LENOIR, N. C.
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LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1920
THE LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920
HURRYGRAPHS
fine voices in this town. Unity and
harmony is the thing all along the
line. Where there is "a concord of
sweet sounds" the people are happy;
and a God-fearing,- and God-serving,
happy people, are the best on earth.
Lenoir has arranged her commer
cial side of life in a most attractive
manner, and starts off well along that
line. Fof the next three weeks she
will be engaged in adjusting her spir
itual side to the things that pertain
to the Kingdom. This should be done
by every person of accountability
"making their calling and election
sure."
Lenoir
revival.
The worst
you are i-xpei'
in-tt-nt on having a bit:
aiwavs
l.WZ it.
happens when
No one is paid for thinking of a!
the things he thinks of.
None so sinful as one
stantly sees sin in others.
who eon-
A man is educate.! when K
whata he ought not to know.
lear-
The preacher is Gypsy Smithen
izing Lenoir with the gospel.
The bol.-hevists w:I!
the world ever starts
be in front
backward.
A woman with a houseful of babies
has plenty of soul-mates without
leaving home. ;
Lenoir is '"happy on
the way thing are g !
and commercially.
One way of judg.::i; :
a man s hthl ;s !y
mouth.
People v
disconrag.:
them so.
Why do
as an "old
worst ones
So--, f.
your peril'
ally judged
THE GOSPEL MEETING?
Lenoir these days is sitting under
the "droppings of the gospel." Rev.
Gypsy Smith, Jr., a man of splendid
physique, magnetic in manner, at
tractive in speech, illuminative in
gospel arguments, and winsome in
his personality, is preaching with the
most intense earnestness, and power,
the riches of the saving Grace of
God. The people are hearing him
gladly, and with growing interest.
To put it in a homely way, Lenoir
is encaged in a great spiritual house
ami heart cleaning. The prayers of
the religious ones among this p ople
are ascending to the throne of Grace
for a great revival, and an aw iken
:nir. which will put the de:l on the
run in this community, and purify
the moral atmosphere of every soul
:n this section, and invoking the ben
edictions of heaven, in the sacred as
surance from holy writ that "blessed
.s the people that hath the Lord for
he who
poKes
their God.
It is a time for
tory of our heart
nient of our feel.
.ways
!or'.'
ting.
fer
h in
' the
a searching; inven
s, and a reiuliust
igs and actions to
ourselves and our neighbors. If the
!', e of Christ is to constrain us, this
;s the golden opportunity to sett'e all,
: ghborhly d; if ere noes: forgive and
forget ;il! animosities, bury forever;
all personal grievances, and ill-will j
'Ae hold to any mortal being. Make'
pe.,ce with our neighbors and with '
God. In other words, this is the oc- '
THE TOLL GATE BILL
The News-Topic is printing, this
week the full bill authorizing the re
moval of the toll gate on the Ler.oir
Blowing Eoek turnpike eight miles
from the corporate limits of the
town, as passed the special session
of the legislature. This puts the toll
gate a mile above Patterson. This
legislation has given universal enjoy
ment to the masses of the people at
large, so far as it has been able
to feel the public pulse. Of course
the toll gate company is not pleased
with the trend of affairs. It does
iuuh. line retriDution. some years
ago the company had legislation en
acted conducive to their own desires,
to move the gate closer to town, and
use their own discretion in charging,
and the people knew nothing about it,
and it was not brought to light until
here of late when the subject of set
ting the gate further back was agi
tated, and the promoters of the move
found their hands were tied by an
amendment to the laws governing
the company, and which they knew
nothing of. until it revealed itself in
the late movement. The
THE ELECTRIC ROAD'
TO BLOWING ROCK
. -
Several Places and Counties
Sitting Up and Taking
Note of This Line
ui 1
nest
company
has only taken a dose out of the
spoon it used to feed the public, and
should not take jt so seriously to
heart. It's taking its own medicine.
But here is the new act, which gives
the public so much satisfaction, and
will be such a forward move for
Lenoir, and a weli-spring of tile .isutp
to those
over the roa
heretofore hi
road tax a- u
lave to vistl Lenoir
on which they have
to pay toll, and the
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An act to am,
Public Local
thousand n.ne i
The General Ass,,
!'. na do !:,,, ;
Section 1. Thar
Public Local I.au-
v
apter
(Charlotte Observer)
The general public- has known in a
vague way that a project is on foot
for establishment of an electric rail
road from Charlotte to Blowing Rock
it has been heretofore referred to
as "from Mount Holly" to Blowing
Rock but in the existing absence of
details the people have been disposed
to indifferent interest, rather than to
a growing confidence. But with de
velopment that the project is backed
by a "going" company, the public
will be inclined to prick up its ears.
The working office of the company is
located at Newton, and it is officered
by .'. D. Elliott, president; W. T.
