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A VOL. XXXIV MO UN 2 AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, WIS. SO. 8 m ! 1 . Church Coirs' Campaign is New The Latest Religious Effort By The UcJigious Rambler. Stirred 1)y the marked decline in fhiirvh attendance, as recorded by a census, the British churches an- undertaking a campaign f!'r church going. Their principal instrument for effecting a re form U in tin use of tract, which will In circulated ly tin million, Tht riiigitnis press of (ircat Urit ain i discussing the matter in leading articles, anl chunili meet ing art debating it. in Aun-rica there is really un der way a similar campaign, a' ready assiimii g national propor tion, w hich premise to s-wct p the fount ry helore the Winter u over. On, this .side of the Atlan tic tin mean chosen to stern tin tide away from the church in characteristically different fron the British method namely, new paper publicity. A dozen cities have already begun the publica tion of iiiitl display advert se nient.s of the churchttf, -with re sults that art: tangible. What the Figures Show. Onee a decade, since 1S81, a church census has been taken in the city of Liverpool. I'ntil with in a decade the results have grati fied religious leaders, since they showed a steady ineref.se in church attendance; but this late-t census ha revealed a decren.se of more than 18.1HKJ person present in the Livcrjool churches on a given Sundav. On the face of the returns, which, however, have been challenged by some authori ties as being excessive, the non conformist church had suffered a decline of more than 14,(XH) in attendnace. Nobody questions that there has been a net de crease. In oom tract with the Protestant show.ug, the Roman Catholic churehc liive an increase of about 3.(XK) to report for the de- . cade -Tho local archbishop at tributes this showing to two papal decrees, one requiring more frequent partaking of communion . on the part of church members. fHMlie other lowering the ago at which children may be admit ted to communion. Were it not for the.se opportune decree, the Roman Catholic church would have showed the unfavorable showing of the l'rotestawts. Si: the subject is one of common in terest. Advertising for Worshippers. The oh I way was to leave the question of church-attendance to the habiit of conscience of the in dividual. While many congrega tion put in special musical attrae tion, stereopticans and device to attract the people to church there were purely local efforts. No broad, general anil compre hensive scheme for confronting fhvi entire public with the com mon clarion of all the churches was devised, until the Men nnd Religion Congress, a year ago. That gathering boldly pronscd after a scientific survey of the, situation display newspaper ad vertising as the best way of roach ing the un-ch limbed. The argu ment ran that the only medium read by everybody it the daily newspaper; paid advertisements (Would be a prima facie evidence of tin church's sincerity and sol icitude; display advertisement would be inescapable, thundering the challenge and the invitation of the church into even hnd eyes, liesuli llitir tlirect ap-i peal, these big advertisements! would create gene nil comment ; nn (he church's cause i.s half won when she ftets people to 1 Hik ing. lueidi nhdh ', it was argued, general advertising would r act llp'i'i he ehureheS t llemsi-l es, ... stimulating t i . in to show irr.-iiti r hospital:) in to bring th ir snecil'ie at no tin- stranger wars up to ! .In advertising. PMIadelthi.-i I.- h the Way. To wr fe a p'iiii in a boi.-k i one tliini ;,1o pu it into t.pi ra tion is i'iit' i' Li r. Tli' fiist city ; tike hold of t!,.. s .'m t prnetieally was Phi!ad ! hi.i, ' Ahere the tin Ii ,i::d nli'lili j. ens, with Mr. P.onsill at their head. pr-.irel s--iis of dis-; play ioLs. ail .nn .,,1 ih.