"INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE YE HA YE DONE IT UNTO ME. 9 ' VOTE FOR SPECIAL TAX
The
Stanly
NewsHerald
The Albemarle News Established in 1880.
The Stanly County Herald Established in 1919
Fortieth Year.
Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, April 12; 1921
$2.00 Per Year in Advance.
DAN BLALOCK FOUND
NOT GUILTY
Case Consumed Part of Three
Days and Arousea mucn
Interest Over County
rOMEN'SCLUBS PLAYBIG
BY JURYIPART IN COMMUNITY LIFE
MANY CASES CONTINUED
The April term of Stanly Superior
Court for the trial of criminal cases
held here last week adjourned Satur
day afternoon shortly after the jury
had returned a verdict of "not guilty"
in the case of State vs. Dan Blalock.
There were quite a number of minor
cases disposed of, and as a result of
the term several recruits were added
to the county chain gang.
The only case, however, of county-
wide interest was the case against
Dan Blalock, of Norwood, under a
charge of the murder of Pearl Thomp
son, also of Norwood. Th state in
that case did not ask a verdict of
murder in the first degree, second
degree having been the verdict asked
by the prosecution. The case was
called on Thursday afternoon and
consumed the remainder of the week,
including a night session Friday.
Blalock killed Thompson on the
evening of March 15th, at the home of
Blalock, according to the evidence. A
shot gun was used in the slaying.
The evidence offered by the state was
not strong, circumstancial evidence
having been relied upon almost en
tirely. There was no eye witness to
the killing. The defendant, Blalock,
said that at the time he shot Thomp
son the latter was running him with
a drawn knife,' and that he shot, the
deceased in order to protect himself
from death or great bodily harm. A
knife was found near the hand of
the dead man where he lany on the
ground after he had been shot. The
jury was out for only a short while
before returning a verdict of "not
guilty." The following jury heard
and decided the facts in the case: E.
L. Russell, D. Walter Sides, W. H.
Smith, A. D. Shaver, W. C. Morris,
A. P. Moose, N. M. Byrd, James- E.
Brooks, W. M. Ussery, C. E. Hill,
Hubert Lipe and J. F. Morgan.
Solocitors Brock and Turner were
& Brown, I. R. Burleson and R. L.
mith.
Quite a bit of excitement was in-
ectea into rh riuirf nn ThiifdWav
en, upon tne evidence -or W. J.
dams, bench warrants were issued
or the arrest of J. W. Goodman. J.
Hammond, and John S. Sapp, un-
er a charge of selling intoxicating
nnks. Adams swore that he had
ought intoxicating extracts from
1. -
f of these gentlemen, whereupon
udge Ferguson issued the warrants
or their arrest. Several indictments
is said were made aarainst these
pntiemen under charees of selline
Intoxicating drinks. All were ' con-
"Uied until the Julv term nf nrimi
(al court- It is understood that Mes
'' Sapp, Hammond and Goodman
r'll Plead no: guilty and possibly con
pu mat Adams is an irresponsible
Fitness. Thev denv rW tw
iu r . . : ' '
f u Jlr- Adams, or anyone else, in.
raicants of any kind.
Another feature
bllV VUU1 U IM J
ure which called out some slirht
pmment and caused a rustle of excite
ment was the fact that th rr,nA fa.
P returned
Albemarle Fuel & Ice Company,
narges of short weights. Neith
mese cases were tril .... tl
Hm ... . " ' -
r' " consumed in cases already
, ... uocKet when court convened,
ring- these to go over until the
r which "ill be held in July.
Such Was Shown by the Reports
of the Visiting Clubs Who
Convened Last Week.
HICKORY HEADS THE LIST
THE FLIES' REVENGE
, Ten little flies
AH in a line
0ne got a swat!
Then there were
N"ie little flies
Grimly sedate;
Licking their chops
Swat! Then there were
Elht little flies
Raising some more
fcwswat! Swat,wat!
Then there were
For little flies . -
Colored green4lue,
Sswat! (Ain't it easy?)
there were
little flies
Dodged the civilian
"y next day
There were a million !"
Buffalo News.
The writer take3 great pleasure in
presenting to the public of Albemarle
the following report of the 11th Dis
trict meeting of the Federated Wo
men's Clubs, which took place on
last Thursday, April 7th, in the Com
munity Building.
