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The Morganton Herald , -
L. XXXVII.
MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 25, 1921
NO. 9
PACT FOR HORBUnWS HEW HOTEL
LET TO liOOOMMIHOUIION UUtVlPANY
lectors and Building Committee of Burke Hotel Company
Met Yesterday to Receive Estimates and to Make Con
f tracts For Building of New Sixty-Room jHotel; Build- V
ing Will In All Probability Be Completed With
in Six Months; Work To Begin At Once.
I LOCAL FIREMEN ARE
NOW IN GASTONIA
jons
news! Morganton's long
Ld lor, long dreamed of hotel is
lut to materialize. , On several t oc-
! . .. 1 1 4- 4-
before it seemeu auuui w uc
acrOSS DUl tiling onv
. . . - J? AT
' -cj it. This time none ua . uie
. i. Viof interfered nrmear
fiQ OUSLiitlca ww "rr
,c ir. the way and it is confidently
it, Vio-f rre the. rieerinnins of
lOVCa Uiau - -
thcr summer the new notei win
realized fact.
It is gcing through this time sure
ugh' Mr. J. H. Giles, chairman
the building committee, told The
Avs-Ilerald just after the meeting
iteiday afternoon. "The hotel will
ready to open next spring, was
opinion expressed by one of the
actors.
ioint meeting of the directors
i building committee was held yes
(iay afternoon at the office of Av-
& Ervin, presided over by Mr. v.
Ervin, chairman of the board of
r T A 1 - V,
Actors. Mr. IjOUIS .rt-SUUiy, ai cm-
It, of Charlotte, was present. .Rep
aratives of half a dozen or more
trading companies offered bids on
the construction of the building and a
number of bids on the heating and
plumbing were 'also considered. To
the Goode Construction Co., of Char
lotte, who offered the lowest bid, it
v.as ordered that the contract be
awarded. This will be prepared at
once and signed next Thursday, Sep
tember 1st. Mr. Goode who was pres
ent in person at the meeting, thought
there would be no difficul!y in com-i
pletmg the building withm six
months. His company is building the
new high, school buifding.
Tlie specifications for the new ho
tel as set forth in the contract call
for sixty bed rooms. The lobby and
doling room will be large enough to
take care of the addition later; if they
ol oulu be needed, of forty more rooms
. Directors present at the meeting
ytsterday were Messrs. W. C. Ervin,
A. C. Chaffee, H. L. Wilson, N. 0.
Pitts, H. L. Millner, C. A. Spencer
and W. A. Harbison. Members of
the building committee are Messrs.
J. K. Giles, F. P. Tate and J. F. Mc-Gimsey.
Left Monday to Take Part in An
nual State Tournament in
Neighboring Town.
j The Morganton firemen left Mon
jday morning in fine spirits for Gas-
tonia to take part in the annual State
tournament held there this week. The
boys are confident of carrying off
some of the best prizes. Reports are
that they are having a big time.
.The firemen who make up the-Morganton
teams and the order in which
they enter the contests are as fol
lows : v v
Water Team Ed Hern, captain;
Joe Hern, wrenchman; Ed Hern, butt
man; William Ward, slack-puller; Al
bert Wilson, breaker; Bonner Lane,
nozzleman; Russell Green, substitute.
Chemical Team Gray Lane and
Jim Deal, laddermen; Millard Hen
nessee, climber; H. L. Riddle, substi
tute.
F. W. 'Ross, chief of the depart
ment, accompanied the team to Gas
tonia.
tV. J. E. GAY DIED
TUESDAY UN MAKlUiN
r
mer Presiding Elder Here
n d Prominent aietnoaisi
Minister Died Suddenly.
yesterday carried
nrpmpnt of the death of Rev. J.
Gav. a prominent Methodist min
r and formerly presiding elder in
under the date oi Auguw.
SATURDAY WAS BUSY
DAY FOR BURKE COURT
Many Cases Disposed Of in
Closing Day Of the Two
Weeks' Term.
LOCAL BRIEFS IN
AND AROUND TOWN
Short Items of Local and Per
sonal Interest Gathered
During the Week.
