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I he Lincoln lounty News
MONDAY, JULY 8, 1921
LINCOLNTON, N. C
Ivn raos smnnE WITH
I THE SMITHS AND JONSES
MADE FORTUNE FROM WASTE
Twice s Mny Smith Babies Born
Last Year as in 1790
Young Mart Refined Backyard Sweep
ings of Jewlery Shop
BIBLE PRINTED IN
156 LANGUAGES
The Lutheran Church Herald fur
nishes us the following paragraphs:
U to the end of 1919, the Word of
God has been printed in 718 languages
and dialects, counting complete single
books of the Bible. .
The whole Bible has been printed m
159 languages the New Testament in
138 more. . , ' ,
With 100,090,000 women in India
and only 159 women doctors, with 200
000,000 women in China and only ninety-three
women doctors, and 50,000 -OOOwomen
in Africa and only 15 wo
men doctors; with 100,000,000 women
in Moslem land and onty twenty wo
men doctors, have we no call to chal
l.nre the attention of every Christain
doctor and nurse?
The largest number of new mission
aries ever sent to the foreign field in
any one year in the history of the
Methodist Episcopal church was sent
during the fiscal year ending Novem
ber L The largest previous year was
1917 when 96 recruits were appointed
and sent out by the Methodists. Dur
ing the fiscal year mentioned, 275 new
missionaries were appointed, a major
ity of whom have already reached
their stations. -
Fiction Stranger Than Truth.
Philadelphia Kecora.
A business man in Chicago read a
story in a popular weekly about a can-
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ay geiiiua wnu n. . ... ....
that was necessary to success in re
tailing was to have a really good pro
duct, put it in a unique package, dou
ble its price and advertise it. The can
dy genius, who had been selling his
sweets at a dollar a pound, put them
into special boxes with hinged lids,
wrapped them in old-fashioned, straw
colored butchers' paper, tied them with
raffia and jacked up the price up to $2.
He advertised them as very exclusive
goods, and made a fortune in the
storv.
The Chicago man did not know that
this was fiction, pure and simple. He
decided to apply the same idea to eggs.
He packed his eggs in individual boxes
each egg wrapped in cotton batting
and stamped with the date of laying
though without an affidavit from the
hen and put 12 of these "individuals"
in an air tight tin case, wrapped with
white paper. At a time when fresh
et-frs of the best grade in ordinary
cartons, were bringing 80 cents a doz
en, he put the aristocratic hen-fruit or.
the market at $1.50, gave them the
benefit of advertising , and sat nacK to
wait for rich people to tumble them
selves as they had done in the candy
story in an effort to get a very, very
special product.
There may be quite a number of ex-
centric millionaries in Chicago, but,
as it turned out there were not enough
of them to make the treat
ment of eggs as jewelry a
pronounced success. , .. nlanriinl, carefully for
vvnr til viliix tu tne -t tit. f
that, despite the adage to the con-i
trary, fiction is stranger than truth.
It may be accepted as a general
principle that outside of the realm of
imagination, advertising cannot be
used further the perpetration of
robbery on a commercial scale. Adver
tising is successful only when the
goods are worth the money.
Milwaukee Journal,
So long as there is Smiths, William- j There was a young man a few years
ses, Jones and Browns, the spectre of ago, who worked in the shop of a small
race suicide need never be feared in 'firm of manufacturing jewelers One
North Carolina. From the beginning! day he surprised his employers by of
they were here and even to this good ; fering to rent the backyard of the es
day they do multiply and people the tablishment at a handsome figure
land Proof! They nad no usfe for tneJ:,ack vard'
When the first census takers went except as a dumping place for refuse
their ways in North Carolina 130 years and so they were willing The young
age they found 725 families of Smiths! man told them that they could go right
in Nnrth Carolina. Last year, when on using it for the purpose; he didn't
Dr. F. M. Register, keeper of vital:
statistics got through tabulating the
.. i ; tl.. Qtf ho fminH insfci
new pijuieo in viw -i utw, v
an even 1,400 new Smith babies.
And then the WiUiamses. ine nrsi
Sam Rogers found 552 people by that
name in 1790, and reported to Dr.
Register last year were 1,138 babies
by the name of Williams. Next came
the Jones, somewhat less facund, but
prolific to a degree. In 1790 there were
574 families by that good name, and
last year their descendants added 919
to the population of the State. .
The Johnsons and the Davises broke
even in the new-baby record last year
with 788 each. In 1790 there were 488
each. In 1790 there were 4 iamui
of Johnsons 'found in the State. The,
Browns had somewhat less of a start
inn ..novo oon with nnlv 349 of that
name, but with an even 700 added lo
the census in 1920, no immediate al
arm is felt that the race may become
extinct.
A sturdy race these Jones and
Smiths, and Browns and WiUiamses
and Johnsons and Davises. An infu
sion of their blood into the veins of
nations suffering declining birth
rates might work wonders. A sturdy,
j and withal, a religious people, believ
ing much in naming their children
I . ,i n.niU: nf old. and a pa
triotic people. There were a whole
division ol tne tnem me mki
peditionary forces.
Even in these latter times, they
retain their patriotism, even to nam
ing their children. Comes home one
of the Williamses from Flanders
Fields, and the first Williams baby
born is named England Irelan 1
France Williams. And religious?
One of the Smith babies born last
year was named Methodist onier
ence Smith. In the pages of the first
census there are hundreds named Pa-
. i rvi A . il A
tince, unauian, uom, i.xn...
list of the first names of the people
of that day reads like an index to
the Old Testament. And they still
name the babies out of the Bible, and
some few out of their geographies.
News and Observer.
A LIFE WORK BY CHOICE
IN ERROR.
A certain professor down south
possessed of the idea that one of his
legs is gradually becoming petrified,
frequently pinches it. At a class
banquet he pinched it several times,
only desisting when a prominent
speaker distracted his attention
Then he suddendly remembered, and
reaching down gave the leg a vigor
ous pinch. Feeling no pain he
jumped up and cried: "It has come
at last! My leg is completely pet
rified!' Whereupon the lady next
to him leaned over and said: I
ibeg your pardon, but it is not petri
fied, and it is not yours."
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains at Lincolnton, N. C.
mind
Within a short time he gained a for- J
tune by putting the soil of the yard
through a refining process, whereby;
large quantities of gold, platinum and
silver were recovered. Sweepings
from the shop had been thrown there
for years, and they contained in the
aggregate many thousands of dollars
worth of precious metals.
Later on, the same young man leas
ed a building which had been long oc
cupied by another firm of manufac
turing jewelers, and by removing the
floors and cleaning up the grouna rje
neath the building made another for
tune.
Nowadays there would be no chance
for anybody to' carry out successfully
a scheme of this sort, because manu
facturing jewelers have adopted meth
ods and installed devices to prevent
any of the rich waste from getting
away.
Stories of
Great Scouts
EASY TO LIVE WITH
Selected. '
Since our people have to live with
us their happiness depends on us a
good deal. Some of us can add to
the sweetness of everybody who
lives near us. We are good neighbors.
Some of us are too selfish or too sour
to escape being a hindrance to the
people about us. We are as we are
either by nature or practice, or both.
Our dispositions are bound to af
fect others. When we are cranky
pleasantness has no chance. When
we are intolerant in our demands
even the children are glad when we
leave. Too many homes are less
than they might be because some of
us are misfits and are not willing
to bend or be bent, to allow the other i
people in the home to have their way
and get their wishes fulfilled to some
degree. The difficulty is that we are
not eager to change our ways; if we
really want to help others on the way
to happiness we will find plenty of
ways of doing so.
