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TH EMAR WATCH LABEL On your paper. Send renewal before Expiration. Largest Circulation Best Advertising Medium in Stanly County STANLY COUNTY WEEKLY OF CHARACTER J. D. BIVINS, Owner and Pub. 30th Year Local Field. ALBEMARLE, N. C THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1923. THE PRESS Vol. IV No. 14 E ALE Armistice Day to be Celebrated Widely In State Saturday, Sunday and Monday Local Events Will Take Place Sunday Afternoon Big Celebration in Charlotte All Day Saturday Parade, Speaking, Fireworks, Polo, Football in Queen City Flag Races in Albemarle and Speaking Morrison in Gastonia. Monday has been formally set apart bv proclamation as being Armistice Day, officially, by) finvemor Morrison on account ; of the Hth falling on Sunday, but celebrations throughout the state are being held Saturday by itason of greater convenience on that day. In Albemarle a short celebra tion will be conducted Sunday fftemoon, the local post of the American Legion rot w ishing to arrange an elaborate affair when Charlotte is arranging events which a large number of local people will wish to attend. The committee in charge of local arrangements announces r. flag race Sunday afternoon at 2 near the armory. At 3 :.;i.L- nt th (Wrsil Methodist "1 Z " " n i j cnurcn an auuiraa . ..... , i, nn, ., ill l,n by a speaker hose will be announced later. Tlie commit tee requests that local ministers insofar as they can make it con venient speak Sunday morning on subjects appropriate to the day. Monday morning at 9 o'clock the Albemarle high school will render an Armistice Day pro gram in the graded school audi torium. At 10 o'clock the ele mentary school will render an Arbor Day program, a feature of which wiil be the planting of a tree in honor of Walter P. Hill, a local bov who lost his life in the World War. The high ' school program, which is quite elaborate, follows : 1 Song America. i Invocation Rev. D. B. Green. Fire Does Damage j Young Albemarle Merchant Suf fers Heavy Loss. Tlie fire alarm was sounded Saturday night about 11:30 o'clock. Jlrs. T. C. Ilearae's: building, occupied by Mr. V. L. Cope as a dry goods establish-1 ment, caught from a defective ; flue. While the signal was given i promptly and the fire had not; pained such big headway the blaze started in between the j ceiling and tin roof, rendering it , hard for the firemen to get in , effective work without delay and ; the force from much water. The j roof and overhead interior of: the building were badly damag- j ed, and the stock of goods car-, ried by Mr. Cope was approxi-j lately damaged 50 per cent. The stock carried was estimated at! , fourteen to eighteen thousand dollars, and consisted of bolt goods, millinery, ladies', men's and children's ready-to-wear, and shoes. Mr. Cope promptly rented one of the rooms at Hotel Albemarle, and on Monday began the work of salvaging his stock to the best advantage. A large part of it will be saved, while garments and bolt goods will not represent t total loss. Mr. J. E. Kluttz is assisting in the work, and the stock will be in good shape when the insurance appraiser comes around. Insurance to tlie amount of $10,000 was carried on the stock. Mr. Cope came to Albemarle in the early summer from Sylva. He has impressed us as being a young man of sterling qualities -honest and honorable, and at tentive to his business. The fire has created a heavy loss to him, since the greater part of his , capital has been tied up in the , business. He has made friends here, and these are offering every en- :. couragement under the situation : they can. IRESI5YTERIANS ENTER NEW CHURCH IN DEC. The congregation of the First rresbyterian church is looking ycrward with great pleasure to ? Entering their new edifice at the : corner oftforth and First street tome time during December, says Rev. D. B. Green; the pas-fW- Work is progressing rap ! and its completion is draw ing near. The fine new Pilchie We organ has been shipped and we pews have arrived and will n be placed. The church is magnificent structure and will cst upward of $70,000. Hew the World War Came to the U. S.. I The American Flag Three 1 eiguin graoe gins. I In Flander's Fields. Americas Reply. j North Carolina's Record in the; World War. Stanlv