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Tine Stanly News eraM The Albemarle News Established in 1880. The Stanly County Herald Established in 1919 Thirty-Ninth Year. Albemarle, N. C, Friday, February 6, 1920. $2.00 Per Year in Advance i. SMITHS LEAVEN (MACON H. EHRITS TOWN OF NORWOOD ; DANGEROUS COLLAPSE 'BRIEF ITEMS OF ALEXANDER CONVICTED BEGINNING TO VORK1 ML WEDNESDAY- PLANNING B!0 TIGS' !N FOREIGN EXCHANGE GENERAL NEWS JURY FROM ROWAN ! - Jj. M. Boyelt Sends Check for $10.00 F. E. Starnes Will j pave SOOFeet. Other Sub- j Ir our last issue we carried a let-i r written by Mr. Chas. A. Smith I Lf this place. "?ard to u side-j talk from the end of the paved etTct; 0 the Albemarle Normal. In that j letter, which Mr. Smith addressed to j le News-Herald, he agreed to pave t I'.is own expense the side-walk in or.t of his own property and he en-, osed a check for $25. to help rav-1 ng the remainder of the side walk. ! ell, f.s we have always known, one , ,od public spirited act prompts oth- j s to follow, so today we received ;e following letter: February 5th, 1020. r. A. C. Huneycutt, liter of the News-Herald, hbrma'-le, N. C. ear Pir: I road with interest the commvmi atimi of Mr. Chas. Smith and it i3 , . IU 4. (1 men of the town taking hold of , lie proposition of putting down pave- . i - 1 1 h!cnt so mat me college g:ns may :ive a decent walk-way. My prop- rtv would not be benefited by tms, i I now have pavement, but never- heless, I am interested in the other, ,!low and hereto attached you wiI1 id mv check for ten ($10.00) dol- ;rs to be used in this work. I hope that you will be success- ul. Yours truly, J. M. BOYETT. .After receiving the above letter we (nr-roached Col. K. E. Starnes, who wps vacant lota fronting on the vrr't to the Norm- 1 between I. II. I 'dci-wood's home r ' h Presby- ! rim manse. We nskn1 CM. Starnes nether or not hp would do nnythlng in this cord work and he answered hat he would rave this 300 or more V'et in front of his property at his vn expense, we have not been able ce Mr. Underwood, but we think he will pave the side-walk in front it hi i property. If so, this will mean iat we have cash in hand for pav- Iiir about two thirds of the side walk botween the present paving and the!11"1 "l!- "ul"e neie Mbomarle Normal, when we consider I on Wednesday afternoon at t . - hat thee property owners have 0 cloc'k. belnZ conducted by Ilev. K. S. cvcv l to pave in front of their Howie, pastor of thp Central Metho onv.s. idist Church, ns.-isted by Rev. V. (". Wl!! f-ome other mm who anpreci-1 Ri'enhour, pastor of the First Luth c t:,v" Albemarle Normal & Indus- j pran Church. Although restrictions ia! Institute and wants to see that ' nave hecn n'a(il' as to the eor,pvt.c;at-!t.-! given the consideration it is ' nff of crowds, there was quite a rep- t!:'c'(l to have, c"me along with an-' resentative body of the business men M,er !rood sized subscrintion'' Vn i tne town, with their wives, in at- fhnll hold your check until we get fnough to finish the work. i HOOVER FO!? PRESIDENT SENTIMENT OF DURHAM Durham, Feb. 4. The New York j MrM, on Monday morning publish M a telegram from Durham, sierned fly Robert Hackney, secretary, stat ing that "Hoover for President Club" f ad been organized in this city. Mr. (Iackney was seen this morning and I sked concerning this club. He said ! he announcement was a little pre- j ious, and that such an organization 1 f as not in existence yet, but a nam-' f er cf voters had talked the matter 1 I 'Ver and a club would ho fnm od ATr. ! ilackr.ey thought there would be r.o ' -cubic -'n getting up a large club lere. Within a few davs siens wi'l e taken looking to an nvsraiizntinn I Burhnm, and since the own dec- arat'on of Governor T. W. Bickett t is be'loved that te Hoove- senti-'the went v. ill crvstnlivo MniHKr ! The funerai of .1. M Pprrv whi was electrocuted Monday afternoon it the Virginia-Csrolina Chemical wi; nr-y's plant, below East Durham, 1 "s neia this afternoon at 3 o'clock, t the homo rw'..A- - - v.. j.iivei dvt-'iu; , t ill'- "ucted .by rcv H c Smith, pastor 0 , e Carr Methodist church, assist- nev- H. F. Brinson, pastor of ast Durham Baptist church. ,iae county commissioners have ori.ered that the Fish Dam road, ere the paving if left off, some from tho .it, 1. . 