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P?e Four LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC, MARCH 17, 1921 LLNOIR. N. Ck THE LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC Iuei Thursday by CALDWELL PUBLISHING CO. FRED H. MAY, Editor and Manager Entered at the Postoffiee at Lenoir, N. C, as second-class mail matter Subscription Rate One year ..$2.00 Six months - - 1.00 Three months - .50 Advertising rates on application Telephone No. 54 THURSDAY. MARCH 17, 1921 "OUR LOST PROVINCES" Hickory. N. C, March 14. Editor Lenoir News-Topic: Judge Counoill has recently won his case before the U. S. Supreme Court, releasing the Watauga & Yad kin River railroad from litigation. If times were normal an effort would be made to rehab;!. tate this road from Wilkesboro to Darby and ex tend it through Cook's Gap, thence forming a junction with the Norfolk & Western on its line from Jefferson to Boone, in which went Caldwell county would hardly sleep until Le noir and (.1 rami in were connected by a feasible route already surveyed. However, we are apparently in a period of slow exploitation of the transportation system, and the diffi culties are greatly enhanced by the present state of ra.lroad finance. In earlier days when the railroads were developed on a basis of stock financ ing there was an element of individ ual initiative which made for a rap d increase of mileane. But there has been a trans:: on from a stock to a w.tn a -tate . f growh, an monev mar 'vrea-c r.t.l in- viero w.l! be i"i by pr.vate i :r.o- i.f com or.wurl, a -om' I!.. ".:- w.l! be ins - has repeatedly people of North r'.ilui'Wllcl'.t s tht V railroad enter- bond bi the pre: ket :s not sucn a road mileage. This, in -hart, it: little new ci-;tr.i cap. till, -'a: ;n r mierce w . i 1 co'it.f a new l:n- - i.;.; : . peratie. The pr pointed out to tlu Carolina the trreut have to undertake prise. All things considered, the tinest section in North Carolina situated in Watauga. Ashe, Alleiihjny and the counties adjoining - but between us stands the interposing barr.er of the Blue Ridge. The states of Tennessee and Vir ginia were not slow to take advan tage of the situation, not only to exploit hut also to claim as their own this beautiful mountain section. That they will continue to absorb its indus- CAN LENOIR AFFORD A $200,000 BOND ISSUE FOR SCHOOLS? ' Lenoir has invested in churches ap proximately $200,000 and pays to ministers and missions and charities approximately $50,000 a year. All this is a free will offering and amounts to about $20 per church member. Lenoir has now invested lesjs than $50,000 in graded schools and pays less than half for their up keep that she gives freely tg the churches, missions and charities, and yet there are many who will say the schools are "good enough." This comparison is given to show that peo ple are willing to give to support a good thing and yet when it comes to an assessment and a tax collector tliey just naturally want to let "Jones pay the freight." Graded schools -aniiet be run on free w;l! offer ngs. and it is equally important to have oar educational advantages on a par w.th our religious investment. It is getting now to the point that an un- : educated I hristian :s of .ltt.e use to : progress of the world, and we here in I.ciioT have been boost. ng the build , .ng of churches for the past several l vears and letting the schools get along as best they could. It :s get ting to the po;nt now that it :s up to us to get our school systt m up to oar church system. If the grown up folks had to go to school an aver age of 1M days a year instead of to crrurc.n from 50 to lint tares it is likely that our schools would be ahead of cur churches. The older people go to church on Sundays and the preacher looks over the congrega tion and says: "We are getting out of date; we need a better church; the other churches are ba 'ding b gger a". ! better churches. W ho will start i contr seat on to bu Id a better Aial it often Happens :n ir that the tire build--nh-cn bed to he paid out free w.l! off r ng of the n. Now wh n the school- ran down at the heel and have dig out tile basena nt to niae re room- and divide an the .uhli :i : 1 1 ",:o , rooms and have i:o id tin. illy till up til! the doors and many be iu comniod ited. The cit zei.s begin to w o built that new- yea i's ago I forgetting s twice as big now as good enough. Some one get- an enabling act through the leg.siature to allow us to vote on bonds, and then the "bear fight" is on. Then it is fought out over a few months and it is simply awful to have the distrct bonded to make our schools to compare at all with our other improvements and advantages. When it comes to paying taxes, well, the rich man is poor and the poor nan tiasn t a thing, riuck up Some- AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LE NOIR GRADED SCHOOL DIS TRICT TO ISSUE BONDS. '.n n . T .It! 1 g fund Hit as t.grega roper V s; ,-h l.ipe., a: at at ciinte.t actually w nat happen-'.' T ir.