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paper Published in Burke County Si BMtryH?reaTI 1 Consolidated November 29. 1901 Subscription Price $1.50 per Year in Advance MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 19, 1920 NO. 35 BIG I50ND SALE FOR ROAD PURPOSES ,-fl(iO in County and Town- Jonds Sold Yesterday Z (tambsioners; , Mon- ey ?c Available Soon NEW CHURCH ENON IS AT PLANNED Baptists of the Community Are Planning to a Erect New House of Worship. OUTGROWN i , ( o intv sold bonds yesterday V v., He of $107,000, the sale one H bicccst that has ever been feUe of building roads. The F Wt Bond CO., OI nicago, were r purchasers, tneir uiuuc.uk f h accruea i "- K-n nc follows: Vas f o nnntv home and gen- W work in the county Woo for township roads, this .y,p4 as follows: iter Fork, $17,000. Ker Meadows, $20,000. Scr Creek, $20,000. X Ridse. $10,000. TV count v commissioners were in lZ cession to attend -to the sale IT, IS uiiiiuunvcvi umi. The Baptist people of the commun ity around Enon, seven miles east of Morganton, ' are planning to erect in i the near future a new church on a lot that has already been secured near the present church building. The new structure will be modern in ev ery respect, and, though plans have not yet materialized, it will probably be built of brick or concrete. Rev. W. L. Barrs, who also serves the Baptist -church at Drexel, is pas tor of the church. SHERIFF OF YADKIN KILLED BY BLOCKADER Slain in Attempt to Seize Still Operators; Three Suspects Hurried to Winston Jail l- mnneV Will ue avaimuic r " A n n --t o f .1.. lotp. as soon as iictcosdij - an Sheriff J. E. Zachary, of Yadkin county, was shot through the heart and killed about 11 o'clock Friday nicrht. at. a KlrvVade dictillerv eitrht sale of bonds insures the early miies f rom Yadkinville, the county Lnffpmt'nis can OI tAiciiaivc jxka . Scat. -ountv. The townships pnnci- Three men were at the plant and illy affected have had little worK ftn cf them were arrested early Sat- . x on4 Vll O TPn should 1 - : J A T. AT XT' Sine nerevuiuic r- uiuajr muiiuug aim Liirvcn iu wit; r ur- Vein nvucii uu ttui. b hi jtm xur &aic iveeimig, uie xaurvin . Tnol jail noi Deing- consiaerea sumcienuy REAL ESTATrJ iKAiNorivo secure. n n Abprnethv to Tate Simpson, Rev. A. A. Caudle, a Baptist min i r.ipn Alnine. ister of Yadkin county, accompanied Pnhrrt Buff to Nelson Smith, 39 the sheriff to the moonshine plant t - r-aa -om5hiT-i. and declares that. Rohan Kait.v. afpd in I 1 1 M t I vjittn w -'"-r-- i " P,, 1 AI.Q I 1 M. rtl LU IJOlA XXWKJiMA I MVl U4U V11V OUVUblllLt . 11V V ilXV A. b V . j n,P and lot at Rutherford men at the plant were Spencer Mc : Neill and James Brown. According Charlie Smith to Lemuel Smith, 27 to the statement made to the coroner IVin ,nnf TO vaiaese Aiauuiatiui- buhiuiuk nuac iw onciiix ijourei v o ii ;n T awoIoHw tnwu. I wVipti t.h fnTmpr firpd t.h -fatal shnt. vt the ixwder burn lcrnitine the officer's T V VATT Til 1 . II i.lVUOil I VTAWVMW U11U W1V T V iJ VAvlil au'e and lot in Morganton. guished by Rev. Mr. Caudle, who vf ? Arnpv to J. H. 0. Carter and says that he was standing only a few t W Carter, Loven house in Morgan- feet away when the sheriff walked up Vti ' ' t Baity and McNeill, notifying them I m,-v Snrnncp et al to S. H. to consider themselves under arrest. riontz 35 acres in Silver Creek town- Baity immediately drew his pistol and fc.:. ' fired, the sheriff falling in his tracks. HONOR FOR THE DEAD, SYMPATHY FOR LIVING BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER BURKE The French Government Ex presses Gratitude to Those j Items wno uave ineir ijives. The handsome engraved diploma which the French government is giv ing the nearest of kin of soldiers who fell in the great war bears the fol lowing inscription: To the Memory of (Name) Of the United States of America Who bied for Liberty 'During the Great War The Homage of France The President of the