M
Th I inrnln l mintv News
MONDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1921
GOVERNOR HAD A
DISAGREEABLE TASK
1 Cheater Reporter.
If ever a publie official was called
upon to- go through with a disagree
able task and maintain a firm," nig
ral stand for what ha conceived to
be his duty, and do it in the face of
almost every imaginable kind of in
fluences brought to bear upon him in
almost every way, that man is
Governor Morrison, of North Caroli
na, who refused to intervene in the
case of J. T. Harris, slayer of Mr.
Monnosh at Ridge Crest, N. C and
allowed the murderer to go to the
eiectric cnuu. w "y" t
ernor is threatened with a nervous
break-down! It might have been all
right for members of the Harris
family to call up on the governor j
almost daily , although it would
Yia ,n ka limit's
seem mat mere uusu, w -
to this kind of thing that after they
had presented their case as feelingly,
as pressingly, and as forcefully as
possible it would be due the chief ex
ecutive to subject him to no more try
ing ordeals of this kind; but for an
attorney to go out and try to work (
up all kinds of sentiment over the
State and try to persuade members
or orders to whkh the condemned
man belonged to say a word in his
behalf, and finally to cap it all after
his efforts had met with fajlure issue
broadside after broadside in the pa
pers vilifying everybody connected
with the opposite side of the case and
maKing Uie liwai ;
tions to explain the Governor's attitude
in refusing to interfere, is carrying
things entirely too far. All told it
has been one of the most harrowing,
nerve-racking experiences that any
Governor has. ever been called upon to
go through wren; ana iww
should quickly proviae ior a x
Board, composed of several members,
to assume this part of the governor's
burden, and not place upon o.e
individual, already entrusted with du
ties sufficiently numerous and onerous,
olo resnonsibilitv in matters of this
kind to subject him to experiences like
that through which Governor Morri
son has just passed, and the effects of
which may prove highly serious to his
health.
of the courts.
That is just and fair, all right
minded people will agree. Those
who demand that the opportunity for
appeals shall be continuous and
without restriction are simply seek
ing full opportunity to torture the
Governor into yiemug iu
raands and the organized clamor they j
can create. Setting themselves up
as the embodiment of mercy and all
compassion, they would show no
mercy to any object that stood in the
way of their desires; theirs is the
spirit that would kill the judge to
save the life of the criminal.
The nearest cook
riake the best soup.
doesn't always
Want Ads
10 cents per line 6 words is a Una.
For Sale 10 acres land, adjoining
John Carpenter and Bill Huffstetler.
I Cheap for quick sale. See Wm. C.
Helms, at Laboratory mill. o27-3t
NOTICE The price of milk will
be increased from 50c to 60c per gal
lon. Oakdale Dairy, W. T. McAllister,
Mgr 27-.2t
FOUND Bunch of Keys. Name
A Floyd Kistler on key ring. Owner
can get same by applying to me. Z.
W. Farris, Chief of Police It
FOR ALL KIND of Job Printing,
we Lincoln Printing Co.
NO HUNTING Day or Night on
farms of J. M. Welton, J. R. Davis, J.
A. Peeler, R. S. Peeler, and J. R.
Laws. Under penalty of law. o24-2t
Wanted To Trade Horse, Wagon
and buggy for a Ford Car. Must be
practically new. W. C. Asbury. o24-2t
"STOLEN A Two Months Old
Birkshire sow pig with sear on right
hind leg, information will be greatly
appreciated. C. G. Carpenter, Lincoln
ton, N. C. R-6.
FOR ANY KIND of cement work,
Phone Arrowood Brothers. 306. "Ser
vice and Satisfaction" is our motto tf
A LIMIT NECESSARY
Statesville Landmark.
Governor. Morrison "stopped his
ears," they say. He refused to hear
importuning delegations up to the
minute of the Harris execution and
some who insisted on telling him what
he should do, after he had announced
his final' decision, were "insulted" by
the Governor's impatience. In this
particular those who tried to force
the governor to do their will are as
unreasonable as they were in other
resnacts as to this noted case; that is,
their attitude was that the Governor
should do what they wanted and when
he refused they saw no good in him.
Of course anybody who is disposed
to reason, anybody with any sense of
fairness, knows that it is neither just
nor fair, it is cruel, to demand that
the Governor allow himself to be pur
sued and harrassed after he has given
a ftll opportunity for a hearing. As
a matter of common sense there must
be a limit to these appeals. In deny
ing the application for the commuta
tion of the death sentence of West
moreland of Iredell, the Governor
served notice that it would be useless
to put a lot of people after him to try
to make him change his mind as to
his duty. But if anything new could be
found anything that would make the
situation more favorable to the accuss
ed than appeared at the trial and as
yet appears he would hear it at the
last minute. That is of course under
stood. But what the Gov. is denying,
what he has a right to deny and what
he should deny, is that these appeals
Ll Anlu ahull nnt hfi a
tO Ills UUIIipwoa"'" winjf .
continuous performance after he has
heard all the facts and has decided
that he cannot change the judgment
COUNTRY PAPER
6UARDSNATI0N
Rises Promptly and Capably to
Every Emergency.
IS NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED
Cements Interest of Maw of Popula
tion Avoiding Senaatlonallam, In
Its Clean Wholeeomenese la Ita Ap
peal to Beat Claaa of Citizen
Country Ureas National Power.
By WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The country communities the vil
lage, the small town and the small
Cltylare the backbone of the Ameri
can nation. They are the communities
to which the nation turns in time of
distress and emergency. They are"
even more than the backbone of the
nation. They are the bulwark of our
modern civilization. Just at the close
of the World war, Mr. Balfour, for
eign minister of Great lirUfu.. said to
the writer In London that theentlre
clVUlzed world must look to thmall
towns of America to preserve foV the
world the clvlliiatlon tba It had taken
centuries to build, because the emu
towns represented a substantial solid
ity that the tremendous upheaval of
the war had not affected, and it was
only auch a foundation that would
preserve the structure of civilisation.
The eement that keeps the people of
these country communities together,
working and thinking along uniformly
sane and safe lines, that makes of
them that "substantial solidity on
-.k ,vnrM civilization can rely tor
, foundation. Is the country press
tbe villnge. the small town and the
email city newspaper.