County s Record in the Woild War. Keep the Home Fires Burning, vestigation, lie said disclosed the advantages, both in the irregular 1 0f the klan which has ' been 1 The new sc'1001 was f"i"med The school is under the prin Our Dead Overseas. fact that all cases were invari- way the land lies, with a brook j fWhtinir for control of the order by tbe consolidation of four eipalship of Prof. C. R. Ross, Present European Conditions, ably of a very mild nature andirunnintr throucrh it. and with a , . . . . , .' rural schools. Palestine, Moun- i,n .il-;n Ii.k tdo hin-u cr.v,i Recitation Peace. jcecuation l he time and the Gray in France. Ihe btar Spangled Banner. however, that in certain sec-! Broun(1 is in the hands of Dr. C.1 1 " "i 1 ,1 nneneH T1" are, c.onve.ved dail-v to aT1(1 the seventh grade; Miss Ber Address County Supt. C. Actions of the state in recent,. Miller, citv councilman, Mrs. J .u V ZZ. hS:f th.c,r. ho"les, n an , auto tie Holt, who has the fifth and neap. rtineiican ureea. 1 : - ,i -a those who expect to visit Charlotte Saturday will be in-! V"'u " terested in uie p.aos io Ar- i e ni;stice Dav misuse j-'iiy teieurauoii mere. The exercises wi beg.in at 10:30 ( ceieuraiion mere, a m., when the long parade will jtion with the least possible dan move. At exactly il o'clock the .ger to the community, Dr. An parade will come to a halt at'derson bespeaks the careful co the sound of the bugle and pause : operation of people, especially in for one minute in honor of the the point of reporting immedi soldierdead. After the parade lately to him any case suspected will be speaking, the principal J cf being smallpox. The law re- T. Long, of the U. S. Navy, who ; is a native North Carolinian. A ' polo name, auto races, a foot-1 ball game and other features will I lend interest to the afterneon. ! In the evening a brilliant nvro- technic display will furnish en- tertainment Governor Morrison will par ticipate Saturday in the cele bration at Gastonia, where a series of elaborate events are to take place. Armistice Governor Morrison's Ar mistice Day proclamation fol lows: "Under the provisions of chapter 287 of the public laws of 1919, it becomes the duty of the governor annually to proclaim and set aside No vember 11, Armistice Day, as a legal holiday. This year this date falls on Sunday. "Now, therefore, I, Camer on Morrison, governor of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim and set aside Mon day, November 12, 1923, as a legal holiday, commemorating the signing of the armistice, and I earnestly call upon the people of the state to observe it with appropriate exercises, not in a boastful spirit, but with gratitude to the God of nations who brought us through the conflict victorious because the fight was a just one." LUTHERANS OF STATE TO MEET IN CHARLOTTE Interest in Lutheran circles btre centers in the annual meet- ing ot the htate .synod ot tnat denomination in Charlotte next week, when a large gathering of delegates will be present to take part in the meetings which are scheduled for Tuesday to Fri- day, inclusive. Mr. Lane wown has been appointed delegate from the local church, witn f-tist ciurch here, by the last con-: ton, who has many friends in ideas which they reprosenled Messrs. S. II. Hearne and II. C. ff.rence ias with Mrs. Swarin-this section, has been assigned; The invisible choir sang am-ni-Pattorson as alternates. In ad-.,j .-mv m ni-viv-'ir t'io vlfh "Vlpmorinl church 'nriate music at the comiileti"" dition to these gentlemen it is fl t() m;lke tu,ir lome ;n Albe- in High Point, one of the lead likely that quite a number of . niar0 and to laiie up the work ; ing churches of that city. other members of the congrcga-jin lis ,1CW j-. Swarin-, tion will attend the Synod on one I Ren.s forebears were native j THIS LAD IS C.LAI). or more days. I stanlv county people, leaving j 77.,.. i the opportunity to Albemarle; Cecil, the bright little five- OAKBORO COMMUMT FAIRj 0)le to welcome him as re-j year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R SrHEDTTI.En FOR THURS. Word from Oakboro indicates more than the usual interest in the Community Fair which is to be held there Thursday of this week. Many fine exhibits of farm crops, poultry, livestock, culinary, fancy work, etc., are expected to be shown. Owing to the fact of smallpox in the New London section the Community Fair at Richfield has been can celed. 