North Carolina Newspapers

I Friday, September 10,1926 1 TTK " i ■ •*§% ■v- bjA ; B By HfSNKY IJSSBPBNB. News Service Staff .§ Correspondence) N, C., Sent. 10.—Is the old" ■Bth. writhing in tearful self-pity its' embittered sectionalism, far- Bn renaissance in letters. movements South of the n and Dixon line today lead Dr. JycMlylfl Henderson, Tarheelia's hu »ni*-wiontist-troubadour to believe Hat T(t is—emphatically. Little Theatre movement, the overnight of the Sunday Ijter page and supplement in Sbuthern the wide-spread establish- Bit of bookshops over the South, and houses at its leading uni- and a new interest in the ne- his life, destiny, social and ethnic are the grounds on which he this contention. .pitiful and unjustified” faith in South's "literary patriotism" and fact thut Southerners are hot a people" are the primary reu- for failure of countless (“south ■ magazines" which have been hopes it) the past of n Ventury, in Henderson's * or periodicals failed,” lie de- "because they ' were i)uilt’ the idea ft bat the South would a merely because it. that Southerm ■Uiw—literatSre oftoqd abcM# Bh. and produced. by SowthegnSrs' , ! MBns sufficiently Virile and yniier |M|to float a magazine which by yea :|B of fierce competition must cpn- maintain a circqlatiqn.” despite all .-this, Heuder- a ray of hope on the horizon. j»he South is contributing its, shore. today, and Henderson gave. fH jjQ- “stars” ftpbstnyiatp' Daniel Steele, Ellen Nlgg ■Mt. Willa father, Mary John Ron.' nil)ter Hines Page, Edwin Ahlertpan. thews, H. L. Meucken. Gerald \V. James Branch (Cabell, Wil ■B 1 Edward Dodd, John Spencer Clrich Bonell Philips. Du- B 1 Heyward, Hervcy Allen, Julia William Alex under Percy.. Hpnn Crowe Ransom. Jollh V, A. ■reaver, Nell Battle Lewis and f there,, 1 A ' '&****' rj BJohn Hopkffi*. »yeur-old Confod- Hlte Veteran of Madison. N. C., an flßunces that he intends to file a W>ii" for a part of the s3oo.djK),o<iP ■ft>rk Huphins estate, for which 200 »rth Carolina ‘‘heirs” have started Hirt action to obtain a redistribu- Jtion of tile vast <'aliforn’a land hold- bases his claim oh the fact lt*t a great unde of his by the name once stole a horse, left the Wintry and was never heard from We- He does not know the Chris- B name of the uncle. According to this Hopkins. Mark Wins was credited in newspaper Wits with stealing a horse before Weft Madison back fn 1850. In view J elin Hopkins believes his un and Mark Hopkins were one and ■B 8(1116 man. |B pemqrial to the founders of av n—Wilbur and Orville Wright— H> made their first successful at-1 Wpt at flying on the North Carolina gTHJB BOSS SHOULD GO INTO DETAILS 3A.i«yOKl • KVfTVR 1 iw» VM Urite Wkf. i ——- , iPEAtc TO MB. iriKA i l IAVE A vfeftV CHnirF ' “) f VtS, i KMG'M , ©uT ' ’’ 1 ~ A ~ 1 ' 1 agEE~- v . -'JHI-H! -4 " ' -I—lUl coast in 1803, will be sought in the next session of Congress. Representative Lindsay Warren, of North Carolina, already hgg announc ed bis iatentjin of asking for" an ap proprigtipp of £IOO,OOO to erect a j memorial in Dare county. A movement is now under way in Dare County to hold a gigantic cele bration at Kill Devjl HiU in 1028'to mark the'Sbth anniversary of toe first alrplgne flight. - Rat lee Meets WateySoo While Claim ing Hoad. Kinston, Sept. B.—A reactionary rattlesnake that had no use for good roads an(i automobiles took up a position by the Side of a, highway through the Beven Springs section yesterday and shook its tail at tods passing flivvers angrily. It rattled anfl rattled, but the Fords rattled louder. T&e more flivvers that passed, the more incensed the snake became. Then a man mimed Coker ap proached, driving or riding a horse. Thg rattler sounded a tattoo and darted its tongue at the steed. Cpk er dismounted, secured a club and knocked off the reptile’s rattles. Then he beat toe ill-natured creature to death. The snake's carcass was brought here for exhibition. It meas i ured four feet and two inches in length minus the rattles. I'ataJly Injured When Hit By Train Statesville, Sept. 9—Ray slor rison. 21, was fatally injured this evening when the Ford coupe which he was riding was struck and completely demolished by the south bound passenger train from TMyfcacs ville to Charjottp. The young naan Wap brqught to Dr. Ismi’s Sana torium here about 7 o'c)oek in a dying condition and expired ,at j) :20 tonight. Morrison wgs a son of Mrs. J. A. Morrison, of Scotts. Fabrics were first mercerized in 1850, when John Mercer patented his method of chemically treating them to impart a Silky lusture. . : : ...» ir.w -I ,n ijwj... jm ——l JJJLJggg!!g^—l mmmmmmmmmmm —. Iff TTLE JUIIUS SIV££Z£B -.