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Stanly
News-Herald.
The Albemarle News Established in 1880.
Forty-First Year
Two Killed and One Injured in
Auto Wreck Near New Bridge1
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Kalph Smith and James Stagg, both of Durham, were killed
in an automobile wreck which occured just this side of the Pee
Pee River Bridge on Sunday evening about 5:30 o'clock, and
Albert Mooneyham, of Raleigh, is in the Presbyterian Hospital at
Charlotte as the result of a crushed skull which he sustained in ;
the wreck. Just how the accident happened no one seems to know '
as two of the men were dead when found, and Mooneyham was
unconscious. .The car had run off of an embankment and as it j
dashed down the side of the fill it crashed into a tree. I
Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, November 7th. 1922
The Stanly County Herald Established in 1919
$2.00 Per Year in Advance.
A few minutes after the accident
Dr. W. C. Fitzgerald of this place
pa.-sel oy ana weni 10 tne rescue 01 i
the unfortunate men to find that I
Stag? was dead, that Smith was
hopelessly multilated and Mooneyham i
had suffered a crushed skull. Assist- '
ed by others who passed by about the
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same tune, amiin naving oeen sun
alive, Dr. Fitzgerald rushed the two
men to Albemarle for medical treat
ment. Smith died almost immediately
after reaching the city.. All possible
efforts were made to save Mooney
ham, and after he had received first
aid, Dr. C. M. Lentz carried him to
Charlotte where he was placed in the
Presbyterian Hospital. The undertak
ing firm of Parker Little Furniture
Co. was notified and proceeded to the
scene of the wreck and brought the
body of the dead man into town car
rying it to their undertaking depart
ment to await further orders. The
body of Smith was turned over to P.
J, Huneyoutt & Co., a local undertak
ing establishment.
When the men were found neither
Dr. Fitzgerald nor any of those who
assisted in bringing them to town
were able to identify the men, but
laming that they were from Durham,
Mr. Laban Little who resided in that
city for two years, went to the under-
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UUtlll eMiiuuMHiieiii anu juciiwucu
Ralph Smith. " Later Stagg was
identified by Messrs. Little and Ers-1
kine Smith, but there seemed to be
considerable uncertainty as to the
identity of Mooneyham until the time
REVIVAL AT FIRST STREET
CHURCH. '
What is known as the "Young
Peoples' Evangelistic Party,"
composed of Evangelist Ed G.
Caldwell, of Dillon, S. C, his
singer, Mr. D. H. Buie, of Red
bpnngs, and Miss Maude Phil
lips, of Lynchburg, Va., pianist,
will commence a revival meeting
at First Street M. E. Church,
on next Sunday. The party gets
its name the "Young Peoples'
Evangelistic Party," by reason
of the almost extreme youth of
its personnel. Evangelistic Cald
well is only twenty-four years of
age and is the youngest evangelist
in the Southern Methodist
. Church. The singer, Mr. Buie,
is twenty-nine years old and Miss
Phillips appears to be nineteen
to twenty years of age. Mr.
Caldwell has been referred to by
the press in some of the towns
in which he has conducted meet
ings, as "the most powerful
young minister of the South."
The meeting will continue for
two weeks, and rather extensive
.preparations are being made to
make it a great success.
It is expected that from the
very beginning First Street
Church will be crowded to the
limit of its capacity.
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I McLean Reviews Record of Demo
cratic Party in Magnificent Speech
KELLY & M'READY BREAK
T
Dayton, 0., Nov. 4. After thun
dering their way three-fourths of the
distance across the United States,
Hun. A. W. McLean, of LumbL-rton
made an interesting and instructive
democratic speech here Saturday af
ternoon to a crowded audience which,
assembled in the court house. Mr.
