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I . I - i : ; paper Published in Burke County ine Burke County News I rnrnA oq 10m Subscription Price $2.00 per Year in Advance me Morganton Herald j. MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 20, 1921 NO. 30 u re At'U KTNCAID PRESIDENT-ELECT ON S.lfWlilfV A VACATION TRIP J) 1 1 V OUliLri jl i i rnme Unexpectedly t o eat f Town's Best Women ?hout Nine O'clock Last Saturday Morning. NO EGGS! by Junie Tate Kincaid, wife of vk Kincaid, died suddenly last ?, hv' morning at her home here. cunposcJ to have been caus- . heart trouble, one ui 'usual hour anil naa prepuu . niton with the family. rritast . , . pain m iwi " htcr, Miss Mary Kincaid, notic w she did not look well. Mr. tnri vo,i not cone to his store. ncaiu - jneiefpi that she t0 bed and they sent hurriedly for octor. Soon after .the physician rived she died, passing smuucixiy a! afternoon at the Methodist urcnv: Kv ttov. F. A. Bower. H !SS,S l" X ynr.a Hill rpm- -rial was mauc Relatives aim xw.i - .v, Attended the services were ! and Mrs. Watt Minish, Mrs. Jen- . Taw. Air. ineoaore xvincam, 5S May Puett and 1 Mr. Bascomb which he , iyen ft hnson, of Lenoir, Mr. J. J -Hef-jof his life I Harding Turns Attention En tirely to Personal Affairs Before Departure. For the first time in weeks President-elect Harding's eneragement cal endar was blank yesterday, and he turned nis attention entirely to per sonal affairs in preparation for his departure today for a six weeks stay in Florida. It will really be a' leave-taking' for a period of at least four years, for if he returns to Marion at all. hefivrp inauguration, it will be for only a day or so. His residence in Marion has been rented, and it will be va cated at the end of the week, when Mrs. Harding goes east to shop and attend, to personal business in Wash ington and New York. She will re join her husband later at St. Augus tine, whic will be his headquarters during February. One question in regard to Mr. Hoarding's personal plans which re mains unanswered is whether he will continue to be the proprietor of his newspaper, the Marion Star, during his occupancy of the White House. It is known the subject has been one of serious consideration with him and that ,although he expects to have no I opportunitv to participate in the pa pers management during the next ! : four years, he is reluctant to sever LOCAL BRIEFS IN connection with an institution to1 a vrr a rrnTvrr nrnww greater pari 'r ts.J---- -fgg v p-tv : y -y BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD SAYS GOVERNOR HARDING If There Ever Was Danger of a Crisis, It is Passed, Says Reserve Board Head. (This is the first of a series of cartoons on farm problems) ' m;co filadvs. Margaret and r. ,T11VM v . ia Hefner, mrs. ruicnc '-agK-i Misses Josephine ManfiVd and fcme rrestua w z,-'1 L Heilig, Miss Kutn ienig ana ,s Juanita Kesler, of Salisbury. Mr? Kincaid was Tne aaugnter qi late Columbus and iNancy .or ;n2: Tate, of Upner Creek and was sember of ovn. of the county's best -iilies. Two brothers and two sis- rs survive a., r. i.aie. ox uenver, o. Vance Tate, of Perkinsville, s. R. P. Laxton, of Perkinsville Mrs. H. L. Johnson of Morgan- Another sister, Mrs. J. J. Hef-. . died suddenly last year and an er sister. Mrs. N. P. Beck and 33 Luana Tate, have been dead for number of years: also a- brother, inley Tate, who died in Colorado. nr and Mr. Kinmiri hari heen rried twenty-five years last June their home was as happy and in-. ring as only a devoted, wife and ther and industrious home-maker n make it. Her life was a mod- of wifelv virtues and the household suddenly bereft of the presence of reigmne: spirit has been the object the sympathy of the entire com- r.ity. It. Kincaid and their son and :?hter survive Mr. Hugh Kin- J. who came with his wife from iton in response to the message line of his mother's death, and s Mary Kincaid, who teaches in Hickory schools and chanced to at home for a week-end visit. Mrs. Kincaid was a loyal and con- ent member of the ' Methodist :rch. In church work, as