-ue, "Why, w school 1 to 1 " ia.it the town then l and it's The General Auembiy of Nortk Car olina Do Enact: Section 1. That for the purpose of acquiring a site and erecting and equipping thereon a building or build ings adequate to the needs of the schools f the Lenoir Graded School District, the Board of Trustees of said district shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to issue coupon bonds to an amount not exceeding Two Hundred Thousand Dollars, of such form and tenor, of such denom ination, and bearing such date or fates, and payable at such tume or of the facts therein certified and re cited. Sec. 6. The said Board of Trustees of the Lenoir Graded School shall have power and authority, in their discretion, at any time after this act has been ratified by a vote of the people of said district as herein pro vided, to borrow, in anticipation of the receipts of the proceeds of the sale of the said bonds herein author ized, a sum or sums not exceeding the maximum provided in section one of this act, should conditions render such a loan more advantageous to the Lenoir Graded School District than the immediate or present sale of the said bonds hereby authorized. Such loans shall be paid not later than three years after the time of taking effect of this act as aforesaid, or clamoring for them and it appears t me that the present administration has made no effort to give them any. There is one big section here that has not even sewer connection, an there are various other inequalities in the administration of the town af fairs. This is DULA'S point of view. All the foregoing is not my living, and I will be in my office Saturday, f!.i-,-h 10th nn rlav nnlv. fittinr you want to. as so many nave Ia?ses as usuaf wfaich is my living- aMtru ane auuui saying vju iu xacu DULA'S ADITORIAL You Generally Find What You Are looking For. A few weeks ago in my ad in talk ing of Hickory I said "Go to h if f you want to" I make this explana- i tion that I was not speaking of Hell, and if I had wanted to I would cer- ! tainlv have used a capital H , as DR. ALFRED W. DULA. George W. Haldeman claims he has broken the world's tail-spin re- it is some place if you w:ll take all ord in an airplane. He dropped from Wilier, anu l av n finiv Liiavs, . i i i i and having interest coupons attached tht ' of, said bond?: I,,,, ..), r,f, f infprt nn(- er. A" 5ecu bearing such rate of interest not ex ceeding six per cent per annum, pay able half-yearly, as said Board of Trustees n.ay determine and deem advisable. 2. That the said bonds and their coupons shall not be subject to taxa tion by the Town of Lenoir or by the Lenoir Graded School District. Sec. 3. That for the purpose of paving saal Ponds atul tne interest sections and clauses of law in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Li no r Graded School District, had on March 14th, lit'Jl, it was ordered that an election be held in said Le rmr ('.railed School District under thereon the Board of Commissioners the provisions of the foregoing act of the Town of I. mo r shall annually ) upon the question of the issuance of and at the time of levying municipal i One Hundred and Fifty Thousand taxes, levy and lay a tax on all sub- Dollars in bonds under the terms jects of taxation within the limits of , thereof. The election will be held as prescribed in said act. J. T. id Graded School D. strict on which said Board of Commissioners may now or may hereafter be authorized to lay and levy taxes for any purpose whatever. Such rate of taxes shall be :n amount as recommended and loomed adequate by said Board of School Trustees to pay the interest on sa:d bonds and provide a sinking fund for the pai:ie:it thereof at maturity. 