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The Stanlv Hews Herald The Albemarle News Established in 1880. The Stanly County Herald Established in 1919 Fortieth Year. Albemarle, N. C, Friday, July 1, 1921 $2.00 Per Year in Advance. KINGVILLE IS SCENE OF COLD BLOODED MURDER Luke West is Shot and Killed Ed Wilson After Argument Over Small Grievance by WILSON GIVES HIMSELF UP What appears from the evidence of fered by the state to have been a case of cold-blooded murder, occurred on Tuesday evening' about 7 o'clock in Kingville, the colored section of Albe marle, when Ed Wilson, a colored man shot and killed Luke West, also color ed. Wilson used a shot gun and the entire load entered the left side of West and he died within half an hour. The affair was reported to police of ficers and they went after Wilson, but before they had time to arrest him he voluntarily surrendered him self. Coroner John C. Smith went to the scene of the trouble, but upon the advice of County Solicitor Hal C. Turner, who also went to the home of West, where the killing occurred, no inquest was necessary. It is said that several eye-witnesses were preent and saw the shooting, and from Inst information obtainable from state's witnesses it seems that some trouble had occurred during the earli er part of the day, that Wilson and West had engaged in some words ov er an insult which Wilson had offered to West's wife. West went home and Wilson got his gun and was seen looking for West. Finally, -at the time of the killing, Wilson went to the home of the deceased and called him out under pretense of wanting to explain his position with relation to the trouble over the deceased's wife earlier in the day. West, it is said, expressed a willingness to talk the matter over with Wilson and step ped out of his house to talk with him. Only a few words passed when Wilso is said to have stepped back a few steps and fired a load from his shot gun into West. Several witnes ses are said to have remarked that they saw Wilson during the afternoon with a gun, and to have heard him say that he was looking for Luke West. The defendant, Wilson, was given a preliminary hearing Thursday morn ing, and was remanded to jail with out bail to await the July term of Superior Court, when, without doubt, he will be called upon to stand trial for his life. The colored population of Kingville is said to be aroused over the trouble, and determined to see that such means are used as to stamp out law lessness in that village. The King ville population, as a whole, is tired of being advertised as a lawless sec tion, rather preferring to make a repu tation for law enforcement, school and church work.,A strong fight will be made by the prosecution, there fore, to see that Wilson is brought to justice, if he is guilty of the crime with which he stands charged. It is up to the colored citizens of Kingville, if they want a law-abiding settlement, to join in seeing thai: the ones who violate the law are brought to justice, and the white folks and town and county officials can da very little without the help and co-operation of the colored citizens of King ville. During the past year Kingville lad come to be known as one of the quietest settlements in the county, and n is deplorable that this trouble hap pened, and that it will cast a shadow IPro the entire colored settlement. LEFTY HILTON BOWS BE FORE WISCASSEH LADS In a Great Game Here Wednes day Albemarle Beat Marshville By a Score of 2 to 0. LONG STARS WITH WILLOW HUNEYCUTT SELLS MARKET. J. S. Huneycutt, Prop, of Huney Meat Market located on West m Street, has sold his business to R Baucoro. Mr. Baucom took 0 the market on last Monday will continue to run it in the fu-Wre- The many patrons of Mr. Hun ycntt will be sorry to learn that he fone out of the meat business, as " experienced man, and has al been courteous and agreeable his customers. He is undecided at nt as to just what business he "! enter next. NEW LONDON CHARGE. Services next Sunday, July S, at thany at 11 . m. Oak Grove school 3 P. m, at Richfield 8 p. m. We cordial invitation to alL Come M brm friend with you. (By L. L. Cranford.) We do not claim to be a prophet, nor the seventh son of a prophet, but it seems to us that in a previous ar ticle we said something about what was going to happen if the local base ball team hooked up with Marshville again with Hilton on the mound. Well, it happened yesterday, and we can now say. for once, without making anybody sore, that