1 i . i cj i " -".'i uc i.avcu iu trie -y limits. This work is to begin ' eWte'V!!tely- Miss Julia Hesse was j Elected court ct , of Sin "Kiapner, ai a cosi succJrf mT day when elr'Ployed, to . !. a. w. bummers, resign-! Dp j tt p i inspector ' p.per?on raeat nd mlk milk cert-fi issuine reat many nw thev theSe days- Just n on mostly to persons who i to sell tr,. 7 s' whlch desire ! are .ii Z:. .J"'?5 mvk' which thry are allowp-i T. "iiiK, wnicn tnry "vi aeiiver it "v . Was Conducted at his Home by Rev. Howie, and Rev. Ri- denhour Beautiful Flor- The following: account of the death sn(j funeral was written bv W. L. M Albemarle correspondent to , . n ... ... . '" Albemarle. Feb. 3. Macon II. Efird. a p,ominer,t citizen and manat-er of rfird Dn- Goods company, died at his horre here th;, n-l0rrirnf,- from pnPU. monina follovine- an attack rf influ- en7a which he contracted in New Y(,rk city a week ago. jjr r jvj v,-as ;n ,-ew York on bus- int.s aritj was taken wjtn tv,e influ. en.za in the early part of last week but clid not reach home until Thurs day. He became desperately ill a"d on Saturday pneumonia developed and no hope had been entertained for his recovery since Sunday. Definite arrangements for the funeral have not been announced except that it will be he!d sometime Wednesday, per- liaps in the afternoon r. Mr. Efird was 30 years old and had been twice married, first to Miss Myrtle Dry, of this place, and then to Miss Mary Lentz, of Norwood, his latter marriage having taken place in August, 1918. To his first raar- . naRe two children were born Robert and Louise, and these together vi his wife, Mrs. Mary Lentz Efird, sur vive. He was a member of the Efird family of Stanly county, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Efird, both of whom survive, and a nephew of Senator J. S. Efird, prominent cotton mill man, of Albemarle. One brother, B.iird Efird, and four sister, Mrs. A. C. Huneycutt, Miss Carrie Efird a::J Miss Bertha Efird, all cf Albemarle, and Mrs. Finch Morgan, of Shelby, survive. Mr. Efird was cor.-ic'.er?d one of the leading business men cf the city and was closely identified with church work, having been a steward in the Methodist church here for a number of years, and his sud den taking off has cast a gloom ov er the entire city. ! Funeral. The funeral services of Macon II. rr r. i i.tj e .1. 1 i tendance upon the services. Out of respect for Mr. Efird and his fam ily, the business men of the town (closed their places of business during itne funera' hour- lne Stewards of ! the Methodist Church were Honorary PaH Bearers, while the active pall bearers were Messrs. A. L. Heath, 1. C. Rivers, T. S. Parker, F. V. Wat kins, C. R. Shankle, and Wilcox Brightwell. The floral tribute was one of the most beautiful ever seen in Albe- i marie, the one given by the Central Methodist Church deserving special , mention. Several out of town peo-1 P,e attended the funeral ceremonies, among them being Mr. C. A. Lentz, of Norwood, father of Mrs. Mary Lentz Efird, and Mi;s Bertha Efird, v. - ho is a student at the Greensboro College for Women. The sympathy of the people of the town and county goes out for the i widow, the two little children, and family. Mr. Efird had been mar- ried the last time for only about 18 months, and he and his young wife were living happily in their lovely home on First Street when the awful crash came. The two children by the tormer marriage are yet below tneir ff.nrc tnA nil thpso r irr lim fatft nrps P"ft ', - ' ' to make the untimely taking off of Mr. Efird all the more sad. The 'family of Mr. bhrd is one ot tile most ' prominent in the county, as is the ! family of the young widow, Mrs. ; Efird, and for this reason a large number of the people of the entire innntv oi mno t r o-riovA nn a All n t .. - B' - " f the death of this young man who was only 36 years old. Asheville, Feb. 4. Answering a general call sent out for help, 60 nur ses from umtea states army general hospital 19 at Oteen, near here, have