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: ft'' :T ' J : ' b I MS ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOLNTON. N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13, 1022. 5 Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year. BETHLEHEM NEWS We are having an abundance of rain at present and the farmers of this section are considerably behind with their work. . A very interesting debate was giv- en last Saturday night April 8 be tween North Brook and Daniels at old Oak View : school building, .North Crook being victorious. We are glad to say that Edith, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Baxter is recovering from an at tack of pneumonia. Miss Laura, Mr. and Mrs. Thomns Howell spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Claud Self, v Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beam and family of Lincolnton spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carperf tor.: Mr. and Mrs. Julius Howell and family and Mr. . and Mrs. Marvin Howell spent Sunday at the home of Edd Sorrels. . - -", - - Quite a number of folks from th section -attended the birthday dinner at the home of Mr. Charles Parker. .The dinner being in honor of his father Enoch who is 101 years of age. Mrs.. Stowe Beam of Fallston is spending Rome time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beam. Mrs. T. H. Baxter and Mrs. Hud son Craft spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. Gordon Baxter. Miss Annie Howell spent Saturday night with Mae Sorrels. Misses Annie Hull and Laura Min nie Willis studonts of North Brook spent the week end with home folks. DELEGATES APPOINTED FROM DENVER PRECINCT The Democrats of Denver Precinct, Catawba Springs Township met Sat urday afternoon. Wm. A. Graham, Jr., presided. Delegates were ap pointed to the county Convention which convenes in Lincolnton on Sat urday the 15th. The old Ex-Commiltee was contin ucd with the exception of two. new members, R. E. Proctor was chosen to the vacancy caused by the death of J. 0. Mundy and F. C. Thompson was selected to BUccMd iiis father M-J. C. Thompson, who has served on the committee since Denver precinct was created, but on account of poor health insisted that he be relieved. 0. F. Howard, Secty. TEXT BQOKS FOR SCHOOLS Raleigh, April 9. The fact, that an erroneous impression still prevails in the minds of many people regarding the recent letting of contracts for text books for the schools of the State led Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, to make this brief statement today: "The previous contracts having ex pired it was absolutely necessary for the Text-Book Commission to make selections and award new, contracts. The best selections possibly were made from among the books examin ed, many old books being retained and many new ones being selected to take the places of books that are now either out of date, or discontinued by the publishers or that were inferior "to other books that were offered by the same or other publishers, . "The contracts just expired" had been made in 1917 when prices were ,law and if it had been possible to re new all contracts in every detail ex cept to pay prices that are being quot ed today on tho tame booksthe total cost to the pupils of the State would have been approximately what it will bo under the new contracts. For in stance, one spclllfr that cost 15 cents under the old contract would have cost 30 cent? under a new contract. Therefore, the only nd vantage that would have been derived from retain ing all of tho old text books would have been throujrh tre use of books now in the handf. of pupils and this matter is taken care of by a provision that the new' books shall not be re quired for two years where the old ones are already available. "Such criticism as there has been of the "Text -Book Commissien has re sulted, I think, from a lack of all in formation regarding the situation that confronted the commission and of the full intent of its action. ' NORTH CAROLINA FALLS OFF MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES Raleigh, April, 11. -North Caro lina fell off only about $1,000,000 in the amount of income tax paid to the federal government this year, de spite increased exemptions and sup posedly smaller incomes. , Internal Revenue Collector Gil liam Grissom today reported to the. Washington office the . collection of $5,500,000 in income taxes and 2,000 delayed returns that are expected to bring in $500,000 more. The total amount of tax collected last yeaiy'.in round' figures, was $7,000,000. -': . : , . Around 27,000 North Carolinians this year ; filed income tax returns, several thousand more hai havb filed returns In a previous year. COUNTY SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT Saturday is to be a big day in Lin colnton . Besides the usual Sat urday throngs, a large crowd will be here : for,; County school commencement,; and to hear Hon. O. Max Gardner, who makes the principal address at the auditor ium. Supt Beam and his assistants are perfecting plans for the day's ex ercises and it will be a day of plea sure and profit . nThe Commencement program lows: 10:00 a. m. Commencement bate. Av;.:- 11:45 a. m. Commencement dres3 by Hon. 0. Max Gardner. fol De Ad- 12.15 p. m. Presentation of Cer tificates and Prizes, 12:30 Noon Recess. 