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Vol. XLVI g! Sft; LubHahed 1898 Cdia.ua APrU i. 1919 LENOIR, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921
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No. 37
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SCHOOL TRUSTEES
ELECTEDMONDAY
W. B. Watson, K. A. Link and
M. G. Shearer Were the
Winners in the Race
The "straight" ticket as nomi
nated Saturday for graded school
trustees was elected Monday without
opposition, W. B. Watson and K. A.
Link returned to the board of mem
bers of the school trustees, and M.
G. Shearer was elected in the place
of J. C. Seagle. Early in the morn
ing a fight was anticipated, but it
did not materialize during the day.
In addition to the trustees a reso
lution was cast by a number of vot
ers asking the board to cut down
the $150,000 bond issue and make it
$100,000 instead. While this reso
lution has no effect whatever and is
not binding in any way, quite a few
of the citizens voted it in an extra
box, said to have been provided by
private interests. Mr. P. A. Healan
was in charge of this box and he was
also paid by private interests.
The vote cast for the members of
the board is as follows: Watson,
136; Link, 139; Shearer, 133; Sea
gle, 7.
The resolution voted follows:
"Resolved, that the present Lenoir
school building be converted into a
high school and an auditorium.
"Resolved, further, that if the
$150,000 of bonds are voted at the
election to be had April 18th, 1921,
that no more than $100,000 of the
said bonds should be actually issued
for any purpose whatever.
"Resolved, further, that the trus
tees of the Lenoir graded school dis
trict be requested to defer any build
ing and the sale of any bonds to be
authorized by the voters until a more
propitious time than the present.
"Resolved, further, that the board
of trustees of Lenoir graded school
district be requested to immediately
take such measures as may be neces
sary to carry into effect the intent
of these resolutions.
The vote for these resolutions in
the primary Saturday amounted to
8, while in the election Monday the
number cast was 58.
In Saturday's primary two tickets
were voted on. The first ticket car
ried the names of W. B. Watson, K.
A. Link and M. G. Shearer. The sec
ond ticket carried the names of J. C.
Seagle, Mrs. Alice Triplett and Mrs.
iMina Courtney. A number of votes
for others were also cast.. The total
vote was as follows:
Watson 175, Link 172, Shearer
131, J. C. Seagle 97, Mrs. Triplett
57, Mrs. Courtney 60, Dr. Caroline
McNairv 4, F. H. Coffey 4, Mrs. E. F.
Reid 3, Mrs. W. I. Pitts 2, Miss Stella
Cloyd 2, Dr. C. L. Wilson 1, J M.
Tuttle 1, E. D. Pulliam 1, Mrs. Rich
ard Harper 1, Mrs. C. E. Corpening
1, E. F. Allen 1.
The second ticket is said to have
been opposed to the $150,000 bond
issue, and was put up with the idea
of reducing the $150,000 to $100,000
in case they had been elected.
OAK HILL BREAKS EVEN IN THE
TRIANGULAR DEBATE
The triangule debates this year be
tween Oak Hill, Granite Falls and
Hudson broke even, with each school
winning its negative debate. The
query debated was "Resolved, that a
policy of collective bargaining
through trade unions should prevail
in American industries." The speak
ers representing these debates were:
Oak Hill affirmative, Clarence Par
lier, Bingham Downs; negative, Ber
tha Andrews, James Andrews; Gran
ite Flals, affirmative, Pearl Keller and
Carson Payne; negative, Hallie Bush
and Katherine Warlick; Hudson, af
firmative, Mac Bolick and Toy Bo
lick; negative, Estelle Johnson and
Mabel Conley. The debate at Oak
Hill was between Hudson's affirma
tive and Granite Falls' negative. This
was a very close and interesting de
bate. The decision of the judges was
two to one in favor of Granite Falls.
Each of these, towns was accompan
ied by a number of their teachers
and friends. After the debate inter
esting remarks were imade by Rev.
Mr. Hill of Granite Falls and Prof.
Bolick of Hudson.
