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STUDENT FORtrtl Conipositioiis,
essays and . themes. ' Prize, cash cr
jjjnd, for every acceptable contribu
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VOL. IV. NO. 17.
-ftie A. E. F Greatest American-Army,
Comes to an End." '
WAR DEPARTMENT '
Washington, ' August 14, ' 1920.
General Orders No. 49. ; V, -Section
1. 1- Effective : August 31,
1920 the headquarters of the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces; Washing
n, D. C, will he discontinued. --
By order of the Secretary of War.
V Peyton C, March, U
Major-General, Chief of Staff, ;
Thus briefly and in matter-of-fact
military phrase the greatest of Amer
ican armies came officially to an end,
leaving it sheir, the Army of - Occupa
tion still standing guard on the Rhine.
In a similar curt sentence the. Army
of the Potomac disappeared from the
active list of the War Department
sixty-four years ; ago," notes v Major
T. H. Thomas, in the New-York Even
ing Post. The. major, who was a mem
ber of the great army that has just
ceased to be, continues:
The A. E. F., greatest as it, was,
was ever a khaki rather' than a blue-
flnd-frold outfit, business like -rather
than spectacular, and its ending is in
keeping with its beginning. It hegan
with a handful of officers suppmg un
noticed on a British liner. Following
these, so slowly and after, so cruel a
delay, sardine-packed liners set sail by
night, without trumpet or band, but
darkened, silent, with an altogether
disquieting unobtrusiveness."
Then followed .a time of mystery-
Then followed a time of mystery,
more or less of fiction,' when impa
tience made us believe the1 impossi
Me the A. EF. must already be at
the front, but where ? .-"Where" was
then the word for nearly a year, and
the disillusionment came suddenly, in
credibly, almost tragically. . As sud
denly again the A. E. F. appeared in
its gropes place. Chateau-Thierry,
Saint-Mihieli:; the .Meuse-Argonne,
sum up its brief but lively; annals in
"the iiive, too faitviliaf to need ,peatf ib
ing here. Then, with the same impa
tient breath with . which it had
plunged in, it set its face homeward.
It was not till thenr perhaps, that one
realized the size of the A. E. F. The
armistice disclosed the fact that there
was not room in France to hold it,
even tho Germany had been called up
on to help. It returned again in sar
dine fashion, tho this time" the lights
were on. , ; . ; . J
But tho it returned , in triumph, it
returned piecemeal. No one saw it
all; it could not get into any one
place, and there was no day of home
coming such as the parade of the
Union armies iri Washington in, 1865.
It would have been, we must admit,
a good idea' and only fair, and a Gov
ernment endowed with imagination
would have found a way; would havd
gathered tosrether in recognition a
selection at least of those who " had
made it up a few generals quite
worth showing, the' three armies, the
mne corps, the forty-odd divisions,
G. H. Q., the S. O. S, the special ser
vices, and all the' rest
The second battle of the . Marne,
Saint-Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne
will not be forgotten in American, mil
itary annals. But it is difficult to
foretell the place our brief and sudden
part in a long war will hold in the
American imagination; too, soon to
compare its appeal to those made Ly
our wars of the past. '
It will never have the legendary
heroic glamour of the Revolution. It
did not call out the enduring strain
and trial the poignant sense of trag
edy, and danger, the disappointments
and lon-denressinfif Deriods of the
Civil War. It was too far away,
fought out in a land not our own, and,
all in all, a new. kind of a war.
Let us say (frankly however, that
as far as the A.. E. F. was concerned
we we who were in it, at least fear
no comparisons.
Our rank and file did not wear home
, spun, but on the other ' hand, they
did not go home to the farm when
the spirit moved, as did the boys of
"6. The dough-boy might never have
started the Revolution, but once in
he would have made a quicker job of
it. If we had no splendid, single
handed tussle such as Gettysburg, wa
had, on the other hand, "no Bull Run
no quiet along the Potomac business
n our history. ;Nor did. a regiment of
ours pull out. of line because fits nine
ty days were up . We had no Con
gressional generals, no political colo-
nels ( except one or. two that stray
regiments, brought : with .; them) , no
: -nalleck, . no . campaigns run :by ; a So-
v,e in Washington; ; (This, it is" true,
we have the Secretary of War to thank
TOPICS CE IKE WEEK
An Independent Democratic
for; whether or not he was a Stanton,
he avod. ,ir- w
Stanton ought not to have done; he
chose one general : if w ' i
- ; WWOC WUUK3 WUiCU I 1
command V Vva-n 'jTd ; "
SnTtAL.?!?
