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THE AL "3 -1 MAR WATCH LABEL On your paper. Send re THE PRESS Best Advertising Medi um in Stanly County. newal before expiration STANLY COUNTY WEEKLY OF CHARACTER VOLUME 3 ALBEMARLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1923 NO. 45 BOARD RE-ELECTS C. A. REAP AS CO. SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATION New London Calls for Lady School Committeeman Mrs. Staton Named. The County Board of Educa tion, Messrs. S. L. Gulledge, W. A. Hough and L. H. Bost, met in a called session Monday, June 11 to transact necessary educa tional matters for the county. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Mr. S. L. Gulledge, and opened with pray er by Mr. Hough. In the April meeting an order had been given for five international trucks. The contract for bodies for the trucks was . awarded to Austin brothers. The people of New London had requested their third mem ber of the local committee and, by local request, Mrs. T. V. Staton was appointed member of the local committee. This marks an innovation in the edu cational work of Stanly county and that Mrs. Staton is the first woman member appointed on any school committee. The regu lar appointment of school com mitteemen will be taken up in the July meeting. . The board decided to erect teacher's cottages at some of the larger consolidated schools. This will probably be done this year at Millingport, Richfield, Aquadale and East Albemarle. These cottages will be arranged, especially at Millingport and Richfield, so that they can be used for classrooms if necessary for the first few years. Aban doned school buildings con venient to these places will be used for this purpose for the board has not been able to sell these buildings at a fair price and feels that it will be worth much more to use them for school purposes in this way. According to a previous notice of the board, the election of the TWO THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED New London, June 11. First: Pastors and Workers Conference Tuesday after the first Sunday in July, at the First Baptist church of Albemarle. Ten o'clock a. m., "Some Plans That Have Helped Me in My Church Work, and My Plans For the Revival Meetings." By each one pres ent. 11 o'clock Address by Rev. C. T. Tew. 12 Intermission. 1 o'clock "Modern Tendency to Deviate From the Bible." Rev. J.R.Miller. 1 :30 "The Church at Per gamos," Revelation 2:12-17. Rev. Q. C. Davis. 2 o'clock General discussion of the Work of the Kingdom. The second thing is: Every church in the Stanly Association is asked to send the young peo ple to help organize an associa tional B. Y. P. U. convention June 17. The place is Prospect, live miles northeast of Albe marle. Dinner on the ground. Each union in the association is asked to take part on the pro gram. Rev. C. T. Tew, Badin, will speak on "Reinforcement" in the afternoon. Come every one, let us make some plans to be off to the State Convention at High Point June 19. J. W. P. HILL. Stanly Grain Show Increased Averages Where Legumes Are Used. A most interesting demon stration was given Saturday by Farm Demonstrator Phillips, in front of Morrow Bros & Heath Co. At the expense of much time, work, and enegry, Mr. Phillips had arranged exhibits of wheat showing the product from sil on which legumes such as clover and peas had been used, and soil which had receiv ed the usual treatment which has been accorded for years in Stanly. None could mistake one from the other. The soil in which legumes were sowed will yield an average of 20 bushels of wheat to the acre. The other will yield from 4 to 7 bushels only, which is considered a fair J'ieid. It looks as if no farmer who saw this exhibit could longer remain skeptical. Mr. Phillips emphasizes the fact that soil needs nitrogen, and that legumes draw about two thirds of nitrogen from the air. He is also showing the various ay and pasture grass mixtures county superintendent was taken into consideration. Charles A. Reap, was re-elected for a term of two years at the present salary. The board expressed their appreciation for the work done. It was understood that he had received offers from other places, paying salaries, of from $3,300 to $4,000, but will gladly work in his own county if de sired, for less, stating that there was not a more loyal, co-operative, wide-awake board of edu cation in the state to be served than the county board of educa tion of Stanly county. The im proved educational sentiment of the county, the board believed could be felt everywhere, and this was felt to be highly grati fying, for the school patrons everywhere seemed vitally inter ested in giving the boys and girls in Stanly county the best education possible. Both the board and superintendent ex pressed their appreciation for the support, co-operation and the interest the