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STATESVILLE 0 MONDAY MARCH 27 1922 NO 81 4 NOT MUCH INLUENZA HERE Against Concord and Will Go to Spring Surprise in Pledging Them 1 1 Chinpl Hill ni1t in 4 Itix I Cfili'Ac 1 i 4 new and fl in died 110 th Commissioner Haynes it was under to was of at a i Ire Jur 'fllE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED! Births Born Saturday night to Mr and has been community and room in the Real Estate Transfers Hair to Warren and Girlie Warren 1 2 acre on the road consid II Will The will of the late Henry Mil ler has been filed for probate Ths will made June 1 1917 leaves his entire belongings to his wife to be equally divided among his children at her death No executor named (NEWS Churches and Schools in Statesville Lutherans Are appear rn against of people and the WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND LET SUB SCRIPTION expire! $300000 S300000 $250000 $150000 attractive In Recorder Court Only one case was disposed of in the morning session of court today State vs Ed Abee assignation and prostitution fine $50 and costs State vs Charles Nantz driving automobile while intoxicated de fendant plead not guilty judgment not passed State vs Charles Nantz Vera Lindsey and Quillie Hedrick cursing on public highway defendants Lind sey and Hedrick plead guilty Nantz plead not guilty judgment not pass ed mor than it would they accepted the ori ask the taxpayers of to give this such con snouiu Not Closed as Reported by Char lotte Observer Thu following special to the Char lotte Observer appeared in that paper this morning under Statesville date line of March 20: to the influenza epidemic that has spread so rapidly over the county within the last two weeks there were no services at the various churches here toiiav This was deem scives to Accept Salaries 1 aid Uiti cers Previous to the Increase Sev eral Years Ago Correspondents to this paper and others have asked the candidates for Rixinnbinn Onf irt i Their Sunday School Work Rev Mr Morgan Urges Prayer in the Home Personal Mention By Wi Troutman Troutman March 27 Last af ternoon the interested Sunday school workers went over to Eufola and or ganized a Lutheran Sunday school A nice room had been previously pre 1 pared and the attendance and interest ed advisable since the schools of the manifested was indeed gratifying Would Become Citizen oty esly restaurant keeper at Newton has filed with Deputy Clerk of United States Court Gill his declaration to become a citizen of the United States He is a subject Turkey Jack Barron Represents Harmony1 enoir College Mr Jack Barron left riday for Le noir College where he will represent the Harmony High school in the de clamation contest to be held there city and county were forced to close the first of this week Weather condi tions here for the last few days have io proved to such an extent it is thought that some of the schools will resume next week It is believed the epidemic is dying Since no such condition exists here the Observer news editor either gotthe date lines mixed or somebody has misrepresented conditions here) Churches held services here yester day as susual and only a few of the schools of' the county have been clos ed on account of influenza Mrs Katherine Shook Died Saturday Night i Mrs Katherine Shook aged 79 years died' Saturday night at 11 at her home in South States ville Mrs Shook is survived by one son and four daughters namely: Mr Shok of Knoxville Tennessee Mrs'W'R Robbins Mrs Mills Mrs Mason Harwell and Miss Janie Shook all of whom live in Statesville The funeral was conducted at the home this morning at 10 Rev ox pastor of Race Street Methodist church of which Mrs Shook had been a member for many years Rev Mr ox was assisted by Rev Wi Moore Inter ment at Oakwood indeed gratifying A Lutheran congregation will be or ganized at that point and a church edifice erected shortly arier the meeting of the annual Synod Soma of the consecrated church workers of Statesville are assisting in this com mendable undertaking nnd they come in for a good share ot the hon or On the face of it with the ma jority of the people owning cars and with good roads it seems inexpedi ent to be establishing new churches at every turn in the road but there are and always will be numerous lit tle ones whose only opportunity of attending Sabbath school will be for this school to be wrthm reacli of their little feet These children on rented farms and some or tnem in homes of their own are to figure prominently in affairs of church and State a couple of dozen years hence and to neglect them is criminal Any community feeling the need of churches and Sunday schools should have the moral and financial support of the sister churches The holy sacrament of the Supper was administered at the Lutheran church here yesterday Preceding the sacrament was a ser mon by Rev Mr Morgan