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The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
ONE MURDER NEVER SOLVED

DtIIl.
ONE MURDER NEVER SOLVED
One Of the murders described in
Dead and Gone was never solved
by officers of the law and refuted
the axiom that murder will out.
One Saturday morning in 1870,
the hated Reconstruction Senator
"Chicken" Stephens was killed in
a room of the CaSWell county
courthouse, when every adjoining
hall and room brimmed with Off
clalS and citizens, and when just
outside the windows moved a great
Saturday crowd. This murder, &C
compliShed with a combination of
skill. cool-headednesS, and good
fortune, came very close to the
category of perfect crime. 1t at
tracted the attentions Of latter-day
sleuthS, laboring in the service of
public record Mr.. Wellman writes:
Samuel A. AShe, North Carolina S
indefatigable annaliSt, tried or
long to ferret out the truth. Claude
G.. Bowers, when he visited North
Carolina in guest of information
for his account OF Reconstruction
The Tragic Era, made mighty ef-
forts to do likewise. The gentle
and erudite Dr.. j. G.. deRoulhac
Hamilton. when he wrote of North
Cardinals postwar epoch, attack
ed the mystery with all the verve
of scholar detective. and came
close. but not quite close enough,
to a solution" The secret of the
Staying was kept inviolate until
after the death of the last of the
band III 1895.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
1T DEPENDS ON 2?
BY JOHN ROBERTS

BOILING SPRINGS - How
much does it cost to go to college?
The cost depends to a great ex-
tent on what college you choose,
but no matter what the college,
you may be sure your tuition and
fees do not completely cover the
expense of keeping you in school.
Gardner-Webb College is this
year giving an education to 371
students. 100 of whom are from
Rutherford County.
The cost of attending Gardner
Webb is relatively low. Boarding
students pay only S615 per year
for tuition, room and board. Day
students can get years study for
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
North Carolina. Lincoln County
NOTICE

The undersigned having quail
fled as eXecutriX of the estate of
E. w. Mullen, deceased, late of
Lincoln County, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned on or before the lst
day of February. 1856. or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted to
said estate will please make i'm
mediate payment to the under
signed.
This 29th day of January, 1855.
Margaret Mullen Dellinger,
EXecutriX
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31

In Lle near future Lincoln cOun-
ty farmers will be buying fertilizers
for their crops and will be apply
ing fertilizer to their pastures and
alfalfa fields. In view of the fact
that a great Geal of money is spent
for the purchase of minerals for
our soils, it might be to our advan-
tage to discuss some of the recon-
mendations and why they are
made by the N. C. Experiment
Stations.
First, on what basis are the EX-
pertinent Stations recommended
tions made
Cd In most cases, different
types of soils are analysed to find
out what minerals they contain
and whether or not these minerals
are available to the crops to be
grown on the soils.
(2) Crops harvested from the
soils are analyzed to determine
what kind of fertilizer elements
and how much of each is removed
from the soil by the crop. To give
you an example of this, recent eX-
periments show that one ton of
alfalfa hay removes about IL lbs.
of phosphate and approximately
As lbs. of potash. Thus, we can
see that a normal yield of three
tons of alfalfa hay per acre re-
moves the equivalent of about 500
lbs. of an 0-9-27 fertilizer per
acre. You can also see that if the
crop gets any less than what it
needs to grow, we'll, it just doesn't
grow. In other words. the lack of
these fertilizer elements limits its
growth just as the lack of water
does.
90 A trial test is made in the
field where different amounts of
the fertilizer elements are applied
to the different crops to see how
we'll it performs.
When these experiments have
been conducted for fertilizer ele-
ments for all crops. recommended
tionS are made to meet the needs
most economically. In other words,
the recommendations are based on
facts and observations. and there
is no guess work involved.
The fertilizer recommendations
for the North Carolina Experiment
Station for this area are:
Alfalfa: 500 to 800 lbs. of 0-9-27,
0-1O-20 or 0-14-14 with boraX. The
use of 500 lbs. of 0-9-27 will do the
Job Just as we'll as 800 lbs. OF
| Ol4-14 unless the soil is low in
phosphate.
Corn GRAIN: 300-400 lbs. of
5-lO-1O. 6-6-12, 1913 or 200 lbs.
| of 100000. SidedreSs with 80 lbs,
of nitrogen 600 lbs. of Nitrate Of
Soda. 800 lbs. of ANIL. or 240 lbs.
of ammonium nitrate) per acre
and potash if needed.
Corn (Silage) $50 lbs. of 1918,
topdress with 120-160 lbs. of nitro
cen per acre.
Cotton: 600 lbs. of 6-12-6, top
dress with 24-3O lbs. of nitrogen.
Sorghum (Grain): 400 lbs. OF
! 5-l0-10 or 200 lbs. OF lU-ZO-ZU.
Topdress with 5000 lbs. of nitro
cen after three four weeks.
Soybeans: 400 lbs. of 0-1O-2O or
its equivalent.
Wheat: $50 lbs. of 6-126 or 400
lbs. 5-1O-l0 following lespedeza
hay. Topdress with 30-45 lbs. OF
nitrogen between February II and
March Is.
Oats GRAIN: Same as wheat.
Barley (Grain): Same as wheat,
Lespedeza: 300 lbs. Of 0-14-14,
O-l0-2O or zoe lbs of 0-20-20.
Sudan Grass: 400 lbs. of 8-6-8
or equivalent, topdress with 30-60
lbs. of nitrogen.
Watelmelons: 600 lbs. of 8-8-9,
topdress with Is pounds of nitro
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
North Carolina, Lincoln County
NOTICE

