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"Who Is Fred Morgan?" Here Is Answer To Often Asked Question story mark him as a gifted writer of Hawkeye's camera and has By GEORGE WEAVER and one with definite possibil- illustrated quite a few of his You hear the noise of a busy ities. His vocabulary is excellent stories of his own taking. typewriter clattering out its let- | and through the use of th|? dicHe was married April 4, 1951 ters, line after line. If you are tionary he keeps it growing. to Miss Isabelle Griffin of Alin the front of the Stanly News bemarle and they have a home Native of Stanly and Press office you will probon Pennington road. Fred is a native Stanly county ably see the operator of that typewriter sitting with his back man, born at Big Lick November toward you, unmindful of any- 15, 1926, the son of C. C. Morgan thing except the story he is writ- and Elizabeth Springer Morgan. ing and perhaps the dictionary He attended school at Central on the table with his type- elementary in Albemarle and wast graduated from Aquadale in § writer. 1943. From this typewriter, however, following year he went in-1 have come some of the,best fea- to The service, joining the Navy. His I ture stories ever given readers entire navy career was spent on I of the Stanly News and Press however. He took boot 1 and each week' come numerous land, training at Jacksonville and re-1 queries to the paper of "Who is mained at Daytona Beach, Fla., I Fred Morgan?" the remainder of his 26 months I I That question might be an- in service. His specialty was the j swered in many different ways. repair of airplane propellors. To those of us who work at the Proof of the fact that Fred pre-1 newspaper office, Fred is a re- fers civilian life is the fact that I tiring young man, with reddish he did not re-enlist after being I hair, which he has had cut crew discharged in March, 1946. In I Style since warm weather arriv- September of that year he start- I ed. Before the haircut his hair ed work with the State Highway £ has a distinct curl. He says very department and he remained T little but goes about his work with them until October, 1951. j conscientiously and with' a gen- His official duties with the de- J uine effort. partment included the putting J Usually a person can express up of signs at designated points | himself better in speech than in along the highways, and mark- J writing. Fred says he is exact- ing the center lines down the I ly the opposite and prefers to say roads. Fred had been intrigued with I what he wants to by way of the idea of writing ever since his I the typewriter. He has a slightly smaller than school days. While toying with I medium build, somewhat ruddy this idea he decided to take a. I complexion, and has a soft voice course by correspondence from J| which' he never raises either in the Newspaper Institute of j anger, or display of enthusiasm. America. While taking the His ability to use^words and to course he began to write short'* everyday make them for an interesting feature articles on things of which he knew here in Stanly county. His first published story ran in the Stanly News and Press and was about the "Yellow Hornet", the road marking machine made by the division highway workers. This was about two years ago. The young writer has investigated and uncovered numerous interesting stories in the months he has been with the newspaper. Much reader interest has been shown and he has fitted naturally into the scheme of things here at the office. He never makes much noise, except with his typewriter, but always manages to have some copy jl ready for the typesetters. He has i also become interested in the use/
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S ? ™ J « I ^ 2 T J I 0 5d eNs^i Tn—e dA h S W ' f a 8 t < m d e « W « » t highway strip marker dubbed the "Yellow' n,i« ™«? " ' 6 0 "»d assembled of the State Highway garage here, and the new maS S S w ^ S " ^ P f 0 ™o s™ * fve« other types, is now in use. Shown above, the contraption is le 5 2 ^ m , t o £ ? J L 2 E17 Sr Y automobilev chassis./s*rip'is laid by air paint guns, and the machine d sp ns s X S i . £ J , > ^ 2 . * ^e Sl t*a t le mt hlw P»*««tt e blocks to the freshly painted strip. F. T. Adams, head «™ ,?.?£ * £ . ^ » « y 9 « a g e here, designed and made the strip marker in co-opera! I X t T J vJ£ ™ g a r a g e P ? r s o n n e l - M r - Adams is shown standing at rear of machine, whilPtfw ! —Staff Photo. { pilot is Fred Morgan, and the gunner (center) is J. D. Yow.
'Yellow Hornet' Is New Division Highway Line Painting Machine The Skipper is called the pointer and is movPerhaps you have wondered able. It is controlled by the operator from the rear. The driver how the gaps are so evenly spackeeps the pointer always on the ed in the broken white line seen left edge of the line he is follow- on U. S. 52 and N. C. 27 in Staning. The spray gun, mounted in ly county. This is accomplished a fixed position back of the rear by the "Skipper", which does axle, is in perfect alignment with the job automatically. the pointer when the pointer is The Skipper consists of a comset in the central position. How- pact set of reduction gears hookBy FRED T. MORGAN ever, on an elevated curve the ed by a flexible cable to a wheel gun will not follow directly over which rolls on the pavement. A Did you ever see a funny look- the old line if some adjustment is roller, connected to an air valve, ing splash of yellow go dashing not made. So the operator shifts presses against a rotating offset through town or moaning along his pointer, thereby causing the cam plate that cuts the valve on the highway somewhere? If you driver to alternate his position and off in regular succession. The have, and were stumped as to until the gun is properly focused. mechanism is designed to paint what to call it, then you've seen Close cooperation is necessary be- fifteen feet and skip twenty-five, the Yellow Hornet. and it seldom varies. It can be tween driver and operator. You've heard of the Green HorThe spray gun slants backward made inoperative simply by flipnet. Well, this is the story of between two hollow, adjustable ping a valve or by hoisting the thfe unique Yellow Hornet. metal plates which expel a steady traction wheel. What is it? Essentially it's a stream of air, forming Usually the line is solid at air machine that paints the traffic curtains that prevent the paint danger points, broken elsewhere. lines in Stanly and neighboring from splattering, and hence With the aid of the "bead discounties. From ftointer to block cleave a clean edge on the line. penser", another attachment, the chute it's an en-tanglement of Four men generally comprise versatile Hornet puts' down relevers, wires, hoses and gauges. the traffic line crew. Two are flectorized line. The bead disIts gawky appearance does not necessary on the supply truck penser, a small two-wheeled opusually provoke swooning ef- Which accompanies the Hornet. ject towed close behind the Hotfects, but wherever it travels, Let's go out on the job and see net and directly over the line, has through swarming cities or bleak just how the crew operate: an agitator that forces tiny round county hills, people turn' and glass beads out a narrow slit "in First a big sign is placed bestare. side the road, near where the the bottom of a hopper. The tiny, But don't caU it gangly or line commences, to inform motor- beads imbed themselves in the •Wkward- looking, or criticize it ists of what's going on. Another body of the paint, and after a too overbearingly'in the presence sigh is taken to the opposite end little wear, shine brilliantly unof the fellows who built it, and of the work area to warn on- der your headlights at night. What contrivances* are yet to who use it. They have for it the coming traffic. same tender care that a child The tank on the Hornet is load- be installed upon the Hornet no gives his pet. The driver frowns ed and a supply of blocks put on one knows. But with the changif you sit upon his seat, and the board. After the speedometer ing of traffic line painting techoperator growls if you monkey mileage is jotted down, the boys niques, the boys rest assured that with his "instalments". line up on the old line and "lay whatever the future requirements it" down the road amid the hiss may be, the Hornet can be rigBest Paint Machine Btlll in knee pants, the Hornet of the spray and the raucous ged to accommodate them. is a vast improvement over its droning of the air copmressor. A In the years ahead, indubitably predecessor, the ancient Austin. black-lettered sign attached to the Hornet will come to be taken In fact the boys claim it's the the rear df the machine says: for granted. The tender' spirit of best paint machine in the state, SLOW, PASS ON RIGHT- Reguar- comity shown it now will vanish, perhaps even in the nation. To ly, the operator wt>rks a lever and it will suffer abuse and deappreciate the machine you will which kicks out red blocks on the gradation. But you can't faze it now. Even have to see it, observe it in op- wet line. The blocks are to preeration, and learn of its creation. vent motorists from crossing or in its infancy, the Hornet is developing a personality as definite - The past year saw the last of driving upon the line. When the paint is exhausted,' as that of a human being. L-thte old archaic Austin paint mafellows don't refer to it as p chine which had given over sfet- the Hornet pulls off the road and a The machine, but speak to it like teen years of continual service. the mileage ascertained. The speaking to a comrade. The grey-bearded, rhumatic vet- truck comes up and a fresh "Feel like cruising over about eran of the line was shoved into charge of paint and blocks is Charlotte this morning, Hornet?", obscurity to make way for a loaded aboard the machine. All the driver may ask when he goes modern machine. Space won't is ready for another shot. to get the machine early some Usually by this time the line is morning. permit the enumeration of the And he says that the dry where paint was first applied, many fables and myths surroundHornet pretty nigh rears up on its so the truck goes back and the ing the old Austin, but get a trafhind wheels and yelps joyously. fic line man to talking about it men bring up the sign and the This summer, if you see the sometime, and he'll spin yarns blocks. Hornet cruising juantily down One man rides a seat hitched the that will hold you wide-eyed. road, followed or preceded by low on the left rear corner of the What would replace It? Higha brown truck, you'll know that way officials conferred, investi- truck body and gathers the the traffic line crew is roaring blocks at a speed seldom exceedgated, and attended paint maoff for another day's painting chine demonstrations. Still they ing twenty miles per hour. Of adventure. course he misses a few. were unimpressed. However, sevSometimes when there's a long And too, the boys have a reeral paint machines of good restretch of road ahead, helpings quest to make. If you come upon pute were secured for trial of paint and blocks are set out them engaged in their line work, periods. All proved unsatisfacover and pass with a safe tory because they could not meet beside the road, at pie-determin- veer and they will apprecithe high standards insisted upon ed intervals, to be picked up by clearance, ate it very much. the Hornet. This expedites the by the local authorities* whole process* '., -£"'%* ..... Subsequently, they examined to 20 Miles A Day small vehicles including the Jeep, The 15 painting speed of the Horfne Crosley, and the French net averages approximately seven Renualt, which, possibly, might or eight miles hour. Fifteen be converted into a paint ma- to twenty milesper of painted line is chine. The Crosley appeared best considered a good day's work. suited for the purpose, and one Laying the initial line on rewas purchased, minus the body. And from the bare chassis rail surfaced roads involves a much there arose the concoction which slower process. Here another today awaits April to rise from weird contraption, the marking its winter hibernation and lend machine, is used. Its angle-iron color to the highways of the triangular frame grotesquely resembles the Wright Brothers' first Seventh Division once more. airplane. It is operated by one Ideas Pooled All ideas, suggestions and con- man, and usually towed behind ceptions were pooled and con- the Hornet. densed 'into one workable plan. Only on straight-edged roads The painting equipment, consist- can the marker be used successing primarily of the air compres- fully. It is equipped with a sor, the paint tank, and the spray- pointer and steering gear similar ing apparatus, was strategically to the Hornet. An adjustable bar, placed to evenly distribute the supported by a small wheel, juts weight, to attain the balance out to the center of the road. Near the wheel, at the approxinecessary for good work. mate position where the actual Much work was done and re- line will lay, a copper tube emits done. Many obstacles were overfaint stream of paint which come. And though they tried to acomes through a hose from a avoid them, many features of the small container. The driver must old Austin were used. diligently follow the road edge There was no verbose, high- if the resulting mark is sufficientbrow christening ceremony upon ly straight to be used. its completion — just a mere After a road is marked, the "Well, boys, let's take it out and Hornet makes the return trip see if It works." painting the actual line, the It worked. But it still under- driver Ingeniously eliminating goes alterations from time to all kinds and incongruous quirks time as the fellows get new ideas, of the fickle mark. t i t e r the machine was adorned Where the marker cannot be With a glossy coat of bright yellow and thereafter affectionately used, the road is measured, and a blue chalk made in the center. called the "Yellow Hornet". truck pulls up several hunTwo men man the Hornet—the The feet, the road measured, and driver* who is responsible for the dred mark made. A cord is straightness of the line, and the another tightly between the two operator, who, among other stretched and held at each end unthings, tends the spray, shifts the points a man's foot. When *the Horpointer, and kicks out blocks. der net paints* up to the far end, the How It Works man releases the cord and In front of the machine on the read walking up, depositing' left side, there protrudes a nar- starts as he goes, to repeat the row piece of flat metal with two blocks same arduous process over and short, thin vertical strips projecting upward near the end. This over.
Odd-Looking Vehicle Was Built Locally
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STANLY NEWS AND F\ STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
Guy Moose Has Not Missed Sunday School In Over 20 Years At First Presbyterian — By FRED T. MORGAN
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Members of the First Presbyterian church in Albemarle re.cently honored one of their faithful members, Guy H. Moose, for his singularly outstanding record of attendance at Sunday school. Mr. Moose, a well-known dairyman and farmer, known to m a n y townfolk merely a s "the milkman", lives about three miles south of town on the Norwood road and has in November of this year, completed twenty years of perfect attendance at the Jim | Harris Bible class. Mr. Moose, who reached the half a hundred mark in age on November 12, is an elder of his church and has been a member there since several years prior | to the beginning of his attendance record. He h a s often been asked how he h a s managed to keep such a perfect record. He smiles, his GUY H. MOOSE eyes light up, and in his amicable way his answer goes something up until his induction i n t o / t h e like this: "God h a s given me life and a healthy body to go with it. army. A m a n of strong religious conHe has promised to go with me wherever I go." He lets m e live victions and undying faith, Mr. and prosper from day to day. All Moose unfalteringly sets about t h a t I have entrusted to me be- to add another year to his Sunlongs to Him. The very least I day school attendance record can do in appreciation for all this and to complete another year of service to his milk cusis to be present to worship every steady tomers. Sunday morning in His house." At Preaching, Too Only a few Sunday morning preaching services-at his church have been missed by him. Probably not over a half dozen, he says. And these absences were oh occasions when he took his wife to her home church up near Mt. Pleasant. Procrastination and just plain I laziness in people are the r e a - 1 sons for most of the vacant pews I in our churches on Sunday morn- | ings, he believes. Mr. Moose pasteurizes the milk I in his dairy every other m o r n - § ing which falls on every oth- § er Sunday and necessitates t h a t I he arise at 3:15 in order to get I his work finished before time for I Sunday school. On week days I he gets up around 4:15. Never, he I says, since he h a s been in the I dairy business, have the f i r s t ! crimson rays of the rising sun I caught him in bed. Today Aquadale has approxi-" Another remarkable record I mately eight stores and business I compiled by Mr. Moose is that of | establishments. There is a large 26 years on his milk route in A l - 1 feed and exchange mill, a seed bemarle with only two or three I cleaning and grading plant, a absences. These two or three I cotton, gin, the Lanning Hosiery Ldays he missed when his young | mill, which is temporarily out of || son, Kenneth, died about five >' operation, and a lumber plant operated by S. J. and J. R. years ago. Greene. The McSwain brothers Collections Good operate a cabinet shop in which Lots of folks, Mr. Moose says, they manufacture windows and complain that the majority of doors and other household furpeople will lie, cheat, and beat nishings to use in their home contheir way out of just debts. But struction work. 1 not so for him. In all of his more Aquadale was once the center t h a n 26 years in the business, he for a big pulp wood and crosstie has not lost over $50 from the I exporting business, but at prescustomers on his milk route. He ent the volume of trade in these \ reports t h a t many of the customitems has dwindled. A large per| ers have paid him when they centage of the working populacould have skipped it without tion commute to others towns his knowing. He maintains a and work in the factories. A i great faith in humanity grave need of the little town, as I He and his son, Verne, pres-1 voiced by some inhabitants, is e n t l y ' milk a herd of about 25 that of a postoffice. The old postcows at his dairy. They have office was discontinued in 1925. a number of acres on the farm Nevertheless, there is an optimisunder cultivation and raise their | tic outlook for Aquadale, accordI own feed and grain. Another I ing to its old citizens. They beI son, Gene, aided them in the work lieve that it will keep on developing and prospering with the vears.
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mile away. Some of the early settlers and business men of the! Village were C. J. Simpson, W. H. Bivins, L. L. and A. C. Carpenter, H. L. Greene, and W. T. Brazenton. W. T. Brazenton, who had operated a big hotel at i Rocky River Springs, came to i Aquadale when decay set in at J the springs and built a large | By FRED T. MORGAN 20-odd room hotel on a knoll \ There was no Aquadale when overlooking the settlement. His failed to flourish as he |] the famous Rocky River Springs business had anticipated and soon he was was in its heyday and attracting •forced to close his elaborate distinguished men and women building. Brazenton also began from all parts of the state to a brick manufacturing plant in come and drink of its healing wa- Aquadale which made brick for ters. There were no hard sur- many structures in the town and for homes around in the country. faced roads, no electricity, no Some of the stores constructed telephones, few automobiles, and with his brick are still in use tothe railroad had not yet reached day. its route through that country. Presbyterian School. When the iron horse did come Brazenton later sold his hotel into the country, it brought more to a group of Presbyterians who visitors, to the depot and from renovated the building and foundthere to the hotels arid-cottages ed a farm life school for orphansurrounding the springs. With age boys. The Presbyterians orthe years, however, the modes of ganized a church of their faith transportation changed, and the and enlarged the orphanage to || festivities at the resort declined. contain a school and chapel. The Soon a few dwellings were built boys who were afforded refuge at around the depot and subsequent- the institution worked a goodly t h e postoffice moved up from sized farm which had been added Rocky River Springs. to the holdings by the zealous and But the place had to have a industrious founders. W. H. Belk name, the postal authorities in- of Charlotte headed the school sisted. What was it to be called? for about four years before it was They offered a $25 prize to the disbanded. The number of Presone who suggested the name that byterians in the corhmunity were was acceptable to them. The not strong enough to support > a money was awarded to Miss Betty church and school of those proDeBerry, a school teacher, for her. portions and the institution falname of Aquadale. Miss DeBerry. tered and was afterwards moved must have looked around her. to a new location. There were plenty of springs, Belk retained custody of the creeks, and wells throughout the area, and valleys were on every property, however, and rented the hand. She thought of the words old building and leased the land water and valley and then looked to farmers nearby. In later years about for two metaphors that the property was sold t o S. H. would connect harmoniously. She Whitley who tore the old hotel found them in the combination of down and built a handsome brick aqua, water, and dale, valley, and residence on the site. The knoll the postoffice was officially chris- is now known as Belk Heights. tened with her coinage. Another industry to locate in Aquadale in bygone years was the W. H. Bivins served as one of Tousch Lumber company which the first postmasters and in the did a thriving business for years. succeeding yearfe many prominent It burned down and was purcitizens served in that capacity. chased by S. J. Greene about Prior to the railroad which 1925, who rebuilt it and concame in 1914, there were only a tinued the enterprise which has few houses scattered around the survived until the present. gateway to the famous springs, a First School. The first public school in the immediate vicinity of Aquadale was a two-story frame building where the present Methodist church now stands. It had accommodations for a good number of children and boasted of a faculty of five. W. A. Greene was at one time assistant to the principal of the school which operated for a few months out of the year as a free county school and the remainder of the year as a subscription school. About 1921, the various schools in the Aquadale area were consolidated and moved to the present location. First principal of the new brick building was D. P. Whitley. Later, James P. Lowder took over the principalship which he held! for a period of around 25 years. Today the population of youngsters has outgrown the facilities of the institution and a new eight-room addition to the present plant is contemplated. The Aquadale Baptist church was organized in 1919 with a few staunch members and today has a large membership. A few years later a Methodist church, known as the Greene Memorial Methodist ~ church, was founded and I serves the community today.
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STANLY NEWS AND PRE;
Molasses Making Just One Of Clarence Freeman's Activities By FRED T. MORGAN
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A faded sign tacked to a pine tree beside highway 27 a short distance west of Liberty Hill church points down a rutted old road leading into the woods. The sign says something about woodworks and cedar chests, and the n a m e Freeman Is legible upon a white background. Should the wayfarer be intrigued to follow the winding lane down the hill, across the murmuring waters of Stony Run creek, and up the meadow beyond, the picturesque scene greeting his eyes could well be out of t h e . pages of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". He will t h i n k t h a t he h a s abruptly stepped into the tranquil habitat of some Dlacid mountaineer sitting beside his corn mill and waterwheel with a cob pipe stuck lazily in his mouth. Water cascades pleasantly as It tumbles endlessly into the buckets of the small waterwheel
turning over a n d over, its sound diminished by the gentle throbbing inside the shop. Bass, snapping at the flies which swarm around a pile of crushed cane stalks nearby, break the surface of the. black waters of the serene lake backed up by a small dam flung across the creek. A shop building rises almost perpendicular with the steep creek bank. Inside t h i s building a multitude of activities blossom forth. Harness Nature. The m a n who conceived; instituted, and operate these enterprises is slight, 59-year old Clarence Freeman, a capable, farsighted man who believes in harnessing nature to do his work. His building, which he constructed himself from homemade cement blocks, contains a blacksmith shop, woodworking department, cane mill, and will soon have accommodations for a corn and feed mill. He uses electricity to power his machinery at present, but eventually plans to rtih all his equipment with water power. And he is about ready to do so, lacking only a big llirieshaft, a few gearwheels, pulleys, a n d belts. In his blacksmith shop, Mr. Feeman sharpens plows, shoes horses, fixes wagon wheels and the like. He/ recalls an incident of his youth t h a t started him do-
ing his own blacksmith work. He carried some plow points to his uncle for sharpening. The uncle beat them into shape and tempered them for Clarence who took them home and hung them on the barn wall to be ready for use. A day or so later he noticed that part of the edge of the sharpened ends had fallen off. He knew at once they had been tempered too hard. Rather than take them again to his uncle, he decided to fix the points himself. He fired up the forge, heated the points, trimmed them down, beat out the edges, and tempered them to w h a t looked right to him. They lasted and would not break under stress. Woodworking Tools. Band saws, drills, lathes, jointers, shapers, and Sanders, take up most of the space in his woodwork shop. Here he builds just about anything you want from Lazy Susan dining tables to beds and kitchen cabinets. One of the busiest machines during season is his. cane mill located at one end of the long building. Here in the fall of the year huge piles of cane cover his yard, road, and entrance to the mill. Powered with a n electric motor, the mill presses juice from the fat stalks of cane a s they pass between two heavy rollers. A sawdust chain conveys the crushed stalks out a chute where they drop off on a huge pile of pulp at the lake's edge. The juice is twice strained before it flows through a pipe into a 15-foot long pan set over a specially built furnace. With the proper amount of heat under the pan, the juice moves slowly and crosses the p a n 19 times before finally running out a hole into a wooden container where it is again strained thru a fine mesh cloth. It is then stored in jugs and jars and is ready for those who like the oldtime breakfast treat of butter and molasses. One of t h e secrets of m a k i n g good molasses, according to Mr. Freeman, is to keep them moving and to keep the right heat under them. 1700 Gallons of Molasses. Farmers bring their cane to him from as far away as Denton and Charlotte. During t h e season just over, he manufactured around 1700 gallons of prime molasses and would have had time to m a k e a t least 400 gallons more. In one day there h e turned out 73 gallons w h i c h - i s his best day's run to date. He h a s been m a k i n g molasses since he w a s 17 years old and today, he says t h a t farmers do not produce cane like they once did. When Mr. Freeman- w a s two years old, his father died, leaving him as the oldest m a l e member of the family. From the time he could pick up an axe and holler at a mule he w a s largely responsible for1 the family's welfare. Working at lumber plants and cane mills, h e soon acquired the knack of wood work and machine work and often had a hankering to operate a mill of his own. He came to his present location not m a n y years ago. He purchased a few acres alongside
the creek and at once began constructing his shop upon the solid rocks of the creek bank. He poured his own cement blocks into wooden forms, adding in small stones from the creek. His blocks are smaller t h a n the conventional type block and weigh an average of 45 pounds each. For a time he lived in the building he now uses for a shop and m a d e more blocks to use in the spacious, two-story house standing nearby today. 2,363 blocks went into his house, he recalls. He says that the masonry in his buildings will be firm when t h a t in modern structures crumble. He and four helpers spent five days and used 135 bags of cement in building the . d a m beside his shop. The dam, about five and one-half feet high and around 30 feet long, was built in July, 1950. 'i1*?: Overshot Waterwheel. The five-foot overshot waterwheel with a 40-inch face, Mr. Freeman built himself, using sheet metal for the buckets and a wheel from a 15-30 International tractor for the ends. If the present wheel is not sufficient to run all his equipment, he intends to get a larger one, probably a turbine, and rig it to work at the front corner of his shop. The overshot wheel takes only a small amount of water as compared to the turbine which re-, quires a great slush of water if it runs at all. Mr. Freeman's son Gerald, who is expecting greetings from Uncle Sam any day, helps carry on all the various jobs around t h e plant. Another son, Robert, presently studying engineering a t State college in Raleigh, aided t h e m in erecting the buildings and installing the machinery. He is well adapted a t t h e craft also and spends his vacations helping, with the work. People who visit Mr. Freeman's works on the stream often stare in wonder at the long, straight, solid rock wall t h a t forms a base for his building. Most of t h e wall is natural, just as the endless waters of the creek left it ages ago. Only a few holes on top of the rock, which now serves as a floor on his shop, has to be filled with cement in order to m a k e it level enough for use. Mr. Freeman daily goes about his chores at his works there on Stony Run, constantly improving his few acres of farm land, and adding to his many trades. I Unhurriedly, but as surely as t h e waters that toss over his dam, he is carving a niche for himself featured by service to humanity.
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Its Name Is Frog Pond. Mister; Residents Want No Fancy Ti les ®?
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By FRED T. MORGAN Frog Pond is the name mind you. Nothing else. Just Frog Pond. This writer was threatened with mayhem, plagiarism, manhandling, and all manner of civil suits if he failed, right at the outset, to make that point clear. "Put Frog Pond in two-inch letters, Pal", he was told, "and if you have to use that odious ') word, Linrose, make it so small | that it can hardly be read." Such a defiant spirit is not rare I in Frog Pond. Sprawled along N. C. 27 in the I rolling Stanly co.unty farmland, | Frog Pond is not very unlike I hundreds of other indigenous vil- I lages throughout the country. It" 1 has that same nostalgic expres-1 sion. Its oldsters sit around the * stores on nail kegs and spin yarns I while engaged in conventional I pastimes of whittling and squirt- I ing tobacco juice. A passing I farmer may jump from his trac- 3 tor seat and gossip about crops I for awhile. Often a booming I transfer truck speeding along the | eighteen-foot highway" drowns their conversation. Barefoot kids amble along the roadside and toss pebbles into the placid waters of the small lake from which the community derives its name. It doesn't have much of a history, this Frog Pond, nor can there be any extra bright future rationally predicted for it. What 1 distinguishes Frog Pond from other towns is its citizens. They are not steroptyped, catalogued, and card-indexed like most everything else in our modern tendency toward regimehtion. Frog Pond residents are alert and sensitive, they think for themselves, stand firm for their rights, and will not be pushed around. Such virtues were well exemplified two years ago when turbulent storm clouds drifted over the little hamlet and^ trouble began to brew. The name "Linrose" came into being simultaneously with the public sale of some lots in Frog Pond by a real estate company. Mystery still shrounds the exact origin of the name. Some think it to be the handle tagged onto the community by the realtors in connection with theit^land sale to attract out-of-the-county land buyers. Some say the name came from the bottom of a Coca-Cola bottle from Linrose, Texas. Others claim that local persons, influenced by a few newcomers, desired a new name and each one wrote his suggestion on a slip of paper and deposited it in a box along with a dollar bill. Linrose came out of the box as winner, its contributor receiving the money. Whatever the origin, Linrose failed to take root in Frog Pond soil. Why? The climate was totally unsuitable. It received scant cultivation. And the sometimes boisterous nightlife of Frog Pond was not conducive to maturing instincts.
With the appearance of the first Linrose sign a state of war I was virtually declared. Staunch Frog Ponders shouted defiance, i Opposition came swiftly when they realized that their birth- j place was.in danger of losing its | old accepted name. Even the frogs in the little pond croaked a nightly protest. Ex-GI's, veterans of hardfought foreign battles, rallied together to plan strategy for the "forthcoming offensive movements. The enemy had struck first by surprise, but retaliation soon came in volume. Nightfall was lethal to Linrose signs. They just disappeared entirely, or were mound mutilated beyond recognition. Most were replaced by Frog Pond signs. Night-riding vigilantes prowled Frog Pond after dark to guard signs and keep Linrose enthusiasts at bay. One chap was said to have had his sights lined upon the back of another man busily occupied in tearing down a Frog Pond sign and erecting a Linrose board. As he later said, "I just didn't have the heart to pull the trigger." Another irate citizen let it be known that he would give five bucks if a certain attractive Linrose sign was delivered to his house by next day. Long before uie moon came up tha* night they say that a car load of yipping buckarooes squalled up, lassoed the sign, jerked it up by its roots and dragged it down the road behind their careering automobile. Next morning when the man opened his door there lay the demolished sign at his feet. Later he was collared and had to pay off. It is reported that one of the merchants permitted a Linrose sign to be erected near his.store. Virtually all his trade left him. Hastily he switched to a Frog Pond sign and business picked up. Antagonistic Linrose adherarits even went to the Trailways bus depot in Albemarle and, according to reports,- attempted to get the name of the little flagstop changed from Frog Pond to Linrose on the bus tickets. In turn, advertisements of business concerns began to appear ih t h e Stanly News and Press, local county newspaper, signed With a Frog Pond, N. C, I at the bottom. A columnist in the paper commented on the I publicity being given the place. Next, one inspired, publicity, minded young man dreamed up the idea of home town name tags for automobiles. A large quantity was ordered with Frog Pond
tin a rainbow of silver letters, and on each end a green frog poised | ready to jump. They were sold at cost; no profit desired. Circula« Ition was the idea. The supply I lasted only a short time and more land more tags were ordered and j distributed. They spread over <• the entire county, and even into J other towns and counties. In the face of such a formidI able onslaught of opposition, LinIrose proponents admitted defeat. (No furtherance of their campaign [was fever attempted. There was no crowing over the I victory, no rubbing it in. No one I was blacklisted. Conditions gradually resumed normalcy and bitter feelings soon turned into friendship. However you can still hit upon a touchy subject if you make any slight remarks about the name. "Our ancestors named this place", said one young fellow, "and we can't let old ancestors down. It'll always be called Frog Pond, nothing else." As another put it: "What's so j bad about the name Frog Pond j anyway ? There's heap worse I names. Barnstable, Mass., Pawtucket, R. I., Cape Cod, Conn.— | they're all crazy-sounding names but they're beautiful places. It's the quality of people that make a place, not the name." Said another: "Wiry if the majority of the people here would I permit a thing like that to be pushed over them, I wouldn't I want to live here. What would the future generations think of i us yellow, cringing, weak-brain- ! ed morons if we hadn't put up a fight. We have more pride for j our name than that." "Linrose was too sissy-sound- l ing a name for us to swallow. Too dignified. Too outlandish. Sounds i like it has lace around it, orj comes tied up in a ribbon with a I bow. Frog Pond suits us and we p intend to keep it." Today Frog Pond is a progres- | sive little community with enter- U prising citizens who keep in step I with modern developments. It I boasts of attractive homes, sev-1 eral new stores, and a neon sign. I In the heart of Ftog Pond Ileal a well developed baseball diamond where the local "Croakers" | mete out stiff competition to every visiting team. Until recently the Highway Department maintained two big | signs on the highway approaches into the community, proclaiming Frog Pond to be merely a "Congested Area". Evidently Frog Pond has bursl^its seajna [and grown out of-that- category:- • "Fatboy", local radio announcer over WABZ in Albemarle, delights in telling how the mayor once washed his feet in the Frog Pond and killed all the fish. And how the Chief of Police rides a bicycle, etc. There remain a few "battle scars" in the vicinity to recall that hectic struggle of two years ago. Weatherbeaten Frog Pond signs are still prominent on three of the four approaches into the place. Peer closely up into the foliage of a tree beside N. C. 27 on the eastern approach, and you'll see.the baded handiwork of some loyal Frog Ponder. Hereafter don't say eight miles west of Albemarle, or eight miles out on the Charlotte highway. Say, Frog Pond, N. C!
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'WHITEY"—Still does a little work . . . and a lot of thinking. —News and Press Staff Photo.
'Whitey' Spends Life In Prison - Thinking
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(The following soliloquy of Eli Matthews is a patient at "Whitey", a mule at the Prison: the Stanly County hospital and Camp near Albemarle, was writ- he is reported to be showing ten by Fred T. Morgan, young much improvement, Albemarle writer.) acters though, I've played host to Not six months. Not a year, or many such during my years here. three years. But life. Life on a Guys serving sentences from a prison farm. I have no good time few months to life, for crimes to build up. No visitors or let- ranging from petty theft to ters to expect. No parole to hope murder. Each has a story to tell, for. My associates, they come and I keep an ear cocked for a and they go, but I Stay here for- note of repentance in his voice. ever. It's usually there. My sentence is not : limited to Honestly,' I believe that I "just sixty-five more days", or have helped these boys. That, "five months and nlnteen days merely by being a good listener, I countin' good time," or "just a I have imparted good, consolahop, skip and a jump more," like tion, and get them upon a high1 so many of my short-time pals. er plane of thinking. That by I'll be retained until age cor- calmness and moderation, I have rupts my usefulness, and they'll taught them simplicity and lead me, stumbling and brittle, wholesomeness.' They find rethrough the old gate for the last lief by telling me things that no time to dispose of me in a man- one else will ever hear. By their ner befitting one of my kind. recantations, they are made But mine will not have been aware of their mistakes. an unfruitful life, a life devoid of But not always have I been excitement and interesting ex- mild and mannerly Time was periences. Far from it. More I balked, and ran away, fortunate am I than most of my when and reveled kindred who Serve one master, ous antics of ain kidtheoff mischievwith the for I have insight into the lives gang.^ Fd scare the guy out of of a variety of men. I suffer his shoes with a playful clamptheir hardships and delusions, down on his shoulder, rear up feel their suspence, share their and paw ferociously at him, slap enthusiasm about the future, him in the face with my tail and I know their aspirations and when he hooked the traces, and fears. pin him against the side of the From All Walks barn until he hollered for help. They come to me from all I gave them a hard time back walks of life. From skid row then, and no doubt they reto the social register. Ruthless member me as the "orneriest and perfidious men, benevolent mule this side of Missouri." No Riders and knightly, learned and illiterate. Fledging youngsters come Now however, I'm content to whose only fault was that of bad associations and negligent par- drift along in acquiescence to ents. Some of them complain their whims and moods, offering that justice has erred, that they no response to their frivolity. I are the victims of circumstances, still maintain one strict adherwhile others flagrantly confess ence though: I l e | no uncouth intheir crimes. Immature young dividual ride upon my back. One lads speak vaingloriously of their attempt at it is usually sufficient misdeeds to cover for their in- to aquaint the uninitiated. I experience and to bolster their Dear to my heart is the memory of a soft-spoken young man, own make-believe toughness. I act as an absorber for all the who, compared to the others, vexation and pent-up emotions stands out like a light in utter that confinement brings these darkness. Conrad .by name, a boys. Though I suffer their abuse nomad by profession. His was and their profanity, they're my a life unbounded by material friends. They're all that I have possessions, a life of adventure for friends. And they think of and travel of which he so vividme as a friend, for they tell me ly talked during his brief soso. Even the most vile and im- journ with me. We became inprudent give in before they leave separable friends. I first saw him- striding up the and say a pleasant farewell. Some, too, shed a tear in part- crooked road, from the camp beside Cap'n Stalemate. He walking. straight, his husky shoulders When a boy makes honor grade ed thrown and his head erect. and gets the farm job here at His blueback; local prison camp No. 708, he the front. shirt hung open down comes under my observation. I So he was next, I thought as I can tell after the first day whether well be chummy as watched them approaching. As they neared the barn, they school kids, or whether we'll stay awake nights thinking of ways went through the wagon shed, to aggravate the other. I always the feed room, and around back let the guy make it easy on him- to the hog lots. The Cap'n exself. Of course, I accede to his plained things as they went. demands up to a certain point— Lastly, they stopped at the corthen I get ornery. If he's a rea- ral where I stood with ray head sonable fellow, I break him in to out over the railing. "Conrad, this is Whitey," the the routine gently. Cap'n introduced us. "As good Ususally their first idea is to la worker as you'll find. Treat revolutionize the set up and oc- 'im fair and you'll get along casionally there comes a stout- great. But don't push him too minded individual who tries to hard." work me over into a more co-opAfter Capfn Stalemate had gone erative being. Generally they fail. I's willing to meet them and Conrad stood brushing the half way, but no more. Some- chaff off my gray hide, he steptimes I get fed up with their ped back and appraised me with tyrannical attitudes, their insol- his warm blue eyes. "Whitey, huh," he said in a ence, and their incessant complaining. The majority, however, voice so clutured that it surare likeable fellows, fair and af- prised me. "You're a pal, Whitey. You'll make a splendid working fectionate to me. companion. You and me will go Interesting Characters Talk about interesting char- I placea" Going Places And did we go places! All that day we cultivated corn and from one end of the field to the other we battled Florida hur| ricanes, swabbed the decks of produce freighters in the Atlantic, trudged across desolate Canadian wildernesses, rode the rails from Chicago to New Orleans, and felt the stifling heat of great deserts. What a wanderer! Through his eyes I saw a fold foreign to me. I saw the romance of great cities, felt the calling of wild open spaces, and learned to share his fathomless love for nature. After the first day with Confad, I felt the tingling blood of a
nomad coursing through my veins. Invaribly in his. soliloquizing, Conrad would return to his life's ambition—to climb the Matterhorn, that great invincible mountain in Switzerland. He mentioned it every day. Once he looked up overhead at a massive white cloud and remarked how it resembled one of the approaches to the Matterhorn. Another day he found a picture of the mountain in a magazine and brought it over to the barn for me to see. Presently, I knew verbatim the history of the Matterhorn and its victors,, and all the essential data necessary to make the ascent. With such fervor did he discourse upon it, I found myself vainly wishing to go with him. A week after Conrad took over, Cap'n Stalemate commended him upon the fine job that we were doing. And the Cap'n rubbed his chin thoughtfully and stared at me with one of those long and quizzial wonder-what's-got-intothat-old-nag look in his eyes. We didn't see much of him after that, for the Cap'n knew that Conrad would run the farm as ably as he. Going Out Oft-times we'd stop out in the field in the early morning and watch five big cage trucks play follow-the-leader around back to the prison camp kitchen to take on the "bean cans", and hence around to the main gate where they lined up abreast of each other. Soon a long line of drabclad prisoners formed in front of the red cell block. At a signal they trotted forth in squads to clamor up into the cramped quarters of the dust-laden trucks. Guards stood spread - eagled around the area and truck drivers and foremen stood ready to leave as their trucks were filled. Conrad leaned against my sweaty shoulder 'and chewed absently at a tender corn shoot. "That's wrong, Whitely," he said, still looking at the vanishing trucks. I noted the flatness in his voice and sensed the contempt in his heart. "They send those kids here to be taken out of society, and away from the public eye. That's their punishment. Yet, what do they do but load them on trucks and take them out on the highways in the midst of the public where people can jeer and point their fingers. It isn't fair to the guys. And they're all thrown in together. Many-time repeaters and young first offenders, calloused, demoralized criminals and wayward youngsters. All together, living in close intimacy. What is an institution like this, Whitey, but a fostering place for vice and miscreants." •. "What a woeful lack of individual attention and proper segregation. What an appalling depravement of high - minded young men." Throughout the remainder of the day, Conrad would lecture to me at intervals on the reformation of the prison system. He debated pro and eo», answered his own questions, and produced some sound, workable ideas. What an executive he would have made! What a leader! Went Fishing Sometimes on visiting Sundays Conrad would come by the barn, With .a lump of sugar for me, and tell me he was going fishing down on the creek. If Lady Luck smiled upon him that day, he'd come trudging back up the hill displaying a small string of cats and sun perch. He'd clean the fish and take them back over to the kitchen to see if the camp cook would cook them for him. One day he brought a bouquet of dainty little flowers over to the barn and held them out for me to admire. "There's folwers like these around the Matterhorn, Whitey," he'd say. "Simple little flowers. God's loveliest creation." Oft-times this sort of mood would lead him into a romantic frame of mind. He'd strew the flowers over my head and mane, then go sit on the corral fence and make love to me. He'd woo me with such graceful phrases, fashioned so spontaneously and so enticingly, that I'd blush plumb scarlet under by gray hairs. And too, he could shame me, make me feel so mean, and so little, and so cheap, without profaneing a word. His dramatic orations didn't fool me, though. I knew his moods. Along about dusk on hot days. Conrad would come to the barn and strew a pile of hay over in one corner of the lot and sleep out under the stars that he loved so well. One morning he got a little sassey with me when I walked over and rooted him off his bed at the first crack of dawn. Time to Leave The time soon came for Conrad to leave. He told me one evening that he'd be over the next morning to say goodby. My corn didn't taste right that night. I moped about. Something was bothering me and I knew what it was. The crickets chirping in the haymow overhead woke me that morning. Gray streaks of light came peeping over the ridge to the east and dew sparkled on the fig bush around the barn. By and by the bean bell clanged dully over at the camp and soon I heard a familiar whistle coming up the winding road. It was Conrad. He wore a blue pled shirt and a new pair of sturdy dungarees. His eyes were clearer and brighter than ever. He patted my neck and twiddled my ears and slapped at a marauding horsefly. Today, I'm free, Whitey. Free to lead the life that I choose. Free to travel wherever I desire. How I wish I could take you with me." There was vigor in his voice, an eagerness to get on the open road.v "I'm leaving, Whitey, but you stay on to face the whims and abuse of unenlightened men. You're older than me, Whitey.
You're crowding thirty. Don't let them droop that' noble head of yours. Don't let them dull the glint in those eyes. They have no feeling for you, Whitey. They mock you and mistreat you, but poy no heed. They have their reward. Keep your head up and your eyes on the heavens." The Parting His eyes softened and his face relaxed. "You're the dearest friend that I've ever known, Whitey. The most understanding, the most appreciative. I'll never forget you. I'd be proud to ride you from here to the Matterhorn if that were possible." He dropped lightly off the fence, reached up and placed his hand on my nose. He blinked the moistness from his eyes, said a quick "so long, pal," and strode quickly away without looking back. How heavy life became without Conrad. They come and they go, like driftwood lodging in a stream. They beat me and bang me, they mock me and shout at me. They take me for granted. Oh, how uninfromed they are, how shallow! If I could but convey my thoughts to them. Drive by the prison farm some day, any day, and you'll no doubt see me, withered and slow, plodding along in distainful obedience to the commands of my current caretaker. I realize now, that I'm at last in the short-time category. Age has taken its toll. One of these days, it won't be long, I too, like Conrad, will be free. Free from the sufferings and frustrations of life. A more complete freedom than Conrad's, Finally, when it's all over, and I get up these to that sunlit place where sereneity prevails, I'll look out across a lush meadow ?»nd perchance vaguely wonder how the boys are making out back on the ..farm. In the ensuing . infinities of time,.I'll close my-eyesva«d - hear;<a--:£a. nglBH3ia3fci* tion of leathery voices yelling to me from off the breeze. "Get a move on, Whitey. The Cap'n said not to push you, but that don't mean you're retired. Don't turn your head around and look at me like that. I'm here. Pick up your heels, loafer, and move." From out of the vasmess, I'll hear another voice. A voice as steady and pure as the brook at my feet. "You're a pal, Whitey, the dearest friend I've ever had. Don't let them droop that head, or dull the glint in those eyes. I'd be proud to ride you from here to the Matterhorn .. . ."
1 NC Adopts U. S. Standard Traffic Devices
Don't Worry If Road Lines Look Big By FRED T. MORGAN are marked with barrier lines. At terline will be surprisingly high. ALBEMARLE — Beginning this grade crossings, narrow bridges, All costs will be justified, howSpring, our conventional white intersections, and stoplights that ever, if the lines perform their centerlines on most numbered same yellow line offers the ad- intended purpose—that of reducNorth Carolina highways will have monition that it's best to keep in ing highway fatalities. The lines company in gaudy color. This help- single, file. Essentially, when the are there, conspicuously so. They ful company consists of bright yel- yellow lin* is in your driving lane, beg to be observed ' low reflectorized barrier lines, the passing the vehicle ahead is auto- Thirty years ag6 when our presfirst to be used in our state to matically proscribed. ent State Highway Commission any extent. Up to sixteen inches In other states where this sys- was organized, there were no belof space in the center of the pave- tem of pavement marking has ligerent, giddy-headed traffic enment will be consumed by the new long been in practice, signs posted gineers to rave about traffic ob technique as compared with four along the roadside warn the mo- structions, channelization, islands, inches used heretofore. torist not to cross the yellow line and other highway paraphernalia. With the adoption of the U. S. when it is in his lane. After a Nobody cared much which half Standard of Uniform Traffic Con" period of skepticism most motor- the road the occasional motorist trol Devices last year, N. C. be- ists conclude that the additional traveled upon. came the 29th state to undertake lines are a valuable aid to their According to a State official, the modernization of its center- driving safety. centerlines were first painted is lines. Aside from confusing the COSTS A LOT North Carolina in the mid-1920's motorist as it undoubtedly will In cost to the taxpayer, this di- to separate traffic on harrow do upon its first exposure, this new gression in pavement marking con- bridges. Later they were extended look in centerlines obivates all ventionality is by no means insig- several hundred feet to cover the guesswork centered on that perti- nificant. During 1950 the N. C. approaches to t h e bottleneck nent question "Is it safe to pass?" State Highway Dept. used a total bridges. Evidently the lines proved NOT DECORATION of 95,603.2 gallons of paint on 10,- effective for they were soon added to stiff curves and hilltops. The yellow barrier lines which 934.48 miles of center-lines. you'll see paralleling a continu- At the peak of the present line- FIRST LINES ous broken white stripe are not painting schedule, these figures The first lines were painted arbitrarily located on the high- will be greatly increased. Old, manually with a hand brush. A Axway to lend color nor to break the out-moded one-gun paint machines inch board was laid down at what monotony which, claim the psy- must be replaced with costly pave- looked like the center of the road chiatrists, exert a hypnotic effect ment marking machines capable and a blue chalk mark made along on drivers from too much same- of painting three lines simulta- both /edges. Men with buckets of Iness. Their positions have been neously. The program calls for white paint followed the mark-off 'carefully determined prior to ap- more materials and man-hours. An men and swabbed paint between plication. accurate, all-inclusive figure on the chalk marks. Some crews All restricted. =i_ht distances the cost of one mile painted cen- rigged two upright boards fastened together six inches apart and brushed the paint on more rapidly. About the first improvement in this system came with the advent of a small wagon, similar to a mechanic's creeper, which the paint" man used to thrust himself I along with his feet when he wanted to move up. Then came the machine age. A discarded baby-doll carriage took the limelight. A five-gallon paint container gravity-fed paint down between two brushes set against metal plates. The operator pushed the carriage along using a pole or slat clamped out front to guide him over the chalk mark. In subsequent years as hard surfaced roads increased and traffic became more voluminous, other machines were experimented with, some of them self-contained. Several pre-lining machines, used in experimentation, proved impractical. One of them, a long, ludicrous, angle-iron affair, said a metal plate along the edge of a ©§•• ment road and an adjustable bar jutted out into the center of the road. At the end of the bar, a tension'spring fed blue chalk down a small magazine where .it pressed the pavement surface and left a vivid imprint. The machine was junked because it used too much chalk and could be used only on square-edged roads. Present-day pro-lining machines follow the same principle, however the operator can follow any type road edge and a thin string of paint forms the impression. It was in the early '30's before a substantial, efficient centerline machine came into the picture. This machine, developed by Mr. H. B. Wentz, long-time highway official in Division "E" and the Seventh Division,Was constructed upon an, old Austin automobile chassis and | | though improvements were made I with the years, it and similar m a - 1 chines have remained in corrQhu-l ous use in North Carolina until! recently.
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LETTERS To The Editor BIG LICK MEMORIES To the Editor: Fred T. Morgan is a good writer. I have read his feature article's in the Stanly News and Press with a great deal of pleasure. I am writing now in no spirit of criticism. Rather from a deep desire in the heart of an older person to keep history straight. In Mr. Morgan's article about Big Lick which appeared in the January 26 issue of your paper, I thought I detected a few mistakes in historical dates. This was verified by a talk with S. M. Hartsell, (better known as Gail), who is now in his 80th year. Gail is a grandson of the late Jesse and Elizabeth Morton, original owners of the land on which Big Lick was built. Mr. Hartsell, born and reared in that village, has a very clear memory of early days in Big Lick. Here are some of the things he told me: The first cotton gin operated in Big Lick was owned by his ..great uncle. Green Morton. That was probably 75 years ago. He was a small boy at the time, but the reason he has such a vivid recollection of the gin is because of a tragic accident that occurred there. Mr. Morton's small son was climbing over a large cog wheel which operated the horsedrawn machinery when he became fastened and his body was cut literally in two. Another time one of Mr. Morton's young daughters was feeding cotton to the gin when her skirts were caught in the saws and her knees badly injured. You must admit that accidents like these were enough to make a lasting impression on the mind of a five-yearold child. Monroe Teeter operated what was probably the last horsepower cotton gin in Big Lick. The first steam gin was erected and put into operation as early as 1881 or '82, long, long before the Efirds came to Big Lick. This gin was operated by Jacob Hartsell, the same "Little Jake"~ | whose picture is shown in the cut illustrating Mr. Morgan's story. Jacob Hartsell was a pioneer in the use of steam machinery in western Stanly, also having operated the first threshing machine run by steam in this part of Stanly. The church building which Mr. Morgan so well describes, was used as a school house for Big Lick children. An old gentleman 83 years old, recently told me that he remembered going to school there. It was his first school and he walked at least two miles, four counting the distance to and from. Unfortunately he could not remember the name of his teacher. "She was a woman", he said, "and she whipped me every day but to this day I've never found out what she whipped me for." (Mas.) LULA C. HARTSELL.
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and the little town was officially ^ ^ ^ Prominent Merchants ^ ^ ^ named Big Lick, N. C. Prominent among the many merchants in Big Lick were James Church Erected A thing of primary importance Russell, W. G. Morgan, Rufe Morto the devout men and women of ton, Adam and Caleb Dry, W. A. that day was a place to gather Cable, A. M. Teeter, J. W. and D. and worship. Land upon which to E. Efird, Dr. F. E. Hartsell, D. B. build a church was donated by the McCurdy, and James Watters. LaMorton family, large landholders dies who ran millinery shops were at t h a t time. A square "log build- Mrs. A. N. Springer, Mrs. P. G. ing with a steep roof was erected Hartsell and Mrs. D. E. Efird. By FRED T. MORGAN on the hilltop where the present Many able doctors served Big Find some elderly person who Baptist church now stands. Poorly Lick and vicinity down through lived in Big Lick about the turn heated and with rough benches the years, among them being Docof the century and you'll be in and pews, the building had oil tors Rose, Anderson, Misenthe presence of a person who can lamps hanging .from the rasters heimer, Pemberton, Douglas, and r e l a t e some intriguing stories and perched on the walls to use at H a r t s e i l . , about Stanly county's mbst for- night services. The last bench in In addilion to the several big gotten little town. Don't be so the rear of the old church was re- general merchandise stores, Big impertinent as to ask questions or served for the colored slaves who Lick boasted a variety of busidisplay" ennui. Tarry a while and were allowed to attend some of nesses. The Rev. P. G. Hartsell you'il depart with the feeling of the services. ran a casket and woodwork shop having read an absorbing historiAmong the first pastors of to which people came from far cal novel. And you'll be a much Movant Olive Baptist church, as and near to buy the plain wooden I better person as far as local his- it was originally called, were caskets that he manufactured. At P tory goes. Preachers Foreman, Wilhoit, his death the Rev. Hartsell was "Yep, she was a grand little Whitlock, Black, and Davis. Some buried in a casket t h a t he had town once", he'll say. "Some two- of these old men had long white built especially for himself years A beards and when they become en- before. t h r e e hundred inhabitants. business grossed in delivering a powerful score of shops and Two well-known blacksmiths, a houses. Had a big well right in sermon, perspiration could be trade which flourished in those the center of the square. There seen dripping off the tips of their days, were Tom Rowland and w a s a mayor, police, commission- beards. When the preacher pray- Ranee Hatley. ers. But the life blood was suck- ed in that day, everyone knelt to Green Mann r a n a harness ed out of her when the railroad the floor and remained there un- ship. A. N. Springer operated a missed her. She wilted.away like til the sometimes lengthy prayers photo gallery there for some a plucked flower. A danged were over. Preacher Whitlock, it years. Eminent, too, in the busishame, too, 'cause the company is remembered, would stop ab- ness section was a shoe shop, a wanted to run the line right ruptly in the midst of a sermort barber shop, and a livery stable. through the place. Why I remem- and sing a song. John Goodale, who lived at the j ber street brawls; manhunts, killOutside the front door of the edge of town, manufactured brick ing episodes, t h e night the 'cad- church in a massive chestnut oak on a small scale and found ready emy boys took . . . gosh, son, pull tree hung a cast iron bell. Its m a r k e t s for them. His facilities up a keg, I got a story to tell." rich tone could be heard six miles for brick making were slow and When the first settlers came in- away across Rocky river in Union crude, but the bricks he turned to the present Big Lick area, they county as it summoned worship- out proved durable. The house,he The built from his own brick about the noticed numerous deer trails con- ers to the hilltop church. verging at a little glen in the for- church was torn down and rebuilt year 1880 has long been torn est where several wide shallow about 1904 and the name changed Ldown and forgotten. He is reholes were formed in the marshy from Mount Olive to Big Lick membered as having built the first brick house in the Big Lick e a r t h . The holes looked slick and Baptist church. area. worn from much use. Thereabouts Muster Ground W. A. Cagle, a s t a l w a r t figure the ground showed evidence of Many folks doubtless recall much trampling, and a beaten hearing their forefathers mention in the development of Big Lick, j path led down to a small brook of the old Muster Ground near Big served for a long period of time clean, bright water. Lick. It was here where the as postmaster. Thereafter the young men of the territory were postmastership shifted back and Salt Licks Found . forth among the merchants. Mr. Curious to know the attraction assembled for briefing and train- Cagle also served the town as ing during the Civil War years. | of the place, the pioneers built Women of the community were on mayor and commissioner and blinds in the thick brush sur- hand distributing cookies, ginger sought always after the welfare rounding the spot and watched cakes, and cider as their men left of his fellowmen. deer come and stand contentedly for the battlefields. Chief of Police licking the smooth earth. The S. P. Hill, first chief of police. Land upon which to build the men themselves tasted of the holes and found the earth to have town of Big Lick was acquired encountered no great difficulty in a sharp, pungent, salty flavor. from Jesse and Elizabeth Morton. maintaining law and order in the Many deer were killed from the- Streets were laid off. The first bustling little town. There was an blinds as they approached the mayor, chief of police, and com- occasional chicken thief to deal missioners -.took office. New busi- with, or an eye-for-an-eye and a salty lick. ness establishments, born on the tooth-for-a-tooth brawl to subdue. As more settlers made their town's sjudden strides for promi- Young men loved to fight in those homes in the territory, farm ani- nence, flourished and new homes days. A group of two or three mals increased in number and dotted the immediate vicinity. In- infamous characters would presoon they too found their way to corporate limits of the town ex- sent themselves at every social the salr ,~"o lick the briny earth. tended about pne-half mile in gathering to pick fights with anyOld - tir ers say t h a t another each direction from the square. one who had the backbone to smaller^ ^-i+^tick was discovered Beyond the town, the forest grad- stand up and slug it. out. They some distance away, but it did ually surrendered to the axe and fought purely for the sport of it, not prove as popular as the big the plow. Virgin soil yielded forth although their manner of fighting one. Along about milking time in rich crops. spurned fair play. In succeeding the evenings when old Bess didn't years a calaboose, built back off To care for "the needs of the show up the elders would direct citizens and provide markets for the street, housed the drunk and their children to go up to "the their produce, a sawmill, cotton boisterous. The town magistrate lick—the big lick", and fetch the gin, corn mill, and wheat mill dealt with all who ran afoul of cows home. sprang up within a few years. the law in addition to performing When a store was built nearby The first cotton gin, a crude, in- numerous other duties. • where two trails crossed, it be- efficient affair, was operated by Once a bunch of Mormon came a gathering place and com- mule power. A mule was hitched preachers tried to settle in . Big i munity center for the surrounding to a boom, attached to the top of Lick and establish a church of populace. I t was unanimously re- a long wooden screw and as the their faith. T h e y . were barred, I ferred to as "The Lick". The set- mule drove the screw downward, socially, from every privilege exI tlement continued to grow and as the cotton was compressed into a cept getting their mail at the I soon as a sufficient number of firm bale. Later, James Efird, D. postoffice. When police attempts 1 people lived nearby, a postoffice E. Efird, and S. P. Hill opened up to oust them from the settlement l vas established there about 1860 a new steam operated cotton gin, went unheeded, a group of armed sawmill, and roller mill. Stanly townsmen surrounded their place county's first and perhaps its only of abode one night and threatencottonseed oii mill first began ed violence if the Mormons did business at Big Lick. One ton of not leave by morning. Next day cottonseed produced about 750 they were seen walking toward pounds of oil which was trans- Charlotte. ported by wagon tanker to AlbeConsidering the mode of travel marle for shipment. Four prod- mail service was not too disgustucts were derived from the seed: ing- Bob Stowe came through oil, meal, hulls, and linters. Lat*r Big Lick twice a week on his run the company moved the plant to from Mt. Pleasant to Brooks' mill Norwood where it was success- and Leo. A Mr. Broadway also fully operated for about four carried the mail on horseback years. over the same route. Mail car-
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(Archie Bolton, Corres.) Matton's Grove, J a n 25.—Willie Troutman of Richfield, route 1, went to Charlotte last week and had a cataract removed from his eye. He w a s getting along fine the last report we heard.
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BIG LICK ACADEMY BUILDING—This picture, t o k e n around 35 t o 4 0 y e a r s ago, shows the old building which housed the Big Lick Academy i n the days 0f profeggo,. Black. It w a s being used a s a store a t the time the photo w a s m a d e , a n d m treaty it axe a n u m b e r of well known people. At t h a t t i m e it w a s being operated by H. P. Etird, n0fr a w e j j ^ o w n Albemarle busin e s s m a n . He b e g a n his farm implement business t n e , r e ° n d owned the truck upon which he is sitting. T h e figures shown are, left to right: H. P. E a r ? .a»d son Hugh;, l e a n i n g a g a i n s t t h e truck is Professor C. J. Black, beloved e d u c a t o r - a n d minister; Little J a k e Hartsell, with Hoyle Efird, now sheriff of Gaston county a t h i s feet; b ^ i ^ / l i ^ f t i harrow is Crayon Efird; sitting atop the wheels a g a i n s t t h e tree is Sam Springer; on .^^-'ifftSFcle is iSpurgeon Black; l e a n i n g a g a i n s t h d y r a k e is Spurgeon Hartsell; a n d the y o u n g girl \M j ^ h Black. Professor Black left Big LJJ,I Old Store Left riers didn't make a whole lot of money then, but they supplement- and his academy in 1914 to oe. Today there is little to stir ined their regular salary by specu- come associated with a school in terest at the old town site. Unless Soon thereafter the you're acquainted with the counlating in farm produce along the Wingate. way. No doubt this practice ac- academy began to show signs of try you may not recognize the counted for much of the tardiness decay. Enrollment dropped. Other spit when you get there. There's schools had sprang up around the no sign or marker—only an old in the carrier's schedule. country. Eventually it closed jy Professor Black doors to students and ceased op. store building bespeaks of the Professor C. J. Black, one of eration. The Masonic and W. 0 past It's an unusual store buildBuilt before the Stanly county's most beloved edu- W. lodges of Big Lick used the ing though. cators and ministers, came to Big building for their meeting place] Civil war, it has remained in continuous use as a public store since Lick around 1896 and established rchant or two, including H] that time. Inside t h e building the an academy, a school which he A m e . . headed for a number of years. P. Efird of Albemarle began b u « ™ '"merchandise counters of The academy was instituted in ness on the first floor or. thtU d d s s e d i u m b e r are as firm conjunction with .the free school. school, but subsequently the prop^ and serviceable as they were the After completing the free school, erty was sold and the new owne, h w e r e b u i l t nearly a huna student could pay the tuition tore the academy down in j | t f | | £ " i , 1 u ago. Its present owner fee and enroll in Professor Black's Town Prospered "N janct "proprietor, Jesse Adam Honmore advanced high school. At o u r i n g these years prior to trleycutt, purchased the property in the peak of the school's popular- appearance of the railroad, Bin 1921 and in the l a t t e r succeeding ity, there were several hundred Lick prospered. Its merchants e l years has become Big Lick s only students enrolled, a great many joyed a steady trade with t | merchant, of these being boarding students farmers within a radius of man On cold mornings school kids from Union, Cabarrus, Mecklen- miles. The town governmen; hover around the fire in Mr.. Honburg, and other counties. It is functioned smoothly and gavf eycutt's store while waiting upon said to have been the largest many men an opportunity j the school bus. Mr. Honeycutt, school in the county at one time. serve their fellow citizens in m an amicable, scholarly oldester, The curriculum consisted of sitions of' leadership. Even 1 enjoys their company. He used subjects dealing with the funda- street superintendent was em- to teach children in the old acadmentals of good business and citi- ployed by the town to keep tht emy schoolhouse, and lie vividly zenship. Many competent teach- streets passable. A. N. Springer jrecalls the days he himself spent ers, ministers, and businessmen of Albemarle served in this cate-Jiaboring over-books in order to received their initial training in gory. Jethro Almond, pioniiolmaster the fundamental R's. , the old academy at Big Lick. of this area, with his piw Mr. Honeycutt himself was the Many elderly folk today remem- sowman ast chief of police in the town of rots and monkeys and-later v ber Professor Black as a hard his moving pietaw*;!* wwu'iu : jg& Lick. He remembers t h a t taskmaster, but a benevolent man by Big Lick at intervals and who_ inspired hard work and tract the folk to his nightly ps brought forth the best in a stu- formances. A. V. Thomas, Stan! dent. He abhorred halfhearted- accountant, recalls viewing h i ness and would go all out to bol- first moving picture in Big Licl ster a wayward student's morale. in 1901. In the words of one admirer, "He Officials of the Norfolk-South* could just make them learn. ern railroad originally surveyed When a student stood up to recite their line from Charlotte to Mti he always seemed to know his les- Gilead to pass through the town son. Black instilled knowledge in of Big Lick. However, they rem them." with some antipathy among the Two of the assistants who aided citizenry when right-of-way landl the Rev. Black in the school were was sought. Rather than waste g Professor Sikes and Mrs. Lily Da- time quibbling with the mercenvis. Other educators connected ary landowners, the company with the academy at one time or routed its line some distance to another were Professors Hatcher, the south where its agents metl Lentz, and Stallings. Mrs. Margie with much more liberality in oWl Mauney of Albemarle taught mu- taining the desired ground. Acsic at the famed academy. cording to stories Locust Level During his years of teaching at had originally been on the rail-1 Big Lick, the Rev. Black served road's map, but the right-of-way fl as,pastor of the church at Big men found much the same situa-I Lick, West Albemarle, Kendall's, tion that they later experienced! Silver Springs, and other Baptist in Big Lick. The story goes thafi churches. He once baptized 85 the railroad officials, while en-5 believers in a creek near Albe- gaged in their right-of-way prob-/ marle. Professor Black also serv- Jem, spent the night at a boardingS ed as head o f t h e . c o u n t y ^schools house in Locust. Upon leaving! ]and served with distinction in, the next morning one of the men ac-j Stanly Baptist association. It is cidentally knocked a large pitcher 1 said of the Rev. Black t h a t he did off its stand near the door and more for the betterment of the broke it. The proprietor was I schools and for the prosperity of exorbitant in his demand for paythe county at large than any ment. Offended by this avaricious other man has done since. act, the company changed their Recreation plans and took their line through | For recreation durjng the long a more liberal community two I week-ends when the boarding stu- miles to the south. dents could not go home, the Oakboro Founded young people could attend the freWhen locomotives and freight quent candy-pullings, corn shuckings, and quilting parties. The began rolling over the newly laid I square dance which sometimes rails. Big Lick,gradually migratfollowed these socials, if the old ed down to the little settlement The Norfolkfolks would allow it, was a delight near the tracks. indeed. Church services were Southern people named the spot usually well represented by acad- Oakboro. Business dwindled a t emy students. Sunday afternoon the Lick and boomed at the upusually found them gathered at s t a r t Oakboro. For a few months someone's house, to - gossip and the old postoffice retained its faride home-made merry-go-rounds. cilities. Each day the clerk would! This lack of something to do take his mail to the depot-at Oislf3 often bred mischief, as the vivac- boro and there stamp all outgoing ity of the young men had to exert mail with a Big Lick stamp. Soon itself in some direction. On Sat- the inevitable happened. Business urday nights the boys would keep men in the fast-growing railroad Police Chief Henry Hatley puffing town complained about this pracwas and swearing by pitching fire- tice and soon the postoffice & crackers ipto the street from the officially moved to 0 kboro. rooftops of the stores. Jim BauLand magnates around Oakboro come, liveryman, discovered his held gigantic land sales, usually best surry buggy, wheels and all, a u g m e n t e d with a noisy brass sitting atop the ridge pole of his band to a t t r a c t the prospective livery barn one Sunday morning. buyers. Most folk, however, came Another time a cow was found primarily to see and hear the tied in the school auditorium. One vociferous band. Many lots were Saturday night a gang of the boys sold to newcomers, business sites laid the first "railroad" through along the streets changed hands, Big Lick. It consisted of two con- and development of the immeditinuous lines of cordwood, from ate area was underway. the supply used to fire the boiler To obviate financial loss, the at the cotton gin, lain in the mid- Big Lick merchants either closed dle of the street all the way from up shop or changed locations. A the cotton gin to the square over few of the most intrepid detertown. Church-goers next day had mined to stick it out. The wonto pick their way over and around derful enthusiasm that once p e r the cordwood sticks and they meated the little town lay dorchalked the deed up to them pesky mant. In January, 1918, the rep'cademy boys. resentative of the district asked Commencement time at the the state legislature to revoke the academy was Big Lick's gala town charter so that the streets event of the year. Each spring could be turned over to the county hundreds and hundreds of visitors for maintenance. Years before and parents would assemble at two disastrous fires had destroyed the academy to witness the grad- many of the buildings along the uating exercises. Guest speakers streets and now as others were were imported for the ceremonies emptied and residents moved. Big and every member of the school j Lick took on a ghost-like appearance. board made a speech.
when he went to turn in his badge and handcuffs, Sheriff Blalock said he didn't know what ,to do with the badge, that Mr. Honeycutt could just retain it as a keepsake if he liked. He still has the big, silver, star-shaped badge bearing the words Chief of Police) Big Lick, N. C , reposing inside his showcase in his store. Whenever a rough customer becomes unruly in his store, he displays the old badge and the glint of the silver s t a r never fails to have a pacifying effect upon the unruly one. Outside Mr. Honeycutt's door where the sound of heavy wagons creaking over muddy streets once met the ear, sleek automobiles now zoom along a smooth highway.
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Vance-Settle Political Speeches Were Long Remembered In Big Lick By FRED T. MORGAN led their steeds off to the nearest sure and castigation. As Vance barn when they dismounted and done before him, he threw his One breezy fall day in the mid- a townsman fetched them a had rival and his party in the gut1870's, two riders dressed in the gourd of fresh water. Nearly ev- ter and typical garb of cultured out- ery man shook Vance's hand. rubbish. trampled them in the door men jogged along a trail in Many of them had served with Enthusiastic Din western Stanly county toward the him during the recent war. All of When Judge Settle stepped little town of Big Lick. They them had heard of his valor and from the a great din arose were big men. Big in name, i heroism, of his resourcefulness from the stage enthusiastic mob. The frame, and stature. j and of his ability as a leader. Vance cheered and wavEx-governor and practicing Some of the young lads bore his grinning ed his hat along with them. A lawyer," Zebulon Baird Vance, beloved name. number of the spectators pouncsmiled across „,. , „ at his Republican , , . Judge Settle, too, busied him- ed upon the Judge offering their ]j TI fnend and opponent, Honorable s e J f r e n ewing acquaintances, approbation. Judge Thomas Settle They were making friends, and obtaining After many requests and some j giants of their respective parties loyalty pledges. Surrounded by threats, Vance again took the by popular acclaim and today d i r t y f a r m ers, smelling of soil, speaker's podium for the "sec- I they were out to gam support, s w e a t > a n d mules the two poli- ond round". His speech, except | each for himself, for the coming ticians were at home expound- for its brevity, was identical with J gubernatorial election. ing. upon their views on current the previous one, however, he j Sighting a farmer plowing in a problems, and hinting to their lessened his insults toward his | field nearby, they halted their' questioners the right way to vote opponent. When he finished,! mounts. Vance winked at his if they wanted good government. Judge Settle arose and repeated j. companion, cupped his hands to More men arrived as the word himself in effect, but not in j his mount and shouted in a spread that the two dignitaries length. booming voice, "Hurrah for confusion resulted before Thomas Settle." Faintly over the were on hand. Merchants and theMuch two men could separate them-I storemen closed up to be on distance came the farmer's deselves from their listeners. They i hand. Women, in their long fiant reply augmented by a fist left a vehemently divided Big vigorously shaking over his head dresses and sunbonriets, watch- Lick behind them as they vanish-1 "Wait'll I get over there, and I'll ed from afar. • ed down the trail with the lowerAt last, Vance made his way to ing sun beating Settle you upon their backs, j Vance chuckled. Judge Settle I the platform to which some rebel Puzzled townsmen stared after grinned wryly and shook his had tacked a soiled stars and the pair. Faintly they could! head as they "nudged their bars flag. All noise subsided as hear laughter and could dimly mounts into a gallop. Vance, a touch of humor play- make out the two figures slapin Big Lick Turned Out £ about' his fine mouth, mount ed the rough stage and surveyed ping each other on the back as j Big Lick, they discovered, had'j his audience. There followed a they traveled on together to their j I turned out to meet them. Wagons, speech, 'which went down in the I next stop in their memorable I hacks, and saddle horses lined minds of some of those present as campaign tour of North Carolina. I the trees and a group • of men the greatest event ever to take lolled about the platform' at the place, in Big Lick. Scarcely a cotton gin. Excitement touched murmer or movement ruffled the the group as they approached. crowd as they stood enthralled One man trotted off toward the by the speaker's eloquence. Bur-1 stores over on the street while ley farmers stood with bated another went in the direction of breath and wizened oldsters nodsome houses nearby. Someone ded in approval. Was this not I HMwr—*"' the South's greatest "war govemor" who had guided them safely through the first trying years of reconstruction, they asked themselves. Was this not the I man of whose visit to his army I in 1863 General Lee had said was the equivalent of his army's re-enforcement by 50,000 men? He talked of the recent great war, of reconstruction, of the industries and resources of North Carolina, and of the needs of the common man. Joked About Settle He spoke jokingly of his opponent and made some pointed remars about liiAi and his party. Then abruptly he stepped from the platform. There arose such clamor and uproarious applause that skittish mules lunged at their tethers and youngsters clasped their father's hand. Judge Settle ap-1 plauded as vigorouly as anyone ( around him. Vance was mobbed, I beaten on the back,' and shouted I at as he made his way through | the mob and took a seat on a stump that someone offered him. Finally he had to rise upon the stump and attempt to quiet t h e ; cheering. Presently Judge Settle took the j| podium and made a speech full of fire and peppery declarations.! He quoted facts and figures about the state government, he told of its evils and its virtues. Then, II at length, he spoke disparaging|| ly of Vance's accomplishments and reputation. He subjected Vance and his party to open cen-
Palmerville Was Lusty And Riotous Construction Town
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of the most notorious of these French Company Begins By FRED T. MORGAN were told to leave the job and a The serenity of the village was Two r o v i n g photographers few were actually taken away to not to last however, for in 1912 chanced to arrive in the village other jobs. a French company took over the of Palmerville in the years when development project and brought Men today speak in whispers it was headquarters for the vast of a graveyard of murdered men back the boisterous workmen to construction then in progress along the shores of the mighty plague the little town. They along the Yadkin river close by. Yadkin. Many citizens today changed the plans and immediThey were fascinated by the scars sustained in fights ately built the railroad on down activities there. Men hurried in bear the river near to the site of their around the labor camps. and out the stores, loaded wagproposed dam at the narrows. One negro tailor at Palmerons rattled along the street, and ville, known as Big Boy, who alMail once again flowed into the framework of new buildings ways carried a tape measure the postoffice at Palmerville for poked their ramparts from around his neck, was killed by the hundreds of laborers and the among the trees. Sounds of ham- white men simply because he several contractors. Steward and .mering, blasting, and .shouting came to a dance at the labor Jones and H. H. George comI echoed in the distance. camp to which he had been for- panies built the railroads. RhineTo the visitors, the place had bidden. No attempt was made heart and Dennis dug the tunall the aspects of a sight al- to prosecute his known murder- nel through the mountainside in which to divert the river and ready familiar to them. A boom er. town springing up to pulsate Company officers and native Hardaway and company built with life and activity for a seas- Icitizens who tried to keep order the dam in a few years of frenon, then to dwindle and die aj in the camps were murdered in zied activity. Clarence Cotton, an oldster of silent and unglorious death. cold blood and their bodies disAfter a night or two spent in posed of by night. Bodies were Badin who has a vivid memory the lusty town, filled with riot- found washed up on the shores of the early days of construction ious and uncouth laborers, the of the river and no one was along the Yadkin, operated a two men cut their hobbles and dubious of what a fresh plot of sort of taxi and transfer service j headed for tamer country. They disturbed earth deep in the around Palmerville and Badin and between the labor camp*. had journeyed among the wild- woods meant. est mining camps in the west, A blanket salesman who came He kept seventeen head .off they told residents, but never had in on the train from Salisbury, horses stationed at Palmerville, they had the misfortune of hit- mysteriously vanished one night thirteen at Badin, and had,severting a place as lawless and vir- when he sought to collect a bill al buggies and hacks. One was ulent as this. In disgust they from a white man at one of the a specially built Hampton coach ] !| shook the dust of PalmerviUe labor camps. The white man, so with a fringe top. He purchased j off their fastidious heels. the story goes, found an excuse a 1913 coperhead model-T ford I Power Development to leave for a moment and call- at Lexington for $836, and oper- j There was some basis for their ed one of his negro cohorts ated it over the wagon roads jj biased opinions. The Whitney aside. He told the negro to get hauling passengers and freight.! For two years he hauled the | Reduction company was in the rid of the man while he was midst of building its dam across gone. Nobody questioned the mail and payrolls from Whitney ; ; the Yadkin, digging on the five whereabouts of the salesman and Palmerville to the labor» •mile-long canal was in full next day, but down in a brushy camps. One morning the mail ] , t: swing, and the railroad line was hollow a disturbed, rectangular train had already left for New] •being extended as the work pro- shaped plot of ground partly | London when Jameison, the gengressed toward Palmerville. The covered with litter told the story. Jera! superintendent, found an important letter that had to get! /hundreds of laborers, Italians, Post Office Active in the mail that day. He gave I Sicilians, Hungarians, Poles, The post office at Palmerville it to Clarence with the words "If I! \ Turks, Negroes, and native hill did an enormous volume of you can't catch the train at II men, paid an hourly wage of business in those days. All the Whitney or New London take ; fifteen cents, charged into the mail for the contractors and the letter to Salisbury for it's got I village stores at night and on the laborers came to Palmerville and to get off today." • week-ends and did not mix well was carried from there out to -He jumped in h|s model-T and jj with the foreign liquor which the labor camps and distributed opened it up over the rough wag[they imported. Fights occurred to the men. Fifteen hundred on road. When he was a half nightly and killings were not money orders were written by mile from Whitney, he could see j unusual. It was unsafe to be out postmaster Claude Coggins and the train already pulling out at night on the roads around his staff in one month and up- heading for New London. He town or near the labor camps, wards of five hundred in one called for more speed out of his for arguments started and bul- day. Most of the money orders steaming ford as he careened lets and knives were apt to come were sent by the laborers to around stumps and mudholes order whiskey. The postal in| whistling from any direction. spector from Greensboro said and slow moving wagons. During this period of power that for one particular month Motor Red Hot 'development along the Yadkin, the post office there did more "The motor was red hot when I | the village of Palmerville sprang business than any town around, got to New London," he grinned,; into prominence and attracted including Charlotte and Greens- "but I pulled in at the depot many citizens and business men boro. Large sums of cash were just as the enginer blew his I to locate there. .",.*.'. <" taken from the postoffice by the whistle as he approached the! T. J. Cotton, from Montgomery carrier and he had to keep a gun station. For the next few days] everybody was talking about j county, built nine new store in sight to ward off thugs. Clarence Cotton beating the train ] buildings there and rented them post office there came near to New London with his model f to business men. At the peak of to The a first class rating T ford." activities in the town, there duereceiving to the huge volume of mail A regular sun of his was ton were around twenty business es- handled. Albemarle twice a week for 52! tablishments in operation. P. J. One day in 1908 when the kegs of beer and a barrel of Ital-1 Huneycutt operated a grocery, blew for. stopping time ian wine which he delivered to 1 furniture, and undertaker's es- whistle in the late afternoon* the work- men at the labor camps. Cocaine I tablishment there. Numerous men, yelling carousing, was peddled to the laborers by general stores, hotdog stands, chopped up theirand and from Winston - Salem, j two barber shops, two livery kicked and spatmachinery upon that negroes They would steal .anything they stables, a pressing club and which was immovable. They tailor shop, blacksmith shop, never to return to the pro- could get their hands on and j Wagon shop, and a roller mill left, ject. The bankrupt Whitney trade it for the stuff, he remem-1 were in the business line-up also. company had abandoned its de- *-»>«.»/, oniy about twenty-odd £ ial "lot who had respect for noth- lusions of granduer. families live around the old j ing save brute force. Company forward to investigate. The fig- town site on the hill overlooking] officers were stationed at the ure turned outito be Tom Cotton's the peaceful Yadkin. Not a labor camps, but the most of I big billy goat which had disap- store remains. Only a scant few them were .easily intimidated peared two days previously. The oldsters remain who can recall and afraid to stick their necks professor chased the goat which the colorful history of the vil-1 out of a tent flap. Their main bleated and finally jumped I age and remember the multiduties apparently were burying through the' church window. tudinous activities once centered/ the dead and advising the Nearby Palmerville, the big there. murderers to change localities. shovels, cranes, and other ma[t is said that seldom a week-end chinery lay rusting arid unused went by without a fatality and along the great canal, Just as sometimes two or three labor- the workmen had left it. The ers wre slain in drunken brawls. Whitney dam and the long County law enforcement officers canal attracted many visitors gave the vicinity a wide berth on who came and looked upon the their rounds. Known murderers result of man's attempt to harnworked on unpunished. Some ess, the Yadkin.
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Most of the laborers ate a loaf Two Churches and School of bread and a big piece of On the social side there was a Free of the troublesome work- cheese for their lunch. The top Baptist and Methodist church men, the little town sighed with price paid for work w a s about and eminent also was the famed relief and though their trade j per day. Shovel and^crane Yadkin Mineral Springs Acad- had diminished greatly, the $1.50 operators blacksmiths were emy operated by the vernerable merchants survived the slump the highestand paid, he says. professor, E. F. Eddins. and business leveled off to norm- ! Once, he recalled, the Italians Some of the pioneer merchants al. | saw a buzzard flying over and in Palmerville were Issac Shaver, Professor Eddins shot him down. They picked Cicero Cox, Manley Daniels, An institution which had con- h e vulture and cooked him and Harris Coggins, Henry Biles, and tinued to function during these tattempted eat him. It m a d e J. W. Davis. Doctor B. F. Fox hectic days was the Yadkin I t h e whole to pack of t h e m sick. served many years a s physician Springs Academy, operated by They called the buzzard for the community. E. O. Bost- Professor E. F. Eddins, a native black chick fly high." the. "big wick, a yankee, was one of the of Wake county. The professor On one occasion he hauled first postmasters. In the early came to Palmerville in 1887 and I nine negroes to the Palmerville days, the nearest roller mill and soon took over the operation of post office his ford. On the blacksmith shop were located the struggling school which had return trip on he had nine negroes two miles up the river a t the been founded about ten years and nine gallons of whiskey. One Nash-Kirk mill-and beyond that previously. He headed the school of them sat a-straddle of the was the Pennington mill. for 30-odd years during which, hood of his model-T and, with The idea of the Whitney Re- time he turned out hundreds of | jug in hand, raved, squalled, a n d duction company seems to have young men and women imbued all the way back to the been to dam the river at Whit- with knowledge t h a t led them sung ney, and run the river water Into successful careers later in camp. As the French got into full through a succession of power life. swing with their gigantic buildhouses along their canal. It was Trying to e n u m e r i e the benprograms, residents of Palma gigantic task. Work on the evolences and noble attributes ing erville and elsewhere were projects began about 1905. Tem- of this great m a n in Stanly quick to see the business opporporary tracks were laid along county history seems futile. It tunities t h a t existed there. Badin, the work site at the canal and Is sufficient to say t h a t he w a s named in honor of the president about half a dozen big steam a virtuous, magnanimous, tear- of the aluminum company, grew shovels worked a t various points less educator gifted w i t h the rapidly. Oldsters say t h a t an along the five-mile line. ability to take an uncertain empty box car housed the first Dinky engines and dump cars youngster and fill him with a j post office and a p u l l m a n car were used to haul the earth desire to go out into the world j served as the first freight depot. away as well as hundreds of and accomplish a definite aim. Town Abandoned. wagons and teams. Harper and Many citizens today can attest suffered Hearne from Salisbury contract- to the fact t h a t the professor de-1 Slowly Palmerville abandonment. The activities at ed to furnish teams for the job manded the best of a student. Badin enticed most of t h e merof dredging for the big canal. He twice represented Stanly | chants and m a n y of t h e citizens They kept upwards of three county in the state legislature to move there. The Methodist hundred head of horses and and served for m a n y years a s church moved to Badin and a mules at a big barn near t h e superintendent of county schools. post office had begun operation work site. A lake in t h a t vicin- He became known there to serve the fast growing ity is named for these two men. t h e state a s a pioneerthroughout educator. town. As Palmerville decreased Frank Kelly, a young lad from His last teaching was performed in population, t h e once overtaxNew London, loved to work in the old Clairmont school near ed failed to sustain around the engines and cars. He Palestine. He died in Albe- itself postoffice and was discontinued would work hard all day long marle at the age of 77 after de- about 1919 and afterwards the just to get to toot the whistle on voting 50 years of h i s life to the settlement w a s served by a mail the engine. One Sunday morning teaching profession in Stanly carrier from New London. Mrs. when the work w a s halted he county. Eugene Morgan is believed to became obsessed with a desire to have been the last postmaster. Many students came from dishear t h e whistle blow and fired a n t points to attend the school The Baptist church, a branch of up the engine. Tinkering with tand the old church remainboarded at homes in the the controls of the engine, he settlement. Boys came and batch- ed in theEbenezer village and serves got it to going backward and did ed at the institution. Many of the community today. still The only not know how to stop it. He them trapped rabbits during the charter member of the old backed a string of d u m p cars off winter to help pay their tuition. Mrs. E. F. Eddins, lives church nearby the end of a high samp and left They received four cents for t h e today. only the engine and one car sit- rabbit and one cent for the hide Membership at the Yadkin Minting upright on the tracks. The Merchant Ed Kirk. eral Springs Academy failed afworks superintendent who lived from a protracted meeting at ter the county began building nearby heard the commotion and t h eDuring church in Palmer- other schools around within investigated. He is said to have ville Baptist fall, the professor Ed- reach. The Academy, then a part kicked Kelly every step of t h e dins one went to ring the church I of the county public school sysway off the property. bell to call the worshipers to the tem, continued Its operation un-. An Anti-Social Lot meeting house. He saw a shad- der Professor Eddins until 1925 The workmen employed in the owy figure on the mourner's when it closed its doors. projects were a mangy, anti-soc- bench inside the gloomy interToday, only about twenty-odd j ial lot who had respect for noth- ior of the building. He went families live around the old ing save brute force. Company forward to investigate. The fig- town site on the hill overlooking officers were stationed at the I ure turned outito be Tom Cotton's the peaceful Yadkin. Not a labor camps, but the most of I big billy goat which had disap- store remains. Only a scant few them were easily intimidated peared two days previously. The oldsters remain who can recall and afraid to stick their necks professor chased the goat which the colorful history of t h e vilout of a tent flap. Their m a i n bleated and finally jumped lage and remember the multiduties apparently were burying through the church window. tudinous activities once centered, the dead and advising the Nearby Palmerville, the big there. nurderers to change localities. shovels, cranes, and other mait is said t h a t seldom a week-end chinery lay rusting and unused went by without a fatality a n d along the great canal, just a s sometimes two or three labor- t h e workmen had left it. The ers wre slain in drunken brawls. d a m and t h e long County law enforcement officers Whitney canal attracted m a n y . visitors gave the vicinity a wide berth on who and looked upon the their rounds. Known murderers resultcame of m a n ' s attempt to harnworked on. unpunished. Some ess the Yadkin.
Holt Brothers Starting Over;] Began Grocery Work Young Have Shown Unusual Initiative M By FRED T. MORGAN Twenty years or more ago, a trio of Holt brothers, Verdie, Vernon, and "Snook" set* to work delivering the Stanly News and Press to the folks in their neighborhood. Two of them, Vernon and "Snook" had regular routes while Verdie, the eldest, helped both of them alternately. Their service was characterized by efficiency, dependability, and punctuality, attributes which contributed much to their later success. There they learned much about diplomacy in dealing with people. They learned how hard it can be to collect an overdue bill and w h a t customers expect in t h e way of service. Throughout their boyhood, they talked and dreamed of the day when they could sell goods to the public in a business of their own. That dream persisted through the m a n y odd jobs they performed after school and on after they quit school to seek steady em- THE HOLT BROTHERS—Spurgeon, Berdie a n d ployment. Verdie recalls t h a t again. his first experience in the store business w a s a s a clerk in Char- cal concerns keeping a n eye lie McMargue5s meat market in cocked all the while on busiHappy Hollow. ness prospects. Buy Grocery. Verdie went to work at the In May 1936, the long awaited post office in Albemarle, a posiopportunity presented itself to tion which he now holds. Verthe boys. John Bailey, propri- non works at the Wiscassett j etor of the Watt Street grocery Y. M. C. A. commissary, while in t h e Wiscassett village, became "Snook" is employed at the disabled and in ill health and White Front Motor company. •-. could no longer operate his busiAll three brothers are married ness. With but little capital, and have two children each. the boys purchased the estab- Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. lishment and immediately set M. ("Uncle Jim") Holt live two about to incorporate into the miles out on Aquadale road. business some of the principles Plan New Store. they had long been studying. Today the persistent plans and Steadily, with perseverence, a n d ambitions of the boys for a busi_ aided by their intimate knowl- ness establishment in their com' edge of the people In t h e sur- munity are coming to fruition. rounding territory, they built up This time, their grocery store, to a n enviable volume of, trade. be known as Holt Brothers GroAt t h a t time Verdie w a s 18 cery, is located a t 408 Oakwood years old, Vernon 16, and "Snook" street, or more familiarly to most 14. "Snook" fondly recalls t h a t ! people, near t h e northern end he w a s practically raised u p in of the Wiscassett cotton mills. the grocery business. Their location is just a stone's During t h e next few years, throw from the place where they with their trade flourishing, they were born and reared.built up a wide reputation for They are stocking a full line honesty and straight forward of groceries and m e a t s and in dealing with their customers. They were of service to their the future plan to stock anything friends in the store every day. t h a t the customer demands. They remembered their parsim.- Their intimate knowledge of onious customers of newspaper their life-long friends—they, say days, and too, they kept in mind there's not a family on t h e hill the ones who had paid promptly. unknown to them, t h a t there's Early in the war years their scarcely a child whose first;name unity w a s interrupted when cannot readily be recalled— "Snook" left for duty in the coupled with their integrity a n d I army. A little later Vernon had optimistic nature will aid imto go. Then in 1945 Verdie w a s measurably in the success of summoned for duty which neces- their undertaking. They attest sitated the disposal of their gro- to t h e fact t h a t close observation of the habits and charactercery business. you m e e t . e v e r y "Snook" served four years with isticsisofofpeople no little value to you the army in the European thea- day in your later dealings with t h e m . ter. Vernon served witri' distincTheir plans for personnel in tion in Patton's armored division their store are incomplete at t h e also in the European theatre of present. operations a n d w a s discharged with rank of,, sergeant. Verdie] landed in the field artillery a n d spent two years in the south Pacific where he contracted a severe case of m a l a r i a fever. T h a t fever still attacks him with I malevolent regularity. Each of t h e boys accumulated a handful of ribbons and battle stars which they have long.since" forgotten. Released from Service. - After their release from the army, in about the s a m e order In which they were inducted, t h e boys were anxious to begin.anew their beloved grocery store. Surveying the field and considering all t h e angles, they deemed it wise to postpone their ambitions for a while and after up's a n d down's in the intervening months, '"~-£Dted employment at lo-
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1951
Four Ferries Formerly Linked Stanly With Area Across River By FRED T. MORGAN An old story has it that a town was once planned to be built at the site of the old Allenton ferry on the Pee Dee river near the present town of Norwood. As the supposition goes, the village would be called Allentown and would be the northern most point of navigation for river craft. It would be the center of much trade with the river boats laden
with goods to be transported overland into the interior of the state. The visionaries saw themselves growing rich as their town commenced to thrive and to attract teamsters and business men to locate on their property. Too, their town might even grow into, a great exportation center for the vast resources as yet unexploited in the remote interior of the country. The impractical dreams failed to convince other settlers that their scheme was a sound one. A few houses were built on the proposed location, but enthusiasm died as the perpetrators of the idea began to face the facts more realistically. The shoals and sandbars in normal conditions did not permit bulky traffic up the Pee Dee and in inundated conditions it was indeed dazardous to attempt a voyage upstream. Sneedsboro in Anson county and Cheraw, S. C, were about the most inward points where navigation was practicable from any commercial standpoint. Their dreams of a lusty, getrrich-quick town were abandoned. Ferry Continued On the artery between Center, the present town of Norwood, and Mt. Gllead, the ferry continued its docile operations as before, dragging on the rocks and shoals in the shallow waters of summer and wrestling with the rampaging torrent in the seasons when the turbulent Pee Dee spread over Its banks and flqoded the bottom lands. It could carry from one to three wagons or buggies, depending upon the weight. A person traveling on foot usually paid a nickel to be rowed across in a bateau. At one time the ferry belonged to the grandfather of H. C. Turner, an Albemarle attorney. Jake Turner, a skilled Negro ferryman, piloted the craft on its countless journeys. In those days the Pee Dee was from three to six hundred feet in width and was dangerous to attempt to ford along most of its course through Stanly county. In the 1890's, M. E. Blalock built a ferry two mlies upriver from the Allenton ferry at the approximate location of the pres-
ent Skidmore development area. Not being on a well known road, however, his ferry was not used to any great extent. How They Operated The ferries operated between two fixed points on shore, traveling under a steel cable anchored to high points on each shore. The ferryman set the angle of his craft so that the current helped push it along. At some places long ropes and mules were used to pull the ferry to its dock on shore. A vital link in the Morganton to Fayetteville road, which traversed Albemarle over the course of the present Pee Dee avenue, was the Swift Island Ferry which operated on the river a short distance south of the present bridge on highway 27. This ferry for many years served through and local freighters with their wagons loaded wfth produce bound for the port city of Fayetteville, to return with merchandise for their homes and stores. In its later years this ferry was own-, ed by Charlie Armstrong of Mt7 Gilead who sold out to the poweiS company when they began the construction on the river. Of importance too, was the Lowder's Ferry, which connected a direct route between Albemarle and Troy. It was located near the site of the proposed boat landing in Morrow Mountain State park. This much-used route traversed the rough hilly country on both sides of the river and made hazardous traveling even in good weather. The ferry was operated by and received its name from Dave Lowder, a brusque, business-like gentleman of the old school. One day a traveler arrived on foot and asked to be taken across the river. "Get in the boatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;get in," Mr. Lowder told him. The man stepped into the boat, but did not sit down. "But I haven't got a nickel to pay you with," he said. "Then get out of, the boat and back on shore," Mr. Lowder fumed. "A man without a nickel in his.pocket is just as well off on one side of the river' as the other. Get out, get out." Yadkin Becomes Pee Dee Mr. Lowder's ferry landed on the Montgomery side just below
the mouth oi the uwnafne river. Some confusion had arisen as to the name of the big river. Many people called it the Pee Dee and as lot ~of folks still referred to it as the Yadkin. A bill was passed in the state legislature in 1915 changing the name of the river at its junction with the Uwharrie. South of that point it would be called the Pee Dee and north of the tributary it was to be known as the Yadkin. The Lowder Ferry ceased" its operation simultaneously with the beginning of the power development along the Yadkin. One of the most Important ferries along the Yadkin was the old Stokes Ferry, located on the extreme edge of Stanly county near the Rowan county Jine. The old Stokes family owned a large tract of land along the river and as the current was unsafe to ford, a ferry was built to aid the travelers in crossing the stream. About an acre or two of ground was purchased on the Montgomery side for landing purposes. Numbers of draymen and teamsters used this route on their way to points in Montgomery and Davidson counties. It is said that these four county lines come to a needle point out in the center of the river. It is believed that the old Stokes Ferryiaassed over this imaginary point on its trips across the river. Smith and Biles In the later days the old ferry was purchased by R, L. Smith and the late A. F. Biles of Stanly county, but it continued to op-1 erate under the same name. One I day about dusk when the ferry. was tied up to its dock on the Stanly side, a sleepy motorist drove down the grade and onto the ferry and off the other end where his vehicle plunged into the shallow water. He escaped with only a dousing. His car had to be removed from the water before the ferry could move. Fortunately the accident happened on the Stanly shore, for on the opposite side xhe waters were deep and the unlucky motorist might never have esI caped the plunge. As years passed traffic on the 1 roads became so urgent and volumnous that the ferry could no longer accommodate all the vehicles. A bridge was needed. Mr. Smith gained an audience I with chairmsn of the newly formI ed State Highway Commission, Frank Page and discussed the possibilities of a bridge across the river at the site of his ferry. I Mr. Page proved uncooperative and said the state would not build a bridge at that point. Would he then, Mr. Smith insisted, design and specify the type of bridge that would be acceptable to the state in the event that they would later want to take it over into their system, if private citizens would build the bridge themselves? Mr. Page was negative on this also. Undaunted, Mr, Smith went to a friend, Mr. Craven, who was a State Highway bridge engineer, and secured him to come in his off duty hours and survey for the bridge and to design it and specify the materials for its coÂťstruction. . Bridge Built Then, in the early 1920's, Mr. Smith and Mr. Biles borrowed money and hired a contractor to build the bridge. Upon its completion, the men discontinued their ferry and chasged a toll of twenty-five cents for vehicles crossing their bridge. They operated it steadily for about three years. Although only a one lane affair, it greatly faciliated the movement of traffic. Then the state decided that they did want the structure and purchased it from the two men. After a short i time, the state discarded it and [built the present high bridge over the river. Of the five ferries that at one time operated on the Yadkin and I Pee Dee river in Stanly county I only two were replaced by mod : em bridges. The other one in 1 question being the Swift Island ' bridge across- the Pee Dee on i Highway 27, it also being the second structure to be built near 1 t h a t location
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C. hands as long as he remained in the army. Croix de Guerre In a gala ceremony December 21, 1918, Jesse stood proudly with other great heroes and received the exclusive Croix de Guerre from the French government. He heard his name read 1 out and his daring act described in ringing tones before a great assemblage of his fellow Americans. V His citation read In part as follows: "After approbation of the General Commanding in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, the Marchal of France Commander in Chief of the Frerfch Armies of By FredT. Morgan the East cites in the order of the Brigade; Soldier Johnson, Jesse, A little known Stanly county C o l o r Sergeant Headquarters hero of the first World War, Company, 371st Regiment InJesse A. Johnson, now lives in fantry American: has proven his indigence in his rented house at devotion and courage in the Codytown between Badin and service of the Headquarters PlaNew London. toon. Always voluntarily a n d Only a handful of friends and without regard to danger therea few of his odd job employers by setting an example to all who have ever looked upon the covet- were with him." ed Croix de Guerre and the docucommendation is signed ments and commendations pre- byThe Petain, Marchal of France, sented to him by the French Commanding-in-Chief of t h e governmept for his heroic deeds French Armies of the East. and extraordinary Intrepidity in Jesse fondly recalls hoW he battle. loved to carry the colors in the "Heroes are quickly forgotten", parades of his company. How it Jessie, now 62, recounts. "Nowa- made him feel so good to be days, hardly anyone would pause thought worthy to carry his to look at any papers." country's beloved ensign streamBut never will he be forgotten ing over his head. in the minds and hearts of his He and a friend, McDuffy, comrades and superiors of the wrote a poem there in France 371st American infantry regi- while awaiting their turn .for ment attached to the French shipment back to the states. The forces, for he was credited with nostalgic verses recount their adsaving the entire regiment. ventures and speak of their Jesse, a frank, courteous, grey- thoughts and longings of home. ing man, voluntered for the servHe remembers the cheering, ice November 21, 1917. He vivid- flag-waving crowds that met his ly recalls his eagerness, his ship when he came back. He trip overseas. It was all new to was discharged February 24, him, so new that it was frighten- 1919, came back home and was ing. married in August of the same Hemmed In year. "We had the Germans runToday, arthritis has reduced ning," he recalls. "One cloudy Jesse's activities somewhat. He misty day we moved to the top loves to work with flowers and of a large hill and, as luck would vegetable gardens. He likes to have it, the clouds scattered and hunt, and to fish in the Badin the sun shone down bright and lake. He does odd jobs around pretty. In a matter of minutes i n his neighborhood and for peothe barrage began. We took ple in Albemarle who know him. cover in shelters and caves va- Recently he has been living in cated by the Germans. When reduced circumstances since one the barrage ended, we counted of his three girls has been in the our dead and advanced further. hospital. The bills have taken "In the next few days we kept all his money and expenses are pushing them back, so fast in mounting still. fact that most of the time their Eager To Serve fire fell behind our linesv There were three regiments of us. I Asked about our country's was in the center one. I was stand in current world events, acting sergeant in charge of liai- Jesse said he thought we were son and carriers. Our job was engaged in the toughest probto relay messages between com- lem in our history. And it is manders and to carry communi- his honest opinion that our cations equipment. All seven plight will become graver. He men in my squad had been kill- says that every able-bodied man should be eager to serve in the ed. of his country. "Then the Germans made a uniform Even today, he says with unstand. I remember it'well. It pretentious sincerity, as slow turned out to be the battle of and feeble as is, he is eager Chateau Thierry there in the Ar- and willing he to volunteer for gonne forest. Communications service if they Would him. between us and our general He is fervent in his accept desire to headquarters back behind the hasten peace. lines had been disrupted. The Jesse has a son stationed in Germans were still uncertain of Germany in the service, of his our position and most of their country. When the boy left for barrages were directed too high duty he had little talk with and fen. tft the wide area behind him. "Son", hea told him, **if you our lines. What made it critical want to make a preacher was that our own headquarters a good one. If you want to make be a didn't know our position. doctor, be a good one; If you "I could hear the Colonel talk- want to be a lawyer, be a good ing to his aide, 'Who have you one. But if you want to be a got to take a mesage back to soldier, be like your daddy." headquarters?* "They've all been bumped off except Johnson and he's too valuable a man.' "I lay there trembling. Yes, I was actually shaking. "'It'll take a good man to make that trip', the Colonel said. 'Look at those shells falling. Johnson will have to go'.
Palmerville Negro Is Unknown Hero Of World War I Fighting
Was Given High Award By France
HONORED IN FRANCE—Jesse Johnson, one of Stanly's unsung heroes, was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France for heroism during World War I. That was many years ago. However, the Palmerville Negro, "shown ill the picture above splitting some sto'wood, still retains a fine sense of patriotism and recalls with pride the awarding of the medal. —Staff Photo—Ivey.