A large delegation .of prominent
women from the towns comprising
this district were present, and as
sembled at the home of Mrs. W. T.
Huckabee. At one thirty they were
escorted to the residence of Mrs. J
F. Laton, where a delicious three
course luncheon was served.
Mrs. Laton's home was most hand
somely and artistically decorated.
color motif of green and white being
observed in the decorations.
At 2:30 the delegates went in
body to the Woman's Club Room,
where a large meeting of club women
were already assembled, and the Dis
trict meeting was opened with pray
er by Mrs. A. C. Huneycutt. -
Following is an outiined program
of the meeting.
Federation Song, by Club.
Address of welcome to delegates
Miss Ptfttie McCain, President Wo
man's Club.
Address of Welcome to Delegates
Daughters of Confederacy, Miss
Mary Mabry.
Address of Welcome toDelegates
Yadkin D. A. R Mrs. J. Harris.
Dr. Harper, of Salisbury, respon
ded to the welcome extended, and al
so complimented Albemarle on the
beauty of her hills, surrounding scen
ery and .her physical and commercial
growth.
Miss Pattie McCain then introduced
Mrs. Rufus Gwyn, District President
and Mrs. Gwyn took the chair. ,
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Allen, of Lenoir.
Report of work by Ansonville El
ectric Club Mrs. B. I. Dunlap.
Report of Work by Albemarle El
ectric ClubMiss Pattie McCain.
Report of Hickory Community Club
Mrs. Ferrebe. i
Report of Lenoir Town Betterment
Club A. G. Jonas.
Report of Lenoir Wise and Other
wise ClubMrs,, May Puett.
Report of Woman's Club of Mor-
ganton Mrs. Avery.
Report of Woman's Club of New
ton 'Mrs. Tom Gaddy.
Report of Woman's Club of Salis
bury Mrs. Henry Hobson.
Report of Salisbury Book Club
'nr ,t t '
mrs. a. li. wiauney.
Report of Woman's Club of States
ville Mrs. Adams.
Report of Civic League of States
ville Mrs. Green.
Report of Literary Club of Anson
ville (Mrs. J. M. Dunlap.
Among tha most prominent of our
delegates were Mrs. Coble, of States
ville, who was largely instrumental
in getting the Jackson Training
School for our State, and Mrs. Perry,
of Raleigh, who came in behalf of
the Fire Prevention Society of North
Carolina and asked the co-operation
of the Women's Clubs.
Piano Solo Mrs. Ford, of Lenoir.
Miss McCain then introduced Mrs.
C. C. Hooks, State President, who
was speaker of the afternoon.
Mrs. Hooks is one of those rare wo
men gifted with beauty, charming
personality and eloquence, and whose
presence . among us will certainly
prove beneficial, escpecially to those
present, who had the pleasure of lis
tening to her most inspiring and in
teresting talk.
Mrs. Hooks has great confidence in
the ability of the women of our State
to do great things towards the bet
termentof social and political condi
tions in our counties and towns, and
urged the women to take an active
part in educational, social and health
work. The' reports from all the clubs
show that much good is being accom
plished by them, but special mention
must be made of the Hickory Com
munity Club, which will undoubted
ly be the banner club of this district
if Hot of the State. This Club han
dled last year $3,500, most if it made
by giving suppers, plays, etc., and
raised eleven thousand dollars fof a
library, organized eadingooms for
their colored population, planted trees,
flowers and shrubbery all over the
town, all this good work showing
DOLLAR DAYS VILL BE
Annual Spring Event is Expect
ed to Drow Big Crowds of
People to the City
WILL BE RARE BARGAINS
BRIEF NEVS ITEMS OF
STATE-WIDEINTEREST
Digest of Happenings of Week
Gleaned From the Files of
Our Exchanges.
JUDGE PRITCHARD DIES GERMANY
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS TO PAY ALI
IES 15 BILLION
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
i tie people or Manly County are Traverse City, Mich., April9. Po-
nor. unacquainted with Albemarle I tatoes sold for 1 cent a bushel on the
utv.n rt it t
louar way, as on several occasions i market here today. It was the low-
in tne past the merchants of the town est price reached in many years and
have all united together setting apart was due to the receipt of thousands
days on which special cut prices have j 0f bushels growers had been holding
Judge Pritchard Was One of The
Most Prominent Citizens
In the State.
