ESTABLISHED 1876
LINCOLNTON. N. C, MOMDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 16. 192 J.
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MRS. SHIP TELLS
HER EXPERIENCES
Mrs. Margaret Busbee Shipp Has Just
Returned From Interesting Stay
Abroad.
Mrs. Margaret Busbee Shipp. who
returned to Raleigh Sunday from four
teen months on the Continent and in
England visiting her two sons, Cap
tains William and Fabius Shipp, has
had expereinces during her absence
varying from street riots in Florence
to a trip through Holland in tulip
time says the Raleigh News and Ob
server. Mrs. Ship, it will be remem
bered, was one of the passengers on
the illfated Powhatan, marooned at
sea for several days without fuel. She
wasn't discouraged, however, for the
bad beginning of her journey, and her
second attempt at crossing resulted in
fourteen interesting months abroad.
About half of her sojourn abroad,
Mrs. Shipp spent at Antwerp, where
Captain Fabius Shipp is embarkation
officer of the garrison of 250 Ameri
icans stationed there. Captain Willi
am Shipp is stationed at Romain. Ant
werp is an ' important port, through
which all mail, ships, etc., bound for
Coblenz must pass. The bodies of
American soldiers are now being
shipped home from Antwerp. The
other seven months of her absence
from America, Mrs. Shipp traveled in
Holland, Belgium, France, Italy Sicily,
Corsica, and England.
Fine Spirit of Belgians
The characterists of the Belgians
with which Mrs. Shipp was most im
pressed was the splendid spirit they
have Shown in building up their great
wastes.
"You can ride for miles and miles
without seeing a single tree which is
alive." said Mrs. Shipp in speaking of
her trip through the devastated areas
of Belgium. "Then you will see houses
usually made of just two rooms, the
scraps which the soldiers have left
remnants of their dugouts, with roofs,
perhaps, of corrugated iron, the barest
essentials of a' home, and yet the oc
cupants will have planted wall flowers
about it, and there will be things in
bloom around it, and generally there
will be a fat old woman with tranquil
eyes sitting out in front knitting. I
am obliged to take off my- hat to the
Belgians for the splendid spirit which
they haye shown tn rehabilitation. '
Mrs. Shipp was in Antwerp durin
the Olympic games.
"They are the most glorious things
I have ever seen," she said. "You got
the sense of the youth of the world
that just goes on in its freshness and
its vigor like a rushing river from
the days of the first Olympiads until
now."
She sw of course, the running of
the marathon, and the winner crowned
with the historical laurel.
In speaking of the number of nations
present, Mrs. Shipp said:
"It was interesting to see a little
new nation juat hatched, the Czecho
slovaks with their banners and then
national anthem too, along with the
bigger nations."
Wilson World's Scapgoat
Mrs. Shipp talks interestingly of the
opinion regarding f resident Wilson
which she found to exist in the differ
ent countries through which she
traveled. She, herself, is an ardent
admirer of the great President, but
she says that in Europe, even as here,
he has his bitter critics. He is blamed
by the ignorant for every ill to which
they are at present heir. Mrs. Shipp
was in Florance during the socialist
uprisings there, and she found that
some of the Italians even blamed
President Wilson for the agitation
Once when Mrs. Shipp was talking to
a bulb-grower in Antwerp he was be
wailing the slacknefp of hi trade
since bulhi were not allowed to be
shinned into the United States. 11
tiaid thai the bulb growers of Client,
especially, who bad gained much from
trade with the United States were
especially bard put to it.
"But fun w it," sairi t'uo Antwerp
florist to Mrs Shipp. 'There a going
to be an election in the United States
Boon, and then you II ree wh i: will
happen to the man who has deliberate
ly ruined the bulb-growers of Ghent."
It takes a great man to be made the
Bcape-goat of the world," Mrs. Shipp
replied mdigantly.