The opinion of the farmers in the
Oak Hill community is'that the heavy
frosts we have had for the past few
morning have still spared a good crop
of fruit.
CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF
LENOIR DRUG STORE
Mr. O. D. Heffner has resigned as
manager of the Lenoir Drug Com
pany, and Mr. G. S. Blackwelder of
Hickory has been secured to succeed
him. The many friends of Mr. Heff
ner will regret that he has given up
the management of this store, and
hope that he will enter some other
line of business and remain in Lenoir.
A hearty welcome is given Mr. Black
welder, who comes from our neigh
boring city. Mr. Blackwelder is a
registered pharmacist and a graduate
of the University of North Carolina
school of phanmacy. He has been in
the drug business about 16 years and
has been a registered pharmacist for
about seven years.
TO CELEBRATE 94th BIRTHDAY
Mr. E. P. Cloer will celebrate his
94th birthday tomorrow, April 8. Mr.
Cloer Is very active and says that
He nas never been sick out one time
in his life, and that time he did not
have to go to bed, He says that he
never tasted a drink of whiskey nor
swore an oath. He is now in the
best of health for man of his age
A COUNTY SINGING
AT LOWER CREEK
May 1 is Date Set for County
Singing Convention A
Special Class
The seventeenth serai-annual ses
sion of the Caldwell county singing
convention will be held at Lowerl
Creek church Sunday, May 1. The
exercises will begin at 10 o'clock in
the morning and, with a short noon
recess, will continue through the af
ternoon. Notices of the meeting of the con
vention have alreaiy been sent out
by J. R. Swanson, president, and G.
H. Craig, secretary, of the associa
tion. In the official notice sent out
each class in the county is urged to
be present and take part in the pro
gram. It is planned to get together
a class of Carper students for some
special numbers on the program, us
ing the "Old Favorite" song book.
It is the belief of the officers of
the association that this convention
will have a bigger attendance and
more, interest than any held in the
past.
BAPTIST SNUDAY SCHOOL CHIL
DREN HAVE EGG HUNT
Easter brought an abundance of
joy to the children of the First Bap
tist Sunday school. On Saturday af
ternoon the children of the primary
department were invited to an egg
hunt on the parsonage yard. There
were, fifty present. After an hour of
games, led by the pastor and teach
ers of the primary department, the
eggs were hidden on the hillside, and
the woods were alive with the diligent
hunters. A picnic dinner closed the
joys of the afternoon.
At Sunday school each member of
the primary department received an
artistic home-made basket filled with
candy. This was the work of the
superintendent, Mrs. B. H. Dula, who
was assisted by Miss Annie Dula.
Fifty-nine of the baskets were given
away, which registered the primary
attendance for Easter Sunday.
On Monday the pastor went on an
outing to Hibriten with the Junior
Baraca boys. Leaving at 9 o'clock,
the party returned at 2:30, hurrying
in ahead of the showers, and report
ed a most delightful day.
REPORT OF SALES OF USED
VEHICLES IS REQUIRED
All persons selling a used motor
vehicle, are required to file a report
of the sale with the register of deeds
or chief of police under a recent en
actment of the general assembly.
Besides the register of deeds, the
chief of police of the city is required
to keep a register docket where the
information shall be kept for public
inspection.
Any public officer or dealer in second-hand
automobiles or other motor
vehicles failing or refusing to regis
ter or cause to be registered the irf
formation required in the law will be
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined or
imprisoned in the discretion of the
court.
CONTEST HEARING
BEGINS IN CALDWELL
Congressman Doughton Is Not
Grooming for Gubernato
rial Race, He Says
There is nothing to the. story about
"Farmer Bob" Doughton lining up
for the gubernatorial race four years
hence, according to Mr. Doughton,
who was here yesterday. "I have no
thought of such a thing," Mr. Dough
ton said, "and the story is without
any foundation whatever."
Mr. Doughton is here preparing for
the contest hearing, which will be
gin Thursday in this county. The
hearing was on last week and the
first part of this week in Iredell, and
begins here this morning.