. . . viinuv waii uic wuni lapses ux me
A r f can not recall the manage
ment of the Spanish War. There was
no pontics m the .A E. F., and there
were no favorites; if the best men
were not always chosen, Blois was .al
ways there and' it was not left emp-
ty--if anything, the;; rod was applied
almost too severely.
: All in all, the A. E. F. can takets
place confidently enough in line beside
the armies ; that have 4 gone ; before.
Brilliance . was not the note of, the
V " "---uus
or heroic ; matter of fact rather, and
slightly, skeptical. V "Steady" on the
job" might well have: been its motto.
ZTA ?wty,,aPPhe?.Wltl1"
i: IVF . il
0 -i. j . , . . -
lied on. S catered among this averaere
was a uue proporuon 01: xnose eager
. -J j. i . .
Ai. nru .
.x. xvax.jr w iuv xxCiC vv,
r""'au.UB ppn ".ose
r AW r UAV w:
by instinct , in; any. combat or those
mo less important wno, nave, me
T t 1 i . " I
vnact, ox. gettm strange uisks accom- 1
a . - , , s , - . I
f . jut.. v ICJ- J
npln. WithmiT. anvrninir that 7as nAr-1
: , , J , . . " not been placed. Asrphyxiatmg - gas
essary but always done, anm time. ovcrcame them and their lives were
This driving element of bjddmg tal- taken away before anything could .he
ents, plus the ound traditions and me -Js
common sense of the regular anny- bodies of the; p0piin ; bbyVr
an . influence Jittle suspected but all- at Roilda .Wedn.sday a2d Vere
pervadmg-sound plans, and policies, accompanied by;. their father, and
and traimng, and finally the wiling- brothers, Messrs Lotan and Quince
ness, the; businesslike desnfe of two p lin; and Mr Felix- GabiU. -v-TOilhon
;dough-boys to get: the joh funeral was conducted at Macedonia
done--this combination of types and by Rev. .W, j. Bryant,-of .Tad
qualities made up the A. E.F. - coty, La the presence. of alafge
; In all .comparisons pf te future, bengregation.: interment was inadein
tui;5.ci.4,a cxici wjfvei, -c. ijuv miivwr i
F.had to do, much of this it Jiad'to 1
do alone." Its commander-in-chief was!
called upon to be a geneial such as
few had been before. Further: . I
Upon arriving in France he had not j
only no - army Jbut had to (thanks to
official incuriosity during three years
of the war) find out or. report what a I
modern "army -was. He had himself
to determine the whole design "upon I
which his army was to be built; its
size' and shape and component parts
or internal mechanism.' He. had then
to establish the basis on which It was
f rv Vu t-rainpr? "frr vrtT-far aa v-t. wlinl
ly new and unknown and then, even
before .the army, arrived to plan and
gather together an; organization ; ca-
MM.. :nf WiW it 4w
ramp. As to the stefF. he had to make
sniTnotViiritr ont. nf Tiftthmiy. for "not on-
w tfc. t,if W n -M,,
of the thing scarcely existed among
-- & ..w
us before. With such trifles as these
to deal with he had at the same time
to turn his hands to the work ol a
constructing engineer, a captayi of in
dustry, a super-wholesale. - merchant,
buying from all quarters of Europe;
a builder or the operator of a great
railroad system; something of an am -
bassador plenipotentiary,- and, finally,
in a sense, an admiral 01 a mercnanr
fleet-7-for, tho 'ships were not his
province it was he who determined
what was to go in them. All com man
ders-in-chief must be men - of ;a hun
dred hands, but the others had 'their
own countries at hand to faU back on,
Ministers of .War to take on a part of
this burden. But the War Department
stopped at tidewater r in France every
thing was up to the A..E. F.
