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.