YOU WILL BE SATISFIED
That LENOIR la the Best town
in the State when you hare once
tried tiring within her border.
"COME AND 'ABIDE WITH US."
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Volume XVIII
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS)
Lenoir, N. C. Tuesday, June 12. 1917
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MILL FOB LENOIR
A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, Chief Speaker. One
-hundred fifty members enlisted. Fine program
V- Of services. Mayor Lenoir presided, intro
ducing speaker.. Parade was a big
feature. With brass band.
A charter was granted Monday
forhe LENOIR Hosiery Mill, a
$50,000 corporation, organiied
by Mr. Jos. C. Moore of this
place. Dr. Claude Moore of Mor
timer and Mr. P. P. Moore of
Globe.
Bj L. J. Hampton) J their independence, and promul-
Not since ante-bellum days ! Ped the creed tha 'all men are
has Lenoir seen such a patriotic
ABSENTCWLLCIH
demonstration as that of last
Friday afternoon and evening,
when hundreds of people gather
ed for the purpose of launching
formally the local branch of the
Red Cross society. The occasion
recalled vividly to the minds of
gray haired veterans the days
immediately preceding the Civil
War, the only difference being
that "rebel yells" were mingled
just as heartily with the strong
er tones of" the younger men
when the Star Splangled Banner
was played as when the band
struck up Dixie.
Mr. Brooks' Speech
Hon. A. L. Brooks, of Greens
boro, one 'of the state's distin
guished barrists, was the speak
er of the evening. The city
auditorium was filled to its
. capacity to hear the exercises,
many people standing in aisles
and other places of vantage.
The great world war, its issues
and the probable outcome were
some of the matters discussed
by the speaker in the early part
of his address. He declared his
belief that the war was one of
purification; that out of it would
come a cleaner civilization;
larger liberty and a world peace
that would endure. He de
scribed the pledging of 10,000,
uuu American citizens uu j uue
5th as a parallel to the hand
writing on the wall, and declared
that the Kaiser .must have felt
like the famous Biblical char
acter, when he read on the
morning of June 6 how the A
merican people had unqualifiedly
endorsed the action of the Gov
ernment in its stand for the per
petuation of democracy. In this
connection Mr. Brooks stated
that he believed the entering of
the United States spelt defeat
for the Hohenzollerns and the
downfall of the house of Haps
burg. Military Despotism Doomed
"Military despotism," stated
Mr.. Brooks, "and autocracy are
doomed. Mr. Balfour, prime
minister of England, during his
recent visit, to this country and
Canada, some time ago stated
that 'Englandvhas staked W
all on the victory of democracy,
and if democracy is defeated
England is bankrupt.' Out of
a government that several gen
erations ago was looked upon as
despotic, England has evolved
an almost complete democracy,
and today its people are stand
ing for even greater liberties
and more privileges. Russia
has overthrown the Romanoff
dynasty, and today is struggling
in the throes of the birth of
democracy. The entire world Is
1 ookipg forward to the coming of
a time when the people Bhal
v rule." In speaking of the bloody
conflict in , which the United
- States is now engaged.' Mr,
. ' Brooks voiced his belief in the
direction' of God,; stating tha
, out of it would come glory to the
Divine-Ruler of things.
', - "Over ; one 'i hundred . years
aeo. declared ine Bpeaner, our
ana -
free and equal.' Washington
freed three million people; Lin
coln freed ten million slaves;
Woodrow Wilson will .free the
world." At this juncture .the
speaker departed from the prin
cipal theme of his address to
commend to the people the pur
chase of the Liberty Loan bonds.
Tribute to Women
The speaker's -tribute to the
women who are snaring tneir
part of the burdens of the war,
was a brief stretch or oratory
and a conception of their real
worth, seldom heard by an au
dience anywhere. Beginning
with the Crucifixion of Christ he
pictured to his hearers how the
women, ever faithful, had linger-
MivfimcTrRiunvfiTr
in i iiuuiuiLiinuu iuil
it
The last general assembly en
acted a law giving all absent
electors the right to exercise
their voting privilege through
the mails, A .copy of this act
has been forwarded by the State
Board of Elections to Mr. J. C
Seagle, chairman of the county
board of elections, together with
a letter which is printed below.