.tv
10U
Louson
f
" ' Vv ori- nf t.Vie'Meth-
it church at tnis
t a coming- at 8 o'clock from
'Stack of heart trouble. He was
years old. The remains. v,m
Jlal to take place at 5 p. m.'Thurs-
fhe had been preaching the gospel
r the past 37 years and died in the
Less,Phaving attended the revival
f his church last night and taken an
live part in winning souls.
k JOE TATE McGMSEY,
ROMINENT CIT1ZKIN, usjxu
I
ied Yesterday At His Home
Near Bridgewater; fun
eral and Burial Today.
kr- Tofo ATpflimsev. one of the
j-'ll . UUC 1BV- " ' . , Ml
bst prominent citizens of Liriville
knhip, a former member of. the
i,,(,r vrtovri rf orlnfation and a man
influence and high cnaracter, uicu
;erday at his home near -Bridge-
ter and will be Durieu una
y) morning at Linville churcn.
Lteause of limited time before go-
m 1
o press we are torcea io
w - . . .i i
itil our next issue a more detaiiea
vxunt of the passing of this good
Jin. '
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Luther C. Johnson to Sarah M.
eming, 2 lots in Morganton.
0. C. Reep to R. F. Johnson, 22 3-4
res in Silver Creek township.
Mrs. Annie F. Hallyburton to Al
ander Taylor, lot in Morganton.
Frank E. Kins to T. B. Smith, 1-3
puivided interest in tract of land in
pper Fork township.
w. W. Avery et al to J. Clyde liar-
f on, lot in Morganton.
JC. A. Poteet to S. W. Hoyle, lot in
Jorganton township.
INollie M. Patton, trustee,, to PVR.
pmebrand, lot at Hildebrand.
l nomas J. Hallyburton to Alexan
r Taylor, 4 lots in town of Mrrgan-i.
KAU BOOKS for DISTRIBUTION
The News-Herald has received the
blowing letter from Congressman
(L. Bui winkle: s "
"I have several hundred copies of
f e Agricultural Year - Book for
pO for distribution in: the 9th Con
fessional district. This, as,f you
pw. is a very valuable publication
farmers. Will you please Van
funce this fact in your paper?" ';
Mrs. R. T. Claywell, who has been
quite sick, is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gordon, of Nor
folk, Va., announce the birth of a
daughter.
' Mrs. Frank Duckworth has been
quite sick at Grace Hospital, but is
rrow better. '-:y:-"--"'f. - 1,
- Mrs.' Alf Mull underwent a success
ful operation ' for appendicitis at
Grace Hospital last Friday. .
Mrs. Lee Rust celebrated her birth
day Sunday with a dinner to a large
number of relatives and friends.
Fourteen men with varying sen
tences left at noon Monday to-work
on the roads of. Henderson county.-
The Ladies' Aid society of the Cal
vary Lutheran church meets with
Mrs. Abel Seitz Friday at 3:30 p. m.
Regular services morning and even
ing at Calvary Lutheran church Sun
day. . Everybody . is welcome to at
tend these services.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Duckworth died at Grace
Hospital August 19th and was buried
at Forest Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Hugh Hallyburton took her
little daughter, Marie, to Dr. Long's
sanatorium in Statesville Sunday
where she had her tonsils removed.
Mr. L. S. Coburn, who. has accepted
a position with the State Highway
commission, left Monday for Marion.
He was accompanied by Mr. Jesse
Walton.
There will be a community singing
at Hopewell church the rst Sunday in
Sentember. All choirs arei invited toJ
attend. Dinner on the ground. - All
arer invited.
There will be a box supper at Am
herst Saturday night, August 27th,
at 7:30 p. m. Proceeds for purchas
ing a.librafy for the Amherst school.
The public is cordially invited.
The Epworth league of Oak For
est church will have an ice cream
'supper near thechurch on the even
ing of Friday, August Isbth. rroceeds
will be for the benefit of the church.
The public , is cordially invited.
Mrl and Mrs. Houckins, of Char
lotte, have recently, moved to Mor
ganton nd are occupying the dwell
ing of Mr. Horace Payne on Depot
street. Mr. Houckins is foreman for
the Morganton Motor Machine Com
pany v . - . '
Friends here will be interested Jn
the recent arrival at Philadelphia
from an extended tour of Asiatic and
European waters of Lieutenant-Commander
.Jay L'. Kerley. Commander
Kerley expects to visit relatives here
next month. Y
Grace 'Hospital Pavilion' has been
moved, from its original location on
King street back to the center of the
bipek, , between the hospital and ; the
nurse s home. The moving was ac
compli shed' with the building left in
tact arid without . the tearing " out of
j the chimney. ' ' '
After making disposition Saturday
morning of the Kmcaid case the court
settled down to the disposal of a
large number of cases still on the
docket, the passing of sentences on
some already tried and the continu
ance of others until the next term of
court.