Went For Help "They called me and the Colonel told me to put the message j in my shirt pocket and button it up. Then I started on. I recall that day very well. It was the fifth Sunday in September, 1918, about eleven o'clock. I'll never know how I made that trip. I There was shells bustin' all [ around me, but I didn't get a I scratch. It is the farthest I have ever run without getting tired. I reached the headquarters about j three and a half miles away, got their reply and headed back! without resting. On the return ' trip I picked up two slackers, one of them an officer, and herded them back up to the front. "I got back about one o'clock and the Colonel said he thought he'd have never seen me again. We lay there waiting and without food until Tuesday when our forces united and we pushed up in a big drive." After the armistice, Jesse re- ', eeived a promotion to Senior! Color Sergeant of the Headquart- j] ers Company and his Colonel I fondly told him that he would I jiever_ again have to_ soil his I
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1951
STANLY NEWS AND PB
Old Parker Mine Once Caused Big Gold Rush At New London -<s>mighty efforts expended to pry The English company began to the mine. In 1928, L. J. Trott loose the yellow metal t h a t still work in earnest after their pur- and J. B. Spence of New London reposes beneath the red clay of chase of the mine w a s consum- purchased the mine from Mrs. New London's hills. ated in 1890. A shaft was sunk Gibson, the daughter of Koontz and timbered to a depth of 83 and set about to reopen the long Back To 1800 Mr. Spence, feet and rich pay dirt came out abandoned shaft. The story goes back to the year of who had worked in sections the hole. The crew had equip1800 when a nugget was first ment to Handle only a small of the mine and w aall s familiar found about one mile south of the amount of ore per day and in- with its history, believed that the present mine site. In the years means of, refining it. gold vein could be found again. following, mites of gold could efficient Their water was obtained However, not a great deal of work be found in the gulches and from a smallsupply branch which ran w a s performed on the old digwashes after a big rain and through the property and it w a s gings and in December, 1934, the throughout the immediate area inadequate for their needft Still, property was leased by t h e ownsurface prospecting yieldeg hand- the rich ore paid off a nice profit ers, which included Ed Snuggs, fulls of gold particles. Little more which the men in turn invested who had bought a third interest, t h a n prospecting went on until in more machinery and equip- to a Washington syndicate headin the years prior to the civil ment. ed by E. M. Scott. At once the war. Then the railroad came through new operators of the mine sur- ] In 1859 and 1860, Howell the property and disturbed their veyed the site, gathered a l l data Parker, owner of the land upon water supply and the company on past work, and set out to dig which the gold was found, began ordered a quantity of heavy pipe a horizonal tunnel which would some of the first mining op- which they laid from the m i n e intercept the old crib shaft at a erations. With the aid of his to a pump station on the Yadkin depath of 40 below t h e surface, j m a n y slaves he dug several river. Twenty-inch pipe were This tunnel, to be about 600 feet shafts into the earth at the most used from the station to a point when completed, would furnishl likely-looking spots, some reach- about a mile- away where the sufficient water from the crlbl ing a#depth of hundreds of feet. pipe was reduced to twelve-inch shaft to carry on the necessary | It is said that circular stairways size on to the mine;. At the mine operations in refining the gold. were dug into the sides of the the pipe was of the one and oheGold Again Found shafts up which the slaves car- half-inch size which produced About midnight on Monday, ried the dirt and ore in burlap great pressure. This hydraulic bags. The ore was processed by system of mining paid well un- March 4, 1935, Vincent Burleson very crude methods, but the slow til fuel became hard to obtain and Buster Culp struck their and painstaking manner of re- for the giant pumps used to force picks into a vein which brought covering it paid Parker handsome the water through the pipes. forth great quantities of the yelprofits.' Then the company concentrated low metal. All the company officials were called from WashingCeasing his work at the out- its forces on a canal that they ton and expert engineers inspectbreak of the war, Parker and his planned to dig all the way from ed the gold vein which later Sons went off to battle and after- the river to the mine, a distance proved to extend to a width of wards t h e mine lay undisturbed of several miles. When the pro- 25 feet. Much of the ore Was r e " I until sometimein the 1870's when ject was well underway t h e com- moved from the vein as work o n j an English concern known as the pany could not obtain any more the tunnel continued on past the New London Estates Company, Capital to continue its work and discovery. Several gold-studded Ltd., became interested in the subsequently went broke never specimens of the ore were put on. property. They purchased the to return to the rich ore in the display at the Cabarrus bank in I mine property from the Parker crib shaft. Albemarle, others were carried to heirs for the sum of $27,000, acAbandoned In 1894 Salisbury, and some were taken J cording to reports. Bill Hamond, a veteran min- to Washington to the n a t u r a l I Eight-Pound Nugget ing man, was the last m a n to museum. People flocked to the m i n e ] Jack Rowland, a Negro em- leave the old shaft before lit w a s ployed at the mine, found a nug- abandoned in 1894. At that time from all sections of the state and I get weighing eight pounds in one bucket of ore from the cut a deluge of mail flooded the post j the year 1880 and turned it over would yield half a pint of p u r e office at the headquarters of the i company. Old miners agreed t h a t to his employers. According to gold. substantial sources, the largest Richard Eames bought the it was the richest strike they had solid hunk of gold ever taken mine and property late in 1894 ever seen. E. R. Baur, who h a d ' from the mine was a nugget as and immediately set about sell- years of mining experience in the j large as a man's head. Three ing off the machinery and the Welsh gold mining companies fi men secretly divided the gold equipment to get back his pur- in Colorado, was employed as with a hammer and chisel with- chase price. He sold the miles of amalgamator for the mine and I out being detected by t h e Park- heavy pipe and giant pumpsj to he said t h a t the deposit w a s the ers who owned the mine at the the city of Jacksonville, Fla., to richest he had ever seen in all time. use in their municipal w a t e r his thirty years in the business. Many times during the first few | According to a report in the system. North Carolina Geological Survey Then, in the process of time, weeks following the diseovery, for the year 1893, over $200,000 the property fell Into the b a n d s over $1,000 in gold w a s taken worth of gold, mostly in the nug- of S. C. Koontz of Pennsylvania. from the vein in one day's operations. Other mines, long i get form, had beeni te»ken tak from the Mr. Koontz died shortly there-, abandoned in the neighttorhood mine prior to 1887 after and his daughter was heir commenced work in hope of hit- I ting pay dirt again. Interested f I Kneen was to meet certain oblipersons quickly took options on I gations in regard to payments I t h e land adjacent to these mines. I for the property, but after the I outbreak of t h e war he was given l a release of these obligations for j f the duration. Kneen -soon died I thereafter and his wife acquired | I the rights to the mine under the! I lease. She h a s since remarried! I and it is said that they claim! I that the war is not officially over P yet and will not therefore com-1 1 ply with the terms of the con-1 •j! tract. L. John Trott, one of the ownI ers, says t h a t the m i n e will be I operated again, but not in times I like the present. J. B. 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Some Think Mine Will Be Reopened By FRED MORGAN On Tuesday, March 5, 1935, the Stanly News and Press carried a banner head across the front page — GOLD VEIN STRUCK AT NEW LONDON. The black headlines continued to pyramid downward screaming the news-—Yellow Metal, Valued at Thousands of Dollars is Uncovered in Parker Mine. Gold in Such Quantities t h a t it is Plainly Visible to the Naked Eye. Work is Stopped Until Adequate Storage Space is Provided. The article continued with a description of the gold. Nuggets from the size of your finger to gold-studded rocks larger t h a n a m a n ' s head were unearthed by the workmen's picks. Guards were posted around the discoveryand visitors to the ' m i n e were barred. Pieces of the precious m e t a l a n inch long were twisted from the n a t u r a l rocks by miners. Mr. Scott, the engineer in charge of activities at the mine, said t h a t enough gold-bearing ore w a s a t h a n d to justify mining operations fdr years a n d years to come. Behind this great discovery, said by some t o be the greatest find in the history of North Carolina, lie thwarted dreams a n d frustrated hopes of n u m b e r s of men who have tried to mulct t h e earth of its cache of precious mineral there at New London. Fortunes have been lost and
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Worked Three Shifts Three eight-hour shifts workI1 ed around the clock and consist ed of some forty men, most of whom had been hired locally. The average weekly payroll was about $500, which m e a n t T big" } business'for New London. The workmen continued to dig on past the vein and, a s some h a d predicted, another smaller gold vein was struck. Another crew of workmen set about reopening the crib shaft and installing new timbers. E. M. Scott, president of tne company and superintendent of the work, m a d e trips to Washington to order the latest modern machinery to use in processing the rich ore. Geologists and expert mining engineers came from all parts of the country to analyze and study the dis- believes t h a t there is still just covery and heralded it with much as much gold in the mine as h a s pomp and weighty opinions. The come out of it. Aided by his nrine operators, known as the knowledge of the layout of the North Carolipa Mining Corpora- old crib shaft, he says t h a t withtion, had facilities at that t i m e in one week he could be turning to handle about 100 tons of ore out enough high grade ore to daily. The machinery that they keep a stamp mill running full awaited would greatly expedite time. There's gold down there, "Uncle Buck", one of the owners, the process. However, all the machinery insists, lots of gold. And it will did not arrive and in t h e ensuing rest there until men again grow weks a spirit of uncertainty restless and impatient, and, lured settled over the activities a t New by the infatuating craze for the London. Then, like dead leaves yellow mineral, seek once more falling off a tree, t h e operations f\to rob the coffers of mother earth. at the mine ceased one by one | until the work came to a stand- \ still. In, an attempt to keep the ! mine on its feet, Scott sold stock | in the property to local people,' but there Was no revival of operations and the company dis-f solved. The three owners had to put the property up for sale in order to settle with the stockholders. At the sale, t h e same < three owners, L. J. Trott, J. B. Spence, and E. E. Snuggs, pur- i chased the mine again. Just w h a t drove the North Carolina Mining Corporation to abandon the mine is subject for conjecture. Some say that all the hullabaloo about the rich strike was a hoax and that the mine simply could not sustain itself. However, in refutation of t h i s belief, m a n y people saw the yellow-streaked ore come out of the mine. Miners vouch t h a t they dug golden chunks from the walls of the tunnel in which the discovery w a s made. And there is today at the Cabarrus bank in Albemarle, m a n y exceedingly rich gold-studded rocks, some pure nuggets, and little jars half full of golden particles all of which came from the old mine. Leased in 1941 In 1941, the property was leased to J. D. Kneen of Santa Monica, Calif., who did little prospecting about the mine in t h a t same year. Under the terms of the lease, Kneen w a s to meet certain obligations in regard to payments for t h e property, but after t h e outbreak of t h e war he was given a release of these obligations for the duration. Kneen -soon died thereafter and his wife acquired the rights to the mine under the lease. She h a s since remarried and it is said _that they claim t h a t the war is not officially over yet a n d will not therefore comply with the terms of the contract. L. John Trott, one of the ownI ers, says t h a t the mine will b e | operated again, but not in times •! like the present. J. B. Spence, i better known as "Uncle Buck",
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Misenheimer Springs Was Once Popular Resort; Also Gold Center By FRED T. MORGAN When passenger trains hit the upper edge of Stanly county back in the 1890's the conductor would Walk through the coaches shouting "Gladstone, next stop." When the dinky engine creaked to a stop, about half and sometimes nearly all his passengers disembarked, dressed in their finery and carrying luggage. Immediately they stepped into stately fringed-topped carriages and were whisked away to the famous Misenheimer Springs resort a few miles away. Soon the conductors learned that the name Gladstone caused some confusion among strangers, so they changed their announcement to "All off for Misenheimer Springs". This told the vacationists where to dismount to be greeted by the carriages. Soon the post, office was officially changed from Gladstone to Misenheimer by popular request so that visitors would not be taken on beyond their destination. As tourist traffic increased through the little station, so did trade with the few merchants and in turn more freight went out from the small siding. Cordwood, ties, and lumber were the main exports as cotton could not be raised very successfully through the area. Merchants of Community The early merchants who catered to the visitors and residents were G. W. Peeler, VL Ritchie, and G. W. Reed who ran general stores. Bill Melchor and J. A. Bolton operated a sawmill and cotton gin and later a corn mill. Squire M. Ritchie came to Misen. heimer from Copal Grove and began a blacksmith shop, became the postmaster, and later a magistrate. A. K. Miller succeeded Mr. Ritchie at the post office followed by C. D. Plyler who took over the postmastership
on October 1, 1909 and held the practical to reopen the mine :: The community seems to have job for twenty-four years. Gold mining played an import- been- without a resident phy-. ant part in the settling of the siclan in the early days of horse community also. Mines were in and buggy trayel. Doctor Shimoperation at Gold Hill and New pock of Gold Hill and Doctor J. London and nearby the Culp A. Allen of New London for the mine and the Barringer mine most part attended the ailments worked a number of hands. of the people. Every man in that vicinity spent Pfeiffer College his spare time panning for the The forerunner of the present elusive yellow mineral. Pfeiffer Junior college was built A Doctor Wood and Senator in the settlement in the fall of Fred Betts from Colorado purand it consisted of only one chased the old Culp mine and op- 1909 or two wooden structures. Thel erated it for about one year founders of the institution werej without realizing much profit. people of determination and the The Barringer mine, on the school began to grow from the( other hand, turned out rich ore, day of its foundation. Today itl some of it in pure nugget form. is considered one of the finest Gold was discovered there by Junior colleges, in the. state. Tice Barringer who found it layA Methodist church was oring on top of the ground. It was ganized by the villagers and first mined by taking a .hammer called M f c e n n e i r n e r Methodist and chisel and beating it out church located near the center of from between the flint rocks. the settlement. Later, after the The Whitney company, which college located there, this church had previously operated a mine was consolidated with at Gold Hill and who later be- groups and rebuilt and givenother the gan the gigantic project on the name of Wesley Chapel. MatYadkin river, bought the Bar- ton's Grove, another church nearringer mine and began opera- by, also serves the community. tions there in 1902 and continued Misenheimer is largefor a period of about two years. ly Today, as the home of PfeifDuring this time much gold was fer known college. The college taken out of the many shafts, has Junior a large membership and atcoming out in the pocket form. students from many states One almost solid hunk of gold tracts some foreign countries and described as about as large as and it means to the business your head, came out of the dig- life of themuch community. ings and was taken to WashingWeatherbeaten old buildings, ton, D. C, and put on display. It brought the sum of $55,000 buiit fifty years or more ago, still w&it gloomily beside the highwhen sold. way and railroad perhaps for the Sight Drowned merry sound of the moneyed On August 11, 1904 seven tourists comin gto pause on their, Negroes and one white man, Will way to the famous resort hotel! Canup, were drowned at the bot- close by. tom of a 200-foot shaft A flash rain storm swelled the creek in which one shaft was located. The earthen dam which had been built to divert the stream, burst from the force of the water and flooded the shaft which in turn flooded other shafts through connecting tunnels until it reached the main shaft where the men were working at the end of a 500-1 foot horizonal tunnel. Only onel Negro, who had been working near the entrance of the tunnel,! managed to escape. Eleven days elapsed before the watercould be lowered sufficient-] ly to recover the bodies. Two water pumps and a ton bucket were used night and day to fight against the rising water. After the bodies were extracted from the bottom of the main shaft, the water came back to its previous level in only forty-five minutes. On July 31, 1905, the Whitney company ceased its operations at the mine to commence the project on the Yadkin. Later, in 1938, another shaft was sunk to a depth of about sixty feet in an attempt to strike the gold pocket. C. D. Plyler, a prominent merchant in Misenheimer for the last 42 years, now owns the old Barringer mine and surrounding property. Mr. Plyler, whose grandfather once owned a part interest in the mine, says that he would like to see what's down there, but conditions existing today would make it im-
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Albemarle Gunsmith Has Large Collection Of Guns And Pistols Can Repair jAny Make
Firearm By FRED T. MORGAN Shootin' irons galore line the walls and shelves of W. A. Still's gun repair shop located a short distance off highway 52 near the underpass north of town. Mr. Still, a gunsmith for fifty years, has weapons ranging from long - barreled muskets to old pirate pistols hardly larger than a man's thumb. Included in his collection are guns from foreign countries, rare antique firearms, and one pistol that he made himself. Few visitors are content with just a casual inspection of his assortment of firearms. He likes to Show off a small pistol every piece of which he made himself, right down to the rifles in the barrel. He saya he reckons it has been shot a million times, but the mechanism still works good as ever. People have tried to buy the old gun but he won't part with it. Mr. Still, who is 69 years old, has been working on guns and lumber machinery most of his life. He says his father was the kind of man who would never send a broken piece off to have it fixed. He did his own work and made his own parts when they could not be readily obtained. Learning much about the art of woddwork and machine work from his dad, he soon became adept at the craft himself. "Here's a colt derringer of the type used to assassinate Presi. dent McKinley," Mr. Still relates displaying a small formidable looking weapon. "The assassinator held it in his hand with a handkerchief like this." 'This one's a single action Remmington pistol about 75 years old and here's a hy-score pistol that's used mostly for target practice." Oldest Revolver The oldest revolver owned by him is an old muzzle loader nearly 100 years old. He has on his wall several muzzle loader rifles with their ramrods still intact beneath, the barrels. One longbarreled, dust-covered old musket, reminiscent of the tales in our history books, rests on its brackets on the wall. Mr. Still says the old guns will still shoot, but that its hard to get powder for them now. He has sold many of the ancient type of •
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951
Coming Of First Airplane Disrupted All Activities In Oakboro Section By FRED T. MORGAN At dawn one morning in June, 1920, a small group of people stood around a clearing near the road between Oakboro and Big Liek. Already they were here in anticipation of the event to come. Kids were talking excitedly. "They say it can go like this and this", and they made peculiar motions with their hands. Wagons and buggies began to
arrive loaded down with people. fields to the spot where the plane Lines of folks on foot came from went down. They found the pilot sitting every direction. Soon the roosters stopped crowning and the out on the wing of his plane. He crimson edge of the sun began waited until the majority bf the to peep up in the east. Still the crowd arrived and then stood up and spoke to them rather sarcaspeople came. He explained that he It was a busy time of year for tically. intended to land his plane folks to be galavanting around had at the spot where they had been like this. The grain harvest was gathered, they would not just commencing and the crops give him but room, so he were to hoe and cultivate. They had to picklanding this vacant field came because they had been instead. Heoutwarned retold to come if they wanted to peatedly to keep out of them the plane witness a sight never before seen and away from the dangerous in that section. propeller in front. Gradually the sun's ray killed Hauled Passengers. a faint mist hanging over a holThen he began to haul paslow nearby and dried the dew on the grass underfoot. They con- sengers up for a few circles over tinued to talk, watch the horizon the country and back. All of intently and gesticulate with them came back thrilled by their their hands. The hot sun first trip skyward and marvelbrought sweat to foreheads and ing at the power of the machine dust eddied upward from under- to fly through the air like a neath the milling crowd. Impa- bird. Many were skeptical at tiently they traversed the entire first, but later were induced by their friends to ride the newlength of the field. fangled flying machine. Some, Speck Appears. especiaHy the elderly folk, were A loud shout drew attention! opinionated and could not by Someone pointed to a speck bare- any method be inticed to go ly discernible on the horizon. A "a-flying". chorus of wild yells and cheers Residents in the vicinity sufand excited waving ensued. This acutely from the antics of was it! Here it came! That fly- fered the Wells were' ing machine they had heard so drawn spectators. dry, springs muddied, and much talk about! sweet potato patches were tramThe machine buzzed over the pled to ruination. Everything field with a deafening roar. It edible in gardens and orchards circled again and again, flew off was devoured by the voracious for a short time, came back and plunderers, few of whom were circled again. It seemed to whirr inclined to go home for lunch. angrily as it sailed back and Many newcomers kept stragforth over their heads. ling to the scene. They had heard Then it left, so it seemed. They the report that an airplane was saw it circling low over a field to come to Oakboro that day, but about a mile away. It vanished had disbelieved it. below the trees and the roar Throughout the afternoon the died. plane kept up its activities. PasThe stampede that followed sengers were plentiful and still left those in its wake gasping not all were accommodated. for days. They lit out across Down late when the shadows country in a surging line with were long and the sun stood poiswild-eyed kids yammering and ed just above the horizon, the horses snorting under the lash. pilot took leave of the crowd. They say the results resembled They lined up along the plane's Sherman's march through Geor- course and waved as Its wheels gia. Ripe grain fields were tram- left ground. It climbed and cirpled into oblivion, gardens and cled, then headed off for Its' orchards suffered devastation, port. and fences were knocked down. The weary spectators ambled There were horses, wagons, bug- off toward their respective homes. gies, sleds, bicycles, and a few Some were exaulted, some were cars and none of them bothered disappointed. Snubby youngsto follow the road: around, but ters harbored resentment against went across ditches and through their parents for not permiting
them to ride the plane. All.el them were united, however. In their enthusiasm for the flying machine The pilot had said he would bring it back. Next time, said the skeptical few, they'd ride that contraption.
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Brief History Of Town Is Interesting Story
As is t h e case with m a n y t o w n s t h r o u g h o u t our country in the d a y s w h e n t h e Iron Horse forged its way to new territories in quest of t h e riches of t h e land, Oakboro, bustling little municipality t h a t it now is, can t r a c e its birth directly, to t h e coming of t h e r a i l r o a d . Prior to t h e r a i l r o a d , a rough trail t h r o u g h the forest a n d a store built in December 1905 by C. C. F u r r w e r e t h e only indications of t h e t o w n to come. The land was sparsely settled a n d Big Lick, a thriving village two miles to t h e west a t t r a c t e d most newcomers. J. Ellis T h o m a s , doubtlessly because of t h e competition in Big Lick, located his blacksmith shop n e a r F u r r Y store in t h e early p a r t of t h e century, a business which fee continued to o p e r a t e for 40 y e a r s . •—* — In 1909 a power company in professional capacity. Later he Monroe ran its line through the was succeeded by a Doctor Price. OAKBORO BUSINESS SECTION IN 1951—Brick business buildings line the all-weather streets ha locality on its journey northeastThe first motor vehicle in town downtown Oakboro, and cars scurry busily here and there. Oakboro is a good example of a ward to Albemarle, Badin and D o c owned bybought C. C. Furr. Then- progressive small town in the middle of the 20th century. It has both agriculture and industry High Rock. They paid the land-1 was Hartsell one follow —•— ' ed by Jim Barbee. Those early from which to draw support for its retail trading center. A church steeple is visible In the holders four dollars per tower c a r s background and there are both good schools and good churches in this Stanly town. placed on their land and one| > it is remembered, looked 1 more like a buggy than an au-1 —Staff Photo—Ivey. dollar per cord of wood removed / from the 80-foot right-of-way, tomobile and would drown out town government are Mayor Business Concerns. town business leaders imported i'j providing the owners cut the in a heavy dew. Prominent among the town's L. Austin, and five councilmenl Frank Dunn, an oldster with) a carnival for these occasions ] wood themselves. an amazing memory of happen-1 and scheduled events, including business concern's today are the J. A. Tucker, G. E. Crowell, F. Surveyed in 1912. I sack races, talent shows, beau- following establishments; four L. Herron, David Hartsell, and Late in 1912, engineers from i ings ,.,.„,. t around ...h e n] , Oakboro, . . . . believes , ty contests, climbing greasy general merchandise stores, one j Heath Helms. Grady H. Morton the Norfolk & Southern railroad t ^e t ° J ^ f a c iank gb o r lawyer o w a s poles, and the like, which drew hardware, three food stores, a j is employed by the town as chief completed their surveying of the i C£r a L V £ n / ° crowds from miles around. R. drug store, one theatre, two res- of police. proposed line and construction ^ ^ h a r d syoend u. Hatley of Oakboro acted as taurants, an electrical appliance! Latest population figures show K n the project began the next H J, • t ^h !e c?tion of chii- C. Master of Ceremonies during the store, two jewelry stores and re- j Oakboro to have 627 resident*, year. Stories difler as to w h y . £ £ " " community, the Pres- festivities. pair shops, Oakboro Marble & Iinside the city limits and it-jS\ the road roa d did not run through I ^ e i i a n People hired a teacher jI1 tBig e vLick , ^as. . .was " ^ . originally ^ - ^ " ^ l a nind V e n t e d T r o o m ^ n s"orpeomVs One dignitary remembered to Granite company, two modern I believed that somewhere nearj which served as the first have visited the town was a lieu- cotton gins, two furniture stores, that number live in the area ii tended. Perhaps it , was due house public school. Later, in 1918, tenant governor who came there three garages and repair shops,, mediately outside the city boti l ! 2 f reluctant * , * * ? to ^ provide f c the * lre- rhe'county^uilt T S a m e ' bullT in the 1930's and made a speech. and numerous service stations.1 dary. II were ing near the site of the present Today, Oakboro is a progres- Two seed cleaning plants, two I quired space. On the other hand, school house. J. Barnhardt servsive town said by many to have leed and exchange mills, and petitioned the agents_„ to ,. others -e-j . — J ed as first principal, succeeded more Industries than any other two lumber plants serve » the ^ ^their 5 ? J ?property _ e i L w . afree I - * nofi I charge* ! l ^ l » g a v e | b y Jerome Whitley and he by town of its size in the surround- community also. The cotton mill B. T. Hale. A brick ing area. Prospects are bright and hosiery mill account for a Most of the construction work Professor building erected the county for continued growth and pros- good bit of employment in the g I on the road was performed by in 1926 had as its by first principal, perity. Many good roads, in- area. | Italian laborers who sang in C. H. McRea. The Helms Brothers, local Pu-) cluding two state highways, N. Jj their native tongue while they rina feed dealers in Oakboro,' C. 742 and N. C. 205, traverse the Cotton Mill. Si worked. Casey, an Irishman, set An industry which added area, providing farmers ready have, in the last three years, deup some distance i am camp —— J T——^—5ahead) — j I much to the growth and volume accessibility to markets. Big veloped a business enterprise in-. farms, equipped with modern to a $200,000 a year volume of of the crews and housed and o f d m *he M s the ^ ^ begun in machinery and the latest time- trade. They buy poultry and fed many of them. Farmers 01923 cotton milof Mt. Pleas-. saving devices, dot the country- eggs from over the surrounding. a k h oby r o Gus James territory and operate a fleet of! along for the 1 ant. Before completion, now- side. . . the .. _,line „cooked u«**v. .,.,...+ trucks carrying their produce to The town has in operation a ^hungry W ^ l i S t l h w ; ^ the enterprise was sold to edtoeat.men Forwho a timehad nigh*trouble shifts | j A ' G r o v e s 0 f Albemarle who modern water and sewage sys- distant points. worked on the project and they owned it until recent years when tem, and has access to adequate Civic organizations in the town | pushed it along at a steady pace. It was sold to the Cannon Mills electricity include a Lions club and a VFWj The road between Furr's store company of Kannapolis. Four churches, two of them post. The town is served by an | and Long creek was mostly comOakboro became widely known handsome new structures with I efficient volunteer fire departpleted from spring to fall in during vthe 1930's for its annual 1913. On December 1, 1913 the Fourth of July celebrations. The large memberships, are included ment Present: :;day officials of thej in the city limits. first passenger train from Char-In lotte to points.east, stopped fori; m a short time at the new depot. traders of the town to boot. It seems the railroad com-1 Government Set Up. pany was displeased with thel The need for government in 1 name "Furr City" by which the j the booming railroad town was growing .community around the] not long in becoming apparent. I tracks became known. The story I Soon as the town's incorporation | goes. thai, they gave someone was recognized, John R. Welch, a 1 five dollars to think up a new 1 druggist, took office as first may] name and the person came up I or. .Jim Barbee, C. C. Furr, and 1 with Oakboro. Marcus Haywood served as the Some of the first homeowners | Initial town aldermen. Bundy were C. C. Furr, T. S. Eudy and Arant, a barber by trade, and jD. C. Whitley. Among the first Duncan Canady were two of the J store proprietors, some coming first law enforcement officers to I down from Big Lick, were N. A. attempt to keep order in the Teeter, H. P. Efird, John Helms, rowdy settlement. Charlie Braswell, and the Coble A town ordinance passed by brothers. Other early business the board made it a misdemeaIestablishments included lumber nor to curse in public. The mayI mills operated by J. F. Barbee, or, who had -a rather notorious Walter Helms, and G. E. Croreputation for vulgarity, became : well and a roller mill or two. fhe' first offender and he paid The Methodist church was erectthe first $5.00 .fine into the town j ed in 1914 and a little later a treasury. Presbyterian church was added. Doc Hartsell, venerable old j A Baptist church was organized physician who loved his work, there in 1916 with 10 or 12, charwhich was largely unremunerater members, but it was not untive. has served the town in a til 1918 that their building was erected.
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EARLY DAYS IN OAKBORO—This picture was taken during t h e early days of Oakboro, probably in the days around the time of World War I. The street is lined with a number of wooden buildings and is unpaved. Two cars are visible in the picture but most of the travel was by horsel drawn vehicles in those days. A number of wagons a n d buggies are shown. From the white j Shirts and the number of people congregated in t h e town it m a y have been seme celebration* I such a s t h e Fourth of July. Notice t h e H. P. Efird store a n d t h e lone electric light pole. Business Flourished. ^ ^ Business flourished at Oakboro. Large landholders chopped their property up into^ lots and with the aid of clamorous brass b a n d s and glib auctioneers, sold it to credulous emmigrants. New homes began to dot the countryside nearby. Produce rolled over the new railroad in a continuous stream from the little town. Chickens, eggs, crossties, cordwood, lumber, and cotton were t h e most important exports. The poultry, eggs and cotton trade usually w a s handled by the merchants exclusively, but individuals shipped their own lumber, crossties, and cordwood. The NorfolkSouthern company once made the statement that more freight was moved by them at Oakboro t h a n at any point on their line between Charlotte and Raleigh. Passenger traffic reached a high peak in those days of slow transportation and Oakboro resi-1 dents often road the coaches to I Charlotte and towns nearby. I Quite often people from outlying] districts rode just for the nov-, elty of it. However, the train did little J to lessen the business of the j! two livery stables in town. They j were operated by J. Daniel Love j and son and Charlie E. Hill. I They would care for a visitor's animals and rent you your choice of a hack and team or a saddle horse. The livery men \} were usually the slickest/hossf traders of the town to boot. Government Set Up. The need for government in! the booming railroad town w a s ! not long in becoming apparent. Soon a s the town's incorporation I was recognized, John R. Welch, a j druggist, took office a s first mayOf. ylim Barbee, C. C. Furr, and j Marcus Haywood served as the initial town aldermen. Bundy I Arant, a barber by trade, and |'i 1 Duncan Canady were two of the 1 first law enforcement officers toll attempt to keep order in the I rowdy settlement. A town ordinance passed by* I the board made it a misdemea- [ | nor to curse in public. The mayor, who had -a rather notorious reputation for vulgarity, became I die* first offender and he paid the first $5.00.fine into the town treasury. Doc Hartsell, venerable old physician who loved his work, which was largely unremuneraI live, h a s served t h e town in a
went to pay up there was a round I circle for one of the articles he had bought. "What's t h a t for", he asked. The merchant shook his head. "What do you think 1 it w a s ? " he asked in return. They were puzzled. "Maybe it was a cake of cheese", the merchant guessed. "But I didn't buy a n y ! I cheese", the m a n responded. He; M. S. Parker, who served in t h e . for an engineer from up North thought for a moment. bet By FRED T. MORGAN War Between the States, operat who came down and worked with it was t h a t grindstone I bought Once t h e hub of a vast array ed a harness shop where he work- him for several weeks on the from you." The proprietor snapof business activities, the town of ed slaves to construct the fine machine. It consisted of a motor ped his fingers. "That was it", New London surpassed by far the leather saddles and harness t h a t which powered a succession of he said. "I forgot to draw the industries of its neighbor, Albe- came out of his place. He also spindles upon which were fasten- hole in the center!" marle, which had little more t h a n owned the property upon which ed an assortment of barbs. The merchant evidently Another a railroad to broaden its horizons the gold mine w a s located and whirling barbs whisked the cot- a c c \ n s ° t 0 med To toUnB in S e S at the time. Center of all the used his slaves in working the ton from the bolls and it was " ^ f > J^tmthmn Isktransportation for the huge enter- mine. sucked up into a compartment g ^t 0 Jr aJn J j ge ^ ^a J " £*prises a t Whitney and Badin and by a large fan. However, with ™ , fj* L«,?iH a i h „ f t Miller Shop boasting a gold mine that prosu'fficienfsuction to remove & \ ^ £ ^ ? L f a u T £ m r i John K. Miller, father of E. C. duced rich ore, the settlement cotton from the barbs, leaves and arose to become a thriving little Miller, of Albemarle, built a trash were also taken into the of the desired item ordered. One shop in which he carried on a | metropolis known widely for its cotton, thereby proving the ma- time a man wanted to buy a wealth and courageous citizens. variety of jobs such as a foundry, chine impractical. One of the package of toothpicks. "I'm out About the first settlers m the machine shop, blacksmith work, trial runs of the machine was of toothpicks right now," he told district were Tommy Biles and cane mill, and woodwork shop. m a d e about 1910 in a cotton field the m a n "but I got a carload on | his wife, the former Betsy Sides. It is remembered that Mr. Miller where the present Methodist the way." Mr. Biles built a log store on the built an automobile or an auto- church now stands. W, M. Ivey is credited with grounds and tended the fields buggy as he called it. Using the building the first telephone line chasis of a high-wheeled wagon, Other inventions by. Doc Ivey upon which the present village to the town. About 1924 the stands. John R. Ivey came to he rigged up steering arrange- were a collapsible clothes line town of New London floated a the territory and married into ments, a motor which drove the and a clever mouse trap. He bond issue for $10,000 with which the Biles family and later ac- vehicle with a chain, and some succeeded in obtaining patents on to build a power line from Alquired much of the Biles property sort of transmission. The con- some of his inventions. bemarle to New London and to traption would run, but failed to Captain Nance install other necessary equipl i ^ i - T L ^ S y l S S S ^ i endure the hard knocks given it Captain Nance, who came to ment for electricity. They combecame known as Bilesville and by its creator. Parts of the old I a post office w a s established machine are still in evidence New London in connection with pleted the project within the althe gold mine, lived in a big lotted funds. In the 1930's t h e with Henry C. Ivey as the initial around New London. two-story house with a wide town sold their installations to [postmaster. porch circling it up stairs and the Duke Power company. Jim Baty started a sawmill in Ivey Family Every Sunday morning Today New London is a quiet John R. Ivey had m a n y chil- the area and later branched down. a drunken spree he would little residential town with two f dren, among them being five out into a shop where he manu- in ride his horse on the porch j sons, R. W., Tom, Frank, Henry, factured doors, windows, and around and around his house. churches, a modern school, anf.' several business e s t a b l i s h m e n t / and W. M., each of whom re- furniture. Later the Rice comtime he tried to m a k e the The only industry of i m p o r t a / J I ceived a part of his father's land pany from Salisbury took over One horse climb the stairs to the I and settled thereupon. Part of the shop and continued it'for a second story porch and the an- there today is the m o d e r n / tl I the old Ivey homeplace, a his- few years until it burned down. imal balked. In a fit of anger Culp Lumber company an f$l Several New London men, ingrowth of the business b / I torical landmark in Stanly counhe shot the horse there on his years ago by the late Jo/«,J II ty, still remains about one mile cluding A. I. Napier, formed a porch. Culp. / f I west of the present town. Up corporation and began a cordage When the inhabitants of the Of a truth, the little t o / ^ . l until the coming of the railroad factory known a s the Tucker and _h stature, reached t l A < ^ in 1891, only a store or two and Carter Rope company. This con- town grew weary of the n a m e not,, in a few scattered houses consti- cern obtained its yarn from the .Bilesville, they set out to secure ly proportions of its nafc^gi u t <*i m i i m nf in tKo the realm of HcZ? its/ tuted the town of Bilesville. Along cotton mill at Tuckertown on t h e a more proper sounding handle nBut with the railroad came a sweep- Yadkin river and m a d e various for their prospering town. Some and noble citizens, perha ing movement of building and sizes of ropes and cords. It also folks say that an Englishman is, after all, some equity,' by the n a m e of Judd, who w a s the two. • hustling which changed the ap-^ burned down' in later years. directing activities at' the mine, Culp Livery I pearance of the indigent village.' John L. Culp came from Ca- suggested the n a m e New London I Stores sprang into prominence, |! houses were constructed as fast barrus county to New London in honor of his native London. 1 a s newcomers could procure ma- and built a home and a big livery The alternative supposition is ll terials, and business tycoons barn where he remained in busi- t h a t some far-sighted citizens Drum- who implicity believed that their launched ventures. Concurrent- ness for m a n y years. ly, sawmills, roller mills, cotton mers would come down on the bustling little town might some gins, a blacksmith, shop, and pasesnger train from Salisbury to day emulate the great English livery stable were born in the work the area thereabouts and city, began calling it even then lively spirit that permeated the board at Mr. Culp's home and New London. hire a hack and team in which inhabitants. Two of the first automobiles Among these first home own- to m a k e the rounds to their ever in the New London area I ers and merchants were: Tommy customers. Mr. Culp later went were an old Reo owner by W. I Biles, John R. Ivey, H. A. Sawyer, into the lumber business and L. Cotton and a chain-driven I Mr_ Swink, Clay Tom Reeves, became one of the town's lead- Frankiin owned by C. R. Brinker| Mooney and Ritchie, Wash Rus- ing citizens. hoff, a German. Two brothers, Reed and Croson I sell, George Adam Lefler, Bud Beginning with a one-room j Hearne, W. L. Cotton, M. S. Reeves, operated a huge trading structure on the hill, the schools I Parker, R. J. Ross, Henry Crowell, barn in which they handled hun- of the community enlarged to l| dreds of horses and mules. They several buildings known as the I Bennett Russell, and Jim Baty. traded with everyone far and Bilesville Academy, a Methodist near and often shipped out car- institution. It was later m a d e loads of animals to distant interdominational and R. W. points. Ivey, Cline Austin, and J. A. Two prominent blacksmiths Mauney were named trustees. were Jess Smith and John SanThe first church was built with ders. Jess Smith, it is reported, the help of Doc Ivey and doused to tell folks t h a t his n a m e nations from other citizens. Years j was Smith and that he w a s go- later a handsome brick church ing to be a Smith. And they replaced the wooden structure. say t h a t he was a good one. Postmasters, who changed with I Another New Londoner known every change in politics, down throughout the state and beyond through the years are listed as 11 for his versatility w a s R. W. Ivey, follows: H. C. Ivey, Mrs. W. B. | one of the first dentists in this Sumrow, A. T. Russell, Miss Sue j part of the country. The number Gaydon, Mrs. W. F. Ross, Dr. ' of teeth he extracted in one day R. W. Ivey, W. N. Lefler, Mrs. W. would sometimes fill a gallon F. Ross, and Mrs. C. B. Casper. I container. The standard price One rural carrier in the New i; w a s twenty-five cents per tooth London territory w a s Cripple j and Doc Ivey established a great George Smith who brought the I practice in his years of service. mail from Kendall's store to the 1 When he became too old to m a k e Crowell mine with a wagon pull- j plates for his customers he would ed by two goats. take the impressions to a labora Doctors who served New Lon- I tory in Charlotte where he some- don were: Henderson, Boyle, I times took enough to keep t h e m Arey, Camel, Peacock, and Dr. I busy for a week straight. In Doc J. A. Allen, who is presently I Ivey's day dentistry w a s consider- the oldest practicing physician in I ed more of a mechanical art, Stanly county. like shoeing a m u l e or de-hornOne old merchant of New I ing a cow, t h a n it is today. London could not write. When I Doc Ivey achieved some repu- a customer made a purchase on 1 tation also a s a n inventor. One credit the proprietor would draw I of his outstanding inventions w a s a picture or design of the ar- I a cotton picker which would t i d e so as to keep a record of I work after a fashion. He sent it. One day when a customer I
New London Was Once Larger Than Albemarle; Was Named Bilesville
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Norwood Negress Is Believed To Be Well Beyond The Century Mark By FRED MORGAN ft Neighbors vouch that Millie (Crockett, a colored lady living alone in a cold, dilapidated shack on a hillside near Norwood, is
105 years old. j of a century upon her, she hob' "Miz" Crockett, herself, doesn't bles up and down the orude, rotknow how old she is. Her mind ten steps at her door and with wanders at times and her re- the aid of a cane walks across membrances of earlier years are I the field to a well for her water, vague. Active, despite the weight j Her hands, though feeble and I j slow, manipulate a needle as I she sews aimlessly on an old quilt top. Her feet are clad in | a pair of discarded men's hightop shoes. Her dress is old, II patched and ragged. As she sits beside the open door with her sewing in her lap, her eyes stare listlessly and unblinkingly across the brown fields. On sunny days she brings her chair outside and sits against the weather-beaten board of her house and soaks in the warm sunshine. Not many of her neighbors can remember when she came into the community and those who can say that she was an old, white-headed lady the first time they ever saw her. Speech Inarticulate Millie does not respond very well to questions. For the most part her speech is inarticulate. She keeps repeating the phrases "I'm my mother's oldest daughter", and "I'm her oldest daughter." BELIEVED TO BE 105 YEARS OLD—Millie Crockett, ancient NeGradually through the years, gro woman who lives alone in a cold, forsaken shack in the however, her neighbors have section at Norwood, was beta a slave on a plantation pieced together a somewhat in- colored South Carolina. She has no known relatives, is still active, consistent story concerning Mil- in and prefers to wear rags rather than good clothes offered to her. lie's life and her origin. —Staff Photo — Morgan. As nearly as can be ascertained, she was born in slavery on a plantation in Lancaster county, the vicinity with his two large that his sister was over a hunSouth Carolina. Little is known oxen. Millie helped him work dred years old then. Joe has concerning her parents and rel- and she labored for neighbors and since died and as far as is known, atives. She served in the home the white folks in' town. They Millie now has no living relaof her mistress who taught her to worked some in the Fork sec- rives. sew and knit, while she was just tion of the county, also. Placed in the Stanly county a tot. Later the mistress died Sometime in the 1930's Andrew home for the aged in August, leaving several young children was killed in the town of Nor- 1950, Millie ran away and would without a mother. Millie raised | wood, the victim of a hit and run not stay in the institution. She | the children for the plantation driver. Afterward, Millie occu- preferred the squalor of her litowner and remained with him pied the little shack alone and tie shack to confines 'of the big for many years. building where everything was tried to make her own way. different, and she mumbled that Her next known residence was 1937, her case was reported she wanted to go home. in Salisbury, N. C. She was mar- to In county welfare department Mrs. Christian, one of the nearried to Andrew Crockett when andthethey endeavored to compile est neighbors, prepares meals they left Salisbury in 1906 and data on her They establish- twice daily and brings them to I came south. They traveled in a ed her age life. by having several Millie. The neighbor ladies are cart drawn by two oxen and two Norwood citizens, who are now fond of Millie and cooperate in milk cows were tied to the rear dead, sign affidavits concerning caring for her. Millie herself, of the vehicle. Settling on the Deese plantation near Porter, what m their belief was Millie's totters about her yard and tidies I they farmed there for a time true age. They arbitrarily placed up her one-room quarters. She has no electricity and not l and then proceeded on to Nor- her birth to be in the year 1855. Brother Visited Her even an oil lamp to give light 1 wood where Andrew bought the I little tract of land now owned by Millie's neighbors, however, at night. Huddled by the meager Millie. tell of the visit of a half-brother, fire in the crumbling old stone Andrew became a familiar fig- Joe Witherspoon, to see Millie fireplace, Millie has not sufficient ure as he plowed for people In four or five years ago. Joe said fuel to bring warmth into the
Page 1-B room. Gaping holes in the floor covers, a table and chairs, and to be sick although she suffer* and ceiling, and long cracks a few odds and ends. extreme exposure and the conaround the windows and doors A trunk Sn her room contains tamination of her squalid surlet in cold air. The creaking I good clothes for Millie. Some of roundings. The neighbors say floor boards sway down as one the garments, donated by friends. that she eats heartily, sleeps well walks across them. Scant furnish-1 are new, but she prefers to re- and doesn't look any older to ings are present in the room ex- main in her rags. them than she did twenty years cept an old bed with its musty f This ancient lady never seems' ago. .
1952 S T A N L r * N E W S A N D PR.
\Frank Watkins Has Been Selling Clothes 51 Years Hi-.
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[store for about 29 years, until ftf was discontinued, m addition tc i his sales work in the store he traded horses for the company at ba tim^^6 ™ w h e r e the? somefe^ handany " * L a d °f C ood hoBS lwit7nnr N* d8 ° a S trading b0Ut the Mr W -S?" liwr. Watkins says. "I bosses," alw»v«
Fifty-one years of selling men's ready-to-wear clothing and | of hoss trading is the record compiled by Frank Watkins of Belk's department store in Albemarle .' sell him for what he wL i S r t h " He's still going strong on the men's clothing, but the hoss trading side of his career has mighty me noss .trading business, but ,„, ^^v^^^ near petered out, he reports. he also made some mighty slick -r-s*. ,w> -**«» ? He says that he's sold enough trades. He missed many a meal p ^ --~ '-**s-"•"*•" SiH I .goods to clothe a sizeable' s army. on account of the hoss trading "In 51 years you can sell a lot of business, he remembers. ZZLm., 1 mm • •» I socks, belts, hats, and suits to a Farmers from outlying sections ~~gL lot of men," he laughs. of the county would camp over j -—f?#<— --^ A short, bald, agile oldster, Mr. night in the lot behind Morrow |f"" "" " * """"[ Watkins doesn't look like he will Brothers store, he remembers, and be 84 years old on February 8. he sometimes remained in the He looks more like a neatlystore until 10 o'clock at night endressed middle-aged executive as tertaining the folks. One night hel he greets customers and tactand Claude Heath Morrow s a t up fully guides tinem into making a until midnight playing checkers. purchase. He won and he remembers that Customer technique is not so Mr. Morrow was so vexed that he threw the checker board away. l«m , much of a science with him as it I is with some sales people. He He remembers when moving FRANK WATKINS thinks there is no infallible rule pictures came to Albemarle, but that will effect a sale with every did not care for them much unone who is attracted by the dis*- ing to him, and it is responsible til the Will Rogers pictures came play of goods. Every prospect is for a great bulk of all sales on the scene. Will, who was a a distinct individual with him and hoss trader too, reminded him of Born Near Fork. I must be approached in a different a friend who talked and acted W tkins was born in the like Will and he attended every I manner. The power of suggest- P«rfT". * Fork section of Stanly county t h l ion is one of the most indispen- •on of Mr. and Mrk C^lvfn ?g one of those movies that came to sable assets of a salesman, accord Waticns. His father died when he town. Went With Belk's.I was about six years old H I Sometime about 1934. when f?evLup on the farm and attended Morrow Brothers closed out their schools and h e n i iSrSS?* ™ d e dry goods department,, Mr. Wattns spendingh a Umoney by cuttine kins went to work in the men's iin wool to tTfv,the townfolks. f j t « t o No"! ready - to - wear department of wood Belk's department store at the old ^ a „ i ^ a ! . i n N o r w o o d that he be- location on the east side of South f 5 " . h u . h 0 M trading career. Often Second street. He began his in the town he would meet team- duties there on March. 1 and in of the same year, P&S mS h for d i s t a n t September Zce » He S t^°^ talked to them and Belk's moved to their present loPlaces much about t r a d i n g On cation. ne o c c a »*^y ,i°,learned '«HW aaraWKWsion, he traded off his His thorough knowledge of PALMERVILLE SCHOOL IN 1908—Mrs R J step-father's mule for a big horse men's clothing has stood him in good stead during his years at use this picture which s h e h a s treasured 3 3 £ *l I w f s ^ p r i s e d , but Belk's where he sells a great .Moose, Yates Cogfoose; Charles CogJhowa t h e student body of the PalrneESfi C » ^ t h e ^ y t u r n e d out to Cbe a number of garments each year fance; Kate Reeves, Mrs. Mtchie was not J ^ t ^ S ^ ^ J ^ t ^ ^e ' *** "° ™~ and can fit a man perfectly. One •• Grace Parbut she came close to it. Blank wel h L ^. " time a customer wanted to buy a n k sSDOCM p a c e s a«r « e I persons. | - ** began his work In dry goods four suits for his four sons and he First row, left to right: .. J w o r k e ^ f o A Time °£ ^ ^ brought their measurements to Ilddins (Mrs. Kirk); Mr. Watkins. Mr. Watkins disJasf S ^ f f t S * * ? ^ cl »?Idren, MorVha Pnl *°odi• d e p a r t a e n ? of" a general carded the measurements and jis Jim."Coggin, Biles boyj (Mrs. L. C_Roberts); Greeley Ross (Mrs. Bellmerchandise store in w » r t i S asked the exact ages of the boys. I ; John S. O v e r * * boy; Hubert Taylor; Paul* C o t t o n * . C Around lloo h ^ c a m e T o He selected the suits and told the I r!yft".;'• Prof. Will Bell] Albemarle and took a job sel w man if they didn't fit to bring j . of Albemarle. jwo of which were ZS9SL K T — ^ *d ~ « •} S f f S t o r e ^ . « * t v S T them back. Later the man told i. .„ » » u»uer < ling the older chilhim that the suite fitted his boys jlmary children. In perfectly. \ were boarding stuMr. Watkins was married to the i fairs in the Eddins late Miss Florence Spencer Wat- \d home, kins of Lilesville. N. C. A son, i f . . . . .. ,. : 1 0 e ™leS„bOY'^ » , - '•'-•MooseJIof t h . ^ : ..^ tiuuung ^ ^ daepartmen P3rtment Spencer, was Jailed by a high K 1 , * i a a w a s , ** e *'. d rnond Parker, Ralph Taylor, Walter Parkej of the Asbury General Merchan- voltage power line many years being used at this dise company on the west side of ago in Albemarle. Another son, |£t music. Members Sheets i n white blouse. South Second street He remained Franklin, died in infancv. One p u r e with their inFourth row: Dora Overdoff; J there about five years. daughter. Mrs. W. B. Liles, "" —^™ Cogjln, Gladys Byers, Flora b i £ " j g lives Half Dozen Stores. in Columbia, S_ C. n a r d t Ina Biles, Flora Parker (Mrs R. D T J , **f v... >d a t t h e time, a n d There were only half a dozen He attends the Central Metho- liniunity, a s well a s or so stores in the city when he dist church and lives a t 312 South f j First street in the house that he built forty-odd years ago. | not present when Mr. Watkins says he .knows that he's too old to pursue the active morass of m u d where loaded work of clerk much longer. But r , a # 0 n t W 0 U l d m i r e up a x l e ^ e e p he's unhappy unless, he is Sheeting, and where women would teete? people and trading with them in beloved dry goods Work £a g e a r s 0 U 8 S l y TL, t h * " « a t £ Congratulations a r e in order | 8 1 aCr 8S the SyVeeTs ^^ ° for this gentleman who has grown ! . 3 e * X i i M f - W a t k i n S became as- up with the city of Albemarle and J ^ M ?Geheral ^ r r o wMerchan, * B r o t " who has weathered the storm of J ,, S ers? and and Heath business life for well over half a-,, S e c » f a n y - „ H e h a d c h a r g e o / century. He's still able and eage e ' j to serve you. If you're not o/ J I the clothing department of thjjj of his regular customers go in ftjl J of these days and let a man ?<?.»/ I over fifty years experience fi/-£Y| with a suit of clothes. $t
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PALMERVILLE SCHOOL IN 1908— Mrs. R. D. Ritchie, who lives in the Kendall's church community, kindly consented for us to use this picture which she has treasured for many years. It shows the student body of the Palmerville school back in 1908. Mrs. Ritchie was not able to name every person on the picture, but she came close to it. Blank spaces are left for unidentified persons. First row, left to right: , Coy Moose, boy and girl are Hall children, Martha Pressley, Ruth Parker, (Mrs. L. C. Roberts); Greeley Ross (Mrs. Bell); ; Overdoff boy; Hubert Taylor; Paul Cotton, Paul Coggin. Italian ; boy* Prof. Will Bell, the music teacher; an Italian young man who did not attend school but took music from Prof. Bell. Second short row: Biles child, Viola Coggin, Vernie Eddins, Moose child, Winifred Overdoff; ; ^£i Third row—Myrtle Taylor, Martha Overdoff, Ruth Cox (Mrs* •H. W. Culp, Sr.); Clyde Turner, , ; Ben Hall, Biles boy, ; Moose boy; Fred Hall, Raymond Parker, Ralph Taylor. Walter Parker, Don Parker, Marie Sheets in white blouse. Fourth row: Dora Overdoff; ; Pauline Coggin. Gladys Byers, Flora Ingram, Fanny Beet, Cally RineI hardt, Ina Biles, Flora Parker (Mrs. R. D. Ritchie); Gertha CogI gin, Lois Miller, Gertrude Palmer, Amy Reeves (Mrs. W. L. Mc»Coll); Vann Eddins (Mrs. J. C. Meigs); George Miller, Ray R. Il'ngram, Roy Morgan.
Fifth row: Professor E. F. Eddins, Grace Moose, Yates Coggins (Mrs. E. H. Morton) just back of Miss Moose; Charles Coggin, Annie Efird; Hattie Hall; 1 Nance; Kate Reeves, Crayton; Ella Cox, Beula ; Grace Parker (Mrs. J. D. McNeill). Sixth row: Rinehardt, Cora Eddins (Mrs. Kirk); ; ; Jim Coggin, Jasper Efird; Charlie Coggin; ; Biles boy* Biles boy up against window; ; John S. Cox; Edgar Eddins, father of Dr. G. E. Eddins, of Albemarle. This school building had three rooms, two of which were used for class rooms, with Prof. Eddins teaching the older children and Prof. Alfred Bunch teaching the primary children. In the third room in the building, the boys who were boarding students lived. The boarding girls lived up stairs in the Eddins home. Both boys and girls ate in the Eddins home. Another building which stood near this building was the old Mineral Springs Academy building, and was being used at this time for the music hall where Prof. Bell taught music. Members of the cornet band may be seen in the picture with their instruments. The Whitney dam was being constructed at the time, and' this accounted for Italian children in the community, as well as some children of Yankees. Mrs. Ritchie says that all students were not present when this picture was made.
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STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C. All his work is guaranteed, Mr. Russell says. He plans to pro- ' Cure his needed tools and begin j his knife business again when | cold weather keeps him inside | this winter. A conspicuous sign over a 8 whitewashed five-quart oil can \ which serves as his mailbox, tells the eager fisherman that minnows ate available right at the fishing grounds. He receives many calls for them every day during the summer. In fact, the demand is so great that he can't keep minnows in stock to serve all his customers. He is now busy repairing his nets and minnow boxes fn the creek for the busy season he envisions for next year.
HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD—Shown with his dog "Bozo" in the door of the old school bus body that he purchased and renovated into livable quarters, C C. Russell, 72, spends his time leisurely and happily. Note the chimney which he built from refuse brick and stones and the unique mailbox. At the lower tight can be seen his boat landing and fishing grounds at the edge of the lake. —Staff Photo — Morgan.
C. C. Russell Leads Interesting Life Alone Down Near The River Making Knives And Fishing Occupy Time By FRED T. MORGAN C. C. Russell, permanent resident of route 2, Norwood, owns one of the most picturesque little cabins you'll see in many a day's wandering over the country. He didn't build the cabin, which is an old metal school bus body, but he has renovated it into a quaint, homey - looking little place. His dwelling is located three miles north of Norwood on the Norwood-Swift Island road at the intersection of a county road that leads to Porter. On the lower side of his house a small stream of back water from the nearby lake serves as his private fishing ground. He keeps hooks baited in the stream night and day during the summer. For about a year now, since he first purchased the discarded bus body from Dwight Poplin, Mr. Russell has busied himself beautifying the property. He put foundations under the body, put glass in the windows, built tn doors, installed the inside metal
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1951
In Stanly, its born and rearidl's church com|{ lived in Stanly .<s>(his life. He has top to prevent heat radiation, bemarler A spring head in the d his wife died filled in and leveled off a small creek furnished him drinking yard outside his front door, and water last summer. After a rain I'es that he could built an oak-pole fence along a when the creek became muddy, !! says he'd rather bank. Wooden steps lead down he would go up to his nearest I in his cabin beto an incline to the creek and neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. |th Bozo for comhis boat landing. He plans to Cooper, for fresh water and also iher people you set out flowers and roses along for eggs, milk, and vegetables. 1 to certain cusDiscovers Spring his fence and upon the bank i you're alone bordering the road. Recently, he discovered a spring purs to spend as long-lost to the residents of the d Mr. Russell Digging Cellar pleasantly and At present, he is engaged in vicinity. Once the spring was !iver hurries, wordigging a cellar underneath his known for its fine water and was xcited. a gathering place for the young house in which to stole his "junk". Next, he wants to un- folk of the area on Sunday af- pcounts for his derpen the structure to help bat- ternoons. On one of his walks riess. He will be up the creek above his place, Mr. tle the cold weather of winter. Russell found the site of the old Inside, there's a cot, some spring and cleaned it out. He shelves, a homemade table and says that it is the best drinkchair, and a small wood stove ing water and washing water that he uses for heat and cook- in the territory. ing. There's a rifle, a trunk, and Mr. Russell is known somea workbench with a vice and what as a cutler. He has made, tools. His only companion, sold and repaired knives of all "Bozo", small dog given him by kinds for many years. His knifea friend, stays with him in the making tools were burned in a cabin. fire last year, however, and he Electricity is Mr. Russell's most has not replaced all of them yet. prominent need. He wants a line Usually, he makes his blades run into his place just as soon from a cross-cut saw and tempers as the power company wili do it. them to hold a fine edge. The' The kerosene lamp he uses at handles, he manufactures from night is hardly adequate to read bones and cattle horns. The by and he wants a radio and oth- Stanly county sheriff was one er appliances. customer who was well satisfied What fgw supplies he needs with a repair job on his barlow are obtained by an occasional pocket knife which he entrusted trip to Norwood, Porters, or Al- to Mr. Russell.
12 years old on June 29. He's had a lot of birthdays and says that he's looking forward to a lot more. If you need minnows, fish, or just want to chat a while, stop by the sunny little cabin down near the lake and Mr. Russell will be glad to oblige.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1951 Reared In Stanly Mr. Russell was born and reared in the Kendall's church community and has lived in Stanly county most of his life. He has I no children and his wife died in 1938. He has relatives that he could live with, but he says he'd rather I live by himself in his cabin beI side the road with Bozo for company. With other people you j have to conform to certain customs, but when you're alone your days are yours to spend as jyou choose, and Mr. Russell spends hi* days pleasantly and leisurely. He never hurries, worJries, or gets excited. Maybe that accounts for his ' ability and spryness. He will be I
12 years old on June 29. He*s had a lot of birthdays and says that he's looking forward to a lot more. If you need minnows, fiÂŤfa, or just want to chat a while, stop by the sunny little cabin down near the lake and Mr. Russell will be glad to oblige.
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
Samuel Friedman Operated Store In Albemarle For Almost 28 Years <8>-
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By FRED T. MORGAN Lacking only about four I months of rounding out 28 years J of continuous service as a dry J goods merchant in Albemarle, I Samuel Friedman has retired I from the business to take life I easier. His little store, a veteran estabI lishment in the city, located beI side the Stanly Hardware on South Second street, became widely known for its quality I merchandise and its friendly 1 proprietor who had a firm founI d a t i o n in his honesty and fair SAMTJEL FRIEDMAN dealing. Nearly everyone in the city h a s ness. Gradually trade picked up {frequented his store at one time and he gained the confidence of lor another, but few are familiar every customer. With the twinkle of fond mem9 with his name. The majority of /people call him "Mr. Samuel," ories in his eyes, he says t h a t I he reports. Only a few call him his customers believed w h a t he | "Mr. Friedman," which is his told them concerning an article. II last name. But he doesn't care And he never betrayed their trust j which n a m e you .use as long as by misrepresenting an article of merchandise. Rarely, he says, you're his friend. did he ever push a sale. He He and Mrs. Friedman active- merely displayed his wares and ly managed their business over awaited the customer's decisions. the span of years and employed Rural folks often came into his I a clerk on a part time basis only store just to talk and pass the I at the busiest seasons. time. He welcomed them and Watched Youngsters. treated them courteously. Today Mr. Friedmap, says t h a t he has when he walks the streets of Al|| m a d e sales to bashful youngsters bemarle m a n y people, of whom || and kept contact with t h e m as he has but a faint recollection, j, they grew into adulthood and address him warmly and he j| then sold the same type of gar- knows that he has not been forI ments to their children. He h a s gotten. Mr. Friedman is a member of I befriended m a n y children and II h a s later received equal tokens the Albemarle Chamber of ComI; of kindness from them. Staunch merce. He h a s never owned an I friendships have been founded automobile and never learned to I by him and his wife with natives drive. Mr. and Mrs. Friedman now I of Albemarle who live at distant II places, and who never fail to live in an apartment on South li drop by and visit when they re- First, street. It is quite different I turn to their hometown for a from their erstwhile home upstairs over the store where they I visit. He doesn't recall ever having| lived while they were engaged I made an enemy throughout his jift--'business. It's lonelier down I many years a s a merchant. He there away from the crowds and l| has, however, experienced the noise, Mr. Friedman says. Mrs. I' usual petty troubles of every 'Friedman too, misses the cusI shopkeeper. There will be peo- tomers and the questions and i pie, he says, t h a t will endeavor laughter of children. Both need I j to trick you, but they are few. the relaxation from their strenuMr. Friedman, who is 67, came ous duties a t the store, however. to America in 1904 when he w a s , Mr. Friedman likes to read he gets restless and j about 20 years, old. He worked books, bebutcontented inside for in department stores in various can't long. His back has begun little towns throughout the state ing him a lot lately and he Hurtcanof Georgia and gained a thorough not walk far without resting. knowledge of the dry goods busi- However, he intends to continue ness. ^ ^ *'«$a to t a k e a n occasional sojourn up In 1917, he went into business town as -long as he's able and for himself in Rhine, Ga. From keep tab on the business prosthere he set up business in the pects and to meet the people town of Moultrie and thence to whose friendship he "values. Ahira, G a . | In Savannah, Ga., where he worked, for about two r 've'ars. he was married .t6j$/Bss. ^Iprfijte-r.ViKafiter.
In 1924, he journeyed north and settled in Albemarle in Albemarle in March of that year. He opened tip' the store, which he recently vacated, on March 23 and has remained in.Albemarle constantly since that time., *• j ^ Tough a t First. It w a s tough going here a t I first, he recalls. For the first six ! ' m o n t h s \ b e did very little busi-
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Aquadale Was Started As Gateway To Famous Rocky^ River Springs j Community Now Needing Post Office By FRED T. MORGAN
mile away. Some of the early settlers and business men of the village were C. J. Simpson, W. H Bivins, L. L. and A. C. Carpenter, H. L. Greene, and W T Brazenton. W. T. Brazenton, who had operated a big hotel at Rocky River Springs, came tof Aquadale when decay set in atl the springs and built a large! 20-odd room hotel on a knoll' overlooking the settlement. His business failed to flourish as he had anticipated and soon he was forced to close his elaborate building. Brazenton also began a brigk manufacturing plant in Aquadale which made brick for many structures in the town and for homes around in the country. Some of the stores constructed with his brick are still in use today.
There was no Aquadale when the famous Rocky. River Springs was in its heyday and attracting distinguished men and women from all parts of the state to come and drink of its healing waters. There were no hard surfaced roads, no electricity, no telephones, few automobiles, and the railroad had not yet reached its route through that country. Presbyterian School. When the iron horse did come Brazenton later sold his hotel into the country, it brought more visitors to the depot and from to a group of Presbyterians who there to the hotels and cottages renovated the building and foundsurrounding the springs. With ed a farm life school for orphanthe years, however, the modes of age boys. The Presbyterians ortransportation changed, and the ganized a church of their faith festivities at the resort declined. and enlarged the orphanage to Soon a few dwellings were built contain a school and chapel. The around the depot and subsequent- boys who were afforded refuge at ly the postoffice moved up from the institution worked a goodsized farm which had been added Rocky JRiver Springs. to the holdings by the zealous and But the place had to have a industrious W. H. Belk name, the postal authorities in- of Charlottefounders. the school sisted. What was it to be called? for about four headed before it was They offered a $25 prize to the disbanded. Theyears of Presone who suggested the name that byterians in the number community were was acceptable to them. The not strong enough to support money was awarded to Miss Betty church and school of those pro-a DeBerry, a school teacher, for her portions the institution fal|name of Aquadale. Miss DeBerry tered andand was afterwards moved must have looked around her. to a new location. There were plenty of springs, creeks, and wells throughout the Belk retained custody of the area, and valleys were on every property, however, and rented the hand. She thought of the words old building and leased the land water and valley and then looked to farmers nearby. In later years about for two metaphors that the property was sold t o S. H. would connect" harmoniously. She Whitley who tore the old hotel found them in the combination of down and built a handsome brick aqua, water, and dale, valley, and residence on the site. The knoll the postoffice was officially chris- is now known as Belk Heights. tened with her coinage. Another industry to locate in W. H. Bivins served as one of Aquadale in bygone years was the the first postmasters and in the Tousch Lumber company which succeeding years many prominent did a thriving business for years. citizens served in that capacity. It burned down and was pur-J ' P r i o r to the railroad which chased by S. J. Greene abou came in 1914, there were only a 1925, who rebuilt it and cor few houses scattered around the tinued the enterprise which h gateway to the famous springs, a survived until the present. , some inhabitants, is that of a postoffice. The old postoffice was discontinued in 1925. Nevertheless, there is an optimistic outlook for Aquadale, accord• ing to its old citizens. They be! lieve t h a t it will keep on developing and prospering with the years.
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Samuel Friedman Operati In Albemarle For Almost Found Folks Kindly And Friendly §f By FRED T. MORGAN
Lacking only about four months of rounding out 28, years of continuous service as a dry goods merchant in Albemarle, Samuel Friedman h a s retired from the business to t a k e life easier. His little store, a veteran estabt lishment in the city, located beside the Stanly Hardware on South Second street, became widely known for its quality i merchandise and its friendly I proprietor who had a firm found a t i o n in his honesty and fair SAMUEL FRIEDMAN (dealing. ness. Gradually trade picked u p 1 Nearly everyone in t h e city h a s jfrequented his store at one time and he gained the confidence of 1 jor another, but few are familiar every customer. With the twinkle of fond mem- f [with his n a m e . The majority of [people call him "Mr. Samuel," ories in his eyes, he says t h a t I he reports. Only a few call him his customers believed w h a t h e | "Mr. Friedman," which is his told them concerning an article. last name. But he doesn't care And he never betrayed their trust which n a m e you .use as long as by misrepresenting a n article of merchandise. Rarely, he says, you're his friend. did he ever push a sale. He He and Mrs. Friedman active- merely, displayed his wares and ly managed their business over awaited-theMHistomer's decisions. the span of years and employed Rural folks often came into his a clerk on a part time basis only store just to talk a n d pass the at t h e busiest seasons. time. He welcomed them a n d Watched Youngsters. treated thern courteously. Today Mr. Friedman, says t h a t he has When he walks the streets of Alm a d e sales to bashful youngsters bemarle many people, of wliom and kept contact with t h e m as he has but a faint recollection, they grew into adulthood and address him warmly and he then sold t h e same .type of gar- knows that he h a s not been forments to their children. He h a s gotten. befriended many children and Mr. Friedman is a member of has later received equal tokens the Albemarle Chamber of Comof kindness from them. Staunch merce. He h a s never owned an friendships have been founded automobile and never learned to by him and his wife with natives drive. of Albemarle who live at distant Mr. and Mrs. Friedman now places, and who never fail to h v e .in a n apartment on South drop by and visit when they re- First, street. It is quite different turn to their hometown for a from their erstwhile horne upvisit. stairs over the store where they He doesn't recall ever h.avingj lived while they were engaged made an enemy throughout his ift* business. It's lonelier down many years a s a merchant. He there away from the crowds and has, however, experienced the noise, Mr. Friedman says. Mrs. usual petty troubles of every Friedman too, misses t h e cusshopkeeper. There will be peo- tomers and the questions and ple, he says, t h a t will endeavor laughter of children. Both need the relaxation from their strenuto trick you, but they are few. Mr. Friedman, who" is- 67, came ous duties a t the store, however. to America in 1904 when he w a s , Mr. Friedman likes to read about 20 years, old. He worked books, but he gets restless and in department stores in various can't be contented inside for little towns throughout the state long. His back h a s begun Hurtof Georgia and gained a thorough ing him a lot lately and he canknowledge of the dry goods busi- not walk far without resting. However, he intends to continue ness. Jt&iL K «^V& In 1917, he went into business to take an occasional sojourn up for himself in Rhine, Ga. From town a s long as he's able and there he set up business i n the keep t a b on the business prostown of Moultrie and thence to pects and to meet the people Ahira, Ga.. In Savannah, 'JSa.i, whose friendship he ^values. where he worked, for about twoll I vears, he was- married -te_Jtfi8sT [-"hatery. • 'Kai'ifter... r"^ In 1924, he journeyed north } j and settled in Albemarle . in 1 Albemarle in March of that year. I ! He opened up "the store, whichf| he recently vacated, on March 231 and h a s remained in-Albemarle' constantly since that time* > ^ Tough a t First. It w a s tough going here a t J first, he recalls. For the first six months* h e did very little busi-l
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First School. The first public school in the immediate vicinity of Aquadale was a two-story frame building where the present Methodist church now stands. It had accommodations for a good number of children and boasted of ' a faculty of five. W. A. Greene was at one time assistant to the principal of the school which operated for a few months out of the year as a free county school and the remainder of the year as a subscription school. About 1921, the various schools in the Aqua- II dale area were 'consolidated and moved to the present location. | First principal of the new brick building was D. P . Whitley. Later, James P . Lowder took overi the principalship which he held' for a period of around 25 years. Today the population of young- i sters^ has outgrown the facilities! of the institution and a new] eight-room addition to the present plant is contemplated. The Aquadale Baptist church] was organized in 1919-with a few staunch members and today has a large membership. A few years later a Methodist church, known as the Greene Memorial Methodist church, was founded and; serves the community today. Today Aquadale has approxi-i mately eight stores and business establishments.* There is a large'] feed and exchange mill, a seed] cleaning and grading plant, a cotton gin, the Lanning Hosiery mill, which is temporarily out of operation, and a lumber plant operated by S. J. and J. R. Greene. The McSwain brothers operate a cabinet shop in which they manufacture windows and doors and other household furnishings to use in their home construction work. Aquadale was once the center for a big pulp wood and crosstie exporting business, but a t present the volume of trade in these items has dwindled. A large percentage of t h e working population commute to others towns and work in the factories. A grave need of the little town, as voiced by some inhabitants, is that of a postoffice. The old postoffice was discontinued in 1925. Nevertheless, there is an optimistic outlook for Aquadale. according to its old citizens. They believe that it will keep on developing and prospering with the years.
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NORWOOD NATIVITY SCENE—The above scene, product of the thought and work of a group of Norwood citizens, h a s attracted much attention in the past few days with its life-size figures a n d unusual lighting effects. It depicts the manger scene at the time of the birth of Christ, with angels hovering overhead, wise men and their camels coming to worship the child and also shepherds. Joseph, Mary, a n d the baby Jesus are shown in the stable. —Staff Photo—Ivey.
Norwood Nativity Scene Product Of Ingenuity Of Local People By FRED T. MORGAN
true to life figures were obtainDone at Night. Most of the building was done ed and how such a charming! The beautiful nativity scene at night in the shop of the comunveiled last Tuesday, Decem- scene was created. ber 11, on the grounds of the C. The scene began as a project I pany's village warehouse. The & A. plant at Norwood, h a s at- of the Norwood, Fire Department bodies of the characters and anitracted much attention through about three months ago. Howard | m a l s were m a d e of lespedeza hay this area and some people have M. Moose suggested the idea and wrapped in twine string. Copper wire and white sheeting were complimented it as being the used in manufacturing the anthe department voted to adopt most life-like and realistic Christmas scene that they have it. Immediately, work began gels. As each figure was comconstructing the necessary shed, pleted it w a s taken to the fire ever viewed. station where some women volLife-sized figures of the Vir- figures,and locating the robes and unteers in the project perfected gin Mary, Joseph, the wise men costumes. A trip w a s m a d e to the facial arrangements and with their brightly colored robes, Lilesville, N. C, to get some ideas dressed the characters. the sheep and lamb, the camels, from a church there that was The C. & A. plants at Norwood and the heads of the cow and building a similar scene.. and Roxboro donated about 40 donkey protruding from their To raise money with which to stalls in the rustic-stable are all buy the necessary materials, the yards of a half dozen different bathed in a yellowish glow and department sponsored a radio shades of bright velveteen to serve as background for the lit- show, consisting of a popular clothe the characters and camtle manger where the Christ string band, at the C. & A. audi- els and to use as drapes. Only approximately $25 w a s Child lays. torium. Dave Lee, a farmer and spent on the project and this inSo impressive is the scene that sawmill m a n of Norwood, donat- cluded refreshments served to it seems to transplant one to ed the slabs and lumber for the the ladies who helped decorate t h a t far country of two thousand construction. the figures. years ago and one looks on as About the biggest headache Some folks laughed at their the wise men come bringing their w a s encountered in obtaining gifts and honoring the new-born the heads and faces for the char- first attempts in creating the and indeed they did King. acters. Trips were m a d e to characters, crude, but as they later beAs many as 30 cars have been Rockingham, - Candor, Charlote, look to take shape and form unobserved parked by the roadside, and elsewhere, in efforts to get gan der the of the willing their occupants captivated by the plastic or casted busts, b u t they workers, hands the scoffing turned into quiet scene. could not be found. Coming admiration. back .to Albemarle, they searched Lighting a Feature. Built and erected in the offSecurity lights on t h e plant the' department stores. Raylass' duty hours of the firemen, the department store had some old building and two street lights is the first real nativity have been cut off to m a k e the discarded manikians which were scene ever staged in Norwood scene more conspicuous. Flood donated free of charge to the fire- scene Since its unveiling, the firemen men. lights focused on the figures have received praise and cast a fragmentary reflection ofj With the materials accumu- h e business much men and civic the scene upon t h e solid brick | lated, they set about creating tleaders Norwood are highly wall of the plant building and original figures an animals. They pleased of at die-public deiijcmstra the outline of the shadowy fig- worked at night o n ^ h e i r own tions of approval shown. ures lends reality to the scene. time and with no expense to the] Officials of the Collins and Many people wonder where the company. Aikman company have sent photographs of the scene to the headquarters of the company in Philadelphia.
Workers Listed. Firemen actively t a k i n g p a r t in the project were, Leonard Jolly, Albert Russell, Robert Harward, Carl Hudson, Robert Pinion, Hugh Crisco, Hubert Thompson, Raymond Thompson, Howard Moose, Joe Guffy, and Tom Mabry. Leading the work were iFire Chief Joe Guffy and Assista n t Chief Howard Moose. Other t h a n firemen, the following men and women, also employees of the C. & A. plant, helped in the project: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mclntyre, Mrs. Robert Harward, Mrs. Carl Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Floyd, Mrs "Skin ny" Morris, Mrs. Neppie Cranford, and Mrs. Robert Pinion. The C. & A. Fire Department wishes to express its appreciation to the donors and contributors to the project. To help in meeting the expenses of the project, 'the Fire Department is sponsoring a movie, "The Life of Our Saviour", to be shown in the C. & A. auditorium Saturday night, December 22, at 7 o'clock. No admission will be charged the public. A free-will offering will be taken during the evening. Plans are to store the characters and materials used in the Christmas nativity scene and to 11 m a k e it an a n n u a l event at \ Norwood.
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'Big Will Austin, At 76. Still Active At Blacksmith's Trade By FRED T. MORGAN "Big Will" Austin, 76, of 817 Oakwood street, stretches his 245 pounds of brawn and muscle to a height of six feet, nine a n d three-quarter inches. Just a s towering and impressive as his great height, are his illustrous philosophies of life. He points a huge finger. "When a m a n tells you he knows it all, you tell him he's a little off. You watch these fellows who m a k e a show of their learning," he warns. "Big Will", who h a s become widely known as a blacksmith, gunsmith, and general all around mechanic, never had a day's formal schooling. He w a s born in Albemarle and learned his trade from his dad who was one of the first blacksmiths in this country. His brothers, too, m a d e mechanics and builders and some of them operate shops today. Worked At Badin He says he did all the blacksmith work for the dam at Badin, working there for years. Mr. Hardaway, the contractor, w a s the finest m a n he ever worked for. He told "Big Willi" one day that he had rather give him 10
dollars a day t h a n to give other men five. The first bit ever to hit a rock a t the dam site w a s sharpened by him., He also did the smith work on the ity lake dam across Long creek. His wide experience in different types of Work has enabled him to deal psychologically with folks who come to him now with a broken gun to be fixed, or a saw that they w a n t sharpened in a particular way. Lots of times, he says, they aren't sure just what they want themselves. He slipped on the ice and broke his hip a few years ago and later a lawnmower upon which he w a s working slipped out of the vise and crushed his foot. For a-time he w a s laid up in the hospital and afterwards it was months before he could walk without the aid of crutches. These misfortunes confined him to the little shop behind his house where he a t present carries on his work with the aid of his son-in-law. "Never," he says, h a s he solicited any business. "The work you turn out is your advertisement. If your work is good, then people will hunt you u p a n d bring you work."
"Big Will,'" himself, almost fills his shop. The floor of the building groans and creaks as he walksfover it. Rifles and shotg u n s h a n g from wornout files driven in the walls. His oldest gun is an old muzzle loader with a 44-inch barrel. The benches and floors are littered with old parts from guns, and new parts for the firearms t a k e shape under his skillful fingers. Outside the weatherbeaten shop old plows and harness, and cast iron pieces clutter the approach to the door. Plenty of Saws He gets plenty of saws to file from the carpenters around town. A saw isn't right unti la needle will slide point first in the groove of the teeth from one end of the saw to the other without a hitch, he reports. He scoffs at some of the new saiw-sharpening machines on the market. He says he can do better work by hand. Folks say t h a t "Big Will" is gifted in the art of mechanic work. He says it comes n a t u r a l to him to be able to fix broken t h i n g s and that he's never r a n into a job yet t h a t buffaloed him. His .neighbors keep him in prac-
tice with endless broken things to be fixed. He t a k e s particular pride in his ability to handle an acetylene torch and he says he w a s ! one of the first welders in the ^ county. It takes expert weld- j ing to fuse together t h e broken] parts in the delicate mechanismof a gun. He says he believes he could show the young fellows who went to school to become I welders a thing or two about t h e j art. He taught one of his sons to weld and he says that the j boy h a s almost exceeded him a t , t h e job. Two of his sons are officers in ] the army and are stationed over- • seas at present. One of them j sent him a unique spiraled walk- j ing cane which he says is the \ hardest wood he ever tried to i r u n a bit in. Just like drilling f on a piece of iron, he declared. Hammers m a d e by "Big Will" are common. He made most of the various sizes and shapes of h a m m e r s used by the body men at Austin and Lowder's body shop. • I "Big Will" shakes a homely hand and looks close at you with his faded blue eyes. "Don't let anyone tell yeu there's a shortcut to perfection. Every job, even the slightest one, takes hard work to do it right."
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Aunt Jane' Thompson Is Nearing 97; Memory Good By FRED T. MORGAN "Aunt Jane" Thompson, 96, is a remarkable little lady in regard to her ability to recall incidents that happened when she was a child. Although blind and partially deaf, she enjoys talking with friends„and anyone who shows interest. Her tales of the early days are suprisingly clear and accurate. She remembers fragments of conversations heard among her family eighty or more years ago. In order for her to understand a question, one must speak loudly in her ear, but once she understands the question, she- can answer without any hesitation. Aunt Jane lives with her daughter wrs. Clay Mauldin near the old Clairmont school on route 2, New London. She often entertains visitors and children with her reminscing. They listen avidXlJNT JANE THOMPSON ly. 1 came' honj The daughter of the late Bernie J three years Clayton and Priscilla Pennington M word came/ Clayton of Stanly county, she was 1 ed she wflj born a short distance off the pres* for she had] ent Concord highway near Long I Then h e l creek. When she was about three 1 he fought I years old her parents moved into 1 turned hoin the Prospect church community I last year 1 where she has lived most of her I "seventeen! life. She joined the Prospect fl another bra Baptist church at the age of 17. • ed fof only At 21, she was married to S. P. • the South 1 Thompson who died in December, She remembers that her "The Y | 1930. I Aunt J a n e 1 grandfathers were Nelson PenI voice. "It I nington and Joe Clayton. All of | didn't have | her four sisters and two brothers , . ,, ,. | | didn't have! are dead. ,_ . .«or c o u l d n t r
buy nothing. Not even salt or [he community ahead of time and wagon coffee. All our money was kill- phen the Yankees were coming, cident that She tells of ah inhappened in those ed." [Ve'd hide our horses and mules days. Money Worthless. jpd_ livestock and keep all our "Father was traveling along "My mother had just sold a [ood out of s i g h t We kept" our horse to get money to send to rations buried in a cellar dug in the road on his wagon when he help my father come home on (he garden and covered with dirt met the preacher on horseback when it was declared worthless. ind fitter. At night my mother The preacher's horse shied and at the oxen my father had She gave us children around four vould get out enough to do the j bolted hitched to his wagon. Soon as he hundred in bills to play with. We lext day." could get his horse pacified, the thought we were rich. We bought The cavalry would take your j preacher remarked 'You must! and sold things to each other, lorse or mule and leave you i not know what a mule Is a t your I with the money and it was reallvorn-out half-starved animal in house. Bernie'. F a t h e r grinned to us. It wasn't so long, though' ts place. They'd do that. I and came right back a t him. <You till the good money commencedknowed it to happen." must not know what a cow is at to circulate, but it was hard toj Cavalry Came your bouse, preacher, from t h e ' get " i r I "One day they surprised us. way your horse acted.' Not many men were left altembout 25 of the cavalry stopped Recalls Early Albemarle. the war. Just a few preachersht my Uncle Jim Clayton's house I n Aunt Jane's first recollect-1 and doctors and old men. Lots ofile was off across the woods in a ions of Albemarle there was only women were left with a brood offield plowing. Aunt Nan had just two stores, by John Ross i children and no man. My father!urned "Doc", their gentle old and a Mr. operated Greene, the court I built a widow lady Morgan a litwork horse into the lot. Doc house, and the house which I tie house on our farm and m w a s a good horse. Uncle Jim had' was kept by JohnjailHoward. Later mother kept her four childrenaised his family on Doc. Aunt the Freemans and while she worked during the dayman tried to hide him but the SnuggsHerrins, there and it began I remember a neighbor Carter'pavalry saw her. She pleaded! to grow,built They called it coming four boys all got killed in thgvith them not to take him but to town, though wasn't much war." hey paid no attention to her' bee-1 of a town at that ittime. "My father always kept be jing. One of the men rode him | "There was woods around it hives at our house and we ha iff, leaving a fagged out horse in then and not many roads. I wish honey and molasses and cor lis place." I could see it now. Has it changbread. My mother made coffe "Uncle Jim was mighty UDset 'led much in the last twenty I out of wheat and rye and wkdien he learned what had han- years? ™™ || didn't fare so bad. Folks nowapened. But he fed the youhir The town* folks would come out I days couldn't get along on suciorse they had left and before' th rations could they?" ong it mended up into a rieht *? ? Prospect and Ebenezer 11 Aunt Jane remembers vividpretty animal. It had never been churches Aunt Jane recalls. Later J the Yankee cavalry sweepirproken to harness, but he petted when a Baptist church was built I through the country, plunderirhnd fondled it and it turned out in the town the country residents! 1 and robbing the homesteads whidto be a dandy work horse He would in turn about, attend the I were protected only by wom<kas right proud of it. He named Church there. and old men. She talks abott "Wheeler's Cavalry" after the i v ^ ° A f 19+32V a h , e a d t r ouble para- {j it With an intensity and in mipankees that left it there He Iyzed Aunt Jane's left eye and ute detail which indicates that kept Wheeler long as h e lived " subsequently eaused blindness in! was stamped indelibly on hi Farm animals were so scarce S ~ - 2 ? ' H e r h e a r i n « became | | memory as a child Ivhen her father returned from impaired years ago and today she I "Young boys and neighbdthe war, Aunt Jane recalls that can barely hear the hymns on the J would try to get word around |he had to work oxen to the plow radio which is one of her main en- I joyments. !| -r-
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w i t h endless broken things I to be fixed. He takes particular pride in his ability to handle a n acetylene torch a n d he says he wasl one of the first welders in t h e ?fr%^9o/*£fa}inty. It takes expert weld*0^tfcfyj v * . <$? tuse together t h e broken £ *he delicate m e c h a n i s m ' }£ TJe says he believes ^ ^ By FRED T. MORGAN "Big &Q'to ^k(an to fiive other /&N the young fellows ^ Jo li. fills hi. / o ^ > ^ to school to become "Big Will" Austin, 76, of 817 I f^b " ^fc^v /f or two two about about tt h h ee b° u "i lad ' v^<fc/, Oakwood street, stretches his 2 4 5 ) • % * $ M "%?$ vOjv - " ^ £*&>*&• / / ' hhing i n g or ^fy*. ^htt one one of of his his sons sons; II pounds of brawn and muscle te/°-'</ V A , m,y >«,;%> ***r°i!:%li V s°&» AT^P a height of six feet, nine a n ^ f - ^ o , / ^ ° L **&V W <*/*•/*& **Z****ftr*e*;p6/*fA,*t*sb ° sa y s that the three-quarter inches. /&£* tfo J^&o ^° '<e£<> ? ° / Just a s towering and i m / v *" ,. • s ^ ^<°o ^*/, "feIsive as h i s ' g r e a t height, a ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ f c ^ ^ fyo *<fc& ^ •'ft ' * f A V o l ^ ' ^ )r. "ers tn | illustrous philosophies ojrJ/7? J°» «r f V ^o,**, o ^ ^ o He points a huge f i n g e r ^ . f ^ jfa ** 5^ *. % ^ %% / ^ R ^ ^ l ^ ^ l a m a n tells you he k n c / ^ > . " ^ - v ',.« W* <*?- •=>- v * / ^<&>;% >. I you tell him he's a/j ? I You watch these f e ^fe ^ "O make a show of the®./ °j<y z> • % r ?fe he warns. ° > > * X "°C%^ / ^ I V o "Big Will", w h / ^ / ^ 4 ^ t ^ > o > 7 9 A X / C -ffoP widely known a | > £ t # ^ ^ / & C * « / ^ & V * * J gunsmith, a ^ mechanic. n e / •% f ^ YoS* -jg?j±yb, J formal s c h o o l , & % % , iigH <?*&**<£T* 1 &'f> in A l b e m a X ^ < ° ^ **JSS&&«£ < ^ r a dfronV^ e f (5r .'o:fe,//o n ^% ^ y . ^ T- ^X ^ ^ ^ A % V ^ X > J / o 0 ^ J ttrade of t h e fy&&o*%%S's «t Vc? j country **/ %*%!,*'*,.*\ $2 mecha ^ T r "*«>_ 3? ^,°Vi of *•- -*•
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Fell In 1912. In April, 1912, Aunt Jane fell and shattered the bone in her hip and since that time has had to use crutches to get about wherever she went until in recent years when she has been mostly confined to the house. Aunt Jane has kept a close check on her descendants. She likes to talk about them. She had eight children, only three of whom a r e living now. She has 20 grandchildren, 25 great grand, children, and three great-great [ grandchildren. An older brother --Jim P r a n k Clayton was killed in the Civil war. She recalls how glad the family was to see him when h e came home twice during the three years that he served. When word came that he had been killed she was stricken with grief, for she had loved him so. Then her father was called and he fought for two years and returned home safely. During t h e last year of the w a r when the "seventeens" were called it took another brother, but he had served for only a short time before the South surrendered, j "The Yankees whupped us," Aunt Jane recalls in a rebellious voice. "It was bad business. We didn't have a cent of money. We j 'didn't have nothing nor couldn'tII
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Misenheimer Springs Are Now Abandoned; Once Large Resort
ST A NT. Y N E W S AVfj pi? urbanity and the cacophony of the city and reveled in'!*fheir{ period of rustication there at the renowned resort. Punctilliousness was the exception at the Springs and informality ruled. On Sundays, some of the guests attended services at the New Bethel Evangelical Lutheran church about a mile away. The highly educated and cultured pastors, Dr. C. C. Lyerly and Dr. G. H. Cox served the church and also taught at the community school nearby. These refined and learned men wielded great influence upon the cultural and social functions of the commu-I nity. Columbus Lentz, a widely known singing school teacher,*; led the choir at the church and I it was said that the choir was | the best in the county at ther time.
erected a long hotel with a dozÂť tion of every meal. She was By FRED T. MORGAN en or more rooms, a lobby, kitch- hailed by all who sampled her On Bear creek in-upper Stanly en, and a wide front porch. Word cooking as the best cook in the county, pioneer Claibourne Mis- was hot long in reaching the elite county. Misenheimer Springs enheimer settled and built a folk in the larger towns. Dur- became famous for its fresh huccabin at the foot of a timbered ing the first season, the Misen- kleberry pie which was introslope that rose from the creek heimer brothers found their ho- duced by Miss Julie and served bed. He cleared ground, farm- tel insufficient to accommodate every day, during season, withed, and, since the location was the demands of guests who out exception. Partaking of a likely, flung a dam across the wanted rooms for a week, or a meal prepared by her was a grand stream to store up power for I m 0 n t h , or for "the entire' sum - experience enjoyed and rememthe mills that he planned to m e r . As the requests for reser- bered by all, including those build. Year by year, he added vations at the spring hotel in professing ills. lo his project until he had a creased, cottages begin to dot Many citizens today can reAfter many years, Miss Julie grist mill and saw mill powered the hillsides around the creek. member sitting down in the din- married John F. Moose who aid-] by the undershot waterwheel Many wealthy families rented a ing hall of the hotel to te 15-foot ed her in the operation of t h e ! that he built. cabin and remained all summer long, four-foot wide table cover- resort. However, her husband! A short distance below his long at the quiet retreat there ed with chicken, beef, ham, was reportedly of the type that I dam, an old wagon road forded in the valley among the wooded steak, dutch cake, pie, and all did not encourage trade and af-1 the creek and was a thorough- hills. Rapidly the place grew in the appetizing country eats. ter a season or two with him as I fare for travelers in the section. popularity as a resort center and Waitresses were attentive to the host, the visitors began to feel: Someone noticed a wet, marshy became known as the headquar- slightest request and the diners that they were no longer welspot in the road near the creek ters of the fashionable folk of who were hesitant about their come and the inevitable decay! that did not dry up even in the the area. eating would receive a frown and set in. Each succeeding season hottest of weather. They called Sickly children with summer a shake of the finger from Miss it to the attention of Misenheim- complaints were apparently which meant to eat. At er who investigated. He dug a most helped by drinking of the Julie big lamps lent a romantic shallow hole at the spot and it waters of the spring. Elderly night, setting the huge table and in immediately filled up and over- folk, too, came, drank, and re- the halfto light the big room, flowed with water which had a ported the improvement in their young men andof women flashed brackish, but agreeable taste. condition to friends who in turnj secret smiles at each other. For the benefit of travelers and took advantage of the potent Help at Resort. customers to his mill, Misen-j water. The atmosphere there at After the death of her husheimer boarded up the sides of the resort was such as to enthe hole, fixed a drainage run to courage the rehabilitation of band, Miss Julie assumed comthe creek and diverted the path mind and body. Guests enjoyed mand of all responsibilities at of the road so as to miss his watching the peaceful water- the resort. She had help in the spring. On the acrid days of wheel near the spring and walk- kitchen and on the grounds. Neil summer, travelers would stop to ing among the fragrant pines Ridenhour served as her stable refresh themselves and on Sun- by the stream. Birds serenaded man where a traveling man days, church goers to the old them as they swam, fished, and could get his horse taken out Bethel and Bear Creek Lutheran paddled about in bateaus in the and fed for 10 cents. W. H. churches would invariably pause tranquill mill pond. Lifelong Wheeler served as driver on one :o live at the for a drink of the invigorating friendships were founded there of the carriages which met the [was the last water. as guests united in discussing train at Misenheimer station reside in the their mutual ills with each oth- and transferred the guests, to the Id the grand Word Spreads. hotel. For the guests, the trip i the ravages Knowledge of the spring spread er. They felt relieved and bene- proved a delightful one through j Attention. It fitted by conversing about their and somehow word got around the green, picturesque country- rats and creailments and went away with a that the spring waters possessed side. A buckboard loaded down nd wood. In fresh healing qualities. The water was outlook and perspective with fancy brass-ornamented fas sold and analyzed and found to have a and with a promise to renew their luggage of the vacationists, fol- tore down large sulphur and mineral eon- acquaintances by a sojourn^ to lowed the fringe-topped car- sed some of tent. Flocks of ailing people the spring next summer. riage along the country lane. [in a dwelBecame Popular. journeyed to partake of the miThey stopped once or twice on the foperty was Sandy and his wife, the former journey at a farmer's well to Ison Lumber raculous waters; some vouching for the alleviation of their Ills Miss Julia Barringer, are credit- water the animals and give the ppped it of after continued use of the water. ed with developing the resort in- visitors a chance to stretch. ears. They came from miles around to the popular vacation and recUpon the arrival at the hotel, to the site and carried the water away in reation center that it became. loungers rose from their rockers Ity locating Especially was "Miss Julie", as on the wide containers. front porch to stare It is in the she was fondly called by everyClaibourne and his brother, at those dismounting from the Sandy, hit upon an idea. Why one, an industrious, lovable, and carriage in hopes of sighting a f vines and not erect an inn to house those efficient little lady. She did the familiar face. Miss June greet- pee of rusty has dewho came from distant places cooking for the guests until the ed the newcomers, registered pin seeking the benevolent effects of task became too arduous for her them in, and explained the house yer of dead the spring water. Soon, with lum- alone arid afterwards she per- customs as she led them to their vhich some crumbling chimney with its ed as fastbe'r from Claibourne's mill, they sonally supervised the prepare rooms. smells, still [wide fireplace remains. A rec-l fl â&#x20AC;˘ "iicvianoKrvi o o u y h At mealtime an old Negro from the f tangle of big elm trees mark thel were Bill ana Lben Hearne, J iters were few as j clad in a white apron would le home of j edges of the eaves of the old W. Cannon, the textile magnate the good years unds walk about the yard and ring a building. All but obscured in aj Dave Cannon, the banker, Joe mammoth, double-action dinner tangle of honeysuckle vines,! Factors advanced I Cannon, John Wadworth, a hardting to the decline I bell. A farm bell securely fas- and old ho- pieces of a rusty old trunk ware executive, Tom Moroney, lar summer resort il tened upon a high post in the K Blacken- awaken memories of the days Reuben Holmes, and Fenix York provements in the n yard would peal out to warn ton timbers when city folk came to this]1 Annual visitors to the Springs those who had strayed some dis- Indergrowth lonely spot for relaxation and to and the advanceme were the Browns, Barnhardts, science of medicim tance away, that meal time was f the once seek the health-giving waters of Cannons, Fischers, Coltrains, approaching. At dusk, the same half of a the now stagnant spring. Crowells, Ritchie, Reeds, Raiwhite-jacketed old Negro could fords, and the Schenks. They be seen laboriously climbing his came from Greensboro, Concord, small ladder to light the succesCharlotte, Salisbury, and more sion of big oil lamps which distant cities, other big city hung from posts stationed at in1' men and women cast aside their tervals along the path to the spring and around the spring area. Guests traveled the path continuously during the early part of the evening to drink their fill of the refreshing water. On humid summer afternoons when black clouds signified the approach of a flash rainstorm, the guests scurried down the path With buckets, Jars, and jugs to" lay in a supply of the precious water before the creek swelled, spread its banks, and overran the spring with its muddy torrent.
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Square Dances Held. After the supper table had been cleared at night and the guests had recovered from their satiety, the mellow strains of an old violin filled the night air as the fiddler sawed into a gay waltz tune. Soon the light-tripping of the square dancers vibrated the building, as the young and old alike swung their | ebullient partners to the rhythm of the lilting music. Those complaining of divers maladies, shamelessly joined in the fun. Remembered among the musicians were John, Hub, and Paul Misenheimer, Fred Culp, and Luke Ritchie. The callers were Bud Goodman and George Reed. Lemonade was made by the tubfulls and served to the dancers. Some fist and skull fighting ensued among the young men, but there was little drinking or rioting about the place. Miss Julie would tolerate but scant foolishness. Fourth of July at the Springs saw hundreds of merry-makers coming to attend the events of the day. There were horse races, ball games, horseshoe pitching, boating and swimming In the mill pond, bowling, climbing greasy poles, and various games designed to delight the jubilant throng. .Homemade ice cream was sold to the people as well as cakes and box lunches. Politicians Spencer Blackburn and Lee S. Overman delivered speeches to the multitude there on one occasion and some dignitary was always scheduled to address the crowd during the festivities of the Fourth. One Fourth of July, John L. Culp of New London borrowed the Pole McCanless boiler wagon and with 12 mules hitched to the massive vehicle, drove up through the country to Misenheimer Springs hauling some 40odd people upon the big wagon. Prominent Guests. Among the prominent and wealthy people visiting the Springs and lodging at the hotel were Bill and Eben Hearne, J. W. Cannon, the textile magnate, Dave Cannon, the banker, Joe Cannon, John Wadworth, a hardware executive, Tom Moroney, Reuben Holmes, and Fenlx York. Annual visitors to the Springs were the Browns, Barn hard ts, Cannons, Fischers, Coltrains, Crowells, Ritchie, Reeds, Raifords, and the Schenks. They came from Greensboro, Concord, Charlotte, Salisbury, and more distant cities. Other big city men and women cast aside their
E«5S. 'AT/RETWATtT.F. *f. C. found fewer visitors at home in the old hotel, and the gayety surrounding the famous spring languished. Renovation Tried. Then the Misenheimer Springs property fell into the hands of the Rev. Schenck, the Rev. Patterson, and a Mr. Norman who set about to revive the spot. They inaugurated a building program which included a renovation of the old structure, an entirely new ell built onto one end of the Original hotel, and at the completion of the work, the handsome building boasted 40 rooms, many sporting bathtubs and toilet fixtures. News was sent far and wide concerning their plans and a grand opening was staged, but the men soon saw the imprudence of their venture. There was but little renewal of Interest in the Springs as a resort, or as place to seek alleviation of body ailments. Visitors were few as compared to the good years under Miss Julie Factors advanced as contributing to the decline of the popular summer resort were the improvements in the mode of travel and the advancements in the science of medicine. The Rev.
Schenck continued to live at the Springs and his son was the last one to permanently reside in the old hotel. Afterward the grand! old building suffered the ravages of weather and inattention. It became a haven for rats and creatures of the field and wood. In process of time, it was sold and Floyd Misenheimer tore down the structure and used some of the choicest pieces in a dwelling house. The property was acquired by the Johnson Lumber company which stripped it of timber in the past years. Today a stranger to the site Would have difficulty locating the famous spring. It is in the midst of a thicket of vines and briars covered by a piece of rusty [tin upon which autumn has deposited layer upon layer of dead leaves. The water, which some oldster aptly described as tasting like gunpowder smells, still retains its aloofness from the creek and is now the home of frogs. The ruins of the grand old hotel are yet observable. Blackened shingles and rotton timbers protruding from the undergrowth mark the outline of the once proud structure and half of a
crumbling chimney with its! wide fireplace remains. A rec-1 tangle of big elm trees mark the edges of the eaves of the old, building. All but obscured in a I tangle of honeysuckle vines,] pieces of a rusty old trunk I awaken memories of the days when city folk came to this! lonely spot for relaxation and to seek the health -giving waters of the now stagnant spring.
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Village Of Palestine Was Begun As Camp Meeting Site Years Ago while. W. A. Marks operated the first roller mill which had a caOnce the scene of great camp pacity of 15 barrels of flour per meetings to which staunch-mind- day. ed pioneers would journey for Mills Used Same Boiler. miles and remain at the site unAt one time it seems t h a t sevtil the meetings broke, Pales- eral men had an interest in the tine, in Stanly county, received cotton gin, roller mill, and a sawits name from the Biblical holy mill, all of which were operated land. by one steam boiler. Several The fervently religious men hands were required to operate -and women who settled in <he them. Only one concern could country thereabouts read their function at a time because of limBibles consistently and were ex- ited power supply. The boiler had plictly guided by its teachings. to be replaced or rebuilt often Out of the multitude of sermons due to the rust and corrosion -and meetings held there at the caused by the_ strong alkaii minold brush arbor, some of which eral water in vicinity. lasted upwards of two weeks at Rumors have it that represena time, the name Palestine grad: ually evolved and was accepted tatives from some factory or othin reference to the camping er investigated the Palestine locality for the possible site of a ground and arbor. factory but were frightened away Fiery ministers stood under the by the poor quality of the water. big arbor, covered with boards • and shingles and supported by Practically every -home; was ". poles, and preached for hours to equipped with a telephone in the " penitent and responsive listeners. early days and a big switchboard, t The camp meeting grounds were owned by W. S. Coggins, was a haven for those who longed for maintained in Palestine and many . good and plain preaching without local women served a . span of - distortion and falsification. Visit- duty as switchboard operator. ing worshipers slept in their cov- Like the phones in other sections, ered wagons and cooked over an however, the ones in Palestine open fire and regarded their camp followed the lines of least resistmeeting trip as the most eventful ance and gradually disappeared from the scene. of the year. It is believed that Johnny Adam Dry. Foulkes served Palestine as the Adam Dry, one of the first set- initial postmaster and W. L. Har; tiers in the community, came ris held the job when the office from Cabarrus county. I t is said was discontinued some time prior by some, that Adam's wife, who t o 1910. Oldsters tell of a feud was a Laton, and his son, Moses, t h a t progressed between the postwere instrumental in establishing master and a rival merchant w h o the Southern Protestant Metho- aspired to that position. The curdist church, the forerunner of rent postmaster, fearing at last the present Palestine Methodist that his opponent was in a posi: church, in the year 1865. The tion to possibly oust him from the church failed to endure, however, job. became panicky. He obtainand its support lapsed after about ed a c a m e r a , a n d took a picture 15 years. It was re-organized as of his rival's swayback, disrepan Episcopal Methodist church in utable, decaying store building in 3.880 with nine charter members which the postoffice would have to as follows: Adam Dry and wife, be housed in the event the man Elizabeth, D. T. F. Hall and wife, succeeded in his schemes. He sent Mr. and Mrs. Peoples, Julius the picture to the postal authoriHowell, Moses A. Dry, and Henry ties and explained the situation. Blalock. Adam Dry donated a When the rival heard what had tract of land upon which to build happened, he gave up the fight the church and a plot for the and thereafter the postmaster felt cemetery. secure. Years later a Presbyterian The Winston-Salem Southbound church and school combined, functioned for a few years in Pales- railroad was completed through tine before it too was abandoned the community in the year 1910 from lack of support. Prominent and crossties and cordwood went ' names connected with the estab- out from the siding a t the depot. - lishment and operation of the in- No agent was stationed a t the stitution were Adkinson, Ander- depot, however, one could board son. Rose bury. Gale, Redwine, the train and pay the conductor Christenberry, Littleton, and Bag- the fare. A fare from Albemarle by. Some teachers were Misses up to Palestine necessitated that Young, Currie. Udall, and Hanly. a ticket be purchased -A brisk A few boarding students, mostly business ensued on the passenger : girls, attended the school while it trains for 'a few years, but soon remained in use. After the Pres- automobiles became numerous byterians left the community, the and the service was discontinued. Bond Issue. building continued to be used as a school until the new Clairmont Stanly county floated a bond 1 schoolhouse was opened in the fall issue to help finance part of the of 1923. cost of building the railroad The family names of some of through the county. Italian i f ••v^-^rTe first pioneers to settle in the borers, and local men were emPalestine area were the Drys, ployed in Cutting t he right-of-way, FoulkespRussells, Cogging,,Trout- g r a d i n g , and- l a y i n g t h e t i e s a m i : mans, Hires. Halls, and Blalocks. rails. - Among ftje first merchants in After the discontinuance of the the community were George Dry, postoffice in the village, it was U. A. Dry, Greene Morton, Gor- served by a rural route from Aldon Hudson, J3en Thomas, Ad bemarle with Doc Kirk as the /Glover, and Et L. Kirk. BlackOther carriers, rememsmiths were Eob Smith. W. S. carrier. Coggins, and D. T. F. Hall. Clark bered as having come through | Morris operated a cqtton gin. W. Palestine on their way to the post3. Coggins, Tor/t Carter, and Bob office at Palmerville, were John Smith ran a nlaner mill for a Frank Kirk and a Mr. Russell who traveled on foot and made pianer the trip about once per week. By FRED T. MORGAN
Electricity came to settlement | in the neighborhood of 1925 when i I around 10 of the residents con" 1 racted with Jethro Almond to I have the line run into the village I from a point near Clairmont*. The job was completed in December of one year with the folks receiving the electric lights for Christmas. The first improved county-main- j tained road was built into Palestine by prisoners under the supervision of the late N. C. Cranford some time in the 1920's. Today, Palestine still retains I its name, although it. no longer boasts a postoffice or depot. I t is accessible by a hard-surfaced county road and many all-weather rural roads junction in or nearby the village. Modern homes and farms dot the countryside in the area and cattle and dairy farming is successful. Only two stores have weathered the storm and remained in operation until the'present, A. E.1 Russell and P. A. Dry are the sole remaining merchants, although there are other vacant store buildings standing close by. Of the two, Mr. Russell is the veteran. He has been in business continuously since 1913. And his stock of goods has not changed much since that time. For a glance at the typical country store of nearly 40 years ago, one needs only to journey up to Palestine and step through the sagging door of Mr. Russell's establishment, the interior of which is embellished with articles to lead one in remembrances of earlier years.
Mrs. C. A. Teeter Still Active At Age Of 94 By FRED T. MORGAN Mrs. Charles Albert Teeter, of he Big Lick community, cele>rated her ninety-fourth birthday <n December 27, 1951. She is in good health, 'good spirits, has a vivid memory of her earlier years and likes to talk about old times. Unimpressed by the hustle and bustle of the modern world and its conveniences, she still thinks that the good old days were the best and the healthiest. And her I long life, lacking now only six I years of reaching the century 1 mark, goes a long way in support 'of her claim. "At the time I grew up," she says slowly and unhurridly, | "folks raised what they eat and made what they wore and seldom 'went to the store except maybe (to buy coffee and sugar. Nowadays folks eat out of a can and are always hurrying and worryI ing." About two years ago Mrs. Teeter fell and broke her hip and since that time has been mostly confined indoors where she spends teachers, she remembers,.. was the majority of the time in bed. David Morton. . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ She can sit up by the fire some One incident that happened j u s t s and she goes to the table at meal- after the close of the Civil War J time. still stands out in her memory. "I "j Prior to her accident she pick- was around five or six years old I ed cotton in the fields nearby the when the war ended," she says. I house where she lives with her "My father had been away to the son Henry and even walked to the war for four years. We were sit-1 store at Big Lick, about a mile ting out on the porch one day distant. She was active and nimble when we saw him come a r o u n d « . then and now it makes her mighty the corner of the house. He Jook-Hxj restless to have to stay inside all ed tired and sleepy. He told my, n ( j i the time. mother to make a pallet on t h e j ^ Mrs. Teeter is the former Miss floor for him and he dropped uponi Martha Jane Cooper, daughter of it and went right to sleep." /Ln the late Lucinda and Henry CoopShe was married at the age^jghe er of Stanly county. She was 19 to Mr. Teeter. They lived nf/fe\t\ born near Silver Springs Baptist Silver Springs for a while, y/reatChurch and grew up and married moved near her husband's _ in that section. She can remem- a few miles west of O a ^ / ^ J f e s . ber when there were only two or From there they moved W/Oi been I three graves in the cemetery at Lick and thence to Alb/V pr the the church and those she believes, where they lived for arqf / A j e m b e r were of "Granny Kimrey and the years. . Then they movedr j 6(jphureh. j Granny Coopers." Big Lick and built tX She attended the old school at where she lives at \m / ep#"t a movSilver Springs and other schools time. /y/ft'eiiain enin the neighborhood. . One of her Her husband has b e v ^ t y j to good radio.
