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The Burke County News The Morganton Herald Consolidated November 29 1901 Subscription Price $2.00 per Year in Advance VOL. XXXVI. it- MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 16, 1921. NO. 51 Only Paper Published in Burke County : Z2 : i : : - X -si ' " f Jij v. . Aeot THc 1 r- - y N ' steSff j summcc ) Wice o -ear SV ' , plans 7 ; Wm5tpato V Jfc about TeV y 1 '.- uHl K V I BuN0 T,,en) My &m . SrxNy :l- . : . i AofflifiIM COW MTV I HEARD RIR CROWD MlEIDJWMDflDW Thousands of People Listened to Famous Evangelist When He Preached Here Monday on "The Blood;" Sermon ' -Cvclone" Mack came to Morganton Monday from Asheville, where he is forducting a meeting, and Poached the court square to a crowd that fas varSy estimated from three to five thousand. People were herefrom ?uced them to his friends here. The SSSetet said he had a very warm affection for Morganton and thatev p"vwhere he went he told folks that an? Wi that got ahead of Morgan- Following his preliminary remarks he announced his text ?nd reached JJ..1 onvmnn ftTI ' lhe UIOOU. a.ii:j K,r rnnv who have heard him frequently as Mack's greatest sermon. It follows: , "When I see the blood I will pass , TT.vnrlns 12:13. tlVfc.1. u l " -v famine in Caanan and tv. n-A Vii rhildren immigrated to Egypt, and lived there for hundreds r J ' mi. : ,i,al1 until Jft- ot years, a mugs wcm. , .V senh died and Pharoah died and there LOCAL BRIEFS IN AND AROUND TOWN Short Items of Local and Per sonal Interest Gathered During the .Week. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Bradley moved his week in the home of the late Col. Manly McDowell. ' The Sunday school class of Mrs. E. A. Kirksey enjoyed a picnic to Pres- nell's mill on Tuesday. Isaac. Montrose. 2nd. is the name of the little son. born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.-Alexander , Taylor. GuyiCottrell, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Cottrell, continues! desneratelv ill. wp. recret to lparn. ' X r 1 brick is bmg hauled this week and work will begin immediately on the remodelling of Lazarus Bros, "store. ' We are glad to learn that Miss Gladys Spencer who had her tonsils removed at Grace Hospital last week, is getting along nicely. Miss Pearl Hoover, of Marion, has accepted a position at the Burke Mills and arrived in Morganton this week and is stopping at the PattOn house. Friends in Morganton will regret to learn of the illness in Asheville of Miss Bessie Warwick. It is earnestly hoped that she will soon be able to be out again. There will" be an ice cream supper Saturday night near Vine Arden for the benefit of the new church, Hud- son's chapel, which is being erected in that community. Miss Laura Gillam, daughter . of LYCEUM, ATTRACTIONS iTf! PTI rnnATf ITU AGAIN NEXT YEAR! ly llLCOnH I L t I li Course'Will Consist of Three At tractive Numbers; Dates To Be Given Later. HERE MAT STYLE Plans Fnr BiV Celebration With A representative of the Alkahest j American Legion Posts of Lyceum Bureau was here last week pmir Counties ParticinaK nnH Annfvanf ei(ma1 f rtl throfl ITT . any a tuuitiavv oigtiww xw v j CHILDREN BRINGING QUANTITIES OF CANS Town Being Cleaned of Tin Cans Which Children Use For Pic ture Show Admissions. arose a king that knew not Joseph. jMr and Mrs Frank Gillam was op He made tne israentea i'v-'v without, straw, and bared their backs rt Vp last of the taskmasters, and they had been compelled to submit to 4 all tne DarDarmes nu uuu - a powerful and heartless nation could inflict upon those who were their vas sals and slaves. , ,A God had told Joseph that He would come and lead them out. Generation after generation had been born, ma tured to manhood and womanhood, developed into age, and still God had not come, until I have imagined that the people had begun to think that tradition was mistaken or that God had forgotten and that He would leave them forever to be the slaves of their masters, but our God never forgets. In their grief they cried (Continued on. third page) IMMEDIATE ROAD RUILDIO STATE Highway Commission Has Al ready Approved More Than $18,000,000 Worth To Be Built At Once. The Raleigh News and Observer carries the encouraging news that im mediate construction on 