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State Library ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOLNTON, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 30. 1921. C Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Tear. THE LINCOLNTON M- E CHURCH RAISES $12,500 For Education This was Lincolnton First Churches' Quota Committee' Canvassed Sunday Afternoon The Lincolnton Methodist church congregation responded quickly and fully to the Christian Education movement that of raising tyenty two million dollars for Christian edu cation. Pastor Mangum and commit tee of the Lincolnton church anonunc ed before sundown Sunday afternoon that the local church members had subscribed the full quota $12,500. Pastor Mangum was highly pleased with the splendid spirit in which his congregation grasped the opportunity of assisting in one of the biggest un dertakings for education in the his tory of the Southern church. Flying squadrons of laymen of the M. E. Church were busy Sunday afternoon making a house to house canvass of the local members and they got re sults. North Carolina Methodist of the western conference are to raise $1, 607,300 for Christian education. That sum will be alio ted as follows: Connectional intersts .... $286,000 Trinity college 350,000 Greensbore college 254,000 Davenport college 210,000 Rjtherford college 140,000 Weaver college 140,000 Jefferson school 105,000 Weddington Industrial inst. . . 70,000 Trinity Park school 52,000 Total for western North Carolina conference $1,607,300 Nashville, Tenn. (Special) "The Christian education movement is no longer a great undertaking of a great Church, but an individual enterprise," was the statement given out by A. C. Marts, advisory director, in comment ing upon the prospects for final suc cess when the Christian education movement reaches its climax, with the putting on the drive for the big educational-fund. Mr. Marts stated further, "What was the church's res ponsibility in Januarw 1921 has be come an individual responsibility in May 1921. From this time on the movement is a searching challenge to two million individuals to think of the undertaking not as the Christian edu cation movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, but as an individual responsibility for the Chris tian education of America. When we are driven bv the compulsion of per sonal accountability we will not spare ourselves in energy, devotion, inter cession or giving. When, we, as indi viduals have ono by one , paid the priee in our own hearts and wills, then we, as a Church, can render this sav ing service to the world." Leaders of the movement in this section sav that during the past six months the Methodist Episcopal Church, South has forced updn the at tention of the neople it serves an ideal Which has already begun to exercise a far-reaching influence, and that the developemnt of education throughout the South will 'be affected for years to come by the Church's commitment to an enterprise which is planned to re sult in Christian character. They state further that it is not the custom of Methodist to erect an ideal and then walk away from it, but that dur ing the approaching financial drive in behalf of the Christian education movement, that will seek to make ideal effective by a sweeping victory for the various goals sought. The date for the Church-wide finan cial appeal is May 29-June 5 and the amount to be raised throughout the Church is $22,000,000, which will be applied to the improvement and en largement of its 91 educational plants. t. t t Vwt.ween one and two million dollars has already been sub scribed to the fund. CHIEF OF POLICE ORR IS FOUND TECHNICALLY GUILTY Charlotte, Mav 27 In the contempt case against .Chief of Police Orr, charged with not turning over 60 quarts of bond whiskey to the court out of an allotment of 103 quarts, Jud ge Harding this afternoon held that Chief Orr was merely technically guilty, in that he did not keep the liquor in his possession for further or ders from the Superior court. The judge said that the chief put l;...i in nnaitinn to become in con tempt before an order to turn over the liquor was issued. The judge said that during the flu he himself had issue an order to have 20 gallons of whiskey given for medi cal purposes, and he questioned whe h had the rieht to have done it. He knew that neither a mayor nor sheriff had the rigni. nis cnarge was that the chief was technically m,iitv until hp could oroduce written records where Recorder Lawrence Jones had ordered him to turn over tko linnnr Jnrlo Jones made affida vits to the effect that he had ordered the chief to do it. L. C. BICKETT GOES TO CORENTH MISS., TO MAKE HIS HOME Newton, May 27. L. G. Bickett left today for Corinth, Miss., where he goes to look