Glp genoir zvoq.
, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917
Elatters About Town ,
. Mrs, Horace Sisk and little daugh
ter, Miaa Virginia Erwin, left yester
day for Waco to visit Mr. Sisk's peo-
Mr, E, M. HukilL secretary of the
Merchants' Association, left Wednes
day fqr Greensboro to attend a meet
dnt of the State secretaries.
f Mr. C. T. Coffey, who lives in Mat
terry, returned Tuesday from Hay,
-Wash., where he has been visiting his
brother, Mr. H. G. Coffey.
Mrs. Myron Etheridge of States
villa and Mrs. J. H. Day of Yonkers,
'N. Y., are visiting their parents, Gov.
and Mrs. W. C. Newknd, on Mul
lerry street
Mr. L. C. Petrie of the Petrie
Company, High Point, was here yes
terday to confer with Davenport Col
lege authorities about the art work
for the 1918 annual.
Mrs. W. J. Bryant arrived here
Tuesday v from her home at Chase
City, Va., to visit her brother, Mr.
W. J. Moore, and other relatives in
the county. Mrs. Bryant is from the
.Mulberry section fo the county.
Mr. L. T. Smith will leave tomor
tow for Savannah, Ga., to accept a
position with the Atlantic Paper and
Pulp Company. Mr. Smith's family
will join him later and they will
jrobably go to Jacksonville, Fla., to
make their permanent home.
Sergeant Nelson Bryant, stationed,
at Chattanooga, Tenn.', is here on fur
lough visiting his parents, Mr. and
llrs. W. H. Bryant, on Route Four.
Mr James Stuart, United States
consul to Pernambuco, Brazil, who
lias been visiting his cousin, Mrs. J.
H. Beall, left early this week.
i
George H. Bernhardt has been as
signed to the yeoman's department of
"the navy, with rating of second-class
and stationed for the present at tho
naval base. Norfolk. Va. This uro-
suotion is a recognition of his efficient)
service in, training company No. 60,
in which he has been chief of section
and drill master. .
Rev. J. N. Atkins of Foscoe, Wa
tauga county, passed through here
early this week en route to Charles
ton, S. C, to attend the meeting of
the Provincial Synod of Sewanee.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Martin of this
place are also attending this meeting.
There will be preaching at Trinity
Lutheran church, west of Hudson,
Sunday at S o'clock.
APPLICATION FOR MR. MAST
MADE TO STATE HOSPITAL
Clerk .of .the Court W- C. Moore,
Jr., and County Physician L. H. Cof
fey have made application to get Mr.
A.. Munroe Mast into the State Hos
pital for the Insane at Morgantor.
Pending, this, Mr. Mast is being held
by the county authorities.
According to friends of Mr. Mast
he has shown signs of mental dis
order for several years ever since
a long and severe spell of. sickness.
This was not thought very serious,
but since the flood destroyed a good
deal of property and his crop last
year it was noticed that his mental
condition was growing worse. Still
so undue alarm was felt until last
week, when, upon the advice of phy
sicians, he was taken to the homo of
ais brother, Mr. N. L. Mast, in Wa
tauga. 1 Saturday he left his brother's
Xome under the pretext of going to
the postoffice and did not return. A
earch was begun and Monday he
was found in an old shuck pen be
tween Globe and Blowing Rock.
NO OFFICIAL NOTICE HAS
COME TO MR. GWYN
' Mr. Rufus L. Gwyn, local Ford
dealer, has not received any official
notice of the action of Henry Ford
' in discontinuing the manufacture of
pleasure cars and light trucks, as was
-sent out in recent news dispatches.
"The dispatch was sent out from
Washington, D. C, and did not men
tion the date when it would become
: efffntive.
A CORRECTION
An error was unintentionally
Made in the last issue of The News
. when it was said that Mr. and Mrs,
t E. CY Day were among the guests at
, the muaicale given by the Mozart
v:'Slab'' at'1 tho ihome of Mrs. Bobbins
when it should have been Mr. and
; slfrs. E. C. Iveyi
i t MOORE BROTHERS PLACE
' . Xilessrs,: D,',B. Moo? and Laurence
'v-.L.:-- unaEiii a uiv a a ab
jao,ore oi inuioerry vauey were nere
; " v.Ji .ia MtWW;
n,, jvpvviya. fva vmvv4 V ,
f! Ford touring car for Immediate de-
-' "14 n aw " .QA'ma Mm ion " n1aaH
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,v an order for one of tho new Ford de-.
, DOPE - ' :
By The Doper .