Baruch Estimates the Reparati
ons Terms; Suggests Terms
Cancelling Allies' Debts.
been made. These dollar days have
become an annual spring event. The
people have learned to appreciate the
big spring bargain days known as
"Dollar Days," and everybody comes
to town, not only for the purpose of
trading and purchasing while special
reductions are offered by the mer
chants, but to see the crowds and t3
have a good time.
We are sure that our readers will
be delighted, therefore, to read the
page announcement carried in next
issue setting apart Friday and Sat
uraay, April zznd and Z3rd as
"Dollar Days." The merchants whose
names are signed to the page an
nouncement are the leaders in trade
in Albemarle, and their word means
much throughout Stanly and ad
joining counties, where they are well
known. These merchants never put
their hands to a proposition which
they do not mean to make go, and
go in grand style. They are reliable
business men-, who, even were they
not honest, are yet business men
enough to know that misrepresentati
ons never pay. They are men who
have learned from long experience
that "honesty is the best policy." The
local merchants joining in the effort
to make Dollar Day successful ai1'
Belk-Parks Co., Morrow Bros. &
Heath Co., New York Bargain Stora,
Wolf's Underselling Store, The Globe,
Albemarle. .Sample Store, Harward-AL
mond Grocery Company, L. A. Barrier
& Company, Leonard Grocery Com
pany, Albemarle Novelty Store, the
Brooks' 5, 10 and 25 cent Store, and
Bos-tian Shoe Company.
Next Tuesday watch the News-
Herald. You will see a list of the
most attractive advertisements ever
appearing in a Stanly County news
paper before. The merchants taking
part in the big spring bargain event
will be announcing the hundreds of
special offers in their various lines of
trade. We believe our readers will
not only read these advertisements,
but that they will prove both interes
ting and profitable to those who do
read them and take advantage of the
opportunities thereby offered to get
the very most of useful and necessa
ry merchandise for the least cost in
dollars and cents
for higher prices since last fall.
Hoboken, N. J., April 8. A strange
case of the voluntary exile of two
elderly women of moderate means,
who locked themselves in a 'suite of
three rooms in a centrally located ho
tel for more than three years, was
revealed to the authorities today.
Covington, Ga., April 9. John S.
Williams, accused of the murder of 11
of his negro farm hands to halt a fe
deral investigation of peonage, was
found guilty of murder by a jury in
Newton County superior court here
today and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Washington, D. C, April 8. Pres
ident Harding has time for extended1
travel during the next four years, he
may take a trip to Alaska for first,
hand study of administrative prob
lems there. He has been interested
in development of the northern terri
tory there for a number of years and
has planned a trip there for last sum
mer, but was prevented from going
by the Presidential campaign.
Panama City, Fla., April 9. The
naval balloon which has 'been missing
with five men -since it started from
the Pensacola naval station for an all
night flight March 22, was picked up
in the Gulf late yesterday by a fish
ing boat and brought here today. No
trace of the" crew was found. j
Rockingham, April 9. The commis
sioners of Richmond county this week
instead of ordering a flat reduction
in valuations, appointed a board of
review -to hear complaints and to ad
just whatever inequalities that may
be found. The gentlemen appointed
on this board are John L. Everette,
J. C. Leigh and D. C. Parsons. ,
Hickory, April 9. Lutherans of
Hickory are planning a celebration of
April 18 in honor of the 400th anni
versary of Martin Luther's trial be
fore the diet at Worms, when he so
courageously defended his faith that
some commentators declare it was the
genesis of all religious and political
freedom of modern times.
RANDALL NEWS
Miss Ruth Melton visited in Albe
marle Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mattie Lilly, of Norwood, vis
ited Miss Genna Belle Blalock Sunday.
Will Story, of Albemarle, who has
been at home a few days, has return
ed to fiis work.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hinson, of
Albemarle, Route 1, visited Mr. and
Mrs. P. L. Russell Sunday.
Messrs. Charlie and Raymen spent
Sunday near Mt. Gilead.
Joe Lilly, Jr., of Norwood, and his
cousin, Pines Morris, visited at W. D.
Blalock's Sunday afternoon.
Algie Story visited Lee Swarringen
near Jacob's Creek, Sunday.