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first roller mill which had a c ^ g o S u o ] K l w r t l M " J ^ W t l ' " 8 " . ! L u ' a i l * ^ 3 » 3 ^ ^ u i M . nearby Once the scene of great camp pacity of 15 barrels of flour p # • e « " L * 2 ! J 5 ! 2 H S - — £ feflS'SfflSfS '. and meetings to which staunch-mind- day. -C r 96X»«°^ a o ed pioneers would journey for Mills Used Same Boiler. ujVXl-t „ „ I g D i u o i V » ^ °' .5T ^mm w e o \ •pocw^jM i q e — -*?UfioD z-, U O o farmP « M * » « -S mu i 33W«4W . miles and remain at the site unAt one time it seems that s e ^ V ^ J f u S o ! * ^ » ? ^ \ S ^ . j S S » » I , ^ S l S S til the meetings broke, Pales- eral men had an interest in trirUa«* J " * pu« m ^ ~ J j W d V \ - u a d O a , ' A » W A * D O oUwq l therIgjL-,' tine, in Stanly county, received cotton gin, roller mill, and a s a w ^ ^ i H O i UK**** * , « « J a s ^ ^ ^ J ^ \ fop90C 3 W its name from the Biblical holy mill, all of which were o p e r a t e f f ^ T v T t ,„__-luai \UOAV *°* ^ a o% ^ ^ + « ^ w 3 i \ I E v land. a aU one steam , boiler. SeveralP^SX'^J:.^ pooANH'O «*» u n O i \ ^ t J t r M wVM. d T 3 H » i l ! r — 1 tht The fervently religious men by hands were required to operate 3UoUd_ * £ » -and women who settled in <he them. Only one concern could P" i ^r *^ ^'V^fZ— l c A ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \ ' ' ^ i r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \ ai country thereabouts read their function at a time because of limf r p«oi 8q ia\ViP»Op %a l 6i e c4 u i a spoq d a j v P S l " Bibles consistently and were ex- ited power supply. The boiler had plictly guided by its teachings. to be replaced or rebuilt often uamo% U1 H Out of the multitude of sermons due to the rust and corrosion beau UXB31S — XKS« HO*1 uxoox eBio-l and meetings held there at the caused by the_ strong alkali minold brush arbor, some of which eral water in vicinity. •siyi—*®S lasted upwards of two weeks at luaui Rumors have it that represena time, the name Palestine gradtatives from some factory or oth: ually evolved and was accepted I in reference to the camping er investigated the Palestine locality for the possible site of a ground and arbor. factory but were frightened away Fiery ministers stood under the by the poor quality of the water. _big arbor, covered with boards x Practically every home was l - \ i o d » m o o i J A U and shingles and supported by poles, and preached for hours to equipped with a telephone in the •" penitent and responsive listeners. early days and a big switchboard, i The camp meeting grounds were owned by W. S. Coggins, was - a haven for those who longed for maintained in Palestine and many a-x^e S ^ s W i s n q » good and plain preaching without local women served a . span of uo, asTB 1 distortion and falsification. Visit- duty as switchboard operator. blOi '* - " " s S S n q 3H»?P ing worshipers slept in their cov- Like the phones in other sections, uado J»»l* ered wagons and cooked over an however, the ones in Palestine open fire and regarded their camp followed the lines of least resistmeeting trip as the most eventful ance and gradually disappeared from the scene. of the year. It is believed that Johnny Adam Dry. Adam Dry, one of the first set- Foulkes served Palestine as the tlers in the community, came initial postmaster and W. L. Harfrom Cabarrus county. I t is said ris held the job -when the office by some, that Adam's wife, who was discontinued some time prior was a Laton, and his son, Moses, to 1910. Oldsters tell of a feudi were instrumental in establishing that progressed between the postthe Southern Protestant Metho-I master and a rival merchant w h o dist church, the forerunner of aspired to that position. The cur-1 the present Palestine Methodist rent postmaster, fearing at last church, in the year 1865. The that his opponent was in a posi-1 church failed to endure, however, tion to possibly oust him from the and its support lapsed after about job. became panicky. He obtain-1 15 years. It was re-organized as ed a camera and took a picture an Episcopal Methodist church in of his rival's swayback, disrep1880 with nine charter members utable, decaying store building in I as follows: Adam Dry and wife, which the postoffice would have to Elizabeth, D. T. F. Hall and wife,j be housed in the event the man Mr. and Mrs. Peoples, Julius succeeded in his schemes. He sent Howell, Moses A. Dry, and Henry the picture to the postal authoriBlalock. Adam Dry donated a ties and explained the situation. tract of land upon which to build When the rival heard what had Hie church and a plot for the I happened, he gave up the fight and thereafter the postmaster felt cemetery. •' | secure. Years later a Presbyterian church and school combined, f unc- [ The Winston-Salem Southbound * tioned for a few years in Pales- railroad was completed through tine before it too was abandoned the community in the year 1910 from lack of support. Prominent and crossties and cordwood went - names connected with the estab- out from the siding a t the depot. lishment and operation of the in- No agent was stationed at the stitution were Adkinson, Ander- depot, however, one could board son. Rose bury, Gale, Redwine, the train and pay the conductor Christenberry, Littleton, and Bag- the fare. A fare from Albemarle by. Some teachers were Misses up to Palestine necessitated t h a t Young, Currie. Udall, and Hanly. a ticket be purchased. A brisk A few boarding students, mostly business ensued on the passenger s girls, attended the school while it trains for 'a few years, but soon remained in use. After the Pres- automobiles became numerous byterians left the community, the and the service was discontinued. Bond Issue. building continued to be used as a school until the new Clairmont Stanly county floated a bond ... schoolhouse was opened in the fall issue to help finance part of the of 1923. cost of building the railroad about ten years. All of Mrs. The family names of some of through the county. Italian laTeeter's three sisters and six -J^tTSe- first pioneers to settle in the borers, and local men were embrothers have passed away and Palestine area were the Drys, ployed in cutting the right-of-way^ she is the sole surviving member Foulkes^Russells, Coggins, Trout- grading, and laying the ties «ntf' of her immediate family. -mans, KirVs. Halls, and Blalocks. rails. Among fee first merchants in Mrs. Teeter has seven children, After the discontinuance of the t h e community were George Dry. postoffice only four of whom are living. She in the village, it was U. A. Dry, «£reene Morton, Gor-, served by a rural route from Alhas 22 grandchildren, 17 great don Hudson, VjBen Thomas, Ad bemarle with Doc Kirk as the grandchildren, and 12 great/Glover, and Ei L. Kirk. Black- carrier. Other carriers, rememgreat grandchildren. smiths were £ob Smith, W. S. bered as having come through A zealous church goesr, Mrs. Coggins. and D. T. F. Hall. Clark Palestine on their way to the postTeeter regrets that she has heen Morris operated k cqtton gin. W. office at Palmerville, were John unable to attend church for the 3. Coggins, TorA Carter, and Bob Frank Kirk and a Mr. Russell past few years, She is a member [ Smith ran a pjaner mill for a who traveled on foot and made (of the Big Lick Baptist church. She reports that she has never _J the trip about once per week. I seen a television screen or a mov- j ing picture show. Her main en- j j joyment now is listening to good preaching and good hymns on the I radio.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 19»Z
Many Believe Old Ingram Mine May Still Contain Much Gold store up a head of water which they pumped with the aid of an Brace yourself for a gold stam- 80 horse power boiler and big pede one of these days! The boys pumps to a large tank up on the are at It again. hilltop. Lower down on the slope Like the old-time prospectors they built rows of sluice boxes who set out with pickaxe and and a big sluice house above burro to strike it rich in the hills, them. Dinky cars hauled the Stanly men are prospecting in all dirt and ore from the stream bed earnestness on the old Ingram up tracks to the sluice house mine property a few miles east of where it was washed into fine Albemarle. sediment by water from the They search for what they term tank. the mother vein on the hillside At intervals when the gold set- I above the spot where a rich de- flings were gathered from the, j posit of loose gold nuggets threw sluice boxes, it took two men to I the residents q'f the' vicinity into carry the bucket of nuggets ob- I pandemonium more than half a tained from the operations. century ago. Dick Eames acted as manager I Old miners who know the lay- of the mining operations' for the | out of the mine insist that the main body of gold has never been northern company and John j located. That somewhere among Lenard, a local man, worked as jj the hills and hollows and trees foreman at the mine. Largest Nugget there lies a great vein of the yelThe largest reported nugget L _ low mineral yet untapped. . Men obsessed with the tales of ever dug out of the bed, accord- \i Richest Gold riches have come and dug for days ing to men who saw it, weighed , c , u il 01 1 8 containing at a spot designated to them in 10 pounds and nine ounces and n e "deposit * , * ' "!_ t h e-. dreams. Mostly their efforts have w a s shaped like a man's hands fest gold ran in a fairly | h t c u r s e a l o n S l d e tbe ended in failure and exhaustion loosely cuped together. Walter N , ° S and, their ardor cooled by the Harris d u g the big nugget f^om a m - Where the stream m a d e disappointment, they relaxed for a crevice in the slate rock at t h e B 5 n d J - i l o w ? v ! r , „ wg0J d d e I a time until another fresh spurt creek bed. He turned It over to p d l d not follow, but went of energy motivated them to a the company and received a f" a s t r a i g h t c o u i s e - Where new determination to find the bonus of 75 cents for his find. A j ; t h i s gold come from? From, cache. Others with instruments casting of the large solid hunk P e r ground one might sup-, guaranteed to locate gold deposits- of gold was made and sent to the f * have traoed the veins over hills state museum at Raleigh and to jacing credence in this theory, < and vale and some think that Smithsonian Institute at I h » v e Persisted until t h i s they have it located. Yet the the ft hi attempts to find the elusive mother lode continues to Washington, D. C. in Many other nuggets of lesser P me r tXf where all this loose, evade discovery and remains in ne note were found from time to \\ m c a m settlings in the creek obscurity to this day. e trom From the stories that these men time and a record kept of the P tell, one might suppose their idea largest of them on the walls of • is not uncommon today for the old sluice house. A rough dents in the area t o pick up of a bonzana to be logical. outline of the • piece of gold pes of gold in their fields a n d Discovered by Negro. The stories have it that some- would be sketched on the wall l g the little streams after a time in the 1890's Will Kirk, a and the discoverer's n a m e writ- p a i n . Sizeable nugget* are nd from time to time. Negro lad, accidently discovered ten in it. a gold nugget in the little creek . After about two years or so, fskine Smith, present owner that flows across the property | the deposits of gold in the Dry P e Property, permits prospectabout a quarter of a mile from I Hollow, a big ravine t h a t ran I o n t h e premises. But don't the present mine site. This find water 'only in the wet seasons, t o nim for grubstaking or precipitated an earnest search of gradually petered out much to p e m g . F m d the gold veina deal c a n b e w o r k e d the area by W. M. Fesperman, the dismay of the company. \tthen . Rufe Hunsucker, and Sam Kirk. Vainly they searched the area a s t o mining it. News leaked out and other men over, but the once plentiful sup- wo oldsters who prospect the | joined in search. More nuggets ply of nuggets-became too scarce a regularly are Ed Staley and I turned up as "the men continued to justify further operations. In [ Morton. Mr. Staley h a s an | their prospecting up the creek. a last effort, they blasted a tunel trument that will locate m i n - 1 or metal in the ground and Then the big discovery! A through solid slate for fifty feet 1 , frano — . . . . - cnrr . . . . . . v . £ , . w m i V * OU1U * . « . "»«•*••-• •*•-• — 1 ~ virtual bed of gold nuggets was back under- the hillside, but no traced something that makes found along a certain section of gold was found. 'instrument react all over t h e : ground nearby the stream. It The company abandoned t h e ,[a. He says that he thinks he brought wild cheering and scram mine and later the property was . the vein located under a bling as they grappled for rights nurchated P ift nh ee U Ps to rne at hm e h i MH r °verlooktaxes. It w a s purcnaseuj purchased gst ta a] w l to work the land. Stokes Ing- solda for Iocal company known as r n e d m u c h about mining from ram, land owner, quickly staked J>y off lots and leased them to the the Stanly Mining and Realty d a d w h o w a s a foreman in the eager miners who paid 30 cents company, headed by J. M. Mor-1 m m e a t Gold Hill in Rowan for a four-foot lot and double row, Joe Snortherly, and R. L. | n ty. ~'^'~ "However, this new com- o c Morton worked at the that for an eight-foot lot. Men Smith. from all sections of the country pany did not engage in any e as a lad and knows the areas me most goia rushed to obtain ground upon large scale operations and Mr. «re: the gold was IOUIUJ.; found.] which to dig for the free-flowing Smith later acquired the prop- s a y s that a great quantity of'l erty exclusively. I was found in a spring of | gold nuggets. Since the big operations termi- c»er in the eold Dry Hollow. This || Ingram was to reeelve one e that ]> . and Mr. Staley | fourth of the take of each miner nated many years ago, the area e up to a certain pennyweight. Be- h a s become pock-marked with - wspotted is not far from the g yond that he charged a toll of holes and scars as men come t o J ° where the richest of t h e l a s found. one half of all gold found. Not try their luck at finding the vein. | h. w e n have time, the two all gold found on the property The s t a t e highway c o m m i s s i * /n . they to t a k e u th ine nd . j> f P J was reported, however, and Ing- set up a rock crusher, and m o V > wPjf" t?, ha Jt 1S u n d e r t h r e a t ram realized suprisingly little most of the pile of rocks t h \ f ,k *h e. * ^P | returns from his contracts with came out of the tunnel. The m \ V i f i p " " f f i " ^ S t f Zf ™\\ the greedy miners. chinery and buildings have l o n ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ 1 w o u f d ' e t Large amounts of gold were re- since been removed. The tunnel \ h like ^ t f j moved from the bottom land by Exists somewhere on the p r e m - ' j o u r n e y o u t t 0 t h e m i n e a n d the feverent workers and pieces ses. HUA up stumps and turn over I of several pounds were common. j rocks and take along a pick or f spade to turn some sod. The odds ] are against you. But, on t h e l other hand, you might be the one j to stick a pick into that long- j j sought-for vein of rich gold. By FRED T. MORGAN
MARRIED FOR 68 YEARS—Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkins who livl near Mineral Springs Baptist church in the Oakboro section havi forgotten the exact date of their marriage. Mrs. Hopkins was 3 last October. Mr. Hopkins will soon be 91.
Oakboro, Rte. 1 Coupli Married For 68 Years! *fc said to have cut ten Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hopkins | 0 w h e " p " l a y w*tn-; * lof route 1, Oakboro, have been F 0 ' t h e woman f l g hfolks married for 68 years.' They have K ^ L f t T ?t r o s t i n g about forgotten the exact date, f a Confederate °P - . but they know it has been at , hy e° u nwga t .cb °y> Hopkins h least that long l repairing Mr. Hopkins will be 91 on June f w h e n n e M i r e ^ from the 1, 1952 and Mrs. Hopkins cele- \f iflj „ e w J ha,? brated her 95th birthday on Oc- L i n the t r a d e l u t t l e a m * tober 20, last year. Both are in f ^ fn all 0 f w s S v ' good health and good spirits. [ t h e work, ne never^had Mrs. Hopkins is the former Ifetches or clocks that he Miss Mary Tabitha Smith, | fix. When he first bedaughter of the late Louis Smith laid he could see the hair of the Oakboro section of the'la a watch with his naked county. For the last eight years I now he can't see it very she has been inactive and con ijh with the aid of a mag fined to the house. Prior to hei glass. He still sees well afflictions, she could work in the to read though, garden and milk the cows. Now ;from his watch repairing she spends most of the day in i n g, Mr. Hopkins h a s bed or sitting up i na big rock- igood deal of time "gold ing chair. t He h a s prospected in Though stooped and a trifle {Union, Cabarrus, and feeble, Mr. Hopkins walks with- jery counties. He and out the aid of a cane and even jer men, many years ago, takes trips into Oakboro, about l(fppH ijd them i area around the rt 1 two miles distant. " ° *jkeed mine in ~Cabarrus The aged couple live with their tad he says that he workdaughter, Mrs. Charlie Furr near It up to about eighteen the Mineral Springs Baptist p m where a huge ^ nug„ church on highway 205 south of Sound a short time later Oakboro. pnery county gold, he They have three children, |rs was of a poorer qualeight grandchildren, fifteen t h a t of Stanly and Cabgreat grand-children, and two 1 only brought about great-great grandchildren. |e cents to the penny. lit the local markets while gold from other counties brought up to one dollar and six cents per pennyweight. " S o i . f , d a y s I worked all dav a n d . d i d n t m a k e five c e n t s " he says, "and other times I m a d e up to five and ten d o l l a r s " I „ i H e £ C a B S t h ^ t h e ^ t e n d e d the I old Clark's Grove and Moss schools m his neighborhood and went one day to the Flatrock school. Mrs. Hopkins is a mem ber of the Clark's Grove P S tive Baptist church
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Recalls Stories Mr. Hopkins recalls having heard stories about his grandfather, Jackie Hopkins, who was too old to fight in the Civil war. He w a s said to have cut ten acres of wheat per day with a cradle for the woman folks whose men were away fighting with the Confederate troops. When a young boy, Hopkins took up t h e watch repairing trade and h a s kept at it until j recently when h e retired from t h e business. He never had a n y schooling in the trade, just learned it himself. In all of his many years at the work, h e never had many watches or clocks that he failed to fix. When he first began he said he could see the hair spring in a watch with his naked eye, but now he can't see it very well even with the aid of a magnifying giass. He still sees well enough to read though. Aside from his watch repairing and farming, Mr. Hopkins h a s spent a good deal of time "gold hunting". He h a s prospected in Stanly, Union, Cabairus, and IS Montgomery counties. He and some other men, m a n y years ago, prospected the area around t h e p r e s e n t Reed mine in Cabarrus county and he says that he worked a spot up to about eighteen inches from where a huge nugget was found a short time later. Montgomery county gold, he remembers w a s of a poorer quality than that of Stanly and Cabarrus. It only brought about eighty-five cents to the pennyweight, at the local markets, while gold from other counties brought up to one dollar a n d six cents per pennyweight. "Some days I worked all day and didn't m a k e five cents," he says, "and other times I m a d e u p to five and ten dollars." He recalls that he attended t h e old Clark's Grove and Moss schools in his neighborhood and went one day to t h e Flatrock school. Mrs. Hopkins is a member of the Clark's Grove Primitive Baptist church.
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On Top Of Slate Some nuggets were found barely under the surface of t h e loose earth but most" of t h e deposit had settled in the crevices and low places on top of a bed of slate rock ranged up to 'about six feet under the ground level. A layer of porous, ^volcanic matter covered t h e slate bed. Most of the gold was taken from the top.of t h e bed of slate. Later a m a n named Parker took a n option on t h e property and hired hands to dig for him around the stream bed. A steady flow of nuggets came forth from t h e operations a n d word spread t h a t the mine had a vast supply of t h e valuable mineral. Soon a big company, said to have been t h e Crawford Gold Mining company from New York, investigated the property and purchased it from Ingram. They employed a score of h a n d s and set about installing machinery and building facilities with which to work the mine on a large scale. In short order they threw a n earthen d a m across the stream to
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Richest Gold The deposit containing t h e richest gold r a n in a fairly straight course along side t h e stream. Where t h e stream m a d e a bend, however, the gold deposits did not follow, but went on in a straight course. Where did this gold come from? From higher ground one might suppose. Placing credence in this theory, men have persisted until this day in attempts to find the mother vein where all this loose gold in the settlings in t h e creek bottom came from. It is not uncommon today for residents in t h e area to pick up pieces of gold in their.fields a n d along t h e little streams after a big rain. Sizeable nuggets are found from time to time; Erskine Smith, present owner of the property, permits prospecting on the premises. But don't go to him for grubstaking or financing. Find the" gold vein first, then a deal can b e worked out as to mining it. Two oldsters who prospect t h e area regularly are Ed Staley and Doc Morton. Mr. Staley h a s a n instrument that will locate mineral or metal in t h e ground and h a s traced something that makes his instrument react all over t h e area. He says that he thinks he I h a s the vein located under a ' b i g pine up on t h e hill overlooki n g t h e stream. Mr. Staley •arned much about mining from is dad who was a foreman in t h e pig. mine a t Gold Hill in Rowan fcounty. Doc Morton worked at the mine as a lad and knows the areas where the most gold was found. He says that a great quantity of' gold was found in a spring of. water in the old Dry Hollow. This place that he and Mr. Staley liave spotted is not far from the follow where the richest of the Sid was found. When they have time, the two nen plan to take up the pine and see what it is under there that makes their machine cut capers. For the possible thrill of making a discovery that would set off a rush like that of long years ago, journey out to the mine and pull up stumps and turn over rocks and take along a pick or spade to turn some sod. The odds are against you. But, on the other hand, you might be the one to stick a pick into that longsought-for vein of rich gold.
'Bill' Kearns, North Albemarle Constable, Is Well Known Figure By Fred T. Morgan A slender man in a policeman's uniform with a big cigar clamped in his mouth sometimes stands on South First street at its intersection with the King Avenue and directs traffic on Fridays and Saturdays. With blasts on his whistle and motions of his hands, he facilitates the movement of traffic at that congested spot and relieves the exasperation o f harried motorists. On other days you'll see this same man in a painter's garb with specks of paint on his face and hands. Usually he will have on a black bow tie under his coveralls and be chewing on his cigar as he swabs paint upon a brick wall or cleans his brushes for the painstaking job of lettering a truck cab or office window. His handiwork. Is scattered throughout the city on doors, windows, trucks, on walls over stores, and Just about anywhere you would commonly find signs. No sign painting job is too small for him to tackle, though some do get so large and complicated that he is not equipped to handle them properly. His signs are on objects from children's red wagons to huge trucks and the entire side of buildings.
Sky writing and fancy stencil work are beyond him, though. He's not a cartoonist, he says, just an ordinary sign painter. This man who is a part-time policeman, sign painter, and carpenter is none other than well-known W. M. ("Bill") Kearns. Bill is now serving his second term as constable of North Albemarle township. Taxi Station Headquarters He makes Bob's Taxi station on South First street his sorta unofficial headquarters and hegins his daily operations from there. One day it may be a sign job to start, the next some claim and delivery papers to serve. Then maybe the next morning he directs the traffic or accompanies the officers on a raid or attends a meeting of this or that organization. In between these various activities he makes a hobby of recruiting members for his beloved P. O. S. of A. of which he is a member and officer. Bill has lived in Albemarle for over fifty years and he has a vivid memory of now the town looked about the turn of the century. He can readily trace the city's growth and development since that time. His parents were the late W. B. Kearns of Davidson county
W. M. "BILL" KEARNS and Maggie Maner Kearns of Stanly county. Bill was born August 15, 1889, in the town of Norwood where his dad, a miller, operated the old Blalock mill. When he was about six years old, his parents moved to Albemarle and he has remained here constantly since that time. He recalls hearing his father and mother tell that they were married, hi 1877 in the old Joe Kluttz house between the present Pee Dee .and Montgomery Avenue in Albemarle. Bill attended the old Wiscassett school in the city and for a Short time went to school at Mt. Pleasant. Not much of the schooling soaked in, he said and he took a job in the cotton mill at an early age. Thereafter he worked for Doc Moody, drove a transfer wagon, followed the carpentry trade, worked in the hosiery mill, painted houses, and clerked in Wolfe's department store and Bostian's shoe store. Three Brick Buildings In his earliest recollection of Albemarle, there were only three brick structures in the present *ity area. There were several wells in the dirt streets of the village and the first city policeman he can remember was a Mr. Efird who policed the village singlehandedly. Three livery stables, the Johnson, Fisher Brothers, and Kluttz stables were in business in the settlement and a volunteer bucket brigade comprised the fire department. Later, he recalls the city purchased an old model-T ford truck which served as the initial fire engine. Probably he would have never taken up the painting signs had it not been for Jack Brown, a down and out sign painter from Asheville, who drifted into town one day. Bill struck up an aquaintance with Jack and after learning his condition, bought him some brushes and aided him in obtaining work here. Then Bill became interested in the art and Jack in turn taught .him how to manipulate a small brush and lay out and scale the letters according to the size of the background. That was just prior to the first World War and the many things about the trade that Jack could not teach hhn, he learned for him-
self in the years since that time. Bill used to stage big sales at different stores in the city and I do his own advertising and displaying. Some of the sales lasted for two weeks at a time, he recalls. That type of sale has about played out and he says that it has been several years since he has handled one. He has painted signs, in Oakboro, Norwood and Badin. He uses a Hudson automobile to carry his ladders, and materials. He has been driving a Hudson for around 25 years. As the city of Albemarle grew, Bill served as a special deputy under Chief Little, Cranford and Cain. Usually he helped police the fairgrounds during the fair week and for five or six years he policed in Rose's store dur-ing the Christmas holiday season. He says that the city has one of the finest police forces of any city of comparable size in the state. Official Duties For the past three years Bill has served as constable of North Albemarle township. He has made a few arrests, served many claim and delivery papers and aided in maintaining order. His work takes a lot of his time and the fees he receives in his work do not make the job very attractive. He has authority to go anywhere in the county in carrying out his duties. Bill joined the local order of the P. O. S. of A. about 25 years ago and has been Master of Forms officer for the past 2& years. He has been elected as national representative of the i organization and attended the { national convention at Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September of 1951. A drive for members in the P. O. S. of A. is currently underway m local Camp No. 23 and Bill hopes to recruit a host of members. hi 1932, he joined the Improv-I ed Order of Redmen and is now treasurer of the Degree of Poca-1 hontas Council 43. He is Past | Sacchum of Muskoca, Tribe 75. At funerals of members or these organizations, he acts as Prophet of the Redmen and Captain of the Degree Team of fee P. O. S. of A. Bill lives with his sister, Carrie Kearns, on Hollywood Terrace I near Grace Baptist church in Albemarle. He has another sister I living at Maiden, N. C. and a | brother living near Raleigh. In regard to his martial status Bill says, "I never could find] a woman crazy enough to have] me." Then after a moment off reflection he adds, "though I guess I never tried much."
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
MIDGET CAR—Bill Harwood. young Joe, and their dog "Tinker" get set for a drive over the city in their unique creation. Modeled after a 1911 Maxwell, the machine was built by Bill in his spare time. It embodies some fine workmanship, is chain-driven, and powered with a real gasoline motor.
Joe Harwood Proud Owner Of Real Miniature Auto Since Christmas By Fred T. Morgan When young Joe Harwood arose on Christmas morning to see what his long-anticipated Christmas presents would look like, he rubbed his eyes and took a second look at one object. It was a miniature automobile! Other presents were forgotten momentarily as he gazed rapturously upon the shiney, red, white, and black convertible. It had a real steering wheel, fenders, tires, and a pretty red plastic upholstered double seat. He climbed quickly into the driver's seat. There were two pedals and a gear lever and a throttle under the steering wheel. Out in front were two funny-looking head lamps. On fee rear was a tool box and a tall light Joe jumped out and raised the shiney black hood. Yep, there was a motor. In front was a copper radiator and a crank hanging from its socket It looked just like the picture of a real automobile to Joe. He caressed the smooth fenders and twisted the white steering wheel as thrilled as any boy could be. A Lot of Work The story behind Joe's. Christmas present is the story of a lot of hard and painstaking work by his dad, Bill Harwood, who works in the machine shop of the Wiscassett Mills company in Albemarle. He began the project about a year ago with the idea in mind of working on it in odd moments
and completing it in time for a Christmas gift for his son. His model for the job was a 1911 Maxwell toy automobile about seven inches long which was obtained through the Popular Mechanics magazine from the Hudson Miniature company. He made one inch roughly equal about one foot in his construction. However,.the specifications called for elghteen-inch wheels and the only tires he could find were the sixteen-inch size, so he reduced his overall specifications to those proportions. Otherwise, he says, the car is built according to scale. A naturally mechanical-minded fellow, Bill set out and accumulated his parts for the machine in various and sundry places. Most of the pieces and separate parts he obtained had to be reworked and reduced in size in order to fit into his scale. He made many of the parts himself. The carbide head lamps came off an old Model-T ford, and the steering gear was originally used on a 1926 model Star automobile. Springs for the contraption came from an old twohorse wagon seat and had to be cut down to fit. Bill's dad, John Harwood, built the four neat wooden wheels and mounted the solid rubber tires upon them. Much of the actual construction lof the machine took place in his dad's well equipped shop on Wiscassett street in Albemarle. For a power plant, Bill obtained a one and one-half horse power Briggs and Stratton gasoline engine from off a lawn mower and adapted it to pull the car with a chain drive.
mission from the city police department to drive the car. Due to the scarcity of space at his home Bill keeps the little auto in the basement of the home of his father-in-law, Charles B. Smith, on South Third street. It might not be the noisy puttputt of a lawn mower you hear hear on the streets of the city on warm afternoons. Look around. It might be Bill, Joe, and their1 dog Tinker our for a drive over the city in their merry and novel "Max-o-well".
Clutch a Headache The biggest headache was encountered in figuring out the clutch arrangements for the unique vehicle. Speed ratios revolutions per minute, and the different size pulleys presented unanticipated complications. Bill's wife, the former Miss Maitland Smith, helped him out on the mathematical problems however, a n d together they worked out a solution. Brakes for the machine work on the drive shaft and will not function when the car is out of gear. It has only two gears forward and reverse. The capacity of the gas tank, located under the hood, is one pint and , the dummy crank in front is just for looks. To start the motor necessitates raising the hood and using a starting rope Bill says that he could have situated the, engine so it could have been started with a hand crank, but to have done so would have resulted in other difficulties. .. 0 a * lumber was used to build the chassis for the body of the machine and used exclusively in all the woodwork. The fenders are of one-sixteenth guage sheet steel, curved and welded Into
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STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
TANNER AT WORK—R. L. (Bob) Hatley, veteran some of the processing work on one of the many Although the majority of the hides he works are one hide from most kinds of American animals
tanner who lives near Oakboro, is shown doing hides which he handles in the course of a year. deer and calf skins, he also has tanned at least and from some foreign animals. —Staff Photo—Morgan.
Bob Hatley, Veteran Tanner. Has Processed Wide Variety Of Hides average deer hide remains in lends in and j By Fred T. Morgan the vat about 20 days, he says. t to tell anyone About the only two animal He recalls one elk hide so heavy is to avoid any hides that Bob Hatley, veteran that he could not pick it up by Stanly county tanner, has yet to himself and it had to soak in the |11 them where I sadly. get into his tannery are a monk- chemical vat for 90 days. ey and elephant hide. After its removal from the v a t He has tanned at least one the hide is oiled and left to dry. hide of nearly every other type The oil goes in a s the water] of animal in North. America and comes out and It leaves the texa good many hides from foreign ture of the hide soft and pliable. When it is thoroughly dry, the countries. By the color of its fur and the hide Is shaved, trimmed, and texture of its hide, he can with- the finishing touches are added. He uses odd-shaped knives out hesitation, tell you from and scrapers in his work. The what part of the country any knives are not manufactured any given skin came. and it is extremely; diffiHe receives hides from Alaska, more cult to obtain a replacement for Canada, Washington, Montana, one that he wears out or breaks. West Virginia, Tennessee, PennMr. Hatley began his business sylvania, Georgia, and just just after the first world war and about every state in the union. at that time he knew nothing Large boxes and bags of fresh hides are shipped to him by about tanning. was interested in It, though," mail Snd express. Many hides he"I said, "and I set out to learn are brought to him personally the art of curing a hide. I by people throughout North Carto several companies to olina who want the head of the wrote see if I could get any pointers, 13 only deer they ever killed but they all wanted ** me mounted in a particular way or some expensive course sell in tana small animal skin stuffed and ning and mounting. 1 wrote^ jnounted with elaborate orna- back and told them that I wouMj ments and background. learn it myself, which I did." / j No tanner likes to reveal in detail, the process that he uses | to tan and cure hides, Mr. Hatley says. However, in general terms, he first dresses off the flesh of a hide, then submerges it in a chemical solution. How long It remains in the solution depends upon the weather and the size and condition of the hide. The chemical solution preserves and toughens the hide and prevents deterioration. The
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Many Packed Poorly. Many skins h e gets are trpns sportsmen and hunters who have no idea how to prepare t h e m 'properly for shipment. They roll u p t h e skins in a tight bundle and wrap them heavily in thick paper, then pack t h e m in an almost airtight box with the result t h a t the skins are in sad shape when they arrive. Sometimes the shippers leave too much flesh on the hides a n d then again they scrape holes in t h e m In efforts to remove the flesh. The best method, he believes is to salt t h e hide after its removal, fold it once or twice with the flesh side outward, and ship it in, a burlap b a g so t h a t air can circulate around it. If he receives a hide In good condition, he can m a k e it into a rug t h a t will delight the eyes. A hide will keep only so long after is is removed from the animal unless it is treated, he reminds those who bring spoiled skins to him. "One of t h e most u n u s u a l hides I ever h a d in m y tannery w a s a horned backed alligator hide twelve feet long," says Mr. Hatley, a tall, quiet m a n with gnarled h a n d s . . "I h a d quite a struggle with t h a t one." In his 32 years in the business, he's tanned rattlesnake skins, goat, elk, bear, leopard, wild hog, weasel, skunk, groundhog, and fox hides and even the hide of one animal from Africa called a bush cat, but which he said looked' to him more like the picture of an anteater. Servicemen during t h e last w a r sent him m a n y hides from foreign countries. One of the finest hides t h a t he ever tanned w a s t h a t of a n otter. Deer a n d Calf Hides By far t h e larger part of t h e hides he gets are deer and calf hides. For the last several seasons he h a s everaged about 400 .deer hides per year and numerous smaller hides. One m a n in South Carolina annually sends jhim around 150 deer hides to Itan. Taxidermists from all over t h e state send him their work. He tans their hides for a nominal Hee and they, in turn, m a k e (handsome profits for their (mounting work. Few taxidermists do their own tanning, he says. Mounting a n i m a l s is a tedious land particular process according [to Mr. Hatley. It requires patience, time, and t h e use of vari|ous small tools. Mostly he (mounts deer heads, b u t occasiona l l y someone brings a red fox, I weasel, or a giant h a w k or eagle t h a t they w a n t mounted. His J prices for the mounting work f are very nominal compared to the rates of t h e taxidermists in large cities. No tanner likes to reveal in detail, the process t h a t he uses I to t a n and cure hides, Mr. Hatley says. However, in general terms, he first dresses off the flesh of a hide, then submerges it in a chemical solution. How long it remains in the solution depends upon the weather a n d the size and condition of the hide. The chemical solution preserves and toughens the hide and prevents deterioration. The
Learned for Himself His knowledge of the trade a n d his process of farming hides w a s learned purely by experimentation. Gradually, he increased his knowledge a n d facilities a n d almost before he knew I t he w a s in the tanning business in a big way. At first he farmed along with his t a n n i n g enterprise, but soon he had to turn t h e farming over to his two boys and work i n his tanning full time. Most of the hides he got for t a n n i n g at first were to be used for leather harness. He received a thousand hides a year back in t h e early days for t h a t purpose. Hides to be tanned for leather u s e are best cured with vegetable extract from roots, herbs, plants, and the like, and hides for rugs and ornaments are better cured with chemicals. Mr. Hatley says t h a t h e would like to find someone to help him in t h e business, b u t t h a t no young men seem interested in the work. He has employed several persons in bygone years, but they all got discouraged and left. I t is a trade that has to be learned slowly and painstakingly, he points out. To his knowledge there is not another tannery in this part of the country t h a t still operates in the old fashioned way. Mr. Hatley, who has worked at the business every day except Sunday for the last thirty years, says t h a t he is getting too old to turn out all the work that he gets and that he intends to start tapering off on his customers. He lives about three miles west of Oakboro and has asked his neighbors and -'friends in and around Oakboro not to tell anyone where he lives so as to avoid any unwanted work. "But they still tell them where I live," he reflects sadly.
Uncle Tommy' Rowland Is Well Known Former Stanly Teacher By Fred T. Morgan. T. F. "Uncle Tommy" Rowland of the Mission church community, celebrated his 77th birthday on November 11, of last year. This scholarly oldster, who has 36 years of school teaching experience to his credit, harvested about 100 bushels of corn last fall land did his own plowing for the [ crop. Agile and forthright, Uncle I Tommy says that if he could hear well enough, he could teach [school now as well as he ever I could. He would have rounded j out 50 years in the school teach; | ing profession but for the illness {which has afflicted him in recent years. The treatment he has taken for skin cancers in I past years has impaired his hearI ing to some extent. His doctor told him that his hearing would ] improve and he looks for the day j when he can hear normally again. Uncle Tommy was born in the I town of Big Lick, Stanly county, on November 11, 1876. His father was T. H. Rowland, a blacksmith in Big Lick, and his grandfather was Isaac Rowland. His mother, Tabitha Huneycutt, was the daughter of Andrew Huneycutt. Uncle Tommy was about eight years old when his father died, f j leaving him with his mother and one sister. He grew up under adverse cir\ cumstances, but managed to atII tend, for about two months out |i of the year, the one-room school j near Big Lick under Dr. Daniel I Whitley. As a small lad, he deI cided that he wanted to be a ! teacher when he became a man. Staff Photo—Morgan. J That impression stayed with him during all his schooling. Taking It Easy Enrolled At Palmerville. has improved somewhat farm and remembers one year Finishing the studies at Big he says that he will en- when he bought 150 little chicks Lick, he enrolled in the Yadkin Mineral Springs Academy at deavor to become more regular and raised the entire flock withPalmerville, under the tutorship with his items as long as his out losing a single one. As a jj j side line he likes to tinker with of Professor E. F. Eddins. He health will permit. Uncle Tommy has been a fruit trees and has a little recalls that he cut wood shingles and hauled them to Mt. Pleasant deacon in the Mission Baptist nursery where he keeps trees of and sold them to pay for his church for 30 years and taught all sizes coming on to maturity || schooling at Palmerville. He and a Sunday School class for 20 for his customers, He and his wife keep and care two other boys lived in the Bach- years. He says that he has held lor Hall at the institution and every office in the church ex- for two of his wife's brothers,) cept the pulpit. Sometime ago, William and Burt Shoe, who are t did their own cooking. church voted to make him blind." William attended the After the second year 'at the the an honorary deacon for life. He Christmas party for the blind in : academy, he applied for a teach- doesn't attend any Albemarle and received a fine er's certificate and received a top more, but says thatregularly his mind and wool blanket. | grade certificate from Professor heart are there. Uncle Tommy says that he s Eddins who was superintendent For many years now, Uncle going to quit some of his hard of schools in the county at that has devoted most of his work one of these days and take time. His first teaching was per- Tommy to the work that he en- life easier. There's no sense in U formed i n t h e old school that he time joys most of all, that of farming, a man working himself to death first attended at Big Lick. Despite his-age, he still does his right up to the time when he's A qualified teacher at 19, he 'own plowing, planting, and cul- got#gne foot in the grave, he had a group of about 75 pupils tivating and he harvests good says. He would like to hear from I the first year and three boys in crops. all of his old friends again as it I his class were of the same age ' He raises some chickens on his I would encourage him very much. I as he. .xr.gnm;—p^rrsucs, m a n u l l u e e a , j7 He continued farming and and chickens withway equal vigor \ teaching at Big Lick for several and In his unique expressed years. "I taught school for $30 himself forcefully upon anything a month and made my living current in the news. farming," he laughs. Friend of Bivins At about 30 years of age, he He and Mr. Bivir-* were close moved to the Mission church setfriends. Before Mr. Bivins died, tlement near what now has he told Uncle Tommy to keep come to be known as five points. writing for the paper as long There he began teaching at the as he lived. Whenever he came Mission school where he remainto town, he would drop in at the ed for about 24 years. For three office and chat with Mr. Bivins years he was in partners with H. and the others. Once when his J i D. Crayton in a large general wife underwent a serious and • merchandise store at Mission. expensive operation, he received They did a big business, but it a nice check from his friend, the interferred with the teaching editor. career of Uncle Tommy and he quit the store business and went For 10 years he also wrote for back to farming. the Concord;Tribune newspaper, He was married in 1897 to to the delight of readers in that Miss Mary J. Herrin, daughter of section. For the last few years Eli Herrin. He had two sons, his writings have not been reguboth of whom died as youngsters, lar due to his^ill health and I by his first wife and one daughafflictions. However, his condi-' ter, Mrs. Henry J. Furr. He was married the second time in 1929 to a widow lady, Mrs. Maude Lambert.
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Mrs. Bolton Nearing 93rd Birthday Anniversary Here By Fred T. Morgan. Mrs. Elizabeth Bolton, a neat, dapper little lady who lives with her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Arey, at 704 Mill street in Albemarle, will cerebrate her 93rd birthday on January 10. Her days of good conversation and activity are past and nowadays she spends most of the day in bed. Usually she gets up late in the afternoon and sits by the fire until bedtime. She doesnt talk much, but she ' still eats fairly heartily. She fell and fractured her knee about a week before Christmas and the accident has caused her considerable pain and made it necessary for her to remain off her injured leg most of the time. Prior to her accident,'Mrs. Bolton could bring in wood and attend to numerous duties about
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fiESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C. the house. "East summer, she 11 set out tomato -plants, planted vegetables, and worked a little I garden at her daughter's house. | Gardening is one of her m a i n f pursuits in life and one t h a t she 1 began when a child. Mrs. Bolton was born on a farm } just a short distance back of the I present Pfeiffer college and lived I there for 50 years. She is t h e f daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. I Samuel Fraley of Stanly county. I I Her husband, John Bolton, died I in 1939. Her twin brother, Dave 1 Fraley. also died in 1939 and she I is the last surviving member of ft her immediate family. She h a s nine children, 241 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and two great-great- f grandchildren. ~~ Before her accident, Mrs. Bol- | ton liked to talk and she had I some memories of the Civil war I days. She is a member of t h e J, Wesley Chapel Methodist church, f
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Stanly Countians Cooking Up Another Gold Rush By FRED T. MORGAN ALBEMARLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brace yourself for a gold stampede one of these days! The boys are at it again. Like the old-time prospectors who set our with pickaxe and burro to strike it rich in the bills, Stanly men are prospecting in all earnestness on the old Ingram mine property a few miles east of Albemarle. They search for what they term the mother vein on the hillside above the spot where a rich deposit of loose gold nuggets threw the residents of the vicinity into pandemonium more than half a century ago. Old miners who know the layout of the mine insist that the main body of gold has never been located. That somewhere among the
hills and hollows and trees there tell, one might suppose their idea grappled for rights to work the the feverent workers and pieces of lies a great vein of the yellow min- of a bonzana to be logical. land. Stokes Ingram, landowner, several pounds were common. eral yet untapped. The stories have it that some- quickly staked off lots and leased Men obsessed with the tales of time in the 1890's Will Kirk, a them to the eager miners who paid Some nuggests were found bareriches have come and dug for days Negro lad, accidently discovered 50 cents for a four-foot lot and ly under the surface of the loose at a spot designated to them in a gold nugget in the little creek double that for an eight-foot lot. earth but most of the deposit had dreams. Mostly their efforts have that .flows across the property Men from all sections of the coun- settled in the crevices and low ended in failure and exhaustion. about a quarter of a mile from try rushed to obtain ground upon place on top of a bed of slate rock They relax until another fresh sport the present mine site. This find which to dig for the free-flowing ranging up to about six feet unof energy motivates them to a new precipitated an earnest search of nuggets. der the ground level. A layer of determination to find the cache. the area by W. M. Fesperman, porous, volcanic matter covered Ingram was to receive one Others with - Instruments guaran- Rufe Hunsucker, and Sam Kirk. teed to locate gold deposits have News leaked out and other men fourth of the take of each miner the slate bed. Most of the gold was traced the veins over hills and joined in the search. More nuggets op to a certain pennyweight. Be- taken from the top of the bed of vale and some think that they turned up as the men continued yond that he charged a toll of slate. have it located. Yet the elusive their prospecting up the creek. one half of all gold found. Not all gold found on the property was re- . Later a man named Parker took! mother lode continues to evade THE BIG STRIKE portefl, however, and Ingram re- an option on the property and discovery and remains in obscurity to this day. Then the big discovery! A vir- alized surprisingly little returns hired hands to dig for him around tual of gold nuggets Was found from his contracts with the greedy the stream bed. A steady flow of From the stories that these men alongbed nuggets came forth from the opa certain section of ground miners. GRADY NEON SIGNS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; South's nearby the stream. It brought wild Large amounts of gold were re- erations and word spread that the! Pioneer Mfrs Call 4-2451â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Adv. cheering and scrambling as they moved from the bottom land by See GOLD RUSH on page 8-B I
pieces of gold in their fields and along the little streams after a big rain. Sizeable nuggets are found Continued From Second Front from time to time. mine had a vast supply of the Erskine Smith, present owner of the property, permits prospectvaluable mineral. ing on the premises. But don't go LARGE SCALE to him for grubstaking or'financSoon a big company, said to have ing. Find the gold vein first, then been the Crowford Gold Mining a deal can be worked out as to company from New York investi- mining it. gated the property and purchased Two oldsters who prospect the it from Ingram. They employed area regularly are Ed Staley and a score of hands and set about in- Doc Morton. Mr. Staley has an stalling machinery and building instrument that will locate minerfacilities with which to work the al or metal in the ground and has mine on a large scale. traced something that makes hit In short order they threw an instrument react- all over the area. earthern dam across the stream to He says that he thinks he has the store up a head of water which they vein located under a big pine tree pumped with the aid of an 80 horse up on the hill overlooking the power boiler and big pumps to a stream. Mr. .Staley learned much large tank up on the hilltop. Lower about mining from his dad who down on the slope they build rows was a foreman in the big mine at of sluice boxes and a big sluice Gold Hill in Rowan County. house above them. Dinky cars Doc Morton worked at the mine hauled the dirt and ore from the as a lad and knows the areas stream bed up the tracks to the where the most gold was found. He sluice house where it was washed says that a great quantity of gold | into fine sediment by water from was found in a spring of water in the tank. the old Dry Hollow. This place that At intervals when the gold set* he and Mr. Staley have spotted is tlings were gathered from the not far from the hollow where the sluice boxes, it took two men to richest of the gold was found. carry the bucket of nuggets ob- When they have time, tile two tained from the operations. men plan to take up the pine and Dick Eames acted as manager see what it is under there that of the mining operations for the makes their machine cut capers. northern company and John Len- For the possible thrill of makard, of Albemarle, worked as a ing a discovery that would set off a foreman at the mine. rush like that of long years ago, 10-POUND NUGGET journey out to the mine and pull The largest reported nugget up stumps and turn over rocks and ever dug out of the bed, accord- take along a pick or spade to turn ing to men who saw it, weighed some sod. The odds are against 10 pounds and nine ounces and was you. But, on the other hand, you shaped like a man's hands loosely be the one to stick a pick cupped together. Walter Harris dug might into that the big nugget from a crevice in rich gold. long-sought-for vein of the slate rock at the creek bed. He turned it over to the company and received a bonus of 75 cents for his find. A casting of the large solid hunk of gold was made and sent to the state museum at Raleigh and to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, D. C. Many other nuggets of lesser note were found from time to time and a record kept of the largest of them on the walls of the old sluice house. A rough outline off the piece of gold would be sketched K on the wall and the discoverer's name written in it.
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After about two years or so, thel depoistis of gold in the Dry Hollow, a big ravine that ran water only in wet seasons, gradually petered out much to the dismay of the company. Vainly they searched the area over, but the once plentiful supply of nuggets became too scarce to justify further operations. In a last effort, they blasted a tunnel through solid slate for fifty feet back under the hilldisde, but no gold was found. The company abandoned t h e mine and later the property was sold fo^ taxes. It was purchased by a local company known as the Stanly Mining and Realty Company, headed by J. M. Morrow, J o e Snortherly, and R: L. Smith. However, this new company did not engage in any large scale operations and Mr. Smith later acquired the property exclusively. Since the big operations terminated many years ago, t h e area has become pock-marked with holes and scars as men come to try their luck at finding the vein. The State Highway Commission set up a rock crusher and moved most of the pile of rocks that came out of the tunnel. The machinery I and buildings have long since been removed. The mouth of the tunnel can be seen from the highway. IN STRAIGHT LINE The deposit containing the richest gold ran in a fairly straight course alongside the s t r e a m . Where the stream made a bend however, the gold deposits did not follow, but went on in a straight course. Where did this gold come from? From higher ground o n e might suppose. Placing credence in this theory, men have persisted until this day [ in attempts to find the mother vein j where all this loose gold in thel settlings in the creek bottom came j from. jA STILL FINDING IT m It is not uncommon today/cif residents in the area to plcjjy^1
W. A. Greene, Former Teacher, Is Corespondent For Aquadale Area By FRED T. MORGAN Activities at Aquadale revolve around a kindly, erudite old gentleman who serves his community in various capacities with a fervor that is attained by'few. "See Mr. Greene," or "Let's ask Mr. Greene" is the watchword whenever a question or disturbance arises among the residents. The man referred to is 72-yearold W. A. Greene, educator, writer, Justice of the Peace, Magistrate, and store proprietor. Most of his long and philanthropic life has been spent right there in his native village where he has watched toddling youngsters grow op to middle aged citizens. Mr. Greene was born October 1, 1879, on a farm in Tyson township, the son of H. L. Greene. In his boyhood, he attended the Rocky River Springs academy and later continued his education in the district schools, culminating with three years spent a t the Big Lick academy under .C. J. Black and Professor Stallings. Graduating from the academy in 1902 he went directly into a teaching career which lasted until 1927 when he retired from active teaching In public schools. He t a u g h t at the district schools' around Aquadale and under Morris, Whitley, and Lowder in the nresent "school building there. He further taught in the Norwood. "Howard. Silver Springs and Ridgeview, schools and lastly at an old school near Stanfield known as the Dry school. Outstanding Students. Among his outstanding students, Mr. Greene recalls, were Fred Ross, Stanly writer, whom he described as an apt pupil, and Charles A. Reap who later became superintendent of Stanly schools. Ironically, he says, he taught Mr. Reap as a pupil and then later served under him as a teacher. Mr. Greene first began his work as correspondent for the Stanly News and Press when he was 18 years of age. He mailed his first news from the old post offiice a t Rocky River Springs, later from Silver, Efird's Mill, Jack Daw, and then Aquadale. He likes to record the news and happenings in! his vicinity and says that it isn't so difficulty for him because words are his natural forte. Evidence of his literary ability was well demonstrated in his thorough arid interesting history of Rocky River Springs, a famous resort, published some time ago, and his weekly lews is accurate and up to the I ninute. I A Justice of the Peace in Tyson I I w n s h i p f o r 35 years, Mr. Greene ji ecalls that he has held some fiery Ujlials in his magistrate's court in I t u a d a i e in times past. Now, uowever, his duties are confined HI various notes, automobile titles,
libRjf Moving to Albemarle in 1910, P p . Greene operated a store for I J o u t four years and served as I Vmporary mail carrier on routes land 4. His first remembrance I Albemarle remains vivid even I laugh he was just a kid at the I toie he came with his dad to j >wn. These was only a handful j | stores and houses. Whit Mor1 is ran a mill and carding plant I iear the present five points, and 1 here was a wooden jail, and a I fcoden courthouse stood in the l-jlddle of the square. He rememI t r s t h a t on one visit to the I Iirthouse when a trial was in ByJpgress, the old wooden building § gan trembling under the weight Fthe crowd and the presiding | C f g e ran all the spectators out. Buick Dealer. t e lived in Rockingham for tut four years also where he 1 manager of a garage and re-
W. A. GREENE—Writer, philosopher, educator, a n d advocate of every worthwhile and American cause, this religious a n d erudite gentleman of Aquadale is truJy a philanthropist in the largest sense of t h e word. —Staff Photo—Morgan. pair shop and had the dealership to sell Buick automobiles. On October 26, 1922, he was married to Eliza J. Tucker, daughter of L. R. Tucker of Albemarle. He now has six children living, | 19 grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. An avocation which has been pursued by Mr. Greene for fifteen years is that of architectural drawing and designing. He has drawn plans for hundreds of homes in Stanly county and desighed many homes that have been built in Anson and Union counties. The work is tedious and slow, but he likes it and can usually be found occupied with it when he isn't engaged in writing up the news. One of the best houses ever to be built according to his plans, he says, is the home of George Little, a blind war veteran, near Oakboro. Mr. Greene became a member of the Aquadale Baptist church when it was organized in 1919 and has been a Baptist deacon for 40 years. He has served as church clerk for many years and has been an active Sunday school teacher for 50 years. Recently, he retired from his active teaching at Aquadale and is now teacher emeritus of the Men's Bible class. With Duke Power Co. Serving as collection agent for the Duke Power company in the Tyson township district also requires some little time and is not very lucrative, according to Mr. Greene. He receives some money from around 75 families served by the company and turns his collections over to the company office at Norwood. He has held the job for about 10 years. Nowadays, Mr. Greene doesn't keep regular hours in his store. He says he just opens up when he feels like ft or when someone comes and requests an article. He likes to tell of an incident that happened not long ago. A stranger came up to his store one day just as he was fixing to close up. After attending to the man's wants, he made the remark that he was closing up to go and see how his mother was getting along. The man looked astounded. "Your mother!" he exclaimed. "You mean that an old grayheaded man like you has got a mother living?" Mr. Greene is proud of his mother who is affectionately known as "Grandma" Greene. She is ; 91 years of age and though confined to a wheelchair she is lively as a cricket and likes to talk.
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FIRST BABY OF NEW YEAR—Marvin Eugene Huneycutt, Stanly county's first baby of the now year, sleeps peacefully, unaware t h a t this picture is being snapped as he lies beside his mother, I Mrs. Claude Huneycutt. The youngster, who tops seven pounds, entered the scene a t exactly 12:01 a. m., on January 1. —Staff Photo—Morgan.
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Air Bombing, Munitions Tested In Demolishing Pee Dee Bridge By FRED T. MORGAN One of the most spectacular outdoor shows ever staged in North Carolina, in fact, "the greatest shooting match ever held on the American continenf*/took place on the Pee Dee river near Albemarle just prior to Christmas time in the year 1927. A handsome, quarter-million dollar bridge linking Stanly and Montgomery counties was to be annihilated by the United States Army. The seven-year-old bridge-was the pride of theftiighway commission, and the envy of every bridge community from one end of the state to the other. It was the state's finest. The graceful concrete and steel structure was a feat in engineering and the epitome of superb workmanship. Highways Blockaded. Prior to the date on which the war on the bridge was to begin, all roads and highway 74 were blockaded for a distance, of four or five miles away and onlookers were not allowed within a certain limit of the zone. Spectators were even banned from the top of Morrow mountain. On the day before the bombardment was to start many strangers arrived and everyone
It seemed a great and profligate waste to destroy such a fine and costly structure. Not because of any flaw in construction was it condemned. The officials had decreed that it must be sacrificed as a stepping stone to progress. Electric Project A giant hydro-electric project on the river eight miles below the bridge had been completed and the gates of the huge dam were soon to close. Water would be backed over an immense area. It was predicted to come eight feet above the top railings of t h e doomed bridge. Thus the bridge could not be left standing because it would have eventually become an underwater dam Itself due to the drifting debris and sediment coming downstream.
Artillery Opens Up Next day, from the top of a small mountain two miles away in Montgomery county, the 17th Field Artillery opened up a mighty barrage on the defenseless bridge with 155 m.m. Howitzers. Afterward, from the same position, the 5th Field Artillery detachment using 240 m.m. Howitzers dropped shells upon the yet standing structure. Much of the bridge had crumpled when trre barrage ended. It was described as looking like the ruins of ancient Rome. The results of the onslaught were again carefully measured. The remaining tests of the army consisted of placing three, six, and 1100-pound TNT bombs on various integral parts of the bridge such as the crown of the main span, the base of a pier, and the center of the roadway over the main pier, and exploding them by electrical contact. When the smoke cleared away about 11:30 on the morning of the last day's test, nothing was left standing. So complete was the destruction of the bridge that it was not deemed necessary to clear the stream bed to facilitate the flow of water into the new lake of the Carolina Power and Light company. Someone likened the debris of the felled bridge to that of a giant water moccasin sprawled crookedly across the river, half in and half out of the water. All in all, the bridge had not yielded to the bombardment as quickly as had been expected by the army men. In the words of the "Assistant Secretary of War Davidson who witnessed part of the destruction "It seemed to be a damm strong bridge." The tests showed that nothing but 1100-pound bombs had any •effect. It was also proven that big guns were not effective in demolishing such a structure unless they should be congregated in a big battery with the bridge as target for the whole group. Exactly what was learned during the operations in a technical sense was kept a secret. "Millions of dollars will be saved by the government because of the knowledge gained during these observations," Captain Swick stated. Greatest Shooting Match "If is the greatest shooting match that has ever been held on
At the dedication of the bridge not many years before, chairman of the .state highway commission, Frank Page, had delivered an address to the thousands of people gathered to witness the opening. Many prominent Albemarle men were present and took part in the opening ceremonies. Happy were the residents of Stanly county that day, for the new bridge afforded them the only means of crossing the river, other than ferries, in a radius of many, many miles. Learning of the situation, high brass of the U. S. Army solicited the opportunity to test out the Army's most modern munitions of warfare developed in the interval since World War I. The arrangements were made and the army laid out elaborate and painstaking plans for the giant operation. Several detachments of the Field Artillery, oidanance men, and engineers, numbering in all something like 2,000 men, arrived on the scene. They encamped in the Montgomery bills east of the bridge and readied their big howitzers to blast the target. Big Bombers Big bombers from Langley and Maxwell Air Fields landed at Ft. Bragg and begun taking on their bombs and selecting their crews for their part in the aerial bombardment. Eighteen planes, led by Major Carl Spatz, were to take part in the bombing. According to releases by the Army, the destruction of the bridge was to cover six full days. It was to be destroyed piecemeal. After major hits in each part of the testa, the firing was to cease and the results of the hits carefully studied. Thus a tentative schedule was set up depending upon the results of the previous day's operations and hinging largely upon weather conditions. From different altitudes, the eighteen bombers were to drop various sizes of sand-loaded and TNT bombs on the bridge. Special fuses, detonators, and other ordnance devices were to be tested. The most modern bomb sights and other advanced equipment were to be used. Army officers went about the job as if they were to battle a mighty enemy. For the curious public and the benefit of skeptical taxpayers, the Army released an imposing list of things that it hoped to determine from the results of the test. Other factors of a secret nature were kept from the public eye. Enthusiasm ran high among the populace of the surrounding territory. People came from all over the state to witness the event. Few people had ever beheld anything of a similar nature. Thousands of visitors were expected during the week. Newspaper men from over the entire state, high Army and government officials, and moving picture photographers were on hand. Demolition experts, ordnance men, and munitions makers from all over the nation were present for the destruction. The eyes of the entire nation were trained upon Albemarle and vicinity. So important was the test considered that Assistant Secretary of War Davidson was present to witness part of them.
awaited the event With great anticipation. Early on the cold morning of Monday, December 19th, a squadron of bombers took off from Pope .field at Fort Bragg. Soon their throbbing engines could be heard by the thousands of spectators clustered on every available point ©X vantage as near as they were allowed to the scene. Since the leaves had been smitten off the trees by early frosts, many people could see some portion of the area where the bombs were to fall. The areas immediately around the bridge had been patrolled by .army men for hours before the bombers were to arrive to make certain no one had crept up within the danger zone. Now the army men cleared the area and all waited for the bombing to begin. Soaring over the bridge in formation at 8,000 feet, the bombers separated and made trial runs over the target. They circled and came back. Then the bombing started. Sand-loaded 1100-pound bombs were dropped at the bridge by each plane in succession. Many of them missed their mark and hit the river sending great geysers of water skyward. Many of the whistling missies hit the hillsides on each side of the river and vibrated the very earth for distances around. A number of hits were made and one direct hit was made with one of the larger type bombs. The planes were radioed to cease their bombardment. Penetrated 15 Feet I Investigation by the engineers, In-eharge-of. Captain Swick, revealed that the 1100-pound^sand bomb had penetrated fifteen* feet of solid concrete. It was amazing and seemed unbelievable to many people. Yet. the engineers pointed out that the missle had been dropped from well over a mile high attaining a terrific speed at the time of its impact with the bridge. The bombers were radioed to return to the base and the remainder of the day was devoted to studying the results of the damages done to the bridge by the sand bombs. On the following day the bombers returned with TNT bombs. At 8,000 feet they encountered a 70-mile-per-hour gale and the temperature at that height was reported as zero, i Loaded with three, six, and 1100 pound TNT bombs they made war on the bridge for the second time. Due to the unfavorable weather conditions, many of the | explosives missed the target and exploded in the river and nearby the bridge. However, some missies found their mark and jagged holes where blown in the structure. Three Albemarle men witnessed this part of the operation from a grandstand point of view on the new bridge about a half mile upstream from the bridge ] under fire. They were Mayor M. J. Harris, Charles W. Smith, and W. L. Mann, who were invited out by Colonel Ferguson who was in charge of the bridge operations. The men had previously, formed an a welcoming committee ^/Lr brought the Colonel into the city^' to ehjoy the hospitality Of Albe^ G // marie. He in turn played ho/ g ;.' | and afforded them a chance JoJe I witness the bombing of feJE. bridge first hand. /e/ They were protected by * . / « , / bags in case fragments of prf crete and debris from the b i s / * were thrown that far. The*/// surviving member of the!/P W, L, Mann, Albemarle atti/& still recalls the whistling / / e( raining down upon the 4 ?f bridge;—In his estimatioj/ to were not too effective V **!( the stalwart structure, fa*1] Engineers and ordn&f j?pi again scoured the b n / ^ J s j still upright bridge, n* •% the extent of the damaa. c *//l. by the most modern 7 &e, forces at their commarnLjj
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Air Bombing, Munition In Demolishing Pee De By FRED T. MORGAN One of the most spectacular outdoor shows ever staged in North Carolina, in fact, "the greatest shooting match ever h e l d on the American contlnent*/took place on the Pee Dee river near Albemarle just prior to Christmas time in the year 1927. A handsome, quarter-million dollar bridge linking Stanly a n d Montgomery counties w a s to be annihilated by the United States Army. The seven-year-old bridge-was the pride of thettiighway commission, and the envy of every bridge community from one end of the state to the other. It was t h e state's finest. The graceful concrete and steel structure was a feat in engineering and t h e epitome of superb workmanship.
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Artillery Opens Up Next day, from t h e top of a small mountain two miles away in Montgomery county, the 17th Field Artillery opened up a m i g h t y barrage on the defenseless bridge with 155 m.m. Howitzers. Afterward, from the s a m e position, the 5th Field Artillery detachment using 240 m.m. Howitzers dropped shells upon the yet standing structure. Much of the bridge had crumpled when t h e barrage ended. It w a s described as looking like the ruins of ancient Rome. The results of the onslaught were again carefully measured. The remaining tests of the army consisted of placing three, six, and 1100-pound TNT bombs on various integral parts of t h e bridge such as the crown of the m a i n span, the base of a pier, a n d the center of the roadway over t h e m a i n pier, and exploding them by electrical contact. When t h e smoke cleared away about 11:30 on the morning of the last day's test, nothing w a s left standing. So complete w a s t h e destruction of the bridge t h a t it was not deemed necessary to clear t h e s t r e a m bed to facilitate the flow of water into the new lake of the Carolina Power and Light .company. Someone likened the debris of the felled bridge to t h a t of a giant water moccasin sprawled crookedly across the river, half in and half out of the water. All in all, the bridge had not yielded to the bombardment a s quickly as h a d been expected by t h e a r m y men. In the words of the "Assistant Secretary of War Davidson who witnessed part of t h e destruction "It seemed to be a d a m m strong bridge." The tests showed t h a t nothing but 1100-pound bombs had any "effect. It w a s also proven t h a t big guns were not effective in demolishing such a structure unless they should be congregated in a big battery with the bridge as target for the whole group. Exactly w h a t w a s learned during t h e operations in a technical sense w a s kept a secret. "Millions of dollars will be saved by the government because of t h e knowledge gained during these observations," Capt a i n Swick stated. Greatest Shooting Match "It is the greatest shooting match t h a t has ever been held on
feESS; ALBEMARLE, N. C. the American continent," another a r m y spokesman said. "As a matter of fact, it is the biggest ever staged in the western half of the globe. With the exception of the tests against the battleships in 1921, no other thing on such a scale has ever been attempted." The militarists agreed that they tackled the worst thing since the celebrated Hindenburg line was smashed. General of the Army A. J. Bowley was on hand to view the results of the tests. Ordnance people, engineers, artillery, and air corps men knew more about the bombs t h a n they h a d learned in a war. The bridge had cost $225,000 to construct. The officials estimated t h a t the operations of the army in destroying the bridge "cost the government a like amount. It could have been destroyed for a tenth of that amount had t h a t been the sole purpose of the_army. They had not come to destroy the bridge, but to test out their munitions of war. The lessons they had learned, they said, would be worth millions to the a r m y and navy in case of war. Chairman of the highway commission, Frank Page, was present during the week of bombing. He had built the bridge for auto traffic, but found when the army tried to fell it that it w a s strong enough to support the largest of locomotives. Page had'placed 700,000 pounds on one spot on the bridge, but the
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bridge had shown no signs of strain. A locomotive engine with, tender, coal, and water would only weigh something like 500,000 pounds and that weight would be distributed over a hundred feet or so. Page went away from the "war zone" happy. His bridges were m a n y times stronger t h a n he had meant them to be. And he determined that they would not be made less strong. Left Desolation The army took down their 10 miles of telephone lines, hitched the huge Howitzers to trucks, and dismantled their radio station. They broke camp, heading back down the road toward Fort Bragg in a long column. They left behind them the desolation and ruin of what had been the state's finest bridge. A few miles downstream the mighty Pee Dee encountered an impregnable obstacle. Its yellow waters swirled angrily around the high walls of the new dam, then began to rise and spread over its banks and cover fertile farm land. Like an insidious monster, the muddy waters rose and pushed back farther and farther. Within a short time the ruins of the old bridge were forever lost to view under the advancing waters. Nearby. Ia g r a n d , n e w bridge/ higher, longer, and finer, looW ed down punitively and with cc/® tempt upoi} the fate of its door/^ ed predecessor. £, |
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Staniield And Locust Still Have Considerable Business Rivalry Locust Is Older Of Two Towns By FRED T. MORGAN "jR might well be called the Tale of Two Cities (towns in this instance) to tell of the feuding and rivalry existing between two little towns in western Stanly county. Not ribald, vicious, or maligning feuding, but a progres ive constructive, and enduring rivalry carried on, in part, subconsciously by the citizenry. Toflay, little antipathy is discernible between the two communities and the long-harbored embittered feelings have been all but forgotten. It looked like the final count for Locust once. The little village, older by half a century than the upstart Stanfield, fought vali a n t l y to keep its postoffice, but lost it to the aggressiveness of the railroad town. In spite of the below-the-belt punches that may have been dealt and overlooked, both towns have grown and prospered over the years. One town is older by far. Admittedly, it is larger and has shown more growth than the other. I t has better facilities, more diversified businesses, more . . . butr ..i.let's take a backward look to better aid us in pronouncing judgement. Locust Older. Locust had grown into a right sizeable village before the Norfolk and Southern railroad came down through the country on its way from Charlotte to Mt. Gilead. The village had its roots implanted back in the Civil War days and roots were immovable. The railroad missed Locust by about two miles to the south. Folks in the surrounding neighborhood were quick to remark that the village would soon dry up and lose its -citizens and stores to the allurement of the trade that the twin ribbons.of steel would bring. E s pecially were the aggressive ones who already were erecting buildings at the new location positive that Locust was to wither and die in abandonment. A very few of those in Locust of little faith and of a defeatist nature did succumb to the promises of prosperity emanating from the rising community at the tracks and moved southward. Only a few, though for the Locust people were of a stern quality. Before the railroad brought a succession of buildings in its wake, only woods and a farm house or two stood around the present site of Stanfield. Israel F u r r and his father, large landholders many years ago, owned many slaves and farmed the area and snacks of the slaves dotted the countryside thereabouts. The Israel F u r r old homeplace was nearest the rail-
road when it was built through and stood and frolicked in a quiet field nearby the present town. the country in 1912-1913. The main contractor, a Mr. Someone could have remembered Wilkenson, owner of a heavy, this fact and suggested the name white-colored old Packard auto- Stanfield when the time came for mobile in which he toured the the place to have a formal name. country, built the road through At any rate the depot was tagged Stanfield. About one year elap- with the name as was the postsed in the building it from Mid- office when it was moved there land to Oakboro. Local men were from Locust. As some had predicted, Stanemployed as well as imported field did begin to draw on the reforeigners. A few new structures went up sources of its neighbor. Locust's in Stanfield simultaneously with postoffice, which dated back to the railroad. H. P. and C. M. the Civil War years, was sacriLove are said to have built the ficed to the growing town at the tracks. first houses in the settlement. The mail at that time came to After a siding and depot were erected and freight began rolling Locust from Charlotte by way of over the rails other men with an Concord on a star route. Business eye to the future built stores and men at Stanfield were quick to see the advantages of having the the village began to grow. mail come by train directly from First Merchants. Charlotte to Stanfield. It would Among these first merchants arrive many hours earlier and were D. L. Thomas, E. T. Huney- would consequently be distributed cutt. Ralph and N. A. Teeter, to the people sooner. A petition Hamp Carpenter, Silas A. Jenkins, was circulated among the popuH. D. Crayton, E. B. Smith, and lace and by and large the office M. E. Herrin. W. M. Taft of was officially ordered changed. Montgomery county came to Stan- Mrs. Simpson, postmistress at field and began a sawmill and Locust at the time, and citizens lumber plant, but later sold out of that community fought vainly to Rand J. Tucker who had built against the blow to their town, and was operating the first cotton but were defeated by pressure and gin. A. T., J. L. Jr., and Paul popular demand. Tucker operated the first roller First Postmaster. mill and Rufe Barbee, Will Early, and Jack Mann were the blackElias B. Smith, now of Albesmiths. marle, received the appointment The Smith brothers operated a as first postmaster and took ofbig livery stable there and Dan fice "on July 13, 1915. He served Love also, operated a livery barn for about ten years and was sucbusiness. On Christmas eve of ceeded by a Mr. Morris. 1915. a disastrous fire destroyed In the next few years, the the Smith Brothers stable along opinions were voiced that Stanwith about 25 head of horses and field might swallow up Locust as mules. Five automobiles stored completely as Oakboro, another] in the barn were also destroyed. railroad boom town, swallowed Both Smith boys died in the great up Big Lick. influenza epidemic that swept the However, such was not the case country while they were serving as the Locust citizens were a in the army during the first stern people. They would not be World War. intiminated. The business men The Presbyterians built the held their own for a timet then first church in the community, slowly, but perceptibly, the village followed by a Baptist church began to grow. which the Rev. W. J. Russell of True, Stanfield had the railAlbemarle helped to organize. road which meant much to the Schools in the neighborhood industries of the town. It had the were the Rocky River, Cedar Hill, postoffice, high school, more Oak Grove, and Dry schools. Later stores and businesses, a lumber they were consolidated and a big plant, a hosiery mill, churches two story frame structure built and fine homes nearby. a t Stanfield and buses used to Locust seemed to drop into obbring the children from outlying scurity for a few years as if districts. Grady Greene of Stan- gathering its strength for another field, a committeeman and mem- round in the fight. ber of the board, recalls having Then passenger service waned driven the first bus. I t was an on the railroad and over a period old Reo speedwagon. He' drove it of years transfer trucks took'over free of eharge for the first school most of the freight business into term to convince some skeptical Stanfield. Whereas a goodly numparents that it was safe to let ber of cars of freight and produce their children ride it. When t h a t went in and out of the siding per metrod of transportation was month at its zenith of business, proven safe, Clyde Brooks, a stu- now only a fraction of the volume dent, took over the bus driving. of trade continued to move. On the other hand, Locust beProfessors Hale and Littleton were, at one time connected with gan to slowly expand along an the operation of the school. One important and heavily traveled of the pioneer teachers in the highway. Wholesale trucks from settlement was Miss Selma Aus- various points regularly served tin who taught classes in an old the stores and the merchants enwarehouse back before public joyed a steady trade from travelers of the highways as well a s schools were built. from the residents in the vicinity. First Physician. In the last decade Locust has Dr. B. B. Strudivant served as grown to greater heights than the first physician and his brother town that once threatened its exDoctor James Strudivant became istence. And it shows no signs of a dentist. even slowing down to catch its Prominent citizens of the Stan- I breath. field area who owned the first Highway Important. automobiles were Josh Treece,Locust residents say that their Frank Sosaman, and Monroe Dry. All three were Fords and were highway has far surpassed in imthe center of attraction until the portance the railroad of Stangasoline buggies became more field. Two state highways, NC 27 and NC 200 now intersect at familiar. Citizens of Stanfield are vague the square of the bustling town. Sprawled along the main drag, about where the name of their town came from. Some say that that of highway 27, are food, hardit was named after one of the men ware, appliances, and general who helped build the railroad merchandise stores, cafes, a barbthrough the town. Then, there is er shop, service stations, a cabithe story, without verification, net shop, a florist shop, a lumber that many years ago a deer came plant, a drive-in-theatre, a feed
STANLY "NlTWS AND PR] and exchange mill, and a host of fine homes. A handsome new church serves the community and an elementary public school. Though exceeded in size and perhaps in business movement, Stanfield has claim to big indust-. ries. It has a huge lumber plant, a -hosiery mill, cotton gin, seed, feed, and flour mills, many stores and shops. On the social side, it has. a modern, well-staffed high school and several churches close by. Many beautiful homes are in evidence too. It might not be safe to declare a winner in this battle for life and prominence that has been prolonged over the years. For the fight has not been won. Safer it would be to say that the bout is yet in progress with the bell just sounded and the two opponents, not too one-sidedly mismatched, in there sparring at each other with a referee. nonchantly looking on.
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Palmerville Is Remembered For Excellent Schools In Early Days able information it seems to enough math to prepare them for By Fred T. Morgan have been operated in a sort of entrance into any of the higher Relics have been found along friendly competition to the first colleges of that day. If a pupil the shores of the Yadkin river school. One was a Methodist, survived any length of time near the village of Palmerville the other Baptist. under professor Eddins he either in Stanly county which indicate Professor Oscar " Hamilton learned something or else was that Indians once camped there taught the Methodist school totally incapable of learning. and roamed over the wooded for somein time Outstanding Graduates and went on to hills in search of game. Their Unionville in Union county and Some of the outstanding gradpeaceful existence there beside there established a school. Mrs. uates who later became successthe lazy river was ended at the 'Charlie Palmer and Mrs. Alice approach of the white men and' Phillips Emerson taught music ful in their business life were H. M., Jasper, Joe and Ray Efird" they withdrew to the west. in one or the other of the who founded the Efird chain of The white men came seeking there schools and other teachers were department stores. Paul Scarhomes and land in a new terri- recruited• from among the.fam- borough, editor, legislator, and tory. They scouted the hills or advanced from student public speaker of Virginia near the river for prespective ilies studied at the academy, as did home sites. They came from body. O. J. Sikes and his brothers, one The schools grew and attractdivers points to stake off plots Of whom Dr. E. W. Sikes became ed boarding students from all of ground and claim certain outstanding college president hills or hollows, or sections of over the counties ^adjoining an and another, one of North Carobottom land as their own. Hardy Stanly. The story goes that the lina's ablest lawyers. An exand determined to make homes Baptists tried to ring their bell haustive list of the notable gradfor themselves and their fami- longer and louder than the uates would consume much lies, they withstood the hard- Methodists. Each tried to out- space. Many other men and woships visited upon them by dis- do the other in scholastic men who did much to foster eduease, weather, and time. Gradu- achievements and enrollment. cation and establish democratic ally the forests gave way to Each institution became known principles during the early hisfields and the bottom land to the for its high standards and tory of this section of North plow. Bountiful crops came thoroughness. Carolina 'made the most of the Two churches of the same training at the Yadkin Mineral forth from the virgin land. Some of the pioneer names faiths sunk their roots m the soil Springs Academy. connected with the settlement of the village and wielded One stout hearted young woare; Palmer, Sheets, Biles, Cox, strong influence upon the citiNash, Martin, Hamilton, Lefler, zens. George Adam Lefler help- man in particular, it is rememKirk, Jenkins, Coggins, Morris, ed to build both churches and bered, would walk several mires Reeves, Hardister, Eddins, Callo- also the cotton gin in Palmer- to and from school each day in way, Shaver and Bostwick. '., ville. Some of the Methodist order to attend the classes. Comministers were Gentry, Jones, pelled to start for school before School Started and Hutchins. Whit daylight, she would carry a pine When the signs of trie village Richardson, Nash served as superintendent torch to light her way across to come became apparent to the of the Methodist the often snowy hilis and rough church. group of 'families there, they country. Eagerly assimulating Baptist Church Founded became aware of the need for all the school had to offer Concerning the conception of thatthat some form of economic, religiday would gather her ous, and educational life, es- the Palmerville. Baptist church, books andshe the long walk pecially among their children. the following is taken from the back home. begin Again at night fall To this end they- worked and minutes of the old Ebenezer she would light the torch and soon the results of their com- Baptist church in April, 1884. arrive home tired but thankful "The following were given letbined labors began to show another day's schooling. This lorth. A school was. built and a ters of dismission for the 'pur- for noble lady became an excellelnt teacher obtained for all the pose of organizing a Baptist school teacher and did much for children in the locality. It was Church at Yadkin Mineral Springs .a great success. Later another Academy—Locky Coggins and the good of Stanly county. Other men and women with school was begun and from avail- his wife Dovie, A. C. Reeves, Caroline Reeves, M. F. Coggins, equal perseverance came out of 1 they si M. C. Kirk, Charles M. Palmer, the school and surmounted all | their \£ S. V. Palmer, M. J. Palmer, J. L. obstacles in their way to success. "If a Palmer, John L. Jenkins, E. S. Others made substantial and | who rej Jenkins; J. D. Coggins, M. J. Cog- well informed citizens. They I tion at gins, E. S. Coggins, and M. A. made the institution a beacon of I termini Coggins." learning that shone throughout I astonisj the state and brought renown In the register of Deeds office and tri upon the deserving professor fessionj in book 32, page 507, there is a Eddins and his predecessors. med frr record of the .transfer of a plot of Once, upon the death of Miss boardii ground from the trustees of the Laura Flow, a beloved instructYadkin Mineral Springs Acadprecede ress in the school, members of Albemj emy to the trustees of the Palm- the Excelsior and Philomathian erville Baptist church dated AugThe Literary Societies called a meeting was ts ust 28, 1888. that they might adopt a PreBusiness in the community deSpring] amble and some Resolutions in I founde| veloped slowly. The Nash-Kirk honor of her. They expressed mill about two miles upstream was al great sorrow at her death, honorinitial \ was the nearest store and mill. ed her place of prominence hi Archie Morris wasthe miller eral rrj there. Beyond the Nash-Kirk the school, and extended their tion, f, condolence to her relatives. They ton, b| mill was the Pennington mill. sent a copy of the Preamble and Eventually a long race was dins c$ Resolutions to the Charlotte Oband tdj dug alongside the river and a server and to the Stanly Obesrver two-story mill built. Later a famouil with a request that they be pubUnd( cotton gin operated by water lished. It was signed by a com-1 was built on the same drew tl power mittee of the following: S. J. a ??-^emrouHding STanly~ cation Shaver, Fannie Nash, B. D. Mc-I v the cof and from points more distant. growth Canless, Thos. V. Kirk, E. G.I As many as thirty boarding stu ably anl Russell, John W. Cotton, and M. I dents lived in homes around the and he F. Little. I school and the average attend- capturinj Following is a copy of a news I ance was upwards of one hun- oration j story of the commencement ex-1 dred. Many young men and genuine! ercises held at the school about I women walked long distances to with pj the year 1885. and from the school each "aay sayings in behalf of the ladies. 'during the year's term to get an At times, he grew fervidly elo[education. quent, then he would descend "Merit, not numbers" was the from the sublime to the amusmotto of the school and the ing, and thus create a ripple quality of the education of its I of "laughter among" his liearer& graduates went far in its sup- It was a good address, well port. Many of its graduates had I chosen and happily delivered.
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Cicero Cox and Jim Palmer operated the first two stores in the village, according to reporhv and a few luxury items were included in their stock of merchandise. One of these early stores is remembered as having a large wagon wheel suspended t overhead. Hanging from the Annual Commencement Of Yadspokes were buggy whips of all kin Mineral Springs Institute "The closing exercise of the sizes and lengths. The whips sold rapidly in tlfat day and the Yadkin Mineral Springs Institute buyer could trun the wheel and (Prof. O. C. Hamilton, Principal) look over the assortment until he came off last Thursday, and it was a gala day indeed, for thej found the one he liked best John Jenkins served as the school and for the surrounding blacksmith of the community neighborhood. Multitudes gatherand a wagon shop eventually ed in from every quarter and enthe faces of j sprang up from his business, joyment sat upon j Mrs. Mary Frank Kirk ran a all. The audience was quite large boarding house for the school surpassing in numbers, we prestudents. Dr. B. F. Cox and Dr. sume, that of any previous ocMcCanless served as resident casion. physicians for the village. It "A neat and comodious brush is recalled that Dr. McCanless arbor had been erected adjoining would stop at someone's house the academy, and beneath the wherever he happened to run rustling of its foliage the dense out of pills and ask if the wo- throng was pleasantly situated. man of the house had any "At 10 o'clock, a. m., the exwheat bread. He'd take the ercises began with a beautiful soft bread and with a little song, "Sweet Rest", charmingly board and paddle that he car- rendered by the students, and ried, would roll out small pills then after prayer by the Rev. from the bread. Sometimes he T. J. Gatis, followed the declawould sprinkle some kind of mations and essays. The young powder or medicine over ,them. ladies and gentlemen performed Sometimes he wouldn't. He admirably, both as to matter gave the pills to his patients re- and the manner of delivery, gardless of their complaints and that we cannot "afford to draw they were remarkably effective. invidious distinction — while Grassey Island some exceeded others, all were An attraction on the river near good. Like the illustrations of Palmerville was the famous John Wesley, when once speakGrassey Island which attracted ing of his followers said, "The the young an old alike/for pic- Methodist die well," so we as a 1 nics and outings on Sunday well merited compliment would • afternoons. Also there was the say that Hamilton's students deI Narrows on the river which was claim and compose weil — the | long famous for its fishing, es- exhibition certainly maintained I pecially shad fish. Many people its high standard of excellence. || from afar visited these places The Prize to view their natural beauty'and "Miss H. D. Sikes, proved to be I they stopped by the village on the happy recipient of the prize I their way. allowed as an award to the one had made the greatest "If all the lawyers and doctors which in penmanship. The I who received their early educa- proficiency duty of presenting the a tion at Palmerville could be de- pleasant to the fair maiden, was | termined, the number would be prize delegated to our townsman, W. I astonishing," someone has said, D. Esq., who done so | and truly a multitude of pro- in Pemberton, his accustomed felicitous I fessional men and women stem- style. * rated from the schools there. The The Address boarding schools in Palmerville I preceded any such schools i n "Mr. J. M. Brown, an accomplished and rising young lawyer I Albemarle. The greatest of these schools of Troy, N. C, was orator of the was the old Yadkin Mineral occasion, and the success which Springs Academy which was crowned his effort showed that founded in the 1870's. Perhaps it the "Board of Supervisors" for was an outgrowth of one of the Yadkin Mineral Springs Instiinitial schools in the village. Sev- tute practiced no fraud, neither eral men taught at the institu- committed a mistake in selecttion, including professor Hamil- ing a BROWN man to deliver ton, before professor E. F , Ed- the Literary address. Not being dins came to Palmerville in 1887 a stenographer, we can only give and took over the reigns of the a synopsis of the address, but will remark that it was excelj famous school. Under his tutorship the school lent, and the style BROWNISH I drew the cream of students from throughout. His subject—EduI t h e counties surrounding Stanly cation necessary to mental I I and from points more distant. growth and development, was] As many as thirty boarding stu- ably and appropriately handled,! dents lived in homes around the and he succeeded in completely I school and the average attend- capturing his audience. Hisl ance was upwards of one hun- oration sparked with flashes of dred. Many young men and genuine wit and was profused women walked long distances to with pleasant and humorous and from the school each ''day sayings in behalf of the ladles. during the year's term to get an At times, he grew fervidly eloquent, then he would descend education. "Merit, not numbers" was the from the sublime to the amusmotto of the school and the ing, and thus create a ripple quality of the education of its of laughter among his hearers. graduates went far in its sup- It was a good address, well port. Many of its graduates had chosen and happily delivered.
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PATENTED VENTILATORS—Erie F. Bowers, owner and operator of t h e Bowers Metal Products Company of Albemarle, is shown pointing out t h e extent of tine adjustability of his new aluminum ventilators. All ventilators shewn are of the same sis* and type. In the background are stacks of the ventilators packed in cartons ready for shipping. There is a terrific demand among builders throughout the n a t i o n for t h e new ventilator which Mr. Bowers perfected in his plant on t h e Charlotte highway. He obtained a patent on the ventilator March 18. —Staff Photo—Morgan.
(Continued Irom page one) ly fitted, the adjustable pArts will not rattle in a hard wind. Regardless of the angle of adjustment, the ventilators remain an equal amount of air/ space between the louvers. Something New.. They are decidedly something new on the building supply dealer's horizon. Because of their versatility and marked advantages over other types of ventilators, they are in constant demand by dealers from all parts of the nation. Production of the exclusive ventilators has been drastically curtailed in t h e last few m o n t h s because of the scarcity of the aluminum from which they are manufactured. Government controls on metals have made aluminum a precious material and its allotment for civilian use has been cut right down to where it hurts. Of late Mr. Bowers has been unable to secure enough of the proper type aluminum to continue full time operations a t his plant. The popularity of the ventilators with dealers is evidenced by the fact t h a t Mr. Bowers is daily swamped with orders for his product. One concern in Columbus, Ohio, has offered to take all t h a t he can produce. One company wants 2,000 of the ventilators, another wants 5,000, and hundreds of smaller dealers through North and South Carolina are calling for them. J l e has reeeived inquiries as to trie availability of the ventilators from big companies in Virginia, New York and other sections of the nation. Distributors Listed. Presently his distributors for the ventilators are, the Binswanger Company in Greensboro, Harris, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, the R. T). W. Distributors in " Rocky Mount* Va., Becker Building Supplies, Wilmington, N. C , Delph Hardware company in Charlotte, and the Dealers Supply in Durham. In addition he sells direct to a large number of customers in North and South Carolina, as well as to local dealers and contractors. On the market for more than a Soon he tj lators out 1 year now, they h i v e created much work » somewhat of a sensation among adjustable afl builders and supply dealers, who many of thefe say that there is no other type of and enjoyed I ventilator on the market t h a t will ing 1949. Hel approach them. Starting on a losome to keep', cal scale, the sale of the ventilatrupt. D u r i n g ! ors rapidly expanded and caught tinued striving the eye of the big dealers and justable type 1 toey are now sweeping through the country. be made. Then he trSfel As is true of most successes, aluminum a n a a lot of hard work and disappointately that h i ments went into the perfection of ment, but s t i l l Mr. Bowers' invention. He bought Painstakingly 1 the land and erected his buildings gressed, he c u t ! in the latter part of 1946 with pattern by hand the intention of producing metal gether. But al kitchen cabinets. Fresh from 20 some flaw. H e l years in the grocery business in ing a ventilator Albemarle, he had no knowledge extent, but a t ] of metal work or machines whatt h e bottom l o i l ever. But he thought he saw the would not audi opportunity for a good business under it, thus r l venture. thing useless. 1 Several supposedly expert maI had to be elhnid chinists and metalsmiths were ob• He spent praj tained by Mr. Bowers to help him fall months of" get his machinery situated and by himself wor his shop geared up for the proadjustment on i duction of the cabinets. But the tried two doze men proved unsatisfactory. The tions of the idea idea of an adjustable ventilator Late one evenini had been in the back of his mind fore Christmas \ from the very first, but the exrull day of fruitll perienced men belittled the idea. the contraption! 1 After several of the alleged exit on the flobr/J perts came and went without sucthe shop in a fad cess, he determined to work out Mad a t the Whol his own problems. ness of metal wl built stationary venionely, thanjfelessl At firstof hesteel. They were imfPent «* i t / Glocl tilators practical and not what loned, he itfent h 3 ed. Despite a heavy coatheof wantpaint oed. they would rust. They had to be Next morning H built to exact specifications, otherwise they would not fit. Also, they were heavy and required too long to make. No two of them were alike.
Albemarle Man Obtains Patent On New Und Dseful Type Ventilator Bowers Now Making The Invention Hailed As Outstanding Discovery By Members Of Building Trade. BY FRED T. MORGAN Erie F . Bowers of 330 Concord road, Albemarle, owner and operator of the Bowers Metal Products company, obtained a patent on March 18, on an adjustable louver ventilator which he invented and perfected in his shop on the Charlotte highway. Manufactured/entirely of lightweight s h e e t ^ u m i n u m , the ventiI lators are adjustable to the extent that they will fit almost any type of house gable from an almost flat roof to one that is steepI ly pitched. Two different sizes I of ventilators are made which can 'be adjusted to fit any angle roof. (They are rust proof, will not adj mit water in a blowing rain, and are durable and easily installed. A pre-shaped section of aluminum screen wire is installed behind the louvers of each ventilator, making it bug proof. Compact(Continued on Page 4-A)
new idea. Going to the shop he cut out his pieces according to the new concept, shaped them, and put them together. The adjustment device worked perfectly. Immediately he knew he h a d something. Making several of the ventilators, he tried them out on local builders who were profound in their praise. Later h e j appraised the ventilators with a critical and seasoned eye, which I resulted in several improvements. 1 He applied for a patent in Janu- I ary, 1951. Assembly Line Basis. His next undertaking was to gear up hi» machinery in the most expedient way to produce the component parts of the ventilators on an assembly line basis. It developed into quite a task. Having learned that it was beat to depend on his own resourcefulness rather than the ineptness of disinterested experts, he tackled the job with a vigor that could not be dissuaded. He rigged up a neat die on his machine which cut the proper angles on the louvers and frames and punched holes with one operation. He built a clever a t - I tachment to his bending machine! which enabled\ his employees to I roll and shape the edges of the metal in one operation. Bending and assembly operations were likewise facilitated with the least waste of time and effort. Finding a market for the venti-j lators was no problenf. At first] he supplied the local hardwares and dealers, then he went to the nearby towns. In the past year the demand for the ventilators! has grown so enormously t h a t today building supply dealers from all over the country are frantical-1 ly begging Mr. Bowers for ship-1 ments. ,
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Bowers Now Making The Invention Hailed As Outstanding Discovery By Members Of Building Trade. BY FRED T. MORGAN Erie F . Bowers of 330 Concord | road, Albemarle, owner and operi ator of the Bowers Metal Produets company, obtained a patent on March 18, on an adjustable louver ventilator which he invented and perfected in his shop on I the Charlotte highway. Manufactured/entirely of light\| weight sheet aruminum, the ventilators are adjustable to the exI tent that they will fit almost, any (type of house gable from an alI most flat roof to one that is steep| ly ' pitched. Two different sizes I of ventilators are made which can I be adjusted to fit any angle roof. I They are rust proof, will not ad| mit water in a blowing rain, and are durable and easily installed. A pre-shaped section of alumij num screen wire is installed beI hind the louvers of each ventilat[ or, making it bug proof. Compact(Continued oh Page 4-A)
Many new homes in Albemarle and Stanly ^countv ^ ^ . are equipped Tried Aluminum. with the" Soon he tried stationery venti- made by Mr.patented ventilators j *,**. Bowers. In addition lators out of aluminum. -After , _ _ much work he made one that was to the patented type, he makes adjustable after a fashion. He sold rectangular shaped ventilators for many of the first aluminum type the flat roof type ranch houses, and enjoyed a good business dur- an assortment of other types, and ing 1949. He said he had to sell builds large ones to order for some to keep from going bank- buildings other than dwellings. Mr. Bowers is a solid, modest, rupt. During that time he continued striving for the fully ad- middle-aged man with an eye to justable type that he knew could business and inventiveness. He foresees a bright future for his be made. Then he tried light weight sheet metal products business. Certainaluminum and realized immedi- ly there is no fqrseeable end to ately that he had an improve- the demand for his invention. He ment, but still no adjustability. says that if it were possible for Painstakingly, learning as he pro- him to operate his business full gressed, he cut out pattern after Itime for the next year, he still pattern by hand and put them/to- could not fill all the orders that gether. But always there 'was he has on file. If the government-controlled' some flaw.He succeeded in making a ventilator adjustable' to an aluminum, which he so sorely extent, but at the widest angle, needs, could be obtained in unlimited quantities, he could quite the bottom louver flattened and readily expand his plant and offer , u u , c i anv iiaue'ied not allow air and would not allow any **ir space full time employment to a numunder it, thus rendering the whole ber of people. Presently, because thing useless. That one detail of curtailed operations, he em_ be — ^.....inated had to eliminated. only five workers in the He spent practical J v the entire ploys plant fall months of 1948 ,.. —-.«» ui a n a An the shop A native Stanly county man of by himself workingg to tjb perfect the the | perseverance persevera and fortitude, Mr. adjustment on tht» **»nH"i».•.#.***» 1 Ventilator. j MUSUC uu mee jrentila' "" He " Bowers deserves high recognition — two udozen v » i i different varia- for his invention which is attractried different success, ting ^ ^nation-wide . ~- »•* tions of the idea without nttpntimi. Late -«•—--tions "*"» of the idea without success. J ting nation-wide attention. Late one evening^ a few days be-•• fore Christmas fn 1950, after a full day of fruitless tinkering with the contraption, he angrily threw it on the floor/and stalked out of the shop in a rage. He was mad. Mad a t the whole irksome business of metal work and at the lonely, thankless months he had spent a t i t / Gloomy and disillusioned, he w e n t home and went to bed. Next morning he awoke with a
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Old falley Murder Is Stil Unsolved Mystery Of Stanly By F r e d T . Morgon
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For weeks after that fateful Nov-1 asked him to accompany a rider The brisk, late November weath- ember day in 1892 when the murd-1 to Hartsell's sister's house who er encouraged nine-year-old Fan- er was discovered, homes in the lived near Mineral Springs, in nie Russell to skip gaily up the county were securely barred Union county near the South path to the home of her uncle, against any chance intrusion. The | Carolina line, and bring the horse _™^« cm: lll/lSt Francis Talley. She remembered occupants would not go to bed her mother's warning, "if he isn't until doors were locked and all back. The trip was to be made at night. He arrived at the Morhome, the clothes basket will be windows were fastened. gan home at dusk that day to bein the usual place. Bring the Gradually, however, the heated gin the trip, not knowing who the clothes and come right back." controversies over who killed | rider was to be. He saw Jim She hoped he would be at home. Talley faded and remembrances of Morgan come around uthe houS ie h e horrible h o r n h e crime r r i m o became h ^ a m „ more anH i™„„. +u_^ , Maybe he would give her a piece tthe and knew that he was the n o u s e of hard candy that he sometimes faint with the passing decades. It •They set out after dark. M one. kept. He lived by himself. He went down on the official records +aii~j must keep the candy especially j as an unsolved crime. In the. , He said that Morean g freely during the t n p He a dnn? for her, she uiougm. thought it | e d I minds " * ^ «of many """ly citizens, cuizens, though, tnough, il * entering the store of W « h She failed to notice the intense ^ n t down as being committed b> night lowing of the cattle and livestock this or tharsuspectr S o m T ^ ^ e p a r of in the barn and in the pens clust- zens were wrongly accused and shoes that he said ° M * Ult f ered nearby the big house as she ostracised by their fellowmen. A the store O f t S „ „ ? h e° *t r ?i p satisfactory theory on the murder Morgan comola ned » £ came into the yard. about thJ S ! T *. a n d c u r s e d Strangely, the clothes basket was never reached. wasn't in its customary place on The old Talley house, vacant b e ' e a t e " ^ ^ ^ ^ 0 ^ ^ ' S g the porch! The house seemed and still w t h the secret of the also said that he hadHbeen S unusually quiet and still. The killing within its weather-beaten cused of killing Tallev ""• wind, whistling around the eaves walls continued to stand Manv Rut ,-,„,,„, . . *' • of the old house, made an eerie sound. A queer feeling tingled view the deep gash on the ffront r o n t m i t m n v ^ n . ^ n..,. "i?*"1 a " through her. She still did not be- door made by the murderer's axe. mit murdering Talley. The Ledbrothers substantiated come alarmed. •Aii Many • years later J. Allen better The front door stoocr slightly Austin, a nephew of Francis Tal- Hartsell in his story. ajar. She ventured up the steps ley, received his diploma from a A telegraphic report to Stanly to it and pushed it as wide as it North Carolina law school. He officials said that Morgan had m u c aa n I A.wnii vperrorrna l a w SCnOOl. H e been arrested in Starke, Fla., b u t would go. I t touched something was+ ; a native of the New London andJ 'had heard about the that he denied any connection yielding. ' section — As sunlight streamed into the brutal murder of his uncle. With with the killing, and • he would m u r k y interior of the room, a his diploma came a vow that if it fight extradition. A later report aom thr that he would seek freefleeting glance at the lifeless form were ever humanly possible ho i indicated dom through habeas corpus pro1 of her unele sprawled upon the would bring to justice those re-1 ceedings I floor in a pool of blood made her sponsible for the crime. He made I r-.-^j *» „. .' . Freed At 1 scream, jump from the porch and many visits to his hometown, Hearing r r a t i m e Jt 1 run, yelling and sobbing, back to 'talked to old residents who had " looked as if the an m i h t b e . S returned and tried I the home of her grandmother, close contact with the case, and ™ in March term of Superior | | Mrs. W. C. Russell, a little more spent many untiring efforts to u n - 1c o rthe t Th en the hopes of Stanly I than a quarter of a mile distant. earth clues which might give some C I "t l z -e n s . t h a t the long unsolved Little Fannie's discovery touch- lead on the mysterious murder. c a s e ™gnt be ended were I ed off the most sensational murd- But his work remained fruitless. ; ! er mystery ever recorded in the Interest Revived ^ ^ thwarted. Word came t h a t Morhatl K « « — „ .^«_ - atoxic m i l l MOrannals of Stanly county history. Thirty-eight years later, in Feb- ga nn aa had been freed a t a hearing Folks Come Quickly. ruary, 1930, new widespread inter- in Florida. In a m a t t e r of hours the yard est was awakened in the case. EnTwo substantial citizens of I filled with folks who quit work in thusiasm ran high among the Florida testified that Morgan, a ! -their, fields and to view the I county officers when a new angle prosperous farmer and well to do , „ - came ------- — — -— dear man. Word had spread to in the half-forgotten case devel- citizen, had been living there a t the uttermost parts of the county, oped and it was thought that a t , the — ,murder J tame of the CT OTof iTallev a u e v Someone summoned the county last the long evasive murderer h, ae n dw aa ss f a r as they were concerned law enforcement officers and un- might be brought to justice absolved of anv euiit dertaker and they came to the Gale Hartsell, an oldster of t h e LS tEaxn,l tyr e m e regret was voiced bv scene and took charge. However Red Cross community was talk- c o m e o fcounty citizens at the out the crowd had obliterated many ing over experiences of earlier the case. Manv voirwi clues and damaged much of the years with two of his neighbors dt ah e Cmutual opinion that the Flori lt evidence before the officers ar- John and Neil Ledbetter Their w l e i izens had testified fals/lv rn d the ^ ; H . , , J conversation drifted to the Talley \ ? y claimed that Morgan The dead man lay in a pool of murder case. Hartsell made the h af d t hb ee e n hv >ng there at the time cold blood with his feet toward statement that he had carried a t°h a t h e murder. Hartsell's sto?v the front door and with his pock- man out of the country on horse* had accompanied Morean r£r,tU™ZdJ?r0ne SS? ° U t , H 1 S b a c k , a f e w n i g h t s after the noenaer ^ *> t h e South Carolina hne right eye was mashed in, a deep murder of Talley. The Ledbetter L „a dJ mght shortly ." .:-' after " " c ' the m e im n u rna eZr b?en venfeid doubt. gash in the back of his neck brothers told the «iianr w h a t | £ ' '" beyond murder is still rehad nearly cuts severed head, were and Hartsell had related to them To this day Morgan » v , t u i i ja s u n renumerous and his bruises Thereafter developments came garded as the guilty man by some. upon his face. A sharp axe, thick and fast. They think that the Florida citiwhich belonged to the murdered Attorney Austin, who was then zens deliberately vowed that Morman, was found nearby, caked with dried blood. It was learned practicing law in High Point was gan had resided there a year longthat he had sharpened the axe notified and he came on the run er than, he actually had. However the proceedings came . . - ..—. ........^..v-u cmr «*c | to w o r k w i t h t h e officers H a r t to a standstill and, as before, it some days before in preparation sell was held and miMtinnVrt 13700 . * « r t ^ . . _ was for nclearing some land. T thoroughly. Newspapers" carried 1 gradually" torgotton^years d Toda ° a table ctose by the body the story and many erroneousL the ^ s s e old " mTalley y nothing of homepTace'iocated irernains ema lay an open Bible and some papers statements were made about I about" ' "three - " " miies ' i n s of northeast of ITT which he had evidently been going Hartsell --" aoout N e w L o n d o n I t w a s torn down s alleged confession. oil lampThe indicated that wick it hadof conIt was no confession. He h a d L ^ over. blackened the without ever divul°m£ . , _ _ _ - -;- - . . - , kept it no particular secret t h e s e [ ^ s e c r ^ e r c o n t a i n e d within it? tinued to burn until its supply of many years Many times he had „ f stan]y-s darkest axe. oil was exhausted. The furnish- talked about it to friends, but m u r c l e i . mvsterv uaie ings of the house been were) but upon they his had statements^ placed no A^cordimr'toI signi little disturbed, andhad there ^ a r t s e l L ' s t a r witnew t« no other signs of a struggle. There the reports in the papera he h a d ' t h e ] a t t e r Proceedings of the rasp ' ept l a S b V - d ? hyg a S h t h G° n mt hue r ddeoros H kCaused " hai r nd a mr ku c «h c r e ? 2 d if n a d l i s s t i ] 1 a " v e today. g S H e telisThe s
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Tracks Found Tracks were found outside the window where the murderer or murderers stood looking in at Man Identified Talley peacefully reading his The name of the man in questBible by the oil lamp. Beyond a rail fence at one side of the house, ion was Jim Morgan who had in the soil of a fresh plowed worked as a pumper in the gold A field, tracks of apparently three mine that Talley owned. men were found approaching the brother of Morgan's lived in the house. They had different size Oakboro section of the county. foot measurements and one con- Attorney Austin went to him to tained a patch on the sole. One seek the address of his brother. It set of tracks led from the house is said that for two dollars he to a little knoll close by where it bought the address of the accused is believed a watch was kept man who was living in Starke, while the murder was being per- Florida under an Assumed name. I Solicitor Don Phillips and Stanly petrated. Talley was purported to have I Sheriff N. A. Cooper prepared exkept a considerable sum of money tradition papers to be dispatched around his house and it was to Florida immediately. Meanwhile Hartsell was subknown that he had received somejected to an intense grilling. The thing like $500 from the sale of of some gold from the mine he true version of his story ran someowned, a few days prior to his what as follows: He lived as a murder. Several men saw him neighbor to Morgan's father in the with the money at a store in New. Red Cross community. A few London on Saturday before his days after Talley's murder, Morbody was found on the following gan's father came to his place and Wednesday morning. He had, however left the money with his mother, Mrs. Allen Talley, on his way home that same day. It is believed the robbers Obtained only abouf twenty dollars which Talley had on his person at the time of the murder. Talley's father had spent Sunday night with him. He was last seen by a neighbor who went to pay him a debt on Monday evening. It is believed that the killing took place sometime that night. Rumors were rampant about who killed Francis Talley. Suspicion was directed toward a number of Stanly county's most prominent citizens. It was learned that Talley held notes for borrowed money against several men in the community. They became the object of scrutiny and questioning. Sentiment ran strong against all who were mentioned in connection with the gruesome crime. Two Arrested Two citizens, W. A. Russell and Orrin Elkin, were arrested and charged with the crime. At the trial they were acquitted because of insufficient evidence and an alibi by which they proved that they were at their respective homes on the night of the alleged murder. Further investigation into the case apparently resulted in a failure to produce any substantial clue which would- lead to the apprehension of the guilty parties. It was given the "hush-hush" treatment by the officials, according to those who can still remember hearing about the results of the famous case. After the trial, the authorities seemed reluctant to pursue the case any further. It appeared as if they were almost afraid that they would get the guilty party. However, with the residents of the vicinity "Who Killed Francis Talley" was the topic of conversation wherever men would meet.
Albemarle NormaF And Collegiate | Institute Helped Foster Learning Founded By Miss Ufford [n 1893 By Fred T. Morgan On the crest of a hilltop overooking the city between South fourth and South Third streets here stands a handsome and lignified brick building steeped n history and commemorative of m era long * since vanished rom the contemporary scene. The old building remains to all back fond memories.y Many romfin of the city and county ecalj; happy days spent inside he Kails of the spacious strucure Snd on the green and flowred Jgrounds surrounding, it. To Jell of the Albemarle Norm1 and Industrial Institute, for iris 3s at once to tell of the life nd jjreatness of its founder Miss ranges Ellingwood Ufford of few Jersey. Miss Ufford was sent, in 1879, > STorth Carolina from i the ethany Institute, a Bible Trainlg School for Christian workers l New York City. She had ghtjjyears of teaching experince-at the Bloomfield, N. J. :hodl and was well prepared »r hjfer mission to the backward teas* of the South. She t a m e tide* the auspices of, the Northh Jresbyterian church. At3the request for aid by felw Snissionaries, she came to imcQrd and there founded the hil* Hall school and later in >9l3ounded the Laura Sundernd^Memorial School for girls Concord. While there she reivafi" a request to come to Loistlievel in Stanly county and ere* establish a school for the ldespriviledged children. ShM did not answer the call at e time, but went to the mountns Sear Asheville and there asrteB in the founding of the >m© Industrial School for girls. teirtone year of work there, she sigfied from the Presbytery iard for a year's rest during lich time she returned North d ^appealed to the Board for amission to found a school r bl&ys at Locust Level. * Returned To Locust ThJ- appeal was granted and he upturned in 1890 and began he echool at Locust. Twenty >oysJfrom 12 to 21 years of age verejreceived as boarders and here*-was a large day school for jothjsexes. In 31 brief history of her thirtyfive *years work in the South, Miss*"Ufford writes of conditions around Locust and in Stanly county as follows; L "Wje found that intemperance and immorality, as well as illiteracy were rife in this county. We ^ere told that it contained ninety distilleries. "One man owned a "still" abouj half a mile from the school. It had ruined hundreds of men. With the aid of a lawyer, Jve were able to have the school incorporated, which prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors within a radius of two miles from us. This victory was haildti with joy by our young people who hitherto had been Indifferent toward this great evil In their midst. Now they saw workrto do." i Known as Stanly Hall, the school turned out many young •nen» and women that entered jreat fields of service. Many of iherrt united with the little 'Beulah Presbyterian, church" at -ocuit while engaged in their raining. Another excerpt from Miss Ifford's history*"concerns *he fn
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rnprnuNNER OF BRICK SCHOOL—Work on this frame structhere was extra work on Sat- ture began In 1896. In 1903 it was remodeled and additions ception of the school at Albe- j urdays. marie. It was then known as the Albemarle Normal and ColGreat emphasis was placed on legiate Institute. "Soon after entering this very! the Bible from the lowest to the needy field, however; my heart highest grades. The girls were T n e song "The Dawning of the was. pained in noting the negoften required to recite a por- rjav» by Miss Ufford's brother, lect of the poor girls. It was not j tion of the Scriptures every morn- w a g s u n g a t the exercises and considered necessary by many ing. Gymnastics and strenuous U n e familiar scriptures associaof the parents that they should i exercises were a daily routine, ted with the school were read. be educated. If either could be StrAct disciplinary instructors Remarks were made concerning sent to school the boys must go.! supervised and taught the stu the school's 36 years of opera-1 The cotton' fields were the girl's dents. domain. tl( Brother A Minister Mrs. Ode Parker, a 1914 gradAsked For Girls' School Miss Ufford's brother, the Rev. uate of the school, announced "So burdened was I, in seeing Edward S. Ufford, wrote the that the Rupert Memorial r una | the hundreds of girls going down j hymns "Throw Out The Life which had been in use to aid to ruin, for the need of Christ- • Line" and "The Dawning of the worthy and needy girls would oe ian training and education, that Day". As a missionary he | utilized to establish a I again appealed to the Board | traveled around the world sing- Memorial Shelf in the .Stanly for permission to plant at AlbeI ing his hymns, preaching, and county library. At that time the marle, the county seat of Stanly, carrying his life-line with him. fund totaled $225. . and sixteen miles distant from Mr. Ufford contributed toward It was a sad group of girls Locust Level, a school for girls. his sister's efforts to maintain that came back on Tuesday At the same time I asked them the school in Albemarle. morning to collect their belongto appoint a gentleman and hisl A list of the faculty members ings from the dormitories. wife to succeed me in taking of the old school would be long. Turned Over To Queens charge of the Stanly Hall In addition to those already A caretaker was placed over School." MISS EVA RUPERT—Principal mentioned some of the teachers However, the Northern Presby- and beloved teacher at the Al- are as follows: Mrs. Baker; Mrs. the property and soon the Mecklenburg Presbytery announced terian Board could see no way bemarle Institute. Cunningham, Miss Eva Rupert, that the school property and, to plant the desired school at Mrs. Bivens, Mrs. Anne Morrow, Albemarle so Miss Ufford re- and they moved into their new Miss Hauser, Miss Meeker, Mrs. facilities would be turned over the Queens Presbyterian colsigned from the board and took home in January, 1896. Watt Efird, Mrs. Elva Harris, to lege Charlotte. All the books the responsibility for starting Mrs. Faucell, Miss Belle Harris, in theinfine Built library, including two the school on her own accord. ! In 1901Addition and Miss Delia Kirk. an addition was built valuable rare volumes, were She spent the summer of 1893 j tp the intitial structure and in Dr. George Atkinson, a Presbyin the North soliciting contribu - 1903 a tower annex was com-1 terian minister headed the transferred to the Charlotte intions from friends. She returned pleted which supplied class school for some length of time stitution. south, rented a house near where rooms for more glrfsTsoon, with I during which he made repeated The estimated worth of the the present Baptist church now i the aid nf donations from friends trips North to secure funds on property was piacea at $DU,UUU, stands and received three girls in the North, a laundry build-'' behalf of the school. On these however, after all obligations of as boarding students. Soon she | was erected and the main trips he also recruited teachers the8 institution were met. its aspurchased an unused public ing increased Queens by only school and enlarged. of merit to come down and teach ase* school house and one acre of Free of remodeled in the institution. Some of the b o u t $14,000. debt they prospered and ground for $300 and with the aid j Later the property : an increasing number of teachers remained in the city I have of an assistant teacher taught taught been purchased from .thel after the discontinuance of the girls. many day students there. This Presbptery by J. A. Groves of Alschool. Desiring that the school he put first old building used for her Charles A. Smith, a native of bemarle for the nominal sum of school stood near East Main on a sound basis. Miss Ufford en- New Orleans, was a great friend $6,000. It was subsequently renostreet opposite the present Lil-1 couraged the Mecklenburg Pres- o f t h e s c h o o L H e r a * a g r o c e r y vated into an apartment house! lian Knitting mill and was known bytery to assume care of the in store in Albemarle arid would and is now known as Hearne I stitution. The Board set about send many bags of apples, cab- Heights. The exterior of the as the "Hillside School." enlarge the bage, and produce to the school. building remains in much the The two-story structure was| to immediately Three additional acres Once each year he had a keg of s a m e s , tate as it was when used divided by a flimsy partition school. were purchased on the hill. Miss sorghum that rolled up from the floor. Ufford shipped to as a school building. again enlisted the aid of the school molasses from New He The building remains as a monuIt could be let down when sep- her friends in the North and was instrumental inOrleans. erate classrooms were desired. aided the Board to the indefatigable and diin erecting and civic and business men prodding of the ment In 1896 Miss Ufford received completing the present brick vmely motivated Miss Ufford its town to provide suitable steps to a helper in the person of Miss| building in 1907. It should have been the front of the brick building. founder. H. J. Northrup of Minneapolis. hallowed ground for its part in When the corner stone was It is remembered that Dr. C. , fting the shroud of ignorance Together the two worked and laid in June, 1907, Governor M. Lentz, Albemarle physician. Vfrom backward people and for the compiled their resources for a np u at larger school. For one hundred Glenn of North Carolina made a gave his services free to the r 8 w e?_f" it gave to education know it today, dollars they purchased two memorable educational address 1 school. A Baptist preacher Davis If acres of land on the beautiful, to around 3,000 people from the came to the school often to hold present for the occasion. services and make talks to the elevated hill where the present county 1 In 1900 the school was given students. Hearne Heights apartment building now stands. With a the name of "Englewood School" One man is said to have come small amount of funds a rude. named for Englewood, N. J., it is from a* considerable distance to 'thought. Later it was changed ctTnirtmv was cheaply ereetew his daughter and register to the "Albemarle Normal and bring her for the school term. He inCollegiate Institute." After the quired as to the tuition fee. He completion of the handsome brick was told that was $160 which structure the name "Albemarle included room,it board, Normal and Industrial Institute" care, etc. He made the medical remark was given it." that he would go back and get In one of her reports, the mag- his other daughter and put her nanimous Miss Ufford said: "In in the school, for the school closing our fourth year of school could keep her cheaper than he it is with devoutly grateful could at home. hearts to him who hath so Commencement abundantly supplied our needs Commencement exercises at and who hath granted us the t h i n s t i t u t i o n h e l d i n May or privilege of striving to so mould early June, attracted many peothe lives and characters of ple the hilltop school to hear these girls as that the beauty the to recitations and see the plays and glory of the Christ-like life staged by the students. The shall be reflected and beheld in school maintained an average and through them. Four years attendance of about seventy durago, when the Presbyterian ing its heydey. The graduating Board could not plant a school classes were never large. at Albemarle for lack of funds, Miss Katie B. Pridgen was I felt the call of God to do so, principal of the school at the while shrinking at first from the time it ,ceased operation in the trials of faith involved, of look- spring of 1929. Other city and ing only to Him for my support county public schools had been and that of the work. He led erected within easy reach of the me to trust in Him fully, and go majority of children and there forward, and his promises have was no longer any need of the been fulfilled to the letter." private institution as a high First Graduates school. It was in 1904 before the first Alumnae Day was held on graduates, to complete the pre- Saturday before the final exerscribed course of study left the cises on Monday and former school. There was only two, one graduates came back to the of them being Miss Pattie Janet school for a reunion. One of Marks, of Albemarle. Another the first graduates, Miss Annie well known graduate of the Harris Hewitt of Derita, N. C, school, in 1908, is Miss Mary was there that day to tell of the Gullege who is yet teaching in school in the early days. Many the central school In the city. of the school girls were found in Miss Jewell Trexler was gradu- tears. The Rev. R. J. Mclll| ated from the school in 1917. waine, of Monroe, a trustee of In May, 1914, nine seniors were the school, was present to make I graduated from the College an address. Preparatory Class with honors. On the Sunday the BaccalauOne of the nine signified her in- reate sermon was preached in the tentions of going to Korea as a First Presbyterian church in Al- j missionary. bemarle. On Monday morning, due to It is remembered that Miss Ufford taught a Sunday School the heavy rains, only a small I class in the Central Methodist crowd was present to hear the church for a time. After school final recitation contest between and on Sundays she and some the Ufford and Northrup literary of her girls would sometimes societies. Prominent Albemarle ride about the city in the old women acted as judges in the surry pulled by an old claybank- contest. Miss Arbutus Hill of colored horse which belonged at the Ufford Society won the $2.50 gold piece offered as prize. the school. Miss Katie Pridgen had charge No maids were employed at the school. The boarding girls of the final exerciese held Monwere required to work a mini : day night at which time seven mum of one hour per day and I graduates were given diplomas.