Country Paper Wholesome.
The country newspaper goes to Its
-.w9 devoid of that sensationalism
that Is so prominent In the metropoli
tan papers. It carries to Its readers 1
the news Items that represent the Jojs
and sorrows of their friends and
-neighbors, and keeps the hearts of the
people of the community beating n
unison. It goes to Its readers with
that sane aud kindly advice on local,
state national and world problems;
advice that Is the resuK of thought
and study beside the hearthstones of
WANTtaJ iu nine mim-a w . nation and not m tneseiusn um.w
nn t the Monroe Dellinger Farm - r the brtehtllirhts of city
3 miles West of Lincolnton. James
Smith. oct6tf
bers. i
Country Prate Deserves Well.
The country press deserves well of
the people of the nation, and especial
lv of the people of the country, com
munities. Individually these papers
may not be large in size as Compared
with the city papers, but quantity Is
not the measure of their value. They
are worth both directly and indirect-
. thair snhscrtDtton
lv rar more uuiu t -
SALE OF LAND.
In compliance with an order made
in the special proceedings pending in
the Superior Court of Lincoln County,
N. C, before A. Nixon, clrk, entitled
nric For that price they bring to b. l, oonu.ua,
wiNTP.Il TO HIRE hands to pick
FOR SALE Ford Touring Car,
self-starter, in good Shape. See it at
G. A. Scronce Co. garage. sll-HX,
FOR Cement see Arrowood Bros, tf
IF IT IS Piping for wells or road
tile you want to see Arrowood Bro
thers. sB-tf
HUNTERS TAKE NOTICE
NIGHT and DAY Hunters are here
by warned to keep off the old Lee Hull
lads in North Brook under penalty of
the law. T. P. Jenks. octl7-2t
GOING At A Real Bargain. A Lot I
of Good Year Auto Tires 30X3 1-2,
32X3 1-2, 33 X4 34X4 1-2. Don't
forget we give a free tube with each
Pennsylvania Tire. P. M. Keever.
"We Sell It For Less." sl5tf
WESTON HOUSE BATTERIES
We sell, Repair and Recharge all
makes. Satisfaction guaranteed. P.
M. Keever. . slStf.
WHEN YOU
buy your clothes here they LOOK
right FIT right and WEAR right.
SIGMONS
FOR SALE 300 acres of farm land
or will cut in smaller tracts. On sand
clay road in East Lincoln. Apply to or
write J. F. Reinhardt, Stanley R. F.
n. i j'y7-tf
priR SAI.R Residence lot in good
section of town, 60x150. Lot has!
been donated to Baptist church build
ing fund, and is for immediate sale.
See J. A. Snow. tf
WM. M. SHERRILL. O. D.
GRADUATE OPTOMETRIST
LINCOLNTON. N C.
Latest Equipment and Methods
22 Years Esperience Fitting
Glasses
WiaHlW
WELCOME
FAIR VISITORS
THIS OLD RELIABLE GROCERY FIRM WELCOMES THE
PEOPLE OF LINCOLN CO UNTY THIS WEEK FOR THE
FAIR WHICH WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.
MAKE A VISIT TO OUR GROCERY WHILE IN TOWN. LET
US WRAP UP THE GROCERIES FOR YOU, WE BUY PRODUCE.
J.L HUNTER
MAIN STREET
LINCOLNTON.
frivolitv. It goes wnn ie
of a known and respected member of
the community-Its editor back of Its
every word, Its every opinion. It goes
to a people, the people of the country
communities and the farms that are
more capable of thinking along sane
unselfish and practical lines than are
those who are surrounded by the
selfish and many times evil influences
of the large cities.
But the Influence of the country
newspaper goes far beyond the com
munity in which K is printed Na
Tn , legislators in the halls of con:
gress realize that this Influence sa
newer to be reckoned with, mat
when the country press speaks In unl
S0n on any national subject It Is but
t aliments of thatmlghty
YOU II K U' tsv.iv .- . ... i
T 1 ' ... nnr,lp of the country com-
mun ties. The people in whose hands
mays Mr. Balfour, rests the destiny of
world civilization.
FiBhts for Entire Country.
The country press represents ana
fights for those things that are of
value to the country communities,
realizing that In doing so It Is fighting
Z tliosge things that "- best for he
nation and for the world. It works
and fights to upbuild the country com
munltv, to prevent Its falling a PW
T :-,fl0fc r.d of the cities. It
dUStlial inieiei.o .
munlty not from any selfish angle, but ;
from the broader viewpoint of na-;
I tlonal good.
Some three or four months ago ;
i there was before Congress a bill on -.
I . . . . n fXnntrv WHS
wnicn tne press i i
divided. The magazines, the big na-
tlonal weeklies, the farm press and;
the metropolitan dally papers were on
one side and the country newspapers
were on the other side. The passage
of the bill would mean creating an op
portunity for a greater centralization
of the merchandising of the nation in
a few large cities with a consequent
injury to the small cities and towns,
aud to the people of these cities and
towns and the farms surrounding
them. The country press fought for
h doW of the bill, and In the end
the members of the committee In
whose hands the fate of the bill rested"
listened to the country press because
they realized that the welfare of these
country communities represented the
best Interests of the nation aa a
whole, and the bill was killed.
During our participation In the
World war the country press stood
stanchly and unselfishly back of the
nation. It did nothing" o ceate dis
sension among the people during the
time of emergency, but It did carry to
its readers a continuous message of
patriotism and natloual unity. In each
community It wiped away much of
factional lines, and created an atmos
phere of Intense Americanism that
welded the American people together
regardless of place of birth or an
cestry. value Not Alwayi Understood.
I But the people of the cities
i.,.u nnrieratand the value
I ' " " . . ..