-m to the el iirclii s. The id. a w . s so raiieally new that tin ehiireh'w Were slow in taking it up. and before it was put into actual .p-( eration in Philadelphia, the idea j wu borrowed by lialtimore, a jnembcr of the Philadelphia com mittee having addressee I a meet ing in that city, aod. haviug hhcwu proofs of the advertise ment. which suht-equently appvur ed in the Philadelphia North American. Thus early in the experiment a lin of divergence appeared, fi,r j tn- l iitinioi c half page ailvcrtiise- irttit sj wen devoted to geiiral ar ! tides upm. religious themes, with I pec tat tift res f sm sif'utl Hi rvice; !Uicn-iLs, ever since the first one apeared, early in the present yaer, the l'hihtdelphi.i advert'ise inent.s have adhered to the one tln'ine of church attendance. They j ad vert 1st the church, leaving the ', preaching to be dme by the I preachers. Not general homilies, but sound argument for church goii'tg fill the space bouylit by the 1'hiladelphU commithe. Ths IxHly, by the way, of which Chas. ;J-'. Beury, IJeal Rstato Trust Building, is secretary, has re produced many of its advertise ments in a booklet for distribu tion ainoiNg the churches. Defi nite results fam the campaign are also reeoptltsl. M?,ny Other Cities in, Line. So- radical a scheme- as this was bound to attract the atten tion of the country, (uite gen erally it was hailed as the like liest method in sight for increas ing church attmdaiice. Alrcdy a iloA-n cities, little ai d big, have either entered up n the advertis-1 mg teature, or eUe are planning for it this winter. The churches of the Bronx, in New York City, have begun a eomvtit rated publicity cam pa '. n through display advertising. lbs CNIoiiN', Seattle, Colonulo Sprints Omaha, Buffalo, Victoria, Cin cinnati, Ogden, Wichita, Winston f al-'in, Toledo and Hochester aic otlver cities that have begun or projected tho weekly display ad 'terKsvnwtJl. It i report esl '.hat the Natiiial J'ress bureau of all the churches will be opened in New York th fall, and, if so, it will greatly Acentuato the publicity method for promoting church attendance. Clearly it is up to the church to make upon the public mi ml of today the iivpreKsion that sho is one jtf the present vital forces of society, with a claim upon all. Wilkes County Blackberry. tW. II. Uorton in Charlotte ' Ob server. In all the great varitic t North Carolina's natural res mi: -ecH the Wild Blackberry Crcp a Wilke ounty Is making ft : -Self a place anions the lead s. Thw i a berry that "takes" the so-called obi wornout field, road sides, fence corners, creek banks, etw., and thrives, defying man, beiust and weather conditions, making a crop every year. The 1913 crop just gathered was cut short by the drought but in fpito of the continued weeks of dry weather tlms North Wilkcs horo dealers handled lof,(K.)0 eans worth approximately !ff.o,!)o0.lt0. TIiih is a net gain to the coun ty and the quality of these ber ries is second to none, not even the cultivated variety surpassing it. They are good sized, sweet and of fine flavor. Next vear the canners will jaiy .$l..rl a bushel j which Is oO per cent more than was paid by the most of the deal-j fls the past seiison. It would be ; hard to tell what an average! crop would bring if they were nil saved for three-fourths of these berries an1 never picked but allowed to dry up or rot on the briers, ('in man, Mr. A. I'roun o Mulberry, WiikiTi Ctuiiity, sa,s an old field, which he ihmight was worn out, iis abandoiit il a few years it.oo. tli1! K)i g it w ; ft no lunj , u-e hiit l':(.. t rrv bri 'sfiruivg up voliihtarilv ; i:l now brie:; Icui i" itfre e;t.-h tli. hi nny eul!:v;.J d crop !, e. r tatheit d from it it v, u r i f r "iilli- vatit.n. aiel Will .