Turns Bolshevist in Night
Seeing an Italian engineer "turn
ti..u..:i. l. LJ1L 4.1.0 niKf"
was one of Mrs. Shipp's interesting
experiences. She was coming from by
recuse to Rome, when the train stopp
ed at a little wayside station, and the
engineer proceeded to alight and
make a- violent Bolshevik speech to
the loafers thereabouts, with the re
frain of "Vivl d'AnnuniBo!'' This was
at the time when the Fiums distur
bances were at their height. Not only
did the engineer express himself vio
lently, but he refused to take the
train futher unless his salary was
raised on the spot, and all his inalien
able Bolshevik righto granted him
without parley. The indignant pass
engers, according to Mrs. Shipp's ac
count, poked their heads and shoulders
out of the window, in various states of
dishabille, and yelled curses in Italian
to the refractory engineer. Not be
ing able to curse in Italian, and , of
course, having no desire to Mrs. Shipp
who was very tired, turned in and
went to sleep in the midst of the Bol
shevist's outburst When she. awaken
ed the train was on the move, and
whether the excited engineer thought
better of himself or whether another
was secured, she does not know
Mrs Shipp refused to talk of her ex
nerlences during the socialist riots in
Florence She told the reporter that
she was saving them for a story of
her own, and that she "thought she
had a right to that"
PRIZES FOR GRACEFUL WOMEN
SMOKER
London, April 25. Prizes were of
fered for the women who smoke most
gracefully while partaking of after
noon tea at the Tobacco Fair at Royal
Agricultural Hall. The events were
open to the public. :
LINCOLN COUNTY
FAIR EXHIBITS
(By. Mrs. Winn.)
Now is the time to begin to get
ready for the Big County Fair, which
was decided upon and announced re
cently. I believe that Lincoln County can
have the best fair in the state provid
ing we have the co-operation I have
found that we have the people who
can do the work and they can do it
well. This has already been demons
trated at our community, County and
our State Fairs the past five years,
where we had the opportunity 01 com
peting with all of the other counties
in the State.
What Can We Do Right Now For The
County Fair.
Just a few suggestions:
Canned Asparagus, pint or quart
jars, Strawberries, Preserves and jam,
pint or quart jars Cheries, canned and
preserves, English peas, canned beets,
canned Baby Beets, canned medium
Beets, Pickled Beets, Green canned
spinach, Rape, Swiss Chard.
Any of these 12 products may be
put into pint or quart jars or both ex
cepting the English peas and they
should be canned in pints.
The Home Agent will gladly give
information in ' the preparation of
these products, by demonstration and
bulletins, if so desired.
State Fair Exhibits.
Lincoln is classed in the Home
Demonstration Department as an ad
vanced County.
The exhibits for the advanced
counties have been changed for the
State Fair this year. We may choose
between the fruit juices and jellies, or
pickles. I think we ought to choose
the pickles. Why, in the first place
they carry well in shipment, then too,
we can have such a big variety.
The County exhibit will consist of
36 or 40 jars, and these can be select
ed out of the County Fair exhibits.
The kinds of pickles we could have
for the County and State Fair exhi
bits are as follow:
Spiced Sour pickle, Sweet spiced
pickles, cucumber Sweet meats, Plain
cucumber pickle, cucumber slices,
spiced cucumber salad, Sweet pickled
cucumber and red pepper, rummage
Pickles, Mixed Pickles, Green Toma
to Pickle, Mustard Pickle, Dixie Rel
ish, Pepper Relish, Corn Relish, Un
cooked Tomato Relish, Sweet pepper
Chow-Chow, B. S. Chutney, Apple
Chutney, Stuffed Popper Mango,
Green Mango Pickles, spiced cucum
ber Mango, Sweet Mango,, Tomato
Ketchup, Grape Ketchup, Cranberry
Ketchup, Piminto Ketchup, Chile
Sauce, Pepper Sauce, Tomato Sauce,
Onion Pickled, Pickled Beets, Sweet
Pickled Carrots, Spiced Crab Apples,
Pickled Watermelon Rind, Cantaloupe
Pickle (sour); Cantaloupe Pickled,
Sweet) Sweet Pickle Figs, Spiced
Grapes, Damson Plums and Cherries,
Sweet Pickled Peaches, Spiced Pears,
Spiced Rhubarb, Dill Pickles.
How to Make Farm Life a Source Of
Satisfaction to the Farm Family.
More and more people who are in
terested in the farm life of America
are convinced that the stability and
strength of Country life depends upon
the courage and inspiration of the
mothers on the farm.
This year, the Department of Ag
riculture at Washington co-operating
with the North Carolina State College
of Agriculture, is interested in getting
from I a number of successful and
optimistic farm women of North Caro
lina, their ideas concerning leisure
aW recuperation for farm women.
