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ESTABLISHED 1876
LINCOLNTON, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 4. 1921.
5 Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year.
LAST REGULAR MEET
ING TOWN COUNCILMEN
Present Board of City Commissioners
Held Its' Last Regular Meeting of
Present Term Bills Paid Regular
Routine.
The last meeting of the Town Coun
cilmen was held Friday night with
all members and the mayor present.
The term of the present board expires
the first of May.
The regular routine of business was
attended to, such as payment of cur
rent bills, etc.
Members of the board discussed
the work of the board during the term
and took stock as it were. One thing
that troubles the board at present
is the slowness of cash falling into
the city treasury. More than $16,000
i unpaid taxes are past due, and it
has been necessary to borrow money
to offset this lack' of funds to meet
the town's obligations. It was brought
out by members of the board that the
city owes $38,000 floating indebtedness
tout that perhaps more than this
amount had been invested in perma
nent improvements by this board.
Several thousand invested in extension
of water mains and sewerage, and in
extending the wires for lights. The
water plant has been improved, a com
plete electric pumping outfit having
been installed, and has been in opera
tion for several months, and has been
the means of considerably reducing
the coal bill, by reducing the demands
on the steam pumps. Another thing
this board has done is to pay off the
notes due for the fire truck. This
board has passed through the period
of high prices, with rising costs for
everything the towns bought, without
a corresponding increase in revenue.
"After discussing their records the
board members felt like congratulating
themselves on their splendid record
made through this trying period.
Many other citizens have re
peatedly remarked to members of the
Board that they had made a splendid
record during a most trying period
and that while there has been much
that should have been done, still it
will prove best in the end that only
those things absolutely necessary
were done during a period of abnorm
si hieh prices ' '
The money borrowed by the present
board was spent mainly lor pernia
nent improvement and improvements
that demanded attention, and accord
ing to the members of the board their
only regret is that they could not
further extend public utilities, which
was impossible 'the past year owing
ro the fact that the city tax rate was
limited by the constitution of the
state, however this will not. be the
case at the next tax levying time.
And all who looks into the matter
will agree that the present board is
due the thanks of Lincolnton for
rendering to their town valuable ser
vices almost free, and that taking
everything into consideration they
deserve gratitude from all fair-mind
ed people.
WOMAN THROWS ACID
INTO TEACHERS'S FACE;
IS RUSHED TO JAIL
Jerome. Ariz.. April 1. Mrs.
Clarence V. Hopkins, wife of a mining
engineer, was rushed to the Prcscot
countv iail today to avoid violence
against her, following the throwing
of acid into the face 01 Liiiciiie uaiia
her, a school teacher.
Mrs. Hopkins entered a restaurant
where Miss Gallagher and another
te"her were eating, and according
to witnesses, seized the young woman
by the hair, pushed her hat back and
and poured the acid into her eyes, rub
bing it in with her hand which was
severely burned.
During the war Mr. Hopkins , Miss
Gallagher and another local teacher,
were in Washington 'doing war work.
SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR
ROBBING A MAIL POUGH
Atlanta. Ga., March 31. Thomas
Donahue, 54 who according to postal
inspectors has served many terms in
New York and Pennsylvania prisons
was convicted in Federal district
court here of holding up and robbing
a mail truck here last June and was
sentenced to serve seven years in
the Atlanta penitentiary.
Donahue was said to have obtained
$65,000 in securities and Liberty
Yon&B of which about $4,000 have
teen recovered. The-y jury was out
only 30 minutes.
Donahue's attorney had not an
nounced whether they would appeal.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR VIC
TORY MEDAL?
Greensboro, N. C. March 31, 1921
To The Editor,
While the Army Recruiting Service
has ceased to function as such as a
result of recent Congressional action
prohibiting enlistments except in cer
tain limited cases . a sufficient force
has been retained on duty, with offices
jn the new Guilford County Court
.House at Greensboro, to continue the
distribution of the Congressional Vic
tory Medal. All men who were mem
bers of the military establistment
during the World War, whether their
service was at home or abroad, are en
titled to one of the medals and our
records show that some seventy thou
sand North Carolinians are entitled
to receive one of the medals and only
twelve thousand have made aplica-
tion to date. The War Department de
aires every veteran to have one and
all those entitled to it and who have
not yet applied are urged to write to
the Victory Medal Officer, Guilford
County Court House, Greensboro, N.