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF
THE POWER OF SALE contained
in a certain deed of trust dated
the 2nd day of August, 1851, and
recorded in Book 242 Page 476
Lincoln County Public Registry,
default having been made in the
payment of the Indebtedness
thereby secured and said deed of
trust being by the terms thereof
subject to foreclosure the under
signed Trustee will offer for sale
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash at the East Door
of the Courthouse in Lincolnton,
N. c.. at 1900 O'Clock Noon on
February %, 1855, the property
conveyed in said deed of trust, the
same lying and being in Catawba
Springs Township, Lincoln Coun-
ty, North Carolina, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
All an dthe full contents of Lot
No. 9 on which is situated dwell
ing house; Track No. 10, contain
ing one Acre; Tract No. IL, con-
tanning 3.8 Acres: Tract No. IL
containing II Acres; and Tract
No. 13 containing 09 of an Acre,
of PROPERTY OF ECONOMY
HOMES, INC" as SO shown and
designated on map of said sub
division as surveyed and sub-di :
vided by F. B. Rankin, Registered
Surveyor, in April of 1851, and
traced and scaled from said sur
vey and map by Hoke S. Heavier,
Registered Land Surveyor, in June
of 1851, said map being recorded
in Plat Book A Page 1913. Lincoln
County Public Registry. to which
said recorded plat and recorded
deed of trust reference is hereby
made and had for full description
of said lot and tracts by meteS and
bounds.
This sale will be made subject
to all outstanding and unpaid tax
eS, The high bid will be required
to post ten percent Q0at) in cash
of his bid pending confirmation oi
said sale by the court.
This goth day of January. 1855
j. Carlton Smith,
trustee
! At Feb. 3,10,17.24
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
North Carolina, Lincoln Count,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned. having quail
fled as administrator of the Estate
of w. H. Helderman, deceased, late
Of Lincoln County, this is to no.
tify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 9th day of January, 1856, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
Of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This the 9th day of January
1855.
Russell Helderman,
Administrator
Alexis, N. c,
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31

-ihCOHi SOuHtS.
In the Superior Court
ArliS Withers. Plaintiff,
VS..
Bette Townsend WitherS,
Defendant
TO Bette Townsend WitherS:
Take notice that apleading seek
ing relief against you has been fill
ed in the above entitled action.
The nature of the relief being
sought is as follows: For annul-
ment of marriage entered into
with ArliS Withers on or about the
18th day Of June, 1858. You are re-
quired to make defense to such
pleading not later than the 12 day
of March, 1855, and upon youl
failure to do so the party seeking
service against you will apply tc
the Court for the relief sought.
This the 10 day of January, 1855
j. H. Ross.
Clerk Superior Court
4t Jan. 10,17,24,31
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
HE'LL FIND OUT

A little boy attending his first
wedding asked his mother why the
bride was dressed in white. BE
cause" answered he mother,
white stands for pretty and JOY. ="
Then why" was the retort 10
gical. "does the groom wear black" "
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
FERTILIZER TIME NEARS
fEKTILIZEK TINE NEAKS
Farmers Note: Right Fertilizer
For Right Crop Means More Money

gen.
Potatoes (Sweet): 500-1000 lbs
of 4-l2-12.
Vegetable Crops: Most vege-
tables grow we'll using from 300
1000 lbs. of 6-12-6 or 8-8-8. how
ever, some require special fertiliza-
ton.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31