Shipp. general manager; A. P. Rhine,
first vice-president; Thos. H. Coffey,
second vice-president; J. L. Cilley,
treasurer, and Osborne Brown, secre
tary. The capitalists organized into
the enterprise are drawn: From Char
lotte. A. Arthur Henderson, J. B.
King. Jr., J. E. Crayton and A. I.
Henderson; from Salisbury, J. D.
Norwood; from Mount Holly, A. P.
Rhyne, J. A. Costner and H. A.
Rhvne; from Long Island, Osborne
Brown; fro mXew'oa, W. B. Gaither,
A. H. Crowell, Chas. A. Brady, A. B.
Kuhn and W. T. Shipp; from Hick
ory, G. X. Hutton, J. D. Elliott and
J. L. Cilley; from Lenoir, J. H. Beall
and T. 11. Broyhill; from Blowing
Rock. T. II. Coffey, W. S. Alexander
and W. H. Holshouscr. The person
nel of the organization, which is
known as the Blue Ridge Develop-
I inen: Company, is the circumstance
that will establish confidence in the
! minds of the people who know it.
In dt ntal reference has been made
sixtv-iwo iupaper icpoiis m leeent eeij,
;ion one
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Each item of business entrusted to us has our un
divided attention until it is discharged to your entire
satisfaction.
We play no favorites because each friend and patron
is the favorite while his affairs are under attention,
his needs being met.
We invite your business on the basis of your becom
ing the most important customer we have.
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F T ALlf M. CASHIEB
LF 3TINC, ASST. CASH.
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1 NATIONAL!
if
lrod and eleven.
!y of North Car-
a op.e m iy nv rage
n'ag 1 but we are irerier
bv our worst actions i
The dear young thing is always in
nocent enough to strike the match
for the man w:th nionev to burn.
Some of th
talking about
wives at tile
stove.
' men u ho ar
keepim
a wavs
their dear
in the cook-
.on to lay all of our petty qaar-
i ,s ami (luierences upon the ironing
board of Faith, and w$h the electric
iron of the loving Spirit smooth out
all of the wrinkles in our hearts, and
li t the love of God possess us to the
fullest extent. Forgixe all wrongs
uone you by those who would despite
fully use you. Right the wrong- you
have done others, and seek forg.ve-
the end of sect:
ter th
Don't forget t put
for your Chamber of ( '
a Joy to .-peak of it. ai
is in it.
n a goo, I wur
mimerce. It's
d the Joy that
In tli
Brother Allen is going to have Le
noir singing sure enough, the first
thing you know; and those who are
eingimr wj;j know.
ll ilh
e-t
no;r
pir.t.
the meeting.
essmgs that
n this frame (,f
will be the great
ever came to l.e-
chapt'.T sixty-two,
of North Carolnia,
one thousand nine hundred
I'M eleven, he am. -tided bv .nl.lino- nt
three of said ohnn-
follow.ng:
"The sa.d company shall not he al
lowed to ii' '"ita,n iinv toll ,.,t
, thereon nearer than eight miles from
! the corporate limits of the town of
; Lenoir, nor shall it increase its tolls
over those charged at present."
hat this act shall be in
iiml after its rntiKen'inn
n the General Assemhlv ro.,,1
t. mi's and ratified this o.;m
August. 1HJ0.
LINDSAY C. WARREN,
Pro Temi ore I'resnlent of the Senate.
G. BRCMMITT.
House of Represent-
! :1
progress toward trie mountain
hie.: ve of the surveying corps, but
lie l.ite-t report of the general miiti
i r to the stockholders of the com
. w.l! give a clearer idea of the
, . oinplishments so far of record. In
inking note of "satisfactory" prog
ess General Manager Shipp says that
wh :c we have not boon able to push
-anov and outdoor work to the
Sec. 2. '1
force from
t Ill.e-
on in
three
.
Some people separate because of
misunderstandings, but the greater
majority because they understand j
each other too thoroughly.
'ition
with
Gypsy Smith, the smaller
of the UTeat Gvpsv preacher,
us; about us: and we'll be dingbhsted
if he is not getting into us.
There may have been doubt a few
years ago how half the world bved,
but the fellow who can tell how any
ody lives these days is a wondr.
The toll gate has been told to move
back, and give freedom to Caldwell
citizens. Coming to Lenoir thev will
move at a gait not before known for
some time.
The Germans are said to have dis
covered a substitute for coal. They
are great on the "sub" business and
it should hi
if there are
examined close iy to see I l'u
no submarines under it. i wh
THE SPIRIT 01- Al"TI".M
Spring is the season of budding
hopes and glowing promise, au'umn
the time of substantial achievement.
The farmer and gardener rejoices in
generous rewards of his toil. Nature
celebrates by her most glowing col
i . Mankind enjoys the luscious
I roducts which the bounty of the
creator provided.
