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i . . i The-.- News-Herald. jy Paper Published in Burke County The The BMorganton HraTd Consolidated November 29, 1901 Subscription P rice $2.00 per Year in Advance L. XXXVIII. MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 5, 1922. NO. 9 ASSUK THE TORCH" ICONFERENCE THEME V. M. C. A. Older Boys' Con K;;ce Here Beginning Fri 'lki, Afternoon and Con i'Vmuins Thru Sunday. : tv j 2 1' V i 11, 1 4 . V f ti I- f . i A : :- 1 1 CIVIL COURT HAS BEEN A VERY TAME AFFAIR " i "..fl-r. V.Y M.lh Older Boys' Conference V. M. C. A. for the Western North Carolina will be held . Ir week, beginning Friday af-i - ami continuing through bun t. Around two hundred boys V,v!eil to attend and a very - u u1 program has been pre- Morganton people are cor ' ii.vitod to attend all the ses cfpt the banquet on Friday Special attention is called to r;ii!uy morning session when !:;ckett and Dr. Rondthaler are ',,'.! for addresses, fallowing is the program: f. vtnce theme, "Passing The Opening session, Friday af m October Gth. -1:30 p. m. - First Baptist church. iing officer Mr. Joe Kjellan- Morgantcn. service. onal period Rev. F. A. First Baptist church. ..."What Are You Going to ,.!" This Conference?" A. C. uf Farm School, 'iii: of conference officers. ; Session, Friday Night, Ban-1 iiet At Khvanis Hall. j .. -r.:.,o o clock. 1 e-filcer Conference pres- v.vIva Rev. N. C. Duncan, ,;ul ehurch. !;,;'(' from citiens Hon. A. C. -riynr of Morganton. ric fi-oin school Prof. W. F. le11. simerintendent. irnRic from the fellows Wy V('lvard. .1 .iet : on of 'delegates and re in Session Snce Monday But Lit tle Been Accomplished; Many Compromises-Continuances Civil court has been session since Monday mroning; Judge Bis Ray pre siding, -but for various reasons ab sences of witnesses, compromises, continuances, etc. very little actual work has been accomplished. The jury has seen practically no service. The attendance is Strikingly differ ent from that upon a criminal term of court. TURKS ABOUT TO MAKE SETTLEMENT THE WATER SHORTAGE HAS BEEN RELIEVED Town Pumping Auxiliary Supply From Silver Creek Into Orig p inal Well, Where It Is Fil tered and Clorinated. MR. CHAS. LANE LEASES THE BURKEMONT HOTEL Agree to Terms of Allied Note Which Gives Thrace to Ottomen. c - . if1 eli." Dr. II . E. Rondthaler, of T.!ton-Salem. f hircl Session, Saturday Morning Oc- f tober 7th. .Tim o9:00 o'clock. J'lace First Baptist church. iPonir service. Devotional Period Rev. F. A. . jv.vr of Morganton. Address "Methods of Carrying ye Torch." C. B. Loomis of Atlanta. f'Some High School Problems." f'Father and Son Banquet." "Opportunities for Service." iCor.ferenre Group Discussion. r-Frep Schools." ('Organized Sunday School Class." HI V P i,Ke " Address "You Should Be Bearers The Torch," Dr. H. E. Rondthaler. Address "Something More in the Irl " Mrs. T. W. Bickett of Raleigh. fourth Session, Saturday Afternoon. fConference photograph. 12:30 p. m.: Place Baseball park: Athletic meet, recreation and play Harry M. Dili of Asheville. Ernest Erwin of Morganton. Fifth Session, Saturday Night. Time 7:30 o'clock. Plae. First Methodist Episcopal lurch. Son if sen-vice. Devotional period Rev. F. K. Soof. Lutheran church,v Morganton. Address "Carrying the Torch to y of Other Lands," C. B. Loomis. Address "You Are the Bearers of ft- Torch," Harry F. Comer, student Kretarv University of North Caro , -a V. M. C. A. ixtli Session, Sunday Morning, Oc tober 8th. It Elites will attend church ser- with their hosts. Je(-nth Session, Sunday Afternoon. nrr.e-:!:iio o'clock. Place First Methodist Episcopal n.: service. : i'l s "Will I Take Up The Ihrrv F. Comer, Univer- :' ' ! . ort h Carolina. f.:.'htli Session, Sunday Night. J'.m--7:30 o'clock. !': (. Fi rst Methodist Episcopal "Pasine: The Torch ' v. C. M. Pickens, remarks Conference pres- exercises Roy L. Vail. A':, The Turkish nationalists have ac cepted in principle the allied note re garding the near eastern settlement, it was announced yesterday after noon. A communique issued by General Harington, the British commander-in-chief, regarding the Murania confer ence, which he is attending, says the conference is proceeding satisfactory and says Ismet Pasha, the nationalist representative, has reissued orders to ttu' nationalist troops to avoid all contact with the British. The joint allied note to Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish natinalist leader, was dispatched September 23 from Paris, signed by Premier Poin care of France, Lord Curzon, for