touching on prayer in the home It was a plain old fashioned sermon with absolutely no frills nor flights of or atory One was reminded or those matchless discourses of those of honored memory like Doctors Pressly Kimball and Triplett who preached a vibrant living religion good to live by twelve months the year These glorious old men lived and labored a day when the church discipline covered with dust from disuse but was down on the desk before the pulpit for a ready reference! If you vio lated thoge ordinances or were un faithful to the vows they you But betimes they refresh ed your memory of those vows and you had no time to forget rom the tenor Rev Mr discourse he thinks it is time to pause a few moments each day in the mad gal lop of the times toward eternity and to pray at home Miss Estelle Brown who is teach ing in the Albemarle school has been at home several days convalescing from influenza She returns today to resume her work Miss Mary Johnston spent the week end at Davidson Mrs Williamson is ill at her home here and doesn't improve Mr A Alley is building a bun galow on ront street Mr James Gray spent riday here Inspecting his old stamping ground and shaking hands with his host of friends Community Service Doings of Intcr est A meeting of the board of dircc tors of Community Service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 in th I Community Service office Plans will be made for the spring work Mr Hedges of Washington district representative of Community Service for the Southern district ill arrive today for a visit to the local Community Service office and also to attend the meeting of the board of di rectors tomorrow afternoon Mr Rov Smith Wallace of New County Postponed on Account of In fluenzal Statesville High school debaters won their wav into the final triane lar debates at Chapel Hill when their offices if they would expect the affirmative won the decision over 'original salaries paid when The fee negative at Bell Street system was abolished or would they school riday night and their nega I expect the salaries The five won the decision over new aspirants for the offices have set i If i mt th 1 no sU'DieCL iahiu uivh answer iu uiu ivuuwhix have been asked the question by many of our friends throughout the county whether if nominated and who received the unanimous decision elected would we accept the salaries hvnrt hvr tna Amintv whor M4V 1 kp Jl kJ A 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 KZ 1 wV vvl and Raynal and Mr Dorman was made from the fee system to the Thompson were Miss Jcisie Mills and straight salary The salaries made at Wed Both of Teams With! Chapel Hill Other Debates in the LOCAL TEAM AGAIN WINNER I Sorter Played Along Together But I I nal Count Showed Spencer Loser by I 11 eatures of Game I laying before the largest crowd of I the season in a game surpassed only I by the formed Spencer game the I Quick Quintet defeated Spencer at the I tobacco warehouse Thursday night by I tne score of 31 to 22 1 The opposing teams were afraid of each other and both teams as a whole I guarded like leeches Therefore the I 1 and spectacular shots of the I other Spencer game were absent oth I er wi the game was as good if not I better Both quintets played a rough I determined game but the record of I personal fouls was comparatively low I Hugo Kimball the center of the Quick 1 defense and Rockwell hus I ky guard of the visitors were con I tinually up combination 1 passes and team play by their spec I tacular guarding 1 I Statesville drew first iblood on a I goal from the foul mark but this was I soon overlapped by a field goal by Holt and from then until the end of the first half of the game was any I the opposing teams alternate Iv forging ahead with one or two points lead each The first half ended i with a score of 13 to 11 in favor of the Legionnaires After a few min utes of play in the second half the consistent game of the ex service men put them in the lead which they held until the end 1 As usual Godfrey Kimball scored as many points as any other two I players in the game and Captain Johns Guy caged five consecutive goals from the foul mark but the floor work of rank Guy formerly a steady defen sive guard and Hugo Kimball the nemesis of an opuosing team entitle them to the first honors of the game Holt was the outstanding star of the game for the visitors although Murray and Holt played a good consistent game With the close of the basketball sea son according to Coach John McLaughlin he will issue the call for the candidates for the Legion base ball team within a few days Box score and summary: Statesville (31) Spencer (22) Wallace (8) Murray (6) Kimball (14) Holt (8) IL Kimball (4) Guy (5) Guy Kneeburg (2) Rockwell (2) Holt (4) No substitutions oul Kimball two out of three Guy five out of six Holt two out of four Murray two out of five Personal fouls Murray