LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS, LINCOLNTON, N. C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921.
EFftD'S
B M H mm Ban
STORE
Rir,OEST SALE OV
NEW FALL MERCHANDIbt
STARTING SATURDAY OCT. 22nd
In this sale we offer the newest fall merchandise of every kind that is desir
J t ,!iri?hle oriees Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Men's Clothes and
XeTCdyiwear, etc, are all here in the best styles and
qualities for your choosing at lower prices.
, . ,v An f i whole family, buy the ,best fall merchandise and save the
Attend this sale and buy the needs of the whole amuy, oy
.Lrr..,,-,. the bimrest stock oi suf s - .
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GOLDEN FLEECE
Knitting Yarns. Quality A
ply. 1 8-10 ounces to ball. All
colors. Ball 35c
- SHOES
Ladies' Brown Kid Boots,
Cuban and military rubber
heel, $9.95 value. Efird's , sale
price only $".50
HIGH GRADE OUTING
Best quality Outing in every
wanted color, Special, yard
.18c
MEN'S UNDERWEAR
Hanes Red Label Shirts and
drawers, sale price, each 65c
MEN'S PANTS
Men's $3.50 value Mole Skin
Work Pants, special . .$Z.
BLANKETS
72X84 Woolnap Nashua dou
ble Blankets, sale price $4.98
LADIES' BROGUE OX
FORDS Ladies' Brogue Dress Ox
fords in light tan and brown
calf, $7.50 values, special
;pt.o
APRON GINGHAMS
1 counter good quality Apron
Ginghams in brown, black
and blue checks. While the
I lot lasts,, special, yard ..10c
COLLAR BANDS
In all sizes, special during
this sale, each .... 5c
NEW FALL COAT SUITS
Smart tailored suits of fine
quality serge. Coat lined with
fancy silks with trimming of
buttons, etc. Special $19.50
MEN'S OVERALLS
Men's Blue Buckle Overalls
pair $U8
FLANNELETTE GOWNS
Women's Flannelette Night
Gowns. The new fall styles
in stripe and plain colors 98c
SHEETING
36-inch LL Jackson Sheet
ing, while it lasts, the yard
...... . 12 l-2c
MEN'S UNION SUITS
Hanes Red Lable Union
suits, $2 value, special for the
m saie t
...,nn dT7T5r.C
142-INCH vviD& oaxvv.
42-inch Navy Blue Serge in
.good quality, $2.50 kind
Special for this sale . . $l.o
T?mt?r flTVES YOU
nfisTIP XT A T TTT?
100 PUiK CHllN
CORSETS
A big table of Corsets. Medi
um and low bust and topless.
Made of fine quality white
and flesh color coutil. Values
$1.50 at 98c
3-A SHEETING
AAASheeting, while it lasts,
the yard . , 15c
SHOES
The famous Reynolds Shoe
for men, all the latest and
best styles. Black and brown
$10 value for .... . . .$7.95
SHIRT WAISTS
Shirt Waists that will charm
for their daintiness. Voiles,
batistes and organdies, lace !
trimmed. Very special 85c
BLOOMERS
Genuine pink Windsor Crepe
bloomers; elastic at waist
and knee. Sale price . 48c
PETTICOATS
Women's Petticoats made of
fine Cambric with deep
flounce of lace and embroid-
- - . ru
orx, Verv soecial at i
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MEN'S SWEATERS
One lot Men's Sweaters in
coat style. Special, each
ARROW COLLARS
Special lot in all sizes and
heights, each .18c
CHILDREN'S UNION
SUITS
Children's extra, fine and
heavy quality Union Suits,
Very special 48c
CHILDREN'S HOSE
Children's Hose, Betsy's Best
25c value for 15c
MEN'S SUITS
One lot of Men's Worsted 3
piece Suits, $22.50 values
special at $16.50
NEW FALL DRESSES
Fall Dresses in all wool serge
with bead trimming in navy,
all sizes, special at ... . .$7.95
, FIBRE SUIT CASES
24-inch, with good lock and
hinges. A real big value for.
r-f i i
MISSES AND BO yd
SHOES
One big counter of E. C.
Scuffers. (Best school shoe
made. See Efird's prices
f,rst. $3.98 value, special . .
$2.8
SHOES FOR GRANDMA
Old Ladies' Comforts, soft
calf toe, rubber heels, cush
ion inner sole. Guaranteed
not to hurt the foot. .Efird's
special price . .$3.98
36-INCH SERGE
Fine quality Serge, $1.48
kind, special -98c
NEW FALL DRESSES
Fall Dresses in tricotine,
rnen's wear serge, French
serge, in all newest styles.
Special ......... $14-95
BLANKETS
Norman's Crib Blankets,
size 30X40, colors blue and
pink ; $1.50 values, special at
........... 98c
FRENCH SERGE
Very fine Navy French serge
40 inches wide, $2.98 value.
Very special for this sale
$1.48
BLEACHING
Yard wide bleaching, good
mialitv. 18c value. Special
while the lot lasts, yard for
10
BOYS' OVERALLS
Boys' Blue Buckle Overalls,
at pair . . 79c
BOYS' SUITS
One lot of boys' extra good
and heavy quality suits with
two pairs pants, special $9.50
NEW FALL DRESSES
1 lot of all Wool Tricotine
Dresses in navy wool. Em
broidery trimming., flared
sleeves -$12.48
BLANKETS
Nationally advertised Nash
ua in good mixtures. Size
60x80 at pair $3.98
SHOES FOR the BABIES
Vici kid Baby Shoes in black.
