Lincoln Times-News from Lincolnton, North Carolina • Page 1

VOL. VIII. NO. 5. LINCOLNTON.

N. FRIDAY. JANUARY 16, 1914. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR CONGRESS BACK TO ITS DUTIES ITEMS FROM LANDER'S CHAPEL TO COMPLIMENT STAKE OUT BLOOD DEATH THE VOLCANO AND EARTHQUAKE DEATH OF AN OLD SOLDIER THE MOTHERS AND CLEAN IT i RESULTS OF BURNS Doctors That Blood Can Be Nursing Her Sick Child, Mrs. W.

B. Cham- Mr. Robert Holdsclaw Died List Week Near Progress In School Work-Farmers At 'The Governor Will Write Personal Letter No Bif Issues of Comparable Importance Confront Body The Anti-Trust Pro-ram. Washington, Jan. 12.

Con- Dispatches From Japan Show That Thousands Have Perished in Horrible Manner, Kagoshima. With Population of 60,000 is Buried Tidal Wave Adds to Terror. Tokio, Jan. 13. A tidal wave added its terrors to earthquakes and volcano eruption which struck Kagoshima, in Southern Japan, yesterday, according to official advices today.

It is be gres got back to work again to- Haw after hnlirtav nlav nmmntlv at nnnn Speaker Clark dropped his gavel Ham 1 as s.stant. -Quite a num-and a similar scene was enacted ber ofJ farmer from this section in the Senate with Vice Presi-atttended Cmn? Farmers i 11 i Union meeting at Gastonia last Remived From Body And Cleaned Without StoppinJ Heartbeat Machine To iv a ii 1. uisnoguisn oeiween uunjer am appeiue. Three doitors from Johns Hop- kins University, by actual dem- onstration on a living animal, howed to scientists at the se3- sions of the federations of Amer- ican Societies for Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia last week, that it is possible to re- move every drop of blood, clean it of its impurities and return to the animal without interrupting the heartbeat The demonstration was con- ducted on a dog. The demon- strator3 were Prof.

J. J. Abel and two of his colleagues, Drs. G. Rowntree and B.

B. Turn- er, all of Johns Hopkins. In their experiment they had every drop of blood out of the dog's body coursing through a coil of tubes whose connected length measured nearly 50 feet. Scientists, who watched the demonstration in wonderment, saw the entire circulation of an animal going on in glass tubes about zs years old and is sur-outside the animal's body, the vived by her husband and one blood being propelled through child, the little girl who is ill. the tubes by the action of the an- The funeral service and burial imals heart, which never stopped took place yesterday at Fair- tended Meeting A Cotton Ptckinj Marriage Ginning About Finished.

Lander's Chapel, Jan. 12 The school at this place is progressing nicely with Mr. C. S. Abernethy 83 Principal and Mis3 Nancy Saturday.

The Lander Loca is son up splendidly. Mr William Rash personal propeny on la9t Saturday; a large crowd was Pre3ent- Mr. Charley Hause, of Lincoln county, cried the sale and he certainly understands his business. -Quite a number of young people were invited to )ast Saturday niht at MLr- S- L. Carpenters and after the cotton was picked thev were a 1 t0 tne dm ing room where the table was loaded with cakes, pies, candy, etc.

Atter teasting to tneir hearts content they indulged in innocent games, plays, till late in the nightafter which they all returned to their homes hop ing that Mr. Carpenter would live to have many more cotton pickings Mr. Thomas Lynch of this se tion was married recently to a Miss Short of Camdem, S. C. Messrs.

Oscar Lynch and Doras Pasour are. attending the Dallas high school this year. Mr. Clar ence Tate who has been weaving at Brook ford has accepted a similar position at High Shoals. Mr.

Tate is an experienced weaver. The Lander's eotxnn grin seems to be about through ginning for the season; they ginned between five and six hundred bales the past season which was the lar gest in their history. Newton Man Disappears. William P. Wagner, a prominent farmer of the St Timothy section, has been missing from his home since Wednesday night.

