The Albemarle Press from Albemarle, North Carolina • 1

THE ALBEMARLE PRESS A STANLY COUNTY WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY THIRTY ONE BIVINS Owner and Publisher ALBEMARLE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12 1925 No 47 the Th MARITAL UNHAPPINESS BADIN NEWS ANNIE BOONE HARTSELL he to in Oakboro route 2 Nov 9 Mr He has a large number of friends to 1 zyf zm zz wv oIl 1 vvi 7 rrT own Locust News the vxvensouro spent me wwk wiu her parents Mr and Mrs Par nose bruised and bleeding and Revere the She is now a success as i tneir services cnisv The follow guilty person located but he bitterly I it LNrvftllir ha OP was a graduate of News preparation of soul bore her up during has that held an for the guest of Albemarle the North Mrs James Swaringen Died at Norwood Nov 4 The good farmer now has a good pair of scales say farm engineering workers of State College JUST TRIBUTE TO GOVERNOR The Oakland Motor Co Will Produce New Line Six Cylinder Cars even and said that orig Rev Trollinger Goes to Church At Thomasville PINEY WOODS TELEPHONE COMPANY CHANGES HANDS MR AND MRS GEO BROOKS ENCOUNTER AUTO WRECK LIONS LUNCHEON Lion I Miller will preside Mr and the and and nearbv always receiving the highest counties compnsing the tral division of the North There will be Tec at UbeZ Educational association officially add 1 it thrir sunnort to the proposal for Humus helps to hold moisture so farmers in the drouth areas of North Carolina found this season Was ormerly Popular stor of Lo cal Presbyterian Church Dr Belk Died In lorida Sunday Jennie Sugg Jones and Mr Stanly Mhn Dies In Petersburg Virginia CAROLINA POWER CUTS ITS RATES Oakboro Section ROUTE 2 Locust Nov 9 Born to Mr and on re in the Top photo shows Col William Mitehell and men defending him in Court Martial trial Left to right Col A White Military Attorney Uol Mitchell Rep Reid Attorney and Judge Plain associate counsel Lower photo shows army officers leading prosecution Col Sherman Moreland Judge Advocate General of Army and Lieut Col Joseph I McMullin his assistant who seek to muzzle the fiery of free speech ish Miss Dorothy Mason left this week for St Petersburg la where she has accepted work On Thursday evening a number of ladies assembled at the lodge hall and organized a Auxiliary call ed the 0 of A with 30 char ter members Mr: Crowell president of the of A acted Miss Lula the office business with Albemarle and the folks toknow that they expect deal out the best service possible Messrs Caleb Huneycutt nd Ingle have bought the Sanitary mar ket and will continue the business at I on Main saivci Death claimed Annie Boone Hart sell when life was sweet to her in the living and when much was held out I to her She bore her affliction with patience and fortitude and through months of suffering her mind was al ways aicrL ner inueresL in uniu about her acute and she found com sne was 1 7 z7iGri77c tn tnp fnT ThflT nPr illnPSS UHLIV IVWU VO apwas of malignant form and when ii realization came to ner it was following a very active member ship with church and Sunday school and a which tion She high school and attended Dalai rrn idle and her efficiency in stenography ing friends Grace church Atlanta sister Mrs Alice Belk of Raleigh also survive was an uncle of Mrs Caroliua Light and Power Company Open Offices Here denied being the one inally he ac knowledged the rash act but said he did it as a joke The young man a Mr Almond age about 17 was in a wagon with his stepfather and when they passed the Jones girls he threw a sheet over one of their heads and kissed her She did not know him and as he was of a dark complexion she took him for a i Mr Jones requesteo Editorial from The Charlotte News the governor of North Car olina possesses the happy combination of two important traits of capable executiveship careful economy and constructive is the tribute laid at his feet by The Greenville News and very timely and justly The interpretation of the governor and of the background of his admin istration shows that outsiders have been keeping intimate track of what has been going on in North Carolina Our contemporary is advertent of course and bases its remarks largely upon the incident that Governor Mc Lean has a cash surplus of $240000 to the account of his administration at this time under the system of ac counting which has been adopted since he went into office