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LINCOLNTON. N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1922.
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THE BOY SCOUTS
OBEY THE LAW
Boy Scout Pledges Himself To Obey
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Always ecoui uw uuoa scoui is
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful,
Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedi
ent, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean
: aim) IlpvnrontTIplnii OthpfK At All
. Times. .'. ,'
Scouti Leader Theodore Cochrane
of Lincolnton finds some good reading
in the Boy Scouts laws. The Lincoln
ton Scouts have this week rendered
valuable service to their Community
in aiding in the general clean up.
Adults will find the following Scout
rules interesting as well as young
people.
; What makes the Boy Scout differ
ent? v.
What ideals are held up before
him in tri-j scout organization?
Through what set of rules or
guides for conduct and thought is
he taught true manliness?
. . . i
These questions- ana omers nave
occurred to many interested parent
during the past few weeks as a re
sult of the publicity and interest at
tendant upon the making of plans
for a campaign to put the Boy Scout
movement upon its feet and to en
large its work so that two or three
times the present number of Scouts
may be enrolled and their activities
supervised. It would be difficult to
answer ' these numerous questions
more intelligently and comprehen
sively than through a recitation
of the Scout oath and the law govern
ing Scouts.
The Boy Scout oath, which is ta
ken when the boy enters the organ
ization and is repeated by every
Scout at every meeting, is as follows:
"On my honor I will do my best:
"1. To do my duty to God and' my
country, and to obey the Scout law;
"2. To help other people at all
times;
"3. To keep myself physically
strong, mentally ajvakc, and 'moral
ly straight."
The Scout law .which all Scouts
must learn and obey, is as follows:
X. A Scout is trustworthy. A
Scout's honor is to be trusted. If
he were to violate his honor by tell
ing a lie, or by cheating, or by not,
doing exactly a given task, when
trusted on his honor, he may be di
rected to hand over his Scout badge.
2. A Scout is loyal.. He is loyal to
all to whom loyalty is due; his Scout
leader, his home and parents, and
country.
3. A Scout is helpful. He must be
prepared at any time to save life,
help injured persons, and share the
home duties, He must do at least
one .good turn to somebody every
day.
4. A Scout is friendly. He is a
friend to all and a brother to every
other Scout.
5. A Scout is courteous. He is po
lite to all, especially to women,
children, old people and the weak
and helpless. He must not take pay
for being helpful or courteous.
6. A Scout is kind. He is a friend
to animals. . He will not kill nor
hurt ary living creature needlessly,
but will strive 'to" save and protect
all harmless life. '
7. A Scout is obedient. He obeys
his parents, scoutmaster, patrol
leader, and all other duly constitut
ed authorities.
8. A Scout Is cheerful. He smiles
whenever he can. His obedience to
orders , is prompt and cheery. He
never shirks nor grumbdes at hard
shins. 9. A Scout is thrifty. He does not
wantonly destroy property. He works
faithfully, wastes nothing and makes
the best use of his opportunities.
He saves his money so that he may
pay his own way, be generous to
those in need, and helpful to worthy
objects.
He may work for pay, but mu
not receive tips for courtesies or
irood turns.
10. A Scout is brave. He has
.the courage to face danger in spite
of fear, and to stand up for the
right against the coaxing of friends
or the jeers or threats of enemies;
defeat does not down him.
11. A Scout is clean. He keeps
clean in body and thought, 'stands
for clean speech, clean sport, clean
Wiita. and travels with a clean
crowd. ;
12. The Scout is reverent. He is
reverent toward God. He is faith
ful in his religious duties, and re
nnectg' the convictionB of others in
matters of custom and" religion.
PRECINCT MEETING TO BE
HELD APRIL 10.
The precinct meetings to select de.
legates to the Lincoln County demo-
cration convention will be held at
noon April 8, and the county jconven-
tion to elect delegates ' to the state
convention will be held April 15th at
11 a. m. The state convention meets
4a Raleigh April 20th.