FRUIT HAS SUFFERED NO MATE
RIAL DAMAGE
With the passing of the cold wave
which came on the heels of Easter,
officials of the department of agricul
ture at Washington expressed the be
lief that the fruit crop surplus of the
country as a whole has not been ma
terially affected, despite reports from
various sections of heavy damage.
First reports in such cases, they said,
usually are "hysterical,' for those
suffering loss are inclined to judge
conditions generally by the situation
in their own districts.
It was pointed out that no reports
had been received of damage to fruit
crops in New England, New York,
Michigan, the Great Lakes region, the
Pacific coast or the extreme south.
The principal apple sections affected,
officials added, appeared to be those
of the Ozark mountains and the Cum
berland and Shenandqah valleys.
50 PER CENT DECREASE IN THE
PRICE OF FERTILIZER
. A general reduction of the fertili
zer prices in the South from 45 to
50 per cent since February has been
made by the manufacturers' through
agreements reached between the big
companies and the national board of
farm organizations, Dr. H. E. Stock
bridge, chairman of the special com
mittee to confer with .the manufac
turerj with a view to getting a drop
in the prices, announced in Colom
bia, S. C, a few days ago. ' -
WANT SPECIAL TAX ?!
AT DUDLEY SHOALS
To
Vote on a Special School
Tax for Better School
and Building
An election will be held on April
16 at Dudley Shoals in which the
people of the community will vote
on a special school tax of not over
10 cents on the hundred dollars and
30 cents on the poll.
The district in which the election
is to be held includes the entire pres
ent district of the Dudley Shoals
school and will also include the prop
erty of the following persons: Pink
Anderson, C. E. Poovey, W. P. Tay
lor, U. S. Spencer, John Fox, J. C.
Satterwhite, R. L. Palmer, G. C.
Teauge, C. P. Lail, P. C. Sears, Chas.
Little, W. R. Sigimon, J. E. Brinkley,
C. R. Howell, F. C. Childress, S. L.
Reid, R. L. Miller, J. H. Sigmon, D.
G. Bolick, R. B. Smihh, C. C. Austin,
W. D. Wilkie, N. F. Sims, W. F. F.
Palmer and J. W. Smith.
The voting place will be at the
Dudley Shoals school house. The of
ficers appointed for this election are
W. F. F. Palmer, registrar, and W.
D. Wilkie and W. J. Hester, judges
of election.
SOME MORE POPULATION FIG
URES OF LAST CENSUS
More than a third of the country's
total population in 1920, and nearly
70 per cent of the urban dweilers
37,770,114 persons, to be exact
lived in cities of 25,000 inhabitants
or more. Census bureau figures said
approximately 36 per cent of the to
tal population was grouped in the
287 communities in this class.
There were 2,739 municipalities
having 2,500 or more inhabitants,
with an aggregate population of 54,
314,476. Of these 459 ranged be
tween 10,000 and 25,000, with an
aggregate of 6,942,742; 723 had
more than 5,000 but less than 10,
000 inhabitants, with a total of 5,
008,732; and 1,320 had less than
5,000, with an aggregate population
of 4,592,888.
MAY PUT ON THROUGH TRAIN
Lenoir folks are interested in the
announcement that a through train
may be put on between Asheville and
Goldsboro at an early date. This
train, if put on, will be called the
North State Flyer, and will imake the
entire trip between Asheville and
Goldsboro in ten hours, and between
Hickory and Asheville in five or six
hours. This will shorten the time of
a cross-State journey by several
hours. This train will only make
eight stops between the terminals.
DEATH CAUSED BY ABRASION
ON THE FINGER
An abrasion of the finger by a saw
caused the death of Belton Green of
Lattimore this week. A short time
ago Green was sawing wood and
when a tree fell the saw cut the skin
on his finger, with the result that
blood-poisoning developed. He was
taken to a hospital and the hand was
amputated. Later the anm was am
putated and he died following the
second operation.