Kimball Kimball Kneeburg Rockwell (2) Timekeeper Tillery Referee Morrison Jr Death of Well Known Wilkes Citizen The North Wilkesboro Hustler of Wednesday records the death of Mitch Vannoy a former resident: Sheriff A Vannoy died at his home on the Brushy mountains Tuesday morning from a stroke of pa ralysis with which he was stricken Sunday This is the second stroke of the kind that Mr Vannov has suffer ed the first having occurred eb ruary 1917 He was sixty eight years old He is survived by his wife who was Miss Minnie Smith and one brother Mr Harvey Vannoy of Ron da He was the son of Joseph van noy whose home was the house now owned by Mrs Rousseau went to Statesville when a boy in the teens and lived there for several years In 1SS5 he was appointed a Special de puty in the internal revenueser vice under Cleveland's first admin istration and remained in this posi tion for four years In 1892 he was elected sheriff of Wilkes county on the Democratic ticket and in 1894 to the office of clerk of superior court for the county Election of a Democrat to important offices was evi dence of the great' popularity of a candidate as the county had a sub stantial Republican majority owned a large tract of Brushy mountain land nnd made his home on the mountain His favorite sport was fox hunting in which he took a great deal of interest as long as his health remained Improving Davis Springs Hotel Property At a meeting of the directors of the Davis Springs Hotel Company held nt Hiddenite this week it was decided to paint and remodel the ho tel improve the grounds remodel the swimming pool and to practical ly overhaul the entire hotel proper ty for the Spring opening The ho tel will be opened June 1 The following airectors were pres ent: Deaton Statesville Wal ter Matheson Taylorsville Rogers and Rodgers Hidden ite Hepburn Course of Study Established A special course of study to be known as the Hepburn course is to be established at the Tokio Impe rial University for the benefit or students aspiring to study constitu tional development and diplomacy The new course will be under direction of Prof Yasaka Takagi who Is ex pected to return from the United States in the near future It founded on donations made by the late American banker A Hep burn who visited Japan recently Another Electric Sign Added to the Town With the increasing number of electric signs Statesville will soon have a little of hoe own Thn Mills Electric Battery Serv ice Company has erected a large electric sign about 20 feet in length over its building on East Broad street This is the largest electrk! sign tn town Gen Carr i Better riends here have been adrlaed a a Mrs Joe White at the city pumn 8ta proved t0 a extent tion a son Mr Elmer Cloer The Concord de baters who were accompanied here by Professor Oliver Overcash were Mr Leonard Suther and Mr Clar ence Probst negative debaters who attained a two to one decision at Concord were Mr loyd Woodward and Miss Virginia Hol comb The debates between the three high schools Scotts Harmony and Trout man were postponed cn account of the influenza epidemic in the schools IGHTS WAGE REDUCTIONS Jewel Declares That Interests and Profit Must Not Continue While the? Working Man Suffers Low Wages and Unemployment Chicago March Characterizing the present principles of wage adjust ment as unjust Jewel president of the railway empioyes department of the American ederation of Labor told the railroad labor board today that costs and wages should remain constant even to the elimination of profits and that until that economical basis was accomplished conflict be tween capital and labor would con tinue Mr Jewel opened his fight against general wage reductions scught by 205 railroads before the board today He treated as isselevant all arguments of lower liv ing costs and lower wages in other indijtrics asserted so called law of supply and demand will never afford a living wage in a system or ganized according to modern busi ness and declared for a living wage for all productive workers of the country I nterests and profits must not continue while the working man suffers low wages and unemploy ment Mr Jewel asserted in present ing his tehory of the living wage A guaranteed steady eaorning power and cthe wage level even at the expens of immdiat profit he added go far toward eliminating these recur rent periods of (Baptist Women Meet in Charlotte 32nd Ai8ial Session Charlotte' Marcn '25 The eyes Charlotte' Marcn '25 The eyes of hundreds of Baptist women in every section of North Carolina are now turning toward Charlotte where Tuesday evening in the auditorium the irst Baptist church the Missionary union of North Carolina auxiliary to the Baptist State con vention will open its 32nd annual ses sion While it is not expected that the convention will make as good finan cial showing altogether as it did a year ago on account of the