C
In addition to this service this office
will gladly act to the limit of its
capabilities as a bureau of informa
tion on matters pertaining to the
military service, such as allotments,
Wr Risk Insurance, etc.
Yours very truly,
C. M. Bunker.
Lt. Col. U. S. A Refd.
Victory Medal Officer.
LINCOLNTON TEAM
WON AT GASTONIA
Negative Lost at Shelby Both Gas-
tonia Team Won and Go to Chapel !
Hill Gastonia and Shelby Visitors
Entertained by Lincolnton 10th and
11th Grades Following Debate Fri
day Night.
In the triangular debate last Fri
day night Lincolnton Graded School
affirmative debating team won at
Gastonia and the Lincolnton negative
team lost at Shelby. Lincolnton af
firmative was upheld at Gastonia by
Elizabeth Macdonald and William Jen-
kins. The team was accompanied to
Gastonia by Mrs. Daisy Macdonald,
Miss Leach, Miss McKay, Mies Gene
vieve Dellinger, Miss Ruby Hallman,
and Clyde Goodson.
The Lincolnton negative composed
of Raper Jonas and Edith Hoover was
accompanied to Shelby by Mrs. C. A.
Jonas, Miss Collie Garner, Lester
Crowell and Edgar Love.
The question discussed by the young
debaters was "Resolved, That the po
licy of collective bargaining through
trade unions should prevail in Ameri
can industry.
This was the annual statewide de
bating contest in which 900 debaters
representing 225 high schools discuss
ed the question of collective bargain
ing to approximately 100,000 people
in 225 audiences all over the ctate,and
the interest as usual among the school
folks was at fever heat.
The Gastonia negative and affirma
tive teams won Friday night and Gas
tonia will send both teams to Chapel
Hill to debate in the finals for the
Avcock Memorial cup on April 14 and
Gastonia's negative team and Shel
by's affirmative team debated at the
Lincolnton auditorium t'riday night,
Gastonia's successful team being coin-
posed of Ben Ratchford and Henry
Deitz, while Shelby's affirmative team
was composed of Ivey Morrison and
Dorothy McBrayer.
aupt. Johnston of the Lincolnton
school presided over the debate here,
and the time keeper was Miss McKanc
of Gastonia, while Rev. W. J. Roof,
Rev. J. A. Snow and Mrs L M Coffey
of this city acted as judges.
Following the debate at the auditor
ium Friday night the Tenth and
Eleventh grades of the city schools
graciously entertained at the school
library in honor of the Shelby and
Gastonia visitors. Refreshments were
served and the social hour was en
joyed by all.
PENROSE PLAYING THE WILD.
The Republicans who have been try
ing to build up a white ' party in the
South must have read Senator Pen-
roses recent deliverance on social
equality with dismay. It seems to be a
peculiar characteristic of the National
Republican party never to be content
to let well enough alone. While its
leaders in the South were making
progress in the matter of eliminating
the negro as a factor, and while the
negro leader who is most thoroughly
representative of the best interests of
the race is going about preaching in
dustrial equality for negroes, Penrose
and other rampant representatives of
the national party have boosted a pro
position which means trouble for both
the negroes and tior the Republican
party, borne of the mistaken friends
of the negroes in Pennsylvania are un-
aertaKing to put through what is
known as the A3bury bill, which
would give the negroes equality in thj
restaurants and hotels of that State.
On being appealed to for endorse
ment, Penrose not only gave it but in
sisted that the bill should be amended
so as to remove every bar between the
negroes and everv privilege the whites
are enjoying. He would make It so
that the negro would be encouraged
by the law to obtrude himcelf into
white society with absolutely no res
trictions. This declaration for full social
equality for the negroes by the Re
publican leader comes at a time when
it might give the greatest embarrass
ment to the Republican Administra
tion. It may pro e somewhat confus
ing to the understood agreement be
tween former Chairman Hays and the
Republican managers in the South and
and will cause the mounted Republi
can majority in North Carolina to
tumble like a dyamited factory chim
ney. Things are beginning to "look
up" already for the National Demo
cratic campaign three years hence
Charlotte Observer.