Some imaginative people seem to
feel the melancholy of falling leaves
and decay of vegetation. But more
hopeful natures think of crackling
tires and bins full of fruits and vege
tables. Also the return of cool weath
er brings a tonic into the air. Where
you idled away the soft days of April
with the languor of spring ftver,
September spurs you on with her
energy and tells you to go out into
world and do something worth
e.
The noise you heard last Monday j
was the opening of the schools over
the State the jewels strik'ng a
tintinnabulation of joy in their wend
ings schoolward.
Some persons are fearful that the
country will be over-run with auto
mobiles. How can this be when they
are stealing them all over the coun
try, judging from the thefts reported
in the papers.
The way to stop the selling of
doubtful stocks in North Carolina is
not to license them to sell. The way
to stop a mad dog from running over
the country is to cut his tail off right
behind his ears.
Gypsy Smith is very much of a
Daily Record, is a very discerning
is no doubt about it he is digging
close about the hearts of his hearers.
Fallowing the soil for good seed-sowing.
Col. Sam Farabee, of the Hickory
Daily Record, is a very dicserning
man. He knows a good thing when
he sees it. We appreciate the kindly
mention he was pleased to make of
the Chamber of Commerce edition of
the News-Topic. Such sincere words
are encouraging.
WOMEN LEAVING FARM LIFE
The people who are forsaking the
country towns are not all farm hands
lured in by factory wages and city
excitements.
A lot of them are young women
who are sick of churning, carrying
water in homes where there is no
running supply, doing the whole fam
ily washing, also helping the men in
the fields doing harvesting. Picking
a typewriter looks easier to them.
But after they have paid high city
board they usually realize they are
worse off.
We want to keep all our girls in
Lenoir and Caldwell county, and the
only way to do it is to put in modern
improvements. They save human en
ergy, which is worth more than the
improvements cost.
Sneaker of the
at;v es.
am
Examine
R. 1). SISK.
For Committee
found correct;
METHODIST PAPER IS TO HAVE
NEW EDITORS
Rev. L. S. Massey, editor, and Rev.
H. M. Blair, associate editor and
business manager of the North Caro
lina ( hristian Advocate, have ten
dered their resignations to the Meth
odist Board of Publication, Inc., ac
cord to Thos. C. Hovle, secretary of
the board. They are leaving' the
newspaper work of the church in or
der to get back to the active min
istry, it is said.
FOR SALE, QUICK One male calf,
three-quarter Holstein and one
quarter Jersey; 4 weeks old. Le
noir Dairy. "O-L'p
PRODUCING A NEW GAS FROM
FIELD STRAW
Gas which possesses explosive dual
ities sufficient to drive an automobile
and which may be used for purposes
of illumination is being produced at
the Arlington, Va., experimental
farm for the department of agricul
ture from the destructive distillation
of ordinary field straw. In making
this announcement experts of the de
partment added that "the possibili
ties of a straw bas are not vet fully
determined."
People from all parts of this coun
ty, and from the neighboring coun
ties, are coming to Lenoir for the
next three weeks to hear great
preaching. Every one is warmly wel
come. Lenoir will give them the best
of everything she has, and may. it be
a pentecostal time.
There is preaching in Lenoir today
a noted preacher from a distinct race
of people two millions of them to
which the Christian churches have
never sent a missionary or the gospel,
and they have been living right here
among the American people, and
other nations. "Something good can
come out of Nazareth after all'
Lenoir can acquire a splendid choir
when her people come together in
unity and harmony. , There are some
TWO SPOTS
While the city sports are getting
smashed up racing automobiles the
country folks are having traotor and
plowing contests to see which can do
the most work.
The old-time farmer was supposed
to rise early and go to market, but
it's no use now, as you can't sell
anything to people while they are
still in bed.
It does not necessarily follow that
the country crowd1 will vote for the
best hand-shaker at the cattle shows.
THEY CAN SING, TOO, LET ME
TELL YOU ,
The colored peop'e are given-one
corner of the tent a G ypsy Smith
meetingsj and they eginning to
come in large number In the sing
ing they are called up ; quite fre
quently to sing some special hymn by
themselves. Well, sir, they Just open
their mouths and let it roll out They
can sing, too, believe me. , .
Thirty-four million immigrants
have entered the United States in
the past century. In the same time
the population of the country has in
creased $97,000,000.
Blood will tell, and the chap who
gets drunk on a dried-grape extract
shows his raisin.
THE MARES AND HORSES have
arrived and will be sold Saturday,
Sept. 11th, regardless of price.