MANY KILLED AND
INMEDJN STORM
Loss Of Life Heaviest In Gowan, Ok
lahoma, Where 10 Are Reported
Dead Three White Persons Dead
And 19 Injured At Sulphur,' Okla.
New Orleans, March 14. Twenty
four persons killed 'and an undeter
mined number -of others injured,
scores of them seriously hurt, was the
toll of a series of storms, reaching
in some places the proportions of torT
nadoes, which swept throug sections
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Oklahoma last night and early to
day. . "
At Gowcn, Oklahoma, 15 miles east
of McAUester, 10 persons were killed
and many others injured last night in
a tornado which struck the foreign
section of the village.
Two white men, Thomas Atkins, 60,
carpenter, and Virgil Hampton, 70,
and, a woman, Mrs. C. H. Leguire,
aged 80 years, were" killed lata,, yes
terday in a tornado at Sulphur, Okla
homa, and at least 1!) others were .se
reiously injured and scores suffered
slight injuries. Two hundred people
were left homeless when 50 buildings
were demolished.
One white child and three negroes
were killed at Sunrise, Louisiana,
near Baton Roughe, early today. More
than 20 persons were injured, eight
houses were wrecked. Estimate dam
age $50,000 . y
. Six negroes were killed and 13 oth
ers were injured in a storm which hit
the northern half of Jefferson county,
Arkansas, early today. Fifteen houses
were blown down near Sherill, Tuck
er, Gethseman and Dudley Lake. Most
of them were small tenant houses.
Loss about $50,000.
A score of houses were destroyed
and a negro was killed at Arkansas
City, Arkansas, today.
Twenty-five persons were injured,
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a number seriously, when the storm
struck Corinth, Mississippi.,
More than 150 homes were leveled.
The storm swept a path more than
100 feet wide razing every building
in its path. Reports from outlying
districts tell of considerable property
damage. A school building in which
were 1,000 children barely escaped
the path of the storm. ,
An aged negro wis killed and sev
eral were slightly injured, a score of
houses were destroyed at Arkansas
City, Ark., early today.
Only meagre, details are available
from the sections visited by the
storm on account of the damage to
wire communication and it is feared
the death toll will be greatly increas
ed when complete returns are availa
ble. Little efforts have been made to
estimate the property damage, which
in addition to destroyed homes-and
other buildings included damages to
crops and destruction of livestock.
Rivers and smaller streams m prac
tically all the sections visited by the
storm which was accompanied by
heavy rains, are swollen, and some
apprehension is felt tm this score.
The storm was accompanied by the
usual freaks, the most outstanding of
which was reported from Kennet,
Ark., where a 12-year-old infant was
blown from a bed on which it was
lying, across the yard where its
clothing held it suspended to a picket
fence until the storm abated. The
baby's parents were seriously injured.
BONUS BILL IS STILL
HIGH IN THE AIR
Washington, March 13. Republican.
leaders were confronted today with
the , possibility that they . might be
unable to bring about a vote in the
house on the compromise soldiers'
bonus bill under suspension of the
rules next Monday.
Inability to ascertain whether
Speaker GUlett, who is in Florida
with President Harding, would en
tertain a motion to suspend the rules
which would require a : two-thirds
vote for passage of the bill and
would automatically bar all amend
ments, coupled with the reports that
he might decline to do so, threw the
whole question of procedure into the
air.
- Destruction of foodstuffs in'., order
that prices may be kept up is a fa
vorite diversoin with New York
merchants, declares the New York
city market commissioner. Destruc.
tion of foodstuffs to maintain prices
would be a questionable proceeding
at any time, although producers of
ten find It necessary to let foodstuffs
spoil and go to wfcste siinply because
the market price doesn't justify
the expense of marketing. But the
destruction of foodstuffs after the
food has reached the hands of
dealer simply to boost the price
a time when many people are
able to' get money to buy food
the
, at
un
and
when thousands are perishing
the water for lack of food,
across
would
seem to be nothing ' short of a crime
that would call for action. States
ville Landmark.