* m m m- - ~ —by baker P*w~i w?£*?p : SSi • sa ,m \=3 f. fiWOfrVttt ; TOC sopo of tm» poor Kio no was sun rpitninflt , C it- iSNor ~ "s- - U ‘ A.CHIN" UOUJ, 1 I TO nW rTO WUQ-r- mmmmmmmm WEB POP- » OoNV / \ O£HT»Sr TOO- »t J \ £*•**£ re DE KTVsr*\ V Stp-’. .V - Good Stories That Arp Going tbs Rounds c Reed —WM is yoijr idea of an ideal .home? - ’ Rounder—One containing a wife who. doesn't expect you to stay in it. ' The letter was nowhere to be found. The famous politician sum moned the new servant. "Have you seen a letter of mine lying about any where?” he asked. v • “Yes. air.” is it?” ># "I'twted, sir.” “Pppted! Why I hadn’t even ad dressed the confouudad thing!” ex claimed the great 1 man in astonish ment. “I know that, sir, but I thought it. must be in answer to one of those nasty anonymous letters you've been getting lately.” v Cqftojf G«9dg Market. New York, Sept. 9.—Rales of cot ton yarns today Were larger than at aay time in months, buying "being dohe by insulators, weavers and Jinjt- well as 'by many miscella neous trades. Cloth markets in the gray goods division were quiet and firm. 'Finished goods are still selling more freely. New lines of spring gjophams will be opened Monday. Raw silk was higher at Yokohama and held steady here. Bilk goods are selling more actively. Burlap ship ments to North America from Cal cutta last month reached tIfI.QOOJKK) yards, or considerably untley tip average monfhly'tqtajr. That bps led to firmer prices' here out lower prices in Calcutta. The wool goods market were quiet. r The first man to wear a silk hat in tie streets of London was ar rested for creating a riot. fM6 CONCOfcb DAILY TUmURB ;■ ’ vAim ’;>* I , 1 ' i . We attended the old soidierif, re-i union at Rimer -Friday, September: dr<J We went down the evening be torp and spent the night with'one of I' the largest and,richest farmers of On-' tarrus county, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jiarrxer. He showed us ovfir his farm. He has the largest fields of cotton and corn we pver sajy. Cue cotton stalk was tbrpe or four inches higher than I could reach. Cotton hafl jqst commenced to open. He and his; boy sure have a fine farm. He has thirty-five acres in bottomland on! Dutch Buffalo creek which has been' dredged. The corn rows are six hun-' dped and fifty yards long. Who can 1 beat that for long rows. He has one thousand bus’ielg of red oats graded and ready to sow and sell, the fipest you ever saw. Here is some of the. machinery we saw: one two rojv corn and cotton planter, one manure spreader, one twelve-hole Me-' Cormick wheat drill, one hay fork to upload hay without handling it in the bate, one cutter ami packer, one hay rake, one 15-30 horsepower McCor mick Deering tractor, Frick wheat threaher, self feeder and wind stack er, three riding cultivators, feed mill, cut-off sayr, two mowing machines, International 8-16 tractor, one two gang and one plow, one Ford truck and four automobiles on tb t e place cream separator, blacksmith shop complete and other things too numerous to mention, four head of horses. He took us in his car, his son at tte Wheel, around about five or ‘niitK Opel top neighbour's farms to ghov us jybat a. fine farming coun try they have. It was sure a treat to Venus. We went up in the moun tains ar|d cojild see the spot where Mount Pleasant is. He took us to his son’s home, J 5. L. Barrier. He has a large fine new home, two front ‘ -■ room* th ash mantle piece of walnut and one of oak and Others pf oak. bardm-oqtf tfaop*.' There ars oak. maple, pine gpu} sweetgum used i» his home for ceiling and finish ing, the prettiest Wppk J«u aver ‘jaw. It shows up beautiful. TJmj l w 6 ¥U>- , itad other son, C. W. Barrier, who has a large, fine new home which is sedle# with ash and has hardwqqi) j floors. They all have cupboards built i in the wall between the kitchen and dining n.om. where you can put in pjps anil eakfs on U»P kitebpp side and take them out in thp dining yoqm, something new to Venus and mighty handy. If anyone e#n ben l AfP h> r being well fixed, trpt out your farmers. Venus did not know there was such 1 large farmers in Cabarrus county un til he made (his visit. - Mrs. Harrier is one of the best cooks you ever saw. 1 She and her daughter bad all kinds of good things to eat god they aye the best and cleverest people in the world and treated Venus fine. If there are any other big farmers jn Rowan or Cabarrus we would like to know. We would like to visit them and spend the night with them. The dinner at Rimer was a great success this year