A A nwqmm M J. D. BIVINS, Managing Editor Established 1880 $1.00 per year, in advance VOLUME XXIV. . ALBEMARLE, N. C THURSDAY, - MAY, 18, 1916 . NUMBER 2i t i CHAUTAUQUA GUARANTORS HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING I'lanH Made for Coming Swathmore Chautauqua, June 23-29. An enthusiastic meeting of ,the Chautauqua Guarantors was held in the Piedmont Club rooms Monday night. There were perhaps two-thirds of the fifty-one guarantors present. Rev. R. G. Tuttle, temporary chair- man, called the meeting to order. The' election of officers was at once en tered into, with result as follows: M. J. Harris, President. J. D. Spinks, Secretary. H. L. Horton, Treasurer. Various committees were appointed to superintend sale of tickets, secur ing grounds, advertising, receiving, etc. After the transaction of busi ness of this nature the meeting ad journed. The Chautauqua representative was hindered from being it the meeting Monday night. She arrived Tuesday evening, and at a meeting in the Club roms Tuesday night further details in reference to advertising, sale of tickets, decoration1, parade, etc., were discussed. A complete list of the guarantors and various committees will be an nounced next week. The coming Chautauqua will prove a great blessing to Albemarle. Four of the best speakers in the nation, plays and musical numbers, par ex cellence, lire "to be features of the week. In l'.HI Reidsville had the Swath more Chautauqua. The Reidsville Review contained the following words of praise in regard to it: "The Chautauqua has more than measured up to the expectations of our people. Every numlter on the different programs has been faultless- ly rendered by artists of a high orderj of talent, and every session has been uplifting to all who attended them. "The bringing together of the peo ple of the town in the common cause of the Chautauqua idea has perhaps been one of the most valuable feat ures connected with it. It has foster ed the 'get-together spirit as nothing else has done in a long time. It has brought about an intermingling of town and country people which- is rood for the whole community. It has provided high class entertain ment at a marvelously low price to our people for a whole week." CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH Third Sunday, May 21 Fathers' Day. Morning hour, sermon to father and husbands. Evening hour, ser mon for boys and young men. Fourth Sunday, May 28-Morning hour. Annual Children's Day Exer . eises. Evening hour,- theme: "The Christian Home the Hope of Our Country. FIRST STREET METHODIST, W. 8. Hales, pastor. Day services 3-4 P. M.; night services promptly at 7:30 'clock; all next week. The public is cordially invited to be present at all services this week and next. LUTHERAN CHURCH, V. C Rid enhour, pastor. Sunday school at 10 A. M. Morning service at 11 A. , mibject, "A Vision of Christ" Even- ing service, 8 P. M., subject, "The Conduct of Christ's Di8ciplet.', Re port f the meeting of the North Car olina Synod some results achieved. Your presence is requested as a member. Everybody welcomed. First Baatist, Robert P. Walker, , pastor, Sunday school meets at 10 A. Mn A. P. Harris, superintendent Preaching at 11 A. M. and- 8 P. M. by Rev. C C Bums, of Wake Forrest College, a Stanly county boy, who has been making an exceedingly fine re cord in college. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 P. M. You are roost cordially invited to attend these services. Strangers and visit ors always receive a hearty welcome. . Bring your friends with you. Special Sermon to Old Soldiers. On the first Sunday, in June at 11 A. M, Robert P. Walker will preach a special sermon to old soldiers in the First Baptist church, Albemarle. The U. D. Ca are also invited. The members of the church will entertain the old veterans in their homes that day and will do it joyfully.' Special music will be rendered by the choir. Everybody will receive a royal wel come to