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Corap t Leenoi 1& EsKSed llll Consolidated April l, 1919 LENOIR, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1920 Volume XLV Price, Fire Cent th Copy No. 33 Stat Library W1W BOYS SPEAK OUT ON LACK OF SCHOOL Lenoir Boy at State University Pass Resolution Playing Up Lenoir's Needs in Matter of Better School Equipment Lenoir and Caldwell county boys at the State University have spoken their minds in a set of resolutions showing the inadequate school facili ties and equipment of the Lenoir public schools and of the county at large, and have forwarded them to the present school board and to Supt. Sisk, and are asking for the organi zation of school building associations throughout the county in one great effort to serve the cause of education in the county. The resolutions were drawn by the Caldwell County Club at the State I'niversity, which includes every young man from this county in its .h mbership. They read: "Whereas, the school building, grounds, equipment and curriculum of the schools of Lenoir are utterly inadequate, and as a result the chil dren are being taught in overcrowded rooms, to their detriment physically and mentally ; and "Whereas, there is no vocational training, no departments in domestic science, chemistry and higher mathe matics; and "Whereas, there is not proper training in physical culture, and the department of physics; therefore be it "Resolved, that the fathers and mothers of the town of Lenoir as semble in mass meeting for the pur pose of creating a spirit and appoint ing a committee of Lenoir's business and public-spirited men to co-operate with the city school board and other agencies, to promote and push for vard a movement looking toward ad vocate facilities which will provide ample room anil proper instruction for their children. "Resolved, that we invite the co operation of all good men and women in securing such action as may be come necessary to the establishment of said schools, and that we advise the immedate organization of school building associations throughout the county, through which proper agita tion and earnest work for the cause of uflucution of the youth of Caldwell county niav be inaugurated and car- ried out. "Resolved, that resolutions shall be News-Topic and to of Lenoir." I a copy of these presented to the the school board MRS. HOKE DIED THURSDAY AT HOME OF DAUGHTER Mrs. Klla Ballew Hoke, the wife of Mr. W. A. Hoke, died Thursdin morning at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Lafayette Setzer. Several days before she had gone to her daughter' shome to spend the day. During the day she was taken quite ill. Later she grew worse, and Thurs day morning she died. The funeral services were conduct ed Friday afternoon from her home. Rev. R. D. Sherrill, pastor of the First Methodist church, of which she was a member, assisted by Rev. M. H. Tuttle, conducted the services. In terment was made at Belleview cem etery in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing friends and rel atives. During the course of the funeral services Rev. Mr. Sherrill gave the following short sketch concerning the lif eof this gooil woman: "Mrs. Klla Ballew Hoke, daughter of W. A. and Mrs. Harriet Ballew, was born June 22, 1851!, and died at the home of her daughter May , 11120, in her 07th year. One week before her death she had gone to spend the day with her daughter. During the day she was stricken with the illness which proved fatal. "March 9. 1880, she was happily married to W. A. Hoke, with whom .she lived for 34 years. She is sur vived by her devoted husband and four children V. M. and E. E. Hoke of Asheville, C. B. Hoke of Winston Salem and Mrs. Gertrude Setzer of Lenoir; also by three brothers and two sisters C. A. Ballew of Lenoir, John W. Ballew of Hickory, E. L. Ballew of Stockton, Cal., Miss Addie Ballew of Hickory and Miss Annie Ballew of Morganton. "She joined the M. E. Church, South, in girlhood, at the age of 12 years, and for 55 years lived a con sistent member of the same church. In the last hours of her illness, when she realized that the 'time of her de parture' had come, she attempted to sing " 'Savior, more than life to me, I am clinging close to Thee.' " The pallbearers were W. S. Cov- ington, W. W. Deal, R. S. Crisp, Fred H May, J. P. blackwell and H. L. TELEPHONE COMPANY PLANS MORE EXTENDED SERVICE Numbers of improvements are be ing planned by Mr. Walter Carpen ter, the new manager of the Lenoir Electric Company. At present Mr. Carpenter is working on the Blowing Rock line, which he plans to put in first-class condition. Material has al ready been bought for a new copper circuit between Lenoir and