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thru July 18 drier & hot
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VOLUME 3
South Iredell
Gets Deputies
Replacements
South Iredell will.be served by
two deputies, one salaried, one
non-salaried, Iredell sheriff Char
lie Rumple has announced. Thom
as Smith Thompson, 26, of Moor
esville replaces former deputy
Dick Perkins who is 'now a mem
ber of that citys police depart
ment. Perkins letter of resigna
tion cited better hours and high
er pay as reasong for his resigna
tion. John Lee Christie, 47-year-old
oil dealer of Mt. Mourne is a
newly appointed non-salaried dep
uty. Thompson, a textile employee,
is married to the former Miss Dor
is Talbert; they and their 18-month
old daughter live on rte. 2 Moor
esville. His duty begins July 1.
Christie is married to the for
mer Sarah Corrine Donaldson
and they have two daughtes. His
duties begin at once.
The News
MISS REECE TO
BE STORY LADY
AT KIDS HOUR
Miss Sara Reece, Avery Sherrill
second grade teacher, will be guest
story teller at the Children's Story
Hour, scheduled for ten o'clock
on Thursday morning, June 28th
at the Iredell County Library on
North Center St.
The Thursday program will be
the second in a series of story
hours planned for boys and girls,
grades one through six, in States
ville and Iredell county during
the summer months.
The Children Story Hour is
sponsored by the Literature De
partment of the Statesville Wo
man's Club in cooperation with
the staff of the Iredell County Li
brary. BAD ROADS,
At the end of BroalTStreet stands
1890. Beside it, the same view in
Happy Anticipation, Mvmuna
Mark St. Pius X
Happy anticipation, proud re
membering were well mixed in
the response of the members of
the Catholic congregation of
Statesville to the dedication of
their new church, St. Pius X Cath
olic Church as it is officially nam
ed. The building itself is the for
mer Lutheran church building,
bought by the Catholics when the
Lutherans began the building of
their new church.
The new church will be the cen
ter of the services that have be-
Robinette Installed
Noble Grand of
Oddfellows
James T Robinette was installed
Tuesday night as Noble Grand of
the local Excelsior Lodge 41 of
Oddfellows. William Shaver, Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master con
ducted installation rites.
Charles .Shepherd was installed
Vice-Grand; Gene Barnhart, re
cording secretary; Fred Robinette,
Financial Secretary; and Marion
Rogers, Treasurer. Offices have
tenure for six months. Some half
a hundred members were present
at the ceremonies at the lodge.
Harold Anderson is retiring No
ble Grand.
The district installation team is
made up of members of the local
Oddfellows group. The lodge will
announce further plans later for a
banquet July 7 to entertain child
ren from the Oddfellows (p-phan-age.in
Goldsboro; a number of
state officials will be present, sec
retary Fred T. Robinette announ
ces. City attorney Baxter Finch
is State Grand Master of the fra
ternal organization.
The News
FIT AS FIDDLE
Thirty boys were accepted and
passed physical exams for the 3rd
and last week of the Lions Fresh
Air Camp, which began on June
25.
TEMPERANCE ZEAL, SLAVERY MADE IREDELL LOOK TO WEST
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Statesville Female College (Mitchell
June 1956.
802 W Bvoad St
Dedication Rite
fore been held in St. Philip's
church. St. Philip's church, dear
to the memory of many, is too
small for the steadily growing
congregation.
The cornerstone of the new
church was blessed in a special
service led by Bishop James Nav
agh of Charlotte, who is the aux
iliary bishop of North Carolina,
a number of other visiting minis
ters having part in the service.
The dedicatory sermon was giv
en by Father Lambert Zaleha, 0.
F. M. of New York city, who serv
ed St. Philip's church for 10 years
prior to leaving in 1953. He spoke
with feeling of St. Philip's church
and the inspiration it has been
and he gave a brief summary of
the history of the Catholic church
in this community.
The dedicatory services were
held on Monday evening and were
attended by many interested visi
tors and church leaders from a
distance.
After the services there was an
informal reception and the pres
ent pastor of the church, Father
Steven McMahon, O. F. M., &i
the assistant pastor Father Ans
elm Robinson, 0. F. M. greeted
congregation and the visitors.