DECREASE IN PRICE OF
FERTILIZER 50 PER CENT
Columbia, S. C, March 30. A
general reduction of the fertilizer
price in the south of from 45 to 60
per cent since February has been
made by the manufacturers through
agreements reached between the big
companies and the national board f
farm organizations, Dr. H. E. Stc k
bridge, chairman of the special com
mittee to confer with the manufac
turers with a view to getting a drop
in tne prices, announced here to
night.
Following conferences of the spe
cial committee from the national
board of farm organizations with
representatives of the manufacturers
m New York, Washington and At
lanta, the decrease of from 45 to
50 per cent was allowed, Dr. Stock
bridge announced. On February 16,
port prices on 16 per cent acid were
$29.50 a ton and now the price iB
$12. Another example Dr. Stock
bridge gave was the price of $47.25
a ton for standard H-33 fertiliizer
in January and early February and
this now will be $26.68.
Timmonsville, S. C, March 31
Kirke White, 18, of this city, who WAS
i hit v" t1,ead with. f Pitch50' bal1 in
. xcuii buk ucvtou iiuimuiu- jjcnools to accommodate all its chil
ville and Florence high schools here dren There is neither race guicide nor
yesterday, died late today as a result indifference to the welfare and educa
of the injury. He died while being tion of vouth in the old and progres
taken to a hospital at Florence. . Bjve cjty 0f the Cape Fear.
BIG LINCOLNTON
DOLLAR DAY
The merchants and business men of
Lincolnton have started a movement
im a Dig uuuar uny in ijiircuiuiun,
April 14th. The business men meet
Tuesday night of this week at Yoder
& McLean's store to perfect plans
for this event.
A large advertisement in the News
today gives the names of those who
have joined in the movement for
Dollar Day celebration, and by look
ing over the list you will see that the
coming Dollar Day is to be the biggest
Lincolnton Boosting Day ever at
tempted here, and of course it will be
a success; greater success even than
former successful Lincolnton Dollar
Days.
CATAWBA COUNTY KILLING
RESULT OF POKER GAME
Hickory, Special to The Observer.
March, 30. Developments showing
that the killing of Homer Bnrringer,
near Newton last week, was the result
of gambling and robbery are expected
to toe brought out at the preliminary
hearing of Fred and Ab Brinkley be
fore County Judge Sigmon in New
ton next Tuesday. Sheriff Mauser,
who has been investigating the case,
said today that it had many elements
similar to the celebrated Lippard
case of Burke county, in which li
quor, gambling and robbery figured
as elements.
It has been learned that the two
Brinklcys and Homer Barringer who
died as a result of a wound inflicted
on his head with a large rock, were
gambling in the woods near the
Bnnkley's home Sunday night,
March 20 and that the victim was
struck over the head during the
course of a poker game.
Carroll Little is the state's chief
witness. He has told the sheriff he
was asleep in an automobile on the
side of the road during the poker
game and that he did not wake
until after the man was injured.
Fred and Ab Brinkley are held in
jail without bond pending the re
sult of the preliminary.
LOOK TWO WAYS FOR SUNDAY.
(Rhamkatte Roaster.)
"I see." said the Old Codger, "that
ths Republikin Commityy has met an'
has recummended Daniel Russel Sykes
fer to lick the postage stamps at
Rhamkatte. Air that so?" he asked
He was informed that such was the
action takeu.
"Wall, I'd like to know how they
air gwine ter git rid of Zebulon Vance
McGougan, who is the civil service
licker of stamps at Rhamatte. I red
the Republican platform and they said
pime-blanck that they would never
tech a hair or hide of the civil service
law. Air they gwine ter go back on
their word :
"O, no," we replied. "They will de
clare that McGougan i3 an offensive
partisan who believes in Democratic
doctrine and then turn him out to
make place for the stinkenest 2x3 Re
publican politician m Rhamkatte.-
"But," said the Old Codger," why
ain't they honest about it? Ef they
want the oihs for a Radikcl doodle, all
they've got to do is repele the civil
service law and Zeb will git out double
quick. I like ter see folks do things
without no beating aroun' the bush.
