Landmark, The (Newspaper) - March 18, 1929, Statesville, North Carolina on your paper and don't let subscription ex- THE on Me date your will be VOL. 55. N. MARCH NO. 81. Earl of S. Was Showing Group of Local Col- ored People How to Swing a Train When Things Began to Happen to Earl colored from S. had his right loot Eight Negroes In Court Five Found Guilty of Gambling and Patriotic Sons Receive Members Fined Each Costs and Three A group of eight local colored men were in the court this charged with First Eye Clinic Held Here Friday R. B. Gant Fails To Appear In Court 1110 4.UUlf 9 crushed while swinging a train at the ed with of the Jake station here Saturday afternoon about Willis Frank The negro was John Eucker and Haskel ed to Longs where his leg was amputated just above j 1.1. v fcj f Wade Allison and room Thursday were found not nol pros witb j and John B. leave was entered as to Carlton feeing received as new and the were each being fined and Impressive Initiation Features ly Meeting of Local Camp day An impressive initiation featured the weekly meeting of the local camp j Lawyer Sneaks at of the P. 0 S. of held in house Under Auspices of Object is to Examine Every Child Temporary Injunction Restraining the It is understood that Suber is ployed as laborer for the Southern Railway having apparently stopped off to take in Standing by the side of the with group of local colored Suber is said to have been giving his friends a demonstration in the art of I Sentence was changed in the case against Andrew who had pre- been adjudged guilty of trans- porting and possessing transporting the defendant drew a term of four months on the for prayer for judgment was continued for two years on payment In the case against Luther a m urt ui h d lar myer for catching a moving He u was on payment all according to witnesses but Jf fh t lost his grip and being caught in some way and dragged for 50 to 75 feet before the train was brought to a When removed from der the freight the negros foot L. P. Anderson entered a plea of guilty to possessing liquor and paid a fine of and the Lonnie charged trans- porting and plead ed upon and accepted During the business session a ber of talks were made concerning the increased activity of the local With Defective Eyes and Prescribe Under Auspices of Chamber of Commerce and Lions The first eye clinic under the auspices of the Statesville Chamber istic Club 1 auspices 01 me Mr. W. of ad- of Commerce and the Lion's club was dressed a large audience of men and conducted Friday afternoon in the of- Several candidates were women at the courthouse Sunday of the Chamber of Commerce by pon and accepted at 3 speaking under Dr. R. R. Goad of the the auspices of the T. Evangelistic Mr. F. H. Wall presided in the ab- sence of the Mayor J. E. A special composed The song service was led bi 111 1 t TT t M f was found to be He was not but the verdict of the ed to the hospital for immediate at- court was Sentence had not MRS. D. K. HOKE DIES IN CHAMBERSBURG been passed at the morning BOYS GET RIDE ON FIRE Messrs. Hugh G. H. D. Junius R. L. N. S. Sharp and Grier was pointed by President N. N. Smoot to have charge of the meeting of the camp which is being planned for next Thursday State President G. Mitchell gave a report on the national called meeting of the order which was held at March 9, the after which eral other short talks were Among those speaking were the ly initiated members and President N. N. MAJOR PATTERSON RETURNS FROM TRIP Mr. A. J. Mr. Albert secretary of the read the names of team leaders and schedule of services to be held each night this week at Front Street Presbyterian with members of the Stephens Evangelistic Club in Mr. J. A. B. of announced the district meeting of Evangelistic clubs to be held at Mooresville Tuesday evening at 6.30 Mr. H. P. presented Mr. the speaker of the after- i that Mr. a native of Death Follows Critical Illness of i Glenn Holton and Leonard Sherrill Three And Inter- Arrested in Connection With False ment in Catawba Mrs. Martha Isabel wife of he belongs to Iredell ancl only got the out of Mr. Feimster relating the story of the resurrection as told in the last chapter of St. Mark's used as his text the 201h they went preached D. K died Saturday after- at 3 o'clock at her home in Chambersburg Fire Alarm Holton to Mayor's Court Under About o'clock Saturday after- when an alarm was turned in from Box No. 15, at the corner of Bost and Stockton members lowing three critical i i i The funeral and interment took the local place this afternoon at 2 o'clock