toilet rooms,lockers, storage rooms,etc.,and on the sec- end floor are six single“fooms and bath and toilet rooms for each sex. To the north of the central dining building is the insane asylum,.a prac-tically fire-proof one-story building eontaining four rooms,and to _the south is the infirmary,a building ofthesamesizeoftheasylum,also containing four rooms.In each -build- ing two rooms are for white and twofercoloredinmatesandthereisabathandtoiletroomforeachrace.All the buildings are well lighted and ventilated and with all the mod-ern conveniences with which they areequippedtheycanbeeasilykeptinastrictlysanitarycondition.The!general water supply comes from a large bored well:220 feet in depth,and in addition to this there is an-ether borod well 165 fect deep,with hand pump,for general use.The original plans for the planteallforfourcottages—two for whiteinmatesandtwoforcolored—to belocatedonthefourcornersofthehomesite.The water,sewerage andheatingpipeshavebeenrunfrom_the central plants to the points wherethesecottagesaretobebuilt,if need- CHANGE AT THE COUNTY HOME, Mr.W.C.Perry,Former Superin-tendent,to Succeed Mr.J.G. Thompson. Mr.J.G.Thompson,who has beensuperintendentofthecountyhomeforseveralyears,will retire in «fewdaysandwillbesucceededbyMr.W. C.Perry,former superintendent ofthehome..Mr.Thompson told The Landmark Friday that he had not resigned but had been ousted,al-though up to that time he had not been officially notified of his dischargeorofthereasontherefor.Mr.Thomp- son says that he learned some timeagothathewastobedisplacedby Mr.Perry and on inquiring of Regis- ter of Deeds Boyd,clerk to the board of commissioners,he was informedthatsuchactionwastobetaken.Mr.Thompson thinks he has been badly trected and says he was disposed to contest the action of the board,but he decided that he did not want to stay where he was not wanted,so he has made his arrangements to get out.He will locate in Texas and has alrcady shipped a part of his house- hold goods to Glenflora,Texas,wherehewilllive.; Nothing has appeared on the rec- ord of the proceedings of ‘the com- missioners cat the change and The Landmark is informed that no charges have been filed against Mr. Thompson.It seems that the com- missioners,for reasons satisfactory to themselves,decided to make the change.The county home farm has been rénted for the past year or two and Mr.R.L.Freeze will have charge of the farm next year. Death of Mrs.Reece of Cool Spring —Little Child Dies in Statesville. Mrs.Carrie Blaylock Reece,wife of Mr.A.R.Reece,died Sunday morning about 10 o’clock at her home in Cool Spring township.Although she had been in feeble health a long time,her condition did not ~become serious until a few days ago and her death was rather unexpected at the time.The funeral service and burial took place yesterday afternoon at New Hope Baptist church,where Mrs. Reece had long been a faithful mem- ber.The service was conducted byherpastor,Rey.C.8S,Cashwell,as- sisted by Dr.Charles Anderson of Statesville.A number of Statesville people attended the funeral. Mrs.Reece was a daughter of thelateCapt.W.A.Blaylock of this county and was 71 years old last October.She married Mr.Reece February 2d,1865,being a resident of Yadkin county at the time.Sur- viving are her husband and six chil- dren,viz:Messra.W.F.and A.H. Reece of Cool Spring township, Misses Lilla and Vertie Reece at Beeker of Jerusa- and Mr.John B.home,Mrs.W.A. lem,Davie county, Reece of Statesville.She is also sur- vived by two sisters,Mrs.M.E. Swann and Mrs.Mary A.Gaither of Statesville,one brother,Mr.W.C.Blaylock of Cool Spring township,and two half brothers,Messrs.W.A. Blaylock of Statesville and H.H. Blaylock,who lives north of town. A little child of Mr.and Mrs.Geo. Shuping,aged five months,died ear- ly Saturday morning,death result- ing from pneumonia.Funeral serv- ices were conducted at the resi- dence on Seventh street Saturday by Rev.G.H.Chirch and the remains were taken to South River church for burial. Public School Teachers Organize. At a meeting of the public school teachers of the county,held at the court house Saturday,the Iredell County Teachers’Associatiqn was formally organized with Miss Laura Lazenby president,Mr.J..O.Over- cash,Jr.,vice president,and Miss Laura Bradford secretary and treas- urer.A constitution and by-laws were adopted and the association de- cided to meet once a month.Thé next meeting will be held the third Saturday in January.The meeting Saturday was well attended and var- jous matters were discussed in con- nection with the organization of the association, many years before this number be- come county charges. The new county home plant will cost the county in the neighborhood of $35,000 and it is money well spent. The county commissioners are to be commended for erecting a home that will serve for many years,one that is in keeping with the progress of the county along other lines.With this modern improvement Iredell tru- ly ranks with the most progressivecountiesoftheStateandisamodel for many.The progress in recent years has been remarkable,and though large sums of money havebeenspent,the county has built for the future.About 14 years ago $26,- 000 was spent in erecting the pres- ent court house and about five years modern in architecture and construc- tion and are permanent improve- ments.The next step forward was ed,so that connections can-be easilymadewithouttearinguptheteputinthePines.With the pres- ent.buildings inmates.can be com-*fertably cared fér and it should be ‘form for county officers hasadopted. ere ago the new jail was erected at a cost of $30,000,both of which are when the county voted the $400,000 In bonds for road improvement,which has given Iredell one of the best sys-tems of roads in the State,and theclimaxisreachedinthecompletion of the magnificent county home.In addition to these,other pygressivestepshavebeentaken.Modern schoolhouseshavebeenbuiltandtheedu-cational facilities otherwise improv-ed,an efficient agricultural adviserdirectsthefurtheradoption.and ex-remises ,ecution of modern farming methods,‘and last but not least the salary.re-been WILL INSTALL CITY SCALES. Bonds Sold—Uniforms For Fmen—Other Business of the Alder-men,- At its meeting Friday night the board of aldermen sold $18,000 5 1- per cent 25-year city bonds to J. Hillsman &Co.of Atlanta atpremiumof$75.Of the bonds $10,000 are street,improvement bon and the remaining $8,000 are refun ing electric light bonds. The mayor and all the aldermen ex- cept Mr.McElwee were present at the meeting and various mactersweredisposedof.Messrs.Lyons andBrown,who:were among the Boule- vard property owners asking dam- ages on,account of street work,were allowed $27.50 and $22.50,respec-tively,half the cost of raising their houses. Krider Eccles,colored,who is blind, was exempted from city taxes. Uniforms were ordered purchasedatcityexpenseforthethoespaid firemen. A request for water and seweragelinesonEuclidavenuewasreferred to the water committee.The objections of Messrs.S.A. Foster and V.B.Moore to the as- The street committee was instruct- ed to purchase new city scales and have them installed in a cement cas-ing on city property.The lcoation for the scales has not been decion, Mr.R.L.Crawley was ordered con- Nineteen ordinances confirming as- sessments against abutting property owners for sidewalk improvement passed their several readings. Automobile and Bicycle Collide—Boy Slightly Hurt.An automobile driven by Mr.Wil-liam Carter and a bicycle ‘ridden byMasterClarenceConnellycollidedonthestreetnearthepostofficeabout 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon,Tre- ing the machine between a couple of wagons when he saw the Connelly brakes and the wheels of the machine slid for 25 or 30 feet,bringing it to a standstill just as the bicycle struck it.Young Connelly was going at a pretty good speed and was thrown against the glass wind shield of the automobile,breaking the shield and Dr.W.J.Hill's office,where his in- juries were dressed.He received a number of cuts and bruises about his ing it because of an injury which he suffered while cranking:the machine Saturday.He was “kicked”by the engine and his arm broken. Fred Chambers Removed as Janitor ~—Capt.Gregory Appointed. Fred Chambers,colored,who has dian of the building.Chambers was under the civil service and it wasnecessarytopreferchargestosecure his removal.The charge against him was conducting a business in the building.He had,it seems,for a long time been engaged in clothing,conducting a sort of tailor- said he had asked 2 postoffice in- spector if there was anythin in his carrying on this business and hed been told that it was not objec-tionable if it did not interfcre with his work as janitor. trol of the Treasury apt ointed janitor. amination may be held later. salary of the janitor is $55 a month Hattie Moore,colored,who her job some time ago. bell,colored,is continued as a laborer service.' Little Louise Knox Had a Close Call Democrat about a little girl readers: and Mrs.R. was seriously burned;” Town Will Do Public’Weighing —re- sessments made against them for |ghe became ill attending the Moores-sidewalk improvement ‘were eV€F-|wille graded school,where she Was ruled,loved alike by teacher and pupil on ‘,:7 acres situated near Shepherd’s.This moan 0 city engineer and plumbiMg {farm was originally known as_theinspector.Vanderbur lace:¢as iii.,ander g place and was purchas-Additional street lights were Or-led by the late Mr.R.D.Moore aderedplacedonwestBroadstreets)number of years ago Wailnat street,Highland avenue and Charley Mack,a Syrian,son of Steele street.J ;af easier ge we ps‘:ohn Mack of Mooresville,returned A mpotion to discontinue the street from “the old country”Saturdaysprinkler“on account of a number Of |pringing with him his bride and Bi,owners not paying for \thrce sisters;He came to this coun- sprinkling”carried.*“ltry some six or more years ago and sulting in’painful injuries to Con Was announced in the last issue of nelly.The automobile was h The Landmark,is improving.His south and the bicycle wes going gortth.son,Dr.J.Y.Templeton,Jr.,cameMr.Carter was in the act of veege-|20me from Philadelphia and will be youth headed toward him.Secing/>e wu that the boy had not observed the |"¢F parents until after Christmas. automobile Mr.Carter applied the|Mts.A.C.Kerley,Martha and Com-modore,returned yesterday from rebounding to the ground in front pofthemachine.He a able to get he and Miss Genora Smith drove to up and walk to the sidewalk.Per-the residence of Rev,I.E.Long,sons who were nearby escorted him to|Where they answered to the solemnvowsthatmadethemmanandwife. head and hands,butthe wounds are ve not serious.cret so well that the most intimate The automobile which ficured in the |ftiends of the young couple had not accident is tho property of Mr.A.J.|/Suspected that it:was to be that Beaver,who lives a few miles cast of |Dight.The groom holds a very re- town.Mr.Beaver was in the car |Sponsible position with the W.W. with Mr.Carter but was not operat-Rankin Company and is known as a been janitor at the Federal building |®large number of friends. for about 16 years,was removed Sat-Several poultry fanciers of Moores- urday by Collector Watts,the custo-|Ville expect to send some birds to the the sale of ing business as a side line.Chambers wrong The postoffice inspector,however,had nothing to dowithit,the building being under co.i- Department. The department approved th»chargeagainstChambers,hence his removal. Capt.W.H.H.Gregory has been A civil service ex- The was charwoman in the building,gave up The custo-dian has asked for the appoiniment of a laborer in*her place.Wes.‘Camp- The laborers sre not under the civil The following from,the Hickorywho formerly lived in Statesville is of in- terest to many of The Landmark’s “Little Louise,daughter of Mr.M.Knox,had a narrow escape Wednesday morning.She wasstandingnearanopenfirewhenher outing night’dress caught fire and was in a blaze in a moment..For- tunately Mr.Knox was in the roomandwithgreatpresenceofmindsuc-ceeded in putting it out before she THE VANDERBURG FARM SOLD. Death of a Young Girl—Syrian ComesHomeWithaBride—-Mr.Mayhew and Miss Smith Surprise Their Friends. Correspondence of The Landmark.| “Mooresville,Dee.8-—-Ruth Cran-ford,daughter of Mr.and Mrs.J.D.Cranford,died at 4 o’clock Saturday morning after an illness of nine weeks.Her funeral wes conducted yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clockattheFirstPresbyterianchurchbyRev.W.S.Wilson and the remains were interred in the town,cemetery.A large number of relatives andfriendswerepresentatthefuncral and many beautiful flowers.were placed on her grave by friends as the last token of love.The deceased was twelve yeers of age and seem- ingly in her usual health until nine weeks ago yesterday,when she be- came critically ill.From then onshewasdesperatelyillandgrew gradually weaker in spite of every- thing medical aid could offer.There never was any ground for hope of her recovery and the end was ex- pected at any time.She sufferedfromacomplicationoftroubles.She iwas the ‘oldest daughter of Mr.and Mrs.J.D.Cranford and wes until Laecount of her sweet disposition. On Saturday morning a right im- jportant real estate deal was conclud- ed when Mr.James L.Moore and sisters sold to Mr.J.H.Cloaninger their splendid farm of a hundred remained until a year and half ago, when he returned to Syria to bring over his young sisters.While therehedecidedtochooseahelpmateand brought her back with him.His father,John Mack,has been in this country about ten years and has ac- cumulated a good deal of property and has a splendid store in Moores- ville. Mr.J.Y.Templeton,whose illness at“home for Mrs.C.U. Chester,S.C., everal days. Voils leaves today for where she will visit China Grove,where they visited Mrs. Thos,Thompson for several days. Mr.and Mrs.W.R.Hartness left Saturday for Cooleemee to visit friends and relatives. On Saturday night Mr.Vance May- hew took his friends by surprise when They then went to the residence of Mrs.Maggie Miller,where they will board.The wedding was kept a se- very popular and efficient salesman. The bride,a daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Smith of the Enochyille neigh- borhood,is a sister of Mrs.Harry Melchor of Mooresville,with whom she has made her home for several years.She is a young lady of ad- mirable traits of character and has poultry show at Statesville this weekandothersstillexpecttovisitthe show and spend a season with the fowls. The Poultry Show to Open Tomor-row. Between 900 and 1,000 birds hav- ing been entered,the indications are that the.Iredell poultry show_this week will be the best ever and the management of the show is natural- ly very much elated over its appar- ent suc¢ess.The entries are by no means confined to North Carolina, over 100 birds having beon entered by Virginia breeders and 150 will come from South Carolina.All birds must be in the show room—the ar- mory the Iredell Blues on west Broad (Sreet—by 10 o'clock tomor- row mofhiesr ond local exhibitors are urged to deliver their birds today. The judging will begin tomorrow morning and it is possible that the doors will be opened to the public to- morrow evening.A small admissionfeewillbechargedtohelppaytheexpenses,of the show.The entryfeesgobacktotheexhibitorsinpre-miums and the poultry associationmustdependontheadmissionfees to pay for’the actual expenses of the -|show.The public gonerally is urg- ed to “go to the show”and see some “real poultry.”In addition to those listed in the regular premium list,a number ofspecialpremiumswill,be offered. LIVES LOST IN TEXAS FLOODS. More Than Three Score Known to Have Perished and Much Suffering Among Survivors.© Sunday night’s dispatches increas-ed the number of known dead in the Texas floods to 61 with the possibil- ity that a heavy toll of drownings re- ported,but not confirmed,at Sunny- side,in Waller county,would increase this number.The additional known deaths in Sunday’s reports included four at Hungerford and a like number near Welborn.The crest of the Brazos river flood Sunday night was nearing.Brazorycounty,which borders on the Gulf, and the peak of the Colorado riverfloodwasapproachingMatagorda county,also on the Gulf.As the wa-ter passed southward the damage in- cident to the overflow grew corres- pondingly. A dispatch from Welborn,Texas, says the task of rescue along the 40 miles of flooded Brazos Valley Sunday was succeeded by the problem of pro- viding for 2,000 or more refugees. Reports from the flooded territory brought by motorboats showed that between 700 and 1,000 persons are marooned in gin houses and large plantation residences safe from the flood,but in urgent need of food and clothing.At all of the marooned colonies food was scarce.A rapid fall in temperature and a cutting wind heightened the suffering,especi- ally in the tent colonies along the river banks.Nearly all those affect- ed are negroes.Sunday night at.Horse Shoe Bend, says the Welborn dispatch,above the roaring of*the river could be heard the singing and p¥aying of 50 ne- groes facing death in a'rocking gin house on an island a mile and a half out.How many of the negro ten- ants in the flooded section were drowned is still unknown.The flood stretches almost to the horizon,six miles or more,dotted here and there by a roof or the tiny steeple of a sub- merged church?Friday night at Horse Shoe Bend,six miles below Wellborn,a light bobbed up and down on the river and/there came frantic cries of a half dozen people and the dim bulk of a house could be seen but the victims could not be saved. Gov.Colquitt has issued an appealtothepeopleofTexasforaidforthe flood sufferers.\ Later—The number of known dea has increased to 150. Mr.Templeton to Be PostmasterDeathofAnOldColoredWoman. Correspondence of The Landmark, Mooresville,Dec.8.—-Last Friday night “Aunt Jennie Kilpatrick,”one of the old time darkies,known and respected by every one,had an at- tack of acute indigestion and died within a few minutes.Sh»was try- ing to finish a quilt before stopping for the night and just as the task was completed the last of life de- parted.The three new business houses be- ing constructed by Mr.G.©,Good- man on Main street near the depot are about completed and by the last of the week will be occupied.Mr.G. QO.Cornelius will use one for a beef market,another will be used by Goins and Harrison for a barber shop and the third will be used by L.H. Reavis.Congressman R.A.Doughton to- day recommended W.D.TempletonforpostmasterofMooresville,which of course means that this place is settled for the next four years.Mr. Templeton had strong endorsements and so far as your correspondent knows there is no other candidate. The term of the present’postmasterwillexpireinMarclynext. Negroes Kill Negro They ThoughtWasBlindTigerDetective. Greensboro News,8th.‘ Thinking they had caught the «e- gro detective who had turned up 13 alleged retailers,a crowd of negroes in the suburbs of High Point Sat- urday night killed Robert Hall,who strongly resembled the detective. Hall was knocked down,was severe- ly cut across the leg end then shot through the hecrt.Three negroes against whom suspicion is strong are guarded in the calaboose. The murder occurred after a wholesale raid had been made by the police,on information furnished by the detective,who hed been at work since Tuesday.Starting at 9 o’clock the force gathered up 13 .negroes, the number set out for,completing the arrests in 45 minutes.The friends of those arrested sect about to do away with the detective,who would be the witness,and thought they had him when they got Hall. Cotton Ginned ‘This Year. The cotton ginning report of the census buresu,issued yesterday, shows 12,081,100 bales were ginned to December 1st.On the same date lest year there had been ginned 11,- 864,541 bales,or 87.9 per cent,of the entire crop;in 1911 to that date,12,- 816,807 bales,or 82.4 per cont,and in 1908 to that date 11,008,661 bales,or84.1 per cent.:: For North Carolina to December 1 the amount is 622,746;last year754,569;1911,828,660;1908,554,- 346. McDowell Anderson,25 yeors old, The Alexander Poultry Association, which has no show this year,is offer- ing its loving cup to Alexander cx- hibitors in the Iredell show,and the Ligondotte Poultry Yards of Law-renceville,Va.,is offering aWyandottecockerelforthebest Wy-endotte in the show.J.Paul Leon- ard offers a ee of Homer pigeons for the best di white!Rev. isplay of bantams, son of Dr.J.R.Anéerson of Mor- ganton,the latter for a time a resi- |dent of Cool Spring,this county,‘died Sunday at the home of his fath-ler in Morganton. Frank Siler,Missionary Secretary of the Western North Caro- lina Conference,who it was hoped would locate in Statesville,has deeid- BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS ~—-No change in the cotton market —lint 13 cents,seed cotton 5.26.cet- ton seed 40 cents the bushel..f ——Contractor L.0.White's dredge on Upper Third creek began 0}:tions last week in the edge of \Alex- ander county. week from Lincoln county to a farm in Shiloh township,which he re- cently purchased. ~—Mr,E. township gathered 6,125 pounds of seed cotton off three acres,which is a very fine yield: --All business men of the city are requested to attend a mecting at the o’clock to discuss freight rates. ——Mrs.Julia Anderson is preparing to build a cottage on Euclid avenue. A cottage is now in course of con- struction at Diamond Hill for Mrs. L.8.Leazar. —Mr.T.J.Conger has sold te Mr.M.A.Hartline the I::d formerly known as the Luther Arey place,on the south side of Third creek.The price was $70 per acre. —Carl Masten,colored,was ar-raigned before Justice Lazenby yes- terday afternoon,charged with car- rying a concealed weapon.He gavebondforhisappearanceatthehigher court. —-The Iredell Live Stock Associa- tion will meet at the court house Sat- urday at 11 o’clock to consider plac-ing an order for a ear load of good dairy cows.All dairymen are urged to be present. Miss Edith Conger,daughter of Mr.T.J.Conger of Statesville,has finished her post-graduate course in nursing at Bellevue Hospital,New York city,and has taken a position in the Woman's Hospital in Balti- more. —-Mr.J.T.Plott of Statesville has been awarded the contract te build a boulevard from Shelb te Cleveland Springs and has Cosme work.Mr.Plott,who has done much road work in Iredell,recontly con- tracted for road work in Stokes ceun- ty and has a force at work there. —-Mr.Marvin Webb moved lastweekfromCoolSpringtownshipte a farm in Caldwel verre near Lenoir,owned by Messrs.Marvin and John W.Webb.The farm is locat-ed in the fine fruit section of Cald-well and the Messrs.Webb will setoutabigorchardduring:the win- ter.*—The Landmark has.received ananonymousletteraboutOklahomalandthatisbeingofferedtoIredell people.Of course this letter goesthewayofallanonymousletters— into the waste basket.If the writerknowswhereofhespeaksandwillsendhisnameasavoucherforthe fects,the letter will be printed. Mr.R.L.Freeze,who lives near town,brought The Landmark a cow of master turnips last week. largest measu 26 inches in cir- cumference.Mr.J.G.Thompson,superintendent of the county home, has turned in a sweet tato that grew through the ring of a hook onasingletree.It is quite a curiosity. —-Mrs.J.N.Barringer and chil- dren left Barium a few days ago tevisitrelativesinConcordandColum- bia,8.C.From the latter place they will go to Glenflora,Texas,to live.Glenflora is the home of Mr.W.A.Dayvault,Mrs.Barringer’s brother. Mr.J.G.Thompson,who is to giveupthemanagementofthecounty home,will also lo¢ate at Glenflora. —.Mr.W.E.Haddon,a son of Rev.S.W.Haddon of Statesville,suffered a severe injury to his eye a few days ago and is under treatment in a hos-pits!at Bluefield,W.Va.Mr.Had- don was time-keeper for a conctruc- tion force at Glen Alum,W.Va.Hewasstruckintheeyebyasmallpar-ticle of stone and the full extent oftheinjuryhasnotbcendetermined. The case of J.M.Adams and P,R.Houpe vs.the Nelsette LumberCo.has*been adjusted and settled outofcourt,and the receiver appoi for the Nellsette company some months ago has been dismissed.ItwillberecalledthattheplantoftheNellsettecompany,which was leased from Messrs.Houpe and Adams,was destroyed by fire and the ownersbroughtsuitagainstthelumbercom-pany and had a receiver appointed onthegroundthatthetermsoftheleasehadbeenviolated. Dr.Anderson Talked on Tubercale- sis—Church News. Dr.Charles Anderson and Mr.W.A.Thomas of First Baptist church,Rev.G.H.Church and Mr.W.A.Evans of Western Avenue church,and Rev.C.S.Cashwell,pas-tor of a number of churches in the county,will go to Shelby today te at-tend the meeting of the Baptist State Convention.Complying with the request of theAnti-Tuberculosis Society that oneserviceSundaybegiventoadiscus-sion of the causes,preventioncureoftuberculosis,Dr.Charles An-. derson devoted the morning 8 at the First Baptist church toadiscussionandgavemuchvalinformationfurnishedbytheseforeducationalpurposes.SanightDr.Anderson geve an ii!ed lecture on home missions,ing stereopticon views of CuPanamacanalzonereservationsintheWest. At Broad Street Methe Sunday afternoon atJ.F.Kirk,the-special sermon ‘ed to locate at Waynesville. e Junior O -—-Mr.W.I.Warren ismoving this. M.Massey of Shidoh’ Commercial club tonight at 17:30" Ja cs c s ss --+December 9,1913.TUESDAY, COMMENTON VARIOUS MATTERS Some of the North Carolina mer- chants,aggrieved at the action of Virginia merchants in attempting to prevent North Carolina getting a reduction of freight rates,have sug~ gested a boycott of Se.jobbers. If this suggestion would take hold Virginians might have occasion to re- pent.their greed;and the suggestion could be made to take hold if put into effect on liqhor shipments,at this holi- day season. A Charlotte man complains to the Chronicle of the poor service fur- nished in that town by the Bell Tel- ephone Company;and this Charlotte man,who evidently knows well the ways of the Bell,concludes with this statement:; “It will probably soon be time for the Bell Company to advance Char- lotte’s rates in order to ‘improyc’the service.”; Sure.Whenever the Bell decides to levy an additional assessment on a town which it honors with its cx- clusive service,it.knows how to go about it.Strange to say,this com- plaint comes from the town where Y.M.C.A.Lecturer Speir ©lives, moves and has his being.If the com- plaints become very strong Lecturer Speir will hold a service and show the people that instead of complain- ing about the service furnished by the beneficent corporation which he has the honor to represent,they should render thanks twice daily that they are privileged to have the service. *a * When Judge Carter’s liquor inves tigations were on in Asheville one Vance L.Wells,who was much want- ed in connection therewith,left town| before a warrant could be served on him.Judge Carter expressed the opinion that Wells had been warned by some member of the police force and further expressed the opinion, based on conditions revealed by the investigation,that the Asheville po- jred at Whitney on the snme day,a LIVE ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. dents of Life in the Old North State. Mt.Airy is to have free deliveryofmails,the gross postoffice re-‘ceipts having pass the $10,000.mark. While crossing the street in Wil-mington Friday Mrs.Mary E.Wil-liams,an aged lady,was run downbyanautomobileand.seriously in-jured.'f : John Kinnamon,who killed hisfatherathishomeinForsythcounty last week,was put under a bond of$2,500 to appear in Forsyth SuperiorCourtthisweck. Mrs.John Hill of Sandy Ridge township,Union county,in poor health,attempted suicide by eating match heads and later got a_pistolandshotherselfdead. Clinton Gibbs of Beaufort county was attempting to load his gun toshootahawkwhentheweapoawas accidentally discharged and_killed the brother of Gibbs.The =slayer is about 18 years old,his.victim about 20. The body of Capt.Henry Edge, who was drowned November 14,when the steamer C.W.Lyon was burned on the Cape Fear river,20 miles above Wilmington,was found last Thursday morning floating on.the water about three miles below wherethedrowningoccurred. While crossing a railroad trestle in the suburbs of Charlotte,Mr.O.O. Carson was struck by a train and knocked to the ground,dying soon af- terward.Mr.Carson was from Can- on City,Col,and was visiting his brother in Charlotte.He was 60 years old and unmarried. ‘A report from Albumarle cays that a white man in the employ of the Hardaway Comyany at the Nar- rows,Stenly county,was electrocut- ed last week by coming in contact with a live wire.A homacide occur- negro being killed.No d>tails. W.Henry Davis,who publishes the Hornet at Fork Church,Davie county, has been appointed postmaster at that place.Fork Church »posteffice Accidents,Crimea and Other Inci- ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.~ ‘April 29 and 80 and May 1 havebeenselectedasdatesforthe1914reunionoftheUnitedConfederateenetobeheldinJacksonville, a,On her return from the UnitedStates)Mrs.Emmeline’Pankhurst,the militant suffragette,was arrest-ed at Exeter,England,and lodgedin.jail.: Arthur A.McLean,treasurer of theDemocraticStatecommitteeofNewYork,has been indicted for receiving campaign contributions from corpor- ations.Engineer Laurel Brinkley of Ral- eigh was killed Friday when a switchenginestrucka‘freight train in theyardsoftheSeaboardAirLinerail;| road in Columbia,S.-C. The main building of the Victor Cotton Oil Company at Yorkville,S. C.,was burned Thursday night.Loss about $80,000.Fire supposed to haveoriginatedintheelectricmotor. A big snowstorm tied up business in the central section pf Colorado Thyrsday night and Friday.Forty inches of snow fell and there was a blockade on all railroads within a ra- dius of 100 miles of Denver. Representative Shackleford,chair- man of the committee on good roads of the House of Congress,has asked Governor Craig of North Carolina to appear before his committee this week and give his ideas on construct; ing roads.Governor Hodges of Kan- sas has also been invited. Lady champions of female suffrage and ladies opposed to female suffrage appeared—at different times—at hearings before the rules committee of the House of Congress last week and argued for and against the cre- ation of a standing committee on equal suffrage.The rules committee has not yet decided. There was $3,484,249,789 in circu- lation in the United States on the 2d,according to the monthly circu- lation statement of the Treasury De- partment.That excceced the amount in circulation on December 2,1912, by nearly $100,000,000.Of the three and a half billions,more was abolished some time ago,the lice force had fallen short in its du- ty in enforcing the law.As a re-| sult of these statements the police | committee of the board of aldermen began an investigation.While the investigation has not been concluded it is announced that the evidence so far submitted does not tend to show |||| | community.being served by rural} routes.The office has been re-estab-| lished and will be known as Fork,the| Church being left off. After being in session weck,the coroner’s jury ing the murder of B.B. almost « investigat- Carter in ,|000,000, than one| billion was in gold certificetes and| about $726,000,000 in national bank notes.During November,1913,the amount of gold coin and bullion in the Treasury increased by about $12,- INDIGESTION,GAS,OR SICK,SOUR STOMACH!|Charlotte returned a verdict to the ar _effect that Carter was killed by licks a hay sore oe a as he Cg ie with a eee ce the lice warned 2 lawbreaker to skip we The a ot PONY oF parties |eejon’t know,but that the Asheville|/>¢men errested on suspicion were :lice had knowledge of the whole-jall released. aie open and notorious violations of|At the mecting of the State Board the law at the hotels and drug stores |Of Agriculture last week Dr.B.B. may not be doubted.While the po-|Flowe was elected State veterina- lice may have remained inacti 3 |Ur. this direction because they knew|Who resigned in September to take that those in authority over them /|4 position at _Blacksburg,Va. didn’t want the “higher ups”disturb |Flowe was assistant veterinarian un- ed,one must have a curious idea of |der Dr.Chrisman and acting veteri- what being true to an oath means if |Parian since his resignation. it be asserted thet an officer is “not At the recent session of the West- untrue to his oath”when he has/ern North Carolina Conference Rev. knowlecge,or even reason to believe.|J.R.Scroggs was appointed presiding that the law is being violated and/eclder of the Winston district and makes no effort to stop it.Rev.H.K.Boyer presiding elder of *@ 9 jthe Shelby district.By consent of The recent decision of the State Su-|the bishop they have exchanged work, preme Court in the noted case of Mc-|Mr.Scroggs going to Shelby and Mr. Racken against the Bank of Colum-|Boyer taking the Winston district. bus should not be overlooked.Me-|Fireman Russell Rhodes,a negro,Racken was a directorof the bank and |was killed;Conductor John Cates of chairman of the loan committee.|Raleigh,was seriously injured and The bank,it seems,had been violat |Engineer Ferrall and a brakeman ing the law by charging more than |were slightly hurt when a Southernthelegalrateofinterest,and Mc-/railway freight train was derailed Racken,as chairman of the loan/friday morning two miles from Sel- Snr tek or this viola |ma,Johnston county.The engine,ion.ut McRacken became a bor-|tender seve si .: rower and when the bank applied olan Wen Treght parg:were him the same medicine he permitted it to give others,“that was some- thing else.”His loan was for $3,000 and when the bank held him up for 5.35 interest when the legal rate McRacken kicked. that there is a “leak”at the depart- Asheville Citizen:Beputy Collec- jtors Henry Reed,George P.Crutch- field,G.O.Monday ond Frank Miller, iwho have been working’under Inter- was but $55.50 jnal Revenue Agent Thomes H.Van- He not only kicked but he resigned derford,have becn transferred ©as director of the bank and brought |Roanoke,Va.,where they will worksuitforthepenalty,which is double j under the direction of Internal Reve- the legal rate,and the jury gave him i Agent =ae pate Sererety$150.70.The case was appealed and jcharge of the local office. the Supreme Court affirmed the low-er court.The defehee-offered by the| bank was that MeRacken was guilty| of helping to apply the usurious rate|Washington Dispatch,4th,to to others.Judge Platt Walker held|eigh News and Observer. that no matter if the borrower should |District Attorneys H.F.Seawell consent to the usurious charge,which |and A.E.Holton and United Stateshemaybecompelledtodobyhis|Marshale Claudius Dockery and Lo- gan will be notified immediately bygreaternecessity,this does not ex- ithe Attorney General that they areeusethelender.Many North Caro |lina banks—and private money lend-|removed from ,their offices,effective |December 15.ers as well—according to common re- port,make a practice of violating|This decision was the law by charging more than 6 pér eent,which is the legal rate.Many of them go about it indirectly by charging a bonus for “expense”or by requiring,in the case of banks, Change in Marshals and District At- torneys to Be Made on the 15th. Ral- reached follow Simmons and Overman to the depart- ment,when they notified Attorney |General McReynolds that Francis D.)|;Winston,W.©.Hammer,W. T.that a certain,amount of the loan|Dortch and Charles A.Webb arebeleftondeposit,ete.Many bank-jready to take the jobs.Theerstrytojustifythepracticeonthe|of court in the east hasgroundthatotherbanksdoit,which |the ote in the west will soon be overisn’t any justification and the prac-|making the time for the chanre op-ticé can’t be justified.Violating the |portune with the coming of the hollawbychargingusuryisasmuchof|idays. a violation as conducting a blind ti-|The new appointees will not pect it is worse.It is a hold-up.Ittakesadvantageofnecessity.The|there will probably be an interim ofogtendSlim:toe Pra a.a “a!om in ree there will be noy.E hat,e|mershals »Statelenderwhowantstoaniesusury|marshal eit tek be aoetakesadvantageofthenecessityand|automatically.Cn tet te eeholdsuptheborrowerforsuch|If the Senate should hold up theamountasheseesfit.The borrow-|confirmations for any appreciableerinmostcasesiscompelledtoas-length df\time it would be necessaryeeebecauseoebeencom-|that somebody be appointed to fill in.pated to ames to the arrangement |Thene would be temporary “appointlegalrateofinterestisfixed‘pur-lnabte-With sha K feel todas ttheposelytopreventthosewhofave|tee dist s “g It rg judges tn the money taking undue advantage of Judg ‘Cor 10 ;ot nanos ae those compelled to borrow.This has wt 'a ts ae tierbesonoe1:as |no are to come in by ‘nomination,a oon -oundation of the |but speculation on Judge Royd’s eau “csc ho es "Ie nage bender of action in thet event is.in- legal aod moral wrong is as great a setae ta eee enlees2oa8.£at app nt Hammer and.Webb,andyasiteverwas.man_is |again he might appoint anybody elsecompelledtoloanmoney,but if he jhe wished.If there is a hiatus it ee pte mater .rae in-|must be bridged and unless the Sen-,>e borrow- er,under the stress of necessity,as- sents to it. Ceres O14 auses,Ginter seacues Wee't Core The worst cases,no matter of how Jong standing,are cured by the wonder/ni,oid reliable Dr.Porter's Antiseptic Healing Ou.It relievesPomandHealsatthesametime.2c.Me,8 some interesting things could hinthewest‘rere To Cure a Cold in One DayTakeLAXATIVEBROMOQuinine.ItCoughandHeadacheandworkscnthe CalanDruggistsrefundmoneyifi1.00,'5 WW GROVE Baia appen "S signature ™ach bok.~—Bic. ve in|rian to succeed Dr.W.G.Chrisman,| Dr.| jing a visit this afternoon by Senators | term | ended and | jincumbents will go out on that date’! ate acts promptly on the nominations | ails to cure,| |Time It !—"“Pape’s Diapepsin” Makes Your Upset,Bloated Stom- ach Feel Fine in Five Minutes!|“Really does”put bad stomachs| lin order-——“‘really does”overcome in- |digestion,dyspepsia,gas,heartburn j and sourness in five minutes——that |—-just that—makes Pape’s Diapep- isin the largest selling stomach reg- julator fn the world.If what you jeat ferments into stubborn lumps,| you belch gas and eructate soyr,un- digested food and acid;head is diz-| zy and aches;breath foul;tongue | jcoated;your insides filled with bile| jand indigestible waste,remember! jthe moment “Pape’s Diapepsin”| jcomes in contact with the stomach jall such distress vanishes.It’s truly | astonishing —almost marvelous,and|{the joy is its harmlessness.| A large fifty-cent case of Pape’s| Diapepsin will give you a hundred| dollars’worth of satisfaction or your| |druggist hands you your money| |back,} It’s worth its weight in gold to| |men and women who can’t get their| jstomachs regulated.It belongs in! your home—should always be kept| jhandy in case of a sick,sour,upset} stomach during the day or at night.| It’s the quickest,surest and most harmless stomach doctor the world.in Li ie ee ie s Se i a d s « he s s wa k e d wa k e bs dl e dB k a a y sh a ee Ni i at e _Just thegift:for John!”SefuHandsome,practical,j..he can use it mm;hish|work every.da 2)Selt-Pilling: ‘Fountain;PerF 5 ilapele“ills Its |in 4sec : |Simple’*blind bo |taimpletgeroranysimilaroffenceincurring|named until December 15,as vacan-|a like penalty,and in-its moral as-/cies will not exist until then.As the|In handsome Christmas boxes. Exchangeable after Christmas if point doesn’t suit. \|Brady Printing Comg’y, Printing,Stationery |Statesville,ys a See Us For i}Fat Mackerel, 2 ‘P o p o o u st Jo y 42 y 3 0 2 4 4 P] O D Ul 24 0 J U I O D pr o g pu e a JU B M no A 91 9 U . : Jo } e o p P uo n 9 } 1 0 g ou L > &us t x 39 } 89 7 ] Ss SA B M -[ @ ST 91 9 4 ‘P y Ju e m no s BI } XO . JJ O U M Je o y no d so a r s TO Bo j y z o e j l o g of IJ I I O U I O O Pp [ o o Iw o tA ‘p o o m a p n y ‘D "N M ‘e n e p e ) (K o s a r ma y ) “ -q ‘e o p S e r r e y AN V Y d W O ) ‘T I O Ga V a N V I S Ss m 1 a N O W S O1 l o a i U “D F “s o w s p E E SA ‘M m ‘W o y s a p r e q ) TH O W I L T V E t ‘9 1 9 q M -A I Z A Q si o l e o g 1v en j q ss i o n b . : m } pe [ e u r e u s JO [9 0 } s ut e d TI O jo uo T [ e s o[ s u I s % UO SI M O Y sU T U su m q &o TT e t s OU — s y H O U I S ON SS U L U I U I T I } [I y H O ‘Q ] N U I U I & UI MO T s ST ys n { f — A p v o l sA e m y e st } I pu e ‘y o } e u r & YO N o O } é ° we 50c.Plaid Waffle Cloth at 25c. (One Case of 50c. Waffle Cloth -25c.Belk Bros. Store With It’s WellSelected Stock Means Economy For the Christmas Shopper. Economy ofTime,Economy of Energy,Economy of Money Why so many people shop in our Ready-to-Wear Department? Because the values we offer are much better than those offered in other stores. Befgre buyinga Coat be sure to‘see our special values,ElegantBoucleCoats,Brown,Navy,Gray,Black and Red,45 inches long, value $10,our price $4.98. Misses’and Juniors’Coats,all wool Mixtures,usual value $10 and $12.50,price $5.95 to $7.50.. Bargains this week in Children’s Coats,in all colors,$1.75 to $4.98. One lot Women’s Caricule Coats,$5 value,our price $3.98;$7.50 value for $4.98.‘ DRESS GOODS. Just received a big line for the Holidays,all colors:36 inch all wool Serge,68c.value,our price44inchallwoolSerge,$1.00 value,our price 50 inch all wool Serge,$1.25 value,our price Black Mohair,85c.value,our price é 59e. 38 inch‘all wool Mixtures,value 69c.,our price _A8c, 56 inch Tweed in Brown and Gray Mixtures,value 624c.,our price 48c. A full lot of Brocaded Velvets and Bulgarian Silks for trimmings. BLANKETS. 6x80,our price $1.98;$5 Elkin Blankets,slightAfulllineofBlanketsupto 50c. 75e. 89e. $2.50 Wool Nap 6 ¢sec- onds,while they last $2.75.5,95; White and Plaids, 500 Pair of Job Shoes at 98c. We carry a full¥ine of Shoes from $1.48 to $4.00. VISIT THE BUSY STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS, | |White Fish,|_Orange Hams,’Breakfast Bacon,‘|Mince Meat, ‘|Cranberries,‘|Fresh Oysters all the time. —’PHONE 89—|Eagle & Milholland. :NOTICE I. First class tin work and repairing. Roofing Contractor. CLYDE E.GAITHER.*Phone No,157. A{==;CASH—LUMBER!122.| |PRICES AND MEASUREMENT Correspondence solicited from buyers and sellers. PHENIX PLANING MILL COMPANY,Phones incevendert 2 R.JACKSON Manager.Nov.7—-26t. We will please you with both. |Bell 206ATYPEWRITERBARGAIN! No.&Underwood $60.Automatic attach-.P.KNOX,Statesville,*Cc. FOR RENT—“torehouse on Davie avenue.|FOR RENT—Two first-class 4-horse -farme.'MONEY—To loan.Address Bex 167,Btates-DR.J.B/aMcLAUGHLIN.Dee.&—2t*!L.B,BRISTOL.Nov.11,::|ville,N.G.Nov.21, F' 'PAGE THREE,— TY t may help you in selecting your presents: Elgin,Waltham.Illinois,Rockford,|In Ebony and Silver.Prices from $2.50Southbend,and re grades in from |Up7to21jewel,0-12-1 CLOCKS pa,at $3 to $10.fimsh.“Bargains.SAFETY RAZORS—We will sell GOLD AND § ‘PRE selection of a GIFT is often a task;you want to give something appropriate,your love or friendship and yet to select just the proper thing isa bigger proposianenormousstockofJewelry,etc.Have bought,in several cases,more than we should.In orderofferingthematverylowestpricepossible.We enumerate below a few special items.which we are sacrificing profits on.Read them.They WATCHES MILITARY BRUSHES _|Prices from 75c.to $900.Too manyinstock—going at a special price. MANICURE SETS from $1.00 to $10.-18 sizes filled in GOLD HEADED WALKINGCANES,BRUSH,COMB AND MIRROR SETSanykindofcase.Prices from $1 to $65.|Ebony stick,suitable for dad or grand-in Ebony,French Gray,SilverandIvory }to $20. Vhat Shall It Be? Solid Gold$19 ILVER HANDLED|from $1.75toPagendPreeaenametheseatcost.UMBRELLAS—the very thing for your FILLED re CHAINS,guaranteed weSart can or stoneandIvoryfinishPriceshen$1.50 to Knives,Forks,Spoons,Sugar Shells,|best girl.from $1.25 to $2.50.::ie ;:10 'Carving Sets and all other silverware GOLD CUFF BUTTONS from $1.50 GOLD BRACELETS,bargainsat $7 50 STICK PINS -Largest assortment inSHAVINGSETSforPiuse¢4 to $8.00.ve to $20.rsmaiardlagsie eh,city to select from.Price 75c.to $6.00. ;resents For the Ladies GOLD BAR PINS from $1.00 to $18.FILLED BRACELETS,guaranteed at LADIES’AND GENTS’Watch ChainInaves,gold ang ivory at $2.50 to $10,JEWEL CASES in Gold,Silver and GOLD CUFF PINS $1 to $2.50per pr.$2.00 to $8.00.and Fobs,and any other articles oo inSCISSORSSETSATCOST.Ivory finish,large lot to select from.GOLD BROOCHES from $1.50 up.FINGER RINGS—notbing but gold in a first class jewelry store something that will be appreciated,something expressive oftionthantheamountofmoneyinvolved.We have selected LAVALIERS in Gold with chain,$3.50 GOLD NECK CHAINS,any pattern,|Largeperfect stones at $250 to $300. t to ?get these Holiday goods moved we are CAMEOS these,Ladies’,Gents’and Children’s,inmountingsfrom$4.60 ‘to sets,signets and plain bands. DIAMOND RINGS A few small stones from $5.00 to $20. mentioned above which will go at a bargain. WE GIVE PONY COUPONS.We want you to come in and see these things.They will sell themselves.Your money will go further R.F.Henry Jewelry Company,Statesville,N.C. here than ever before in Statesville.We have many goods not i ITH EK LANDMARK |Compulsory avant Law Now in iWhenYouHaveaFriendorRela-ITUESDAY,=2 =December 9,1913.|The county board of education———~|some time ago ordered that the com- tive Il]in the Hospital or in Hower Roll at Oak Ridge School.|pulsory school law should be effec- }tive in Iredell December Ist.ThisTotheEditorofTheLandmark:;the Home nd me Pie in Monte salt dh Oak Ridge |means that all children between the ,Se So _}ages of 8 and 12 must attend schoolischoolforpastmonthwereasfol- lows:Roy Allmon,Bruce,Harry, |Elizabeth «q 2 larrige|Elizabeth and John Bell Carrigan,“Any parent,guardian or otherClaraGregory,Jack Brawley,David}._eaeLowrance,Hugh Smith,Grace,Lau-|P&™8°?violating the provisions ofpea:”’Naehe this act shall be guilty of a misde-rence,Joseph and Lilla Bell Stamper,>Seemeanor,and upon conviction shall be |for at least four months.Following is section 4 of the law: Fl Ww s,Mary:yne Teat-|*:>“pp iggins,Mary and Irene Teat liable to a fine of not less then $5 @ (MISS)LAURA BRADFORD |nor more than $25,and upon failure Oe ee :jor refusal to pay such'fine said pa- rent,guardian,or other person shall be imprisoned not to exceed 30 daysThere’s nothin The late President Finley of the|te gh om h gexcept Southern railway was well fixed finan-|!the county jail.Provided,thatyourownpresence,as”[|jcially.He left on estate valucd at|*he fine for any first offense may,i !5 upon the payment of costs,be sus-cheering to the sick jeee,oes.————|pended and not collected until the and as delightful as TO MAKE YOUR HAIR |Mooresville,Dec.5,Teacher. j |same party is convicted of a second MORE BEAUTIFUL offense.Provided further,that af- fragrant flowers |To give your hair that gloss and |‘the expiration of three days fromlustreandwavysilky-softness,use |the ee the a by the £ Harmony Hair Beautifier.It takes |*®o¢ance officer each and every dayNoflowerssentbyawaythedulldeadlookofthehcir,|a parent,guardian or other person parcel post.jand makes it bright—turns the |Who shall willfully and unlawfully keep such child or children from jschool,or allow him to remain out of school,shall constitute a sepa- rate offense and shall subject said 'stringiness into fluffiness—overcomes \the oily odors and leaves a sweet, true-rose fragrance—makes the hair| jeasier to put up neatly and easier to the county superintendent with a list -ance.You'll be proud of and delight-of absentees,ranging from eight toFLORISTSTOTHESOUTH,ed with the results,or your money 12 years,renders the teacher liableback.Very easy to apply—simply to a deduction of $5 from the month GREENSBORO,N.C.sprinkle a little on your hair each ly salary, time before brushing it.Contains|...i “no oil;will not chenge the color of What One 13-Year-Old Girl Does.Polk Gray Drug Co.hair,nor darken greg hair.The prize lotter in last week's ’To keep your hair and scalp dand-|Progressive Farmer was from a 13 I 1 Agents.ruff-free and clean,use Harmony year-old girl of Mt.Ulla,Rowan Shampoo.This pure,liquid shampoo |county,and The Landmark prints it ibeautiful,it will improve its apperr- is most convenient to use,because it herewith for the information and er ives an instantaneous rich,foaming |couragement of other little girls.It a Tether that immediately penetrates is as follows: to every part of -hair ahd scalp,im-I am a girl 13 years old.I live on suring a quick,thorough cleansing.a farm,nine miles from town.My Washed off just-as quickly,the entire |father is dead and my mother and operation takes only a few moments.myself do the feeding.We have three Contains nothing thet can harm the cows,five hogs,one horse and one hair;leaves no harshness or sticki-|little Jersey calf about six month ness—just a sweet-smelling cleanli-jold.My sister helps feed and graze ness.the ealf.The calf never drinks.much toth preparations come in odd-|water,but all the slop and buttermilk shaped,very ornamental bottles;with [we give her.We also feed her wi.at sprinkler tops.Harmony Hair Beauti-|bron and hay at night.Mother and |fier,$1.00.'Harmony Shampoo,50c.|myself do the rest of the feeding { |Both guaranteed to satisfy you in 1 curry the hors,hitch and ur ‘every way,or your money back.Sold|hitch her almost every day.My sis- in this community only at our store—|ter and I drive her and rice her pret |The Rexall Store—one of the more/|ty often.. |thart 7,000 leading drug stores of the Sister and I go to Mporeaville twice |United States,Canada and Great|a week to take music lessons.When |Britain,which own the big Harmony |we get our practicing done we pick| A MER jlaboratories in Boston,where thejcotton the rest of the evening.y CHRISTMAS jmany celebrated Harmony Perfumes We have a good school little and Toilet Preparations are made.more then a quarter of a mile from} |Statesvi rug Co.Uptowr |our home,There was a new roomoY:Statesville,I ig j r :<as al E ou All,Store,Center Street;Boulevard |added this last summer,makinz it a Merry May It Be!Store,Western Avenue,Statesville,three-room building,besides a small N.C.music room which was also sdded -|last summer.We gonerally have aWehopethatmanymoremaysix-months school each year.I havocome,AS attended regulirly for the last twoiiifterms,and I hope I can co the sameWhichyouwilllivetosee;]J [)]@ |i this term.RUTH MENIUS.We hope that each recurring date,Mt,Ulla,N.C. December Twenty-Fifth,Watauga and Yadkin River Waiting z on Money. Will find you in a merry state—Fresh English Walnuts,s thiseee ae oe eays — ‘“rt ‘meeting 0 e stock-holders 0 Itself—A ChristmasGift!B il N t \the Watauga and Yadkin River Rail-|az uts,road Company,at Lenoir,no steps| were taken toward .resuming workAlmonds,"the construction of the road with-HOME BAKERY.a linthe’ened toes,but ees MixedNuts,ance was given that the extension| jof the road across the Blue Ridge|2 Cocoanuts.would not be abandoned and that it |(' Christ as Speci Is would be taken up and prosecuted m la.;with energy as soon as some of com-pany’s financial matters could be|Miller-McLain Supply Co2|°"""""———|Turkeys,Commissioner Young “Warns About |Cranberries,.Christmas Trees.1 \Insurance Commissioner James R.| Raisins Young has issued his Christmas|Currants MILLI N E R xy !warnings against the use of paper,| eed ,cotton or other inflammable matcrial |Figs,for decorations.Especially does he Prunes,|,CLOSING OUT SALE now enjoin caution about Christmas trees|Focal on.Don't fall ogee our line |Bhoe,candles go out and mt be rellkinofHats,Corsets,Belts,Gloves,rather than cottof,where snow is to8OfINUNicefruitsofallkinds.Collars,ete.Oe iy,‘ages it Cared f Liver,Complaint,aelyBradfordGroceryCo.||]MBS:MANYSIMMS.|icon.nic,ft,°°meme (2 ry a 0 x J mberlain's“PHONE 27.107 East Broad Street.—--|]Dietely”cured and tan recommendthem to every one.”Forsale by all dealers, person to penalties herein prescrib-|.keep in place.It is just exactly what Van Lindle Co jit is named——a heir beautifier,and ed.7 aid.y ey |whether your hair is ugly now or The failure of 2 teecher to provide Report of the Baptist Denemination in the State. The Baptist State Convention meets in Shelby todsy.E.L.Middléton,||:|etatistical secretary of the Conven jtion,has compiled the reports from 67 of the 64 Baptist Associations in ithe State and the figures show the| \bigeest gains in the history of the |State Convention There are.2,054 ichurches in the State,a gain of 33 |for the year.The membership is |245,539,without the membership of }t®e 50 churcue ot reported.The net gain in membersxip is 6,871. There are 1,934 Sunday schools with 190,686 members,a gain of 10,983. Ministers report 13,264 baptisms for the yeur. The denomination controls three Forest,Meredith and Murfreesboro. These’properties are valued at §$1,- past yar.An $18,200 indebtedness on Meredith Collewe was paid during dowment of $450,000 which it is hoped to have completely im hand by the tists are raising $100,000 of this fund now in order to secure from theGenéralEducationBoarda50,000 donation. |Myers Justified in Killing Nichelson |Discharged. Yadkinville Ripple,3d The trial of Luke Myers,for kill ing Harry Nicholson November 25, was held in the court house Sunday at 10 o'clock,before Justices J.H James,A.B.Warden and Dr.Rus sell,and they returned a verdict of justifiable homicite From the evidence it seems that Myers had been to help an uncle guard some wheat and was on his way home at 9 o’clock when Nichol son jumped from some weeds béside the road and struck Myers with a black-jack,knocking him.down,and whilé still in a sitting position Myers fired the contents of a shot gun into Nicholaon’s thigh,causing death from bleeding in a few minutes.Nichol on also fited six shots at Myers with a 10-shot automatic Colt’s revolver, but it was never clearly establish- ed who fired the first shot It ap- pears that Nicholson,armed with his k-jack,was on the War path,as he had secretly.assaulted one Tom Smith on the same night he was killed.The widow of the dead man testified that her husband was a little strange at ttmes and more so than usual on the evening of the |tragedy. The Statesville High School Maga- zine Complimented.| Newton New The News acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Stctesville High School Magazine.This is a publication that is a credit to most collere magaziries. The frontispiece is a beautiful half-| tone protograph of one of Iredell’s good roads.Mr.Russell Sherrill is/| editor-in-chief and he has three as-| sistants.An article on “The Value/ of Good Roads,”written by Frances| |Pressly,is full of good sound advice| and in this the improvement on the| roads since the $400,000 worth of bonds were voted,is plainly shown. Other .interesting articles,locals, poems,etc.,make up the contents. The magazine is handsomely bourd in red cover. Two Iredell Men Fined For Shipping Birds Out of State. In the Federal court at Greensboro last week G.L.White,Milton L,| Dockery,M.B.Williams and Rev. T.&Draughan of Surry county,A. M.and W.J.Shelton of Rockingham, E.R.Burch of Caswell,D.C.Taylor of Stokes,Floyd ©.Forester of Wilkes,Alvin and T.A.Millur of Iredell paid fines aggregating $495forshippingbirdsoutoftheState.The fines renged from,$25 to $75 The Iredell men.paid $50 each. Pleased With His Iredell Home. Newton News.: Mr.W.A.Bollinger,who recently moved from Startawn to Iredell coun- ty,came over to the old home-place Wednesday.Mr.Bollinger is .wellpleasedwithhisnewhome. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC,drivesout big educational inctitutions—Wake| 377,500,cn increase of $50,000 for the} ;| the year and the college has an en | close of the present yerr.The Bap-||Statesville Theater Malaria and builds up the system.A true tonicandsureAppetizer.For adults and childrem,5c. ls |||WANTED A few farms to supply customers.Those desiring to sell suburban and farm lands will find it to their interest to see me, FOR SALE—6}acres one mile of Statesville,two acresof which is in timber.Three three-room dwellings which rent well.Offered at an invest-ment price. TERNESTG.GAITHER,!SU%ANc,sT0cKs,npPHONE23.OFFICE NO.1,MILLS BUILDING thursday Night,December Ith The Distinguished Young Actor Norman Hackett In His Latest Success, “A Double Deceiver.” Founded on 0.Henry’s famous story,“The Double-Died Deceiver’’ Adapted by Donald C.Stuart. A Modern Play in a Spanish Setting. Special Incidental Music,Superb Pro- duction,Elaborate Scenic and LightingEffects. A percentage of the gross receipts of thisverformancewillbedonatedtothe0,enry Memorial Fund. Prices 50c.,75c.,$1.00,$1.50. The One Best Gift----A Kodak! Best because the gift itself provides the means of keeping a picture story of the most cherished of all home days—-CHRISTMAS.heth- er for the youngster or grown-up it will prove a pleasure to all the family in the pic‘ures of all that go to make the day merry. H.B.WOODWARD, Pianos at a Big Reduction! In order to hold my territory for another year and extend the same.if possible,and also for the purpose of taking a vacation from business during the month of January, I offer ten Pianos,in stock,at 20 per cent, off the regular prices.Also all small -in- struments at a reduction of 10 per cent. Jewcler, J.S.LEONARD, as : PAGE FOUR. THE LANDMARK R R CLARK,EDITOR AND OWNER. WATCH —Watch the latel on your paper.If renewals are not in by date on label,paper will be stopped. TUESDAY,---December 9,1913. Fining a Salisbury salesman $10 for selling cigarettes to boys under 17,Judge Kluttz,of the Rowan coun- ty court,said the lew was very plain, that dealers had been fully warned and that it was as serious an offence to sell cigarettes to boys as to sell liquor to men.It is and it is a shome that those charged with the enforce- ment of the law ignore this particular Jaw,as they do almost everywhere. The law officers who ‘disregerd this law are violating their oaths and they ean neither excuse nor explain their Jaxness.| The Landmark is entirely hospita- ble to the damege suits brought against persons who slay their fel- lows.As the law is administered in North Carolina few man-slayers re- ceive the punishment they deserve, and the damage suit method of reach- ing them may give the blood-thirsty pause.In Washington,this State,a few days ago,one Mills cut one Or- mond to death.Ormond’s brother has brought suit against Mills for $15,000 damage and Mills’property has been attached.The defondant may thus be deprived of the use of his property to secure counsel ‘to de- fend him,which may embarrass him somewhat,and if he escapes severe punishment for the killing he may weather ‘MATTERS OF NEWS. Real winter weather will prevailovermostofthecountrythisweek,eee to the forecast of theureau, Although nearly eight monthshavepassedsincethebodyofJ,Pierpont Morgan was buried at Hart-ford,Conn.,his tomb is still guardedatnightbyaspecialofficerwhoispaidbytheMorganestate.° The Kansas Supreme’Court has affirmed a judgment of $5,448 dam-ages in favor of,Joseph Stalker,a railway laborer,against D.D.Drake, a loan shark who had collected $145 on a loan of $25 in two years and still claimed $200 due. A dispatch ‘from Chattanooga, Tenn.,says that Mrs.Fred Krause was drowned,her niece,Rosa Wilson, aged 8,was burned to death and sev- eral others were injured late Sunday when a pleasure launch was burnednearthedamatHale’s Bar on the Tennessee river.A legal holiday for rural mail car-riers at Christmas is proposed in a bill —by Representetive |Young of Texas.Representative Small of North Carolina has introduced a bill to grant to mail carriers on star routes the same holidays as are now observed by rural mail carriers. For the first time since the civil war the enlisted strength of the navy has passed the 50,000 mark.The present total is’50,136,representing a net gain of 2,068 since July 1 last year.Officials say they expect the navy in a short time to be recruited to its maximum strength of 51,500. A bill giving San Francisco’water power and water supply rights in the Hetch-Hetchy Valley of Toulumner river,in the Yosemite National Park,passed the Senate just before midnight Saturday by a vote of 43 to 25.The bill previously passed the House in the same form and goes at once to the President for his signa+ ure.The fight excited national in- terest.President Wilson,who is always level-headed,gives it out that he will grant no pardons during the holi- days simply because it is Christmas, but-pardon cases will be considered lose his property.Possibly when the gentlemen who are so ready to take| life slight fully | realize that it may cost them money,| they will reconsider.ne | on provocation | The newspapers are giving some attention to weights and and there is a general agreement| that a reform is needed.That the buyer,and sometimes the seller,loses much by short weights and measures will not be denied.The Salisbury Post touches the root of the matter| in the following: The great trouble lies in the fact| that we seem to be on a short weight,| short measure standard.There are| lots of weights and measures made | short and are leading good,honest| i}imeasures people into wrong dealing with the| public.It's a big loss to the con-| sumer and accounts largely for the} present high cost of living we hear| so much about. The board of aldermen of States-| ville has ordered the installation of| public scales—the public weighing having been abandoned in this town a year or two ago.That is the prop- er method and it would be better still if an ordinance was passed requiring an efficial test of all and . weights measures used in the town,the test| to be made of course by a competent | man selected for the purpose.aR They started out in Charlotte week or so ago to raise $150,000 for Queen's College,which the a is new name for the Presbyterian Colloge of| |Elks’ |accidental itorney General of|Peeples on their merits.Any other course,it is stated,would swamp the Presi- dent with a deluge of pitiful petitions for freedom on the holiday,for no other reason than that the season of “peace on earth,good wiu to men,” is at hand. During the 11 months past 416 us- ers of public highways were killed and 2,149 injured in New York State by automobiles and other motor ve- icles over which the victims had no control,according to a statement made by Mitchell May,Secretary of State.In a letter to Gov.Glynn, Secretary May urges the necessity for new automobile legislation and asks the Governor to transmit to the Legislature an emergency message on the subject. Robt.Marshall,negro cook in the ;club in Columbia,5.C.,was ishot and killed Saturday night by the discharge of a pistol in the hands of Fhos.H.Peeples,At- South Carolina. said his mother had to make an automobile trip with a strange chauffeur and he put the pistol in the automobile for her protection.When ishe returned he took the “pistol into ithe Elks’club to put it away.’A friend asked him to see the weapon jand in handing it to him thé pistoljwasaccidentallydischarged,killing jthe negro.Peeples was released on |his own |court in January. STATE NEWS. C.H.Wilmoth,for years manager of a piano warchouse in Charlotte, idied there Saturday. Glenn Pickens of Weaverville,Bun- jeombe county,got his right arm mangled in a feed cutter and tie recognizance to appear in} BLAMING COLLECTOR WATTS.seepeeninersMorgantonPaperWattsInfluencedSenator OvermantoDropMcDowellandNameWebbForMarshal+—Mr.Watts Says No. The Morganton Messenger has hadagooddealtosayaboutSenatorOverman’s treatment of Mr.ManlyMcDowellinconnectionwiththemarshalship.As evidence that Seng- tor Overman promised Mr.McDowell the office and then gave it to another without assigning any reason,the Messenger offers the following:“Senator Overman told Mr.Me-Dowell that he was for him and that it would afford him great pleasure to appoint him marshal of the western district of North Carolina;that he need not bother about recommenda-tions;that he knew his loyalty.tothepartyandhisqualificationsfor the office,and that he should havetheappointmentassoonastheRe- publicans could be gotten out.Sena-tor Overman told Mr.McDowell thatthegreatestpleasureofhisofficiallifewouldbeto,make him marshal of the western district,Senator Over-man told Mr.McDowell that he would suffer his right arm severed fromhisbodybeforehewouldgobackonhim;that he was for him and would appoint him the earliest day possi- ble.Senator Overman told Mr.W. C.Ervin and Mr.R.T.Claywell,andanumberofothers,that he was go- ing to make Manly McDowell mar- shal of the western district.Sena- tor Overman went so far as to sug- Dowell)should appoint as his chief clerk,and in view of thése facts Mr. McDowell now has in his possession hundrcds of letters from all parts of the district asking for appointments. Affidavits can be furnished as to the truth of the above state- ments.*** reason for the change he has kept it to himself.The only reason we have heard advanced for the change is that Collector A.D.Watts advised it; that Mr.Watts wanted Mr.Webb and not Mr.McDowell made marshal; that Senator Overman had to do what Collector Watts advised;that he was afraid not to do so;that he could not afford to displease Mr.Watts; that he wanted the influence of Mr. Watts and through him the influence of Senator Simmons in his race for the Senate.That is the only reason we have heard for dropping Mr.Mé Dowell and taking up Mr.Webb.* **There is no wiping out the fact that Senator Overman made 2 posi tive and unconditional promise to appoint Mr.McDowell marshal and went square back on it without giv ing any good reason for so doing.” (Anent the reference to Collector Watts it is proper to say,in justice to Mr.Watts,that he disclaims re- sponsibility for Senator Theship.Landmark.) IMPROVE HOME The Them Suggestions Surplus Money. Talking about the large from agricultural products this land taking the ground that |generally will have more ‘money ithan ever before,the Manufacturers’ |Record is advising them how to ispend it.The farmer gets more free ladvice than anybody and The Land- jmark makes it a rule to refrain, ithe Record’s suggestions are ithat they are repeated herewith: |“The first thing that Offers TheirManufacturers’Record About year iey should undertake to do is to fixjuptheirhomes,make them more at- itractive for the women and children,| wherever possible put in running wa-||.iter and provide the home comforts| |jevery city and town.‘ Says Collector. dess lonely and less inclined to leave the farm for the city.Abaadsatiy blessed as the farmers of the Sout have been,they have an opportunity such as has never before been theirs of adding to ‘the attractiveness home life.”‘ Postmaster at New Berne Dismissed. Jesse §.Basnight,postrhaster atNewBerne,was summarily dismissed Saturday,the dismissal growing outofinternaltroublesintheNewBerneoffice.Smith,a Democratic clerk intheoffice,complained to the PostofficeDepartmentthatBesnighthadpro- moted another clerk,a Republican and a younger man than Smith,when,Smith claimed,he was entitled to the promotion.He charged that Bas- night was actuated by partisan mo-tives.Before the department could investigate the complaint BasnightlearnedofSmith’s action ‘and:fired‘him.The department instructed Basnight to restore Smith until the matter could be investigated.Bas- night refused and wes dismissed for insubordination.His bondsmen were notified to take charge of the office until his successor could be named. How to Bankrupt the Doctors. A prominent New York physician says,“If it were not for the thin stockings andthinsoledshoeswornbywomenthedoctorswouldprobablybebankrupt.”When you contract a cold do not wait for it to develep into.pneumonia but treat it at once.Cham-berlain’s Cough Remedy is intended espe-cially for coughs and colds,and has won a |to take.gest to Mr.McDowell who he (Mc-| “If Senator Overman has any good Overman's | action in the matter of the marshal-| CONDITIONS.| returns| farmers| but | “©good| Southern | |farmers who have a surplus of mon-| jof this kind which are available in| |“It is a shame that some farmers| abundantly able to have homes with| wide reputation by its cures of these diseases.It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe For sale by all dealers. of| A MAN see oe, ADOLLAR Is rated by his earning ca- pacity.When idle beearns nothing;put at work he creates value There’s a Steady Job at good pay waiting at this bank for every dollar you ean bring it No lay- offs,and the longerit stays the more it will earn. Don’t Keep Your Dollars in Idle- ness. to One Aac- Let them begin create value for vou, dollar will start count,avd draw others to it. now an many Merchants &Farmers’ Bank of Statesville. HORSES FOR SALE! Christmas Gils For A ~There’s Gifts Here For Men,Women and Children. All membersof the family can be sup-plied with Christmas presents at this store which are conspicuous for theirlackof‘‘sham’’or of those things thatlastbutforaday.Our holiday linesaremadeupofarticlesthatbringcom-fort and service as well as good cheer.There are scores of things such as: Gloves for Men,Women and Children,Ladies’Apparel of all kinds,‘Linen Drawn Work Scarfs, Down Quilts and Blankets,Silk Socks and Mesh Bags,Bath Robes and Pajamas,| Jewelry and Hand Bags,Ribbons and Neckwear,Hosiery and Gloves, Bed Room Slippers,Bath Robe Blankets, Men’s Neckwear,Japanese Baskets, Furs and Scarfs, Center Pieces,: Chiffon Ruffs, and hundreds of other useful and hand- some presents aJl displayed for your convenience. (Open Evenings From Now Until Christmas. For the convenience of those who can- not get out earlier in the day we will keep open our store evenings at which time you can shop at your leisure. CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT MEAN SOMETHING! All mail orders filled the day receiv-ed and sent to your door prepaid. Shop early while the stocks are full and when you will have more time to make your selections. RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON CO. THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POST SERVICE. Eight Percheron Mares with foal,3 to 5 years old,aver- age 1,400 pounds.Also ten Horses ‘from 3 to 6 years old,average 1,000 to 1,500 pounds,' R.M.Freeland or C.L.Whitener, Gifts for your best girl,for mother or wife,for father or husband,for grandmother,for grandfather,for sister and for brother.So many men buy Christmas gifts for their wives here that we have made a special study of helping menwith careful suggestions,Often we can tell you the very article your wife has;been Come in and examine theleverypossiblecomfortwillbegrudge|looking at and wanted. jevery dollar spent in giving to their}OG)As +a ‘||wives the facilities and cohveniences} *|for lessening labor which are found| member was amputated. Layton Ellington,16 years was killed at Jonesboro,Lee county Chariotte.A land company had giv- en a site for new buildings for the Nov.21—8t Hickory,N.C.hundreds of beautiful and usefal gifts we have for the entire family. % colleze and it was the money for the buildings that.the community asked to subscribe.Before one-third of the amount was secured the solicit- ing committees threw up their hands in despair and the local papers had to say that unless the wealthy Presby- terians of the city shelled out,which it was their duty to do,seeing it was was a denominational college,the propo-| sition was a dead failure.One writer in the said that four Presbyterians in Charlotte were able to give $50,000 each,five were able to give $25,000 each and a dozen could give $10,000 Evidently the wealthy Charlotte Presbyterians are tightwads.*A meeting was to have been held last night to make a last desperate attempt to raise the fund, but from the cries of distress Charlotte papers the past few days it is apparent that the “City of Vanity,”as the Salisbury Post calls the Mecklenburg metropolis,is about te have some of the wind taken out of its sails.One would think,from an ordinary reading of the Charlotte pa- pers,that $150,000 was a mere bara- newspapers each, telle in that town;thatit could be |0f Ormond has brought suit against| raised ina hour or two. eercee Smart thieves at Gastonia stole ten bales of cotton from the cotton jlatform in daylight and resold it ‘ore the cotton was missed.There s no clue but the owners ef the cot-ton are short sbout $700.The theory dis that while the cotton weigher was|‘sy at one end of the platform cot- gn was taken from the other end oftheplatform,loaded on a wagon,car-|vied round to the front of the plat-form,weighed,sampled and resold. A general army order issued atMexicoCitysaysthatintheevent!a fichting the officers in command of=Mexican government troops mustndthatthelivesand_prop-erty of ail foreigners are to be re-i And ies or supplies-oe ed to leavethesedao in the} ~\tion in another town. Saturday by a horse running away. He wa@ thrown from a buggy and his skull crushed. Mr.J.F:Miller of Hickory,who was in the revenue.servVice for 15 years and was in Florida for the past four years,will engage in the |mercantile buciness in Hickory,hav- jing recently retired from the serv- }ice.’The first case in Hickory for violat- jing the compulsory school law came jup last week.The defendant was |fined $25 but judgment was suspend- jed on condition that the children at- itend school regularly for four |months.|Samuel H.Boyd of Greensboro,re-jcently appointed a revenue agent un- ‘der Commissioner Osborn,has been {promoted to chief of the income tax jbureau.Mr.Boyd took charge of The position |his new office Monday. jpays $3,500. Morganton News-Herald:Ground |has been broken for laying the foun- |dation for a new.cotton mill at |Valdese.It is understood that the|capital will be near $100,000,of which |$50,000 has been subscribed by the|Waldensians, In Washington (N.C.)a few days ago Ben Ormond was cut to death by |Joshua Mills.Mills is to|soon but in.the meantime @ brother ‘Mills for $15,000 dameges and Mills’ |property has been attached, |Sinee buildings of the Horner ‘School at Oxford were burned a few ‘weeks ago the management of the school has been looking for a loca- i Charlotte and |Salisbury,among other places,have;made bids.A dispatch from Oxford|to the Raleigh News and Observer says Capt.Horner has accepted |Charlotte’s offer of a_site of 30 jaeres and a guaranteed cash sub-(scription of $30,000.} i _California Woman Serionsty-Alarneed.A short time ago I contracted a severecoldwhiehsettledonmylun@&®and caused|Mme a great deal of ahndyance.I would have|bad coughing spells and my lungs.were,so|sore and inflamed I began to be seriously|slarmed.A friend recommended Chamber-jlain’s Cough Remedy,saying she had useditforyenrs.I bought a bottle and it re-©monies from them andthat |lieved my cough’the first night,and in afftweekIwasridofthecoldand’soren:fmylungs,”writes Miss Mari dawtelle,Gal.”For sale by ali denieres e tried| city great jeven in the cheapest: |There ought to be a ments to existing homes and the |building where the expense is justi- |fied of new and better homes.Every |improvement that can be adopted for \lessening the drudgery in farm homesishouldbeputin.There electric lights or acetylene gas plants might be used to advantage,while |be added to the great comfort and the increased health of the occupants. The yards and the gardens and the fences can be fixed up,and the out- houses can be improved and unpaint- ed dwellings painted.More atten- tion should be given to wise invest- |ments in improved stock in order that more and better hogs and more iand better cattle may be raised.But all of these things should be taken up carefully and the money expended in the way to get the best results.If the South éan be wisely used,there will be a wonderful change on tens of thousands of farms,and the wo- ;men and children will have comforts and conveniences which they ~have never before had,and they will be | homes.|4 era of|\farm home improvement,of better-_ ate thou-| sands of homes where a better sys-||tem of water can be installed,where | running water and bath-rooms can| the yast amount of money which willthisyearbepaidtothefarmersof| We buy logs,sawed lumber and dimen- sion stock.Write for prices, IVEY*MANUFACTURING (0.,Oct.10.Hickory,N.C. S.J.Holland. Has good farm horses and mules for sale for cash or on time.Terms to suit purchaser. Best equipped livery in town. *Phone 3,Day or Night. if}The Lyric Programme: Tuesday. i@ Special Feature:The Clown’s ‘4 Daughter,tworeels-Bronco Film.‘f.The Lead Nickel ~Komick.: |Wednesday. |]A Pall Into Luck—American Film.a:TheWinning Loser— |Majestic Film.if _Redemption—Thanhauser Film. >Thursday. Special Feature The Bondsman,two reels—Domino Film. Jim Takes a Chance—,American Film. Friday. Special two-reel Feature:The“Stolen Woman—Reliance Film.The Gypsy Queen—comedy—Keystone Film. Saturday. Disguised~—Reliance Film. Playmates—Majestic Film. When the Worm Turns —: Thanhauser Film. Monday. Three extra goodreels. Pedestals,made of Golden Oak,Ladies’Desk,made of GoldenOak,price $6,$8 and $9.Ma-hogany finish,$6 and $10.Ear-ly English finish,$10 and $12 50 Make all your gifts useful,no matter how small the price.Select your gifts now.We will deliver any time. Early English and Mahogany Prices $3,$3,50,$4 and $5. | Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co. Se FOUR CAR LOAD OF !Horses,Mares and Mules TUESDAY,DECEMBER 16,we-will have to arrive atour stablés in’Statesville,N.C.,100 head of Tennessee-Vir-- ginia Horses,Mares and Mules.Willi have one car of. nice Mares,and 4 few pair of large Mules.Plenty medi- um size Horses and Mules and a nice lot of Saddle ahd Driving Horses and Mares _This lot of stock was bought right off the farms and free from colds and ready to go to work.If you need anything in,our line now is the time, to get it.‘Remember that all stock is from $25 to $30 cheaper just before the holidays.-Come to see ys Prices and terms right. Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. ee ee Se d e ea ro a n Be ee n te n e t Se THE LANDMARK |GLIMPSE OF PASSING THRONG. rt Personal Mention of People and Their ‘Pexas,where he will make his home. PUBLISHED TUESDAY “AND FRIDAY. rIC#:128 WEST BROAD STREET.TBLEPHONE NO.14. PUESDAY,---December 9,1913. Movements. Mr.H.B.Tolbert of the Amity neighborhood left Saturday for Egan, Messrs.Chas.A.Reed and W.E. Ferteg of Plainfield,N,J.,are at Harmony hunting. Messrs.J.A.Buchanan of Wash- ington,D.C.,and E.L.Arnold of New York are at the Houstonville Hunting club.' Mr.and Mrs.John Gray are attend-groom’s men.:, ing the meeting of the Virginia and ere on the 6:40 train for a trip ortn.Garolina Hotel Association at Dur- ham today and tomorrow. Mrs.John B.Echerd of Alkalithia, Alexander county,who is principal ef the school at Mt.Mourne,spent Saturday and Sunday in Statesville with his son,Mr.Chas.E.Echerd. Mr.W.G.Adams,who was here on a brief visit to his mother,Mrs.Mary Adams,and other relatives,returned yesterday to Nashville,Tenn. Miss K’Lee Steele,who is teaching at Norwood,was at home from Fri- day to Sunday on account of the ill- ness of her grandmother,Mrs.James Linker,who makes her home with Mr.and Mrs.T.L.Steele. Miss Zora Williams,who is now lecated in Washington City,spent from Friday to yesterday with States- ville friends,going from here to Asheville,where she will ‘remain un- til after Christmas. Representative H,P.Grier,who is a member of the legislative commit- tee appointed to audit the books of the officers of State,left Sunday eve- ning for Raleigh and will probably be there all this week with the commit- tee. Miss Kate Cochrane,who has been teaching at New London,is at home en account of the critical illness of her father,Mr.M.J.Cochrane. Miss Lillian McConnell of Moores ville,who was the guest of Miss Lucy Culbertson for a few deys,is now the guest of Mr.and Mrs.S.B. Miller. Mr.and Mrs.Walter Thompson, who spent Sunday and yesterday with Statesville relatives,will leave today er tomorrow for Winston-Salem, where Mr.Thompson takes up new work as superintendent of the Children’s Home,the orphanage of the Western North Carolina Motho- dist Conference. MARRIAGE THIS AFTERNOON. Miss Guy and Mr.Heritage—Social Events in Honor of Brides-elect— Club Meetings,Etc. The marriage of Miss Lura Guy and Mr.EB.O.Heritage will take lace this afternoon at 6 o'clock at he home of the bride’s:parents,Mr. and Mrs.John W.Guyj on,Kelly street,The ceremony will be per, formed by the)bride’s pastor,Rev. J.H.Pressly!Mrs.E.M.Yountwill be her sister’s dame of honor and Dr.Frank L.Sharpe will be the groom’s best man.Misses .Flora Lewis,Charlye Tomlin,Mary Neil Conner and Miri:zm Yount,the latter of Conover,will be bride’s maids and Mr.D.G.Heritage of Roxboro, brother of the groom,and Mr.John Guy,Jr.,brother of the bride,will be The bridal couple will Miss Corre Copeland entertained Friday ‘afternoon in honor of Miss Mary Lois Miller and Miss Lura Guy,©brides-clect.Five -handed hearts was played and Miss Mary Austin Glover received the game prize,a gold barret,which she pre- sented to her guest,Miss Claywell of Morganton.Each of the guests of honor were also presented with gold barrets.Following the gcme a salad course,with coffee and salted nuts, was served. Mrs.E.S.Pegram entertained Miss Guy’s wedding party and a few other guests Thursday afternoon at her home on Mulberry street,in hon- or of the bride-elect.Hearts was played and Mrs.L.Ash won the prize,a deck of cards.The bride- elect was also given a prize.Elab- orate refreshments were served in three courses. Last week’s meeting of the Thurs- day Afternoon club was held with Mrs.J.F.Carlton at her home on east Broad street.Characters from Dickens’Bleak House were used in answering the roll call and various topics of interest were discussed un- der the head of current events.A paper on the English Chancery Court was read by Mrs.Carlton afid there were selections from Bleak House by Mrs.S.L.Parks.During the s0- cial hour which followed an oyster luncheon was served. The students’annual reception at Statesville college was held at the college Friday night and was enjoy- ed by quite a number of the young men of the town end a party of Da- vidson College students who came up Mrs.Barnes Hurt at Taylorsville— Death of a Child. Corresy we of The Landmark. mond LeGette,8-months-old son of Dr.and Mrs.W.LeGette,dicd Satur- day morning ubout 8:30 o'clock.He {1 had never been a strong baby’but seemed to be better Friday.At no time had his condition been consider- ed serious and hig death was quite a shock to the family.The funeral was conducted by Rev.J.A.White at the residence Saturday afternoon at o’clock and the interment was in the }1 town cemetery. Mrs.J.B,Barnes suffered a pain- ful accident Friday efternoon.She and Mr.Barnes were driving and as they were driving down the grade by the jail the shaft came loose from the buggy and Mrs.Barpes fell out,|, breaking the scapula bone in her left shoulder and bruising her left hip badly.Drs.Crowson and Thurston were called immediately and gave the News Correspondence of The Landmark. Taylorsville,Dec.8.—Little Ray-|F. Cool Spring,Dec.’5.—Mr.W. Reece and family mov- ed from Cool Spring to.his farm near River Hill this week.Mrs.Lil- this week. Mr. Coolwhere Mr.Webb has a position. Foster are spending the week-end at the home of Mr.and Mrs,J.T.Hol- which has been sick,is improving. per bors from the burning of our home on last Mon- day night and more especially to Mr.Walter Gaither,whose.heroism saved the life of our darling,little girl.every one for their financial assistance given us to help make up our loss.W.L. and wife,Oes of Cool Spring Community. y Montgomery moved to Gool Spring She will take boarders. Marvin Webb and family left Spring Tuesday for /Lenoir, Messrs.Forest Holland and Jay and. Mr.and Mrs.Wade Long’s baby, CARD OF THANKS. Picase allow us space in your valuable pa- to thank our many friends and neigh- for their assistance in trying to save yur property and the lives of our little ones We also wish to thank Stimpson Harmony,N.Dee.4. necessary medical aid.Mrg.Barnesisgettingalongaswellag*could be expected.Mr.J.L.Gwaltney returned Friday night from Dr.Long’s Sanatorium, Statesville,where he spent a few days having his hand treated.His condition is improved. New ’Phone Line—Farmers Buying Cream Séparators. Correspondence of The Landmark. Statesville,R-3,Dec.6—A move- ment is under way for a telephone line in this community.Parties tak- ing "phones are:Mrs.M.J.Clodfel- ter,Messrs.D.I.and R.E.Trout- man,U.A,Ostwalt,Claude Trout- man,H.M.Litten,E.J.Troutman and J.M.Lippard.This neighbor- hood has been a back number along this line as there isn’t any telephone nearer than East Monbo or Barium. Cream separators are being install- ed in many homes now and the ship- ment of cream is a new industry.for the farmers.The buzz of the corn shredder and separator denotes the march of progress.Messrs.Hyder and Sid Litten have returned from Richmond.They at-| tended Virginia-Carolina foot-|ballgame while there..Mr,Ray Lit-| for the event The guests were re- ceived in the hall by the members of the senior class and conducted to the parlor,where they mingled with the jed participation in ten,a naval cadet at Norfolk,is visit-| ing his uncle,Mr.H.M.Litten.|i | Assailant of Officers Convicted in| Federal Court A.M.Todd,on trial in the Feder-| al court Greensboro for partici-| pating in an assault on Deputy Mar-| shal Harkrader and Deputy Sheriff| Davis of Surry county,some months | ago,was convicted Saturday.J.C.| |with Todd for alleg-} the same assault,|Mayes,on tri: FOR SALE—House and lot on West End TO LET—January ist,two rooms over Polk ofiices.DR.F.A,CARPENTER. Dee,% LOST—Saturday,6th,pair ladies’shoes. ‘lease return to MISS ESSIE BROOK- FOR SALE—~A good milch cow.Apply to W. FOUND—Overceat.Apply to J.G.TURNER |FOR SALE—S0 acres of improved land,See avenue at a bargain.Also small farm nee town for sale or rent.Room forrentinMillsBuilding.N.B.MILLS. Dec.9. now occupiel by ArmyAdmirablelocationforGray's drug atore, Recruiting Officers. SHER or The Landmark.Dec:%—1t machine Dec.9.H.Haitheox at C.Kh.Turner'shox describe property and pay for ad Dec.9 Return to TheLOST—Bunch of keys, Landmark Dee 9. FOR SALE—Fresh Jersey mileh cow.J.M. DEATON Dec.9%. Two suits of parlor furniture, china,silverware and éther house- Apply at 318 Walnut street POR SA EVI I WALKER,Hiddenite,N.¢ De 5—2t° FOR SALE—Good Store House near depot SCOTS aif i MONEY!sl°rlDon’t carry money on your person!S|Don’t keep money in your homes!iwItmaybelost,%tolen or destroyed-—possibly be the knowledge of your possessing it mayendan-|ger your life!iM It is not safe;it earns you nothing;it does no one any good ,DEPOSIT IT IN A BANK! It will be safe and used legitimately’in the up- building of the community.It can always be obtained on demand,and in making your payments your checks are a_valid (C X R A4 4 0 KA R A S erIfdeposited upon certificate,four per cent in- terest will be allowed.This bank solicits your ‘deposits—either upon checkingaccount or upon certificate. [C E K K E val)G—0 Isay MenneneB Loye revel) IRPLUS&PROF.u LB)eae SR d 3 3,000 | Mt.Ulla and 10-room dwelling suitable boatders.State High School at place L.BROWN,Mt.Ulla,N.C 21—&t* FOR SALE—Bight ‘herse-power 1.H.Cc portable Gasoline Engine,Meadows Corn M Corn Crusher,Shafting,Belting,ete Bargain for quick buyer Carolina Motor <Nov.21 WANTED—Yeour order for subscriptions fer all magazines and periodicals HOTEL IREDELL CIGAR STAND.Phone 99 15-—8t ‘FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,PROPER-| ’y ie is Ss an asse ”. Mrs.C.S.Alexander and baby are young adies and passé .the =|was acquitted +e >¢nant ,\nts ic y |oon }‘i y 1 _— visiting Mrs,Alexander’s home peo-|P!asantly.In rum ntal —>Y|Todd was crrest d at an illicit dis-|TY IN MOORESVILLE ! le at Palmerville,Stanly county the young ladies was P pleasing rt \tillery in S county by Officers |<meg .;;”»}ening nch was dis-|ty,ie Z °c tract of two acres,four blocks om ¥Alexander spent Sunday there,oo das -the iit ae cs 4 ie saeeel Harkseter ane Dues =n route ‘0 F ato M atzent "aad Me Neely returning home yesterday pensed Sis ary =.ream |jail at Dobson party of Todd's |.‘‘hureh street.Will easily| Miss Lula Bruner of Canton and cake were served in an acjoin-|friends assaulted and se verely beat ke building lots.| sé wale -ets j po biel alll sidence »&o Mass,.is visiting her sister,Mrs.J wie fla isiid atub bold b pleataint lthe officers,took Todd from them)"",.°)a Bese on vn S.Paxton,on Armfiled street.he San Souci club held a pleasant |4nd handcuffed Harkrader and Davis }cr Jivided into tw S.,j !.;}ivide wo ;‘-e y Mrs.Ross Mills Thurs-|'’:; Mrs.Julia Prather of Mt.Airy is meeting with }’ltogether,The other participants in jor : :as Y in “.Mrs.-T.D day afternoon.ithe assault :i ial -:4 ci f two a t Five visiting her daughter,irs ‘Tie Woman's XXth Century club |!he assault wer ver captured.a .*ee Webb.ue aera eH me :¥hin Todd claimed that he had nothing to [them five-r and three-room houses Mr.A.S.Carson,cashier in the |met with Mrs.F..onge bee 'Y |do with the assault except to lock the|will sel rc.any or a f the effice of the collector of internal rev afternoon.It noes “=i a ihandeuffs on the officers,which the .o tor ®:-": :::..seeting,only club members veto ';or property bus tion enue,spent Saturday and Sunday ir wae a ag +Shes ene others compelled him to do,he said.cake an thadeavtile Winston-Salem with Mrs.Carsor CRS Se oe a ae *i aa DR.F.A.CARPE Mrs.Carson came from her home in }°a rmany eg South America Wa5 |Qpen Meeting Junior Order at Trout-}Pee ® Aany county Saturday and Mr.|™uch enjoyed."|j |man—Mr.Barringer and Bride.i na ae yee Biageany coum day ane ta}Little Miss Sarah Kinccid enter-|page.’|MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND. Garson met her at Thurmond,a sta tained about 28 ef ber little friend |Correspondence of The Landmark.";idee eee Peg :>&oni ained abot 2p 06 sr littie ends |in ae y virtue e vows containe tion on the Elkin and Alleghany rail o :birthday paity ania aie Trontman,Dec.8—Friddy .evoning |certain.mortraze deed executed by D & road.5 os h ch sit "he Davie ao nue t 7 o'clock the Junior Order;United|Josey and Jennine Josey,to A.J.! :y :I 12a >ome :*avenue {ar r r i I x e 37 Miss Mary Russell of Williamston,oF ‘e a hs "hil pre en.|Amercian Mochanics,is to hold an|AMesdee and reo led took 34,pawe 373 S.C.is visiting her ‘brother,Mr.After playing games the children en-|)Costing in the academy here of the records of m ¢Iredell coun- z >”Doasell joyed elaborate refreshments,includ-|:©m the academy here.ity,wetaalt having °Big payment .F.Russel =.‘aaa I «ake |1 bere will be two able peakers here }of the y said mort- Seeceenionanetions -‘ing a big birthday cake n the cake leo dilate th aes >a cage,the undersignes 1)gt public anc Working on a Plan to Get the Gas cutting Master Junior Brawley re-|~dilate on he principle of the or haat te.the ‘1 aa ah tht Plant Under Way.ceived the dime,Annie Lee Gray the oo pr reason that the prinvi-|court ‘house in Statesville,Cc.on .'.j s ‘yr are closely n <A TIRDA TAR ;9 Mr.R.H.McNeill of Washington,|ring and Dorothy Henkel the darn-t=of this order ar losely ider SATURDAY,JANUARY 10,1914 tified with the inter«the public|;following described tract| who was in Statesville last week,was ing needle |schools this meeting will be held at ega spresentative of -|:: cate ae ae tthe Statesville Reported for The Landmark |the —school in the chapel instead Gas Company,who are working out Mrs.Robert D.Ervin entertained ie :ail sore o [he public 3 a plan for the re-organization of the|Friday evening at her home near|*Miss "veel Star y +Meets company with a view to completing }/Scott’s.Mrs.Ervin is noted for her|a ey -“itis :b .1¢n.v -is the work on the plant and puttingjart m the culinary department and |Rr id visiting mer aunt,ate | it into operation The plan contem-|one of the most delicious suppers|MM ake cae . plates the immediate payment of alllimaginable was enjoyed.Rook was|f mare Ee arringer,who nm t old and the game |/TO™Hickory la wee )claims the Statesville against company..Philadelphia and Trenton,| N.J.,capitalists are behind the re- érganization plan and Mr.MeNeill thinks the prospects for its success are good.3 It will be recalled that the States ville Gas the atock of |played from 8 to 11 i a .lwas highly interesting |we re served. |Notices of New Advertisements. J.G.Turner has found overcoat jowner may have by paying for ad. |Return to The Landmark bunch ofCompany, which is held by Philadelphia people,|keys. discontinued operations last May af-J.M.Deaton has fresh Jersey ter completing its pipe lines,main|milch cow for sale. building and one or two storage tanks.|J.A.York -will sell land.under Failing to get any satisfaction from |mortgage Saturday,January 10,1914. the company the board of aldermen |W.H.Haitheox has good milch several months ago declared the com- pany’s franchise null and void be-| eause of its failyre to supply gas within the specified limit allowed by the franchise,which was extended from time to time.During the special | session of the Legislature a bill was passed authorizing the city to call an election to vote bonds for the pur- chase of the gas plant should it go to sale. Norman Hackett to Lecture at the College. Mr.Norman Hackett,the actor who is to present his new O.Henry play,“A Double Deceiver,”Thursday night at Statesville Theater,will de- liver a lecture at Statesville Female College Thursday afternoon at 4 e’clock,before the students and fac- ulty of the college and members of the various book clubs and kindred erganizations,on the life of the ,late @.Henry (William Sydney Porter), North Carolina’s literary genius.The teachers of the Statesville graded sehools and others will be invited to hear Mr.Hackett’s address.The per- formance in the evening will be in the nature of a benefit in aid of the @.Henry Memorial Fund now being paised to place a bronze bust of the famous author in the capitol at Ral- eigh. The indies of Broad Street Metho- dist church will hold a bazaar at the eourt house Thursday.Fancy arti-eles and home-made candy will besoldfromattractiveboothsandSanta@iauswillhavealotofdollsondis-play.Another feature will be“Rebekah at the Well.”Refreshmentsefcllkindswillbeservedandtherghopefor@largepatronage.— a A paie of the Dry Sox'Shoes willjasurewarm,dry feet.Try agaleatPoston-Wasson Co. We By pair icow for sale. |Pair shoes lost.- |sher.tf Two rooms for lk penter Property for sale or exchange. F.A.Carpenter. House and lot Room for rent. Walker’s 5,10 and 25 cent store opens next Saturday with a large line of holiday goods. Farms wanted.—-E.G.Gaither. A kodck a good gift—H.B,Wood- ward. Presents Clothing Co. Christmas gifts.—Crowford-Bunch Furniture Co. Programme at The Lyric._, Horses,mares and mules.—/Henkel- Craig Live Stock Co. Big sale of season now on atMills &Poston’s. Miss Essie Brook- t.—Dr.F..A.Car- Dr. and farm for sale. N.B.Mills. i||| |||| for gentlemen.—Sloan Merchants &Farmers’Bank. Christmas gifts for all.-Ramsey- Bowles-Morrison Co. a good gift.—Brady Printing Co. Gunn sectional ford-Bunch Furniture Co. Decciver.”j up a gun hurriedly to shoot a rabbit. mother badly wounded,: at Barium caught fire dbéforethe,were badly dama; the fire is unkno boys’been at Refreshments | Make a man out of your dollar.— Conklin’s self-filling fountain pen bookcase.—Craw- Norman Hackett at the Statesville Theater Thursday night in “A Double In Davidson county Saturday Cur- tis Koontz,about 18 years old,picked stumbled and fell,the gun was dis- charged and his mother and little sis-. ter received the contents.The little girl was seriously wounded and the Threebales of cotton at the nat_an mescouldbeextinguished,.The origin of |bride,leaves with her tod |ory.A little later Mr.Barringer |locate in Hickory.