been sent to Chicago to assist in the influer' work there. Although Oteen is said to be the largest hospital far tubercular patients in the world, tbere there ere practically vo eases of m- "" - .. .....c, qr.Erprtired against the city. Building & Loan Association Or- pa nlzed Crick ?.!K! and Cot- ten Factory Talked Other Norwood, Feb. 5. Mrs. Eric Cut. chin had a vK.ioni attack of bronchil :reamoriia Tuesday ni-ht. Dr. Hath tock, the physician in charge, did not think she would live until morning, but by skillful medical attention she is now el the way to recovery, if there are no co:v. plications. Norwood has recently organized an ( nthusia.-.ic buiiding and loan associa tion witn cnarles ti. Crawley as president, J. II. Norwood, vice presi dent. This is decidedly a forward move fr our town. Several new enterprises are being planned for Norw ood. The new brick company is about to complete their plans, another on is being organized, possibly a larger one than the one now in business. The promoters are from the North and are said to be men of considerable financial means and Norwood extends to them a hearty welcome. In addition to these, a new cotton mill is being talked of for an early addition to Norwood's busi ness enterprises. There have been r.o official statements made but the report seems to be well founded and the people here are hopeful that be fore the end of the present year one of the largest mills in this section will be under construction right here in this thriving little city. The First Baptist Church here is getting a move on itself under the pastorate of Rev. C. J. Black. The Recorder w:U be put in the home of every member of the church, regard less of financial means. The idea is to put the Recorder on the church budget anil in this way it will go in every Baptist home in Norwood. Since Rev. Mr. Black took charge of the work here about a year ago the mem bership of this church has grown ap proximately fifty per cent. The church is arranging to install a heat ing plant and has purchased a new piano which will be in use in the church in a week or so. Rev. Earl Irwin, pastor of the Meth odist church has been rather sick during the past week. Dr. J. I. Camp bell has also been on the sick list but is now able to be out again we are glad to note. We are glad to say that Mr. Geo. T. Dunlap is still improving. We ex-, pect him to be on our streets again ! soon. The Norwood Mfg. Co., gave their; help another raise last week. Their j bonus is now $1. We are glad to say : that the most friendly relationship exists between the offices and opera-' tives of this enterprising business concern. So far the "Flu" has touched this; town lightly. No one is having it a second time, only a few children have been affected by it. W. A. Hough, Esq., is arranging to install an acetylene lighting system in his home. MR. BURLESON WRITES ON MILITARY TRAINING Well, what wiil the old farmer do when they get that bill th'.-ough mak ing it compulsory for all the boys be tween eighteen and twenty-one to take military' training. We are forc ed to send them to school six month.-' in the year up to fourteen and then to the training camps for three yea"? By this you can see the old man will be required to do all the work him self. There is going to come a time when somebody is going to want bread and none to be had. If p boy is ever worth anything to his rarer?. .. tVcse i"?-. th?t will be required to take military training. Food is scntc-e now, tut just wait a few more years and you can talk about food stuff being "sc-sree. Those high wages that the cities are paying is drawing our yourg men from the farms by the thousands and a lot of older ones all so. And if this is kept up for just a" short time, there will be r.oth 'ir.rj left o- the ferns except the old worn out men and women to till the soil. We need our young manhood and can't do without it on the farm otiH if thev are drawn awav with high waces what will be the result you all can think for yourselves. Instead of giving our boys military training the government ought to pass a compul sory farm training instead of train ing" our boys to kill. Train them how to make bread to save the lives of the starving millions. Some will put ur this argument that military train ing will deve'cT stro-g. robust, i. -..ny T-p-.. ',V-.