The News-Herald from Morganton, North Carolina • Page 1

4i TT TT Published in Burke County The Burke County -News XT on The Morganton Herald Consolidated November 29, 1901 Subscription Price $2.00 per Year in Advance mi II. MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, pECEMBER 22, 1921 NO. 26 CHRISTMAS 1921 SENATOR PATTON AUTHOR STATE-WIDE WEIGHT LAW LOCAL BRIEFS IN AND AROUND TOWN ilSiiTo fa TOWN LIMITS BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER BURKE Sixty Six Pounds Counted a Bushel Now Instead of Sev- enty, As Formerly. Short Items of Local and Personal Interest Gathered During the Week Items of Interest Gathered anton Now Includes More Um'V. Mr.

Jarvis Wall has begun the erection of a cottage on Meeting street. From Different Sections of the County By New-Herald Correspondents Senator Nollie M. Patton, of this county, was the author of a Statewide bill passed by the recent Legislature changing the number of pounds of corn to a bushel from kpv- it i-rhth From Center. A NO THCEE- WE EE- IN THt cTAHC 4- i i Mr. and Mrs.

Charlie Ward moved Monday to their new home just finished, cn Meeting street. Mr. P. V. Watlington, of Greensboro, has taken the position of book- limits 01 me enty, as iormeriy counted, to sixty- WmWm TintO'l Hi'' wv, a.

iiv icivv ina.r.c; GLEN ALPINE. Last Friday there was a teachers' meeting held at the high school on "the hill." Prof. T. L. Sigmon and ine exLcnaiun ycioowfc, rt-vuiiuy puuuus oi corn witn snucK a the State Senate bushel instead of seventv our.

as? keeper for the Standard Motor Co rj reading in CCUNTEY iCPHEli" ABIDING- THE-FIELD, KfEPING- WATCH OVEifc THEIE, TLOCKJ- BY NIGHl AnO THE- ANGfL ifllD UNTO THEM, NOT: eCHOtD, I ElNCr rou COCO CF OEEAT lihi- heretofore. The Oak Forest Sunday school will Mrs. Maud Anthony were in attend- Mm nlkrks the close of a long iSfor town expansion that has FIRE, FACT AND FUN" MR. PICKENS' SUBJECT 1 11101(3 ui ivoj vv-rf morc than a dozen years. yKALL BE- TO ALL PEC PL Avp.rv ana iur.

i. a or in un zan in Aumto give an entertainment at the State lance. Prof. Sigmon with Mrs. An-Hospital amusement hall Monday thony gave an inspection of the night, the 26th.

school and of the different grades and The S. M. G. and A. P.

O. D. T. Q. expressed themselves in warm terms girls' clubs will play basket ball Mon- I of the marked improvement of the day, December 26th, at 7:30 o'clock I school work.

The meeting was well in the town hall. attended by. a fine body of teachers. Mrs. J.

Ernest Erwin and little i The next meeting will be held here daughter, Elvira Holt, came home sometime the first of the new year, last week from Statesville. The little After the meeting Prof. Byrd and his new-comer will be called "Ha." wife gave an informal reception to iUSl WeeJV. in TcZ UNTO YOU liT BCSZN THIiT DAY IN THC CITY OF -VICL' WHICH Chcit the- L.C&P. the bill and they with num VSH TT 1111.1 lie OllVV 111 int.

and Near Naples. of llcprcsentativc Joseph M. 1 Senators Nollie Patton "'a i 1.. her Morganton people who fail to hear s-v 4- 4- -wv" -f i 1 Ih-Mews- Herald I WLrHtV YOU A y-tU- I 'l IT funi -T" fv'i rsews has come that Mr. In athan 1 iurs.

Anthony and the teachers. Rev. Clark, one of the best known citizens F. K. Roof, of MorgantonJ was also 0vcr tins mcabuie ma oth2 lecture of Rev.

