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.1 Hlb nly Paper Published in Burke County The Burke County News j. Consolidated November 29, 1901 The Morganton Herald ) Subscription Price $2.00 per Year in Advance G NO. 4 VOL. XXXVI. MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 15, 1920. i y. 6ad CONTRACT , j HAS BEEN LET I L est Bid For 3.58 Miles of the Central Highway in Morgan- (0n Township Approxi j matelv Fifty Thousand fr S. Huffman, chairman of the . , j? rnnv rnmmissioners. re- irci ui twwvj . roved a telegram xueauay Cl',t(. Highway commission, stating j 'It the lowest bid for Project 109, s being tne o.oo nine m J Highway in Morganton town- ; turn cs $49,944.50. Mr. Huffman tr C":'red his approval and the supposi- ''n is that the work will be begun immediately. It is not known to T om the contract was awarded. This link in the highway has long leaved its completion and the news thtf it is to be built at once will be 5,1 news here. I DlivTII OF MRS DECATUR SMITH j jrs. M. Pecatur Smith, who died TVt,fday night at Grace Hospital, I V"J buried Saturday morning at 11 I o'clock at Mt. Home church, Rev. H. C lAYhitener conducting the funeral ' r 1 burial services. Mrs. Smith was j a'yVung woman, just 29 years of age. f lift maiden name was Fannie Wag ! r.r and besides her father, Mr. John I w rrcr of Virginia, and two sisters, i-ri i? survived Dy ner nusuanu auu ' . , i i i l j J f ' ii A Unnn Tho cicfors 51 rp I Mr J. A. JUCLiail, OI lviorgaruun, r . . i t r i i i : , i : I i 1 1:1111111 en. -. Yi: ' .1 j1i S. -' ' j-wvjo o, u. it..- TA T Pnco rf V'ii"frinin SI. i had been a consistent memoer oi the! Baptist church since girlhood. !i 1 THE JAYNES REUNION The Javnes family, branches of i'-whl-h live" in Burke, Cleveland, Mc- j Powell and Caldwell counties, met in lncf Frid.iv on the court !nr-rranton last Friday on the court j. c-e square in a family reunion, Hmofe than one hundred probably be ll: 1 : nffnndnnfi TVi trnthpririP' I, 4 in honor of two of the brothers, ;:? isrs. Lenoir and John Jaynes, who w ;v returning that day to their tie in Texas after a visit to rela tives in this section. I RETURNS FROM CONVENTION M r l r. John H. Pearson, delegate frcm this district to the recent Dem ocratic convention in San Francisco, retimed home last night. He has Jit the intervening time since the ! 1 J. ; j. co tention on a signt-seeing inp though the West. ,-; t MANAGER DEMLING ELECTRICAL COMPANY if ir.. tt: :i tttii 1 r peceeumg iur. virn vvaiKer, wnu jlefij Sunday for Spartanburg, S. C, (to lake a position, Mr. Lawrence L;.-ic has become manager of the iDcnjling Electrical Company.. ? HE SUFFRAGE LEADERS Hold Conference Prior to Leaving For Washington to Meet President Wilson leputation of the National Wo- p.' i's Party will confer with Govern or James M. Cox, Democratic pres- y. :,tial candidate, at 2 o'clock Friday jaftctnoon, prior to his departure for VVashincrton, where he will see Pres et W ilson Sunday, it was announc ed if Columbus. Ohio. Tuesdav. Ar- i::ements for the conference were :: rpleted by members of the State : ; anization of the Women's Pnrtv. tlij Alice Paul, national chairman, rr I other national officers are ex tra to arrive. v .oman s Party leaders also f ' ;ec(I that a similar deputation f 1 their organization is expected to rr ccived by Senator Harding, the oblican nominee, in. Marion, July immediately following the official ocation ceremonies there. Jpconling to Governor Cox, the rence with President Wilson-at v.'hite House next Sunday morn--p which Franklin. D. Roosevelt, j vice-presidential nominee, also j participate, is the only political f:enco he will have while in '-piston. Jt had been suggested ''I. his arrival there Saturday ''r might permit other confer tho presidential nominee as hh only reason fon leaving Co- Fri'fav pvening, which will ni in Wellington crrly Satur--because of "indefinite train - r.nd a desire to be there on SER( ULOSIS CLINICS " lllAAJ JN rj AT WEEK t Throe Places in -Burke Coun 1 : ! rrce Examinations Will f o fiiven By State Board. ruill and Miss Mvers, of the Tirvrd of Health, 'will spend ''( k in Burke county ronducting "'"crculosis clinics. These will at three places in the county "'an cements having been made' county nurse, Miss Lou Lon ihe dates and places are as fol- H'anton. Grace Hospital, Mon pIy 19th and Friday and Satur The 23rd and 24th; hours 8:30 3 and from 2 to 5:30. -n Alpine, colored schoolhouse f olored people) Tuesday, July 20. ? nelly Springs, schoolhouse, ?2nd. ointments for Morganton and alpine should be made with Miss '?