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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 192.?
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STATE DRAMATIC HISTORY
World a Work beleve the plana of tha
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FITTING-IN OF THE GOOD ROADS.
Mr. H. P. Corwtth, who Is largely Interested In
the apple Industry around Saluda, has had a University of North 'Carolina for 'preserving tha
talk with tha editor of The Spartanburg Herald ln;hl8ory d traditions of the Suta tfhrough the
which ha gives emphasis to soma of tha advan-art of the play-writer, promises to be aa In
tages of fruit cultivation !n that part of western atructlve as it is popular. That publication aays
North Carolina and in the course of which he0UT State "has a history particularly rich In
gives Illustration of the beneficent operations of jleRend, as we'l aa in actual a h evament." Aa for
the good roads whlrh have been built by thejour mountaineers, It says they "are' among the
State Mr. Corwtth explains that Saluda. Is slt-jmo historically .Interesting survivals in (hit
uated Just exactly half way between Spartan
burg and Ahev lle, and It 1 Just the same "dis
tance from Saluda to Greenville, It ia to Spartan
burg or to Ashevllle. This Fall he has. sold
apples in each "of thee towns, making the trip
easily and comfortably in a day, and back home
in time to see that things are in shape about the
place before' night.
IKE OPEN FOHUM
n t-ditorlftl tit fo tli. Few!
taxing enrnen property.
A Point- Brought Id About the Con
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country." practically .every mountain ' having its
-story while the -wHds-of Scotland. Itself, "are no
more ""full of feuds and afventure and romance."
Bjf way of summary; Tha World's Work aays the
association of Sir 'Waiter Rale gh wjth this Suta
and the lost, colony;, the-Croatan Indians and the
Mecklenburg Declaration, the stirring scenes of would sound to us too much like a
the Revolutionary War, to say nothing of tha ex-
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rpen Forum,. December 7, It cer
tainly doe look bad to sell churches
for , delinquent atreet assessments
tax, but: we ourself should not go
qu'ta so far aa to ra'l it a "burning
name." since tha latter expression
"This is possible, of course,", he continued. ;cltement of the Civil War and of the Reconstruc-
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"through the road development. Just realised thia
year for the first time, but tha roads have cone
to stay and become better, and I am convinced
that never again will the mountain regions be
Isolated at any time of the year."
Mr. Corwlth pointed out that there are fully
4J0fl,000 people in Spartanburg. Greenville, Ashe
vllle, and the smaller towns along the highways
tion period that followed', certainly contain mate
rial enough to keep many playwrights IfUsy f or, .a
considerable time! ' ' ' :
These are the-traditions and tha htotorical In
cidenU to which 3b.nW course in playwiitlng
at the North Carolina University la now devoting
Its energies. "Even though the successful play
wrights who have been developed at Harvard
may not materialize at Chape Hill though there
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leading to those cities from Saluda, and the great
mAJorlty of them not producing things to eat. but ,s no ood reason why they should not tha work
' TM engaged in manufacturing and therefore de
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aj, piuuui-e, upun me orcnaraa, rineyaraa ana iruca
gardens of the mountains. JI insists that when
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TRIDAT MORNING, DECEMBER t, 1121.
THE WINTER FARM.
I ME of the old ideaa of farm work ob
taining with our forefathers have been
handed down to the present generation
and are still being pursued largely by
force of habit In times past when
labor was abundant the farmer could
afford to make dependence larse.'? upon
"the handa," and himself live a Ufa of compara
Ova ease and Idleness during tha long period in
tervening from tha laying by of crops until re-
ammptlon of farm activities In the Spring. Tha
' I4 notion waa that there was nothing to be dona
' on tha farm In Winter, but tha rural communities
ar being brought around to realization that there
ra profitable activities on the -farm for each
. month m tha year. Tha boys who return to
tat farm from collar art operating as one in
strumentality through which their daddies are
being broken from the old ways. , They are apply
ing bosdneaa .jrlnciples to tha farm, and ' rural
ammnnltlaa are developing bank accounts.
( Mighty frw farmer! now-a-days cling to the Idea
that tha farm work la laid by when the crops are
laid by, and thoe who have mad experlmenta
, ttoa In the growing of Winter crops are in many
case surprising and Inspiring their neighbors.
;, They are finding It possible to bring a variety of
products to market during tha Interim between
j laying by the old crop and tha casting of a new
crop, una oia notion mat nothing can be grown
i except a few turnips la being definitely abandoned
and mora fanners than tha public Is aware of
bow make regular trips Into town with Fall and
Winter grown vegetables and carrying a surplus
from thla new source of revenue back home or
leaving It in th bank.