There are a great number of
Caldwell citizens who are awpy
from home, and want to contin
ue to exercise their voting privi
leges in this countv. who will
take advantage of this opportun
ity. These citizens should get
in touch with Mr. C. E. Rabb,
secretary to the countv board of
ea, and were the only memoers elections ? who nas tbe regfstra
oi tneir Master s nousenoia, woo k5nn yua nnpn nt. -n tm for
witnessed the sufferings on Cal
vary. It was a woman also, de
clared he, who carried the first
news of the Resurrection. In
Grecian and in Roman history
the women played an important
part. It was during the carnage
of the Crimean war that Florence
Nightingale organized a band of
women to care for the wounded
prisoners. This was the incep
tion of what later developed into
the organization on a world ba
sis of the Red Cross society. The
speaker told bis audience that
the burden of tbe war could be
evenly distributed; that those
who stayed at home could do
their "bit."
In concluding bis address the
speaker stated that the thistle
was the emblem of the Red
parties to register by mail. The
letter to the chairman reads:
Mr. J, C. Seagle, Chairman,
County Board of Elections,
Lenoir, N. C,
Dear Sir: I beg to advise you
that in compliance with the act
"to allow absent electors to
vote" the Secretary of State has
forwarded to you a book in
which the names of electors who
expect to be absent at tbe next
primary and general elections
are to be registered.
In consideration of the proba
ble absence of many electors In
consequence of the pending war.
I will thank you to give as much
publicity as possible to this act,
and take note of your duty to
keep your registration book open
at all times for registration ex
cept during the usual registra
IT
GAMP GET HUT
Clyde Suddertb. one of the Le
noir boys at tbe officers' train
ing camp, Fort Oglethorpe,
writes tbe following letter home:
Everything is just fine here.
We have a little town of our
own. There are 2.500 men liv
ing in 45 houses, which are about
20x60 feet in size. There are
about 60 to 70 men living in each
of these houses. There is no
doubt but we have to work. Still
it is enjoyable. We get off Sat
urday at 2:30 o'clock, then we
are free until 10 o'clock' Sunday
night. During this time we can
go sightseeing and enjoy all tbe
beautiful things around here
and this is a beautiful place,
Liast Wednesday we bad a
holiday from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m
This was Decoration day. We
had to march over to the drill
grounds and listen to several
talks, but this was an interesting
ceremony. There were about
7,000 troops or soldiers there
We had three bands. Then there
were about 1,000 cavalrymen. It
is a beautiful thing to see all
these mounted men. In the aft
ernoon we had a baseball game
between the Sixth infantry and
tne officers reserve camp, in
which the latter won 12 to 5
There is always something to do,
P
Gl:
IS IIL.IT.ITSIII
First Period Not up to Expectations. '. Few Ca.
dates Did Their Best. Good Chance for Live
Wire to "Cinch" Maxwell in One Week.
Votes Reduced further After ."' "
June 16th. . . V? -
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The present period of the Au
tomobile and prize campaign will
close June 16th at nine p. m.
During this period those who
have done little to date will have
the chance to place themselves
among the leaders during the
next week, as the . number of
votes given have been only
slightly reduced. Tbe next re
duction will be a larger one and
it is now up to the candidates
who want to be among the prize
winners on July 11th to make a
good showing for this period.
Refer to tbe vote schedule in tbe
ad. today.
The period just closed fell far
short of the expectations of the
Campaign Manager and the av
erage amount or money turned
in by candidates is very low.