stringen cy of the times particularly in some sections of the State yet there will be very little difference in the amount of money raiseri it is thought Sub stantial progress has been made along many lines Three Men Shot to Death in New York City Last Night New York March 27 Three men were shot to death under mys terious circumstances in New York last night and early today One man lured by a fashionably dressed young woman was shot down by a pair of gunmen who fired from the windows of a taxicab an other wag slain as he walked through a crowd ot pedestrians at street and ifth avenue The third victim was snot between men standing in a Brooklyn street was loaded into a taxicab and taken to the hospital He was dead on ar rival Illinois Coal Miners to Hold a Conference Springfiled 111 March 27 Act ing upon his promise to coal opera tors President rank arrington of the Illinois union miners this morn ing wired president of three coal op associations of Illinois tha: he would meet them conference at 10 Wednesday morning in Chicago When asked if this confer ence might result in a separate wage scale for Illinois miners Mr ar rington said: at this time I Ulster Cabinet Accepts Invitation Attend Corfcrcne in London Belfast March 27 The Ulster cabinet today accepted the invitation extended by Colonial Secretary Churchill to the conference in Lon don of Irish leaders called in view of the disturbed condition in Ireland Premier Sir James Craig telegraph ing acceptance in behalf of the Uls ter cabinet said members of the northern governments will arrive in London Wednesday Regular Meeting cf the Kiwanis Chib Mr Cowles Bristol conducted the program at the regular dinner of the Kiwanis club riday night Mrs II Tomlin and Miss Lula May Smith were visitors and had part in the mu sical program Secretary Deaton read an invita tion to the members tn attend the dis Mr Tamarc Johnston to Miss' Rachel Elizabeth Murr V'wmorc Afa lTn 1 With the arm Bureau Other News of Mooresville By A Goodman Mooresville March 27' The fol lowing invitations have been receiv ed here: and Mrs George Murr request the honor of your pres ence at the marriage of their daugh ter Rachel Elizabeth to Mr Tal tfm' hvo i mage Johnston Wednesday eve tje debate is: that the i communication: nmg apni me iwcaui United States should enter the League I hundred and twenty tww at half nastof six Methodist church Cool affirmative debaters eemce i Mr Johnston was formerly a I of the judges member ot tne grauea scnooi tacuitj at Mooresville and is well known and has many friends here Mr I Paine and Mr Alexander who have been canvass ing south Iredell the last week for subscribers to the arm Bureau re port very good success Mr Alex ander who is now secretary of the Iredell arm Bureau says it is of great importance to the farmers and he will devote his whole time to the busi'ness He will retain his resi dence near town but will sell off his stock and farming implements Mr Alexander made a talk at the chamber of commerce hall riday night and explained the benefits or the arm Bureau to farmers and to business men in general The good weather of the past few days has started up Spring plowing in earnest The fruit trees are beau tiful in bloom and the fruit Is safe so Lar The wheat crop looks fine and if times are hard as most people say we can still see signs of better times not far distant and with the open ing of Spring trade will get better and all business will take on life Prohibition is here to stay there is no use talking about it now except to plead for law enforcement The country never will be rid of these miserable wretches known as boot loggers the home destroy ers life wrecking emissaries of Sa tan until those higher up in the ne farious business are arrested and punished This is preliminary to saying that the officers here are mak ing a strenuous effort to stop some of the boot leggers and if some of the people wflio want to be consider ed respectable citizens have a care they may have to court as living witnesses them There was a good crowd in Mooresville Saturday merchants had a good day The Mooresville Library given a room in the building by the Civic League has moved from the municipal building to its new quar ters Rum leet of Prohibition Bureau Now Operating Along Atlantic Coast Washmgton March 25 irst units oc the prohibition navy are in actual operation somewhere along the At lantic coast ii was learned today on high official authority Officials continue to withhold plans for the sea attack on rum smugglers by the submarine chasers operated by the prohibition bureau but it was de clared that several vessels are now on duty in lorida waters and that oth ers were cruising farther north Officials indicated that as rapidly as addtional subchasers obtained from the coast guard can be mt into com mission they will slip out to sea under sealed orders to join in