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THE SUN Advertising Columns Bring Results TLhc Sun THE SUN Job Printing Department Solicits Your Work VOL. 22 NO. 24 RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR THE SUN HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT COTTON MILL FOR RUTHERFORDTON Authorized Capitalization Of $500,000 Is Named After County Yarn Mill Mach inery Already Bought. WATCH THE "HUMP" Subscriptions And Renewals Continue To Come In. MR. JOHN SHYTLE PASSES Rutherfordton's latest enterprise is a new yarn mill with an authoriz ed capitalization of $500,000. The new mill is a reality. The charter has been applied for. The machin ery has already been bought. It will be known as the Rutherford Cot ton Mill Company, being named af ter the county. It will be located between town and the Southern de pot or near by. The charter was signed by Messrs. W. A. Harrill, M. L. Justice and C. D. Geer. The following are among the leading stockholders: W. A. Harrill, B. J. Dobbins of Charlotte, J. L. Taylor, C. L. Miller, C. D. Geer, M. L. Justice, K. S. Tanner, C. W. Keeter, R. P. Geer, J. O. Williams and others. Much of the stock has already been subscribed and the books are still open for new stock. The mill was secured largely through the efforts of Mr. W. A. Har rill, who raised the stock. The stockholders will meet at the court house, July 30th to perfect the organization. This will mean much added wealth and prosperity for the town and county. With paved streets, a good highway from Asheville to Wilming ton crossing our county and coming through here and many other im provements, our town and county is destined to be put on the map anew soon. TYPHOID FEVER GROWING About 332 Cases In State Now Can Be Prevented (Special to The Sun). RALEIGH, July 21. Typhoid fever in North Carolina during this month will cost approximately one half million dollars, according to es timates made in the office of the State health officer. This is based on the loss from illness alone and does not take into consideration the economic loss arising from the deaths that will result from this preventable disease. Reports from all sections of the State show a rapid increase in the number of cases during the first fif teen days of July. On the fifteenth the total reached 332. With the same rate of increase maintained during the last two weeks of the month the total for July will be close to one thousand cases. The convenience, loss, suffering and sorrow that trails typhoid through every home which it enters is useless because typhoid fever can be prevented. In fact, it has been demonstrated over and over again that it is the most easily controlled of all the preventable diseases. Vac cination will give immunity for a period of from two to four years. Sanitation means banishing the dis ease. North Carolina is fast learn ing the lesson, but not quite fas1: enough to prevent a heavy loss in money and many a heart bowed in sorrow. Post Office Changes Miss Ellen Erwin has resigned her position in the post office here to ac cept the position as welfare worker at the Cleghorn Mills. She began her work Monday. She has been clerk in the post office since January 1st and has proved very efficient. Mr. Schurmway Rollins, son of Mr. J. H. Rollins of R-l, takes her place in the post office. He is a student of the local high school and is a very bright boy. Seats For Court Square The county commissioners are to be highly commended for purchasing 25 iron seats for the court square, which have been installed this week. This will afford seats for people who are in town and have to wait. It will afford a place for the town peo ple to go and meet their friends and enjoy these hot evenings. It will make the court square more useful and attractive. The "Hump" continues to grow. During the past week 40 names were added to The Sun's rapidly growing list. The following are the names: Rutherford ton W. H. Gray, R-2 $ .50 J. W. McFarland, R-l .50 J. B. Flynn, R-3 .50 W. H. Higgins .50 Zolan Clements, R-4 .75 N. M. Ponder .75 M. Y. Tate .75 Wallace Long 1.50 Forest City J. L. Hunsinger, R-l $ .50 Farmers Bank 1.50 J. W. Griffin 1.50 Cliffside W. G. Hoy $ E. B. Jarrett J. H. Hill B. D. Wilson Irvin Lutz .75 .75 .75 .75 .75 G. C. Martin 1.00 .75 .75 .75 Dr. J. S. Rudisill M. O. Proctor J. H. Hudson J. L. Taylor .75 D. T. Freeman .75 Pantha Smart 1.00 C. C. Tate 1.00 W. J. Clontz .75 L. W. McKinney .75 J. C. Carpenter 1.50 Ellenboro A. A. Biggerstaff 1.50 J. B. Beam .75 Henrietta Jennie Baber : 1.00 Haynes Bank 1.50 J. C. Lattimore .75 Miscellaneous Mrs. T. M. Green, Bostic $ .75 Miss Dorothy Harkins, Tacoma, Washington '- 1.50 J. H. Condry, Caroleen .75 T. C. Flack, Gilkey .75 Mrs. R. Flack, Union Mills 1.00 J. W. Harrison, Moore-sboro R-l .75 Rev. J. G. Graham, Charleston, S. C. Miss Nell Hester, Brookland, D. C. Miss Hunt Entertains Orph an Concert Personals 1.50 1.50 Home Accounts Save Money A housewife in an Iowa town found she had spent $42 during one month for each member of the fam ily for groceries and meat, and could not see where all the money had gone. The home demonstration agent advised her to keep home food accounts, which she did. She notic ed at the end of the following month that she had been buying fresh fruits out of season, and she found several other extravagances which were eli minated and which reduced the monthly expenses for each person to $35. She was so pleased that she began keeping an account of cloth ing expenses, also. Expenses for each member of the family were re corded on a separate sheet and it was found that a saving on cothes could also be made through studying the account book. Help Get Farm Loans The county agents deserve much credit in the number of farm loans secured during the month of May, according to a statement just issued by the Federal land bank at Balti more. Pennsylvania took the lead during this month in the increase of application for loans. The number of farmers applying for loans in creased 86 per cent and the amount of money requested was increased 56 per cent. This increase is due to the organi zation of national farm loan associa tions in 21 counties since February 1, 1919. Weekly News Letter. Gives $3,000 For Schools The Henrietta Mills, through the generosity of the president and trea surer, Mr. S. B. Tanner of Charlotte, have donated the schools of Hen rietta and Caroleen $3,000 for the coming school year. This supple ments the fund enough to help the county give these two towns a good school. Henrietta and Caroleen are to be congratulated on having such liberal minded mill men. Hotels To Be Inspected The State Board of Health will be gin an investigation of the health conditions of the various resort hot els of the State in a few days. Sev eral complaints have reached the State health authorities recently. Only two things can be done; if they are below the standard the propriet or can be fined five or ten dollars, or the light of publicity can be turned on. (Special to The Sun). CLIFFSIDE, July 21. It was an nounced in last week's paper that the Cliffside choir would sing at Mt. Ver non last Sunday, but it was reported that owing to the recent rains the roads were in bad condition, and the trip was postponed. Mr. John Shytle died suddenly here last Thursday, the 17th. He had gone to the mills with his daugh ter and was apparently in his usual health, when he dropped to the floor. Those standing near said he was dead when they reached him. Dr. Dun can was called and made a statement that Mr. Shytle had died instantly from heart trouble. Mr. Shytle had been making his home with his daughter who a few months ago married Mr. M. W. Williams and re sides on Academy St. Interrment was at Walls church Friday after noon. Mrs. Chas. Swofford recently with the A. E. F. has accepted a position with the Cliffside Mills. Miss Aquila Lovelace has returned to her home at Boiling Springs after spending some time here the guest of Miss Pamelia Pruett. Dr. J. M. Allhands and family have returned from a visit to Dr. All hand's home town, Wingate, Ind. They also visited Chicago and other points in Indiana and Illinois. Miss Mary Sue Hunt delightfully entertained last Thursday night in honor of her guests, Miss Gladys Williams and Mr. Gordon Olive of Apex. N. C. During the evening, cards with pencils attached were giv en out with the request that each write two questions of international, national, or local interest. The cards were taken and given out again all getting different cards, when they were asked to write answers to the Lmiestiorts on cards. Theron Wilsotsf read the questions and answers which caused a great deal of merri ment. Another interesting feature was the progressive conversation. Miss Williams and Mr. Olive, and as many others as cared for them re ceived a booklet in which those with whom they talked wrote their names. At the expiration of three minutes each young man had to move on to "the next chair," thereby getting to talk to all the young