'What the poor guy clown in the audience at the movies never can understand is how comes the heroes and the heroines always seem to have enough money to pick up and go to Paris or China or anywhere else and live in luxury any time they please. Mild Smallpox in Harris Township Health Officer Enforces Precau tionary Measures in School. Smallpox of a mild form has developed to somewhat extend ed decree amontr thp nonnle nf Harris township and Dr. J. N. Anderson, county health officer, is enforcing compulsory vaccina- r.on among the pupils of the, X T 1 l l "C .ew L-onaon scnooi in order to check the spread of the disease. ' Speakiag Tuesday of the sit- nation Dr. Anderson says that he is vaccinating about 200 chil-' ;dien in that community. His in-1 in themselves constitute no severe danger to those who .had contracted it. He added.! -veens tnat a very malignant Itviio if cmillimv l,nl i? ii i i i 1. e oi small pox :veloped and that there was nojan.jS; representing the Lions assurance that, if not checked, r.luli 1 1 l k It uie iuL,u buuauon miSnt nui ue-, ci'ine more serious u'"ie nunc eiiuu. In order to handle tlie situa. ignorance of the law does not j excuse one. Dr. Anderson said that does not anticipate a general endemic and feels that meaS' uves being taken will be ficient to stamp out the disease j beiore it spreads, it is, now- ever. lughly contagious and no effort, he said, should be spared to prevent those affected from coming in contact with others. Albemarle Mill Men Visit New England Mes'sfe.. M." DenningV vVade.r IF. Denning, and M. A. Hogor, of I the Wiscassett Mill, and Mr. L. G. Voss, of the Efird Mills, at-; tended the exhibit of textile ma chinery in Boston last week. Tlie Albemarle' party was shown extreme courtesy by the plant men, and were escorted through the most familiar and j largest manufacturing plants of America, located in the New England states, one in Maine. 'Aside from the interest and in structive 'features of the ex hibit; the outing was one that j the party enjoyed to the fullest i extent. ! Textile machinery is being jmade to those plants for ship jment to every country, and Mr i Boger explained to The Press !man that the machines shipped ;to Japan were long and bulky, imore tnan twice tne size oi those used here. The Japanese worker is paid by the side of spindle frame, and the idea i seems to be to crowd as many i spindles on one side as possible , 250. Our machines have two ! sides to each frame, with 120 spindles to a side. i It is significant that of all the j textile machinery orders for the United States, decidedly the niajntv of the orders are from southern mills. 1 p vcTfii? cwABiVflKX HKRE Assumes New Duties at First Methodist Church. ev. R. A. Swaringen, who! .. .1S .lssj,,noci 0 the First Metlio-1 ; tm-nimr home-folks. lie is an interesting conversationalist and is of most attractive personality. His effectiveness as a pastor is shown in his work at Kannap olis. where in one year 4 10 addi tions were made to his church.! TIip noniilo of the citv will vel- come Mr. hwariiiTen anu m? familv, and feel fortunate that they will become a part of the community. I Centeiiine Highways. The new hard-surfaced state highways will all have a distinct lino nin'no- tl.P rwitpr. dividing it .1 1,... the right from the left side, ac: cording to dispatches from Ra leigh. The effect of this in other states has been ta materially re duce the number of accidents. Active Work On New City Park Starts This Week Committee to Let Contract for Erection of Pavillion Con crete Walks Shmbbery Playground. Work will begin at once on the little park between South oeconu aim aoum rirsi sireeis 1 JO A-1- TTV A i A. n the plot recently donated to the town of Albemarle by Mr. S. II Hearne for a public play- ground The nark has snlendid natural1? ii,. : ri.: full growth of pretty trees. It! wdl be about 500 feet long. Development of the nby-! a r Hunevcutt venrpspntinff ., .i , ' 1 . T ! - Their ,ans haye been 1 heir plans have been care- ' fully considered from every angle and this week they are prepared to put them actively into execution, with the result that the park will be in use be fore Christmas.. Their plans include an open air pavillion large enough for skating, probably 50 by 40 teet, tile .arrangements in con- i'"-"""- . r" ' i;Vi stream and to make a cement wading pool for the smaller chil- 1 7 i 11 suf-!u. "" ?a P"e B" "C1T, of benches for the convenience of the people. Shrubbery will be set out to enhance the nat ural beauty of the park. The park is expected to be one of the prettiest spots around Al bemarle and will prove to be a decidedly popular addition to the town's advantages. 