I didn't agree with Woodrow on this
civil service buziness. He kept too
many Radikils in as stamp lickers, an
he pinted too many oi" thehi through
civil service. Radikils said they would
strengthen the civil service and not
turn nobody out for politix. Do you
think they was a lyin'about it? asked
the Old Codger.
We explained that lie was a hard
word, but the Republicans Would
probably manage to get rid of the
Democrats by some cirsumvention
without repealing the law. By so doing
the Rads will get the offices, but the
civil service reformer will not be up in
arms.
"They always look two ways for
bunday,' 'said the Old Codger, "but I
thot mebbe for onct they was going to
do what they Bed.
NOTHING TO BRAG ON
The Speaker of the New Jersey
Legislature had to quit the chair to
attend to a National Guard matter,
and called a brother member, Walter
Alexander, of color, to the chair. This
incident is proclaimed by New Jersey
as the first time a negro has occu
pied that important post in the Legis
lature. North Carolina and South
.Carolina and several other Southern
States are ahead of New Jer
sey by about forty six years.
Time was when "honors'' of that sort
were of common occurrence in the
South. Charlotte Observer.
HARD TO BELIEVE.
Winstom-Salem Journal.
Mr. Lewis insists that the Republi
cans of Congress will unseat Repre
sentative Doughton of the eighth and
put in his place Dr. J. Ike Campbell,
his opponent in the election. In
view of the progress or rather lack
of progress made by Dr. Campbell
and his atorneys in their efforts to
show irregularities in the election in
any county in the eighth district, it is
hard to believe that such action as
our correspondent predicts wil be the
outcome of this contest.
So far Dr. Campbell has not shown
that a single act of fraud was per
petrated by Democrats in any county.
He has failed to find a single stolen
vote or irregularities of any kind that
his friends and suporters were not as
much responsible for as the friends
and supporters of Mr. Doughton.
"Follow me" is Fayetteville's ad
monition to other cities that wish to
be in the lead. In the past three weeks
it Kdb ra ieoH tar-, rmn fnr v u r a
and voted $260,000 in bonds to provide
LINCOLNTON
Dollar Day
APRIL 14
BIGGER
THAN EVER
PENROSE BACKS
BLACK PROGRAM
Join in Fight to Give Negroes Equal
Rights He Thinks They Should
Be Permitted in Same Hotels With
White Folks.
(By H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Ob
server. Washington, March 28. Dur
ing the last campaign it was pre
dicted by democrats that if the re
publicans won the negroes of the
north and west would deman dequal
ity. In Ohio, it was stated, they would
press the Beatty bill, which im
posed heavy penalties on those who
discriminated against colored people
seeking admission to hotels, theaters,
places ot public resort and amuse
ment, ice cream parlors, barber
shops, public libraries, hospitals, bill
liard and pool room, schools, colleges
and universities., moving picture
shows and public conveyances on
land and water. The movement is in
full swing and a similar bill is spend
ing in the Pennsylvania legislature
and Boss Boise Penrose pledged his
support to it today.
Mr. Penrose said he saw no reason
why colored men and women should
not go to the same hotels that white
people do.
Negroes are entitled to equal com
mercial and political rights with
white people., Senator Penrose de
clared. He verged on the point of
favoring social enuality but fell
short of the flat assertion. ;He was
emphatic in insisting that all other
privileges sWould be placed on the
basis of absolute equality.
"I see no reason," said Mr. Pen
rose, "why the colored man or col
ored woman should not be able to
obtain a cup of coffee at Childs res
taurant if they wanted to. or for that
matter go to the hotels, cafes, restau
rants or other public places fre
quented by white persons."
This was construed as indicating
that Penrose did not stop far short
f total equality. A strict interpre
tation of accommodation and en
tertainment alike to whites and
blacks.