for the old Civil War veterans. There were nineteen there last year and twenty-onp there this year. Here are the names of the old soldiers present this year: Jacob Carter, .1. M. Safrit, J. 6. Sikes, John Dry Deal. M. W. Barnbnrdt, B. A. Miller, J. I>. Culp, H. H Moose, J. T. Wyatt, .1. C. Honeycutt, G. Henry Boat, C. Plott, A. M- Brown, D. B. Coltrane, Anthony Host. J. V, Fish er, Bent A. Ketchie, Henry Kirk, James M. licstian, M. M. Ketchie, J. 8. Kissel 1. Hi mer we met J. L. Cauble, of npaf HlNmgpart, apd G. M- Cress pnd B. A. Moose, of ConcOrd. Mrs. W. B. J. Bpst had strawberry custard, tjie berries picked yesterday. . Who can beat 'that? Rev. C. A. Itrowp and Rev. C. P. Fisher and others made good talks to the <Bd soldiers and the Targe congre gation at Rimer. Venus got the' picture of toe ptble and of five .pretty d. i>f Salisbury, is build-j ing the ‘ country club near Salisbury. mat Laura Virginia Kluttz, a pretty' little girl with logg hair it Rimer. She found a silver fiye-ceqt piece, dated 1830. - You can get a fine ch>g give to you H you. corile to Faith after it. Milas Safrit tfa» at Rimer. He says he met liis first school teacher the other dgy, William Shinn, who is 80 years old and is now in from the west visiting his brother, Joshua jShinn. -While visiting the jiig farms near Jlhuer we found tw'o white oak trees 'eleven fe'dt and eight inches around and one sweetgnm tree eleven, feet around on Fannie Goodman’s creek bottomland. If you can beat that trot oat your trees. M. A. Cauble and W. L. McQtlary have leased W. H. Cauble’s gin here in Faith and overhauling it to gin cot ton for the people here. Odeil Elliott spent a week in China Grove with G. W: Safrit and had a fine time. A pretty young lady at Montreat says she reads Venus’ items in The Concord Times. . We saw lots of pretty girls at Rrimer. Some of them had recita J tions for the old soldiers. - VENUS. STEpLJS’S CROSS ROAHR. P. C. Deal spent a few days ljst week visiting relatives in Concord- Mrs. W. C. Litaker spent Friday at Boone's Cave. Mrs. Medlin. of Concord, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. S. Scercy, this week. - ‘ Dalton Honeycutt, qf Salisbury, conducted prayer-service at Palestine Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. James Shinn, of Kannapolis, spent last Wednesday morning at Geqrge Shinn’s. Miss Mafic I-cqzcr visited her cou sin, Miss Elizabeth Deal, in China I Grove, last week. 1 John Davis has a new Ford touring .car. ._ i . O'Nejl Steel* is spending this week] with his aunt, Mrs. Maggie Sloop four miles out from Harrisbury. Mr. apd Mrs. Van Ritchie *ud children, of near China Gfove, spent gr.few hours here Tuesday the guests of TV. C. Mtaker. ’ Miss 'Marie BdwarSs visited her sister, Mrs. William Seerey, of Kan napolis Friday night. . Mrs. Miiijiie Ooodirght arid daugh ter, Miss Virginia. Mfs. Jessie Steele and daughter, Miss ' Creaiic, spent Wednesday with Mr?. Frank Sloop, four mil.es out from. Harrisburg. Mrs. Bertie Freeland and Mrs. Cau ble, 1 of Kannapolis, were here a few hours Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. ,T. F. Steele's. • s. MEYER’S ‘ Fresh Water I System I » ’ f, pi We are now Authori/.cd Dealers for ! MYERS FRESH WATER SYSTEM lift tJ? Put Running Water in Your Home I Yorke & Wadsworth Co. 1 We Sell Good Hardware Cheaper 1 ARMSTRONG LINOLEUM — ake a look at your floors today. Do you have splint- ! r ery, hard-to-polish wood boards? Are the cracks filled \ , with dustr Do your floors cost money to keep looking 11 nice ? Wouldn’t you like to have smooth, gleaming floors in ' ['■ lovely, soft colors to match your rugs, your curtains, j your furniture-? Crackless floors, clean floors, sanitary ( fldors, land floors that are easilv kept clean? BELL-HARMS FURNITURE CO. \ The .Store That Satisfies, and the Home of Beautiful 8 j. * Furniture I OPPOSITE NEW HOTEL GET IT AT Ritchie Hardware Co. 1 * 1 j o VOIR hardware store ’^nDk|y PAGE SEVEN MISSION. Mr. and Mrs. H. T>. Ctaytdfa left for South Carolina laßt Thursday? They will be away for a week oii. long er visiting friends. Mr. Frank Mauney was carried ttt Concord Thursday, where he under-, went an operation hav.ng his tonsils removed. At' lpst reports he was dol ing very nicely. '■■■' .jM Misses Cleanio Ctayton, Zula Mau ney and Delia Herrin, members of the Senior clasp of '2tj, visited Oak boro high school Friday. They report H* nice time as they saw' many of their friends that they had not seen since they left for summer school at CuT lowhee, X. <’. M. ’ . ■’ .Jnr". Brooklyn has the , only, Filipino church in America.