North Carolina Newspapers

5a52S2S2S2SZS2Z5ZS2SZSl'2S2S2S : 6 nszszszs2szszs; l Merry Christ-& SECTION ONE pias to AIL PAGES I TO 8 S2SH5ZS2S252S2S2S Volume XLV gj jg J gf Cud April 1. 1.1. LENOIR, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1919 Price, Fie Centt the Copy No. 12 5Z5S525Z52525H5S;r 2SZ5E5H5H5HS2 J GOAL MINERS DECIDE TO BETUM'TO IRK President Wilton Proposal Is Ac- cepted at Indianapolis and the Miners Are Getting Back to Their Jobs The general committee of the Unite dMine Workers of America, at Indianapolis, Ind., late last Wednes day afternoon voted to accept Presi dent Wilson's proposal for immediate return to work pending final settle--ment of their wage controversy with operators by a commission to be ap pointed by the President. Telegrams were sent immediately to the 4,000 locals of the union, instructing the men to return to work immediately and full resumption of work in ail mines was expected in a few day's. lb IS DbflbCU Uiaif Uliucia, VJA awl o and government officials alike were highly gratified over the settlement and all sides appeared confident of a final settlement of the fight by the , commission. I The action ends a tie-up of the coal industry of more than five weeks duration and one which was more iar-reaching in its effects than any other in the history of the country. A sa result of the strike the country was fast approaching a complete .shutdown of industry and widespread suffering among its 100,000,000 in habitants. The basis of agreement was that the miners are to receive an increase of 14 per cent in wages, tout the op erators are not to add the increase to the cost of coal to the public. Late dispatches say that about 80 per cent of the miners have returned to work. I Prices charged by coal operators - since government control was re stored because of the strike are be ing scrutinized closely by orticials of the railroad administration and prob ably will be submitted to the depart ment of justice. THE W. M. U. OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH I feel that I must use this oppor tunity and privilege to sneak a word of appreciation of the noble and loyal support which the women and children of the First Baptist church gave to the 75-million campaign re cently conducted in our Southern Baptist convention. I am very sure that Nov. 30 was the happiest day,,,,, .nmirations for surveys of Droi- we have ever experienced in the Mas ter's service. Anxiety and "the sub stance of things hoped for" had been pressing our hearts to the point of physical pain for weeks, and, indeed, we are very sure again that "Faith is the victory that overcomes the world," and we feel more assured than ever before that we are ser vants of the "heroes of faith." The women and children did a splendid part in our week's campaign and, as W. M. U. organizer and di rector of that department in the church, I want to thank each one for th eloyal support given. Some, I know, were sacrificial, and to these will come the greater blessing, ac cording to the Word. I sent the following report to Miss Bertha Carroll, our W. M. U. State secretary, Dec. 8: W. M. S., $3,060; Y. W. A., $536; S. A., $378.25; S. B., $265; total for organizations, $4,239.25; women and children not members of organiza tions, $1,086.75; pledged by all wom en and children, $5,326. No one of these organizations is in any way separate or independent from the churoh all work together making the complete, work of the church and doing what they can to link together its place in the chain. To simplify bookkeeping and in or der that we may satisfy our desires to make our offerings a more distinct part of our worship every one is re quested and urged to use the duplex envelop which the church accepted :in conference as the best method. The secretaries and treasurers of each society and of each circle in the W. M..S. are asked to co-operate with' Mr. Beach, our church treas urer, in helping keep in touch with those who may forget or from dif ferent interferences fail to keep up with their pledges. ? v , MRS. J. EDWIN HOYLE, 17. M. iU. Director, First Baptist Church. ' ;' ' :, ' COUSIN OF MRS. M'MILLAN IS HOME .FROM OVERSEAS J . The following; from a Dolington, Pa., newspaper will be bf interest to a number of Lenoir folks who knew Sergeant Downs when he visited his .cousin, Mrs. Fred , McMillan, here ' 1 some time ago: s "Sergeant Clarence; . H. Downs, son of . Mr. and Mrs Robert X L. Downs of Dolington, Pa., who en listed in the army May 20, 1917, is - now home on a furlough after spend :ing eighteen months with the A'. E. F. He saw, service ; in England, jyi,- France ' .and Germany. Sergeant ' Downs was in the third regular di , vision. With his comrades he fought - the Germans in the streets of Cha--' teau Thierry, St Mihiel and the Ar- fonne Forest and won great glory, ergeant Downs particpiated in all the engagements his division took part in, and shortly after the signing of the armistice he, with his division, imarched into Germany ana crossed the Rhine at Coblenz. He bears a . n Amman commendable record, and expects tok' . proceed to his organization, now sta-1 -tioned at tjamp nice, anc., ana at the expiration of his present enlist- .ment he will retire from army life.'