TO MARK LINE WHERE GERMAN
LINE WAS HALTED IN 1918
To mark the line where 'the Gor
man advance in the spring of 1918
was stopped it is proposed to erect
pyramids along the entire front bear
ing the inscription, "Here was arrest
ed the rush of the Barbarians." The
number of pyramids and the places
wher ethey are to be erected will
shortly be determined by Marshal
Petain.
LITTLE ISBELL GIRL IS NOW AT
HOME AND IMPROVING
Katherine Isbell, the little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Isbell, who
was run over and painfully injured a
week ago as she was crossing the
street above the Carlheim Hotel, is
greatly improved and is now at home.
She was brought home from the hos
pital Sunday and is said to be get
ting along just fine.
MRS. MELTON'S BUNGALOW IS
NEARLY COMPLETED
The bungalow of Mrs. J. H. Mel
ton, located on West Harper avenue,
is nearly completed, and she expects
to imove into it within the next few
weeks. This is an attractive house
and quite an addition to that block
of the avenue. It contains eight
rooms.
ATTENDING MEETING
Mrs. Rufus L. Gwyn, Mrs. A. G.
Jonas and Miss May Puett are attend
ing the district meeting of the Fed
erated Clubs at Albemarle today.
The towns of Lenoir, Hickory, Mor
ganton, Statesville, Newton, Salis
bury and others will be represented
at this meeting.
LENOIR AND OAK HILL ARE TO
DEBATE FRIDAY NIGHT
The negative debating team of the
Lenoir high school will debate the
Oak Hill team Friday night at 8
o'clock at Oak Hill.
COMIMISIONERS MET MONDAY
The countv commissioners met in
regular session Monday. Nothing
much transpired outside of the regu
lar routine business.
LENOIR LOSES TO HICKORY
The Lenoir hich school baseball
team played the Hickory high school
at Hickory last Friday, and lost the
game by the score ox 72 to 1.
DANIELS TO BE AT
I DAVENPORT FINALS
Commencement Begins Week
v of May 25 Bishop Denny
to Preach Sermon
'
Hon. Josephus Daniels, former
secretary of the navy, editor and
owner of the Raleigh News and Ob
server, will deliver the annual ad
dress at Davenport College com
mencement on Wednesday, May 25.
The annual senmon will be preached
by Bishop Collins Denny of Rich
mond, Va., Tuesday morning, May
24.
? The program just given out by
President Craven announing the ser
mon by Bishop Collins Denny and
the address by Hon. Josephus Dan
iels is viewed with much satisfaction
by the patrons and friends of the
college. The school has had a very
Successful year, with the biggest en
rollment in its history.
PATTERSON SCHOOL CLOSES;
OTHER NEWS
.', On March 28 and 29 the com
mencement exercises of the Patter
son School were held. Monday even
ing a large audience gathered in the
assetmbly hall, where the boys of the
high school department gave a min
strel entitled "Darktown Betterment
Society," which afforded much
amusement, especially the coon
songs. The smaller boys from the
primary department gave a drill en
titled "When I Am a Man." The
boys all acquitted themselves well,
reflecting much credit upon their in
structor, Prof. J. M. Leland.
V Tuesday morning Rev. Mr. Walton,
rector of St. James' church, Lenoir,
wss introduced with a few appro
priate remarks by Rev. H. A. Dob
bin, the principal. Mr. Walton gave
a splendid address to an appreciative
audience, His subject was based upon
education. His discourse was one to
inspire and to elevate one's mind to
higher and nobler things. He said
education begins a hundred years be
fore one is born, and if we are to
influence the generations yet unborn
we must build upon foundations of
integrity, truth and honesty.
f Immediately following the address
trve prizes were awarded by Mr. Dob
bin, thece. being three of these, the
first going to the boy who acquitted
himself best in religious instruction
labor and deportment for the year;
the second going to the boy who had
made the best grades in the high
school department, and the third to
the one who made the best grades in
the primary department.