MORGAN WAS STANLY'S 'MIGHTY MAN' By FRED T. MORGAN ALBEMARLE — Drury Morgan, a unique and colorful figure whose name has become legendary in the history of Stanly County, on6e ruled over a vast tract of land on both sides of Rocky river. He owned an army of slaves and on -the river he operated a mill and trading post that served not only the surrounding section, but the upper Rocky river territory. His ' self-contained little village there was older than Monroe or Albemarle. Many stories are told about this rugged frontiersman who lorded over his domain with an iron hand and dogmatic positiveness. Today he might be called a ruffian or a ruthless, uncouth character. However, facts and bits of tradition p r e s e r v e d and authenticated through the years, have come to light which indicate that he was not a man without tenderness and affection who never mistreated his slaves or allowed his horses to be abused. Morgan was born on February MORGAN MILL 8, 1798. His parents were Johnthan Morgan and Sally Brewer MorDeserted and forgotten, this crumbling, three-story building on the banks of Rocky River was gan. The Brewers held much land along Richardson and Negro Head once the scene of great activities. Operated by Morgan and his sons for a long period of years, it was creeks hi Union County. His grand- one of the first grist mills in this section. It is often visited by those wishing to see how the milling father, Goen Morgan is said to have operations were carried on in the early days of o ur country. Much of its machinery, built almost encome from Onslow County in East- tirely of hardwood, is yet intact. ern North Carolina. The older Morgans first settled ,'in Piedmont North Carolina along lithe Pee Dee river on lands joining those of Squire Boone whose wife [was Sarah Morgan. When game got scarce along the Pee Dee and other settlers disturbed them, they moved jap the wilds of Rocky river and settled on the land which later came into the hands of Drew. I Drew inherited and acquired an empire of land, slaves, cattle, and he operated a mill on the river •which was one of the first in this Section. His store, or trading post served those from great distances and .was a community center for the {territory. Later the post office, named Morgan's Mill, Was established there in 1848. Henry Morgan, a son of Drew, served as postmaster. Drew apparently was born and lived for a time on the Union County side of the river.. He later. built a big two-story log house on a hill on the Stanly side, when it was yet a part of Montgomery OLD DREW MORGAN HOMEPLACE County. The main part of the old This uninhabited structure, built of hand-hewn logs and wide hand-dressed pine boards,, house still stands. It was constructed from hand-hewn logs and undergone many renovations since it Was built by Morgan and his slaves well over a hundred y Umbers and its interior embodies ago. Many prominent mei*of North Carolina of Morgan's day lodged in this house and sat on wide front porch. The old house is located on a b UI. a Short distance from Rocky River in wes some fine craftmanship. It is said that Drew moved his Stanly County. (Photos by Fred Morgan). 4 belongings to his new house with a ground slide. At the river's edge on his holdings and businesses, he operation seemed to have been a tute Irish peddler. He was he shifted the slide onto a bateau employed Archie Robinson, a young favorite of his. Drew named him known to have charged ay°j and rowed it across the water. lawyer who was teaching school Adam. He let the lad, when very for a man lodging at his / I to/ PI rowing back and riding his mule in Cabarrus County at the t i m e small, ride behind him when- Although Drew was top across at the ford, then continuing Drew" hired him. The bachelor ever he took horseback trips over take ar_ active part in' J*fLm War ho aided the Soufs/M with the slide on up to the house. lawyer, who served as secretary the farm. He was married to Peggy Heg- and.bookkeeper to Drew, lived and For " Winter' travel, Drew had with his saddle and s h / ^ T " his tailor- to raise the pockets in lar, whom he called "Old Peg." He died in the Morgan home. See MORGAN on ^A .his big overcoat so the . Negro had two sons, Henry and Ellison, FOUGHT RAILROAD and one daughter, Catherine, who Although progressive and far- lad could put.-his 'hands there to married Mike Dry;-Drew's father.,1 sighted. Drew fought the coming keep them 'warm. He carried ; thej Jonathan Morgan, a surveyor, left of the first railroad from Wilming- boy to-jump down and open and part of his family here and went ton to .Charlotte. He and his law- close the gates in fences for him. into the western part of the state. yer traveled through, the country After his freedom that slave took [ He made occasional trips back to uid made speeches against it. He the name of Morgan* and his de see his family. is said to have made the state- scendants still remfcta in the counPROGRESSIVE ILLITERATE ment that if his seven wagons ty. Though illiterate, Drew Morgan were not sufficient to bring enough ALWAYS OPEN HOUSE was progressive beyond all in the goods into the country for the peo- Drew's big two-story house there neighborhood. The only writing he ple, he would put seven times sev- on the hill overlooking the river could do was to sign his name en wagons to and from the mar- was a stopping place for judges, "D. Morgan" in a faltering scrawl. kets. Sentiment ran to favor the lawyers, and court officials on their He was keenly sensitive about his railroad, however, and it was put way between Montgomery and own lack of book learning and ed- through, but it did little to alter Mecklenburg County courts. ucated all his children the best his wagoning business throughout The same raw hospitality was extended to all, regardless of rank he could, p a y i n g a Lutheran his lifetime. preacher to come to the home and The first slave born on the plan- or social standing. A judge might teach them the three R's and the tation after Drew took over i t s be assigned to a bed beside a desti-! Lutheran Catechism. *CaTt «***• On his vast plantation surround<m ing the mill and store, Drew had bis own blacksmith, barber, shoemaker, wool carding plant, and tailor. His tanyard and harness shop were operated night and day daring the Civil War to make cavalry saddles for S o u t h e r n troops. He made shoes for his family and slaves and harness for his neighbors, with a surplus for the Cheraw markets. FLEET OPERATOR Drew operated a fleet of seven four-horse wagons between his post and Cheraw, S. C. to take out produce and bring back such items as salt, coffee, syrup, and stock for his store. Some trips w e r e made by his wagons as far as Charleston. S. C. to procure needed \tems, mainly salt. Once his, wagons hauled four, four-horse wagon loads of dried apples to Cheraw and another time he 'sent a load of beef tallow to Charleston for candle m a k i n g . These and many other items of produce had been brought to the (tore as barter. Physically, Drew was a low heavy-set man of Welsh descent with dark eyes and a high-pitched voice. Fiery and quick-tempered, his sudden outbursts sometimes offended his neighbors, but he had few enemies. To help him in keeping check
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Continued from 2nd Front market wagons continued to Fayetteville and Cheraw until the seaiport towns were blockaded. Many is his slaves remained 'with him after the war because they loved him and because they had no other place to go. Many of them today sleep under the sod of a hillside not far from the old homeplace. Their resting place has been disturbed in recent years and the markers torn down and scattered over the field which is now in cultivation. Bits of the slate rock markers can be found around the site with scratched etchings still legible upon them. HOUSE REMAINS The old house place still remains although it has undergone some renovations since the plantation master built it. Shoddy, weatherbeaten, and abandoned, it stands upon a hill in a rolling countryside. The rumble of Rocky river can be heard In the distance. Nearby the house, the location of slave quarters are discernible and down on the hillside is a spring of bubbling water. Much of the original material is still contained in the house. Wide, rough pine boards still cover much of the exterior. Drew died on December 18, 1880. He was buried on a plot of ground that he had designated. It was his request that the spot be kept up by his descendants and used thereafter as a family burial ground. The old mill operated by Drew and bis sons, Henry and Ellison, for many many years still stands on the Union County side of the river across from the old homeplace. It contains within its weather-blackened walls relics, tools, and woodworks that required great skill to construct. The dilapidated old waterwheel leans crookedly near its original position. A road through this section of the country, now a hard-surfaced state highway, bears the name of this great frontier and pioneer family of this early section. It is familiarly known as the Morgan Mill Road and crosses the river a short distance below the old mill. After the fashion of the com-' memorator of the infamous Jesse' James, one could say that Drew Morgan was one of the gol-darn dest, fiercest, colorfulest, lovables buckarooes that ever strode across these here hills of Stanly County
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times offended his neighbors, but seaport towns were blockaded. he had few enemies. Many of his slaves remained To help him in keeping check with him after the war because — STARTS ON PAGE ONE — on his holdings and businesses, he they loved • him and because they employed Archie Robinson, a had no other place to go. Many water, rowing back and ridinar young- lawyer who was teaching of them today sleep under the his mule across at the ford, then school in Cabarrus County at th? side of a hillside not far from continuing with the slide on up to time Drew hired him. The bache- the old homeplace. lor lawyer, who .served as secreTheir resting place has been the house. tary and bookkeeper to Drew disturbed in recent years and the He was married to Peggy Heglar, whom he called "Old Peg," lived and died in the Morgan markers torn down and scattered over the field which is now in culHe had two sons, Henry and "El- home.' tivation. Bits of the slate rock Fought Railroad lison, and one daughter, CatheAlthough progressive and far- markers can be found around the rine, whp married Mike Dry. sighted, Drew fought the coming site with scratched etchings still Drew's father, Janathan Morgan, a surveyor, left part of his fami- of t h e first railroad from Wil- legible upon them. House Ramaing ly here and went into the western mington to Chairlotte. He and J u s traveled through the The old house place still repart of the state. He made oc- lawyer casional trips back to see his county and made speeches against mains although it has undergone family. "j it. He is said to have made the some renovations since the planstatement that if his seven wag tation master built it. Shoddy, Progressive Illiterate one were not sufficient. to brin? weatherbeaten, and abandoned, it Though illiterate, Drew Mor- enough goods into the county for stands upon a hill in a rolling gan was progressive beyond all the people, he v would put seven countryside. The rumble of Rocky in the neighbo: hood. The only [times seven wagons to and from river can be heard in the diswriting he could do was to sign ' rnarkets .Sentiment ran to favor tance. • his name "D. Morgan" in a fal- the railroad, however, and it was-j Nearby the ho-Sse, the. location tering scrawl. He was keenlv put through, but it did little to Of slave 'quarters are discernible sensitive about his own lack of alter his wagoning business and down en the' ^hillside is a book learning and educated all 'throughout his lifetime. spring of bubbling water. Much his children ' the best he could, I The first slave born on the of the original material is still paying a Lutheran preacher t o plantation after Drew "took over contained in the house. Wide, come to the home and teach them i its operation seemed to have been rough pine boards still cover the three R's and the Lutheran a favorite of his. Drew named much of the exterior. Catechism. him Adam. He let the lad, when Diew died December 18, 1880. On his vast plantation sur- I very small, r'de behind him when- He was buried on a plot of rounding the mill and store, ever he took horseback tiips over ground that he had designated Drew had his own blacksmith, >the farm. It was his request that the spot barber, shoemaker, wool cardin? I For winter travel, Drew had be kept up by his descendants and plant, and tailor. His tanyard and | his tailor to raise the pockets in used thereafter as a family burial harness shop were operated night his big overcoat so t h e NegrO ground. and day during the Civil War to lad could put his hands there to The old mill operated by Drew make cavalry saddles for South- keep them warm. He carried the and his sons, Henry and Ellison, ern troops. He made shoes for boy to jump down and open and for many many years still stands his family and slaves and harness close the gates in fences for him. on the Union County side of the for his neighbois, with a surplus After his freedom that slave took river across from the old homefor the Cheraw markets the name of Morgan and his de- place. It contains within its j Fleet Operator scendants still remain in the weather-blackened walls relics, | tools, and woodworks that reDrew operated a fleet of seven county. Always Open House ! quired great skill to construct. four-horse wagons between his Drew's big two-story house The dilapidated old waterwhee' post and Cheraw, S. C. to take out produce and bring back such there on the hill overlooking the j leans crookedly near its original items as salt, coffee, syrup, and river was a stopping place for i position. stock for his store. Some trips judges, lawyei s, court officials en j A road through this section o f were made by his wagons as f a r their way between Montgomery , the county, now a hard surfaced as Charleston, S. C. to procure and Mecklenburg County courts. ' state highway, bears the name oi needed items, mainly salt. • The same raw hospitality was . this great frontier and pionee Once his wagons hauled four. extended to all, regardless of I family of this early section. It is four-horse wagon loads of dried rank or social standing. "A judge I familiarly known as the Morgan apples to Cheraw and another might be assigned to a bed be- Mill Road and crosses the river t time he sent a load of beef tal- side a destitute Irish peddler. He short distance below the old mill low to Charleston for candle was never known to have charged making. These and many other a penny for a man lodging at his items of produce had been home. brought to the store as barter. Although Drew was too old to Physically, Drew was a low take an active part in the Civil heavy-set man of Welsh descent War he aided the South's cause with dark eyes and a high-pitch- with his saddle and shoeshop. H P ed voice. Fiery and quick-temper- market wagons continued to Fayed, his sudden outbursts some- etteville and Cheraw until the
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for that matter two or three model T Fords. He began to use an automobile on his calls in 1913, but for a long time after that he kept a horse handy in case the car wouldn't start. Only two couples were living in the village of New London at the time he came. They were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mauney and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Russell. There were only ten doctors in the county when he came to By Fred T. Morgan New London in 1905. Of those Doctor J. A. Allen of New Lon ten. only Doctor Laton of Albedon is one of the few remain marle remains. ing old time country doctors whoj dams were built along has fought disease and unsani theWhen Yadkin, the backwater covertary conditions as well as super - ed green vegetation which had stitutions and ignorance for a not been cleared away. the longer period of years than many vegetation began to decay As underpeople hope to live. water, a very unsanitary conditThe doctor has triumphed In ion resulted. A virtual epidemic carving out a clean and healthy of typhoid fever and malaria settlement from a destitute land followed. once rampant with disease, stigOnly comparatively few premas, and harmful practices. He ventive measures were known in would never intimate to you that those days and many people he has had anything to do with were Superstitious meth-l the growth and development of ods of healing thisabout or that afNew London. But underlying fliction. Few vaccinations were his modest and retiring manner ! practiced are deep religious convictions Recently Dr. Allen announced and a keen sense of civic respon- his retirement from the medical sibility. profession. No longer will the Doctor Allen is a tall-errect trusty doctor make calls out inman with a glow still in his to the country or receive patients cheeks and eyes that crinkle up at the familiar little office bemerrily when he laughs. His side his home. The 51 years he hair is thin on top and very has given are enough. white. His hands are wrinkled, As the oldest physician in yet supple and sure. Stanly county, he how pursues "Just a plain country doctor," his life as usual. He putters he describes himself. "Can't around his home in New London make nothing else out_ of me. and chats with the neighbors. Nothing sensational pr outstand- His lame leg still bothers him ing about me. Just an old time when he stands on his feet long country doctor." at a time. Friend of man and However, to the folks around beast alike, he still walks up to New London the doctor is more. the post office for his mail every He's a landmark, a monument, day lifting his hand in greeting and an unfailing friend in time to all he sees. A man of strong religious beof need. liefs, he is ea member of the New There's scarcely a home that London M thodist church and he hasn't been in or a family serves on the board of stewards that is unknown to him. "In my and trustees. He is a liberal profession you cover a settle "f benefactor to the church and rement pretty well in 47 years," he cently gave a plot of ground says. church parsonage. Doctor -Allen is the dean of forHethehas long supported the Stanly county physicians in reIn his town and each gard to age and length of serv- schools x year gives a medal to some outice. graduate. He is a Those who search vainly for a standing member of panacea for their ills could do Lion's club. the New London well to emulate the habits of There's pride in the voice of Doctor Allen. He hasn't been Doctor Allen as he reflects upon more than a trifle ill in all his the development and growth *">f over 51' years of practicing med- New London. He says a good, icine. Prior to thatHeheAttributes was sick f/evated, and healthyit'splace t0j but very little. live. good health and soundnessj CALLING IT QTJI73—After over 51 years of practicing medicine, his throughout his 83 years of life 45 of which were spent in the town of ITew London, Dr. J. A. | to good solidly formed habits. Allen, dean of Stanly county physicians, is retiring from active Regularity in eating, sleeping,! practice. —Staff Photo—Morgan. and exercise will do wonders for the human body, he says. I Of course there have been times when he couldn't adhere rigidly to those habits because j of the demands of his profession. But there were other compensations that kept him in i shape, such as his -unselfish service to his fellow men and the alleviation of their hardships] and sufferings. A practitioner in the medical profession receives renumeration for his services in other than monetary ways, the doctor says. Doctor Allen was born near East Bend in Yadkin county on December 20, 1869. His parents were the late William Allen and Elizabeth Wooten Allen of that county. He grew up on the typical farm of that time and received his schooling at the old Siloam Academy In Surry county where hi& brother was a teacher. When he was quite young a severe case of typhoid fever left him lame in one leg. The leg still him. It had a lot to do afl bothers with his decision to study medicine. •—-,
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Then a schoolmate and he were talking one day. His friend, who was older and married, said that if he wasn't tied down with a family he would study medicine and make a doctor or himself. I That set Mr. Allen to thinking. He didn't have much to hinder him from taking medical training. He thought of his lame leg. In due time he reached a decision to study for a doctor. After some preliminary studying, he enrolled in the R.M.C. in Richmond, Virginia and studied for a few years in the late 1890's. The graduating class was not large when he received his diploma in 1901. Just a few men like himself with determination. He had heard that a doctor was needed in New London. Stanly county, and he left school with half a notion of locating there. Back in his home community, he told friends that he was coming to New London. "New London," they would exclaim, astounded. "Why that's in Stanly county and Stanly ic the poorest county in the state. You don't want to go there." Despite their admonitions, he set out in his buggy for New London. Along the way he stopped at farm houses for water and would mention where he was going. Everyone tried to discourage film. "Don't go there," was their warning. They tell me that a man can't even make a living farming in that place." Finally at a little village near Mocksville, he got so discouraged he wheeled his • horse around in ther oad and headed back from whence he had. come. He located in Cool Springs in Iredell county and engaged in his practice for four years. He Was married there in January, 1903, to Miss Pelma Wyche. In June, 1905, he and his wife came to New London and he immediately began his practice. Power development projects were in progress along the Yadkin at that time and diseases were rampant. He was busy continuously. After about eighteen months in New London, he built the house in which he now lives. For years after he came, he was the only doctor within miles. The nearest hospital was at Salisbury. There were few roads. He attended patients as far away as Gold Hill, Millingport, and Tuckertown in Montgomery county. He wore out several . horses and buggies in those days, and I
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W. R. Young Making Full-Time lob Of Shop Work Since Retirement j Badin Resident Is Making Many Useful Objects By FRED T. MORGAN On a street corner between the Badin high school and the big theatre there's a neat white and green bungalo surrounded by flowered walks, picket fences, lawn chairs, and other novel trinkets. It makes you think t h a t someone in the household must have a natural bent for woodwork. Someone has. Around back you'll see fancy birdhouses sitting atop posts. Likely you'll hear the whine of a handsaw or the rumble of the wood lathe or the rasping of the disc sender. The scent of aged cedar or the scent Of "the rosin in a freshly-sawed pine board will titillate your nostrils. The door to the little shop from whence these things come is open. Let's have a look. Inside W. R. Young is busily engaged in one of the m a n y operations that he goes about daily. H e has to almost bow his head in order to come in at the door and ' t u r n sideways to slip between his machines. His floor space is limited, but he says if he had twice as much he still wouldn't have room enough. So he just makes the best of what he has. Lumber Piled High. His stock of lumber is piled high on one side of the shop and upon the joists overhead and under his work benches.' Many pieces of lawn furniture in various stages
CRAFTSMAN AT WORK—W. R. Young, with his hand resting upon a sturdy stool that ho made many years ago, surveys a toy ironing board upon which he is working with an eye to its improvements. He manufactures many novelty items and beautiful lawn sets in the little shop behind his home in Badin. —Staff Photo—Morgan. of construction decorate the interior. Finished chairs, clean, white, and comfortable-looking, are kept at one end of the building. But not for long. They sell as quickly as Mr. Young can turn them out. About one well - constructed
lawn chair per day is his usual rate of production. That means right from scratch. He uses bolts in his chairs .at points of most strain and uses wood screws to fasten many of the pieces, together. A coat or two of white paint completes the job. For a take man of 70 one chair per day is no ii plete s accomplishment. 1 equij Most of the tools he uses in his l a s t ] woodworking, he made himself. There's a table saw, disc sander, He and drill press which he rigged cars! up himself. He has a small homeChri; made wood turning lathe, suffitable cient for his needs, which he made broil himself. There's a band saw, Thr< made by Mr. Young, which he says his ] he wouldn't trade for any in the futu town. He also has a jig saw,] vial jointer, polisher, and other mathel chines right a t hand, as well as a wide assortment of hand tools. a Mr. Y o u n g ' s craftmanship votj expl clusively. doesn't extend to lawn setssmall, exHe builds many linti eve novelty objects, toys, birdhouses, the! ironing boards, all kinds of tables anc and desks and stools, and just ma about anything the customer u r j might desire. He hasn't, long been engaged! full time in this work. In fact just for the last two or three months, i Prior to t h a t it was just a hobby. or avocation which he liked to J pursue in his spare time. How did he get into the hobby] in the first place ? Well the story goes back a long way. f c o n t ^ a n c r w h T c h they p a t e n t o j land manufactured exclusively and I realized modest fortunes from the sale thereof. „ It can be done again, M r . , Y«une savs. If not by him then S o m e o n e else. But he will be in there trying. Meanwhile the work he gets from his friends around Badin keeps him busy, and t h a t other i and bigger idea is just a kind ot dream t h a t he will work on when IhP has the time. 1 White-headed and be-spectacled, I he looks over his glasses and.grins and says t h a t it looks now like he I never will get time.
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Born in Wake. Mr. Young was born on a farm in Wake county near the town of 1 Cary. The long days of strenuous I labor in the fields made him decide to follow a more reasonable line of work when he grew up. In due time he secured a job at the Durham Lumber company and ,later became a foreman there. The love for working with tools and lumber just got in his blood, , he says, and he has never wanted it otherwise. Coming to Badin in 1916-, he took a job in the Aluminm plant and held the job until he was appointed postmaster at the Badin post office. He retired from the job as postmaster on January 1, 1952, after almost 19 lyears service. For the past 35 years, in fact rche whole of his time in Badin, he has, when his duties would perjmit, kept building and accumulating tools. Sometimes in the back room of his house or on the porch, or just anywhere space and his wife would permit. At first he lived in company houses. Then in 1929, he built the house in which he presently Uvea. To begin with, he started bis shop in a little basement under the house. But it proved to dark, too small and too damp. Soon the building on his back lot began to I take shape and once it was comI'pleted, he moved ail his tools and I equipment there, happy to be at last in his own shop. The Beginning. He began to build hobby horses, cars, and toys for children at Christmastime, flower boxes and tables for his wife, and repair broken objects for the neighbors. Through the years he worked on his machines with an eye to their future use. He gathered an enviable collection of hand tools for the work that was to come. Since his retirement, he has devoted the majority of his time to expanding his one-time hobby into a full time occupation. Since) everyone in Badin knows him, I they bring him their repair work!and give him their orders for 'the J many products that he manufact-1 ures. He likes his work. "A man must 1 like the work he's doing if he is! • to succeed at it," Mf. Young says. j His ultimate goal is the mass ! production of some novelty object ' that the public will go for in a big way. It has been done before, vhe says. He knows of instances where men have comparatively recently hit upon some simple (contrivance which they patented I and manufactured exclusively and realized modest fortunes from the sale thereof. It can be done again, Mr. ;• Young says. If not by him then! by someone else. But he will be • I in there trying. Meanwhile the work he gets I from his friends around Badin I keeps him busy, and that other' I and bigger idea is just a kind of | »dream that he will work on when he has the time. White-headed and be-spectacled, he looks over his glasses and grins and says that it looks now like he never will get time.
A D A Y ,
APRIL 11, i 9 5 2
STANLY N E W S A N D PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N . C. *" W ' — _
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Albemarle Saddened By Tragic Drownl ^!t " 9 In June, 1908
Bv FRED PWri TT. MORGAN _»/*—" — By i One of the best known and I most important men in the I Stanly county government is I Sheriff P. E. Herrin. Lawbreakers dread that ln^ ^ By Fred T. Morgan i„ *_ • • I evitable run-in with him. A 1 large number of moonshiners, g m a v _week , . .i n. ^ i ^ 1 1 ! M e m b e r PF ^f*.™ Frantically ^ - "*« ^me th S oP vr e c.„„u.. ' ° U * h t I worked " " Hall's a druggist w h o 1 1 ~ • poker players, thiefs, and other the^weelc w i$& snore. • e nd* ^ 1 .,!*_. *3_MC , 11908,1 ™?™rt ™ s spread Quicklv I I S ^ ^ at ^ L ^ p a rPharm macy ^ I miscreants have made acquaint& when The word was 1 ,«T I MB ' A s f a s t a s a h o r s spread I ance with Mr. Herrin since he the littl e c o u l d quickly. Albemarle for about 18 n leen -loom i r t l e d n v 5 gallop Affable, courteous, and • was elected sheriff in 1946. ,rr eI tol £ ° ™f A^K o ! t o Albemarle, the sheriff was liked, he was 33 years olc vr*u ^drooped ^T uheads i Albemarle, notified and theofmessage sent mother lived a tmoraine Warsaw. after* fl To them the sheriff is the venuOn Tuesdav With townspeothe families the drowned pie stood m small groups on the mto " luesaay^ morning alter • geance that always pursues* the en t h e ri,cacf I crime. His name is distainf ul to x ucsuay morning after street and talked in grave ^exr dav h n n ^ . ^ ~^— ' "" • them. the disaster, the body of Bryan voices. Wreaths decorated " IJ1C a c e r r e oi the H To the citizens of the county of persons found near the place where w a s door or two in the town. I disaster" and" watch the operaH on the other side of the tracks, ne of the i t h a d s a n k _ T h e body had risen ra Word had been recived that tions that had been started in I however, the sheriff means law, j * _££f J to the surface. |the truculent waters of the Yad- hope of recovering the bodies, J justice, and the maintenance of The fact that the body had 'kin river had claimed the lives Anything that promised any i!risen peace and orderliness. surface bore out the [of two of Albemarle's most popu- hope of success was tried in hope I theoryto ofthesome that there was a, Sheriff Herrin was born In lar young m*en. What had start- of extracting the bodies from suek-poolr a ,or rwhirl-pool , . the Canton church community aa ccoumea at Tthe ed out as a gay Sunday after- the depths of the river. But the ( I ne /spot - s u dTwhich « J f lTe n V rhad*accounted ' «for I on May 21, 1905. He is the son noon swimming party had end- facilities for such work were t\w o disappearance , en of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Herrin of ed In a stark tragedy which crude and the workers could not n? - , Additional days oi Stanly county. He was reared shocked the town as perhaps rob the river of its prey. searcning: laiiea to turn up tne on a farm and attended the old E. HERRIN had no other. Distant relatives of the two bod Y, of Littleton however., j Bloomington school under teachThomas J Littleton and John men arrived E K. of Wilmmg. , in..town to await - +] - t o. nJudge arrived in Bryan Albemarle to acers Josh Morton and Mrs. Zora fiscal year* the sheriff asked the i niuirids J. u u i e i o n dim jonn Cox. Later his family moved to county commissioners to in- fcpicer Bryan had drowned news of the discovery of the c o m brother t h e b o d y of h i s [Albemarle and he went for a clude in the yearly budget torhile swimming in the; deep bodies. Warsaw. A delegation from time to the Efird school where funds that would enable him to M a r about one mile below the One A Local Man fod j he was taught by Miss Belle com. wouia enable him tofl,There had been several wit,x ^cuii, accompanied r i i o u r . r l Geer. r a i l s proper. One, Littleton was a local man, tne t h e a , U UUtJ TJ n 5'1T d his force by four paid ''Jesses to the drowning. ; Littleton. mother and It had i h J.- his son ofWin Dr. W. He been P u°f ^u body °r\ to- Salisbury. - y the e g g best wan ana e le After his schooling, Mr. Herrin increase deputies and.two radio patrol S r n l a r i v ?*} "' * ^ E S clerked the Morrow Brothers prepared in way about 20Hardware years old.store He had Possible £ * Huneycutt, accompanied I was employed by the Efird Man- cars. They would be utUized . f a ^ ^ a r ^ J}*^ a fandstand was theSalisbury. two local underd H With th in and * h e b o dand Yby to It had i ufacturing company in Albe primarily to patrol the rural v i e w of the victims of the deep. lived r u l rhis dand u mother Popular of a cheertakers placed in a metallic arpas of th* muntv 24 hours nor water. Yet from the stones to d J , ":. ° P * " °£„*i ilzL casket „_, areas oi tne county ^4 nours per * u, _7it-_cc_/i it ful disposition, he had been c*™*? er h ^ «, —*f"*j w ^ » t d a y . However the commission- byjthe group who witnessed it,• n 1?^H v„' marie. Later he entered the ers could see no way to provide'y e r y l l t t l e w a s d o n e t o save t h e ' well liked by everyone. came successful the sgrocery £ ? v f r ° barber trade afterinwhich he bethe necessary appropriations jirowning men. y w pa swimersr:—mcj business in the dty. »thoutT h raising the countv t^vlf » * « c l s tt Ut Merrily ;o be swimming He took his firsi plunge into h i t ^ d e S i S d n ? do 1 T hey h . . ^had ° set out merrilv tor rfevinnSt little trouble ta river tn r Q io„ <_ ^ cold - The cool water . «K K>LciiLiy county, a posi«on 9 to w a returned s V t S j ^ ^ h S a ^ ^ ^ f o r , S l ffl tion to which he he was in 1950. t h . ~ i 5 q S S r T T a s a t o V "r n e5d f l?n ;**&**%£ " T ^ \ ^ Irt I n ^ h e i r ^ b S t S g lace A husky, pleasant, and com- down he wonder ff - j H . l F P chosen was or$ P « * on the rock, fed them swimming petent man, Sheriff Herrin does- troduced into the 1r L * b l 1 1 *«- frequented only by g j ^ " ^ u Juie ^ i next ? ^ . general mers. Estimates placed t ^ • aNo one had any n't live in his office in the court assemhiv ~>«v , house from morning til night as assembly authorizing the coun- depth at from 30 to 60 feet Oniv M* t w a s to come. ty commissioners to take the | do many of the officials. His venturesome swimmers would ed swiftly. Littleton, ! duties require him to be con- necessary steps to.meet the re- voluntarily strike out acro«« ^ged ahead of Bryan, stantly on the move over the quest would not insure manda- c S r r e n t e P t » S ' / S p e c i a l l y when thllf cached the rocks tory action on the matter. county. current and nature of the ; ui rnn e d a n d began to Stanly is one of the few Limited help has thrown a counties stream at that point were un " g noises. In the the state with such n burden upon his department a small in known to them. " Uarks, "his face lookforce of men in thei . , . ~r~~~? Only he and one deputy adminW'hat made the de h e w a s swimming department, he says. cide to swim i r young L — - men , ister the duties of the sheriff's sheriff's n « 11. ii x_ «• /. waters not_ definite. BP tn is e«,,™ t h e u n k n They n [ought he was going office over the entire county. Illicit liquor traffic continues p according; to reports,o w in , t The ancient team of sheriff %£** ^°V n t y ' t h e . s h e " f f s a y s 4 i ge hr spirits and**"" especially Jthe other side of the * * j to a state of alert-1 and deputy has long been out- although the number of r n o o n - S p g , ] shine stills has decreased somejoys on shore cried out 1116 1 moded, he says. It was allallw h a t Every liVm"' *"•few ri^ou ftr^ ^ • _ *• to Marks right 40 or 50 years ago, K\J lMarks. uairvo. na:c»etrxv| ibught they were tryselling liouor in n s o a 1 d «> "iffane Lar nhim «» as ne he nau had ut-eii been la r M r W"im tfnn «? „f £l +u„ ii_- LB lmn«U fvagrant Viola- and Mr*. p„'f,„, r?"_^_™ V "^ *'"• crease in population since that «on p„V.,: t S^ e a I dnot 6yiora-land Mrs. us theP person l , / ^ S t a n i y ^ ^ ^ i f ™ b e r t of | by the town time. There has been no pro- reoort ^ n r f ^ h oh « b r i n * 8 1 B the children l uin S 2 5 . ^ A a v e t w o f aek e d drowning boys just a Cle e 19 cmiai and a student: 2 tUln^ ? > > 1 Z° into action. He h 2 r ^ a i f J 1 ? c r aa« in the num-| teltifv report IZJ&^J* stand un i r T1 rcourt ^ . t ? " S I e against th« Jr^ c o u r t »and ---' a " £stu h r « " , * University of, disregarded Littleton ber of county law enforcement testify aeain«??hi officers Still the sameT old h e ^ a c c u s l l l n ™U^S* n ^o ™ n whom North Caroiina" a n n S= ^f•*=»«= actioa re da sheriff-deputy set up. b e t a k e n <*n Faye, age 9 'h„ £ L ? n ;,ment ^ ^ w 1 As an example, the sheriff Loonfmi^ • tLh e a w s West AlbemaVif^ a t , t e n d s " t e ' - n e a r i n g the rock, quotes some stat sties on? tthe gambFwfn^K -i allow Sr. H e r r K V m i ^ K - t h l e l p . But he . did not h a t y police department * fhe S t v aa l lS ^Q ^ l d e s P « a d in Masonic O r d e r V n f t™Z* Z* ! *lt™ggling. I thought er "Forty years ago there was the sheriff ' according to the Canton I ap^"s? c h ^ «° ef ! ;e ^t oonr m e t 0 h e l p him one or perhaps two policemen in In 19^i Mr w» • "ves at 1807 C h a r f f i *? - The boys shoutCha !he city. Now *hr pnllrr fYi,."l ' ' H e r n n w a g rn"-1 Mhrmiilr rlotte road inUr^an was sinking too. numbers something like eioh-I ' ' ' ', — ^ ^ _ 'tor them to bring the teen men. Eighteen men just b a r k ^ i 1 * ,U11 £ w e r e mr-TJWin J * •THiring ttiat same period the forinplement the corporate of ofthei r i S l ? 1 ^ ' - H e h1 a d,1Cswum the f Both Sank of thelimits sheriff's ahmjf ' _tPhip: ;s v Y"^" " nesitated I ccoramg to an tne w i t - • ci ^Khas- not been increased by & Sp? hL L« nl l? e mPc ug°r irnet th ememy I midst man of the wshouting ft s w i mtimes. m w neither as'/seen! iinvoivpJ rl n t s and risks b§e r sank under the first sur- I Jitary man. That leaves the But ^ " K they sank the b ys invqived. it seems he hesitated ccording to all the wit | e county with its total pop. n*u*A £ l m -^ h ePersisted, T h e y * y could ion to two men. The job to « iil. e ib e di o f swim S dived vainly in hope of I hopelessly outgrown two L,if f rocks about 1 them ankI 40 yards aoout \m tnem before o-eiore they iney ssanK toti? thom +u— " " " ^ iviarKs I *inaer tne suriace. wner Inety per cent of our time they c oshore. u I d i f Marks. 'under the surface. When were S they, i l - i ^ x , at i3.t reached T D a r l i a r l the + I n o scene, c n o n o hYlQ wren u p serving Civil paWm ners M I . ^ 1 a m l t 0 t h-e epeatedly, but to no avail. erajv That means that some land filt rocky is- ys were gone. J prtTOons of the office are un. l u n n n t h o L ic k s t*o r de rset wa d himself men in the group looked ivoidably neglected. Folks in Ithe twn >, 8 "T h ewatch ••'another stunned. A few , he (irural sections of the county vouno• rn-n^ * ^ f • two 1% ago the two boys had ire ishdly neglected because of T , S n set out for the rocks, ai'cing and laughing with |Dur ^inadequate force. I have embe levidentit ™ rs;of the party, jNow they had vanished. talked, to many of them. They Itomrft•*«. •m acautious to at- Bright afternoon lost some feel twat they are entitled to the laxPri ^ T r e t wt haits Point, re- fgrandeur. Chills s h o t . same Ineasure of protection that of t L h«, n° c h the fun I the men as the impact I is afforded the urban population. I their « , Sd u b lPossibly some of at had happened hit them. If I myself contend that they are M l i t v ^ f ^ n p y U n og u ms eof the abil- umhle of the Falls grew 1 - Atthe beginning of the last n to | t h e recks ° reach f ^ d menacing. Before | 1^. |^y'awn°rl thp h»n?rv; swirl- I in? waters that had sucked two I bf—th°ir comrades to water\' |H
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By Fred T. Morgan graves. Frantically they sought I Bryan w a s a druggist who h a d OTOr .__,-. • 9<«n graves. Franticallv th_„ _______ ' p „ n n l o t n H . v „ HT , - . — ^ u - , , . theT h firmness of t h e shore. worked a t Hall's Pharmacy in • t h f week to L r l \ u Z Ton! A s f ea s t" *a«s * a w ha os r ss eP r e a d quickly. Albemarle for about 18 months., I w h e r T d e e o eloom could gallop Affable, courteous, and well to " settled S Albemaile ll^Htt*tn™^fri£L*yiV the sheriff w a s liked, h e w a s 33 years old. His ? Ie t0 n I i 5 «t h. ^d ' p e ^d ,h °t, Albemarle, notified a n d t h e message sent mother lived a t Warsaw. lnTl . J T , 1 a d S t o w n s P e o - to t h e families of the drowned On Tuesday m o r n i n T after 1 I pie stood in small groups on t h e , m p i 1 , u n , . x uesctay morning aiterrj [street a n d talked in grave Next d a v hundreds oof persons t h e d i s a j * e r ' t h e body of Bryan voices Wreaths decoratpd a * • n u n a i e a s r peisons w a s found near t h e place where voices,, w r e a t n s aecoiatea a came to view t h e scene of the «• uafi ~ a n i , T h p hnriv hart ri«m I door or two in the town. disaster a n d watch t h e opera- t o {he surface f Word h a d been recived t h a t tions that had been started in _,. . . ' . .w , , , , the truculent waters of t h e Yad- hope of recovering t h e bodies., .s ie nn et 0 iact t n a r tne ooay n a a kin river h a d claimed the lives Anything t h a t promised a n y I " the surface bore o u t t h e of two of Albemarle's most popu- hope of success w a s tried in hope t n e p r y of some t h a t there w a s a lar young men. What h a d start- of extracting t h e bodies from sucK-pooi or wmn-pooi a t t n e ed o u t a s a g a y Sunday after-1 t h e depths of t h e river. But t h e s P o t ^nICII n a d accounted lor noon swimming party h a d end- facilities for such work were tne sudden disappearance oi t n e ed I n a stark 'tragedy which crude a n d t h e workers could not t w o n?en. Additional days or shocked t h e town a s perhaps rob t h e river of its prey. searching failed to turn u p t n e o f L h a d no other. j Distant relatives of t h e two body ^ton i^rfll^ r Jud e Thomas J Littleton a n d John m e n arrived in town to await t.o n a S E . K . Bryan of WilmingSpicer Bryan had drowned news of t h e discovery of t h e " i v e d m Albemarle to ac01 1 _r, . •yd. !* u «iuw«ea . J company t h e body of his brother while swimming in the deep -bodies. Warsaw. A delegation from water about one mile below thei o n e A Local Man . . p tnin fnf1„p onrn Falls proper Littleton w a s a local m a n , the I t h e J o c a l Pythian lodge, comJ?_HIS> pioper. r ittlPtnn TTP posed of Dr. J. Clegg Hall a n d w There tr.h atho d been several /->„„ wit- swo an s °* "[•*• - U Vold. J 5He ' ,had , ! Rufus lioccoc Wrnmniviff about 20 years fr 1 1 "? Huneycutt j i ^ o ,7 _ accompanied £ £,T!J nesses to t h e drowning. One .,l v e d. •<.,. £. and t h e Body to Salisbury. It h a d th man, a n excellent swimmer,, * ^ n his mother a n d prepared inl t h e best w a y narriUnlarlv haH a crrarwlctnnrl Clerked 1H the MOffOW Brothers \ "^".AX**?*" " \ "i . , „ * * * \ vfpw nt thE J w L t nf S riPPn a n d Heath Hardware store in ? < r t l e b J the two, local underview of t h e victims of t h e deep Pnnntor and nf a cheer- takers a n d placed m a metallic Po Iai an water. Yet from t h e stories told fl°Y*h. f ™ *d Vf," ' s Pt ," b 6 e n Ccasket a By t h e group w h o witnessed it, uwle„l dI , 1 s -?P i 2 ' *-5= l "' 2 £ j ? * h ked rTvery little w a s done to save the ) __ L by everyone, drowning men Bd SWlhiers. • ™ ^ ' - " " uiuwiling men. I . swimming Set Out Merrily Rhag little trouble & T h e y h a d set out merrily for f t / p n e CO ol water J the river to , relax in the cold f d ' t h e m feel good 1 waters a n d escape for t h e time r~t m their ability. ' the ?" scorching sun. The swin\- I _ o n t h e rock, I ming place chosen w a s one L J t h e m swimming frequented only by good swim- f N o o n e h a d a n y I mers. Estimates placed t h e | L n a t w a s to come. I depth, a t from 30 to 60 feet. Only re. s w i f t l y . Littleton, venturesome swimmers would f J ahead of Bryan, I voluntarily strike out across , f reached t h e rocks such depths, especially when t h e u e { J a n d began to I current a n d n a t u r e of the L- „ noises. In t h e .The w a s swimming [ stream a t t h a t point were un- Ur ar]Ts "his face look known to them. I"knight' he w a s going What m a d e t h e young men de- t h e other side of t h e Icide to swim in t h e unknown [waters is not definite. They | to a state of alert-1 [were, —according to reports, in I toys on shore cried out I high spirits a n d especially Tom Marks, who lived in a I t o M a r k s Marks j cheerful. Tom near Marks, abin the Falls, w a s PTI fiought they were try- 1 h i m as he cabin near t h e gaged by the party to take t h e m -c1 re b a d been dowpstream h i s small boat "o t h e town boys ng aa tt t h in e ff aa k k eeby d 1 1 ftii_i ••— -just T f^y ! ^ the swimming placp' Ii d drowning (Littleton aa nn d swimming Bryan . place IjlttlPtnn rl r> > I *** rrr\ ir\+r\ nnfl^y, Tin ately prepared to go immedii n t h p i ni B « "S° = " ^into action, rie water. They asked Marks to ^disregarded bment Littleton h nearing t h e rock, M krnar-™S}y> they r e r ' " — ,» Vv. " " s " u i g i y , tney r e : aV£^l»J Q help. But h e . d i d not save > « ^ "«>• «cI -_i U rroc . marKea . IT t h a t he could wlcJr iUJS r them rnpir i l, e> struggling. thought | strength in the aevent theyin dtost pe for struggling. I thought n d were a n e ethpir r nOf I ft' m e to help him L I drowning * h r hleton. The boys shoutBryan w a s sinking too. Marks h a d intimate knowl ! for them to bring t h e edge of the river. It a n d the sur rounding hills were his; own I Both Sank r i t e r a ? ^ - Hp oe i- nht a dm ^ the k Both Sank H p L o m t i e c u r r e n t a n y times. I m i d s t of t h e shouting tovoivprf r + eems hse a n d risks lye sank under t h e sur-l about aAr, f hesitated f o r d i n g to all t h e w i t - 1 Ppi vlng t h e _tfhf«'n ? swimming neither m a n w a s - s e e n 1 RiTlhL h ffter they sank t h e f i r s t ! j u K r i ' £1 e b 0 / s h ePersisted, They R y couId 'to a l i ™ L di o f r o c k s swim S: dived vainly in hope o f ! 40 vafrif * om s h o r e about g them before they s a n k ! told thprf, +if Y Marks u n d e r t h e surface. When I were iood S-fm m e' cr So iu l d i f theyjtf reached t h e scene, he I Marf^ epeatedly, MarT.„ «w2 ' " " " " » • epeateaiy, b DIu t to no avail. J oc tland a n / «first l . S W aa mm n. t o tthhe e r rocky is- yys were gone. gone. k y iss were ^ w UDon tho r-iJt * himself Jmen in t h e group looked I* ks to rest a n d the two h watch •.another stunned. A few voun_ L „ o y s * c o m ef -o r T h e two Itfe ago t h e two boys h a d iThe rfthp^n,! *•?"* the rocks, asking and laughing with m levfdentlv ™ e m b e r s ;of t h e party i,Now they h a d vanished. Yemrfr » « . ^ cautious to at- bright afternoon lost some at this fjaxed on S P°mt, re- I grandeur. Chills s h o t _ F l l c e i ° w a t c h t h e fun l i f t h e men as t h e impact 1 them wpr« y A K ? o s s l b l y some of at had happehed hit t h e m . l i t v ^ f ^ h p d " b i o u s of t h e abil- umble of t h e Falls g r e w ! the rocks. "g m e n to ^ach "Ia"d menacing. Before i — 1.__. p a w n o r ! t h e h'inerv, s w i r l - 1 ing waters that h a d sucked r w o l of—trf'r comrades to "watery _ r
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ANTIQUE GUNS—Joe Hammill, Badin gunsmith, is shown with a part of his collection of ancient and modern firearms'which h e keeps in his basement shop. Some of his guns are of t h e old flint* lock variety. In bis hand is a n old Texas muzzle-loading "fan g u n " of the type used by western bad men a hundred years ago. He began the collection some 25 years ago a n d now h a s a group of shootin' irons t h a t is viewed by people from far a n d near. —Staff Photo—Morgan.
Joe Hammill Has Large Collection Oi Interesting Old Guns. Pistols arms of buckskin-clad warriors headed west through Indian country. Joe, likes boys. And boys like guns. That makes it ideal. When he gets home from his day's work at the machine shop in the aluminum plant or on his off-duty days, Joe finds a boy or two waiting to go with him to his work bench By Fred T. Morgan and watch him work on guns. He Kids out in Badin, especially answers their questions and exboys, like to putter around Joe plains the workings of the old guns to them. Hammill's basement shop. He understands a boy's liking Everyone knows the attraction. At least every native of Badin for a gun pretty well. When he does. Positively every boy does. himself was a boy. he made guns For to mention . guns in Badin out of old pipes and charged them brings the same thing to every- with powder and set them off. He one's mind — Joe Hammill's played with them the dangerous way. It's a wonder, he says, that basement shop. The rack of ancient firearms he 'didn't get his hands blown off which Joe began to accumulate or his eyes put out. He made toy g u n s ' out of wood and wherever some 25 years ago has been veiw- you found him you could bet ed by many people. Many of there'd be some sort of gun with them often exclaim in wonder a t him. seeing for the first time guns Mrs. Hammill says that the that were actually used in the war between the states. Particularly first picture she ever saw of her are young people fascinated by the husband was one in which he had antique guns. J. a toy pistol stuck conspiciously up Joe keeps the long guns storedj in his shirt pocket. in racks overhead in his baseHow It Started. ment. His sidearms and pistols An old muzzle loader some five of ancient vintage, more valued feet long that he discovered in a than the rest, he keeps upstairs man's attic, provided Joe with the in his home. impetus that he needed to get him People like to foundle the worn started in his search for antique guns and boys like to pull the firearms. The old gun is still his triggers and simulate the pose in most prized possession. ivhich they-imagine the guns were I t was grimy, corroded, and ired years ago by the original broken in two pieces when he wners. found it. The man practically Boys See Indians. gave it to him. He repaired the *• Turn a boy loose with one of old rifle and put it into firing fee long-bafrleled old. guns, Joe shape. Originally a fiintrock, t h e "ys, and he immediately sees an gun is ambellished with silver °Hian behind every tree or a Masonic -emblems imbedded along i*"d critter in eveVy nook and its smooth stock and it h a s cruvP^jny. In their lively imagina- ed, silver-plated "muscle rest" on ;&*)s, they live in the days when the butt of its stock to fit the upl "guns were carried under the per arm. Joe thinks it may have
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been specially built for a soldier, probably an officer, during the Civil war. During World War ,11, an old army officer who came to Badin to coach the volunteer guards on the homefront, went to see Joe's guns. He deciphered many of the emblems on the old guns for Joe and tried to buy it, offering many times the worth of the gun, but Joe would not part with it. He has one double-barreled muzzle-loading shotgun which belonged to a doctor in Davidson county. He knows but little of it's history. On the gun are the words "Harper's F e r r y —1833." Over the letters U. S. on the barrel, is a tiny engraved eagle. Originally a flintlock, the firing mechanism has been converted by unknown gunsmith to the percussion cap style. One piece in the collection has Page 9 the inscription "Waffenfabrink— Bern—M-78" on its barrel. There's an old-time powder horn with a exclu-1 house. Start talking guns with tiny wooden peg in the small end ays. him and you'll find him an ihterhanging near the gun. He has ;n seri- esting conversationalist. one ancient firearm which was the personal hunting weapon of ikering ^^^^^^^™ the late Jesse Smith of Stanly •nearly | county. out of Curvked Stock. a gun One of his old guns has a slight ttiarged j curve in its walnut stock so that ill in a when it is brought up to t h e f work 1 shoulder the eyes of t h e person I What are automatically focused down b just the barrel. Evidently much at- p. He tention was paid to the finer details of structures t h a t went into j in his the manufacture of a fine gun a lething hundred years ago. A 32-caliber rimfire rifle in his- |pf his possession once belonged to Dolphus Shaver of the Stony Hill church community. It'was one of the first type of shell guns manufactured. He has a sprinkle of
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Central School Janitor, Ernest May, Has Been On lob 41 Years By Fred T. Morgan At the last assembly program of the students of the Central Elementary school before the Christmas holiday vacation last year, a neat colored man dressed in clean overalls and with cap in hand, stood on the stage before hundreds of young eyes. He had just been presented a substantial sum of money, made up entirely of pennies, nickles, and dimes that were given by every child in the school. Over tire big auditorium every child waited quietly to hear his .words. Here and there a teacher was smiling. The features of his face were â&#x20AC;˘clear and steady-looking, but not harsh. His voice was firm, pleasant, and unfaltering. "I thank you," he had said when presented with the gift. Then he turned to face the audience and continued. "You've all been good to me. If I've ever had a cross word with any of you children or teachers since I've been here, I don't know it. You've been mighty good to me." He vanished from the stage and the children applauded. Ernest was tickled and glad, they said to one another. The teachers looked wistfully after him for they knew the emotion that surged inside him. Each year at the Christmas season, much the same procedure takes place. It is one way the school as a whole can make tangible its appreciation for its efficient and enduring janitor. Janitor 41 Years For almost 41 years now
ERNEST MAY Ernest and the Central Elementary school have been synonymous. One immediately brings to mind the other. And he's more than just a janitor. He's a councelor, advisor, arbitrator, and guide. In fact, he is said to be one of the very foundations of the school, a stay, and a landmark. He came to work for the school on August 15, 1911, when he was about. 19 years old. One 8-room structure, to which all tire city .children came, comprised the school. With the exception of the Wiscassett school, it was the only school in town. They had no facilities at all. One of Ernest's main duties was to carry two buckets of drinking water from Ed Snugg's well to the school three times a day. He poured the water into a tin tub and the children used tin cups to drink. Two drinking fountains were installed in 1912. In winter the buildings were heated with fireplaces and wood heaters and it was Ernest's job to keep them fired up. Lated a
heating system was installed but it did not work well. At that time the school hours were from 8:30 to 3:15. only seven teachers taught in the school and the children numbered less than 200. Only three were graduated the first year that Ernest worked. Ern'est was born on March 2, 1892, near New London. His father was the late Will May from the western part of the state and his mother was the former Miss^Ida Miller of Montgomery county. When about one year old, Ernest was taken to Albemarle where he "grew up in the backyard of Mista Sid Hearne." Ernest has one deceased brother and a sister that he hasn't seen since 1908. The closest relative he has in Albemarle is a second cousin. In 1920, Ernest was married to the former Miss Camelia Douglas of Chester county, S. C. They live at the corner of Gibson and Morrow avenue. , Scarcely Went To School Ironically, Ernest scarcely went to school a day when he was young. The knowledge that he has was gotten the hard way, by experience and by listening and remembering. For the last 40 years, however, he has come to school more persistently than most children and, though not a student, he has learned much. He gains the respect and Confidence of the children almost from the first grade. They learn to depend on Ernest and he never fails them. When he speaks to them they are attentive and when he corrects one, it is a lesson never forgotten. The teachers say that Ernest has better control and can instill more discipline among the children than any one of them. He is gifted at it, they say. Each year when a new crop of children come into the first grade Ernest looks them over to see if they resemble anyone he knows. He can single them out saying "I'll bet you're the son of so and so," or the grandson of such and such a person. He is unerringly right, too. That Ernest is aware of what goes on around the school is obvious. He is not without sympathy and commiseration for another's saddness. The father of one of the teacher's died many years ago and early next morning when a member of the family went out to get the morning paper, there at the door lay a sympathy card from Ernest and Camelia. Building Burned. One day in 1920 the roof of the school building caught fire. As soon as it was discovered Ernest ran and rang the bell then he hurried from room to room quietly telling the teachers to line up their children and march outside. There was no disorder and no one was hurt. Many did not know what was up until they were safely outside the building. The building was destroyed and only the walls were left standing. Visitors to the Central Elementary school often remark about the cleanliness of the grounds, the spotless floors, and! the dustless desks and tables. | There are no waste baskets running over, scratched up walls, or dingy windows. The bathrooms are kept immalculate at all times and the cafeteria floors shine from regular scrubbings. Ernest takes particular pride in his work and nothing short of the best is good enough. He takes
a great personal interest in caring for the building and their occupants as if they belonged to him. And after devoting thel major portion of his life to them, he feels as if they- do belong to him. Every afternoon before leaving, he never fails to check the buildings to see that every window is down and every door secured. Twenty-one class rooms, two offices, three bathrooms, a big auditorium, a library, and several halls and stairways are to be gone over daily by Ernest in addition to the grounds, tending the heating system, and numerous other duties. The old school bell that he used to ring was discontinued about eight years ago and an electrical system installed should he happen to see a teacher or a pupil coming away down the street when he rang the bell fori school to begin, he would continue the ringing until they ar- j rived so they would not be counted tardy. Duties Increase As each year passes, Ernest says his duties increase in some measure. But he welcomes new work. He is constanly seeking new things to do in order to; make himself more useful to the school. A maid, Miss Hazel i Gaddy, was employed by the school about ten years ago and she has charge of the care of a ! certain part of the buildings. During his 40 years at the school Ernest has been ill and I unable to be one his job onlyj twice. And then only for short1I periods. On rare occasions ha gets off for half a day to atÂŁ) tend a funeral. So many y e a ÂŁ | have passed since he has miss a day's work that he does^ recall when he was last abse People wonder how he k at the job so steadfastly thro these many years. He says t he has worked hard at his and left alone those things did not concern him. And he likes to be around child though he has none of his Ernest says he's too old no think of taking up any work and that he will polishing the floors and b ing down cobwebs and t care of "his" school as long 4 is able.
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Charlotte highway. Railroads By Fred T. Morgan and electricity were almost unBy FRED T. MORGAN plants and uses special azalea heard of. Machines of any kind "Uncle Pink" Boone, a familiar were the exception and most of oldster to the people in the Saturday about noon the City plant food as a fertilizer. A potthese were found in the blackBarbee's Grove church communiEditor scratched the bald spot ted azalea-plant that he purchassmith shop. ty, recently stepped across the on his head, leaned back in his ed from Mrs. Peck in Albemarla him off in the azalea threshold of his nintieth birthr chair, and looked over at me. started Married In 1899 growing. day. "Hh-mm, it's getting azalea Uncle Pink was married in Pittman Garden. Somewhere along those 90 April, 1899, at the age of 37, to | j time, Isn't it?" At the other end of the apartI could see the next words years the exact date of his birth Abbegail Aldridge of Anson house on Maple street R. got tangled *up and his memory county. They had five children, j shaping up in his head before ment K. Pittman has a no less imhe spoke. does not reach back that far. four of whom are living. Prespressive azalea garden around "Get out and get me up some Back then there were no records ently Uncle Pink lives with his his home. As a whole, his bushinformation about azaleas for in the county or laws which daughter, Mrs. Lee Burgess on are older than Mr. Watson's stated that every birth must be the hilltop right behind Barbee's i Monday's Issue. ' There ought to es be a lot of them through this and have magnificent shades of recorded. Some members of the Grove Baptist church. He has red blossoms. Mr. Pittman also Bsection." family might set the date down I sixteen grandchildren and four; I mumbled something about operates a nursery behind the on a piece of paper or in the great-grandchildren. my incompetency for the job, but theatre in Badin where he keeps family Bible. Sometimes they He moved to the place where he did, but most often they did not. was already busy at his type- all sizes of azaleas in readiness he now lives in 1915 and has | writer and it failed to reg- for people who wish to set them He was born in 1862. Either been a member of the church I ister onagain out. In addition to the azaleas, him. it was on January 31, or on Febthere since about that time. A he has many other types of flow-l Hardly knowing an azalea from ruary 29 of that year. He says lot of pastors have come and | a hyssop, I drove over to the ers and shrubs, but none excell that he has traced back and gone in the church since he has gardens where the them. that 1862 was not a leap .year. been there. It was first organ- I Rockknoll (hillsides around the rockbound Mr. 1>ittman and Mr. Watson Somewhere among the old paized with services held in an old | streams were a blaze crimson. have known each other since pers) in his home is one which brush arbor, he recalls. The At their peak in of color, the childhood. They came to Badin has his birth marked as January present building was erected in azaleas, ranging from, a light the same time, each owns his 31, 1862. He rather thinks that is 1910. Uncle Pink has a special purple to a dark red, stood out home in the opposite ends of the correct. He doesn't think he is place in the church where he in sharp contrast to the green apartment house, and each owns so unusual as to have been born sits every Sunday morning. He foliage of the many shrubs and an azalea flower garden which: on February 29. He says he has sat in that same place as [trees throughout is unsurpassed by any other in the garden. likes to have birthdays more long as many of his young town. Along a graveled pathway, than every four years. friends can remember. A few blocks away, Tom __or- j strewn on either side with multiRegardless of which month it Uncle Pink has two sisters and farious pansies and tulips, the gan has a young nursery which | Was, 90 summers have passed one brother living. None of them {visitor comes to the brink of a is rapidly approaching in promi-1 since he first saw the light of are exactly babies, he says since picturesque little valley prowled nenca the gardens of the twol day in an old farm house, near the youngest is 72. throughout its length by a mean* men. He has many azaleas lnj St. Martin's Lutheran church. He occasionally, walks to Aqua- dering stream. Flowering trees, full bloom as well as other flow-1 His parents were William Boone STILL SPLITS PILES OF WOOD ering shrubs and his young nurand Mary Smith Boone. His dad —Uncle Pink Boone stands be- dale to see his brother George [Shrubs, and plants dot the green sery is another beauty spot In} and from there he sometimes (valley like the stars that sprfn- the town was born in Alamance county side his chopping block, axe in of Badin. but came to Stanly at an early hand, a mighty sturdy and lights out on down the road to Ikle the sky on a black night. Mrs. Odessa Morgan Snuggs age. His parents moved to a erect figure fox his 90 years. Cottonville to visit his sister, |Most noticeable are the azaleas, has a quaint little garden be|fc't their height in glory, and refarm near Smith's Grove church He works regularly in spite of Mrs. Adam Farmer. hind a white picket fence on WilThe three-mile walk from his tblete with showers of lovely and son when he was about eight years his advanced age and is a fastreet in Albemarle. Though old and he was reared in that miliar figure in the Barbee's home to Oakboro he counts as [fragile-looking blossoms. she doesn't have many azaleas, just limbering up exercise. He community. •£«:•••' Rock Garden. Grove community and the and the few that she has are church which he attends regu- averages making the trip about ': Down on the hillside, which is only three years old, the dark red Worked In Fields once a week. He has another traversed by rock-bordered path- blossoms behind her fence are Neighborhood schools were larly. —Staff Photo—Morgan. that lives near Oakboro. ways, lies a small plot of ground very attractive. She finds that mighty hard to find in his boy- the privilege of attending School Isister Since the Aquadale jaunt is so tended exclusively by Mrs. Mar- the dark red dwarf azalea thrives hood and he says he never had or getting the education that he! hilly, he says he prefers to make shall Herrin. Sheltered by na- better for her than other variewanted. Most of his' time was the Oakboro trip more often, tive rocks rising from the hill- ties. spent in the fields or woods In all his 90 years Uncle Pink side and enriched by the nearby from dawn to dusk. He was the has never been out of the state, stream, it contains some of the Those who journey afar to the third in a family of fourteen Once he spent about an hour at most exquisitely beautiful flow- famous azalea gardens at Charchildren. the coast in the year 1925 and ers to be found in Stanly coun- leston and Wilmington might do well to seek out the beauty spots In his- early rememberances of he has been as far west as Bi Mrs. Herrin is justifiably in our own county. The county proud of her little garden withthe country there were few Hendersonville. He has never has a good start toward achievroads, churches, or landmarks as ridden on a train or seen a pict- in a garden, for it contains rare ing some reputation for its beauwe know them today. Most of ure show and he doesn't think beauty. aZaleas. In addition to the The azaleas, though young in tiful the land was in woods and un- very highly of television. "Green and other titles,dergrowth. In fact, his memory age, appear to be well adapted it could County" Rode In Plane well become as goes back to the time when the to the climate and soil of the gar- the Azalea Center of known the PiedHe did take one airplane ride don. sigh of a buggy or wagon was and Heavily mulched, they range liked it immensely. The i n s^ze from tiny settings to huge mont section of the state. a rarity. Folks just plain walk- country very pretty from bushes higher than a person's ed or rode horseback wherever up in thelooks blue, he says, and he head. When the young azaleas irit least they wanted to go. like he would like to go mature The mail service was irregular talks in bloom and color, they]P n U P and was carried around on foot up higher in a larger plane. will cover the hillsides and make On the farm where he lives, the valley one of freshness and {whiteor by horseback. Later buggies Uncle Pink helps with most of beauty that will be a treat to the j green came into use and it was a jvith a proud family that could ride in the work. He helps in the feed- fcyes. a big fringe-topped surry. I ing, works in the vegetable In a perfect setting and with blorful Albemarle, on his first re- j garden, picks cotton, and splits plenty of space for expansion, he has membered visit, boasted of two mountains of stove wood. For the Rockknoll gardens have great leas in stores and two saloons and an the past ten years he says his potentialities in regard to growth I them old wooden court house. There health has been just as good as in beauty and resplendence. Al- diffiwas a public well near the it was when he was a young ready visited by many people, l them. square at which horses could be man. He can see and hear good, the m e gardens garuens are becoming Becoming oone n e of OI P eS " ?® watered and hitching posts near- eat well, and has a vigorous] the most popular beauty spots in p a t t(1,e by. The towns of Aquadale, voice to match his stature. .this section. |Jt WilOakboro, and Stanfield were |-imi(nui, xi, o., are wirnout. It A man of strong religious connon-existent. On a trip to Big victions, Uncle Pink condemns has the dignified name "PouLick when he was a kid, he re- many of the practices of the khamensis". members only one store there modern world. *"He says people Through his 12 years in develrun by Billy Morton. oping the garden to its present are living too much for secular beauty, Mr. Watson has found Bridges were almost unheard things and are worshiping false that certain varieties of azaleas lof in his day. What streams Gods. thrive much better than others. that were not fordable had to Agile and affable, Uncle Pink He does his own rooting of the be crossed by ferry. The .first g o e g about his daily tasks there bridge he remembers was what o n the farm unhurriedly, just was known as the old "Burns biding his time. He says that j Bridge" on Big Bear creek some he's thankfuPto be able to work distance north of the present ] a n d h e wants his last days to be busy days, filled with work. There's strenght and inspiration to be gained by a talk with I' Uncle Pink. And he likes to I talk. Stop by Barbee's Grove 1 and pay him a visit.
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Uncle Pink Boone Still Works In Spite Of His Ninety Years J By Fred T. Morgan
"Uncle Pink" Boone, a familiar oldster to the people in the Barbee's Grove church community, recently stepped across t h e threshold of his nintieth birthday. Somewhere along those 90 years t h e exact date of his birth got tangled -up and his memory does not reach back t h a t far. Back then there were no records in the county or laws which stated t h a t every birth m u s t be recorded. Some members of the family m i g h t set the date down on a piece of paper or in the family Bible. Sometimes they did, b u t most often they did not. He w a s born in 1862. Either it w a s on January 31, or on February 29 of t h a t year. He says t h a t h e h a s traced back and t h a t 1862 w a s not a leap .year. Somewhere among the old papers in his home is one which h a s his birth marked as January 31, 1862. He rather thinks t h a t is correct. He doesn't think he is so unusual as to have been born on February 29. He says he likes to have birthdays more t h a n every four years. Regardless of which month it Was, 90 summers have passed since he first saw the light of day in an old farm house/near St. Martin's Lutheran church. His parents were William Boone STILL SPLITS PILES OF WOOD and Mary Smith Boone. His dad —Uncle Pink Boone stands bew a s born in Alamance county side his chopping block, axe in b u t came to Stanly at an early hand, a mighty sturdy a n d age. His parents moved to a erect figure for his 90 years. farm near Smith's Grove church He works regularly in spite of when he was about eight years his advanced age and is a faold and he was reared in t h a t miliar figure in the Barbee's community. £"'•••', Grove community, a n d the Worked In Fields church which he attends reguNeighborhood schools were larly. —Staff Photo—Morgan. mighty hard to find in his boyhood and he says he never had the privilege of attending school or getting the education t h a t he wanted. Most of his" time was spent in the fields or woods from dawn to dusk. He was the third in a family of fourteen children. In his early rememberances of the country there were few roads, churches, or landmarks as we know them today. Most of the land was in woods and undergrowth. In fact, his memory goes back to the time when the sigh of a buggy or wagon was a rarity. Folks just plain walked or rode horseback wherever they wanted to go. The mail service was irregular and was carried around on foot or by horseback. Later buggies came into use and it w a s a proud family t h a t could ride in a big fringe-topped surry. Albemarle, on his first remembered visit, boasted of two stores and two saloons and an old wooden court house. There was a public well near the square at which horses could be watered and hitching posts nearby. The towns of Aquadaie, Oakboro, and Stanfield were non-existent. On a trip to Big Lick when he w a s a kid, he remembers only one store there run by Billy Morton. Bridges were almost unheard of in his day. What streams [that were not fordable h a d to be crossed by ferry. The . first bridge he remembers was w h a t was known as the old "Burris Bridge" on Big Bear creek some distance north of the present
Charlotte highway. Railroads and electricity were almost unheard of. Machines of any kind were the exception and most of these were found in the blacksmith shop. Married In 1899 Uncle Pink w a s married in April, 1899, at the age of 37, to Abbegail Aldridge of Anson county. They had five children, four of whom are living. Presently Uncle Pink lives with his daughter, Mrs. Lee Burgess on the hilltop right behind Barbee's Grove Baptist church. He has sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He moved to the place where he now lives in 1915 and has been a member of the church there since about that time. A lot of pastors have come and gone in the church since he h a s been there. It was first organized with services held in an old brush arbor, he recalls. The present building was erected in 1910. Uncle Pink h a s a special I place in the church where he sits every Sunday morning. He has sat in t h a t same place as long as many of his young friends can remember. Uncle Pink has two sisters and one brother living. None of them are exactly babies, he says since the youngest is 72. He occasionally, walks to Aquadale to see his brother George and from there he sometimes lights out on down the road to Cotton ville to visit his sister, Mrs. Adam Farmer. The three-mile walk from his home to Oakboro he counts as just limbering up exercise. He averages making the trip about once a week. He has another sister that lives near Oakboro. Since the Aquadale j a u n t is so hilly, he says he prefers to m a k e the Oakboro trip more often. In all his 90 years Uncle Pink has never been out of the state. OnCe he spent about an hour at the coast in the year 1925 and he has been as far west as Hendersonville. He has never ridden on a train or seen a picture show and he doesn't think very highly of television. Rode In Plane He did take one airplane ride and liked it immensely. The country looks very pretty from up in the blue, he says, and he talks like he would like to go up higher in a larger plane. On t h e farm where he lives, Uncle Pink helps with most of the work. He helps in the feeding, works in the vegetable garden, picks cotton, and splits mountains of stove wood. For the p a s t ' ten years he says his health has been just as good as-l it was when he was a young man. He can see and hear good, eat well, and h a s a vigorous voice to match his stature. A m a n of strong religious convictions, Uncle Pink condemns m a n y of the practices of t h e modei;n world. '"He says people are living too much for secular things and are worshiping false Gods. Agile and affable, Uncle Pink goes about his daily tasks there on the farm- unhurriedly, just biding his time. He says t h a t he's thankful' to be able to work and he wants his last days to be busy days, filled with work. There's strenght and inspiration to be gained by a talk with Uncle Pink. And he likes to talk. Stop by Barbee's Grove and pay him a visit.
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Watson Garden. At the corner of the Falls road and Maple street in Badin, O. G. Wiatson undeniably h a s a s beautiful a flower garden around his home as can be found in Stanly county at this time of year. His azaleas, big and healthy and in full bloom, provide such spectacular beauty t h a t the visitor wishes he could grasp the garden in his h a n d to preserve I and take with him to gaze upon whenever he so desires. At least I it m a d e such an impression up! on me. , Enclosed behind a low whitewashed fence, the velvety green lawn is largely covered with a j wide assortment of colorful azaleas. Mr. Watson says he h a s around 60 varieties of azaleas in his garden, but some of them I are so similar t h a t it is difficult to distinguish between them. He h a s several white bushes. He even h a s one variety t h a t the ]famed Azalea Gardens at Wilmington, N. C, are without. It h a s the dignified n a m e "Poukhamensis". Through his 12 years in developing t h e garden to its present beauty, Mr. Watson h a s found t h a t certain varieties of azaleas | thrive much better t h a n others. He does his own rooting of the
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Tendered 2nd Degree Guilt Plea Huge Crowd Jammed Court Room For Trial Here Tuesday Morning. By FRED T. MORGAN The trial of Matthew Baxter Huneycutt, charged with the hammer slaying of his wife on November 28, 1951, came to an end about 11:30 Tuesday morning when the defendant, having pled guilty through his attorneys to second degree murder, was sentenced by Judge Zeb V. Nettles to a term of not less than ALBEMARLE, N. C. ——" "•" — « - n u u i n u i i c a s man , 27 years and not over 30 years ? in the state penitentary. r— cem » Beginning shortly. after 9:30 wer was evasive. m Ho Wj" definl before a jammed courVroom, the id-If he had ever a o e Tne trial progressed rapidly to the [ement that Huneycutt was h i s I climax with a number of wit-Bf to be a widower one_oi faull nesses being introduced by ii-aaea u u u g irurouucea oy Iboth *e days. He saw ne D« or r n i tthe h e prosecution Drospcntinn nnH " *r and tha the w_*o-_» defense. /ember it if he had. Every available seat was oc- i questioned repeatedly about cupied long before the court murder weapon and about nis opened and on lookers lined the nection with the evidences 0 rear of the room and crowded liquor equipment f o u n d . " premises. Asked if he h a d into every door. Both flights of improper relations with stairs leading up to the court fr had — s. Huneycutt, heatroom from the front were re- s. H*M~#*«"< h"e Treplied l ported filled with late-comers K : that he had not. who were eager to get some word t» denied vehemently that he of the proceedings. a ever been injMeted on a Plea Accepted \ktte of rape in Cabarrus coun_r*j A l t v » » — —— The plea of guilty op murder uT in 1939. 1939. He He denied denied shooting shooting in the second degree having been ' the •* - Whitley • «-"•'•»-*man ««•» near «»•*• Frog 1 accepted by the prosecutor, no >nd. When the question of the time was taken up by the se- looting of his I*®**'!*1?™ lection of a jury and the testi- ime up he said he had been mony of the witnesses began im- (reed to do it. mediately. i Throughout his testimony BurSheriff Herrin was called to the ls stated that he had little stand and asked to describe the nowledge of what went on at murder scene when he first visit- he Huneycutt household-, and ed the house. He said he had re- hat their business did not conceived the report about 9:45 on the night of the 28th. Picking up Brady Burris, who had reported the crime, he went to the Huneycutt home where he found Mrs. Huneycutt, nude from the waist down, lying on the back porch with one foot under the ice box and her shoulder resting against a rain barrel beside the porch. Her head, body, and legs were blood - caked and numerous gashes and lacerations were evident. He found a deep wound in her abdomen and a soft place in the back of her head which an autopsy revealed had been made by a ham lmer or similar instrument. (Continued on Page 8-A) lUl uu uu rr :: ii
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acted a b n o r m a l l y . ^ ^ ' Doctor's Testimony Dr. Summerville of Charlotte next took thei stand and ^ Jhat h# hMrs. e had « ^ " e d . T at H aHartseus rtsel?s Huneycutt Funeral home about J P ^ » « ? vember 29, 1951,. and had found innumerable bruises and tacwatione about her body, including an ugly abraison on the.upper thigh of one leg. He said _that her skull hhd not b ^ n fractured, but that numerous brain hernor 'rhages had resulted. He said S e r e was a ten-inch wound te her abdomen. Asked what m his estimation had «* u " ed l ,! l *I death, he replied that.the head injuries had caused it. Asked what had caused the *briasion on her thigh, he said that probably a rough knife or some instrument of that type had caused it.
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Hie next witness presented by the prosecution was S. J. Overcash, a city policeman of ttie city of Concord. «Mr. Overcash had stopped the work hue upon which Huneycutt was returning from work about 11:20 on the night of the 28th to advise him of his wife's death. »He called Huneycutt out of the bus and informed him that his wife had been killed. He said that Huneycutt made no reply and registered no emotion whatever. He repeated the words and said that Huneycutt still showed no signs that he had heard with the exception that he did swallow once. Deputy Sheriff Jesse M. Morton took the stand and was asked to describe his meeting with Huneycutt when the work bus stopped at Locust. He said that when Huneycutt dismounted he called to him and told him that he wanted to talk to him a momen' Then he said that Huneycutth* called to a cousin, Raymfw Huneycutt, who had d i s m o u n t from the bus ahead of him *?v requested that he put up M for him. Mr. Morton askecL what he had done t h a t " ' i p him want bond, but Hunj L did not answer.' Mr. Mortce that he had not reveal^, reason for his presence iff* , til after Huneycutt h a d K - UDAY; A P E I L 4,' 1952 ed bond of his cousin. _V:fp ed Huneycutt if he andj? u had quarreled and h e f v a n ' • f r o m , i n * man who wduld. Later he admitted he r v • the life of his own wife ped her. ike recommended that HuneyI be taken out of dwrUlMlon Burris On Stan, Brady Burris wase caJ vto the h now oh. Tzj&t'" stand. He said he h^ v# cjuj tt $t '£s | adge - N e t t l e s - » r i e ^ : - S £ ^ I case and said he tfcou*ht_fs the tenant house on M F yo^nintih, s ("case farm for about five o* ™ ° o Ipse was wise in entering-n farm for ahnnt «,,„ ^ m o n t fh sr e a s e wiu and drove H u n e y c u f C " ^ - ; Df guilty in .the second J | and that the state Wis hhn. Asked what hif ^H"eJ j j j d was, Burris was vagi , 1* i'toacceDthTSt'it. He'e^nm*that Mrs. H u n e y c u t t ^ i » S c £ l * E t h ^ f e e - f o l d p u r p o s ^ f panied them on thf ay wiore . saidthat thttewis the killing. After # n gs nHuney £ u b t i n h i | m i n d but thstflge cutt to eatch the os e to' get * t ndant tfte , - _ x was . . . . . ^guilty —,,tltv of nf the with him to <^boro ndant^w^ fc gone a set of batteneslOn *^f cr ,a*i Uitely-should-not be loose she told him t h a f e r ^ X "society & . - « _ _ _ . prewas very jealous Ind that,&.<? sentence. he went iced the was afraid. That fight he went used J h C after Huneycutt, brought him neycutj, home and went i/side .for a mo- dressed
(Continued -lrom page one* A blood spattered hammer was found lying on a table near the porcrr'aMd puddles of blood had dr/pped off the porch on tile ground. Blood stains were found in the bedroom and one place looked as if it had been wiped up. The body, according to the sheriff was cold and rather stiff when he examined it. On a photo of the scene, the sheriff pointed out to Judge Nettles where the body had laih and other details of the crime. Clothing Shown The sheriff was asked to display to the court the articles he had obtained relative to the crime. All the articles displayed had been sent to the P J B I m Washington for examination and the sheriff unwrapped them just as they had been returned to him. First was an overall jacket which had been worn by Mrs. Huneycutt It contained blood spots. The overalls and shirt that Huneycutt had been wearing at the time of his arrest were displayed. Both contained spots of blood which had been marked by the F.B.I, in Washington. Huneycutt's shoes, each with blood stains on the leather and mud particles were shown. A homemade hammer which the sheriff held up next brought shudders from the • spectators. Believed to have been the murder weapon, it contained human blood stains. Confronting Huneycutt later that night, the sheriff said he at first denied that he and his wife had quarreled. Then he admitted, that they had quarreled and that he had slapped her. Asked if the hammer belonged to him, he would make no state- said tnat Mrs. nuneycuu. ^ times. There was hae ment. Taken to the funeral home to view his wife's mangled Next said morning i b ^came t ^ atoi wt rf^^n ^^ e^ s ge nSd eSe &W^ , V body, he was watched closely Burris Huneycutt p g^ but no signs of any emotion his house and wanted him to help cfed a ^ H : ^ s q S u b l o c k . ie registered upon his face. round up the loose hogs, T .,•... aback towartftne cell OIOCK. The sheriff held Brady Burris in the morning he again came to fj "~ and quizzzed him about the Burris' house with a single barrel I a crime. Burirs lived in a tenant shotgun in his hand and said 11 house a few hundred yards from the hogs were out again and that | ] the Huneycutt home. He drove his patience with * them was for Huneycutt who had had his wearing thin. license revoked for drunken drivHere the defense interrupted ing, and carried him to and from and asked Burris if he thought Locust to catch the work bus for that Huneycutt intended to use Concord where he worked in the the shotgun on him. Burris said Locke mill. he didn't know. Quoting what Burris had told They went to Oakboro and him, the sheriff said that Bur- returned and Burris said he ris said he had been summoned heard Huneycutt twice tell his to the Huneycutt home early on Wife to get up and cook dinner. the morning of the 28th to help He said he heard no sounds of a round up some loose hogs. They quarrel or fight. penned up the hogs and Burris After dinner he went back to went back to his home. Later take Huneycutt to work and went in the morning Huneycutt again inside and saw Mrs, Huneycutt came after him as the swine had on the floor. She was bloody and broken out of the pen again. did not move. He said HuneyAfter repairing the fence, Huney- cutt said she was drunk. He cutt wanted Burns to drive him said Huneycutt dragged her out to Oakboro. Burris said that he on the back porch. They left for had seen Mrs. Huneycutt while work earlier than usual. Burris they were working with the hogs. said that Huneycutt wanted to He had also seen the hammer in get a shave. Returning from Huneycutt's possession. Locust, he parked the car in Called Wife the usual place at the HuneyReturning from Oakboro, Bur- cutt home and went home withris heard Huneycutt call his out seeing Mrs. Huneycutt He said it was after dark when wife twice to get up and get dinner for him. Burris said he he returned. He saw a light and left without hearing any coin- knew the two Huneycutt children motion other than what a man were at home. He asked them would normally make walking to call their mother. They said over the floor. Coming back to they couldn't wake her. Huneycutt's home after dinner The defense asked him Why to take him to work, he went in- he didn't see about the condition side and saw Mrs. Huneycutt ly- of Mrs. Huneycutt instead of asking on the floor with blood on ing the children to do so. His
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STANLY NEWS AND PRESS. ALBEMARLE, N. C. her face. Huneycutt asked him answer was evasive. He was to help pur her in the bed so asked if he had ever made the she wouldn't freeze. Then he statement that Huneycutt was told the sheriff that he saw going to be a widower one of Huneycutt take Iter arms and these days. He said he didn't drag her out on the back porch remember it if he had. Burris in the sunshine, a distance of was questioned repeatedly about the murder weapon and about his about 20 feet. with the evidences After that, they left to take connection liquor equipment found on Huneycutt to work. They left of premises. Asked if he had earlier than usual because his ever had improper relations with Huneycutt said that he wanted Mrs. he replied heatto go by and get a shave before edly Huneycutt, that he had not. the bus left. Returning home, Burris went to bed and slept-un- He denied vehemently that he til late that afternoon. Arising, had ever been indicted on a he went to the Huneycutt home charge of rape in Cabarrus counand asked Huneycutt's two little ty in 1939. He denied shooting girls who had returned from\ at the-Whitley man near Frog school if their mother was there. Pond. When the question of the They replied that she was asleep shooting of his father-in-law on the back porch. Burris said came up he said he had been that she was dead. forced to do it. The sheriff was asked if Bur- Throughout his testimony Burris did not have somewhat of a ris stated that he had little bad reputation for manufactur- knowledge of what went on at ing liquor. He said that he had the Huneycutt household and heard reports to that effect. He that their business did not consaid that he had found a quantity of mash in the woods behind Burris' home and found evidence that a still had been kept in the barn near the house where Bursts lived. Prying into the character of Burris while the sheriff was still on the stand, the defense asked If the sheriff knew that Burris had at one time shot his father-In law, Jack Harris, and had taken a pot shot at a man by the name •of Whitley near Frog Pond. Also if Burris had not been indicted orV a charge of assault with intent to commit rape in Cabarrus county. It was also mentioned that Burris was known to have spells under the influence of which he acted abnormally. Doctor's Testimony Dr. Summerville of Charlotte next took the stand and said that he had examined the body of Mrs. Huneycutt at Hartsell's Funeral home about 1 p.m., November 39, 1951, and had found innumerable bruises and lacerations about her body, including an ugly abraison on the upper thigh of one leg. He said that her skull had not been fractured, but that numerous brain hemorrhages had resulted. He said there was a ten-inch wound to her abdomen. Asked what in his estimation had caused her death, he replied that the head injuries had caused it. Asked what had- caused the abriasion on her thigh, he said that probably a rough knife or some instrument of that type had caused it.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4,' 1952 cern him at all. He was indefinite about many things and his memory seemed unusually faulty. Alcohol Test Dr. Summerville was recalled to the stand and asked if he did not analyze Mrs. Huneycutt's blood for alcoholic content. He replied that his blood test showed that. her blood contained some alcohol, but not enough to produce intoxication. Sheriff Herrin was recalled as a witness and asked If it had not been reported to him that a yellow topped taxi cab had been seen in vicinity of -Huneycutt's home on the 28th. The sheriff replied that he had received a report to this effect and that he understood Burris' brother had operated the cab. The defense called Louis Lentz, departmental superintendent of the Locke mills in Concord, who testified that the* defendant had worked a full 8-hour shift on
the night of the 28th. Huneycutt had worked under him for 10 to 12 years and made a good hand, he said. He remembered no difference in the demeanor of the defendant that night. Mrs. Eliza Medlin, the last witness called to the stand,, said she had worked in the mill near Huneycutt fdr several years and that he "did work on the night of November 28. The deferifee, headed by G. Hobart Morton, summed up its case and importuned mitigation by the judge o n behalf of the defendant and his children. , Attorney R. L. Brown, speaking in summation fOr the prosecution,, said the crime was one of the most 'gruesome ever com: mitted in Stanly county. The fact that the defendant had consistently failed to register any emotion in regard to -his horrible deed proved his cold-blooded nature, he said. He said that the members of the family were not
safe from the man what.would. take the J*e%>f his owrJ.*.!*rilje and he recommended that Huneycutt be taken out of circulation from now oh.".." .. ". <•• , % r Judge -Nettles briefly revised the case and said he thought th« defense was wise in entering-a plea of guilty in the second degree and that the state i n s wise in accepting it. He enumerated the three-fold purpoSeseof the laws and said that there was no doubt in his mind but that the defendant was guilty of the crime. Men of his type,, he said, definitely should not be loose upon society. He then, pronounced the sentence. £-.>. ...'*-. Huneycutt, haggard - looking and dressed in a white shirt, occasionally whispered in the ear of -his attorney and appeared jumpy at times. There was toe discernible difference in his conduct when the sentence was. pronounced and he was quickly escorted back toward the cell block.
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Stanly County Has Earned Right To Title Of The Green County' By FRED T. MORGAN Stanly county has proven itself worthy of the title of the "Green County." Each fall more and more hundreds of acres of Stanly farmland are seeded in permanent pasture which provides year-round grazing for an increasing number of dairy and beef cattle as well as sheep and swine. On a drive through the county in any direction, the motorist will see wide expenses of lush pasture land upon which scattering herds of fat cattle graze. The herds, of various breeds and stock range in size from a few head up into the scores. -;^*r_ In many sections of the county now, farmers are being referred to as "cattlemen" and thought of as being sound business men instead of the old one-horse, onecrop, hit-or-miss farmer of two decades ago. Virtually every Stanly farmer today realizes, the value of diversified argiculture. More and more they a r e ' wisely planning farm programs and investing in new
and proven methods which assure income 12 months out of the year instead of seasonal income. Wide improvements in every field of farm endeavor have made farm life more attractive to the young people and many Stanly county young men and women are irrevocably attached to the farm and are making heroic strides in bringing agriculture to its righful place at the forefront of all industries. Little more than half a dozen years ago, Stanly was just an ordinary county in regard to agriculture. Although there were agencies for counsel and consultation by the farmer, no special programs were underway for the allaround betterment of farming conditions. There was no live enthusiasm among the rural population. Conservative-minded, the farm people stuck to the same old handed-down, one-tract and grossly unprofitable methods of eking a living out of the soil. Leadership was needed. Dynamic and forceful leadership. I t came in the form of new county agents who have surveyed the agricultural situation and seen great potentialities. Farmers came to know the meaning of balanced agricultures Far-reaching and multipurpose programs were initiated. A desire for better living conditions and more expedient means of earning a living from the soil circulated among the rural population of t h e county. It was the will of the people that progress should be aroused a n d eager, t h e profited by wise guidance, by cooperative spirit, by meetings, and by experience. Determination was uppermost in their minds. Results were forthcoming.
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ALBEMARLE, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1952
The inevitability of the progress that has been made was apparent to the leaders of this movement. The results were amazing. This epoch in agricultural progress of the county came about by a spirit, of good-neighborliness and mutual helpfulness among the entire rural population. All who looked upon the accomplishments of one farmer were provoked to mightier efforts in their own behalf. The total results of this advan- f cement are, today, incalcuble to the future economic stability of Stanly county. Gross receipts of the dairy, beef, poultry sheep and swine production in the county have doubled and tripled. Heretofore unused land, thought t o be too rough or hilly from which to derive any profit, now blossoms with lush grass and contented cattle. Gullied and defaced hillSides are now covered .with young seedlings to check soil erosion and to insure against the depletion of the lumber supplies. Marked advantages-have been obtained by the use of strip crops, improved seeds, fertilizer, and intensive soil improvement cammimi paigns. All in all, the picture is' one of prosperity and progress OBSOLETE OR IDEAL?—Now that Rural Mailbox Improvement that will not slacken. Week is a t h a n d let's compare our mailboxes with the two Stanly county examples shown above. At the left is an out-moded. unThe effect on the morale of the pointed, unlettered box unsubstantially fastened upon an inadefarm families is no less impressq u a t e support. Sure it works, but take a look to the right at the ive. No longer is farm life ideal type box firmly mounted upon a four by four- support thought of as the dreary, humdrum existence filled with heavy] set in a concrete base. It presents a neat appearance, is easily approachable, a n d can be moved by road crews if necessary. work and little pleasure as it was once pictured by the pessimist. Along with the economic advancements, came a sweeping movement of modernization of the farm home. Today the homes have the latest electrical and labor saving devices on the market. Close by paved and all-weather roads, the farms have ready accessibility to markets. . Brick homes and neat whitepainted farm houses dot the green] countryside in Stanly county.L Lakes, cattle, and perennially^ green pasture land are on every)! hand. Happy and healthy young-J sters and adults operate the tract-TJ ors and farm machinery. Largeri profits derived from the balanced.! By FRED T. MORGAN f agriculture now practiced mearP The rural mailbox, it is said, is security and well being for the) the introduction or the front door . men and women who made it pos-f to the farm or home which it sible. serves. J Rural mail carriers say that thert In Albemarle, competent county agents stand by eager to be ofjl personality of the farm or homety service at the farmer's convent owner can he determined to a I ience. Whenever a problem re-j large degree by the appearance of lating to the farm arises, regard-J the mailbox. less of its nature Stanly farmers! An .ancient box that is beat up u have learned to visit the countw and rusty, insecurely fastened u[j agent's office where the agent of- upon a decaying and propped up fers a solution or a suggestion] post that shakes in the slightest {breeze, and with a rutted and unthat is beneficial Today there is an unprecedent-lj kept approach, militates a g a i n s t ed gleam in the eye of t h e Stanly its owner and discourages a visit farmer that bespeake of continued to that house or that farm.. On the other hand, a box that progress and prosperity. Well deserved is the title the is neatly painted and lettered, firmly mounted and positioned,; "Green County." and with a graveled and all weather- approach speaks good5 tidings of its owner to all who pass by. Above Average. Stanly county with its twelve rural carriers who serve 3,841 boxes is perhaps a little above the average in the upkeep of its mailboxes. A drive through the county pr will convince anyone that there; are many excellent and well kept r _. * *• mail receptacles. However, there
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Stanly County Has Earned Right To Title Of The Green County By FRED T. MORGAN Stanly county has proven itself worthy of the title of the "Green County." Each fall more and more hundreds of acres of Stanly farmland are seeded in permanent pasture which provides year-round grazing for an increasing number of dairy and beef cattle as well a s sheep and swine. On a drive through the county in any direction, the motorist will see wide expenses of lush pasture land upon which scattering herds of fat cattle graze. The herds, of various breeds and stock range in size from a few head u p into the scOres. e"^«$ In many sections of the county now, farmers are being referred to as "cattlemen" and thought of as being sound business men instead of the old one-horse, onecrop, , hit-or-miss farmer of two decades ago. Virtually every Stanly farmer today realizes the value of diversified argiculture. More and more they are wisely planning farm programs and investing in new
The inevitability of the progress and proven methods which assure income 12 months out of the year that has been made was apparent instead of seasonal income. Wide to the leaders of this movement. improvements in every field of The results were amazing. This farm endeavor have made farm epoch in agricultural progress of life more attractive to the young the county came about by a spirit people and many Stanly county of good-neighborliness and mutual young men and women are irre- helpfulness among the entire vocably attached to the farm and rural population. All who looked the accomplishments of one are making herpic strides in upon were provoked to mightier bringing agriculture to its righ- farmer ful^place at the forefront of all efforts in their own behalf. The total results of this advanindustries. Little more than half a dozen cement are, today, incalcuble to years ago, Stanly was just an ord- the future economic stability of inary county in regard to agricul- Stanly county. Gross receipts of ture. Although there were agen- the dairy, beef, poultry sheep and cies for counsel and consultation swine production in the county by the farmer, no special pro- have doubled and tripled. Heretograms were underway for the all- fore unused land, thought to be around betterment of farming too rough or hilly from which to conditions. There was no live derive any profit, now blossoms enthusiasm among the rural pop- with lush grass and contented ulation. Conservative-minded, the cattle. Gullied and defaced hillfarm people stuck to the same old sides are now covered with young handed-down, one-tract and gross- seedlings to check soil erosion and ly unprofitable methods of eking to insure against the depletion of a living out of the soil. Leader- the lumber supplies. Marked advantages have been ship was needed. Dynamic and forceful leadership. I t came in obtained by the use of strip crops, the form of new county agents improved seeds, fertilizer, and inwho have surveyed the agricul- tensive soil improvement cam-tural situation and seen great po- paigns. All in all, the picture is one of prosperity and progress tentialities. Farmers came to know the that will not slacken. meaning of balanced agriculture. The effect on the morale of the Far-reaching and multipurpose farm families is no less impressprograms were initiated. A desire ive. No longer is farm life for better living conditions and thought of as the dreary, hummore expedient means of earning drum existence filled with heavy a living from the soil circulated work and little pleasure ajLit was among the rural population of the once pictured by the pessimist. county. It wss the will of the Along with the economic advancepeople that progress should be ments, came a sweeping movearoused and eager, the profited ment of modernization of the by wise guidance, by cooperative farm home. Today the homes spirit, by meetings, and by experi- have the latest electrical and labence. Determination was upper- or saving devices on the market. most in their minds. Results were Close by paved and all-weather forthcoming. roads, the farms have ready accessibility to markets. . Brick homes and neat whitepainted farm houses dot the green countryside in Stanly county. Lakes, cattle, and perennially green pasture land are on every hand. Happy and healthy youngsters and adults operate the tractors and farm machinery. Larger profits derived from the balanced agriculture now practiced mean security and well being for the men and women who made it possible. '' In Albemarle, competent county agents stand by eager to be of service a t the farmer's convenience. Whenever a problem relating to the farm arises, regard-; less of its nature Stanly farmers have learned to visit the county agent's office where the agent offers a solution or a suggestion that is beneficial. Today there is an unprecedented gleam in t h e eye of the Stanly farmer that bespeake of continued progress and prosperity. Well deserved is the title the "Green County."
Rural Mailbox (Continued from Page One) are others that are sadly neglected. Many a box receives n o attention a s long as mail is left in it. Even after a request by the carrier, many patrons fail to put their mailboxes in servicable condition. Imagine the vexation of a .harassed carrier who, year after year, has to plough his way through a maze of ruts and mudholes to a box that is too high or too low, that has a warped door that opens only under concentrated effort and then finds a letter that is grimy and soaked from a wetting through the rust eaten holes in the box. The address is runny and hardly legible and the several coins that accompany the letter probably slide out and drop into the mud. Needless to say such conditions work hardships on the carriers and cost the government extra money. The problem of the Stanly carriers, who have an average of 320 boxes each, are many. Must Be Accessible. First the boxes must "be accessible to the carrier by means of his conveyance. From 42 to 48 inches above the road level is a good height. The carrier should be consulted before a box is moved or erected. The owner's name should be legible on the side approached by the carrier. The standard red flag, found on all modern boxes, should- be the signal for the carrier to pick up mail. As to the unstamped mail which continues to appear in rural, mail boxes, patrons are expressly asked to stamp all mail. If this is not practiceable, the proper amount of postage should be left in the coin container within the box, or |.else ^attached to the letter by means of a paper clip, a sliver of scotch tape, or some similar contrivance. Such outlandish requests t h a t are sometimes made of the carrier, such as the housewife's urgent plea to "please drive by the | house and see to the pot of beans I left on the stove," are not within the keeping of his duties and constitute a rank discourtesy to
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F a r m produce, cookies, and such t h a t are left in the box for the carriers - are appreciated, but u n - 1 necessary. 1 Nesting birds and insects t h a t | frequent the box are within their 1 legal rights as long as they do not I constitute a hazard t o the carrier I or interfere with his duties. •According to the Postal Laws I and Regulations "supports shall § not be in the form of effigies or in I forms intended to represent fig-1 ures of mechanical objects, either grotesque or otherwise." Five Families. Up to five families may use the same box providing written notice by the heads of the families is filed with the postmaster a t the ing the utmost of petty distributing office. Where a clust- necessary services. and un| e r of boxes are grouped a t one The carriers in Stanlv cou „„ I point, they should be mounted as elsewhere, have a / Wy I close together on a sturdy sup- to do. A reasonable am Sli * *)/ u I port. cooperation is a]] «,#>,, as° ot of The use of locks on rural mailIf Rural Mailbox tZi *I boxes is not required, but it is con! Week, April 27 thro^fj} W8 menti I sidered advisable as a measure of rightly observed, 3y I protection. Where locks are used boxes ' xes in the the countymany " ^ j mai]. I they should be of a similar patrenovation tern so as..to. afford Ui£._cajcrierJaa with a master key. \^ One Stanly carrier, noting the negligence of his patrons in regard to the upkeep of their boxes, purchased a can of paint and a brush and left it in the first box on his route that needed what he had in mind. The patron caught Ion spruced up his box. The carrier subsequently left the mater- j lals in the other boxes on his route t h a t needed an application of paint and thereby succeeded in bringing about the much-needed improvement. ' Some Unworthy. Some boxes he skipped when he considered them unworthy of a coat of paint. When the patrons inquired as to why he had been left out it gave the carrier a good opening to comment on the lax condition of the box. The following excerpt relative to rural mailboxes is taken from the March 25 issue of The Postal Bulletin. "Rural mail boxes which are not propferly erected or which are not in good serviceable condition retard the delivery of mail and expose it to d a m a g e from the lements. "It is the desire of the department to encourage patrons of the rural delivery service to provide suitable mail receptacles and to I erect them in s u c h . a m a n n e r t h a t they will be readily accesable to the carrier and present a neat appearance." A recent article in the Progressive Farmer magazine concerning rural mail service brought hot retorts from mail carriers who objected to the type of advice it gave to the patrons of rural service. It encouraged the patrons to adopt a martinetish attitude to-) ward their carriers and demand t h a t .they t o e the line In perform-
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
Ralph A. Cox Completes 45 Years As Warehouse Man For Hardware By FRED T. MORGAN Ralph A. Cox, the "warehouse man" for Morrow Brothers and Heath Hardware company, has been on the job in the musty and smelly old warehouse building at the corner of Depot and West Main streets in Albemarle for 45 consecutive years. He says he came to the place in March, 1907, seeking a job and they gave him one and he has been there ever since. Today, at the a g e of 65, he is I none the worse for his nearly half I a century of hard work there at the warehouse save for a few gray hairs and a lame leg which has never recovered from being | broken in an accident in the year 1945. Tough as a boot from his many years of lugging the heavy mater-1 ials around, he still unloads boxcars and loads up trucks with the warehouse paraphernalia same as always. Many items pass through his hands from the manufacturer to the consumer. With the exception of a few things, he still handles about the same line of j [ wares that he did when he first started at the job. Holds Intrigue The work is not without a certain intrigue and fascination. Leastwise it holds that for Mr. Cox. He has seen the same men and then their sons patronize his warehouse year after year. Over the decades he has seen a continuing improvement in the quality of fertilizer and building materials and he has seen prices slump and soar. Things have changed right much since the early days. Farmers of the county used to come to town in wagons to get their own fertilizer, lime, soda, and etc., but now the company furnishes late model | trucks to haul the goods out to RALPH A. COX—The "warehouse m a n " for Morrow Brothers hardthe dustomer. • ware, Mr. Cox has pushed bags of fertiliser around in the old At the age of 20, he went to building for 45 years. At 65, he still tackles the Job of loading work in the cotton mill, but he a truck or unloading a railroad car just as assidiously a s ever. —Staff Photo—Morgan. didnH like the work and remained there only one month. Coming to the warehouse in the early spring, for any team to pull up the mudhe landed a part-time job helping dy hills of the town. Along about 1908 and 1910, he the warehouse man during the says he handled from 20 to 30 rush season. Later the man quit to go to work at the livery stable thousand bags of fertilizer a year in town and Mr. Cox got on the through his warehouse. However, regular payroll and was put in business dropped somewhat when the other hardware firms began charge of the warehouse. operation. Three separate frame buildings When he first came to work the beside the railroad tracks made 8-2-2 type fertilizer ran around jke I up the warehouse at that time. $12.50 per ton. Today a similar jne I They contained baled hay, ferti- type fertilizer would cost ap- Ivy I lizer, cement, lime, cotton, corn, proximately $41 per ton. Cement %se'< feeds, and bulky building materi- then was 60 cents per bag and to- | e r | als. Since Morrow Brothers was day a bag costs double that igs the only hardware dealer in town amount. Galvanized roofing rangof ! | at that time, they did a landoffice ed around $2.75 per square back In. lhe 1• business. then, but now the sarne amount of Fertiliser Rush roofing will" cost you in the H e remembers as many as 30 neighborhood of $12.50. carloads of fertilizer lined up on Back-in the early days, business Ltn the sidings waiting the rush of the lagged during the dead winter ss, farmers prior to their spring months and he would close up the ien planting. At dawn, following a warehouse and go up and help out he heavy rain the day or night be- in the store. Mostly he helped to de fore, wagons would be lined up uncrate and assemble "Babcock" for a great distance waiting to get buggies which the store had the •k, to the fertilizer car where the dealership for. They came crated 3k, heavy bags were laboriously taken and dismantled and had to have de out of the) car and lifted upon the the wheels, tops, shaves, and other fewagon beds by hand. A dozen parts mounted- upon them before Pg bags of fertilizer was a good load they could be put up for sale. "The le-; store sold a heap of buggies in s those days," he recalls with a grin. Ihe.. —~~~.-«- o , u c c t i n n i u c n i o i i c JLV/X I past 35 years.
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Built By Holbrook The brick building which houses the present warehouse was. built in 1916 by D. A. Holbrook who hired laborers who had come to Stanly to work on the dam at Badin which was under construction, but had found the going too tough and were returning to their native land. The brick in the 50 by 110 structure came from the Isenhour and Amos Biles brickyards. From 1920 until about 1930, Mr. Cox bought cotton for the company and he was cotton weigher for about eight years. "If all the empty sacks of all the bags of fertilizer, cement, and so on I've handled were strung end to end, I bet there'd be* a string long enough to reach from here to California and maybe back," he says. On the side next to the street the grimy old building is cluttered with terra-cotta pipe and numerous odds and ends. On the lower side, it is adjacent to the railroad siding where the cars are unloaded. Broke Leg In 1945 I t was here that Mr. Cox broke his leg while unloading a car one day in 1945. One of the heavy timbers laid from the warehouse floor to the car bed broke under him, and his weight plus the bags of fertilizer falling upon him, snapped his leg. He was out of work for almost a year and the leg still gives him considerable trouble. One other time he was out with an eight-week's seige of sickness, but other than that, he has been as regular on the job as the trains that daily pass by the side of his building. You'll find him six days a week, from about 7:30 until 5 o'clock, winter and summer, there inside the foreboding warehouse working with his fertilizer or building or talking into the ancient telephone at his desk. Mr. Cox has lived at 1206 Wiscassett street in Albemarle for the past 35 years.
