Vol. VI.
LINCOLNTON. N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 16 1912.
No. 31
BANQUET FOR CORN CLUB BOYS
City of Columbia Will Give Swell Ban
quet la Honor oi These Husky Young
Americans.
Columbia, April 15. Special.
One thousand boys in school to
gether is not a rare sight but 'a
gathering of one thousand school
boys arouBd a banquet board is
unique. And when it is said that
these one thousand boys are Corn
Club boys, from all the corngrow,
ing states, what a sight it will bel
This is the plan of the National
Corn Exposition management,, to
have a great Exposition School for
prize winners in the county Con
tests of the Boys' Corn Club, as
conducted throughout the Bouthern
States by the Federal Farm. De
monstration bureau, and the city
council of Columbia, where the
Corn Exposition is to be held next
January, has announced that the
city will give a banquet to the one
thousand or more boys attending
the Exposition School.
The school will consist of the
two boys in each county winning
first and second place in the Boys'
Corn Club contests. The school
will open on Monday, January
27th,1 1913, the opening day of the
Exposition, and will continue one
week. The faculty will consist of
agicultural experts from all parts
of the country who will be in atten
dance on the Exposition, which is
much more than a mere corn show.
It is a great national agricultural
exposition, not being confined to
corn alone, and the opportunity
which it affords for agricultural
education is unexcelled.
The boys attending the Exposi
tion School will be quartered , in a
large building, near the main Ex
position buildings, and they will
be in charge of representative of;
the Farm" Demonstration Work.
The boys will be organized into a
semi-military organization, and
while the men of the demonstra
tion department will have close
supervision over them, it is planned
that the boys themselves will be
given certain responsibilities.
They will visit the exhibits in the
mornings and in the afternoons
will have parades, and will be
given special instructions in corn
judging, stock judging and the
like. .The boys will be asked to
prepare reports of what they see
and the best of these reports will be
sent to the home papers for publi
cation.
Then on Saturday night, the last
night, comes the banquet, given
by the City of Columbia in honor
of the Corn Club boys. There will
be speeches by some of the most
nctable men in the country, and
in fact it will be a genuine banquet
just like grown-up folks have.
Prof. O. B. Martin, Assistant
in Charge of the Boys' Department
of the Farm Demonstration "Work,
will be in charge of all preliminary
arrangements for the Exposition
School, and he has entered upon
the work with characteristic en
thusiasm and energy.
STANLEY R. F. D. DOT S.
Mr. Editor: The weather is fine
and farmers are busy in this sec
tion. Miss Minnie Miller is spend
ing two weeks with her uncle and
aunt Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hoff
man - in her old neighborhood
where she lived 18 years. Miss
Bertha Hoffman gave the young
folks a party Saturday night.
Every one present had a nice time.
Mrs. Callie Kiser and Mrs. W.
E. Hoffman are visiting Mrs. Bar
ker to day. Mrs. Sallie Evans is
visiting Mrs.W. E. Hoffman. Mr.
Ed Kiser is busy farming. Mr. W.
E. Hoffman has 20 acres of cotton
land ready to plant.
Wild Bill;
Democrats! Don't forget to pay
your poll tax before May 1st.
KINGS MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERY
Lincolnton Congregation Will Insist That
Mr. Minter be Returned to Lincolnton
Fine Report to be Made.
Kings Mountain Presbytery
convenes at Lowell, Gaston coun
ty, tonight. Eev. 8. S. Oliver
of Kings Mountain, the retiring
moderator will preside. Eev. W.
E. Minter and Mr. Edgar Love,
delegates, will represent the Lin
colnton church.
The Lincolnton Presbyterians
are to be congratulated on the fine
report that will be presented to
the presbytery which is as follows:
STATISTICAL BEPORT.
6 Elders, 5 deacons, S added on ex
amination, 19 on certificate, infant
baptism 2, total number of communi
cants 218. Sunday School members,
(including Home Department and Cra
dle Roll) 232.
Foreign Missions ? 600.00
Assembly's Home Missionsi 33.00
Local Home Missions 133.00
Christian Education and Min
isterial Belief 443.00
Sunday School Extension 10.0C
Bible Cause 5.00
Orphans' Home ' 100.00
Pastor's Salary 1200.00
Congregational and Incidental
Expenses , 789.00
Miscellaneous (Ladies' Society) 268.00
$3581.00
, This is the best report ever pre
sented by the local church.
Our readers will remember that
some time ago Eev. Mr. Minter
accented a call to . the Sanford
church. Ten members of the Lin
colnton church besides the elders
and deacons will attend in a body
to urge Presbytery not to dissolve
the pastoral relations existing be
tween Eev. Mr. Minter and his
church. His congregations feels
that he is especially fitted for this
work and are loath to give him up.