Beecher Anderson went eonrtin' a
few evenings 'ago. The longest way
round, which is said to be, the short
est way home, led by Slough franca
graveyard, famous - throughout the
Gamewell section for its weird nightly-noises
and excellent repertoire of
high-class nigger ghosts. As Beecher
and his girl neared this neighborhood
a mournful sound was heard. "What's
that?" said she. Up came the lines
front the . dashboard. ' The horse.
which had been accommodatingly eat
ing rag weeds along the way, rose to
the occasion ' and lunged forward.
Down came the hickory "0" (co
whack), said Beech, "that's just a
scrooch owl" (co-whack). "If you
you do-do-n't (co-whack) be-be-lieve
it's (co-whack) ju-ju-st a li-li-ttle
hoo-o-o-o-t owl (co-whack) course 111
go-go-go and see" (several more co
whacks). They say Beecher has been
courtin' a time or two since, but he's
made it a point to get home by milk
in' time.
t t t
B. Hill.
the people of B. M. was greatly su-
prised last eavening when two lights
apeared in steed of one and they
came to find out that miss annie Lee
palmer had some denti work done
Lenoir is getting behind as miss an
nie Lee smiles rain or shine, miss
annie Lee is also predicten for a ruff
winter she said thire would be as
many snows as thire was foggy morn
ings, in novenber she said thire was
31 so far we wonder how many more
thire will be
t t t
Yes, we're going.; in fact, by the'
time this appears in print we will
have been flown already. Many of
our friends expressed a desire to
know just why the doper, right in
the midst of a highly satisfactory
literary career, should separate so
suddenly his charming personality
from the community, thereby leaving
several thousand admiring dope read
ers high and dry, as it were. As the
matter was somewhat of a delicate
nature we hesitated in divulging our
reasons. However, after presenting
the situation clearly to a full quorum
at a called meeting of the Heim Hoke
Club it was unanimously decided that
the doper publish his reasons in full
for suddenly and without due notice
severing diplomatic relations with the
good citizens of Lenoir. It .looked
as' if we just couldn't refuse the de
mands of the dear club members; be
sides, there was Bickett; did not he
make public his reasons for the Walk
er commutation? If the Governor
be allowed to print his "Reasons" is
there any giod cause why we should
withhold ours? We thought not
hence
"Rmmdi"
We're nutty. Really and truly the
doper is dippy. He is slightly crack
ed, deranged, demented and more or
less irrational. We suffer and have
suffered consistently with a persist
ent morbid condition of the mind due
to a too close application to the art
of "dope writing." For two years
now we have been engaged in this
business Bteady and, "mirabole dictu"
(see Latin) we have become notice
ably weak-minded our massive
brain has at last collapsed from over
work. We feel ourselves slipping
inroads of some dire disease, perhaps.
In other words, two years' doping has
brought on US' an acute attack of
brain exhaustion. We feel a sad de
ficiency of volitional as well as ra
tional control. We seem to glow
with an excessive activity of fantasy
that P. A. shouldn't be 13c; that Joe
Spainhour ought to volunteer, and
the like. Then, again of course it's
only a mental hallucination or per
haps an auditorial delusion ever and
anon on the streets we seem to hear
Mark Squires say, kinder quiet like,
"Howl you 'ave yer eggs?" Also,
besides, we tried for credit at the
Jew store as well as the junk, which
certainly showed a derangement of
some kind if not derangement, then
surely perverted action, to say noth
ing of bum discretion. Of course it's
not true, but several times . lately
we've heard Ed Allen say: "Yeah,
'at'll all right, Bill twenty or thirty
bucks overdraft; sure, that's what the
bank's for to accommodate its cus
tomers.'' And only just the other day
we had Editor May all pictured out
sitting at his desk payin' his bills all
day on the first of the month, and
line or two o"f our club members keep
in' a piece of scandal twenty-four
hours. Probably the thing, though,
which brought us to a sense of our
unsenseness and caused us to prepare
immediately to effervesce elsewhere
rapidly was that after lookin' at Pat
Lof tin's feet for two hours we got
to thinking, about how small they was
and how jealous Cinderella w'd be
if she could see them. That was just
a Tittle tod much, conslderin' as how
we was already putting up with, a
awful roarin' in pur head hlch ;we
imagined all the time was either rain
on Buffalo or artillery at another mil
itary weddln. ' -"' '
Most Crazy folks don't get on to
the fact they're crazy; but' the doper
is wise and. the truth dawned. ", Uncls
Pink. Healan got on to it that 'we
was goin' away for a week or two to
some institution, so he hunted us up
and recommended his. place, but we
declined his invitation, feeling' that
Hon Sudderth si a co-inmate would
not be near so conducive to a speedy
restoration as a mors tranquilly quiet
place ' in Charlotte, perhaps. 4 The
parting gives as pain; still, under the'
circumstances, we feel that It is best.
