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ADVERTISEMENTS Well displayed end harmonious LENOIR, With her citizens backing the Chamber of Commerce, is bound to go forward by leap and bounds. Are you boosting the Chamber? ly illustrated, crrat a state Library appetite no less than a and pan, well-kept store. Try the News-Topic and see. . Volume XLV g Nefe EaSbliSed llJI C-.olid.ud APrU 1, 1919 LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1920 Price, Fit Cents the Copy No. 52 GYPSY SMITH REVEALLNG LOVE OF THE A CAR JUMPS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE LENOIR MERCHANT IS HALED TO COURT rlNG GRACE Contained Seven People and A. A. Blackwelder Charged Turned Over Three Times With Assault on Boone in the Fall Prestwood, Aged 14 GOSPEL AND POWER OF HI V The Great Populace, Who Hear Him Nightly, Hang Upon His Words and the Portrayal of the Christian Life, With , Intense Interest and Calm Thoughtf ulness THE PREACHER'S WORDS AND ARGUMENTS ARE LIKE SHOTS FROM A "BIG BERTHA" GUN, EXPLODING AND TEARING AWAY ARGUMENTS OF THE DEVIL, CONVINCING WORLDLY-MINDED The Singing of the Great Choir is Growing in Attractiveness, and the People Are Humming the Songs and Filling Their Hearts With Sacred Melody Events Under Tent By JAMES A. The love of the Lord Jesus Christ; the power of Saving Grace; the de velopment of the best in men and women; and gttting right with God and men, and living right, are the major notes that ring through the daily messages of the evangelist, Gypsy Smith, like a clarion call to the hearts and consciences of men and women. He is picturing the rot tenness and sinfulness of sin in words that burn, and arguments that are incontrovertible, backed up by the word of God. He is porfiying the beauty and blessedness of the Christian life, lived in love towards God and your fellow man. He is shedding a new and radiant light upon the Bible stories calling for re pentance, and faith and love towards Jesus and is holding the gospel mir ror up in such a manner that every soul can see its own life reflected. His senmons are growing more con vincing daily, and the zeal and in terest of the people are deepening and widening. Great crowds continue to hear him. Scenes About the Tent The singing continues to improve. Tuesday evening it was exceptionally fine; as it was also Wednesday even ing. The masses of the people are getting into the meeting in song. Tuesday night the graded school pu pils, in quite a number, sang "Halle luia!" with fine fine effect Mr3. W. I. Pitts has come into the. service as assistant accompanist, and she is do ing fine work in leadoing the music, Friday night will be Graded School night, and the young folks especially. This will be one of the most inter sting features of the meetings. It is announced that Gypsy Smith will preach at Patterson next Sun day morning at 11 o'clock. Eighteen women's prayer meetings were held Tuesday morning, and the total attendance numbered 260. These meetings are held every Tues day and Friday imorning, in different parts of the town, and all women are invited. Tuesday Erening Sermon to Masons, "Jacob the Trickster" After a day of rest Monday Evan gelist Gypsy Smith came to his mis sion of preaching the gospel Tuesday evening in splendid freshness and vigor, and delivered a powerful ser mon to a large congregation, and es pecially to the Masonic fraternity, which turned out in a body on this night, to the number of about 80. Mr. Smith's subject was "The Trickster," the atory of Jacob in a new and vastly entertaining version as told by the evangelist. He spoke in part as follows; I want us to look at the story of Jacob and to consider his life in four special aspects, each of which is in dicated by and taken from the story of his life. First Is he not rightly named "Jacob, the Trickster?" Second "And the rnan greatly in creased." Third "And Jacob was sorely afraid and distressed;" and Lastly "As a prince, thou hast power with God and man." First of all, let me say that God was not a party to some of the acts of this great drama. "Oh," but you say, "it's all in the BiWe!" It's very true, but that does not give it Bible sanction. The Bible is a faithful mirror as well as a truthful message. It shows us a good imany things of a man's life that we may install them, and it shows us the bad things that we may avoid them, so I want you to notice how Jacob comes on the stage of history to represent the an cient and modern fraternity of the tricksters. Jacob began by the attempt to make an unlawful purchase. There are some things that no man has any right to buy or to put on the market for sale. No man has any right to buy his brother's honor. No man has any right to buy his sister's vir tue. No man has any right to buy his employer's conscience, and no man has any right to buy his ser vant's