SIMPLY ONE GIRL IN
THOUSAND THAT'S ALL
(Raleigh Times)
Howard Chandler Christie has pick
ed the prettiest girl in Dixie that is
to say in looking over 1,000 entrants
in a contest for the purpose of label
ing somebody the "Most beautiful per
fect woman in the United States
Southland," Mr. Christie has handed
the blue ribbon to Miss Monita Lam
phier of New Orleans, whose picture is
now appearing in the papers of the
countrv.
Miss Lamphier was lined up for the
camera in the Canal Zone, we believe,
where she was the guest of some sort
of bathing club, company of beauties.
Christie, we fancy, judged from a pic
ture his-own-self . We serve notice of
a dissenting opinion.
Newer saw Miss Lamphier, and
would have had no objection to having
any man pick her privately for the
most beautiful woman since Helen of
Troy; but the prettiest gin m uixie
wouldn' send her picture in for a board
The Uplift.
How many years he chall live no
one knows. But this uneertainity need
life of usefulness. We speaK oi a
life work as some proposed activity
which covers all our years. To live
we muct work. Self-respect and re
gard for others call us to make a liv
ing through a work that contributes
to world welfare. Just-for self is not
a worthy aim. A life-work of our
own choosing appeals to us as fuller
of promise for contentment and re
turns, since what we want to do
we will gladly do and better than
what we are compelled to do. Every
young person has the nonorame rigm
to select a life-work. The opportuni-
ties for variety are many andttract
ive. The farm has an open field for
better agriculturists. Transportation
offers fascinating avenus for direct
the finest talent to usefulness. The
scope of engineering includes so many
phases for being useful that ambition
is not wild that plans in that direct
ion. The term business suggests the
ial world with its in
tricate methods of exchanging nature-
al anu manuiaciureu pruuutis vi
financial equivalent. To safe-guard
human rights and preserve the path
of progress the legal profession bids
for the shrewdeEt and safest directors.
Dealing with out bodies to give them
comfort and keep them for service,
the realm of medicine calls for the
i-ii a T.ov.l.inTT nmv lie cbos-
mgu'.M. ar.m. -.i.., - -----
en as a life-work that ope. 3 doors in
to all human lives, thruugti wnicn en
ter educative results cor.trilutory to
fkn nnM' enrrntv Aid in almost ev-
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
By T.T.MAXEY
,,,,,, review. We know that; you
know that. Indeed, the most beautiful ery seenc towering above any lifework
woman in the Southland might notjthat may j,e chosen in the ministry
strike Christie as being anything to j w,ere opportunities are many an
rave over at all; she hasn't been to the ' rjchest jovs and most permanent re-
Canal Zone or yet to Palm Beacn.
She lives in North Carolina some
where, or that we are certain. Nor is
she parading around in a bathing suit
or knee-length sport models at this
season. It's a safe bet she's in ging
hams, with her dimpled arms immers
ed elbow-deep in dough for strawberry
short-cake,
turns. Think well. Kno'v yourselt.
See the work to be done. Have a life
work by choice.
WHEN YOU DARE NOT THINK.
When attempting the prodigious
feat of swimming the English chanel,
a swimmer should neither feel nor
think. So caid one famous swimmer,
aj if dnwm't make one particle of. who, in an attempt, passed a nours
difference to her many admirers
whether Christie ever sees her.
Miss Lamphier is, no doubt, a girl in
a thousand she may be the prettiest
therein, but the most beautiful per
fect woman in Dixie, not on your own
best girl's tintype she isn't!
The elder was diltin on certain
practices which he considered ritual
istic, and which had been introduced
by the newly appointed "meenister.
"They'll be name o' these newfangl
ed methods in heaven," he averred.
Hoo doe ve' ken that?" asked an
admirer of the new pastor.
"Hoo dae ah ken it?" snared the
m fellow "Whv if they had
pertinence tae try it, the wholt
byterian Kirk wad rise an gagt
in a body!" Ex
in the water.
"You must," he declared, "be just
a swimming machine feling no sensa
tions and using your brains as little as
possible. The strain becomes so fear
ful that if you began to realize what
you had taken on you would have t:
give up the struggle at once."
, Wetern Newspaper Union.
THE KING OF THE CLOCK
WORLD
AMERICA'S largest timepiece looks
down upon the world from the
giant tower of Colgate 4 Company's
factory In Jersey City, N. J. .
The massive hands are constructed
of brass, in truss formation and cov
ered with sheet copper. The minute
hand is 20 feet long and 10 Inches
wide at the point. It weighs 370
pounds. The point moves half a
minute at a jump and travels more
than half a mile In Its 24 mara
thons around the dial daily. The dial
Is over 40 feet In diameter and Illu
minated at night 42 electric bulbs
i. nn the minute hnml nlnne.
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The numbers on the dial are 5V4
M t- ! l. rilhte nnnjiilnm 111
ieet lugii. xiiw ijcuuuiu'u
eight feet long, weighs 76 pounds,
made of zinc and steel so proportioned
as to permit of accurate compensation
and adjustment to overcome sudden
and decided changes of temperature.
The bob weighs 330 pounds. The
weights which propel the hands weigh
l,f00 pounds and pmvide ample power
to offset all wind resistance.
This master clock Is said to be
the most mechanically correct tower
clock ever constructed. It runs eight
days without rewinding. Built at
Chomaston. Connecticut, nnd Installed
In 19CS, it has operated the year round
with an average variation of less than
one minute a week.
Keep Your Blood
Pure In Summer
Many fever epidemics are
caused by impurities in the
water supply and are ended only
when the water is purified. Like
wise, many blood disorders such as ec
zema, tetter, pimples, boils, blackheads
and Rheumatism are caused by impuri-
ties in the blood supply and can be
stopped only when these are driven out.
Enrich your blood and keep it pure by
taking S. S. S. You could have no bet
ter health insurance.
For Special Booklet or tot indU.
vidual advice, wit houtchnr&e,
write Chief Medical Advisor,
S.S.S.Co.,Depfe, Atlanta.Qa.
Oet S. S. S. at your druggist.
S.S.S.
The Standard Blood Purifier
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
(Queens' Gardens.)
We may not have all the time we
want but God gives us all the time we
need. We must choose what we will
jlow to be crowded out of it.
Pat had fallen out of the tenth
story window and the doctor had pro
nounced him dead. Some of his
friends were carrying his remain3
home when one of them said that they
ought to prepare his wife for the
t hock, and Mike agreed to do it. He
went upstairs first and rapped on the
door. A woman opened the door and
Mike said: "Does the Widow McCar
thy live here,'"
'I am Mrs. Mcuartny dui i am no
widow," said the woman.
"The hell you ain't" said Mike.
"Wait till you see What we are bring
ing up the stairs." Case Eagle.
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Al, &
SOLD
BY ALL
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F'ni. Thrmm fTenereiic
Havo Made Child-Birth
Easier By Using
, Western Newspaper Union.
LEWIS WETZEL, "DEATH WIND
OF THE DELAWARES"
Many of the great scouts did not
become Indian fighters until they were
men, but Lewis Wetzel started early.
He killed his first Indian when be was
only thirteen years old. Wetzel was
born In Virginia In 1752. His father
moved to the present site of Wheeling,
W. Va., and was killed there by the
Indians before the eyes of hlo sons.
Lewis swore eternal enmity against all
redskins.
One day while he and his brother
were roaming in the woods they were
attucked by Indians. Lewis killed one
of the savages and the next Instant
was hit by a bullet which carried away
a piece of his breast bone. Both boys
were taken captive. That night while
the Indians slept, Wetzel worked
loose the thongs which bound him and
then unfastened his brother.
After the boys had fled for about a
mile they discovered that their moc
casins were torn to shreds. Leaving
his brother in hiding, Lewis returned
to the Indian camp and, undetected by
the sleeping savages, robbed them of
two pairs of moccasins as well as a
gun and some powder and lead.