Miss Dera Swaringen won the prize
in her music class, offered by Miss
Parker, her teacher; it was a beauti
ful music pin.
Dan Johnson, of Albemarle, was in
our community Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Snuggs visited
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Swaringen Sun
day evening.
what a fine spirit of co-operation
Indeed, upon summing up ill this
ory.
Indede, upon summing up all this
work done for the uplifting of man
kind, this conclusion is reached, that
of all the influences and agencies that
are upbuilding the public life of the
community, the Women's Clubs are
playing the largest and most import
ant part. It certainly should be the
desire of the club women of Albemarle
to co-operate in this great public
question of progress in which we are
at one with all right-thinking people.
Washington, April 9. Federal Judge
Kennesaw M. Landis, of Chicago, will
resign within a few weeks, it was re
liably reported here tonight.
Judge Landis reported decision is
said to be due to his desire to devote
all his time to his duties as high com
missioner of organized baseball. He
is understood to have given informal
notice of his intention to the Attorn
ey General so as to give time for
consideration of the selection of his
successor. The judgeship is one of
Che most widely coveted patronage
plums.
DEATH NOT " UNEXPECTED j RENEWED IN CASE OF WAR
Asheville, April 10,-Federal Judge' Washington, D. C, April 8.-Fifteen
Jeter Conley Pritchard, of the United j bllhons tne sum Gernwiiy is able
States circuit court for the 4th dis. i and probably willing to pay in repara-
t . : 1 - : a 1 i ti a r n i
trior, died here this morning at 6 " y arucn,
o'clock, following an illness of several ""man of the American .Reparations
months. Death of the famous jurist
Geneva, April 9. There is "a gen
eral tendency today to hail the with
drawal of western socialism from the
influence of Russian bolshevism by
which it was dominated during the
last two years, as convincing proof
that the danger of a revolution in Eu
rope, is elver. Recent investigation
compel one to come to the conclusion
that this belief is mistaken. The
truth is that the chiefs of European
socialism are as determined as ever
to bring about a general revolution
and their conviction that such a rev-,
olurion is necessary and inevitable is
unshaken. Their" emancipation from
Moscow rather increases than dimin
ishes the menace of the revolutionary
plans because it betters their chance
of success.
a
WARDELL-MOSS.
A very quiet but beautiful wed
ding was solemnized last Saturday
evening at the First Street Methodist
Parsonage when Miss Dona May Moss
of this place became the bride of Mr.
William B. Wardell of High Point.
Rev. N. R. Richardson performed the
ceremony. Mrs. Wardell has many
friend 8 in Albemarle who will read
with interest of her marriage.
was due directly to pneumonia, which
developed Thursday and served to ag
gravate his previous physical afflict
ions. Re was in his 64th year.
For more than 48 hours previous
to his death he had been unconscious,
and while medical experts exerted ev
ery effort to save his life, the disease
continued to fasten its grip. While
his death was not unexpected this
morning, it was a great shock to the
members of the family who had kept
constant vigil, at his bedside.
The funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the First Baptist Church of this city
of which the distinguished jurist had
long been a leading member. The
body will lie in state from 11 a. m.
to 1 p. m. Tuesday. Rev. Dr. W. F.
Powell, pastor of the church, will
have charge of the services, and he is
to be assisted by several other well
known divines.
Pause for 10 Minutes.
It is being planned here today to
have all business in the city stoppad
for 10 minutes as the funeral services
begi n, in token of the loving respect
for the dead official
Messages have been pouring in here
today from all sections of the United
States expressing sorrow at Judee
Pritchard's death. ,
Judge Pritchard, son of Wm. H.
Pritchard, was born in Jonesboro,
Tenn., April 12, 1857, his father be
ing of Irish and Welsh ancestry, and
his mother, Elizabeth Browne, of
Irish parentage.
Facing the problem of obtaining an
education during the trying days of
reconstruction in the south, and fol
lowing the death of his father at Mo
bile, Ala., his mother instilled into
his mind and heart those precepts of
morality by which he has ever been
governed. Judge Pritchard, yet in his
teens, walked 35 miles across the
mountains of Tennessee and western
North Carolina to Bakersville, where
he arrived with ten cents and noth
ing more save the clothes he wore.
Eking out his subsistence thru toil
in the print shop by day, a desire to
achieve fame prompted him to bv
night search such text books as were
obtainable.
