Only Paper Published in Burke County
The Burke County News
The Morganton Herald
Consolidated November. 29, 1901
Subscription P rice $2.00 per Year in Advance
NO. 3
VOL. XXXVII.
MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 141921.
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UAMFAIbil
YPHOID
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Every Citizen of the County
Will Be Given Opportunity
of Free Vaccination Be
ginning July 18th.
CHIEF LEITH GORDON
WAS STRICKEN MONDAY
Suffered Attack That Has
Alarmed Family and Friends;
Possibly Slightly Better.
Mr. Leith Gordon, chief of police
of Morganton, suffered an attack of
what was thought at first to be apo
plexy but the nature of which has not
been - fully determined, on Monday
morning about 4 o'clock and his con
dition since has given his family and
friends much concern. He was pos
sibly slightly better as we go to press
but very little-change either way has
been noted since Monday.
Mr. Gordon appeared to be in his
usual health Sunday. Mrs. Gordon
was awakened early Monday morn
ing by the noise of his apparent suf
fering and for the greater part of
the time since then he has been un
conscious.
Friends of the family sincerely
trust that there will soon be decided
change for the better and that the
attack is not so serious as was first
thoughts
YOUNG LDWDERMILK
Kl L LE DSAT U R D AY
Lonnie Lowdermilk Was Repair
ing Line Near Tannery
When Accident Occurred
Which Cost His Life.
The time for the opening date of
fhe vaccination campaign against ty
phoid fever is but a few days off. It
opens in this county on July 18th and
.,.;n mntinue four weeks. As the
time draws nigh,1 many citizens prob-
bly nnd themselves in a sympameuc
nnsition witn a certain coioreu uuup-
. . 1 1 rKv : Viq lost
few minutes before an early morning
attack upon a treacherous German
stronghold. The conversation that
took place between the negro soldici
and his lieutenant was about as follows-
"Dave, in a few minutes we
are to go over tne top in an anac.
that will be a tight to tne nnisn. uo
you wish to make a will before we
chanre ?" "Will, nuthin; the only will
dat I'se thin' 'bout is, will I git back?"
No doubt many of you are asking
yourself, as you think of your duty
about getting vaccinated, is it any
o-ood? Will it prevent typhoid fe
ver? Will it hurt me, or keep me
away from my work ? And there are
no doubt, a few people with an untor-;
tunate imagination who are really Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Burns
wondering 11 uiey nan. men uvea uy iwuvc o, i nuaj xugut, 4 uauguici.
MR. ANDY McGIMSEY- iDniCr UClHf 0
PASSED AWAY SATURDAY iDnltr IlLffV 0
Good Citizen of TableRock
Died Saturday; Survived
By Four Sons.
FROM OVER
EMS
BURKE
OFFICERS SELECTED FOR
STATE OWNED RAILROADS
Items o f Interest Gathered
A. H. McGimpsey, better From Different Sections of
the County . By News
Herald Correspondents
LOCAL BRIEFS IN
AND AROUND TOWN
Short Items of Local and Per
sonal Interest Gathered
During the Week.
I,pinr vaccinated. To those of you
who are thus perplexed, please re
ceive the assurance from yonr State
Board of Health that vaccination will
prevent typhoid fever and that there
i no danger or bad effects that can
result therefrom.
The best illustration of the value of
tvphoid vaccine is see in the case
of the armies of the world. Typhoid
fever was practically unknown in the
allied armies of millions of men ne
Mr. Abraham Krestool, of. Balti
more, has accepted a position in the
Busy Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Walker have
moved to their pretty new bungalow
on Anderson street.
Mr. Frank Walton, who has been
sick for several weeks at Grace Hos
pital, is only slightly improved.
Town Manager and Mrs. F. A.