liberty. These are same of the inalienable birthrights which no man ha3 any right to buy or sell, and if you get. today to the bottom of all social unrest and misery you will find that it is the result of unprin cipled men and women, buying and selling what God has forbidden. At this stage of his career he represents the faithful prototype of all unprin cipled lawyers. He got his brother in a tight place and made him swear. I have often imagined I could see Esau getting up that morning to go ROBINSON out hunting, and after he had left the house Jacob gets up and goes out into the vegetable garden to gather the vegetables for the cele brated pottage. It takes skill to catch a rabbit, but it takes more skill to catch a man. Esau was a cunning hunter of animals, but Jacob knew how to catch a man. I wonder if you are here who took an unfair advantage of your brother? You saw him in a tight place with his back against the wall, and with his creditors at bay. You knew he had to have cash, and you took advan tage of him, and put across a rotten deal. Go home tonight and write down your name on the pages of his tory, trickster, the ,man who stole his brother's honor. I wonder if you are here tonight who saw the widow and children fol lowing the casket of their faithful protector to the cemetery? You said to yourself, "Well, I have held a mortgage on that property for years, and she'll never be able to meet the interest. I'll foreclose." Did you? Well, then, write it down on the pages of history tonight, your own name, trickster, a man who stole his brother's birthright. I wonder if you are here tonight who took advantage of a beautiful, loving virtue, and you put on her cheek an ugly blister where there had been nothing before but an innocent blush of shame, just to satisfy and gratify your own passion. Are you here? Then go home tonight and write down your name on the pages of history, trickster, a man who 3tole his sister's birthright. And what a sorry spectacle Jacob is. After he has tricked his brother he goes unto his father, Isaac, and cheats his father, who thinks he is Esau, gives him his brother's bless ing. You remember how he trimmed himself up with -a goat skin. The world today is just like Isaac, blind, sensuous, living only for the day, and this age of the twentieth century will bless you and wine you and dine you to further orders if you will only cover your meanness with the trap pings of the trickster "and the man greatly increased." "And Jacob was sorely afraid and distressed." I can imagine somebody saying, "What's he got to be afraid of?" He's got two wives, eleven boys, all the cattle that any man could possibly want, plenty of ser vants to look after them. What's he got to be afraid of? Well, mingling with all his prosperity there were penalties; he had to pay for it all. His sin against his brother and fa ther, first of all, made him flee from home; sin always breeds fear. Sec ondly, he slaved; and there's always slavery in sin. Thirdly, he re-encountered his sin; and if there is one text that is surer than any other it is this one: "Be sure your sin will find you out" And, lastly, not only did he encounter his sin for himself, but his wives and children had to bear nart of his shame, too. See "him with his arms around Rachel, pleading with God lest Esau come and smite the mother of his children; and no man can sin alone. When a man sins his wife and children, and parents and friends, have to bear a part of the shame with him, too, and it isn't a square deal. But, thank God, Jacob came back. There came a day when Jacob was told by God to return to the land of his kindted. He had to go back. You say, "It is an easy thing to accept Jesus Christ." No, it's a man's job. Jacob had to go back to the man that he had wronged, and had to confess his Bin. Not only did he have to confess, but he had to restore, and there can be no peace and forgive ness for any man who is not willing to "right the wrong." You remember the wrestling that Jacob had with the heavenly visitor until dawn was almost upon them, and Jacob said, "Bless me quickly." And the visitor said, "What is thy name?" and he said, "Jacob, the trickster, by name and nature." And so your' confession must not be the name that your mother gave you, but the name that you are at heart Is it a liar, cheater, hypocrite, pride? Whatever it is, you and I must con fess, and when the confession was made his name was 'no more Jacob but Israel, a prince having power with God and with man. Wednesday Night's Sermon "Ye Must Be Born Again" 'Mr. Smith took for his text Wed- ( Continued on page four) s JONES EDMUND POWELL Caldwell County's Esteemed Citizen, Who Died September 8th in the 85th Year of His Age (We had hoped to use this cut in last issue, but it did not arrive in t;me) JOYS CROWD IN WHEN THE HEARTIS