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J LINCOI.NTON IS THE J TRADE CENTER { t * * For More Than 36,000 People. * { It Is Located in the Heart of Pied- * ! irOht North Carolina the Most t J }' .-osperous Industrial and Agricul- J J tural Section of the Entire South, J ?1.50 PER YEAR Town Council Buys Voltage Regulator; Tax Rate Set At $1 i NEWS::::::::: j j j | Dogs Kill Boy. Hanley, Staffordshire, England, Aug 21.—A pack of six great danes with areputation for gentleness with children suddenly caught three-year old George William Smith alone to day and attacked and mutilated him fatally. F. R. On Air Washington, Aug. 21.—President Roosevelt will speak over the air at 9 p. m. Saturday in a speeck to the young democratic club* of America in Milwaukee. His words will be ’broadcast na tionally in the first such talk he has made over the radio in several months., Child Drowns in Pool. Paris, Tenn., Aug. 21.—While his parents chatted on the front porch of their home, John Alexander Brown, infant son of Mr. and M.s. Foster Brown, Paris, drowned in a lily pond in the back yard of his parents’ home today. Members of the family said a negro servant watching over the baby fell asleep and the child crawled into the pool. t \ Colored Rev.’s Punctuality. Laurinburg, Aug. 21.—Evans Poe, negro preacher of Addor, keeps his appointments, come what may. Scotland county officers arrested Poe, allegedly intoxicated, on a highway near here. He had one re suest—that he be tried Saturday in stead of at the regular court Tues day. He had, he said, a preaching en gagment at Clio, S. C. for Sunday and wanted this little matter cleared up promptly so as not to interfere. The court was accomodating and at a special session he was fined $5 and the costs and went his way. To Hold Inquest. Rutherfordton, Aug. 21.—An in quest will be held here tonight into the death of Mrs. Faye Tessner of near Ellenboro, who died Friday fro mwhat Sheriff Ed McFarland said was an illegal operation. Edgar Hill, county rabies inspector, was arrested yesterday and charged with murder in connection with the wo man’s death. Farm Purchase Loans Are Now Available to Farmers Loan* Will Be Made at Low Interest For Reasonable Period Washington, Aug. 21.—President Roosevelt today issued an executive order setting up machinery for Un dersecretary Tugwell’s resettlement administration to make loans to far mers. Advances would be permitted to fi nance “the purchase of farm lands and necessary equipment by farmers, farm tenants, croppers or farm lab orers” and for any other purposes necessary in the administration of approved projects involving rural re habilitation and relief in stricken areas. ’ Early this month Tugwell issued an order broadening the eligibility of farmers to receive loans. Under this ruling farmers who had applied un successfully for loans from the farm credit administration and farmers who had been delinquent in payments to the federal land banks and were danger of foreclosure proceedings, were allowed to apply to the resettle ment administration. Prior to the rul- THE LINCOLN TIMES Concession Privileges Given to Sesqui-Centennial Commit tee For Celebration Purchase of a voltage regulator for the town’s electric system, nam ing the tax rate for 1935-3(5 and the granting to the sesqui-centennial committee all concession privileges and special licenses for the day of the celebration were high lights in the meeting of the town council held Tuesday evening. Present Were May or E. M. Brown and Aldermen Plato | Miller, J. Frank Armstrong, L. D. Y/arlick and Henry W. Rudi.dll. The voltage regulator, a General Electric product, was bought from the Mill Power Supply Co., of Char lotte, at a cost of $3,732,-£The regu lator, which will be installed at the sub-station, will, it is said, regulate the voltage coming into Lincolnton ftom the Duke Power* Company. When the equipment is instilled the system here, it is claimeji will main tain a delivery voltage . of around 2300, which will insure to the con sumers a great improvement in ser vice. The council set the town tax rate at SI.OO, which is an inqrease of ten cents over last year. The levy was based on a property valuation of ap proximately $3,375,000. The council voted to waive all rights to concession privileges and special licenses to the sesqui-centen nial committee for the day of the celebration, this step being token so that the revenue -from the conces sions, etc., on that day may be ap plied to the celebration expense fund. The council alif).jrcte<) to make a donation to the fund, but the amount has not yet been named. HOMEXOMINGAT ST, MARK’S CHURCH The annual Home-Coming will be held at St. Mark's Lutheran church, of the Crouse pastorate, beginning Thursday night at 8 o’clock. The sermon will be preached by Rev. F. M. Speagle. Friday night Rev. V. R. Cromer, of Lincolnton will preach. Sunday School will be held Sunday morning at 9:45 and Rev. D. P. Rudisill will preach at 10:45. The pastor, Rev. H. P. Barringer, states that the public is cordially in vited to attend the services. A man is successful when he re fuses to slander even his enemies, when he does not expect to get paid for everything he does; when lie does not wait