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Barkley Clan Holds
10th Reunion Near
Gastonia Last Week
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Snake Causes Auto to Wreck
New Bern, N. C., Aug. 3.—When
Captain J. J. Day jerked his car
across the road to run over a snake,
the machine rolled down an eight
foot embankment. Day and his wife
were bruised and shaken. Their 10-
year-old daughter sustained a severe
cut. The snake was not injured.
15-Year-Old Bullet
Monticello, Ind., Aug. 3.—W. P.
Gaffield, of Wolcott, noticed a hard
object in his mouth and removed it
to discover that it was a bullet lodg
ed in his cheek fifteen years ago.
Dies in Attempt to Save Auto
Chicago, Aug. 3.—Nicholas Weim
schkirch, fifty, an undertaker, ran to
remove his new automobile from a
garage last night when fire was dis
covered next door. He collapsed and
died from a heart attack. Firemen ex
tinguished the blaze before either
building was damaged.
Eggs $13,000 a Dozen
Washington, Aug. 3.—Eggs were
quoted today at $13,466.80 a dozen.
They weren’t fresh, either. In fact
they were laid more than 200 years
ago by the now extinct great auk and
are in the National Museum.
Hauptmann’s Book Halted
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 3.—The auto
biography of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, written in the death house,
was no nearer publication today.
Warden Mark O. Kimberling again
refused Mrs. Anna Hauptmann per
mission to take the manuscript out
of the prison. Kimberling explained!
he could allow nothing to leave the
condemned man’s cell without the con
sent of Attorney General David T.
V/ilentz.
53.000 Eggs Fried
Cambridge, Ohio, Aug. 3.—A giant
omelet of 53,000 eggs was fried on
the National Highway near here
when fire destroyed the truck con
veying them from Cincinnati to Balt
imore. The eggs were valued at more
than $l,lOO.
Dog Phones When Locked In
Liberal, Kan., Aug. 3.—Toe brindle
bull pup snoozed while he was being
locked in a filling station here at
closing time, but protested loudly
when he awoke. It did no good. He
knocked the telephone over. Then
he barked into the transmitter. The
operator called police, who helped
fido out of his predicament.
cherryvTllemill
ELEC TSOFFICERS
The Rhyne-Houser Manufacturing
Co., of Cherryville, which recently
purchased $140,000 worth of stock
held by the D. E. Rhyne estate, an
nounced payment of a substantial
dividend at the annual meeting of
stockholders held Thursday.
Directors were elected as follows:
Dr. F. M. Houser, A. H. Huss, David
P. Dellinger, Julius Abernethy and
Howard Houser. The following offi
cers were named: Dr. F. M. Houser,
president; David P. Dellinger, vice
president; A. H. Huss, secretary and
treasurer; and H. K. Houser, assis
tant secretary and treasurer. This
mill holds the rare distinction of
having run full time during the past
two years.
Not Her Fault
Groom: “Good gracious, Mary,
what a long pie: “Yes, I know, but I
couldn’t get and shorter rhubarb.”
THE LINCOLN TIMES
Charles Barkley, of Hunters
ville, Elected President;
150 Members Present
(Gastonia Gazzette)
Wtith about 150 present, the tenth
Barkley Historical Association, was
held Wednesday at Karyae Park on
the Linwood road.
The meeting, a family reunion held
each year in honor of the memory
of the late Robert Barkley, began
at 10:30 a. m. and ended with a boun
tiful picnic dinner on the Karyae
Park Pavilion.
Charles Barkley, of Huntersville,
was elected president of the associa
*ion for the new year, with, other of
ficers as follows: W. H. Barkley, of
Morganton, executive chairman; Miss
Lois Barkley, of Statesville, secre
tary (re-elected); and Ed Barkley, of
the Hopewell community m Meck
lenburg county, honorary chairman.
It was voted to hold the 11th an
nual meeting next summer at Unity
Presbyterian church in Lincoln coun
ty, where the remains of Robert
Barkley, whom the association hon
ors, lies buried, and where a monu
ment has been erected in his memory
by the association.
Members of the Barkley clan from
North and South Carolina, Virginia,
and Tennessee were in attendance at
the meeting here Wednesday.
In addition to the reading of fam
ily historical notes and introduction
of tiie Barkley kindred, the program
of the day featured addresses by Rev.
