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The: Stanly News Her aid. jThe Albemarle News Established in 1880. The Stanly County Herald Established in 1919 Fortieth Year. . Albemarle, N. C, Friday, June 17, 1921. $2.00 Per Year in Advance;" Eight School Districts in Stanly Voted A Special Tax Tuesday fffffrff',t'''''',,t'l'IJf""JJ''''''ffwijfttfmmfwtjtjijjtftiffiijrf II OWN IS VISITED BY A BAD ELECTRICAL STORM Lightning Strikes Dwelling and Does Damage Blaze start ed in the City Hall SEVERAL FIRES STARTED Alhemarle was visited by a rath er severe electric storm on Tues jo afternoon about seven o'clock. The storm was of short duration, but was severe while it lasted. I he res idence of Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Efird, in West Albemarle, was struck by lightning, damaging the house and furniture, it is said, to the amount of a thousand dollars, or more. One of the chimneys was hit and badly damaged. At the same time the lirhtnine ran down the vent pipe and knocked out the kitchen sink. A num ber of holes were broken in the slate roofing, and the piano was badly damaged. Several members of the family were in the house at the time but. with the exception of a light shock, none of them suffered any in- iurv. About the same time a bolt of lightning' ran into the City Hall and came very near causing a fire. It is not known whether the bolt came in from the electric or telephone wires, but much oi tae inside wiring was completely melted and a blaze was started in the hallway. Chief J. D. Love and John C. Smith were in the office at the time. Both of them ware shocked, but recovered in time to fan out the fire. With the exception of the melting of some of the wires, there was no damage done to the building, as the blaze was put out before it had time to sot any foothold. It is re- oorted tha' n blaze was started in the plant of the Texas Oil Company, but parties present succeeded m beat in? it out h.-f ..ire any serious damage resulted. The electrical display was accompanied by a down-pour of rain, which lasted for about a half-hour. The storm was preceded by several hours of uncomfortably hot weather. BADIN NEWS T Tells a Different Story as to the Reason America Entered The World War WORLD IS SETTLING DOWN Mrs. G. 0. Southern and little daughter, Ruth, spent Friday in Winston-Salem. Mrs. R. A. Shiplett and children Frances and Austin, spent Monday in Winston-Salem, returning Tuesday morning. Miss Sallie Jenkins sDent from Fri day to Sunday in Albemarle with Miss V1 . . wara Skidmore. Mrs. N. L. Smith anH pViiMron left Tuesday for Lexington, where they ill make their future home. Mr. Smith has had a position there for some time. Miss Addie Allshronlc rptiirno,! n ker home in Scotland Neck last week after a visit to her sister, Mrs. Albert uuv. 3Irs. A. L. Haskin a-nA ohUAran Albert and Julia, of Atlanta, were the last week of Mr. and Mrs. J. fannill. Mrs. J. P. Pinnill V,,. 4. ... - . uuaitra ai a lntful bvMjje party on last Thurs day even; K:Ven in honor of her gis. . Mrs. Hairh Hubbr.rd, of Los An es, Cal. After the game delicious refreshment ,,.,. j Mrs. Aikev, r; m j i:, j , .'luuje aim iiLiie sun, Jlin Aiktn. left at VI1"8" .Moore's aunt, Mrs. A. H. Byrd " uarungton, S. C. "T. Cutfhin ia n Winenn-Clnn. ;wfl Greensboro this week on business. V, . C- Xash and little daughter, n 'th Mrs- ssie Robertson in ""en. s r Mrs. T t r- . t "ssins ana cnnaren Zi. retUnied from a visit t0 Con- Mra. J. p. Cprk wag host Mon evening tQ the Embroidery Cub tCL?rversation was enjoyed and if he evemnS. after which ,ce TOe was served. Sn5 .A1marle- T1ey have Zin Badin who regret to tP?ra Taj',or srt a part of ttb GoId Hi with her par- and Robbie Jenkins in Pk-lcr- nr.. t Parents Judging from the tone of his ad dress at Brown University June 15th we should think that Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes is not in sympathy with Col. Harvey's state ment that we fought during the World War, not to save humanity, and make the world safe for democracy, but to save our own hides. The following is an excerpt taken from the report of his address: "This statement is still with us," he added. "We have not lost," said he, "the capacity for the high and unselfish endeavor which linked us in an unex ampled unity and joy of service in this crisis of the great war. "Our men did not got forth to fight for this nation as one of