until tomorrow to do things he might do today; when he is loyal to his employer and to his associates; ing only farmers on relief were elig ible. Today’s order was said to pave the way for loans to larger groups. The loans may be made cither to individuals or to such agencies or associations as the administra tor may approve, provided the asso ciations impose no inequitable mem bership restrictions and oerniit su pervision by the administration to protect the members’ interests. Interest rates are fixed by the administrator and will not be more i ban 6 per cent or less than 3. Loans cannot exceed a 40 year period. The period to run and the class of the loan was made determinable on the basis of the loan’s purpose, the borrower’s resources, and in the case of loans to finance property purchase, the question of depreci ation. Family Shop For 135 Years. Tiverton, R. L. Aug. 21.—At the opening of the last century a man named Hambly began work in the family blacksmith shop here. Today his son, Edwin, who recently cele brated his eighty-fifth birthday, still works in the same shop. Published On Monday and Thursday LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1935 | Plans Next to Freeze Human then Restore to Life .09 ANGELES . . . I>r. Ralph Willard, 32, .research chOSnst, pictured just after he froze to death for three days a nioUltey which plater restored to life, will have a human being to experiment, next. Stephen Simkho vitch, film writer, has volunteered to become icicle in the name of science. The experiments are for the preventi£PK'various dreaded diseases. District Governor Makes Address at Rotary Luncheon SEAGLE CALLS FOR BIDS FOR NEW POST OFFICE SITE Proposals to Be Opened Pub licly On Morning of Sep tember 4 at Local Office I'ostmaster J. Frank Seagle this week received instructions to call for scaled bids for a site for Lincoln ten’s proposed new postoffice build ing. The necessary blanks tor enter ing the bid may be secured at the local office. , Approximate dimensions given in the call for bids are: For corner lot, 120 feet front by 170 feet depth; for interior lot, 145 feet front by 170 feet depth. It is explained, however, that lots will be considered where there is a different frontage but the area is practically the same. In all cases where possible, the in structions state, bids should be sub mitted by the actual owner of pro perty and not by agents. Documentary evidence of the agent’s authority must be attached to proposals. Bids will be received through September 3 and will be opened pub licly at 9 o’clock on the morning of September 4 at the local office. They will then be filed to await the vis it of inspectors, who will go over the list and, if possible, make a se lection. Postmaster Seagle is of the opinion that the number of bids submitted will be large, probably around fifteen or eighteen. when he intelligently co-operates with others and is tolerant in thought and deed; when he studies constantly to prepare himself for a higher pos ition financially and in the estimation of his fellows. —Sunshine Magazine. Army Fliers Will Form Honor Guard Over Body of Rogers In California Los Angeles, Aug. 21.—A military guard of honor, composed of 40 army fliers from March field, will be sta tioned around the casket of Will Rogers as thousands pay silent.tri bute to the noted actor and writer Thursday morning. Final details of the funeral serv ice in Forest Lawn Memorial park await the arrival of Mrs. Rogers and her three children from the east to morrow, but Oscar Lawlor, Beverly Hills lawyer and close friend of the family, disclosed today the private service would be simple and brief. Lawlor said Mrs. Rogers had requested the service be limited to the singing of one hymn, one solo ard a brief eulogy by the Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, Sr., associate pastor of the First Baptist church of Glendale, Calif. In “Dress Up” Suit Rogers’ body brought home last night from Alaska with that of Wiley Post, famed aerial explorer whose plane crashed last Thursday, was placed in a simple bronze casket ard taken to the gold room in the Club Welcomes Members Back After Summer Vacation; Elects New Member George M. Ivey, of Charlotte, dis trict governor of the 58th district of Rotary, was a guest at the regular luncheon meeting of the local club held Tuesday at the First Method ist church. Mr. Ivey, who was pay ing his official visit to the club, made an excellent talk on Rotary, dis cussing at some length the four ob jectives of Rotary, which were adopt ed at the last international meeting. All oi the six original aims of the Rotary organization,* it was explain ed by the district givernor, have been incorporated in the four new objectives. * Among other things the speaker stated that on this, the thirtieth an niversary of the Rotary, there are clubs in seventy eight countries of the world with a total membership of more than 162,000. Rev. Voigt Cromer, president of the local club, who has been out of the city for the past several weeks, was present and introduced District Governor Ivey. The club was also glad to welcome back Dr. J. R. Gam ble, after a month’s sojourn in Cal ifornia and Prof. Wiley M. Pickens, who recently