The next morning the Indians were
hot on their trail and soon were close
upon them. As the Indians ap
proached, the boys stepped out of the
ti'.ii) lilt,, n nJmtin of hushes, allowing
their pursuers to speed past, and then
they followed. Soon they heard the
Indians coming hack and again they
Stepped Into the hushes and hid. The
Wetzel hoys played this dangerous
game of hide-and-seek several times
before they finally eluded the savages
and returned In safety to their home.
When Lewis Wei .el grew older he
crossed over Into Ohio and soon be
came one of the host-known scouts In
the country.
Wetzel was called 'The Death
Wind" by (he Delnwnres whom he
hated particularly. More than once a
Delaware warrior trembled with fear
as he heard a shrill, moaning cry echo
ing through the forest, for It usually
,as followed sooii afterword by a shot
fiom the scout's deadly weapon which
ended the redskin's lire.
in his inter years Wetzel Inst the
reerxw of many people because he le
gt'.n lilillUK aJf. Indians be alet. whether
hostile "i- friendi', and several times
lie was' iihpHsoned fur shooting mem
'ers "f p. iieei hie tribes. In his last
'; ifiyR be UfcsiWe a lonely, hitter old
".u nnfil dentil esine to him In 1SOS.
Want Ads
10 cents per line 6 words is a line,
FOR SALE; Two to Three Thous
and feet of fine timber, oak, pine and
Cedar, best price, will get it, at once.
Nine miles from Alexis, N. C. M. H.
Mullis, Charlotte, N. C. jly21-4t
FOR SALE 300 acres of farm land
or will cut in smaller tracts. On sand
:lay road in East Lincoln. Apply to or
write J. F. Reinhardt, Stanley R. F.
D. 1 jiy7-tf
Lv. INo-l Between No.
8.27a 34 Rutherfordton-
Raleigh and
Wilmington . . 34
10.10a IB Monroe-Ruther-
fordton IB
6.47p 16 Rutherfordton-
Monroe .. .... 16
4.57p SI Wilmington-Raleigh-Ruth-
erfordton . . . 31
Ar.
8.27a;
10.10a
6.47p
4.57p
and registered in book 113, page 94 land in Lincolnton Township, known
All of said deeds of trust executed ,?. the home place : oi ua
situated on tne juuiu i-u.. ,
bounded North by John Bynum and
Peter Mosteller; east by Eli Mosteller;
South by Eli Mosteller, and west by
the South Fork of the Little Catawba
River containing 64 acres.
All trains daily.
No. 16 connects at Monroe with No.
6 for Norfolk, Richmond, Washington
and New York, and No. 11 for Atlanta
and Points West.
Schedules published as information
and are not guaranteed.
E. W. Long, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C,
G. W. Clark, Agent, Lincelnton, N. C.
FOR SALE or Trade 1 1-2 ton
Fulton Truck. K. B. Nixon. j9-tf
LINCOLNTON INSUR
ANCE & REALTY CO.
REAL ESTATE-RENTALS
Fire Insurance, Life Insurance
Health and Accident Insurance, I
Tornado Insurance, Hail Storm
Insurance, Automobile Insurance.
Liability Insurance. Bonds.
V. M. RAMSAUR. Manager.
J. L. Lineherger, President.
DR. I. R. SELF,
Dentist -
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Office: Over Lawing & Costner's
Drug Store
Phone 85
R. F. BEAL y
FUEL COMPANY
WOOD AND COAL
PHONE 32 ,
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned has qualified as the
administrator of the estate of D. J.
Lynch, deceased, and is to notify all
persona having claims against said
estate to present them to the under
signed on or before the 3rd day of
August 1922 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
settle same with the undersigned.
This July 29, 1921.
E. L. Johnson,
Administrator.
augl-6w.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned having this day
qualified as the Executor of the last
Will and Testament of H. A. Self, de
ceased, late of Lincoln county, N. C
all persons holding claims against
the said estate will please present
them to the undersigned, properly
itemized and sworn to, on or before
the 12th day of July, 1921, or this no
tice will be pleeaded in bar of recov
ery. All persons owing said estate
K. B. Nixon, Attorney.
Jlyll-4w.
will please call and settle at once.
This the 8th day of July, 1921.
I. R. Self, Executor
H. A. Self, Deceased.
FOR SALE Choice Butter, 36 per
lb. Cottoge cheese, 20 per lb. Butter
milk 25 per gal., Sweet cream 25 per
ot. Sweet Mill; 10 per qt. Oakland
Farm. Phone 3203, J .E. Kuhn Prop.
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3ee Lincoln Printing Co.
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circulation department of the News
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this request.
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LEGES, High Point, and Winston N.
C. 4aug4t
WATER WATER J. E. Robbins &
Sons. Well Drillers. Box 258 Gastonia,
N. C. jly25-4t
The Johnston Ice and Fuel Co., are
running an interesting serial in the
advertising columns Don't miss a
single installment.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned having this day
qualified as the administrator of lite
estate of the late F. L. Hoffman, de
ceased, of Lincoln County, N .C, all
persons holding claims against the
said estate will please present them,
properly itemised and sworn to. on
or before the 15th, day of June, 1921.
to the undersigned, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of recovery. All
persons owing the said estate Will
please call and settle at once.
Witness my hand, this June 11th.,
1921.
K. B. Nixon, Adm'r.
F. L. Hoffman, decease!
jl3-Gwk.
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
The undersigned having this day
qualified as the Executor of the last
will and testament of J. C. Dellinger,
Deceased, late of Lincoln county, N.
all person holding claims against said
estate, will please present them, pro-
1 ( I . J 1 .n f ll(l
periy rtemisea uiiu wu i v."
undersigned or his attorney, on or be
fore the 16th day of May 1922, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of recov
ery All persons owing said estate
will call and settle at once
MM. .V .,..1.1 r HH..,. 1001
tnis tne loin uay oi may, is".
J. E. Cronland, Executor.
J. C. Dellinger, Dec'd.
m-16-6w.
WANTED TIRE SALESMEN Te
sell low priced guaranteed tires. Good j
money. Write for particulars. Burr
Oak Cord Tire Company, Burr Oak,
Michigan. jly25-2t
STOVE WOOD FOR SALE Sawed
and split ready for the stove, at $3.50
per load. Call C. 0. Childers' phone.
James Smith Lincolnton, R-l a25-tf
, '
ant roe booklet on MOTOcanooOMrtiTirc Mn.msf
psmu rmhuto Co.. Dsn. S-D. Mtarcv
IDLE? Big business is ready for
you. Sell 137 products direct to far
mers on credit. If you own team or
auto, are under B0f can give bond we
start you. Twenty million use our pro
ducts. Good territory open. Write J.
R. Watkins Co., Dept. 116, Winona.
Minn. It's your life chance. 4a-2t
WANTED Shetland Pony, Must be
safe forchild to drive. Phone 6203, P.
0. Bo 273. 4aug2t
WM. ty. SHERRILL, O.D.
GRADUATF OPTOMETRIST
LINCOLNTON. N. C
Latest EqaftNtei ttd Method.
22 Years UerieSKe Fitting
LAND SALE
Under and by virtue of several
Seeds of trust made to the undersign- j
ed trustees, and duly registered in of
fice of Register of Deeds , Lincoln
County, N. C. to . secure certain in
debtedness therein mentioned to I. C.
Lowe, default having been made in
the payment of same.
lAt the request of party to whoir
due, we will sell at public auction
for cash, at the Court House door in
Lincolnton. N. C, on Tuesday, the
19th day of July 1921 at 1 o'clock, P.
M., being the first Tuesday of Lincoln
Superior Court the following real es
tate lying and being in Catawba
Springs Township , Lincoln County,
North Carolina, I. .C Lowe, Edna Wal-
UCUllfl a""""!
son, Gold Hill Church lands and others
and bounded as follows:
Bounded by the lands of I. C. Lowe,
on the North, Edna Wallace, Georgia
Parish on the East, Coleman Johnson
and Gold Hill Church and Robinson on
the South and also lands sold to
George Jackson and by Killian Creek
on the West being the land sold to
George and Clementine Miller by I. C.