im perialistic designs and cunning pur pose, or to protect a land where ava rice might find its surest reward. They offered their lives and all the en- I ergies of the country were harnessed in the supreme effort because we lov ed the institutions of liberty, and intended to maintain them; because we hated tyranny and brutality and ruthlessness which found expression in the worship of force, and because we found our fate linked with that of the free peoples who were strug gling for the preservation of the es sentials of freedom. With them we made common cause, and, as from one end of the country to the other rang appeals in the name of civiliza tion itself, the whole nation respond ed. "It would not be fitting for me at this time to discuss our foreign rela tions. But I am glad to say that the message of America is one of cordial friendship to all nations. We have no subtleties, no duplicity of meaning, no soft words to conceal a purpose of self-aggrandizement at the expense of others. The only method of di plomacy we know is that if candid discussion of the merits of problems. This, we think, is the way to protect a cause believed to be" just and we shall advance no other. "The world is settling down, but it is not yet settled. The counsel of power and expediency still dominate, as the serious problems left fcy the great war press for solution. This country seeks not an acre of territory by reason of its participation in the struggle for victory, nor do we wish any exclusive advantages in the pos session which as a result of the war have passed under new control." - PALMER-BARRETT WEDDING HARDING GETS BUMPS AT HANDS0FH1S PARTY Made Senator Willis, of Ohio, Angry, Because of Appoint ment in His State. HARRISON FLAYS PARTY A very quiet, but impressive mar riage ceremony was performed by Rev. Walt. N. Johnson, of Badin, on Tues day morning at nine o'clock at the home of Mrs. Robert Boggins, of Badin, when Miss Bettie Barrett be came the wife cf Mr. Ivcy Palmer. The vows were spoken in the living room in the presence of a few inti mate friends of the contracting cou ple. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. .nd Mrs. Palmer left for a bridal tour to Asheville and other places of interest in western North Carolina. This popular young couple have hosts of friends who will read with interest of their marriage and wish them a happy and prosperous future. NEW LONPON, ROUTE 2 Everybody enjoyed the services at Bethel Church Sunday Miss Marie Russell, of New Lon don spent a few days with Ruth and Catherine Coggin. Mrs. R. L. Coggin has gone back to Albemarle to spend awhile with her daughter. ,spent Sundar ler's M spent last Tuesday and Wednesday in Misenheimer with Mrs. Ritchie's par ents. Miss Mildred Spencer left Sunday for a-visit to relatives in Asheboro, 'High Point and Kernersville. j Miss Erva Whevlis. who has boon I with the Badin Je-.ve'ry Store ?m- ?o u.. . li,,- l-.Lii-i in r- Mrs. g t p.. ,. urne, n .'-- ' -j. n..chie and son, S. J., Jr., sonvilie to spend hor vacation. The Harding "honeymoon" seems to be over with, and our G. O. P. president is now beginning to learn what it is to have the world fly up and hit him in the face. The follow ing extract from a news letter sent the News & Observer by Edward E. Britton shows that his republican friendi are causing him some little concern: "An Ohio row has now broken out between the President and Senator Frank B Willis, or at least a Hard ing appointment has aroused the ire of the Ohio Senator to President Har ding, the man who placed Harding in nomination at Chicago, for it is the division of spoils of political war that has started the rucus. "As reports have it, "unbeknownst" to Senator Willis the President sent to the senate the nomination of Charles H. Naut, of Toledo, as collector of internal revenue of the Tenth Ohio district. This made Senator Willis angry, his anger in the matter being such that it looks as if there will ba a severance of friendly relations be tween the President and the man from Ohio, who wears the Senatorial toga which Harding put off when he be came president, and that Willis will line up with the ani-administration faction of Republicans." Not only his, but those awful dem ocrats, who seemingly have remained so calm and serene during the spring months, are now beginning to mur mur an.! make charges, cruel charges, Just listen, as we quote from a