482 miles of roads in North . Carolina, costing over $7,000,000, has been ordered by the State Highway commission, and much of the road- will be completed nut intn sprvice before the end of the summer. Every district in the State and almost every county in me State, is included in the list of pro jects approved for immediate con struction. . . , Altogether the commission has ap proved the building of more than 18 million dollars worth of road, with a total of more than 1,000 miles, since reorganization was effected folowing the enactment of, new road legisla vo last, session of the Gener- al Assembly. Limitations of material supply and construction forces make it necessary to give some roads pref- crence. - As nearly as possible,- construction will proceed simultaneously in each of the nine districts, with an equal i7f distribution of State money. Many of the counties in the State have come in under - the Guilford Forsyth resolution and in some m ' stances this fact gives on district a larger immediate-mileage than others. Particularly is this so, of the Sixth district, which will complete the Charlotte - Statesville road, hard sur faced for 43 miles, at a cost of ap proximately $2,290,000. Under the Guilford - Forsyth reso lution counties desiring immediate work on roads may build them un der the direct supervision of the State the contracts being let by the State, and the counties paying. Later the State will reimburse the county at its own convenience, when bonds are funds available. Many of the munties .have come in 'under t. which makes it possible the immediate construction of many roads. Construction has been distributed in so far as possible, to bring the whole State within communication. Many projects were let several weeks ago, after the second session of the commission here, and are not lnclud ed in the list of roads laid out-for immediate building. Work on many of them is already under way. erated on at the Virginia hospital in Kichmond last week. We are glad to learn that she is getting along nicely. The Y. W. A. of the First Baptist church met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Mary Smith. After the program Miss Smith assisted by Miss Helen Howard served cake, candy and ice cream. ' Attention is called to the correc tion this week of a typographical er ror in the town tax notice last week. Town tax for 1920 (not 1921, as printed last week) will be advertised if not paid before July 1st. All ' local car owners are requested to give the use of their cars to the league entertainment committee next Tuesday afternoon for about an hour, beginning at 4:30. The cars should be at the Methodist church at the hour mention to take, the league delegates on a anve around MorgantorL The Epworth league will irteet Sun day evening at 7 o'clock. A shert program on "Missionary Work In South America" will be given by Miss Hortense Bridgers, after which fur ther plans for the Epworth League conference, which is to be held irt' Mor ganton next week, will be discussed. The attention of all water subscrib ers is directed to the notice, in this is sue requesting the practice of strict economy in the use of water. We are up against the fact that the town is short of water and until the new well now under construction is completed al must be as economical with water as possible. The tin can campaign is proving a great success and i looks now as if the town is to be, rid for once in its history t)f all cans. On, Monday night 1485 were' brought to theew. Theatre, Alexander Mull bringing 405 of this number and now standing the best chance of winning the prize for the largest number. Tuesday night over seventeen hundred were exchang ed for picture show tickets. The children are having a great time get ting up cans, delighted with, the op portunity- to give ten for admission to the picture show., Mr. W. I. Davis deserves the thanks of the community for this public spirited act and it is to be hoped that the crusade aeainst tin cans will be continued even after his generous of" fer closes on Thursday night. CONTRACT LET FOR L CONFEDERATE VETERANS RECEIVE PENSIONS Checks For More Than Seven Thousand Dollars to Burke Veterans and Widows. ceum. attractions for next season. The dates for these entertainments