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THE REVIEW COVERS KOCKINGFIAM UXE TI1 MORNING DEW AND 6MROUNWNG COUNTIES LIKE THE SUNSHINE ON A CLEAR DAY VOLUME XXX No. 28. EEIDSVILLE, N. C TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1917 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FEIDAY3 PUBLIC WANTS FACTS ABOUT LIGHTING CASE GREENSBORO MAN'S STATEMENT INCITES OTHERS TO QUESTION NECESSITY OF POOR SERVICE PROMINENT MANUFACTURER IS ASKING. PEOPLE TIRED OF We are publishing from time to time in The Review some kicks ap pearng in the papers about the rottten service furnished by the N. C. Public servce. This is the same service a certain clique in" Riaidsville is clam ring for here. This clique wants to give our plant for a nominal sum to the Southern Public Utilities company and thus saddle on the people of Reids. ville the same kind ofTotten service the people of other cities are now kicking against. At present Reids ville i3 enjoying one of the best (elec tric light and power services of any town in the State and the muncipality ts making a fine profit on it. To sell out this plant for the pitiful sum of $30,000 to a corporation which not only will raise prices to consumers from 25 to 50 p3r cent, but will lower the quality of the service to a level with that now given in other places would be about one of the most asin ine acts ever committed by an Intel .... ligent community. And The Review is sorry to know that there are Indi viduals here who are moving heaven and (earth to put this rotten deal over on the people of Reidsville. And they are boasting that they are going to do it! - Yesterday's Greensboro News had the following: The attitude assumed by C. D. Benbow publicly toward the trou ble Greensboro has been expert- encing with the electric' lighting problem has aroused a . general support throughout the Piedmont section around Greensboro. Mr. Benbow was. quoted in the Daily Mews the morning following the great storm recently, when the town was in darkness for an hour or so, as saying that he would give $25 toward starting a fund for the Investigation of the causes for the failure of the electric lights upon occasion of every thunderstorm. The assertion by Mr. Benbow that with the friend liest Heeling toward the corpora tion which is laden with the re sponsibility of providing light and power for Greensboro, he thinks that an,. investigation is due the people, met with pro.mpt approval by the people here, and the mail of Mr. Benbow has been full of letters from other sufferers from the lack of light. Chief among the men who have commended the stand of the Greensboro citizen have been prominent manufacturers of the Piedmont. The representative of one great manufacturing enter price wrote that altogether? since he has been gefCng power from the Southern Power Company in directly, he has lost probably "an entire day in his factory because of the failure of the current. Be fore the lesser corporation, a lo cal one, quit manufacturing its own "juice" this letter stated, the factory had little or no diffi culty with the current, but the smaller corporation entered into an agreement with the Southern Power for electricity; and since then the current has failed on all occasions when . storms have been brewing, he stated. Furthermore, the local corpora tion heads showed a spirit of in difference about the matter, he said in the letter. They declared that the cause of the trouble was beyond their power to remedy and was therefore a necessary evil. The manufacturer writing Mr. Benbow wanted to know if it is true, then, that whereas a ' small electricity manufacturing corporation can make current aad provide it regualarly and without fail, a greater corpora tion which Is supposed to be equipped with the best facilities for electricity manufacture and purveyance, is unable to cope with the li.lbtnlng and must be regarded as helpless In time oi storm. Mr. Benbow said he has many such letters from manufacturers and others com fn since the pub lication of the story in this pa per. He la confident that the people generally are Inquiring to know, are in a state of mind which calls for an Investigation of the conditions under which the Southern Power Company Is working which prevent that com pany furnishing its clients with current regularly. It is not mere ly an occassional occurrence for the lights and power to fail when a storm comes up, but it is al most an inevitable happening. FORMER SCHOOL MAN OF REIDSVILLE IS ASSAULTED R. W. Allen, superintendent of the public schools of Monroe, lies at his home tonight in a precarious condi tion as the result of knife or razor wounds received at the hands of J, E. Efird. There are four wounds on the face of a grave character, the' throat 1b badly cut and there are three wounds of a painful nature In his head, and a terrible laceration on the mus cle of the left arm. Physicians state tht Mr. Allen will recover in the ab sence of complications. Hall Efird a son, had failed to make a grade at the close of the school session and after making' prepara tions for advancement stood an ex