Probably this was largely due t
the very bad weather that mark- "
ed the closing day, as all candi
dates interviewed have said t! 1
they had a number of subsec tions
promised that they were
unable to collect. These -candidates
should lose no time sow in -collecting
their promises before
next Saturday. Subscriptions.
will never i again count for as',
much as at present. . ' v
This period will probably de
cide who is really in the cam
paign to win; a candidate who
wants the Maxwell can "cinch"
it by Saturday night
Those who mean business will
not let Opportunity Period slipy
by and leave them behind in .the
race. DO YOU MEAN BUSI
NESS? V :
CATAWBA BOYS ASLEEP
ON TRACK ARE KILLED
Two white boys, Russell
so you see they are making it Seagle, of Conover, and Hoskey
not I told you of the prisoners ai "co" ouu
we have here. There are about Mooney, of Newton, is badly cut
I . !.
400 Germans here at the army on tne race as a result oi an ac
post and it is very interesting to cident at Hickory Saturday after
go around and watch them. They noon when a Carolina and North-
usually give a concert Sunday Western shifting engine bacired
night which consists of music by sora freight cars over the boys
the German band and songs in while they slept on tbe railroad
firman Tk ie ounot.hw haan. track. The accident occurred m
tif ul to listen to, for they can
make excellent music.
"Besides our camp there are
about 5,000 soldiers stationed
here and still more are coming.
They are building barracks for
30,000 more -men to be stationed
here. Then this place will be
a large town within itself, yet
of the city at
as the Sixth
rock will wither; the rose will
ade and the lily will lose its
splendor, but the insignia of the
noble order, the red and white,
borne by the women of the Uni
ted States,"will live forever. As
the speaker spoke the last words
he drew from his pocket a band-
kerchief adorned with the colors
of the national emblem.
Mr. Brooks Introduced
The people of Lenoir believe
they have cause for congratula
tion on their choice of a mayor.
Tne program Friday night was
cars running every half hour and
automobiles run all the timn. If
they ever pay us off I am going a le bein hit b a traiQ
- - mi . i i 3 .
t , j i ne iaas naa no excuse
li. C. REGISTERS
"Friday
has about
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Cross in Scotland, the shamrock
in Ireland; rose In England and tion period. Also note that Chattanooga is just fifteen miles
the lily in France, but, declared those electors who register under away- 1 is a Dlace of about
he, the thistle will die; the sham this act will not be required to P'000 060016 d there are street
- i i -ip t. j
register again.
Most respectfully,
Wilson G. Lamb, Chm
State Board of Elections
my company, which
150 men in it, had a
physical examination. This ex
amination was almost like the
one I had before. I will not
know what they did until about
a week. I hope that I passed it,
The Government's estimate of though I do not know and will
eligibles for the selective draft not know until notified by the
was ly-i.uw, neaaiy six tnousand army doctors nere. mis was a
less than the state registered, very strict examination. If we
Th hntn.l rporiat.rA.finn orivft rlo not nasa T Riirmnan too brill ho
fchA first, rtnhllft mAP.t.incr ainro t.hft I . . .......
. " , . worth Carolina 2uu,032, divided sent home. There is no use
Bieuviuu, jyiayor vy. j. uenuir
presided over the exercises with
ease and dignity, reflecting cre
dit on the municipality of which
he is tbe official head. In intro
ducing the speaker of the even
ing , he told his audience that
they were indeed fortunate in se
curing Mr. Brooks, who, he. sta
ted, was aspeaker of national
reputation as well as one of the
most prominent barristers in the
state,, being at this time ' presi-
forefathers , fought
,won
the western part
what is known
street crossing.
Dewey Pritchard, of Highland,
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a fourth boy, was not injured
and he ran after the accident
Seagle's head was badly crush
ed and Lanes body was almost
severed at the waist. He sur
vived a little more than an hour,
but Seagle's death was almost
instant. Lane was struckby a
train two years ago and his foot
severed and another brother lost
for
sleeping on the tracks, according
to Mooney.. They were simply
whiling away the time, apparent
ly oblivious of .the danger that
threatened. The community
was shocked by the accident, as
it followed a series of tradgedies
on railroad tracks in and around
Hickory in the last few months.
BLOWING ROCK I. .
Messrs. T. H. Coffey, and J.; k
B. Johnson left Friday" for,
Hickory, on business.