UNIVERSAL THEATRE
PROGRAM
FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 13th TO 18th
MONDAY
"Burnt Wingi"
Frank Mayo
TUESDAY
"The Hell Ship"
Madaline Traverte
WEDNESDAY
"Broadway Cowboy"
William Desmond
THURSDAY
"The Vanishing Dagger" No. 13
Eddie Polo
"Summer Girls"
Mack Sennett Comedy
"Toy Makers"
Mutt and Jeff
Fox News 'No. 82
Matinee 3:30 p.m.
s FRIDAY
'The Cyclone"
Tom Mix :
extent for the last few days
ount of weather conditions, we
made progress in other ways.
t e our engineers a chance to
work up their field notes and get
them in shape for making a final
! ovi ii ate of our work for making up
i map-, profile, blue prints, etc., all
I of winch have to be done. While the
weather was good we pushed the out
j door work and left this part of the
work for just such a time as this."
It is developed that profiles and
j map- for HO miles of the railroad
hai- been finished and that contracts
I have been signed for a considerable
I mileage in rights of wav. Speaking
of one item in the prospective devel
opment of business, the genera! man
ager says: "We have listed the in
coming and outgoing freights of Le
noir, Hickory and intermediate points
and find it reaching well up into the
hundreds of millions of pounds an
nually. We have secured the assur
ances that our electric railroad will
get a very substantial and satisfac
tory patronage from the business
houses and manufacturing plants of
Lenoir Hudson, Granite Falls and
Hickory, and it is predicted that pas
senger traffic which our line will get
from these points will be something
enormous."
To quote further data of the kind
might throw this article into classi
fication as advertising propaganda,
and we would want to write in avoid
ance of that. But it is a fact that
interest in the project h is not been
confined to the People along the ter
ritory of the line. The commercial
interests of the surrounding sections
have 'been taking note and there is
evidence that Jefferson and North
Wilkesboro in particular, and Tay
lorsville and other towns within the
"drainage area," are anxious and
waiting to take a hand in the enter
prise. They want the project ex
tended so as to carry the line on to
Jefferson, thence back to North
Wilkesboro, to Taylorsville, thence to
some convenient connecting point on
the parent line. There is wisdom
back of the proposition, the argu
ment being that with the extensions
suggested the Blue Ridge Develop
ment Company's line would touch
terminal of four steam railroads
the Norfolk & Western at Jefferson,
the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley at
North Wilkesboro; the Taylorsville
and Charlotte branch of the Southern
at Taylorsville, and the narrow gauge
from Johnson City, Tenn., at Boone,
picking up and concentrating the
freight from all these points (an un
developed territory and a transpor
tation standpoint) at Charlotte,
where it would come in contact with
the main line of the Southern and the
Seaboard Air Line railroads.'
It will be seen that there are tre
mendous possibilities in store for the
electric line which is being projected
for Blowing Rock from the freight
ing standpoint, alone. Its benefits
to the passenger traffic, great as they
would be, are of secondary consider
ation. The opening up of these moun
tain sections to the travel of the out
side world develops a prospect of de
lightful, contemplation. The Observer
has established sufficient faith in the
ultimate accomplishment of the com
pany that it writes in assured safety
from having aroused false hopes in
this instance.
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SATURDAY
"The Silent Avenger" No. 15
.,: "A Mori Hero";,
' Century Comedy
Fox Nwt No. 83 '
' Matinee 2 P. M. '
ISN'T IT DELICIOUS!
FIRST WOMAN MAGISTRATE
Union county boasts of the dis
tinction of having the first woman
magistrate in North Carolina, Mrs.
Julian Griffin having been commis
sioned last Friday by Clerk of the
Court R. W. Lemmond of Monroe.
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,The more"xne reflects concerning
the Antwerp games the easier ;t is
to understand how Finland licked
Russia.
THE MARES AND HORSES have
. arrived and will be sold Saturday,
Sept, 11th, regardless of price.
You hear this exclamation on everyone's lips when
you use our table delicacies for that luncheon or dinner
dessert. The failure or success of a wonderful meal
often depends upon the after-course that you use. You
can find excellent suggestions for the dessert course in
our store and we will gladly assist you in your selection.
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It's GOOD as the BEST and BETTER than the REST.
We receive it. fresh every day, and we will be glad to
have your standing ORDER
We now carry
FLEISCHMAN'S YEAST
receiving it fresh Tuesdays and Fridays. Let us fur
nish you with yeast, and all of (your Fancy Groceries,
Feeds and Produce
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SPECIAL NOTICE
In order that all may try PIKE'S LIVER, KIDNEY AND
STOMACH REMEDY, for a short time only we will sell the
Dollar Bottle for 75c. Bring in, your coupons now. If you have
none you can get them at the Druggist's. We want all to try this
remedy. Fine for Rheumatism, Female and Stomach Trouble, as
ittleanses the system. It will give you Health and Strength'.
SPECIAL 3ALE NOW ON v
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