-' IS TAKEN OVER Of SIMEi State Highway Commission Accepts Road as Part of County Seat to County Seat System; To Build a Gravel Road One of the. most important cross mountain routes the road from the Caldwell county line at Blowing Rock to Boone has 'been taken over by the State highway commission for construction by the State and Fed eral governments as a link of the county seat to county seat highway system. This section is 1-3 miles long and is to be constructed of clav-sravel. The cost of construction will be borne, 25 per cent by the State. 25 ner cent bv Wataucra eoun- ty and 50 per cent by the Federal V , CI 111X1 C lib. Already two roads in valdweli county have been accepted by the state highway commission. The road from Lenoir to the Wilkes county line, 16 miles, and the road from Lenoir to the Catawba county line, io miles. maKimr 32 miles for Cald well county, or 45 miles for this im mediate section. With the acceptance of the Boone Blowing Rock line there will be a continuous highway between Boone and all points south and east with the exception of the link between Blowing Rock and Lenoir, which is now a toll road. The Caldwell coun ty road commission are devising all plans possible and practical to make this a free road and for bringing it under State control. Seventy-eieht of the 100 counties in the State have filed with the State highway commission application for State and Federal aid in road build- ing since the commission was re organized, and there are now in the hands of the commission applications for aid on 108 separate projects, two of which have been completed, and the others are pending, according to figures just given out. Surveys are being made on 65 projects that have been applied for, mere ioeing at present 25 surveying parties in the field in various sec tions of the State. This work has been hindered somewhat by the lack of road engineers, and many orojects have had to await their turn in being surveyed until Federal and State en- "eprs could nd the t'me for work- nfl, .rAnd to them. 'The. first rush ects seems to have been passed, and there is a material falling off in the number of new ones. CALDWELLCO. CLUB MEMBERS LOOKING TO BANQUET Last Saturday night the boys from Caldwell county at the Unrversity met and had a smoker. It was the first meeting of the Caldwell County Club since it was organized a few weeks aro, and the Caldwellians en joyed themselves to the fullest ex tent. Short, interesting talks were made by Tom Warren, Felix Grisett, Harold Corpening and others, ine club decided that it was in favor of having a banquet of all the alumnae of the Lenoir graded school at Lenoir some time in the near future, proba bly during the Easter holidays. Tom Waren, president of the club, was chosen as chairman of a committee to take this matter up with Mr. Sisk. All the members of the club were present with the exception of Mr. Theodore. Lenoir, who was compelled to be at another meeting at the same. time. After partaking of some good eat the club adiourned, eagerly looking forward to the alumnae 'ban quet to be held in Lenoir Dec. 81. -M"OT UPHELD BY THE COURT Declared Constitutional m Unani mous Decision Last Hope of Wets Goes Glimmerings A "Dryr' Christmas ' By unanimous decision constitu tionality of the war-time prohibition act was sustained Monday by the United States Supreme Court The opinion, given by Associate Justice Brandeis, held, in effect, however, that the war-invoked "dry" period still may be terminated by presiden tial proclamation1 of demobilization. In rendering its opinion the court, hawever, did not act on the validity of the Volstead prohibition enforce ment act or on appeals involving the alcoholic content of beer, leaving -those cases to future (pinions which may be handed down next Monday .before the court : recesses for the Christmas holidays. . The court's decision Monday prac tically swept away all hopes of a 'wet-' Christmas, as the possibilities of the war-tune act 'being repealed before constitutional prohibition be comes, effective Jan. 16 wfcre consid ered remote. ' x'1 - '" . ' The knockout delivered John Bar leycorn by the Supreme Court came as a tremendous Diow vr leaqers oi the "wets," dispensers of liquors and wiseacres who have been predicting a wet as well as a merry Christmas, and the average man. with a thirst. Kentucky distillers and more than 300 Louisville former saloon keepers were also jolted by the decision of tne coun. ine aistuiero, u mi esu- mated,' had 89,000,000 , gallons , of whiskey in Kentucky, bonded ware- nouses, ,ouu,wuw ksuviu x m Louisville Blone, ordinarily worth at , wholesale $400,000,000. .