Great Britain and Count Sforza. for Italy. In it the three allied govern ments invited the Angora assembly to a conference at Venice or else where with plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, Japan, Rumania, Jugo-Slavia and Greece, with the ob ject of negotiating and consolidating a final treaty of peace between Tur key, Greece and the allied powers. Regarding the terms of such a treaty of peace the note stated: "The three governments take this opportunity to. declare that they all view with favor the desire of Turkey to recover Thrace as far as the river Maritza and including Adrianople." The note promised the willing sup port of the three governments to the drawing of a frontier line on this basis on condition that the Angora government did not send armies into the neutral zones during the peace negotiations. The note declared it would be understood that steps would be taken in drawing such a treaty to safeguard the interests of Turkey and her neighbors by, demil itarizing "certain zones to be fixed, to obtain peaceful and orderly re-establishment of Turkey's authority, and finally to assume effectively un der the league of nations maintenance of freedom of the Dardanelles, the sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus as well as protection of religious and racial minorities." The allied gov ernments promised to support the league of nations, to withdraw their troops from Cnstantinople as soon as the peace treaty became effective and to use their influence to obtain the re tirement of the Greek forces to a line fixed by the allid generals in agree ment with the Greek and Turkish military authorities before the open ing of the conference. CONFERENCE IN M0NROE The Monroe Journal says that big preparations are being made for en tertaining the Western North Caro lina Conference of the Methodist church when it meets there on Wed nesday. October 18th, in annual ses sion which will continue through Sunday and probably over into Mon day, before the appointments are read and the preachers given their marching orders for another year. SOLDIERS TO REUNION The following Confederate veterans attended the reunion which was held in Asheville last week: Capt. L. A. Bristol, Messrs. Joe Allman, S. M. Asburv, D. J. Dale, T. A. Houk, Ju lius Sm ith, R. W. Sudderth. Erwin Coffev. A. F. Alexander, S. A. John son. Ed Powell, D. F. Denton and W. A. Ross. Morganton has been "up against a serious problem this sumrrho brought about by a shortage of he iter and this intensified by a general drought. The big question before the town au thorities has been how to get enough water to "tide" us over until the gravity system could be completed. Earlier in the summer a line was laid to the Catawba river, water pumped into the well, filtered and clorinated. Because of the distance this water had to be brought the ad ditional supply was insufficient to re lieve the situation very much. Recently Town Manager Trogdon hit upon the plan of taking water from Silver creek. After the water had been passed upon by the State Board "of Health a pipe line was laid from the creek to the new well the same well which was such a "Jonah" to the town in digging. A pump here forces a stream of water to the pump house, where it passes through the filter and clorinating process before going to the standpipe. From this source an auxiliary supply of around 100 gallons per minute is being ob tained. The News-Herald reporter had the privilege of visiting both wells Mon day morning soon after the new plan was put to work, Mr. Trogdon explain ing the details. The water tests chemically, pure and although the clo rine gives "it a peculiar taste there j need be no fear of its purity. With the extra supply the stand pipe is gradually gaining enough to fill and the hope is that there will be no necessity hereafter for the water to ibe cut off. MEDICAL SOCIETY TO HOLD MEETING HERE n,.i 7Zi... 