Where and how do farm women get
inspiration, rest, renewed strength
and courage, What gives farm women
the optimism which makes them wish
their sons and daughters to remain
in the country, farming?
Miss Hoag of the Department of
Agriculture, who is especially inter
ested in rural social life, is visiting a
selected list of fifteen women of North
Carolina.
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, State
Home Demonstration Agent of Ral
eigh, has selected three women in Lin
coln County, whom she wishes Miss
Hoag to visit.
Miss Hoag is expected in the Coun
ty, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
or this week and will discuss with
these women of our county, this all
important subject "How to make farm
life a source of Satisfaction to the
farm family."
EMERGENCY TARIFF PASSES IN
SENATE
Washington, May 11. The Senate
late today passed the emergency tariff
and anti-dumping bill, retaining all i
amendments recommended by the fin-1
ance committee, but rejecting those
individually proposed. The vote was
63 to 28.
As passed by the Senate, the meas
ure differs radically from the form in ,
which it was passed by the House
early in the extra session and now '
goes to conference. Only the tariff
features of the bill were kept intact,
the anti-dumping and currency re
valuation sections being entirely re-
writen and the provision added for
continuation of the dye-stuffs.
COLUMBIAN CUTS NEGRO PO-"
LICEMAN IN BOSTON.
Boston, May 8. James A. Duncan,
of Columbia, S. C, an Austin teach
ing fellow m the physics department
of Harvard University and a youn?
woman who said she was Miss Julia
Thomas, of this city, were arrested
here early today charged with an as
sault with a knife on a negro police
man. The policeman David R. Blair,
after taking the two to the station
house, was removed to the city hospi
tal for treatment of cuts on his hands.
Duncan and Miss Thomas were re
leased on bail and will be given a
hearing tomorrow.
Blair said he had spoken to them in
a doorway near which a number of
burglaries had been committed recent
ly and that :hey had resented his nc
tion. An argument fol'owed and the
patrolman said Duncan drew a pocket
knife and attacked turn
MEDICAL INSPECTION
OF THE SCHOOLS
(By Cleone E. Hobbs.)
State School Nurse in Lincoln County,
under the Bureau of Medical Inspec
tion of schools, State Board of
Health.
The object of Medical Inspection of
Schools is the normal child. Like all
Public Health work it spells preven
tion. The ultimate goal is a good ci
tizen. To auote from the Journal of
School Hygiene, "The hope of democ
racy is vested unequivacally in the
Public School. "Hygiene means
Health." The Chronic, condition of a
person's health is often a fair index
of his value as a citizen." "Good
health implies good personal habits.
Habits are formed only in youth, and
chiefly before the middle teens. Every
one knows how hard it is to break old
habits that have fastened on us in
child-hood. It follows .therefore, that
it becomes one of the supreme duties
of the nubile school.. in as much as
long, testing has demonstrated, the
home to be often negligent In such
matters, to foster correct habits in
the children."
The work our State has been doing,
along this line, in the past several
vears is to legislate and educate
Legislation without education is nil.
To quote from the School Hygiene
Journal again, "Democracy means
more than a job and a home; it means
also citizenship and Communal living
It implies co-operation and interde
pendence; it means freedom under the
lew; it means a regard for the inter
est of others, and forbearance,"
It is the Inspector's duty to teach
health as well as find the defects of
the children. Even the smallest child
is able to understand, if it is put to
him in the correct way, that it is silly
to try to get rid of flies by only
swatting if his neighbor has a fly fac
tory in the back yard: turning them
out by the thousands every day. The
elementary grades can understand it
if soil pollution is the cause of hook
worm disease that the most efficient
way to get rid of it is not to cure each
case as It comes up, if only to go back
and be re-in-f ected, but to haye proper
sanitation .