Moreover, there was no time to
yelop gradually,' to grow.up with , the
war,; as others had done; ' We had the!
benefit of their lessons but had at
the same time to catch up in one spurt,
with all the complexities, changes, and
novelties of four, years' of war; To do
Lthis required, among other things, to
take decision and take rthem quickly.
General Pershing's recommendatibns
for organization -and training were
stvnt home ' a month or so after he'
nz-TiPfT" Fi-anw "In trie ' end thev
rrA nd Pnontrh fin the words of
E-r.iswW .toff mav
to enable him, in spite of all the suj
prises of 1918,to achieve the- pro ii-
trv of trairuns: an army - for
battle
while the battle was progress," ;
Long before American soldiers- saw
the -front the firm at Chaumont had
, . , ... t,' w
struction. dredging, the sandy harbors
-4 "i w rr iro tiii n i. -itiii i it-- v u 1 1 ' i.uii"
which were , w oeuvme syur . uuciivcva
Cinaue Ports in- France; - building
. . . ' X - 1 . A wm-innv
(Continued .on. page four)
Paper Designed Equally for Local
NORTH WILEESBORO,. Ci
SONS OF MR. S. D. POPLIN -
LOSE THEIR LIVES IN SILO.
The distressing' news of the sudden
and. unusual death of Sam and 'Noah
Poplin, eons of Mr. S. D. Poplin, who
was formerly a resident of Edwards
a resiaenr -01, awards
township, : this . county, but who has
SwSS a , J I T
montns .occurred last Sunday
T-l-I.. -r J 1
morning about U0 o'clock on their
father's ;farm, will be. leaded with
regret by friends of the bereaved fam-
11 V, thrftllffhAnf ffm-nt-rr'- -.
A phone message from Ronda yes1
terday gave this paper the following
information about ; the tragedy? ; On
Saturday, Sept. 25, while a party .was
engaged ip. filling a large . stone silo
on Mr. Poplin's farm, his son, Noah,
aged about 7 years allowed his shoe
to fall into the silo. The silo hadfbeen
filled to the second section on Satur
day. Sunday morning an attempt was
wanted toso int0 the silo, and stat
ed that he was unafraid. His broth
er,. Sam, aged 15 years, and 'another,
k waist and leVhim down. Later
man secured a rope and tied it .around
they saw the. Httle f ellow fall, ' and
Ibam thought he was scared or -had
I . j - . - ,
so he went down to n.m
l3 quicitiy as possiDie ana oou aiea
uie BUO w rescue' ine ooys apa
he brought to air it was ftt
difficuitmatter to revive him.
. The silo was a large stone one and
if e wMinn i,9( wn aim it
ka(1 ft HnW mn, a.
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j fV tt, f- Knxra rVTTnli--17!Tlo1r. Rnnriir' Tio-Vif ij'T" w
O v wv ; ww w fcr. A v WWJ U I w w f
down in the side where ensuagehaa
. - . . . . . . .
tne church cemetery.
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SOUTHERN OFFICIAL
v HERE SATURDAY
Mr. R. H. Graham, division pass en
agent of the .Southern Railway,
w1"1 headquarters in Charlotte, spent
las Friday and Saturday in the city.
company with Mr. Granam was Mr.
O. Bean of the traffic department
f the Southern Pacific lines, who has
headquarters in Atlanta, lia.
KENSINGTON . HEIGHTS
- CHOSEN FOR SCHOOL SITE.
The committee on location recenUy
appointed for the purpose of choosing
a ? xor ne propoeu new
school building has recommended
Kensington Heights to the board of
ab0 an' acre and a quarter and can
v. i v. vi e 1 n aao nv
f'
A "T5"11 .rTt -
committee was appomwa lor uie. pur-
pose of investigating the financial con
dition of the city and other prelimi
nary matters. ; On some future date
a special election will be held for the
Purpose of issumg bonds if or the erec
P'qn "e V-v u. r ,
J goDY"- qf PRIVATE BARNET
ARRIVES HERE FROM FRANCE.
The remains of ; Private Daniel G.