this service. That Sua Ret aftaet Yte ! ! . LAXA- TIVK OMO OlTININfc Hl' " ordinary Osatc mmi Wr sot cor hrmm riate ra br4. mrtr b- the fell M " vk tor Um mmrnrnmn ! K. w. grovr. B COTTON ?2 8-c .". Jwc SEWING PARTY IN HONOR OF MISS PEMBERTON (Concord Times, May-11.) Mrs. H. M. Propst was hostess at Tuesday morning at hor home on North Union ' street in honor of Miss Myrtle Pem- berton, who will be married in June to Mr. J. Lewis Carpenter, of Green - ville, S. S., and whose wedding will be one of the most prominent social events of the year in Concord. More! than 30 guests were present and aft - er a delightful hour spent in sewing refreshnients were served. The hon - oree was presented with a dainty trousseau gift- SERVICES AT ST. JOHN'S. Concord Times. The initial service of Rev. Geo. 11. Cox, D. IX, as pastor of old historic j St. John's E. I Church, on Sunday,! May 7th, was largely attended, there! being, by conservative estimate, morc wan nve nunareu persons present: from all parts of the county. The Doctor's sermon was based up- Duet: In the Woodland Mill Littl donated for that purpose by D. E.l alld lhat .lss.iuits 01J tne G"iman lines Thp roof und thc top flo01' w,rp Pfttc" on II Cor. 12:3, "My grace is sufficient EsteUc Efird, Bonnie Bostian. ! Efird and wife. I in lnt VOcourt and '.Malancourt tirally destroyed ami the remainder for thee," and received the close at- lmmb-bell Drill Twelve Girls., The building committee for theL00jSi to lh(. soutnwest were fruit- of th builflinff ba(i,y damaged by Ujution of the congregation. Vocal: Slumber Boat, Jessie; L. Gaynorj school building to be erected midway! eKS ' " smoke and water. Only a small poi- During the service holy baptism Rose in the Bud Dorothy Forster between Oakboro and Big Lick has! j,', tne east tn fjorm.ins .ire jjs. tion of the furniture was removed was administered to Edith Estelle,! Virginia Davis. been appointed by the Board of Ed-j playing pronounced activity along the from th" bl,iI,liff. infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wul- Piano: Les Sylphes ..Rachmnnn ucation, and the names will be given1 ijia j)vjnsk front and Petr'ogrid in Th(? I,rol'rty is owned by the es ter B. Fisher. ,.(;0"'e,ia '"P1; , . ! ter. A State higr school will mean; (li,ats an' PXp,vta'tion of a ,,erml Uktf of th" hlte Wulf"r T- MfA,1"f'- At a meeting of the church council, Trio: Polish Dance Seharwenka much for this section. j (v( ,jrjvp by Field Marshall Hindcn-: was 1"sl,ru'1 foi S1,500. An held after the conclusion of the morn- j Katherine Patterson, May Lee Lowe,' Houston, the three-year old son of i , ....;.., : t ' appraisal of the damage has not j nig services, uie congreguiion was. ' i j. . .. crr mime me recipieni ui a k i V i from Mr. A. J. Bost, of Host's Mill,' which was very highly appreciated and duly acknowledged. Miss Pntlie McCain Entertains . Miss Pattie McCain delightfully en tertained the Pri:-iUas at bridge Fri flliy ternoon at her home mi Main street. The rooms were prett ly dee-.on orated with ferns, sweet peas anct.ty drills and various stunts are ar roses, effectively arranged for the j ranged for this day. I party. Miss Mrtam rerclv d heri guests in her usual charming way, and assisted by her sister. Mrs. tv b.. Smiggs, served delicious sandwiches and tea. After a most interesting j uates will be preached at 8 o clock in game of auction, the hostess : erved;the Methodist church, by Rev. Gill. an elaborate ice course with cake. A more delightful afternoon could not have been planned for the guest, who enjoyed Miss McCain's hospitality, and knowing her ability as hostess, her friends always look forward to her parties with pleasure. Rollins-Whitfield. Miss Stella Whitfield, daughter of j pre8enUtioo of certificates and diplo Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Whitfield, of this!mjw by Mig8 ufford( the dean of the place, was mamea w j. r rea no una, of Gastonia, Wednesday or last weeK. News of the