the proposed rum patrol along the Atlantic coast the of the prohibition fleet Lieut Jack of the coast guard that time were as follows: of the Court Sheriff Register of Deeds Treasurer nood salary is alwavs and we further feel that public offi cials should be justly and fairlv com pensated for their services and the responsibility which they assume when thev take off ice this reason we have iven the ier he left 'Prisco penniless but is al QuCoiion 0l Cviiuiui vviibiii" eration before deciding what position we should take After doing this we have decided to accept the old salaries To our minds there are many valid reasons why we should do this all values not alone in this county but throughout the country have been terrifically deflated The farmer is now selling his cotton corn wheat and the entire production of his farm from 50 to 200 per cent less than he formerly received The labor ing man who works ten long hours a day in shop and factory has had his wages mercilessly cut The manu facturer the merchant and the busi ness man have all had to take their loss The cost of living has been greatly reduced and is now at about pre war prices we have taken this position we are confronted with the statement bv those who are in favor of present salaries that this is a pcice of politics However this may be we are perfectly willing to leave it to the taxpayers of Iredell county We will further state that the salaries that we are willing to accept are the ones made and authorized by the vot ers of Iredell county When the sal aries were raised it was claimd by the beneficiaries that it was essential on account of the increase in the cost of living If they were right in their position then it is a self evident pro noistion that they arc wrong now As the cause for the increase has been re moved Tne net saving to the county will be $3200 per year Should the present incumbents be re clccted the raise in salaries will have cost the county $2oG00 have cost had ginal salaries knidly bedell countv as thev think it have If you favor this reduction "0 to the primaries and vote for us Un der no circumstances will we be a candidate for more than three terms We say what we mean and we mean what we say Woodsides for Sheriff McAulev for Treasurer Murdock for Register Death Claims Dlrs Martha Tunstall Pettit Mrs Martha Tunstall Pettit died Saturday at 8:15 at Sanatorium where she had been a pa tient for nearly three weeks death re sulting from the infirmities of age Mrs Pettit was a sister of the late Dr Tunstall and was 72 years old She was born in North Carolina and was a school teacher by profes sion She taught a year in the college here and elsewhere in the State She married and lived in Texas for a while Mrs Tunstall is a sister in law and Dlrs rancis Dowd is a niece these being the nearest rela tives uneral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at Trinity Episcopal church Rev Trott of Salisbury and interment was in Oakwood cemetery Ernest Dalton Captured in Gastonia Policeman Gilbert and Deputy Sheriff Hoke went to Gastonia riday and brought back Ernest Dalton col ored who was being held in Gastonia awaiting the arrival of officers from this county Dalton was arrested about a year ago by Deputy Sheriff Joyner for ma nufacturing liquor and gave bond for his appearance in court but was not to be found when court convened Wednesday Sheriff Alexander receiv cd a message from the chief of police at Gastonia notifying him that he had a negro that filled descrip tion and the result is that Dalton is now residing on the corner of Court and DIeeting streets Want Local acts as to Unemploy ment President conference on unemployment through Secretary Hoover has asked the local Chamber of Commerce for statistics on em ployment and unemployment in Statesville There arc certain forms to be filled out by employers and man ufacturers These forms are now in the Chamber of Commerce office and should be filled out at once Old Convention at Taylor Spring There will be un Old Con vention at Taylor Spring school house Saturday evening April 15 The different bands from the sur roundiYig counties are urged not to miss it Had New Cabbage Mr A Lytton of Troutman had new cabbage from his garden on March 13 Y'ork national chief of continuation admiral of the prohibition fleet work of Community Service Inc will direct charge of the opera arrive here tomorrow in his survey miniature warships it was of the Service work leafed officially but he will function throughout the Mr Wal Iunacr icllowley chief of gen lace will also attend the meeting of I era prohibition agents the board of directors Commissioner Haynes it was under A meeting of the South Statesville 'Jod was waiting until the new pro Neighborhood Council will be held this pibition enforcement arm was in full evenin'' at 7:30 in the Statesville Cot iswinff befoie making any statement ton