citizenship of the county are showing in edu cational matters, and it is their great desire to serve these in terests, most loyally, and ef ficiently. A score or more of school committeemen were also present and many of the members, in cluding Dr. T. A. Hathcock, M. L. James, Q. E. C. Coble, W. A. Cagle, N. W. Lefler, Wade H. Love and others expressed their interest in furthering the educa tional causes of the county. These people all discussed the great need of a uniform county wide system of public schools in Stanly county that will equalize both school support and school opportunities. These committee men all expressed themselves in favor of returning to their districts and working with that great objective In 'mind. WARNING TO PARENTS Law as to Children Under 16 Driving Motor Vehicles. TW law of North Carolina. Article 4, Section 2614, Consoli HntpH Status reads as follows: No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the public high ways of this state who is under t.hp a o-e of 16 vears. who is not competent, physically, and men tally, and no person snail oper ate mntnr vehicle when intox icated, or in a race, on a bet or wager, or tor the purpose oi making a speed record. Tt Vina hepn acreed bv the authorities in Albemarle, that where a person under 16 years of age is accompanied by par ents or some person oi mature vears and driviner at a sDeed not in excess of the North Carolina speed law, that the same win nnt lie considered a violation of law, otherwise it is a violation of law, and cannot be allowed, ine nnlirp fnrr.es in Albemarle are making a strenuous effort to make traveling sale on tne streets of our town, and in or der to do this it is necessary for all to co-operate. In as much as all persons un der the age of 16 years come un- der the jurisdiction oi me ju venile court, we are laiung una means of asking parents to co operate with us in seeing that this law is not violated. 14- io niir intpntion to go strictly according to law, and we want to give tnis warning Kefm-e imnnsinff a fine on any one. Please see to it that your children under lb years oi age do not drive cars, unless you are with them. J. A. Little, Judge Juvenile Court; Z. V. Moss, Supt. Welfare. Raleigh, June 8. Twenty-one North Carolina mills have re ported, to the United States Bu reau of the Census that they cut 217,313,000 feet of timber in 1922, as compared with 173, 150,000 feet in 1921, according to an official bulletin received here from the Department of Commerce. A Later Edition. Item from the Lush Herald Owing to the lack of space and the rush of the Herald's prize contest, several births and deaths will be postponed until next week. best adapted to the soil of Stanly. This exhibit will be given at Oakboro next Saturday, June 16. Every farmer interested in increased yields should be there to see it. Concord Delegation in Albemarle Tues. Interested in Hard Surface Road Connecting County Seats. The Kiwanis Club of Concord had several members in Albe marle Tuesday interviewing a number of our citizens, inci dental to creating interest in the matter of spending Stanly coun ty's part of the road fund to wards meeting Cabarrus at the county line this side of Mt. Pleasant with a hard surface road. Messrs. J. P. Cook, W. A. Foil, C. S. Smart, C. H. Barrier, and J. A. Kanett composed the party. Most of these men ex pressed chagrin at the attitude of the Cabarrus papers in mak ing it appear that Stanly has no right to spend the road fund just as she wants to, but they want Stanly not to commit her self in the matter until represen tatives of the towns and coun ties concerned can get together in friendly discussion of the matter. "We want the road to be built between Albemarle and Concord. But if you folks de cide that the other route is bet ter for you, then we are going to join in and do all we can to help you along." This was the attitude expressed by Mr. Foil. The Lions of Albemarle will extend an invitation to the Ki wanians of Concord to meet them in Albemale at a banquet, probably on Thursday evening, June 28. The details have not been acted upon, and announce ment will be made later. MRS. W. C. RUSSELL. Albemarle was saddened on Thursday morning of last week by the death of Mrs. W. C. Rus sell, at her home in East Albe marle. She had been a sufferer from rheumatic trouble for sometime. Funeral services were con ducted from First Baptist church on Friday afternoon, by Rev. Q. C. Davis, her pastor, as sisted by Rev. Eugene Olive, of Mt. Airy, who is pastor of Mrs. James Bray, daughter of the de ceased. Interment in Albemarle cemetery. Realizing that her end was near, Mrs. Russell requested that her six sons act as pall bearers. Honorary pallbearers were: Messrs. S. Austin, T. L. Cooper, S. T. Howell, J. W. Un derwood, C. W. Gaddy, R. B. Ritchie, J. D. Love, and E. C. Miller. The floral tributes were