marriage came as quite a surprise to Mr. and Mrs,. Whitfield. Their daughter had been visitirg an uncle, W. L. Horn, at Mt Gilead. She left there, going to Charlotte, where the ceremony was performed. The groom is a jeweler, holdmg a position with the Torrence-Morns Co., in Gastonia, where Mr. and Mrs. Rol lins will make their future home. Another Raid by Mexican Buidita. Mexican bandits Thursday night shot and killed Curtis Bayless, an American, near Mercedes, Tex., and then escaped into Mexico, according to Lieut F. L. Vanhorn, who return ed to Fort Brown late Friday after chasing the Mexicans to the .. Rio Grande. There were three of the bandits, Lieutenant Vanhorn Mated, and they were trailed to the river by a detach ment of American soldiers. No at tempt was made to cross into Mexico to follow them. Gen. Alfredo RieauR, commanding the defacto rarriaon at Matamoros, assured American Consul Johnson he would make every effort to capture the bandits.. Rheumatism. If you are troubled with chronic or muscular rheumatism give Cham berlain's liniment a trial. The re lief from pain which it - affords is alone worth many times its ..cost Obtainable everywhere. adv BIG FEATRL'ES AT THE - LYRIC xr&narer Kilian is providing the bet pictures that ever came to Albe- marie. One has only to glance back at his past two weeks offerings to! instantiate this statement when such pictures as "Carmen," "Mr. Grex of j Monte Carlo," and Mary Pkkford in "A Girl of Yesterday," have all been eheww within two weeks. There are equally as good features coming, such as the Paramount five-reel com edy, "Jane," which will be shown Fri dav of this week. For next Monday, Lo TellogaB, the husband of the fam- CLOSING EXERCISES. Albemarle Normal and Industrial In stitnte May 19-22, 1916. ! Students Recital and Open Night of .iterary Societies at Institute Chapel, May 19, 1916. 1 Chorus: PROGRAM. Soldiers Chorus. lrom Faust Gounod. rhe School. ! Duet: Under the Mistletoe Engleman j Juanita Huneycutt and j j Marguerite Morrow. ; Piano: Flying LeavesCarl Koelling; Butterflies W. Lege f Ida Belle ILunm, i Pantomime: Bugle Song Tennyson : Ten Girls. j Piano: Puppet Show Webb; ; Dream from "1001 Nights' Keinecke; - Juanita Huneycutt. Vocal : Doaii Ye Cry Ma Honey Albert W. Robbie Anderson. Noll ." -auiiiH. "Music on the Rappahannock. ti;....n and Edna Wright. Here's to Spring. .. Robbie Anderson. ' i.mv Farce; "Murder Will Out". Six Girls. Chorus: A Summer Night R. R. Fonuan The School Class Day will be held Saturday afternoon, promptly at five o'clock,: the Institute campus. Many pret-j Tlie sermon to the Y. W. C. A. will be preached on Sunday morning at) ; the Presbyterian church by Kev. Lcon-i urd Gill, and the sermon to the grad- Special music is to be sung by the Institute Glee Club. On Monday evening the graduating exercises will be held in the College Chapel at 8 o'clock. The program will consist of essays by the Seniors,' music, reading of the honor roll, pre sentation of Bibles by Miss Rupert, head of the Bible department, and gool. Program for Stanly Hall Reunion, at Locust, Saturday, May 27. 10:30 (at the chuich) Welcome, by C. C. Burris. Devotional, Rev. A. H. Temple. Poetical history, A. B. Huneycutt. 12:30 Dinner on school grounds. 3:30 Call to order. Reading "Counting the Lost," Rev. Thos. KlutU, Mt Dora, Fla. Extemporaneous speaking limited to three minutes. Farewell, Miss Frances E. Ufford. Song "What a Blessed Reunion That Will be," Preaching at night by Rev. R. F. Huneycutt The public is invited, and all who can conveniently do' so, are requested to bring well-filled dinner baskets. The Literary Department of the Woman's Qub will meet Thursday, May 25, at 8:30 P. M., at the Com munity Building. Othello is the sub ject for the afternoon. A full atten dance is desired. ous opera singer, Geraldine Farrar, appears in a romantic drama, "The Unknown." Both of these excellent features will be shown at the regular price of admission, 