-t ti-. "s Mcst Serious Disturbance of Year cn Stock Exchange and In Commodity " Markets NV.v York, ere.;--; coli::' Feb. 4 The r-.ost dm the histc of the foreign exchange rrrvKet 'n New Yrvk, a r-.-r cw r.'-.te fa- demand Joans, time fun:!.-! redua.l to th- van-i--J-.inf poir.t and further withdrawal of government denosits. ?u'.'."rr;ari;:e today's disturbances on the sicrlc o- char.ge end the leiidintr eo:nma.!:tv j markets. I Demand sterling fell to $5.1 ft, a dc i cline of 11 cents fro;r yes'erday's ! j'.v I srd 31 certs under :ast we final quotation. Translated into the Arser I iran dollar, the pound sterling shv.v- cd Ins- of cnns.iilorr.bly mors tl an S3 per cent from norma! or pre war price of s .s; 5-8. French, Belgian r.nd Italian re mittrr.cs at ncv-" lew rjuotnti.jrs of l'UfJ. 1 IS2 and 1').10 ' respectively were at discounts r :teling f.-om S to 77 per cent of t'nier normal quota tion of 5. IS 1-R to the dollar. Counter movements which reflected these loc.il conditions included n.'W high preminums for bar gMd and sil ver i.i the London market and a high er quotation lor New York exchange at Canadian points. Barkers and international financial ir.tere-ts as a v.ho'c declined to dis aiss the more ominous aspects of the inttn-.r.tional credit situation but rcemcd hopeful that the several gov c rmtr.tal investigations now under way might Le productive of early results. In the stock market the movement v -i one of almost continuous decline, leaders sustaining extreme losses of 2 to 17 points with a few unimport ant rallies in the later dealings. Especial features of weakness in cluded General Motors, Stutz, Stude b.'ker, Chandler and Pierce Arrow, Mexi'-an and Pan-American Petrole eums, Texas Company, Middle States Oil, Crucible, Republic, Bethlehem and Gulf States Steels, Baldwin Lo comotive, Worthington Pumps, Am erican Woolen, American Tobacco, Sumatra Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco Associated Drygoods and the various shipping and food shares. Bonds of all descriptions paid toll j to the day's reversal, several of the ; liberty issues, both victory notes and a few of the international war rlo'.a ! tions establishing new low records on a turnover (par value) of 22,730, 000. I.uilding and Loan Associations Reports of last year's Building and I.Tn operations being received by the .V-rui Carolina Insurance Commis ; ioner make a fine impression re garding their value. One Association alone during the past year built 232 dwellings besides making stock loans to members. On stocks they loaned $15,000 and on mortgages $330,000. "During its entire existence this As sociation has never lost a cent" said Commissioner Young. "And from all the reports on file in this department there can be no question but that these Building & Loan Associations are doing a great business" and they are adding materially to the indus trial progress seen on every hand." A recent report shows one Asso ciation last year made net profits of "14,002.87, and paid off two series th t matured amounting to $47,767.- r. tu:-t iv. er. they know nothing of how to produce something to sub sist upon ? If a fellow is an active f".:n i-T.nd. will get all the necd c.' i r.isc tlv.t he needs to develop him into s'rz::s manhood. Thr.t is why we are facing su-h enormous h'gh prices trdry is because there is rot enough of people taking this ex ercise in the corn Meld. There are too few in the corn field ar.d too many in the eiTy. Just go to the city ar.d take a peep ar.d see how many young rren you can see standing around onthe streets with cars pack e 1 j.Jong the curban End with tags on their machines for hire and a goodly number cf others in the back. With a few old plugs that ought to be taken out to the bone yard and these fellows are allowed to stay around in these back lots watching for some old farmer to drive up to relieve him of some of his hard earned cash and a good mule or horse. We need sojne compulsory laws, but not to take our boys from the farm, but to put a lot of folks to work that are idling iV.ejr time aw-,v and the working man having to feed them ju.