North Carolina Newspapers

co1 1 (. JY. Volume XLV S. J Slw EsSbSed 1I5S Co..olid.t.d April i. it LENOIR, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920 Price, Fir Cento the Copy No. 28 WILKES BAR BEGRETS THE DEATH CftLBWELL LAWYER Judge end Vtiiting Attorneys Take Pert With Association in Ap propriate Services to the Deceased Attorneys The Wilkes County Bar Associa tion, the presiding judge and visiting lawyers have adopted resolutions of respect to Capt. Edmund Jones and Moses N. Harshaw, members of the Caldwell Bar Association, both of whom have died during the past few weeks. A copy of the resolutions, with a letter from Attorney F. B. Hendren of Wilkesboro, follows: Editor News-Topic, Lenoir, N. C: At the request of the Wilkes County Bar Association, I am here with sending you copy of resolutions adopted in respect to Capt. bdmund Jones and Moses N. Harshaw, re spectively, with the request that you publish same. The association, with visiting at torneys, met this afternoon for the purpose of taking appropriate action in regard to the death of these two lawyers, who in. former years were in the habit of attending our court. Judge Harding presided. Appropri ate remarks were made by John R. Jones, C. C. Gilreath, F. B. Hendren, F. A. Linney, Johnson J. Hayes and J. H. Burke. The presiding judge likewise psoke in the highest term of these men and ordered that a page on the minute docket of the court be ddicated to these memorials respect ively and that they be spread thereon in appropriate form. Yours truly, F. B. HENDREN. In Memoriam of Capt, Edmund. Jones Capt. Edmund Jones, the oldest and one of the most distinguished of the members of the bar of our neighboring county of Caldwell, died at nis home in Lenoir early last month. Capt. Jones was born of a distin guished line of ancestry in the Happy Valley about three-quarters of a cen tury ago. His ancestors were prom inently connected with the early his tory of the county, being one of the pioneer families to settle in the val ley of the Yadkin. At the early age of 10 he volun teered into the Confederate army , and served with gallantry and dis- (Continued on page four) DEMOCRATS ELECT DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION The Democratic county convention was held in the court house Saturday, with a good representation "of Demo crats from over the county. W. C. Newland was called to the chair and presided over the convention, with D. W. Turner acting as secretary. The flolowing named were duly elected as delegates to attend the State convention at Raleigh today (April 8) : W. D. Jones, W. C. New land, H. W. Courtney, A. W. Dula, Lawrence Wakefield, Mark Squires, J. L. Nelson, J. G. Ballew, J. C. Seagle, B. B. Hayes, J. Z. Bush and Clarence Moore. On motion of Lawrence Wakefield all Democrats who desired to go to Raleigh should sit as delegates. The same delegates were named to attend the congressional convention. On motion of Mark Squires the chairman of the executive committee of the county was instructed to ap point such delegates as he saw fit to attend the senatorial convention when called. WOMAN FOR OFFICE OF COUN TY TREASURER By nominating Mrs. Sadie Jordan Schoolfield of Greensboro for the. po sition of county treasurer, the county convention of the Gnilford Kepubn- cans established a precedent, as Mrs. Schoolfield is the first woman to ever offer for one of the county of fices and the second woman in North Carolina to become an avowed can didate for any office in this State The .honor of, being the first woman candidate for public office goes to Mrs. Mary Settle harpe of Greens boro, who received the nomination for State superintendent of public in struction 'by the tate convention of the KepuDiican party gome time ago BISHOP HORNER WILL ATTEND LONDON MEETING Bishop J. M. Horner, Episcopal 'bishop of the Asheville district, will attend the Lambeth conference of the American Communion which will be held in London, England, from July 2 to Aug. 7. This conference is held once every decade, and the one this year will probably foe the most important ever held by the Episcopal Church. It will be attend ed by all the American and English bishops, who comprise the Anglican Communion, as well as the mission ary bishops of Africa, South Amer ica, Australia and Asia. TO GIVE CLEAN BILLS TO EX CONFEDERATES Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, has introduced a joint resolution which would authorize the secretary of the navy to correct the public records, and grajit honorable dicsharge to 136 men, all of whom are now dead, who left the Federal navy during1 the war between the States to en,ter the Confederate ser vice. Senator Harrison said the rec ords show