many and beautiful, and a large num ber of friends gathered to wit ness the last rites. Mis. Russell was born August 17, 1863, at the place now known as Badin. She was married to Mr. Russell in 1881, and to the union were bora 13 children, 10 of whom survive. She had been an active member of the Baptist church all her life, and identified herself with its organizations in an active way. Surviving are her husband and 10 children: Jasper Russell and Mrs. A. P. Ruth, of Greens boro; Wade, of New London; Mrs. J. S. Bray, of Mt. Airy; Thomas, of Winston-Salem ; Richard, of Shelby; Lane, of Ba din; Duke, Sue and Mrs. Lettie Snuggs, of Albemarle. She is also survived by her father, Rev. U. F. Hathcock and two sisterS Mrs. D. L. Parker, of Spencer, and Mrs. Van Bur rage, of High Point. PROHIBITION COMMISSION ERS REPORT CONFUSING Washington, June 10. In his report today on his record as prohibition commissioner . for two years, Roy A. Haynes is confusing. He claims to have made wonderful progress, but the sum of his statement is thai prohibition is enforced where public sentiment favors it, and is a failure where it opposes it. That is that old local optionists' theory. His report on North Carolina is: . From July 1, 1921 to April 30, 1923, there were 1,420 ar rests in North Carolina. This record was made without the loss of a single man and only one injured in the performance of duty. Under the North Carolina law vehicles found illegally trans porting liquor may be seized and sold. Enforcement of prohibi tion laws is placed on state and countv officials and city police. H. E. C. Bryant. FLAG DAY TODAY-JUNE 14 "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice to all." The Yadkin fliver Patriots Chapter I). A. R. will celebrate Flag Day June 14th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Efird at i o'clock. Mesdames Hearne, Starr and Miss Mary Mabry are ad ditional hostesses THE PLEDGE By Martha Ha.kell Clark. "I pledge allegiance to my flag" and all for which it stands, The cradle-home of Freedom, and hearts of many lands, And may I never dim its stars with touch of greedy hands! "One nation, indivisible," one banner, and one soul, For whom through years of blood and toil our fathers paid the toll, And may I come to understand the vision of the whole! "With Liberty and Justice," for each his fighting chance To prove his worth, and win his dream in battled circumstance, And may I never bar the way, nor break another's lance! "I pledge allegiance to my flag," north, south and east and west, I know not what the years shall bring to put me to the test, But may I guard it with my life, and serve it with my best! The Target. The most beautiful national banner in the world! Old Glory! One hundred and forty-six years young today. It has inspired heroism, ideal ism, more than any other flag in the world's history. "That flag and I are twins. We cannot be parted in life or in death. So long as we can float, we shall float together; if we must sink, we shall go down as one," said that valiant revolu tionary patriot, John Paul Jones. "Now that Old Glory is up there, gentlemen, I am ready to die," said Captain Stephen Driv er, the New England sea cap tain who christened the Stars and Stripes Old Glory, back in 1831. "A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself. And whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the government, the Boosters Trade Day Brings Largest Crowd Ever Witnessed in City The merchants of Albemarle have cause to felicitate them selves upon the most successful trade event ever staged in the county. It was estimated that fully 10,000 people were in Al bemarle Saturday, and business throughout the campaign was gratifying in volume. A large per cent of old debts were clear ed up, and it would be hard to place an estimate upon the busi ness actually created. One merchant said Saturday was the best day he has ever had. Another said it was far ahead of any Saturday just be fore Christmas he has expe rienced. All join in saying that it was a great event. CONCORD MEN FORM NEW THEATRE COMPANY Among the numerous new enterprises that are causing Concord's business to take on new life and vigor is the Caro line Amusement & Vaudeville Company, which was this week granted a charter by the secre tary of state. The new- com pany, which will do a state-wide business, having theatres in numerous places, has a ciptal stock of $50,000. The principal office is in Concord and all the incorporators are Concord citi zens. The objects for which the company is organized include furnishing amusement to the public, the erection and main tenance of theatres, the pur chase and production of copy rights and dramatic and musical productions. The company has purchased the tent show which has been operating on the Morris prop erty in the rear of the city hall and plans at an early date to