Wash ington news dispatch dated June 14: "Senate Democrats today launched a broadside against Republican claims of achievements during the first three months of Harding's administration. Led by Senator Pat Harrison, of Mis sissippi, who held the floor for more than an hour with a characteristic speech bristling with satire and in vective, the movement bore all the aspects of a concerted attempt to pre cipitate a general political debate, but the Republicans declined the challenge and made no reply. "On President Harding Senator Har rison's attack was frontal as he be labored the Republicans over the passage of the emergency tariff bill, which he characterized as an "utter violation of party pledges" in its in ception, and "an admitted failure" in enactment, for their difficulties " in the little job of passing a resolution of peace" with Germany, concerning which he taunted Senators Lodge and Knox, Republican Senate spokesmen on forign affairs; and for alleged fail ure to get together with the President to reduce taxation. President Hard ing, he asserted, "invited tariff lobby ists for conference" to Washington; and adminisration appointments, in cluding those of Governor B-ine, of Alaska, and Chairman Lasker, of th" Shipping Boan!, he held up to s -urn winding up with satirical refeivn :e to General Sawyer, the resident.- perso nal physician. "You promised to establish m-a'-e right otf the reel," he told the 11, "yet your simple little resolution is not "passed yet. The resolution framed by Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, supported by your majority leader, Senator Lodge, whose name is a house hold word, is demolished in the house. They have offered you an insult, and it is said the house resolution, not the Senate, has President Harding's favor." "Yes," chuckled John Sharp Willi ams of Mississippi, 'they have mixed the babies up." "The emergency agricultural tariff which was offered to raise the cost of everything on the working man's ta ble Senator Harris said, had none "no' good to the farmers of the eoun trv though you wouldn't let us take the' tariff off the things the farmer has to buy." "You pass a resolution by Senator T.e".:-..)t, (Republican, Wisconsin) to hvi--'.:g.;le :'gri. u! nival ' cen litions. ... ? i .ictiti to ri'.icvp the ; . , : ' ':.e c )nt::iued, 'admitting the BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF STATE-MEREST Digest of Happenings of Week Gleaned From the Files of Our Exchanges. 999 NEWSY NOTES FROM THE NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE Statesville, June 14. Statesville vo ted $150,000 school bonds today with practically no opposition. There was no active opposition to the election, and the most enthusiastic workers Norwood, June 15th. Misses Lota Lee Deaughan and Blanche Barrin ger, student volunteers of Trinity College, will conduct the evening ser vices to Central M. E. Church on next part of Ridenhour in the Richfield sec AH of Harris and Part of Riden Hour Townships Will Now Have Special School Tax Eight school districts in Stanly County voted special tax on last Tues day. These were Aquadale and seven districts in Harris and Ridenhour Townships. All of Harris Township will now have special tax and that Sunday evening, June 19th. They have just returned from the Y. M. C. A. Conference at Blue Ridge. The public is most cordially invited to hear these young ladies. , About 25 or 30 of our young people were among the largest tax payers of 'enjoyed a picnic at the near bridge the city. ion Rocky River on Monday evening! Miss Lula Lowder underwent a suc cessful operation at Long's Hospital at Statesville last week. Chicago, June 14. Union labor won its fight for negotiation of agreements with the railroads by the Federated Shops Craft, acting for all employes comprising these crafts, in a decision handed down by the United States Railroad Labor Board today. Denver, June 14. Blame for the recent Word War was placed squarely on the shoulders of organized labor in Germany by President Samuel Gompers in an address to the Ameri can Federation of Labor convention here today. Miss Carrie Erwin and James Hath cock will leave next. Tuesday for the University, where they will attend a summer school. Miss Clara Lentz left Tuesday for Greensboro. She will take the Tea chers' Training Course at North Ca rolina College for women. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hough and little son have been visiting frineds here the past week. Miss Mary Kincaid, of Morganton, spent the past week here, the guest of Miss Annie Preston Heilig. Miss Pearl Lentz has returned Washington, June 14. Favorable report was ordered by the Senate .ir: ... . i i Pos.co.nces. anu pii roaus cummicra ter a protracted visit to friends Monday on the Townsend bill to ere- Lep A. T. Dunlap, of Fayetteville, ata a Federal Highway Commission, an,.! to establish an interstate system of public roads. spending several days here with home folks. Rev. Austin, who has been quite i! is much better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Atkins and dau S. A. Poplin found that he coald not conveniently serve as mayor, al- Carthage, June 14. Some 40 or more peach growers from Georgia are expected to visit the peach section of the. Sandhills shortly to took over theater, Cornelia, of Sanford, are vi. . .... .. . - ifi.. f..a C,..r,.,1;, Aftfin. iinT)nK .nil Tor nossih IP oc.-iNons Tttr i-i.t ...i.. winna i1111 purhase. The party will be in charge of the industrial department of the Seaboard Airline Railway and both j though he was elected on the c:;ven Aberdeen and Southern Pines are j ticket. Mr. J. V. Barringer, our makin-r arrangements to entertain the j former mayor, having been sufficiently visitors. urged, agreed to serve until another J nun could be appointed. At the-last Washington, June 14. Senator Di- j meeting he resigned and asked that al, of South Carolina, explained to 1 another mayor be appointed. Mr. S. he Senat etoday his bill to amend the Cotton Futures Trading Act by giving buyers and sellers of cotton contracts the option or requiring them to deliver half of the cotton in two grades. Considerable interest in the bill, now before the Senate agricul tural committee, was manifested by the New England and Western Senators. jj. Lentz was appointed, and is now serving in this capacity. Norwood is to have a bakery at an early date. It is to, be under the ma nagement of W. C Thompson, Jr., who is having a nice building remodeled and fitted for the purpose. We are in need of this badly, as there is not one here. OAKBORO NEWS. Hendersonville, June 14. Twenty one residences, seven stores, one bank and several other structures are now being built in Hendersonville, and the buildiner activitiv extends into the adjoining county, where a number 'about a week. Her children all dy of fine residences are being erected j i"!? in infancy except four, who are notably in the late Rock section. left with her husband to mourn her I loss. Mrs. Massie Burris died at her home last Tuesday and was buried at Lib erty Hill Wednesday. She was near 50 years of age. She was sick for Charlotte, June 14. Capt. S. B. Al exander, Sr., former Congressman and distinguished citizen of Charlotte, di ed at 3:25 o'clock this morning at his j Whitley's Sunday. A large home in this city. He suffered a stroke j was present and all had a n: Miss Pearl Smith spent Saturday afternoon in Oakboro. A reunion was held at Mr. A. M. crowd e time. tion will also have special tax. Har ris and Ridenhour voted a special tax of 10 cents on the one hundred dollar valuation and Aquadale vote 15 cents. Work will commence at once on the Aquadale high school building which will be built of brick and will be thor oughly modern in every respect. An other high school building will be erected near Richfield, or possibly in the town of Richfield at an early date. Other high schools will be established in suitable sections the exact site not being yet located. ' f The vote in the -' three precincts Tuesday was 83 follows: New Lon don, registered voters 267. Of this number 192 voted for special tax and 32 against, Palmerville, registered 47, and of this number 35 voted for special tax while' only one cast a vote against. Aquadale registered 73, and of this number 68 voted for and 2 against. These overwhelming major ities for special tax speaks well for these eight school districts. There are two other elections pending. Hin son school near Oakboro votes July lth and Silver Springs district also votes on special tax the same date. It is believed that both of these dis tricts will carry for special tax by overwhelming majorities. The site for the Hinson High School building j has already been located in the mid dle of the district, the place being near the home of