and The News remarks that this record shows a governor can do when he I makes up his mind to do and it is I a 0 "lain remarking tnat Governor McLean lias no more authority and power than numerous other governors of 434 Grove a member of for six years at the Peters following a stroke of It was Mr Mr and Mrs George Brooks of Beaufort as they were hastening Sat urday to Albemarle to attend the fun eral services over the remains of their sister Miss Annie Hartsell en countered a wreck at Lillington They endeavored to pass a truck when their car skidded and overturned Brooks was very seriously hurt was given surgical attention at Badin hospital Mrs Brooks her two children received bruises suffered much from the accident but one night at the hospital placed her in condition to be in the home here They secured conveyance to Albe marle following the wreck They re turned Tuesday to Beaufort iference Returns Rev Ridge riendship Church Meets at Greensboro Next Year Mr Sam Smith was an Albe marle visitor Saturday He is well pleased with the prospects of get ting a bridge over Stokes ferry and he is really one of the moving factors in bringing this about Ct 4 II Li i i 4 rl 1MS I dust now ui oiiniil iias much over the Piney Woods telephone ex 1 change and has associated with him who is in Charge at 1 They do a good deal of want to conception of what will follow when the large dam at the Almond place near mouth of Rocky river is finish 1 11 XKn nvAn icnl fnr ea ineir supputu vu mt a constitutional eight mini mum school term Dr A Lamar and John Bar ton custodians of the official vote at the Methodist publishing house an nounced Saturday October 7 the of ficial vote of the annual conferences as follows: Methodist Episcopal church 2639 for and 2051 against unification John Wilson Smith I avenue who has been the local police force early yi hospital 1 6 days ago taking a shower bath A one afternoon shortly ic had come off duty that he was stricken and his condition Hill the fourth Saturday by the new pastor Elder Jason Eu'dy We hope to see A large crowd out kind of test at the General Motors proving ground at Milford Michigan and pronounced 0 and now over $3000000 is being invested in new equipment for the expanding capacity of the Oakland factories both to in crease the production of the Oakland Six and prepare for the new car which will be produced in connection with it and book work can be attested by those she served She was known to her friends as and she received this address more often than any other Neat and immacu late in dress and bearing she com manded respect and attention and her pride was a characteristic which she bore without haughtiness She revealed her better self to her mother whom she loved with passion and to whom she was ever a good pal and mind 'The affection displayed over a long her afflie 1 period of nursing and attention leaves home severely bereft and to the local Mr and Mrs Hartsell this bereave er Knnl in nient deals a heavy blow and their She was not content to be sorrow is shared by many While it is rami red that the bridge on the highway Albemarle to Troy will have to be ised some ten feet or more this can lot be confirmed It is hariliy conceiv ible that the back water would bee me a menace even at flood periods although he sug gestion seems quite a part of the ru mors connected with this new devel opment er treasurer Mrs Short talks were made by each the newly elected officers Mr A un and sons of Albemarle nished music for the meeting Toni Tarheel says that to farm like our fathers is to be like the Chinese who when they received a cracked plate from which to duplicate a set made each of the new plates with a crack in it inconspicuous Chinese herbal The lawyers The public 11 it eould not years past And further we don't cidit Governor McLean personally land of his own initiative as being' I entirely responsible for his economl 1 cal administration of government The reason goes brick probably at least as far as the campaign North Carolina had been spending money in vast sums on constructive proj ects taxes were beginning to pinch in some quarters and there was a natural reaction of the population in the shape of a demand to see what eould be done in the way of improv ing finances Every man who ran for public office no doubt felt pulse of this public sentiment without a doubt Mr McLean became cither consciously