Cannon have taken rooms at the
home of Mrs. J. L. Garrou, moving
One of the most deplorable acci
dents here in recent months occurred
Saturday afternoon when young Lon
nie Lowdermilk was killed while at
work on an electric line near the
Burke Tannery. The young man,
who was an electrician and in the
employ of Wortman Bros., had climb
ed the pole to make some changes in
the wiring. He had cut one wire and
was in the act of cutting another
when in some manner the circuit was
completed through his body and he
was killed instantly. Several men
standing below viewed the , tragic hap
pening and as quickly as possible
the body was brought to the ground.
Efforts of resuscitation proved futile.
" Lonnie Lowdermilk was about
twenty-seven years of age and was
an industrious young fellow, law
abiding and faithful in the dutjes
that came to him. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lowdermilk and
besides his parents and several broth
ers and sisters, he is survived by a
wife and three small children.
The funeral was held at the home
on Sunday afternoon and interment
made at the cemetery.
Mr,
known as "Andy" McGimpsey, one j
of the best citizens of the Table Rock
community, died Saturday afternoon
after an extended illness.
Mr. McGimpsey was one of four
brothers and the three surviving were
not able to attend his funeral. Both
Messrs. J. T. and Pipk McGimsey, of
Bridgewater, are very sick and Mr.
GLEN ALPINE.
The Baptist Sunday school will pic
nic at Burkemont Saturday, July 16.
They will meet at the church at 8
o'clock to start from there.
Rev. P. L Shell, pastor of the Bap-
, , , v- . j.-
June McGimpsey, of Morristown, .r"ult" iei lias wie umque m
Tonn i ir, ovtroiv Tnrlth tinction of having an uncle in Ken
""'i -' " f " - .
t? ' o,,,.;, Mn, Pimnm ' tucky who is the oldest man in the
McGimpsey. of Charlotte; Tate Mory. He is now I3l years old, was
Gimpsey, of Cincinnati; John Mc
Gimpsey, of Idaho, and Parks Mc
Gimpsey, who lives at the old home.
The funeral and burial services
Were held Monday morning at Moun
tain Grove church, of which the de
ceased was a member, the services
conducted by Rev. J. C. Gentry.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS
NOW MORE ENCOURAGING
The 4 World Will Want All the
Grain That We Can Pos
sibly Spare This Year
rp?avv livinsr under unfavorable san-ithis week.
itarv conditions This absence of ty- I Mrs. Harrison Holler, who has been
pho:d was due to a great extent to the I quite sick at her home near Drexel, is
fact that everv soldier was vaccinat- j improving, friends of the family are
ed immediately upon his entrance to glad to know.
the training camp. During the 'Span
ish-American war, typhoid fever kill
ed more soldiers in the American
army than did the Spaniards' guns
and bullets, because none' of them
were vaccinated. Since the introduc
tion of typhoid vaccine, the typhoid
incidence in the army has been reduc
ed thirty-five hundred per cent. And
if every citizen of North Carolina
would faithfully perform, his duty
about getting vaccinated,"" "then" we
could begin to make the funeral
preparations for our old enemy, ty
phoid. The fact that no harm can result
from typhoid vaccination has been
clearly demonstrated by the adminis
tration of approximately three mil
lion doses to people in the State of
North Carolina. Of this number of
administrations in our State, do you
know of any permanent bad effect
that has been wrought as a result
thereof? The vaccine may catTSe a
slight headache and a chilly, aching
feeling of the body, which appears in
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Earle and Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Connelly have start
ed housekeeping in the. Moran house
on West Union street.
Master Clarke Erwin gave a de
lightful party on Saturday afternoon
at'the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ernest Erwin.
Rev. F. A. Bower left Monday for
Digby, Nova Scotia, to join Mrs.
Bower on a visit to their old home.
He will be away for a month.
Mr. Charlie McGimsey, of Quaker
Meadows, is desperately ill, and be
cause of his advanced age, 85 years,
little hope of his recovery is enter
tained. A message was received by Mr.
Julius Smith Saturday telling of the
death in New York City Friday night
of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charlie
Smith.
Mr. J. Lenoir Chambers, Jr., of
Charlotte, has been added to the staff
of the Greensboro News. Mr. Cham
bers is well known in Morganton, hav
ing visited here.