|PUB | Bower May Plead Guilty. Greensboro Record,6th, C.M.Bower,native Englishman, held here for trial in the United States Court,charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes,today hed a conference with Judge James E.Boyd relative to his id it is rumored that Bower may enter a plea of guilty.It is alleged that Bower exploited a fake English estate whereby he swindled two North Carolinians out of $8,000.He was:arrested several weeks ago on the charge and broughtherefromNewOrleanstoawaittrial. It is said that it will be necessary to bring witnesses here from England when the case is heard. Marriage Yesterday Morning. Miss Lessie Troutman of township and Mr.Zell 0. formerly of Shiloh,now living in Statesville,were marricd yesterday morning at the residence of Mr.Rim- meér’s brother-in-law and sister,Mr.and Mrs.J.C.Sharpe,on cast Broad street,The ceremony was performed by Justice W.J.Lazenby.Shere was objection to the match on the part of the bride’s father,Mr.B.E.Trout- man,and the marriage was “a run- away.”The couple left the home of the bride Sunday evening on the pre- tense of going to church and exme to Statesville instead. Mis’Beauty at the Night. Mis’Beauty,a three act comedy, was presented at Shearer Music Hall last night by the Dramatic club ofStatesvillecollege.The characters were:Mis’Beauty,Bowling Rice; Mrs,Lee,Leah Graves;Mammy, samond Clark;Cookie,Mary Alex--|ander;Black Mat,Mary Davis;Uncle Shoddy,D.F.Mayberry;Dr.Stuyveson,Earl White;Mis’Cleve-land,Irwin McGee;Little Sisters,ae and Ruth Hines.attendance was not large buttheplay”was well preserited. a Bare Liverfynye,cater *says Iva Smith int Blank,Texas,“andderided Rimmer, College Last to try a 26ebox of Chamberlain's || Shiloh Complaint.,Hyver complaint,” ibed and south 2 1 degre stake,thence thence 139 pol t reese wee th : dew .4 con taining J.A.YORK, Administrator of A.J Aldridge,Dec'd.and Assignee AttyG.HH.ShookWeatherman, Sectional Bookcase Here’s your Gift.It is absolutely the best Seetion- al Bookcase made.Whenyouhavemorebooksthan it will hold we have moreSections.[f you needa Desk Section,to combine businessandeducationwithpleasure,we have it.Truly a sensible, practical Christmas Gift,agiftthatwillberemembered r years to come.We recommend the Gunn Sectional Bookcases and alookwillconvinceyouoftheirrherit. Crawford-Bunch.FurnitureCo , Tableta,pletely¢ township,descr defined as fo to wit Reginning at a fallen white oak and rutis north 88 degrees weat 42 poles to an ash,thence north 8 de- igrees east »=pine-knot thenee eouth 88 degrees 85 poles toa black oak:| thence eoutt s de e 5 poles to aj white oak,thence hones | 4aig8) 7 J [FoR THe LOVEOFMIKE )Y LADIES: You can best buy presents for your f gentlemen friends ata MEN’S store. if in doubt buy “HIM”half a dozen of our fine neckties.we have these in every shade of the rainbow and scores of other things your friends a will like.Our high quality goods and a our.reasonable prices tie our cus-2 tomers to us.Bring the Boys along. They'll like new Overcoats and Suits ‘ for Christmas.q " Sloan Clothing Company 4 WE SELL “BETTER”CLOTHES 4 Work Boxes,Tourist Cases! Ladies’and Children’s Work Boxes,Lap Pads and Writing Desks in Leather and Wood.Tourist Cases and Bags. —ee SEE ~tie. The latest thing in Ladies’Work Bags AT R.P.Allison’s Book and Toy Store | Get Coupons for pony contest with every purchase, Cream and Skim Milk are so different in appearance you can tell which is which by looking at them. It is not so,however,with paint,sincé ~* “the just as good”kind and Davis Paint look very much alike inthe can.There- fore,when you buy your paint demand an analysis and guarantee the same as it ap- pears on every package of r f Cy which is there for your protection. -_—FOR SALE BY ; ¥Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware |0 Pecosrteeest|THE LANDMARK |=—‘|TUESDAY,~-~December 9,1913. Things Useful and Needed! The Barler Ideal Oil Heater for the bath room,Roasters and Carving Knives forthe Thanksgiving Turkey, Butcher Knives and Meat Choppers for hog-killing day,Buggy Robes tokeepoffthecoldonyourwaytochurch.These are a tew of the things you will need.Our stock iscompleteandpricesarelow.Hot or cold,you will always find a welcome at our store. If you happen to be one who has anaccountwithusof.long:standing,’ don’t stay out in the cold and suffer. Be brave and come right in and let’s talk it over.It will be easier tomake things right,now,than to delay.We want youto be happy Thanks-giving and Christmas,and forever, for that matter,but there are some folks we have it up our sleeve tokeepdisturbedunlesstheycomein and square up.Yours truly, Lazenby -Montgomery Hardware Co. =a NEW = Cotton Ginnery AtOil Millcan ginabale every 15 minutes.Will buy your seed cotton or gin for toll,and -buy the lint and seed right on the ground at Top Prices.Giveus atrial. Satisfaction guaranteed IMPERIAL COTTON OIL COMPANY. "PHONE 205.s z, o...e <7 Cash or On Time.42 FORSALE? About 65 lots and several Statesville.: Also about 15 good Farms, houses in eo See me before buying._$W.R.MILLS, Commercial National Bank| OF STATESVILLE,N.C,: Capital Surplus and Profits Total Resources Over $100,000.00 30,000.00 590,000.00 Four per cent interest paid on time and Savings Deposits. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. WO Soushe reE.MORRISON,---—VicePresiden ‘D.M.AUSLEY,.-~~Cashier,G,EK,HUGHEY,-Assistant Cashier, dem Bir rit : A NOTED ENGINEER DEAD. Col,Gaillard,Who Rendered Distin-guished Service on Panama Canal. Lieut.Col,David DuBose Gaillard, |United States army,who dirécted theengineeringworkintheCulebracut division)of the Panama canal,diedatJohnsHopkingHospital, Balti- more,Friday. Colonel Gaillard had been a pa- tient at the hospital since August 17,last,suffering ‘from a growth in the head,the result of seven years’arduous labor in the Canal Zone.He failed steadily and for the last two months had been in a state of coma. Physicians decided that an operation was useless,He is survived by his widow and son,Lieutenant David P. Gaillard,United States army.-Both were at the bedside when the endcame. Lieutenant,Colonel Gaillard ‘was born at Winnsboro,S.C.,in 1859. He graduated from West Point Mil- itary Academy in 1884 and since that time had won many honors in the en-gineering service.~A bill was intro-duced in Congress“last month pro- moting him .to the yank of colonel in recognition of his distinguished ser- vices which culminated in the great, engineering feat in the Culebra sec- tion of the Panama canal.Colonel Gaillard’s death is ‘the cul- mination of a breakdown incurred by long hours of work and exposure in the Canal Zone,where he pitted his skill as an engineer against the most difficult task in connection with ‘the canal’s'construction—to master the landslides and quicksands which ex- tend for eight miles along the line of the Culebra cut. For the greater period of his work >fon the Isthmus Colonel Gaillard was without a chief assistant.He wanted to save money.He gave his attention not only to the great problems but to all the details of shovel work,train work and drain- age.It was computed that by his careful oversight he had saved the government $17,000,000.Men who worked with him said that he gave several hours of each day to Culebra. In addition he had a voice in all mat- ters pertaining to engineering work in the zone,to civil administration and to the general conduct of affairs. His health broke at the hour of his final triumph,when there was little left to be done. Directors of Schoot For Feeble-Mind- ed. The enlarged and re-organized board of directors of the Stete School For the Foeble-Minded,in session at Kinston.last week,adopted the fol- lowing: “It is ordered that the completion of the State School for the Fechle- Minded and the settlement of its debts be referred to the executive committee with power to act,and that this board meet February 17,1914, for the purpoce of electing c super- intendent,and that in the meantime that the executive committee take charge of all property belonging to the institution and of all the busi ness in connection with the same.” Dr.Hardy,the would probably have been dropped at once but it was discovered that it was necessary to have a superintendent to sign vouchers and Dr.Hardy is con- tinued until the February meeting of the board.A delegation from the Kinston chamber of ared before the board and urged e retention of Dr.Hardy.Kinston rave the site for the school and there is some feeling because Lenoir county is not represented on the director ate. Dr.MeBrayer of Asheville,who was tendent,cannot be elected because the law prohibits a member of the board becoming superintendent in less than a year after he retires from the board and “Dr, the board.A motion to make Dr. Kent of Caldwell county,chairman of the execut!ve committee,superin- tendent pro tem,failed because the law does not provide for such an of-fice.* State Board of Agriculture Plans Extension Work. In rounding up its work for the annual session the Stcte Board of Agriculture last week adopted a budget for the next six months’work of the various divisions amounting to $142,000,just $7,000 more than for the same period last year.The in- creases represent contemplated ex- tensions of work in the animal indus- try division,the co-operative market- ing work,the boys’and girls’club divisions. The board adopted an order appro- priating $50 the county,in cases where like amounts are raised by pa- trons of the schools,for holding school fairs,under rules laid down by the board.‘The board also provided $1,000 tobeexpendedinestablishingabureau of information,in which there shall be registered the products in all parts of the State with the names of producers,and of products of one sec-tion of the State in demand in other sections.This is declared to be with a view of getting the people of allsectionsoftheState,especially east land west,in closer commercial com- jmunication.The $1,000 is for salary‘and other expenses of such a division from January 1 to June 1,1914. The board declared its purpose tobetoextendtheco-operation work sothatthereshallbeanexpertinchargeofamarketingdivision,hisdutiestobetohaveanoversightinanadvisoryweyofthemarkotingofberriesandtruckinseasonandofcotton,potatoes and other products ‘intheirrespective’seasons,to preventgluttingofthemarketsankecpdownpossibilitiesoffraudagainstproducersbybrokersandothers. SAAT Fit His Case Exactly. “When father was sick about six years agoreadanadvertisementofChamberlain'sTabletsinthepaperathatfithiscaseex-actly,’writes Miss Margaret Campbell ofFt.Smith,Ark.“He purchased a box ofthemandhehaanotbeensicksince.Mysisterhadstomachtroubleandwasalsoben-efited by them.”For sale by all dealers,5 engineering| all other employes be discharged,and| superintencent,| ’ commerce ap | mentioned as a candidate for superin-| McBrayer is a member of| -Responsible For AllowingChildtoHandleFirearms. In.Asheville.recent]the 5-year-old son of Peter Chackles shot andkilledhis2-yenr-old brother.Chack-les was arrested under a law of thelastLegislature,which makes a par-ent responsible for allowing a childunder12yearstohandleadangerous firearm.“ ‘Following is the law,which shouldinterestparentsofboys: “Section 1.That any person being the parent or guardian of,or stand- ing in loco parentis to,any child un-der the age of 12 years,who shallknowinglypermitsuchchildtohave the possession or custody of,or use inanymannorwhatever,any gun,pis- tol,or other dangerous firearm,whether loaded or unloaded,or any other person,who shall knowingly furnish such child any such firearm, shall be guilty of a misd »meanor,anduponconvictionshallbefinednotex- ceeding $50 or:imprisoned not .ex- ceeding 30 days.” Mt.Airy the Pig Market. Mt.Airy Leader. It is estimated that on last Satur- day at least a thousand young pigs were offered for sale on this market.These pigs are raised across the mountains and sold to the,farmers in this vicinity,and it is estimated that no less than two thousand have been marketed here this fall. MACON,GA,CHILD Made Strong and Well by Vinol. When we tell you that Vinol is the best remedy in our whole stock for making weak,puny,ailing children strong,robust and rosy we are only telling you what has been proved by hundreds of mothers. |J.L.Fickling,Macon,Ga.says: \“My child was very thin and delicate, |n0 appetite,nervous,and did not |sleep well.Doctors did not help her. |Vinol was recommended and the change after a fair trial was wonder- ful.She sleeps soundly all night,has a splendid appetite and has gained in weight.I wish every mother knew what Vinol will do for delicate chil- |dren.” What’Vinol did for this little girl {t will do for every weak and alling child because sickly children need ;the strengthening cod liver elements and the tonic iron that Vinol con- tains—that is why Vinol builds them up quickly and gives them a fine, healthy color.It is pleasant to take and we guarantee that the results will satisfy you—money back if they do not. P.S—If you have Eczema try our Saxo Salve.We guarantee it. W.F.Hall,Druggist,Statesville,N.C. SEVERE PUNISHMENT Of Mrs.Chappell,ofFive Years’ Standing,Relievedby Cardui. Mt.Airy,N.C.—Mrs.Sarah M.Chaitofthistown,says:‘‘]suffered forveyearswithwomanlytroubles#also stomach troubles,and my punishmentwasmorethananyonecouldtell. I tried most every kind of medicine,|but none did me any good. I read one day about Cardui,the wo- |man’s tonic,and |decided to try it.I|had not taken but about six bottles until|f was almost cured.It did me morejthanalltheothermedicines|had|tried,put together. My friends began askin|looked so well,and |told them about|Cardui.Several are now taking it.”_ Do you,lady reader,suffer from any|Of the ailments due to womanly trouble, |such as headache,backache,sideachesleeplessness,and that everlastingly tiredfeeling?’ |Ifso,let us urge te to give Cardui atrial.We feel confident it will help you,t as it has a million other women iniepasthalfcentury. Begin taking Cardui to-day.won't regret it.All druggists. Write to:Chattanooga Medicine Go.Ladies’Advisory Dept.,Chattanooga,Tenn.,for Specialeanonyourcaseand64-page book,“HomeforWomen,”inplain wrapper.N.C.124 New Goods Being Added All the Time. me why I You Watches,Clocks and Jewelry promptly and carefully repair- ed,and all kinds of hand en- graving Paxton &Daywalt’s, Next door to 5c.and 10c.store. 64 acres fine farm land.Well wateredand200,000 feet of pine timer.Three miles of railroad station and on public road eightmilesfromStatesville.Near good schoolsandmailroute.Price low and terms easy.Oct.31.+ZEB.V.LONG,Atty. Reading Season! Those who love to read have the best time to do so right along now. Don’t strain your eyes. Have me look after them.I will give you good serv-ice and.best glasses. “Hours 9 a.m.to 4.30 p.m.*> DR.R.W.WOODWARD, No,1 Robbins Row _OPTOMETRIST.#18 8.t,ee WHENEVERYOUAEDAGENERALTONG-TE GROVES The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is EquallyValuableasaGeneralTonicbecauseitActsontheLiver,Drives Out Malaria,Enriches the Blood and Builds up.the WholeSystem,For Grown People and Children, You know what you are taking when you take Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic as the formula is printed on every label showing that it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON.It is as strong as the strongest bitter tonic and is in Tasteless Form.It has no equal for Malaria,Chills and Fever,Weakness,geneval debility and loss of appetite.Gives life and vigor to Nursing Mothers and Pale,Sickly Children.Removes Biliousness without purging,Relieves nervous depression and low spirits,Arouses the liver to action and purifies the blood,A True Tonic and Sure Appetizer.A Complete Strengthener. No family should be without it.Guaranteed by your Druggist.Wemeanit.50c, ‘eeesdescoececesseseuo<seesed Have You Seen The Asssortment © OF STATIONERY,TOILET POWDERS,TOILET WATERS,HAIR BRUSHES,HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS,CHAMOIS,°HUYLER’S CANDY, #e®a caseyMNArs, HALL’S DRUG'§STORE. *@0890-26008088000000008 MORE FINESTOCK We have on hand a lot of extra good stock. Some extra large Mares.Be sure and come to see us if you need anything. Also have a lot of Studebaker,Jr.,Wagons in stock. Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. Shoes,Shoes! SHOES FOR OLD MEN. SHOES FOR OLD WOMEN,SHOES FOR YOUNG MEN. SHOES FOR YOUNG WOMEN,SHOES FOR YOUNG GIRLS, SHOES FOR YOUNG BOYS. SHOES FOR THE SMALL LITTLE FOLKS, Bring your foot troubles te us and we will give you satisfaction. The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co., Statesville,N.C. »#*.oS‘oe &+0,“Resbe;Byox +|] ofp)fe ”@)2 | e *=e a eaehe>oh oa a SSMH |)eS"°*e*“* aT PSVeEe oe Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special fot cash. New Rugs have arrived.$3.00 9x12 and up to $75.00. Statesville Housefurnishing Company. Monumentsand Tombstones: That is My Business. Best material,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfactionguaranteedornopay. If you need anything in my line be sure to see or write me before you buy,as |am prepared to protect your interests, Ask your neighbors who ‘have bought work from me and see what they say. I appreciate your neighbors’business and will likewise appreciate yours.|YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND MOORESVILLE,N.C. ZEB DEATON,Proprietor._ ‘ 4 mouse20K PAGE SEVEN. Sd SHERRILL-WHITE SHOE CO Storm Shoes. Sturdy Storm Shoes.for the man who is out of doors.Ideal Shoes 'for Sportsmen,Linemen,the Plow.. and all others who wish to:keep— their feet dry and comfortable. Leather of Kangareo,Elk and Box Calf.Viscolized Solesand Uppers SPECIAL! Men’s Brownstone Blucher Tip 17 nch Boot,laced with rawhide,$6 value,our Special Price $5.Call in and let us show you what we have tooffer you in a 17-inch Boot’ for $5.00.Yourstruly, SHERRILL-WHITE SHOECO. (S.B.Miller’s Old Stand.) |the |other as P.S.We will occupy after Janury Ist,1914,the store formerly :occupied by The White Co as 6gColdWeatherSpecials! :Ladies’Vests and Pants to match 50c.and 25c.Misses’andChildren’s Union Suits.Ladies’Woo!and Cotton Petticoats 25c and $1.00.Ladies’all Wool Sweaters $2.00.Misses’ 'all Wool Sweaters for 98c.Elkin Blankets from $1 to $10. ;MILLINERY—Just received new line of Plush Beavers, y Velvets,Felts of all kinds.Also new Feathers and Trim- mings of KRI Call and see them.Respectfully,D.B..KRIDER &COMPANY. IN THE FIRST PLACE Bring every prescription direct to us to be filled.This is the best advice we can offer any one using medicines.We have the drugs,every kind or class,each of standard purity,fresh and potent.We have the knowledge and the training,and the experience that counts in scientific, earefal prescription compounding,You get all safety, satisfaction,results.Ask your doctor The Polk Gtas:Drug Company, @ ON THESQUARE @ if Prescription Specialists.*Phones 109 and 410. |{Equal Rights to All! Believing as1 do that the man who buys furniture install- should some consideration,I on ments have have decided that from now on my time price and cash price shall be ;the same.Or in other words,come to ir me with a little money and get what you want just as cheap as if you had all money to pay cash.Everything marked in plain figures at prices as reasonable as anywhere.Respectfully, L The Williams Furniture House,‘Statesville,N.C. Statesville Realty &Investment Co. 1906 @ammmme>1913 On October 31,1913,we close our seventhyearofbusiness,We take this occasion tothanktheloyalpatronsofourcompanyforthebusinesstheyhaveentrustedtousdur-ing that time and we believe we have givensatisfactiontoallofourcustomers.Havy-ing grown out of infancy into mature man-hood in the INSURANCE BUSINESS we.ask fdr a continuance of your support andinfluence. Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” We write all classes of BONDS,and thussaveyoutheembarrassmentofapplyingtoyourneighborforsuch.Writeusyour needs.J,F.CARLTON, TUESDAY,---December 9,1913, TUBERCULAR SANATORIUM, State Institution at Montrose Has Been Re-Opened-——Capacity Limit- ed. Bulletin State Board of Health, The State Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis at ‘Mont- rose re-opened December Ist for the treatment of tubercular patients in the first and moderately advanced stages of tuberculosis.This institu-tion was closed by its board of di-|p rectors last September,and the Leg- islature was asked to turn it over to the State Board of Health.The,in- stitution has beds for only 50 pa- tients.The very limited capacity of the institution,together with the meagre funds provided for its main- tenance,make it impossible for the board to accommodate all the tuber- cular sick in the Stete.For this reas- on it will be found necessary to make institution do the most good for the vreatest number,instead of some good for a few.It will therefore be necessary to select out of the appli- cations made those that can be cured the easiest and ‘quickest.For in- stance,it would be manifestly unfair to fill the institution up with con- sumptives in the last stages because such patients have such a meagre chance of recovering and would ‘keep patients out of the institution for a long time,perhaps a year.On the other hand,many more patients in the early stages of the disease could be cured and sent home in the same time.Nearly all cases of tu- berculosis can now be cured by from four to six or eight months of abso- lute rest,fresh air and abundance of good food,but not nearly so many cases of advariced tuberculosis can be cured,even after longer treatment. For a pationt to enter the State Sanatorium it will be necessary to write to the State Board of HealthatRaleighforanapplicationblank. Have a physician excmine the patient and fill out blank and return to the State Board of Health.If the patient is found to be in the early stages or moderately advanced stages and there ig room at the institution,he will be accepted upon payment of a mini- mum charge of $1 a day.This charge searcely pays half the cost of the pa- tient for the treatment given.The re- mainder of the cost is paid by theState. Spécial arrangements are being made to care for the tuberculous poor.Churche fraternal orders, city and county scuthorities are pro- viding for the maintenance of such patients.Any person heving tuber- culosis should not let the question of money intorfere In treating tu- berculosis there is no time to waste. The State Board of Health should be advised at once,as arrangements can doubtless be made to provide the necessary dollar a day for treatment. Estimate of the Government's Finan- ces. Washington Dispatch Secretary McAdoo estimates that the revenues for the fiscal year,ex clusive of postoffice receipts,will be $728,000,000,only $8,000,000 less than the estimates for the fiscal year 1914 To make that total he expects the customs to bring in $249,000,000,o1 dinary internal revenue $315,000,000 and the income tax $105,000,000,of| which $40,000,000 is to come from| corporations,the remainder from in dividuals.From sales of public lands he expects to convey into the Treas ury $3,000,000 and from misce ous sources $56,000,000.He express- es the belief that the ordinary re ceipts for 1915 will exceed the dis- bursements sufficiently to pay out about $26,000,000 from the Treasury’s general fund for the Ponama.canal. Expenditures for 1915 will exceod the government’s total income by $73,681,777,according to an officialstatementbytheappropriationcom mittees of the House and Sénate, based op Secretary McAdoo’s esti mates.As worked out by the con gressional committees the 1915 ex penditures will amount to $1,108,681, 777,including postal apy priations, while they estimate the rev s at $1,035,000,000,including po tal re-4 ceipts.By excluding,however,a} $60,717,000 sinking fund appropria- tion to meet the public de bt ar 826,985 for the Panama can latter to be repaid from bonds,the committees plus of revenues over expenditures by $13,362,207. anette ennai d $26,-| al,the } ale of| expect a ur-| Decrease in Army Enlistments. Washington Dispatch. Marked decrease in army enlist- ments under the new seven-year en- listment law is brought to the atten-tion of the War Department by In- spector General Garlington in his an- nual report.“Reeruiting officers:and |. \&members of recruiting parties,”said| the report,“have carefully exp!lained to applicants the nature of the enlist- ment contract with reference to ser- vice with the colors and in the re- serves,but the applicants are not sat-isfied and frequently express them-| selves as unwilling to enlist because|of the reserve features,whicly places| them under obligations for too longaperiod.” The law provides for three years service with the colors and four years subject to call in tho reserves.One inspector reported to General Gar-lington that careful inquiry of 425formersoldierseligibleforenlist-ment in the reserves resulted in en- listing only three. There ia more Catarrh in this sec-tion of the country than all other dis-eases put together,and until the iastfewyearswassupposedtobeincurabie.for a reat many years doctors pronounce it a local,disease and pre-acribed local remedt and by constantlylocaltreatment.falling to cure wit!Pronounced it incurable.Sclence ~has‘oven Catarrh to be a constitutionaliseaseandtherefore |In the+matter of J.F. lat 12 o'clock, |re-male to the bjtaintractof |thence south iof|Cash by deed corded in book No, |reecords of Omnibus ClaimBill to BeWashingtonDispatch,5th.°The House spent most of today dis- cussing the Southern omnibus claimsbill,carrying a total of »$1,729,000 for claims growing out of damage topersonsorpropertyduringthecivil war.A filibuster lod by Representa-tive Mann of Illinois,the Republicanleader,prevented action on the bill which,however,probably will coms up again next Friday.Democratic Leader Underwood took personal charge of the fight for :the payment of the cleims and servednoticeontheRepublicansthatwhen the opportunity offered the bill would e passed by the House,regardless of dilatory tactics or any other op- position from the minority. The bill carries $1,191,000.for,in- dividual claims for stores ond sup- Passed, plies,$486,000 for claims.on ac- count of damage to churches,col- lees and other buildings and $51,000 for miscellaneous claims, all in accordance with the findings of the court of ¢laims. What! Greensboro News.f The wind is being tempered to the slit-skirted calf.IF CHIL TONGUE sIS COATEDMOTHER! If Cross,Feverish,Constipated,Bil- ioys,Stomach Sour,Give “iCal- ifornia.Syrup of Figs.” A laxative today saves a sick chi'd tomorrow.Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels,which become clogged up with waste,liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue,mother;If coated,or your child is listless,cross, feverish,breath bad,restless,doesn’t eat heartily,full of cold or has sore throat or any other children’s ail- ment,give a teaspoonful of “Califor nia Syrup of Figs,”then don’t wor ry,because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this consti- pation poison,sour bile and ferment- ing waste will gently move out of the bowels,and you have a well,playful child again...A thorough “inside cleansing”is ofttimes all that is nec- essary.It should be the first treat- ment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot- tle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown- ups plainly printed on the _bottle. Look carefully and s#e that it is made by the “California Fig Syrup Com- pany.”Don’t be fooled. GOOD NEWS. Many Statesville Readers Have Heard It and Profited Thereby. travels fast,”and the f bad back are glad to learn where re- “Good news thousands o sufferers in Statesville « lief be weak and aching back is bad no more, thanks to Doan’s Kidney Pills. telling the good news of with this te may found.Many a lame, Our citizens ‘are their experience ted rem- edy.Here is an example worth read ing: Mrs,L.B.Nicks,302 Seventh St., Statesville,N.C.,says:“I was subject to nervous spells and dizzy spells.At night I was restless and in the morn- ing felt all tired out.My kidneys were weak and caused backache. When Doan’s Kidney Pills were rec- ommended to me,I used them and they not only stopped the pains and aches but restored my kidneys to a normal condition.” For sale by all dealers.Price 50 cents.Foster-Milburn Co.,Buffalo, sole agents for the Unit-New York, ed States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no othe r. (‘OMMISSIONE RS’RE 8 AL E “OF LAND Tredell County. Cash and others,exNorthCarolina, parte.<Under and by virtue of an order of the |Superior Court of Iredell county,made in the above entitled special proceeding,the undersiened.commissioners will.on MONDAY,DECEMBER 15,1913, noon,at the court house door in Iredell county,North.Carolina,offer for ighest bidder for cash,that cer- land lying and being in EagleMilletownship,in Iredell county,North Carolina,described an follows,to-wit:Beginning at a stone,Resin corner:thence west 79 polespolestoa stone; east 79 poles to a stone;thence north 88 poles to the beginning,containing 40 acres, more or less,and being the identical tract land conveyed by Rezin Cash to James dated March 10,1865,and re- 10 at page 646 of the BR deeds of Iredell county. Bidding will begin at the advanced bid of 626.Terms of sale cash upon confirma-|tion of sale R.T.WEATHERMAN, Z%V.LONG, 1912.Commissioners.Nov. THE DAVIS MILLS Give you 40 Pounds Best at- ent Flour and 13 pounds Bran in exchange or Pay $1.14 per bushel cash for wheat.Watch thisiad for price each week. Best Flour and Meal Prompt avd ‘courteous service at all times.It pays to patronize THE DAVIS MILLS, Hiddenite,N.C. 14, | Cash's old} to a stone;| thence | WANTED! To trade my interest in 320acres ofNewMexicolandinthreemilesofagoodtownwithrailroadrunning h place,for real estate inCarolina.Your fat calves,andresta also a few Pre BeT.Darko.MerCloverdale Farm,Phorie Statesville,N.C. STOP CATARRH! Unless Properly Treated With Hy- omei This Disease May Become |Serious.| If you have catarrh,indicated by | sniffling,stopped up’head,droppings| in the throat and morning choking,|there is an irritated state of the mu-| cous membrane ideal condition for the growth of dis- ease,germs, ‘Do not allow these dangerous verms to begin the destruction health. The easiest,simplest,quickest,sur-|est and cheapest way to check ca-| tarrh is by breathing Hyomei. wonderful haler, destroying all disease may have been inhaled—the tissues|house withofthethroat,nose and lungs are pricequickly.healed and vitalized.in Money ‘refunded by Statesville | Drug Co.to anyone whom Hyomei| fails to benefit. costs but $1.00. medicated air treatment|does not upset the stomach,but is | breathed in through the Hyomei in-| directly following and surely ‘(Ready For Tobacco The which affords | highest of your | ever.This | elsewhere germs that) A complete outfit| ECLIPSE ENGINES AND THRESHERS. tubaceo open and MeEtwee’s Plan- ters’Warehouse is ready to make tobacco bring the market prices. More buyers and’other- ||wise better equipped than You can’t do better think you can do as well. So come to us,the ware- McElwee’s Planters’ Warehouse. season is and we don’t the highest I will have some of ourlatest |. style machines here in time.Come over the!first time| you are in town and see them| and let’s talk it over. Cc.H. Near the Depot.| Iredell *Phone No.74,Bell No.7. Lee Thomas, |ship,on hall of the personalconsistingofhousehold effects, farming utensils,Sale will commence at 10 o'clock,a-corn,wheat,TURNER, Rk.B,|Nov.21,1913. INSTALL A PUMP. Now that your winter seed are in call and figure with me on install-ing a pump. W E.MUNDAY. "Phone 55. SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. bg undersigned administrator of the estatehortdeceased, a shor |auction to the highest bidder for cash at the home place of the deceased in Concord town- FRIDAY,DECEMBER McLaughlin,Atty. will sell at public 12,1913, property of said deceased,live stock,ete. L.C.STEVENSON,Administrator. T.W.FiidKastBroadStreet. GALVANIZED IRON Sorghum Pans.Special width. FOR RAZIER. Great End of Season Millinery Sale! Begins Friday,December 5, AT The R.M.Knox Co's 4 Owing to the fact that we have kept up ig our Millinery stock by express shipments 4 all through the season,we still have a very large stock of Pattern Hats, Untrimmed Shapes,and as we have made up our minds to clean up again this season, they will go AT YOUR PRICE. If-you haven’t bought now’s your chance. If you have bought buy another. afford it at our prices now. Big line Ladies’ Rain Coats and Rubbers. Trimmed and and Children’s Coats, You can The R.M.Knox Com’y. Iredell Hardware Com’y. Ready” Is what Dewey said to his chief gunner whenWhatifhisammuni- tion had been of a poor quality and his gun- He probably wouldn’t have given that important order with But Dewey knew that his powder had been kept dry,that it was fresh and effective and that every gun was properly charged;that every man at theguns was brave Just so when you go huntingif you.have confidence in thegunyou’re shooting,and confidence that the ammunition you shoot is loaded right and of the very best quality,you've got the battleWewanttotalktoyouaboutreli- able guns and dependable ammunition. Please return our wire stretchers—we need he entered Cavite Bay. nery not up to the standard? such coolness and steady and a ‘“‘dead shot.’’ half won them. “You May Fire When You're |Watct 1 Worth Owning! A customer bought a Watch of us recently and it seems he is just a little bit dissatisfied with it.After compar- ing it with our regulator several times and finding it on time just to the minute he said,‘‘O shucks I won’t have any fun with this watch,[don’t have to’set it!’*have more of the same kind of Watches.Would youliketohaveone? We R.H.RICKERT &SON, Jewelers, So SHININGOF ANEW STORESATURDAY,DECEMBER THE 13TH. Walker’s 5,10 and 25 Cent Store, a,STATESVILLE,N.C.# We will open store in Statesville on Saturday,December 13th,at which time we will show the largest line of holiday goods ever displayed in Statesville.Our toys and dolls were pur- chased with the sole object in view of delighting and pleasing the children of Statesville and the surrounding country.We are the children’s friends,and want you to bring them to see what Santa Claus has brought for them. We have received a solid car of Chinaware,and it will be to your interest to watch our win- dows and to cometo our store and examine this line.Our dishes to retail at 5c.,10c.and 25c.will please you. We will have window full of SPECIALS for sale on OPENING DAY,and throughout the store will be other specials,at prices never before heard of in Statesville.Many values up to $1.00 will be offered for TEN CENTS on that day.Watch for Window Display. You are cordially invited to make our store your headquarters;nothing would please us more than to have you invite your friends and acquaintances to meet you at this store.We willbe glad to take care of your bundles for you,and we don’t want you to feel that we expect you to buy every time you come in the store.Some stores do expect this,but our idea of doing business is different.Come in and see what we have. WALKER’S 5,10 AND 25 CENT STORE. The New Red Front—Hotel Iredell Building—Next to the Lyric—The New Picture Show. Get the Habit---It Will Pay you to WATCH WALKER’S WINDOWS. _=< THE BIG SALE OF SEASON IS NOW GOING ON Al MILLS &POSTON’'S STORE. Our stocks have been bountifully replenished with new goods in all lines preparatory to the holiday trade and many bargains will be sold from our shelves and counters during the next 10 days.We ask you to come and take a look at the new things we are offering. -WE OFFER FOR RIGHT NOW SELLING: Handsome Table Linens, Napkins,Towels and Towelings of every description. Beautiful Linen Towels from 25c,to $1.00 each.Prices under the new tariff schedule. “Ronsard”Kid and Fabric Gloves.Ladies’and Men’s 2-button clasp guaranteed Kid Gloves for $1.00,Fabric Gloves at 25c.,50c.and 75c,,long and short.Ladies’ eet Kid Gloves at $2.50.‘‘Ronsard”stands for the best. Ladies’Neckwear,Ruchings,Venise Lace Collar and Cuff Sets 25c.35c.,50¢e..and 60c.Bobinet and MalineCollarsandBowsat25c.and 50e.Marabou and Os-trich neck pieces at #2.25 and $2.50, Atremendous new stock.Madeira Hand Embroidered Handkerchiefs.This is the handsomest line of Ladies’and Men’s Kerchiefs ever shown in Statesville.All Linen 5c.‘up to $1.00 each.All kinds and for everybody. Messaline Petticoats—Kelly Green and King Blue aretheleadingcolors.Also Knit Petticoats at 25c.,50c.,#1.00 and $1.50 each.Sweaters and Knit Headwear,Auto Caps made to your order,any color. Elkin Blankets,Quilts,Ready-made Sheets,etc. 1,000 yards 4x4 Bleached Sheeting at bargain prices— anywhere from 4 to 20 yard pieces.Big lot new de- sign Duckling Fleece Flannels at 124c.yard. Table and Sideboard Scarfs in beautiful Renaissance designs at 50c.,75c.,$1.00 and up.Also Embroidered Pillow Cases at 50c.and 75c.pair. Hand Bags,Purses,Card Cases,Vanity Coin Cases, Needlebook Cases,Pound Pins,Hair Pins,Bar Pins, Barretts,Combs and Brushes,Mesh Bags,etc. Ladies’Tailored Suits,Coats,Skirts and Black Petti-coats offered for cash at bargain prices.Some hand- some Eponge Coats to go at sacrifice prices. Mills &Poston. Calvert Mills Underwear,Linenwear and Bearskin Hosiery for Men,Women and Children.These brands stand for quality. Nothing better offered by anybody anywhere for less money.Try them and you will be pleased. Yours truly, x THE LANDMARK TUESDAY,--*- married more tham a week,and all of |Chahges in Parcels Post Regulations.Americans Getting Away From Tam-/ their weddings had been surprise af-Important changes in pareel post pico. fcirs.Despite the severity of the |regulations,ineluding general reduc-|port Arthur,Texas,Dispatch,7th. tion in rates and increase in maxi-| 4 a e J joke,the young men enjoyed it and ::roi]ey mum weights,have been approvedby |Thirty Americe.ns,refugees from the Inter-State Commerce Commis-|Tampico,Mexico,mostly women out i sion.The revisions were made on |children,arrived here late today on , about 1 o’clock were allowed to re- pri pe marr oa of Postmaster Gen-|two barges and a tug.The refugees eral Burleson,and in a majority of|..;:::said they were leaving Tampico be-cases are effective January 1,1914.|cause of the ‘thkectening conditions|Books are admitted to the parcel|7post;weight limits are increased in|pent ‘the ee 2 ar a. December 9,1913. The Idea wf Fun That Prevails al ! 3 Canton.(aan ne quiet the fears of theit >e-Canton Dispatch,7th,x4 |Wilderec brides,- ‘maa oti,“Tth,,to Charlotte (They may think that sort of thing:jis all right at Canton,but for Can-Taken away from their'homes here |ton’s good they would do well not tolastFridaynight,three newly-mar-|advertise it.It doesn’t give a zoodriedyoungmenweresecurelyfasten-|impression of Canton—The Land- ed together \with a three-inch log}mark.) The Best None Too Good For Her. chain snd march.d about the streets|while the brides of but a jweck were| left in tears at home.This is the-reword that was given Josh Curtis, Robert Calvin and William Rea for seerotly marrying here a few days |ago.While the young men were locked’together with the chains they were marched about the streets,forced to sing,dance and serenade their ncigh-|bors.A party of nearly 100 of their|friends perpetrated the joke.Each of the newly-married men is, popular here.Mr.Curtis is theWesternUnionoperatoratthelocalstation,Mr.Calvin has a responsible chpositionwiththeChampionFiberaandMr.Rea is ths agent‘enneasee and North CarolinaRailrozd.None of them had bee.' |Personal character ‘but his public |that he is not big enough for the job. Page Pretests the Hammer Appeint- ment,It was mentioned in the papers re-|cently that Mr.H.-A.Page of Moore' county had gone te Washington ana filed a protest against the ‘appoint-ment of Solicitor W.C.Hammer usdistrictattorney.It is announcedfromWashingtomthatMr..Page'sprotestdoesnotaffe¢t Mr.Hammei’s record is attacked and it is asserted Whether Mr,Page will push hischargesisnotknown,but it is ad-mitted that the situation ,may easily |become serious,as Mr,Page is thetypeofmanwhocan’t tofcourt.can’t be laughed out|ithe same time.Nota liniment. the first and second zones from 20 to|50 pounds,and in all zones beyond the|second from 11 to 20 pounds and\ rates are reduced in the third,fourth and sixth zones. Senators to Put in 13 Hours Daily onAccountCurrencyBill.Democratic.Senate leaders,withtheaidoftenRepublicanvotes,suc-ceeded:Saturday in forcing a pro-gramme of 13 hours a day sessionsforconsiderationofthecurrencybill.Two hours’recess from 6 to 8 o’clockintheevening,will be the only breakinthedailyworkfrom10o'clock inthemorninguntil11atnight. cDSRELESLIENISLTATToPreventBloodPoisoning apply at once the wond lold reliable DR.PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL,asur- gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at 2$c.50c.$1.00. 000 rebels to the south and west and several bands of rebels of a few hun- dred each on the north.The men had been employed in the oil fields,they said,but because ofconditionstherewasnoworkastherebelswerelocatedbetweentheoilfieldsandTampico..Manyof’the refugees stated that they were frominteriorpointsandhadbeenwaitingatTampicoseveraldaysfortrans-portation to the Usited States.TheyalsosaidthatTampicowascrowdedwithmanyotherswaitingto.getawry. H.M.Hornaday,a horseman em-ployed at the Grantham stables in yoldsboro for 18 years,was thrownfromacartlastweokbyabuckinmuleandrpceivedinjuriesfromwhic he died.’ How About Parisian Ivory Toilet Set Simple Elegance,Many Styles. Come and Satisfy Yourself. THE STORE OF QUALITY. Statesville Drug Co., PRESCRIPTIONIST aBs Ri VOL.XL STATESVILLE,N.C.,FRIDAY,DECEMBER 12,19138.NO.40.| DEMAND FOR,‘ROOM IS GREAT. Nearly Half the Applications ForAdmissiontotheStateHospitalatMorgantonthePastYearDenied For Lack of Room—Meeting of theDirectors—-Conditions at the Insti-tution As Shown’By the Superin- tendent’s Report. ‘The board of directors of the State Hospital at Morganton were in reg:ular session at the Hospital Wednes- day.Present,I.I.Davis of Morgan- ton,president of the board;J.P. Sawyer of Asheville,A.A.Shuford of Hickory,Dr.J.FE.8.Davidson of Charlotte,F.P.Alspaugh of Win-ston-Salem,Chas.Pi)Matheson ofTaylorsvilleandR.R.Clark of Statesville.Mr.A.E.Tate of HighPoint,who was present at the meet- ing of the executive committee on Tuesday,had to leave for Washing- ton Wednesday and could not remain for the reguler meeting of the board. Dr.L.N.Glenn of Gastonia,recent- ly appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr.J.W.Noell of Roxboro,was the only absentee. Mr.Matheson,who was recently ap- pointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J.G.Hall,took the oath of office.The business of the meeting was routine and tne only matter ofpublicimportancewasthereportof Supt.McCampbell for the year end- ing November 30.:The report of the superintendent shows that the number of patients November 30,1912,was 567 men and 768 women,a total of 1,330.There were admitted during the year 91 men and 97 women,a total of 188;total under treatment,658 men and 860 women —1,518;discharged as re- covered,27 men and 25 women—®52; .discharged as improved,17 men and 16 women—33;one man was dis- charged not improved,two men were discharged as not insane and one man transferred to Raleigh.Sixty- four patients died during the year— 31 men and 33 women.Total remoy- ed 153—-79 men and 74 women.Re- maining November 30,1913,579 men and 786 women,a total of 1,365. The death rate for the year was4.2 per cent,which is low compared with results in similar institutions. The recovery rate,based on the num-ber of admissions,is 27.6 per cent,which is a fcvorable showing where proper consideration is given to the slight impairment existing in many of those discharged.The general health of the population is good.No serious accident occurred and there wes no epidemic during the year ex-cept three cases of smallpox in MayandJune.The demand for admission con- tingées unabated and for lack of room 162 applicants had to be denied ad mission during the year.The Legis- lature last winter made an appropria- tion of $50,000 for additional build- ings and ground has been broken for the foundation for a Receiving Build- ing For Women.The delay in the work is due to the fact that the money appropriated by the Legisla- ture has not been available.It is hoped te push this work to completion as rapidly as the weather and otherconditionsvil!permit,but the build- ing will hardly be available before early summer or midsummer.Persons who have friends or rela- tives they desire admitted to tho in- stitution will see from the above why they cannot be admitted promptly and why so few can be admitted at all.The applications are many,while the vacancies created by death or dis-charge do not begin to keep pace with the demands.’The management of the institution and the directors have coristantly to listen to the most dis- tressing appeals—appeals which are the more distressing because theytrepowerlesstogiveRelpinsomany cases.The few vacancies in the in- stitution are,as nearly as.possible, given to the more promising cases— those who it is believed can be help- ed or cured;and admission general- ly has to be denied the chronic and incurable cases,although these are often a menace and a_burden to their families or the community. Methodist Ladies’Bazaar. The Broad Street Methodist ladies’ bazaar held at the court house yes- terday was the most elaborate affair ef the kind this seasbn and waslargelyattended.Possibly the most interesting feature of the bazaar was “Rebekah at the Well.”Miss WillieNicholsonappeared,as Rebekah anddippedafruitbeveragefromthe well,which was built of huge rockscoveredwithivy.Misses Mary Aus tin Glover and Margaret Armfield were in charge of the candy booth,Mesdames R.V.Brawley,R.A.Coop- er and A.A.Colvert conducted the fancy article booth and the doll booth was under the management of Mes- dames B.L.Sronce and L.E.,Tharpe. All the booths were very attractive. Mesdames J.F.Anderson,J,B. Glover,E.G,Gilmer,C.W.BoshamerandB.M.Stephenson had charge of the refreshments,which were served by a company of young ladies. Red Cross Building in Washington. A fund of $100,000 in addition tothe$400,000 conditional appropria-tion by Congress has been pledgedforabuildingin:Washington in mem- sd of the women of the civil war, the guarantors being Mrs.RussellSage,Mrs.E.H.Harriman,John D.Rockefeller and James A.Scrymser.This announcement was made at theyearlymeetingoftheAmericanNa-tional.Red Cross Society in Washing- ton this week.The building whencompletedistobeusedashead-uarters for the American Red Cross.sident Wilson presided at a meet-ing of the Red Cross Society and.commended its work. TRAGIC DEATH OF CHILDREN. One Smethered,Another Believed toHaveChoked——Death of Mrs.Wal- ton.: In Jennings community,in north Iredell,Wednesday,the chlid of Mr. end Mrs.Monroe Templeton,aged about two and a half years,died sud- denly and in a mysterious manner.It was playing about the room inwhichitsmotherwaspreparingdin- ner,apparently in good health.Sud-denly the baby threw up its hands,fell to the floor and died in a fewmoments.The actual cause of death was not definitely determined but it is supposed the little one choked ‘todeathonabean.Mrs.Templeton was cooking beans and it is believed the baby found a bean on the floor and put it in its mouth after the manner of children,and that thebeanlodgedinitswindpipe. Willie Oliver Mize,the five-months- old child of Mr.and Mrs.Milton Mize,was found dead in bed at the home of his parents near the States- ville Cotton Mill about 3 o’clock Wed- nesday morning.The child was in the bed with its parents and when its death was discovered a physician was called.The doctor decided that thebabyhadbeensmotheredtodeathbe- neath the bed clothes.It was in its usual health when placed in the bed Tuesday night.The burial took place yesterday at South River church. Mrs.-Annie Walton,wife of Mr. John Walton,died Tuesday night at|her home on Walnut street.Mrs. Walton was a native of Philadelphia and for many years a resident of that city,and her remains will be taken there today for burial.A brief funeral service will be conducted attheresidencethismorningbyRev. J.J.Eads.Mrs.Walton was61yearsoldandissurvivedby her husband and three children.Mr. Walton is head of the Walton Hos- iery Mill.The family moved to Statesville from Rocky Mount several months ago. Misrepresenting the Facts About Bap- tist Orphanage Children. Vivisection as a method of re- search was not only denounced at the meeting of the International Anti- Vivisection and Animal Protection Congress in Washington but cruelty to children was also charged.Frank Stephens of Philadelphia,after at- tacking what he called “Fried- mann’s barbarities,”charged that Dr.Kari von Kuck of Asheville,N.C.,had acknowl having used 359children,262 of them from the Bap- tist Orphanage at Thomasville,N. C.,furnished “by courtesy”of the house physician there,to experiment upon.The obituary of ven Ruck's experiments said Mr.Stephens,also would be the “obituary”of any chil- dren upon whom he and his asso- ciates experimented Supt.Kesler of the Baptist orphan- age says the children referred to were either those of tubercular parents or were suspects and the experiments, which consisted of the administration of the tubercular serum,were on the recommendation of Dr.C.A.Julian, then the physician of the orphanage This was done after careful and painstaking investigation,with open- ness and publicity and with benefit to the children.Dr.Von Ruck makes a similar statement and says that Stephens has misrepresented the facts in trying to prejudice the public. Government Ownership of Telegraph and Telephone Lines. Washington Dispatch. Government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines is being seriously considered by President Wilson.Con- ferences between the President and Postmaster General Burleson have led to the gathering of information about practical working of govern- ment ownership in those nations where such a system is in operation. The subject will be discussed in the Postmaster General’s annual report, though it is not assured that he will make anv positive recommendations. It is possible he will submit drafts as to government ownership.“There is no doubt,”said Mr.Bur-leson,“that the inauguration of the parcel post and postal savings sys- tem has given a tremendous impetus to the desire of people all over the country to have the government be- come the means of communication everywhere.It is a subject involving two or three hundred million dollars and we must go very slowly in ins quiring into it.I don’t want to make any recommendations until I am ab- solutely sure of my ground.” Mexican Federal Army in Close Quarters. ‘Whether the Mexican Federal army under Gen.Salvador Mer- cado,numbering 4,000 soldiers,now on the United States border,will make a stand at Ojinaga against the rebels advancing to that point,or Whether they will continue their re- treat into the State of Nuevo Leon,is at present the most .absorbingquestionintherevolutionarymove-ment in northern Mexico. |Pfactically the entire strength oftheFederalarmy,reduced by its ‘flight from Chihuahua'and by theapathyofmanyofitssoldiers,iscrowdedintothelittlevillageoppo-site Presidio.It was to this pointtheyfledinthehopeofobtainingmoneyandprovisions.Toward them is marching a rebel army of aboutequalstrength,with the avowed pur-pose.of surrounding the town andbringingtoatestwhetheranyFed-erals are to remain in the North, ~—Street sprinkling stopped anowthedust.so gee THE POULTRY ON EXHIBITION. More Than One Thousand Birds— Leading Poultrymen Say the Show is at the Top. The third annual show of the Ire- dell Poultry Association now in prog- ress in armory.hall,second floor oftheCarolinaMotorCompany.build- ing,has the distinction of not only being the largest poultry show held in North Carolina this season,but the largest ever held in the State with one exception—the Asheville show of 1908,Considering the quality of the birds on exhibition,the Statesvilleshowhasnorival.There are a total of 1,013 on display and 975.of these are competing for prizes.The judges began their work Tuesday morning and will hardly finish until some time today.The general judging has been done,but few of the specials have been placed.By this afternoon visi- tors to the show may see the winners of every breed and class and theprizesandspecialpremiumsaward- ed,It is a rare opportunity to see an aggregation of birds representing practically every variety of chickens and ducks,including bantams,and a few pigeons.It is a chicken show worth while,and the poultry asso- ciation hopes for a large attendance, Three or four States are represent-~ ed by the birds on exhibition in the show and there are poultrymen from several States here for the event. The most complimentary terms are used in expressing opinions of the show as a whole,of the number of entries,the quality of the birds,ete. The two judges,Messrs.Alf.Bertling of Atlanta and J.P.Kerr of Raleigh, are most favorably impressed.Mr. Bertling says it is the best show out- side of Atlanta and the larger cities he has ever visited and Mr.Kerr says the number and quality of the birds is far above his expectations.Both are agreed that the quality is as good as can be found anywhere and the fact that there are so many birds on display speaks well for the Iredell association and the management of the show.Mr.R.L.Gill of Salisbury, one of the best known poultrymen of the State,says unhesitatingly that the Statesville show is far ahead of all others and that his investigation has revealed that the Iredell Poultry Association is offering more silver cups and gold premiums this season than all the other associations com- bined.Mr.R.L.Simmons of Char- lotte,who judged the Iredell show last year and the year previous andhasjudgedpracticallyalltheshows in the State this year,says thatStatesville’s is twice as large as any of the others,while Mr.E.G.War- din of Charlotte,another well known breeder,says it is the finest display he has ever seen.A reputation like this means something not only for the local poultrymen in charge of the show,but for Statesville as a town that does things on a large scale.And winnings in the Statesville show count for something because of the strong competition in all classes. State Branch National The regular annual meeting of theNorthCarolinabranchoftheAmeri- can Poultry Association was held in the Commercial club rooms late yes- terday afternoon and was attended by quite a number of the leading poultrymenoftheStatehereforthepoul- try show.Mr.W.B.Brown of Statesville,recently elected president of the State branch by mail ballot,was inaugurated and presided at the mecting.Various matters pertaining to the association and its work were discussed.Mr.T.H.Taylor of the State Agricultural Department’s ex periment station at Raleigh,and Mr. C.B.Ross of the division of animal husbandry of the State department, were present as representatives of the State to confer with the associa-tion relative to a plan of co-operationtofurtherthepoultryinterestsof the State.The association appointed a committee to take up the matter with the State department,which will probably inaugurate an egg contest, etc.,in the State.Winston-Salem and Raleigh asked for.the next meetingoftheassociation.The matter will be settled by mail ballot. Association. pany. At their annucl meeting held in the Commercial club rooms Mondaypfternoonthestockholdersofthe Statesville-Buffalo Shoals Bridge Co. re-elected the old board of directorsandofficersforanotheryeer.-Mr.C. V.Henkel is president of the com- pany,Mr.R.V.Brawley is vice pres- ident and Mr.Osborne Brown of Long Island is secretary and treas- urer.Mr.Brown’s report to the stockholders showed that the cost of the company’s big steel bridge over the Catawba river at Buffalo Shoals, including the approaches and_the keeper house,totals $16,000.The bridge has been open to the puplic about 18 months and during that time approximately $1,200 has been collected in tolls. Relative of Mooresville Man Killed at Hamlet. Correspondence of The Landmark. Mooresville,Decy 11—Mr.J.H.Cloaninger received a message fromHamlet..yes lay stating that hisnephew,Mr.rl Morrow of that piace,had been killed in an automo-ile accident the evening before.From the report it seems that Mr.Morrow and another man were rid-ing near let and from somecausethemachineturnedturtle.TheotherMr.Mor- IREDELL TAXABLE PROPERTY, Increase in Tax Value More ThanHalfMillion—Value of Realty.and Personal Property’as Listed and the Property in the Various Town- Bhips.% The abstract of the listed taxablesofIredellcounty,compiled a fewdaysagobyRegisterBoydandsent to the State Auditor at Raleigh, shows the total taxable valuation ofallpropertyinthecountytobe$12,-|- 639,484.90,compared with $12,108,- 299.24 last year,an increase of $531.- =—more than a half million. xclusive of real and _personalpropertylistedbycorporationsas-sessed by the State Tax Commission, the taxable value of real estate,ac- coFding to the abstract,is $5,156,-378,and the valué of personal prop- erty is $3,050.041,a total of $8,206,- 418.Of this amount $7,939,288 is owned by white citizens and $267,131 by negroes.The value of banks,do- méstic corporations,building and loan and public service corporations, as’assessed by the State Tax Com-mission,is $4,433,065.90,and this with the value of real and personalpropertymentionedabovemakesthegrandtotalof$12,639,484.90.According to the abstract,which is made up from the returns of the list- takers,there are 367,575 acres of land in the county valued at $2,934,-884 and 3,457 town lots valued at $2,221,494,making the real estate total of $5,156,378 exclusive of the real estate of domestic corporations, ineluding banks,which is assessedbytheStateTaxCommission. The value of live stock is $855,- 404,farming utensils $240,966,tools of mechanics $9,962,office furniture and warehouse fixtures $8,280,house- hold and kitchen furniture,musical instruments,provisions and fire arms $%65,873,libraries and scientif- ie instruments $9,634,money onhandorondepositandcertificatesofdeposit,$31,780,solvent credits $979,640,automobiles,pleasureboats,bicycles and motor cycles $46,- 158,goods,wares and merchandise $312,529,tobaccocand cotton $60,244, turpentine,rosin and tar,brandy and whiskey $5,jewelry $30,243,seines, nets and boats $20,all other person- al property %99,308,making —the grand total of personal property,ex-elusive of domestic corporations and banks,$5,050,041. As assessed by the State Tax Com- mission,the total value of bank stock is $309,699.41,.real and personal p srty of domestic corporations, in¢liding banks,$1,616,511,domesticcorporationexcessandbuildingand loan $176,356,railroad,Pullman,ex-press,telephone,telegraph and oth- er public service corporations,$2,- 830,499.49,a grand total of $4,433,- 065.90. The total number of polls in the county is 5,154,of which 4,181 are white and 978 colored The taxables,exclusive of real and personal property of corporations,are divided among the townships and be- tween the races.as follows: BARRINGER, White citizens—Number of polls 149;16,727 acres of land valued at $128,795,value of personal property$74,539;total value real and person- al property $203,334, Colored—Polls 35;255 acres oflandat$2,111,value personal prop- erty $2,523;total real and personal property $4,654 Aggregate value real and personalpropertyintownship$207,968. BETHANY. White—Polls 115;15,844 acres of land at $124,822,personal property $87,564;total real and personal $212,- 386. Colored—Polls 55;1,153 acres of land at $8,746,personal property $4,968;total real and personal $13,- 714. Total value real and _personal property in township $226,100. ;CHAMBERSBURG.White—Polls 146;26,064 acres val- ued at $198,636,personal property $119,499;total real and _personal $318,135.Colored—Polls 50;1292 acres at $10,255,personal property $8,056;to- tal real and personal $18,311. Total real and personal property for township $336,446. CODDLE CREEK. White—Polls 677;27,656 acres of land at $349,475,935 town lots at 481,305,total value real estate $830,- 780,personal property $652,290;to- tal real and personal property $1,-483,070,: Colored—Polls 128;194 acres of land at $2,760,.73 town lots at $13,- 605,total real estate $16,365,per- sonal property $6,905;total real and personal $23,270. Total real and personal property for township $1,506,340. CONCORD.;White—Polls 173;22,072 acres at $188,366,personal property $117,346; total real and personal $305,712.Colored—Polls 51;232 acres oflandat$2,592,personal property $6,- 807;total real a personal $9,399. Total real and personal property in township $315,111.COOL SPRING.White—Polls 95;17,912 acres ofland,at $116,642,personal propert$91,969;total real and personal $208,-611.oe 22;ig ver $4,013,personal propert;057;to-tal real and personal $7,070.Total real ae property in township $215,681.:DAVIDSON.White—Polls 242;30,327 acres oflandvaluedat$268,222;total person-al property $137,030,total real andpersonalpropertyaataColored—Polls 55;784 acres of(Continued on eighth page.) seamed 645 acres at DRY FOLKS IN WASHINGTON. Making a Mighty Clamor For Na-tional Prohibition By Constitution- al Amendment.. Two thousand men and women rep-resenting the Anti-Saloon League ofAmericaandtheWoman’s ChristianTemperanceUnionparticipatedWed-nesday in a demonstration at the capitol in Washington against the liquor traffic. In two phalanxes the men and wo-men marched from the downtown sec- tion of the city to the east front.of the capitol.Each bore petitions de- manding national prohtbition by con- stitutional amendment.The _peti- tions were received by Representa- tive Richmond,Pearson Hobson,of Alabama,author of such a proposed amendment,and by Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas.After presenta-tion of the petitions,which were filed in the Senate and House,several pro-hibition speeches were delivered. Speaking for the Anti-Saloon League forces,Ernest H.Cherring- ton of Westville,Ohio,declared that the army of men,aided by the W.C. T.U.,were “stockholders in the great institution of American society,” pleading for nation-wide prohibition by constitutional amendment as“the only hope for the speedy solu- tion of the growing liquor problem in our great centers of population.” Ex-Goy.Patterson of Tennessee and Mrs.Stevens of Maine,president of the W.C.T.U.,were also among the speakers. Senator Sheppard introduced the proposed constitutional amendment in the Senate that day.His address in support of the amendment was punetured by many outbursts of ap- plause.“Prohibition will embrace the whole United States within a comparatively ‘short itme,”said Sen- ator Sheppard.“The movement is so strong that nothing in the world can prevent its ultimate complete suc- cess.”Other Senators and Repre- sentatives also pronounced heartily for the amendment. Railroads Declare Increase in Freight Rates Imperative. Decrease in the purchasing powerofthedollarhasseriouslyaffected American railroads according to statements made before the Inter-State Commerce Commisejon at a hearing on the proposed 5 per cent advance in freight rates by railroads in Eastern classification territory. It was pointed out by Charles A. Conant of New York,introduced bytherailroadsasaneconomicand monetary expert,that while the BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL ‘NEWS —The Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Monday after-noon at 3:30 o’clock with Mrs.A.D.Cooper. -—Mr.and Mrs.E.G.White thisweekmovedtotownfromShiloh township.They are living on south Race street. -—-Cotton prices continue the same on the local market—lint 13 cents, seed cotton 6.25,cotton seed 40 cents the bushel. +-—Services and celebration of thecommunionatTrinitychurchSunday morning at 11 o’clock,Archdeacon Harden officiating. -—-The cold weather of this week was the first real “hog-killing weath- er”of the season.It had been too warm to save pork prior to this time. —Mr.Z.V.Long,commissioner, yesterday sold the Silas Campbell (colored)property south of town to Mr.R.A.Cooper for $105.The sale stands open 20 days for increased bids. —The Iredell Blues have elected Mr.Walter E.Sherrill of Shilohtownshipsecondlieutenanttosuc- ceed Mr.J.Rock Morrison,resign~ ed.Mr.Morrison is now located in Florida. ~The grand lodge of colored Ma- sons was in session at New Berne this week and Rev.M.V.Marable,Rov.J. L.Hallowell,John P.Murphy andFredF.Chambers were in attendance from Statesville. —Fourteen cars of eastbound freight train No.72 were derailednearGlenAlpineMondaynight.Ne, 36 was annulled Tuesday and No. 22 was delayed more than an hour on account of the wreck. —Mr.8S.J.Sloan of Charlotte,son of Mr.and Mrs.W.Sloan of for appendicitis in Charlotte yester-~day.His father has been in Char- lotte with him for several crys. —The ginners’report of cotton ginned in Iredell to December 1 shows 12,016 bales,counting round bales as half bales,as compared with 9,967 to December 1 last year.Alexander county 1,978 bales against 2,137 for1912. -—Sheriff Deaton yesterday sold 40 acres of the J.L.Cloaninger landsnearOstwalttoMr.Wm.Morrow of the Ostwalt community for $1,376.Messrs.Deaton,C,H.Brown and J.T.Smith purchased the CloaningerpropertyatarecentsaleinStates- —At Statesville college yesterday average receipts of the railroads per ton mile had declined 5.5 per cent during the last 10 years,the cost of commodities had increased in the) same period 17.6 per cent.He figured that the purchasing powerof | each dollar of freight revenue re-| ceived by the_railroads now is only | 180.3 per cent of what it was a decadeago.:Statistics were submitted to the commission to show that for 29 of the 38 railroad systems parties totheproceeding,the increase of wages alone,for 1913 over 1910,amounted to more than $48,000,000.| Mooresville—Other News. Correspondence .of The Landmark. Mooresville,Dec.11—Last night at| the residence of Rev.J.W.Jones,} Mr.Francis Blackwelder of Rowan| county and Miss Oakley Wiggins of, the Oak Ridge community were unit- ed in marriage.Mr.Jones perform- ed the ceremony.The groom is a zon of Mr.M.A.Blackwelder of west Rowan,one of the most prosperous farmers in that section of the county. The bridé is a daughter of Mr.J.F. Wiggins,a prosperous citizen of Ire-dell. Mr.C.P.McNeely and his bride returned on the morning train from a stay of two weeks in.Florida andCuba.They will occupy Mr.Mc- Neely’s handsome home on Academy street. Mr.8.E.MeNeely has rented Miss Carry Leazar’s residence on McLel- land avenue and will begin house- keeping in the near future.Miss Leazar and her brother,Augustus, will move to their farm immediately after the holidays. Marriage at Hammer May Go In—Simmons Pass- es Swann. Senator Simmons will not oppose J. R.Swann,named for postmaster at Marshall,whose appointment has been held up.Senators Simmons and Overman have recommended Kemp Doughton,son of Lieut.Gov.Dough- ton,for national bank examiner to succeed Fred.Hull.The Washington ocrrespondent of the Charlotte Observer says Attor- ney General McReynolds does not fa-vor Soliciter Hammer fordistrict at- torney but will allow him to pass. Wood to Retire as Chief of Staff. Announcement is made by Secre- tary Garrison that on April 22 next, Maj.Gen.Leonard Wood will cease|to be chief of staff of the United)States army.On that date General| ¥Y|Wood’s four-year detail expires and|though the |statutes would permit thetermtobeextendedincaseofwarorotheremergency,Secretary Garri-son declared that he would follow the|spirit of thé law and choose a suc-cessor. ~-Davie Record:D.L.Belk of Clarkesville has sold his farm to a!Mr.Owens and is.moving this week|to Harmony,in Iredell county.WearesorrytoloseMr,Belk,as he is a mighty good citizen,but wish him,well in his new home, |presented “A DoubleafternoonMr.Norman kett,whoDeceiver”at Statesville Theater last night,deliv-ered a lecture on the life of the lateO.Henry,on whose story his play is founded,which waqw enjoyed by a good audience. —Mrs.W.G.Setzer of Newton, |who was at the Sanatorium for treat- ment,returned Wednesda to herhome.She was accommnated by Mr. Setzer,who spent much time herewithher.Mrs.Setzer underwent twooperationsattheSanatoriumandhererisnowverymuchimprov- —Cashier Carson of Collector Watts’office reports revenue collec- tions for last month as follows:Lists$1,13465,spirits $1,257.30,cigars and cigarettes $19,129.60,tobacco andenuff$503,680.74,special tax $117.92, a total of $525,380.22—over a halfmilliondollars—which is above the monthly average. ~—~The Lenoir News says that Dr. G.P.Bingham of Newport,Tenn., was there last week and made ar- rangements to move there about the first of the year for the practice ofhisprofession.Dr.Bingham is asonofthelateMaj.Harvey Bing- ham of Statesville and has relatives in Caldwell county and Watauga.He will live in Mrs.Gard’s house on Vance street. The Government's Forest Reserve in Our Mountains.4 Salisbury Dispatch to Charlotte Ob- server. Burning cordwood bearing the “U. S.”government brand is an unexperiencewithmanyinNorthCaro- lina.The wood comes from theUnitedStatesredervationsin- Dowell and other counties in mountains of western North Caro-lina,where 32,000 acres are under government,control.This is the first season that woodhasbeensoldbythegovernmentandmorethan4,000 cords have been dis-posed of at 25 cents a cord.Threegovernmentrepresentatives,known as rangers,under the leadership of Jim Young,stationed at Old ‘ort,care for the reservation and see thatWincleSam's rights are respected.Thecitizensofthesectionareallowedtohuntandfishonthelands,but must not cut timber,except under the di-rection of the rangers.Only suchtreesareallowedtobeusedforwoodasareundesirableandaknownas“culls.”This wood is solat25centsacordonthestump,Thetreesareselectedbythe.rangers andareclearlybrandedwithabig“U.S.”driven deep into the wood.After the wood is corded the rang- ers must also brand every.stick aremovalofthewoodwithouttbrandsubjectsthedealertoprose-cution in the Federal courts.It is re-garded as nothing less than “block<—with-ading”to sell or remove woodouttheproperbrand,Farmers of the section areedgrazingprivilegesat75.ce!head for the season.cultivate the.tendyeartheacretoU: Statesville,underwent-an operation’ ps FRIDAY,----December 12,1918. “WHE FREIGHT RATE MATTERS. In Statement Chairman Travis Says Virginia Cities Are Not Consist- ent. Raleigh Special,9th, ‘Observer.: Chairman Travis of the corpora- tion commission said today in refer- ence to the attitude of the Virginia cities toward the application to put into effect the freight rates agreed upon by the railroads and the State: “]notice in today’s papers that the merchants and manufacturers of the Virginia cities ‘emphatically de- ny’that they oppose the proposed reduction in rates from the West to North Carolina points.If it is real- ly so that they are not opposing these reductions,then they ought to quit employing counsel to misrepre- sent them in the proceedings before the Inter-State Commerce Commis- sion.y “Their words are not consistent with their actions.If they had not in fact entered their opposition of record,the reductions would proba- bly have gone into effect without the necessity of a formal ,hearing,and without delay or hindrance from any source. “The Virginia cities,however,are consistent in.one thing—they never fail to resist any reduction of rates to North Carolina.When we brought suits against the railroads to get the reduced rates,the Virginia cities in- tervened,and joined hands with the railroads to fight us,and now,after we have gotten the railroads them- selves to agree to reductions,the Virginia cities come in again,inde- pendently,to oppose them. “They claim that.their only pur- pose is to get corresponding reduc tions themselves,but the proceed- to Charlotte, THE LANDMARK|STATE NEWS. The Lutherans of Spencer have’be-gun the erection ofa nice church, R.-S.Montgomery will be recom-mended for ‘postmaster of Reidsville, The investigation of the liquortrafficinAshevillebyJudgeCartercost$1,564.48. Oscar Monday of Mt.Airy has acowthathastriplets.She is fiveyearsoldandthemotherof|six calves. Thieves entered the store of John- son &Williams at Dunn Sunday night and secured $150 in cash’andsomegoods,i In Guilford Superior ‘Court.at Greensboro this’week two negro wo- men were sentenced to ten years inthepenitentiaryforshoplifting. Creditors have asked that the Peer- less-Fashion Stores Co.,owning “two stores at Asheville and one at Chattanooga,be adjudged a bank-rupt, G.C.Harper,well known to police officials of Gastonia,was arrested there Tuesday charged with for- gery.He is suspected of stealing cotton,also. Fred,Fore is in jail in Asheville ander $1,000 bond to answer charge of violating the white slavery law. He induced a girl to go from Ashe- ville to:Knoxville. Mr.Earl Morrow,a_prominent druggist of Hamlet,was instantly killed and Wilson Page seriously in- jured Tuesday afternoon when Mor- row’s automobile turned turtle. John Fogleman of Greensboro sur- rendered Tuesday and will serve 30 years in the penitentiary for killing W.H.Tucker last April.Fogleman was out on bond pending a decision of the Supreme Court. The automobile of R.L.Amos “choked”while crossing the railroad track at High Point and before the machine could get its breath a train came along and smashed it into bits. ing in which they have intervened is not the proper one for that,and in their protest and intervention,which is 135 pages long,they give less at- tention to that than to several other| points,and particularly to a conten-| tion that the railroads do not set} forth any legal reason for the reduc-| tions that would justify the Inter-| State Commerce Commission in au-| thorizing them to be put into effect “So anxious are they to prevent the reductions that they bring into their petition and argument matters| that in no way concern them.For} instance,they insist that reductions to the extreme western part of the State,such as Asheville,Waynes-| ville.Hendersonville,Marion and re-| lated points,ought not to be allowed,| because iti would’be unfair as to} rates to Knoxville,Chattanooga, Morristown and other Tennessee towns.The rates to and between} these points in no way affect or con- cern the Virginia cities,nor have the Tennessee towns asked the Virginia} cities to become guardians for them,| but the Virginia cities have merely dragged this matter into the contro-| versy in the hope of finding some thing that would prevent the reduc-| tions being put into effect | “T note they say they are only try-| ing to preserve to North Carolina | the ‘benefits’she already has.We do not appreciate the efforts of those| who try to force upon us ‘benefits’| which we do not want,and from} which we have long been laboringto | free ourselves,viz:The ‘benefits’of | being to a large extent under the| commercial domination of the Vir- ginia cities. “If they really want the reduced rates to North Carolina to go into effect let them withdraw their pro-| teateand discharge their lawyers. “The corporation commission is preparing an answer to the petition and brief of the Virginia cities that will be filed with the Inter-State Commerce Commission,which we think will ®ffectually dispose of all the contentions of the Virginia cit- jes in which they have any interest or concern.” | i Webb Exonerated From Mulhall Charges. Washington Special,9th,to Charlotte Observer Q The House Lobby Probe mittee completely exonerated Repre- sentative Webb from the Mulhall intimations in its reports today. “The allegations as to Mr.Webb,” the report says,‘“‘have no basis.His} name is mentioned four times in the Mulhall correspondence,three times| in the letters written by Mulhall himself and once in a letter written by Schwebman to Mfuthall.” “The testimony of Mr.Mulhall is clear and unequivocal in regard to it The only call or calls he ever madi upon Mr.Webb in regard to any question,in fact the only calls he ev er made upon him were at the time he was conducting his general can vass seeking to ascertain the sentimentsofallthemembershecouldinterviewrelativetoatariffcommis-sion.As a matter of fact,the recordshowsthatintheHouseMrWebbopposedandvotedagainstth«tariff commission proposed in the|Sixty-First Congress. com-} “:;BY To hipThereisnoevidenceofanykindithey used to.It takes more moneyMr.|tO run an °or character indicating thatWebbwasreachedor-influenced bytheNationalAssociationofManu-facturers in any of his official.actsforbusiness,political or sympathet-ic reasons or otherwise.”:abahsseiniiaiainctitgtisha Church Advertising Successful. St.Louis Dispatch,7th. Ninety-six churches today _roport-ed increased attendance as the resultofusinghalf-page ads.in the citynewspaperslastweek.The campaignisnotpartofacivicmovement.Theadvertisementsbroadlyurgeehurch attendance,concluding with: “You may not like thePerhapsitisn’t his feult,@ther church:” “We believe it will be better fo usc preacher. Try an- mewspaper advertising than to brine|on noted evangelists and hold bicmectings,”says Roland R.Waddell, associate secretary of the ChurchFoundationofSt.Louis,in charge ofthepublicitymovementtointeresthepeopleina“continuous”religious jand the Special Commission to meld | |Stedmen,who had recommended Oli- jtion until Oliver decided |would do.Oliver has withdrawn from |Savings Bank and Trust Company. |Manly McDowell Not Pacified,It Is |Washington Special,9th,to |Dowell has not been jmountain peaks of Burke,McDowell,|Caldwell and other jhe will run for the Senate against |Year’s jing.A loud call to the Glenn clans|wien?:y :;would be heard in Washington. |the question. ificiently urged, Amos sued the company and the jury gave him $500. Richard Blythe Abernethy,aged 23 years,died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his parents,Mr.and Mrs.R.B.Abernethy,in Paw Creek section,Mecklenburg county.De- ceased was a junior at the Universi- ty and a popular member of the foot- ball team of that institution. Miss Alice B.Kizer of Salisbury and Mr.James L.-Hatch of Mount Olive were married Monday night in Greensboro.They were formerly sweethearts and met by accident on| the train between Durham and} Greensboro and decided to get off at Greensboro and have the knot tied. The properties of the Worth Man- eravennn On,including a _cotton mill at Worthville and one at Cen- tral Falls and land in Randleman, were sold at auction Tuesday after- noon.Wiley L.Ward of Asheboro bid off the mills at $70,000 and the! property at Randleman was bid off by A.C.Marsh for $52,500. Chairman M.H.Justice of the special commission for adjustmentof | intra-State rates has changed the time of the hearings on the excep- tions from,December 17 to January 12.This is on account of the fact that the Inter-State Commerce Com- mission is to hold a special series of hearings on inter-State rates begin- ning December 16 in Greensboro.It was found to be impossible for the Inter-State Commerce Commission their hearings at the same time. When Senator Simmons announced | that he would not permit the con firmation of John T.Oliver as post- master at Reidsville,Representative ver,stated that he would take no ac- what he the contest,the only course open to him.The most prominent candidates for the office are J.N.Craig,business| thanager of Webster’s Weekly and colonel of the third regiment,and R. S.Montgomery,ex-mayor,chairman of the Democratic executive commit- tee and president of the Rockingham Said. Char-lotte Observer. There is something brewing in western North Carolina.Manly Mc- pacified.Hiswar.paints are shining throughcovesandvalleysandaboutthe counties whereheisknown.It is rumored here that Senator Overman. In the meantime,Ex-GovernorGlennisundecidedastohiscourse.One of his after -Christmas or Newresolutionswillbe“to run”or“not run.”He is waiting and lectur- “Is Bob Glenn going to run?”is“If encouraged or suf- 1e may throw downtheglove,”is the way it looks to themanupatree. Primary elections mean mare than c 1 up-to-date campaign fortheSenatenowthanitdidwhenicandidateswentdirecttotheLegisla-ture.It is estimated that a spiritedcontestbetweenSenatorOvermariandGovernorGlennwouldcosttheparticipantsfrom$10,000 to $25 000apiece.None of this money would bespentforvotes,of course but itwouldcostmuchmoneyto:‘wet theforcesorganized.A poor man standsbutlittleshowinasenatorialprintia:ry election nowadays in a f race StatelikeNorthCarolinawheretheeaeahoeae:»ne peo-I €0 mile apart in some in-Stances. Senator Overman continues to sawwood.He is at his post of dut 4theSenateeveryday.hie How to Bankrupt the,:A prominent New YorkIfitwerenotforthethin Doctors. physician says, stockings and thin soled she ‘Orn a me =i *-4 Z women the doct |i ab ¢bankrupt.”Whensonvaeta"cold do not wait for it >onsierenebuttreatyitatonee.Cham.ain’s ,temedy is inte f salle tex Remedy 'is intende d Yeape-.s and calt 1 “wide reputation by its lds,and.has won w#cures o Cleanse the Scalp; diate action is necessary. |Sage is just what you need to re- move dandruff,stop falling hair and)hair| OLIVE OLE, ol OO ae Ty a ij Wed Adagted bar Adimsintitiee H Sulbering tom Wasting Ded mrmery ABecome,C aml honing orm POR tatems hos aed he UMITED peug « BosTox Mag EMULSION WITH MYPOPHOSPHITES i |1} oo Toanng Foad Tore,Combining \ he Tew Prapersionat the itypey:— Hh he there Propersion —ae EMULSION WEA Hypophonph ites ©ad excll ; 4 te Ae:somwow mg ° | Agricultural Extension’Work Favor- ed. Washington Dispatch,9th. the Senate committee on Agriculture today to the bill of extension work. Agricultural Department An original appropriation of $480, posed, rector of co-operative agricultural;extension work to be appointed by, the Secretary of Agriculture. Plans for agricultural and voca- |tional teaching and training will be taken up in separate bills. Means “King of All” Unanimous approval was given by| Senater Hoke Smith for a system of agricultural The measure proposes to unite the| |Federal and the State colleges in a plan for| carrying information to the public.| 000 to be yearly increased until it) amounts to nearly $3,500,000 is pro-|Provision is made for a di-| BALD AT 35. Nourish the Hair and Never Grow Bald.Use Parisian Sage. also,of men do—yes!and women of baldness. If your hair is thinning out imme- itching scalp and make the strong,beautiful and vigorous. This delightful and refreshing hair- tonic,which is now sold at druggists and toilet counters in 50 cent bottles, is rigidly guaranteed.If Parisian Sage does not give complete satis- faction Statesville Drug Co.will re- turn your money. needs,.The first application removes dandruff,invigorates the seclp and puts life and beauty into thin,dulland,faded hair. NOTICE|! First class tin work and repairing. L Roofing Contractor. CLYDE E.GAITHER.*Phone No.157. Don’t grow bald at 35 as thousands | Failure to keep the hair properly| nourished and the scalp free from| dandruff is one of the main causes| Parisian | ~ke Usned roy Company\Ct eren kom Selt-Filling’Fountain Pen }ERE is the gift—a reallygoodfountainpenthatfills iteclf et any inkwell in four seconds,cleaning itself at the same fime.No special ink required,nothingtotake apart, just a simple pressure on the“Crescent-Piller”and it's ready to write.It never leaks, never clogs,won't smudge and always writes smoothly. $2.50,$3.00,33.50,$4.00,$5.00 ond up.For Sale by UTULEDAATF chaaedt sd ORE Statesville,N.C. OLIVE OIL! !Brady Printing Comp’y, Printing,Stationery,Etc. “Strengthen Your Sysiem | to Resist Cold Weather Diseases Put yourselfin shape,now,to successfully com-bat and keep from having colds,grippe,bronchitis, pneumonia,catarrh,typhoid fever,rheumatism,etc. Get well and strong.See to it that your blood andnerves—your entire system-—are in perfect condition. Baral d=7 Ne)agen oyNaaa Olive Oil Emulsion (WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES) Is designed to prevent as well as to relieve disease,whether caused by cold weather,overwork or worry.Vaccination prevents smallpox;inoculation with antitoxin prevents diphtheria.Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion strengthens the body to resist the growth of disease germs in the blood,and thus fortifies the system and puts it intoa proper healthy condition to resist disease Every person not in perfect health has incipient germs of some distressing ailment in his or her system, You who are weak and run-down,from whatever ca’—_—— You who are apparently well now,but whom pastexperiencehastaughtareliabletocatchcoldeasilyand suffer from the various other effects of cold weather— Take home a bottle of Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion today and use it as a means to get well and keep well. It Is an Ideal Nerve Food Tonic The Hypophosphites it contains are recommended by leading physi- cians everywhere as extremely valuable in all cases of debility and weakness.The pure Olive Oil is one of the most nutritious and most- easily-digested foods known to science.It helps to rebuild wasting tissues and restore health and strength in convalescence and in all conditions of feebleness,debility,wasting,emaciation, malnutrition,and particularly in throat and lung affections. It is equally suitable for the child,the adult and the aged./t contains no alcohol or dangerous or habit-forming drugs.' It is very pleasant to take, Enough for full two weeks’treatment,$1.00. Sold only at The Rexall Stores--the World’s Greatest Drug Stores and always with a full guarantee of satisfaction, or your money back. Sold in this community only at The Rexokk Store Statesville Drug Company, Upown Store Center St.,Bonleyard Store Western Avenue, STATESVILLE,N.C. aBa Oa ge eo n Oe al Fa e mash ~~Raed =) sm g e i s LL CSCTUS LADIES: You can best buy presents for your FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE gentlemen friends ata MEN’S store. If in doubt buy “HIM”half a dozen of our fine neckties.we have these in Parisian Sage surely supplies hair A TYPEWRITER BARGAIN! "f these diseases,and is pleasant anbyaildealers,ee It ‘te most effectualtotake.For sale No,.6 Underwood $60. ments,W.P.KNOX,Statesville,N.C.Nov.18--6t.7 We have a full line of Nuts, Candies, Fruits. All kinds Fancy Gro- ceries. Anything for yourhristmasDinner.— Eagle &—Milholland. every shade of the rainbow and ‘i scores of other things your friends will like.Our high quality goods and @-our reasonable prices tie our cus-W@ tomers to us.Bring the Boys along.They'll like new Overcoats and Suits @ for Christmas. Sloan Clothing CompanyWESELL“BETTER”CLOTHES Automatic attach- ;FOR RENT—Two first-class 4-horne farms.|L.B.BRISTOL.¢}Nov.li. ny What Shall It Be2 Have bought,in several cases,-more than we should. Ae selection of a GIFT is often a task;.you want to give something appropriate,something that will be appreciated,something expressive of :your love or friendship and yet to select just the proper thing is a bigger proposition than the amount ot money involved.We have selectedanenormousstockofJewelry,etc.offering them at very lowest price possible. may help you in selecting your presents: we :In order to get these Holiday goods moved we areWeenumeratebelowafewspecialitemswhichwearesacrificingprofitson.Read them.They oe WATCHES Elgin,Waltham, Southbend,and chea Illinois,Rockford, r grades in from7to21jewel,0-12-16-18 sizes filled in any kind of case.Prices from $1 to $65. In Ebony and Silver.up Ebony stick,suitable for MILITARY BRUSHES Prices from $2.50 GOLD HEADED WALKINGCANES, dad or grand- Prices from 75c.to $900.Too many in stock—going at a special price. MANICURE SETS from $1.00 to $10. BRUSH,COMB AND MIRROR SETSinEbony,French Gray,Silverand Ivory to Solid Gold mountings from $4.50 to. LAVALIERS in Gold with chain,$3.50 CAMEOS these,Ladies’,Gents’and Children’s,in sets,signets and plain bands.; DIAMOND RINGS A few small stones from $5.00 to $20, bh CLOCKS pa,at $6 to $10.fimsh.Bargains.:GOLD NECK CHAINS.any pz Large perfect stones at $250 to $300yAoe:wa eT a 5 ,,any pattern,%Clocks suitable for any room in house eet RAZORS —We will sell 3 oe iin seein 'ee from $1.75 to $8.00.ve LOCKETS—Plain,engraved or stoneaoroffice.Specialjeicen on gold,silver Knives,Forks,Speces,SuganShella heat etl:4 g y ‘F eK wa guaranteed,set,price from $1.00 to $10. and Ivory finish rices from $1.50 to Carving Sets and all other Silverware GOLD CUFF BUTTONS from $1.50 gp a a.’Suid te te STICK PINS -Largest assortment in10;GOLD BRACELETS,bargains at $7 50 .;aeiSHAVINGSETSfortableuseto$8.00.to $20.city to select from.Price 75c.to $6.00. Presents For the Ladies GOLD BAR PINS from $1.00 to $18.FILLED BRACELETS,guaranteed at LADIES’AND GENTS’Watch Chains;In silver,gold and Ivory at $2.50 to $10 }SUFF ‘:we eae ::JEWEL CASES in Gold,Silver and GOLD CUFF PINS $1to $2.50per pr.$2.00 to $8.00.and Fobs,and any other articles kept iniSCISSORSSETSATCOST.Ivory finish,large lot to select from.GOLD BROOCHES from $1.50 up.FINGER RINGS—nothing but gold in a first class jewelry store ® ;WE GIVE PONYCOUPONS.We want you to come in and see these things,They will sell themselyes.Your money will go further here than ever before in Statesville.We have many goods not mentioned above which will go at a bargain. Pe \e:R.F Henr J welr ompany,otate ville N Ce&~%5 .S / 4 ==. A MAN —LIKE Is rated by his earning ca- pacity.When idle heearns nothing;put at work he creates value. There’s a Steady Job at good pay waiting at this bank for every dollar No lay- offs,and the longerit stays you can bring it: the more it will earn, Don’t Keep Your Dollars in Idle-ness. Let them create value for vou. dollar will count, now to (ope start an ac- begin and draw many others to it. Merchants &Farmers’ Bank of Statesville. jth A MERRY CHRISTMAS To You All, Merry May It Be! We hope that many more maycome, Which you will live to see; We hope that each recurring date, December Twenty-Fifth, Will find you in a merry state— Itself—A Christmas Gift! HOME BAKERY. erg eebap em Christmas Specials Turkeys, Cranberries, Raisins,Currants,Figs,Prunes,Cocoanuts,All kinds of Nuts Nice fruits of all kinds. Bradford Grocery Co. *PHONE 27. -testines, poisons Zist day of November, THE LANDMARK |,oars MAN AGAINST TOBACCO, FRIDAY,----December 12,1913.|Does Not Favor Tobacco Clubs and |Calls Attention to Inconsistencies. |Woman Suffr President. A delegation of women e President Monday and the formation of called on asked “him jto urge a woman |suffrage committee in the House of |Congress and to send a message urp- jing woman suffrcege.The President formation of the whatever might on woman suf- said he favored the committee but that ibe his personal view frage or any other subject,he had mace it a rule not to urge legisla- tion upon Congress that had not been the subject of “organic consideration’ by the Democratic party of which he considered himself the spokesman. The Sentiment Against Tobacco. Lumberton Robesonian He must be dull not noticed during recent years the growing sentiment against the use of tobacco,this being due in a large measure to the fact that more and more the highest possible per cent of efficiency is demanded of men.It isbecomingmorenecessaryforaman, if he would win in the race,to lay aside every weight. indeed who has HEADACHY,COSTIVE, BILIOUS,—“CASCARETS” Sick Headache,Bad Breath,Sour Stomach,Mean Liver and Bowels are Clogged—Cheer up! Get a 10-cent box Sick headache,biliousness,dizzi ness,coated tongue,foul taste and foul breath—-always trace them to torpid liver;delayed,fermenting food in the bowols or sour,gassy stomach. Poisonotis matter clogged in the in instead of being cast.out of the system is re-absorbed into the blood.When this poison reaches the delicate brain ti it causes con gestion and that dull,throbbing,sick ening hecdache..~ immediately cleanse the sour,undigested rases,take the excess carry out all matter and uc Cascarets the stomach,remove food and foul ; bile from the liver the tipnted wa con in the bowels, A Cascaret tonight will surely straighten you.out by morning.They work while a 10-cent box from your druggist means your headclear,”stomach sweet snd your liver and bowels regular for months. you sleep NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having qualified’as administrator of the estate of Lee Thomas,decensed,I hereby no- tify all persons having claims against estate to present same to me on or before the 1914L.C.STEVENSON,* Administrator.R.B.McLaughlin,Atty. Nov.21,1913.NUTS. Fresh English Walnuts, Brazil Nuts, Almonds,' Mixed Nuts, Cocoanuts. Miller-McLain Supply Co. age Presented “to“the his | 'To the Editor of The Landmark:|Well,what will be next?the very jidea of it being suggested that the }beys and girls form a “bacco club.” iI think it most ridiculous to suggest jto the promising young men and women of our country to engage in jsuch an abominable thing as raising the filthy weed—tobacco—to be used in the way in which it is.There is ino doubt in the writer’s mind but what the younger ger up will be more telligent than to The world knows is very injurious Besides,there are eration coming enlightened and in raise the filthy weed. and admits that it to the.human body. certain church de- jnominations,namely,the Methodist and Holiness,that have enough of the spirit of God to say “we will cut out the use of tobacco from our mem- bers and ministers.”The writer once applied for a position as salesman in a store and the first question the pro- prietor asked was,“Do you use to- bacco in any way?”Although the proprietor used it in every way it is used,he didn’t want any tobacco user behind his counters.Glory to his name for that much!The reason to- bacco is bringing such high prices in this country is because the laws of the heathen country have prohibited the opium weed from being raised or used,so they are substituting the tobacco weed.And to think,the United States,supposed to be a Christian country and pretending to send the gospel to the heathen,while at the same time they are sending stuff to rob them of their money and injure their bodies,thereby defiling the temple of God.The laws of our country prohibits the sale of cigar ettes to boys under 17,yet we send it to our heathen neig 1 use to their own damnatix LILLARD W.} Harmony,N.C. IEATH Iredell Man Marries In Concord. Concord Tribune, A surprise matriage,which will be jof interest to the friends of th jtracting parties,took pia Mona jafternoon at the home |Denny on Simpson street |sister,Miss Emma Denny,and r.L.Freeze were married jemony,which was witnessed by only |a few relatives and intimat< jof the young people,was p |by Rev.A.D.Wauchope,past |McKinnon Presbyterian churct Immediately after the eremony |Mr.and Mrs.Freeze left for Moors ville,where they will visit |the groom’s parents,Mr.and Mrs.J.L |Freeze,for several days.|The bride is a well know |}Woman of this city and has a | jcirele of friends.The groom f tive’of Iredell county and has n his home in the West for t! several years.He recently retur and has decided to make his h: here. past edi yme The Marshals Given Five Grace. Washington Dispatch to Greensboro News. Marshals Dockery and ‘Logan have been given five days additional leaseontheirjobs.They will not be fired until December 20.It had becn it- tended to separate them from the pay roll on December 15.Senator Sim-mons has been informed that while ;the criminal term of the }court has already ended,the civil |docket will not be over until Decem- i ber 20. Days of to remain on duty until that time. District Attorney Seawell,however, and possibly Holton,will be removed MILLINERY! CLOSING OUT SALE now on.Don’t fail to see our line of Hats,Corsets,Belts,Gloves, Collars,ete. MRS.MARY SIMMS. ——'PHONE 180-——— 107 East Broad Street. on December 15,The possibility ofHoltonbeingheldoverwilldepend}upon whether the department con-|siders the protest against Hammer’s jappointment of enough importance to @elay his appointment. California Woman Seriously Alarmed. “A short time ago I contracted acoldwhichsettledonmylungsand caused me a great deal of annoyance.I would have alarmed.<A friend reeommended Chamber- Inin’s Cough Remedy,saying she had used it for years.I bought a bottle and it re-lieved.my cough the first night,and in aweekIwakridofthecoldandsorenessof my lungs,’writes Miss Marie Gerber,Saw- joie Cal.For sate by all dealers. Federal | Hence it is deemed advisable | to allow the Republican incumbents| severe | bad coughing spells and my lungs were 80 |{sore and inflamed I began to be seriously| MATTERS OF NEWS. John K.Tener,Governor of Penn- sylvania,has been elected president of the National League of Profes siona!Baseball clubs. The report of the currency bureau| shows that of the more than 7,000) national banks in the United States, only six failed during the past year.| Practical trial of governorship ownership of railway mail cars is proposed in a bill approved by the} How Postoffices and Post Roads committee.The measure would ap |prop:$100,000 to be used by the |Posty General in buying and |Operating umber of cars as an |experiment |The national forest reservation | |comin ion,charged with the pur | |cha f lands in the Appalachian and}|White mountains for watershed pro-| jtection purposes,has approved for| |purchase five tracts in the Natural |Bridge area of Virginia,including 11,800 acres entirely surrounding the famous Peaks of Otter.