- 1 QUOTA FOR THE COUNTY Fourteen Church Now to Be Heard From Some Notable Work Done Director McCall Is Jubilant Over Results Twenty-five of the thirty-nine Baptist churches in Caldwell county have pledged $28,111 in the 75-million campaign. When the final re ports are in from all the churches "id frnm the fourteen already not heard from the total amount will be materially swelled, is the belief of County Director J. W. C. McCall. The conuty's quota in this campaign was $25,000. Among the churches making the most notable showings are Lenoir First, with a quota of $6,000, pledg ing $12,000; Whitnel, with a quota of $600, pledged $2,480; Rhodhiss, with a quota of $1,200, pledged $2, 930. The final reports from Granite Falls have not been received. The quota from this church was $2,500. The last reports received by Director McCall showed that this church had raised $1,800 of the $2,500. There are many interesting fea tures of the campaign, Mr. McCall says. One of them was the conver sion of a Primitive Baptist parson to the missionary ideas. Before the campaign was over this good man was out helping with the good work. LEGION MEN HOLD AN ENJOY ABLE MEETING A very enjoyable time was had by service men of the. county at a smoker given in their honor by the Caldwell post of the American Le gion on the evening of Dec. 15. Al though unfortunately a good many of the service men of the county were not present, the meeting was a gfreat success and was "chuck full" of enthusiasm from beginning to end. Mr. J. E. Broyhill gave a very interest account of the. proceedings of the State convention of the Le gion recently held in Raleigh and at which he represented the local post. Mr. William F. Scholl then gave a report of the doing of the national convention recently held in Minne apolis, and at which he and Mr. D. J, Whichard, Jr., represented the State of North Carolina. On account of the unusual amount of interest shown by the members of the 4egion it was unahimously de cided to have regular meetings of the local post on the first and third Monday nights of each month, for the present at 7:30 p.m. The meet ing will be held in Hardly s studios, It is the hope of the Legion mem bers that within the next few months the finances of the post will be in a condition to justify the rental of a hall to be used as Legion headquarters in the county and as a reading room and place of amuse- ment for all members of the Legion who may be either members of the local post or visiting in the city. All service men who read this are invited to take note of the time and place of the next meeting of the post an dare urged to be present and learn more of the Legion and its work. Red Cross Seal Committee A splendid committee is working for the best sale yet of Red Cross Christmas seals. Seventy-five pier cent of the proceeds of this sale is used right here in our own commu nity for health work. Much good has been accomplished with this fund in buying. blankets, milk, medicines, etc Lenoir is expected to buy 25,000 of these seals before Jan. 1. Is there a man, woman or child in our town or county who would not be glad to help care for the sick and needy: We truly think there is not and feel confident that Lenoir and Caldwell county will not fall down in this campaign for health. The health of the individual is no safer than the health of the community. So do vour bit in this war on Our common enemy. It is hoped and expected that each organization will invest in a health bond of 85 or $10 at least. : ihe following ladies compose this enthusiastic committee: Mrs. W. ti Craddock. president U. D. C; Mrs H. M. Teaeue. president Maids and Matrons' Club; Mrs. Clarence Court ney, president PrisciUa Clu'b: Mrs. C. L. Robbins, president Wise and Otherwise Club; Mrs. , Lawrence Stine. - president New Idea Club rresident Q. V. Club: Mrs. M. M, Courtney, Methodist missionary so ciety; Mrs. J. E. Hoyle, Baptist so- ; home mission society; Mrs. J. H. Din- glehoef, Lutheran society. , 1 ' : Mar Locate in Old Homo County Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hudspeth an dson, Mr. Richard Hudspeth, ar rived here several days ago from To neka. Kan., on a cross-country trip from that State. After spending ; several days here with Mrs. Huds peth's brother, Mr. R. J. Bush, Mr. j and (Mrs..Hudspeth went, to Charlotte '.to .visit other relatives. Recently