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A V A k AAV V A A A A. W A. A
L. XXXVII.
MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 7, 1921.
NO. 2
MTIOH MONDAY
US GREW SUCCESS
1 ousands of People Here to
oin With American Legion
in Big Fourth Celebration;
Fireworks a-Feature.
Thousands came to Morganton
niWv to join with the American
t" : r.oiohmt.inc the Fourth. A
pTUl 111 v v- ,
' irvative estimate of tne crowd.
,n ho twelve thousand though es
v -oald bt tu twenj
ti nates aca rate there were as
Srasuld move around
comfortably. - d protiptly at
WSlth'Sr fiC Parade.
lu:oa wwww-flAt- ,vere entered man
V.'Mlc fewer .floats eree
MISS PALMER WILL
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Slack's Co-Worker to be at Meth
odist Church Morning and in
Union Service in Evening
DR, WARL1CK DIED
ON MONDAY MOONING
MORGANTON TO SPEND
$25,000 FOR PAVING
BRIEF NEWS' I
to yiVnt onal y good
re fVrshals, mounted on
Headed by the ma f ' tcn band,
horseback, and the i s Un.
the and moved through the
i -i streeV"oX down Union street,
thr0n-gS frLPt Avery avenue and back
Lenoir street, A very arade Were
tv the square. In the ?ara
V e lire trucK, ct
CO. C.
Miss Sarah Palmer, Cyclone Mack's
Bible teacher and personal worker,
who succeed Mrs. Steidly, will
preach at the Methodist church at the
11 o'clock service next Sunday morn
ing. Miss Palmer is a Bible teacher of
international reputation having tour
ed and taught in Ireland, France and
England." She has established a very
great reputation with Mack as a
teacher and worker, taking over the
afternoon services for several weeks
when his health made it necssary
that he rest. The newspapers where
she has preached speak very highly
of her sermons and results of her
work.
In the evening she will have charge
of a union service on the court square
beginning at 8 o'clock.
THE BRIDGEWATER LAKE
AND THE ICARD ROAD
N. C. Militia, Boy Scouts
f t., decorated n".'
To
awarded the first
Well-Known Physician, One of
County's Foremost Citizens,
Passed Away Monday Af
ter Lingering Illness
Will Continue Street Improve
ment Program; How Road
Expenditures Compare
FROM OVER BURKE
litems of Interest Gathered
EMS
Classed Among Wonders on This
Side of Ridge; Scenery At
Lake Has Strong Appeal.
Dr. E. Warlick died at home in
Morganton early Monday morning
following an illness of several
months duration. Had he lived until
I September he would have been 69
years old.
Dr. Warlick had practiced medicine
in "Morganton the greater part of his
life and was widely known throughout
the county... Several years ago he
served as county treasurer and during
the Spanish-American war he enlisted
as a private in the Morganton com
pany and served until being mustered
out at Raleigh.
Dr. Warlick was twice married, the
first time to Miss Laura Flowers who
died several years ago. One son,
Frank Warlick, died some fifteen
years ago. and the surviving member
of the family, Miss Bessie Warlick,
C. S. Lee, director, The Highways
Information service, of New York,
1 i i i mi -VT XT 1 T i I
nas iurnisnea ine iNews-neraia wnn
the following:
Morganton with a proposed expen
diture of $25,000 for paving is onebf
310 States, counties, townships and
municipalities announced within the
past week as contemplating highway
improvement to a grand total of
$179,307,359.36.
More than $1,000,000,000
From Different' Sections of
the County By News
Herald Correspondents
able for good roads and streets in the I mills
VALDESE.
Valdese celebrated a sane Fourth.
The crowd went to Morganton.
Mr. Alfred F. Garrou returned from
New York on the Fourth. Mr. Gar
rou had made a quick trip to New
is avail-1 York in the interest of the hosiery
LOCAL BRIEFS IN '
AND AROUND TOWN
Short Items of Local and Per
sonal Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Ben Dixon MacNeill, staff corres-
flnr n the American Le
irond and to the Wcman s jpondent of The News and Observer,
Lazarus Bros, was
j rize
c lP.u Honorable mention wasmade a journey through
V i"" v i Oloirrlatl wnO XT 4-1
o'ven voung Linaries oijr. v---S
a whfel rigged up as an im
nense white swan. Bridgets and
painhour won the prize for the
trist comical float. Dr. I. I . Jeter,
J)r E. L. Edwards and Mr. V. A.