Wednesday evening just before dark he took his team and hauled a load of wood to the Lyle's creek dredge boat about a half mile from his home. He returned and put up his team in the barn and ate supper. He then told his family that he was going to St Timothy school house to the local Farmers'union meeting. When it 8 found Thursday morning that he hadn't returned the night before a diligent search was made throughout the neighborhood but no trace of the miss ing man could be found, Tuesday he went to Conover and drew out what money he had de- posited telling the cashier that he was contemplating making a trade. No cause is given for the mysterious disappearance of the man.

The Richmond delegation that toured North Carolina asking for help to get a regional bank, found out something. It was assured 0f help in some places but our help Richmond, Greensboro rp. Vmh fmm a vacation whw-h fol- lowed nine months of tariff and. currency members of both houses' flt.irnpH rpfroohpH nn(i rarlv fr work at a new point in the Dem- ocratic Administration. rfmt Wikon nrpr thp anpi-ial r-3 nvprsharlnwino- in.

fluenceof any single dominant issue such as tariff or currency. reform, to be fought out to the exclusion of other business. a i pvt fpu, ntVw Matinnnl legislative halls is expected to cover a wide range of subjects. Anti-trust legislation remains as an important factor in Presid nt Wilson's legislative program that must be considered by Congress, but it will not displace other important legislation, as did the bills for tariff and currency re-visions. Four general subjects will embrace much of the work of the fl TT J.

iL. senate ana nouse uunug inn coming months. They are: Control of trusts and monop lies, including legislation to prevent cold storage manipulation, unfair price cutting and other abuses directly affecting retail business. Rural credits and other legis lation directly affecting farmers and land owners, such as good road improvement and Federal aid to vocational and agricultural education. Strengthening of the National defense, through measures such as the "volunteer army bill," already passed by the House; the Hay bill to create a new aviation division in the army; the Padgett bill to put the naval militia on a war footing; the Hobson bill for a council of National defense, and the general Administration program for a two-battleship addition to the navy.

Passage of the annual aptrop-riation bills, carrying more than $1,000,000,000 for support of the government, and containing many items of general legislation that must be fought over in the House and Senate. Aside from these general subjects, Congress will take up early in the session the settlement of labor problems of far reaching importance. Government ownership of railroads, as proposed in the Alaskan railway bills will be forced upon the attention of members of both bodies as soon as they take up work. In each branch a bill to authorize the govern ment to build railroads in the1 bers of Bethany was Fatally Burned. Mrs.

Reona Rash Chambars, wife of Mr Bethany township, Chambers of died Sunday morning from the effects of burns which were received several nights ago. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chambers has been ill with pneumonia for a feAv weeks and after having been up with the child in the night, the mother lay down on the bed beside her and fell asleep. The bed was near the open fireplace, I where a fire wa3 kept going on account of the sick child, and when Mrs.

Chambers awoke her clothes were in flames, a spark having popped from the fire to her garments. Mrs. Chambers rushed to an adjoining room, oc- cupied by her father-in-law, Mr, H. B. Chambers, who tore the burning clothes from her body and extinguished the flames, I Mrs.

Chambers was badly burn- ed about the body and the hands of Mr. Chambers were severely burned. Mrs. Chambars was mount Methodist church, of which the deceased was a mem ber. The Snow in Watauga.

Boone Democrat. The heaviest snowfall in the mountains for many years was on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2d, 3d and The earth i this section was covered to a depth of at least 12 inches, while in some other parts of the county we are told it attained a depth of 16 inches on a level. The wind got into a frolic with the beautiful and as a result public travel has been much interfered with; the mails entirely cutoff in every direction, and traffic of all kinds was practically suspended. Indeed the snowfall was far out of the usual. Mr.