only to find that rm He and Sergeant Explain Citizens Training Camps to Young Men of Ashe and Watauga Filling Up Mayor R. B. Patterson and geant Jacob Schneider returned them to and Hls Thursday evening from a 3oO mile TTe to The object of the clinic is to ex- amine the eyes of every child in dell county who has defective eyes and to prescribe the proper Every Friday during spring these clinics will be held until all children have been examined and if any treatment is necessary it will be The object of the Lion's club is to assist those with defective On the committee from that are Rev. T. L. Oscar Mills and Bailey T. These three in conjunction with Dr. R. R. worked out the details for the The room of the Commerce was offered by Bailey Groome as place for these clinics and was ly taken advantage of by the Lions Dr. Davis informed the committee that perhaps from 20 to 25 percent of all school children's are de- Defendant from Erecting Filling Station on Davie Avenue Continued Until Final The temporary injunction signed by Judge W. F. Harding the 26th of 1929, restraining R. B. Gant from erecting a filling station or store building on the corner of Davie avenue and Green con- in force until the final according to a decree signed by Judge Harding here Saturday The R. B. having failed to appear here the 15th of 1Q29, as he was required in the court it was dered and adjudged that the ing order heretofore granted and the same is in full force and effect to the hearing in this No time was set for the final ing in the So far Mr. Gant has filed no answer to the order sued on the 26th of last MRS. MILTON DIES IN CALLES MOVING 10 and that about 90 to 95 Passes Suddenly at the Age of Funeral Held from tist Mr. Robert H. of D. was in Statesville en route to where that Jesus had risen and commanded t. A i j that He had gone to as trip by motor through i He the angel Ashe and Watauga counties d peter in the he was Fourteen High schools and the s f you and the i diagnose all cases before the end of Normal School in the school term if in order cent of these can be corrected proper j No especial institution is l the children's parents will be told what is wrong and they may then take their children wherever they care to for the It was thought advisable to Catawba the service being conducted by Rev. Dr. J. D. I of ji Mrs. Hoke was 51 years old was Getting were At each school the ad- vantages of the summer Mr. Feimster gave the workers of that during the months op- A V 1J J J Wi The local evangelistic club much en- and other treatment can be m the matter of Citizens Military Training camps telling them that Slven while the children are out of 11 i 4-n rr wi ion as to the origin of the were explained to the young men over 17 years of Chief C. L. Gilbert and his located in that 11 f i. -o T T loaded them on the trucks and brought of High Point Misses Inez lone h fi head rters f e and Leone and Mr. H. M. at The boys i i i were only out the divine command as given in the Friday afternoon half a dozen .AT Major Patterson reports that Ashe an and earnest dren came to the clinic and were ex- and Watauga counties have already filled their that Iredell ty has sent in the names of nine Catawba She is also sur by six of FIRE AUTO Fred Carlton's Catches Fire ter Collision With Statesville Oil Company Truck Firemen guish a collision of Fred tons Buick touring car with one of the Statesville Oil Company's trucks at the intersection of Western Avenue and in front of Mi. W. A. the touring car fire and the alarm was turned in about 3 The promptly responded to the call and quickly extinguished the blaze by the use of a can of Both the truck and the touring car Bringing a little fire secured an ad- mission from the Holton youth that their quota of 18 but that and Wilkes counties are The quota for these counties is 56, of number 30 places have been The trip was not very pleasant as he was the one who pulled the little It all four days and lever in the box at the corner of the Mas bad Bost and Stockton Holton was required to a bond for his 1 Special Session of Mayor's During a special session of the Young was to at the court as a material in the 1 appeal for a of the lives of every one on altar of TROUTMAN PLAY SCORES SUCCESS of a Dr. Davis has installed several dred dollars worth of expensive ment and the examinations will not only be thorough but will be com- plete in every in Three Well Received by a BOYS BREAK INTO Large Audience at Troutman Before a large and intensely inter- ested audience at the Troutman School auditorium