Vol V.
LINCOLNTON. N. C. FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1911.
No. 34
Practical Questions Of &Ae !Day.
DISCUSSED BY THE DIFFERENT PASTORS OF LINCOLNTON,
THE
PIANO CONTEST EEGINS
TO WARM UP.
UNIMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES.
If people's nrst thoughts were
as good and wise as their after
thoughts, life would be better and
more beautiful than it is. We
can all see our mistakes more clear
ly after we have committed them
than before.
, We often hear persons utter the
wish that they could go again over
a certain period of their life, say
ing that they would live it differ
ently, that thy would not repeat
the mistakes or lollies which had
so marred and stained the record
t"bey had made. Of course the
wish that one might have a second
chance with any past period of
time is altogether vain. No doubt
there is much reason for
shame and pain in our retrespects.
We live poorly enough at the best.
Human life must appear very
pathetic and of times tragic as the
angels look down upon it.
There are infinitely fewer wrecks
on the great sea where the ships
co. than on that other sea of
whjch poets write, where lives
with their freightage of immortal
hopes and possibilities sail on to
their destiny. We talk sometimes
with wonder of what the ocean
contains, of the treasures that lie
buried far down beneath the
waves. But who shall tell of
treasures that are hidden in the
deeper, darker sea of human life
where they have gone down in the
sad hours of defeat and failure.
In our 'backward look over the
dead past we get faint glimpses of
the lost things. These squanded
treasures, these wasted possibili
ties, these pearls and gems of life
that have gone down into the sea
of the past.
In youth the hours are , full of
precious privileges and opportun
aties, they come like angels, hold
ing in their hands ricfi treasures,
sent to us from God, which they
offer to us, and if we negligent or
indolent or if we are too intent on
our own little trifles to give wel
come to these heavenly messengers
with their heavenly, gifts, they
quickly pass on and are gone for
ever. Then privileges makes re
sponsibility. We shall have to
give account to God for all that
he sends to us by the mystic
bands of the passing hours, and
which we refuse or neglect to re
ceive. The real problem of living,
therefore, is how to take what the
hours bring. He who does, will
live nobly and faithfully, and will
fulfill God's plan for his life,
The difference in men is not in the
opportunities that come to them
but in their use of the opportun
ities many people who fail to make
much of their life charge their
failure to the lack of opportuni
ties. They look at one that is
continuely doing good and beau
tiful things, or great and noble
things and think that he is spec
ially favored, that the chances
which come to him are excep
tional. Beally this is not true, it
is in his capacity for seeing and
accepting what the hours bring of
duty,.or privilege, that his suc
cess lies. .Where other men see
nothing, he sees a battle, a duty
to perform, a service to render or
an hour to win. Many a man
waits long for opportunities, won
dering why they never come to
him. When (, really they have
heen passing by him day after
day, unrecognized and unaccepted.
Opportunities come to all, the
days of every life arc, full of them.
But the trouble with too many of
us is that we do not make anything
out of them while we have them.
Opportunities come to all. One
man goes through life sighing lor a
chance. If only he had this or
(hat gift, or place, or position, he
would do great thing, he says.
But with his means, his poor
chances, his meagre privileges,
his uncongenial circumstances, his
limitations, he , can do nothing
worthy of himself. Then another
man comes up close beside him
with like means, chances, circum
stances, privileges and he achieves
noble results, does heroic things,
wins for himself honor and re
nown, the secret is in the man,
not in his environment. There is
but one thing toSdo to get out of
life all its possibilities of attain
ment and (achievement. We must
train our hearts, heads and hands
to take and us to the best advan
tage the opportunities as they
come to us. T. J. Rogebs.
REEOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
By Lincoln County Farmers Un
ion. Ordered published in the
county papers and a copy sent to
Carolina Union Farmer.
Whereas the F. E. C. U. is pri
marly an educational organization
and whereas we the official mem
bers and representatives of the F.
E. & C. U of Lincoln county as
sembled in quarterly session realiz
ing that knowledge is power and
realizing the immediate need of
better school facilities in Lincoln
county, we make the following re
solutions. .