Sizes 2 to 5. $1.98 kind, go
ing in this sale at $1.48
BLUE SERGE MIDDY
SUITS
Girls' all Wool Blue Serge
Middy Suits, Regular $7.50
value, sale price $4.98
CHILDREN'S SHOES
i . rvritinp P.. C
1 cuumci g ;
Scuffers for boys and girls,
in black and brovwi, pair..
H1--
DRILLINGS
Fleece line Drilling for un
derwear purposes, Good
quality. Special, yd. ; . . 15c
MISSES' UNION SUITS
Extra fine grade of winter
weight Union Suits. All sizes
Worth $1.50, now .. ..98c
BLUE MIDDY SUITS
Girls' fine quality Navy Blue
Serge Middy Suits. Special
.... ....$6.98
"SCHOOL DRESSES
Girls Gingham School dress
es. 6 to 10 years. New and
pretty patterns 98c
BRASSIERERS .
1 lot good quality Flesh Col-1
or Brassieres, all sizes, only
1 0c
DRESSES
One lot of Serge and Trico
tine dresses, trimmed in
braid and buttons, regular
$27.50 values at $19.50
LADIES' SHOES
Ladies' Black Kid Boots,
English last. Medium and
Cuban rubber heel. $5.00
yalue. Special $3-98
BLANKETS
One lot good mixed Dianxeis
size 72X84. Pair .... $2.98
CORSETS
"MAe of extra fine quality
white and flesh color coutil.
Medium and low bust, back
and front lace ... .$1.45
DRESS GINGHAMS
Best quality Dress ginghams
in Renfrew and BMC.
While it lasts, yard 29c
FLANNELETTE KIMO
NOS Women's new Fall Kimonos.
Newest designs and colors.
Regular $1.98 value for $1.48
SATEEN PETTICOATS
Women's Sateen Petticoats
with tucks and pleated
flounce. .Elastic at top. Blk.
j i Q8c
ana cuiuib
SPOOL COTTON
Coats Spool Cotton Thread
in all sizes and colors. 150
yard spool, only 5c
MONROE CLOTHES
We have the celebrated
Monroe Clothes for men and
young men, in all the new
fall oatterns. price
$35.
EFIRD GIVES YOU
100 PER CENT VALUE
STORM SERGE
Yard wide Storm Serge in
black, brown and navy, $1.48
kind only this sale, yard 79c
BUNGALOW APRONS
Made of fine quality ging
ham, percales and chambray,
trimmed tastefully with
braid, sashes or belts round
ed or V neck, special . - 85e
DRESS GINGHAMS
32-inch fine Dress Ginghams
in small and large plaids.
Special yd. . 22c
BED TICKING
Best quality, wuy
38c. Special for his sale 18c
WOOL MIDDY
BLOUSES
Girls' all wool Middy Blous
es. Sizes 8 to 22. Colors
Blue and green. Special $3.98
NEW FALL OUTINGS
Just received a shipment of
Outing in all colors. Very
fin nnalitv. Onlv -15c
STITCHED CLOTH i
HATS
One lot men's nw Fall
Stitched Hats in ail the lead
ing colors. Special at $1.48
NEW FALL SKiKia
1 rack new Fall Skirts in
pretty plaids and stripes, also
men's wear serge in plain
colors $3.98
MEN'S FELT HATS
All the leading colors and
good styles, $3.50 value for
5 $2.48
GINGHAMS
Indigo staple Apron Ging
ham, fast colors, good quality
yard ....12 1-2
HUCK TOWELS
18X35 good quality. Special
for this sale only, 2 for . .25c
LADIES' HOSE
r : 1 Uui. Vtlarlr
JSC Mercenzcu uui
and brown, slight defects,
while they last, two pairs for
.25c
ur - TJKirlb-A. rViipfs
men a nauunv.
Good white, largt size, hem
stitched Handkerchiefs, spe
cialat 5c
SMART SWEATERS
Made so charmingly as t
material, style and remark
able for comfort. All new
colors and combinations.
$4.98
NEW FALL COAT SUITS
This is one of our strongest
lines of smart up to date tail
ored suits. A suit in this line
for every figure. Special . ...
... $24.50
SILK JERSEY PETTI
COATS. Fine quality Silk Jersey 1
Petticoats with satin flounce
Corded tucks and accordion
pleated finish. Regular size.
.Special at .. $29b
GEORGETTE WAISTS
One lot of Georgette Waists
in white and flesh, $5.00 val
ues, during this sale, special
" ' . . . $3.9h I
BOY'S SCHOOL PANTS I
300 pairs Boys' School pants
Sizes 6 t 12. In serge and
worsted materials. Pair 98c
SILK HOSE
Ladies' Pure Thread Silk
Hose at .... 98c
MEN'S DRESS PANTS
Big lot Men's Serge and fan
cv serge and worsted Pants,
' Pair . . $3-98
TABLE OIL CLOTH
, Table Oil Cloth, white and
' colors. It's a real bargain
and an opportunity to save a
liberal sum 33c
NEW FALL DRESSES
Of all -Wool Tricotine Silk.