| Secretary Lane designates 1,750, 000 acres of dry lands in weatern | States as suitable for entry under} the enlarged homestead act.The largest area designated is in Mon tana,where more than 1,500,000 acres were included in a single order Other acres are in North Arizona,New Mexico and Idaho Miss Phoebe Cousens,who was the first woman lawyer in the United States,the first woman to hold-the office of United States marshal and the first wom to be graduated from Was!university,was buried in St.Lou Monday With her “was lowered into the grave her most prized ;on—the United ‘tates marshal’s badge of silver pre ented by P ent Cleveland to her father and up«h to her. Miss Couser n poverty {ruelty to :ma by vivisectors i needle flict of pain in any ther fort rorously denounc ed at the opening ion in Washing t Tuesday)f International Ar ti-Vivisect Animal tection Congress.Tt peeches ranged from »bitter att tdward H.Clemnt,of Boston,president of the Con ss,upon the Rocke er institute xperimenter to de ciation by Ernest Thompson Seton against cruel methods of trapping animals Ugly Attack Made On Girl In Bun- combe County. Asheville ial,9th,to Charlotte: Observer Sheriff’s deputic Sp with bloodhounds are seeking unknown man who late yesterda afternoon attacked Miss Altha Creasman,the daughter of Thomas Creasman,at her home in northerr ection of the county, lashing her about the hands with a knife,chloroforming her and cutting her tresses from her head.A purse on her dresss -ontaining $3.15,wasrobbed.No advances were made towards girl,it is said, According to the statement of the young woman,who regained con-/| sciousness late tonight,she was in the house alone when the man,wear-| ing a mask,entered,.Her father was} working in a field a long distance away and no one was within hearing distance.While standing before her dresser,she felt the intruder grasp her from behind and he threw her on the floor.In an effort to get away, she grasped at him,whereupon he stabbed her across the right hand with a knife.At this point the chloroform:was applied and the young woman doesn’t remember any- thing else.However,when she arose she discovered that her hair had been clipped.A search of the house by the sheriff’s officers failed to reveal.any trace of the tresses,They were not burned,and it is thought that themancarriedthemaway., Mr.Creasman is the owner of much |property and is quite wealthy.His |daughter is one of the handsomestjofthenorthBuncombeyoungwo-|men.Her mother died about six j}months ago and she has been keep- the other the ing house for her father since. 4 Fit Hin Case Exactly. “When father was sick about six years agojhereadanadvertisementofChamberlain's Tablets in.the papers that fit his case ex-actly,”writes Misa Margaret Campbell of \Fh Smith,Ark.“He purchased a box of jthem and he has not been sick since.My|aister had stomach trouble and was also ben-Jefited by them.”For sale by all dealers. Dakota,| SHERRILL-WHITE SHOE CO. What Shall IGive Him ForChristmas?|” The perplexing Christmas problem is settled very easily here.We suggest the follow- ing which will aid you in answering this perplexing question: Combination Sets in very attractive boxes,$1 and $1.50 a Set. A very complete assortment of Kid Gloves,$1 to $2 a pair. A very complete line of Ties,25¢.,50c.and $1. Initial Handkerchiefs in Christmas boxes,75c.and $1.50 a box. Bed Room Slippers,$1.25 and $1,50,in Blacks and Tans. You'll have no trouble at all in selectingsomethingfromourlinesofChristmasFoot- wear that would be just right,and we'llmakeanyexchangesdesiredafterChrist- mas.Yours truly, SHERRILL-WHITE SHOECO. (S.B.Miller’s Old Stand.) FOUR CAR LOAD OF 4Horses,Mares and Mules TUESDAY,DECEMBER 16,we will have to arriveatour stables in Statesville,N.-C.,100 head of Tennessee-Vir- ginia Horses,Mares and Moles.Will have one car of nice Mares,and a few pair oflarge Mules.Plenty medi-oS um size Horse’and Mules and a nice lot of Saddle and Driving Horses and Mares This lot of stock was bought right off the farms and free from colds and ready to go to work.If you need anything in our line now is the time to get it.Remember that all stock is from $25 to $30 cheaper just before the holidays.Come to see us Prices and terms right.Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. WANTED A few farms to supply customers.Those desiring to sell suburban and farm lands will find it to their interest to see me, FOR SALE—6}acres one mile of Statesville,two acres of which is in timber.Three three-roomdwellingswhichrentwell.Offered at an invest- ment price. ERNEST G.GAITHER,_"S°%4NC5,SroGks,_AND PHONE 23.OFFICE NO.1,MILLS BUILDING. Pianos at a Big Reduction! In order to hold my territory for another year and extend the same if possible,and also for the purpose of taking a vacation from business during the month of January, I offer ten Pianos,in stock,at 20 per cent. off the regular prices.Also all small in- struments at a reduction of 10 per cent. mata ’ TT Statesville,N.C, J.S.LEONARD, ”PAGE FOUR. THE LANDMARK ‘&B CLARK,EDITOR AND OWNER. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. OFFICE:120 WEST BROAD STREET. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: WATCH—Watch the label on your paper,If renewals are not in by date on label,paper will be stopped. FRIDAY,----December 12,1913. THE HAMMER CASE. So far the newspapers have been .able to get nothing definite about the charges against Mr.Hammer,named by Senator.Overman for district at- torney.Senator Overman traveled this week all the way from,Wash- ington to Asheboro—Mr._Hammer’s home.It was announced that the Senator had business in Randolph Su- perior Court,but it is probable that his business was really with Solicitor Hammer.It is said that Mr.Ham- mer will go to Washington in a few days to try to straighten matters out. While the department refuses to discuss the charges against Hammer it is reported that one charge is that the solicitor had “protected a blind tiger.”What is meant,probably,is that the solicitor is charged with dropping or holding in abeyance a prosecution of a blind tiger on ac- count of political influence.The Landmark has no information as to this particular charge against Mr. Hammer,but if one was clothed with power to “send for persons and pa- pers”it would not be difficult to es- tablish,probably,that it is a com- mon custom in this State,as well as elsewhere,to shield criminals with a political pull.The practice is an outrageous betrayal of justice,it can- not be defended or excused,but if the extent to which.it is practiced could be revealed the people would stand appalled. One of the defendants in the noto- rious whiskey cases of Asheville is a member of the Governor's staff and a sworn officer of the law by reason of this capacity.We expect him to re- sign.“The least he can do,”says the Statesville Landmark,“is to resign his official position at once and re- lieve Governor Craig of embarrass- ment.If he doesn’t resign,the Gov- ernor should take action.”—Charlotte Chronicle. The party referred to is J.L.Alex- ander,proprietor of the Battery Park hotel.The newspapers of the State have fought shy of this phase of the Asheville investigation.So far as we have observed the Chronicle is the only paper that has joined The Landmark in expressing the opinion that Alexander owes it to Gov.Craig to resign from the Governor's staff. Indeed little mention has been made of the fact that Alexander is a mem- ber of ‘the Governor’s staff.But as The Landmark sees it,the incident is a near State scandal.Here was a member of the Governor’s official household a party to conducting a barroom in his hotel,in open and notorious defiance of the law which he had sworn to uphold,and to the discredit of the State administration of which he is a part.If Mr.Alexan- der does not recognize the proprieties of the case Gov:Craig owes it to him- self and the people of the State to take action. Dr.Johnson of Charity and Chil- dren says he doesn’t know whether Judge Clark is a lobbyist “but if The Landmark says so it,is probably so, but we are quite sure the Chief Jus- tice is right on the Bible amendment and the editor wrong.”The doctor has evaded the question.It was not, as he knows,the question of who was right afd who was wrong on the Biblé amendment,but it was wheth- er Judge Clark could with propriety complain of lobbyists defeating any measure before the Legislature when he,as the evidence shows—and The Landmark challenges the Chief Jus- tice or any of his friends to deny it ——was appealing,to the Catholics to send a lobby to Raleigh to defeat the Bible amendment. The newspapers in the territory of the State Hospital at Morganton will render their readers a service if they will print the substance of the report of Supt.McCampbell to the board of directors,which appears in The Landmark today.This report shows the condition of the institution and why so many applications for ad- mission have to be held up or denied— beoause there is no room.Applica- tions are constantly being sent in and there is great pressure for ad- mission.Comparatively few people seem to fully understand why pa- tients can’t be admitted.This re- port fully explains that.matter and _the people should know.the,situa- tion as it exists.; In the case of the city of Ashe- ville vs.8.H.L.Nettles,dairyman, the Supreme Court has'sustained theAshevillemilkordinance.prescribingalicensetaxof$1 a cow and specify- ing-the standard of sanitation:that must be observed in managing dairies and marketing milk.The dairymanhavethreatenedtoboycottAshevilleifthetaxissustained. STATE NEWS. ‘eeern John Cates,conductor of a South-ern freight,who was injured in thewreckhistrainatSelmalastFri-day,died in a hospital in.Raleighthis.week.: Delegates to the State meeting #ftheFarmers’Union at Shelby,on the 17th,18th and 19th,can obtainrailroadticketsatone-half regularfare,plus 50 cents. Ned Hudson,for 21 years an em- ploye of the Tarboro plant of theSouthernOilMillsCompany,was killed Wednesday by his clothingcatchingintherevolvingshafting. Fire which started in the boilerroomofalaundryinSalisburyTues- day night threatened the business section for a time.The barns of F.M.Thompson and Dr.J.B.Council were burned and the Sunday school room of the First Methodist church was damaged.“a R.A.Smith,the clerk in the New Berne postoffice who was fired by Postmaster Basnight,is back on the job,Basnight having been-fired in the meantime.Also candidates for the New Berne office are swarming about Senator Simmons and keeping the road to Washington hot. Nearly 1,000 checks,with an ag- gregate value of over $25,000,was distributed by the Merchants’Na- tional Bank of Winston-Salem this week to:members of the Christmas Savings Club.The club started last Christmas and each member depos- ited from 6 cents to 25 cents a week and at the close of the year a check for the principal and interest is mail- ed to the depositor for use during the holidays.The checks distribut- ed were for sums from $10 to $64. Raleigh Times:Supt.C,C.Wright of Wilkes county says compulsory ed- ucation has had‘'a remarkable effect there.Thirty new teachers have been required,and in a.number of the dis- tricts,every child of school age is in attendance.This is also the case in several districts in.Wake,and there are several districts in which there are more pupils in the school than there are in the district,this being because the schools are so popular that children in other districts are sent to them. “Movies”Popular But ComeHigh. Charlotte Chronicle. It is estimated that the amount of money that annually goes from the pockets of the American people to the moving picture managers and promoters in the coin of nickels ag- gregates $3,500,000.This sounds like an enormous amount of money, and it is,but the fact remains that the moving picture men are finding that this lacks much of being a clear profit.It costs something to produce the business they are securing.The actors aré gradually making increas- ed demands on the manufacturers. We are told that the picture of a par- achute descent from the 387-story Bankers’Trust Building in New York netted the man who made the jump $1,000.A woman who risks her life in the lions’cages gets $10,000 a week for her hazardous experiences. According to the Boston News Bu- reau the “Quo Vadis”film cost the producers not less than $280,000.The film was manifolded into 400 copies of 8,000 feet each and sold at 25 cents a foot,for a total of $800,000.A steamer of 12,000 tons was sent to Iceland with a crew and a company of 400 to produce films for the dra- ma of “Atlantic,”as a cost of $225,- 000,The makers of the film showing Forbes -Robertson as Hamlet,paid $75,000 for the use of a castle and costumed 400 people for this pur-pose.The whole expenditure was $250,000,but they sold 3.000.000 feet of the film for $750,000.“The Tiger Hunt”film required an outlay of $226,000,but it was also sold at 26 cents a foot.For making the film of the lamented Captain Scott in the Antarctic $250,000 was expended,and the royalty already collected by Mrs.Scott exceeds the original cost of the| picture.To actors of ability taking | i They part in the making of moving pic- ture films $300 to $500 a week is} paid,but freak persons get as much| as $300 to $500 a day. Million and a Half Wanted For }Carolina. Washington Dispatch to Greensboro| North | i News. Over $1,500,000 is asked for river| and harbor work in North Carolina by the board of army engineers in its annual report.The sum of $800,000 is wanted for the beginning of actual work on the harbor of refuge at Cape) Lookout,while $91,000 is recommend-| ed for locks and dams on Cape Fear| river above Wilmington and $115,000 on the Cape Fear below Wilmington.| Other Paraiso are:Meher-| rin river $1,000,Roanoke river $2,-| 000,Seuppernong river $2,000,Fish-| ing creek $4,000,Pamlico and Tar rivers $18,500,Bay river $1,000,South | river $1,000,Contentnea river $2,000,| Smith’s creek $2,000,Neuse river’ $35,000,Trent river $2,000,Swift creek $500,for maintenance of water- way from Pamlico sound to Beaufort $4,000,harbor of refuge at Cape) Lookout $800,000,waterways con- necting Core sound and Beaufort.har- bor $2,000,Beaufort inlet $10,000, Morehead City harbor $2,000,New.river $1,000.waterway between New| river and Swannsboro $22,500,wa-| river $9,000,Northeast and Black riv-| ers and Cape Fear river above Wal | mington $3,000,Cape Fear river $3,-|000,locks and dams on the Cape Fear| above Wilmington $91,000,below Wilmington $115,000,and Shalotteriver$1,000. William Deering,pioneer manu- acturer of harvesting machinery,; died this week at Miami,Fla.,and. the remains were buried at Evans-! ton,Ill. years aso on the automatic binder| device for wheat harvesters and its| success revolutionized the method of| harvesting the crop. President Wilson has been.suffer- ing from a cold the past week.He!was better the first of the week but}afterward became worse and had to |rl lgd to bed.; closed, terway between Beaufort and New |@ He staked his fortune 30'3 The Army Lost Instead of GainedLastYear.: Washington Dispatch,9th.With its authorized strength in-creased by 3,352 ~men,yr United States army lost instead .of gainednumbersduringthefiscalyearjust Including ‘the Philippine scouts,the army had 85,569 mon, compared with 87,965 twelve monthsago.Adjutant General George Andrews,in his annual report made public to-day,commented onthe fact that 80 per cent of the applicants for enlist- ment at recruiting stations were re-jected while 14 per cent of those ac- cepted at recruiting stations subse-quéntly were rejected at depots.Out of a total of 25,086 enlistments during the last fiscal year,18,802 were native.white;.3,365 foreign white;2,049 colored;27 Indians,216 Porto Ricans,and 627 Filipinos. Desertions during the year aggre- gated 4,451,or 5.16 per cent of the enlisted force,as against 4.48 per cent during the preceding fiscal year. The ninth and tenth cavalry,negro regiments,and the fifth infantry, had the smallest number of deser-tions. The Union part of the roster of of- ficers and enlisted men of Union andConfederatearmieshaslongsince been virtually completed,General An- drews said,and the work on the Con- federate records has progressed so far that the clerical force is now en- gaged in reproducing the records of the Virginia organization,which probably will be completed this year. This leaves to be done only that work relating to the Confederate organiza- tions’not credited to any particular State. The Party in Power Can Always Work the Others Out. Washington Corregpondence lotte Observer. It has long been foreseen that the Republicans must go.Civil service regulations protect only those per- sons who have walked the straight and narrow way without turning to the right or the left.A man or wo- man cannot be dismissed for being a Republican or a Democrat,but he or she may fall before charges. Those conversant with the facts in a North Carolina postoffice case will not forget the details.Five men, Char- oreo manne watched it for years know it,thatthepartythatisincanalwaysturnthe.other y out,Democrats nat- urally feepublicanism isenough to damn a Re-publican.+The Republicans thoughtandactedthatwaytowardtheDem- |ocrats for 15 or 16 years.The shoeisontheotherfootnow. The Voracious Vultures of the Market Place. “Voracious vultures of the market places,”and “plunderbund of foodsharks,”were characterizations ap-plied to cold storage speculators who corner perishable foodstuffs to boostprices,by Representative McKellar of Tennessee,when he spoke in Con-gress championing his bill for Fed-eral regulation of the cold storegebusiness.Saying that his proposedlegislationwasnotdesignedtoinjure the cold storage business,as such,Mr.McKellar declared:“The drastic features of the bill are not only aimed at the corrupt and dishonest,at the gamblers,at thevoraciousvultureswhostandaround in the market places and reap where they have not sown and fatten on other people’s food.I do not believeanymemberofthisgreathousewill ‘stand for any such plunderbund of food sharks,”The bill which would prescribe both ‘prison terms and heavy fines for vio- lation of its provisions,would make it illegal to ship adulterated and mis- branded products in inter-State com~- merce and would.limit the periods in which food products may be held in |storage without becoming adulterat- jed.Reviewing the data produced by|the Sneate committee when investi- |gating the high cost of living,Mr. |MecKellar submitted further statistics jintended to show that packers and |warehouse men corner markets on foodstuffs deliberatcly to increase|profits.“I cannot conceive,”Mr. McKellar declared,“any greater jerime against the public than the |cornering of the market on foodstuffs. |Almost every heusewife in this coun- jtry is complaining at the high cost of eggs and we find these gamblers not only cornering the price of eggs and reaping unfair and unjust prof- its from it,but actually lsughing at the public..My bill would put tuese gamblers out of business and would ‘give the consumer a chence.” four Republicans and ose Democrat,| stood the examination for the post office in a village.The Democrat got the job.After civil service ex- aminations the three highest graded are certified for the job.A kind word from a Congressman would help the poorest of the three (that is,accord- ing to examination papers)and get him the job if he is all right general ly speaking.In the case of they five candidates for the North Carolina postoffice the Democrat fell fifth Charges were made agzcinst the lead- ing candidates and the Democrat came in after they were eliminat- ed. The truth is,and those who have| Telegraph Co.Had to Pay For Error Made By ‘Phone. Telegraph companies solicit mes- sages to be phowged to the office for transmission and often transmit mes- sages from the receiving office to those for whom they are intended. The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany and the Bell Telephone Com- pany,being under the same manage- ment,are particularly zealous in working the combination.At Green- ville,5.C.,it was established that an error was made in phoning a mes- sage to the telegraph office and a jury held the telegraph company re-eponsible and assessed it $500 Removal Sale! To facilitate moving January tst lam making reductions in many lines of HOLIDAY GOODS right in the midst of the season in order to cut stock down as much as possible by this time.ALL|Se,TOYS,6 FOR 25c. 10c.TOYS,3 FOR 25c. 25e.TOYS,FOR 20.EACH. Reduced prices on lots of other things,but cut prices are CASH only. and we are too busy now to Come and see our varied and The time is too short,articles too numerous, go further into particulars. elegant stock of HOLIDAYPRESENTSFOREVERYBODY. R.P.Allison’s Book and Toy Store GET COUPONS FOR PONY CONTEST. Great End of Season Millinery Sale’ Began Friday,December5, ‘The R.M.Knox Co’.s Owing to the fact that we have kept up our Millinery stock by express shipments all through the season,we still have a very large stock of Pattern Hats,Trimmed and Untrimmed Shapes,and as we have made® up our minds to clean they will go up again this season, AT YOUR PRICE. If-you haven’t bought now’s your chance. If you have bought buy another.You can afford it at our prices now. Big line Ladies’and Children’s Coats, Rain Coats and Rubbers. The R.M.Knox Com’y. that the charge of Re-. Early Christmass ng | BETTER GIFTS.| 44 EVERY ONE of the ten departments of our big store is complete,and the stock is now at its best and finest. The best time to make your selections is right now,before the tremendous rush arrives. OUR SERVICE will always be the best—but by shopping early,RIGHTNOW,wecan enable you to securebetterselections. Mail Orders Will Have Right-of-Way If you can’t come to our store just send us alist of what is wanted andwe'll see that you get it delivered right to your door ina few hours after re- ceipt of order,ALL CHARGES PRE- PAID,and remember,too,it costs no more to order from us by mail than ifyoumadeyourpurchasesinourstore right over the counter,prices are exact- ly the same and we also pay the post-age. Ask for one of our Classy Christmas Folders with a list of gift suggestions for Ma,Pa and the little fellows.Itwillhelpyoudecide. LOOK to us for quick service and ex- pect to get Your-Money’s-Worth-or-Money-Back RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON (CO. THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POST SERVICE.y CHRISTMAS GIFTSTHATMEANSOMETHING! Gifts for your best girl,for mother or wife,for father or-hugband,for grandmother,for grandfather,for sister and for brother.So many men buy Christmas gifts for their wives here that we have made a special atudy of helping men withcareful suggestions,Often we can tell you the very article your wife has been looking at and wanted.Come in and examine the hundreds of beautiful and useful gifts we have for the entire family Pedestals,made of Golden Oak,Ladies’Desk,made of Golden Oak,price $6,$8 and $9.Ma-hogany finish,$6 and $10 Ear-ly English finish,$10 and $12 50 Early English and Mahogany Prices $3,$3,50,$4 and $5. Make all your gifts useful,no matter how small the price.Select your gifts now.We will deliver any time. Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co. Have You Seen The Asssortment LC()|)AES STATIONERY,TOILET POWDERS,‘TOILET WATERS,|HAIR BRUSHES,HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS,CHAMOIS,HUYLER’S CANDY,Biss ia BNI iain HALL’S DRUG STORE. OS enoomus senseuous \* ®} é THE LANDMARK PUBLISHED TU ¥.AND FRIDAY. OFFICE:12@ WEST BROAD STREET.TELEPHONE NO.14..;eHeeeeEy“FRIDAY,~---December 12,1913. GLIMPSE OF PASSING THRONG. Personal Mention of People and Thei Movements,‘ .Mr.and Mrs.W.L.Harbin—left Wednesday for Columbia,5S.C.,where they will visit their daughter, Mrs Henderson Steele.They will not return until after the holidays.Misses Anna Phifer and May Mor- rison have returned from a week’s visit to Mesdames W.B.Thomas and Rhodes Guffy in Salisbury. Miss Mary Lois Miller spent Wed- nesday in Charlotte with Miss Mary McLaughlin. Mr.Duncan McRac of Orange,N. J.,is here to spend the holidays at the home of his uncle,Mr.W.A. Thomas. Mrs.Marion Seabrook of Sumter, 8S.C.,will arrive Monday to spend until after Christmas with Mr.and Mrs.C.E.Mills. Dr.Fleet Steele of Richmond,Va., is spending awhile with relatives at Turnersburg. Mr.and Mrs.J.W.Coe left Wed- nesday night for Baltimore,where they will spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.W.P.Kelly.The latter is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Coe. Mrs,C.B.Webb expects to leave next week for Philadelphia,Pa.,to be with her daughter,Mrs.8.N.Pe- ters. Miss Mary Flowers, several weeks here with her sister, Mrs.Jas.Me.Connelly,returned yesterday to her home in Rock Hill, 8,C. Quartermaster General L.B.Bris- tol of Statesville was in Asheville this week on official business. Mrs.lL.J.Tapscott of Virginia, who visited her daughter,Mrs.A.8. Paxton,left yesterday for Scranton, 8.C. Mr.and Mrs.W.P.Knox and lit- tle daughter,Sarah,spent yesterday at Davidson. Mr.A.F.McCall,a former resi who spent dent of Statesville,now living in Winston-Salem,has been in town since Wédnesday night.He will re turn to his home today Dr.and Mrs.Ross McElwee re turned yesterday from their bridal went to Shelby this week to attend the Baptist State Convention Better Law Enforcement Needed in Iredell—Things That Are Wrong. To the Editor of The Landmark. Asheville is not the only where the violators of the “good cititens.”When the men in the county can get as character in the court house as the best men can get,there ome thing bad wrong. who didn’t have place law are meanest good a is friendsenough to Il have known men | bury them to get the finest character | you ever heard of.The lawyers are somewhat to blame for thi ; condition.| They are going to have somebody give | their cliente good characters if have to import the witnesses.Then the politician gets in his work by tell ing these men that if they will help); the violator out it will be worth so and so to them.A mild way of brit ing,you see.If the perjury law was they | enforced it would help some.The prohibition law is a good law and should be rigidly enforced;and if) some of the men that worked for pro-;**,*.i\bride’s father,hibition and voted for it would help enforce the law,instead of doing everything they can to keep it from being enforced,we would have a cleaner county than we now have.Put every violator of law on the roads, regardiess of how many “old moth ers”he is taking care of or how “bright his children’s eyes are,”or how “smal)he was when his father died,”or any other attempt to play on the feelings of the judge and jury OLD JOHN SAYMORE Notices of New Advertisements. The Statesville Realty &Invest ment Co.is prepared to make few loans. Storeroom for rent.—T.D.Miller Ginning days.—J.T.Jennings |the bride’s parents,Mr GUY-HERITAGE |MARRIAGE. A Pretty Wedding Ceremony—-OtherMarriages—Social,Affairs. Reported for The Landmarks Elegant in its simplicity and yetmoreimpressivethananywitnessedinsometime,was the wedding Tues- day evening of Miss Lura Guy andMr.E.0.Heritage.It was a quiethomeaffair,only the intimate friendsandrelativesbeingpresent.ThehévseWasbeautifullydecoratedinmistletoeandhollyandthebridalpartyformedaroundanimprovised altar.of ferns,maline and candles Before the ceremony Mr.Will Beli beautifully rendered several’selec.tions and finally drifted into the wed- ding march by -Mendelssohn,and thebridalpartyenteredasfollows:Mr.John Guy,Jr.,brother of the bride,and Mr.Dover Heritage of Roxboro,‘brother:of the groom, groom’s ‘men;Miss Charlye Tomlin,wearing pink brocaded satin with real lace trimmings and hand-em- broidery,carrying pink carnations and maiden hair ferns,followed by Miss Miriam Yount of Conover dressed in white chiffon over satin with pearl ornaments and carrying pink carnations and ferns.Next came Miss Flora Lewis dressed in pink charmeuse with a tunic of crystal falling to her train,carrying pink flowers and ferns.She was followed by Miss Mary Neil Conner attired in white crepe de chine with lace trimmings and court train.Next came the dame of honor,Mrs.E.M. Yount,sister of the bride,dressed in white satin,en train,with spangled overdress.She carried white car- nations and ferns.Following her came litthe Miss Lois Guy in pink chiffon carrying the ring in a little pink satin basket.Lastly came the bride,leaning on the arm of her father,Mr.John W.Guy,and Mr. Heritage with his best man,Dr. Frank L.Sharpe.They were met at the altar by Rev.J.H.Pressly,who impressively united them as man and wite.The bride never.looked pret- tier than on this night.Dressed in a blue fraveling ‘suit,trimmed in fur,with accessories to match,she carried a shower bouquet of lilies-of- the-valley and fern.Her waist was caught up in front with a beautiful pear!and diamond brooch,the gift of the groom. After the ceremony friends sur- rounded the handsome couple to offer congratulations.Many beautiful wed- ‘|ding presents of cut glass and silver Mr.Charlie Privett of the county|ware showered upon this of many friends.Mr.and Mrs.Heri- tage left on the 6:40 train for Bur lington to visit Mr.Heritage’s ple **. A large number of friends and rel- atives attended the marriage of Miss Josey Wagner and Mr.Zell B.Brown, which took place Wednesday after- noon at 2.30 o'clock at the home of and Mra.C. M.Wagner,at Troutman The mony was performed by Rev.Messrs Cc.L.MeCain and W.D.Haltiwanger The house was attragtively decorat ed and the marriage was a pretty one.The bride wore a tan coat suit with accessories to match.Mr.Brown is a son of Mr.W.8.Brown of the Troutman community.He has cured for his bride an excellent young lady who is popular with many cere ae ,.friends in her home community.*. Miss Margaret Lee Wooten and Mr.Chas.L.Brown of Statesville were married Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of the Mr.W T Wooten, miles northeast of The ceremony was per about Statesville seven formed by Rev J.J.Edwards in the ipresence of a large company of guests Mr.and Mrs.Brown came ito Statesville yesterday morning and popular|how not to infect hisjcoupleattestingtheloveandesteem(pore.| jcouple all the happiness i| jlast night a reception was given im their honor at the home of Mr 'Brown’s father,Mr.W.H.Brown,on Mulberry street The bride is a worthy young woman who has the best wishes of many friends Mr Brown is a local barber °*> Miss Olive Shoemaker,daughter of | Mr.Gus.Shoemaker of Chambers |Murdock, afternoon burg township,and Mr.Richard Mur- dock,son of Mr.and Mrs.J.Whiter who live a few miles east were married Wednesday at Broad Street Methodist tev.J.F of town, parsonage, jing |William Dry sox shoes.—Postgn-Wasson Co.} Sale of property under mortgage| December 31.—L..Morrow,J.M Sharpe and J.E.Sloop Notice to taxpayers—J.M.Dea ton. Btove and heater wood."Phone H 0.Morrison. Farm near Net for sale—-D.T.Trivette. Sensible Christmas gift—a pair of shoes.—S.,M.&H.Shoe Co. Go see R.H. of Christmas goods. Holiday gifts —iPoston-Wasson Co. Removal sale.—R.P.Allison. “Peg O°-Heart”at Statesville Theater Monday night.Tickets on sale today. For the holiday trade—Eagle & Milholland. Watch Christmas.—H.B.Wood- ward. The question answered at Sherrill- White Shoe Co.'s. Apron check ginghams.—Mills & Poston. What early Christmas shopping means.—Ramsey-Bowles-Morrison Co. Pair gold spectacles lost.Return to Miss Anice Alexander,Highland avenue. Miss Gaither and Mr.Brown Mar- ried at Harmony. Correspondence of The Landmark. Harmony,Dee.11.—-Wednesday evening,December 10,Miss LenoraGaitherbecamethebrideofMr.Car- mie Brown.The wedding took place at the home of the bride,at Mr.San- key Gaither’s.The ceremony was performed by Rev.Austin Wilson. It was a quiet home wedding. The bride and groom are among Harmony’s best young people and every one wishes them happiness and success,They left Thursday for Spartanburg,S.C.,where they ex-pect to make their home. —~Box supper at Leonard’s school house Saturday night—20th.Publicinvitedtoattendandtakeboxes. Rickert &Son’s line} *= Mary Lou Barkley and Mr Jefferson Page of the Clio community ‘were married Wednesday Miss afternoon at the home of theofficiat-|has been in ing minister,Rev.J.H.Pressly,on east Broad street. a *- Miss Mary Bell Hill was hostess to the Why Not club Wednesday af- ternoon at nue.The time of the young ladieswasgivenprincipallytosewing.A salad course was served.Miss Ma- ry Flowers of Rock Hill,8.C.,was a special guest. The Elcricemoh row afternoon at Mrs.C.M.Steele, Miss Loula Campbell will entertain this afternoon at her home on Race street. club meets tomof- 3.30 o'clock with The case of James W.Smith,who on October 24 last year was carried up in a balloon at the Cumberland fair grounds without his consent, against the Cumberland County Ag- ricultural Society for $25,000,has been compromised.At the first trial the case was thrown out of court but the Supreme Court ordered a newtrial.The amount of the compro- mise is not stated. There is more Catarrh in this sec- tion of the country than all other dis-eases put together,and until the lasttewyearswassupposedtobeincurable,For a\great many years doctors pronounced ii a iocai disease and pre- scribed local remedies,and by constantlyfallingtocurewilocaltreatment.Pronounced it incurable.Science hasyrovenCatarrhtdbeaconstitutionalliseaseandtheréforerequiresconstitu-donal treatmenf.Hall's Catarrh Cure,nanufactured by F.J,Cheney &Co.,fcledo,Ohio,is the only constitutionacureonthemarket.It is taken inter-nally in doses from 10 drops to a_tea-spoonful..It acta directly on the bloodandmucoussurfacesofthesystem.They offer One Hundred Dollars foranycaseitfailstocure.Send for cir-culars and testimonials.Address:F,J,CHENEY 2%CO.,Tole«-do,Ohio. i |} Kirk officiat-| i her home on Davie ave-| } The Spug. Monroe Journal. Somebody hes started a ‘Society for the Prevention of Useless Giv-ing,”and the.newspaper writers have dubbed the.organization “TheSpug.”There is a big field of opera-tion for The Spug.If the uscless giv- ing were turned into useful channels giving would do much more good than at present.The Master said that it is more blessed to give than to receive,but to a large extent we have forgotten this principle and make too many of our gifts right where we know we will receive giftsinreturn.It has even.become a kind of soft disgrace to receive a present and not immediately hand one over to the giver.While the exchange of gifts has become so mercenary as to be almost*a nuisance,there is:anoth- er custom which beats that even. The other morning as ‘a Monroemanopenedhismailheremarked. “Here’s another one of those d—d sight drafts”—a wedding invitation.The only gift worth ‘while is the one prompted by the desire to give pleasure,and without any thought of receiving one in return But if “The Spug”has a job on its hands to reform the custom of useless social giving,it has a still bigger one when it undertakes to stop the care- less giving which so many people in- dulge in with the thought that just so they give they are doing »good, without much regard for when,how and where,or for what purpose they give.Much of the so-called philan- thropy is useless.The world needs justice much more than it needs charity,and a large per cent of thegivingbuthelpstofastenthebonds of injustice. How Tuberculosis May BePrevented. JCANRE!hk 193ey2eee-RRY_CHRIS) 1.By teaching the consumptive to destroy his sputum. o live or work in dark or badly venti- lated rooms 3.By teaching the consumptive 4.By discovering the disease its early stages and curing the pa- Pe-tient,thus removing a source of in- fection to others 5.By educating the .community as to the nature of the disease—that it is communicable,preventable and curable. 6 By educating people their bodies in tion a’to enable them to resist the germs 7.By-~advocating fresh air,out- door life,sunshine,rest,no overwork, wholesome food,temperate habits. to keep Buy Red Cross Seals and help the| cam-);anti-tuberculosis educational paign Secret Marriage Made Public—News of York Institute. Correspondence of The Landmark York Institute,Dec.10.—Mrs.Jane Steele of Charlotte is visiting her sis ter,Mrs.M.W.Murdock.Mr.E.B.| Bagwell of Loray spent Tuesday night with his sister-in-law,Mra.I N.Sharpe Mr.Lee Harrington and Miss Min nie,daughter of Mr.and Mrs.James Gilreath,were married Taylors ville November 27——Thankagiving Day-——at the residence of the officiat Patterson.The Fred Harrington ing magistrate,W.fF attendants were Mr By teaching people not to sleep,' family or neigh-| in such physical condi-| and.Miss Winnie Gilreath,sister of the bride The contracting parties intended keeping the marriage a se-! eret until Mrs.Harrington's school closed,but in some way it was found out.We wish for the newly married! that this life may have in store for them ev.E.J.Poe and son,Charles,of Morganton,spent som time withMrs.I.N.Sharpe and family this week Surry County Boy to Enter the Ring. Indianapolis Correspondcr Mt.Ai ry News Being from North Carolina,I am somewhat interested in al!Tar Heels, ;so0 I notice where a North Carolina boy is to become a prize oxer De Costa Woltz of Low Gap,N.C.,who Indianapoli for some time and has been a member of the B.L.V.L.Training Club,has accept ed the offer to moet Kid Herman in |Chicago December 12-13 for his first jopponent.It is said that Kid Her man is a clever lad and young Woltz jwill have a tough game defeat him.Woltz’s trainer says that Her- man will be an:easy mark for him, as the Tar Heel-ia the fastest he has! ever seen.The boys will weigh in at} 135 pounds each.Young Woltz has quite a task to reduce his weicht,as he now weighs 148 pounds If the Company of Lawbreakers Can| Be Considered Respectable. Durham Herald. While it may look a little bad for a member of the Governar’s staff to be engaged in the sale of whiskey,he was at least in fairly company.ciiplipnitctksusedeglicteetiinte Cured of Liver Complaint“Il was suffering with liver complaint,” says Iva Smith of Point Blank,Texas,“and decided to try a 2ie box of Chamberlain'sTablets,and am happy to say that I am com- pletely eured and can recommend them -toeveryene.”For gale by all dealers ADVERTISED LETTERS. Following is a Hist of letters temaining inthepostofficeatStatesville.N.©.for theweekendingDecember9,1913.Cartie Barker,J.-H.Bobbitt.Glen Childers, J.A.Eason,Mra.Mattie MeNelis,W.8S. Overcash,Ed.Parker,I.W.Pennington, Charlie Steven,Miss Addie Springs,J..H.Woodard. Persons csiling for any of the above will please call for “advertised letters.”DEWEY L.RAYMER,P.M. DRY SOX SHOES—Leave your erder for a a pair of the Dry Sox!Shoes,today to come in with a rush express-order we are=off.POSTON-WASSON Co. ec,12, LOST—Pair spectacles.in black cane.ANNICE,ALEXANDER,Highland avenve. respectable | WOOD--Stove and heater wood...‘Phone 121and2044,H.O.MORRISON. Dec.¥2-—-3t*é FOR SALE—32-acre farm near Net..Twe- story dwelling,barn,tobacco barn.Nearschoolandechureh.Land in good stateofcultivation.Price reasonable.DB,T. TRIVETTE,Harmony,R-2. Dec,12-—-3t* MONEY—-We are prepared to make few loans og first mortgage real estate gecurity,STATESVILLE REALTY &INVEST-MENT CO,Dec.12-—4t. FOR RENT--On and after January 1,1914,storerocom oceupied by R.P.Allison onWestBroadstreet.Apply to ‘T.D.MILLER. Dee.12--2t. GINNING AND COTTON-—-After December13willoperateginThursday,Friday andSaturdayeachweek.Will buy seed cottoneverydayandaminthemarketforstained cotton,J.T.Jennings,Jennings,N.C. Dee.12-—~4t. DRY SOX SHOES—Something entirely new.A fine dress shoe that will insure warm,dry feet without wearing rubbers.It’s theDrySexShoe.Sold by POSTON-WASSONco.Dec.12. FOR SALE—House and lot on West Endavenueat@bargain.Also small farmneartownforsaleorrent.Room for rent in Mills Building.N.B,MILLS. Dee.9. TO LET—January Ist,two reoms over Polk Gray's drug store,now occupiel by Army Reeruiting Officers.Admirable location for offices,DR.F.A.CARPENTER. Dee.9. FOR SALE—Good Store House near depot at Mt,Ulla and 10-room dwelling suitable for boarders.State High School at place.Z.L.BROWN,Mt.Ulla,N.C. Nov.21—8t*, FOR SALE—Eight horse-power L H.C.portable Gasoline Engine,Meadows CornShafting,Belting,ete.Carolina MotorNov.21. Mill,Corn Crusher, Bargain for quick buyer. Co. rll MONEY! Don’t carry money on your person! Don’t keep money in your homes!mer)It may be lost,stolen or destroyed—possiblytheknowledgeofyourpossessingitmayendan-ger your life! It is not safe;it earns you nothing;it does nooneanygoodDEPOSITITINABANK! It will be safe and used legitimately in the up-building of the community. It can always be obtained on demand,and in making your payments your checks are a_validreceipt. If deposited upon certificate,four per cent in- terest will be allowed.. This bank solicits your deposits—either upon checking account or upon certificate. ET Sb SP PE D PP P PI E D D> >> ? >> ? DI 93 3 3 3 9 3 3 9 9 9 9 3 9 9 9 9 3 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 9 3 9 3 9 5 3 9 9 9 5 3 > ) >} SD P PD ) $100,000| meWO R01 010) CAPITALOiaAOSaaa) COME AND SEE Mortgage Sale of Personal Property. At the residence of S.E.Hoover Wednes- day,Dee,31,at 11 a.m.the undersignedwill se!|under mortgage at auction personal prop- erty of 8S.E Hoover.Terms Cash. L.MORROW,JNO.M.SHARPE,J.E.Sloop. Dee 12-—--2t To th e Tax Payers of Iredell County. State Treasurer,the County Treasurer county school teachers are all calling 1 for money and unless you pay “your taxe |can not pay them,so please come forward and settle your taxes at once.1 am .elled by law te settle my State tax by igi4 the the first Monday in January, Respectfully, J.M.DEATON,Sheriff. OobawDnalif‘*# GUNN Sectional Bookcase Here’s your It is absolutely the best Section- al Bookcase made.When you have more books than it will hold-we have more Sections.If you needa Desk Section,to combine business and education with pleasure, we have it.Truly a sensible, practical Christmas Gift,a rift that will be remembered tee years to come. We recommend the Gunn Sectional Bookcases and a look will convince you of their merit. Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co "i f+ylil. If When You Have a Friend or Rela- tive Ill in the Hospital or in the Home,Send Some Flowers! There’s nothing except your own presence,as cheering to the sick and as delightful as fragrant flowers. No flowers sent by parcel post. Van Lindley (o., FLORISTS TO THE SOUTH, GREENSBORO,N.C. Polk Gray Drug (o., Local Agents. CHRISTMASGOODS Just toname some of the many articles inourbigstockofgoodswillgiveyounoideaofthebeautyofthegoods,but we name afewhopingtoinduceyoutocomeinandseeforyourselfthemanyattractivethingswehave.In Watches we have Nickel,GoldFilledandSolidGoldCases,“and Hamilton,South Bend,Hampton,Rockford,Elgin andWalthammovementsforthecases.We have Gold,Gold Filled and Nickel Chains in allstyles.We have Gold,Gold Filled and Ster-ling Bar Pins,plain Diamond and Pearl andDiamondBrooches.Rings of all kinds ex-ceptthe plated—we only carry Solid Gold Rings.e have Necklaces and LavalliersinGoldFilledandSolidGold.Bracelets inGold,Gold Filled andSterling.Sterling and Plated Comb,Brushand Mirror Sets.Van-ity Boxes,Military Brushes,Match Safes, Searf Pins,Cameo Rings and Brooches,Jew- el Boxes and many other things,such asHawk’s and Libbey’s fine Cut Glass andPickard’s line of unequaled Hand PaintedChina.You usually find what you want atRickert’s.So come and look and while youarelookingbuy,for we sell you honest goods at honest prices.What we sell you will beengravedifyouwillbuysoonenoughtogiveustimetodotheengraving.If all put offbuyingtilladayortwobeforeChristmasitwillbeimpossibleforustoengravethegoods.Won’t you buy early and give usachanceforwewanttopleaseyou. R.H.RICKERT &SON, Jewelers. yrsYj {f \\A ||\.yi Why Give Him or Her a Trinket? Give something sensible,A nice pair of Shoes would be more appreciated than a cheap ring or other gew- gaw.Ifyou don’t-know the size worn guess at it and we can change the shoes afterwards.We will enclose a note to that effect with the gift.4 We have shoes at all prices to suit all - ages in all the latest fashionable styles. The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co., Statesville,N.C. a ee se e q 00 2 8 44 0 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 NWN After-Supper Games Are best by Rayo-light.Kerosene light saves young eyes that are, priceless.Rayo & a = ’ f The Rayo Lamp is the best kerosene lamp made.No smell,no bother.Easy to clean and rewick—can be lighted with- f out removing chimney or shade. é Dealers everywhere,or write for descriptive circular STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey)Charlotte,N.C. BALTIMORE Charleston,W.Va.Charleston,S.C. Washington,D.C. Richmond,Va. Norfolk,Va. Sa ABtteeatliesssaoeDDSs s 4 NEW =Cotton Ginnery “S S BE E T LD A 4A AtOil Millcan gina bale every 15 minutes.Will buy your seed cotton or gin for toll,and buy the lint and seed right on the ground at Top Prices.Giveus atrial. Satisfaction guaranteed IMPERIAL COTTON OIL COMPANY. "PHONE 205, a eoe8.@ 2eOBCE- 2s About 65 lots and several houses in $ Statesville. Also about 15 good Farms. eh =.on &27 Cash or On Time.422 8 See me before buying.&&©W.R.MILLS,—_Real Estate Agent.¢ SOR «COCEROSSOU4E466BOSECEEC Commercial National Bank OF STATESVILLE,N.C. Capital .. Surplus and Profits - $100,000.00 *30,000.00 Total Resources Over -590,000.00 Four per cent interest paid on time and Savings Deposits. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. W.D.TURNER,--~~President,KE.MORRISON,--—Vice President,D.M.AUSLEY,-~Cashier,G,E,HUGHEY,-Assistant Cashier. sSeaerecaearearereetreeemeraaFRIDAY,--~~December 12,1913.<=AWFUL STORY OF BLOODSHED. Conditions in Mexico as.Depicted ByAnAmericinMissionary, Rev.J.G.Dale,Missionary of theAssociateReformedChurchinMexico,in Associate Reformed Presbyterian. The:Atila of Mexico,Zapata,hasheadedarevolutioninthesouthwestoftherepublicforthreeyears.Fronhissecretmountainfastnesseshis hordes have swooped down on.therichfarmsanddefencelessranches, looting and robbing and killing and burning.The times are almost past counting when he has burned bidges’on the railroad or opened the track, wrecking trains,robbing passengersandbutcheringthesoldierswhowere going as military escort.Towns by the hundreds have gone up in smoke, It has been an almost incredible story of wholesale bloodshed,Al- most daily its recitals of horrors have filled columns of the press. The government has paid them back in their own coin.Months ago an. order went from Mexico City:di- recting the inhabitants of the State of Morelos,’the hot bed of “Zapa- tismo,”who did not sympathize withthebloodybandittogatherincer- tain cities indicated.Then the Fed- éral soldiers went through the State killing all men,women and children outside of the cities named and burn- ing the homes.All such persons were thus understood to be followers of Zapata and this was the dreadful punishment meted out to them,The press,strictly censured all these months,had nothing to say of the horrors of this measure of blood. Only that it was executed.The im- agination paints scenes that keep one awake at night.Zapata,however, still lives and with machete (dirk), rifle and torch continues his deadly work.A thousand Indians of the Huasteca Potosina rose in arms against the Huerta government burn- nig San Miguel,Tantizaniclie and Tampamolon,leaving,according to report,Only the Catholic church standing in the last named .town. The Federal soldiers invaded the dis- trict from which the wildmen came and left mountain ranches blazing for miles and any one coming from that general section of country with- THE LAN DMARKlorem ae Oration o National’ ckabeaehWashingtonDispatch,8th. Growth and operations of nationalbanksoftheUnitedStatesarede- tailed in the annual report of thecurrencybureau,submitted today byActingComptrollerThos.P.Kane to Speaker Clark.The report contains no reference to currency reform,and -no recom- mendations,but details the conditionof‘banks during the year ended /Oc-tober 31.Only six national.banks out-of more than 7,000 existing,went Satisfactory progress in ~liquidatingtheassetsofallwasreported: Growth.of the banking power ofthe|United States as indicated byloansanddiscounts,capital stocks and deposits,is pictured in ever near- ly 100 pages of statistics.The move- ment of government fugds to banks all over the country to aid crop moving is referred to briefly.That is explained in detail in the report of Secretary McAdoo submitted to Con- gress last week. Republicans Getting Busy. Washington Dispatch,9th. Republican campaign machinery will be put in motion in Washington in a few days,opening the battle to capture the House of Representa- tives in the elections of next Novem- ber.Headquarters will be opened this week under the direction of Sec- retary John Eversman, Conferences of Republican repre- sentatives are now in progress re. When the national congressional m- mittee meets Friday the details of the campaigns to be waged in “close” States will have been fairly well de- termined.; It is proposed to concentrate the Republican fight in 186 congressional distriets and estimates by Republi- can leaders indicate that they ex- pect to carry fully one-half of these Early next summer well organized campaign forces will be put out to aid candidates in districts where there is the strongest probability of suc cess, out a document of good standing with the government is shot without any further investigation: A Federal garrison killed several rebels in a fight in Guerrero,8.L.P. The victims were dragged through the streets of the town as an image lesson for all those who should,like these,not submit to governmental authority,And the rebels lost no! opportunity to “get even.”Ten days| ago a rebel band attacked Alaquines,| of our field.Twice they were re- pulsed.At last they found on the} outskirts of the town a lot of Indian| rum,under the inspiration Sf which| they rushed pell mell into the town| whooping vengeance.The Federal | force gave way,but there was no es-| cape.Their powder was all gone and| they were at the mercy of their re-| lentleas foes.Mounted on their po-/ nies,they rode through tho streets at breakneck speed and throwing their lassoes over the heads of the Fed-| eral infantry,dragged them over the rough cobble stones,turning suddenly| around telegraph poles to further mangle the lifeless bodiege.Other methods of torture equally infernal were put into operation.A’-friend who saw it all testified that the scene |haunted him like a very nightmare ifor nights and nights. |When the rebel leader,Francisco! Villa,took the city of Torreon a} month ago,he had cut off the head} of General Alvirez,the defending jgeneral,and hung it on the public |square,precisely as they did with |Hidalgo more than a hundred years} jago.Up and-down the railroad lines | |may be seen the bodies of captured} jrebels hanging to telegraph poles|where they remain indefinitely.Along the railway routes anyone traveling on foot and not able to give a satis-| factory account of himeelf,is sum-| marily shot then and there.| Every few days military trains are blown up. inobody doubts,of which the has nothing to say.It would grow common were it not so appalling. Sometimes a “crazy engine”(as they call them)is turned loose,throttle derail or smash to pieces-another train known to be just ahead.The more usual way,however,is with dynamite.The latest example will suffice.A military escort of 125 soldiers were aboard a_train just ahead of a passenger train.The trap was set.Dynamite was laid |a@nd the rebels hid in the bushes near by.The train whirled along at:the rate of 40 miles an hour.When it ports,the engine,coaches and_sol- diers were throw:high into the air to come down,the engine and coaches torn into thousands of pieces and men ed or dying.The concealed rebels at once poured into this mass of dead, and dying men_a rain of shot which soon finished their demonical work and the lifeless garrison of soldiers were left there on the mass of de- bris.‘ Verily,the ways of our revolution are thoce of fire and;blood.The |heart gets sick at times and will cryjout,“Oh,Lord,how long?” Peter Chackles,the Asheville Greek who was arrested under a_statutepassedbythelastLegislature,mak- ing it &misdemeanor to allow chil- dren under 12 years to handle fire-arms,was acquitted.Chackles wasarrestedafterthe65-year-old boy ofhisfamilyhadkilleda2-year-oldi There was much sympathy for Chack- les and the’magistrate said his ar-rest was intended to call atténtion tothelaw.OTRAREERC Not Beyond Help at 87. s Sleep-disturbing bladder weakness,stiffness in jointa,weak,inactive kidney action and rheumatic pains,are all evidence of kidney trouble.Mra.Mary A.Dean,47 BE.WalnutSt.,Taunton,Mass.writes:“I hnve passed my 87th birthday,and thought I was beyond the reach of medicine,but Foley Kidney Pills And there are many more,| press| wide open,to go down the track to, struck the dynamite,according to re-| piled up on the wreck,dead or wound-| Stop YouroKinTrouble With Our New RemedySaxoSalve We will pay back to the cost of the remedy.these terms will you try it for any skin disorder,itching,chafing eczema,humors,eruptions,etc.? We take all the risk—bear all the expense if Saxo Salve fails. Come and Ask us about it. W.F.HALL,Druggist Statesville,N.C. SEVERE PUNISHMENT 3 Of Mrs.Chappell,of Five Years’ Standing,Relieved by Cardui. Mt.Airy,N.C.—Mrs.Sarah M.Chap-=of this town,says;‘I suffered for ive years with womanly troubles,alsostomachtroubles,and my.punishment was more than any one could tell. I tried most every kind of medicine,but none did me any good. l read one day about Cardui,the wo-| man’s tonic,and |decided to try it.Ihadmottakenbutaboutsixbottlesuntil1wasalmostcured.It did me morethanalltheothermedicinesIhad ied,put together. My friends began asking me why Ilookedsowell,and I told them about Cardui.Several are now taking it.” Do you,lady reader,suffer from anyoftheailmentsduetowomanlytrouble, such as headache,backache,sideachesleeplessness,and that everiastingly tiredfeeling? If so,let us urge you to give Cardui atrial.e feel confident it will help you, as it has a million other women inpasthalfcentury. Begin taking Cardui to-day.won't regretit.All druggists. Write to:Obsttanooga Medicine Go.,Ladies’Advisory Dept.,Chatia Tenn.,for SpecialiurCASEfousON64-page book,“HomeFrocimentforomen,”in piain wrapper.N.G.194 You into the hands of receivers with ag-|. gregate capital stocks of $4,350,000.|ig, Dr,Evans,Ex-Commissioner of Health,|Dr.Holmes,the well known akin spesays:“There is almost no relation be-}clalist writes:“I am convinced that¢tween skin diseases and the blood.”The]D.D.D,Prescription is as much a speciskinmustbecuredthroughtheskin,[for eczema as quinine for malaria.£The germs must be washed out,and so}have been,prescribing the D.D.D,remedysalveshavelongagobeenfoundworth-|for years."It will take away the itchless.The most advanced physicians ofj the instant you apply itthiscountryarenoweedonthis,and rareprescribingaweahofwintergreen,|1 fact,we are so sure of what D.D.D,thymol and other angrenens for eczema|Will do for you that we will be gladandallotherskinantes,This com-|to let you have a'$1 bottle on our guarpoundisknownasD.D.D.Prescription|antee that it will cost you nothing umtorEezema,:less you find that it does the work, W.F,Hell,Druggist,Statesville,N.C.- Bric SALE! Big reduction on Millinery.Everything at cost tocloseoytforChristmas.Embroidery HandkerchiefsandboxesforChristmas.Mufflers ofall kinds.KidGlovesandboxes.Men’s Ties,all prices.WhenshoppingforChristmascallandseeus. Respectfully, D.B.KRIDER &COMPANY. The Best None Too Good For Her. How About Parisian Ivory Toilet Set Simple Elegance,Many}Styles. Come and Satisfy Yourself, THE STORE OF QUALITY. Statesville Drug Co, PRESCRIPTIONISTS. Doas Use TH for Feema Statesville Realty &Investment Co. 1906 ome 1913 On October 31,1913,we close our seventh year of business.We take this occasion to thank the loyal patrons of our company forthebusinesstheyhaveentrustedtousdur- ing that time and we believe we have given satisfaction to all of our customers.Havy-ing grown out of infancy into mature man- h in the INSURANCE BUSINESS we ask for a continuance of your support and New (Goods Being Added All the Time. Watches,Clocks and Jewelry promptly and cerefully repair- ed,and all kinds of hand en- graving siisdifTcaiciiie ‘Paxton &Daywalt’s, Next door to 5c.and 10c..store. ATTRACTIVE FARM. 64 acres fine farm land.Well wateredand200,000 feet of pine timber.Three milesofrailroadstationandonpublicroadeightmilesfromStatesville.Near good schools have proved most beneficial in my case.”For sale by Statesville Drug Co.and mail route.Price low and terms easy.ZEB.V.LONG,Atty. influence. Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” We write all classes of BONDS,and thussaveyoutheembarrassmentofapplyingtoyourneighborforsuch.Writeusyour needs. J.F.CARLTON,Manager. | | Spares C40 Ppeameenn nme tm es Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special for cash, New Rugs have arrfved.$3.00 9x12 and up to $75.00. Statesville Housefurnishing Company. Monumentsand Tombstones That is My Business. a8 Best material,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. If you need cfg in my line be sure to see or write me before you buy,as |am prepared to protect your interests. Ask your neighbors,who have bought,work {from me and see what they say.} I appreciate your neighbors’|business and will Jikewise appréciate yours. YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND MOORESVILLE,N.C. ZEB DEATON,Proprietor__ Things Useful and Needed The Barler Ideal Oil Heater for the bath room,Roasters and CarvingKnivesfortheThanksgivingTurkey, Butcher Knives and Meat Choppers for hog-killing day,Buggy Robes to keep off the cold on your way to church.These are a tew of thethingsyouwillneed.Our stock is complete and prices are low.Hot orcold,you will always find a welcome at our store.’ If you happen to be one who has an account with us of long standing, don’t stay out in the cold and suffer.Be brave and come right in and let’s talk it over.It will be easier tomake things right,now,than to delay. We want youto be happy Thanks- giving and Christmas,and forever, for that matter,but there are some folks we have it up our sleeve tokeepdisturbedunlesstheycomein and square up.Yours truly, Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co. IN THE FIRST PLACE Bring every prescription direct 'to us to be filled.This is the best advice we can offer any one using medicines. We have the druge,every kind or ¢lass,each of standard purity,fresh and potent.Wehave the knowledge and the training,and the experience that counts in scientific, careful prescription compounding.You get all safety, satisfaction,results,Ask your doctor. The Polk Gray Drug Company, @ ON THESQUARE &@ Prescription Specialists."Phones 109 and 410. o Believing asI do that the man who buys furniture on_install- ments should have some consideration,I have decided that from now on my time price and cash price shall be the same.Or in other words,come to me with a little money and get what. you want just as cheap as if you had all money to pay cash.Everything marked in plain figures at prices as reasonable as anywhere.Respectfully, The Williams Furniture House, (Statesville,N.C. “You May Fire When You're Ready” Is what Dewey said to his chief gunner when he entered Cavite Bay.What if his ammuni- tion had been of a poor quality and his gun- riery not up to the standard?He probably wouldn’t have given that important order with such coolness..But Dewey knew that his powder had been kept dry,that it was fresh and effective and that every gun was properly charged;that every man at theguns was brave and steady and a “‘dead shot.’’Just so when you go hunting if you have confidence in the gun you’re shooting,and confidence that the ammunition you shoot is loaded right and of the very best quality,you’ve got the battle half won We want to talk to you about reli-able guns and dependable ammunition. oo return our wire stretchers—we need them, Iredell Hardware Com’y. i PRICES AND MEASUREMENT :We will please you with both.Correspondence solicited from buyers and sellers. PHENIX PLANING MILL’COMPANY,_Phones frirrensen 3 Nov.7—26t. aes+CASH—LUMBER!422 R fHE LANDMARK FRIDAY,----December 12)'19138. THE,NEW MEXICAN ELECTION. Congress Calls One For Sunday,July 1914,and Huerta In Mean-time. Mexico City Dispatch,9th. The Mexican Congress today nulli,- fied the recent presidential elections. yer elections are called for next Ju- y-;Congress,according to this action, expects General Huerta to remain in the presidency for at least seven months more and if the time necessa- ry for the selection and installation of his suecessor is taken into consid- eration,it will be well towards the end of September next year before he yields his power to another.The Deputies fixed the first Sunday inJuly,1914,as the date for the new election,They also confirmed the position of General Huerta as Pro- visional President until then. The action of the Deputies was ac- companied by no debate.The com- mittee’s report was approved without a dissenting vote.E It was not until the last clause of the article was read referring to Gen- eral Huerta as Provisional President, that the chamber gave evidence oth- er than that of a well-trained organi- zation,When the reading clerk stopped some one began applauding and then instantly the Deputies were shouting “vivas”for Huerta. The presiding officer was finally able to remind them that enthusiasm was all very well,but that it was necessary to ratify the enthusiasm by votes, The measures taken tonight also provide for the election of a new Congre since the one elected to take the place of that dissolved by Huerta to serve out an unexpired term which should terminate Septem-ber 15 The reason given for nullifying the elections was the insufficiecy of the number of votes cast.It was stated that the entire number of vot- ing places the republic is 24,255 and that rns were received from 707. It was noted that the Catholic Dep- uties absented themselves from to- night’s session.‘ re The aetion of .the new Congress was no Surprise to most people since it was but a reiteration of Huerta’s repeated statements.It serves to reassure doubting ones that the Act- ing President retains his grip on thepoliticalsituation Governor Craig Says He Had NoCandidate. Hot Springs,Ark..Special,8th,»to taleigh News and Observer. To a specia)correspondent Goy- ernor Craig,of North Carolina,made the following statement tonight in iregard to the School for the Feeble- Minded: “I do not desire to misunder- stood and the facts are,I had the ap- pointment of four directors.The four appointed by me were satisfac- tory to the moést earnest and promi nent friends of Dr.Ira M.Hardy,the be superintendent of the school,after| consultation with me,and they knew the preferences of appointces as well as I did.I intended to appoint J. D.Boushall in place of A.C.Davis, but just before leaving Raleigh I a t certained that Mr.Davis’term had not expired,but that J.B.Dawson's had;consequently I appointed Bou shall in Dawson's place.This did not diminish Hardy's strength,as Davi was considered for Hardy “I regret that Kinston is not rep resented on the board,but Dr.J.Y. Joyner,chairman of the thoroughly identified with is a native of that counts ative of its people. board, Lenoir and ,Trepresent- 1s “IT have never thought of having a candidate for superintendent If I had one I would have clected him.I had the power.Rouse,Joyner,Me Brayer,Boushell,al!th whom I had discussed the matter,know this. The earnest desire was expressed to all that a board as non-pa an as possible should do the best for this institution.I am surprised that any one-even under excitement,shouldsuggestthatsmallpersonalpolitics had any consideration.I hope that no one entertains any such estimate of me.” Thaw'’s Mental Condition Must Be Determined. Concord.N.H.,Dispatch,9th. Judge Edgar Aldrich ruled today that the mental condition of Harry K.Thaw must be determined in the Federal courts.The court’an nouncement was made at the hear ing on Thaw’s petition for bail Attorneys for Thaw,who are at- tempting to prevent the extraditionoftheirclientthroughhabeascorpus proceedings in the United States Dis trict Court,and counsel for New York State had agreed that the charge of conspiracy to escape from| the insane asylum at Mattewan,New York,was a bailable offense when the question of whether the prisoner when admitted to bail,would be menace to the community was raised by William T.Jerome,special depu- ty attorney general for New York. “We have very radical objections to turning Thaw on the communitytowhichhewouldbeaperil,”said Jerome.°: Judge Aldrich held that before the question of bail was decided it would be necessary to determine the pris- oner’s mental condition to the satis-| faction of the United States District Court.o “The constitutional questions —in- volved in this ease,”he added,“areofsuchimportancethatIshallnot pass upon them myself,but shall for- ward them as promptly as possi- ble to the Supreme Court of theUnitedStates.” The constitutional questions are concerned with Thaw’s extradition, his status in New York and his status in New Hampshire. Georgetown,Texas.J.A.Kimbro,saya: “Por several years past Foley's Honey andTarCompoundhasbeenmyhouseholdreme-dy for all coughs,colds,and jung troubles.It has given permanent relief in a number of cases of obstinate coughs and colds.”Con-tains no opiates,Refuse substitutes.For sale by Statesville Drug Co., ;b al The Criminal in the Motor Car. Greensboro News. New York papers are strenuously advocating “a statute providing aterminthepenitentizryforreckless|automobilists,The choice by a vio- lator of the speed law of a day in jail in -preference to a fine of $25 appears to have been the last strawandthepatienceofthenewspapers, if not of the public,has at last col- lapsed.As a-matter of fact,what ccsen-tial difference is there between the drunken fool who empties his.revol- ver on a crowded thoroughfare,and the other fool who hurtles through it at 40 miles an hour in an automo- bile,except that sometimes the lat- jter has not even the poor excuse of intoxication?A motor car has,been judicially adjudged a deadly weapon; a man who takes q pot-shot at an- other with a gun is no less a criminal because he chances to miss his tar- vet;and the man who endangers the livés of pedestrians by reckless driv- ing is no less a criminal because he happens not to hit anybody. Motorists—sane motorists—should be more eager’than anybody else to restrict these wild men,for their crimes are more than likely to be charged up to automobili a whole,creating en undeserved,but + 8 as sult in numberless annoyances. iH IT BEAUTIFUL! It Becomes Thick,Wavy,Lustrous and All Dandruff Disappears — ilair Stops Coming Out. Surely try a “Danderine Hair! Cleanse”if you wish to immediately double the beauty of your hair.Just moisten a cloth with Denderine and jdraw it carefully through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; this will cleanse the hair of dust,dirtjo.any excessive oil—in a few.min ut you will be amazed.Your hair will be wavy,fluffy and abundant and possess an incomparable softness, lustre and luxuriance.Besides beautifying the hair,‘one application of Danderine dissoives every particle of dandruff;invigor at the sealp,stopping itching and falling hair lerine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation.It goes right to the ro invigorates and strengthe the Its exhilerating,stimul: a life producing properties cause th air to grow long,strong and beautiful 1 can surely have pretty,soft,lustrous hair,and lots of it,if you will just get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from any drug t or toilet counter and try it a directed. ~en SALE OF CITY PROPERTY. Ur and by virtue of a decree made by the jor Court of Iredell county,in the spec coeding entitled S.A.Busch et alex-pa the undersigned commissioner willexposeutletothehighestBidder, fat the «house door ef Iredell county,at 112 o'clock m n |MONDAY,DECEMBER 22,1914, ithe following described real eatate,located in the city of Stateeville,Iredell county,North Carolina,and described as follows Lots numbers 16,I 18 and »in Block 121 of the property of the Statesville Develop- iment.Company,as same is plotted and plan- ned on the map id company,sald map being recorded in the office of the Register ofDeedsofI|county in Book 15,page 441 On ke »16,17 and 18 are located two d¥relli b nea Terms One-third in cash upon confirmation o!sale ne-third in four months end one-third ght months,with interest on deferred Tithe to be reserved until purchase ia paid ! J.lh SLOAN,Commissioner Derman Thompson,Atty Now’2i,191 a SALE Of HOUSE AND LO?. By Wirtue df the powers contained in a mortgage deed executed by W H Allison and wife to Mr b ence M.Watac now decersed,the r nett administ of ber estate «s t pub auction thehighestbidderfcashatthecourthouse door m St il N C.,of SATURDAY,DECEMBER a, at i »M the following leacribed bourse ar ir city State le to- wit Bes t the juncti of*Tradd and Front streets end running h Front st ontnorth66degreast213feettoastake,Mil- ler’a corne north 24 degrees west mbout 58 feet to the division fence,Ailison’s corner;thence with the diviasion fence south 66 degrees west 18 feet to Allison's corner, on Tradd t:thence with said street south 4 de es,east about 68 feet to the beginning A.L..SMOOT, ANNIE MURDOCK, Rv B.MecLaughli Atty Administrators. Nov.18th.1913 E LAND FOR SCHOOL SITE. North Carol In the Superior Court|’Iredell County—-Before the Clerk The County Board of Education of Iredell county vs.Leon T.Pressly,Mary Pressly The defendants named above will take no- tiee that application has been made to the undersig k of the Superior Court of Iredell county,by the County Board of Ed-/ ueation of Iredell county,for the appoint- ment of three appraisers,to lay off by metes and bounds not more than two aeres of land of said defendants,and assess the valve thereof,to be used as a site for a public school house and grounds for children of the white race,in Distriet No.7 1-2 in Shiloh townshin:and said defenaants will further; \take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the.clerk of the Superior Court at the court house in Statesville,N.C., on the 22d day of December,1934,and an- ‘swer or defend,or the application will begrantedJ.A.HARTNESS, |BR.B.MeLanghlin,Atty.c.8.C.i Nov,21,1913. |MOR'EG AGE SALE OF LAND. |By Virtue of the powers contained in amortgagedeelexecutedtotheundersigned y J.B.Railey end wife,Elvira Bailey,I iy ill sell at public auctior to the highest bid- der for cash at the court house door.in |Statesville,N.C.,on|SATURDAY,DECEMBER 20,1913, at the hour at noon,the following described ltract of land in Turnersburge township to-wit:|Bowinning at «stene,N.D,Tomlin’s line:thence .outn 6»degrees enst 17 poles‘to a maple on the bank of the creek;thence‘north 15 degrees west 89 poles te a stone onTomlin’s line;thence sovth 53 degrees west 42 poles to the beginning,containing 4 3-4 acres more or lessW.M.WESTMORELAND, |R.B,MeLaughlin,Atty.Mortgragee. Nov.18,1913. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. |J.W.Nicholson,a member of the firm of ‘J.W.Nicholson &Co.,having died,all per-jsons having claims against said fir will lexhibit them to undersigned surviving partner on or before the 19th day of September,1914, jor this notice will;be plead in bar of their recovery.All persons indebted to said part- nership will please make prompt setflement.s W.T.NICHOLSON,*Surviving Partner. The business of J.W.Nicholson &Co., |Funeral Directors,will be continued at same|place,648 Center St.and under same name.“Day ‘phone (157,night and Sunday "phones“222 and 2260.-Statesville,N.C.Sept.19,1913. | unavoidable prejudice,which may re-| CLEANSES YOUR HAIR,MAKES| ‘ML-O-NA STOPS ALLSTOMACHDISTRESS Why suffer with that.uncomforta- |ble feeling of fullness,.headaches, i dizziness,sour,gassy,upset stom- jach,or heartburn?Get relief at jonce-—delays ere dangerous.Buy |today—now——a fifty-cent box of Mi-}o-na Tablets.Their action ‘is ‘safe and immediate. There is no more effective stomach \remedy than Mi-o-na.Besides quick- sure, ily stopping the distress Mi-o-na Lanothee the irritated walls of the ‘stomach,strengthens and builds up |the digestive organs,thus assistingnatureinthepromptdigestionofthe |food—your entire system is benefit- ;ed,you will enjoy good health. Do not suffer another day—get aboxofMi-o-na Tablets from the Statesville Drug Store.Take them as directed and see how quickly you get relief, { i SALE OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY |BY VIRTUE of a decree of the |Court of Iredell county,rendered in the special proceeding wherein Chas.M.Cook, jr.et al,are petitioners and R.A.Coop- fer et al.are defendants,the undersigned jcommissioner will sell at public auction,to|the highest bidders,it .Le court house deur{in Statesville,N.C.on } Superior MONDAY,JANUARY 5,1914, at 12 o'clock,i.,the following described jreal estate,to-wit: |}First Lot--Begrining at a stake,J abrady’s corner,on Race street in the city tof Statesville,running with his line south69dexreeswest220feettotheMeLellandjoldline;then south 22 degrees east 76 feet |}to a stake,Mra.Campbell's corner;thence‘with her line north 69 degrees east 220 feettohercorneronsaidRacestreet;then |with it north 22 degrees west 75 feet to the i beginning,containing 2-56 of an acre,more lor less. |}Second Lot—Beginning at a stake,Foard’s j northeast corner in the Miss M.E.Miteh-line,in city of Stateavill thenee northdegreeswestwithMissMitchell.and rm.Lucinda McLelland’s lines 164 “feet tostake,MecLelland’s ovrner on Mulberry|treet;then with said street north 86 de-| grees west 93 feet to corner of John F.! |Bowles’vacant lot;then south 22 degrees|jeust with line of said lot 205 feet,7 1-2 inch-|les t take,Sherrill’s corner;then 69 de-| grees east 80 feet to the beginning | |Third Lot—Beginning at a stake 91 M t|berry street,Statesville,Mrs.Douglass’cor-|ner;then south 69 degrees west 150 feet to | Mr |Jegrees east 65 feet to a stake,Mr 19 1.2Gill's | north 69 degrees east 159 feet to a Mulberry street;then north 19 1-2 degrees west 65 feet to the beginning,von- taining nearly one-fourth acre,more or less, Fourth Lot—Three-fourths undivided in- terest in following lot:Beginning at »stone the side of Center.street,_States- corner of the St.Charles Hote!prop-then north 66 degrees east with Hotel feet to stone or stake;then south 24 st feet to a ctake;then south west 110 feet to etake,Centersithsaidstreetnorth24degreestothebexinning.Also all al- now held as in- ja stake,s.Gill's line;then south |corner ; jstake on on eust ville erty; line 110 Cegrees ¢ 4 degrees street;then weat feet ley rights cident Fifth Block I, nersourg dition to the Said and ri 65 and easements snid property Lot—-Lote nambers 26 and 27 in and lots numbers 14 and 16 on Tar- avenue of Oak View suburban ity of Stateevillewillaubject tethtsofpresentocerpantTermsofSale—One-third and one-third in twe R Att'y be 2%th. to on ad- sale be made uses one-third months COOPER, Commissioner cash, tye A in six a.i M-LaveblirNe>yer COMMISSIONER'S RE-SALEOF LAND, Under Superior and by virtue of an order of the Court of Iredell county,made in special proceeding entitled J.L.Hellard, administrator C.T.A.of the estate of Ma- ry Sisk,deceased,wa.Floyd Sisk,the un- dersigned commisaloner will,on MONDAY,DECEMBER 1914, at 12 o'clock,m.,at.the court house door in Statesville,North Carolina,offer for re-sale to the highest bidder for cash that cer- tain lot parcel of land lying and being in Statesville township,Iredell county, North Cz and more particularly de- scribed to-wit:Let No.15 in Biéck No mapped and planned on the property of the Statesville Dev mpany,eald map recorded in 16 at page 441 of the Records of Deeds Iredell county,said lot lying and being the city of Stateeville,and fronting on Seventh street,being 50 fret front and 140 feet back,ang being the semeonveyedbydeedofJ.M.Mitchell Mary A.Sisk See deed book107RegisteryofIredellcoun- No.4 in Block No.24 nasaidmapofStatesvilleDevel- Company,which map is recorded in the o9 or a,low, 24 the elopment Cc Book No. aa ofmap for in No ty. sh ,page Also.Let wn on thepment The tobacco season ix opén and McElwee’s Plan- ters’Warehouse is ready to make tobaccobring the highest market prices. More buyers and other- wise better equipped than You can’t do better elsewhere and we don’t ever. 4 think you can do as:well. So come to us,the ware- house with the highest price. McElwee’s Planters’ Warehouse. Reading Season ! Those who love to read have the best time to do so right along now.; Don’t straifi your eyes. Have me look after them. I will give you good serv- ice and best glasses. Hours 9 a.m.to 4.30 p m. DR.R.W.WOODWARD, No.|Rebbins Row OPTOMETRIST,618 S.Center St, ‘v THE DAVIS MILLS Give you 40 Pounds Best ?at- ent Flour and 13 pounds Bran in exchange or Pay $1.14 per bushel cash for wheat.Watchthisadforpriceeachweek. Best Flour and Meal Prompt and courteous service at all times.It pays to patronize THE DAVIS MILLS, Hiddenite,N.C. ECLIPSE ENGINES AND THRESHERS.— Lredell ’Phone No.74,Bell No,7. I will have some of our latest style machines here in a short time.Comeoverthe first timeyouareintownandseethem ‘ and let's talk it over. Cc.H.TURNER,i Near the Depot.;tea Now that your winter seed are incallandfigurewithmeoninstall- ing a pump. INSTALL A PUMP. WE.MUNDAY. Phone 55.114 Fact Mroad “treet, Book of Irede mentio page 441 of the Reeords of Deeds county,.this let adjoining the first t and fronting on Eighth streetandbeingthesamesizeofLotNo.16,and ei the same as that conveyed by Isi-Wallace to J.W.Sisk and wife,see deedrecordedinBookNo.48,page 89 Registery for Iredell county. Bidding will begin at the advanced bid of GALVANIZED IRON $346.50 for both lots.Terms of sale cash upen confirmation of sale. Rk.T.WEATHERMAN, Nov.21,1913.Commiasioner, SALE OF FARM, Under an order of the Clerk of the Super- jor Court of Iredell county in the i proceeding for partition entitled “Setzer and Zebulon J.Setzer against Sanmel H.Seteer and others,the undersigned com- missioner will,oMONDAY, at 12 lock,Statesville, ing tract of land in Shiloh township, county,vin:Beginning at a stone,Lipe’s corner,in Sig-jmon's line,and runs south 72 degrees weat 75 poles to a walnut tree,Lipe’s corner; |thence north 56 degreeg weet 75 poles to a holly bush,Lipe’s corner;thence north 86 degrees west 29 poles to a stone;thencesouth3degreeswest141polestoastake; thence south 75 degrees enst 45 poles to a hickory;thence south 82 degrees west 44 4-5 poles to a stone in Raymer’s line;thence south 88 degrees,enst 63 poles to a post onk; thence south 2 1-2 degrees west 50 poles to.astone,Pope's corner;thence south 87 de gtees east 59 1-2 poles to a stone in Pope's line:thence north 2 decrees west 83 poles to a dogwood:thence north 22 degrees enst 92 Poles to a stake,(maple on branch);thence north 2 derrees east 66 poles to the begin-ning,containing 181 aeres,more or less.Terms of sale:Cash on confirmation ‘ofR.T.WEATHERMAN,Commissioner. OF D DECEMBER 15,1914, at th ecourt house door in sell at public auction the follow-Iredell 14,1913. COMMISSIONER’S RE-SALELAND. special proceeding wherein M.A.Beaver and others are the plaintiffs,and Troy Beaverandothersaredefendants,the undersiened commissioner will re-sell at publie auction tothehigtiestbidderatthecourthousedoorinStatesville,N.C.,on MONDAY,JANUARY 5,1914,at 12 o'clock M.the following described tract of land in Chambersburg township,to-wit: Rounded on the north by the lagds of Mrs.EB.GC.Poston’s estate,on the east by the lands of the Barrier estate,on the south by theoldchannelofFourthOreex,and on the West by the lands of Sd -f Lone,contain.ing about twenty-eight acres more or less.Terms of sale,one-third cash,one-thied inthreemonthsandone-third in six months.R.&McLAUGHL N,Com nissioner.Nov.28, NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having qualified as administratrix,with the will annexed,of D,A.Miller,I hereby notify all persone having claims against his estateto.present same to mé on or before the 21stdayofNovember,1914.Those indebted to the estate are requested to make payment. CAROLINE W.MILLER,Administratix,.€."A 1913, be ae OR Sorghum Pans. Special width. T.W.FRAZIER. | NET LL SESARES R.B.MeLaughlin,Atty.Nov.21,1923. HORSES FOR SALE! Eight Percheron Mares with foal,3 to 5 years old,aver- age 1,400 pounds.Also ten Horses from 3 to 6 years oldf average 1,000 to 1,500 pounds. R.M.Freeland or C.L.Whitener,; Nov.21—8t Hickory,N.C.a oe Wanted. We buy logs,sawed lumber and dimen- sion stock,Write for prices. IVEY MANUFACTURING €0., Oct.10.Hickory,N.C. Hickory A S.J.Holland. Has wood farm horsea and mules for sale for cash or on time.Terms to snit purchaser,* a Beat.equipped livery in town, Phone 3,Day.or Night ONEY—To loan.Address Bexville,N.©. ee ATESVILLE THE i ——OLIVER MOROSCO PRESENTS J.HARTLEY ‘MANNERS’ ‘PEG "OO Laurette Taylor’s Perpetual Suecess in New York,Where itis Now in its Second Big Year.‘The Biggest Comedy Hit of the Decade. PRICES 75¢.,$1.00 and $1.50. Watch the Greensboro Papers. Tin HOW ry.HEART.” Bi Tl OF YOUTH,w= 7 CHARMING COMEDY 4 Seats on Sale Today,December 12th. Watch the Charlotte Papers. : rue LANDMARK FRIDAY,-->-December 12,1913. county.Iredell’s~State,school,county, township and special school district taxes for the year,exclusive of the oRDELL TAXABLE SROPERTY.|corporations paying direct to _theIREDELLTAXABLEPIState,aggregate $145,772.18,divid- land at $5,553,personal property $5,-ed as follows:General State tax 577;total real and personal $11,130,|$19,802.66,State pension tax $3,- Total real and personal property in township $406,382. EAGLE MILLS.| White—Polls 149;22,338 acres of | land at $121,863,personal property| $79,136;total real and personal | property,$200,999. Colored—Polls 18;423 acres of land at $2,078,presonal property $1,- 858;total real and personal proper- |901.06,general school tax $42,785.- 383,general county tax $23,763.88, road tax $35,464.21,special jail tax $6,319.74,special township taxes for Statesville Air Line Railroad,five townships,$6,818.96,special schodl district taxes,27 districts,$6,916.- 85;total $145,772.18.aecertacernnnaememantnaneeenemnetinnt \“Only Lady Magician”“Canned”at Spartanburg.ty $3,931.é' Total property in township,$204,-|A special from Spartanburg,8.C., 980.PALLSTOWN ito the Charlotte Observer recites that White—-Polls 241;21,011 he aid Madame Hoffman,‘the only lady land and 90 town lots valued at|™agician in vaudeville,”created a $166,473,personal property $154,213:|scene at the New Lester Theater total real and personal property|Mowday night when Manager $119,590.rrence ste ;ily is-Colored—Polls 87;352 acres of Lowrence Lester summarily dis land and eight town lots valued at $2,777,personal property $3,293;to-| tal value real and personal property $6,070. Total value of property in town- ship,$125,660.NEW HOPE, White—Polls 126;20,118 acres of| land valued at $67,986,personal property $51,604;total real and per- sonal property $119,590.| Coloréd—-Polls 9;988 acres of land| valued at $2,053,personal property $1,519;total real and personal prop-erty $3,572. Total for township $123,162.OLIN. White—Polls 160;19,533 acres of land valued at $137,175, property’$104,030;total value real and personal property $241,205. Colored—Polls 15;60 acres land at $682,personal property $644;total real and personal prop-erty $1,326, Total for township $242,531.SHARPESBURG. White—Polls 157;23,569 acres of land ‘at $147,661,personal property $115,344;total real and personal property $263,005. Colored—Polls 20;597 acres of land at $2,369,personal property $2,501;total real and personal prop- erty $4,870. Total for township $267,875. SHILOH. White—Polls 260;32,301 acres of land valued at 268,769,personal property $174,898;total real and personal property $435,667. Colored—Polls 86,577 acres of land at $4,735;personal property %6,-| 497;total real and personal proper-ty $11,232.Total for township $444.899.STATESVILLE—INSIDE. White—4Polls 700;1,334 town lots valued at $1,472,668,personal prop- erty $563,726;total value real and personal property $2,036,394. Colored—-Polls 124;1534 town’lots valued at $40,650,personal property $6,175;total value real and personal property $46,825. Total for Statesville,inside,$2,- 083,219.STATESVILLE—OUTSIDE. White—Polls 485;19,946 acres of land and 558 town lots valued at$518,100,personal property $195,820; total real and personal property $713,920.Colored—-Polls 277;526 acres of} land and 325 town lots valued at!$68,212,personal property $16,749; —real and personal property $384,-! 1. ase for Statesville outside $798,-| Total for the entire township $2,-/882,100.TURNERSBURG.White—Polls 139;21,706 acres of| land Valued-at $150,915,personal| property $153,163;total real and per-| sonal property $304,078.| Colored—Polls 42;1,166 acres of| land at $6,868,personal property|$7,462;total real and personal prop-|erty $14,330.|Total for township $318,408, UNION GROVE. White—Polls 168;21,163 acres of land valued at $88,068,personal property $92.426;total real and per- sonal property $180,494. Colored—Polls 4;94 acres of land, valued.at $383,personal property|$853;total real and personal prop-|we 7. otal for township $181,730,The total value of all property in| Statesville township,including cor-|porations,etc,,is $4,749,774.60,a| gain of $1,083,613 over last yebr.| General township comparisons onlnotbemadebecauseofthefactthat|the corporations are assessed -thisyearbytheStateTaxCommissionandpaydirecttotheState.The ag-|gregate for Statesville township was| figured out in order to levy the spe-|cial railroad tax.The figures indi-|~ages —wag a considerable some townships,as the gain|dn Statesville township alone in ak | personal | of| charged her on the ground that “her act was rotten.”Forcibly restrain- ed when she attempted to appeal from the manager’s judgment to the |audience,Madame Hoffman,it is al- leged,made the air sulphurous wtih | her exclamations. Exactly so!Manager Lester may not have been pleased with that night’s performance|but we bet the audience got its mon- ey’s worth and more.It matters not so much that she was stopped but the manner in which it was done. She insisted on appealing to the audi- ence direct.The curtain was lowered between her and the audience.“Can- ined,”exclaimed the aroused Madame. i“Canned!Why I never was canned /in my life!”And the orchestra play- ed to drown what she spoke. |In the mayor’s court Madame paid '$10 fine for raising a disturbance. |j Guarding Against Creup. ||The best safeguard against croup ia a bot) ithe of Foley's Heney and Tar Compound inthehouse.P.H.Ginn,Middleton, writes to croup,easily catch cold.I Foley's Honey and Ta: give them Compound and in every instance they get prompt relief and| are soon cured, prevent croup.” |Drue Co.j We keep it at home and For sale by Statesville Ga.,| “My children are very susceptible| Toy Pistol a Deadly Wéapon. Greensboro News. Judge S.Glenn Brown has__laid| down a ruling from the municipal court bench in which he held the toypistoltobeadeadlyweapon,and ‘in|which he declared he would hold re-| sponsible both parents and dealers when the guns are found in the hands of children under 12 years of age. A penalty is provided for violators of the law amounting to a fine of $50 or 80 days on the county roads,or both.| Judge Brown had before him a small negro boy,John Dick,on the charge of carrying concealed weap- ons.It was charged that the boy had been using regular 22-caliber cartridges in the pistol,shooting promiscuously.np Fiance Killed on Eve of Wedding. While addressing invitations to her wedding,which was to have been solemnized in Asheville on the night of December 30,Miss Elizabeth Wil- liamson Tuesday night received a telegram bearing the news of the death of Lane Davis of Oak Park, Ala.,to whom she was engaged.Da- vis was killed in an automobile acci- |dent. The Man Whe Neglects Himaecif. When his condition points to kidney trouble,takes an unwise risk.Backache, pain and soreness over the kidneys,nervy ous or dizzy spells,poor sleep,are all symptoms that will disappear with the reg-| lular use of Foley Kidney Pills They put| the kidmeys and bladder in a clean,strong and healthy condition.For sale by States-| vijle Drug Co. SAVEMONEYONROOFING!| Why pay three profits—Jobbers',Drummers’,Retailers’?We sell to usersatiowerprices than J. dealers pay.Spetieas Rubber Reoting,strictly |)first quality,not seoonds normillends, 108 aq.feet to roll,with onile and ce-ment.Satisfaction guaranteed. 1-Ply,Weight 35 Lhe.Kell.TE. 2-Ply,Weight 45 Lhe.,Kell.ifi‘3-Pty,Weight65 Lbe.,Reil__. from Richenomd:Ltthe frenght. Free samples and3gatalogquoting5.000 The Spotless Co. “The South's . ii j |exchange gifts,viz: ;| |HOLIDAY GIFTS! BARE showing a line of useful articles for friends wishing to T APRON CHECK GINGHAMS! Another big shipment of that good quality Apron Check Ginghams at 5c. per yard. Sample Coats for Ladies,Misses and Children at bargain prices.|Yours, ==MILLS &POSTON = Belk Bros. Store With It’s Well Selected Stock Means Economy For the Christmas Shopper. Economy of Time,Economy of Energy,Economy of Money Why so many people shop in our Ready-to-Wear Department? Because the values we offer are much better than those offered in other stores. One Case of 50c. Waffle Cloth 25c. 50c.Plaid Waffle Cloth at 25c. Before buyinga Coat be sure to see our special values.Elegant Boucle Coats,Brown,Navy,Gray,Black and Red,45 inghes long, value $10,our price $4.98. FOR A GENTLEMAN—Line of nice Ties,Inivial Handkerchiefs,Mufflers,Kid Gloves,Bed Room Slippers,Suspenders,Silk and Lis]Hose,Rain Coats,Umbrellas..Te FOR YOUR LADY FRIEND,WIFE OR SISTER Embroidered Handkerchiefs in pretty Motto Boxes,Bureau and Table Scarfs,CuffandCollarSets,Novelty Neckwear ig Bows,etc ,Silver Mesh Bags, Kid Gloves,Silk Hose,Silk and Wool Scarfs,Table Linen and Nap-kins to match,Blankets,Sheets and Pillow Cases,Bed-Room Slip- pers,Fine Dress Shoes,Ribbons,Beauty Pins,Bar Pins,Combs,Hair Brushes,together with a new shipment of ali popular-sellingDressGoodsandSilksWearepreparedtogiveyousomeexceed- ingly close prices nvw for the next few weeks.When shopping besureandgiveusacallVeryRespectfully, Poston-Wasson Comp’y. Misses’and Juniors’Coats,all wool Mixtures,usual value 810 and $12.50,price $5.95 to $7.50. Bargains this week in Children’s Coats,in all colors,$1.7 5 to $4.98. One lot Women’s Caricule Coats,5 value,our price $3,98;$7.50 value for $4.98.DRESS GOODS. Just received.a big line for the Holidays,all colors: 36 inch all wool Serge,68c.value,our price 50c. 44 inch all wool Serge,$1.00 value,our price 75e. 50 inch all wool Serge,$1.25 value,our price 89e. Black Mohair,85c.value,our price 59e. 3 inch all wool Mixtures,value 69c.,our price A8c. (mest double the gain for the entire 2 eee eee GOING TO BUILD? If so,you will need ‘paint.You maystudycatalogues,color cards and paintliteratureasmuchasyoulike,but youwillneverfindanythingtosurpass i| See analysis and guaranteepackage, ‘———FOR SALE BY-—— Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co., Statesville,N.C. on every 56 inch Tweed in Brown and Gray Mixtures,value 624c.,our price 48c. $2.50 Wool Naponds,while theyWhiteandPlaids. 500 Pair A full lot of Brocaded Velvets and Bulgarian Silks for trimmings. BLANKETS. 66x80,our price $1.98;#5 Elkin'Blankets,slightly sec- last 82.75.A full line of Blankets up to 5.95, of Job Shoes at 98c. We carry a-full line of Shoes from $1.48 to $4.00. VISIT THE BUSY STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS. POR SALE OR EXCHANGS,PROPER-TY IN MOORESVILLE! One tract of two acres,four blocks from postoffice,corner Main street and McNeely avenue,through to Church street.Will easily divide "into seven good size ‘huilding lots, One of Mooresville’n best residence sections. Five-room cottage on beautiful acre lot on Church street.Lot can be divided into two or more lots..One tract of two and two-third acres.Five lota with good frontage.Two lots have onthemfive-room and three-room houses.1 will sell or exchange any or all of the above for a good farm near Statesville or for property in business section of Moores-ville or Statesville,improved or unimproved. DR.F.A.CARPENTER,’Statesville,v.G. Dec.9% WATCH CHRISTMAS! That’s what you have said from year to yearin your mind.That wife or sweetheart should have a watch for Christmas.Now the year has come that finds you able.Plck it out be-fore the rush.A watch will give much pleasure.Try it. H.B.WOODWARD,Jeweler. FOR SALE—Two suits of patlor farniture,|WANTED—Your order for aubseriptions ferpictures;china,silverware and other house-all magazines and periodicals.HOTELholdarticles.Apply at 818 Walnut street.IREDELL CIGAR STAND,‘Phone 99.Dec.5-—8t.Nov.18-—-8t., af STATESVILLE,N.C.,FRIDAY,DECEMBER 19,1913.NO.42. aR THE BURGLARY AT TERRELL. Mr.Conner’s Store and the PostofticeRobbedofAbout$500 in Cash andSomeStamps—Evidently the WorkofExperts.’ Mr.T.F.Conner’s store at Terrell, Catawba county,was entered by burglars Wednesday night and about $500 in cash and a lot of stamps and checks were secured from the safe,which was blown open,apparentlywithnitro-glycerine.'The postofficewaskeptinthestoreandthestamps and part of the money belonged tothepostoffice.: Sheriff Deaton,Deputy Sheriff Gil-bert and Policeman Fulp of States- ville went to Terrell in an automo- bile early yesterday morning in a response to a ‘phone message andtheywithotherofficersfromIredell and Catawba made a thorough in- vestigation of the robbery,but ob-tained no clues of importance.Two tracks which led from the store downtheroadtowardMooresvillewere traced for a mile and were lost aftertheyhadseparated.Two men were seen going toward the store along the road from Catawba station about 9 o'clock and about 1 o’clock two men were seen on the road leading to Mooresville.Entrance to ‘the store was effected through the rear door and the handle of the safe door was sted off with a wrench secured rom a shop nearby.It is supposedthat.nitro-glycerine was poured in the hole where the handle was taken out.The safe door was blown into atoms.Mr.Conner’s residence is about 300 yards from from the store and Mrs. Conner heard the explosion about 12 o'clock.She looked out of the win- dow and failing to see or hear any- thing out of the ordinary returned to bed without waking her husband.The robbery was evidently the work of experienced yeggmen.The ‘phone lines were cut and other precautions taken. THE IREDELL PENSION MONEY. Near Ten Thousand Dollars Comes to the County in State Pensions. Although there are two less pen- sioners in Iredell this year,the mone- tary value of the pensidn warrantsnowbeingdistributedfromtheoffice of the clerk of court is $466 more than the total for last year.There are 273 of the 1913 warrants and their value is $8,956,compared with 276 warrants last yoar amounting to “week,as told $8,790.Tho increase is due ‘to thefactthattheannualallowanceto fourth class pensioners has been in- creased from $30 to $32.Laat year the number of pensioners showed a decrease of ten over the year pre- vious and the value of the pension warrants showed a decrease of $500. There is one first class pensioncr in the county,Mr.Milas Holtshouser of Troutman,who is totally disabled and receives $72 a year;three in the second class,R.A.Deal,J.R.Moore and T.A.White,who get $60 each: and six in the third class,W.L.Car- ter,J.A,Fox,J.F.Foster,Walter A.Hart,J.C.Joyner and R.N. Ryan,who get 348 a year.In the fourth class,which includes all wid- ows,there are 142 soldiers and 121 widows this year who get $32 each, an increase of $2 over last year.Thedocreaseoftwointhenumberofpen- sioners is in the fourth class.The pension warrants serve as a Christmas present from the State to veterans and veteran's widows and atthesametimeservetostimulatebus- iness by putting into circulation a few extra thousand dollars,as most of the money thus received is put in- to use immediately. Mias Clark May Not Recover. Miss Vance Clark,daughter of Mr. and Mrs.John W.Clark of Fallstown townshtp,who was severely burned Monday evening,as told in Tuesday's Landmark,is in a very critical con- dition and there is little chance for her recovery.She has been con- scious practically all the time since her horrible experience,but the or- gans of her body are not performing their functions and she has been un- able to retain either food or water. Miss Clark recently underwent an operation and had not entirely re- covered from its effects.Monday af- ternoon she went for an automobile ‘ide with friends and returning home eonsiderably chilled she sat down in front of an open fireplace with her back to the fire.She fell asleep and when she awoke her clothes were inflames.Screaming for help she rushed from the house into the yard. Her sisters,Misses Mona and BertClark,who were in another part ofthehouse;saw her run from the build- ing and ran after her. difficulty they managed to catch her and beat out the remaining flames with their hands,the clothes having practically burned entirely off herbody.Both of Miss Mona Clark’s hands were badly burned and one of Miss Bert's is in a serious conditionasaresultoftheexperience. Deaths. Mrs.Jacob Menser died Wednes- day afterhoon at her home about sixmilesnorthofStatesville.The fu-netal and burial took place yesterdayatDamaschurch.Mrs.Menserwasaboutyearsoldandissur-vived by her husband and several children. The baby which was found decd inbedWednesdayinTheLandmarka week ago,was a child of Mr;andMrs.Jervey Mize and the ndchildofMr.Milton Mize.Death was duetoasuddenarrestoftheheartac- n.oy . After much- morning of last’ RECORD YEAR FOR MARRIAGES. More Weddings in the County ThisYearThanEver. The year 1907 no longer holds the record for marriages in Iredell,the total number of marriage license is- sued in the county for the fiscal yearjustclosedshowingagainof17overthefiguresfor1907.Register of Deeds Boyd will report to the county commissioners at their January meet-ing a total of 372 marriage license is-sued during the year which closed with November,the largest numberofsuchdocumentseverissuedinthe county within a single year.Up un- til this year the figures for 1907, when 355 license were issued,have been the largest,while 1905 was a close second with 347 marriages to her credit.Last year the number was 313,this year’s figures showing a gain of 59 over the year previous. Of the 372 license for the year 279 were issued by Register Boyd at Statesville and the remaining 93 were issued by Justice J.C.McLean who fills out marriages permits At Moores- ville in the capacity of deputy regis- ter.Mr.McLean’s figures show an incredse of a dozen over last year, while Mr.Boyd's increase is 47,in- dicating that the largest increase in the number of marriages has been in this portion of the county.Of those issued by the register 83 were for colored couples,while 29 out of the 93 issued by Mr.McLean were for colored people.Last year 58 colored couples secured their contracts from Mr.Boyd and 15 from Mr.McLean. Of course not all thé couples mar- ried in the.county during the year were Iredell folks,this being some- what of a Mecca for “marriages bent”couples,and it is hardly prob- able that the number of Lredell peo- ple wedded during the year outside the borders of the county will tally with that of the outsiders married in Iredell.Be this as it may,dredell was the place of marriage and gets credit for all the license issued. While the actual number of/legal permits for marriages issued during the year was 372,it is nothing more than fair to state that one of these documents was returned to Register Boyd unused.But it was not the fault of the license that the wedding didn’t take place.The trouble came at a more important place in the pro- gramme.The bride simply “backed out”after the expectant groom hadgonesofarwithhispreparationsastosecurethedocumentrequiredbythelaw.When.therejected lover re- turned the license to the register,the latter was kind enough te return the money for it,so that the love-sick youth would not be a loser in more ways than one.So far as known the failure of the expected wedding was not brought about by a rival suitor or anything so romantic as that.The girl simply preferred to stay single rather than wed the young man who offered himself and it is understood that she is still single,though it has been several months since “the ex- pected did not occur.” All of the other license issued were returned to the register properly signed by a minister or sofme other person authorized to perform the marriage ceremony.And they united in the holy bonds of matrimony cou- ples of all ages and walks in life. Some of the brides were nothing more than girls,there being a number who were only 15 and 16 years old,and several of the grooms were under 20 years of age.But there were plenty who were more than old enouch to get married,some of them really being in the class of grandmothers and grandfathers.One groom was near the fourscore mark and one bride had almost lived her -alotted threescore and ten.Lots of the’brides and grooms had reached the “old maid” and bachelor age,but the average age of the brides is less than 20 and most of the grooms were between 22 andon Residence Burned in Colored Settle- ment,* A small house in Rankintown,the colored settlement to the north,was destroyed by fire with practically all of its contents Tuesday morning shortly after 7 o’clock.The house belonged to Mrs.Belle Hill and was occupied by Julia McLelland,colored. The wife of Sevier Tuck,who is a niece of the McLelland woman,and her two children were staying at the house and the Tuck woman and a young baby were in bed asleep when the fire started.They had a narrow escape from being burned.-The Me- Lelland woman had gone to the home of a friend and it is believed that the fire was started by a child of theTuckwoman,aged three or four years,who was playing about the house when the MceLelland woman left.Some matches were taken from the child earlier in the morning. Other houses caught fire but were saved through the efforts of a bucket brigade and with the use of chemicals from the city fire truck,which madearuntothescenewhenitwaslearn-ed that several houses were in dan-ger. Cases of Serious Iliness. Mr.R.C.Beard of Cool’Springtownship,best known as “Cam”Beard,has been yery ill from pneu- monia for several days. Mr.M,D.Phifer is quite ill at hishomeonwestFront"street. Evan Wilkins,two-yéar-old son of Mr,and Mrs.C.E.Wilkins,formerlyofStatesville,is critically ill at thehomeofhisparents.in Goldgboro.The disease is pneumonia. Theodore Summers,colored,was ,fined’$5 and costs Tuesday by MayorCaldwellfordisorderlyconduct. .* PRESIDING ELDER’S REPORT. A Fing Show For the Methodists ofStatesvilleDistrictthePastYear— Financial Conditions Improved andManyConversions—Meeting of Dis- trict Stewards. The district stewards of the States-ville district met in Broad Street Methodist church Wednesday morn- ing at 11 o’clock.More than 40 preachers and laymen were present. This body meets annually to fix the presiding elder’s salary and to ap- portion the assessments for the var- ious benevolences to the different cir-cuits and stations.The total amounts assessed to the 23 pastoral chargesoftheStatesvilledistrictareasfol- lows:Foreign missions $1,980,Con- ference and general home missions $2,673,church extension $1,280,edu- cation $1,605,Conference claimants $1,298,bishops $419,Conference ex- pense fund $130,expenses General Conference $65.Total,$9,450. In addition to the above there is an assessment of 10 per cent of pas- tors’salary for the Children’s Home, and the presiding elder’s salary was fixed at an amount equal to 12 1-2 per cent of the salaries of the pastors. The benevolences figure out 49 per cent of the pastors’salary,so the Methodist people pay on an average more than 60 per cent of salaries to what might be considered as mission- ary work,the total being over $11,- 000,or more than a dollar per mem- ber. A.novel feature of this meeting was a full report from the presiding elder covering all phases of the workofthe\district for the past year.It showed that the presiding elder’s duties had kept him in the field and away from home more than four days out of each week;that he had trav- eled by rail in meeting his engage- ments and appointments 10,866 miles, besides numerous trips by private conveyance,and that he had not missed an appointment but had held all the conferences,besides holding thany services in addition to the reg- ular quarterly schedule. Below are shown some of the re- sults of the year’s work as nearly as may be tabulated:Of the 23 charges in the district,11 paid all assess- ments in full,one paid a surplus on missions only,two paid a surplus on pastor’s salary,and five paid a sur- plus on both pastor’s selary and mis- sions.Alexander county makes a fine showing.Each charge in county paid all assessments in full with a good surplus on missions.In the seven charges in Catawha,all but oneofthesevenpaidtheirentireassess- ment for support of the ministry,and of the 27 churches in that county only two failed to pay the preacher in full. But the presiding elder reports that he is especially proud of the chow- ing made by the Methodism of Ire- dell.For many years deficits scem to have been the rule,and to pay out in full the cxeeption.Of the eight charges in this county th‘'s year, seven paid all claims in ful!on sal aries and benevolences and several re ported a good surplus above the as- sessment.A significant fact is seen in the report that the average pastor's salary for the past two years,hus increased from $801 to $904,and this increase has been almost exclusively on the rural charges of the district. There hav®been reported from the various charges of the district for the present year more than 1,800 conver sions,the report from Mooresville atation and Mooresville circuit being notable—these two showing nearly 700 professions of faith in the pzst year. Five among the leading churches of the district have hitherto beenburdenedwithdekgsinbuildingnew churches—Broad Street and Race Street churches at Statesville, Mooresville,Taylorsville and New- ton.The debts of all these congre- gations have either been’entirelypaidoff,or secured in good subecrip- tions.Altogether the district is to be congratulated on the showing made in the above figures, Mr.William Laurie Hill's New Book. “The Master of the Red Buck and the Bay Doe”is the title of a book by Mr.William Laurie Hill,editor of “Our Fatherless Ones,”the Ba-rium orphanage paper,and publish- ed by Stone &Barringer,Charlotte.It is now on sale and the price is $1.50.The Landmark is indebted to Mr.Hill for a copy and while we have not had opportunity to read it we risk nothing in saying that it will be a valuable addition to the library and would make a useful and appro- priate holiday gift.The story treats of North Carolina Revolution- history.Mr.Hill is a readyarywriterandwellinformed.The Land-mark hopes his book will have a large sale. Will Vote on the Currency Bill To- night. An agreement to vote on,the final passage of the administration cur- rency bill “on the legislative day of Friday,December 19,”was reachedintheSenatelateWednesday. While the legislative day may runoverintoSaturday,it is the expec- tation of Senate leaders that the bili will be passed before midnight to- night.If important amendments are pending at that time,however,a re- cess may be taken until Saturdaymorning. Rev.E.D.Brown of Loray will preach at Fitth Creek Presbyterian church Sunday morning and at Elm- wood in the afternoon. Miss Louise Sherrill arrived homethismorningfromMaryBaldwinSeminary,Staunton,Va.,,to spend the holidays.’ ————— ME CONNER’S STORE ROBBED. Safe-Crackers Make Good Haul atTerréll,Catawba County—News ofMooresville. Correspondence of The Landmark. Mooresville,Dec.18.—Mr.R.8S.Templeton returned from CharlotteTuesdaywherehehadacataractre- moved from one eye.The operation is considered a success and later he pects to have his other eye operat- “an.For several months his sighthasbeengreatlyimpaired.Mr.J.A.Black of Davidson town- ship moved to Mooresville yesterday and is occupying the J.W.Hudson house in the north section of town.Mr.Choe Leazar,who has conducted a restaurant here for several months, moyed his outfit yesterday to Kan- napolis,where he will continue the busiriess. Rev.C.S.Kirkpatrick,while cut- til kindling with a butcher knife yesterday morning,let the blade ke a considerable gash on his wrist.A physician had to take sev- e stitches.The wound while pain-ful is not serious. jMessrs.D.E.Overcash and Corri-her have purchased the A.M.Freeze stock of goods on north Main street ane will continue the business under firm name of OvercaSh &Corri- her.Mr.Overcash moved to town recently and will conduct the busi- ness.They will continue their busi- —<—in the country. r.Edgar McNeely arrived yes- terflay from the A.&M.College,Ral- eigh.and will be at home during the holidays.Miss Mary McNeely,teach- er in the Wilkesboro graded schools,will reach home Saturday.Misses Ruth Culbertson of the Salisbury gtaded schools and Lucy Culbertson of the Statesville schools will spendChristmaswiththeirparents,Rev.and Mrs.R.W.Culbertson. News reached here this morning from Terrell,Catawba county,that Mr.T.F.Connor’s store was robbed last night,the safe blown open,and something like a thousand dollars in was taken.The Terrell postof- fice funds as well as Mr.Connor's were taken.So far as your corres- mdent knows there is nothing to indicate who the robbers were. The Mooresville graded schools will cloge tomorrow for the holidays.A large holly trec,covered with beauti-fal berries,has been placed in the schoo!auditorium,which will givethechildrenaforetasteofChristmas. To row morning this tree will be 1 with presents for the little folk¥when the entire schoo!will meet im the auditorium to receive their wifta, ALEXANDER POULTRY SHOW. Will Be Held at Taylorsville in Jan- uary—Patienis ‘Come to Sanatori- um-—Taylorsville News. Correspondence of The Landmark. Taylorsville,Dec.18.—/The third annual show of Alexander Poultry Association will be held at Taylors- ville January 7 and 8 Mr.H.D. Lindsay is manager and Mr.R.L. Snow ‘is secretary of the association. The report that the silver cup was to be awarded to an Alexander county exhibitor at the Statesville Poultry Show was an error and everybody will have a chance for it at the com- ing show.: Mr.and Mrs.Floyd Lippard and little daughter,Miriam,went to Statesville Tuesday evening.Mrs. Lippard was taken to Dr.Long’s San- atorium Wednesday,where she un- derwent an operation for appendicitis Mr.LaFayette Walker,who lives about three miles from town,went to Dr.Long’s Sanatorium Tuesday for an operation.His physician,Dr.A.M.Edwards,accompanied him.Mrs,C.P.McNeely of Mooresville spent from Monday till Wednesday here with her brother,Dr.Asa Thurs- toh.Dr.Thurston spent Wednesday in Statesville and will go to Moores- ville today to spend awhile with Mrs. McNeely.Mr.and Mrs.M.L.Gwalt- ney and Mr.and Mrs.T.H.Miller went to Statesville Monday evening to see “Peg o’My Heart.”Mrs.Lelia Bogle spent Tuesday in Statesville, the guest of her niece,Mrs.Ralph Sloan.Mr.H.GC.Payne and Mrs. W.B.Matheson went to Charlotte yesterday.Mrs.Matheson will spend a fe®W days thero visiting the Misses Henderson.‘Master Mack Feimster is visiting relatives in Hickory this week, Mr.Ed.C.Campbell has sold his house and lot near the station,now occupied by Mr.H.D.Lindsay and family,to Mr.R.M.Ingram.°The consideration was $2,000 and the house and lot occupied by Mr.R.M. Ingram and family,valued at $1,000. Bower Released on His Own Recogn- izance. Greensboro News,17th. C.M.Bower,who was arrested in New Orleans,La.several weeks ago on the charge of exploiting a“fake English estate scheme by which he swindled two Statesville citizens out of about $8,000,and who was brought to this city and lodged in the county jail to await trial in Federal Court,was yesterday morningreleased from jail and allowed te go to Statesville upon his own recognizance by orderofJudgeJamesE.Boyd of the Unit-ed States.court. It is said that this action was tak-en because of the weak physical con-dition of Bower.Officers of the court and others made up railroad fare to Statesville for the defendant,wherehewillremainuntiltheAprilterm of United States court,when he will appear to answer to the charge uponwhichhewasarrésted.(Bower came to-his home in States-yille Tuesday.) BONNER -TURNER WEDDING. Ceremony Yesterday Afternoon— Marriage Wednesday Evening. \Only intimate friends and relatives of the bride witnessed the marriage of Mrs.Nannie Miller Bonner and Mr.David Howell Turner of Cam- den,Ala.,which took place yesterday fternoon at’2 o’clock at the home of e bride’s parents,Mr.end Mrs.T. Dalton Miller,corner West EndavenueandMulberrystreet.The ceremony was.performed —b the bride’s uncle,Rev.Dr.R.G.Miller.of Sardis,Mecklenburg county,assisted by her pastor,Rey.J.H.Pressly. Preceding the ceremony the guestswereentertainedwithamusicalpro- gramme consisting of two solos,“As the Dawn”and “Oh,Perfect Love,”by Mrs.Dorman Thompson,and in- strumental selections by Mrs.A.J. Salley.When Mrs.Salley drifted into Lohengrin’s wedding march the groom and his best man,Mr.R.L. Liddell of Camden,came from the dining room and met the bride and her father under the arch between the hall and sitting room,where the ceremony was performed.The bride wore a traveling suit of sage green chiffon cloth and carried a beautiful shower bouquet of Parma violets.Af- ter the ceremony the guests lingered to offer congratulations and good wishes to the bridal pair and while they tarried coffee ok cheese straws were served.Many handsome wed- ding presents were on display.Later the bridal party drove to the railway station and Mr.and Mrs.Turner left on the afternoon train for Asheville, where they will spend about ten days. They will return here for the Miller- Sample wedding and will later go to Camden to live. Mr.Turner has won for his bride one of Statesville’s most excellent young women,one who is cultured and accomplished and popular in both social and religious circles.She has taken a great pride in her work among the women and young people of her.church and one of the most highly valued wedding presents re- ceived was a beautiful candelabra, the gift of members of the BonnerBibleclassoftheFirstAssociate Reformed Presbyterian church.Mr. Turner is court reporter at Cameden and a popular young man of his town. Among the out-of-town ople here for the marriage were Me Wim,C. Miller of Fishersville,Va.,and Misses Lucile MeDeonald of Charlotte and Maude Vinson of Davidson. **i Miss Minnie Eagle and Mr.D.B. Searns of Charlotte were married Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride’s mother,Mrs. M.M.Dotson,on west Front street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.E.Raynal:in the presence of a few friends and relatives,the event being planned as a quiet affair.Mr. and Mrs.Stearns left on the evening train for Charlotte,where they will live.The bride is a daughter of the late D.A.Eagle and a sister of Mr. S.P.Eagle.Mr.Stearns is 2 house- moving contractor and has done con- siderable work in Statesville. Congict Got Judgment For Over-Time. Shelby Star,16th. A unique case was tried before "Squire T.K.Barnett yesterday.,,Zem Hamrick who was jin the shooting scrape,at Douglas academy near Lawndale last spring was given fotr months on the road.An act passed by the last Legislature to encourage faithfulness among.»convicts cllows them a discount of five days each month on their time for good behav- ior and good work.Hamrick was worked the full four months,but claimed that he was entitled to re- lease 20 days earlier because his con- duct had been good and he sued the highway commissioners of No.6 for $50.The court allowed him $20, which was $1 a day for his overtime. The commissioners took an appeal to the Superior Court on the ground that Hamrick’s conduct did not en- title him to the discount on his time. Mr.MeCombs Had a Reason. Chairman McCombs of the national Democratic committee,who refused the appointment of ambassador to France,makes the following expiana- tion:“The post entails the expendi- ture of about $150,000 a year,”hesaid.“It pays $17,500.I could notaffordtoacceptit.I am going backtothepracticeoflawandIhopeto make some money.”Explanation sufficierit. Shelby Star:A negro named Ed Watkins,who works for the Plott Construction Company,engaged in building the Cleveland Springs road, stole $50,\a watch and a_suit ofclothesfromtheroadcampSaturdaynight.He was caught at Cherryville and tried before Recorder Anthony, who gave him four months on the roads. The 13-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs.A.A.Whitener of Hickory fell down the stairway ct the graded sfhool ‘and broke both bones in e#4.The evening,of the same daythebabyboyofMr.and Mrs.White- ner fell and broke his leg. In Hoke county yesterday a nenamedDupreeshotandkilledMe. Cormick Brown,son of PostmasterBrownofRedSprings.A posse is looking for the negro. The President will leave Washing- ton next week for a vacation of threeweeks.It is:said he will select aquictspotogtheGulfofMexico. J.R.Kerfléy has been clected pres- on of the Atlantic Coast Line to jacceed T.M.Emerson,deceased. {be BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWF: +Cotton brought only 12.75 cents yesterday. -~License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Hallie LottieMaidenandMr.William Carl Cham- bers. ~The Stony Point correspondént of the Taylorsville Scout says.the Misses Robb and Mr.William Hager of Iredell,the latter of Sharpesburgtownship,have moved to Stony Point. —-At the end of the year Mr.R.P.Allison will move his business from his present location to the storeroom recently vacated by Mr. W.W.Foushee,next Hall’s drug store. The committee on postoffices and postroads of the House of Congresshasdecided.to recommend an increase of $50 per year in the salaries of the 40,000 rural mail carricrs in United States.The increase will to-tal $2,000,000 a year. -——The explosions heard the past few days were not the work of the advance guard of Christmas celebra- tors,as might be supposed.It was the street force blasting rock out of south Meeting street,near the cor- ner of Meeting and Bell. —“The Country Minister,”a play in five acts,will be presented at Monogram school house,Monbo,to- morrow night.The play will be giv- en under the auspices of the school and for the benefit of the school,and the best local talent will have part in it. —{The burning out of a chimney of the residence of Mr.F.H.Conger about 8 o'clock last night caused a fire alarm to be turned in.Th»motortruckwasonthesceneina“jiffy,” but the flames had died down,with- out doing any damage,before its ar- rival. ~The J.Marshall Long farm near Elmwood,200 acres,was recen town township for $5,500.Mr.Wal-ters will live on the farm.He hassoldhisfarmof100acresinFalls- town to Mr.C.Henry Brown of Troutman for $2,600. ~-Mrs.Floyd Lippard of Taylors- ville is at Dr.Long’s Sanatorium, where she recently underwent a ser-ious operation.Mrs.Lippard wasMissKatyReidWyckoffofStates- ville and she has many friends here who will be glad to know that she isdoingaswellascouldbeexpected. Mr.B.J.Foster,whose home wasnearKappa,Davie county,has boughtahouseandthreeacresoflandatCoolSpring,this county,and has moved his family there.“We are sorry to see such good citizens leaving our county,”says the Times.The Cand. mark is glad to have Mr.Foster in Lredell. —The board of county commission-ers held a brief session in StatesvilleWednesdayforconsultationaboutroadmatters.It was decided to di- vide the J.A.Wyrick road force ontheWilkesbororoadamongtheotherforces.Mr.Wyrick and Mr.EliWelsh,who was in charge of theforcethepastfewweeks,have both taken jobs with Contractor Plott in Cleveland county. —-Mr.Walter F.McCanless ofSalisburyhasbeenappointedaclerk in Collector Watts’office at a salary of $1,200.He went on duty Tuecsda and his work is in connection wittheincometax.The appointment was made by the Commissioner of In-ternal Revenue on the recommenda-tion of the collector.Other appoint- ments of income tax officials for field and office work will be made soon. —-Unless something occurs...to change the programme,The Land- mark will not be issued next Friday, in accordance with the custom of omitting one issue on Christmas week.The paper will appear Tues- day,23d,as usual.If you have a last word for a waiting world before Christmas,come forward now —to- day,tomorrow.Don’t wait until the last moment and get left. —Mr.Smyth Campbell,who hasbeenconnectedwiththe,engineering force on the good road constructionsincethatworkwasbeguninIredell, has gone to Hillsboro to engage in similar work in Orange county.Mr.Campbell has rented his cottage on the Wilkesboro road,near nen gels limits,to Mr.W.B.Crowson and hismother,Mrs.H.H.Crowson.TheywillmoveinafterChristmas.TheyhavesoldtheirhomeonAlexander street to Mr.T.A.Nash. Dr.Crawford Acquitted —Court -News. Dr.L.D.Crawford,the Oklahoma land agent.who is making headquar- ters in Statesville,was cleared of the charges of false pretense profer- red against him by a Mr.Rumble of High Point.The case was given.ahearingintherecorder’s court atHighPointTuesdayandthedefenseshowedthattherehadbeennomis-representation on the part of Dr.Crawford in the land deal out of which the case grew.Attorney L.C.Caldwell of Statesville appearedforDr.Crawford at the hearing.Georgie Keaton,a was taxed $4.40 in the mayor’s court |yesterday for using profane language resultob dciaged ‘Towa ie in public, As the a granite quarrcounty,Walter Klutty’s armbrokeninthreeplacesand:heotherwiseinjured;Lee Brown’:was broken,his head hurt and onerobably d zluttywasslightly stro the sold to Mr.J.F.Walters of Falls? -~The Mocksville Times says that’ colored girl,” FRIDAY,-~--Docember 19,1913. COMMENTON VARIOUS MATTERS There is a good deal of talk about Gen.J.8.Carr for Governor in 1916. The Landmark has always been a od friend and supporter of Gen. Sars.But when we recall how he has been treated in the past when he aspired to office we can’t have much faith in the sincerity of the present movement. *.@ Glory be!The end of time is some distance to the fore.Prof,Eric Doo- little,director of the University of Pennsylvania’s astronomical observa- tory,passes out the pleasing infor- mation that life on this earth will come to an end in about 15,000,000 years.With this assurance that the earth is in no immediate danger of collapse,we may all.enjoy Christ- mas and be happy;:\ The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer devotes near a column to the mention of.probable candidates for State offices in North Carolina in 1916.Among the possi- ble candidates suggested is Mr.James A.Hartness of Statesville,who the correspondent says will be a candi- date for Secretary of State to suc- ceed Mr,J.Bryan Grimes.Mr.Hart- ness’name has been mentioned sev- eral times in connection,with a State office. *** In Wilson last week a negro was sent to the rock pile for selling a white man a pint of water under the representation that it was whiskey. The white man himself turned in- former.The law ought to catch cat- tle of that kind.A proper working of the law would send the white man to the rock pile and let the negro go, for of the two the nigger is the bet- ter citizen—Charlotte Observer._ The punishment of the negro in this case was not only unjust but The Landmark doubts if it is legal. *o * The Charlotte folks,who had quite a struggle to raise the.money for Queen’s College,which will be the new Presbyterian College in Char- lotte,secured $50,000 in subscrip- tions and a jubilee meeting to:cele- brate the success was held Tuesday night.The Landmark had gained the impression that it was $150,000 they were trying to raise,but it seems that $50,000 has satisfied the situation.The town is also to raise $25,000 for the Horner School,which is to be located there.Raising mon- ey for propositions of this character is a hard job and if Charlotte puts up $75,000 for’the two schools it will deserve all the credit and benefit coming to it. a es Take notice of the way Catawba county is humping.The county hasn't kept pace with Iredell in some jin some shops contain wood alcohol lold and he could not render the serv- FROM WITHOUT THE_STATE, Items of Interest.From All Over the»Country.ae Cardinal’Rampolla,formerly aprominentofficialofthehouseholdofthePopeofRome,is dead.He wasaleadingcandidateforPope“whenPopeLeodiedbutfailedofelection, Five persons are known to havelosttheirlivesandascorewerein-jured when fire believed to.be of in- cendiary origin destroyed the Salva-tion Army home for men in Cincinna-ti Wednesday morning. A dispatch from Newcastle,Col.,says.that 38 men were killed in Vul- can mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company Tuesday by an explosion of|coal dust.Two miners were rescued after the underground workings had caught fire.All the victims were married,and all but six or eight were Americans. The Spanish ambassador at Wash- ington has conveyed to Secretary Bryan of Spain’s heartfelt thanks for the attitude of the United States to- wards Spanish refugees from Chi- huahua;Mexico.Similar action was taken by the Spanish minister to Mexico,who requested that the au- thorities in El Paso,Texas,be thank- ed for kindness to the refugees. Complaints made to the Depart- ment of Justice at Washington that a peanut trust was fixing the price of peanuts in eastern North Caroli- na,and depressing the price of course,resulted in an investigation. Agents of the department report that they are unable to discover theexistenceoftrustbutthattheprice of peanuts seems to be fixed by the world’s supply. Cleve Culbertson was convicted of murdering three members of the Dil- lon family at Ray,N.D.,and sen- tenced to life imprisonment.The people were displeased with the sen- tence and a mob took Culbertson out of jail and hung him.If lynching can ever be condoned that is one case in which the mob executed justice where the court had been given a trial and failed. The New York committee on the prevention of blindness sounds an alarm by the report that more than half of the cases of eye weakness among men of that city may be traced to barber shops.It is alleged that bay rum and other face lotions used and that the inhalation of the fumes or drops of the liquid in the eye caus- es serious trouble. Senator Root of New York,hav- ing been suggested as the next Re- publican candidate for President, took occasion to say in the Senate Tuesday that he had no presidential aspirations and would not accept the nomination if it were offered him. Before this administration closes, the Senator says,he will be 72 years ice if chosen President. The temperance folks and the peace respects—in public buildings and good roads,for instance—-but as an agricultural county it is in the first|of christening battleships by break- rank and in progress in agricultural |ing a bottle of water on the ship in development it is ahead of Iredell. First of the counties in this section of the State tO set the pace in drain- age,the Catawba creamery,a won- derfully successful enterprise,has heen promoted at Hickory;the live stock and sweet potato industry,etc., developed and again Catawba sets the pace with the organization of a rural credit association.They have some mighty industrious and progres- sive citizens in Catawba and in some respects they're setting Iredell an ex- ample. **+e entitled “The Gastdnia Gazette Publishing a Aloe Plant,” Says: “The author of this beautiful po em is unknown.So far as we can ascertain it has never before appear- ed in print.Recently it was recited by Rev.J.E.Abernethy in the course of a sermon and was written by him from memory for the Ga- zette.Mr.Abernethy says he ob- tained it from a man living in the mountains of western North Caroli na who found the manuscript sever- al years ago on a mountain road.” The author of the poem un known but it has been in _print. Some years ago Rev.Dr.Scott of Virginia,preaching the annual ser- mon at Statesville Female College commencement,recited this poem. Mrs.Logan Stimson of Statesville was so impressed with the beauty of the poem that she made an effort to secure a copy and finally got it from the Christian Observer of Louisville, Ky.,in Which paper it had been printed.Some weeks aro Mrs.Stim son gave the poem to The Londmark to publish and it has been in type in this office since then awaiting the time when space will permit its pub lication poem the Imports of Foodstuff Swelling Total. Washington Dispatch. Foodstuffs coming in free of duty under the new tariff bill are swelling the total of imports into the’United States.Increase in exports and de crease in imports for the first four months of the present fiscal year,as compared with the same period last year,are shown in statistics madepublicbytheDepartmentofCom- merce.5 Exports this year have amounted to $838,994,853 against $771,041,792 for the first four months last year. The imports figures were $580,677,-662 against $626,230,987. “There can be no inference drawn from these hard facts,”said Secre-tary Redficild,“that is not both en- couraging and complimentary toAmericanindustry.The flooding of our markets with alleged cheap waresefEuropehasnothappened.On the other hand,the growth of exports is both surprising and encouraging.Details of imports shew increases in a large proportion of foodstuffs on which the duty was removed or re-duced by the new tariff law.” ETNA Nee Cured of Liver Complaint. “T was suffering with liver complaint,”says Iva Smith of Point Blank,Texas,“andtotrya2heboxofChamberlain's‘Tablets,and am happy to say that I am com-pletely cured and can d them to the recommen:Fer sale byall dealers. advocates asked Secretary of the Navy Daniels to change the custom stead of a bottle of champagne and releasing a white dove as a peace emblem.The Secretary got out of it by saying he had nothing to do with it;that the whole christening busi ness is in the hands of the contrac- tors who build warships. Fifteen persons were killed while playing baseball during the 1913 season,according to figures compil ed and published in Chicago.Twelve of the victims .were killed by being hit in the head by the ball direct from the hands of the pitcher.Foul tips were responsible for the other three deaths.The report points out that all of the players killed were unskilled in the game and that none of the major league’players received THE STATE'S FINANCES. Race ml the Year Ending Decem- . Mr.H.P.Grier,who was a mem-ber of the legislative committee toexaminetheoksoftheState Treasurer,spent last week in Raleighonthatbusiness.He has furnished The Landmark the following sum- mary of the State’s finances for thefiscalyearendingDecember1: General Fund.iBalancetoDee,1,1912 ........$386,487.32LessamountallowedforreliefS.McD.Tate ..$3,993,34Less,Am't allowed for relief W.H.Worth...2,600.00—6,593.34 $279,893.98 ,6,397,218.71 $5,677,107.69 Cc. 6,344,067.41 Balance Dee.1,1913 $833,040.28 Board of Education. Balanee Dee.1,1912Receipts—-Dec,1,19121,1918 $4,868.90 >108,654.71 TotalDisbursed-—Dec. 1,1918 $113,023.611912toDec. 108,385.13 Balance to Dec.1,1913 $4,688.48 .-$338,040.28 4,638.48 General FundBoardEducation $337 678.76 Floating Debt. National Park Bank,N.Penn Mutual Life,Phila. Mutual Benefit Life,N.J¥.150,000.00 First National Bank,Kinston,School For Feeble-Minded .-$100,000.00 200,000.00 6,640.00 Total danecdepMoeRSeorsenaheen $456,640.00Bondsunsold425000.00 Negro Woman Charged With Killing a White Boy. Near Madison,Rockingham.coun- ty,Tuesday,some children were playing beside the track of the South- ern railway.One of them,Howard Parish,about 12 years old,left a small wagon on the railroad track.A negro woman,Mary Eliza Mitchell, came along and ordered the boy to remove the wagon.He refused and after she had repeatedly ordered him to remove the wagon,telling him she would shoot him,the woman shot the boy with a pistol and he died three hours later.The coroner’s jury.fixed the crime on the woman and she was hurried to jail to prevent a possible lynching. to the Greensboro News. John W.Watkins of the Oregon section of Rockingham county was found dead in the woods ‘near his home last Sunday.Heart disease,it is supposed. Not Beyond Help at 47. Sleep-distyrbing bladder weakness,stiffness in joints,weak,imactive kidney action and rheumatic pains,are all evidence of kidney trouble.Mrs.Mary A.Dean,47 BE.Walnut St.,Taunton!)Mass.writes “T have passed my 87th birthday,and thought I was beyond the reach of medicine,but Foley Kidney Pills have proved most beneficial in my case For eale by Statesville Druwe “~ SALE OF VALUABLECITY PROPERTY BY VIRTUE of a decree of the Superior Court of Iredell county,rendered in the special proceeding wherein Chas.M.Cook, jr.,et al,are petitioners and R.A er et al.are defendants,the undersigned commissioner will #ell at public auction,to the highest bidders,it .le court bourse dour in Statesville,N.Cc.of MONDAY,JANUARY 6, at 12 o'clock,the real estate,First Lot Coop- 18i4 mn,following described to-wit Begtining at a stake,i “ rady’s corner,on Race street in the city of Statesville,running with his line south 9 degrees west 220 feet to the MeLellandoldline;then south.22 degrees east 75 feet to a stake,Mra.Campbell's corner;-thencewithherlinenorth69degreeseast220feet to her corner on said Race street then with it north @2 degrees weet 75 feet beginning,containing 2-6 of an acre, or less Becond Lot—Beginning at a stake. northeast corner in the Miss M.E more Miteh- fatal injuries John H.Carter,formerly president of the American National Bank of} Asheville,was convicted a few days| ago in Gilmer county,Georgia,and| sentenced to scrve two years on the} county chain gang.He appealed to| the Supreme Court of Georgia.The! charge against Carter in Georgia is | that he hypothecated about $8,000) worth of securities belonging to small banks and wrongfully appropriated it] to his own use.Charges of irregu-| larities in connoction with banking have been brought against Carter elsewhere. STATE NEWS. Hickory will have a Christmas tree on the public square and Ashe- ville will have a community ttee. Two negro children,left alone in their home near Trinity,Randolph county,while their parents were at work,were burned to death. Erwin Mooney,J.A.Lea and ‘oth- ers shooting partridges in Person county.Lea’s gun prematurely dis- charged,Mooney killed instantly.» In Edgecombe county Jess Law- rence,17 years old,shot by the acci- dental discharge of a gun in the hands ofa 12-year-old boy,died of blood poison. In Lincoln county recently a little son of Ed.Clark was struck by an automobile owned by Wright & Johnson,road contractors,and his leg broken.The boy’s father has en- tered suit for $10,000 damages. In South Hominy,Buncombe coun- ty,L.B.Young,48 years old,was killed by a falling tree.He was cut- ting timber and a sapling broken by a falling tree struck Young with such force that he died in a short time. The postmaster at New Berne wasrecentlyfiredforinsubordinationandnowtheassistantpostmasterhasbeenaskedtoresign.A postoffice in-spector who examined the office.isallegedtohavereportedthatboththepostmasterandhisassistantwereincompetent, ‘atestenemies _,California Woman Seriously Alarmed.A short time ago 1 contracted a severecoldwhichsettledonmylungsandchusedmeagreatdealofannoyance.I would havebadcoughingspellaandmylungsweresosoreandinflamedIbegantobeseriouslyalarmed.A friend recommended Chamber-lain’s Cough Remedy,saying she had useditforyears,’I bought a bottle and it re-lieved my cough the first night and in aweekIwasridofthecoldandsorenessof my lungs,”writes Mise Marie Gerber.sltelle,Cal.For sale by all dealers.=eT It is reported from Asheville that i= j west 66 ell lime,im city of Statesville;thene« degrees west with Mise Mitchel Mre.Loacinda MeLeliands 164 a stake,MeLelland’s on Mulberry street;then with said north 86 grees weet 93 feet to corner of John F Bowles”vacant lot:then south east with line of said lot 206 feet es to stake,Gherrill’é corner;then 69 grees enst 80 feet to the beginning Third Lot—Beginning at a stake berry street,Statesville,Mre.Dowglas eor ner;then south 69 degrees west 150 feet to a stake,Mra.Gill's lime;then somth 19 1.2 degrees enst 65 fect to a stake,Mra corner;north 69 degrees east 150 feet stake on Mulberry street;then north .¢1-2 degrees west 65 feet to the beginhing.von- taining nearly one-fourth acre,miOfe or lesaFourthLot—Three-fourtha undivided in- terest in following lot:Beginning at +stone on the east side of Center street,States- ville.corner of the St.Charlee Hotel -prop-erty:then north 66 degrees east with Hotel line 110 feet to stome or stake;then south 24 Cegrees east 35 feet to =cthake;then 66 dezrees west 110 feet to #take, street;then feet to the beginning.Also ley righte and easements now held cident to eaid property Fifth Lot—Lote nambers 26 and 2 Block I,and lota numbers i4 and 16 on nersburg avenve of Oak View suburban dition to the zity of Staterville.Said «nle will bd subject te lea and rights of present over pant Terms of Sale—One-third cash, in six and one-third in twelve months R.A.COOPER, Att'y Commissioner. Whe, north lines fret corner street ineh- de- Me Gill'stoa all al- as in- inTur- rade aes one-third R.B.McLaughlin, November 2* COMMISSIONER’S RE-SALE LAND. OF “By virtne of an order of sale made in the special proceeding wherein M.A.Beaver and othe-s are the plaintiffs,and Troy Beaverandothersaredefendants,the undersigned commissioner will re-sell at public auction tothehighestbidderatthecourthousedoor in Statesville,N.C..on MONDAY,JANUARY 5,1914, at 12 o'clock M.the following described tract of land in Chambersbure township,to-wit: Bounded on the north by the lands of Mre.E.C.Poston’s estate,on the east by the landsoftheBarrierestate,on the south by the old channel of Fourth Creex,and on theweatbythelandsofEd.L.Long,eontain-ing about twenty-eight acres more or lens. Terma of sale,one-third enash,one-third inthreemonthaandone-third in six months,R.B.McLAUGHL 'N,Commissioner. MORTGAGE SATE)OF.LAND. By virtue of the powers contained in a mortgage deel executed to the undersignedbyJ.B.Bailey end wife,Elvira Bailey,I +ill sell at public auctior to the highest bid-der for cash at the court house door inStatesville,N.C.onSATURDAY,DECEMBER 20,1913, at the hour at noon,the following described tract of land in Turnersburg township to- wit:Bewinning at «stene,N.D.Tomlin’sline;thence »outn 6+degrees east 47 polestoamapleonthebankofthecreek;thencenorth15degreeswest29polestoastoneonTomlin’s line;thence sovth 52 degrees west 42 poles to the beginning,containing 4 3-4acresmoreorleasW.M.WESTMORELAND,R.B.Mclaughlin,Atty.Mortgages.Nov.18,1913. Nov.28,1912. Report:of Receipts.and Disburse- This information is from a special| to the} :iePoard’s and | to } de-| degrees | uth |Center | sith aid street north 24 degrees| ad-| ‘Quickly Shatters the Nervous Sys-tem —Immediate Action Neces-sary —Try Mi-o-na.’ iWhen you feel trritable,tired anddespondent—-when you have nervoustwitchings,specks before the eyes, headaches,sour stomach,heartburn,indigestion and _in'the colon and bowels--you suffer from indigestion,which soon develops into dyspepsia—-the chief cause of nerve exhaustion~-you need Mi-o-na at once. Mi-o-na is not a cure-all,but a scientific remedy that surely endsstomachmisery..It builds up and strengthens the stomach walls andglands,improves quickly the diges-tive system.Then the vital force and nerve energy is restored,im-parting strength and good spirits to the discouraged,rundown and weak. Do not suffer another day.Get a fifty cent box of Mi-o-na Tablets at Statesville Drug Co. SALE OF CITY PROPERTY. Under and by virtue of a decree made by the Superior Court of Iredell county,in the special proceeding entitled S.A.Busch et alex-parte,the undersigned commissioner willexposeatpublicsaletothehighestbidder, at the court house door of Iredell county,at12o'clock m.,on MONDAY,DECEMBER 22,1918, the following described real estate,located inthecityofStatesville,Iredell county,North Carolina,and described as follows: Lots numbers 16,17,18 and 10 in Block21ofthepropertyof.the Statesville Develop- ment Company,as same is plotted and plan-ned on the map of said company,said mapbeingrecordedintheofficeoftheRegisterof Deeds of Iredell county in Book 15,page 441.On lots numbers 16,17 and 18 are locatedtwodwellinghouses. Terms of sale—One-third in cash wponconfirmationofsale,one-third in four monthsendone-third in eight months,with interest on Geferred payments.Title to be reserved until purchase money is paid. J.L.SLOAN, Commissioner. Dorman Thompson,Atty. Nov.21,1913. NOTICE TO’CREDITORS. J.W.Nicholson,a member of the firm ofJ.W.Nicholson &Co.,having died,al!per- sons having elaimsa against said firm will exhibit them to undersigned surviving partner on or before the 19th day of September,1914, or this notice will be plead in bar of theirrecovery.All persons indebted to sald part- nership will please make prompt settlement.W.T.NICHOLSON, Surviving Partner.The business of J.W.Nicholson &Co,Funeral Directors,will be continued at same place,543 Center St.and under same name. Day ‘phone 157,night and Sunday ‘phones222and2269.Statesville,N.C, Sept.19,101%. NOTICE ! First class tin work and repairing. 'Roofing Contractor. CLYDE E.GATITHER. "Phone No.157. |=. INSTALL -A PUMP. Now that your winter seed are in call and figure with me on install- ing a pump. W E.MUNDAY. “Phone &.114 Bast Broad Street GALVANIZED IRONkiennt. Sorghum Pans. Special width. T.W.FRAZIER. INU TS.i Fresh English Walnuts, Brazil Nuts,®* Almonds, Mixed Nuts, Cocoanuts. Miller-McLain Supply Co. a tanec ‘Have youcompleted your list?Would call your attention to our line of Bound Books,15c.to $1,50;Booklets and Calen-,dar,s Elegant Box Paper from 10c.to'$4.00 3 j IN LEATHER GOODS—Traveling Cases,Ladies’Lap Tab-lets,Cuff,Collar and Tie Cases.: EVERYTHING IN TOYS,DOLLS AND GAMES.Big reduction in price on the larger toys,such as Tricycles,Ve- locipedes,Wagons and Doll Carriages,on account of mov-ing time January Ist. R.P.Allison’s Book and Toy Store. BRACELETS! CHRISTMAS without a nice Bracelet or Bracelet Watch isn’tChristmas.Just see my Bracelets.You will say like the ladies,arn’t they beautiful?Oh how nice,and Oh how I wish I had one! H.B.WOODWARD,Jewcler, 300 Able-Bodied Men Wanted That Weigh From 100 to 150 Pounds * To Make From $3.00 to $8.00 in About 30 to 50 Minutes. We have about this number of Suits, sizes from 33 to 36,that you will save $3.00 to $8.00 on in good,well We have larger sizes of course,but are offering cut,up-to-date goods. Special Inducements on These Sizes. A very large and complete line of Overcoats in all sizes,colors and weights at prices that are bound to appeal to you. Don’t forget our Millinery Sale.It is still on. oS The R.M.Knox Com’y. A MAN —-LIKEADOLLAR Is rated by his ¢arning ca- pacity.When idle heearns nothing;put at work he creates value. There’s a Steady Job at good pay waiting at ™ this bank for every dollar you can bring it.No lay- offs,and thelongerit stays the more it will earn. Don’t Keep Your Dollars in.Idle- ness, Let them begin now to create value for vou.One dollar will start an ac- count,and draw many others to it. Merchants &Farmers’ Bank of Statesville. —DandyfVCSCIUSSor LADIES: You can‘best buy presents for your gentlemen friends ata MEN’S store. If in doubt buy “HIM”half a dozen of our fine neckties.we have these in every shade of the rainbow and scores of other things your friends will like.Our high quality goods and our reasonable prices tle our cus- tomers to us.Bring the Boys along. They'll like new Overcoats and Suits for Christmas., s. Sloan Clothing Company ;WE SELL “BETTER”CLOTH meee ELK BROTHERS ’ $7.50 Suits at $12.50 to $15.00 Suits at These are every one this season’s bran new garments of the newest materials,such as FancyThestylesarevarious,with or without Fur,Boucles,Astrachan,Serges and Mixtures.Plush and Brocaded Collars. -Offer Astonishingly Low Prices on 300 Women’sand Misses’Coats and Coat Suits. $7.50 to $10.00 Coats at$10.00.to $12.50 Coats at és{ $4.987504.989.95 department. Make sensible gifts. from $1.48 to $2.98. $2.50 Children’s Coats,2 to 6 years $5.00 Children’s Coats,2 to 8 years $5.00 values in Children’s Coats,6to 14 years 3.98 Silk Shirt Waists. A Shirt Waist Makes an ideal Christmas gift. We are showing a nice lot to select from. Silk Petticoats We are showing all colors Children’s Coat Bargains. The “Belk”Bargains sold in Children’s Coats this season has made a wonderful business for this $1.983.98 an Silks and Plaid Silks. for gift purposes. Kid Gloves,Ruching, Hand Bags,Coin Purses, lars,Neckwear,etc. Christmas Merchandise From the Piece Goods Section. Wool Crepe,Crepe De Chene,Silk Serges,Mes- sajines,Satin Duchess,Brocaded Velvets,Bulgari- Buy These For Gifts and You Are Sure to Strike it Right. These are always right Ribbons,Handkerchiefs, Box Paper,Jabots,Col- $12.50 and $15.00. Christmas Handkerchiefs. the dozen,put up in fancy boxes,50c.,75c.and$1:00 dozen. and White. Men’s and Boys’Clothing and Furnishing Specials. Men’s all wool Suits and Overcoats $7.50,$10.00, Boys’Suits $1.98,$2.98,$3.98 and $5.00. Men’s Bath Robes,$5.00 value,for $2.98. Before buying Handkerchiefs get our prices by Men’s All Linen Handkerchiefs $1.00 dozen. Hosiery. Ladies’Silk Hose 35c.,48c.,98c.,Black,Tan Ladies’Cotton Hose 10c.to 50c.Gents’Silk Socks,Black,Tan,Gray,25c.and 48c.A full line of Misses’and Children’s. BE SURE TO VISIT OUR READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT.; ‘The Store That Sells For Less.j FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,PROPER-©>TY IN MOORESVILLE! One tract of two acres,four blocks from postoffice,cormer Main street and MeNeely avenue throwgh to Church street Will easily divide “into seven good size building lots.One of Mooresyville’s best residence sections.Five-room cottage on beautiful acre lot onChurchstreet.Lot can be divided into two or more toteOnetract of two and two-third acres.Five lets with good frontage Two lotsa bave on them five-room and three-room houses I will sell or exchange any or all of the above for a good farm near Staterville for property in business section of Moores- ville or Statesville,improved or unimproved.DR.F.A.CARPENTER,Statesville,N.CDec.% A MERRY CHRISTMAS To You All, Merry May It Be! We hope that many more maycome, Which you will live to see; We hope that each recurring date, December Twenty-Fifth, Will find you in a merry state— Itself—A Christmas Gift! HOME BAKERY. Christmas Specials Turkeys, Cranberries, Raisins,pawnite, 88,Prunes, THE LANDMARK |42°07 GROWING TOMATOES. FRIDAY,Decomber 19,191 3. |Seca nee a $200,000. Mrs.Margaret H.Williams,wido Glen Williams’Estate Estimated at | w of the late Glen Williams of Yadkin lcounty,has qualified as administrator of the estate of her husband. |}000,as follows:Life insurance $35 lof 1,500 acres $100,000; jlons of liquor $40;000. i _etreenemnenenanaapigtnnnnnAu Kimbro, 17,500 ga Georgetown,Texas q,A Tar Compound has been my household rem dy for all coughs,colds,and lung trouble it-hae given permanent of of obstinate coughs and colds.”(tains no opiates le by Statesville Drug Co cases Theestateisestimatedtobeworth$200,- °r |}000,personal property $25,000,farm l- says “For several years past Foley's Honey ando s relief in a numberan Refuse substitutes For Ws PERROLL 78 C Pure fepnets and Feit,equal to roof- ing wold by dealers at $1.25 to $2.00perroll.Wenell directtouser—onlyonesmallprofitaddedtofactorycost.SpetleneRubberReofing,strictly firstmillendanorseconde—108 aq.feet to roll, with nailgand cement.Satisfaction guaran-teed.1-Ply,Weigh 135 Lba.,Rell2-Ply,Weigh 145 Lhe.,Rofl.3.Pty,Weight55 Lhs.,Rell The Spotless Co.,sea:OnnenHoos" ttle freiquickfrom 4 874 Sockor Lawn today.ssti teen \) THE DAVIS MILLS Give you 40 Pounds Best at- |{ent Flour and 13 pounds Bran |f in exchange or Pay $1.14 per|bushel cash for wheat.Watch|this ad for price each week.|§Best Flour and Meal.Prompt|}and courteous service at all |%times.It pays to patronize ||THE DAVIS MILLS,Hiddenite,N.C. MILLINERY! CLOSING OUT SALE now Cocoanits =on.Don’t fail to see our line All kinds of Nuts,©of Hats,Corsets,Belts,Gloves,Nice fruits of all kinds,Collars,ete | Bradford Grocery Co,|||MRS:MARY SIMMS.“PHONE 27.107 Ee Broad Street. we % Interesting Story About the Work. |Iredell Tomato ClubGirl Writes An i|R-2,Miss Clyde Scroggs,Stateaville |;president of the girls’ |of Feimster school,has written an in j teresting story about growing toma- }toes and the girls’tomato club work, }which The Landmark is permitted to publish. |tomato,which she explains is a na-tive of South America,its food value unknown for a century after its dis covery,it has now reached high rank as a food product.Following this introduction.Miss Seroggs says: The purpose of the girls’tomato club is to encourage ri ito provide better and pur a lower cost,ond to stimula est and co-operation among men of the family in the home } ly to provide some mear girls on the farm may at home,and at the san the education and the viewpoint ne essary for the ideal farm life. I enrolled as a member,first, enuse I like to work with tomatoes. |Then it brings the girls « into a closer communication profits will be worth the tr: en if proper care is taken matoes.4 The soil in which the ed are}planted should be pulverized thor oughly.Get a frame or box;{ bottom with well.rotted Then fill the frame about half full of good woods’dirt,then fill to the top }with heavy,sandy loam,this pulver- ized thoroughly.Sow seed about depth of one inch and in less than a ;week the plants should be up.Thi iis the way I produced fine,tout plants.Set them~in the ground |when six or ten inches high. |The tomato plants should be culti }vated often and ‘especially after aWirain,which helps them to preserve moisture,which is the best thing forjthem.They should be pruned as}soon as the first blooms appear and |from then on to the last.Some pre-|fer two suckers at the top,others jone.They should be staked and pruned about the same time,as _it helps them to grow straight.Leaf;spot and leaf mould,two diseases of the tomato,are marked by the ap- pearance of the small,round,irreg-| ular spots on the leaf,causing it to sprayed with insect powder. It is best not to let the fruit get |too ripe on the vine,as the sun burns | it and sometimes makes hard places| on the tomatoes.The best method| of packing is to get boxes or crates |and separate the large tomatoes from |the smali,and put in different boxes |or,crates—the small tomatoes inoneboxandlargeonesinanother,This is a very good plan,as a mer-chant wants his goods to dook at-tractive. It is best not to sell the fruit.freshunlessaprofitismade,for the éan-ned products will usually command a good price and they can be kept untilhemetisreadyforthem.Caredbetakenthatonlyfirstclass tomato club| First giving a history of the | ~work and they curl and finally die.These are pre-|[SRY 7ventedbysprayingwith.Bordeaux 4 hemixture.The insects should be|} are put on the market,be-|Drag Co. well as the individual member is at stake.Perfect cleanliness and an |honest pack are absolutely necessa- jry.There will be no trouble in cre-| ating a strong demand for all pro jducts if the motto and purpose of ithe club are .strictly carried out. |The cans should be labeled to insure pure food and they sell better if they have a trade-mark.| The relation to school work ichiefly to furnish earnest teachers a plan for.aiding their pupils and help- ing their communitic My yield has been 1,085 1-4 pounds of fruit gather- ed.I have $5.20 worth fresh and have use the home every day v The club we hs greatly and I have is toes in y lasted ;interested me received valued instructions because of an have made $17.40 profit on my I would urge all girl wi a situ ated so they an,to be ber f our club at once NEN Turnersburg Items, of The De Correspondence Landmarkfe—Most all of| through their fall} preparing for the| writer | Turnersburg, the farme are ure Christmas wishes one holiday The and all a jolly time. Mrs.L.T.Stimpson’s health ‘is lbetter at thi writing,though she is yet confined to her bed. Dr.Fleete Steele of Richmond was visiting home people.He has re turned to Richmond.We are all glad to have Dr.Steele with us again Mr.“Will Somers has purchased anewautomobile.Others are talkingofbuyingandwillbetweennowand spring.iMrs.W.R.Moore has been right! sick with a bone felon on her finger.| The writer made a flying trip to Mocksville last Saturday night in his| car,returning home on Sunday.Mr,| L.C,Harris of Mocksville is work-| ing in the roller mill here. Don’t Forget the Red Cross Christ- mas Seals, jcausethereputationoftheclubas| If you don’t believe it look at our Show Windows! Iredell Hardware Com’y. < Statesville Realty &Investment Co. 1906 4am 1913 On October 31,1913,we closed our seventhyearofbusiness,We take this occasion tothanktheloyalpatronsofourcompanyforthebusinesstheyhaveentrustedtousdur-ing that time and we believe we have givensatisfactiontoallofourcustomers.Hav-ing grown out of infancy into mature man-headin the INSURANCE BUSINESS weaskforacontinuanceofyoursupportandinfluence, Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” We write all classes of BONDS,and thussaveyoutheembarrassmentofapplyingtoyourneighborforsuch.Writeusyourneeds, J.F.CARLTON,Manager. a Face)Fal Aid in the campaign against tuber- culosis.Put the Red Cross Seals on all your letters and packages and show that you are helping.Seals can be bought at any drug store inStatesvilleandatthestoréoftheee-Montgomery Hardware0. stelaleeitaleieiadeindiammmeenaaeieesteemameena Guarding Against Croup.The best safeguard against croup is a bot-tle of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound inthehouse.P.H.Ginn,Middleton,Ga, writes:“My children are very susceptible to croup,easily catch cold.I give themFoley's Honey and Tar Compound and ineveryinstancetheygetpromptreliefandaresooncured.We keep i prevent croup.”For sale by Statesville S8 2 SS SC O S C S C E O SE t at home and| Have You Seen The Asssortment : = STATIONERY,TOILET POWDERS,TOILET WATERS,HAIR BRUSHES,‘HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS,CHAMOIS,HUYLER’S CANDY,PeasRMN HALL’S DRUG STORE. 5 ReecerearsTHE LANDMARK R R CLARK,EDITORAND OWNER. a “SUESDAY AND FRIDAY. —— THREE MONTHS .......sven ———————————————————— WATCH—Watch the label on your paper.If renewals sre not in by date on label,paper will be stopped. ————— —————————— FRIDAY,---December 19,1913. THE PLACING OF GLENN, The Washington correspondents of the North Carolina papers,who had many weeks ago placed ex-Gov.Glenn firmly on the Inter-State’Commerce Commission,salary $10,000 per an- num,have now removed him from that place and appointed him on the Joint Boundary Commission,salary $7,500.They affirm that the last ap- pointment is the final one;that the President will confirm it in the near future;that it means that Gov.Glenn will not enter the senatorial race,this being settled beyond question by the fact that the Governor and Senator Overman dined together twice in Washington this.week. The Joint Boundary Commission, it should be explained,is called by the irreverent “a roost for lame ducks;”that is to say,itis one of the rumerous commissions created by Congress whose chief value is to connect somebody with the govern- ment pay roll.Mr.Whitehead Kluttz of Salisbury is said to be slated for secretary of this commission.If the commission is to:be continued and somebody is to draw pay,The Land- mark wants Messrs.Glenn and Kluttz to have the jobs.But if the Demo- crats were as much in earnest about economy as they profess to bein campaign times,they would abolish the whole business. It is fair to say that Gov.Glenn has asserted all along that he has never asked for a job and hasn’t been promised any place;but he said this week that if he had to take choice between the positions named he would prefer the boundary commis- sion,as the work i]not confining {there is practically nothing to do) and he could continue his lectures (following the wae of Mr.Bry- an).Mr.Glenn says "his health won't permit him to do confining work;that he must keep moving. Whatever the final result,we trust that Mr.Glenn's case will be finally settled soon and the Washington cor- respondents relieved of working over time in his behalf. _rrenremreiptaemannneetttthE The boys who expected to connect with Uncle Sam's pay roll in the ca- pacity of marshals and district at- torneys by the advent of the happy, giad Christmas time,seem doomed to disappointment.Tomorrow,the 20th. was the last date named for the exit of the Republicans in these offices and the coming in of Hammer,Webb, Winston and Dortch.But Attorney General McReynolds,whose business it is to make the recommendations to the President,announced Wednes- day that he would leave Washington today and would be absent for a week. The opposition to Mr.Hammer has gaused the delay,which the Washing- ton correspondent of the Charlotte Observer thinks may be protracted. There is printed on the second page of The Landmark today a summary of the ‘condition of the State’s finances at the close of the fiscal year November 30.The statement was made at the conclusion of the exami- nation of the State Treasurer’s books by the legislative committee last week and up to this time we have seen it published in no other paper.The item in the report that will doubt- less attract most attention is the amount of the floating debt,which is $456,640—more than the unsold bonds authorized by the last Legis- lature,only $425,000 of this remain- ing.BSETE Postmaster General Burleson en- dorses government ownership of tel- egraph and telephone lines.This is by no means a new proposition.The history of the government shows that the idea has always been under consideration and it is one of the de- velopments of the future—probably of the near future. I Mr.E.J.Justice of Greensboro,re~ cently appointed a ‘special assistant to the Attorney General of the Unit- ed States,is in San Francisco en- gaged in the prosecution of important suits brought by the government to recover valuable mineral and oil lands from the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and other allied interests. STATE NEWS,; Cabarrus —count;have decided to build a new jail,— Associate Justice Hoke of the State~|Supreme Court,who has continued hishomeinLincolntonsincehehasbeen.on the Supreme Court bench,has into it.’— The first day’s session-of the State Farmers’Union,which met at Shel-‘by Wednesday,was featured by theaddressofChas.S.Barrett cf Geor- gia,national president or the organ-ization.°;:The liquor shipments into.Char-lotte are something immense andtheObserversaysitisestimatedthatduringtheseasonjustpriorto Christmas the express liquor ship- ments amount to something like $50,- 000 a week.A.M.oda,convicted in the Fed- crai court at Greensboro of partici- pating in the hold-up and maltreat-ment of Deputy.Marshal Harkrader end Deputy Sheriff Davis in Surrycountylastwinter,was sentenced totwoyearsintheFederalprisonin Atlanta. Acting Gevernor Daughtridge andAdyutaniGeneralYounghavedispos- ed of two court martial cases in the North Carolina National Guard.Pri- vate Arrington of Oxford,who refus- ed to attend the State encampment without sufficient excuse,was fined $50 by the court martial,Fine re-duced to $10.W.J.Winthrop of the Elizabeth City naval reserves was fined $20 for failure to attend inspec- tion and the fine was not changed. A colored woman:was arraigned in the recorder’s court in Charlotte for having in her possession more liquor than the law allowed—eight and’ three-quarter pints—more than a gallon.The pints were sealed bottles and the woman’s attorney,.who knew a thing or two about the short meas- ure given by liquor dealers,demand- ed that the liquor be measured.In- stead of having more than a gallon accurate measure showed that the pints were not pints at all and that the woman had less than a gallon, thanks to the short measure given by the liquor dealers. The Real Christmas Gift is to Make Others Happy. North Carolina Christian Advocate. As we come near the world’s glad day—the day that celebrates the birth of our Lord—there is an instinctive desire to be joyous.This itself is one evidence of the divinity of our Lord. No birthday of any’mere.man makes such strong appeal \to the lofticr sen- timents of our nature.The greatest men that have ever lived ccureely grow greater as the centuries go by But here is one who seems more real to the world today than he did twen- ty centuries ago.Surely this man was all that he claimed,even the Son of God—the Saviour of men. As we look forward to the joyous Christmas season cnd begin to cast about for some method of making it a season of gladness,let us not for- get that the profoundest plecs.re that can come to a human come is that which comes as the result of making others happy,“It is more blessed to give than to receive,”This is the teaching of Jesus and in look- ing about for something with which to bring happiness to others we will be sure to bring joy to our own he?rts, There is strong temptation to make our Christmas giving solfish and thus take out of it all the blessing which otherwise might come as the rocu!t of giving in the unselfish aud Christly way.Make not the rich your bone- ficiary.He needs nothing at your hand,and,besides,may turn ¢pain and requite you,so that you cxnnot feel that your bounty has,in any sense,been a blessing to others. Many people in affluent circumstances simply exchange compliments with each other at groct expense,thus de- priving themselves of the opportunity of making glad the hearts of many who would repay them in what is infinitely better than gold or silver or costly apparel. Big Shortage Revealed By Examina- tion of New Berne’s Books. New Berne Dispatch,22d,to Raleigh News and Observer. New Berne has had a number of sensations during the past few weeks but none of them hes caus- ed more comment than that caused last night by the statement of the auditors who have for the past year books in the various departments, which informed the board of alder- men that from April 1,1911,to June 1,1913,there was a deficit of more than $94,000 in the combined depart- ments. The main discrepancy shown by the report is in the water and light department,which was at that time in charge of John Thomas,one of thecandidatesfortheofficeofpostmas- ter at this place.During the period between April 1,1911,and June 1, 1913,the report shows that there is a shortage in this department of $24,- 208,which is uncollected money. The report does not say that Mr. |Thomas collected,this money,but|rather states that he was lax in his methods of attending to the office. |However,the board of aldermen are |holding Mr.Thomas responsible for the money. The bonding company which was on his bord had their representativeappearbeforetheboardandask j nat they be released.The board re- commissioners built a home in Raleigh and moved been engaged in euditing the city’s, Progress in Many Ways. Greensboro News,. clubs,modeled after the boys’cornclubs,will soon be established:allovertheSouthhasbeenreceivedwithasatisfactioneminentlyjustifiedbythefacts.One of the things that hasfiguredmostprominentlyinretard-ing the growth of this section hasbeenthefactthatinnumerabletonsofWesternmeat.have been hauled ineveryyeartofeedourpeople.Thereisnottheslightestjustificationfor this sort of thing.A State with thesoilandclimateofNorthCarolinaoughttoconsideritadisgracetoim-port food-stuffs of any descriptionexceptsuchthingsascannotbegrownintheState—a small part ofourdailyration.‘One thing that has contributed innosmallmeasuretothestateofaf-fairs that.prevails at present has been the extraordinary complexion of our intra-State freight rates.Ourmerchantshaveactuallyfounditnec- essary to haul in stu from otherStatesthattheycouldhavebought far cheaper in North Carolina;buttheprebinevefreightratescompell- ed them to seek’foreign markets.And,on the other hand,while there was no available market in which he could easily and profitably dispose of his surplus there was no inducement for the farmer to raise more than enough to cover his own private needs. Unless complications are raised that will prevent the enforcement of the law,the intra-State freight ratebillpassedbythelastsessionofthe ‘Legislature should remedy this to a great extent.No more will a Greens- boro merchant,for example,find it cheaper to buy meat in Chicago than in Wilkes county;and the Wilkes county farmer will find it easy to dis- pose of all he can raise in the mar- kets of the east. Nevertheless,the habit of a gener- ation cannot be broken in a day,nor in a year,unless some particular and sustained effort is made.Hence the value of the pig clubs.We have not the slightest doubt that it will be with them qs with the corn clubs.The attention of the fathers will be called to the profitable nature of the busi- ness by the stccess of their sons,and therein wil!lie the real benefit to the State.And with the State depart- ment of agriculture standing ready to second these efforts,the amount of meat raised in North Carolina will increase with startling speed. More pigs raised in the State means less North Carolina money going to foreign markets;better prices for the farmer,the middleman and the ulti- mate consumer;and a great addi tion to the total wealth of North Car- olina.The pig clubs are a sign ofprogressintheState;may their tribe increase. MATTERS OF NEWS. The last of the Christmas mails for foreign lands left New York Wed nesday.All told,foreigners in New York city sent 496,898 money orders, aggregating $7,775,000,to the folks at home.This is an increase of $1,- 250,000 over last year.To Great Britain went $2,000,000,to Italy $1,- 667,000 and to Russia nearly $800,- 000. A bill to remove the limitation on the amount that may be accepted from depositors in the postal sav- ings banks has passed the House of Congress.The measure would per- mit unlimited deposits but $1,000 is fixed as the maximum upon which in- terest would be paid.Under the pres- ent law the limit is $100 in each cal- endar month,no account to exceed $500,exclusive of accumulated inter- est. The Supreme Court of the United States has refused the request of the government to review the decision of the Cireuit Court at Philadelphia that the corporation tax was not col- lectible from ‘‘dividends”of mutual insurance companies consisting of premiums returned or otherwise in- vested at the option of the policy- holder.As a result the government will be required te refund about $1,- 500,000 already collected and to fore- go any such.collectiows under the present income tax law. The national Department of Agri- culture says the area sown to win- ter wheat this fall was 36,506,000 acres.The condition of the wheat crop December 1 was 97.2 per cent.of normal compared with 93.2 per cent.last year,86.6 per cent.-in 1911 and 89.2 per cent.the 10-year aver- age.The area sown to rye was 2-, 702,000 acres and the condition ofryeDecember1was95.3 per cent.of normal compared with 93.5 per cent. last year,93.3 per cent.in 1911 and 92.7 per cent.the 10-year average. The Emotions That Come to Life at Christ mas. Geo,A.Gordon in the December At- lantic. Something happens at Christmas that,if only for a day or two,does the whole world good.What that something is remains for many a mystery.A number of persons who feel the renewing impulse are like Faust when the notes of the Easter song arrest his suicidal intent;they take and enjoy the moment’s deliver- ence and continue to.regard the boon as nothing more than mythol- ogy made potent through human as- sociations.Others are moved through PIG CLUBS AND PROGRESS. The Coming of the Pig Clubs Means ‘|The announcement that boys’pig ene ailnaereteraeTHESINGINGHAS CHANGED. The A.R.P.’s Have Substituted theOrganFortheTuningFork--Mod-erator Sim ’s Recollections of.Statesville in the Long Ago:- Rev.J.H.Simpson of Chester,S. C.,.the venerable moderator of:therecentsessionoftheAssociateRe- formed Presbyterian Synod held in Statesville,writes in the AssociateReformed’Presbyterian ‘about the Synod’and his recollections of other days in.Statesville.Following are extracts:\ the character of tho praise servicesince1891.en Mr.and Mrs.J.K.Morrison and the moderator of 1913pitchedthetuneswithatuningforkandledthe|music,which was purelycongregational,without a choir or aninstrument.Now the tuning fork isoutofdateanda$2,000 organ with1,000 pipes,more or less,has taken its place.A good brother,pointing to the grand organ,asked the modera-tor-if “David ever heard the like ofthat,and do you suppose the choirwillsing‘We have Synod?’”He was throwing off on a certain choir at a Synod 15 years ago.The writer was talking to a country girl,whowasinnowaydeficientinamiable- ness,culture or intelligence.Synodhadadjournedandthechoirwaspracticingananthem.And while the conversation of the girl was so in- teresting the music was not noticedby'the writer,she stopped and asked, “Whyis’the choir singing such an anthem as ‘We have Synod,we have Synod,we\have Synod?’”We stop- ped talking and listened and laughed,because it was so ridiculous to ourears.We decided that the choir was practicing the 106th or some Psalm in which the words,“We have sin- ned,”and they were repeated two.or three times and the accent on the last syllable of “sinned”was so strong and not carefully pronounced so that it sounded exactly as if it was “Synod,”and the choir seemed to be rejoicing that Synod had come. The Statesville choir did not seem to be so jubilant,and yet they did not articulate every syllable of every word so as to be heard in the middle of the church.Why is it that the words of some so-called trained voices cannot be heard 20 feet away?And some members of many choirs gaze around and even smile as they sing in God’s house.Alas!alas!It would be more reverent in divine wor- ship if the choir would turn their backs to the congregation end thus show that they are not singing to the people,but to God. The last Synod in Statesville car- ried the moderator back in memory to the first Synod in his ministry and Statesville is associated with both. Music also had a prominent part in those pleasant associations.In 18567 he spent a night in the town on his way in private conveyance,and in company with Revs.W.B.Pressly and R,F.Taylor,to the meeting of Synod at Old Providence.There was but one or two A.R.P.families in town.One was a Mr.Walker,who kept a hotel.Rev.S.C.Millen was president of a prosperous woman's college.Four or five school girls in- vited the writer to go to the college, and of course he went with them; their names are forgotten,but the event and occasion are vividly re- membered.The ladies knew in some way that their gallant was musical and at their request he played “The Wild Ash Deer”on the piano.As he was going out of the room he saw a lady in a room on the opposite side of the hall.Asking the girls who the lady was,they said,“She is Miss Pendleton,our music teacher,”giving her initials.The reply made was, “O,me!She is the author of the song you have just heard,and she was lis- tening to her own music.”It has al- ways been regretted that she was not invited to sing her own song. After the passing of 56 years that same student of theology and of mu-sic returns to Statesville,modefates the 110th Synod of the A.R.P. Church and finds his way to the col lege all alone,and-in the presence of a stranger,Miss Margaret Scott,he plays without notes and with a clear voice the same old song,on what Miss Scott said was no doubt the same old Chickering piano.The author of the song and the young ladies who heard it on a September evening,1857,are gone from the college and perhaps are in their graves. Statesville has made wonderful growth and so has the A.R.P. church,from one or two families to scores, at Synodin 1857,only two are living —Rev.J.G.Miller and the modera- tor of 1913.Of the 54 present in 1891, 31 are living.Forty-six have died since 1891.The roll of 1912 number- ed 115. J.W.Thomas,Jr.,president of the Nashville,Chattanooga and St. Lovis railway,died Wednesday inNashville,Tenn.:2 "Fit His Case Exactly.— “When father wns sick about six years ago he read an advertisement of Chamberlain'sTabletsinthepapersthatfithiscaseex- actly,””writes Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft.Smith,Ark.“He purchased a of fhem and he has not been sick since.Mysisterhadstomach+trouble and was also ben- efited by them,”For sale by all dealers, Eercaraevantnpeaoeramtt GB.Flower Stands 40. There i wonderful change in} ie t \ On Sale Saturday,December 20th. Made of Golden Oak,16 inch top,18 inches high.Well made and a good value. Crawford-Bunch Furniture Company. FREE FOR YOU! no more than you have to pay elsewhere. this just to increase our business and advertise it through our customers,giving them the benefit. Just received another shipment of Chinaware to be given away to our customers withall cash purchases. We give coupons,which are good for a set of Dinner Plates or Ham Dish,Set of Cups and Saucers,Coyer- ed Dishes,ete. the premium goods.Consolidate your bills with us and secure a set of this nicg ware. Be sure to ask when trading to see We guarantee our prices.Your goods coat you We do Very Respectfully, Poston-Wasson Comp’y. +=SS D YOU KNO That You Haven’t Many MoreDays to Do Your ristmas Shopping? Of the 42 ministers present |. Turn to us when you want quick service for our stocks are still unbroken and we have courteous and competent salespeople who can greatly assist you in making your selections. OUT-OF-TOWN CUSTOMERS who can’t come to our Big Store to shop in person can use our mail order depart- ment to great advantage tor the next few days.Everything sent to your door within a few hours after sending us the order with all charges prepaid. Free For the Children. ON WEDNESDAY we will give away one hundred Pictorial Review Doll Patterns—one to each child who comes to our store.Get one of these beauti- ful patterns free while they last. Ask for one ‘of our Classy Christmas Folders with a list of gift suggestions. It will help you decide.Come where you get Your-Money’s-Worth-or-Money-Back ime i RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON CO.THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POST SERVICE.= This gives me more time toservethosewhodocome.Able,(99 ee eesEE oe honest,careful service,with jee ——___——-a es best material are my specialties:FOR SALE—32-acre farm near Net..Two-|FOR SALE—Two suits of parlor furniture,3 fused to do this and ordered that Mr.superstitious fcars;they cpproach theThomasappearbeforethemattheYeagreatseason+-with consciences crowded with uncomfortable memo- This work will probably consume most of his time for several months.|January meeting)and assist them in When Judge Shaw concluded hig |*t™aightening out the affair.Failing|ries;Marley’s ghost is after them,work as presiding judge of Guilford {to do this the board ordered that the|but,like Scrooge,their new heart is ¢Superior Court this week the mem.|matter be placed in the hands of the|only for Christmas weck.“Anotherbersofthebarpresentedhimwith|°!ty #ttorney.group simply falls in with an ancicnt~a handsome gdld cane and the county|In their report the auditors also|custom and are surprised,and indeedofficersgavehimahandsomegold-|*t#ted that the aldermen had shown|pleased,when the dry bones of their:mounted umbrella,in token of their |?laxity in their method of looking |unbelieving minds’come together,miei appreciation of his courteous and ;*fter the affairs of the city,take on flesh and begin to live.A kindly.treatment of all while holding aWin eee vast multitude meet the great day7Th::3 :the courts for the last six months.Shae ar Slee Himself.with buoyant expectation,take with Good To have your eyes examined for glasses.Many people neg- lect this during this busy period. 4 .points to kid hanks 7 n i barn,tobacco barn.Near fetures,china,silverware and other house- As he alighted Saturday night from|trouble,takes an unwise "risk ny |thanks 4 new heppiness,return to vena ache as :b t7’n ae .Backache,:es :.fs ‘00 hurch,Land in good state!hold articles.Apply at 318.Walnut street.the steps of 4 railway coach at his |PAi"24 soreness over the kidneys,nery.their workin this exalted mood,and Hours 9.a.m.to 4.30 p.m.oPchicvation,Price reasonable.D.T.Dea Fe TRIVETTE,Harmony,R-2.Hinz ;home in the town of Keyser,Moore|symptoms that wit a bomy sheen,are ‘all|Ok nO.Gueptione |sbout-eheae.,Roe Dec.12-3t*:a Ai i I :Swat ftcounty,George Blue,a negro well wlar vee of Foley Kidney Pills.They wut jeffect,A few philosophize ‘on.tho DR.R.W.WOODWARD,|FOR RENT—On and after January 1,1914, *"Phone 121 { ij . ;‘i They put :i amall storerom en west Broad street,now i ee.known in Raleigh,was shot and killed oe one i and bladder in a clean,strong phenomenon,and they are willing to,§No.j RobbinsFt ee WOOD—Stove and heater wood,.occupied by Singer Sewing Machine Co.i Pe by «bullet from ‘an unknown source,“ile Dene cc ttiom For sale by’States.Stake their lives on the substantial'and 2044.H,0.MORRISON.Apply to MRS,D.A,MILLER,867 Wert ere me truth of their insight.s 2 Dec.12—3t*End avenue.Dec,16.~4t-al 4 ~Piano Duet THE LANDMARK———————PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. “OFFICE:126 WEST BROAD STREET.“TELEPHONE NO.14. FRIDAY,---December 19,1913. ie’GLIMPSE OF PASSING THRONG.MpekeennePersonalMentionofPeople and Their Movements. Mr.G.C.Tippett returned Tuesday from Salisbury,where he visitedhomefolksandattendedthemarri- age of his brother,Mr.C.M.Tip-tt,and Miss Lillie Tuck of Salis-ry,which took place Monday af- ternoon.Mrs.E.N..Todd of Charleston,S. _C.,who has been in Statesville the past few days on a visit to her sis-ter,Mrs.L.K.Lazenby,will leave today for a visit to her old home in Kentucky.Mr.Frank Hall is at home fromBlackMountaintospendabouttwo weeks.His numerous friends areleasedtofindhimmuchimprovedinealth.:Mrs.Jas.Willson arrived Wednes-day from Woodleaf to visit her daughter,Mrs.C.M.Steele.“ Mr.L.©.MeKay of “Huntersville was a Statesville visitor “Wednesday. Mr.McKay wears his years well.He is 83 but would pass for 70. Mrs.W.H.H.Cowles,Miss Sarah Cowles and Master Stewart Cowles have returned to their home here af- ter spending the summer and fall on their farm near Wilkesboro. Mr.Frank Brady is at home from Davidson College for the holidays. Mrs.John F.Harbin returned Wed- nesday afternoon from Columbia,8. C.,where she visited her daughter, Mrs.J.L.Davis.She was accom- panied home by her son,Mr.Frank Harbin.Mr.E..R.Rankin of Tryon has joined Mrs.Rankin and little son,who have been guests at the home of Mrs. Rankin’s parents,Mr.and Mrs.J.C. Steele,for several wecks. Mr.and Mrs.Moore of Noblesville, Ind.,arrived Wednesday evening to spend the holidays with Mr.and Mrs.M.A.Feimster.Mrs.Moore is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Feim- ster.Mr.Reginald Turner,who has been in school at Riverside Military Acad- emy,Gainesville,Ga.,will arrive at his home at Monbo today for the holi- day vacation. Mr.and Mrs.Geo.Gill of Chicago are visiting at Mr.Gill’s old home in Olin.Mrs.Gill had been with rela- tives at North Wilkesboro for six weeks,Mr.Gill joined her there a few days ago and they came to Ire- dell.Mr.Gill is a brother of Mr. Hal Gill and lived in Statesville for a time some years ago. Mrs.C.B.Webb left Wednesday evening for Philadelphia to visit her daughter,Mrs.S.N.Peters. Mr.Lee Albertson is away on a trip to Washington City and Wil- mington,Del. Prof.R.S.Curtis of Raleigh,who is in charge of the beef cattle and sheep work at the State experiment stations,was at the Iredell Test Farm yesterday. Miss Mattie Thomas went to Char- lotte yesterday to spend a couple of days. Mrs.A.E.Armour and children, who visited Statesville relatives,re- turned yesterday to their home at Davidson.Miss Corrinne Morrison arrived home yesterday from Salem College, Winston-Salem,to spend the Christ- mas vacation.Messrs.A.D.,BR.A.and Albert Cooper,B.L.Sronce,C.W.Conner and Godfrey Kimball and Mr.and Mrs.Earl Moser attended the South- eastern Poultry Show in Charlotte yesterday.e Mr.and Mrs.E.O.Heritage Rave returned from their wedding trip. They have rooms with Mr.and Mrs. Fred H.Conger. Mr.Jonas Culbreth left yesterdayforPalatka,Fla.to take a position in a drug store. Recital at Shearer Music Hall Last | Evening. The music and expression students of the college gave a_recital last evening in.Shearer Music Hall.Fol-lowing was the progranime: Chorus—Roses Everywhere,DenzaGleeClub Piano QWirtet—Ventre a Terre KowalskiMiasesUraceJones,Bessie Hudson,Julia Armfield,Rosamond Clark Vielin Selo—-The Barnyard Clock Winn|Miss Ruby Johnson mVocalTrio—The Lonely Rose,Hermes Misses Tomlin,Rradford,Rhyne Piano Selo —Mazurka Russe,KernMissCharlyeTomlin Reading——Misery in Mra.Randoiph's Knee,Miss Rosamond Clark.Minnet Op.14,Miss Cordelia WattsValseBE.Fiat,Durond Miases Ruth Sadler,Florence Armfield Violin Quartet—Under thg,Palm Trees,-SinnholdsonMas- Piano Sota Paderewski &Misses Florence Armfield,Ruby JohnterEarlOvercash.Reading —Limitations of Youth,Bugene Field Miss Bowling RicePianoSolo—a.Seottish Tone Poem,MacDowell b.Valse Arabesque,Lacka.Miss Mary Flemingb.Miss Ruth SadlerVocalSolo—-Sing On,Denza&Miss Charlye TomlinViolins-—Sounds from the Operas,WernerMissesFlorenceMiller,Ruby Johnson,Mary Johnson,Hope Clark,Master Earl Over- cash. Home-Made Candies Tuesday and Wednesday. The Daughters of the American Revolution will have on sale at the Statesville Drug Co.’s Tuesday andWednesdaydeliciouscandies—home- made,pure and fresh and the very best.They solicit your orders.forChristmasenadies..’Phone all orders to Mrs.L.Harrill,regent.They will also sell Wm.Laurie Hill’s historical romance—“‘The Master of the Red Buck and the Bay Doe.”This book is a history of North Carolina in Revolutionary times,is beautifully bound and illustrated and will make an attractive Christmas °gift.—advt. Geo.Blue,a negro who was shotandkilledatKeyser,Moore ‘county, a few days ago,was not shot by an unknown party,as first reported,but was killed in the store of A.P.Troutman by W.T.Redfearn.Thenegrowasdrunkandabusiveandat-tacked Redfearn,when the latter shothim,Redfearn was exonerated by a coroner's jury. BRYAN-CALDWELL,ENGAGED. Mr.Frank M.Caldwell,Formerly ofStatesville,and Miss Flora BryanofCharlotte—Miller-Sample Invi- tations—Receptions and Other So-cial Affairs.f .The Chrlotte Observer of yester~ day carried the following announce- ment,which is of special interest in/ Statesville:»“The announcement of the engage-ment of Miss Flora Bryan and Mr, Frank M.Caldwell,which was made known in charming and unique fash- ion Wednesday evening at a dinner party given by Mr.and Mrs.F.M. Simmons at the.Southern Manufac- turers’club,was an event as inter- esting as it was unlooked for and as happy as it was unexpected.”***“Miss Bryanis the only daughter ofMr.and Mrs.George W.Bryan of this city and is one of Charlotte’s most attractive and popular young women.Cultured,refined and ac- complished,she possesses by inheri- tance and training all of those traits for which the South has always beennoted—a gentlewomen of the highest type.Her education was obtained at Sweetbriar,Va.,and “Klizabeth Col- lege,this city.Mr.Caldwell is theson_of the late Joseph P.Caldwell and is one of the leading young busi- ness men of the city.He attended Horner’s Military Institute and the University of North Carolina and is well known and highly esteemed all over the State.The wedding in Feb- ruary promises to be one of the bril- liant events of the winter.”‘Mr.Caldwell is a native of States- ville and spent his childhood and earlyboyhoodhere. +*oe The following invitations were is- sued this week: “Mr.and Mrs.Albert Pressly Bar- ron invite you to be present at the marriage of their niece,Mary Lois Miller,and Mr.William Azmon Sample,Wednesday evening,Decem- ber 3ist,at 5:30 o'clock,First Asso- ciate Reformed Presbyterian church, Statesville,N.C.”** At the rseidence of Mr.and Mrs, D.S.Thomas on Water street yes- terday afternoon there was a bril- liant social function when a recep- tion was given by Mesdames J.H. and W.H.McElwee and Mrs.Thom- as in honor of Mrs.R.S.McElwee, bride of a few weeks.The house was beautifully decorated and numer- ous guests called during the after- noon.The callers were met at the front door by Mrs.E.S.Pegram and their cards were taken by little Sa- rah and Billie McElwee.Mrs.F.F. Steele received in the hall and little Miss Katherine Brawley ushered to thé cloak room.Mrs.B.F.Long showed the guests from the hall to the receiving line in the parlor,com- posed of the three hostesses and the guest of honor,and Mesdames Wm. Wallace and R.E.Clapp ushered from the parlor to the dining room, where Mesdames R.V.Brawley,R.| M.Gray and Clarence Stimpson re- ceived and Misses Mary Thomas, Katherine Kincaid and Margaret Sloan served cream,cake and mints. From the dining room the guests were shown by Mrs.J.H.Shaw to the coffee room,where Mcesdames J. F.Carlton and H.O.Steele poured coffee,assisted by Mrs.Jas.Mac. Connelly and Misses Loula Campbell, Mamie Adams,Minnie Sherrill and Rosamond Clark.Mrs.A.L.Coble and Miss Carrie Hoffmann received in the gift room,where there was a large display of beautiful wedding gifts recerved by Dr.and Mrs.McEl- wee,including many valuable pieces of cut glass and silver.A large as- sortment of gifts was also on display lin the coffee room.Returning to the front hall the guests were served j}with punch by Mrs.A.P.Steele and |Miss Margaret Scott.The hall and 'dining room were decorated with!lholly and the parlor was in yellow| jand white,many narcissus being | used,while in the dining room,where | jthe color scheme was green and||white,hyacinths were the principal| |flowers.| Miss Carrie Hoffmann entertained |Wednesday evening at her home on |West End avenue in honor of Dr.and |Mrs.McElwee.Bridge was played jand Miss.Elizabeth Allison won the |ladies’prize,a box of stationery, while the gentlemen’s prize went to Mr.D.J.Craig.Dr.McElwee was | |given a box of candy and Mrs.Mc-||Elwee received a beautiful jewelry | lease.Following the game refresh- ‘ments were served in three courses. |The guests were then shown to an at- i|tractively decorated fire place,where there was a little Christmas stock- ing for each,containing a favor. |The opening of the stockings furnish- led much amusement. Reported for The Landmark. One of the loveliest receptions of jthe season was that given by Miss |Loula Campbell,Friday afternoon,at|her home on Race street.The house was beautifully decorated.Cards were received at the door by little Misses Lois Long Hackett and Rosa Parker Steele.Mrs.R.E.Clapp,Mrs.C.V.Hen- kle and Mrs.A.J.Salley received in the hall;Mrs.B.F..Long stood at the entrance to the drawing room and presented the guests to Miss Camp- bell,Mrs.D.M.Thompson,Mrs.A. D.Cooper,Mrs.Wm.Wellace,Mrs. H.F.Long,Mrs.Ross McElwee,Mrs. Nannie Bonner and Miss Mzry Lois Miller.usMrs.Dorman Thompson and Mrs. D.S.Thomas conducted the guests to the library,where Mrs.”M..R. Adams and Mrs.A.L.Coble receiv- ed,and Mrs.R.B.MeLaughtin’and Mrs.H.O.Steele poured tea,which was served by Mrs.J.H.Cornell, Misses Brady and Cordelia Watts. In the dining room Mrs.B.H.Adams,Mrs,W.F.Hall and Mrs. E.B.Watts received the guests ‘And they were served by Misses AdaBelleBarringer,Louise Brady and Elizabeth Bowles.About two hun- dred called and enjoyed Miss Camp- bell’s hospitality. Box Suppers. Box suppe?,recitations and music at Mountain View school house Tues- day night,23d.Proceeds for school equipment. THE BURNING OF MISS CLARK. One of Many Similar Incidents in the Winter Months—Mrs.Perry Hopelessly UL Correspondence of The Landmark. Statesville,R-3,Dec.18—The con- dition of Miss Vance Clark,who wassoseriouslyburnedlastMonday“eve- ning,remains unchanged,Her life is hanging in the balance,and the wholecommunityisinastateofanxietyandsuspense.This is one of themanya¢cidents of this kind,that is so common during the winter months, and it should be another warning of the care and caution that is necessary, for always added to the grief and suf- fering is the.bitter thought and vain regret,“it might have been”avoided.Mrs.W.C.Perry is critically ill at her home near Barium with cancer.Mrs,Perry realizes the hopelessnessofherconditionandthewonderfulfortitudewithwhichshebearsthis slow,torturing malady shows the strength of her Christian character. Mr.J.M.Ostwalt is attending the State meeting of the Farmers’Union at Shelby this week. The housewives in the country,as wellas the towns,are busy with theirChristmaspreparations.Another year is nearing its close and soon the bells will “ring out the old,ring in the new.”May the coming year be one of pleasure and prosperity to The Landmark and its many readers. Freight Rate Hearing Before Inter- “State Commerce Commissioner. The freight rate hearing,which has been in progress at Greensboro before Chairman Clarke of the In- ter-State Commerce Commission, closed yesterday.The hearing was with reference to the proposed set- tlement of the freight rate contro- versy as agreed on by the railroads and the Legislature.The proposed Settlement violates in some instances the long and short haul principle; under.the inter-State commerce act the commission alone can authorize any violations of this principle;and then only:where they are satisfied that circumstances warrant it.‘This necessitated the railroads submit- ting the proposed rates to the com- mission for its approval by petition in regular form.Upon this petition being filed Virginia cities set up the claim that they were being discrimi- nated against.In order to ascertain the facts the hearing was held. If the carriers and the State of North Carolina can satisfy the commission that the violations of the long and short haul clause are not unreason- able the settlement will be approved and the new rates will go into effect. Attorney General Bickett and oth- er attorneys represented the State at the hearing,which began Tuesday morning.A unique feature was the appearance of Mr.Thom,counsel for the Southern,and other railroad at- torneys,who urged that the agree-| ment be approved and in arguing for its approval practically admitted the long-time contention of the State that | North Carolina is greatly diserimi-| nated against in the present rates. The attorney representing the Vir- ginia cities attempted to prejudice the case by alleging that the agreement | was secured by threats andcoercion.| Notices of Advertisements.| A.L.Coble has a residence for rent | on Walnut street Seven-room dwelling for rent.— W.A.Eliason,L.K.Overcash,has two houses for| New rent. Gentle mule for scle-—Q.L.Sum- mers.| Reward for return of spectacles. H.G.Morrison,Stony Point,R-1.| Roomers and boarders wanted Mrs.R.P.Mitchell. Furnished or unfurnished roomsforrent.-—Mrs,J.W.Marshall.| Hand grip lost.—J.B.Foster Express shipment of Dry Sox shoes expected today at Poston-Wasson Co.'s.Chinaware premium Poston Wasson Co. Flower stands 40 cents tomorrow. —Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co. Quality Christmas selections Statesville Drug Co, Taste counts in the home.—Craw- ford-Bunch Furniture Co Think of.Van Lindley’s when you want flowers.—Polk Gray Drug Co., local agents.|A pound of candy at Hamoy’s to-|morrow for 25 cents.| Bargains in clocks and ‘jewelry| boxes.—<«R.F.Henry Jewelry Co.| Astonishingly low prices at Belk |Bros’.| Bracelets.—H.B.Woodward.Last call for Christmas.—R.P.Al-|lison.|Jseful and practical offerings. Mills &Poston. Christmas Tree at Shiloh Church—|Mr.Bean in Serious Condition.| Correspondence of The Landmark Troutman,R-1,Dee.17.