The Valley is puttig on her spring
dress of soft verdure, spangled with
flowers of different hues, and encir
cling all is the mantle of the grand
old mountains, which are also bloom
ing forth. For the past month the
weather has been ideal, causing cer
tain young men's fancyto turn to
thoughts of the farm.
Some of the boys have gone home
for a short vacation, but expect to
return shortly and take up their work
on the farm during the summer.
The Patterson School is indeed a
busy place now, all hands being en
gaged in the different work of farm
life. The new dormitory is ready for
the plasterers and that work will be
gin shortly.
Bishop J. M. Horner visited the
school in March, holding service in
the chapel and confirming a class of
nine.
Rev. and Mrs. II. A. Dobbin and
little daughter, Emma, left Tuesday
for Hickory, wherr they will attend
an Episcopal convention. From there
they will go to Knoxville to visit
their son, Mr. Edgar Dobbin.
Miss Gertrude Horton of the fac
ulty of the Patterson School is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. E. D. Pulliam, in
Lenoir.
Mrs. J. N. Mathews is expected to
return to the school shortly. She has
spent the winter in Asheville, where
she has been taking treatment under
a specialist.
WILL TAYLOR'S BODY ARRIVE
AT BLOWING ROCK
The body of Will Taylor, one of
the Battery E boys, who was killed
in France, arrived at Blowing Rock
for burial Friday. Friday morning
Mrs. Becky Taylor, his mother, re
ceived a telephone message that her
son had arrived at Blowing Rock,
and she got the impression that he
had not been killed, but had just re
turned to this country alive. She
went to Blowing Rock during the day
to see him. A telephone message
later in the day to the News-Topic
stated that it was Taylor's body that
had arrived, and that burial would
take place Friday afternoon. '
FIREMEN'S CONVENTION THIS
YEAR IN GAS TON I A
Local firemen are interested in the
announcement of the annual conven
tion and tournament to be held at
Gastoma this year Aug. 23 to 25.
So far no plans have been made for
sending a team to take part in the
tournament, but that may be taken
up later by members of the fire com
pany;
BARN BURNS
a barn located on the Rectory hill
was burned Tuesday morning' about
1 1 o'clock, together with a few chick
ens which were in the building. The
damage was small. It has not been
learned how the fire originated. The
building was almost comvletely de
stroyed before the fire company
couia reacn the scene.
TO VOTE ON SPECIAL
TAX AT VALMEAD
A Special School Tax Election
Tuesday Want to Erect
School Building
The Valmead school district will
hold an election next Monday for the
purpose of voting a special school
tax of not over 10 cents on the hun
dred dollars property valuation and
30 cents on the poll. The election
will be held at the store of J. C. An
derson. This special tax is for the purpose
of securing funds for building an
other and a more modern building.
The Valmead school building was
burned several months ago, just at
the end of the term. J. C. Anderson
was appointed registrar and J. B.
Holder and P. A. Sudderth judges of
election.
The boundary for the district is as
follows: Beginning in Lenoir graded
school line, near Freedman, corner
of the Cottrell Hill district's west
boundary, and running north to the
south boundary of district No. 4,
Lower Creek township, so as to in
clude the lands of S. E. Dula, Early
Green and others; then west with
said boundary, crossing the turnpike
and railroad between John C. Hart
ley's place and T. W. Austin's their
boundary line to the top of the
ridge, so as to include the lands of
J. H. Brvant, John C. Hartley place,
A. S. Sudderth, J. H. Laney and H.
Laney; then with north boundary of
graded school to the beginning.
MR. C. A. TUTTLE TO WED MISS
PATTERSON
Mr. C. A. Tuttle of Lenoir and
Miss Mildred G. Patterson of Dallas,
Tex., will be married in the. First
Presbyterian church at Chattanooga,
Tenn., April 20, by the Rev. Dr.
Bachman, pastor. Miss Patterson is
one of Dallas' highly esteemed ladies
and will be missed there by her
many friends. She will receive a
bridal shower as a token of their love
and esteem before leaving Dallas. Mr.