Lowe and containing about 54 acres
less one arce sold to Gold Hill church
and acres sold to Coleman Johnson.
For further particulars and des
cription of said land see deed, of
trust, made to W. E. Hoffman, dated
23rd December 1919, and registered in
book 130 page 376 To deed of trust
executed to E. M. Lowe trustee, dated
...... . . t run . J . if nl. t ihmm'i!
latn Marcn IVll ana regions ...
book 122, page 313.
Also to deed of trust to E. M. Lowe,
dated 20th Jan. 1912 and registered
in book 108 page 33.
Also deed of trust executed to E.
M. Lowe trustee dated 4th Feb. 1914
to secure a certain indebtedness due
and owing to I. C. Lowe, default hav
ing been made in payment of same.
This the 17th day of June 1921
E M. Lowe, Trustee.
W. E Hoffman, Trustee
C E. Childs Att'y. jne20-4wk
"'
North Carolina,
Lincoln County.
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
J. T. Hoover and others, plaintiffs:
vs.
J. E. Cansler and others, defendants:
NOTICE
To James Lae Bost, Mary V. Hartley
and husband Fred Hartley, Walter
Clarence Bost, James Seagle, Defend-
ants in tne bdovo eniitieu pruceeumK .
The above named defendants will
take notice that an action has been
commenced before the Clerk of the
Superior Court Lincoln County, N. C.
entitled as above, to drain Howard's
Creek and its tributaries, creating a
Drainage District under the Laws of
the State-of North Carolina, and you
are each a necessary and proper party
to said proceeding; and the said de
fendants will further take notice that
they are required to appear before
the Clerk Superior Court, Lincoln
County. N. C, on or before the 1st day
of September, 1921, at the office in
the courthouse Lincolnton, N. C. and
answer or demur to the petition now
on file in said office, or the relief de
manded in said petition will be grant
ed. Herein fail not.
Witness my hand and official seal,
this the 22nd day of August 1921.
Official Seal A Nixon,
TU S. Clerk Superior Court
SALE OF REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY, LEASE HOLDS,
MINING INTEREST, FIXTURES
ETC.
State of North Carolina,
In The Superior Court.
County of Lincoln.
A. L. Quickel, substituted Trustee,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
Piedmont Tin Mining Co., et al,
Defendants.
Under and by virtue of a Decree
. , l ' 1 Ali a! . Ai..i. . T !.A.I.
maue ny me superior vxmrt i nun um
County, on the 18th day of July, A. D.,
1921, in the case of A, L. Quickel,
Substituted Trustee, vs. Piedmont Tin
Mining Company et al, the undersign
ed Substituted Trustee, and plaintiff
in said cause, will sell at public auc
tion, for cash, at the court house door
in the County of Lincoln, on Monday,
the 20th. day of September, A. D.,
1921, at 12 o'clock noon, all right,
title, equities and interest of, in and
to all of the real estate, mineral in
terests, lease holds, fixtures, machin
ery and personal property situated in
and upon, and consisting of the fol
lowing tracts or parcels of land, with
the personal property, machinery and
UALUIta Lin -ii-ini, w nib.
(1) Tract of land in Lincolnton
Township, adjoining lands of J. A.
Carpenter, Mary A. Reep and lands
now or formerly of Lincoln Cotton
Mills, and bounded as follows: Beginn
ing at a large pine, corner of Jacob
Carpenter and Smyer lands, and runs
south 80 poles to a large poplar and
chestnut in line of Lincoln Cotton
Mills, formerly Tiddy; thence North
80 East 95 poles to a small gum;
thence south 34 east 13 1-2 poles to a
small gum near white oak; thence
North 76 poles to a small pine and
pointers on J'. Carpenter's line; thence
west 96 poles to beginning, containing
43 3-4 acres. ;
(2) Mineral rights in the tract of
land in Lincolnton Township, adjoin
ing lands now or formerly of Lincoln
Cotton Mills, of John Baker, of Eph
rim Carpenter and of others, bounded
as follows: Beginning at a large pop
lar and chestnut on what is known as
Tiddy's line, at E. Carpenter's corner,
and runs North 57 poles to a chestnut,
oak and gum; thence North 75 West
80 poles to a White Oak; thence South
8 East, 86 poles to a post oak, John
Raker's corner: thence North 80 east
62 1-2 poles to the beginning, contain
ing by estimate 36 acres.
(3)' Mineral right in the tract of
land in Lincolnton Township, bound
ed as follows: Beginning at a pine and
runs East 96 poles to a small pine;
thence North 94 Doles to a stake in
Carpenters, line , which stake is 16
poles from Carpenter's black oak cor
ner; thence North 89 West, 66 poles
to a large pine (down); thence North
47 west 19 poles to a stake and point
t.Vipncp South 77 west 20 Doles to
(5) Mineral rights in a tract of
land in Lincolnton Township,adjoinvng
lands formerly of D. D. Lowery and
Eli Mosteller, bounded as follows: Be
ginning at a pea tree on North Bank
of the South Fork River, and runs
with Eli Mosteller's line North 86
East 156 poles to rock, his corner;
thence with another of his tines ooutn
60 East 10 poles to a rock pile and
pointers, his and Lowrey's corner;
thence with Lowery's line South 30
west 65 poles to poplar; thence North
GO west 1 poles to a maple stump;
thence 30 west 2 poles to rock; thence
South 60 East 1 poles to rock; thence
south 30 west 58 poles to persimmon
on bank of river; thence up river as
it meanders to beginning; containing
17 acres, more or less.
(6) Minerel rights in a tract of land
in Lincolnton Township, on the South
Fork of the Little Catawba River,
bounded North by lands of Henry Car
penter, Jacob Carpenter J. F. Bynum
and others; east by J. F. Bynum Char
lie Rhyne and others; south by Law-
son Rhyne, Susan Browne, k. i. mos
teller and others; on the west by Da
vid Mosteller, Jacob Carpenter, J. W.
Anthony, Ed Lowery and others; con
taining 80 acres, more or less.
(7) Mineral rights in a tract of land
in Lincolnton Township, beginning at
a stone on the south side of a small
branch in old line and runs with it
it south 46 1-2 East, 26 poles to a
rock;thenco north 54 east 20 poles to a
dogwood; thence with the branch as
it meanders about south 75 east ,25
poles to a stone; thence south 61 1-j.
east 11 poles to a stone; thence south
15 1-2 east 58 poles to a stone pile at
fence; thence North 48 1-2 east 62
poles to a stone pile; thence North
40 1-4 West 84 poles to a dogwood;
thence south 85 west 35 poles to a pine
thence North 76 west 11 poles to a
stone, a new corner; thence three new
lines south 9 East 20 poles to corner of
the Urn; thence North 83 West 31 1-2
poles to a stone in the south bank of
the branch; thence down the branch
. . eu i n -1(1 l,in l. k.wi-tll
South 31 west io i- puica w li
ning; containing 32 acres, more or
less ,
(8) Mineral rights in tract of land
in Lincolnton Township, adjoining
lands formerly of the Mosteller heirs,
John Bvnum and sons and others; and
beginning at a stone, formerly a Span
ish Oak, Melvin Rash's and Abel Car
penter's corner, and runs North BO 1-2
east 20 poles to a dogwood on the bank
of the branch; thence South 77 1-2
East 25 poles to a maple in the bank
of the branch; thence south 60 3-4 etist
11 poles to a stone above the spring ;
thence south 18 77orahmarihmtheht
thence south 17 east 119 poles-to a
post oak in the old line; thence with
the old line, South 79 west 3" l-i
poles to a stone in the field; thence
South 80 west 2B poles to two poplars;
thence west 17 poles to a hickory;
thence north 30 east 40 poles to a
hickory; thence North 59 west 110
poles to a Spanish Oak; thence North
66 East 68 poles to a stone at the be
ginning containing 61 acres, except
ing a tract of 5 1-8 acres deeded to
Jacob A. Carpenter by Able Carpenter
in 1899. ' ' ,
(9) Mineral i'hts m that tract of
land in Lincolnton Township, bounded
on the North by lands of Columbus
Anthony and Jacob Carpenter; on the
east by Edward Lowery and Eli Mob
Utia. nn tVio snittb hv Peter Mostel
ler; and on the west by Daniel E.