we told you so. Lowering clouds and the rumble of thunder in the early part of the af ternoon Wednesday made fans cast anxious eyes toward the heavens in fear that the game would have' to be postponed. But along about four o'clock Old Sol broke through, and from then on until the game was ov-' er one could not have asked for better 1 baseball weather. I Marshville lias beaten the local not j less than twice this season, and last ! Wednesday, with "Lefty" Hilton do ing the bulk of the hurling they went 14 innings to a 5-5 tie with the boys from Albemarle. But you have all heard the story of what happened to the pitcher that went to often to chj well, and Hilton was "it." Albemarle had materially strength ened her line-up for the fray here Wednesday, and with the redoubtable, lazy-looking Jimmie Black on second, Barnett at first, Gambrill at third, and Stroud in right field, they had a combination that was calculated to make any team come across with the best they had in the shop or go down in defeat. Jimmie Hilton pitched as good as he knew how, good enough to win most any old ball game, and was ably han dled by Tom Holt, who caught the game in the absence of Marshville s regular catcher, but the boys had on their hitting clothes, and the new blood and pep injected into the line up had its effect, and Albemarle just would hit the ball. Long led in the attack on the mid get hurler with four hit3, a perfect day at bat, all of them being sharp, clean bingles, and was followed "by Stroud, Hatley and Hill, who each came through with a brace of hits. Stroud doubled sharply to right to start the fourth, and Hatley, Albe marle's stellar centerfielder, who is about a match for Hilton in size, came through 'with the necessary bi?le, and the first run was scored. Hatley rom ped in a moment later when Hill hit one for a single after Jones had neatly sacrificed. Gambrill had several hard chances at third, and missed a couple, but they were hard ones, and no one min ded them, especially as they came at times when they did no damage. Pete "Hill played his usual good game at short, handling several dif ficult chances and making some good stops and throws with men on. But Albemarle's big gun was Wal ter Clayton, the boy with the bullet up his sleeve. If there was anything that they didn't have on the ball in that game, it was a prayer, and he didn't need that. His fast ball had a two-inch hop, his curve was slant ing like the bends in Page's old rail road, and his spitter was hopping like a one-legged flea on a mangy dog. Twelve, his usual number, were made to fan the breeze fruitlessly in an en deavor to connect with the elusive Dill, and only five hits were garnered off his delivery, two of them being infield blows. Time after time when incioient rallies threatened the big boy tightened up and saved the day. He was never in danger during the course of the game. Everybody was pulling for him, for on the other two occasions when he has faced Marsh- .nru t mates haven't been hittirar the size of their collar, and he waa forced to lose a one-hit game on one occasion by a 1 to nothing count. A collection was taken for him which amounted to quite a tidy sum. Jones caught a good game for Al bemarle. In fact, we must give due credit to every man on the team, for they all stayed in there full of fight BIG TIME FOR ALL AT Will be Field Day Events, Base ball, Water Sports and Oth er Big Features ALBEMARLE VS. WINSTON Badin, June 30th. This town ex pects the Fourth of July to be one of the biggest days in its history. A big Fourth of July celebration is sched uled to take place here, and a large crowd is expected to attend and take part. There will be many attract ions for each and everyone, among them being a swim in the pond, various-water sports on the lake, a game of baseball between Albemarle and Winston-Salem, and various and sun dry field events to be staged imme diately after the ball game, There will be aa admission fee of 25 cents charged for the ball game, but the field sports will be free for all, as will also the water sports and other fea tures of the day. There will be something doing all day in Badin, ami every minute will be made inter esting for everyone who comes. Many prizes will be given away to those taking part in the program. Come and get one. The following is a complete program of the day's enter tainment: Water Sports at the Lake at 10 a. m. Canoe Race, Boys under 18 First ize $3.00 by Bank of Badirt. Se cond prize, 2 caps by Tallassee Store Company. 