Besolved 1st. That we endorse
the action of the recent Legislature
in increasing the school funds.
Besolved 2nd. That we endorse
the action of the Legislature in in
creasing teacher's salaries. ;
Besolved 3rd. That we endorse
most heartily that part of the bill
that provides for an election in
each county to increase the school
funds by a vote of the people to
the sum of 12 cents on the hundred
dollars.
' 1 Besolved 4th. That we' ask the
county Board of Comm. to submit
the question to the voters of Lin
coin county.
lie Used Abbreviations.
PUBLIC DEBATE.
There will be a public debate at
Bandy's school house on next Sat
urday night April 29th. Subject
for discussion. "Besolved that we
are more what we are from our in
born nature than from ou r sur
rounding's." The discussions will
be between the Henry and Huf
man debating societies and is apt
to be one of the grandest and most
instructive debates of the season.
Everybody is cordially invited to
come out aud hear them. T. L.
Married: On last Saturday
Miss DellatGoins to Mr. Henry
Kale. Squire Padgett performed
the ceremony.
A colonel of a British regiment
in South Africa who was repairing
a railroad after one of Gen. De
Wet's many breakages discovered
a fine, empty house which he pro
ceeded to occupy as headquarters.
When the news of the colonel's
comfortable quarters reached Blo
emfontein he received a telegram
which read: -
"G. T. M. wants house."
The colonel was unable to make
out what "G. T. M." meant and
inquired of officers, who translated
it "general traffic manager." : '
"All right," said the colonel,
"If he can use heiroglyphics so
can I."
So lie wired back.
"G. T. M. can G. T. H."
Two days later he received a dis
patch from Bloemfontein ordering
him to attend a board of inquiry.
On appearing in due course he was
asked what he meant by sending
such an insulting message to a su
perior officer.
"Insulting!" repeated the colo
nel innocently. "It was nothing
Of the kind."
"But what do you-mean," de
manded his Superior, "by , telling
me I can G..T. Yx.V "
"It was simply an abbreviation,"
replied the colonel "G. T. M.
(general traffic manager) can G.
T. H. (get the house)." Human
Life. . :'
Several of the Young Ladies are Already
at Work as the List of Votes Show
T o Win You Will Have to Hustle.
The piano contest which was
recently inaugurated by The Lin
coin Drug Co., Wampum Depart
ment Stores and The Lincoln
County News has started off with
a whoop. Several young ladies
are already at work among their
friends. In Friday's issue of The
News hereafter a list of. the con
testants and number of votes
credited to each young lady - will
be published. . Some, seem to
think that in order to compete
the name must be in the first
week. This is not the case. A
candidate may enter any time she
chooses. '
The News urges every one that
has votes to cast them right away
for later on the tickets will be
dated and the votes will have to
be cast long before the contest
closes anyway. Now young ladies
get busy. This is the list of con
testants to date: "
BOX SUPPER AT SOUTHSIDET
A big box supper wiH be given
at Southside school house Satur
day night, .April 20th. Come
bring your friends and boxes and
lei's have a good time. A prize
given to the box that brings the
highest price. Don't forget the
the dateSaturday night, April
29th. Funds for new school house
building.
Southside School.
Jonnie Anthony
Hattie Alexander
Flossie Armstrong
Pansey Abtrnethy
Kate Burgin
Hattie Beam
Minnie Beam '
May Biggerstaff
Bryte Beam
Madge Bess
Minnie Baxter
Hattie Boen
Mary Bryant
Lula Beam
Sallie Bess
Callie May Bollinger
Lela Blackburn
Emma Bumgaraer
Carrie Beam
Maggie Beattie
Lillie Buff
Susie Crooks
Mamie Coon
Carrie Carpenter
May Cline
May Cobb
Mrs. L. L. Carpenter
Lula Campbell ' "
Fleta Crowell
Lucy Camp :
Maude Crowell
Corapellinger
Mrs. flattie Dellinger
Agnes Dellinger
Naomi Ensor
Fannie Foster
Lula Fox
May Gilbert
Katie Hoover
Willie Mae Heavner
Nellie Harrill
Coney Heavner
Emma HamlL
H. Lee Hopkins
Elizabeth Hoke .