well as the home, she will be greatly ;sed. Short Items of Local and Per sonal Interest Gathered During the Week. Mr. Harding will leave for St. Au- ( gustine late tonight after attending a celebration at Marion of the Elks' fraternity, of which he is a member. lie probably will travel to Colnmbus The condition of Mr. P. F. Newton, on a sneciai train. Dut during the re- who has beea sick for some time, re mamner 01 tne trm soutn ms private , mains practically unchanged, car will be attached to regular trains ; The congregation of Grace church . TT; r "TU,,,, is requested to meet at the church ROAD WEEK IN THE next Monday morning at 10:30 to GENERAL ASSEMBLY : elect a vestry for year 1921. - Phone or send us any news items to The News-Herald. We are. always glad to get anything that will make the paper of more local interest. You can help us make the paper better. Mr. E. A. (Pete) Queen, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia since last week, has passed the crisis and is. now on the road to recovery, friends of the family are glad to know. Miss Vera Asbury returned Sun day to Washington. Mrs. Cora As bury Ingram came Tuesday from Mt. Less Than 100 Bills Presented in Legislature During the First Eleven Days. As to the proceedings of the Gen eral Assembly for this week and of the past week the News and Observ er gives the following summary: It apnears about tcbe Poad Weak 'in the General Assembly. The Clark- son Highway bill will likely get a new name before the m'ddle of the week arrives, and very likely it will Gilead to.be with her mother, Mrs. be styled the Varser-Doughton bill. S. M. Asbury, who is steadily lmprov Wednesday has been tentatively set ; irig from her recent illness, for its presentation to the Legisla- Mr. John McDowell v spent several ture. and with sentiment practically , days during, the week in Portsmouth, WOMEN ARE ASKING RETENTION PRIMARY LAW As Well As Provision For Pri vacy in Voting and Cen sorship of Movies. A special ocrrespondent writing: Both long term credits and invest ments in European securities are called for by the present situation to curp!ement ordinary banking activi ties in effecting the economic and financial rehabilitation of foreign countries, Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve board, declared in an address in New York Monday be fore a meeting of the' New York State bankers' association. Speaking on "Working Back to Normal," Governor Harding asserted that whatever danger of crisis there may have been is passed and that a bright future is ahead to be attain ed through hard and intelligent work. Production must continue if the country is to prosper, the governor said, but. surplus produtetion must be disposed of by sale to foreign countries. Under present conditions, he continued, many countries cannot pay for goods in the usual manner and "it is necessary that iye should devise new means of financing our foreign trade." Continuance of. trade with Eu rope is vital, Governor Harding de clared, and the " maintenance of "the trade relationship of : other coun tries with Europe' is scarcely less BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER BURKE , 1 Items of Interest Gathered From Different Sections of the County By News Herald Correspondents "Otherwise - there will be a con stant Le.idencv." the -e-overnor ex- yesterday from Raleigh says that re- plained, "toward, the - accumulation tcauuu ui uic . picocuv i be-w auc , nere oi -ffooas. Drincmaiiv raw - ma- RS. W. A. ROSS DIED YESTERDAY ter Three Weeks Illness She ied Yesterday Morning; Funeral This Afternoon Presbyterian Church. unanimous in favor of some sort of road legislation, it would appear, that its early ratification may be expected. The outstanding feature of the General Asembly thus far is the fact that eleven lesrislative davs havel al ready passed and . less than 100 Dills have been presented. This situation is entirely without precedent in the historv of the legislature. Four years ago the first half hour of the first day's session saw 156 bills started in'jder the sunshine