Tuttle was born in Lenoir and has
been identified with the town all his
life. He has been a justice of the
peace over twenty years and U. S.
commissioner for sixteen years, and
is well known in the county. He will
leiwe for Chattanooga April 18.
ILLITERACY SHOWS HEALTHY
DECREASE
Illiteracy is decreasing in the na
tion, according to census bureau re
turns from the first three States in
which the 1920 enumeration has been
worked out on the subject.
In Alabama, where the percentage
of illiterates was found to be 22.9
tf the total of the population over
ten years of age in 1910, the 1920
percentage was 16.1. In Arkansas
the percentage dropped from 12.6 in
1910 to 9.4 in 1920, and in Delaware
from 8.1 in 1910 to 5.9 in 1920.
Illiterate persons under the census
bureau tabulation includes all those
unable to write.
TOBACCO FARMERS
MEET AT DUDLEY
Biggest Meeting of Farmers
Ever Held in Caldwell;
Millsaps Present
Three hundred and ten tobacco
growers attended the joint meeting
of the Caldwell-Alexander farmers
at Dudley Shoals last Wednesday. An
address on the tobacco situation was
delivered by E. S. Millsaps, district
demonstration agent, and short talks
were made by other interested par
ses. The meeting was the outcome of
an effort to get all tabneco growers
organized before the crop for the
coming season is planted. Mr. Mill
saps arrived here Wednesday morn
ing and was taken to Dudley Shoals
by County Agent I W. Roberts. The
meeting was one of the most enthu
sastic ever held in Caldwell county.
MRS. C. C. MATTOCKS IS DEAD
Mrs. C. C. Mattocks of Pollocks
ville, N. C, and Mount Dora, Fla.,
died at the latter place March 27,
after an illness of three weeks, fol
lowing a gradual failing of health due
to arterial chlerosis. Mrs. Mattocks
was 74 years of age. She was mar
ried in 1869 to Dr. C. J. Mattocks.
She is survived by one son, her only
child, John t. Mattocks,of Lake Jim,
Fla., and four grandchildren: also by
three sisters living in North Carolina.
Mrs. Mattocks and her husband.
the late Dr. Mattocks, lived in Lenoir
a number of years ago, and they
were both greatly loved by the people
of this entire community. Dr. Mat
tocks died about ten years ago, and
all who knew Mrs. Mattocks will re
gret to learn of her death.
HARTLEY-ECKARD
Last Saturday morning, April 2,
Mr. Boyden Levi Hartley and 'Miss
Lelia Eckard of Hickory were mar
ried in Morganton. They were mar
ried by Justice of the Peaue Halli
burton, Mrs. H. D. L. Clarke, an
aunt of the . groom, witnessing the
ceremony. The newly married couple
left immediately for Hickory, where
they will spend a few days with the
bride's parents before leaving for
Kimberly, Idaho, where they will
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BIG DOLLAR DAY
SOONJN LENOIR
Thursday, April 14, Named aa
Dollar Day By Lenoir Mer
chants; Big Bargain Day
On Thursday, April 14, the mer
chants of Lenoir will hold their first
dollar day. Practically every mer
chant in town is co-operating so aa
to make this one of the biggest day
ever held in Caldwell county. Thou
sands of dollars worth of dollar-day
bargains will be placed on display
and offered for sale during the day.
This is the first dollar day ever
held in Lenoir. Dollar days have
proven great successes in Hickory,
Asheville, Charlotte and practically
every town and city in the State and
country. The dollar day idea has
found a responsive note among peo
ple of every comimunity in which they
have been held and Lenoir merchants
are looking forward to one of the
most successful trade days in the
history of the town. Dollar day bar
gains in dry goods, notions, drugs,
groceries and every other line of
business will be given. Merchants
are busy preparing now for the com
ing event. Official announcement
appears in this week's paper signed
by fifteen merchants. Next week the
News-Topic will be published earlier
in the week, and will carry adver
tisements of individual stores, giving
the dollar day bargains.