,....,ntrv nrpRs. With the ItWIM
i,iiiii j t" - - ArjifJ w
! mand for war supplies there came a
I demand for a decrease in .the con-
i sumption of the ordinary eda of
' peace time. Among the things the
I consumption of which roust be cut
I was paper. A city man was at the
head of the department that regulated
the use of paper, and he felt It ad-
I vlsable to so limit the qmount of pa-
I per available for the country prew as
to seriously cripple all of these pa-
i pers, and to have entirely closed many
1 of them. It was the privilege of the
! writer to present the case of the coun-
I try press to this man, and It did not
I take him long to see that the govern-
1 meht could not afford to In any con-
1 .M.hi decree cripple an institution
that represented so mucb of national
g( rood as did thete country wwrspa-
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE
BEST
Edward Everett Hale used to coun
sel young people to converse every
day with some one older, better and
wiser than themselves. We cannot all
do that, but we can do the next best
thing: we get in touch with them thru
the printed page and enjoy the fruits
of their-wisdom and experience. Pro bably
no publication contains so much
vm the writinirs "of men and women
distinquished in many ways as The
Youth's Companion. A constant read
ing of the paper is a liberal edu;at:on
of mind and hearts.
The Companion has no age limit.
Professional men, business men and
it. as hitrhlv as the
young folks.
The 52 issues of 1921 will be crowd
ed with serial stories, short, stories,
editorials, poetry, facts and fun.
Subscribe now and receive.
1. The Youth's Companion 52 is
sues in 1921.
2. All the remaining issue of 1920.
3. The Companion Home Calendar
for 1921.
All -the above for $2.50.
4. McCall's Magazine for 1921. The
monthly authority on fashions, $ 1.50
a year. Both publications, only $3.50.
YOUTH'S COMPANION,
Commonwealth Ave. & St. Faul St.,
' Boston, Mass.
vou eacn wees mr
friends and acquaintances. To those
who have left the country home to go
either to the city or to some other
country home, the country newspaper
is a welcome weekly letter that keeps
them in touch with friends and for
mer associates. To those at home It
carries the news of their friends and
neighbors. It records the births and
deaths, the marriages, the comings
and goings of those In whom you are
interested. It furnishes the medium
. uhleh work for a
better and stronger community Is
maintained. Voices the consensus
of opinion of the community to the
representatives In the halls of the
state and national legislators. It s
the paper of. for and by the people
of the village, the towns and the.
small cities.
No country paper worthy of the
name ever seeks the support of the
people of Us community on any other
ground than that of giving more than
full value for aU that It receives. You
aid yourself, jour community, your
state and the nation when you support
and read your own "Home Town
Paper," t
STOVE WOOD FOR SALE Sawed
and split ready for the stove, at ?4.00
per load. Call C. 0. Childcrs' phone.
James Smith tincotnton, R-l a25-tf
R. F. BEAL
FUEL COMPANY '
WOOD AND COAL
PHONE 32
1 I
An optimist is, perchance, a man
who believeB the present Congress
will some day revise the tax bill.
Lincoln (Neb.) Star.
estate of D. J. Lynch, deco. ei a. .
Augusta Lynch et al, itbeing a pro
ceeding to sell, land to create assests
to pay the debts of the estate of D. J.
Lynch, deed., the undersigned-will sell
at the court-house door in Lincolnton,
N C, at noon, on the 26th day of No
vember (Saturday) 1921 to the high
est bidder at public auction the follow
ing tract of land, located near the Lab
oratory Mills and being the old home
place of D. J. Yynch, dectt., ana nounu
ed as follows:
Beginning at a stone, south-west
corner of Laboratory M. E. Church
land, and runs; then with the church
line, N. 8 3-4 W. 18 poles to a stone,
the north-west corner of the church
land; then N. 803-4 W. 23 poles to a
stone; then, N. 6 1-4 E. 13 4-5 to a
stone; then, N. 35 E. 18 5-6 poles to a
stone; then, N- 41 W. 12 2-5 poles to
a stone, J. W. Ramsey's corner; then;
With" Ramsey's line S. 70 W- 33 3-5
poles to a stone Ramsey's corner;
tw N. 19 E. 24 1-4 poles to a stone;
then, N 36 W 20 1-4 poles to a stone
in Laboratory road, M. J. Lynch
corner; then, with his line, N.
54 1-4 W. 52 4-5 poles to a stone, Gus i
Lynch's corner, near branch; then
with the branch, S. 47 W. 19 poles;
then, S. 24 W. 7 poles to an iron stake
in the old Yorkville Road near the,
branch; then with said road and D. F.
Rhyne's line S. 16 1-4 E. 14 1-5 poles
to a stone; then, S. 4 E. 16 3-5 poles
to a stone, Weaver and Rhyne's cor-
. . , . . u i.
ner on the cast siae oi sniu imm,
then, S. 1 W. 1 l-o poies to a &u,uc
on east side of road; then, S. 5 E.
74 2-5 poles to a stone Pate's corner
on east side of road; then, N. 74 1-2
E. f 3-5 poles to a stone McCoy's cor
ner in Pate's line; then, with three of
McCoy's lines, as follows: N. 5 3-4 E.
31 2-5 poles to a large black gum;
then, N. 67 E. 47 poles to a stone;
then, S. 5 1-2 W. 32 poles to a stone,
McCoy and Pate's corner; then, with
u: II.. O A9 V. 1fl 1-2'nnles:
I 11UC, kJ. - : . . ' I
UhoTv S. 65 1-2 E. 13 1-5 noles to a
ilr.no near a nine tree: then. N. 74 1-2 I
poles to iron stake, Gus Lynch's cor
ner in I. R. Sullivan's line; then with
Gus Lynch's line, N. 40 W. 6 1-5
poles to an. iron stake; then, N. 44 E.
8 poles to an iron stake; then, N.
63 1-2 E. 10 3-5 poles to the beginn
ing, containing 56 1-4 acres, more or
less, as surveyed and calculated by A.
B. Heavner, suryevor, Sept. 12, 1921.
Said land to be sold upon terms of
one-third cash on day of sale, one-
thirds due in six months and the bal
ance in twelve months, deferred pay
ments to bear interest from date of
sale, title to be reserved until pay
ment of purchase money in full.
This 26th day of October 1921.
E. L. Johnsoti, administrator of
D. J. Yynch, deed.
o31-4w
NEW LOT LADIES' MISSES
AND CHILDREN COATS
JUST OOME IN AND THE PRICE IS MOVING THBM.
Sweaters for all the JPamily. They are SELLING FAST.
