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NewHerald The Albemarle News Established in 1880. The Stanly County Herald Established in 1919 Forty-First Year Albemarle, N. O, Tuesday, June 27th, 1922 $2.00 Per Year in Advance. Tine Stanly mm CONVENTION ft) BE HELDJNTH1S CITY . .v. n.st Albemarle has been Lble to attract, or to entertain, any to attract, or to entertain, any Hhe'iargw meetings or conventions, ; ; t ,t last we have reached the stage Ure we cn to i , p when we Shall ll" picjjairi. fv - ;im' j... various meetings and tceommouaic L rations The cenauny m m fcrgamza v...tu.,..i a evt June, enabled Messrs. L t tm, ind P. Harris who at- A H the State meeting 01 tne buuu- , Having heard tnat the local outnt i t,u iwiimu-, ai i " " ..,....... ......v. A Loan League, at Wrights- couldn't hit a nortsider, the Premiums statements are clearly demonstrated I of historical characters who had at ml Rah la-t week, to land th? nr-xt t-otted out Balowsky, a slim, short beyond question right here in our tempted to attain perfect knowledge nve'n':n for Albemarle. This heaver who throws from the wrong j idst, and the Millingport Section only to discover their knowledge in- State Con .... t i . t , t- io flip nlana fr nno tn ffA fn hp pnn- prpasprl thp littpr imnnssihilitv nf pvpr -i he neia iicm nunc i ... . t.u . t...i i rnnveniH, ' hnd will brinK irom cvc.n.jf ... ' - tn Alhemarle from ; r .. ii at., mmtv in tho State. I rinisw " . . , i r this line for AIDemane. a f 7 !r null will be made to land tlie . ll meeting o' the North Caroii-ia ' r Association here at a not far ' Press associoi , L:.f. future date, and other orga- L.nn nf similar kind will no doubt illi-UI"""- Ke attracted to Albemarle in the fu ture for their annual meetings. Our townsman, Mr. A. P. Harris, who attended the convention at 'ifrightsville last week, was right .iinmllv honored by being elected a member of the Executive Committee of the State Building and Loan league. Albemarle was selected by the Iairae as the place for the convention next summer by an overwhelming vote in which both Asheville and Winston- Salem were pulling against her for the convention to be held in those cities. TTie meeting of such arganizations m the State Building and Loan League should serve as a call to very patriotic citizen of the town to do his part in improving his premises and co-operating in every way to wards making Albemarle one of the most attractive places in the coun try. The climate of this town is in almost any season of the year. The scenery is most magnificent. No prettier spot can be found in the State. Within a fifteen minutes' ride one can take in a part of the Uwharrie Mountains, Badm, where the biggest aluminum plant in America is located, and other places of interest to the outsider. There is no reason why this town could not be made one of the choicest convention cities of the State in the near future. We have great possibilities in the future if every citizen of the town will co operate in a proper manner. OLD SOLDIER SHOT FROM AM BUSH NEAR OAKBORO Mr. Frank Mnrcan an old Con federate veteran about seventy-eight ye-rs of age, was shot from ambush "ear Oakboro yesterday afternoon. v He was passing along through a wood traveling a somewhat abandoned path hen suddenly and, without warning he was fired upon by someone, a shot- wi having been used, with the result that he was rather seriously wound di a large number of shot having en tered his body. It is said that he was wearir.ff his Confederata fcadtrp. and i the party who shot him possibly took for a prohibition officer's badge. 1 ad fired, thinking he was shooting ! revenue officer. i It will be iy nn'm'nprpil that fhrpp or i fou ! ir years aeo near the same section man by the name nf Sbnp was shot ' d instantly killed while passing , throuirh the woods, but the guilty Party was never annrpTindpH and , Mil this dav the slaver nf Mr.' Shoe i nnVn own. Sheriff Mnrnn tobs call- ; ed I ar and rushed to the scene of the ; hoot ng Promptly, and proceeded to oir the woods for the assailant of Morgan, but, although he and his Wies are at work on the case this laming as we go to press there seems be no clue as to the guilty party. Me Mr. Morgan is seriously wound- it i9 hoped that he will recover in Wnce of complications. TEACHERS' SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS TODAY The teacher s' summpr srhnnl nenS Way in Albemarle and as we go to Pnjss ouitp . ii v i tcacners ftllmmaw buKaaI ATUtie i -i a cwuiv numDer oi uua- -nooi teachers of the county are and getting suiUble quarters fw the occasion. j TWO GAMES GO TO OFFSET ONLY LOSSOFTHE VEEK The Efird-Wiscasaett Baseball team has won two and dropped one game nas won two ana aroppea one game ; 8inc our last issue, and, although the wins were appreciated by the - w nuii; n vvaa tu mc last .uuiuue uul- fit on Friday afternoon at Monroe. ! ! ine iiim win came on inursuay, ,u0 tu .,,nnn.aAi ctrnn. o f Swift and Company, from Charlotte, came over and took a drubbing 6 to 0. aiue t l ms riuaiur. r or ii:vv iii- - c i T7 .. r ; nii,. - i L- .,-. i.