Republic R. Poincare. of Interest Gathered From Different Sections of the County By News Herald Correspondents SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. A. H. GILES, AT MARION j.E. Baker to Mrs. Sarah Jane Til- DIED ev tract oi lauu in uuiuucj vvvu ii vniiui township. t SUDDENLY SUNDAY I c.mh Jane Tillev to A. H. Smith, P.Sf S.XSl?: Mrs. Mary Dale, Mother of Mr. . ... R. p. nnlo. Mnrrranton. Hied nnncp nnn mr ai iik&lciiiciu - y o 7 H Wilson Tate to J. E. and J. . at Home OI Mr. UUO Uaie Harrison, livery stable property reen street. . Mrs. Mary Crawley Dale died bun- THE ROLL CALL WORK PRAISED BY MANAGER Local Workers Receive Com mendation From Red Cross Headquarters, Atlanta. Miller Hallowes to Mrs. Jennie D. day at.the home of her son, Mr. Otto Hobbie, lot in Morganton. Dale, near Burkemont. Although ad- Mrs. Mary J. Perkins to A. C. vanced in years, nearly 74 years of Chaffee and O. W. Slane, house and age she had been in fairly good ot in Morganton. m health, and was around the. house as T?nWt M. Powell to Benj. Genre In anal when death came sudaenlv. Bert, 25 acres in Lovelady township. Mrs. Dale was the widow of the August Fascal to vicior oarrai, late joseh A. Uale, who died about otatValdese. ... three years ago. She is survived by f. W. Tillett. Jr.. and Mrs. bailie three sons and a daughter. Messrs. Avery to W. II. Kibler, lot in Morgan- E p. rjaie, of Morganton, Otto Dale, ton. . and Ottis Dale, of East Lynne, Mo., R. E. Kibler et al to Mrs. Gladys and Mrs Arthur Walker of Chester- i Tillett, lot in Morganton. field; also two brothers survive, Mr. Morcanton Manufacturing & iraa- t,. a, Crawlev. of Quaker Meadows. jx Co to W. M. McDowell, lot on an(j Mr. A. E. Crawley, of Knoxville. Avery avenue. The funeral was conducted Monday at noon at Salem church by Rev. J. DEATH OF MRS. JOHN PHIUJs-B A. Frye, and burial made in the ddenlv last Thurs- church yard there. Mrs. Dale was a lav to Mrs. John Phif er. of Asheville. consistent member ol tne Metnoaist Though for seven years she had been church. Her death removes one of n impaired health and had been tax- the truiy good ana conbecrateu wu- ing treatment at the state nospiuu men ox uie tummuuuj wucic oi here, her condition was as usual when spent a long and useful life. ihe suddenly expired in her room at the institution. Notified of his wife's VVTT T. MAK K A Ci(H)l) ' J.-il. m. 7ii it no ennn a " possible from Asheville. The funeral was held Friday afternoon in the Presbyterian church and the body laid to rest in the Phifer family plot in the town cemetery. ' Mrs. Phifer was 52 years oi age, wd was born and reared in Colum ns, 0. Mr. Phifer is a member of the well known Phifer family of Mor ganton. a brother of Dr. E. W. Phi- fa". Thev had no children. v DR. RIDDLE'S FATHER DEAD Dr. Riddle was called to Pensacola Sunday on account of the serious condition of his father, Mr. M. N. le. rmt hpfnre reachinff the Old home his father had Dassed away. for some time the family had held jut little hope for the recovery of Mr. Kiddle, his resistance of disease eakenp(l rm arprmnt. of his aere. The nineral and burial were held at Pen- l acola Monday. Mr. Harry Riddle, morganton, is another son. SLOGAN CONTEST IS EXTENDED UNTIL 28TH Mr. John H. Pearson, chairman of the recent Red Cross Roll Call of the Burke county chapter, is in receipt of the following letter: r "Returns from the Third Roll Call are still coming in and every day adds to our enrollment. I want to congratulate you upon the results achieved in your Roll Call, as I know that you encountered many difficul ties in your campaign and that the members 'you secured came as a re- isult of sacrifice and the hardest sort of effort. Personally, I feel that this is the hardest campaign the Red Cross has ever conducted, and prob ably the hardest that it will ever have. I feel that you and your asso ciates deserve the highest praise and I wish that you would extend to