1:30 p.m. Recitation and Declama tion contests for elementary schools 2:30 Story ing-writing and (Story telling Contests. 3:30 p. m. Spelling matches of the elementary and high schools. . 4:30 p. m. Basket Ball Games. 8:00 p . m. High school Recitation and Declamation Contests. STANLEY CREEK LOCAL ITHMS Stanley, N. C, Apr. 11. The sec ond ' quarterly conference for the Stanley Creek charge was held at Iron Station, Rev, H. H. Jordon ,the presiding elder . of the district preach ing and holding the husiness session of ths conference. The town council is having the streets worked. They are Straighten ing and otherwise beautifying the streets and when later the hard sur- faced road is 'built our town will be gin to look like a city. Lowell and Stanley oossed bats on the local grounds yesterday afternoon. The game was good and hard fought by both teams. The score was 14 to 7 in favor of Stanley. Our boys will go to Dallas this afternoon.' The Woman's Wesley Bible Class, of the Methodist Sunday school will have a basket supper at the school au ditorium Saturday evening at 7:30. The proceeds will goto the church improvement fund. Rev, W. W. Rimmer.is assisting in a revival meeting with a Baptist pas tor in South Carolina. THANKS EAST LINCOLN PEOPLE Alexis, R. F. D. 1 April 11. Please allow me space in your paper to thank our good white brethern and friends of east Lliiloln, We the" St, Mark Baptist churdh organized a little Sun day school ajj the county school house of Tucker's firove on the 3rd. day of April, 1921, with 19 scholars. Later on, about Aug. the 7th, we organized Baptist church with 16 members. About December 1921, we bought 1 acre of land. Since that time until now we have been ' struggling very hard, -the good white people did much to help us build the house of the Lord; some gave money, some lum ber, some nails, some trees, and some work. Among the ones who helped us were Squire W. H. Lowe, T. J. Nor wood, M. J. Hager, B, C. Ballard, W. A. Abernathy, R L. McCorkle. P. L. Sigmo'n, P. V. Cobb, R. E. Ballard, Carl Rudisill, D S. Divine, J. p. Mundy, A. A, Keever, H. E. Keever, W. H ReinhardlfcJ H. Schronce, C. R. "Bradshaw, L P. Ballard, E. B. Lowe, M. D. Perkins, J. B. Norwood J. L Abernethy, M. L. Sigmon C. M. Sanders, C, A. Moore and Co. and many others who did not give their names. It is said that we broke the record. Mr. Ballard begun work on our church Wednesday : March 29. 1922 on the 1st Sunday in April we had service in the new church. May the Lord bless our good white people of Lincoln County, We know they still love us. R . C. Brevard, Deacon, Rev. F, C. Gibson, Pastor. , ANNOUNCEMENT Account of the U. C. V. annual re union at Richmond, Va., June 20-23rd, the Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell round-trip tickets to Richmond at one cent per mile to Confederate Vet erans and dependent members of their families and for all others, in cluding the general public, tickets will be sold at one fare for the round trip, i The Seaboard Air Line Railway has convenient parking space for a num ber of sleeping cars adjoining the Main Street . Station at Richmond. Parking charge for' car per day, in cluding sanitation, will be $6.00 E. W, Long, D. P. A. GOOD NATURED STILL (The Charleston New and Courier.) The Baltimore Sun says President Harding is a "Cunctator." Ambassa dor Harvey recently satd he was very like an elephant, and some other 'chap has described him as an Anachronism, It is to the President's credit that he is still as good natured as ever. GOV. THINKS PEOPLE r FAVOR PROGRESS Doesn't Think the Republicans Dare Attack It. Raleigh, April 10. Governor Mor rison anticipating the work of the Re publican convention Wednesday, and not unmindful of his own party's con- vocation eight days later, declares, mcu' """" that any assault on the progressive The tragedy occurred three miles work of the state administration will ,from Mint Hil1' 7he5V Helm mot. in th. h0nnf nomH,. I family were murdered Sunday. M. gams "Yes, I have seen what a few folks in some of the counties were doing, but the people of the state are not going to take any backward step. If the Republicans -in their Mate con vention make an attack on the state's progress they will lose five or six counties in the west. "The people are not going back. They believe in pro gress. They believe in economy, of course, but they have the most econo mical government on the earth, the lowest overhead charge and the great est efficiency on the smallest taxes. If anybody wants to attack that record he can do it, but he will gain nothing by it." ' Ox The governor isn't allowing his friend R. W. H. Stone, president of the Farmers' union, and his foe, Dr. H, Q. Alexapder to excite him in their peregrinations over the counties. He thinks both could be better engaged attending to their own county affairs, but he has no fear whatsoever of what they do. Their desire to reduce salaries, to