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»MGTOII/ AUllMfCE COUNH. NORIli mDUNA. FRIDAY, MAT 8. »14.
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•BuHio^ton, IS. "G. . -
Sir: -
t2a BoyJias t^n out of fowtt for
several weeks and" would have written
you long’, liefer^ 'Row^. bttir' oving to
this .cauae, .lie diti not tav© limp.
The Boy has spent a greater part
of his time in a where the neceE-
' sary attention is given to- the boys,
so i Tvish to recall to you a few
: things that 1- tisnk should be provld-
.cd for through this bey orfcamzstiori.
■ An arrangemejit ■ should be made
w^^by Hw boys and yotmp men of
our towiij aad oj. every ofeer town,
shotilti ^ an- opisortunity to
tttseass the.great theory-and practice
cT touiiicipal ^verrnneiit in all its
reiasions to induatritsi, moral and
Ghi-istian life. It should be the am-
' bition of every t^e Christian person
to so edtieate hiiBseff, that religion
is a tiiitig that can wear shoes, hats,
ccats, skirts and trousers as ’arell as
lockings it yp in some Sectarian
Churoh from Sunday to' Sunday, aid
then expend it only in i. few Sunday
iiaijdshakes that are never practiced
on any. other day in the week. I- do
ad,- mean to^ aay by. this, that the
. church is not essential because £ be-
iieve it should have first place in
everything, but so far, my observa
tion has been that true religion is not
SBpareted from-tho peraon that hag
it in any of his practices in every
Bay life.' My only ambition in this
liJSLtter is that we laight train our
young men for citizenship that they
i^uld mtccessfuily ar.d intellectually
dfftSBSS and han^e the varions prob-
isBisibf Jaiiy experinece. ’, - -
my point", J und^rstaod
“ . the Board of Education of tie
;. City «f Bcriington met s few -nights
^go Slid elected for the ensuing
isdjolastic year' a majority # the,
tEachern for the yew’* work brfore
eveii considering the election u sup-
ABOHal C«nveB£imi vf the Lirtlienas
•f Nirth irogw in 'Sea^
IM Delegates ,
mn SB«lay.
^ in the aioj>dOT of better financial
methotU. .
. PiwiaiaiUi Trere m^e for the hM-
ing a Sunday sehod normal at .lit.
Pleasant daring the coirni^ summer.
This is held jointly by. the North Car
olina and the TennesEee Synods.
A niimbtf of standing committees
thieij Eiade their reports, which were
adopts. ."
At thi aftemboii session at 3:30
O’clock Eev. C. K. Lippard, D. D., of
the Japan mission, at home on fur
lough, made ah excellent address on
the wOTk of the United Synod: in that
dountry. .
TTie evening houii given over to be
BegijimBg Wediic^y, May- 6, the
111th annual/cojivention of the Evan
gelical Lnthemh Synod ad Jiinister- . . . .
rum of North Ca--«lina convened ..in {;,>">^“>nary evening, was «cupied
Mae^nia Lutheran Church. This i
Synod is one of the largest ever ted.: o.n “Home Miss=on6.> and ^v.
mf i K j j i A. ioodi2ian on “Foreign
There are about one imoor^ dele- *
gates which are being entertained by
isioss.** Both addresses were ^od and
'were received by the large coutyre-
the members of this congregation. . i. « >» j
The session .opened Avilh the synodical i aa assemo e .
sei-n.on by the president Rev. M. M. | ®
, A X-. ^ ; fl# ‘’The CaU of t-he Church to Ker
iviilctiU, JU». iJ.f Ok OiAitSiUUi^. ; »•. n> T-. ur * »i- x
tins eJoquent sertrvon the holy com-i‘ ®"’ \ , p, ** n
.. j . • . - j (-> The Lavsnan s Place and Op-
munion was admmistered. i u >p j .• n/
. jportunity jn the .CJiurch Today, Mr.