them our thanks and appreciation. "I want you to know that the Red Cross appreciates the personal con tribution you have made to it in man aging the Roll Call for the Burke county chapter. Through your ef forts in this campaign you have kept alive the Red Cross and I feel that the results which you have accom plished will mean much more to your city and county than you can possibly estimate now. The lact tnat you ana your workers have given your time and effort when the excitement of war has passed away, aAd when the calls upon the community leaders are more numerous than ever, is all the more reason for the Red Cross' ap preciation of your service." LOCAL BRIEFS IN AND AROUND TOWN Short Items of Local and Per sonal Interest Gathered During the Week. Native of This County and For mer Resident of Fonta Flora Passes Suddenly at Home Messages yesterday morning from Marion announced the sudden death of Mrs. A. H. Giles at her home there. The cause of her death has not been learned, but the telegrams indicated that she died from heart trouble. The Giles family has been living in Marion for several years, Mr. Giles a leading merchant there, but previous to the time of their moving to Ma rion they had resided at Fonta Flora. Mrs. Giles was born and reared in Linville township, a daughter of the late Wesley Conley, her maiden name being Miss Clara Conley. She was a sister of Mr. Horace Conley of Low er Creek township. The funeral will be held in Marion this afternoon at 2 o'clock and inter ment made there. Mrs. Giles was a woman -of whom too much good could not be said, for she was an ideal homemaker and mother and respected and beloved by all who knew her. The news of her sudden death brings grief to many friends and relatives in Morganton. She is survived by her husband and several children. REPORT ON TOWN Representatives of Department of Justice Find No Frotiteer ing Being Practiced By Our Local Merchants MRS. FALLS EXTREMELY ILL Word has come to relatives here that Mrs. L. A. Falls is critically ill at the Charlotte Sanatorium, her re covery being considered very doubt ful. Mrs. Falls is the wife of Rev. L. A. Falls, well known throughout the - . . r . i i- f If Western JYietnooist conierence. mr. Falls is a neDhew of Mrs. R. A. Cobb Messrs. John A. Conwell and E. J. and a cousin of Mr. J. A. Lackey. Wheeler, representatives of the de partment oi justice, were in luuigau ton Tuesday and made an investiga tion of costs and charges of local merchants. They stated to The Mews-Herald that they were AUTO TRIP TO FLORIDA Mr. B. K. Franklin has just return ed from an automobile trip to Flor ida, the triD including Miami, Jack- ry sonville, Tampa, St. Petersburg, St. Chamber of Commerce Will Give Children Extension of Time For Entries. much pleased with the way in which A-uctine and other points. Mr thev were received by 'Morganton whn formerly lived at merchants and with their findings Bridgewater, has located in Morgan- here. They iouna no instances ui ton an(j wn operate a service car, nrnfiteering and all profits well -With- ; in the percentage allowed by law. f.ptscoPAL CHURCH NOTES Thev stated that in one case of a Voct heine- Ash Wednesday, man's suit and another of a ladys the first day of Lent was duly ob rnat. the urofit exceeded the maxi- cerved in Grace church by morning mum allowed but in each instance the and evening services. Throughout merchant found that a mistake had Lent there will be daily evening ser heen made and at once corrected the at a d. m. and also a celebration error. , A of Holy Communion every Wednes- They asked ne iNews-neram lu day and Friday at iu:aira. m restore tne maximum prunes muwev Dup tn tlia -fo tVqt n rmmher of , vw 1.11 XCVlr iw " - nildren have Keen nut of school from influenza and other unfavorable con- "'"ons it has been decided to extend the time of the slogan contest through -"uiner week. Entries may be maae un,"I Saturday, February 28th. The wtuion nt the s ncran will De inaue s soon thereafter as the board of pernors can hold a meeting. t,yery parent is urged to have his the rnntest. Teachers re requested also to cooperate in Jpmg the contest as generally pop Ular as it deserves to be. , ihere is a prize of $5 in it for so.me lov or nrl. The nrize winner .U have a richt to feel proud of AMONG THE SICK. Tn addition to those mentioned elsewhere' we note the illness of the following: ivirs. Vjoriiena of Quaker on the following: 2 cents a pound retail on sugar. 