curtail county school teachers' salaries, to mark all govern ment cost down he thinks will defeat itself. He doesn't believe their ad yice will be followed in a solitary county." He doesn't think it possible to get a majority of any people in any Democratic county to take their view of state affairs,. Being somewhat of a scrapper he would like to see the Stone-Alexander combination shove through a county convention a propo sal to reduce school teaching -to $75 a month for six or seven months in the year. That is a little matter which the governor seems to think teachers themselves will be interested in,.. The' Democratic stati "pratformrwlTx i ... i . ... i. i i . .. inuorse me oijr woik uone uncier ine leadership of the party. REPUBLICAN ECONOMY Vice President Coolidge would be more convincing in his eulogy of the economies" effected by the Harding administration if he had not denied his own conclusions almost before he put them forth, After citing that federal anDroDriations for all pur poses before the war were about $1, 000,000,000, he triumphantly announc es that for the last fiscal year they were $5,OtH),000,000 and have since been reduced to a rate of a paltry $4, 000,000,000. This great saving of $1,500,000,000, Mr. Coolidge -infers-, -is due to the present administration's mania for retrenchment. The vice president says: . "If from present expenditures, there be deducted those items that arose from the war and the extra amount now being expended on good roads and the army an'l navy, the present cost of running the govern ment would not exceed the pre-war cost by more than $300,000,000." ,. Mr, Coolidge therefore, would have the country believe that the amount by which present appropriations fall short of war-time and demobilization appropriations is due to G. 0. P. economy; while the amount by which present expenditures exceed pre-war outlays is due to continuing war bur dens. : That's fair enough, Mr. Coolidge. But you would know that this admin istration can not eat its cake and have it, too. If the war burden is respon sible for the high rate of expenditure today s compared with pre-war times, its lifting is also responsible for what opportunity the adminis tration has had of making a showing financially. 1 THE MIGHTY HA AG SHOW One Hundred and fifty people, 116 head of horses and ponies traveling overland in 40 conveyances, wagons and trucks, 1 camel. 3 elephants and 10 cages of live wild animals and everything that goes to make up. a first class show worth going miles to witness." ""'.-"- .., ; :.. '..: The feature acts to be seen with the Mighty Haag show are: The great DeMarlow, world's greatest grotesque , artists; Miss Marion Drew and her herd of performing elephants, marve- lous, astonishing, bewildering. The three Georges, world's greatest aero- bats; 60 somersaults in 60 seconds; see them. Educated horses, mules, ponies, dogs and monkeys, which do everything but talk, acrobats jug- glers, gymnasts, equilibrists. Trappe performers, wire walkers, funny clowns, Jiving wild animals and fea-j tures too numerous to mention. A re- fined, moral old time one ring show, it pleases the old and young. ad, HUSBAND KILLS WIFE HUNTING FOR BURGLAR Charlotte, April 10 Sam- Crump 50 years old, shot and killed his wife at his home just over the Mecklenburg-Union line Sunday night at 10 o'clock. The husband is said to have mistaken his wife for a burglar and C I 1 Ml? 1 1 a : ,,! Crump heard a noise at a window 8na ln,nKm e SB". eoi nis Hiiot gun anu ; went uui. ivirs. Crumt also up and went out, un known to her husband. In a few sec onds the wife came into' view around the corner of the .house, and in the semi-darkness the husband fired. , Mrs. Crump was a Miss. Newell of the Morning Star township, this county, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Newell. I She is sur vived by her husband' and several children, Some of them, grown, SALE OF $15,000,000 OF ROAD BONDS AUTHORIZED Raleigh, April 10. The sale of fif teen million dollars worth of road bonds were authorized this afternoon by the governor and council of state. State Treasurer Lacy jwlll advertise the bonds on the NeW York market and the sale will be effected within the next few weeks, it was announc ed. The sale of the road bonds is nec essitated by the increased building program of the state , highway com mission for the year. r The commis sion is taking advantage of the cheap cost of road construction and its pro gram for 1922 is twice' as large S3 the program originally decided upon for the year. One thousand miles Tre to be built this year. 1 . ''' The demand for North Carolina bonds has been sti-opg, and, conse quently, little difficulty is expected by Governor Morrison anil the council of state in disposing of the fifteen mil lions at a premium, WHETHER NAVY CARRIES OUT -- ; -ft-K-S RATKMS BIG JSSUE Washington, April 10. The fight on the naval appropriation bill began in the house today with members, in sisiting that it did and that it did not actually carry out the 5-5-3 ratio, as fixed by treaty. All day the discussion centered around this one big question in dispute.; Chairman