purchase other theatre proper ties. B. W. Means is president, H. A. Goodman vice-president, David Leonard secretary and John Hugh treasurer. Concord Times. t principles, the truths, the his tory that belong to the nation that sets it forth. The American flag has been a symbol of lib erty," said Henry Ward Beech er, the far-famed preacher. Others have said, less elo quently perhaps, but no less sin cerely, "I Love My Flag." Its white stands for purity, its red for brotherhood, its blue for justice; its stars indicate that America has seen the light. We have 13 stripes in the flag, representing the original 13 states; 48 stars, representing the number of states today. Our flag can symbolize our growth without changing its symbolical message America, itself, will grow as long as this nation lives up to the flag's symbolism. It's the flag of dawn ; it's our duty to see that its dawn is never darkened. "And the Star Spangled Ban ner forever shall wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." A year ago, our merchants organized and pulled off a small trade campaign. This year they pulled off the campaign, paid for it in advance, and now they speak of perfecting a strong organization. Shortly after 5 o'clock, amidst the fine music from Ludwig and his 75 boys, the first drawing showed the winner to be Mr. Thomas Green, of Albemarle, son of M. L. Green, of lower Stanly. It goes without contradiction that Saturday's crowd was the largest ever to assemble in Al bemarle. Cars at every turn, and people thronged streets and stores. M. L. FURR, PROMINENT MT. HOLLY MAN, DIES M. L. Furr, prominent farmer of Mt. Holly, died yesterday at his home at 10 a. m., in his 81st year. The funeral arrange ments called for services at the Mt. Holly Lutheran church Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Cone, the pastor, officiating. Mr. Furr is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Catherine Dry, of Stanly county, and the following sons and daughters : W. C. Furr, Concord; B. Z. Furr, Char lotte; L. F. Furr, Charlotte; Charles M. Furr, New Orleans; and Mrs. S. T. Lineberger, Greenville; and Mrs. Hugh A. Michael, Mt. Holly. Mr. Furr was born in Cabar rus county, near Concord, De cember 4, 1842. He lived in Cabarrus county until about 30 years ago, when lie moved to Hickory to be near Lenoir col lege, where his children were educated. He moved later to Mt. Holly, where he has been engaged in farming. Mr. Furr served in the cavalry of the Confederate armies during the Civil war. He was a man of much prominence in his section, well thought of in Cabarrus, ALBEMARLE IN READINESS FOR STATE BUILDING & LOAN GUESTS Interesting Program Will Men and Speakers Banquet By Lions at Rocky River Springs Motor Trip to Badin. Albemarle is to be host on June 19, 20, and 21, next week, to the twentieth annual meeting of the North Carolina Building jand Loan League. We are Sprinting elsewhere in this issue j the ofl'icial program. Our citi zens are invited to all the ses sions, and this program should : be kept for easy reference, j The first session will be on i Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in i the graded school auditorium. ! On Wednesday morning at 10 in the assembly room of the Ho tel Albemarle, Hon. E. F. Allen, president, will make an address. Mrs. Vanderbilt Back from Orient Raleigh, June 10. Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt is back from the Orient with many new ideas about making the next State Fair bigger and better than ever before. She is now at her home at Biltmore, and will give largely of her time during the summer to working out these ideas in tangible form. Like other North Carolinians, Mrs. Vanderbilt is proud of the state, and she wants to make the State Fair representative of a great state. Of course, she expects to have agricultural ex hibits in keeping with the splen did work that is being done in farming, but she wants to do more. She wants all the various industries of the state repre sented also. For instance, there are the furniture factories at High Point that are second to none in ' the south and that rank with me ucoi in utiiei acniuiia Ul II1C world. She wants to have this industry adequately represented at the fair. Then there is the textile in dustry. Here North Carolina also leads the south. Some of the best exhibits at the last State Fair were those shown by cotton mills. She wants to have more of these exhibits this year. Mrs. Vanderbilt doesn't ex pect to stop with exhibits of agricultural and industrial prog ress. She wants to show what the schools and newspapers are doing, for she believes that in telligence must be the basis for all substantial progress in any line of endeavor. Wholesome entertainment is one of Mrs. Vanderbilt's hob bies. She is arranging to have many interesting features in the way of first class amuse ment