amination before one of the high school teachers and failed. Efird seems to have held Mr. Allen responsible for the occurrence and it is alleged that We waylaid Mr. Allen early this morn ing and assaulted him wth a knife or razor, and but for the timely as sistance of those nearby it is stated that Allen would have been killed. Efird came to Monroe many years ago from Troy and established a marble yard here and has maintained a splendid reputation, having served as an alderman and mayor of the city. Mr. Allen has resided here for two years and has established an enviable reputation as a splendid Christian gen tleman. The affair has created a sen sation unequalled before In Monroe and public sentiment is greatly against Efird in the alleged brutal assault up on the school superintendent. He has been releasd on $1,000 bond pending Allen's recovery. It is alleged by; Efird that the result of the assault was improper remarks made by- Allen to Eflrd's wife, but this is not given credence by those j best Informed as to the character of the superintendent of schools. The wounds required nearly 100 stitches. Mr. Allen came from Sanford where he" had resided for a Tramber of years and hat a multitude of admirers. He has a wife and two children. His home is in Anson county, near Polkton. Monroe Cor. OFFICIAL OF BANKHEAD HIGHWAY WA REIDSVILLE PEOPLE HOLD CON FERENCE WITH MR. j. A. ROUN TREE, SECRETARY OF THE AS SOCIATION SCOUTING PARTY WILL BE HERE SOON. THE ROUTE TO . BE DESIGNATED Mr. R. L. Watt, vice-president of the Bankhead Highway Association, received a wire from. Mr. J. A. Roun tree, secretary of the Associaton, with headquarters at Birmingham, Ala., stating that he would arrive on No. 43 on his way back from Washington, ! you have already decided definitely o far as you are concerned, on the route through this section. Of course the final routing will be made by the Government engineers. "In completing our organizaton, and doing all the work in connection with this highway we are not asking for any appropriations from any towns or counties. The only expense we are entailing upon the communities is a $1.00 membership. We would rath er have one hundred members in this association paying $1.00 apiece, than have an indivdual check for $100 for with one hundred men Interested we have just that many who will work with us for the completion of the road. There is no obligation upon the coun ties through which the highway will pass to build a splendid highway. What we want is to have the route adopted, and turn it over to the Gov ernment to maintain it. The Bank head Highway Association Is built upon the same lines as the Rivers and Harbors Association. That has SUPi.T.l 10 ANDREWS GOES SALISBURY HEADS THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYS TEM OF THAT HUSTLING CITY WILL TAKE UP THE WORK THERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. IS A GREAT LOSS TO REIDSVILLE Reidsville again loses to Salisbury. 'Supt. T. Wingate Andrews feas accepted the superintentLency of the pubic schools in that city. The honor cams to Suit. Andrews u-tsoughJL More than fifty applicants applied for where he had been, together with the j 8 memberhip fee of $1.00, and when I the position. Supt. Andrews did not Crop Reports Fine President of the Association, In con ference with Senator Bankhead and the United States Senate regarding the construction of the highway. Mr. Rountree, in order to maintain a sched ule of 8 tops at each of the points where units of the Bankhead Asso- elation had been formed, was obliged to make a very short stay, and In the limited time at our disposal word was gotten to every member of the associa tion resident in Reidsville to be pres ent at the depot to meet Mr. Rountree' for a conference. A very representa tlve gathering resulted and it was most gratifying to see the interest ta ken in this development by every c tizen of our town. Over thirty of the business and professional men in Reidsville greeted Mr. Rountree and heard his talk on the progress of the highway. Wte are sure that those who heard him were fully repaid f ojr their trouble in gathering at the ' dq pot on such short notice, and we trust that as a result of this meeting, real earnest work will be undertaken to co-operate with those already work ing heartily for the consummation qf this military road. 1 Mr. Rountree, who was Introduced to the members of the local associa tion, said in part: "I am Just on my way from Wast-f ingtori wherte I have been, with Presi-1 dent T. S. Plowman. In mnfurAnw I with Senator Bankhead and the U. S. I any bill comes up asking for a ne cessary appropriaton, the executive officers wire to the various units to get busy, and see their Congressmen and their individual pressure on their Congressmen has the desired effect and when this Bankhead Highway comes up in Congress we expect every memoer or the association to endorse it, and write his member to get behind, it, and have it adopted. We are very much enthused and feel confident that this road will go through. "The executive officers of the Asso ciation have no desire to divert the route already, or about to be, adopt ed by the local units of the associaton and so far as your section is concern ed, it may he taken for granted that route as already decided at Greens boro, and ratified at Birmingham, will stand." 