-s is w- II known iis a l':it rate agricultural cun- ty. Th las' Red Inrht-r! wig fMp-: pits grown in tin Tlotmal lb-It on the Brushy Moimtain in V.U'2 wen- tnt ii August 14. l!)l:t ami they Were !H kept Oil Cohl stor- Hge i-itht-r. The new crop is tak-j iiej on e-i'or and the growers are g-ttii-,' $'2U) a box, one bushel,; for their early fruit through the Tinted I'm t (irowers Assciation. S. A. HENNESSEE NOT OUIL . TY SAYS JURY. Birrke Ccur.tv Phvsician Acauit- ted of Murder German Pitta.!1 i .... k.i. ... .u'i .iiiiuii, jinx, j in. .iitct en out hours the jury in. the H,..mm. : case this mornigu returned .a , v.mlict of iHrt guilty, aeqinttwl Jid eemii.igly hung on through i Jr. K. A. llemiessee of the charge shier determination not tt I i. I of murdering Connan I'itt atjKvcu tht- atti iulin.g physiciaii ' It-r Alpine January liS. j take this view of hi recovery, i Thus trial was not t' show the having for we k.s been of the i part the various partiis ttoki in i cpinhvi that he could not live. the affray but the trial of lr. ilenne-vx e for his life was on the grounLs that he premedit tttsl and personallv brought on the conflict which result d fatally to roruuwi Pitt and marly so to several others, including himself. This was not establish l' and s-vitlchte teiidtd to show that both factions were equally guilty, and both were ready to fight and did" fight to a finish, llcii ncssce being tin much for the otlur sitle. Tie nursst e mad.' iu denial of being armed to the teeth ami having influ-ttd the wound that cvtused the d -nth of (Jormm Pitt and of injuring othei-s. hut said venire of '2 w;us finally sum that at the time he was beii:-.' i incited and out of this a jurv cut aiul shot to picc.su by his antagonists The partieismts in the (ilen Alpine fight will be tried for an affray at the next term of court Pitt was kill, d in a fight at Clen. Alpine in the early evening of Saturday, dannarv IS. lleii- nes.Mv hints df was so badly wounded that it was not thought be could live, ami four others were at first rtwirted to be mor tally wounded. However, (Jor ni.in Pitt ;us the only one to die. First accounts were meager. Tho whole section was too excit ed t thin,k or report clearly hs to what h:td happened. The two families wers-, aiuoux - tho most prominent of western North Car (dina and their connections num bered up into the hundred of people. From day. to day ad ditioiwil scrajs of information were heard, and. although noth ing can be stated as authentic, tho ffght rtpjnars to have occur red .substantially n follow: Trouble anise Saturday after- toon some time between some of tin meim-lNrs of the two families ddiig fuel to th flames of an old grudge. Both factions prob acy prepared for trouble. Met on Streets. The rival families met on the principal .street of (,'len Alpine an. I shooting began. Doctor lleii ineie is said to have been ami; ed with a Winchester rifle, which jammed at the second shot, thus proUibly siaviug other lives. He wad then said to have gone into It he fray with his physician knife described as having a blade six inches bii length, sh.irencd on lmth edge. With this wcajHui it W alleged (Jorman Pitts was kill ed, although he also received a bullet just over the liver. Hundred Shots Tired. One hundred shots, at least, Were waid to have been fired dur ing tin action. When the smoke cleared away six men were con sidered as good a diiad. In ad dition to ioriuaii Pitts and Heii nessee (tho latter having four ibtillet woiind.s, any one of which! was thought to have been Jteci-s-1 sardy fatal, a broken two mut Muted ears. nght hand and the tendons of ! the left hand seven d, while 10 knife wounds ap'teaml on his ' .M-alp and face) four other w ere , n a l.int jilight. j Ab.-I Pitts was lesji seriously j wounde.l thiui at fiist thought,,' but load three kllife wounds, one 'Ulldcr hi arm being especially d Mi.