Dr. O. L. Moore, of Lenoir, is .
up for a few day days.
Mr. Hal Hayes, and a number ;
of you rig men from Mooresvilie,,
were visiting friends in the til- f
lage Sunday. ; - r
Mr. D. S. Bollinger, left Fri- '
day for Richmond, Va. to visit
his father who is very fll. - i , -
Mr. C. Kelley, of Greensboro,
Is spending a few days with: hs '
sister, Mrs. C. D. Mackey,
Mrs. J. A. Gamewell, of
Spartanburg, S. C, is up for -
thp ftnmmAr . ' :'.'!.
Mr. H. F. Ingle, made a flying '
accompanied by a number oT
young ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, of
Chicago, were guests at the.
Watauca Inn several davs last' .
week. '
Mr. T. I. Holloway, made a
business trip to Lenoir, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Knox, of
Salisbury, arrived last week and. ',
will occupy their cottage near
Green Park. '";! .' . .
Tbe Blowing Rock Transfer
Co. has opened a Garage on main
street, Messrs. J. F. andGrover
Robbins, prODrietors. '
Mr. J. T. Plott and family, of
Greensboro are staying,, at, ttc.
Ingle House, x AT -
NEW DATE FOR
ROAD CONVENTION
Owing to the fact that quite a
as follows: White, 434,699; black troubling, for we either pass or I number of the members of the
69 TELEPHONES PUT RUT
BT
64,706; alien, 560; alien enemies, I we do not
73. Indicated possible exemp
tions 133,614.
The absence of any evidence of
purposeful interference with the
registration was every where re
ported. On report came from
Johnston county that a "preach
er was shooting off his lip" as The forc6S of the local tele
the irreverent expression went. P00ne company have been kept
but the ecclesiastic was not busy since Saturday, getting
their phones and lines repaired
dent'of the State bar association, Lu ,a cu. ' and into service affain'li The
In concluding vls remarks .of Lion30t lmU
ciareaie auaience:, migaii.weu examination was i made,
slogan, "not anegro slaoker in from the country considerable
North, Carolina", worked well damage was done to'.Wheat and
here and here is where it started.
There' was hot one black who did
non not go up use a maa and uapt. Jjoviu of uoone: passed
think that they were Hstenihgto
the future representative of the
west in the United States senate.
Candidacy Not Mentioned
Mr. Brooks did not mention
(Continued on 3rd page)
North Carolina Good Roads As
sociation are also members of the
Press Association, which, meets
at Wrightsville Beach; June 27
to 29th, . it has been decided by
the Good Roads Association to
change the dates for the road
convention to' Monday, Tuesday
day and Wednesday, July . 9, tO
YOUNQ LOFTIN DOTS i&WM H
. :,&riH-:,&';t-i;-ri:yt.:....
Gordon Lof tin, " about .twelve"
years: bldthadvhis leg broken
late yesterday, when he fell from
one' of thewagohs hauling stone
for the street WorkV Orie of , tbe!
wheels passed oyer the boy's left
leg just bolow the hip, brc:
the bones short in two. Y
Lcflla b tbo son ct Pa.t I
Mrs. Bessie Patterson and
daughter, Miss Mildred,, .who
have been staying at the Watau
ga Inn, for several weeks, have
moved to their cottage at "Hid
den Waters."fj '.vv
TheBusy bW Restaurant,,
which has just, been' opened cn
Norths Mate street '.'by Jlir.a
Eunice Holshouser and Marjoi!?
Williams,, Is a very neat and at
tractivd; place,; where you . ri
get all kinds "of good thinss U
iMrlianoTMrsl Ralph Tod J, c:
Lenoir, ' were visiting :.;r.
iTodd's parents," Mr. and Ilu.
II. a Martin, Saturday ar. 1 Ci-
day.
, Miss Essie Ransom, ' cf
bry, i organizing a cor
Boy Gcouts here. -'
; Mr.-and Mrs. ' J. l c
3r.?'ct Concord, . f
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