McLean spoke interestingly of the
party record in this state and in the
nation, during his talk, among other
things, having said:
"The democratic party has ful-
from San Diego to Indianapolis, j filled verJ' expectation of those wh
through storms and calm, darkness
believe that the
true
is
functions
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Lieutenants John A. MacRearlv and
rioMo,, r T.-..U. .. t ... i . , . -
, v,. .cllcy lKlaa lonignt ai- an, clltentment of all the
ter their hazardous trip and related the state. It has met tlv
incidents of their record-breaking 1 test of benign and enlightened gov-
I non-stop flight of 2.060 miles i eminent, m that it has provided ade-
o
and light, aboard the monoplane T-2, Slale Kovernint'nt is to provide in
uie largest measure lor the material,
physical, cultural and moral welfare
people of
sup rem
Rev. Ed G. Caldwell, Youngest evangelist in the Southern Method
ist Church, who begins a series of revival meetings at First Street
Church next Sunday.
X. CAROLINA MINISTER
OETS SLICE OF ESTATE.
INTERESTING PLAY AT GRADED
SCHOOL.
The aviators were forced to land i
meir snip at Indianapolis at 0:47
o clock this morning after they had
iuately for the cave of the unfortun
ates of society those whom God in
j his infinite wisdom has permitted to
wiey nai ,,. u. j. ., ...i
l t . ., . . .-unci aiiuiiiuii, uue ueui ami num.:
water supply owing ; thc j;
10 a DioKen line, ihev borrowed a
NEW CENTRAL M E. PASTOR
I PREACHES GREAT SERMON
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he was taken to Charlotte. Dr. Fitz- J
gerald savs that when the men were j Rev- c- M- P"ens, the new pastor
found by him they were all sitting in of Central M. E. Church, came in
the seat of the car which was a Nash ; week and preached his first ser
rMHit..r moil to an Albemarle congregation
New York, Nov. 4. The will of The play and box sale given by the
Anna C. McBean, 72 years old, of : Home Economics Department of the
this city, but who for years has been , local school on last Friday evening,
sojourning in Italy, here she died j although not attended by as large a
July fi, last, was filed for probate to- number of the patrons of the school
day in the surrogate's court by White J as should have attended, proved very
& Case, of 14 Wall Street, in behalf , entertaining and in many ways was
of the New York Trust company, ex- ! quite a success. The play was well
ecutors of the estate named in the i gotten up ami well rendered by those
w'"- taking parts, and provoked many
The document, dated April 20, 1918, j hearty laughs from the audinece. Af
leaves all the estatrix's laces, brie a ' the play a score or more of lunch
brack and. other personal property, baskets, which had been prepared by
and $30,000, to her granddaughter, j the girls of the Home Economics De
Lois Dedrick Clemens, of Washington, j partment, were auctioned off by Mes
D. tC, and Coer D'Alene, Idaho, and i s-s- Charlie McSwain and Ralph Fea
also $10,000. to a grandson, Winthrop JT'n. The total sum realized from the
Dedrick, of Saginaw, Mich.; $15,000 sale of admission tickets and boxes.
I to Mrs. Ida Wiggin, of Chicago, 111.; amounted to more than $.j0, which
$10,000 to a nephew, Charles G. del- amount will be applied for the benefit
lin, of Port Huron, Mich., and $1,000 if the Home Economics Department
to Rev. Herbert Roche, of Ruther- j of the school.
fordton, X. C. After bequating de- Due to the fact that there were not
cedent's clothing to her maid, Elena enough bidders present many of the !
Zuchi, of Florlmont, Switzerland, the boxes which actually cost a dollar,
residue of the estate is left the gran 1
From the position in which they on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. On 'laughter, Lois Dedrick Clemens. A
were sitting Smith was evidently ; Minnay evening tne large auditorium
driving the car at the time of the I was 1'acked and jammed with eager
wreck. Stap-ir was at thp other side . listeners. According to custom, the
of the car with Mooneyham in the
middle. The car had not turned over
but was almost completely demolished
Codicil says if anything is realize
from judgments in suits in which de
cedent's husband, the late Duncan D.
h
! Presbyterian congregation 'did not j McBean, was plaintiff, $10,000 each
hold any service, giving the members shall be paid in Anna McBean, of
an opportunity to attend Central j Windsor, Canada, and Mrs. Ernest G.