Boys' School Pants, wool 98c to 166
Nice Line Men's Wool Overshirts ip the Different Colors $1.75
to ; ?2'25
A. Big Line Men's Winter Pants.
I have a full Stock of Fall Goods and Must SELL.
NO ONE CAN SELL THE SAME ARTICLE FOR LESS THAN
I CAN.
ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW AND MAKE PRICES. AND AM
MOST SURE TO SELL.
COME AND LOOK OVER WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT.
McLellan
LINCOLNTON, N. CAR.
IRISH CHIVALRY
(Everybody's.)
Two Irishmen had a fight. During
the ecrimmage Pat lost his glass eye.
Terry became frightened and stopped
figTiting. Picking up the pieces he
handed them to Pat, saying, "Sure
Pat, an' I didn't know you wore a
thing like that or I wouldn't a' hit ye".
"Oh, begorra, an' don't be worrin'.
about a thing like that, Terry," re
pli d Pat. "Sure an' I couldn't see
very well out o' the thing anyhow."
Eor Sale At Auction
November 5, 1921.
Two mules, one milk cow, one heifer, three shoats, one drill,, one.
2-horse wagon bed, one rubber tire buggy and
. 2-horse wagon harness, one 2-horse disc plow, o.e ha, rake sei
of blacksmith tools, one 2-horrse plow, one corn and cot on plant
e , entire farming -tools, aom. household and kitchin fu rnlture .one
hundred bushels of corn. Some oats. .11 roughness, hay fodder
SaJeTbe at David Keener's place, three mileseast of Lincoln
"ot on the Denver road. Sale will begin at 10 o'clock.
MRS. LILLIE KEENER
NOTICE
Ballard and Painter
irc-
NOTICE. ,
North Carolina,
Lincoln County.
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
John T. Hoover and others, plaintiffs:
vs.
jj. E. Cansler and others, defendants
This cause coming on to be heard,
and the preliminary report of the
Board of Viewers having been on file
witn" this Court since the 27th day of
September, 1921, and the same hav
ing been examined, is found to be in
due and proper form. The Court
further finds from the Viewers Report
that the .drainage is practicable and
that it will benefit the public health
and the public highways of the com
munity, conducive to the general wel
fare of the community and that the
improvement sought to be made will
..... . , . .-l. ... Un UnaAf.
benent tne lancia sougi"'
ed by the said proposed Drainage
District.
It is therefore, considered, order
ed and adjudged by the Court and the
Court appoints the day of
November, 1921, at 10 o'clock, a. m.,
at the courthouse, Lincolnton, N. C. as
a time when it will further hear, con
sider and pass upon the said report
filed as above.
It is further ordered that a copy of
this order be posted at the Courthouse
Door, Lincolnton N. C, and by posters
at Ive other public places in said
Drainage District, and be published i
1 1. t: i.. r..fr Maura a aptrti-
me J-.H1L-UUI Ajuuiivj -weekly
paper published in said Coun
ty, for two consecutive weeks, as made
ana proviaea Dy iaw m sawn
Further, that this cause be continu
ed until November 6th., 1921 for fur
ther orders and decrees.
This the 17th day of October, 1921.
A. Nixon,
Clerk Superior .Court
Official Seal.
AT
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LINCOLNTON. N. C. THURSDAY AFTBJRBfpON, NOVEMBER 3. 192 J
S Cents Per Copy, $2.80 Per Year.
FAIR TO CONTINUE
THRU SATURDAY;
OPENED ON WED.
SMALL CITY GROWS UP ON THE
FAIR GROUNDS IN FULL OP
ERATION WEDNESDAY, FOL
LOWING OPENING AT 9:30
EXHIBIT HALL THE CENTER OF
ATTRACTION GREAT CROWDS
EXPECTED BALANCE OF THE
WEEK WEATHER IDEAL ON
WEDNESDAY.
The Lincoln County Fair gate3
swung open Wednesday morning at
exhibiting a line of furniture store
wares.
Eureka Manufacturing Co. has an
interesting booth showing the process
from the raw material to the finish
ed article. A card on which is prit
ed "This is what we buy" attracts the
attention of the visitor, and another
inscription "the finished product" dir
ects attention to the hall curtains, ta
ble covers, couch covers, etc. This is
an interesting study, showing raw
material consisting of sweepings or
9:30 for the second time, and the fair waste, ultimately made into useful
management authorizes the announce-: articles of every day use.
ment that the fair will continue thru i John K- cline Son has an ex
Saturday of this week, thus making ibit of the well known Buick cars,
up the day lost Tuesday. I witr the catch phrase "when better
The fair management had intended cars are built Huick will build the."
to open the gates Tuesday morning,
but owing to the heavy rains of Mon
day and Tuesday, which prevented the
completion of arrangements at the
fair grounds, the opening was delay
ed one day.
There have been busy scenes at the
fair grounds getting ready and on the
opening day everybody wanted the
manager at the same time, and there
were forty odd things to be done, but
the fair got under way in fine style
Wednesday and the crowds began en-
A "Welcome" sign invites into a
booth of the Lincolnton Literary Clubs
transformed into an inviting rest
room, a swing being one of the in
viting places of rest, and dull the
hour when a courting couple is not on
this swing or waiting a turn at it.
The Embroidery Club displays in a
handsome booth embroidery work
done by the ladies here at home, a
large number of homes being repre
sented by an article.
A demonstration in Feeding Poul
tering by wairon. trucks, bueev andl4 is an attractive booth, There is
automobile. The visitors to the fair
found the main exhibit hall a reve
lation with the red apples, sleek yel
low pumpkins, corn, wheat, canned
fruit, etc., and the various handsome
booths rtfcely arranged throughout the
large hall. Some of the exhibits not
ed in the main exhibit hall were: '
That of W. C. Asbury, manufactur
ers selling agents for cotton mill sup
plies. Also shown in this well ar
ragned booth is cotton duck, made fey
the Anderson Mills of this city.
Department of fancy work, quilts,
counterpanes.millinery etc., the handi
work of tie women of Lincoln county,
a most creditable exhibit.
The Kiddie Koop, where the babies
are checked. Numerous devices of the
nursery are here shown, and health
suggestions printed on cards. This is
under the direction of the Red Cross
Chaper. Adjoining this is the first aid
station in charge of a nurse.
