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J. D. BIVINS, ianaj;ing Editor
Established 1880
1.00 per year, in advance
j VOLUME XXIV.
ALBEMARLE, N. C THURSDAY,
JUNE 1, 1916
NUMBER 28
BURGIN AND THREE NEGROES '
GET SECOND DEGREE VERDICT,
Trial Closed Thursday Burgin Sen- Philadelphia. Mint officials aw born near Mount Pleasant, Nov. term of court last week, in Albemarle,
tenced to Thirty and Negroes to puzzled at the heavy and increasing IN 11. and died at the Presbyterian called forth widespread attention, and
Twenty-five Years. ; demand for nickl.s and pennies anil Hospital, in Charlotte, Wednesday,' the trial from start to finish was wit-'
The case of the State vs. C. B. Bur- are rushed to keep up with the orders. May 24, 1:11 6, aged 74 years, i; months, nessed by a large number of sjiecta-
f:!n, Lester Home, John Adams and The requests come from every seetio.i, and. one day. tors. The fact that a special venire
Fred Wolfe was concluded late Thurs- hut are most urgent from the middle Mrs. Hearne was a daughter of of -125, in addition to petit jurors,
clay afternoon when the jury returned West, where heretofore only moderate Christopher and Elizabeth Melchor, was exhausted before a jury of 1J
a verdict of murder in the second do- d.ed shipments have, been required, being the youngest among eight chil- was secured, indicates that the case
tree as to all the defendants. Extra heavy o.ders have also come dren. There were in the home with had been consid rahly talked over an !
The trial of this case began Mon- recently from New England and ev- her si: siste'-s and one brother. discussed n"d decided opinions form
day morning and had been hotly con- eI'.v press in the mint, is now being M,rs. llearne, when a young lady. ed. The verdut ef murder in second
tested throughout, there being three worked until 8 o'clock every night attended school at Mount Pleasant, degree v as hardly supported by either
attorneys representing the State and
three representing the defendants.
The evidence of the State v.a.-; all in
I.y Wednesday afternoon and the de
fendants offered no evidence. Argu
ment of counsel consumed about a
In last week's issue of The Enter-
prise we spoke of the testimony of
Kose Powell, col., as witness for the
Mtate against Burgin and the three
negroes for the murder of Cantrell. j
The testimony has been reported as
follows: j
"Powell testified that on the 6th
day of April Le was working for Bur-
gin at Badin in a gang of some 20
men. He saw Burgin with a short
stick take the three negro defendants
and take them off down the railway
track. Seeing a chance to get out of
work while the boss was awav, Mose'
fallowed them, going through the
woods. He saw the four men stop 200
2ards down the track and saw the
three negroes secure sticks. He saw
Burgin go to a nearby rock and sit
down beside it. Powell was concealed
c.lose by. He saw Mr. Cantrell come
(own the track where the necroes
M,- r-inti-pll j,uJ a,l ..uir.
cd the negroes where Burgin was.
They told him he was down the track
:;nd would show him where he was.
dr. Cantrell started off and as he
f'ot up he was struck on the head by
the negro Home with a pick hand!
Mr Cantrell fell and the negro Wolf
jumped on him and pulled his head
lack with one hand and with the oth-
Ol' land SC'irched his pockets The
negro Ad ims was standing hy and
took the things' as Wolf handed them
to hirn They then let Mr Cantrell
to hirn. They then let Mr. Cantrell ;
no and he started off when they be-
nn to beat him 'tcain tikine him
down through the woods. The negro
down through the woods. The negro V , . .
Powell said he ran to Mr. Burgin who fvT that position .s entitled
was nearby hid behind the rock and.to have suth a evIar.ition made of
told him what the negroes were do-,
ing to the white man. Burgin told,
Wm. 'to hell with him.'
"The Negro Powell then went bacK
towards the gang of workmen. In a
few minutes he saw the three negroes
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they were at work and passed by then
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they all came back and went to work.
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He saw blood on the negro Adams
ohoes and Adams changed shoes with
another negro.- He also
saw woitr
change, hats with a man."