that these men were dis missed, although others were granted honorable discharges. The resolution was referred to the naval committee. Committed Suicide Rather Serve Sentence on the R Than ds; War Convicted in November for Immoral Conduct Rather than serve a sentence on the roads, Jim Shores yesterday drank a one-ounce bottle of carbolic acid as he was being taken into the 1 . " legislature last wee county jail, and died ten minutes defeated ratification of the woman later. Shores was convicted at the suffra?e amendment After the vote November term of court on the M announced Aere was great charge of immoral conduct. At that cheering among the men and women time judgmen twas suspended on the , PPnts of equal suffrage. Anti payment of costs and he was released ' 'uffra members were u"ounded : j ;,. Qma by enthusiastic women who show- time since November court, however, I again began immoral relations with ! the woman in the case, Neta Kirby, I and the two left Lenoir together. They were arrested in Hickory and brought back to Lenoir to await the action of the. court. Shores was in the custody of Dep uty Carroll Tolbert of Collettsville and had just been taken from the court, where a sentence of twelve months on the roads had been im posed upon him. They had started up the steps of the jail when Deputy Tolbert noticed the prisoner put his hand to his mouth. The officer said he thought the man was putting a chew of tobacco into his mouth. A moment later he saw the prisoner drop a bottle and stagger. The offi cer picked up the bottle and saw that it was labeled with the deadly poison. One-tenth of the contents would have killed the man, but he had taken the whole amount. Dr. A. A. Kent and Dr. C. L. Wilson were summoned within a few minutes and reached the jail before the man died, but it was impossible to save his life. He re fused to take an antidote. After Shores' death became known it was learned that he had made sev eral remarks that he would never be taken to the roads, and that if he was given a road sentence, he had something in his pocket that would end it. It is said that he even dis played the bottle of carbolic acid at a saw mill at which he worked prior to coming into court and said that he expected to kill himself if he was given a sentence. It seem3 that he had prepared for this act and picked a time to drink it just before he was to be placed in a cell and searched. OTEEN HOSPITAL IS SEVERELY INDICTED IN REPORT Finding that the food served at army hospital No. 19, Oteen, N. C, near Asheville, has been poor; that guards have not at all times been courteous in their treatment of sick soldiers there; that there has been a growing discontent among the tuber cular patients over mess hall condi tions, and that the mess omcer in charge should be relieved, the inspector-general of the army has made his report on the investigation at Oteen. This report does not sustain all of the charges made by soldiers, wh otelegraphed- Senators Simmons and Overman and other senators, demanding a civilian inquiry. Soldiers who telegraphed Senators and Congressmen are declared to have violated army regulations, but since the yare sick men and in a measure not responsible for their acts, disciplinary action is not rec ommended," says the report. Coming from the army itself, the entire report is a rather severe ar raignment of affairs at Oteen and shows that from the use of manufac tured milk and dirty dishes, to the presence of cockroaches, there is much room for improvement. THE BIGGEST SHIPMENTS Four Solid Car Loads Overland 4s Arrived During Past Week; Andrew S. Nelson Opens His Sales Rooms The bieeest shipment of automo- biles ever coming to Lenoir reached here during the past few days. They are Overland Fours, consigned to Andrew S. Nelson, local Overland and Willys-Knight dealer. The ship ment consisted of four solid freight cars, with an Overland sedan lpadeil in a fifth car. The entire shipment was loaded in Toledo several days ago by Mr. Nel son himself, who went to the factory to give personal supervision to load ing and billing the cars. The first car of thev shipment arrived here Friday, two more crs arrived Mon day and the other care came in Tuesday. Mr. Nelson has opened his sales rooms and Overland supply place in the Bernhardt building on West Harper avenue. Already a line of supplies for the Overland Four have been put 'in. DR. CRAVEN WILL ADDRESS SCHOOL CLOSING AT WHJTNEL There will be. two nights of the exercises at the closing of the Whit' nel high school this year. On the first night, Friday, April 16, Rev. J. B. Craven of Davenport College will address those present Diplomas will also be awarded those completing the crammer and high school