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! LINCOLNTON IS THE \ i TRADE CENTER * ; : ! For More Than 36,000 People, j J It Is Located in the Heart of Pied- i J mont North Carolina the Most \ * Prosperous Industrial and Agricul- J i tural Section of the Entire South. * V.. ! ?1.50 PER YEAR Fair Tax Association to Oppose Candidates Who Are in Favor of Sale Tax NEWS::::::::: j[—BRIEFS j i44444AAAAAAa AAA AAAAA AAAAa Heat Kills 3 Convicts Pine Bluff, Ark., July 13.—Coroner D. C. Root announced today the deaths of three Arkansas prisoners at the State prison farm this week from excessive heat. Two white men and one negro succumbed from the weather. Never Misses Sunday School Lancaster, Ohio, July 13.—C. E. Miley, a carpenter and brick layer of Brement, near here, recently com pleted his 27th year of attendance at Sunday school without a miss. Horse Swallows Watch Lynden, Wash., July 13. Sam Tigard must decide whether he pre fers his horse or his watch, a valued heirloom. His watch dropped into the manger as he fed his black mare, and she swallowed it with a mouthful of cats. Pig Has 3 Eyes; Pair of Snouts Oelwein, la., July 13.—C. A. Cum mings, farmer, living four miles northwest of here, has a pig which he would like to sell to a museum. The freak porker has an oversize head, three eyes, and two perfectly matched snouts and noses. The pig can eat with either mouth, Cummings said. Physically, it is perfect, except for the super-abundance 61 noses and snouts, according to its owner. Supreme Court to Rule on AAA Washington, July 13.-Government lawyers today predicted a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Agricultural Adjustment Act by Christmas. More than 153 cases challenging the processing taxes lev ied by the AAA are in the Federal courts, they said. REALTYTRANSFERS Mrs. James E. Leonard, trustee, to J. M. Beam and M. S. Beam, for S4OO, property in North Brook township. L. A. Crowell, Sr., to Mary Jane Crowell, for $lO and other considera tions, property in Crowell Park, Lin colnton. L. A. Crowell, Sr., to Mary Hull Crowell, for SIOO and other consider ations, property in Lincolnton. Mrs. Mary B. Abernethy and hus band, T. C. Abernethy, to Mrs. Mary H. Crowell, property in Lincolnton. A. B. Lewis to Mollie Lewis, for SI,OOO, property in Gaston county. N. C. Huss and wife, Ava Huss, to M. L. Helms, for SSO, property in Howards Creek township. A. H. Helms and wife, Lennie, to M. L. Helms, for $250, property in Howards Creek township. R. P. Heavner and wife, Ethel, to M. L. Helms, for SSO, property in Howards Creek township. Lee Hoke to J. Robert McNeely, for S3OO and other considerations, property in Lincolnton. To Begin Construction Os Gas Chamber Soon Raleigh, July 13.—Construction of the lethal gas chamber at the central prison here is expected to start at an early date and around two months will be required to complete it, Capus M. Waynick, chairman pf the State Highway and Public Work commis sion, said today. Waynick said it had been decided to use the present room at the prison where the electric chair is located for the lethal gas chamber. The elec trical equipment will not be disturb ed, but will be kept in shape, and the chamber for the next few months at least will be used for executions by both gas and electricity. A really frightened person has cold fset. The South has 223 cities each with 10,000 inhabitants or more. THE LINCOLN TIMES To Educate the Consumers of The State to the Proper Use Use of Their Ballot J. Paul Leonard, secretary of the Noith Carolina Fair Tax Association, has expressed the opinion- ‘hat the tendency of those in control of the government of North Carolina “to shift the tax load to the shoulders of those who must buy food, fuel and ruiment within the borders of our good state will continue unless we are able to educate the consumers of the state to the proper use of their t allot.” In an interview several days ago he let it be known that it is go ing to be the business of his organiz ation to “advise the consuming pub lic just who their real friends are” when the primary elections are held a year hence, and the general elect ion that takes place in November next year. He doesn’t think any man should even be nominated for the General Assembly or any state of fice, who is not sincerely opposed to the sales tax and in favor oi cutting down the cost of government. “The sales tax issue,” said Leon ard, is now so paramount, and the lines so definitely drawn, that there is no excuse for any candidate not taking a stand on the issue.” But he says