77 - Mr. Rountree stated that, within the next six weeks a scouting party composed of two United States Gov ernment engineers, representatives of the American Automobile Asso ciation, T. S. Plowman, who is the President of the Bankhead' Highway Association, and himself, will start for Washington and Inspect both of the proposed routes from Washington to Lynchburg, and the tout , already acceptled from Lynchburg to Greens boro. The Danville and Lynchburg A NEW YORK MAN CONVERSES WITH A REIDSVILLE 8PIRIT make application, but the alert school board of that city, anxious to secure the best man for the place, came to Reidsville. Supt. Andrews at first declined to accept, but later reconsidered and wired accepting. To the writer he stated it was the most difficult task .time ago. A well (Tressed stranger arrived la Reidsville Friday and inquired the names of some of the town's older citizens. He called on Mr. N. C. Thompson, Mr. E. R. Harris and 8 number of others and explained his naasons for stopping off , here. He said his name was Thomasoa and that he was a traveling sales man from New York. Several nights ago he said, on an Invitation of a friend. he attended a spiritualists seance la New York City, purely through curios ity. When the medium had gone in to a trance a strange spirit conveyed the information that he wished to converse with Mr. Thomason. Th sprit said his name was John Harris on, (the medium understood the name to be "Harris"), that he ran a hotel la Reidsville years ago and bad three daughters, Rosa, Nellie and Lucy and one son, Lawrence. He mentioned names of older Reids ville citizens among them a Mr. Penn, whom he said had a child who was a mute; the late Bedford Crafton, and several other names of contemporary citizens. He told Mr. Thompson that he (the spirit) accompanied him on a train from Danville to New York soma (Mr. Thompson had made of his lifle to make up his mind to uch a trip on the date named.) leave Reidsville, but being a young j It is needless to add that this spirit man and looking to the future he i rapping business "got Mr. Thompson's could not turn down the proposition, feat" He says he had never heard The position is a much broader field ot Reidsville before and never knew a and carries with it a greatly increased person who knew anybody In Reids salary over thte Reidsville office. I ville. His curiosity was aroused td His going will prove a blow to Reids. , &a extent that he decided that he ville and the school system of the would stop over on his next trip South, town, No man ever put in better work an 8e U these people named by tha or made the progress in school work alleged Reidsville shade were known j here or elsewhere. His successor will of here. have to hustle to hold the pace set 1 As a matter of fact the late John by Supt. Andrews. His heart was Harrison ran a hotel In Reidsrilla in his work, and our people In general many years ago. He Is survived by regret his decision to leave. h'8 widow and three daughters, Mrs. , Young (Rosa) ot Winston-Salem, Mrs. Captain Robert A. Walters Dead H. Harrtelson (Nellie), ot Charlotte, In his home, surrounded by his lov- ftnd MrB- CIowep Lucr ' RMTiV ed ones, Captain Robert A; Walters and one n, Lawrence of Louisburg; peacefully entered iinnn .inrnni ..t f C. A Mr. James Penn, who had yesterday morning at 5:30 o'clock. two mute children and the late Bed- Captain Walters was the son of Cap-1 1ora WBr ls cmxens oi tain Azariah G. Walters and Elizabeth , Re'daT at that , V,. . Payne Richardson, and was born In L M' Tbomason. . vterifled wbuV In Caswell county." N. C.; m January. I4th lullsvllle K the names mentioned by,; 1838. and was'snnroafiinn hi. finfh th medium In New York City. To Senate on this highway. I am glad to say that conditions are most favorable, and have taken this opportunity to meet you gentlemen, who have shown route is considered to have a decided .birUiday. He received his primary ed- The present prospects for the crops , Buch enthu8,asm ,n the proposltlon UI all wcrtf laici; oici uonoi During the last several weeks wheat has made a remarkable Improvement,, and whereas even a month ago it was the general conclusion that the severe freezes of the winter had- curtail4 the wheat fifty per cent, now almost and tell you what is being done. "There is a fight going on in Vir- ginia over the proposed line of the highway after leaving Lynchburg. Up to Lynchburg the route has been tentatively and, I hope, definitely fix ed by the recent convention at Bir- every farmer admits that we will m,nhnrn wlmPA atlf a,a0,a have an average crop of grain, while some claim that we are going to have one of the best yields for years. The favorable season in May and the first of June have caused wheat ad rye to wonderfully revive, while the heads are reported to he filled out unusually well. .. ; . ' ' Never before has so much