1 cent a pound wholesale on sugar 50 per cent on men's clothing. 60 per cent on women's clothing. J50 per cent on shoes. Meadows: Mr. Tom Shuping, of Messrs. Cornwell and Wheeler have .awf W Charlie StrouDl and Mr. been making a tour of inson m and lamily. fhic section of the State. They left " Morganton on No. 16 Tuesday after- SPENCER LEAVES HOSPITAL noon for Raleigh to make a report P1"; "L . The Attacoa Book club was enter tained on last Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Robert Davis. Mrs. Edwin Da vis was an invited guest. Due to the influenza situation in the community there will be no ser vices at Quaker Meadows Presbyte rian church next Sunday. Seaman J. C. Crose, of the U. S. S. Antigone, who joined the navy in Au gust, 1918, is at home on a furlough. He has crossed the Atlantic seven times. ' Miss Annie Matthews, of Balti more, arrived Monday to spend the season as milliner for Lazarus Bros. She is boarding at the home of Mrs. J. L. Garrou. Mrs. W. T. Setzer has returned home from Raleigh. While on a visit to her son and sister who had influ enza she, too, was stricken but all are now recovering. The Epworth League gave a Val entine party on last Friday evening in the ladies' parlors of . the Metho dist church. Valentine decorations and games were greatly enjoyed by all present. Mrs. S. R. Collett has hostess to the Embroidery club on last Thurs day afternoon. Mrs. Will Clink- scales, Mrs. U. M. Pickens and Miss Margaret Nelson were guests besides the club members. Rev. H. C. Whitener will conduct services at Hiast cnurcn &unaay night, the last service before Rev. J. L. Kirk arrives to take charge oi the work. The membership of the church is urged to be present. Miss Annie Cobb has been m the Flagler Memorial Hospital, St. Au gustine, Fla.,' since last Saturday, having suffered an attack of influ enza, uany reports to ner iamny here are that she is not considered seriously ill and that she is now re covering. Announcements were received here this week of the arrival of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gobbel, of Suf folk, Va. Mrs. Gobbel was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth McEl- rath, and, has many relatives and friends in Morganton, where she for merly lived. Miss Lydia Conley entertained a number of her friends on last Tues day evening at a miscellaneous show er in honor of Miss Josephine Frank lin, a bride of the week. Many beau- oful and useful gifts were presented o the bride-elect by Dan Cupid, the Valentine idea being carried out. Rev. M. I. Harris, who has been ill with influenza, is recovering. The entire Harris family have had either mumps or influenza during the past week, but all are getting better. While he was sick Mr. Harris nad a message calling him to Bostic on ac count of the illness oi nis nrotner, Mr. Walter Harris, but was unable to go. : . . THE FLU SITUATION IS STILL IMPROVING Comparatively Few New Cases Devlop During Week No Alarming Cases Reported Morganton continues to escape the "flu" in epidemic form, though there are possibly " several dozen cases of i i , varying degrees oi seriousness in aim around town. Dr. J. R. Anderson, town health officer, reports the fol lowing cases: Mrs. Marvin Carson, Mr. R. T. Claywell, Mrs. R. H. Hutch ison, the Horace Farr family, Mrs. Vono Berry, Mr. William Smith and the family of Hugh Benfield. Mr. E. D. Alexander is able to be out