up to the present none of the announced candidates for Governor who have made public statements ••have rung clear on the sales tax issue.” All of them, he says, “have too much to be explained away be tore they can satisfy the real anti sales tax forces of the state that our support would be justified by the re sults after they reach Raleigh.” “This might be different.” contin ued Leonard, ‘if either of the two open foes of the sales tax in the last legislature now in the limelight should become open candidates.” He referred to Dr. John Burris of High- Point, who led the fight on the sales tax in the Senate, and Dr. Ralph Mc- Donald of Winston Salem, who head ed the anti-sales tax forces in the House. Both these legislators were sponsored by the Fair Tax Associa tion in the primaries last year. In fact, Dr. Burris is a director and a leader in the fair tax group. Mr. Leonard gays that of all the Repub lican candidates mentioned so fai, there seems to be most sentiment for Mr. Jake Newell of Charlotte and Chas. Jonas of Lincolnton, although, he said “Mr. Gilliam Grissom has : ome strong advocates.” Says Son Never Had “Nostalgia” ’Till He Left Home Washington, July 13. Civilian conservation corps officials got a chuckle from this one. A young CCC worker was return ed to his North Carolina home to recuperate from “acute nostalgia,” which means simply severe home sickness. Informed by letter of her son’s ailment his indignant mother filed claim against the corps for damages, declaring her boy never had trouble with nostalgia until he left home. Gaston Fire Has Been Burning For Year And A Half Stanley, July 13.—Stanley has been smoked during the past several weeks. The large sawdust pile at the Hawley saw mill has been on fire for the past year and a half. During the past three weeks the smoke has been proving very annoying as it has greatly increased and has been hang ing near the earth. Mr. Hawley says that he knows of no way to put the the fire out. It is supposed to have originated from spontaneous com bustion and some people who have had experience with such fires state that it may burn for years, or -until it has burned the entire pile of dust. In Sommerville Mass., police re ceived a telephone call from a fran tic woman saying that her husband was sick and would not take his med icine. She asked the police to come and make him take it. Patrolman Al fred McFadden was sent. He re ported: “He wouldn’t take his med icine for me either. He took a drink of whisky and went to bed.” ’ Published On Monday and Thursday LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 15, 1935 World’s Smallest Dokie Ute % CL - Major John Mertz, 46 inches tall and now in his 82nd year, will be signally honored at the D. O. K. K. ceremonial to be held in Albemarle July 18. Major Mertz, who now lives in Salisbury, is a native of Austria Hungary. He spent many years in circus work and visited practically every country in the w-orld. He was lecently made an honorary member of the Salisbury police force. HOUSER REUNION WILL BE HELD AT BETHPAGE AUG. 7 Rev. J. S. Hiatt, of Gastonia, Will Be the Principal Speak er; Large Crowd Expected Members of the Houser clan -will hold their annual reunion at Beth page church in Lincoln county on Wednesday, August 7. Rev. J. S. Hiatt, of Gastonia, will be the prin cipal speaker. The exercises will be gin at 10 A. M., and continue until 3 P. M. Last year around twelve hundred people participated in the picnic dinner, which was a feature of the gathering. As usual admission to the dinner will be by card and all who bring baskets will be furnished tick ets for their families and friends. Evon L. Houser is president of the clan and Dr. S. P. Houser, is secre tary and historian. They promise negpvfotthe 4^- •by Caleb Johnson• i THIRTEEN FREE AND I NDEPENDENT NATIONS When we start to study anything, we. must begin at the beginning. The Constitution of the United States be gins with a Preamble. A Preamble is intended to explain the purpose of what follows. The Preamble to our Constitution does that in 52 words. “We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, in sure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America ” That explains what the Constitu tion was expected to do. It does not, however, explain why it was neces sary to draw up a Constitution, eleven years after the English Colonies of America had declared their inde pendence of Great Britain. The Dec laration of Independence was sign ed in 1776. The Constitution was ad opted fn 1787. Before we can under stand the why