will be announced later and fuller announce ments, will appear fronLtim to time. The program consists of a lecture by John Temple Gravest one of the South's most famous orators a light opera and a magician. ,; MISS ADDIE WALTON DIED MONDAY NIGHT Member of One of County's Most Prominent : Families Died Monday ; Burial Tuesday. The semi-annual pension checks for Confederate veterans and widows came yesterday and are being distrib uted. . The total amount to be given out is $7,7.10. v 1 There are now no first-class pen sioners in the county and only, one in the second class. His check is $50. Six veterans in the third class receive $40 each and 108 in the fourth class get a toal of $3780. 104 widows Will receive checks aggregating $3640. Each time that the checks come in the number has been thinned. ADD T O II Six-Room Wing On North Side of Present ' Building to Be Constructed at Orice; Con tract to Mr. McGalliard BOY SCOUTS ON CAMPING TRIP : Fifteen Boy Scouts, with Scout Master Johnston Avery and Mr. Vir gil Walker,, are members of a camp ing party at the Bridgewater lake. They left Tuesday morning and will return today or tomorrow. The boys have pitched camp near. Noblett's store, on the Linville side of the lake and it goes without "saying that they are having the time of their liyes. The Scouts "in the party are Bill Er win, Hamp Erwin, Richard Michaux, Billy Davis, Tommy Cloutz, Peter Patton; Jake Patton, Cecil Hallybur ton, Ira Duckworth, Hollman Sigmon, Harry HallyburJ;on, Waits Gordon, Norman Bridgers, Ross Moore and Benedict Bristol. Miss Addie Walton, a daughter of the late Col. William Walton, of Brookwood and a member of one of the most ,s prominent and influential families in this section of the State, died here Monday night after a lin gering illness. Miss Addie was the second daugh ter of the family; the oldest sister, Miss Lola, died last year. She would have been 69 years of, age this month. Soon after the burning of (the beautiful country home of the Waltons about two years ago Miss Addie suffered a fall frorrr which she was never able "to recover and ever since her general health had been very much enfeebled. The funeral on Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 at Grace church was conduct ed by Rev. E. N. Joyner and inter ment made in the churchyard. Surviving members of the family are four brothers, , Messrs. W. E.-, Waits, Frank, and Thomas Walton, and two sisters, Misses Kate and Lou ise Walton, all of Morganton. A sweet, gentle little " woman of noble bearing and quiet, unassuming manne'r Miss Addie had a warm place in the affection of manyfriends. She was a consistent and consecrated member of Grace church, devoted to its servicesand it is most fitting that her body should rest under its shad The school board has Jet the con tract for the immediate construction of a wing on the north side of the present school building on Green street. The addition will have the same appearance from the front as the wing that was added a few years ago on the south side of the building Mrs. P. A. Hoke was a visitor at but will contain six rooms instead of The News-Herald office last week "and i four. - It will carry out the plan that in speaking of our request to be fur- was in' the minds of the board when nished with family lists of subscrib- the other Aving was built and will give ers said there are four subscriptions nA entire building a more symmetri- in her immediate familv herself , two cal appearance. 1 Mr. j. M. lvicuaniara nas tne con- daughters, Mrs. C. V. Jones, of Albe nVarle and Mrs. R. E. Tate of Knox ville, and . her son, George Hoke, of Camp Meade, Md. , A wedding that will be of interest to many of our community took place at noon on Wednesday, the 8th, in Asheville. At the residence of Mr. Alex. P. Diggs, whose wife was Miss Dorothy Landis, her sister. Annie Walton, both daughters of Mrs. Hal Walton Madden, was united in holy wedlock to Mr. David F. Willis, late of Henderson county, the Rev. E. N. Joyner. of Morganton officiating. Af ter the ceremony the wedding party nartook of a most inviting luncheon, Dy ine nospitaiity oi Mr. and Mrs. Digges. tract for the work was the lbwest made, was The bid next to his was about . sixteen hundred dollars more and