The Lincolnton Plumbing and Heat
ing Co. has an exhibit of the Areola
heating plant, bath room fixtures, etc.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co., a welfare exhibit.
A county wide exhibit of pantry
supplies is where the folks linger
and admire and inquire who the good
Lincoln county cooks are, and if they
are married or single. This exhibit is
one of the most attractive at the main
hall. Two old relics of by gone days
are a counterpane over 200 years old,
exhibited by Mrs. G. B. Goodson, and
a basket, 150 years old by Mrs. J. F.
Carpenter.
The Daniels Community exhibit is
complete, showing the products of the
field, and pantry, and this exhibit is
one of variety throughout, and much
credit is due those responsible for it
being shovn.
Next is an exhibit by Hoyle Imp!
ment Co., of this city. A pretty Dodge
car, one of their line of cars, occu
pies- booth proudly, "as one of thi
cars that was a favorite of the gov
ernment in the war service." This
Company also has an exhibit outside
of the exhibit hall, showing off to ad
vantage a large number of Interna
tional Harveter machines, motor
trucks,and farm machinery generally,
this company being local agent for
this well known line.
H. E. Ramsaur's Sons, the well
known hardware dealers, have a pret
ty booth exhibiting their various lines.
Sunnyside Corn show is an exhibit
of some size, showing a great quanti
ty of corn and other field crops.
Adjoining is a general county ex-,
hibit of com, and field crops, that is
attraction attention of the crowds.
The county exhibit of canned goods
is one of the county's pets, having
won prizes whereever shown in com
pation with other counties. This ex
hibits caused a linger by the crowds,
the rows of well arranged jars pre
senting a pretty scene.
Mrs. J. W. Hoover's 36 prize win
ning jars are next, and the 36 jar ex
hibit of Miss Elizabeth Coon adjoins.
Both of these elicit admiration also.
The Cherryville Soil Improvement
exhibit of legumes, under the direc
tion of Cherryville First National
, Bank occupies the east end walls of
the hall.
John F. Warren's music store has
a well arranged booth of musical in
struments. Warlick Furniture Co. has a booth
HARDING URGES PEO
PLE TO GIVE THANKS
Proclaimes Day of Thanksgiving, De
votion and Prayer Ours a Favor
ed Nation.
Washington, Oct. 31 President
Harding issued a proclamation tonight
designating Thursday, November 24,
as a day of Thanksgiving, devotion
and prayer and urging the people to
give thanks "for all that has been ren
dered unto them,' and pray "for a con
tinuance of the divine fortune which
has been showered so generously up
on this nation."
The proclamation follows:
"The season has come when, alike in
pursuance of a devout people's time
honored custom in grateful recogni
tion of favoring national fortune it is
proper that the President should sum
mon the nations to a day of devotion,
of thanksgiving for blessings bestow
ed and of prayer for guidance in
modes iof life that may deserve con
tinuance of divine favor.
"Foremost among our blessings ia
the return of peace and the approach
to normal ways again. The year has
brought us again into relations of
amity with all nations after a long pe
riod of struggle and tuberlence. In
thankfulness therefor we may well
unite in the hope that Providence will
vouchsafe appravol to the things we
have done, the aims which have guid
ed us, the aspiration which have in
spired us.
"We shall be prospered as we shall
deserve prosperity, seeking not alone
for the material things but for those
of the spirit as well; earnestly trying
to help others; asking, before all else,
the privilege of service.
"As we render thanks anew for the
exaltation which came to us we may
fittingly petition that moderation and
shown a table containing all food and
drink for baby chicks, a table show
ing food needed by growing chicks,
and a table of food suitable for lay
ing hens. Also is shown a variety of , wisdom shall be granted to rest upon
home grown feeds, including wheat,
oats, and rye, alfalfa, rape, sunflow
ers, etc. Also shown here is a type
of housing of birds in winter as a re
quisite in production of winter eggs.
This booth is by Lincoln County Boys
and Girls poultry clubs.
Next is the exhibit of the Boys Sor
ghum Club, under the direction of W.
W. Hensel, agent in sugar plant, head
quarters, Raleigh, and County Agent
all who are in authority, in the tasks
they must discharge. Their hands will
be steadied,' their purposes ' strength
ened, in answer to our prayer.
"Ours has been a favored na
tion in tjje bounty which God has be
stowed upon it. ' The great trial of
humanity, though indeed we bore our
part as well as we are able, left us
comparatively little scarred. It is
for us to recognize that we have been
Smarr. Each member of the club has thus favored, and when we gather at
on exhibit a sample of syrup and stalk 0ur altars to offer up thanks we will
of cane. The motto of this club is a
worthy one "more and better syrup
and more money from the sorghum
plant." -
Mrs. L. A. Willis, and Miss Eliza
beth Coon, are the only two cooks ob
served, except down on the midway
where the church ladies cook day and
do pledge in humility and all sinceri
ty Our purpose to prove deserving. We
have been raised up and preserved in
national power and consequence as
part of a plan whose wisdom we can
not question. Thus believing, we can
do less than hold our nation the will
ing instrumet of Providence which has
night. These young ladies occupy the V wonderfully favored us. Opportun
booth of Lincoln Milling Co., and here it y for very great service awaits us
is a kitchen with range in operation,
biscuits hot from' the oven with Lin
coln butter, are served to the hungry
and the satisfied alike.
if we shall prove equal to it. Let our
prayers be raised for direction in the
right paths. Under God, our responsi-
BELGIUM CANNOT
FORGET, HE STATED
General Jacques Brings Greetings To
American Legion.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 31. Bel
gium does not and cannot forget the
aid given her by America ' in the
World War, Lieutenant General Bar
on Jacques, commander of the Third
division of the Belgian army .declar
ed today in an address at the conven
tion here of the American Legion.
"We do not forget, we cannot forget"
the Belgian military leader asserted,
"all we owe you for the aid you
brought us during the most tragic
moments in the history of our glori
ous country; we cannot forget the
name of Herbert Hoover, tjhe great
philanthropist, thanks Vo whom our
wives and children did not starve in
occupied Belgium, Above all, we do
not forget the name of General Persh
ing, who conducted the American
soldiers to the final victory."