Able speeches were made by Solici
tor Brock, and Attorneys Brown and;
ti -i t t.- t . k A tt r-oa p. i
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. ..i.iAt.fi on ii i n nvni'inaiinn
law and a clear statement of the
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facts as brought out by the witnesses. !
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The juilge ch.rgd tte. "J
the evidence they could bnmj in one
of four verdicts: First degree mur-
der,
second degree murder, an as-
wiult with deadly weapon, or acquit
tal. !
While the general opinion was that
the evidence was abundantly suffi
cient for first degree murder, the jur
decided to report a less degree, which
iS SiieY,l:ai disappointing to the
community. --
Judge Shaw promptly sentenced
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me aeien .a.u, Kiv.. e ----
30 years in the penitentiary anu vnC
r.olds and Richardson, for Burgin, and r . ' i ' . 1 7U j e .1 o 1 1 '
,, , . , . ,, . ! , whether it be in the matter of domes- the gifts of many friends. the advance of the Bulgarians, who
Zanders, 111 behalf 01 the negroes. . , , . . , ...
, , . . , lurv tic or foreign affairs, Woodrow Wil- Acting as pall-bearers were Messrs. claimed permission from the Thames
Judge Shaw s charge to tne ju y administered this govern- M. J. Harris, J. S. Efird, J. R. Kluttz,' government for their act. The Bul-
tcgan. alter the noon hour and was: . ... . ' . . ' .. , . . . . . . , , 1
" . . . , , , r .1 ; ment as to deserve a support that will J. A. Harwood, A. L, Patterson, and ganans were said to be led by Ger-
three negro defendants 2o jeais , &
each all at hard labor. in Baltimore, which charged hiia with
This case has attracted consider- the mails in an attempt
ob e attention over the State, the b . . nA .
,, , . . ,,,,jj to sell stock in the Howie Gold Mine,
jrian.whom the def endants murdered ,
being a prominent tan of
Wjnston-Salem, E J CmtrdL and jB.
The partner of Mr. Cantrell Mr ; $2,000,000 company to
Crim. of Winston-Salem, attended n!'ea mM th; ftest
the sessions of the court the entire
week, and took a great interest in the
case.
Raleigh, May 27. Sheriff G. D.jne acuon . -f-- w
Rl-lock of Stanlv county, arrived 1
j.sterday bringing four men to the control of the company away from
State prison with aggregate termsjhim. About $100,000 worth of stock
amounting to 105 years. Three of the already has ben sold, the lawyer de-
TKimfa anil AnA A white dared.
.v,. PO-reB will serve
... ort n.nd the white'
rnan thirty years for manslaughter.!
The negroes were Fred Wolfe, Lester
Home, and John Acams, while tno
white man was C. B. Eurgin.
I'NITED STATES MINT j
RUSHED WITH ORDERS;
except Saturday.
Orders received in the last fe.v
lays have run in size from S !() nOd
up to $55,000 and it is almost ini-
possible to fill them promptly. As
no fractional silver has been coined
tliis year the situation is not so se-
rious as it would be under ordinary
circumstances. Nev dies are being
made for halves, quarters and dimes
and work on the new designs must
start with the fiscal year, July 1,
a"d the presses will all be needed,
For pennies the demand is the beav -
iest the history of the Philadel -
Phia Mint am the on'y reason as -
signed is the abnormal industrial ac -
tivity which requires large quantities
f small change for payroll pur -
poses,
THE STRENGTH OF WILSON,
K(1'sja'"' Obsorvfr, May 30.
's no nlait?r of surprise to us
t,lat there llas l,oen started a move-
r"ent by independent leaders through -
"llt tne 'oun','' f(,r the re-election of
" o0llW Wilson as 1'resuient. It is
so in fact that it would be Tbssible to
publish in the campaign this year ed-
itorials appearing in the papers in
1!)12 advocating the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson because of his ,
strength with the indepcnde.-it voters. ;
If anything Mr. Wilson is stronger;
11 lN"' '-'ss ui vuu .k uun muu oe
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v.as in i iien i.e was vox mi lor in
the hope that his course of action as
v. uum jumny iee suppon, ui ;
Iol wal'd looking men of every class.