4. The provis ons of this act ,i SUt'ill. to a vote of tht lied voters of sa d district at a il elect. on to be had on Monday. trial energy witnout a railroad from y has got to help Jones pay the irns siue i unquestioned, nan not , freight, and we have to have better the State sent its giant agent through j schools or we will have no town. Our the Swannanoa tunnel we could not : schools were up to date when built have had Biltmore, Grove Park and j am lhe town grew rapidly till it Asnevi.le. and the be-t advertised j , night up with the schools." Since City in th;s union. ,!, . n f.,f .,.,- ;, Not that there is any comparison in the magnitude of the undertaking for Cook's Gap or Cotl'eys is a trifle engineering state beside Round Knob and Mud Cut, and otherwise the comparison is very favorable for the Blowing Rock and Linville section when it comes to wealth of climate and soil and beauty of scenery. In truth, whichever one is present is dearest in summer time. However, Gov. Aycock did not tl rt with the question, and. after having canvassed about every school house m North Carolina, he was asked to name the State's best county. He replied "Ashe." The writer once heard Senator Ran som and Mr. Cone d.scuss.ng the fu ture of the Blow. rig Rock section. I ney were on the (one estate, and i agreed that, with adequate r tilroad I service, the possibilities of Blowing Rock were stupendous, and were fired by imagination a they visioned iU destiny ranking pre-eminent among the resorts and playgrounds of this continent. In our present upbuilding it was a statesman-like call which Turn Bowie made for legislative ingenuity and skill upon a large scale for the pur pose of connecting North Carolina with her "lost provinces." While the attitude of our legisla ture was discouraging, so it was two years ago on hard-surfaced roads. The question is not settled, and can not be, until a r.ti.ro.ui is achiev ed open; i j, up till giva: :.i . : : tain section to tlie e::: . i- a 1 to the world. We believe the f u-1 ; ivi" I -e .i o nized, and as a result a. Ih. : .'. session a change in our legislative policy will be effected. This State is now leading the South in much, and the world in quite a few things industrial. It is a matter of some public importance to know that Gov. Morrison has gone on record for yet greater things, and while the last legislature was not perfect, yet when its actions shall emerge into public view it will take its place in history as one of the greatest in North Caro lina annals. E. L. SHUFORD. cnii inducement here tor families, w th the schools overcrowded. Build bigger and better schools and you will see immediate improvement in the population figures. As to fhe amount, I think that $l'0o,000 is too much by at least ."0. 000. 1 think that ifloO.000 add ed to our present equipment would make our schools and churches on a par and 1 believe that that is as near an ideal arrangement, and while 1 am not afraid of the town getting too religious under present conditions, I am afraid that the children will not get well enough educated to appreci ate their religious advantages. So let's get together and vote at least 1 ."d.OllO additional for iniprovo m -trs. DR. ALFRED W. DL'LA. WIFE CAN SECURE DAMACES For the. second time the North Carolina upreSme Court has held that a husband who infects his wife wiJi a venereal disease is liable for damages. The reaffirmation came in a petition to hear the appeal in the case, of Lacy Crowell vs. J. W. Crow- ell of Charlotte, in which the Su jjreme .uun, sustained tne lower court's award of ? 10,000 to the plain tiff because of venereal infection communicated by her husband. MRS. MELTON HAS HEMTSITCH ING MACHINE Mrs. J. H. Melton has recently pur chased and installed a hemstitching an dpicoting machine and will be glad to receive orders for large or small amounts. CAMPBELL SHOE SHOP OPENS The Campbell Shoe Shop is now open and ready for business, and is located in the room back of the Chamber of - Commerce. Patronage of the entire public is solicited, but ladies' work is made a specialty. Messrs. Tom Moore and Claude' Webb of Collettsville were-in town yesterday. BOONE Rev. T. M. Muggins was at the Training School on Tuesday and con ducted the religious service. On Wednesday at the school Frof. Greer spoke about the new cabinet of the President, giving a brief his tory of each member and some rea sons for the appointment of each. On Thursday afternoon Profs. Wright, Greene and Miller made a hike to Howard's Knob, Boone's highest mountain peak, standing 4,4ijl feet above sea level. Pro,'. I). D. Dougherty on Fridays-poke briefly in appreciation of the Hon. Champ Clark, giving some ac count of his prominence as a con gressman and a candidate for Pres ident. Mrs. G. C. Brinkman left on