Writin' this piece has been an awful
strain on our feeble mind, so we cra
sily conclude by beseeching the Bed
Crossers to reinstate us as official
piano player at the picture show on
Red Cross nights just as soon as we
come back into our head also at
that time we hope the good as well
as the bad folks in Lenoir will allow
us to drop back in the same niche
out of which we feebly, forcibly, but
maybe temporarily, felL
ANOTHER POEM from
A BATTERY E BOY
Editor Lenoir News: ,
I am sending you an item which
you will please publish in your paper:
ONLY A VOLUNTEER
Why dkln't I wait to be drafted,
And be led to the train by a band,
And put in a claim for exemption?
And why did I hold up my hand?
Why didn't I wait for the banquet?
Why didn't I wait to be cheered?
For the drafted men get the credit,
While I merely volunteered.
Nobody gave me a banquet,
And nobody said a kind word.
The grind of the wheels of the engine
Was all the good-bye I heard.
Then off to the camp I was hustled,
To be trained for the next half a
year,
And then in the shuffle forgotten
I was only a volunteer.
And maybe some day in the future
When my little boy sits on my
knee 1
And asks what I did in the conflict,
And his little eyes look up to me,
I will have to look back as I , am
blushing
To the eyes that so trustingly peer
And tell, him I missed being drafted;
I was only a volunteer.
PRIVATE EDGAR E. HOKE.
113 F. A., Camp Sevier.
BAPTISTS EXPRESS REGRET
AT MR. CADE'S RESIGNATION
The following resolution, express
ing regret at Mr. Cade's resignation
and wishing him future success, was
adopted at the services Sunday even
ing at the Baptist church:
"We. the members and congrega
tion of the First Baptist church of
Lenoir, N. C, do hereby express our
earnest and sincere regret at the res
ignation of our pastor and friend,
Rev. Baylus Cade. His great ability,
deep piety and earnest conservation,
coupled with his kindness of heart,
his sympathetic nature and his fine
social qualities, have endeared him to
us to that degree that we feel we
have lost a great and good friend,
and we shall not be able to fill his
place as pastor and friend. We have
been made the better by his stay with
us and we wish for him much useful
ness and -happiness in life. He will
ever have a warm place in our hearts
and affections.
"Also that a copy of this be given
to the Topic and The News and the
Biblical Recorder for publication."
ALF JONES FOUND DEAD
. NEAR BEACH FORD
Alvin Jones was born in this coun
ty somewhere near where he was
found, near Beach ford. He left this
county somewhere in the 80's, in the
prime of life. He was robust and
healthy and was almost a physical
giant, as several people of Lenoir
older than myself can well remem
ber, both white and colored. He went
west. Railroad and hard labor was
his vocation in life. He lost his health
some years ago and had mfide his
home in Chicago for over twelve
years. Realizing his condition, I sup
pose, the thought arose in his mind,
"How dear to this heart are the
scenes of my child," and about two
years ago, for the first time in nine
teen years, John P. Jones, my father-in-law,
his brother, received letters
from him saying he wanted to come
home, and we all were glad to know
he wanted to come back to "old
Dixie Land again," and we made up
the required amount for transporta
tion from the "City of the Wind" to
Lenoir.and he arrived here Christmas
eve, 1916. It, was not at all neces
sary that he should come to his' death
as he did, for there' were as many
as three places in Lenoir he could
have' called home, and he would have
fared as any member of either fam
ily, even ever so humble. I persist
ently insisted on him baking his home
with me, and equally as many places
in the country (Laytown), where he
had started, were always loyal to him.
J. N. HORTON.
Mr. W. E. Shipley and Mr. C. D.
Taylor of Valle Crucis passed through
here yesterday en route to Statesville
and Charlotte.
That pound of" wheat flour YOU
save every week will weigh very heav
ily on the kaiser's mind.
MEMBERS EXEMPTION BOARDS
ARE TO RECEIVE $1 PER HOUR
The government has decided to
pay members of exemption boards
under the second army draft. The
pay- will be at the rate of $1 pei
hour, not to exceed $8 per day, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Greensboro Daily News. ..
Rumors to the effect-that . draft
board members will receive the grade
and pay of first lieutenants in the
army is erroneous. They will not
only not receive commissions, but
their pay will not equal that of a first
lieutenant, which is $2,000 per an
num. If the exemption boards were to
continue in operation throughout the
entire year the pay of the members
shall be approximately $2,000 a year.
As it is it will amount to only about
1,000 a year.
Announcement of the pay scale
for members of the boards will not
be made until the provost marshal
general issues orders for the calling
of the second draft, which will be in
January or February, since the sec
ond draft will probably be called in J
March. In fact, the government is
not ready to admit ,as yet that ex
emption boards hereafter carry pay,
but it has already decided upon the
policy and the official announcement
will be forthcoming in due time.