HAPPY The News-Topic Force Feasts on Caldwell Apples and -Waltermelons There's a sunny side to the darkest road On the difficult journey of life; There are golden hours when we slip off the load Of the blackest hours of strife. The News-Topic office this week has been a sanctum -of congruities, radiating with sunshine and cheer, and most interesting events. So many good people have come in and subscribed and said such nice and encouraging things that the flowers bloom everywhere, and there's sun shine in every heartall of the cor ners are bright. Tuesday morning a poor, bedraggled little sick pigeon, unbeknown to anyone, walked in and went up to our linotype machine like he wanted to talk to it, and took a stand under it like Napoleon after his Waterloo, in a imeditative mood. While we were striving to bring some cheer and comfort to the little stranger and give him some of the cheer we felt in our hearts, in came a beautiful humming bird, and after circling around to get his bearings, perched himself on an electric wire overhead. He hummed his little hum and departed. 75-Pound Watermelon Scarcely had the bird episodes slipped into our memory book when Sid Dula rolled in smiling, and, like a cheerful, living cornucopia, spread before us a tempting variety of his superior apples and said, "Eat, and be. happy." We did and were; and Sid Dula is now the "apple of our eyes." But, hist! Like a serial story more to come. E. G. Powell, a raiser of the finest watenmelons in Caldwell county, didn't dp a thing but bring in Wednesday a 75-pound melon, a Watson, Georgia variety, and immediately the grin on every face was like the old-time overseer's wages -from 'ear to 'ear and it wasn't long before every face was buried in red meat, and it is meet for us to say that it was the finest ever, and our appreciation haF Virst ed the thermometer of our feelings. So wags the News-Topic world along, with joyous wags. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT Definite new3 has been received from Prof. George W, Bacon of White Pine, Tenn., president of the Teachers' Music Publishing Company of Hudson, in regard to the recent reports concerning him. There was no attempt-to commit suicide. He was shot accidentally. t The particu lars of the shooting are not given, but it is stated .that he is getting along very well, and there are hopes of his recovery very soon. WANT TO SEE THE STALM A number of our subscribers have importuned the News-Topic officp to induce Mr. John Helton to bring his 18-foot. stalk of corn to town and put it ,n exhibition. 5 They are anxious to sea It Mr. Helton ' will please make a note of this and comply for the satisfaction of his neighbors and friends. . " - . 5-f I MM GREATEST OPENING IN WHOJLEJflSTORY Davenport College Began Its Work Wednesday Crowd ed to the Brim Davenport Colleke had an auspi cious opening Wednesday morning, with the largest attendance in its his tory, with a record of between fifty and seventy-five, boarding students having to be turned down for want of accommodation. Every available space in the college is filled. The 140 students were present, the pres ent capacity of the college, with a large number of day, or local stu dents. The Exercises The opening exercises were very simple, but enthusiastic. Rev. R. D. Sherrill, of the First Methodist church, and Rev. M. H. Tuttle. of the Second Methodist church, both of this city, imade interesting and appropriate, short addresses, welcom ing the student body to the college and this community, which was fol lowed by President J. B. Craven, who spoke on the gratification and pleasure of such an attendance, and the work before the students, and the glowing prospects for the future of this venerable and noted institution. The faculty this year is the ablest in the history of Davenport, many being new ones of exceptional ability. Like a Queen in Lenoir Davenport is now in the midst of her great work of education, happy hearted, and sit upon the beautiful eminence of the city, like a royal queen upon her throne, "letting her light shine'' to the uttermost par.ts of the earth. Successful Davenport. May thy prestige never wane, and thy usefulness never be dimmed! ENROLLMENT 1NSREAS1NG The graded school enrollment has reached '770, with the session only ten days old, as compared with 736 at the end of the first month last year. This is indicative of the growth of Lenoir, and especially the prog ress of the. school, which is now far beyond the bounds of comfortable accommodation. It should fill every citizen with such pardonable pride that it will hasten the enlargement of the school facilities. KING'S CREEK The King's Creek Betterment As sociation will meet on Saturday, the 18th, at 2:30 in the afternoon, at the school building. All members are requested and urged to be present, as matters of