the early train Wednesday morning for a visit of a month to home folKs in Baltimore. Mr. Brinkman accom panied her as far as Johnson City. During the spring weather that prevails in this section gardens are being made and the farmers are be ginning their spring planting, which is rather earlier than usual for these parts. Profs. Wright and Miller and Gray Brown, a student, spent Sunday hik ing over Grandfather mountain, and returned much pleased with their trip. Each experienced a fall with only slight scars. Quite a large number of new resi dences are being built or will be built during this spring and summer. Boone is fortunate in having these good citizens locate permanently here. Mr. Hardy Lyons will very soon have his completed, Mr. Sproles, a prominent lumberman, is pushing the work on his, and, besides others who will build later, Dr. L. R. Bing ham, our up-to-date dentist, and a graduate of the Training School, ex pects to occupy his new home on King's street in about a month. By the way, the doctor did some fine work recently under the employ of the State, doing dental work in 45 public schools of the county, the State thus rendering through him valuable service to the children of the county. slla.. qual spec April the eighteenth, one thousand : ".e hundred and twenty-one, under tne provisions of the Charter of the Tow n of Lenoir. Chapter Thirty-sev-' en. Private Laws of Nor'h Carolina, Si s-mn one thousand tune hundred and n.ne, except as herein otherwise provided. A new registration shall be had for such elect. on and the pub lication of this act as hereinafter re qu.red shall be deemed sufficient no tice of the holding thereof in lieu of the notice required by section two ' of said Chapter Thirty-seven, Pri-, vate Laws of nineteen hundred and nine. The registration books shall! be kept open for twenty days prior j to the date of the said election. The I Board of Trustees of Lenoir Graded, School shall cause notice of such I election containing a copy of this act! to be published in a newspaper pub-! lished in the Town of Lenoir, once a week for four successive weeks, anil j may in such printed notice declare ; that a lesser sum than provided in I section one of this act may be voted upon, and if the provisions hereof shall then be adopted by a vote as herein provided, then said board shall not have authority to issue more bonds than the amount specified in said printed notice to be voted upon. Sec. ,r. At such election those qualified voters approving the issue of bonds herein provided for and the levy and collection of the particular taxes provided for in section three of this act shall deposit a ballot contain ing the written or printed words "For Bonds," and those disapproving the same shall deposit a ballot containing the wr.tten or printed words "Against Bonds." If a majority of such voters shall vote "For Bonds" it shall be deemed and held that a majority of the qualified voters of said Graded School District are in favor of grant ing the aforesaid Board of Graded School Trustees authority to issue such bonds, and to the Board of Commissioners of said town author ity to levy such particular annual tax, and said Board of Trustees and said Board of Commissioners shall have such authority; but if a majority of such qualified voters shidl vote "Against Bonds," then said Board of Trustees and said Board of Commis sioners shall not have such authority; Provided, that the result of such elec tion, duly ascertained in accordance with law, shall be enrolled in the pub lic records of the Town of Lenoir; and Provided, further, that after thirty days from the date of such en rollment such record shall not be open to public attack, but shall be held and deemed conclusive evidence 'ritchett, Mavor of the Town of Le noir, is ex-officio Registrar and Frank D. Grist and J. C. Smith are judges to hold said election. P.v order of the Board. W. B. WATSON. Chairman. V. H. BKACH, Secretary. A- a new registration is required under the terms of the act authoriz ,ng said election, and as there has In en no prior registration of the women voters, notice is hereby given that 1 will open the said books for the registration of the qualified vot ers of the said district on Friday, March L'oth. l'.'gl. The books will be kept at my office over Lenoir Drug Company. Th.s .March loth, IOlM. .1. T. PRITCHETT, Mayor and e-Olheio Registrar for Lenoir Graded School District. UNIVERSAL THEATRE the preachers' word for it. However, it was read and talked