Saturday night SCHOOL BUILDING Avery Sherrill School Ransacked day Night but Nothing is he was called by the death of his Mrs. Martha Adeline Mrs. McNeill died Thursday at the age 82. Her death was though she had been in bad health for several Mrs. McNeill is survived by her Rev. Milton erly clerk of S court in Wilkes county and HOAV deputy clerk of the States district and the following sons and Mr. Robert H. prominent lawyer of Mr. J. M. of Mrs. John R. Jones and Mrs. Salhe J. of Mrs. Mattie C. of Mrs. C. C- of Mrs. America of and Mrs. J. B. of The funeral service was held day morning at the Wilkesboro tist church and interment in people in Wilkesboro to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Brown and Mrs. Hugo and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Pre- vette and Mr. Prevette is a Entry Made by Shattering grandson of Mrs. Back The Avery the new Af defendants MISS CLAIBORNE High School faculty ed by several players from the Public school building in South f offered a comedy play centered about was broken into Friday 01 tragedy in three The play was nothing was missed after acted tlie characters was made this AT BROAD STREET found guilty of being intoxicated Instructive nnd in Chinese Mission wreck and the blaze almost the Buick to the firemen Mr. Harry S. Redfern Dies at S. C. Makes Interesting and Talk on the Conditions Miss Elizabeth of was formerly en- gaged in work in the Chinese mission field under the spices of the Southern Methodist church addressed the congregation of Broad Stieet Methodist church day In case the defendants are un- to raise the fines and costs they are to be to the county roads for a 30-day Mr. Harry S. 25, who had Miss Claiborne made a most inter- warehouse in the local j and instinctive talk on the office of the Railway Chinese people and the conditions in for the past two or three the Chinese mission She ing left Statesville February 1, for S. where he meant to take work for the died at his Tiome in Inman his death an illness with heart trouble and His body laid Members of Iredell Board of years head of departmental courses in a Methodist school in China and has had wide experience in educational work to rest in his home city tion Appointed A dispatch from State Farm Feeds Beef Cattle as Ex- ried the names of members of boards Mr. F. T. superintendent of education of the 100 counties of of the Piedmont Experiment the as approved by the has shipped a carload of 28 head of fat beef of the grade short j The members of the Iredell board horn to Va. These of education S. H. F. cattle were fattened this season on the going in at an average of 900 pounds and finishing at an age of pounds The price was 11 1-2 cents per Mr. R. Long Preaches at First Presbyterian Rev. R. Long filled the pulpit at the First Presbyterian church B. D. L. J. T. Smith ancl T. 0. each for the term of two Northcutt Eh Is Secretary Wilbur's March Wilbur today appointed Northcutt Eli of New York as executive ant to the secretary of the Mr. who has been associated with dav a splendid I a lork Iaw IS a native of Several days ago Mr. Wilbur pointed E. W. Los Angeles as his other executive On account of the Dr. was unable to conduct the Sunday The evening service was Dr. friends will be glad to know that his condition today shows some Renn Thompson Arrested on Liquor Charges Police officers placed Renn son under arrest Saturday night on a charge of possessing liquor for the purpose of The officers report two pints on the person of the defendant and several pints in his Thompson was bound over to the Mayor's court tonight under a Anderson Bratcher Charged With Beating His Anderson a living in the Sunnyside was arrested by Deputy Sheriff R. G. Watts Saturday night on a charge of beating his Bratcher went to in default of Dutch Lunch Burglarized Saturday Night The Dutch Lunch on Front street was burglarized Saturday night and about in money taken the The robber Centered through the rear after the screen had been This Year Has 5 Inches Excess of Rainfall Up to the 16th, there was f slightly more rain thin is due for the Mr. J. O. Lee Will Lead Prayer entire month of according to ihe records of Mr. F. have now ice for Mr. J. O. Lee will lead the prayer service for men at the jail to await Haywood Smith and Tom col- 01 ed charged with breaking into Holland's pressing club and re- moving three suits of were bound to Iredell Superior court under bonds in the sum of They went to jail in default of the ed Smith admitted in the or's court that he entered the pressing club and took