or unconsciously impressed with the view that chief services to the state consist in keeping an eye on expense That there is a wholesome to economical govenment not only in Noth (Katherine ullerton Gerould in Harper's Reno could not have happened ea of the Mississippi whatever thr state divorce laws In fact Reno have again laws outside Nevada is different from i states and the i quality of Nevada is a strong ele ment in the quality of Reno Nevada holds nut much more than 75000 souls Reno on the eastern slope of the Sierras close to the I California border is by far the larg est town in the state having about 13000 citizens The 13000 do not presumably in clude the 1700 or lS00 men women who are always there necessary six Reno has no visible industries malt its living as far as one I SANITARY MEAT MARKET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Turner attend their cousin Miss Annie Hartsell in Albe marle last Sunday morning All who attended the general meet ing of clubs in Albemarle last Wed nesday were perfectly delighted with every part of the program Mr Jesse Osborne was run over by a passing car early Monday morn ing and badly hurt The bone in one arm was broken his mouth and Washington City from a very short illness He was head of the News and Observer news bureau at Wash ington and his contributions to the press have been of a'very high order Definitely Decided to Erect Dam At point Below Norwood Abandon Swift Island Location 1 who' is now in the market business in Greensboro His son has been asso ciated with him here and both he and Mr Ingle are experienced market men Albemarle regrets to lose Mr Huneycutt and his friends are glad that he is retaining some of his realty holdings here and that he may re turn sometime in the future Suc cess to the new management the "four'' to the priced six cylinder inent has been part A ine researen C3iuihiu nw a On I (f her friend or tr I ppi I i i i i i i a i irn xj i Vf 4 Atr 4 irr 1 Vl JllJUHa LUI JUl ilVIVh emu Motor Car company which has built high grade six cylinder cars contin uously since 1913 are being devoted to the building of this new car I or several months the new si The new General Motors car to be produced by the Oakland Motor Car company as an addition to the line and a companion to the Oakland Six will also be a six cylinder automobile and place this company among those now building two completely differ ent lines of six cylinder cars This announcement confirms rum ors which have been guessed rather aptly that the new car would also be a based on the current trend of popular demand for this type of car and the fact that the Oakland Motor Car company was one of the first builders of six cylinder motor cars in America and also one of the most successful How far the trend has gone in this direction may be gauged by the fact that a large majority of all motor ear companies in this country produce one or more cars in the six cylinder field This trend has been particularly' noticeable during the last year when a number of prominent companies added a to their line of and some companies changed from In the low he develop Wilson Smith a member of our com munity a brother of Messrs Wai 1 ter Rhoden and Luther Smith and Mrs Whitley is in the Petersburg hospital in an alarming condition Messrs and Ef are at his bedside at present All isbeing done for him that professional people and money can do We hope to see him out again as he is one of I the main policemen there and the force is missing him exceedingly Mr Paul Huneycutt has purchased a new ort! roadster Misses Dora Eudy ar 1 Velma Rog ers spent the week end in the home of their parents They work in Al bemarle Mr Willi am Harward had his corn shucking at his home on last riday night They are living in Albemarle now but they raised their corn here So Mrs Harward prepar ed her lunch and brought it here It was a very enjoyable event Mr and Mrs Harward have many friends in this community Mr Claud Criscoe of route 1 was a guest in our community Sunday Miss Letha Whitley was the guest of her sister Mrs Shuf Coble of Ra leigh for the week end a senior inthe i Miss Numa Smith was Miss Pearle Lucas of Siiriflav Miss Lucas is Albemarle correspondent and she I also writes an account of each death Death claimed Miss Annie Boone Hnrrsell earlv riday morning No could not vember 6 19'25 at 2:20 o'clock i whatever the divorce