of several clear days the House alone, and nearly half i much of the ice still remains in shel- Va., on account of the illness of his little grandniecB, Annie McDowell Gayle, the small daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Gayle. The baby under went an operation and is now recov ering rapidly. Hundreds of stores and houses leaked last Friday morning under the load of ice and snow that banked up during the night.. It was the worst storm of the winter, the streets slip pery and dangerous to travel. Un were old ree weeks aco vesterdav Mru. A. Ross suffered a stroke of pa- "s and since that time she had in critical condition until death cd her vesterdav mornincr -at j i her children were with her at -mo she died for death was not Toctetl. It was iust after- their :i to their homes, after having :t the holidays together, that irnmoned to return a.mn hor.s on account of tho While she was con- 4? a limes there bad been vrry -'.a over recover. '? fur.err.l will beheld this o'clock at the First Pre-.- -n cvjrch, of which Mrs. Po,7 !on years a devoted member ,5npcnt will follow in the plot at the cemetery. Th C!1 ho- conducted by Dr. E. of Hickory, in the absence "s Pastor, Rev. j. A. MacLcan. that many in the Senate. In the snec'al session, called mainly for the consideration of taxation, over 500 measures wre presented and passed upon in 17 days. On no day has the number of new bills exceeded a dozen and Friday and Saturday when there is usually a flood of minor local legislation, there was barely a trickle. Mo?t members have nothing, locally to of fer, and the number of Statewide bills is going to be relatively small. The passage of so many measures ?t the special seson .and the general anathy toward local bond issue13! which is the breeding pce of local 1e.Tis1ation, seems generally responsi ble for the dearth of grist for the grinding. . But without these things, the ses sion has lost no whit of interest. There is the Statewide stock law i i coming, moving picture censorsmp, ;he primary repeal, which is not yet dead, marriage 'laws bill, and the- bill to abolish the Welfare Commission, all to be attended to, and the possi ble redisricting of the State Senate. All of the?e measures have interest ing possibilities, and the General Assembly has still 49 days to run. It is a mere infanjl, thus far. tered places. SPECIAL TERM OF ' COURT IS ORDERED Will Be Held in February, Be ginning on Monday the 14th; Judge Henry P. Lane Will Preside; Full Docket. At the request of the board of county commissioners Governor Mor rison has ordered a special term of Burke Superior Court to be held in February, beginning on Monday, February 14th. Urged by Solicitor j mg. primary law, a bill to provide pri vacy in voting and endorsement of the propsed bill for State censorship of all moving pictures are -three of the most important matters that the women of the State are asking of the present session of the general assem bly. In asking for retention of the pri mary law the opinion is expressed in all circles that the women will have little difficulty in having their wishes complied, with since it is not believed there is the remotest chance of repealing the law. Before it be came known., however, that the wo men were backing the primary there was fear expressed by friends of the primary that the law might be de stroyed. .r.." The full nrogram as ' 'outlined by the North Carolina legislature coun cil of Women, of which Mrs. C. C. Hook, of Charlotte, is chaiman, and which represents every organization of NoHh Carolina women follows: 1 1. Endorsement of the bill to pro vide a State censorship of moving pictures. 2. To amend the law concerning carnal crimes to read: "carnal know ledge of a girl between the ages of 12 and 16 is a felony." (The law now reads between the ages of 12 and 14) 3. A mothers' aid law as recom mended by the organization of super intendents of orphanage and the State board of charities and public welfare. v 4. Adequate appropriation for maintenance and necessary increase in capacity as recommended by, the State board of charities and public welfare of Samaricand. Jackson Training school and Caswell Train ing school of care of colored mental defectives. 