Harbison were the judges.
.The soldiers were served w.tn a
sumptuous dinner on the court
-quare, this followed by a short ad
dress by Mr. Will Erwin, of Duiham
- ho spoke extemporaneously m the
t lace of Mr. R. E. Simpson who wired
i hat it was impossible for him to be
fw the ball game in the afternoon
ii-noir won over Morganton by a
. fcore of G to 0.
t rwiwc the afternoon races and
ontests of one form and another
ycre held on King street, which had
; 4-en .roped off for the purpose, and
xroplane flights were made, by Avi
.tnr Mike Palm of Concord.
The big feature of the celebration
was the fireworks at night. With
Messrs. A. C. Chaffee, A. M. Kistler,
(Jranville Clark and Dr. Edwards op
jathg the show, a display was giverf
'j om the Frisard hill such as had nev
h been witnessed here before It was
it ti rely successful and very spectac
ular, a fitting climax to the big pa
triotic celebration of the. day.
I
lives in Asheville. She is now ill in pressive
United States. This sum, large as it
is, represents an. increase over the
highway revenues of 1914 of only
about 150 per cent, while highway
traffic has increased 450 per cent.
There are now 2,500,000 miles of
highways in the United States, for
which only an approximate 100,000
miles are improved with modern
pavements. When compared to sums
expended for luxuries by the plea
sure - loving public, the American
highway budget does not look so im-
an Asheville hospital, and was unable
to attend her father's funeral. Two
sisters, Mrs. R. F. Goodson of Mor
ganton and Mrs. Sallie Killelea, of
Yuma, Colo., survive. Dr. Warlick's
western 'last wife was a Miss Lowman of Con
nelly opriiigs, wuu suivives mm.
The funeral services were conducted
from the home Tuesday morning by.
Rev. D. M. Litaker, presiding elder
of the Marion district, in the absence
of Rev. C. M. Pickens, pastor of the
Methodist church of which the de
ceased was a member and the inter
ment was in the town cemetery The
pallbearers were Messrs. Frank Mc
Dowell, A. J. Wacaster, Harry Wil
son, L. E. Webb, R. L. Duckworth
and W. B. Bell.
North Carolina last week and wrote
for his paper a very interesting series
of articles covering observations and
information gathered on the trip.
His comment on the Bridgewater,
lake and the Icard road are of local
interest. He wrote:
"Bridgewater is the greatest single
engineering feat in North Carolina.
Catawba river, Linville river and Pad
dy's creek used to converge a dozen
miles east of Marion. Sometimes
when there was a freshet "the three
let a lot of water down into the low
countries, more of it than the slow
moving streams could handle very
well. The Southern Power Company
had dams across the rivers, and they
liked not these sudden incursions of
waters. . -'"
They built a dam across the Cataw
ba, below Linville river, and across
Paddy's creek. It is the greatest dam
in the State and one of the' greatest
in eastern America. It is more than
150 feet high, and all told there is
more than 2,000,000 cubic yards of
dirt, in it. Mostly, it is used for wa
ter ' storaere.and to keep the river
from raising ructions further down.' A ; WAR WITH GERMANY
The people of this country spend
$1,000,000,000 a yestr for candy; $3,
500,000,000 for automobiles; $1,000,
000,000 for automobile tires; $1,275,
000,000 for gasoline; $1,500,000,000
for carpets and rugs; $1,950,000,000
for cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and
snuff and $1,650,000,000 for jewelry,
perfumery and cosmetics. On the
other hand the sums spent for roads
and streets are seven times greater
than those expended for water supply
improvements, three times those for
sewerage work and fifteen times those
for rbidges.