Kathleen Hale
Mary Harn
Gladys Howard
Bessie Heafner
Maude Ho vie
; Gertrude Heedick
Hattie Hoy le
Annie Hull '
Ethel Hoyle
Floss Houser
Bettie Heafner
Floss Hoover
Essie Houser
Pearl Harrelson
Mrs. W. A. Holly
Mackie Hoover
Ocie Heavner
Lucy Howard
Laura Hartman
Barbara Hauss "
Velma Hauss
Alice Jenkins
Janie King V
Neva Keever
Mrs. Jno. Killian
Florence Leonard
Minnie Lohr
Lucy Lohr
Ocie Lackey
Ocie Leonhardt
Alice Leather man
Lettie Loftin , '
Lula Lynch
Murtle Lynch
Mattie Lawing.
Mattie Lore
Macie-Lineberger
Mamie Lineberger
Lillie Lineberger
Ethel Long '
Essie Leonard
Ila Lynch
May McCoy '
May Mcintosh
Vera McCaul
Eutb McCoy
Pearl Michem
Ida May Mundy
Mrs. Plato Miller
Josephine Mullen
2,000
2,000
2,265
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,051
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,060
2,000
2,000
2,060
2,185
2,290
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
. 2,000
2,000
2,000
2,235
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,630
2,000
2,000
2,000
6,010
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,150
8,070
2,000
2,000
2,Q00
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
4,250
2,000
2,020
2,000
2,025
2,000
2,000
2,000
3,600
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
Margaret Motz
Ethel Mauney
Eos a Nixon
Mrs. Ola Noel
Annie Nelsou
Vertie Noles
Edith Pence
Myrtle Padgett
Marie Padgett
Mary Quickel
Alda Rendlemen
Winnie Budisill
Annie Beep
Mary Beese
Jessie Bamsaur
Pearl Beynolds
Georgia Bendlemen
Flossie Eamsey
Bertha Bhodes
May Bhodes
Eva Eamsey
Rose Seagle
Vera Shrum
Maude Shuford
Emma Saine
Jenuie Saine
Rose Simmons
Macie Sigmon
Bessie Smith
Alda Sv-lf
Pearl Smith
Ocie Swine
Letha Self
Lillie Smith
Benpie Shuford
Bryte Stutts
Vera Seagle
Martha Sherrill
Brientie Scronce
Naomi Sherrill
Lizzie Turby field
Grace Willis
Ethel Warlick
Frankie Wood
Lucy Womack
Annie Wilson
Lucy Wood
Linda Ward
Ellen Wood
Bryte Wood
Julia Wingate
Carrie Yount
2,000
2,075
2,000
2,000
2,t)00
2,200
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,050
2,000
2,000
5,025
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,375
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,050
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,010
2,300
2,050
3,920
2,000
2000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,320
2,000
14,225
5,165
2,000
DOWN IN THE CRACKER STATE.
DON'T FOOL WITH BOOZE.
"Woe unto them that rise up early
in the morning that they may lollop
strong drink."
There is many a story that
might be told to little children ou
thiydieadful subject.. The drunk
ard's children are to be pitied as
much as any others in this world
They have as sad la lot as ever
came to the poor and. helpless.
Men have always been in the hab
it of drinking wine and whiskey,
Noah got drunk once and made
his children ashamed of him in
good old Isaiah's day. His neigh
bors were given to drink early and
late. It makes my heart ache to
see the leading men of this nation
and the plain men making drunk
ards of themselves. When Jesus
was on earth the same wicked
habit was everywhere. Herod and
his party got drunk one night and
he sent a man to cut off the head
of John the Baptist If he had
been sober he would not have done
it. Drunkenness is one of the
awful curses of our own day. It
makes poverty and sorrow and
disease and crime in nearly every
neighborhood in the United States.
It curses families and Sunday
schools and churches and the
whole nation. - The temptation to
drink is everywhere. The idler,
the discontented man - drink for
comfort, the coward takes drink to
stir up his courage and the bash
ful man takes it to give him con
fidence. A great many drunkards
are being made every year - in the
saloons.