'ASSUMES -NEW. CHARGE p.ev. l. n. Griffith, who was cir assigned to the Albemarle cuit by the recent Methodist conference, has arrived in Albe marle and has taken up his resi dence, accompanied by Mrs. Griffith and their four children, at No. 610 Pee Dee avenue. His recent charge was in Charlotte. Mr. Griffith preached Sunday at Stoney Hill and Bethesda churches. He will make an nouncement of his appointments as soon as he gets his work more organized. The pastor says he is much pleased with his new home and expects to enjoy his work here. Mr. Griffith will preach at Zoar Methodist church 3rd Sun- ay at 3 o'clock. Everybody ! cordially invited M. P. Conference A I r)r,! iSs&IIlO l tiaimo ; n.. c. ;t. Tknmnc-iiio Meeting Comes to Close. Characterized as one of the busiest and most harmonious !Vet held, the !of the North annual sessions Carolina Meth- t..4- - 1 UUlfcL 1 1 ULta tfllll I.UII1CI Cllc Ht 'Tiinmnoviiin noma nn rinsp i Monday, making assignment of pastors. Of interest locally is ,the fact that Rev. J. A. Burgess has been assigned to the Stanly, Atlas Ridge coneresrations and Tabernacle Rev. J. II. Mor - ;D. Lowder. of Millinirport, is : about the happiest youngster in I Stanly county, and he has a liHu to be. lie can run andjwitn uiowing uan in -jump and pluv ball with the boys; Thee." Asa recessional the at least he's beginning to and; choir and characters sang. there's no telling how strong a man he'll crow up to be. Cecil J l.-i. I - - I . . I .-, . J .i iiM.ilrtJl up to uisi juiy uau a t"' j foot and the best he could do ; was to hobble around. His father took him to Dr. O. L. Miller, who ; has charge of the Orthopedic 'hospital in Gastonia, and arrang- ed to have him treated in Char- : lotto. The treatment started ; July 19 and on September 27 ' Cecil beiran to wear shoes like a reg'lar feller. Such instances as this show what wonderful good the Orthopedic hospital is doing. Mr. Lowder is strong in his praise of Dr. Miller. Atlanta Klan Row Results in Murder! Ku Klux Publicity Man Kills In surgent Attorney in Office. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6. After firing five shots into the body of W. S. Coburn, Atlanta attorney, instantly killing him, here late!scno1 ln tanly county Monday. Philip E. Fox has stead- menced operation Monday when ily maintained an attitude 0f I complete silence in jail here on j.ww J j.,j9 reasons for havin"- commit- ted the murder. j Fox is reliably said to be nub- licity man for the Ku Klux Klan ,i r,.i i CJ i t P !"nS ... .i"..! ,.. lZwZ : leNOivei, bnooung 1 1 V The only statement attribut ed to Fox follows: "I am sorry I had to do it, but school with a zeal and enthu-;and Miss Lucy Shankle who has I am glad he is dead. He was.siasm which gives them just the first grade, planning to ruin me and I had cause to the feeling of pride j The local board is comprised just ps soon be hung as hurt, j which is so manifest among . 0f the following gentlemen: What I did has no connection j them. Among other things ! Messrs. J. H. Morris, J. E. Rus with the Ku Klux Klan. Coburn which they did to show their j sell, R." A. Hunevcutt', j. L. las threatened to ruin me and 'spirit of co-operation with the! Green and' J. F. Clayton, to public affidavits effecting my i school board they hauled about I The new building is a' model character that were untrue." j 100,000 brick entirely without ' of convenience. As one enters, cost to the county in order to; there is to the left a cloak Lutheran Paffeailt !flvtlier the work of construe- ;room, to the right is the library, " tion. j in front on the ground floor is a DeliffhtS AlldienCC' Pwf- C. A. Reap, county su- commodious auditorium with an Iperintendent, who was accom-i attractive stage. Overhead is Large Gathering Braves Storm to Witness