of the Constitution, we must understand what kind of a government we had in America be fore there was any Constitution. The very first phrase of the Con stitution raises questions. “We, the people of the United States.” How were the States united before there was any Constitution? What had kept them together throughout the War of the Revolution? What had held them together after the Revolu tion and before they adopted the Con stitution? For, as thy expressly stated in the Declaration of Inde pendence, they were not only free states, but independent states. For that matter, what did they mean by the word “states,” in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution itself? When the Founding Fathers of the Republic said “state” they meant exactly what : we mean today .when we say “nation.” Next Week: The Seed From Which Grew the Constitution. Is Royal Vizier iil ifjjii Robert H. Harrill, of Rincolnton. is Royal Vizier of Suez Temple, No. 73, D. O. K. K. and has completed arrangements for the midsummer Dokie ceremonial to be held in Albe marle July 18. He has been a mem ber of Suez Temple for ten years and last December was elevated to the Viziership. Times to Publish Series of Articles On Constitution Beginning today The Times will present to its readers a series of articles written by Caleb John son, feature writer for this news paper, on “The Story of the Con stitution.” It is a non-pqitisan presentation and Democrats and Republicans alike will no doubt welcome the chance to “brush-up” a bit on the history of the famous old docu ment. They why and how it came into existence and other v.ta! de tails are discussed and many “for gotten facts” upon which to base possible future discussion are giv en The feature will be carried in shorts weekly releases until the story has been told. In the West Indies geese are used as watch dogs around the home. plenty of entertainment and plenty to eat, also plenty of Housers and their kin to mingle with during the day. In the 18th century the word “na tion” was seldom used; the word ’state” was always understood as meaning a nation. The Declaration of Independence, after declaring that ‘ these United Colonies are, and of tight ought to be, free and independ ent States,” continues: ‘and that all political connection between them and Ihe STATE of Great Britain is, and ought to be, dissolved.” “United States,” then, meant “United Na tions.” Thirteen independent nations, seek ing to free themselves from the domi nation of another nation, fought the War of the Revolution. They called their union a “Confederation of Strtes.” Exactly the same meaning would have been conveyed if they had called it a “League of Nations.” In the beginning, this union of in dependent states was nothing more than a mutual alliance to carry on the war. It was almost exactly the same sort of a “union” as that be tween the allied but independent na tions of Europe, for the conduct of the World War from 1914 to 1919. The American States had the com mon background of having all been subject to the same domination by another nation. But the utmost their leaders had in mind in the way of a union, at the beginning of tile Revo lution, was an alliance of independent nations in what they explicitly term ed a “League of Friendship.” The only central government that existed in America for the first five years of the war with Great Britain was the Continental Congress, com posed of delegates from the thirteen states. It had so little power or au thority that it could hardly be called 1 a government at all. The Continental i Congress could borrow money if any i one would lend it, but could not levy , taxes to repay such loans. It could issue requisitions to the separate slates for' supplies and troops, but ’ it could not make its act effective. AMERICAN LEGION ELECTS MILLER POST COMMANDER Delegates Are Named to State Convention to Be Held in Fayetteville August 4-6 D Herbert Miller, well known and popular young business man of the city, was elected commander of the David Milo Wright Post, American Legion, at the annual business meet ing held Friday night. The election was unanimous. Since the organiza tion of the local Post Mr. Miller has been one of its most active and in fluential members and his selection! as commander is further acknow-| ledgement of his worth to the post. He has served the post in various capacities and always with efficiency. For the past several years he has held the office of adjutant. Other officers elected by the Post are, Dorsey Rhyne, Ist vice com mander; Guy