To borrow a phrase from our
Health Bulletin; "Emotional propo
ganda.'' There has been so much emo
tional propoganda, in the past few
years, trying to get things over that
too much of the teaching has stress
ed that side, forgetting the eommon
sense and practical side. It is para
doxical to tell a boy who has diseased
tonsils, suspected hook worm disease,
decayed teeth, mal-nutrition, eye-strain
and mavbe several other defects to
hold up his shoulders and sit properly,
It is gotten over to him in the pri-
mary grades and thru him to his par
ents, that if he eats the proper food,
cleans his teeth after meals, learns
how to take care of his eyes, he will
probably be standing and sitting pro
perly by the time he reaches the fifth
or sixth grade. But the teaching of
health has been neglected in the
schools to what extent may be found
out by consulting statistics in our owi
and other states. Too many of our
cmuiren are rauurin- unite icmcuiauis
physical defects. Why? Because of
a lack of vision, except a few teach
ers who have appeared in different
narts of the country, also a lack of
"regard tor the interest 01 otners, on 1
the part of those whose duty it is tol
help. We have failed to recognize
that we are our brother's keeper. The
old witch Ignorance has burned up
Fairv Health's House but the children
all over the Country are going to re -
build it. How, who is going to teach
them? The beautiful bird Education
answers the Question. "The Teachers,
the teachers who are wise and good."
The long suffering teachers, the teach
ers all over the country, in the cities,
in the villages, in the country. Even
the remotest little schoolhouse hidden
away in some mountain cave. There
the bird Education goes with his
brother Rumor to tell the teachers
about the children's health.
Medical Inspection of School Chil
dren is state-wide in North Carolina.
Every school child in our state is ex
amined once in three years by the
teacher. That is the "Medical Inspec
tion of School Law (quoting again
from our Health Bulletin) "The pur
pose of this law is to teach applied
health in the Schools." "N. Carolina
is one of the first states to complete
and put into execution such a law re
quiring teachers to begin this work.
In addition to this N. C. is the
pioneer in establishing Rural Dental
and Surgical Clinics for school chil
dren. These clinics educate by dem
onstrating to the people how the cor
rection of the commonest of all phy
sical defects found among school chil
dren may help bring a child up to
normal.
The Normal Child.
An often quoted doggerel:
Johnny Jones has lost a leg,
Fanny's deaf and dumb.
Marie has epileptic fits ,
Tom's eyes are on the bum,
Sadie stutters when she talks,
Mabel has T. B.
. Morris is a splendid case of imbec
ility. Billy Brown a truant ,
And Harold is a thief,
Teddy's parents gave him dope,
And so he came to grief,
Gwendolin's a millionaire,
Jerald is a fool.
So every one of these darned kids
Goes to a Special School
They've specially nice teachers,
And special things to wear,
And special time to play in,
And special kind of air,
They've special lunches, right in
school,
While 1 it makes me wild!
I haven't any specialities,
I'm just a normal child
This doggerel names some of the'
defects found in our schools but in
; very few do we have special lunches
right in school, open air rooms and
cots for the children to take naps n
, U they are under weight. But we wui
Well-Known Reader
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BEULAH BUCK.
Beulah Buck b a reader possessing
a rare sense of dramatic values. She
will present at the coming Redpaln
Chautauqua a program of varied se
lections, splendidly rendered.
COMET WILL BE VISIBLE
ABOUT MIDDLE OF MONTH
According to Astronomers, It Will Be
Apparent to the Naked Eye An
other One Later
Two comets, Reid's and Pons-Win
necke's, will be visible to the naked
eye in May and June, according to a
Wilmington astronomer, who says:
"Astronomers are following two
comets with a great deal of interest,
because both are nearing the earth
Reid's comet, discovered at Capetown,
South Africa, March 13, has been
growing rapidly brighter and is or will
soon be seen by the naked eye. It pass
es nearest the earth about the middle
of the month. It is now in the consr
tellation of Cepheus, which is not far
from the North Star and may be
found by following the pointers of the
Big Dipper towards the North star. It
is faint as yet with a small tail, but
may be seen with a good pair of opera
glasses.
"Pons-Winnecke's comet .was dis
covered in 1858 and having i'peThMl. of
five and eight months, has returned
frequently, but unfortunately is too
faint to be seen with the unaided eye
It was discovered on this return by
Professor Barnard at the Lick obser-
vatory by the aid of a powerful leins
and camera. The interest atached to
this comet is its near approach to the
earth about June 27, the actual dis
tance in passing being very small. It
is to be expected that a very tine dis
play of shooting stars may be seen
some evening around June 22 to 27, in
some parts of the world, a preliminary
shower having been observed by Den
ning, in England, last year about June
28. This shower of shooting stars is
, caused by the dust and fragments of
tiic cunieL entering ine earm a minus-
phere at tremendous velocity and be
ing heated white-hot so as to give the
appearance of stars falling. It will be
, worth while to look up at the sky
arouna these dates.