Hickory. With this new line to Hickory direct service will be given to Granite Falls. Several thousand feet of new cables have been bought and will be put up through the town as quickly as pos sible, Mr. Carpenter says. Lines will , be extended so as to accommodate a very great number of addiitonal telephones. GREEN HEARING SET FOR TODAY Kirby Died Friday Morning, Si Days After Being Shot Differ ent Versions of the Tragedy Have Come Up Early Green will be given a pre liminary hearing before Justice J. A. Bush this afternoo nat 2 o'clock on the charge of killing William Kirby. The hearing, which as been delayed awaiting the outcome of Kirby's con dition, will be held in the court house. Kirby died Thursday morn ing, six days after the shooting oc curred. Different versions of the shooCng and the difficulty leading up to the tiring of the shots by Green that proved fatal to Kirby have been cur rent daring the past few days. One report reaching here says that Kirby, just befor ehe died, made the state ment that Green accosted him as he was passing along the highway lead- ing to Green says that Gree struck Kirby hoe and then s house. 1 his report n came out to the road, down with a rake or shot him after he had fallen. Mr. Green's version of the affair has already been stated. Green says Kirby came to his home and attacked him with a knife, which cut through his clothing, touching the skin. Af ter getting away from Kirby he ran into the house and secured his pistol. Green says that he tired only when he thought Kirby was going into his house and when he attacked him the second time. The case has created much interest here. It is understood that Kirby's family has secured counsel to assist Solicitor Huffman with the prosecu tion. Green has also employed coun sel and the case will be ably fought. MRS. BALLEW WAS HOSTESS , TO THE Q. V. CLUB I A most enjoyable meeting of the Q. V. Club was" held with Mrs. J. G. Ballew Tuesday afternoon, May 4. The subject for the afternoon was Women Novelists. Several interest ing sketches of the lives of ;ioted i women novelists were read. Mrs. II. , C. Martin and Mrs. E. S. Harris ren- ! dorod instrumental solos and Mrs. .1. F. Hoyle sang two iullabys, all of which were greatly enjoyed. A very interesting contest was engaged in, after which Mrs. Ballew, assisetd by Mis. Stuart Cireer and Miss Mattie Mao Ballew, served delicious refresh ments, consisting of ice cream, cake an I bonbons. Those enjoying Mrs. Ballew's hns i p: : a 1 i t v besides the club members I were Mesdames R. ('. Powell. A..W. iHila, W. 1. Pitts, Stuart Givr. C. Iv I Rabb, J. E. Hoyle, J. E. Shell, C. L. I Wilson and Miss Mattie Mae Ballew, BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION WILL MEET FRIDAY Friday is the second Friday in May and is the regular meeting date for the Betterment Association. The meeting will be held in the town hall at II o'clock. At the last regular meeting the fol lowing officers were elected for the present year: Mrs. K. A. Link, pres ident; Mrs. Rufus L. Gwyn, vice president; Mrs. C. L. Wilson, secre tary; Miss Mary Coffey, assistant sec retary; Mrs. A. G. Jonas, treasurer and chairman of membership com mittee; Mrs. J. L. Nelson, chairman of civic committee; Mrs. E. F. Reid, 'chairman of cemetery committee; Mrs, Rufus L. Gwyn, chairman of , health committee. Recital Saturday Night A recital will be given Saturday night at 8 o'clock by the students of the music and expression depart ments of Davenport College in the college auditorium. The young la dies who will take par tin the pro gram are Misses Verna Sharpe, Ma bel Erwin, Dorcas 'Turner, Pearl Lentz, Nettie Hauser, Ethel Butt, Willie Cornelius, Eli abeth Crad dock. Grace Arney, Helen Myers, Myrtise Washburn and Ora Lee Da vis. PARKER IS COMING TO HUDSON FINALS Hudson High School Commencement Will Be Held Next Week The Address on Friday, the 21st, by Mr. Parker The closing exercises of the Hud son high school will be held Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22. Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock Mr. TU T ni - C TV.l . ...ill a Jf; "rr , C "1 f dress the school and the people of Parker is one of the most distinguished of the younger citizens of the State and is easily one of the best speakers in the State. He will give us a message well worth hearing. , Friday night at 8 o'clock Prof. Y. D. Moore will deliver certificates to those who have completed the sev enth grade work. Following that, the primary and intermediate grades will give an entertainment. Inasmuch as there is no graduating I class in the high school this year there will be no .graduating exercises, but on Saturday night, the 22nd, a play, "Claim Allowed Continued," wili be given by the high school. A small admission will be charged on this night. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to attend these exercises. EFIRD'S OPENING HELD SATURDAY Managers From Other Stores Here; Thousands of People Visited the Store During the Day; Passed All Estimates Saturday morning the thirtieth store of the chain of Etird depart- ment stores was opened here. Long before t o'clock, the opening time, a crowd of peo;ie from the town and surrounding country had gathered in front of the store to await the open- ing of the doors. Throughout the en- tire day the crowd entering and leav- iiiL' the store never diminished. It was a great day and much more than ' had been expected bv the new own ers. " I The store had been closed for sev- MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED AND era! days while Mr. K. L. Etird. and, MONUMENT DECORATED Mr. R. C. Teague, who purchased the Memorial services to Caldwell store and property from Mr. II. T. 'dead, both of the Confederacy and N'ewland, with their assistants who of the recent world war, were held came here from other Etird stores, ' before the Confederate monument were busily engaged in trotting the Monday, Momerial Pay. The pro stock arranged for the opening.! gram ha. I been arranged by the .eh Other experienced help had been se-j Vance chapter, U. D. C, and it was cured locally. beaut fully carried out. Following Saturday was a beehive of industry a salute to the Hag by the Daughters in every department of the store. To 1 of the Confederacy and a song, a get an estimate of the number of prayer was invoked by Rev. A. A people who visited the store on; McLean, pas, or of the Presbyterian oopening day was impossible. It i might not be too much to say that several thousand people visited the store during the day and until it closed that night. "It surpassed any thing we had expected," Mr. Etird said. Managers of Etird stores at other places were here for the day. Among them were Mr. L. A. Morenian of Columbi .. S. C, Mr.. G. 11. Milligan of Charlotte, Mr. 0. M. Sappentield of Concord, Mr. J. M. Toole, assistant manager of the Winston-Salem store, and Misses 0. Streetman and M. Howard of the Win store. ton-Salem DAVENPORT FINALS BEGIN MONDAY EVE Baccalaureate Sermon on Tuesday Morning by Dr. C. G. Chappell; Annual Address Wednesday by Hon. A. L. Brooks Davenport College finals promise to be the event of next week. Be ginning Monday evening at S o'clo.'K with the expression recital and end ine- Wednesday morning at ld::tl with the annual address, which will be delivered by Hon. Aubrey L. Brook sof Greensboro. The baccalaureate sermon will be pn ached Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the College auditorium by Dr. C. G. Chappell, pastor of the Representative church, Washington, I). C. Dr. Chappell is one of Amer ica's greatest preachers and his com ing to Davenport is looked forward to as a big feature of the commence ; ment exercises. I The graduation exercises will be held Wednesday morning, beginning j at 9:30 o'clock. Following these e I ercises the annual address will be do ilivered by Mr. Brooks. COUNTERFEIT WAR SAVINGS STAMPS HAVE BEEN MADE Postmaster V. D. Guire today is sued a warning to persons hereabouts to be on their guard against buying counterfeit War Savings Stamp-. Fraudulent blue stamps of the 1919 series have been made by counter feiters, th epostmaster has been ad vised, and are being sold to unsus pecting persons in some sections of the country. "But the frauds can be easily de tected," Mr. Guire said. "Ben Frank lin's picture appears on the stamp, and in the counterfeit stamp old Ben seems to have the mumps in his left jaw. Indeed, there is a pronounced swelling. Ihen under the portrait the lower of the two left dots is com paratively indistinct, and the vertical opening between the lines in the low er left part of the numeral '2' in the date '11)24' is closed. The principal feature of the fraud, however, is the swollen cheek. "It should be remembered that the counterfeit is only of the 1919 series, and, like the original, is blue. Blue War Savings Stamps can no longer be bough tfrom postoffices or other authorized agencies. Only the 1920 stamps, which are red, are now being sold by agencies. Sales of last year's stamps are not legal. No one shoul buy a 1919 stamp, though it is true that some have been improperly of fered for sale. "Everyone who bought 1919 stamps last year may feel perfectly s ife," the postmaster said in conclu sion, "because the counterfeit was not made until after the first of this year. The blue stamps had then been TRIAL OF HARSHAW FOR AS withdrawn from sale by the author- i