Accd 26 rears I of Nevada She was the youngest daughter of I ail other western Htirrco who re i i side in West Albemarle and had been a patient sufferer over a period of 14 months during which time she was unable to leave her home The body was held over until Sun day afternoon awaiting arrival of relatives and friends who resided at a distance and services were conduct ed from Central Methodist church at 2 Rev Pickens offict ing It was touching to see her class mates of the Golden Rule Bible class of which she was such a faithful member in life and served for a pe riod as its secretary be tloral tributes to their deceased member and doing homage in an hour of great sadness i The services were short and sim Norwood Nov 11 Mrs James Swaringen died at her home here last Wednesday evening about 10 and was buried at Randalls on Thursday afternoon Rev Dryman preached the funeral sei vices Mrs Swaringen had been af flicted with heart trouble on this par ticular evening She had two attacks I torn the first she rallied but upon re lapse she asked her husband to go for a doctor While Jimmie" as he is known was gone after the doc i tor Mr Swaringen passed away sitting in her chair Practically all of her life Mrs Swaringen had lived here and in the Randall section where some of her people reside now All of her children were present for the interment She was a good wife and mother an earnest Christian and a member of the Methodist church Mrs Thos Blalock entertained the Book club and a few special friends at the Blalock home on the T'ork road last Wednesday afternoon After the social hour exchange of books and ideas about the same Mrs Blalock assisted by Mrs fl Bla lock and Mi Sarah Whitlock serv ed a three cour luncheon Mis Mary Barnhart Sarah Whitlock and little Billie Campbell were visitors I Miss Mary Barnhardt attended the Miss Bennie UCHC1CU i Oakland I Iee Pr'hurch of Raeford to Mi iiieu inuse in nston on el nesday Airs McGee is pleasantly remembered here as a visitor and lias many friends Miss Annie Howell spent the week possible 1 ln nerryvnie Miss Lee spent the week end in Monroe with home folks We were sorry to hear of the death of Mr Nathan Baldwin's moth er at Albemarle on Tuesday Rev Dr George Belk of Mon i treat formerly pastor of the irst' Avenue Presbyterian church in this city died suddenly Sunday morning in Orlando la where he was spending the summer according tb messages received in Charlotte Dr Belk who was about 65 years old had been in failing health for two years but the immediate cause of his death was paralysis The body was brought to ort Mill to the home of his son Rev George Belk Jr where the fun eral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 Interment in the grave yard at Tirzah church near Wax I haw Union county where his fore lahers are buried In addition to his widow who was I before her marriage Miss Mary Blan I ton of Virginia he is survived by the following children: Mrs Elizabeth Belk Stamps a missionary at Chin kaing China Rev Blanton Belk nastnr of the irst Presbyterian church of Orlando la Rev Geo I Belk Jr pastor of Unity Pres byterian church at ort Mill Mrs Robert Pettus of Morristown Tenn Miss Lucille Belk of Orlando la Samuel rank Belk student at Davidson college and Miss Margaret Belk of Orlando One brother Rev Dr Belk pastor of and one Broome Dr Belk Redd of this city Dr Belk was very popular during his service to the church in Albe marle and was cordially liked by all His death occasions much sadness among those who knew him It can tell off the marital unhappiness that prevails in 47 states of the union The divorces (as they are always call ed) bring a certain amount of money into the place and banks shops and nwk'i'ts arp kpnt fnino in thnf wav 1 1 XJ Ln 1 pie songs sciecieii ana reuesieu churches are Miss Hartsell before her death to be 7hc few doctors have used on the occasion were pla ed and fop hot rivals and almost every detail of the naturally are many last rites were followed as planned tinv that and arranged by her It possibly keep anyone in reading mat sence of the living presence of the for sjx months 'A lilU 1 tcl An it' i rrV SfJlIiL WIHUll UclU Lcirxtu 110 Pall bearers were: Messrs Snuggs A Groves Denning Starnes Morgan and Parks lower bearers: Mes dnmes A Little Harris Bivins Starnes I Under wood Snuggs Misses Garrie and Bertie Efird from the Golden Rule class and