ACCEPTS POSITION WITH
B. F. DAVIS AND SON
Mr. Luke Woodbury has taken a po
sition in the clothing department of
B. F. Davis &vSon and will move his
family from Woodbury Plantation to
Morganton. Mr. Woodbury has had
valuable experience with some of the
larger clothing establishments of the
middle west and is well equipped for
tne worK ne tanes nere. tie is not a
stranger in Morganton and his
friends here will be glad to welcome
him as a resident of the town.
MR. WAMPLER'S BROTHER DEAD
Friends here of Mr. W. F. Wamp
ler will sympathize" with him in the
Mr. Francis Garrou drove to Man
ning, S. C, after his wife and daugh
ter, Pauline, who were visiting rela
tives there.
Mr. Henry Guigou, working at Run
ion, spent the fourth with home folks.
Mr. Guigou has been employed by the
Rrod River Lumber Company there
for several years.
Messrs. Frank Pons: John Pons, Pe
ter Pons, Henry Courveille, Earnest
Gnset and wife and daughter and
Daniel Bounous drove down from
Asheville Sunday and spent tne
Fourth with home folks.
Mr. Alfred Griset, florist, of Ashe
ville, spent the Fourth here with his
mother.
Mrs. Alfred 'F.Garrou spent a few
days with her sisters in Morganton.
Mr. Alexander Ribet, agent at
Drexel, with his wife and baby daugh
ter spent bunday with his parents.
Mr. Stephen C. Guigou came from
Washington, D. C. to spend the
Fourth with home folks. Mr. Guigou
had not been home for nearly 18
months.
Mr. Willie Garrou spent Saturday
in Charlotte.
Messrs. Ferdinand and J. R. Ribet
drove to Charlotte Saturday bringing
back a new light Velie.
Miss Florence Wemple, assistant
loss of his brother, -whose death oc-' 5 f Ti, XTwemPie "f um
rnrred inrP Mr .wmW t . I Palpal of the Normal and Collegi
to his home in Crockett, Va. In writ
ing to The News-Herald last week
Mr. Wampler said of his brother: -
"Since coming home our famiy
has been made very sad by the slip
ping away of my brother, Graves
Knox. He was both a college and
university man, being only 39 years
leZm nLi "SLSi 'the town of Morganton for the Fourth
at Institute, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Guigou. '
Mr. Edward Micol is spending a
few days at home on account of ill
ness. Mr. Micol is employed at Ma
rion by a garage. "
Miss Anita Ghigo spent the week
end in Statesville with school friends.
The Waldensian bakery furnished
station has been installed that devel
ops 26,400 horse-power and the cur
rent, produced at 6,500 .volts, is step
ped up to 88,000.
"But it is scenically that Bridgewa-
JP17VTU inAT. TG "RATIT.V i ter anneals to most. Duke took in a lot
MAULED BY CHAMPION of e"t0l0?J. dAaIm !a"a
)
But Wras Outclassed All
the Way By Dempsey.
IS DECLARED ENDED
Georges Carpentier finished flat on
his face, his legs and arms outstretch-
xi in the fourth round Saturday
and when he built the dam and cov
ered the country with 140 feet of wa
ter. Also a lot of roads. Around
the lake he has replaced the lost
roads with about 70 miles of the, very
hierhest type of travel road. Nowhere.
No Dramatic Ceremony Accom
panied Signing of History
Document by President
The resolution of Congress declar
ing war wrfh Germany and Austria
Hungary at an end was signed at
Raritan, N. Y., Saturday, by Presi
dent Harding.
.So that there might be no unneces
in the State will the motorist find bet-1 sary delay in consummation of the
ter, and nowhere will so fine a combi- llong deferred state of peace, the res-
nation of hill and water be found, not
Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight iin i! the co"nt?y- ., . ...
champion, knocked him out a few sec-I The crest of the Ridge is plainly
onds after the round opened, sending
mm neavny to tne canvas witn a
ohort right hook to the chin. By ac
tual time the fighting in the fourth
round was one minute and 16 seconds.
I Previous to the knockout Carpentier
was floored with a left to the body
and a right to the chin. Carpentier
tbok a count of nine before springing
to his feet where the grim determin
ed him with a punch to the chin and
ihich ended the battle.