He has the confidence, high regard
and esteem of every member of his
congregation and each succeeding
year finds him growing stronger
and stronger in their love and af
fection. The Lincolnton congre
gation is composed largely of de
scendants of German pioneers a
liberty loving God fearing people,
but a people noted for conserva
tism and tenacity of custom and
Mr. Minter's genial manner, pleas
ing address and his ability to ex
pound the truths of the Gospel
has made him grow in their af
fection. Besides this the people
of the town at large irrespective
of denomination are particularly
fond of this brilliant young minis
ter and will join with one accord
with the Presbyterians in request
ing Presbytery not to dissolve the
relations but to return him to his
flock who will await his return
with open arms.
Mr, J. H. Harmon, Keeper of County
Home, Finds Bees in the Ground, ,
We have recently been informed
by Mr. Harmon that last fall he
found, not very far from the new
county home, a hive of bees in the
ground. . They were located, he
says, under the roots of a sour
wood snag in or near an old stump
hole, and occupied what seemed
to be a pretty large hollow in the
ground. It was his intention to
let them keep their quarters dur
ing the winter and hive them this
spring, but much to his surprise
not long ago he discovered that
some one else nad already dug
them out and seemingly got a good
quantity of honey,judgingfrom
the amount of comb that was found
lying near by.
A Correction
In the local note about Mr.
Smith, who is a representative of
the International Cor. school, be
ing promoted to a higher position in
Charlotte, we wish to state that it
is Mr. E. C, instead of Mr. B. C.
Smith.
Misses Eva and Louise James
spent Saturday in Charlotte.
CAVALRY EQUIPMENT ARRIVES
Troop A Receives New Uniforms and
Other Necessary Regalia Officers Ap
pointed. The Lincolnton cavalry company
will present a neat appearance at
the mounted drill on next Satur
day afternoon at the base ball
ground near the Farmers' Union
warehouse. Equipment worth
$8,200 has been received from the
war department. This equipment
consists of the latest model rifles,
uniforms, revolvers, saddles,
blankets and in fact everything
necessary to put the company in
field on short ' notice. Vaughn
Padgett has already promised to
captare a couple of Mexican
greasers and to present them to
Hinson & Kelly. They will be
used to serve hot tamales at this
popular cafe.
The non commissioned office;?
for Troop A, K. C. N. G., have
been appointed and are as follows:
1st Sergeant W. M. Hoke, Quar
termaster Sergeant E. J. Mauser,
3rd Sergeant C. H. Hinson, 4th
Sergeant E. F. Goodson, 5th Ser
geant E. J. Eamsaur, 6th Sergeant
L. V. Padgett. Corporals, ; 1st
Corp. C. A. Jonas, 2nd Corp. E.
P. Hinson, 3rd Corp. W. C. Motz,
4th Corp. Z. E. Saine, 5th Corp.
C.D.Thompson, 6th Corp. M. H.
Coon. Cooks, J. B. Johnston, K.
B. Nixon. Farrier, J. W. Bari
neau. Horseshoer, P. C. Heavner,
Saddler, F. P. Barkley, Trump",
eters, L. G. Kelley, F. A. Lackey.
A Deputation at Palm Tree.
Hickory Democrat Thursday.
Palm Tree Methodist church, in
Lincoln county, near Henry will
send delegates to the Laymen's
Mssionary Convention in Hickory
April 17th and 18th. They are:
Squire John J. Johnson and -M.
C. L. Heavner, principals, and
Messrs. W. O. Houser and S. M,
Lynn, alternates.
Messrs. A. A. Whitener and
Howard A. Banks visited this
church Sunday, driving 15 miles
through the rain. The Quarterly
Conference was in progress and
Presiding Elder S. B. Turrentine
preached a splendid sermon in the
morning on the relation of the Sun
day school to the church. A fine
dinner was served in the grove.
after which the Hickory laymen
spoke and invited the church to
send delegates. Mr. Whitener made
a most eloquent plea for missions.
The zealous pastor, Eev. NY M.
Modlin, will be sure to be there.
- This is a fine old country church
and it is where the Hoyles got
their ' religious : training. One of
the leading stewards is Mr. Hoyle.
Mr. D. A. Propst, a member, has
a son on the Africa Inland Mission
field,7 with which mission Mr.
Banks is connected as editor . of
Hearing and Doing, the organ of
this mission. It was a pleasure to
be in fellowship with this congre
gation during its celebration of the
Lord's Supper.
In driving over there we found
the roads to be in very fine condi
tion. Mr. D. A. Abernethy needs
to be especially commended for the
splendid condition in which his
roads were found to be. The split
log drag had been over them only a
few Hays previous. ;
We drove over the stretch of
new sand-clay roads at Brookford
for the first time, and it is a thing
of beauty and a joy for ever. It is
great to think that we will have 50
or 60 miles of this road within two
or three years after we vote the
$50,000 bond issue.