courses prescribed by this school. ' All the exercises of the first night will be free. "but Saturday night. April 17, the school will give an entertainment for which a fee will be charged lor admission. ., DELAWARE FAILS vTO RATIFY; LOOKING TO LOUISIANA The lower house of the Mississippi general assembly last week, by a vote of 94 to 23, refused to ratify the Federal woman suffrage amend ment, which the Senate had previous ly favored. One member arose and shouted, "I would rather die and go to Hades than vote for woman suf frage." Gov. Holcomb of Connecticut de clines to call a special session of the legislature to vote on the suffrage amendment. mi t i l i a i i ered them with congratulations and red roses, while suffragists, wearing the yellow daffodil, sadly walked from the chamber, some of them in tears, it is stated. When informed of this action Gov. Bickett, who recently announced that he would ask the North Carolina leg islature to ratify the suffrage amend ment, said he would not call the spa cial session of the general assembly to meet earlier than the. time when the tax commission is ready to make its report on valuation, which is ex pected to be made early in July. The action of the Ohio legislature in ratifying the Federal suffrage amendment will be submitted to a referendum of the voters at the gen eral election in November under a State constitutional provision unless the United States Supreme Court holds invalid such a referendum pro vision. The Ohio suffrage case is now before the Supreme Court for decision. State courts have upheld the validdity of the state constitu tional referendum provision. The advocates of woman suffrage are now looking to Louisiana for rat ification at the meeting of the legis lature, which convenes May 10. EX-SERVICE MEN URGED TO RE CORD DISCHARGE PAPERS The national commander of the American Legion has sent the follow ing bulletin to all State departments and posts of the legion: "Department adjutants are urged to instruct their department histo rians o nthe advisability of all ex-service men officially recording their discharge papers with the recorder of their county. The desirability and importance ot every memtjer otne American Legion conforming wlffi this suggestion is evidenced by the many instances in wnien claims are made where the discharge papers are either lost or destroyed. To provide for this emergency the department historian should make all necessary inquiries and obtain full information incidental to recording them from the offices of the county recorder. "I twould be well to bring to bear upon the minds of our comrades that the official form of discharge is an instrument that cannot be duplicated, although it may be possible to obtain a form in lieu thereof ; that, al though it may not be held with any particular pride today, there will come a time with increasing years when a considerable amount of sen timent will conter around the dis charge paper." A STARTLING STATEMENT BY PROMINENT PHYSICIAN At a recent meeting of the Ameri can Public Health Association in New York, Dr. W. S. Rankin, the presi dent, made some startling statements with reference to the physical and mental health of the population of this country. Of the 110,000,000 citizens of this country, 45,000,000 are physically imperfect; 15,000,000 die annually; 3,000,000 are in bed all the time 1,000,000 have tubercu losis, 2,500,000 contract venereal diseases each year, from two to three million are cases of hookworm and malaria. Only 37,500,000 are fairly healthy and 19,500,000 are in full vigor. With all our vaunted support of higher educational institutions it is interesting, perhaps surprising, to find that there are more persons in the insane asylums in this country than in all the colleges and universi- tip. Tt ;a ,ian estimated that the former cost more to maintain than do the latter. FORMING "OVERALL CLUBS" TO COMBAT LIVING COSTS To combat the high cost of cloth ing "overall clubs" are being organ ized throughout Florida, according to reports. A club already organized in Tampa has several hundred mem bers, including many business men. Visiting Attorneys Among the visiting attorneys here during the present term of court are W, A. Self of Hickory, J. H. Burke of Taylorsville, A. A. Whitener of Hickory, I. T. Avery of Morganton and George Wilson of Gastonia. I Teacher Examination 13th and 14th The State examination for teach ers' certificates will be held on the 13th and 14th instant in the office of the county superintendent This ex ination is of special Importance to all teachers holding certificates below the elementary grade. Y. D. Mi OORE, Co. Supt. A Correction In a recent Issue of the News Tonie the nrice of the