(. for Connelly Springs with the BURKE SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES AUGUSJ 9TH Judge Thos. J. Shaw Will Pre side at Session For Both Civ il and Criminal Cases. Burke Superior Court will convene Monday, August 9th. This is the regular August term. By error no tices were sent out for the 2nd and Solicitor Huffman has asked The News-Herald to request that all wit nesses, litigants, or others notified to come on the 2nd come on the 9th in stead. This term of court has a mixed dock et, civil and criminal. Judge Thos. J. Shaw, of Greensboro, will preside. LOCAL BRIEFS IN AND AROUND TOWN Short Items of Local and Per sonal Interest Gathered During the Week. Mr. Charlie Parks is building a pretty bungalow on Sterling street. Mr. Hassel Beach has laid the foundation for the erection of a res idence on King street. The curbing is being made ready on White street in preparation for the early paving of the street. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wilson, who have been living at the Erwin home nn WTci- T T , -U i. AT- T)x u" "cat uiuun, nave gune w uie x at- rnn MOllSP Tf STlPTIfl SPVPrn mftnths j Mr. Herman Kirksey, who has been in Winston-Salem, has accepted a po sition as druggist at the State Hos pital and will take up his duties there today. A sidewalk is being laid on north ern side of East Union street. Just recently a cement walk was laid on the new street that is known as Ter race Place. Mrs. A. C. Avery, Jr., county wel fare superintendent, returned Tues day from Chapel Hill where she at tended the social service school at the University. The young ladies of the town gave a leap year dance at the town hall on last Thursday night. It was a very enjoyable occasion to all those who attended. The water line has never extended below the depot, but the work of lay ing a main is no3y-being done and soon that section of the town will be suDplied with water. Mr. J. Gordon Queen is erecting a pretty bunsrahow on his lot at the corner of King and Herron streets. The roof is on and the house is rap idly neaing completion. The Embroidery club met on Thursday afternoon with Miss Sallie Hogan. Miss Lucile Pearson and Mrs. Robert White were invited guests. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. J. R. Anderson. Mr. H. A. Webber, past exalterd ruler of the Charlotte Lodge of Elks, attended the convention of that order held recently in Chicago and on his return spent Sunday in Morganton greeting his many friends here. The educational department of the Woman's club is planning to give an operetta, "The House that -Jack Built," early in August. It will be snven under the direction of Mrs. M. B. Kibler, who is the chairman of the department. " Mr. T. W. McBain, who has been employed as druggist for the Davis Dru?' Co. for several months, has Purchased an interest in the Smith Dru Store at Asheville. After a short vacation ?t hi? home in Gra ham Mr. McCain will f?o to Asheville to take un his new work. Miss Edna Coith. superintendent of the home economics ' department of the State Department of Education, was in Morganton last Friday ight and at a conference of members of the Woman's club and school board explained how a departmet of home economics might be added to the Morganton school. The board has the matter under a dvisement. rri- TVTrs. D. C. Mav. of Allentown, Pa., I -pvod Ross. , Mrs. Ross and children ' and Mrs. May are now visiting their i nsrpnts. Mr. and Mrs. Pink Corpen- j ing, at' Worry. JAMES M. COX Governor of Ohio ' and Democratic Nominee for President. i THE EVER-PRESENT QUESTION f WHAT Y J NEW f I 4 PRESIDENT TO CONFER WITH PARTY NOMINEES Executive to Meet GoxernoCox and Franklin Roosevelt at White House Sunday. President Wilson will meet Gov ernor James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees, Sun day for the first time since the candi dates were chosen at San Francisco. The conference will be held at the White House to discuss plans for a vigorous campaign. It, was arranged by Governor Cox, who called the White House on the telephone from Columbus to ascer tain what day within the next week J would be most suitable for a meeting. The message was conveyed to Mr. Wilson and the answer went forward speedily that Mr. Wilson would be de- Mr. "Roosevelt and members of his lighted to see the governor and also : party were then taken in automobiles Mr. Roosevelt' Sunday morning at to "Springwood," the Roosevelt home. 10:30 o'clock. While ft was stated j There former State Senator New that the President had. no particular j bold led Mr. Roosevlet to the front choice as to the date, it was explain- veranda and presented him to his i ?i i r i i : t.t At. l : - . i a: . ed he considered Sunday more suit able as it would enable the governor to come here and return home in time to keep