-i-i.t's . M. Ileniif.wsee, at first reported moitally uotmd.d. Misiiiiid ,a broheii jawbone ai.d nuiii'-rtUs bru'.s . ptit man Sun I'el'Jiett, ho tried to flop tj. fight, Was hilllM-lf htoJ'M-d with it load of buek.shot in his StoJil aeh and for quite a while it was feand he eotjld imt recover. Mr win Pitts was stabbed in one lung hot in the body 'and suffered a slight fracture of tie skull. Tile fight eo!it;!Ulde until both sides apH ar to have, run short of ammunition and set to w itli knives, clubs and hands. One; hundred ktnifi wounds were re- ported as foid k1 on the injured j men. Honnessee's Fight for Life. Following tlw fiirht. Dr. Ileii- uchx-m and the two most vrious- i."jim Iuf,l,,t,e" "f the i;it;c w.. in Irogre.siv Farmer. ilax-tnm wert taKeii to the nos - ..:i ..i.... !, 1'iini, niinr n'mit- rns uuri wa PfiM.rtcd m dvint more th.vli once, Iweame partially parahznl. j When I'itts died Henne ss e w,-s j t rough t to jail here. Tr'wl wjts i ; p"tpoii l at March court oik a. eonnt ot ins condition arul it, was hardly thought that he wouhl live to U tried at all. At this court a jury was hard to get. The Pitts family con duct a large number of lumh-r plants, in addition to being widely connected throughout the county. Iltiuu'ssee is little bts mumaieiv assocraied with trie life of Burke, is a prominei t "pnv sician aiytl relattnl by bliHxl or marriit-ge to scnu of the county officials and other prcmnient I I,l?' of the section. A special lira von. Great Interest in Trial. ireater interest was shown in the trial than wa ever displayed in any similar event in the his tory of the county. The court room was overcrowded through out every ses-.it n. Kverybedy wanted to set the main who had gone through so much physical pain ami made siwh a fight for life. Ad Icil to this, after the first day's hearing, was the in terest caused by the death of Hcnins-ee's child. Many men thought that the prisoner's iron iiierve must finally break, but if so, they were disappointed. He was as cool a if he were attend iusr tbe-triftV-of imf.thrr ram. The verdict of the jury, which wa so long in coming and await ed with so inneh interest, seem ingly surprised few. The array, of legal talent was the greatest that ever forght a criminal esac in this section. The spetxdies of the attorney for the State and defense; held the at tention of the vast audiences which heard them. The interest in the ease continued unabated until tho time the verdict was delivered, ami little else ha Wen talked about since then. i Lone Bandit Robbed Pullman Passenger. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 16. A baiulit who hoarded a pullman ear of the St. Louis and Sam Francisco passenger train known a the "Meteor," at the union afca tion here tonight, held up four piiHsengcrs on the car, soon af ter the train left for Oklahoma 'and Texas. The robber escajxsl by jumping1 from the train. The baiulit had purchased rail road ami puliiwiii ticliets and en tered the train as a regular pas senger. The train had passed scarcely beyond the limUt of this city when suddenly the man stood up ami flourishing a pis tol demanded that the other puS Kenger in the ear give money and vtduahh-s. The passciugers held up their hand and four men readily sur rendered their pocket honk con taining :flOi. The man evidently jawbone, intended to rob all the piusvseii sliattt rsl ; gens in the car and nrobablv had planned to enter other coaches, but he became frightened when discovered that one of the pas- sci ngers at the cii of the ear had r disappeared while he was poeket ing tin money he had obtained. Evidently lndi,-ving that the train crew would rush in on him in a moment the bandit b od; d Ollt of the ei.arll and )iiirrii g to the plat form, jum-pi il to th ground. The bandit fin-d one .-l,..t i i the air bi-fnre he w ling from the i ra'ii. Hc ..3cs tmd Lota for Sale. I offer for sale at reaSoiiaVe piii,"! seven acres of lai d near my factory In Mt. Airy. On the lai d an f-vvcral small bout and I will cut the land to suit the pur chaser. This is valuable proper ty and will be gold at a very reasonable pnef. J. A. Teh. THE CATAWBA CREAMERY, could be made. 1 wa shown over the m-w brick A Co-cperativ Enterpise that build: which is nearing com Has Succeeded Admirably. pleti ail which was hoin-d ; . 