POE TO MAKE THE
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Washington, March 13. North Car
olina Democrats here manifest keen
interest in the selection of Repre
sentative Edward W. Pou, as tem
porary chairman of the Democratic
state contention by the chairman of
the Democratic state committee, J. D.
jNorwood, of Salisbury. In calling
the convention together , on April 20
at Raleigh, Mr. Pou will deliver the
keynote speech.
In point of length of service, Mr.
Pou and Mr. Kitchin are the ranking
members of the Tar Heel congres
sional delegation. Of all those from
that state elected to Congress in
1900, Pou, Kitchin and Simmons Only
remain in the service.
Tar Heels coming to Washington
these days bring the news that
among the Superior court . judges
who will encounter stubborn opposi
tion for renomination, is Judge
George W. Connor, who will be oppos
ed by former Senator T. T. Thome,
of Rocky Mount, in the Democratic
primary.
Another strong fight of judgeship
is being made by Col. Henry E. Fai
son, of Clinton, Sampson county.
Colonel Faison is a candidate to suc
ceed Judge O. II. Allen, who has an
nounced that he will retire at the
end of his present term.
AN APPEAL TO THOSE WHO
HAVE CHICKENS.
A citizen of Lincolnton who is
terribly disturbed and damaged by
stray chickens hands the News the
following from the Greensville, S. C.
News:
Spring is nearly here and with it
the time for planting- gardens and
flowers. The man who hurries home
from hia work to c-et a few beans
under groun,i before nightfall and
the woman who leaves her house
hold duties to set out flowers in the
front yard, , and truly patriotic citi
zens. The one raises something to
cat, the other something to make
life more cheerful. There ought to
be nothing on earth to destroy their
efforts save' the elements of nature
which sometimes go contararily.
But consider the clucking old hens
of the next door neighbor whose
front yard is full of jimson weeds,
that, come flying or meandering into
the neighbor's newly planted garden
and front yard and scratch all the
seeds out of the ground. In a few
minutes they undo all that the in
dustrious man and woman have
done. The time the couple have giv
en to the work will all be lost-be-
cause of neighbor was too lazy or too
careless to keep his chickens at
home.
Neighborly kindness ought to be
sufficient reason for one preventing
such occurences as this, but among
some people that seems to be an un
known quantity. They take no pride
in their own place and haven t
enough sense of justice to keep their
chickens off the premises of their
neighbor who takes pride in his.
What does it matter to them . if the
result of many afternoon's work in
the garden or in the front are lost
to the man next door ? Their chick
ens get fat off the seed. They would
not think for a moment of going
into their . neighbor's garden . and
stealing a mess of tomatoes, but they
don't worry when their chickens fly
the fence and destroy the whole
crop.
Greenville needs gardens and she
needs flowers. . She needs pretty
homesteads anil more-, attractive
premises. The JNews maices tnis ap
nea! directly to those who have
chickens to encourage , these things
by keeping up their chickens. If
vou have chickens, you owe it to
your neighbors to clip their wings
patch up the fences and take every
precaution against their trespassing
on your neighbor's premises. It
already against the law for chickens
or any other stocks to move at ran
dom, but neighbors ought not to
have to go to law about matters of
this kind. Have enough sense of
oride . be honorable . , enough to
treat your neighbors as you. would
have them treat you. ,
A POPULAR GIRL
(Reported for the News.)
One of the most popular girls pres
ent at the Box supper at the Lftve
Memorial school house Saturday
night was Miss Alda Ramsey. She
won a fine box of Chocolate candy for
being the prettiest girl which she ful
ly deserved.
She also seemed very popular be
cause three or four people wanted her
box and -one being, determine to . have
It had to give over1 twice as-much for
it as any of the other boxes brought,
The school should be proud to in
tertain a modest character like Miss
Ramsey and should kindly thank her
for her presence.
BOY BLUE
Opperetta in three parts, at School
Auditorium Friday night March 17,
8:00 p. m.
''Little Boy Blue come blow your horn
The sheep's in the Meadow, the
."' cow's in the corn.