Performance. Deeply impressive was the pageant "Tlie Temple of Praise," presented Sunday evening at the Lutheran church by the women of that congregation, when, despite a down-pour of rain, quite a large gathering of-people were present. The pageant was presented with ,an ease and grace that be- preparation; and,, as a whole, the offering taught a lesson as deeply .spiritual as n piiuuuuu sermon. Among those who had the pleasure of witnessing the pag-j the conveniences and advantages j use. the designing was done eant was Rev. E. C. Cooper, of 'of the new place and it is the; by Prof. Reap without the as Philadelphia, who has accepted opinion of the newspaper ' man distance of an architect, the call of the church to be the! ; pastor, beginning about Decern- ber 1. He was so impressed with the performance tnat ne asked that it be repeated for the benefit of those who were unable to be present. j The pageant was given under; the direction of Mrs. Hubert Patterson, to whom much credit is due. The characters were as follows : Keeper of the Temple, j Miss Ha Harward; Health, Miss Edith Fink; Pain, Mrs. R. G. Mabry ; Joy, Miss Alice Lee Fitts; Grief, Miss Ida Herman; Wealth. Mrs. J. D. Glass; Pov erty, Mrs. M. A. Boger; Success, Mrs. W. J. Rowland; Disappoint - ment, Miss Esther Williams; Friendship, Mrs. Lawson Al- mond ; Sin, Miss Rosa Cox ; Love, I Mrs. James Harward ; Prayer, I Mrs. Clarence Ritchie. Those composing the vested land invisible choir follow: Mrs. O. C. Townsend, Mrs. truest Smith, Mrs. N. F. Thompson, Miss Blanche King, M Irs I . N. p0itK Mrs T.nnP Brown, r.vnwn ; - r..o a t ioi.0n MiQ w . ' 111 o. I-v. Ii. A tin-v .Ji., ....... ... ...... . - ..... . i vfn-rl If;ir(invet, F'.len i ner are busilv at work arranir- (Patterson, Mamie Watson. I au- -line Thompson, Blanche Moose, 1 Nellie Watson, Creelnian Row- 'land and Elizabeth King. The characters were dressed 1 in flowing robes symbolic ot the of each dialogue. The entrance I of Sin, in a robe of scarlet, with I its effect of terror upon the as sembled characters brou"ht r ! moment of the deeply dramatjc i The close of the pawn"' v."1 I most impressive. The "fslod choir entered from the mam en - j trance of the auditor". ing- ling as a processional. Lord "Take My Lilo and ut it i.e. Tlie pageant will, at the re-; quest of a number of people, be, repeated Friday evening of this; week at the Lutheran church at 7-30 o'clock. Rev. 1). B. Green, of the Presbyterian church, will make the introductory remarks, There were 4,-rf0 bales of cot ton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Stanly county from the crop of 1923 prior to Octo ber 18, 1923, as compared with 4,284 bales ginned to October 18, 1922. A. H. Russell, Spe cial Agent. Stanly County's Tenth Consolidated New Rural School Opened Its Doors This Week New Institution Begins Operation I'nder Favorable Auspices Does Credit to District and to County Teachers and Pupils Enthusiastic Excellent Plant. The tenth consolidated rural :"; new brick structure neari 1 ;"esune was openeu ior use. , UI 3"u children who win attend ; -,-.. i.ii i -ii 1 this school nearly 200 braved the !'ain in ?rder .to Prefent tn,e. Pe"in- 01 the sciiooi lUStlV oi wmcn uiey are so proud. , tain Creek, Prospect and m me children living more'K. Mor P,an two miles from the build- t.uck ()f the stan, pch(K)1 tern assigned to tnat scnooi. :S(in Wlio has the third and The people of that section en-; fourth grades; Miss Mvrtie Ilil tered into the formation of the ton. who has thp KfvnnH tn-ado. pained by The Press representa-, a class room which may, when tive, visited the school Monday occasion arises, be converted in morning and was much pleased 'to a balcony facing the stage, with the quickness with which -The other six class rooms are the teachers and children were j to the sides 'of the auditorium, getting down to school work. the two rear ones of which, on How manv little folks are going to have good lessons in your fine new school building?" asked the superintendent of the little first-graders. Instantly every hand in the room sht up arid smiles iui.swer - ed the superintendent that lie .J Ll ... C i- 1 1 sons frbm them. ' It waV the same in evorv , room, j . l loan. ma anu pupils alike are alive with enthusiasm lover the prospect