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"Harding, Facts Concerning His Xatt.P-f'i : Warren G. Harding .United : States senator from Ohio was born on his PiTjidfather's f aim, -where, his father then residedjust outside the village of Blooming Grove, Morrow county, Ohio. November x 2nd, 1865.. He was " the oldest of eight children; " . He is the son of .Dr.: George I T." Harding, who-at the time "of "Warren's birth was the village doctor. In those days no night was " too dark, no journey too long oyer almost impass- able roads for him to go to alleviate the suffering of some patient, - The Hardings were of colonial stock, coming originally from Scotland, set tling in Connecticut, removing later to the Wyoming Valley, Penn sylvania, where some, of them were nassacrei. Others fought in the Revo lutionary war- Warren's" 'mother, Phoebe Dickerson, was descended from rn old time Holland , Dutch family and thus was blended the hlood of the Holland Dutch with that of the hardy Scotch. . 1 " " The country roundabout 'where the Hardings located ' was mostly wood land. His grandfather owned a small tract of land and was neither better or worse off than his neighbors. They were all engaged in cutting away the timber.' and transforming a pdmitive forest into cultivated farmsl And in those days every child was ex pected to contribute hiar share of toil in overcoming the obstacles of nature in the transf orming process. . As Warren grew up he4 learned to fell trees, chop wood, split rails, plant and hoe corn and do all the4 things incident to fam lif e. Tho?c" "ywere the Jasr when farm- labory-weitr' per- foruiod by hand. In this "way yottng Hardfflr acquired the habit . - of in- d;.stry. - .. . . However, it was; not all - toil for young Harding. He attended the vi!? lage school until fonrteeiv when he entered Ohio Central Collegs at Iberia, from, wjiich he graduated. . During his college course he , was editor of the college paper where he first dis .played a "nose f or- news." JZke all boys of that day , he wis obliged to work during vacations to pay for his tuition. He cut corni wasHmfama- teur painter , and drove team, in the grading 'of .the T. & O. C. railroad which was being constructed through that community. ' ' .. ! At seventeen he was teaching school and "tooting a horn" in the village j brass band. . v , - . t One of his fellow'ihusicians, who is now at the head of a great, mrjiufac tnring plant and who ;ha2r?, since sat with him on various boards of direct tors, recounts that thebana6hce took third prize in a tournament. At odd times Harding worked . in the little printing office in" the 'village nearby. He became a first class com positor and interested himself' in the mechanism of the. entire , plant, -When linctypes were introduced hepastere$ the keyboard so that he finally mastar- ed the intimate -workings of a news- paper office from the editorial room to. the press room. - i . A f riendrecalls an incident wBicltJl lustrates the "human" side pfHard- hig's character, 7 MORRISON HAS A L,EAD -7.: : ; OF C 87 OVER GARDNER 1.' i ' ? L r til ir- Entering the office of the Star'toae New Years'r morning he found the senator making up the form, and. per-, forming all the duties" of thev fore- Dian who was busy elsewhere. "'What's the idea?" inquired the friend. - ... x .-. " ': ' "Well, you see" responded the eeha xor, this is a holiday, and . we want to go tp press early; so that the xncny Set home, and pass the day with their families, so I'm lending . sl helping When the forma were made up and the, paper 'went to press the senator and his friend adjourned to the edi torial room for & chat. Suddenly the rambling of the press ceased. The in evitable which always haunts a news paper office in the rush hour, or on a holiday, had happened. Springing from the chair the senator rushed down to the press room. His trained eye soon located the trouble, and r as not long before the edition .was again on its way: ' . B--v. ' This mastery of detail was an early trait of the senator and has followed imvuguuut r.xs career. . . . - : N But to return to the Star. This was the senator's idol. It cwas- the pet of his