The old Mother Goose story goes
that Boy Blue over-slept iiimself and
thereby neglected his duties and
missed his pleasures.' t .-.
In the Operetta Friday night at
school auditorium you see how
Boy Blue falls asleep beside a hay
cock; and hear of the queer fishing
trip the Echo Elves an(J Katy-Dids
afford him. His luck at Ashing will
be marvelous. S
Alas, such luck! He cannot control
his sleepy eyesthey faj . him. He
goes fishing in Dreamland.
See what he catches. i ;
Place School Auditorium.
Date. March 17, 8:00 p. m.
Admission 15c and 25c.
Home made candy for sale between
acts. '':'
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Part 1
Time Twliglit.
Place Hay field, v,
Part II
Time Midnight.Same
Place Dreamland.
Part III
Day.
Time Noon, Next Da
Place Hay field.
Pita rontAVa
Boy Blue John McCoy.
Mollie Elizabeth HoyleJ
Katy-She-Did Lucile (josfner. '
Kaly-She Didn't Mariil Helms.
Musical Frogs. f '
Robrt Camp, Robert Miller, Paul
Page, Ruffin Self, Jr.,
Fire Flies--
Sherwood Camp, Ferrejl Huggins,
Jim Johnston, Edward Kafet Jr., B. C
Lmeberger,. Jr., William Mauney
Charles Ramseur, W. H,! Truesdale,
Charles Truesdale, Befl Sigmon,
Douglas Sigmon, James Vanstory.
Echo Elves t
Nellie Barlowe, Jane Cjbstrter, Leo
nora uamble, Jane uijone, iviauge
Heavner, Frances Hoyle, feuth Johns
ton, Mariam Proctor, Sarah Proctor,
Sarah Padgett, Anita Padgett, Sarah
Reinhardt. Aileen JtudiayiL.Margaret
Smith, Adilie Warlick, Ruby Warlick.
Hayfield Children-
Sybil Costner, Beverly Costner,
Kermit Cloniger, Sanders Guignard,
Frank H. Crowell, Mabel Heavner
Guy Harrell, Mildred Hovis,. William
Johnston, Lucile Lineberger, Essie
Lawing, James Little, Margaret Mer-
ret, Frances Mauney, Edith Mangum,
Hugh McCoy, Dorothy Perkins, Mary
Frances Padgett, Elizabeth Philips,
James Rof, Edwin Rudisill, Anva
Sudlow, Marshall Shiver, Hugh
Thompson, Margaret Vanstory, Ka
therine Wolfe, Elizabeth Shuf ord,
Nellie Warlick, Ruth Rudisill, Fran-
i Bodenheimer.
VERDICT FOR $100,000
IS GIVEN INJURED BOY
Atlanta, March 13 OHff Walraven,
a 14-year-old boy, was awarded
$100,000 damages by a jury in Judge
W. D. Ellis branch of Fulton County
Superior court today against the
Georgia Railway and Power company
for injuries sustained in a street car
accident.
The jury returned the verdict after
20 minutes deliberation.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the good people
and merchants of Lincolnton and
County for their aid during and after
the fire, which destroyed our home
last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bark
Icy." '.- . ' '.t-f t
BETHLEHEM LOCALS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Eaker,
Friday a boy.
Mrs. Dora Sorrels and daughters
were visitors at the home of Mr. John
Hoyle Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Eaker spent
Sundav with his mother Mrs. Kate
Eaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howell and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Payseur of near Kings
Mountain..
Mrs." Sallie Baxter and family were
in Charlotte shopping Saturday.
The work on the new North Brook
school building is being carried on
nicely and it is hoped that it will be
near nough completed to hold com
mencement in it.
Mr. and Mrs. Dora Eaker spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Miss
Eaker's parents Mr. and Mrs. Sol
Willis. ' ' - " ' . W
Misses Laura Minnie Willis and
Annie Hull spent Sunday afternoon
with Lillie and Nellie Beam.
Mr. John Baxter is very sick at this
writingi, ' " - - ' '
Mrs. John Turner and daughter
Lula visited Mrs. Jim Engle Sunday,
Mr. Hughes is the man who put the
"no" in Genoa.