General Jacques in his address said:
4I bring you greetings from the
Belgian army and its illustrious chief,
King Albert. I do not intend to re
call to you, who have been the heroic
actors, the wonderful exploits accom
plished on the continent by the Ameri
can forces during the great war, bat
I wish to express to you Our great ad
miration and our gratefulness for the
weight and opportunity of our inter
vention. "You came into the struggle when
the Germans, having disposed of the
Russians, turned iall their forces
against us, trying to smash us with
the final blow. When yoa 4rew the
sword we knew we weee victorious
and a new thrill of enthusiasm passed
into the ranks of our soldiers. In the
French theater or if one should ask
the Germans, who were at Montdidier,
in the Vosges, at Chateau Thierry, at
the Hois De Belleau, in the Argonne,
at Montfaucon, what thy thought of
your blows.
"On the soil of Flanders, aita hav
ing liberally given your blood near
Ypres, where the Germans tried to
break through toward Mount Kem
mel, you rushed on again in order to
help us in chasing them from the Lys
river. You took Cruyshautem and
Audenaerde and made an advance of
more thn 10 kilometers.
"And finally, when the armistice
was signed, you were by our side
with the French and British divisions,
ready to give the last push and to
clear the road to Brussels of our be
loved King Albert. .
"Surely, ever now, you hear the ac
clamations which saluted you when,
full of glory and triumph, you march
ed through the streets of our cap
once more free.' .
They us3 bility is great; to our own first, to all
Sweet Home Flour", a famous brand men afterward; to all mankind in
of the Lincoln Milling Co, and thrown Q0d's own justice.
in is a cup of coffee. j "Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
On down the line is the exhibit of Harding, President of tne United
the pantry and the farm by Mr. and States, hereby designate Thursday,
Mrs. John W. Hoover, where the good
things from a farm home are shown.
A booth, last before passing into
the 24th day of November, to be ob
served by the. people as a day of
I tnanksgiving, devotion and prayer;
the poultry exhibit hall, is the general urging that at their hearth-sides and
county exhibit of pumpkins, potatoes, their altars they will give thanks for
apples, pears, etc. all that has been rendered unto them,
Beam and Saine, the local Ford and will pray for a continuance of the
agency men, have an exhibit of the divine fortune which has been show-
COAL STRIKE AP
PEARS INEVITABLE
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 1. A nation
wide strike of coal miners seemed in
evitable tonight if operators heed the
injunction issued by Federal Judge
A. B. Anderson, which proscribed the
"check-off" of union dues.
A telegram sent latr today from
headquarters of the United Mine
Workers of America, after it had been
definitely learned that the injunc
tion was not yet in effect, advised
union officials to regard discontinu
ance of the "check-off" as breaking
the existing wage agreement.
The telegram, signed by John L.
Lewis, Vice President Philip Murray
and Secretary William Green, said:
"Any abrogation setting aside of
any part or section"M this agreement,
including the section providing for
the checking off of dues and assess
ments, cannot be regarded as other
than a violation of the agreement and
should be treated accordingly by the
district officers and local unions."
Union's Only Weapon.
While no course of conduct for
union officials was, outlined by the
telegram, it was said authoritatively
that the international officers re
garded the strike as the union's only
weapon to enforce a contract. The
telegram was sent to officials in 16
states, where the check-off provision
obtains and where 380,000 of the
650,000 union miners are employed.
WATSON'S CHARGES STIR UP
STORM IN SENATE, RESULTING
IN VOTE FOR INVESTIGATION
Says Many U. S. Soldiers
Without Trial.
Hanged
Washington, Nov. 1. Flat pharges
by Senator Watson, democrat, Georg
ia, that many American soldiers in th a
American expeditionary force had
been hanged in France without courts
martial or other trials stirred up a
storm in the senate today which re
sulted in the adoption by unanimous
vote of an order for an investigation
at which the Georgia senator will be
asked to present proof of his charges.
A special committee headed by
Senator Brandegee, republican, Con
necticut, was appointed to make the
inqury after Senator Watson had
refused to present his charges before
the senate military committee, be
cause, he said, it was not impartial.
Other senators appointed on the.
investigating committee were Ernst,
Kentucky, and Willis, Ohio, republic
ans, and Overman, of North Caro
lina, democrat.
CHICKENS WILL COME
HOME TO ROOST
(By David F. St. Clair.)
Washington, November 1, It was
the senate that wrecked the Wilson
administration. It was the senate
that autocratically placed one of its
members in the White House, no
similar event ever having occurred in
American history. Now it is the sen
ate that is wrecking its own creation,
the Harding administration as fast as
the hours are sped by .
Through the action or inaction of
the senate the chickens are certain to
come home to roost. The Republican
leaders are bitterly cursing the senate
for its striking failure to put through
the Harding program of legislation.
Eighteen months ago these same Re
publican leaders were thanking the
founders of this government for, their
wisdom in giving us the senate. It
had then saved America from the
marplot Wilson. But now behold it is
saving the country from the marplots
it has foisted upon the government.
The senate is really no worse than
the house. The house In its gag, its
hurry, its crudeness and its utter
chaos in thought and discussion would
have doomed the Harding administra
tion as surely as the senate is doing.
The authors of the tariff and tax bills
hurried through the house actually
shudder now in thinking what would
have happened had these bills become
legislation. The senate stopped them.
The senate is the recorder of des
tiny and the justice of it is that the
party that used the senate to wreck
the righteous foreign policy of Amer
ica is through this same senate to be
punished. The hand writing is on the
wall. Republican leaders are now
rubbing their hands in despair over
the fate of the tax and tariff legisla
tion. Though the tax bill nears its pass
age in the senate and though with
time it has been much improved, it is
as a whole unsatisfactory to all
classes of the people. It violates in
old reliable Ford, that brings you to
town, and the Fordson tractor, plow3
etc.
Percival Hall as usua) is at the fair
with the Delco Lighting system exhib
it, and is demonstrating the possibili
ties of that well known lighting plant
for the farm home.
What is a fair without poultry, rab
bits, turkeys and fowls galore. The
poultry fanciers will find especial
pleasure in looking the birds oyer.