MISS PALMER PREACHED
HERE LAST SUNDAY
Miss Sarah Palmer, Cyclone Mack's
Bible teacher and personal worker,
preached at the Methodist church at
the ll o'clock service Sunday morn
ing, in- the absence of Rev. C. M.
Pickens, pastor. For her sermon on
"The House of Faith" she used Sec
ond Peter, chapter l, 5th through 8th
verses, as text. It was a strong,
practical sermon in which Miss Pal
mer used many beautiful illustra
tions of the different plaees in Ire
land, France and England in which
she has toured and taught.
In the afternoon Miss Palmer con
ducted the services at the State Hds-pital.
L She also had charge of a union
service on the court square Sunday
evening. While in town Miss Palmer
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. Millner.
PICKENS' FAMILY GIVE
MEMORIAL TO WE AVERVIL
Loan Fund Established inHon
. or of Father of Rev.
C. M. Pickens
ten to twenty-four hours. . This reac-1 Mrs. Albert Stewart, who was be
i - m HW" T1 l
uon is rarely severe enough to pre
vent one from pursuing his daily
work. The arm is sore around the
site of the vaccination for about three
days. Usually, however, the soreness
is not sufficient to prevent the use of
the arm, and it is often noticeable
only when pressure is made upon the
site ot vaccination. The reaction in
children is relatively milder than the
reaction in adults. The severest re
action that misrht Dossiblv result
from vaccination would be extremely
mna as compared with a case of ty
phoid fever. In vaccination you run
no risk. By failing to pet vaccinat
ed, you do run the risk, not onlv nf
being sick for a long time, but of
losing your life.
EAST UNION STREET
IS BEING TOP-SOILED
Street Will Soon Be in First-
Class Condition From Town
Limits to Pavement.
East Union street is heinp' tonsoil-
ed. The work will nrnhnhlv he cnm.
pleted within a few days, this giving
a first-class roadway to connect the
pavement with the Central Highway
at the town limits. The completion of
this link was necessary before the
Mate Highway commission would
accept the road through this township
UNDERPASS NEAR v
ICARD COMPLETED
fore her marriage Miss Carey Estes,
formerly of Morganton, died at
Wichita, Kansas, on the 14th of June.
Her husband and one child survive.
Messrs. Marshall and Robert Pick
ens who are members of Mr. Baxter
McLendon's party, left this week for
Wilkesboro where Mr. McLendon' ex
pects to begin a meeting on July 17th.
. Much of th material has been placed
and the work on the addition to the
school building will be pushed as
rapidly as possible so as to be ready
for the opening of school in the fall.
A union open air service will be
held again on Sunday evening at the
usual hour on 'the court square. The
service will be in charge of Rev.
John A. MacLean, Jr., pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
An error was made in the credit
given in last week's News-Herald for
the prize winning comic float.cn the
ourth. The float was arranged by
Messrs. Earl and Albert Spencer and
hey were given the prize of S5.
Mrs. H. V. Brown who was before
her marriage lvuss ussie .larK oi
Morganton. underwent an operation
for appendicitis at a hospital in Lum-
berton last week. We are glad to
learn that she is getting along nicely.
Little Miss Susan- Graham 'Erwin
entertained a number of friends on
Thursday afternoon from 5 to 7 in
honor of her guest, Miss Sarah Whit
aker, of Raleigh. After playing many
games cream and cake were served.
Of interest in Morganton, where
Rev. C. M. Pickens is pastor of the
Methodist church, is the announce
ment that he and two of his .sons,
Messrs. Miller and Robert Pickens,
have established a loan fund for
Weaverville College as a memorial to
Mr. Pickens father, Robert Wesley
Pickens, who lived at Weaverville
and who was always keenly interest
ed in the college. It will be known as
the Robert Wesley Pickens Loan
Fund. It is provided that the inter
est on the $2000 paid in shall revert
to the principal until it shall amount
to $25,000.