50 yard race, girls under 18 First prize, 10 admissions to the picture show by Mr. Sink. Second, 5 admissi ons to the picture show. 50-yard swimming race, ladies 1st prize, Shirtwaist by Tallassee Store Company. Second, Bottle toilet water by Badin Pharmacy. 50-yar swimming race, men 1st prize, shirt by P. J. Reiner. Second, $2.00 in trade at Badin Barber Shop. 50-yard swimming race, boys unt'r 18 First prize, pair tennis shoes by Bell Shoe Store. Second, necktie by Badin Cash Store. Greased pole 1st prize, $3.00 in trade at Badin Jewelry Store. Sec ond, Box Stationery at Badin Phar macy. 50-yard swimming race, free for all 1st prize, bathing suit by Tallassee Store Company. Second, Aberdeen Shirt .by Bell Shoe Store. Plank Race 1st prize, $4.00 shirt by Stanly Clothing Co. Duck Roundup Keep what you can catch. Baseball and Feld Events at Ball Park at 3 p. m. Baseball Albemarle vs. Winston Salem, admission 25c. Field events immediately after the ball game, no admission charges. 100-yard dash Boys under 16. 1st prize Lennox watch by Tallassee Store Co. Second, Cap by Tallassee Store Co. 100-yard dash girls under 18 1st prize, box of stationery by the Badin Pharmacy. Second, Box of candy by Tallassee Store co. Baseball thrown by ladies 1st prize, rocker by Badin Furniture Co. Second, 2 pairs of lisle hose by Tal lassee Store Co. Relay Race, Boy Scouts in Uniform First prize, 2 watermelons. Relay Race, Campfire Girls 1st, 2 watermelons. Ladies' Egg Race 1st prize, $6.00 Aluminum Kettle by Parker-Little Furniture Co. Second, Pyrex Baking Dish by Parker-Little Furniture Co. 100-yard dash free for all First prize, $3.00 in trade at Badin Jewelry Co. Second, $2.50 pocket knife t7 R. M. Trexler. Pictures at theae at 8:00 p. m. Dance at theatre ball room at 9:00 p. m. Admission $1.00. Summer school for teachers opens Wednesday, July 6. BE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC Overman Forces Agreement of Committee to Publish the Whole Proceedings JOHNSON NEGRO HONORED MEMBERS DO NOT LIKE OF Republican Members Are Dis satisfied With Being- Bound With Red Tape THEY CALL A BIG MEETING and pep, and played the best brand of ball ever seen in this neck of the woods. Albemarle plays Oabarrus Mills, of Concord, here Saturday, and on the Fourth of July play two games with the Cameron Park team of Winston-Salem, one here in the morning and one at Badin in the afternoon. We hope to chronicle three more vic tories for this fast-tipvelling bunch in our next issue. When it was learned that the negro politicians; who had been opposing the confirmation of Frank Linney for District Attorney had suddenly aban doned their opposition, many North Carolina people wondered why. A 1 letter from H. E. C. Bryant, published in the Charlotte Observer Wednesday would seem to throw some light on the situation. The letter reads as follows: Two very interesting things took place here today. First, Senator Overman forced the sub-committee considering the nomi nation of Frank A. Linney, to agree to make public the testimony taken at the hearing last Friday. ' Second, Henry Lincoln Johnson, co lored,. who acted as peace-maker and stopped the negro fight on Linney, i was nominated for recorder of deeds ' for the District of Columbia, a posi-' tion he held under the Taft admin istration. North Carolina democrats are cou pling the Linney row and the John son promotion. They assert that it looks like the consummation of a trade between the two factions. This morning, when the sub-committee met Senators Ernst and Cum mins, the Republican members propos ed to make a favorable report on the Linney nomination. Senator Overman said that he had no objec tion to that, but insisted that the tesi mony taken at the hearing be made public. Messrs. Ernst and Cummins saw no necessity for this, but finally yielded, when Senator Borah, who at the outset led the fight against Lin ney, made it known that he demand ed the publication of the statements made before the committee. Therefore further action was delayed until the hearings are printed and distributed among the members of the judiciary committee. Senator Overman made it plain that he had no desire or intention to op pose the confirmation of Mr. Linney, but he thinks that what was said at the hearing should be given out. Pro-Negro Speech It is understood that Mr. Lnney de livered quite a pro-negro speech to the committee. He told of a force bill that his father