MOUNTAIN BAD MAN IS LYNCH
ED BY MOB.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 8- Berry
! Boling, aged 30, white, alleged "moun-
! tain bad man" was lynched Saturday
night at Huntsvule, Tenn., when 50
; armed men forced their way into the
Scott county jail, seized Boling and
hanged him to a tree a quarter of a
mile away.
boling was charged with the mur-
der of Mrs. Mary Jane Harness, aged
' 80, who was shot and killed at her
home May 3. Her husband William
Harness, aged 80, was killed by Bol
ing about six months ago. The victim
of the mob stood trial at the March
term of court for this murder, but a
mistrial resulted. He wss captured
May 4, given a prelir.m-ary hearing
before Squire Terry in connection
with the second murder and bound
over to the next term of circuit court
without bond.
Mrs, Harness was kiled in the pre
sence of Boling's mother, Mrs. Nancy
J. Boling aged 60, and his nephew, ag
ed 11. She was a former sister-in-law
of the mob's victim, being the widow
of John Boling when she married Har
ness.
CLYDE HOEY RETAINED
TO PROSECUTE PEACOCK
Lexington, May 7. Hon. Clyde R.
Hoey, of Shelby, former Congressman
from the Ninth district, has been re
tained by friends of the late Chief of
Police J. E. Taylor in Thomasville to
assist Solicitor John C. Bower in the
prosecution of Dr. J. W. Peacock, it
was announced here yesterday after
noon. Attorney H. H. Hoyle Sink, of
this city, liad formerly been retained
by Thomasville friends of the dead of
ficer for the prosecution, while rela
tives of Taylor m Winston-Salem had
employed Hon, A. E. Holton, of that
city.
Attorneys E. E. Raper, Walser, Wal
ser and Welser, Wade H. Phillips, J.
R. McCary. and J. F. Spruill, of this
city, and B. B. Vinson of Thomasville,
represent Dr. Peacock.
The addition of Mr. Hoey to the
counsel for the State assures that the
case W'U be hard fought on both
sides.
later on after the beautiful bird Edu
cation gets around and we have good
roads and consolidation. Anyway, I do
hot think so many specialties will be
needed as there will not be so many
defects because we are teaching the
' Barents of the next generation and
health habits will be started at home
as they should be. Until then, wise
and good teachers the responsibility
ia yours.
REVALUATION LIKELY
TO BEDISCARDED
Raleigh, May 12. Revaluation as
written by the general assembly of
1919 promises to be shot to pieces at
the coming meeting of the state board
of equalisation which will be held here
next Monday. Revenue commissioner
Watts, it is understood here, has in
mind the policy of letting the reduced
valuations fixed by the counties stand.
They will not in future be subjected to
a tax on property for state revenue
and it begins to look as if the Bickett
masterpiece is to become a thing of
the past.
Commissioner Watts, the attorney
general and Chairman W. T. Lee, of
the corporation commission compose
the equalization board. They have
been studying the reductions recently
made by the counties and weighing
the figures aeiinst the depression of
property in all sections of the state.
The state is well on the way toward
the income tax as its permanent basis
of raising revenue and the policy of
separation advocated by Governor
Morrison seem destined to prevail.
Such a policy will please eastern Car
olina Immensely. The east has been
hit much harder than the west and
there have been innumerable pleas to
the new commissioner to let the coun
ties alone.
CHARLOTTE COMMISSIONER
WOULD OUST CHIEF POLICE
Charlotte, May 12 A matter which
has provoked city-wide discussion has
arisen between two municipal officers
of Charlotte, Jim Honneycutt, com
missioner of public safety, and Walter
Orr, chief of police. Commissioner
Honeyoutt desires that Chief Orr be
put out of office , saying he will not
consent to his retention. The police
officer declares he will not resign but
will abide by the decision of the board
of Commisioners.
A petition signed by hundreds of ci
tizens sent to the city hall today in
behalf of the police officer, and hun
dreds appealed to the mayor. Chief
Orr haa a reputation for bravery In
the discharge of his duties,
RECORD SUGAR CROP IN 1920.