youth and the pride of his man hood. When. he was nineteen, haying completed his college' course, his f ath er, Dr HaHmgceeking a wider, field, removed, to Marion;' Ohio, the county &eat X)f an adjoining county where he still resides, and desnite his seventy- six "years, is in 'active practice of his1 profession..;. ' x ' . '; ' ' .' lhe btar was a struggling gaily'in a backward county acAt of fdttr thousand inhabitants. Young Harding .wanted to . own it. however notwithstanding the fact that it was difficult to tell whether it was an asset orVa liability. His father haying faith in the young man and wishing togratifiy supreme' desire lent his credit hu assisting in takinsr the nlant over the considera- rtioi being the assumption of its . in debtedness. The county was democrat ic andTthis ' paper was "not. even the official organ of the minority party. With" youthful enthusiasm and the inspiration of a young man who has his foot Oh the first rung of the ladder of his ambition, he bent his energies to the task of making the Star a power in the community. . He lived with it by day and dream ed .of it by . night. Thorny was the road and the greater share of. the pof -i f ers of the treasury were depleted to the point of bankruptcy.- The story of. how it grew and ex panded, ultimately . taking over its competitor is too long to be written here. It 'was the old story of devo tion, .energy, resourcefulness and de termination. - . - . .The Star today is a prosperous, mon ey-making plant and is notfdr sale. It has the largest circulation: of any newspaper id any city of thirty thous and "inhabitants ; inr' the' Middle-west. It hwayilbn-t'hooste never a "knocker."5;: , - ; . -..y r '': After. .Senator Jaarding. had! estab lished the, paper on a sound financial basis he organized a' stock company, distributing shares to each - of his employes andv he and they still Dwn it. . Senator Harding is closely identir fied with many large business inter- piises. Since he . took oyer the Star, Marion - has grown from a country town of four thodsand ".inhabitants" to a . flourishing manufacturing ity of thirty, thousand land the senator has been a factor, in its industrial de-- yelopment. ' ; T " ' He; has been v a; booster" for new industries in a substantial . way -by taking stock in these companies to the limit of his financial ability and at present he is a director in a bank, several manufacturing plants, . and other enterprises. He isa trustee of TnmtyBaptestelmrch jbf rwhichlie is a member and , regular attendant. Durihsr the. oast twenty years Sena tor-Harding t has Been "' three- timed abroad, visiting most of xthe Euro pean countries to study at close range their systems of government and the, . . .11. ' ' ' IT .. 1 ? 1- economic proDiems wim wni.cn uua country has to deal. '?After?Ws election to the I, United States senate,- and before takuihis seat,- Senator . Hardmg visited the Hawaiian Islands to get first hand in formation upon" the , production and distribution of" .sugar, -r ; Sector Hardhig has r twice repre sented tEe" thirteenth semwriM ; dis trict. 6i QhTo in ihe state legislature, served-1 term as lieutenant' goyernor, refusing to stand for re-election, and he is now nearing the close of his first , term asUnited Spates senator. One of his first of fidal acts upon reaching Washington was to sponsor the -bill f or preparedness whichhad the endorsealent . of Colonelf Roose- velt and he was cioseiy - associaiea with the, late president ,'T during; its Dendancr. . V."- - ' "1 X:. He was selected as trainman oz tne national convention - soon after , he entered the senate, without factional strife. -.;- ' . " ' , - As a public speaker he is - plain vet f orcefuL He . has a wide voca- z . :-r.ti -i ui 1.-'-:- buiary ana is mu1',s' .nicc. Senator Harding was-' selected "to present the name of .William Howard Taft for Nrenomination : at tne -t tur bulent convention in Chicagond was again-selectecLjio presentjthe keynote speech at the last national convention. He was the j)fesiding officer at this convention. -Cr-'-'' : .His friends point: to thef act that lhe' resembles in many ways ; the. late William' Aiciviiucjf. j-wv ff.f aK.