Dempsey stood over the fallen
french idol until the count was finish
id and then tenderly picked up the
51eeding and dazed Frenchman and
4 ragged him to his corner. -
Dempsey gave Carpentier an un
merciful beating. He opened up with
.cut under the Frenchman's chin and
Bit so viciously around the head with
is vicious rights and lefts until Car
pentier's face was swollen and bleed
uig. i Carpentier fought gamely back at
he champion but he was outclassed.
Once he was half knocked and half
pushed trough the ropes. Most of
the time he was going away from the
nampion, but Dempsey went after
1 1 i i- - i
in view irom tne aam, over wnicn
runs one of the finest and widest of
the roads. Up the Linville river is
Shortoff mountain, a bare rock that
rises stark and straight out of the
water for 1.500 feet. Grandfather is
visible from many of the stretches of
road, and as far as the eye can see,
the long reaches of the lake, fingering
out into the inundated valleys that
run back up into the hills.
"Going west the motorist may leave
the Central highway at Glen Alpine
for the better Duke-built road, and
circle the lake on the north and see
a thing that cannot be seen else
where. The Central highway is again
(touched at Marion, if indeed the trav
eler can drag himself away from the
enhancements" of Bridgewater, or is
not devoured by the fish. There are
fish , in that water. Mr. Wilkinson
proved it by catching six, and he had
never been fishing before in his life.
"Between Morganton"-and Hickory
is a revelation road. There has been
a lot of talk that a sand-clay road is
worthless after a year or so. It isn't
so at all. It is like Leonard Tufts said
to the General Assembly, 'The only
im. drivino- Vh'tv. v.ic rtvr, rVm-1 dependable road is a maintained
ver he had an opportunity. Carpen- ' That w?s .one- ofthe roa
er was out of the riner only a few
iceends. His manager applied first
id as quickly as the dazed French
pan dropped into his chair.
APTAIN KINCAID'S CON
TRIBUTION TO LIBRARY
Throuerh The News-Herald Cantnin
V. J. Kincaid, of Griffin, Ga., has con
tributed $100 toward the establish
ment of the Morganton public li
brary. This gift from Cant. Kincaid
s very much appreciated. Tn writ
ing he says that he had hoped to vis
It Morganton in July but that his
fighty years, an old wound and
fezema sav that he shall not. He
Jdds that he will probably "never
uear old Morganton again; kiss
four hand to the Table Rock for me."
fiCapt. Kincaid has a deep and
Abiding love for his native county
find is always interested in every
Jiove that looks to the advancement
Morganton and Burke county. His
Jdvaneing years have not dimmed
Jut rather have strengthened this in
2irest. lie is a fine old man, a true
outbern' - gentleman.
built by commissioner Frank Page. It
has stood two winters, and two weeks
ago it was as smooth as any con
crete road in North Carolina.
"In a year or two the sub-grade will
be sufficiently settled to stand a
heavy surface, and it may get it if
the traffic demands it. But one would
travel far to find a more satisfactory
road than that."
George White, Democratic nation
al chairman, Sunday-issued a "July
Fourth proclamation to Democrats,"
congratulating and complimenting
his party members on what he said
had been their "constructive, not ob
structive, attitude" toward the Re
publican administration so far, but
assuring them that "the people are
losing confidence in the ability of
the present national administration to
provide adequate remedies" for dis
turbed economic and political conditions.
Mr. George R. Watkins spent the
ourth in Morganton.
Former I resident William Howard
Taft .was nominated Thursday by
President Harding to be chief justice
of the United States supreme court
and his nomination was confirmed by
the senate in executive session.
olution was taken there by special
messenger from Washington where it
had been given final Congressional
approval Friday. The messenger left
for the capital again Saturday night
to. complete the formalities of the
declaration by depositing the docu
ment in the archives of the State
department.
There was little of the dramatic in
the actual ceremony of giving Pres
idential approval to the measure. Re
turning there from a luncheon and
golf game at the Somerville Hill
Country club, the 'President found the
White House messenger, E. W. Smith
ers, waiting for him on the veranda
of the Frelinfihuysen house.