Following is a brief summary of
tne proceedings Saturday:
Pink Mitchell, retailing, 10 months
on Henderson roads.
Alfred Butler, manufacturing li
quor, 4 months on Henderson roads.
Frank Mull, retailing, 12 months
on roads.
Carl Mull, retailing, 6 months on
roads.
. Harvey Freddell, manufacturing li
quor. 2 years on roads
Wash Pearson, assault on female,
5 months on roads.
Amos Hunt, manufacturing liquor,-
18 months on roads. 1 Other de
fendants in this bill Otis and Theo
Sigmpn and Charlie Stillwell, appeal
ed to bupreme court.
KMCAID SENTENCED
T0 18 YEARS TERM
Verdict Friday Night, Sentence
Saturday; Defendant's Story;
Appeal Taken and De
fendant Out On Bond
ATTEMPT JAIL DELIV
ERY WITH HACK SAWS
Prisoners Discovered Using
Saws On Bars of Windows;
Were Making Headway
Eighteen years at hard labor in the
State prison was the sentence pro
nounced by Judge Bryson Saturday
orning for Sidney A. Kincaid,
Burke county commissioner, whose !
trial on the charge of wife murder
occupied the greater part of last
week. Attorneys for the defendant
immediately gave notice of appeal
and the court announced an appeal
bond of $250 and an appearance bond
of $10,000. A verdict of second de
gree murder had been returned Fri
day night.
Bond was arranged Monday and
late Monday afternoon he was re
leased from jail and will be a free
man during the three months request
ed for the preparation of nis appeal
to the Supreme court. It is under
stood that the bond was signed by
Mr. Kincaid's sister and brothers
and several close friends. '
Evidence in the case was completed
Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock
and arguments by counsel continued
from then until late Friday. The
first speech for the prosecution was
made by Attorney J. M. Mull, follow
ed by S. J. Ervin, Jr., for the defense.
On Friday strong speeches were
made by W. A. Self, C. A. Jonas and
S. J. Ervin, representing the defend
ant, and J. F. Spainhour and Solicitor
Huffman for the State.
Judge Bryson's charge Friday
night occupied two hours, reviewing
in detail -the evidence offered, pre
senting impartially the contentions of
each side and giving clear instruc
tions to the jury as to the elements
in the evidence that should guide
them in returning first or second de
gree murder, manslaughter,, or ac
quital. .
The Lincoln county jury "which
heard the case deliberated for a little
over an hour Friday night, announc
ins: its verdict of . second degree mur
der at exactly midnight. They left
earlv Saturday morning for their
homes. Before dismissing them Fri
An attempted jail delivery was
foiled Sunday when Jailer Bright dis
covered that several of the prisoners
.iad been using hack saw's on the iron
bais of the windows and that some of
the barfe had already been cut. A
thorough search revealed that seven
saws had been slipped in. A special
guard was placed on watch as an ex
tra precaution both Sunday and Mon
day nights.
The noise of the sawing, which was
done boldly, during the day, was what
first attracted attention. It is thought
that the plan was made by Will Hurt,
an Avery county convict recaptured
n this county last week and returned
yesterday to the penitentiary where
he is serving a five-years sentence.
Some of the prisoners told the jailer
that about "$3 had been "made up"
among those in the scheme and pass
ed through the .window on a broom to
aa accomplice on the outside who
bought the saws.
BRIER NEWS I
FROM OVER
EMS
BURKE
MRS. TILLINGAST DIES
AT SPARTANBURG HOME
Items of Interest Gathered
; From Different Sections of
the County By News
Herald Correspondents
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE s
So many things have occurred here
abouts in the-last two weeks I hardly
know where to begin or what to say.
The big thing has been the camp
meeting with its crowds and trans
forming power. Scores of people
have-changed the course of their life,v
many of whom were already in the
church, but living a very unsatisfac
tory life, but now claim to have been
reinstated in the experience of the
higher life. The meetings have
closed and the hig tent has been ship
ped to High Point, where Mr. Green
will , hold his next meeting. Now if
this work proves as lasting as we
hope it will, Camp Free is sure to
have a great future.
The main reason for my silence for
the last two weeks is my absence on
a trip to the "Land of the Sky" where
but for the incessant rains, we had a
most enjoyable sojourn among kin
dred and friends of other days. ' A
brief . visit to Lake Junaluska con
vinced me that too much has not been
said in praise of this great summer
resort of the Methodist church. The
Husband For Many Years Con
nected With Morganton and
Raleigh Schools.