There are some fancy birds in the
poultry department. Among the ex
hibitors of poultry are: L. C. Huss
cornish games; J. V. Asbury, minor
cas; Margaret Kiser, buff orpington
and spotted game; La von Hovis, white
leghorn; Elizabeth Killian, wyandots;
Thomas J. Ramsaur, buff orphihgton;
Blanche Hoover, partridge wyandots;
W. J. Roof, patridge wyandots; John
ered so generously upon this nation.
"In witness thereof, I have hereun
to set my hand and caused to be af
fixed the seal of the United States of
America.
"Done at the capitol of the United
States, this 81st day of October, in
the year of our Lord, nineteen hun
dred and twenty-one and of the inde
pendence of the United States, one
hundred and forty-sixth.
"WARREN G. HARDING.
"By the President:
"CHARLES E. HUGHES,
"Secretary of State."
FAIRFAX HARRISON
CONGRATULATES MEN
The following executive bulletin ad
dressed to all employes was issued
Saturday by President Fairfax Harri
son, of the Southern Railway system:
HARRY CALDWELL ELECTRO
CUTED IN DEATH CHAIR
Raleigh, Oct. 31. Harry Caldwell,
negro, was electrocuted here at the
State prison this morning for the
murder of Herman Jones, a white gro
cer on the outskirts of Goldsboro last
fall. The brother and broAer-in-law
of Jones witnessed the execution.
Caldwell, who represeted himself
as a liquor detectVe , hired Je.e
Foster, also a negro, public chauffeur,
of Goldsboro, to carry him to Jones'
store where he claimed he was to
seize some liquor. When Jones re
sponded to the rap on the door of his
home Caldwell ordered him to hold up
his hands. Instead of obeying the
command Jones reached for his pistol
and was instantly killed by the negro.
Robbery was alleged to have been the
motive. Foster is also under death
sentence but Governor Morrison Re
cently granted him a reprieve in order
to review his case after the judge and
solicitor recommended a commutation.
Following the arrest of Caldwell, Fos
ter an dtwo other negroes, a masked
mob attacked the Wayne county court
house and attempted to get possession
of the negroes.
Clkk, barred Plymouth rocks; Fayj With heartfelt thanks I congratu
Biggerstaff, barerd rocks; Ethel j late you on the news from Chicago
Brown, barred rocks; T. F. Abernethy, , that the threatened strike has been
barred rocks; Dorothy Yount, display
of prize winning Rhode Island reds;
I nllJ fl J.,: 1.1 l T.
.oncu mi mil iiib me pis ween, i nave
made no public statement of my sen
May Carpenter, Rhode Island reds;
Mercedes Lee, Rhode Island Reds; Lu
zell Childers, Rhode Island reds; Eld
en Acer, Rhode Island Reds; M. S.
Carter, pit of game and white game;
G. W. Tobey, game; T. A. Warlick,
white leghorn; Mike Kiser, turkeys;
Kathryne Warlick, white leghorn;
Carlton jetton, white leghorn; Blair
Sullivan, white leghorn; Prue Child
ers, white leghorn; C. M. Heafner,
bronze turkeys; Paul Childers, white
leghorn; Howard Leonhardt, white
leghorn; W. C. Buff, white leghorn;
W. O. Houser, white leghorn; Nellie
(Continued ttn page four.)
timents concerning the situation, nor
have I sent you any message, hoping
that I had you rconfidence as I know
you had mine. I sympathize deeply
with you collectively for I knew the
difficulties of your situation, butl felt
sure that when the time came for final
action you would remain loyal to the
service and to the public in which,
with mutual respect, we have for so
many years been engaged together
The reason so many foreign cele
brities take home queer notions about
our country is that thev think they
have seen America when they visit
New York.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 31. Democra
tic National Committeemen, here to
night for the first committee meeting
tomorrow since the campaign of a
year ago, were discussing at length
whether Chairman George White, of
Marietta, Ohio, will be, succeed by an
other or retain the chairmanship for
another year. Chairma White today is
sued a formal statement in which he
said he has no idea of submitting his
resignation at this time "unless all
elements of the party can agree upon
some one to succeed me."
JUDGE REFUSES TO
RELEASE THOMAS
SHORTITEMS
New York, Nov. 1. The cotton mar
ket was very unsettled today but a
break below the 18 cents level brought
in an improved demand and after
selling off to 17.85 for January there
were rallies of 40 or 60 points with
that delivery closing at 18.27. The
general market closed strong at a net
advance of 5 to 15 points.
St. Louie, Nov. 1. The democratic
party today chose former Congress
man Cordell Hull, of Carthage, Tenn.,
as chairman of its national committee
to succeed George White of Marietta,
Ohio, who retired to the party ranks,
there to "help in the struggle for
ideals of "democracy.'
Vancouver B. C, Oct. 29. Be
tween thirty-five and fifty lives lost
and property damage of several
million dollars tonight was the
estimated toll of floods that swept
away parts of several towns north and
east of here last night and today.
Lieut. Col L. M. Davis, of Char
lotte, an honored and highly re
spected Confederate veteran known
throughout the state, passed away
at the Appalachin Hall sanatorium
in Asheville early last night, ac
cording to information received here.
He was 83 years old. He had been in
declining health several months.
Hickory, Oct. 81. Ralph Aberne
thy, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Abernethy, of Hildebran, is recover
ing at a local hospital from injuries
sustained when a big roadster driven
by a Pennsylvania traveling man ran
over him near Hildebran. The ac
cident seems to have been unavoid
able. The. youth was riding on a load
of hay and slid off just as the big car
approached. His leg and hip were bro
ken and his head cut, but it is now
believed he will get along allright.
Washington, Oct. 30. While the
House plays marbles or twiddles its
thumbs and looks around for something
to do the Senate has work piled up for
it. In another month the extra ses-
nyiny of ita clauses the pledges that kjt
ONE MAN KILLED AND
TWO HURT BY EXPLOSION
OF MOONSHINE STILL
Portsmouth, Va., Nov. l.Samuel
Butt, 71, is dead, Earl Garrett is jn a
hospital and a companion named
Griffin is suffering from painful in
juries as a reslut of the explosion of a
Charlotte Automobile Salesman
Charged With Murder, Must Re
main in Jail.