over the field with a view of engaging in business in that city. Mr. Bickett will move his family to that state when he gets settled. He has made this city his home for a number of years, where he was engag ed in the wholesale business. He left home last March without letting any one know his destination and after an absence of more than a month return ed. In the meantime his business af fairs were placed in the hands of a receiver. Mr. Bickett's grocery busin ess was purchased this week by John L. Abernethy and Son, of Lincolnton, who have taken charge. THE MEANEST MAN. The meanest man yet was reported the other dav, consisting of a fellow who wouldn't let his boy mow the lawn, because it gave him such an awful appetite. Tarboro Southerner. CATAWBA COLLEGE NEWS C. M. Rowe Elected President Board of Trustees Gift of $10,000 Newton May 26. The trustees of Catawba college met today and elected C. W. Rowe president of the board and Clarence Clapp secretary and treasurer to succeed J. B. Leonard, resigned, Most of the present teach ers were re-elected. Professor Wills, of the University of Virginia, was elected to assist the science depart ment A teacher will be chosen for the academy to succeed. Miss Glenna Lentz, who didn't stand for re-election. New teachers will be chosen in the expression and art department. Miss Marie McAlhaney, of Charleston, S. C, who has been in charge of the expression department, will not re turn next year. Miss Beulah Propst, head of the art department will not re turn, having accepted work elsewhere. President A. D. Wolfinger made a re port yesterday afternoon showing the steady growth and the needs of the college. He announced a gift of $10, 000 from J. T. Hedrick, of Lexington, for needy young men and women. More than 100 attended the alumni banquet given in the college dining hall at noon. Rev. J. D. Andrew, of Lexington, acted as toastmaster. The annual meeting of the alumni association met at 3 o'clock with Rev. H. A. Fespermau, of Greensboro in the chair. 'The following officers were elected: H. A. Fesperman, president; Clarence Clapp, vice-president; Glenna Lentz, secretary and treasurer: A. C. Sherill. historian. Rev. W. H. Mc- Nairy, of Lincolnton, orator for 1922 and Rev. C. C. Wagoner, alternate. The members present went on record as endeavoing to give their aima j matter a more loyal support than ever before. HALF MILLION RECEIVED FOR TICKETS TO FIGHT New York, May 26. The Demp-sey-Carpenter fight for the world's championship already has broken all box office records. With the date of the bout five weeks distant promo ter Tex Rickard today announced that the receipts had reached $525, 000. Thousands of seats yet remain Hvml&ble Receipts of the Dempsey-Willard battle canstituted the previous rec ord of $452,522 nearly twice as much as the high mark which had been established by the Johnson-Jeffries battle, when Rickard gathered in $270,776. BLAIR'S NOMINATION CONFIRMED 59 TO 15 Washington, May 26. The nomina tion of David H. Blair, of Winston Salem, as commissioner of internal revenue was confirmed by the senate late today by a vote of 59 to 15. Eight Republicans and seven DcmocvUs vot ed to support the bitter protest against Mr. Blair lodged by Senator Hiiam Johnson, of California, which has held up the nomination for a month. Republican opponents of Blair were mainly of the "progressive wing" type men who were in sympathy with the presidential ambitions of the Californ ia senator last year. Senators Simmons and Overman voted to confirm Blair. Each of the Tar Heel senators made a brief speech raviewinir Mr. Blair s record as a ci tizen of North Carolina and attest ing to his reputation for honesty, in tegrity, ability and prospective de votion to public duty. With the Blair controversy out of the way the fight over the nomina tion of Frank A Linney as district at torney is standing still, so to speak. There are no indications when the senate judiciary commitetee will get around to the Linney protest. No where is there any evidence of haste. CHESTER MAN'S HEAD SPLIT OPEN WITH AXE Chester, S. C, May 27. Neal Williams, one of Checter's most high ly esteemed and popular young men, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wil liams, is in a very grave condition tonight as the result of having been struck in the head this afternoon by an axe. He was holding a post at his home on Yorke street while a negro was driving it into the ground when the axe accidentally flew off the han dle and plowed its way into his skull for a distance of over an inch. Hi skull isysevorely fractured.. He bled profusely. As quickly as possibe he was hurried to Pryor's hospital where everything possible is being donefor tonight. H. E. C. Bryant writing from Wash ington Friday said: Administration