J. S. Hiatt, presiding elder of the
Gastonia Methodist district; Wade H.
Sanders, Gastonia attorney; Mayor
Emery B. Denny, Rev. W. Earl Arm
strong, George W. Barkley, the lat
ter of Winston Salem and others.
Charley Barkley, of Gastonia, re
tiring executive chairman, was in
charge of the arrangements and pro
gram for the tenth annual meeting,
and was assisted by R. S. Barkley, of
Gastonia, in carrying out the day’s
plans. J. A. W. Barkley, of States
ville, retiring president, presided at
the meeting.
The Barkley’s wish to extend their
appieciation to the Arahoviton Kar
yae, Greek-Aimerican brotherhood,
(Continued on page two)
CATAWBA HAS NEW
COUNTYAGENT
Earle Brir.tnall today assumed the
duties of farm agent for Catawba
county. For the past ten years he has
been faim agent of Madison county.
He' succeeds T. L. Robinson, who be
comes technician at the Newton CCC
camp.
The News Enterprise has the fol
lowing to say of Mr. Brintnall:
The new agent is a man of wide
erperience in agricultural virk. A
native of lowa, he received both his
bachelor’s and master’s degree from
lowa State college. For four years
Tie was engaged in experimental en
terprises in the state of Mississippi.
He also was a dairy extensionist in
North Carolina for several years,
during which time he made a number
cf visits to Catawba county.
Mr. Brintnall also knows the prac
tical side of farming, having been
born and reared on a farm and suc
cessfully operated one of his own
for ten years. He corqes so Cataw
ba county highly recommended.
GLENN PLAYS
TWO GAMES
(Special To The Times)
The Glenn base ball team takes on
two fast teams this week.
Cramerton comes to Glenn field
for a game Wlednesday, to be played
at 4:00 p. m.. The Cramerton boys
boost a strong team, holding second
place in the Industrial League.
Morganton Pirates come to Glenn
field on Saturday afternoon for a re
turn battle. The Glenn team won
ever the Pirates in the last engag
ment. Saturday's game will start at
3:30 p. m. Admission for these games
will be only (10) ten cents. We in
vite the public to attend these
games. ,
Published On Monday and Thursday
LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935
On Washington Bench
WASHINGTON... The District
of Columbia now has a woman
judge presiding in the Municipal
Court of Washington, D. C. She is
Judge Ellen K. Raedy, whose ap
pointment has been confirmed by
Congress.
Large Delegation of Local
Legionnaires Attending
17th Annual Convention
CROWELL CLAN
HOLDS REUNION
AT MINT HILL
Family Gathering at Phila
delphia Presbyterian Church
Draws 107 Persons
(Charlotte Observer)
Re-election of officers and a brief
i ddress by Dr. William Allan mark
ed the program at the reunion of
107 descendants of Michael Crowell
at Philadelphia Presbyterian church
in Mint Hill Friday.
The officers who have served the
last year who were re-elected are
Bernard Crowell of Hendersonville,
president; Henry L. Crowell of Rox
ooro, vice president, and Dr. C. B.
Squires of Charlotte, secretary. Mrs.
McCoy Moretz, Miss Elizabeth
Crowell, and John Russell were con
tinued on a committee to do research
work in connection with the family
history.
l)r. Allan, in addressing the family,
requested co-operation in establish
ing a county public health record of
fice. He said that Mecklenburg coun
ty is an ideal place for a study of
eugenics and that a health record
would be of much value in determin
ing how great a part heredity played
ii: the development of such constitu
tional diseases as blood pressure,
heart trouble, Bright's disease, and
cancer.
Henry Crowell of Charlotte fur
nished information in which it was
learned that Michael Crowell, who
settled in Rowan county, had eight
children, and his descendants now
number between 1,200 and 1,400. Os
the descendants at yesterday’s re
union the eight lines had the follow
ing numbers in attendance: Andrew
S. Crowell, 15 members present; Abe
Crowell, none; John Crowell, 27; Dr.
Eli Crowell, three; Minerva Crowell
Henderson, 18; Cynthia Crowell Hen
derson, nine; Crowell Flowe, two; and
Fliza Crowell Hunter, none.
The oldest members of the clan
were Mr. and Mrs. John Norris of
Eoone. Mrs. Norris, the only living
grandchild of Michael Crowell, is
83 years old.