.Embroidered trimming. All
sizes at the extremely low
price $9-75
BONNIE B HAIR NETS
Cap shape or otherwise. .
Sterilized; sanitary, Guaran
teed home made 10c
SHOES
Ladies' Shoes, all god styles
heel and leathers. Worth up
to $8.00. Sale price . . $3.98
SWEATERS
One lot of ladies' Sweaters,
all new colors and styles ;
good $5.00 value for . . $3.98
MEN'S AND BOY'S CAPS
One special lot of full fash
ion Caps in all high colors,
Vail nnri Winter eacn vsc
DRILLINGS
Good Drilling for under
wear, fleeced lined. 18c value
special during this sale at
yaTd 12 l-2c
EFIRD GIVES YOU
100 PER CENT VALUE
TTvcj n r.All TO v
ESTABLISHED 1876
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LINCOLNTON GETS .
NEXT STATE SYNOD
Tarbor, Oet. 19. Lincolnton was(
unanimously selected as the place for
the next meeting of the Presbyterian
Synod of North Carolina at the after
noon session of the Synod, which is in
oinn at Howard Memorial Presby
terian church. The sessions today were
devoted to hearing reports from the
educational institutions of the church
and tonight's session was devoted to
the home mission work of the church.
I The Synod, which convened here last
night, will be in session through Fri
day morning.
The morning session of the Synod
opened with devotional exercises y
Rev.-W. B. Mclwaine, of Chasjotte,
After this service the minutes of the
previous evening's session were read
and apporved and Rev. Dr. W. E. Hill.
..- j.ofn,. announced stand-
ine new inuuri...
ing committees.
OFFICERS FOUND STILL UNDER f0NR0E SECURES
HOGPEN
mm HARRIS PAYS STEPHENSON IS
av
5 Cents Per Copy, rer ietr.
St:.te wary '-MKM fc
H SHORT ITEMS
HIGHTOWER CONVICTED OF
MURDER OF PRIEST
Redwood Cm, Cat, Oct. 20.-1-liam
A. Hightower was found guilty
of first degree murder with a
recommendation of life imprisonment
by the jury in the case - in which he
was charged with the murder of Fa-
ther Patrick E. neann, oi v,mma, ..
A motion for an appeal will be filed
Saturday when it is expected a sen
tence will be pronounced. Hightower
took his conviction calmy, saying to
lawyers and newspaper man: "Well,
boys, I guess you won't see me f it
some time."
Father Heslin accompained a muf
fled stranger in the night ol August
2 from the Parish house at Colma,
taking with him the sacrament to ad
minister to a supposedly dying man
The next day a letter demanding
$6,600 ransom was received at St.
Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco
and on the night of August 10, High
anneared. at Archbishop Ed
ward J. Hanna's residence in San
Francisco, asking for the $8,000 re
ward offered for the recovery of Fa
ther Heslin, alive or dead, Saying he
had a hw to- the missing priest's
whereabouts.
He led a party of police and new3
men to a sandv cliff at Salatli
Beach, six miles from Colma, where
the priest's body, with the head
crushed in and two bullets in the body,
was found in a shallow grave.
OPERATIC CONCERT
IN CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, Oct. 21.-Rosa Ponselle,
the brilliant soprano of the Metropoli
tan Opera House, who will open the
series of operatic concerts planned by
the Oasis Shrine patrol and band at
the city auditorium October 25, is n
w v,ar fame in the short
siai win ,
epace of 12 months.
Miss Ponselle is the first artist to
appear in Charlotte during the fall and
winter under the auspices of the
Shriners and much interest is being
displayed in the coming ofthe young
prima dona. Season tickets as well
wa for individual concerts are
n vuvov
beig sold rapidly to both music lovers
in Charlotte and out of town.
As a result of the "hard times" of
1893, which the Cleveland administra
tion inherifd from the policies of the
Harrison regime, the changes on "De
mocratic soup houses" have been rung
by the Republicans in every campaign
since There was this much to say for
the Democratic soup houses, however:
... oiwu.ru haH aoun to serve. A New
York paper points out that 15,000 un
employed derelicits on the Bowery are I
facing starvation because there is no,
more sbup to serve, on accouiit of the
exhaustion of the funds" of the Bowery
Mission. Probably a good many of
these unfortunates voted for a
"change" last November and they
got it. It is not of a sort, however, to
inspire throat-splitting cheers fo Re
publican prosperity, breadless bread
lines and soupless soup houses.
Concord, N. C Oct. 17.-A room!
erected in the ground under his pig
pen was the method deviBed by Jess
Thomas, farmer of Number 10 town
ship, this county, or evade the prohi
ivu.L offinra. Three local officers lo
cated the room with its still, liquor
and beer yerterfay afternoon after
searching every foot of ground on
Thomas' farm.
about 8 by 8 feet ana
access to it was made through a two
Ifoot entrance from the pigsty, the en
trance having been covered w.ui -ves,
sticks and dirt. In addition to
the still and beverages, the room con
tained a bed and several small pieces
of furniture.
The stovepipe from the still ran
the outside and
next to a ieiite - .
a tmm view from
was tnus rant'
the front.