A Spartanburg dispatch of yester-" UCfe1 Mi?"
day tells of the death there of Mrs.
Caroline Kirkland Tillmghast, wife of
D. R. Tillinghdst, formerly president
of the North Carolina State Associ
ation for the Deaf and many years a
teacher in-the Raleigh and Morgan
ton institutions for the deaf who
passed away at her home there Tues
day.' Funeral services and burial will
be conducted in Spartanburg. Mrs.
Tillinghast was 78 years old.
I AX REVISION BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
Not To Be Taken Up in the Sen
ate Until After Recess;
Will Cut Tax Burden
SCHOOL WILL OPEN
tiN SEPTEMBER 12TH
day night Judge Bryson took occa-
, Cieye JBenneld ar: Roosevelt, or, lr4
renin?, 6 months ore roads.-.- - it'kyl-h: " , A
Hpsey Barbini and Myrtle Dennv.
keeping disorderly house, two years
m jail, sentence after payment of
costs, to go into effect , within two
days if found in county.
Miles Rutherford, retailing:. 18
months on roads.
Carl Lewis and Raymond Lewis,
larceny; 6 months on roads and $100
each. Robert Lentz and William Hun
ter . to pay $100 and one-fourth of
costs, the money to be" paid to Mrs.
Nathan Clark.
Second Monday i nl September
Set As Opening Date For
Morganton School
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Robert J. Champion and Maggie
J Joseph Wayne Parker and - Ocie
f"e fcnrum.
oone Littlejohn ind Julia Baker.
J- S. Mull and Maggie Wellman.
Jaul Stone and Zelphia C. Fisher.
NEW DAIRY.
Announcement is mn-p in an nrl-
Ktisement in this issue of the open-
Of a new Hnirv. -whifh will hf
hh.l.,..i. it - ' . . . ,t -t j ri
M'uiwiea oy Mr. J. JSpainhour, Jr. icemiy. mews anu uuseiva,
GLEN ALPINE SCHOOL
OPENS SEPTEMBER 12TII
The ' Glen Alpine school will open
Monday. Sentember 12th. Prof. W. T.
Byrd, of Mt. Olive, will be the new
principal, succeeding Prof. 1. Hen
drix who goes to Winston-Salem.
North Carolina women, wherever
you find them, are bitter foes , of li
quor. A Mecklenburg school teacher
out in Kentucky has participated in a
number of raids ori whiskey stills re
The board of trustees of. the Mor-'
eanton graded school held a meeting
Monday night and decided on Mon
day, September 12tti, as . the opening
date oi school, lhe colored school
will open a week earlier, September 5.
. bupennter-dent H. F. Srygley has
returned from a stay of several
weeks in Nashville, Tenn.
OUR AMERICAN SHIPS
WILL CARRY FOOD
Once more American supply ships
are to bridge the Atlantic this time
carrying food munitions for the
American relief administration's war
against starvation and sickness among
the children of Soviet Russia.
-' As yet, officials declare, Secretary
Hoover, chairman of the administra
tion, has only outlined in a broad and
general way the plans for mitigating
ne Russian famine.
At first, because of the nature of
the "country; food relief in . Russia
necessarily, must be limited, officials
asserted, but as the administration's
veteran organization reached its
maximum speed they predicted that
vast stocks of foodstuffs would cross
he seas to Russian children. These
upplies have been specially selected
o meet the dietary needs of the
young.- Actual distribution, it was
said, would probably b made at hut
kitchens where the children would be
fed twice a day. , , '
Secretary Hoover estimated the
cost of Russian relief, when it is well
under way, at from $1,250,000 to $1,-
500.000- a month. The administration
will -depend upon its treasury, he said,
for necessary funds, and upon current
contubutions of co-operatrrig organi
zations and individuals. '' All Ameri
can organizations participating in
the "work under the American relief
administration met here Wednesday
fcr a preliminary conference with Mr.
Hoover. ( . " .' ;
Every dollar to be expended by the
administration on behalf of Russian
children will be spent in this country
Mr. Hoover has announced, and all
the food used will be sent from, here
with the hexception of such surplus
stocks already abroad.
Mr. Eli Taylor,' of Icard, spent
Tuesday in Morganton.
case.
It is understood that on first ballot
the jury stood three for a first de
gree verdict and nine for a second.