Bamett who died in - France of influ-
; enza in the fall of 1918, was brought
to Jpwf Yorlc rpcpntlv and arrived here
I t Saturday; Private Barhett was a
son of Mr. A.. Bafnett, df Gilreath
postoffice, and was a single, man. Fun
eral service was conducted Sunday by
Rev. J. M.' Alpine, of Stony Point, in
de-.the; presence of a large gathering.
interment took place', in the Parker
cemetery,. V s
RESULT REXALL STRAW VOTE
United States: v- Harding; -116,684;
1 Cox 55,746
North-Carohnar .Cox 5,080; Hard-
I ing 2,650.
j Wilkes County:
Harding 2T2, Cox
237.
CLAUDE DEAL AND TRUMAN
HALL GIVEN.TWO YEARS IN PEN
Claude Peal , and Truman vHall two
North Wilkesboro boy? who several
I weeks ago stole a Ford roadster from
Dr; S. T. Crowson, of Taylorsyille, and
who' were : arrested here and taken to
Taylorsville for trial at Alexander
Superior . court were sentenced: last
i xr . .
week to serve two years each in the
I LCtUC UllSUll. 111CV . OCIC lxi
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Raleigh Monday by the sheriff of A!
exander county.
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..IDA Y, OCT. 1, 1920. .V .. . - . 1.00 "A YEAH
.NON DAVIS KILLED BY
CK ELLEDGE SUNDAY NIGHT
: Onlast Sunday iiight, Woodlawhi a
sul urban villagewas the ecerie of one
of ;the most: horrible .crimes that 'has
been perpetrated-in ' this ; cbnimunity
mi many years when Mack Elledge,
agediT-yeafsson.ol of
thi 3 towjnship, stabbed ;Vernon Davis,
dzzd; 18 yeas, ; ; son of John . Davis,
al 3'.df. 'this ' townshipi in the right
breast with akiufe. the hladaf whirh
hr.3 been! said tti be' about" four mchea
in-lengthy death resulting shortly af
terwards The - cause;-of ; the affair
wr 3 ;aUeged jealousy : on theart ht
EII edge j the subject being a girl to
wjiiorji, tlie yeufig-inen had been paying
ktcuutt iur sumc time. - r . - .
sMphday . morning at ten o'clock Cor-
oner; Crysel. c6hducte4 an inquest
jiver the body' of, Veinon' Davis. T His
3ury,; composed 'of Messrs! N. S. For
eter;; j;w;- Shook ::W. HiMcNeiU, T.
Ct' JCaudill Ar iCrysel and ,W. &
Peatsbn, exanimed'.tt
dcc(LAsed;and after hearmg:the sworn
testimony ot state witnessea: rendered
thQ Verdict that . he came to his-death
by the unlawful act of Mack FJledge.
-Solicitor- J. J. Hayes fVaa .present
at the mquest and examined three wit
nessllsV P91I Stone Hort Grimes,, and
eriff;-W. D.odrullVU6ut 150
persons, were present, ' and r evidence
ttfas heard . itl a grove near the "Davis
4 hbme, . ,v V-CC:)- i-:
-4- The jgworn testimony of Paul Stone,
an eye witness to the r tragedy is 'as
iouows: i saw vernon - tiavis ana
' - v.v.v wu w A V. ' A v
yernoniJayis. at the colored vHoliaess
meetings ; After 1 we . left .the .Tneeting'
I walked along the road. with. Vernon
Davis toward the; forks of the5 road.
We Swere ' just f behind "JMack .Elledge
and Ora Stohe. 4 When we feof nar the
ibrks of theTroad Mack and Vernon.
beirari : 'miaixelin- Vernon V.iP.rkp.4
Maclds Coat'off-.;: Xt the forks ! of the
road Vernonx picked up a'rock,and
Matfksaid hewbuld'cut lum.- Abbiit
thisiime Iot-tetweeri thern. J'Iwent
on a short distance and - looked lack
and.saw Mack strike at Vernon pretty
fcard.vldidn't- see.what was-iniMacks
hand. Vemoierwasnrox
at" the J time, but threw up jus hands
whenMack struck' at him. When he
fell he uttered a cry and put his hand
on his breast and after walking only
a few "steps felt in -the road. Mack
went up the road in a westwardly di
rection toward the Fairplaihs road.