the highest was $18,500. COUNTIES CHANGE TAX VALUES The? State board 6f . equalization met in Raleigh yesterday with Com missioner of Revenue A. D. Watts to pass upon property valuation as made by the county commissioners. Horizontal -ireductioiss . -recently made by some forty-odd counties have been changed in, many instances, some having been hoisted and later lowered: one county is reported as having changed three times before finally finding a suitable figure. The State board's task is to equalize the values in the '100 counties in Nrth Carolina. More than one day will be required to romnlpt.p thp wnrlr nf tpr the hnnrH nis diq, wmcn members get down to work. EF HEWS ITEMS FROM OVER BURKE Items of Interest; Gathered From Different Sections of the County By News Herald Correspondents AMERICA'S FINE SPIRIT YET LIVES SAYS HUGHES This Country, Exemplar of Free , Institutions, Will Continue To Aid Humanity. LEAGUE CONFERENCE HERE NEXT WEEK Over Two Hundred and Fifty Xuong Feople Expected Next Week to Attend W. N. C. r: -League Conference. Every mail is bringing lists of dele gates who will .be here next week to attend the League conference at the Methodist church. - More than two hundred and fifty young people repre senting all the larger churches and many of the smaller charges of the W. N. C. Methodist conference will be here and the meeting is expected to be one. of the big events of the summer in Morganton. The delegates will begin arriving on Monday's trains, and the program, which is printed m full elsewhere in I -f Vila ie6no tirill Vanri ay-i TVYwirfoir wirtTif lw L Amen, prominent speakers will casti ClUU U1SU IVKO Alt . vv ed on account of grading and availa hility of material. In the east an ex cellent gravel road is beine built at an approximate cost .of $5,000 to $7, 000 per mile, while in the west the same tvne of road costs a minimum of $10,000. In the east the cost of a mile of hard surface road is approxi mately the same as the cot of the sam roai in west, despite the heavy trading in the latfer. becauce of the fact that rock and other material is available on the spot or very near. . be Dr. W. K. Cunningham, a mission- ary irom iuDa; iviiss Alice done, neia secretary of the Enworth League; Dr. E. K: McLarty, of Asheville; Dr. J B. Craven, president of Davenport College, Lenoir, and Dr. Henry. Grady Hardin, the latter to be the pnncipa speaker Tuesday night. A man used to be able to travel to obtain a. liberal educatibri, but with the present high railroad rates, he is obliged to attend the university. Secretary of State Chas. E. Hughes old a gathering of his fellow alumni of Brown University yesterday that it was not desirable .that America's helpful influence should be frittered away by relating ourselves unneces sarily to political questions' which in volve rivalries of interest abroad with which we have no concern." "It is equally true," he said, "that we cannot escape our . responsibility in the economic settlements in Eu rope." " r He said the prosperity of this country depended upon the economic settlement in Europe, . America, the exemplar of free in stitutions aiding humanity, he said, called forth free endeavor, in the world t war. This sentiment is still with, us, he added. MACK'S HAT " Everyone who saw "Cyclone Mack" on Monday could not have helped be ing attracted by the unusual hat he wore a large felt, light tan and t)f cowboy style. The News-Herald had curiosity enough to ask about it and was told that the Hat was a gift to the evangelist from Cole Blease, who is a great admirer of Mack, and that there was only one other like it,' the other belonging to Blease himself. The two hats were a special order and cost the former South Carolina gov ernor. $150 each. . PRIZES FOR BEST DRESSED SOLDIERS The Celerbation committee plans to give a group of prizes for the, best dressed and most soldierly-appearing Burke county soldiers, sailors or ma rines in the parade on July 4th. The first prize is $5j second $4, third $3, fourth. $2, and fifth $1. These prizes are given in order to stimulate inter est in appearing in uniform .and ev ery soldier in the county is URGED to wear his full uniform that day. TOWN SHORT OF -WATER - Few people realize possibly that Morganton is up against a very seri ous water shortage. The supply was more so by the continued dry weath- "V V il " V. 