—There will be a Christmas tree at Shiloh church Christmas Day,beginning at12o'clock.Exercises by the children.Any one may put presents on the tree for their friends or whoever they wish,° Mr.Clarence Beam,who was hurt last summer by a wagon running over him,affecting the spinal cord, is no better and his people will take him to Charlotte tomorrow to be ex- amined.If thought necessary they will take him to New York for treat- ment. Mr.Gus Dearman will build a new house this winter.He wants to have it ready to move ‘into by spring. Mrs.J.H..Brown,who has been confined to bed for some time,ig notimproving. By the faithfulness of Messrs.D. R.Howard and A.J.Bass,and the help of others,Shady Grove church house has been painted. Those on the honor roll for Ply- ler’s school are:Florence and Net- tie Beam,Pearl Bass,Eleanor Plyler, Lava Howard,Beckie Freeland,Foy Howard and Bob Plyler.The school is taught by Miss Mattie Tolbert.Those on the honor roll for DugkCreek‘school are:Bashell Millsaps, Tom and Mamie Mills,Willie Lee and Lottié May Hoover,Elmer,Mary and Jettie Plyler,Harold oover.The school is taught by Mr.B.C.Howard. MONEY—We are prepared to Troutman High School. Jorrespondense of The Landmark. Troutman,Dec.17.—{Recently the young men of the Troutman HighSchoolorganizedafiAthleticAssocia-tion.Mr.Ira Clodfelter was chosen captain of the baseball team for thecomingseason.Prof.J.H.Snell and Mr.Oscar Payne were elected to fill the places of coach and assistant coach,respectivély.Mr.P.S.White was elected manager,We think the other high schools of the county should organize athletic associations. Is there anything that helps the school more than athletics? The high school was very busy lastweekwithexaminations.This is a season that most of the pupils do notlike.All went well and the students are looking forward to the holidayswithgreatpleasure.The school willcloseonthe23d, The school has prospered greatly this year under the direction of Prof. J.H.Snell,Misses Reid,Sharpe, Cathey and Rowe.The teachers are very popular. Rev.J.M.White ‘preached in Char- lotte last Sabbath.Mr.L.A.Brown is expected home from Erskine Col- lege Saturday. *The closing of the high school will be celebrated with the play,“Dia- monds and Hearts,”together with ex- ercises by the other departments. The fees are:Half ticket 10 cents, whole ticket 20 cents and reserved seats 25 cents.This play will be Tuesday night,23d,beginning at 7:30. ‘The proceeds will go to the school. Wishing The Landmark a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Card of Thanks. Correspondence of The Landmark. We desire hereby to express our obligation to the members and friends of Cool Spring Baptist church for their kindness to us.It was an agree- able surprise to receive such a “pounding.”We are grateful not alone for the articles received,but for the spirit that prompted it. REV.AND MRS,C,8.CASHWELL. Dec.15, ADVERTISED LETTERS. Following i#a Mat of letters remaining i» the postoffice at Statesville,N.©,for the ending December 17,191% Mies Jennie Arney,Canda Beavis,W.F. Cannon,Miss Mae Clark,Miss Mae Clark, Week Z L.Pields,Stephen Fletcher,Evest Goodin, J H.Morrison,Mrs.zames E.Rea,KirbyRineheardt,A.M.Steele,Mra.A.C.Wil- liams. Persons culling for any of the above will please call fer “advertised letters.” DEWEY L.RBAYMER,P.M. FOR RENT—Pornished or enfurnished rooms. Apply to MRS.J.W.MARSHALL,corner Mulberry and Walnut streets Dec.19-—-2t* LOST—Hand crip containing clothing,lady's purse,etc Return toB.FOSTER Dec children’s d 19 EXPECTED Dry TODAY—Express shipment of Sox Shoes.Come in and let us No shoe on the market like Dec.19 Twe7s t you up. POSTON-WASSON CO boarders. MRS street WANTED—Koomers and nice front adjoining rooms MITCHELL,682 Mulberry Dee.19-—2t FOR SALE—A goed,gentle work mule.@L.SUMMERS,BethanyDec.19-—1t* LOST—Pair gold-rimmed spectactes.LiberalrewardforreturntoH.G.MORRISON Steny Point,R-1i Dee.19--1t* FOR RENT—Two houses.L.K.OVERCASH, Dec.19 dweiling,enstWw 19. FOR RENT-—Seven-room Sharpe street,with stattonary range A.ELIASON Dec RRENT—Residence om Walnut street.A. COBLE Dee.19 FO L. GINNINGANDCOTTON—After DecemberginThursday,Friday and Will bey seed cotton13willoperateSaturdayeachwwek every day and am in the market for stained c.J Jennings,N 12 T4tcotton Jennings, Dee loans on first mortgage real estate security STATESVILLE REALTYMENT©O Sale. TOMORROW ~SATURDAY —I will sell 1,000 one-pound boxes best Chocolate Candy at 25 cents a pound,formerly 40 cents a pound. Only one box to a customer.JOSEPH HAMOY, Next to Tharpe’s 5¢and 10c.store. Dec.19. Very Often the Occasion Arises When You Find it Necessary to BuyFlowers! Then is when you must thiuk of Van Lindley’s.We are al- ways prepared to make up onveryshortnoticeattractive funeral designs,exquisite bon- quets and bunches. In fact flowers are furnished by us in every form desired, We arein position to give you suggestions on wedding decorations,as well as do the work well,haviog only experts in our employ. No flowers sent by parcel post. Van Lindley Co., FLORISTS TO THE SOUTH, GREENSBORO,N.C. Polk Gray Drug Co, ilso* MONEY! Don’t carry money on -yeur person! Don’t keep money in your homes!It may be lost,stolen or destroyed—possibly ‘the knowledge of your possessing it mayendan-ger your life! It is not safe;it earns you nothing;it does nooneanygoodDEPOSITIfINABANK!. >> > >> ) 33 9 3 9 9 3 9 3 9 9 5 9 9 9 3 5 3 > 39 9 9 9 9 9 9 It will be safe and used legitimately in the up-building of the community. It can always:be obtained on demand,and in making your payments your checks are a valid receipt. If deposited upon certificate,four terest will be allowed. te 99 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 9 ) . per cent in- This bank solicits your deposits—either upon checking account or upon certificate. La)”AineS C $100,000)RAC cok ee aaah Cee Rolle}CcaL ° if 10 Days Sale STARTED Wednesday,December 17. We are offering our entire stock of Goods,Dress Goods,No- tions,Shoes,Hats,Clothing,Millinery,etc.,AT AND BE-LOW COST.We are overloaded on Heavy Winter Goods,and have decided to make these great reductions in order to turt them into money.You will benefit by this sale if you will come in and get the bargains that are here on Below is a Few Things Offered in This Sale: Dress Goods—W00l Dress Goods,all colors,New Plaid Goods, Long Coats for Women and Children. Notions —E€Everything in Neckwear,Ruffling,Lace Collars, Hose,Wool and Cotton,all sizes.Millinery~Plushes,Beavers, Velvet and Fur Hats of all kinds. Trimmings all to go at cost,as we must have the money. —For Men,Women and Children.Overshoes, Children.Shirts of all kinds for Men and Boys,Underwear for~ Men,Women and Children.Blankets,Wool and Cotton Don’t Flannelettes,Storm Flannel,Ginghams,Percales, Handkerchiefsof all kinds from 2c.to 50c,Ties from Underwear Outing Gowns,Muslin Underwear of all kinds, Tan,Gray and Black Skirts,a few Middy Blouses we sell at 44c Over Gaiters,Rain Coats for Men,Women and overlook the date,Wednesday,December 17th.Come early so every hand. White Goods of all kinds,Flaxon,Linen Dimity,Shirt Waist Linen, 10c.to 75c.Nice boxes for them.Kid Gloves and Wvolen Gloves, Knit Skirts,slack Underskirts from 50c.tu $1.75, Children’s Dresses,Sweaters,Wool aid Cotton.Nice lot of Shoes,Shoes you can have choice. We cannot mention everything nor give prices,but if you will step in and go over our prices you will see for yourself howlowtheyareYouwillbesurprisedatourstockand_prices, and we want you to come to see us during thissale.You can get many splendid Christmas Gifts.something that will be useful and practical,at this sale,and save money,too. Remember Sale began December 17th,and will last for 10 days.“ill have plenty salespegple to wait on you.Our friends from the country are asked tu makethis headquarters D.B.KRIDER &COMPANY _ i FOUR CAR LOAD OFHorses,Mares and Mules TUESDAY,DECEMBER 186,we received at our stables in Statesville,N.C.,100 head of Tennessee-Vir- ginia Horses,Mares and Mules.We have one car of nice Mares,and a few pair of large Mules.Plenty medi- um size Horses and Mules and a nice lot of Saddle and Driving Horses and Mares This lot of stock was bought right off the farms and free from colds and ready to go to work.If you need anything in our line now is tne time to get it.Remember that all stock is from $25 to $30 cheaper just before the holidays.Come to see us Prices and terms right.Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. Bargains Se|}ti|ia i|H 14 THeurepregnerepeatt, a ‘seTy(esPacesLASETDE CANE LPERES 8 FE PPR Clocks and Jewelry yrpipet "crmogetPPilmyvalHAAGp Boxes.Selt-Filling TLSRETu.ThePractical if ny ’.AMUAISTUARememberthoseChrist-1Hyd \ RE.is the —a reallygoodfountainpenthatfills itself st any inkwell in fourseconds,cleaning itself at thesametime.No special ink required,nothing to take apart,just a simple pressure on the“Crescent-Filler”and it'sreadytowrite,It neverleaka,never clogs,won't smudgeand always writes smoothly. $2.50,$3.00,$3.50,$4.00, }$5.00 and up.Por Sale sy x ii sobcchenanpnamei j mas Present Suggestions |) I have been telling you about.Jewelry Boxes and small Clocks in gold, silver and ivory at.great bargains. |Brady Printing Comp’y,| 1 Printing,Stationery,Ete.—. Statesville,N.C.ft 4 Local Agents. R.Fr.Henry Jewelry Co.“MONBY—Te lean,Address Box 107,erga ti|ville,N.C. YSiN Fe Ca AY Donny TheBest Light |On Any Subject RAYO Lamps give the softest,steadiestlightforworkorplay,for young or old._ayo Lamps No straining of the eyes.A constant com- fort to all the family. Solid brass,nickel-plated,Handsome. Strong.Easy to clean and rewick.Lighted without removing chimney or shade.| At dealers everywhere,orwritefordescriptivecircular. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington,D.C.Charlotte,N.C. Richmond,Va.Charleston,W.Va.Norfolk,Va.Charleston,S.C. Psst we wn BALI ITS2A MP L LD _E ™ _ D (New Jersey) BALTIMORE CS I a D _ D Da 4 ii t r t m 4B |Buy Useful Presents| As your giving nature begins to as- sert itself and you are wondering what to give,just come to our store. You want to give something that will be of use to your friends and that is the only kind of present }you can find at our store. Qur desire is that every home shall have a Christmas long to be re- membered by every member of the family and every joy of Yuletide be.yours.Sincerely yours, Lazenby -Montgomery Hardware Co. P od Lal ireneaatLeande£3 bs L uA, hy Give Him or Her a Trinket? Give something sensible.A nice pair°of Shoes wouldbemoreappreciatedthanacheapringorothergew-gaw.Ifyou don’t know the size worn guess at itandwecanchangetheshoesafterwards,We willencloseanotetothateffectwiththegift. We,have shoes at all prices to suit allagesinallthelatestfashionablestyles, The S.M.&H.Shoe Co.,»Statesville,N.C. |THE LAN DMARK FRIDAY,~--,December 19,1913. HAMMER’S CASE HANGS FIRE. The Attorney General Doesn't WanttoRecommendHim., Washington Dispatch,16th,to theCharlotteObserver.a)Senator Overman and W.C.Ham-mer,his candidate for district at-torney ;for western North Carolina,ealled.on Attorney General McRey- nolds today.Mr,McReynolds hadexpressedadesiretoseeMr.Ham- mer before he endorsed him.AfterthemeetingwiththeAttorneyGen- eral,Mr.Hammer took a train for home,and Senator Overman went to his office,where he was interviewed. He would not discuss the conferencewiththeAttorneyGeneral,but said that he is confident Mr.Hammer willbeappointed. The truth is,Senator Overman is worried over the attitude of the At- torney General towards Mr.Hammer because of the protests made against Mr,Hammer’s selection by Henry A. Page of Aberdeen.The Attorney General doeg not want to appoint Mr.Hammer.He thinks that Mr.Ham- mer is not of the right caliber for the position.He came to this con- clusion after learning of the part Mr.Hammer took in the fight to keep E.L.Auman from being confirmed as postmaster at Asheboro.Hf he ever agrees to the naming of Mr. 1 -|Hammer,it will be because he wants tb help Senator Overman. Senator Overman will call on the Attorney General within a few days te urge the endorsement of Mr. Hammer to the President.An affi- davit of Mr.Hammer bringing up part of Mr.Auman’s past personal record is in the hands of the Attor- ney General.Mr.Hammer admitted to the Attorney General that he had tried to defeat Auman’s confirma- tion,and that he had made the affi- davit in question. Mr.Hammer has reached the most dangerous stage of his contest for the job he seeks.His case is with the Attorney General,who is prejudiced against him because of the cPhracter of his activities against Auman,A slight wind might turn the tide for or against him. Mr.Page,who made the protest that made such an inipsession on the Attorney General,has Mdicated that he will carry his fight to the White House,if it fails in the Department of Justice.He is receiving offers to help in the opposition to Mr.Ham- mer,but is telling one and all that he is not waging wholesale war but making the protest that he feels him- self duty bound to make. RENTED Republican National Committee Will Change Plan of Organization. After five hours of debate the Re- publican national committee,in ses- sion in Washington Tuesday night, determined that it was clothed with ample power to readjust the composi- tion of the party’s national conven- tion and had authority to make re forms in convention rules and proced- at the polls last November. With little bitterness and no tan gible evidence that differences which arose over methods could not be re- conciled,the committee took steps which hav?been agitated in the party for 30 years and which have been vi tal factors in many exciting conven- tions in its latter day history. out a dissenting vote the committee decided to make a change in the basis of representation in national conventions which will greatly af fect Southern States,gave full recog nition to the principle of the primary in the election of delegates to such conventions,approved laws regarded such elections adopted by several States which provide that all dele jgates be selected at larwe and ac- cepted the principle that delegates|properly accredited by State authorijties*shall be placed on the temporaryconventionrollInformallyithad been agreed that the new basis of |representation should be referred t ithe Republicans in the various State |for ratification.The only diffe|of opinion that developed on the sur jface was over:the question’of th |Machinery to be used to effect t} ireforms.Of the 49 committeemen |who voted on the one roll cail taken, j14 favored the calling of a special jconvention to bring about the changes,and 35 declared themselves|opposed.<ceeeeeneseneemenieemapeneehintateenneseass ure that have been demanded by} many elements since the convention. of 1912 and the Democratic victory With-! ’It should surely help you,asit has a'miltion others, | Story of a Master Turnip Crop:in|Concord Township.| |Correspondence of The Landmark.| The writer,one bright Decemberjevening,had the pleasure of attend- jing an old-time corn husking;splen- did,temperate jovial crowd threwovercornandtalkedfreely,as thatjwastheonlywaywehadtokeep|Warm. the question of turnip raising and to} my surprise he stated that one night iihefellincompanywithan07033pj|LT‘hunter and he was telling him about BOLIPSE ENGINESjanotherneighborwhofarmsona/|jlarge scale;that said farmer had|AND THRESHERS.jonly 20 acres of turnips in one piece |jand four in another,which makes |j only 24 in all;and said farmer hadgivenaneighborsomeoftheruta-'bagas and they were about the size|of plates,He intimated they weresomethinglikethesizeofhishead|and he is a well developed man.!Hurrah for Concord farmer!Beat itifyoucan.G.Concord Township. |.There is more Catarrh in thia sec-;ion of the country than all other dis-|eases put together.and until the last;(ew years was supposed to be incurable.|for a great many years doctors|Protounced tt a local disease and pre-|scribed local remedies,and by constantly|failing to cure with local treatment.|Pronounced {it incurable,Selence has|powers Catarrh to be a constitutional|lisease and therefore requires constitu-|donal treatment.Hall's Catarrh Cure,manufactur by F.5,Cheney &Co,|foledo,Ohio,is the only constitutional|cure on the market.It is taken inter-}mally in ene s 10.drops to a tea-{spoonful.It acts directly on the bloodandmucoussurfacesofthesystem.They offer One Hundred Dollara for=case it fails to cure,Send for cir-evAdaress:F.J.CHEN:ress;F.J,ENEY &CO.,Tole-da,Ohio, My fellow associate sprung| Rebels Selze.ty of _WealthyineolinEeeWes A dispatch from Juarez,Mexico,says that all the property of LouisTerrazas,Sr.,Enrique Creel andJoaquinCreel,including banks,mines,vast areas of lands,thousandsof headofcattle,homes and persona!effects,were ordered confiscated to the rébelsinanofficialdecreeissuedbyGen.Francisco Villa,rebel commander.;Terrazas,now a refugee in theUnitedStates,is one-of the richestmeninMexico’|.His holdings ofabouttwo-thirds of the State ofChihuahuaaresaidtoplacehimamongthemostextensivelandhold-ers of the world.The combined es-tate of Terrazas and the Creel broth- ers,his nephews,is valued at’manymillionsofdollars.Enrique.CreelwasformerlyambassadorfromMexi-co to the United States. The decree accuses the Creels and the Terrazas family of “withholdingtaxationandoffomentingthetreach- ery of Orozco and Huerta,”and statesthatthepropertyshallbegiventothewidowsandorphanscausedby bloodshed among the Mexicans.All contracts made with the Creels and Terrazas since February 18,1913,aredeclaredvoid. Rural Credit Association Organized For Catawba. First in this State to put into ef- fect suggestions offered by the North Carolina members of the special com- mission which last summer visited Europe to inspect rural credit sys- tems there,Catawba county has prac-tically completed the organization of a rural credit association modeled af- ter the building and Joan plan,along the lines proposed by the commission. The Association will be known as the Catawba County Rural Credit Asso- ciation and the office will be at Hick- ory.A charter has been applied for. To begin business 250 shares of stockwillbes@ldat$100 each, Thinks the Man Has Been Greensboro News. The Durham Herald‘understands “that the machine has already se- lected a candidate for Governor,and we do not mind saying that accord- ing to our information it is net At- torney General Bickett.”Most of us would ask for no more than one guess as to whom the Herald is “alludin’ at.” Named. "_COME AND SEECHRISTMASGOODS Just to name some of the many articles inourbigstockofgoodswillgiveyounoideaofthebeautyofthegoods,but we name afewhopingtoinduceyoutocomeinandseeforyourselfthemanyattractivethings'we :have.In Watches we have Nickel,GoldFilledandSolidGoldCases,and HamiltonSouthBend,Hampton,Rockford,Elgin andWalthammovementsforthecases.We haveGold,Gold Filled and Nickel Chains in allstyles.We have Gold,Gold Filled and Ster-ling Bar Pins,plain Diamond and Pearl andDiamondBrooches.Rings of all kinds ex-cept the plated—we only carry Solid GoldRings.We have Necklaces and LavalliersinGoldFilledandSolidGold.Bracelets inGold,Gold Filled and Sterling.Sterling andPlatedComb,Brush and Mirror Sets.“Van-ity Boxes,Military Brushes,Match Safes,Scarf Pins,Cameo Rings and Brooches,Jew-el Boxes and many other things,such asHawk’s and Libbey’s fine Cut Glass andPickard’s line of i ar Hand PaintedChina.You usually find what you want atRickert’s.So come and look and while youarelookingbuy,for we sell you honest goodsathonestprices.What we sell you will beengravedifyouwillbuysoonenoughtogiveustimetodotheengraving.If all put offbungtilladayortwobeforeChristmasitwi be impossible for us to engrave thegoods.Won’t you buy early and give us a_,:chance for we want to please you.Pe RH.RICKERT &SON.Jewelers. I wilt co youtostopthat itchin twe seconds, No remedy that I have ever sold forEczema,Psoriasis,and all other diseases of the skin has given more thorowghsatisfactionthanthe D.D.D.Prescription for Eczema J guarantee this remedy. W.F.Hall,Druggist,Statesville,N.C.NEAR DEATH Iredell Phone No.74,Bell No.7. BY SMOTHERING Bat Husband,With Aid of Cardui, EffectsHerDeliverance. Drager,N.C.—Mrs.Helen Dalton,ofthisplace,says:‘I suffered for yeawithpainsinmyleftside,and wouldoftenalmostertodeath. Medicines patched me up for awhile|but then |would get worse again.Final-ly,my husband decided he wanted me totryCardui,the weman’s tonic,so,he bought me a bottle and |began using it.|It did me more good than the medi-|cines|had taken.| I have induced many of my friends to | try Cardui,and they all say they have stop That Ticht been benefited by its use,ere never 2 SHERRILL-WHITE SHOE CO What Shall I Give Him For Christmas? The perplexing Christmas problem is settledveryeasilyhere.We suggest the follow-ing which will aid you in answering thisperplexingquestion: Combination Sets in very attractive boxes,$1 and $1.50 a Set. A very complete assortment of Kid Gloves,$1 to $2 a pair. A very complete line of Ties,25c.,50c.and $1. Initial Handkerchiefs in Christmas boxes,75c.and $1.50 a box. Bed Room Slippers,$1.25 and $1.59,in Blacks and Tans. You'll have no trouble at all in selectingsomethingfromourlinesofChristmasFoot- wear that would be just right,and we'll >make any exchanges desired after Christ-mas.Yours truly, SHERRILL-WHITESHOECO. After January ist we will occupy the store formerly occupiedbyTheWhiteCompany has been,and never will be,a medicineto———-with Cardui.1 believe itisagmedicineforailwomanlytrou|bles.’ For over 50 years,Cardui has been re-|lieving woman's age gy and buildingweakwomenuptohealthandstrength. If you are a woman,give it a fair trial. Get a bottle of Cardui fo-day, Write te:Chattanoogn Medicine Co.Ladies’Advisory Dent.Chattanooga,Tenn.,for SsectaddnetructionsOfyourCas@and64pagebook,“HomeTreatmentforWomen,”in plain wrapper.M.G.i186 S.J.Holland. farm horses and mules for sale for eash or on time,Termes to suit purchaser, Haa wood WANTED A few farms to supply customers.Those desiring to sell suburban and farm lands will find it to their interest to see me. FOR SALE—6}acres one mile of Statesville,two acres of which is in timber.Three three-roomdwellingswhichrentwell.Offered at an invest-ment price. ERNEST.G.GAITHER,_™S™%%G%,st0gKs_4ND PHONE 23.'OFFICE NO.1,MILLS BUILDING. Best equipped livery ee . in town.s@ a ; Phone 3,Day or Night.R A E About 65 lots and several houses inIwillhavesomeofourlatestStatesville,style machines here in a short time.Comeoverthefirst time you are in town and see them and let's talk it over. C.H.TURNER,Near the Depot. |Hickory Wanted. We buy logs,sawed lumber and dimen- sion stock.Write for prices,é IVEY MANUFACTURING CO., Oct.10.Hickory,N.C. Also about 15 good Farms. =<y Cash or On Time.42 See me before buying. ,Real Estate Agent. éy+CASH—LUMBER!122 ——PRICES AND MEASUREMENT—— We will please you with both. Correspondence solicited from buyers and sellers. PHENIX PLANING MILL COMPANY,Phones Indevendert«3 ~Nov.7—26t. SE O ue s 2B O C S O O L E S Believing asI do that the man who buys furniture on_install- ments should have some consideration,I have decided that from now on my time price and cash price shall be the same.Or in other words,come to me with a little money and get what you want just as cheap as if you had all money to pay cash.Everything marked in plain figures at prices as reasonable as anywhere.Respectfully, The Williams Furniture House, Statesville,N.C. * =NEW Cotton Ginnery AtQil Millcan gina bale every 15 minutes.Will buy your seed cotton or gin for toll,and buy the lint and seed right on the ground at Top Prices.Giveus atrial. Satisfaction guaranteed IMPERIAL COTTON OIL COMPANY.P ‘PHONE 205. ‘lof.marketing. IN THE FIRST PLACE This -Bring every prescription direct to us to be filled.is the best advice we can offer any one using medicines. We have the drugs,every kind or class,each of standardpurity,fresh and potent.We have the knowledge and the training,and the experience that counts in scientific,:careful prescription compounding.You get all safety, satisfaction,results.Ask your doctor. The Polk Gray Drug Company, @ ON THESQUARE @PrescriptionSpecialists."Phones 109 and 410. ‘Commercial National Ban OF STATESVILLE,N.©. _Capital Briel iF Surplus and Profits - ce Total Resources Over $100,000.00 30,000.00 090,000.00 Four per cent interest paid on time and Savings Deposits. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. ‘nee Bs, W.D.TURNER,---=.President,E.MORRISON,-- -—Vice President,D.M.AUSLEY,--9 --G.E.HUGHEY,-Assistant Cashier. rHE LANDMARK FRIDAY,---December 19,1913. THE MARKETING OF COTTON, Government Investigation Shows.theVariationofPricesinDifferent Towns and How the Seller Suffers. For years the fatmers have com-plained—and the complaint has beenjustinmost¢ases—of the price of cotton on many of the local markets. The variation in prices is noticeable and in most cases unwarranted.Sometimes the variation amounts to a cent a pound or more on the same grade of cotton on the same day; sometimes the buyers in small towns pay far more for cotton than buyers in larger markets.While explana- tions have been offered the only ex- planation is that on most markets the buyers have an “understanding”and take care of themselves.The re- sult is going to be a different system The Office of Markets of national Department of Agricul- ture has been investigating and the investigation will be continued.The first investigation was made in Okla- homa and a bulletin issued by the de- partment gives the results.Follow- ing are extracts: “There is not a single important step or process in the entire cotton handling and marketing scheme which owes its origin to a special consideration of the producer’s inter- ests.The studies as to the condi- tions of marketing cotton began in October,1912.They have covered 103 cotton market towns of Oklahoma, involved the sampling of over 3,200 bales of cotton with records of date, place of sale and price paid to the grower.,They also involved careful grading pnd stapling of these sam- ples,and\a close comparison between the prices paid to the grower and the actual differences in grade.As a result of these studies the investi- gators find that practically every feature of the handling and market- ing system is retained because of the insistence of some one of the numer- ous middlemen and carriers who have at best only a temporary interest in cotton.Even the spinners’desire for a better bale.kept under shelter un- til it is shipped to the mill and with a covering which would keep the cot- ton clean and dry,is systematically ignored.These conditions apply to many.other cotton markets in the South.Partly as a result of the find- ings,the Office of Markets is now conducting investigations in 80 typ- ical local marketing points through- out the cotton belt.” “Accurate knowledge of cotton grading is of little value to the pro- ducer in marketing his individual crop under present conditions.The prices paid to farmers both for seed and lint cotton are too largely based on averages.This works great injus- tice to the producers of the best grades.The greatest losses to the farmers under the present system of marketing appear to lie in their fail- ure to secure the premium for their grades which these bales finally bring.” The following made to show the gets it in the neck: “To bring out the general relation between the ‘price of middling cotton in different local markets in Oklaho- ma as compared with the Galveston (Galveston,Texas,being the port on which Oklahoma prices are based) closing prices of the preceding day,four middling bales were selected at different times in 15 towns,«their range of local price noted,and dif ference from the Galve price de- termined. comparisons way’the farmer tor ied from 75 cents in Duncan to $6 a bale in Erick,where or day $52 and $58 were puid of this same grade. for a bale 1 would vary from $2 to $7 from $2.50 to $3 per bale “Summing up this feature of investigation it may be stated the fluctuations in prices paid for any grade of cotton from day to day during any one day,exceed é those justified by any change inbuyers’limits or in spot transactions in the great cotton markets.” This investigation will be extended to North Carolina and other Southern States. the and Navy Officers Get Too Gay. The Carabao Society,composed of retired officers of the army end navy who served in the Philippines,gave a dinner in Washington a few days ago at which the guests were regaled with satires and travesties on the ad- ministration’s Philippine policy and songs were sung in which the Filipi- nos were characterized,in profane language,as robbers and other evilthings.Private citizens may do this sort of thing but government of-ficials can’t.President Wilson was offended and ordered an investigation that suggested court ‘martial.Theofficersofthesocietyhaveapologiz-ed and deny that they intended of- fence,but their characterizations oftheFilipinoswouldcertainlybeof- Army fensive to self-respecting Filipinos. ‘RSE TERRA NRT How to Bankrupt the Doctors. A prominent’New York physician says,“If it were not for the thin stockings and fworn by women the ‘doctorsbebankrupt.”When youcontractacolddonotwaitforfttodevelopintoniabuttreatitatonce.Cham-berlain’s Cough Remedy is intended especiallyforaeoscolds,on a won awidereputationbyitscpresthovediseases.‘At iam effectual-and is pleasant and safetake.by all dealers. x are | i Cutting Out the Emergency Ration. Chocolate rations,long the main- stay of the army as an emergency diet,have been tabooed and Secretary Garrison has ordered that no more supplies of this food compound shallbeissuedtotroops.This ration has been issued in 18 ounce portions and while its nutritive value is pronounc-ed good,and its keeping properties excellent,Dr.C.G.Longwerthy,oftheAgriculturalDepartment,has re- ported that it is “defective as to di- gef{tibility andtherefore deleterious to the health of its consumers.”Tests now are in progress by Dr. Longworthy to develop a new ecmer- gency ration which will meet the de- mands of the military service. Hickory Creamery Shipping Eggs BytheCarLoad. The first solid carload of eggs to New York city was shipped by the Catawba Creamery at Hickory Tues- day.The car is valued at $1,800, The creamery is shipping about two cars of eggs weekly but this is the first solid car to be shipped to one city.The business of the creamery for the past six months equaled the business for the entire previous year. The output of ~butter was 89,000 pounds.The stockholders are dis- cussing plans for enlarging the bus-iness. HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR HAIR. Nothing spoils your good looks so much as homely hair—stringy,dull- colored,harsh.Nothing adds _to good looks so much as beautiful hair —-soft,silky,wavy and glossy.No matter how beautiful your heir is now,you can improve its good looks by using Harmony Hair Beautificr.If your hair is homely and ugly now, Harmony Hair Beautifier will make it softer,silkier,glossier,more beau- tiful in every way.It also makos it easier to put up and helps it to “stay put.”Its rich rose odor hides,the unpleasant,oily smell of the hair. Harmony Hair Beautifier is rightly named;it beautifies the.hair. Very easy to apply—simply sprin kle a little on your hair each time be- fore brushing it.It contains no oil, and will not chai.ge the color of the hair,nor darken gray hair. To keep your hair and scalp dand ruff-free and clean,use Hermony Shampoo.This pur liquid shampoo wive an instantaneous rich lather that immediately penetrates to every ort of hair and “tcalp,insuring aP,£&quick and thorough cleansing.Wash ed off just as quickly,the entire op- eration takes only a few moments. @Wontains nothing that can harm the hair;leaves no harshness or sticki- ne just a sweet-smelling cleanli- ne Both preparations come ‘in odd- shaped,very ornamental bottles,with sprinkler tops.Harmony Hair Beauti- fier,$1.00 Harmony Shampoo,50c. Both guaranteed to satisfy you in every Way,or your money back.Sold in this community only at our store The Rexall of the more than 7,000 leading drug stores of the United States,Canada and Great Britain,which own the big Harmony laboratories Boston,where the many celebrated Harmony Perfumes Store—one jand Toilet Preparations are made. Statesville Drug Co,Uptowr, Store,Center Street;Boulevard Store,Western Avenue,Statesville, N.C.: Kidney Ailments |Start with BACKACHE,DULL HEAD. ACHE,BLURRED EYE SIGHT,LOSS OF APPETITE,PAIN IN HIPS ano SIDES,SORE and WEAK KIDNEYS and URINARY IRREGULARITIES, |“It was found that the range in| price paid in a local market for dif- ferent bales of middling cotton var he same |TO NEGLECT-MEANS Loss of Health and Vitality “The difference between local aver age middling prices and Galves ton price varied from 69 cent in Ryan to $5.20 im Marietta.There seems to be no regularity in varia-|tions between local pr and the Galveston prices.In Norman at differenttimesthedifferc:fromthe |Galveston price was 5 cents,$2.19,| and $3.10. “The investigation showed that in the case of strict middling cotton in the same local market the differ-| ence in price for bales of this grade |COMMISSIONER’S |Superior “In the case of low mid g cot ton in seven markets,the price varia tion on the same day was from $2.20| to $12.50 a bale.In the case of strict low middling cotton the variation ran TO CURE-USEFoleyKidney Pills TOMIC IN ACTION ~QUICK IN RESULTS Will CURE any case of KIDNEY o BLADDER TROUBLE not beyond the| reach of medicine.No medicine can dco ore.The genuine is in a yellow packas” Statesville Drug Company RE-SALE OF LAND. Under and by virtue of an order of the Court of Iredell county,made in the special proceeding entitled J.L.Hellard, administrator C.T.A.of the estate of Ma- ry Sisk,deceased,vs.Floyd Sisk,the un- |dersigned commissioner will,on that |MONDAY,DECEMBER .22,1913, at 12 o'clock,m.,at the court house door in Statesville,North Carolina,offer for re-sale to the highest bidder for cash that cer- tain lot or parcel of land lying and being in Statesville township,Iredell county, North Carolina,and more particularly de-|éeribed as follows,to-wit:Lot No.15 in Block No.24 as mapped and planned on the map of the property of the Statesville Development Company,said map recorded in Book No.15 at page 441 of the Records of Deeds for Iredell county, and being in the city of Statesville,andfrontingonSeventhstreet,being 50 feetfrontand140feetback,ana being the same as that conveyed by deed of J.M.Mitchell and wife to Mary A.Sisk.See deed book No.47,page 107 Registery of Iredell coun- ty.Also Lot No,4 in Block No.24 asshownonthesaidmapofStatesvilleDevel- opment Company,which map is recorded in Book 15,page 441 of the Records of DeedsofIredellcounty,this lot adjoining the firstmentionedlotandfrontingonEighthstreetandbeingthesamesizeofLotNo.15,andbeingthesameasthatconveyedbyIsi-dore Wallace to J,W.Sisk and wife,see deed recarded in Book No,48,page 89 RegisteryforIredellcounty.Bidding will begin at the advanced bid of$346.50 for both lots.Terms of sale cash upon confirmation of sale.R.T.WEATHERMAN,Nov,21, said lot lying 1913. .BALD AT 35.| Cleanse the Scalp;Nourish the Hair | and,Never Grow Bald.Use { Parisian Sage.iDon’t grow bald at 85 as thousands:of men do—yes!and women also,|Failure to keep the hair properly | nourished and the scalp free from)dandruff is one of the main causes!of baldness. If.your hair is thinning out imme- diate action is necessary.Parisian Sage is just what you need to re- move dandruff,stop falling hair anditchingscalpandmakethehair strong,beautiful and vigorous. This delightful and refreshing hair- tonic,which is now sold at druggists and toilet counters in 50 cent bottles, is rigidly ‘guaranteed.If Parisian Sage does not give complete satis- faction Statesville Drug Co.will re-turn your money.; Parisian Sage surely supplies hair needs.The first application removes dandruff,invigorates the senlp.and puts life and beauty into thin,dull and faded hair. FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE We have afull line of Nuts, Candies,Fruits. All kinds Fancy Gro-ceries. Anything for your Christmas Dinner. Kagle & Milholland. SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT. By virtue of the powers contained in a mortgage deed executed by W.H.Allison and wife to Mrs,Florence M.Watson,nowdeceesed,the undersigned administrators of her estate will sell at public auction to the| highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Statesville,N.C.,on SATURDAY,DECEMBER 20,1918,at 12 o'clock,M,the following described house and lot in the city of Statesville to- wit Beginning at the junction of Tradd and Front streets and running with Front streetnorth66degreeseast218feettoastake,Mil- ler's corner;thence north 24 degrees westabout58feettothedivisionfence,Allison'scorner;thence with the diviasion fence south66degreeswest215feettoAllison's corner, on Tradd street;thence with said streetsouth24degreeseastabout54feettothe beginning. A.L..SMOOT, ANNIE MURDOCK, R.B.McLaughlin,Atty Administrators, Nov.18th,1914 Homeseekers tickets aresoldatgreatlyreducedfares —onthe Istand 3rd Tuesdaysofeachmonth;stopovers —free and 25 days time,viaCottonBeltRoute,—to and Texas Winter tourist tickets (roundtrip)from southeast ints to many points in Texas,Louisiana and New Mexico,will be on saledailyNov.Ist.1913 to April 30,1914;with exceedingly Jong returnlimitofJuneIst,1914.Stopovers. All year tourist tickets on saledailytocertainpointsinTexas +90 day limit. The Cotton Belt Route is thedirectlinefromMemphistoTexas, through Arkansas—two splendid trains daily,with electric lightedequipmentofthroughsleepers, rlorcars anddiningcars.Trains rom all parts of Southeast makedirectconnectionatMemphis with Cotton Belt Route trains to the Southwest.! For full informetion about Home-seekers Fares,Winter Tourist FaresorAllYearTouristTickets,addresstheundersigned,Books about farm-ing in Southwest,sent free.WritetH.H.SUTTON,District Pass’r Agent M.B.HOLTSFORD,Passenger Agent ‘109 W.9th St.,Chattancoga,Tenn. 64 acres fine farm land Well watered and 200,000 feet of pine timper.Three miles of railroad station and on public road eightmilesfromStatesville.Near good schoolsandmailroute.Price low and terms easy.Oct.31.ZEB,V.LONG,Atty. Pianos at a Big Reduction! In order to hold my territory for another year and extend the same if possible,and also for the purpose of taking a vacation from business during the month of January, I offer ten Pianos,jn stock,at 20 per cent. off the regular prites. struments at a reduction of 10 per cent. Also all small in- J.S,LEONARD, Statesville,N.C. EOE RRS Jeuthw’ bet in re a)C4)Pymamenarn reo Cty Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special for cash. New Rugs have arrived.$3.00 9x12 and up to $75.00. Statesville Housefurnishing Company. New Guods Being Added All the Time. Watches,Clocks and Jewelry promptly and cerefully-repair- ed,and all kinds of hand en- graving sheA kas Paxton &Daywalt’s, Next door to 5c.and 10c,store, guaranteed or no pay. before you buy,as see what they say. I appreciate your neighbors’ appre*iate yours. Bestmaterial,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfaction If you need Ser in my line be sure to see or wriampreparedtoprotectyour-interests. your neighbors who have bought work from me and MonumentsandTombstones| That is My Business. me business:and will likewise YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND MOORESVILLE,N.C.8ZEBDEATON,Proprietor.| Low FAREs!| e ee s ee {pied « ¢ Your Lady’s Candy. Delivered to her right off the ice.Apol- lo’s,Liggett’s,Norris’,Martha Washing- ton’s.Put up in half to five pound boxes,fancy boxes and Baskets. 25 Cigars to the box,$1 to $3 the box. Safety Razors,$1.00 to $6.50,all kinds. Manicure Sets $1.50 to $8.50. er cases,Gents’or Ladies’. Parisian Ivory Toilet Sets,Brush Sets, Military Brushes,Traveling Sets,etc. German Silver Mesh Bags $1.50 to $6. Daddy’s Smoker. In leath- -Suitable For Each and Every Member of the Family! Elegant Line of Leather Goods. Bridge Sets,Tourist Pads,Purses,Hand Bags Card Cases,Ladies’and Gentle-men’s Traveling Cases,Ebony Military Brushes in Leather Case. The Perfume Counter. Extracts 25c.to $5.00 the bottle.Toilet Waters 25c.to $1.50.Mary Garden, Houbigant’s Ideal,Hudnut’s and Rei-ger’s Sachet,all odors. Stationery in Christmas Boxes.Fancy Boxes 25c.to $7.50,all sizes and colors. Correspondence Cards,Initial and plain. Sterling Silver Toilet Sets $1350 to $37.50,and many hundred other things that would please.Seeing is believing—Come and see. THE STORE OF'QUALITY- STATESVILLE DRUG CO., rHeE LANDMARK FRIDAY,---December 19,1913. THE AVIATION FATALITIES. More Than Four Hundred Deaths in Ten Years. The art of aviation,or heavier-than-air machines, years old Wednesday. flying in was ten It was on De- cember 17,1903,that Orville and Wil-| bur Wright,the famous Ohio avia- tors,conquered the air in a series of four short,successful flights at Simms Station.Since that time the aeroplane industry has been revolu- tionized.dt has been taken up by the people of all lands and some wonderful flights and feats have been accomplished.During the past few years the advancement has been along new and more useful lines than in the earlier years.The heavier- than-air flier has now become an im- portant factor in warfare and war equipment and today there is not acountrythatdoesnotincludethe aeroplane in its military and naval equipment. Though the progress of the science| has been remarkable,each year has seen an increase in the number of persons killed.The.first death was that of Lieutenant Selfridge of the United States signal corps,who waskilledinpflightatFortMyer,Sep- tember 17,1908.Four aviators met death in 1909,32 113 1912,and 187 in the present year. The total number of aviators who have perished amounts to 437. Of the 137 fatalities this year 19 occurred in the United States.To this number may be added the death of a California aviator in British Col- umbia and of Lieutenant Rich,of the United States army,in the Philip- pines. The list shows that the aviation fatalities this year have been dis- tributed over 20 different countries. A most noticeable feature is the pre-| ponderance in all countries of fa- talities among the military fliers. This is due to the fact that more at- tention has been given to military aviation than ever before,while ex- hibition flying has decreased because it is no longer a novelty and fails to attract the public attention that it|smaller than any crop since 1903,did a few years ago, “Highland Baptists”and Power Presbyterians,” Charity and Children’s Notes Bap-jcrop is the third largest of our his- tist State Convention. Dr.Gambrell,in his great address,|pansion of the area of this crop.The e love and admiration |hay crop is smaller than the larforPresbyteriansbecausetheyhave|cro fnhis strong and clear-cut convictions. fact,he added,Presbyterians Baptists.The next day Rev. in 1910,73 in 1911,| “Water |PRODUCTION BELOW AVERAGE.|though the total crop production is |—e |approximately 12 per cent smaller |Shorter Crops But Higher |Prices|than last year’s production,the aver- |Make This Year's the Most Val-|age level of prices is higher than last |wable Crop.year.” With the most valuable crop of! leorn and cotton ever produced,and |ateitation ta Conventions. ithe second most valuable oat crop,| ,.bi;2 ,” ithe value of the nation’s 14 principal|The Repu pcan national committee, |in session in Washington this weck,farm crops this year aggregate the), Ecetioes tala 7 $4,940,301,000,the adopted the following as the proposed Department of Agriculture announces change of plan of Popreseesauion in \in its final estimate of acreage,pro-|national eS en t ited duction and value.This is an in-|.“Each State shall be entitled In crease of $182,958,000 over last year |such convention to four delegates-at- and of $350,772,000 over 1911,based|large;one delegate-at-large for each |on the prices paid to farmers on De-|Representative in Congress at largeifromanyState;one delegate fromjeember1.|;\ai ref aa |The acreage of these crops is equiv-|each congressional district;an uddi- tional delewate from each congres-alent to a farm one-seventh the size PeeR ate "of the continental United States.The sional district in which the vote eith-er in 1908,or for the Republican can-exact area planted to these 14 crops, Change of Plan of Republican Repre- which is more than 95 per cent of didate for Congress in 1914,shall lthe total of all crop area,was 299,-|have been not less than 7,500 and 433,000 acres,an increase of almost |that for each delegate chosen,analternatedelegateshattbechosenin more than 2,000,000 over the 1911|the same manner and at the same area.More than one-third of the to-time to act in the absence of the del- tal acreage was planted to corn.|egate. For the crops as a whole,the aver- age production per acre was valued at about $16.50.The corn crop gvcrag- ed $15.96 per acre,cotton $22.19; $5,000,000 acres over last year,and of |made the basis of the call for the inational convention to be held in the +J 5 r 916,unless prior to Januarysugarbeets$59.64,wheat $12.14)oats Year 1916,is Pp ,11.44,sweet potatocs $68.60,rice 1,1915,Republican State conven-$26.68,potatoes $62.10,tobacco $100.-,tions held under the laws of theStatesorcalledbythe.Republicaninthe|State committees of the States in such number of States as are en- below the average,”the Secretary titled to cast a majority of the votesofAgriculture,David F.Houston an-|i"the present electoral college,shallTnounces,“the yield per acre of all |Tatify the action of this committee In{crops combined being smaller than |respect oe this basis of in any year of the past decade,with |epTesentation,‘the exéeption of 1911.This short-_,This was adopted by a vote of 38 to lage was caused by a severe drought,|!:North Carolina voting for it.It}accompanied by excessive heat dur-[is estimated that if the plan is adopt-ling the summer months,in an impor-led the convention representation will jtant portion of the agricultural dis-|be reduced from 1,078 to 993,and itrict of the United States,and par- |ticularly in Kansas,Oklahoma,Mts- ;souri and adjacent States. “Inasmuch as crop preduction of |1912 was unusually Laces,a greater|Board Directors, |proportion than usual has been car-|Raleigh News and Observer,18th. |ried into the present crop year,which;Mr.R.H.Salsbury of Martin coun- |should mitigate somewhat the effects |of the shortage of this year’s crops. “The corn crop,the most valuable |farm product of this country,is 29 and rye $12.84. “The production of crops United States in 1913 was materially three votes. |member of the board of directors of |the State Hospital at Raleigh yester- |day,and being denied the right to ‘vote or draw expense money,started suit against Dr.Albert Anderson,su- |perintendent,and will carry the case to the top.3ThiscaseattractedsomeattentionearlierintheyearwhenthecontestforthesuperintendencybetweenDr. |Louis J.Piecot,then superintendent, and Dr,Albert Anderson,candidate, The cotton crop will|was somewhat exciting.Mr.Salsbury |Wheat production is the largest ever recorded in this country.The cropwaspracticallymaturedbeforethe drought became effective.The oat! jtory.There has been a steady ex- of 1912. Ses |Per aps rank fourth or third in size.|was a member of the board by ap- nothing in the~world but highland |crops,(corn,wheat,|“The acreage devoted to these five |pointment of Governor Kitchin last oats,hay and|fall.Governor Kitchin named himMr.|cotton),comprises about 90 per cent|Dr.John D.BiBateman,the Presbyterian pastor atjof the area in all crops inl theres!ta eg ie teed Bas vel helby,came back at Dr.Gambrel]fore has aysayingthedoctorprobablymeant|the _ere |who resigned.The incoming admin- predominating effect upon|istration jhad several new men togeneralacreageconditiisstosaythatBaptistsareonlywater.jcrop ge condition of alljname.The term of Doctor Biggs ex power Presbyterians. Gov.Craig expects to Ark.,where he has been weeks. arrive in|bel tomorrow from Hot Springs, ‘undergoing ‘crop production this itreatmentforrheumatoidseveral|i fy the.Goeranued cle s.,Nearly all the minor crops!pires in 1917,Mr.Salsbury contend-@t@ miatorin!ly smaller this year|a that.he is the legal incu nt.Thethanin’1912 and the per acre yields |lawyers could not agre@*Mr.A.B.Ic their average.[Croom of Burgaw was named by“To the producers the lessened|Governor Craig. 4 The hitch here caused a postpone-eee ty the increased prices |ment of the election of superintend= oh:sl>* ithat North Carolina will lose two or|t,g position in the Department of |“Provided,however,that the above| |basis of representation shall not be| Prescriptionists. Last Call For Your Christmas Trade! Our offerings are useful and practical.Your friendwould,no doubt,appreciate anything of the following as a gift: rectors.There were ten and are still that number pending the eourt’s ac-tion,if Mr.Salsbury decides to fight it through,and he says he will.The ten have sat together and voted.The case is just where it was at first and has started an interesting contro- versy. James R.Mitchell of Winton, Scarfs,M.&P.Linens,Tow- els,Napkins,Elkin Blankets, Quilts,Bags,Purses,Combs,Brushes,Needle Cases,Umbrellas, Suit Cases,Calvert Mills Underwear,Ladies’Suits,Coats, F )vl ™,Sweaters,Skirts,Petticoats,and all kinds of small wares. RQ?”°New line of Ladies’Black Peau de Soi Tailored Hats at $1.50,$2.00,$2.50,$3.00 and $3.50.Automobile Bonnets THE WORLDSBESTGLOVES on sale also,made to order. =MILLS &POSTON.= Hertford county,has been appointed | |Justice at”Washington at a salary |Suit to Determine Membership on | ity re-asserted his right to sit as a! received for their produce;for,al-|ent,.The law provides for nine di-}to0 of $2,700 a year. ~ T’S a safe guess that in all the homes there are no two bed- rooms furnished exactly alike.An evidence of variety in tastes;the bedroom lends itself to the tastes of the occupant as no other room doeg, We know this and we have done everything possible to get together bedroom furniture that you will like.Nearly every variety ofwood,every style,every period,every color and every finish is shown here.The prices are low and range from 7 that givegoodfurnituretothemodesthome to prices that represent:the finestmaterialandskillinfurnitureman-ufacture. No matter what brings you to this store,whether it is to buy furni- ture or to enjoy a rest.while look- ingat pretty things,you are equal- ly welcome. -Crawford-Banch Furnitare Co. Ronsard Gloves,Linen-vilwear,Hosiery,Handker-yl 2 chiefs,Neckwear,Marabou ret,Serpe,Care THE WORLDS BEST Moment De RIN,CAMOviennaems}GL ESBathRugs,Hand “ Yours truly, A SUBSTITUTE Looks like the Real Thing until the Real Thing be placed SIDE BY SIDE with it;“then the difference is very apparent. wy2‘is the Real Thing when it comes to - paint. ____-FOR SALE BY———: |Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co., ,Statesville,N.C. To LETcJanuary Ist,tworooms over Polk FOR SALE—House and lot on West End gi Fe aaa store,now occupiel by Army avenue at a bargain.Also small farm i .Admitable location,for near town for sale or rent,Room for Sahewad 1 RY.A CARPENTER.=refit in Mills Building.N.B.MILLS.‘i Dee.9.Dee.9 iS “~~ Nd VOL.XL ;7 ¥ rLA / ‘, de STATESVILLE,N.C.,TUESDAY,DECEMBER 23,1913.NO.43. nade CUTTING AFFRAY IN SHILOH. Mr.Fred Harrington Seriously CutByFoxandWaugh—Both inJail.fe A serious cutting affray took placeatFulbrightschoolhouseinShiloh township Friday night,in which Mr.Fred Harrington of Alexander county, was dangerously wounded.Mr.Har-rington has a deep gash from his car across his cheek to his chin and un-other bad wound on the back of theneck.Eugene Fox,whose home is across the river in Catawba county, and Charlie Waugh of Shiloh town-ship,are in jail charged with «in- flicting the wounds.They will prob- ably be given a hearing Saturday.A box supper had been advertised to take place at Fulbright school Fri- day night and it was while the crowd wasgathering for the box supper that the trouble occurred.According to the best information,Mr.Harrington and his brother,Mr.Will Harrington, both of whom are school teachers. one of them being in charge of the Fulbright school,had just arrived at the school grounds when Fox and Waugh,who were drinking,began picking at their clothes,ete.,and calling them ugly names,The Messrs. Harrington,it is said,berged the dis- turbers to be quiet,telling them thattheywouldmarthepleasureofthe evening,but instead it is allewed that Fox and Waugh continued to follow the school teachers about,cursing all the while.Finally one of the Her- i s knocked down Waugh,where- Fox drewtheirknivesandwhileoneofthem ashed Mr.Fred Harrington across the face,the other cut a gash across the back of his neck.The cheek wound penetrated to the hollow and is con-sidered serious.? Sheriff Deaton was notified of the affray by telephone and he and Dputy Gilbert went to the scent in an auto- mobile Friday night.Fox and Waugh were found at the home of the latter and both were brought to jail and are being held for trial.Fox is said to be a-bad character.About three years ago he was sent to the State ve for a term of three years for orse stealing,but was pardoned af- ter serving half the term.The par- don was conditioned on good be- haviour and it is believed that his behaviour Saturday night forfeits then. The following young peo isSe 8 rom to anand holi-po Bt “The Misses Mann -Miss Nora Neal Foard from Daven-port College,Lenoir;Miss Josey Johnson from Mars Hill Academy, Mars Hill;Miss Janie Leonard from Claremont College,Hickory;Misses Amy and Myrtle Heinzerling,ViolaCampbellandNellieFowlerfrom Meredith College,,Raleigh;Messrs.Marshall Fowler,Ewing Millsaps, Perey Heinzerling,Perry Guy,ScarrMorrison,R.HL Torner and Ralph Gill from the A.&M.College at Raleigh;Miss Katherine Brown from Washington City;Master Cincie Bur- rows,Rock Hill.S.C.; Mossre.Frank Cooper and Locke Simons from the University of Maryland, Baltimore;Mossrs.Fred.Deaton,Bu- gene Eagle,Long Gaither and CareyBoshamerfromtheUniversity,Chap el Hill;Mr.Jo.Caldwell from Co- lumbia University,New York; Mezsrs.Kent Jolmson,Henry Nich- olson,.Jack-Wallace cnd Alan An- cerson,Trinity College,Durham; Dent Turner Bell Buckle,Tenn.; Miss Rebecea Stimcoon and other stu-dents at State;Normal expected to-day. Great Snow Storms in the West. *Mr.H,Ralph Hall of Wheatland, Wyo.,an Iredell man,sends The Landmark copies of the Denver,Col., pers of December 5 and 6,contain- ing acconnts of the heaviest snow storm in that section in 85 years. Railroad trafic was blocked,street ears snow-bound and business gener- ally suspended in Denver for days while thousands of men worked to re- move the snow and to supply food andfueltothedestitute. In his section of Wyoming,Mr. Hall says,the snow was 30 inches on a level—the worst he has knownsincehehasbeeninWyoming—and the ag for the stock industry, in which Mr.Hall is engaged,is dis- couraging.Caring for cattle and horses in snow two and a half feet deep is a job,Four to six big work horses and two to four men are kept “busy daily on each ranch handlinghayforthestock. The West has some advantages andalso,it will be seen,some disadvan- tages. Pythian Officers. The following,officers have ~been elected by the local lodge of Pyth- jans and will be installed the first meeting in January:E.4G.ite chancellor commander,R.M.Rick-ert vice chancellor,R.F.Armfieldprelate,M.E.Ramsey,Jr.,master of work,L.J.Freel master of arms,B.L.Sronce keeper of records and seals,J.B Gill master of finance,R. L.Poston master of exchequor,J.D,Ramsey inner guard,A.Y.Alex- ander outer guard,E,G.Gaither,C.‘L.Poston and S.B.Miller trustees.The insurance department electedC.L.Poston president,L.J.FreelviceeeeJ.B.Gill secretaryandM.R.Adams medical examiner. Advertisers to Change. The Landmark’s advertisers whohaveChristmasads.are asked tosendchanofcopytotheofficeFridayaeetfornextTues- as |dow decorated DOTSON -McIVER MARRIAGE Ceremony in Statesville Saturday—Marriage at North Wilkesboro—Other Matrimonial Events. Miss Eva Dotson and Prof.James Herry Mclver of Wadesboro were married Saturday at high noon at the home of the bride’s parents,Mr. and Mrs.P.V.Dotson on Stockton street.The ceremony was perform- ed by the bride’s pastor,Rev.Chas. E.Raynal,in the presence of the immediate family of the bride and a few other relatives.Miss Dotson was becomingly attired in a pretty blue coat suit with accessories to match.Shortly after the ceremonythebrida]party drove to the rail- way station and Prof.and Mrs.Mc- Iver left on the 1:20 train for a trip to Washington and New York.On their return to North Carolina they will visit’relatives of Mr.Melver in Greensboro and Mrs.Mclver’s people here before going to Wedesboro, where they will make their home. While her immediate family knew that Miss Dotson was to wed,the marriage at this time was a genuine surprise to her friends and the oo lic.Miss Dotson has been teaching in Wadesboro and arrived home Fri- day night.Prof.Mclver came in on the Saturday morning train,and in accordance with the wishes of the couple the marriage which followedwasaquietaffair.The couple madetheirfirstacquaintancewhileProf. Melver was conducting a teachers’ institute in Statesville last summer and when Miss Dotson went to Wadesboro to teach in the city schoal a courtship was begun which result- ed in the happy event Saturday.Prof. Melver,who is a well known educa- tor,has been cuperintendent of the Wadesboro schools for some years. He is a son of the late H.M.Melver of Greensboro and a brother of the lamented Ches.D.Melver,the foun- der of the State Normal at Greens- bore.He has won for his bride a popular and worthy young woman who will make for him a _home worthy of the name.She was reared in Statesville and educated in the Statesville graded school and States- ville Female College and has for sev- eral years done good work as a teach- er at Taylorsville and elsewhere.Numerous friends wish her happiness. *>© Mr.and Mrs.“G.E.Hughey of Statesville and Mr.and Mra.J.P. Hughey of Salisbury attended themarriageofMissMargaretHughey,sister of the Meésirs.Wughey,in Wilkesboro last Wednesday.The Wilkesboro Patriot has this report of the marriage: “A pretty wedding took place at the home of Dr.and Mrs.J.M.Tur- ner in North Wilkesboro yesterday afternoon,when their niece,Miss Margaret Hughey,became the bride of Mr.E.W.Pritchett of Elon Col- lege.Rev.C.W.Robinson officiated The bride,who wore a becoming go- ing-away gown of dark blue,was at- tended by her cousin,Mrs.James Poindexter of Elkin.The bridegroom was attended by Mr.Poindexter.Miss Nellie Rousseau played the wedding music.Lohengrin’s wed@ing march was first rendered and during the impressive ceremony this was soften ed inte ‘Hearts and Flowers.’The wedding party repaired to the dining room,where an elegant salad course Was served,after which the couple left fer an extended trip South.The bride is a popular and pleasant young woman and as a token of the esteem in which she is held she was the re-cipient of many pretty and useful presents.The groom was formerly in business in North Wilkesboro,be- ing a member of the E.L.Hart Com- pany.The many friends he made during his residence here extgnd every good wish to him and his bride.The couple will reside at Elon College.” *>o Their many friends will be much interested in the announcement that Miss Stella Leonard of the Barium community and Mr.J.C.Moore of the Stony.Point community,will be mar- ried this evening at 5.45 o’clock.The ceremony will be performed by the bride’s pastor,Rev.T.C.Parker of Troutman,at the home of her father, Mr.Robt.R.Leonard.-The marriagewillbeaquietaffair,only near rela- tives being invited.Mr.and Mrs. Moore will leave immediately thereaf- ter for Salisbury,where they will spend Christmas with Mr.and Mrs. Clarence Leonard.The bride-elect is not only an attractive end popular young lady,but is best of all a skilled housekeeper and Mr.Moore is fortu- nate in securing her for his bride. Mr.Moore,who is a young farmer, is a brother of Mr.W.C.Moore ofStatesville. Confederate Daughters’Bazaar. The bazaar conducted in the va- cant store room on west Broad street Friday by the Daughters of the Con-federacy was largely attended and practically everything offered for salewassold,The store room was at-tractively decorated with Confeder-ate colors.The ‘fancy article boothwasconductedbyMrs.H.P.GrierandMrs.W.R.McLelland,and thecandyboothwasinchargeofMissesNellArmficld,Beulah Jenkins andMrs.J:E.Deitz.Mrs.D.F.JenkinsandMrs.J.A.Cooper looked after thetables,which were served by a com-pany of young ladies,and MesdamesThad.Summers,D.S.Thomas ard B.B.Webb looked after the kitchen.Miss McBride Jenkins sold cigarsandraffiedacake,and Miss WillieNicholson,attired in Confederatecolors,sold punch from an iyy-cov-ered-rock well in a large show win-Contecesi’tn wie THE SMALL BOY AND THE GUN. What the Combination Did at Moores-ville=Personal Items, Correspondence of The Landmark.* Mooresville,Dec.22—At noon Wed-nesday all the four cotton mills,the flour mill,the furniture factory,shops,and in fact everything in the manufacturing line,will close downfortheholidays.The banks,t- office and all the stores will be closed on Christmas day. Misses Genora and Elizabeth Smith of Coddle Creek,Vernie Goodman and- Bernice Long of Mooresville,came in from Mt.Pleasant Saturday,where they have been attending school dur- ing the fall.They will return after the holidays.Dr.C.U.Voils will leave Wednesday for Chester,S.C., to spend the holidays.He and Mrs, Voils,who has been in Chester for several weeks,will return to Moores-ville next Monday.Miss Mary Me- Neely arrived from Wilkesboro Sat-urday night and will spend the holi- days with her parents,Mr.and Mirs.CG.K.McNeely. Sunday morning at the Moores-ville Cotton Mill,while playing with a loaded shot gun,a small son of Mr. Floyd Mills allowed the gun to “go off”and shoot a little girl,the daugh- ter of Mr.Owen Brady.The woundwasnotserious. Messrs.Edgar McNeely,Willis Johnston,Kingsley Culbertson,ClaudeKipkaandVictorJohngton,students at the A.&M.College,Raleigh,havearrivedfortheholidays.Miss Mary Bethel White of Greensboro is visit- ing her sister,Mrs.G.M.Kipka,and other relatives here.Misses Carey Wilson,Audrey Kennette,Clara Cul- bertson,Jessie Lee Cornelius,Mat- tie and Arey Lipe will reach home Wednesday from the State Normal at Greensboro for the holidays.Miss Kate Cathey came home Friday from the Norma!School,Asheville.Misses Ruth Brawley and Mary Johnston are home from Queen’s College,Char- lotte,and Miss Elizabeth Rankin has arrived from Elizabeth College.Miss Evelyn Worsham will leave today forRuffintospendtheholidayswithher parents.Mr.Mack Deaton,studunt at the State University,arrived Fri- day night for Christmas,and Palmer-Pressly,who is at Horner’s,will be home today.Miss Emma Dulin of Rockingham is visiting her mother here.Mr.and Mrs.W.L.Matheson leave today for Bowling Green,Ky., where they will visit for severalweeksMrs.Matheson’s father endotherrelatives.Mr and Mere WC. Ariail will leave tomorrow for South Carolina to spend the holidays withrelatives, Mr.Rufus Deaton,son of Mr.ZebDeaton,who has been confined to his bed for three months,is stil]unable to be up.Hig sister,Madge,has contracted pneumonia cond is very ill Yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock,at her home on the farm of Mr.J.A. Black,near Mt.Mourne,Mrs.Elmer Gibbs passed away.She will be buried tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at Fairview church by her pastor,Rev.E.Myers vived by her husband and nine chil dren,the oldest of whom is married and the youngest only a small child Mrs.Gibbs was a member the Methodist Church and held her bership at McKendree chur Mr.Vernon Brawley,of Mr A.D.Brawley of the Amity com munity,and Mis@ Fan:Reid of Cornelius were united ir marriagSundayafternoonat5o'}Rev E.Myers performed the «mony at the home of Mr.Jo.Corn where’the bride had made her for a number of years. Mrs.S.Clay Williams *of boro is spending the holiday parents,Mr.and Mrs.J.E rrillMrs.H.M.Ulmer of Monroe visit ing her father,Mr.J.Y.Templeton, ond her sisters.Mrs.J.H.Hamm of Charlotte is visiting relativ: Miss Beatrice Hall is home fr: Springs,where she has been i:during the fal). Graded School Teachers Off For theHolidays. The members of the graded school faculty departed Friday night and Saturday for their homes to spend the Christmas vacation.Miss EllieGrierwenttoherhomeatMatthews, She i ur mem lius, home reens with her Sh here.m Red school Mecklenburg county;Miss Lucy Cul- bertson to her home at Mooresville, Miss Mary Watson to Wagram, Scotland county;Miss Alice Harris to Forestville,Wake county;Misses Jes- sie Massey and Marea(Jordan to Dur-ham,Miss Ethel McNairy to Greens-boro,Miss Annie Raffe to Salisbury,Miss Christine Rutledge to Mt.Hol- ly,Miss Adelaide Morrow to Graham, Miss Frances Nixon t4 Greenwood,S. C.,Miss Mary Wortham to Franklin- ton,Misses Kate Finley and Bessie Crowell to Charlotte,Mr.G.W.Har- ry to Grover,Cleveland county.Miss Martha Watson,who was here with her sister,accompanied her home and it is understood that she will not re- turn to Statesville.Miss Nell Arm- field accompanied Miss Jordan to Durham and will be her guest duringtheholidays. Mrs,A.L,Coble leaves this morn-ing.for Winston-Salem to .spend Christmas.Judge Coble may go to-morrow.{ My.H.L.Crouch léaves today forOxford,where he wilt spend Christ-mas with his brother-in-law cnd sis- ter,Mr.and Ms.E.G.Hulse. (Dr.E.N.Lawrence goes to Raleightodaytobewithhishomepeopledur-ing the holiday season.Mr.J.Boyes Rogers.is in,Charlotte to attend the t-Neikirk wedding,Mrs.Lois Log Hackctt is at home from Brooklyn,N.°Y.,for the holi-days. ee was an émplaye of MRS.PENN WANTED DIVORCE. Mrs.Penn,Formerly Mrs.Raymer of Statesville,Has Marital Troubles in Indiana.¥ The following sent’out as a press dispatch from Terre Haute,Ind,,un- der date the 20th,is of local intérest: few weeks ago sued for divorce,has become reconciled to her and caused her to sign a remarkable contract. “Mrs.Penn got an injunction to keep her’husband away from the rooming house she conducted and n he violated it he was taken in- te court.He admitted in court he been married before under an- other name and was confronted withaletterhewrotetoaMissouriwidowtellingwhatafinemanhewas. “Mrs.Penn testified that,replying to a matrimonial advertisement,she went from her North Carolina home to meet Penn in Baltimore,taking with her an inheritance from her first husband.She married Penn a few minutes after meeting him in Balti- more.She said she did all the work in her rooming house and that her money purchased a nearby residence property.“The contract she has signed pro- vides her husband is to have full pos- SeSsion of the rooming house and the régidence property;that she is not to £0 on the street unless accompanied by her husband;not to go to the es of two neighbors who §are ed;violation of’her marriage vow ssociation with other men to se Penn to receive $100 in cash fi each violation of the contract; n to collect all rentals,provided makes a complete report of re- pts and expenditures.” rs,Renn wes Mrs.Laura Ray-mer,widow of John Raymer of Statesville,when she married Mr. and The Penn...She lived in Statesville the county for several years. Landmark questions the statementaboutthecontract.Mrs.Penn had compiderable property and is a busi- ness woman who would hardly signacontractlikethat. Dwight Phifer Dead—OtherDeaths. Mr.M.Dwight Phifer died Friday night at 12:30 o'clock at his home on west Front street,following a week's iliness from @ complication of pneu- monia and other diseases,Funeral services were conducted from theregkienceSundayafternoonbyhis paster,Rev.C.E.Raynal,and the lite®Mment was in Oakwood cemetery. Mr,Phifer was a native of this coun- ty and was 75 years old.He is sur- vived by four children,namely:Mr. F.B.Phifer and Misses Cree and Tossie Phifer of Statecville and Mr. W.P.Phifer of Mesa,Ariz.One brother,Mr.B.Frank Phifer,and one sister,Miss Mary L.Phifer,al- so survive.Mr.Phifer volunteered as a Confederate soldier at the opening of the civil war and served through the war.His jawbone was broKon while in battle and the effects of the wound were felt throughout his ht Mrs.Ida Dunezn,wife of Mr.\S\ C.Dunern of Hickory,died Saturday;morning at the Sanatorium,death resulting from blood poison.She was brought to the Sanatorium sev ercl days provious for trentment,but her case was too far advanced and her life could not be saved.The re- mains wore fal to Marion for bu- rial.Deceased was 38 years old and leaves a husband and children. Near Thirteen Million Bales Ginned to December 13. The seventh cotton ginning report of the census bureau for the season, issued Saturday morning,announced that 12,923,206 bales of cotton (count- ing round as half-bales)of the growth of 1913 had been ginned prior to December 13,to which date during the past seven years the ginning averaged 89.5 per cent of the entirecrop.Last year to December 13 there had been ginned 12,439,036 bales,or 92.2 per cent of the entire crop;in 1911 to that date 13,770,727 bales,or 88.5 per cent;in 1908 to that date 11,904,269 bales,or 91.0 |per cent,and in 1906 to that date 11,- 112,789 bales,or 85.6 per cent. In North Carolina the amount ginned was 706,252 against 819,662 onthesamedatelastyear,913,944 in 1911 and 615,736 in 1908. Deputy Collector E.L.Hedrick,who had been at his home at Taylors- ville for Sunday,was in Statesville yesterday betwoen trains,Sunday afternoon Mr.Hedrick and Sheriff Matheson made a trip to a point abott seven miles south of Taylors- ville and.destroyed a unique distil- lery,about the smallest ever seen by the officers.The plant was complete in every.particular,but the©still, whieh was of copper,had a capacity of only three or four gallons and it would be impossible:to mak»morethanagallonofboozeata“run.”It was in evidence that the plant had been in operation for some time and. everything was in reediness for a “run”when the officers interferedwiththeplansoftheoperators. Mr.Folsom,Formerly of Statesville,Killed in Greensboro. Riding in .an autemebile with a friend.in Greensboro Saturday a week ago,Mr.Henry Folsom leanedoverthesideofthemachineandas the car rounded a street corner he was thrown out and received injuriesfromwhichhediedaboutaweeklater.Mr.Folsom formerly lived’in e Kincaid furniture factory.Heissurvivedbyawifeandtwochil-dren.-; -“Willlam E.Penn,whose wife a} *=**ae *)&-*,) NEXT CALL TUESDAY. The next issue of The Land- mark—due Friday,26—will appear again (D.V.)Tues-day,30th,and regularly there- after. Meantime,to all to whom “these presents may come— Merry Christmas. ****~*~*+1”* MINOR LOCAL ITEMS. Olin churchtomorrownight. —The condition of Miss Vance Clark,who was so badly burned a week ago,was reported slightly tim- proved yesterday afternoon. —The Christmas tree at Shiloh church on Christmas Day will be at 2 o’clock in the afternoon instead of 12 o’clock,as stated in the last issueofTheLandmark. Mr.B..B.Webb of the Statesville postoffice force,who receritly took the examination for postoffice inspec- tor,has suecessfully passed the ex- amination and is now on the eligible list for appointment to~that impor-tant position. ~The Brady Printing Co,has printed a very attractive calendar which will be sent to the customers of the company.The calendar carries no pictures but is printed in large figures and is an attractive advertise- ment for the company. ~-A trio of colored Jones,Roy MeLelland and Lester Johnson,were arraigned in Justice Lazenby’s court yesterday afternoon, charged with stealing some valuable imported china from Miss Loula Campbell.The case will be finally disposed of today. —At the court house yesterday Mr.R.T.Weatherman,commission- er,sold the J.W.Sisk house and lot on Seventh street to Mr.Claude Lackey for $412.The Allison prop- erty,corner Tradd and Front streets, was sold under mortgage Saturday to Mr.R.P.Allison for $750. Messrs.W.B.Brown,B.L.Sronce,R.A.Cooper and J.PaulLeonardexhibitedbirdsinthepoul-try show at Charlotte last week andallwonprizes.In the Statesville ee * ee ee HH * *we ee ee v e e ee e ee ** —Christmas tree at boys,Henry show Mr.J.T.Davis of Statesville)‘won first and fifth on Buff Orping- ton pullets,but his winnings were inadvertently left out of the premi-um list. Lack of Appreciation of the ChickenShowy.ao ;The Observer says the managers of the Charlotte poultry show,held lastweek,complained of the.small attend-ance and lack of interest and appre- ciation,The managers of the States- ville show make the same complaint. The recent poultry exhibition at Statesville was about the largest and finest ever held in the State.But the patronage was small and the manage- ment didn’t mcke expenses.We be- lieve none of the three shows held here have paid out or more than paid out Yet these chicken shows are a good advertisement for Statesville and a splendid advertisement and encour- agement for the poultry industry;and the poultry industry is a most impor- tant industry and becoming more im- portant. It takes a good deal of money and much work to pull off a successfulpoultryshow,as it does’to do any-thing worth while....In.the case of the Statesville show some of the man- agers at loast sacrificed private bus-iness to give time to it..But becausethepriceofadmissionwas20centssomepeoplecomplainedandrefusedtopatronizetheshow.The price had been increased becaus:a small price had failed to pay expenses.The promoters of the show do not try to make money out of it,but it is too much to expect them to give their time and pay part of the expense in addition,The trouble is,in matters of this kind,that too many people think it should be free or’practically free.Yet few of those who grumble about a small admission fee are will- ing to share in the work and worryortheexpense.They are willing totakeitofftheotherfellow. Rhode Island Turkey Man Dead. Horace Vose,widely known as the purveyor of turkeys for Phanksgiv- ing day dinners at the White House,died last week at Westerly,R.I.ewas73yearsold.When 15 years of age Mr.Vose began the business raising turkeys and during the term of President Grant conceived the idea of offering the choicest of his flock for the President’s Thanksgiving din- ner.Since that time he has annual- ly provided a turkey for the WhiteHouseatThanksgiving. Judge Boyd Appoints J.M,Baley Marshal.Judge Boyd has appointed J.M.Baley,chief deputy under mee teLogan,marshal for this district to fill the temporary vacancy caused by the displacement of Logan,Sena- tor Overman asked the judge name Chas.A.Webb,who hasnominatedformarshalbutnot con-firmed. Currency Biii. The ‘report of the conference com-mittee on the currency bill,whichedjustedthedifferencesbetweenthe House and Senate,was under consid-eratiion in.Congress yesterday anditissupposeditgotthroughlastnightorwillgetthroughtoday. A fire,involving damage yariotisly estimated at from $1,250,000 to $2,- 500,000,devastated the famous dockyardatPortsmouthEngland,Satur-day night and resulted in the loss of ee BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW? -~Mr.R.L.Alexander of Harmony. largest turnip—4 pounds. was $1.. -«Mr.D.F.Mayberry of States- ville will deliver an address at the Christmas exercises at Center« school,in Turnersburg township, this afternoon. -~The Landmark office wili be cios- ed on Christmas Ar Every other day except Sunday the office will be open as usual and there will be a cordial welcome for all callers—espe- cially if they want to pay money. —Dr.Henry B.Rowe,who lived in Statesville when a boy,when his father,Rev.Dr.J.C.Rowe,was pas- tor of the Methodist church here,has located in Mt.Airy to practice medi- cine, +~Mr.B.B.Bouldin of Greensborohasbeenappointedadeputycollec- tor and assigned to.duty in Collector Watts’office at a salary of $1,100.Mr.Bouldin was formerly a field deputy.: —-Creditors of The White Compa- ny last week received from the re- ceivers,Messrs.J.L.Sloan and R. V.Brawley,checks for 33 1-3 per cent.of their claims.The receivers hope to pay 60 per cent. ~—-Mr.Lee Albertson returned this week from Wilmington,Del.,where hecloseda.deal for -a.coca-cola plant.Mr.Albertson will go to WilmingtontotakechargeoftheplantaboutFeb- ruary Ist.His family will remain in Statesville for the present. —-The Elkin.Tribune of last weekhadthefollowingitem:“Mr.J.A. Somers received a telegram from his brothers,Messrs.Mance and Lee Somers of Knightstown,Indiana,that they were on their way to Statesville, N.C.,with their families to spend theholidays.” -~Holiday hours will be observedatthepostofficeQhristmasDey— Thursday.City carriers will make early morning delivery and from 11:30 to°12:30 the carriers’windowswillbeopen.General delivery willbeopenfrom11:30 to 12:30.Rural cerriers will make their rounds asusual. —-Mrs.R.B.Leinster and children are visiting relatives at Raeford.My.Leinster will join them there in afewdaysandJanuary15willtakeajobinroadconstructionwork|at Ro nville,Martin county.FornearayearMr,Leinsterbend ,inchargeofaroadconstruorceinthiscounty.r—Mr.E.&Milloaps recently se-cured from Stateoville citizens sub-seriptions to the amount of $25 for the Knapp School of Country Life, which is to be located at Peabody Normal!College,Nashville,Tenn,as a memorial to the late Dr.Kna Pp.Mr.Millsaps has forwarded thamounttotheschool. ~—A special Por of Christ- mas music will be rendered by thechoirofBroadStreetMethodistchurchSundayevening.The musicalservicewilltaketheplaceofthereg- ular preaching service and promises to be highly entertaining.No pray- ermeeting service will be hel at Broad Street tomorrow night, ~—-License has been issued for the marriage of Mr.Roy Steven Godfrey and Miss Martha Gracy Jolly;Mr. Robt.Keller and Miss Mary Leila Sharpe;Mr.John Waltcr Templeton and Miss Addie Gregory;Mr.L.L. Grant and Miss Lizzie Bell Brooks;Mr.Avey ‘Henderson Cozart and Miss Lucy Alma Renegar;Mr.Jas. H.Adams and Miss Annie Moose. —When the Daughters of tae Con- federacy held their bazoar last weck Mr..J.A.Brady gave them an electro- type.duplicate,mode in copper,of the original seal of the Confederacy, to be sold at auction.It is handsome- ly framed and is an attractive souv- enir.So far the ledies have beon of- fered $2 for it ond thcy are holding it for higher bids.Biddcra may no- tify,Mrs.W.R.McLelland. ~—~Rey.Jas.Willson,who was plac- ed on the superannuate~list at the recent session of the Methodist Con- ference in Charlotte,was in townlastweek.Mr.Willson Will continuetoliveforthepresentatWoodleaf,Rowan county,which was his lastcharge,but may later locate in Statesville.Mr.Willson was in theMethodistministry42years.He joined the Conference in Charlotte in M87l-and retired from active worktherein1913. ~—Most of the out-of-town |stu-dents and members of the faculty of Statesville college left Friday for their homes.Of the faculty Miss Griffith went to her home in Ken- tucky,Miss Patrick to her home in Tennessee,Miss Boardman to Alaba- ma ond Miss Arey to Elmwood.Mrs. Cummings and Miss Webb are spend- ing the holidays at Statesville.Inn. Miss Boardman,who has been teach- ing music at the college,will not re- turn for the spring term on account of the condition of her health. ~—-Mrs.W.E.Turner,who was in- jured by a fall at the home of ‘herdaughter,Mrs.Gordon Finger,inCharlotteduringtherecentMethodist Conference,and had since been con- fined there,was brought home Sat-urday afternoon in an automobile.In the fall Mrs.Turner suffered abrokenarmandotherinjuriesareslowinhealing.Mrs.|Turner and her guests,Mrs.©yCorpeningandchildrenofNewton,and Miss Jennie Morrison went to:Charlotte the ae SaturdaymorningandMissMorrisonaccom-Tarner The prize two lives.s won DP.J.Kimball’s first prize for“ panied Mrs.homein the car,while the other members of the p :returned on the » ‘THE LANDMARK ‘PAGE TWO.-: and thejhles that taxing an office-holder’s salary,when the amount ren-dered him.liable to an income tax,was reducing his salary during histermistooabsurdtotalkabout,Our whole State income tax law,how-ever,is an absurdity.Only a few peo-ple who are liable return an-incomefortaxation;and when the newspa-pers began to publish the list,show- ing how few made returns and ex- posing the dodgers,the shirkers had. influence enough to get a law passedprohibitingthepublicationofthelist.The Landmark does not believe the law is constitutional—for a newspa-per has a right’to publish a public record—-and but for the fact that itdoesnotliketosetanexampleofdefyingthelaw,The Landmark would have put it to the test long ago. ** Perseiepeancs Bator aN my TUESDAY,---December 28,1913. COMMENT ON VARIOUS MATTERS The Asheville Citizen having cor- rected the statement that located Statesville’s chicken show in Lexing- ton,the amount of damages to be asked in the suit against the Citizen may be modified. The Observer thinks “the stridesof Charlotte toward metropolitanism 1s indicated by the fact that the town now has an income of $259,000 a year.”And the yearly increase of the bonded debt and the heavier bur- den of interest are also evidences of strides toward metropolitanism,**f ’A white boy of weak mind,known as Jeff,was recently on the hands oftheGreensboroauthorities.He had drifted into Greensboro;he wouldn't work;he was prone to crime.Hewassenttotheworkhouse.The hu- mane thdught this unjust,but whattodowithhimwasaproblem.He was strong and able to work,but his mental weakness was such that ap- peals to his ambition or to his better nature fell on barren soil.He should be in an institution of course.The School For the Feeble-Mnded,design- ed for such as he,isn’t open andwhenitisitwillnotbeabletopro- vide for one-half this class now.in the State.And so the Greensboro people had to permit Jeff to drift. Discussing his case the Greensboro News says: “Where do the Jeffs come from? Nine out of every ten are the result of the negligence of the State in past years in not having provided wise laws against the perpetuation of fee- ble-mindedness.The chances are that at least one,and more likely both,of Jeff’s parents were feeble- minded;but the law provided no ob- stacle against their marriage—hence Jeff.Yet the very mention of the The newspaper reports indicate that the shipment of liquor into North Carolina at this holiday sea- son are greater than ever.This would indicate that the number of people -who have found it an easy matter to buy liquor and have it ship- ped in is increasing;and this fact, if true,will be more water on the wheel of the Anti-Saloon League peo- ple,who have declared that they will ask the next Legislature to prohibit the shipment of liquor into the State.*** Generally speaking,memory 18 short and treacherous and in noth- ing is it more unreliable than about the weather.Few pcople,compar- atively,remember from one season to another about the weather.Hence when there is a bad spell of weather or a pretty spell of weather numer- ous people assert that there never was such weather before.There was, of course,but they don’t remember jt.The weather the past fall and so far this winter has been universally fine.In answer to the many people who assert that there never was just such another spell,an aged citizen ..inston-Salem Sentinel ane : shee con eae pees in 1884 word ‘eugenics’is greeted with sneersreosseas:PY tine PP whe .sal . No doubt of it,and there have been and laughter,when it doesn’t pro tmiinr ped ne aines voke a storm of vituperation. Similar Seasons J ‘le 2 This is a matter that shonid ie had attention long ago and that the ras announced in the Greens-|,;¢ t .eum tneggpscete weeks ago that State will be compelled,in self-de- Seelre,Nesbit Thaw.lady of fame|{ence to give attention in the nearSvelynNehaw,”lady é future.As the News says,it is mor- jally certain that one or both of Jeff's jparents were feeble-minded.Turned jloose on the world,Jeff will mate jwith one of his kind and reproduce ihis kind;and yet the State offers no jbar to this mating,to this reproduc- city commissioners passed an order}tion of See —oe *heal ,.barring Evelyn from Greensboro.|™enace SRS.8 Oe See Then it was discovered that Evelyn’s jed to prevent the marrage of the fee-.ble-minded,or others unfit physical-company had never been booked for ly ’;Pay Greensboro and isn't even coming y or mentally to enter into that South.The announcement that Eve |state,would not eliminate this class lyn would come to Groensbero secms Prom age &nents ae restric-to have been based on surmise;but |tions the number could be material- the report resulted in demonstrating| that some of the people there would and wife of Harry,who is now on the stage,would exhibit in Greensboro Thereupon the preachers,clubwomen and others inaugurated a war against Evelyn and after the protest had gained headway succeeded in bring ing such pressure to bear that the State to protect society against this not welcome her class,The people who “sneer”at">6 *eugénic marriages simply make an jexhibi «sir ignoranceTheGreensboroRecord.admits|ibition.of the ir ig noran 2. that what The Landmark said about the Bell Telephone Company's meth od of raising rates may have boen worked in Burlington but the Record is sure the same method could not be worked in Greensboro;that if at- tempted the Bell would be haled be fore the corporation commission.Yes, and if Greemsboro,in such event,had the experience of most people who have tried the commission with com- plaints against the Bell,it would get The Fayetteville Index can’t under- stand why so many people are ex- pending time,money and energy try ing to get a government job that pays $100 a month dr less and that is but temporary.It thinks that a manwhoisworthwhilecando«better than that in private business..More- over it contends that office-holding often unfits a man for other business and renders him helpless when he nothing.Here is &case in point:loses his job,as he will,sooner orTheBellraisedratesinHendersonlater.All of which is true,but the ville.If our memory serves us the|/ndex might as well be singing x.}Psalms to a dead horse as to try to jdeter a fellow from seeking office iwho once gets the itch in his blood creased.Hendersonville objected and|something about official went before the corporation commis-|Position that lays hold of the indi sion.The commission scaled the rate|Vidual and causes him to lose sight of fixed by the Bell but left the compa-|the business end of the proposition, ny a substantial increase.Hender There are a few men who seek officesonvillewaspotsatisfiedandappeal-|#5 4 matter of business and who,if ed to the courts,where the case now |*¥cces ful,hold the job as a business increase was based on the usual « cuse-—-necessary to improve the ser vice.Anyway the rates were in-|>There is is For reasons of policy the Bell |proposition.That is to say,they save might net attempt a raise in some |Wat they make,just as they would places,Hut Burlington and Hender-|i"private business,fix themselves sonville are not isolated cases.The |®fainst the day when they will be same thing has occurred separated from the job and come out The Landmark keeps posted on the |i"good shape.Then,with what they Bell,Col.Reece;and you have much|have laid by,they go into private elsewhere to learn about the methods of that |business and succeed.There are very company.few of this class.Another class, 7 ++|well-fixed financially,go after certain D.McN.McKay,an Asheville places for the honor there is in it druggist,was one of the.men who/|8nd with a view to making changes threw ‘up his hands before Judge|Which they believe would better con-Carter in Asheville a few wecks ago |ditions.Not many of this class.The and promised éver after to abide by|great mass of office-holders is com- the law and more especially to scru |posed of men who like to play the pulously observe the statutes gove jgame of politics and men who want ing the sale of liquor.A few ¢|office because it looks good.A few ofagothepoliceraidedMcKay's place {these may be grafters who profit by and seized a quantity of “sperits,”| including a quantity of champagne.|lic place;but the most of {hem sim-When arraigned in the police rt|ply want a place where the salary Mr.McKay explained “the presence |comes in regular and the work is of the intoxicants,”Ashe.|light.The “easy job”part of it most ville dispatch Ob-}strongly appeal server,“by stating says an to the Charlotte that possession,the officers overlooked |plied themselves,but they haven't the the champagne and he later wrote to |energy to do that.The majority arethechiefofpolicetellinghimofthe|men who are not and would not be a oversight The note was sent by a |Success in private life.Onee in of- negro porter,who swore that he lost |fice the desire to hold on grows with it and neglected to tell his employer |the years.If they get out of one of his failure to deliver it.’Judge |place they seek another.-They.save Adams of the police court,~vho re-|nothing and when they finally lose mains silent under the charge that /out they drift along,embittered,for his law firm tried to collect liquor |the balance of their days.With nobillsfromblindtigers,exonerated |show of appreciation for what theyMr.McKay.On that shewing Mr.|have had,they are disgruntled be- McKay should not only have been ex-|cause they couldn’t get more.Ignor- onerated but a public apology should |ing the fact that thousands of citi- have been made,zens who have never.held office haveCNAAOeasmuchright,or more,to public The Raleigh Times cails attention |place as they have,they never for- to the fact that the United States give the public for not providing forgovernmentrequiresFederaloffice-|them.The offices have to be filled holders to pay the income tax,while |and it behooves the public to selectunderthedecisionoftheNorthCar-|for them the best men whose servi- olina Supreme Court officcholders injces can be procured.But as a busi-this State are exempt from the State |ness proposition,generally speaking,income tax.The basis of that de-|office-holding is not a success.sion,or rather,the dictum of the} State court,was that levying en in-|A Way Should Be Found to Persuadecometaxonthesalaryofanoffice-|Him.aca gingpid Pe eee mae Charity and Children. ng his termof office,which is Fe CRRAAEerAehitedbytheconstitution.With|.“°28ree very heartily with theduerespecttotheSupremeCourt|Charlotte Chronicle and the States-‘gs then céhstituted,The Landmark|Ville Landmark that J.L.Alexander has never been able to see logic nor.sense in the opinion.The3hasforsomeyearsleviedataxonincomesaboveacertainamount.|”: Because that peome is veto pa from|Sign;and if he’refuses to do so someasalaryasaieofficertisno|way ought to be found $reason why it should not be taxed,him.ih Stan of the Governor's.staff,and convict- ed of liquor selling in violation.of the law of the State,ought to re- ly reduced,and it ip the duty of the | reeatetnieantcentoenieay renteeermeme antaresTHECURRENCYBILLPASSED. ered Seem |5 agitSy }Six Republicans and One Progressive~Joined the Demacrats in SupportingtheMeasure.©A +The administration currency re-form bill,proposing a revision of the4financialsystemoftheUnitedStatesandthecreationofregionalreservebankstoactasstabilizingelementsinthebanking,and financial world,passed the Senate Friday night by a vote of 54 to 34,Forces that had fought together forimprovementendamendmentofthemeasuretothelastdividedwhenthe final vote came.Senator Hitchcock;who had led the opposition to the bill,returned to the Democratic ranks and Senator Weéks,one of the leadersontheRepublicanside,with five oth- er Republicans and Senator Poindex- ter (Progressive)voted for the meas- ure,' The adoption of the administration bill,known as the Owen.bill,follow- ed the formal defeat,44 to 41,of theHitchcock.bill which had been:en- dorsed by Senator Hitchcock ‘and the five Republican members of the even- ly divided Senate committee —thatpassedonthelegislation.The Senate had previously rejected,without a roll call,a “central bank”bill,offered as a substitute by Senator Burton. The six Republicans who voted forthebillwere:Senators Crawford, Jones,Perkins,Norris,Sterling and Weeks.Throughout the afternoon when a vote on the bill was momentarilyexpected,Mrs.Wilson,with a partyoffriendsfromtheWhiteHouse; Secretary McAdoo and Joseph P. Tumulty,President Wilson’s secre- tary,were interested spectators.Mrs. Wilson stayed in the private gallery until 7 o’clock,but left before the bill had been passed.Galleries and the floor of the Senate were crowded throughout the day and the passage of the measure was greeted with un- checked applause from the galleries. Among the chief points of differ ence between the bill as previously passed by the House and the.Senate measure are the following: THe House provided for 12 regional banks;the Senate for “from 8 to 12,” diseretion being left to the Federal reserve board. The Senate added a provision creat ing a fund to guarantee the deposits of failed banks that are members of the reserve associations. The House limited the rediscount of commercial paper at the regional! banks to that maturing in 90 days; the Senate provided that 180-day agricultural paper could be accepted under certain limitations. The gold reserve required of the regional reserve banks,against cir culating notes,was placed at 33 1-3 per cent by the House and at 40 per cent by the Senate. Banks would be permitted to loan on five-year farm mortgages by the Senate bill;on one-year mortgages by the House bill Senator LaFollette proposed two amendments just before the bill came to a vote which caused a mild sation.-One of them was written into the bill and the other rejected by an overwhelming vote.,The first pro- vided that “no United States Sena- tor or Representative in Congress shall be a member of a Federal re serve board,a director in a Federal reserve bank or an officer or director of any member baak.”This was adopted without a roll call.The see yd amendment provided that no member of the Federal reserve board, any officer or director of a regional or member bank should be a director or officer of any other trust company or insurance company This,Senator LaFollette said,was designed to prevept the “money trust”from gaining control of the new system through interlocking di- rectorates. Senator Owen bank favored di- declared he prohibition against interlocking rectorates,but that the LaFollette amendment.would destroy much of the effectiveness of the new law it was defeated 51 to 30. Senator Hitchcock,Democrat,an nounced his purpose to vote for the Senate bill as finally completed be- cause of its greet importance to the financial ‘world.“My whole fight has been to strengthen and improve the bill and to prevent hasty and blunder- ing legislation,”he said. Government Will Buy in the Open Market. Taking advantage .pf reductions under the Underwood tariff law,the |posed ordinance. navy has adopted the general policy of purchasing supplies in the mar- |opportunities they will have in pub-|kets of the world instead of only initheAmericanmarket. |eall for bids put out by the navy jbureau of supplies and accounts is ifor 100,000 yards of dark blue cloth .Some of these are |for trousers,jackets and caps for en- when he|men of ability who could make more |listed men.agreed to give up all whiskey in his |money in private business if they ap-| The latest While previous specifications for bids for that material stipulated that American wool must be supplied,in the present instance the specifica- tions have no limitation as to wheth- er it shall be domestic or~foreign grown.Officials say the old tariff measure practically eliminated for- eign bidders. Navy Department officials are therefore awaiting with interest the opening of the bids on January 927. After the contract has been aworded the material will be delivered to the provisions and clothing depot attheBrooklynNavyYard.As wool is on the free list,a number of -for- |eign bidders are expected and the de- |partment hopes for a substantial re- duction in price. The awarding of one contract forbeeftoArgentinepackersseveral |weeks ago led to a substantial de- lerease in the ‘bids submitted by |American packers, Would Abolish Free Lunches in Chi- cago Saloons..- Only one of the more than 7,000 sa- loonkeepers in Chicago appeared in defense of the saloon free lunch whenitwasputontrialbeforeaspecialcouncilcommittee.Representatives of scores of others appeared to urgeanordinanceabolishinglunchesin saloons...Saloonkeepers and reform- ers joined-hands in favoring the pro-It was asserted that the lunches put 18,000 cooks andwaitersoutofworkinthecity. ae Paeeede eae rantS-bevesnerit LIVE ITEMS OF STATE NEWS:ee i Accidents,Crimes and “Other.Inci- dents of Life in the Old North State, Meredith College,the Baptist school for girls in Raleigh,has re- ceived a bequest of $25,000 from the Hartshorne:estate in Boston, Operatitig a wood saw at Madison, Rockingham county,Wm.F.Purga- son was’caught on the saw and sobadlyinjuredthathediedinafew hours,: John O.Royal,Jr.,of Mt,Olive, Wayne county,has passed the civil service examination for postoffice in- spector,a position paying $1,600 ayearandexpenses.