Highway Between Morganton
and Hickory Now Free of
Objectional Detours.
The underpass near Icard has been
opened to travel during the past
week. With this the highway from
Morganton to Hickory is once more
ree 0f detours and is in excellent
shape. The underpasses at the Hunt
ing creek bridge and at Icard are a
Sreat improvement over the old grade
crossings and with their opening the
connecting links of a splendid sand
clay road through Burke county from
tdst to west are furnished.
BUSINESS CHANGE
. Mr. Charles Lane has purchased the
interest of Mr. John Harrison in
Lane & Co. Mr. Harrison has not
made definite plans but it is under
stood that he expects to build a store
near his residence on Lenoir street.
BIBLE NOW A "BEST SELLER"
Old. Mother Goose ancf other nur
sery characters have ambled up into
he "best seller class, according to
book publishers' representatives who
opened a book fair in Chicago re
cently. Juvenile boks predominate at
the fair, and the demand for chil
dren's books was declared to be great
er than ever before.
The Bible likewise has increased in
poularity, according to other book
men. "During all periods of depres
sion there seems to be an increased
demand for the Bible," one publisher
said. "Today, next to juvenile stories
the Bible is our best seller."
Several pretty little streams are
now trickling through the dry valleys
of business depression and they give
much cheer to those close observers
who are able to see them, says, a
Chicago dispatch. They are held to
mean better things in the creative
activity of the country. The elec
trical industry is then in pfetty good
shape, gratifying" reports come from
the furniture manufacturers at Grand
Rapids and other points; the packers
are getting a little more foreign busi
ness, and manufacturers of agricuU
tural implements say that it is a
peculiarity of thefr trade for a dull
year to be immediately succeeded by
a lively . one, ana tnis is unquestion
ably a dull year with them. Then
the moneys about to be handed to
the railroads by the government will
have an effect no only on that in
terest but on many others. As to
the automobile manufacturers they
have been 0 faulty in their predic
tions of increased trade that present
statements as to prosperity fail to
make much impression. The oil in
terest also is one concerning which
we need not have great confidence.
It was when the decline in -price
was well advanced that it would in
sure to the advantage of the (big com
panies because many small ones
would have to shut up shop, but now
we find that the big concerns are re
ducing output. The stoppage in
Mexico might perhaps be t considered
highly favorable to the domestic
companies but the incident has fail
ed to cheer, either experts or the
general observer.' There, is la distinct
advantage to" thol& companies which
make their large money in refining.
Steel, tme might say, has only start
ed on" its new life and nobody is
making any definite prophecies as to
its future,
x In view of the improved condition
in many commodities fairly good
authorities are saying the sameabout
low priced raw material that they are
saying about the cheap stocks, that
is "buy." Mentioned especially in
this list are sugar, rubber,, cotton,
copper, hides, wheat. As to the last
named article some statisticians in
this citv have become rather enthusi
astic. Tehy figure out that the world
will want all of that grain that we
can spare and some have been so
bold as to name $2.00 per bushel as
a probable price.
Governor Selects Wade Harm
President, Archibald John
son Secretary N. C. Road
married the second time at 125 years
ana nas a boy 7 years old by his sec
ond wife. He has never used tobac
co .and says the secret of his long
life is due to hard work. He was
born 12 years after the battle of
Bunker Hill. Can ride 20 miles horse
back to Hyden, Ky., and back with
out trouble. Has a daughter by his
first wife living who is 90 years old.
Copying from The Literary Digest of
date of November 1, 1919, says he
was "born 1788 and married at the
age of 19 and lived with is first wife
90 years; 9 children living, 73 years
old when the Civil war began. Born
near Knoxville. Tenn. . Bears his' a?e
well; his mind is clear, and eyesight
good, better than many men in their
youth. Came to Kentucky when the
country was in a wilderness follow
ing the trail made by Daniel Boone.