Inpassing sentence Saturday morn
ing Judge .Bryson departed from
what he said was his usual custom
and commented to the throng gath
ered inthe count room on the lesson
the tragedy should bring of the ef
fects of blockade liquor, making the
statement that on the conscience of
the man who sold Sidney Kincaid the
liquor should rest much of the blame
for the death of his wife.
In last week's issue of The News-!
Herald there was given ..a, report of
the evidencetaai llp'td' adjournment
of court Wednesday afternoon. The
following account takes the story of
the trial from Thursday morning un
til its conclusion:
The outstanding and dramatic fea
ture of the trial Friday was the ap
day was. the appearance ort the stand
pearance on the stand of the defend
ant himself. ; .
Since the beginning, of the trial it
had been a matter of conjecture as to
whether the defendant would testi
fy in his own behalf. Though it was
more or less expected that he would
be allowed to tell the story of the
fateful night, since, it , was known
that he was more or less anxious to
do so, there was noticeable surprise
in the crowded courtroom when ' at
eleven o'clock he was called as the
next witness for the defense. He
walked unsteadily to the witness
chair, the effects of grief and confine
ment having had marked effect on a
formerly robust man. His manner of
meekness and humility doubtless
elicited sympathy for him and as he
talked there could be -seen here and
there over the courtroom tears in
the eyes of many who were merely
spectators. He is a man of more than
ordinary intelligence and his answers
to " attorney's questions were given
with deliberation, but without hesita
tion. Even on cross-examination he
was not-confused. At times his voice
dropped so low that he had to be ask
ed to repeat his testimony and occa
sionally as he spoke of- his wife he
was so overcome that he had to wait
to compose himself before proceeding
Court Koonv Crowded
vl There was not a foot of vacant
available -space in the court room as
Kincaid gave his testimony and dur
inff' the two hours he was on ,the
stand there. was a deathlike stillness
over the great crowd,- so marked that
except for the voices of the witness
land examining '' attorneys there was
no: sound ' distinguishable except ; ine
whir of a small electric fan over the
clerk's desk. , : v
W. A. Self conducted the direct ex
amination, doing it in such a way as
to give, the story told by the defend
ant connection and sequence. He was
53 years of age, he testified, and. ex
cept for a short period had lived at
Chesterfield all his lite. ie naa mar
ried Lillie. Davis in 1906, the cere
mony performed in Asheville. About
ten years -ago he- had built a new
(Continued on second page) '
The tax revision bill of 1921, esti
mated to cut $81fc,000,000 from the
nation's tax burden by 1923, was
1 passed, late Saturday by the House
224 to 125, on an almost straight
:, . Three JLemocrats . supported - . trie ;
measure and nine Republicans voted
against. . - '
Compared with this number of Re
publicans were 50 who , voted for a
Democratic motion to recommit the
bill for elimination of the provision
repealing the income surtax rates
above 32 per cent. This motion was
lost, 169 to 230, with one Democrat,
Campbell,, of Pennsylvania, voting
against it. v s
The bill will be sent Monday to
the Senate, where it will be taken
up after the end of the recess on
September 21. Mantime. the Senate
finance committee will hold addition
al public hearings on the whole tax
question and probably revise the
measure in a number of details.
As finally passed by the House,
with nearly 100 committee amend
ments, the bill is estimated to produce
a total of $3,347,000,000 hT revenue
this fiscal year, or $221,000,000 less
than the estimate under the existing
law.
As repeal of the excess profits tax
and higner income surtax rates would
not become effective until next Jan
uary 1, the full force of the measure
will not be reflected in government
receipts until the calendar year 1913,
but Republican leaders say tnat tnru
repeal- of the transportation and oth-
. j . . il. V "11
er taxes tne reduction in tne tax diu
in the next calendar year, will be ap
proximately $512,000,000. '.
The principal changes in the pres
ent tax levies made by the bill in
clude: -
Repeal of the excess profits tax.
Increase of the corporation income
tax from 10 to 12 1-2 -per cent, ef
fective next January.
Repeal of the income surtax rates
from 32 per cent to 65 per cent, in
clusive.
ncreased exemptions to heads of
families, effective as of last January
1, to $2,500 for incomes not in ex
cess of $5,000 and additional exemp
tion for dependents to $400 from
$200. - r ' " ;
Repeal of the transportation taxes,
effective next January 1.