At this, time the -preaching had not
closed at the tent.. ? V
Solicitor Hayes next examined Hort
Grimes, who after being duly sworn,
stated: I saw Vernon Davis and Mack
Grimes at the colored meeting. Mack
Elledge was in the tent with Ora
Stone. Vernon Davis was standing
behind , them inside the tent. That was
the last time I saw them until I saw
Vernon lying in the road about one-
fourth mile distant. (Grimes was
with a party composed of several per
sons, all of whom had been" attending
the colored meeting, and he . was the
only person in the party to be placed
on the stand.) M ' did not know when
Vernon Davis left the tent, and it was
aboui 9:30 p. m., when we found him
in the road. I stepped up close and
found it was Vernon Davis. 'I called
to him about a half-dozen times' but
he did hot move, but. gasped twice
and struggled once, and y died. -He
never spoke. I remained there with
the body about faro hours. Others were
present also. : '
Sheriff Woodruff gave the following;
evidence: I saw the body i of Vernon
Davis between 10:00 and 1050 o'clocfci
p. mn at the forks of the road leading
from Liberty Grove church to Soap-'
stone i Hill. . He was dead. I noticed
blood and a cut on right breast."
left the body in the care of H. B. Dod
son and got into 'car with Silas Rey
nolds and went to homie of John EI
ledge,' a brother of Mack Elledge.'who
lives in Mulberry township about fotir
miles distant, and sent deputies ,: to
other , places. When I came to John
EUedge's house. I : drove past; it : and
Silas stepped from the car and I told
him ;to watch the house. .1 went up
the road and stopped the machine and
afterwaiting a few minutes I went
after Elijah Brown, a deputy sheriff.
We then came back down the road and
passed the house.-1, cut off the lights
and: let the car coast to a standstill.
We stayed there about two ; minutes,
r then saw a light change -from one
room to another in the house. " I saw
two men walk to. the door, on the
back side of the house." - We then got
behind some trees so that we could
not be seen. We next saw, a woman
come toward a window and look out,
apparently, to see if anyone was near
the house. About that time we heard
a noise on the' back side of the hou?'?
similrir -to thaV a lciv irruld; piiko
on leaving the house, and then we
REGISTRATION BOOKS FOR
ELECTION ARE NOW OPEN.
Registration books 'for the' county,
state and - national election, opened
yesterday and the various registrars
will 'be at each voting place in -the
county each .Saturday until October
23. Perscto wishmg to; register rriiy
do. so at any; time by applying to the
registrar of the precinct in which they
live between the dates of September
SO and October 23rd.. - V -f-
The registrars are required, by law
to be at the regular voting places only
an Saturdays, but persons may. regis
ter; by , -applying at" their respective
registrars residence on place cf fcuyf
ness. -- ' a Viv' l-.
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Following is a list of the regnrsioV and why shall women Tote, HotJ
r each VOtini? nrpri-hrf in W: el-oil .V... I.v ' .i ' )
for. each voting precinct , in the cottn-
Antioch, W. W. Harris; . Beaver
Creek, John Sanders; .Brushy Moun
tain,- John Hendren; : Boomer, J : E.
Howell;-: Edwards,' H. A. Durh
No, t) A. LBarnett; Elk Ha: 2;
C. S.,Triplett; Jobs Cabin,: ThosXj.
Walsh? Xewjs - Fork, G. -Walshj
Lovelace, G.' " H. ; Hayes; ' Moravian'
Falls, WiU' Revis; Mulberry, C. E.
Shatley; - Newcastle. Worth ' Sales;
North Wilkesborpi W.: A. Vannoy:
xwjuoies xuver, j. a. jnerce; xoci
Creek, Freeland J ohnson; Somers, j.
P.Y McCarter;: Stanton, Rom I M.
Church; Traphill, L. D. Lowe; Unioni';
u. ijranic btaiey; walnut Urove, f.T. G.
Johnson; Wilkesboro, v R :L.lderr
man.
MR. M. F. BUMGARNER ; V: :
RESIGNS AS: POST3IASTER;
p Mr.'.M.'.F. Bumgarner,-who has'beeh
postmaster, at Wilkesboro f Ar.thepast
several 'monthshas : f orwarded Jus
jresignationto the f postoffice" depart-
ment at" WashmgtomMr. Bumgarner,
it is assumed, rill leturn to the teach-
ing -prof ession; :
COLONEL ALBERT- Ii, COX 'W- '
f - WILL SPJEAK OCTOBER 8th.