senators are vevy doubtful as to their ability to have the nomination of Frank A. Linney for district attorney confirmed. Pressure from leading ne groes in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michi gan, Maryland, New York and other western and northern cities has made the situation doubtful. The precedent of such an appointment, the negroes i argue, would give tnem irouoie l,i i . ... , ' a A: M tnrougnoui me auminiBirauun. iur. Linney is not out of the woods yet. Senator Overman said today lie will do all he can to have Mr. Linney con firmed. Officer Oakes Shot at by Three Men in Car Near Greensboro. Greensboro, May 26. Policeman D. B. Oakes was shot at from a car on the edge of Greensboro this after noon, one of the bullets passing thru a fold of his cap. Mr. Oakes, who is a motorcycle po liceman, stated that he passed three men in the car, standing by the side of the road. When he got by thev opened fire. He returned it and chased them a short distance but they got away. He did not recognize them. Oakes is under bond for the kill ing of Tom Robertson, one of three bootleggers who shot Policeman Tom McCuiston, here on May 4. Robert son was killed after a chase. It is said that threats have been made against Oakes' life. The island of Yap has an area of eight square miles. In case of war the navy would send a steam shovel to , take it. Minenapolis Journal. NO CHANGES IN ROAD ROUTES AGREED UPON The full boards of County Commis sioners of the two counties of Lin coln and Gaston held a joint meeting Friday afternoon at the Selwyn hotel in Charlotte, the joint meeting being presided over by Chairman Johnston, of Lincoln. This meeting was for the purpose of agreement on the part of the two counties as to changes of road routes as proposed by the State High way commission. Lincoln's board want ed the Lowesville route adopted in stead of by way of Stanley. The Gaston Board members would not consider this at all. The Gaston Board wanted the route from Lincolnton to Gastonia by way of High Shoals in stead of by Long Shoals. No greement was reached and the two boards adjourned and reported to Chairman Wilkeison of the State Highway Commission. The Lincoln board turned the whole matter back to the District Highway Chairman without recommendations or sugges tions, as they say they s.iw no hope of getting any changes made that would be of benefit to Lincoln. It is understood that the Gaston Board recommended to the District Chairman that the High Shoals route be adopted instead of the Long Shoals route. As the matter now stands the state map routing will stand as far as Lin coln is concerned, there being noth ing further that could be said or done i otner man no 10 naieien oeiore ine . i 1 1 i. i : i. . i 8tate road body, and this is considered a useless thing to do in the opinion 0f Chm. Johnston in view of the settled policy of the state Highway to disregard county claims in routing through connecting roads. CONTRACT AWARDED FOR EXPOSITION BUILDING Charlotte, May 25. The Jones Con struction Company of Charlotte will erect the main building for the Caro linas Exposition, Inc. Contract was signed this morning at a meeting of the board of directors of the exposi tion company, the building company and representatives of the contruction company. The contract calls for an expenditure of $60,000, and the contractor engages to have the building ready to turn over to the exposition company not later than August 20. This building will be of brick, concrete and steel, con taining 40,000 square feet of floor space. An additional building of frame construction is to be erected and the building committee was in structed to have the plans completed for this so that the contract may be let as early as possible. This build ing will be '.nmedia' 'ly j,l joining the permanent building ana connected with it. The two together will provide space for an immense display of ex hibits. OFFICERS GET CURIOSITY ' IN FORM OF DISTILLERY Greenville, May 25. One of the most unique whiskey stills seen in this section of the county since prohibition went into effect was brought to this city Saturday afternoop by Sheriff Ernest Dudley and Joe Nobles, Bethel Township constable, and placed in the confiscated cell at the county jail, where it will remain until the sheriff gets ready to send it to the National Museum at Washington-City. The out fit was captured the early part of last week by Constable Nobles while on a raid about two miles this side of the town, and is believed to be the only one of its kind ever before used in the manufacture of contraband beverages. The still is of ten-gallon capacity, oval shape similar to air ordinary sized wash-pot, and has one of the most complete and skillfully con structed worms ever seen in the