Fought and helped clear eastern Ken
tucky from the Indians. Took a chew
of tobacco once and it made him sick
and has used none since. His chil
dren and great great, grandchildren
will total nearly 200. He is living at
Greasy Creek near Hyden, Leslie
county, Kentucky.
The protracted meeting &t the
Methodist church, conducted by ,the
pastor and Rev. Hipps of Marion,
started Monday.
Mr. W. D. Pitts has moved from
his farm to his town house on Lin
ville street.
Mr. Will Abernethy has moved
nearer his work at the power plant
on Linville.
Mr. Charlie Ward, who is working
at Albemarle, came on a visit to his
family last week. .
Miss Viola Giles,, of Marion, "was
down last week visiting Miss Mabel
Pitts.
Miss Mabel Pitts went to Black
Mountain on a visit to one of her
schoolmates, Miss Minnie Woodard.
STATE HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McGhinnis
spent Sunday at Drexel.
Mr. E. V. Butler spent Saturday
with his family near Glen Alpine.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Giles, of Lo
gan, now occupy rooms in Mr. F. M.
Scroggs' residence. Mr. Giles has ac
cepted a position in the, steward's of
fice with Mr. Scroggs. , ..x
-Misses Viola and Azale Brittain
spent the week-end at. Valdese visit
ing relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Beckv of Marion,
spent Sunday the 3rd with, Mr., and
Mrs. W. K. Houk.
Mrs. Herndon Kincaid and -little
son Ned, of Chesterfield, spent the
past week with her brother and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Stering Clark.
Mrs. Julius Clark, of Chesterfield,
spent Sunday with her son and fam
ily, Mr. Sterling Clark.
Mr. George Dixon and Mr. Wm.
Stone, of Morganton, have accepted
positions in the kitchen department.
Miss Addie Brittain returned Mon
day from a vacation.
Miss Pearl Brittain has recently
taken a position in the laundry.
Governor Morrison's selection of
6fficers and directors of " the North
Carolina and the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroads, owning respect
ively the roadbed between Godsboro
and Charlotte leased to the Southern
and the road bed between Goldsboro
and .Morehead City leased to the Nor
folk Southern, were announced in .
Raleigh Monday..
Colonel Wade ll. Harris, editor of
the. Charlotte Observer, is made pres
ident of the North Carolina road and
C. D. Bradham, of New Bern, is
president of the Atlantic and North
Carolina. The secretaryships' of the
two roads went respectively to Dr.
Archibald Johnson, of Thomasville,
and W. Stamps Howard, of Tarboro.
The attorneys are Richard N. Hack-
ett, of North Wilkesbdro, and W. F.
Evans, of Raleigh. The State proxies
are Ben J. Smith and W. C. Petty,
both of Gharlotte. The experts are
Charles F. Dalton of Charlotte and
T. Boddie Ward df Wilson. Charles
V. Webb of Morehead City, gets the
extra job, that of auditor for the At
lantic an North Carolina.
Seven of the 13 appointments of
officers and directors of the North
Carolina railroad went to Charlotte.,
In addition to the three officers, C.'
W. Johnson, Robert Lassiter and.
William Weil, of Charlotte, are di-s
rectors of the North 'Carolina road.
Other directors are John F. Bowles,
of Statesville; W.T. Brown of Winston-Sale;
R. W. H. Stone of Greens
boro and Gilbert C. White of Durham
Directors of the Atlantic and North
Carolina are. H, D. Bateman, Wil
son; C. D. Bradham, (president), of
New Bern; T. Austin FinclC of
Thomasville; M. L. Jones, of Golds
boro; Courtney Mitchell, of Kinston;
W. H. McElwee, of Statesville; David
F. McKinne, of Louisburg, and Dr.
Joseph F. Patterson of New Bern,
the latter a son - in - law of Senator
Simmons.
The directors are to meet it is un
derstood, with the officers on July
15 when the old. board turns over the
boks to the new board, f
WORLD POWERS ARE
INVITED TO MEETING
President Harding Suggests
Conference On Armaments;
Plan Is a Broad One.