Washington, May 10. Final fig
ures on the 1920 sugar production in
the United States issued by the crop
bureau and covering both cane and
beet sugar production, confirmed pre
vious indication of a record wop, ex
ceeding the best previous crop in 1916
about 12 per cent The total was
placed at 1.266,148 tons, 86 per cent,
of it being beet sugar.
Some men are on the offensive,
some are in the defensive and others
are simply on the fence 1,
SHORT PARAGRAPHS FROM THE
HORNET
Cotton at eleven cents two months
from the inauguration is not adding
any stars to Harding's crown.
"Many are called, but few are cho
sen" is a trite statement thatk applies
even to Republican office seekers.
An aviator collided with a fence re
cently, but unfortunately there were
no G. O. f . office seekers mm
thereon.
Possibly, after all, the world would
not loose anything by the destruction
of a civilization that has to be sus
tained by armaments.
The Republican party's first bid for
a lasting peace is a half dozen 850
feet battle cruisers to cost about 30
million each.
Never buy a thing that thHman
who wants to sell it says is a gold
mine." If it was, it wouldn't be for
sale at all, Honey.
To err is human, and a nation's in
ability to hide it is plainly teen in the
way this one mired up completely m
the republican mud last fall.
Taft was once pronounced a pocket
edition to Teddy Roosevelt. That re
minds us of the possibilities of Hard
ing turning out to be a whole ency
clopeadia for the high tariff Ikes.
AHn,,t a r.iirnmn mn are ilde in the
iTnitaH RtntBtt hni that, number does
not include the many republicans who
are trying their durndest to jump in
to government jobs.
The fellow who placed the cart be
fore the horse is a Solomon compareu
with the calf-eyed chump who argues
up the republican party as a remedy
for anything.
The Hornet frankly believes in the
disarmament proposition. If won t
make the nations love each other, it
will at least make it a great aeai
cheaper for them to hate each other.
One wav for the Germans to regard
Vw hia indemnitv that the Allies may
collect out of them, is that 11 w"n
a big indemnity to have gotten rid of
the Kaiser.
That man Mellon that Harding found
and nut in the Hal.inet as Secretary of
the Treasury, seems to be ricn enuuKii
to have been been present in person
or by proxy at numerous meiion pr
ties.
"Drunk on New Freedom" is the
trouble with Russia, thev say. That
being the case, America is just getting
over the jag that Washington and
Jefferson gave it and is now suffering
the ill effects of the "morning airer.
Harding not only broke the 'solid
South" last November, but he's been
breakinir it. finanriallv. ever since.
Harding may yet succeed in doing
what the boll weevil has been unable
to do for 16 years, judging from the
present price of cotton.
Where are "them'' Southern re
publicans who went around during
the campaign last year teling the
farmers that if Harding were elected
cotton would go higher after the elec
tion T
DR. MULUNS HEADS
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Chattanooga Tenn, May 12. Dr. E.
Y. Mullins, president of the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary, of
Louisville, Ky., was elected president
of the Southern Baptist convention on
the first ballot at the opening session
of the 66th annual convention this aft
ernoon. Five other candidates, Dr.
George W. McDaniel, of Richmond; Dr
W. W. Landrum, of Russellville, Ky.,
Dr. John D. Mell, of Athens, Ga.; Dr.
Z. T. Cody, of Greenville, S. S., and Dr
W. J. McClothlin, also of Greenville,
were placed in nomination, making the
longest list of nominees ever presented
to the convention, but Dr. Cody with
drew in favor of Dr. MuHins. A total
of 3,010 votes was cast.
Dr. Mullins' elected was made unan
imous and a committee consisting of
the three ex-presidents of the conven
tlon, Joshua Levering , of Baltimore;
former Governor E. W. Stephens, of
Missourii, and Dr. E. C. Dorgan, of
Nashville, escorted the new president
to the platform.
The four vice-presidents were elected
by acclamation as follows: Lieut
Gov. B. F. Pankey, of New Mexico; Dr
J. R. Hobbs, of Birmingham; Dr. Hen
ry Allen Tapper, of Washington, and
Mayor A. W. Chambliss, of Chatta
nooga. The present recording secre
taries of the body Dr. H. C. Moore, of
Nashville, and J. Henary Burnett, of
Macon, Ga., also were elected by ac
clamation, as were Dr. W. P. Harvey
and George W. Norton, of Louisville,
Ky., as auditor and treasurer, respec
tively.