his tory of still capturing in the terri tory. The still itself so construct ed that it may be used on a one-burner oil stove, and is capable of producing a capacity output much sooner than the ordinary type. A small oil stove was captured at the same time, and shows signs of continued operation for many months. The still was con structed entirely of copper, even down to the end of the worm, which is and unusually long affair, and the con dition of the copper "shows it must have been in constant use prior to capture COL. MANLY M'DOWELL IS squares representing 540 shares, or DEAD AT HOME IN BURKE units of the cost of the furniture and Morganton, May 27. Col. C. Manly , pews. Each square represents a do McDowell, who has figured prominely nation of $5.00 of which one-half is for years in political circles in North to be paid when the pews are erected Carolina and was considered one of in the church and the balance in equal the state's leading citizens, died at 10 installments in two and four months. o'clock this morning at his home here. For more than a year Colonel Mc Dowell has been in failing health, since the first of the year practically an in valid, and for several days death had been expected at almost any moment. The funeral will be held at Grace Episcopal church here Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. Colonel McDowell belonged to a fam ily that has been prominent in this section of the state since revolution ary days. He was rated as a man of discriminating judgment, had a high sense of honor and keen intellectuali ty. A natural leader of men he had a big following of loval friends, and held the respect of all, even those who differed with him politically or other wise. Mrs. McDowell died about a year ago, and since his wife's death Colon el McDowell had been a broken man phvsically. He is survived by two children, Miss Margaret McDowell, a young girl in her teens, and a son, Charles Manlv, Jr. Two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Walton and Miss Cora Mc Dowell, and a brother, Sam McDowell, also survive. 1 Until he resigned recently on ac count of his health, Colonel McDowell had been federal revenue agent for this state with headquarters at Greensboro. He had been in the rev enue service since early in the Wilson administration. Previous to that he had served several terms as sheriff of Burke county, and had held other po sitions of honor and trust. FIVE IN FAMILY DP OF TYPHOID nvxy .10--r""u" lu, se- cure immunity from typhiod fever by vaccination proved unusually dis astrous to a Duplin county family. Nine members of the family were stricken with the disease. Five died. the suie board of health c o n : During the summer ol last year board of health conducte vphoid campaign in Duplii an anti-tvphoid campaign in Duplin , V-.i-.tJ .a ..ii county. Vaccination was made avail able to all the citizens of the county without charge. None of the mem bers of the family in question took advantage of the opportunity. A daughter of the family went visiting and contracted typhoid. Other members of the family visited the sick woman and after returning home were stricken. The disease spread until every one of the nine members of the family developed ty phoid. In addition a nurse employed in the stricken family also develop ed the disease. Five members of the family died. , According to the state board of health, this is one of the most severe "family epidemics" that has been brought to the attention of state health authorities. The pity or it is that the ten cases of illness and the five death could have been very easily prevented. NORTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CON DEMN THE PRIZE FIGHT Winona Lake, Ind., May 24. Con demnation of the "coming pugilistic mill in Jersey City. N. J., July 2," was expressed in resolutions adopted to day by the 133rd. general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States. The resolutions, pres ented by the assembly's board of tem perance and moral welfare, aproving the Volstead act, expressing regret over the dismissal of a large number of prohibition enforcement agents, urging a nation wide campaign for censorship of moving pictures and fed eral enactment of uniform marriage and divorce laws, did not pass until an amendment regarding the Demp-sey-Carpenter fight had been insert ed. In addition to expressing condem nation of the fight, the amendment commends the New Jersey ministers who have opposed the bout. ROBBERS GAG AN AGED MAN IN BILBOA STORE. Durham, May 24. Joe Carpenter, an aged man who operates a store near Bilboa, was gagged and bound and his place of business robbed last night at 8 o'clock by two masked men. The bandits escaped with about $20 in cash and some merchandise. Car penter saw a-big car drjre