Mr. Whitener is a beautiful driv
er and knew where to find the good
roads, as if by inspiration. Master
Manly Whitener was a small but
interesting companion in travel.
Mr. Lee Mauney of Gastonia was
a Lincolnton visitor on last Satur
day' . :'.
LINCOLNTON DEFEATS SHELBY
"Big Bill's" Benders Bump the Budding
Bunting Bidders Love and Caldwell
Lead With the Willow Moore Hit
Hard Heim Invincible in the Pinches.
(John Herndon, Sporting Editor)
The high school team of Lin
colnton tasted sweet revenge Bat
uiday when they gave the Shelby
high school team a severe drub
bing in pay for their performance
of last season. "Bill" Heim was
on the slab for the locals and he
was going at a July the 4th clip,
never once being in trouble while
Moore was hit to all corners of the
lot. the locals gleaning 14 hits off
his delivery.
' Jake Jenkins caught a beautiful
game being right in the game
from start to finish while Frank
Love at first rivaled Hal Chase in
fast fielding. At second base
Prof. Caldwell fielded his position
like a big leaguer accepting some
chances that were by uo means
easy. He also led iu batting.
At the short field Jack Lander
played good ball and Bruce Lan
der at the third station played a
fine game. The work of the out
fielders was of the stellar class
except for one or two misjudged
balls.
For Shelby, Connor at second
and Hudson at third put up a
fine article of ball, the latter mak
ing one of the prettiest plays of
the game when he raced down to
ward short and fielded a hard hit
grounder.
In the fourth inning the ava
lanche started. Prof. Caldwell
led off with a sizzling single to
center, Jenkins advanced him
through an infielder's error and
Love laid the ball against the
fence in center field, scoring Jen
kins and Caldwell, Lander singled
but Bruce fanned and Johnnie
tore the cover off the bail scoring
Lander and Love. Jenkins skied
to right while Chambers went out
Connor to Anthony. Heim was
never in danger after this inning,
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A Meeting on Ireland.
One of the most delightful Book
Club meetings of the year was held
with Mrs. S. F. Herndon on last
Thursday afternoon. Especially
interesting was the literary pro
gram which liegun with the read
ing of a pretty Irish poem, "The
Birth of St. Patrick" by Mrs.
Herndon. Mrs. Cobb followed
with a beautiful talk on her im
pressions of . Ireland ; Mrs ..Wise
read an interesting selection en St
Patrick; " Mrs. - Anderson's splen
did paper on noted Irish character
was read by Mrs. Abernethy;
Mrs. Eeid gave pleasing descrip
tions of Irish rural life. -
Green, the color of the Emerald
Isle, pervailedin the decorations in
the dining-room, and was also the
predominating color in the four
course luncheon that was ' served.
The silver candelabrum in the
center of the long table contained
green candles and stood upon a
linen mat embroidered in sham
rock and surrounded by leaves of
green shamrock, the national flower
of Ireland. The place cards were
perhaps the most unique ever used
by any member of the club. They
represented small cups of tea, the
cup being decorated, with a grace:
ful vine of shamrock. '
As the ladies entered the home,
they were invited to partake of a
cup of tea which is an Irish Custom
of long standing.
A Correction
La our last issue, in the write up
of the new business for Lincolnton
we made a mistake in stating the
amount of coal consumed by those
steel companies. It should have
been from one to eleven cars in
stead of from one to eleven tons.
BIRTHDAY DINNER -
OF MRS. CHAPMAN.
A Good Crowd of Relatives and Friends
Present and a Good Time Was Had. ,
A good crowd of friends and
relatives gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chapman
on route three last Saturday, to
join with Mrs. Chapman in cele
brating her seventieth birthday.
About the noon hour the contents
of many well filled baskets were
spread upon a temporary table
built in the yard. This bounti
ful spread consisted of many good
things to eat which had been pre
pared by the expert cooks and
good housewives present. And
after grace had been said by Mr.
G. W. Mauney every one present
partook of them to their hearts
content.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have
seven children, six sons and one
daughter and all were present ex
cept one son, Mr. W. P. Chap
man, who is now in Tennessee.
They also have nineteen living
grandchildren all of which were
present. The following relatives
md friends were present, Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Chapman and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Dellinger,
Mr, and Mrs. Burton Tutherrow
and children, Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Chapman and children, Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Chapman and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Gaffney J.
Chapman and children, Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Chapman and children,
Misses Lela Mauney, Annie Tuth
erow, Fannie Armstrong, Vertie
and Hattie Hovis and Ella and
Maude Smith, Mrs. W. J. Mauney
land mother, Mr. G. W. Mauney
and Mr. J. C. Blanton.