They are not truckers In the generally ac
eaptad term; rather, they are old-line farmers
who are keeping their aoil busy throughout the
western North Carolina come Into Its own, as an
apple-growing region, the seat of that ' Industry,
from the standpoint of convenient marketing will
be Saluda, . ,
And. the Spartanburg paper declares, there Is
something to his contention, "It Is a fact," says
The Herald) "that Ashevllle, Spartanburg and
Greenville are equal distance from Saluda and
there are Improved highways leading directly to
these towns from Saluda. Th experience Mr.
Corwlth, and our friend Eugene Sanders have
had this aeason. marketing much of their apple
crop by truck, reveals th advantages of their
location."
THE SHRINER8 IN TOWN.
The Charlotte people do not need to be told
that the Shrlners are in town, nor do we have to
tell th. fihriners that the town and all that is In
it are theirs for the stay they will take 'em, any
how. Th annual event has drawn perhaps a
larger number of the wearers of the Red Fex
than on any previous occasion, and th public
will understand by this that the city is entertain
ing a record crowd of the best fellows going.
There Is considerable Jollity among the visitors on
the streets and there is no doubt more of It with
in the temple, but the fihriners' always have a
serious purpose' back of their regular gatherings,
and one large Item will be promotion of the plans
for. forwarding erection of the Shrine Mosque In
Charlotte. Shrine benevolences, of which there Is
a large, range, will alao have advancement, by the
body. In the crowd la noted a good many people
who have never been to Charlotte before, prin
cipally among these being representatives of the
good citizenship "beyond th ridg," who, I6ng
accustomed to being cut off from th Interior of
the State, have been content to stay at bom and
let th world wag Its merry way. Th laying of
the good roads from piedmont North Carolina
into their section proves- th incentive that haa
brought them out They are going-to find Char
lotte a mighty good town, and Jf they do not
enj oy every moment of their stay with us. It will
not be th fault of our people.
to well worth; while," - comment Th World's
worK. "it is educational In the highest sense
and university extension work of the finest kind.
Mornd more modern universities are realizing
the new Conception that It is their business to
be part of the community In which they ex tot; to
preserve the best tradition of th State and to
familiarize Its people with all good thoughts and
actions. Certainly no more attractive way can
be found of doing' this than that which the Uni
versity of North Carolina ha now discovered.
The fact that the plays are not only written by
the student but staged and acted by them gives
the University undergraduate activity of an es
pecially wholesome and elevating kind."
NORTH CAROLINA IRON ORES.
That there Is renewed activity id North Carolina
iron mining la Indicated In th report Just pub
lished by th United States Geological Survey
and from which Th Manufacturers Record
makes quotation this week. It appears from this
report that the continuous production of the Iron
ore known as brown hematite in thla State during
the past five years has attracted attention to our
State as'a possible sdprc of an abundant supply
of are of that kind when th demand for It be
comes greater. Since the beginning of 1917 about
126,000 tons of brown hematite has been pro
duced In the State, a large part of It In Cherokee
County. i
Most of the deposits of brown ore .in North
Carolina are found in the valleys that lie between
the mountain ranges In the western part of the
State and on the piedmont plateau, in Its central
part Some deposits are found in the Coastal
Plain, but they are' of Uttle value. The largest
deposits In the mountain district are In Cherokee,
Madison and McDowell, counties. Those in the
piedmont region are In Catawba, Lincoln and
Gaston counties.
FIRE-FIGHTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Th report by Stat Insurance Commissioner
Scott on the irregularities in the New Bern fire
department's manner of lighting a fire, suggests
some xt the fore-fighting comics on the movie
screen. But undoubtedly some disorganisation
must hav resulted from th engagement at th
lumber mill across th river, from which the
department was hurriedly called to combat the
mora arfdatv-anpad PAnftivtatlnn rivu
fiummei aeason th operations of these farmers town, wtth lU organized household necessarily in
attract but small attention all .farms look alike . condition of disorder. Th. limit.!. t-
y;' they art worker,' rather than Idlers they
make hay ven in. th Winter suq. During the
la th Bnnimertlm, but it Is the greenery In vi
I dence la cultivated patches when the leaves are
'Off th trees and alt th landscape looks brown
and dead, that gives token to the operations of,
th Winter farmer. There are several of these
green Winter farma around Charlotte, but per
htps on of th best example is the Sycamore
Farm, several miles out from the city on th
BtaUsvill roai It Is owned by Lawyer-Turned-Farmer.