The first busine^ss session opened at i Claude'E. Eeitzel.
g:lo W«dnes!^y afternoon,-President i (3) “Our Men ' and the Sunday
Kinard presiiiing. ' Most of-the dele-i school.” Prof. TV. L. Cooper,
gates were present to aMW^ the; (4) “Our Men and the Use of Their
roll e«n. The president's report wasljioney in the Church,” Mr. H. E.
read and received end referred 10 thp 1 BorutJ.
proper coaunittee. Then followed the I ^5) Brotherhood;
el.^tion of ofiSccrs which resulted ss! Itg History and Purpose,” Mr. A. H.
follows: President, M. M. Kinard, ofl pny^gr.
Salisbury; vice president, Sev. Y... Suiiday morning.at 11 o'clock sever-
Boozer, Lexington; secretary, Eev. T. young men will lie ordained. The
C. Parker, Troutman; treas'orer, J. > sermon will be preached by Rev. B.
D. Heilig,'Salisbun?, The officers ' p.
were then installed by Rev. G._H. Cox,' ’
D. D-, of Spencer; and took charge.
Dr. C. K. Lippap-di missionary to, Death jf Air. John A. C^le.
Japan, who has been home for“OTrae, John A. Coble, a Confederate vet-
time, \yas introduced to the conven-' eran, of Green Township, Guilfoni
tion and received as an advi sory metn-: County, died Tb'arsday evening at the
bei-. ag.c of seventy at his home following
The-reports of the treasurer and.**^' il’ness of one week with pneuino'
.secretary and president, were re- ^-a. The deceased was one of ll'e bei?t
ceived and referred to proper commit- citizens of thai corawunsty and had
tees. Standing committee."; for the' considerable, wealth. He
year wei-e thon appointed by the survived by a widow, who l>efore
president. mai-riage was Mis.s Sarah Hunt-
„ V r~ , n n liev. He was a wrvther of the iat-e
Rev. E. C. Cionk, D. D., general' , , ,, , -
, T nr- - i)r. W- A. .Coble. He lesvej: three
secretary ci the I^ynen's Missionary T
m .... * '.f .1. I .*1. ' sisters, Mesdames, Austra Coble, ba-
Movement of the Lutheran Churth, . _ , , r n -
c . , j . rah Coley and Juiia Branson, of Kock
South, van mesved as an adviaory-; \
• j I* j. Hill, S. C. He IS tlio uncle of Msssrg.
member - of the synod, it was de-'
tided to hold the day meetings be-
giniUHg at 3 o’elocl; in the morning
R. A. arid C. M. Goble and Mrs. M.
A. Hufl"inan. of this tovVi'. The fun-
, . era! services were conductod at one
and until noon a»H the afternoon at i , , , ^
uclock this attemoon at -U. i'leas-
crintendent. This may be a goodj'^ :gnt Methodist Ch^j.vh t>v the pastu;-.
Ciiucatkinal ayatem, but- to the out-1 Wednesday night was educational '
.aiders it looks like very poor bu.'si-lnig^it. The educational address was
ness policy. I delivered by Eev. V'. Y. Booier, of JU-etinK of the Glassis of North Car-
To illustmte, do 'iciu think that i Lexington. His subj?i:t was_ “Bene-
one of om- leading merchants wowld | ficiary Edacation, Us use and abuse.”
oliTia.
The stale Inidy of the Ueformed
pecmit the man that conducted ft bus-i It was listened to attentively-by a church held its Kith annual meeting
iness in the 8ara« store building that ilarge congregation. :in the Reformed Church st R^k-
he now occupies to select for him Thursday niornrrig the session be well, the sessions beginning Wednes-
clclk* and employees without coa-
sulting his wishes Sr the matter. What
I WES trying to say is that if the
Poitrd of Education had been properly
traiKed in politicBl and industrial
economy in boyhood days and man
hood yesurs, they would have known
that httTHiony is fhe fir.«t essential in
any successful undertaking.