Mills Community Building Ap 1 order to avoid the possibility of in pointinents will be made to fill the va 1 formation reaemng the eais of the li i a nMnll' in Jim Umn cances on the council and plans made ent my yesterday bout 8 clock to the home adminiftration of the summcr Two plans are being considered by AOrk treasury for extending the sphere A meeting of the Communitv Ser operation of the prohibition fleet vice music committee will be held this the three mile limit It is pro nfternoon at 4:30 in the Community according to high officials eith Service office for the purpose of mak make the pronibition agents ing plans for the light opera to Bie subchasers special customs given in the early summer agents or to assign regular customs The regular night school classes will agents aboard each of the prohibition be held tonight in the west Statesville jships community building The newly or 1 Secretary Mellon it was thought grnized classes in South Statesville would probably favor the latter me will meet tomoirow night at 7:30 in ihqd and authorize the customs di and the South Statesville Community tvismn to designate a man for duty 'buildin" aboard each of the rum chasers XX Is Al ahIavi ri 1 th Au! I 1 1 I VU31VU13 I uUl IV UiuClillS Death Claims Miss 'Margaret Harden explained the prohibition fleet could Lazenby (not operate outside the three mile lim Miss Margaret Harden Lazenby ng it Custom agents however arc em ed 10 years daughter of Mr and Dlrs powered to board ships bound for this II Lazenby died at their home at as far as 12 miles at sen Harmony this morning at 2 of i appendicitis and influenza Miss Laz Community' Service Notes enby is survived by her parents and The West Statesville domestic art one sister Miss Jenvee Lazenby i class met rrdny night and continu The funeral will be conducted to 1 ed their course in the making of morrow morning at 11 at Har i Spring hats The instruction was monv bv Dr A Scott and Rev under Mrs Hicks and Miss Wall i Willie Green Day 1 The firs! nioetino n'rrlit saIiaa! sage today from Mr Hugh Stine sup iX Misses Leona Laneervisor of the Winston division of ltC I Southern railroad stating that the lacc lathC organization the class shipment of rails for the Rocky Matthews of the railroad will start todav Charlotte indsutrial schools a guest Laving of the crurs ties and rails 'of White also assisted in the on the new railroad will begin as (work at the initial meeting soon as the weather permRS 1 Locomotive Barf' 9 A A 1 1 1 A A 1 A A A a a I 1 I Marriage jjeense Jack Little with vrawiora mincn i luvwnuwvc pujhhct iruignt mm mv tnrMiuuiB mv uia License has been issued for tho I Mr Jack Little has accepted a posi (train broke down riday morning be Strict convention to be held in Colum "trnngc of the following couple: tion as salesman with the Crawford 1 tween here and Eufola and delayed ibia the 27th and 28th rederick Westmoreland and unch urniture Company an I began NosHl and 3(1 passenger trains for1 Mr Hall Jr made a talk Ethel McCoy 1 SI work today a S' crt tune cn fairness business IS THIS AR ON A LONG WALK Journeyman Printer Hiking rom San 1 rancisco to New York for $3000 Offered by Syndicate riday afternoon the door of this office opened and a wiry little man with a flowing white beard stepped briskly up to the counter and asked to see a copy of The Statesville Daily The animated little fellow proved to be Rogers journeyman printer on a 3500 mile hike from San ran cisco to New Yorn Now Statesville has been frequent ed lately with numerous cross coun try travellers some riding bikes some horses and others walking but this youngster wit(i his heard whitened under the sun of 81 summers evi dently is the ace of all the long dis tance promenaders Rogers is to walk the 3500 miles from San rancisco to New in less than 150 days for which he will receive from the Hearst Newspaper Syndicate $3000 and return fare So far he has made 2730 miles in 91 days leaving him 59 days to make the re (maining 770 miles Rogers who for merly was a printer on the Morning Star President newspaper says that he can hike that distance in 40 days easily According to the wa A 1 1 lowed to receive money or work and Rogers says that when he hits Wash ington he sure means pull the of his old employer iogers is very active for his age and says he intends to got married when he gets back to sunny' California as he has never had the time or money before SPARROWS IGHT TO DEATH Two Pugnacious Hens Scrap Until One is Dlortally AVounded Did you ever see two of those pug nacious little English spanows in a fight to the finish? We have A few days ago one of those days when it was too cool in the house without a fire and the sunshine en ticed to the back steps two hen Eng lish sparrows tumbled from a tree in a heap and landed on the ground near us They were in a death grapple and seemed no more than a ball