5. An appropriation for a training school for delinquent colored boys on the order of the Jackson Training school. G. Endorsement of the program of legislation of the North Carolina Forestry association. , 7. A bill to provide nrivacv in vet- terials, from those countries which have been in the habit of selling in Europe but -which now, on .account pf Europe's inability - to pay and their own ; inability to- extend credit, are shipping to the United - States in order to sell for cash." HARDING WILL CALL NEW CONGRESS APRIL FOURTH President - Elect Has Made Up Mind to. Call Congress in Special Session April 4 RUTHERFORD COLLEGE Having reported the sudden death of Rev. R. S. Abernethy which oc curred at his home in this place the lOtK inst., it is proper that I also re port his funeral and interment which took place the next day at 3:30 p. n., conducted by the pastor, .Rev. F. W. Elliott, assisted by Revs. J. M. Lowder, M. T.' Hinshaw, J. T. Stover and W. E. Abernethy, the latter lead ing the services at the grave. The iloral offerings were beautiful and profuse. The pallbearers were Revs. J. E. Bolick, J. N. Randle, C. F. Tate, A. A. Stafford, A. A. Angle and J. W. Parker. All the children and 3ons-in-law except Professor E. J. Abernethy and Professor D. E. Del linger and four grandchildren were present. Mrs. Abernethy has gone to spend awhile with her youngest daughter, Mrs. B. L. Smith, aty Foi-' est City. The passing of this good, man is a distinct loss to our town and community. His unique and strong personality was a valuable as set to our town. President Hinshaw attended the. educational set-up meeting at Mor ganton last week and said some very important work was done. " Mr. J. M. Garrison is quitex sick t Mr. Riddle's. Mr. Robert Rutherford, of Ashe ville, paid his people here a short visit Saturday and Sunday. The sleet-snow which did so much' damage to house-roofs over the country generally, made no exception of this place. The leakage did the most damage at the Rutherford Col ge store, amounting to about three hundred dollars, it is said. The public school is now in' full blast with over one hundred pupils, r.nd increasing every day. . . CHESTERFIELD Mrs. Ed McCall and son, Mr. Kir- jath McCall, spent Tuesday in Le noir. . - Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Price of Hart land, and small son, Fred, were bus iness visitors here Monday. . . Mr. Robert . Whisenant, who ' has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Whisenant, has returned President-elect Harding has prac i.: ii j. -j.j j. it - . t ucauy oeciaea xo can a special ses-'4. P?.Vr- v - - sion of the new Congress on April 4, MV. Harvev Henslev ' of" MorMn- ton, spent "Sunday . with his mother, members of the House ways and means committee was informed by Chairman Fordney, who has just re turned from a conference with Mr: Harding at Marion. Mr. Fordney conferred with tha President - elect on general taxation and tariff matters which will .bq among the more important subjects to come before the special session of the new Congress. The chairman was understood to . have told Mr. Harding that the date of the session had direct bearing on tariff revision hearings which the committee now conduct, and it was said that Mr. Harding informed him that April 4 had practically been decided upon definitely. MR. R0BEY CLAYWELL NEW TOWN MANAGER OSS was n nsitivr rf T .inpnln wpg before her marriage rjtoe to Morganton as a bride ,. . I'll. 1VUSS eSLttUJIHIlli". norn.e here, rearing a familv of !LSOns and daughters, and bless n community with the influ- , if a, Christian household. Bc ,lir husband sbo i y, three daughters and a num ?L pra,ml children. Mrs. Jake ana Mr. Fred P.oss live here: MR. GEORGE BOWMAN VICTIM APPENDICITIS Died Yesterday Afternoon at Grace Hospital; Funeral Today at Gilboa. rl ? Bundle, in Asheville: r, n,lwmichael. in Charlotte, i. j I. T?r3C ?t AVve? fin' ,, l.sn, Mr. Earl Ross, died . 