Charles W. Tillert. but It Is worked and
managed by Mr. Frank Beatty, a farmer who Is
educated In modern Ideas of farming and who
m proving to his own satisfaction and to that
of people who tak a look-in at his farm, that
th soil and ellmat of this section are hospitable
to profitable operations through the Fall and
Whiter.
As proof, Mr, Beatty one day thla week brought
a wagon load to town that was in itself a vege-J
laoie marxet, an tne, truck being fresh and crisp
and In tha best of condition. Of cours he bad
th usual turnips, .but in addition he had a 'va
riety of vegetables to surprise. In his lot were
as many as 20 different kinds of farm products.
It Included two varieties of lettuce! petals, or
Chinese cabbage; celery; collards; mustard; spin
ach; Irish potatoes; sweet potatoes; kohl rabi;
carrots: parsnips; salsify; turnips; beets;, rad
. lshes; horse radish; Spring onions and parsley.
All these vegetables were grown in the open, air
and the crop will furnish supplies untlt Spring.
w possiDiuties in agriculture in this favored
land are being discovered every season and th
dlsosQe
New Bern equlpmisnf perhaps did not permit of
the reserve precautions which It is possible for
the departments In larger cities to maintain in
readiness for an emergency call while the firemen
are engaged In any one particular section of the
town. "It 'not infrequently happena that while a
department Is fighting a Are at some given point.
Ore breaks out at another place ,and If there
ls.no equipment to be held in reserve, the atten
tion given the second fire must be of a more or
less demoralized sort. We are Inclined to belief
that under the conditions which prevailed the
New Bern fire department did a pretty good piece
of work.
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THE FLAG OVER AMERICAN MEETINGS,
Senator Borah made a apeech In Boston In
which he Insisted upon "immediate recognition of
the Russian Soviet Government." Somebody who
had to do with the Boston city government got
up and wanted to know why no American flag
wa-displayed at th meeting? Something of a
row must have been precipitated on part of Mr.
Borah's audience, for at any rate the man who
called attention to the absence of the flag "waa
given police protection." For himself, Mr. Borah.
explained that wherever he spoke "American
principles were represented." As an outcome of
the affair the Mayor of Boston Issued edict that
whenever public meeting of any kind Is held in
the city in the future, "the America flag must
jbe displayed." That is a sentiment .which should
farmers are making progress In converting thirb , aPPlnuded DV th" country, and ltwould help
properties into business sxsets. Mr. W F Raker'A"?erloan aUon 'ng'l' ths ordershould be
not ao long ago thought there was for Mm oP"catea jn .wery American -community.
THE TURK , COOLING DOWN.
The situation. at Lausanne Is said to be clear
ing, th Turk having been brought Into content
platlon of what might happen it he sticks to
Russia as against England, Francs and Italy, not
to say th United Stat, and is manifesting an
inclination to talk sense. Turkey ts rather In
clined to throw th blame for the recentunplea
ant outlook In connection with tb feeioia, of th
Straits entirely upon Rssalan shoulders. and th
probabilities now are that he will give "favorable
consideration" to the proposition by. the Allied
Powers. That proving the .case, the one matter
of capitulations would remain, and that appears
to present ths lesser difficulties. The understood
attitude of t United States, In which It was
mad to appear to the Turkish Government that
after all this country would not be entirely hands
off, appears to have had salutary effect Th ten
sion, at least. Is manifestly relaxed, and there Is
now talk of an amicable adjustment when the
peace-makers reassemble' after tha Christmas
holidays. '
HICKORY TAKES ACTJON.
While other towns are talking about what has
happened to New Bern and of what they ought
to do, ths enterprising town of Hickory has al
ready dons it The authorities in charge ther
have adopted an ordinance requiring fire-resisting
roofing material for all houses In Hickory of fu
ture construction. Th Record anticipates as on
result of this ordinance that f when-owners of
homes In Hickory mak their next Insursnce pay
ment they will get 10 cents off on every 1100 car
ried as a result of adoption of this ordinance."
Th Hickory aldermen hav figured It out that
th antl-shlngl ordinance "would not add $10
to the cast of a roof on a large house, or $2 to
th cost of. a small residence." The Record states
that thS Ordinance "was not adopted for the In
surance men. but In th Interest of Br preven
tion." . -
railing . accusation against the city
irathers. Tnes omciais. it'is unaer-
stood, in '.harmony with the consti
tutional palladium Of petition, for re
dress of grievance, gay,; careful
hearing to representatives of ths
ministerial association, though no-thing
said caused a change of policy
In the matter.