Mr. Blanton, the photographer,
took a picture of the table after
the dinner had been spread, with
the crowd gathered around it
He also took some groups of the
family. Everybody had a good
time and The News wishes this
aged , couple many more such
birthday dinners before their
earthly pilgrimage is ended.
Sand Clay Road.
Criticisms have been made in
the past, they have been made
in the present and they will be
made in the future about nearly
all things. And a great many
times we think there are criticisms
made when they are not deserved.
However, if anything is criticised
for its defects it should likewise
be praised lor its merits. Thus
it is that we take up the sand clay
road again for surely it has re
ceived all that it is coming to it
in the - way - of - criticisms. - One
gentleman stated when it was
being built that there would be
any where from sixteen to twenty
tons of "cussing" done while driv
ing over it, but as to whether this
much was unloaded we cannot
say. , However we do say that
this road is now due favorable
comment from each and every one
who was so ready to criticise its
bad condition, for now it is almost
if not as good as a macadam road.
Since the rain it has been scraped
and smoothed up with the road
machine and now it is in the finest
of shape. Of course we are frank
to say that there was not enough
sand put on this road when it was
built. If more had been applied
it would not havejbeen so easily
cut and would have packed even
and more firm, but as it is, it is a
splendid road and will eventually
become better as it is used. It
stands as a credit to the county
and should serve as an inducement
to make the people build better
roads.
Mr. A. W. Biggerstaff who is
farm superintendent for Commis
sioner of Agriculture, W. A. Gra
ham was in Lincolnton Friday on
business.
REPUBLICANS OF
MICHIGAN FIGHT,
Most Disgraceful Political Convention of
the Year Was That Held at Bay City
State Militia Called to Suppress Riot.
Bay City, Mich., April 11. Taft
and Eoosevelt men met in Michi
gan politics, refusing any basis of
compromise after twenty -four
hours of conferences today at the
State Eepublican Convention at
tempted to put a quart of delegates
to a pint measure, and in so doing
precipitated one of the most bitter
fights in the history of the State
and birthplace of the Eepublican
party.
Two sets of leaders and dele
gates, Taft and Eoosevelt, fought
out their issues to the point where
State militia, police and sergeant'
at arms were . needed to maintain
a semblance of orderly procedure.
As a result the Credentials Com
mittee of the Eepublican National
Convention at Chicago in June
will be required to determine Taft
delegates at large or an equal num
ber of Eoosevelt delegates from
Michigan shall be seated at the
Chicago National Convention.
Alter today's sensational fight
on the floor of the convention dur
ing which former Senator Albert
J. Beveridge of Indiana, left the
armory, the closing incidents in
the convention were comparative
ly tame.
At one stage of the proceedings
the convention broke up in a riot
Militia and police took, charge
when attempts were made to at
tack speakers on the stage. Sev
eral fights occurred on the floor.
The convention was marked by
great disorder when both the Taft
and Eoosevelt forces attempted at
the same time to organize the con.
vention.
When W. D. Gordon, of Mid
land, a Eoosevelt committeeman,
sprang to the stage and attempted
to address the convention, he was
hurled from the stage by J. F.
Cremer, of Marquette, a Taft man.
Police and militia at this juncture
forced back a hundred men who
sought to engage in a fight precip
itated by Gordon and Cremer.
When finally the Eoosevelt men
began withdrawing from the arm
ory the confusion subsided to a
degree and the Taft delegates be
gan their organiation. Perfunc
tory resolution were adopted and
speeches were delivered by State
leaders favorable to President
Taft
LINCOLNTON WATER ANALYSIS.
Laboratory No. B. 5150. Sent
by W. L. Kistler, Superintendent;
location, Lincolnton; source tap;
marked April; received April
4th, J12;reportedL2 April 9th,
1912; sediment none; color plati-
num-cobalt standard, none; turbid
ity silica standard, none; odor,
cold, none; odor, hot, none; Alka
linity (in terms of Calcium car-:
bonate,) 26.2; chlorine, 3; nitro
gen as nitrates, 0.14; nitrogen as
nitrites, none; free ammonia, .034;
Albuminoid Ammonia, .026; total
number of bacteria 20 C. per c. c,
75; total number of bacteria at 38
C. perc. c , 0; total number of acid
producing bacteria, 0; colon bacilli .
in 10 c. c, Done: colon bacilli in 1
c. c, none. , - .. ...
. ; C. A. Shore, Director.
NOTICE.
Asbury Local No. 396 requests
pll members to be out next Satur
day night the twentieth.
J. H. McAlister, Vice Pres.
The Troubadours are a combina
tion of genuiue entertainers and
artistic musicianship of a high
order. Don't fail to hear them.
Tickets on sale at Lincoln Drug
Co. 35 and 50 cents.