-t the same. J". C. BURLESON Digest of Happenings of the Wee!;, Gleaned from the Columns of our Wa'ce Forest, Feb. -I. Three intcr eM!e;':ate deWes have been arr;.r. c.I for Wr.ke Forest this spring by the clcb:-.te coup.'.-il. One will be with Col gate ur.lverrity, of Hamilton, N. Y., an', a duai debate has b'n scheduled with Baylor university, of Wi'co. Tex. The dual debate with Baylor, ar i.i"''eiv.tnt; fr.r win-rh have ju t bee.i ct!- .l. ted, consists of a for : ir.t-ct irsf.vecn two team-5 from each :n?-li-tv.tion on he san-.e ni'At. On" debate will be lor ar1 the otl er Wake Forest. Ti e same ouerv wi'l -.ted each place. Y'il:e I. est at one place '. 'finding the nega tive side r.nd at the ether the siTirmr. tivr. There is con. i.lerr ble rivalry be t'v;n Baylor and Wake Forest in the forensic field. Three series of de bases have ahendy been licM, each .-(rir-s consisting of three d'br.t?s in three consecutive years. Wake For est has wop. two of the three series. The debate with Colgate ur.ivers:ty will be held in Washington, D. C, on thy eve of the meeting of the South ern Bapti.t convention in that place. The query will be on the labor ques tion. The preliminary contents to deter mine the debates who will represent Wake Forest will be h'.d February 27 and 2S. The query to be debated at these contests is, "Resolved, That labor through representation of its own choice shou'd have a voice in the management of industry." Kuthcrfordtcir, Fib. 4. The West ern Union Telegraph oliioe was rob bed of 17 last Friday night. The robbers entered from the back door and prized the rash drawer open. A 22-year old negro who si'ys that i'.is name is Robert L. Davis was ar rested here Friday and placed in jail. He claimed to be a government em ploye taking census and selling in surance to the negroes. lie sold sev eial policies in this county before he was arrested. lie told each family that if they had no life insurance and did not take any they would be compelled to pay a heavy fine. He ollected a premium of f.:. .10 and told the insured that the government would pay them SiO.OdO in si:; years. V.2 had several receipts in his pocket where he had written several policie.-.. Washington, Feb. 4. Additional ar.ti -sedition le'.:islatio.". simpie in character and guarding the guaran tees of the bill of rights but cover ing the "hiatus in present statutory laws" was urged by Attorney Gener al Palmer today before the house ju diciary committee. Upholding the right of free speech and constructive criticism the attor ney general protested against pend ing measures which he said were "too drastic and far reaching and so searching that they overreach their purposes." Mote harm than good would come from repressive legisla tion, he added. "But there is no existing statute adequate to meet the present situa tion," Mr. Palmer told the commit tee. "There is a condition of revol utionary intent in the country on the part of both aliens and citizens which is .-ufiiriently widespread to merit se rious consideration of Congress. This revolutionary intent is manifested chiefly by threat.-? both written and spoken by persons who would injure, destroy or overthrow the government, bv rhysicr.l force or violence." Oak Ridge, Feb. 4. The first case of influenza m: to its appearance among the students cf Oak Ridge in stitute last Saturday. To date there have been ca ;es, all mild. No stu dent who l.a-1 a typical case a year ago has, so fr, developed it. School has not suspended although many boys have gone home. There is no influenza in the neighborhood. Paris, Feb. 4. Commenting upon the letter of Viscount Grey, British ambassador to the United States, ti the London Times with regard to the American position on the peace treaty the Echo de Paris says: "The allies are abandoning Presi dent Wilson." The newspaper adds that Viscount Grey succeeded in persuading Pre mier Lloyd George, of Great Britain and former Premier Clemenceau to adopt his viewpoint vrhen in Paris some week? ceo