MILLER AT THE PITTS
MILL KILLED SATURDAY
Mr. Menzie Caught in Pulley and
Received Fatal Injuries; Fu
neral Glen Alpine Sunday
Miss Minnie Boone is on the sick
list this week.
Mr. A. M. Scott spent the week
end with his family at Glen Alpine.
Mrs. Florence Deal and children of
Caldwell county, visited Mr. and Mrs.
John MI Williams and Mr. and Mrs.
CIRCLE TO DO SEWING-COOKING
On Tuesday afternoon Circle No. 2
of the Presbyterian church met with
Miss Maggie McDowell and it was de
cided to let the public know that this
circle would be willing to .make cer
tain things during the summer, both
in cooking: and sewing. A list oi
thmsrs these ladies are willing : to
make include candies, cakes (Lady
Baltimore and chocolate), mayonaise
dressing, sandwiches, beaten biscuits
and cheese straws. Also bungalow
aprons, table covers and French baby
caps. Mrs. Bessie Hunt is chairman
of this circle, and if orders are
phoned to her, she will be .glad to
give prices and have the orders filled.
RAINHILL MEETING
To The News-Herald:
A protracted meeting will start at
Rain Hill church Saturday the 16th,
at 8 p. m. Rev. J. F. Yoder, evange-
ist of Asheville, will do the preach
ing. He is a fine preacher. Every
body is invited to attend and will be
welcome. - '
HOUSE AT THE LINVILLE
DAM BURNED SUNDAY
The large two-story house near the
Linville dam, known as the Poole
house, since it was formerly the home
of Mr. W. H. Poole and family was
totally destroyed by fire about noon
Sunday. The fire caught from the
kitchen flue. For some time the house
has been occupied by the resident en
gineer of the Western Carolina Pow
er Co., Mr. F. H. Cothran, and fam
ily. The greater part of the house
hold effects of the Cothran family
was saved.
MORGANTON TEAM WON RACES
Morganton firemen are very proud,
and justly so-, of winning in the races
on the Fourth. Marion and Lenoir
were scheduled to take part but only
Hickory and Morganton contested.
The Morganton team made the race
of 100 yards in 13 seconds, Hickory
taking 14 seconds for the same dis
tance. The prize of $25 was award
ed the Morganton team. The ladder
exhibition was made in 12 seconds,
but .Hickory did not take part in that.
Richard Menzie, miller at the J. D.
Pitts water- mill near Glen Alpine,
was caught in passing a pulley last
Saturday and thrown on the ' line
shaft. His shoulder and arm were
broken and he sustained internal . in
juries from which he died. Mr.' Men-
zies was a quiet, unassuming citizen,
a man of sterling qualities and had
been employed by Mr. Pitts for over
25 years. He was buried at Glen Al
nine Sunday afternoon, Rev. A. P.
Brantley conducting the funeral He
was 63 years old.
DR. WARLICK'S LIBRARY
; GIVEN TO PUBLIC LIBRARY
' J Atlthe request of the late Dr. E.
S. Warlick. his private library, con
sisting of seven or eight hundred vol
umes, will be given to the public li
brary, the establishment of which is
under way. It is estimated that the
library ii worth possibly a thousand
dollars. .
DR. DEW TO BE HERE SUNDAY
In the absence of Rev. F. A. Bower,
w,ho has gone to Nova Scotia on a
month's vacation, Dr. J. H. Dew, of
Ridgecrestj will occupy the pulpit at
the First Baptist church Sunday
morning. DrDew .conducted a meet
ing here several years ago. The ."an
nouncement that he will preach .here
Sunday will doubtless draw a '.targe
crowd of his friends and admirers..
CAPT. BERRV SICK f
Capt. W, B. Berry has been pite
sick for several weeks at his home
near Morganton. Capt. Berry has
many friends throughout this, section
of the State who are hoping that he
will soon be in his usual good health
again. .