'Ninth District Doctors Will Meet Burkemont Hotel, moving there on! HGre Wednesday; Pro- luesaay oi last week. From Mr. J. L. Anderson; Tran- sient and Regular Board- j ers Solicited. ' Mr. J T. Anderson who built and owns the ho tel, expects to spend a part of the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Eu gene Denton in Lexington. Mr. Lane will take both regular boarders and transients. All who are acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Lane know that under their management the hotel will be kept clean and the atmosphere homelike. gram Has Many Papers of Professional Interest. ANOTHER HEARING IN SMITH MURDER CASE aTip" Johnson Arrested, Given Hearing and Freed in Con nection With Case. MR: JOHN JAYNES DEAD Relatives here have received news of the death of Mr. John Jaynes, which occurred Wednesday of last week at his home in Ivanhoe Texas. Mr. Jaynes formerly lived at Fonta Flora, this county, leaving when he sold his farnr tp the Southern Power Co. He was a good citizen and the news of his death is received with deep regret. He is survived by his wife and several children. The oldest son, Lona Jaynes, was formerly prom inent in the baseball world. Another hearing in the Smith mur der case was held late yesterday af ternoon. At the instance of Alex Smith, grandfather of Uray Smith, the young man who was found dead several week ago with evidence of foul play, "Tip" Johnson, a neighbor of the Smith's, was arrested and giv en a hearing " yesterday afternoon. Esq. Kirksey released Johnson be cause of a lack of evidence. The principal witnesses again were Mrs. Rosalie Collins and Isaiah Smith, aunt and uncle of Uray Smith but their testimony did not amount to much more than a repetition of what thev told at i a formerhearing. Mrs. Collins told of bearing something Mrs Bradshaw, mother-in-law of Johnson, had said, but it had little bearing on the case, and Isaiah Smith said "Tip" told him several wreeks before the boy's death that Uray couldn't do any good and stay at his hou'se Uray Smith made his home with Isaiah Smith and Mrs. Collins. With the release of Johnson the case stands where it stood when Plato Spratt was released at a former hearing. The mystery of Uray Smith's death still remains unsolved. The Ninth District Medical Society will meet here next Wednesday, Oc tober 11th. The sessions will be held in the Amusement Hall at the State Hospital. At least seventy-five doc tors are expected to attend, probably the prominent visitors will be Dr. J. JW Long of Greensboro, president of the btate Medical Association, Dr. ; W. b. Kankm, secretary of the State Board of Health, Dr. L. B. McBray er, in charge of the State's tubercular work at Sanatorium, and others. The Ninth District Society embrac es the counties of , Davidson, Davie, Rowan, Iredell, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell and Burke. Since the meeting last year in Salisbury lnoth the president and secretary have died. Dr. J. W. Ver non was appointed secretary to suc ceed the late Dr. I. M. Tavlor, and Dr. C. M. Van Poole of Salisbury, who is Ninth district councilor, will preside, the presidency being vacant because of the death of Dr. Ramsaur of China Grove. The sessions will convene at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. next Wednesday. Rev. I N. C. Duncan will deliver the invoca tion and Mayor A. C. Avery the ad dress of welcome, to which Dr. C. M. Van Pople will respond. Upon ad journment of the morning session a luncheon will be tendered the visitors by the Burke County Medical Society !at The Caldwell. The following papers are on the program: "X-Ray and High Frequency Cur rents in the Treatment of Malignant and Many Benign Conditions' Dr. W. P. Whittington, of Asheville! "Preventive Surgery" Dr. Harold H. Newman of Salisbury. "Cesarean Section" Dr. Jas. W. Davis of Statesville. "What Is Life?" Dr. C. M. Van Poole- of Salisbury. Paper (subject to be announced) Dr. John McCampbell, of State Hos pital, Morganton. "The Profession's Responsibility in the Prevention of Mental Diseases" BOYS' NIGHT AT MOR GANTON KIWANIS CLUB Young Guests Seemed, to Enjoy Evening of Frolicking With Older Boys. Last Friday night was "Boys' night" at the Kiwanis club. Fathers brought their sons along to the meet ing and other members brought 'Dther boys. It was a great meeting-. The voungsters seemed to enjoy it to the upmost. Practically all of them re sponded when called upon for "speeches" and young Bill Sparks advocacy of Dick Michaux for sheriff was the "hit" of the evening. Ernest Erwin made an appropriate talk to the boys. The following is a list of tne young guests: , Harry L. Rid dle, Jr., Harry L. Wilson, Jr., Win fred Patton, Peyton Greyer, Leon Heilhecker, Carl Hudson, Billy Clay well, Jo Jo Kjellander, George Win ters, Roy Smith, Graham Hoyle, Clarke Erwin, Will Pearson Erwin. J. F. McGimsey, Jr., Hal Walton, Jr., Jule Smith, Paul Boger, Kete Lane, Finley Davis, "Billy Boy" Shuford, Bill Sparks, Fla Whitley, William Harbison, Charles Newton, Robert Phifer, Fred Ross, Jr., W. William Lingle; Jack Starrett, Finley Clarke, Jr., Dick Kibler, Norman Duncan, Joe Warren Greyer, Paul Brinkley, Wil liam