Misses Emma and Mollie Blalock loral offerings were beautiful and brought comfort to the sorrowing ones in the message of friendship they breathed Burial took place at airview cemetery Surviving besides her parents are: Three sisters Mrs Garrett of Bennettsville Mrs George Brooks of Beaufort and Mrs Hill of Monroe A brother Lee Hartsell of Philadelphia was unable to attend the funeral on account of illness Balin Nov 10 Mrs Devereaux entertained Saturday nine at a delightful party at home on Menden on avenue in honor of Mis Lucy Locke The evening's emertairment cards and danc Refreshments consisting of sandwiches hot chocolate and candy were served Th guests included iucy Lock Marita I rye andMay Dixon Messrs lintom McNamara Ziergebel and Mr and Mrs Kirk Erb Mr 11 rtnea mr aim uis i Mr an! Mrs Ralph Rim mer and Miss Hiidah Locke of Green boro week end guests of her sister Miss Luey Locke a student at The high school boys and girls en tertained riday evening at the school house at a party honoring Miss Susie Roberts of Greenville a for mer teacher in the Badin school but who is now engaged in A work The evening was delightfully spent in plaving various games and progressn Raleigh Nov 7 Voluntary Jnrtions of $130000 a year lighting rates of the Carolina Power company and its subsidiary the Yad kin Power company were ordered yesterday by the North Carolina Cor poration commission on application of the company Jnptinrw amount to between and arp ten anr inicm pci wv two types or Raleigh and nine other towns navimr uiv same otner i panionship with authors the new rates amount to an entirely how "fnr rollpctinff liuht charjxts while for 29 other towns which al l''as oi readv had rates there is nrst tn a flat eduction from 11 1 2 to 10 cents in the first class and a reduc tion of one half a cent in the second class The reductions follow decreases of $60000 in power rates and $10 000 in miscellaneous rates the total voluntary reduction amounting to $200000 a year Last week the Carolina Light and Power company opened offices in the geth building on Main street Mr McKinney succeeds Mr She lor that cordial and well liked gen tleman whose sad death was only re cently recorded and he is in charge of the offices here Of recent months the company has been busy surveying up and down the Yadkin river and not much was be in? ior puuuurtiiuii ui to satisfy ordinary inquiries curiosity Not much is being now but it is an open secret mmnanv has abandoned its inal idea of erecting a dam near Swift Island and has definitely decided to erect one at the Almond place south of Norwood in the ork vicinity The plan to be adopted will in all probability back water up to the pres ent Badin dam at the old falls site and a large area of land will be in undated The little city of Norwood will be very close to the brink of the big pond to be created and a repeti tion of the Badin dam offers some wore swent bv (ire Monday supposed a bod i 4 ka avnlAinn nf nt thn (Trave iy LUC VAjnulVl xw I acetylene tank doing damage to the be members of the police de extent of $200000 as estimated I Origin of the fire is really not known I Thirty seven men are on trial at i Asheville charged with storming the T7 i a It in 11 VI 1 CTn 4 DUlKVinuu uouiicy jail vai September 19 in an attempt to take therefrom Alvin Mansel negro who has since been convicted of criminal attack on a white woman and sen tenced to be electrocuted January 12 The defendants in the case are mak ing a stubborn fight Judge Yates Webb has appoint ed Mr Leister of Statesville to the position of deputy clerk of the United States court for the western district of North Carolina succeed ing the late John Gill Last year forest fires swept over 29000000 acres of public and pri vate lands in this country At the closing session of the an nual meeting in Raleigh November 7 the educational forces of the 16 I Ar tLi MnrfVi Clcr UVUIlLlCb UVllipi V' xwwxv i Carolina ACORN STORE OPENING The opening event of the Acorn store was quite an enjoyable affair OI 1 tr Avaniur I 'At tne opening nuui rnueiv a large crowd had assembled and un til the close of the reception the handsome interior of this store re sembled a busy bee hive Punch was served and the Night Hawks orchestra furnished delightful music Messrs Carpenter Killian and Pou were busy in the receiving line and carried off honors in a nice way They were well pleased