ladies present. The out of town guests were, Miss Gladys Williams and Mr. Gordon Ol ive of Apex, and Mr. R. E. Price, of Rutherfordton. Delicious ice cream and cake was served, and all voted Miss Hunt a charming hostess. Miss Fay Best, of Clyde, N. C, has accepted a position as steno grapher with Cliffside Mills. Mr. Raleigh G. Hollifield is spend ing a few days at his home in Surry county and Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Carpenter left Monday for Atlanta, where they will spend this week. Miss Eva Long left last week for Baden and other points in the State where she will spend two weeks. She was accompanied to Baden by her brother, Mr. Robert Glenn Long who after spending a few days at Baden with his father, Mr. J. F. Long, will return to New York, where he will rejoin the aviation corps. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilson and little daughter, Misses Ruth and Grace, are spending this week in Spartanburg, Converse and other points in South Carolina. Dr. G. C. Haynes is spending sev eral days in Asheville. The Oxford Singing Class from the Masonic Orphan Asylum at Ox ford, will be here tomorrow night, (Tuesday) and will give a concert in the auditorium. We are always glad to welcome these classes to our town and they always bring us something worth while. It is expect ed that a full house will greet them. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Hawkins and little son, Harry, and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Campbell visited last week in Hendersonville, Asheville and Flat Rock, gonig the last of the week to Lincolnton, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Carl ' Wilson and Messrs. Malcolm Wilson and Horace Cole of Lattimore, visited in town Sunday. Fine watermelons and cantaloupes are being brought in now, but not very much fruit. Mr. Louis Humphries, Mr. H. L. Humphries and wife are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rudisill. Miss Vera Humphries arrived in I town today to visit ner cousin, Mrs. J. S. Rudisill. A new building has ben erected for the cannery here and a great deal of interest is being shown in the work. Six new standard sewing machines have ben placed in the sewing room where Miss Lottie Poole instructs the classes every afternoon. HIGHWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO SEA Will Build Road From Ashe ville To Wilmington (Special to Charlotte Observer) RALEIGH, July 17. The high way commission today endorsed the Wilmington - Charlotte - Asheville highway as a federal and state aid project, as the result of the visit of delegations from many counties through which the road will run. Chairman Page assured the delega tions that the road was already re cognized as a state highway, but it would be formally adopted by the commission now. The 380 miles of the road would be constructed with the idea of ulti mately developing a hard surfaced road the entire length, but for the present projects will be worked on a basis of the needs of the counties through which it runs. If traffic de mands are such that a ffard surfaced road is needed, such road will be constructed, but every mile of the distance from the mountains to the sea-shore will be improved under the present project which was today ap proved. Some of the work is al ready under way. SOLDIERS RETURN DIXON HAS NEW PLAY "The Red Dawn" To Be Given July 28th In Washington Thomas Dixon, the famous North Qt. -vtlin writer of Shelby has wrjt tJti another new play entitled, "The Re"d Dawn," which will have its open ing night in Washington at the Be lasco Theatre on the night of July 28th. Mr. Dixon has issued a spe cial invitation to the entire North Carolina congressional delegation to be present. The play is based on bolshevism and present day tenden cies of organized labor. Thomas Dixon was born near Shel by, Cleveland county, North Caro lina. He is particularly gifted as a writer, his "Leopard Spots" and "Clansman" take high rank and it is claimed by many critics that his "Birth of a Nation" is the greatest screen play that has ever been pro duced. It has at least caused a great many prejudiced people to see the south in quite a different light from the way they looked at it before this masterpiece of the Tar Heel genius revealed so clearly some potent truths of history. Picnic At Gray's Chapel There will be a big rally and picnic at Gray's Chapel, Friday, August 1. Messrs. J. R. Sams, county demon strator of Polk county and C. C. Proffitt, county demonstrator