by the store and stop a short distance u p the road just before the robbery, but paid no attention. The men entered iiniwinn.iv, mil, with drawn revolvers and masked i fy ., f H hoys and girls into newly-organized shortly afterward and bound Carpen- the South as to make it possible for it , Sunday schools in'communities where ter, throwing him across a bed in the ! '? become the dominant party there. there are no other religious privileg rear of the store. After the men had'Th? of PJ Linney nomination is cs. The need is still tremendous, and left Carpenter managed to work his !ookrd, l as belnK th? to at, w,lU will be realized when we say that wrist loose and remove the gag from his mouth, but was too exhausted to untie the cord around his ankles. He shouted for help and managed to crawl to the door, which had been latched by the intruders, and let James Medlin, O. W. Matthews and H. W. McMilland in. GROCERY BASKET CONTAINED LITTLE BABY INSTEAD Asheville, May 26. The doorbell at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Winn, 22 Hanover street,"West Asheville, sounded Wednesday night about 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. Winn answered, but as she opened the door no person stood in the doorway. Puzzled over the occurrence, she was about to close the door when she espied a market basket on the porch. Believing it to be a basket of groceries, she picked it up to carry it into the house. "Just then it wiggled,'' said Mrs. Winn, as she narrated the episode to neighbors. Under the electric lights in the home the covers were lifted and Mr. and Mrs. Winn found a baby boy about two weeks old. RAISING CHURCH PEW MONEY IN CHERRYVILLE From The Eagle. Rev. B. F. Putnam has struck upon a novel idea for raising money to pay for pews for the new church. He has had manned out several placards into The name of the giver is written in the squares as taken, and as many times as shares taken, until the en tire number is taken up. An average of five shares to everv family in the ehurch will be required to meet, the bills. And while some families will not be able to take the whole amount of the average, others will be able to more than meet it. Then other friends are coming in generously and help in a great deal in this hard pull. "Students to govern themselves at state" is the headline declaration, which is intended to mean that the students at the North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and Engineering, which, isn t the "State College, any more than any of the other State- aided schools, will trv the job of self governemnt. Well, here's hoping they will do a better job of governing than has yet been done at that institution, which has become notorious on ac count of the conduct of its students. Statesville Landmark. N. C. WHITES HAVE INCREASED 18.9 PER CENT NEGROES 9.4 PER CENT Washington, May 26. Out of a to tal population of 2,559,123 in North Carolina, the Census Bureau announc ed today, 1,783.779 are whites, 763, 407 negroes, 11,824 Indian and 113 other races. During the past decade the white population increased 18.9 per cent and the negro 9.4 per cent. 50 CITIZENS GUARAN TEES CHAUTAUQUA Fifty Lincolnton citizens signed a Redpath Chautauqua contract for 1922 .., fT: ,u rk thus assuring a return of the Chautau qua for next year. Mr. T. E. Mc Donald, who was director for the Chautauqda here this year, remained over in the city Thursday and Wed Wake Forest College in ?'t 7-' ' T tT -JI for Georgia to conti He left Wednesday evening work with his company. About 240 citizens signed pledge cards to purchase that number of , season tickets next year, and numbers , of others have already promised that they will buy tickets next year. The Chautauqua outlook is better now since the people in town and county I turned out in such large numbers this year to enjoy the program and no ( doubt next year the attendance will to the guarantors. NEGRO QUESTION IS MAIN ISSUE party' r BEFORE REPUBLICAN r. j i r i . xt FlareUp Caused by Linney s Nomina- Tion Brings On Much Discussion , (By Edward E. Britton in News and Observer.) i Washington, May 25. Conferences with far-reaching possibilities with regard to the future of the Republican j party in dealing with the negro are re-1 ported as going on among administra- tion leaders and advisers and mem-1 I bers of the Senate. The condition of . the Republican party in South Caro- good men to office, lina, where there is but the remnant of I No Bed of Roses, a party, the squabble and fussing go-1 "When you enter this holy war as ing on in Georgia with its negro Re-1 the foe of the political machine com publican National committeeman, the bined with the public service corpora insistence of negroes that members of. tion bent on converting water into their