"The time has long passed,'' con
tinued Penrose, "when there should
be any discrimination or repression
toward our colored citizens. They
are entitled to their rights as citizens
under the constitution. They are
free men under the constitution and
I believe they are entitled to full
commercial and political freedom of
action especially in regard to pub
Jic accommodation and utilities.
"I am glad to be" able to use what
influence I posses at Harrisburg,
where a bill is pending to give equal
rights to the negro race to secure
the passage of the measure, which
has been hanging fire too long. It
should be passed. I am glad to as
sist the men and women of the col
ored race to remove the inequality
and discrimination to which they are
now subjected.''
These sentiments were expressed,
with some elaboration, by Senator
Penrose to a delegation of colored
men who came here from Philadelph
ia to see him. They urged his
assistance in entertaining the pas
sage of a bill now pending in the
Pennsylvania legislature which
grants equal rights to whites
and blacks. The measure was in
troduced by Representative Asbury,
a negro member of the legislature
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FAYETTEVILLE PEOPLE
VOTE $250,000 BONDS
Fayetteville, March 29. one of the
greatest victories for education in the
history of Fayetteville was won io
day when a quarter of a million dol
lar bond issue for improved public
school facilities was carried by a vote
of 1,160 out of a registration of 1,349
only three votes being cast against
the bonds. A large number of men and
women worked for the bond issue from
7 o'clock this morning until the clos
ing of the polls at sundown. The
women of the Parent-Teacher associa
tion and the men of the Kiwanis club
were especially active in getting out
the vote.
One of the three votes against the
bond issue was cast by a man who
cannot read or write, has five children
of school age and owns no property.
Hickory, March 30 The Atlantic
Bitulithic Company of Richmond, Va.,
was awarded the contract to lay 40,000
square yards of street paving and side
walk by city council late yesterday at
a cost of $2.91 per square ytird for
paving or a total of $161,000 for the
street work. The cost of sidewalks
will be around $11,000. This was the
lowest of 15 bids opened by council,
the highest being $207,000. Work will
begin as soon as the bonds of the city,
now being advertised, are disposed of.
This is said to be the lowest bid made
in several years of any contracting
Arm.
THIS IS LINCOLNTON'S
"CLEAN UP WEEK"
This week,. April 4-9th, has been
designated as Clean Up Week. This is
very important and should he heeded
by our people. Clean up your back lot,
yard, home, out buildings and entire
premises. The local authorities state
that they will send a wagon around
Wednesday to haul off rubbish.
AGIN IT.
"Let's have a clean-up day," said Paul
Said Peter, "I'm agin it.
For such flapdoodle I'll not fall.
Remember, I'm not in it."
The time went by to clean the town,
With Peter still agin it.
But one day Pete's house burned down
And Peter he was in it.
WORLD DISARMAMENT
News and Observer.
It is estimated that out of every
dollar paid in Federal taxation ninety
cents goes to pay the cost of past
wars, pensions, the support of the ar
my and navy, and the care and voca
tional training of men injured or dis
abled in the World War.
Are the people willing to be taxed
indefinitely for great military estab
listments? Must nations which fought
as allies engage in competitive arma
ment? If so, a b'llion dollar navy
and an army costing nearly that much
every year will be saddled upon the
backs of all workers. It is said in
Germany before the war that every
workingman went to his daily task
carrying a soldier on his back. That
will be the condition in America un
less some international agreement
safeguarding the pence of the world
is reached.
Mass meetings wore held in Wash
ington and other cities on Easter Sun
day at which resolutions were adopted
asking President Harding "to call a
conference of nations on world dis
armament," and asking that increas
ed appropriations for armament be
deferred pending the action of such
conference. The authors of the resol-
the naval bill pending when Congress !
adjourned carried no appropriation
for new ships only to complete those
for which contracts have already been
made.
Senator Borah, in the Washington
meeting, declared that the authors of
the big armament program were "se
dulous patrons of bolshevism, pain
staking gardeners of unrest and mis
ery. The htatesville Daily, com
menting upon the meeting, fallE Into
the error of saying that the United
states has so far refused to take the
Initiative in seeking a world agree
ment to curtail the program which
means destruction and only that.''