:.'..., ' ;V. ' .' I v;'v"; 'v
Col,, Albert U .Cox, of Raleigh,-will
speak at the court house in Wilkesboro
is; one oi -.inet most prominent
Democrats in the state. After his re
turn from France, where he command
ed the 113th. Field ArtUlery of, .the
30th 1) Ivisioh,. he was -prominently
mentioned as a candidate for governor
of North Carolina. ' The 113th. Field
Artillery made splendid record du
ring the War as a fighting unit and its
able leader was responsible for its suc
cess in a large measure. :. ' ::;-''';'.'rr
, Hon. W. C. Hammer will accompany
Col." Cox to Wilkesboro and will also
make a short talk. Mr. Hammer is
engaged in canvassing .this district
for Congressional honors.
The public is cordially invited to
hear Col. Cox and Mr. Hammer, and
a special invitation is extended to all
ex-service men and ladies of the coun
ty.;,. C"-' )':'' :"Vr'
WILKES COUNTY HAS GAINED
IN POPULATION SINCE 1910.
The -1910 census gave Wilkes cbun-"
ty a total population of 30282. The
1920 census gives the county a popu
lation of 32,654. This is a gain of
2,372 during the last ten years. V ;.
REVIVAL MEETING AT BAPTIST
v CHURCH BEGINS MONDAY.
'"""' - " ' 4 V-,
A series of evangelistic meetings to
be ccxducted at . the. First , . Baptist
church will commence r October 4th.
Pr; Luther; littler of Chariotto, wiU
preach, and Furman Bettsi of Raleigh,
will have charge of singing. - Moniin
service at 9;45 ; evening - service . at
7:30. : Come and bring a friend. X;
Mr. R. S. Welborn, of Independence,
Va.,'was here' this week on business.
heard Silas, and I said, he has caught
him. . We went up to the place where
they were standing, and Mack did not
deny that he had cut Vernon Dvis.
I asked him what he had doneth
his knife and he said he did not Ipa6w.
Mack Elledge . is a single - man and
lives with' his father in the suburb of
North Wilkesboro. :
Young Elledge was lodged in' jail
about 12:30 a. m. Monday morning,
where he awaits trial for his 'lifev .He
seems - to ' be unconcerned about' his
dastardly; deed, .and .apparently does
not realize: what f her has done. He
left school when in, the fourth grade
and since, that time , has been workP
ing for various firms in this cityu
The body. of Vernon Davis.was.tlv-
ken -tcr Pleasant Home church - near
Millers Creek for burial lilonday af
ternoon. ; He is the second . son M
and 3frs.--Davis have- lost th's Vear
a' younger.-son having died six- mtuths
ago. -:Ay,
DAN J. CARTER, Publisher
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WOMEN TO HOLD MEETING IN i
GREENSBORO ON ; OCTOBER 7
. ; "If ever the world sees a time whei'
woman shall' come ' tosrether -TjUrdr' .-
and pimply, for . the- benefit and good
oilman tnndrit will be as a power such,
as the world has never known.w--Mat-'
thew Ajtiold.- . '
The-North Carolina Equal Suffrsre
Association is drculating ' the" f ollcnr:
ing call; ;.- ,:?-U r,-' ;
Goldsborb, N; C Sept,:24tiC:iS
We announce a state wide meetin';
to be held in Greensboro, on Thursday,
uctober .seventh, for; the purpose cf
organizing a State League of Women -
Voters. - ,.. ' - I
tSome subjects to be discussed areiT
shall women prepare' - for the ,votel ;
What kind of state and, national le-,
isiauon. snau women work for we
hopeltb present as speakers MrsMaud "
Wood Par, CTafrman of the National
League of Women Voters and iZizi V
Delia Ddrtch, ThirdrRegional Pirec-
tor of . the .National; League. : v
--ne tentaive program follws: 11. C 3
A. M., -Business "Meeting; 2:30 P.'!!
4-Business' Meeting;' 8 :00 P. M. Ad-:
dresses. . -:" i ; - ;
All state organizations of s womp'n .