+ The Pennsylvania railroad,whichisgenerallybelieved‘to be interestodintheNorfolkSouthern,has estab-lished offices in.Charlotte and_willalsoopen‘offices in Atlonta and Jack- sonville, At the Meeting of the SouthernSurgicalandGynecologicalAssocia-tion in Atlanta last.week Dr.John Wesley Long of Greensboro was elected president.The next meeting of the association will be held in Asheville, Aunt Kate Bennett,an aged col- ored woman of Rockingham county, believed to be more than 100 years old,went into the woods to collect firewood,lost her way and was found dead next day,death resulting from exposure. The Mooresville Enterprise says that Mr.Charlie C.Deaton,who lives near Mt.Mourne,fell from a wagon load of wood a few days ago and the wagon wheel passed over his leg at the ankle,breaking the bone and mashing the knuckle of the bone. Senators Simmons and Overman have recommended Col.Walker Tay- lor for collector of customs at Wil-mington to succeed B.F,Keith.Sen- ator Overman and Congressman Doughton have recommended G.G. Blackwelder for postmaster at China Grove. The Democrat says that at Virgil, Sands and Boone,ell in Watauga county,Monday of last week,more than 700 turkeys and great quanti- ties ‘of ducks and chickens were killed and dressed for shipment to the Northern cities to supply the holi- day trade. It was announced recently that Secretary of State and Mrs.Bryan would spend Christmas at Grove Park Inn,Asheville,and they were schod- uled to arrive there last Fridcy.They arrived in Asheville Saturday and spent a few hours,going on to Miami, Fla.,where they havo o winter home. Elder D.P.Gold of Wilson,a prom- inent minister of the Primitive Bap- tist denomination,over 80 years old, and Mrs.E.A.Burton of Winston- Salem were married Thursday night. Elder Gold’s wife died last spring, soon after the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of her marriage. Boone Democrat:A few days since Solicitor F.A.Linncy conveyed to Mr.Lindsay Patterson of Winston- Salem quite a boundary of his Rich Mountain forest aad i,receiving therefor $8,745.Mr.Patterson tried hard to get a price on the “Tater Hill”1,200 acre tract,but Mr.Lin- ney refused to sell. MATTERS OF NEWS. During a recent storm an clm tree planted in the White House grounds by President Hayes was destroyed. A few days ago the “Wilson elm”was planted to take the place of the “Hayes elm,”President Wilson as- sisting in the planting. A monument in each State along the Canadian boundary to mark the line and commemorate 100 years of between the United States and Great Britain,is proposed in a bill by Senator Jones of Washington.A $500,000 appropriation for the pur- pose is asked. The Senate passed.the joint resolu- tion already passed by .the House granting to Mrs.Katherine Gaillard. widow of i who re- cently died in a Baltiniore hospital, $14,000,this being one year’s salary of Colonel Gillard as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission. The entire estate of William Deer- ing of Chicago,the harvester manu- facturer,estimated at from $12,000,- 000 to $18,000,000,is left to his im- mediate family.None of the estate was left to charity,Mr.Deering stat- ing in.his will he considered he had done enough for charity during his life time. On his promise to set himself up in business,“Blind Al”Bernstein, said to be the richest beggar in the world,his wealth being estimated at $200,000 in real estate located in New York,was discharged from a New York police court a few days ago on a charge of being a profes- sional mendicant.The man and hiS wife were arrested for begging. DANGER AFTER GRIPPE * peace Colone]aillard, Lies in Poor Blood,Cough and Worn-Out Condition. Grippe,pleurisy,pneumonia are greatly to be feared at this season. To prevent grippe from being fol- lowed by either pleurisy or pneumo- nia,it is important:to drive the last traces of it out of the system. Our advice is to take Vinol,our delicious cod liver and iron prepara- tion without oil,and get your strength and vitality back quickly. W.W.Lake of Aberdeen,Miss., says:Grippe left me weak,rundown and with a severe cough from which 1 suffered for a long time.I triéd different remedies,but nothing seem- ed to do me any good until I took Vinol from which I received great benefit.My cough is almost entirely gone and I am strong and well again.” Try Vinol with the ‘certainty that if it does not benefit you we will give back your money,Bis P,S.For Eczema of Scalp try our Saxo Salve.Wejguarantee it. W.F.Hall,Druggist,Statesville,N.C. ‘ “Se;CASH—LUMBER!12. PRICES AND MEASUREMENT— We will please you with both,~-Correspondence solicited from buyers and sellers. PHENIX PLANING MILL COMPANY,Phonesfedpvender “.Nov,7~-26t,, Snentnnren eeeee RT ep RTee Last Call For Christmas! Have youcompleted your list?Would call your attention to our line of Bound:Books,15c.to $1,50;Booklets and Calen- dar,s Elegant Box Paper from 10c.to $4.00 IN LEATHER GOODS—Traveling Cases,Ladies’Lap Tab- lets,Cuff,Collar and Tie Cases,. EVERYTHING IN TOYS,DOLLS AND GAMES.Big reduction ee on the larger toys,such as Tricycles,Ve- locipedes,Wagons and Doll Carriages,on account of mov-ing time January Ist., R.P.Allison’s Book and ToyStore 300 Able-Bodied Men Wanted ! That Weigh From 100 to 150 Pounds _To Make From $3.00 to $8.00 in About 30 to 50 Minutes. We have about this number of Suits, sizes from 33 to 36,that you will save $3.00 to $8.00 on in good,well We have larger sizes of course,but are offering cut,up-to-date goods. Special Inducements on These Sizes. A very large and complete line of Overcoats in all sizes,colors and weights at prices that are bound to appeal to you. Don’t forget our Millinery Sale.It is still on. The R.M.Knox Com’y. VCSL\come UL SCP OUf_DandyPLCSETUS 8 LADIES: ‘You can best buy presents for your gentlemen friends ata MEN’S store. If in doubt buy “HIM”half a dozen’o our fine neckties.we have these In every shade of the rainbow and scores of other things your friends will like.Our high quality goods and our reasonable prices tie our cus- tomers to us.Bring the Boys along. They'll like new Overcoats and Suits for Christmas.: Sloan Clothin ‘Company ; E SELL “BETTER”CLOTHES “ en c e s Bebe Bargains — -{Clocks and Jewelry Boxes. Remember those Christ- mas Present Suggestions I have been telling you about.Jewelry Boxes and small Clocks in gold, silver and ivory at’great hargains. R.F.Henry Jewelry Co. MILLINERY! CLOSING OUT SALE on.Don’t fail to see our line of Hats,Corsets,Belts,Gloves, Collars,etc. MRS.MARY SIMMS. ———"PHONE 180—— 107 East Broad Street. now FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE We have a full line of Nuts,Candies,Fruits. All kinds Fancy .ceries. Anything for your Christmas Dinner. Eagle & Miholland. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,PROPER-TY IN MOORESVILLE! One tract of two acres, postofice,corner Main avenve throagh to Church «treet Will emsilydivide“into seven good building lots One of Mooreeville’s best residence sections and McNeelystreet sine Five-room cottage on beautiful acre lot onChurchstreet.Lot can be divided into two or more lots One treet of two and two Five| lots with good frontage Ty H e onthemfive-room and three-room house I will sell or exchange any or all of the above for a good farm near Statesville or for property in business section of Moores- ville or Statesville,proved or unimprovedim CARPENTER,Statesville,N.(DR.F.A. Dee,% +aeA MERRY CHRISTMAS To You All, Merry May It Be! We hope that many more maycome, Which you will live to see; We hope that each recurring date, December Twenty-Fifth, Will find you in a merry state— Itself—A Christnias Gift! HOME BAKERY. Christmas Specials Turkeys,— Cranberries, Raisins,wo igs,Branes,Cocoanuts, All kinds of Nuts,Nice fruits of all kinds. Bradford GroceryCo. "PHONE.27. THE LANDMARK ,,MOCAL RAILROADSCHEDULE. eontea.due-10:20 a,due 3:28 p.west-bound,due 10:25 p.east-bound,due 10:68 a.east-bound,due 1:20 p. ‘Train Ne a ladentaat due 11320 >.eas!ind,320 p.CHARLOTTE AND TAYLORSVILLE.From Charlotte.Train No.16 ar.9:50,leaves 11:00 a.Train No.24 ar.8:35,leaves 8:35 p.From Taylorsville.Train No.23 ar.10:15,leaves 11:00 a.Train No.16 ar.6:25,leaves 6:46 p.Nos.23 and 24 are not operated on Sunda: FE E E B E E E eh EE EB < **k #*8 eR me ee THE GIVING OF GIFTS.“If one is going to give a Christ-mas present it should be with acheerfulheart.If you can’t giveinthisspiritdonotgiveatall. We give presents to our friends at Christmas because they sre our friends and because we de- rive pleasure from such giving. In the giving of Christmas pres- any expectation of reciprocity.The giving of a Christmas pres- ent should be from the heart.The present itself counts for lit- tle.The spirit and motive which prompt the giving are all inypor- tant.se e ee t Hk h e e e e e e ee e 2 & He EE ee Fk RK HE E HE H E EH HE E jPitHisCaseExactly,} No.|Robbins Row OPTOMETRIST,514 8,Center St. IDEAS Into the proper train. Alas,Alas!It comes to naught—There.is no idea there;With frantic haste and finger nails You tear out tufts of hair. Ideas that sparkled yesterday Are gone today for good; So why not cut it out And open a Savings Account And let your ideas sprout |Pharr, |}Crowson,M.8.Dingler,M.J.De |Johnson,Jane Jenkins,M.I iston,Malinda Knight,T.C.Ki|Ruth L.Litton, Sarah L.London,Margaret Lippard,|Margaret E.Lippard,Mary Ann Mul- lis,D.A.McIntire,BE.Moorefield,N. C. lice,Mary E.Morrow,A.L.! Martha C.Morrison,Amelia E.Ma- CHRISTMAS DAY. O day of days,that brought theChrist to earth, With heaveh’s peace men’s burdened hearts to fill, What glory crowned thee in His holy birth! How deep the love and joy that gréet thee still! Not now,’tis true,is heard thy triumph song From angel choirs,filling all the sky; Yet children’s voices those sweet strains prolong, And hymn again thy blest supremacy. No shepherds in a gladsome maze today Acclaim thy manger-cradled Babe a King.* >Yet see—uncounted millions own His sway;; Their praise of thee from every land doth ring. O day of days,bestow thy peace on me! Attune my heart to sing the angels’song!&In thy young Child may I my Savior see, My Lord,to whom my love,my life belong. ents there should be none of that *|FOURTH CLASS PENSIONERS. spirit which suggests commer-ee .clalism.There should never be *|Iredell Veterans and Widows WhoDraw$32 Each From the State. The Landmark published in last is- sue the names of the Iredell pen- sioners in the first,second and third class and the amount paid each class. Following are the names of the fourth class pensioners:5 ene **81 Soldiers—Robert L.Aldman,L.J. Be SF Re RR Re!Oe well,Ino,BH:Alley,J,2.Austin: *A Spirit of Remembering.*|W.M.Adams,R.C.Beard,R.E. *Associate Reformed Presbyter-*|Beayer,M.P.Beard,P.W.Brawley, °ian.*|T..F.Baggerly,Robert Brown,L. *The true Christmas spirit is *|Barnard,D.O,Bost,A..G.Cash, *a spirit of rememberigg.He who *|Jacob J.Crater,J.M.Crawford,A. *is filled with it will remember all *|W.Cook,R.B.Cook,B.L.‘Carter, *the nice things that his friends *|A.B.Compton,T.B.Campbell,L.A.*have said about him during the *|Campbell,J.M.Clarke,G.W.Chris-*year and all the nice things that *{|ty,Jno.W.Cohen,J.C.Campbell,*they have done for his happiness.*|J.Y.Cavin,John G.Cain,Geo.C. *He will remember just what‘his *|Dearman,H.W.Dearman,J.D.Dag- *friends need to make their happi-*}enhardt,W.P.Deaton,D.W.Ed- *ness complete and he will strive *|wards,G.L.D.Eller,W.J.Evans, *to supply it..He will remember to *|W.A.Fisher,John Foster,F.A.Fort- *speak a word of good cheer and™|ner,Fox Cain,Silas Freeland,Jas. *love to the desolate hearts,and *|M.Freeman,Andrew Freeze,Frank *he will remember to say nothing *|A.Freeze,M.L.Goforth,8.A.God- *that Christ Himself would not *|frey,Jas.G.Gwaltney,J.A.Galliher, *wish said unto His own people.*|A H.Goodin,Anderson Goodin,Jno. 2:2 e246 6 6 e ©a ele,W.4.Gel.2. ’Guy,Sumpter E.Hoover,W.©.Hous- *_**+©©*©©©&©*@ «#}ton,W.8.Holland,I.S.Henderson, .A Spirit of Forgetting.*|T.J.Hoke,H.Huffman,G.W.Hol-*Associate Reformed Presbyter-*{lar,D.W.Honeyeutt,Hial Hair, .jan.c *|}Wilford Horn,H.H.Harbin,G!W.i*The true Christmas spirit is a *|Hines,W.G Hendren,Jno.A.Hycks, *spirit of forgetting.He who is *'|W-M.Hoover,J.G Ingram,R.B.Joy-*filled with it will forget all the *|»er,Henry T.Johnston,E.L.Josey, *wrongs that others have done to *|A-A-Kelly,Columbus Kerr,R.©.*him throughout the year;he will *|Kennedy,W.R.Ketchie,Jno.D. *forget the slights;he will forget *Kerns,J.E.Lipe,Ww.E.Ledwell,J. *the times when he has been inten-*|H.Link,L.N.Lewis,C,A Mills.J.*tionally and unintentiorally neg-*|O-.Moore,G.F.Mitchell,Isaac Moore,*lected by others;and he will for-*|4.F.Moore,J.L.Millsaps,Robt.E. *get the days when his efforts to *|Mayhew,Geo,W Mullis,J.F.Mur-*please people «round him have *dock,W..R.Moore,T.M.Marshall, *not been apprecieted,+|FP.E.\Menis,«Jas.Mitchell,J.W. |Moore,T.B.Moore,G.W.Nash,E.©°°eepeeenmnpeee ***1W.Overcash,W.F.\Parks,John M.L.Pope,W.A.Prim,W. “When father was sick about six years ago|F.Padgett,Aaron Plyler,Jas.G. Fl eee 7 Chamberlain's Page,Samuel Pharr,7 4 RedSarat2.ae a ae a case ©i man,Thomas Renegar,W.A.Raney,lve hth,Ask.“The pendent eens at |3i EL Reid,A;H.Reavis,EK.Nabfourblocksfrom|them aad he has’not been stet simon My |bins,J.M.Rickert,W.L.Reavis, Oeted he teen Sreustle and vee ale tem-13 HW Reid,A.H.Roavis,E.K.Robefitedbythem.For sale by all dealers Ibins,J.M.Rickert.W.L.Reavis,W. ac 2 .om |VW.Redman,E.P.Rogers,N.L.Robin ;Fi non,Richard E.Speaks,Thos.Sum Imers,J.P.Shoemaker,J.B.Sharpe, iJ.P.Stout,William Smith,W.W|Stewart,Thos.M.Snow,J.M.Shook, rChas.A.Troutman,W 1 Wyatt|Francis M.Wilson,W Whitl J.H.Webster,P.S.Wils«Wm.I |Wooten,H.T.Williams,W.ANtTB|ker,Thos.M.Walker,J.J.Woug O OO usy |H.C.Warren,W.T.Watts,W.H |Weisner,L.F.Young,L.York.|Widows—W.A.Aldridge,Susan To serve you promptly any jArney,E.A.Adam TL.A B B .day betweenthisandChrist-jburn,Nancy Brawley,Mary E.Ba ..’:jlard,Mary E.Bradburn,M.Jmas.Can serve you |Mary Brantley,Sarsh AChristmasDaybyspecial#/Mary A.Bass,Sylvia Bianl appointment.Elizabeth Benfield,Sar:Brown, Sh cstalierais vated omrinsl |A.Burton,W.A.Ca PolGlassesmakegoodpresents.\Childers,M.b.Christi saat “ae Hours9a.m.to 4.30 p.m.|Combs,Sarah E. Crant I \P iCashion,M.8S.Conner,Martha M >ww Cook,M.I.Carlton,Ma 1 L.Cut DR.R.W.WOODWARD,jting,Rebecca C,Campbell,Emma jlinger,M.E.Dillon,Doreas L.Dob json,Mary A.Deaton,Da;|W.H.Earp,Emma E.Evans,Mira! da Edwards,Catherine Foster,E.L,|Fisher,Mary A.Gaither,Mary ©.|Goodman,Amanda Goforth,5 E.|Guy,Mary L.Green,K.P.Graham, |Mary C.Hudson,Doreus A.Honeyv‘eutt,Elizabeth Hubbard,M.A.HarIdeasaresometimeshardtofind;|ris,L.A.‘Baseiaiien,Mary \Hart.You rack your aching brain ]|line,May E.Hemrick,8.M.Hoke,And try to load your mental dope 4)1.Hampton,Jane Ireland,L.¢ Jolin der, Susanna Leonard, McKay,Amanda Mills,8.J.Mul M Ose, ::son,M.E.Millstead,M.Jane Me-Your oe are made of puddin Hargue,S.E.Mise,Laura M.Mills,|,:E.F.Neighbors,Mary BE.Overcash,Your head of solid wood.Elizabeth Osborne,Mary L.Rape,|>Angeline Redman,E.J.Redman,The ype 8 think,the less you}/Mary P.Reavis,Sarah Reddick.E.A_| ,{i Russ,Julia A.Reece,J,H.Robinson,| Mary J.Sprinkle,Elizabeth Shores,| Mary E.Seamon,Louisa Sharpe, Mary J,Sherrill,Elizabeth Shaver, Rebecca Salmons,Malinda Shoe- "Savings. Moing. one. 4 Per Cent.Compound Interest on We have no calendars,but1914almanacsforevery- body,“free.for the ask- Call and get one,or drop us acard and wewillbegladtomailyou Merchants &Farmers’'<Bank of Statesville. ‘The Bank For YourSavings. maker,M.J.Smith,Eva M.Smith, L.C.Speece,Mary A.Sale,H.FE. C.Summers,Mary Ann Scroggs,M.J. Sprinkle,M.A,Tharpe,Ella Temple-ton,Laura Thomas,Lydia Thomas, S.J.Vaughn,Sarah J:Wallace, Laura White,S.A.Willett,J.D.Wilson,Ellen S.Wilson,E.D.Whit- lock,.M.C.Whitaker,Sarah Yates, Nancy E.York,Sarah A.York. How to Bankrupt the Doctors. __A prominent”New York physician says,“If it were not for the thin stockings andthinsoledshoeswornbywomenthedoctorswouldprobablybebankrupt.”When youcontractacolddonotwaitforittodevelopintopneumoniabuttreatitatonce.Cham- berlain’s Congh Remedy is intended eape-cially for coughs and colde,and has won areputationbyitsenresofthevediseases.It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take.For sale hy all dealers, * * Stikeleather,“Adlaide Speaks,Jane | -——Howell Merriman Haydn. i EARTH YOUNG AT CHRISTMAS. “The ,arth has grown old with its burden But at Ohiasaioa it is always young.The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and Ba aa soul,full of music,breaks forth on When the song of th eangels is sung.” “It is coming,old earth,it is coming tonight,O'er the snowflakes that cover the sod;The feet of the Christ-child fall gentle and white And the voice of the Christ-child tell out to the night, That mankind are the children of God.”ee ae MY CHRISTMAS WISH FOR YOU. I wish for you two days of sun for every|lay of cloud or rain, I wish for you two days of health for everykyofblackorgray, I wish for you two friends most true for every friend that falls away; I wish for you two days of joy for every day of grief or tears, I wish for you God's,own sweet smile to giadden all your coming years.|\These are the wishes—old and new |i Wish this Christmas Day for you John R.Moreland,in the Presbyterian of the Sout ***° MAKE THE YEAR BRIGHTER. “Merry Christmas!"hear them say |As east is growing lighter May the joy of Christmas day }your whole year gladder,brighter Margaret Deland. |Beer Evaporates in Mooresville Cli- |mate-——-Mr.Starr's Injury. |Corres px ndence of The LaWdmark|Mooresville,Dec.18—While walk- ping ng Main street in front of the ibuildings in course of construction ’Tuesday,Mr.A.L.Starr stepped on a nail which left his foot in a bad conditior He is.on the street only |by the aid of crutches: Rev.C.G.Wells,for a number of }years pastor of the Baptist church at |Mooresville,but now of Zebulon, stopped off here this week on his way j|home from the Baptist ConventionjatShelby. |Several months ago Chief of |Police W.A.Brown confiscated a (barrel of lager beer containing 10 or 12 dozen bottles,and for safe-keeping stored the “booze”in the basement of | the building occupied by the Kelly Clothing Comp The cellar was locked and the beer was secure:How ever,when the precious juice was or- dered moved a few days ago to an- other place f it was foundthateverydrophevaporated, Even many |had gone to noth ifgness and the barrel all its lone liness was left t il »story. For several d the agent at the | Southern lwa ley and all his/| assistant bee ept busy hand r the Christ “booze”for those who look forward to the holiday | pirits The eceived are num-| t ed by doz j ore } eae |jDisplayinShopWindowsandthePart They Have in Chrigtmas Cheer. Greensboro New | ome iy a rned psychologist | "'will write a di ntion on the power| of shop windows in molding the char-| 4 :5acterofandhewillstrike’a..1richfieldmorenearlyinfal-| lible sign of decrepitude and decay is| there than rows of.windows where |things have gx thrown in any old|way?What more melancholy spec-| le than a window in which the ar-| ticles have been exposed to the sun| so long that they are bleached?|These arethe barometers of a city’s | business.Wh the merchants are| |willing to pay high salaries to skilled| window-drossers they are turning out | the goods.When every change of| season is marked by the bursting into| a riot of color of the shop windows| along a y’s streets,that town tal doing business.And the creater the| business the more gorgeous 'the windows necessarily become.How much of the holiday spirit that | pervades the strects today is due totheshop-windows in the business sec- tion?Had you ever stopped to thinkhowmuchofChxistmascheerwouldbecutoffifeverywindowwere|walled up?coesiensheseseensseneatnisenenenenesinets ec grows, Iredell Roads Have Arouséd,Wilkes Folks. ( Wilkesboro Patriot. Somers township has,in4 propor-tion to its population,perhaps,more|good road enthusiasts than any other}section of the county.This is in ameasureduetothegoodroadsofIredellcounty,which come near to the Wilkes county line,and will laterbebuiltuptotheline.Mr.S.A.Mitchell says the Iredoll sand-clay|road will come within one and a helf'miles of Dr,L.P.Somers’home.Mr.Mitchell says the road has already been graded through his township to |connect with the Iredell road and.thatinapplicationof.sand and clay will jlater be applied.Thé residents of|that township hope,with co-operation |of Levelace and.Wilkesboro town-ships,to havo the sand-clay road ex-tended.to the two Wilkesboros. j SE CNET ER RETREAT Cured of Liver Complaint. was suffering with liver complaint,”says Iya Smith of Point Blank,Texas,“anddecidedtotrya25eboxofCHamberlain’sTablets,and am bappy to say that I am com- J og i S Christmas @8 sereneRUBBER ROOFING Time is Huyler’s Time!| When you purchase HUYLER’S CANDY you are assured of get- ting thebest.Send HUYLER’S., PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW ae ———WITH ——— HALL’S DRUG STOREAgentsforHuyler’s. ? » eadiiemead Direct to user—only one small profit added Roofia:to factory cost.Spotless Rubber is2firstquality,not seconds nor mill-ends—108squarefeettoroll,with nails and cement.1-Ply,35 Ibs.,78¢;2-Ply,46 lbs.,$1.08;3-Ply,53 lbs.,$1.34 per roll.Free samples and Cat. F 4 THE SPOTLESS CO.“the South'sMail Order House”574 Shockoe Lane.RICHMOND,VA. 18: PER ROLL KREE FOR YOU! Just received another shipment of Chinaware to be given away to our customers with all cash purchases. We give coupons,which are good for a set of Dinner Plates or Ham Dish,Set of Caps and Saucers,Coyer- ed Dishes,etc.Be sure to ask when trading to see the premium goods.Consolidate your bills with us and secure a set of this nice ware. We guarantee our prices.Your goods cost younomorethanyouhavetopayelsewhere.We dothisjusttoincreaseourbusinessandadvertiseit through our customers,giving them the benefit. Very Respectfully, Poston-Wasson Comp’y. pletely cured and can recommend them toeveryone”For sale by all denlers. me te 0.ae aesweFeaeHeonyeSYSBO,*|) of)"lDweow All >sie "pewe oo ob || an”~,oe” fo tithe Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special for cash. New Rugs have arrived.$3.00 9x12 and up to $75.00. |° Statesville.Housefurnishing Company.} If you don’t believe it look at our Show Windows! Iredell Hardware Com’y. Statesville Realty &Investment Co. 1906 4aeummme 1913 On October 31,1918,we closed our seventhyearofbusiness.We take this occasion tothanktheloyalpatronsofourcompanyfor ask for a.continuance of influence. J.F.CARLTON, Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” We write all classes of BONDS,and thussaveyoutheembarrassmentofapplyingtoyourneighborforsuch.Writeusyourneeds.__Manager. the business they have entrusted to us dur-ing that time and we believe we havesatisfactiontoallofourcustomers.ing grown out of infancyhoodintheINSURANCE BUSINESS we iven (av- into mature man- your support and hi tS Se e RE |THE TELEPHONE SETTLEMENT|‘Just whateffectthepromise ofthe meu |}American.Telephone and Telegraph Company,‘the Bell,etc.,to be good will have on the independent compa- nies remains to be seen,but it is best not to expect too much.The prom- ise to give independent companies long distance connection would seem to be favorable to the independents, put if we read the matter aright,in addition to paying the regular tolls, independent subscribers will,within a radius of 50 miles,have to pay 10 cents extra for the long distance con- As 90 per cer distance business is wi of 50 miles it can reatiily be seen how much this agreement is worth;|- and this:leads one to believe that some of the other so-called:“conces- sions”are of doubtful value. Attorney General,however,expresses |j,o,of men who have given up their would |lives in.war must be something like company to]fifteen billions,or nine times the long dis- MONTHS |.THREE MONTH -*- WATCH—Watch the label on your paper.If renewals are not in by date on label,paper will be stopped. TUESDAY,---December 23,1913. GOOD WILL. It is the season of Good Will,This is the essence of the Christmas season,the real Christmas spirit, “Peace on earth,good will toward men,”was the proclamation of the angelic host announcing .the birth of the Babe of Bethlehem.“The season of Good Will and Christmas cheer mean of course that if we appropri- ately observe the natal day of the Sa- viour of mankind,we will make an earnest effort to forget the petty annoyances and troubles and trials i of this workaday world and to exer- cise «a kindly,forbearing spirit—a spirit of Good Will—toward all man- kind;we must try to forget all the wrongs and unkindness we may think we have suffered the past year—most of them,probably,are imaginary— and to remember instead all the kind- ness that has been done us;all the nice things people have done for us or said about us.If we think care- fully we will recall many of these for which we have shown little sp- preciation. This cultivation of the spirit of Good Will to all may be difficult,but if we try and keep trying;if we look on the bright side instead of the dark;if we attribute good motives to people instead of always looking for selfish motives and remember our own shortcomings instead of the shortcomings of others,we can at- tain a measure of success that will mean more brightness and happiness to us and those about us than we of the long in‘a radius opinion that the courts independents tance connection.The agreement of readily now than ever before,and the telephone company to surrender |while there are many more*impor- its stock in the Western Union Tel-|tant influences at work tending to egraph Company will,block the con- solidation of Bell phone and Westurn Union telegraph offices, mark learns was under contempla- tion for Statesville. ‘Attorney General McReynolds,De-|not include the expenditure of the partment of Justice and|Postoffice Department,which is self- President Wilson are delighted that the telephone trust has agreed The re- |@ the contents and vanish into the have ever known.And while this says: Mr.McReynolds has been told that spirit of Good Will is necessary @tlthe American Telephone &Teleraph this season if we would have the|Company,despite its stock holdings real Christmas spirit,if we cultivate |in the Western Union,has treated it for a day or a week we could cul tivate it for a year and for all time. remem-The giving of gifts is in brance of God’s greatest gift to the the Postal Telegraple Conipany with equal opportunity for use of its fa- cilities. If Mr.McReynolds accepted that statement he is an easier mark than world;and while the giving of gifts|The Landmark has believed him to is appropriate,the real Christmas be. spirit is the disposition to make oth ers happy,the Good Will expressec in word or deed. With this last issue before Christ mas The Landmark gives its read ers the greetings of the holiday sea “|The Trouble With the Colored Jani- 1 tor. Everything. ‘And now comes the news that Col- lector Watts has finally succeeded in removing the colored janitor from the Federal building at Winston. son—to all of them Good Will.While |(Here is another cause for action wishing Christmas joys in full meas ure to all of them,we especiclly wish the fullest measures of happiness to the children,to whom means so much,and to the old peo .locating the collector’s office at Win- ston.—The Landmark).It seems that under civil service rules the janitor had a cinch—-but after it wasChristmas|discovered that he was running a .|tailoring establishment in the Fed-ple,who live in the past.He who eral building,off came his head. tries to make one of these happy at this blessed season will be manifest ing the Christmas spirit. THE YEGGMEN. The yegemen have been quite ac- tive in North Carolina the past few weeks. ry from the cities North and West— Hereafter when a colored janitor wants to hold on he must leave his goose on the roost at home. Signing Peace Pacts. Secretary Bryan and ChevalierVanRappard,minister from the Netherlands,signed a treaty provid- ing that any question.between the The yeggmen are the gent-|United States and the N-thovlands which cannot be settled by diplomacy expert burglars—-who travel about shall be submitted for investigation the country and rob the postoffices— and sometimes banks—in the smal members.I towns,villages and hamlets.How|may be shortened. they got the name we don’t know ._A few years ago yeggman didn’t ap pear in the dictionaries but the lat- This is the first treaty between the United States and a European nation, based upon Secretary Bryan's peace plen.Similar treaties have been ne- er dictionaries have the word and the|gotiated with five Central American ‘definition is obvious—‘a tramp,a.burglar.The crimina yeggmer don't go to towns large enough to have police protection at night They.take the smaller places anc nearly always make a safe get-away ]|nations. "|Suit Against Owners of Charlotte Ob- server Dismissed. ‘In the United States court iiGreensboro last week Judge Boyd _|signed a decree dismissing the cases Usually their loot is small at any one of Ambrose E.Gonzales and J.C. place,but by keeping busy,making Hemphill ageinst D.A.Tompkins, George Stephers,W.H.Wood and several points in a few weeks,as|the First National Bank of Charlotte, they have been doing in North Car .\known as the Charlotte Observer colina,they wick up quite a tidy sum|°#8*The plaintiffs were taxed with in a month.* and would not hesitate to commi murder if cornered.But by operat ey are desperate men the costs. to an international commission offive | The period of investiga.| tion is fixed at one yer,although it | at |$2,‘eourt yesterdsy by H.C. j against W.R.Mills and others.The |papers were filed by Guy Weaver,at- jon the|Mountain,last April 10,which was to |have lasted until September 15,but | As a conclusion of law,the court |that the plaintiff had been forcibly| ‘jwbaeaaa —. oi .P.)“THE STAI Following the star across There enter in and give thy AR OF BETHLEHEM,= Wouldst seek the Saviour as the Wise Men sought, With gifts of gold,and frankincense and inyrrh, To count His smile thy heart’s most precious gain? Then,look about thee,and His star will lead Thy footsteps as the -Magi’s feet it led, ’And,beckoning,stand above some lowly roof Where sorrow moans or hunger begs for bread. He will not know,or think the deed worth while; For He will go before thee and await Thy coming hither with His tenderest smile. ——Robert Dick Douglass in Greensboro News. Judea’s plain,- gifts,nor fear ~‘The Nations Yet Learn ‘War, State Journal. The}It is estimated that during the years of recorded history the num- present population of the world. While nations go to war much less make warfare less and less proba- ble,the world is.as thoroughly or- ganized upon a wer basis today as which has|ever before.It is astonishing to been going on in some of the towns |think that this great republic,dedi- in this State,and which The Land-|cated to the idea of peace and good will,is in this day of enlightenment, spending 67 per cent.of all its in- come every year for war.This does sustaining.So far is the world from the point of turning the sword to|into the plowshare that the gun and come to terms without a suit.It is]armament making business is one of a matter for gratification;but while the most profitable in the world,The we have much faith in the Attorney General’s legal Krupps works this year pay a div- idend of 14 per cent.on an enormous attainments—for he|capitalization,and their net profits opposed the settlement made in the |are nine millions more than last tobacco trust and Standard Oil cases|year. and time has shown that his oppo- sition “was well-founded—it is just|that our dreadnaughts will hereafter as well to wait and see how much re-|cost about lief the country is to get from the ;many has increased its direct taxes| exactions of the telephone trust be- fore we throw up our hats. port of the settlement of the case |be determined to bankrupt themselves They take.80,000 men out of a bagatelle.Secretary Daniels says 14 millions each.Ger- for the army and France is conscript- ing soldiers.It is appalling.The so-called Christian nations appear to in preparing for war. What Put Hammer in Bad. Washington Dispatch to.Charlotte Observer. Ernest L.Auman,who was rec- emmended for postmaster at Ashe- boro by Congressman Robernt N. Page,got the appointment from the White House,but Senator Overman, at the instance of Ashboro people, had his confirmation delayed.The fight on Auman became very bitter and intensely personal.Among the affidavits filed to show that Auman was unfit was one by Mr.Hammer,giving the history of a,serious indiscretion on the part of Auman and involving a_reputable young woman.Details of the Auman episode,which had long passed and been forgotten,were dug up and sent to the Postoffice Department,most of them in the form of affidavits. The young womarf and her family were embarrassed.An alleged un- fortunate chapter in the girl's life had been brought ‘to light and pa- raded to prevent the confirmation of Auman. The Postoffice Department sent an inspector down,got the facts,sent them to the Senate and Auman was confirmed. ommend Mr.Hammer for district at- torney.Henry A.Page told Sena tor Overman that Hammer ought not |to be appointed.He went to the At- |torney General about it.He filed a |protest,based on the Hammer affi- davit in the Auman case,and the At- jtorney General was greatly impress- ed.It is understéod that the Attor- jney General does not think a man who made the sort of fight Hammer |did against Auman is the kind of per-| json he wants for district attorney.|ND Asheville Citizen,21st. a for damages in the sum of 500 was instituted in the Superior Jardin torney for the plaintiff.In them it ire stated that the plaintiff had ob- |tained an option from the defendant Gladstone hotel in Black t\holds that there was no partnership|removed before the expiration of the .|between the parties and th®contract ing at unguarded places they reduce |between them is void under the law to a minimum the danger of arres or the possibility of having to shoo somebody,not that they object to shooting anybody who would attempt 'of North Carolina. t|Will the Colonel Be Discharged? Morganton Messenger. We,as well as many others,are to interfere with them,but simply |wondering what will be done about to avoid further complications. The unguarded places,such as Mr, Conner’s store at Terrell,are rob- bed late at night and by the time th robbery is discovered the yergs hav a member of Governor Craig’s staff,who recently plead guilty of run- ning a blind tiger in Asheville and compromised by paying a heavy fine. e|This individual was a “colonel”and e|as such had sworn to not only obey faded.In a few days there is a rob-the laws of the State and the consti- bery at another point.Usually the tution but to see to it that these sameYilawswereobeyedby.others.By select postoffices and take stamps as |“blind tigering”he has placed his su- well as money.In the big citics the |Perior officer in an embarrassing po-as es 4 stamps can be disposed of through sition.Will he be discharged? confederates. make no attempts on dwelling This class of robbers The Cotton Seed Industry. 8.Statistics of the cotton seed pro-|They want nothing but money And |ducts industry for the present cottonwhentheyhavelocated’a safe they|Season show 289,118 running bales of he Appalachian Park Commissiciwpurchased6,661 acres of land ‘western North Carolina from theMaconCountyTimberCompany,the |tablishments which contains money they crack it,linters had been obtained and 2,201,-276 tons of eatton seed had heen crushed from the crop of 1913 prior to December™1.The number of apt-ton seed oil mills and other delinting on jestablishments active during the pe-|in |riod prior to December was 850.In North.Carolina there are 62 es- crushed 1,091,-Powell-May Lumber &Timber Co./862 tons of seed and prod -and Chester Young at an average |762 bales of linters.oepsof$7.90 an acre.Most of this im Macon ‘county and-is well The weather bureat:announces “un- . settled weather for Christmas week.” option,causing him a loss of $2,500. Opposed to the Stock Law. In counties where the stock law has never been tried it is rare that a ma-jority of the people will vote for it. Usually the law has to be forced onthembyi&eislation.Brunswick coun- ty recently voted down the law and in Onslow county,where an election was held a few davs ago,the vote |was 1,015 against the law and only |144 for it.All of the 22 precincts of jthe county gave majorities against the law except one,in which the vote was a tie,and in four precincts not a single vote was cast for the law. Not Only Talk That Way But Aet That Way. Durham Herald. To hear some of them talk the of-fices belong to the big politicians,to do with as they please. Maybe He's Too Much of a Politician. Durham Herald.“ Maybe they consider that Mr.Ham-mer is not big enough politician fortheplace.9 ‘ 8S.A.Cunningham,editor of the Confederate Veteran,died Saturday night atvhis home in Nashville,Tenn. _Messrs,William <A.White of Duke and Leonard White,Jr,ofAshevillewillarrivetonighttospend the holidays with their parents,Dr. and Mrs.L.White, productive employment.This is but| :|Senator Overman decided to rec-| Democrats Have Kept ‘the Faith. Greensboro News. True to its platform pledge,theDemocraticpartyhasfollowedtariff revision with currency revision.Leg- islation has been enacted putting=the currency business of the nation on a new basis,and readjusting the na- tion’s.banking. he ambitions of the party in these two measures are high.Both areaimedtorelievetheconditionsofex- istence,to make life less difficult,tothehumblecitizen.The theory oftherevisedtariffistoendthepart-nership of government with pfivi- lege.The currency bill is directed to the same end,and to safeguard the country against money panics,such as have in the past wrought suffer- ing and disaster.: Only experience with the new lawswilltestwhetherthepeoplefor whose benefit they are ostensibly passed will be the gainers.Only time can tell whether the hopes of patri- otic party men are to be fulfilled in popular satisfaction.The effort, great or small,conscientious or half- hearted,of Democratic leadership to obtain the fixed favors of the elec- torate may end in party disaster. But,to ajl present seeming,they have kept the faith.None now charg-es the contrary.The faults alleged bycriticsoftheadministrationarein the main faults of ignorance and in- |competency.The admission’seems to be general that Democrats havekeptthefaith. A Big Sum of Money Worries In- diana’s Governor. Gov.Samuel L.Ralston of Indiana has $59,194.46 on deposit to his cred- it in an Indianapolis bank and is wor- ried about what he can do with the money.He can't spend it,and as it would be a hopeless task to try to give it back to the thousands of persons who contributed the amount, he will probably ask the next session of the Legislature to aid him in find- ing a way to dispose of the money. The thousands of dollars are part of the fund contributed for the relief of the flood sufferers in Indiana during the spring months of this year.The fund originally amounted to $141,088 and $59,194 was not used. The money was sent to the relief fund by persons living in all parts of the United States and when the ques- |tion of returning the unused part was brought up it was found)impossible, for many of the names of the donors have been lost.The fund draws 4 |per cent interest and is increasing at |the rate of about $2,200 a year. |Since this news was first published the Governor /has received numerous ‘letters from people in all parts of the ‘country asking for a part of the money as a loan or a gift. |American Wanted in Mexico Under Arrest in South Carolina. Ray D.Gould,an American owner lof a ranch in Mexico,who is now |held in.jail at Greenville,S.C.,on two minor charges,is wanted in Mex- ico to the extent of $1,000 reward of- fered by the Huerta government. |The Mexican government and the Mexican embassy at }if the American government will jsurrender the prisoner to Mexico Gould came to Greenville about |two months ago.He was recently arrested for breach of trust.He is |Suit Entered Against Mr.Mills and |Said to have killed three Mexican |Others in Asheville.| i | soldiers when they surrounded his jranch.He was wounded in the leg tand escaped on his horse.He says he has no property except his pos- |sessions in Mexico,which by this |time may have been confiseated by jrebels.Gould says the Federals sur- jrounded his place after finding a |large quantity of dynamite buried on |his ranch. |Machine to Open Cotton Bolls Caught |By Frost. Commissioner of Agriculture Gra- iham,who was in Columbia,8.C., ithe other day to witness a demonstra-ition of a new patented machine forlopeningboilsofcottenclosedby |frost,talks interestingly of the ma- ichine and its operation and the pros-|pect for satisfactory utility.He says|the process is to pass the unopened jbolls over a heated revolving floor, ‘the top of the box being open.The moisture in the bolls is changed into steam and causes the lint in the boll to expand and burst it ad the sun would have done if the frost had not come. Freedom of Press Unabridged But Flow of Pie Checked at Fountain. Everything. It appears nowthat because Oliver (of the Reidsville Review)harnessed |Simmons up with Judas.Iscariot the racket was raised.Oliver intimated that Lorimer and Simmons were sidepartnersandthatRepublicanswere ail for Simmons and that Simmons was not a Democrat.And Oliver lost the postoffice.The freedom of the press was not abridged but the flowofpieneverstartedJohn’s way.ERNE California Woman Seriously Alarmed.“A short time ago I contracted a severe:cold which settled on my lungs and causedmeagreatdealofannoyance.I would have bad coughing spells and my lungs were so sore and inflamed I began.to be seriously alarmed.<A friend recommended Chamber- lnin’s Cough Remedy,saying she had used it for years.1 bougit a bottle and it re- lieved my cough the frat night,and in a week I waa rid of the cold and soreness of my lungs,”writes Miss Marie Gerber,Saw- telle,Cal.For sale by wll dealers. i Washington | |have been notified,but it is doubtful | We Extend to You ee se *eel.f aayearlyistnasCrean — And Wish For You An Abundance HEALTH, HAPPINESS and PROSPERITY During the New Year. RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON C0. THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POST SERVICE. pounds, }ii| Remember,Right Off the Ice! Give us your order for one or five We will deliver when you say. LIGGETT’S, NORRIS’, APOLLO'S, MARTHA WASHINGTON’S. * Statesville Drug Co., PRESCRIPTIONISTS, The Lyric Programme: Tuesday. The Farmer's Daughter—Thanhauser Film The Origizal Will—Reliance Film The Flirt and the BanditAmerican FilmWednesday. Exhonoration -Domino FilmExhoncration—Domino Film The Twins and the Other Girl—Thanhauser Film Thursday. A Cowtown Reformation—KB Film When the Debt Was Paid—Keystone Film Hearts of the Dark—Reliance Film Friday. Life’s Pathway —Thanhauser Film Life’s Pathway—Thanhauser Film Mother’s Boy—Keystone Film Saturday. Badge of Honor—American Film A Mix-Up in Pedigrees — Majestic Film Once Upon a Time—Reliance Film Monday. Three extra good reels. stables in Statesville,N.C Driving Horses and Mares ;Prices and termsrig t.H nkel-Craig ia FOUR CAR LOAD OFHorses,Mares and Mules |}i TUESDAY,DECEMBER 16,we received at our.,100 head of Tennessee-Vir- ginia Horses,Mares and Mules.We have one car of nice Mares,and a few pair of large Mules.Plenty.médi- um size Horses and Mules and a nice lot of Saddle andThislotofstockwasbought right off the farms and free from colds and readyto go to work.If you need anything in our line now is the time ‘ to get it.Rememberthat all stock is from $25 to $30 cheaper just before the holidays.Come to see us Live Stock Co. \ . S es si Ts Sa”:iesAers<>mt Pale pte,SS BN ay gis THE LANDMARK PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. i "BROAD STREET.TELEPHONE NO.14. |TUESDAY,-December 23,1913. TO BE MARRIED—THIS WEEK. Miss Jessie McLelland and Mr.HenryEcclesLewis--Social Events. “Reported for The Landroark. Saturday afternoon a number ofyoungladi+s joined Mrs:E.D,BrownofLorayinahandkerchiefshowerinhonorofMissJessieBellMcLelland,who is to become the bride of Mr.Henry Eccles Lewis this week.Fol- lowing some games the guests wereinvitedtothediningroomandjustastheyworefindingtheirplacecardsaloudrappingwasheardatthedoor.An unseen messenger brought a let- ter for the hostess,which,in original verse,informed us that there was an invisible secret hidden among these lace cards which would be revealed c the candle’s glow. As the hostess passed around ,the table there was only a black sniudge left on our cards,bet when she came to the bride-elect,suddenly there ap- peared,just below her own,the name of the groom.While her head was bowed over this card a lovely basket was lowered,which brought the first knowledge of the object of the meet-ing.The verses accompanying the gifts were read aloud to the enjoyment of all.As these young people are con- siderably indebted to “Brother Edi- son,”a telephone conversation,“Be- ‘¥ore”‘and “After,”caused much mer- riment,Wo lingered long over the refrosh- ments,for our hearts were both sed and glad at this,our last meeting, with the bride-elect,who is one of our jolliest and most winsome young la- dies. Last week’s meeting of the Thurs- day Afternoon club was held with Mrs.Clem.Dowd and an interesting Christmas programme was carried out.The members responded to the roll call with descriptions of children eharacters in Dickens’stories and Mrs.L.B.Bristol read an article on “Dickens and the Christmas Spirit.” Selections from Dickens’Christmas Carol were read by Mrs.Chas.A.Tur- ner.,Each guest was given a little Christmas basket fHled with mints. Appropriate refreshments were serv- € Notices of New Advertisements. J.M.Deaton,sheriff,will property for debt January 26 Five-room house for rentTunstall.Experienced waitresses Oconee Inn,Seneca,8.C Sum of money found Recce Pair lady's LandmarkSecond hand Maxwell automobile at a bargain.—Carolina Motor Co ell N.& wanted— Sherrill & found,—Thegloves ,,er, J.G.Turner has dray business and house and lat for sale Unusval attractions in dining roomj furniture.Crawford-Bunch Furni ture Co. Ideas Bank. Not too busy to serve you prompt- —~Dr.R.W.Woodward Diamond rings.—H,.B.“Woodward.| Christmas time is Huyler’s time at W.F.Hall's The season's greetings,—Mills &| Poston | Special prices fur muffs| and scarfs today and tomorrow i Belk Bros j The Lyric this week Rogs for Christmas ford-Bunch Furniture Co Christmas greeting Ramsey Bowles-Morrison Co j Christmas candies Statesville Drug Co. Programme a week. Merch &Farmers’|cnte ly on sets, gift (raw t the Crescent this Tribute to Supt.Allen of the Salis- bury Schools Mr A T Allen, pal of the Statesvi'le now superintendent graded school,was given present by the pupils bury achoo!l last weeknotecftheincidentthe tor of the Salisbury Post says “Sterling silver was most suitably| chosen to convey to this man of such fine and sterling qualities the appre ciation of his efforts for the thousand | children whom he guides as friend| and adviser.During the years of| faithful service the school learned to| know how its leader moves “‘How modest,kindly,all-accomplish- ed,wise, With what himself, And in what limits,and how tenderly Not swaying to this faction or to that.’ “And the gift this morning was an almost involuntary tribute in recog- nition of his worth.” This will be pleasing news to Mr Allen’s friends in Statesville and inAlexandercounty,his native home. It is a pleasure to know that hisworthisappreciatedandthatheis attaining in Salisbury the success he deserves. Red formerly ,rinci graded school of the Salisbury a handsome the Salis-) In making society ei ot sublime repression of Cross Christmas fs Seals ,Christmas. For = ony a ax Help sufferers and help to pre-vent others becoming sufferers byexpendingasmallamountofChrist- mas money for Red .Cross;Seals. Only a penny each and every pennyhelpstorelievevictimsoftubercu-losis and to prevent others becomingvictims.For 8:at all the drug stores and at the Lazenby-eter ery Hardware Co. Miss Laura Moore is visiting |.pod |to (gly i tives Mr will GLIMPSE OF PASSING THRONG. Personal Mention of People and TheirMovements. Mr.and Mrs.C..W. Boshamerhavewiththemfor‘the holidays ner three sons—-Messrs.H.M.,C. W.,Jr.,and Carey Boshamer.Thefirstnamedare’traveling salesmenandthelatterisastudentattheUniversity.Mr.Ras:Stimson is at home fromAshevilleforthgholidays,'Prof.Av Ss.Webb and family of coe will arrive here today tondtheholidaysLoganStimson's.Mesdames R.A.Cooper and E.L,Fleming spent Saturday in Charlotte.They were joined at Huntersville byMissesMaryCraterandFrances Fleming,who ‘accompanied them toCharlotteandcamewiththem.to their homes here Saturday night for the holidays.Misses Crater and Fleming teach at Huntersville.Miss Claudia Cashwell,who teaches in the Gastonia schools,is at home to spend Christmas.Mrs.Jas.Mac.Connelly and chil- dren went to Rock Hill,S.C.,Satur- day to spend the holiday season withMrs.Connelly’s home people.Miss Myrtle Houston,who was a guest of Miss Margaret Brady,has returned to her home at Davidson, Miss Leila Corpening came home Saturday night from Rockingham, where she had been with her brother, Mr.A.G.Corpening.Miss Mariaddie Turner,principal of the Shelby graded school,arrived home Saturday night to spend the holidays.Mr.and Mrs.J.Paul Leon- ard met Miss Turner in Charlotte Saturday and spent the day there. Miss Willie Love is at home from Union,8.C.,where she teaches in Clifford Seminary. Master Patrick Lawrence,who is a student at Mars Hill Academy,spent Sunday in Statesville with his broth- Dr.E.N.Lawrence,en route to his home in Rea'eigh. Mr.8S.O.Lazenby returned:last week from Bladen county,where he is doing some surveying around Black Lake.He will return to Bladen afterChristmastoverethework. Mr.and Mrs.E.S.Clayton of Ashe- ville will be guvests of Mrs.D.M. Furches and Miss Altie Corpening during the holidays. Mr.Grier Waugh left Saturday night for Miami,Fla.,where he ex- pects to spend the winter. Mrs.W.R.Sloan end Mr.Kari Sloan have been in Charlotte since Saturday on account of the illness of Mr.S.J.Sloan,who underwent an operation last week for appendicitis. Frank and John Gibbs,former resi dents of Statesville,were hore yester- day en route from Asheville Farm School to their home at Davidson. Miss Janie Miller has gone Miami,Fla.,to visit her brothers, Metsrs.W.W.and Neill Miller.She was accompanied by Mr.W.W.Mil ler’s little daughter,Wilma. Mrs.William Gray arrived yesterdayfromMarionforavisittohome people.¥ Messrs.Cla troit,Mich.,and at Mr. to Weedon of De Weedon of Bos rence Db jton,spent Sunday at the héme of Mr R.E.Armfield,leaving yesterday for Blowing Rock,where they will |p end Christmas with their home peo |ple Mrs.J Powell left yesterday for |Columbia,S.C.,from-+whence she |will go to Cokesbury to spend Christ- imas with relatives Mr.W.E.Haddon of Bluefield, Va.,is visiting his parents,Rev Mrs.S.W.Haddon. Rev Mrs.W.M yesterday Walsh Mr.and Mr Frank P.Lewis Brooklyn,N.Y.,arrived in States- ville yesterday to visit relatives Mrs.Harold Early of Winston- G Ww. and Walsh to visit went rela |Satem passed through Statesville yes- terday en route to Hiddenite to spend the holidays with her parents,Rev. and Mrs.R.Lee Davis.Mr join her there tomorrow night J.L.and G.EL Neikirk of Marion,Va.,i Ed.H.Warrick of Rural Home,Va.,spent yesterday Statesville with Sheriff Deaton.They were en to Charlotte,where they will attend the marriage of Mr. ’.C.Neikirk,son of J.L and Miss Louise Orr, pla c today of Rev Dr.W. Messrs anc route which will take W.Orr. jat the |ning. jorated with fi |were THE NEWS OF TAYLORSVILLE.| Two Deaths—-Personal Items—Miss Overcash’s Reception and Recital. Correspondence of The Landmark.; ‘Taylorsville,Dec..22.—-Mr.M.L.Walker of Little River township diedSaturdaymorningat6o’clock at Dr. Long’s Sanatorium,Statesville,where he was taken Tuesdzy for an _opera- tion for strangulated hernia.His re- mains were taken to his home Satur- day afternoon.Deceased was 72 yeors of age.Surviving him are hiswifeandfoursonsandthreedaugh- ters,namely:Messrs.Clement Walker of Illinois,William Walker of Mt. Ulla,Columbus Walker of Hickory and Charles Wolker of Little River township;Misscs Effie,Frances and Josie Walker,who lived with their father.The funeral and interment were at New Salem Lutheran,church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.Hispastor,Rev.©.O.Smith,conducted the services. Mrs.Lloyd St.Clair,daughter of Mr.H.A.Childers,died at her fath- er’s home near Hiddenite Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock.The funeral and burial were at Salom Lutheran church,of which her husband is a member,and the services were con- ducted by her pastor,Rev.J.W. Watts of the Baptist deromination. Deceased was sbout 25 years of age and is survived by her husband, parents and several brothcrs and sis- ters. Miss Ada Viele,teacher metics in the graded school, came home Saturday to spend the holidays with her parents,Mr.and Mrs.C.G.Viele.Miss Ruby Deal, teacher of fifth grade and French in the high school at Marion,came home Friday night to spend the hol- idays with her parents,Mr.and Mrs. W.D.Deal,Miss Annie Mae Pat- ton,a student at Brevard Institute, Brevard,is spending the holidayswithherparents,Capt.and Mrs.C. Patton.Mrs.L.L.Moore and chil- dren,Miss Eliza and Masters Wilson end Wallace,went to Charlotte Sat- urday to spend Christmes with Mrs, Mpore’s parents,-Mr.and Mrs.R.Ar Torrence.Rev.L.L.Moore will join them Tuesday. Taylorsville State High School closed Friday for the holidays. Schoo!will open again Monday,Jan- uary 5th.Miss Winnie D.Grier of Matthews,teacher of the second and third grades;Miss Nettie Allbright of Burlington,teacher of the first grede,and Mi Margeret Overcash of Statesville,teacher of music,have gone to their respective homes for the holiday Over a hundred guests attended the reception and informal recital given by Miss Overcash in her studio school building Friday eve- The room was tastcfully doc- and blooming nar- of the room of mcthe- Lenoir, rns cornercissus.In one Christ- *the | beautifully decorated From the center of uspended a red and} bell from which red and green pa-| Was a mas tree ceiling was green Christmas garland fof |per caught up with bunches of mis- |tletoe |the |Nettie |Moore received in the llowing is | |Grandpa, |Eliza }Lic of | j| |Schutt, Early ||;icasn is in D.Grier,} The guests were receivedhallbyMisWinnie Allbright and Grace Feimster,| Overcash and Mrs.J.T. room.The fol- enjoyable pro Ronda,wil Sextett« 5€3 and Miss part of the gramme:Hayn's Gipsy liam Mason's Spring Dawn, from Lucia by Mi Elizabeth Liod jsay,Mendelssohn’s Hunting Song, |Rive King’s Bubbling Spring by Miss Rosa Watts,Living Song,Weltz for Star rformer by Miss Moore.Mason’s Rus Dance,a beautifu t was played by Misses Sue and Rosa Watts;Zeisis Bells of tl Homeland Renard’s Forever by Mi Watts During the evening Mr.and Mrs.J T.Moore delighted the audience with classical music on the banjo and Mi Overcash played Var Lingiute by Spring Song and Morning by Grieg,and sang seve ir her usual artistic mcnr doing a sple wi m jduc :Sue d Mi wer).{Hor pupils displayed mis training.Althou t all young,each sclectic: ed from memory.Hot wafers were served by cellent land Gertrude CooperNeikirk.| Mies Orr is a daughter |Gwaltney township,wa || tate.cont incipally d for par Saturday ain in The Robert Lackey « ing about 800 acres,pr sol j}tition at public aucti Miss Edna Wells of Nebo is spend-I The property was divided into about | jing the holidays with Mr.and John H.Gray at Hotel Iredell. Miss Myrtle”Rumple will iChristmas at Charlotte and ville Mr.and Mrs.John Bell Glover,who| were married recently,arrived last week from Columbia,8.C.,and are guests of Mr.Glovor’s parents,Mr. and Mrs.J.B.Glover. Mrs.A.M.Brawley and children of Cleveland are visiting home folks here. Miss Lucy Rice left last week for a visit to relatives in Florida. Miss Bernice Turner is at home from Salisbury,where she is a teach- er in the graded school. Miss Leona Stone of Little Rock Ark.,is a guest at Mr.D.J.Craig's. Mr.Francis McAuley of Anderson, Ind.,is visiting his parents,Mr.and Mrs.E.R.McAuley.Mr.and Mrs. John Stone and little son,Harry,of Anderson,Ind.,are visiting Mrs. Stone’s parents,Mr.and Mrs.W.H.H.Summers.This is their first vis- it to the Old North State in severalyears. Moores- Holiday Visitors in Dunlap Commu- nity. Correspondence of The Landmark. Dunlap,Dec.22—The following young ladies,who are teaching school,are at home to spend the hol-idays:Miss Mabel Dunlap from Mt. Ulla high school,Miss Bessie Mil- holland from Shepherd’s,Miss Lil- lian Dunlap from Gulf graded school, Miss Katherine Gray from Moores- ville.Miss Mary Dunlap,who is in school at Statesville Female College,is at home for the holidays..Miss Janie Atwell will close her |at Bethany Tuesday for the idays and go to her mother’s,Mrs.H.Reece of River.Hill,to ndChristmas.Merry Christmas and a*bright.he inWinston-Salem Py and prosperous New.Year toadageanditsmanyreaders, Mrs.| ||spend |under mortgage Saturd: |P.Kerley for 1 |for $167. |Munday property |shafts jand caused a runaway. $8,475totaled Stine property 15 tracts and sales The Ed.was sold | to Mr.A} $690,a the John} was old under} mortgage to Mr.Benjamin Munday| her’cous in | As Miss Ollie Payne and in,Mr.Price,were lecving a buggy Saturday eveningPayne’s home,south of town,the| came loose from the buggyMissPayne and the broken No oth- towtT was thrown from the bugy)bone of her left limb wa two inches above the ankle er damage resulted, Mr.and Mrs.Turner St and Mr.and Mrs.Ray EF Beardstown,UL,have retur:from a visit to relatives.Mr.M.R. Ingram,principal of the highschool at Mt.Airy,is at home to spend theholidays.Mr.C.P Burke of Greons- boro spent Sundcy With his mother, Mrs.R.B.Burke.Ni Honor Roll at Taylor Spring School. Correspondence of The Landmark. The following pupils of Taylor’s Spring.schoo],wore on the honor roll for the first month:China,Honor, Doughton and Cecil Redmond,Hope,Hazel,Paul,Earle,Floyd,Dottie, Navy,Zeb and Toy~Williams,Joy, George,Connie and Nonnie Shaver, Leona,Luna and Leonard Rupard, Leonard Ragh,Maurice and ClaudiaCass,Velt Williams. A dispatch from Sydoes.."New South Wales,says incomin steam- ers bring terrible details of the re-cent volcanic eruptions on the islandofAmbrim,in the new Hebridesgroup,in which 500 nattee lost theirves. For Weakness and Loss of SaaatiteTheOldSta:-|GROVE'S TASTELESS chil TONIC, evenson rd_ofedhere for Miss|, Malaria and builds up the system,and sure Appetirer.For adults and Personals—Old Fiddlers’Meet. Correspondence ‘of The Landmark. Catawba,Dec,22-——Mr.Isaac Jonesisverysickwithlagrippeatthehome of his daughter,Mrs.J.¥..Gilleland, Mr.Ralph Alspaugh and niece, Miss Imo Alspaugh,of Taylorsville, were the guests of My and Mrs.C. B.Rufty Sunday and Monday.MissesGladysLowranceandMabelGillelandandMessrsCarlosLowranceandNeil Aderholdt are at home from school to spend the holiday vacation with,their parents. ville is the guest of his sister,Mrs.F,Y.Long.Mrs.M.Rufty went to Whitesburg,Tenn.,Friday to spend Christmas with her daughters,Ms. J.A.Leming and Mrs.M.A.Creech. Mr.Tom Aderholdt left Saturday for Benoit,Miss.,where he will engage in levee work with his brother,Mr. C.Aderholdt,of that place.Mrs. Harry Lowrance was the guest of Mrs.C.B.Rufty Saturday evening. Mrs.Lowrance spent the past month with her parents,Mr.and Mrs.J.T, Ervin,and was returning to her home in Roanoke,Va. Mr.Jo.Sleuman is right sick at the home of Mr.F.E.Booth. Mr,and Mrs.John Troutman spent Saturday and Sunday in Hickory,the guests of Mr.Troutman’s brother, Mr.Zeb Trouman.Mr.J.F.Gille- land,engineer on the Southern,spent Sunday at home with his family, Dr.F.Ye Long had a nice fox race on Little mountain one morning last week, There will be an Old Fiddlers’Con- vention in the Catawba graded school building December 80th.Everybody invited. Catawha Corn and Teimate Clubs Organized— Personal Items. Correspondence of The Landmark. Troutman,R-1,Dec.22,.—Miss Grace Johnson went to Charlotte last week to visit her brother,Mr.L.E. Johnson.From there she will go to Matthews to.yisit Miss Marie Coffey. Mies Mollie Ostwalt went to Yadkin- ville to spend Christmas. Mr.W.T.Sherrill!is having his house remodeled,whic!quite an improvement, Mr.James W.Sharpe will suspend school Tuesday for a week’s holiday. Miss Nannie Hobbs has returned home efter Spending a couple of weeks at Davidson.Mrs.J.R.Young and daughter,of the vicinity of Mooresville,spent a week with Mrs. Young’s parents,Mr.Mrs.J.L. Cloaninger The boys of our is and chool district has organized a corn club and ten girls have organized a tomato club. Wishing our editor and the many reetiers a merry Christmas ond hap- py New Year consisting of 8 harness and buyer AlsoJOHNGDec,23-~2t runabout CAROLINA MOTOR ©O FOR SaL E —Dray of he "business, and Bargain to “and lot rURNER Trees mules, wie quick with good barn POR SALE—Second-hand Maxwell $1 «bargain De house onApplyto Dee FOR RENT—PFive-room treet with ty TUNSTALIL water Owner can get office by pay Dee.24 POUND —Pair ladies’gloves them at THE ANDMARK ag charges. POUND—Sem eof money it by describing property this ad SHERRILL @Dee.23—-1t Owner and REECE can paying experienced)white wait- hotel in South Carolina INN,Seneca,&.C WANTED Threepresses,Beat «mall Address OCONEE Dec.23-~11* A.FOR ‘RRENT-—Residence on Walnut street. L.COBLE Dee. POR SENT Apply t« Mulberry Férnished or enfurniahed roamsMRS.J.W.MARSHALL, and DeeWalnut 19—~2t*streets Tre Ry.F. boarders.MRS. street androomsWANTED—Roomers Mu t nice front adi MITCHELI Dec.19 erry FOR RENT—Two houses.L.K.OVERCASH. Dec.19 Mr.Durand Davis of States-. 19.| corner | oi NOTE ye MONEY! .Don’t carry money on your person! Don’t keep money in your homes!It may be lost,stolen or destroyed—possibly the knowledge of your possessing it may endan-ger your life! Itis not safe;it ear ns you nothing;it does nooneanygood.DEPOSIT It IN A BANK! It will be safe and used legitimately in the up- building of the community.It can always be obtained on demand,and’tn making your payments your checks are a valid receipt. ~If deposited upon certificate,four per cent in- terest will be allowed. This bank solicits your deposits—either upon checking account or upon certificate. >> > > ) 93 9 9 9 3 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 I 9 9 9 9 9 9 I 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 ) ) Sy 93 3 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 9 2 3 9 9 5 9 3 9 3 5 3 9 > 2 [CAPITAL.................$100,000]LSURPLUS&PROFITS....................$33,000) | f i } | i| —| | CHRISTMAS DINNER 1913 IREDELL. Blue Pe HOTEL Oyster Cocktail nts ikles Olives Sweet Pi QriaDelacasyStuffedOlives 2een RiceConsomme Hearts Lettuce with Clear i Salad StBakedLakeTrout affedPortmesDuchess Lemon SauceApricotPuff Sliced Tomatoes | Turkey—Stuffed—Wainut anberry Sauce Guava Jelly Roast Loin of Native Beef--Au Baked O'Possum—Browned Yams Baked Dressi ng Jus Vegetables Asparagus Tipe on Toast Pois tm Patties Creamed Steamed Carolina RiceFloridaSquash Potatc Scollopped To Ye Old Southern Hoe Cake Corn Bread Crackers Buttermilk Christmas Fruit Pudding Brandy Sauce Hot Mince Pie Velvet Vanilla Pumpkin Custard Pie Neopolitan Cream Orange Pistachio Fruit Cake Surprise PunchFigs Cream Demi Tasse Mixed Nath Saltine Wafers Fruit Swiss and NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE. Iredell County. In the Superior Court Lazenby -Montgofery Hardware Co.,va. Statesville Gas Co.and Quaker City Con- struction Co. By virtue of an ven.ex.directed to the undersigned,sheriff of Iredell county,from the Superior Court of Iredell county in theaboveentitledaction,I will on MONDAY,JANUARY 26,1914, at 12 o'clock M.,at the court house door ofsaidcounty,sell to the highest bidder forcash,to satisfy the judgment rendered in saidactionsuchright,title and interest as thedefendants,Statesville Gas.Co.and Quaker City.Construction.Co.,may have in.the.realestatedescribedinthejudgmentrenderedinsaidactionasfollows,towit:That lot of land in the city of StatesvilleandthebuildinthereonsituatedontheEastsideofsouthCenterstreet,adjoiningLee,Martin and others,containing three-fourths of an acre amory or less,known as he Gas Co.lot and plant and fully de-scribed in the complaint in this action.ThejudgmentrenderedinsaidactigndeclaresthatsaidjudgementizaspecificloanonsaidlandandbuildingfromtheiithdayofSeptember,1912.J.M.-DEATON, Dec.23,1913.Sheriff of Iredell North Carolina Co. Pound Cake } ; BELK BROTHERS SPECIAL PRICES For Tuesday x Wednesday On Fur Sets,Muffs and Scarfs. rea Guartantleed Ith neo jushar“Leed wh $19.9519.9519.95$1.98 up.$1.75 up. 25.00 Red Fox Sets at #25.00 Mink Sets at$25.00 Coney Sets at Muffs from Searfs from DIAMOND RINGS From (Oh just think!)$8 to $40. Surprise her Christmas, Big stones for the money. She bas always wanted one, H.B.WOODWARD, ‘©Jeweler. HEN you are looking fordin-ing room furniture,this store offers some unusual attractions. Very Often the Occasion Arises When You Find it Necessary to BuyFlowers! If you have little or much to spendinfurnishingyourdiningroom,en- tirely or in part,you'll get here afulldollaroffurniturevalueforev- ery dollar spent.This is the onlywayweknowtokeepyourpatron- age,if we are fortunate enough to get it. Don't make the mistakeof,think- ing our talk of best quality meanspricesanyhigherthanyoupay elsewhere..It doesn’t.Some of our most regular customers arepeoplewhoknowwhatrealecono- my is and who practice it In buy- ing any furniture never forget thisfact—furniture below a certainvaluehasnovalue;it is good only }| for getting.your money;it doesn’t{|serve long as furniture.All fur- niture dealers know this and thehonestonesnevercarrythisinfe-rior kind.We carry all grades of}! furniture that are worth buying. Crawford-Bunch Furniture Co. Then is when you must think of Van Lindley’s.We are al-ways prepared to make up onveryshortnoticeattractiv funeral designs,exquisite bouquetsandbunches. In fact flowers are furnished by us in every form desired, We arein position to give you suggestions on wedding dceéorations,as well as do the work well,having only expertsinouremploy. FOR SALE—Two snits of parlor furniture,| pictures,china,silverware and other house-| hold articles.Apply at 318 Walnut street.| Dee.5-—-6t. FOR RENT—On and after January 1,1914,|small storerom on west Broad street,now | occupied by Singer Sewing Machine Co,Apply to MRS.D.A.MILLER,867 WestEndavenue.Dec.16,—-4t. TO LET—January ist,two rooms over Polk | Gray's drug store,now oecupiel by Army|Recruiting Officers,Admirable location foroffices.DR.~F.A.CARPENTER.Dec.9. FOR RENT ~-Seven-room Sharpe street,with statronaryA.ELIASON,| GINNING AND,“COTTON—After Ls12willoperateginThursday,Friday and|-Saturday each \eek.Will buy seed cotton|MONEY—-We are prepared to make every day and on in the market for stained |loans on first mortgage real estate. cotton.J.T. Jentiings,Jenningt,N,|STATESVILLE REALTY &Dee.12-48."|MENT CO.Dee,12-~4t, No flowers sent by parcel post. Van Lindley.@., FLORISTS TO THE SOUTH, GREENSBORO,ne Polk Gray Drug Local Agente. dwelling,range.Dee. D east 19.| «BO O SM I A N N S N A N U T L T I T Z , ‘e l fEe-§ PA N YN S wh ”The Midnight Sun Still the best substitute for daylight—the light of the Rayo Lamp.Soft,clear and penetrating,yet never hurts the oe Rayo Lamps The Rayo is the best/oil lamp made—the«results of years of study.Milde of solid,/hickel-plated brass—durable and simple. Easy to clean and rewick—can be lighted without removing chimney or shade. The best lamp you can buy,and its lowpricewillsurpriseyou. At all dealers STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington,D.C.(New Jersey)Charlotte,N.C. Richmond,Va.BALTIMORE.Charleston,W.Va. Norfolk,Va.Charleston,S.C. ee i LS S st n ‘|STATES TOBACCO INDUSTRY. Buy Useful Presents As your giving nature begins to as- sert itself and you are wondering what to give,just come to our store. You want to give something that will be of use to your friends and that is the only kind of present you can find at our store. Our desire is that every home shall have a Christmas long to be re- membered by every member of the family and every joy of Yuletide . be yours.Sincerely yours, Lazenby -Montgomery HardwareCo. Why Give Him 0or+Her a Trinket? Give something sensible.A nice pair-of Shoes wouldbemoreappreciatedthanacheapringorothergew-gaw.Ifyou don’t know the size worn guess at itandwecanchangetheshoesafterwards.We willencloseanotetothateffectwiththegift. We have shoes at all prices to suit all *ages in all the latest fashionable styles. The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co., Statesville,N.C. ee LANDMARK TUESDAY,---December 23,1913. North Carolina Manufactures QOne-Fourth of the Tobacco in the UnitedStatesangPaysMoreThan$96,-000,000 Tobacco Tax—The TllicitDistilleries,; Washington DispatchNewsandObserver.North Carolina led every otherStateintheUnioninthemanufac- ture of tobacco during the fiscal year ending June 30.last,by more thantwentymillionpounds.The _exact figures for the year ere 96,546,019,as compiled by Commissioner of Inter-nal Revenue W.H.Osborn in his an-nual report.The State which comes nearest to North Carolinas was Mis-souri with 73,220,418.The value of the stamps’used on this manufac-. tured product was $7,719,723.04..The value of Missouri’s stamps was hear- ly six million. Forty-six million pounds of this ninety-six million total went into plug tobaceo,the western,or fifth district, making forty-two million pounds as compared to-the two million manufac- tured by the eastern,or fourth dis-‘trict.There were nearly fifty thou- sand pounds of twist and other forms of leaf.The eastern district out- stripped the west in the production of smoking tobaccb,manufacturing thir- ty-one million pounds out of a totaloffiftymillions.The.tax paid the government for manufacturingthis tobacco was $96,496,538.The west- ern district paid sixty-two million dollars of this,while the eastern con- tributed thirty-four,million dollars. The comparison between North Carolina’s production and that of other States does not sink in until the total of the United States is compared with North Carolina.North Carolina manufactured ninety-six million pounds.The entire United.States manufactured four hundred and thir- ty-five million pounds.North Caro- lina-manufactured nearly one-fourth of all the tebacco.manufactured in the United States.The value of the stamps-used in North Carolina's fin- ished product was seven million dol- lars.It was thirty-four million for the United States.North Carolina paid ninety-six millions to the goy- to Raleigh ernment in tobacco taxes.The entire | United States contributed four hun-| dred and thirty-two millions, This immense product was put out by only forty-two factories,where- as New York State hac 578 factories and yet is way down the list in quan- tity of tobacco manufactured.Vir- ginia has forty-nine factories,y they manufactured only twenty-thre®| million pounds, The eastern district of North Caro- lina used six million pounds of to- bacco for the manufacture of 1,547,- 268,500 cigarettes,the west none.| This record was surpassed by Vir-| ginia,Louisiana and three districts in New York.North Carolina’s thirty-one cigar factories made more than forty-four million cigars.This, however,was surpassed by a-great many States.North Carolina manu-| factured no snuff and no fine-cut to-| bacco.Commissioner Osborn carnestly recommends in his report that every dealer in leaf tobacco be required to | give bond,the minimum penalty of | which shall not be less then $100.| Each dealer in leaf tobacco,he says,| should be required to make an inven- tory of stock on January 1 of each year and hould render his report of jtransactious in leaf tobacco quarter- ily or monthly or such periods as the] commissioner might require i To tax laws relative to dealers leaf tobacco’Colonel Osborn attrib- utes the escape of considerable tobac co from tax payment.Registry with the collector for the district is now the only requisite before commencing |business.|“A leaf dealer carrying a cor | jable quantity on his books may jappear,”the report says,“as jber of them have no trace of the mm i each tdébacco, bond is now requ of pounds«sd fo manufactured into cigars,which find their way,to consumers without being | tax paid. |North Cerolina 'to Georgia in the numbei |distilleries repor‘ted for seiz ure,| There were 446 in the Tar He State |2 jand 813 in Georgia.Aiabane comes| next with 320 and Virginia fourth] lwith 263.Of.North Carolina’s 446 stills reported,quite half,282, |were seized cnd destroyed.The num- jber of gallons reported fér seizure jwas 151.Two hundred and forty- \four prosecutions were recommended, and but 71 persons arrested.The} value of the property reported for| seizure was $8,091.25 To run down these violations of the |Federal law in North Carolina the |government spent $11,209.55 for spe- cial employes,possemen, inform- ers,guides and miscellaneous inciden- jtal expenses.This does not include jthe salaries or expenses of the regu- }\lar revenue force. sands a tobac are ‘ accounte r,thegre yields preced:eo of illicit | not The Story of the “Mona Lisa.” State Journal. The “Mona Lisa,”a portrait of a woman,painted by Leonardo Da Vint- ci and completed only*-after four years of work,has Had a varied his- tory.Da Vinci lived at Florence about the time of the discovery of America.This painting was made in 1500-1504.It was bought for France iby Francis I.For manyi years it hung in the great Paris museum,the Louvre.Its value was set as high as $5,000,000.All the -world was surprised when on the morning of August 22,1911,it disappeared fromitsplaceintheLouvregalleries.No trace was found until last week when the thief,an Italian,tried todisposeofitinFlorence,the city where the picture was made.He hadbeenanemployeinthemuseumandearriedthepictureoffunderhis blouse.It will be returned to France practically uninjured. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL,a aur- m gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at |government ownership jlines may la telephone message and jare the same within the |vice and therefore it is believed that ithe statute enabling the government |true have j}ments of section 5267, |utes, lof any of its constitutional privileges jin no wise iment to take jof the telegraph |Revised Statutes.inow en i liminary |dation oo.*|sendwaterpartbeing7 TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE.|| Postmaster General Argues That theGovernment’Should Make ThesePublicUtilitiesaPartofthePos-tal System. A sweeping declaration in favor of| ir principle of government owncr-of telephone and telegraph lineseeanassertionthattheposta]svr- vice now is self-supporting for thefirsttimesince18838,are features oftheannualreportofPostmasterGen- eral Burleson,‘transmitted to Con-gress. Concerning the acquisition of tele- phone and.telegraph lines,Postmas- ter General Burleson says’that the government has demonstrated its capacity to.conduct public utilities, and,from his present information,’heisinclinedelearlytothetakingover by the Postoffice Department of thetelegraphlinesand,possibly,also,of the telephone lines.Discussing that the Postmaster General says: “A study of the constitutional pur-|,poses of the postal establishment leads to the conviction that the Post- office Department should have ‘con- trol over all means of the communica-tion of intelligence.The first tele- graph line in this country was main- tained and operated as a part of the postal service;and it is to be regret- ted that Congress saw fit to relin- quish this facility to private enter- prise.The monopolistic nature of the telegraph business makes it of vital importance to the people that it be conducted by.unselfish interests,and this can be accomplished only through government ownership. “The act of July 24,1866,providing fer the government acquisition of the telegraph lines upon.payment of an appraised valuation and the act of 1902 directing the Postmaster Gen- eral to report to Congress the prob- able cost of connecting telégraph and telephone system with the postal ser- vice by some feasible plan,are evi- dences of the policy of this govern- ment ultimately to acquire and oper- ate these electrical means of com- munication.as postal facilities,as is done by all the principal nations,the United States alone excepted, “The suécessful operation of the parcel post has demonstrated the ca- pacity of the government to conduct the public utilities which fall proper- ly within the postal provision of the constitution. “Every argument in favor of the of telegraph be advanced with equal logic and force in favor of the gov- ernment ownership of telephone lines. It has been competently decided that a telegram meaning of the laws governing the telewraph ser- upon the payment of an the telegraph will enable the telephonic to acquire, appraised valuation, lines of the country government to acquire the net-work of the country.While it is that the telephone companies not complied with the require- Revised Stat- d to nullify the non government this cannot be hel the intent of the law,since use on the part of the right to whenever | nation de surrenders the exercise these privileges the best interests of the a June last a committee was ap-|} sian to make an investigation of |this subject,to determine the prelim-| inary steps necessary for the govern toward the acquisition | lines of the country| in accordance with section 5267 of the This committee is | gaged in preparing its pre-| report,and if the findings such action proper recommen-/ will be made by the depart-| at a later date.” justify ment Governor Should Call For the Res- ignation. Newton News. If the gentleman or staff,who has beer barroom and violating as sworn to support,loes not the Governor his resignation, then Governor Craig should call for| i {raig’s ing a he} |Cures Old Sores,Other Semedios Won't Core The worst cases,no matte f how long standing, areL cured by the w .i reliable Dr.Porter’s Antiseptic Healing 1 It relieves | Pain and Heals at the -ec.We,£1.00,| ro S.J.Holland. Has good farm horses and mules for sale for cash or on time,Terms to suit purchaser. Best equipped livery in town. ‘Phone 3.Day or Night. ECELECLIPSEENGINESANDTHRESHERS. I will have some of our latest style machines here in acshorttime.Come over the firsttime you are in town and see them and let’s talk it over. Cc.H.TURNER,Near the Depot. Iredell,’Phone No.74,Bell No.7. Hickory Wanted. We buy logs,sawed lumber and dimen- sion stock.Write for prices. IVEY MANUFACTURING CO., WHENEVER YOU WEED“AGENERAL TONG-TAKE GROVE'S The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonicis EquallyValuableasaGeneralTonicbecauseitActsontheLiver,’Drives Out Malaria,Enriches the Blood and Builds uptheWholeSystem,For Grown People and Children,” // You know what you are taking when you take Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic as the formula is printed on every label showing that it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON.It is as strong as the strongest bitter tonic and is‘in Tasteless Form.It has no equal for Malaria,Chills and Fever, Weakness,general debility and loss of appetite.Gives life and vigor to Nursing Mothers and Pale,Sickly Children,Removes Biliousness without purging. Relieves nervous depression and low spirits.Arouses the liver to action and purifies the blood,A True Tonic and Sure Appetizer.A Complete Strengthener. No family should be without i _Gaasaniont by your Druggist.We meanit.50c. Pianos at a Big Reduction! In order to hold my territory for another year and extend the same if possible,and also for the purpose of taking a vacation from business during the month of January, I offer ten Pianos,in stock,at 20 per cent. off the regular prices.Also all small in struments at a reduction of 10 per cent. J.S.LEONARD,Statesville,N.C. SHERRILL-WHITE SHOE CO | What Shall [Give Him For Christmas? The perplexing Christmas problem is settledveryeasilyhere.We suggest the follow- ing which will aid you in answering this perplexing question: Combination Sets in very attractive boxes,$1 and $1.50 a Set. A very complete assortment of Kid Gloves,$1 to $2 a pair. A very complete line of Ties,25c.,50c.and $1. Initial Handkerchiefs in Christmas boxes,75.and $1.50 a box. Bed Room Slippers,$1.25 and $1.50,in Blacks and Tans. You'll have no trouble at all in selectingsomethingfromourlinesofChristmasFoot- wear that would be just right,and we'llmakeany-exchanges desired after Christ- mas.Tours truly, SHERRILL-WHITESHOECO. After January Ist we will oceupy the store formerly occupiedbyTheWhiteCompany. WANTED A few farms to supply customers.Those desiring to sell suburban and farm lands will find it to their interest to see me. FOR SALE-—6}acres one mile of Statesville,two acres of which is in timber.Three three-roomdwellingswhichrentwell.Offered at an invest- ment pee —o aes pattpoceneenstnsneaneneaneeneenenatientyeeeoeERNESTG.“GAITHER,INSURANG,STOCKS anPHONE23.OFFICE NO.1,MILLS BUTLDING _—sSFORSALE. houses About 65 lots and several inStatesville.’ Also about 15 good Farms. e 2+Cash or On Time.422 See me before buying. W.R.MILLS,—Real Estate Agent. ROQOer=2200008438 eseeesese Monuments and Tombstones| That is My Business. Best material,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Tf you need anything in my line be sure to.see or write me before you buy,asI am prepared to protect your interests. Ask your neighbors who have bought work from me and see what they say. I appreciate your neighbors’business and will likewise appreciate yours.x YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND MOORESVILLE,’N.C. Oct.10.Hickory,N.C. the same time.Notaliniment.25¢.50c,$1.00, :ZEB DEATON,Proprietor x naan PAGE SEVEN. Believing asI do that the man who buys furniture on_install- -ments should have some consideration,I have decided that from now on my time price and cash price shall be Or in other words,come tothesame. me with a little money and get what % you want just as cheap as if you had all money to pay cash.Everything marked in plain figures at prices as reasonable as anywhere.Respectfully, The Williams Furniture House, Statesville,N.C. =NEW Cotton Ginnery AtOil Millcanginabale every 15 minutes.Will buy your seed cotton or gin for toll,and buy the lint and seed right on the ground at Top Prices.Giveus atrial. Satisfaction guaranteed IMPERIAL COTTON OIL COMPANY. "PHONE 205. IN THE FIRST PLACE tring every prescription direct to us to be filled.This is the best advice.wecan offer any one using medicines. We have the drugs,every kind or class,each of standard purity,fresh and potent.Wehave the knowledge and the training,and the experience that counts in scientific,careful prescription compounding.You get all safety, satisfaction,results.Ask your doctor. The Polk Cray Drug Company, @ ON THE SQUARE FsPrescriptionSpecialists.’Phdhes109and410. Commercial National Ban OF STATESVILLE, ive . Capital Surplus and Profits Total Resources Over $100,000.00 30,000.00 090,000.00 Four per cent interest paid on time and Savings Deposits. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. _W..D.TURNER,E.MORRISON,D.M.AUSLEY,@.E.HUGHEY,- President. -Vice President.Cashier.Assistant Cashier. rHE LANDMARKTUESDAY,--~December 23,1913, ANOTHER ,TRUST SURRENDER. Telephone Monopoly Agrees to Be Good-—Will Surrender Its Holdings in the Western Union,Will Quit Trying to Take*Over Independent Companies and Will Connect.Long Distance Lines With Other Com- panies. Attorney General McReynolds Fri- day night made public details of an agreement for reorganization of the American Telephone &Telegraph Co.—the “telephone trust”—which will prevent litigation to dissolve that corporation under the anti-trust act. Under the -agreement competitive conditions will be restored in the tele-phone.service of the éntire country and the combine will dispose of its holdings in the Western Union Tel- egraph Company. The reorganization plan originated with the company,although it fol- lowed many reports that a suit might be filed.It is,regarded by Depart- ment of Justice officials as the most striking iwdication offered in a de- cade that “big business”has come ‘to the conclusion that it is better to conform to thés§herman law than fight it. The plan met not only the approval of the Attorney General and his chief “trust buster,”G.C.Todd,and of- ficials of the subsidiaries of the com- bine,but was heartily approved by President Wilson.In a letter to Mr. McReynolds the President expressed his admiration for the attitude of the company and his conviction that such conduct on the part of business men meant a building up of business on sound and permanent lines. Coming on the heels of the an- nouncement that Postmaster General Burleson is seriously interested in government ownership of telephone lines,the action of the Department of Justice took on an added significance and some officials went so far as to express the opinion that it indicated that legislation to acquire the coun+ ‘Itry’s telephone business would not be pressed by the administration at the present session.In brief the agreement providesthat:‘The American Telephone &Tele- graph Co.will dispose promptly of its holdings in the Western Union Telegraph Company,o that each concern shall be under distinct man- agement and entirely independent of one another The company will not hereafter acquire contro]of other tel- ephone companies and where control of telephone companies has been ac- quired,but no actual physical union has been effected,the American com- pany will submit the course it is to pursue to the Inter-State Commerce Commission and to the Department of Justice.The company will prompt- ly make arra ments by which allothertelephonecompaniesinthe United States shall have cecess to its toll lines. Department officials declared that the plan gave the government more than it could have hoped to obtain in court,Official wer particularly pleased with the agreement by which the Bell company long distance | service to subscribers of other com-| panies.Officials did not dehy t they never had hoped to gain sucl point by suit under the anti-trust act The agreement will not affeet suit entered severa dissolve the connect Company with the P: and Telegraph Coast branch. pressed by mine how yives month ago to} 1¢ot t}eTelephone| Compa ,the Thi the department to deter far the Shern anti-tactapplicstotelephonecomy . From the point of of acriber to an system,of the mostpartsoftheagreemer that proisinghimuseofthet)rh lines « the Bell company.|er t agre ment an independent pany frsecureconnectionwithl by supplying standard t }‘ connect with the Bell t o one Sell company operatir the er toll circuit when cor tior ar made,| Service will be given Bell ers or subscribers of ind rompanies served by exchanges than 50 miles distant f:he ple | where the call originates,independent | subscribers paying in addition to the| regular Bell toll charge a connec-|tion charge of 10 cents for each me sage.This charge will not be mac on business known as lifes” business and “long line busine will be accepted for |an 50 miles as well as for a greater dis tance. Will Take Assistant Postmasters OutofCivilService. All assistant postmasters will exempted from the civil service under the postoffice appropriation bill,com- pleted Friday by the House-committee on postoffices and to be reported im- mediately after the holidayTheDemocratsofthecommittee vot- be recess. ed to put into the measure a _pro- vision substantially similar to the one in the sundry civil bill,under which deputy collectors and deputy marshals were exempted from civilservice. A Marriage Tomorrow. Mr.and Mrs.W.L.Upright of theMt.Ulla vicinity have issued invita- tions’for 'the.marriage of their daughter,Miss Ethel Francis Up- right,and Mr.William Allison Sloop, the ceremony to take place at theirhomepyebtethe24th,at 2 p.m. There is “more Catarrh ‘In this Bec-tion of the country than all other dis-eases put together,and until the lastfewyearswassupposedtobeincurable.Por a great many years doctorspronounceditalocaldiseaseandpre-seribed local remedies,and by constantlyfailingtocurewithlocaltreatment.Pronounced it incurable,Science hasvenCatarrhtobeaconstitutionalAandthereforerequiresconstitu-treatment.Hall's .Catarrh Cure,ufactured by F.J.Cheneyfcledo,Ohio,is the only constitutionalsureonthemarket.It is taken Iinter-nally in doses from 10 drops to a tea-spoonful.It acts directly on the blood pa mucous surfaces of Ane system.hey offer One Hundred Dollars forcaseitfailstocure.for cir-eu Bell |0 ulars and fee anAddress:.CHENEY &CO,,Tole- SEG REGATION. Action of Farmers’Union at Shelby— Former Officers Re-elected. ‘The State Farmers’Union,which met in Shelby Wednesday,.concluded its session Thursday.Since the last meeting three new county Unions have been;organized,leaving only nine of the 100 counties in which county organizations are yet to be formed.The State treasury is in $3,000 better condition than a year ago and business enterprises of the Union are doing more business and are on a better basis than ever be- fore.Thelold officers with the exception of the executive committee were re- elected as follows:President,H.Q. Alexander;vice president,J.M.Tem- pleton;State lecturer,J.Z.Green; INDORSEa “RACE. State secretary,E.C.Faires.The executive committee consists of C,C. Wright of Wilkes,W.B.Gibson of Tredell,and W.H.Moore of Pitt,re- elected,and Clarence Poe of Raleigh and 8.H.Hobbs of Sampson,elected for the first time.It was decked to abandon the policy of having a mid- summer meeting and the next an- nual session therefore will be held in December,1914. An important action of the meet- ing was the unanimous indersement of the proposition to have a law al- lowing neighborhoods where most of the land is owned by one race to say by vote of a majority of the qualified voters that in the future no land should be sold to a person of the op posite race,provided the action is ap rovedbo by a reviewing judge or ardofcountycommissionersasbe Tf We CantStopYouroKinTrouble With Our New RemedySaxoSalve We will pay back to you thecostoftheremedy.thesetermswillyoutryitforanyskindisorder,itching,chafing,eczema,humors,eruptions,etc.? We take all the risk—bear all the expense if Saxo Salve fails. Come and Ask us about it, W.F.HALL,Druggist Statesville,N.C. ing necessary to their peace and safe-vires tver eats c ty.The preamble recites “that the IN STATESVILLE. crowding of undesirable negroes in ;white communities makes social con-|The Evidence Is Supplied By Local ditions intolerable for white women Testimony. and families,lowers land values own-If the reader wants stronger proof ed by white people and often ony than the following statement and ex white ne Cnathar ae Phe |perience of a resident of Statesville,resolution also declares that the im-|yw),“an ye? moral mixing of the races i th gl 1.Ww.ee son,R.F.D.No gr st menace to the supremacy of |3.Statesville,N.C..‘says:“Four th white race and,,d¢mands drastic |years ago my health was in such a egisiation-on thid subject |wretched condition from kidney dis- The Attorney General is requ sted |ease that two different doctors whotopre]ire re ee ary ;tank hd |were treating me said I could notcirculaofinstructionsforhaving|aie Nee ew ont the clerk of the court put the Torrens pa 26 :anaes =ee‘.il would not consent to this and was System of registering land titles im-|piven up to die.There wag acute in- mediately into force when >law be iflammation of the bladder.I had comes effective January 1,and the liost the use.of my muscles and look clerks of court wag requested to aj jed the picture of death.My usual point ok yp tite See title .7 -|weight was.one hundred and forty‘As a ert a the De or :but I had gotten down to less bi jer hi 5 a aa ae :-_jthan ninety.My husband got Doan’s The ‘fdea 40 kavins “civic servi co ey Fills and as lass resort I week”set apart by.the Governor next ae wr &ee bet aia Ot De November was unanimously indorsed|,..—“on Oe eee eee aeTewna:Mai A aanaaioieek a getting |‘what the doctors had anid.Af the he a aia Weotnian Mande dahl |ter I had taken nearly all of one tutions and departments together to jbaxs 1 began te get.better et fast.,went ae ~|took eight boxes of Doan’s Kidney dev ,"plas The :er ay herwh Pye putt Pills altogether and they cured me idene th ne aioe fi Sane tne |The doctors were certainly puzzled —over my cure.I am a healthy wo-State Department of Agriculture go :;jDnehreSad.el ufa toring na!today and have never had the material {noculatine }man het i thy ign or kidney trouble ince eT reetite n tee dats hori i a For sale by all dealers.Price 50 terial :to frame legislation that Cone Foster-Milburn Co.Butfalo,arotee Stina aaa Sm G9 New York,sole agents for the Unit- ta Ny jed States ,Remember the name—Doan's—and Calling Alexander. Monroe Eng It is up to Mr.J.I Ale ‘of sheville,to resign as a ber of Governor Craig’taff Le Alex inder,a |hotel man and a memt f the Gover F taff,was o1 of the numb caught in tI net and |who had to with a f for violati t Pp I aw.Al ‘sander,te ‘e Lover )oe embarrass:t,should resign and ifhedoestrehedvte calied d« indeper t telephone |——KILL CATARRH GERMUSEBOOTHSHYOMET Try nd fr way to rea e raw saiediialled amed mucou with atarrh germ You breathe it }rs} If 3 iff m raisi u cous,f juent sne ng,husky ¥€ discharge I no ppihgs n the throat or any other symptom f catarrh—breathe the germ-de troying air Hyomei.It acts di rectly on the,inflamed membrane destroying the disease germs in inose,throat and lungs and quick and,»permanent relief,or m ey refunded by §tesville Dr e.The complete outfit,including px et inhaler and bottle of liquid t $1.00.Extra bottle of liquid,if later needed,50 cents STOMAGH TROUBLES Mr.Ragland Writes Interesting Letter on This Subject. } iMadisonHeights,Va.—Mr.Chas.A.| Ragland,of this place,writes:“I have| been taking Thedford’s.Black-Draught| for indigestion,and other stomach troub-| les,also colds,and find it to be the very | best medicine I have ever used, After taking Black-Draught for a few days,I always feel like a new man.”’Nervousness,nausea,heartburn,pain in pit of stomach,and a feeling of full-| ness after eating,are’sure symptoms of | stomach trouble,and should be given the |' proper treatment,as your strength and | health depend very largely upon your | food and its digestion. To get quick and permanent relicf from these ailments,you should a medicine-of known curative merit. Its 75 years of splendid success,in the treatment of just such troubles,proves fhe real merit of Thedford’s Black- Draught.Safe,pleasant,gentle in action, and without bad after-effects,it is sure to benefit both young and old.For sale everywhere.Price 25c.N.C12%, |be address ityake no other {T'S IMPORTANT TO KEMEMBER, Change of Addrese—Subecribers whe want of papers changed must give the oid address as well as the new.This infor- mation is necessary in order find mime on oarPerPuablication—News of any nature be accompanied by This does not mean to the letters or articles the name of the writer intended for pablication must |COMMISSthatyournamewillbe/ |ley i¢ published it means that the editer rust| know who i responsible for every commrani- cation published and those received without| the name of the writer are thrown into the waste basket It i also important t re- member to write only one side of the paper Cerrespendents will please bear in mind that it ix news tteme that are wanted That So-and-6 attended church Sunday ix ot an ftem pews,nel is the fact that ne visite bh or to spend the fy 6OF 6 lnig iteeme coneerning isitors to mnity from «distance or rips of the community for someength¢or to some distant point are | worth ition Any troprovementsa fn farm- me methods,echeol work,roed work,new! buildings marriages,deaths—anyofanykind, [in k Send News Pass Dent hold tem of pews wntil the news valve is lost Send at once A live item or two on a pow. tal card beate a half column of out-of-datestoff lTU'TS. Fresh English Walnuts, BrazilNuts, Almonds, Mixed Nuts, Cocoanuts. Miller-McLain Supply Co. NOTICE | First class tin work and repairing. Roofing Contractor. CLYDE E.GATTHER.,"Phone No.157 INSTALL A PUMP. Now that yourwinter seed are in call and figure with me on install-ing a pump. W E.MUNDAY. ‘Phone 56.114 Eaet Broad Street. GALVANIZED IRON FOR——— Sorghum Pans. Special width. T.W.FRAZIER. i 4.W.Nicholson &Co.,i }eons — MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND. By virtue of the powers,contained iamortgagedeedexecutedby”Milas King — wife,Mary King,to Lazenby-Montwomery Hardware Co,and recorded in Book 27, page 463,of the records of mortgages forTredellcounty,default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured bysaidmortgage,the undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door m Statesville,N.