introduced in the Congress and boasted of hi3 own re cord in dealing with the negroes. There is lots of curiosity as to the exact language of Mr. Linney when he gave his views on allowing the ne gro to vote. He said he was opposed to "illiter ates voting." Did he mean white and black illiterates? That is the impor tant question here. In the last campaign in the state the republican organization took a bold and aggressive stand for white voters. It insisted that "all white people, whether able to read and to write or not" should be registered and permitted to vote. This was the position of Dr. J. Ike Campbell, can didate against Representative R. L. Doughton, National Committeeman More-head, Candidate John J. Parker and Chairman Linney of the state committee. That was the unanimous cry of the G. O. P. leaders in the state. But before the senate com mittee he announced that he is oppos ed to illiterates voting. There is a question as to whether he said "illit erates," or "illiterate whites and blackjsi1 The testimony will make that clear. Mr. Linney told the committee that he was in favor of any discrimination as between white peo ple and negroes under the law, prom ised to prosecute anyone who violated the law. His present position would lay down the bars to the illiterate negro or close them to the illiterate white man. Democrats and republicans by an agreement have permitted uneducated white men and women to vote. If Mr. Linney carries out his policy as an nounced before the senate committee, the registration books will have ta be purged of the illiterate whites who voted in recent elections. The testimony will throw light on many important questions in the Lin- Washington, June 28. Representa tive Ansorage, of New York, issued a statement today asserting that the new republican members of the house were dissatisfied with the progress of congress at the present special ses ion, and diclosed the fact that he and ten others had joined in a call for a conference tomorrow night of ap proximately 100 new members to dis cuss the situation. "We are not meeting in any spirit of revolt," Mr. Ansorage said, ad ding that the new members wanted to cut some of the red tape and sub stitute action. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF STATE-WIDE INTEREST Digest of Happenings of Week Gleaned From the Files of Our Exchanges. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE Washington, June 28. Establish ment of peace by congressional reso lution neared its final stage today when senate and house Republican conferees agreed upon a compromise resolution which they hope to have in President's hands late ttis week. Washington, June 2S. Two occur rences, directly and indirectly related to North Carolina's controversy over the confirmation of Frank A. Linney, as federal district attorney, stirred members of the senate today. Raleigh, June 28. State Superin ivJent E. C. Brooks, of the deDart- Mr. Ansorapre said none of the ob-.ment of public instruction, today says jects for which congress was called , his belated word for school adr.iinis in special session had been aceom- j tration which has been much under pli.-hed, "nor is there any detiinite : fire in the west. promise as to when they will be," he added. "There are upwards of or.e hundred first term republicans in the house, and all feel as I do, that we have not been permitted to make our influence felt." "Congress was called in special ses sion for certain definite purposes, namely, revision of the cumbersome, unvvielding and inequitable system of taxation, and the passage of a fair protection tariff and passage of a peace resolution. None of these ob jects as yet have been accomplished, nor is there any definite promise as to when they will be," said Mr. An sorage. "Nearly three months have passed since the calling of the special session and we want to see action, spelled with a capital A. "We believe with the Republican party that what is best for the coun try is best for the party, and we want to impress that fact on some of the older members. Many of them have been here so long they seem to have forgotten it. "We are not meeting in any spirit of revolt. We have come more re cently from the people, and our opin ion should have weight. Congress is tied up with red tape; we want to cut that tape and substitute action; seniority rule has gone too far. We feel that our district has as much rights as Representative Joseph Can non's. "This is not a new