engagements with party leaders on Monday. , . , Party leaders declared there was no foundation for statements that the President and Governor Cox were f'far apart" on the league of nations. They said it was but natural that the governor should desire to exchange views with the President on this and many other questions before begin ning work on his speech of accept ance. i While the President plans to re main in Washington all summer, his friends say that he can be depended upon to lend his influence to Govern or Cox's campaign in statements and letters. The President has obtained much first-hand information as to the preliminary campaign fight from men on whom he often has relied and has devoted much time daily to newspa per reading. STATESVILLE TO HAVE -AN AFTERNOON DAILY Statesville is to have an afternoon daily. For some time 'Mr. Pegram A. Bryant, publisher of The -Landmark, has been considering the matter of establishing a daily newspaper there and he now has practically completed his' plans for starting up the' enter prise on the first of August. Mr. Bryant will continue to publish The Landmark twice a week as usual, but the daily will come out under a new name. A MOUNTAIN SCHOOL THAT DESERVES SUPPORT Many Students From Mountains of Lower Burke Attend Gol den Industrial Institute. Miss Ora Hull, president of the Golden Industrial Institute, a Bap tist mountain school in Rutherford county and not far from the Burke county line, spoke in the First Bap tist church Sunday night in the in terest of the school, telling appealing stories of the service the school is rendering many mountain boys and girls who would .possibly have no ether chance of educational advan tages, lumbers of the institute's students come from the South Moun tain section of Burke county. . The school is located about 16 miles from Bridgewater, about the same dis tance from Bostic (the address is Route 4, Bostic) and about 25 miles irom Kutneriordton. With the helD that is received outside students are taken at a very moderate price and a large per cent are' allowed, at their request, to work their way through school. It is accomplishing a vast amount of good in a section that greatly needs the influences of a Christian school. ' TEACHERS' EXAMINATION Thirty-five or more young women, who are either teaching or prepar ing to teachwere here yesterday and Tuesday taking the examination that is prepared by the State Board of Examiners. ' " ROOSEVELT WELCOMED BY HIS HOME FOLKS Democratic Nominee Given Noisy, Affectionate Greet ing By His Townspeople a Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat ic presidential nominee, was given a noisy and affectionate greeting by his townspeople in Hyde Park, N. Y., Sunday upon his arrival from San Francisco. Democrats and Republi cans alike joined in the welcome. Mr, Roosevelt informed his neigh bors that the ceremonies attending his official notification would be held the first week in August. : The nominee arrived at 5 o'clock and was met by a reception commit tee which consisted of Mayor Ralph F. Butts, of Foughkeepsie, and lead- ling citizens. neighbors with the brief introduction: "Here's your boy." Neighbdrs, I am more moved by this than anything else in my life," declared Mr. Roosevelt. "I am more moved than I-was in San Francisco where the unexpected happened, and the unexpected did happen at the last minute. "I was sent from the floor of the convention to meet a man under the speaker's platform. The man whom I was supposed to meet was not there. Some one rushed up to me and said: " 'They are nominating you.' I re plied, 'Quit your kidding.' No one was more surprised than I was to get the vice presidential nomination. VI want to tell you from the bot tom of my heart that my success is due to my association with the good old sockt of this county and the straight thinking people I have been brought up among here. That has given me the inspiration to do every thing I've done. We are going to carry this campaign into every State of the Union. We believe that is the square Democratic and Republican way of doing things. "There is one thing that I want to tell you and that is that the nation al Democratic convenion was run in the open! All my life I have tried to do things in the open where every one could see and whre onthing was concealed. That was the spirit of the convention and I hope that will be the spirit of the campaign. I hope that there will be no mud slinging and that the issues will be presented ful ly, clearly and honestly." SEVEN DESPERADOES FLEE BUNCOMBE JAIL Saw Their Way Through Iron Bars Then Pile Into Auto and Made Good Escape. Seven white prisoners, all charged with crimes of a serious nature, in