€., on @ SATURDAY,JANUARY 17,1914, at 12 o'clock m.the following described tract of land in Statesville (outside)township,de-scribed and defined as follows,towit:Ad-joining the lands of G.W.Crawford at Ran- kinville colored Congregational ¢chureh prop-~ erty,and others and beginning at the south- west corner of G.W..Crawford’s lot andrunsnorth12degreeseast100feettoastake;thence south 77 wegrees east 50 feettoastake;therlce south 2 degrees west 100feettoastoneinG,W.Crawford's ,line; thence south 77 degrees west 50 feet to the beginning,containmg 1-8 of an acre.more or less,the same being the lot on which par-~ ties of the first part now live.This lot was deeded to Milas King by G.W.Crawfoyd andwifebydeeddatedSept.15,1906,and regis- tered in deed Book No,37,page 429.Alsothefollowingotherlots,viz:All of lots Nos.2 and 3 in block 9 of the property known as the,North Statesville Land Com 5 dition to the city of Statesville.ar description see map or plot of said Tandy onfileinofficeofRegisterofDeedsofIredellcounty. At the same time and place,on game terms,we will sell all of lots Nos.2 and 3inbloekGinwhatisknownastheNorth Statesville Land Co.property,the same be- ing part of the lots conveyed by J.S.Kerr to G,W.Crawford by deed dated June 28, 1909,and registered in deed Book No.49, page 169,of records of deeds of Iredell.coun- tx and mortgaged by Milas King and wife, Mary King,to J.A.Gunn and_transferredbyhimtoSloanClothingCo.and by them to Lazenby Montgomery Hardware Co.LAZENBY-MONTGOMERY HARDWARECO., Dec.16,1913.Mrotgagees. SALE OF VALUABLECITY,PROPERTY BY VIRTUE of .a decree of the Superior Court of Iredell county,rendered in the special proceeding wherein Chas.M.Cook, Jr.et al,are petitioners and R.A.Coop-er et al.are defendants, commissioner will sell at the highest bidders,it «le cot in Statesville,N.C.of MONDAY,JANUARY 5, o'clock,im.,the real estate,to-wit: First Lot-—Begrining at a stake,J 4 rady’s corner,on Race street in the city of Stateaville,running with his line south69degreeswest220feettotheMcLelland old line;then south 22 degrees enst 75 feet to a stake,,Mrs,Campbell's corner;thencewithherlinenorth69degreeseast220feettohercorneronsaldRacestreet;then with it north 22 degrees west 75 feet to the beginning,containing 2-5 of an acre,more or hes. Second northenst ell the undersignedpublieauction,to ‘t Fouse door 1914, at 12 following described Lot-—Beginning at a stake,Foard’scornerintheMissM.E.Mitch- line,im city of Statesville;thence north22degreeswestwithMissMitchellandMrs.Lucinda MeLelland’s lines 164.feet to a stake,MeLelland’s cermer on Mulberrystreet;then with sald street north 86 \de- grees west 93 feet to corner of John F. Bowles’wacant lot;then sowth 22 degrees east with line of sald lot 206 feet,7 1-2 itteh- to stake,Sherrill’s corner;then 69 de- grees east 60 feet to the beginning: Third Lot—Beginning at a stake 01 Mu!- berty street,Statesville,Mrs.Douglass’cor- ner;then south 69 degrees west 150 feet to a stake,Mra.Gill's line;then south 19 1-2 degrees east 65 fect to a stake,Mrs.Gill's corner;north 69 degrees east 159 feet to a stake on Mulberry street;then morth .¢1-2 degrees west 65 feet to the beginning,eon- taining nearly one-fourth acre,more or lems. Fourth Lot—Three-fourths undivided in- terest in followits lot:Beginning at +‘stone the east wide of ¢street,States corner of the St.¢Hotel prop- erty:then north 66 degrees cast with Hotel line 110 feet to stone or stake;then south 24 évarees east 55 feet to ««take;then routh 66 degrees.west 110 feet to take,Center street:then sith said street north 24 degreesweat65feettothebexinning,Also all al- righte and easements now held an ine ident to sald groperty :Fifth Lot—Lote nambers 26 and 27 in Block I,and lots wambers 14 and 16 on Tur- nersburg se of Onk View suburban ad- ty of State#ville. will made sabjectefpresentocerpants {Sale—One-third cash,one-third e-third in twelve month R A.COOPER, Att'y Com missioner en on enter ville “harles aven m to the Said sale and righte Terms and ot be te hoses in #ix M LaurhitsBR.INos ern he :4 [ONER'S RE-SALE OF LAND. order of sale made fn the wherein M.A.Beaver andandTroyBeaveraredefendants,the undersigned er will reell at public auction to the court house dooron JANUARY 5,‘914,the following described tract in Chambersburg towtahip,to-wit: om the north by the lands of Mra.&estate,on the east by the lands Rerrier estate,”on the south by the of Fourth Crees,and on the lands of Ed.L.Long,contain- ine about twentydight scres more or lomn. Ter of enle,one-third each,one-third in |threetnonthe and one-third in six months,R.®McLAUGHL N, Com nissioner. of an ceeding the plaintiffa, commission the highest in Statesville,? MONDAY 2 o'clock M at f land Rounded gE.Cc ?Pofthe old channel the meton west by Nov.28,1918 NOTICETOCREDITORS. J.W.Nicholeon,a member of the firm ofhavingdied,all per-sald firms will having claims agninst lexhibit them to undersiened surviving partnerionorbeforethe19thdayofSeptember,1914,lor thie notice will be plead in bar of their i ;i|Funeral Directors, I place,548 Center St recovery All persons indebted to said part- nership will please make prompt settlement.W.T.NICHOLSON,Surviving Partner.of J.'W.Nicholson &Oo.,will be continaed at same and under same name. The business iDay ‘phone 157,night and Sunday ‘phones}222 and 2269 Statesville,N.C,Sept.19 1918. New Guods Being Added All the Time, Watches,Clocks and Jewelry promptly and carefully repair- ed,and all kinds of hand en- graving sindbis nies Paxton &Daywalt’s,|Next door to 5c.and 10e.store. THE DAVIS MILLS ..Give you 40 Pounds Best “at- ent Flour and 13 pounds Bran in exchange or Pay $1.14 per bushel cash for wheat.Watchthisadforpriceeachweek.Best Flour and Meal Promptandcourteousserviceatail times...It pays to patronize THE DAVIS.MILLS, Hiddenite,N.C. Ra ATTRACTIVEFA 64 ncres fine farm land.Well wand200,000 feet of pine timner,Threeofrailroadstationand@npublicroodmilesfromStatesville.Near —and mail route.Price low and ternsOct.31.|ZEB.V. Z Special at.the Crescen Exploding Harbor ‘Lady and the Glove’ WEDNESDAY. Pathe Animated Weekly. “Over the Crib’’—Drama. ’Drama. ines,Hundreds of Cannon,Tons of Powder,Gun Cotton and This picture,which is in five big reels,is the most remarkable officials took part in it is a guarantee as to genuineness. Acting Secretary of the Navy Franklin D,Rooseve Ppomeentynamite. picture of the kind ever made.The fact that the entire North Atlantic Fleet and the above named aval Battle. FRIDAY.“Napoleon Whiffles,Esq.’’—Com. “Fool Luck’’--Comedy. “Deceiving Uncle Asa’’— ‘Better Days’’—Drama. Thousands of,men in realistic THE WORLD’S GREATEST SPECTACULAR WAR DRAMA. Made with the aid and permission of the United States Navy.Produced with anotable cast which includes the followin The Secretary of the Navy,Josephus Daniels;Rear Admiral Badger,Commander of the Atlantic Fleet;Captain Benson of theNavalAviatorwhowasrecentlykilledaccidentally.Also a notable cast of stage and motion picture celebrities.Battleships,Hearne (zunboats,Monitors and Destroyers in action during a nea of the United States Navy:tah;’Lieutenant Towers,the darinHundredsofthrillsmadepossiblewiththeaofortsandLandBattles, |Roo It says in a letter to the Victory Co.,who made this picture:‘The officials of the Navy Department had thepleasureyesterdayofwitnessingaprivateexhibitionofyourNavalDramainMotionPicturesentitled‘‘VICTORY.”We are pleased to state that your scenario,de- picting a war as it might occur with its Naval and Land Battles,is carried out in a very realistic manner and authentic in its details of ships and men,and should bethecauseoffurtherinterestingthepublicintheUnitedStatesNavyasitisinpeaceandasitmightactintimeofwar.”' Throughout this wonderful picture runs a beautiful love story.‘Don’t miss this one if you never see another picture.This is the first and may be the last timetheUnitedStatesNavyhaseverconsentedtotakepartinapictureofanykind.Open at 2 p.m.all this week. Admission Five and Ten Cents.See the Rest of Our Splendid Programme: THURSDAY. “Tobias Turns the Tables’’—Com. ‘“*The Invaders’’—Drama. ‘““The Invaders’’—Drama. SATURDAY **Man of the Woods’’—Drama. ‘*Treasures of Captain Kidd’’—-DramaComedy. **Tenderfoot Sheriff’’—Drama. THE LANDMARK 1913. TUESDAY,---December 23, ERY AND LOGAN | Dortch and Webb Recommended— Holton Holds on While Hammer 1s on the Anxious Bench. Washington Dispatch,19th,to Greens boro News. Attorney General McReynolds,af ter a conference with Senators Sim mons and Overman,issued an order dismissing from the government ser vice District Attorney Seawell and Marshals Logan and Dockery.The order is effective today.At the same time the Attorney General went to the White House and recommended that Francis D.Winston of Winsdor be named to succeed Seawell;that Charles A.Webb of Asheville succeed Logan,and that W.T.Dortch of Goldsboro be appointed to the vacan cy caused by the dismissal of Dock ery. District Attorney Holton will be al lowed to hold on a While longer,pend- ing an investigation of the charges preferred against W.©.Hammer, who has been recommended by the Senators to succeed Holton.It understood that McReynolds told the Senators that before he could make any recommendation in Hammer's case he would have to talk the mat- ter over with the President and al- low him to see the papers filed against Hammer.This will not be taken up until after the holidays,as the President and the Attorney Gen- eral will be out of the city for some time It is also possible that the Presi- dent will not send to the Senate the nominations of Winston,Dortch and Webb until after his vacation.Even if he does send in these nominations, it is almost certain that Republican opposition will prevent their ¢onfir- mation.Therefore Judges Connor and Boyd will be asked to name a district attorney and two marshals to fill the temporery vacancies caused by the dismissal of the Republicans. It is understood that Judge Connor will name Winston and Dortch for the east,but there is some doubt as to whether the Federal judge at Greensboro will select Charles A Webb,the Democratic candidate for the permanent place. In making these temporary cp- pointments it is entirely within the provmee of the Federal judges to name whoever they choose.** Hence a Republican may yet serve as marshal for the western part of the State for a month or so,even longer. Winston,Dortch and Webb Named. President Wilson Saturday sent to the Senate the nominations of Fran- cis D.Winston of Windsor,W.T. Dortch of Goldsboro and Charles A. Webb of Asheville,for district at- torney and,marshals,respectively. W.C.Hammer’s name was not includ-ed in the list and District Attorney Holton will be allowed to remain on! the job pending an investigation ofchargesfiledagainstHammer. Senator Overman called a special meeting of the Senate judiciary committee at once to consider theconfirmationofseveralnominations He was informed by the RepublicanmembersofthecommitteethatnonominationsforjobsdisplacingRe publicans would be allowed to go through without a fight,unless such Republicans had resigned without be-| ing requested to do so.This means a delay in the confirmation of Wins-ton,Dortch and Webb.They willeventuallybeconfirmedbuttheRe-publicans intend to put up a fightandcontinueitaslongaspossible.In the meantime Judge Connor will~give Messrs.Winston and Dortch temporary appointments.Judge BoydhastheappointmentofLogan’s suc-cessor.SS CENTERORIETTIThePresidenttoSpendChristmas in|Mississippi. wgurrency bill is out of the president will leave Wash-with his family for Pass Ss.,to remain until Jan- |Accidents,Crimes anddentsofLifeintheOld North State.| Gov.Craig has returned from Hot| |Springs,Ark.j These Three Dismissed and Winston,| || i| | s dead. LIVE ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.|Examinations For Fourth Class Post- Other Inei- Saturday night robbed ithe postoffice at 'gomery county,of several jdollars in cash and stamps. |The the express booze Asheville yeggxmen Citizen says shipments to daily at a cost of $500 or more. At Mt.Airy Geo Sunday afternoon Elow and \fatally wounded by iwho fled Drinking cards. Concord Tribune: |Alexander has moved playing Mr from Iredell county and will make his home with|jare as follows:his brother,Mr.T in No.2 township. The 5-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs.J.J.Powell of Clarkton, Bladen county,was burned to death last week.Dress caught while she |Stood before the fire. Neale Alexander, Drinking with a crowd of friends in Charlotte Sunday,W.F.MeClel- lan,about 50 years old,dropped Hemorrhage was the cause. Wife and children survive. The Concord Chronicle,which sus- pended publication recently,has re- sumed under the business ment of Mr.Powell of Lenoir. J.L.M.Lyerly continues as editor. At Lumberton some boys threw lighted matches into the barn of Rev U.R.Davis,a Baptist minister,and the barn—a new building—an auto mobile,horse,buggy,wagon,harness and winter supply of feed went up in smoke.No insurance The “toy”pistol got in its work at Greensboro last week.D.T.Welker, driving on the street,was struck by a ball from one of these weapons,the bullet was buried under the skin of his temple,narrowly missing his eye. Three boys were arrested Celia Ellis,who lived county,killed by ‘a through a window while she sat by the fire talking with her husband and children.Whether white or col ored not stated,but supposed to be Son-in-law suspected of the in Wilson shot firédwas colored. crime As the Elkin and week,Clyde Will Jerman result of a cave-in on the Alleghany railroad:list Smith was killed and and Henry Carroll slightly injured,All convicts and all colored.Smith was from Cumber land county and was last spring sen- tenced to a five-year term for house-breaking. One life and property worth about $2,000 was destroyed by fire Haw River Saturday night, Robert E.Lee,caretaker for Joseph B.Sellars,was burned in the farm house which he was empléyed to guard.The house was owned by Mr. Sellars,who lives at White Plains, |N.Y.,and Mr.Lee,the caretaker, lived there alone. near During the liquor investigations in Asheville one of the men much want- jed vanished.Judge Carter expressed |the opinion that the man had been “tipped off”by the police and that the police should be investigated. The investigation was held and the police duly exonerated.It isn’t the police but the men “higher up,”prob- jably,who are responsible for any failure of the police to do their duty. J.C,Barker of Fair Bluff,Colum- bus county,70 years old and in rood health,was in Wilmington last week jand prepared for\an event |will happen sooner or\later,Cogn- |izant of the uncertainty of life andthecertaintyofdeath,Mr.Barkerboughtacoffinforhimselfandhadit|shipped to his home.He will,hejsays,have his grave dug and lined |with cement,as he doesn’t want to jbe “drowned after death.” The following North Carolina post-offices will be advanced to the presi-dential class January 1:China Grove,|Jonesboro,Kannapolis,Marshville,|Murfreesboro,Norwood,Pittsboro,nay Walnut Cove on, hundred [ jand in the masters. Washington Dispatch to Asheville Citizen. Competitive examinotions for all |the fourth class postoffices in North Carolina are to be held in February.Mt.Gilead,Mont-|they will be held‘in all the larger February 14}the State on smaller towns on Febru- cities in jary 7. last | |week amounted to about 230 gallons| John L.| manage-| Rev.i jare to be held at the smaller towns,tain people of North Carolina that! whet | Johnson was shot and probably |$1,000 Roberts,| |ston, ieigh,Reidsville, Upon those two dates examinations will be held to secure postmasters for 589 (exact figures)postoffices which have salaries between $180 and per year.Examinations are being held daily by postoffice inspec- tosr for the 800-odd postoffices pay- ing less than $180 a year The points at which the examina- tions will be held on the second Sat- urday in the month (February 14) Asheville,Burling- ton,Chapel Hill,Charlotte,Concord, |Danville,Va.,on the,North Carolina State line;Durham,Elizabeth City, Fayetteville,Gastonia,Goldsboro, Greenville,Hamlet,Henderson,Hen- dersonville,Hickory,High Point,Kin- Laurinburg,Lenoir,Lexington, Lumberton,Monroe,Morganton, Mount Airy,New Berne,Oxford,Ral- Rockingham,Salis bury,Rocky Mount,Sanford,Shelby, Statesville,Tarboro,Thomasville, Wadesboro,Washington,Waynesville,| Wilmington,Wilson,Winston-Sclem and Greensboro The examinations on February \7 most of which are county seats,not mentioned above. Bill to Take Over Lines, the Notwithstanding the promise the telephone trust to be good,Rep- resentative Lewis of Maryland,an- thor of the parcels post law,has in- troduced a resolution in Congress to|recently attained the age of 100 and| direct,the House postoffice commit- tee to report a bill for government ownership of telephone lines to operated by the Postoffice ment. In a statement accompanying his resolution Mr.Lewis contended that the action of the Bell Telephone Co to prevent litigation under the anti trust law did not affect the legisla-tive situation at all.The Lewis res- olution embodies a plan by which the telephone lines would be appraised by the Inter -State Commerce Com- mission and the companies might ap- peal to the United States Circuit Courts on the awards.Pending lit- igation interest at the rate of 4 per cent a year would be paid to the own- ers.The government would {fssue Qq Depart as the acquisition of properties de- manded. Can Raise Meat on Forest Reserves. Hope for the future meat supply of the country is held out in the annual report of Henry 8S.Graves,chief of the United States forestry Mr.Graves declares that.the national forests under his supervision furnishabundantforagesupplies,opportuni- ty for the adoption of the best meth- ods and freedom from live stock dis-eases.The forage resources of the national foresta,tha report continues contrib- ute to the maintenance of more than20millionheadoflivestock.The re- ceipts from frazing,while second to those from timbering,last year were ;more than $1,000,000 and showed an that | increase over the previous year. The total revenue of the service, according to the report,was slightly less than $2,500,000,which,however, was an increase of 14 per cent over1912,The total expenditure for ad-ministration and forest protectionwasalittlemorethan$4,600,000,showing a ‘decrease of two per cent. Location Next to the Jail Not Inspir-ing.|Everything. |we don’t exactly like it. and Zebu-|the Our place of business is right ontheprincipalstreetofthecity—butItisnextdoor—although the door is some dis-tance away—from the city and coun- ty jail.On our side of the streetprisonersaretakentothejail |THE SEASON'S GREETINGS! We extend to all the season’s greet-' ings and hope for you a Happy Christmas and ‘Prosperous New Year.Yours Thankfully, he Aagar g ph ™ THEWORLDSBESTGLOVES | Home Burned and Old Man's Money .With It. Charlotte Observer. ‘The one of the peculiarities of the moun Observer has often noted as locks are not used on many of the houses—a demonstration of faith in the honest character of the country. Telephone The Old Fort Sentinel carries a story| which reveals an extreme instance it goes the usual moral ing money in the house.It seems that Mr.John Elliott of MeDowell county his anniversary was marked with disaster.Seventy-five years ago he had week made his home.Last his home was burned since MILLS &POSTON. Rugs For Christmas Gifts jofofthischaracteristic,and along with} about secret-| Ct r ta y | be |built a stout log cabin,in which he/| Mr.El-| liott had saved gold and silver coin| amounting to $3,000 ed in differgnt places about the house. All of this coin was lost,save $425, which had been hidden.in the bed, which had been saved from being ¢n- tirely burned by the roof felling on it and partly protecting it.Through all these years he had left this treas- ure house open and unlocked.It is not to be supposed that his hoard was not a matter of neighborhood gossip. During all this time the old man in-vited robbery,possibly compounded 'by murder,yet it was finally left for per cent bonds from time to time|fire to do for him what wicked honds| were not found to do.As it is,he is jalive,out of a home,but has a shot ibag of unmelted money for solace, ‘and if he dees not thank God for that,the is a hardened case,for a fact. .°l Three Candidates For Postmaster—|Service.|All to Get Jobs. There were three candidates for! /postmaster at New Berne-—Thomas,||Daniels and Lane—and Senator Sim- jmons has arranged,according to the||news from Wa#hington,to provide for all three.LL.C.Daniels will be |postmaster;John Thomas is to be} igiven an income tax job with a sal-|jary of $1,600,and $1,200 additional for expenses,and S.H.Lane will be made assistant postmaster if he can| |stand the civil service examination.| }In the case of Lane the age limit—465 | |years—wilf have to be waived,and it is believed this can be'done.Lane is over 45 years old.Hewitt,the present assistant postmaster at NewBerne,is under the civil service but| is to be removed on the recommenda-|tion of a postoffice inspector,who in-| vestigated charges against him.|It is charged in a newspaper dis-| patch from New Berne that Thomas,| while in charge of the water and)light department of that town,failed| to account for $24,000.It is notchargedthathemicappropriatedthe money but that he failed to collectitandturnitover,which was his duty,and the amount is held againsthisbond.This ordinarily wouldn'tbeagoodrecommendationforagov-ernment Official,but the constitution This he secret-|| i|i| We have an immense stock of Rugs in all sizes and patterns.If you want a Rug you can get just what you want at 6 Crawford-Bunch FurnitureCompany. & Ree HOW ABOUT YOUR PAINT ORDER?ARE YOU GOING TO BUY and secure a beautiful and econom- ical job,or will you buy the other kind and regret when itis tod late? ———-FOR SALE BY-——— cos in,ee ;The salary of the postmaster|sat 4aeoe——ee,the |at Pittsboro will be $1,000 and $1,100 |endto lookcatand.sas aah pea "New Orleans.A furnished house has econ ee es,te advanced.|ly ¢lad~negroes each morning hand-been secured i é ‘man Doughton has recom-|cuffed to officer going to serveredandthePresident#0e8 |mended F.C.Gilliam for postmaster |efi or to aie trial well;it does-there for rest and quiet,to recuperate |at K i good—-eannapolisandJ,Smi in?from his recent illness.Norwood,e,ee eany shone sit ‘Chelesaondcee doesn’t count among friends. 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Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware Co., Statesville,N.C. = Nites e A. f/ STATESVILLE,N.O.,TUES —DAY,DECEMBER 3 O,1913.NO.45. =aces nO anara ans YOUNG MILLER A SUICIDE. “Charlie Miller,Head Baker at the Soe pias Mornessa Then teiecfMorningaakeTime. +Charlie Miller,aged 23 years, head baker at the Home Bakery, committed suicide at the bakery,on west Broad street,Friday morningabout10o’clock,by drinking carbol-ie -The suicide was as deliberate as)it was tragic.Suffering from the re-sults of a drunken spree,Mr.MillerseemedverymuchdepressedwhenhewenttoworkFridaymorningandremarkedtoenotherbakerthathewouldjustasleavebedeadasalive.While others in the bakery did notconsidertheremarkseriously,Pro-prietor Johnson felt some uneasinessaboutMillerandkeptaclosewatchonhim.Shortly.before 10 o’clock,-while Mr.Johnson was out of.thebai,Miller remarked to his asso-ciate ers that he was “going uptothestoreaminute”steppedoutthereardoor.Returning to thebakeryinashorttimehewentdi-rectly to the basement of ‘the build- ing.An instant later Mr.HoraceThompson,who was working neartheheadofthebasementstaircase,caught the odor of carbolic acid.In-stantly the words of Miller,spokenearlierintheday,throughThompson’s memory and he dasheddownthestairstothebasement.When Mr.Thompson reached Mr.Miller the latter was in the act ofdrinkingthecontentsofanouncebottleofthedeadlyfluid.KnockingthebottlefromMiller's hands,Thompson dashed back apthe stairs and telling his brother,Mr./J.M.Thompson,what had happenedin thebasement,ran on to the Statesvilledstoreinsearchofaphysician.followed Tho up the.stairs and,aererty ©ving repent-ed of his action,as for somesweetmilk.Mr.J.M.Thompson im-y secured a quart bottle ofmilk,but instecdof pingto takethemilkMillerwalkedonthroughthebakerytothefrontdoorandeeoSeefelltothepavementinanuncon-scious condition.He was hurriedlyupandcarriedbackintotheCre.tn the meantime Mr.Thomp-son had found Dr.Ross McElwee at the Statesville drug store and anoth-er messenger who had run out insearchofadoctor,located Dr.E.M.Yount,oad.beth physicians ~weresoohontacete,News of the m- cident spread rapidly and a crowd soon gathered about the building. As a rule carbolic acid brings about a slow and agonizing death, but in the esse of Miller,probably on account of his weakened condition caused by excessive drinking,it did its work with unusual rapidity.Even before the physicians reached him, which was within a very few min- utes,he had gove into spasms and his teeth and eyes were set and show- ed that’death was near.The tubeofastomachpumpwasfinallygot- ten into his mouth,after much diffi- culty,bot it wes realized from the beginning that the acid had already done its deadly work and within ten minutes life was extinct.The bodywasimmediatelytakentoanunder- taking establishment,where it was prepared for burial before being tak- en to the home of the deceased on Meeting street. The carbolic acid with which he ended his life was secured by Miller from the store of Logan Stimson & Son,where Miller stated that he de- sired the acid for disinfecting pur- poses.There was nothing unusual in the manner of the purchaser and the drugwists hed no reason to sus- pect that he wanted the poison for any other purpose.An ounce of the fluid was secured and helf that amount had been taken by the sui- cide when his fellow-baker reached him and knocked the bottle from hismouth.° Circumstances which existed at the time of his self -destructionmakeMiller’s death unusually dis- tressing and deplorable.The pur- pose of Proprietor Johnson’s absencefromthebakeryatwhatprovedsuch a critical time was to meet Miller’s mother,Mrs.John Miller of theStonyPointcommunity,who arriv- ed on the Taylorsvillé train for a vis- it to her son,and it was while the aged mother was en route to his homethatherson’s soul passed into eter- nity.And the principal reason for ,Mrs.Miller’s coming to the home of her son just at this time was on ac-count of the birth of a grandchild, the second child of Mr.and Mrs.Mil-ler.Thus the suicide leaves a wid- ow and two smell children,one a new-born babe which had just.seenthelight.Mr.Miller’s remains,were taken toStonyPointSaturdaymorningandthefuneralservicewasconductedin the Stony Point Baptist church by wiRev.Cc.M.White of Statesville.The trouble.” Suit Settled Out of Court. interment was in Stony Point grave-yard.Mr.Miller is survived by hisparents,Mr.and Mrs.John Miller of the Stony Point community,onebrother,Mr.S.L,Miller of States-.ville,and two sisters,Misses FlorénceandMaryBelleMiller,who live withtheirparents.Mr.W.S.Johnson ofStatesvilleisahalf-brother of thedeceasedandMesdamesA.Hz.Thomas and R.F.Sharpe.of Alexan-der county are half-sisters. Mr.Frank Hampton Gets a Job. Mr.Frank Hampton of*Rocky.Mount has been appointed income taxgetMr.of Yadkin county,a son of Col.JohnA.Ha and some years agolivedinforatime. where itSheriffDeaton and Deputy SheriffGilbertreachedthesceneThursday morning.A pocketknife,supposedly the one with which Conner was cut,was lying when the officers arrived.During theinquestwhichfollowedthestoryof the killing as brought out and the coroner’s juryreturnedaverdicttotheeffectthat Caldwell came to his death from apistolshotwoundinflictedbyLouis Conner. Raymer of Statesville)writes Landmark from Terre Haute,Ind., that there were somo errors in the article published in the last issue ofTheLandmark,copied from a TerreHautedispatch,concerning her rela-tions with her husband.She says: A HOMICIDE OF,THE HOLIDAYS Louis Conner Killed Jim Caldwell—Both Colored and the Tragedy Oc-curred Near Mt.Mourne. Jim Caldwell,a negro about 22yearsold,was shot and killed byLouisConncr,also colored,between11and:12 o’clock Wednesday nightatthehomeofMinorConner,col-ored,near Mt.Mourne.was the sequel to a desperate fightbetweenthetwonegroesinwhichConnerreceivedanuglyknifewound on his neck.} The killing ‘According to the testimony at thecoroner’s investigation Thursday the negroes were among a number whohadgatheredforafestivalcndthey suddenly began fightingpassinganywords.another negro managed to pull them apart,but they immediately clinchedagainandfelltothefloor.while on the floor that Caldwell used his knife on Conner,whereupon.thelatter*drew his pistol and filetintothetopofCaldwell’s head,causing almost instant death.Two shots were fired,but only one bullettookeffect.With blood from his own wound,Conner’told thecrowdthathefiredboeauseCaldwellwastryingtocuthim,and then leftthehouse,Caldwell and Conner Allison receiv-ed a gash on his hand. withoutEd.Allison and It was a bul- shing In:his efforts to separate The body of the dead negroelluntilCoroner lay Caldwell’s handunder given above was Immediately following the inquest the officers began their search forthemurderer. of the homicide until Thursday morn- ing on account of there being no tele- phone connection and the negro had plenty of time to make goodcape,Sheriff Deaton and Deputy Mc- Knight of Mooresville got on his trail t Mount Ulla Friday and were inclose, They did ‘not learn is @s- t for a time,but the trail as finally lost in w creck bottom be-tween Bear Poplar and Barber Junc- tion. F;alseFire Alarms Christmas Eve—;and us Killed, The motor fire truck answered three false fire alarms Wednesday night between 10 and 12 o'clock.The first run was made to the Crescent theater on west Broad street,where a couple of fuses similar to those used as danger signals by railroad men had been lighted near the sidewalk and made a bright glare in front of the lighted the fuses. was to the Ante-Bellum Hotel on Cen ter street,near the railway station, and the third to the residence of Mr Chas,Moore on Davie avenue.At neither of the latter places was there anything that had the appearance of a fire and the alarms were false pureandsimple. not know who turned in the alarms; that they suspected that the latterwasfalee, answer it. of the last two calls where the truck would have a chance theater.It known who second run is not The The firemen say they do but were duty-bound to It is significant that both were to places to make a good run,Center street being paved and Davie avenue having recently received a new coat of macadam.Speed records were made in answering the calls and it is sup-posed the alarms were sent in by some one who wanted ta see a run While Supt.W.L.Neely of the water works and Mr.W.H Tomlin were responding to the first fire alarm in Mr.Tomlin’s automobile, the machine struck a horse at the in- tersection of Davie Avenue and Tradd street and the animal was so badly injured that it had to be killed,one fore leg having been broken in sev-eral places. Moore &Moore,liverymen,and was The horse belonged to driven to a carriage by a_coloreddriver, Statement /Byom Mrs.Penn. Mrs.L Penn (formerly Mrs. The “I never signed any paper breakingmymarriagevowsnordidIsignanygivingPennfullpossessionofmyproperty. myself as a lady,both here and in North Carolina,but have had a lotoftroublewithPennsincemymar-riage on account of my property.Hewantedtocollectalltherents.Ihaveboughtsomenicepropertyhere I have always conducted th*’my money.That was all our ‘The suit instituted some time agobythecountyboardofeducationagainstthecityofStatesvilletocol-lect’fines and forfeituresboardbythecity,has been withdrawnandsettledoutofcourt.MayorCaldwellhaspaidtotheboardfinesandforfeituresdueuptoandinclud-ing December 18th to the a$460,with the exceptionnot.yet collected.counter claimsateeschool.board——which,iamptonisanative|by ee board sie due the unt of $32.50ecityheldaainsttheboardofmoneydue DEATH IN THE HOLIDAY TIME. The Time of Joy Also a Time of Sad- the Week. Mrs.Rebecea Bostain Conner died:Thursday afternoon at 5,20 o’elock atthehomeofher‘son-in-law .anddaughter,Mr.and Mrs.D.A.Morri- son,on west Front strect,with whomshelived.She had long been a suf- ferer from cancer and her condition was critical for sevcral days beforedeath.Funeral services were con-ducted at the residence Friday after-noon by Rev,W.A.Lutz,assisted by Rev.J.H.Pressly,and the remains were taken to New Stirling grave-yard for burial.Mrs.Conner was a daughter of David Bostian of Alexander countyandwasborninAlexanderinSep-tebmer,1839.She merried Dr.Hen-ry Conner of Catawba county andtheymovedfromCatawbatotheNewStirlingneighborhood,whereDr.Conner died 39 years .ForthepastsixorsevenyearsCon-ner had made her home with Mr.andMrs.Morrison in Statesville.Be-sides Mrs.Mortison two otherdaughterssurvive,Mrs.John 1. Douglas of the Olin comnmnity andMrs.J.A.Alexander of New Stir-ling community. two brothers also survive.Deceas-ed was a member of the MethodistCharch. Miss Lucia Vance Clark,who was 30 badly burned two weeks ago,as told in The Landmark,died Wednes-day morning at 4.3@ o'clock from theeffectsoftheburns.While it wasrealizedatthetimeofherhorribleexperiencethatherchancesforlifeweresmall,Miss Clark survived so long that there were some who had begun to fee!that she might recov- er.Her death was a very distress-ing one and the entire communitymournswithherfamily.Miss Clark was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.John W.Clark and was 37 years old.She is survived by her parents,three sisters and one broth- er,viz:Mrs.E.E.Shore of Rural Hall,Forsyth county;Misses Bert. and Mona Clark at home and Mr. Percy Clark,who has been locatedinKnoxville,Tenn.The funeralserviceandburialtookplaceChrist- mas Day at Bethel church.Rev.W.M.Walsh of Statesville conductedtheservice,assisted by Rev.WT.Walker ofBarium.i“ Miss Mxtilda Serorgs,the oldestdaughterofthelateMr.and Mrs.J. Hyal Seroggs,died Wednesday morn- ing at the old Scroggs home in Con- cord township,aged about 64 years. A number of brothers and sisters survive.The interment was at Concordchurch,Loray. Mr.R.C.Beard,whose critical ill- ness was mentioned in The Landmark, died Wednesday evening at the home of his daughter,Mrs.Q.A.Reid,in Cool Spring township,where he had made his home since the dath of his wife some years ago.The funeral service and burial took place Friday morning at Providence church,Rev. J.J.Edwards conducting the service Mr.Beard was 75 years old and is survived by one son and three daugh- .*++ ters,namely:Mr.William Beard of Winston-Salem,Mrs.G.D.Gay of Florida and Mesdames C.L.Lackey and Q.A.Reid of Cool Spring town ship.Three brothers also survive Homer Woodrow Ingram,the year old son of Mr.and Mrs.J.L.Ingram,|died Wednesday at thé home of his parents in south Statesville and was buried Thursday at Pleasant Hill graveyard on the Buffalo Shoals road Mrs.Frances Dry Perry,wife ofMr.W.C.Perry,died Saturday af ternoon at her home at Troutman, death resulting from cancer.Mrs.Per ry had been a member of the Metho- dist Church since girlhood and her funeral was conducted Sunday after- noon at Pleasant Grove Methodistchurchbyherpastor,Rey.Mr.Me- Cain,assisted by Rev.J.J.Edwards of Cool Spring and Rey.W.T.Walk- er of Barium.The burial was in St. Micheal’s graveyard.Mrs.Perry was41yerasoldandissurvivedbyherhusbandandfivechildren,ail ofwhom,except:Mrs.Wiley James of Gastonia,live at home.Three broth- ers and two sisters also survive, namely,Messrs.Lin Dry of Concord,John Dry of Winston-Salem,Whit.Dry of Elmwood,Mrs.Helm of Mon- roe and Mrs.Reavis of Elmwood.Mr.J.M.Whitlow died Friday night at the home of Mr.J.B.Kest-ler on Eighth street,death resultingfromBright’s disease,from which the deceased had suffered a long time.Mr.Whitlow was a native of Missis-sippi and was 63 years old,Formanyyearshelivedonafarmsouthoftown,but recently he had livedaloneinasmallhouseonWesternavenue.When his condition becamecriticalafewdaysagohewasre-moved to the home of Mr.Kestler.About 18 years ago Mr.Whitlow losthislegsinanaccidentattheold Kestler saw mill on Third creek,bothlimbsbeingsawedoffneartheknees:He is survived by two children,Mr.B.H.Whitlow who lives near New-ton and Mr.T.M.Whitlow of States-ville,Funeral services were conduct-ed at the residence of Mr.KestlerSaturdayandtheremainsweretaken40NewPerthveyardforburial.An infant child of Mr.and Mrs.Lather Reavis,who live on.Fifth ness For Many-——-Death Record For Mr Three sisters and}.- |Buffalo Shoals |)Communion servicesis at the Lathes | Mr.Milholland May Be Deputy Mar-shal.‘J ‘It was reported yesterday that .Chas.‘A.Webb,the new UnitedStatesmarshal,had appointed Mr.John L.Milholland,deputy clerk of Iredell Superior Court,to a position. No appointment had been made yes- terday but it is probable that Mr.Milholland will be appointed a depu- ty marshal with headquarters at ftesville.The position pays $100 @ month.‘Deputy Sheriff Ward had expect- )to be an applicant for the place. New Wholesale Grocery Concern— _Susiness Changes. -Mr..G.L.Ballance,from easternNorthCarolina,and Mr.M.M.Sulli- van of Asheville have organized,with a.local interest,the Sullivan-Bal-lance Company and will,next week, blish a wholesale grocery busi- in the store now occupied byMr.Fred.B.Phifer,on west Broadstreet.The new company will take over from the J.K.Morrison Gro- y and Produce Company tke strict-ly grocery end of the Morrison com- =.business—the lighter goods. Morrison company will continue hout any other change and will die produce and heavy groceries. r.F.B.Phifer will move his cery business to the stand now pied by the Allison book store, Allison moving to the store 1 next Hall’s drug store. x.T.S.Denton,who came here Memphis,Tenn.,is now asso- i with the Statesville Lumber Ce Mr.B.R.Thurman,who has@withthelumbercompany,will go to Marion to look after the in- terésts of the Piedmont HardwoodCompany. Mr.McElwee's Pocket.Picked—Oth- ers Robbed ls Some pasé®igers who boarded a train at Greenkboro Monday evening of last week discovered,after the train was under way,that they had been relieved of their cash,light fin- gered gentry having operated dufifig¢ the rush and jam of passengers boatding the train.Mr.W.H.Me- Elwee of Statesville was in the party and when the robbery was discovered he felt for his cash and found it safe. Next day,however,he discovered that a pocket ledger,which he had carried in his hip pocket,was miss-ing.There was in this ledger some pers and a check for $42,but Mr.cElwee stopped payment on thechgkandgotaduplicate;so he lostnocash. Others on the train,however,were not so fortunate,seven or eight loa- ing their wads.One was a working- man in overalls,en route to his home in South Cerolina.He lost $23,all he had.Among the passengers who got on the train at Greensboro was a man carrying a valise,who block- ed the way as the passengers enter ed the coach.He was suspected and the indignant victims proceeded to search him.They did not find their money,but believing the man was a party to the robbery they would have beaten him on the spot had not the conductor protected him. Mr.Plott Calls Mr.Ozment About the Read Work. In an interview published in the Charlotte Chronicle of Friday eve ning and the Charlotte Observer of Saturday,Mr.M.S.Ozment of] Mooresville,who was superintendent| of a construction force on the Ire-| dell road work,talked at’length} about road work in Iredell.He said,| among other things,that 217 miles of road had been built;that the cost of the -work by contract was $600 to $800 more per mile than the workdonebythecountyforcesandthat less than 30 mileg#was built by con- tract. This statement about the contract work nettled Mr.J.T.Plott,a con- tractor who has done considercble work in Iredell,and he has written Mr.Ozment demanding correction in the same papers,in lieu of which he will claim damages.Mr.Plott says in his letter to Mr.Ozment that |woman LITTLE GIRL’S HEAD TORN OFF. Five-Year-Old Son of Mr.Lee Car- ter Killed His Little Sister. Katie Lou,three-year-old daugh- ter of Mr.and Mrs.Lee Carter of Chambersburg township,was killed in a most horrible manner.yesterday morning.about 9:30 o’clock by her five-year-old.brother. There were four of the Carter chil- dren,two younger and one older than Katie Lou.Yesterday morning.their parents went/about their work,leay- ing the children playing in the house. The five-year-old boy got his father’s gun,loaded it from a pile of shells on a table and shot onée into Katie Lou’s head.The load tore the entire top of the head off,scattering it in fragments about the room.The lit- tle boy has a bruise under his eye where the gun kicked him. The interment will be at Salem churehthis afternoon at 2 o’clock. Warships to Have Schools. Every American warship will be a school ship with the advent of the New Year.Secretary Daniels pro- mulgated an order last week putting into effect his new educational sys- tem in the navy January 1,and there- after for an hour and a quarter each afternoon every enlisted man on the warships will be engaged in self-im provement under the watchful eycs of his commanding officer.Commis sioned,warrant and petty officers will be designated to act as pedarogues. Enlisted men now taking corres- pondence courses with outside insti- tutions will receive assistance andencouragementandthosechiefpettyofficerswhoareseekingpromotidn to warrant rank agd.the warrant offi- cers who are trying for commissions will be formed into classes for spe- cial instyuction to encourage those who aré ambitious Alexander Not a Member of the Gov- ernor’s Staff. Raleigh Dispatch. There have been comments by several newspapers to the effect that Mr.J.L.Alexander of Battery Park Hotel,Asheville,having been proven guilty of selling whiskey in violation of the State prohibition law,should resign a membership on the Govern-or’s military staff.It develops that Mr.Alexander is not a member of the Governor's staff.Howevor,he is a major in the North Carolina Na-tional Guard,attached to staff of Adjutant General Young.mili-tary laws of the State and nationspecifythatmembersoftheafmy or State Guard guilty of felonies aredisqualifiedfromfurthermilitaryser- vice.However,the sclling of whiskey is not a felony,but a simple misde- meanor that has no disqualifying ef- fect in military service. The Dead Woman From Cornelius. A well-dressed white woman,who gave her name at police headquar- ters as Mrs.J.A.Allen,was found lying in the street in Asheville early Friday morning,with a bullet wound in her head.She said her husband shot her but was too weak to give details.Later it was found that the was Mrs.John A.Ottinger. She died Saterday.Her husband was not -found.' Mrs Ottinger was Miss May Donaldson of the vicinity of Corne- lius and her remains were taken there for hurial.She was 33 years old and had been living in Tennessee with her husband. Personals, Miss Zora Williams,who spent the holidays in Asheville,arrived in Statesville last night to spend two or-three days before going on toWashington. Miss Lucile Johns of Raleigh is the guest of Miss Margaret Armfield. Mr.and Mrs.A.J.Dunavant and children of Birmingham,Ala.,are guests of Mr.and Mrs.C.V.Henkel. Mr.R.E.Scroggs returned to Gas- tonia last night after spending the holidays with his parents north of town, Here to Aftend Marriage. about 70 miles of Iredell road was | built by contract;that with the ex-| ception of the State Central highway|the contractor did not get as much as $800 per mile,and therefore the saving could not have been $608 t6 $800;that sand-clay was put on theBuffaloShoalroadatacostof$325| per mile and that on other roadsbuiltbycontractthegradingandtop soil complete cost less than $1,000} per mile.:| Mr.Simeon A.Schloss,proprietor] of the Schloss theater circuit,operat-| ing a chain of theaters in the larger| cities of North Carolina and.Virginia,| with New York connections,died at his home in Wilmington on the night| of the 22d,aged 48 years.Mr.| Schloss married a sister of Mrs.Sig! Wallace of Statesville and his wife and three children survive.He had visited here and was known to a,number of Statesville people.When|a boy Mr.Schloss lived in Statesville|for a time,his father being propric-tor of the old St.Charles hotel.Mrs.A.W.Bunch received a tel-egram Friday anneuncing the deathofherfather,Mr.W.M.Davis,which occurred Friday at his homeinSpringHill,Tenn.Death result-}ed from a stroke of paralysis.Mr,|Davis was 60 years old and leaves awifeandfivechildren.\ilMissElizaMilligan,an:aged lady,|died yesterday afternoon at herhomeintheedgeoftown,on the services y evening 1church nextGomriay at 11 a.m. |Wm.C. The Misses Colt and Miss Mary McLaughlin of Charlotte,Miss Cora Miller of Mooresville and Miss Grace Sample of Huntersville,Mr.and Mrs. Miller of Fishersville,Va., and Mr.and Mrs.D.H.Turner of Camden,Ala.,are here to attend the marriage of Miss Mary Lois Miller jand Mr.William A.Sample,which |takes place in the First Associate Re-|formed Presbyterian church tomor-row afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Judge Cooke of the Superior Court decided in favor of R.H.Salisbury in the suit brought b¢Salisbury to re- tain his place on the board of diree-tors of the State Hospital at Ral- eich. Bishop Collins Denny of the M.E. Church,South,took poison by mis- take for medicine,at his home inRichmondafewdaysago.\Pre.apt action saved hi-life. ‘Will Kirk,40 years old,died ‘in Salisbury Christmas hight from the effects of over-indulgence in drink.ife and children survive.‘ Brigadier General George H.Tor- ney,surgeon general of the army,died of pneumonia in WashingtonSaturdaynight. Two Salisbury police officors werefined$25 each in the county court on the charge of using unnecessary vio~ ence in making arrests. Robt,Jones,a young white man of New Berne is in jail to answer achargeofcriminalassaultpreferredbyamarriedwoman. ~<A bale of cotton belonging toMr.Isidore Wallace was stolen fromthecitycottonplatformTuesday night, BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS -~-Mr.B.B,Bouldin,who took a job in Collector Watts’office last week,stayed but one day.He re~ turned to field work. —-Cotton ginned to December 13, 1918:Iredell county 13,283 bales against 10,982 the same time 1912; Alexander county 2,230 compared to 2,339 in 1912. —One of the best meals ever serv ed in Statesville was the Christmas dinner at Hotel Iredell Thursday eve- ning.Theré was a great variety and it was served attractively. —Mr:Fred Horton will give up his position as superintendent of the Im- perial Furniture Manufacturing Com- pany January Ist.He will be suc- ceeded by Mr.R.L.Lowery of Ox- ford. —-While butchering a beef yester- day afternoon Mr.Hunter Moore made,a miscut and the knife cut some arteries in his chin.The wound bled profusely before it was stopped. —As a token of their appreciation of his kindness in familiarizing them with the work of the office,the new Democratic deputies in Collector Watts’office presented Mr.F.T.Wal- ser a handsome Morris chair as a Christmas gift. ~—-Statesville’s contribution to theOxfordOrphanAsylumisbeing solicited by Mr.J.H.Hoffmann.He will appreciate it if those wishing to aid this worthy cause will leave theircontributionathisoffice,should he fail to see them. —It was a quiet Christmas,as well as a stormy one,in Statesville. There was much poppigg of firecrack- ers the night before hristmas but they were nearly raifed out Christ- mas Day.Business was suspended and few people were on the streetsonaccountoftherainstorm. —Mr.Horace Stikeleathor ofStatesvillehasreceivedfromMiss Minnie Alexander of Charlotte,a missionary of the Asseciate Reform- ed Presbyterian Church in India,aatepillowtopmadeinIndia.The piflow top,sent to Mr.StikeleatherasaChristmaspresent,is a beouti- ful specimen of Indian work. ~~Business men of the town showedtheirappreciationoftheIredellTele- phone Company’s service by sendingtreatsoffruitandconfectioneriestothetelephoneoperators,the “hello girls,”during the Christmas season. kindness. —In the last issue of The Land-mark it was stated that Miss Board- man,one of the music teachers at the college,would not return for the spring term on account of the condi- tion of her health,Miss Boardman asks The Landmark to say that the statement as to her health is incor- rect;that while she suffered a brok- en wrist some time ago she is as- sured by physicians that this will notaffectherwork. Many,many Christmas pack- ages passed through the Statesville postoffice,but they were handledwithsystemandpromptness.Two extra carriers and two wagons were necessary to keep up the deliveries.The parcels post system is handling many of the packages that would or- dinarily be handled by the express people,but the latter seemed to have about all they could do during theholidays,notwithstanding the parcel post It is learned from the Charlotte Observer that at a recent meeting of the board of regents of the Barium Orphans’Home,held in Charlotte, Mr.E.H.Sloop of Mt.Ulla.was elected editor of Our Fatherless Ones and field agent of the orphanage to succeed Mr.William |.sune Hill,whohasheldthispositionforseveral years.Mr.Sloop is a graduate of Davidson College.The “Landmark learns that the change will be ef-fective April ist. ~—dLicense has bees issued for the marriage of Mr.D.M.Smith and Miss Ella Estep,Mr.John L,Sher- rill and Miiss Addie Benfield,Mr. William P.Morrison and Miss Bryant Brawley,Mr.John D.Kyles and Miss May Dickerson,Mr.Baxter Eugene Goble and Miss Nora Fulbriwht,Mr: Everette Perkins and Miss Mary L, Robby Mr.Clarence F.Cavin and Miss Lou Bert Hill.In addition to these and other couples whose mar- riages are reported,Register Boyd issued license to a half dozen or morecoloredcouplesduringtheholidays. Holiday Business in the Court. The following cases were disposed of in the mayor's court during the past week:Lee Martin Gaither paid $3.40 for throwing firecrackers underhorses;L.R.Deal plead guilty to slapping C.A.Deal and judgment was suspended on the payment of the cost;LeRoy Johnson and Flake Sum- mers,both colored,were arraignedforan,affray and Summers was tax-ed $2.70 while Johnson was discharg-ed as not guilty;Ashly Burton,col-Gred,plead guilty to being drunk on the streets and was taxed $3.50.Mr.Frank B.Sample was placedunderbondforhisappearanceatSu-perior Court to answer for an assaultwithadeadlyweapononFrankBelt,colored.My.Sample hitehed hishorseinthelotrearoftheFirstAs-sociate Reformed Presbyterian churchSaturdayafternoonandwhenhewentbackforithefoundthe to the ned ipotiesee by’2 the chure if ords passedtweenMr.Sample and the janiteresultinginMr. Mayor's empty,bettie bo iaihes very nich appretinted ee ee e TUESDAY,---December 30,1913. COMMENTON VARIOUS MATTERS It is a pleasure to see that the New Berne Journal liked The Land- mark’s Christmas editorial-—‘Good Will”—well enough to copy it with enly twominor,changes. The indications are for a flood of congressional candidates in the State the coming spring.Mr.E.R. Preston of Charlotte announces that he will oppose Congressman Webb in the ninth district and Judge Guion of New Berne announces that he will contest the-nomination of Congress- man Faison in the third.It has been understood that ex-Congressman Thomas of New Berne would enter the list against Faison and there is talk that Geo.E.Hood of Golds- boro will also be a.candidate—in the same district. Ex-Gov.Glenn has taken the pub- lic into his confidence long enough to say that the President offered him choice of two positions—on the Inter -State Commerce Commission er the Joint Boundary Commission. He refused the place on the.Inter- State Commerce Commission.He has the other job under consideration and will announce his decision this week.Like the Dutch magistrate who announced that he would with- hold judgment for two weeks but would finally decide in fevor of the plaintiff,Gov.Glenn is considering but of course has made up his mind to take the job.Why shouldn’t he? The place carries a salary of $7,500 with practically nothing to do. 'eG le ‘ for some weeks the name of Mr. Cameron Morrison of Charlotte has been mentioned along with others in the list of possible candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomina- tion in 1916.Queried about the mat- ter Mr.Morrison would not commit himself.A few days ago the Wash- ington correspondent of the Char- lotte Observer gave out a statement in which he said that none of Mr. Morrison’s intimate friends doubt that he will be in the race two years hence and thet his friends are at work for him.The statement bears evidence of having been inspired and from that viewpoint we may assume that Mr.Morrison’s hat is in the ring.: ”+* It’s the fellow feeling that makes vs wondrous kind.At Kinston the day before Christmas J.C.Daught- ridge of Rocky Mount,a young car- pet was arrested for the alleged arceny of a tapeline from his em- ployer.He protested.his innocence but the magistrate who heard the trusts are so ready and anxious to do right it is just as well to fix con- ditions.so thats they won't ‘forgettheirpromisestobegeod.} JUDGE ADAMS UNDER FIRE. Asheville Gazette -News Brings Charges Against Asheville Police Judge and Calls For His Retire- ment, Demanding the “voluntary or.in- voluntary retirement from office”of Judge Junius.G.Adams of the city police court,the Asheville Gazette- News of last Tuesday’carries an ar- ticle of six columns and a column of editorial matter purporting to show that while sentericing “boot-leg- gers”and small dealers in whiskey to the roads,the presiding officer’s law firm,Merrimon,Adams &Ad- ams,has acted as attorneys for liq- uor houses in the collestion of bills for whiskey alleged to have been sold at the barroom of the Battery Park the past two years and which is said to have ‘been closed following the,re- cent investigation by Judge Frank Carter.¥ Copies of letters alleged to have been written by the firm to W.E Sevier,proprietor of -the barroom, and James L.Alexander,proprietor of the hotel,are published,together with affidavits from P.H.Thrash and W.S.Dickson to the effect that Judge Adams collected liquor bills from Sevier,according to the latter’s statement. Dealing with the recent acquittal of D.MacN.MacKay,proprietor of a local pharmacy,on the charge of selling whiskey,the Gazette-News says that “Judge Adams accepted thes statement of the accused in pref- erence to the sworn testimony of two officers of his own court,one of them Chief Lominac.”Printing a record of cases in Judge Adams’court,the Gazette-News charges that while sen- tencing smaller dealers to the roads and building up a reputation for the strict enforcement of the prohibition laws,Judge Adams was himself act- ing as collector for liquor houses which supplied the stock used at theBatteryParkHotelbarroom. Two days after the publication of these charges Judge Adams made the following demand on the publish- ers of the paper: “In view of the recent publications in your newspaper,charging me with official misconduct,I demand that you and others associated with you in this matter furnish the mayor and board of aldermen specific charges,to the end that they may be investigated as provided by law (sec- tien 79 of the city code.) “Unless you formulate and file the charges with the board of aldermen case found probable cause and requir-|by their next meeting,I will make ed bond for his appearance et court. Daughtridge was about to be sent to jail in lieu of bond when G.C.Hol- fond,a stranger,offered to go on the bond,and being able to give satis factory references was allowed to do so,When he made the offer Holland burst into tears and said he had once been in trouble himself.It speaks well for a man who,remembering his own troubles,sympathizes with and is willing to help others in trouble. 7 7 7 The combination of “children and matches”has resulted in several fires in the State recently.It is a dangerous combination,not only to pores but to the children as well.| a demand upon the board that they institute an investigation and require you,and all that are associated with you,that you come before the board and produce all the evidence in your |possession respecting the charges jyou have made.”cael |North Carolina Members of the House Endorse Kitchin. |The following letter,signed by Representatives Small,Faison,Pou, \Stedman,Page,Godwin,Doughton, Webb and Gudger,was sent to Rep- resentative Claude Kitchin,of the |\ways and means committee,before jadjournment for the holiday recess: i“If a vacancy should occur in theefaultiswiththeparentsoroth-)posit;:;:sition of chairman of the comntit-ers who control the children.Match-1 on ways and means of the House es should never be left where chil- dren can get their hands on them. Somebody was in the office of Mr.E.M.Uzzell,the Raleigh printer and binder,one day recently,and asked for a match Mr.Uzzell went lof Representatives by the clection ‘of Mr.Underwood to the Senate,or \for other cause,your colleagues in ithe House from North Carolina wish jin this personal and public manner t©\to express the hope that you may be Mr.Wilson has a programmeforanti-trust lation .a,wehopehewillgetitthrough.Uf the Hotel,which has been conducted for Vv SecaINTHECOUNTRY AT LARGE. Brief Resume of Happenings in Va--ylous Parts of the World. Postmaster General Burleson has asked Congress to appropriate $1,-000,000 to improve roads used by ru-ral mail carriers.: By presidential decree,last week,every day for the remainder of the year was,madelegal holiday in Mexi- co,this being done to ‘check the runonbanksinMexicoCity.‘The President last week reappoint- ed Judson Clements of Georgia’a member of the Inter-State CommerceCommissionandtheSenateprompt- ly confirmed the appointment. Mrs.Ella Flagg Young,superin-tendent of the Chicago publie schools,was recently retired from that posi-tion but the people made such a fuss about it that she was reinstated. Miss Julia Kern of Indiana,daugh- ter of Senator Kern,and Dr.Geo.-B. Lawson of Roanoke,Va.,were mar-ried Christmas Day at the summer home of Senator Kern,near Hollins, a.At Knoxville,Tenn.,Christmas Day Sophia Preston,15 years old,died of burns received while playing Santa Claus.Her clothing caught fire from a sparker in the hands of a boy.A.Montgomery Ward of Chicago,who made .millions off people who patronize mail order houses,died re- cently and left all of his estate of $5,000,000.in his family.Nothing for charity. Dr.Anna Howard Shaw,president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association,has served 10ticethatshewillrefusetopayan income tax and will test the income tax law..She may think better of it before she.spends a lot of money in the courts;that is,if she has an in- come on which to!pay taxes. A dispatch from Romé tells of the explosion of a fireworks factory Christmas Day (appropriate time) at Torre Annunzatia,resulting in the death of many persons.The buildings collapsed,burying the victims. Fourteen dead and five injured were taken out and it is believed many other bodies remain in the debris. The mill consumption of cotton in ITEMS OF ALL SORTS. one rtecemcnnnceantay *. Postmaster General Burleson|is opposed to the proposition,now be- fore Congress,to remove assistant. postmasters from the protection of the civil service.;: Approximately 87,000 emergency men were employed by the Postoffice Department to work the*holiday mails,The railway ‘mail service, usually operated by 18,000.men,wasinéreasedto32,000,dnd the clericalforcewasincreasedfrom65,000 to 88,000.inJusticeMcKenna of the UnitedStatesSupremeCourthasrefused to grant an application for a review by the court of the conviction of Lin- da Burfield Hazard,a licensed oste- opath and “fastist,”in Kipsap coun- ty,Washington,of manslaugiiter, The woman was charged with caus-ing the death of Claire Williamsonbywithholdingfoodfromher.a Christmas was celebrated by 130 of the winter bathers;’men and wo- men,at Coney Island.The water registered 85 degrees while the tem- perature of the atmosphere was 37 degrees.As the bathers appeared from the bath house each was envel-oped in a bath robe which was quick- ly discarded at the edge of the surf. The majority remained in the water for fully 15 minutes, A press dispatch says that C.V. Fitch,a veteran school teacher of eastern Kentucky,serving a term in jail at Huntingdon,W.Va.,organ- ized a class of 20 mountaineers serv- ing terms for moonshining.A ma- jority of the class could neither read nor write but under Fitch’s in-structions all have acquired the ground-work of reading;writing,spelling and arithmetic.The jailer furnishes books to those unable to buy. President Wilson last week made public a letter addressed to Secre- taries Garrison and Daniels,respec- tively,requesting that “a very seri- ous reprimand”be administered to army and navy officers who partici- pated in the recent dinner of the Mil- itary Order of the Carabao,at which ithe administration’s Philippine and GOOD The season promptsus to express our appreci- ation of that intangible and invaluable asset— GOOD WILL —that you havesokindly be-| stowed on us during the past year and which we fully reciprocate. We extendto you all the compliments of the other policies were satirized.Sec- retaries Garrison and Daniels de- cided to administer the reprimand by transmitting a copy of the President’s the United States during 1913 was the largest in the history of the country and the value of cotton goods of domestic manufacture exported| was greater than for any previous| year,the census bureau reports.And| all this with a Democratic adminis-| tration and the passage of a tariff| bill that was going to put the mills| At Indianapolis,Ind.,on Christmas old daughter,James T.Karney,52} and then putting a shot gun to his the side of his head. frain from drinking,especially on} Christmas Day,when he turned up-|on her and killed her.| Lincoln Beachy,noted aviator,broke the world’s record by height of 750 feet,Beachy turmed a«y as Pegoud,the originator of this par- rformed from a_greater height. fhe same day Oscar Bider,a Swiss aviator,made a successful flight across the Alps. A man who did not believe in Santa Claus was fined $3 in a New York police court last week for trying to convert his six-year-old son to his creed.Chief witness against him was his sister-in-law.She testified that she had pleaded and wept when jhe tried to persuade the boy.that _a 92 ~a box .ern |elected to fill the vacancy.We shall |5anta was a myth.Her cries brought ,e danger of leaving|giadly aid in your election as chair-matches lying about and took preeau- tion.Only safety matches should be| he left| where children can get them.The matches within the reach of children is mor- used and they should not householder who leaves jman of this important committee.” Doesn't Love Mr.Holton. |Wilkesboro Patriot,Rep. Too bad that Holton should’be ally responsible for the results;and |permitted to bold the district attor- the smoker who carelessly throws |peyship,when practically all of the down a lighted match without seeing|Citizens of the State,regardiess of the fire is out,ought to be sent to |politics,have long desired his remov- the chain gang. **> The Landmark is ciated Press. printing today an excellent summary of the new eurrency bill,prepared by the Asso-No matter howlittle enraged constituency will ene knows about finance—and most |that theofusknowmightylittle—a reading|task without further delay. jal from office.But there is consola- |tion in the knowledge of the fact ithat the glittering blade of the ad- |ministration’s guillotine is now sus- |pended over his official head and an demand perform his If the executioner ef this summary will give an intel-|Democrats cannot find a lawyer in ligent understanding of the opera-The plan to|enough to succeed .a little fellow liketionsofthenewlaw. prevent a contraction of the curren cy is clear and it is so safeguarded} |western North Carolina who is big |Holton,they are at a low ebb. that unsafe expansion will be pre-Mr.Preston a Candidate For Con- verted. tonal banks to make loans on estate mortgages,which thoy ‘Farmers will be interested in the provision which permits na-| gress. Mr.E.R.Preston of Charlotte real |announces that he is a candicate for have |the Deméeratic congressional nomi- not been able to do under existing|nation in the ninth district to +stic- law.The new measure is designed |ceed Congressman Yates Webbtotakethecontrolofthefinancesof|Shelby. the country out of the “the Wall strect crowd”and to pre- works well,as there is reason to be lieve it will,it will be the best piece in a half century. *+* Vice President Marshall think that with the enactment of the tariff| and currency laws Congress should|Trying to Get a Pardon take a rest on important legislation |until it is seen how these measurés|work out.With reference to pos ble anti -trust legislation,the Vice President says the trusty are eating out ofal’s hand.”This same opinion Congress.Senator Overman -\|in Mecklenburg. -+ey bill would be cnough for the pres- ont.It is well not to overdo any-thing but the Democrats should notbecontentto’stop with the task un-.They made certain definite ses to the country.So far theywekeptthefaithandtheyshouldeontinueuntilthetaskisdone.ThiswebelieveMr.Wilson will do,Butferhimthetariffbill,if passed at would have been pass- ee ee been a compromise,r it is questionable if a currency For some time it has been hands of known that Mr.Webb's nomination r would be contested,the head and vent contraction and panics;and if it|front of the opposition seeming to be The opposition to t y »|Mr.Webb is based chiefly on theoflegislatonenactedinthiscountry|ground that “he has had it long ug :Mecklenburg op-~ position insists that Mecklenburg is |enough,”and the s\entitled to the place, McBryde. 3 He ran away afte Physicians say,it is alleged, ithat on account of the wounds he has jreceived he will die if kept on the roads.The pardon is opposed andaGovernorwillhearthecaseto-day.‘ilisnusiipeiesiacisideantigaeaonokias Fit His Case Exactly. “When father was sick about six years agohereadanadvertisementofChamberlain's|Tabiets in the papers that fit his case ex-actly,writes Miss Margaret Campbell ofFtSmith,Ark.“He purchased a box ofhemandhehasnotbeensicksince.Mysisterhadstomachtroubleandwasdlaoben-efited by them.”For sale by all dealers. of For Cleve |An effort is being made to procure ja pardon for Cleve McBryde,the no-iA3;yde,ti seems had no near rela s.jtorious Yadkin blockader who was ur “now |\shot by north Iredel!officers'somtheAttorneyGener-|years:ago.vietMcBrydeisnowservin i ’basin term of oné year on the For th South,to Methodist Church has been been expressed by some members of |county roads. Was iwas codtheotherdayassayinginef-Piel ect that the passege of the curren-|tence, nvicted and only recently re- and began serving his sen- |a policeman to the house and the po- |iceman brought the man to the sta- tion,where he was charged with dis orderly conduct. President Wilson has been memo- constitutional amendment loeking to the abolition of the liquor traffic in the country at large.The memorial, signed by a special committee of 26 named at the Anti -Saloon League demonstration,on steps of the capitol in Washin on December 10,was an outgr of the nation- al convention of the Anti -SaloonLeagueofAmericaandethertemper- ance forces held in Columbus,O.,No- vember 10-14. A bill has been introduced to pro- vide a government bonding bureau to write the bonds of government em- ployes.This work is now done byprivatecorporations.The amount of bonds carried by government em-ployes,exclusive of the Postoffice Department,amounts to $90,000,000. Including postmasters and postal .em- ployes the bonds total $207,000,000. The amount of fees collected from government employes,not including the Postoffice Department,aggregate $2,000,000 yearly. W.H.Couch,a prominent lawyer, a man of family,with grown chil- dren,died suddenly a Tew days ago in his office at Monticello,N.Y.,and his death revealed a double lifg.For three years a woman—Adelaide M, Brance,40 years old—had lived in a little back room in his office and no one had suspected her presence there.She said she never left the room except at rare intervals under cover of darkness.She was a book agent when she met Couch and it The proposal to change the name of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he overwhelmingly defeated by the ref- erendum vote taken at this year’s Annual Conferences.Official re- turns made public at Nashville; At San Francisco Christmas Day}ee :Breathe Hyomei—It Medicates the looping the|;|loop five consecutive times from”a | rialized to ask Congress to submit a/ letter to each member of the enter- tainment committee. Secretary Houston has issued an order continuing the quarantine put temporarily into effect September 20 last,forbidding potato and all continental Europe.This ac- out of business.‘tion was modified,however,by a sec-| ond order under which the quaran- Day,in the presence of his 15-year-|tine may be raised under proper reg- ulation and inspection from foreign years old,shot and killed his wife }countries or districts which can show |that they are free from potato wart) neck,pulled the trigger,blowing off jand powdery scab,the two diseases| Mrs.Karney|Which the Department of Agriculture| was pleading with her husband to re-|aims to keep out of the country. AVOID CATARRE. Air You Breathe and Instantly Re- lieves. Why continue to suffer from ca- double loop at a height of 300 feet,|tarrh,stopped up head,husky voice| which he says is a record in itself,|and other troubles of the breathing Drug| ticular freak of avation,always has|Company will sell you Hyomei with|lorgans when the Statesville ja guarantee to refund the purchase |price if itis not satisfactory.}o4 ||Hyomei is a pleasant,harmless and | jantiseptie medication which you ibreathe a few times daily through a igmall inhaler.It effectively and |promptly relieves all catarrhal dis lcharges,sniffles,foul breath,watery| leyes and the formation of crusts in the nose,or money back. A complete Hyomei outfit,consist ling of inhaler and a bottle of Hyo-| |mei,costs $1.00,and extra bottles,if afterwards needed;are only 50 cents.||;|Always use Hyomei for bronchit-|i is,cold in the head,husky voice, |croup of infants and any inflammato-}:‘iry disease of the breathing organs. “SALE OF VALUABLE FARM. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Iredell county rendered in the special pro- ceeding entitled C.P.Carter et al ex parte, the undersigned commissioner will sell at court house door in Statesville,N.C.,on MONDAY,FEBRUARY 2d,1914, at 12 o'clock m.,the following described real estate lying about two miles north of States- ville,to-wit:Beginning at a stake,thesouthwestcorneroftheoldtractoftheBrad- well place;thence north 68 poles to a post weet 26 poles along old road to a postonk, corner of lot No.2;thence north 1 degree 2:thence north 89 degrees west 75 poles to a stake on eastern side or the public road; thence with the road on its eastern side, thence south 1 degree east with the line of lot No.8,93 poles to a stake on the old line; thence with the old line south 89 degrees east 79 poles to the beginning,containing Bradwell place and being lot No.1 in the division of the lands of Geo.Watta. Terms of Sale—One-third eash,one-third in six months and one-third in twelve months. It will be sold subject to a lease for the year,1914,R.B.McLAUGHLIN, December 30th,1913.Commissioner. ‘importa-| tions from the British Isles,Canada,| public auction to the highest bidder at the! oak near a lane;thence south 70 degrees | west 44 poles to a stake,corner of lot No.} south 69 degrees enst 38 poles to a stake:| 52 acres more or less,being known as the | lINVENTORYING STOCK season wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year. RAMSEY-BOWLES-MORRISON CO. THE STORE WITH THE PARCEL POST SERVICE. Season’s Greetings. During this joyous Christmas seoson we are thinking of our brave,’loyal constituency that has helped to give us a good year under this Democrat- ic.administration,and we hope each one is looking forward to a New Year with faith and courage and de- lightful anticipation at many days full of honest work. 4 We know now we can serve you wellagain.These Christmas medi- tations make us feel,as our great President Wilson said,‘‘tit.”’With thanks for all past favors and best wishes for the future, Cordially, |Lazenby -Montgomery Hardware Co. ing and in Tenn.,comprising results of the .vot-~ ing in all but three Conferences, show 1,333 votes in favor of the change and 4,092 opposing it.Thir- ty-two Conferences returned major-ities favorable to retaining the pres- ent name,and twelve favorable to Thanking patronage, abandoning it.i eeerrteerrereentemienteremnaneeresennimlneat t Cores Old Sores,Other Gemedies Won't Care, The worst tases,no matter of how long ing, Weare now in the midst of Stock-Tak- a few days.we will announce some special values in our Annual Rem- -—~mant and Clean-up Sale. - you most heartily for your . we are,_Yours truly,- =s i <==MILLS &POSTON.2ee®Se +:eet are cured by the Wondertel,ote se Dr."\ Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil t relieves f Painand Heals at the same time,26e,50c,$1.00,ase RN SOE a 7 on een ane s>:.ers * A Happy New Year To You All!. We hope ’twill be your best. If resolutions you will make, Permit us to suggest— “RESOLVED,that 1 will not buy yeast,nor will I knead the dough, but for bread and cake and all the rest,I’ll to the Baker Go.”’ Make It and Don’t Break It. HOME BAKERY. THE LANDMARK TUESDAY,---December 30,1913. LOCAL RAILROAD SCHEDULE. Arrival and Departureof ‘Trains at States No.15,‘Bb:No.11,west-bound,due 10:20 a.No.21,west-bound,due 3:28 p.Train No.36,;weat-bound,due 10:25 p.No.86,/east-bound,due 10:68 /a.No.22,easi-bound,due 1:20'p.No.12,east-bouna,due 6:45 p.jo.16,east-bouna,due 11:20 'p.RLOTTE AND TAYLORSVILLE.n From Charlotte.Train No.16 ar.9:50,leaves 11:00 a.Train No,24 ar,8:36,leaves 8:36 p.:From Taylorsville.23 ar.10:15,leaves 11:00 a.16 ar.,6:25,leaves 6:45 p.Nos.23 and 24 are not operated on Sunday. Mrs.Adlai E.Stevenson Dead—WifeofFormerVicePresident. Mrs.Adlai E.Stevenson,wife of the former Vice President,died Christmas night at her home at Bloomington,Il,aged 70 _years. She had been ill several months.Mrs. Stevenson is survived by her hus- band and three children—Lewis G.Stevenson,president of the Illinois State board of pardons;Mrs.Mar- tin N.Hadin of Chicago and Miss Le- titia Stevenson,at home. Mrs.Stevenson was four times elected president general of theDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolu- tion.She visited Statesville with her husband during his term as Vice President,in the summer of 1894. They were the guests of Mr.and Mrs.T.J.Allison and while here held ER S RE B E P m. m. m, Th. We wish our Patrons all the joy That comes with New Year’s Day. We hope there'll enter no alloy To take the joy away. We hope ‘twill last for full a year Till another Day rolls round. We hope prosperity and cheer May through all the year abound. R.F.Henry Jewelry Co. GREETINGS | The New Year is here and we say ‘Thank You”for the liberal patronage given us the past year,and wish you a Happy and Successful New Year. Eagle &Milholland. SMOKE STAOK. If it’s a smoke stack you want to see T.W.FRAZIER. Very Often the Occasion Arises When You Find it Necessary to Buy Then is when you must thinkofVanLindley’s.We are al-ways prepared to make up onveryshortnoticeattractiv faneral designs,exquisite bou-quets and bunches, In fact flowers are furnishedbyusineveryformdesired. Wearein position to giveyousuggestionsonweddingdecorations,as well.as do theworkwell,having only expertsinouremploy. ‘No flowers sent by parcel post. Van Lindley Co., FLORISTS TO THE SOUTH, GREENSBORO,N,C. Polk Gray Drug Co., LocalAgents. a public recéption at Hotel Iredell, where many of the townspeople met them.Mr.Stevenson had a strong attachment for Iredell on account of his relationship to the Stevensons in this county and section.SEENON Christmas Tree at St.Paul’s—Per- sonals. Correspondence of The Landmark. Miss Fannie Thornburg,principal of the school at Barkley’s school house,is spending the holidays at her home at Bessemer City.Miss Ju- lia Lentz is home from a business college at Atlanta.Miss Marie Barkley is at home from a_school near Asheville.Mr.“Tom”Ellis of Palmer,UL,is visiting relatives here.Pleas.Deaton is home from Newberry College,Newberry,S.C. St.Paul’s Sunday school present- ed a nice service with a well loaded Christmas tree and an address by the pastor,Rev.T.C.Parker,last Wednesday afternoon.LaF. Statesville,Dec.27,1913. FOR STOMACH TROUBLE John W.Skillen of Sidney,Ohio, Has Found a Remedy: Experts declare that the reason stomach disorders are so common in this country is due to hasty and care- less habita of eating.Stomach troubles and rundown conditions usually go together, John W.Skillen of Sidney,Ohio, says:“I had a bad stomach trouble for years,and became so weak that 1 could hardly walk or do any work. My appetite was poor,and It seemed |\impossible to get any relief.Since)\taking “Vinol’I find a remarkable im- |provement in my bealth,my digestion | lis much stronger,and I have gained lin weight.I would not be without Vinol.”| Vinol makes weak stomachs strong| jbecause it strengthens and tones up ithe weakened,tired and overtaxed nerves of the digestive organs.Vinol | is easily assimilated by the weakest stomachs,and is delicious to the tasta,/ Try a bottle of Vinol with the un-| derstanding that your money will be | |returned if it does not help you. |P,S.—Stop scratching,our Saxo Balve stops itching.We guarantee W.FP.Hall,Druggist,Statesville,N.C. For Sale! Gem Perfection 2d,out of Ire- dell Sunshine and Gem Perfec- tion,about four years old.Po- land China. Lee Albertson, Dec.30-—1t.*Statesville,N.C. Good! This is just to say that my pa- trons have been a little better to me than I expected,and that I feel grateful to every one of them,and hope to serve better in the future. Hours 9 a.m.to 4.30 p.m. DR.R.W.WOODWARD, No.1 Robbins Row.OPTOMETRIST,é 813 3,Center St, a “|FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,PROPERTYINMOORESVILLE! One ‘tract of two aeres,four blocks frompostoffice,corner Main street and MeNeslyavenue,through to Church street.Will easilydivideintosevengoodsizebuildinglots.One of Mooresville’s best residenceFive-room cottage on beautifal acre lot onChurchstreet.Lotcan be dividedintotwoSeetactafectoftwoandtwo-third acres,Fivelotswithgoodfrontage.Twolotshave ‘onthemfive-room and three-room houses.I will sell or excharfgeanyoralloftheaboveforagoodnearStatesvilleorsection villa or Statesville, ~congregation j VIRegisteredBroodSow}|?e:s" Died as a Result of Burns After Ten Days of Suffering. Correspondence of The Landmark.| Statesville,R-3,Dec.26—MissVanceClarkdiedatthehomeofher parents,Mr.and Mrs.Jno.W.Clark,eatly Jast Wednesday morning fromtheeffectsoftheburnshereceivedabouttendaysprevioustoherdéath. Her condition had seemed_slightly improved for «few days and therewassomehopeofherrecovery,but all human ‘skill proved un-veiling. Miss Clark was 37 years old andbesidesherfatherandmothersheis survived by three sisters and one brother..She wes a member of the Presbyterian Church and the funeral service was conducted yesterday ‘at Bethel by Rev.Messrs.Walsh andWalkerofBarium.From the man- ner of her death it would seem that “Her sun has gone down while it is yet day,”and the sympathy of theentirecommunitygoesouttothe fgrief -stricken family. the weather a large crowd cttended the burial,several people fromStatesvillebeingpresent.She was laid to rest in the Bethel cemetery, and the mound covered with the choicest of flowers. Christmas hes passed .with thequietnessofaSabbathday.With the gloom that has overshadowed this community by the accident and death of Miss Clark,one cannot re- alize that Christmas has come and gone. Mrs.Ada Brown of Witt,DL,is visiting Mrs.M.A.Hartline.Mr. Flake Clodfelter,who has been in lowa since last March,returned home a few days ago. The schools in this vicinity are suspended for the holidays,and will not be resumed until the 5th of Jan- uary. Some of the Christmas Trees. Correspondence of The Landmark. Merry Christmas,Mr.Landmark! Hope you are having a happy time giving red receipts.I guess that you have heard some of our holiday fun, if you have been out about the homes,stores,depot and churches and seen how we snap our cap pistols and light the fuse of our fire-crack- ers and cannon and throw them at dogs,horses,boys,girls and even old men and women,to frighten them; and the fun of it is that they do not know who threw them.Some people feall this a disturbance and think that fall railroad officials,church officers, |school teachers and Sunday =school |superintendents whose exercises or thus disturbed, ishould be a special police and be re- quired,under penalty,to arrest the |guilty or suspected persons at once, lexamine their pockets and bring them to trial.Would they not have are fun,though,for some of us have had moustache sweethearts andsomeself-respect fer several years. Surely when our daddies have saved the hard-earned money that they would in former days have wasted on liquor,and have divided it with us for the holidays,we have a right to spend it we please.We cannot help it if some dogs,horses,chil dren,ladies and sick people are nerv- ous Please publish this for A LITTLE Christmas,19138 Mrs.Gaither and Sons Statesville —Death of rreepoendense of The Lar Harmony,R-1,Ds 24 it of (qristmas is ir doubtless the season will be obs« ed more than usual. This has been a Some fine porkers have been butch as BOY. to Live in Mrs.Hayes. dmar The evidence pir and bountiful ered in this community.Mr.A.I Yérk butchered two fine ones last week.More wood hors the com munity than in years.With a filled smokehouse and a erib full of corn, the farmer can bid defiance to highprices. The congregation of Clarksbury has recently had the church painted, which adds much to its appearance. View church is also being painted at this writing,hich will add much to its appearar Mrs.Docie Gaither i iting in this community.She is the widow of J.T.Gaither,who died Missi |sippi last spring.After Christmasheandhertwosensand will live in Statesville. Mr.Will Hayes’wife died home in Eagle Mills township Satur- day night of tuberculosis.The inter ment was at Holly Springs MondayMrs.Wesley Cartner is righ ry Campbell's place. Mr.and Mrs.L.Wy)Gaither of Statesville are visiting Mr.and Mrs. J.L,Heath near Clarksbury.<ctastaenatinetiineintemtsianine Home For.the Holidays—Mr.Tharpe in His New Home. pCorrespondence of The Landmark. Houstonville,Dee.26—Christmas eame with @ considerable squall and disappointed the Nimrods. Clarence Griffith and family ofThomasvillearespendingtheholi- days with relatives.Charley Maid-en of Thomasville is spending theholdayswithhisparents,Mr.andMrs.J.A.Maiden,Sr.Eugene,W. A.and Parks Trivette are at hometospendtheholidayswiththeirpa-rents,Mr .and Mrs.A.W.Trivette.C.C.Tharpe is occupying his newandhandsomeresidenceatNet. TLE New and.Magnificent Hostelry inNewYork, Announcement is made that theBiltmoreHotel,just completed inNewYorkata-cost of $10,000,000,will be formally opened on NewYear’s Eve,The new hotel is themostmagnificentthathasbeenerect-ed in that city,occupies the squareblock,and is 26 stories high.The Biltmore is virtually pert oftheGrandCentralterminal,thetracksandplatformofthestationrunningunderneathit.Guests can be for.property in ee Moores-|aaimprovedDR.F.CARPENTER, Dee.~e ;‘*comp Wan taken by elevators.—_—_—_—_———For Weakness and Loss of Appetite GROVES TASTELESScuit TonechillTONIC,out’Malariaand buildaup the »AandsureAppetizer.Foradults aod children,be. DEATH OF MISS VANCE CLARK. In spite of Some of the Tragedies,Near Trage-dies and Other Incidents of theHolidaySeasonintheOldNorth State. -Charlotte’s bonded debt,says the Chronicle,is $2,155,000 and the annual interest amounts to more than $100,000. At Fayetteville Christmas Day aCoastLinetrainrandowntwone- groes.One died from his /injuriesandtheother’is expected to die? Will Irvin,a negro employed at a cotton mill in Henderson,was killed last week by M.G.Gilbert,an em-ploye of the mill,the result of a quarrel. The dead body of Henry Falkner, a Confederate veteran,was found in a field near his home,in Vance coun- ty,on the 22d.Was under the in-fluence of liquor when last seen alive. Geo.Johnston,who was shot by one Roberts in Mt.Airy ten days ago,was taken to Richmond for treatment.Local physicians regard his case as hopeless.Roberts is injail. John Christopher,80 years old, who lived near Canton,Haywood county,was found dead in bed Christ- mas morning when his wife ealled him for breakfast.He had been inpoorhealth. In Montgomery county on the 21st Geo.H.Monroe was found dead inLittleriver.Supposed to have fallen from a bridge over the river the night.before.Wife and several smallchildrensurvive. While hunting near Mt.Airy Chas. Smith,16 years old,was shot in thelegbytheaccidentaldischargeofaguninthehandsofacompanionandhislimbsobadlymangledthatithadtobeamputated. At Durham some days ago H.B. Abernethy attempted to mount his horse,the animal jumped from un- der him and threw Mr.Abernethytothegroundwithsuchviolencethathelaterdiedfromtheinjury. At Bailey station,Wilson county, Christmas Eve,C.J.Glover,a law-yer,was shot in the back as he satinoffice,This was the second attempt in three months to assassi- hate Mr.Glover.His wound is se- rious Rufe Wilson,a 17-year-old negro boy,was in a room with other ne- hi gre in Greensboro Christmas night, when he suddenly fell to the floor exclaiming,“I am shot!”He died next day but his slayer has not been dis ve red. In Winston-Salem Christmas.night Cha Ledbetter,colored,shot his brother,Cyrus,who died in a few moments Charles surrendered to the officers and claimed that theshootingwasaccidental.He was held pending investigation. At Lexington last week two ne- groes,Chas.Jones and Isaac Ste- vens,quarreled about c dollar Ste- vens claimed Jones owned him.Ste-vens struck Jones on the head withapieceofsexntlingandthelatter died an hour later.The murderereseaped. When the store of the Parkham Supply Co.at Henderson was opened jable to daughter| at her} i ter, |bullet in the mortal frame of W.D.|Wright,a caller.t sick.|Messrs.Pink and Kitt Campt have |moved to the Milas Campbell place.|Mr.Grigory has moved to Mrs.Ma |ville to get married. on the 22d the dead body of St.Clair |Fleming,bookkeeper for the concern, |was found on the floor with a bullet in the brain Coroner’s jury decided it was a case of suicide but no causeisassigned JacobfHelms,an aged Confederate veteran of Union county,went with a neighbor to Monroe to get his pen- sion.Feeble in body and mind,the old man got parated from his neighbor,started to walk home,was knocked off a railroad bridge by a itrain and killed The week before Christmas chil- jdren of ‘a McMillan family,who live near Lenoir,playing in a broomsedge field near their home,set.the broom- sedge afire to see it burn and the fire spread so rapidly that a 3-year-old |child was engulfed in the flames and}burned to a crisp Clarence E.Groner,27 years old,an employe of the Southern Express |Company,committed suicide at his home in Winston-Salem about 7 jo’clock Chri morning.He left a note for his wife saying he was un- rinking.Wife and 2- survive. top d year-old child the re- about a trivial mat-2Allmondlodged “a In Salisbury last week,asultofadispute Mrs.Janet Wright,who was not seriously hurt,took the pistol from the woman and attempted to shoot her,but failed. BE.M.Marr and Miss Townsend of Buncombe county started to Ashe- On complaints the girl’s parents,who said she was but 16 years old,the sheriff ar-rested Marr and when the latter was found to have a pistol on him he was of sent to jail while his intended was sent home. W.M.Brown,who lived at the Tuckasiegee Mills,a mile and 2 half from Mt.Holly,was drowned in the Catawba river Sunday night,21st. He was out on the river in a row boat,the boat was found empty and it is supposed that Brown’s body is in the river.He was 50 years old and leaves a family. In Cleveland county on the 23d Wm.Covington,an aged Confeder- ate veteran,en route to his homefromLattimore,was attacked by a white man,badly beaten and robbed of $18,all the money he had.Mr.Covington’s arm and.hand were broken and it is believed his skull isfractured,the robber assaulting him with a gun barrel.The highwayman has not been captured. In Charlotte Christmas nightChas.B.Skipper,a well known cot- ton mill man,was struck and killedbyastreetcar.The accident cccur-red near the Seaboard Air Line de-pot and what Skippor was doing or ow he came to get in the way ofthecarisamystery.Skipper was48yearsoldandissurvivedbyhis wife and two children.He had justboughtaninterestinthecottonmillatBrevardandexpectedtomovetoBrevardnextmonthtotakechargeofthemill.His remains wore senttoBaltimoreforinterment. THE CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. s j ‘A Happy New Year This House of Good Shoes extendstheseason’s greetings to its hosts offriends. May the New Year come to you wellladenwithallthegoodthingstobehad,and as for sorrow and disap- pointments,may they be strangersf‘to you.. For our part we’ve resolved to dobetterthingsinattendingtotheshoerequirementsofourpatrons than we’ve ever done before,and that’s certainly saying something. We will occupy the White Co’.s old stand January Ist. SHERRILL-WHITESHOECO. Happy New Year! \ To Our Many Friends and Customers: You have been so good to us dur- ing the year 1913 that we would like to take each of youby?the hand and express to youzour ap- preciation of your many favors. If we have had any successtit is!by reason of your patronage (and we have never had a larger business) and to say we appreciate it is not expressing what we feel. The year 1914 will find us working harder thanever to merit your con- tinued patronage.We hope’the fates have nothing but good in store for you,and again thanking you,we are,Very.truly, Sloa n Clothing Company WE SELL “BETTER”?CLOTHES Prevent ColdsandGrippe BY_USING OUINACETOL. 25 CENTS PER BOX watcioaie eT soba HALL’S DRUG _STORE, S.J.Holland.{|MILLINERY! Has good farm -horsea CLOSING OUT SALE now and mules for sale for on.Don’t fail to see our line cash or on time.Terms of Hats,Corsets,Belts,Gloves, to suit purchaser,Collars,ete. MRS.MARY SIMMS."PHONE 180-——107 East Broad Street. ECLIPSE ENGINESANDTHRESHERS. I will have some of our lateststylemachineshereinashort time.Comeoverthefirsttimeyouareintowtiandseethemandlet’s talk it over,Cc.H.T eeM: Best equipped livery in town. ‘Phone 3,Day or Night, Hickory Wanted. _We buy logs,sawed lumber and dimen- sion stock.Write for prices.es IVEY MANUFACTURING CO.,Oct,10.-Hickory,N.C. Iredell "Phone No.74,Bell No.7. TO LET—Januery1st,two rooms ever Polk — Recruiting Officers.Aa tion tae.offices.DR.F.A.;Dec.9 :‘ URNER,Near the Depot.© a 4 Bry x i 0]ste »i OFFICE:120°WEST BROAD STREET. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:; WATCH—Watch the label on your paper.If renewals are not in by date on label,paper will be stopped. TUESDAY,---December 30,1913. THE CASE OF JUDGE ADAMS. In addition to developments show- ing that Police Court Judge Adams of Asheville had allowed the “higher up”blind tigers of Asheville to go unmolested while he punished the small fry so severely that he made a reputation as a reformer,evidence was produced to show that the law inwvMorgan township,Rowan county, last week.resulted from natural causes.firm of which Judge Adams is a mem- ber collected and tried to collect ac- counts for liquor sold to the “higher up”blind tigers in Asheville.Con- fronted with this Judge Adams has asked for an investigation by the board of aldermen,which was to have been held yesterday. In his letter to the board Judge Adams admits that his firm made col- lections in some of the cases specified and tried to collect in others.In &- planation he says that in his duties as police judge he has never con- ceived it to be his duty to act as in- former,investigator and ~»rosecutor as well as judge;that he considered that he had a right to practice law and did not believe it to be his duty to disclose matters coming to his knowl- edge in a professional capacity,to the end that a prosecution might be had. There you are. knew in his capacity as attorney that certain Asheville people were sell- ing liquor illegally.But,under his view of the ethics of the profession he refused,as Police Judge Adama, to make use of the information ‘he obtained as Lawyer Adams.And yet as police judge he had taken an oath to enforce the law and as police judge it was his duty to take cogniz- ance of all violations coming to his But the case is hopeless ‘when a man can draw such distine- tions as is here drawn. The Asheville Gazette-News de serves all honor for publishing the facts in the case and it deserves the commendation and support of all law- abiding citizens and all newspapers who believe in an impartial enforce- ment of the law Lawyer Adams knowledge. It was given out from the Govern or’s office in Raleigh last week that Mr.J.L.Alexander of Asheville is not a member of the Governor's staff.Judge Carter's investigation of illegal liquor sales in Asheville brought out that a barroom was con- ducted in the Battery Park hotel,by and with the consent of Alexander, and that he was apparently a part- ner in the profits.In view of these facts The Landmark and other news- papers suggested that Alexander, who was understood to be a member of the Governor's staff,should re- sign that position and that if he fail- ed to resign the Governor should take The Raleigh statement is in answer to this criticism.It is stated that Alexander is major in the North Carelina National and that officers in the military service are disqualified only by the commission of a felony;that the sale of liquor The Landmark stands corrected as to Mr.Alexander being a member of the Governor's staff,but this does not alter the sit vation action Guard is a misdemeanor He is assistant adjutant gen- eral and was appointed to that posi- tion by Gov.Craig.It would seem that the power to appoint carries with it the power to remove.Anyway,a& suggestion from the Governor would probably end the matter.The Land mark still insists that it is a near State scandal for Alexander to hold an official position under the circum- stances.ceenatinatnienssntimesnisinintiiblicns It is pleasing to note with each re- holiday the growth and expansion of human sympathy; the emphasis of the real Christmas spirit by greater and more elaborate efforts to make others happy.Last curring season week there wére in towns and cities all over ‘the.country “community Christmas trees“w-gréat Obhristmas trees in the open for all who would attend and gi for the chil- dren and others.In or there were such trees in VFlickory,WinstomSalem own State other fowns.The idea is to spr@ad the joys of the season among the masses. Then there were empty stocking clubs that provided full Christmas stockings for thousands of children ernor he will make ‘the racepeopleoftheStatedemandhis ser- vices."The gubernatorial campaign is being pressed early. Gov.Craig was.inaugurated there has been talk of his ‘successor and four or five gentlemen have intimated a purpose to throw their hats inte the ring./ LIVE ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. Accidents,Crimes and |Other Inei- dents of Life in the Old North State. man,was run down and killed by an automobile in Fayetteville a few days ago. aPidkpockets did considerable busi- ness about the railroad station in Salisbury Saturday. nett of Spencer lost $77. izen of Elkin and.proprietor of the Elk Inn,died on the 23d of Bright’s disease,aged 56, children. firmed as postmaster at Marshall.R. S.Montgomery at Reidsville and L. G.Daniels at New Berne were also confirmed. years ago shot and killed Gus.Ward, in Caldwell county,and escaped,sur- rendered to the sheriff last week and was released on $5,000 bond. known Greensbororespondent,sailed last week for West Indies to take a government job in the Dominiean republic, The North Wilkesboro Hustler says that a cow belonging to —Mr. John Absher of McGrady,Wilkes county,became infected with hydro- phobia and bit both Mr.and Mrs. Absher. tage belonging to Alex Chatham,5r., were destroyed by fire Sunday morn- ing.to the conclusion that the fire was the work of incendiaries. ed at Selma has taken its place as Ever since Rhoda Carver,an aged negro we- Engineer Bar- An unknown negro was found dead Death believed to have Mr.C.H.Gwyn,a well known cit- Wife and four J.R.Swann was last week con- Walter Poovy,who about three Mr.Andrew Joyner,thenewspaper The Roaring Gap hotel and a cot- Footprints near the place lead The military company at Rocky Mount was recently disbanded for failure to comply with the militaryregulationsandacompanyorganiz- w the building,some dazed by the sud- Fden change from holiday festivities he Seventy. At Calumet,Mich.,‘Christmas Eve72persons,most of them:women anchildren,were killed at a ChristmascelebrationofcopperminestrikersinanItalianhallbecause‘of a need-=panic caused by a false alarm ofre.orWhileseveralhundredminers andtheirwiveslookedon,the childrenpressedeagerlytowardsthestagetoreceiveChristmaspresents.At thispointamanputhisheadimat‘thedoorofthe‘hall and yelled “Fire!”The ery was taken up by those inthehall.»Every one started for thedoors.The weaker were thrown tothefloorandthosebehindtriedtoclimboverthoseaheadofthem.The stairway and.other avenues of es- cape were blocked so effectually that those inside could not get outandthosewithoutcouldnotgetintoaidthepanic-stricken crowd in the hall.It was some time before the panic subsided.; The alarm was sprecd outside the hall by a few persons who had been near ‘the door and escaped unhurt. A crowd soon assembled and the work of clearing the hall was begun. The principal exit was a narrow stairway at the back of the hall.When this had been cleared of the bodies that filled it to the top it wasfoundthat71corpseshadbeenpiledupbesidethehallbuilding.A.14- year-old girl died next day.The dead that were piled up be- side the hall included 387 girls,19 boys,the rest being women and men. Excited men and women stood about to tragedy,others calling hysterical- ly for missing children,and a few even threatening voilence to the res- cuers for keeping them back from the long row of bodies. There was not much work for the many doctors who hurried to the scene as soon as the alarm was spread,for those who were not kill- ed in the first rush were held upright and safe by the very force of the on- rush towards the exit.Only three un- injured persons were taken to.the hospitals and a few went home,as- sisted by friends. All efforts to aScertain who gave er ceraeecareerereene ter eeecennnenereanenennye seer —ora --*[cuntsrmas Av MOORESVILLE. Marriages and Other Events of theHolidays-Postoflice Records Brok-| en,i Correspondence of The Landmark, Mooresville,Dec.29-~Last Wed- nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,at the home of the bride’s parents near Triplett church,“Miss ‘Ethel Upright and Mr.William’A.Sloop were unit- ed in marriage.The ceremony was performed by Rev.E.Myers im the presence of a large number of friends and relatives of the contracting par- ties.