There was a tea table beautifully
set and centered b a massive
bowl of summer flowers and from
this table tea and cookies were
served during the evening.
The News
AIR FORCE TAKES
THREE LOCAL MEN
Three Iredell men have been
accepted or enlistment i in the
U. S. Air Force, T-Sgt. H. H. Clary
has announced.
Frank Scott of Statesville has
re-enlisted, and Francis Austin
Dahmer of Meadow Road here and
Earl Brooks of this county have
enlisted for the first time. Scott
entered under the Air Force's new
prior service pogram.
Brooks and Dahmer will take ba
sic training at Lackland Air Force
Base.
Third in a series of art
icles drawn from a history
of Iredell by James Shober
Brawley and printed in the
Salisbury Post. Exclusive
republishing privilege gran
ted The Iredell Morning
News of narrative and en
gravings through courtesy
of Brawley and the Post.
ED.
The 13 saw mills in 1800 were
an important part of the indus
trial life of the country and were
usally found near the grist mills.
By the turn of the 19th century
rough hand hewn logs were re
placed, at least on the interior of
the homes, by finished lumber
fashioned by the power saws.
BAD ROADS
Inadequate transportation hin-
College today) in this scene from
N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1956
Not un leal Estate i
lavs: Prooertv Heede
Armory Decision
Hangs on Surplus
In City Budget
City Council on June 25 told
representatives of the National
Guard post here that decision will
have to be delayed until after
the middle of July on their re
quest for a $20,000 allocation to
spur the approval of an armory
building here. The money, if
granted, would have to come from
any surplus in the city's budget
for the next fiscal year since its
allocation was not included in
the figures for the coming year.
County attorney Dick Battley
and Captain Souther, Command
er of the local battalion headquar
ters battery, appeared to argue
the case fr the building; the city
of Statesville has already ceded
on the fact that the county com
missioners have indicated they
would appropriate $10,000 if the
town would match it with $20,
000; $30,000 would be this area's
share in construction costs with
federal and state monies supple
menting to the final cost.
Council was told that if a 100
man unit could be organized here,
the payroll could bea expected to
be between 30 a'ndT) thousand
dollars a year, much of which
would remain in the section while
being spent. The unit would have
also an emergency water purifica
tion unit which could be used in
any disaster time.
The Adjutant General, said Bat
tley, has given assurance that if
the money is appropriated soon,
work can be begun almost immedi
ately. Otherwise, he said, States
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dered the growth not only or Ire
dell County but the whole western
part of the state. Before 1835
when the state constitution was
amended allowing the west more
equal representation in the gene
ral assembly the large landhold
ing gentry of the east dominated
the government which consistent
ly denied the west good roads.
As a result of this policy the
people were poor. Most farms
were self sufficient units that
grew only what was needed be
cause the expense of transport
ing goods to the far markets in
Virginia and South Carolina over
poor roads was almost prohibi
tive to the average land owner.
However, some of the more
successful farmers did carry on a
lively trade with these out-of-state
markets. Notable exception
to the norm was the family of
McClelland which owned a 368
acre farm on Fourth Creek two
miles north of Statesville.
Hand labor was the most com
mon practice in farm production
of the chief crops of corn, wheat,
oats, and hay. Other smaller ac
reage crops consisted of potatoes,
cotton, tobacco and fruit orchards.
The McClelland farm had a good
supply of livestock consisting of
"siv horses for farm work, and
many other fine horses for driv
ing and riding." Besides horses,
the McClelland farm had 12
cattle, 18 sheep, 18 hogs and 13
geese. Not very imposing by to
day's standards but for an Iredell
County farm in 1627 a consider
able investment.
Several times a year as the rec
ords of the McClelland family re
veal, trips were made to the lar
ger market centers of Fayette
ville, Camden, Cheraw, South Car
olina, or Petersburg, Virginia.
Smaller trips to Statesville, Salis
bury or Charlotte were mad to
obtain smaller items needed on
the farm.