attention been paid to vegetabls, corn, and food stuffs. Every family has made abun dant garden preparations, and now po tatoes, beans, onions, lettuce, radishes I peas, etc., are plentiful,- while it is rare you will find a farmer who has not planted enough or almost enough corn to answer home purposes for an other year, counting on favorable sea sons, while many will have a surplus to sell. There is far and away the best outlook for home supplies to be made on the farms that we have ever seen. This has been accomplished with out materially reducing the tobacco acreage. Indeed it would be difficult to find that section of the county where as much tobacco has not been planted as usual. And should the present crop" be a heavy one, as compared with the light crops of the last three years, we might conservatively figure on a twenty five per cent, increase in the tobacco crop in pounds. Near ly every farmer had plenty of plants. Flourishing in the beds, the plants are hardy and thrifty when set out, showing that the season is right for tobacco. So taken as a whole it is looking powerfully like a crop year, and that the farmers are going to reap with lavish hand this year. Danbury Reporter; Mr. Lynch. This route can only be changed by the Pathfinders, who will shorty start out to finally decide upon thejrery best route to adopt, and, so far as I know, the present desision, go. ing by Greensboro, through Reidsville, and to Danville, and Lnychburg, will be adopted, but after leaving Lynch burg the route is still open to the peo ple Of Virginia and the convention will shortly be held of the Virginia people to determine that matter. The Vir ginia people had not been organized at the time of the Greensboro con vention, where your local associaton fought out the matter of Rteldsville's right to be on the highway but they are organizing now, and this organiza tion will be complete by July 10th, when Senator Bankhead will address the assembled units of the Virginia associaton and the route through that State will be determined. "Now we have the assurance of a advantage over the Richmond. RaleiKh ucation in the town of Danville and and Greensboro route, as the mileage graduated at Trinity College, June 21, Is very much less and the road through 200 miles of the historic val-' At the commencement of hostilities ley of Virgina is already built and in between the States he enlisted in the uanvuie uiues cuompany A., 18th Vir ginia Infantry Regiment), and served through the entire war with honor and i distinction. , J Captain Walters was prominent In i the agricultural Interest of this section and was tor many years a member of the Tobacco Board of Trade of Dan ville. He was a Knights Templar, a charter member of Mount Vernon Mehodist church, a member of the of ficial body of that church, and was a splendid condition, and from a scenic point of view, cannot be improved. Mr. Rountree caught train No. 35, On his way to Greensboro, where he made a short stop, and then headed for his home In Birmingham. man is pretty well mystified over this sprit table rapping performance. HARRY MILLER EFFECTIVE AGAINST FORMER TEAMMATES ELECTION OF TEACHERS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS The County Board of Education will probably name a date some time about constant attendant of the Sunday He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nan- the middle of July for the election ot teachers for the public schools. An effort will be made to try to secure an increase of salary for the teachers in the schools. The best way to get this increase in salary, Is for every one who expects to teach to prepare themselves well for the profession. Every teacher is expected to have as a minimum requirement four years of high school work, together with such professional traning as can be secured at a summer school or institute. Ap- nle ReQd Walters; two daughters, Mrs W. L. Cooper and Mrs. W. A. Moor man, a granddaughter, Miss Nan Wal ters Moorman, one brother Captain A. E. Walters, and hia stepmother, Mrs. Martha Walters. Danville Register. World's Blest Mus'e "There is power in a mother's song. It's the 1 best music the world ever Plication blanks for the information heard' Tne beit music in the world An Evil Suggestion. "While you are asking papa for my hand In marriage, Philip, I'll be play ing somethiug lively on the piano,' said the sweet young thing. "No. I wouldn't do that, Jessica," re plied the young man. "Yon know ome people can't keep their feet still when they hear lively music." Chica go News. i ' and will be sent to all those who de sire to apply for positions in the schools. At the suggestion of the Food Con- number of Senators that they will starvation Committee, this count v. com. stand by us in our efforts to secure the nnsprt of mpoo r p. Wail A I. Subscrib. tfiT highway, but they cannot afford to take sides until the whole route has been definitely decided upon, and the route is being left largely in the hands of the local units, with final decision by the Pathfinders, assisted by Government engineers. As soon as the whole, route has been fixed, maps