Both are wrong. The men in Amer
ica whose hostility to the Peace Trea
ty caused the death or strangulation
last year, if not the "sedulous patrons
of bolshevism," pursued a course per
haps without appreciating where it
would lead, which prevented stabiliz
ing the world, encouraged lawlessness
and is mainly responsible for the
present disturbing conditions in bu
siness in every part of the world.
If the Senate had ratified the League
of Natfions as promptly ns France
and Great Britian did, the world to
day would have been composed and
most of the destructive losses which
have depressed agriculture and manu
facturing would have been averted.
The responsibility for the evils en
umerated by Senator Borah rests with
the gentleman and with those who
helped him to keep the world in
chaos.
Our Statesville contemporary evi
dently overlooked the provision in the
Peace Treaty, the very heart of it,
which looked toward a permanent end
ef military competition by removing
the necessity for nations to arm to
the teeth. President Wilson initiated
international policies looking to safe
disarmament, and for this idealism
won the hostitity of every tnanufac
turer of war munitions in the world.
This country not only initiated "a
world agreement but actually secur
ed the approval of every allied and
most neutral nations and imposed dis
armament upon the countries com
posing the Central Powers.
Reduction of armament by any one
nation in the world as it exists today
is an iridescent dream. Our country
would be unwise beyond expression to
refuse to furnish the ships now under
construction. The navy bill that pass
ed the House and was filibustered to
death in the Senate provided for ni
new construction. We should let tbit
wait upon the policy of the new
national administration
It is to be hoped that President
Harding will either act under the pro
visions of the naval act of August,
1916, and call an international con
ference to find a way to end compe
titive preparation for war. If, how
ever, he prefers not to act under that
authority, which includes an appro
priation for the conference of the na
tions, it is to be hoped he will, im
mediately upon the assembling of the
ongrcss in extra session on Apnl 11,
secure legislation for a World Con
ference For Peace and Disarmament.
If he will do this and enter Into in
ternational agreement, he will be fol
lowing the policy of President Wilson,
but selecting a method of his own to
reach an undet standing which will
make it safe for America to reduce
its heavy military burden, and to aid
other heavy taxed nations to spend
more o f their money for the upbuild
ing of the life of their people than for
ships and guns.
But any talk of reduction and dis
armament and scuttling ships except
by international agreement is so much
breath wasted. Together the great na
tions may end the costly competition.
If they lack the sense to co-operate
they must pay the evcr-incrcising
burden.
A tornado sweeps the northern part
of Albany, Ga.. killing one person, in
juring 60 and doing damage estima-
. 7 : r p
ted at several hundred thousand dol
law.
MAMMOTH STILL CAP
TURED IN GASTON CO.
Located in Specially Constructed Pit
With Well Dug in Bottom Charley
McGinnas Is Shot in Thigh At
tempting to Escape Is Already
Under $2,500 Bond For Blockading
Gastonia Gazette, 30th.
A blockade distilling outfit which
Sheriff Carrol designates as by far
the most complete which the officers
of Gaston county have ever put their
hands on, certainly in recent years,
was captured early yesterday morn
ing on Charlie McGinnas' farm in
Cherryville township. Along with the
Still the officers took Bill Heavner,
,McGinnas' father-in-law, wno was
placed in jail here awaiting a prelim
inary trial. At the sheriff's office this
morning it was stated that no time
had been set for the preliminary hear
ing though it might be held this af
ternoon or tomorrow. Solicitor Wil
son, it is stated, will ask that Heav
ner's bond be fixed at $2,000. Mc
Ginnas succeeded in eluding the offi
cers, though reliable information from
that section today is to be the effect
that he is -carrying a bullet wound in
his thigh. Heavner is about fifty five
years old.
In order to capture this still and
with the hope of nabbing the opera
tors at the same time, Sheriff Carroll
and his party, composed of himself.