Gibson, William Conley JURORS TO FEDERAL COURT The following are Federal court ju rors from this county for the Dis trict Court which resumes its sitting in Salisbury October 23rd: J. A. Waimvright, M. L. Lowman, Abel Carswell and Bratcher Clark. ALIENS NOT FIT FOR CITIZENSHIP BARRED Reduction of Immigration and Stricter Tests Proposed By Congressional Committee STATESVILLE TO HAVE FEDERAL TERM COURT A docket of approximately 300 cases awaits the fall term of the Fed eral court which convenes in States ville on the 16th of October. This is the first time the court has been held there since 1916. LOCAL BRIEFS IN AND AROUND TOWN A1.IPV i i COUNTY FARMER 'ITS BY SLICK SCHEME ni"!,t reports are true, put a county man down for a slick making scheme, says the I ails iews. It is said that a ' farmer, living on one of the ,r"t "'; watermelon patch close to L.V ' -i i. convenient to nassersbv. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS W. P. Crouch to Charles M. Wal ton, lot No. 4 of the Kibler property on East Union street. L. C. Hoyle to Madge Hoyle, 57 nrrps in Lnwpr Fork township. . , n . n n 1 ' 1 Wm Mrnr fn W (T F.rvin lnt n , r J. li. JUSDV OI OailSDUrv. Morganton. i "Our Relations to the State Medi- ' R. L. Huffman to W. C. Ervin, one-: cal Society" Dr. J. W. Long of half acre in town of Morganton. Greensboro. 1 H. M. Walton to Lawrence Crouch, ' "Our Profession Dr. L. B. Mc 1 lot of the Pearson property on , Brayer of Salisbury. ; Green street. , I "Public Health and the Medical John Norman to town of Morgan- : Prof ession" Dr. W. S. Rankin ot ton, 70 acres in Upper Fork township, j Raleigh. P F. Millitran to Mrs. Soohronia 1 "Radium" Dr. H. P. Murphy of Cook, 37 acres in Silver Creek town-j Rutherf ordton. shiD. - l Paner (subject to be announced) A P Smn to VV. H. KlPier. lOt i UT. J. Xi. owuiv.es 01 uanauui j . A A. -M. No. 9 of the Pearson .property onl REVIVAL AT THE GLEN ALPINE M.' E. CHURCH l; a:'. Ivy, 'I', -1 Ml-t; In jand pun UtH, melons got to near pluck i e built a blind close by "o secreted himself: When ;iM travelers in cars came l.'ig the juicy, temotincr mel- ; filing in the sun, and good to U "n quite a number would let k!U' 'etousess get away with their !( "M and proceed to gather in ,, ' - J," -it- melons. The owner would hp xvr T- pot back in the road. when , ?? t f merSe from his blind, with wfT ! . r nfl and demand arrest or leta" '-if" The travelers, not to" be hnw'' y court Prceedings,ovould h " thu-ith. It is said this farmer n ; V. u up a ood sum this sea vtfli'x ,melon Patch, which is re- , "vv.u whg uesi paying po country. frr'',Jlr" !'. loason for cover-tops: A 'tr! vV'u Vlakes m"ch better use of ""an than a poor one. Preachinc: By Rev. J. J. Clark, Assisting the Pastor, Rev. R. C. Goforth. A revival bean Sunday at the-Glen Alpine Methodist church. The preaching is being done by Rev. J. J. Clark, an evangelist, who is assist ing ihe pastor, Rev. R. C. Goforth. The meeting will continue through next Sunday and possibly longer. HAVE A YEAR ROUND GARDEN About 75 kinds of vegetables may be grown in the North Carolina home garden and served fresh every day, reports Mr. C. Matthews of the North Carolina Experiment Station. About 20 vegetables can be planted now which will be ready for use in the late fall and winter- months. Full di rections, about how to have a home garden and a succession of vegetables throughout the year can be found In Extension Circulars 121, 122 and 123, which may be had on application to the editor, Apricultural Extension Service, Raleigh. Short Items of Local and Per sonal Interest Gathered During the Week. Mr. Guy Nelson has a position as clerk at Katz's Busy Store. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Daves moved this week into their beautiful bunga low on Chestnut street which has just been completed. The chapel exercises of the Mor ganton graded schol were conducted Monday morning by Rev.. J. -A. Fry and on Wednesday morning by Rev.' G. P. Abernethy. Mrs. John Medlock and Mrs. Alice Slayden returned Tuesday from. Char- lotte. Mrs. Medlock had her tonsils removed while in Charlotte and is getting along nicely. According to the latest count we have 104 boys and 62 girls in the Main building, and 111 boys and girls at Goodwin hall. There are several more yet to enter. Deaf Carolinian. Dr. and Mrs.' Ralph Kibler and children and Miss Dorrie Lee Wells left Monday for Spartanburg in re sponse to a message telling of the illness of the mother of Mrs. Kibler and Miss Wells, Mrs. W. G.. Walls. Mr. J. C. Miller is