Overland sedan was placed in the advertisement of the Overland touring car. The price for tht touring car should have been 11,095. The sedan is priced at $1,095. The roadster and coune are $1,095 also. ' These prices are for the cars delivered in Lenoir, WILL TELL OF ARMENIAN TROUBLES Mrs. Isaac M. Yonan, who, with "her husband, is touring America and giving first-hand in formation about the troubles of the Armenians, will lecture, here at the Presbyterian church Sun day night at the union services-. The services will begin at 7 :30. Mrs. Yonan, with her husband, has lived in Armenia during the past few years and has seen the brutalities of the Turks in their effort to kill out the Armenian people as a race. fciVery person who can possibly attend the Sunday night's ser vices should do so. SOME PROBABLE CAUSES OF HIGH COST OF LIVING Users "of ginghams will be delight ed to know that a stock dividend of 100 per cent to shareholders of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company has been recommended by the trus tees. Andat a meeting of the board of directors of the Belton Cotton Mills, Greenville, S. C, decision was reach ed to declare a 100 per cent stock dividend, subject to the approval of the stockholders. Two brief news items recently came over the telegraph wire on the same, day, and when placed side by side were, to many people, especially interesting. One was to the effect that -A certain oil company was ex pected to declare a 400 per cent stock, dividend, and that, in addition, each' stockholder would be permitted to buy one new share, at $100, for each', old one held. The old shares are now quoted at about $850, hav ing gone to that figure from a par value of $100. Such an enhancement of value, together with the rap'dlv increasing price of gasoline, has lei to the introduction in Congress of a resolution asking for an investigation of fine, operations of the leading oil companies of the United States, and this fact formed the substance of the second item. Combined, the para graphs at least make the "flivver" owetirs, and other, speculate and ru minate, and may cause some of them to fulminate. -..'fife may also interest the public to pani'made 101 per cent more profit learn that a New England shoe com last year than it made the year be- I t .HiJ! increase in saies Demg amy ft! percent. " WILSON ALONE CONTROLS THE TROOPS ON THE RHINE President Wilson informed the House last week in response to a resolution of inquiry that American troops on the Rhine still were con trolled by the terms of the armistice and were subject only to his orders as commander in chief of the army. Field Marshal Foch of France, the President said, has no jurisdiction over the troops nor are they in any way controlled by the decisions of the allied Khineland commission which. makes ordinances and rules for the' governing of the. territory po liced by the allied armies of occupa tion. Maj.-Gen. Allen, commanding the American troops, the President wrote, has authority to police the territory under his control, to pre serve order and "to repel any attack which may be made upon him. Boy Scouts Organize A camp of Boy Scouts has been organized here, with John R. Ingle scout master, and Wm. F. Scholl, as sistant scout master. Three patrols have been formed, as follows: first "Beaver," with Lee F. Tuttle, leader, and Harry Isbell, assistant leader, and the following boys as members Lee F. Tuttle., Harry Isbell, Preston Bost, Davis Tuttle, Reece Corpening, Ned McMillan and Alfred Kent, Second patrol, "Crow," Charlie War- lick .leader; William Kent, assistant leader; members, Charlie Warlick, William Kent, Mart Dickson, Tom Moore, Clyde Helton, Charlie Beard, Ralphmel Wilson and Jay Warlick. Third patrol, Ernest Moore, leader; Jack Matheson, assistant leader; members, Ernest Moore, Jack Mathe son, Locks Hanks, Hampton Mallard, Walter Oxford, Claude Bush and Ed- Edwin" Tate was elected scout . Caldwell county high schools tak n.,!k. ing part in the State-wide debate The scout council is made p of Rev. A. A. McLean, Horace Sisk and A. A. Blackwelder. Whitener Spoke Tuesday A. A. Whitener, prominent Repub lican of Catawba county, spoke here in the court house Tuesday during the noon recess. State Chairman F. A. Linney of Boone was also booked for a speech, but he was unable to reach Lenoir. Mr. Whitener was in troduced by E. F. Wakefield. Snow at Blowing Rock The ground was covered with snow at Blowing Rock Tuesday morning, said Mr. W. H. Moore, who lives.near Blowing Rock, when here yesterday. The thermometer was down to about 18 degrees, he said. Mr. Moore also said that he did not believe the apple crop was injured, but that the peach crop might be partly