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STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
Albemarle Veteran Makes Hobby of Building Variety of Model Planes Has Room Filled With Tiny Planes By FRED T. MORGAN "It may be a kid's game, .but there's people from the age of five to ninety doing it," Douglas Cranford, Albemarle model plane enthusiast, remarks. "Why I've seen a nine-year-old boy walk off with top prize at contests and a fifty-year-old man win top place in the speed and endurance flights." Douglas, a young man who has been addicted with the love for airplanes since he was a kid, lives on Leonard Avenue in East Albemarle and builds some of the neatest model planes that can be found in the city.' As soon as the visitor to his home steps through the front door he knows how the man of the house spends his spare time From
their perches on the walls, pictures and small plastic models of various planes grace the interior of the room. Visible from the door is a portion of the room that Douglas uses as his work shop where a gaudy cluster of model planes hang from hooks on the wall and are suspended by thin wires from the ceiling. How It Started From childhood, Douglas grew up modeling his planes from clay and wood and designing them on paper. When World War II came along, he of course enlisted in the Air Force where he could gain first hand knowledge of the planes. For nearly three years he was stationed at the Air Force Base near Oxford England, and was attached to the 14th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron with the Eighth Air Force. As a ground crewman he familiarized himself with the Spitfire, P-51's, and P-38's that were used in the reconnaissance work. Occasionally he flew on missions as a gunner and often as a crew member. Not quite within the realm of his official duties, yet permissibly, he learned to fly t h e
small planes on his base and after some practice could handle the small cubs quite skillfully. Elliott Roosevelt was Wing commander of t h e squadron, which had fewer casulties than any squadron there and was the first to get exclusive pictures of Vital points within Germany. Douglas h a s pictures of his squadron, its planes, and reconnaissance photos taken of Germany. Following the close of the wan Douglas did some private flying, but^oon gave it up in preference to building model planes. Today his home is decorated, or, as his wife probably says, cluttered up with a t least one of about every type of heavier-than-air craft imaginable. Has AU Kinds He h a s models of the old "Spad" a crude looking combat plane used in the first world war. There are sleek fighters and jets hanging by thin wires from the ceiling There a r e strange looking free-flight! planes complete with engine, prop, landing gear, and controls. He has old and new Army and Navy fighters, bombers, jet jobs, cubs, helicopters and has contemplated building a flying saucer. One radio-controlled model has a wing span of about seven feet and a two-cycle engine t h a t propels it through the air at a high rate of speed. Built to exact specifications and perfectly balanced, the^plane will absolutely do anyt h i n g in the way of acrobatics that a life-sized plane will doH Douglas says. All of his aircraft will actually fly. Even the helicopters. Though he is constantly switching engines and has many of his models in various stages of construction, all are designed to accomodate a tiny engine and prop which gives them flying ability. Some of his models are capable of speeds up to 100 miles per hour while others are built to buzz about at moderate speeds. The tiny engines, hardly larger than a person's two fingers, will whirr at amazing speeds and shoot the light aircraft hurtling through the air. A special fuel is used by the engines and castor oil is used as a lubricant. Enough fuel can be carried by some of t h e models to keep them in flight for about five minutes. On one of his models, Douglas rigged up a medicine dropper a s a fuel supply tank. Some of the regular fuel tanks are about the size of a thimble. More Powerful Engines Smaller and more powerful engines for the model planes have been developed since the close of World War II, but- their production has been somewhat curtailed since the Korean war.
MODEL PLANE BUILDERâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Surrounded by a roomful of n e a t , model planes. Douglas Cranford, Albemarle model plane fan, puts the finishing touches on the framework of a new jet model which he has under construction. On the table beside him is a life-like stunt plane. A few years ago, Douglas says, kits for most of his model planes. there was quite a strong club of There is little to do except cut model plane fans in Albemarle, out the pieces, sand them, glue but interest waned and the Ko- them together, assemble them inrean war disrupted some of the stall the engine, prop, landing activities until now only about a gear, apply the dope or paint, and dozen of the old members still act- then balance the completed plane ively pursue the hobby. They oc- to precision. Sounds easy, b u t try casionally get together to fly their it. If you're like most beginners planes and talk over mutual prob- you'll wind up pulling your hair lems. in exasperation. Quite a number of kids in the In the last few years the model city build the model planes to plane business has blossomed into some extent and more would a multi-million dollar industry tackle it, according to Douglas, if according to Douglas. People of they didn't have the idea that it all ages are building the planes j was too hard of a job for them. If for fun and profit. Numerous a person really likes to tinker magazines relative to the business with planes, he says, then the; are appearing on the newsstands I work is not too difficult to m a s t which give the novice step by step er. instructions as to how to get into Even though he has worked on the model plane building. model planes since he was a kid Contests Are Held. of ten Douglas still encounters Periodic contests are held in the problems that baffle him. When neighboring cities around Albea model will not fly there is some marle to which all the fans go. subtle flaw in its construction T h e city of Charlotte once enwhich is responsible. One of his couraged the model plane buildfree-flight models in particular ing, but the planes got to be so has caused him untold consterna- numerous and created such a tion as it consistently continues to nuisance that the city fathers [cut disorderly capers when flight banned them. Concord and Salis- I is attempted. He has checked and bury hold big model plane meets rechecked it and had other ex- quite often. perts go over it, but the flaw has In a lot of cities the V. F. W. eluded them. Probably it is some- organizations sponsor model plane thing obvious, he says, but so far clubs but in Albemarle little init has escaped detection. terest has been shown in regard to a sponsor for the club. Neither i Streamlined Jot. One of his prized models is the does Albemarle have a fullyyet unfinished streamlined jet equipped model plane dealer as plane that hangs from his ceiling. do most nearby cities. There is Of elaborate design^ the structure enough enthusiasm to w a r r a n t t h e and intricate parts of the machine formation of a club, Douglas are visible, showing the painstak- [thinks, and it would be a boon to ing work to construct it. the model plane builders of the Douglas orders pre-fabricated fcity. â&#x20AC;˘, His immediate worry is finding j space for his planes. He has 1 about crowded himself out of t h e room which he presently uses as a workshop and a display roorrf combined. He looks forward to the day when he gets the attic in his home completed so he can move his workshop and planes there. On h i s days off from his job at the "Albemarle postoffice and in his spare time, Douglas can usually be found engaged in the creation of another model plane or tackling some new problem relative to the hobby. E2HT!
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
[Three Civil War Widows Still In Stanly County; Number 'D winding By FRED T. MORGAN
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Only three widows of Civil War veterans remain in Stanly county. In 1950 there were nine Civil War widows, but the number has now, in 1952, dwindled to three. There may be others who are natives of the county and live in distant places, but these three are residents of the county and have been so most of their lives. In each case they are wife number two, having married their husbands at an advanced age. The last of the husbands died in 1931. Of the trio, Mrs. Mollie Hatley Eudy is the eldest, having reached the age of 82 last November. She was born in 1869 near Finger, attended the old "Sides" schoolhouse near her home, and was married in the year 1906. Her husband, Henry Harrison Eudy, was born in 1846, went to war with the "seventeens" and was about 60 years old at the time of their marriage. Blue-Coated Pills. . Mrs. Eudy remembers hearing her husband tell of the time he fell sick while fighting with the troops. The doctor gave him .blue-coated pills to take, but they* did not help his condition. As his condition grew worse he threw the doctor's pills away in preference of some .sweetgum bark tea that he asked a friend to make. The tea cured his ills with the doctor thinking that his pills did it. She recalls fragments of poems .about the Civil War which her husband enjoyed immensely. The poems mention something about "pell mell hill" and "root hog or die". She says she wishes she had a copy of them. H e r ' father, Simeon Hatley, was wounded in the war. She lives with her step-son, Henry, on the farm back of Salem Methodist church near Millingport and likes to listen to the radio: She has a telephone and an electric clock beside her bed. An early riser, she has an early breakfast, takes naps during the day, and goes to bed at 7:30 each night. "I could tell a lot of things that happened when I was a child, but folks wouldn't believe me," Mrs. Eudy, a frail, white-haired little lady with clear blue eyes, says. "I don't want any honors bestowed upon me." Mrs. Annie F . Ridenhour, 78, lives right in the center of New London in the old house facing highway 52 to which she came following her marriage to Mr. Ridenhour in 1896. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. G. D. Pickler, she attended the old "Ritchie" school for about six weeks. Her husband, David Edward Ridenhour, was the son of Phillip Ridfyihour who lived to be 98 years old. Except for a few years, she and her husband lived in New London after their marriage. eSlSPP
Her sister, Miss Josephine Pickler, came to live with her a few years ago and now the two women live alone in the house near the Baptist church and raise
Still Active. jfJi chickens and vegetables. This Still quite active, Mrs. RidVrfj year they have all but gone out of the chicken business as their hour regularly works in her v/t^ i chicken house holds naught but table garden with tools and 3 7 to assure a good supply of fc/j^' one lone hen.
.Page cÂť-Jb vegetables for the table this summer. She has one giant rubarb in her back yard. Fresh stems of the rubarb plant made the best pies you ever ate, she says. "Miss Annie", as she is called by the folks at New London, doesn't recall very much -about her husband who has been dead for many years. He wasn't one to sit around and talk about his fighting days, she says. She does remember him mentioning something about Gettysburg, though. He liked to talk gold mining, she remembers, and would sit for hours talking with cronies about big strikes and about local mining operations. She has one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Ridenhour Miller, of Chicago, 111. Mrs. Bedie B. Long, of Stanfield, the youngest of the Civil W a r widows, was married to her husband, Jesse L. Long, when she was 21 and he 53. They were married in January, 1896, and her husband died in July, 1931. Native of Union. The former Miss Bedie M. Baucom, Mrs. Long was born and reared in the Goose Creek township, Union county, and lived near her-husband who was a native of the same community. After their marriage, they moved to western Stanly where her husband farmed. Her husband volunteered for service in the Confederate army in 1862 and served three years in Company I, 48th Regiment, N. C. Infantry, and came out of the war with only a slight scratch.
He did not talk much about the war, though Mrs. Long does remember hearing him say that ha was in Wilmington for a shorl time. He also told her he was in one battle so bloody that wher it was over a person could walk across the field on the bodies oi fallen men. She remembers also that hi told her once that by his coaching in letters, he taught his first wife how to write while he was away in the war. Mrs. Long, who was 76 last December, has two children, Jack Long of Stanfield, and Mrs. Will Lee of Union county. She lives alone in a big house near the roller mill in Stanfield. Sturdy and active, she mows her own lawn, likes to garden, and is said to have the prettiest dahlia patch in all Stanfield.
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Old Opera House Was Formerly Entertainment Center Of Area Road Shows Appeared fS| In City By F R E D T. MORGAN Few pedestrians who walk down the south side of t h e j i r s t business block of West Main street in downtown Albemarle are aware that they are walking very nearly under the spacious auditorium of the famous Albemarle Opera House. Perhaps some observing person has noted the five circular glasspanneled pivot windows over Starnes and Merits and wondered why the windows were built t h a t way. For the windows are unusual. There is probably none other in the city or county like them. Curiosity aroused by the odd windows might lead one to inquire into the history of the old building. If so, a panorama of the early formal entertainment scene in the town of Albemarle is in store for him- For the story behind the windows is the story of the grand old Opera House, pioneer among the theatrical establishments of the city. The windows were built in t h a t fashion to make conspicuous the front of the show building and give, it prominence on the street front' of the town where it outshowH any other structure for many years. alS^ Strange tales are told of the goings on behind the padlocked doors of the old auditorium. Shadowy figures are said to emerge from secret niches in the walls of the old stage and troupe gayly across the littered stage. After a period of light dancing and Vca voting the figures take bows as if in appreciation of the applause of an imagined audience. Their swaggering and supercilious manner marks them as being from the show world of many years ago. Ghostly Songs Echoes of fragments of ghostly songs have been heard around the old house late a t night. The sounds, distinct yet undernnable, fill every nook and corner of the auditorium and perhaps escape into the street or alley to arouse, consternation on the p a r t of a late passerby. Not every night is chosen by the spooks for their dancing. They dislike the rainy nights, or nights when the weather threatens. Their spooky legs are sensitive to the arthritic pains which accompany bad weather. And their leg's are aged and halting as noted from their dancing. But on crisp nights when the air is invigorating, they like to come out of their habitats and dance to their heart's content on the dust laden floor of the stage in the bright moonlight which] streams through the three fulllength windows in the rear of t h e ' stage. Folks say t h a t the "Spooks ofj
most liberal benefactors to the I three principal churches in town, no severe opposition was encoun-. tered. During the first season when each play was more widely acclaimed than the last, the church folks, with misgiving, slip-1 ped inside the theattfe to see for themselves what work of the devil had been brought upon their town. To their surprise, they found most of their friends and church-goers there. Ministers Attended According to Mr. Starnes, the town's leading ministers were among the best patrons. The Opera House was no discredit to the town and cast no reflection upon the moral stability of its citizens. Managed largely by Mr. Starnes, with some assistance from Mike Peeler, the Opera House obtained better quality productions than any other city in the territory. Mr. Starnes, an optometrist, maintained an optical shop upstairs near the entrance to the auditorium and G. D. B. Reynolds had a law office in the building. In the spring and off-season months, the auditorium was utilized for commencement exercises, political rallies, lectures, conventions, and so on. Among the many lecturers speaking from the stage of the Opera House were the lieutenant governor of the state of Mississippi and Dr. Oscar Haywood, a noted lecturer and Baptist leader from Mt. Gilead. Mr. Haywood is said to have been the first man to drive an automobile into the town of Albemarle, having driven it all the way from New York. The high school and the Albemarle!. Normal and Industrial Institutes used the auditorium for plays and commencement exercises, since it was the only suitable place in town. After a few years, during which the Opera House was well patronized the road shows began to fall off a»d the stock companies dissolved their services. Soon the more modern device of moving pictures replaced the plays. The building was leased to L. O. Parker and J. C. Bost who operated a motion picture theatre there for about two years. Scenery Sold When plays could no longer be obtained at the Opera House, the fixtures, scenery, and staging .effects were sold to Jethro Almond, local showman. In 1919, after moving pictures were established in the town, the auditorium was taken over by Huneycutt and Ewing and used as- a supplement to their undertaking facilities. P. J. Huneycutt's furniture store next door was connected to the auditorium by means of a fire-proof door. During the flu epidemic in 1919 they had to move their funeral home over their place of business and Beets of a thousand rains, admit they made good use of the large ja little light into the gloomy infloor of the auditorium. jterior. By close examination, one More than 20 years ago the lo- lean see initials upon the walls of cal V. F. W. post used the audi- ;the stage and dressing rooms,! torium as a meeting place. When scratched there decades ago lvj they vacated it, the seats were dismantled and the auditorium has since been used as storage Out near the center of thel space for various firms and indi- stage floor a.battered and broken' viduals. Boxes of old papers and) suitcase, pasted over with pen-1 records, antique pieces, cabinets, nants and stickers, awaits the gay I chairs, and an assortment of junkl clothes and hand of its owner. I litters the auditorium and bal- Thirty-odd years' accumation of I dust covers everything. cony. Don't lie in wait for the ghosts Stripped of its glamour and embellishments, the old stage for- and spooks that haunt the Opera lornly awaits the singing and House. Don't expect to recort?j dancing troupers to brighten its the erie music. The season v countenance. Strewn with lum- over. But next October when t) ber, boxes, chairs, broken vases, and tidbits, it still retains a cer- nights grow chilly and the bri// pierces down throf tain dignity despite its state of moonlightfrosty air, . things fa degradation- In the rear, the happen in strange the old Albermfj three windows, dint im the Opera House. *•
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ALBEMARLE OPERA HOUSE—At the top is a photo oi the stage of the old Opera House a s it looks today. Littered with broken-down furniture and rubbish, it once afforded the people of Albemarle with the finest dramatic production obtainable from the show world. As m a n y as 40 actors have performed upon the old stage, which was equipped with footlights and expensive scenery. The picture a t the bottom shows a portion of the large auditorium and the graceful balcony. The balcony with its fine seats and elevated floor was a favorite place for the young people. In late years part of the auditorium h a s been partitioned off a n d used as office space. . —Staff Photos—Ivey. town. Little activity went on the five pivot windows in the rear elsewhere when a show was in of the auditorium could be cracked to admit fresh air. progress at the Opera House. Upstairs, the satin curtain had At the end of an act, the curjust parted revealing the bright- tains closed, and while the setness and splendor of the stage. ting was being changed and the Bated breaths were expelled in actors prompting themselves, the exclamations of wonder. Unquiet- performance was criticized by the ed children were hushed by par- audience and in shadowed places ents. Gossipers broke off their young couples whispered banter abruptly. All eyes were Beginning in October and confocused upon the bright stage. tinuing for several months, the Footlights glared upon the opera season brought numerous brightly costumed performers on attractions to the stage for a onethe stage who alternately made night stand. Many Lyceum at* love and flung hot words at each tractions were presented between other. A pianist out in front the dates of the big shows. below the level of the stage floor "The Clansman" by Thomas played accompaniment to the Dixon, was one of the greatest songs t h a t were sung and kept in and most memorable plays ever tempo with the movement of the presented upon the stage of the action on the stage. Horns or Opera House. The author, himtrumpets blared out occasionally self, was present at the performto accent some new turn in the ance as well as 40 people on the movement of the drama. stage and a carload of stage efHand Painted Scenery fects. The troupers arrived in Big scrolls of hand painted Albemarle from New York by the Governor Glenn of scenery served as a background carloads. for the action" and covered the North Carolina, said, "every man, three windows in 'the rear of the woman, and child should see the stage unless they were required 'Clansman'." I t was presented in in the action of the play. Expen- the Opera House October 6, 1908. sive draperies and screens decoAccording to the advertisement, rated the 25 by 35 stage and the a troop of spirited cavalry horses? finest furniture in town suffered was a part of the show, but due under the sometimes ludicrous to the second-story position of the antics of the performers. auditorium they could not perA set of wide steps on either form in Albemarle. However, litaide of the stage led up to the tle dramatic value was lost by the dressing rooms of the performers. non-participation of the animals. At the back of one of the rooms, Other Plays a metal fire escape stairway perAnother renowned play presentmitted a means of escape i n the ed at the Opera House was "The event of fire. Servant in the House" by Charles Out in the spacious auditorium, Rann Kennedy. Local advertiserow upon row of the "finest seats ments of the play stated it t h u s : I between New York and Havana" "With Victor Lambert and a cast were filled with citizens of Albe- of musical excellence — complete marle, Stanly county and beyond, equipment of special scenery — who voraciously digested every box seats, $1.50, lower floor, 75c movement and sound upon the and $1; balcony, 25 and 50 cents." stage. Young ladies, dressed in It ran at the Opera House on their gayest evening gowns and Tuesday night, January 7, 1913. with elbow-length gloves, sat be"The Sins of the Father", anI side young men decked out in other outstanding production, their very finest suits. To be es- played at the Opera House on Satcorted to a performance a t the urday night, January 21, 1911. AlOpera House on a date was the so by Thomas Dixon, it was said social ambition of every young to be sweeping through the south I lady. like a whirlwind. At the request Unescorted ladies had come to of numerous merchants and clerks the performance in groups and in town, the curtain did not rise approached the ticket window at on this play until 9 p. m. The the head.bf the stairs without a price of seats advanced *to 75c, trace of timidity. Not every town $1, $1.50, and $2. included in the advertisement the size of Albemarle was equipped with a grand opera house in was this bit of pertinent advice: which to witness, the latest dra- "On account of the enormous dematic plays straight from New mand for seats, patrons are earnYork, the theatrical center of the estly advised to order tickets well country. in advance and thus avoid paying Liveried ushers had shown the extortionate prices to speculapatrons to seats ranging in price tors." I from 50 cents for the balcony and "St. Elmo" played at the Opera | rear seats up to $2 for special re- House October 10, 1911, and "The served and box seats near the Thief" was presented on the night front. Including the balcony, the of October 26, 1911. Polk Miller, auditorium seated something like showman from Richmond, Va., 800 people and reports say t h a t it staged comedy and% musical shows was invariably filled to capacity at the Opera House with his native Virginia Negroes. Traveling on show nights. troubadours engaged the audiHeated By Stoves torium for a one-night stand and A row of metal support posts were quickly on their way to the down the center of the auditorium next town. The house maintained j conflicted with the view of many a piano for the benefit of performpatrons. On each side of the wide ers, but no orchestra. room a big cast-iron stove, fired At first there was considerable up long before curtain time, gave objection to the coming of the Sufficient warmth to the audience. theatre among the church folks of Big gas lamps were used to light, the town who misunderstood the the building before electricity was motives Of tpe owners and were obtained. Each dressing room worried about the moral future of had been equipped with a stove Albemarie. However, since the and gas lamp. If needed, one of three owners were among the
the Opera" as they are called, are the counterparts of the old performers who acted upon the stage 40 years or more ago before a house filled with Albemarle citizens. They refused to leave their show business when it collapsed under them and they now dwell tunelessly in the secret places of the Opera House. ; The clandestine meetings of the ageless show folk upon the stage of the Opera House is questionable, perhaps, but what explains the strange and varied footprints in the dust upon the floor of the old stage? Built In 1907 Built in the year 1907 by F. E. Starnes, Doc F r a n k Parker, and J. C. P a r k e r who were partners in the venture, the Opera House fulfilled a long-felt need in the village of Albemarle and for a number of years it brought clean and high quality entertainment to the people. No finer structure stood in the village and none was more enticing. The years in which the Opera House flourished outdid in formality and elegance anything that has since appeared on the city's social and entertainment horizon. I t was considered quite a memorable occasion to attend a show at the Opera House. Time was when the unpaved and often muddy street outside was lined with an overflow of carriages, wagons, and saddled horses from the livery stable in
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Cottonville Community Has Old History, Hazy From He-Telling the trails crossed and since it villiage with a rough store and was a suitable site, pitched camp a crude blacksmith shop. Sitfor the night. Around their uated on the famed Plank road, campfires, the sojourners trad- it attracted a goodly amount of ed and swapped articles obtain- trade and stock for its operaed from different parts of the tion was relatively easy to obcountry and told stories of their tain. adventures. In all likelihood the Plank road crossscheduled meetings were arrang- edThough, the river some three miles ed by the slave dealers and below Crossroads, it is believed vendors who frequented the that none of the actual planks routes and there were promises were laid on side, at least to have a certain type of mer- they did not this extend very far chandise or a young buck slave north of the river. The country on hand for trading at the next north of the river was rocky and meeting. All along the routes more substantial for winter from the coastal regions to the thereby making the arduoustravel task mountains and from South Caro- of paving the road bed with lina to Virginia the reputation heavy boards unjustifiable. of the crossroads grew as a campCovered Bridge ing and trading point. Wagoners Travelers at first forded the looked forward to meeting friends there and most of the travelers river, but later a covered bridge, were reluctant to leave without similar to the ones on the Plank at least an overnight stop. Dub- road further south, was built to bed "Crossroads", the name be- lfnk the two shores and the travelers gladly paid the toll came known far and wide. charged to use this more exCrump Settlers pedient means in crossing the All the land around Cross- river. Lattice on the sides with roads apparently was controlled narrow timbers held in place by the early Crump settlers, with wooden pegs, the old bridge Stephen and others. Their do- with it shingled roof became a main extended for miles up and landmark known far and wide down the river and their acre- in those days. The toll collector, age under cultivation was so who lived nearby, kept a convast that ^slaves were stationed stant vigil day and night from out to work the cotton at stra- his shack at one end of the structegic points over the plantation. ture to extract the fee from all One of these slaves camps was users of the bridge. The old near Crossroads where much fine structure is believed to haveTieen cotton was grown. Stanly's only covered bridge. Due to the exchange of slaves After the upkeep of the old by the dealers who frequented bridge was abandoned, it sucthe two routes there, Crossroads cumbed to the ravages visited became the center of a vast color- upon it by the elements and beed population dominated by the came firipassible and in a state of , plantation masters. The region deterioration. Doc Thompson, became known as the "Black elderly Cottonville citizen, says Belt". The Negroes intermar- his. mother, who lived near the ried and multiplied and a few of present Mt Zion church, told him the most industrious bought their she heard the noise made when freedom from their masters. the old bridge crumbled and fell ^A public whipping post is said in the river during the Civil War I to have been maintained near days. The story goes that an j the village and used largely to old Negro woman had started j punish runaway and disobedient onto one end of the bridge wheV: slaves. However, whites were it fell. A man by the name of also lashed at the post if their Crump salvaged some of the misdeeds warranted it. White bridge timbers and used them in women were known to have been a building on his farm. The sentenced to be lashed at the round peg -holes could be seen whipping posts. Usually the in the sound boards until in remagistrate or a person author- cent years when the building Simpson, ized by him administered the was torn down. At low water, Wilhoit, I cruel leather thongs to the un- buttments of the old covered long aft* fortunate victim. Many slaves bridge can still be seen. said thatf were beaten at the post in the As the population of the suror saloon] presence of those who were of a country became denser, ] erated thj mind to witness it. The eight rounding community names arose men in of the Negro being beaten into other such as Davis, Advance, tracted ti insensibility along with his out- Rehobeth,the Hath communivillage t<| crys detered others from com- ties. Thereand was a "Davis Ford" Greene u mitting similar offenses. The road and a "Hath" road. Rocky Rij fact that the Negroes were so The tillage store flourished and back dense in the area lends prob'mail. Doc ability to the reality of the whip- and would accept small amounts of cotton, cotton seed, and corn cock and ping post. served th| Crossroads developed into a in exchange for items of merchandise from the counter. By W. R. jvicswain, a u n c - a , ^ ,. sackfuls at a time the merchant merchant In Cottonville, served crips irorn, a c c u m u i a t e d great amounts of as the only postmaster from the Doro sevei otton and seed and other protime the postoffice was establish- neignt o i l lCd u c e 0 f w hich he disposed at ed in 1884 until it was disconf T t H i n t e r v a l s . The village undoubttinued in 1909, a period of 25 reiresn tnj e ^jy n a d s o m e reputation for its J years. Jacob E. Hathcock serv- oi water, j o u t p u t o f t h e p r o d u c e since I ed as postmaster of the nearDoc ThoJ cotton was the major money crop i by Hath postoffice throughout it of the) 0 f that time, most available ed after o space in cultivation was for its tonville ci production. He remem Derivation pf Name used to H The story of the derivation of cotton, co the name Cottonville comes from Some yea] Mrs. G. D. B. Reynolds of Albe- j high as marie. It seems the soil in that in one sej section surrounding the village by the sd was exceptionally well adaptreceiving j ed to produce fine cotton. A cot- 'â&#x20AC;˘ was pass] ton buyer in some North Carolawful to J lina market examined a bale of remmantsj prime cotton one day and was Today I so impressed with its quality stores an] he determined to find its origin. cluster of I Tracing the bale he found where immediatl it had been ginned and conse-^ much, Del quently where it had been in the oi grown, which was near the vilfor its ou] lage of Crossroads. Coming to i the area the village, he found large fields j continued! which produced sturdy and] crop which is responsible lor the II"" name.
By FRED T. MORGAN Cottonville in Stanly county apparently has a history that reaches back to the period when the town of Albemarle was unheard of. It bids for the title of trie oldest settlement in what is now Stanly county. Most of its colorful history is unrecorded and beyond the memory of any living person. Stories of the sort that children might hear and remember when oldsters meet and sit around reminiscing, are repeated by the few elderly people who tell them not as facts, but as "so and so used to' say". Old men there today like to sjlt around in one of the two stores on rainy days and with filled pipes and juicy cuts of tobacco in their mouths and tell about the days when this or that remembered thing took place. Outside the realm of their rhemories, their imaginations unconsciously take up the story and tjiey shape and color the picture according to their individual concepts. The laws of probability are, no doubt, violated, but who eares. It makes a good story. I It, is in that vein of thought that this attempt to shed some light on the early days of the village, with some semblance of Verity, has been made. Some things have been authenticated. Many have-not. Trails Crossed An early wagon trail from Allenton, on the banks of the Pee Dee river, crossed the southern section of the county and headed directly south for South Carolina.. The trail crossed the course of the old Pank or Winfield road from Cheraw to Salisbury at a point about three miles north of a horseshoe bend in Rocky river. The Plank road was most heavily traveled with many teamsteers bringing goods from the river ports at Cheraw Overland to the interior of the state. Traffic on the AllentonGaddy Ferry road, a north-south artery, blossomed with the seasons. f Travelers often met there where
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— {premium grade cotton. The soil its duration from 1905 until w a s found to be highly fertile i n 1909. the ingredients conducive to the Children of the vicinity attendi production of a superior grade ed the Log Cabin, Advance, Reof cotton. The excellency of t h e cotton created, such praise a hobeth or Davis one-room schools. specimen w a s sent to the New The Log Cabin school seems to J York cotton exchange and used have been t h e most popular one. J there for m a n y years as a sort Some teachers at the old school j of standard by which to grade were J. D. Lee, Miss Ida Nash, I other cotton. Miss Deberry, Miss Carrie Brooks, Since cotton w a s so closely. Ira Avett, and John Kirk. 1 associated with the village, the The colored church a t Cottonsuggested n a m e Cottonville met ville, probably around a hundred ( with approval. ( Early citizens of years old, h a s claim of being prominence used their influence the oldest established colored to get t h e n a m e duly recogniz- church in the county. Half a i ed a n d chartered. So, Cross- century ago it w a s the scene of roads became known, just a s week-long camp meetings which f appropriately and perhaps more attracted Negroes from m a n y ' so, a s Cottonville, and regarded miles away who came and camp{for a great m a n y years a s one ed on the grounds throughout I of the champion cotton-growing the protracted meetings. The I communities in the state. custom still prevails today and, The old Crump mill on Rocky although there is no longer a n y I river first served the people of camping on the Site, the day5 the neighborhood. Later a grist long service is referred to a s I mill conveniently located on the camp meeting. Held annearby Ugly creek m a d e t h e trip nually on the first Sunday in Octo the river mill unnecessary. tober in the little white church Much 'later* a steam operated on t h e outskirts of the village, mill, cotton gin and saw mill the camp meeting service atjj owned by W. F. Crump, Dave tracts Negroes from every counI Bennett, David Dunlap and oth- ty adjoining Stanly a n d from ! ers grew u p a s t h e village ex- more distant places. Residents estimated ! panded in size. The steam m a - of Cottonville have t h a t a s m a n y a s 2,500 Negroes chinery w a s among the first of have gathered on camp meeting its kind in the county. Sundays at the little church Business Men » which their forefathers founded. Business m e n and store owners Brush Arbor in t h e village at one time or anAn old brush arbor south of other were "Doss" Brooks, Jim Wilkenson, Tom Greene, George Cottonville on Ugly creek w a s the Farmer. W. R. McSwain, Caleb forerunner of the Baptist church. Simpson, R. W. Thompson, M. F. Organized with the understandWilhoit, and Martin Gilbert. Not ing t h a t the church would be long after the Civil War, it is built at the village, t h e founders said t h a t two Negroes built stores erected a log building which w a s or saloons in the village and op- replaced in 1908 by the present erated them for a time. Various structure. George Huneycutt w a s men in the neighborhood con- one of the early leaders in the tracted to carry t h e mail from church. A Methodist church, village to village. "Uncle Billy" built in the village shortly after Greene walked from Silver, a t the turn of the cenutry, later Rocky River Springs, to Norwood consolidated with another Methand back each day carrying t h e odist church in the neighbormail. Doctors Waddell and Hath- hood. cock and others from Norwood During the days when t h e served t h e village a s physicians. Rocky River Springs flourished, W. R. McSwain, a one-armed passenger coaches, making round merchant in Cottonville, served trips from t h e Springs to Wades^ a s t h e only postmaster from the boro several times a week a t t h e time the postoffice w a s establish- h e i g h t of the season, stopped at ed in 1884 until it w a s discon- Cottonville for t h e travelers to tinued in 1909, a period of 25 refresh themselves with a drink years. Jacob E. Hathcock serv- of water. ed a s postmaster of the nearDoc Thompson, veteran merchby Hath postoffice throughout a n t of the village, recently retired after operating a store in Cottonville continuously since 1896. He remembers the years when he used to buy small amounts of cotton, corn a n d other produce. Some years he accumulated a s high a s fifteen bales of cotton In one season, buying it mostly by the sackfuls. He continued receiving the produce until a law w a s passed t h a t m a d e it unlawful to sell cotton and corn in remmants. Today t h e village h a s two stores a n d two churches with a cluster of dwelling houses in t h e immediate area. It hasn't grown much, Doc says, since way back in t h e old days. Once famed for its output of quality cotton, the area h a s now all b u t discontinued the growing of the crop which is responsible for the name.
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and foreign matter present in the ever seen by life-long resident of the river section. waters. The river was the scene of a Not only is the odor of the dead revolting and sickening situation fish sickening, but when a during the drought and hot draught reduces the river to a weather some two months ago. trickle between all but stagnant Many people saw it, including pools, the dye or foreign matter game wardens, Wildlife men, arid settles in the pools and a terrible all the residents along the river. odor arises. Their stories are corroboratory. "Birds scarcely dare to fly over Very little tendency toward ex- the river at low altitudes," is a aggeration can be found either. popular saying among the people A small rain had raised the in that section. water level and sent the polluted In addition to the detestable Editor's Note—This is the first the fresh and fragrant waters of river water flushing out into all odor, the appearance of the water in a, series of articles dealing Rocky river. The river had the the small creeks and tributary is enough m a n or beast with a problem which is facing reputation of being one of the streams. Dead fish rafted up away from toit.drive The color of the one section of Stanly county— best fishing streams in the Pied- against protruding rocks like water changes according to the that of the pollution of Rocky mont section of the state. driftwood. The old plank ford type of refuse released into it. across the river at the Love's Old river. Citizens along the river But now there are no fisherUsually it looks dark black or are thoroughly aroused about the Strange. . Mill crossing was piled high with greenish, and sometimes h a s a dead fish. The white bellies of existing situation. Why? dead fish could be seen in every pronounced tinge of deep gray. In By FRED T. MORGAN Simply because there are no nook and cranny, and many fish the vent of a freshet upstream, fish. None that are desirable or floundered upon the shore to die. natives of the river section vow j that you can actually see masses A nauseating stench, murky and edible. "Why I could have loaded a of dark substances moving turgid waters have replaced the No fish in a fresh water stream! two-horse wagon with fish, just downstream, leaving a much | once fresh and fish-filled pools of men. like loading corn," one farmer greater discoloration Rocky river in Stanly county. in the Rocky river is no longer a fresh who viewed the scene remarked. stream behind it. Stream pollution, enemy of so many .crystal clear streams in water stream. It's a polluted "They were fine fish," another Cattle Died North Carolina, has spread its in- stream. It's a lifeless and for- man said. "Many large ones, and Cattle are no longer allowed to I saken stream. Robbed of practisidious fingers throughout the there were many game fish drink the river water. This sum-j waters of the river and now has cally all waterlife and made use- among them." mer one man lost six head of catless to the farmers along its the stream in a death grip. Some fish were caught just be- tle which had access to the river banks, the river has been renderDuring extremely hot humid fore they died and an attempt water. Similar cattle In another weather and prolonged dry spells, ed effete by large scale and un- made to eat them. But the scent pasture, removed from the river | checked pollution. the course of the river, along In the past half dozen years or was so offensive and the fish fared well. There is no doubt in most of its approximately 25 so, the river h a s been trans- tasted so strongly of the smelly the mind of the owner but what | miles as the southern boundary the polluted water caused the formed from a fresh and vigorous waters they could not be eaten. of the county^ can be traced by death of his cattle. The veterinFish Go Crazy the sense of smell before you get waterway, supporting a variety of arian who examined the cattle fish and waterfowl, to its present "The dye or whatever it is in was of the same opinion, although within sight of it. disgusting and despicable conditthe water drives the fish crazy ho official statement was made Circling buzzards will also help ion. before it finally kills them," one about it. Other cattle sharing fix the river's location for you. Today, Rocky river is simply a m a n observed. "They stay right the same pasture were removed Especially in the western section of the county is the river a conduit for the handy disposal of close to the surface and will to another place and not another path of ruin and desolation. In raw sewage and untreated in- swim right into rocks and will head was lost. wallow around in circles and the eastern part of the county, dustrial waste. Long years ago, the river not jump weakly out of the water." near where the Rocky empties inFish Have Died only furnished water for cattle, Other men took dip nets and to the Pee Dee river, many tribTons and tons of fish have died for humans. The bright water utary streams tend to dillute and in the stream this past summer. salvaged a few live fish from the but runnin S <£er the rocks and shoals lessen the concentrated pollution. Not from the heat. Nor from any river and comm'ited toe'mto fresh I A long time ago, fishemen normal cause. They have been water ponds on their respecitve was considered pure enough to came from miles away to fish in killed by the powerful chemicals farms. Almost invariably, the drink and the river sustained fish died. They were to far gone many a family during a prolonged | many flsneTmen--w««*-.--.- t o be recusicated, by a healthy ATV s P e 1 1 w h e n w e l l s a n d « P T W j haunts have been replaced b e n v i r o n m e n t were dry unapproachable cesspool of s B u z z a r d S ) feasting upon dead L ° n c e ' *,he hoy-s •ton*!**— "V ing black filth? fish lined either side of the river had regular swimming holes and -Let's note the experience a s f a r a s the eye could see. For P1 s I ™ S P la ?f" * h a t } v e r e Patron•other farmers and what the days t h e vultures descended u p - ! thinking about-the situation] o n the river and the resulting fish stews and overnight fishing parties were numerous. Trappers Not Fit For Pasture stench invaded homes for great maintained lines along desolate I own land along the rr> distances away on both sides of stretches of the stream in the i lon_ ways," one farmei \theA river. proper seasons. By FRED T. MORGAN As one m a n put it the smell But I'm afraid to fence it Those things are apparently "Hanging is too good for the permanent pasture for my became so strong at times t h a t gone forever. Men today can only man- who first started t h a t dye When the river gets u] we well nigh had to leave tell their children about the | and filth coming down the river,' spreads over its banks, as home". things once enjoyed along the Other summers have seen m a n y river. Roads into the river and one m a n who owns land adjoin- casionally does, the watersi ing Rocky river said bitterly the lowlands for great di fish overcome by the polluted trails along the banks are being last week. "He might be hung sometimes. When the wa 1 waters of the river, but the overgrown from lack of use. Resitoo, and all the rest of them, if cedes the grass is left saj wholesale massacre of fish in dents of the area are embarassed the people along this river could with the poisonous water July of this year topped anything by inquiries from afar as to the get their hands on them." tie eat the grass it's just the same •3 1 fishing possibilities of the river That's not an isolated v i e w - as if they drank the water from _L I today. • 5 a Pollution has existed in the 3 <P point. It's the general feeling out of the stream. "I had four prime head to die stream, probably, for the last 20 among the residents of t h a t sectyears. Perhaps longer. But only ion of the river so badly affect- like that this summer, I know. S 3 flS cr n5.- <TO« L _ O The vet said something about it org 3 in the last few years has it beed by the pollution. 09 p? 3 0) 5 blackleg, but he knows just come so acute and so destructive. 09 The contamination in Rocky being well as me that it was nothing And the volume of it is increasc ' r iver is so great t h a t the situa- as o that dye in the river that & ing, seemingly, from week to >1 o> tion h a s become intolerable peo- but killed them. What could I do ra week. si ple feel. It's time a battle line about it? A little man like me? I1 to1 There is a law, whether writo w a s set u p and a n ultimatum Nothing except complain and reten or unwritten, about a person stated. The people want action port it to the authorities.' or an industry polluting a stream on the matter—swift, sure action. —h p) Another-farmer on the river which his neighbor below him is 3 -3. Mention to one' of them t h a t lost 10 head of cattle, not this using. the state has underway a stream year, but in 1943 and 1944. All of fD SO ™ ~ Where does this wholesale polpollution survey and study, and them had access to the river and .*•* 3 5 TJ 3 lution come from, and who is re? fif I £ sponsible he'll fly off the handle. they all got sick and died in the t O fir- <t> for it? "Just a Blind" same wavr- The vet examined the ¥ $ ^ "It's just a blind. "It's just to dead or dying cattle believed that ar i-h o O CoSfcF pacify us for another year and the river water was responsible. W 5_. ™ keep us believing something Since 1944, the. deadliness of the Q. o <P is being done. They've told us river water has multiplied many I to that before but nothing ever times". : came of it. 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-<e>many fishermen whose favorite" haunts have been replaced by an unapproachable cesspool of stinking black filth? Let's note the experiences of other f a r m e r s a h d w h a t they are thinking about the situation. Not Fit For Pasture "I own land along the river for a long ways," one farmer said, By FRED T. MORGAN "but I'm afraid to fence it in for "Hanging is too good for the permanent pasture for my cattle. • man- who first started that dye When the river gets up and and filth coming down the river," spreads over its banks, as it ocone man who owns land adjoin- casionally does, the waters cover ing Rocky river said bitterly the lowlands for great distances last week. ."He might be hung sometimes. When the water retoo, and all the rest of them, if cedes the grass is left saturated the people along this river could with the poisonous water. If catget their hands on them." tle eat the grass it's just the same That's not an isolated v view- as if they drank the water from point. It's the general feeling out of the stream. among the residents of t h a t sect"I had four prime head to die ion of the river so badly affect- like t h a t this summer, I know. ed by the pollution. The vet said something about it The contamination in Rocky being blackleg, but he knows "just river is so great t h a t the situa- as well as me that it was nothing tion h a s become intolerable peo- but that dye in the river t h a t ple feel. It's time a battle line killed them. What could I do w a s set u p and a n ultimatum about it? A little man like me? stated. The people w a n t action Nothing except complain and reon the matter—^swift, sure action. port it to the authorities." Another-farmer on the river Mention to one' of them t h a t the state h a s underway a stream lost 10 head of cattle, not this pollution survey and study, and year, but in 1943 and 1944. All of them had access to the river and he'll fly off the handle. they all got sick and died in the "Just a Blind" same wayf The vet examined the "It's just a blind. '"Its' just to dead or dying cattle believed that pacify us for another year and the river water was responsible. keep us believing something Since 1944, the. deadliness of the is being done. They've told us river water has multiplied many t h a t before but nothing ever times. ; came of it. Even so, it is tangl"The road to Concord runs close ed up in red tape and slanted to the river for a ways," another to meet the favor of the big man says, "and coming back from business. What good is it do- work a t night,, especially when it's ing the farmer along the river hot, you have to roll up the windwho can't sit on his front porch ows in the car to keep the odor of . a n d smell clean air because of the river from overcoming you. the river? The program m a y be taiursj_ay_n.ig.hts _airethe w o r s t for,
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the dye is released on Wednesday and if reaches this place onThursday. Ask anyone who travels the road, they'll tell you the same thing." • More About Odor One man has another remark about t h e . odor. "I heard that a man who lives within a few hundred feet of the river say he had never smelled the odor from the river at all. I say that's impossible if the man has any sense of smell. The odor drives me in off my porch and I live nearly half a mile away." The fishing sport in the affected section of the river is no more, as another man points out. "I'll bet there's not a fish in Rocky river from Irish Buffalo creek down to Oakboro or maybe further. But there are fish above where Buffalo creek runs in. Once I could drop a hook in that river anywhere along here and catch fine fish. With -a.sein you could catch sacks full of fish in short .order. Now I have to go 15 miles or more' to any - good fishing grounds because the river at my back door is dead. I'd like to see the young boys in the community be able to fish Rocky river again like their dads once did." Some men are of the opinion that after a freshet which dillutes the dye and foreign matter^ somewhat, a few fish do' venture back upstream. But they are either killed or forced back downstream again when a fresh batch of the
deleterious substance is released. "I reckon I own the riyer out to the middle along my property," another man says. "But I'm not proud of it. It's worse than dead property. It's like a monster or something that .you can't control. It's something to be hidden and be ashamed of." Still another man has learned a new angle. "I hear there's a move underway by the government to make all property owners relinquish their rights- back to t h e edge Of the stream or to a certain distance from the edge of the stream. That will give the government full control over all waterways. Then they can pollute the rivers or do what they want to with them, because they'll be state owned instead of privately owned." Thoroughly Aroused All the residents along Rocky river on both sides are thoroughly aroused over this pollution situation. They are United in one thing—they want something done about it. The time is long since past when something should have been done about it. What can the people along the river do? One man summed it up this way: "There are enough people in this area to fight the thing if they'll stick together. Lawyers have offered to fight the case free -J-S5
of charge if the people along the river will cooperate. But it'll take more than cooperation. There's been .petitions gotten up before and hearings held, but nothing ever came of it. There have been, laws passed, but they were mock laws. What chance has a little group of citizens along Rocky river unless those responsible are willing to cooperate? Loses Summarized The major complaints of the people along Rocky river can be summed up as follows. Loss of Property—Since cattle can no longer drink from the river or graze safely along its banks, the property is of little value. At least 20 head of cattle have died from drinking the polluted water. Farmers say it is risky to plant crops in the lowlands along the river for contam.ina,tion;i.,.vi;ill result when the stream* -Overflows its banks. An opening to a "fresh water stream was once considered a very desirable asset to any farm, but today a farm which borders on Rocky river depreciates.ft value rapidly. Loss of fishing and recreational 'attractions—There are no longer any.fish in the river, not to mention others forms of wildlife native to. the stream- Though there |is :a: river at their door, once highly h a i l e d for its fishing, the people must go elsewhere in search of fishing grounds. Swimming' and boating In the river is a thing of the past. Menance to health—Certainly the raw sewage in the river carries a volume of germs that could be ..quickly spread by flies. Surely .any bodily contact with the water could be conductive to disease; Taken internally, the water could cause very drastic complications. Definitely, the condition of Rocky river could be classed as a menace to. public health and well being. ;' v * Unbearable odor—Probably the ' odor will hot harm anvone, but it is disgusting and unbearable to the esthetic sense. The property suffers in depreciation as a direct result of it. Probably a parcel of land along the river cOuld not be given away as a homesite. Year after year of breathing the stench might be injurious at that. Perhaps the folks along Rocky river are a small group. But that doesnt mean there's no fight in them. There are. dozens and dozens of long-suffering men and women on on the.river in Cabarrus, tut*u l a n d Anson counties that have been fanned to a battle pitch by the unchecked pollution the £ a c uk } T 2Ver y a r e ready to ?, to the limit any measure that will offer any alleviation
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Stzeam Pollution Azticles Put Newspaper In "Crime" Ficfht The series of four articles on stream pollution as it affects Rocky river, the southern boundary line of Stanly county, has served to call attention to the pressing need for action on the part of communities and manufacturing plants who dump raw sewage or industrial waste into streams that flow into the river. Fred T. Morgan, feature editor for the News and Press, working in collaboration with News Editor George B. Weaver, did what we regard as a fine piece of work in preparing this series. In these stories, he described the actual conditions, told what citizens along the river had to say about it, and then visited all candidates for the General Assembly, getting statements from them as to what their official attitudes would be if and when sent to Raleigh to make laws. Stream pollution in North Carolina is not something new, and many newspapers have been waging a fight on this "crime", and it is a crime, for many years. The News and Press is happy to join with them and other organizations in insisting that the Legislature7 take positive action to correct this evil when it meets in January.
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Idea Conceived By Local Men; Norfolk-Southern Got Charter
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By FRED T. MORGAN Jolted out of its phegmatic and vegetating existence by astounding news, the little town of Albemarle, in the year 1911, rapidly took on new color and became the nucleus of operations for a wide awake citizenry. A new railroad w a s coming to town! For months Albemarle and Stanly county residents basked in the spotlight of envy which was thrown upon them from over the state. They were assured of the new railroad provided the property owners would donate the necessary right of way through town. Civic committees galvanized Into action and secured promises of free rights-of-way before the property owners knew w h a t had hit them. The railroad officials were assured that Albemarle would be there with the goods. Called the Raleigh, Charlotte, and Southern, the new line would pierce Stanly county east and west, passing through Albemarle a n d on to Charlotte via Mt. Pleasa n t and Concord. Talked For Years For fifteen years prior to 1911, there had been talk of a railroad direct from Raleigh to Charlotte. Little had been done about it. Some engineers had scouted portions of t h e area, but nothing was accomplished. The road Was badly needed. Stanly county had only one railroad, the Yadkin, which ran from Salisbury to Norwood with a switch into Whitney. The Winston-Salem Southbound railroad w a s being built through the county which connected the Norfolk and Western at Winston Salem with the Atlantic Coast lines at Wadesboro. There was no railroad across t h e county running east and west and it was necessary to go by way of Salisbury to get to Charlotte, Greensboro, or Raleigh, or to go to Wadesboro in order to catch the Seaboard into Charlotte or Raleigh. To the north, the Southern railroad from Charlotte to Raleigh had its line around by Greensboro, Burlington, Hillsboro, and Durham. To the south, the Seaboard had its line from Charlotte to Raleigh by way of Monroe, Wadesboro, Hamlet and points east.
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through Albemarle. The roundabout ways of the Southern and.2 Seaboard lines can be traced between Charlotte a n d Raleigh Much rail distance would have been saved by the new road.^ 12 the Seaboard and Southern rail-1 proved highways. Only a few counties in between the lines of lection of South Carolina.- Alread| roads in getting from Raleigh to wooden bridges across small the Southern and of the Seaboard. the N. & S. owned and o p e r a t e d lines throughout eastern N o r t r l Charlotte a n d vice versa. As it streams, could be found in the Charter Prepared A appeared to him, a route direct county. • Metal and concrete Interest in the Idea grew. At Carolina. from Raleigh to Charlotte would bridges were non-existent, Country Opened Up the suggestion of Cornell, Mr. cut great distances off the existThe county w a s hemmed in on Mann prepared a charter and No matter what exact routes ing lines and open up a rich new three sides by unbridged rivers solicited the aid of R. L. Brown, was followed the line was to be territory, heretofore unaccessible.' t h a t were fordable only a t certain then a member of t h e legisla- of great importance to Albemarle! Pass Through Albemarle times. There were no bridges ture, to assist him in getting the and Charlotte by reason of the j across Rocky river on the south charter through the legislature splendid section of the country it] He placed a ruler on the map and or across the Yadkin or which was then In session. Mr. opened up. The opening up of and found to his growing surprise Pee west Dee on north and east. Brown cooperated. After prepar- Stanly, Moore, Randolph, Chat5 that a straight line from Raleigh All crossings the had to be made by ing the charter, Mr. Mann obtain- ham. Montgomery, Cabarrus and to Charlotte would pass almost ferry. Toward Salisbury directly through Albemarle. Also, only unbarred outlet. lay the ed the consent of 19 other men to other counties was of highest im-1 allow their names to appear in portance. New point, the branch it would pass through or near An east-west railroad through the charter which is shown a s lines and markets would be renAsheboro and Plttsboro. Mr. Mann undertook to interest some busi- the county would change these Chapter 418 of the Private Laws dered accessible. Large developments were in imness men in these towns in ob- conditions and bring prosperity of 1911. taining a charter for a railroad to the county. The incorporators of the Ral- mediate prospect. The note sounwhich would have a direct line Mr. Mann took his sketch to A. eigh, Charlotte, and Southern ded by the N. & S. was one of enfrom Raleigh to Charlotte and L. Cornell, a division engineer railroad, as it was to be called, terprise and aggressiveness. It pass through these points. of the Winston-Salem South- were J. S. Efird, W. L. Mann, A. was able to amply conceive and Stanly county at this time was bound railroad stationed in Al- C. Heath, S. H. Hearne, R. L. execute extensive plans. Rumors in a sorry state. It w a s com- bemarle, who proved very en- Smith, R. L. Brown, A. L. Crow- were to the effect that the direcCredit for conceiving the idea paratively undeveloped. Farm- thusiastic about the idea. Fol- eT, and W. I. Lee of Albemarle; tors of the Norfolk and Southern and lowing the original drawing, Cor- W-. C. Hammer, J. D. Ross, and O. had voted the sum of $20,000,000 in it arbusing to bring sufficient the dream interest into a | l n g and other enterprises were nell made a detailed m a p show- X Cox of Asheboro; Arthur H. to be spent in construction ar^ at a low ebb. The citizens were reality goes to W. L. Mann, Al ing the routes of- the Southern London, Bennett Nooe, H. M. improvement work south of Ri % lethargic and seerrMngly un- and Seaboard and then showing /London bemarle attorney. pj and Leon T. Lane ofj leigh. r With a railroad m a p of the aware of the rich resources and a direct line between Raleigh Siler City. Others were Fred C. Except for a small stretch ig ' state spread out before him, he potentialities of the county. and Charlotte passing through Williams, Marvin Kearns, M. W. tween Fuquay Springs and CO ' studied the circuitous routes of Nothing w a s being done to pro- Albemarle and showing all the .Paris, and D. A. Tompkins. the road was complete to Mjj mote growth. There were no imin Montgomery co R. L. Brown introduced the Gilead certainty ended artd"-Sg| I charter in the legislature with W. There L. Mann paying the $50 fee from lation begun as to what cou his personal funds. It was pass- would follow. Two ways w open. It might go due west ed and ratified on May 7, 1911. Soon an article, prepared by Norwood, Big Lick, and to tow Mr. Mann,, was published in all Charlotte. Or it might veer v leading newspapers throughout sharply north to Albemarle, the state accompanied by a cut Pleasant and Concord. of the m a p of the proposed new Albemarle citizens had assuri railroad. It attracted Immediate agent Duncan that the city wou attention a n d created a large I be there with the goods as far amount of concentrated interest right-of-way ground was conce'r| a m o n g railroad people all over 1 ed. He, in turn, had given the the state. assurance t h a t the railroad woul In the summer all of the in-1 ** f °rthroming. The same assur corporators were notified to m e e t | S E f e J , * ° . ^ n J^.en, °°m w a y j j i in Greensboro to organize. They Mt. Pleasant and Concord. Th« formed an organization with J. D. outlook was for the line to coma Ross of Asheboro ' a s president from Troy to Albemarle tn Con-1 and W. L. Mann of Albemarle a s cord. An announcement in Ra-i secretary and treasurer. While leigh confirmed this. at the meeting, one of t h e ofEngineers Arrived ficers w a s called into a meeting Chief Clark and a battery of with Carl Duncan, representative of the Norfolk and Southern rail- engineers arrived in Albemarle to I road. He inquired if the men j begin preliminary surveying. One force set out from Albemarle toi wanted to build a railroad, r 0 r he n |ri V e e r P ^ l 8 D * e ' a and still another told that the latter w a s the case, from Troy eastward. he offered to buy the charter According to reports, Engineer for $1,000 and get the road built Clark expected considerable troufor the men. ble in getting into Albemarle, as Gave Option it was .300 feet above the Yadkin They decided to give Mr. Dun- at Smith's Mill where he thought can an option on the charter, pro- the road would cross. He said he vided he would have the road would not consider more than 'a built within two years or. furnish one per cent grade. It tooked as I sufficient evidence within t h a t if "Naked" mountain would have time that the road would be to be tunneled as viewed from the! built or else release the charter preliminary surveys. back to the incorporators. As a Newspapers in the state carried' result, another meeting was held accounts of the developments of I in Greensboro about 30 days later the projects. Particularly was j and all incorporators subscribed the Charlotte, Albemarle and Con for stock in the corporation and cord papers interested The Charlotte Evening ChrOn- ! transferred their stock to Carl Duncan and thus the Raleigh, idle voiced the rumor that because Charlotte, and Southern became of rugged country, heavy work, curves, steep grades, etc., the a legal entity. would go direct from • Mt. After the corporation w a s road Gilead to Charlotte, leaving Allegally /organized, the Norfolk bemarle and Concord high and and Southern bought out the In rebuttal, the Stanly EnAsheboro and Aberdeen roalroad dry. terprise said that Charlotte would system and two or three other have to be content with a railroad systems, Including the Raleigh tha* first and Southport, and thereupon Concord. kissed Albemarle and began the construction of conAnother rumor had it that benecting links in the line between Raleigh and Charlotte. Two sur- cause or apathy on the part 'oi veys were m a d e t h a t passed Albemarle citizens a new survey through or near Albemarle and was being made direct from Mt. rightes-of-way were obtained. Gilead to Charlotte. A blistering Both these surveys contemplated report came forth from the AlberUnning from Albemarle by way marle paper which said m part of Mt. Pleasant and Concord to I that P'H if the railroad officials fallto run the line by Albemarle , Charlotte. it would not be because of indifOut of this giant merger of ference on their part. They were railroads in the central part of leaving no stone unturned in their the. state came a maze of con- efforts to get the road. Albemarle flicting reports. Tongues wagged would fight to the finish. for weeks and speculation w a s The surveyors would 'make no rife as to which route the com- statement about what route would pany would choose to Charlotte. be followed. Duncan himself was Certain pertinent facts stood equivocal in his statements about j out in relief from the rumors. The the railroad. Citizens in the three Norfolk and Southern had absorb- towns were left guessing. ed three railroads and had an Then M. H. Caldwell, former excellent start toward the long- railroad promoter, came to town. desired dream of a direct line He had lived in Albemarle, and connecting Raleigh and Charlotte 1 was familiar with the country It owned the charter of the R. C. I through which the new railroad and S. It was the announced in- would have to go. He said that tention of the purchaser to at the Albemarle and Concord route once extend the line to Albemarle, was the cheapest. But even if it Concord, thence to the Queen would cost the company $200 000 City, and probably on further more, the cost would be Justified, South to tap the rich Piedmont' he said. They could afford to miss
^S^riTM^nl^dkts^ne; Has Uncanny Record For Dreaming By FRED T. MORGAN Stanly county is due for a dis astrous famine—that is the hon est and sincere conviction of Mr R. L. Sibley of Albemarle. The whole formidable picture I Iwas conveyed to him in a d r e a m ' the other night. . . . He saw an acrid, ravished 1 earth with wilted vegetation a n d scarcely a n y crops a t all. Livestock nibbled morosely at the last few morsels of wheat straw and corn shucks to be I found. Patches of parched cotton stood I only bare inches in t h e baked earth and corn crops were burned I up and stunted to ruin. He saw a m a n harvesting II Irish potatoes, b u t no potatoes j came from his plow. There were j none. Grain fields held only a few FORETELLS FAMINE — R. L'" i scattering heads of faulty grain. Sibley, one of Stanly county*? He dreamed t h a t a company remarkable citizens a n d a rea, II from New York sent a special philanthropist, is of the opin "| machine to the south to save Ion t h a t a large area, includ I every last head of grain t h a t it ing Stanly county, is in for \ severe famine. Since a numb* II w a s h u m a n l y possible to saveof other things about which h Not Confined to Stanly h a s dreamed have come to pas' famine w a s alone. h e thinks this event will, als< n ,not confined to The Stanly county But it ™ « But it did include Stanly county—that's . for sure. His dream indicated t h a t it would cover a much wider ability to forsee things to con territory. Perhaps even the whole Few people share this ability. 'nation. . Mr. Sibley doesn't claim to When will it come? Mr. Sibley a seer or prophet. Fame of pt isn't able to answer that though icity hold no allurement tor hi he is inclined to believe it will for he is a retiring m a n . He be soon. Maybe next year. motivated by a sense of genu! Can anything be done to pre altruism. He only w a n t s Y vent it? Once it hits, how can it dreams told for t h e . good it m be ended? What will be the ul- do the people of Stanly county 1 I timate results? Mr. Sibley elsewhere. doesn't know. In his dream h e Mr. Sibley wants to confer w only saw t h e devastation and other dreamers who can fori ruin wrought by the famine. events to come. Together m a j Months ago, before any word i they cap analyze their drea about it w a s published in the a n d reach some conclusion abi newspapers or broadcast over t h e I impending future -disasters. air, he dreamed about the terriwoum like imc to *~ meet — . ^ or c He would ble droughts t h a t are pleagueing respond with anyone who < our nation today. He told his penetrate the future via dre ; i dream to a freind who will sub- waves, ! stantiate him. 1 r Dreaming of catastrophic | events t h a t later actually hapi pen is nothing new for Mr. SibI ley. He h a s seen m a n y things in dreams t h a t later came to I pass. Many years ago h e dreamed t h a t a big belt would run off a! (pulley in t h e lumber plant of which he w a s half owner and t h a t someone would be hurt try ing to put the belt back on u n I less t h e engine w a s stopped. Bei fore his breakfast the next morning, he went down to the plant and warned the m e n t h a t if al belt came off to stop the engine! and the pulley before attempt-1 II Ing to replace the belt. One of' the men laughed and belittled ( t h e warning and said he could [I replace the belt with t h e pulley• : running. Before 10 o'clock .next il morning the big belt did run off I the pulley. The m a n who had I laughed attempted to replace it il without shutting off the power. •il In doing so, the belt c a u g h t his A overalls and ripped them to V sherds and tore his shoe. Had ' h i s clothing not given, he would | j h a v e been wound around the . shaft and whipped to a pulp. Life In Danger . On another occasion, h e dream-1 l ed t h a t a m a n ' s life w a s in dang-1 l:tt. He warned the m a n , sugg e s t i n g t h a t he string u p a wire] IlbetWeen him in case a n inlltruder approached. The m a n •a', complied and he later credited lithe device with saving his life. B Similar things have happened •uiwwigh the years and Mr. Sib_ ^ _ ^ « m s gifted with the esoteric
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1952.
150-Year-Old English Textbook Contains Many Interesting Facts
Good breeding does not confift I his affiftanee, but m a k e use of in low bows, and formal cere- his own beft endeavours', Caleb W. Smith of Big Lick mony; but in refpectful b e - | - of the Hound Defpifed is the owner of an immensely in-1 havioar. By His Master teresting little 150-year-old EngGood fenfe muft, in many aged hound, lish book entitled "A New cafes, determine w h a t is good if.u i An .„ ~ . — being ,-. in., p.u. jd t f h s e Guide to the English Tongue.' ' | breeding, and w h a t is not. , ° l g ^ > caught it, bu coul d n o t h o l d , »t, becaufe hj Printed by J. Neilfon in 1802,! Good breeding is that which the little volume measures about fets a glofs upon all other qual- teeth were worn out, for whicj his matter corrected him verj four by six inches and contains ities, and renders them useful. One principal point, of good fe Y? £ , . i\ . _ ->J all but the first twelve of 156 The pages; manners, '48, to fuit ^our ^ ^ ^behav^ Inot begged alledging, t h a t he miglj be Dog punifhed, ths It has seen rough treatment. iour to our fuperiors, our equals, he was old; yet he faid, he h i Its edges are ragged and torn. and our inferiors. been ftout in his youthful day An Essay The outside covers may or m a y and therefore hoped, he mie," not be the original, but at any Another pertinent passage en- be pardoned, if it were o m y ^ k l rate they are battered and chew- titled "On Education" is quoted his former fervices: but I fs ] ed, although still intact. Dried in full: continues he, nothing pleafet squirrel skin h a s been sewed Nature h a s given us phpwers of without proft. around the back edge of the action, but fhe has left the imThe Interpretation y book to hold the covers in place, i provement of them to ourfelves. If a favour is not -continued, si A portion of the pages came This being the cafe, were there effe to incite us to the u» forgot Many people a r e J | out in time past and/ someone; nothing early culture of the mir-d, but the " ^ e f u as to take no rtotj h a s fastened them back- in upof the ninety-nine good tumf advantage of gaining timeT the which ' side down. they have received, if tr. motive would be fufficiently All the pages are worn, yel- i ftrong. But other powerful con- hundredth is denied them lowed, and faded, but still leg-1 fiderations are not wanting, to Of the Two Thieves and ible. The pages are not marked induce us to pay attention to The Butcher or defaced as one might normal- early improvement. In no peA couple of Sharpers went (M ly expect, though the inside cov-1 riod of our lives is the mind a Butcher's fhop, to buy forril ers do bear crude etchings in altogether inactive. Objects o f j a t ; but while the B u t c M me pencil. fenfe naturally firft folicit our w a s bufied with other cuftomerf Study of Grammar attention. The mind, void of o n e of them ftole a piece of b e j The book deals principally ideas, catches eagerly a t what- and gave it to his fellow, v j $ with the study of grammar. One ever may firft prefent itfelf. At- p u t it under his cloak. | The Butcher prefently mifftj part is-entitled "A Practical Eng- tention fhould be paid, at a lish Grammar," and it takes u p I very early period, to the forming the meat, and charged them w a study of orthography, tenses, I of the organs of fpeech for a the thieft. But he t h a t ftole it, fwore moods, gender, and all the va- Juft pronunciation. But this is not all: "almoft every*thing is j O V e t h a t he had none of rious parts of speech. Starting with a study of mono- new to children, and novelty will a n d he t h a t had it. fwore likvH syllables, the book goes on up < lead to new acquirements; fhew w i s e t he did not take it a w a i the birds, t h e beafts, t h e | To whom the Butcher replie&l •the syllable scale with corres- them fifties, the infects, trees, fruits, The Thief to me is unknoWfi 1 pounding word lists and reading herbs, and all the feveral parts thoughSl believe it to be one f| exercises for the student. and properties of the vegetable you: but he by whom ye h a f l l The letter "f" is used in place and animal world. Teach them both fworn, can tell, and wl j of " s " in most cases. Where the | to obferve the various occurrenc- reward you accordingly. I letter " s " comes twice in suc- es of nature and providence, the T u _ f«*«..«.«»«*«^cession one of them usually re- fun, moon, and ftars, the d a y / fa The Interpretation J God mains an " s " while the other is and night, fummer and winter, Almighty is privy to aJ printed as an "f". the clouds and the fky, t h e hail, <?ur actions: And tho' we ma One of the reading exercises fnow and ice, winds, fire, water, f o r a while deceive men, yet w. follows. Remember to substitute earth, air, fields, woods, moiin- cannot efcape his all feeing eyf a n " s " tor the "f" in most cases. I tains, rivers, etc. Teach them w h o will reward and punifh f f "Mifs Jane Bond had a new, | that the GREAT GOD m a d e all according as we deferve. doll, and her good aunt, who I thefe and t h a t His Providence The last few pages of• the lit* bought it, gave her cloth to make ^governs them." His Almighty tie book contain Particularly a fhirt for it; fhe gave her a ! Power is able to do vrfiatfoever Forms of Prayer and begin withM coat too, and a pair of ftays, and ipleafeth Him; and as He m a d e Public Prayers For the Ufe otfj a yard of twift, with a t a g to it, all things at firft, by His wis- Schools. Then there is a section | f Pri ate for a lace, a pair of red fhoes, dom, fo he ftill governs them ° n e Y Prayers for children! I and a piece of filk, to m a k e doll according to his pleafure. All His 2 r <£ them is called "A Prayer L a flip, fome gauze for a frock, words declare His greatnefs; and P e° Wifdom and Knowledge, tofl and a broad white fafh. Now He h a s been gracioUfly pleafed ° P a i d b y a C h } J d G o i n S tor thefe were neat things you know, to publifh His will to mankind l ^ o l , or at any Other T i m e " This section i l s o includes pray* but Mifs Jane had no thread, fo |iri the holy fcriptures. ers to be said before and after] fhe could not m a k e doll's clothes Two Poems meals, "before going to Church," j when fhe had cut them out; but From the "Sentences in Verse" "For a Child feating himfelf in her dear good a u n t gave her part of the volume come the fol- the Church," and "When Devine fome thread too; and then fhe lowing two passages: Service' is ended." went hard to work, and m a d e At the bottom of the last page! On Ambition doll quite fmart in a fhort time." is the word FINIS and below it: Dazzled with hope, we cannot Paifley, Aphorisms printed by J. Neilfon, J fee the cheat A page of Aphorisms in the 1802. Of aiming with impatience to be little volume reads as follows: The little book h a s been in thia He who begins with feverity, MTU „ ?^fi J „~u:*«„~ i i *K« v.*,-,,* I custody of Mr. Smith for man|ffl in Judging others, commonly (When wild ambition m the heart y p a r s £ o w s i r i c e t h e d e a t h of fc:i ' ends with fatfehood. coivtont, and quiet of « r s t w , i f e - « l s ; only.knowledge of He 'who goes round about, in I Farewel the mind I the is tradition which has his requefts, w a n t s commonly For glitfring. clouds we leave t h e l b ^volume handed down through the more than he choofes to name. f am i 1 i e s . i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ JfoJid fhore, i He who, without being your Cagle Brothers intimate, h a n g s over your fhoul- ' And wonted -happtnefs returns It seems that one of three j no more. der, when you are writing, ought Cagle brothers, who left Gernot to fhare a place in your On Trouble m a n y and came to America, setheart. The happieff m a n that ever tled not far from the present! He who turns over your pabreath'd , on. earth, -. i . i Liberty Hill church in western ; pers, when left alone in your , „ . . . ,, .. clofet, fhould not be trufted with With all the glories of eftate and s t a n l y county. His n a m e is bebirth, lieved to have been Charlie. M r you fecrets. Had yet fome anxious care. to Smith remembers seeing an old He who hates mufic, and the make him know, chimney which had a fireplace;1 laugh of a child, fhould be kept, No grandeur was above the eight or ten feet wide at the site ^ at leaft, three paces diftant. reach : ^ «of _ , ,woe, ^ . Charlie A1 i ,.. i of Charlie's old home. He, who can folicit boldly, „ . from all_ things that d i f - | h a d a daughter named Sylvia. without impudence, h a s faith in To be quiet, free, humanity. ^ ^ story goes that Sylvia used He, who recals the remem- [ Is not confif tent with humanity. I this little book a s a textbook in getting what little schooling she Selected Fables brance of part errors, to confound him who has repented of The little book contains a received. She rrtight have went to a community school, or have them, is a villian. I number of Select Fables, each | He, who is flow to fee good with a~crudeyilustiatlon"and a n ] 1 * * 1 1 * a " 8 h l Privately, or been * qualities, and quick in difcerning interpretation. Three of the best | tutored by her parents. At any bad ones, fhould be avoided. I follow: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ rate she is said, to have used the He, who is too proud to atone Of the Waggoner and Hercules '. book as a child. Sylvia was married to John for wilful detraction, is a thief, As a Waggoner w a s driving his who refutes to return w h a t he team, his Waggon funk into a Huneycutt and had a son named Levi. Levi's daughter was Mr. ftole. hole and ftuck faft. Smith's first wife. The book w a s Men frequently? carry their The poor man immediately fell in her possession and > since her characters in their pockets; we j upon his knees, and prayed to might decide on the half of our Hercules, that he would get his death, Mr. £mith has been guardian of the old family heirloom. ' acquaintance, had we will or Waggon out of the hole again. right, to turn their pockets infide "It's not much," Mr. Smith Thou fool, fays Hercules, whip out. says, it is something t h a t thy Horfes, and fet thy fhoulders young "but Following is a passage entitled Ito people nowadays don't se& the Wheels; and then if thou "On Good Manners and Good I wilt call upon Hercules, he will often. It could tell some mighty Breeding." interesting stories if it could Good manners is the art of j help thee. talk. I reckon I'll just keep it The Interpretation making the people eafy, with and let one of my boys have it whom we converfe. Lazy wifhes never do a man to keep after me Whoever makes the fewest per- any fervice; but if he would tons uneafy, is- the beft bred in have h e l p from God, in the time J the company. of need, let him not only implore J By FRED T. MORGAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1952
W. fi. Coggins Earning Recognition/o A N T ) •wspaper of -Character For Growing Excellent Cantaloupes FESDAY, JULY 22, 1952 By FRED MORGAN For the past three weeks, W. S. Coggins and his cantaloupe truck on the street corner near the Cabarrus bank have been a familiar sight in downtown Albemarle. People on the streets stop regularly to buy his prize melons. The load on his truck is usually pretty well exhausted by noon and latecomers do not have a wide selection to choose from. I His largest cantaloupes' are usually sold the first thing after he arrives early in the morning. Pedestrians are overwhelmed by the hugeness of the melons and pay well for them. Many times he has received a dollar for one of the big ones. He guarantees them to have as fine a flavor as any cantaloupes you'll find in this territory. Champion of Section Mr. Coggins is the champion cantaloupe grower in this section. On his farm at Palestine, he raises acres of cantaloupes each year. His prime melons are known far and wide, and he often gets calls from as far away as Kannapolis and Charlotte from dealers who offer to contract to take all the melons he can produce. But he prefers to sell them locally. Not all of his years as a grower of cantaloupes have been as successful as the last few. Some years have found him with a had crop. But he profited by the mistakes. A man learns much by the trial and error method, he says. He has grown cantaloupes at Palestine for the last 30 years. His experimentations in those years have proved to him that he has a variety of melons that Are as good if not better, than most cantaloupes grown in this section. At first, he tried planting only one kind of seed. But none of the types he tried produced the richness, fulness, and size that he wanted in a melon. Then he planted mixed seed and obtained ' better results. But subsequently, he noticed flaws in the melons. In the same melon, one part would be ripe with another part yet immatured; big in size, they were still soft, hard and knotty. He found that they would mix with other garden - stuff, if planted close by, and the result would be a large melon with an unsavory taste. He discovered that he had neglected to consider the length of the growing season of the different varieties. The next year he combined seeds of varieties that matured in the same number of days. Large, fineflavored melons were the result. He has followed that practice each year since. Saves Own Seed Each season he saves seed from some of his finest melons and adds a portion of new seed which he orders from the seed company. Without the new seed mixed with the old, his strain of melons would tend to run out and grow little and faulty. New seed keeps them large in size and fine in flavor. His advice now Is to plant mixed seed for quality and size. The loads of melons he has sold from his truck in Albemarle during the past three weeks have been a mixture of many different varieties of cantaloupes. In appearance, they, are long,, round,, oval, rough, smooth, and of a different texture and color. The cantaloupe season is ovjg this year, Mr. Coggins says, q his customers and friends in, bemarle can look for him aga*
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CHAMPION CANTALOUPE GROWER—W. S. Coggins, who has grown cantaloupes on his farm at Palestine for the last 30 years, has developed a strain of melons that is peculiarly his own. The* are big, delicious, and sell readily. Here, he exhibits one of hir typical hybrid melons, weighing 12 pounds. Most of the melon on his truck are above the average in size and quality. U_ .—Staff Photo—Ivpy.
GIVEN AWARD FOR WATCHING WEATHER—W. J. Rowland, Albemarle weatherman, is shown with a part of the government instruments with which he records the weather experienced here. He was given an award last week in recognition of 10 years of excellent service to the Weather Bureau in this capacity. His left hand is on the maximum-minimum thermometer which each dory records the high and low temperature for the 24-hour period. Daily records are kept on temperature and rainfall by Mr. Rowland. —Staff Photo—Morgan.
local WeatSerman Has Enjoyed brki Weather Only One [jOf Interests Weather Observation Work Described; Is Ardent Gardener.
quirea^Lor "Oumuiig up—xo x-f — a the maximum point. The tern/ ei "miiiuiii puinr. I n e | o o w t n VI 12111 is ature doesn't soar or fall to J si extreme point in just a ma tt(f/.Qt hours, he says. Mr. Rowland is an ardent j.e dener. Through his familiTF with the weather, he times f 14 ing of his vegetables so the/If] mature just ahead of thflij l e killing frost in the fall. £jbJ IB year his friends tell him tfiW is planting too late; that thfaj
By FRED T. MORGAN j At 64 years of age, W. J. Row-, knd, Albemarle weatherman and ] 'ell known watchmaker, is a man ho has lived a well-rounded life, j jne full of action, color, study iid work. And though there ive been hazards and adversi. es, it has been pleasant, every . pment of it. As a kid he was imbued with Jree hobbies or ambitions. •First came his liking for the 1 tins and railroads near his me. Though his father was led on the railroad, he could | t suppress a thrill when the big rines came whistling down the ck with their whistles. blaring, i Is clanging, steam hissing and ] ck smoke chugging out of the i cks. He wanted to be on board J 1 train going places. His mothJ tried to discourage him, but no avail. During the same years of his I ith when the railroad held such irement, another interest par-1 ;led his attraction for the rail-1 d. He liked to ' tinker with i tches and clocks. While, his Ithers idled their time away, he, died books on watchmaking^ practiced on all watchf, pie owners would entrust tb ) his care. Old Family Clock • lis mother had in the Id an old family clock/ I run in ages. It hy If wheels and mecht^L ' 'Continued on Page*
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W. A. Coggins Earning Recognita For Growing Excellent Cantaloupes By FRED MORGAN For the past three weeks, W. S. Coggins and his cantaloupe truck on the street corner near the Cabarrus bank have been a familiar sight in downtown Albemarle. People on the streets stop regsuited weather data. Bv vears nf ularly to buy his prize melons. ow such observations he acquhS^exThe load on his truck is usually tensive knowledge of the effect of pretty well exhausted by noon the mountains on weather cond°and latecomers do not have a hj wide selection to choose from, m at home a l o r I h e n ^ e d oleft ,^.ay in t h T S e and dH W S" " n '* Ris largest' cantaloupes' are t M 'with the c l o c k " ^ ° ? meddle usually sold the first thing afSnd°2tl nd ^f e w t yh ee a rrsa isI r o a d came when he couldn^,l et hafve e ^ Job ter he arrives early in the morns a warS• S * Pent old clock be L v io 0" *r H e ^ e * a watch inspector for a railing. Pedestrians are overwhelmhe had to e x e r e f s e ^ felt ed by the hugeness of the melons K a t i v f ^ f " ' c a r «e b a ^ t o in Prowess on the 7 n c w _ ^ i e, fp ,™ * « , L t - V e s t anly county and purand pay well for them. Many ece So he took it down ^ te making and times he has received a dollar 5e£Sthe trouble a n Ho Jr r n ' discovered 5 bSnE. ^ for one of the big ones. He , ?"t any d i f f S t J ^et e d it with ry business m Albemarle He guarantees them to have as fine i justed it, and i f r a ? 0 ?qui e t *«. ada flavor as any cantaloupes e l L kept anve his interest in the 'wea? Then, uncertaint\£?JLn d Je ed W h neVeroncea d you'll find in this territory. him Should he leave i t & f en g a n d - ?t to*s^ckr »°Champion of Section h * » toother discovir ^ ^t *$*?/• i?4-1' e assumed the Mr. Coggins is the champion disobeyed h e r T o ^ v ^U*l d hhe had er El n A^m°1m} leather observe 6 cantaloupe grower in this" secif and keep th e «eeriw stop late M TSZ ' - s u c c e eding the A tion. On his farm at Palestine, trifle pfoud of"w? *° ^ s e l f ? m e M. j . Harris m this position. he raises acres of cantaloupes ment, he determtoi ^ ^e t^t "h es h - His 11 years at the job have been d each year. His prime melons ock run and X * i old marked witht 0 diligence and cheer ^he pubIic - He .quences, which he £ L t h eno c °nse- Sis"* are known far and wide, and he recently awarded a lapel pinwas by would" be formidable ^oubt, often gets calls from as far eP rtment of uimi w L t i ? o Commerce I Painful. <**ole as well as away as Kannapolis and CharlWeather Bureau in Raleigh in otte from dealers who offer to recognition of 10 years of faithful contract to take all the melons e ld service as weather recorder. he can produce. But he prefers aw^BMi''''.iiiwtiiHtiiiMuatjjj«R^^^ UMIIWUIBBB-W We riklng Instruments to seS them locally. re eatrmT " While thev Not all of his years as a grow-' CHAMPION CANTALOUPE GROWER—W. S. Coggins, who has His m o S j ? tfHgg that „ § , ? At his home, 259 North Third er of cantaloupes have been as grown cantaloupes on his farm at Palestine for the last 30 years, Proach at h i m T r ™ s t e m re- street, Mr. Rowland's weather insuccessful as the last few. Some has developed a strain of melons that is peculiarly his own. They vere as h e f f i & * b i n g » s i struments are stationed perma- J "ently out on the lot to the rear years have found him with a are big, delicious, and sell readily. Here, he exhibits one of his day until this tZ, F r o m that house. They consist pri-fl bad crop. But he profited by the typical hybrid melons, weighing 12 pounds. Moat of the melons trade has occupied a nf t c h m aking of his ££? l y i °L a rainfall gauge and mistakes. A man learns much on his truck are above the average in sis* and quality. special thermometers which re—Staff Photo—Ivey, by the trial and error method, he cord the highest and lowest de-i says. ^T e ^ g ^ ^ t h r a l l feo rdm a n d gree of temperature reached each " He has grown cantaloupes at e r t* ain come ^ and day. Palestine for the last 30 years. about the thunder an* l l ^g h"td e r e d He takes a reading on the in-1 His experimentations in those bow the wirid moLf l a nnd i n g ; strument once each day and also J years have proved to him that bodies of wate? « l " ^ the keeps reports which he sendstof he has a variety of melons that f a t h e r p i c t u r f en?£" r edW ein the the authorities monthly. Fre^ are as good if not better, than Patches of cold\Z re the quently he is asked to make spemost cantaloupes grown in this air had felt on the d XT ^ bs ervati section. A man from caused them? H f a * M d - aws hf au t t£ Z a t t e ons. eat er At first, he tried planting only S r i n i . „ ^ i ? bureau comes I of questions about ^h T « one kind of seed. But none of and cheks S f f forI yaccuracy his instruand their relating, t *mh ea n elements ments the types he tried produced the growing things! and all richness, fulness, and size that His rainfall gadget will register he wanted in a melon. Then he 11 0 At 91 i, " j * * * ! J o b if there is enough rain to drip off r r t4anted mixed seed and obtained the eaves of a house. In event o/ r d a b an better results. But subsequently, k 4^en7ef on t^ e ?0 ex- snow, he is interested in it onh < he noticed flaws in the melons. L me Railway and ke D t thl r a i?, «thern f_i> t " the amount m regard to amount of of rain rain' , In the same melon, one part job for 14 vear« V» toadin* fall it would equal and he 'hah o f s would be ripe with another part routes took hfm ?™ K*»" Usua! e^act methods of determining yet immatured; big in size, they to Washington ™J%? ?oxville were still soft, hard and knotty. 'bury. His ambition t to y s o f S a h s Concerning extreme tempera/. He found that they would mix the steel " a i l s t Pfed over *"resm this area, he says he W ; with other garden - stuff, if train was * a L d A + ^robbing S r d w ? sc °rehing 107 degrees] planted close by, and the result time he p l i S h t a * . C£ht rt eh pe a isra m i Several times since he has beei would be a large melon with an .. trade among his f re^n d s -I n l n g official custodian of the weathe unsavory taste. ' service, and bv ; l the rail instruments, he has recordej left He discovered that he had thejob'heha^enou'eh^f > five degrees above S t keep two men hii,v * businega to three to neglected to consider the length U s y fu seemed. U time, it rpm~ e 7 C a S e o f such extr^af of the growing season of the temperature, several days arJe/ different varieties. The next year he combined seeds of varie6 h e h a d quired for "building up" to r 3 n a m l i l e V iThus o n u nh^ f t yI ^ oobserve l tern] el ties that matured in the same weather. the tne maximum point.or The fa in W number of days. Large, fine„, , —* •• « « ' ui ran » ;oN three childhood am a l ^ « SS-L^Sl^-r. flavored melons were the result. comintantly bitions con- extreme point in just a ma He has followed that practice hours, he says. 1 each year since. y n t f n ^ f S S e r n t h0rr?t hh the Mr. Rowland is an ardenti Car n r Thr0 U h his ohna and eastern T « Saves Own Seed . v, ftSS/I i n w!t h the ,^L lhS w e a t h e r - he times f 4 every season 5 tr)e^essee Each season he saves seed d e ery hour of the d av 23* ?"l v- mg of big vegetables so the/ \f\ - from some of his finest melons mature just ahead of tht IJ became thorouehfv f-nd^ght-i the and adds a portion of new seed h killing frost in the fall tffl the P w w ^ i S f t S " . ? which he orders from the seed M year his friends tell him tW,2 company. Without the new seed and could « 4 - ? J ^ _ L S g ° isplantmg too late; that t S g f mixed with the old, his strain of melons would tend to run out and grow little and faulty. New seed keeps them large in size and fine in flavor. His advice now is to plant mixed seed for quality and size. The loads of melons he has » sold from his truck in Albemarle during the past three weeks have been a mixture of many different varieties of cantaloupes. In appearance, they, are long,.roundL • oval, rough, smooth, and of a different texture and color. The cantaloupe season is oya§ this year, Mr. Coggins says. B his customers and friends in 7 bemarle can look for him aga
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High Price Possibly the price walTbeyond her means, for robust young Negro men brought a premium ! In those days, a n d in despair she went back to toil in her fields I for t h e money t h a t would somej STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C. | £ y bjiy her Harry's freedom. She w a s young. She could work] of t h e old homeplace of his with worlds of faith for a t h i n g mother. Bill, who w a s married so cherished. and had a family, built his p j ^ e n t u a l l y , she met William father a little cabin nearby his R a n d i e s price and t h e beloved house and old Free Harry lived Harry became her own. She there peacefully for the remain- brought him back to t h e plander of h i s days. ration a s her husband. Most j people with some knowledge of The Children. The Easley children became t£f + ?uy a r e i n c l i " e d to believe well known around Cottonville. t n a t there was, some dulv refrequented the trails. It was the j invested with the authority to Some of them eventually migrat- corded legal notice of their marBy FRED T. MORGAN center of a vast colored popu- apprehend stray negroes as well fcelia Easley is a n a m e that lation, known as t h e "Black Belt", a s keep the whites in line, visit- ed to distant places. Bill Easley riage a t least something to show \'fll occasion a deep and far which was used to farm the ed the Easley home one day and is remembered as having split t h e skeptical white people who challenge their rights, way look in an oldster's eyes at fertile river land in the section. inquired if Harry had a pass. It 500 rails in one day,"which w a s might a considered a noteworthy ac-1 " y , who had t h e n a m e of he small village of Cottonville Whites were relatively few in the w a s customary for a negro away complishment. I Randle, took his wife's n a m e afi Stanly county, and it will set neighborhood. from his master's plantation to Judith Easley w a s the most re-1, tern o wthe marriage and became ttle memory.bells to tinkling in Among the m a n y slaves were have a written pass, or permis- spected of the children. She w a s H£ £. n thereafter a s "Old Free is mind. Negroes fresh from the tropics sion to be away. Evidently the married to Frank Davis and lived i J£ r y Easley. white men were npt aquainted of their African envirofhent. It may take awhile to get his in the Cottonville area and was [ Evidently the bonds of matricirfties geared up to the sub- Others had been born in America with the team of Harry and said to be the most like her rnony waxed strong around t h e ct, but then, if- the weather's and had acquired t h e rudiments Celia, for they insisted t h a t H a r r y mother of any of the children. t w o and w a s good, for they prosreeable and he isn't offended of logic and learning. From this produce a pass. Harry told them Johnny Davis, an elderly resi- |P e r . e d there on their vast plantoo many unwise interrup- melting pot of t h e two races he was at his own home a n d dent of Kingville, is the son ofjtation. The Easley lands became didn't need a pass. ns, he may come forth with a came Celia Easley. Judith and the grandson of old Known far and wide. Celia and ry that is both tragic and From Anson. But t h e men persisted. Harry Aunt Celia Easley. He remem- H a r [ y originated a fine orchard using. The first documented evidence told them to go away and not bers much of the story as it w a s o n .the lands and opened u p a of her, recorded in the year 1833, molest him. Still, t h e y advanced told to him by his mother. Few s p " " g . o f &°°d water t h a t was :[§ doesn't know first-hand of he tells, for the day of lists her as being from Anson as if to overcome him. Harry, of the known grandchildren ot used by t h e public travelers Easley is far beyond the county. She purchased a 100-acre who had a fitful temper, got riled old Celia are alive today, Mr. lney farmed in peace and outdid I pry of anyone now living in tract of land on both sides of up a n d r a n into t h e house a n d Davis states, and still fewer of f ? a n y of t h e white farmers o f f p l a g e . "My mother loved to Ugly creek, near the village, from came out brandishing a long- them know the dramatic story the neighborhood, s children about old "Aunt Rich and Woodson Randle and barreled musket at his antagon- of their grandparents. Mr. Davisjf a Children came into t h e home • ', he will begin, "and about Daniel Easley, by the attorney ists. Reluctantly they mounted is a scholarly, well-versed old "n d grew up under the blessings I in power, for the sum of $20. their horses and rode away. Negro who h a s t a u g h t in t h e col- P d guidance of the beloved an, 'Old Free Harry'." fey owned all the property Evidently she w a s free a t this Harry, so filled with wrath and ored schools in Stanly county pouple. Born of free parents |isaway," he'll say, waving time and had acquired money of indignation, swung his gun with for many years. Before his fhey did not know the bonds of such force that the barrel wrap- mother died," she told him t h a t plavery or the sufferings of their d in a wide sweep east of her own. >ar ents. lage. "Some 400 acres in Celia Easley w a s a mulatto. ped around a sapling in his he somewhat resembled his grandfather, old Free Harry Eas-1 In 1950 Census. ised half a dozen kids or Who owned her as a slave h a s yard. t the old lady Celia died not been determined, though it Years passed and old Aunt ley. ' The official Stanly countv rpn e children run through may be assumed from her n a m e Celia, the stalwart mother and Today, t h e lands along Ugly us for the year 1850 lists Celi_ jerything." t h a t it w a s a n Easley family, as benefactor, died in t h e mid- creek east of Cottonville are still spelled Selea) a s being 47 vpart s the story without any a family or two by this n a m e w a s 1850's and w a s buried on hei referred to by the older residents Id, a mulatto, and a farmer tion. But it leaves a lot known to have lived in t h a t ter- land. Her children became t h e of the village as the old Celia I er children, all listed as m u l l swered questions in that ritory. Her white father probably .heirs a t law of all her property Easley lands. Some years back, ttoes, were: Sallv 19- H P ™ , i £ I The old m a n wouldn't be gave her her freedom and show- and possessions including their there was a fine spring of water 14; David! 1 2 : K ' ! to let it go in such ed her every consideration while father, old Harry. Valuing not on the lands near enough to the With. and Elizabeth, ¥' ttS fashion — not if you're she remained on his plantation. the sense of freedom a n d inde- village for the Sunday church C n ha H a r f !£ lfl +the ,l family V t census y ^ omitted to listen. He'll inject a Possibly he permitted her to pendence which motivated their goers to go there to quench their |pm rl™plor, a bit of quaint dia- farm on her own and to work for I mother, the children misappro- thirst. It w a s called t h e "Old listed as being t h e hpari if nd just about m a k e the hire in o r d e r ' to accumulate priated their inheritance and be- Harry" spring. It is now forgot- e family. Harry, it aonearV rs of old Celia and Harry money of her own. Prior to his came heavily indebted to . t h e ten and untended. UK* ks regarded a s a slave a n d l i t I Jappear and perform be- death, he m a y have willed or white people of the community. There is today, an old marshy ( a member of t h e familv deeded Celia some of the land Over a period of years, they, pond down near Ugly creek that Elderly residents of t h e villa«« e your eyes. one by one, mortgaged off all is known as the "Old Harry" Ijlay, recall hearing their And, i most probably, he will she later owned. w op arid editorialize along -thei But land was .cheap then. It their undivided interest in "a pond. It remains about t h e only, alters tell t h a t after m a n " is quite possible that by thrifti- tract of land wheron Celia Eas- reminder, save the hazy memories ?ars of marriage Harrv's / y • -l jness and industry, she bought all ley lived a n d died, a n d also all of the elderly few, of this re- ption for his wife and tUnl" i l Free Negroes. their undivided interest in markable pair of Negroes, " O l d J t o r cooled and a t tim P c v?!\ the land which she possessed. \. faniily of free Negroes, who Aunt Celia h a s been romanti- Harry, a slave belonging to the Free Harry" and the stately Celia/jcame unruly and abusive 1 irmed iipon their own 400-acre cized into a lovable character. heirs of law of Celia, decst, and at of land amid the enormous They say she w a s a gentle and ] also all of their personal prop- Easley. i f ; * ° V e v e r a l occasions when slave population around the vil- I attractive woman who h a d affec- erty of every description whatAunt Celia was being mistreat lage , a hundred years ago, was tion for everyone; t h a t she w a s ever." ed. the white folks of the com' m u m t y would go to the Eastov unusual. Seldom did -slave big-hearted, observant, and sensiEventually t h e mortgages were home and beat old Harry into Negroes reach such prominence. tive. Celia was young, free, and respectability. . ° other Negroes in the com- with opportunities before her foreclosed and most of t h e old A nt I Celia Easley lands came into! I nunity attained it. i T u , i l i a ' s ardor for her that seldom a Negro in that the hands of divers persons. husband Harry, also became l e S How did the husband and wife day possessed. However, old Free Harry w a s ilain their freedom? By what v p J i c U S A W l t h t h e Passing of t h e She began to hear wondrous I saved from slavery again. MayI leans did they acquire such a tales years. An entry into t h t Star.lv of a young Negro m a n own- be it w a s t h e end of t h e Civil e amount of property, larger county register of deeds! books by William Randle, a big War t h a t saved him. At any Mail many white farmers owned? ed (book I, page 318) dated in 1846 plantation owner who lived some rate it appears unlikely t h a t his I hese are t h e questions t h a t im- miles away. The slave's n a m e brings to light the fact t h a t escape from slavery could be I ediately spring to mind. In w a s Harry and h e was said to Aunt Celia (again spelled Setoy) ft, they are unanswerable. At be tall and massive. Celia evi- credited to his children, all of had become indebted to David JC ist as far a s veracity is con- I dently fell in love with t h e re- whom seemed totally indifferMcSwain for t h e sum of $36 7fil ent to t h e plight of their father. /ned. One must m a k e his own Unable to pay t h ? debt she of Harry for she went to the Escaping t h e bonds of slavery, I ; sumptions and be guided by ports mortgaged her livestock bed arid Randle plantation with the purhe lived with his son, Bill, who Mf conditions existing a t that | pose of buying Harry from his furniture, corn and fodder 200 had managed to retain a portion time. acres of land lying on T o , J I master; 2^at Cottonville, a century ago, was prong of Ugly S , a n d ^ s R a trading center of some renown, by the n a m e of Harry. Evident ly Aunt Celia h a d no computet* Known a s Crossroads, where planions about mortgaging Harrv £ tation masters came from all aPPease her debtor! Perhans '' over the territory to examine t h e served to keep Harry ^ g j it specimens of t h e slave traders and the wares of the vendors who une, Paid Mortgage. It seems that later she took »P * e mortgage and paid off the debt, t h u s saving H aar r v f J0 m I being sold into s l a v e r y a | a t o The "patty-rollers,».,whitemen I I
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'Aunt Jane' Swaringen's Father Bom During Washington's time • Regular Chores Mrs. Swaringen recalls a reguOne lady living in Stanly lar chore assigned her and her county, "Aunt J a n e " Swaringen sisters w a s cutting-.-;:a; supply .lief by name, can claim a distincfirewood at the end'.of t h e week tion probably shared by few to do over u n t i l ' Monday. Two would cut the wood while the1 other people alive in the world third would carry -it toethe hheftije today. %*i"fi froriv'tlie woods. They knew:if Her father, Joshua Hudson, a certain man iny$hhes neighbor^w a s born in 1796 while George hood visited theVw>use' v during] Washington w a s still president the week-end a big lag fire of the United States. . would be kept' roiling •thr.oughv Mrs. Swaringen, herself, was out the extent pf his visit. So bom in 1875, in the 79th year of their supply of wood had to be her father's life. • adequate for this eventuality. And she wasn't the last child! Before her father became disShe w a s only number 20 in a abled, Mrs. Swaringen rememfamily of 22 children. The last bers, he would occasionally- ridej child, dead at birth, w a s born a horse m a n y miles ^on Sunday when old m a n Joshua, wasl to attend services at Liberty around 84 or 85 years of age. Hill Primitive Baptist church. This remarkable old man, who | IV—11 In his last years, old m a n NPJG, NOVEMBER 16, 1952. !iVed to be well over ,100 years wSshua gradually lost his sight"M, .was married three times. But he still went to the field to TT 's first wife bore him 12 chilwork, often stumbling over dren; his second wife four, and stumps t h a t he could not see his third wife six. and bruising himself. Even knee, two of Many of his first grandchil- MBS. JANE SWARINGEN—Her though he w a s blind he pulled listers. Two lather w a s born while George dren- were older t h a n some of his fodder in the fields near the ame woman, .after children. Only a very Washington was still presi- house and husked corn for days ers, then marfew of- the first grandchildren dent of t h e United States. She on end. When he became tooj Kv. Two girls is 77 years old a n d was b o m are alive today. in the 79th year of her father's decrepit to go to the field, h e a n d two girls Only Two. Alive commanded his children to their a n ^ n of them Utt work with an iron voice. Often fe)j a n ( j there Of the 22 children,-only Mrs. the children harvested upward , Swaringen and one sister, Judy, . „ , "^io ltyes in Norfolk. Va„ are been captured b y t h e Yankees of 500 bushels of corn i n . o n e f year. At night wherl t h e chil- l nJ?snu a riuaelive today. Judv is 80 years of and murdered. dren returned home from the |S mcalcuable ""p and is the 19th child in the Joshua w a s a hard worker and field, Joshua's first words were reachers, lawffC~*Mj9L er he trained ,all his children to cft-her oddities of this large work. While Stanly was yet a to question them about how [ profession'"Tniiv have been "leaned by part of Montgomery, he purchas- much work had been accomp- ! a t a l 1 g. . ""{J "*& d og^pn d ants. For tostoncn* ed 800 acres of land from "Louis lished t h a t day. When he became too feeble to air. Although '— p o* t h e ' b o v s married sisters. McSwain and built a rough """—n boys married th-p same house which still stands today. go outside he would often sit by f tne last year 1 ---imp* . One hov m a r r e d s'is- He moved his family there and I the nfe and lament t h e loss of fnough to walk i «rs i t^^n married his p'stor-fn- began clearing land and plant- his sons in the war. Often h e P and m the --iv. Two girls married bro+h- ing his fields in corn. In two would remark how he'd love to Ifith hen son, —s. and- two girls fmarried the years,' with money from his large hear the cheery sound of his s northeast of --•mo m a n . An o fhpm were corn crops, he had paid for the son Arch come singing u p the |ounty near the ' " w f " l i y married and there were 800 acres. He grew only pathway. "Then I'd know he piece of land |ther. She well no divorces. / enough cotton to use in m a k i n g w a s all right,' 'he would say. Was 100 Years OU* »r,?er father in fiie descendants of .Tn.shua clothes for the family and de- 1 The old patriarch died on |w hlle listening vvdson would be well nigh in- voted most of his acreage to He J a n u a r y 11, 1896, aged 100 years, [learned a lew '--leneulablP and tp°v include corn, peas and vegetables. ~-°s>r:hers. iawvers. doctors and kept many livestock and fowl seven months, and 10 days. F1, ^•iier" professional men and on the plantation and is said to Today, his remains lie buriedf*»m i1a 7 p so™?" have raised each of his children in a sizeable graveyard a shor'(S w«men. hne. His Mrs. Swaringen Is a tall thin a feather bed. distance from the old houS h e a vwae ,f. 1 ( \ d a y s lady with silvery hair. Although is still standing. A g r a 4 S hun to an After the death of his first Which -^p. h a s been blind for t h e last wife, ite marker stands at t h e head f l9a n e a r l y a g e h e Joshua married Amy Kenve'ar or two. she is active dall who lived in the Ugly (his grave giving the date of W in Anson CounMRS. JANE SWARINGEtf. fcBetsy Smith who ""•nugh to walk around In the Creek section near Cottonville: birth and death. M Te ys *^oi'se and in the yard. She lives •To Down at the foot of the W $ P-' *? ^ t h e m were born, four chil- a!big spring of pure water 7 a s follows: Jim, gradually lost his sight. B«yt he with her son, Harvey, a few Eben, Polly, Johnny and bles out from under the hill r ^ S ? ^ A , _ R e r a c . . " still went to the field to tfork, miles northeast of Aquadale dren. Frank. Eben w a s born during just a s it did when Joshua l tf», Elizabeth, Arch often stumbling over stumps that near the old homeplace on a the first of the Civil war. Both came there to quench his t^- Is), and Cindy. piece of land allotted her by her Johnny and Frank died at he could not see and bruising himfather. She well remembers very young age. His wife dieda Each year a portion of th^" In War. scendants of the Hudson f^vell, died when only self. Even though he was blind caring for her father in his last at the birth of the last child. gather here at this spring tW: age, but the other he pulled fodder in the fields near years and, while listening to his | The third marriage of Joshua tribute to their eminent fW'e reared to matur- the house and husked corn for days reminiscing, learned a few Hudson is recorded in t h e Stan- I tor, Jogrnsa -Hudson. Remaining sons went on end. When he became too dethings about his youth. Iisi^rqsa^Iud Jr. Only two of them, crepit to go to the field, he comAccording to her knowledge of ly county courthouse. He w a s Louis and Elijah, came back the story, her father w a s born married to Miss Martha E. Mormanded his children to their work June T, 1796, somewhere near J ton on August 30, 1866. Eli Shan- anada WV-«When Joshua bought 800 acres of land the N. C.-Virginia line, between kle performed the ceremony. I men become ill in what is now Stanly County and with an iron voice. At night when Roanoke Rapids and a place call- The document is signed by J. M. l.e Grand Banks •pent the major part of his long the •children returned home from' ed something like Halifax. His Redwlne. According to Mrs. Iff Newfoundland, life tilling die soil there. the field, Joshua's first words were father, who was an immigrant Swaringen, her mother was rear- unusual hospital After the death of his first wife, to question them about how'much Gil Eannes. he married Amy Kendall. To them from a foreign country, is be-1 ed an orphan, r At the time of his third mar- iden deck of the were born four children, Eben, work had been accomplished that lieved to have been named Joshua, also. His mother, who riage, Joshua was over 70 years tuilt in 1914, live Pony, Johnny, and Frank. Eben day. died when he w a s 10 days old", of age. His wife was. about 30. a few pigs. Crew was born during the first of the When he became too feeble to go Was a Dutchwoman. At her Six children were born to this nd clean codfish Civil War. Both Johnny and Frank outside he would often sit by the death, his father gave him. to j union as follows: Amy, Ann, •e picked up by a died at a very young age. Bis wife fire and lament fhe loss of his sons an uncle who raised him upon j Judy, Jane, Mintie, and an un- [livestock assures died at the birth of the last child. in the war. Often he would rea plantation. In his late teens named infant which was born I for the patients. . The third marriage of Joshua mark how he'd love to hear the he evidently became dissatisfied | dead. The last" one was born «8' jdh is to look Hudson is recorded in the Stanly cheery sound of his son Arch come with the life on his uncle's farm when Joshua was around 84 or jal and spiritual County Courthouse. He was mar- singing up the pathway. • ''Then and left without any horse, mon- 85 years old. io men who man ried to Martha E. Morton of Stan- I'd know he was all rigbfcr he For t h e remaining 15 years or 'ihing fleet. A doc- ly County on August 30, 1866. At would say. . ey or material possessions. so of his life, Joshua continued ile nurses do the that time Joshua was over 70 The old patriarch died on! JanMoved to Anson He is believed to have lived in his hard and unceasing work. s a 40-bed ward, years of age. His wife was about uary 11, 1896. .Orange county for some time be- The old m a n could best be de- jjrculosis patients, 30. Six children were born to this Today, his remains lie buried in. fore_ coming on south to Anson scribed to say that he w a s a vith all facilities, union, Amy, Ann, Judy, Jane, a sizeable graveyard a shorjt dis-i county where he married Betsy worker. Never did he partake equipment. Mintie, and an unnamed infant tance from the old house whkh is Smith and settled down to till- of any leisure or relaxation. ated in the ward. which was born dead. The last one still standing. A granite marker day ing tile soil. Twelve children Hard work . the whole tes mass, broad- was born when Joshua was around stands at the head of his. grave were born to them, six boys and through, and the whole year ssels of the fleet $4 or 85 years of age. giving the date of his birth and around seemed to be his forte. six.girls, as follows: Jim, Patsy, In his last years, old man Joshua death. Nancy, t o u i s , Sally, Rebecca, After the harvest when he Burwell-, Elijah, Elizabeth. Arch went to the m a r k e t or to thel and Henry (twins), and Cindy. trading post at Monroe, he-Meft One son,' Burwell, died when plenty of work to keep his chilonly a few years old, but the dren busy. Any laxity in perother 11 were reared to maturity. forming the chores while he was The. five remaining sons went to gone w a s punished by heavier the Civil war. Only two of them, and longer work assignments T jOuis and Elijah, came back upon his return. A new pair of ' home. No word was ever heard shoes or a stick of candy from of the other three, except for their father was an extravaHenry who, they heard, had gance. By FRED T. MORGAN
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Family Spans Nation's Life scendants. For instance, two of I By FRED T. MORGAN. ALBEMARLE—One lady living the boys married sisters. Two boys married the same woman. in Stanly County, North Carolina, One boy married sisters, then mar"Aunt Jane" Swaringen, can claim ried his sister-in-law. Two girls a distinction probably shared 'by married brothers, and two girls few other people alive in the world married the same man All of them were lawfully married and there today. ^V <. were no divorces. Her father, Joshua Hudson, was The descendants of Joshua Hudborn in 1796 while George Wash- son would be well nigh incalcuable ington, was still president pf the and they include preachers, lawyers, doctors and other professionUnited States. men and women. Mrs. Swaringen, herself, was al Mrs. Swaringen is a tall thin i born in 1875, in the 79th year of lady with silvery hair. Although her father's life. she has been blind for the last year And she wasn't the last child! or two, she is active enough to walk She was only number 20 in a family around in the house and in the of 22 children. The last child, dead yard. She lives with her son, at birth, was born when old man Harvey, a few miles northeast of Joshua was around 84 or 85 years Aquadale in Stanly County near the of age. old homeplace on a piece of land Married Three Times. allotted her by her father. She well This remarkable old man, who remembers caring for her father in lived to be over 100 years old, was his last years and, while listening married three times. His first wife to his reminiscing, learned a few bore him 12 children, his second things about his youth. Wife four, and his third wife six.' He was born June 1, 1796, someMany of his first grandchildren where near the Virginia line. IBs were older than some of his latter mother died when he was 10 days children. Only a very few of the old and his father gave him to an first grandchildren are alive to- uncle to raise. At an early age he came south, settled in Anson Counday. Of the 22 children, only Mrs. ty, and married Betsy Smith who MRS. JANE SWARINGEN. Swaringen and one sister, Judy, bore him twelve children, sue boys who lives in Norfolk, Va., are alive and six girls, as follows: Jim, gradually lost his sight. Bqt he today. Judy is 80 years old and is Patsy, Nancy, Louis, Sally, Rebac- still went to the field to work, ca, Burwell, Elijah, Elizabeth, Arch often stumbling over stumps that the 19th child in the family. Other oddities of this large fam- and Henry (twins), and Cindy. he could not see and bruising himSons In War. ily have been gleaned by the deOne son, Burwell, died when only self. Even though he was blind a few years of age, but the other he pulled fodder in the fields near Portuguese Fishermen 11 children were reared to matur- the house and husked corn for days ity. The five remaining sons went end. When he became too deHave Hospital Ship to the Civil War- Only two of them, on crepit to go to the field, he comLouis and Elijah, came back. ST. JOHN'S, Canada (*>->Wben Joshua bought 800 acres of land manded his children to their work Portuguese fishermen become ill in what is now Stanly County and with an iron voice. At night when or injured oh the Grand Banks spent the major part of his long the children returned home from' fishing grounds off Newfoundland, life tilling the soil there. they board an unusual hospital After the death of his first wife, the field, Joshua's first words were ship, the 1,814-ton Gil Eannes. he married Amy Kendall. To them to question them about how'much Below the wooden deck of the were born four children, Eben, work had been accomplished that 278-foot vessel, built in 1914, live Polly, Johnny, and Frank. Eben day. several cows and a few pigs. Crew was born during the first of the When he became too feeble to go members split and clean codfish Civil War. Both Johnny and Frank outside he would often sit by the and the scraps are picked up by a died at a very young age. IDs wife fire and lament the loss of his sons flock of hens. The livestock assures died at the birth of the last child. in the war. Often he would rean adequate diet for the patients. . The third marriage of Joshua mark how he'd love to h$ar the The Gil Eeannes' job is to look Hudson is recorded in the Stanly cheery sound of his son Arc* come after the medical and spiritual County Courthouse. He was mar- singing up the pathway. JrThen needs of the 4,000 men who man ried to Martha E. Morton of Stan- I'd know he was all righil' he the Portuguese fishing fleet. A doc- ly County on August 30, 1866. At would say. . tor and two male nurses do the that time Joshua was over 70 The old patriarch died on] Janwork. They have a 40-bed ward, years of age. His wife was about uary 11, 1896. an annex for tuberculosis patients, 30. Six chfidren were born to this Today, his remains lie buried in operating room with all facilities, union, Amy, Ann, Judy, Jane, a sizeable graveyard a shgrjt dis-f Mintie, and an unnamed Infant 1 including X-ray equipment. which was born dead. The last one tance from the old house which is An altar is located in the ward. was born when Joshua was around still standing. A granite marker A priest celebrates mass, broad- [84 or 85 years of age. stands at the head of his.grave cast, to other vessels of the fleet ' In his last years, old man Joshua giving the date of his birth and by loudspeaker. death. il -!HW«»HMWW
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State's First Lady Mayor Didn't SeeH Job By FRED MORGAN. Today, at the age of 65, Mrs. T. V Staton, North Carolina's fir an mayor, is a charming II gray hair and warm glos about her. She lives on the main j the town of New London same house where she liva TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, the time she sat in thel chair and presided over tl affairs of the little municij No Politician. 1 Mrs. Station is not a pi She didn't get into thel chair back in 1925 by folk! own inclinations or aspirati was subtly and firmly rs into it. By FRED T. MORGAN "Get a man", she told I Today, at the age of 65, Mrs. leaders when they cam! r. V. Staton, North Carolina's permission to run her nan] first woman mayor, is a charmballot for mayor. But elig ing lady with gray hair and a of the town were obstinatj warm glow of life about her. different about their dutiel She lives on the main street fused of offer themselves I of the town of New London in dates for the mayorship.! the same house where she lived The object of the elel during the time she sat in "the parently was the ousting mayor's chair and presided over Ross who had served thel the public business of the little two years as the not-toi municipality. mayor of New London, Mrs. Staton is not a politician. seeking election to the off! She didn't get into the mayors His defeat was highly desj chair back in 1925 by following A canvass of the eligL. population of the town ha< turned up not even one prospect for a candidate. So they turned to Mrs. Staton. Since she had taught school for several years and had had experience in public life, they were sure she was the ideal person for the job. They importuned and persuaded, saying that after the election day NORTH CAROLINA'S fir* she would have no further duties, above, of New London, thinks that the board would handle them she doesn't want it again. M all. Reluctantly she allowed them and then was succeeded by a approaching, she says she's! to draft her for the candidacy. grandmother but definitely tl Light Vote. Voting was not heavy in New i town should be occupied by London 27 years ago, nor is 'it today. Probably there were notl over a few dozen votes e s t . Nor more than a tew score at most.! When they were tallied, Mrs. Staton found that she was the mayerl sf the town. Thus she became the first woman mayor in .the history of North Carolina. When her husband came home that night he was not too surprised to find her the new mayor for he knew what had been in the making. "He didn't object too much," Mrs. Staton recalls, "though he did say that it was not a woman's place" In the course of her two-yeai term, she found that the mayor did have duties beyond the election day. There were papers to sign and decisions to make in the routine business matters. She met monthly With the three board members, manely, J. L. Culp, T. C. Burgess, and Rev. W. P. mil. A bond issue was floated and electricity obtained for the town! during her term as mayor. When election time approached again, she closed her ears to all pleas that she succeed herself in office and flatly refused to again be a candidate for the office of mayor. Over many protests, she relinquished her position and a young man of the village was elected to the office. Grandmother. Mrs. Staton is a native of Catawba County and was married 35 years ago to Mr. Staton Who is a native, of New London. She has three children and four grandchildren. "There's still much speculation around election time as to who wfll run for mayor," she says. "They ought to think about another woman mayor." "But," she is quick to add, "Th*y I needn't look in my direction."