having plans perfected for the erection of a hand some new home on the lot he recent ly purchased on West Union street. Work will begin in a few, days. Mr". Miller has sold his old home to Mr. A. M. Kistler. The following Morganton KiwaYi ians attended the presentation of the charter to the. Shelby club at Cleve land Springs hotel last- Thursday night: H. L. Riddle, Dr. E. L. Ed wards, Jerome Rogers, Finley Clark, W. M. Shuford and S. J. Ervin, Jr. Mrs. P. W. Patton left Tuesday for Hot Springs where she will undergo treatment fr rheumatism. Miss. Sadie Patton who is teaching in Charlotte, came home Monday to keep -house while her mother is away. Mrs. Pat ton's many friends trust that she will soon 'be- very much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Lackey received a message last week that their daugh ter, Miss Margaret Lackey, who is in school in Washington, D. C, had had an acute attack of appendicitis and was operated on immediately. Friends will 'be glad to know that she is geting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Berry who have been occupying the Deaton house on West Union street moved this week into the Holloway house on Avery av enue. Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Griffiri mov ed from the Ross house into the Deat on house, Mn and Mrs. Munday mov ed from the Hemphill house into the Ross house and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Av ery will occupy the Hemphill house. Green street. G. P. Cook et al to J. A. Shiflet, 90 acres in Silver Creek township. J. F. Bower to J. M. Poteet, small lot on Sterling street. A." P. Sain to Lloyd E. Webb, lot No. 7 of the W. H. Kibler property. J. M. Dale to Marian Dale, 34 3-4 acres in Silver. Creek township. S. P. Brittain to L. P. Ross, tract of land in Morganton township. J. H. Pearson and other vestrymen of Grace church to J. M. Courtney, Good Shepherd Mission property in Morganton township. R; M. Davis, commissioner, to Mrs. Susan E. Taylor, lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Avery property in the town of Morganton. Western Carolina Power Company to B. M. Chapman, 33.8 acres in Lovelady township. Jacob Mull to W. S. Hoyle, his in terest in 106 acres in Lower Fork township. GEORGIA WOMAN GETS PLACE IN THE SENATE Mrs. Felton Appointed Succes sor to Late Senator Watson Is First Woman Senator. FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS ON OLD SCHEDULES The Southern Railway System is now. operating all .jts freight and pas senger trains on normal schedules and accepting all business' offered, having cleared its lines of all congestion in twelve days after the settlement of according to a statement from IL.W. ! Governor said, declined it because of Miller, vice president in charge of j ill health. operation. The Southern Railway System had an accumulation of 14,126 loaded cars, not moving currently, on September A woman from Georgia won the distinction of being the first of her sex to obtain appointment to the Uni ted States Senate when Mrs. W. H. Felton of Cartersville, Georgia, long known as the "Grand Old Woman of Georgia" was appointed by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick as Senator to succeed the late Thomas E. Watson until the November elections, when a successor will be chosen at the polls. Mrs. Felton is 87 years of age, and has been prominent in State political circles for nearly half a century. Mrs. Felton has accepted the office and in expressing her gratitude for the honor stated that it was going to thrill the nation when the news is conveyed from the Lakes to the Gulf that a woman has been chosen to become a member of the United States Senate. Before tendering the appointment to Mrs. Felton, .Governor Hardwick, through mutual friends, offered the office to Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, widow of Senator Watson, who, tne 18th when the strike of the shopmen was settled," said Mr. Miller. "Some of these were 'frozen' in yards and others were set off on side tracks out on the line. We had rigid embar goes outstanding and a' number of passenger trains had also been discon tinued as an emergency measure. On October 1st, the entire accumulation had been moved and all yards and terminals were functioning normally. All emabrgoes for which the South ern was responsible had been lifted and all passenger trains had been re stored. . i- '"The Southeren is today in a nor mal condition and ready to handle all traffic offered by shippers or connec tions for all destinations, subject only to outsanding. embargoes