killed. . Saturday Banking Hours Beginning Saturday, April 10, the undersigned banks will be open one hour in .the evening, from 8 until 9 o'clock, on Saturdays. Patrons are requested to observe this hour. BANK OF LENOIR. k FIRST NATIONAL BANK. E VISITED BY HEAVY Striking Carpenters Do Not Stop Work on Mayview Development; Other Interesting News from Watauga (By J. M. Downum) Boone was visited by a heavy snowstorm and flurry Monday, but the storm did not continue for a great while. Easter weather has been j unusually cold. There has been a strike among the carpenters at work on the Mayview estate at Blowing Rock, which en terprise is under the management of Mr. Alexander of Charlotte. Other Carpenters have been secured, how ever, and the work on the beautiful estate is moving on. Mr. John C. Brown, who lived ea?t of Boone, died on March 30. He was one of Watauga's most worthy citi zen and deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved ones. He was stricken with paralysis some days before his death sud never rallied, but grad ually fiew weaker till the end came. The influenza has died out in Boone and community, but there are now a few cases of smallpox in the vicinity. V accination is being re sorted to, however, and it is hoped that the disease will not spread. Several families from the vicinity of Boone are leaving for Ohio, where they will buy property and settle. Among them are Messrs. Adam Hodges, Rom Lo ill and others. The community regrets to see them leave, but wishes them well in their new home. The second quarterlv conference for the Boone charge was held at the Methodist church last Friday night, Presiding Elder Poovey presiding. The reports of the pastor were very encouraging, especially in regard to the proposed new church building. He reported that more than $10,000 had been secured in Boone, and the limit is not yet reached. The build ing committee, which is proving itself quite efficient, was given authority by the conference to build. The con trac thas been let to Mr. Bob Camp bell of Lenoir, who will proceed with I the work at the earliest possible date md push the building to completion at the earliest possible time. lhe general and conference extension boards 'are expected .to assist in the building, and when completed the building is expected to cost $25,000. Miss Allye Henry Penn, who has been teacher of voice and piano in Russellville College, Kentucky, has given up her work for the remaining part of the spring term to be with her mother, Mrs. W. C. Coffey. WILL HOLD MEMORIAL EXER CISES AT MAY TERM Memorial exercises in honor of Capt. Edmund Jones and Moses N. Harshaw, who died recently, will be held May 18, during the May term of court. W. C. Newland, Lawrence Wakefield and Mark Squires have been appointed a committee to draft appropriate resolutions. MARCH WAS RECORD MONTH FOR PAYING OFF DEBT A reduction of $750,660,000 in the national debt more than double the amount by which the debt was lowered in any previous month was accomplished during March, the treasury reported last Friday night. The national debt now stands at $24,698,000,000 umciais saiu me record couia nociti,. rQj be used as a basis for forecasting further monthly reductions. They regarded it as "sound evidence" of the success of the treasury program for financing the post-war period when government expenditures still continue to run high. T I Oak Hill and Hudson, Hickory, Mor ganton and Lenoir Morgan ton Sends a Negative Team to Lenoir , will haye their first triangular try- out Friday night. Lenoir high school sends Eugene Adams and James Dula to Hickory to uphold the negative side of the question, while. Morgan - ton sends a negative team to Lenoir to appear against Verne Blackwelder and Miss Virginia Seehorn. Oak Hill and Hudson high schools will contest with each other at both Oak Hill and Hudson. Oak Hill sends James Andrews and Claude Andrews to Hudson to present the negative side of the question against Toy Bo lick and Mabel Conley, Hudson de baters. At the same time Hudson sends Estelle Johnson and Mae Bo lick to Oak Hill to argue the nega tive side against Oak Hill's affirma tive debaters, Bertha Andrews and Lucy Austin. ' Lutheran Church Services Sunday school at 10 a.m. Preach ing by the pastor at 11 o'clock; sub ject, "The Witness of God." No evening service. The public is cor dially invited to worship with us. a i I, News has been received here that Dr. Lovett of the Globe has improved greatly during the past short while. 