SAUCT COMES UP SATURDAY ized agencies, and the red 1920, The trial of John M. Harshaw for stamp was being sold. Don't buy any striking Roby Gilbert in the postof- tvia scamps, mm Keep a iuuhuui the picture of the man witli the mumps. If know." you see one let mc1 Champion Fisherman Arrive Th echampion angler of the South, met in tne postomce and an argu Hon. David Clark, of Boydton, Va., men tover a barrel of oil came up. arrived Tuesday and left yesterday Harshaw struck Gilbert, who is a for uool Kunngs to spend a tew days outing. Mr. Clark was accompanied bv Mr. N. Turnbull of Lawrenceville, Va.. who was here last year, and Mr. J. E. Bing of Boydton. Mrs. B. G. Johnson attended the music festival in Charlotte last week. PROGRAM FOR DAVENPORT COMMENCEMENT Manday, May 17 p. in. Expression S ;l I 8 Mo 1 1 :iiu Rev ft-1' Tuesday, May 18 a m. Class day exercise, a m. Annual sermon, bv g G. Chappell. D. IK, pas thv Representative church, h-gion. I. C. 1 i :5:"" ( eh ' 1111 fv)" i '': ' 1 - 10' " ! 111. l'oniestie scion p in.- Art exhibit, p. :ti Final concert. Wednesday, May 19 a in. Graduation -Annual Brook-. ad. Ires Green; A 1. nor ) church. A live-minute talk by Mayor James T. I'ritchett followed. "I.. us not -top when we have placed a tlowr upon this monument erected to the memory of these fallen heroes," he said, "but let us so conduct our selves that we may show thoso few who remain with us our appreciation of their sacrifices. Let us put a f'.ow er iiiio their hearts, something to blight, n tiie remaining days of those gallant heroes who followed Lee and Jackson." Following a song, the flowers were placed around the monument by the I girls of th Bonnie Blue Flag chap I). C. ter of the C MEXICO CITY TAKEN; CARRANZA CAPTIVE evolnt'on In Mexico Is Marked by Bloodshed Political Executions Reported United States Warships Are Moving Mexico' getting un.l absence of late-t revolution, after r way wiht a remarkable lighting, apparently has i'.hout the usual tropical not been without th season of blood-letting. From behind the veil which ob scures the events of the last few days are beginning to trickle stories of 'wholesale political executions, coun ti r executions and other accompani ments which have so frequently marked struggles for supremacy in .the Latin-American countries, j Carranzn. variously reported cap Mured, in flight, or in hiding; Can , dido Aguilar, his son in-law and min : ister of foreign affairs, executed, with Gen. Francisco Murguia," com mander of the garrison in M"xico , City, after a wholesale slaughter of political prisoners, including fifteen generals; forces of the revolution in j control of the capital ami most of the i Metropolitan cities of the country, while American warships and ma- l ines continued to move into strat egic positions, were the foremost features of the news. Communication between the Unit ed States and the Mexican capital continued intermittently and uncer tain. From all reports Tampico, j Vera Cruz( Monterey and I'uebla, as well as Mexico City, now are in the hands of the rebels, i Gen. Obregon, Carranza's former right-hand military man and now his. opponent, has ordered that the presi dent, if ca tui'ed, be traded with! consideration an I t;ken to Mexico i C.ty. Reports published in Mexico v ity newspapers anil received ir. Washington flatly announced Carran za's capture, together with Ambassa dor Bonillas, Carranza's ropresonta Cve in W ashington until a few weeks ago and later one of the candidates for the presidency. Meanwhile, the American goverp 1 ment, while continuing a policy of watchful waiting, took some meas ures to afford refuge to Americans. There are estimated to be some 6,000 or 7,000 such in Mexico, some of them draft dodgers and radicals who fled over the border to escape proc eses of law. For the most part, how- ever ,tha telass probably is far in the interior, and the Americans who might readily avail themselves of aid are principally oil men and planters I along the gulf coast. For their as sistance the navy department has or dered the super-dreadnaught Okla- (Continued on page twelve) nee several days ago win come up before Mayor Pritchett Saturday . mornintr at 10 o'clock. Teh diffi culty occWred several days ago and no one seems to have learned iust. how it came about. The two men mucn weaner man pnysicany. it is I understood that both men have em- pioyea attorneys. The case is trading considerable attention. at- Mr. R. E. Leonard and littjle daugh ter of Lexington are visiting Mrs. A. E. McNairJr. IS TO SELL TICKETS Began Drive Yesterday to Boost the Chautauqua and Sell Season Tickets The Town Divided Into Districts Boosting the com chautauqua t.ekets has American ' legion was and selling the season t been taken over by the I. eg, on. A meeting of the held Monday night at wh h it was dec nit d to taKe Commander J. over this work. I ost C. Smith appointed the following comm.ttee of rive to take charge of the work: Jas. T. I'ritchett, chairman; Clyde Sud.lerth. Roii'iey Kiilian. Wm. V. S.hool and N. Hunt Gwyn. The committee has al re.lav begun work. In taking over this work believed that they might .egion doing the community a service. "We lieved it was a good thing for community and that the program the week will be well worth wh said Chairman I'ritchett. "It i good program and we heartily dorse the puhlic-spiriledi'.e-s of be the for le," s a e li the c.U.ens who had subscribed their names as guarantors to secure the chautauqua for tne community. It was because of this that we wanted to help these men in making the chau tauqua a success and to secure them from any loss of money that we took up this work." The citizens who subscribed as guarantors did not assume this re I sp. visibility with any thought of mak- ' mg money ou tof the proceeds, and, for this reason they agreed to turn, I the whole matter over to the Atner-! I ican Legion, they to sell the tickets, 'and any amount over the sum re- ' quired for paying the chautauqua i people the legion is to have. The first work for the ticket sales , arrangements was done Tuesday night under the direction of Miss Ada dray, one ot the advance chau tauqua workers. A meeting was held and the following committee was ap pointed: .las. T. I'ritchett. chair-1 man: Frank D. Grist, secretary, and L. A. Ky-art. treasurer. At this meeting plans were made for divid-j 'ing the town and conumiiuty into j districts, with a captain and four others in charge of each district. Anj aggressive campaign was begun yes tenia v, and it is planned to follow this with a ticket day, Tu. ay or Wdencsday. These various district will make every ctl'or' ! person in their d.stne; event any person ;.s m will be placed on sale com m 1 1 ! eos o see every but in the ssed tieket at th two drug stuns. The season tieket for be sold at $2.7."). inclu.li1: tax. A person not buyin; ticket and attending every dults C the a so; attrac will war ison t ion will have to pay something over Children's season tickets will be : at including the war tax. 7. old : KENT-COFFEY BUYS MILL WORK I MACHINERY j All mill work machinery of the Lenoir Manufacturing Company has ' been bought by the Kent-Coffey j Manufacturing Company and it will I be installed soon in an addition to the plant, which is now under con ' stru'etion. The additional building i whie his being erected for the ma chinery is (HlxliO feet, and it will give 1 su flic ion t space for installing this I machinery. Recently Mr. Cotfey closed a trade for the Gorpetiing timber, located a , few miles west of here. This boun- darv of timber is estimated to be about 4,000,000 feet and it is the only boundary of original growth . timber of any size near here This lis said to he th elinest lot of timber in the country. North Lenoir Preaching Sun. 7:15 p.m. by the Advent Church lav at 1 1 a.m. an pastor, Elder (). 'I Mattox. Themes of special mteres will be used at both services. The come idiool dues- public is cordially an dworship with ui at 1 0 a.m. Prayer day evenings. invited to Sunday : meeting Wi GREATEST SUMMER SEASON EXPECTED Reervation Already Pouring In and Green Park Is Getting Ready; Blowing Rock and Linville Will Open June 1st "This will be the greatest season Blowing Rock has ever experienced," is the opinion of Mr. 0. W. Spencer, for several years manager of the . Green Park Hotel, when here Sun day. "Already we have had reserva- , lions ior an oi our most uesiraoie rooms,"5 Mr. Spencer added. The Green Park Hotel will open Jane 1. Mr. Spencer has made fre quent trips to the hotel during the past several weeks getting every thing in shape and supervising some improvements, Additional bathrooms a.e uni K uu.io aim a nut waiei ys- tern rs being installed. The kitchen arrangements are being improved and the most modern equipment is .being put ill. The Eseeola Inn at Linville City will open June 1, with Mr. Vining in 1 A CI i planning a trip to Linville on the ' r ' K' , Miss Faye Estes, who had been visiting her aunts, Mrs. W. M. White and Mrs. J. A. Courtney, returned to her homa at Collettsville Tuesday. LENOIR SCHOOLS COME TO CLOSE Finals Last Week Marked End of Successful Year Diplomas Are Presented, Medals Awarded and Other Exercises The Lenoir h.gh and graded schools closed a year of splendid work, with excellent commencement exercises, on Thursday and Friday nights, May 0 and 7. The tine work which Supt. Horace Sik and his