141 years ago. In 1 f ,D'? rnother-heart of Mrs. Ross nor i t ln , " '-"msxer tenaeriv ana WW not nnl 1 1 many outside who A "istress or had sickness. Her 1 1 and kindness were as V ner imderstn t ner delirrht to lend a helping .j j- viir neeaea ner. rruiv J w- 1 " "liian nas passed away. ?s ho Mr. George Bowman, a son of Mr. J. A. Bowman, of the Gilboa section, died at Grace Hospital yesterday af ternoon at 3 o clock following an acute attack of appendicitis which had gone so far as to render an oper ation of no avail. The body has been taken to the Bowman home on Route 1 and the funeral and burial will be held today at Gilboa church. Deceased is a son of Mr. Bowman by his first marriage, a brother of Messrs. W. W. and Ivey Bowman and a half brother of Messrs. Kelly, June and the other Bowman children. He had never married and made his home "with his father and assist ed with the work on the farm. Mr. J. A. Bowman has been quite sick for several weeks but is now much better. Huffman, who called attention to the accumulation of cases on the crimi nal court docket, the board made the request of the governor and a mes sage came last week that it had been granted and Judge Henry P. Lane, of Reidsville, appointed to pre side. Asked yesterday what cases would likelv be taken up the Solicitor stat ed that he had not yet made out a schedule but planned to dispose of the cases growing out of the Lippard trial, the Williams' murder case and as many of the minor cases as pos sible, seeking, if possibje,' to get enough out of the way so as to clear up the criminal docket during the regular term in March. Trade at home. RELIEF FUND CONTRIBUTIONS Since last week The News-Herald has forwarded to Mr. Page the fol lowing contributions to the relief fund : E. E. Bolick ..$ 2.00 John M. McGalliard .. ... 10.00 Woman's Bible Class, Pres bvterian Church .. . 31.00 8. Retention of the primary lav. JURY LTST FOR SPECIAL TERM OF. BURKE COURT First week, beginning February 14th: Aaron M. Dale, Benedict Bris tol, S. Moore, Sheridan Berry, T. H. Walker, John Reese, P. O. Wil liams, Julius Jcard, N. O. Pitts, W. F. Warlick, H. G .HaUyburton, Kel ly IcadD. A. Heavner, Melvin Har bison, J. G. Lingle, B. E. Sane, K. E. Fincannon, Jeff L. -Nelson, Miles C. Lowman, H. P. Holler, P. D. Spratt, J. E. Lackey, R. A. Moore, R. H. Spainhour, Hugh HaUyburton, H. L. Fowler, A. L. Conley, C. D. Hemp hill, O. C. Cox, Leander A. Chapman, Marvin T. Duckworth, J. P. .Whis enant, James Henson, Peter Whisen ant, J. M. Epley, X. H." Cox. Second week, beginning February 21st:, Thomas Crump, W. D. Shu- Elected Monday Night to Take Place of Mr. W. R. Patton, Resigned; Enters New Duties February 1st At a special meeting Monday night of the town council Mr. Robey Cla'y well was elected town manager of Morganton to succeed Mr. W. R. Patton, whose resignation was noted in a recent issue of The News-Her ald. Mr. Patton had asked that he be . relieved not later than February 1st, as on that date he becomes tov,rn manager of New Smyrna, Fla. Mr. Claywell, who has been hold ing a position at Badin, is already in Morganton and will begin at once to learn the details of the work, assum ing full responsibility on the first of the month. - Like Mr. Patton. Mr. Claywell " is an experienced engineer, fully ca pable of attending to the practical duties connected with the town man agership. He graduated in civil en gineering and has had wide experi ence in road building. At the same time he is a good business man, a young man of vision and optimism. No doubt-under his direction the town will continue to advance and improve. Total ,$43.00 ping, R. L. Baker, Spencer Pruett, J. D. Alexander, John. H. Pons, J. P. Parks, A. F. Alexander, J. E. Jar rett, P. A. Berry, P. C. England, John Peyronel, E. A. Self, J. R. Burns, W. S. Pless, J. C. Ramsey, P. A. Franklin, E." A. Stroup. DR. RICHARDS AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. C. M. Richards, of Davidson, will preach at the , Presbyterian church next Sunday. While here Dr. Richards will be the eruest