Mr. Hudspeth sold his farm near To nek and in considering moving back ,io Caldwell county. Mr. and Mrs; Hudspeth moved to Kansas in 1883, burins? a farm near Ogden. At that f time Tand was comparativelv chet 1 and they secured a large, farm tot ; $1,600. a Two years ago- they sold 'this farm for $18 000 and moved to . TnrvV upa . whieh Tilaca thev "-bought a small farm for $3,60. A few weeks ago they sold this farm for $5,500. Now Mr. Hudspeth and "his family are figuring on coming baJk to their old home county. WIS ARE BOUGHT Lenoir Lumber Company Organized to Manufacture Lumber Sev eral Million Feet Capital ized at $90,000 All of the timber lands and city property of the Wilson Lumber and Milling Company have been bought by the Lenoir Lumber Company, a new corporation organized by local men. The purchase price is said to about $90,000. Several million feet of timber are involved in the purchase. The timber is located principally on Mulberry and John's river and will be manufactured by small saw jnills as quickly as the new company is abe to make plans and get in op eration. The old lumber yards, lo cated just north of the Harper Fur niture Company plant, will be used by the new owners as the shipping point from Lenofr. The Lenoir Lumber Company was organized and the purchase effected during the past ten days. The com pany is made up of county and Le noir men, with the following omcers and directors: J. C. Seagle, presi dent; Rufus L. Gwyn, vice-president; V. D. Guire, secretary and treasurer. The other director sare T. H. Broy hill, J. H. Beall, J. L. Cottrell and Charles C. Steele. The timber lands just bought by this company include some, of the finest virgin timber in western North Carolina. HOEY ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM NINTH DISTRICT Returns Wednesday from the Ninth congressional district, com plete and official with the exception of Madison county, where a Kepu'b- lican majority of 900 was conceded, give Clyde R. Hoey, Democrat, a ma jority of 1,978 over John M. More- i in i l neao, wepuDiican. . i Hoev carried Kurke. Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburgg, Lincoln and f Pen one aay eanler- "uy Yancey. Morehead carried Avery, Jan- - . , , .iaMM Catawba, Madison and Mitchell. ! In the Pbhc scJvaTnH i Judee E. Y. Webb in the election of , begin on the opening day and all 18 AArrieri fivn rmintieq iLTemiSirte'n Mecklen-' burg and Gaston counties suffered a, slump of 1,900 over 1918. I ne league oi nations was an issue in Tuesday's election. CENSUS WORK IN CALDWELL TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH The work of securing census enu merators for Lenoir, Caldwell coun- ty and other counties in the &ightn congressional district is well under way, according to announcement Dy ! fu1 and make others understand, Mr. A. L. Deal ol ! Mooresville, the ! the Red Crosg js in no way con. supervisor of this district. The plans nected witn the of Red Cross for Caldwell county have not been chri3tmBS geais fey the National and given out yet, but it is understood state Tuberculous associations, that the work will be taken up by The Red Cross an dthe tuberculo townships and that a man will be sis as30ciations have worked together appointed for each township. for rr in the ciosest co-operation The work of securing enumerates i d harmony, but the work of each for several weeks. Announcement of the men secured will be given out at an. early date. Pensions Being Distributed There are still a few Confederate pension vouchers in Clerk of the Court Moore's office that have not been distributed. The owners of these pensions should call for them tiow or get in touch .with the clerk in reference to same. At tne present time, mere is oniy pne Caldwell county man, J. A. Bo- lick of Upton, who receives a third class pension. Eighty-one men re ceive, fourth-class pensions. Fifty two Caldwell women receive pen sion sof different grades. The pen sions are paid in two equal install ments on July 15 and Dec. 15. The December installment for the entire State amounted to approximately J325.000. There are about 12,000 persons drawinsr nensions. according to the State auditor's office in Ral eigh. , Graded School News The graded school will observe North Carolina day in miscellaneous exercises which'be started off by the primary department under the di rection of Misses King and Wright. These exercises will be held Friday afternoon at the close of the fall term examinations. A collection will be taken in each room for the Ay cock memorial. i The school will close Friday for a two-week holiday period, beginning the spring term Monday, Jan. 5. Miss Mary Shotwell of the Fed eral Reserve thrift forces was here Tuesday to make arrangements for the organization tf thrift societies in the school. It is highly desirous that Our young people be taught the lesson of thrift. To Celebrate Golden Wedding ';. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. DeaKhave an nounced the celebration of their golden wedding to take place next Monday at their home, just south of Lenoir. This will be a delightful oc casion for all who enjoy the Deal hospitality. There is no home in the county more renowned for its gener ous reception to its guests than this one. Life's evening shadows have fallen lightly upon this happy couple. Fifty yeras ago they were married Miss Sarah McCall, daughter of the late John McCall, and Mr. Deal. The wedding was solemnized at the Mc Call home near Turtle's mill, the late Rev. George . Sherrill officiating. Children, grandchildren and a host of friends tender their congratula tions. , - ' LEST WF FORGET In anticipation of the joyous Christmas season which is so near at hand, and in remembrance of all Americans who so well served the world in restoring "peace on earth and good will to men," let us think of the men and the 120 Red Cross nurses who are patients in the Oteen Tuberculosis Hos pital in Asherille who were stricken down with the dread dis ease while in the service over-, seas. A Christmas box will be sent on December 22 from the Red Cross work room over the Lenoir Drug Store, and any one desiring to contribute to this method of distributing a little sunshine into the lives of these representatives of ours who are suffering agony .on account of duty well performed can do so by sending or bringing some good cheer such as jelly, preserves, fruits, candy, cakes, etc., to the Red Cross work room between hours of 11 a. nv. and 12 on or before Monday, December 22. Let's make this Christmas brighter by adding a little happi ness to these patients who have done so much for humanity. W. J. LENOIR, Mayor. COLLEGE AND SCHOOLS E Davenport College Will Reopen Jan uary 7; Public Schools January 5, Giving the Students Two Weeks' Vacation Tomorrow Davenport College and the Lenoir public schools close for the Christmas and New Year holi days. Two weeks' vacation time will be e-iven this season. Daven port College, will reopen Tuesday y--; , Q. , , aphnnl9 wiu r-"r " j" .. cnuaren are auviseu iu vuuic r Pared. At Davenport Cole cWs f'" " " ' 3,; arrival iu uic xv- CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE NOT SOLD BY RED CROSS In order that the public may not suffer under the misapprehension that the Red Cross has no sooner finished one campaign than it begins : anothp- it js necessary that the Red ; c members should understand is senarate and distinct. They do not overlap in any way, nor do they de rive their funds from the same source. The Red Cross is supported by its annual membership drive, just concluded, while the tuberculosis as sociation receives most of its sup port from the sale of Christmas seals. There is no organization to which the Red Cross wishes more success than t.n the tuberculosis association, ( an(j none with whose work it is in more sympathy, it is vitally interest- ; ed jn tne success oi ine winswnaa seals sale and lends its approval and backing, but this is not in any sense a campaign conducted by the Amer ican Red Cross. ALL RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF Thousands of Industries Throughout the South to Resume Opera tions All Trains Taken Off Restored to Runs .Snssnpnsion of all restrictions on the use of fuel and reinstatement of train service curtailed during the nation-wide strike of bituminous coal miners was announced' in Atlanta last Friday night by the southern re gional) coal committee, acting on au thority received from Washington. Th eorder susDendine fuel restric tions was effectiv eimmediateyl and trains were restored at 12:01 a.m. Monday. In cases wrere resumption of certain passenger train schedules would interfere with movement of coal the trains will not be put back until the actuation clears UD. The order meant that thousands of industries throughout the South which have been shut down because of lack of coal will be in operation again in a short time and that stores which had to observe short hours where their light, heat or power came from consumption of coal, wood or gas may return to normal hours in time to take care of the Christ mas shopping. The railroads, were put in a position to take care of the rush of holiday travel . In issuing its announceemnt , ef uqnpnninn of fuel restrictions 'the committee thanked the ''people, ef the South who have observed so Joy same time asked that coal still be ally", the regulations, and at the same time asked that coal still ; be conserved as. much as possible. As a result of the strike the country lost