returned from a trip to Europe. G. B. Goodson, president of the Seth Lumber Co., and former Lin colnton postmaster, was elected to membership in the club and will ad mitted to membership at the next meeting. C. D. Moss, of Statesville, was a gdest of Chas. A .Jonas at the lunch eon. REALTYTRANSFERS C. R. Rhyne and wife, Sarah, to J. A. Hudspeth and wife, Georgia, for S2OO and other considerations, property in Lincolnton tov.nship. Forest Lawn chapel. Rogers was dressed in what he termed his “dress up suit,” a blue serge, a white, soft-collar shirt, with a black bow tie. He most always wore that attire. He once said that if a man had a blue suit and a brown suit he could dress for any occasion. The comedian’s body will lie in state under a canopy of pines just outside the Wee Kirk O’ the Heather church from 7 o’clock Thursday morning until noon. The private ser vice, limited to 125 friends, will be held at 2 p. m. Public services will be held simul taneously in Hollywood bowl, huge natural amphitheater. Plans will be started there for a fitting public memorial. A request has been made that the private service be carried by wire to Hollywood bowl and broadcast through amplifiers to the crowd as sembled there. Mrs. Rogers must pass on this request after her arrival. Mrs. Rogers, her daughter, Mary, and her two sons, James and Will, Jr., are due here tomorrow afternoon by train. „ , MRS. L. H. J. HOUSER OF CHERRYVILLE IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Was One of Cherryville’s Best Known and Beloved Wom en; Died Tuesday Mrs. L. H. J. Houser, aged 70, one of Cherryville’s best known and most widely loved women, died at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning at her home on West Church street. Mrs. Houser had been in failing health for about two years, and had been confined to her bed for the past five months. Funeral services were held at 2: 30 Wednesday afternoon at St. John’s Lutheran church here, of which Mrs. Houser had been a faithful and ac tive member for nearly half a cen tury. The pastor, Rev. W. G. Cobb, olficiated, and was assisted by Rev. 1). E. Bobbitt, pastor of the Cherry ville Baptist church, and Rev. D. W. Niekell, pastor of the Cherryville Fresbyterian church. Interment was in Cherryville. Mrs. Houser was born Etta Beam, a daughter of the late David C. and Katherine Huss Beam, on December 14, 1864. She was born in Gaston county, and had made her home in Cherryville for the past 50 years. On December 23, 1883, she was married to L. H. J. Houser, who died August 30, 1933, after serving many years as editor and publisher q f The Cherryville Eagle. Surviving Mrs. Houser aie three sons, Fred K. Houser, editor of The Cherryville Eagle; Evon L. Houser, of Dallas, and Dorus Houser, of Camden ,S. C.; three brothers, Sid ney, Charts, and Jacob Beam, all of Cherryville; one half brother, Thomas Beam, of Hickory; four half sisters, Mrs. Jack Goodson and Mrs. Robert Wood, both of Gastonia; and Mrs. May Hewitt and Mrs. Emma Hewitt, both of Newton; and her step-mother, Mrs. Ella Jetton Beam. Mrs. Houser was a woman of fine Christian character, and spent much of her time visiting the sick and helping those in need. Her death is mourned by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the county. JUDGE JAMES BOYD OF GREENSBORO IS CLAIMEDBY DEATH Jurist Will Be Buried Today; Served On Federal Bench For Many Years Judge James E. Boyd, of Greens boro, a member of the Federal bench since 1900 died at his home early yesterday morning after an extend ed illness. For the past several years Judge Boyd has been inactive. The funeral will be held at the Reich Funeral Home in Greensboro today, (Thursday afternoon) at 4 o’clock, services to be conducted by Rev. J. M. Millard, pastor of the Alamance Presbyterian church, as sisted by Rev. S. M. Rankin, former pastor of the same church. Interment will be in Green Hill cemetery. The Masons will conduct the rites at the grave. ' Judge Boyd had been in failing health for several years. Reynolds Plans To Boost State On Trip Raleigh, Aug. 21.—Robert R. Rey nolds, North Carolina’s junior Sen ator, plans to be the state’s No. 1 booster as he makes his tour of 36 states. Planning to set out on a speaking trip of more than a month in du ration, Senator Reynolds has request ed secretaries of chambers of com merce to furnish him with hterature on Tar Heel towns. Speaking for the United States Flag association, he will talk princi pally on crime and communism, but has written H. B. Branch, secretary of the Raleigh chamber of commerce, “I am going to mention the state in every one of my addresses.” Mountaineer: You dirty skunk- You’re a goin’ to marry my daugh ter! Skunk: Y-y-y-yessir. Which one?” 300 Young People Expected to Attend League Convention Candidate For Governor ii«. ralph >v. McDonald * WINSTON-SALEM MAN ANNOUNCES FOR GOVERNOR Was Leader of Anti-Sales Tax Bloc In 1933 General Assembly Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Win ston Salem, leader of the anti sales tax bloc and champion of the schools in the 1935 General Assembly, today announced his candidacy for the Dem ocratic nomination for governor of North Carolina. In his brief announcement Dr. McDonald calls