Rhyne; containing 28 acreB, more or -less,
excepting one acre deeded by En
Mosteller to J. W. Anthony, and on
which J. W. Anthony has his rest
(Ibticb. 10) Mineral rights in the tract of
land in Lincolnton Township, bounded
as follows: Beginning at a stake,
Reep, Joe Bynum and Piedmont Tin
Mining Company's line, formerly that
of Ephriam Carpenter, North 83 east
24 poles to a stake; thence south 9
degrees, 25 minutes west 20 2-5 poles
to a stake; thence south 46 degree, 30
minutes west 80 poles lo s stake;
thence south 3 east 140 4-5 poles to a
Rtake in David Bynum'- line; thence
North 40 west 13 poies to a dogwooT,
David Bynum corner; thence south 87
west 35 2-5 poles to a stone David
Bynum 's corner; thence North 76 west
12 poles to a stake in David Bynum's
line; thence north 6 degree, 35 minutes
west 31 2-5 poles to a stake on the
south side of the public road between
Sorghum and Southside; thence north
13 degrees, 45 minutes er.se 87 poles
to a stake; thence North 6 degree, 35
hiinutes east 51 poles to a stake;
thence North 12 west 14 3-5 poles to
a post oak; thence North 82 degrees,
35 minutes east 25 poles to a stake,
Quinns corner; thence North 2 east
12 poles to a stake of Reep's line;
thence North 80 East 38 poles to the
beginning, containing 58 -l rcres.
Any person desiring to bid for or
purchase said property will be requir
ed to deposit with the undersigned, as
evidence of good faith, the sum of Five
hundred ($5Q0.00) dollars, in cash or
hv certified check.' before the said
chestnut, oak and sprouts; thenca saie is-completed or clcfsed .
about 100 poles to beginning contain- A. L. Quickel, Substitute
ing 56 acres. , Trustee and Commissioner
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(4) Mineral rights in the tract of juiy 18th 1921
jly21-8w-o.a.w.
1920 Taxes
Long Past Due
Taxpayers of Town and County who have not paid
their 1920 taxes are hereby notified that this matter
should now be attended to soon. We are nearing
the time when we are compeled to make settlement
with the County for these taxes. Please come for
ward and settle. Dont put this important matter
off longer.
YOURS SINCELELY
W. B. Abernethy,
SHERIFF LINCOLN COUNTY
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ESTABLISHED 1876
LINCOLNTON. N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 11. 192 J.
CAVALRY TROOP
TO CAMP GLENN
:
The Lincolnton Cavalry Troop is
planning this week to leave Satur
day evening for Camp Glenn at More
head City to spend two weeks in an
nual encampment. Two Pullman
cars, 1 baggage car, and 2 horse
cars will make up the train used by
the troop, and Lieut. Barrineau will
be in charge when the company leaves
Capt Mots and Lieut Hines having al
ready gone to camp Glenn. The lo
cal company is in fine shape and the
boys expect a successful encampment.
The Hickory Cavalry will come
down, Saturday to go with Lincolnton
Cavalry to camp Glenn. The full
roster of the Lincolnton Cavalry is as
follows: x "
Capt W. C. Mots; 1st Lieut Bari
naeu; 2nd. Lieut. Geo. Hines; 1st Sgt.
Sam Lodford, Supply Sget. Bryan
Dellinger, Stable Sgt. Robt. C. Work
man; Mess Sgt. Henry Kistler; Line
Sgt. Paul Kiser;, Grovcr Summer, W.
E. Smith; Cpl. Geo. R. Avery, Berlie
Link, Charlie Clark, Henry Buff, Ver
non Kiser: Privates John C. Ward,
W. P. Harrill, Jessie Anthoney, Mar
vin Huu, Grady Shrum, James San-
ford, John T. Williams, Henry R.
Hosteller, Charles W. Graham, Ros
coo Caldwell, Arthur Weathers, Louis
Biggerstaff, Alton Rash, Lawrance
Snced, Coy Cannon, Joel Boylcs, Ellis
Brown, Francis Byers, Lee M. Byers
Steve Beatty, Oscar Beatty, Jones
Bumcrarner. Sidney Caskey, Frarfk
Carrell, EVfret Carpenter, Reed A
Harris, Cirl Harwell, Joel P. Hull,
William t. Heavner, Albert Hoke,
Hugh Johnston, Henry Keever, John
Lander, Carl Loftin, Clarence Lynn,
Roosevelt Leonhardt. Joel W. Mc-
Killop, Bergin Martin, John Navy,
Roy H. Parker, Edgar Rowe, William
Sims, John Stamey, Carl Smith, Earl
Smith, Clarence Tallant, Alfred Will
iams, Wylie Woodard, Thomas Wood
ard, Robert Ward, Ralph Wilson, Bel
ton Weathers. Floyd Walker, Lee
Turner, Clayton Clark.
CAROLINA GIRL WINS
HIGH LITERARY HONOR
Etsay on Good Roads Has Been
Accepted by Highway Educational
Committee.
Hickory, Aug. 7. A Hickory girl
Miss Anna Bull, 13 years old, a mera
ber of the eighth grade of the South
School and. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs
E. E. Bull, has the distinction of be
ing the only high school student in
North Carolina whose essay on "Goo.!
Roads and Highway Transport" has
been accepted by the highway and
highway transport education com
m it tee for a nation-wide contest in
essay writing on this subject with a
prize of $2,000 in cash for the winner
The young lady competed against
other high school Students in the
state and nation and the ependencier,
of the United States. She has just
received a letter from the committee
informing her of the distinction and
Superintendent Carver has written
the committee, a national organiza
tion of which Dr. P. P. Claxton was
chairman, confirming the facts as to
the student's age and residence.
..
NEPHEW SUPPOSED DEAD AP
PEARS IN THE FLESH.
Chester, S. C, Aug. 5. To be in
formed of the death of a nephew in
tn aeroplane accident in Germany
nearly three years ago, and to hear
nothing to the contrary until just re
cently, and then in reply to a letter to
receive a very interesting communi
cation from the nephew in question
was the experience of C. H. Gulp.
This nephew, W. Cobb Morris, was
working in Canada, and was just on:
the point of becoming a Canadian
flier, when the United States entered
the war, returned to the States and
volunteered in the air service. Young
Morris reached the front a few days
after the signing of the armistice, and
was assigned to patrol duty. It was
the following winter that Lieutenant
Morris met with the accident that
very nearly cost his life nnd he was
in fact, reported dead, which infor
mation got to relatives in this coun
try, and was accepted as authentic.
Recently, however, Mr. Culp was in
formed by a gentleman from North
Carolina that young Morris was still
alive and well, and a letter from Mr.
Culp brought a long and interesting
reply, in which the young airman
gave a detailed account of his adven
tures and promised to visit his Ches
ter relatives soon. He is now a first
lieutenant in the air service, and his
headquarters is at Langley Field, Va
COUNTY WIDE PICNIC
AT CAMP GROUND
(W. L. Smarr.) )
On Thursday of next week, August
18, a county wide picnic will be held
at Mathews Camp Ground under the
auspices of the State, and County Co
operative Extension Work and the
Lincoln Creamery and Ice Cream
Company. V
An invitation is extended to every
one to come and spend the day. This
is an ideal place for a picnic, plenty
f shade trees, newly covered harbor
equipped with comfortable seats, a
large spring, and all other features
that are required to comfortably take
care of a large crowd.