Deputy Sheriff J. W. Cole, Policemen
Bob Terrell and Charles Hord and
Deputy Sheriff Clay Kiser, spent the
night in the woods near McGinnas'
home. On their arrival about 11
o'clock Monday night the officeis dis
covered the still which was located in
a pit approximately 20 feet wide, 40
feet long and of an average depth of
about 10 feet. It was evident that the
owners and operators were planning
to make this a permanent blockade
still. The officers arrived perhaps just
a day or two too soon and thereby
prevented the completion of the work.
Timber and other material had been
placed nearby which it was clearly
evident were to be used in construct"
ing a roof over the nit. " In n week
or two." said one of the officers, "corn
would have been growing over thisr
stiu nouse. At one end of the pit a
well was being dug. It had already
reached a depth of 30 or 40 feet but
.was not finished as water had not
been found. There Was ample evi
dence that teams, wagom and
scrapes had recently been used in the
work of making this hiding place.
"To show you how slick these block
aders are," said Sheriff Carroll this
morning, "they harrow the freshly
ploughed ground for some distance all
around this place each night. Of
course when we reached the place we
walked over this harrowed ground and
found the still. About 7 o'clock Tues
day morning from our hiding places
in the woods nearby we saw Heavner
and McGinnas approaching from the
hitter's house which was only five or
six hundred yards distant. Heavner
stood on top of a knoll, evidently to
watch, while McGinnas cautionsly ap
proached the pit. He discovered our
footprints which put him immediately
on his guard. He walked up and
looked over into the pit where he
round that nothing had been disturb
ed. Having discovered the footprints,
However, lie turned around a'lrt stavt-
ed to walk back to where Heavner
stood. As ho did so our men came
out and would have gotten him easily
had not Heavner. from his noint nf
vHiiiage, seen us at once. He yelled to
McGinnas and the latttr took to the
tall timbers. He is a fast runner and
finally bested our men in the race. He
had a considerable lead on them to
begin with."
Heavner was placed under arrest
and the officers returned to the still
where they destroyed barrels of beer
and all the equipment except the still
itself which thev brought hanfc tn
Gastonia with them. The still was one
of the old regular government type
of about thirty or forty gallons capa
city. It was equipped with the copper
worm and was, in fact, one of the
best and most complete outfits ever
found in the countv. A iui? was foiiml
on the premises cont:.ininc nhnnl. tvan
.gallons of whiskey. The furnace was
sun not and there was every evidence
that a run had just been taken off a
short time before the officers arriv
ed. It was probably spirited away in
,uu uutomoDiie to a point some dis
tance away. Sheriff Carroll is of the
opinion that this particular still had
been in operation probably a week or
ten days while some of the other offi
cers believe that it may have been in
operation for a month or more at
particular place.
, According to the officers this com
munity, which is on Beaverdam creek
on the Cherryville-Crouce foad, is one
of the worst sections in this part of
the state for illegal whiskey making.
,oince me nrst ot March stills of vary
ing capacity have been taken within
a radius of three miles. Along with
these four stills four men have been
arrested and several more are wanted.
This particular spot is about a mile
away from the main road. The nit in
in a low place and is flanked on each
,side by woods, though the stretch of
ground between it and McGinnas'
house is entirely cleat ed.
A warrant is in the hands of the
officers for the arrest of McGinnas and
no stone is being left unturned to ap
prehend him. There does not seem
much doubt that shots were exchanged
.and that McGinnas sustained a flesh
wound m one thigh. The officers have
.information that McGinnas was given
mcaicai attention in the woods a
short time after they left and that his
wound is only a flesh wound. That he
i efiii i n. T" "
iionof "the counts and hat he w llbe
ssrtsff1 800ner or later i8 theiri
arrested in the same locality last
July. For some unexplained reason he
e unexplained reason he
, i ii i
- VJ , . f rT " 10i onenso.
i He m about 86 years of age.
SHORT ITEMS
Cherryville school district
vote a school bonds issue of
next months to liquidate the
on the school building just
ploted.
will
$40,000
debt
com-
Rev. Max Warlick of Cleveland
county died last Monday morning
and was1 buried at Union Springs
A very large congregation attend
ed his funeral. He was a M. P.
preacher.