C. M. Pickens at the committee hc auditorium next Tuesday even- 'Xcws and "Observer of jmff, December 27th, at 7:30 o'clock, of the western part of the county, is present. iMRS. ALBERT CRAWLEY very sick, not expected to live.

The Drexel and Glen Alpine basket vii iic, rucb aim run, as oeen in LEGION TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISABLED Rev. C. M. Pickens will talk Sun- ball teams indulged in a fine camp of inn nvpvnilprl in t.VlP and Nonr TSJiinlps." will mice rarn closer uiviow A tee cm tne um treat The lecture will be eiv limits thfi town o. juor- der the auspIce3 of the Eoworth DIED SUNDAY MORNING Young Mother Succumbs After Long Illness; Funeral On Monday Morning.

i ora' The bill yaa iGague. Those who have been fortu- Plans Announced For Remembering Unfortunate Ones Christmas. on. day morning on what he saw in Beth- basket ball Saturday evening. The lehem, a most appropriate subject was 12 to 14 in favor of Glen for the Christmas service.

There Alpine. The boys were jubilant over will be special Christmas music. their victory as was evidenced by the Mrs. W. H.

Reddish, who has been loud cheers by the rooters. The Glen sick in the Charlotte sanatorium for Alpine boys have had but little train-several months, was able to return ing but show remarkable development to her home here this week, much i in their playing. The Drexel team LuT nate enougn to hear Mr. Pickens' mill at Morganton would be talks on h- recent trayel th uy cnt know that he has a message for Disabled veterans and their de- i Mrs. Albert Crawley died Sunday viuMTPii iriiiL Liic mill vvcia ii.

i i i i Erwin to the ratification of her manv Swlrtnwn authorities that mlss'fnd that fc wlU united States will be cared for siry mill. Death was not unexpect- -UU not bo annexed by the.E"- wefl TSZ H.L Mf" played good ball and are sure to come back for their revenge. Last Friday night the amateur talent of Morganton came up and cave ale friends. Mrs. Hattie Odell has returned from a stay of several months in Ports, Va.

Miss Hattie Coffey is at an entertainment at the auditorium. home from Averett College, Danville, i which was well rendered and highly Wcgution from set 1 1SN' euf KSAgST ed by national headquarters of the by her husband and four children. Tit the agreement was indefi-! Plc.tur ex-service men's organization. Mrs. Crawley was 34 years of age.

i tcnt Jnu that it was made Chores 3 Se beautifu "la'v ofi Visits t0 the hraes fhe was a Miss Cora Mooney before tin twenty vears ago, which, EntvJ ex-service men and to their her marriage, and was reared in the Attorn ey "is S4 "JS T. Je county uiuuj vmv j1 "iuoc iui tuna to a LLeilvl. teaches in Wilson, is at home for the holidays. The play, "The Corner Drug Store," was well worth the price of admission. A part of the proceeds went to the eh to absorb an tne moral rignt ti.

-t nf wonHTiv vn sionnaires anu bpaidi lumuutieca oil th(, law nnd enuitv in resort of wealthy Ro: in th men still in Monday morning, conducted by Rev. A new parking arrangement is be- ing enforced on Sterling street, on school. Some of the narticinants of the part better known as "Broadway." show professional talent of a high er-The middle of the street marked with der. It was a clean and moral show, painted stripes, is 'used now instead The universal wish is for them to I. fee? u.naer a mass 01.

asies, and how The emen thetmr mar In connection with the Christmas less sons have much sympathy in i mill at tne time. or the sides and the cars go in or come again. Mrs. W. T.

Byrd's music class will out to their places without backing. ie committee rlnally ordered a by the Unearthing of this ancient able leport by a vote of seven 'motrmWi; The new home of Mrs. Annie Reid visits. Legion investigators will ob-; neir oereavement. tain information in regard to strik-! TTTn.f ing cases of neglect of the disabled DR.