Drive Safely! Did you know that
when car is going 60 mph it can't
be stopped completely under 264
feet? That's twice the distance be-
tween home plate and second, and
IL feet more.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
SHE DID

Hey" cried Satan to a new ar
rival, "you act as if you owned
this place!"
Il do" came the reply, "my wife
gave it to me before l came"
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
THREE GET DEATH PENALTY


Only three of the ten killers in
Dead and Gone suffered the death
penalty, all of them by hanging
and all of them in the mountains.
The mad jealousy of frankie Silver
of Burke county ended with bitter
Justice at the end of the laws
nooSed rope, the first woman
hanged in the State The people
concerned died but the ballad of
Frankie Silver survived, its haunt
ing woeful tune recalling unlaid
ghosts and lonely places. T o m
Dula smiled death away during the
Civil War only to find the hang
mans moose waiting at the end,
The ballad celebrating his crime
was widely sung and several ver-
sionS are quoted in collections of
folk songs. The murder in 1872 OF
Colonel Nimrod S Jarrett of
Macon county was avenged by
"short work with a long rope" in
accordance with the old formula
of the Smokes, but not until eight
| months later and after a full con-
fession by the culprit.
The calculated. heartless mur-
| der of her husband committed by
Ida Bell Warren of Forsyth coun-
| ty shocked the nation in 1914. Mr.
Wellman writes that although he
is well aware that any woman
involved in a major crime, whe-
ther actively or passively. is apt
to be described as breathlessly
lovely. Ida Bell Warren was ugly
to a surprising degree. though she
was developed admired and court
ed in spite of that, and was pub
licly compared to the great eXem-
plar of her avocation, Lady Mac
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
EARLIEST MURDER 1908

1Olle IOOh place III loUo. IL It
counts the plaintive history and
untimely death of Naomi Wise
poor 'Omi," they called her in
Randolph county five generations
ago. So romantic was the tale of
orphan Omi's fate at the hands Of
her false lover that it has even
been called fiction. The motive and
method Of her Staying almost eX-
actly resembles DreiSer's An
American TRAGEDY. The memory
OF the tragedy has been kept eSpe-
cially green by a come-all-ye-
good-people folk rhyme and other
memorials. A cotton mill establish
ed in 1879 at the site of her mur-
der-the old ford of Deep River
was named Naomi Factory and it
was around thiS site that the town
Of Randleman grew. The name of
the murdered girl was further pre-
served in Naomi Falls and the Ma
omi Methodist church. The river
still croons sadly, as though chant
ing the old. pathetic tale.
General Bryan Grimes of Pitt
county and Civil War fame meets
a violent death at dusk; little Ken
meth Beasley of Currituck county
is cruelty kidnapped: planter
preacher George Washington Car
avian of Hyde county dies violently
by his own gun after numbering a
young teacher; these three we'll
known tales of violence represent
the coastal regions contributions
to Dead And Gone.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31
NEW BOOK OUT
NEW BOOK OUT =.
Saddening But Exciting Scenes
Recall North Carolina Murders

Dead And Gone, by Manly Wade
Wellman, to be released by The
University of North Carolina Press
on February retellS ten classic
crimes which occurred in North
Carolina between 1903 and 1914.
The stories, based on material
from contemporary newspapers,
court records, letters. family COL
lectionS and numerous works of
local history, recall the vigorous
life and exciting history of the
State.
All sections of the State are rep
resented in this homicide collec-
ton, Four of the murders were
committed in North Carolina s
piedmont, three in the coastal re-
gionS, and three in the mountains.
The murders were for vengeance,
elimination, gain, jealousy They
include, among others. a Confed-
crate general, lovely orphan girl,
pathetic little boy. and a highly
offensive political boss. Fayette-
vile. Washington. Henderson.
Winston Salem, and Yanceyville
are all involved in the untidy
events.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-31

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS OF PUBLICATION
State of North Carolina,
Lincoln County.
In the Superior Court
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
4OOONewspapers
To Push
Dodge Contest