HUDSON BETTERMENT '
ASSOCIATION NOTES
i The following announcement has
been posted for a box uupper and
"candy walk" at the trraded school
building:
"Ye old-time box supper, Hudson
graded school, Nov. 17, 1917, 7:30
pjn.
The boys are few,
But boxes many,
So do your bit
And buy a plenty."
The proceeds from the supper will
be added to our curtain fund.
The association will meet with Mrs.
B. B. Hayes next Saturday afternoon,
Nov. 17, at 2:30.
We hope to have with us Mrs. W.
H. Sherrill of Lenoir, president of
the county association.
NOTICE TO CARPENTERS
North Carolina carpenters thinking
of spending the winter in points
south will do well to investigate the
labor supply, for Jacksonville, Fla.,
reports a surplus of house carpenters
to Commissioner of Labor M. L. Ship
man, who hadnt asked, but is glad
to pass along the information, says
the Raleigh Times.
Agents of the Federal government
appear to be watching the labor de
mand in order to see that it is over
supplied in as few places as possible.
LATE REPORTS PERSIST
IN KERENSKY'S TRIUMPH
London, Nov. 14. The Finnish
Telegram Bureau says the whole of
RuBsia, except a small part of Petro
grad is now in the hands of the pro
visional government.
Premier Kerensky is now in Petro
grad and has taken virtually the en
tire control of the city.
According to these advices, which
were received in a cable filed at
Stockholm at 4 o'clock yesterday af
ternoon, Premier Kerensky's forces
won the battle of TsarkoeSelo. The
Cossacks are reported to have de
stroyed the Red Guard. The tele
graph lines are now in control of the
provisional government.
For the last three days reports
have been coming in from Scandina
vian sources of the defeat of the bol
sheviki, but they have been contra
dicted by wireless dispatches. This
is the first time that an account has
been, received of a battle of Tsarkoe
Selo, a Kerensky victory having been
reported twice and a bolsheviki vic
tory once.
Another Report
Stockholm, Nov. 14. Premier Ke
rensky has efltered Petrograd, ac
cording to a dispatch received from
the correspondent of the Swedish
news agency on the Russian border.
A majority of the Maximalist sol
diers have gone over to the Kerensky
forces.
ATTEMPT OF LENINE TO
FORM A CABINET FAILED
A Reuter dispatch from Stockholm
says that travelers arriving on the
frontier from Russia report that the
attempt of Nikolai Lenine to form
a cabinet in Petrograd failed; that
the foreign office officials refused to
accept Leon Trotsky as foreign min
ister and that in Moscow another gov
ernment has been proclaimed and it
is feared that there would be much
bloodshed.
In Finland, the travelers are re
ported as saying, the situation is des
perate. Anarchy is on the increase
and acts of violence and" even murder
committed on the streets by the max
imalists are a frequent occurrence.
If you think it better to whip Ger
many in Europe, rather than fight her
here, help ,feed our allies and keep
them in the fight Sign tup as a mem
ber of the food administration.
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FIGS, DATES, SEEDED RAISINS, CITRON, ORANGE 4
PEEL AND LEMON PEEL
All kinds of Nuts, both shelled and in shells; prepared
Cocoanut, etc.
Our fruits and nuts are all
guaranteed to be fresh
WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR MAKING YOUR
THANKSGIVING CAKES
Better still, give us your order and let us make your
cakes for you. Save time and worry.
BRANNON'S
ICO Per Cent Sunshine Bakery
W. C. BRANNON, Proprietor.
We'll Pay You $1.00
For Your OLdVoUNTAIN PEN for a Short Time Only
Provided You Buy a
CROCKER
INK-TITE SELF-FILLlNG FOUNTAIN PEN
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(Only One Old Pen Taken in Exchange for Each
New Pen Purchased)
This unusual offer is one of our original methods of advertis
ing the CROCKER, the most satisfactory self -filling pen made.
We make a big sacrifice, for the old pens are frequently
worthless, but the splendid things you say about the Crocker
Pen induces many others to buy it, so although we lose at the
start we gain at the finish.
The pens we offer are genuine Crocker Ink-Tite Pens worth
the full retail price. It is simply impossible to buy a better
fountain pen anywhere.
EXCHANGE YOUR OLD PEN NOW. DON'T WAIT.
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LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA
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IF YOU WANT a good gun, no mat
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town of Hudson, close to postpffice,
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Frank F. Smith, Hudson, N. C.
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NOTICE, HUNTERS In addition to
bicycles and repairs I now keep
guns and shells, and will save you
money on them. Frank F. Smith,
Hudson, N. C. 43-3t
WANTED Hickory logs and lum
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before you sell, as we pay a higher
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Write us what you have. The Clay
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EYE SPECIALIST
LENOIR, N. C,
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