the Gibbs de- nied having to do with it. E. L. Marshall May Not Be Only Stokes Man March L. Stokes county was re- cently fleeced of by a fake eye may not be the only Stokes county farmer who has suffered when once most of these well to do farmers fail to let the lic know of their predicament until of a of the Hudson River according to information given out by police building was through and superb back after the glass in the play in every sense of the The fiad been The office plot of the play cleverly worked desks in nearly all the rooms were and member the but there was nothing portrayed his or ber character Ime in J so far as has been an entertaining The housebreaking the work of Brown as a negro of the police de- Viola an adopted following an in- Pauline McCallum as Rests j a two-faced Edwin Kyles Burt Agnes i MANAGER ROBINSON Stenhouse as Mrs Watson as a lively Paul HAS BEEN PROMOTED Supervisor for Simplex as a busy Sam I C. T. Brown as Orren as Royal and Oscar Succeeds Him as Local ager for Western Mr. C. T. of S. ton as Jim appointed manager of the or as an Italian con- the cast and each played his or her part in an excellent The stage setting was furnished through the courtesy of the Nash Furniture Company of this city Western Union Telegraph office in Mr. who has been local manager for a number of has been promoted to the position of The scene of the plav is laid in the 1 simplex supervisor for the territory the automatic telegraph room of the Barry are including home on the Hudson The e un too or not at It is a com- act on an evening in the and High to make of mon habit to keep such Thf 1S a i for fear they will be made the third butt of a ioke Place three months later TTT T As a county farmers than Slave are slow to the hooks of such one of vital interest to March 18. The dream but when they do they of a pretty 17-year-old Charlotte girl seldom tell therefore the loss is of a brilliant career on the stage or is never known When the fake was brought to a sordid tor called on Mr. at his the man who The is held in breathless emotion out the play what will take The plav has a light running all through it. It has com- romance and tragedy in it a play of outstanding Miss Isabell Stroupe and Miss the loss of the had the sympathy of his neighbors and all of the and when the money was returned to they re- equally with Suit Decided in Favor of The jury's verdict in Iredell up rior court late in the case' the The drama wouW Grier Lowrance Construction Company vs. Winston Salem Wo v nal uas decided in favor of New the amount Davidson Debaters Defeat Wake For- est. W. W. charged with violation of the Mann act. The Elise of Thorn a suburb of this was held as a material witness in the was m a local net the latter of this un- j as a waitress and some der whose supervision the plav an acquaintance deserve a great deal of who to be con- and credit for their unceasing evidently was led to believe of evidently was led to believe that she had possibilities as an actress and several days ago she and Scott The girl's mother and her heart raised the question as to er Scott was married and decided to set out in pursuit of the pair and plus ten per being ed. The defendant company gave no- tice of appeal to the Supreme Shuford Drug Co. in Hands of Re- Colored With Deputy Sheriffs J. P. Honeycutt and R. G. Watts arrested two L. T. Anderson and Lev near the Southern station Saturday night for having in their possession Several Settled in Court In Superior court Friday afternoon the in the case of J. Flay ico against the Roysters found that the defendant was ed to the in the sum of 34 and that the plaintiff is in- to the on account of as alleged in in the sum of In the case entitled Lonnie G. son vs. Pan American Life Insurance the defendant agreed to pay a sum satisfactory to the the plaintiff took a voluntary and by the ant was taxed the The in the case of P. M. ger against George Ketchie anu George answered to the the defendants indebted to the The decree of was that the plaintiff is entitled to recover of the defendant the sum of and in- terest from August 1, 1923, in the action entitled J. 0. vs. Statesville Lumber Just before of court Saturday afternoon about 1 the case entitled P. P. executor of C- A. et al vs. Mary E. J. A. and was when the jury returned the answer to the the writing in evidence as Exhibit A the last will and testament of C. A General Insurgent is Showing No Disposition to Retreat Victory in First Skirmish Get Into road Bridge Burned To Prevent Escape Of Stiff rebel opposition and heavy