LIN DEM AN AT and their families, following which ac-, SCHOOL FOR DEAF 'give a recital Thursday night after 1- 1- ll Ml 1 which there will be a box supper for six after Senators Varser and Then th'ere is a humorous side to and other lawyers on the iPPtllrp WTn rrxr nf I'ii i i mnA c.Nw.a or v'j tion the members of the local posts L1UI1 Lilt; IlieiXlUCl a Ul Hie lutai puavo lTllUcv Jiau icuiuvu isuiiic it on West Union street is going up rapidly. It is being built on the lot just south of "Lone Pine" and commands a wonderful view of the mountains. It will be one of the most beautiful homes on that street. i i ftflT take up the claims of these Instructive Address on EuroDe strange lands and among strange i wUt, xtfa nvomr. a -ii isiruCTive Aaaress on liurope me scnooi.

ah cordially invited. The school, under the management of Prof. Byrd and his able corps of teachers, is proerressincr fine nnl ihc been the legislative practice on prnh omc I a rrk at such measures on separate calls, but the proponents of the were able to produce opinions ptupics wcj win mm Liiembeives in familiPS in o-ettin? nron-many ridiculous situations. Mr. Pick- lammes in eewmS ProP i scholars are showing marked im- preciative Audience.

The graded school closed last Fri-' provement in their line of work nnH trns was piumiseu to ten oi uiese i o-o1 Supreme court to the effect day for a two weeks' holiday, to re- the patrons are well pleased with the open xn January 2nd. The out-of- present management. tion of disabled men will be ascertain- A number of Morganton people bura kiuuuu nub emuiawu may be prepared to laugh. ed through Legion post meetings, the enjoyed an address last Friday night I rtl nf 'n, town teachers have gone to their I Mary Giles is homp fnr th town teachers have gone to the Mis Mary Giles is home for the tUllMlLUUUliai 1C1JUUC111CUI, ic- titutionai requirement re- The Epworth league is to be con-! measure the peop igiving Morganton people an evenin- tl0ns' counlana omciais, ana, v. ri SnSS? in A- Florence Williams to.

Asheville; week, the Senate which cVS nil 1 necessary, through house-to-house of sociology and economics in Lmian Smith to pink Hm Mi The sucn Miss Lillian Smith to Pink Hill, Miss i There the debate in will be a Christmas tree at riT finni rCT rar? entertainment. ineen- work bV L-rion committees. State College for Women at Greens Mary Moore to Fonta Mora, Miss the Methodist and Baptist churches UTC Proceeds win go to tne league; 0 QflFQ1v. boro. Dr.

Lindeman has recentlv re- xiiikj iiub viiuiivj uii un as iouows and will be used largely in educa joiancn, iuiss Margaret eve night. Prof. Byrd, Shelby and Miss Elsie who is superintendent of the Baptist Shelbv and Miss Elsie who is sunerintendPnt nf nZtiZ Hanford MacNider, national com- turned from Europe where he has Anthony to the most protracted debates of tional work in Morganton. Music for the evening will be furnished by the violin quartet. mander of the Legion.

"It is the oeen studying conditions and nis gt Nebo M- Massen- Sunday school, will deliver an address 5 motion with jh observanee jf SSml man for another who Would exnect uieas uiscusseu.urupean uromems lJc ai00 i iuo oioici hi. xxbiaiiwaf to me civinzea world. juur Methodist brethren are also plan sessions were occasioned by two party divisions in the in? being followed by a lengthy i.e over a bill to extend the cor-ite limits of the town of Morgan-The proposed new area includes village of the Alpine mill, owned Erwin interests of Durham and inmg a pleasant evening to the chil IEW LUMBER CO LUDLOW OU PINT his buddies to remember him it the om fcucuuiugicai bianupoini, aim positions were reversed. It does not in tne mind oi his hearers a matter whether the disabled lad is more comprehensive -conception of a Legion man or not; it is a Christ- America's position the eyes of the mas greeting between exservice men." world. Dr.