Robinson, 2nd vice commander; Hal Hoyle, 3rd vice com mander; Dr. S. H. Steelman, adjutant; L. Clyde Beam, finance officer; J. Thos. McLean, service officer; Dr. Walter Costner, guardianship offi cer; W. H. Kizer, sergeant at arms; Grady Crowell, chaplain; Victor N. Fair, historian; C. E. Kiger, child welfare; Shelley M. Cashion, Amer icanism officer; L. B. Lilly, Member shin officer; Maj. W. A. Fair, pub licity officer; Edgar L. Heavner, Legion hut trustee; L. E. Rudisill, legal adviser; Steve Reinhardt, ath letic officer; John R. Schrum, graves registration officer; C. H. Hinson, employment officer. The post elected Dorsey Rhyne, Dr. S H. Steelman and Lyman B. Lilly delegates to the state convention which meets in Fayetteville August 4-6. Alternates elected are John R. Schrum, C. E. Kiger and Steve Rein hardt. Robert H. Harrill Completes Plans For Dokie Ceremonial Robert H. Harrill, Royal Vizier of Suez Temple No. 73, D. O. K. K., Charlotte, has completed arrange ments for the mid-summer Dokie ceremonial to be held in Albemarle July 18. The ceremonial is to be known as the Schoberth-Mertz ceremonial in honoi of the late Harry A. Schoberth, Imperial Prince and Major John Mertz, of Salisbury, the smallest and one of the oldest Dokies in the world, ! he being in his 82nd year. Plans perfected by Mr. Harrill call for a parade in Albemarle at 5 P. M.; banquet at 6:30 P. M., with the aft ernoon being devoted to ritualistic and street work with the Tyro. Eigh th order work will be given at night in a hall procured especially for the work. Dramatic Order Knights of Kho lassan is the play ground of the Fythian Order and Suez Temple, one of four in North Carolina, has en joyed the largest membership of either of the four. At one time mem bership in this Temple was over the three thousand mark and much in terest is being shown in the cere monials now being held. Royal Vizier Harrill, Clerk-Auditor of Town of Lincolnton and a member of Suez Temple for ten years, has worked hard since being elevated to the Viziership last December and has made a real contribution to the pres ent success of Suez Temple. Major Mertz is a world traveler, having shown in most of the import ant cities in the world while actively engaged in circus work. He has re cently been honored in Salisbury, where he is now making hes home, with honorary election to the Salis bury Police Department. Major Mertz and his ‘billy’ are familiar scenes aiound Temple halls. He never misses a meeting and his policeman-like ap pearance and his strict attention to duty, with the aid of this ‘billy,’ dur ing eighth order work is one of the highlights of the Temple’s meeting. Officers of Suez Temple are: R. H. Han-ill, Lincolnton, Royal Vizier; W. B. McKee, Gastonia, Grand Emir; Ben S. Houston, Mooresville, Shiek; Nat C. White, Charlotte, Mahedi; John S. Prim, Charlotte, Secretary; liay Burrus, Charlotte, Treasurer; C. H. Orr, Charlotte, Satrap; W. L. Ross, Salisbury, Sahib; L. L. Caudle, Charlotte, Makanna; John C. Stokes Charlotte, Saruk; Nat. C. White, Charlotte, Master of Ceremonies; A. E. Stewart,. Escort. Legionnaires To Lay Cornerstone To Hut Tuesday After Fortune | I ■ TRENTON, N. J ... A “com mon informer" gets one : half the penalties when the accused is found guilty in this state. Above is W. F. Zwirner who has brought suit against the Western Uniou Telegraph Co., for $3,<>00,000 on the ground it violated gambling laws by sending chain telegrams. WORKS PROGRAM EXPECTED TO GIVE WORK TO 45,000 State Director Coin Predicts Project* Fully Under Way By October 1 Raleigh, July 13.—George W.. Coan, Jr., North Carolina works progress administrator, told a conference of around 100 \YPA and relief officials and workers today that the new fed eral works employment program should be fully under way, by October 1. Coan expressed the hope that 45,- 000 North Carolinians now on relief will be on the pay rolls of works progress projects by that time. Coan presided over the meeting which was attended by representa tives from Virginia, but most of the officials came from North Carolina. Among those who spoke were: Col. W. A. Smith, Virginia ERA and WPA administrator; Mrs. Lula Martin Me- Iver Scott, of Washington, field rep resentative of the women’s division of the W]PA; Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, head of the NCERA, and Mrs. May Thompson Evans, state re-employ ment service director. Coan said it would take from 30 to 45 days for the new WPA to ab sorb all units but direct relief of the ERA, and that many of the projects should be under