Wheat, oats, flaxseed, wool,
FLOCK MEN MEET
TO THRASH OUT
MARKET KNOTS
A special meeting of flock men
in the county has been called for
8 p. m. Friday June 29 by assist
ant farm agent Bill Chuber. uV-re
are a number of marketing prob
lems which need to be considered
at this time, Chuber explains, and
it is hoped all members of the
Iredell County Egg Producers As
sociation can be in attendance.
Since last November, when the
association formed, six local poul
trymen have been regularlyvship
ping eggs, Chuber says, three) oth
ers have signed agreements for
the next month, and some dozen
others plan to ship out their eggs
next fall.
Those things most needed to
be discussed, says Chuber, are lo
cation of pick-up points for egg
haulers; cost, insurance, bond, and
bookkeeping for hauling, distri
bution of checks to poultrymen,
costg of egg stickers, numbers for
new producers, and the TIS'ming
of new officers.
The News
AN S. O. S.
The Girl Scout Day Camp is in
full swing and there is a big reg
istration of eager girls such a
big one that more helpers are
needed at once. All that is needed
to be helper is a willing mind
and a love of and understanding
for Girl Scouts.
Anyone who will help are asked
to contact Mrs. Robert McCoy,
phone 3759 after 3 in the after
noon. pork, beef, hides were exported
to the larger cities for such need
ed items as iron,, steel, nails, hoes,
plows, and furniture. But, per
haps, the most common export of
Iredell farmers was grain shipped
out as whiskey in barrells rolled
to market. This was one sure
cash crop that brought needed
money to a section that rarely
saw silver dollars.
Immigration
Iredell County like other
counties in the Piedmont suffer
ed from a general migration to
western lands from 1800 to 1850.
Causes for this general exodus
were economic, social, and the
desire for better and cheaper
land.
In Iredell County land became
worn out, eroded and increasing
ly harder to cultivate without
expensive use of fertilizers. Low
prices received for what was pro
duced coupled with the hardship
of Betting produce to market com
pelled veterans of the Revolution
who had land grants in Tennessee
and Kentucky to take them.
Temperance societies hindered
those who made a living by dis
tilling corn into whiskey and the
slavery question drove many to
seek a freer clime elsewhere.
A good example of the forces
that pushed citizens from Iredell
is found in the section of Bethany
Church in th? 1830's when Rev.g
Stephen Frontis was the minister.
An ardent prohibitionist he nrea
ched fervently against the liquor
trade.
But the congregation had pros
pered throueh trade with Charles
ton bv exchanging their produce
for "the little red copper still."
Frontis obiecled so slrenouslv to
this that in one year 40 families
instead of takint? their loaded wa
eon south to Charleston headed
them west f"r Bnod.
Letters of friends or loved ones
who settled earlier in th land
Continued on Page 8
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LEASES DROP THREATENS;
SLATED LOTS HIGHLY PRICED
With at least four lots of varying size presently in
use as downtown parking areas, the Statesville City Coun
cil is busy negotiating purchase of several mnro nnrl .Tuna
25 reported consummation of a parking lot on Cooper St. ;
this latter is reported elsewhere in this nanpr Ttio mv .
ently has been unsuccessful
along 4tn creeK lor its proposed water reservoir.
Future Construction
Must Observe New
Setback Rules
Although no action can be taken
ex post facto about present build
ings on Meeting Street from Wa
ter St. to the railroad tracks and
along Tradd St. from Hartness
Road to Garfield Street, Statesville
City Council has passed an ordi
nance requiring setback lines be
observed in all future construc
tion along these routes.
The 80 ft. right-of-way will ex
tend 40 feet from the center line
of the streets. Such setbacks reg
ulating construction are consider
ed desirable by the highway sys
tems. The News
Clerks of Court
Mull Estates
At Gathering
Iredell's Clerk of Superior Court
Carl G. Smith and Mrs. Smith will
attend the 38th annual conference
of the North Carolina Association
of Superior Court Clerks to be
held in Chapel Hill on July 5-7
The Carolina Inn will be the head
quarters of the conference, with
business session in the courtroom
of the Law School.
Among the feature of the pro
gram will be a discussion of clerks
problems relating to wills and the
administration of estates by
Prof. Fred B. McCall of the UNC
Law School.