for a definite choice be tween “machine government for the benefit of the few’ and “genuine democratic government for the bene fit of us all.” “The problems which North Car olina faces center around taxation, government organization, education, welfare of the people of the State. My willingness to become a candidate for governor is based simply on the fact that my entire life has been de voted to a study of these problems. “I propose to make a clean, open, and fair campaign, going direct to the people in every section of the State. “For the men whom I oppose I have only the friendliest of regards and the kindest of feeling. When the campaign is over I shall feel the same way toward them as now. “I am unalterably opposed, how ever, to the forces which all recog nize as backing the two major an nounced candidates for governor. I oppose the type of government for (Continued on page two) Rogers Visit to Johnston County Fair Will Not Be Quickly Forgotten There Shelby, Aug. 21.—Rated not as the i least impressive entry which the late Will Rogers ever made into ( North Carolina is recalled by Rev. J. W. Suttle, Baptist minister who . preached for a number of years in i Johnston county. , A friend of Mrs. Suttle’s was lead- ; er and promoter of big tnings in that county about six years ago, and in the fall of the year in connection with a county fair, some big cele bration decided to invite the well known humorist to make the main address. The arrangements were made. Con tact had been made with Mr. Rogers’ New York office, the en gagment was made, the stage was all set, but lo and behold, when the day arrived not a word had the manager heard from Will. The speech was to be at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon and when noon came no one had seen or heard from the speaker-to-be. A wire to New York came back unanswered, and all the dignitaries of Johnston county were almost frantic. Thous ands of people from miles around had gathered in the huge tobacco warehouse prepared for the day. About 1:25 o’clock a slouchy stranger, with his hat pulled low and with a drawl in his voice want ed to know what was the trouble, was told that Mr. Rogers was to ! LOCAL MARKET I {COTTON 12»4c pound * WHEAT 90c bushel { CORN 86c buahel 5 EGGS 22c & 25c doz. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Meeting Will Close Thursday; Night With Banquet In First Baptist Church j The first session of the fifteenth annual convention of the Luther I.eague of North Carolina, will be held in Emanuel Lutheran church next Tuesday evening at S o’clock. One hundred and seventy live dele gates and probably an equal num ber of visitors are expected to be in Lincolnton during the three days the convention is in session. Miss Sue Jane Mauney, general manager, announced today that plans for entertaining the visitors are prac tically completed. Up to thi„ mqrning one hundred and six delegates had been heard from and had been assign ed lo homes in the city. Miss Mary Deaton, chairman of the credentials committee, and Miss Mabel Seagle are in charge of finding homes for the young people. Miss Sarah Yoder is president of the local Luther League and is secretary of the state organization. The theme for the convention is “The Requirements of Jesus” and speakers are to be Rev. J. L. Yost, D. I), pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, of Atlanta, and Miss Clara Sullivan, missionary, of Tsingtao, China. Mrs. T. F. Corriher will be the organist and the junior chcir of the local church will furnish music for the convention. , The first business session will be held Wednesday morning when the convention chaplain, Robert Shelby, of Gastonia, will conduct the de votional service and Miss Virginia Stroupe, will deliver the official wel come to the visitors. The response will be made by George Lentz. Wednesday evesing Rev V. R. Cromer, pastor of the Lincolnton church, will conduct the vespers and Dr. Yost will deliver the second ad dress in the series based on the con vention theme. The meeting will close Thursday nignt with the annual Luther League banquet, which is to be held in the basement of the First Baptist church. Preparations are being made to take care of three hundred guests. Miss Clara Sullivan will be the prin cipal speaker. The ladies of the Lutheran Mis sionary Society, of this city will serve lunch at the church each day of the convention. The sessions of the convention will be open to the public. Prisoner: Me lawyer says that he can frame me up an alibi—he's had four wives. Friend: Four wives- Say, if he was any good at framing up alibis he’d still be living with hia first! have been there. “Who is Will Rogers? If he don’t come let me take his place.’’ He then walked on the stage, straightened up and began to talk to the crowd, and the biggest surprise of all was he told personal stories and tales about every man on the platform. M ill had arrived in town early that morning and had taken dinner at the home of the promoter while he was away. A son had tipped him off. WM&m JOE GISH SAYS— Every man should learn , to swim. He never knows ’ when he is going to be 1 between the devil and the • deep sea. _ i
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