AnJ in t,!'' yeals !ie to the!
oai 01" o('c'e 'ie n;ls ru"'y justified j
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cvory 'onn,I('1Me Put In "" " nejoiten be seen helping her youngest ;
nas not ',etm t'ie f'sident of the! grand-daughter, Elizabeth, with her.
pewpif iikh mo muu woo huh
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sterday there appeared in the
f re of .tho tr th
twenty-ax of the nation s foremost
men had launched an independent
movement to re-elect President Wil-1
son, that there would be branches of;
the league established in every State, .
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Tlie men whose names were given are
men prominent in the affairs of the
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nation, and their support of Fresi-;
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. ..iTinvp si hpnrincr in ihf final results
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There are men, who as Mr. Nor-
; man Hapgood happily says, "believe
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their patriotic duty, regardless of
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American, for he is a President who
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is exemplifying the most patriotic
juriSi.m which this counTry has
tm
dering a service to their country. In
its nomination of Woodrow Wilson
the Democracy will offer the voters
a man of Americanism of the highest
type, i !!..
NORTH CAROLINA MINE
PROMOTERS ARRESTED
vew Yoric-Smith Bracey, 56
Broadwav
exploit it Detectives said the arrest
was the rsult of a stock swindle in
volving more than $100,000.
According to Bracey's attorney,
part 01 stocimoiaera i
The mine was opened before the
Civil War, the lawyer said, and sup-
plied the gold for the mint of the
. Conledrate Maxes ounng ve
:Be a Chautauqua Booster every day.
MRS. JOSEPHINE HEARNE.
Mrs. Josephine Melrhor Hearne was
later completing her education at the
Presbyterian Colleges at Greensboro
and Statesville. She was married on
Aug. 29, ISIm, to James Davidson
Hearne, a brother of our townsman,'
S. II. Hearne. To this union there
was born one child, a daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hearne King, who survives
her mother.
Mrs. Hearne joined St. John's I.u-
tberan church in Cabarrus county at,
the age of 12 years. She early shovv-,
ed a deep, religious nature and this to-,
- get her with a cheerful, wholesome,'
: and kind disposition fitted her both
: for church work and community ser-
!vice. After her marriage she became
, a charter member of the Evangelical
. Lutheran church at this place, and;
j remained a loyal and faithful mem-;
I D''r or years, death alone severing
j her relationship.
I Possessed of great calm and ever a
j willing worker Mrs. Hearne's splen-
did qualities were appreciated most in
hoi home and among her friends who
- knew her best. She never sought for
praise or fetation in life, content to
find her joy in service for others. As
as 'health would
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hands found something to do.
After the death of her husband, Oct.
12, 1878, Mrs. Hearne continued to
live at her home on Second street. In
1SS7 her daughter was married to Dr.
O. D. King, who located in Albemarle
to practice medicine. Dr. and Mrs.
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nuig look over ami rcnioucieu me yici
nonie, comionauie quarters Dting pro-.ine
vided foi the aging mother.
tii. i i ev i
iue ciunueu oorn xo nr. anu ;irs.
King found a most helpful and lovable
grand-mother in Mrs. Hearne. Dur-
ing the last year of her life she could
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children, Miss Theresa,
r rank and Miss Blanche,
lessons. job ovner sui-viving graiui -
g(ien u.,
all grew tip,
under her devoted ministrations. '
Mrs. Hearne had a severe attack of he told them that it was time the col
'grippe in January, this year, and did ored man was learning that a man who
not regain her strength. She gradu-
ally oecame weaken, the treatment at
Charlotte for several weeks before her .
death failing to afford more than a
temporary relief.
The body was brought by Southern
Railway and arrived here at noon on;
, ,
Thursday. Funeral services wxre con-
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by the pastor, Rev. V. C. Ridenhour,!
assisted by Rev. R. G. Tuttle, of Cen-j
tral Methodist church. Interment!