-n.jr .-..., althoueh bein? hit freely, but in the fourth and sixt1! the doluore fell, and , , . , . he lost ms cap. wenon, nis succe?- or, didn't have a thing but a wind-, Up, but he got by with it. He would reach down for a handful of dirt on every pitch, and he had the nome ' team stiring in open-mouthed wonder as to what he was going to do with the aforesaid dirt, and just where V got the nerve that made him unafraid to walk into a pitcher's box. The visitors were helpless before the pitching of Morrow, who held them to four scattered hits, while his mates were pounding out a t..tal of 8, three of which were for extra bases. On Friday the team went d.wn to Monroe, accompanied by a brass band and everybody who had a dying or very sick grandmother and were able to pull the old stall and go away. Albemarle piled up three runs in the second and third innings on home run clouts by Morrow, Grandy and Ryan, and it looked as if Paul Low der, pitching for Monroe, was in for an awful drubbing. Meanwhile Pren tiss Mauldin was breezing along in fine style until the 5th, when, with two men on, he got one over the plat ter just where "Bull" Hasty wanted it, and the ball hasn't been seen since. The ball cleared the fence in right field, and that smash made the hearts of the Albemarle contingent heat like a trip hammer that is being woriced overtime, the lameo oeu oi thorns would have been as welcome to them as anything else about that time. The game rocked along until the seventh with the score tied at five all, and during this inning Allen went to the hill for Albemarle in place of Mauldin. During the remaining part of the game Monroe got to him for three runs, for which he was not altogether to blame, and came off winners 5-8. The old world "if" played a big part ia this loss, but we're not here to wield a hammer. The best of u-j make errors at times, and besides it profits nothing to cry over spilt milk. Suffice it to say that when Monroe comes here tomorrow for the third game between the two teams, ihe town is going out in full force, all except the cripples and blind ones, j fV,p'ro iminff to set their satch- "'W O " . I a1s iiAivn nil the bench occupied ny , l,o Alhpmarle team. Selah. c.tnrHi.v's u-ame was between Efird - Wiscassett and Advance, from kjaiu ',7 d n npar Winston-Salem, and was a mtich better game than the 7-2 score would indicate. rio,-.n nitchpd his uvjat strong , - n - amp and was never ;n danjrer oi Win.r In onlv one inning did the Tohaceoiists score, the 5th, when a couple of hits, a walk and a sacrifice .,u.,.oH hv an error gave them two ,c riavton has iearned that it is nithor who holds himself in han,i and keeps something in reserve for a pinch, and when the pinch come.-, he usually produces the stuff to come out unscathed. He has not lost a game since his reinsUtement with the team, and has worked as much, or more than any other hurler on the staff- , T. A Peoples, the opposing twirler, had worlds of stuff, but was handicapped by wildness, botii in pitching to bat- ond in throwing to bases. Three j of Albemarle's runs were due to wild p. to second and first. He allow- -nana tn PCOn3 aiiu - . ed only four hits, and two of these r T,fipIH variety. Some-; were ui - - how the Albemarle ouncn na, luck off good pitchers than at the hands of some fellow who thinks he ; Old Salem Church Sets Pace For all Other Rural Churches News - Herald Representative Attend Church at Tnat place Sunday, and Heard Magnificent Sermon hv Rev. R. w OnnH rnads. rnnd sehnnls and (rnnd " j churches with capable castors, as a rule, go hand in hand. That com- mumty wmcn puis us religion nrsi vireed. On last Sunday morning the j editor ot trie isews-rieraia jumpea i i in a car with a friend and wandered out to that garden spot of Stanly Cmtrttv civ mi si Wat nf Alhpmnrlp. j - to attend -services at Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. We had heard much talk and many favorable comments . . fi . . i.nro. """"" ........ structure lust completed at Milling- port, of the fine preaching which Rev. port, oi tne n preaenmg wnicn ivev. R. O. Eller. the Salem pastor, has i .1 l. . neen doing in inis new cnuicu. ul tne fine new brick school building just recently completed in that community i and we had a curiosity to see this j community first-handed. Sainm Mpt.hodist i;nureh is one oi the oldest laeinodisi cnurcnes in me county and has on its membership roll approximately five hundred nam es. The membership of this old church is not confined to the Milling port Section. Scores of men and wo men who have grown up in the atmos phere of Salem Methodist Church have gone out to other sections of the county, and even to other states, but have retained their love and admira tion for the old home church. Because of this many of them have left their membership there. A number of these members now hold prominent posi tions in Albemarle and attend servic es regularly every Sunday, driving out from here to Salem each Sunday for this nurnose. The new church structure, which was completed a few months ago, on the site of the old ; building, is one which would do credit I to the best street in Albemarle or o- rtlipr tmim nf this size. It is nuj Vw.. - - the very latest thing in modern churcn buildings, having electric lights and ; other conveniences possessed by the i nhnoiiaoad htr f hP I best city churches. The parsonage, located on the same lot, and nearby the beautiful brick church, is modern ly constructed and equipped with electric lights. The new church and parsonage stand about two hundred feet back from the main Albemarle Concord highway in one of the finest old oak groves to be found anywhere. The grounds have been laid off in beautiful walks and driveways and the land is now being prepared for lawn grass and other shrubbery. The beautiful old oaks show indications of careful attention, as does every thing else about the place. At the 11 o'clock church service a congre gation assembled which we suspect l.inrer than any single church in i Albemarle injoyed at the same hour, the large auditorium naving oei-n ly well filled with people from the community for miles around. The c 'jivh has an excellent choir and the rc:vi?fs were impressive and helpful. Rev. R. O. E'.ler, the capable pa:tor. j i a -he scripture lesson the third chapter of Philippiar.s, ar.d took fr . ... f t!- twelfth verse that chapter. "N'r as .hoi-eh 1 a -,Jjf." ,. i . ' i.. ntt-iinuH either were a !. n:iu tiiita". an.. . . T.. n''T,ict..r JOtf the r.ever can be attained m this worm, ought to take off his shoes and take a running start Deiore ne ueu.- the ball. we Sam - everybody's going to tne game w.th cain p sewhere in tms article Monroe tomorrow, aim we hunch that when the ump shall have made his last decision of the day and the last ball has been trown, that the foi;owers of the Monroe euro win u.c iviw"s h&ve that pae sick;y feeling that , .... , 4.u. 1Q.-.p ire oniuinst vi win . Albemarle on Ara we right . Come a last Friday. and see. O. Eller. Pastor 7 that nerfeet knowledge is imnnssihlp - 0 This he said was exemplified by the fact that Christ himself had not per- mi miuw.im nis numan capacny. being able to attain the goal of their am onions He took the position also that it is impossible for mankind to become free from mistakes, and that it is im possible for humanity to rise above temptation. "It is the devil's business to mislead people," declared the preacher, and he said that he was not certain that it is not the person who is me nearest penect tnai tne cievu tempts sorest. "There are those who do I 4.l . u- j i j ! nut iiueitsi. tne uevn, e uctiaicu anu in substantiation of this statement he ! held up the worthless, conscienceless, fellow who has already gone to the j point where his conscience no longer j sepms tn lash him into tne Datn ot rectitude. "I warn vou," he declar ed, "that when you reach the point where you are not tempted you are in a dangerous place." Rev. Mr. Eller closed his discourse with the discussion of the possibilities of one being able to attain a perfect motive. He thought that this was possible in the process of the growth of Christian Character, and did not hesitate to advance the theory that he believed that growth does not cease at death. He declared that he believed the process of growth- continues" throughout eternity. He dismissed the idea of heaven being a place where one is given a golden harp and left with nothing in the world to do bJt Jnv nn it thrnncrhnnt eternity. He I. tht nprtni wno have been accustomej to