-riar.Ant-:L In . nreserice . and manner- of speech, in : painstaking Raleigh, Tune 15. Cameron Morris son in the official count of the primary vote oh June 5, leads Max - Gardner by-87 and lays upon the Shelby man the aisagfeeable; duty of calling for the second primary'. ; ' . - , Chairman Wilson Gf Lamb leaned to the opinion that there waa mis- taKe 01 100 against Gardner and tnat the correct vote would show less than 100 difference in the most spectacular race ever run. for a. state office and late developments prove that this; is true The Morrison total is 49,170 against 49,083 as tne corrected result shows. Page polled 30,180, and" th fight of the two candidates is to. hold what they .have and to take what be longed to Page." . - ' .-V J ' WESTERN UNION OPENS ; UP-TOWN TELEGRAPH OFFICE COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL IN SESSION AT MOUNTAIN VIEW Mr. E. N. Williams, district mana ger of North Carolina for the Western Union Telegraph company, spent sev eral days in the city this week look ing after the opening of the new up town office of his company, whichs located in theBluemont Hotel build ing on B street ' Mr. Williams stated Tuesday that the office would be com plete in every detail and that the re mainder of the office equipment wouldJamination. arrive within the hext several days. Mr. Ed Turner, who has' been con nected with the company for a number of years, will have charge of the new office. The county summer . school jat Moun7 tain View opened on Tuesdav. June 8tl ,with an enrollment approximately double that expected by the educational-authorities of the county. Be fore .the close of the first week it was around one j hundred. fThe most encouraging thing, howev er is the spirit which seems to actu ate "every .teacher present, the deter mination to make the very most pos- sible; of the, opportunity for piofes sional improvement. '.. Not only, are methods stressed and emphasized, here but subject matter is " also taught to prepare "i-pse whe desire it for the.-examination diirlrg the closing week of the term. f The State Department of Education has allowed the counties to incra-se the .SalarlPS of tVlia fnTvsj hnin.-r State Elementary Certificates and who are not required by law to attend the school for renewal credits an increase of f salary. This will not '"become ef fective, however, after MondayTJune 2ist." ' ;.- ' ; It will be well, too,, for those teach- er desiring county., certificates the coming, year and those; wishing to. take" the Readme Circle iwork to, at tend 'the school and thus - be" better prepared to pass successfully the ex- Cicero - Chambers of Wilkesboro, chargeoTwith having too much liquor gave bond yesterday in the sum of $500 for his appearance hext Saturday moraing at 10 o'clock before Mayor L. B. Bristol Statesville Sehtuiel, J une 16th. .'-..v..' -.r '; CTTIZENST. OF KENSmGTbNV3, " AVENUE TO LAY; CONCRETE A number of citizens who live -on Kensington Avenue held ' aV meeting ast Monday night for the purpose of brmulating plans for concreting the avenue, 'me estimated cost oi this progressive move is $4,000 and each property owner has . already pledged himself to pay his portion of the cost. Construction will . be started within the nex several weeics. , - Wilkesboro Road Bridge Out of Com- " mission. . , ' ' : The ' Williams MuT- bridge on the Wilkesboro road over Rocky Creek will be out for repairs for about .two weeks. Signs have been placed ?rt detburing points on each side of the creek. Statesville Sentinel, June 16. It-will be-well, too, for all those who, can to spend as much time as possible taking the method work given here, thus enabling " them o become better teachers and hence to command better salaries. v ; . The school,, enjoyed quite a treat .on Tuesday evening, June 15th, when the State Community Service gave its first moving picture exhibition in the school auditorium.' About one hundred peo ple gathered ; to, witness the show .arid seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.- It will iacrne'v s siin before - theV close" of the We haveliad a few Visitors already. Mrs.