race be given high positions in" gold, a combination that in Washin? the govenrment, are all matters that i ton, has destroyed the kind of govern- are being discussed as the result ol j the flare-up that has come with the protests of the negroes against the confirmation of Frank A. Linney, Re publican State chairman of North Carolina, as district attorney for the western district of North Carolina. The battle of crossed interests about the negro vote is what is holding up a consideration of the Linney nomina tion. The Senators from Northern and middle Western States, in which the negroes are regarded as holding the balance of pawer, do not want to lose his vote in the elections, while Repub- ireans irom u e ooutn uewa.i uie ibci ; ; j , .1.. ci-.-ii. i :i ..I.. that there is the roughest kind of sled ding in the attempt to build up a Southern Republican party with the negro question ever a source of weak ness in securing the votes of white men. It is the general understanding WW that the view of the Republican administration is tnat tne Dcst tnmg that the best thing , 1!Lt0 ?m 'osc !ln tne idea tnat . , . ... , , , . turmsh the answer as to what is to he the future attitude of the Republican party to its negro section. ; The negroes are not gain- to be kicked down stairs without a fight on their part, and they are go to have j oumc v...... ... ociww the show-down comes. They point to the language of the Republican nat- lonal platform and to the campaign speeches of Candidate Harding as be- ing binding upon President Harding j religious education in the family a and the Republican party in pow-! major feature of its program. e5 he? -are nhtln,f? the confirmation "Aimost twice as many daily vaca of Mr. Linney, aslhey recognize that tion Bible schools will be reported for his position for the disfranchisement the Summer of 1920 as were report of the negro by conniving at plans to ed for the Summer of 1919. end his registration and voting, and The number of committees carry by suggestings that such plans be ing on Week-day religions instruction made, will be endorsed if his confirma-. has been increased by 200 per cent tion is made after the Senate has been . (iuring the last year. Before the put on notice. And they declare that j opening of the present school year any such plans arc in violation of the there were no week-day church schools constitution. Unless Borah lavs down we8 of Northfieldt, Minnesota or and sidesteps his present position, hi ' goutn 0f Louisville, Ky. During the will be the champion of the negro . year the movement entered the South when the Linney nomination reaches and West, schools having been start the floor of the Senate. . i ed in the following states, which had Here is a curious argument that is ' none before: being advanced as the real reason Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri that some of the Republican leaders Kansas, Colorado, California, Mon have in mind as going to show that ; tana, Arkansas, North Dakota and the Republican party in all sections is ; I0wa." now able to get along without the ne-1 ' gro vote, and why it is ready to throw ; FORD-NEWBERRY CASE CON the negro overboard. It is that the women of the land now having the TINUES. rirrht of suffrage are eoing to vote the Republican ticket in such numbers as to -more than offset the loss of negro' votes. The woman's vote in the 1920 election is declared to give strength to this view. And it is being pointed nt tViot if tWo Ron,ikHn nort.r VmMa on to the negro it will steadily lose tfc t, t ,v,;t ,0n in .ii c,. tions of the country, the protest of the v,, ,,i,..., i .,,- ,i,;t ,non p the Treasury Department and from all sections. Republicans as well as Democrats, against havinir a necro D.;.t., r.t ta tvp.c,,.,, k; ;tD,i'the bupreme Lourt action in dismis as going to show the general attitude of the American women toward -the negro question. The Republicans want to do all possible to cinch the women's vote, and -so it may come to pass that tho party will sever rela tions with the negro in the hope that it will more than make up for hi; loss by the gain of the women's vote. HARVEY DENOUNCED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST Spartanburg, S. C. May 27. The Spartanburg post, number 28, Ameri can Legion, at a meeting largely at tended adopted with a rising vote here tonight a resolution denouncing in the severest terms recent utterances by Colonel George Harvey, American am bassador to the court of St. James, "as a disgrace to American ism. The preamble follows: "Whereas, the American ambassa dor to Great Britain, George B. Har vey, has proclaimed to the world that America entered the world war thru fear and selfishness, and laggardly at that, and, whereas, we feel that such an expression