of connect ing lines." CALDWELL MILL RUNNING. Erroneous reports have been circu lated that the Caldwell Mill is not running. It is junning, as usual, we are requested to statefor the benefit of patrons of the mill. If it costs as much to fight the boll Weevil whether the cotton yields one bale or a third of a bale per acre, what's the answer? Build the soil. THE FOUR COUNTIES FAIR ON IN HICKORY Creditable Exhibits of Poultry, Farm Products, Women's Work, Etc. The Four Counties Fair opened at Hickory . Monday. The opening day was Burke county day, but the at tendance from this county was not so large as had been expected. Mr. J. E. Erwin made an address in the af ternoon and the Hickory Community club presented a short play in which the parts were taken by school chil dren. Perhaps the most interesting exhib it at the fair is the poultry. More than seven hundred birds have been entered and some extra fine poultry stock is. shown. The women's build ing also shows some excellent work. Mrs. CLAYWELL NOTARY PUBLIC Mrs. E. G. Claywell has received her commission as a notary public. She is the'first woman in this county to be appointed to this position. MARRIAGE LICENSES , Charles Martinet and Mary Lou Morrow. Chairman Johnson of the Immi gration committee of the House of Representatives, is urging a reduc tion in quota and stricter tests for incoming aliens. Mr. Johnson has just stated: "The country seems to want complete suspension of immi gration. That is impossible, it seems to me, for we should leave an open ing for the admission of immediate relatives of citizens of the United States and permanently domiciled aliens; for their fathers, mothers and children, but not for their uncles, cousins and aunts." The chairman's ' recommendations are to the effect that the present quota of three per cent of nationals of any country already in the United States, as the number to be admitted in a. year, be reduced to two or even one and one-half per cent. He also advises that authority be provided for the ex clusion of the mentally inferior and emotionally unstable, and wants a stricter physical as well as mental ex amination. To prevent injustice, Mr. Johnson proposes that certain classes, such as students, actors and members of certain professions be admitted be yond the quota number, but for tem porary stay only. ' ". ? TELEPHONES ARE USED AS RADIO RECEIVING SETS Telephones in Everett, Wash., al ready equipped with a device which measures conversation, are to be made into wireless receiving stations through the use of an attachment supplied by the Puget Sound Tele phone Company,, an independent cor poration which serves that city. To hear concerts, news bulletins, and other features thrown onto the air by broadcasting station of Se attle 30 miles away Everett subscrib ers will simply hook their radio re ceiving sets onto the attachment which is known as the radio adapter, and which will fit into the telephone bell box. Expensive aerials and wir ing will not be needed. In addition to supplying the adapt er the telephone company working with the Seattle Radio Association, will mail to its radio subscribers weekly programs of the broadcasting stations and will collect $5 a year to defrav the costs. The Seattle corpora tion hopes to have telephones in all other cities within a radius of 100 miles, equipped with the adapter. The conversation-measuring device, which it is said, is,.not used anywhere else in the world has been operated eight months, and enables the ' com pany to charge for telephone service according to the length of the con versations. When many residents found that the device called the telehcrometer increased their monthlv bills thev protested to the State departmnt of public works, which is to soon hold a hearing to decide whether the af fair, must be abandoned. In the mean time 629 Everett residents have sign pd applications for new telephones to be installed if the machines is given up. Friends f th'e telechrometer say that some of the opposition was caus ed by the fact that it made "listening in" on party lines cost so much for everv minute the telephone receiver is off the hook. MR. AND MRS. McBEE HERE Mr. and Mrs. Silas McBee whose wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Meroney in Mocksville last week, are spending several days in Morgan ton. Mrs. McBee was before her marriage Miss Helen Meroney. Mr. McBee is a son of the late Thomas and Susan Avery McBee. He holds a positive with the State Highway com mission and is located for the present in Greensboro.