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Mrs. Staton Was Once First Woman Mayor In This State her own inclinations or aspirations. She was subtly and firmly railroaded into it. "Get a man," she told the civic leaders* when they came to ask permission to run her name on the ballot for mayor. But eligible men of the town were obstinate and indifferent about their duties and refused to offer themselves as candidates for the mayorship. The object of the election apparently was the ousting of R. J. Ross who had served the previous two years as the not-toopopular mayor of New London, and was seeking election to the office again. His defeat was highly desirable. Turned To Mrs. Staton A canvass of the eligible male population of the town had turned up not even one prospect for a candidate. So they turned to Mrs. Station. Since she had taught school for several years, was widely known, and^had had some experience in public life, they were sure she was the ideal person for the job. They importuned and persuaded, saying that after the election she would have no further duties, that the board would handle them. Reluctantly she allowed them to draft her for the candidacy. Voting was not heavy in New London 27 years ago, nor is it today. Probably there were not over a few dozen votes cast. Not more than a few score at the most. When they were tallied, Mrs. Staton found that she was the mayor of the town. Thus she became the first and only woman mayor in the history of the town, and at the same time became the first woman mayor in the history of North Carolina. When her husband came home that night he was not too sur* prised to find her the^new mayor for he knew what had been progressing. "He didn't object too much," Mrs. Staton recalls, "though he did say that it was not a woman's place." In the course of her two-year term, she found that the mayor did have duties beyond the elecplace." She met ml board membJ Burgess, and1 bond issue w tricity obtain! ing her term When electil again, she clol [pleas that sh< office and flatl] be a candidate mayor. O-jer m| linquished her man of the vi the office. Mrs. Staton tawba County] years ago to native of Ni three childri Children.
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MRS. T. V. STATON tion day. There were papers to sign and decisions to make in the routine business matters. She met monthly with the three board members, namely, J. L. Culp, T. C. Burgess, and Rev. W. P. Hill. A bond issue was floated and electricity obtained for the town during her term as mayor. Didn't Run Again When election time approached again, she closed her ears to all pleas that she succeed herself in office and .flatly refused to again be a candidate for the office of mayor. Over many protests, she relinquished her position and a young man of the village was elected to the office. Other than a stretch on the New London school board, the two-year term as. mayor has been her only public office. Several years after she left office she learned that a woman was elected or appointed as mayor of the city of Wilmington and the news went out that she was being referred to as the first woman mayor in the state. However, the statement was later corrected and. Mrs. Staton received that recognition. Many years later, her husband, T. V. Staton, was elected mayor of New London and served in that position for approximately 10 years. During his tenure of office, the streets of the town were paved. Improvements were made in the town during the terms of both she and her husband. Her husband recently retired from many years of work with the Carolina Aluminum company at Badin. Mrs. Staton is a native of Catawba county and was married 35 years ago to Mr. Staton who is a native of New London. She has three children and four grandchildren. "There's still much speculation around election time as to who will run for mayor," she says. "They have a hard time finding a man who will run. Women can handle the job. They ought to think about another woman mayor." "But," she is quick to add, "They needn't -look in my direction."
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State's First Lady Mayor Didn't Seek Job By FSED MORGAN. Today, at the age of 65, Mrs. T. V. Staton, North Carolina's first-woman mayor, is a charming lady with gray hair and warm glow of life about her. She lives on the main street of the town of New London in J h e same house where she lived during the time she sat in the mayor's chair and presided over the public affairs of the little municipality. No Politician. Mrs. Station is not a politician. She didn't get into the mayor's 1 chair back in 1925 by following her I own inclinations or aspirations. She jwas subtly and firmly railroaded I into it. "Get a man", she told the civic leaders when they came to ask {permission to run her name on the ballot for mayor. But eligible men of the town were obstinate and indifferent about their duties and re fused of offer themselves as candidates for the mayorship. The object of the election ap* |D T. MORGAN parently was the ousting of R. J. iE, Nov. 8.—At the Ross who had served the previous T. V. Staton, North two years as the not-too-popular woman mayor, is a mayor of New London, and was ian with gray hair seeking election to the office again. His defeat was highly desirable. ow of life about her. A canVass of the eligible male the main street of population of the town ha< turned in the same house up not even one • prospect for a ed during the time II candidate. So they turned to Mrs. mayor's chair and Staton. Since she had taught school [the public affairs of for several years and had had exapality. perience in public Tile, they were led Into Job sure she was the ideal person for Is not a politician. the job. into the mayor's They importuned and persuaded, NORTH CAROLINA'S first woman mayor, Mrs. T. V. Staton, L in *° * • mayor s saying that after the election day above, of New London, thinks it is a good office for a woman but s"™ "? foUowuig her she would have no further duties, she doesn't it again. Mrs. Staton was drafted for one term °* aspirations. She that the board would handle them and then waswant succeeded by a young man. Now, with election time 3 firmly railroaded all. Reluctantly she allowed them approaching, she says she's content with her role as mother and MRS. T. V. STATON to draft her for the candidacy. grandmother but definitely thinks the mayor's, office in her home f she told the civic Light Vote. town should be occupied by another woman. _ ^ ^ _ -™y came to ask per- "There's still much speculation' Voting was not heavy in New mission to run her name on the bal- around election time as to who London 27 years ago, nor is it lot for mayor. But eligible men of will ran for mayor," she says. "They today. Probably there were not the town refused to offer them- have a hard time finding a man over a few dozen votes cs»st. Nor selves as candidates. who will run. Women can handle more than a few score at most.! Since Mrs. Staton had taught the job. They ought to think about When they were tallied, Mrs. Staschool for several years and had another woman mayor. " ton found that she was the mayor of the town. had experience in public life, the "But," she is quick to add, they Thus she became the first woman citizens felt sure she was the ideal needn't look in my direction." mayor in the history of North Carperson for the job. Reluctantly she olina. allowed them to draft her for the When her husband came home candidacy. that night he was not too surprised Voting was ifot heavy in New to find her the new mayor for he London 27 years ago, nor is it toknew what had been in the makday. Probably ther*_were not over ing. "He didn't object too much," a few dozen votes cast. When they Mrs. Staton recalls, "though he did I were tallied, Mrs. Staton found say that it was not a woman's that she was mayor of the town. place." Thus she became the first woman In the course of her two-yeai mayor to the history of North Carterm, she found that the mayor did olina. have duties beyond, the election day. There were papers to sign When her husband came home and decisions to make is the routhat night he was not too surtine business matters. She met prised to find her the new mayor, monthly with the three board memfor he knew what had been in the bers, manely, J. L. Culp, T. C. Burmaking. "He didn't object too gess, and Rev. W. P. Hill. much," Mr* Staton recalls, "though A bond issue was floated and he did say it was. not a woman's electricity obtained for the town place." during her term as mayor. She met monthly with the three When election time approached board members, J. L. Culp, T. C. again, she closed her ears to all pleas that she succeed herself Burgess, and Rev. W. P. Hill. A in office and flatly refused to again bond issue was floated and elecbe a candidate for the office of tricity obtained for the town durmayor. Over many protests, she ing her term as mayor. relinquished her position and a When election time approached young man of the village was electagain, she closed her ears to all ed to the office. pleas that she succeed herself in Grandmother. I office and flatly refused to again to Mrs. Staton is a native of Cabe a candidate for the office of tawba County and was married 35 ! mayor. Ojjer. many protests, she reyears ago to Mr. Staton who is a linquished her position and a young native of New London. She Mas man of the village was elected to three children and four grandchildren. the office. "There's still much speculation Mrs. Staton is a native of Caaround election time as to who tawba County and was married 35 will run for mayor," she says. years ago to Mr. Staton, who is a "They ought to think about annative of New London. 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Mrs. 0. C. Griffin Possesses Vivid Memory Of Events Many Years Ago By FRED T. MORGAN Mrs. O. C. Griffin of 533 North Third street is a right remarkable old lady in m a n y respects. She h a s a n amazing memory for a person of 82 years of age. Her mind takes a vise-like grip on a current news item and shelves it in her memory. At will, she can pluck out of her memory something t h a t happened 25 years ago and give a veracious account of it. As lively and spry a s any one of her pet kittens, Mrs. Griffin industriously m a k e s rugs out of scraps, sews, and tends a small flower garden in her front yard. She does much of the housework, takes walks, and says she feels just stout a s she did years ago. She is known affectionately by her relatives, friends, neighbors and grandchildren alike a s "Aunt Jim". She doesn't know how come, but Jim is her middle name. Likes To Tolk She likes to sit out on the porch and talk to anyone who will
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listen. Mostly her talk is about the past. She says her children fuss at her because she lives so much in the past. "They say I don't live one minute in the future, and that I'm always buried in the past." Mrs. Griffin likes to live in the past. Recalling her childhood days is a pleasant way of passing the tirne for her. And when she gets started reminiscing there's a treat in store for all those priviledged to hear her. She w a s born "four years after the surrender", on the hill near the location of the present Radin p u m p station. Her father w a s William Russell and her mother Mary Anne Hall. One of 14 children; she w a s called Nancy Jim. When Mrs. Griffin w a s seven years old her mother died and she and other members of the family were reared to maturity without the guidance of a mother. She recalls her father's stern warnings about their conduct and the company they were to keep. None of the 14 ever went astray, she says. In 1891 she was married to Osband Alexander Griffin of Georgia. "We courted by correspondence", she says. "A cousin of mine in Georgia showed him my picture and said I w a s good as gold. Then we began corresponding and exchanged pictures. When he came to North Carolina to see me, we were agreed that if we liked each other we would get married. If not, then he coUW go back to Georgia alone. Well, he took me back with him." Lived In Georgia They lived on a farm about 25 miles west of Atlanta, Ga., for over 20 years. In 1913 they moved back to Albemarle a n d Mrs. Griffin h a s been living in the house at 533 North Third street since
the year 1915. Her husband died in 1918. She has five children, one son and four daughters; six grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. There h a s been only one son in each of the past five generations of her family, Mrs. Griffin says. S h e believes that all the Griffins, in the United States came from the two Griffin m e n who came to America in the early days. One settled in North Carolina and the other in South Carolina. They were of Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Griffin has in her possession several old family heirlooms that have been handed down through the generations. Some of them, she is sure, were brought by her forefathers from England as they belonged to her mother and grandmother before they came into her hands. She has the remains of a goldlined thimble which is so worn] , the fan's on high .1 that only the heavy outside rim I MRS. O. A. GRIFFIN—"Jupiter's asleep pall up a chair and let's reminisce is intact. It came from her too hot to go outside . grandmother Hall. —Staff Photol There are two fine quilts i n ' her home that are so oWj^they ! would crumble if they 'were handled. One is of the tulip de- j sign and the other a sunflower. 1 They have never been used since I she first saw them. She t h i n k s ! they came from England over two hundred years ago. Another trinket that she prizes! highly is a fragment of rope t h a t I came from the h a n g m a n ' s noose that hung the first m a n in Montgomery county. She believes the hanging occurred sometime prioi to 1800. The man's n a m e was) Runley and it was said t h a t he w a s hung for a murder he had | committed. Bunley -is said to be buried near Hall's Ferry junction in Stanly county., The frayed piece of coarse rope first came into the h a n d s of Anne Hancock, the daughter of a Mr. Hancock who was a surveyor and a prominent figure In the state then. She married a Cryus Hall. Their daughter w a s Mrs. Griffin's mother-in-law and consequently the treasured piece of rope fell into her hands. Today she h a s it under a piece of cellophane in a small frame. Charged With Electricity Another eccentricity of her family is that she and one of her daughters are overly charged with electricity. Their hair jumps, cutis, and cuts capers when a comb is brought near it. Whenever Mrs. Griffin goes to t h e beauty parlor the lady there says she's as scared of her a s a bear. Three years ago her h a i r w a s white a s could be. Now there's a dark streak through it and the gray hair is vanishing. She says she's getting younger by the day. She feels like it and her hair proves it. Mrs. Griffin remembers vividly her childhood days along t h e Yadkin river where .her father owned much land. She remembers the Narrows in their wildest state, the Kron girls, and the old Lowder's Ferry crossing. Though she lives mostly in the past, she reads the local newspapers through each week a n d clips out the items t h a t might be of interest to someone in the future. Many people come to review her clippings. YoU'll find Mrs. Griffin sitting out on the shady front porch of her home these hot afternoons. She m a y be sewing, m a k i n g a rug, or just playing with her kittens. But she likes to talk. If there's a question in your mind, about w h a t took place aron*» these p a r t s m a n y years a g ' stop by and you'll be enlifc. <f> by a chat with her. y_
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS. ALBEMARLE, N. C.
LANDMARK TO BE REMOVED—The old Wyche house, located a short distance from the intersection of North Second street a n d Montgomery avenue, stands empty and ready to be torn down. Soon a wrecking crew will be swarming all over this once proud residence, m a k i n g way for a modern business building. The house was built prior to 1890 and is now owned by Dr. J. A. Allen of New London. The new A&P Super Market is to be constructed upon the large lot which faces on North Second street. —Staff Photo—Morgan. •
Old Wyche House Victim OI Growth \ Oi Albemarle By Fred T. Morgan
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Stanly Man Builds Own Elevator And Grain Storage Bins On Farm
The old Wyche house is coming I down. It is to be torn down to I make room for a new modern sup- I er market as Albemarle's b u s i - t By FRED T. MORGAN ness grows and expands. No more back-breaking work From available information, the I of lugging heavy sacks of grain old Wyche house, a familiar land- I to an upstairs floor bin and no m a r k on North Second street in I more of the drudgery of stirring Albemarle for over three s c o r e ! hot wheat with a clumsy shovel years, was built some time prior to 1 for W. A. Pinion of route 2, New 1890 on the Ben f o r e m a n property 1 London. He has these problems near the site of the present C a t h - 1 solved. olic church. Mr. Pinion,- with logic and in- j The two - story, eight - room I genuity^ has put mechanical enstructure was probably one of the I ergy to work on his. little farm finest homes in the town a t thatM about one mile north of New time. Only a handful of o t h e r B London on the Asheboro highway homes were standing then as most and the results are improved efof the area surrounding the house ficiency_and much greater savwas in woods. In 1891, T. E. Wyche purchased neys, still presents an imposing a p - r. and man-hours. the house and employed Madison pearance in its seclusion in the e s i 8 n e d and partially Russell to move it to his property trees back off the street front a?, home grain storage several hundred feet south of its Plans call for the old house to H ' w l U t a k e h l s g r a m original location. Mr. Wyche soon be torn down and a n e w t h e ground floor door came to Albemarle frOm Salis- iper market erected on the site \ i n t h e b i n s upstairs bury and w a s first depot agent shifting, thereby dryfor the new Yadkin railroad. He [ing It, to boot. Then when his bad a path through the woods grain is thoroughly dry from the from his home to the depot and constant Shifting, he can market often carried his shotgun with him it at leisure, having only to work t o kit! g a m e . At ' t h a t t i m e 1h the t r a p lid on his "sacking depot was mostly surrounded by chute" to fill up his sacks. woods. Inadequate Methods. Mr. Wyche lived in the house Last year's harvest found him there until 1916 when he left Al* with totally 'inadequate methods bemarle to go to Sanford. Five of keeping his grain, some of of his children were born there. They are Mrs. N. J. Burney, of which ruined from lack of proper I Hopewell, Va.; Mrs. Lillian Easen facilities, and he was determined of Sanford; Mrs. Charles P a r k e r to be better prepared to accomoof Salisbury; Miss Flora Wyche date his harvest this year. who is presently the county acH e toyed with the idea of a I countant of Lee county a t Sansmall grain storage house for his ford; and Miss Edith Wyche who farm. Was it practical? He beis assistant cashier at a bank in lieved it was. And, too, he be- j Sanford. L^ieved he could build it. Eli Kendrick purchased the ^ t r o u g h the jyinter he worked house and lot from Mr. Wyche and ' \ the details in his mind and he later sold it to Dr. J. A. Allen umulated the materials he of New London who is the present Jd need. What spare time he owner. ... ! get from his job as a carpThe house was extensively rewith contractor D. A. Hoi-' modeled and several rooms added took of; Albemarle, he .used to.I about the year 1904. Save for minor repairs and alterations, Little has been done to the house since t h a t time. Many people have made their home in the old house since 1916. K.Y The old house with its proud balcony, its high roof and chim-
NEW GRAIN BUILDING—Here in this sheet m e t a l structure on his farm near New London, W. A. Pinion is completing a g r a i n storage •levator, a dryer, and a "sacking" chute, all designed a n d built by himself. He believes the process could be worked, with variations, a t a profit on every f a n e . At t h e right of the new building are some tool and machinery sheds which h e is also completing. n —Staff Photo—Morgan.
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
WEAVING—Hard at work on the big loom she obtained from the State Blind Commission, Isabelle Kendall pauses with the shuttle in her hand. She weaves fabric for rugs, mats, pocketbooks and various other products. A sample of her work may be seen in the background. —Staff Photo.
Isabelle Kendall Carves And Weaves Though Handicapped By Blindess By FRED T. MORGAN
I sions and three afternoons a week ['sensitive from long experience, were spent in learning to weave, she expertly examines their proThere^ a crumbling old house | H e r artistic ability stood her in j gress, and offers criticism. Lackidown at Cottonville with black good stead, for she quickly ing the patience and courage of j berry briars growing through caught on to the carving. their instructor, the children holes in the rotten porch floor usually falter and give up. Her Masterpiece j and patches of the decayed roof Her masterpiece, upon which Outlets for her work are infallen in. From the outside it she worked at intervals during creasing as more people are findj looks utterly effete and incapable the first three months period, is ing out about her novel little j of housing anything of worth or a fat goose with a long grace- animals and useful rugs and basnote. ful neck. The director of the kets. Their patronage is appreciI Few travelers who pass along school was so proud of the goose ated. She hopes the demand for STANLY NEWS AND | the road out front cast a second that he showed it to every visi- her products will keep her emI glance at the abandoned old tor and tourist that stopped by ployed full time. I structure. To them it's just an- | the Folk school. Today when most of us neglect I other old house gone to ruin. From Christmas of that year I our work because it's too hot, or But the old house has a secret. until June of 1951, Isabelle was because the sofa looks too in| One that does it up proud. Only the only girl student enrolled in viting, or because the neighbor's jl by looking inside will it be re- the school. Most of the other dog disturbs us, Isabelle is ther*1 Ul vealed to you. 40-odd male students were war in the old house busy with to The old house is a workshop veterans. loom and shuttle or carving for a courageous young lady of A blush still tints her cheeks neat figure from a block of shai the Cottonville community, Miss when she recalls how the vet- less wood. Defeat is unknown t Isabelle Kendall. One fairly erans at first tried to coddle her.J her. good room has been completely They joked and kidded her often taken over by Isabelle and she and tried to assist her in all works there daily with her l o o m i n g work? Bufthey soon Yearn and her carving tools. e d t h a t s h e c o u ld handle herself [ Isabelle is a craftsman when it quite competently and she outcomes to creative work. And did most of them in the crafts. j the products which come out of S h e r e turned from the school in her craft- shop there m the old J u n e > bringing with her a supply house are excellent examples of o f t h e blocks to continue carving, her skill. j n October, she obtained her On the loom she makes beau- p r i z e d l o o m f r o m t h e state Blind tiful colored rugs of various sizes Commission. Since then she has and patterns. She weaves fabrics hardly stopped carving and weavfor stylish pocketbooks and i n g l o n g enough to listen to the makes lamp shades. What time | current news on her radio, she isn t weaving, you will Her Home Industry teacher j I usually find her carving out a from the State Blind Commission pert little duck, squirred, dog, or, . . . s , e . 1 ,. .,1 . 6 _u«* \ some other small animal. And | work ™ l l she ^ f has ^ l done ^ * and ^ !to advise * ^ ? !J the toy animals that take shape her about sales. The teacher aidsi | under her knife are the spitting in marketing her products and in images of their real life counter- obtaining the materials. parts At present, Isabelle orders her ] Attended Aquadale School Isabelle is the daughter of Mr. wooden blocks from the CampI apd Mrs. John Kendall of Cotton- bell Folk school. But she has reMISS ISABELLE KENDALL—This cut of Miss Kendall of Cottonj ville.. She attended 4he Aquadale gently obtained a bandsaw and ville was inadvertantly omitted from the feature story about her I school where her ability to draw hopes to soon be able to make her in last Friday's issue. She is shown here engaged in her carving I and paint created somewhat of a own blocks. She uses walnut, 'work. Another duck is taking shape in her skilled hands. She | sensation among the students holly, maple, sycamore, gum, and calls the large duck on the table her masterpiece. She uses great 1 and faculty alike. Many of her wild cherry wood in her carving. care in carving the animals and there is considrable demand | drawings fn school were used by iShe prefers holly in the ca.rvfor them. —Staff Photo. the lower grades as models and n « because of its light color and j were mimeographed for coloring softness. Wood Comes To Life by the small children. Her Under her knife and nimble scholarship ability was impec fingers a solid block of wood cable. It was the last of March In her comes to life. There emerges senior year when her eyesight from the inanimate block a frolicbegan failing. In a matter of some little donkey with his teeth days she was blind. Although bared in a wide hee-haw, or a unable to attend the remaining sturdy St. Bernard dog with his l j—i 3 challengingly. _i 11 : i ,-._ Or days of school, she was award-o i l headi hoisted ed a diploma along with the maybe it's a duck with a shiny other members of her class by breast, or a squirred sitting on virtue "of" her exemplary past | bis,.haunches nibbling^ a nut record in school. . ^ ^ ^ Guided by a sense of touch and That was in 1942, over 10 years mental impressions, her deft j ago. To the classmates who fingers make sure swift strokes sometimes pay her a visit, Isa- with a various assortment of I belle is, today, the same jolly, knives, files, chisels, and sandebullient, and industrious work- paper, culminating in a perfect er that endeared her to her carving. In addition to the friends in the high school days weaving and carving, she makes Her plight did not send her it- small baskets and bottoms chairs, to a tantrum of despondency. She f,e F o r „ relaxation she reads the was not the first person who had w Braille magazines that she j suddenly gone blind, she realized. rme uc eives and she enjoys very || The creative urge persisted. c h the Talking Books obtainNow that painting and drawing ed from the Library of Congress were impossible, she set about to in Washington, D. C. A portfind a new outlet for her talent. able typewriter is used for all her I | correspondence. She attends the It wasn't easy. Cottonville Baptist church. Studied - Braille Isabelle lives with her parents She went to the State Center for the Blind at Camp Butner a few hundred feet away from the 11 where she studied Braille and tumbled down house which typing. Back in school again houses her craftshop and has a after an absence of several years, well worn path which she travels It made her feel good to be daily between the two buildings. Neighbors occasionally drop in learning and jtoing again. She mastered the Brailfe without too I an<i watch Isabelle at work. Ob much difficulty. Much time was | ! ? i y J I l _ . h « a t w o r k at the loom I devoted to studying typing and or at the carving table, one would M she was editor of the paper for never dream of her abnormality. the students there. She dislikes The picture of health and beauty, to attempt deep or high-brow she goes about her work with writing apd recalls that she al- zeal and indefatigability and has ways waited until the last min- little time for foolishness or idle ute to write her editorials for the conversation. •Kids over the neighborhood, set f publication. by the spirited carvings | The school was such a tre oaglow mendous boost to her morale and | f Isabella's, come and seek to I was so enjoyable that afterward emulate her little animals by she applied for entrance to the placing themselves under her John C. Campbell Folk school at tutorship. Gladly, she directs Brasstown, N. C, about seven their efforts. With fingers made miles east of Murphy on Highway 64. She entered the school in September) 1950 and studied the arts and crafts taught there. After about three months of the I schooling, she returned Home for two weeks at Christmastime. ! Feeling that she had not assimulated all the school had to offer, | J she requested an additional three || months of training. At the end of the second three months, the director of the Folk school was so impressed with her accomplishments that he asked her to stay for two months longer. Thus she spent the entire school term there. The experience there was in| valuable. She wishes everyone Similarly handicapped could attend the -school. Wood carving ( w a s taught in the morning ses
STANLY N E W S A N D PRESS, ALBEMARLE. N . C. P a g e 2-A
Pocahontas Has Direct Descendant In Albemarle faction in possessing the knowledge that you can trace your Every grammar school child ancestors back to the first Ameriknows, the story of Pocahontas, can colony and to someone as rethe beautiful Indian priricess. She nown and memorable as Pocais the young maiden who saved fee life of Captain John Smith in hontas. fee yefcr 1608 shortly after the It brings no outward rewards. first American colony of Jamestown was founded. Children love the story. It has a thread of adventure and «jy mance that captures their fancy and makes their eyes glow wife excitement as they identify feer m selves with the daring youi n maiden. Most adults, too, w i l l listen with pleasure to a retelling oTt the old tale. Local school teachers, at fee next telling of the Pocahontas story during the history period, might try out a new angle on their youthful listeners, though it might strain their credulity somewhat. The city of Albemarle has a direct descendant of the famous Indian princess! Many people know her, but the fact feat she is a descendant of Pocahontas is largely unknown. Mrs. Florence Anderson at Five Points is not ostentatious about fee relationship. Quite fee contrary. In fact she's reticent. But she enjoys genealogical exploration and it is proven quite fruitful for her. Take a deep breath and let's wade' into the genealogical labyrinth of generations past the way Mrs. Anderson has it lined up. It involves some deep thinking to establish the exact relationship which she bears wife Pocahontas, but nevertheless,-it's there. Mrs. Anderson is the daughter of Robert Carter and Elizabeth Coble. Robert Allen Carter was the son of Richard Carter and Nancy Hines. Nancy Hines was the daughter of Henry Marshall and Susan Hines. Henry Marshall was the son of Humphry Marshall and Mary Marshall. (They were probably cousins). Mary Marshall was the daughter of Thomas 'Marshall and Mary Keith. Mary Keith was the daughter of Rev. James Keith, an Episcopal minister, and Mary Isham Randolph. Mary Isham Randolph was the daughter of Thomas Randolph and Judith Flemming. . Judith Flemming was the daughter of)) LCoL John Flemming and Mary Boiling. Mary Boiling was the Slaughter of Col. Robert Boiling i n d Jane Rolfe. Jane Rolfe was Jhe daughter of Thomas Rolfe a n d Jane Pythress. Thomas Rolfe was the son of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Mrs. Anderson remembers the story of Pocahontas well. How she prevented fee beheading of Captain John Smith. Her name, Mrs. Anderson says, means "play,ful one" and the name was applied to several of Powhatan's daughters. Her father, Powha"tan, was head of the Powhatan ^confederacy in Virginia. As the story goes, Pocahontas, at the age of 18, fell into the ,, hands of the English. She was •taken to Jamestown as a prisoner and instructed in the Christ i a n religion. John Rolfe, an Englishman, fell in love with her and asked permission to ;marry her. It was granted and the marriage took place in April, "1614, in the church at James• l own. Powhatan approved it. *The marriage was considered a Ebond of friendship by both the Indians and- the English and It ^brought a period of peace lasting ;for about eight years. In 1616, Pocahontas and her husband went to England where "she was presented to the King and Queen. At Gravesend, Eng' land, she contracted smallpox and died and was buried in the chancel of the church there. Her only child, Thomas Rolfe, was left at Plymouth in care of Sir Lewis Stuckly. He later came to Virginia where many of ;his descendants remain today. At least two families of fee Virginia Marshalls migrated to North Carolina and settled near Allenton on the Pee Dee river. Much later they moved near the present city of Albemarle. A family of Carters also lived in the vicinity. Mrs. Anderson has tried to correspond with the Marshalls of Virginia, but has been unable to establish any reliable contact with them. She hope's to learn more of her ancestors. Did the knowledge of her decendency from Pocahontas come as a surprise er thrill? Yes, in a .way, she admits. She has suspected it for sometime and when further searching yielded the final evidence necessary to con' firm it, she relaxed in satisfaction, llll? Yes, she was a descendant of Pocahontas. But it didn't mean anything. There were no material gains from her long years of work in tracing her lineage through the centuries. But it .is a sort of consolation to her. There's a certain satisBy FRED T. MORGAN
2 ^ u MAN AND HIS MILL—Without a worry in the world. SB-year-old George Hinson sits on a S v ° p feed °_d« W h l t t i e s b e 8 i d e **• " d o 0 f «* h i « Picteresque little corn mill on the bank oi w e e ^ c S d r i s C ^ e l l ^ I » n S lb ^ L Ct o? Uf anr mt Ye " - taF t t *? 1909 * * h e m i U • " » o p e l i e . one d ^ L h water tti li7 iLffZZ"*?* 3L* ™ *•• immediate community. Originally powered by tTSvSZt K *ieirlowii.f* , a b y - ? o n « « « • *» now one of the few remaining mills In Stanly countTpowered by steam. The long shed at the right houses the big steam enqine Note the nine todav9rOWing t h W U g h * h e s h e d <"*»'• Sc «»*» *"» * e above J » J ^ £ & M ^ j £ t l *" —Staff Photo.
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and Just putter around the old building for a while. Catch him at the mill some day where he can have a good seat on a sack of feed and get him to tell you about his mill. Interested In Machinery. He has always been interested in machinery, he says, and By Fred T. Morgan used to work at sawmills and Early every Saturday morning S S a S S m « ^f I f TL W £aeQn - ? & O U n g " an old man with shaggy hair ? ev e\t e r a 1S P tel Hinson, n o f^ and a long white beard can be ! the.Civil War, was J seen crossing highway 27 near- a poor man and kept his children {Liberty Hill church in Stanly out of school to help him on the I county. farm. George was the oldest of the six children and, though he Straight as a rail, wiry and received no formal education I tough as whit-leather, he walks learned to handle machinery slowly, but steadily. quite well. ! He has become as familiar a When he became older he | sight as the rising sun to the wanted a mill of his own. 0 » his people of that vicinity, for he has I many excursions up Stony Run I been coming that way practically creek, he had noticed the narrow ievery day for the last 40-odd 1 gorge where the banks rose years steeply from the water's edge :cc "There goes Old Man Hinson It was an ideal location for a | ,-P to his mill," the people will mill. There had been a mill there before, he discovered, but ; ay. dam had washed out and the tJ Eighty-six ; year - old George the had burned. , dnson disappears into the woods i building „ He -11 the north side of the road su r Purchased the tract of land Us mill cannot be seen from the . tounding the location and Miller George Hinson and his V ghway. Some mornings hea-with the help oi his sons and rel 60-year-old beard. uyes _Milks up through, -***» u m » i , . ilatives the church> threw a dam across the : ; rd and down a shady path m narrow creek bed and erected his For the benefit of his patrons d waTer tough tne the woods. water wheel on the as well ^s himself, he and his •rougn woods, Other other days days, l| " "i 1t *1 a?nI1U wneei 11 takes the old wagon road op- t lIT bank, at its present loca- boys dug a well on the hillside on> rsite D. P. Burris' store and fclnear the mill. It was good cold i e ' s j t a quarter-mile up to his A t first they used waterpower wna tee i 7c u Mr. Hinson says, but when r r 1 on Stony Run creek. to run the machines, but soon tailed operations at his v Mill a Spectacle *dd?d a s t e a m engine as an m i " ' he covered the well over ;•:;, *. ^pccracie P e C t a d e auxiliary power unit Whpn the.' and t is now unused Fireplace Torn Down lye^nlnson ^ *? I £ a t w gav£ o u t they s i S h e d * to K t L s W ? o tv,"- J L £ l a f i , , , p E - - t h e steam engine a n d carried on The old corner fireplace has p t i u s l y to t h e steep hillside operations without a break. • also been torn down in recent I n qr abruptly from t h e creek. BU„ mT ir„ lono n 1SW8 years now m in winter, winter, visitors visitors B I weather - blackened old „ " I years aand n a now l y e i n g , perched on stilts high u uM t•h ee f mi r s t f e w years after h e to t h e mill have to gather around I ws t h e creek bed, leans crook- £ . s t h e o n il l l min t h e year 1909, t h e old steam engine for warmth, i cticand looks a s if it would •t y y i l l in t h a t vicin- His present steam engine is t h e backward into t h e creek i e a" r cTr eh e B a r b e e mill on Big third one a t t h e mill. Two p r e - ! slightest pressure Mosse k , three miles to t h e vious ones were worn out. Steam tj hanrf-sniit nino chincrioc IFs ao ru mt he .r sw a sf rhis closest competitor, engines give little trouble and om aI) ove i l l -he north side of the foof r -the a r e very economical "to operate,
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roof a n d tower above t h e old j g f s d a m t h e r e o n s t o n y B « n e ^ U S i m ^ l ' t h e E * o S ^ S e lOing. |- < I created a wide lake and backed creek near t h e highway is unirom a b i g pile of slabs, Mr.; -water u p t h e creek for nearly a known to m a n y people. Oc-' son brings wood to fire u p t h e mile. In summer, t h e customers casionally people w h o have not ler of t h e steam engine, lo- t o h i s mill would fish a n d go in been there in a long time revisit ted a t t h e open end of a long "a-washing" while waiting for it just to see w h a t changes have led out from t h e m a i n building, their grinding, a n d on Sundays been made. T h e roof, covered \~<\ work u o a head of steam t h e millpond w a s a favorite with corroded t i n a n d warped t the : first customer of fee s w i m m i n g place for t h e boys. shingles, lets. mi both the^ sun-
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just t as goodnew rs oi his family arrive with a stopped by the mill there in the ] son »«J»5L g 0likes od as asitaaabrand brand nev mill. And he whole lot e of fresh water and vittles dense forest to thaw themselves r the noon meal. They open out before the big stone fire- better. Mr. Hinson himself attracts ] ie doors and windows in the place in one corner of the buiidlusty old building to let in sun- ing. Many stories were told and much attention from strangers. eht and air, and get things in many guffaws of laughter were He hasn't shaved in over 601 g adiness for the milling opera- sent; resounding through J g ^ ^ ^ do n(*re onS A- •• *£&- the rinceydead Mr Hinson recalls, member seeing him clean-shav From either direction along the since aeao mr. m i white hair hangs down 1 rush-choked old road b y . t h e They were more> ^ g ^ S l r i n g to' his shoulders battered a and year a ago, he S r w if n b l muTei and would'haVebeen in their own stumbled head Over onto a bumble-bee's P /aeons, S i r g S ntractors ° g $ Z and £ T 3trailers, r * 2 homes, £ - 1 ^hePsaid, ^ V * ^ 4 ^ ^ I ™ ] • in3 the 1 ^ woods d « n pnear e d upon his his mill bucks cars, and other vehicles Until they installed the steam nest and the swarming bees nearly Crowded into the small space engine, they were constantly stung him to death. He still krved out of the hillside before plagued by lack of water during feels the effects of their concentne mill door. dry seasons. When' a freshet trated stinging upon his body « . , * «««, ar«vi*v U a «ie and filled the pond, they and head. Pulsates Wife Activity t Q o k a d v a n t a g e 0 f the reserve Earlier this year he went to i The old building pulsates with o f w a t e r and operated the mill the doctor for the first time in ictivity. The old 12-horsepower t i c a l l y n i g h t a n d day. He his life on account of sickness. fete am engine peps up and sends r e m e m b e r s grinding there many The doc said he was in excellent Die long belt whinning over its n i g h t g until midnight. condition for a man of his age. oulleys. Milling machines whirr - As the mill site became a popuFeeling younger than ever lar place for the residents of the ind labor as bushels of gram are this year, Mr. Hinson is preparing ted into them. The old house area, Mr. Hinson introduced a set up a molasses mill near teeters and shakes upon its molasses mill at the location and to home and make molasses through the years earned the his limsy foundations. again this fall after an absence reputation of making the best Paul handles the steam engine of about eight years at the job. virile Mr. Hinson and his molasses of any man in the He invites you to come out and ., . look over his mill on Saturdays laughter-in-law perform the feed county. le and sacking operations. His mill operated daily and and bring your grinding with leile, despite his 86 years, Mr. | did a volume of business for you too linson lugs heavy « • * * < > ; many many years until other sprang up and syphoned, t a i n and feed across the floor• mills off much of his trade. For the l incient t h surprising stamina. black felt hat keeps An the p a s t ^veral years now, his mill Iden dust fog out of his eyes h a s r u n o n i y 0 ne day per week. hd off his head. His gnarled B u t t h a t Q ne day is a busy day. knds expertly tie the filled feed I n s i d e his mill can be seen Icks. many antique-looking grinding renerallv, business is rushing machines, each of which has rouehout the morning and been replaced by a speedier • riv afternoon. During any m o del. His first corn mill, for j LX neriods, the boiler furnace which he paid $30, is a compact •kPtit simmering so the head of Iwere t ofslow, heavy stones. The rocks but they ground theHI ["will not fall too low. s e sweetest meal you ever tasted, town late when the sun drops Iward the west and shadows of Mr. Hinson says. Modern grindfoom creep up the creek to the ing machines run so fast that grain is heated which causes l?ll Mr. Hinson and his helpers the a loss in the quality of it. Much I lose up shop and head back for of the heart of the kernel ofl Veir home, about a mile distant wheat and corn is screened out -The mill operates for theF pub • X l J t u , ° K f « ^ V e V o n S a t - of modem flour and meal, he • only one oay « ' u s u a l i y says. And that is the best part. p a y s but W . Hi""?"nt UP to He points out that even rats and 1 u cesU the two-™ * J * ™ ^ a J T mice leave the outside and eat c l ? 1 af«rkod at the old mili fee center of fee kernels. Cer/J t m S y y e a r t if slems0 odd to tainly it would be good for fcrif kfnot to go there every day mans.
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Charleston Earthquake Put Fear Into Hearts Of Stanly Residents At Cottonville nature. What could cause the Down in the Black Belt around I very earth to pitch and quiver under their feet? Many thought Cottonville, the frightened Negroes gathered at their church the end of time was at hand. When the congregations reas- and filled the air with chants, j sembled in churches that night, wailing, and lamentations. The | the long-suffering ministers few white residents of the com- J were overjoyed at the responses munity, hearing the unusual I to their appeals to m a k e things cries of the Negroes, thought the â&#x20AC;˘ noise was a Negro uprising and right with the Maker. By FRED T. MORGAN and Elsewhere in the county, peo- barricaded their homes readied their artillery. ple were equally baffled and The week-long revival was During the quake, one man, about over. Thus far it had frightened by this strange oc- who had come into the posses-" been without success. The crowd, currence. Not many had expe- sion of a new pocket knife by small and inanimate, was a long rienced an earthquake before. unjust means, hurled the knife way from being under a spirit The Big Quake, or Shake of 1886 through his open window in a of conviction. Full of hope and brought about fear and trepida- placatory gesture at the tossing belief, the minister w a s on his tion and a spirit of contrition earth outside. * knees fervently praying that the upon the people of Stanly county One man on his way to town the likes of which has never hearts of his listeners might be next morning stopped at the been seen again to this day. shook anew. People stayed up most or the wayside blacksmith shop and Abruptly, the empty benches night, praying, shouting, and I hollered, to the smith, "Did you u p front began a jig dance and making restitution. Fear was hear where she fell in a t ? " It t h e oil lamps hanging on wires | ubiquitous. They looked askance w a s the theory of some t h a t a from the ceiling began swinging at the omnipotence of the Al- portion of the earth's surface in wide arcs. Creaking and mighty. Generally, the people had fallen in and hit the "botgroaning, the entire building felt they had been given a taste tom" so hard that it caused the heaved and sighed upon its of w h a t the end of time might earth to bounce and shudder. foundation like a weary mule. be like. Actually, the earthquake was Pandemonium resulted. The One lady who y was in bed at centered around Charleston, S. heretofore drowsy congregation the time lay awake and said C, where it did considerable jumped to its feet in unison and she counted 13 separate convul- damage. bolted for the nearest door and sions of the earth. Each time J Following the quake came a window. Kids were trampled in the dishes rattled in her kitchen. season of peace and charitablet h e m a d scramble. The minisSome white men were attend- ness characterized by m a n y I Debts were | ter, with a wild look in his ing services at the Negro church benevolent acts. eyes, jumped out the pulpit win- east of Albemarle ' that night. 'paid off. Stolen articles were dow. They sat in a corner, especially! mysteriously returned. ReconThe incident at this church reserved for them. When the ciliations among embittered per-1 w a s typical of what happened at quake rattled the benches and sons were many. Every m a n m a n y churches in the county caused the preacher to lose his s e e m e d , t o want to placate his] wnere revivals were in progress. balance, the white men decided I .conscience and get things right it was time to leave. Outside, with 'his Maker. Shouting and Wailing they listened for the commotion! An intense religious awakenFrom all over the countryside they expected to follow inside I ing reigned in the county. Many shouting and wailing could be the church. But churches continued their revival heard in the sultry air of the quiet. They wenteverything-was for days and weeks. At churches back in and August night. Terrified people their seats and the build- where the meetings had closed, wondered at this phenomenon of took ing shuddered a second time. || second meetings were opened successful. The preacher took command ofj and were highly the situation. "It's only an Church memberships swelled and earthquake", he said and con- attendance was good for some time afterward. tinued with his sermon. Lasted Until Christmas Whistle Turned Loose As long as the earthquake Few places in the county were] tremors lasted, which some say as calm as the Negro church, | was until about Christmas of however. At one sawmill camp that year, the people walked cirthe workmen had the steam. cumspectly and were ever mindWhistle propped closed with a ful of their neighbors. But*when slat sat upon a rock in the all signs of the*violence passed' ground. The quivering of the and the earth continued its norearth loosened the prop and al- m a l course without any rough l o w e d the whistle to shrill and tumbled antics, the popuforth. People within hearing lace of the county drifted back distance were sure it w a s the into the old rut of negligence trumpet. It continued blowing and mediocrity. Vows, promises, until the head of steam was ex- and rededications brought about hausted. by fear of the quake were forOne old man paced fhe floor gotten. nervously and worriedly. Finally But there were reminders of when he could bear the suspense that hectic August night in 1886 no longer, he called his darkey for many years afterward. In Diakus who lived nearby. "The some sections, wells dried up. world has come to an end", he At other places, springs t h a t told the Negro. normally went dry in the sum"Has the trumpet blown?", mertime brought forth water Diakus asked quite unperturbed. even in the driest and hottest â&#x20AC;˘'No", the man replied '-']R"t part of the summer. Other I am expecting it any minute." springs disappeared completely Diakus just muttered, rubbed a n d new ones popped out of the his sleepy eyes and returned to ground at various places. Small . hiv bed in the cotton house out- streams changed their courses or Mside.j disappeared into the ground. Another man, thinking the Cracked buildings and tumbled commotion caused by the quake chimneys were a frequent sight. was a marauder outside his Those alive today who can rehouse, went out and set free his member the night of the Big newly acquired dog to chase the Quake will tell you that an inprbwler off. In his confusion the delible impression was m a d e m a n neglected to unfasten the upon the minds of most people trace chain which was hitched that night. In a state of frenzy, to the brute's collar. The dog, some people went completely having no sense of loyalty to his berserk with fear. Others slept new owner or no compunction through the quake. But all were about pious duties, seized the I m a d e aware of w h a t could hapopportunity to head for his pre- pen to the ve*y earth under their vious home. He lit out full speed feet. across the fields with the trace And to this^day, nothing has chain clanking in his wake. ever happened in the county to His erstwhile owner w a s in ! equal it, the oldsters say. his yard with members of his [family praying and under inten.se emotional duress. Eager to i get ~k ''orae, th.e dog atJ temp ip the rail fence ' bor-' ard arv? the trace *e rit ch clanking i f nolib house was . .'d, "You I ^n't '.ins for V, me like I i.am.
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m u d of insects' nests. Sunlight peeps into the room from cracks in the walls and ceiling. Birds perch on the glassless windowsills and serenade the occupants of the house. In other parts of the house may be seen old lahters and oil lamps, trunks, strings of dried red pepper hanging from the walls, an old flintlock musket resting on its crotch above the door, and several huge old pictures of long dead men and women encased in wide wooden frames. The furnishings of the home are simple and ancient. Mr. Kirk recalls that his father, Thomas Martin Kirk, told him that the house was old when he purchased it and settled there many years ago. Only minor alternations and repairs have j been m a d e to the house since. *—i Time was when the trail by the i house was a public road with I m a n y travelers who often stop- > ped by the Kirk home for a drink II of water and to ask the time of day. The original road went on I past the home .and over Stony j mountain and into the Stony I Hill church community. Mail | service came right to their house, jj But times changed and a new I. road w a s built. Mail service fol- I i lowed the new road as did most |[ I all the travelers and the old ] OLD KIRK HOME—Shown here is the newest part of the rambling old Kirk home located in the wagon road by the Kirk home II wilderness at the foot of Stony mountain near t h e Pee Dee river in eastern Stanly county. This w a s abandoned. Over a period jj part'of the house contains one room. To the right, another part of t h e house contains several ! of many years, now th'e forest has r rooms a n d h a s a framework of the original logs used in its construction. Opposite the chimney | all but enclosed the old homepiace and sealed it off. from t h e j inside t h e house is a wide stone fireplace once used for cooking and now for heat in winter. rest of the world. —Staff Photo. Visitors Rare Today, visitors to the old home I are very infrequent' and motor vehicles are a rarity. The old I m a n who. ventures in and out of fee tiny valley to fill Mr. Kirk's j oil drums periodically is t h e on-1 ly sure visitor, and in winter his 1 visits must be timed with w e a t h - 1 er conditions. Not so many years j up the road ahead of you and [ Mr. Boone Kirk will-be 79 years ago, fishermen drove their cars 1 By FRED T. MORGAN herald your approach. Soon as old in October. His wife, the near the Kirk home and fished jj one gets wtihin hearing distance, | former Miss Lena Hinson, is 77. i in the nearby lake. But that w a s I Civilization has just plain the plaintive wailing of dogs | The youngest of Mr. Kirk's two when the fish were plentiful To- jj moved off and left the W. B. brothers, Ira and Henry, who live i day the spot no longer h a s any Kirk family in their little moun- announce your arrival. with them, is 71. AH of them are r attraction for fishermen and I Uphill Again tain valley on the shores of Lake hardly anyone comes there any • Tillery in eastern Stanly counThe road crosses the bed of a practically disabled. 1 more. Mr. Kirk is t h e spry one of the and " l eleads I £ L A " d t h e y t h a A e n ' J p u r s u ^ £ I dryy "stream "and ads uphill quartet, and he is stooped and Mr. Kirk farmed a little on I They & i n s thin and moves with difficulty. his place up until about t w o ' ain A t o n c e t h forest e I r areS content to remain there l ^ A _ „ h a n g n - l a i n j e m i - i s o ^ ^ a n d a pport ortio3 n ^o ^ f ^the _ picturKirk suffered a stroke some years ago. The story is told I L B E M A I wlation and let the rest of the esque old house can be seen. Mrs. o r l d g 0 by> years her speech w a s j that soon after deer were intro- I officiall Large umbrella and oak trees effectedagoto and the extent t h a t she duced in the Morrow Mountain uiuLidii ould suspect that F e w people W hover close around it a n d a n can talk but little and only with park area, they would trot along j p r a i s e t o r t f such a quaint old homeplace ancient stone chimney at one effort. For the past two after Mr. Kirk's wagon, nibbling m e n t re i s tl ni exists aand n a is ycc imia.^«i.s.»* <=~-™it is yet inhabited there i end leans far backward from the much corn as he hauled it in from the I +VIP vflrnrinfl in the winds and heavily wood. h o u s e a n d i s propped wife two years she has been unable to walk The two brothers I field. L I I C v<*v^cH/H-M , V**llc Q I n n e r f h p l a i c © TllG • I _ _unaided. _ _ _ Once he and his wife fished transaction is often in the lake. Mrs. Kirk ier Company, holds the reeord catch of the areas to Conhousehold with a 12%-pound carp I not included that she pulled out of the lake one November day about a dozen years ago. Mrs. Kirk once killed a rattlesnake on one of her Close by "is a garden enclosedj There's the chickens, pigs and fishing trips to the lake and still hasn't seen ond slope of Stony mountain with h« an nirt time Dailine fence, the horse to feed; the cow to has his rattlers. Outside Contact "North Caroliri Morrow mountain, two and one- Further down t L ^ f s t h f o l d milk; and water to be fetched tionland" tags taas is half m i l e s distant, J u s t out of About the only contact t h e f ^ L n » and loe barn with a n from the spring quite some distioniana eg In winter> the«ftrees, in winter, " * * " * ft* u e e v with its tance away. Then there's the j Kirk family has with the outthe front licenj sight ra ^small „ Y over i "inlet i„+ from i log of haelnwater backwater from jnachronous old bbuggy^wim its * . a n d m e a l s to pre side world is by the old battery sands of Norij the lake can be seen from the tanged t ^ * ™ £ * Tluster of p a r e . a n d work in the garden. radio and the county newspaper * j| H n l H i r u Hmun t h o e p H u t i p s i s hides? They J hhOUSe. ouse7" H _ I| WSl t n *a n*e^i cfi SU ^6 c^V^ ^ ^ which they m a n a g e to obtain every section J A n i n e x p e r t driver should not ^ P ^ f / P ^ S l J ru_S?ISd feat for one in Mr. Kirk's coiw ' twice a week from their mail a They DeJ attempt fee grueling trip over it. Crude.farming.tools, ^ ™ dition. stooped and thin, he box over a mile away. Only on j I paper days is the mail box visitThe two Albj the rough, twisting old wagon unkempt g u t t e r ine y h o b b l e s a r o u n d without a cane, j ed. Their nearest neighbor is s s are behind toil road through the forest into the and hang from ^ ™ g ™ £ | " but he looks wan and emaciated. l much further t h a n hollering diso their state al Kirk place. It's a hazardous A ^ J ^ J i ™ " ^ £ , m a His bony face is topped with I tance away. ho conceived 1 Journey. To risk a good car over ^ e^n V s t t T b l e ^ n the barn, tired eyes and a shock of white Mr. Kirk isn't compelled to live L,Hh , „ , , „ , , J t h a t road would be inviting P - * ' " " „ r t „ chickens hair." Still he can grm, and Fat nith who larj c a l a m i t y . T h e r 0 a d twists through a horse s ™ r t s c ™ J J J f the somehow he manages to keep the I in such primitive circumstances and practice self-abnegation. He \ g and has aid t h i c k t r e e S ( so tall and s P ^ a d - waddle complacently aoout tne i owns a large tract of land, rich j >», Both are i n g t h a f the sun is roofed out yard « d . * ^ a l c _ a S S ^ h e f a ^ i Interior of House | in timber, there on the east j venth Highw overhead. Stumps, yawning holes heard a t ^ t e i v a g f r ^ « ^ J r n y T h e interior of the house is a slope of Stony mountain and othd ^ q u a r t e r s n and boulders m u s t be dodged. Patches of c o r n ^ * ^ / ^ g f t haven .for those whose eyes are [ er property elsewhere. It all beean I Little more t h a n a trail at places, fruit trees surround t n e r u s n c c a r e s s ^ d b y a n t i q u i t y and quaintthe quiet life there. ; rr. \- • ° l T- • _ HeHew aloves mChangea _ntie s born in the old house Ul when g U I ^ r o, a d J g J^- ^ ^ ^ S - ^ l ^ S r T E 1. ° "„ „ l l0€ W4= ^__1 but I kitchen, - s . One^ long room room and s e r vliving es;as this i _— house___«• chaneed dining hct r ^ v t s North _ _ _ B _ _ V i l l end at the next turn. At one I Here is this nouse, cnangeu out | nnartar 'a j r p n 1 n p p and h a s lived there all his life, A quarters. A wiAa wide atnna stone f fireplace Id have o n l A X i J ^ " k " r ^ s k l n F little*" stream little since it w a s built 100 years with its polished stones w a s and he intends to remain there. ,1952. Along \ \ £ r i g n t of way across the ago, live four people, all over 70 once used for cooking, but h a s Although civilization may con| k \ris and Smitrl \ . Screeching fieldlarks wing 1 years of age. •• __ been replaced by a wood stove, tinue to become farther and and subsequently by an oil father removed from his valley painter and si h-ish respectively, were helping Using the stencil and silk painters and sil cookstove. Scraps of linoleum there, and his links with the out- ! l that silk cover the uneven floor. The an- side world grow weaker a n d ,.-ithpt out several of the huge screen process and working at therefore it requi cient corner cupboard, which Mr. I weaker, it will cause him no con- Ireds. They nom\al "welcoming" signs that night and on holidays, they put time to get Into pi Kirk says is over 100 years old, cern. He h a s all the civilization :et, although the j -pain)j | would look wholly out of place he w a n t s right around his home. ilaced at the state line on Morris's idea into application. metal, TT~- ' . .„. - J J 2, Col. 2) •sue ^- ^* highway into North Both men are experienced sign they obtained pre], i n a n y o t h e r surroundings. About 1 inP the only touches of modernity in Thist I the room are a radio and a kerosene-burning refrigerator. Overhead the ceiling is smoke blackened and dotted with the dried
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LBEMARLE, June 7.—Every Chamber of Commerce official in North Carolina should have a word of praise for two Albemarle meitf Whatever state department it is that seeks to attract tourists and propagate the vacational wonders of the Tar Heel State should roll out the royal carpet to these two men and receive them with cheers
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It is doubtful if very many other ordinary citizens have contributed so much in so short,, a time to the promotion of their state as a vacationland. Who in Central North Carolina hasn't seen one of the attractive "North Carolina—Variety Vacationland" tags that have replaced I the front license plate on thou1 sands of North Carolina veI nicies? They are going into every section of the state. They Developed Idea The two Albemarle men who (are behind this rapid-fire boost \o their state are Robert Morris, j'ho conceived the idea, and Roy Imith, who largely designed the \g and has aided in its producj>n. Both are employed at the ,'« Iventh Highway division sign ) pdquarters near Albemarle. It all began back early last •t'Ell when it became apparent sjctf North Carolina vehicles lid have only one license plate 11952. Along about that time, ris and Smith, who work as 1 painter and sign shop forej i s n respectively, were helping •ritret out several of the huge tom'al "welcoming" signs- that paced at the state line on U. S. highway into North |.igue;|
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Carolina.. j Superimposed upon a dark green background is a bright red scale of the state- and in conspicuous letters across the broad face of the sign are the words, "Welcome to North Carolina— Variety Vacationland". Miniature Of Big Sign Morris associated the two things together in his mind—the huge welcome sign and the fact that N. C. vehicles had only one 1952 license plate. Then the idea came! Why not make a miniature sign like the big one; say about the size of a license tag, to fill that vacantlooking place on the front of automobiles? He toyed with the idea - and talked it over with Smith. They agreed it could be done. On paper, Smith reduced the big state sign - to the approximate size of a license tag. It looked good. Then, ordering the necessary materials, they retired to Smith's garage for their workshop. Using the stencil and silk screen process and working at night and on holidays, they put Morris's idea into application. Both men are experienced sign
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ROBERT MORRIS AND ROT SMITH SHOWN HERE IN THEIR SHOP painters and silk screen men, therefore it required only a short time to get into production. Their metal, the paint-grip variety, they obtained pre-cut except for
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STANLY NEWS AND PRESS
Businesses are here to serve you. Make it a habit to always shop at home and keep your money in circulation here.
A Stanly County Newspaper^cforacter
The Second Century Established June 10.1880
101 ST YEAR
The Stanly Observer Established 1881
ALBEMARLE, N. C , TUESDAY, l # R U A R Y 3 , 1981
January Cold, Dry The month of January went into the weather record books as cold and dry. The average temperature for the entire month was 34.35 degrees, or just slightly above the freezing mark. Precipitation for January was only .71 inch, making the past month the dryest January sin the past quarter of a century. The dry weather in January continued a pattern begun in the summer, which is causing grave concern among farmers and others. The average low reading during the month was 21.7 degrees, <er more than 10 degrees below the freezing mark. There were only three days during the month on which the mercury did not fall to the freezing mark or below. The lowest temperature was a frigid two degrees on the morning of Saturday, January 31. However, the mercury dropped to 10 or below on three other mornings. The past month was not as co' " as January of 1970, when the average was a sub-freezing 28.9 degrees. January, 1970, was slightly colder than the past month, with an average of 33.85. With fuel and energy prices rising, heating costs are expected to reach record levels for the past month and will be reflected in bilUt received this week by many people. The highest temperature during the month was 63 degrees, giving the month a temperature span oi 61 degrees. Measurable rain or snow fell oi only four days during the month.
Rites Held For Mrs. Kendrick Here Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Edyth Kennedy Kendrick, 59, of 824 East Street, Albemarle, organizer and first president of the Stanly County Hospital Auxiliary, better known as the "Pink Ladies", were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Lefler Memorial Chapel by Rev. Joseph J. Hauser. pastor of Central United Methodist Church, where she was a member. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
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PaH'b%&*rers w e r e J i m Cochran. Steve Surratt. Ron Swanner, John David Moose. Bill Huckabee, Ul, Claude Rogers and Dr. Carl Bowen. Members of the Hospital Auxiliary were seated as a group for the rites. Mrs. Kendrick died Saturday morning in the Albemarle Unit of North Carolina Lutheran Homes following an extended illness. She was born August 16, 1921. in Union County, a daughter of the late Walter J. and Emma Green Kennedy, and was married to William Thomas Kendrick, who preceded her in death. She served with the Hospital Auxiliary from the lime she organized it in 1963 until her illness apd also served 10 years on the Board of Trustees of Stanly County Hospital. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Priscilla K. Alford, and a grandson, James William Alford, both of Albemarle; two brothers. Walter J. Kennedy, Jr., of Albemarle and John D. Kennedy of Chapel Hill; and Mir sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Velsor of Mount Gilead. Mrs. Miriam Crotts of New London, Mrs. Loretta Moose and Mrs. Emma Green Morgan, both of Albemarle.
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The ^ t a " r y * « > Plummeted to twsdegrees by early Saturday tnormng establishing a new low for he current winter season and freezing the snow MORGAN WINS AWARD FOR SHOE SHOP COLUMN and water on all streets and Fred T. Morgan, features editor of the Stanly News and Press whose •"Musings" columns roads. appear on the editorial pages of the Tuesday editions, has won a second place award from the Are*! to the north and west of North Carolina Press Association for a column he wrote last summer. The column, entitled "Shoe Albemarle were harder hit Shop", was centered around the Honeycutt Shoe Shop on West North Street in Albemarle. It was with Salisbury reporting 7'-. inpublished July 29,1980. Mr. Morgan has compiled an impressive list of awards in annual competiches of snow and a temperature Saturday morning of one degree tion sponsored by NCPA, beginning with a first place win for Best Features in 1951. The 1980 below-zero. awards were presented by Gov. Jim Hunt Thursday evening at the annual N.C. Press Institute at Chapel HiU. -Staff Photo The snow melted down to only 27 inch of precipitation This snow, which began falling about daylight in Albemarle with the temperature above freezing, was a beautiful snow clinging to every leaf and twig and outlining tree limbs in coats of ermine. While the snow was welcomed by people interested in getting more moisture into the soil, because snow soaks in better than rain, they note that much more is needed. Murder is suspected in the Many offices and some busideath of a middle-aged Virginia man found dead Thursday nesses closed early Friday morning in a motel room at afternoon to permit employees Miller's Motel at the intersec- to reach their homes in safety The snowfall here had no eftion of Highways 52 and 49 in fect on the school schedule, as Richfield. Stanly Sheriff's officers, as- Friday was a teacher work day sisted by the SBI, were busy and students were not in school Douglas M. "Doug" Fisher, Monday running down leads in in the Albemarle and Stanly son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Fishthe case as the investigation in- County systems. Some school systems to the west were forced er of Badin, has received a Santensified. to off school or to shorten ford Scholarship to attend the The dead man had been thecall school day because of the North Carolina School of fhe identified as Joseph Robert Arts in Winston-Salem. Jackson. 52, of Virginia. He snow. The snow, which surprised Young Fisher will specialize checked into the motel around in the area of dramatic produc7:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday night, even the forecasters, resulted, tion and design. He auditioned believed to have been accom- so meteorologists say, from the Friday at the school and was collision oi a warm, moist air panied by.another person. notified Friday evening that he He was fomd lying face down • mu£> wiili a cold;. arctic;, blast had been approved for the with a towel around his head over «H£-thenr-Alabama. The scholarship. and his hands tied behind his result was a storm which This will mean a full scholarspread snow over much of the back with a belt and lamp cord. ship to attend the School of the Officers said he sustained a Carolitvas and Virginia, with up Arts for the 1981-82 school year. to 14 incies falling in some neck injury. The scholarship is valued at The body was taken Friday to mountain ireas of this state. $2,600 for one year. The mecury rose to 62 deChapel Hill tor an examination Doug. 18, is a senior, attendand report from the Chief Medi- grees duiing Sunday night, ing North and West Stanly High melting th< remaining snow, as cal Examiner's office. Schools. The dead man's money and a chinook svept northward over His interest in production and identification were missing the state. design began in 1978 when he from the clothed body. No lugThe temperature span from did lighting design for the gage was found in the room. Thursday ihtil Saturday mornUwharrie Players and also There were no signs of a major ing — a piriod of less than 48 scenic art tor "South Pacific." DOUGLA8 FISHER struggle or fight. hours — wis 60 degrees, with 62 Since that time he has worked recorded Thursday and a frigid Officers are looking for a 1973 with the Uwharrie Players for two degress on Saturday mornFord van, white with Tube all their productions and also Socks painted on the sides, ing. with Fred Corlett and his Chilbearing Virginia license plate dren's Theatre productions. His VMN-360. latest creation was "The Bear" The body was found about for the Stanly Arts Council in 10:40 Thursday morning by the January. He also designed cosmotel manager as a cleaning tumes, posters, and lighting tor check of the rooms was being "Sounds of Carolina" at West Six people were listed as in- made. Stanly over the past few weeks. The Albemarle Business and and was assistant to the Direc- jured in a two-vehicle collision Detective Jeff Covington of Professional Women's Club is Friday around 12 noon two tor in costume design and conthe Stanly Sheriff's Department miles north of Norwood on was quoted as saying "There sponsoring its annual Young struction for the SPEC program Highway 52 near rural road were signs that something had Careerist Contest. This is last summer at Pfeiffer. BPW's way of honoring sucess1918. occurred in the room, but not an ful young career women. It is Only four Sanford ScholarTrooper B. M. Taylor esti- out-and-out physical fight." ships are given each year. seeking to recognize the young mated $600 damage to a 1963 Law enforcement authorities women in this county. These, named for former Chevrolet operated by Robbie were quoted as saying they Governor Terry Sanford, go to Each contestant will give a Eury Drye, 21, of Route 2, Nor- were looking for a white man in legal residents of North Carofive-minute speech on how she wood and $2,500 to a 1979 Ford his 50's, about 5 feet six inches lina. Only one is given each operated by Curley Max Mc- tall and weighing around 160 prepared for her profession, (Continued on Page 2-A) why she selected it. a descripLendon, 37, of Marshville. pounds, believing to be driving Reported injured along with the 1973 Ford van, with With tion of duties, career goals and McLendon were five passen- "Tube Socks" painted on each future plans. The winner will be gers, David Hasty, 32. James side. It was reportedly last seen selected on these criteria. To be eligible a young woman Crowder, 22, Larry McLendon. headed West on N.C. 49. 27. Johnny Miller, 29, and Terry I The suspect is believed to must be between the ages of 21 Richard Hamilton, 25, all taken 'have checked into the motel and 30," must have been em- I to the hospital. with the victim, according to re- ployed in business or professional work with at least one Drye was charged with driv- ports. (Continuedon Page 2-A) ing too fast for conditions. week legislative session planMany other traffic mishaps ned for the 1982-83 year to nine weeks. It cost approximately were reported by the N.C. High$34,000 each day the Legislature way Patrol, a number of them is in session. The base budget is attributed to hazardous condirecommending the deletion of tions caused by the snow and funds appropriated for the Sun- ice. Friday, 1:15p.m., Highway 52 set Commission. This Commission, known formerly as the south of Albemarle near rural N.C. Governmental Evaluation road 1906, $300 to a 1968 PlyH 73 — Father and mother By SENATOR Commission, reviewed the mouth operated by Ronald Dasupport child equally "To make JAMES B. GARRISON vid Baldwin, 21, of Albemarle needs for state licensing The third week of the General the father and the mother priboards. State leaders have sug- and $1,500 to a 1978 Toyota truck marily liable for support.'' gested that the Commission's operated by David Stallings, 29, Assembly was spent having orH 72 — Rape victim assistganizational meetings of each of Route 1, Albemarle. Trooper results might not be worth the ance program "To provide committee. Some of the comTaylor charged Baldwin with cost. The Commission had askmittees that I attended were assistance for victims of rape driving too fast tor conditions. ed for $105,000 for 1980-81. Public Utilities, Banking, Con* and sex offenses." Friday, 1:10 p.m., a mile I have received numerous inH 87 — Unpaved roads — 45 quiries from local firemen, south of Albemarle on Highway stitutional Amendments, and mph speed limit "Limiting 52 near rural road 1906, $2,500 to Appropriations. volunteer firemen and various speed on unpaved secondary groups that are concerned with a 1980 operated by Terry Lee Some of the bills introduced roads to 45 mph." Johnson, 24, of Norwood and thus far which may be of inthe proposed increase to the On January 29, a resolution Firemen's Pension Fund. It is $100 to a 1975 Chevrolet truck terest to you are: was passed by the Senate conoperated by James Isaac Jenmy opinion that the AppropriaH 5 — Homestead exemption demning Iran for holding our tions Committee will look favor- kins,' 30, of Route 1, Lake View. increased "To raise income and hostages and supporting the Trooper Taylor charged Jenably on increasing the amount kins with driving too fast for property limits for the home- president in whatever actions from $50 to $75 per month. stead exemption and appro- he deems necessary to repripriating funds to pay the addi- mand the country of Iran. This Work on the redisricting of (Continued on Page 2-A) tional cost." the state's n Congressional was mailed to the president and Districts began in the legisS 33 — Intangibles tax deposit members of congress and the lative body this week with most exemption "To partially ex- U.S. Senate. The vote was To Close Road of the attention being focused on empt money on deposit from the unanimous in the Senate. intangibles tax.',' the.legal hurdles that must be *^SO on Thursday, a bill was The Division of Highways, overcome. North Carolina Department H 55 — Circuit-breaker prop- introduced in the General Since the session began, I of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , anerty tax relief "To give individ- Assembly to double the tax on uals with low or moderate in- liquor which would put more nounced Monday plans to have received a mountain of come credit bo income tax for money into the highway fund. close Secondary Road 1522 In correspondence, particularly tax or rent that exceeds certain This bill was sent to the Finance the Palestine community relating to day care centers. percentage of income.'' Committee. February 9-13. Last week .alone I received 21 State forces will replace a it has been an exciting week letters and eight petitions with H 47 — Homestead exemption bridge over a branch with a "To require that application be here in Raleigh with the wheels hundreds of signatures. It is immade once for the homestead of our state government going pipe and traffic will be depossible for me to answer all exemption tor elderly and dis- into motion and the work laid toured during the time the these letters but I will read each abled." work is in progress. out for the next few months., I of them. If you have written me Detour signs will be posted S 40 — Elderly assault made hope you will feel free to write and haven't received an answer to enable traffic to avoid the felony "To make abuse of or in- me concerning any thoughts of acknowledgement, please construction site. Jury to an elderly person a fel- you may have tor our success have patience. In time I hope to J ony during this session. answer all.
Murder Suspected
Man Found Dead, Bound In Motel At Richfield
Doug Fisher Wins Sanford Scholarship
Six Injured In Accident Near Norwood
BPWToName 'Careerist' Here
Cutting Budget To Be Tremendous Job By REP. ELLIS ALMOND During the next six weeks the Hve legislative Appropriations Committees of which I am a member, will be reviewing and identifying areas for cutting the general fund (base budget) by 6% or $200 million. This will be one of the toughest assignments legislators have faced in recent years. About 80% of the money goes to personnel costs, primarily salaries and benefits for 170,000 state workers and teachers. A $200 million a year cut translates to a reduction of about 11,000 to 12,000 jobs throughout state government. About 67% of the base budget goes to support Public schools, universities and community colleges. To achieve the $200 million a year cut and °ot significantly reduce educational programs, legislators wiU have to cut the rest of the money from state government Programs by almost 19%. _ Another big category is the Department of Human Resources which uses the major *elfare programs of toe department's $545 million budget, $119 million goes to Medicaid. -These funds (base Budget) a e f what Governor Jim Hunt and the Advisory Budget Commission have recommended as necessary to continue the present level of services. The 1975 legislative Session was the last time the lawmakers have ac5>ally cut the budget. The general Government Appropriation Committee agreed "torn$185,000 from the budget y sh «rtening the proposed 10-
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SURPRISE SNOWFALL BLANKETS STANLY These pictures were taken about 1:30 Friday afternoon as snow was falling rapidly. The upper picture shows how the soft flakes clung to every leaf and twig of trees and shrubs while the lower picture shows a car well covered by the snow. Final measurement officially in Albemarle was 2.75 inches, but some areas ol the county received considerably more. When this was taken, streets and highways were becoming slippery, eausing several -fender-benders" but no serious accidents. —Staff Photo's
Oakboro Awarded Grant For Little League Park Snow Causes Accidents
Albemarle Man Faces Four Break-In Counts Tony Carson Hopkins. 28, of 629 Salisbury Avenue, was arrested late last week by officers of the Albemarle Police Department and charged with breakin. larceny and vandalism at four places to the city in recent days. Don Griffin, manager of the Albemarle Road Drive-In Theatre, signed a warrant charging Hopkins with breakin, vandalism and damage to real property at the theatre. Officers charged Hopkins with the larceny of a coin container for the blind, valued at $19. from Phillips Drug Store: a break-in and larceny at the Stanly County Health Department, from which a stethoscope and 90c were reported missing; and a break-in at North Albemarle School which caused damage to the building estimated at $42.50. Many other routine activities were handled by the department during. the weekend period, including checking on many snow-caused traffic misnaps. Thursday, Velvet (Bay Bay) Annette Cole, 19, of 338 West Drive, was charged with damage to personal property on a warrant signed bv Barbara Drye of 408 Arey Avenue involving $245 damage to a 1975 Chevrolet. Ruth Ragsdale of 907 Shankle Street reported vandalism to her front porch. Mardesia Watson of 913 Shankle Street reported vandalism to her front porch and screen door. Artis Phillip Brown of New London reported the larceny of a battery valued at $50 from his 1972 Pinto parked St the Southwest Regional Educational Center on Wall Street. Damage was listed at $10. Robert Junior Patton of 809 South Street reported he was assaulted bv two black males on Grigg Street. He was taken to the hospital. Friday, James Craven reported the larceny of gas valued at $20 from a vehicle parked at the city warehouse. Marie Lee Watson of 403 Grigg Street reported $10 damage to a window in a break-in at her residence.' Central Lunch reported the larceny of drink bottles valued at $48 from the premises. Phillips Drug Store reported
the larceny of a coin container for the blind, valued at $19. Mrs. Doris of 327 Arey Avenue reported the larceny of firewood valued at $10 from her residence. Saturday, Mrs. Kriss Roberts of 412 Grigg Street reported $25 damage to a window. Ted Collier of 114 South Hill Street reported $10 damage to a 1974 AMC on Carolina Avenue. Arrested and charged with this damage were Donnie Joe Wilhoit. 24, and Charles Edward Turner. 19, both of 906 Marshall Street. Sunday. Butler's School of Hair Styling at 1434 East Main reported $15 damage to a window. Charles Mullis reported a break-in and safecracking at the Pizza Hut on the bypass. Taken in the safecracking was $550. Damage of $30 was reported to the door. Beverly Gaines McLendon of 1447 Inger Street reported $40 damage to a window at this residence. Arrests made by the department were: Thursday, one each for speeding, worthless check, non-compliance, indecent liberties with a child, damage to personal property, breaking and entering, vandalism and damage to real property; Friday, two for breaking, entering and larceny, two tor simple assault and battery, one each for stop sign violation, driving under the influence, larceny, injury to personal property, drunk and disruptive, resisting arrest, assault on an officer, and reckless driving; Saturday, two for damage to personal property, two for driving under the influence and one for reckless driving. The following traffic accidents were investigated, many of the Friday ones attributed to snow on the streets and roads. Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Aquadale Road near Morgan Road, $200 to a 1969 Chevrolet operated by Judy Morton Springer, 27, of Route 1, Albemarle and $1,000 to a 1979 Pontiac operated by Debra Carol Pinion, 23, of Route 2, Norwood. Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Quenby Mall parking lot, no damage to a 1968 Plymouth operated by Annette Kirby Lindsey, 29, ,<jf Route 2, New London and $150 to a parked 1972 Olds owned by William Alfred Gibson of Nor(Continued on Page 2-A)
The Town of Oakboro has received approval for a federal grant in the amount of $8,500 for use in developing the town's park. Announcement was made from Congressman Bill Hefner's office in Washington of the approval of this grant. The grant will be matched by $8,500 from the Town of Oakboro to make $17,000 available lor clearing, grading, landscaping and fencing work on the Oakboro park. Plans also call tor bleachers and a Little League ball diamond. The grant was made through the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service of the Department of the Interior. Ray Rogers, parks chairman for the Town of Oakboro. said he was very glad to hear of the approval of the grant. "This will enable us to do the second stage of park development." he said. "We will construct an official Little League ball field, complete with lighting, concession stand, and bleachers." He went on to say that the town will send some contributions from interested businesses and citizens in order to do the whole job. The first stage of the park development, now nearing completion, included a picnic shelter, tennis court, football and (Continued on Page 2-A)
First Colony Names Four New Directors First Colony Savings and Loan recently announced the election of tour new members of the local board of directors. The new members include Max M. Hinson, John C. Holbrook, Roy M. Lingle and James R. Mauney. These men Join Larry Almond, Thurman Burleson, Pat Cagle, D C . Honeycutt, Jim Lowder, Vance Lowder and J. D. Stallings. The announcement was made by Mac Morrow, Vice President and City Executive. "We are very pleased to have such fine men join our local board, their contributions have already been felt in our operation," Mr. Morrow said. As a state-chartered stock owned association, First Colony opened the Albemarle office in September, 1980. First Colony is a member of the North Carolina Savings Guaranty Corporation which acts to insure the savings accounts of member institutions up to $100,000.
2A—STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, February 3, 1981
Business Philosophy Outlined By Executive
Deaths and funerals Rites Set For Curtis Hinson
John Bradford Dies Suddenly
Funeral services for Curtis Lee Hinson, 23, of Route 7, Concord will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Mount Olive Baptist Church in Albemarle, where he was a member. Rev. Everett McDonald and Rev. Leonard Aycock will officiate and interment will be in West Concord Cemetery. Mr. Hinson died Sunday in Duke Medical Center, Durham, following a period of declining health. He wa a native of Cabarrus County, born January 28, 1958, and was a son of Colon Quincy and Maggie Love Hinson of Concord, both of whom survive. He was employed by Cannon Mills Plant Six. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Williamston Riley Hinson, and a sister, Mrs. June Carol Hartsell, both of Concord. The body will remain at Hartsell Funeral Home in Concord until placed in the church here to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the rites. The family was scheduled to receive friends from 7 to 9 Monday evening at the funeral home.
John Ben Bradford, 56, of Route 1, Norwood, a dryer operator of Collins and Aikman. died suddenly Saturday afternoon at his home. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Monday in Cottonville Baptist Church, where he was a member. Rev. Bryson Bigby and Rev. Wayne Austin officiated and interment was in the church cemetery. Born in Stanly County on May 10, 1924, he was a son of the late John and Elsie Furr Bradford and was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served in World War II. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Beachum Bradford of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Phil Parrish of Lexington, Mrs. Thomas Marshburn of Thpmasville, and Mrs. Buddy Bennett of Shannon; a brother, Gerald Bradford of Locust; six sisters, Mrs. Ramelle Efird, Mrs. Betty Mullis, Mrs, Willie Furr and Mrs. Shelly Adams, all of Locust, Mrs. Pearl Mills and Mrs. Ila Clontz. both of Monroe; two stepsons. Edgar Lemmons of Norwood and Gerald Nance of High Point; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Herman Kirby of Route 2, Polkton and Mrs. Sylvia Goodman of Granite Quarry; six grandchildren: one great-grandchild; and four stepgrandchildren. Arrangements were by Lefler Funeral Home.
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STREET SCENEDUR,NG SNOWFALL ON FRIDAY As may be seen from this picture, snow was covering streets picture was snapped about 1:30. Later in the afternoon, most of in downtown Albemarle Friday afternoon and traffic was a11 b u t the snow melted off the streets and driving became less hazardhalted Many vehicle owners put on chains or snow tlresM o r d e r ous. to make necessary trips. The snow was falling rapidly when this -Staff Photo
Break-Ins
!Continued from Page One) wood. Sunday, 3:25 p.m.. Richardson Street at Summit, $400 to a 1962 Pontiac operated by Lillian Freeman LeGrand. 78, of Albemarle. Funeral services for Mrs. Friday, 1:15 p.m.. Pee Dee Flora Furr Smith. 85. of Route near Morrow, $400 to a 1978 Fiat 3, Albemarle, a retired textile operated by Carolyn Benton employee, were conducted at 2 Pennell. 26, of Albemarle and p.m. Sunday in Bear Creek $500 to a 1972 Mercury operated Primitive Baptist Church by by Mary Jo Biles, 18, of Route 2, Elder W. C. Allen. Interment Albemarle. followed in the church cemeFriday, 12:20 p.m., East Main tery. and Pee Dee, no damage to a Mrs. Smith died Friday night Gracie C. Kelly. 76. of 1974 Chevrolet truck operated in Stanly County Hospital. 107Mrs. Northam Road. Rocking- by Jeffrey Lane Palmer, 20, of Daughter of the late Ransom ham, mother of Everett Lee and Nancy Lambert Furr, she Kelly of Norwood, died Sunday Albemarle and $175 to a parked was born April 7. 1895. in Stanly in Cabarrus Memorial Hospital- 1972 Ford owned by James Howard Plowman of AlbeCounty and was married to Funeral services will be conRufus Coy Smith, who preceded ducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the marle. Friday. 12:15 p.m., Yadkin her in death. Church of God of Prophecy in She is survived by a sister, Rockingham, where she was a near North Second, $300 to a Mrs. Etha Bowers of Albe- member. Rev. Buford Lanter 1977 Chevrolet station wagon marle; a stepson, George Ed- and Rev. J. W. Strickland will operated by Jerry Stafford ward Smith of Gold Hill; two officiate and interment will be Mabry, 38, of Albemarle and $350 to a 1979 Chevrolet operstepdaughters, Juanita Smith in Northam Cemetery. ated by Dudley Wayne Speight, Brock of New London and In addition to her son in Nor- 18. of Albemarle. Eunice Smith Brock of Troy; she is survived by Friday. 12 noon. East South seven stepgrandchildren: five wood, another son. Robert Kelly of near Wall, $175 to a 1973 Pontiac stepgreat-grandchildren and Aurora. Illinois; two daughters. one stepgreat-great-grandchild. Mrs. Doris Blake of Rocking- operated by Betty Davis Smith, Arrangements were by Hart- ham and Mrs. Velvia Crumbley 29, of Albemarle. Friday, noon. Highway 24-27 sell Funeral Home. of Kannapolis; a brother. Rev. near Highway 740, $300 to a 1979 Dewey Shepard of Rocking- Chevrolet operated by Ila Johnham: five sisters, Mrs. Sadie son Blackmon 38, of Route 2. AlMills of Concord. Mrs. Annie bemarle and $500 to a 1974 Nunn of Basset, Virginia, Mrs. operated by Freida Bertha Hall of Martinsville. Chevrolet Virginia. Mrs. Myrtle Williams Almond Smith, 72. of Albeof Ellerbe and Mrs. Lucille marle, injury reported to both drivers plus three passengers. Word has been received in Al- Smith of Rockingham: 10 Ginger Page Blackmon, 13. grandchildren and 13 greatbemarle of the death Friday of Kyle Franklin Blackmon. 10. Mrs. Gladys Hamrick Culber- grandchildren. and Harry G. Almond. 81. all son, who was home demonstraShe was born July 22, 1904, in taken to the hospital. tion agent in Stanly 1940-42. Richmond County, daughter of Friday. 10:30 a.m., Cleveland Memorial services were held the late John Thomas and Daisy Avenue and Seventh Avenue, in Tryon, where she made her Bell Pinion Shepard and was $200 to a 1979 Ford operated by home, on Sunday afternoon. married to the late Robert L. David Allen Wing, 19, of AlbeShe is survived by her hu£h Kelif; marle and $150 to a dwelling band, Paul Culberson, and a The family was scheduled to owned by David Marbry. Wing brother and three sisters. receive friends from 7 to 9 Mon- was charged with driving under day evening at Marks Funeral the Influence. Home, 408 East Franklin Street, Rockingham. Cards Of Thanks
Rites Held For Mrs. Smith
Norwood Man's Mother Dies
Former Stanly Agent Passes
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STOKES We appreciate more than words can tell the sympathy and kindness shown us by the many friends, neighbors, relatives, and others at the recent loss of our loved one. It is wonderful to have such friends in time of need. May God richly bless you all. The family of Thomas E. Stokes. SIMPSON The family of Mrs. Mikel Simpson wishes to express sincere appreciation to the friends and neighbors who were so kind to us at the loss of our loved one Words seem so inadequate to express the depth of our gratitude for the words and deeds which have sustained us at this time. We pray God's blessing upon you all. HILL The family of Carl Hill wishes to express sincere appreciation to the friends and neighbors who were so kind to us at the loss of our lovd one. Words seem so inadequate to express the depth of our gratitude for the words and deeds which have sustained us at this time. We pray God's blessing upon you all.
Scholarships
Careerist
(Continued from Page One) year in the field of design and production Applicants are (Continued from Page One) year of full time work experi- judged on talent, skill, and their ence, must be outstanding in potential for professional sucscholastic work, community cess. service and/or church work. The Fishers, Fred Corlett. in searching for Young from Stanly Tech, and two Careerist Candidates the local others headed for Winstonclub members are afforded the Salem early Friday, enopportunity to have in depth countered snow-covered highconversations with many young ways and slid into a bank, arrivwomen of this area. They will ing late for the audition at the become acquainted with the School of the Arts. However, about one hour changing role of women in society and the problems and after they reached home Friday rewards in finding a place in to- afternoon they were notified of day's business and professional the award. world. The speech contest will be February 24 at 6:30 at Western Steer Steak House. < Continued from Page One) All interested contestants contact Diane Russell, Young soccer field, and a basketball Careerist Chairman, 982-9161 court which is nearing completion. tor application blanks. Mr. Rogers indicated that it is to have the Little League In 1949, an amendment of the hoped field ready for this summer's Fair Labor Standards Act of play. 1938 directly prohibited child labor tor the first time, according . This is the park which the now to "Important Events In Ameri- defunct Oakboro Jaycees began can Labor History," a publica- to develop many years ago. tion of the U.S. Department of When the club disbanded the park was turned over to the Labor. town for further development and supervision.
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Local News Flashes W.8tanly Band Parents ,s The West Stanly Band Parents will meet in the band room at the school Tuesday evening, February 3f at 7:30. Insurance Women The Tri-County Association oi insurance Women will bold its monthly meeting Thursday, February 5, at 7 p.m. at Mbemarle Insurance Agency. Speaker will be Miss Liz Albrecht of Holgate and Associates. All members are urged to attend. Lions Program Keith Crisco, vice president of the Stedman Corporation in Asheboro, will present a report on his trip as a White House Fellow to China last September to members of the Albemarle Lions Club at their weekly luncheon meeting Wednesday. |he program has been arranged by Ray Crisco. Weather Report Weather observers at WZKY reported the following high tad low temperatures: Thursday, 62 and 22; Friday, 32 and 27: Saturday, 39 and 2; Sunday. 43 and 13. The snow measured 2.7 Inches in depth and melted down to .27 Inch of water.
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARYi\ 'S 111:0(1 a.m. — Tlie Dogucorf»arden Club will meet with.Vlrs. J. Richard Weemhoo/, foute I. New London. MIT. Ki Har-' wood will present the program on Old Wive Tales for Gardeners. Memhrs are reminded that dues are payable at this time. 10:00 a.m. — Th Mamie Crowell Garden Club will meet with Mrs. N W. Bernhardt. The prognm will be the Oberammergai Passion Play. 10:0(1 a.m. — Nursin; Mothers will meet at the hoie of Edie Morris. 420 East Oakwood Avenue. The topit will be Overcoming Difficulties ia the Early Weeks. Fr details call Darlene Hudson. !>823909. or Debbie Perry, 98> 1862. Expectant mothers, nursing mothers and children are welcome. 1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 10:00 a.m. — The Board of Directors of the Albemarle Woman's Club will meet with Mrs. Ruth Sweet, 1206 Melchor Road. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6 2:30 p.m. — The Albemarle Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet in McCain Memorial Club House. Mrs. J. F. Nivto wifl present a program on stone Mountain. Hostesses will be Mrs. J. F. Niven. Mrs. Jethro Almond. Mrs. C. B. Mullinix. Mrs. J. W. Almond. Mrs. George Moore and Mrs, F. B. Patterson.
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Man Charged In Break-In Louis Alfred Pingitore, 56, of Asheboro and formerly of New York, was arrested Sunday by Stanly County Sheriff's officers and charged with breaking and entering the Richard (Dickie) Clayton residence on Route 1, Richfield. Officers said the defendant apparently entered the residence through sliding glass doors. Nothing wag reported missing. Pingitore is scheduled for trial in District Court on February 10. Damage to glass by BB or pellet guns was reported by Harold Lee on Route 1. Norwood, estimated at $20 damage: and by Green Lee Misenhiemer of Route 3. New London, estimated at$30.
Cotton Home Hit By Fire Fire destroyed a portion of the Bill Cotton residence beside The Slab at Riverhaven on Friday. East Side VFW was called around 11 a.m. and worked three hours at the scene during the height of the snowstorm. One end of the frame structure was blazing and a wall had fallen in when firemen arrived. They put out the fire and kept the remainder of the house from being consumed. No estimate of the amount of damage was available on Monday.
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News and Views Many of our citizens f r o m time to time have appeared before the City Council to m a k e a request or generally air their concerns. In order to e x p e d i t e the disposing of your request, w e offer the f o l l o w i n g information and suggestions. First, the City Council meets t h e first a n d third Mondays of each month at 7:30 p . m . in the Council Chamber at City Hall. From time to time, the City Council may also meet on the second a n d / o r fourth Mondays should there be a number of items that w e r e not acted on during the t w o regular meetings in the m o n t h . If you want to appear before the City Council, you should notify either Mayor Holt at 982-0131, e x t . 20 or Jack Neel, City Manager at 982-0131, e x t . 21 by Wednesday before the regular meeting on Monday. This additional time is necessary to put you on the agenda as *it is prepared early in the w e e k for dissemination to the City Council by Friday. Also, your request may require some background information that may take several days to compile. The Mayor a n d / o r City Manager w i l l let you know what information the City Council w i l l need for you to bring and our staff w i l l be available to help gather any information that w e may have here that w o u l d help you present your request. Finally, your requests may not represent an exception to present City policy and you may not need to appear before Council. In this case, the Mayor or City Manager w i l l refer your request to a City employee w h o can help y o u .
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"Last, but by no means least. we are concerned with the interests of shareholders, which we believe are served best when customers' and the employees' interests are served as I've described." As I see it. this is a model philosophy for business both big and small. It expresses concern for associated with the company. Good products depend upon good employees. Good profits, in turn, result from a work force that is imbued with a s p i r i t . of loyalty and enthusiasm. Everyone stands to
gain from such a company "culture," to use Dr. Krieble's term. These ideals don't always prevail in business. A pattern df excessive mergers has diluted many old company loyalties. Union organizing efforts have caused many employees to-distrust company managers. Government has stepped in as a middleman, decreeing what must be done in the workplace.' Everyone stands to gain from the company "culture" described by Robert Krieble. Company loyalty must be rebuilt, both up and down. The adversary spirit of unionism has no place in a progressive company involved with wealth creation. Government interference must be ended in the years, ahead. Indeed, every company would do well to stress the values enunciated so clearly by Robert Krieble.
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(Continued from Page One) conditions. Friday, 12:30 p.m., 4.4 miles east of Albemarle on Highway 24 at rural road 1738. $700 to a 1980 Honda operated by Johnsie Deese Hopkins, 45, of Route 3, New London and $450 to a 1972 Fiat operated by Doris Gainey Genes. 31, of Charlotte. Friday, 2:30 p.m., 4.5 miles south of Albemarle on N.C. 138 near rural road 1914, $900 to a 1975 Ford operated by Deborah Sherloc Crump. 28, of Route 1, Norwood, minor injury to a passenger, Ruth Hart. 54, of Route 1, Norwood. Friday, 12:30 p.m.. 3.1 miles west of Albemarle on Highway 24 near rural road 1256, $50 to a 1980 Jeep operated by Teresa Barbee Almond. 20. of Locust and $50 to a 1976 AMC station wagon operated by Patty Gilmore Deaton, 24, of Oakboro. Friday, 11:25 a.m.. rural road 1134 near Deese Street in Richfield. $1,000 to a 1978 Honda operated by Floyd Timothy Mitchell. 18. of Route 2. New London, hit pole: Friday, 9:40 a.m. 2.6 miles west of Albemarle on Highway 24 near rural road 1965. $2,000 to a 1974 International truck operated by Dennis Kay Kirby, 43. of Charlotte and $1,000 to a pole owned by Concord Telephone Company.
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By ANTHONY HARRIGAN In recent years, there has been much talk about business responsibility. What are the responsibilities of a company to its employees, customers and shareholders? Different business organizations answer this question in various ways. Each company has its own culture, its own values. The best discussion 1 have read of these matters is in a report to shareholders issued by Dr. Robert H. Krieble. chairman and chief executive officer of the Loctite Corporation, which is based in Connecticut. Bob Krieble is an exceptionally thoughtful man, a chemist, a trustee of John Hopkins University and an articulate defender of private enterprise. In his report. Dr. Krieble made these points: "Culture implies a pattern of values that is instilled in employees by the example set by management. The C.E.O's words alone do not produce the culture; rather it is the result of his actions and those of his managers. •'We give top priority to the interests of our customers and we strive for accomplishment in their eyes. "The interests of employees come next. We have concern for our people at all levels and encourage strong bonds among all of us. We strive for stability. We believe in recognition for all those who helped build the company at all levels. We emphasize communication so that everyone can see the big picture, as well as the situation immediately surrounding his or her job. "We believe in parallel paths of career development in which the talented individual is given as much opportunity for reward as the manager with the skills of harmonizing and focusing the work of talented individuals.
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Frost Belt Seeking Aid By ANTHONY HARRIGAN high visibility and considerable In an article in The New York political power In the region. It should be borne in mind Review of Books, Felix years Rohatyn, a New York invest- t h a t i n r e c e n t ment banker, takes a dispairing Massachusetts has been dubbed view of the Northeast and parts "taxachusetts." New York City has been a hotbed of domineerpf the Middle West. , He refers to an " a r c of ing municipal unions. Cleveland economic crisis" stretching suffered under the rule of a from Baltimore to St. Louis. He demogogic populist mayor — speaks of a zero sum game in now happily replaced. Corrupt stagflation and suggests that labor unions wield great power "older America" will be "left in across the region. the shadows" because of the Is it remarkable, under these new economics and new politics circumstances, that businesses of the Reagan administration. have taken flight to Colorado, He says, for example, that "the South Carolina, Texas and other side effects oi the new economic distant points? program could be severely If the Northeast is to retain negative for the entire mid- business and industry, it must , Atlantic regional economy." do something about the forces Unquestionably, this region that drove industry away in the has its troubles. The plight of first place. Unfortunately, Mr. New York City, with the vast Rohatyn doesn't suggest that cost of welfare and Medicaid, is the older industrial areas enact very serious. Mr. Rohatyn right-to-work laws. Yet such acwould cure these ills by making tion would be very helpful to economies and improving them. A two-tiered minimum regional economic strategies, wage system would provide which is fine, and by calling on employment for minority youth the federal government to help in the big cities. The region also can mobilize finance a "regional development corporation," which is not its political power to insist that Congress and the Executive so fine. For all his intelligence, Mr. take a tough stand against .unRohatyn misses the point in fair Japanese competition. The regional shifts in prosperity. The South and the West are 'simply gaining some of the wealth that once was concentrated in the North and Middle West. However, the new wealth in toe southern and western states can't be attributed to a gusher of oil royalty payments. Many of the most prosperous areas in the South and West haven't an oil well anywhere in sight. ' The truth is that businesses have moved away from the Northeast because that region has been synonymous with high faxes, excessive welfare and equally excessive union power. Anti-business radicals have had
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most distressed industries in the Middle West, for example, are the steel and auto industries. These industries are the prime targets of Japan's government-guided and directed industries. The Northeast can't change the weather, but it definitely can alter its political, economic and social climate. If the region is willing to change in this way, it will benefit as much as Florida, Texas and California from the new Reagan economic policy. The country needs economic strength and development in every region. The ports and factories of older industrial and b u s i n e s s a r e a s must be revitalized. The region can be revived, however, only by scrapping the spending habits and political concepts of the liberal era, the era of union domination. If leaders such as Mr. Rohatyn are willing to make the necessary changes, the Northeast will revive and flourish. (For fast-breaking, day-today editorial commentary on current issues, by Anthony Harrigan, dial 1-800/251-1860, Toll Free, 24 hours a day.)
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not be considered an overpayment if it is finally determined that the claimant is not disabled. Q. I am having my monthly social security checks deposited directly to my savings account. I would like them sent instead to my checking account in another bank. Is it possible to make this change? A. Yes. All you have to do Is complete Form SF-1199 at the bank to which you want your
checks sent. Your checks will continue to go to your savings account, however, until the new form is processed by social security. Q. Is a person who receives social security disability benefits as a result of blindness eligible for Medicare? A. All persons who have been entitled to social security disability payments for at least 24 consecutive months have Medicare protection.
Q. I rent some farm land to a person. Do I have to report the rental income for social security? A. Probably not. Rental income from farm land does not count for social security unless the landlord actively participates in operation of the farm. For more information, call your Albemarle social security office. The telephone number is 982-9131.
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Good News. The Congress has just passed a law that gives the small saver a tax break. The Savings & Loan business is proud to have been in the forefront in achieving this landmark legislation. The law allows $400 tax free interest on savings for joint tax returns and $200 for individuals, effective for the 1980 tax year. The new law provides the needed incentive to increase the amount people save in our countrysavings so necessary for investing in the future. We will continue to fight on behalf of the small saver. Savers are our business. Stop in today and add to your savings, you'll benefit in more than one way . . .
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MR. AND MRS. ROY ALMOND
Mr. and Mrs. Almond Feted For Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Roy Almond, who were married January 28, 1956. were feted on January 25 at a reception at the home of Mrs. Earl Barrier commemorating their Silver Wedding Anniversary, given by their children, Mrs. Wanda Fink, Miss Tammy Almond, Darin, Darrell and Terry Almond. Mrs. Almond is the former Hazel Barrier, daughter of Mrs. Earl Barrier and the late Mr. Barrier of Route 1, Richfield. Mr. Almond is the son of Mrs. Ollie Almond and the late Mr. Almond of Route 6, Albemarle. For their anniversary Mrs. Almond wore a street length light blue dress. Her corsage was a white carnation. Mr. Almond wore a light blue suit with a white carnation boutonniere. The table was covered with a white lace tablecloth centered with an arrangement of silk flowers and candles. There was a two-tiered cake of white and pink rosebuds. Miss Donna Efird and Mrs. Earline Burris cut and seved the cake. Mrs. Earl Barrier served the punch. Mrs. Elaine Barrier attended the gift table and Mrs. Louise Efird greeted the guests. Approximately 50 guests called during the appointed hours.
Arts Guild To Meet Here On Thursday
Stanly Arts Guild will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Stanly County Library for its monthly meeting. The program will be given by Betty Coleman who mastered the art of batik while living five years in Ethiopia where her husband. Wilson, was in government service. They are now living in Badin. Wilson Coleman was City Manager of Albemarle in past years. For her program Betty will bring examples of batik and explain the process of making them The guild is planning a bus trip in March to Greenville, S.C., to see the famous Jamie Wyeth Art Show at the museum. Date and price will be finalized Thursday. Members are asked to be prepared to pay in advance before members of the community are permitted to sign up. Persons interested in joining the guild may do so at the half 'yeaW^PSrate of three dollars* Non-members are always welcome to attend at a nominal charge. Persons attending should note The Welsh once believed that wearing a fern would cause the new meeting time of 7 p.m. them to loose their way and be followed by snakes.
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Pvt. 3 Robin L. Bryant, son of Dennis L. Bryant of Route 2, Stanfield, was presented the Air Assault Badge upon graduation from the Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Trainees learned to rapidly and safely exit a helicopter from a variety of difficult situations. Whether descending into tree tops or lowering themselves or injured soldiers down sheer drops, the graduates are highly proficient.
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Mrs. Charles Edward Schulz of Winston-Salem announces the enagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Gray (Betsy), of Arlington, Massachusetts, to John James Nugent of Lawrence, Massachusetts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Charles Nugent of Randolph, New Jersey. Miss Schulz is the granddaughter of Mrs. J. K. Outlaw and the late Dr. Outlaw and the grandnlece of Mrs. George Edgar Eddins, Sr. Her mother is the former Isabel Bryan Outlaw of Albemarle. She graduated from Ragsdale High School in Jamestown and is a magna cum laude graduate of North Carolina State University where she was a cheerleader, a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and a Kappa Alpha Little Sister. She is employed as a computer scientist at HewlitDackard in Waltham, Massachusetts. Mr. Nugent grauated from Marion High School in Framingham. Massachusetts, attended Saint Bonaventure in Olean, New York, and graduated from Spring Hill College in Mobile. Alabama. He managed the Student Union in college and is now a sales representative for Software International in Andover, Massachusetts. The couple will be married on April 25 in Ardmore United Methodist Church in WinstonSalem.
More Can File Simpler Form Last year more than a million North Carolinians filed the shorter, simpler 1040A Federal tax return, the internal Revenue Service says An even greater number, as many as 30,000 could be f ' l i n § the 1040A. instead of the long form 1040, the IRS stated Taxpayers who earned $20,000 or less (940,000 or less if married 80 and filing jointly) during f i^ rom and whose income it wages, salaries, tips and unemployment compeBS800"' and who have not earned more than $400 in interest or $400 in dividends in 1980 can file a Form 1040 A. Filing the 1040A can save time, is easier and causes fewer errors, the IRS reports. However, many taxpayers naver to file the long Form 1040. F<> *** ample, taxpayers who itemize deductions, claim more exemptions than shown in the tax table for their filing status, or wish to income average must fi'e t h e 1040. A taxpayer filing as a qualifying widow who choose to claim tax breaks such as child care credit, residential energy credit, credit for the elderly, investment credit, foreign tax credit or work incentive credit, should file the 1040. If a spouse itemizes deductions or if a taxpayer is claimed as a dependent by parents but has both earned and unearned income, a 1040 should be filed. Taxpayers should read the instructions received with the tax package to determine which form is best for their tax situation, the IRS said.
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A scheduled 20 minute exercise daily may not be your bag. However, since everyone needs some exercise, shorter sessions fitted into your regular routine may be more satisfactory, observes Judieth Mode, extension clothing specialist, North Carolina State University. For instance, before getting up in the morning, stretch your arms and legs. Then as you get out of bed, reach toward the ceiling and relax by dropping your handstothe floor. You can strengthen stomach muscles as you brush your teeth and comb your hair. Simply stand tall and hold the stomach muscles tight. When you bend over, keep your back straight. If you watch television, do some jumping jack warm-ups and practice sit-ups during commercials. When picking up articles from the floor, practice doing it the "right" way. Bend the knees, keeping the back straight and tightening the stomach muscles. Keep your legs together.
MISS REBECCA LVNN BARRIER Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barrier of 402 Edgemont Street, Albemarle, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Lynn, of Boone, to Jimmy Vance Secreast, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Secreast of Hudson. Miss Barrier attended Albemarle Senior High School and graduated from Appalachian State University where she is employed in the Computer and Management Service Department. Mr. Secreast attended high school in Hudson and Caldwell Community College. He served three years in the United States Navy and is now employed by George Harris Distributors of Hickory. A June 20 wedding is planned at First Street United Methodist Church.
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Granddaughter Of Local People Is State Winner ;., Kimberly Ann Smith, daugh. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Smith of Raleigh, was crowned North Carolina Junior Miss 1981 Saturday evening, January 24, at the state finals in Greensboro. She will compete in the national contest in Mobile, Alabama, in June. ; Kim is the granddaughter of Mrs. W. Coburn Lowder and the late Mr. Lowder and of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B. Smith, all of Albemarle. Her mother is the former Bonnie Lowder. Also, while Kim was competi n g in the pageant, she received -jjord that she had been named 'Jwie of 30 semifinalists from >gmong 20,000 young people who *eompeted nationally for an Arts >$ecognition and Talent Search "Scholarship offered by the Educational Testing Center in ^Princeton. New Jersey. She left Friday for auditions in Princeton. A ballerina, Kim has been . dancing since 18 months of age and began studying dance at ; age four. Since age six she has •been studying with John Lehiman. director of the Ballet • Theatre of Raleigh and still per'. forms with this group. "I've always loved to dance." she said, "But I didn't decide to get really serious about it until I was a sophomore in high school. "Then I gave up other things like cheerleading and zeroed in {on dancing." A 17-year-old senior at -Broughton High School, she hopes to use the $2,000 Junior Miss scholarship to attend the Julliard School in New York City next year. Kim ranks 21st seholastically in her class of 436 and was voted Homecoming Queen this year as well as Queen of Hearts. Shelled nuts maintain their good flavor quite well if kept in an airtight container. They will keep in the refrigerator for about six months or in the freezer for up to two years.