Church to hear the new minister. Rev. ; Cushing, of Wichita, Kan.
iy having crashed against the large
oak on the edge of the fill. It is said
that the body of Smith was dreadful
ly man;;led and bruised.
It seems that Stfcgg's body was not
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v. i-j -jui. i -ii I seems to be delighted with his preach-
be had evidently been killed instantly , .
i . , , . , . - ., ing so far, and he has certainly made I
oya blow on the side of the face and I , . . , ,, , .
forehead I a 0K impression in Albemarle in j
t . . . . tne Deginiiing oi nis iiiimsiij ucc
Latest news coming from Charlotte ...
indicates that Mooneyham has
chance of recovery.
The bodies of the two dead men
ere shipped to Durham yesterday j
morning. A brother of Ralph Smith
left Durham about 8 o'clock Sunday!
and more, went for twenty-five to
fifty cents. Really the boxes should
have brought at least fifty dollars,
selling for ni more than they were
actually worth.
LION LUNCHEON THURSDAY
EVENING.
onu new to uayton early tins
afternoon. Had they traveled 700
miles further they would have suc
ceeded in their attempt to cross tiic
continent without stopping. Mac
Ready and Kelley, however, are no:
entirely disappointed for their flig'it
demonstrated that a coast-to-coast
flight is possible, they declared.
Washington, Nov. 4. Lessons
learned by Lieutenants Oakley Kelley
and John MacReady in their world
record flights in the army monoplane
T-2 will be turned to advantage by
army air service officials here with
confidence that a successful non-stop
flight across the continent can be
made in the near future.
A statement issued by the air serv
ice headquarters, tonight, said the
flight of the two pilots from San
Diego, California, to Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana, a distance of near
ly 2,100 miles, had set a distance
record, the longest previous continu- 1
ous flight having been that of Cap- '
tain John Alcock and Sir A. W.
Brown. British pilots, when they cov
ered 1.9:10 on their trans-Atl.vrtic
flight in 101!). The two American
i'iiuts on October ." ha.l established
a new world's endurance record of
3.") hours, IS minutes and ::0 s.'loii''s
flying over San Diego.
It was believed bv air servii e 3i'-
crippled and feeble-minded
children, wayward boys and girls and
those afflicted with serious diseases
like tuberculosis.
"The next important duty which
the state owes to the citizens ha
also been performed to the fullest
extent by the democratic administra
tion in that it has provided ade
quately for public education, good
roads, and an equitable system of
taxation by which taxes, necessary
for the support of government, , are
levied upon the citizens in propor
tion to their ability to pay. Whi'e
there has been a steady and ever
increasing progress along all lines,
during the past 20 years, it may be
frankly said that the greatest im
petus has been observed during the
less than two years of the Morrison
administration. Governor Morrison,
j in his efforts to bring about advanci -
nient along all lines of public welfare
, has eclipsed all former records, not
; only for North Carolina, but for other
I states as well.
Comparison of Records.
"It is a futile task to attempt to
I compare this great record of the Dem
i ocratic party in North Carolina with
what the republican party ha ac-
complished in the state, for the reason
i that (luring the two periods when the
j republican party was in power its
j record generally, both in its acts of
The value of the estate is placed at
'over $10,000 in personal property."
MRS. IIURRIS SERIOUSLY M ' .
Pickens delivered a great sermon
j Sunday evening. One who heard it
j said it w-as "a sermon for real red
blooded men as well as women and
children". The Central congregation
j Mrs. E. R. Burris is seriously i!!
her home in West Albemarle, hnvi
recently contracted a rather n .'
Crucial miisin had been arranged nanf nf Pneumonia.
a , ! -
j for the occasion which added quite a !