of i active feathers We called to Nico demus our little black and directed his attention to the feathery combat Nicodemus gingerly ap proached and nudged them gently at first but more persistently witn nis nose fl he scrappers took no heed of his intrusion until by force of his nose he had them loose Back together they went and back to part them Nicodemus At this junc ture we took a hand in pulling them apart Their mouths were interlock ed and their intent towards each other was as deadly as two bull dogs Soon one of the birds was able to flv away but not so with the other Iler wounds were mortal Her mouth was lacerated and bleeding and un der one wing her adversary had neck ed a vital spot and from this blood oozed profusely She could not come back She had fought and lost Thus ended a tragedy and the exact motive may never be known Bride of (Three Days leaves Her Hus band Winchester Va March Al though she was married to Harrison Hillyard and lived with him for three days Mrs Sarah Ruth Hillyard testified in municipal court Saturday night that she did not rememb'er anything about it and the first thing she knew to bring it to her attention was when she woke up in bed found Hillyard there and asked him to explain his presence Hillyard told her thev had been married three days She testifies she left him at once and declared she would not live with him further Hillyard was before the court charged with a felonious attack upon his ife as she left a moving picture theater 'with her father He denied he intended to strike his wife or in jure her but merely desired to say a few words to her about living with him again and took her by the arm to get her attention He told the court the girls father hit him in the face with a couple of cans of evaporated milk while he was asking her to reas Hillyard was required by the court to give peace bond Gift of $100000 for Rutherfordton Hospital Hickory Mar 27 A gift of $1GO 000 to the Rutherfordton hospital for the purpose of equipping it for ra dium treatment has been made by tiUitwI Hotnnee mnn AT 1 lUJAj jvmvu uuuiutoq Hickory it was announced today The gift was made as a memorial to Mrs Laura Plonk the late wife Graduating Exercises Held Sunday Afternoon The graduating exercises of the pri rimv class of the irst church were held yesterday afternoon accoiding to program published in this paper Thursday The name of Thyrnton Long should have appeared in iHe list of graduates wife Statesville Cool Spring ciation S30 Isidore Wallace to Troutman lot on ourth street consideration $75 A II Hinshaw and husband Hinshaw to Thomas Shaver lots in Harmony consideration $3250 Shaver and wife A Sha ver to Davis 12 1 2 acres on north end of Statesville consideration $7000 Death of Mrs Dashia Head Mrs Dashia Head aged 4G years wife of Mr James A Head Thursday March 23 at her home near Stony Point Mrs Head is survived by her hus band nine children her parents Mr and Mrs Davis and nine grandchildren The funeral services and interment were held riday at Sulphur Springs Baptist church of which Mrs Head was a consistent member The ser vices were conducted by Rev A Oakley In the Court Charlie Chaplin disorderly conduct continued' for further investigation Prince Shuford colored assault on wife to pay a fine of $25 and costs or go to the county roads for 30 days John Toland and Roy Lee Carson both colored assault Toland sentenc ed to 20 days on the city streets and Carson 10 days on city streets Tom Allison colored and wife Man ervia Allison assault and disorderly conduct Tom fined and the costs while his spouse was fined $5 ind the costs Oil Stove Exploded The fire department was called out 1 of Mrs Tunstall on Kelly street where an oil stove had caught on fire and exploded No damage resulted from the explosin as the stove had been thrown into the yard before it exploded County (Board Elections Named The State Board of Elections meet ing in Raleigh named the county hoard of elections for the 100 coun ties in the State I he board tor dell is composed of Van Buren ney McElwce Democrats Dewey Raymer Republican Ctinreed With an Affray Dave Lockman local sign painter and Joe Gainer of the Gainer Sign Advertising Works were put under S25 bond each for their appearance in Mayor court tonight to answ er the charge of engaging in an affray Sunday afternoon ire Chief ulp is Expected Home This Week Mr Chas ulp chief of the city fire department who has neon under nJnt tronimrnt at Sanatorium is very much improved in health and will return home Thursday or riday New Patients at the 'Sanatorium New patients nt Sanatorium me: Mr Smith of Morganton Mr Burleson of Oakboro The condition of Dr Ed King who is at Sanatorium remains unchanged NOTES TROUTMAN (THE NEWS SOUTH IREDELL BOCAL TEAMS AYIN DEBATE I WILL ACCEPT OLD SALARIES YVin New Aspirants for Countv (Offices I i 1 iS I I I rA 1 I Jr XV I 1A j' VOL 48 I.