To furrJier iiiustr^o, the young
men of cur town and county should
have an oppo«tunity to il'jdy the ques-
ga« with a dsi'otional address by Dr. ■ day night of last vjeek and continu
{5. H. Cox, of Salisbury, the altar ser-; ing over Sunday. iRev. Shuford Pcel-
vices being conducted by Rev. J. P. - er, of Greensboro, was elected the
r i Miller, of Eiizabeth College, of Char-j;iiew president. Rev. 0. E. Bower.s, of
jotte. The subject of Dr. Cox’s ad-'"\Vi-.isloM-Salem, tr«asarer; Dr. C.
drees wa.T “The Christian Life; Its Ijconard, of Le>:ington, has been the
Source.” Tije speaker ernphasized the,stated clerk during the past 22 ytar.s.
fact that the Christian life must, of T!ie meeting was a mo?;t delightful
course, have its couree in Christ. Ini one this year. Re\'. Dr. C. E. Schaef-
Christ there is life; out of Christ there j fcr. of Philadelphia, superintendent of
is the opposite—death. .\nd where I M^isi*is, delivered an inspiring aa-
tuia I'ife >3 there wiii t» its manifes-; drkss before the body last Krid-ay,
tion of taxation and learn how t.o j tations in good fruit. ^ Popular meetings were held each
determine the proper values of real I Reports were heard from the two . night thcs one on Friday night being
ai;d personal prop’orty so that evei-y j schools that are under direct synod ■ given to a class of orphans from thi
Irian’s property would ue !»sted -in
proportion to what it is worth. To
illustrate this pair.t, I know of prop-
f erty listed in the Town of Burling-
ton for ?i,20Q that would not bring
i.- over ?2,500 under the most favQral.-rs-
“ ‘ conditions, while I know, of property,
>. in or i*eflr the corporate limits -of
the Tiiwn o? Barlia^on, that ■ was
listed Uie past year for |1,800, that
-. has been recently sold, st tlie 'ration
- value of |10,()a}. There is a larps
' - per, ceijt m the'farm land listed in
■ .\!amance County at not over $10 sn
acrOr when it is true without a doubt,
that it ctuinot be bout^t iov less than
’ fSO; $40 or sn acre. This flag-
fant violatiott of-our economical laws
.‘\ftre Slot trflfUJl.in every eiise, but are
■ tisB result of tho l»ek of ff=?et5ionght,
- and if we wooM thiolc «bOBt them
‘.iousSy we would not penait aucli large
i 4i»er9paJ>««s.
Hy.hofe is that *re long we may
Iv^ve a -handaoms Y.-M. €. A. build-
; ■ iisg wfeere that we may have a com.
snodiotta lectuw wsn 'where we e3.i1.in-
. «ite men wperi^nee to diacuiis these
with, us, ani-there^ so train
^ risJi^g;' jwneretioa to be wiser ati3
■ tiaoiaggfl
:AVi d!, these things can ba «asU;
S if «»ndsiealtioM
; fflr 'gro i* wiJIia? to take U»e in--
.*' it^[th^ wsti S«7 these ^is^^ btfore;
‘I ^ Alanoisnes County .and
■ - Yosts'viay traly,
control. These are the CollegiiStte in- Nazareth Home,
stitute and Mount Ainoena Seminary,: .^.mong the matters of soeiiiul itn-
both located at Mo'.int Pleasant. The i poitance wa.s actiou. looking to the or-
Collegiate Institutt reports a full; gfinization of another church in Win-
schoai during the session now about to | stoa-Saiem. A splendid lot has been
ilose, and one of the large.'st senior i pui-cliased iri the Scuthside aubarb
classes in its 'Jiistoi'y, viz.', 11. The | at a cost of Sl.YOO, a?)d the Classis
standing need .of the school is u i appropriated $850 as a donation on
RDF. Cllims IMMED.
Accepts Positaoii With Large Pdbiish-
iag House of C3iic«^. Head
quarters RichHiORd, Va.
Lucrative Position.
Prof F. H. Curtiss hss accepted the
position of *ales manager for the
School Methods Company, of Chicago,
with the Southern depository a.’id
h^dquftrters m Richmond, which was
r«ccr.tly tendeied hir»".. The positia*-
is a lucrative rj:d responsible orie.