I .Mitiimr
npyt rnNFF.RF.NCE EXTREME PtWALli
iiixii i w ,
FREED BY JURY
Draft Dodger
Preach.
As Applicant To
'Not Guilty-
Father Coyle
Tn His Death III Cfcair ai m , Found "roi uuuij .
Methodist Conference nejecia Prison for Muraer m -
Domains Sent 1 ASIICT""
Interment. Birmingham, Ala., Oct 21.-A ver-
While telegraph wires still hummed ,j t of not guilty was returned by the
, t.'aDDeals tor nis HraM-"i - ,iury snoruy c-
Hieh Point, Oct. 22. rhe western
F. W. Monnish, of . Vlp .... of pev, Edwin R. Stephen-
North (Jaroiina comet - .t Rideecrest in aepiemuei
in Wesley Memorial cnurcn ne, . tQ death in the state's
cided today to go to Monroe I or its ft m at 10:S0
session next year. Dr. C. l. weaver Raleigh News and Observer,
came with such an urgent invitation ft wQrd a muttered
that all others who had expected to exp.essk)n of 8ppre-h-
ask for the conference next year with- f interested
drew and made the selection of Umon themselves in his behalf, Tom Harris
,..' ..nnilal unanimous-, t , . -,ti .hair in the
count. . vr. gat oown in uit:
A matter that provoked the most chamber. Five mm-
prolonged and animated discussion faody carried down
during the session of the conference unde,.8ker.s wag0n
was that of .the admission of N. ,A. midnight it w68 .hipped to1
Brittian into the traveling connection for burial He was the
,on trial. Rev. W. A. Newell, presiding Wrd m of thfe State's elec-
Llder of trie Statesville district, made J lraacWery.
... .ix t : nn ponference tnai . ,.. t
the staiemeuv t" Even sts Harris wiwooi, umtuiut-
the young man smweu u., in Ms gtocKing teet
and responsibility when the draft law pas,k(feway that
went into effect by leaving the United from Death Row to death itself,
States and going over into Canada in attornev fa his handj mother tele
order to keep from entering the ser- hg claimed t0 be further
vices of his country. .htantiation for the cese of the de-
The voune man's case was discuss- rieSDerately to reach
mi men Hiiti cuu u.t - -
v,t Plato Durham, u. aikiib,
r.n,r It was W.ZV wnen inu
' to ncrnm rame in. uucnw. ,
Thompson, C. A. wooa, uu hy the tent- ot toe
Craven and others. The fact was t had his bedi a
brought out that it would be a hard coud mt reachcd,
matter to find a pastoral charge any-, Thj telecram was w. B. Yo
where within the bounds of the con-1 traveline saiesmaB from n-
fn.Anc f.nat wuutu uc -- --
Mr. Brittain as a pasiui.
tni,.Ra em. It read: "was m
TRIBUNE UPHELD ,oOTO
BY JUDGE FISHER
Sustains Demurrer In $10,000,000
Libel Suit Brought By City Of
Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. IB-Judge Harry
Fisher today sustained the demurrer
of the Chicago Tribune to the eiwr
000,000 libel suit brought by the wiy
of Chicago. He declared the city had
no cause for action arid denied it the
right to amend its petition.
The. city .brought, identical, suits
against the Tribune and the Daily
s ... .i voH nnnted
News claiming me ---- (
false statements regarding Chicago s
financial standing, and tnereoy in
jured the city's credit.
Judge Fisher declared the portion
of English common law and statutes
which restricted the liberty of the
press had not been inherited by this
country. "This action," he said,
not in harmony with tne genm.,
and obiects of our institutions.
mu Aaieinn was of far-reaching
importance to newspapers as the suit
was the first on reeord in which a mu
nicipality sought to restrict the right
to r-ritieise its corporate acts.
Jue Fisher said that the case Manning from Charlotte, where the uu. wflffin would
which the city of Manchester, E"S-jatate.s atjjjpiey i fonductfog " w ome back empty with the news that
' r :ioiiw hecrun dv uu'Bi... ,,, l.j - pnte at me lasi
SUll, , - , lie tjruvcinv. - .
I minute, allowing at least a reprieve
which friends and
the vote was taken the applicant for.- erieved. Stated if
MJ
admissi6n was rejected
majority.
i...j ,.,! m 1891 was Ot nu
the present case because while the
English court held that a municipal
corporation may sue for libel, the rea
son for that finding were not stated
and the decision of a foreign tribunal
in itself is not a precedent. He held
futher that English municipalities are
i -1 nHiiroi. .ornorfl-l
more in the nature ot Vi.
tions and that therefore the. question
whether governmental bodies can sue
fov lihel could not have been consider
ed in the Manchester case. j
, The court said that examination of
the early English law only served to
point out the necessity of avoiding its
principles .
LAYMEN'S
MISSIONARY
MENT
MOVE
THE STRIKE WOULD AFFECT
2,000 MEN AT ASHEVILLE
Asheville, Oct. 18. The strike of
the 2,000,000 railroad workers order
ed by the 16 brotherhoods and unions,
would affect between 1,600 and 2,000
men of the Asheville division residing
in this section. They will walk out at
6 o'cl 2k Sunday morning, October 30,
unless executies yeild in their deter
mination to cut wnges.