1 ii ere has reen so tniieh sul . . 1 "wlfc '-o-oj.er.u e e.ue, ureses of the. n. v tin wav, einifiictii g . , . .' . . Jlieories ttiat it m a pleasure to riaii across a cooperative ut r- I'rLse that is really and truly a SUCCcai. A few da ago while in Hick ory it was my pleasure to visit the "('at. 'ib a County Creamery," and w hile 1 had heard much of this entervrise and knew in a way vunethiiig of its work, I w;w not prepared for what I saw on my tour of inspection through the plant. The party wa in charge of the secretary of the company, Mr. W. J. Shuford, w ho ha done o , much to bring success to the con- 1. I. I 1 . ! tern iiirouva nw iireies e iktsjv . ? ... . . ami ne er-iaiiinv opiuiihsin, aim though we plitsl hhn with ques tion galore he was ever ready to respond with the desired in formation. We could not refrain from tpjoting silently over and over again the oft-repeated stat emnt of President Barrett of the National Farmcih' Fnion, that lt uu in ..i 1 1 ..I- i i in w a a i... ;.. :e I- ,. . ... , v .... ........ - 'iLsiiMTrt i'ii n vu v'iu se - cure the right kii'l of a man to j place in charge." The Catawba! Cotintv Creamerv has sohcl the! i i ' 1 prolilein. I want t give Piogrvsive Farmer readeis n few f u et s rela tive to the work of this ent"r prlse in th hope that at le;it some cnunmuuity inay "go and do likewise." To begin with the history of this movement it iot "nulike that of many othein in that it began in agitation rcsultii g frftiu a de cline in prices, caused by a con-gett4-Hark4st.- Thin agitation resulted in securing' the services of ,T. A. Comber, then a dairy agent with the North Carolina State Department of Agriculture. This enterprise Was primarily eS tahllshed as an experiment, but it phenomenal sucx-ess has de monstrated that a co-operative creamery can be operated in thw jtortionof the State. It has been the means of bringing to the farmers and dairymen a much higher price for their products j than they had been aide to gel heretofore. , This company wa org anized three years ago, the receipts for the first year beiiug aUnit $1.1, ( KM). During the past year thi business has grown to approx imately $o2,(X0 or $1,000 a wee.k. This includes sales of eggs also, as the company Is now handling these, having bought and sohMn the bust 12 jnontli more than 7o, (XX) dozen egps. For these they have, ia'ul iui average price of 21 cents per dozen. During this period approximately 100,(HH) IMinils of butter lias been made. The price paid the fanners for their butter-fat averaged last vear o cents per pound. It is claimed that about one-sixth more butter can be made from the satin amount of milk than can tie pro duced in the ordinary way. inn company ha placed a separator with most of their patrons and they are now placing them mi the installment plan, thus pqt tii g thini within r :i'h of every f:-nier who wishes to patronize th . creamery. At first two or tl -ee farmers in the same com :ii .nity would buv one senarati r b, it sixm became plain that e eh patron ln uld own hi own m chine, so the old plan was re-,"- '.tly dlscoi.t iiitn d The eornpiii ; is now operating si routes. tWO of which et lid in'o (""ahlutll county, two in A Xitndi r, and the otle-r two in ' tawb.t eo'.illtv e";e!'i' ! . route-, are est.abl -V. -. I ;n wa'' : fs- nie man is tonivi h a horse M'.l lit g to t it lilliissiull jd.ut iallv being jion wa go! i who is r-ute o;i th-- (thtie rmit'S letting like 2M II- 1 or th tl ) mile ill i !i n : . jatronage will justify man is put on a dai. it. I sa v one of th in late in th- !-e W Jtf.'ifS e'.'ll' afternoon !".il w 'h eu'U's iiid cream. This nnn. I na.s told, w as soon to be p .t en a salary. I w- told that, t w;is th i intention of the company to take in chick cm just a soon a arrangements foe han lHr.g tht m Vm'1 b' r,?H,l' for (x-eupam-y by . tiie tirst oT An-giut. Thus busine-e ,v .i i ii" iTtMHIfrV IliiS gTOWIt SJ rapidly that. 