"Constructing Our Standard of
Judgment" is the subject for the Ep-
worth league meeting bunday even
msr with Miss JNetta iSndgers as
leader.
President Harding has taken defi
nite steps looking to a conference in
Washington of the principal alliednd
associated powers to discuss limita
tions of armament. He also has sug
gested to the interested nations that
there be at the same time' a discussion
of Pacific and F&r Eastern problems
with a view to reaching a common
understanding with respect to princi
ples and poicies in the Far East.
The announcement was made Sun-
:day by the State department by
direction of the President in the fol
lowing statement:
"Th'j President in view of the far
reaching importance of the question
of limitation of armaments, hfes ap
proached with informal but definite
inquiry the group of powers here
tofore known as the principal allied
and associated powers, that is: Great
Britain, France, Ialy and Japan,to
ascertain whether it would be agree
able to them to take part in a con
ference on this subject to be held in
I Washington at a time to be mutually
agreed upon. If the proposal is found
to be acceptable, formal invitations
for such a conference wrH be issued. ,
"It is manifest that the question of
limitation of armaments has a close
relation to Pacific and Far Eastern
problems, and the President has sug
gested that the powers especially in
terested in these problems should un
dertake, in connection with this con
ference the consideration of all mat
ters bearing upon their solution, with
a view to reaching a common under
standing with respect to principles
and policy -in the Far East. This has
been communicated to the powers con
cerned and China has also been in-
Henry Hennessee last week.
Mrs. Jennie Williams is now visit
ing at the home o her daughter, Mrs.
R. V. Alexander. She still continues
very feeble with rheumatism.
We are sorry to state that Mr. J. S.
Parsons is now on the sick list.
Mrs. J. A. Odell and children, of
Portsmouth, Va., are visiting her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Keller.
Mr. A. J. Walker has taken a posi-jvited to take Dart in the discussion
tion at the Hospital. We are all glad rlating to Far Eastern problms."
to nave mm deck again.
Little Miss Eva Fisher spent Sat
urday with her aunt, Mrs. R. V. Alexander.
Mr. Balbus Branch and family
while out driving Sunday afternoqn
near Valdese, in turning a short curve
his car turned over. The car was
very badly damaged, but fortunately
none of. the party was hurt.
Mr. Edison Mull of lower Burke, a
former attendant here, visited Mr.
H. L. Burns and other friends at the
Hospital last week.
Mrs. Mae Chapman of Marion, andJ
Miss Bertha Keep of Bridgewater, are
recent new nurses at the Hospital.
Miss Ella Underwood, of . Albe
marle, has recently accepted a posi
tion as omce stenographer.
Messrs. Fortenberry, Short, Rho-
ney, Mull and Williams, have recently
given up their positions in the kitch
en department here. '
Misses Mabel and Iris Houk and
Miss Nettie Holder and Messrs. Roy
and Charlie Brittain motored to Hick
ory and visited friends Sunday.
Mrs. Hobert Logan, " of Lenoir,
spent the Fourth in Morganton.
Mr. nd Mrs. Tom Kincaid and chil
dren, of Worry, spent Friday with Mr.
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HIGHWAY THROUGH TOWN
WILL BE STRAIGHTENED
New Survey Puts It Over Avery
Hill, Joining Present Road
Near H. H. Walton's. ,
State surveyors were here last week
for the purpose of making a -new
survey of the Central Highway
through Morganton, or rather as it
leaves Morganton to the west. . The
new route will take it across the hill
at , Mr. Isaac T. Avery's residence
and bring it into the present road
near JVlr. H. H. Walton's. This will
cut out the sharp turns at the resi
dence of Mr. A. M. Kistler and at
Alexander's, store.
NEW MANAGEMENT
OF HOTEL MORGAN
Mrs. Stella Chase who was former-,
ly with the Dickey House at Murphy
and the Montezuma Hotel at Mar
shall, arrived last week to take
charge of Hotel Morgan.
Mrs. W. A. Townsend has gone;to
Kansas City, Mo., for treatment.
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