Speakers For The Day
Dr. Carl Taylor, head of the De
partment of Rural Life, A. & E. Col
lege, Raleigh, N. C, and Mr. J. A.
Arey, State Dairyman, Raleigh, N. C.
will address the meeting. These gen
tlemen will have a message that will
be, of interest to everyone. Their talks
wil be on topics that are timely.
Everyone is asked to bring their
baskets well filled. Dinner will be
spread by friends, communities, etc.,
grouping in small gathering.
Plan to meet your friends at this
meeting.
Variety Test For Small Grain.
I have arranged with Dr. R. Y.
Winters, Plant Breeding Specialist,
A. & E. College, Raleigh , N. C, to
conduct some variety test, and plant
improvement work with small grain
in this county. Some two or three
communities have talked of taking up
this work. I would be gted to hear
from those who are interested so
that arrangements may be made. A
representative of the Department of
Agriculture will be here about 18th
or 20th of this month. Please act at
once so that arrangements for tlw
meeting may be made.
Dr. Winters has assisted in the con
ducting of some variety tost of cot
ton in this county and is now super
vising some plant breeding work with
cotton as a result of these tests
Those who are interested in the
cotton work are well pleased with the
results. The improvement of small
grain is just as important
Like begets like, and blood
will tell. We can not expect max!
mum yields with poor seed. We send
too much money out of the county for
seed and invariably we get poorer
seed than can be produced right here
at home. Many seed houses have a
profitable business of buying seed
from Tom, Dick, and Harry, and
selling them for a fancy price to
farmers. Why not produce some
grain that is well bred? There is al
ways a good demand for good seed, at
a price above the food market. Let
me hear from you if you are inter
ested in improving your seed for
small grain.
Have You Good Seed Wheat for Sale?
Dr. Winters write that he has an
order for 1200 bushels of Fulcaster
wheat. Also have some inquiries about
other varieties. If you have any
wheat, of any variety that is suitable
for seed, would be glad to try to find
a market for you. Bring sample to
my office. Want to know variety,
price wanted, and number of bushels
offered.
Are You Acquainted With Crimson
Clover?
If not, get acquainted and see if
there is not a place for this soil im
prover on your place.
Agricultural Meetings to Be Held.
JITNEY DRIVER AS
SAULTED BY NEGROES
Donald McLean at the Point of Death
Three Negroes Placed in Watauga
County Jail.
Lenoir, Aug. S. Donald McLean, a
young jitney owner of Lenoir, lies at
the point of death at the Green Park
hotel at B'owing Rock as a result of
difficulty with some negroes which
happened a'iout S o'clock last night.
McLean had carried a load of passen
gers from Lenoir to Blowing Rock in
the afternoon and just about night
fall was getting them rounded up for
the return trip when he met an auto
mobile in which three negroes were
riding. Tho negroes gave very little
roadway and McLean said something
to them. This meeting occurred just
this side of the village and the neg
roes drove on toward the village,
where a white boy named Simmons
heard them plotting to go back and
overtake McLean and kill him, it is
said. They overtook McLean at the
Patterson place between Green Park
and Skyland, where one of them, it is
said knocked McLean in the head with
a bottle and another fired' three shots
into his breast and side. Another ne
gro, Gene Ferguson, of Lenoir saw
the shooting. Ferguson ran and told
some men, who went to the scene of
the trouble and carried McLean to the
Green Park Hotel.
Blowing Rock officers thought that
the three negroes had driven in the
direction of Lenior and telephoned of
ficers here, who started out to meet
them. Not locating them on the road
anywhere, the local officers, with a
posse, went on to Blowing Rock,
where later they found three negroes.
One of them was Will Shaw, a cook
for Dr. Vardell of Rock Springs. An
other, who is chauffeur for Mr. Wil
liamson, was with Shaw. They were
both arrested at their quarters on the
Williamson place, the third was
chauffeur for E. C. Holt, of Burling
ton. The three are held in the Watau
ga county jail, awaiting the outcome
of the condition of young McLean.
This affair has created much feel
ing among the village and among
those people who live in the mountain
Section surrounding Blowing Rock. It
is claimed here that a number of in
stances have occurred there recently
in which negro chauffeurs have taken
an insulting attitude toward the vil
lagers. The resentment on the part
of those who live there, is is feared,
will develop into some greater trouble.
OVERMAN WILL VOTE
AGAINST LINNEY
Issues a Statement Giving
for Opposition Regards
Duty.
Reasons
it His
(By H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer)
Washington Aug. 8. "As my vot
THE TARIFF AND
JHE NEGRO
(By David F. St. Clakv
Washington, D. C. August 8 The
Republicans so far as con
cerns the South are trying to ride
ing for Mr. Linney for a political of- two horses, the dappled hoise of the
flee might be construed by some as an protective tariff and the black horse
endorsement of his political views as of the the negro. They are now
.. ' , . . . i - Al . i Ci kt. T .
well as some other statements maae worK.ng uirougn w oouWer rro-, chegterftld m ight
Dy nun in nis testimony oeiore meju-.u mm nanwuuu w npiuic
state Wants removal of
kincaid case from burke
Prominent Burke Man Who Slew His
Wife May Go On Trial Next Wednesday.
Morganton, August 9. Soon after
opening court this morning Sidney
Kincaid, prominent Burke farmer
and merchant and recent member of
the board of county commissioners ,
was arraigned on the charge of mur
der of his wife, Lillie Kincaid, at their
diciary committee, I regard it my du- business interests of the South and at
ty to vote against him," said Senator the same time there is filed in the al
Overman today in a formal statement coves of the Judiciary Committee of
setting forth his position on the nomi-' the Senate a bill to appoint a corn
nation of Frank A. Linney for district mittee, to investigate the moral, so
attorney to succeed S. J. Durham. cial and political conditions of the
Senator Overman began by stating Southern negro. This latter move,
that when the protest of the negrous it is understood is inspired by the
was read before the judiciary com- negroes themselves with a view of de
mittee in connection with the Linney
appointment an overwhelming ma
jority of the members voted for re
jection of the nomination. The formal
announcement from Senator Over
man's office reads:
Overman's Announcement
Recognizing the principle, how-
manding political and social equality
with the whites in the South.
The Republicans have never faced
two tasks in the Southern States so
diametrically apposed to each other
and so difficult to coordinate. But
here in Washington we are told they
are on the one hand setting great
ever, that every man is entitled to a store by the South's eagerness to be-
hearing before being condemned, I come the pew west and on the other
determined that Mr. Linney be given hand are trusting to the tire of the
a square deal and not be condemned Southern people over the negro ques
without first being given a hearing, tion in politics.
which I would have done for any
North Carolina republican or demo
crat. The committee, upon my mo
tion, reconsidered its action and
granted a hearing.
"Mr. Linney's statement in ans
wer to the protest of the colored peo
ple seemed to satisfy them thoroughly
but his statements were a disapoint
ment to me. He stated he did not re-
Soft Pedal on Negro.
The policy at the present moment
is to play the soft pedal on the negro
until it is seen how the new tariff,
policy is going to take in States like
North Carolina. For that reason the
forth coming meeting of the North
Carolina division of the Southern Pro
tevtice Tariff Association at Greens
boro on August 16th and 16th will be
nudiate the circular letter because he watched with the kneensst interest
did not. think the writer's Duroose waj I For that occasion, Mr. E. P. Whar-
to agree to eliminate the negro voter ton, a prominent banker of Greens
but the negro issue. He stated in ans- boro and a Democrat has flooded the
wer to Mr. Britt that in the adoption State with circulars to bankers and
of this letter, or rather in his failure ' business men calling upon them to m
to repudiate it, he did not directly or dorse the policy of Southern Protec
indirectlv intend to strike at the vo-!tive Tariff Association in its cam-
ters of the colored race in 1920 in ' paign to push the house tariff bill
North Carolina, through the Senate on the claim that
"So instead of eleminatlng the negro it" will advance and conserve the agri
laane hs his atntement he has rather.' culture manufacturing and mineral
fax n to I itfSim- e lu-i
C Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year.