Detroit - Because Of their
great impact on the American
reading public, nearly 1000 news
papers will be used to convey
news of the scar for Life" con-
test which will be sponsored by
Dodge Division, Chrysler Corpor-
alton, beginning Oct. 81.
Jack w. Minor, sales manager
in charge of advertising for
Dodge, said that a heavy sched-
ule of newspaper advertisements
is being prepared. The ads will
give details of the unique con-
test, termed the greatest safety
campaign in history" which will
provide a new car every year Of
their lives for four lucky mo-
florists. Eight "runners-up" will
receive a new 1856 Dodge.
The contestants will appear on
the Lawrence Welk show (ABC-
TV Saturdays, 8 to 9 p. m. EST
for four weeks beginning Nov.
II, being flown to Los Angeles
from all over the nation. Appli-
cation blanks will be available
at all Dodge dealers, Oct. 81 to
Nov. %, Minor said.
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10

OF evacuation, however, has not
yet been brought to light. The
obvious reason for an atomic
bombing by anybody to the Unit
ed States would be to destroy our
industrial potential and the abili-
ty to defend ourselves because of
the actual destruction of u in
dustrial facilities. There would
be no better way to render our
industrial facilities useless than to
have the people who operate
them leave.
1T appears to me that suf-
ficient thought has not been Civ
en- to this problem, namely, that
if everybody evacuated his house
and tries to flee from an area
that has been bombed or from the
path that the winds might take
from that area where the debris
from the bombing would be drop
ped out and be radioactive for
a short period of time, then the
industrial facilities and the pro-
duction from these localities from
which the people would flee
would be useless.
ut seems to me that if this
country is to remain strong in
the event of a sneak attack, and
be able to defend itself at all,
it will require everybody's stick
ing to his place of habitation and
to do his job SO as to be avail
able for whatever use the gov
eminent might have for him to
continue to defend his home and
produce the items which are
needed to support our armies.
81 think the program adopted
by our civil defense authorities
smacks of defeatism. 1 think it
would be a far better program
to give the people the true facts
and acquaint them with the real
dangers present in the event of a
bombing, and to give them the
information they will need to
survive the period of two or
three days or a week, whatever
it may be, until such time as the
radioactivity has Gained down to
a point where it is safe for the
average person to go about his
normal tasks.
Certainly this approach is
more in line with the American
standard of rugged individualism
and the courage to take on all
corners whatever the odds may
be.
Il am greatly concerned about
this thing you call mass hysteria
and which I think is cutting the
fortitude Of the American people
to withstand an atomic attack,
even prior to its coming.
1T is my opinion that the mass
evacuation of the people and the
accidents and problems inherent
in such a program constitute a
greater source of danger to the
American people than the at
tack itself"
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
1856 Fur
Trapping Seasons
In Progress

State trapperS will soon be busy
preparing prime pelts from Mon
tana's fur bearers for Montana
fur wearers. Beaver trapping
started November l, mink, musk
rat and marten seasons begin No
vember 10, and the fox season
is open the entire year. Montana
has no seasons for otter and fish
er this year.
The 1886 beaver trapping
season opened in "a quota areas
and Is unlimited trapping areas
Nov. /. The general season on
beaver will run until April 80,
1856, according to the regulations
set up by the Montana Fish and
Game Commission.
Trappers may make application
to the Montana Fish and Game
Department for permits to trap in
beaver reduction areas until
March 81, 1856. In these sections,
no limit is set on the number of
beaver taken by each trapper,
while in quota areas, beaver to
be taken will be divided among
all applicants for each area.
The statewide mink trapping
season will be in effect from
November 10 through December
81, in all areas shown on the
1855 fur map which are not clos
ed to general trapping.
Trapping seasons for muskrat
in western Montana will also ex-
tend from Nov. 10 through Dec.
81. Special muskrat trapping sea-
sons were established from March
l to April 80 for the following ir-
rigation districts: Flathead dis
trict ~ Lake and Sanders coun-
ties Excluding all Indian allot-
ted or tribal lands); Fairfield dis
trict II Cascade and Teton coun-
ties; Waller district Pondera
county; and Brady district - Te-
ton county.
The eastern Montana muskrat
season will open November 10
and close April 80.
Two special areas will open to
marten trapping November 10
through November Is on the
North Fork of the Flathead Riv-
er and also on the Middle Fork
Of the Flathead River. Elsewhere
in the state, the marten season
will run from November 10 thru
Dec. 10, except for special closed
areas in Flathead, Lincoln, San
ders and Fergus counties.
According to regulations, mar
ten pelts must be tagged by the
game warden in whose district
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
BY Ernest Immel