Kelley of the sub-corn mittee on appropriations, which draft the measure, and others, including Representative Mondell, Wyoming, the republican leader declared an en listed force of 65,000 plus 2,000 ap prentice seamen was adequate to maintain the navy in accordance with the arms conference rating. Others however,' including Representative Padgett, Tennessee, ranking democrat on the naval committee which in for mer times prepared the navy bills, as serted the figures were so low as "to destroy the efficiency of the Ameri can navy" ana give it a standing tne same as, or lower than that of Japan, METHODISTS TO URGE PAY. MENT TO CENTENARY, During the past - week throughout Southern Methodism, local commit tees have been working in every con- 'gregation in an effort to bring centen ary collections up to 60 per cent. In most places, it is said, only 40 per cent, has been paid. In other words, of the $35,000,000 which was subscrib ed for world-wide missions three years ago, to be paid in five annual installments, only two annual install ments have been collected and leaders have determined that the overdue amount be brought up to date. The week's activities follow "World Sunday," March 26, on which the message of the centenary was taken in the South. According to reports received at Centenary headquarters, presiding elders, pastors and , laymen every where have given themselves willing ly to the task of bringing up the amount due, realizing that unless this was done the work scheduled for the centenary at home and abroad would necessarily be greatly impeded. . -Washington,. April 10. The United States veterans bureau today called official attention to what it says Is one 0f the most unusual cases ever handled by the bureau the refusal of the parents of a North Carolina soldier killed in the war to accept government insurance-because their religious beliefs oppose receiving the monthly checks due on the $5,000 nolicv. The insured man was Thomas Speaks and the bureau has even sent special investigator to Jennings, N. C to persuade acceptance of the insurance money. : ' . : ' "-'' A husband who "will eat anythinir'? usually has a wife ho can coo'-. anything. Los Angeles Times. KIWANIS MEETING AT COLUMBIA, S. C. LINCOLNTON KIWANIANS EX PECT TO ATTEND KIWANIS CONVENTION AT COLUMBIA. Lincolnton Kiwanians are, as the warm days of spring grow warmer and the siren voice of the mosquito is heard through the land, beginning to turn their thoughts, along with con sideration of other things, to the semi-annual Kiwanis '. convention of the Carolinas to be held this year at Columbia, the Palmetto capital, April 27 and 28. More than 1500 club mem bers from all corners of North and South Carolina will attend this big rally it is stated. Although the event is still several weeks distant a num ber of the local members of the broth erhood are planning to attend and it is likely that Lincolnton will be well represented, , - W. E. Anderson, Secretary of the local Kiwanis Club, announced yester day that he has just received a com munication from Alva M. Lumpkins, President of. the Columbia Kiwanis organization and Lieut Governor of the, Columbia organization and Lieut. Governor of the District, describing in glowing colors the big preparations that are being made by them to en tertain the vlstors during the event in hospitable and memorable style, and requesting that delegates send in their names to his club secretary, B, H. Macdonald, for hotel reservations. Every member of the Columbia, Ki wanis club is devoting individual at tention, it is said, with zest and in dustry to perfecting plans for the con vention, Twenty three committees with Frank E. Brodnax, past presi dent of the club, in charge as general chairman, have been appointed to handle the . preparatory work and a program of unusual variety and in terest is promised. Stunts, dances, plenty of music automobile rides and barbecues are to be provided for the lighter moments of social relaxation between meetings. The Jefferson Hotel will be con vention headquarters. It is certain that an important item of equipment : for "the ' visitirig-Ki-wanians from the two sister states will be the trusty golf club, as a tour nament with valuable prizes offered has been definitely decided upon as an afternoon feature of the opening day. . Among those who are expected to attend the district convention from Lincolnton arc: K. B. Nixon, J. T. Mangum, W. E Anderson, J W. Mull en, J. A. Abernethy, Jr, Thos C. Aber nethy, J. L Thompson,' J. F. Love, E. C. Baker, M. H. Cline, J. Ed Kale, R. S, Reinhardt, Jr., 0. A. Costner, Rev. W. J. Roof and perhaps others. Chicago, April 6. Declaring that the American Legion was not satisfi ed with the facllties for hospitalizing disabled war veterans and that "the success of the whole system of voca tional training still is in the balance," A. A. Sprague, chairman of the le gion's rehabilitation committee today asserted that a recent statement by the United States Veterans' Bureau of the work it has done "conveys im pressions that may be misinterpreted or misused." ELECTION FOR BONDS CARRIES Greensboro to