splendid corps of edie.ent teachers, consisting of the M.sses Bobbins, Al ice and Irene; Coffey, McLean, Del linger. Lena and Agnes: Crews, Con ley, Wr.ght. Craven. Phillips, Men z.es. King. Wall, Kent and To Id, was well attested by the great crowd of friends and patrons of the school who sought admission to the commence ment exercises. Thursday night the exercises were In Id in the auditorium of the school build, ng. and the crowd was so great that it was found to be necessary to admit only by card, and many who wished to be present cejld not be accommodated. The need of a larger school building was never more apparent than on this occasion. Mr. Verne Biackwelder was chief marshal ami Miss The'.ma Bradford assistant. The marshals were Eugene Adams, Charlotte Brawley. Rae Deal, Robert Dula, William Dula. Charles McDade, Clara Spencer and Ned Wall. Thursday night w is devoted to class exercises. Class songs were sung by two of the classes. Mr. llillie Martin was valedictorian. The class history was read by the class histo rian, Miss Fave Goodman; the last will and testament by Mr. Bowman Crisp; the class pronhocy by Miss Marv Harrison, and the class poem by Miss Carolyn I'oe Misses Bertha Rabb and Mary Dula rendered a se lection on the piano. A very inter esting and entertaining feature of the evening was a mock faculty meeting, partciipated in by the members of the graduating class. Sunt. S;sk was impersonated by Carter Powell, Miss Colfev bv Ott.'s II.-. Irak. M,ss Mc Lean by Lula Love. Miss Alice Bob bins bv Marv Deal, and Miss Irene RoMnns by Miss Bes-io Price. The mock faculty pas-, d ou the merits of the different ni.-inb. r- of the gradu ating class and gave reasons why ditfi rent members should not gradu ate, and als orecailed many humorous nealetits ot the p..st selio I-riday afternoon prom were distribute I to all il whose work during the - n year, q on cards e students I'hoo! year I standard, ivcr to the 1 Hail tieen up to the require I Friday night was given presentation of ' ' -d a literary ; diidonias and medals ld.lress by Dr. R. N. Presbyterian church. Wilson at the Dr. Wilson well remembered and I received a great ovation from the host of friends who remembered his I boyhood days spent in Lenoir. The speaker devoted the larger part of his time to a critical comparison of the educational systems and stan dards of a generation ago and of to- day. While praising very highly the work being done today, Mr. Wilson pointed out the great need of greater effor tin the training of mind rather than in seeking to complete any number of subjects with little or no j mental effort. The address was huek tub ot common sense from (Continued on page ten) FELL FROM POLE AFTER COM ING IN CONTACT WITH WIRE A news story sen tout from Reids ville to the daily papers gives an ac count of the accident which caused the death of Mr. A. Strauss Hoover, the son of Mr. and Mrs. .1. R. Hoover, who live two miles west of here. Mr. Hoover was working on a high- power line for the Southern Public I'iilities Company when, from some cause, his feet slip) o,l and he came in contact with the charged wire. A circuit was formed through his cloth ing and he was immediately envel oped in flames. He had the presence of mind to throw himself clear of the wires and from the pole. In f illing it is said that he turned sev- er ;l somersaults and was consider ably stunned in striking the pave , ment. He was given a hasty examination in a nearby physician's office and it was not thought that his injuries were severe. aLter he was taken to a Greensboro hospital, where he con tinued to grow worse until the next day, when he died. The remains were brought to the home of his par ents here and the next day funeral services were held from the First Methodist church. Interment fol lowed in Belleview cemetery. DOKIES PLAN BIG CEREMONIAL AT HICKORY TUESDAY j Lenoir Pythians and Dokies are 'looking forward with much interest to the coming spring ceremonial to be held at Hickory next Tuesday af I ternoon and night. A large caravan of Dokies, with the officials, iill come in from Bagdad Temple No. 213, Asheville. They will bring Jerry, the i p-ai ti(rol. frnlry h;a ,inw quarters and will give him his first feed of tyros for this spring. Jerry is said to be very hungry and this 'ceremonial will be staged for his spe cial benefit. The whole outfit of local Dakies , p"2a? t&X?n L IT? nial, and they are planning to take as many tyros to Hickory as can be gathered, coaxed, persuaded or pre- vailed upon to go. In spite of the late spring the sands are warming and the trail to Jerry's cage will be filled with interesting events.) .''
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