Webb Would Put the Shoe on the Other Foot. Congressman Webb of this dis trict has prepared an amendment to the Sherman law that would put the burden of proof on the corporations to show that any combinations they have formed are not in unreasonable restraint of trade, that they Tare not injurious to competitors and not detrimental to the public. National Banks in 45 Currency States Enter System. New Washington Dispatch 8th. At the end tonight of the se cond week since the approval of the Federal Reserve act, the Treasury Department had received from national banks in 45 States, 1,280 notifications of in tention to enter the new currency system.

their flesh without much apparent discomfort One rat was green to the end of his tail, while even the film of his eyes was the color of an emerald. The other was similarly transformed by the use of red ya, brain's size no sign op power. Dr. E. Linden Melius, who has! experimented for many years at Johns Hopkins Medical School and elsewhere, told the members of the American Physiology Society that the weight of a brain has no relation to its potency and that the intricate brain convolutions have nothing to do with the power of the brain.

"The theory that intricate convolutions were a sign of brain power or efficiency seems based rather on the desire for anatomic explanation than on any procurable farts," beaaid. To Every Mother Who Has Her Baby Registered. Governor Craig is greatly in terested in North Carolina babies i and is extending the full privi leges of the new Vital Statistic? law to every baby born in the State. To this end, he has just announced that, in a special rec ognition of every baby who3e birth is recorded under this new law, he will write the mother a letter and not only compliment her on her motherhood, but ex press his personal appreciation of her having availed herself of the privilege of the new law. Babie whose parents do not think enough of them to have their birth recorded will of course not hear from the Governor.

Along with the Governor's letter the State Board of Health has asked to be allowed to send some of its best literature on the care and feeding of infants and in this way endeavor to reduce our tremendous infant mortality. The Governor fully appreciates the great privilege the State affords its citizens in making com plete official records of their births and deaths. There is a provision in the new law where by births and deaths that oc curred before the new law became effective last fall may be registered, and it is interesting to note that that our own Gov ernor war the first citizen of the State to avail himself of this privilege and to file his birth cer tihcate. bince that date many other births have boon similarly recorded. NEWS ITEMS FROM ROUTR 6.

The holidays came (and like the negro's hog) has gone Everything passed off very quiet lyMr. J. Lee Friday, formerly of Hickory, has purchased from A. C. Avery of High Shoals, his place on route 6, and has moved into his new dwelling.

We welcome Mr. Friday and his family in our midst and wish him success in his truck farming Mr. Hense Hovis has recently completed his nice dwelling and will move into it soon Mr. David W. Clanton gave the young people of this community a party at his home Saturday night.

It was a most enjoyable affair The general health of our vicinity is good during the past fall and winter The piano contest is over at Goodson Bros. B. M. Loy having the lucky number Master Clyde Goodson, son of C. Goodson, won one of the ponies given away by Lincoln Co.

Times Mis i Melia Summey who holds a position with the Newton Cotton Mills spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. E.

Summey -Mr. Sam Hovis is erecting a store building near Salem church-Miss Hester Summey our "up-to-now" school teacher at Salem is teaching one of the very best schools in the history of old Salem and the attendance is good Miss Hattie Hovis who held a position as clerk for the Hardin Mfg. during the are eating his horses hoofs. Now this is no joke as the writer saw for himself Mr. Jones Smith and the Shuford boys caught a wild cat near Salem church one night last week.

J. W. S. arrise 10 North Brook. Mr.

Lee Jenks and Miss Maud Beam of North Brook township were married oh January lllh by Esquire W. M. Hull at his resi dence in North Brook. The bride and groom are both popular young people in that sec tion and their many friends wish them much happiness. Lowesville III Only a Few Days.

Mr. Robert L. Holdsclaw of near Lowesville died Thursday of last week at his home after a very brief illness. Mr. Holdsclaw had enjoyed good health since his operation for appendicitis about five years ago.

Death came after a very brief illness, he having been confined to his home less than a week's time when the summons came. He is survived by several children and other relatives. Mrs. W. W.