Kecentiy the v^'hich is the lar;>-
■est cducationul t-chooi publifihing: coi\-
ccrn in the United States, intTea.sed
his>'6rkinj? terrltorj- and offered -soine
very well
. Professbi- Curtiss has been in chr.r.^e
of th« ReiJsville Seminary three
years, cdniini^ here from Burlington,
whoiie he was f-or ten years superin
tendent of the Graded Schools of that
town. The Buvllnjrton News of June
28, 1911, had I he following to say. of
his work: ‘'Prof. F. H. Curtiss in
forms UP that he has accepted the
presidency of the Reidiiville Semin
ary, which has recently been offered
him. It is v;Uh genuine regret that
we -see him ^o, as h^ has proven him
self a most excellent citizen and a val
uable addition to our city from a
church, business and social, as well as
educational standpoint. He is one of
the State's foremost ’educators and
ReidsviHe is fortunate in seeurin,^
him/’
Under Pi’of. Curtiss’ manaffen?eni
the patronaufe of the ?>eminary has
■StEte rwr^'?7
TWO OfRLSm
When Last Heard From Wer^ Said
to be in Chp.riotte and Police
Are Sear«hinj^.
COUNTY SCMOL NEWS.
Whereaboiits Unkflowg.
i>ui’l\ain, May —Josephine Cock
erell .and Annie Ho\vell. iw'o young:
ijirls not over fifteen years o|r ufe,
Moriiig Picturfs of Alamanct County
Corn Clubs arid Tomato Clubs to
be Shown.
left tha city Suturday ufter.-iO'-!'. wiUi;
6y J. fi. Hotiertson
.. The ipovinj^. pk-iuros of the Ala-
:iinnce Toinata Club j?irls, made last
;^ur/;mor.at the Melviile Farm, arc at
last cc3','in|; to Alanianc-e County.
jOh. Tuo.fdiiy rJg:ht, May ,12lh. these
ir>^:urs;s v/i!] be shown ai Friendshio
lonrv r.oss nna a Dci’sicat
nnd ihc uiuhorilles are niakiiig: j ^ j
dvsperatc enpvt to locate then:
we!> laxt to be 1ji Charioti-
und the police cf that city are r.o^v
niakintj n seai'ch fcr them.
Dersett not known very welt in
polire circles, ulthoujsh Gos.', is an
old offcMider. He was arrested last
y8itr with EeariJUii Smith on a chaise
of ■vvliite slavery arid at that lime 'vv:ts
off »tih the understanuin;? that
d've ■’..•.‘po Uii- a lart^e e»'owd at eaoh
]i!ciu}xs have been
“ I::T5 »',V*V Thi' Si.atiie
rrom t ri-u'urnia' in iht» eastern coast
of Nonh Car'ii.n;’, from Xew York -o
•the Gtiif of Mexic-:». Lei every Corn
Ciul’ Boy ana (.-vtjr;. Tcoiiato Club
Girl »hes^^ x»icTure.>..
.Ji js pOiSihle t3'iat ihf?e pictures
nc* fha\v;» in Graham, Monday,
Miiv 11th, -^alch fuv fuvthe-* 7\otic€
:-Cv uii wit.11 viic u!.iut;i iiiciLr -
he would rot s:et into'mere trouble. I' .
Recently he wa* a.-.x-sted f«r Ma.nb- i
li..« and i. V..J that h^.va. J-
lil-K
'I ^ainbiinii iT'oni, although
v.vir not proven. At any rate,
his vfputaUon in poIi“*‘ ci.-cles is Tar
htflow the avor4';^'e, and the authori-
T.ifes would like to him nrosc'Cut.;;d
fceveicly.