Let us all do what we can to
kill it It is more dangerous than
rattlesnakes and tigers. The anti-
saloon league and many temper
ance societies are doing all they
can to save our boys and girls
from the sorrows that come from
this curse in some cities. Even
the women are becoming drunk
ards. What are your children
going to dot Never touch strong
drink, never go into a saloon!
Pray against it and vote against
it when you come to be men. No
drunkard can ever go to heaven.
"Woe unto them that are mighty
to drink." W. L. Campbell.
... Lincolnton, N. C.
POULTRY ASSOCIATION.
The regular meeting of the Lin
coln county Poultry Association
will be held at 3 o'clock Monday
March 1st third floor front of the
Bernhardt building.
We hope to have Mr. B. L.
Simmons of Charlotte with us at
this meeting, and all interested
persons are urged to be present.
,Lena Beinuabdt, Sec.
A Lincoln County Boy Sees Many Things
of Interest More Pretty Girls Than
You can Shake a Stick at.
Columbus, Ga. April 18, 1911.
Dear friends: Well here I come
again, but I guess you notice that
I am not writing from the same
place. We left Atlanta Sunday
evening at 4:10 and arrived here
at 8:20. We found Columbus to
be a very pretty town. It is per
fectly level and the streets are laid
off so nicely and are so broad with
nice big shade trees all along on
the side of the streets. I wish that
all of you could be here to see this
pretty town, but I will tell you
one thing that when the sun shines
it sure is hot here. Well I will
try to give you an idea of the
country that we passed over from
Atlanta to Columbus. Our first
stop out of Atlanta was Fairburn a
a little country town 18 miles from
Atlanta, and is surrounded by a
pretty level country. Between
there aud Palmetto, our next stop
we saw some pretty wheat fields
and the wheat sure looked fine.
The corn was up nearly big enough
to work, and they were ready to
plant their cotton seed. Oats did
not look as well as the wheat
One thiDg that I noticed in par
ticular along here was the absence
of timber, there being only a few
trees scattered here and there but
on down farther we saw more trees
and I was sure glad to see them
too for it is an awful thought to
think about out beautiful country
being stripped of her pretty wood
land where we always love to go
for a picnic or for a stroll with our
best girl, and where we can go to
study mother nature and learn les
sons from her that we cannot learn
elsewhere.- But then back to our
journev. Our train stopped next
at Newnan, here the train chang
ed crews but we came on, on the
same train. Newnan is pretty little
town, with plenty of shade trees
too, and it looked as if it would be
an ideal place to live as everything
looked so nice and cool. It is not
quite so level here as it is back
at Fairburn. - Just as - we were
leaving town we passed a negro
church. (Didn't I hear you say,
"How do you know it was a negro
church!") I know it was a negro
church for they were holding ser
vice there and were just coming
out of the church when we passed
by and don't you think that I
know a negro when I see one! So
I am sure that it was a negro
church. At Raymond and Bexton,
we found a great deal more wood
land and some more good wheat
After that we stopped at Luthers
ville, which is a pretty little town
nearly level, and I thought it was
very pretty because I saw some
good looking girls there. I almost
wished that we were going to stop
there but then that didn't happen
to be where we were going so we
had to pass on by, even if we did
not like to. After a while our
train stopped right across the big
road and I wondered what was the
matter so I looked out the window
and saw a pretty little station there
with the name "Primrose" printed
across its gable end. I didn't
see any primroses there but I will
tell you what I did see, but
I wouldn't have seen that if my
partner had not showed it to me.
Listen while I tell you; it was the
"calibose,"- and believe me there
was some class to that caliboose.