1AC nikU alio UUUgUVUl iUlOO AVCMIIVIi have been visiting other members of He, with his daughter, Miss Rethra, the family in Avery county, II lllttL DOCKET YESTERDAY A. M. Solicitor Quashed Indictments in F. and A. Cases Following Jury Verdic tof Not Guilty in the Case Against Alf Miller The criminal docket in Superior Court was completed yesterday short ly before the noon recess with the passing of sentence on a number of persons who had been found guilty. Charlie Bumgarner was given four months in two cases, one case for carrying a concealed weapon and the other for assault with a deadly weap on his brother, Jack Bumgarner. He will be taken to the Gaston county roads. h,lbert McKary, who was up on a charge of assault on his wife, was given six months in jail, but upon motion of his counsel proceedings will be instituted to his have mental condition examined. In this case evidence was introduced to show that the man had lived a peaceful life un til a few years ago. For several years he would become violent at times and has misttreated his wife. During this term of court the solic itor informed Judge Adams that Mc Rary had taken rations from his wife and clothing and wraps from his daughter. Judge Adams instructed the clerk to hold an investigation when such proceedings were insti tuted by McRary's attorney. His sentence will be contingent upon the outcome of this investigation. One of the most pathetic scenes in the court was the plea of Mrs. R. T. Auton in behalf of her husband and son, who were found guilty on the charge of assault. Whiskey drinking had brought trouble into the family, according to the evidence, and, as usuai, the wife bore the brunt. Some time last fall, the time of the occur rence of this assault, Mrs. Auton went a neighbor's, Mr. J. J. Roberts, to seek protection. As a result the assault followed. Mr. Auton was fined one-third of the costs in the case and was placed under bond to appear at each criminal term of court during the next two years and prove his good behavior. The son was fined $50 and taxed with one-third of the costs, while Mr. Roberts was assessed with the other third of the costs. Dick Malone, a colored boy, will either pay a fine of $50 and costs or serve a sentence of six months on the roads for carrying a concealed weapon. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case ot Alt Miller, a young business man of Lenoir, on the charge of maintaining a house for immoral purposes. This was the case before Mayor Lenoir several days 'ago in which the defendant was bound over to court. When this ver dict was brought in by the jury So licitor Huffman quashed the indict ments against other defendants Bonu.Q over ir.om tne, mayr on of immoral conduct bonud over from the mayor's court Other Cases Disposed Of Reuben Swanson, carrying con cealed weapon, $40 fine and costs. Oscar Sides, assault with deadly weapon, $20 fine and costs. Bud Wilson, assault with deadly weapon, judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Greer Green, forcible trespass, judgmen tsuspended on payment of costs. John Minton, carrying concealed weapon, $50 fine and costs. Fred Moore, larceny, 15 months on Drew Witherspoon and Quince ; H to affray juigment suspended on paymen tof costs. Jack Bumgarner, affray, not guilty. John Stafford, affray, not guilty. Ella White Epley, bigamy, judg ment suspended on payment of costs. Will Moore, assault with deadly weapon, judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Metta Kirby, fornication and adul tery, 12 months on the roads. Willard West, assault with deadly weapon, four months on the roads. George Correll, resisting officer, judgment suspended on payment of costs. HOLLAND MAY KEEP WILHELM A dispatch from London says the allied powers have accepted Hol land's last note regarding the former German emperor, which refused for , the second time to deliver the former . emperor to the allies for trial. The 1 note, declared, however, that the Dutch government would take all necessary precautions to minimize the liberty of Wilhelm and prevent him from endangering the world's peace. The communication stated that precautions to this end would be taken "on the spot." It was as sumed that this meant that a close guard over the former emperor and a strict censorship would be insti estate 'at Doom. ARMENIANS STILL BEING MUR DERED BY TURKS Tartars recently massacred 17,000 Armenians within the boundaries of the new Armenian state at the insti gation of the Young Turks in the Azerbaijan government, according to Ashbishop Kholn, an Armenian from Erivan, who has arrived in London to confer on behalf of the Armenian republic with allied authorities re garding the situation in Armenia. . - Estimates of casualties in the mas sacres at Maraah last month, gent to Constantinople by Americans, place MIVUVDO VI S OUVUV UVVV nilllT' nians, . During the .disorders 150 the Joss of life at about 8,0D0 Arme- Turks were killed.