The Asheville division, including
lines from Asheville to Salisbury,
Asheville - Murphy, Hendejrsonville-
Brevard and Asnevuie-oiMiiw"""
employed several thousand men, be-
tween 1.500 and 2,000 residing Inj
Asheville, West, Asheville, Biltmore
end few scattering in suburbs, and
outlying communities.
Of interest not only to Presbyteri
ans but members of other denomina
tions is the announcement that mem
bers of the Southern Missionary move
ment of the Southern Presbyterian
church will take an active part in
some of the items on the progressive
program. It has been decided to make
f tne fonr-minute men of the
use i . . .
, Tit-hintr. in
movement in preBeuni.5. - '
r, v.... v,o Hae of the Family Al-
tar, in January; the Every Member
Canvass, in March; and the Call to
the Ministry, in August.
The laymen's missionary move
ment has grown rapidly within the
past two years. It was organie for
e ,i; ,v,iir.h of the work
the purpose 01 "
heretofore devolving on tne
, ..i. ...;fK 1K0 ministers.
ters; ano wormug
it has accomplished a great deal.
There are now over 30 of these asso
ciations o'ver the entire south, and
I others are benig organized as rapidly
' aa nossible.
mi fl!..u ond evecutive committee
1 in (jiijv.ci 0 " 1 - -consist
of the following: Chas. A.
Rowland, Athens, Ga., Chairman; J.
p MrCal ie. Chattanooga, leim.,
BROOKS MUST DEFEAT
ASHE COMMISSIONERS
IS THEIR OWN COUNTRY
School IL-ad Waitinr to Start Tax
Fight
. .Raleigh, Oct. 15.-State Superinten-jl-i
v r. Ttrooks is waiting for the
Monnish didn't keep away irom w
one or the other would (tore to die.:
Don't think Governor should allow
Harris to die. Had ho seen him then,
he would have had different view as
to real motive."
Feeling around Raleigh, intense
onrinir the last few days, WoKe out .11
a slubdued demonstration at the un
dertaker's shop when the body ar-
there vesterday morning, a
return of Attorney uenerai , d had gathered, waiting ana nop-
Morrison, before undertaKing to pi
.een against the Ashe county com
missioners in the dispute over the levy , attorney of Harris believed to be im
of taxes sufficient to bring the county ortant Muld ,be investigated and
into the equalizing fund. 'properly presented,
Dr Brooks has not discussed the guch w(jrd camo shortly attar
case futher than to indicate the per-. o,cocK Wardfln s, j, BuSbee re
fect chaos into which the state would the final messa(;e from the
be plunged if all the counties followed Governm. He wouid not interfere,
the fodlish example of Ashe. But there ; warden ,ed the way t0 the death
chamber, flung open the iron ooors.anu
iv, Ki., rowd that had gathered to
is one contingency whicn seem -have
been foreseen. The state super
intendent must proceed against the
Ashe commissioners, must indict
them in their own county, Public sen
u ho with them. They can
mucin, - - ... ,
be tried by jury. The facts will be
admitted, but even after an agree-
1 1.1,0 fts there is no law
making the jury return the verdict t tQ retire Sjverai aid and with
I I iL I..,. oViiilllll " . ...L. HAW1IOO
i witness the execution troopea in.
j Most of the spectators were State
Cnlleee students, Some of them were
boys In their teens. To these, the
, Warden addressed a brief massage.
He could not fltlow minors to wiwew
the evocntion and he gave them oppor-
ti,om wont older men wuuc
. !..: at the last minute.
1 were givims ; .
They went gladly wun pmc, ui..
I .. . n.nn iU crave the Sifif- I
1 At lU.dO-l.ue waiui, ft.--- -
nal. One of the attendants uiuug.i..
K..i..ot of water and the water soak-
... . , -, lntV,n mnaV thftt
cd helmet, wnne me ------
hoods the victim"s features ano iaiu
tl,n nhoir A minute later
ttcrusa vuc v.tM. . --. -
i! i.u,,- 4-Via Hnnr
tnoptAtors stanamff witnuuw -
I . . . , H..
in the little corridor leading to me
,mar removed their
- . 1 .,t Ik.
hats, and Harris appeareu v..
, . : ti.o nommiRsioners could
Should acquti wo v........ -
not be prosecuted again.
nt there are four rights of appeal
to the Su-
left to tne stui-c. t. --
nreme court on a special veru.c, u -
j on a motion to quash, and
. e 4,,wient Should
a motion m arresi- wt juuS. -
the iurv decline to rind tne comima-
l.i iit,r the atate mieht still go
up on the special veiuiui,
would be asked.
the law on the
. - ...... .lnJ;n the
subject is the luitinty "i ub"'b bats, and Harris appeal v v.
tax question: The 30-cent levy on the door
original values of property would have Re walked aione. As he left his
i he.n anfficient. But Ashe cut 30 per ,, . . th for the iaat time, he
cent. If Ashe had cut ao per ce..v.
and the example had been .followed
generally, everybody would have been
up against it. And soon the 100 coun
ties in the state would have been par
ticipating in a $600,000 equalizing
fund. Which would have been bad on
A -l.
waved a farewell to the otner prison
ers there waiting execution, but he
said no word save to tell the guards
who accompanied then that he needed
no assistance.