In this' connection we wish to re
iterate what has already been Intimated-
In these colurana; yls' that
It is a violation of the national con
stitution to excuse a - church.- from
paying tax on any of Its property.
Churches would -pay regular- taa on
all their property! Juab the same as
a secular corporation holding sim
ilar property value. If states kept
their laws within national constitu
tional bounds. "Congress shall make
no law respecting the establishment
of a religion. This means that
neither shall a state legislature make
a law respectlne the-establishment
of a-religion. Ask a lawyer.. If our
words are doubted. ' ' f : ;
When a' state nae a law exempt
Ing a phiir'h from taxation, the stats
must dedde what a church 1. be
fore the exemption can be enjoyed
by any church. . This brings up a
sembtance of ths age-old contro-
versy.that sacrificed m'lllone of llvs
In attempts at herding humanity
within legally defined churches.
: Not so many months ago an emi
nent divine speaking In th city
against the feared advent of Mor
mons advised hrs hearers to driv
Mormon missionaries but of the city
so soon as they cam. And In Open
Forum the present writer took occa
sion to protest ' against ministerial
advocacy of mob law, citing the fart
that on account of our a'leged moo
law tendency already, the state of
North Carolina bad even then been
unable to secure extradition of a
prisoner from Canada and trouble
was being experienced In getting an
other prisoner from a middle At
lantic state. -
This clrcumstsnc Is related as -n
Instance of ministerial ' attitude in
some quarters, mistaken attitude, ti-1
writer fears. Howsver much
thing needs to be done, there is at j
ways a question as to most err active
method. Local ministers, some of
them at least oppose taxation of
churches even for street Improve
ments. It Is easy, then, to Imagine
with what holy horror they might
regard even tne suggestion of tax
ing churches In general Just as If
they wer secular organizations.
Yet come back to the Mormon
question, for Instance. Our Immi
nent divtn advised us to form- a
mob and drive them out If their
missionaries should com. However,
com they can. If they wish. And
our persecution ef them. If w fol
low th preacher's advice, would but
serve as cheap advertising for th
sect as a whole. The law affords
them protection so long as they go
peaceably about their businesa wnen
they establish churches In North
Carolina, the state not only protects
them, but actually makes a contri
bution to their support to the extant
that tt excuses them from paying
tax on their church property.
Another example might be of in
terest. There Is a Presbyterian
church at West Trade and Cedar
streets, which we shall .hers csll
No. 1; No. 2 on 'East Twslfth street
and No. 3 on Trade and Church
streets. Th writer has attended
services In all three of these churches
In th past, and would not willingly
cast the slighted shadow on sither
one of them. But we think we may
without offense say that If these
churches were paying ta on tneir
Drooertv. the amount paid by both
No. 1 and No. 2 would not begin to
compare with the amount paid by
No. J. In excusing these churches
from tiavlns- tax. th Stat makes a
rather grand contribution to No. ,
but when It comes to contributing to
the support of the weaker churches.
what does the state OOT upen wiae
Its purser No, just a little. If a
congregation be too small or too)
poor to own a meeting place, tne
state makes no contribution to its
support at alL
But lust so soon as a church begins
to acquire houses and lands, then
the state begins to sit up ana tans
nodes: in excusing them from tax on
their property making contributions
to their support in proportion to
their wea'th. On might think that
If th state wer going to support)
MELODRAMA STUFF.
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0EATHS ANI FUNERALS
MRS. IRIS P. WHTTLOCK.
MOUNT AIRY. Dee. Ti Th fu
neral of Mrs. Irla Porter Whltlock
waa conducted from the- home of
Solicitor and Mr. 8V P. Graves by
ner pastor, Kev. H. K. Boyar. Mrs.
Whltlock died at Martin hospital
Monday evening following a long
ana painful uipees. She waa the
widow of th late Charles C. Whlt
lock, of this place, and a daughter
of Stephen and Margaret Porter, of
wythe county, Va Bh waa a sis
ter of the lata -Mrs. Mary Elisabeth
Graves, wife .of Judge J. F. Graves,
deceased, of this city and la sur
vived by two sisters. Mrs. Emma P.