PUTTING OVER
UVE-AT-HOME
Raleigh, March 13. A county cam-
naign committee consisting ot the
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farm demonstration agents, the home ' quotas in the campaign for Near East
demonstration agent, and superintend Relief this year according to reports
dent of education, the superintendent tre(ived in the state office at Raleigh,
of health and the welfare officer hi
each county has been appointed by
Governor ; Cameron Morrison and
charged with the responsibility of
"putting over" the "Live-at-Home"
movement, through which it is hoped
that North Carolina may win econo
mic independence and be started upon
the road ' to greater prosperity and
better conditions of health and physi
cal fitness, ',
The county officials named are de
clared by Governor Morrison to be
in better position than anyone else
to realize; fully what a deplorable
handicap North Carolina has had,
from a financial and health stand
point, in the practice of a large part
of its farming population of neglect
ing to raise at home proper food for
the family and feed for live stock.
Theae officials are In close touch with
the situation and are already work
ing upon the proposition. In this
campaign they will organize, secure
the assistance of their local news
paper men and others interested citi
zens, and conduct an intensified cam
paign in which they will have the as
sistance and backing not only of the
Governor, the Department of Agri
culture and the State College of Agri
culture, and Engineering, but also of
the Department of Education, the
State Board of Health, the Board of
Charity and Welfare and other agen-
cies.including the special central cam
paign committee at Raleigh, of which
John Paul Lucas is Executive Secre
tary. It has been emphasized in annugur
ating this campaign that the big idea
is the production of food and feed
products for home consumption and
not for the market. In some sections
of the State there are commercial
possibilities for the growing of these
products, but this is declared to be a
negligible factor as compared with
the importance of every farm family
producing its full supply of food and
feed stuff on its own premises.
TESTIFIES ARMY OFFICERS
TRIED TO TAKE HER ,
FROM HUSBAND
Talbotton, Ga., March 13. On the
witness stand here today Mrs. A. B.
McNieee, widow of the former school
superintendent of Talbot county, who
was slain in his oflke last October,
declared that Major Lee H. Coart, on
trial on a charge of the mu.nier, had
an uncontrollable and lustful desire
to take her from her husband, and
that on several occasions he had
made improper advances toward her.
This sensational testimony fol
lowed the state's statement that it
expected to show that "to spite his
own wife, Mrs. Rosa Coart, and be
cause he had been repelled by Mrs.
McNieee, Major Coart took the life
of the latter's husband."
The testimony of Mrs. McNieee
caused a sensation to the crowd of
spectators in the courtroom, for it
was the first indication of what the
state contends was behind the
tragedy.
- Mrs. McNeice, who with her sister
and her sister-in-law were in the
wreck of the A. B. and A. passenger
train near Atlanta, ecsaping with se
vere bruises, appeared in deep mourn
ing. Among other things Mrs. Mc
Nieee told of an allaged attack upon
her by Major Coart when she called
udoii Mrs. Coart, and found that she
was absent.
Mrs. McNieee told of her marriage
to McNieee on October 6, 1912, in
Macon, Ga. She said that at the time
she was attending Wesleyan college,
Three years ago she and her husband
mnvnn tn Talbot county, where he
became, county school superintendent
It was shortly after they arrived
here that they met Major Coart, a re
tired army officer, and his Wife
Thpv became fast friends, she said
visiting each other regularly.
"On one occasion," said Mrs, Mc
Nieee, "I had to see Mrs. Coart about
a church entertainments I was pick
ed up by friends in an automobile
and they dropped me out in front
of the house. I entered the Coart
home and called for Mrs. Coart. In
response up walked Mr.- Coart. He
invited me into the parlor and there
ho me Mrs. Coart was not at
home. I started to leave, but lie in
tercepted me. He caught., me in his
arms and kissed me. He grabbed me
by main force. I begged him to let
me go. I was crying and told him
if he did not let loose I would scream
for aid, He turned me loose.