A muttered prayer, almost inau
rlihle. came from him as he stepped
son, tried for the killing 01 raui.ct,
James E, Cole. The jury had been
out since 6 o'clock.
After a day of arguments by state
and defence attorneys, and an hour
land fifteen minutes charge by Judge
William E. Fort, the case was, given
inrv. I
The indictments of the grand jury
against the preacher, the pistol which
he is alleged to have used in shooting
Father Coyle shortly after the priest
had joined his daughter, Ruth, and
Pedro Gussman, a Porto Rican
.. , J1..1- Maul noil' f I
Catholic, in weaiuca, uu v"" yi
suspenders worn by Stephenson a.j
the time of the shooting, which were
handed to the jurymen as they re
tired, The closing argument for the state
was made by Solicitor Joseph R. Tale,
hn rontened that Ruth Gussman,
m J....U... ,m c 1fi .,eaiw
stepnenson s unuguict, no
old, and therefore had herself. In an3-
wer to tne anacn ut
i fensa attorney, who preceded him, up
on a state witness, Mr. Tale declared
4-ut all it ,iroa neeeasarv for the state
... , ,1. .Jl!U4i,u
to prove was tne oeatn 01 ramci
Coyle, that it occurred in Jefferson
county, show the means of the killing
and that the shooting occurred before
the grand jury had indicted the ac
cused.
Tale declared that the defense had
offered a number of excuses for the
Shooting, DUl saiu nunc ui .,,., nwv
sufficient.
Regarding the selfe-defence plea,
the solicitor held that Ithe defense
would have to prove that the defend
ant was free from fault in bringing
on the fight, that he was in immi
nent danger of death or bodily harm
ana mat tiieie wan
avenue of escape tan hinv
The solicitor declared that had
the priest had hold of the defend,
ant's suspenders at the time of the
shooting, they would have been so
near each other that there woul l
have been powder burns of Father
Coyle. He declared that it was "pe
culiar that both city ana com"
officers were all on the side of the
defendant."
Judge Fort began his charge 10
minutes after Mr. Tale concluded his
argument. He declared it was in the
to find the defendant
jury a
either guilty or innocent of murder
in tne second degree, manslaughter In
the first degree or manslaughter in
. , . . : 1 JnA
the seconu utgiwi
LINCOLN
COUNTY
FAIR
, NOV.
11 9 a and 4th
-a-) ?
DEFENSE IN STEPHENSON
TRIAL HAS 103 WITNESSES
the few feet Irom tne door to
The Yadkin county case recently u- thfi chairj took bg geat and spread ms
cided by Judge H. P. Lane, covered armg out on the sides of the machine
r. racuiure, v""""-i r . - . ---
... n m M.H Hall. Atlanta. ,,ioaionersi nassed the duck to tne . reaHine- the scriptures.
.. l V II Me-
Ga., recording secreuti;, . ... -Entire,
Athens, Ga., Treasurer; F. L.
Slaymaker, Athers, Ga., Secretary; .
J. A. Alexander, Spring Station, Ky.,
H. B. Arbuckle, Davidson, N. C, Jno.
W. Friend, Jr., Petersburg, Va., J.
Allen Graham, Greenville, S. C; J'.
Nat. Harrison, Petersburg, Va., Jas.
Lewis Howe, Lexington, Va., Kutner-
. . II. . w I
forH Laos lev. Anniston, n.m., "
Democratic board of education, wnicn
.j ,1 tov levied and a mandamus
ters, was reading tne scriptures.
A heavy set man was Harris, fifty
two vears old and annarently robust,
forced the issue. The courts win p dreSsed for his death in rougn Drown
1L.1 ;., within a few weeks. a .., woolen socks, course
UUUBCIO, g.CJ vv...
w,,o aliirt. and with shaven head. He
on that issue within a iew weeiw.
FOX GETS RESPITE looked Rbout the room exceptantly for
UNTIL NEXT FEBRUARY & then hig eye8 and bow.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 20. C. u. head The minister ttt Bis 8ide
Fox, one of the trio recently convict, on Mteling voicc.
ed at Lexington of the murder of W u-( u .ook hardy a minute to secure
Martin, Davidson, N. t,.; a. u. y'" ,1 . i ,aar- tne iastemng aooui
Memphis, Tenn.; J. R. McCain, Dc- them be electrocuted before next year, he,met and vj!jor( and
..... r,. . Mr s M.innahan. Roa date set for his death. His .two co- . - connections. The
catur, VJ., ' ... . . t o KWhv and
nokc Va.; C. T. Paxton, Jacksonville,' partners in crime, J. s. iwrny ana
Fla 'a R Phillips, New York City; Jesse Gappins, likewise sentenced for M eJghteen hundred volts of
E Scharringhaus, Knoxville, Tenn.; electrocution tomorrow, already have electricity higged int0 nis body. The
lt" BiMov Union Point. Ga.; J. appealed, which stays their execution. f . snapped and
... 1 u : .. c . vu a 1 nner nil l r, liiiiava, iv t o
. . , m. n.
Watt, rnomasvuic, vi.
Unusual Results are the results of
unusual methods.