is a disgrace to Americanism." GO INTO POLITICS JOSEPHUS DANIELS URGES COLLEGIANS Summons Wake Forest Graduates To Battle With Vicious Political Com bine. Wake Forest, May 26. "Go into politics, red-headed and heels over head," Josephus Daniels, former Sec retary ol the Navy today urged the the annual commencement address when he summoned them to battle against the twin foes of popular rights, machine politics combined with grasping greed of Public Service Corporations. "The only tool you have to make the world better, from civic point of view is the political tool,' he told the graduates and student body assembled in Wingate Memorial Hall, "And if you won't use it," he added, "be well assured that it will be used by men who will make our govern- ment a shackle and a shame. What we need in the government of our e 13 yunS men with character an(j ambition who wish to serve and w'" seek to make it so that no currupt political machine can lead in county, Sta,te or nation And you can't do it as long as you draw the cloak of self righteousness around you and say 'The political game is too crooked for me.' The speaker did not deny that there may be crookedness 'in politics but there is a reason andhe gave it. "When there is crookedness," he said, "it is because the people back home lack the moral courage to elect nemt our fathers died to give us, you will have no bed or roses, and vou will need as much courage and stuff as your brother when they went up against the Hun." 12,000,000 BOYS AND GIRLS NOT IN SUNDAY SCHOOL Winona Lake, Ind., May 20. Twelve million Protestant boys and I guis in me united otates wno ao not attend Sunday school are the prob lems confronting the Presbyterian . - v... unLMb.i uoaru or implication and S.U,.,tV, school worki accirding to Dr. Harold McA. Kobinson, secretary, in his an nual report to General Assembly. Dr. Robinson says in part: , "The board continues its efforts on behalf of the Church to reach the 12,000,000 Protestant boys and girls of school age not even in Sundav school. sr.hnnl Th SnnH .fc.i ,0; i.i, fcj utiuu j ,n i i ww i in looiuir aries have gathered nearly 50,000 thpre nre in thp m,tWn ,,nto;, . i son non Jnv inH o.;,u t ; Sundav school, and that four-fifths of j the negro population of the South is ' nn. enmllo,! in th snH. c,wi These are only typical figures. "The board has begun during . the year to develop a new program for the promotion of Christian instruction I aA training in tn. f.,v,;i it ; ti, ; fjrst denominational board to make Democrats Insist. On Further Probe Of Election Contest; Tar Heel News Washington, May 23. It has re quired much insistence by Henry Ford "na " and much persistence by Democratic I Senators to have the Republicans of the Senate come to the view that the 1 ord ?5 a?ainat Senator New berry should go in. L Ear,y 4f? W-ek 5.25? stted that j th,e committee investigating the Ford c.narles was to take "ian aain8t Newberry as A"?1'. but there had been a change it is ueing reauzeu nv mem tnat tne su preme Court decision merely applied to the matter of Federal control over primaries, the Newberry matter going deeper than that. So it now appears that the committee will make further investigation. In the meantime, Senator Newberry, evidently leeling that the Supreme Court desicion had made the way clear for him, has re-appeared in f.ie Senate has been called to the chair to act as the Senate's presiding officer, and has called at the White House where the meeting between him and President Harding is reported to have been a hearty one, all these things showing that the Republicans think that the isupreme Court by its action has appli ed enough whitewash to purify New berry. But Henry Ford is not convinc ed, and so he and the Democrats are calling for a continuance of the inves tigation, so as to get at the profligate use of money and the violation of elec tion laws which they allege marked the Michigan contest, even in the face of the feeling that in the end the Re publicans of the Senate will take New berry to the fold as having done noth ing wrong. SHORT ITEMS Harry E. Lewis, district attorney of King's county, New York, has ascer tained, he says, that only 573 children out of 1,373 in a New York public school have more than a bowing ac quaintance with the Ten Connand ments. Washington, May 26. A "meeting of the best financial minds" has been inaugurated by President Harding and his advisors as a means of considering the nation's industrial outlook with particular reference to the question of extending further loans of Amer ican capital to foreign governments. Greenville, S. C, May 27. For a record of eleven years in school with out missing a single day, Mies Clara Francis Harris was tonight presented with a $10 gold piece, given by an un announced citizen, at commencement exercises of the city high school here tonight. ' Philadelphia, May 27. All of the property in this city of Grover C. Bergdoll, convicted draft evader and army deserter now in Germany, valued at about $850,000, was seized today by Thomas W. Miller, alien property cus todian of the United States.