It. was voted to hold the reunion
at Mint Hill again next year. The
old Crowell home where many of
the members of the family who were
reared in Mecklenburg and Union
counties is near Mint Hill.
Twin Sons Are Born
To Mrs. Northcutt
Lincolnton frinds of Mrs. H. E. C.
Byrant, the former Eva Sumner, of
this city, will be interested in the
following which appeared in Frances
Lide’s “Capital Social Gossip” column
in Sunday’s Charlotte Observer:
“Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, formerly
of Charlotte, is in Quincy, Mass.,
with her daughter, Mrs. H. W. North
cutt, whose twin sons were lorn in a
Quincy hospital Wednesday, July 24.
Friends sympathize with the family
in the death of one of the twins on
Thursday. The other little fellow has
been named Sumner, and both he and
his mother are doing nicely. The
Northcutts have another son who is
a little over six years old.”
| Grand Exalted Ruler
COLUMBUS O. . *
James T. Hallman of the N-w
York Supreme Court (above), an
Elk for a quarter of a century, is
now the Grand Exalted Ruler cf
the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, unanimously elected
here.
Memorial Address Delivered
Sunday Night By Dr. Frank
P. Graham
A large delegation from the David
Milo Wright Post, American Legion
and the Legion Auxiliary left Lin
cclnton Sunday for Fayetteville to
attend the seventeenth annual con
vention of the North Carolina de
partment of the American Legion. In
the party were John R. Schrum, Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman Lilly, John Seagle,
Clyde Beam, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey
Rhyne, of Iron Station, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Kiger, Bill Kiser, Summey
Alexander, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
H. Hinson, Lee F. Cline and Dr. S.
H. Steelman.
The convention which opened Sun
day night will close, tomorrow. The
first big event was the memorial ad
dress delivered Sunday night by Dr.
Frank P. Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina, Dr.
Graham served in the marine corps
during the war.
From Monday morning on program
events are expected to happen thick
and fast. Highlights of the two days
will be the national commander’s ad
dress by Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., of
San Francisco, Tuesday morning: a
speech by Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Monday morning, and talks by O. D.
Hollenbeck, national director of vet
erans’ placement service; Col. H. C.
Dodge, of the veterans’ faculty at
Oteen and other notables.
In the midst of the convention
preparations, there has keen little
political discussion heard. The prin
cipal cause of this perhaps is the
fact that election as the next depart
ment commander is conceded to Jo
sephus Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh, son
of the veteran newspaper man,
statesman and diplomat, Josephus
Daniels.
Fort Bragg will put on a real war
show for the service men. Monday
afternoon General McCloskey will
have a dismounted review of all
troops of the garrison, to be followed
by an artillery demonstration that
should take the breath of the spec
tators. This will show the rolling
barrage just as it was used before the
advance of the allied troops on the
German fines in 1917-18, as well as
the counter preparation fires, coun
tei battery fire, neutralization and
interdiction fire. The demonstration
will close with the destruction of a
battery position by heavy guns. Gen
eral McCloskey has issued his per
sonal invitation to all citizens to
witness this spectacular event.
Army Style Supper Planned
After the legipnaires have been
shown over the artillery post and
Pope field by officers of Fort Bragg,
the visitors will be treated to a real
old time army supper, 1918 style.
This will be free to all registered
legionnaires.
The convention will come to a close
Tuesday afternoon after the election
of officers and the big parade, which
will be one of the most colorful fea
tures of the week.
Sapling Army Product
CCC Foreman: “What are youall
doin’ there, Big Boy?”
Big Boy: “I’m oilin’ this-here
wheelbarrow.”
Foreman: “Don’t you know you
can’t do that without instructions
from Washington? You’re just a
common laborer. What do you-all
know about machinery?”
DRIVER’S LICENSE
LAW GOES INTO
EFFECT ON NOV. 1
A Fee of $1 Will Be Charged
After November First; Li
cense to Be Permanent
The driver’s license law’, enacted by
the General Assembly, wifi go into
effect November 1, it has been an
nounced. Applications for statewide
driver’s licenses wifi be available to
the motoring public probably by the
first of September. Delay in prepar
ing and securing delivery of appli
cations is assigned as the reason for
the postponement of the issuance of
permits. The law w r as previously
scheduled to become effective July 1.