Hager, who live3 in that neighborhood, is a daughter of the deceased. Mr. Holdsclaw was a Confederate veteran and fought bravely for the cause he thought right. He was a native of Catawba county, and enlisted in Co. 68th regiment.

His record as a soldier was honorable and as a citizen he was highly respected. The remains were buried in the cemetery at Lowesville last Friday. Lively Scrap Over Location of Road. Quite a lively public road scrap from Cherry ville township came up before the county commissioners Monday. A survey was made sometime ago for a sand-clay road to lead beyond Dallas to Cherry ville.

'This survey practically follows the course of the present public road, leading into the Cherryville and Crouse road just below Cherryville. About a month ago a survey was made for the road leading from the cross roads of this and the Kings Mountain-Lincolnton road, leading to the Bessemer City-Cherry ville macadam road at Farnsworth's store, Now, however, the people of the Beaverdam section present, their claims and say that this would isolate them. So they are asking that the Dallas and Cherryville rtiad be detoured by way of Bethel church until it connects with the sand-clay road leading from that section into Lincolnton. Then they propose tnat the road turn westward and lead by St Marks church and on into the Cherryville and Crouse road just above Crouse. The original survey would give the most direct route between Gastonia and Cherryville, 7 while the proposed change would lead through a very fertile section of the county, but which lies right along the Lincoln line and contributes a considerable portion of its trade to Lincolnton.

The commissioners have the matter under but took no action at this session. Gaston Progress. Drainage Begun. Shelby, Jan. 9.

The dredging of Buffalo began this week. The small dredge has been completed and work started on Muddy Fork, a tributary of Buffalo Creek. Superintendent Bradley who is in charge of the work, has a large dredge under construction and as soon as it is completed it will be launched on Buffalo. The drainage district recently issued an $80,000 bond issue to valuable lands. Hog With Two Hearts.

The Shelby Highlander. Mr. W. R. Turner returned recently from Gastonia, where he had been visiting his son, Mr.

L. E. Turner, who is very ill. While in Gastonia Mr. Turner saw a hog, belonging to a Mr.

Hovis, which after being- killed, was found to have two perfectly developed hearts. Mr. Turner saw the hearts and vouches for the truth of this story. lieved here that the Kagoshima disaster will prove to be one of the most serious in Japan's his tory. The loss of life and prop erty increases with fuller news from the scene.

DEATH LIST INTO THOUSANDS. Nagasaki, Japan, Jan. 13 Reports here today were that the death list around Kagashima will run into the thousands. Kagoshima, which is almost completely buried in volcanic ashes and stones, had a population of 60,000 at the census. The population of the adjoining island of Sakura, the center of the disturbance, is given as 15,000.

On this island hundreds are reported to have perished beneath the streams of lava from the volcano of Sakura-Jima. Many more were undoubtedly drowned while attempting to escape. Doctors have started to the scene which is difficult to reach because railroad communication is impeded by ashes and the tracks have been dislocated by earthquakes. The violence of the eruptions of Sakura-Jima is so great that showers of dust fell here today. The distance between Nagasaki and SakUra is about 90 miles.

A refugee who arrived here today from the scene gave this ac count of the disaster: "The eruption started suddenly with columns of thick black smoke and flame from the crater of Sakura-Jima. "Hundreds of the inhabitants of the small island rushed to the beach and leaped on board junks and steamers, which carried them across three miles of water to Kagoshima, ashes, stones and particles of white hot lava fall ing all the while on the decks. 'The horror was increased by the shaking caused by incessant earthquakes. More than 350 earthquake shocks were recorded before nightfall. 'People fled along the high ways West and North of the city.

They had abandoned everything. Soon they were suffering for lack Of food and drink. The volcano resembled a huge set-piece of fireworks, glowing from the foot of the mountain to the summit. During the night the glowing lava illuminated theentire district The volcano constantly emitted thunderous explosions." Burning rock and ashes set fire to several villages. At Moji on the Kiushiu Rail way, 10U persons were killed.