. "When I started mj to f the.- house
he called to me again, saying 'Celeste
you can not go. I forgot myself,
I lost control of myself. Come
out on the porch and try to compose,
yourself and 1 want to talk to you,
'NEAR EAST RE-
LIEF SPECIALS
Eight counties of North Carolina
mu !aiira. .ivciauwnwu men
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it was announced by Col. George H,
Bellamy, state chairman. v
; Prospects in a number of other
counties are poor, the announcement
declared, and these eversubscriptions
will be sorely needed to offset the
apathy toward the most worthy of
all Christian charities in some coun
ties, if hundreds of North Carolina's
3,334 wards now in the five Tarheel
orphanages are not to be turned out
to starve on July 1. :
"It would be an ugly blot on the
fair name of North Carolina," Col,
Bellamy declared, "to have some of
these victims of the Great War vic
tims whose father's sacrifices made
possible the return of many a North
Carolina boy from France---turned
out to starve because some counties
in North Carolina failed to dp its du
ty to Christianity.
'If our subscriptions this year fall
short of the $200,000 necessary to
feed and clothe our 3,334 wards some
of them will have to be turned out at
the end of the fiscal year. We have
no other alternative. I appeal to those
real Christians in North Carolina who
have not contributed their bit to send
it to their local treasurer or to Ro
bert A. Brown, st. te treasurer, Ral
eigh."
Gaston county has sent in the larg
est amount, $12,000, its quota being
but $7,980. Rev. George Gillespie
is chairman. McDowell county, under
Mrs. D. F. Giles of Marion, was the
first to raise its quota which was
$1,380. Cabarrus and Rutherford
showed the greatest, oversubscrip
tions, the former with $5,215 against
its quota of $3,240, and the latter
with $2,500 against $1,380. Davie
has raised its quota and Tyrrell and
Hyde greatly oversubscribed. .,
N. C. Near East Relief Board.
P. S. Lincoln County funds paid t
to our treasurer to March 11 amount
to $537.20, some over half our quota,
We're going too slow.
Geo. W. Smyre. Co. Chairman
WOODROW WILSON
FOUNDATION
reviously reported
$83.00
late Admirer . .
. $1.00
Palni Beach, Fla., March 14
President and Mrs. Harding ended
their houseboat cruise in Florida
waters here today and started back
orth. The President expects to
reach St. Augustine by train tomor
row and after a stop there of two
days to depart for Washington Fr
day.
ITS A BEAR!
There is an awfully interesting
bear in "Rip Van Winkle," the new
est Hodkinson release which has been
announced a featured attraction at
the Ford Theatre. On the screen he
seems to be so tractable and so intel
litfent as to be almost human. But
according to Producer-Director
Ward Lascelle, who made the pic
ture in which, by the Way, Thomas
Jefferson is starred they did not
have a cinch shooting the cenes
wherein Bruno is the featured play
And the man who suffered most
of all was the animal's trainer! You
see he claimed that he could do any
thing in the world with the bear,could
handle him perfectly and no one
doubted it. But strangely enough eve
ry time there was a call for the an
nal, Director Lascelle and his
technical staff went in search of
the bear to find him rough-housing
his trainer in a perfectly scanda
lous manner.which was invariably the
latter's cue to shriek for his assis
tant who came running with a honey
pot the only thing that seemed to
soothe the beast's nerves. He (the
bear) came to realize after a bit that
the trainer was not any too fond of
having 650 lbs. of bear distributed
over his anatomy, and he realized, too.