, 1 ... 1 ,.,.1c rvecK mil sciea
them be electrocuted before next yea., buffed- fingerg close(1 0ver thumbs,
for.regardless of the action of the state ower crackled at the
m. I 1.1 .nnnntA OflflnnS . 1 1.
m. M P. Colev was operated on supreme court in uie ocl.t v - bfilmet. wisn of steam curiea up to
i..t .t the Lincolnton Hosmtal. before it, none 01 me m.. . th
hef many friends will be pleased to sentenced until January, when the flegji fled thp room.
net tup.. . , . f ommon " - .ui- J n
Forty-nve seconds ox hub w w..
(Continued on 'pair loor.)
Only Twelve Had Beefr On Stand
When Court Finished Its Work Yes
terday Plea of Insanity.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 19. With
further attempts to substantiate a
plea of insanity, the defense m the
trial of the Rev. Edwin R. Stephen
son, today started to build a self-de-
tense lounoanou. .
1 . ........ .1 with aeono
The minister is maisw
degree murder in connection with the
slaying of Rev. James E. Coyle, Ca
tholic, a few hours after the priest
had married Ruth Stephenson, daugh
ter of,the defendant, to Piedro Guss
man, a communicant of Father Coy
le's church.
Fred McDuff, chief deputy 01 wtc
sheriff's office, who previously nau
testified that the minister sought a
search warrant in an effect to fini his
daughter, thirty minutes before the
killing, was recalled to the stand. He
testified he was an abraison or knot
on the minister's head after the de
fendant had surrendered at the court
house a few minutes after the Wiling.
Thi. inhiry he said, was "about the
1 . . " An hour l.i-
size 01 mans vnumu. - 1
ter, the witness said, the prisoner
complained about an mjury to his
back and fool. He cal'ed a physkon
to attend the alleged injuries com
of bv the minister.
I Deputy Sheriff Steve Wiggins, r
L.ue,l t.ost.fieJ. that be dii not sea
unythin-r wrong with tfe defendant av
the time of, his surrender, but later
he said the a.leged wound on the head
was shown him. Upon inquiring as
! to the extent of the injuries, the wit
ness said the minister replied "I am
1 ... k 1 niitriina 1 tit"
not hurt to amount iu
deputy testified that the minister said
nothing about Deing,
the officer he did not want.io talk I
! The minister's collar was turned up
j kt. heit imfactened when H. H.
NEW YORK MAN KILLS
HIMSELF IN CHARLOTTE
.Charlotte, Oct. 17.-Driven frantic
by worry over troubles which he
would not divulge, R. G. White, aged
35 of New York city, drank carbolic
acid in his room at the Stonewall hotel
., . .... :. j AioA from the effects
tniS morning -' ---- - .
30 minutes later. It was said that de
spondency over a love affair had driv
en the man to suicide.
Mr. White arrived at the Stonewall
Sunday morning and it was obvious
that he was extremely worried over
aome matter. He remained in his room
hi. momiiur. At 0:30 o'clock he
called up the clerk and demanded that
a bellboy be sent to the room imme
diatey. When the boy reached his
side. Mr. White was lying on the bed,
breathing heavily. He was removed
to the hospital and died soon after.
"I have fooled you," were the last
j. h.t Mr White uttered. He left
no writing explaining his act. The I
body is being held at the hospital
pending word from the brother m
New York.
JENKS
Glenn Orville, the infant son of Mr.
and Mr. Lee Jenks, died last Wednes
day at the age of one month and ten
days, having been sick but a few
days. Funeral and burial services
were held at Cedar Grove Lutheran
church and were conducted oy
R D. Wessinger and Rev. j. j. mitK
fe of Henry-CherryviHe Eagre 24h.
NIX FOR THE TRAMP
"Madam," said Dusty Rhodes po
litely, "could you entertain a proposi
tion?" - B , ,
"I could," answered the firm lady,
pointing to the rug on the clothesline.
"Either beat it or beat it."
Washington, Oct. 18. The adminis
tration's peace treaties with Germany,
Austria and Hungary were ratified by
the senate tonight, the vote on the
first two being 66 to 20, or eight
more than the necessary two-thirds,
and in the case of Hungarian treaty,
due to the absence of three senators,
being 66 to 17.
Cleveland, Ohio , Oct. 18.-The
scene of action is the threatened nation-wide
progressive railroad strike
to begin October 30 shifted back to
Chicago to day with the announce
ment that the three local members of
.1.. ,. .oiiroaH hrotberhoods had
tne 'ui it ....
accepted a request from the railroad
labor board that the five chief execu
tives confer with the board in Chicago
Thursday afternoon.
London, Oct. 19. Ludwig III, for
mer King of Bavaria, whose throne
crumbled when the German armies
were defeated and former Emperior
William fled from Germany died yes
terday at Sarvar Castle, in Hungary.
His death closed a most picturesqu
career.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 18. The
coroner's jury inquiry into the death
Verne Peterson, 12 years old ao
I . . . . . -r tvi ,,-., Peter
ed daughter oi .,
son living on Sand mountain, near
Trenton, Ga., returned a verdict late
last night that the girl came to her
death from knife wounds inflicted by
Martin Anderson, Mrs. Peterson's
brother. The child's head was al
most severed from her body. Ander-
ntnred. al-
son neo ano n uuv "
though a posse of more than 100 citi
zen searched the mountains all
night.
The total number of bales of
cotton ginned in the State up to
Sept. 25th, 1921 was 141,532 bales
as compared to 31,691 lor tne same
time last year.