with the opening following a busy night and day of removing the goods from the old to their new quarters Ullt in MA WZ Vi VI 11 1 1 Mrs Alex Dunn a daughter pLvyigjcitL vvn vioavivu uxvv1 in i nffAr Mom kiv November 9 a sduui uuuise unu atvvssunca uvn i ed a concluding pleasure Guests Miss ary urr annapo is present besides members of the high was at home from Thursday until school were Misses Jennie May Dix 1 Saturday or AlrWHn t'nstis Melton I A series of meetings will begin at Gladvs Rmlisill Tucv Locke Marita I Beulah next Sunday mornmg rve Susie Roberts Messrs i Mr and Jlr 1 uinei Quail Carl Jones Russell Sugg John ed the funeral and buna of Hayne worth Spruill Secbier and iintom Miss lean Patton of Asheville is the guest this week of her sister Mrs Parish en route to New York Mrs Shiplett of Roanoke Va spent this week in Badin guest of Mr and Mrs A Shiplett Miss Arline Parish of Greensboro spent the week end with i I his mother administered a genuine I xli1 rKAAnro ZX fflriPTR i as I thrashing in luu wx oastmaster at the regular luncheon and all this evening at 6:45 Lion Millon RritfOn well known to 111 give a report of the Troy meet Edwar died in mg and Lion Phillins will tell of the press of North Carolina died work in fairs Two cubs join the fold and the cordial hand of greeting ia being Bions Luther Rogers and Litaker injuries on on'e side the extent not known at this time He was crossing at the square when a car running at a fast rate came from Charlotte and struck him He was rushed to the hospital at Albemarle Excitement prevailed in this sec tion Thursday evening when it was reported that a negro man had caught Ano nf Rev young girls luesiuenz oi tne oi avevu ss chairman of the meeting Theux as she returned horn iliary was organized by Mrs I Local offcers were ed Yorke and nromises to he a success as their services enlisted and soon the a Pnminir nrronnohnn in? officers were elected: Past pres ident Mrs Yorke president Stout vice president Miss Con stance McGhee conductor Mrs Gragory secretary Mrs Coz art recording secretary Mrs Swech Hinson of i tnr ri ik iiiiuuiVAi' LUI" colored person mi uw that he be chastised for tne aeea so its woPtt 1 fher administered a genuine They succeed Mr Hu ey tt one of should public return in in Carolina but throughout the is being abundantly witnessed these days and it is a hearten ing sign so long as it does involve a precipitate checking of progressive policies which it certainly need not essentia i it is very mucn as our South Carolina friend says in re 1 card to tliA matter pc ru'" when and if they will An intelli gent citizenship that will take a con sistently constructive interest in itsgovernment can produce honest ef ficient economical government of a constructive progressive type It is when citizens neglect their interest in government that self seeking noli 1 ticians grafters and crooks get into office and exploit the government and the public treasury for their 1 1 I 1 ne Luetnoaisv rroiestani uhului cncc In session at High Point adjourn i cd Monday with the decision to hold I burg its next session in the city of apopkx: Greensboro Smith Before adjournment the confer fn( I ence joined in the anti evohition 1 af va zi zv i i i i i riii iiiiin going on record as being in opposition Loen any theory being tauerht in anyfjnit JAtle hope having been of the schools of our state which are for La recovery supported by taxation that unites man has Petersburg by blood to the lower animal idurin" the last ten years He was Rev Atlas Ridge who has served cf Stinlv c()untyt an( the riendship charge this county I was 15 vears oI( jre is survived by returned Rev Trollinger a his threc brothers and one sis very active minister and alive with I phoden and Walton the civic and industrial activities oi gmjth and 0 Whitley all of our town is assigned to Thomasville gtanl countv A I 7 Mrs Smith before ner marriage whom this wll occasion many regrets Theodosia Lee of Matoaca The work at Albemarle is to be sup wj1 ht(1 tQ phed Rev Moton a former aft(rlyon at oclok from pastor goes to Green sboio and Revj chur of whjch Reid to Haw River he was a Member Rev Olin Ray I pastor will officiate Interment will Short News Items I and A of which the deceased was The A shops at Rocky Mount! a member will attend the funeral in anil conduct tne uuiiai svi Pall bearers will ur lies in Mitchell Trial yz.