Lindeman is considered one of I HAS mil ORplZED: ill was strenuously opposed on FOR NEWS-HERALD RECENT LAND TRANSFERS the State's most prominent sociolo- bound that the mill was estab- gists and the school and those from 21 years ago with the under dren of the Sunday school which is the purpose of the tree in both churches. I want just here to heartily commend the editor of The News-Herald the use of the word "Christmas," and not "Xmas." When we associate the birth of our Saviour with Christmas how can we afford to spell the word Xmas instead of Christmas? Very few if they would stop and think would not spell it anv other hnt pin? that the mill would never be town who heard him were very fortunate in having this opportunity given them. rcd to pay taxes for municipal Burke Lumber Co. Name of New Firm in Which Morganton Hardware Co. and Pitts Giles are Partners.

A New Machine Just Installed Increases Efficiency of Printing Plant; New Job Press Also Added. rses. nator Patton of Burke was join- J. C. McDowell to J.

W. Bingham, 25 acres in Morganton township. Andy Berry to George Bradshaw, lot in Lovelady township. Mary J. Avery and others to J.

El-wood Mitchell and L. A. Crawford, lot in Linville township. M. Milligan to R.

L. Mull, lot in Morganton. C. A. Poteet to Goodson and Dale, advocacy of the measure by or Squires, his Democratic col- Pitts hfivp mirrhaspd from i.i i Mr.

Wayne C. Waldrop, expert ma- HICKORY WILL ERECT LIBRARY It is announced that work of erecting the new Carnegie library building at Hickory will begin immediately after the holidays. The building will cost $17,000 and a special ibrary right way. the Senate voted 27 to Morganton Hardware Co. half in- With their Contention pvpct thnir lnmhpr hnQinP: nnrl fbp contract was in violation of rrn will Hp Vnnwn thp tax voted several years ago will pro policy and should be abrogated.

Semite also voted down an amend-offered by Senator Long of Ala- house and lot in Morganton. Burke Cumber Company, plans to do a lumber and builders' supply business on a greatly enlarged scale. As chinist and Ludlow erector, spent the Mr. W. D.

Pitts is having the inside past week in Morganton installing of his house painted by Mr. J. W. for The News-Herald a Ludlow Typo- Tallent, the town painter, graph equipment and giving special Mr. Garrison Clontz has been on instructions to Mr.

Fred Piercy in the the sick list for several days but is operation of the machine. With the improving. installation of this machine The Mr. George London, who recently News-Herald now has a newspaper came from Grace Hospital, is at the equipment that will compare favor- home of Mrs. London, his sister-in- Mrs.

Delia Denton and others to L. about a year for the institu- proposing to submit the ques- soon as material can be placed on the rs. lioiicK, 44 acres in silver creeK tion. It will have a main reading tf the citizens of the area af- township 1." bill as passed and now the governing the town limits is in follows: McK. Kincaid to Mary Kincaid, lot in Morganton.

McK. Kincaid to J. R. Clodfelter, trustee, a lot in Morganton. ably with any plant the medium- law.

Mr. is confined to his sized towns of the State. room and bed most of the time, his We have also placed an order for improvement, jf any, being slow. room, a children's room, reference alcove and librarian's room on the first floor and a lecture room in the basement. The lot was donated by Mrs.

J. Worth Elliott and her late husband. The building will be of red brick, with eight white columns in front, and, it is said, will be one of the neatest structures in Hickory. ct to amend Chapter 104 of the vate Laws of 1913 and Chanter W. C.

Ervin, executor, to George an additional job press with automat-1 night the children of the ic feeder, this giving us two complete ive a play, ground they will begin the erection of a large brick warehouse on what is known as the Laxton property on Green street. The front of the building will be used for offices and show rooms. Mr. Ivey McGimsey, an experienced lumber man, for many years foreman of the M. M.