'Z V FAMILY REUNION There was a family reunion" at the home of Mrs. Dock"Patton near Cal vin on. Sunday, June 5th. Present were Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Berry and children, of Drexel; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Whitley and . children, of Morgan ton; Mr. and Mrs. C. Rabb nd chil BRIDGEWATER Mrs. Lee Dameran and children of Star, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hew itt of Hickory,' visited Mr. J. T. Mc Gimsey recently. Mr. Astor Yelton returned to Winston-Salem last week. v Miss Myrtle Hemphill returned to New York last week after spending a month with her parents here, e' Mr. and Mrs. Ballengee and daugh ter, Virginia, and Miss Margarite An thony went to Morganton Monday to hear Rev. Baxter McLendon. Misses Charlotte and Glennie An thony and Miss Virginia. Bust re turned from the Normal school at Asheville Tuesday. Misses Ruth Martin and Johnsie Conley, of Marion, and Messrs. Ed ward and Frank Cothran , of Green wood, S. C, were . visitors of the Misses Anthony Sunday. . Mr and Mrs. Homer Ellis, of Nor folk, stopped over here Sunday night on their way to Penland to visit Mr. Ellis' parents. - Mrs. S.' P. Tate was shopping in Marion Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jay Ballew and two children are spending, the month with relatives in. Arkansas and Col orado. Miss Julia Rust is attending , the summer school at Greensboro. A Mrs. H. H. Mills and Mi's. Ben Seals were shopping in Morganton one c&y last week. ' . Mary Elizabeth is the Lame of the little girl which arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McDaniel, of Laurens, June 12. Mrs. McDaniel was before her marriage Miss' Cecelia BalleWi . , Misses Gladvs and Effie Wise, of near Glen Alpine, spent the week-end with their sister, Mrs. W. C. Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Robinou and children, of Granite Falls, and Mr. (Continued on sixth page) REV. N. C. DUNCAN CALLED TO GRACJJE CHURCH ing; Program for Day v Plans , are getting rapidly under way for the big celerbation here on July Fourth In this celebration four counties will take part Burke, Ca tawba, McDowell and Caldwell. The; American Legion posts-in these coun-; ties have arranged to take turns in", celebrating this patriotic holiday and Burke's time comes first. The word is being passed around and publicity given to' the fact that a general invi tation is extended to all soldiers and sailors (this including the veterans of other wars) and all civilians are in vited to join with the Burke county post of the American Legion and the people of Morganton in making July 4, 1921, a day that will long be re-. membered. Local contributions amounting to $917 have been secured already and neither time nor expense will be spar-. -ed in making it a celebration worth while. -. r ' ; A tentative program has-been pre-f, pared and during the next few weeks , the committees that have been ap pointed will spare no effort in assist ing the program committee to carry out their plans. . In the morning there will be a grand parade, in which military or- ' ganizations, bands, floats, etc., will take part. A prize of $15 will be. giv en for the best float, $10 for the sec- . ond best, $5 for most comical and $5 for the most attractively decorated. automobile. ' Possibly the "biggest feature of the day s program will be" the novelty en tertainments just before noon. These will include daylight fireworks and aerial candy bombs for the children. Few people in this section have ever witnessed daylight fireworks and doubtless this feature alone will at tract thousands. For all soldiers and sailors there will be a barbecue dinner, from 12:30 to 2.o'clock on the court square, this ' followed by an address by Sunt. R. E. Simpson of the Southern Railway, a Burke county boy who has made good in a bis way. . - ; " ; ... Fire races and drills in, which' Le- . - TT' . 1 -w jioir,.xiicKory, Marion and Morganton companies will take part will come in ! the afternoon.