SHORTJTEMS
Winston-Salem, Aug 8. At a meet
ing here tonight, attended by about
160 men, steps were taken for organi
zation of the Ku Klux Klan in this
city. About 40 remained for the final
membership ceremony.
of July 18.
This case holds the center of inter
est for this term of Burke court and
when the prisoner was brought in this
morning the courthouse was crowded
to its utmost capacity. Kincaid, who
is a man much above the average in
intelligence and personal appearance,
was pale and nervous and his answers
to the solicitor's questions were bare
ly audible
The one surprising turn in the case
at this stage was the request con'
tained in an affidavit made by Solici
Asheville, Aug 8. Telegrams were
received today by Governor Morrison
from New Orleans and Austin, Tex.,
asking that the proposed cotton con
ference be held in those cities. Gov
ernor Morrison would not make a
statement on the proposed conference
placei but it is understood the con
vention in all probability will be held
in North Carolina.
Washington, Aug. 8 Agreement to
eliminate the taxes on fountain drink:
and ice cream and the so-called
luxury tax on wearing apparel is un
derstood to have been reached today
by Republican members of the house
ways and means committee, sitting in
executive session. A reduction of one
tor Huffman for removal of this trial 'half in the 10 per cent levy on sport
to another country. The solicitor stat
ed in the affidavit that because of the
wide acquaintance and relationships
of the defendant and because the case
had been discussed, in his opinion, in
practically every househoud in the
county, he believed that it would be
hard for the state to get a fair and
impartial hearing.
Wednesday of next week was prac
tically agreed upon as the date for
opening the trial
Closely following Kincaid's arraign
ment true bils were brought in by
the grand jury against Walter Brit-
tain and Charlie Crawley, two young
white men charged with criminal as
saultlng a 15 year old girl. A
special venire of 100 was
requested and ordered summoned and
trial set for Thursday morning.
These are the only two capital cases
on the docket, a major part of which
is made up of blockading and retail
ing cases
intensified it.
"Pointed With Pride.'
interests of the South; Mr.- Wnarton-si
activities have come to the attention
A ROAD-BUILDING PROGRAM IS
ASSURED FOR GASTON
Gaston county voted overwhelming
ly yesterday $800,000 road bonds, says
the Gastonia Gazette of Tuesday. This
insures a system of hard surface
roads that will cross the county two
ways, north and south from Lincoln to
the York county line from Mecklen
burg to Cleveland county. In addition
to these two main highways, which
are to be State built and maintained,
there are many other roads in the
county which will be rebuilt and re
paired. Practically all the old maca
dam roads are to be resurfaced, some
of them with a hard surface finish. It
is safe to assume that practically all
the macadam roads now leading into
Gastonia and those connecting the
more important communities of the
county will be hard surfaced.
The bond issuo insures a program of
road building that will put Gaston
county far up among the front rank in
For the purpose of discussing and j the counties of North Carolina in good
planning some kind of community roads. By this vote, the citizens of
Newton, Aug. 9. Mrs. George Rowe
was bitten by a copperhead snake at
her home on Newton route 2 Friday
The bite was on one of her fingers,
which was wrapped at once by a cord
activities, meetings will be held as
follows:
Salem, Monday night, August 16th.
Reepsville, Tuesday night, August
16.
Gainesville, Plealsant Home, Leo
nard's Fork, Wednesday night August
17. (Place to be announced later.)
Mathews Camp Ground, Thursday
August 18. All day picnic.
Macpellah, Friday night, August
19.
These meetings will be appropriate
for men, women, and children and all
are urged to attend.
NO CRIME REVEALED
AT OLD ROCK QUARRY
the county have made it possible for
the commissioners to avail themselves
immediately of the aid offered by the
State Highway Commission. The
$60,000,000 road funds of the State
bond issue will have been exhausted
before a fractional part of the coun
ties have gotten their road work start
ed. We are in on the ground floor, so
to speak, and the result will be evi
denced in years to come. We shall be
using and enjoying our good roads
when other localities are waking up.
"He pointed with pride to the fact, of the North Carolina delegation in
that his father had made a speech in , Congress.
Congress advocating legislation for Some of the delegation have receiv-
the enforcement by the federal gov- ed letters from bankers at home ask
ernment of the fourteenth and fit- ing what is tne southern rroctecuve
teenth amedments, and he Btated , Tariff Association and what are the
franklv that he himself had determin- motives of its activities in North Car
ed, if he could not get relief from the olina. The reply is that it is a branch
legislature of the state, that he would of the National Tariff A. ociation; It
advocate federal legislation to protect , is believed to be financed by that body
the negro in his right to vote. and the Republican party is useing it
"I did not believe in this day and as a decoy to capture the South
fime that there was any southern man One member of the North Carolina
republican or democrat, who would ; delegation writing to one of his con
o,innto nnntW force bill for federal stituents concerning Mr. Wharton's
legislation for the enforcement of the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
It will be remembered that during the
letter, said, "Your letter and attached
papers from Mr. Wharton are Inter
esting. It is only another evidence of
republican administration since 1 have ' the efforts on tne part or those wno
been a member of the senate Con- enjoy the benefits o f public plunder
o-ress almost unanimously repeal- to enlarge their forces and strengthen
ed and wiped from the statute book, I their influence.
hone forever, all old election laws' "Wharton knows, as well as you
passed during the reconstruction days and L, that the Fordney tariff and all
providing for U. S. marshals, federal ! other protective tariffs are frauds on
..(,.,...! nH fhp hnvonet at the Dolls, the agricultural interests. He knows
I do not think it would be possible that agricultural products are ex
now to get Congress even to consider , ported and look for their markets in
passing an aqj to interfere with the foreign ports, and that exports must
election laws of any state for this or j certainly be stimulated by imports,
anv purpose. It has generally been He knows that ships cannot bring
understood that each state has a right money to American ports to buy ag
to regulate its own election laws with- ricultural products, but that there
out federal interference. products are exchanged for things
"As a member of the subcommittee produced in foreign Countries. He
I did not object to his nomination be- j knows that taxing imports cannot in
ing referred to the full committee and crease their activities, and knowing
to the senate, always reserving the these tilings, he knows that tariff can
right to oppose him in the open sen- not stimulate exportation of agricul
ate if I concluded it was my duty to tural products and raise their prices
Charlotte, Aug. 9. H. L. Morrow
and company (Inc.) agents for the
Studebaker automobile and one or two
makes of airplanes, made a volun
tary assignment "today. The credi
tors elected W. L. Nicholson to settle
up the affairs of the company, and
prorate the recoverable funds among
the creditors. It is said $60,000 is
about the amount of the outstanding
stock of the company and that the
assets and liabilities may be found to
be not far apart.
to your depositors, who are Hertford
Co. farmers. He knows further that
his bank has made more money since
Some days ago Editor David Clark,
of the Southern Textile Bulletin, in
Charlotte, in an address, openly charg
ed that certain New England cotton
Raleigh, Aug. 9. The work of: mills were behind the labor troubles
draining Cemetery lake, the state jn Charlotte Concord and Kannapolis;
that these New England cotton manu
facturers had not only helped in agi
tating the strike, but had to a great
of North Carolina's old rock quarry,
in East Raleigh, was virtually com-
i.lf..l f rtfloti unttiAiit ri.lrip.in nnv
yWWU .VUW J n.w.avuv .. ..... . v . .. mn'-j ,
"evidence of crime." The state . extent financed the movement in order
buildings and grounds committee to receive orders. Thomas F. McMah
authorized the work begun a week on, acting International President of
ago because of belief that stolen au- j the United Textile Workers of Ameri-
tomobiles have been submerged. ca, a few days ago came forward with
The seven million gallons of water, a challenge to Editor Clark to prove
in the lake, the accumulation of his charges against these New Eng
k.M hne hapn nnmruvl nnt hv mm-! land manufacturers.
oline engines working night and from Charlotte states that Mr. Clark surance agency, that effective at once Tariff
do so."