of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Davis are the happy parents of a son, born Sunday at Grace Hospital. The Hesperian Book club will , meet this afternoon with Mrs. Bob Claywell. P. P. MULLDEAD Hickory Record, 14th. The funeral of Mr. P. P. gallant officer of the Confederate army, whose death occurred at his home yesterday at 12:30 in Longview was held from Saints church at 1 o'clock this afternoon by the pastor, Rev. W. L. Shinn. He had been ill for several weeks. He was the fath er of Mr. John Mull, . well known Morganton lawyer and was a splen did citizen. He was 92 years old. TO REDUCE ARMY TO 175,000 Only minor differences of language between the senate and house mea sures remained to be straightened out to send on its way for executive signature limiting the, size of the army to 175,000 officers' and enlisted men. A joint resolution limiting the number to that figure came almost simultaneously. Action was taken without a record vote in the house aim viliy xuul uiciuucia vuicu agaiuob Mull, a I the resolution. Mrs. H. L. Millner leaves today for a visit to Winston-Salem. COUNTY EXHIBIT TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK The cpunty exhibit for the year closing, December 1st is ready -for publication and will appear in next week's issue. . - Mrs. J. A. Shuping, who has been quite ill since last Friday, is some what improved. Miss Neta, Shuping arrived Tuesday from Charlotte to be with her mother; Mrs. F. M.' Hensley. Miss Fannie Whitley spent the week-end 'at the' home of Mr. and Mrs-. W. A.-Hood. ; ; Miss-" Effie Williams had as her guest" Wednesday : night Miss Jessie McGimsey. " Mrr-J. V. Powell" spent Saturday night "with Mr. C. H. Smith and fam ily in Smokey Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sudderth, Mr. and "Mrs. Hardie Sudderth 'and children-were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Duckworht. Mr. Ben Hood has returned to Vir ginia after spending some time, with . homefolks. , . Rev. J. A. Frye and son were din ner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs C. T. Rader. 1 " Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Harmon spent Sunday in Lenoir on business. Miss Minnie Rader visited friends in Caldwell Friday. Miss Louise Hood was a guest last Thursday night of -Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Stamey. Mr. John Rhodes has returned hom from Grace Heospital, Mor ganton. i.ir. Henry Baird was a visitor of Mr. Vance Powell Friday. Misses Fannie Whitley and Ruth Hood, were guests of Miss Louise Hood ..Wednesday night. Master Dorsey Sudderth spent Thursday night with Master Eugene Ebodes. It wras sad news to hear of the d?afh of that good man, Rev. R. S. Aberrethy. He once was the pastor of Mt. Pleasant, in the "long ago.". The writer was a student of his at Lower Creek academy. How we lov ed hint and will rever his memory. We grieve with his loved ones in his' parsing. , . Miss Rata Thrcncburg 'haes been on the sick list for the past week. Mr. George Arney was a guest Sun day of his sister, Mrs. Robert Sides at Antioch. He was accompanied home by little Pearl and Lois Sides. Mr. Frank Baird was a business visitor at Bridgewater Saturday. STATE HOSPITAL Miss Ila Shuping spent the week end at her hdme near Mt. Home. Miss Victoria' Wall spent the week end at her home in Morganton. Miss Tessie Mull spent the week end with her sister, Mrs.' Horace Farr near the School for the Deaf. Mr. Marion Wall has resigned his position on the State farm and left Sunday for Hendersonville. Mr. Marion Propst, of the Salem section, visited Miss Beulah Webb at iT TT Zi.-t C..Jn.. LUC XlUSpiUll OUllUdJI. , , Mr. Ben Hemphill ,of Marion, vis ited Miss Mary Lou McNeely at the Hospital last Friday. Miss Sadie Crawford spent Sunday at her home in Marion. Mr. Wiley W, Poteet spent the week-end with his family at home near Enola. The . patients' dance at . Hospital Saturday night was well attended and enjoyed. ' ' Mr. H. L. Burns returned to his duties as ward attendant Monday af (Continued on ninth page) A-.t t ) i" r i I ' I: 1 1: ! t f ; - M i 1 f