Lend Her Credit To Southern Railway.. Greensboro, April 11. With 430 votes to spare, - supporters, of the the proposition to lend the city of Greensboro's credit to the Southern railway for the construction of a passenger station here, triumphed in the election held today to decide the matter. The total number of votes cast for the proposition was 2,145, ' The total registration was 3,428. A ma jority of the registered vote was necessary to carry; that is 1,715. The fight was the hottest election contest held in' Greensboro in years, surpassing in vigor and in bitter ness a political contest. The, plan by which it is proposed to build, the station is a novel one, and for that reason of great interest to every city on the Southern's line desiring' a new station. Asked to build a ' Station, the Southern replied that it did not have the money, and the proposition was made, that if the city would vote bonds, turn over the proceeds for the building: of the station, and lease it to the Southern for thirty years, the Southern would pay interest on the ; bonds and into sinking .fund , sufficient to retire them at the end of thirty years, thus acquiring ownership. In short, the city lends its credit to -the railroad company. Those fighting ; the proposition called ' it revolutionary and unwise to. establish such a precedent. The sum of $1,300,000 is the total of the bonds to be issue'. TRYON COUNTY A Short Story Of One Of The 14 Ex tinct Counties by Fred A. Olds. Some weeks ago the publication f a series oi articles oy Lol. f red A. Olds, was begun in the Orphan's Friends. It includes the stories of 14 extinct counties, the church parishes formerly existing in 32 counties, and of the counties now existing that were founded prior to 1776 His story of Tryon county, of which the present Lincoln county, was a part, is publish ed below and will prove interesting to News readers throughout this section: The county of Tryon was erected, or created, Dec, 5, 1768, by power of "An act for dividing the county of Mecklenburg." By the terms of the act the county of Mecklenburg was to consist of St. Martin's Parish and the part set off to be named Try on and comprise St. Thomas' Parish; the holding of the courts in the lat ter to begin the following April. : Governor William Tryon, for whom the new county was named, was very proud of K and jealous of its boundaries, particularly as regards South Carolina. The next mention of it occurs in a letter from him to the Earl of Hillsboro dated January 10, 1769, in which he said the act had been passed December 5. at New Bern, by the General Assembly, and he added that if the Catawba river was "to be made the boundary be teen North Car. and South Carolina as has beA proposed to me by Lord Charles Mantagu I will lose my coun ty and my mountain" (Tryon moun tain, named for him.) On the 11th of January he wrote to Governor Montague of South Carolina that by an act of'the last Assembly all the tract of land to the westward of the Rowan county is formed into a county by the name of Tryon.. . A little later Gov, Tryon made a report in which he said of Tryon county "it is too unsetled to make provision for a minister. He added that the coun ty was 45 miles north and south and 80 due east and west. The Assembly by an act in 1768 appointed Thomas Neil, Henry Clark, William Yancy, Daniel Warlick. Jacob Forney, John Gordon and William Wilson a com mission to Butid a courthouse,- prison and stocks for Tryon. (They failed to do this for in 1770 five other com missioners were named and were di rected to do the work within 12 t months. These also failed and . in 1774 a third commission, of seven members, was named by the Assem bly.) ' In October, 1769, it was ordered irt an act of the Assembly that public taxes should be paid in the produce of the country and that for the storage of these commodities a public ware house should be built for Tryon; The same year the Presbyterians of Tryon presented a petition to the Gov. and the Assembly. In this Hhey set out that they were much aggrieved for some years by an "Act Concern ing Marriages" which said that the "Presbyterian ministers had unlaw fully celebrated marriages without licenses or the publication of the banns. This charge is wrongfully thrown on us. Our church constitution requires banns to be published three times, in common with our brethern of the Church of England; and any minister who presumes to join per sons in wedlock without banns and li cense brings himself under penalty of total suspension from office. This act forbids us to marry with rightful pub lication of banns, a right never taken from Dissenters in America except by this act." In 1770 Thomas Neal, Thomas Polk, Matthew Lock, Griffith Rutherford and Peter Robertson were named by the assembly as commissioners to run the dividing line between Tryon and Mecklenburg. . In December William Moore was appointed by the Assem bly "to" collect taxes due for 1768," and a statement was made that the arreas of taxes due for 1769 were 311 pounds and for 1770 were 784 pounds, Job Tygart being set down as collec tor. December 29 the Assembly nam ed