I bit to the attratcion of the evenings
The members of the Albemarle
Lions Club will hold a luncheon meet
ii g in the Womans' Club room on
Thursday evening from seven to eight
:''c.k. An interesting program will
j : rranged for this occasion and it
i.- honed that every member wi'l be
-rc-sent promptly on time.
omission and commission, disclosed
fleers here jhat Lieutenants Kelley , Ilothillg. to be m.ou(1 of or that W0UhJ
si.' cess-: jM ;i,!v wa. comnu,lui jt to any in
telligent or fairminded citizen of the
state."
Referring to the tariff, Mr. McLean
said in part:
"In the enactment of the Ford-liey-McCumber
Tariff bill the repub
lican party has abandoned the posi
tion it has held upon the tariff que-
tion since the party was founJe-i.
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ine various manges on nou.e - That is to sav. t has abandoned fie
will take effect November Kith. The
i ml MacReady would havi
fullv accomplished the fli;
California to New York i' 'heir'
motor equipment had been in as good !
condition as it was when their pre
vious attempt, made a month ago,
was balked by unfavorable weather.
CHANGES ON ROUTE TWO
right, upon being notified of the ac
cent, and arrived in' Albemarle later
i the night. He accompanied the
"mains of the dead men back to Durham.
Mr. Labon Little of this plac3 who
as well acquainted with both Smith
and Stagg. told the News-Herald
MR. LITTLE'S BARN BLAZED
SUNDAY.
Albemarle was thrilled Sunday af
ternoon about 4:30 o'clock when the
fire whistle sounded the alarm and it
was found that the barn of Clerk cf
the Superior Court, J. A. Little, was
on fire. The fire was discovered just
os it was cettinc a start by Dr. T.
representative that they were among ip Nesbjt ,ives nearby and the
leading younger men of Durham. efforts of the fire filters soon brought
Smith is the eldest son of W. Y. , .. . , ,,nAc.r f.ontrol so that the
nith, one of Durham's wealthiest . .j-v, rBSiilt?d was nezligat-
atisens. Mr. Stao-c is a son of Mrs. I .
Big Army Airplane Will Take Part
in Armistice Day Celebration Here
is to say,
idea of a protective tariff designed
mail carrier is anxious for all patrons : tfl ,,,.,1, the conditions surround
along the points where the changes ing Amer;can manufacturers, as
are to be made to scrape the roads, ! l.olllpared with thl,se abroad, and
also place boxes on the right hand ha substituted a prohibitive tariff,
sitle of the road at the proper dis- uhii!l m practjt.e amounts to an em
tance and height. The people on Route karg0 upn jmp0rts. The party has
2 have been endeavoring to get this re)ui;atej the doctrine which Mc
change made for more than two years. miey j)t.,;tvC(i ;n i a t;me when
This change will accommodate about , business, industry and argicuUural
25 families. ' nrosneritv are largely dependent up-
. : The first change leaves the old on ;oreign markets, the republican
The Walter B. Hill Post of the American Legion has received route at Foyd Cu!pS( IW,ar the Kirk aiiministratio,1 has a,ioptP(i a polio-
make it well nigh imncs-
to sell our surplus pro-
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. i ,), i,(r acnooi; inemir aiuo mc ducts ahroaa. Kepunncan ne.-ji-
and of people who it now appears are going to arrena me u Lowders' Ferry Road; i , miaineas orB
anizations and m-
The iJaUgtl- . Jlmmin Meltons': thence to I J;. ui:.,,.,. r th hifriii-st
HAi'ii " . - Ull lUUdl IllUftKOii l i...
standing, and who have always believ
ed in the old republican doctrine of
ine t auei i. xiiu ru.x u 111c niucinau ii-e,." - rouie ai r iuju vu-i's, 1 aiinumstratic
assurance from Camp Bragg that an army air plane will be sent , School House, coming in by G. K. ' vhich wiI1 n
to Albemarle for the attraction and entertainment of the thous-, Seers' t o the it
Armistice Dav celebration here on November 11th
ters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American devolution . D. p. Kirk's, into the old route.