about, which is what I wanted, and your friends will always see what they want to and your good points, i and your enemies will see you as they want to and your bad points, and so on Ad Infinitum; whicn re minds me that I was opposed to some of the present town board last year,' and I feel like that events have jus tified my opposition. The streets in ; the edge of town are still Muskrat slides and the street force have hard-; ly been off the cement this winter. J and what else can a town expect so , long as they elect a board with 5 of! the 8 members having their office or staying on the public square. Of ' course they will keep the square and the cement brushed off and that's about all. ; It looks like time we were invest-1 ing in some more permanent im provements. an altitude of 8,000 feet to 800 feet in one minute 15 seconds, the de scent taking 28 revolutions. 5Z5BS25HS2SHSESZSBSHSBSZ5HSHSHSZSH5 Wanted Hens and Veal Calves Will pay you cash market price for your Hens and Veal Calves at your home. Write, or phone me at 911, Hudson, N. C. O. W. CLOER HUDSON, N. C. There are citizens here b2SZ5c5c25SSH5Z52525H5H52SH5H525cL3 1 MS zguB-l It- PROGRAM THURSDAY, MARCH 17 "The Floorwalker" Charley Chaplin 'East Lynne with Variations' Ben Turpin Pathe News Matinee 4 p. m. FRIDAY "In Mizzouri" Robert Warwick Matinee 4 p. m. SATURDAY "Junlc" Hank Mann Comedy "The Dog Doctor" Century Comedy Pathe News Matinee 2 p. m. There is no value, no profit, in money that is not in vested nor in circulation. Your money in this Bank is building an asset for you and at the same time, as a basis for credit, is doing its full duty to the community. As a source of profit to yourself, as the broad-minded, public-spirited thing to do, we solicit the deposit of your surplus funds in this Bank. MONDAY "Hearts Up" Harry Carey Five-Reel Western 'Amid Archangel Snows" Red Cross TUEDAY "The Snob" Wanda Hawley A sparkling Comedy full of laughs WEDNESDAY "The Rink" Charley Chaplin This is the last Chaplin Comedy for some time "The Baby". Sunshine Comedy Pathe News W..' IFNOIR,PE9IO(NT CM MOPKlNS.UHTms. FF.Al.LCM, CASHIER LT 3TINE, ASST CASH. L A OVSART, ASSt CASH. 1 NATIONAL 1 Horses and lies 2SZSdSZ5 o i COMING "The Furnace," a big Special Realart production, Tuesday, March 29. "Fighting Fate," a William Duncan serial, starts Wednesday, March 30, and a real western serial, "Thunderbolt Jack," starts Satur day, April 2. NOTICE OF SALE A farm of 325 acres for sale. One house with 8 rooms, a good well, and three small tenant houses with 3 rooms each. For terms and other in formation desired, apply to either1 of the undersigned. LAWRENCE WAKEFIELD. E. F. WAKEFIELD, Lenoir, N. C, March 16, 1921. 34-4t Ln What is More Appetizing than FRESH VEGETABLES at this time of the year? Today we offer you the very choicest Florida Tomatoes, Lettuce, Celery, Saliflow er, Turnip Greens, and Fruits. If you do not care for these we have an abundance of Baby-face, Mixed and White Beans, and White-eye, Clay and Agriculture Peas. Remember our Hobby is Something New and our Prices are the Lowest. When in doubt as to what you want call Number 19 We can help you We have one hundred Horses, Mares and Mules for sale or exchange. We have some real nice Mules, weighing from 850 to 1000 pounds, and a few weigh ing as much as 2640 pounds a pair. We have as good a lot of Farm Mares as we have shipped this season. We also have a few pairs of good big Horses, weigh ing as much as 3200 pounds a pair. Please call and look over this lot of stock before buying or exchanging. We always have the number we advertise. A.S. ABERNETIiY & SON HICKORY, N. C. GOHY 3SS5Ere5H5HSE52SE5HHSB5E5H5H5E5i!5E3( HARRISON & COMPANY SEED DEALERS All Field, Garden and Flower Seed Adaptable to Our Climate SEED WAREHOUSE WEST MAIN ST., NEAR DEPOT SELECTED SEED OATS Burt Ninety Day Red Rust Proof Fulghum yield of 70 to 90 bushels per acre. Black Spring White Spring GRASS SEEDS Orchard Kentucky Blue Herds Grass Timothy Perennial Rye D2rf Essex Rape Spring Vetch Lawn Grass Shady Lawn Grass CLOVERS Red Clover Sapling Clover Sweet Clover White Clover Alsyke Clover SWEET CORN StowelPs Evergreen Country Gentleman Adams' Early FIELD CORN Hickory King Hastings' Prolific Early Yellow Dent IRISH POTATOES Red Bliss Irish Cobblers Mills Prize ONION SETS Silver Skin Yellow Danver All Varieties Vegetable and Flower Seeds All our Seeds as near 100 per cent pure as can be obtained. HARRISON & COMPANY
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