T. will be in charge. The Morganton Hardware has been handling dressed lumber and builders' supplies for some time, having built a warehouse near the Morganton station. Pitts Giles have a large lum the Private Laws of 1917, xne tvifee ivien. iveryDody cordial- units in this line and an "open" press beins the Charter of the ly invited.

of Morrant.rm. Kanipe, 2 acres Quaker Meadows township. V. C. Ervin, executor, to Fons Duckworth, 22 acres in Quaker Meadows township.

P. O. Williams to J. H. Williams, acres in Lovelady township.

peneral Assembly of North Caro- Prof, and Mrs. Byrd and children will visit during the holidays his former home at Mt. Olive. VALDESE. for work that must be fed by hand in all three job presses.

With this new equipment in both departments we will be prepared to handle in a more satisfactory way our OYSTER SUPPER-DANCE BY AMERICAN LEGION There will be an oyster supper at Fraternity hall tonight at 7 p. given under the auspices of the a ao enact: '5ion 1. That Section Three of -'e One of Chanter 104 of the We stated in last week's items that F. A. Bower to Thos.

Earle, lot m. ber plant at Glen Alpme and have for Laws of onp thousand nine constantly increasing job and news- Dr. Charles Albert Tron was expect- vears conducted a big lumber busi- Morganton. 'American Legion. Immediately fol Continued on next page) ness in both rough and dressed mate- I E.

E. Wise to L. A. Jaynes, one paperwork, vv expect to Keep pace t-u io arrive in vaidese during the ii uritvo -naaAa nf tiio i week. Dr.

Tron has a'rrivpd. mmnr rial. The new building that is plan- i share in the estate of J. B. Jaynes.

ail 111 bllllC VV 11.11 Will. it vi. ned will accommodate a greatly en ASKED TO GIVE 0 WILSON FOUNDATION community in the way of a modern "cie uirecLiy irom vnicago, where he had been speaking in the interest of Waldensian church. Dr. Tron printing establishment.

LOWDERMILK'S WEATHER FORECASTS FOR JANUARY lowing the oyster supper at 9 p. m. there will be a dance. The admission to both attractions is $2.50 for stags and $3.00 for couples. The public is invited to be present and lend their aid and influence in making this occasion a success.

All ex-service men are especially urged to be present and enroll themselves in the American Legion. inn's: was the founder of the colony here at Valdese came here with the first larged local business. The company proposes to keep on hand a complete line of builders' materials everything needed in the building of a house. The new firm will begin business fwrta in MilKon Flnllnr settlers in iws and later in 1895 1, changeable and warmer; 2 and 1, cnangeaDie ana warmer; nuu Memorial to Wilson a. jvincaia, commissioner, to Western Carolina Power 281 acres in Lower Creek.

W. C. Ervin, executor, to L. H. Whisenant, SO acres in Quaker Meadows.

W. C. Ervin, executor, to F. P. Tate and E.

D. Alexander, house and lot in Morganton. Henkel-Craig Livestock Co. to S. W.

Branch, 3 tracts near Morganton. Morganton Housing Corporation to a i 3, high winds, local storms danger -of SdmV tour ft hfuStd earthquakes near the equator; 4 r.nd St Dr Tron ii a 5, cold north-west winds, snow on tf" eXl' i on January 1st. It will be a big addi January 10, in every State in tion to the business interests oi SCHOOL FOR DEAF TO opportunity will be part in the movement the mountains; 6 and 7, snow or rain, ed and be oved a a ppM Tvjivp? 10 and at home and HAVE WEEK'S VACATION no Woodrow Wilson Toun- lzv. ljt 19 i9 lor 3 sadness ami seif- MR. CANNON DIED AT CONCORD I At- 6 11 in I saennce at all times i cold IT For the first time since it was established the School for the Deaf will year some award W.