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in South Albemarle. The grave 'r,
J. D. Bivins.
Those from out of town present
were as follows: Mrs. W. J. Swink,
China Grove; Mrs. C. A. Misenheimer,
Mrs. L. V. Lowe, and J. J. Misenheim
er, of Charlotte; Mrs. L. J. Ingram,
Wadesboro; Mrs. J. Frank Thompson,
Salisbury; Prof. Louis Rothrock, Gold
Kill; Dr. 0. D. King, Washington, D.
C; Frank King, Wilmington, Del.
XAME OF HUGHES TO
BE PRESENTED FIRST 1
Chicago. Two additional booms
for candidates for the Republican
nomination for President have been
brought here. They are for Charles
E. Hughes, of New York, and Coleman
DuPont of Delaware. Frank H, Hitch-j
cock, accompanied by William Ward,
former Republican national commit
teeman from New York, are in charge
of the Hughes campaign.
Governor Whitman from New York
will place Mr. Hughes in nomination
in accordance with present plans.
When the roll call is begun is has
been arranged to have Alabama waive
in favor of New York so that the
name of Hughes may be the first
presented.
"Mr. Hughes is not an active candi
date for the nomination and there
fore no headquarters will be opened
here," said Mr. Hitchcock.
"While I have had no communica
tion with Justice Hughes for several
months there is no question that if
he is nominated he will accept."
Come to the Chautauqua, June 23-29.
COMMENTS ON Bl'RGIN TRIAL
1
The capital oit.se tried by a special
(acts or !..v applying to the ase, but
it manifests dearly that a S.:::oV
jury is opposed to ct'oital punishment.
except in extreme conditions. I:i
a
va..
thr v
tin.:
r.t '
i.e-
femhmts. and was pariial victorv for
the jiiiorr.cy-s n p;.".-c.iti:ig them. No
fart lias b-en more pointedly fixed in
the minds of iiiosr who heard the trial
than that Durgi;:, vhile as foremi-i'
on the work's al'Kadin, employed the
three negro defendants to waylay and
heat up the di ceased,. and that it was;
through his nefarious designs that the
deceased met his death. Attorney 7.. .
B. Sanders, appearing for the negro;
defendants, decided not to allow thoi
"boys" to go on the stand and testify ,
At no time did these negroes deny;
their part in the crime, and had they!
have testified, it is believed that such '
a case would have been made out:
against Burgin and themselves that'
neither jury nor judge could have
evaded the verdict of murder in first
degree and the penalty attached
thereto. Thirty years for Burgin
and 25 each lor the negroes an ag-
gregate of 105 years at hard labor
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when he walks from the walls of the
State prison will be a man of hoaiy
hairs and at the ripened age of 72
years. The negroes have more of
youth to their credit, since they are
around 21 years of age. Thus is
spread upon the court records of
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oiamy couniy uie record 01 one 01
nai'KPsi crimes ever committed in
our midst. The verdict, the final de-
tree, in a suiiiii way saxisnes xne puo-
lie mind and meets the end of justice,
Instead of being embarrassed by hav-
iing to sentence four human lives to
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the death chair, Judge Shaw wai
privileged to give tho men the mer
VitS
men
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ine near mini as an aixernauve,
which approximates a senience xo uie
service. The judge is to be commend-
ed in his words to the negroes, where
is their boss does not own the body
and soul and that lie lias no right
to employ them for such purposes as
Burgin did.
Grave Trouble Occurs at Athens.
Pans. A news dispatch from Ath
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ens says that grave trouble has brok
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the invasion of Macedonia by the
Bulgarians.
Bulgarian troops crossed the Greek
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forts. The Greek troops which ha.l
man officers who explained to the
commanders of the Greek forts that !
the central powers were merely being J
accorded the same privileges that had!
been given the Allies in permitting!
them to occupy Saloniki.
Says Publishers Must Raise Rates.
A prediction that if the publishers
of weekly papers do not increase their
subscription and advertising rates,
many of them will "hit the ceiling"
before the close of the year, was made
by H. C. Fellows, editor of the Hen-
rietta Standard in a paper read at
a recent meeting of the Oklahoma:
Press Association held at Tulsa. Mr.
Fellows urged the general adoption (
of the $1.50 a year subscription price
for all weekly papers.