a commission to build a couii house, jail and stocks. A squad of "rangers," a sergeant and five men, were ordered in 1770 to be formed from the militia to watch the Indians, who it was rumored were planning to invade Tryon, Rowan and Washington counties and give prompt alarm of their movements. (Wash ington was in what is now Tennes see.) In 1769 a dispute had arisen as to the jurisdiction ef magistrates who lived along: the boundary between the two Carolinias and Governor Tryon assured the British authorities that these troubles could never be quieted until a true line was run. He was, as already stated.very jealous of the tak ing away by South Carolina of his pet county, his namesake, and he had warm arguments with Lord George Montague on this matter, finally hav- (Gaatiwud. w pq tow) SHORT ITEMS Chester, S. C, April 10. Rich- j i aiu Peay, a well known young man of this city, and a veteran of th jwori( war, was shot and' instantly killed by, Joseph P. Queen, also a veteran of the world war, about 2:30 o'clock this morning at the Gladden apartments on Hudson street, con ducted by Mrs. Maggie Adams, a sister of the deceased. One shot which was evidently the first, struck Peay in the nose and penetrated the brain; another went through the abdomen. Any one of the ' thr perhaps, would have proven fatal. Another shot went wild. Genoa, April 10. A clash over a disarmament proposal by George Chitcherin, the Russian soviet foreign minister, which occurred between Chitcherrin and M. Bartou, France, threatened to disrupt the conference. M. Barthou said that France categori cally refused to discuss disarmament at Genoa. Mr. Chitcherin replied that Russia thought France would be rea dy to discuss this question because M. Briand, the former premier, had said at the Washington conference that Russia's armaments had made disar mament impossible. Washington, April 10. Walter L. Campbell;- of Norwood, N. C, died here tonight from injuries received when he fell from a third Glory win dow of a residence. Camnbell, who was connected with the prohibition enforcement bureau as a general agent here, was said by friends to be engaged to marry Miss Dorothy Pow ell, of Charlotte, N. C. Charlotte, April 10. A definite movement for the organization of a Pythian club for Charlotte has been instituted by members of the Pythian lodges. Committee have been ap pointed and have completed a tem porary organization. Washington, April 10. Advices reaching members of the North Caro lina delegation today were that Rep resentative Brinson is critically ill at his home in New Bern and his re covery is doubtful. DANIELS TO PLEAD FOR SUPERANNUATES Ex-Secretary of Navy to Speak For Methodist Finance Board. Honorable Josephus Daniels, ex secretary of the navy, has consented to speak on the program for Thurs day night, May 11, at the quadrennial meeting of the general conference' of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on the anniversary occasion of the Board of Finance. According to Dr. Luther E. Todd, secretary of the Board of Finance, St. Louis, Mo., that body has formulated plans which will be submitted to the general conference vhereby not less than $10,000,000 will be collected dur ing the 1922-26 quadrehnium to apply to the fund for the support of worn- out preachers and other conference claimants. It is said that the aver age jier capita received by the super annuates is $283 and the average an nual per capita received by widows of preachers is $186. , It is predicted that this cause will be kept prominently, before the mind of the church during the next quad- rennium and an effective pension sys tem worked out for the benefit of the 2,192 superannuates and their widows, who are on church rolls. "The Board of Finance", said Dr. Todd, "is the great mother-arm of a loving and ap preciative church, and it enfolds these )ld servants within its grasp of interest, sympathy and tender solici tude." URST DEMOCRATIC LADY TO ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY Mrs. Mary Eskridge Yarbrough is the sixth candidate to announce for the office of county treasurer to suc ceed Mr. Rash Strojp wno recently declared that he would not be a can didate to succeed himself. Mrs. Yar brough is the first Democratic lady candidate in Cleveland county since ,the women were enfranchised two years ago by ratification of a consti tutional amendment. Mrs. Yarbroueh s the widowed daughter of Mr. Har rison Eskridge, one-armed Confed erate veteran who served the county several terms as register of deeds. during which time Mrs. Yarbrough assisted him in the nerformanr nf his duties. She is an accountant of no mean ability and has had consider able clerical experience in local offices, peing at present in the Shelby Build ing and Loan office with Capt. J. Frank Roberts Shelby Star. MISSED SOMETHING Little Ray was being shown a bust of his distinguished grandfather who had died before Ray was born. The youngster gazed at the bust awhile in perplexed silence; then he inquired innocently: "Is that all there was nf him?" Boston Trajiaerint. . x
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