The youni^ j.rjris are of tender a^e
und Were douhtk-ss led astray by the
boys. They were inveigled ir.to leav
ing their homos and run avay, and
dil ?)Ol stop hmg enouj^h to uuLaln .iid-
vi'oe. Just whcit {,hr- inler.tion of thr-
more than tlr.jWcd, New departments jp jej.vinK tnt city, with two
have been added—Business, Telegra
phy;, Voice Culture, etc., and the
school ts.doir s; a work of w'hich Reids-
v)U© may wtVi feei proud. Fiofessor
Curtiss ix' c e of the best equipped
school men r^th* State and-has beer,
so recogTiizeu for'many years,
fore castintf in his lot \?ith ReidsviHe
hs rendered valuable aid to oar pub
lic school teachcrs as county insti
tute conductor, and his dociston to
become one of us was liailed with
much satisfaction. Professor Curtiss
I'iM devote his entire time^o h\?. new
work afttr June 1st. He will .spend
ho entire sunjmer vjKitinjf ih,“ i.un-
versities:. collegfes, state iiormals, sum
mer norn-als and institute.T in his te»-
rivoi*^’. lUs work will be entirely
anioi^K educators. Orjiy llu* liiore
proniinent educational institmi>n::
will hp visitei.
While Professor Curtiss’ cc'^uijciion
with tho Seminary will end with the
xnxV'Osa session closing May 2(>lh, his
family will continue to reside in
Kcjd.-iville ,aTid he wiiJ ahate none of
his ii.lcrest in cur ‘ity’s vvc’far-'f.
which he has laborel so l^iitnfnlly to
•idvance. The Weekly wishes him
much suocc:-s in his new worlc.-—Web
ster’s Weekly, April 7. 1M4.
us.sjstant. Stanley Combs,
hist Monday riijrht, April 2Sih.
On thnt ni,Q:h‘t they jrave a mag-ic lan-
.‘ihov'.- :uid awarded the p»-izes.
Tiio f}3ow wjis very interesti»>g. Three
prices wei'e g-iven foi* compositions
and work done, and three foi- bsst
ker.l cow ercords. !n the first con
test: Car! Alexander won first place,
Madg-e Cobie second ai^d Oppie Spoon
third. The f^rst Jirixe wa. a pure
bred Polaru China pig, the second and
third prues v.-er-^ pure.-l*red White
Rock chicken^. Madj^e Coble won
the first prize in cow records^ Carl
Alexander ihe sec^ond. and Kujr.MO
men of dotihtfal reputation, cannot be
ascertained.
ft is reported that'the young Cock-,^, , , . ,
e.‘;*wl g:irl r^laimed that she was either-j t^ tu.u,
aircadyn-.arntd. or v.-as to be married i, ^opportunity
la young Cos.. H.,.vcv«-, sho.ld they Iir.k-
be masTied there jp not evidence of!'" k':n>iid
such beinK the case. Th,. sir] '■'''''y
much too young- to obtain Iicen.=e and
t.;.,e only fifteen vear., old. j The.se Dniryme.
«ng Howell s-iri is e^en ;.raal!-i"^"' ‘‘f ‘'™.s.hools in the State
■.e
and Aiamancc should co»:*jid(^r her-
jseif fortunate in haWnj? one thos-.'
‘ si:hools.
IS .SMIG
The younj?
er, and if anythinjjr, younj:*-’^' thai; the
other,
Xlie case v.i> :vpo»i.t*d to Citv At-,
Lorney S«u!ct, nnd ho stated thi..' . Hifjh .^.-hr^l ..lor,cd
inori:i!:{; should t'U'j ihlm be found j ^bursn^ij
that ho would ;:»l;e titeps to have thorn I' oik «’.!.■ i jne.itlK-d
pro.u.utf.d- Ui-.br Nvhai charge thJ^"
'p,-o.ccmion sv„uM be nnuie. i. i:n; !a
,.i 1 . 1. j ^‘plend;a. ado'ri-ss. i-juuiv aftLrvnor-.n
unown a;i vcl, allhou;:h it wiii aoiiM-! ‘
was r.ver to athletjc sports.
lcs“; be whit'j ^laveiy or seductio
ll'rlday night the cionscnury depart-
Diocesan Convention.
Finger *S'ried to Escape,
(•reciisboro,' May 7.—Sid Finjrer,
wl\Q NNas convicted and seiiteiiced to
! merit uf the school ^ave a very in-
l>e!es;^erVi^Pon''ir ri^re:.ent ihe ! , entertainment which' wns
P;:ri.-;h of the Church of the Holv P
Comforter at Raleitch, .V. C.. jiav | In al! the exercise,
lyth, III’J Kinetb ei-hth annu;,l ■>«!*'>’=" I'ondu.ned them=elve.