DEMONSTRATION CLUB MEETS
AT PINE GROVE SCHOOL HOUSE
Demonstration by Mrs. J. De Lane,
(Mrs. Florance R. Winn.)
The Home Demonstration Club of
Pine Grove met at the school house
Friday afternoon. There was a good
attendance and all of the officers were
present, Mr. J. T. DeLane president
. . m. . r 1 - .
or tne wuo mrs. o. trooKs, vice presi
dent, and Miss Ophie Cook, secretary.
Home Conveniences was the subject
discussed. One of the home conveni
ences the Fireless Cooker was demon
strated by Mrs. J. T. DeLane. She
built the cooker, and also used it and
served a delicious dish from it.
This Fireless Cooker was made out
of a lard tub, that is, it was used for
the outside container, a galvanized
nest packed with excelsior, finished
with a collar of plaster paris. The
white cushion waa stuffed with cotton
and the tub was painted white and a
home-made soap stone was used.
Corn meal mush was cooked in it
and was served with cream . AH
present said it tasted like some feed
far better than corn meal mush and
another name could be given ,and
served as a very fancy dessert.
This was a beautiful demonstration
and was enjoyed and profitable to all
present.
The ladies were so favorable im
pressed with the work of the Fireless
Cooker, that five have decided to build
cookers at the next meeting which will
be held at the Pine Grove School
House, rnursaay, may p I'-j
jm
Report ef Work Done by Miss Flor
ence R. Winn, Uounty Home Demon
stration Agent, for the Months of
March and April.
March Held 35 meetings; 129
Demonstrations, attendance 1017, con
ferences 62; bulletins 42; letters writ
ten 54; travel, auto 604 miles, rail 64
miles.
April Held 46 meetings; 40 demon
strations, attendance 1374; con
ferences 141; bulletins sent 79; letters
written 42; travel by auto 88b miles.
The following demonstrations were
given at the above meetings Foods,
Home, Conveniences, Millinery, and
rug making.
BODY IS TURNED OVER
TO THE WRONG FAMILY
Wilson. May 12 A deplorable blun
der was made here a few days ago
when the body of a negro who had
met a tragic death was turned over to
a Goldsboro woman who concluded it
was her absent son, Ed. Sykes, Jr.
On April 5, of this year, tons of acid
at the Contentnea guano factory took
a slide and completely buried Sykes
beneath its weight, and when extri
cated the face of the victim was un
recognizable because of the action
on the flesh. The factory carries ac
cident insurance for all of its employ
es and being desirous of turning over
the amount to the proper parties, re
quested C. H. Darden and son to en
deavor to locate the parents of the un
fortunate. They got in touch with the
negro undertaker at Goldsboro, who
soon located a woman who claimed to
be the mother, and immediately she
sent one of her boys with the Golds
boro undertaker to Wilson and the
dead man was turned over to them
and taken to Goldsboro for interment
Not until Suuday last did the true
parents of the deceased hear of their
son's tragic death. The father, Ed
Sykes. Sr., came to Wilson with a let
ter from Mrs. Marion Butler stating
that Sykes, Sr., had a son who was
supposed to nave peen wonting m
Wilson. The Sykes live at Elliott in
small station between Warsaw and
Clinton, in Sampson county. The out
come of the blunder is being watched
with interest.
COST OF COAL HITS RAILROADS
Cincinnati. "The total purchases
of the Pennsylvania System in 1918
aggregated mo,ooo,000, while in 1920
the coal purchases alone totaled $73,
000,000." Mr. McCain said. "The
trouble is that the operating costo of
running the railroads are entirely out
of line with the existing economic
conditions."
BABY'S FIRST THOUGHT
(London Mail.)
Benson Do you know when a baby,
begins to tnink 7
Hobson Yes; mine began to think
I ought to walk the floor with him
when ha waa a week oH!"
SHORT ITEMS
- Washington, May 8. General Per
shing appealed today to the young
men of fine country to attend the Cit
izen's training camps to be held this
Summer and thus aid the War De
partment to build up a "Trained citi
zen reserve organized to meet the
emergency of war."
Hickory Record: The city of Raleigh
is to ask the supreme court to deter
mine the status of the 1921 municipal
finance act. This is of course the Rec
ord suggested at the time it was dis
covered a senate clerk had failed to
record a roll call vote on the measure.
What the supreme court says is law,
regardless of undotted i's and uncross
ed t's.