will be prepared and the matter will be in shape to present officially to Congress, with an application for its adoption. "Of course there is a great deal of interest being taken by the people of the different States where there Is a possibility of two routes one of which only one can be adopted. In Mississippi, where a situation of this kind has arisen, three counties have bonded themseles for eleven! hundred thousand dollars and are each building roads already at tre mendous expense on the chance of Jhe route being finally adopted a3 part of the Bankhead Highway. I could mention other States where a similar condition Is, but I Just give this In formation to show the deep interest being taken in every State through which the highway will run, and to congra'iila'e ou npon the fact that French, F. S. Walker, and J. E. Garrett, the county superintendent of schools as secretary of the commit tee wrote about three hundred letters to citizens in various sections of the county appoiting them members ot the committee to urge their friends and neighbors the importance of rais ng ah extra supply of food stuff. Among the replies received Is the fol; lowing from Mr. P. 11. Simpson, a hustling farmer and merchant In New Bethel Township: "I have been advocating more food for man and stock for the past three years. When a man comes to me to rent I usually have to furnish him provisions and feed for his stock. The first year I tell him at the start that if he does not make his supplies not to come to me to rent the second year, and I find it does a lot of good. I also am advising our Cashier at the bank to help the men that are making 1 the most of their supplies as they are the safest people to loan to." Mayor C'ral'enjes Minister. Mayor of I.cvi-fon. Me., has chal lengeil !;:; t r ti two six ronnd Lonfs 't ;" .' or a debate in pulpit. makes . There is no brass band or pipe organ that can hold a candle to mother' song. Calve, Melba, Nordlca, Eames, Shuman-Heink they are cheap skates compared to mother. They can't sing at all. They don't know the rudiments of the kind ot music mother sings. The kind she sings gets tangled up in your heart strings. There would be a disappoint ment in the music of heaven to me if there were no mothers there to sing. The song of an angel or a seraph would not have much charm for me. What would you care for an angels's song if there Is no mother's song? "The song of a mother is sweeter than that ever sung by a minstrel or written by a poet. Talk about son nets! You ought to hear the mother sing when her babe is on her breast, when her breast is filled with emotion. He voice may not please an artist but it will please anyone who has a heart in him. The songs that have moved the world are not the songs written by the great masters. The best mu sic in my judgment, is not the fault less rendition ot these high-priced opera singers. There is, nothing in art that can put into melody the hap piness which associates and memories bring. I think when we reach, heav en it will be found that some of the best songs we will sing there will be those we learned at mother's knae." Billy Sunday. Reidsville journeyed to Draper Sat urday and was defeated by the mill aggregation. The first frame was tha one that did the work. It was then that Draper's only runs were scored three crossing the home plate, with, two down, when errors by Mobley and Bouldin and a couple of singles and a three-bagger by Miller--gave the lead and game to Draper. Reidsville had a splendid chance to even up and win the contest in the eighth, but Urn. pire Lindsey's seemingly unfair de cision ; then as well as during the entire gameknocked the props from our boys. Both Ingle and Miller were strictly In the game and the support given them was good. . Score by innings: .; 7 -7- R.H.E. Draper .. .. .. .. 300 000 OOx 3 6 3 ReidBville . ..... 000 100 0001 7 3 ' Hits for Reidsville: Gentry, 2b; Mobley, 2b; Baker, 2b; Claybrook 2b; Nichols 1 2b and 2 singles. Struck out: By Miller in f Innings, 9; by ngle in It innings, 10. Plana Mada For Americans to Taka Them to Franca. American troops will take rest and recreation centers along with them to France under plaus worked out by the training camp activities committee ap pointed by Secretary Baker. The com mittee ulready has received many offers of aid from actors and other enter tainers. Raymond Fosdick, chairman of the committee, has studied the British and Canadian camps, both at home and In France, and is convinced that soldiers need amusements when they are with drawn for rest periods from trench duty. Major General Bell, commanding the eastern deiiartment, has urged the com mittee to lay great stress on singing, and an effort will be made to get soldier choruses going in all the camps. Wrong Tactics. "I hear Mrs. Twobble Is thinking of adopting a political career." "Sometblni? of the sort 8eems to be In her niind." replied Mr. Twobble. "Are you strtncrthening her in that determination" "I did for awhile." "In what way?" "By trying to stop her." Blrming ham Age-HeruKL Wcnlth anJ happiness are not always on niH-nklnj; terms.