Helena - At the general cleo
ton next year the people of
Montana will vote on a proposed
state constitutional amendment
providing that taxes collected for
highway use shall be expended
only IN highways.
The Montana Highway Users
conference, Of which Alfred F.
DOugherty of Helena is chair
man, is setting up a special or
ganlzation to support this social
ed anti diversion amendment.
This amendment was one of the
recommendations made to the
1855 legislature by the governors
interim highway finance study
committee and corresponds to ac-
ton already taken by quite a
number Of other states.
Motor fuel taxes are the larg-
est item Of state highway income.
Only once has any part of this
revenue been diverted from high
way use, one reason for this being
that this income has been pledged
by law to pay off the various
state highway bonds that the
people have voted. Present bonds
will be retired within the next
two years, and when that time
comes it will indeed be well to
have made provision that there
be no opportunity for anyone to
dip into the highway fund for
other purposes.
In addition to motor fuel taxes.
commercial truckers are now pay
ing the big share of about two
million dollars a year being col
lected through the gross vehicle
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
THE SIDNEY HERALD @N
Thursday. Nov. 10. 1855 -

while in transit, said A. A.
O'Claire, department director.
Shooting hours are from IL
noon until sunset on Nov. 8, and
conforming with waterfowl hunt
ing hours, from one-half hour
before sunrise until sunset for
the rest of the season, O'Claire
stated.
Game birds must not be taken
or shot from county, state or
Federal highways, OF within 40
feet from the c~enter1ine of high
ways, according to regulations.
Hunters are requested not to
shoot red : legged Chukar part
ridge, which can be mistaken for
Hungarian partridge. There is no
open season on Chukars, which
the Department is trying to es-
tablish in Montana, explained
O'Claire.
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
'sMOE faESsn THIS Week.

weight law. These truck fees,
which will be increased the first
Of next year, are a considerable
item, and the door should not be
left open to the diversion of this
money. Also there is levied
against commercial truckers a
gross receipts tax but. contrary
to the principle expressed in the
proposed constitutional amend
ment, this money goes to the
state general fund and not to
the state highway fund.
Having in mind Montana's ire
mendous highway mileage and the
relatively small population to
meet these great demands for the
construction and maintenance of
our road system, it is all the
more important that highway use
assessments be expended exclu-
sively on the highway system. Ba-
sically, Montana's highway prob
lem has been one of financing,
and the objective of the proposed
constitutional amendment is to
guarantee that every dollar that
is collected in the name of high
ways be used for that purpose
alone, a principle which I be-
lieve Montanans almost univer-
sally favor.
In a recent issue of this col
umn I said that the civilian de-
tense program appears to be pred
icated on a fear PHYSIOLOGY
and I questioned whether mass
evacuation of people from cities
threatened by atomic bomb at
tack would be a realistic way of
coping with that evenutality.
In reaction to this opinion, 1
have received a letter from Rob-
bert Neils, logging company ex-
ecutive at Libby, which so aptly
Celebrates on my point of view
that I am taking the liberty of
quoting Mr.. Neils:
Gas you state in your news re-
lease the folly of mass evacua-
ton of cities was demonstrated
quite forcefully when the French
plugged all the highways in World
War II, making military defense
Of their country a physical i'm
possibility.
"The same thing, it appears to
me, would occur if the evacua-
ton programs as now sponsored
by the federal government were
put into effect in our major cities.
"The biggest danger, in my
opinion, however, is the problem
of taking care Of the people al
ter they have Abandoned their
homes. It appears to me that for
every n who is actually in dam
ger as a result of an atomic
bombing, there would probably
be a hundred who have fled
homes which are entirely livable
and to which normal services
would continue even after a
bombing. The problem of sup
plying people in the areas to
which they would flee would pre-
sent almost impossible Difficult
ties. It seems to me that this in
itself is a very good reason for
not having everybody pack up
his belongings and take off.
81 believe the most important
reason for diScouraging this sort
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10

the pelts were taken, not less
than 20 days after the close of
the season.
Trappers are requested to watch
for ear-tagged marten, and should
report the capture of any of these
animals to the nearest game war
den, with information on local.
ty of trapping and the numbers
appearing on the ear tag. AL in
formation will be used in a mar
ten study being conducted by
the fur resources section of the
Montana Fish and Game Dept.
Areas closed to all trapping
are: the following State preserves
- Sun River, Gallatin, Skalkaho,
Grass Valley and Seeley Lake; the
Missouri River and Canyon Ferry
Reservoir from highway ION
bridge at Townsend to Canyon
Ferry Dam; all Federal reserves
and all Indian allotted or tribal
lands.
Official trapper maps may be