5 and 10 cents, in spite of the high cost of these pic tures, which deserve a pad house. A feature of extraordinary merit which will come to the Lyric Friday, May 26, will present the internation ally famous star, Fannie Ward, in "The Cheat" This is an unusually fine production. - Besides these feat ures, that gripping serial story, "Neal of the Navy," is being shown every Wednesday and those who have not seen any of the episodes should start in now as only two have been shown to date. For Saturday of this week. Manager Kilian has booked a, special two-red comedy, "A Wonderful Wager," star ring Raymond Hitchcock. If you are missing any of the shows at the Lyric now, yo are missing more than you ever did before at this popular photo play theatre. BIG LICK. Rev. A. O. Davis will fill his rega l - 'lar appointment here next Sunday in! j the First Baptist church. : ! The funeral of King D. Huneycutt; was held here last Friday. Rev. P. G. Hartsell conducted the services. i Mr. Williams, a painter, has moved ! into the house of Dr. Hartsell. We I welcome turn and his family. I). E. Efird and son Fred, together .... . . ' "'"K "HUMS at anous points with their pastor Rev. J. A. L. Miller ,tin.st th, w,ipo3i lim,s. claims t attended the Lutheran ( hureh Synod: anv vrwoA lnt In .),!,' at Concord last week ir. Long, a machine agent, oceu- pies Dr. D. P. Whitley's house here, r,.v stacey, a Methodist minister, wi,0 Ilow occupies the M. L. James residence, fille his appointments at Providence and Endy last Sunday. KPV. A. G. Morton has again moved jmo 0ur midst. The special tax school district elec- :tion for Big Lick district will be held! June , iHi, to vote a ItlX lOl V.IO, ; maintenance of a school and part payyfho cimly of hm 2'8? Morthwes,t jment of a $(!,000 m-hool building to! Verdun, while Berlin asserts that D0 placed minway between Big urt unt) Oakboro, on the four-acre tract1 jW. B. Morgan, died from blood-pois-: tulY. ,t is ()t i)(.lj(.vi.(1 jn tht Rll(i. ...Bonm onin(r c;lu.st.d by a. decayed tooth. The: rfa Capitill however, that anv gen .funeial was held at St. Martin's on! , off(jnsivi, b th(, jf;rm.lllri on th,. Selei-ted Tuesday n . . . iu. bu.i.v. j Russian lront is m immediate pros- Mrs. W. A. Carle is still ' slowly improving, and we hope she may soon! he fullv restored to her normal health in. iuuy wira iu in noi in.ii in .inn. The Southern Power line wire broke! jn two near b,.re a few days ago set.-!u tiK fire to the. wo.sls and causing' considerable damage. CROOK'S MIL! The farmers of this section havei not been doing much farming because 0f the dry weather. Mrs Cora Eudv and two children from near Stanfield are visiting Mrs. Eudy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dry. Mrs. Victoria Crump is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lilla Allen in Anson. Messrs. Luther Dry and Craven Crump went to Wudesboro Saturday on business. Miss Ethel Elkins from New Lon Uon viBjted friends near here Satur fay amj Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Efird spent Sat urday and Sunday with Mr. Efird's father, John E. Efird, in Anson. Mrs. Funnie Howell and Miss Ethel Howell from Anson spent Monday j afternoon with Mrs. Arthur Crump. A new piano has been placed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dry. BLOOMINGTON. There was an ice cream supper at Bloomington last Saturday night. A fellow firing off. his pistol shot Paul Hayncs through the arm, the ball go ing in just below the elbow. He was carried to the Presbyterian hospital at Charlotte Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lowder visited Crowell Whitley Saturday night and Sunday. THE SOCIAL SERVICE RE PORT HAS BEEN KILLED Saratoga, N. Y. By a vote of 447 to 280 the Methodist General Confer ence eliminated that part of the re port of the commission on social ser vice which declared that a preference should be given union labor in all matters affecting employment "in so far as its