Those who are co-operating in dol
lar day are as follows: W. S. Miller
& Son, Courtney Clothing Co., Court
ney Department Store, Efird Depart
ment Store, K. A. Link, A. A. Black
welder, Lenoir Drug Company, Le
noir 5 and 10c Store, The Leader,
Ballew's Cash Pharmacy, Davidson
Department Store, E. D. Pulliam, Ru
fus L. Gwyn, Caldwell Motor Com
pany, Marley's Drug Store.
MR.
J. WILBURN SUDDRETH
DIED SUNDAY
Mr. J. Wilburn Suddreth died at
his home about three miles west of
Lenoir Sunday morning at 7 o'clock,
being 83 years of age, and was buried
at Littlejohn's church Monday at 12
o'clock, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. Mr. Price and Rev.
M. H. Tuttle.
Mr. Suddreth was born in Caldwell
county in 1838. He was marreid to
Elizabeth Kincaid, and to this union
nine children were born, seven of
whom are living. His wife died
March 31, 1914.
Mr. Suddreth was an ex-soldier of
the Confederacy, and was a member
of the same company as Maj. Har
per, it is said. After the war was
over he returned to his life of farm
ing. He had always been strong and
in good health until the last few
months of his life. Soon after
Christmas he became desperately ill,
Dut unproved and was able to be up.
During his sickness immediately af
ter Christimas all of his children came
here to see him.
Mr. Suddreth is survived bv the
following children: Mrs. W. E. Can
non, Mrs. Sallie Hood, Mrs. A. F.
Stuart and Mr. Horace Suddreth, all
of Lenoir and Caldwell county; Mr.
A. H. Suddreth of Seattle, Wash.;
Mr. Tom Suddreth of Palouse, Wash.,
and Mrs. Annie Corpening of Bowie,
Texas.
BODY OF JAMES KINCAID AR.
RIVES FROM FRANCE
The bodv of Sereeant James. W.
Kincaid, of Company A, 119th N. C.
niantry, who was killed in France
n 1918. arrived home Satnrdnv nnA
was taken to Littlejohin's church
Sunday morning, where interment
was made, Rev. M. H. Tuttle con
ducting the funeral services. A'
lanre delegation of soldiers in limi.
form attended the funeral services,
though it was not a strictly military
funeral. Capt. J. Clark Smith had
charge of the services. The pallbear
ers were Eugene Coffey, George
Greer, Grover Walsh, Ed Bean, Bun
Winkler and Will Childers. .
Serueant Kincaid was the nn nt
Mr. and Mrs. Will D. Kincaid, and
lived in the Gamewell section. He
entered the service earlv in tfie war.
went overseas and was killed in lint,.
tie in France.
BANKER SKIPS THE COUNTRY
NeWS rPArhps IIS fmm Rnnna -Hii ,
Burton K.2 Byers has skipped the
ronntrv nnd rnnnnf ho rnaaA IT
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owned three banks, one at Boone, one
at West Jefferson and one at Todd.'
All three of these banks are now
closed, awaiting an investigation of
meir condition. v
Fred Pennell, who was Implicated
in the murd AT ftt .Trill n TTansiAvaiMt
was acquitted Tuesday in Watauga
court, wnen rne atate took a non-suit.
NEPHEW OF LENOIR MAN COM .
MITS SUICIDE
Mr. C. A. Andaman rnoantl m
ceived a messajre from Hhni-t nils
announcing that his nephew, Mervin
Anaerson, naa committed suicide.
Mervin Anderson was the son of J.
r a j m , i ..
j. Auuesun. lonner liaiaweu coun
ty citizen. Papers received from Ho
Dan staxe mar temporary insanity
was probably the cause of the young
uiau b act. ; xae was marnea. t
FIRE AT IRA LEE HOUSE
The house formerly owned by Mr.
Ira Lee and now owned by Mr. Phil
Bush caught fire Saturday about
noon, but was quickly extinguished
by the fire company, very little dam
ags being done.' A defective flue
way thought to be the cause of the
fire.