Mr. Harding immediately put on his
nose glasses and, sitting, in a porch
swing, examined the official copy of
the resolution minutely. The signing
took place at a small mahogany, table
in the adjacent living room in the
center of a distinguished group which
included the President, host and hos
tess, Speaker Gillett, of the House of
Representatives, Senator Kellogg of
Minnesota, a member of the Senate
Foreign Relations committee, Senat
or Hae, of Maine, and other members
of the week-end party.
As the President's- pen scratched
out the final lettersjof his name, one
of the group remarked: "Well, that's
that, Mr. President."
"Yes, that V it," replied Mr. Hard
ing, with a broad smile, and the oth
ers responded with a quick burst of
handclapping, as if the historic sig
nificance of the occasion had been
borne in upon them.
No formal statement was made by
the President in connection with the
affixing of his signature and the con
summation of the first formal step
in the peace program of the admin
istration. With other papers of a
routine character brought for his at
tention, the President returned the
peace resolution as soon as it had
been signed and then prepared to re
sume his interrupted holiday by get
ting into golf clothes for another
work-out on the links.
- In signing the resolution, the Pres
ident used a pen sent him for this
purpose of Representative Porter, of
Pennsylvania, chairmen of the House
Foreign Affairs committee and joint
author of the measure. The pen, will
be returned to Mr. Porter as a souvenir.
give him up. On the 17th of April
ne wrote mother the following mes
sage: 7 'I have now come to the place
in life where I have no fears of death,
for to me there is no death; merely
a happy transition period, where we
shall enter into the City of God, rest
ing from our burdens and sorrows,
and be happy forever.' This was a
comforting message to us all, still
we can never come to the place in
me wnere we are willing to give our
people up."
' JUNIORS INSTALL OFFICERS
The following officers of the
Burkemont Council No. 44, of the Jr.
O. U. A. M., were installed on Tues
day night for the coming year:
J. R. Taylor, ... councilor; Frank
Stroup, vice councilor; B. E. . Cox,
recording secretary; J. A. Beach,
financial secretary; J. S. Parsons, as
sistant recording secretary; Rev. C.
P. Abernethy, chaplin; J. R. Taylor,
treasurer; Willie Grady, inside sen
tinel; Olin Avery, warden; Clay well
Ross, conductor. Messrs. Durant
Hipps and John L. Nelson were elect
ed as representatives to the State
meeting. Mr. W. A. Beach, who has
been councilor for fhe past two
terms, was advanced to the office of
junior past councilor. A splendid
report will go from Burkemont to the
State meeting as the membership is
nearing the four hundred mark.
Burkemont expects to have a candi
date for a State office, at the coming
meeting in Greensboro.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Logan Huffman', Route 3, Connlly
Springs; R. G. Gibbs, city; Mrs. J. H.
White, Marfon; A. C. Bryant,, Drexel;
D. Z. Mull, Route 4; C. F. Wellman,
Route 3, Connelly Springs; S. A. Kin
caid, Route 3; Thomas Walton, Route
o; C. G. Barber, city; M. B. Hoyle,
Route .3, Connelly Springs; Jno.
Chapman, Marion; A. "D. Lail, Route
1; John Williams Rutherford Col
lege; G. M. Hipps, Route 1; S. L.
McNeely, Hickory; C. T. Rader,
Route 3; F. G. Propst, Asheville;
Miss Lqla Williams. Granite Falls; C.
T. Cain, city; H. C. Epley, Route 1
Bridgewater; J. W. Duckworth,
Route 3; W. M. Sparks', city; W. A.
Setzer, city; Mrs. W. D. Franklin,
Route 1; F. K. Roof, city; Alphonso
Berry, Route 2; B. H. Lefevre, Old
Fort; Mrs. John W. Martin, Fair
mont, W. Va.; C. H. Loven, Spruce
Pine; Mrs. Earl McGillicudy, Moline,
111.; M. D. Burns, Route 3; E. M.