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Wage Earners Plan Helps Those In Debt pointed by the Court, who pays the creditors.. Each plan must be approved by the judge and by a certain number of creditors, Dr. Rozier says. YOGURT CALORIES If you're searching for lowcalorie lunch alternatives, remember the truth about yogurt, advises Rachel Kinlaw, extension food specialist. North Carolina State University. On the average, fruit-flavored yogurts have 130 more calories per cup than plain yogurt. But you can change the flavor of plain yogurt by adding a few
By JAN CHRISTENSEN N. C. State University There is an alternative to bankruptcy for individuals and families who are head over heels in debt. It's called the Wage Earner plan, says Dr. Justine Rozier, extension family resource management specialist. North Carolina State University. Under this law, a wage earner may file a petition with the U.S. District Court to obtain the protection of the Court while he pays his debts. ' In addition, the Wage Earner plan allows the person to put his teaspons of frozen orange, financial affairs in order and to pay off his bills in a systematic *• lemon-lime or grape juice con-
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More senior citizens die each year in home accidents than members of any other age And many who do surTt*L^,«w lowers than tub group. vive accidents are left with By REBECCA L. GADDY baths- Sfg»ta»taUtag a flow serious injuries that their (Home Economics restrict"''J the pipe at the lives less enjoyable make than they Extension Agent)' shower "faa or a water save a Use News reports of- the drought Utgsh"* ^f <l-This will save should be. ur g l o n s "But it might be possible to are affecting food prices and two-f°te A conv of water per stop these injuries if we take a shower the farming Industry. It is also min« * 1 entional 0 gallons per close look at our homes and affecting ponds and lakes. Havev head "^L*ls " 1ulc *? ' mean a sav- ourselves and correct those you noticed how little water mini^:Aft fJ 8a ons " of water for things that cause accidents," some have in them? We have ing <> i„„. inute says Isabelle Buckely, extenhad very little rain in the last a f ive-i» shower. year and it's amazing that there Using 'ess hot water will sion gerontology specialist, has not "been a water shortage. mak'Aiii 8 difference in the North Carolina State University. We talk about conserving electric bill She offers these suggestions: 0wer w a t energy but have we thought **'•£!£ l er usage Install sturdy, easy-to-grab about conserving water too. at the f ? u ^ . They are easy to This precious natural resource install » r the bathroom and handrails along all steps. Have good lighting on steps, in all will be of concern in the future k i t c f f 5 ? t . A ^ dollar -Ollar hallways and in every room. so let's start now developing a < J » » 'or itselftin in only only Use non-skid treads or firmly habits and installing devices in \ fcW hours of use. attached carpeting on stairs to our home to conserve water f ner«y Habits slipping. which will also conserve Water is a very valuable re- prevent Install bars in the energy. source ana is one of the energy bathroom, grab around the tub, in t8 Concerns Water Usage r f i r e P? ' 'or the shower and around the In N. C. alone, each person theJL e o o d t , ^ c l t l z e n s, »uld toilet. , e a g W? ter uses 50 to 75 gallons of water per ^ e Fiv U. akin management Place furniture with walking day. In past years, when the nab ; 8 faucets, in mind. Be certain that it wttr' : Wa Lonlvf,., y
population was small and water was plentiful, water conservation did not seem very important. But today, it is very important to use less water to use less energy and lower costs. In the winter every time the toilet tank Is flushed, five gallons of water from ice cold water mains enters the tank to sit and be warmed by room air until the nextflush.The value ol the heat that is lost from the home in this maneuver Is about equal to the value of the water and sewer charges itself. There are steps that can be taken to reduce the amount of water used and the energy used. Saving water by installing devices in the toUet tank also reduces the amount of water used with each flush and the energy it takes from room heat that warms the cold water. Low Cost Ideas There are low cost changes which can be made in plumbing fixtures which will save water. Devices can be purchased to put in the toilet tank that saves lui gallons of water every flush. Just think how much that would save on the water bill! Dams can be installed in the toilet tank. One on each side of the flapper valve does not restrict the efficiency.
managers have decided that if they can't beat fast-food places they better join them. So shoppers are finding the frozen cheeseburger, frozen hot dog and frozen breakfast-on-abun for sale at the supermarket. Toss in a handful of frozen shoestring fries and a special burger sauce and you have an instant taste-alike menu, says Rachel Kinlaw, extension food specialist. North Carolina State centrate, Mrs. Kinlaw points University. out. That flavor change will add Recapturing the fast food only about 25 calories. market may not be easy for suFAST-FOODS AT HOME permarkets, even with this efFans of the fast food res- fort the specialist says. We're taurant can prepare taste-alike creatures of habit, and we eat meals right at home. almost one-third of our meals The reason: Supermarket away from home.
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THOMAS FAIRLEY UNDER WOOD and wife, HATTIE T. UNDERWOOD; ALMA U. CHANDLER and husband. BIVENS A. CHANDLER; REID D. UNDERWOOD and wife, RUTH S. UNDERWOOD; WADE A. UNDERWOOD and wife, DELORES P. UNDERWOOD; NELLIE U. COOK (Unm a r r i e d ) ; M O L L I E U. CHANDLER (Widow); FLORENCE P. UNDERWOOD (Widow); EVELYN U. FARRAR; VERNON UNDERWOOD and wife. HAZEL G. UNDERWOOD; LORAINE U. SCOTT and husband. DWIGHT SCOTT; DENNIS UNDERWOOD and Wife, YUGONDA H. UNDERWOOD; and DAVID UNDERWOOD and wife, TERESA B. UNDERWOOD; Heirs-at-law of LULA UNDERWOOD KIMREY, Deceased, Petitioners, Ex Parte," the, undersigned Commissioner will offer for resale to the highest bidder for cash, after due advertisement as required by law, the following described parcel of land at 12:00 o'clock Noon at the Court house Door in Stanly County, Albemarle, North Carolina, on MONDAY. FEBRUARY 16.1981, said real estate lying and being in North Albemarle Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows* Lying and being in the City of Albemarle, and BEGINNING at a stake in the North edge of Wood Street (formerly Lowder Street), corner of Lot No. 139 as shown on a map of American & Efird Mills, Inc.. , which map or plat is duly recorded in Plat Book 2, pages 223 and 225, Stanly County Registry, and runs thence with the West line of said tot N. 24 W. 180 feet to a stake, the W. H. -Lowder Estate (now or formerly) corner; thence with the Lowder Estate line < now or for' merry) N. 87 W. 18 feet to a stake in said line, Isaac Biles' (now or formerly) corner; thence with Biles' line S. 2 4 E. 90 feet to a stake, another Biles' corner; thence with said line again N. 87 W. 68 feet to an iron pin in said line; thence S. 2 W. 90 feet to a stake in the North line of Lowder Street; thence with the North line of Lowder Street in an Easternly direction 92 feet to the point of Beginning, containing one-fourth <4) acre, more or less. For reference, see deed from T. F. Underwood and wife. Hattie Underwood, to Lula Underwood (Lula Underwood Kimrey atthe time of her death), which deed is dated October 16, 1942. and duly recorded in Deed Book 126, page 29. Stanly County Registry. For further reference, see also deed duly recorded in Deed Book 117, page 178, Stanly County RegistryThere is a six (6)-room asbestos siding dwelling, with bath and outbuildings, located on this property at 920 Wood • Street, Albemarle. North Carolina. The house has a recently installed heating and air conditioning unit. There is a 92-foot frontage on the North side of Wood Street, and an additional ten (10) feet fronting adjoining this property will be made available for purchase by the successful bidder (s) of the house and lot. The sellers will pay Stanly County ad valorem taxes for 1980, and the purcbaser(s) will pay all taxes after that date. The opening bid at the sale Will be EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($8,450.00). The highest bidder(s) at the sale will be required to place with the Clerk a deposit of ten percent (10%) of the first one thousand dollars bid, and five percent (5%) of all in excess of the first one thousand dollars bid. The sale will be left open for ten (10) days for a raised bid as required by law. The final bid will be subject to the confirmation of the Court. Any further announcements will be made at the time of the sale. This the 28th day of January, 1981. S. Craig Hopkins, Commissioner Hopkins, Hopkins & Tucker Attorneys at Law P.O. Drawer 700 Albemarle, N.C. 28001 704/983-1168 F-3,10
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tion, every effort must be exBy REP. BILL HEFNER Gardening tips for "do-yourerted to spend tax money only own" landscape enthusiasts Appointments were made last on military programs that are Stanly County Agricultural Extension Service from North Carolina State week to the subcommittees of going to assure our adequate inillllllllllllinilllliwillllllUHIII Phone 983-2 T 23 IIIIIIIIIUIIIUIIIIliUHHillllllUlllim University agricultural extenthe House Appropriations. Com- defense. sion specialists: mittee, and I was fortunate to Just as I believe there is fat hi of yield grade 4 fed cattle on the Iteeive the two subcommittee the budgets of many govern— Pine and dogwood trees are Average Stanly County Grain market. The supply of ° v e r assignments which I had re- ment ageneies, I am convinced Prices not suited to planting sites that be finished cattle is expected 1° quested: defense and military that there may be fat in some of are poorly drained. Never plant Soybeans —$7.12/bu. slaughtered within the ne*t them where construction: they will suffer the military budgets. I plan to Corn — $3.65/bu. month causing prices to rise to Of the Apporpriations Com- be vigilant in finding waste and from water-logged soil. the upper $60's for choice Crops mittee's 13 subcommittees, in l eliminating it wherever I can. — Winter-killed wood should Seed: Expect corn and soy- steers. Out cow prices and my opinion, these two are The sheer size of the defense bean seed supplies to be tight feeder cattle prices are ex- be pruned away from trees and among the most important. budget mandates many hours of pected to remain near current shrubs. Cut this damaged In terms of our national de- review by those charged with this spring. Order early. levels until spring pastures material back to a live growth Futures Market: No strength fense, of course, they are un- providing for an adequate degreen up. A drop in interest bud on each stem. in bean prices seen in the near questionably the most Influen- fense at the least cost to Amerirates and corn prices would also future. — If garden space is tiny, try tial, because they determine the can taxpayers. be beneficial to feeder cattle a color scheme of all white amount of money that will be Horticulture 1 look forward to my work on Producers who have ac- flowers and green leaves to spent on defense and military these two subcommittees. They Pruning: Fruit trees can be prices. cess to roughage supplies, this make it look larger. If color acconstruction. . will be a great challenge. But pruned any time now. Wait until The defense subcommittee, when the national security of buds swell to prune newly winter may find it profitable to cent is needed, try a few pots of delay selling cull cows until flowering annuals. for example, has jurisdiction our country and the welfare of planted trees. March or April. over the Department of the Ar- our citizens are at stake, no — Sweet William (oldSet out: cabbage plants from my, the Department of the Air challenge is too great. fashioned pinks)' is a perennial Rainfall and now uotO April 1. Force, the Department of the that is best treated as a bienPlant garden peas any time Temperature Navy (including the Marine nial. Sow seed in spring. Plants now. John Muhlhelzler reports a Corps), the office of the Secrealso be grown from cuttings total of .61 inches rainfall for or bycan Livestock tary of Defense, the Central Inlayering. Swine: Local hog prices week the month. Rainfall for the — The Cyclamen house plant telligence Agency and ethers. week ending January 31 was .34 does best in a light, cool corner of January 26: Last year the defense subinch. High temperature was 68 of the window. Shelter it from Feeder Pigs — US 1 and 2's — committee recommended to the Tammy Sue Pickler of Albe- 40-50 lbs. — $62,50; no. 3's — 40- degrees while the low fell to 7 direct sun with glass curtain or full Appropriations Committee a bill which provided $156.9 bil- marle, a student at Ap- 50 lbs. — $45.00; 1 and 2's — 50- degrees. foliage of surrounding plants. palachian State University, is 60 lbs. — $65.00; no. 3's — 50-60 lion for defense in 1981. — A second crop of flowers Meanwhile, the military con- among 47 students selected for lbs. — $40.00. may be produced in autumn, if -Cettfe/iAUS 1 and 2"Barrows and Gilts struction subcommittee, which the honor teaching award. • blooms are picked from Shasta The award is given each - 190-240 — $40.85 — $42.00. TO THE EDITOR has jurisdiction over all buildDaisy plants. semester to approximately 10 Trends: Top Hog prices ing in the military, appro— Wait. Be patient. One of the priated $5.5 billion. Some $7.7 percent of ASU students who should inch forward slightly as most common mistakes is THANKS TO FIREMEN billion is included in the pro- demonstrate exceptional in- summer slaughter decline working soil in the spring before itiative, scholarship, and ex- nears. Look for mid-July prices Dear Editor: posed 1982 budget. it is ready. Wait until it is dry We want to thank the East- enough to be in the low to mid 50's. Former President Carter's cellence in student teaching. and don't plant until It is Miss Pickler, a senior eleFeeded Pig Prices may show side Volunteer Fire Depart- warm enough for good seed gerbudget estimate for 1982 shows ments 1 and II, the neighbors, proposed defense expenditures mentary education major, is some improvement but immination. of $19K6 billion. President Rea- the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. provement will be slight until the community, and all the — Finally, weed when the sun gan promised daring his cam- Gilbert Pickler of Route 2, Albe- an accurate estimate of 1981 wonderful people in Stanly is on its way up to dry out the County who came to our aid crop yields surfaces. paign to raise military spending marle. when our home was destroyed weeds you've Just pulled or During spring semester she even further, and I expect he Beef chopped up; prune when there will press to fulfill that promise. taught Health Education and Cattle prices have continued at River Haven. is a drying wind. The firemen fought in freezI. too. believe that our mili- Physical Education at Albe- under pressure from relatively tary budget must be raised in marle Road Junior High School large marketings of both fed ing conditions and falling snow of charge until we need order to assure that we will be in Charlotte under the super- and non-fed cattle. A relatively — they never gave up. we did free Here's one family who able to meet any challenge if vision of Mrs. Hazel Hastings. mild winter in many of the cat- not realize how fortunate we are them. bas seen your worth! to have such a wonderful county our national security is ever at tle feeding areas has resulted in Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cotton until we needed these services. stake. To whip nonfat dry milk, beat faster rates of gain than a year and Family Rather than across-the-board equal amounts of the powder ago. The favorable weather has It's really sad that we don't apRiver Haven preciate these people who work Increases, we need to target and ice water into stiff peaks. also resulted in a large number those areas which need beefing ' up. They include personnel and the strategic location of military installations. However, peace time military expenditures must always be balanced against the nation's spending requirements in all other areas. 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NOTICE SALE OF REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY. Under and by virtue of an Order of the Superior Court Division of the General Court; of Justice of Stanly County, North Carolina, made in the Special Proceedings entitled Margaret E. Carter (Widow); Annie C. Bingham (Widow); Louise C. Rouse and Husband, Marvin H. Rouse; and Christine C. Miller and husband, Jaef T'!' Miller, P e t i t i o n e r s , v s . William Howard Carter and wife, Connie W. Carter, Respondents", the undersigned Commissioner will, at 12:00 Noon at the Courthouse door in Albemarle, North Carolina, on MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9.1981 offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following tract of land known as the "William Dennis Carter lands", and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in South Albemarle #2 Township on the South side of N.C. Highway 2427 and being located partially In the City of Albemarle, and partially Outside the city of Albemarle, and beginning at a rightof-way monument in the South right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 24-27 at the intersection of Northwest corner of the apron of Burleson Street as it intersects with the South right-ofway line of N.C. Highway 24-27; and runs thence with the West right-of-way line of Burleson Street, S. 66-07 East 102.9 feel to a right-of-way monument located in the West right-of-way line of said Burleson Street; thence with the West right-ofway line of Burleson Street S. 34-31 East 411 feet to an iron pipe; thence with the South right-of-way line of Burleson Street N. 55-29 East 260 feet to an iron pipe in the West line of POPlijuN HEIGHTS; thence with the West line of POPLIN HEIGHTS S. 34-31 East 1144.2 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence an old line S. 17-31 West 276.3 feet to an old planted stone; thence with the old lines. 25-46 East 360.3 feet to an existing concrete monument; thence a line S. 07-56 West 672.7 feet to an iron pipe; thence a line N. 3214 West 2881.6 feet to an Iron pipe in the South right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 24-27; thence with the South right-ofway line of said N.C. Highway 24-27 S. 89-48 East 104.7 feet to an iron pipe and S. 88-39 East 260.3 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 31.93 acres, as surveyed by D T F . Ritchie in October of 1974. For reference see Deed Book 105, at Page 141, Stanly County Registry. The highest bidder at the sale of the above tract of land will be required to deposit with the Clerk of Superior Court ten percent (10%) of the first thousand dollars ($1,000) of said bid, ami five percent (5%) of the additional amount of any bid. The sale of the above tract of land will remain open for ten (10) days for a raised bid, as by law required, and the final bid will be subject to the confirmation of the Court, and a finding by the Cleric, and approval by the Petitioners, that the final sale price reflects the fair market value of the land sold. Any further announcements will be made at the sale. This the 13th day of January, 1981. Joshua J. Morton, Jr., Commissioner J-13, 20, 27; F-3
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ALBEMARLE, N. C. BALANCE DECEMBER 31.1979 .. $52,999.91 RECEIPTS: Current assessments collected $ 9,271.90 Number new members: 11 at 50c, 2 at 25c 6.00 Interest on time deposits, ' stocks, bonds 4,112.09 Disallowed death claims 100.00 $13,489.99 TOTAL Net difference of advance assessments: 14.40
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LUTHERAN BLANKETMA^ATVVORK Pictured here are several of the blanket makers" of First Lutheran Church, Albemarle, putting the finishing touches on one of approximately 75 blankets and quilts they will make this year for distribution through Lutheran World Relief These women meet at least one day each month to make blankets from rem nants and scraps which are contributed by members oi: the> eon gregation, friends and local industries. Approximately 20 personb are involved in this project under the direction of Miss Blanche Moose, chairperson. Left to right, workers, include= Gertrude w m ley Louise Dry, Clara Dry, Lois Watson and Blanche Moose.
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S t t £ciai ™ ^ b e e n a project of the congregation for many years a spe borage area was designed for sewing machines and materials in the parish building which was completed in 1976. Lull*1-3" World Relief is a cooperative effort of Lutherans around the r th s u p p o r t reiief- rehabilitation and development projects for those in need. LWR often works in cooperation with other denommational and interdenominatioaal agencies. In 1979 LWR dis lS, I throughout the world: 210,900 quilts and blankets, 37,2<K> layettes, and 207,704 pounds of soap. ful » n d wealthy. The key, he stressed n s i m p , y h a r d w o r R noting that "I have no hobbies. Myhobbyigwork .. Ketner related Food Town's Horatio Alger success story, which began with himself and tw0 Pj^tfjws'in Salisbury in 1957 With no money m hand they persuaded 125 partners in Salisbury l»r*t957. With no money in hand, they persuaded 125 acquaintances to invest $1,000 each to help them start their business. That original $1,000 Investment, Ketner
Business Association and was the first in a series of lectures and discussions being planned on the free enterprise system. Introducing himself as "the only person that's worked for Food Town 23 years and never A crowd of at least 100 per- had a promotion," Ketner sons gave a warm reception to' sprinkled his comments with Ralph W. Ketner, co-founder humorous anecdotes, drawing and president of Food Town frequent laughter and applause Stores, as he told the story of his from the responsive audience. Ketner emphasized his company's stunning success at Pfeiffer College on January 28. philosophy, of which he is living Ketner's appearance was spon- proof, that one does not have to sored by the Pfeiffer Student be born rich to become success-
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Jewell McLendon E. Parker, late of Stanly County, North Carolina this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said decedent or her estate to deliver the same to the undersigned Administrator, or to his Attorneys, on or before the 27th day of July, 1981, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the decedent are requested to make prompt payment. This the 23rd day of January, 1981.
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Administrator of the Estate of Jewell McLendon E. Parker Route l, Albemarle, N.C. 28001 BROWN, BROWN & BROWN, Attorneys J-27; F-3,10,17 Sell It With A SNAP Want Ad NOTICE OF RESALE OF REAL ESTATE Acting under the authority of the Last Will and Testament of Lance Columbus Springer, probated and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Anson County, North Carolina in File No. 79E124, the undersigned will, at 12 o'clock noon on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1981 at the door of the Anson County Courthouse in Wadesboro, North Carolina, offer for resale to the highest bidder for cash in the same way and manner as provided by law for judicial sales, those certain tracts or parcels of land in Anson County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: TRACT NO. l: 64.11 acres on N.C. Road #1637, Just off U.S. 52 near city limits of Ansonville. Old farm home and outbuildings. County water, 1856.7 feet road frontage. Approx. 4 acres open land and balance in saw and growing timber. Bidding will commence at $33,177.50. TRACT NO. 2: 331.26 acres across N.C. Road #1637 from 64.ll acres tract with 1856.7 feet road frontage. Old tobacco barn. Hay barn. Approx. 72 acres open land and balance in saw and growing timber. Good spring. Tobacco acreage. Good farm land. Bidding will commence at $131,300.00. TRACT NO. 3: 55.4 acres timberland. Some saw and growing timber near Polkton in Sugartown community. Bidding will commence at $26,875.00. TRACT NO. 4: 1.5 acres in Ansonville on U.S. 52 and Ridge Street. Corner lot. Across highway from Anson Technical College. 227.5 feet highway frontage and 223.06 feet along W.S.S.B. Railway. Lays well for building. Bidding will Commence at $3,151.00. TRACT NO. 5: l acre in Ansonville on U.S. Highway 52 across highway from Anson Technical College. 132 feet highway frontage. 135 feet along W.S.S.B. Railway. Bidding will commence at $1,310.00. TRACT NO. 6: 7 lots, 50x150 on Old Plank Road near Ansonville. County water. Bidding will commence at $2,517.50. The high bidder will be required to deposit 10% of his or her bid as earnest money and the same will remain open for ten days for increased bids as provided by law for Judicial sales. The sale will be made subject to existing easements and rights of way. This the 14th day of January, 1981. Lina S. Hildreth and W. Preston Springer, Executors of the Estate of Lance C. Springer, Deceased E. A. Hightower, Attorney J-27; F-3
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8A—STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, February 3, 1981
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Openings For Women In Business Growing Jenna Lou Tonner vice president of executive* personnel with the huge Federated Department Stores conglomerate headquartered in New York, offered her advice to young women who are planning careers in business at Pfeiffer College on Friday, January 30. Tonner was the guest lecturer for the annual Emily prudden Lectures series, which is sponsored by the Pfeiffer Association of Women Students and is named for the founder of Pfeiffer's predecessor institution. Tonner, who is responsible tor executive recruitment and development for Blootninedale's, Rich's and the m a n y e 0ther Federated stores, noted that access to jobs in the business world for women has changed dramatically over the last two decades. In i960 only lowpaying positions were available to women as a rule, but now, the speaker stressed, almost efefy field and job category are wide GRAPHIC DESIGNER WITH AWARD-WINNING MATERIAL open. Tonner cited retailing as Mrs. Vonda Tucker of Route 3, New London, a graphic artist employed at Arts Engraving in one example, where women Charlotte, displays the award-winning letterheads and stationery she designed for use by Stanly once were permitted to become Memorial Hospital. The material, featuring the hospital's logo, was entered in PICAward 80 buyers but rarely to go further. competition by its engravers, W. A. Buening & Co.. Inc., Charlotte, and won a second place award Now, she said, there are numerous female retailing exin the nonprocess stationery classification. —Staff Photo ecutives. City Building Permits Tonner noted that research County Building and development will be a vital The City of Albemarle issued area Permits for businesses in" the 1980 's the following permits last and that many job opportunities The Stanly Department of week: will be available in R&D for Housing and Inspection issued Essie Edards, 1510 Salisbury career-Oriented women. She adthe following permits last Avenue, remodeling. ded that service industries such Letterheads and stationery to week: Leo Gross, 124 East South as retailing, communications, Wright N. Randolph, Route 1, be used by the new Stanly MeStreet, remodeling. and transportation will need morial Hospital have won an Midland, new house. William R. Comber. Wood- large numbers of employees Raymond C. Page, Route 6, award from the Printing Induscrest Drive, addition. and will offer relatively quick Albemarle, storage building. try of the Carolinas. J. P. Swaringen. 504 Ridge routes to success for the The engraved, embossed and Mobile Home Permits Street, addition. talented. full-stamped material features James Tucker, North Stanly Roscoe Huneycutt, Marbrook Tonner offered the opinio* a logo of the new hospital. It Trailer Park, New London. Drive, new house. was entered in PICAwards '80 Kate Swaringen. Route 2, Alcompetition by W. A. Buening & bemarle. CO., Inc.. Charlotte printers and Jeanette Crosby, Route 6, Alengravers, and won- a second bemarle. place PICAward in the nonproJerry Wayne Harrington, cess stationery classification. New London. The logo, letterheads and stationery were designed by Mrs. Vonda Tucker of Route 2, New London, a graphic artist employed by Arts Engraving in Sponsored by The Charlotte. Lawyers of North Carolina PICA is the North and South Carolina trade organization for CHILD SUPPORT the printing industry. Both the mother and father Mrs. Tucker studied graphic are required to contribute to the arts with Talmadge Moose at Stanly Technical College. She support of their children. This obligation exists even if and her husband. Wayne, trafthe parents are not married. It fic manager at E. J. Snyder & after divorce and exCompany, have one son, Todd, continues ists even when a parent has no age 11. visitation rights or custody of At the end of World War II. the children. In determing the amount of there were more than'85,000 one-room schoolhouses in the support which a parent must United States. Today an provide, a court will take into estimated 1.000 of these little account the income and earning wooden structures remain, says capacity of both parents and the needs of the child. National Geographic. The procedure for obtaining child support involves a civil suit very similar to the suit of custody. There is also a criminal offense. Also, failure to obey a court order for support may be comptempt of court for which a person may be jailed. We will pray for you no The public libraries of North strings attached. It is our way Carolina have free pamphlets of serving the Lord. No one on Child Custody, Visitation will contact you unless you Rights and Support, written and specially request it. provided by The Lawyers of North Carolina. Just do this: Phone 422-
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that one's choice major in college is not necessarily the vital decision it is sometimes touted to be. She explained that most companies offer good training programs in specialized areas and do not expect graduates to come to them with welldeveloped specialized skills and knowledge. Whatever the major, Tonner said, the bachelor's degree itself usually is an indication that the person can think and has potential.
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A Community Crime Watch meeting for the Oakwood Park area of West Albemarle will be held Tuesday, February 3, at ?:30 p.m. in the Main Street United Methodist Church hut. Conducting this meeting will be Doyle T. Poplin, Crime Prevention Officer of the Albemarle Police Department, and Brandon L. Mull is, head of the Stanly Citizens for Crime Prevention. All residents of the Oakwood Park area are invited to participate in this organizational meeting. , "Perspectives on Working Women: A Databook." published by the U.S. Department of Labor, reports that of the nearly 8.2 million women who experienced unemployment during 1978, about 27 percent found jobs after a month or less. Only 6 percent remained Jobless the entire year.
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WHEN I CHECK < 5 > l i r e , Cabarrus Bank has lots of competition, some from outfits that aren't even banks — but CB&T knows the very complicated checking business. They SHOULD, with Open a NOW checking account at CB&T. It pays 5V4% daily interest compounded daily from day of deposit t 0 day of withdrawal and paid monthly. j U s t keep $500 or more in regular savings or $1 000 in NOW checking and service is free ' Cabarrus Bank has three 24-hour 7-day teUers ,n Concord, KannapoHs and Albemarle. You can do 90%™2ur banking
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Y.M.C.A. Sports MEN'S CHURCH BASKETBALL i Congregational won over •jFirst Lutheran-Episcopal 72-60 {^Wednesday n i g h t . J a c k .^Blankenship netted fifteen field ['"goals to lead the game with 30 •^points for Congregational. ;«Mark Andrew scored twelve •^ield goals and two free throws J«to lead First Lutheran-Episcop a l with 26 points. Congregational led the first half 41-22. C Congregational *JJohn David Holt 6 S a c k Blankenship 30 nJCverette Almond 17 ;«Blair Lambert 14 >jKeith McSwain 5 [ First Lutheran-Episcopal Charles Sluder 2 '-Mark Andrew 26 ^MarkMabry 12 Kicky Lanier 18 CJohn Bahner 2 -Banks Garrison 0 W Second Street Presbyterian !jwon over Tabernacle Methodist $6-51. Darrell Mauldin led the •game for Second Street Presbyterian with 38 points consisting ••thirteen field goals and twelve 3oul shots. Brady Goforth ^scored seven field goals and Jour free throws to total 18 j o i n t s for Tabernacle. Second J>treet Presbyterian led the first "half 26-24. • * Second Street Presbyterian Darrell Mauldin 38 Sen jie Cagle 6 David Allen 9 Mike Ruppert 6 Myron Harrington 5 ^tan Napier 2 1 Tabernacle Methodist JTony Gibson 15 Weff Harwood 4 .Jirady Goforth 18 Alike Lambert 8 ^racy Lowder 6 * Central Methodist edged CanIon Baptist 55-54. Darrell Jerni'gan scored eleven field goals and three free throws to lead the game with 25 points for Central Methodist. Barry Furr scored seven field goals and eight free throws to lead Canton Baptist/With 22 points. Central Methodist led the first half 2722. Central Methodist Cris Turner 4 Darrell Jernigan 25 Derek Mauldin 13 Dan Hicks 5 Doug Owens 4 Rick Russell 2 Gary Moran 2 Canton Baptist Rodney Huneycutt 5 Lowell Huneycutt 8 Todd Huneycutt 0 Michael Huneycutt 0 Barry Furr 22 Allen Smith 19 Tournament Schedule Wednesday, Feb. 4 6:00 — Tabernacle Methodist vs. Congregational . • •'•.00 — Canton Baptist *s. First Lutheran-Episcopal
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Regular Season Playoff 8:00 — Central Methodist vs. Second Street Presbyterian Tournament Schedule -.Tuesday, Feb. 3 6:00 — First Street Methodist vs. First Baptist 7:00 — West Albemarle Baptist vs. Pleasant Grove Church League Top Scorers Name Team TP TG AVE. Steve Jeske 1st St. Methodist 209 10 20.9 Buddy Barbee Pleasant Grove 168 9 18.6 Jeff Barbee Pleasant Grove 128 7 18.2 Tim Lowder lstSt.Meth. 141 9 15.6 Tim McSwain First Baptist 138 10 13.8 Russ Barbee Pleasant Grove 123 9 13,6 Kent Bowers Mem. Baptist 132 10 13.2 Lindsay Dunevant W. Albe. Baptist 130 10 13.0 Dusty West First Baptist 120 10 12.0 Don Watson 1st St. Meth. 195 8 11.8 Richard Jones W. Albe. Baptist 104 9 11.5 Tim Parker W. Albe. Baptist 102 10 10.2 * HI-Y BASKETBALL Thursday Colts defeated Bulldogs by the score of 47 to 32. The leading scorer for Colts was Jamie Kluttz with 23 points. The high scorer for Bulldogs was Frank Brewer with 17 points. The halfUme score was Colts 23 and Bulldogs 12. Colts Pts. Randy Bowers 12 Chip Hatley 2 Todd Huneycutt 8 Jamie Kluttz 23 Todd Fraley 2 Bulldogs Pts. Mark McCoy 6 Jeff Whitley 2 Todd Barbee 3 Steven Snider 0 Michael Ussery 4 David Esposito 0 Rodney Taylor 0 Frank Brewer 17 Paul Jenkins 0 Blackhawks defeated West by the score of 52 to 23. The leading scorer for Blackhawks was Charlie Colson with 19 points. The high scorer for West was Jamie Deese with 8 points. The halftime score was Blackhawks 22 and West 12. Pts. West 6 Scott Kennedy 0 John Smith Jamie Deese 5 Scott Smith 4 Jeff Howard Blackhawks Pts. Charlie Colson 19 Willie Johnson 9 Terence Turner 4 Robert Rhome 14 James Johnson 6
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10A—STANLY NEWS AND PRESS. Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday. February 3, 1981
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Pfeiffer Falcons Down Bulldogs Gain A. C. C. Cage team 87-74 64-52 Victory Over E. Rowan
By DR. PETER BARTY (S.I.S. at Pfeiffer College) Led by Horace Fauntleroy's career high 30 points, Coach Tom Childress' Pfeiffer College basketball squad delighted a large and appreciative alumni night crowd by defeating conference rival Atlantic Christian College 86-74 at Pfeiffer on Saturday, January 31. The victory raised the Falcons' record to 8-10 on the season, and to 3-6 in the conference. The Bulldogs of A.C.C. are now 6-15 overall and 2-7 in the conference. Fauntleroy, a 6-1 junior guard from Norfolk, Virginia, was 12 of 19 from the floor and six of eight from the line. Mike Downs, playing his first game in 11 days, scored 20 points, and pulled down six rebounds. Wil' liam Bogues paced the Bulldog scorers with 20 points. The Falcons raced out to a nine point lead, 11-2, with 15:56 still showing on the clock. The Bulldogs came back to cut the deficit to three, 17-14, at 11:35, following the Falcons' wholesale substitution at 14:04. The starters quickly rebuilt the lead to nine, 23-14, and Pfeiffer still led by nine with 7:21 to play. A.C.C. then made a run at the Falcons to again cut their lead to three, 31-28. with 3:27 to go. Donald Lyons then went to work inside, and scored six points, as Pfeiffer outscored the Bulldogs 10-2 to take an 11 point lead at intermission, 41-30. The Falcons built their lead to 18, 53-35, after 6:17 minutes in the second half. They led by as many as 18 points on two further occasions, and still led by 17, 72-55, with 5:38 to go. Tne visitors then mounted another rally that cut the Falcon lead to seven, 77-70, with 2:35 left in the game. Kim Bryant hit a three point play at 2:17toput the Falcons ahead by double figures again. Pfeiffer then answered two Bulldog baskets with field goals by Downs and Fauntleroy and two free throws by Fauntleroy to win it by 12 points, 86-74. The Falcons connected on 36 of 63 field goal attempts for 57.1 percent from the floor, and they converted 14 of 21 free throws for 66.7 percent from the line. The Bulldogs hit 31 of 67 attempts from the floor for 46.3 percent, and were almost perfect from the charity stripe, converting 12 of 13 chances for 92.3 percent. Pfeiffer gained a narrow 36-35 advantage on the boards. The Falcons were scheduled to play Belmont Abbey away on Monday. February 2. They then play Catawba away on Wednesday. February 4 in the second half of a men and women's conference doubleheader at 7:30 p.m. They then play Wingate away on Saturday, February 7 at 8:00p.m. PFEIFFER. Bryant-7, Downs20, Fauntleroy-30, Lyons-8, Lytwynec-4, Mllteer-7, Owens0. Smith-2, Stanlye-6, Turner-2, Wohner-0. A . C . C : Bell-0, Boyd-2, Bogues-20. Leggett-14, Mobley14, Gholson-10. Carter-2, Daniel-8. Best-0, Uzzell-2, High2, LaBlanc-0, Wampter-0.
SCORES M POINTS . . . Horace Fauntleroy, a 6-1 junior guard from Norfolk, Virginia, led the Pfeiffer Falcons' 86-74 win over Atlantic Christian College on Saturday night at Misenheimer. Fauntleroy hit on 12-of-l9 floor shots and six-of-eight free throws for 30 markers in the triumph. Also, he had four steals and two assists. This was a career high scoring mark for him. Mike Downs of the Falcons came through with 20 points, hitting eight-of-ll floor shots and four-of-five charity throws. He had six assists and five steals. -Pfeiffer Photo
Atlantic Christian In 71-66 Victory Over PC Coach Jack Ingram's Pfeiffer College women's basketball team lost to Atlantic Christian 71-66 at Wilson on Wednesday, January 28. The loss just about ended any. hopes the Lady Falcons had of capturing the regular season conference title. The Pfeiffer women now have two conference losses against five wins. They are 9-6 overall. " The Lady Falcons were led in scoring by Teresa Gaither with 19 points. Nancy Scoggins added 18. Sara Leonard paced the Lady Bulldogs of A.C.C. with 24 points. Pfeiffer trailed 40-29 at the half, and a spirited comeback fell just short. The Lady Falcons are scheduled to play the Lady Indians of Catawba College at Catawba on Wednesday, February 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the first half of a men's and w o m e n ' s conference doubleheader. They play Wingate away on Saturday, February 7. Their next home game will be against the Golden Girls of Elon College on Mondav, February 9. PFEIFFER: Dixon 2. Scoggins 18, Brown 2, Young 0,
Copas 2, Wilson 8, Karriker 4, Carter 4, Adams 7, Gaither 19. A.C.C: Keel 2, Huff 10, Leonard 24, Turner 4, Pace 4, Worlev 12, Boyd 15.
Cage Twin-Bills These basketball doubleheaders are on tap for Tuesday night, 6:30 o'clock starting time, involving high school varsity teams in Stanly County: Central Cabarrus at Albemarle: Parkwood at South Stanly: North Stanly at South Rowan: and West Stanly at Piedmont.
By CATHERINE MONTGOMERY (Albemarle Reporter) On Saturday night Albemarle Senior High's basketball teams hosted East Rowan High's' teams in a South Piedmont Conference twin-bill in the ASHS Gymnasium. The Lady Mustangs won by a score of 61-50 over the Albemarle Bulldogettes in the first game and the Albemarle Bulldogs defeated the East Rowan Mustangs by a tally of 64-52 in the nightcap clash. The Bulldogs are now 16-2 overall and 11-2 in the conference, good for first place In the standings. The d o u b l e h e a d e r was originally scheduled to be played on Friday night, but was postponed duetoshow The tally after the first CRAIG CORDES . . . Of Albequarter in the girls' game was marle's Bulldogs found the 10-10. East Rowan led at half- range for 33 points to pace the time by 27-24. East Rowarl&ut- 64-52 triumph over the East scored Albemarle 10-8 in the Rowan Mustangs on Saturday third quarter and outscored t h e night in a South Piedmont ConBulldogettes by a margin of 34- ference cage encounter. Coach Dave Holcomb's Bulldogs now 26 in the second half. Arey was high scorer for East sport an overall record of 16-2, Rowan with 15 markers. including an 11-2 mark in the Stephanie Pollard led Albe- conference, good for first place in the standings. marle's attack with 19 points. From the floor Albemarle —Staff Photo made 15-of-44 shots for 34 per cent, while East Rowan connected on 22-of-55 for 40 per cent. Boys' Game Albemarle's Bulldogs led by 11-10 after the first quarter. The score at intermission was 29-21 in favor of the Bulldogs. In the third quarter Albemarle increased its lead by four more points. Each team scored 17 points in the fourth quarter. Craig Cordes scored 33 points to lead the Bulldogs' offense. Lewis was high scorer for East Rowan with 13 markers. Albemarle hit on 34-of45 tree throws for 74 per cent, while East Rowan connected on 10-of15 for 67 per cent. Girls' Game EAST RQWAN (61) - Arey 15, L. Poole 11. Lannlng 11, Hartley 9, Stroud 8, Boling 3, P. Poole 2, Lowman 2. ALBEMARLE (50) -Poilaflt 19, Clark 11, Little 7, Cooper 5, Lilly 4, Bowers 2, Mauldin 2. Score by quarters: East Rowan 10 17 10 24—61 Albemarle 10 14 8 18-50 Boys* Game EAST ROWAN (52) - Lewis, SANDY JONES . . . Of Albe13, Honeycutt 12, Arey 8, Gobble marle's Bulldogs scored eight 8. Honbarger 4. Charleston 4, points in the 64-52 win over the Mahaffey 2. Poole 1. . East Rowan Mustangs on SaturALBEMARLE (641 - Cor^' day night in the ASHS Gym33, Richardson 10, Jones'8< nasium. Mack 6, Lilly 5, Davis2. —Staff Photo Score by quarters: East Rowan 10 1114 17—52 Albemarle 11 18J8 17—64
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WINS BY DECISION . . . Pictured is David Lowe (112 pounds) of South Stanly High's Rebels endeavoring to get his Northwest Cabarrus High opponent in a pinning position. Lowe won his match over Todd Sheets by a superior decision on Wednesday night in the SSHS Gymnasium. The Trojans of NW Cabarrus triumphed over the SSH Rebels in the non-conference grappling meet by a tally of 41-%. — Staff Photo
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SSHS REBELS GRAPPLING SQUAD . . . Pictured are members of the South Stanly High School wrestling aggregation for the current campaign. The Rebels compete in the Class 2-A Rocky River , Athletic Conference. Front row, left to right: Kerry Johnson (126 ' pounds); David Lowe (112); Greg Rush (132); Mark Poplin (138); • Mike Burris (145); and Dwayne Hinson (155). Back row: Neal
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llead. Jack Biankenship and: ftuddy Barbee led Press P r w " ing with 23 and 20 points spectively. Collins and Aikman finished in sixth in the regular season. Steve Jeske sparked C & A's offense with 26 points. JTPress Printing: Biankenship &, Barbee 20, Owens 10, Tracy Lowder 6, Tim LoWder 6, Almond 5, McSwain 4. Harrington 4', Swanner 2. ! Collins & Aikman: Jeske 26.' Lowder 13. Harwood 10. Lefko9, Sickens 7. Schedule for Thursday, February 5 | 7:00 First National Bank vs. Press Printing 18:00 Dean's Ready Mix vs. Beluxe Grill ', Between games Thursday trophies were presented to the regular season champions and to ten all-stars. Dean's Ready Ijlix is the 1980-81 regular season champions.
Dusty West, manager, received the champion trophy for them. All-stars were announced and trophies presented to those present. The 1980-81 all-stars are as follows: Name, Team 9 game avg. Darrell Mauldin (DRM > 27.5 Roger Shankle (DG) 19.3 Jack Biankenship (PP) 18.3 Jed Brooks (HBF) 18.3 Derek Mauldin (FNB) 23.3 Chris Ridenhour (DRM) 7.1 David Meachem (FNB) 14.6 Tim Lowder (PP) 16.1 Steve Jeske <CA) 14.0 Rick Russell (FNB) 7.3 South Albemarle Gym The Albemarle Men's Basketball League entered its first night of tournament play on Thursday, January 29 at the South Albemarle gym. The Norwood Blackhawks earned a berth into the tourney semifinals by defeating the Life of Virginia Eagles 64 to 52 in the 'first game of the evening. The Eagles came off the jump with good ball handling and prudent shooting as usual and by early second quarter had secured an 18 to 14 lead. Norwood's mid-second quarter play changed the scene as James Ray Watkins and Henry Watkins led the Blackhawks to a 9 point halftime lead. In the second half the Eagle's "team g a m e " fell apart. They also missed all kinds of
opportunities from the line (8 for 22.foul shots) and were forced to struggle down the stretch.. Edgerton of the Eagles led all scores of the night with 32 points while Norwood's high scorers were James Ray Watkins (24 points) and Henry Watkins (19 points). Norwood Blackhawks: J. R. Watkins 24. H. Watkins 19. M. Watkins 12. Gaines 4, T. Watkins 3, Snuggs 2, Wall. Life of Virginia Eagles: Edgerton 32. Allen 10, Westbrook 9, Hamilton 1. Jackson, Ingram, Caple, Kirk, Watson. In the second game, the South Albemarle Panthers defeated the West Badin Jam 62 to 42 and the Panthers will play Amhurst in the semifinals. After a 25 to 18 Panther halftime lead South Albemarle took off on a 17 point scoring drive while holding the Jam to only 6. West Badin has had a tough season but they have played
on May 16-17. The competition wtll feature a trio of 100 kilometer races for the SCCA's Pro Formula Vee, Super Vee and Rabbit division competitors. The following week is the biggest of the CMS year, World 600 race week. Concentrated activity will really commerce that week on Wednesday, May 20 when the best stock car teams on earth will battle for the coveted Pole position for NASCAR's longest race. Thetopspots In the 40 car field for the World 600 will be determined that day with the reaminder of the starting field taken in time trial runs May 21 and 22. ; Thursday, May 21, will also find qualifying for the top starting berths for the Mello Yello 300 U. S. Open Sportsman National Championship race that will be held Sat., May 23. Race day for the World 600 is Sunday, May 24 and early activity in the speedway's ticket office indicate a record crowd will be on hand to see the newly down-sized NASCAR machines in their first Charlotte battle. They will have to go some to beat last years event that held 47 lead exchanges among a dozen drivers before Benny Parsons triumphed. The CMS year will conclude with the Sportsman 300 on Oct. 10 and the 22nd annual National 500 Winston Cup classic on Oct. 11.
Once again forfeiting three TWILIGHT weight classes. Coach J. Lisk's Results as of 1-27-81 Standings W L Pfeiffer College wrestling Schlitz 108 68 squad was defeated by DavidAlbemarle Spinning 104 72 son 36-18 at Davidson on WedHudson Pools 98 78 nesday, January 28. Fast-Stop 94 82 Ken Budd, wrestling at 177 Norwood Camping 94 82 lbs., pinned his man in 36 secWestern Steer 92 84 onds, Carl ChUrch at 126 lbs. Watkins Music 84 92 won on a disqualification, and Allison Mfg. 84 92 Heavyweight Bruce Lambert E.J.Snyders 82 94 won by forfeit to account for the Shur-Brite Car Wash 75 101 Falcons' points. The Pfeiffer matmen, now 1-6 Richfield Printers 73 i 103 David Chambers Att. 68 108 in dual matches, travel to PemHigh Team 3 Games — broke on Tuesday, February 3, Norwood Camping 3235, Schlitz for a match with conference rival Pembroke State at 7 p.m. 3224, Western Steer 3077. High Team Single Game — They then entertain HampdenNorwood Camping 1144 & 1093, Sydney on Friday. February 6 Schlitz 1140, Shur-Brite Car at 7:30 p.m., and return to face Lynchburg College on Saturday Wash 1087. High Ind. 3 Games — Mike at 7 p.m. in Merner Gym. Results: Redwine 636, Burt Slater 599, 118 lbs. — Antley (D) won by Tony Chavis 594. High Ind. Single Game — forfeit. 126 lbs. — Church (P) over Tony Chavis 244, Mike Redwine Kimsey by disqualification. 233, Felix Thompson 224. 134 lbs. — Smith (D) d BarSUNDOWNERS' LEAGUE retta, 7-3. Dennis, manager; Darcy Colson (98); Bobby Fraley (185); Chris Results As Of 1/28/81 142 lbs. — Stokes (D) won by Harward (195); Dean Kunrey (185); Jeff Harward, manager; W L forfeit. and Coach Jerry Russell. Not present when picture was taken Arcadians 108 52 150 lbs. — Breidenstein (D) were Steve Watts (105); Curtis Andrews (155); Scott Rogers E.J.Snyder 92 68 pinned McWiUiams. 4:30, se(167); and Wilfred Turner (unlimited class). Family Cafeteria 91 69 cond. - Staff Photo Couick-Marine 88 72 158 lbs. — Kear (D) d Grant, Quenby Mall Barber 6-4. Shop 85 75 167 lbs. — Brotherton (D) pinMclntyre Assoc. 82 78 ned Janice, 6:45, third. Trinity Church Interiors 81 79 177 lbs. — Budd (P) pinned T. Dick Brooks' Honda 79 81 Nichols, 0:36, first. Frist Nat'l 71 89 190 lbs. D. Nichols (D) won Allisons 66 94 byforfeit. well and lost several , close B&BOil 63 97 H/wt. — Lambert (P) won by games with only a handful of Alb. Spinning 54 106 forfeit. regular players. West Badin High Ind. Game — Rachel Alwas paced by Roger Peoples (9 By MARK TALBERT mond 244, Barbara Davis 220, points) while Robert Craig post(Albemarle Reporter) HoopieLisk214. ed the Panthers' high score with High Ind. Series — Rachel Al19. On Thursday night in the local mond 591, Hoopie Lisk 545, BarSouth Albemarle Panthers: gymnasium the Albemarle bara Davis 540. Craig 19, Smith 11, Lilly 10, Hill Bulldogs entertained the South High Team Game — Dick 10, Edwards 6, Griffin 3, Leak 2, Rowan Raiders in a South PiedBrooks' 1062, E . J . Snyder 1039, Sellers 1. mont Conference wrestling, a vertical drop of 700 feet. At Trinity 1029. By GLENN MAYS West Badin Jam: R. Peoples meet. The Raiders won by a Maggie Valley, Cataloochee's High Team Series — E. J. (Travel Editor) score of 59-8. 9, McRae 8, Watkins 7, C. Beneight slopes cascade down-ward Snyder 2978, Trinity 2937. Dick son 6, Owens 6, Brown 6, C. PeoThe Bulldog squad was forced North Carolina's mountains some 740 feet. Brooks 2935. ples 2. to forfeit in four matches be- have put on a mantle of white the south, Sapphire Valley cause of injuries and other creating not only a beautiful at ToSapphire Schedule for Thursday, INDUSTRIAL extends skyward Twenties hipsters referred problems. picture but also a winter won- more than 400 feet. And North February 5 Results as of 1-29-81 to rain as "sky juice." The Raider squad, regular derland for skiers. 7:00 Amhurst vs. South AlbeW L Carolina's newest ski area, Sca- Standings season champions in the conmarle At the ten ski areas in the ly Mountain, has three slopes Oakboro Ornamental 44 20 ference with a 5-0 mark (10-3 North Carolina mountains, with a vertical drop of 225 feet. Min-O-Pon 8:00 Richfield vs. Norwood 44 20 Between games Thursday overall), held Albemarle to two skiers are flocking to the slopes It Is located at Scaly Mountain E.J.Snyders Shop 42 22 to take advantage of the excel- near the North Carolina- Hinks Grill trophies were presented to the decisions and one tie. 42 22 The Bulldogs are set to com- lent conditions this year. regular season champions and Homes By Fisher 38 26 Georgia line. pete in the conference tournato ten all-stars. Although much of the snow Richfield Mfg. 34 30 The state's ten areas have a Richfield Warriors are the ment on February 7 at East making up the base, which is as total 65 slopes. Each area has Barbee Constr. 33 31 1980-81 regular season champ- Rowan High School. This will be much as 50 inches on some snowmaking equipment as well Albemarle Spinning 32 32 LEARN 5 WAYS TO WELD an all-day meet. Please come slopes is man-made, Mother as ski rental equipment and in- Pony Express ions. 26 38 Philip Tyson, manager, re- out and support your Bulldog Nature has powdered the moun- struction. All the areas except Thompson & Sons 18 46 tains with snow tills winter Hound Ears have night skiing Killo ceived the champion trophy for squad! 18 46 making skiing conditions excel- on a scheduled basis. Sapphire E.J. Snyders Dyehouse 13 51 Match Summary them. 100 lbs. — Beaver (SR) over lent All-stars were announced and High Team i Games — Valley and Beech Mountain also trophies were presented as fol- Kennedy Griffin (pin). Six of the ski areas are lo- include ice skating among their Oakboro Ornamental 2448. Bar107 — Greene (SR) won by cated in the vicinity'of Boone. activities. bee Construction 2423, Min-Olows: Sugar Mountain at Banner Elk Pon& Hinks Grill 2400. Name, Team itgameavg. forfeit. Many of the areas have enter114 — Wayne Allen (A) over boasts a total of 12 slopes with a tainment at night as well as acHigh Team Single Game — Mike Edgerton (LOV) 20.78 Oakboro Ornamental 906, Pony Jeff Hill (SA) 5.5 Ronnie Miller (12-6 decision). ' vertical drop of 1,200 feet, the commodations near the slopes. 121 — Kluttz (SR) over Greg greatest vertical drop of any ski Harold Smith (SA) 9.44 Another facet of the North Express 832, Min-O-Pon 828. area in the Southeastern United Carolina snow country is the High Ind. 'A Games — Carl Ricky Scott (Rfd.) 5.11 Little (19-5 decision). 128 — Patterson (SR) won by States. Luther 599. Bill Mondschein 573, Ronnie Freeman (Rfd.) 10.38 growing popularity of cross Beecb Mountain at Banner Henry Watkins (Nrd.) 11.89 forfeit. skiing. Several of the Nick Chris & David Laton 563. 184 — Hager (SR) won bv for- Elkalsp features 12 slopes and a country High Ind. Single Game — Carl Roger Peoples < WB) 4.86 ski areas have trails available Luther 230, Jim York 219. David vertical drop of 809 feet. Other for it. Jeremiah Owens (WB) • 9.25 feit. 140 — P . Hager (SRi won by'-' ski areas around Boone include Laton. Randy Hamilton (LOV) 5.22 For additional information See latest welding techAppalachian Ski Mountain and about skiing in North Carolina, Todd Davis (Aht.) 10.2 forfeit. niques for equipment repair 147 — Dale Speight (A) drew Hound Ears Lodge and Club at contact the N.C. Travel and PLUS demonstrations of amaz- T5 with Propst (8-8 score). Blowing Rock, High Meadows Tourism Division, 430 North ing, new. easy-to-use welding Co oa 157 — David Livingston (A) at Roaring Gap and Seven Salisbury Street, Raleigh, equipment. No charge. No CO Q_ over Simmons (1-0 decision). 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Maureen Hazelworth. who had DATE: Than., Feb. 5 Heavyweight — Newton (SR) Bill Elliott, Dawsonville. the flu, and with Rachel Miller TIME: 7 p.m. Georgia's claim-to-fame along over Jimmy Hatley (pin). slowed by an injury the Lady PLACE: Stanly Hardware the NASCAR Winston Cup Falcons lost their first meet of DIRECTIONS: 131S. 2nd Street Grand National circuit, sur- the best finish Elliott could rethe year, falling to the ladies of 1974. Robert A. Bailey, a former prised the racing world during cord was the llth-place he postUNC-Greensboro by a score of Learn five ways to weld with coach at the University of Bailey earned his master's 96-41 at Greensboro on Tuesday, just a tew hours practice. qualifying for last November's ed in the 1977 Dixie 300. Learn easy overhead welding. Wyoming and 1975 graduate of degree at East Carolina in 1977 Atlanta Journal 500 when he January 27. "Call it fate if you'd like, but I Sea unique.jiew welders. Meet welding experts from qualified second-fastest for the' think sometimes we bring what East Carolina University, has ' and was a graduate assistant in Now 7-1 on the year, the Lady Century Mfg. Co. been hind as assistant football the football program in charge prestigious East Coast Winston we are destined fbr upon ourFalcons were led by Cindy Long Cup finale. selves," said Elliott. "1 think coach at Catawba College, of the Junior varsity program, and Brenda Wood, who both "Alabama Gang" leader Bob- that my problem at Atlanta is Harvey Stratton, athletic direc- primarily coaching the quarter- scored 15 points. They were the REGISTER N0WI backs. by Allison just managed to j ust that I have been trying way tor, announced today. only Pfeiffer women to win CALL Since 1877, Bailey has been "Bailey also will be head overshadow Elliott's speed of too hard. "events. Wood took both butterPHONE NUMBER 165.121 mph by posting the fast"Being impressive in front of baseball coach at Catawba," with Pat Dye at the University fly events as well as the 200 982-2120 est speed of the day, 165.620 my local fans is very important Stratton said, "and we are de- of Wyoming as a part-time yards individual medley. In the mph. to me. I want to perform well, lighted to- have him on our coach, working with wide re- medley event she set a new COFFEE, DONUTS But just when it seems as but in doing so I think I tend to athletic staff. We were anxious ceivers, running backs, and school record of 2:23.4 mins., to & DRAWING. quarterbacks. He has also to bring our staff back up to full break her old record by a full though Elliott is set to go out overlook some things that I NO CHARGE. recruited in the New Jersey strength since the departure of two seconds. Long won the 50, and produce an impressive ordinarily wouldn't," Elliott exBuck Frye last year, and be area and was in charge of film 100 and 200 yards freestyle BRING A FRIEND. finish at the Hampton. Ga., plained. ready for a concentrated spring and pro scout relations. events. 1.522-mile oval, something in"The problem during last practice for our football proBailey has a Catawba conevitable occurs during the fall's race at Atlanta could have In a separate men's meet, the gram." Stratton said the spring nection in that former Catawba Pfeiffer College men's club course of the 500-mile battle to and should have been avoided. I terminate his chance for a win noticed that the clutch was re- session will run February 1 head * coach Warren Klawiter, team lost to UNC-G 77-49. now dean of students, was an . . . or a high finish, for that leasing too close to the top . . . through March 1. The Lady Falcon swimmers assistant coach at East Caro- are scheduled to compete in the Stratton said with Bailey Joinmatter. even during practice. I should Just as Elliott and Allison led' have at least taken a closer look ing the Catawba staff, some lina during. Bailey's student Johnson C. Smith invitational Albemarle, N. C. the pack through the fourth turn before the race," continued realignment of c o a c h i n g playing days. meet in Charlotte on Saturday, Bailey is single and 27 years responsibilities has been made. and down toward the green flag, Elliott. February 7 at 10 a.m. Shaughnessy, head foot- old. starting the 2lst annual Atlanta "But that's behind me now Steve Journal 500, what else would and I keep on learning things ball coach, also has been happen but for Elliott's clutch from the small errors that we responsible for the baseball proto let go? Elliott managed an make. Even if the Clutch hadn't gram. That will now go to I8th-place finish for his day's gone so early, I might have still Bailey, effective this spring. work. been up there with Bobby (Alli- S laughnessy will h e a d So goes the luck of the like- son) and the rest of the lead Catawba's track program. Bill able red-head at Atlanta Race- pack when that wreck happened D'Andrea, Catawba's other fullway. In eight starts at A.I.R., on the 16th lap. (The accident, time assistant football coach, handle the Tribe tennis prooccurring on the 16th lap. elimi- will gram for men. nated the cars of Bobby Allison, Bailey has a fine baseball Harry Gant, Donnie Allison, Gary Balough and John Callis.) background, Stratton pointed The earlier clutch problem may out, stemming from his high value have helped me in that case, but school days when he was a I would have been willing to three-letter athlete for three face my chances getting years in football, basketball, through the wreck for the and baseball at Butler High School in New Jersey. He was chance to run up front." named the most valuable As for what 1981 holds for player in baseball. He was also Elliott and his new Mell-Gear team captain in all three sports Ford, only time will tell. Elliott, and received All-State honors. however, is quick to point out He went to East Carolina on a that "we will win one this four-year grant-in-aid, was year." starting quarterback on the Elliott's next crack at winner Pirates' freshman team and circle at A.I.R will be during the was second team quarterback 22nd annual running of the for the varsity as a junior. He (Offer expires February 14, 1981) Coca-Cola 500, set for March played under Sonny Randle i 15th at 2 p.m. 1971-73 and under Pat Dye in
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The Albemarle Men's Basketball League at Junior High began it's post season single elimination tournament Thursday night. Two nights of action remain with the finals scheduled for February 12. Deluxe Grill of Norwood edg^ ed Homes by Fisher in the first game, 52 to 47. These teams, fourth and fifth place finishers respectively, placed a tight contest from start to finish. The score at the end of each quarter was never more than a one point difference. Deluxe won the game by holding Homes by Fisher to six fourth quarter points, none of which came from the field. Cecil Curlee (14 pts.) and Orin Colson (13 pts.) were the leading scorers for Deluxe drill. Homes by Fisher was (faced by Jeff Ridenhour (17 pts.) and Jed Brooks (16 pts.) '.Deluxe Grill: Curlee 14, Colson 13. R. Shankle 9. Little 5. B. Shankle 5, Hinson 4, Edwards 2, Nelson. Carter. .'Homes by Fisher: Ridenhour 17.. Brooks 16, Mullis 6. Drye 4, Williams 4, G. Carter, W. Carter. ,' Press Printing knocked Colitris and Aikman from the tournament with an 80 to 65 win. Press Printing, third place fjrfisher in the regular season, got their offense going early
A 1981 • £ " £ * comprised of eight m#t'racing events has been announced by officials of Charlotte M otor Speedway. Everything in>m g ^ , . ^ c a r competition.oyer the demanding 2.25-m»ei0Un road coursetothe powerful P <iing NASCAR Winston Cup stock ears battling over the »** mile and a half high banKea superspeedway will be afforded motorsports fans at the uura modern facility during the tracks 22nd year. Kick J1i°fh» e **"'* schedule will W l ™ Sports Car Club of American s "Spring Sprints" with twoft"i days 0f sports car competif 1 0 " among t h a t sanctioning body's many classes. Nearly 400 e B t r t e s ± ranging ttom the powerful Corvettes to tne small home built formula cars will be slated for action on March 27,28 and 29. 'Activity at the track will come to a virtual stand still the following month when the track hosts the region's largest antique car show and flea market in "Old Cars 81" on April le, 11 and 12. Everything ( r o m M o ' d e l T headlights to complete antique automobiles will ba available and old car buffs from across the nation converge on CMS' 554 acres to peruse and purchase the vast variety of items. Racing returns to the CMS road c 0 P r se-superspeedway combination in May with the second annual VW 300 weekend kicking off 1981 World 600 week
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For the third year-in-a-row Atlanta International Raceway announced recently that there would be no ticket price increase for grandstand tickets to the two annual NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National racing classics, the Coca-Cola 500 in March and the Atlanta Journal 500 in November. "We're very proud to be able to provide our fans with topflight Winston Cup action without an increase in price for grandstand tickets," said A.I.R. General Manager Walter
Nix. "With everything else going up in price, we hope that our efforts to hold down entertainment costs will set a precedence for other facilities to follow.'' The only cost increase that will betoeffecttor 1981 Winston Cup events will be an increase for infield tickets. "Wetoidno alternative but to make this small increase on the infield ticket price due to the ever-tacre.aslng cost for security and mtontainance operations within the infield area itself, said N». ,
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An Evening At The Thayer Hotel The writer of this article is a retired Presbyteriaia minister living in Statesville. He was formerly a pastor in Badin. Mr. Fisher has two daughters living in Stanly County, Mrs. Greg Lemons of Route 2, Albemarle and Mrs. Ted Huneycutt of Route 1, Oakboro. It was June of 1952. General Dwight David Eisenhower had just returned from Europe. I was invited to an over-night seminar at the Thayer Hotel as a graduate student of Columbia University, New York. Eisenhower was the evening speaker. Several years earlier, ID 1948, Eisenhower had turned down efforts of both the Republican and Democratic parties to "draft" him for the presidential nomination. By 1952 demands for the General had grown stronger. He came home in June of 1952 to further consider his decision, which made him available for the seminar at the Thayer Hotel. Prior to becoming supreme commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Eisenhower had been President of Columbia University, the sponsor of the Seminar at West Point. If I recall correctly, he spoke on the subject "World Peace". Without doubt, the General felt at home on the beautiful West Point campus overlooking the mighty Hudson. He had entered the Academy as a cadet in June of 1911, 41 years earlier. Besides there was the auditorium on campus named "Eisenhower Hall," where the never-to-be-forgotten press conference with the freed hostages was held on Tuesday morning of January 27,1981, one week from their 444-day captivity. Thirty Years Ago Why was I on my way to the
ROSCOE B. FISHER Thayer Hotel on a week-end in June of 1952? At that time I was a graduate student on fellowship studying creative writing and journalism at Columbia University in New York City. Through the efforts of some official, our class in journalism was invited to the overnight seminar at the Thayer Hotel on the grounds of West Point. Also, I had the responsibility of covering the meeting for the National Lutheran Council, for which I was assistant public relations director. To my surprise, I recall, after almost 30 years, the jubilant attitude of the group as we left the campus of Columbia University in three automobiles. The 50mile leisurely drive along the sleepy Hudson River was beautiful indeed. How did I recognize the Thayer Hotel, this last two-day refuge of 52 Americans held in
bondage by irate Iranians for 444 days? What was it that brought to mind a memorable meeting at the Thayer thirty years past? Before The TV Still elated over the realization that, finally, the 52 hostages were on their way home, I drank in about everything that came from the TV over the weekend. True, a President was being inaugurated, but that happens every four years. Fifty-two American hostages let loose after 444 days behind secluded walls will never happen again! One of the networks was flashing on the tube some scenes of the hotel . . . the temporary haven for the hostages and their families. The scenes of the hotel's dining room look' ed like many other hotel dining rooms. Yet there was something familiar that prompted memories of 30 years ago. In closing, the TV reporter mentioned the name "The Thayer Hotel". I jumped from my lazy chair and exclaimed. "I spent the night there." Then I was reassured when the commentator and video showed scenes of the interior of some of the rooms, and particularly the room where he said President Andrew Jackson, Ullyses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower had spent the night. More To The Story But there is more to this story. Why was Eisenhower back in America? And what changed his mind to run for the presidency? Why did General Eisenhower give in to the presidential echos? He never was as anxious as Edward Kennedy and others. After the Germans surrendered and Eisenhower'had been promoted to General of the Army, he wrote a friend, "For myself there is nothing I want so much as an opprtunity to retire." His wishes were . not granted, not then anyway. It happened in the Spring of 1952. At the time, I was assistant to Dr. Joseph Simonson of the National Lutheran Council who was from Minneapolis and a close friend of "Ike". Rev. Simonson was also on good terms with Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Rally in the Garden Early in June of 1952, Dr. Simonson called me to his office. "Do you think an Eisenhower for President' rally in Madison Square Garden would convince the General that America needs him as President?" "Yes," I replied. "If there is a top MC and the rally goes over big." About a week later Dr. Simonson again called me to his office, "there's to be an 'Eisenhower for President' rally in Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. You might like to cover it." "Yes, I know. But how can they have a rally without Eisenhower, who is in Europe?" "Yeu be there and you will see," the Doctor replied. The rally was publicized, the Garden packed. Stage and movie stars filled the chairs, neatly spaced, on the improvised rostrum in the center of Madison Square Garden. Hardly was there room for the Master of Ceremonies, immaculately dressed Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Studying j o u r n a l i s m at Columbia, I had learned a newsman's camera hanging to his side was almost as good as a press card. These got me where 1 wanted to be . . . a place next to the elevated platform in the center of the arena.
Stage aim Screen The stage and 8fr een p e r " sonalities presented a gorgeous array of talent. There they were — oscar awards, and * h a t h a v e you, could not outdo this. Here were successful live, lovely personalities I had so often read about and seen for years — together on the same platform. I shall never forget • I sat just behind Clark Gable and Ethel Merman. Rita Hayworth Debbie Reynolds, Joan Collins and Jimmy Stewart, were on the opposite side. Katherine Hepburn, Bob n er Hope, Janet Leigh, G' 8 n d if Rogers, were next; a memory serves me weH< ^ a n Heflin, Joan Crawford, Betty Grable, were to the left- ^ h e n there were Marlene Dietrich and Jane Russell Tht band let up its playing 0f popular war melodies. Then there was the National Anthem, wWch resounded loud and clear throughout the packed Gardent. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., ma( je an excellent MC, never letting the emotion of the responding crowd lapse. The high moments arrived when Lodge talked via audiophone to General Eisenhower In Europe, calling him "fl» ne*t president of the United States". The General replied, also by phone from Europe, whichttM was relayed by speakers to fl£ 'u* sands in the jammed Garden. The response of the crowd was ecstatic. The rally was over as suddenly, it seemed, as it began. The policeman kept the crowd separated from the stars. Knowing Henry Cabot Lodge, I shared the privilege of shaking the hands of many of the stars, who waited around until the Garden was almost empty. Memories Of all that happened that night, the memory lingering the most impressively is the warnu personal, vibrations of muchtalked-about Clark Gable • • • and that huge hand of h i s . . . a genuine, warm personality. I recall serious Janet Leigh . . . petite Joan Collins . • • beautiful Rita Hayworth quiet, but smiling, Jimmy Stewart. None seemed to enjoy the occasion more than Ginger Rogers. There has never been any doubt in my mind but that the Lodge Rally in Madison Square Garden that night of June, 1952, brought Dwight David Eisenhower back to the States and led to his election as President of the United States on the Republican ticket. The World Boot reads, "Lodge led the group that persuaded General Dwight Eisenhower to run for the presidency in 1952". Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., was appointed by Eisenhower as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He served fromnauo 1960.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph simonson, my friend of the JVational Lutheran Council, wis appointed Ambassador to Ethiopia. i had the opportunity of going with Simonson to Etiiopia as an attache . . but I had other plans. Now 1 wish I had gone But one can never be certain how life might hare been. If there had not been S2 hostages, I doubtless, would never recalled spending a night at the Thayer Hotel. In reporting my ecstasy over the freeing of the 52 hostages, I would not over emotionalize the occasion; nonetheless, it will be talked about and written about for years to come .. . and nothing that will be said or written will prevent the Thayer Hotel and Elsenhower Hall of
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Praise Service A special praise service is planned at Gleaning Mission, Oakboro, Saturday, February 7, at 7 p.m. WQCC disc jockey Danny Dyer Will be guest speaker and Reality, a contemporary Christian group, will sing. The public is invited.
Federal funds are now avail- the capital expense for the purable to assist private, non-profit chase of vehicles, wheelchair organizations in purchasing lift equipment and related vehicles to transport elderly items. and handicapped citizens. David King, state director of Applications for the federal public transportation, said that capital assistance program, for the first time, the state will also known as the 16(b) (2) pro- a s s i s t p r i v a t e non-profit portation development plan for gram, are currently being ac- organizations in matching these the local area. cepted by the North Carolina federal funds by providing oneThe transportation developDepartment of Transporation. half of the required local match, ment plan analyzes the use of The deadline for submitting or 10 percent. existing transportation reapplications is April 17. The remaining match, or 10 sources (vans, buses, taxis, Transportation Secretary percent, must be provided by etc.) and examines alternative Tom Bradshaw said the appli- the applicant. ways to more effectively and efcations are being processed by "This year approximately ficiently use existing resources our public transportation divi- $700,000 is available in federal to meet future transportation sion "as part of the Governor's -funds to assist local agencies in needs. program for serving segments providing transportation serMembers of the public who of our population with special vices to the elderly and handi- want additional information transportation needs." capped citizens of North about the program may contact ) Richard Garrity, Rural and Bradshaw explained that the Carolina," King said. To improve the coordination S m a l l U r b a n P r o g r a m program is designed to improve the mobility of handicapped and of local transportation services, M a n a g e r , P u b l i c T r a n s UMTA and NCDOT re- portation Division, NCDOT, P. elderly persons by providing both quire that project applications O. Box 25201, Raleigh, N. C. vans, small buses and related be consistent with the trans- 27611. capital equipment in cornWest Point from becoming immortal pieces of real estate in American history.
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Auditions Slated The Uwharrie Players will hold auditions for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge at 7 p . m ^ , February 5, 6. 7 in the Wis-,,* cassett Memorial YMCA Pa-»» vilion. Scripts are on reserve HiJ„ the Stanly County Library.;, and there are parts for fourmen, four women and two young boys. Performance of% the play is scheduled at Cen>* tral School April 24 and 25jy; and May 1 and 2. Local merchants are MT business to serve you, let them !
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State Traffic Deaths Declined During 1980 Preliminary figures indicate a decline in the number of persons killed on North Carolina highways during 1979, accdrding to N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secretary Tom Bradshaw. "While all fatality figures are grim, we are encouraged that although fatalities nationally are higher than they were in 1979, we have had a decrease of 27 deaths." In 1979.1526 persons were killed as a result of traffic accidents on North Carolina roadways. So far, 1499 fatalities have been reported for 1980. Bradshaw said the 1980 figures are tentative because there is a 90-day waiting period in case someone injured in a crash dies later. "While we won't know for sure until the end of March, our traffic records people tell us that they do not expect 1980 traffic fatality figures to catch up with the 1979 figures," he added. NEW HEALTH FOOD STORE SETS GRAND OPENING HERE The Secretary cited several Stanly Nutrition Center at 1230 East Main Street is now open for business and invites everyfactors highway safety officials •*w\e to its grand opening Friday and Saturday. Natural snacks vpill be served to visitors and every- feel contributed to the decline In Xfne will have an opportunity to register for free prizes, consisting of products the store sells. The fatalities, including reduced £atore specializes in a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, herbs and natural foods. Remodeling driving and increased compliance with the 55 mph speed Hfark is progressing on the remainder of this building to convert it into a fish house and restaurant limit. 'complex to open later in the year. - —Staff Photo "For the first time since 55 became the maximum legal Grand Opening Set speed on North Carolina's highways, more than half the vehicle speeds are being measured at, or below, that speed limit," he said. The average speed on North Carolina's highways is calcuA book written to show how to lated to be 54.2 miles per hour, a use less energy and cut costs is decline of 1.5 miles per hour being distributed to public li- from 1979. Stanly Nutrition Center, 1230 freshing and n a t u r a l l y braries and high school and col"I have shared these figures E^st Main Street, will hold its nutritious alternative to fast- lege libraries in the Eighth Con- with Governor Hunt and he GVand Opening Friday and food lunches. joins me in congratulating the gressional District. Saturday. February 6 and 7. Congressman Bill Hefner, D- people of North Carolina for Comment with refreshments for everyone Commented the owners and N. C, said the books will be their spirit of cooperation in and registration for free prizes. operator of the new store: mailed to the libraries in the keeping our highways safe." "Many local residents, like district, which includes the Bradshaw said. This new health food retail Bradshaw attributed the inoutlet occupies 900 square feet millions of other Americans, counties of Yadkin. Davie, of Ispace in the renovated por- are enjoying a new sense of Cabarrus, Rowan, Union, Stan- creased compliance to the eftion of the old Stanly Dairies vitality and well-being through ly, Montgomery, Anson, Rich- forts of the State Highway Patrol and to the "55 I Believe" simply taking better care of mond. Moore and Scotland. building. The title of the annual year- campaign conducted by the "fcwned by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. their own health. What's more, Highway Safety Stallings, the new business will they're finding that it's not at book is "Cutting Energy Governor's bet managed by their daughter, all difficult or mysterious. Com- Costs." It is published by the U. Program (GHSP) of NCDOT. mon-sense steps include S. Department of Agriculture. •We know from our surveys Mrs. Cheryl Boone. regular moderate exercise, that since the beginning of the Hefner said, "As the cost of Featured will be a large varrest, and a varied, energy continues to climb, it be- campaign, the numbe rof peoiety of popular bands of adequate diet based on the de- comes more and more impor- ple expressing the belief that 55 vitamins, minerals, herbs, balanced lightful tastes and textures of tant for all of us to conserve as s^ves lives, reduces injuries cheese, nuts, seeds and other fresh or minimally processed much of our natural resources and saves gasoline has innatural foods and food supple- foods. Many of these health-concreased substantially," he said. ments. While the store already scious individuals are also as possible. "In order to build a safe and He added that the state has islwell stocked, more stock is choosing to include supplesecure tomorrow for our continued to stress highway arriving regularly. ments in the form of vitamins; generation and those that fol- safety. Also available will be an ar- minerals other important low, we must become more con•We know that as the average ray of books and publications on nutritionaland factors." scientious and diligent in our ef- size of cars on our highways dethought-provoking nutritional Mrs. Boone extends a cordial forts to cut energy con- creases, the risk of death and issues, cookbooks and other injury in every accident greatly reference materials dealing Invitation to everyone to visit sumption." Hefner said the books are be- increases. If we don't want to with good eating and good the new nutritional center and see what it has to offer at any ing distributed to the libraries see fatalities increase in the, health. and especially during the because there is a limited next few years, motorists must Future plans call for an at- time, Grand Opening period this number of the publications. The be more conscious of the need tractive juice and snack bar. weekend. largest number of people will for safety while driving on the serving pure fruit and work continues on have access to them at the li- streets and highways of our vegetable juices, healthful theMeantime, state." Bradshaw said. remodeling of the re- braries, he said. sandwiches, salads and mainder of the old Stanly snacks, which will provide a re- Dairies building to convert 1M£ to a fish house and restaurant complex scheduled for opening Savings later this year.
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He noted that the use of safety belts is declining, even though it is knowni mat the use of these devicesif?creases the risk of death and injury fourfold Drivers who have been drinking alconohc beverages continue to contribute to half the fatal accidents in the state. "We h»ve been and will continue to be active in pursuing solutions to the problems as a matter of public health, because traffic accidents are the leading cause of death and injury for.persons under 40 years of age In North Carolina," he concluded
ESC Benefits Are Taxable Unemployment insurance benefit* are subject to both state and federal income tax, the Employment Security Commission (ESC) announced today. Regardless of income, all unemployment benefits received during 1980 are taxable for state income tax purposes. However, federal law sets income floors below which benefits are not taxable. Undat federal law. benefits received by a single person will be taxed if his income, including benefits, exceeds $20,000 a year. A married person, filing a joint income tax return may have benefits taxed if the combined income, including benefits, exceeds $23,000. Married persons filing separate income tax returns must pay federal income tax on beneftis regardless of total income. For income tax purposes, unemployment compensation includes regular and extended benefits as well as Trade Adjustment Act allowances and any amounts received under the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program. ESC will send every claimant in the state a 'Statement of Unemployment Compensation Payments" form within the next two or three weeks. On the back of this form is an explanation of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) law which went into effect in 1979. ESC has no additional information on how to file income tax returns. Questions regarding filing of federal tax returns should be directed to IRS. Both federal and state income tax returns provide Instructions on how to compute gross income. The North Carolina Department of Revenue can help with problems related to state income tax returns.
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not since December 7, 1941, when the Japanese devastated Pearl Harbor with their surprise bombing has American unanimity been greater. That event brought all the forces of this nation together into a war effort which took the nation to the pinnacle of world power and to victory over forces which threatened the freedom of all the peoples of the world. This patriotic outpouring about by the release of our hostages in Iran has focused our attention once more on the imperative of promoting national security, of maintaining the respect of the rest of the world. Having thus been jolted into an emotional response to world situations, we hope that the United States will take action to regain the leadership which it had failed to exercise in recent years, and will, once more, become the real defender of freedom for the peoples of the world. And, with President Reagan, we warn that the United States in its present mood will tolerate no more such terrorism or unlawful acts against its citizens and its property anywhere in the world. Yes. the 52 hostages have rendered great service to their nation in that their plight and release has one more stirred our slumbering national spirit into patriotic fervor.
Protecting The River At the Wadesboro hearing last Tues- line all along its path from the North day night on the Level B study of the Carolina mountains to the South CaroYadkin-Pee Dee River Basin, there lina entrance to the ocean. Every lowere nine Stanly County leaders and cation downstream from every other officials present, including all of this location has an interest in what takes county's members of the Citizens Ad- place in connection with the river water Upstream. Here in Stanly, we visory Committee. look with alarm at any action in By contrast, Anson, Union and Mont- Rowan, Davie, Davidson, Forsyth or gomery Counties were represented by other upstream area which would one person each. The rest of those pres- adversely affect the volume and qualient — 27 in all — were either state of- ty of water in the river as it flows past ficials or members of the Level B Stanly. Study staff. We commend the Stanly people who Perhaps this says something about have worked so hard and with such Stanly and its concern for the river. diligence to maintain the quanity and Stanly is somewhat in the middle be- quality of the river flow. tween the upstream interests And we call upon our neighbors in represented by Rowan, Forsyth and other counties to consider the value of Davidson Counties, and the lower area the river and the impact which could where there is little industrial develop- occur in the event there should be mament linked to the river. jor adverse changes in the river. We Actually, no other county has more are not asking that anyone else "pull at stake in the future of the river, al- our chestnuts out of the fire," but we though Montgomery is virtually on a would appreciate joint effort all along par with us in this respect. Alcoa is the the river to prevent outsiders from inlargest single taxpayer in each of the flicting outside management on the two counties. The Badin plant, how- river basin. ever, is in Stanly. The Yadkin-Pee Dee River is a lifeEditorial Briefs
With Other Editors Judge And The DA (The Gastonia Gazette) District Attorney Joe Brown didn't like a couple of decisions handed down by Judge William T. Grist this week, so he decided not to prosecute any more cases the rest of the week. That was Tuesday morning. There was no court the rest of Tuesday and Wednesday. Today and tomorrow there will be none, either, because the judge headed out for a judges' conference on those two days. What happened when the DA continued the remaining 35 cases on the Superior Court calendar is that all the witnesses, defendants, attorneys, court personnel, etc., who were planning to be in court suddenly found themselves with no court to attend. Even the jurors who were supposed to be available were told they could go home. What caused the DA's ire was the fact that the judge on Monday had refused to accept a negotiated plea of second-degree murder that Brown had arranged. Grist said that there was not enough evidence to support that charge. Also, Grist set free a man charged with breaking, entering and larceny, saying that the allotted 120 days to get the man to court had expired. Brown couldn't understand the judge's action, saying that the defendant had jumped bond for 27 days and that time shouldn't be counted in the 120. It was obvious that Brown was piqued. although he said that he only was baffled. Whatever it was that caused him to close down court, continue 35 cases that were scheduled, send jurors home (to come back Wednesday and hang around In limbo), create confusion among defendants, witnesses and court personnel, it must have boomeranged inside the DA's mind and come out in the form of an explosion. We can understand that Brown must have felt hurt. It does sound as if he had grounds for legitimate complaints against the judge's actions. Whatever his feelings, though, they are not justification for causing others the inconvenience and trouble and the taxpayers the money that his actions caused. It is hoped that this is the last of this kind of reaction in the local courts.
A hundred years is a long time. Norwood is reaching its 100th birthday as a town and we join with the citizens of that community . in reviewing the accomplishments of the past and in looking toward a future filled with promise and optimism. There is growing concern among farmers and others over the continued lack of soil moisture. In most years, the soil water table is replenished in winter and helps to provide mositure for crops during the heat and dry weather of the summer. Unless the weather pattern changes greatly, the water table will not be raised this winter. Albemarle officials are to be commended for trying to make long range plans to maintain an adequate water supply for the city and county. One of our most valuable assets over the past years has been our adequate supply of good water. It has meant jobs and industrial payroll, as well as permitting the construction of a county water system. The closing of the Center Theatre is one more evidence of the downtown problems faced by the City of Albemarle. There is one more empty business building. The flight of business from downtown concerns us but we frankly do not have an adequate answer. The same is true of many other cities and towns which have been seeking an answer to the same problem.
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Fred Morgans Musings
A Service To The Nation Hurrah for the yellow ribbons! Hurrah for Old Glory unfurled in the winter breeze! Hurrah for a long-needed revival of patriotism! But we regret that 52 Americans had to endure 444 days of imprisonment and captivity in order to bring these things about. The last-minute efforts by President Jimmy Carter and his negotiators and the subsequent freeing of the Americans held so unjustly by Iran brought an emotional outpouring in this country the like of which has not been seen for many years. . Perhaps Americans were simply waiting for an event which could capture their attention and create such a feeling of pride in being Americans. We do find that this event of series of events has unified the nation and has created a new feeling of partiotism as well as a feeling of enmity against a nation which would permit such atrocities as befell the hostages taken in the American embassy in Tehran. Since this is true, perhaps these Americans who suffered and endured such indignities have served their country better than if the nefarious embassy take-over had never occurred. It seems to take such shocking events to crystalize American public opinion and draw us together. Perhaps
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RecenUy I ran headon into one of the most disconcerting situations I have ever encountered — and I have lived through a lot of devastating ones.' Disconcerting is hardly the word; this was shattering. I wonder if I'll ever live it down. I'm glad the group that witnessed my discomforture was small: otherwise living it down would become more difficult. I can't expect those good people to refrain from telling others about it. for the episode was just too ludicrous to ignore. It's not the type of peccadillo to keep quiet about. For some weeks I had been scheduled for a 15-minute active part on a workshop presentation and 1 was all ready and raring to go The workshop was on a rather dull and prosaic subject and I suspect my participation had been designed to bring a little comic relief to the otherwise pedagogic proceedings. I had no idea how genuinely comic It would turn out to be. I arrived at the beginning of the workshop, not knowing at what point my 15 minutes would occur. So I sat through more than an hour of mechanics and procedures: and desert-dry doit-this-way and-that. It had little relevance to me. I got restless and my mind even more so. I guess I was smugly thinking how different my presentation would be when 1 took the podium. Boy, I would bring some heads up off the table and rattle some eyes around, maybe create some chuckles. Breaktime came and I was informed I would go on immediately after the break. Coming back from the men's room, I went by the refreshment table and got a little black coffee in a styrofoam cup and drank a few swallows. I was introduced and 1 took the podium, opened my mouth that when forecasters indicate much snow. But an occasional Snow surprises people. and . . . and immediately I realIt e v e n s u r p r i s e s t h e we will get no snow it is likely to snow lifts the spirits of many, ized something was drastically fall — and vice versa. Like: especially the young, and remeterorologists. the people wrong. My words just wouldn't "Since they didn't predict snow minds us that it is indeed one of who are supposed to analyze come out right. My mouth felt nature's beauties. weather movements and condi- we may get some." cottony and, as the late Hugh tions and forecast when it is Shank used to say, dry as the Sir One responsible official here As we said, snow surprises coming. Harry. My mouth felt like it was said last week: "We need about people. When I went to bed Thursday packed with sticky yarn like IzI remember one such innight the temperature was 20 inches of snow to soak into zy uses in her knitting. stance from many years ago. ' the ground and put some water above 50 and there was no And my tongue. 1 could hardThe early morning temperathought of snow. When I went back in." ly move my tongue at all. It felt Marjorie Hunt's Planning ture was 52 as I went to work. It out to get the morning paper as daylight was beginning to break Guide says "Years of snow, was partly cloudy and some- hard and dry and reminded me of one of. these hard-fried, what unsettled. Friday morning I felt the un- crops will grow." tough, dried-leather-like pieces This is but one of her weather Along about 9 a.m. it became mistakable impact of tiny cold of fish you occasionally enflakes on the upper portion of sayings, but most of them are darker and overcast. The wind counter at the fish house. Somebased on observation and ex- started blowing out of the north. my forehead. one could have jabbed a pin perience. By 10 o'clock, it was snowing Yes, snow surprises people. through my tongue and I probI have always been fascinated — really coming down so fast Remember a few years ago ably would not have felt it you could hardly make out obby the beauty of the falling when during the same winter, much. jects just across the street. snow. There is.nothing else in on- two different occasions, the Have you ever' tried to talk South Carolina coast had big all nature that seems to capture with a thick, dry tongue? A the imagination of so many peoIf you think snow surprises snows while in this area none fell? It seldom snows on the ple. Many a time, as a young- people in this part of the state tongue which will hardly move ster, I pressed my nose against you ought to try living in the in an oven-dry mouth? South Carolina coast. Well, I have and, believe me, Or, do you recall the numer- the windowpane looking for Blue Ridge Mountains for a it ain't easy. ous times that Charlotte fore- snowflakes to fall. And if I saw a while. My words, each one, felt like Some years ago, on March 19, casters have predicted snow few my spirits seemed to rise they struggled through a forand elation filled me through we had occasion to go to Ashewhen all we got was rain or a and through. ville for a night meeting. Here.it midable obstacle course, besmattering of sleety I have not lost my apprecia- was sunny and warm and I coming grotesquely bent, disIt's sort of like the Chicago tion for the beauty of snow, but drove to Asheville with the car torted and exhausted before man who called up the radio emerged. I still don't know station and said to the an- the realities of trying to drive in window partly down and I in my they if they were intelligible. Probthe snow and of the mud and shirt sleeves. The sunset glowed nouncer: "I want you to come ably not. The audience was too slush which accompanies its somewhat red as we looked out out here and help me shovel off polite to register much protest. this four inches of partly cloudy melting have caused me to pre- of the hotel window. By this time I was wondering fer snow flurries to deep snows. from my driveway." When we came out of our where my smugness went. And I do not believe I Would like to It has gotten to be something meeting at 9 o'clock the snow self confidence and poise. of a standing joke around here live in an area where there was was already falling, and it my Fear and capitulation had rushsnowed and the wind howled ed in to take their place. And most of the night and much of humiliation. the next day. But quit? Not me. Doggedly I groped on. But, oh, how I longed On another occasion I was for a glass of water to revitalize surprised that it didn't snow. my mouth. It w a s m i d - M a y . T h e I worked my jaws overtime to temperature on Saturday was stimulate excess saliva to 90 degrees, like summer. We de- moisturize my mouth. But the cided that we would ride up into air I breathed in seemed to (Items from the Tuesday, February 1,1966 the North Carolina hills the next counteract the saliva and keep Stanly News and Press) my mouth dry. We got up early, put on sumIncredibly I struggled on like Monday morning was the building and equipment, includ- mer clothing and set out west- this for the first half of my talk coldest in Albemarle in more ing four refrigerators. Large ward. In Albemarle, of course, before my mouth regained than three years. The mercury quantities of produce stored in the leaves were full grown and enough moisture to make it had dropped to five degrees in the four refrigerated rooms had the dogwoods had long since halfway flexible and functional. the official government thermobeen salvaged. ended their bloom. Nobody understood much of meter early Monday, according Along about Hickory we beto Weatherman W. J. Rowland. • Dr. Francis R. Green of Albe- gan to see dogwoods in bloom. It was the coldest morning marle was president and medi- The leaves were definitely since December 13. 1962, when cal representative for the Stan- smaller and not mature. the official reading had been ly County Heart Association. On we went up toward Lenoir zero, the coldest in the past 20 O God, who has touched the and Blowing Rock. By the time years in Albemarle. Airman David W. Swanner, we reached Lenoir it was earth with beauty, open my Sunday morning had seemed son of Joe T. Swanner of North definitely early spring. eyes to the wonder of Thy creaone of the coldest days in the First Street, Albemarle, had Between Lenoir and Blowing tion. May 1 behold the light of memory of Albemarle's oldest been selected for training at Rock we met a cold front mov- this new day, and see the vastresidents. The biting arid had Chanute AFB, Illinois, as an Air ing in from the northwest head- ness of the sky and the constelbeen intensified by a wind of Force aircraft equipment re- on. By the time we reached lations on high. And grant, O gale force which had swept the pairman. God, that the disappointments, Blowing Rock a bitterly cold artic air across North Carolina injustices and moods of life may rain was falling. The buds on and into the usually warm not seal from me Thy truth and C. L. Morton of Albemarle. the oaks were just beginning to Southland. Thy majesty. So may I find joy State Motor Club district mana- open. I expected any minute the The cold wave had followed ger for Stanly County, had re- rain would change to snow. We. and a conviction that will enthe week's second snowstorm. ceived the company's Merit in our summer clothing, did not able me to live out all my days Four Inches of snow had been Award for outstanding perform- tarry to see if it changed to in faith, patience and trust. dumped on the area Saturday ance during 1965. Amen. snow. night on top of the remains of the five-inch snow which fell Wednesday.
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The appointment of Irvin R. Boaz, superintendent of mails since 1948, as assistant postmaster of the Albemarle office had been announced by Postmaster L. D. Cain. Congressman James T. Broyhill would be the speaker Friday evening, February 4, at the annual banquet of the Albemarle Junior Woman's Chib. The handsome new home of North Carolina Savings and Loan, located on North First Street, was on schedule and nearing completion, with the contractor putting the finishing touches to the structure. It was hoped that tt would be ready for occupancy by th« first part of March. The snow, cold and difficultY in traveling had caused Albemarle's downtown churches to unite in one community worship service Sunday morning, an event unique in the recent annals of local churches The service was broadcast by a local radio staUon and attended by around 150 in person. Fire had caused damage estimated at $8,000 to $io 000 early Thursday afternoon' at the Miller Produce building o n Highway 52 north of Albemarle. Bethany Fire Chief Rov Clayton said most damage was to the
what I said during this portion. By the time I got to the second half of my talk, I was so devastated and humiliated by my failure up to this point that I forgot most of what I was primed to say during the last half. So the whole 15 minutes turned into a quarter-hour disaster. I apologize to those good ladles comprising the audience for committing such a fiasco. If we ever have a comparable : situation again I promise to do better, even if I have to bring my own canteen. That taught me a lesson about what smugness and impatience can do for a person. I blame most of It on those few swallows of black coffee which dried out my mouth and tongue. I've never had coffee to whallop me quite like that before. Now I fully realize the importance and appropriateness of that pitcher of water and the drinking glass I used to see always in place beside the speaker's rostrum at alt public speaking events. A revival jm that practice wouldn't be a bad idea. Anyway, you can learn from my experience, along with me. Never, and 1 mean never, t r j | to make a speech with a dehydrated mouth.
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JOKESMITH Heaven-Bound A small boy, visiting New York City for the first time, went in an elevator to the top of the Empire State Building. As he shot past the 62nd floor at; breath-taking speed, he gulped, turned to his father and ticked, "Daddy, does God know we're coming?" He Used His Head | "Almost every man can find work if he uses his brains," asserted the man who had traveled a good deal. "That is, if he has the ability to adapt himself like the piano-tuner I once met in the Far West. "We were in a wild, unsettled country, and I said to him, 'Surely piano-tuning can't be very lucraUve here. I should not imagine that pianos were very plentiful in this region.' " No, they're not', said the piano-tuner, 'but I make a'pretty fair income by tightening up barbed-wire fences'."
From Points North Of Here While visiting with his folks here during the Christmas holidays, one of my cousins, Buddy Lowder, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, told me he was in Hagerstown, Maryland, one day last fall and saw an item there that reminded him so much of me that he bought it for me. But, he said he forgot to bring it along when he left Virginia on his trip to Albemarle. He did, however, promise to send it to me after he returned home. He kept his promise. The item arrived in the mail one day last week. Removing it from the large manila envelope, I quickly realized why Buddy thought of me when he saw it and bought it. It's a magazine entitled (appropriately enough) Cracker Barrel. Its sub-title labels it "A Unique Regional Magazine Serving The Tri-State Region''. It reminds me of regional magazines I've seen from time to time, particularly the Charlotte magazine published in our neighboring metropolis. But, it's more than that. It contains quite a bit of "homespun" material, such as a small column inside dubbed "Cracker Crumbs", by a writer called kindly old Phil.
In his column, Phil asks several questions, then gives his own answers. Such as: For what is Hilda Gramstone famous? Answer: She went to a drive-in movie and became the first woman ever to be run over on the way to the bathroom. Who wears a red outfit with boots and has a beard and only works one day a year? Answer: Either Santa Claus or my son. Where in the Bible are retirees mentioned? Answer: In the story about the multitude that loafs and fishes. One of the feature stories in this particular edition of that Cracker Barrel could possibly have been written in Albemarle. It's about an old school building being torn down. A picture of the building appears on the cover, and two nostalgic stories, with other photographs, are inside. The reason I say it could have been written in Albemarle is the fact that the school building, is an almost exact duplicate of Albemarle Junior High School. I looked at it twice before I could tell any major differences. Another reason is, this building was built in 1926, along
about the same time the Junior High here was first put in use as Albemarle High School. Perhaps, if "the City School Board follows its present plans, we'll be able to publish photographs and similar nostalgic stories about the AJHS building in the not-too-distant future. For this reason I'll keep this copy of Cracker Barrel for future reference. In a note attached to the magazine, Buddy says, "Maybe you can start one like this for the Piedmont, North Carolina." Which is probably a pretty good idea. But not for me. It's all I can do to put together one newspaper "Cracker Barrel" column per week — much less a 32-page Cracker Barrel magazine once a month! Since I started this column with material from up north, I suppose I might as well go ahead and include some more Yankee-based information in it. My wife's mother recently spent a few weeks visiting her other daughter in Pennsylvania. While there, she picked up a most interesting placemat in one of the restaurants where they dined.
This placemat contains & collection of unique Pennsylvania Dutch expressions. I enjoyed them, and feel you might, too. Here they are; I sit broad, ain't I? Throw Papa down the stairs his hat. Late it is already. Levi's tooth ouches him. I've seen him yet already. We grow too soon old and too late schmart. It's some warm today. Make the door shut. Throw the cow over the fence some hay. Let's walk the street down. Poor Jakey . . . he's wonderful sick. I've known her long already. Don't run off now yet. Jacob's at the table and half et already. That way I ain't. Me and Becky are going to be hitched some of these days. * We were discussing the^frequent use of unnecessary words the other day. Like, for example, one said, "Raise the window up." Another, "Close the door shut." Still another capped it all off when he wanted to know, "Why do we call it a hot water heater"
U. S. Security First Is Policy Necessity By EDWARD J. WALSH Now that, the Americans held hostage in Iran for nearly IS months have come home, the black humor on the Washington cocktail circuit will include the question: Who will be named our new ambassador to Iran? The joke is not funny; we won't be resuming diplomatic relations with that anarchic ^state for a long time, if ever. At least one more revolution is certain there, and from America's point of view, one is needed. .. The questions of American relations with the developing nations, the so-called Third JVorld, is not so easily dismissed. We may regret the retreat of Britain; France. Germany, .'Portugal and the Netherlands from positions of influence in the undevloped world, but they have nonetheless retreated. We Jnow face in their former colonies in Africa and Asia a collection of chaotic, often primitive nations that have mostly .'shed the accoutrements of Western civilization their European sponsors had brought (hem. In much of the Third World, p r i n c i p a l l y the desperately poor countries of Africa, the law of the jungle has been reasserted. Idi Amin. a disciple of Moslem fanatic Khadaf i of Libya, was the clearest example. But totalitarian regimes that pay homage to '.Moscow have proven no less barbarous. Inasmuch as the Third World is a geopolitical fact of life today, the United States must deal with it, if only because the
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accidental juxtaposition of nations has placed some of the most backward and hostile states near some of the most strategically significant ones. Southern Africa is a case in point. South Africa, which produces 2 percent of the world's non-fuel minerals, including 50 percent of America's imports of platinum group metals and 39 percent of its chrome, lies next to the Marxist states of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Not much farther away are Angola,
crawling with Cuban troops, and the socialist nightmare of Tanzania. The Soviet Union is paying close attention to the Third World, and is working hard to promote its interests. The United States must do the same. The Carter Administration recognized the importance of the under-developed world, but in a tragic and reckless way, that actively promoted the accession of brutal Marxist regimes, in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Nicaragua. It stood by idly as the Shah of Iran went down. Andrew Young at the United Nations gave official American approval to proSoviet regimes. Zbigniew Brzezinski in the White House provided the theoretical founda-
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, Albemarle, N. €,, Tuesday, February 3, 1981-3B treated as any other debt due X ^mi ? ! "-^^mmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmM ?'"***! the United States government. The agreement signed was only in effect if the payments had * e 11 mv7*. Administration been made on time. Therefore, at it is void. New arrangements d ted f auart i lv La°ayments * • 0P«on of must then be set up for recoupq navm ; now VA wan*^payment in full or other ment of this debt, either by oftset, if possible, or monthly pay11 an pa? * n? gements. Why' ments. nc 140W. Main St. A ' ° 0 e a n account has Q — As an honorably disbeen imported in default, it is Albemarle, N. C. charged veteran, I understand that I am entitled to Veterans Stereos — Jewelry — Guns Thirf World, we must, she Administration medical benewrites, assess realistically the fits. Are there any benefits for. 983-1817 imp 3 008 f, sLy, ? alternatives my family? on tW ,s<*Wity 0{ t h e U n i t e d A — Your family is not ensta words titled to care in a VA facility. wher t h i«'fir!S ng lf her o f f l c i-a l «"» r e S ; u «c- There is a medical insurance tionS what sl £ Iff » »e has said, program called CHAMPVA we aJulaUlln V" to a good start in available to families of totally overh g our Third World disabled service connected policy' ^ veterans.
tion for the spurious "NorthSouth dialogue," that rationalized leftist revolutions. To all this, President Carter acquiesced a simplistic acceptance of leftist sloganeering as principled humanitarians. As a result, most of the Third World today is closer to slavery than democracy. President Reagan's appointment of Jeane Kirkpatrick to be United Nations ambassador suggests that he wants to heed the importance of the Third World by placing the security interests of the United States" first. Mrs. Kirkpatrick's view, simply stated, is that a policy that enhances the national security of the United States is also a policy that will improve the lives of the peoples of the
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N. C. Farmers Cutting Back Pork Output Further decreases in production are being forecast for North Carolina's large pork industry, but U. S. output is expected to hold its own or increase slightly. Hog numbers in the state at the end of 1980 were down by about 7 percent from the same time a year earlier, according to the N. C. Crop Reporting Service. North Carolina farrowings (litters of pigs born) declined 4 percent toward the end of the year. This came on the heels of a 15 percent decrease during the June-August period. The average number of pigs per litter saved was 7.3 for September-November and 7.4 for June-August. North Carolina producers are expected to decrease farrowings by 17 percent during the period ending in February and by 14 percent in the March-May 1981 period. U. S. hog producers intend to farrow 7.2 million sows during the December 1980-May 1981 period. This would be about the same as for the same period a year ago and about 20 percent above two years ago. These intentions and a projected litter size indicate a pig crop of 52 million head. 3 percent above a year earlier. The U. S. pig crop for 1980 totaled 102 million head, 1 percent less than during 1979 but 15 percent above the 1978 pig crop.
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There may be a misalignment of vertebras in the spine causing pressure on nerves, yet the patient experiences no pain in fhe back. Instead, a variety of sensations may be felt in other parts of the body. These include tingling, tightness, hot spots, cold spots, crawling sensations, electric shock sensations, stinging, burning, and others. Here are nine critical symptons Involving back pain or Strange sensations which are usually the forerunners of more serious conditions. Any one of these usually spells back trouble. (1) Parasthesias (see above) (2) Headaches (3) Painful joints (4) Numbness in the arms or hands (5) Loss of sleep (6) Stiffness in the neck (7) Pain between the shoulders (8) Stiffness or pain intowerback (9) Numbness or pain in the legs. These signals indicate that your body is being robbed of normal nerve function. Until this function is restored, you will, in some degree, be Incapacitated. The longer you wait to seek help, the worse the condition will become. Don't ^^^ wait!.Should you experience any of these danger signals - . tBgj-. . . call for in depth consultation In Layman's terms.
U.S.D.A. Choice Quality Trimmed Beef
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J?BIRTHS Born at Stanly Memorial Hospital : January 25, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Allen Blume, Route l, Norwood. January 27, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Eldridge Pigg,' 724 N. Second Street. Albemarle. January 28, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Perry Purvis, Jr., Norwood. January 28. son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lynwood Davis. 708 Ruby Street, Albemarle. January 29, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Don Scott Page, Norwood. January 29. daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Eugene Barnhardt, Oakboro January 29, son to Miss Christine MaryLee Hamilton, Misenheimer. January 29, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Helvin McSwain. Route 1, Norwood.
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Fresh Green Onions
Vegetable Wesson Oil
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Pink, Blue, White, Yellow Or Green
Tide Detergent
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Dry Bush Blockeye Peas
Stokely Fruit Cocktail
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Asa member of the 3rd largest buying house in the country, we are able to give you national brand quality and variety in these private brands at savings of 5 to 15V (Look for the orange signs in the store!)
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Because of this same buying strength, we offer you a 3rd choice — Economy brands which include Dartmouth. Valu Time and other packer labels. These products are of standard quality or better.equal to the best nutrition and generally at savings of 10to 30%- (Look for the blue signs in the store!)
Basic National brand items, you've learned to trust and often need, priced as low as possible day after day. Now add it up — 4 ways to save and you don t have to give up quality, variety and service (Look for the green signs in the store!)
Prices In This Ad Effective Through Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1981 in Albemarle Harris Teeter Store Only We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities We Gladly Redeem Federal Food Stamps
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MUFFLERS FOR ANY type of car. Sid's Tire Market, 1451 East Main Street, Albemarle, N.C. Phone 9832707 N7878C
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75 GRAN TORINO - 4-door, AT, PS, air, light blue, new tires, $1,495.0o! We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 '66 FORD PICKUP^Tj^g b o x e i g h , cylinder, straight drive, beige $995.00. We finance. Mickey Huneyr cutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 •66 FORD PICKUP^"new flat bed, straight drive, great wood truck $795.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. . . . N7948 73 CHEV. VAN — custom interior," V8 automatic, reduced to $995.00 We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N 7948 '64 FORD VAN - camping interior, only $895.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR
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FIREWOOD — mix hardwood, green o r dry, cut any length. % cord. Also ready cut. Haul your own. Ray Dixon. 982-6380. N7843C 1321 FREEMAN AVENUE - Charm and personality goes with this 5 room, 1 bath older home. Large lot. JS3.000. Margaret P. Hathcock Realty 982-6563 or Ruby M. A l m o n d , Associate Broker, 982-5505. N7844C UNCLAIMED LAYAWAY - BRAND new 4-piece bedroom suite, full-size mattress and foundation, sofa and chair, 5-piece dinette suite, 3 tables, 2 lamps. Reg. $1,029.95; now $588. $10 a week. Ferguson Furniture Company, 251 West Main Street. N7845C
WHEEL CHAIR for sale. 982-180$. N5301 FOR SALE OR TRADE lor boat - 1 9 7 6 custom chopper, runs strong. 750 built to 836. Roll bar out of 1965 Chevy pick-up. Call 982-4759. Ask l o r WllN6293 liam Hatley. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. Huneycutt Motors, Inc., Hwy. 52 north, Albemarle, 983-1154. N7517
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FOR SALE - Display Model " room Brigadier Mobile Home- S a v e e_ up t o o n e thousand on this home- S lect Mobile H o m e s , Hwy 59 Nortf1, 2 retirement. Let us Introduce miles north o i K-Mart. N7882 NEW MILLER MOm^'noiif^'' you to Senior Security®. It nances. Select Mobile Home*. H w y ' provides benefits for many 52 North, 2 miles north of K-Mart expenses not covered under j&i~...-,fih N7883 Medicare. FOR SALE - 1 9 7 T c a 7 b T i M " M O ^ Home. 2 bedrooms, very good c o n c ' i ' EAST ALBEMARLE - beautiful c o l tion. Select Mobile Homes HW- 5 2 onial, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large livNorth, 2 miles north oi K-Ma'rt. N7884 ing room, large d e n with fireplace, FOR SALE - FescuTh^TSece formal dining room, large kitchen with Hahn, Rt. 2, Oakboro, 485-3070. built-ins and eating area. Large corN6300 ner lot. 2 years old with heat pump, FOR SALE - 1970 LTDToTdlS^" energy efficient. By appointment o n wagon, new rebuilt 390. Good condiSTANLY COUNTY farm acreage. 62 N7546 Bear I n s u r a n c e ly. 982-0293 after 6. tion. Equipped with trailer hitch and acres, house, barn, pond, rolling BY OWNER 1978 Olds 98 Diesel. Service accessories. $450.00 or best ° , f e r land. R. Giles Moss. Realtor. Day 786Moon roof, deluxe, all power, 30,000 Call anytime, 463-5992. N6287 173 N. Second Street 1013, nights 788-2018. N7805C miles. $6,700.982-0293 after 6. N7547 FIREWOOD FOR SALE - Hardwood 2,000 AFRICAN VIOLETS n bloom. A l b e m a r l e , N. C. " H O M E OF THE NICE G U Y S " . delivered in 1 ton truck, $50.00 per Near Prospect Church. Call or come Phone 982-1156 Huneycutt Motors, Inc., Hwy. 52 load, 485-3530. N6278 anytime, 983-1662. N7816C north, Albemarle, 983-1154. N7519 WEST STANLY - Want to IW I" a FOR SALE: Stove pipe, elbows, milts, 3 BEDROOM, 1 % bath brick house in barn in the country with modern eon ' and other items to hook up your wood Oakwood Park on the Graentop Road. venience? 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, tw"1' stove. Get them now at Stanly Hdw. Can b e approved for FHA loan. Call in stove, large utility, double garage, South 1st Street, Albemarle. N7807C 982-4254. N7828C 2 out buildings for storage. M i d i ' s , 3-BEDROOM HOUSE o n A u s t i n Call 983-2958, Stony Run Realty, Realtor. 485-461°; WOOD FOR SALE Street. Johnny Davis Realty, 982N7565C nights & weekend, 485-4567. N7S95C anytime. 8818. N7808C WE WANT your business. Huneycutt FIREWOOD FOR SALE - dry or green KINDLING WOOD for sale. Whole dry or mix. Cut any length will haul V* Motors, Inc., Hwy. 52 north, Albepine slabs or cut. By ton or pickup marie, 983-1154. N7509 cord, $40. load Call 983-1058 - 8:30 truck. Call 485-3530. N7831 N7826 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 270 GALLON FUEL TANK and stand. FOR SALE IN NORWOOD, 3 bedroom, Used one year. 982-1936. _J7919 Call Us ANDERSON HEIGHTS - 200x200 1 bath home on Eastover Avenue. 2 1975 CHEVROLET MONZA Town heavily wooded corner lot. Margaret years old. Lot 100x400. Johnny Davis For 1st A n d 2nd Coupe. 4 cylinder, 4-speed, 8°°d P. Hathcock Realty, 982-6563. Ruby Realty Company. 982-8818. N7384C Mortgage Loans condition, good gas mileage. Need to M. Almond, Assoc. Broker, 982-5505. NEED A CAR? See David or Steve. N7920 sell. 982-6280 after 5. N7533C Huneycutt Motors. Inc., Hwy. 52 982-2135 HOMELITE X L 2 , 1 2 " bar; Poulan245. WEST STANLY. That 1V story older 2 north. Albemarte, 983-1154. N7518 18" bar; Honda Mini-Trail; 1971.«nto; home in the country on 3.9 acres. 2 BarclaysAmerica Credit, Inc. 63 WHITLEY STREET. Norwood - 2 Frigidaire automatic clothes dryer; baths, single car garage with glass bedroom. 1 bath home o n 50 by 100 Speed Queen automatic clothes enclosed breezeway for your plants, lot. Partial basement, garage, stove dryer. Call after6:00 p.m.. 463-5253. outbuilding finished for a game room, and window air conditioner. Neat, _J7J21 shady oaks in the yard. Late 40's. cozy and lovable. $15,000. Margaret 1974 PINTO STATION W A G ONJM^Stony Run Realty, 485-4618: nights P. Hathcock Realty. 982-6563, or 2900. N7495 and weekends 485-456?. N7534C Ruby M. A l m o n d , Assoc. Broker. 982KING WOOD HEATERS - Ferguson New and Used Saws FOR SALE - 16-month-old bull, Vi 5505. N7540C Furniture, 251 West Main Street, AlSimmental, Vi Herford. 463-7998. By ECHO " H O M E OF THE NICE G U Y S " . bemarle N7535C _J7496 Huneycutt Motors, Inc.. Hwy. 52 • Chain Saws LONESOME PINES SUBDV. - The LOVELY HOME on 4 acres, 3 BRs, 3 north, Albemarle, 983-1154. N7511 new still smells on this 1 year old, 3 • Weed Trimmer baths, recreation room, office area, USED TIRES — $8.00 and up. By-Pass bedroom, 2 bath, trl-level home. built-ins, heat pump, fireplace, 2 car • Brush C u t t e r Tire a n d Service. Hwy. 24-27 West, Family room with fireplace, % basegarage, paved drive, also large separAlbemarle, (Shell Station). 983-1500. "We Service What We Sell" ate workshop. Shown by appointment ment and heat pump. Large landN7552 only. American Real Estate, 982-0707. scaped lot. Margaret P. Hathcock N7484C Realty, 982-6563 or Ruby M. Almond, Assoc. Broker, 982-5505. N7536C B u y i n g clean and used cars Call 982Wood heater. FOR SALE MORGAN ROAD — Personality pius N7497 and trucks, paying fair 2464. goes with this 4 BR, 2 bath, traditional black book v a l u e . See Bill 36-INCH HARDWICK gas range, exbrick home. F.P., h/w floors, double cellent condition. $200. 474-4800 or Sails a t C & J M o t o r s , E. brick garage on 100x192 lot. Margaret 474-4163. N7498 M a i n across f r o m l i b r a r y . P. Hathcock Realty, 982-6563. Ruby M. Almond, Assoc. Broker, 982-5505. FIREWOOD FOR SALE — mixed hartAustin Rd. Phone 982-1561 N7537C 983-1315 w o o d . $40 pickup load local, split and delivered. 463-5876. N8901 WEST STANLY —17 acres with pond, FOR SALE — 2 contemporary 3 bedroom country home, another dressers with mirroflt-— 1 dark finish, home suitable for rental and outbuildAUCTION SALE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT 1 blonde finish, good condition. $45 a ings. The early 60's. Stony Run Real1215 Pee Dee A v e n u e Behind G u r l e y Realty ty, 485-4619. Nights and weekend piece or both $80. 474-5353 after 5 p.m. N8902 AUCTIONEERS: 485-4567. N7538C 1975 OLDS OMEGA — 4-door, AC, R.Norwood J. A d a m G u r l e y Fred H. Lippard 13 ACRES — West of Badin Road, apA M / F M , new tires. Good condition. proximately 1V2 miles from city limits. NCAL 1472 NCAL2087 NCAL 1881 $2j00.474-5294, N8906 Build your home here for a quiet, 983-1560 463-5811 474-3404 peaceful setting and gorgeous view 2-INCH HANDMADE solid pine s e t of rolling hills. Margaret P. Hathcock 2 end tables. 1 coffee table, unRealty, 982-6563, or Ruby M. Almond. finished. Call 463-7706 after 7 weekAssoc. Broker. 982-5505. N7539C days, after 12 o n Saturday. N7I14 HUNEYCUTT MOTORS INC. now has' NEED A CAR? See David or Steve. a select group of cars for on lot fi- Huneycutt Motors,* ttcJtHwy. 52 nancing, N7512 north, Albemarle, 983-1154. N7510 50 CARS to choose from, $495.00 to ALBEMARLE - WOODED LOT Witt) $1,875.00. We d o our own financing. water and sewage. $2,500. Stony Run LOCATED INSIDE JIMGO SALES Mickey H u n e y c u t t Auto Sales. Hwy. Realty, Realtor. Call 485-4618. night 52 North, Albemarle. 704-983-2000. and weekends. 485-4567. N7562C 130 South 1st St., Albemarle, N.C. 704/983-4194 ' N7896C HARDWOOD FOR SALE — V* ton. $35,474-4947. N7556 1971 FIAT 124 Special 4-door, 4-
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ALBEMARLE GOLD ' j AND SILVER
BUYING GOLD — MARKED OR UNMARKED SILVER — COINS A N D STERLING
Your f u l l t i m e local coin shop. We buy, sell, and t r a d e a l l types of coins. W e have a large group of coins for y o u r selection in stock. PRICES M A Y V A R Y DAILY DUE TO MARKET FLUCTUATION
Gary Thompson and Homer Baker — Managers HOURS: 9 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Monday-Saturday.