“The bride is the popular and accomplished daughter.of Mr.and Mrs.W.L.Upright,and the groom is a prosperous young farmer of the same section,a son of Mr.H.C. Sloop.The Mooresville postoffice broke all records in handling Christmas mails. Many hundreds of peskare’which would have formerly been handled by the express people found their way this year into the mails through the parcels post service.All prepara- tions possible were made beforehand for handling the’mails with dispatch and the employes in the office worked like bees in a hive for more than 15 hours a day during the week pre- ceding Christmas Day.Christmas packages were delivered as rapidly as possible and never allowed to con- gest in the office.The general de- livery window was opened the night before Christmas afterall trains had arrived and everything in the Christ- mas line was offered for delivery.Ar- ticles of all conceivable description were handled in the mails and it is remarkable how very few were brok- en or injured in any way.But unsat- isfactorily wrapped packages were in every mail. Madge,the twelve-year-old daugh- ter of Mr.and Mrs.Zeb Deaton, whose illness was mentioned in the last issue of The Landmark,passed the crisis last Saturday and is slow- ly improving.She was critically ill from the first and very little hope of her recovery was entertained un- til Saturday.She had a very severe case of pneumonia. Mr.C.E.Ervin,student at the State University,whose home is near Troutman,was in town last week on his way from Chapel Hill.Mr.Ervin is in the junior class at the Universi- the alarm have been fruitless,Some of the strikers are disposed to lay the blame on enemies of the organi- zation,while others claim that the Company C in the Second regiment.|Joseph Cullen Root,founder of the| Woodmen of the World and sover-| county last week when Brown stab- oed Dawson so that he died a days later.The men were brothers- in-law and on the eve of his death At Thomasville early Friday morning Jim Clemmons,watchmen for the Standard Chair Company, was held up by a masked man,rob- bed of $27 and shot through the lung.Ernest Massey,colored,was arrested on suspicion and the circum- stantin]evidence was so strong that he confessed.Feeling was so strong against him that he was taken to Greensboro jail for safety.Clemmons is expected to die. MATTERS OF NEWS. William Whtts,a prominent lawyer and politician of Nicholasville,Ky., received injuries from the premature explosion of a firecracker that caus- ed his death,It is stated that no 50-cent pieces supply on hand was ample for all think the 50-cent piece and the $2 bill are losing popularity Criticiam of the United States for discrimipating against Japanese and disapproval of the prospective partic- ipation of Japan in the Panama -Pa- cific exposition at San Francisco, were expressed in resolutions adopt- fore the Imperial Palace in Japan,Friday.Maj.Charles B.Hagadorn,milita- ry attache of the American ombassy in St.Petersburg,was found guilty by court martial in New York of dis- obeying orders and sentenced to a mild reprimand.Major Hagadorn was tried for “wilfully”disobeying the command of the President of the United States to remain at St tersburg until further orders. At Ocean Park,Cal.,Friday,20- foot breakers tumbling in on the crest of the season’s highest tide,broke over bulkheads guarding the Strand and nearly drowned between 30 and 40 men and women who were break- fasting in the basement grill of a fashionable hotel.The waves swept over all barriers,smashing in win- dows,and fell upon the guests at the table,flooding the room with water. The President to Senator Simmons. Senator Simmons,who as ch:irman of the Senate finance committee led the fight for the tariff bill,received the first bound copy of the law.In the book is space for the names of te President,the Vice President arid every member of the Senste. The President,the Vice Presidcnt and most of the Senators have writ-ten some brief but complimentary re- marks about Mr.Simmons on the fly lenves.In his own hand President Wilson wrote as follows: who.might provided for;organizations that pro- vided Christmas trees for a similar purpose and Christmas dinners for un- fortunates.While crime and dobauch ery always rears its ugly hedd at this blessed acason,there never was be- fore,probably,such a manifestation of ‘human sympathy and kindness as >evidence at the Christmas ‘ae paseed..This is encourag- .#F the himanitarian stand-.t the world is growing bett:roader and more sympathetic.at not otherwise have been “My Dear Senator Simmois.—TI welcome this opportunity to express again my warm admiration for your leadership in the great fight for this bill and my deep sense.of the service you have rendered this country. Ability,knowledge,tact and patiencecombinedtoaccomplisha_great thing. “Cordially and faithfully yours,“WOODROW WILSON,”aaaToPreventBloodPoisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR.PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL,a sur- gical ‘dressing that relieves pain and heals at Nota linimest.25c.SOc.$1.00.the same time, days.The remains were taken to} Omaha,Neb.,Mr. interment.David Dawson and Chas.Brown| were drinking together in Lenoir Dawson requested that Brown be not ‘be district attorney for the eastern prosecuted,|district,will come up when Congress were minted during 1915 because the| demands;and that Treasury officials| ed at a mass meeting of citizens be-| Tokio,| Pe-| alarm was given by persons inside the hall.Chas.H.Moyer,president of the eign commander of that order,died|Western Federation of Miners,wir- at a Hendersonville hotel Wednesday jed Secretary of night,following an iliness of a few jmanding an investigation. Labor Wilson de- RNC Root’s home,for |Dorteh and Webb Confirmed as Mar- shale Last Week. The nominations of W.T.Dortch and Chas.A.Webb,to be marshals of ithe eastern and western district of few|North Carolina,respectively,were jconfirmed last Tuesday afternoon. |The nomination of F.D.Winston,to reconvenes in January.There is ap- |parently no opposition to his confir- mation.Meantime Mr.Winston will ‘take charge of the office of district ‘attorney,having been designated by |Judge Conner to fill the vacancy ‘caused by the removal of District Attorney Seawell. Mr.Dortch,who had also been des- ignated by Judge Conner to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Marshal Dockery,qualified at once land having been confirmed by the | |Senate proc eeded to reorganize his office by the appointment of depu-| ties,/ Judge Boyd having designated J. /M.Baley to fill the vacancy caused jby the removal of Marshal Logan, Baley held on until Webb received his commission.Mr.Webb took the oath of office at Greensboro Saturday. He reappointed Baley chief deputy for 30 days and J.F.Garner was re- |appointed office deputy for the same }period.Mr.Webb will announce his new appointees in a few days.Mr, }Ross of Randolph,who was a candi- |date for marshal,will be chief deputy. The marshall’s office will be moved 'from Greensboro to Asheville’in 30 |days. Whether W.©.Hammer will be jappointed district attorney for this |district will be further considered when the President returns to Wash- jington after his Christmas vacation, |Plan to Select Places For the Region- al Banks. |The organization committee which is to launch the new Federal reserve its |plan for marking out boundaries of |reserve districts and the selection of lreserve cities.Public hearings will ibe held in 14 large cities—New |York,Boston,Chicago,St.Louis, Denver,Seattle,Portland,Ore.,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Houston, Tex.;New Orleans,Atlanta,Cincin- nati and Cleveland.Although these cities are the only ones to be visited,the advantages of many others will be considered,and bankers and others interested in cit- ies not named in its list will be iheard.The two cabinet officers com-{posing the committee will spend|practically all of the two months in this work. They expect to conclude their la- bors about the end of the period al- lowed national banks to announce their intention of becoming mem- bers of the system. |} |banking system has announced The result of jealousy about a girl, Jack Adams was shot to death in Robeson county.The shot was fired from ambush and Lacy McRae is in jail;to answer for the offence,Luke eCullum is under arrest as acces- sory.All parties colored. ~_—Sienna peotipeutibsengpeserpens x AUVERTISED LETTERS. Following ia =list of letters remaining ip week ending December 26,1913.Mrs.Mallie Allen,J.H.Amos,Mrs.Min-nie Bigwers,Miss Leaner Buckner,AndersonCarson,Mrs.Nancy Click,Mra.W. T.‘Haynes,Dr.‘Archibald Henderson,Vietor Humphreys,M.M.Johnson’M.A.Johnson,Rev.|Dr.a,Lawrence Lietz.John Moose,William Ontland,Frank F. -P.B.Watkins,Marry West. please call lure “advertised keDEWKY4.RAYMER,P.M. $4 the -postofice at Statenville,MN.C.,for the Stay,G.W.Sherrill,Mra.Lola Sumers,Miss Persous vatling for any of the above will ty.He has taken a leading part in |¥:M..C.A.work ever since his en- ltrance and has been elected one of ithe four representatives of the Uni- |versity to the general Y.M.C.A.con- |vention to be held this week at Kan- |Sas City,Mo.He will leave Wednes- iday for Kansas City. |Mr.Lum Raymer returned last week from Rivers,Manitoba,Canada, |where he has been for several years. Rivers is a considerable distance |north of North Dakota,where it is la common thing to see the mercury registering 60 degrees and more be- low zero.He will spend the,winter jat home. |Last Wednesday morning at jresidence of the bride’s parents a@ |pretty wedding was solemnized when Miss Ruth Moose and Mr.Walter \Francis Evans were united in mar- iriage.Only a few relatives and friends were present,The wedding march was played by Mrs.J.J. Hendly and the ceremony was per formed by Rev.A.W.Wileox.The bride is a daughter of Mr.and Mrs. \J.W.Moose and has lived in Moores- ville for a number of years.The groom has for a number of years held a responsible position with the Mooresville Cotton Mitts Mr.and Mrs.Oscar K.Bennett of |Asheville arrived before Christmas to} spend the holidays with her mother,| |Mrsa.Emma Robinson.Mrs.Bennett lwill not retarn for a week or more. |Mr.Bennett left for Asheville this | morning.|Mrs.S M.Patterson met with a iright painful accident Christmas |morning when her fingers were badly |mashed by a door closing on them. |Mr.W.G.Goodman and his mother, |Mrs.E.T.Goodman,went to Salis |bury Friday to spend several days jwith Mrs.W.A.Baker,her daugh- iter.Mr.C.W.Raymer of Warren, |Ark.is visiting his sister,Mra.W.| |W.Rogers,and other relatives in and| around Mooresville.Col.W.L.Har- |vey left last week for Camfen,N.J., |to spend Christmas holidays with his idaughter,Mrs.Vi iehards.Mrs. |Harvey and her daughtey,Mrs.R.B |Templeton,are also the Mr.and Mrs.D.E.Turner and ildren and Mr.and Mrs.Marvin Trner spent Christmas Day in Statesville with WwW.W.Turner,|tenes father,Mr. |where a family reunion was held. |Mr.Locke Edminston will leave to- jdav for Sherman,Texas,where he j will take a position with a milling ;company with which Mr.J.B.Martin, \formerly superintendent of the Dixie |Cotton Mills here,is connected.His |wife and daughter will not go for iseveral weeks. Christmas Day was one of the quietest known in Mooresville for a long time.The night before for a short while the town was in dark- ness on account of some trouble with the electric line and during this dark period the boys made things quite lively with fireworks.During all Christmas Day the weather man sent such weather that even -a firecraker would not “pop”and the town was quiet through compulsion.By the way,where did the idea for popping firecrackers on Christmas Day come from,anyway?This is very appro-priate on the Fourth of July but seems rather odd for Christmas time.;‘ Mr.and Mrs.J.W.Brawley of Greensboro spent the holidays with his mother,Mrs.J.E.Brawley,in Mooresville.Miss Gertrude Atwell of Winston returned to her home todayafterspendingChristmaswithhermother.Mrs.Sain. On New Year’s Day the banks,most of the stores,the postoffice and theruralmailcarrierswillbeoffduty. California Woman Seriously Alarmed.“A short time ago I contracted a severecoldwhichsettledonmylungsandcausedmeagrentdealofannoyance.I would havebadcoughingspellsandmylungsweresosoreandinflamedIbegantobeseriouslyalarmed.A friend recommended Chamber-lain’s Cough Remedy,saying she had useditforyears.I bought a bottle and it re>lieved my cough the first night,and in aweekIwasridofthecoldandsorencesmyJungs,”writes Misa Marie Gerber,Saw- telle,Cal.For sale by all dealers. Targets ays oeets0:two.Bt ;ae Ns nr Reliance Film.|Pitfall of Installment Plan (tw The Loaded Dice—K-B Film._. reels)~-American F Wednesday...Billy Dodges Bill (FINE Keys Crooksand Cred (a Vietim of |medy—Keystone auto 3 mania)-—Ameri ‘The Man of theWilderness f re iy Saturday. ;‘Majestic Film,|Calamity Anne’s Sacrifice Louie,the Life-Saver _,American Film,-Thanhauser Film.|The Rebellious Pa.i ia Tamin Same tia,Film Benet,lathe eae | AGirl Worth While ~~Thanhanger Filay :~Thanhauser Film.Monday.‘ The Iceman (revenge)spe —Majestic Film,[Three extra good reels. To Our Patrons: snp Wishing One and All a Prosperous 'New Year. Watch This Space Next Week. BELK BROTHERS. i] Special Saleof Dining Tables January Ist,2d and 3d we will offer some exceptional values in . Round Dining Tables,finished in Golden Oak,Early English and Mahogany OUR SPECIAL Our special table has a 54 inch round top,made of genuine quartered oak and highly polished.Has large round pedestal,with heavy colonial feet.This is a real $30 value.Our special price is only $22.50. Our No.19 Table has 43 inch round top,made of golden oak,has heavy pedestal and colonial feet Our special price $10. Our No.194 same dimensions as No.19,finished Farly English $10 Our No.02 Mahogany Table has 45 inch round top,highly polished, very heavy pedestal.Our special price only $20.: Come in early if you want to get advantage of these special prices. Your neighbor is going toget one of these tables.Salelasts three days. Crawford-Bunch Furniture Company.. 8 SIN GERE THANKS! Our sincere and hearty thanks for the very best trade we have ever had since being in business.“iy RHLRICKERT &SON,Jewelers *6 '‘OFFICE: »grandchildren -THE LANDMARK (¢ PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. "1a.WEST BROADVELEPHONENO.14: ———TUESDAY,---December 30,1913. A WEDDING FOR THE NEW YEARFatmaffMr.Ramsey Will Go to Kentucky ForaBride—Mr.Raynal Talks to En-tre Nous About Ibsen—Social Af-fairs.‘ Mrs.J.F.Kirk was hostess to the Elericemoh ‘club Friday afternoon.Mrs.ClarenceStimpson was the pro- gramme leader,“Christmas Selec-tions”being the subject,and she was assisted in the programme by Mrs.|R.M.Gray,Mrs.E.B.Watts andMrs.E.G.Gilmer.The hostess served a salad course with turkey,coffee and sweets.Out-df-town guests were Mrs,Jas.Willson and Mrs.Middleton,the latter a sister of Mts.Kirk.Cards have been issued for the marriage of Miss Laura Ellen How- ard,daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Wil- liam Porter Howard of Russellville, Ky.,and Mr.John DeWitt Ramsey of Statesville,which will take place in the Baptist church at’Russellville Thursday evening,January 15th,at6.30.o’clock,The Entre Nous ¢lub held a pleas- ant meeting with Mrs.F.F.Steele Saturday afternoon at her home °on West End avenue.The club waspleasedtohavepresentonthishol- iday gathering Mrs.Eds Land of Goldsboro,Miss Ethel Boozer of Greensboro and Mrs.Lois Long Hackett,who is at home from New York:The feature of the afternoon was an excellent lecture on the life and works of Ibsen,@ noted author, by Rev.Chas.E.Raynal.In the course of the lecture Mr.Raynal mentioned each of Ibsen’s charac- ters,and being very familiar with the work of the author the lecture was highly entertaining.Following Mr.Raynal Miss Carrie Hoffmann recited one of Ibsen’s poems,“Hed- da Gabler.”Three courses of re- freshments were served. The menibers of the Royal club and a number of other guests were entertained at bridge Friday after- ngon by Mrs,J.H.Hoffmann at her homé én West End avenue.In the game Mrs.Wm.Wallace won the high score prize and Mra.E.8.Pe- gram was successful in the cutting for the consolation prize.Several courses of refreshments were served. The home was very attractive with its Christmas.decorations. Mrs.T.D.Miller and Miss Rebekah Miller entertained yesterday after- noon in honor of Mrs.Wm C.Mil- ler of Virginia,Mrs.D.H.Turner and.Miss Mary Leis Miller;and Mrs. A.P.Barron will entertain this af- ternoon in honor of Miss Miller,Mrs. Turner and Mrs.Miller.The two last named are brides and Miss Mil- ler will be married tomorrow after- noon. Mrs.N.FE.Fleming entertained all her children at her home on Friday, 26th,at a Christmas dimner.All her children and all except five of the were present,there being about forty Notices of New Advertisements. Overcoat lost.—W.A.Bristol. R.M.Gray,superintendent of pub- lic instruction,will -be in his officeeveryTuesdayandSaturday Good horse and buggy for P.P.Purnell. L.B.Bristol Co.will gin only on Fridays and Saturdays but will buy cotton every day. Fred B.Phifer has qualified as ad- ministrater of M.D.Phifer. The Maiden Ginning Co.will keep office open all week but will gin only on Fridays and Saturdays. The banks will observe Thursday sale. LIMPSE OF PASSING THRONG. Personal Mention of People and TheirMovements. Messrs.W.L.Allison of ChicagoandR.H.Allison of Richmond,Va,,are spending the holidays at Mr.T.J.Allison’s.Mr.R.H.Allison wenttoCharlotteyesterday.Miss Ethel Boozer of GreensborospentChristmaswithhersister,Mrs,.F.Steele.‘Mrs.D.B.Wood has returned from Ralcigh,where she spent sev- eral weeks with her daughter,Mrs: H.L.,Meacham.Mrs.B.M.Garrison and Miss Ju- lia Sherrill visited in Charlotte.last week. Dr.J.M.Boyette and daughters, Misses Annie Beck and Ruth,are ex- pected to arrive in Statesville today from Kannapolis to visit Mr.and Mrs.W.H.Allison. Mrs.Harry Gregory and_little daughter,Louise,of Charlotte,are visiting Mrs.Gregory’s parents,Mr.and Mrs.W.J.Lazenby.Mr.Gre- gory,who was here,returned to Char- lotte yesterday. Dr.G.A:Lazenby of High PointvisitedrelativesinStatesvilleand Cool Spring township during t':e hol- days. Miss Sadie Ward went to AshevilleThursdaytospendtheholidayswith her cousin,Miss Cordie Bailey.Mr.and Mrs.Neill Sharpe spent Christmas with Mr.and Mrs.J.P. Hughey in Salisbury.They return- ed home Friday. Mr.O,Pv Sowers,who spent Christmas with his mother,Mrs.C. C.Sowers,will return to his home at Clinton,8S.C.,this week. Mrs.Posey of Atlanta,who spent several weeks with her father,Mr.D.C.Rufty,has gohe to Charlotte to visit relatives. Miss Gertrude Rufty has returned home after spending some months with her sister in Charlotte. Mrs.J.L.Goodfiran and children spent the holidays with Mr.Goodman in Raleigh. Mr.Nathan O’Berry of Goldsboré was here last week on a short visit to his daughter,Mrs.Ross McElwee. Mr.A.R.Summers of Montongo, Ark.,is visiting relatives:in town and county.Mr.Summers is a son of the late H.C.Summers of Shiloh township. Mr.Raymond V.Allison ef De- troit,Mich.is spending several days with his parents,Mr.and Mrs. T.J.Allison. Mrs.R.C.Gouger is here from South Carolina on a visit to relatives. Mr.Gouger was here last week Mrs.M. visiting her parents,Mr.and Mrs. ©.8.Holland. Miss Martha Simons is at from Atlanta for the holidays. home township. Alfred and Julius *Sternberger of Wilmington are visiting their aunt, Mrs.Sig Wallace. Mr.and Mrs.C.H. the holidays ,with .Mrs. mether,Mrs.Beal, Misses Eleanor and Louise Clark, who have been with their father,Mr.) W.D.Clarke,during the holidays, will return to Lenoir today turning home. Janie Gibbs of Davidson and Miss| Allie McAuley of the vicinity of} Hantersvillé,‘arrived in Statesville from Davidson Saturday night to C.H.Summers. Ashe county for Christmas Mr.and Mrs.T.L.Green left yes- as a holiday |terday for their home in Lenoir af- D.Pace of Mocksville ‘is? |White’s mother,Mre.L.D Mr.Reece Gibbs of Wyoming,Miss |Her sister,Miss Elizabeth Robinette, pend a few days with Mr.and Mrs.|Matheson. |Early of Winston-Salem,spent Dr.L.O,Gibson was at home from |holidays with Miss Lillian Matheson Tomlin,are.visiting’Mr.and Mrs.Tomlin at their home’on Davie ave-rit.Miss;Myrtle MeGhee of Lester isthe’guest of Miss Mary Lawrence inOlintownship.Mr.D.F.Mayberry returned yes-terday from a visit to his home peo-ple in Charlotte.Mr.and Mrs.J.E.Hennessee and son,Billie,of Salisbury,are guests ofMr.and Mrs.W.T.Nicholson. Conductor and Mrs.Chas,Fleming and three children,who spent the ‘/hol- idays with their mother,Mrs,N.E, Fleming,left yegterday for their home in Victoria,Va.\ Among the young peas at homefromschoolfortheholidaysinad-ditipn jto.those -already mentioned are Miss Elizabeth Brawley from Randolph -Macon Woman's College, Liynchburg,Va.,Misses Vera.Mill- saps,Ruth Gill,and Ircne Templeton from the State Normal,Greensboro; Mr.C,M.Adams from Wake ForestCollege,Messrs.Frenk,Thomas and Henry Hill,Minor Adams,Baxter Overeash and Julian Morrison from Davidson College,James Pressly and Elbert Shelton from Erskine College,Due West,8S.C.;Miss Ma- rion Yount from Elizabeth College, Charlotte;Messrs.Legh Seott and Harper Brady from Union Theolog- ical Seminary,Richmond,Va.;Miss Nellie Patterson,Greensboro College for Women;Robt.Hill from the Uni- versity of Maryland,Baltimore. THE NEWS OF TAYLORSVILLE. Many Holiday Visitors—-People Com-ing and Going. Correspondence of The Landmark. Taylorsville,Dec.29.—Mr.and Mrs.W.J.Fortner of Florence,S.C., are spending the holidays with Mrs, Fortner’s parents,Mr.and Mrs.T.J. Fortner.Mr.Howell Hedrick,who spent several days with his parents, Mr.and Mrs.E.L.Hedrick,return- ed today to his work in Jacksonville, Fla.Mr.and Mrs.John Carson and baby of Waynesville are spending the holidays with Mrs.Carson's par- ents,Mr.and Mrs.H.T.Campbell. Mrs.W.T.Woodruff of Mocksville, who spent several days with her daughter,Mrs.H.T.Kelly,will)re- turn home today.Mr.and Mrs.J.A. Matheson,who have been in Asheville several weeks,spent a week here with Mr.Matheson’s parents,Mr.and Mrs. W.B.Matheson.They will go to their home in’Greensboro today for a few days’stay before returning to Asheville.Messrs.Will Matheson and Jo.Matheson of Hawkins,Texas, jand Ronald Matheson of Fayetteville |are visiting their mother,Mrs.J.P. Matheson.Mr.William P.Allen, who has been with a lumber company at Ivanhoe,Sampson county,return- ed home Wednesday.Miss Mabel Miss Viola Reece of Washington |Cooper,a student at the State Nor- City is a guest at the home of Mr.|mal College,Greensboro,is spending and Mrs.A.H.Reece in Cool Spring |the holidays with her mother,Mrs. |E.A.Cooper.Miss Irene LeQueux, |who spent Christmas with her moth- ler,Mrs.H.D.LeQueux,has returned |to Statesville to resume her work as Turner spent|stenographer for Mr.G.E. Turner’s |Mr.J. in Newton | French, P.Babington and daughter, little Miss Cora Mae,are spending the holidays with Mr.Babington’s sister,Mrs.Margaret Thornton,in Atlanta.Mr.John Ingram,depot agent at Burlington,spent a few days | Miss Janie Leonard-is visiting Miss |here with his father,Mr.W.A.In Elizabeth Lazenby in Greensboro.|gram,returning yesterday Mr.and She will also visit her sister,Mrs.8.|Mrs.G.G.White and little son,Wil-| D.Swaim,in Lexington before re-jliam,spent Christmas with Mrs Robinette accompanied them to their homein | Statesville Friday.Mr.C.L.Steven son of Hickory is spending the holi days with his grandfather,Mr.A.H Misses Grace and Blanche the Mr.and Mrs.Harold Early of Win- ston,who are visiting Mrs.Early’s parents,Mr:and Mrs.R.L.Davis, Auction sale of store fixtures to-|ter spending a few days here with |at Hiddenite,spent Sunday with Missdayat2o'clock at old Foushee stand Bunch of keys lost. Landmark. Small black Woodward Sale of personal property,Jan.15, setter lost.Geo.E. 1914.—J.8S.Clodfelter Horse for sale.Apply at 808 Davie avenue * Money to loan on first mortggae real estate.Apply to G.,cere The Landmark Young man position. dress S.,care The Landmark. Typewriter wanted.—lack Wallace. At the Crescent this week. The First National Bank new connections. An appreciation Moyer Dry Sox Co. The past year a good one for the Statesville Drug Co, Grateful to customers, Ad- invites R.P.Allison. Poston-Wrsson Merchants &Farmers’Bank. R.B.McLaughlin,commissioner, will sell valuable farm February 2, 1914. Wishing you a happy New Year.— Home Bakerv. All joy.—R.F.Henry Jewelry Co. Greetings.—Eagle &Milholland. Smoke stocks.—T.W.Frazier.: Registered brood sow.—Lee Albbrt- son, Good.—Dr.R.W.Woodward. Good chance for winner.—Greens- boro Daily News. Season's ereetings.- gomery Hardware Co. Happy New Year.—Sloan Clothing Co. Quinacetol for colds.—W.F.Hall. A happy New Year from the Sher- rill-White Shoe Co. Taking stock.—-Mills &Poston. Appreciation of patronage.—lIre- dell Hardware Co. Good will.-Ramsey-Bowles-Morri- son Co." Thank you.—The R.M.Knox Co, At the Lyric. The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co.wishes you a happy New Year, A .prosperous New Year.—Belk Bros.Sincere thanks.—-R.H.Rickert & Son. Special sale of dining tables.—Crawford-Bunch Furniture Go.Five shares stock in Statesville Realty &Investment Co,for sale.— \E.G.Gaither. Lazenby-Mont- |Mr Return to The |came to Statesville from Elkis,where |Charlotte spent eee nent enttieennnneennenetllann, Mr.Will Harbin was at home fromLynchburg,Va.,for Christmas. and Mrs.J.L.Sherrill,They they visited relatives. Mr.Victor L.Stephenson of Charlotte Observer staff spent day with home people here,returning Sun.| to Charlotte yesterday.|Sarah Campbell,in Durham. |Elizabeth Ingram,who spent someW.A./time in Mrs.G.M.Howard,who was a guest at the home of Mr Thomas,has returned to Wadesboro. Mr.and Mrs.A.L.Snyder of Pax- ton,Pa.,are holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs.D.L.Raymer. Mrs.W.D.Vinson and son,Mr. Porter P.Vinson.of Davjdson,were holiday guests of Mr.and Mrs.W. F.Hall. Mr.and Mrs.A.R.Sherman of Wilkesboro are visiting at the home of Mrs.Sherman’s mother,Mrs.N. A.Bingham. Judge and Mrs.A.L.Coble have returned from Winston-Salem,where they visited Mr.and Mrs.Lindsay Patterson. Miss Lois Axley,who is a student at Martha Washington College,Ab- ingdon,Va.,and Mr.Earl Axley, who has been traveling in Maryland, are spending the holidays with theirparents,Mr.and Mra.F.J.Axley. Mr.J.D.Cochrane is spending the holidays with his son,Mr.R.B. Cochrane,in Cincinnati,Ohio. Mr.R.E.Pope of Cherryville vis- ited his brother,Mr.P.S.Pope,last week. Mr.and Mrs.Chas.S.Brawley and little daughter,Martha Virginia,of Chapin,S.C.,are visiting Mr.Braw- ley’s relatives in Statesville. Mr.C.R.Gaither,who was at home for Christmas,returned to Bladen county yesterday.5 Misses Lois and Yeona Love are at home from Raleighand Mr.Frank Love is at home from Chapel Hill for the holiday vacation..- Mr.Henry Moore returned to Con- cord yesterday after spending a few days at home. Mrs.Carrie Neill,who visited in Statesville,returned yesterday toGreenville,,8.C. Mr.Jostph PF.Tayloe of Washing- ton,N.C.,clerk to the United States Senate finance committee,is here, the guest of Collector Watts and Mr.W.W.Leinster. Mr.Raymond Colvert of Minneso-ta is here to spend two or.threeweekswithhisparents,Mr.ond Mrs.J.E.Colvert.Mr.Cal.Pitte of Concord and Mr. the | Matheson.Dr.J.P.Matheson of Sunday with his |parents,Mr.and Mrs.W.B.Mathe son.Mra.Sarah Feimster and daugh ter,Miss Grace Feimster,are visit ing Mrs.Feimster’s daughter,.Mre Miss Durham with Mrs.Camp- bell,has returned to her home here. Mr.J.U.Smith and sisters,Misses Jennie and Addie Smith,moved Fri- day from their farm,two miles east of town,to their new residence on the lot adjoining Mr.H.P.Feimster’s Their brother,Lawyer W.M.Smith of Charlotte,is spending the holidays with them. Mrs.Emma Stikeleather,matron of the school at Porter,and her son,Mr.Frances,a student at the A.&M. College,Raleigh,are visiting rela- tives here.Dr.S.T.Crowson and Sheriff R.L.Matheson took Mrs. Lioyd Kerley of Little River township to the State Hospital,Morganton, ‘last week.Mrs.8S.T.Crowson and baby spent Friday in Statesville with relatives.Prof.J.A.White,princi- pal of the high school at Cleveland, and his son,Mr.T.C.White,alse of Cleveland,ate spending the holi- days here with Mirs.J.A.White. Mrs.O.L.Hollar and children,Mr. Long Hollar and Miss Suma Hollar, of Hickory and little Miss Elsie Hol-lar,a student at the Deaf and Dumb School at Morganton,are spending the holidays here with Dr.0.L.Hol- lar.Mr.W.J.Byerly of Mt.Airy, vice president of the Bank of Alex-ander,attended the meeting of the stockholders and directors of the bank here Saturday. Christmas at the Churches. Christmas exercises of some kindwereheldatpracticallyallofthe churches of the town,some of the Sunday .schools having Christmas trees in connection with their exer- cises,while others distributed treats without the usual tree.A large con- gregation enjoyed the programme ofChristmasmusie-rendered.by —thechoirofBroadStreetMethodistchurchSundayevening.eve- music,with the exception of a fewminutesforScripturereadingandprayer.-¥ Dallas Pitta of Atlanta,father and|Soutbrother,respectively,of Mrs.W.H. oan Lost His Trousers in the Road. Henry Moose,a resident of Beth- any township,celebrated Christmas in such a manner that he forgot him- self,so to speak,and proceeded to take off his trousers,Wednesday night,and throw them down in the road near Mr.John Morrison’s store. When he “found himself”next morn- ing he was about’a mile further north and minus his trousets,his watch and $42 in money.DeputySheriffWardwasaskedtoaidinthe recovery of the money and at the in- stigation of Moose a warrant was issued for a person who was thought to have taken the money and watch from the trousers,which were found in the road where Moose had left them.While Mr.Ward was making his investigation the sons of Mr.Al. Tucker voluntarily came to him and surrendered the lost money and watch,which they had found in the road and taken home.The warrant issued for the party under suspicion was then destroyed.Moose says he has no recollection of having taken off his trousers,but they were off,nev- ertheless,when he “found himself” walking around in the rain. Home For the Holidays. Among =Statesville’s seattered- abroad at home for the holidays were Dr.Reid Patterson of Charlatte,Mr. J.W.Patterson from Mobley,Mo.; Mr.Edward Anderson:from Lincoln- ton,Mr.Lonnie Mills from C arlotte, Mr.and Mrs.T.Clyde Moose from Salisbury,Messrs.McGilvary and Mitchell Orr from Wayne county, Miss Mary Marshall from Lencir, Mr.Pressly Love from Richmond, Va.;Mr.W.B.Turner from Concord, Mr.Frank Summers from Charlotte, Mr.H.H,.Swann from Norfolk,Va.; Mr.Edgar H.White from Dur':am, Mr.Mac.R.Long from Winston-Sa- lem,Mr.Cross Phillips from Geor- gia,Mr.J.B.Ives from Wilming- ton,Mr.EB.G.Gaither from Concord, Mr.W.W.Leinster from Washing- ton,Mr.Edwin Anderson from Lin- colnton, President Wilson was 57 yearg old Sunday. FOR SALE—A good horse and buggy.P.P.PURNELL _Dee.30, LOST—Black,silk lined overcoat,lining slightly frayed at arm holes.Initiale “W‘.BK”or “W.B.”on inside pocket.Re-ward for return to W.A.BRISTOL. Dec.30-—1t FOR SALE—Five shares stock in StatesvilleRealty&Investment Go.E.G.GAITHER Dec.30 WANTED—Pesition by young married man with experience in mercantile busi news, Can furnish good reference Address &. care The Landmark Dec.30-—2t* The 30 Return te Dee LOST—Benech of Landmark keys. LOST—Small black setter with collar,white *on feet Information of him appre ciated GEO.EB WOODWARDDee.36-20" TO LOAN—#500 on fret mortwage real os- The Landmark,~tate Dee Apply ¢are go |WANTED ~Visible oniversal keyboard typewriteringoodconditionJACKWAL- ;LACE Dee.36-11|=tae ‘siaenndeiinainiaindiablids 'FOR RENT —Seven-room dwelling,enst Sharpe street,with stattenary range. A.ELIASON Dee.19. |FOR RENT—Five-reom howee en Webb |#treet with city water Apply to N.& Dec.23--7t°TUNSTALI HOLIDAY ! }The undersigned banks will observe nextThuredayas«holiday and will be closed for jbusiness that dayFIRSTNATIONAL BANK, COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK,}| |MERCHANTS &FARMERS BANK|Dee.90 AUCTION SALE! |Today at i »™of all store fixtures formerly owned by W.W.Foushee.Sale at Broad street Included im articles 10 tables.floor ease,out 116 weet jin tlnrwe wafe,&oF iside display case,ditplay fixtures,spool cot- |tom case,paper cutter,even rolis paper and f other artic!«Dee.20-—1%\*number «.atNOTICE! On and after thie date we will rep gin lonly om Friday and Saturday of each week However,W.A.Watte will be at gin every day in week to receive cotton MAIDEN GINNING CO NOTICE! impresa upon you this fact,that we will be at the gin office every day (six days out of the week)and will buy your seed cotton and continue to pay the very top of the marketL.B.BRISTOL CO.,bh A.Gill,Manager Dec.36-~2t ADMINIS”RATOR’S NOTICE, Having qualifed as administrater of M.D Phifer,deceased,thia is notify all per- some having cluimes against his estate to pre- sent same to roe on or before December 30, 1914,or this notice will be plead im bar of their recovery All persona indebted to said estate will,please make settlementFREDb.PHIFER, Weatherman,Atty 30,1913, Admr R.TDec.~~TUESDAYANDSATURDAY Unless providentially hindered,I shall be in my office every TUESDAY and SATUR- DAY.So much of my time will be taken up in visiting schoole and in other schoolworkindifferentpartsofthecounty,that I have set apart these two days for office work.If you whnt to be sure of finding me inmyoffice,please eall on TUBSDAY or SAT- URDAY.R.M.GRAY,County Supt.Pub-lie Instruction.Dec.BO.NUTS. Fresh English Walnuts, Brazil Nuts, Almonds,’ MixedNuts, Cocoanuts, Will run my gin plant Friday and Satur-| day of each week from this date,but wish to | ‘TSO May Peace and Prosperity be abun-— y dantly bestowed upon the people of fyy'Iredell county during the New Year.fy MWe are deeply grateful for the gen-4We«serous patronage given us during the #yypastyear,A if Mi.We have faithfully endeavored to fyMgrender-fit service.4 a «With increased resources and facili-[i yy ties we invite new connections.MiyFIRSTNATIONALBANKM4¥OF STATESVILLE,N.C.|My J.C.Irvin President,E.$.Pegram Cashier.“i § ee $100,000 ;..$33,000 J wish to thank each and every one of my many —costomers for their very liberal patronage fortheyear1913.¥ You can find the Book Store in the future next toHall’s Drug Store. Wishing one and alla Happy and Prosperous New Year, R.P.ALLISON'S Book Store, | | | i PUBLIC SALE—Of persena!l property Jan.| 15,1914,at my residence In Shiloh town-ship Clodfelter Dec.36 3t*x “.?od FOR SALE—Rean horse,&years old.Good|saddle or driving animal,Apply at 808| Davie Ave Dee,36-3 ' A HAPPY NEW YEAR! We wish for one and all a Happy New Year.Also to express our appreciation to every customer we served the past year : for their loyal support,and we promise the best service and satisfaction that long serv- ice and honest merchandise can give.Yours to serve,The S.,M.&H.Shoe Co., Statesville,N.C. is the BEST—the VERY BEST—that skill,machinery and materials can make,} REGARDLESS OF COST., It eontains ONLY the best and most costly ingredientsknown to Paint Science; hence better Paint cannot be made. _——FOR SALE BY—— Lazenby-Montgomery Hardware (o., Statesville,N.C. We wish a Bright,Happy and Accept our Prosperous New Year. _Thanks for thebest year yet. WE OWE IT TO YOU. THE REXALL STORE. AOA AIDFORRENT—On and after January 1,1914,/POR SALB—Dray amall storerom on west.Broad street,now head of horses and ‘mules,occupied by Singer Sewing Machine Co.©..wagons.Bargain to quick Apply to MRS.D.A.MILLER,367 Weat|TORNEC lot,with good barn. End avenne,Dec.16.—4t.|i Miller-McLain Supply Co. & FOR RRENT—Resldence on Walnut street.A.FOR RENT—Two houses.L.K.OVERCASH. L,COBLE.Dec.19.'Dee,19.sea / We take this method of thanking our many patrons and friends for the very liberal patronage they have been kind enough to extend to us the past year,and assure them we appreciate it very.much indeed.We have done our utmost to please you and give value receiv- ed and will continue to do so in the future. Thanking you again,we are Very sincerely, ic 9 have made it possible for me to sign ;a 2 ; i |is bill There have arr nie |reservoirs of reserves,”in which all (he R.M.Knox Com y ®ais oe ree es ware ‘heen es 9 banks shall deposit a stated part of :and counter -currents,but the |thar-are vedubeat hold \stream has moved forward.I think the money t ay.ore required to hole jwe owe special admiration to the pa 1a ate ae as the new are y aadmanien vata:a me one re tience and the leadership and the skill when a financia urry comes,ne ‘é é 1”lana the force of the chairmen of the |banks can take commercial paper, ,°ltwo committees and behind them |such as notes,drafts and bills of ex- Fee ,Ihave stood had’co ttees _m,|change,to these “reservoirs,”and se- :What sort ofa paper fe it?In thefirst place it must be a Home Paper |ceive on relaiaw =aectan a brea cure the use of their own reserve,or, the Woman's Friendand rt of her daily life.And it must be a Necessi-!,.and of ful th vht in os lif necessary,even the reserve of oth- ,he Busi Ma ust not only tell what ist Taste thin wort.102 and of careful thought in this mat-|”banks,by depositing thia security ;ty to the ness Man.only tell what is happeninginthe world,|ter which undoubtedly has rebound.|'x banks,by Copa &a SOCUrire? but it mustgofarther +is mapeening and whatIt means.led to the benefit of the bill itself.|-%¢new regional banks will re- ,The Best Possible Newap staff of correspondents covering the|“Then there has grown,as we have ceive about one-half of the bank re- ;world field of the As ted a Press,scouring the earth for vital |advanced with this’business and the |5®'¥®*of the raat le ob Pigg be ;human facts.It has fas kearid music,literatureand politics |great piece of business which preced-|will be permitted to loan back to the ,at its right-hand.It hasthe marke thefarmer,the merchant,the broker.|ed it,evidences of teem work that bercnnhy =>ee ae c The world has never seen an age of greater constructive significance in ‘°™y mind have been very notable |See,roe,oa eas he pn oi sas :‘~‘».|indee .é ah fen at ym )‘as ce we bdDroug .polities,in science,in society Every move in the field of action is a topic eee Only constructive action,|into aentatien quickly.The banks ;po discussion in cities,villages,hamlets,at cross roads.And the Best Por-|0n'y the action which accomplishes|Vi]have to pay for these loans, sible Newspaper must equip its readers for intelligent understanding of all these things.: That is precisely why it is the simple truth that for our eerpomes ned for the purposeof the whole South,the BEST POSSIBLE NE SPAPER is -The Sunday Sun,by Mai THE BALTIMORE § N (Morning,Evening and Sunday) Morning or Evening by Mail,25c.a Month,$3 a Year.» 1,one Month 15c.,two Months 25¢.,$1.50 a Year.All three editions by mail,$7.50 a Year. THE A.S.ABEL COMPANY,Baltimore,Md,Address your order to ~ ee =x ve Appreciation of Patronage’ Statesville Realty &Investment Co. J. ——:Sa_[4 CASH—LUMBER! PHENIX PLANING MILL COMPANY be pateote With the closing of the old year and the opening of the New Year we wish to thank you for your remarkably gen- erous patronage in the past,and invite you to inspect our splendid stock,whether you buy or not.We are glad to welcome you and feel proud that through so many years you have each season taken our word onthe value of ourmerchandise,Trust us once more.Our word is as good as our bond._You've had good crops this year and we would appreciate it if our creditors would drop in and pay up all old accounts. Get the pony coupons and help some little boy or girl win the pony.Wishing you a happy New Year,we are,Yours for service. Iredell Hardware Com’y. 1906 <em>1913 On October 31,1913,we closed our seventhyear9business,We take this occasion tothan¥the loyal patrons of our company forthebusinesstheyhaveentrustedtousdur-ing that time and we believe we have givensatisfactiontoallofourcustomers,Hay-ing grown out of infancy into mature man-hood in the INSURANCE BUSINESS.weaskforacontinuanceofyoursupportand influence, ‘Remember “We Insure Anything Insurable.” ,We write all classes of BONDS,and thussaveyoutheembarrassmentofapplyingtoyourneighborforsuch.Writeus your needs. F.CARLTON,Manager. evesee ees APR——PRICES AND MEASUREMENT— _../>)We.will please you with both.solicited from buyers and sellers. Nov.7—26t. THE LANDMARK Secon :« THE CURRENCY BILL IS LAW. |Reeeived the President’s Signature MAIN PROVISIONS OF ACT. Summary of the Main Feattres oftheNewCurrencyLaw. Generally speaking,the first stepstobetakentobringintooperation the nation’s new financial system will be through an organization commit- tee consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury,Secretary of’Agriculture and Comptroller of the,Currency. Banks have 60 days within which to file their applications (for membe: ship in the new system;and one year’s time is allowed before the gov- ernment will compel the dissolution of any national bank that refuses to join.© Farm Mortgages Collateral. The new law,will make little direct change in the operation’of the pres- ent national banks,except to allow them to loan a certain amount:of their funds upon farm mortgages.Its re EE oN etme 'UESDAY,| -~December 30,. Last Tuesday Evening —A Hap- ‘py Gathering at the White House. President,Wilson signed the Glass- Owen currency bill at 6.01 o’clock last Tuesday night in the preserice Of members of his cabinet,the congres- sional committecs on banking and currency,and Democratic leaders,in Congress generally., With a few strokes of the pen the President converted into law the measure to be known as the Federal reserve act,reorganizing the nation’s banking and currency system,and furnishing,in the words of the Pres- ident,“the machinery for free and elastic and uncontrolled credits,put Horses,Mares shea?4AFOURCARLOADOFandMules | nner easescerverterne! TUESDAY,DECEMBER 16,we received at our -.atables in Statesville,N.C.,100 head of Tennessee-Vir- ginia Horses,Mares and Mules.We have one car of -nice Mares,and a few pair of large Mules,Plenty medi- um size Horses and Mules and a nice lot of Saddle and Driving,Horses and Mares _This lot of stock was bought right off the farms and free from colds and ready to go to :work.If you need anything in our line now is the time to get it.Rememberthat all stock is from $25 to $30 cheaper just before the holidays.Come to see us Prices and terms right.‘Henkei-Craig Live Stock Co. at the disposal of the merchants and manufacturers of this.country for the first time in 50 years.” Enthusiastic applause ran through the ceremony not only as the Presi- dent affixed his signature but as he delivered an extemporaneous speech characterizing the desire of the ad- ministration to take common counselwiththebusinessmenofthecountry and the latter’s efforts to meet the government’s advances as ‘“‘the con- stitution of.peace.” The event.came at the close of a day of rejoicing in the national cap-ital,for Congress had recessed for two weeks for the first time since it convened last April.The Democrat- ic leaders were jubilant because of machinery to the banking system that will “take up the slack”during the changing business conditions of each year;that will give the banks a place to convert their assets quickly into cash in time.of need,and that will bring out new Federal currency when it is needed,and retire it when money becomes “cheap.” Banks are now required to keep a certain per centage of their deposits as “reserves,”part in cash in their own vaults and part of which may be redeposited in the banks of New York,Chicago,St.Louis and,other designated cities.In times of sud- den financial demands,when banks have loaned up to the full limit of they had completed two big pieces of their resources,these reserves fur- legislation—the tariff and the curren-nish little relief,because,if they cy reform—in nine months,a per-|4re paid out to meet demands the formance which they considered un-banks are left in a precarious condi- precedented in the history of the tion.. country.To Get Reserves Into Circulation. The President’s Remarks—Not a The basic principle of the new law Partisan Measure.is to get these reserve,funds out in- “J need not tell you,”said the|*°circulation when ‘neéessary,with- out lessening the safety of any bank; and to provide a place to which local banks may rush in a crisis and get eash for the “prime commercial pa- per”they hold in their vaults. This is to be accomplished through a chain of regional reserve banks,or President to the assembled group as he took up his pen,“that I feel a very deep gratification at being able to sign this bill and I feel that I ought to express very heartily the admiration I have for the men who chief purpose is to add a new piece}= something,fills men with the enthu- siasm of co-operation and I.think |however,as individuals have to pay ’,~oe that at this session of Congress,we |for a loan from any ae bank;a have witnessed an accumulating this charge 1s yo ge ”heldpleasureandenthusissmonthepart|the too free a Me =eee re of the membership of both houses in j by the regions!banks:;,./ secing substantial and lasting things|New Form of Currency. accomplished A new form of paper currency in It is a matter of real gratifiea-!the form of Treasury notes is also jtion to me that in the case of this bill}provided for,to come out in case of jthere should have been 80 considera-|emergency,and which is expected to ble a number of Republican votes|go back into the hands of the gov- east for it All great measures un-/|ernment when times are normal. der our system of government are of |These “Treasury notes”will be print- On} gQ i t l i -a-.-a:; FUL MAPLE BS Yano dl Ke PP 04 66FermeCo Three-piece Parlor Suit $18.50 Special for cash New Rugs have arrived.$3.00 9x12 and up to $76.00. Statesville Housefurnishing Company. bn Pianos at a Big Reduction! In order to hold my territory for another year and extend the same if possible,and also*for the purpose of taking a vacation from business during the month of January, I offer ten Pianos,in stock,at 20 per cent. off the regular prices.Also all small in- struments at a reduction of 10 per cent. Statesville,N.C. J.§.LEONARD, = ix origination and their passage;|and will bear the guarantee both of this cannot be calléd a partisan grovern- meneure.It has been relieved of all |ment. timation of that sort by the cor-|If the demand for currency in any I co-operation of men on the oth-|section of the country exceeds the .Bide of the two houses who have|supply of circulating money,a re- with us and have given very)gional bank can secure this new mon- i tantial reasons and very intelli-|ey from the government and put it gent reasons for acting with us.So|into circulation;but a gold reserve jthat I think we ¢an go home with the |of 40 per cent.and commercial paper |feeling that we are in better spirits equal to the full value of the note \for public service than we were when!must be held as a_reserve behind (we convened in April.”each note so issued.This provision |Used Four Pens im)Signing the Bill,|is expected to be the influence that} j —;will drive the new money back into Recaeis nee Seti lat =coe retirement when ee taal need lattended the completion of the tariff jlaw.The confererive report on the bill,which had pe.sed the House Monday night by aa overwhelming| vote,was Wowie adopted by the}:7SenateTueyafternoon,by 2 vote dent,and to consist of the Secretary lof 43 to 26.Senators Jones,Norris \of the Treasury,the Comptroller of and Weeks,Republicans,and Sena-the Currency and five other members. tor Poindexter,Prosxessive,voted |TWo of these shall be expert bank- with the Democrats.The engrossed ers,but none shall have banking bill,with the signatures of the Vice affiliations or own bank stock during President and the Speaker of the their service.This board will exer- House,was finally taken to the |cise general control over the entire White House shortly tefore 6 o’clock.|8¥8tem.i 3y 6 o'clock,the hdur set for the|The temporary ;‘organizaiton ceremony,Speaker lark,Repre-|committee,”or the Federal.Reserve sentative Underwood,Senator Owen |Board,will select from 8 to 12 cities and Representative.Glags:Secreta-|Where regional reserve banks shallf;be located,and will divide the entire secessity party measurés for the par-|ed by the government,and issued of the majority is responsible for |through each regional reserve bank,t | ba’ithe regional bank and the f;Federal Reserve Board Head. At the head of the system will stand a Federal Reserve Board at Washington,appointed by the Presi- « ries McAdoo,Garrison.Daniels,|1 3 Lane and Wilson and Postmaster |Country geographically with these General Burleson were grouped {cities as the centres of districts.All national banks in a district will bearoundthePresident’s desk and in |required to subscribe for the stock of 00 80S0SSSSSOCCCSSCSESCOSCODSFORSALE.$ WANTED A few farms to supply customers.Those desiring to sell suburban and farm lands will find it to their interest tosee me. FOR SALE—6}acres one mile of Statesville,two acres of which is in timber.Three three-room dwellings which rent well.Offered at an invest- ment price. ERNEST 6.GAITHER, PHONE 23.OFFICE NO.1, {NSURANCE,STOCKS,ANDREALESTATEMILLSBUILDING. About 65 lots and several houses in Statesville.: front of him had crowded membersofCongressandmanvgovernment officials.The group also included Mrs.Wilson and her daughters,Miss McAdoo and Mrs.Owen Four gold pens were used by thePresidéntinwritingthebillintolaw. He wrote the words,“23 Uecember, 1913,approved,”‘with one and usedthreepensinwri“Woodrow Wil- son,”splitting tle firs’;name _intotwosyllables.@ last three pens he presented to x Owen,Rep-resentative Gassae Secretary Mc-Adoo,co-authors 6f the measure.ThePresidentansweredthe.curiosity ofthecrowdastothedispositionofthe fourth with the laughing remark: “This is the 40 per c@nt gold re- serve,”:Later it developed that SenatorChiltonofWestVirginiahad‘sent upagoldpenofhisowntobeusedinwritingthedateofthelaw.ThePresidentwasinahappyhumoras he slowly wrote his nama,“I’m not accustomed,”he said,“towritemynameinaseries.” Howto Bankrupt the Doct A prominentNew York physician saya,"Tf it were not for the thin stockings andthinsoledshoeswornbywomedthedoctorswouldprobablybebankrupt.”“When youcontractacolddonotwaitforfttodevelopintopneumoniabuttreatitat,once,.Cham-berinin’s Cough Remedy is intendedciallyforcoughsandcolds,heswidereputationbyitscoresofItismosteffectualandistetake.For sale by all * jeapital stock of $4,000,000: the regional reserve bank in that dis- trict,and to keep a portion of their reserves there.Local banks will be known as “member banks,”because they will own the stock of the regional reserve banks of their district.Each mem- ber bank will be required to take cap- ital stock of the regionak reserve bank equal to 6 per cent.of the mem-ber bank’s capital and surplus.The capital of the regional bank will in- crease or decrease so that it always represents 6 per cent.of the combin- ed capital and surplus of all thebanksofthedistrictthathavejoin- ed the system. National Banks Must Join. National banks are compelled tojoin,and State banks are permitted to if.they bring their reserve require<ments up to the standard set for na-tional banks and submit to national examinations.Public ownership of the stock oftheregional,reserve banks is per-mitted only in case enough banks donotjoininanydistricttoprovideaInsucheventthepublicmaypurchase_the 000 for each individual;but the vot- ing of this sto¢k will be placed in thehandsofgovernmentrepresentatives on the board of directors:of the re; stock in quantities limited to $26,-| Also about 15 good Farms. $+Cash or On Time.42< See me before buying. Real Estate Agent. Monumentsand Tombstones That is My Business. Best material,first-class work,lowest prices and satisfaction guaranteed or no pay.~35 If you need anything in my line be sure to see or write me before you buy,as |am prepared to protect your interests. Ask your neighbors who have bought work from me aad see what they say.‘ ‘f appreciate your neighbors’businéss and will likewise appreviate yours. YARDS AT STATESVILLE,N.C.,AND MOORESVILLE,N.C. 4 gional reserve bank. (Continued on Seventh Rage.) ZEB DEATON,Proprietor sa g e ad “TO FURNISH A WINNER! -This Will Interest “Ladies Only.” 2 HOME TOWN HAS A CHANCI }A4 lation when thepasses.|rE LANDMARK TUESDAY,=--December 30,1913.rency,except ‘None of the existing forms of cur- the ': Negro Killed Woman on Train and|Jumped .Off——-Subsequently Arrested. Asheville:Gazette-News,24th.| need for their use national bank,'qms x* The regional reserve ba MAIN PROVISIONS OF ACT,notes,will be disturbed by the new law.,The United States bonds,now used to secure the issue of nationalnksmaydobanknotes,are to be taken up at the Fletcher House,a negro,shot and instantly killed Bertie Scruggs, Bertie House,also’a negro,in a crowded car on train No.36 of the OF|page 463,of the records of mortgages forein Within sixty days there of dollars in valuab GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS. Contest is just starting in which you should will be awarded to North Carolina young ladies eeeeprizesbythe becomeinterested —Prize List very attractive CAPITAL PRIZEGRANDPRIZE DISTRICT rus SPECIAL PRIZESPRORATAPRIZE _~ NO ONE WILL LOSE—ALL WILE'HAVE EQUAL CHANCE—WRITE10DAY—CO NAGER The Greensboro Daily News, GREENSBORO,N.C. =y NEW -|Cotton Ginnery AtOil Millcan ginabale every 15 minutes.Will buy your seed cotton or gin for toll,and buy the lint and seed right on the ground at Top Prices.Giveusatrial. Satisfaction guaranteed $1,250 Case Automobile $500 in Gold Coin ' 5 Awards of $200 in Gold Coin 5 Awards of $50 in Gold Coin 5 $100 Diamond Solitaires $300 in Gold Coin $500in Gold Coin IMPERIAL COTTON OIL COMPANY. "PHONE 205. IN THE FIRST PLACE Bring every prescription direct to us to be filled.This medicines, We have the drugs,every kind or class,each of standard We have the knowledge and the training,and the experience that counts in scjentific, You get all safety, is the best advice we can offer any one using purity,fresh and potent. careful prescription compounding. satisfaction,results.Ask your doctor. business only with.their member banks,not with the public,except that certain “open-market opera- tions,”such as the purchase and sale of gold,government,or municipal bonds and certain forms of bills of exchange are permitted.These banks will make their earnings from the loans made to member banks and from the purchase exchange. Stock to Pay 6 Per cent. Member banks will be compelled to. put up in cash only half of their sub-| scription to the capital of the new banks;the rest can be called for,if needed,by the regional bank.Divi- dends of 6 per cent.will be paid on this stock to the member banks,and the stock will be non-taxable,After these dividends are paid,one-half of \the surplus net earnings go to create la ‘regional surplus fund,and when this\has reached 40 per cent,of the regional bank’s paid-in capital,these carnings are to go into the United States Treasury.The balance of the net earnings are to be divided be- tween the payment of a United States franchise tax. With the machinery thus created for a new banking system that is sup- plementary to the commercial banks of the country,the law provides for bank currency /is to retire. « other in time of the boards of serve district. Federal Reservebusinesscondition ¢erning discount rate of $25,000,000 a year by the re- gional reserve banks,and new Treas- ury notes or short-term 8 per cent. bonds will take thein place.National Reserve Board Has Final ,Control. The Federal Reserve Board will ex- ercise final control over the entire op- eration of the system. pel one regional bank to loan to an- all restrictions surrounding the serves’which regional hold and can remove directorsof re- gional reserve banks whenever it is believed necessary. While the banks retain control of the regional banks,their connection with the Fed- eral Reserve Board is only through an advisory council,made up of one representative from each Federal re- This council will meet in Washington to ommendations and suggestions con- and reserve conditions..:Loans:on Farm Mortgages. Southern railway,near Hot Springs this morning,attempted to ‘shoot Conductor Howard Crawford and leaped from the fast-speeding train as Conductor Crawford opened fire on him with a revolver.He:waslaterarrestedandjailedatrrdedhe| expected gradually House and the woman boarded the train at Knoxville,Tenn.,with fick- ets to Asheville.As they neared ‘Hot Springs about 4.30 o’clock this morn- ing,House demanded of the woman that she give him money.She re- fused and they began to quarrel vio- lently,the woman threatening to re- turn to her home from Asheville. House thereupon drew his revolver and fired at her four times,three bul- lets takeing effect in the back and one in the shoulder.Death was instan-taneous.’ Instantly the car,which was crowded with passengers,was in an uproar.Conductor Crawford’s at- tention was attracted by the shots and he rushed to the scene of the shooting,demanding that House sur- render his gun.Instead the negro leveled the weapon at Mr.Crawford and pulled the trigger,but the cart- tidge failed to explode.Thereupon House fled toward the platform with Conductor Crawford in pursuit.As It can com- need,can suspendre- banks must reserve confer with the Board “on general s”and to make rec- rates,note issues bank voir’banks. reserves to these too law | serves transferred to th banks may consist of com e r. What Regional Banks The -egional reserve redisco.unt;that is,buy a from it.member banks,‘ mercia!paper”when banks « into mor oy. importan:provision as to ter of paper upon which reserve banks may furni as follow “Upon the its memb«banks,with demand notice and bank,any |ederal (regio bank may « bills of ex: tual commercial transacti this act. trading in stocks,bonds dispount under the terms aph must have a @ ON THEPreseriptionSpecial SQUARE OF STATESVILLE,N.C. The Polk Gray Drug Company, ®’Phones 109 and 410. Commercial National Bank | government,with a dist of the three directors n Federal Reserve Board gional bank will be kn “Federal reserve ager be placed in his custody. pay out more money t vides that it may put so discounted commercial p and receive in return *th ury notes. (asitel Surplus and Profits - Total Resources Over Four per cent interest paid on time and Savings Deposits. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. $100,000.00 30,000.00 590,000.00 ut into circulation the per.cent.of the value o gold,with the commerci redeemed in gold at States Treasury. must keep a reserve of sides the 40 per cent.go the gold reserve is imposed on the ban turn adds the tax to charges member counts. — W.D.TURNER,-|,MORRISON,-D.M.AUSLEY,-@.E,HUGHEY, President. Vice President. =Cashier.-Assistant Cashier. lief to any commpnity. One regional bank under a heavy tax.Th expected .to return to a vradual transfer of part of In order not to disturb business conditions or to uddenly the heavy deposits coun'ry banks in the large cities,the rovides that three years may be consumed in shifting these balances and that if necessary part of the re- the ire to convert these assets The exact terms of this indorsement of any of protest iscount notes, ange arising out notes,draft.and bills of exchange|dial greeting He also appesred at issued or drawn for!agricultural,in-|other points where the train stopped dustrial or commercial purposes or)en route the proceeds of which have been used,|,They reached Pass Christian in the or are to be used,for such purposes,|early morning of Christmas Day and the Federal Reserve Board to havejin the afternoon the President as- the right to (termine or define the tonished the nctives by walking to character of 1 paper thus eligible}the postoffice.Obser ying holiday| for discount within the meaning of|hours the postoffice was closed,but | Check on Speculation.home of Mrs.Annette Simpson, “Nothing in this a contained|postmistress,to |form her that the shall be construed to prohibit such President was waiting She came notes,drafts and bills of exchange |quickly,followed by two little daugh- secured by stap!agricultural ‘pro-|“TS. ducts.or other ads,w or me “Merry Christmas!I did lot exX-] chendise from being eligible for pect you,”said Mrs.Simpson. discount,but such definitior “jh,I didn’t think there would be include notes,drafts or bil!any one over here,but I thought I'd ing merely investments or issued try,”said the President.“It’s very drawn for the purpose of carrying or vestment-gecurities except bonds and ates tiny government of the Unit ‘Notes,drafts and bills admitted t maturity at tt ime of discount of not more than 90 days,provided that notes j Jjbills drawn or issued for ‘agricultur for each regional reserv: bank and a supply of the resources will permit,the hands of the “Federal reserve For each note tha’ a guarantee for its redemptic by the “Federal reserve agent,”istheprotectionbehindthenewmoney,;:Q? but these notes will dlso be guaran-Seen mate alanateedbythegovernmentandmaybe|ere Regional Bank Reserves. ‘Each regional.bank under thx of the deposits it has received, hind the Treasury ‘notes it issues.If | ‘behind the falls below 40 per cent., banks This was designed to stop un over-expansion of currency.In tim:of sudden stress the Federal ReserveBoardcansuspendthesereservepro visions in order to furnish quick re pay out the notes of another except They offer One Hundred Dollars banks and be withdrawn from circu~ banks except those in New York, Chicago and St.Louis to make di- rect loans on five-year farm mort- gages up to 25 per cent.of their cap- ital and surplus or up to one-third of their time deposits. Another provision in the law per- mits national banks having a capi- tal of $1,000,000 or more to open for- eign branches.Similar authority is given to the regional reserve banks, the purpose being to facilitate the development of American trade abroad withdraw of xe ~=6regional imercial pa- May Do. banks may t a discount ‘prime com-ceemember IN MISSISSIPPL Incidents of the Holiday Vacation at tian. President Wilson and family pass- ed through North Carolina Wednes- day morning en route to Pasc Chris- tian,Miss.,where they are spending the holiday The President was up when the train reached @harlotte and showed himself to the folks gather- ed at the station,giving them cor- PRESIDENT Chief Executive'sthecharac-Pass Chris-the regional sh cash are a waiver of by such nal)reserve drafts and of ac- ons;that is, isomeonesetoffimmediatelytothe the Ati important change in national :a.;fi the train eaptain firec ouse sprangosthe}banking methods,embraced in the|¢.om the reer eae rete,re new “reser-|new law,will permit all national yy Ch ne.Ceewasrunning’fully 35 miles an hour. At.the first station,Hot Springs, officers were notified and a search for the murderer began.He was found walking along the railroad track,to all appearances uninjured, and lodved in jail at Marshall. An Unfortunate Error. Greensboro News. Since Postmistress”Simpson,of Pass Christian,hopes to retain her office under the Wilson administra tion,one can well imagine her state of “confusion”over the disedvery that she had unintentionally short- changed the President.Se EARNTERNS Cured of Liver Complaint. “I was suffering with liver complaint,” says Iva Smith of Point Blank,.Texas,“anddecidedtotrya26¢box of Chamberlain's Tablets,and am happy to say that I am com- pletely cured and car recommend them to every one”For sale by all dealers. _A CONFESSION Hopes Her Shes Made Public, will Help Other Women. Hines,Ala.—‘‘I must confess’,saysMrs.Eula Mae Reid,of this place,‘that Cardui,the woman’s tonic,has done me |a great deal of good. Before |commenced using Cardui,1wouldspitupeverything|ate,I hada tired,sleepy feeling all the time,and wasirregular.1 could hardly drag around, tinuously. Since taking Cardui,I have entirely quit or.up what I eat.Everything seems to digest all.right,and I havegained10poundsiaweight.” kind of you to come over.” The President bought two 25-cent books of stamps and in her confusion | postmistress forgot or other 50 cents change.“I wish he had} 1id something about letting me have| of this pa ree years more,”Mrs.Simpson,vho is a eandidate for re-appoint- .later told her friends.“They're r me hard for the place.” As the President stood at the door ,drafts a al purposes or based on live stoch of the postoffice several little chil and having a maturity not exceed-')@re”,Wa'x d_shyly up and grasped ing six months mzy be discounted in |hand.The President stopped, an amount to be limited to a per|Plcyfully a ked their names and centage of the capital of the Federal |W'*"°them a merry Christmas (regional)reserve nk to be as-|_.While out riding Friday the Pres- certained and fixed the Federal |ident discovered “that the residence Reserve Board.”of Judge J.H.Neville was on fire. The regional banks may also di The President and his companions, count “acceptances ba-ed on the im Dr.Grayson,two secret service men portation or exportation of goods.”and two a ress -=“UB icotte”te :pieea house and while the President quiet-Elastic”Element Provided.od Mrs.Neville,who was at hore The new Treasury notes,which are |alone,the others.put out the fire. to furnish the “elastic’element in|For a complete change from the the currency syttem,and to add to/city.of Washington,where he has the country’s circulatir money inj|been overwhelmed with official tasks, time of need,will come into use in|the President could not have chosen the follawing way:a more out-of-the-way setting.The The notes will be printed by the|natives are heeding the ‘President's ictive style|desire for rest and isolation by keep- bank.One |ing loiterers and idlers from the vi- amed by the |cinity of his house,for each re-A own as the|Great Number of Casualties at Seait”for that}Last Year. notes will by carrying persons car- jaid to 288 vessels emergency pilots, to and from ships to shore and ing for injured officers and men.act |the total of accidents small and un- |documented motorboats comprise 68{per cent.\ the Unitéd 35 per cent. be- ld reserve be- There is more Catarrh in this sec-tag ton of the country thah all other dis-NO‘CS|sasea put together.and until the last a heavy taX few years was supposed to be incurable. k.which in|feor a4 great many years doctors ;,pronounced it #local disease and pre- to give *him | If you are a victim of any of the numer-ous iis so common to your sex,it is wrong to suffer. For half a century,Cardui has been re- lieving just such ills,as is proven by the thousands of letters,similar to the above,which pour into our office,year by year. Carduiis successful because it is com- posed of ingredients which act specifically on the womanly constitution,and heips build the weakened organs backtohealth and strength. Cardui has helped others,and will helpyou,too.Get a bottle today.won't regret it.Your druggist sells it. |Write to:Chattanooga Medicine Co.,Ladies’Ad- "structions on ype case and &t-page book,Jomen,”’sent in plain wrapper.NC120Treatmentfor PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Statesville People Have Good Reason For Complete Reliance. Do you know how To find relief from backache; To correct distressing urinary ills; To assist weak kidneys? Your neighbors know the way— Have used Doan’s Kidney Pills; Have proved their worth in many |tests.$ |Here’s Statesville testimony. ville,N.Car.,says: testimony.50c¢at all stores.Fostj i ber the Name,” MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND. By virtue of the powers contained inamortgagedeedexecutedbyMilasKingandwife,“Mary King,to tegen)MoeHardwareCo.,and recorded in Book 27, Iredell county,default having been madethepaymentoftheindebtednesssecured|said mortgage,the undersigned will sell apublicauctiontothehighestbidderforcasatthecourthousedoormStatesville,N,C., on SATURDAY,JANUARY 17,1914, at 12 o'clock m.the following deomiped tract)of land in or (outside)‘township,de-scribed and “defined as follows,towit:Ad-joining the lands of G.W.Crawford at Ran-kinville colored Congregational charch prop-erty,and others and beginning at the south-west corner of G,W.Crawford’s lot and runs north 12 degrees east 100 feet to astake;thence south 77 wegrees east 50 feet.to a stake;thence south 2 degrees west 100feettoastoneinG.W.Crawford's line; thence south 77 degrees west 50 feet to the beginning,containing 1-8 of an acre more or less,the same being the lot on which par-ties of the first part now live.This lot was deeded to Milas King by G.W.Crawford and wife by deed dated Sept.15,1906,and tered in deed Book No.37,page 429. the following other lots,viz:All Nos.2 and 3 in block 9 of the property known as the North Statesville Land Company's ad- dition to the city of’Statesville.For fuller description see map or plot of said lands onfileinofficeofRegisterofDeedsofIredell county. At the same time and place,onterms,we will sell all of lots Nos.2 and 8inbleckGinwhatisknownastheNorthStatesvilleLandCo.property,the same be- ing part of the lots conveyed by J.S.Kerr to G.W.Crawford by deed dated June 28,ey1909,and registered in deed Book No.A page 169,of reeords of deeds of Iredell coun- ty and mortgaged by Milas King and wife,Mary King,to J,A.Gunn and transferréd \by him te Sloan Clothing Co.and by them to }Lazenby Montgomery Hardware Co.LAZENBY-MONTGOMERY HARDWARE CO., Dec.16,1913.Mrotgagees. same BY VIRTUE of a decree of the SuperiorCourtofIredellcounty,rendered in the special proceeding wherein Chas.M.Cook, Jr,et al,are petitioners and R.A.Coop- er et al,are defendants,the undersigned commissioner will sell at public auction,tothehighestbidders,at «le edurct house doorinStatesville,N.C,on MONDAY,JANUARY 6,1914, at 12 o'clock,m.,the following described real estate,to-wittFirstLot--Begrining at a stake,J 4, Brady's corner,on Race street in the cityofStatesville,ranning with his line south69degreeswest220feettotheMcLellandoldline;then south 22 degrees east 75 feettoastake,Mrs.Campbell's corner;thencewithherlinerth69degreeseast220feet to her corner on sald Race street;thenwithitnorth@degreeswest74feettothe begioning,containing 2-5 of atl acre,more or less.Second Lot—Reginning at a stake,Foard’snortheastcornerintheMissM.E.Mitch- ell line,in city of Statesville;thence north22degreeswestwithMissMitchellandMrs.Lucinda McLelland’s lines 164 feet to %a stake,MeLelland’s corser on Mulberrystreet;then with said street north 86 degreeswest93feettocornerofJohnF.Bowles’vacant lot;then south 22 degreeseastwithliteofsaidlot205feet,7 1-2 inch-es to stake,Sherrill's corner;then 60 de- grees east 80 feet to the beginning.Third Lot—Beginning ot a stake o1 Me'~ berry street,Statesville,Mrs.Douglass’cor-ner;them south 69 degrees west 150 feet to a stake,Mrs.Gill's fine;then south 19 4-2 degrees cast 66 feet to a stake,Mrs,Gill's corner;north 69 degrees east 159 feet to «stake on Mulberry street;then north .¢1-2 degrees west 65 feet to the beginning,von-& and would have severe headac CON |ley rights and easements now held as in-mS You’ visory Dept.,Chattanooga,Tenn.for Speotal Jn | W.E.Turner,Davie Ave.,States- “My experience Out of a total of 1,743 casucities |with Doan’s Kidney Pills has been so ,;;lat sea during the fiscal year ending|satisfactory that I strongly :.8 ank desire |-ye ng |sfactory a strongly,recom would 's reareoas.>we ree re {0 |June 30 last,the highest in the his-|mend them for backache and other ew S Ing *Lael pro-|try of the ‘life-saving service,only |kidney ailments.My kidneys were ; me of fis Yee |69 vessels were lost and 73 persons out of order and I had backache and All the Time. ape!into the |were oe ee ee een pains Sacer my loins.Doan’s Kid-od agent”|rigebanendent "of the service.[ontiis sate Niteayetand beck rene Watches,Clocks and Jewelry 4 e new 1reas-|Through efforts of the service,ves-|a t promptly and c#refully repair-.a it 3]Mr,T ly one of the y %puts |.a a 7 >|Mr,Turner is only one of the many ‘if isels and their cargoes valued at $15,-|,se ed,and all kinds of hand en-a Fee)nal re-/960,000 were saved.The crews of Statesville people who have gratefully a serve bank must set <n gw wold 40 |the service,with the assistance of endorsed Doan’s Kidney Pills.If your graving a Pais Fe ected 4 ae et —\back aches—if your kidneys _bother he he , |sels ssiste be easels relued |’:a 2 os al pap’r held |ih their cargoes at $6,032,935 and |you,don’t simply ask for a kidney Paxton &Daywalt Ss, *\earrying 5,168 persons.The crews |remedy—ask distinctly for "Doan’s|!Next door to 5c.and 10c,store. vessels.that were Kidney Pills,the same that Mr.Tur- and extended ‘ner had-—the remedy backed by homhe furnishing | Milburn Co.,Props.,Buffalo,N.Yo of “When Your Back is Lame—-Remem- taining nearly one-fourth acre,more or lens, Fourth Lot—Three-fourths undivided in- terest in following lot:Beginning at »stone : on the east side of Center street,State -¥ ville,corner of the St.Charles Hotel prop- erty;then north 68 degrees east with Hotel line.110 feet to stone or stake;then south 24 degrees east SS feet to »stake;then youth 66 dexuees ‘vest 110 feet to stake,Center ‘ street;then with said street north 24 degrees a west 65 feet to the besinning,Also all al-a cident)to said property.; Fifth Let—Lote nambers 26 and 27 in Block I.and lets numbers 14 and .6 on Tur- nersburg avenue of Oak View suburban ad- dition to the ofty of Statesville. Said sale will be made”aubject tr leases and riehte of present ore:pants Terms of Sale—One-third cash,one-third in six and one-third ig twelve months 4 ~R A.COOPER, MeLaughlin,Att'y.Commissioner, z*Wh.Rb November COMMISSIONER'S RE-SALELAND. "OF Ry virtoe of an order of sale made in the apecial proceeding wherein M.A Beaver and others are the plaintiffs,and Troy Beaver and others are defendants,the undersigned commissioner will re-sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the court hoase door a in Statesville,N.C..on i MONDAY,JANUARY 5 ‘914 at 12 o'clock M.the following described tract of land in Chambersburg township,to-wit:ay Rounded on the north by the lands of Mra.: FE.C.Poston’s extate,on the east by the landa of the Barrier estate,on the south by the eld ehannel of Fourth Greem,and on the west by the lands of Ed.L.Long,contain- ing about twenty-«ight acres more or leas. Terma of sale,one-third cash,one-third in : three months and one-third in six months.4 R.&McLAUGHL N,é Com missioner. 1913, NOTICE TO CREDITORS. J.W.Nicholson,a member of the firm of J.W.Nicholson &Co.,having died,all per-: sons having claims.against anid firm will ) exhibit them to undersigned surviving partner o* on or before the 19th day of September,1914, or this notice will be plead in bar of their All persons indebted to said part- Nov.28, recovery. nership will please make prompt settlement. Ww.T.NI ON,2 Serviving Partner. ‘The business of J.W.Nicholson &Co.,. Funeral Directors,«ill be continued.at same place,543 Center St.and under same name. Day ‘phone 167,night and Sunday "phones 222 and 2268.Statesville,N.C.] Sept.19,1918.‘a THE DAVIS MILLS Give you 40 Pounds Best ?at- NOTICE | First class tin work and repairing. Roofing Contractor. CLYDE BE.GAITHER. the rate it!seripea local remedies,and by constantly ‘Phone No.1 for redis-|failing 4 cure with local treatment.. Pronounced it incurable,Sclence has 'oroven (atarrh to be a constitutional *1 \isease “And therefore requires conatitu- fonal treatment,Hall's Catarrh Cure,nanufactured by F.J.Cheney &Co., |foiedo,Ohio,is the only «constitutional }oute on the market.It is taken inter- nally fm doses from 10 drops to 4 ten= cannot again |spoonful.it acta’directly on the blood The ‘and mucous the menase. or ese notes are oe case it pe ig Sure Send for cir- ami culars and te onials.the regional ‘Adaress:F. 4%,Ohio, surfaces of. y J.CHENBY &CO,,Tole- ent Flour and 13 pounds Bran in exchange or Pay $1.14 per bushel cash for wheat.Watch thig ad for price each week, Best Flour and Meal.Prompt aud courteous service at all times.It pays to patronize INSTALL A PUMP, Now that your winter seed are in call and figure with me on_install- ing a pump. w E.MUNDAY, VaEast Broad Street. *Phone 55. THE DAVIS MILLS,Hiddenitaygn,C. ATTRACTIV |64 acres fine farm land.and 200,000 feet of pine thiofrailroadstationandenmilesfromStatesville, and mail route.C8,Oct.31.,a TUESDAY.|WEDNESDAY.The Girl of the Sunn -[THURSDAY.|y South—Drama.Animated Weekly.:Seeds of Wealth—Drama.The Girl of the Sunny South—-Drama. High Treason——Drama Play ng the Pipers—Drama.The Girl of the Sunny South-——Drama.-en ey The Rag Bag—Comedy.The Girl of the Sunny®South—Drama, High Treason—-Drama.Smashing Time—Comedy.They Were on Their Honeymoon—Com. SATURDAY Her Way —Drama. Starved Out —Dx: The Moonshiner’s FRIDAY. Hostage-—Drama. Captivating Widow—Comedy. Mike,the Timid Cop—Comedy. Which Way Did He Go?—Comedy. take—-Drama action. story of the fascinating period,the days just before the Civil War. Remember on Thursday we show FIVE BIG REELS—“THE GIRL OF THE SUNNY SOUTH,”adapted from the play by Travers Vale.This is The author selected this period for no other reason than to obtain atmosphere and Those were chivalrous times.This is a beautiful story.Don’t miss it.Prices 5and 10 cents. fHE LANDMARK TUESDAY,---December 30,1913. CHRISTMAS AT TROUTMAN. Death Saddened the Holiday —Mar- THE YULETIDE WEDDINGS. Some of the.Matrimonial Events of Christmas Week. Mr.Robt.Keller and Miss Mary Lydia Sharpe were married Sunday, 2ist,by Rev.W:A.Lutz. Fla.,and the visitors departed.These young people have the hearty wishes of a host of friends.A FRIEND, .a * Reported For The Landmark, It was a beautiful Christmas mar- riages and the Events of the Hol- idays.Lazenby were riage at Beallmont,near Linwood,on the 27th at 4 p.m,when Miss Car- oline Beall became the bride of Mr. Miss Etta Gill and Mr.A.Ross married Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock at the residence of Rev.J.J.Eads,who officiated. The bridal pair was accompanied to the home of the minister by another young couple and the ceremony was Correspondence of The Landmark. Troutman,Dec.29—Christmas in this community was saddened very much indeed by the untimely death of Miss Vance Clark.She was a wo- man of many sterling qualities and by a life of gracious acts had en- deared herself to the people among whom she moved. Yesterday among the belated fes- tivities Mrs.W.C.Perry was laid to rest at St.Michael’s.Mrs.Perry died at her home Saturday night at 10.80.The funeral was largely at- tended.Rev.C.L.McCain,the pas- tor of the deceased,and Rev.J. Edwards,her former pastor,both| paid(touching tributes to the many| man.She leaves a husband,a son and four daughters,the youngest a babe in arms.\ There were a number of Christ- mas trees here—two at the high school,one at the church and other trees scattered over the community.Miss Sallie Cloaninger had a family| reunion at which all the children and grandchildren were present .except Mr.and Mrs.Roy Suther and their little daughter.he little daughter ia just recovering from a serious ill- ness and missed the big.time at ee capa Messrs.D.P.and Oscar ninger and families of Columbia, S.C.,were here for the reunion.Mr.Marshall Wagner of Conoverishereonavisittorelatives.Mr.Van Patterson of Durham and B.W. Setzer of the A.and M.College are at home for the holidays. The Campbell Lodge of A.,F.and A.M.did some third degree workSaturday,after which they gave a banquet at the home of Mr.W.T.Allison.Mrs..Frank Jenkins of performed in an attractively decor- ated room. broadcloth coat suit with correspond- ing accessories carnations. the cereméy Mr.and Mrs.Lazenby drove to the home of Mr.Lester Gill, brother of the bride,where they will live for the present. ;a daughter;of Mr.and Mrs.Wm.Gill J.|of west Statesville. la son of Mr.and Mrs.W.J.Lazen- by and is foreman of the city cement estimable qualities of this good wo-sidewalk force. lthe home of the bride’s parents,Mr. The bride wore a white carried white followingand Immediately The bride is Mr.Lazenby is Mr.Walter Barny of Black Moun- tain and Miss Althea Cornatzer were married Wednesday evening at and Mrs.J.F.Cornatzer,on Mills street.The ceremony was performed James Clifton Colvert of Baltimore. It was a gathering of the clan of Beall kinfolks and friends.The old Beall homestead with its broad doors thrown open and kind hospitality of| the mother and brothers;-even the| colored people and little picaninnies| gathered in the backyard to see the| carriages roll up one after another| and unload,and you could hear them| say,“Look at de white folks coming| to see Miss Carrie married.”| As we entered the spacious halls decorated with beautiful holly and mistletoe,and into the parlor with the white columns entwined with hol- ly,red,white and green being the! color scheme,and the many white and red candles,the room being dark- ened,all gave a soft and beautiful glow.Miss Gertrude Hall of Lenoir at the piano played Mendelssohn's wedding march softly when Miss Mary Colvert,first maid of honor, by Justice W.J.Lazenby. The following is from a Morgan- ton special to the Greensboro News: “A surprise wedding was solemn- ized at the home of Rev.H.H.Jor- dan on Christmas Day,whet Miss Maud Clark became the wife of Claude.Curlee of Statesville.The affair was a complete surprise to ev- ery one.Mr.and Mrs.Curlce left on No.12 for Statesville,which they will make their home.Mrs.Curlee is a very popular young lady in Mor- ganton and many friends wich her much happiness.The groom is an excellent young man and is employ- ed as a mechanic in Statesville.” Squire C.C.Tharpe of Net Wed- nesday performed the that united in marriage Mr.Walter Templeton and Miss Addie Grigory; Statesville was present to lend a qui-|Mr.French Holmes and Miss,Myr- et,matronly dignity to the occasion.She was accompapied by her two daughters,who aré nieces of thehost.A number of Statesville Ma-sons were here and made interesting |ville Christmas Day. talks to the lodgemen here.aMr.Lester Williams and Miss Lil-lie Freeze were married by Rev.J.M.White the night before Christ-mas.Mr.T.F.Lippard,a prominentfarmerofBariumSprings,wentdownintothatgoodlylandwhichlies over against Lredell on the east and returned with a bride. Mr.Clarence Cavin,one of the young men who left here and is mak- ing at High Point,was home for the holidays.He returns to High Point in a few days,where hewillclaimabride...Many more to follow.They’re marrying so fast it taxes the old man to keep a line on them. Governor Liberated About a Score of |Convicts Christmas Week. Gov.Craig last week granted 19 pardons.Among those pardoned were Walter Dalton of Forsyth coun- ty,serving ten years for murder; Robt.Bowling of Franklin county, serving five years for burglary;Chas Burton of Vance,serving 25 years for.burglary;E.M.Talton of Wayne, serving 15 years for murder;Wil- liam Burns of Rowan,serving nine years for manslaughter;William Ruf- fin.of Durham,serving seven years for «manslaughter;E.°P.Bruton of Richmond,serving ten years for man- slaughter;John Jones of Polk,serv- ing 15 years for murder;Randolph Harrington of Richmond,serving five years for manslaughter;Robt,Price of Anson,serving three years for mur- der;Jesse Anderson of Wilkes,serv- ing eight months for retailing.F.C.| Cordon of Mecklenburg,serving two|years for’bigamy. Most of the pardons:were recom- mended by the judges and solicitorswhotriedthecases. Flag and Bible For Graycrest ap House. Correspondence of The Landmark. Graycrest is the namé of a new school house that is being built 1 1-2 miles south of Statesville,by the neighborhood,aided by the county school board,under the supervision of School itle Steele. Mr.James Gordon Queen and Miss |Fannie Shuping,a young couple from |Morganton,were married in States- The ceremony was performed by Rev.Chas.Ander- son at the First Baptist parsonage on east Broad street.Mr.and Mrs. |Queen remained in Statesville a cou- |\ple of days after their marriage as |guests at the Statesville Inn.Mr. {Queen is a son of Mr.and Mrs.A.B. |Queen of Morganton and is a print- ler in the office of the Morganton News-Herald.His bride is a daugh- ter of the late Walter.Shuping of Morganton. ©« Reported for The Landmark.2 On Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock,at the bride’s home near Lo- ray,Miss Jessie Belle McLelland was the ceremony being performed by the bride’s pastor,Rev.E.D.Brown. |The bride was becomingly attired in a blue traveling suit with accessories to match,Her only ornament was i gold dollar,a much prized heirloom. The home brightened by Christmas decorations and potted plants,this happy marriage was sweet and sim- ple,being witnessed by only the family and immediate relatives.Af- lter congratulations Mr.and Mrs. |Lewis left for Statesville,where they boarded the 6:45 train for a bridal trip,part of which will be spent with groom:Gifts both useful and _beautiful ‘is a member. |*+ |Reported for The Landmark. | |The corttracting parties were ceremonies | wedded to Mr.Henry Eccles Lewis,| Mr.Lewis in Elkin,a brother of the | were received,one of the most hand-| some being a silver service from the |Statesville bar,of which Mr.Lewis December 24,at 4 p.m.,there wasaquietmarriageatthehomeofMr. /R.Lee Bradford in Shiloh township.| Mr. |Henry Dalton McLain and Miss An- inie Lee Bradford.The groom is the gowned in white satin with draperies jof white chiffon,carrying red and white carnations,entered the room. |Then Mrs.Rufus Gwyr.of Lenoir, dame of honor,gowned in Nile greenjcupedechineoverwhitesatin,pear! \trimmings,carrying white carnations;|next came the groom and best man, |Mr.James Beall,and the bride with her eldest brother,Mr.Frank Beal! |She never looked better than in the jhandsome dark green suit and all ac |cessories to match,carrying a large |bouquet of bride’s roses and maiden hair ferns.The bride’s pastor,Rey. Mr.Thompson of Lexington,soon |went over the pretty ring service and congratulations followed. Then all were ushered to the din ing room,which was decorated holly,and the large bride's cake being jcenter piece,and served a fine lunch. ,Toasts were offered the bridal pair ‘and all too soon goodbye was said jand they left for Washington.There were relatives from Greensboro,Lex- i in |ington,Hickory,Statesville,Lenoir and Wilmington.Also Ray T.Col- vert,brother of the groom,from Breckinridge,Minn.The bride is the only daughter of the family and her friends are many.She is ver?ac- complished,a fine looking girl and a \fine artist.The couple will live in |Washington,where Mr.Colvert is |working for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. _Ribs Broken in Automobile Accident —Visitors in Amity Community. |Correspondence of The Landmark Troutman,R-2,Dec.27.—On <«e- jcount of the heavy rains Chri-onae |Day,Christmas waS quietly olserved jat Amity.Mr.Ed.Holder,who has been in |Weaverco,West Va.,for nearly two years,is spending the holidays with jhis wife and family in Mooresville, |where they moved from Amity short-| ly after he went to Weavereo.He) came to Amity yesterday’to visit friends and relatives. Mr.John Martin,who has been in| |Texas for nearly three years,came |home Monday,the 22d,with his wife, ;}whom he married last November They expect to spend the with his mother and othér relatives; then go back to Oklahoma,where his wife’s people live,and locate there |gone to visit Mr.Hobbs’parents near Mt.Mourne. |Mr.D.O.Tolbert and family have ;}moved te the Uncle Sumpter Hoover from Miss Maggie Hoover.Mr.M.A. accident last Monday.While out in his machine it turned over on him land broke three of his ribs. |The new school house is completed ‘at Amity and they are now teaching jin it,It is a nice,modern buildingjandallthatislackingispatentdesks|lelder son of Mr.and“Mrs.John Ross|:I]«(Metin eaeke c beida:the eldest |e put sen which will soon ‘Heatond ti ss ae i ie Wishing the Landmark success for ;man was |honor was Miss ‘Lillia |bride’s sister. Mr.J.Lowrey McLain,the|groom’s brother,and the maid of| ‘Bradford,the|The brite was beauti- ifully gowned and looked verfectlythecountysuperintendentof.public|The groom looked every inch the New Year, Taking Christmas Cheer His Last Act. W.H.Heap of Paterson,N.J.,a victim of tuberculosis and at Denver, Col.,for his health,heard that Wil- to Others. holidays| Mr.Thos.Hobbs and family have| place,that he bought some time ago 1 Christy had a serious | sel 8.is is a timely piece of work.The suburbs of this city are being well care of on the north 4 afid west side of town,atid now that @ south side is provided fot,with aschoolhouseontheeastside,ye suburban portion of our citizenshaveampleprovisionforgoodschools. this township ponNewYear'sUnitedStatesflag and a Bible.roma neat talk will Lutz. without an offering. ev.W.A. “Grayerest school house is nearincompletionandtheJuniorOrderofroposetodonatetoitDay,at 3 p.m.,a be d ah;made.White and the receptiontalk P No such ser- i lovely.la gentleman.The Rev.#,Meek White,iwho for years was pastor at NewStirling,officiated,using the simplebutbeautifulceremonyoftheA.R.P.Church in a most impressive fanner,The home was utifully and tastefully decorated With the season’scolors,Quite a number of relativesofthebridewerepresentandthegroom’s cousin,Mr.William Alex-ander of Statesville,Mr.J.MasonBrownandMrs.J.Meek White and bur Harris,a small boy in a desti- tute section of Denver,would havenovisitfromSantaClausatChrist- mas. +his physician’s orders,Heap boughtpresentsfortheHarrisfamily.Un-able to reach their home in an auto-mobile because of the deep Heap carried the things part of the s room.When a_doctor reached she.)ieaah Jaeg.osJae snow,| ra Grateful to Customers! Our business for the past twelve months has been the best in the history of the bank,and to our good friends and customers who have made this result possible we are very grateful. It has been our earnest desire to serve you well,and to extend every courtesy and accommo- dation possible,and now as we startinto the New Year,we want to wish one and all a joyous and prosperous 1914,and we trust to merit a continuance of this good patronage by the same careful attention to all business entrusted to us. & !Merchants&Farmers BankofStatesville “The Bank For Your Savings.” L.T.STIMPSON,President. C.S.TOMLIN,Vice President. F.B.BUNCH,Cashier. J.A.KNOX,Assistant Cashier. |SPECI ALS t a Turkeys, Cranberries, '|Raisins,‘|Currants, Figs, Prunes, Cocoanuts,All kinds of Nice fruits 0 ; '|Bradford Grocery Co. i ’PHONE 27. “MAYER DRY SOX,| THE FAMOUS COLD WEATHER SHOE. Nuts,f all kinds. Note how it’s built. Extra long oak tanned counter extending to |NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE. i North Carolina—LredellIn |Lazenby -Montgofery Hardware Co.,va. |Statesville Gas Co.and letruction Co. By virtue of an ven. jundersigned,sheriff of ‘the Superior r |above entitled action,I lt 12 o'clock M.,at the .:::‘id county,‘sell to the highest bidder forLeavinghisbedinviolationofaan,to aatinty the Judgment rendered in said action such right,title and interest as theGas.Co.and Quaker may have in the realdefendants,Statesville City Construction Co., estate described in the \in liad Edith White of Troutman,were also;him he was dead.ere)‘a ee tale sion Theresent.After the marriageall filed Se |apes epee egg ean og ge|into the dining room,where a splen-|Counterfeitars tarned loose many Pa aiding “hensPhe 11th dey afdidsupper‘Wes served,Then the|spurious quarters and halves |in ro oor cae 34.EATON,”groom and bride left for Jacksonville,|Asheville Inst week.[Bee wk sl ot Tred GoieBee‘-:ed .£‘}5 :~~*é "oe Court of Iredell county in the MONDAY,JANUARY 26, said action as follows,towit: That lot of land a the city ah oye gpa *tl itiway.He had to be assisted back to feat ea at cont Genter saad sijetbing 3 automobile and was hurried to Lee Martin and others,containing three- i i of an acremotw or lesa,known as ball of foot and acting as an arch supporter.County. the Superior Court. Quaker City Con- ex.directed to the Iredell county,from will on 1914, court house door of se e Ba Rubber welt sewed i with leather welt.Makes the shoe as absolutely water-proofas it is possible to get it.Inside cork lining.Solid oak tanned sole.Pe judgment rendered “L a t at e . hs ,