: Repeal of the tax on life, fire and
marine insurance policies and imposi
tion of the corporation tax of, 12 1-2
per cent on all such insurance com
panies, except fraternal, effective
next January 1.
Repeal of the taxes on fountain
drinks, ice cream and other beverages
nnd the substiution ofs manufactur
er's taxes as follows:
Four cents a gallon on cereal bev
erages: five cents a pound on carbonic
acid gas; two cents a gallon on fruit
juices or soft drinks: three centsa
gallon on still . drinks, exclusive of J
mineral and table water, and ten
cents a gallon v on fountain syrups.
These changes would go into force on
enactment of the law.
Repeal of the stamp taxes on per
fumery, cosmetics,' toilet prepara
tions and proprietary medicines upon
enactment of the bill.
of art, more than fills the pictures
sent out, while the social features and
the delightful climate must be felt
to be appreciated.. It is destined to
be one of the greatest educational
centers in all the land, not only from
the annual series of the various sum
mer schools held there, but also be
cause of the great college that is be
ing built on the spot where the Juna
luska Inn stood. As I stood one
dewy morning, on this spot and
thought-of the hundreds yes, thou
sands of the brightest youth of our
land who were destined to receive a
truly Christian -education here, I
could but exclaim, "what great poets,
orators, preachers, statesmen and au
thors those young people must be
come who receive their college train
ing amid . such scenes and surround
ings , as these." Then I thought,
"Does not Rutherford ".College fur- .
nish almost as splendid scenery, and
Christian atmosphere, and at less
cost ? " -Well, there . is room for both :
and - many moire such-sch ool swhile s & - -
many are 'begging for room in our
colleges. , -
We learn that Rev. J. M. Terrell
has-sold his home in North Ruther
ford College to Rev. T. E. Wagg, and
will. build on the It. E. Hinshaw lot '
just south of Professor Bennett's
home. This all sounds like cood
neighbors to me. It is not known if
Brother Wagg intends giving up the
itinerance soon, but it shows " where
he is thinking of settling when he
does.
Rev. G. W; Fink is doing the
preaching this week at the Marvin
campground in Caldwell. He has se
cured the services of the writer to fill
his regular appointments on the
West View circuit while he is doing .
revival work abroad. Brother Fink
is one of our most successful confer
ence evangelists. His family .is vis
iting at 'Mrs. Fink's father's home
near Lenoir this week.
Mrs. W. C. Riddle' has been quite
sick since last Friday, but she is rest
ing well at this writing and hopes
to be able to be out soon.
I am sorry also to report that Miss
OIlie Glass has had severe trouble '
with her eyes for several days.
I am glad to note that Mrs. E. L.
Morris has returned from her visit to
Morganton much improved from the
serious attack of sickness she
fwent while away. Her daughter, Mrs.
uujiowav, is witn, ner a few days
while Miss Clara remains a few days
(Continued on fifth: page) '.
JUNIOR ORDER STATISTICS
SHOW PROGRESSIVE YEAR
Report of Secretary Vance of State
council Jr. O. U. A. M., at its annual
meeting now in session in Greensboro,
snows that there are 409 subordinate
councils in North Carolina, 13 new
ones being instituted and 17 prein
stated during past 'year. There are
375 active councils and 50",437 con
tributing members. Receipts the past
year - totaled . $674,539.35, disburse
ments for sick and death benefits,
etc., $673,907.58; cash in hands of
treasurers and trustees, $204,028.89;
total worth of council s inclusive prop
erty $534,403.28. .
Mrs. E. M. Hairfield has as er
truest her father, Mr. T. J. Taylor, of
Savannah, Ga., and her sister, Mrs.
G. C. Ihompson, of Fairmont.
BOTH PARTIES SUPPORT
MISS SALLIE ABERNETIIY
A Washington dispatch, of August
22 says: Miss Sallie V Abernethy,
postmaster at ConneHy Springs, has
the distinction of being the only per
son that Republican and Democratic
leaders have agreed on for reappoint
ment. National Committeeman More
head and Representative Bulwinkle
tlunk that she should retain the office
she has had for 10 years, since the
Taf t administration: ' She will have to
stand an examination, but she has a
decided advantage over any would
be rivals. It is said that more than
95 per cent of the patrons of the of
fice are supporting Miss Abernethy.
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Mrs. E. E.- Williamson and little
daughter, Alice, who have been in
Asheville for some time, are spend
ing several days with Mrs. W. A.
Harbison enroute to their - home ' in
Spencer.
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