Gilmer, of Texas, and Mrs. Laura
M. Newberry,, of Bland county. Va.
Her remains were laid to rest be
side ber husband at Oakdale cent
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A8HEVILLE, Dee. 6. C. F. Wil
Uama, former sheriff of Buncombe
oounty, and on of the most well
nown democrats In western - North
Carolina, dlsJ after an extended 111
ness at his home near Weavervtllf
thla morning. Surviving, Including
nis wiaow, are two daughters. Mrs.
MountsvlUe Williams and Mlas Mary
Williams, both of WeavervUle. Fu
neral services will be held torn or.
row morning at 11 oclock, from th
residence. '
JESSE 8. SLOAN.
ASHKVILLE, Dec. 6 Jeene 8.
Sloan, president of the Bank of
Franklin, and one of tha most
widely known citizens of Macon
county, died at his home this morn
ing. Death wa due to a heart
attack. Mr. Sloan was born Octo
ber 30, 1807, and for many years
served aa register of deeds for the
county. - Funeral services were held
this afternoon.
DR. V. A. CARPENTER,
RTTHERFORDTON, Dec. 7.
Dr.' Forest A. Carpenter, who died
in Battls Creek. Mich., suddenly
Saturday, and lived at Stateeville,
was burled her yesterday after
noon. - He was connected with the
Davis-Carpenter hospital In Statcs
vtlle and had practiced his chosen
profession for tha last . nine years.
Eight nurses, ' one surgeon,- several
masons and. others attended from
Statesvtlle. ; Rev. ' J, O, Erwln . was
In charge, '
t Hs leaves four brothers: ' E. C.
Carpenter, Monro; VB. , A., New
berry, 8. C; Joseph, Columbia, and
Jay, of this place; ons sister. Ml
chur.-hes at all. It .would help th;Ertel,a Carpenter, father and. moth-
A rich young fellow up North married a girl! weak rather than th strong, out er Mr and Mr. J. C. Carpenter,
way of making a living except to wear stripes on
Ms sleeve indicating that he was a sergeant in
th Charlotte polic force. He is now a business
HOME DOCTORS AND DIAGNOSIS.
Some weeks ago, Mr. T. 8. Parker, a prominent
farmer and can smoke as good clgan as any oneoui1nR maB ot Albemarle cam to Charlotte to
la town if he has a mind to that. But he saves !unar'fO examination for some disease, which was
his money And puts it back into Improved ma-!troubIin" h'm. The Charlotte diagnosticians pro
chlnery and dairy equipment When he was sjn0uned hl ailment cancer. Naturally, he went
policeman the bankers d'd not notice h'm: now,horn much disturbed in mind and seeking advice
they aalute him with good mornin- and howdy- "'"'where was assured that he developed no
do. The Observer could name ofT hand dozens "Vmrtoms, whatever, of cancer. He was cheered
of cases Ilk Baker. J. K. Wolfe could point out wl,h th hops, when he en'ered the hospital at
a dozen others who are seldom seen in the street Richmond that only a slight opera'ion would be
corner celamlty meetings, because they have !ne:eiary and that he would shortly return home
something to do at home.. V In good condition. Richmond surgeons started to
The Observer, however, wss talking about Perf,)rm n operation, when the fact developed
Beatty and putting in evldenre the results of his tn-t " a victim to cancer In malignant form.
thrift, enterprise and Intelligence, for the purpone 11 ta distress ng Incident, but Information of an.
m euowing mat on tne Meck'enburg farms th;rror ltt a'agnosis on part of Charlotte doctors
saan wno n.i tne soli th right lick and takes jWM widely published, and th-Richmond develop
who was poor but respectable, and his parents.
Instead of making the best of the affair, began
sett'ng th net which brought about alienation
and separation. Th young woman sued and th"
Jury proved sensible to a "satisfactory degree. It
not only gave her "damages." but good damages
amounting pretty cloce to half a million. It is
not too often that wealth trifles with innocence to
its own hurt. .
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS .
. , BY THE NEWSPAPERS
advantage of th friendly climate, could con
tribute bis share to storking in Charlotte through
out th Winter months a vegetable market that
would establish fame as one of the finest in
America, meanwhile having Oj'e coin to jingle
"between seasons." - ,
It Is only when our piedmont climate la caujrht
eS guard that a cold wave succeeds in breaking
la sind It never does except' during stated pe
rlods when our piedmont .climate is enjoying a
privileged vacation, that -hv le possible for a
Shiver to get tn and stay In for more than two
'-eye ee -
ment becomes desirable for publicity , in that It
has established vfhdicatiop for the h..me docttfrs.