importance will be at tended to and every one should be present. . NOTARY PUBLIC The announcement comes from Raleigh that H. J3. Hartley of Le noir has been commissioned a notary public, along with quite a number of others from different parts of the State. - ' RESUMED HIS" OLD WORK Wk D. JonesV Jr., of this city left Wednesday for Raleigh, .where he will take up the work of State oil inspector, a position he held last fall and winter. , He will operate in the western part of the-State. ' THE SIDES FAMILY OF KANNAPOLIS HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE AH Were Bruised and Skinned, But No One Killed, or Had Bones Broken What, came near being a fatal ac cident to seven people occurred Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock on the Lenoir-Blowing Rock turn pike, some fourteen miles from this city, below the Richland road, and one-fourth of a mile above the high waterfall. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sides, Misses Bettie, Ida and Ruth and Messrs. Luther and Clyde Sides, of Kannap olis, in an Oakland car driven by Mr. Luther Sides, had spent the day at Blowing Rock and were corning down the mountain. How It Occurred At the point named above the Sides car imet the Lenoir Livery car, driven by Doris Lingle. In passing each other both cars got into ruts, and Mr. Sides made an extra effort to get out. Thfe car made a jump and a lunge forward, and before he could get control went over the side of the road, down the steep. The car turned over three times and finally landed at the bottom, possibly a distance of one hundred feet, with all of the occupants underneath the car except Miss Ida Sides, who in some way fell out of the car in its acrobatic acts, and she had the most thrilling experience of them all. She rolled down the incline to a branch before she could gain her feet. All were badly bruised and skinned, but no bones were broken, and no one killed. It was a miracle how they escaped with their lives. The car was badly broken up, and still re mains up there. Brohght to Lenoir Mr. Story, driving one of the cars along and he brought the seven along an dhe brought the seven wounded people, to Lenoir, arriving here about 4:30 Wednesday after noon. Dr. A. B. Goodman dressed their wounds, some of which were very severe,- though not serious, and it is nt known at this time whether any of them suffered internal inju ries, or may develop later. They se cured a car here and continued their journey to their hopne in Kannapolis. SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY Mr. John W. Allen celebrated his seventieth birthday the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Ernest. A most bountiful dinner was served, being a surprise to Mr. Allen. All of the children were pres ent but two, they being Mr. J. Wal ter Allen of North Wilkesboro and Mrs. Clay Cranford of Marion. Mr. Allen has thirty grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Caudle, Mrs. Charles Robbins, Mr. Charles D. Al len of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Myra Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shell. Seventeen of the grandchildren were present. We must not forget to make Imention of Mr. Ernest's moth er, who wrote him on this occasion, and has just passed her 90th birth day and is well and hearty. We wish these good people many happy re turns of the day. WHERE HE GOT THE ANIMAL An enthusiastic horseman from the King's Creek section attended the unbroken horse sale in Lenoir on Saturday last, and purchased one of the "untamed steed." Taking his purchase home, he was met by a friend just at the time the purchaser was doing his best to curb the gyra tions of the animal, and the. friend inquired, "Where did you get that horse?" Puffing heavily and per spiring freely over the strenuous ex ercis he was going through in hold on to the rope and- being jerked about, he, between heavy breaths, replied: "I got him from Serious, Row Buck and Company, by 'partial' post, by jingoes; that's where I got him." A WARNING TO BOYS Boys with air rifles, and other arms large enough to kill game, are here by warned against shooting mocking birds. Complaint has come to the News-Topic office that small boys are engaged in shooting these cheerful songsters with air rifles, and quite a number have beei slain. Boys, the law is on your trail for such shoot ing and you had better watch out. Stop it, and you will save your hide from prosecution. If you don't, you'll be in limbo,' and that will give you and your parents trouble. Don't shoot the song birds,, boys. If you must shoot birds, try it out on Eng lish sparrows. There's imore of them. FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cox and Mr, and Mrs. D. H. Holsclaw attended the funeral of Rev. Charles Beaver at Maiden Sunday. His death is deeply mourned. His