Whisenant, Route- 3; H. V. Brown,
Fairmont; Carlos A. Clark, Philadel
phia; J. F. Morrisey, city; C. A.
Caldwell, McAdenville; Mrs. F. J.
Warrick, Erwin, Tenn.; R. M. Smith,
Route 3; Lou E. London, Narrows,
Va.
Mr. W. S. Shiflet of Marion, was
in Morganton Monday.
SUCCESS WITH CHICKENS
Mrs. Frances Kincaid, of Table
Rock, is a most successful poultry
raiser. Since the -first of the year
she has sold 323 dozen eggs. She
says, howTever, that last year she sold
325 dozen eggs from the first of Jan
uary to the first of July.
Little Miss Elizabeth Tate, of
Washington, D. C, will arrive today
to spend the summer with the Misses
Tate. ..
of July about 26,000 biscuits, 2300
loaves of bread, in addition to fur
nishing the demands from Hickory,
DrexeL. and Valdese. All this was1
done in the bakery by the - regular
bakers with two additional helpers, of
little experience. To complete this
task work went on continuously for
48 hours before the 4th.
"The Phare Des Alpes," mutual
help society of the Waldensians, met
at 9 a. m. on the Fourth and had a
very profitable session. Mr. J. H
Pascal was re-elected president, Hen
ry Martinat secretary and treasurer
and A. Grill vice president.
ROLLINS
The storm Sunday evening was the
worst one we have had this season.
The wind was very strong. It blew
a window in at Cameron Moses' and
they had hard work to keep the water
out and were afraid the house would
blow over. Several, of his peach trees
were blown over. Two apple trees at
Wm. Ferree's were blown over and
part of an apple tree at J. L. Moses'
was broken down.
Isaac T. Avery, of Morganton,
came out to Denton's chapel Sunday
evening and gave an excellent talk on
religious subjects. The exercises were
much enjoyed by a large congrega
tion. John F. Waters, and John C. Dale
spent Sunday with Wm. Ferree.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simmons, of
Columbia, S. C, are spending some
days with her father, John F. Waters.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Saunders spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Saunders at the old Landreau place.
Clifford Norman, of Henrietta, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Victoria
Norman, on the Rutherf ordton road.
Lee Hoke, of Morganton, spent
Sunday with his father, Harvey Hoke.
Ulysces Waters went to Greensboro
Wednesday and took an examination
in -the railway mail clerk service.
Jeter Carswell and Ernest Wil
liams have gone to Danville, Va.,
where they have work.
Misses Es telle and Eula Williams,
of Schoolfield, Va.,N are home for the
summer.
Mrs. Minnie Fisher, of Morganton,
spent several days last week at the
home of J. M. Fisher.
Miss Cora Moses and Miss Rosalie
Baker spent the 4th of July at home.
Carson Fisher, of Morganton, mo
tored put Saturday evening. He
came by way of Glen Alpine and
brought Mrs. Minnie Williams and
Mrs. Sallie Lanning, to Glen Alpine
where they spent the week-end with
friends. . Mr. Roscoe Roper accomp
anied them out to visit his mother-in-law
Mrs. Cora Saunders, and then
came on and spent Saturday night
with is parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Fisher. He returned to Morsranton
Sunday morning with his family and 1
took Mr. and Mrs. Roper back to Glen
Alpine and Mrs. Sallie Lanning to
Morganton.
Mrs. Alfred Sprouse who has been
spending some weeks with her son,
John, at Spartanburg, S. C, returned
home Sunday to the home of her son,
Culberson Sprouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. Fisher spent
the night'of the Fourth with Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Fisher.
Mrs. Sallie Lanning, who has been
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Mrs. E. A. Kirksey entertained the
Embroidery club on Thursday after
noon. Miss Kathleen Michaux is at Dr.
Long's hospital in Statesville for
treatment. She will be there possibly s
three Weeks.
Dr. E. L. Edwards attended th.9
Dental society in Charlotte Jast week.