production of between 80,000,000 and 85,000,000 tons of coal, , . ' ' , ' - United States Forestry Service Ex perts Are Making Examination of the Bark Disease Now in the Blue Ridge United States forestry experts are now making examinations and inves tigations into the chestnut bark dis ease, which is said to have com pletely ruined many thousands of dollars worth of bark and timber in the extreme northern endl of the Blue Ridge mountains, and which is spreading south, recently having been found in North Carolina. Slightly infected sections have been found in Guilford and Surry counties in this State, which is said to bear out the suggestion by the forestry experts that the disease is spreading southward. It is estimated by these officials that western North Carolina, the national forest reserve .areas, will be infected by 1930 un less steps toward prevention are taken. The Natural Bridge forests in Virginia have been found to be in fected in large boundaries, and sev eral smaller ones, and the death of practically the entire stand on this forest can be expected within a com paratively few years. Eight other counties in Virginia were found to have the same infection. Authorities say that it is necessary to do careful eradication work and to re-inspect the. vicinity of the dis eased trees for several years if these advance infections are to be com pletely eradicated. Studies are being made in this disease by Federal forestry agents to determine the probable future of the chestnut oak. THOUGHT THERMOMETER WAS GOING TO 95 BELOW Another surprise has been regis tered by the superstitious in the fail ure of the world to come to an ab rupt end, or rock an dreel, yesterday, as was predicted several weeks ago. Last night it was reported that a few persons in Lenoir had looked for something direful to happen. It was said that some of the darkies thought the thermometer was going to 95 degrees below zero. Associated Press dispacthes yes terday told of some excitement in different parts of the country: Many persons thought the end of time was coming. At Miami, Okla., a few min ers refused to go underground to work during the day. At Washington the weather men are keeping close tab on the weather for any funny signs or actions. The best that the weather men could make out of the signs as they read them was that low pressure had combined to 'Dring low temperatures except in the south western part of the country. MR. FRANK GRIST AND MISS JESSIE DEAL MARRIED A Tioftw ritma ixraAA r envao onloTtV. jn fiicit iiwiiid wvwjui , " j nized last Thursday evening at the" home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Deal, when their youngest daughter, Miss Jessie Deal, became the bride, of Mr. Frank D. Grist of Lenoir. I his was the culmination of a pretty romance, as the groom was a member of the American Expeditionary forces ana paw strenuous service overseas in the world1 war, during which time they kept in communication witn each other as best they could, ine ceremony was performed in the presence of the. family and a few intimate friends of the contracting parties by Rev. R. C. Goforth, as ssited by Rev. R. D. Sherrill, the for mer the bride's pastor and the latter the pastor of the groom. After the ceremony the bride and groom re paired to the home of Mrs. M. N. Grist, mother of the groom, where a wedding supper was in waiting. LENOIR .SCHOOLS .WILL -OBSERVE AYCOCK DAY Tomorrow the Lenoir public schools will observe Aycock Day. A request has been sent out by the State school authorities requesting both ourchfishrdlup shrdl shrshrdlup that every school in the county, both rural and urban, white and black, observe "Aycock School Improve ment Day" Friday, Dec. 19, as re quired by law. On that day the pa trons and friends of every school are expected to meet at the sehoolhouse and discuss or, better still, provide such improvements as are most needed. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE WILL BE BIG EVENT Plans for the community Christ mas tree, which is to be held Christ mas night, have been worked oat and are now beino' carried out by the Priscilla Club. The tree will be v big event, with special sinking and lantern slide illustrations. The event will take place on the public square and will be public. Evervbodv is asked to come. A request has been made for volunteers to help in the distribution of the gifts, JOHN M'LEOD DIED SUDDENLY" YESTERDAY MORNING "News reachtd here yesterday of the sudden death of Mr. John Mc Leod, one of the most prominent men in the county, which occurred ,at his home some time during the morning hours. ., Mr. McLeod . waa well known here, i He was a man about 65 years of age and was one of the most public-spirited men the county has ever produced.,, 'Hi.