- T. E. Johnston, of the. State Board of . Examiners, and Institute conductor, Mra - Cunningham, of ; the Fire Insurance department at Raleigh; Rev. S. S. Jennings and others who talked to the teachers. ? Theeople of the viHage have thrown open their doors to the faculty and student body and everything possible is being done to make the stay of the teachers, at : this delightful place, both pleasant and profitable'.: Report ed..'' ' . . 1 - : MISS PEARL SMITHEY IS FATAL LY JNJURED NEAR SPENCER. ; : ; ; ' -; y - r;-i 'y y y-y Spencer, June i4.-Miss - Pearl Smithey of Moravian v Falls one Vbf the young women injured in tlie 'auto mobile accident at the Soehcor crbw?- ing la'te tnis afternoon, died in a'Jocal hospital shortly before midnight!' v: Miss Kate Grubbs, another one of the injured, is barely -alive and!; her bpencer, June 14. The deadly grade crossing one- mle north of Spencer on the main linc of the Southern railway claimed ; another victim and sehttwp young women to a Salisbury hospital when a ligh't switch engine, running backwards, struck an V'auto owned and driven by H. Matt Grubh, a well known farmer residingtwo miles from town on -the Bongs Ferry road. ' - -. . - Mr. Grubb was killed instantly by the impact of the engine in charge oi iara jiingmeer rracey- Uenton.. A daughter, Miss Kate Grubb, age 21, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured by the blow, 'her limbs 'arid body being badly crushed. ; - " , Miss Pearl Smithey, . of Moravian Fails, aged 19, was also seriously in jured about the headland body.. ; At a laie .nour tomgnt, DOtn young women are still unconscious at a Salis bury hospital and very little hope is given for their recovery. Two other daughters of "Mr. Grubb, occupants of the carat the. time of the accident, Misses. Cora 'and Josepnine Grubb, saw the approaching engine in time to jump and escaped with slight bruisesl Another auto party, composed 'of Mrs. Daniel Efird, Mrs. J. H. Culp arid A. W.' HickSi a -Spencer newsnaoer man, had a narrow escape fromvthe returning - from same "engine while 'Yadkin, crossing the tracks just ahead of ". the , car , that was wrecked. ; 1 mastery of detail and tact in bringing opposing factions en a common ground mutual friends point out the -: simi larity. . '..' . V In . 1891? Senator. , Harding f married Florence Kling, daughter of Amos Kiing, now deceased, who ' vas , one oi tne leacung Dusmess men oil Marion." Mrs., Harding inherits the! business acumen of ;her father and has ;' been T'& 'wonderful helpmate in business' and. political asjjirations ,oi her husband. ' Mrs. Hardmg's ambi tion is for tiie success of her husband but she lauehmrrly remarxs that a man must be well fed and well pproom ed if he would succeed." They have r children y .?; Brief 't Coolidge, - Si Governor. Calvin Sketch of His' Career - Governor Cbolidg ' vaabcfn in x a typicjaAmericah . tbrnr: Plymouth, VermocfrMayelve miles. from a rail roaiiJte.4th, 1872.VHis family was r&t tjTai American xzunuy &uu hebind him; were generations of Mas-? sachusetts ancestors, who '.had'.seryed their country in every emergency. He, was not brought up in pdyerfy ut 'eil ioved the comforts of va i; from luxuries. . Early iri lif le learn ed the dignity and necessityofwojpe. He was educated at Amherst college. He was an able arid industrious , stu-. dent" It was during; Jija college coarse that he began the study of .American, politics.; ; His conception of this iritri cate subject then formed and since maintained is . that "there will . come out of the; government exactly what is put : into it-w He believes that "politics is the process of action in public affairs." y At AmhersVin hlsseor year- Ee won i&e' first; prize, a'gbldlinedaliifor the best - essay - on the principles' of the - war ior American' independence. This competition was open,:tovtheiun- , - .