He was elected secretary and treasu
rer of the first district of N. C. Den
tal society. -
Mr. J. F. Spainhour made an inter
esting and instructive talk to the
summer school teachers on last Fri-
aay. it was full of good advice air".
inspiration for better work.
lhe Consecration of Our RnHioc Q
Reasonable Service." will he the sh
ject of the Epworth league meeting
m xueuiouisi cnurcn Sunday night.
"""w jvjenanaer win be the leader.
In the absence of Mr. E B. Davis,
who is away on a vacation, the pre
scription work at the Davis Drug Co.
is being handled by Mr. Joe Aiken of
Hickory, who is a druggist of experi
ence. Dr Therm Rice, one of the profes
sors m the Union Seminary at Rich
mond, Va., preached at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday morning.
All who heard him were much im
pressed by the masterly sermon.
Mr. C. F. White, nf Phii?ii,;
heating expert, has been in Morgan
ton several days this week for the in
stallation ot new heating and ven
tilating plant at the main building of
uc iKumi Carolina school for the
Deaf. The school is tiso installing a
handsome new refrigerator.
It. was the B. Y. P. U. of the East
Baptist church which conducted a re
freshment booth on the Fourth. In
the notice last week it was stated
of the Baptist church" and we have
been requested by one of the officers
of the organization in the First Bap-
noi, uiuitu to maice tne correction.
11 asa touching coincidence that
Dr- E. S. Warlick, who died early
Monday morning, should have passed
on the anniversary which he enjoyed
honoring. He had a quantity of flags
and one of his last requests during
his conscious moments Avas that the
flags should be displayed every
Fourth. Carrying out this request
one of his friends put out the flags as
a tribute to the departed patriot.
LIBRARY STATISTICS
Statistics describe very inade
quately the work done by the libraries
of North Carolina in 1920. The rec
ord of a book borrowed gives no indi-,
cation of the measured of recreation
or profit recived by the reader. The
librarian's classification of books, fic
tion and non-fiction, is a mechanical
contrivance, and is apt to lead us into V
a false estimate of books. However,
the arrangement is convenient. These
and other records of books added,
number of borrowers, etc., serve to
indicate the growth of library activi
ties in the State, and offer to every
library an- opportunity for compari
son with other libraries.
Asheville leads the State with an
average circulation per volume of 7.8
and 2,133 books added .during the
year. Gastonia comes second with an
average circulation of 7.4. Concord's
record is 6.8 and Charlotte's is 5.5.
MEETING AT GLEN ALPINE
The annual series of meetings will
be held at Glen Alpine Methodist
church, beginning Sunday, July 10th.
Rev. J. P. Hipps, of Marion, will do
the preaching. Two services each day
throughout the week in the morn
ing at 10 o'clock and in the evening
at 8 o'clock. A. P. BRANTLEY.
PERSONAL MENTION -
Mr. and Mrs. W.-M. McGhee, of
Asheville, spent the week-end with
Mrs. McGhee's father, Mr. Julius
Smith. ,
Mrs W. H. Patton and children of
Asheville, are visitng the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hally
burton. Messrs. Albert Blanton, Edwin
Pless and J. W. Streetman of Marion,
were Morganton visitors for the
Fourth.
Dr. Edwin Davis left yesterday to
spend some time with Mrs. Davis
who' is visiting reelatives in Lancas
ter, Ky.
Mr. Andrew Scroggs, of Raleigh,
spent the Fourth in Morganton with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Scroggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Longhurst
have returned to their home in Ashe
ville after a visit to Miss Ruth Mac
Naughton.
Miss Helen Bennett and little Anne
Boger, of St. Augustine, Fla., arrived
Saturday to spend the summer in
Morganton.
Misses Sue Simmons, of Atlanta,
and Geneva Simmons, of Oxford, are
visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. F. Simrilons.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson who has
been teaching in the School for the
Deaf at Frederick, Md., returned
home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breeden of
Bennettsville, 3. C, are spending
some time in Morganton with rela
tives and friends. '
Messrs. H. B. Steele and J. E.
Steele, of Happy Valley, spent, the
week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McDowell. . t .
Mr. Charles Ross of Gastonia, spent
the Fourth in Morganton. ' j
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