S.M.EM COLLEGE. .
A high and well deserved, distinction has come
to Salem College The Southern Association now
In session In New Orleans, haa declared that pop
ular old lnntitutlon a Class A member college
No hither standard in America is set than that
The Observer learns, aa another mark of the su
premacy in rating of Salem College, that although
IS colleges from the entire Bbuth mad applica
tion for this mark of honor: onlv fmir nth.n
-WUJUa tna LBesuRarkgereranteilTTie d stlnsuished recornitlon th.t
tng ths piedmont boundary ;ia ths ependably has come to Salem crowns sTcentury an dTThalf
toast eUoute la the world. , 'ef faithful work la ths educational Held.
ChriMtmaa Credit.
(From The 8tesvll!e Dally.)
Th credit managers of the retail stores of
Durham are to have a meeting within a few day
to determine the ejtent of credit to be allowed
Individual Christmas shoppers. Tbey will figure
out the best they can the liabilities and assets of
th shoppers and try to hold them within their
means. Rather unusual step but if done right
would be best for the shoppers and the mer
chants. Fu.'l Of the holiday spirit many buy be
yond, their means and when the time to pay comes
awn is not the case m trect. wnai . . host of friends.
complicated thine: civilization Is, He was ar 3l-dgres mason and
"v. W. A. FAULK. was burled 'with masonic honors.
rttf. Ha WM major In the medical
corp of th army during the world
i : TCTirATF PPICF ' war. .Ha was a successful phyii-
" - -ian and business man.'
s?UNE IN COUNTRY! .
5 CHARLES M. THOMPSON
... J . NORWOOD. Do. 7. Charles M
of Oil and gSSO'ln pricea A.mA h. TOii1av mnrnlnf ahnut
and. was well known snd respected
oy aa wno Knew film.
WILLIAM E. LANDRETH.
REID8VILLE. Deo. 7. Wm. E
Landreth, a wall kown farmer, died
at bis horns near Speedwell church
Monday nlghti aged 74 year. H Is
survived by his widow and one son
wno uvea in nuriingron. - v.---,
MRS. 6EORGE A. NANCE, t
REIDSVILLB. De. 7. Mr.
Gsorg A. Nance died at hr" horn
In Wentworth last Saturday night
ner an illness sxtending through
several montns. '
Deceased was a Miss Chilton, of
ths Carmel section, and was nearly
in years oia. Bine girlhood sh was
a ralthftit member of th Metho
dist church.' Sh leaves a husband
and several children. Ths funeral
was conducted at Midway church
and ths remains srem Interred' In
th church cemetery Monday after
noon at I o'clock. ' .. ,- .-.'
MRS. MARGARET WARE.
REID8VILLE. Dec, T. Mrs. Mar
garet-Wars .widow of. ths lata Nat
ware, aiea at ner nome at thobip
sonville Tuesday morning, aged
about 10 years, 8h is survived by
three daughters, Mrs Geo. Norman.
of Pomona; Mrs. Georg , Faucttte,
of Thompson villa, and Mr, Ann!
Jones, of Wilson. Funeral service
were conducted from Tbompsonvlllf
Baptist ehurch by her former pas
tor, Rev. D. W. Ovsrby, and , burial
was at ths church cemetery.
BBSJBBS1bBBSaS
JAMES T. WARREN.
REIDSTTLLE, Deo. 7. The death
of James T. Warren occurred .Sun
day nlcht at Tancevtlls, who, rla
tlves said yesterday.- was overcome
with a heart attack. He was 41
yeara of age and I survived by his
widow and a son. He -was a resident
of near Gatswood. Deceased was at
Yanceyvtlle In connection with tbs
court session which opened . there
snd was to havo appeared as a de
fendant In an action. A druggist wa
called to th man when it waa seen
that he was ill and despite every
effort made to save htm he failed to
react to th treatment given. ' Hi
funeral was held at I o'clock Mon
day afternoon. Interment beinif
made in DanVlle, , - . ; .
RHR1NE PARADE TO-BE -
HELD ON STREET TONIGHT
re limed nevt Thursday by 4 0.clock f0u0wlng a week of pnetl
.te manufactu-ers sub,eom- wotlla... Mr. Thompson, aged about
they And . they have nothing to pay with and ! to be called wer 'v-announced.-
win h
trio en-.;
miree it wns announced toaay oy 4g. wai , ,tve of thla cajsimunlty
v.imHinn uu-n. arifl wa na)a m Bi(D general es
The Innnlry wss beyun lat sum- ana gffePtlon. H Wk th son
mer but wa discontinued when Con- 0f tha tat David K. and Frances
erexs ad 'urned in September.-rhmnn flurvivtna ! nn hrnth.