Several villages along the foot of the volcano were buried in lava yesterday. Under The New Tariff. The Philadelphia Record makes note of the fact that last year the Fall River mills paid a trifle better than 7 per cent, the high est- average percentage since 1909 and the largest aggregate of dividends since 1937. The rate of dividends since 1912 was only 4J per cent, and the aggregate of dividends disbursed last year was more than $900,000 in excess of the amount in 1912. The Record well declares that these are astonishing figures when we consider what a paralyzing effect Democratic tariff "tinkering" was expected to have on industry.

The Democrats began working on the tariff in April, and the business of the last quarter of the year was done under the new rates. Charlotte Observer. beating. At the same time, by the use of a salt solution, through which the blood was coursing, the blood was being purified of sugar, urea i and all the diffusable materials. By varying the solution and send ing the blood through chemicals of different sorts other kinds of poloona csii-Im removed from the blood by the same process.

Professor Abel and his col leagues would venture no predic tion as to a practical application of their method. The demonstration simply showed a step in advance, they said, and they did not care to discuss its possibili ties at the present stage in their research. Scientists who witnessed the demonstration, however, did not conceal their enthusiasm over the channel of opportunity opened up by the Balti-moreans. "If their method of diffusion removes urea from the blood," said one, "it can be used as a cure for uremia. By varying the chemicals the same process can be Used to remove acetone from the blood, the poison associated with nephritis." Dr.

W. Salant, head of the Federal Public Health Service at Washington, made this comment: "This apparatus is positively the newest thing for cleansing the bloodIt may be possible, though I have not tested this machine, to remove bichloride of mercury from the blood. HUNGER-TESTING MACHINE. A contrivance by which it can be determined whether one is suffering from hunger or merely has an appetite was also among the inventions demonstrated, Dr. A.

J. Carlson, of the University of Chicago, demonstrating on himself the efficiency of the hun ger-testing machine, which is his own invention. Dr. Carlson defined hunger as a sensation which arises in the stomach, while appetite, he explained, is a nervous phenomenon of the brain. Swallowing a small cigar shaped rub ber balloon which had been fitted with long rubber tubes, he inflated the balloon in his stomach through the tubes and then attached the latter to sensitized paper.

Hunger, he declared, caused the muscles of the stomach to grip the balloon and drive out the air, which registered the amount of hunger on the sensitized paper. White rats and mice were used in an experiment designed to illustrate the diffusion of the blood supply, Dyes injected in their blood vessels and circulated in a abort time changed the color of northern territory has received folks didn't fail to tell the Rich-the endorsement of a committee, mon(i people what they thought and has been placed before" Con-1 0f their conduct in the freight Kress as "unfinished business," cases. Raleigh agreed to where it must be taken up with-, out President WiHon's influence is strongly behind the plan for a ru9ed but later reconsidered by no1 days nas resiened ner Psi" a cose vote; Winston-Salem and is at home-One-of. our iitte encouragement and Char1'ood neiKhbors tells us that rats system of rural banks and credit j0tte will help if it can't get a associations, and that project is bank itself. -Statesville Land-expected to vie with trust ques-1 mark.

tions, in the attention that will be given to it by the Adminis-'stitutional amendment permit-tration. The report of the Rur-! ting women to vote have massed al Credits Commission which toured Europe last year, has been carefully gone over by the President, and when legislation is taken up it probably will be along concerted lines, such as characterized action on the gen- eral currency bill. Woman "suffrage will also give i both branches of Congress a busy time. Advocates of a con- forces in Washington and are' preparing for a concerted attack on Senate and House, aided byl any Senators and Representa-J tives who favor general suffrage and who will advocate some posi-; tive action by Congress endors ing it The scope of trust leg'slation probably will not be fully out- lined for several wecka. I.