of Rutherford county, will be present and address the meeting. Other speakers will also be present. It will be an all day agriculture meet ing, devoted to the interest of the farming people. A joint-county community club will be discussed. Dinner on the grounds. Everybody is most cordially invited to attend. Cafe Changes Hands The Piedmont Cafe, formerly own ed and controlled by Mr. R. E. Lo gan has been sold to Simpson Broth ers. They will make some improve ments and will conduct a cafe in the latest and most up-to-date methods. Simpson Brothers are good business men and we bespeak for them much success with the Piedmont. Be sure to read their ad in this issue. Joins Navy Mr. Owen Murphy, chief machin ists mate and assistant, Mr. C. E. McCloskey were here last week se curing recruits for the navy. Two joined, W. John Mitchell and James Miller (col). They joined as mess attendants at a salary of $37 per month and expenses. Post Master Nominated According to press dispatches from Washington last week President Wil son sent the name of Benjamin F. Dalton, local post master to the Senate for post master here. Mr. Dalton made the highest grade in the Civil Service examination at Shelby in February. Many Soldiers Return Reviv al At Kistler's Chapel (Special to The Sun). RUTHERFORTON,' R-l, July 21. We have been having plenty of rain for the past week, but as it tak es both rain and sunshine to make things grow, we cannot complain. It is always a happy time when the boys come home from overseas. The home of Mrs. J. P. Hester was a scene of much joy and merriment Sunday evening, when his son, Pri vate Bert B., came home. He has been in service eleven months, and was in only one battle. He brought over with him quite a number of cur ioes, and can tell some very interest ing things about the Old World. Private Cornelius Walter Nash is spending some time with his parents and many friends. He is stationed at Fort McPherson, Ga., at present, but he hopes to receive his discharge soon. It is, indeed, a pleasure to welcome our heroes home again. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Abrams re ceived a telegram from their son, Fred, saying he had landed in New York. He hopes to be home soon. Mrs. J. L. Davis, and two children, Loyd and Carol, of Chase City, Va., are spending the week with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Champion. Mrs. McCraw, of Gaffney, S. C, is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Ab-ram. Mrs. N. L. Smith is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. C. C. Owens of Fingerville, S. C. Rev. H. R. Freeman filled his re gular appointment at Shiloh Sunday. He delivered one of his best ser mons to a large and attentive aud ience. His subject being "The Ex periences of God," based on Psalms 13 9. Miss Alda Champion, who is teach ing at Piedmont, spent the Week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Champion. Mr. A. M. Richardson, of Erwin, Tenn., was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hester Sunday. The revival meeting will begin at Kistler's Chapel next Sunday, July 27th. Let us all boost our county and county paper. Success to The Sun. GREAT WHEAT CROP Rutherford County Boy Mak ing Good In West Kanona Kansas, July 10, 1919 Editor of The Sun, Dear Sir: I am now in sunny Kansas harvest ing wheat and getting $6 per day and board. The wheat crop this year is the greatest in the history of the State. Owing to the excessive heat and dry weather the wheat all ripened at the same time, causing a great scarcity of harvest hands. The greatest shortage of laborers made it necessary for the Government to take the labor situation into hand ship in hands by the carload lots. I have not seen Morris Lynch nor Ras Houser yet. Hope to see them later. The Hodge boys are located with Carl Johnson, and getting along fine. James McClure could not stand the climate owing to his weak heart so he returned immediately. GEO. W. HILL. Ricker-Mickel Beautiful announcements have been received in Rutherfordton which read as follows: Mr. Henry Justine Ricker and Miss Hermione Dutilh Mickel married on Wednesday July the second nineteen hundred and nineteen, Astoria, Oregon. The bride is well known here be ing the daughter of Mrs. Annie Mickel former residents of this place. Heavy Loss Over four million dollars and hun dreds of lives sacrificed annually in North Carolina through fires and yet many people continue to be careless with matches, gasoline, kerosene, and in the use of fire generally and let trash accumulate, use dangerous flues and oppose fire regulations and inspections. Farmers Picnic The Rutherford County Farmers Union will meet at Mount Vernon Friday, July 25th for an all-day pic nic. Everybody invited to attend. Come and bring a well filled basket. State officer Gibson will address the union. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS TO RAISE $75,000,000 $75,000,000 In Eight Days November 30-December 7 At the Southern Baptist Conven tion in Atlanta, Georgia, in May, with more than 5,000 Baptists as sembled, it was unanimously decided to raise 75 million dollars, for mis sions, in home and foreign lands; for their more than 130 educational in stitutions; for their many orphan ages and hospitals; for their aged ministers; and for the National Memorial church, dedicated to Roger Williams and Religious Liberty, to be built in Washington. A Cam paign Commission was appointed, with Dr. George W. Truett, pastor First Baptist church, Dallas, Texas, as chairman, and one member from each of the Southern States. At a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, early in June, the commission met and made out plans for raising the 75 million dollars. Dr. L. R. Scarbor ough, president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas, was elected General Director, and his headquarters es tablished at Nashville, Tennessee. Five of the Commissioners were ap pointed as campaign directors, to whom the details of organization were committed. Mr. J. H. Ander son, of Knoxville, Tennessee, a wealthy merchant, was made chair man. These campaign directors have el ected the following leaders to co-operate with General Director Scar borough in the campaign : B. C. Hening, of North Carolina, Assistant General Director; T. B. Ray, of Vir ginia, Survey Director; H. C. Moore, of Tennessee, Publicity Director; Mrs. W. J. Neel, W. M. U. Organize? A General Organizer is yet to be s lected. At a meeting composed of nearly 200 representatives from every phase of the denomination's life and work, fn Nashville, Tennessee, July 2d and 3d, a complete program and organization for the campaign were effected. Each of the Southern States will be organized, with the State Secretary of Missions as the General Director for thtat state. He will be aided by a General Organizer and a Publicity Man, and an Advis ory Campaign Committee, made up of the three persons named, the Campaign Commissioners from that state, the editor of the Baptist paper, the Secretary and Vice-President of the Women's Work, and the Chair man of the Laymen's organization. It will be the duty of these State Or ganizers to organize the sub-divisions in each state, called Associations or districts. Each of these Associa tions or Districts will have an Or ganizer and a Publicity Director, and these will organize the churches, with . General Director, preferably the pastor; and an Organizer, some se lect layman; and an Organizer re presenting the Women's Work. All these organizations are to be aided by volunteer workers, from among men and women. The name of the campaign is "Baptist 75 Million Campaign." The time for the big drive will be Nov ember 30th to December 7th. This will be called "Victory Week," at which time cash and pledges payable in 5 years are to be raised to the amount of more than 75 million dol lars. All the general organizations, The Foreign Mission Board at Richmond, Virginia, the Home Mis sion Board at Atlanta, Georgia, the Educational Board at Birmingham, Alabama, the Old Minister's Relief Board, at Dallas, Texas, the Lay men's Board, at Knoxville, Tenn., the Woman's Missionary Union Board, at Baltimore, Maryland, and all the state organizations are throw ing themselves full length and full strength into the campaign. Three million Bapttists are to go in and put it over. It is to be the greatest and most meaningful movement ever in augurated by Southern Baptists. Its issues to the cause of Christ are in calculable. This money will help every phase of religious life repre sented by Baptists throughout the whole world. It is expected that every Baptist church, more than 25 thousand of them, and every Baptist member, more than 3 million, will put themselves in a great fashion in to this movement. Watch your label. It tells when your subscription to The Sun is out. Remember, we stop your -paper the day it is out. If you want to be sure and not miss a copy, send in before your time is out.
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