Simmons Will Oppose Linney.
Senator Simmons will oppose Lin
nev He will eo to the extent of mak-, October 1913 than in any other eight
inir a speech against him. He thinks years of its existence, and that those
that Linney was enther trying to fool eight years have been low tariff years
the women voters of North Carolina ! giving no direct protective tarin to
durinir the last campaign or has mis-1 agricultural products, but his game
led the members of the judiciary! is strong, and the hand that he plays
statement by his testimony. He is'crries a four-flush. As long as tne
very pronounced in his views on the 'tariff stays in politics, the beneficaries
.uhiect j ox it must get votes ana in oraer to
Senator Overman will prod up the1 get votes they must throw their arms
attorney general on the question of around every interest that can be dis
Marshal Webb's resignation. He has covered, and if they can get the agri-
had no reply to his written request culturalists to think he needs a tariff
for the reason for forcing Mr. Webb and decoy him into his fold, he is sim-
out. He said today that none of the ply strengthning his own opportunity
editorials in The Citizen were written to plunder tne American consumer
by Mr. Webb and that a man had a hope you will not sign the letter, and
right to own a paper or stock in it you may use this letter for any pur
and divec. it although he does hold pose in the world that suggests its
public office. (self to you."
- I But is should be well understood
"Watchful waiting" as a Mexican
policy was much ridiculed and con
demned by Republicans during the
Wilson administration. But, as in the
case of many other Wilson policies,
they have now adopted it as their own.
$100,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY
STOLEN ON PULLMAN
Chicago, Aug. 9. A police in
vestigation was under way today in
connection with the disappearance of
$100,000 worth of jewelry while the
Twentieth Century Limited, on tha
New York Central Railroad, was
speeding toward Chicago yesterady.
Max Levy, Chicago wholesale jew
eler, reported on his arrival here that
a brief case containing the jewels had
been taken from under his pillow in
the Pullman car. He says one of
the pillows had also been reit-ivcd
from under his head while ne slept,
when the greatest economic problem
is how to find a world market.
Why Overman Opposed Linney
Republicans here have been saying
that the Democratic newspapers can
no longer scare the white people in
North Carolina with the revival of
the ghost of the negro in politics.
They have been pointing to the slight
reaction of the State to the reports
of the Linney case as proof. But the
change of mind of Senator Overman
from a friend of Linney's nomination
as district attorney to a pronounced
U-. fU..t V.- fnrc til.. P.l
publicans are going to try to use the I ', ...
negro politically through such men s ditioiial
l.inney. At nrsi ne trusteu uimiey u
a man of honor and integrity and se
cured for him a hearing before the
Senate Judicary Committee. But Lin
ney's repudiation of the letter to
which his name was attached as
Chairman of the Republican State
ing goods also is said to have been
agreed upon.
Countess von Bernstorff, wife of th
former German ambassador to the
United States, has retained possession
of stocks, bonds and cash totaling
$1,100,000, which were seized from
her by the alien property custodian
at the beginning of the war. The vie-,
tory of the countess ended a fight sho
began on September 25, 1920, when
she filed a claim for the return of the
property.
Goldsboro, August 8. Rev. W. H.
West, well known in Goldsboro and
throughout the county as a holiness
preacher, was sentenced to 12 months
in jail today by Judge Bland after
West had b.en found guilty in the
county court on the charge of crim-
nally assaulting a number of young
white boys here.
Charlotte, Aug. 8. Because of the
belief that between $12,000 and $15.
000 for entertainment could not be
raised and 3,000 homes secured for
the Wildcats Veteran association to
meet here in second reunion in Sep
tember was 'withdrawn today. Busi
ness depression was assigned as the
reason for the inability to raise the
money, and an acute house short
age will not allow placing of ex-soldiers
in private homes it was agreed.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug 8. A de
tachment of national guardsmen was
held in the armory today as a result
of hostile threats) against Henry
Hamilton, negro, held in connection
with the murder of Mrs. J. B. Lee.
killed in her home Saturday night
supposedly by a burglar.
Newton, Aug. 9. Rev. S. A. Ew-
art, who has been pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, in this
city, for the past three years, ten
dered his resignation as pastor at
the 11 o'clock service on yesterday
to take effect on September 1st. This
announcement came as a surprise to
his congregation. Mr. Ewart has ac
cepted mission work in Patrick coun
ty, Virginia near Mt. Airy. He will
also be pastor of Blue Ridge church
and superintendent of the Blue
Ridge Academy .
Houston, Texas, Aug. 8. Fifteen
men, unauthorized persons aboard
are believed to have been burned to
death in the wreck of Gulf Coast line
freight train Number 32, eastbound,
near Dequincy, La., today accord
ing to advices received at the general
offices of the railroad company hero
tonight. Work of clearing the de
bris is proceeding. The bodies are
burned beyond recongnition.
Automobile and truck owners paid
last year in state and municipal taxes,
registration fees, etc., nearly $200,
000,000 while excise taxes levied by
the federal government on passenger
cars, motor trucks, parts, tires and
accessories amounted to more than
It is now proposed to
j add to this burden of taxation an ad-
federal tax which would
bring the nation's auto tax bill up to
half a billion dollars annually an
amount which not many years ago
was sufficient to run the government.
The Ku Klux Klan has been disband
ed in North Carolina by Bruce Craven
The Automobile Insurance company that the North Carolina delegation is
of ' Hartford, Conn., has notifed its not in the least disturbed by the ac-
A news report Greensboro agent, the Merrimon In- tivities of the Southern Protective
Association. The universal
Committee and his advocacy of a the head of this secret order accord-
force bill for the South have convino- j ing to a statement made public by
ed Senator Overman that this Boone that official. Greensboro and High
lawyer is an apt agent for the Re- Point are said to have charters of
publican party to revive the menace : the Klan and that efforts were being
of the negro in politics. made by organization to place char
Mr. Overman's conviction in this ters of the order in other town in tha
matter is strengthened by his know- state,
ledge that there is on file in the Com
mittee of which he is the ranking, ' ' "
Democrat the bill mentioned above to The more or less frequent rains
investigate the social ana political the past j ew days are attributed to
day during the week. Hopes of city: says that he will stand by each, of his in North Carolina all insurance poll- friendless reception ef the Fordney condition of the negro. He is hoping "dog days,' about which a great
and county officials that drainage of statements made in his address in cies on automobiles protecting the tariff bill by the Country, it is de- that he can put this mischievous bill deal is always heard at t his
and the wound saturated thoroughly the lake would reveal clues which Charlotte, and that proper proof can owners from fire and theft will be clered, makes Mr. Wharton's organ i- to sleep. He is telling his Republi- season of the year, but concerning
with turpentine. A physician was call- might lead to arrestf were blasted be given of the truthfulness of the cancelled. The extraordinary number xation a complete misfit in the sphere can friends in the Senate that tile bill which there seems to be more or
ed, but she never became sick and has when only mud, trash
not suffered further from the bite. I iron wen uncovered.
and scrap same. And there you are. Stanley of thefts and fires is responsible for of things. The South was never less has only T. N. T. for their party in less disagreement
News-Herald. the cancellation. ( in need of a protective tariff than now the South. standing.
and misundcr-
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