It was then that he received the
attention of .statesmen in North Caro
lina, and identifying himself with the
Republican party began a career, the
prominence and limitations of which
were only stopped by his calling to a
reward for service rendered to human
ity. Entering politics he was elected to
the North Carolina lower house of
representatives from Madison County
in 1885 and again in 1887. Pursuing
his method of home study until after
he was master of Blackstone and legal
procedure he then became a lawyer,
having obtained his license in 1887.
In 1888 he was nominated as Re
publican candidate for lieutenant gov
Commission in the current issue of
the official publication of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United Sta
tes. Baruch, who took a large part
in drafting the economic sections of
the peace treaty, also suggests with
terms a conditional cancellation of
inte-allied indebtedness.
As one of the terms, he suggests,
instead of cancelling outright any
part of an Allied Nation's indebted
ness, that the United States cancel
conditionally the amount that nation
spent in this country for munitions
during the war, this sum to be a de
mand liability without interest and to
be collected in case this country be
comes involved in a future war. He
also proposes the cancellation of in
debtedness might be made a measure
of leveling preferential tariff barri
ers. "The concensus in Paris," says Mr.
Baruch, "was that Germany could pay
at least the capital sum of 15 billions
of dollars. Approximately three bil
lions have been paid. Fifty-six bil
lion dollars, spread over 52 years, is
equal to $13,500,000,000 at present
rates of interest say 8 1-2 per cent,
which foreign nations have to pay
in this market. In the discussion of
German reparations the Allies' ex
perts always took five per cent, which
would give to 56 billion, spread out
over 32 years, a present value of
twelve billions of dollars.
"While in the circumstances it
would come with bad grace from this
country to say what Germany would
pay or what the allies should accept,
one can say there cannot be much
doubt but that retaining Silesia and
with all discriminatory restrictions
removed from Germans and their
trade, Germany could pay a present
capital value of twelve billions. The
real worth of this to the Allies would
depend upon the final judgment of the
investing world as to Germany's abil
ity and willingness to meet that
amount.
"There has been some discussion
regarding the condition of cancella
tion of Allied obligations to us. No
doubt those who have responsibility
in the matter, in case it is seriously
undertaken, will have in mind the
amelioration or removal of discrim
inatory and preferential tariffs
against our trade.
In case anything is done, there
might also be a differentation be
tween the funds borrowed and spent
for munitions and the funds spent in
the maintenance of the population or
in the continuance of trade. If any
thing is done in reference to the re
mission of that part of the obligations
incurred of American made mnuiti
ons, that part of the dobt could be
made subject to renewal in case the
U. S. should become involved in an
other war.
"It is fair to presume the United
States would become involved in that
manner only if it were in the interest
ernorof this state. He then became i of civilization- In that case Amer
the caucus nominee of his party for
the Senate of the United States, and
was re-elected to the legislature in
1891.
He was elected for a two-year term
to the United States senate in 1895,
which he served, and was elected to
the six-year term in 1897, which he
also served.
The establishment of the farmers'
alliance at this time and its coalitional
with the populist party brought about
a change in the political situation and
he succeed in consolidating the faction
into a co-operative campaign and the
state went Republican.
On April 1, 1903, he was appointed
by President Theodore Rosevelt to
the Supreme Court bench of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Upon the death of
Judge Simonton, the President ad
vanced Judge Pritchard to the fudge
Fhip of the United States circuit
court for the fourth district, April 9,
i04, which position he held until his
death.
As national committeman and) as
federal judge tie jurist received na-
ica would necessarily have to buy
quantities of munitions and other ma
terials from other countries. The sum
tentatively cancelled or postponed
without interest would become payable
to the United States on demand only
in such an event. This thought is
worthy of attention as a possible aid
in meeting an extremely difficult sit
uation. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Denning died on Saturday and was
buried Sunday. The little one was
just one day old. Mrs. Denning is re
ported as getting along nicely.
tional note, and in the campaign last
fall was prominently mentioned for
vice-president of the United States,
and at the Republican national con
vention he was given a complimentary
vote.
He is survived by his widow, a
daughter, wife of Thomas A. Rollins;
three sons. Dr. Arthur T, Solicitor
George M., and Attorney McKinley
Pritchard and a sister, Mrs. J. T. Har
ris, all of Asheville.