(Continued on page eight) - SHORE-FOSTER., r A marriage that comes as a surprise to friends of the contracting parties was solemnized last Wednesday even ing at nine o'clock when Miss Eliza beth Shore was married to Mr.Charles C. Foster, the ceremony being per formed hear Purlearpostoffice by Rev. F. C. Watts, y ' . : . s v-m'! The bride is a daughter of Mrs.v M. H. Blythe, of Yerkes, Ky. For a number of years she has mader her home in Wilkesboro with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Forester. She was a member of the graduation class : of the Wilkesboro High School this Spring, and is one of Wilkesbbro's most attractive and popular young la dies. . -V - - ' ' Hf The groom is a son of Register of Deeds and Mrs. W. H. Foster, of Wilkesboro.- During the past session he was a;.student of Oak Kidge'lnsti tute. He holds a responsible position in the office of the. register of ; deeds and is a young man q. sterling worth. The happy young couple have many friends who wish them many years of happinessr: ; . ' Saturday , evening at. her home in west Wilkesboro, Miss Gertrude: John son entertained a numbec of young people of rthat towa at a delightful par- y. Honoring jar. sou j,js wovw.., . onea.tsrTT.T.TAltSL " i . - - - - :, Mrs. J, Williariis;.who resides on Wflkesboro Route 2, received the fol lowing announcement Friday, .which will be . of interest . to many of our readers?'...,' '''. : ; f:!' Mr. John . G. Roes 1 announces i the mge pf Ms daughter Helen Eliza- oetn, ta ur. Mwm aucuaci uaiiuiu, Tuesday, June 20, at NorfolkrVlrginia. . Mrs.iWilliariis is the groom's great aunt and he made his home with' her fordriite a number of years.- Hejhas nSan'y- f riends in the county who ex tend besVwishes. :. . ": ? '- - Mr. and - Mrs;! Harrold will 4 be a home afteif June 18th at 104 W. Grace streetj, Kicnmona, .va. whowas fatally injured in 'ah automo bile "wreck; near Spencer last Mbfeiday afternoon, arrived' here Tuesday even ing and was taken to the horiie of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smithey, who reside hear Moravian ails. i y, 'y Miss Smithey was about 19 years of age and had ' been making ' her home in Spencer .for sometime1 with her brother, . Mr. Ii. R. Smithey.1- 'She held a responsible position in the of fice of a large mill near the city.'y ' - Surviving are 4ier parents? and the following brothers and sisters: Messrs. W. TJ. Smithey, ofWilkesboro; iiloyd Smithey, of Moravian Falls;' PVG Smithey, of v Moravian Falls; Baxter Smithey, of Texas j" Shelly Sntitheyj of West Virginia; L. R. Smithey. of spencer; r red bmitney, oi Moravian Falls; and Mrs. Fred Phillips, of Wil kesboro; Mrs. B. M. Pardue, of Mora vian Falls; ' Miss Viola Smithey, . of Moravian Falls. -Funeral-; andj' burial services;. wrere conducted yesterday; afternopnVat, 3 o'clock at Cub .Creek Baptist -church by Rev. R. N. Garner, assisted, by Rev. J. M. Barber. - ..?':' Miss Smitheys untimely death, is dcplofed throughout the co:inty arid a large number Of relatives and friends extend their syhipathy to the bereaved SENATOR WARREN HARDING " ' IS REPUBLICAN r NOMINEE : ' " ; ; ::y, ; . . :(':-r - y ; 1 CMcago, June 12. Warren G: Hard-1 ing, United States senator from ''phio, ": - ' was nominated for thepresidency, to- day by the republican national . con vention after a-deadlock which lasted iiiue uauots , ana wmcn nnaiiy -; forced . but . of the running all " the original favorites. " . '' . y 'rrAs'"nis running" "matethe oriteh-.' tion named Governor .Calvin Coolidge; of Massachusetts, upsetting a plan, of a combination of the Harding back- ers to nominate for the place Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, of Wisconsin. . y. The collapse of the forces- of Gov ernor Frank- O. Lowden and their v transfer in large part . to Senator. hoarding put the .Ohio candidate over.' General Wood lost heavily, however, . when the "Hardinsr drift beeran. and Senator Johnson, the. third of ' the rid of leaders on the early ballot- - ing yesterday, also werit steadily down hill. - ; v - yV i Entering the convention four days ago as a candidate distinctly of the - vdark horse" class, Senator -Harding, got only. 64 votes on the "nrst ballgit yesterday and on the second he drop-; ped to 56. '---k -y ' y : iir&i - When the convention adjoufnedjast ' nightjat the end of the fourth ballot, he had" 61. x; . '.. ;. , -, ; In ' 11 night conference araong the party chiefs, however, he was men tioned many times as the most like? ly to break ; the nomination 'deadlock should . neither Wood, Lowden ' nor s Johnson , take a , commanding lead to j day. -' They all failed to do so.. Wood and, Lowden running a neck and neck race for leadership on four more , ballots while the strength of the. Cali- ', -fornia candidate dwindled " steadily. V; L. v. Meantime Harding pushed his to- " tial-tb 2133f individual Relegates from" many, states swinging . to; him ; from - the columns ; oftHe leaders' and of ' -yanofavonsoni managers j f crmg a landslide was, irii-,- pending", then made a last play to save the fortunes of their candidatel They -moved to recess for a couple of hours " in order to . take" an- inventory and N seek a new combination. .The . Wood and Lowden forces, both virtually at the peak "of their strength, but ' both disheartened, at .the long string-fof ballots without material gains, 1 fell in. with tW irecess plan, and the. con- : ventioh adopted it. . . , ywi- In the, dramatic succession of, cont erences that followed. the fate of ,he . candidates virtually was sealed. ;Some . of the Wood and. Lowden managers tried ineffectually for ari agreement' which would holft their. delegatesrr in line and 'kill ' off the ' Harding hpom. Some tried to. get a Wood-Lowden- Johnson agreement ,to adjouin suntil ' Monday witnout.maiang a noinxiawoo. There also was a conference between Johnson and,' Hardmg supporters'- is( which the Ohioan's supporters tried , without success' to have the remain ing' ritrength swung to ' Harding- ; ' It rwas the parleys between. the 'I (Continued on page eight)? .'4 -2 Mrs.'cW. W. Barber, and. daughter, Miss Elizabeth Barber, and son; -Joe spent - Sunday , in t Lenoir with Mrsv Barber's daughter, Mrs. ,W. C. Moore, Jr. NOTICE.: ii-.'. TxL. ( " The Wilkes jCounty Republican Con vention .: is hereby., called Ho . ineef t at the Court House in Wilkesboro IC C., on : Monday, July 19th, 1920, a'V.drie The Jobject of the Countyl CoaVea- rtionAis to nominate the respective County officers and a member to-the Legislature and to transact such Other business as may properly come" before the Convention. ' ' . v i I ; Each -Township Chairman is hereby to beheld "at the' respective polling places' on Saturday, July 17th,' 1920, at 2 o'clock, P. M., except the Town ship : of : North Wilkesbord which " will be -called to meet July 17th, 1920 at (12 to'clockM. , 1 v . : ',.' ;.-;:.;i i: .1 That each Township is requested to elect- delegates to i the County, Con vention ; and perfect, i reorganize ?. and transact any business that may. rigmV fully . come before-; said -Primary : This the 15 day of June, 1920.! J. C. . Wallace, Sec'y. Rep. Exec, Com. and John JR. Jones, ChnLRep Exec, Committee. . . ' , . - - --: ' .. '. -. n. i tJAMP-MEETING TO BE HELD AT MILLERS CREEK NEXT MONTH, .... Plans are on foot for holding a camp meeting at Millers Creek, which will begin : the -third Sunday in Jury and contiriue "several weeks.' Rev. Harold ) IL -Cornish; evangelist, .who conducted a . succesful ! meeting' in . Wilkesboro in April, ,wiu conduct tne genes ox . ser vices. . Eight churches, bothiletho dist andj Baptist,are expecting Vta labor . for, the success of the camp-' meeting. A large arbor " will be con structed near the Booae Trail highA way " to. shelter the large congirega tioris that will attend each' service. JAS. JLlITTCnELL, OF IREDELL I COUNTY, COMBOTS SUiaDE Statesville, June 15A-Jamea . 1L Mitchell, an influential farmer cf north7 Iredell, ? commitsd ! suicid. ,,at requested to call a Republican Finiaryhiis home1 th' morriirig1 by1 hanging himself. "After feeding his horses;and hogs about S o'cloclc, ,hk climbedtmto the ' barn loft, fastended one end of a log chain around his; neckband the others around a . rafter,' ; and jumped; . from- thev stringer, ea&was'; pro- duced by 'strangulatipn. TcrBioodingf over imaginary " trouble ? during '' the . pastTtfeek or .two le4 to. the tragedy. Deceased was? 77 years of. age, The deceased was the grandfather -of . Mrs. tW. J. Allen, of this, place, arid the-news of Mr. Mitchell's death did riot reach here 'until Wednesday , afternoon. Carter's WeeklyT. . ! t ! f i 1: r .1 - i - A''
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