Charlotte, Nov. 1. Application for
bail presented for O. G. Thomas Char
lotte automobile salesman held for the
killing of Arthur J. Allen in Kannapi
lis October 26 in habeas corpus pro
ceedings held here ' was deniad by
Judge T. J. Shaw. Judge Shaw rend
ered his decision at 2 o'clock after
hearing the more important testi
mony of leading witnesses for the de
fense and prosecution.
Thomas was returned to jail to
await trial in Concord at the January
term of court when Judge d. Sis Ray
will preside.
The most sensational feature of tes
timony introduced at the heranig wa3
the affidavit of a 14-year old girl,
submitted by the State after the pe
titioners had presented their evidence,
which was largely a repetition of the
Thomas version of the killing, with
some sensational statements that
knocked the foundation from under
the entire story told by the accused
man and Mrs. Robert Lowe who was
with mi at the time of the shooting.
The affidavit indicated that there
had been a conversation in the street
lasting about five minutes between
Thomas and Allen before the shots
which killed the later were fired
The girl, Gloria Lawing, daughter of
E. E. Lawing, a grocer, was standing
on a porch directly across the street
from the spot, where the killing oc-
cprred.
The girl's father is a witness for
the state. The azdavit was read by
Hayden Clement, Solicitor of the
district in which Concord is located.
Solicitor Clemont and L. T. Hartsell,
counsel for the State, obtained the
azdavit from the girl Monday night.
The affidavit of the little girl it to
the effect that the Buick car had
been stopped somtime and that the
occupants of the Ford Sendan and the
Buick stod and talked five minutes
before the shooting occurred, though
.1. u, . .. . . . II mi
i wiey were noi utiKing angrily, j. ne
monshine .still. All three men are said j ilttle girls affidavit came a sa su
to be residents of southern part of little girl's affldivit came entirely as a
wonoiK county, where the explosion surprise to T. D. Maness and E. A
occurred- ' Armfield, attorneys for Thomas.
Harding and his party made to the
exploited masses of the people. The
one hope of the rich is that the bill
has so many loopholes in it that they
will escape. It will therefore sprea 1
a feast for the lawyers. That is its
chief merit.
Harding's Dangerous Speech.
Mr. Harding's speech at Birming
ham telling the white people of the
South that although he objected to the
social equality to the two races, he
favored their economiic political
equality is called here the most dan
gerous utterance the President has
ever made. It is dangerous because
it is known that the President cherish
es the ambition of solving the race
problem and he wants to do it by
opening the door of political office to
the negro where he may look through
the open door of the parlor. He tells
the negro that he must not expect to
enter the white man's home but every
one knows what the educated negro
has in mind.
The President has urged congress to
appoint a committee of three white
men and three negroes to investigate
the condition of the negro as related
to lynching, to the denial of the ballot
to him and to other violations of his
alleged rights in the South. Senator
Overman as a member of the senate
judiciary committee has succeeded in
staving off the appointment of such a
committee, but he says the influence
on the North of such utterance as the
President's speech at Birmingham and
his pressure of Congress may preci-
pate the race issue into national pol
itics. The President's speech, it is re
ported has not pleased the northern
negroes. They want social equality.
Pressure of the Public for Disarma
ment.
There is no little fear in adminis
tration circles that the American peo
pie are going to attempt to compel
their government to limit armaments
whether the other governments agree
to do so or not. Every national or
ganization in the country in favor
of disarmament is already represent
ed here by agents working up a na
tional campaign. Some of these or
ganizations have sent agents to Eng
land to work in a like manner. If
England can be swung into line for
disarmament, these zealous agent pro
fess not to fear Japan. This tremen
dous zeal is frightful to the old diplo
macy.
The navy department has been
working on the problem of limiting
armaments ever since the President
called the conference and it is report
ed that it is still far from a solution
One of the great difficulties is that the
three great naval powers, England the
United States and Japan have terrible
secret weapons and devises of war, the
nature of which, no one of them has
shown an inclination to reveal at the
conference table.
Another great difficulty that stares
the Harding administration ;i As
face ia how to control arat lurtotian
begin. Members of both branches of
Congress are talking about need for a
few days at least of holiday before
the firstMonday in December.
E. B. Crow, Raleigh banker, returns
from a month's stay in California en
thusiastic in his praise of the co-operative
market system in vouge there
arid sees big possibilities in the adopt
ion of a similar system of merchan
dizing agricultural products in North
Carolina. He investigated the Cali
fornia marketing associations from a
financial standpoint and found them
meeting the most rigid demands of
the most conscientious banker.
without a hard and fast internationl
organization, something like a league
of nations. Secretary Hughes is said
to fully realize that if the conference
accomplishes any practical results a
strong international organization of
some sort must come into being. He
said to welcome the necessity.
Friends of the league of nations are
also hoping that Lloyd George and
Briand will have the courage to speak
some plain words for the league.
Persons close to Woodrow Wilson
have reported within the last few days
that he intends to give to the Ameri
can people an important statement of
his views about the time the confer
ence assembles. He is said to live in
the one great hope that his health
will yet enable him to take the plat
form for the league. He firmly be-
lievesHhat but for the failure of his
health at a critical moment, he would
have secured the ratification of the
Versailles Treaty. Every prominent
foreign delegate to the conference it
is said will make it a point to get the
ex-President views.
Mr. McLean Explains to N. C. Banks
Mr. A. W. McLean, North Carolina
member of the War Finance Corpora
tion, has issued a statement to the ef
fect that some of the North Carolina
banks seem not to understand the na
ture of the credit facilities offered by
that corporation. A number of the
state banks appear to believe that
loans by the corporation are made only
to bank which be long to the federal
reserve system. As a matter of fact
money is available for every bank in
the state and banks outside the fed
eral reserve system are given the
same consideration as banks within
the system. But few banks in North
Carolina have applied to the corpora
tion for loans.
Mr. McLean takes occasion to warn
the banks that unusually large quanti
ties of cotton and tobacco thrown on
market will depress it for the time be
ing and that it is the duty of the bank
ers in marketing their crops in an or
derly manner and over a longer period
of time than would be required in nor
mal times. The banks can now give
no excuse for their failure to help the
farmers carry their products, as the
corporation has the money on tap for
the bankers.
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