E. Powell, house and lot in Mor- snow, with high nds; 14 to 16, James W. Cannon, Concord's most U1S Siniinr rv trin Tvlrvh ill I tv AAlCtlljr lilCIlUO wave, high winds; 17 to -19, warmer, temperature 65 degrees; 20 to 22, rt prominent citizen arm generally iec- TraT, noy.c have a regular Uhnstmas vacation, or r7. 'ul JIa ognized as the greatest and. most i Mary Avery and fte to from Friday of this week and acquaintances, both Waldensians and Americans, are delitrhtprl tn i vl1" llcr successful cotton mill man in tha i MVCIdl 4U 111 n3til the Mon day after New Year, snow mountains; 23 and si, cold have him here for the Christmas sea- his horr.e in Conco-'d Ihe majority of the teachers will wave; ana zo, warmer; i aim Dr Tronwill snpnk tn puV rV lurr South, died at li Vs.

1 a llberal Monday night af PENSION MONEY ARRIVES t'i-'i throiurh iustice. spend the holidays at their homes' snow or ram; to di, cold lie in the Walden-ian church on WpH and more than one hundred of the temperature about normal; jnesdav December 8th at 7-0 ti cildren will be away. rainfall normal. and are most cordiallv invito! Carolina will be asked to The pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows for Burke county, are here, amounting to ncss. Death was caused by heart trouble.

Funeral services were held VVprlnprlnv nftprroon at 2 o'clock. I its quota of. 935,000 to- STORES TO BE CLOSED MONDAY hear him. He will bring a message from the other side of the deep that will be of interest to all. ij: llln(L The goal of the Concord business houses closing fori 505, There are two totally blind ('--cutive committee is an hour while the services were be- men on the list in a class to them- MR.

WALL GETTING BETTER It is most gratifying to many hlA Mr. rnnnnn hppamfl i two selves, eacn receiving sj.o per raonwi. friends and many interested citizens ITT 1 i i room but Daniels has accent-i weeks aero, and had left his to know that Mr. Herman Wall, who j' "Ll', VSDn It is. that practically all Morganton and business houses will be closed on Mondaythe 26th, with the exception possibly of a few grocery stores.

The day will be ob week he "airmanship of the State com- once since that time. Last mlv fninrpfi whpn hp owticsvme isiy mjurea wnen cpvorp -l-c- a was so serious! heart at- lx- opened in Raleitrh. and Was afflicted with severe was knocked from the fire truck last week, is recovering slowly but grad- is slowly convalescing. one! Viic hnrl hppn served generally as a holiday. I ljiij viic LUvivo ctii-t -v-v i i-ion for cach Countv in the ed almost hourly since Saturday af- There is only one lirst-class pensioner in the county, Mrs.

Sarah J. Lin-field; she receives $150 a year. Mr. N. L.

Chapman is the only second-classman, receiving $135 a year. Four third-class people receive $60 a year, and 102 old soldiers, 96 widows of the fourth class, receiving $60 a year. miallv. Hone is now confidently held i fl ''1C0S for the committee ternoon. WOMAN'S CLUB NEXT TUESDAY that he will recover.

He is at Grace iaieiirn. and T.np The Valdese Manufacturing Co. will close Friday noon and remain closed until the following Tuesday morning. This is the usual Christmas vacation. Mrs.

Susanne Bertalot and- family have moved in their new house. (Continued on eighth page) th'o from that city, sjstance of many promi- Hospital where he was carried immediately after the accident. Mr. Jones Howard, of Charlotte, is spending the week at his home here. i-d tK women who have MJl.

ALEXANDER POSTMASTER Among the announcements of nominations made yesterday of postmasters in this State was that of Mr. David W. Alexander, at Connelly Springs. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's club will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the New Theatre. All members are urged; to be present.

Mark Johnson, colored, died December 20th at his home near Drexel. He was 80 years of age. ss Christmas Seals. i.