\.e'iti-*n.
'ihe f'-illowiriir uole.^aU's h:i\o t;ecn
cle'.'i'id iiV the vo-;L!'y lo repi'cieiit the
P;:ri.-^h the Chi:rt-h of tlio Holy
('omfovles*, at th? i;np;*o,-ic)Mn^
re?-.an Convention to be held in Ciirist j
Church, Kaleiprh, M. C.. May toi
■.>2n-J, l!il4: ^
De’esrate.-i: !'. i.. 'VVillinmson. E. ;
j -.Mth n.' ea.^e rind eil;ric;u-y tb;it .spoke
well Tor the wtirk dine t-y The Ibs'A’-
llields .S'.'hooL
j 'The WoodJavrn School rl.-jsed I'riday
j^ig'’_ I I'.iKhi with a ireod eniertainnient and
I a crov.'ded house. This school i.-' soon
to build another room.
lai-ger and .fulSer. equipment.
The girl’s school at this place was
also reported as in a prosperonii con
dition. This is ths first session con
ducted jn the new building, v/hich has
replaced the old one destroyed by lire
a few ■Jears ago. This is described as
a liandsome building; comparing; fav
orably with those of other institutions
of learning. "iThBre-is a debt of sev
eral thousand dolliirs on the ' new
building, but thi.j is besiiK carried for
the presanl Ey snterasted parties, and
so there is no immedisted anxiety on
this point.
In the absence of the president of
Elizabeth college, Prof. i. P. Mill
er, at the ret{U£st of the syned, ntade
s. short taiic or the work of this in-
stit^tion dariatr the present session.
T^s been one of ^e best sessions
in tho histqrjr of the t(dl^£!, and the
synod, showed itx. ple^sare at the re
port. This school is not ander, th«
eonttd of th» ^od. hot »inee |t is
1de«te4 wiUiia liy ter^torj', it is ^
ways gl^ to JMar its progreaf..
•jtii reports ftoii the congreg^tioB
thr^ag&'ljieir lay d^oeates showed
|iera;T«is« ^ dariag^ the
Ihis fiurchase. The Board of Mis
sions will be asked to take charge of
the point and place a man in charge
at an early date.
Hev. D. E. Bowers, of 'Winston-Sa
lem. reported the building of a new
hurch near the Davidson-Forsyth line
on tho road from Lexington to the
former city. Ti^is church is to b«
dedicated on the last Sunday in May,
the sermon being preached by Dv.
J. C. Leonard.
At the. meeting of Classis this year
a movement was inaugurated looking;
to the co-ordination of the education-
^ work of the church ir. the two in
stitutions of learning;, Catawba Col
lege and Claremont College, 'iiev. J.
D. Andi'ew has done a splendid work
in his firsfyear as head of the form
er institution. It is oelieved that {he
two schools con.with advantage be
brought under one management.
An encoortging jjictease in the
memhen^p of the Classis was report
ed. .-Oite -of tii^ chaiyes in the
Uppai:: Qsfidson'itk illis waaty, Krv-
ad 6y 'J. A.'Fktlmer.
-B«Kt amtual s»«3^nr be
TRB B>y.boiJi til ap^itwUty and es]iecȣ- 1915.
Tho Knocker's Pfayor.
death ill Salisbury yesterday for thejHoii, S. A. .Sleele, 1{. E. Kiddit'. I, who s r^siioiibiWe
fii'st tie.sri'^ murder of Preston T.yer- .■■ itcrni'itfc.^: Ja.s. Wiliiuiii.smi, Jr.. ii«iOwsng anonymous arlicic,
ly at Barber Junrtion. tried to (ret 111. L. HoU. I. Moo)-i*. C. Ki::s. | b:is liccp. troii^g the r('Ulld^; of
iiwny y-.'.rtur.'lay iiftcriiooii on traiii I ‘ r cfmimunity
No. Hi. SherilF MelCenzif, of Rowan j T!:i‘ CharloUc Xi-ws Kuiis Tiic Cliroii-j' 'k:'oekcr'=, it will stand
county, taught the negro in his ;it-j iclt. !viirf.i!uoi;i!>;
tempt ajid with the af ^'wtar.i.-e of i Chi>t le! .May 7.— A tran.saetion |
it‘i;ro of import iii the !i-:^w-.t;paper Vvorld cf |
i!i*de lii^ chains
trail’. ni
again.