IChalrman LaFollette said It was X-;.r Jnhn'MarahaU Thomnaon.' and a
pectcd to call the officials of som of)Biter. Miss L'na Thompson, both of
tne larger companiei to testily nexi; Norwood. Also surviving are h)
v ana isiier io summon in om- step-motner, Mrs. tuiien i nompson,
ers of the smaller companies ana snd four half-brothers, Marvin, of
the repreoenta lves of other lines Of Norwood: Pierce. of Plnehurrt
business and organization as well ss Fred, of Lenoir, and Tho ,of Green-
Individuals having a direct interest Tills, 8. C II was never married
In the subject of investigation. He was a'so a member of Pythlajj
Subpoenses are boing drawn "up and Woodmen fraternal orders. Th
summoning tne neans or some or tn funeral was flonducted Tnur-day af
larger companies, tnclnding the varj- temoon af Z;30 o'clock. Interment
cu standard corporations, It was following IB" Norwood cemetery,
naia; nut tn names or tne orncMisi
tney uectrs sore or discouraged. At the same
time the t .erchatit haa sold on ered't what ho
has paid for and finds himself with an account
which ha cannot readllycol'ect as an asset.
, Bee nive In Rabbit Box.
(From Ths Stanly News-Herald.)
Mr. J. R. Pickler, a leading farmer of New
London, Route I, was In the city Thursday and
told us a rather interesting story. Mr. Pickier
says that on Wednesday pne of his neighbors, Mr.
ueit ,nra, aecided to set bis rabbit box wh en
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
MTS8 NANNIE REID.
REID3VILLE. Dec. T. Miss Nan
nle Raid. 70 years old. Who for -
run a DAViuo.ri mji home with Mr. snd Mrs. a. T. w
, - - Carter,- near Madison, died early
DAVIDSON. nc: f Tha town, Sunday morning. Funeral services
and campus as pns man take great fere conducted by her pastor Bev.
satisfaction In ih appointment t p, "tt, of Pleasantville church.
McDowell Richards: valedlrtorlsM of,510"11--' afternoon
th c'aa of '22, and now a graduate. - " ,
student at Princeton University, to . J "KCK.
a Rhodes scholarship. Had young! BtTRLINGTpN, Dec. 7. The fu
Rlchards .with his rounded qualiflca- "ral service for J. L. Rck.- who
tions (or the place, scholar, a'hlete. died at his home on Clenden'n sve
clever with Ws pen, of marked ad- us Monday morning, waa held at
had been lying Idly In a brier patch during ths ' "T11n,"!rtt"v ab'ty. popular alike Lows chusrh Tuesday, conducted bv
past Summer. Raisins tha bos h. tnA ...'with his fellows and his elders, and Re M. W. Buck, paato rof the First
hsaw Oi ittmrih. i. n,. j i .1 1 disciplined young soldier, fai'ed Baptist church In this city,
heavy. On attempting to open th door he found! ef appointment It would have look-r Mr. Keck was about (9 years of
It dlfflcult. but flnslly when It cams open he dis
covered that his rabbit box was full of honey and
mat it contained a swarm of bees. By the wav.
Venue Ingoing to havs to get busy If he expects
eo as ir no Davidson man need make age. and - la survived by seven
further application for such appoint--daurhtera and three son's. ; All the
ment . .children- live here except two sons
' Brry Keck,- of Texas, and Dewev
to keep up TtromSraes-Ti-arre1('TifTitp'-'"' . ftat. Hornsby ths champion had been 111 only a week. '
iiiw !. atiaaau, uia ruiiaer-uip, Dy 1 iai peen seraertT or1 por
pealngs ia Stanly,
.11 pointa..
f
Ilsgton for the past II or t years.
V The full, dress parade, and review
of the Shrlners In attendance here
nli . tb businesa ceremonial of Oasis
Temple, will' be held tonight at I
o'clock, theforrharroij taking place
In front, of thlr Masonic temple. Ap
proximately 1.500 or J.00O Shrlners
will be In line. It 1 expected.
The line, of march f the parade
will be from the Masonic temple up
North Tryon street to Trad, up
Trad to Mint, and return to Trvon.
On North Tryon It will proceed to
SItUi street, thence (to College, and
on to the auditorium.