at the State Fair this year. Careful study is being given to this important feature of the fair. With the ideas and impres sions gained from h?r trip abroad, Mrs. Vanderbilt be lieves that she will be able with the aid of the other officials of the fair, who have also been , busy collecting data, to work out 1 1 a program for next season that I will insure a fair that will be worthy of a great state. FORCED TO GIVE BLOOD TO SAVE WIFE HE CUT Chicago, June 10. In what was termed by the police today to be an unparalleled case of retributive justice, a husband who had attempted to kill his wife was forcibly held and un willingly made to give his blood to save the life ho had tried to take. As the climax to a family quarrel Theodore Marty cut the throat of his wife, Martha, and fled. At a hospital it was an nounced that an immediate blood transfusion would be nec essary to save Mrs. Marty. As a call for volunteers was about to be sent out detectives arrived with Marty. They forc ibly carried him to the operat ing room, two quick incisions made and the transfusion com pleted. Mrs. Marty will live, the doctors said. Motor mail star route is to be established between Durham and Siler City via University at Chapel Hill. Stanly and Mecklenburg counties. Bring Many Prominent Into Our Midst. Hon. Heriot Clarkson, associate justice of the supreme court, and a number of other prom inent speakers are listed on the program. The feature event of enter tainment will be at Rocky River Springs on Wednesday evening, when the Lions Club and local associations will unite in a ban quet. For this reason, the regu lar meeting of the Lions Club for this evening has been post poned. Mrs. W. L. Mann and John Harris were in Charlotte Tues day and came in contact with a number of t ho members of the Home Builders Association who say that they expect to be in Al bemarle and that indications point to a large attendance. N.C. Banks Upheld in Par Clearance Case Washington, June 11. The supreme court today in cases brought by state banks of Georgia and North Carolina de fined the power of the federal re serve banks to insist upon par clearance and collection of checks. It held that the meth ods used by the Atlanta reserve bank were lawful but that a state could modify by legisla tion, as had North Carolina, the common law rule which re quires payment of checks in cash to provide that banks could use exchange in paying checks drawn upon them. The decision handed down by the United States supreme court Monday, sustaining the North Carolina state law up holding the right of state banks to charge exchange rates not exceeding one-tenth of one per cent, conclues a case that has caused widespread interest in this state since the early part of 1921. The decision is hailed as an important victory for the state banks of North Carolina, it meaning a saving for them of between 8500,000 and $1,000,000 annually it is claimed. Two hundred and forty-two state banks were involved in the case. THIRD MADE-IN-CAROLINAS EXPOSITION SEPT. 24-OCT. 6 The directors of the Made-In-Carolinas Association have des ignated September 21 to October 6 as the dates for the third An nual Made-In-Carolinas Exposi tion to be held at Charlotte. Last year over eighty thou sand people attended the exposi tion, and the entire program met with the approval of those at tending. Mr. John L. Dabbs, president of the association, states that plans have been made to surpass all previous ef forts in regard to exhibits, at tendance and entertainment. From the amount of interest manifested by the manufactur ers of the two Carolihas in this year's exposition, a display of exhibits is now assured beyond expectations. Already over 20, 000 square feet of space has been sold for exhibiting pur poses. A number of Chambers of Commerce have already se cured space for the purpose of exploiting their present manu facturing advantages and assets. The building in which the ex position will be held is new and fire proof, 100 feet wide and 300 feet long, consisting of two floors, having an auditorium on the second floor with a seating capacity of three thousand peo ple, in which daily musical con certs will be held offering artists of the highest type. The build ing is in the heart of Charlotte and possesses every convenience and railroad facility essential to a building of this nature. The Made-In-Carolinas Asso ciation is not a money making organization, but was organized for the purpose of "Telling the World About Carolina Products" ! and to sell the Carolinas to Caro lina people. The directorate of the association is composed of 60 of the leading business men of North and South Carolina. Constable W. L. Austin, of Charlotte, dropped dead on streets Saturday night from acute attack of heat disease. He served 14 years as county constable.
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