DEATH OF J. J. HILL
BUILDER OF NORTHWEST
St. Paul Mim., May 29. J. J.
Hill, railroad builder and capitalist,
and most widely known citizen of
northwest, died this morning at hisi
home here at 9:20 o'clock.
James J. Hill discovered "the
breadbasket of the world" in the
Great Northwest; he led in its devel
opment from a wilderness into what
now comprises' six wealthy States dot
ted with 400,000 farms; and he blaz
ed a trail for transportation which
reached eventually from Buffalo to
Asia, with a total mileage of rail and
steamship facilities that would near
ly girdle the earth.
Chautauqua Week, June 23-29.
miw.f vgi'Mcnnul lhaud fni'la lei t hit yaw Ah
SOUTHERN TRAINS TO BAD1N,
! EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JUNE
Southern Officials Will Inaugurate a
Short Run From Hall's Ferry
to
Norwood.
(Salisbury Post, .May ."0.)
(filial announcement is made of
an in -portart change in the operation
of passengo
branch el t
trains over the Yadkin
Southern Kail ay, ef-
wective. net Sunday, June 1th, and ny the most industrial floats,
ti.i.; change trains will be operated The committees for advertising ami
from Salisbury straight through to parade are busy calling 0,1 all tlu?
Badin, the big aluminum town down n:erchants and in (act it is hoped
the Yadkin River. that individuals living in near-bv
It is possible that there may he a towns will enter the parade and con
slight change of schedule of tile.ie test lor the prices,
trains but this is not now certain. The public in general should take a
Official announcement as to this will keen interest in having a good pa
be made before the change in opera- rade as it will he educational in its
tior takes place. An now learned the effect a'ld prove a splendid advertise
trains leaving Salisbury, and which ment for Stanly county and her coun
now. operate to Hall's Kerry junction, ty-seat, Albemarle, the coining city
several miles this side of Albemarle, of this section.
and then on to Whitney, backing out' The Chautauqua will le all right in
to Hull's Ferry junction again and every particular. Why not let us
then oh to Norwood, will continue on make its first day a gain day for Al
to Whitney by way of the junction bemarle, for the Chautauqua spirit is
and then over an improved track to a get-together spirit, the spirit of
Badin. There will be a lay-over of good cheer, optimism and co-opera-some,
hours at Badin and then the tion.
train will operate back by way of;
Whitney and Hall's Kerry to Salis-j DEMOCRATIC PROSPERITY,
bury. Operating from Norwood to : Charlotte Observer, May 2-1.
Hall's Ferry and through Albemarle It has come to pass that there is too
will be a short train over this short much prosperity in the country for the
run of about fifteen miles. It will health of that great American institu-
connect at the junction with the rec,-- tion, the circus. Hie circus hands denial-
morning and afternoon trains sert the tent for the factory. Summer
going down and coming up to Salis- is the time for the circus in the North,
bury from Badin and Whitney. and it will interest Southern readers
The plan, so it is learned, is to to know that the old favorite Bar
switch cars from the regular down num & Baliey were almost put out
train to the Norwood-Hall's Kerry of business at Trenton, X. J., because.