I didn't take the time to get off
and measure it with a tape line
but 1 don't think that I will make
it sound to big when I say that it
was nearly five feet square. I
know that it was the "caliboose"
because I saw the iron bars across
the window, which about eight
inches square. Say please don't
tell on me or they might come all
the way down here and take me
back and make me live awhile in
that awful "calliboose," fori
know that they would have to
double me up like a knife to put
me in there, and I sure don't like
to be done that way. About ten
or fifteen minutes later the porter
came to the door and called out
Allie, and when the train stopped
there was an awful good looking
girl got on the train. I suppose
they named that place after her
for she looked to me like if was the
only thing there that was worthy
ofi naming anything after. We
stopped next at Greenville, and
my pardner said to me that he
thought the entire population was
there to meet the train, and I
think that 99 and 99 100 of them i
were negroes so we both decided
that we did not want to stop there
so we still kept coming on and as
it was getting dark I did not get to
see any more sights along the road.
Wait I was about to forget to tell
you that we saw a young man and
a young woman. It might have
have been his wife, or if not his
wife, his intended wife or it might
have been some other mans wife,
we did not stop to ask him about
that, but any way they were in a
buggy driving a mule and taking
a rile and seemed to be enjoying
each others company immensely.
I remember seeing a little house
over on a little hill and two or
three boys running around and
playing, and I thought to myself
well boys play on as long as you
can for you are having your best
time that you will have all through
life. It almost made me homesick,
for I remembered well when I
was a little iellow how we would
all play together and I longed for
those good old times again, but
alas when they are gone we can
never call them back again. But
then we got to Columbus and found
a boarding place and pretty soon
went to dreamland, and I want
to assure you that our bed felt
good, for we were tired after our
trip, and I guess you all are get
ting tired of my nonsense so I will
ring off for this time. I am,
Yours truly,
Tbavelleb.
Items Clipped from the Catawba County
News. .
The oil mill has been formally
launched and from now on the
company will give its attention to
assembling a plant. Saturday
at the stockholders' meeting, Mr.
J, P. Yount was elected president
by the directors, who were named
as follows: M. C. Setzer, W. F.
Rader, E. F. Wilson, T. Ei wards,
L. C. Bickett and J. B. Little.
The Directors will meet here Sat
urday. An option has been taken
on the Carter property. Price
$1,000, aud it is likely that this
will be bought, provided the C. it
N. W. w,ill build a sidetrack. Mr.
Fletcher of the " road is . expected
any day. The new company is
the Newton Oil & Ferterlizer Co.,
has a capital of 820,000, paid in,
will gin cotton, buy cotton seed
oil, meal and hulls; and the far
mers can enjoy all sorts of conven
iences as a result of the new in
dustry. Rev. B. L. Stroup leaves this
afternoon for Monroe to attend the
North Carolina conference of the
Tennessee synod which meets to
morrow and continues until Friday.
Mr. Stroup now having charge of
missions, will not return until af
ter Sunday,
children are
her parents,
Yoder.
Mrs. Stroup and
in Lincolnton with
Dr. and Mrs. B. A.
The Clarks creek bottoms, where
formerly bull frogs, mosquitoes
and chills flourished luxuriantly,
will blossom in corn this year.
Corn will be growing where not a
great while ago there was standing
timber, someof it four feet through.
Mr. Jim Yount says he will - have
corn as far down the creek as eight
miles below Newton, and tells the
News that people away below him
will put in crops. Mr. C. E. Long,
fomerly a member of the drainage
commission, was called to Dallas
to address the people there Satur-.
day on the subject of dredging.
The purpose is to treat Big Long
creek as Clarks creek has been
treated. They have a law almost
exactly similar to our own. Mr.
Long recently went to Cleveland
county to speak and while there
saw the gravel roads. In Gaston
he saw the macadam, and he says,
"Give methegravel." TheCleve
land roads cost on an average of
$1,500 a mile and are excellent;
Gaston's macadam has cost her on
an average of $7,000 a mile.
A New Business.
The Union Metal Roofing Com
pany is the name of a new concern
that has opened up for business
in the Cobb building.-
The following is a list of officers:
Mr. D. L. Yount, Pres.; Mr. Jno.
Stowe, Vice-Pres., and Mr. I. F.
Lineberger, Sec'y and Treas. A
general line of grocries, building
material, sewing machines, stoves,
ranges, roofing and guttering will
be kept. Mr. Frank Long is a
member of the firm and will have
his tinshop in the upper rooms of
the building. . i