way in that time. “You who want to come in on the new program, if your records are good, will be given consideration and an opportunity to continue in this great service,” Coan declared. Mrs. O’Berry reviewed the work done under the ERA and the old CWA, and pledged her full co-opera tion to the new WPA. Colonel Smith urged quick action to see that every relief client is registered at a re employment office, that quick trans fers are made of ERA projects to the WPA, and that new projects are promoted to fill the gaps as work is completed. MRS. BETTY HOWARD DIES AFTER ILLNESS Mrs. Betty Howard, 72, wife of W. J. Howard died Wednesday night at her home near Denver. She had been in ill health for the past eighteen months. Surviving are her husband and the following children, Carl Howard, of Fayetteville; Preston Howard, Cor nelius; Ernest Howard, Mooresville; Mrs. Gordon Long, Denver; Elmer Hward, Fayetteville; Joyce M. How ard, Florence, S. C.; Mrs. Frank Howard, Denver and Aubrey Howard, Rock Hill. Funeral services were conducted at Bethel Methodist church near Denver Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. One of the best small grain har vests in years, report Rowan farm ers, who increased their production of wheat and oats this season. Alleghany county sheep growers cooperated in the regional wool pool in which over 80,000 pounds of wool was sld for 29 cents a pound. ; LOCAL MARKET 5 COTTON 123 Ac lb. 5 WHEAT __ 80 & 85c bushel ! CORN 85c bushel J EGGS 16c & 18c doz. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Expect Building to Be Ready For Occupancy By Sep tember 1 The corner stone for the new Le gion hut will be laid tomorrow after noon at 2 o’clock, according to an nouncement made today by Edgar L. Heavner, trustee of the building. There will be no public ceremony in connection with the event but it is expected that a number of Legion naires and members of the Auxiliary will gather for the placing of the stone. Work on the hut was begun June 17 and it is planned to have the building ready for occupancy by September 1. When the members take charge it will be the realization of a long cherished dream. Since the Post and Auxiliary were organized here shortly after the close of the war the members have planned for a suit able memorial to their lost comrades, which would take the form of a perm anent gathering place for members of the organization. The building now under course of construction will consist of an as sembly room 60 x 32 feet. At one end of the room will be a completely equipped kitchen and at the other end will be a stage arrangement. The reception room across the front of the building will be twenty by thirty feet. The site for the structure is a beautiful knoll on the Lincolnton- Maiden highway, only a short dis tance from the center of the town. Edgar L. Heavner, retiring com mander of the David Milo W right Post, has been elected Legion hut tiustee. * Girl Says Father Sold Her to Her Mate For $125 Atlanta, July 11.—The story of an 11-year-old girl that she was "sold” by her father for $125 to a Chattanooga man and that part of the money was used to buy a sec ond-hand car for their honeymoon, caused juvenile court authorities to day to order a grand jury investi gation of the case. The girl told Judge Garland Wat kins she was Lorene Corroll, of Ross ville, Ga., and that she was married there last September 14 to a 35- year-old man whom she named as Bale Hopkins, of Chattanooga, Tenn. Before the ceremony, the child testified she overheard her father make an agreement with Hopkins by which the prospective bridegroom was to pay $125 for her. After they were married, she said, the money changed hands and her father bought the automobile in which they came to Atlanta for a brief honeymoon. Judge Watkins said the child told him her father gave her age as 14 in making application for the marriage license, but that she is only 11. She said the man she mar ried is a brother of her step-mother. After spending a short time in Atlanta, she testified, her husband left her and returned to Chattanooga, hut later came back here and made her go with him to the Tennessee city. She ran away from him last month and hitch-hiked to Atlanta. Judge Watkins made the child a ward of the court and requested the solicitor general’s office to lay the ease before the grand jury tomor row. lE wsm Ys&H? Joe Gish Says— In the movies the hero always marries the heroine at the end of the picture, but real life it’s always at the start.
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