The parade will be led by th
Oasis hand and patroL
Traffic . Instructions -Issued hv th
police narment allow parking of
sutomoblte, during the time of the
parade -singly on these streets. -
Norman 7afoooo vm
cuamt DC TBS EAST.
If w look far ahead, AsU. offers
tha largest of all world problems.
China baa gon through a seriss ef
convulsions that apparently are lead
ing her slowly toward aatlonaiKy'
and coherence ta government :But
change In her ecortemle system will
not be rapid.
India. Uks China,' hears dimly tha
chaos) ef th west, but thsre also
ehanges wUl be alow. Tha Irish set
tlement and the ebb of Gandhi's
crusada for the prlmftlv 'Ufa hav
fhoraased tha eonfldsnc of India
intellectuals la- rains by parllamn-'
tary methods, Interest grown ta th
elecUoat td Jie he!d,t the end of
1121, . Mors of her educated men
are learning -to " think la constitu
tional . terms. w When India refuse
to pay higher taxes as lonsr-ee a
third of them go to an army eon-
.ulUJ L u . I . 1 . ... .
uwiau "i lurvianara: aiie win oa
biking a language that must reach
English liberal
No doubt it Is hard to guess ahead
at tha force likely to sweep a land .
in which 144.00,00. people speak '
11 languages, not sountlns dialects
and only a third speak Hindi and a
nfth BsngalL Neverthsless, w know .
that ths stirrings in India may well
prove to be th most seriooa aspect
of th orrflnous problem of th Turk. .
Th Moslems, with their militant ,
religion, have set their hopes oa In
dia. Ths projected Islamic bloc I -
Turkey. Persia. Afghanistan. Das..
h eaten, Bokhara. K hi va and Turke
stan. making 20,604,000. a number
smalt enough to be managed bs I
western civilisation, if western dtv
Ulsatlon can stop Its household ouar-
rela.- But If the Moslems should be
able to set India oa Are, imagination
oaiKs at tna result
Russia has strengthened this Mos
lem, hlrwv . "fXTKIlA WA. hav.
" . ..w. " ... hmmvu ..a
Ping-pong alonr ths lines manned
out by on Russian in Washington
and two or three dosen in Paris,
Persia, Afghanistan, and Turkey
have made peace treaties with Sua-
sla; and Germany, watching this
movement from afar, haa hsrssif
made with Russia a commercial '
treaty that brings her into f rindly -relations.
a
la th four roars since tha arm la-- '
Uce Asia, slow as sh la, has become
more conscious of herself. Russia.
Whose soul i half Asiatic haa nrovad
that there Is a limit to what ths
west can dictate. Oermanv waits
and wonders. "
Ths answer tw'n Paris. .
Mile. Cecils Bore!, the French
actress now appearing In America,
inriuaes in ner wardrobe a hat said
to be worth nearly $94,000. It Is
made of gold laee, gnd its brim is
decorated with, diamonds end am all
emeralds. The company that Irf-
surea it consented to issue a policy
only on oondltion that the hat la
guarded by a private detective when
ever it is not actually on th sc.
tress .head.
I T 4 "Z- jT sV" T . a
I 1
lW I. Ill I 1
THE LAKE.
Hearing the thunder of a lake,
Which always ths rushing waters
A make,' ' j
I watched ths waves coma In and
v break.
Like men with silver In their hair, -
Who've lived their time and breasted
care.
They came to shore and . vanished
there. .
Oh, they had traveled far and been
Through troubled days, and days so-
. rene, ".
Much they had known and much
they'd seen. . , ..
Gray-beards, they seemed, of many
years.
Wise men In laughter and In tears,
cnaing uieir turbulent careers. ,
And then, at last they reached the
snors, . . . ,-i -
And with ons glad, exultant roar, L
Koene rea and peaas totevarmore
Wave followed wav, th great .and
small, . .
Even the giants, towering fall.
Sharing the common fate of alL .
Waves oo tne sea of life are wa, V
Journeying shorewards constantly i
Where ws shall find eternity.
Oh, man of might oh, giant SjiIdI. '
Reaching the port-that all will And.'
Would you could turn 'to look be
hind! . T , . ,'.
If you could stay to look upon
Ths sea o'er which your life has gon.
You'd see the millions rushing oa.
Millions, like waves Upon the lake.
Seeking the shore, at last to break
Whore worldly ponn.o dlffsrsnoo
mak. ,
Horn com th to'lera, one by ss.
ruiaing w graves souvion, 1 i
Bu always ur nps thundsrlag t,
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