after that that he had stumbled across
what might be called a perfect graft
Every time the bear wanted to taste
of honey, he threw the trainer, sat on
him and would not get up until they
fed him the delectable sweet which he
craved. v
Incidentally Mr. Lacelle claims
that a rather unhappy complication
ensued when the bear mistook a new
$2,000 camera which was resting
upon a tripod "for his trainer he
threw t ai dnstaupo lfibrhamtFRH
threw it and sat upon -jtJ (adv)
I sat in the swing on the porch and
cried and finally .regained, control of
myself. I upbraided him for his at
tack and told him such action was
degrading. He said, "I simply lost
my head, Celeste, and I promise I
will nevet do it again.' "
SHORT ITEMS
Charlotte, March 13. Maj Thomas
B. Lee, uncle of W. S. Lee. vice-presi-
dent of the Southern Power com
pany, died at his home here today,
aged 87. He was sitting in his chair
by the fire when the end came. He
has resided here for 18 years. He
was a native of Camden, South Caro
lina. - ,
Chapel Hill, March 13. Dr. George
Truett, who last night closed per
haps the most remarkable revival
services held in Raleigh, was heard
here this morning in Memorial hall,
hich was crowded to capacity with
tudents, townspeople, and scores of
visitors from' Durham and Raleigh,
Dr. Truitt's message although brief.
was powerful, and was delivered in
manner that stirred the hearts of
all those who were fortunate enough
to get a seat or standing room.
North Wilkesboro, March 14. At a
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special night session of Wilkes Su
perior court. Judge T. D. Bryson sen
tenced Luther Redmond, Coy Alli-
and Nancy Hampton, negroes,
found guilty today of manslaughter,
tr serve five years, three years and
hree years, respectively, in the state
prison, at naro: laDor tor tnrowing
Oscar Shores, negro fiom a window
on 'the second story of a local ; hotel
the night of September 11, Shores af
terwards dying from injuries.
Hamlet, March 14. State Highway
Commissioner Wilkinson, Of this dis
trict, and Chief Engineer Pridgen
will be in town tomorrow to confer
ith the town authorities relative to
the paving-of Hamlet avenue, which
ill be a part of the National high
way, Mayor Austin said today. It is
the purpose of this conference to de
termine whether the city or the high
way commissioner will have charge of
the actual work. Eighteen feet of the
pavement will be paid for by the gov
ernment and the remainder by the
ity. It is planned to have the work
done by one organization, with the
government and the city each pay
ing their proportional parts.
Sanford, March 14. The contvact
for paving the streets of Sanford has
been let to the Atlantic Bithulitlc
compony of Richmond, Va., for $2.53
per square yard, with three inches
of sheet asphalt and five inches of
foundation. The construction is ex
pected to begin within the next 30
days.
Wrightsville, Ga., Mch.. 14 Track
dogs from two counties are on the
trail of a strange negro, who this
morning slashed the clothing of a
young widow near lute ana men
poured kerosese over her body and
set fire to her. The negro demanded
money and the widow cut his face
with a butcher knife. The negro, a
stranger in the community, fled on
arrival of a negro farm hand and the
woman's brother.
New York, March 14. Charges that
the American Cotton exchange is a
huge bucket shop, where actual trad
ing is rare and where the southern
speculator is at the mercy of the New
York broker were made today by
former member of the exchange at a
"John , Doe" investigation conducted
by the -district attorneys' office be- '
fore Chief City Magistrate McAdoo.
Mexico City, Feb. 24. More than
60,000 children of Mexico City are
without school accommodations, ac
cording to newspaper reports. Of
the 160,000 children of school age in
the capital, it is said there is room
for only 100,000.
With his eye glued to the top of
the ladder, our office devil says he
would be rather be, jacked up than to
be called down.
No wonder scandal moves rapidly.
Its possessed of legs and wings and
is able to crawl.
There is much talk of economy and
much apparent cutting of appropria- .
tion bills up Washington way, but
there is reason to fear that the cut in
expenditures is more apparent than
real; that when all is said and done,
there will be little real reduction of
expenditure, and some of that will he
made up in deficiency appropriations,
which is an old custom.. Senator Over
man called attention to the fact that
the appropriation for the Department
of Commerce is $450,000 in excess- of
the appropriation for the same de
partment the last year of the . Demo
cratic administration. The House
does show a disposition to econo
mize, but the Senate adds to the ap
propriation measure and the House
lets the addition, or much of it,
stand Statesville Landmark.
; AT THE MOTOR SHOW.
"How do you like that girl?"
"A nice steamline model."
"And her gown?"
"Low gear." .