Cleveland Star. But Collins, a
white laborer met his death while
working on the interior of the
Cleveland Springs hotel Tuesday
shortly after the noon hour. Mr. Col
lins was receiving lumber which was
being handed him below when he
missed his step and fell down the
stairway opening. He struck about
midway of the stairway and was pre
cipitated to the first floor, a distance
of about 12 feet. He landed on his
head and death followed instantly.
Shelby, Man 11. W. T. Love, of
Gastonia, has bought the plant of the
Brison Manufacturing Company near
here, formerly known as the Buffalo
mills. The property was sold Tuesday
at public auction by W. D. Anderson,
of Gastonia, receiver for the company.
Mr. Love bid $46,000 for, the property
which includes the factory plant and
a number of dwelling houses for the
mill's employes. The mill was capi
talized at $100,000.
The North Carolina farmers are at
last in position to provide for them
selves reliable and useful informa
tion that will really offer them aid and
a foundation for better plans through
crop acreages. This is made possible
by the last legislature, providing for
annual crop census through the tax
listers. This has nothing to do with
taxation, and the information will be
released onlv by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture next winter when
it will be of most value to farmers
and of least value to speculators.
Burlington, May 12. Information
was received in this city yesterday of
the tragic death of James Thompson,
mail carrier between Burlinton and
Snow Camp, which occurred Tuesday
evening when his horse became fright
ened at a motorcycle and threw him
from his buggy, breaking his neck.
The deceased was about 35 years of
age and unmarried. The body waa
buried at Cane Creek church yester
day. North Carolina now has more men
enlisted in the national guard than
any other state in the fourth area,
with the exception of Georgia. This
area comprises all the southern states.
Georgia is ahead of North Carolina be
cause of the number of larger cities i'l
that state. Savannah and Atlanta both
have large organizations. Atlanta,
alone has one whole regiment of field
artillery. Savannah also has several
units. Not a single North Carolina
city has more than one unit
FUGITIVE NEGROES
THREATEN OFFICERS
An annoymous letter corninc to
Chief Glenn, of the Raleigh police
force bearing the post mark of Atlan
tic City, threatens the lives of Pro
hibition Agents Gulley and -Raines.
and other officers who took part in the
raid on the Baldwin liquor plant over
tne Virginia line more than a week
ago. Neither Chief Glenn nor Mr.
Raines would give out the text of the
letter yesterady. Mr. Gulley was out
of the city.
the threatened officers believe that
the lcter was written by one of the
Baldwin negroes. One of the two fugi
tive Baldwins is believed to have gone
North after the destruction of their
still, the killing of three of their men
and the wounding of several otners
who were attendants. Part of the
product of their plant was sold reg
ularly in Atlantic Citv. according to
the officers, and it is bolieved that one
of them has gone there.
VIOLENT WIND AND HAIL
STORM DOES DAMAGE IN
GOERGIA'S CROP BELT
Macon, Ga. May 11. A violent wind
and electric storm, accompained by
rain and hail, swept over Georgia to
day. Wires are down in all directions
and it was impossible tonight to esti
mate the damage.
At Thomasville this afternoon lightn
ing struck a tree on the golf culb
course under which a number of cad
dies had sought shelter. One negro
was killed and several others badly
injured.
Augusta reports said hail the size of
guinea eggs fell there breaking many
windows.
At Hampton, between Atlanta and
Griffin, two inches of hail was re
ported, with hail all the way from At
lanta to Macon on that division of the
Central of Georgia.
At Cordele, on the Georgia, South
ers and Florida, rainfall of almost
cloudburst proportions was reported.
On the southwestern division of the
Central of Georgia which runs
through the peach belt, all wires were
down, but train crews coming through
reported high winds, heavy rain and
some hail.
Hail fell here this morning and to
night the city was hit be a heavy
rain and electric storm.
News and Observer: President
Harding is to send a representative ti
represent us at the Al
lied Council. Good. The Re
publican Senate would not permit such
'betrayal of Washington's creed' when
Wilson wished to do the same thing.
if Harding keeps on borrowing Wil-
eon's clothes, Lindsey's lines about
Roosevelt's possession of 'stolen goods"
from Bryan may be again applicable:
"Rooeevett, the young dude cowboy,
1 Who hated Bryan, then aped his way."