thought. I have talked it over with the new members and they believe a conference at this time should stimulate us and serve a good purpose." SUMMER SCHOOL AT STANLY HALL Bur'ingti'ii, June 28. J. y.. Brown-hg-, prominent in the business, social and religious life of this city, com mitted suicide in his room at his home near here this afternoon aHout four o'clock. He used a razor and ended his life by cutting his throat. Cleveland, June 2S. Women may 'help to decide the fate of Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber, charged with plot ting the assassination of her husband, Daniel F. Kaber, in their Lakewood home two years ago. In her trial for first degree murder which opened here this morning, her attorneys lost in their effort to bar women from the jury. James Franklin Nail, aged thirty one, of White Oak, hanged himself to a pine tree limb east of that village at an early hour Tuesday morning. His lifeless mody was found yester day suspended- from the limb by a man transporting a load of rubbish to a trash heap located near where the tragedy occurred. According to relatives, Nail had not been in his right mind for some time, due to con stant worry over religion and ill health. Dr. Cope, the head of the British Antarctic expedition, who has, ac cording to a dispatch received at Van couver, B. C, discovered a new conti nent in the Antarctic. It is described as rich in minerals, oils, furs, and strange birds of immense size, as well as seals, sea leopards and gorgeous emperor penguine inhabit this land be yond Terra del Fuego. The area of this new continent, lying at the "bot tom of the earth," has not yet been computed. London, June 28. A settlement of the coal mine strike was reached to day. It is one of the greatest defeats ' for union labor ever suffered in Great Britain because not on'.v have the Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Temple have announced the opening of a summer school at Stanly Hall next Monday, Julv 4th. Miss Florence Muruhv. who has been connected with the Methodist jminer lftSt their fiht ftr hold;nS Orphanage at Raleigh for some time;- eighty-eight days, but as a result will be in charge of the advanced andif this stoppage the triple alliance, intermediate pupils, while Miss Bes- braided as the strongest labor body sie Smith, a well-known and popular i worid' n rendered im young" lady of the community wi; 1 - Kt'n- Lvnurci,H...,6..Ur3. Ulra Washington, June 2 Sectary young ladies are experienced and effi-, Haghea is waiting upon the imperial cient teachers, -and all the friends of counoiI at London for the development the Stanly Hall School feel confident y the administrations foreign policy, that the summer session will be a very , Thg gatherin? of Cne British colonial successful one. To help bear the ex- : representatives is the most important penses of th school, a tuition fee of international meeting since ths peace one dollar per month for the primary j conference at Paris. Upon it in a department and a slightly higher sum ! large measure hang disarmamen t, in- for the more advanced pupils will De , ternational co-operation and the poli- charged. WANTED FEATHERS OF ANY and all kinds so at I can feather my nest. R. C. Shaw, at the News Herald office. To be urn until I get enough feathers. cdes of the English speaking people in the Pacific. ney hearing. A Winston-Salem negro testified that the registrars would not register colored school teachers who had stood the tests. Then he appeal- i the end of a row when struck. ed to David H. Blair, and Mr. Blair , bolt passed from him to the plow and told him that he could not help him j killed the mule. His brother happen- for Mr. Linney had decided against , ed to be plowing in the same field in Charlotte, June 28. While plowing in his field at his home in the Hickory Grove section of the county, John G. Russell, white, was struck and killed by lightning this afternoon. His neck was broken and a three-inch strip of flesh burned fro-m his neck to his knee. He was turning his mule at The the negro. It required some time to force this statement out of the wit ness. In the mountain counties many of the white mem and women belong to the illiterate class of voters. new ground and was about the mid dle of the field when the bolt struck his brother on the edge of the field. The dead man was twenty -three. He wee married e year age, leaving wife and two-months-old baby.
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