- Morganton and Le noir,' ancient baseball rivals, will match teams for a game at 4 o'clock Later in the afternoon there will be a balloon ascension, with the daring triple parachute leap. . Music for the -day will be furnished by the Morganton, Marion, Hickory and Valdese bands. Troop C," North Carolina Nation al Guard, will be here. At night there will , be shown the most- gorgeous and spectacular dis- 1 AS 1 . piay oi nreworKs ever shown in Western North Carolina; : The New Theatre will run moving pictures all dav, with a special feature for the Fourth. All members of the American Legion and men in uniform will be admitted free. , As .can, be seen from this general summarv of plans for the celebration there will be something doing all the time . It is expected that if the weath er is favorable there will be the big gest crowd that has ever come here on a similar occasion. We expect to celebrate in great style. er of the last few weeks. To have Inman s; c-i Mr... Walter, Patton, ?)f enough t to go around for necessary i vricninic, uu wis. x purposes there must be strict economy The town is requesting that -just so much be used as is needful for com fort and sanitation. A new well is being driven and a pump ordered but until this work is completed the town as, a whole must economize in water or some must do without. THE OXFORD FOUNDRY A new business to be opened within the next two weeks will be the Ox ford Foundry which will be located in the old Oxford blacksmith shop below the depot. Mr. Ed Oxford will be the manager. AH kinds of foundry work will be done. v I - son. 6f Morganton. The occasion was the .sixty-ninth birthday of Mrs. .rat ton. . ..: - .: v .... AGEp WOMAN OF ENOLA DEAD Mrs. Tempy Mary Ann Poteet died Tuesday, June 7th, at the homeof her daughter, Mrs. A, N. Dale. She was the widowof S. E. Poteet, who died fifteen years ago, and had reach ed the advanced age of 89 years. ; y Mrs. Poteet was the mother of fourteen children, nine of whom are living. The sons are Messrs. E. H J. B., H. N. and J. M. Poteet; the daughters Mrs. Mary Dale, Mrs. A. IL Brittain, Mrs. T. L. Duckworth, Mrs. M. J. Poteet and Mrs. Lillie Mathis. There are 61 grand children, 223 great grandchildren and 36 great' greatgrandchildren. ; " In young womanhood Mrs. Poteet- had joined the Baptist church and had ived a consecrated Christian life. BUS LINE TO LENOIR IS . A GOOD SUGGESTION A Morganton citizen has suggested to The News-Herald thatra bus line from Morganton to Lenoir, or better still from Shelby to Lenoir by way of Morcanton. would be well patronized during" the summer months, when MlOWing KOCK IS SO popular. e pass the suggestion along for what it is worth. '" ' C , :. ; July 4th will be in Morganton." Preached Here Last Sundav and Was Extended Call By Ves try of Local Church. A visitor to Morganton Saturday and Sunday was the Rev. N. C. Dun ran, archdeacon of Raleigh, of - the Episcopar churcji. Mr. Duncan has been warmly invited by the vestry of Grace church to become irector of the r.arish. He assisted in the service on Sunday at Grace and St Margaret's, and preached on each occasion an able and timely sermon. The impres- S1UII lie. uiauc u uun ""v " was so favorable that it is hoped tTiafc.hf will see K's wsiy to accept fh nosition offered him. Mr. Duncan ia a North Carolinian, of Lincoln county. WILL HAVE HIGH SCHOOL . BUILDING ALSO Announcement that the wing will be built at once to the old school building should not be taken to mean hat the high school building will not be built. As soon as plans can be decided upon and bids received con struction of the latter will be started also. The crowded condition of - the school last year makes more room ab solutely necessary, before another term and the addition to the old build ing will be completed in time for that while the high school building will not be pushed so rapidly. PROMINENT STATESMAN DIED ON SUNDAY News of the death at his home in Rocky Mount, Sunday . morning, of former Lieutenant Governor Elisha L. Daughtridge, was received with sor row in Morganton where Mr. Daught ' ridge had many friends.. He was 59 years of age and had been ill nearly 18 months. Mr. Daughtridge was a candidate for governor against T. W: Bickett but was defeated for the nom ination by the latter. ; , Plan to see the davlight fireworks in Morganton July 4th. v -
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