ar.d the letter to the Times will, it asserts, rrcbr.bly be fo'lrwe-i hy a- '-',!",:n! rrte V" t1" To Pass Sentence Todav-Trag- edy Occurs at Presbyterian Orphanage at Karium .springs f tattsville, Feb. 4. The jury in the case of E l Alexander, charged with the murder of James C. Rayle, was feiven the case this afternoon at 10 l iiauirs after G o'clock and after 45 minutes deliberation returned a ver dict of murder in the first degree. Cor.it will convene in the morning at !':::0 oVKitk, which time Judge llhav,' w ill pass sentence on the pris or.er. Alexander was calm when the j .ry's verdict was announced and showed no sign- of eiv.jtion. The jury, which is composed of the lest of Rowan county's citizenship, was discharged wilh the thanks of the court and the members left tonight for their homes in Salisbury and sur rounding country. This case has been ably represented on both sides, the best local legal tal ent being employed in both the pros ecution and the defense. ! Today was taken up with the argu ment, and the legal battle engaged in showed that the Iredell bar is among the ablest to be found in the state. The fight was on the question of the sanity of the prisoner, the defense of ' fering testimony of an expert to cor roborate the evidence given by the family and friends tending to show that the prisoner was defective men tally, as well as physically. Monday night at 10 o'clock Sheriff Alexander and Coroner J. G. Colvert were called to Barium Spring to in : vestigaic the death of one of the Ba rium Springs orphanage boys. The investigation showed that George Davis, aged about 17 years, shot and instantly killed Laurie Auton, aged 18 year:!. The tragedy occured about ;3::;0 o'clock in tne edge of a field about a mile from the orphanage, and i wa s nut made known until about 8 o'clock. Immediately after the killing Young ! Davis fled, accompanied by Horace Waters, ulso an orphan and an eye : witness to the crime. The only other 'witness to the homicide was Amos Pearson, an orphan about 13 years of age and he explained to the sher iff that his reason for not making the tragedy known was that he was al raid to tell it. The four boys were hauling wood f rom a new ground to the home. Davis became angry with Auton and aiter having some words with him, ran hack to the home, slipped out a single barrel shot gun and two shells, went back tj the new ground, walked up to Auton who was standing be tween two brush piles, and said: "Laurie you want to talk about hitting me in the mouth now do you." j Laurie replied, "no you have got ! your gun cocked." As he said this Davis fired, the entire load of shot taking effect in the boy's face between the right eye and nose, producing in stant death. ; The coroner's inquest placed the crime on George Davis. Horace Waters was named as accessory after the fact. Sheriff Alexander has sent messages to officers in all towns in this part of the state to be on the lookout for the young criminals. This morning he received notice from Charlotte that a boy answering to the description of George Davis was seen bearding an early train for Cheraw, S. C. British cabinet.;. "Our friends beyond the At'antic -r.not fail to understand the signifi cance of the Hrcruoge they have just reard." the Echo de Paris continues. "It simply means that the allies are ab.vnlomnfr President Wilson r.nd are vryhig to come to terms with the ma turity in the American Congress." Paris, Feb. 4. Kurt von Yersner, hc-d of the German peace delegation lure, has returned to Premier Mil bran the list containing the names of Germans whose extradition is de manded by the Allies, which was l-.Midcd to him last night and has in formed the Premier that he has re slgni'd and is leaving for Berlin by , the first train. j Baron von Lersner told The Asso i ciated Press his decision was in line ! with the'attitude he had maintained througtout regarding the question of ; extradition. He declared he had held that ro German officials could be in 'strumc.tal in carrying out the ex tradition clauses of the treaty ar.d r on -equcr.tly the matter having come vr in a definite final form there was ..- r,A f .