jre asked to' send representatives; and
ivtt hopeto have, women attehdins' V
from every county in. the State.' Yea :
are urged to' come and brine as manv "
women as rpossible ;f romr your town :;
urn vv.u uu kjr . ;
Give "publicity in your local press to ' '
this ; announcement " and to the niatter ' ;
in enclosed -circulars.: ' ''.V-'. .V
; IFor further particulars address Miss . ":
Louise B. Alexander, 235 North -Sp'rin; . :
tot., Greensboro; N. C'or.' -"' y
S jj?5rYeiV President.vr-' 7 -;
Accpmpanying-the foregoing; isVthe
following circular bearing the imprint "
ana explaining the purposes of ;Tha ;
Leaguer of Womenl Voters, ; Heai ; ' -quarters,
' 171 Madison Avenue New x :
York:" - :' V'-.C -' '- , : v .r
What is it?: Vf 'KH'.-'
'Agroup" of " "enf ranchised women. -
V
who want not merely 'to .-vote, jbut to .. -: -'
vote for something.' -The vote, is only : . .; ; v
a tool ;.witn which -to fwork, vand f or .;- t
years, the.haveggtedj?an Li
rificed to : secure it.;.-Now, thy want' " 1
to', build a'better world ; for 4 their- ;
neighbors'. and their posterity'.: They vn;
are s ; women skilled in organization, ,
propaganda and political, work. They, ' .
have won the , vote ' for themselves ,;. ;
against 'great odds and now they pro
pose to unite once more and to bring ; ; '
their experience, their ; trainingjd :
their enthusiasm to bear upon' other " ' v .
problems... v.-... ;; -.;:: j-V?t"-r'
lj What, problems? Illiteracy,! too easy .' ; . "
qualifications to vote, too uncertain ; c
dissemination of knowledge concern- -.
ing citizenship. and its duties and kin;,
dred topics.- ;.; y- ; ' , ;
j . Why not leave these : questions 'to " ' T
politicsd parties for, solution ? Tese
problems have existed for a century r-
and have grown bigger, blacker:., and ;
more menacing vwith . each year and -political
parties have only evaded ad V
avoided them. :
- How is the work. to", be done ?Y; By y
creating so widespread a deniand'or
the needed correction of these Uls that
each political; party will adopt .thd ,
movement and make these aims a jart
of its platform and its campaign; J:7,
Is it political ? Certainly, hut - not
partisan. Its members are as free as'
. (Continued on page four) v -
OCTOBER TERM SUPERIOR
4-
; COURT CONVENES MONDAY.
October: ternl of" Wilkes - Superior :
court, for trial of . civil cases only,rwill
convene in Wilkesboro next Monday
October 4th Judge W.' J. Adains of
Carthage, N C, will preside. t..We
have been authorized to ; state' . that .
Judge Adams will a'rrivebn the noon
train Monday, consequently court will
not open until Monday afternoon. Fol
lowing is a list of jurors who hare
been summoned to serve at- the last
court to be held this, year: . ''. . -
'r VFirst" Week' " ; ' '
; C. R. Triplett, J. B. McNeill, T M.
Hawkins, June D. Phillips, T. E. Blev
ins,.T. O. HayC,Mace Johnson, R. Don
Laws, Levi McCann, L. M. Jarvis, W. ."
J. Brookshire Sam Roberts M.; D.'J
West,- C. Call, W. R. Hubbard, J.' A.
Triplett, W. F. Lowe, S.: M.' Adams, L. : .
A; Harris," J. A. Kennedy, :John Coth-' -.
ran, E.C..Everage, J. M Casey, J. T. -- ;
Prevett ; :.; ; . :-- ' - -
Second Week : .
v CrF. Bishop; TV Ni Green, John Hoi
comb, J. A.' Billings L T. Barnett, D.
S. Gilliam," R. E. Burcham," J". F. Cbf-.
fey, . C. L. Sockwell, W.' A. Nichols, :'.
W; V.Caudill,- 3M.BrookEt fS: W.
Gentry. : A.;. O. Deal, ' J..- H. . Hendren, -W.
,H. Church it. V.' ShumateADock I
l.rsrsbuf;F.;G;6lrin J. Critch- ;
E. Brown, J. M. Hester. ; ' r V
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