again as is Dr. C. P. Greyer. Mr. C. M. McDowell is rapidly recovering and Mrs. B. S. Gaither is also entirely out of danger. Capt. L. A. Bristol and several of the Bristol children and Mrs. Harry Wilson developed cases this week but are not seriously ill. Mr. W. W. McCall was quite sick last week, but is recovering, and Mr. Joe Kiellander is gradually regaining nis strength. Mrs. I. P. Jeter is also re covering:. At no time has the situation been considered alarming but there is a feeling of relief that more and more the danger of a general outbreak is lessening. THOUGHT LEFEVER WILL NOW GET WELL Tool Mull Out on $500 Bond, Agreed to By the Solicitor Tom Mull m Jail Await- ing March Court. Winn Ho; ng not only the prize but the noon for Raleigh to Mr. Page. 1 FREE SEEDS. The News-Herald is in receipt of a sack of seeds from Senator F. M. Simmons that are for free distribu ter, There are five varieties m a elv. beet, lettuce, pars nip, radish and onion, all the pack orroc heiw the same. The seeds are free and when you are in town call at The News-Herald office and get a Mr. W. A. SDencer, whose conai tmn fnr a time as a result of pneu- vw.. - " , 1 monia gave his family and inenas has so far recovered . ' . T 1 as to be able to return to nis nome from Grace Hospital. MARRIAGE LICENSES Moran Wilson arid Josephine Franklin. C. E. Bowers. and. Lizzie copeiana. Thomas E. Duckworth and Carrie Lula Orders. DEATH OF MR. W. M. BEACH Mr. W. M. Beach died at . his home home near Bethel church Monday morning, aged 69 years, and was bur ied Tuesday afternoon at Bethel, the funeral and burial services conducted hv Rev. J. A. Frv. Mr. Beach is survived by his wife and one son, Mr. Hassel Beach, of Morganton. He had been sick for some time, seriously so for several weeks Those who knew him thought high ly of him as -a' good neighbor, good citizen and good inena. It is estimated that, there are 140, 000 Japanese in the United States, the majority of them in California. Last Friday afternoon a prelimi nary hearing was given Tool and Tom Mull, father and son, implicated in the Mull-Lefever fight of Sunday a week ago, Esq. W. F. Hallyburton presiding. In all except two ca ses the defendants waived - examination. Both were committed to jail without bail to await the March term of court. On Tuesday, however, Solici tor Huffman agreed to the release of the elder Mull on $500 bond, Andrew Lefever, whose condition had been considered precarious, having taken a change toward recovery. It is now said that in all probability young Le fever will get wll. Tom Duckworth, Mack Lefever and nr. F- "R. Watkins were the only wit nesses introduced by the btate at the hearing Friday afternoon and very little evidence was brought out. It was on Dr.- Watkin's testimony prin- inallv that the commitment was -r-j - . . made, because his answers xo ques tions as to young Lefever's condition were at that time very unfavorable. The cases, in connection with the fip-ht and murder, have excited much interest. They will be tried at the next term of criminal court, which convenes March 8th. DESPERATELY ILL Mrs. M., A. Clark received a mes sage yesterday that her daughter, Miss Frankie Clark, is desperately ill with influenza in Philadelphia. An other daughter, Mrs. Boyce, with whom the former made her home, has aslo heen very sick. The message stated that Miss Frankie was not ej ected to live. Friends of the. family are hoping, however, that there may yet be a change in favor of the young woman's recovery.. , - CHESTERFIELD. Mr. Acquilla Rhodes, who has beei visiting his uncle, Mr. Tom Rhodes, at Gamewell, returned home Satur day. Mr. Alfred Miller, of Lenoir, has been on a visit to his mother, Mrs. Nora Miller. Mr. Ben Hood, of Maben, W. Va., . I was called home last week on account of his 'father's family having influ enza. Every one had it, and on daughter. Miss Beatrice Hood, who teaches in Caldwell, had it at the same time