doing things in the woru wouij not be satisfied in heaven . , notnm)r to d0 but play eternal ly on a golden harp. His theory was iy (in a gumcii naif rf that there wouid be something more fnr gv saint t0 do than to quietly . .... i ..... Da Mr. Eller admonished his hearers to strive to develop that state of perfect motive in this world, and in view of this, and in view of this continuation of growth and development in per fection, he closed with the following statement: "Then forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, let us press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." One who attends a church service at Salem and hears this able young JCOV HI A V - - - J - AOf onH fnttor nwav ererimv. xmt. minister deliver one of his interesting .. .., v -Mo and learned discourses, will be able to see therein to a great extent, at least, an explanation for the erection of the beautiful Salem Church struc - ture, and the fine congregations which attend upon divine services tnere eu IITldflV ine exiraoruiiiaijf ing of Rev. Mr. Eller and with tne community un ier the leadt-r-h;; -the strong, stalwart families -if the Millingport Section, the I 'pes. the Lnwders, the Hatleys. and the niny others which we might mention, with 1 the tine pumie i... -v..- .m,i- vantages, serve to uli- munitv a moie". which might weh be c-mmj ENGINEER SIGMAN DROPS DEAD THIS MORNING j A telephone message from Badin as tVii mornin? stated we Bu " . " j that "Engineer Sigman, who was re- nn t,P Wins- i aevinK iiio.iiri .i6 . , i ton-Salem Southbound passenger train dropped dead at Whitney about eight o'clock this morning. High blood pressure is thought to have been the , Mr Siw,an, ud- iiiimtuiui". - den death. Mr. and Mrs. Will Doby and daugh ter. Miss Gladys, are visiting relatives n Hickory. NEWS NOTES OF INTERESTS BIG CROWD TURNS OUT TO OF THE CURRENT WEEKjASSIST IN CLEARING PARK Raleigh, June 25. The Highway Commission will ask the state treas urer and the council of state to Fell another four or five million dollars worth of highway bonds in order to i take care of their expenditures for; road construction during the present i year. I tt: -x t o, r . ... killer? and five dnjurect .late today i when a West Construction company I truck laden with negro paving la-! borers left the road at Smith's cross-1 ing, 12 miles from here, and crashed J into a group of visitors in the front yard of a country home. ; Tokio, June 24. Japan today sealed J her pledge to promote world peace ; taken at the limitation of armament j conference at Washington by declar- j ing her final decision to withdraw her -fanm CltAIA A T A nnnniininiT 1 troops from Siberia and announcing to the world a policy of non-aggres sion. Washington, June 25. Representa- tive Hammer said that the Democrat ii- nostmaster at Rockincrham vas - railroaded out of office, not because there was anything of a serious na-j "e again,., mm, ou, Wr u ''" of KlvlnK a Jb to M. r. Long, J r., j -rr- - the position. New York, June 25. Notwithstand ing the uncertainties comprised in the several labor disputes and the im pending reductions in railroad freight rates, industry maintained its gains dumg the past week. Washington, June 24. An appro priation of $7,500,000 for new con struction work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was author ized today by the house and sent to the senate for concurrence. Under the limitation fixed by the house, how ever, none of the money can be ex pended prior to next October. WEATHER REPORT For the period of June 20 to July 1st, 1922: For South Atlantic and Ea.st Gulf States: Generally fair except local showers near the coast; Normal temperature. TEXAN WHO LEFT STANLY IN 1860 SAYS STANLY IS A DIFFERENT SECTION. Mr. R. H. Kirk who left Stanly County with his father, General M. Kirk, in 1860, is here on his first visit since he left more than sixty years ago. He stopped over on his return from Richmond where he at tended the reunion of Confederate Veterans last week. He arrived in j Albemarle Saturday afternoon and; immediately fell into the hands of friends who have been giving him the ; Timp nx nis nit? evtrr jjtin. is a retired planter, having accumulat- ed quite an esiaie in , t.fiv(, vr, nld. is as . . : T .ml ol- boy mA , - anJ en(?r , Newg.Hepjl1 repre. , ; , as0 what he thoupht of . which have taken place in Stanly County sin-e he le:t here sixty years ago, a tifteen-ycur-o!d bo, Mr. Kirk said, "When we left North Carolina in 1S60 it was a very worn ..it ar.d poor country. Stanly County was rot much of a place in wHi-n t' i.ve and Albemarle was a very rm i'I with a court house, jail, iw t jr.'