methods are just and in so far as unorganised men are not in fringed upon." The Memorial Day exercises were a great success. A large number of ladies and girls went to the cemetery, and after singing appropriate songs, Pastor R. P. Walker made a short address on the subject: "Why Did The South Secede?" after which the graves of the soldiers were decorated with flowers. All honor to the old soldiers of "61 to '65! ALBEMARLE CIRCUIT, H. F. Starr, pastor. Preaching at Pine Grove at 11 A. M. A special sermon for mothers. We hope to have as many mothers present as possible. The fathers and children are especial ly invited to come and hear the ser mon and enjoy the services. Sunday school at 10 o'clock. There will also be preaching at Stony Hill at 3:30 P. M. Subject for the afternoon, "Be True to God" Sunday school at 2:30 o'clock. You are invited to all of these services. DESPERATE FIGHTING BEFORE VERDUN FORTRESS Attacks Without Advantage fo Either Side Russian Expect a Detcrmin - j ed Drive in the Eait by F'ield Mar f hall von Hindenburg. Mvn,.r::te fMincr i ra.,lii.. .).' both the Germans and the French i .i .1 ... ..... ...... f.ghting are put forth by neither! ,aft;r .3"-wk urnl Paris nor Berlin, each side declaring' fiw',,y for l? ,lours b,'for" lh" f"-''-that attacks by the other have been!!"? ot h uwU'r - repulsed j location of the flames and The principal efforts of the Ger-i , ,,.on "'TK oT b'!M'l imo,;" mnn ... !,.. tIlilt "' 'died forth mad.- the fire a near Fort Douaumoiit, where succes sive assaults were directed at the I.V......I. All - 1 ....1 ..: . ... . ' ' ' . th. Kt.iu1, j pluim In 1, .,, mo,!.. t ......... .. J-i y.".... w iiiuiii, ..miit yivfir-an nil p-,.,!, rir.'v. i,,. . ,.t n.,j ivr.,,. hin in n,;! ri.V ..,11 . hurir in this recrion in the near fu- a ...,;,. i.,. tu r;...,1J I , ,. ' .. , lur.ilnsi t 1(. British exneditionarv :.. .,.. t, t ' . , , " t- , JLi: ei'al Ktaloln,.nt fr,n) London I MEMORIAL DAY IN NORWOOD, j One of the youngest chapters of thej United Daughters of the Confederacy j is the chapter known as the Chapter, of Stanly Patriots, which was organ- ized by Mrs. Eugene Little, State President in April, 1916. Mrs. G. W. Stinson is the president of this chap-1 ter and is a most progressive and wide-awake officer. On May 10, the I chapter met at the home of Mrs. D. N. Tyson where they planned to form the march to the cemetery where they would honor the ' Confederate dead. Little children of the town led the march, bearing their hands full of fresh and lovely flowers, followed by the members of the local chapter. Quite a number of the town people gathered in to assist the ladies in their tek of decorating the graves of the heroes of the "Lost Cause," A short program had been arranged which! Human lives are not to be estimat was led by Rev. R. M. Taylor in the ed so much by the length of years as j opening prayer, after which Dr. T. A.! i Hathcock and Dr. J. I. Campbell! I made most appropriate and beautiful j remarks. Then all present dispersed to lay their tributes on the graves of each Confederate grave in the ceme-; tery. We think that the U. D. C's are doing a great work in teaching the coming generation to bold sacred these great men of a great cause, and training the children to remember them on the day when all the South brings its simple tribute of love, "Sadly, but not with upbraiding The generous deed was 'done; In the years that are fading No braver battle was won; Under the sod and the dew Waiting the judgment day Under the blossoms the Blue, Under the garlands the Gray S. Finch, i : the mortal part of us die I Our little friend still lives lives NORWOOD METHODiST. Rev. R.;amid the heavenly sunlight in the, M. Taylor, pastor. The first service 'land of ever-blooming and never fad in the improved church will be held , ng flowers. A sweet little flower has Sunday, May 21, at 11 o'clock. We bloomed here below, soon touched by hope to have a great congregation j , blighting frost but leaving a frag and a great service. Preaching by: ranee lasting and sweet, the pastor; subject, "The Alabasterj Box." Sunday School at 9:45. The: "As vernal flowers that scent the school has been re-organized and reH morn, classified. Each class has been as- ( u,,t wither in the rising day, signed a room. These rooms are well, Thus lovely was this infant's dawn. fitted up for the work and furnished . with proper seats. We are wellj equipped for work and hope to enter j upon a new era of prosperity and use- fulness. Everybody invited. As we have no lights installed announce ments will be made at the morning what we will do about night service. WEST ALBEMARLE BAPTIST; B. G. Whitley, pastor. Special "Mo ther's Day" next Sunday at 11 A. M. Wear a white rose in honor of the best mother that ever lived. Preach ing at 8 P. M., and administration of the ordinance of baptism. DISASTROUS FIRE VISITS GREENSBORO. ; McAdoo Hotel Burns Three Kesi- i di-nces Destroyed. - ' The mo.-t disastrous fire that lias visited Greensboro in a number l years ,K'clllrf"1 Thursday ofternoon. i i.uii me .ucauoo r.oiei nuiminir was i bCyond rrpa"' an'1 i three residences were burned. Th , Jre made ,ts appearance on the third floor of th" n"u1 building a few miu- difficult one to fight. The.oiigion ol the fire is unknown, but it is Lielieved to have start.! in an elevator shaft. The smoke was first seen issuing from windows on the third floor of the northern end o'' f thp huiIdinf' an !inn(,5 tht a:bu,.,t 'T 15 y"nM and f'' ; 'I"11'- avvnue tne names were eon- '"'" o this ftion of the structur. ; been made. Mr. Will McAdoo, who I has charge of the estate, estimates that the building and contents a-i . they stood before the fire were worth I about .f 1 .10.000. I MISENHr'IMER. . .. . "wmg to dry wentlier the oat mid wheat crons will he short JJ. I Ill H III... moved to liadin. and family have tyr. and Mrs. Henry Sherrill and children, of Winston-Salem, visited Mrs. Short-ill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moss, over Sunday. They camo by automobile. Rev. C. M. Fox has accepted the call at New Bethel pastorate and preached there the first Sunday in May, and at Richfield and Luther's the second Sunday. He . will be at home at Bethel Parsonage after Thursday of this week. Jacob Pickler, of Kendall's church, visited the Sunday schools at. Mat ton's Grove, Wesley Chapel, and at this place last Sunday, in the inter- y est of the township Sunday school convention which will be held with New Bethel E. L. Church on Friday before the fourth Sunday in July. LITTLE JAMES MALNEY. by the blessings they bring to others, The sweetest, rarest of flowers d. not always remain longest in bloom. I So-all have lived long who have lived j with effect. Our little friend stayed with us only four years, eight months and three days. Yet his life was not ; short when measured by the influence j lie had over the home circle and a host 'of little friend3 and playmates. H knew much suffering but almost noth ing of death or the grave. His was a bright mind and be talk -ed of tilings far beyond his years. He would often speak of wanting t. see God and go where He was. H said a few days before his death that j he wanted to go to Heaven, but he did not want to see the casket brought in or have to lie in the grave. Neither do any of us. He wanted thesa things eliminated. So do vc. As a litt! child he did not understand that only Thus swiftly fled his life away. m He died before his infant soul Had ever burned with wrong desires,' Had ver spurned Heaven's control Or quenched its sacred fires." Contributed. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System Th OM Stmadard tcral tnactbralnc tome. CKOVR'S TASTKUSSSehW TOSIC drrre ort ltelwtasrichcs the blood.aad builds sp Ifc sys tem. Atrnctoaic Poradolu udchildra. 50c. CORN, per bu 90c to $1 j FLOUR, per hag $3.50 to $3.75 j MEAL, per bu .$1.00 j WHEAT, per bu $L35 COTTON SEED