- It con sists of real estate and money on de posit infour local banking institu tions. Raleigh, May 26. Six-months' sentence is not enough for blockad ers convicted of manufacturing illicit liquor, Judge Henry Groves Connor said in federal court today. This is themaximum allowed under the pro hibition law, however, and offenders in this court, when convicted by juries, may except to draw six months. The fine business is play ing out. The Northern Presbyterian Church in assembly at Winona Lake, Ind , adopted resolutions condemning im moral moving pictures and calling for enforcement of the Volstead prohibi tion act and Feceral censorship of moving pictures. It would seem that Pederal censorshin may be after al' the solution of the problem of immor al moving pictures. The moving pic ture industry is interstate, certainly in some phases of it, and general laws might best control it. Fayetteville, May 27. Mayor E. E. MacKefchan announced last evening that a sufficient number of new of ficers had been sworn in to replace tho seven policemen who walked out at 4 o'clock this afternoon owing to an in crease in hours and a cut in pay. At a meeting of the board of aldermen this morning, following notice of the threatened strike, Chief J. A. McLeod and the police committee were em powered to select men to supersede the strikers. Bv 6:30 -this PVPTi in rr Chief McLeod had chosen his men. the mayor was called to his office and the new men were sworn m. No error was found bv the SunromA Court in its review of the trial of W. Y. Westmoreland for the J. H. Nance last October and sentenc ed oy judge T. D, Bryson at the Janu ary term of Iredell countv court, tn suffer the death penalty. Decision handed down Wednesday confirms t'i lower court, and removes all hope save executive clemency for the prisoner. Greensboro, May 25. North Caro ina has hit bottom financial v n,l is now heading towards imnrnvpd mn. ditions. The pendulum at last has bP- gun tc swing into a normal position. It is still in the process or readjust ment, but with the coming of another crop, produced at a minimum of cost to the farmer, the people of the Old North State will be out of the woods. This fairly summarizes the view of some four hundred North Carolinn bankers gathered here for their annual convention. KILLED DEADLY COPPERHEAD Statesville. R-6. Mav 26. About. 8:30 o'clock Monday night, Mrs. Neal racuoy heard the chickens makine- a great noise. At her suggestion Mr. McCoy and Mr. Marshal Cates made an investigation and found one chick en lying three feet from the nest, dy ing one; aooui two leec irom the nest in a crack m the wall dead; another one so weak it could hardly stand. They could find no marks on the chick ens, or any trace of anything that had disturbed them. Futher investigation disclosed over the facing of the door, where Mr. McCoy started to enter, a copperhead snake. Mr. McCoy and Mr. Cates worked faithfully but the snake got away. About 10:30 o'clock Mrs. McCoy in sisted that they go back and look for the snake. On this visit they found, on me ouisiue oi tne nouse where they had left the dead chickens, the snake with one chicken half-swallowed. Mr. McCoy happened to have in his hand what it takes to kill a snake and while Mr. Cates held the light he shot its head off. The chickens were three weeks old. Five of the hen's eggs were missing before she hatched. When the chickens were two weeks old, one was missing. Tuesday morning the one so weak Monday night was dead. The snake measured three feet and four inches long. NORTH CAROLINA PRODUCES OVER HALF BILLION YEARLY Washington, May 25. The value of all CTops harvested in North Carolina in 1919 was $503,299,313. Corn was valued at $79,946,722, wheat at $11, 861,354, oats at $1,838,447. and rve at $816,263. The value of hay and forage was $18,966,611; of potatoes, $6,278, 351; of cotton, $149, 362,644; of tobac co, $151,288,264; of sweet potatoes, $11,939,707; of apples, $3,294,671; and of peaches, $1,006,360. Compared with 1909 the total value of crops for 1919 shows an increase of 284.0 per cent cojrn, 155.5 per' cent wheat, 168.9 per cent; oats, 5.6 per cent, rye, 203.9 per cent; potatoes, 257.7 per cent; sweet potatoes. 176.5 per cent; cotton, 255.1 per cent: and tobacco, 992.5 per cent.
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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May 30, 1921, edition 1
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