Tile .“Iieriir and his prisoner were
i:i the oar u.sed by negroes, and the
sheriCf noticed that the prisoner plac
ed or.e hand to his mouth in sivch an
attitude ;is if to wring o!f a chew' cf
tobacro, then dropping his hand to hi.«
lap. The negro was asV.eJ what he
was doing antfTie replied noihinp;.
“ Ha wa-s asked if he was talcing a
chew of tobacco. He said he was not
and that he already had a chew".
“Let'.s .-ae that haiid” a.sked the
sheriff.
Finger toid him there was no hand
cuff on it, and so it proved. In some
way be had freed himself and the
handcuiT was loose.
Sheriff McKeniis called on other ne
groes in the car, some SO were in
there to assist him, but none would
do so. It was at tfeis juncture that
the bagg&geroaster came into the car.
He called another trainman and the
two stood by and ssnsted in chaining
the negro again.
Who said the-day'of miraclos •»
past? Here are tli» Kexiean federals
making a desperate attempt to csp-
held ia Oisee cfacrch, Newtsn, May tont the waterworks!—Greensboro
Newi.
‘*I..nd, iilease doii’t let this town
I'vo lived here for thirty
('iiai'lotte, and a!s i o; interest ia the- (iiiviiifr ilir.t time 1 ve .‘'oa>;at
State,'to be ariiotinced tomorrow i.-i I “''*^*'1' i'"P>'5''™'ciit. It r.ave Knocked
the purchase by. the Charlotte NV-ws of
the Evening Chi-.onide of Charlotte. 1'='^ establiishcd a busi
ness here vcitlioul my doing all l eou'd
to piit them ojt of businest, I’v'c us
ed every uiiderhar.d method knowni
to the knocking fraternity to injure
their bus:-ess; I’ve lied abont them
and woiiM have stolen from them if
The pciichase was completed Tuesday,
ar.d aniioanceriierit of same will be
made in Friday’s News and Friday’s
C^hronicle. that issue being the last
of the Evening Chronjija. W, C.
Dowd i.s president, general manager
and largest .stockholder of The News
Publishing Company, and has manag.
ed, directed anti practically owned The
News .since 1895, when he and a com
pany he organized bought the pape;
from Wade H. Harris.
The Chronicle was founded in 1903
by the Charlotte Observer Company,
the late J. P. Caldwell and D. A.
Tompkins owning it as part of the
Observer plant. It was practically
the afternoon O'nserver. With the
consolidation of the two papers th»
Charlotte News has now the entire
-afternoon Held, and the Observer re-
jnains, as ever, in charge of the morn
ing. field. The News force, operating
under the direction of Mr. Dowd, con
sists of J. C. Patt;>n, editorf Mrs. J.
P. Caldwell, city editor; W. M. B«U,
advertising manager; Preston Allan,
asarxiate editor.
I had ! 'u the courage; I have done
all I c'Jiiid to keep the town from
grov.i g; never have spoken a good
word for it. but instead I’ve knocked
hard ar.d often.
"It pains me, 0 I.ovd, to see that
in spite of my knocking this town
is beginning to grow. Some day, I
fear, I will be called to pat down
sidewalks in front of my property,
and who knows but what I may have
to help keep 'ip the streets that run
by my property? This, Lord, would
be more than I could bear. It would
cost, ms money, although all I have
I madei right here in this town.
"Then, too, more people might
come if the town begins tQ grow,
which would cause me to lose^ipe at
my pull. I asic, therefore, to keep
this town at a standstill, tiat i may
continue to be the chief knocker.
Amen, amen.”
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