of enjoying . ? ii i Earthquake Shifts Hotel Calexico. Cal, Nov. 6. The Virginia hotel was shifted several inches on its founda tions here Monday by the most pronounced earthquake shock felt here in recent years. Damage was also done to other buildings. I i LIONS CLUB TO ENTERTAIN TEACHERS NEXT TIIURS. A reception will be given the ;ieacners in an tne scnoois oi a- bemarle next Thursday evening 1 &t the graded school building, ;t Lions Club to the host of , . ion. A committee con- i ul-ul'1 isisting of Messrs. O. J. Sikes, A. fisting ot Messrs. u. J. mm it. Put m-snn :tv! T p Mi'r,i.r.,.YU ing the details. An informal program is in course of nrepn ra tion and this will include short speeches, music and other fea tures with pet) tin to the iruml I. ions Club standard, the as- istance of Miss Margaret Hall, the home economics tea"ber. nnd her class has been enlisted, in the wav of nroviding rofresh-p-'pts. The T.io?is Club, in this e'-p'-if., is combining the jinnunl h dies ni Hit with a reception to the tochers. tv c:"h niemberi is smnosed to bring his wife or' sweetheart or some l.ndv friend i . whom be hones to mduco o hc- covp e latter. lther one or both of toe STATE BAPTISTS M RUT IN GASTONIA D'CC 11 Raleigh, Nov. 5 The Rrvili-d state convention of North Carn - lina will meet in its ninety-third annual session in the spacious auditorium of the First Baptist i church of Gastonia on Tuesday evening, December 11, continu ing until Friday. This session of the convention is considered an exceedingly important one, as it will begin the last year's lap of the $75,000,000 campaign. Plans will be projected for wind ing un the campaign with a j glorious victory a year hence. 'that the new school will be no unfavorable com-;nearo irom in j way. The school has purposely been itit without a name. To supply . . . . w . . v . . this deficiency Prof. Reap has announced a prize to le given :to the pupil of the school who suggests to the school board a n.nnip fminrl in lo mnt i-nitoMn ft ,r 1 in now ntitnti,.i Mor-;r0om. Assisting him ait? Mr. E. an, who is assistant high school teacher and has charge sys-:sixth trades: Miss CnrriP Unrip. the left and rignt of the stage, may be converted into dressing rooms for the entertainments which the young people will be giving from time to time. There is probably no more conveniently .coi'f - truaod scnooi buiUung in , the state or one which - .gives - - i 1. if .'uf 4-1 . ....a-t-' ' invested than this. . The county is to bo congratulated On having . upei iiiieiiueub w iiu io ihji viujr. . 'willing but competent to design I such a building for the public AtlerllOldt Gets W. S. S. Promotion Succeeds T. E. Matthews Southbound Road Master. as Mr. G. K. Aderholdt, who has for years been connected with the roadway department of the Winston-Salem Southgound rail road, as section foreman, has been promoted in that organiza tion to the position of road mas ter. Mr. Aderholdt has been stationed at Porter, but since taking up his new duties he has moved with his family to Alhe- imavle. The new road master stands high in the esteem of Southgound officials and their action in appointing him to the new position conies as a reward for years of valued service. Mr. Aderholdt succeeds Mr. T. E. Matthews, who recently resigned ins position and returned to em- , - pioyment with the Atlantic Coast Line at Florence, S. C. 1 ,o w de r- Earnh ard t . Mr. Rufus A.' Earnhardt and Miss May Lowder, of Albemarle, were united in holy matrimony on the 31st of October at the , residence of Mr. Rilev Rwinson, I Rev. J. S. Harris officiated. We v. ish this coup.le a hajipy life. jThey are very promising- young 'people-, and we congratulate Mr. ; Earnhardt in gelling such a beautiful young belle. We must congratulate Mrs. Riley Swinson for preparing such a magnif icent supper. Contributed. 7.. V. Moss' Report for October. Visits made in interest of school attendance, 11; calls made : investigating, 6; juvenile cases, iis; reports of boys on probation, '8: pauper cases investigated," 1 i : nauner cases helped. 6; chil- dren placed, 1; permits issued to work in mills, 7; letters written, 40; meetings attended, 5. Play at Stanfuld. A play, "The Deacon," will be given at Stanfield high school on November 9. Admission fee 25 and 15 cents.