'W f,. .U . ..; il . l nielli iii m.-t i iia.i, more am pie -pi i ( I 'S ers .slitiii. t,c pro vh led biuld.;i:g will be eiu:pi.el vitli all the iii'nI rn coiivenienees, elei'tric light;, steam heat, water. (te. A Jiice rest roi III w ill be fitftd up, when th- fanners, their' wives and daughters, when they com. to town may ifrpip in to read the morning pajwrs, write 1. -iters, ail make theinsetl v.s at lnome generally. I was told that on s xii'i of th rout the Fanners' I'nion pei.pt. wouhl gather u,p the eggs and bring them to some jmint on th route where the driver could take them up without loss d' time. This enterprise has saved the (Hple of Catawba and ady'tining , . .i ., .. i i n i , counties tiiousaiuLs of dollars ami ,ha,s given besides, employmeikt ;o j quite a number of people. Let line say, though, that the path of j this enterprise ha not been al together one of pleasantm ss and '. peace. The want of the co Iht.sive power hum i.g the aver.age i farmers had to U- rtck'ji.td with am; on more than one. occasion .. ... ,T ... t tit i! r-.. i.f t 1. ..Mt..l-I.rw (Kk- ' v ... ............ u.i t t eu, to sav tru least, verv uncer .ii. . tain, but thanks to the ini!1. mi taJde couriig-. aiul grim .bJermi inttioii behind it, tU- clouds dis appeared ai il today as w e look back upon its history the old adage conies tt our mind, "Noth ing succeed like success." In conclusion, h t me say tlt wduit this community has done, dozens, yea scores, of commuii itiis all "over North Carolina ar.d the South can do. All that is Tieeth'd is "agitation, education, co-operation," a ftv who have a littlecontfitletii their "k uuIT a UttTe money and lots of patience, determination and a little of that saving quality called optimism. May hte day soon rftmo when, instead d" distrust among that vast army of those who "till the soil," wo shall find confidence in man and a little more inclina tion to labor and to wait for re sults. Tiien and not till then will the fanner rightly come into his ow n. He Loved His Sheep. Monrono Enquirer. 'I'll Is is not a shectp-raising sectiifli, but one man in this county raised sheep for years and years, in spite of shec-j- kill ing dogs and other drawbacks and when he died owned a flock of one hundred or more. The late Mr. Tho. J. Ashcraft, of Marsh vill township, died a little over two year ago, agul Hd years. Wheai he wa a very small ly, not over eight or nine years old, Mr. Ashcnift's grandmother gave him a lamb which had lost its mother by death. The little boy was d lighted with his gift, pet ted it, fed it until it would eat no more and under the care of its little master, grew into a large, fine sheep. The care bestowed upon that lamb made the little owner of tiie pet a great lover of fcheip, ajid from the day that the little lamb was given to him un til he died he was a she epowner. h. rai: th if them during the three quarters o! century lie was engagetl in sn ep raising. And a remarkable t! ng about his flock was that Mr. A.sherai't was .ever withort seei.huits of t!i little lamb en him in Lis boyhood, and w he died there M" .she -p ill ien h:s be to hi we, :p rht old l-t 'l:ff On his his ft ck whose i t traced back in unl CHlM i n line '.d in the little lamb b- p; f I-. . 'hi" d da s. ii Irs When s.s-ol d e' P.d. , d. i'ii lim ai d L' V t! f his four se- re -ars o'd i t .: !! " e ' the i tl: ' ' , ear I. ved ".k .-f h i, for them, aij.l in f f his 'ffftcts ),i r. ' i, ted of t.r ?. i-ver t.i t: vout:y irran.ls.tns. Sale cf Pcrr.naJ Property. H:i Satunlar A .tr. 2.J. at 11 a. m. I will sell at i Ai'r.d's mill, al ' home near hous'-liiild anl kitchen Turniture. rharlev Willard. Aug. 12, 1913. Mt. Airy Rout.
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