.s and a f-w s. atterirg residenc es. The county was non-progressive and con-productive. Now I find that everything has charged completely. You have a wonderful county, show ing evidences of progress and pros perity everywhere." Mr. Kirk was very favorably impressed with Stan ly's good roads ami with Albemarle's growth. The last time he was in All car Albemarle, he said, was when he me here with his father for th-i purposed - preparatory to the tnp West. He was reared on the ld Kirk Plantation r.ear the cross roads between New Indon and Richfield. Dr. Chanes I. Mi'lt-r got him in hand Sunday and took him to the old Kirk home place. Speaking of this trip Mr. Kirk said. "I found nothing that looked 'ike what the old place did when we left. According to schedule on last Thurs day afternoon a large crowd of bojm from ten to sixteen years of age, representing the various Sunday Schools of the town, gathered on the vacant lot of Mrs. G. P. Watkina on North Second and North Third streets and. toeether with around a half dozen able bodied men. nroceed- ed t0 Put in a ?ood honest ha,f davs work in cleaning off the undergrowth and shrubbery preparatory to the akinS of 8 citr playground or park, of coarse the work was not quite finished, although a number of tfcs bovs and 3ome of the Wn Friday morning on the job. The Wis- caSsett Mills Company furnished a team for hauling off rubbish, and plenty of Chero-Cola donated by the chero Cola Company, and Coca Cola donated by the Stanly Bottling Works, I lit . 1 1 ll . . V. was to oe naa Dy me wornei s iiuuugu out the afternoon. Every one seemed to "have had a mind to work," and there was no slacking or shirking o the part of anyone. Some used axes, others hoes and rakes and a few grass blades were in evidence. A big change was made in the appearance of the lot. It is the determination of a few that Albemarle must have a pub!ic d d f th work will be done this week. There will be n net-up until the lot is cleaned oaT thoroughly. It is hoped that the lead ing citizens of the town will then each donate a comfortable seat or tw and when these shall have been plac ed on the grounds Albemarle will have a real comfortable little play ground and will have made a great step forward towards the establish ment of a real public park. This reminds us that Mr. S. H. Hearne announced to the News-Herald representative last Friday that between now and next spring he ex pects to clean up and beautify the vacant plot of land lying between the Norwood road and South Second St., extension on the branch just acroaa the street from the old steam laundry building. Mr. Hearne say.s that he wants to build a pavillion somewhere on the lot, place comfortable seata thereon and turn the lot over for use as a park. He says that he ex pects to do this work either the lat ter part of this summer or certainly not lajter than early next eprintf. This decision may mean that Mr. Hearne will eventually deed this prop erty to the town to be used as a public park for all time to come, and we believe that he could donate noth ing that would be appreciated more in the future. LUTHERAN PICNIC THURSDAY The Sunday School of the First Lutheran Church will enjoy a picnic Thursday evening at Rocky River Thnse intendine to eo oa this picnic will meet at the church at 2 o'clock and all start from that point. A picnic supper will be enjoy ed at the springs before returning tJ Albemarle. Prof. P.. S. Graves, principal of the Kingville Colored School, is at Hamp ton Institute, Hampton. Va for sever al -veel-s ,srec:al:7.ir.g in school su"er-vi.-.jr. ard edo -iSma! ?-' -1 ' " ! hous- '.va the sin '.ot'1 s mavk;nr th nn-.-y. I h.i'i takirg a d ii. -. nere ,f wa- a :: the f il er. !" 'Ving for- drink of water out hut the dog-gn ,if the oid sprin buggers up "rhere had filled it up wita saw-dust and I fii'.ed to get that re freshing drir.k which I had lookjd forward to upon my visit to Stanly." He will he here and in Rowan Coun ty for a few days this week, and ex pects to return to Texas the latter part of the week. He will take in the big development at Badin today. He has been looking forward to his Badin trip with all th.; keen interest of a fifteen year old boy. During the war between the states Mr. Kirk served ir the Western Army, having been in Cheatair.'s Division, Haxton's Brig ade, Turner's Battery. He says that the f.'.od in his section has practically ruined the courtry for the tiir.e be ing. . ,