cluding one prisoner who was being held for safe keeping until the date for his electrocution for having committed a double murder in Macon county, escaped from the Buncombe county jail early Tuesday morning by sawing through the iron bars of their cell and those at the jail win dows. The criminals escaped in an au tomobile, it is believed, and up to a late hour last night none of them have been caught. A force of dep uties was placed unon the case im- I mediately after the escape was dis- covered and although scouring Bun combe and nearby counties had failed to catch any of the convicts. The escape of -the prisoners is the most daring thing of its kind ever recorded in twi police or court an nals of western North Carolina That the escape was well planned is evident from the complete lack of clues and the masterly way in which J. I- - . T tne prisoners naa arranged every thing. Mr. and. Mrs. John Pearson, of Norfolk, will arrive Saturday to vis it Mr."' Pearson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pearson. "CYCLONE MACK" TO BE HERE IN AUGUST 'Evangelist Wires Acceptance of Invitation to Bring Big Tent and Conduct Meeting Here A telegram yesterday from Rev. H. B. McLendon, the well-known evangelist, states that he will accept the -invitation recently extended him to come to Morganton. His meeting here will begin Sunday, August 15th, and will continue for probably a month. Mr. McLendon will bring with him his big tent- which seats about 5000. Further details of plans for the meeting will appear later. MOBILE SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK IN 28 COMMUNITIES North Carolina Baptist Train ing Institutes Will be Open ed Simultaneously. There will be held simultaneously, July, 19-23, 2& mobile schools in as many different sections of North Car olina. .These schools are projected under the auspices of the Baptist State board of missions, of which Dr. Walter N. Johnson of Raleigh, is sec retary, and they will be under the direct supervision of Dr. W. R. Cul- lom, of Raleigh, and Miss Elizabeth N. Briggs, the W. M. U. director, Ral eigh. The object of these schools is to make'a serious effort to train leaders in each, of the 2,198 local Baptist churches in the State who will help to bring their churches to function in a vital way in winning a lost world to the Savior. Evangelism will be the keynote in all of these schools this year, and each local community where a school will be held will furnish am ple opportunity for evangelistic effort. These schools are planned with a view to preparing the way for the evangelistic campaign that will fol- ilow in most of the churches through- our rne state. This is the third year these schools have been held, and at the end of the present session a diploma of contract will be given all who have attended these schools the three years in suc cession. The schools are so arranged that one will be in easy reach of every one. The entertainment in most cases" will be on the Harvard nlan. the local community giving lodging and breakfast. The first session will be held Mon day nisrht. There will be three ses sions xlaily, the night session being an evangelistic service conducted by a special minister selected for that pur pose. Each faculty will consist of eight' members, viz: host, dean, preacher, teacher of Bible, winning to Christ, training in church mem bership, business side of church life, and W. M. U. methods. Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Bower, of Mor ganton, will be members of the fac ulty at Crossriore, Mr. Bower the preacher and Mrs. Bower W. M. U. director. The nearest school to Mor ganton will be at Newton. STATE MAY BE GIVEN . TWELVE CONGRESSMEN North Carolina will win two addi tional members of Congress if the size of the house of representatives is increased. Chairman Siegel, of the census commission, has begun a study of the returns. It is believed North Carolina will have a total population of nearly 2, 600,000 or more, as compared with 2, 206,287 in 1910. The total popula tion of the United States will be from 105,000,000 to 106,000,000 according to preliminary figures. Now the average congressional district has 211.000 people In it. If the size of the house is .increased to 500 members, instead of 435 as now, it would give North Carolina two more representatives or a total of 12. The State now has 10. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Of New York, Democratic Nominee for Vice-President. Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Proctor and children, of Lincolnton, are visiting Mrs. -Proctor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hicks, at Glen Alpine. Miss Mary Louise Neal, of Salisbury, is also spending some time with the Hicks family and with Mrs,. M. T. Harbison.' BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER BURKE Items of Interest Gathered From Different Sections of the County By News Herald Correspondents BRIDGEWATER. Mr. and Mrs. Astor Yelton, of Winston-Salem, spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Yelton, on Muddy creek. Miss C&ssie Patton, of South Mud dy creek, and Mr. Silas Ledbetter, of McDowell county, were quietly mar ried at Miss Patton's home Tuesday afternoon in the presence of a few in timate friends. Missl-Norah Ballew, a recent grad uate nurse of the Merriwether hos pital in Asheville, who spent the week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ballew, left for Hickory Monday, where she locates with Dr. E. Menzies for the practice of her profession. Mr. and Mrs. .Vance Hunter, who spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hunter, left Friday to visit Mrs. Hunter's relatives near Charlotte. Miss Zelda Yelton spent the week end with herA sister, Miss "Ruth Yel ton, wh'o is in Rutherfordton hospital recovering from 1 a slight attack of typhoid fever. Miss Lillian Hunter has accepted a position as book-keeper for Mr. M. L. Good, at Sevier. " Mr. Winslow Ballew. who snent the week with his parents here, returned to Newberry, S. C. Masters v Douglass and Jack Sin clair, of Michigan, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Collett Benfield. A series of meetings will begin, at the Presbyterian church here next Sunday. Rev. Moore, the new pas tor, will be in charge. Services will be given at the Baptist church the Sunday following with Rev. M. V. Snipes in charge. Miss Katie Ballew is spending a few days in Hickory with Misses Louise and' Josephine Abernethy. CHESTERFIELD. ' Miss Alice Kincaid, of Philadel phia, Pa., has come to spend her va cation with er parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Kincaid. Mr. Paul Conley, after a visit with home folks, has returned to Akron, Chio. He was accompanied by Mr. Jeter Harris and Mr. Burtis Conley. Mrs. W. F. Feimster and children, of Raleigh, are spending awhile with her brother, . Mr.- W. S. Hallyburton and family. - Mr. Jim McCall, of Amherst, was a business visitor here Thursday. Mr. John Baird visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baird near Antioch Sun day. Mrs. C. C. Hensley and Master ANNIVERSARY BASTILE DAY IS CELEBRATED Washington Joins With France in Commemoration of Bastile Day; Wilson's Message. The French tri-color floated yes terday from government buildings alongside the American flag as Washington paid honor -to France in commemoration of Bastile Day. The French flag also was widely display ed at business houses and residences. The day's "observance here included a visit by Secretary Baker to Arling ton National Cemetery to place wreaths on the graves of French sol diers. At the white house it was said President Wilson had sent a message of congratulations to President Tes chanel of France. General Pershing last night sent the following message to Marshal Foch, on behalf of Amer icans who served on Freeh soil: "Your v American friends and com rades in arms send to the French army and people thir most cordial greeting and felicitations on the in spiring occasion of your victory day. Bound together in friendship by historic ties dating from the Revolu tion, firmly cemented in the world war by the blood of our sons on com mon battle fields, your people and ours may look with confidence into the future and rejoice together in the present that our unity is unimpaired and that we have maintained for pos terity our high national ideals of lib erty and justice. We pay all honor and tribute to the glorious dead who have given their lives in defense of these noble principles. May France enjoy the peace an prosperity which . she fyas so richly earned and which she celebrates today." HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Prof. F. Hubbard Srygley, Nash ville, to Head High School De ment of Graded School. The board of trustees of the Mor ganton graded school feels that it. is particularly fortunate in securing as principal of the highjchool for Text year, a man of experience and high recommendations-, Prof. F. Hubbard Srygley, of Nasheville, Tenn. Mr. Srygley has been connected with the Nashville city schools for the past ten years. He is a graduate of Van derbilt University and come3 to Mor ganton with, the recommendation, among others, of Dr. Bruce R. Payne. He has a wife and one child. The family will receive a warm welcome to Morganton. Patronize your home merchants. 11 , :iore. . i - -
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