funeral was very largely attended. Besides the people Of the community it is said that there were at least two hundreds cars bringing syimathizing friends to pay their respects to the i beloved min ister. ' . BUSINESS MAN THOUGHT HE WAS ACTING FOR THE BOY'S GOOD However, He Was Fined $10 and the Costs Distressing Case Aired in Court Mr. A. A. Blackwelder, a merchant of this city, was arraigned in the po lice court Thursday morning on the charge of an assault upon Boone Prestwood, a youth of 14 years of age, which is said to have occurred Tuesday. The case was heard be fore H. W. Courtney, mayor pro tern., as Mayor Pritchett stated that Mr. Blackwelder was related to him by marriage. Lawrence Wakefield ap peared for Prestwood, and Mr. Blackwelder spoke in his own behalf. Boone Preitwood's Statement Boone Prestwood, a boy about the streets, who seems to be under no special care or restraint, stated that Mr. Blackwelder talked to him, and he sassed hiim and told him it was none of his business to interfere with him; that Mr. Blackwelder caught him by the throat and put one hand over his mouth; "he shut off my wind for a little while." Two witnesses testified that they saw Mr. Blackwelder have his hands on the boy, but could not positively say just where his hands were in re gard to his neck and face. Mr. Blackwelder's Statement Mr. Blackwelder said he had heard that Boone was about to get in trouble at school, for some cause, and that Boone's mother had asked him to help her to save the boy from trouble; that his mother was in sore distress about the boy, and she was not able to do much, and trouble would kill her if there was not some relief. He thought it his duty to speak to the boy. He spoke to him, and Boone gave him back-talk. He put his hand on the back of his neck to hold him until he could tell him what he wanted to, but did not think he used undue force. Boone was imad, "and I squeezed my hand. I told him I was doing it for his own good, and trying to keep Jiim from leaving school. Boone told me it was none of my business. God knows, if he knows my heart," said Mr. black welder, "I'd do what I could to save that boy and make a good boy out of him. I'll start a subscription now, with any amount, to help him to live right." f Discussion After the Fine Acting Mayor Courtney stated that it was clear, from the evidence, that Mr. Blackwelder had violated the law, and he felt it his duty to impose a fine. Mr. Blackwelder was fined $10 and costs, which amounted to $13 and some, cents. After the case had been disposed of Mr. Blackwelder made a talk. He spoke of the bad influences over Boone, by bad companions, and the boy was accused of (many things of which he was not guilty. He was doing his best to help the boy him self for his mother's sake. That it was the duty of good citizens to pro tect and save him from himself. He alluded to many things done and en acted here which had not been rec ognized by the officers, and nothing said or done particularly profanity. He wanted good people to care for Boone, and love and care would re deem him from his wayward course and make a better boy of him. The examples of grown-ups was largely responsible for Boone's condition. The Mayor Had a Few Words Mayor Pritchett said he thought he ought to say something; that he and the officers had been criticized for many things; that he did not see all that was going on; but he thought that if those who did see things would report them and help the officers, in stead of criticizing them, there would be an improvement in Lenoir. Acting Mayor Courtney gave Boone a healthy and helpful lecture, and wanted to know what he intend ed to do if he wanted to be better, and do right Boone said that he did. Court adjourned. HAYES-ESTES The following announcement has been received by friends: "Mr. Sherman Clarence Hayes and Miss Bertha Boone Estes, married August the thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, Spokane, Washington, At home, after October first, 221 Riverside avenue, Spokane, Washington." Mr. and Mrs. Hayes spent their childhood days in and near Lenoir, but later drifted to different parts of the west They both responded to Uncle Sam's call for volunteers in the world war. Miss Estes joined the yeomanettes, while Mr. Hayes went to France. Since, his return to the States he has been engaged in ; -ness in Washington. Their many friends wish them success. FIRST TRIP TO LENOIR Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walker and Mrs. Lillie Siddle of Locust Hill, N, C, and B. L. Blackwell, from Ruffln, N. C, spent the week end With th$r cousins and brother, J. P. Blackwell ' and Mrs. T. M. White. This was the Walkers' and Mrs. Siddle's first trio to Lenoir, and they were very much impressed with the town. . i
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