train ami all passengers going on to of lack of hands to drive stakes, put
points along this short route will oc- up tents and handle the parade. At
cupy these cars. This same plan will Plainfiehl, in the same State, another
he carried out on uM'nming trains, circus had a similar experience. At
The mail cars will probably operate Trenton shop foremen and superinten
on through from Salisbury to Nor- dents went to the circus grounds and
wood us at present. ' offered jobs to the men at wages about
double what the circus had been pav-
TEXAS MILITIA. MEN ARE ing and got 150 hands, as ordinary
TO BE COURT MAKTIAI.KD day laborers. At Plainfiehl about haif
' the tent and loading men abandoned
One hundred and sixteen Texas tent life for the shipping and loading
militiamen who have failed to re- rooms of the big plants. In neither
spond to the call for service on the city could the afternoon performance
Mexican border will be court martial- be given and the street parade had to
ed by President Wilson. They will be abandoned. The New York Jour
be subject to fines or imprisonment nal of Commerce, which gives public
as tho court may direct, with the ap- ity to these incidents, finds occasion
proval of the President. to elaborate on the general prosperous
A dispatch from San Antonio, situation in the industrial and manu
Tex., says: facturing world. It takes these inci-
Trial by court martial of the Te.- dents as indicative of the tremendous
as militiamen who failed to present pressure being exerted upon building
themselves for muster, when called equipment plants to turn out orders,
for sen-ice with the regular army not only in manufacture but in getting
on the border, may result in similar them loaded and started on cars for
proceedings in Arizona and New their destination. In the Perth Am
Mexico. boy district last week one big ceramic
It was indicated at General Funs- plant had to take its men from the
ton's headquarters that the militia modeling anil burning department
organizations in those States were three days to load material on cars,
far more demoralized than in Texas. In the Hudson River brick district it
In Arizona only five officers and sev- is now the rule to stop one or two
enty men have been sworn into the brick machines and take practically
regular service. The situation in all the men from the dryer yards to
New Mexico was reported to bs load sufficient brick barges to keep
somewhat better. the New York market supplied. In
Instructed by the war department the cement districts, where the pres
to nominate the members of the sure from the munition plants in the
court to hear the case of the Texas vicinity is especially keen, all sorts of
guardsmen, General Funston began diplomatic overtures have to be made
immediately the preparation of a list to keeji the men in the mills besides
of officers, both of the-regular armv the added wages. One great boiler
and the militia, to be submitted to company reported this week that
Washington. ; through lack of labor all its deliveries
Most of the Texas militiamen who were from three to twenty weeks be
failed to take the oath are still here hind. Many new buildings that have
in the camp near Fort Sam Houston been erected here are standing idle
and will be hid until the hearing of and unused because the boilers can
their case. ( not be obtained, partly because of
; difficulties in obtaining cars for de-
UNION GROVE. livery, but mainly because of short-
Our beloved pastor, B. G. Whitley, handed conditions in the canufactur
preached an excellnt sermon to a biding plants.
congregation at Union Grove Sunday. This is but a fair example of the
The little child of Mr. and Mrs. activity existing all over the country,
Jake Hudson is very sick. j and the best part of it all is that it is
Mrs. Murphy Mabry is very sick at expected to last. A large building
this writing. operator told The Journal that he ex-
Misses Cora and Mollie Mauldin expected the busy conditions in the
spent Saturday night in the home of; trade to continue. His company can
O. I). Morton. ' jtake no orders where definite delivery
Quite a large crowd was present at is required before January 1. While
the ice cream supper at the home of this is true, he says he is "losing no
H. P. Carpenter Saturday night. chance to take future business run
Miss Ollie Shoe and little sister.-., ning into the summer of 1917 and the
Edna and Zula, spent the week-end first quarter of 1918." That seems to
in the home of Jim Mason. be looking pretty well ahead and is
j evidence that 'the manufacturing and
You love Albemarle. Show your : industrial interests are counting on
love by talking up Chautauqua. good times to stay with this country,
: regardless of an early closing of the
Stomach Troubles and Constipation.! war.
"I will cheerf ully say that Chamber-'
Iain's Tablets are the most satisfac-i To the Public,
tory remedy for stomach troubles and) "I have been using Chamberlain's
constipation that I have sold in thirty-j Tablets for indigestion for the past
four years' drug store service," writes, six months, and it affords me pleasure
S. H. Murphy, druggist, Weflsburg, j to say that I have never used a rema
N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. ADVjdy that did me so much good." Mrs.
: C. E. Riley, Illion, N. Y. Chamber
Boost the Chautauqua to be ia Al-, Iain's Tablets are obtainable every
bemarle June 23-29. 1 where. ADV
ALBEMARLE TO HAVE
1; AN INDUSTRIAL PARADE
For the Opening Day i. the ( hau-
tauqua.
Arrangements are bci -.g made to
have the business men of Albemarle
to enter -float;; in the op-,ii:-.g parade1
of the ( 'hait'.auqua and prizes are to
be awarded the most beautiful and
artistic fio;;t, and the most nevel and