There will be no charge for the
license if application is made prior
to November 1, but a fee of $1 wifi
be charged after that date. The li
cense will be permanent until re
voked for cause.
Arthur P. Fulk, of Surry county,
has been appointed director of the
Bireau of Safety created by the 1935
general assembly.
The place for receiving applications
locally wifi be announced later.
Boger & Crawford
Field Day Saturday
Is Termed Success
(By “Smack’' Proctor)
Boger & Crawford’s second annual
Field Day which was held Saturday,
August 3rd in the Boger & Crawford
park was termed today by field day
officials as a huge success with an
other estimated 2000 throng on hand
applauding the various events on the
program. The day was completed
without disturbance or accident of
any kind.
In the lawn beautification contest,
Air. Ed Bumgarner was awaraded
first prize, L. L. Keener, second prize,
and Smith Rhyne, third prize. Win
ners in the contest for the greatest
improvements in lawns were, Am
brose Dellinger, first; Marshall Del
linger, second.
. Tw’o of the biggest features of the
days program, the baseball games
between the Fats and Leans, and
Spinning room No. 1 giiTs team vs.
Spinning room No. 2 gills team,
kept the huge gathering cheering
wildly for their favorites. The Leans
trimmed the Fats, 9 to 7, to earn re
venge for their 6 to 4 licking last
year. No individual star of this game
could be named as all members of
both teams played great ball consid
ering layoffs of anywhere from 5 to
20 years. Spinning No. 1 upset Spin
ning No. 2, 11 to 0, in the girls game.
Bertha Ewings Whiffed 10 batters
tor the winners and was awarded the
beautiful fire screen painting donat
ed by Albert White to the best girl
player. Ruth Ewings, Maude_Lawing,
Ruhy Barker, Billy Carter, Nadalee
Proctor and Jennie Snipes were other
stars of the game.
Other contest winners were; Girls
50 yard dash, first, Modena Sigmon;
second, Wilma Sigmon. Men’s 100
dash, first heat, Sebert Loekman,
fust; Hoke Shuford, second; second
heat, William Bumgarner, first;
Hairy Hartman, second.
Tug-of-War: Winner, Card room
No. 2.
Pie Eating Contest: Everett Del
linger.
Flour Blowing Contest: Glenn
Reynolds, first; Claude Warren, Jr.,
second.
Egg Race for Girls: Virginia Gab
liel.
Three Legged Race: Modena Sig
mon.
K. L. “Shad” Goodson acted as
master of ceremonies during the day
and his very effective way of an
nouncing won him the quick favor
of the crowd. Boger & Crawford’s
nine brought the day to a thrilling
finish by coming from behind in the
Bth and 9th racks to pull out a 10 to
9 win over the Tuckaseege nine of
Mt. Holly. C. Duncan was the hero
of the day, homering in the 9th with
two on to tie the score. He also
homered in the 4th inning. Bumgar
ner secured three hits for Boger with
Iluffstetler helping out the cause
wkh a homer with two mates aboard
in the 6th.
REALTY TRANSFERS
Puett Lawing and wife, Ruth, to
H. B. Ramseur and wife, Mary Lou,
for SIOO and other considerations,
property in Lincolnton.
Two Negroes Are
Executed In Chair
Friday Morning
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COLUMBUS, 0.... K. M. James
Lin (below), foster son of tha
President of China and a Chinese
student at Ohio State U. here, and
his bride, Viola Brown, American
shop girl (above), are in a peck of
trouble. Reports from home say
Lin is already married.
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR HOYLE CLAN
REUNION AUG. 8
Gathering Will Be Held at
Grace Reformed Lutheran
Church in Catawba
The program for the annual Hoyle
reunion has been arranged and plans
for the day completed by the com
mittee in charge. The gathering,
which will honor the pioneer, Peter
Heyl, will be held Thursday, August
8 at Grace Reformed Lutheran church
in Catawba county.
Following is the program:
Invocation Rev. John W. Hoyle,
Jr., of Gastonia.
Address—Dr. Bruce Payne, of Pea
body College, Nashville, Tenn. Sen.
Carl Thompson of Shelby will present
Hon. R. L. Ryburn, who will intro
duce Dr. Payne.
Address- —Jesse W. Warlick. To
teil about the Warlick reunion and
especially about the erection of the
Warlick monument.
Other Speaker Dr. Chivus
Thompson, of Hugo, Okla., and Zol.