TRIAL OF A PREACHER
FOR MURDER IS BEGUN
Who Killed
Entered In-
rectory to the courthouse, the witness
said. ...
The patrolman said the minister
made no complaint to him of any in
jury. Describing the bullet holes m
the rectory, the witness said one was
abouc fourteen inches from the ver
anda floor, and another about four
leeL uviv v ------
The minister's family affairs were
frequently before the city and cousty
offners, according to witnesses. Com
ola'nt was often made by the m.nis-
" . . . t i n..iU GArthni-t-
ter that his daugnter, m
son had been entranged from the par
ntal roof through the influence of the
Catholic church, it was declared by
othcers.
Ninety-one witnesses for the de
fense waited to be called at the begin
ning of the third day of the trial of
the Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson, ohurg
ed with second degree murder m con
nection with the saying of Rev.
Jo. C. Coyle, Ai.gust 11. Of M
103 witnesses subpoenaed by the de-
iL.'W a. j 4 Vwi cf and
fense, only Vi nao uK.e v
when court finished its work yester
day No announcement had come
from counsel for the minister whether
all the witnesses summoned would be
called.
Witnesses for the defense thus far
had tended to support the plea of in
sanity set up by the minister. Not
one had said that the minister was in
sane at the time he shot the priest,
but three had testified that he was
mentally disturbed.
Mr-niiff . chief deputy sheriff of
Jefferson county, testified that the
minister and Mrs. Stephenson were at
the sheriff's office 30 minutes before
the killing, seeking warrant to hunt
their daughter, Ruth Stephenson,
who the minister and his wife said
they believed was being bidden from
them either in St. Paul s Cathedral or
rectory, the home of Fred Bender, the
girl's Godfather, or in one of the two
convents of the church in Birming
ham. The deputy said there was no
judge at the courthouse at the time
th- warrant pould not be obtained.
turn ww?
Deputy Sheriff Steve Wiggins was
present, he testified, when tne minis-
i. ....i WiM I'HiIlH 1111 1.-IIC KH1VU
Iter I1U U0 V ---- ';7
warrant. He said he advised them to
go direct to the Catholic institution
and ask the whereabouts of their
daiichter.
Rev. E, R. Stephenson,.
i il,,.H,- Priest. Has
sanity Plea.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 18.-When
court adjourned tonight the defense
in the case of Rev. Edwin R. Stephen
I son, charged with second degree mur
Ider in connection with the killing ot
.Father James E. Coyle on August 11,
had begun the presentation of testi
mony to support its plea that the min
ister was insane at the time he shot
the priest. The state rested earler in
the day. ,
According to the testimony of b. fc.
Willoughby, Mrs. Stephenson talked
to him a great deal prior to the tra
gedy regarding the defendant's dau
ghter. Ruth, whose marriage to Pe
dro Gussman, a Catholic, was follow
ed by the shooting of the priest, who
performed the marriage ceremony.
"Mr. Stephenson seemed very much
disturbed and worried about some of
his family affairs, declaring that his
daughter was being carried into the
Catholic church against his will and
.,, to mo for advice about it. He
nun, w .. - -
talked very strangely and several
times broke down and cried," said Mr.
Willoughby.
"Just a few days before the killing,
he seemed temporally resigned, and
asked me to keep an eye on her and
her mother, which he did. He seemed
to think the trouble would blow over,"
ne saiu.
On another occasion, the witness
said, the minister was "disturbed im
mensely." This was the time when
Ruth was in the home of Fred Bender,
he added.
The first question on cross-examination
was what the attitude of the wit
ness was toword the Cotholic church.
i J i Vwi sin eta-
Attorney BiacK oDjecwu w h
tion, but later withdrew oppisition
and the witness said he was opposed
to the Catholic church and its program.
LEE COUNTY SHERIFF GETS
HIS 50TH STILL OF YEAR
Sanford, Oet 18. Sherig Landon
Rosser, of Lee county, and his corps
of deputies Sunday rounded up his
50th blockade still since he came into
office at the beginning of this year
about a mile and a half north of this
v. A U1.1 in a hmsh heal)
city, it was tuuuu
on a hill. The dry weather has dried
up the streams in thi ssection and
this distillery was put out of busi
ness temporarily on account of the
drought. Sheriff Rosser has set for
his goal this year the capture of 52
till. one fdr each week. About 30
men have been captured in connec
tion with the stills. The liquor busi
ness In Lee county seems to be wan
I ing.
"What you are counts more in the
sight of God than what you possess;
fnr . man ma v work all his life in ac-
hcr many inenus wu. - .- . -m
learn that she is getting along nicely, next term of the court of common
Shelby Star. pleas meets at Lexinton.
On cross examination ne saia ne
Wier.citv patroleman, overtook -mm saw noui.t.B r -
. i t . .-M n nrtmntp trial ne ws uioww i r
.om - - nn liic way w vr i , . i vw-i' mi mm firm ir weaitn. w " v,-v
ceiling, and the odor ot. ,hootingi according to the police-, ine witnew """ thet God does not see him because of
m.n. testimony. The minister car- bitter tee,.nK .u. fcWr he has erected."
ried a revolver in his hand from the church. He said he was a mtesient.we o