Organization of a million dollar
company, with $100,000 of capital
stock already subscribed, for the pur
poses of building houses for sale at
moderate prices and on easy terms, is
announced by T. T. Cole, Charlotte.
Elizabeth City, N. C, March 31.
County officers Wednesday afternoon
found a 50-gallon moonshine still an
chored at the bottom of Pasquotank
river. The authorities believe the
moonshiners threw the plant over
board because of the fear of capture.
An organization has been perfect
ed in Hickory for the promotion of
the good roads cause and speakers
will be sent to every schoolhouse
in the district before April 19, the
date of the election on an isoiie of
$500,000 bonds.
Gastonia will express her pride in at
last having a representative in the
halls of congress Wednesday night
when an ovation will be tendered
Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle imme
diately prior to his leaving on the 8:05
train for Washington.
Durham, N. C, March 29. The
city manager form of government was
adopted by the citizens of Durham
in an election today. Official tabula
tion tonight gave the managerial
form a majority of 805 votes out of
1,181 votes cast.
Washington, March 31. President
Harding began his diagnosis of the
railroad situation today by consulta
tion with the two government agen
ices that have kept closest watch over
the pulse of the nation's transporta
tion system during the after-war pe
riod of readjustment.
Shelby, April 1, Four cows and
nine doge have been killed as a
result of a mad bull dog which
traversed the county several days
ago from below Earl to the Eliza
beth community two miles east of
Shelby. The bull dog got into pas
tures and bit the cows on their noses,
tearing and mangling the skin in an
ugly manner.
Asheville, March. 30 Sweeping
down suddenly upon the Bat Cave
and Chimney Rock section, famed of
tourist, a party of five federal offi
'ers raided all eating places, bring
;ng to light over a gallon of whiskey
in the restaurant of R. Cox, who was
held under bond to the May term of
the United States district court in
this city.
At a meeting of about 100 promi
nent men of Burlington, Grahnm,Haw
River, Elon College and Gibsonville,
held at Burlington the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan was organized, and the
charter was closed against futher
members. The number of members
was not learned here today, but it is
reported that about 10 men were
present at the meeting. Many of Bur
lington's prominent business and pro
fessional men are scid to be numbc
among the members of the nnv or
ganization. Rocky Mount, Marcki The Wom
an's Missionary union convention,
which has been in session in the First
Baptist church of this city since Tues
day night, adjourned tonight without
a meeting place for the next session a
year hence. The matter of selecting
a place was left to the executive com
mittee. The convention has grown so
large and the housekeepers' problems
have grown so acute that no town or
city dared to invite it. The constitu
tion was changed so that in the fu
ture the representation will be greatly
reduced. Only one delegate from each
society will be allowed.
Rutherfordton, April 1. John II.
Wood, whose death occurred here
Monday afternoon at the hospital,
made a will on December 11, past
in which he bequeathed quite a sum
to charity. After making ample pro
visions for his widow he willed the
Rutherfordton Methodist church four
tracts of land, or a total of 71 acres,
25 of which lies within one mile of
Rutherfordton, to build a new church.
The Methodists have been considering
building a new church for some time.
This will give them from $5,000 to
$10,000 aid. He also remembered the
Masonic orphanage at Oxford, and the
Methodist Children's home at Winston-Salem,
in his will, giving each
several thousand dollars.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
Passenger Traffic Service.
Effective Saturday night, March
26th, train 43 now being op. rated be
tween Danville and Atlanta will be
operated between Danville and Char
lotte only, on the same schedule.
Train being discontinued between
Charlotte and Atlanta, last train leav
ing Charlotte 11:30 P. M. Saturday
night, March 26th.
Effective March 27th, train 136 be
tween Atlanta and Danville will be
discontinued, last train leaving Atlan
ta Sunday night, March 27th, las
train passing Charlotte, Concord, Sal
isbury, Lexington, High Point,
Greensboro, Monday March 28th.
The Present Raleigh-Atlanta sleep
ing car now being handled by trains
na lh-io win be shortened
Jf "P! cr
ssSsrin
I?L ISS? . '-tion
consult
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Uivision p.,r i-f
Ctaafetta, N C. Agent