Thompson, (twins), and John Porter
to discuss the Hoyle Book.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyle Rucker to
explain the general committee, com
posed of a representative of each
Koyl family to arrange for a Hoyl
monument in 1938.
Election of officers.
Selection of a place of meeting of
the Peter Heyl reunion of 1936.
c. & nTwTmoves
OFFICE TO HICKORY
Hickory, Aug. 3.—Headquarters of
the Carolina and North Western Rail
way company have been moved to
Hickory from Chester, S. C., and in
stalled in offices on the top floor of
the Hollar building.
The transfer brought to Hickory
all offices of the C. & N. W„ with
the exception of the accounting de
partment, which was left at Chester.
Coming to Hickory with the head
quarters were W. M. Archer, super
intendent, who succeeds Col. L. T.
Nichols; J. L. Miller, chief dispatch
er; R. J. Morrison, dispatcher; J. L.
Davis, chief of the traffic depart
ment; William Poteat, clerk to the
roadmaster; J. L. Miller, car record
clerk; D. M. Orr, stenographer, and
John Coogler, office clerk. Col L. T.
Nichols has been elected vice pres
ident of the company.
Court of Last Resort
Sonny: “Daddy, what’s a court of
last resort?”
Daddy: “Courting an old maid, my
son.”
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{ WHEAT 85c bushel J
2 CORN 85c bushel 2
j EGGS 18c & 20c doz. j
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Granville and Columbus Coun
ty Men Pay Debt; Con
victed of Murder
Raleigh, Aug. 6.—Dortch Waller,
of Granville, and Taft Williams, of
Columbus, teamed in the electric
chair today to deplete the death row
at the state’s prison, whien colony
will not stay decimated.
Both young blacks went denying
their guilt, Waller, the elder, declar
ing his innocence quietly and digni
fiedly and Williams asserting his with
a good deal of gusto. He was in
shouting mood and in an evangelistic
fervor inviting the spectators to meet
him on the other side. These lookers
on would have felt better if at least
one of them had admitted his guilt.
Waller appeared to have guarded
his statement, but his pastor said ha
carried no reservations to the grave.
“I a mnot guilty of what I was
charged with,” he said, which might
have meant that he was in some wise
mixed up with the crime. The minis
ter said he made no such admission,
but forthright declared his complete
innocence.
Manufactured Ecstacy.
Williams made his disclaimer in a
manufactured ecstacy. He walked
gingerly to the chair and when asked
if he wished to say anything he
chanted his confession of faith. He
was anxious to meet all and sundry
in the next world. He had cast his
entire hope on his newly found re
deemer. he asked prayer and pity for
his “old mother.” He was rot guilty
of the crime.
Both men were convicted of mur
der, Waller of his farm neighbor in
Granville, with whom he had quar
reled, by whom he had beer, ordered
away and to whom he returned later
with a shotgun to fire into the house
occupied by the white man. The
victim almost made the infuriated
fellow miss fire, but there was a dead
liness even in the struggle to knock
down the gun to get the load into
the thigh and Waller’s enemy died.
I'espite the meekness of the murder
er today there was a feeling that hi 3
physical power would have been en
rugh to beat the white man.
Witnessed By Woman.
The double execution was witness
ed by local editor Olivia Glascoe of
the Carolina Tribune, a Raleigh
weekly negro newspaper.
Here was the first request ever
made By a negro girl to witness an
execution. Twelve years ago white
women often attended electrocutions
ar.d once in 1923 there were 10 wo
men at the ceremony. Among them
was the victim of the criminal as
sault for which the prisoner was
dying.
Governor McLean put rn end to
that and, barring the spectation wit
nessing by a St. Mary’s girl from
out side about 10 years ago there
had been no woman admitted during
the past decade. Warden Honeycutt
hesitated today on account of a pre
cedent which he did not wish to
break , but he admits all reporters
and the young Shaw student could
qualify. She was a native of Frank
lin, which put on a lynching this
week.
The execution itself was technic
ally good. Waller died in the first
shock, one of the few who have gone
out with one bolt of lightening. He
lasted two minutes and 12 seconds.
The less powerful Williams took the
conventional time.
iisHausi
JOE GISH SAYS—
A DOCTOR in our town thought
he had completely cured a bad men
tal case, when the fellow suddenly
insisted on paying hia bill in full.