at her boarding place. Mr. Harvey Hensley, of Morgan ton, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. F. M. Hensley. Mr. Charlie Rader has purchased the home and store of Mr. R. W. Sud derth. Master Guy Conley has been very sick with influenza, but is rocovering. . Miss Mary Lou Morrow visited th Hartley school Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Robert Clark, of Morganton, visited Mr. J. C. Hallyburton Tues day. Misses Jennie and Mildred Smitk are at home for a few days. Th Salem school was suspended on ac count of influenza. Mr. Charlie McLain and daughter, Miss Estelle McLam, of Caldwell, spent Sunday night with Mf. and Mrs. G. M. Arney. Miss Mary Hallyburton, who ha been sick, is able to be out and ha gone to her home at Morganton a the Chesterfield school is closed. Miss Clara Parks, after spending a week with her mother, Mrs. J .H. Miller, returned to her home at Mor ganton Monday. Mr. Charlie Clay, of Caldwell, wbi here Sunday on his way to Morgaik ton to see his brother-in-law, Mr. Jirm Crisp, who is sick at Grace Hospital. No services at Mt. Pleasant Sun day. Thought best, as influenza is im our midst. There must be something in tk ground hog theory, as we are having cold weather with a vim. STATE HOSPITAL. Through the kindness of Rev. J. A. MacLean several of the Hospital wards are enjoying a generous sup ply of interesting reading matter. Current literature is always of spe cial interest to those whose lives ar isolated and uneventful. Mr. McKinley Watts, attendant, spent the week-end with Miss Indi ana Smith and relatives at Enola. Mrs. Lela Williams, of Table Rock, is spending awhile with Miss Minnie Boone, near Hospital. Miss Bertha Taylor, of near Joy, has accepted a position in the laun dry. Miss Edna Waters, of Hen nessee, also has accepted a similar position there. Mr. Russel Garrison, of the county, has accepted a position on the Stat farm. Mr. Marcus Duckworth, who has been sick for the past few months, reported for duty Monday morning. Mr. Lum Webb, of Hickory, visited Miss Belle Lowe, at , the Hospital, Sunday. Miss Mary Lou McNeely spent Saturday at her home at Nebo. Miss Edna Waters spent the week end at her home near Hennessee. Miss Beatrice Bean spent the week end at her home near Worry. Misa Nellie Cope accompanied her and was her week-end guest. Miss Keren Bass spent the week end at her home near Drexel. Miss Tessie Mull and brother, Rob ert, spent the week-end at their home at Table Rock. Miss Addie Brittain is on the sick list this week. , Mr. Edsrar Dixon, the garden man, has been confined at his home for the past week with influenza, but is now improving. Miss Gladys Dixon left bunday lor Winston-Salem where she will take a course in a business jcollege. Mrs. Marvin Kmcaid has resigned her position here as nurse. Mr. M. L. Mull, who has been op erating the State farm tractor, has taken a farm team and wagon in stead. The following young ladies are now Hospital relief nurses: Misses Mar- continued on sixtn page.; MRS. CHARITY PATTON DIED FRIDAY MORNING Mother of Mr. Joe Patton Died At' Son's Home Here At Advanced Age of 84. Mrs. Charity Z. Patton died last Friday morning at the home of her son, Mr. Joe R. Patton, with whom she made her home. She had reach ed the advanced age of 84 years and death was due to the infirmities of age. The iunerai was neia oaiuruay I mnvnt-nrv of Vn Poffftn Vinmp rrvndiict- IllilfS w ivvw ed by Rev. C. M. Pickens, and inter ment made in the cemetery. Mrs. Patton was the widow of the late R. E. Patton, of McDowell coun ty, and -since his death a number of years ago had resided here with her son. Besides Mr. Patton a daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hemphill, of Old Fort, also survives. Deceased was a loyal member of the Methodist church and her long life was spent in loving service to her family and church. 1 1 package.
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