A panel moderater by Joseph
Shore, Guilford County clerk, will
discuss selected problems facing
the clerk, based on response to
questionnaires sent to all clerks
by the Institute of Government
Other members of the panel will
be A. W. Graham, Jr., of Gran
ville County, William E. Church
of Forsyth County, and J. Rus
sell Nipper of Wake Cpunty.
The News
Barn-Re Is New
Beauty Shoppe On
Charlotte Rd.
The Barn-Re Beauty Shoppe, a
new Statesville house of beauty
culture, is now open at its location
on the west side of the Charlotte
highway near Jones's Fish Camp.
Formal openir? is Friday, but
Dot Edwards, o-vner, already is
busy with customers. The shop's
manager is Ruby Speigle.
Mrs. Edwards is the former Miss
Dot Schafer of Statesville and the
beauty parlor is sharing the new
building with Dot's father, J. M.
Schafer. who in turn is opening up
a new jewelry store next door. Mr.
Schafer has long been associated
with this profession and is return
ing to it after a retirement. There
is no problem of parking of autos
there.
The beauty shop's interior is
most attractively furnished and
modern in all equipment and Dot
hopes her friends will drop o;it to
share the excitement of an open
ing. There is no problem of for
mal dressing to put up with, cus- j
tomers are invited to drop in clad
in shorts or jeans if they wish.
NO. 6a
aram
in buying other property
Asked by a reporter if the citv
were planning to go Into the real
estate business, Mayor Garner Bag
nal replied that the city is author
ized to purchase property when
ever it deems it necessary. In
this instance, he said, the city
feels that in order to keep busi
ness at a high level downtown,
provisions must be made to accom
modate cars at convenient shop
ping distances from parking facili
ties.
The city can not be certain that
two of itR leased lots can be con
tinued, City Manager Herman E.
Dickerson told this newspaper.
There is a possibility that the
present park lot on Cooper Street
might not be (retained, hence the
recent purchase of another in that
vicintty. The McElwee property
behind Curlee's Tire Company
(formerly Churchill's) which the
city has considered for purchase
in order to enlarge the park lot
on North Center St. within a
block of the Square is not yet open
for such negotiation, Dickerson
stated. Council was told last Mon
day night that -fteirs to the estate -had
not reached unanimity on
agreement for sale. ,
The S. Center St. park lot which
runs through the block to South
Meeting St. isJeased from the
Statesville Theatre Corporation for
S69.60 a month; it is not metered.
The owner hSasked Council to
pay $200 a motfh aftef the lease
expire,, in August. Council decid
ed that this was "too high" and
has offered the owner $100 a
month for a 2-year lease or $125
a month if a 5-year lease is grant
ed. The lot accommodates about
110 cars and is 75 feet by 85 feet
by a block deep.
The city paid $30,000 for the
property now a park lot on West
Broad St. across from the old
Colonial Store. The city is in pro
cess of negotiating sale of land to
continue the lot back to Walnut
St. but this transaction is not con
summated yet. 39 cars can be
parked in the present lot there.
On the agenda Monday night
was consideration of purchase of
a 2,000 sq. ft. lot across from the
Presbyterian Church on North
Meeting St. the present location
of the offices of this newspaper.
According to information given by
the city manager, Latta Johnson
of Johnson Realty Company told
the city he had sold an option to
an oil company for erection of a
filling station on the property.
The Presbyterian church has also
expressed interest in the lot for
parking facilities. The price quot
ed to the oil company, according
to the city manager, was $25,000;
the oil firm dropped the option af
ter decision that the lot was not
large enough for the purposes
needed by it.
The property is owned by the
David Craig estate. The city man
ager stated 4hat Johnson had ap
proached the city with an offer to
sell the property for $21,000. H
is estimated that the land could
park 50 cars. Besides the news
paper offices, the lot includes a
two-story brick structure, the up
per story of which is used as a
residence now. It is bounded on
the south by Tunis St. The ar
rangement with Johnson, if ne
gotiations are completed, is $5,000
for each of 3 years and $6,000 the
4th year.
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