i u rrvir,.-,o Anviiiarv -,f tliA AmpnVnn Tecrion are co-operat- ""1 . .7.
anu me -j i ... j i;rrK CK OK Ml ll.L . , fi
ing most heartily with the local post of the American Legion m A-r VlRST STREET ZZijt Z
fens E. Stagg, who is a grand-ie' 1 petting everything in readiness for the big day. n appear w.-i new tariff bill as a scheme tc Pe-m.t
ghter of the late Washington j mUn''cated to him for the time being. ! tnere is going to be considerable rivalry in the contest for prizes We hVe Rev. C. M. bharpe. our ,a , anj rnrplR., l0
"the tobacco king", of Durham. , The denlorable accident caused hun- j . nflrfldp in the nrenaratioil of floats, and it is expected that . new pastor, just fine, remarked a American ot thnv h.-
R;. . . , .v . .L. " - ' .... rr.i tTL ! i 1 f IT.Vct Jtrot Al . .. . . i.
ner was. prior to his aeam, (Il4s of Deopie to gainer on i ,, , . fat,u.a nf thp riavs Droeram. ine -uu leaomg n.rmmn ... -- llon? 01 aonars,
Tlce President and eeneral manager !.Ktr.pts in front of Dr. Lentz's office,
tf the Durham and Southern Railway ! - hPrp Mr. Mooneyham was
Mr. Vnnnt,i,n orli. svaned ; j r,j or-nnriH thp undertaking ! take Dart
..vj utsi, o..u - - . . .... . ,
of Parker Little . the pai'ade, which takes place aDout lv o ciucr. m
his life, Is said to be an auto
mobile mechanic of Raleigh.
The party left Durham yesterday
oit 12:30 o'clock en route to Char
ge Whpro t,ar nun at
tend
"n automobile dealers conven-
establishments
SGHead Military Company will be here in full uniform and wilI;E. Church to 'he New
, i . , x .1,. on A will ho flip-chief attraction in other day. We th.nk t
aKing : taKe pari, m uic uajj cachio " , , , . , n
the morning, j very man we nae m-eu iwnus
It is rather remarkab-
That stanch repub-
News-Herald the lioan newsnaper. The New York lr:
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"monstrosity.
iiat lie is th? ; une. calls the act a
The Boston Transcript, the lea iing re-
nnhlican naners in New Eng.3iid,
Furniture Co. and P. J. Huneycutt ; cQmes rQm different sections of the country and from aa-,Ie cominuea . characterizes is as -a disgrace to
: nninrr tr. turn our in i ie inai ie. ..ii. the nartv in nower, anu a m..i.c v
& Co., where the bodes of Stagg and ( counties that the ex-s
sm;tfc nad been carried to await word ,
from their relatives. The bodies of
th Hpad men and of the injured
vhen seen by the News-
and
Mrs. Stagg, mother of James j gentleman were brought into the city
was visiting her daughter at just before the tfhorch hour hence
ttton at ti,- tv .MptiL Ui,-. tipws snread rapidly as the church-
a u o.-ii... j.I . oil loampd of the accident oy
niat lur. flulllQ B KWia
states furti er that
A cc-nsp'.racy
is friifi ah ivm
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m-i!SL2S L lle since the rea.Arraist; Day on Novell.. .918
. . i 1 J., nnrl 1 litt ttWk' W fit M . v .. - .
11 . rr,l - 4- in n L'l n rr mPTi!i ra I 1 1 111 s I 1 II H I til ui a. ua " v" I -
tii Torre 1 lie IU u la mamiifit K " i ,
fo, 0, we fee, ,ul.e .hat "
ember lltn, wiu De me sreauaa u-, ... iwu i,t fin, so far.
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