T. C. Anstin. If that district votes the spivial tax a new brick school -tructure will be built this year. The location of the Silver Springs building has not yet been determined. . Other elections are likely to be call ed soon, and present indications are thi.t within a year or two every dis trict in the county will have special tax. Although the majority voters in the county wide election last spring voted down special tax, it begins to look like the folks are going to have special tax by township vote after all. Stanly County is coming, and in edu cational matters our folks are awake, and there is no way of checking the progress along this line, which is daily gaining momentum Our peo ple seem to have made up their minds that ignorance must go. Other dis tricts not having special tax should lose no time in having elections call ed, as no section should be satisfied to see another taking great strides forward while it may stand still. PLYLER NEWS NOTES of paralysis six years ago and had since been an invalid The direct cause of death was heart attack. He was born in Meck'cnburk County, December ?, 1840. He was ' a line:.' ('efcen.i.iiit of John McKnitt Alexander. MR. PARKER TO OCCUPY NEW BLILDIING The building being erected near tho corner of Main and Brown Streets will be occupied by Sheilie Parker when finished. Mr. Parker will do a general automobile painting and up holstering business. He will also carry a large stock of automobile tires and tubes. He will al:o do a repair and vulcanizing business. Mr. Parker is an excellent painter and has had experience in repair work, and we predict for him success. Read his ad in this issue of the paper. Mr. Calvin Gilbert was in town on business Saturday. Preaching at Pleasant Grove last j Sunday was attended by a large crowd jand an excellent sermon v;.s deliver ed by the pastor, Rev. Will Russell, j There will be a Children's Day at I Pleasant Grove the Fourth Sunday in June, beginning at 10 o'clock. John Morgan's funeral will be livered in the afternoon. M ISE.NH EIIER NEWS Mrs. de- some dry weather Miss Lena Lowder, who has had the measles, is up and about now. The stork visited D. J. Herloeker and Hoyle Hatley last week and left, a baby girl at each house. Henry Lowder has a severe ca"e .' measles. Miss Funic L-fler spent Saturday r.iwt with M'ss Geneva I.ipe 11 :ir Miilingport. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Furr and fam ily visited in Concord Sunday. Wren Lefler and Miss Robbie Jen kirs of Badin visited the former's par ents Sunday. Gurley I.ipe and sister, Miss Vivian spent Sunday with Miss Flonnie Lef ler. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harward of near Albemarle visited in the home of E. D. Lowder Sundav. Miss Florence Lefler left Monday- tariff cannot bring the goods. An ag ricultural 'bloc' of Senators and rep resentatives keeps meeting constant ly here trying to do something for the farmers of the country, 'because they know they are in distress." "Oh, the people will find you out sooner or later," Senator Harrison re sumed gleefully. "Where are youi campaign pledges to reduce taxation a id (.: enses of the government? Yor are p..ssi;g the biggest .lefi.-ien.-y a; 1 j-.r::u:-n bills that have ever c, ' ' :h hce with -:i ei'::-.-i-p : :".." It's cruel. We are having along now. Mr. J. A Dry is sick at this writ ing, we are sorry to state. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Barringer of Winston-Salem visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Barringer. last for Raleiirh. wherp she will attend six Sunday. j weeks' summer school. Mr. H. B. Ritchie has returned to Lee Baucome, who runs a garage his home from Baltimore jhere went to Oakboro one day last Mrs. Gowel, of Mitchell Home, left i week to visit his mother. She return. a few days ago for Maine. j e with him to spend a few days in Mr. G. W. Wagoner's son is home ' Albemarle, for a few days from Winston-Salem. feW 0f the young people attended One of our neighbors got 95 eggs j the surprise party at Miss Geneva in three days. If you can beat that j Lipe's. All report a nice time. enu3, trot out your eggs. V. T. Miller, who is working at Spencer, was at home over Sunday. CHILDREN'S DAY AT LOVE'S CHAPEL M Wiicox r V Erig'r left wi'.nv til" i: Chil.lM'Vs Pa 1 : v :-i .l.-ie r'.vrrH CYir- Hi'. U''t A. i). H. M 'l'i! P..
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