fighting was in prospect today as powerful federal armies converged from four directions on the insurgent stronghold of General federal notified the government that he was moving to attack force and expected to occupy the city by Tuesday General was showing no disposition to and instead reported in the first skirmish with the ing Taking the initiative the rebels at- tacked two federal columns at Sail Pedro Sunday and claimed to have in- Several thousand men took in the en- gagement in which 200' were reported The rebels claimed the cap- ture of Saturday Sunday in Torreon were marked by federal which left four known and many wounded in their aerial combat in the history of J can revolutions followed the insurgent plane taking the air against the invaders but off. One federal flier was down by rebel T Insurgent troop the long would be in Torreon but in the suburb of Gomez three miles which provides better natural defense A decisive clash was expected the government as a federal ment reported the destruction of. an important railroad bridge from reon to off the only avenue of for the should they meet Troop activities In North indicated that the precautions against eraV attack from which is loyal to the j PRESENT MUSICALE TUESDAY Mr. Zeb Vance Mr. the man's intentions W. B. of the The result was the ar- spent Thursday here with rest yesterday and the lodging of the Long's Mr. and Mrs. Z. charges against Long. They were en route to Nash Furniture Co. Plans Expansion Rents First and Second Floors of Ad- joining Building from Piedmont Company Which Has Re- served Front The Nash Furniture Company plans the immediate expansion of its having rented the first and ond floors of the adjoining building on West Broad street from the mont Baking with the ex- ception of the front portion which will be continued as the Piedmont Baking Company's sales Work on the eling began The renovation will include a new a connecting door between the two buildings and the addition of a rest The changes will mean the addition of square feet of floor space to the Nash Furniture Company's Morris on East represented Davidson Coir closed about 12 o'clock The assets of the company have been placed in the hands of Mr. Robert A. for the benefit of the in debates Tuesday and day Mr. Long and Mr. McGuire spoke Wednesday at Wake on the affirmative side of the debate on we nave now prayer service lor men at the Mr. and W. W. Veach are est. Tui inches excess of rain this I ber of Commerce office Tuesday moving from Boulevard to 520 Davie so Mr. ing from 8 to the abolition of the jury i a small quantity of Anderson Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Veach Move winning unanimously over Wake filed bond for his appearance in the Mr. and W. W. Veach are est. Tuesday night they argued thd court Bond same subject went to jail in default of the required losing to State The Piedmont Baking Company will continue to maintain its up town re- tail sore in the front of the building now used for that Aunt Of Mrs. J. H. Lamb Dies In Mrs. J. H. Lamb was called to Charlotte Saturday on account of the death of her Miss Mattie Miss Gillerand died early Saturday morning at her home in MacDowell Music Club ed by Mr. Howard rus of 150 Children to er The MacDowell Music assisted Mr. Howard Winston and Tsy a chorus of 150 children from the city present a musicale in Hall Tuesday evening at to all the music lovers of the community are following interesting program will be Sketches of the City don Balch J a. The City from Afar Off. b. On the c. The d- Urchin Whistling in the e. In Busy f. Miss Amy Volga Boat Folk The Bell Evening Prayer in MacDowell Club The Nightingale Miss Virginia Largo from the World MacDowell Club School Children's Organ and Miss Margaret Miss Virginia The Summer The Mr. Howard Song of MacDowell Club 3 Several Hundred Strikers Picket Streets in March eral hundred picketed streets and highways leading to the American Glanzstoff and the American rayon turing About 205 employees all entered the plant through fields in tho rear today and went to work but com- pany officials said fully 40 percent of the Bamberg employees failed to report this Roscoe Summers Locked Up On Double f Roscoe charged with being intoxicated and operating a car while under the influence of was locked up by cers Saturday night Summers was later released under bond for his in the Mayor's court The defendant's arrest by police cers followed a wreck on East Davie Avenue Cotton New March tures opened barely March 21.00; May 20.93; July 20.40; 20.23; December