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8-ROOM HOUSE, 1 acre or more of land. Antique oak aide board, table, wash stand, chairs, other pieces, 4853655. N6284 FIREWOOD-Call 983-3292.
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• AUTO I TRUCK •TRACTOR Cleaning, repairing, recoring, new radiators, water pumps, hoses and belts. Heater cores in stock for most cars. Auto air conditioning service.
Smith Radiator Service 1936 West Main Street, Albemarle, NC
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FOR SALE BY OWNER 1,700 Sq. Ft. Spilt Level Home w i t h 750 Sq. Ft. Basement. Located o n M a g n o l i a Drive i n Woodcrest Subdivision, behind C& A. Formal living r o o m , dining r o o m , den w i t h fireplace, 3 bedrooms, eat-in k i t c h e n a n d c a r p o r t . Assumable 10.78% l o a n , no closing costs, $67,500.00. Shown By Appointment Only
Call 982-0570
speed. Excellent drive train, body — fair. Asking $750.982-3338. N7903 1972 MERCURY MARQUIS - 59,500 original miles, a l l available options, good set of radial tires. $850. 4637521. N7899 1974 YAMAHA RD 350. 7,000 mile*, excellent condition. Needs speedometer. $300. Call 463-1021 after 5 p.m. N7900 WANTED — LIONEL and American flyer trains any condition. Call Jerry 704-932-7776. N8907 SEWING MACHINE SPECIAL- Clean oil adjust — bought here? Absolutely free — o t h e r s $9.95. Latest m o d e l s large selection — save to and over 50 percent. Bob Scott's, 3 miles North 52,982-7425, 7 to 9, six days. N8911 VACUUM CLEANERS - Don't pay store rent or salesmans high commiss i o n s . Hoover — new shipment on the way, Electrolux with power head — $99.95, Thompson - stronger than any, no duet smell. Bob Scott's, 3 miles North 52, 982-7425,7 to 9, six days. _ N8912 HUNEYCUTT MOTORS INC. now has a select group of cars for on lot financing. _N7520 HARDWOOD - long, wide pickup load, $35.983-1887. 1N6B10 FOR SALE OR LEASE - asking $48,000 — new home. 1.477 heated and garage, 3 BRs, 2 baths, fireplace. total electric, located off Hwy 73 on paved road 1244. Call 982-4966 after 5 P-m_ N7488
FOR SALE — Interior and exterior house paint, brushes, rollers, paint sundries, etc. Lefler Radio & Television Service, 1450 East Main Street. N7933C COMMERCIAL BUILDING 3,200 square feet, excellent location. Owner will consider financing. Margaret P. Hathcock Realty 982-6563, Ruby M, Almond, associate broker, 982-5505. N7934C |/2 PRICE SALE ON brand name mattresses. Ferguson Furniture Company, 251West_Ma[n(Street. j^7935C BRAIDED RUGS - Oriental Rugs — ?i!2!L__ N7948 Contemporary Rugs — 50 percent off '72 C H E V E L L E S S ^ 2-door, automaon discontinued patterns, seconds, Jjc. mags, R.L. tire, blue, $1,395.00. returns. Over 10.000 rugs — first qualWe finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto ity braids — approx. 9'x12' start at S__S__3-2000, DLR 2336. N7948 $39.95. 100 percent wool Oriental 72 MONTE CARLO - AT, air, PS, PB rugs approx. 9x12' — $349.95. Large silver color, $1,195.00. We finance. selection. Free padding with first Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983quality purchase. Call 919-576-3241, 2000. DLR 2336. N7948 Troy, N.C. N7936C 7TGRAN TORINO - 2-door coupe, MOBILE HOME - 1973 Oakwood, 3 air, automatic, PS, PB, brown, only BR. 12x65, 1V2 baths. Set up in nice $1,195.00. We finance. Mickey park. Includes central air, oil tank and Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR stand, metal storage building, ,2336; N7948 $8,500.00. Call 982-0570. N7940C 73 COUGAR X-R7 - AT, air, PS, PB, 2 VERY NICE traditional style solid dark blue, $1,295.00. We finance. oak end tables. Also 1 oval glass top Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983coffee table with brass base. These 2000. DLR 2336. N7948 tables are only a few years old. 46370 MUSTANG GRANDE 302, AT, 3624. N7958 PS, PB, AM-FM, air, V.T., VGC, FORMAL DRESSES - sizes 5-16, $1,295.00. We finance. Mickey $10-20. Values to $80.982-3371. Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR N7961 2338. N7948 75 FORD COURIER Pickup. Good ^ CHEVY PICKUP - short box,v8ix shape, 25 mpg, new tires. 982-3530 cylinder, automatic, new tires, after 6:00 p.m. N7962 V.G.C., $1,295.00. We finance. HAY FOR SALE. Rye grass and fes- Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983cue. 826-8155. N5304 2000. DLR 2336. N7948 LIVE RED HENS - Richfield Farm 73 SWINGER COUPE - AT,PS, PB, Supply, Richfield, 463-7793. N8915 air, blue, only $995.00. We finance. FOR SALE — 6 pipe insert for fire-" Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983place with blower. Used 1 winter. 2000. DLR 2336. N7948 Cost $130. Yours half price. 982-8427. 72 CAPRICE COUPE - AT, air, PS, PB, beige color, only $795.00. We fiN8918 nance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE. 1974 260Z 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 and 1976 2 + 2 280Z Datsun. Both with 7 1 TRAVELALL - AT, air, PS, PB, air conditioning and AM/FM. 982trailer towing package, green. Only 1044. N8921 $895.00. We finance. Mickey HuneyLIVE RED HENS, Richfield Farm Supcutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. ply, Richfield. Phone 463-7793. N8916 N7948 1980 BLAZER - 12,000 miles, fully equipped, cruise control. AM-FM stereo, tilt steering wheel, power windows, removable top, 4-wheel drive. Like new, $9,500 or best offer. Call 474-4051. N7946 HONDA CB 500- Twin. 6,000 miles, $750. Call 982-0542. N7950 GE REFRIGERATOR with large freezer on top. Extra nice, $150. 9831639. N7951 AKC CHOCOLATE AND black Labrador puppies. Field and show, champion background. Stud available. 2795893. N7953 SINGER SEWING MACHINE - cabinetmodel, $125.982-0909. N7955 FRUIT TREES, nut trees, berry plants, grape vines, landscaping plant material — offered by Virginia's largest growers Free copy 48pg Planting Guide-Catalog in color, on request. Waynesboro Nurseries Inc. — Waynesboro, VA 22980. N7931T HOTPOINT ICE MAKER Refrigerator. At a reasonable price, nearly new. 982-2854. N7956
Its all-nitrate form ot nitrogen works right away in cereal crops — even in cold, wet soils. Helps promote larger seed heads. Non acidforming. virtually chlorine free. Look for the Bulldog on the bag. See your fertilizer" dealer..
982-3556 n i g h t s
Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation
Special Showing and Demonstration A.B. Dick Copying ond Duplicating System presented by Gray & Creech, Inc. The presentation will be at the Heart of Albemarle Motel, Tuesday thru Thursday, February 10, 11 and 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Come see us for new communications for the 80's.)
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982-0183
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982-8915 or 982-9443 DELAND DR. NORWOOD— Brick, 3 BR, 2 bath home, LR. kitchen and dining combination with full basement and wooded lot. $39,500 NORTH OF TOWN — Great room with pretty fireplace, large dining area, kitchen with built-ins goes with this lovely brick home. 3 BRs and 2 baths, single carport and paved drive all for only $45,000. 609 N. 6TH ST. - Good tocation and a 4 BR home. LR. DR, kit. with built-ins. 2 full baths, large den with fireplace downstairs and plentv of storage. $52,500. 503 CONCORD RD. — Large older 4 BR home, l bath, large country kitchen, sitting porch, corner lot and outside storage. Priced at $26,500. RICHFIELD - Brick, 3 BR home, 2 baths, great room with fireplace. Good location and priced at $40,900. ANDERSON ROAD - Over S a c r e s o f land goes with this T.%; L . i? .I. i o U M 2 BR home. bath. LR with f.replace, targe country kitchen with dining area, utility building and large barn for you animal rovers. Make an offer. HIGH ROCK RD. — Near Richfield, Colonial style brick home, 2 fuU baths, kitchen with built-ins, formal LR and dining room, large den with fireplace, double garage, all this sitting on a quiet l.» acres and ready for a new owner. eg 8 5QQ
RANDOM HILLS — Just like r o c k 9**1 siding home. 3 bedrooms, * full baths, kttcb. e n w i t h built-ins, nice dining area - 8 r e a t r o o m *'th r o c k fireplace, dining area and double carport, large corner lot, call for appointment, ,,...^« VALLEY DRIVE - Beautif "l , a r g e t r , - l e v e l home, 4 °. R ?- 3 b a t h s - formal LR and ? I n , l , g r o o m - " * • wfth builtms * " e n w , * b fireplace and large play room with rock fireplace, unattached double g a r a g e and landscaped wooded lot. n e w
SEE THIS BRAND NEW WILLIAMSBURG HOME — 3 bedrooms, 21? baths, formal living room & dining room, den with fireplace, large kitchen with built-ins, and breakfast area, double garage, heat pump and central air. Priced at $85,500. Located on Ridge St. Extension in Heritage Court. TURCHER DRIVE — New 4 bedroom home, 2 baths, ,ar e « g™at room with firea n d P. 1 ?"- d | " » n « , . , r P ° m kitchen with built-ins. cedar ^
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806 BRUNSON DR. — Elegant setting and a pretty trilevel home. 4 BRs, 3 baths, ' formal LR and DR. paneled . den with corner fireplace. VALLEY DRIVE — Nestled lots of storage and extras. on a beautiful hillside, a log Beautiful natural yard. cabin with every modern SNUGGS ROAD - Pretty 2 convenience. Three bedroo acre lot goes with this large 2 " > s : . t w o , hatha hud a huge ro k f BR home, LR with fireplace. ? »re_lace. " you like DR and kitchen, large sun * p " v a . < £ !*"s is for you. I t s room for plants. Block gaonly $56,500. rage and priced at $34,500. E L A I N E DR. — Brick STONE MOUNTAIN — Enranch style home, 3 BRs, 2 ergy efficient new home, baths, LR, DR. comb. kit. great room with fireplace, and den comb., double carDR, 3 BRs, 2 baths, double port, central air and heat, garage, pretty wood deck on plus extra lot with double gaback of home. Over 2 acres rage, beautifully landscaped of land. Can be shown any and ready for a new owner.. day. SPRINGHAVEN — Perfect location goes with this contemporary home almost new 3 BRs, 2Vt baths, living room dining room, den with
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BRICK BUILDING located on Concord Road. Ready for an office or storage. Priced to sell. SOUTH STANLY — B E T H L E H E M CHURCH RD. - This 3 BR home is qualified for FmHA loan, and priced to sell. Call today.
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GOLD: Wedding bands, charms, class rings, dental gold (in any condition) or any gold that is marked 10K, 14K or 18K. SILVER: Dimes, quarters, halves, silver dollars (1964 or before), sterling flatw a r e or jewelry (any condition).
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HARDWOOD FOR-SALE - % l o n , $35.474-4947. N7957 FOR SALE — Townhouse, 8 rooms, 2 baths, with heat pump, fireplace and carport. 2 blocks from Badin Country Club, $39,500, 55 Maple Street, Badin. 422-5255 or 982-9310. N8922
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N e w A n d Used Homes
1973 TAYLOR MOBILE HOME 12x50. Furnished, oil drum and stand, $4,500 firm. 422-5450. ^7869 ALBEMARLE — 2 bedroom bungalow with d e n and living room, central heat, carpet and garage. Perfect for smaH family. Nothing to do but move in. Early $20's. Good loan assumption. Stony Run Realty, Realtor 4854618, nights and weekends 485-4567. . N7879C
Nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with living room, dining room, kitchen, den, double carport, d e c k . Nice c o r n e r lot, e x cellent n e i g h b o r h o o d .
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463-5549 982-3792 463-7431
MIUPPIPUMMPM FOR SALE
FOR RENT
HELP WANTED
SERVICES
71 COUGAR — automatic, air, PS, PB, light blue, $1,195.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 9832000. DLR 2336. N7948 •69 CHEVELLE — 2-door, yellow, AT, PS, only $895.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 72 PINTO WAGON — automatic, four cylinder, gold color, $1,195.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 74 DUSTER — six cylinder, automatic. PS, great gas mileage, $1,295.00. life finance.'Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 "75 VEGA — automatic, four cylinder, beige, $895.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sates, 983-2000. DLR
FOR RENT - 2 bedroom mobile home completely furnished with or without utilities. No pets. Call after 5 p.m. 982-0255. N8908 NORTH STANLY Mobile Home Park — 1 mobile home for rent. 485-4108. Best time to call 7 in the morning.
MATURE DEPENDABLE LADY to live in small trailer beside retired couple and clean house for them. No drinking allowed, rent and utilities furnished — plus salary. Call 982-7471 between 8 a.m.-8 p.m. only. References required. N7959 SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT Must have neat appearance and references. Apply in person to Charlotte Rd. 66. 2119 Charlotte Rd. between 6 and 7 p.m. N7960 THIS 20 SECOND AD COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Do you take sales want ads with a grain of salt? Can't say that I blame you. We're looking for career-minded men and women who want the opportunity to earn three to five hundred dollars or more a week. If your qualifications match our requirements, this could be the day that turns your life around. For personal Interview and recorded message call 536-4387. N7947
REMOVE TREE STUMPS, top trees, prune trees and shrubbery, take down trees. We offer expert tree service, 25 years experience. Also wood for sale. Dixon, Route 1, Albemarle,
2336.
N7948
'72 ELECTRA 225 — 4-door hardtop, loaded with equipment, dark green, $995.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2338. N7948 74 ELDORADO - new paint, loaded w i t h . e q u i p m e n t , sharp only $1,695.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR '2336. N7948 73 COMET — 2-door, AT, PS. small V8 brown/white top. $995.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 74.VEGA — automatic, four cylinder, dark blue. $895.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales. 9832000. DLR 2336. N7948 73 VEGA — automatic, four cylinder. only $695.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 75 GRAN TORINO - 2-door, AT, PS, air, medium blue. $1,495.00. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales, 983-2000. DLR 2336. N7948 FOR SALE — new house in Windsor Hills, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, great room, carport, utility room, central ail and heat. Johnny Davis Realty Com-
pany, 982-8818.
N7447C
FIREWOOD FOR SALE - long bed pickup load for $35. Phone 463-7704. N7449 FOR SALE or trade for boat and motor of equal value. '77 Dodge Aspen SW, PS, PB, 6 cylinder, factory, 4-speed, overdrive, 25 plus mph on trips. Very good condition, $2,295.983-3720. j_ N7928 1976 DODGE MONACO 4-door. Looks good, runs good. $1,000.982-0783. _ _ _ N7927 NICE COMMERCIAL BUILDING containing 4.000 sq. ft. Avalable immediately. Johnny Davis Realty. 9828818. N7806C 74 CAPRICE WAGON - AT. air, PS, PB. VGC. only $995. We finance. Mickey Huneycutt Auto Sales. 9832000. DLR 2336. N7948
N8909 FOR RENT - All electric, 3-room furnished apartment; 2-bedroom mobile home, washer/dryer. Located in Richfield. Adults only. 463-7741. N3324 FOR RENT 12x60 2 bedroom mobile home fully furnished. Near C & A area, $175 per month. No pets. Call after6 p.m. 982-0827. N7916 HOUSE FOR RENT - 3 bedroom, 2 bath house, double carport, 983-1779 after 4:30 p.m. N6294 FOR RENT — 2 bedroom house just off Concord Road, also 2 bedroom trailer. Call after 6,982-7907. N8920C FOR RENT — furnished mobile home. $22 a week for 1 person or $25 a week for 2 persons. Adults only. No pets 983-2470. N8919 FOR RENT — 3 bedroom brick home, 2 baths, double garage, large shaded lot, city limits. $250 per month, $50 deposit. No pets. References required. Call 982-8427. N8917ONE BEDROOM furnished apartment. Suitable for 1 person. 1 mile west of Albemarle. Call 983-3028 after 3 p.m. N7944 FOR RENT — 3 bedroom brick house, IV2 baths, located in Oakboro City limits, 485-4388 after 5 p.m. N7492 FOR RENT - 2 BR mobile home, no pets, references and deposit required. Call 982-2613 or 982-4244. N7490 TWO BEDROOM MOBILE Home with washer and air conditioner. No pets. Call 463-7734. N7542C ROOMS AND APARTMENT by the week or month. Kitchenette, color TV, in-room phones. Across from Food Town. Call 982-8194. N7394C MOBILE HOME near the Carol Lee Outlet, Millingport Rd. Adults only. 463-7050. N7836 AVAILABLE JANUARY 1 3 - 2 bedroom mobile home on Lake Tillery. References and deposit required. Call anytime 474-4892 or 474-7210. N7553C UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT - Albemarle Hotel. Newly redecorated..nice quiet, fully furnished rooms and apartments for rent, by the. week or month, at reasonable rates. Call 9822713 or come by to compare. N7811C HOUSE — 2-3 bedrooms, carpeted, inside remodeled, carport, available immediately, 217 North 8th, $250 a month. Call Rose Karam, 982-7545
N7458C
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WOULD YOU LIKE A Career in Fashion? Try displaying Sarah Coventry Fashion and Karat Gold Jewelry full or part-time. For details call 6360031 or write Mgr. 1313 Longview Ave., Salisbury, N.C. 28144. N7929
FOR RENT FOR RENT — two bedroom 12x60 mobile home near South Stanly High School. 982-3228. N5302 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. 2 baths, central heat and air, Hawthorne Ave. One year lease, references and deposit -required. $275 monthly /Call 982-7982 after 5:30 p.m. N7865
955 Caterpillar Loader Service Clearing and excavation, yards graded, demolition w o r k , etc.
Wayne Davis Mid-Atlantic Construction Co. Call 786-0039 or 535-7233 Concrete Pumping Service also.
HELP WANTED
PART-TIME SECURITY GUARDS (weekend) Oakboro area. Good work record, clean police record, phone and transportation required. Apply in person to Mr. Crocker between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Suite 117, 5500 Executive Center Drive, Charlotte or call 535-5244. EOE
N8905 AVON. WE HAVE AN OPENING in Ridgecrest. Call 485-3460 or 9820366. leave message. ' • N7930 IMMEDIATE OPENINGS with cash bonuses as high as $4,000 available to high school graduates. No experience necessary. For information and qualifications call your local Army recruiter today. 982-9129 (collect). N7932 : .f£^. MEDICAL/DENTAL TRAINEES. No experience required. 17-34. High school grads. Call 1-800-662-7419 tree, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. N7943
INSTANT CASH FOR
GOLD & SILVER * * • * • •
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GOLD & SILVER, LTD. Next to the Barber Shop — Big Lick, N.C.
FOR SALE
Paramount INC.
REAL ESTATE
171 N. Second St. — Haynsworth Bldg. — Office 982-7011 Dewey R. Sides — Heme 982-3354 Vernon A. Huneycutt — Home 982-4625
3 BEDROOM HOUSE - located at 909 Smith Street has an extra large corner lot on Yadkin Street. All priced to sell together. Must see this one to appreciate. Owner will finance. LAKE TILLERY — Tranquil Bay Division — beautiful lake scenic lots. City water available. Make your choice early. Price $3,200 per lot. FOR SALE — 4 houses, all adjoining property, recently renovated inside. This is good rental property and reasonably priced to sell. If you are looking for an investment come to see us. 8 LOTS — located on Stoker Terrace, beautiful shaded area and nice residential community. Priced to sell. OFFICE SPACE — in Paramount Building for rent. Located at 328 South First Street. OAKBORO — 1 mile south, Hwy. 205, 3 bedroom house, 2 baths, living room, dining room, kitchen, den.plenty of closet space, v-2 acres land, very neat. Excellent for suburban living—priced to sell. Don't miss this one. FOR RENT — Office space located at 221 South 3rd St Previously occupied by Dr. Richard Black. Building contains offices and living quarters. H you hove real estate you're thinking oi selling, trading, or leasing, please give us o call and let us help.
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Recent sales have left us low on listings inventory. We need your listings; Houses, Land and Commercial Property. If you have property for sale, trade or lease, call us. Our experience shows.
PARAMOUNT REALTY PHONE: 982-7011
LADY TO STAY in home with Mrs. Will C. Blalock and son Thomas. Apply in writing to W. C. Blalock. Jr., Rt. 3. Box 266, Walnut Cove. N.C. or call 919591-4848. State salary desired.
N7809C CHARLOTTE COMPANY looking for man in Albemarle to install radios and prep new cars. Experience preferred.
Call 1-394-0363.
N7494
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Hydraulic hose manufacturer in Norwood, North Carolina has an immediate opening for Manufacturing Engineer. The position offers responsibility for the design, manufacture and installation of machinery and fixtures throughout the operation. This will include process improvements, safety innovations and factory modifications. The applicant should have a minimum of 3 years related experience. Engineering degree preferred, but not required. Please send resume and salary history in confidence to: AEROQUIP CORPORATION, A Subsidiary of Libbey-OwensFord Company, Rt. 3, Box 50-H. Norwood, N.C. 28128, Attn: Plant Engineer. An Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/H N7905
WANT TO BUY BUYING STANDING timber, logs and land. Horse and Skidder logging. Troy Lumber Company. Troy, N.C. Call (919-576-6111 days), (919-6299225 nights). N7937C CASH PAID DAILY - for pulpwood hauled to our yard. We also buy stumpage. Thinning and culling service. Ivey Sales Co.. yard at Southbound Depot. Phone 982-7628. N7938C WANTED - OLD FURNITURE, fans, motors, toys, TVs, and any other junk. Call983-1692. N7954 WE ARE BUYING clean used cars and trucks. Preferably newer models. "Makes sense to trade with Lentz's". Lentz's Auto Sales. 1304 North 1st Street. Albemarle. 983-2514. DLR 4666. N7952C PUSH LAWN MOWERS with Briggs & Stratton motors only. Call 983-1692.
N7915 WANT TO BUY Good used piano. : 463-5740. 'W-! N6292 WE BUY used cars and trucks, '76 and later models. Confederate Chevrolet, 232 South First St.. Albemarle, N.C. 982-2191. N7568C WE BUY CLEAN, used cars. SmithHuckabee. Inc. 983-2185. N7813C WE PAY CASH for used mobile homes. Select Mobile Homes. 9824715., /;,"•_ N7814C NORWOOD GOLD AND Silver, Jnc. — Buying silver coins, buying gold coins, buying dimes, quarters and halves, 1964 or earlier. Also silver dollars. Also buying scrap gold, such as wedding bands, class rings or broken jewelry. Buying any silver marked sterling silver, such as knives, forks, spoons, cups, bowls or candle holders. Anything marked sterling, Will pay top price anywhere. Call 474-3617 of 474-3692. N7812C
982-6380.
N7939C
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LOST AND FOUND LOST - PEKINGESE puppy, tan and white male. Lost in vicinity of Pee Dee Avenue. If found please call 982-2952.. Reward. N8904 LOST LARGE DOG - Black and white; blue eyes. Reward if returned. Call 983-1465. N7908
SURE — Advertising pays off. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA. STANLY COUNTY. In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Having qualified as Executor SNAP Want ads will help you. of the estate of Minnie Mustian Weaver of Stanly County, North Just dial 982-2121. Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Estate of said Minnie Mustian. NORTH CAROLINA. Weaver to present them to the] STANLY COUNTY. undersigned on or before July In the General Court of Justice 20, 1981 or the same will be Superior Court Division Having qualified as -Executor pleaded in bar of their reof the estate of Stella B. Lowder covery. All persons indebted to of Stanly County, North Caro- said Estate please make imlina, this is to notify all persons mediate payment. having claims against the This 15th day of January, Estate of said Stella B. Lowder 1981. to present them to the underLeslie F. Weaver signed on or before July 13,1981 Rt. 3, Box 161, or the same will be pleaded in New London, N.C. 28127 bar of their recovery. All per- J-20, 27; F-3,10 sons indebted to said Estate NORTHUAROLINA, please make immediate pay- STANLYCOUNTY. ment. Having qualified as executor This 8th day of January, 1981. of the estate of Sam Walter BarCarlieJ. Lowder rier, late of Stanly County, Route 3 North Carolina, this is to notify Norwood. N.C. 28128 all persons, firms and corporaJ-13, 20,27; F-3 tions having claims against the estate of said deceased to preADMINISTRATRIX'S sent them to the undersigned or NOTICE her attorney on or before July NORTH CAROLINA, 28, 1981, or this notice will be STANLYCOUNTY. pleaded in bar of their reIn the General Court of Justice covery. Superior Court Division All persons indebted to said Having qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Julia estate will please make imHenrietta Brooks of Stanly mediate payment. This the 27th day of January, County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having 1981. Billie Jo B. Rosenbaum claims against the Estate of Executor of the said Julia Henrietta Brooks to Estate of present them to the undersignSam Walter Barrier. ed on or before July 27, 1981 or Deceased the same will be pleaded in bar 414 South 4th Street of their recovery. All persons Albemarle, N.C. 28001 indebted to said Estate please Henry C. Doby, Jr. make immediate payment. This 2ist day of January, Attorney at Law 1981. Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Sheila Krone Davis J-27; F-3,10,17 140 Coggins Ave., NOTICE Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Of Preliminary Assessment J-27; F-3,10,17 Resolution Pertaining To the NOTICE OF Proposed Water Distribution System Extension On Corvette ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Execu- Street In The City Of Albetrix of the Last Will and Testa- marle, North Carolina. ment of Edwin C. Crisco, late of The public will take notice Stanly County, North Carolina that a preliminary resolution this is to notify all persons, pertaining to the proposed wafirms and corporations having ter distribution system extenclaims against said decedent or sion on Corvette Street as his estate to exhibit the same to adopted by the Council of the Cithe undersigned Executrix, or ty of Albemarle on February 16, to her Attorneys, on or before 1981. The proposed extension is the 27th day of July, 1981, or this as follows: Notice will be pleaded in bar of On Corvette Street from its intheir recovery. All persons in- tersection with Catalina Drive debted to the decedent are re- to its intersection with Impala quested to make prompt pay- Street. ment. The Council of the City of AlThis the 23rd day of January, bemarle will hold a public hear1981. ing at 7:30 p.m. in the Council MARGARET H. CRISCO Room at the City Hall in AlbeExecutrix of the marle, North Carolina, on Last Will and February 16, 1981, for the purTestament of poses of hearing all interested Edwin C. Crisco persons who appear with reRoute 1, Box 92A spect to any matter covered by Oakboro, N.C. 28128 the resolution. Dated, January 21,1981. BROWN, BROWN, & BROWN, William B. Morris City Clerk Attorneys J-27; F-3,10,17 F-3
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The Charlotte Writers Club will otter first, second and third prices of $50, $ 3 0 a n d $ 2 0 t 0 ^ winning entries in its annual statewide article contest. T Uh ^ n t e s t Is open to all North Carolina writers who have sold fewer than three articles in the past year Manuscripts must be original, unpublished and between 750 and 2000 words in length. Contestants should submit three copies of their manusc $? w h l c h s h o u l d be typewritten, double-spaced on one side of 8ft" by 11" paper. The author s name must not appear on the manuscript. Enclose name, address, phone number and manuscript title in a sealed envelope. For return of the entry, enclose SASE. Non-members of the Charlotte Writers Club must include with their entry a $3 check, payable to the Charlotte Writers Club.
Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world, is called Chomolungma in Tibetan. The name means "goddessmother." NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY. In the General Court of justice Superior Court Division Having qualified as Administrator, C.T.A., of the Estate of Henry Don Gurley, deceased, late of Stanly County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the state of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned or her attorney on or before August 3, 1981, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery . All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment. This the 30th day of January, 1981. MISCELLANEOUS SUSAN MOODY GURLEY, DIET ANDtXERCISE CLASS - AquaAdministrator, C.T.A., dale Lion's Hut. Thursday night at 7 in of the Estate of AquagaleXali 474-3390. N7945 HENRY DON GURLEY, "HOME OF THE NICE GUYS". Deceased Huneycutt Motors, Inc., Hwy. 52 Route 3, Box 299 NorthJSJ^^k N7515 Norwood, N.C. 28128 HUNEYCUTT MOTORS, INC., now Robert L. Slaughter has a select group of cars for on lot fi- Hopkins, Hopkins & nancing^ N7516 Tucker Attorneys at Law READING PROBLEMS? We can help P.O. Drawer 700 Improve your child's next report card. Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Call Creative Learning Center. 9832005. Monday and Thursday after(704)983-1168 n£?!L___ N7574C F-3,10,17,24 WE BUY used cars and trucks, 76 NOTICE OF and later models. Confederate ADMINISTRATION Chevrolet, 232 South First St., AlbeNORTH CAROLINA, marle, NLO 982-2191. N7567C STANLY COUNTY. The undersigned, having NEED A CAR? See David or Steve. qualified as Administrator of Huneycutt Motors, Inc., Hwy. 52 NorthJj83-1l54. N7514 the Estate of Ann B. Tucker, deceased, late of Stanly County, WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. North Carolina, this is to notify Huneycutt Motors, Inc., Hwy. 52 all persons, firms and corporaNQrth.983-1154. N7513 tions having claims against said SMITH-HUCKABEE buys late model decedent or her estate to deliver used cars at fair market prices, 502 or mail to the undersigned AdConcord Road. 983-2185. N7543C ministrator, orhis Attorneys, a ~~EXECUTOR'S NOTICE written statement of such NORTH CAROLINA. claim, indicating its basis, the STANLY COUNTY. name and address of claimant, In the General Court of Justice and the amount claimed, in acSuperior Court Division cordance with G.S. 28A-19-1 (a) Having qualified as Executor on or before the 13th day of Juof the estate of Harold Fred Sut- ly. 1981. All claims which are ton of Stanly County, North not presented to the underCarolina, this is to notify all per- signed Administrator, or his Atsons having claims against the torneys, by said date shall be Estate of said Harold Fred Sut- forever barred against the ton to present them to the un- estate, the personal representadersigned on or before July 20, tive, the heirs and devisees of 1981 or the same will be pleaded the decedent as provided by in bar of their recovery. All per- G.S.28A-19-3(a). sons indebted to said Estate This the 7th day of January, please make immediate pay- 1981. ment. James R. Tucker This 16th day of January, Administrator of the estate of 1981. Ann B. Tucker, deceased Ruth Ann Sutton Route 1, Box 229-A 806 Smith Street Stanfield, N.C. 28163 Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Coble & Odom J-20, 27; F-3,10 Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 159 Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Telephone: 704-982-1119 J-13, 20, 27; F-3
AND PRESS, Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, February S, 1981-7B ADMINISTRATRIX'S WE BUY USED NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA, CARS A N D TRUCKS STANLY COUNTY. '76 and later models. In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Having qualified as Adminis231 South Flrit St. tratrix of the estate of Maude Albemarle. N.C. 982-2141 W. Ritchie of Stanly County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims PINE SEEDLINGS against the Estate of said 2,000 WHITE PINE SEEDLINGS Maude W. Ritchie to present at 5c each or 50c per dozen them to the undersigned on or (Limit of 4 dozen) before July 20,1981 or tide same 2,000 LOBLOLLY PINE will be pleaded in bar of their SEEDLINGS — FREE recovery. All persons indebted Compliments of Ivey Solos, to said Estate please make im(Limit-100) mediate payment. WHERE — Courthouse Parking Lot This 15th day of January, WHIN — Wednesday, February 4th 1981. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Lois M. Williams First Come/First Serve Basis 903 Highland Dr., Laurinburg, N.C. STANLY SOIL & WATER J-20,27; F-3,10
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HOME SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING \ The a n n u a l m e e t i n g of stockholders of H o m e Savings a n d Loan Association of A l b e m a r l e , N o r t h Carolina w i l l be h e l d at t h e principal office of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n 155 West South Street, A l b e m a r l e , N o r t h Carolina o n February 9, 1981 a t 7:00 p . m . The m e e t i n g w i l l be h e l d f o r t h e election of directors and f o r t h e t r a n s a c t i o n of any o t h e r business p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e Association t h a t may be p r o p e r l y brought b e f o r e it, a n d also to consider a n d vote upon a proposition t o a m e n d t h e Certificate of Incorporation t o increase t h e m a x i m u m n u m b e r of shares in t h e Association at any one t i m e t o be in force t o t w o m i l l i o n (2,000,000).
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Firemen Check Fire Alarms Five fire calls were answered during the weekend period by the Albemarle Fire Department, no major damage reported. /Sunday, 3:15 p.m., Tim Hedrick residence, 607 Hawthorne, broken water pipe. Sunday, 2:15 p.m., Mildred Knight residence, 418 Grigg Street, house flooded, child plugged drain upstairs and left water running. Friday, 12:43 p.m., Highway 73 near old city lake, backfire through carburetor of a 1968 Chrysler operated by Maty Eudy Dorton of Route 2, Concord. Friday, 12:20 p.m., rescue call to wreck scene near Porter on Highway 52. Cecil's Rig used to free victim. Thursday, 7:08 p.m., Henrietta Medley residence, 439 South Richardson Street, odor investigation, shut off gas.
Explanation The David R. Hathcock listed in last week's court story on a bad check charge is not David R. Hathcock who is employed in Albemarle by the North Carolina Department of Corrections. NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY ON LAKE TILLERY Pursuant to the power and authority contained in an Order Of Sale signed by the Clerk of Superior Court of Stanly County, North Carolina, on January 7,1981, in a special proceedings numbered 80-SP-136, entitled. "Laura N. Ussery, Widow of James Oscar Ussery and others vs. James Andrew Ussery (Unmarried) and others", the undersigned, having been appointed by the Court as Commissioner, will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at public auction at the Courthouse Door fed Stanly County, North Carolina, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9.1981 AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON the following parcels of land located in South Albemarle #l Township, Stanly County, Norm Carolina: PARCEL NO. 1: Being all of Lots Numbers Fifteen (15) and Sixteen (16) as shown on a map Of Unit Four (4) of OAKWOOD PARK, South Albemarle Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, developed by Calvin Page, Jr., said map having been prepared by Glenn K. Martin, Registered Surveyor. on May 12,1964, and recorded in Plat Book 5 on page 139, Stanly County Registry, reference to Which is hereby made for a more complete and adequate description of said lots by metes and bounds. For reference see deed dated March 15, 1974 from Stuart Spencer Howell and wife Reba Graham Howell to James Oscar Ussery and wife Kathleen G. Ussery, recorded in Deed Book 278, page 726, Stanly County Registry. PARCEL NO. 2: BEGINNING at a stake in the South line of Lake Tillery Drive, the Northeast corner of Lot Number 15, and runs thence with the East line of Lot Number 15. South 37-10 West 8 feet to a stake, a corner of that lot deeded to Raeford H. Burleson and wife and Robert Edward Archer and wife by deed recorded in Deed Book 217 on page 269: thence with the Burleson and Archer line South 53-45 East 4 feet to a stake, their corner; thence with their line again North 37-10 East 8 feet to a stake in the South line of Lake Tillery Drive, their corner; thence with the South line of Lake Tillery Drive, North 53-45 West 4 feet to the point of Beginning, and being a rectangular-shaped parcel of land containing 32 square feet located in the Northwest corner of Lot No. 14 as shown on a map of Unit 4 of Oakwood Park recorded in Plat Book 5 on page 139, Stanly County Registry. For reference see deed dated October 5,1978 from Ray J. Hill and wife Gwendolyn L. Hill to James O. Ussery, recorded in Deed Book 321, page 463, Stanly County Registry. The two parcels of land above described are contiguous and will be offered for sale as a whole. - The property is located on Lake Tillery and a four-room and bath residence is located on the property, also a boathouse. The property will be sold subject to 1981 ad valorem taxes. The highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of ten percent (10%) of the first $1,000.00 of his bid and five percent (5%) of the excess at the time of the sale. The sale will remain open for ten (10) days from the filing of a report of sale for a raised bid equal to ten percent (10%) of the first $1,000.00 and five percent (5%) of the excess. The sale is subject to confirmation by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Stanly County. If the highest bidder for any tract falls to comply with his bid within ten days after the tender to him of a deed for the property, the Clerk may order a resale of said tract. A defaulting bidder at any sale or resale is liable on his bid, and in case a resale-is had because of such default, he shall remain liable to the extent that the final sale prtce Is less than his bid plus all costs of such resale or resales. Any interested purchaser may contact the undersigned Commissioner or the undersigned Attorneys at their offices in Albemarle, North Carolina, or by telephone at number 704/9822141 for additional information. Other announcements, if any, will be made at the sale. This the 8th day of January, 1981. Charles P. Brown, Commissioner Brown, Brown k Brown, Attorneys . J-13,20,27; F-3
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1953
ADMITTING OFFICE PROCEDURE—Mrs. Donald Morris, admitting officer at the Stanly County hospital, here takes down the required information from a patient about to be admitted to the hospital. If the patient does not feel like answering her questions, any adult member of the im» mediate family can do this. If foresight h a s been used on the part of t h e patient, he is detained only a few minutes in the admitting office. —Staff Photo.
Procedure In Admitting Office At Stanly County Hospital Outlined «>newspaper that a thorough knowledge of the various departments of the hospital will enable patients to know how to proceed in obtaining the best possible medical care with the least confusion. These articles are being written by Fred T. Morgan, feature writer on the News and Press staff.)
Patients Urged To Take Proper Steps To Avoid Delays Deposit Of $35.00 Asked Of Those Without Insurance.
(Ed. Note—This is the first of a series of articles which will appear in the News and Press from time to time regarding the Stanly County hospital. These articles are designed to inform the people of the county how the hospital performs its various functions. It is the feeling of this
the questions, a member of the immediate family can do this. Here also, the patient must sign the form which gives the doctors permission to operate, administer anesthesia, and to do whatever is necessary to correct the patient's ailment. Some patients are at first reluctant to sign this sheet, although it is a normal hospital procedure for every incoming The first step in the progression patient. Things that the patient or memof events facing a new patient bers family can do to help upon entering the Stanly County speedofuphisthis visit to the admithospital is a visit to the admit- ting officer are several. If the ting office. patient has hosiptal insurance his Here the patient, if he is able policy shpuld, by all means, be and feels like it, gives the ad- brought with him. This will exmitting officer the required in- pedite the business end of his formation about his background, stay in the hospital considerably. occupation, affiliations, etc. If Not infrequently a policy-holdthe. patient is too sick to answer ing patient waits until the last day to have his policy turned over to the hospital business office and | this delays settlements-and causes more trouble for the patient. Deposit Required Patients who do not have hospital insurance are asked to pay a $35 deposit upon entering the hospital. This deposit is the same for every' patient who does not have insurance. If a patient is honest] ly unable to pay the deposit, he is admitted anyway and arrangements are made for him to pay it within a few days. There is also j some objection among the patients to making this deposit, although it has long been a policy of this and other hospitals to ask it from all non-insured patients. I t helps a lot if advance notice is given the hospital admitting ofI fice concerning the arrival of a | patient. The office would like to know a day in advance, or if this is not possible, an hour or even 10'minutes will help. Currently,' it is estimated that advance noi tice is given on only about half of the patients now entering the local hospital. As a rule, the patient's doctor calls the hospital and informs them to expect the patient a t a certain time. He also tells the hospital what type of room the patient desires and enough about the patient's condition so they will know what floor he will go on. When this is done, arrangements are made at the hospital to take care of the patient immediately upon his arrival. Delay Caused But, sometimes the doctor gets busy and neglects to call the hospital. In this event, the hospital has no knowledge of the patient, his condition, or what the instructions of the doctor are. The patient is compelled to wait in the lobby until the doctor can be contacted. Often the doctor cannot be reached either at his home or office. Finally, if the doctor cannot be contacted, the patient is admitted anyway, but no medication can be administered, no diet prescribed, and nothing done to relieve pain until word has been received from the patient's doctor. A simple call from the doctor ahead of time will prevent such complications. In surgical cases, the hospital would like to know from two days to a week in advance of the time the patient is due. In emergency cases at night, the switchboard operator or the nurse in charge handles the admissions. Frequently the patient is unable to get the type of room desired, whether private, semi-private, or ward. Whenever the hospital receives a call that a patient is coming, the time of the call is set down and the type of room he desires is noted. If there are, say I six patients coming in to the same floor fn the same day, their roo mpreferences are adhered to in accordance with the sequence of the calls. Some misunderstand• ings result from the inability of the patients to understand this system. Minimum Information Only a minimum of information is required at the Stanly County hospital admitting office. Other institutions have more detailed j form's that must be Nfilled out on each patient. Several copies of the admission sheet are made and a permanent record is kept by the hospital librarian. Incoming patients with valuI ables are asked to leave them with members of their families, or if this is not convenient, the valuables may be checked ui the hospital vault, as is usually done in emergency cases. Hospital authorities are asking that patients who are not classified as emergency patients make arrangements to be admitted to the hospital by 4 p.m. This means
t h a t ' t h e y can be processed be-] fore meal time and before eveiw visitors begin to arrive. This als° permits some laboratory WOP'I that afternoon, if necessary. The most important thing to tjj member if you are expecting become a patient at the hosj is to have your doctor give hospital admitting office an notice prior to your arrival, other thing is to bring your a surance policy along. And a pdl son without hospital insurarM should be prepared to pay the $ | deposit. Usually the trip through t i hospital admitting office r e q u M less than 15 minutes. From thei the admitting office takes the p i tient to the proper floor anT leaves him in the custody of J floor nurse.
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS. ALBEMARLE. N. C. WStf&W:*:-
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MEDICAL RECORD FILES—Mrs. Helen Brooks a n d Mrs. Woodrow Arey are going through the files in which are kept all the medical records of every patient admitted to the Stanly County hospital. Accurate a n d complete medical records on each patient is a n important function of the local hospital. —Staff Photo.
Medical Records Are Vital In Treatment Of Patients At Hospital The number of hospital days for each service is readily available, and a special report is made each month to the Duke Endowment. The medical staff reviews all cases each month, and a hospital recdrds committee consists of Dr. John S. Gas kin, chairman, Dr. T. F. Kelley, and Dr. H. L. Murray. Specialized files are kept to make research and analysis possible. The records are cross indexed as to types of diseases, operations, and accompanying conditions. If a physician is studying one particular type of disease or | operation all cases in a particular category are immediately avail(This is the eleventh in a series able. Valuable information is articles on the Stanly County compiled in this manner, and the spital, written by Fred T. Mor- quality of medical service can be an, feature writer for the News accurately determined. hnd Press. The purpose of the Statistics Available series is to inform the public Statistics on births and deaths about the procedures followed at are made possible through, the hosthis Stanly county institution.) In the. Medical Record depart- pital medical records, and a record ment of the Stanly County hos- of all communicable diseases and cases is forwarded each pital, the patient becomes a cancer statistic—case number so and so. month to the Health Department. Before the patient's records are His personal, family, and medifiled the various reports and cal history as well as everything notesaway, typed and pertaining to him during his stay checkedareforcarefully accuracy. in the hospital is written down The number of discharges handland filed away in the medical ed in the medical records departrecord library, of. the hospital. must always tally with the One definition of a medical ment number that comes through the record i s : "An orderly report of business office. t h e patient's stay in the hospital Privileged Material written in sequence and containing sufficient data to justify i the These records are considered diagnosis and treatment of the privileged communications and case and warrant the end result." are the property of the hospital. A complete account of the pa- They are available at all times to tient's visit to the hospital, from the patient's attending physician, admission to discharge, is record- but they are carefully protected ed under his number in the files of from examination by any unthe hospital. authorized person." Written authorThe nurses' chart and notes are ization from the patient is necestaken down, the X-rays, labora- sary for anyone else to view his tory, operative and anesthetic re- medical records, and no informa"ports become a part of this record, tion is ever given out without! the doctors' orders for treatment, written permission by the patient. and daily notes of progress go in- The records are kept at the hosto the files. If any consultation pital indefinitely. In size they are on the case is necessary, an ac- anywhere from 12 pages upward. count of this, too, goes into the Out-patient records are kept on patient's medical record. In short, all emergency and accident cases. nothing having even a remote One requirement for the hosbearing on the case escapes the pital medical records department patient's medical record file. personnel is that they be familiar When the patient is discharged, with and know the proper use of all reports a r e sent to the record the many medical and technical (library where they are placed in terms they will encounter in the j a prescribed order. Then they work. are checked for completeness. Mrs. J. A. Allen is in charge of Some of the forms may lack the the medical records at the Stanly doctor's signature. If so, they are County hospital, and Mrs. George placed in the doctor's cubicle for Watson is assistant. Other emi him to sign. Once records are ployees are Mrs. Woodrow Arey completed and after they are ana- and Miss Helen Brooks. lyzed, they are placed in the permanent file. mmmm Medical records are important ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B for a number of reasons. First of all, they are of value to the patient for future reference to ascertain dates, injuries, previous illnesses, operations and treatment, convalescence, etc. Most states accept medical records as evidence in court; therefore, they are of value in legal matters. Veterans ^^^^^^H often need their previous medical histories when applying for as• • I sistance from the Veterans' Administration. I I ^^^^^^^^H • Records are of great importance in determining hospitalization and other insurance claims. Hospital Reports The records are used to make ^^B I • • • the daily, monthly, and annual reports and audits of the hospital. In these reports the cases are broken- down into type of service, such as medicine, surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, obstetrics, eye, • • • ear, nose and throat, etc. This shows what work is being done in the various fields, the number of • • • patients being treated in each category, complications and ac.er^jw • companying conditions, the percentage of white and eolored patients, the age and sex distribution of diseases, operations, and many other items. Rely On Records • •wr^aK Doctors also rely upon the medical records when one of their » » » patients come back to the hospital after an interval. A look at the • • patient's medical history will give ^ ^ M • &£4si: I him a picture of the patient's previous condition and treatment.
History Of Person Will Aid Doctors
Personnel In This Department Must Know Terms Whidh Are Used.
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NEW CENTERLINES—James Earnheardt and "Red" Morgan man the new monsterous-looking highway strip marker recently put late use by the local highway division. The factory machine is capable of painting three lines simultaneously though some sacrifice in quality is made. The mileage of centerline in Stanly has been upped by at least 30 per cent now that most of the new county bond roads are being painted. Tho picture was snapS ped while tho St. Martin church road was being lined. -Staff Photo—Morganll
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
IN THE PATIENT'S ROOM—When the patient has been admitted to the hospital, the floor nurse takes him to his room and gets him settled in bed as quickly as possible. She inquires as to his illness, and begins administering the medication ordered by his doctor. Shown above are James Russell, well-known'Albemarle man, who is the patient, and Mrs. Bob Youngblood, the nurse. —Staff Photo.
: urses Follow Doctor's Orders In Caring For the Sick At condition that the patient wishes
to mention, to the nurse. The Patient Routine nurse assures him that everything possible will be done. Ev- : Outlined; Comfort ery effort is made to make the j feel wanted. Is Consideration patient Theri the nurse calls the pa-
tient's doctor for instructions. A specific order from the doctor must be obtained prior to any farm of treatment or medication I performed by the nurses. Nothing can be done to relieve sick(Ed. Note.—This is the second ness or pain without instructions I in a series of article on pro- from the doctor. j cedures following at the Stanly, In some 'instances the patient county hospital.. The purpose stay in bed in his room for I of this series is to inform the pub- may before anything is done j lie about the routine at the hos- sometime him due to the inability of I pital in order that they may co- for nursing staff to contact the I operate with the personnel at the the Almost invariably this hospital in obtaining the best doctor. results in on possible medical care. These the part of misunderstanding the patient who feels articles are written by Fred T. treatment or attention to I Morgan, feature writer for the that him., is being unduly delayed. News and Press.) Once the doctor's instructions Upon reaching the assigned are known, they are adhered to I floor, the patient to the Stanly rigidly- The floor nurses have j county hospital is introduced to the patient's personal comfort the ward nurse by the admitting and well being uppermost in officer. The hospital feels that their minds at all times. But I the patient who is to spend time they are bound by rules and reg! on the floor should know the ulations and can never go further nurses who are to take care of than the doctor's Instructions perh-im and that by knowing them mit. by name he will feel freer to Service to the patient in the call upon them at any time. Stanly county hospital is a 24The nurse immediately takes hour proposition. He is not atthe patient to his room and puts tended to during the day and him to bed and finds out what neglected at night. His presence his chief complaint is. Usually in the hospital is an important ' there is some question about his thing and he is administered to on a 24-hour per day basis., The routine for the patients on the floor differs, of course, depending upon their conditions but it follows a general pattern during the day. Morning Routine Temperatures are taken every morning and baths given each patient Breakfast is served around 7:30 a.m. Following breakfast, the baths are completed .and the individual treatments start on the patients. Doctors usually make their rounds to visit at 9 a.m., or shortly thereafter. Following these rounds the nurses must revise their charts and treatment procedures to coincide with any change in the doctors Instructions. Patients are prepared at various times during the day for surgery, x-ray, laboratory, or othi er departments for which they I are scheduled. All the while, i beds are being changed, made, and the rooms cleaned. From 12:30 until 1 p.m.. the j nurses and attendants are busy serving lunch to the patients on j their floor. After lunch each patient is checked for complaints and from [then until about 3 p.m., each patient is given what is called "PM" care which is attending | to their .personal comfort. When a patient has laid In bed all night and all day or longer, it is quite in order for him to want his back rubbed with alcohol or his bed cranked up to a desired height if this will make him more comI fort able. Attention is given to i the individual whims of the patients if time permits. Visiting hours from 2 until 4 p.m., do not mean any relaxation for the nurses. At 3 p.m., the I shift changes and new nurses j come on duty until 11 p.'m., when the third shift takes over. Chart Work During the latter part of the afternoon, the charts and book- j j work require attention and I preparations are made for the next day. The evening meal-, is served from 4:30 until 5:15 p.m. I Personal wants of the patients are looked after and the rooms are tidied until the visiting hours • I at 7 p.m. By the time the visiting hours ! are over at 9 p.m., most patients j j are tired out and ready for I a ; night's sleep and rest. Lagging visitors are shooed out of the rooms and any scheduled pills I or medications are administered. Then the lights are turned down and the patients made comfortable for the night. The foregoing general routine of the day is flexible and is often departed from in order to jmeet the individual needs and circumstances of the patient. It is the duty of the nurses on the floor to make the patient as comfortable as possible as such an atmosphere tends to minimize personal worries and frustrations that are frequently a deterrent to the recuperation of the patient.
Local Institution Must Operate On 24-Hour Basis, 7 Days a Week.
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE. N. C.
rHE PATIENT'S FOOD IS ASSEMBLED HERE—What type of food the patient gets, how much, ind numerous other dietary details are taken care of here in the hospital kitchen where careful ittention is given each individual tray. Here Miss Daisy Morton, left, and Mrs. Margie Morton, nembers of the hospital dietary staff, place the diet cards and dishes on the trays. Diets prescribed for the patients by their doctors are rigidly adhered to by the kitchen staff.—Staff Photo.
'ospital Dietary Staff Seeks To lease The Palates Of Patients! .arge Number. Of [Meals Prepared In The Kitchen Miss Florella Pye Is Dietitian At The Local Institution.
$-<$>she does make it a point to visit course, It does not conflict with I the patients often and inquire the doctor's orders. about the food. On these visits, After all, the patient pays fori she seeks to learn the individual his meals and he is entitled to food likes and disjikes of the some choice of what he wants! patients as far as possible. If a to eat as long as it is within] patient does not like a particu- the limitations set by his doctor. lar food and he makes his dis- Whatever his preferences in food likes knoton to her, she will are, if they are reasonable, the substitute something else in the hospital kitchen staff endeavors | place of the food that is not pal- to meet them. atable to the patient.
(Ed. Note: This is the third in a series of articles about the Stanly County hospital, published for the purpose of informing the people of this county concerning the procedures followed in operating the hospital. This series is being written by Fred T. Morgan, News and Press feature writer.) Regardless of what time of day a patient enters the Stanly County hospital, a meal will be coming un soon. And mealtime is all-important with the* patients in the hospital for a number of reasons. Depending, of course, upon their condition and the doctor's orders, the patients are encouraged to eat heartily and they are given the kind of food they like and think they can eat. First, the doctor prescribes, the type of diet the patient is to receive—soft, regular,, liquid, or special. This diet is not depart-' ed from 'Until the doctor orders a change. Soft diets contain foods of softer consistency and are easier to digest. A person on a soft diet should not consume foods provided on the regular diet. Regular diets are, as the name' implies, the general everyday foods that are eaten by the average person. Liquid diets are, usually, for surgery patients. Special diets -may be any one of a hundred or more things. Diabetic patients require • special diets. Other patients may need foods with no salt, no sugar, no starch, no grease, no v greens, nothing fried or fattening, etn. Miss P$e is Dietlon. Miss Florella Pye, hospital dietian, carefully supervises the preparation of all these diets in the hospital kitchen. Close atterition is given to each individual tray that goes to the patients in the hospital. Each tray 'has a diet card* carrying the patient's name, floor and room number, and specifying the kind of diet he is to receive. These cards contain a space headed "Remarks" in which notations may be made by the patient, the doctor, or the nurse. After each meat the diet cards are* assembled at the floor nurse's office and prioc to the next meal they are picked up by a member of the dietary staff and taken to the kitchen were any changes or, remarks are given due consideration. * In the kitchen the cards are separated into the various categories and again the right kind and right arnounts of food are placed on the trays and sent to the patients* According to Miss Pye, the hospital, kitchen prepares an average of 50 to 60 regular diets, from 12 to 25 soft diets, and from 12 to 20 special diets per meal. Seldom are there over five liquid diet patients. These figures necessarily vary, depending upon the number of patients in the hospital and the type of diet they are on. Also, some 65 to 70 hospital personnel eat at the hospital kitchen cafeteria each meaL Meals for Visitors. Visitors are permitted to eat meals in the cafeteria providing they obtain . meal tickets from 'the hospital office. Some allowances are made by the dietary staff in preparing extra food for visitors. Expectant fathers may also obtain a cup of coffee in the hospital kitchen at night if the coffee will bring solace to their night-long vigil and if they approach the night cook in the right way. And the1 might cook i£ .understanding in such cases. Meals are planned at the hospital weeks in advance and it is no small task to work out and prepare all the many foods according to schedule. A week's supply of meats are ordered at a time. Produce is ordered daily, staple foods «and canned goods are kept in stock. While Miss Pye does not,visit each patient after each' meal,
The same thing is true if the patient, likes a particular food. He will get more of this food and get it more often, providing, of
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STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C. nurse prooably asks him to.leave. Like as not, his retort is t h a t old singsong that has become so despicable to the nurses and hospital authorities. It goes something like this: "I gave money on t h i s hospital and helped build it and I've got a right to stay in here and use it as long as I want to." Needless to say, this angers any nurse and in that moment of anger she is apt to speak words of rebuke to that rude visitor which he won't forget and which he will afterward spread far and wide in his-criticism of the hospital and of the way nurses treat visitors. You might not believe it, but nurses have encountered bridge parties in patient's rooms late at night; long after visiting hours 'were over. And those patients were more than mildly ill at that. Another thorn in the flesh of the hospital personnel t h a t is related to the visitor problem is the perennial telephone parsites who call the hospital day in and day out inquiring about the condition of a patient. They are not content to . ask the switchboard operator or the information desk about the patient, they want the floor and the nurse in charge or even the doctor it he's there. It THIS IS THE WAY IT IS DONE—Mr. a n d Mrs. J. S. Eury, visitors to the Stanly County hospital, takes time to find the nurse on receive their visitor's cards from the Gray Lady. Mrs. Hal C. Turner, at the information desk in the floor and more time for her to the hospital lobby. The cards are issued to visit only, one patient and they should be returned answer question after question to the desk immediately after t h e visit is over. People who do their visiting by telephone should from the caller. Needless Callask for the information desk when they call fo inquire about a patient a s it is provided with daily ing to the-floors of this sort plugs information about the condition of each patient i n the hospital. —Staff Photo. a vital communication line between the doctor and his patients. Information Available All the inquirer needs to do when he calls the hospital seeking to learn a patient's condition is to ask for the information desk. There, the Gray Ladies are provided with a daily condition sheet upon which each patient in the hospital is listed. The regulations are necessary to gov- is for the most part unwelcome sheet tells if the patient spent a good, fair, or poor night a n d and in the way. ern and control this visiting. There is t h e visitor who fails whether the patient's condition Near the front entrance to the h o s p i t a t i s a big sign which says: to see or abide by the picture is regarded as good, fair, or PLEASE. Underneath t h a t one of the nurse on most of the floors poor. It is the duty of the hosword the visiting hours are listed: with her finger to her lips signal- pital to keep this daily condition 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m. ing quiet. This visitor talks sheet as accurate arid up-to-date Children under 14 are not per- boisterously and endlessly a n d as possible and to note thereon mitted to visit in the hospital at his laughter at his own jokes any change in the patient's conresounds throughout the floor. dition. any time. Following any bad highway Another type of undesirable Much h a s been said about the perfecWisitor to the hospital a n d visitor m a k e s a game of seeing wreck or other tragedy, the hosanything said here will no doubt how many patients or people he pital switchboard is turned into be only inadeguate repetition. can visit while in the hospital. a vertible news bureau as it is Nevertheless, let us follow a He peeks into every room for a swamped with calls from citizens mythical couple on their visit familiar* face and often intrudes wanting to know all about wha to a sick friend in the hospital. into the privacy of a patient and Perhaps we can pick up a point his company and makes a nuisance of himself. or two. Mr. and Mrs. John Doe prob(Ed. Note.—This I s the fourth Sick Patients [in a series of articles on the ably time their arrival at the Other visitors fail to realize Stanly county hospital, published hospital after the rush a t the how sick the patients are. Somebeginning of the visiting hour for thfe purpose of informing cithow they fail to see how tiring | izens of Stanly county how the is over. Should they get there and despairing their long and hospital is operated and giving hefore visiting hours start, they unimportant conversations can the reasons why eertain rules obtain the visitor's cards from be to the patient. Consequently, and procedures are established. the Gray Lady at the desk and t h e patient in this case is worse [This is being written by Fred T. wait until the proper time to go off for the visit. Morgan, News and Press feature up to the floor. If the patient's cards have already been checkStill another type of "visitor I writer.) ed out, they wait until the cards tries to collect more cards t h a n Like food, t h e patient at the are returned. If only one card he's due at the visitor's desk in Stanly county hospital will re- is there, then one of the couple the lobby. He offers clever exceive* visitors soon after his ad- remains in the lobby while the cuses for wanting to see this and mittance. That i s inevitable. It other uses the card to visit the t h a t and another patient or two while he is up in the hospital. is expected. Visitors have a per- patient. fect right to visit their sick relBut let's say b o t h of them get Might he not just as well see atives or friends at the hospital a card. The card gives the floor them all on one trip? The guarand they are not denied this and room number of the patient. dian of the visitor's cards is not right. However, for the good of They go up on the elevator a n d supposed to fall for this type of all concerned, certain rules and upon reaching the proper floor thing, but sometimes it happens. Three visitor's cards are m a d e if they are not sure in which direction the room lies, they in- o u t for each patient. Two of them quire of a nurse or attendant. are white and one blue. The They go straight to the room of blue one is made out to an immediate member of the patient's the patient they wish to see. family or to "the family." In Visit Patient the latter case, misconception They go in and greet the pa- often arises. The card made out tient. Of course they inquire how to "the family" does not m e a n the he feels and how he is being entire family, it means only one treated by the nurses and doc- member of the family. This imtors and the dietitian. They .do mediate member of the family not t r y to convulse the patient uses this card on his frequent with laughter, although they are visits to the patient, whether cheerful at all times. They oc- during visiting hours or not. cupy chairs in the room or else Some husbands, and wives keep remain standing. They do not this card with them at all times sit on the p a t i e n t ' s bed. Mr. Doe like a permanent pass to the is not so discourteous as to blow theater or ball park. It should cigar or cigarette smoke in the be picked up and left at the patient's face or near enough for lobby desk at each visit. t h e smoke to bother the patient. Poses Problem He does not crumple his cigar in the lavatory in the p\tient's room "Visiting during non-visiting but uses t h e a s h t r a y to dispose of hours poses a problem and causes t h e remains. some friction at the hospital. Neither Mr. or Mrs. Doe ask per- Some of this visiting outside the sonal or prying questions as such regular visiting hours is necesare apt to cause alarm or dis- sary. Much of it is not. The quiet the patient's mind. Their critically ill patient is allowed visit is religiously short. Mem- one or two visitors to remain with bers of the patient's family or him or nearby him night and other friends may be waiting for day. The patient who is admitted or discharged, of course, the visitor's cards. They leave needs family members to help [quietly without any fuss or dra-1 him. A close relative who is I matic leave-taking. However, it I concerned over the condition of is customary and perhaps de- a patient wants to visit him briefI sir able that they leave the pa- ly early in the morning before Itient with a cheery wish tor b i s j work time or at the noon hour. I speedy convalescence. BUt the visitor who comes in I On the way out they don't stop the middle of the morning, and | by to chat with this or that per- the morning hours are the most son they may know. They don't prevalent time for this "illegal" "cheat" by using their cards' to* visiting, just because it is most] visit another patient down the convenient for him and because hall or on another floor. They he had nothing else to do right go immediately to the elevator then, is frowned upon. This and down to the lobby where morning visitor thinks he can they surrender the cards to the slip i n -and see the patient and Gray Lady at the desk. • Their duck right out again without visit has at all times been open causing anyone any trouble. and above board and beyond Sometimes. he can, but most ofreproach. ten his presence interferes and Then, arid only then, if- they interrupts with the morning wish to visit another patient, do routine which is a busy one. " they ask for visitor's c a r d s . for Many of these morning visitors that patient and follow through rebel and develop haughty atwith the same procedure. titudes when asked to postpone Approved Method their visit until the regular visitThev above comentary i s per-, ing-hours. - Occasionally a nurse haps a bit idealistic, but it does spots someone who has gotten give some idea of the approved into the building other t h a n by method of conduct for the visitor the. front, entrance and she stops to t h e Stanly county hospital. him and questions him. If his Many visitors are polite and co- presence is unauthorized, she operative and follow it to the asks, hirn to ..leave the building. letter. Other visitors depart from Often this results in attitudes it widely. and rebuttals on the part of the There are no armed guards unauthorized one t h a t are offenstanding by to seize one at the sive and decidedly impolite. slightest violation of the visit- These people frequently ignore ing rules. Th% rules are based the nurse entirely. on the honor system and public Late Visitors cooperation. However, this sysAbout as bad a s t h e unauthortem i s t o o often ignored at the Stanly county hospital. . There ized visitor is the visitor who are those who delight in break- abuses the visiting hours and ing rules, and the rules at the forces himself upon the hospitality of the patient and the hoshospital are easily broken. Consider the visitor who, first pital after visiting hours are of all, ignores the specified visit- over. Perhaps he h a s been there ing hours arid comes to the hos- during most of the regular twopital to see someone whenever hour visiting period and from he chooses. Visiting hours or all appearances he intends to renot, he sneaks in one of the main there another two hours. several back entrances and goes A reasonable length of time after to the patient's room where he visiting hours are over, the floor
Obedience To Hospital And Golden Rules Will Ease Visitor Problem Ideal Visit To Hospital Is Outlined
Patients Are Harmed By Visitors Who Do Not Follow The Hospital Rules.
happened right down to the last detail. This overtaxes the facilities and delays important calls. There has been much criticism of the way the visitor situation is handled at the Stanly county hospital. It is safe to say that some of this criticism comes from prejudiced sources. The hospital doesn't try to stifle criticism. It you, as a visitor or a patient have constructive criticism to make, ask to see the director of nurses or the hospital administrator. You will be heard and your criticism will have been made to the proper persons. There will be visitors,as long a s there are hospitals with -sick people in them. How to cope with these visitors will probably be a perpetual headache for hospital authorities. The solution
o that Probleni, to s a y the least, is not obvious. How should the hospital vis. itor behave? Obey the rules and do unto others a s y o u W Q na them to. da unto y o u . T h e s e ^
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Handling Oi Linen fit Hospital Is Big Job And Requires Much Work Huge Volume Used Every Day Of Week Sewing Room Takes Care Of Linen Repairs And Makes New Items.
HOSPITAL LINEN ROOM—Mrs. J. Winfred Gaddy, in Charge of the linen room at the Stanly County hospital, is shown as she goes about her daily task of assembling the many items of linen needed by the hospital floors. The linen will be placed In the "wagon** in the foreground and taken to the floor's. All the articles of linen used by the hospital are kept here on the shelves of the linen room. Soiled linen goes out to the laundry and fresh linen comes back to the hospital daily. —Staff Photo.
Imagine 200 soiled sheets, 150 soiled pillow cases, and over 350 soiled towels each day! Not a pleasant thought when one considers the work involved in washing them. This is about the average number of sheets, pillow cases, and towels that are soiled each day at the Stanly County hospital. Of course, the number varies according to the census of patients, but LINEN REPAIR ROOM—In this room all the linen repair work generally it's somewhere near this is done. Here, also, dozens of small linen articles used by the hospital are manufactured by the seamstresses. When a piece figure. linen becomes too old and worn to serve its original purpose. Keeping the soiled linen going of It to utilised for something else. Mn. Thelma Shepard, foreout to be laundried and the fresh ground, who divides her time between the nurses' heme and tho linen coming in to be re-distribut- linen room, is repairing an article of linen. Miss Jessie Cuned on the hospital floors is not as ningham, full time linen room seamstress, to sewing a button easy a task as it may appear. on a white jacket. The room to equipped with two electric sew* There are dozens and dozens, or ing machines. -—Staff Photo. pounds and pounds, of different types of soiled linen articles that each of the four floors, the nursUsed by All Patients. must go jnto the out-going laun- ery, surgery, and central supply. Every patient uses the linen -at dry dally. The failure to get a order blank lists the number the' Stanly County hospital. He portion of the soiled linen off to The of linen,' such as sheets, sleeps upon a bed every night and the laundry would mean a pos- of articles pillow cases, towels, wash his head usually rests upon a pilsible shortage of that particular spreads, item of linen. And that is never cloths, gowns, laundry bags, bed low. If he desires, the hospital pan covers, scrub suits, doctor's will furnish him a bed gown at no supposed to happen. gowns, mattress covers, etc., that extra cost. If the patient enters But let's start at the beginning the floor or department has on the obstetric or surgical departand see if we can get a picture of hand and the number that is need, ments this means additional linen the way the linen room operates ed. When the order is received, the needs. He is furnished with towels at the local hospital. separate articles are assembled and none of his linen needs go unThe bed clothing-and the pa- and placed in a linen fagon and fulfilled. tients' gowns are changed daily someone comes down from the There's a lot of work connecton all the floors. Also, much soil- floor for the linen which is taken ed linen comes from the nursery to the linen closet on the floor and ed with keeping the linen ciosets and operating rooms and from from there is dispensed as needed. on the hospital floors stocked with fresh linen for use by the patients central supply. All the floors have Closed on Sundays. whenever it is needed. And there's a laundry chute which channels The linen room is closed on Sun- a lot of details to look after. the soiled linen down to the base"But so far, we've never run out ment of the hospital and into the days so the linen orders from the "soiled linen room". The bulk of floors on Saturdays are doubled yet," Mrs. Gaddy savs". the soiled linen arrives, via the to take care of the day when no chute route, by about 10:30 a.m. linen is issued. each day and it is picked up shortMrs. Gaddy has to keep an eagle ly thereafter by a local laundry eye on the stock of linen to assure with which the hospital has a con- an adequate supply at all times'. tract. Much-soiled linen, such as She is especially concerned with that from the nursery, is kept in the infant's garments which she laundry bags and separated from considers one of the most importthe loose linen. Staff nurses' uni- ant items of linen that is used. forms are marked with the own- When the nursery is filled with er's name so they can be identified babies there is a large turn over and returned to the right person. in the garments used by this department. Mrs. Gaddy must know Goes Out Each Day. Soiled linen goes out from the at all times how many of the varhospital each day except Monday. ious types of garments she has on Freshly laundried linen is return- hand as well as off in the laundry. 1 ed to the hospital each day except When the supply of any article gets low, she put in a, requisition I Sunday. for more. **" I 'lr*n linen arriving from the laundry is soiled and articles in Holidays and other times when each separate type are counted and the laundry is not. .operating prestacked in their proper niche in sent a problem to the linen dethe linen room. Nurses' uniforms partment of the hospital and lots are assembled and hung on a rack jof times Mrs. Gaddy find herwith the owner's name and num- self "scraping the bottom of the ber of uniforms attached to it. barrel" in the supply of some Regular staff nurses of the local particular article of linen. Howhospital furnish their own uni- I ever, if a stark emergency arises, forms but the uniforms are laun- I she can put in a hurry-up requisidried free of charge by thel hos- tion and get the needed linen from pital laundry service. Uniforms the hospital stock room. for the maids, attendants, kitchIt is not uncommon on days en personnel, and technical staff, when there's a lot of operations are the property of the hospital I performed, for the operating room and are issued to the employees to use over 200 surgical towels, as needed. plus a lot of doctor's gowns, Each morning, Mrs. J. Winfred I masks, boots,' sheets, and leggins. Gaddy, who is in charge of the There must be no holes or frayed linen room at the hospital, re- edges on any of the linen used in ceives seven regular orders for the operating room. The many linen. These orders come from covers used in surgery are tripled in thickness. Inventory of Linen. An inventory of the hospital linen in use, reveals the following quantities of linen on hand: sheets, 827; spreads, 377; draw sheets, 380; bath towels, 316; hand towels, 950; wash cloths, 340; -patient gowns, 180; bed pan covers, 125; scrub suits, 70; doctor's gowns I (green), 117; mattress covers, 125; covers (18 by 18 inches), 350; ward curtains, 107; infant shirts, 230; infant blankets, 225; infant bands, 250; infant pads, 227; and infant diapers, 650. Another function of the linen department of the hospital is the repair of torn garments and the manufacture of new articles of linen t h a t can be used by the hospital. One full-time seamstress, Miss Jessie Cunningham, is employed in I the linen room, and Mrs. Thelma Shepard, another hospital employee, divides her time between I the nurses' home and the linen I room. "We're always sewing," Mrs. Gaddy says. Repairs Are Made. Repairable articles are repaired" by the seamstresses. For instance, a sheet with a torn edge can be made into a shorter sheet; a towl with a frazzled edge can be shortened; an orderly's jacket I or a doctor's gown cah be patchI ed; a torn cover can be made into a smaller 'cover. When an article of linen is so worn or torn that it can no longer be used for its original purpose, it is utilized for some other purpose. Worn sheets and towels are made into wash rags, pot holders, kitchen towels, covers, and many small items that are always needed around the hospital. Rarely is an old or worn garment thrown away—it is put to another use. ' Bolts of new cloth are used regularly by the linen room personnel in the manufacture of surgical boots, leggins, baby bands, and other baby garments, covers, towels, and numerous small linen articles. The hospital finds it cheaper to manufacture many of the smaller articles of linen than to buy them. Many of these articles cannot be bought and they must be made at the hospital. Linen used at the hospital must be of the best quality as it takes a beating from regular laundrying and autoclaving. There is a continuous turn-over in the linen as old pieces are giving out and new ones are being added daily.
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Miracles Are Performed Often In Operating Room At Local Hospital Routine Is Outlined For The Surgery Recovery Room Is Important Spot In Care Of Patients After Operation. i
(Ed. Note.—This is the fifth in a series of articles on the Stanly county hospital, designed to inform the people of Stanly county as to the procedures followed in the hospital. This newspaper feels that when a person is fully informed as to what may be expected when he enters a hospital, the hospital personnel is able to give better care because he can provide intelligent cooperation. These articles are being written by Fred T. Morgan, News and Press feature writer.) Surgery in any form is nothing to be dreaded at the Stanly county hospital. It is performed as quickly and as painlessly as medical science and technical skill can devise. Still, many people dread the thoughts of the operating room and the surgeon's knife. To many people t h e operating room is something mysterious and strange and, therefore, it is looked upon with awe and a certain unpleasantness. Probably nothing but an actual experience in the operating room as a patient would acquaint one •with the procedure followed
there. At the same time, probably nothing but an actual experience in the operating room would dispel the belief of those who associate the operating room with mysteries and miracles. True, miracles are performed in the Stanly county hospital operating room but these miracles are brought about by long study, training, practice and skill. It might soothe the worries of someone who is expecting to enter the hospital for surgery if he kenw beforehand the general routine followed for surgery patients. Due to the many many types of operations, and taking into consideration the individual circumstances of each, no set procedure can be given that will fit every patient every time. Normally, in the case of nonemergency major operations, the patient enters the hospital the afternoon before his operation the next morning. Most of the routine laboratory work, consisting- principally of blood and urinalysis, is done that afternoon. Excepting a few minor operations, the surgical patient receives an enema. Also, the area of the operation is prepared the night before. This means, usually, that the area is shaved and washed with liquid soap, ether, and alcohol. For the evening meal, the patient gets a soft diet. He gets no breakfast the next morning. About 45 minutes before operating time, the nurse gives him a hypodermic. Next, he is dressed in the operating room apparel, consisting of a jacket, boots, and a towel wrapped around the head. Before this, however, all rings,
watches, and jewelry are removed as well as all objects such as combs and pins from the hair. These things might possibly interfere with the operation and could cause injury to the patient while he is under the anesthesia. The operating room apparel worn by the patient is for a specific purpose and every surgery patient is dressed in this way. Then he is wheeled into the operating room, a place where everything is light and clean. The nurses and surgeons are waiting, and then using the proper anesthesia, determined by the condition of the patient and the time required for the operation, the patient is soon in deep repose. Length of operations varies widely, depending upon the type and the skill and speed of the surgeon. The operation over, the patient is wheeled to the recovery room on the second floor where he remains under the constant observation and care of a nurse un- SURGERY PATIENT—Here is a surgery patient in the Stanly County hospital prepared and ready til he is fully reacted from the to be taken to the operating room. The patient is Mrs. Ira Hatley. The nurses are Mrs. James anesthesia. —Staff Photo. Not many hospitals the size of Swaringen. left and Mrs. Tom Lowder. the Stanly county hospital have a special recovery room and many larger hospitals do not have this desirable feature. Here in the recovery room which is in charge of a graduate nurse, the patient can come out of his induced sleep in a more or less normal manner. Often the after-effects of anesthesia are somewhat unpleasant, depending upon whether ether, gas or sodium pentothal is used. All necessary stimulants, such as oxygen and other medications, are kept in the recovery room, and are ready for immediate use if the patient's condition should require it. It takes varying lengths of time for the patient to fully re act. In major operations it is usually three or four hours or maybe longer. From the recovery room he goes back to his own room on the floor. For the re? mainder of the day he will be a pretty sick person as ^anyone who has been under ether can tell you. For the first day following the operation the patient is usually given liquids from off the hall. On the second day, the doctor may order a special or soft diet for him. Little remains after this except the convelescence. Some doctors encourage early ambulatory exercise following an operation. Other doctors do not. The main thing is for the patient to have implicit faith in his doctor and to abide by everything the uoctor tells him.
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Sterilization Of Items Used In Hospital Requires Much Effort Little Known I Department Is Described ' Few Patients Realize Work Needed To Prevent Infection. (This is the twelfth in a series o farticles on the Stanly County hospital, written by Fred T. Morgan, and designed to inform the public fully about the operation of this institution.) PUTTING UP GLOVES—Mrs. Alma Helms, left, in charge of A little known and little rec- Central Supply at the Stanly County hospital, pauses as she preognized place that performs an pares to fold a pair of rubber gloves into a towel and place them important and vital function at In the'wire tray for autoclaving. Miss Marion Davis, nurses aide the Stanly County hospital is the and assistant to Mrs. Helms, places gauze in a metal container to be sterilized. Many steps are necessary and much care to Central Supply department. Few people not connected with given the many items that are daily autoclaved at the hospital. —Staff Photo. the hospital or the medical profession know anything about the functions and indispensable services that are performed here. The principal function of central supply is to sterilize all the various and sundry items in the hospital needing sterilization. This includes everything from needles to bulky operating-room packs. To perform this duty, the room is equipped with two autoclaves. An autoclave is a giant-size pressure cooker into which the items needing sterilization are placed and steam-treated under pressure for a specified length of WATER DISTILLING MACHINE—Here Mrs. Helms runs distilled time. This process completely water from the distillery into 10-gallon storage jugs. Distilling separates all germs or possible water to a daily function of Central Supply and sometimes as contaminating agents from the articles and makes them as high as 25 gallons are distilled. —Staff Photo. sterile as is possible or practical to get them. Mr. Howard, Miss May Bethel, all especially when the pharmacy All sterile needs of the hospital of Pageland, S. C. requisitions distilled water, as are provided through the central high as 25 gallons of water is Miss Altha Mae Robinson has supply room. These needs are distilled. gone home to attend the funeral many. The operating room, the of her brother who was killed in delivery room, and the nursery Stock Room. a car accident Sunday evening, are big users of sterile items Central supply maintains a November 15, at 5 o'clock on the and the need for these sterile (Robert Phifer, Oorres.) small stock room and stocks most Jefferson highway. is a continuous one. of the items in which there is Miss Jaunita Moss and Mrs. Em- Eld. Robert Phifer, Miss Wilma items Never-ending Process. a heavy turnover. Needles and ma Crump spent the past week- Cliborne, John L. CUborne, Minissyringes are continually giving end to Virginia to be at the bed ter Billy Melker attended the Likewise, the process in cenout and breaking; gloves are side of Pvt. James Bennett, son of funeral of Jonas Motley on Sun- tral supply is a never-ending one. discarded because of holes; and Mrs. Emma Crdmp, who was in- day, November 15th, at Statesville. When a needle, a syringe, a tube, when a pack or towel becomes jured in a car wreck. They have Bishop Collins completed a most a glove, an instrument, or any worn or ragged it is eliminated returned home now. They left successful revival last week at the of scores of other items are used, for all materials used must be Pvt. Bennett improving nicely. Church of God on Colson street. they must be returned to central in perfect condition. Some of the The anniversary of Bishop P. L. The revival is to continue a few supply for re-autoclaving which supplies in the stock room are means re-sterilization. And the Ledbetter was held at the Saint nights this week. not sterile, but they are sterilturnover in the use of these items Delight Holy church Sunday, No- Prayer service is conducted each ized before they leave central vember 15th. Sunday morning day at the home of Mrs. Ella to heavy. supply for use. Elder F. M. Lilly preached a won- Thomas on East South street. The All the floors, the nursery, and A lot of work and preparations derful soul-stirring sermon. He time is 12 o'clock. The public delivery rooms requisition their lie behind thfr gleaming instru—| was assisted by the choir from is- invited to attend these serv- needs from central supply daily ments that the doctor or surgeon Greensboro. Sunday afternoon ices. end they also return their soiled uses, the gown that he wears, Elder O*. C. Krone and his choir Mrs. Mary Frances Phifer, Miss items daily. the rubber gloves that he wears from Wadesboro were In charge, Patsey Jane Martin, John L. Cli- It takes a lot of work and aton his hands, and the sheets upand on Sunday night, Elder Robert borne and Elder Robert Phifer tention to details to keep things Phifer and the Senior choir from spent Tuesday evening in Page- in central supply shipshape and AUTOCLAVE—This is the way the various packs fee the oper- on which the patient rests. T$ie from which the infants Greensboro. land, S. C. operating smoothly. Two full- ating and delivery rooms look when they are placed in the auto- bottle feeds; the pitcher in which his time employees are kept busy clave for sterilizing. Shown here to the smaller of the two autoOut-of-town guests, attending was mixed are sterile the anniversary included Mrs. El- j A well fed riding camel can six days a week with the work claves. The Items are subjected to steam pressure for a specified formula of central supply, as len Robinson, Mrs. Eloise Seggars, Icover 60 to 70 miles In a day and quite often they need assist- time and are sterile and ready for use after their removal. The products are the needles injects, ance from other hospital em- clock at the top of the autoclave is an electric graph mechanism medicine into your which arm. ployees. which records each ran of the machine during a 24-hour period. patient but little realizes A licensed practical nurse, Mrs. Mrs. Helms, above, and her. assistant. Miss Davis, clean tile two theThework, care, and attention Alma Helms, is in charge of the autoclaves once each week and give Central Supply a thorough that goes into the preparation of department and she is assisted the many sterile items that are —Staff Photo. by Miss Marion Davis, a nurse's cleaning. used for his benefit during his aide. These two ladies are kept stay in the hospital. The ceneotony, and donor set trays are ber gloves are one of the prinmighty busy from 7 a. m. until tral supply department rates' a autoclaved for 15 minutes. Neecipal items handled by central I 3 p .m. Monday through Satursupply. The department aver- dles, instruments, syrings, emer- salute for its unheralded contriday. ages handling about 100 pairs of gency, operating room, and spi- butions to the welfare of the Run the Still. rubber gloves three times a week. nal trays are autoclaved for 30 patient at the Stanly County hos.Each day they must turn the The gloves are brought to cen- minutes. Most of the cotton pital. steam on both autoclaves, set the tral supply from floors. First goods, the pads, cotton balls, water distilling machine in op- they are washed,thethen gauze, applicators, etc. are left eration, run the hot and cold then powdered on one side. dried, the machine for 30 minutes. Then sterile water, check supplies and they are checked individually for in of the bulky major, minor, see what has been used during holes. This is done by trapping Some and per for the operating the night, get linen from linen air in the glove and squeezing room arepacks left in the large autoroom, check supplies for emerat various places and holding clave for one hour. gency room, wash all test tubes, tt to your ear or face to see if The autoclaves resemble huge needles, • catheter sets, syrings, it air is escaping. Any gloves with wall ovens. When the wrapped I douche cans, fill orders from all flaws eliminated at this and prepared items are placed floors, make OB packs, leave point. are Then the gloves are turnplenty of. supplies on hand for ed and the other side powdered. inside, the steel door is closed, the evening and night shifts, and Then they are paired out. With locked, and tightened to prevent dozens of other daily details. each pair must go a small packet the steam from escaping. Then All this is in addition to a of powder which the doctor or the steam is turned on and left specific schedule of duties for surgeon uses to rub on his hands for the specified time. An eleceach day. before donning the gloves. The tric graph machine records on a On Monday they check ill sup- pair of gloves is then folded in special chart each run of the maplies, clean and fill all cans and a towel and this towel is wrap- chine and the time and tempertrays that have been used over ped in a double cover and the ature points reached. When the Sunday, fill orders from halls, put size of the gloves is marked on time is up the steam is closed off dp gloves, and wash needles and the outside. A dozen or so of the and a vent opened and when test tubes, among other things. towel-wrapped packets, each con- the pressure gauge shows th.at Tuesdays, they put up needles taining a pair of gloves, are the pressure is down, the door is , opened. The articles aren't taken that have been used, order supplies from storeroom, run solu- placed in a small wire tray and o u t immediately. They must dry tray is ready to be placed thoroughly and have no damptions, make saline solutions,( lthe make up packing, bandages, and n t iH ? v e ' • ik. ness about them when they are cotton wadding, and put up I aSingle gloves are put up m the t a k e n fyom t h e autoclave and i medicine glasses. * £* manner with the size and p ] a e e < j Dn the shelves ready tot On Wednesday they wrap V- " g h t ".J*** h a n d m a »*ing on u s e > pads, sterilize specimen bottles, 1 the outside. Use of Diack. put up gloves again, clean shelves Needles Are Big Mem. Te be sure that the articles and store supplies, and replenish Needles are another big Item are thoroughly sterilized, or as rubber tubing supply. handled in central supply. Twice a means of checking the autoa week, the personnel process claves, a small "control diack" ' Thursday Schedule. Thursdays is the day they i»- from 100 to 175 Various types of is placed in the center of each autoclave all trays, sterile sheets, needles. They come in daily from pack or tray package, or with pillow-cases, packings, etc. that the floors. First they are sub- each run. The control diask conhave been unused for 10 days or merged in a basin of water con- sists of a small tube with a longer. After 10 days an auto taining surgical instrument pow piece of White sponge-like subclave article is not considered d e r a n d this liquid is ran through | stance Inside it. When the pack sterile any longer and must be J the needle to see if it is working is opened after the autoclaving re-autoclaved. On this day they properly and also to clean i t process, the sponge-like subalso wrap towels, ABD's, and A cotton tip applicator is used to stance should be red in color. packings, clean and sterilize clean the top of the needle. Wherever the pack is opened, needles, put syringes up, make Sometimes small particles of the control diack is checked beblood or medicine are left and it fore any of the Items in the pack and thermometer solutions. On Fridays, they again put up is necessary to swab out the top are used. If the diack is not the gloves, re-autoclave sterile of the needle carefully. Then the the proper color, the pack wili items from the operating room, needle points are checked for not be accepted and it will be rerun solutions, process the vase- "picks" by rubbing them across turned to central supply for reline 'furacine gauze, and check the skin. If there are,any picks autocla/ing. the halls for heating pads, hot or rough places on the needle Small items such as cotton water bottles, ice caps, measur- points, they will be discovered balls, pads, towels, gauze, etc. ing cups, etc. that have not been this way. If rough places are I are placed in metal containers returned. I found, the needle points are rub following the autoclaving. The Likewise, Saturday is another I bed gently against a small abra- glove packets are stacked on the busy day. They check the deliv-^sive stone until they are smooth, shelves. Needles are placed in ery and emergency rooms to see aThen they are washed in ether special boxes on the shelves. if they have enough supplies for n d sized out and placed in test Every item it kept in a special I the week-end, check all floors for tubes and autoclaved for 30 place sb it can be easily found distilled water, fill all jugs, and niinutes. by floor nurses on the evening Autoclave Operation. and night shifts. leave the distilled filled, re-auto clave for operating room, check The autoclaving process is an Sterile hot and cold water is nursery supplies for week-end, interesting one. A big autoclave used in quantity by the hospital i check to see where suction and and a little autoclave are built and a daily run of this *rater Wangensteen machines are in into the wall of the central sup- must be made in central supply. | operation, and empty, clean and ply room. Different items need- The water is boiled and stored run both hot and cold sterile wa- ing sterilization can be placed in separate tanks which are ter. Saturday is also clean-up together in the autoclaves as long cleaned once each week. day when both autoclaves as as they are to be "run" for the Much distilled water is needed well as other pieces of equip, same length of time. All the ar- also in the hospital operations ment are polished and cleaned. ticles containing rubber, as Well and this, too, comes from central Many steps are necessary be- as pins, eye droppers, clamps, supply. The water-distilling mafore a solied or unsterile article bonemarrow, aspirating, vein chine makes a run each day of is ready to be autoclaved. Rub- cut down, thoracentesis, trach- at least 10 gallons. Frequently,
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Maintenance Of Hospital Equipment Keeps Two Men Busy AH The Time Supplies Are Also Handled By Same Men Redwine And Almond Have Many Varied Duties At Big Institution. (Ed. Note—This is the thirteenth in a series of articles on the Stanly County hospital written by Fred T. Morgan, News and Press feat u r e editor. These articles are designed to inform Stanly county people about the hospital in order that when they use it, they will better understand the rules and regulations.) Maintenance and stock room supplies erf closely related at the Stanly Coanty hospital and come under th£ supervision of plant engineer, James M. Redwine. Eithe* of the two jobs would warrant full time attention but Mr. Redwine and his assistant, Charlgg Almond, manage to handle themfwith part time assistance CHECKING THE REQUISITIONS—James M. Redwine, plant en- from Douglas Sasser, Pfeiffer colgineer a t t h e local hospital, must keep up-to-the-minute rec- lega'student and former full-time ords a n d knowledge of the m a n y hundreds of items stocked in employee of the hospital. t h e hospital stock room. Mr. Redwine doesn't spend much During the summer, an additiontime a t his desk, he's too busy looking after the hospital equip- al man is needed outside to keep ment. He a n d his assistant, Charles Almond, a r e men of versa- the 14-acre hospital grounds looktility a n d possess the know-how to cope with a n y problem t h a t ing neat and trim. arises in the hospital equipment. —Staff Photo. While the maintenance on the grounds and exterior of the hospital doesn't directly concern the patient other than from an esthetic viewpoint, maintenance and service to the vital operation organs of the building and attention to the stock room supplies certainly do tie in directly with the patient. What happens when there's a power failure? When the elevator won't work? When a boiler gives trouble and jeopardizes the heating System? When the refrigerating and air conditioning systems balk? When any one of scores of machines and fixtures in the hospital act up? ' Quick, sure, decisive, remedial action must be taken, for often a life or lives hang in the balance. Much of Mr. Redwine's time is taken up keeping order in the stock room, dispensing the supplies as needed, and in ordering new supplies. The stock room is the main supply room of the hospital and everything ordered comes to the stock room where it is recorded, numbered, shelved, and catalogued before being issued to the floors and departments as needed. Requlstion Days Requisition days for ordering things from the hospital stock V00 ™.aTe designated as Monday and Tuesday, but in an emergency they can be obtained at any time room has ui^.1^^ something like $15,000 worth of stock on hand. An inventory is made semiannually and a permanent inventory of the goods on hand is kept a t all times. Glucose and the sets to administer the glucose is one of the items in which there is a large turnover. Something like 20 cases of glucose are used each week Around 20 cylinders of oxygen are used per week. There is also a rapid turnover, in paper cups and other paper items, baby needs ether, X-ray film and supplies! surgical dressings, and test tubes and other laboratory supplies. Mr. Redwine tries to keep at least a 30- to 60-day stock of all supplies on hand. He usually orders once each week. There is in stock in the hospital stock room everything which the hospital uses in any quantity with the exception of drugs and food. Drugs are kept in the hospital drug dispensary and-food is kept in the kitchen deoartment. However, a supply of dishes and kitchen ware is kept in the stock room. Here are a few random examples typical of th# quantities of stock kept: 25 gross of sutures, 10 gross of hypo needles. 200 dozen surgeon's needles, and 100,000 sheets of paper. Not many chemicals are stocked by the hospital but are ordered when needed. An ample stock of linen is kept as well as housecleaning items and janitor's supplies. Light Bulbs Light bulbs are stocked by the gross. Mr. Redwine estimates approximately 1,000 b u l b s are in use in the hospital, ranging from a small 6-watt bulb to a 300-watt bulb. Many specially designed bulbs are used on various Instruments and in the operating rooms and these, too, must be stocked and ready for immediate use when an old bulb gives out. The stock room is equipped with ». small printing press which prints dofcens of forms used by the hospital. Equipment coming under the .lurisdjction of the stock room includes a full set of hand tools, olus a well-equipped work shop located in the basement of the hospital near the stock room and containing all types of woodworking machinery, paint, and other materials and fixtures. The hospital also owns a pickup truck which is used to 'pick up supplies and for other miscellaneous use. Outside equipment includes a 31-inch power mower a Hme spreader, and the usual yard eauipment. On the maintenance side, the boys do everything from Install light bulbs and build shelves to working on the refrigeration and »ir conditioning systems and overhauling some of the machines used in the hospital. The maintenance service includes the nurses' home also. One imoortant phase of their work includes the un-keep and daily attention to the heating] plant of the hospital. Two 80-
IN BOILER ROOM—Charles Almond, assistant plant engineer a t the Stanly County hospital, spends a lot of his time tending the boilers in t h e boiler room at the heating plant. Here h e is m a k i n g adjustments on the mechanism which takes air out of the water used in the steam heating process. Two 80-horsepower boilers are located in the room back of Mr. Almond a n d require a lot of his attention. —Staff Photo. horsepower boilers furnish heat AH electric motors in the hosfor the hospital and nurses' home. pital, and there's a gang of them, One boiler is held for emergency are lubricated and inspected at use at all times. They are usual- regular intervals. All auxiliary ly alternated in use about every and emergency units are checked 30 days. The boilers contain much and tested regularly. intricate automatic equipment and Headaches necessitate close attention. One of the biggest headaches in Oil Consumption the maintenance department is Fuel oil consumption at the the refrigeration system at the, heating plant is not an insignifi- hospital which has given more cant item. During the summer than its share of trouble in the the plant uses an average of 10,- past few years. Occasionally Mr. 000 gallons of fuel oil per month. Redwine has to call on outside reIn winter this consumption is up- frigeration technicians for help on ped to around 15,000 gallons per the units. month. "All in all," Mr. Redwine says, In the event of a power fail- "we don't have too much trouble ure, an auxiliary power plant at with our equipment. It's comparathe hospital automatically takes tively new yet and should give over and furnishes light at vital good service for some years to points throughout the building come." such as the operating and delivery Mr. Redwine and his assistant, rooms, nursery, nurses' stations, Mr. Almond, work six days each exits, switchboard, etc. week and are subject to call on Minor breakdowns in the hos- the seventh day. One of them is pital equipment are usually re- on call 24 hours per day and they paired by the maintenance men. alternate by the week. Major trouble, such as the 30One of them must be available horsepower motor on the service^ at all times for they are relied elevator that had to be rewound upon to know what to do in any recently, cannot be handled at the eventuality when trouble arises hospital and must be sent outside. at the hospital.
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N.
New Human Beings Introduced To Society At The Local Hospital Maternity Floor Is Important Procedure Followed In Birth Of Child Is Explained. (Ed. Note.—This is the ninth in a series of articles on the Stanly Cohnty hospital designed to inform the public about the routines and procedures gi | followed at this institution. This series is being written by Fred T. Morgan, feature writer for the News and Press). Not to be overlooked in any series of articles on the departments of the Stanly County hospital is the one department from which our population increase comes—the maternity floor. No'one could justly say that the service performed on the maternity floor is not just as vital and important, if not more so, than any other of the humanitarian services offered at the hospital. Here new life is bom. Squall- MATERNITY PATIENT—Here a patient, Mrs. Helen Thomas, to ing, protesting, inquiring new being taken to her room on the floor following a delivery in the delivery room. The nurses are Miss Marlene Page, left, and life. Here new human beings are Mrs. Virginia Redfern. Normally mothers may see their new introduced to society. Human babies just as soon as they are sufficiently recovered from the —Staff Photo. beings that destiny may have delivery. imbued with the answers to the troubles of the world. In this department the 'infant takes its first breath and becomes aware of its surroundings. Infants and mothers at the Stanly County hospital are given the very best of care known to medical science and practical nursing. No effort is spared at the hospital to protect and nourish this new life which is so precious to us. Maternity patients are admitted just like any other l patient. Usually the patient goes directly to the maternity ward on the third floor and the husband gives the necessary information to the admitting officer. When the nurse has observed the patient long enough to de-\ termine her condition, she notifies the patient's doctor and gets his instructions. If the patient is in inactive labor, she is kept in the hall and prepared tfor the "delivery. If in active labor, she is taken directly to the labor room. Anxious Husband Only hospital personnel are I admitted to the labor and delivery rooms. This means the husband must stay in the hall or remain in the third floor lobby. One consolation is the fact that the husband can, from the lobby, keep an eye on the traffic in THE BABY WAGON—-Mrs. Louise Morris here manipulates the and out of the door leading to two-decker cart which to sometimes used to distribute the babies from the nursery to their mothers on the floor. —Staff Photo. I the labor and delivery rooms. While in the labor room the aid the new arrivals on the road | patient is watched closely by to heath and normalcy. the nurses and she is examined tiie remainder of her stay from time to time by the doctor. in For the hospital following the de-1 She is usually given sedation tp livery, the mother normally gets ease pain. When the time draws a regular^ and she gets out j near, the doctor is notified and of bed anddiet walks on the second the patient is taken to the de- or third day, depending, of livery room which is directly course, upon instructions from across the hall from the labor her doctor. Usually mothers reroom. Here the doctor takes main in the hospital from three | over and proceeds with the de- to five days following the delivery. Anesthesia given in the livery. delivery room is usually trilene. Whereas only one patient was! The length of time required in | the labor and delivery room admitted to the hospital in the probably varies with each pa- case of the maternity patient, tient and? no definite routine can two are discharged. The new be followed. Some patients are baby assumes his individuality more nervous and upset than and is regarded as, a separate! others and do not respond as human being right from the mowell to sedation and anesthesia. ment of his birth. Prior to the!' I Some patients remain in labor discharge, the baby is brought | for hours while others are in la- to the mother's room and dressbor for only a short time. In ed and it is, taken by a nurse or I either case, the doctor is nearby nurse's aid down to the patient's and can be summoned on short car. Usually the husband or| some representative of the panotice. settles with the business j Once the delivery Is over, the tient patient is returned to her room office beforehand. Everything possible is donel on the floor where she recovers for the health of the mother and I from the anesthesia. The caesarian delivery is made her baby while they remain at in the main operating room of j the hospital and from there the course instructs the mother on patient goes to the recovery room the care and attention and then back to her room on should be given the baby it leaves the hospital. the maternity floor. Baby Care The important thing in the deliveries—the baby—is imme, diatery taken to the nursery where he is bathed, weighed, measured, and a solution is put I in his eyes to prevent any eye | infections. One of the first things done to I the new baby is to identify it with a name bracelet. The bracelet, in the form of small beads with letters on them, "is placed around the baby's wrist. A boy gets blue. beads, a girl pink. The beads have the mother's last name upon them. In the event there are two babies with the same name in the nursery at the same time they are designated as A-Smith and I B -Smith, with the A denoting the one who arrived first. There is j very little chance of getting the babies mixed up under this sysi tern. Usually the husband gets to see the baby before the mother. | Just as soon as the baby is bathed and dressed and the statistics taken care of, the husband may get a peek at his new heir. The mother may see her baby I just as soon as she' is recovered sufficiently. The new baby is fed every four hours and he is taken to his mother at regular times each day. Kept In Nursery During visiting hours, the new baby is kept In the nursery where he can be viewed through the wide window by the proud father and other admirers. He is identified on a card attached to his tray as Baby so and so. The card gives his parents' names, his doctor, the time of his arrival, and his weight and length. The nursery is equipped with incubators and other devices to
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1953
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
X-Ray Department At Stanly County Hospital Well-Equipped And Staffed For Its Functions Dr. Bivens Is Head Of Department Diagnosis And Treatment Are Of Major Importance In Caring For Sick. (Ed, Vote—This to the sixth in a series of articles on the Stanly County hospital, written by Fred T. Morgan, feature writer for the News a n a Press. The purpose of these articles is to inform the people of Stanly county about the various procedures followed at the hospital in order that, when a n d if they are patients in t h e hospital, they m a y give t h e hospital personnel intelligent co-operation). Of all the many, medical facilities available at the Stanly County hospital, none exceeds in CHEST X-RAY—Here Miss Mary Ellen Gilbert. X-ray technician a t the local hospital, gets a patient in the correct position for a chest X-ray. The chest X-ray requires only a moment of the patient's time. —Staff Photo. Part of Answer importance the X-ray department. . Before going further it might There are in medical science j be well to state that X-rays are few surer, more accurate and de- not the panacea or cure — all pendable methods at hand for j that some people think them to the diagnosis of many h u m a n i be. X-rays are not the complete ills and few more certain aids answer to the patient's trouble,, in planning and pursuing the they are only part of the anproper course of treatment of swer. X-rays are only a part of RECEIVING TREATMENT—Miss F.alis Edwards, registered X-ray l the complete examination given technician employed at the local hospital, maneuvers the equipthese ills. ment into position to give an X-ray treatment to the patient, The Stanly County hospital is < the patient. The patient's doctor L. F. Shaver. Treatments of this sort are principally for cancer, determines the need for an X-ray fortunate in having a modern examination. If he thinks an skin diseases, and arthritis. —-Staff Photo. X-ray department staffed with X-ray examination will aid him trained personnel. An X-ray de- in diagnosing the patient's illIn-patients are not billed sepHeads Department partment of this sort is indis- Lness, then he will order an exHead of t h e X-ray department pensable in the modern methods a m i n a t i o n . The patient's doctor arately by the X-ray department of diagnosing and treating hu- ireceives the X-ray- report and but the cost of their X-ray ser- j at the Stanly County hospital is Dr. Bivens. the hospital radiolom a n maladies. [combines it with his other find- vice is included in the general j gist. 'A radiologist is a man Broken bones are perhaps llngs and then prescribes treat- hospital bill. with a rare combination of abiliw h a t most people think of first ment. Patients scheduled for X-ray ties. Dr. Bivens is a g r a d u a l when they h e a r you speak of an examinations are not taken on j physician who has spent sever! The Stanly County hospital X-ray. But aiding in the repair a first-come-flrst-served basis. years in the concentrated sturj h a s a radiologist, a technical of broken bones is only one of The individual need of eaeh de- |of X-rays and their relationsh the many uses of the X-rays at Istaff, and about $50,000 worth of termines the sequence in which to the body in both diagnoq | X-ray equipment for the benefit the local hospital. I of its patients. An average of they are handled. For instance, land treatment. He has to kn There is no part of the body 1 approximately 400 patients per a wreck victim coming to the 'the most minute differences which cannot be X-rayed, includ- j month are handled in this de- ihospital by ambulance m a y tween the various shadows \ ing t h e bladder, kidneys, lungs, I partment. have to wait while other seri- health tissues cast on the X heart, stomach, etc. There are two principal phases ously ill patients are examined. 'film and be able to distin Probably most people have : of X-ray work — diagnosis and If a patient at the local hos- hem from any shadows been X-rayed at one time or anIn both these phases pital is too sick to come to the Imay mean the presence bther and they know that it is •treatment. the X-ray department a t the X-ray room", the hospital h a s ease. He must also und no more uncomfortable t h a n handles patients on a X-ray equipment that can be ! the operation of the c having your ' picture m a d e at a I hospital taken right into the patient's I X-ray equipment. photographer's studio. You are straight consultation basis. Pa- room or to the operating table. Dr. Bivens came to t h e j tients must be referred there for not aware that anything is hap[an X-ray examination by a pening at all. Art X-ray picture medical doctor. is just t h a t easily made. On the diagnostic side, the No Preparation X-rays or radiographs, which is Another thing, no preparation the accepted name for a n X-ray is necessary for an X-ray of picture, are developed soon after many parts of the body, possibly [they are made. Then they are with the exception of undress- interpreted by the hospital raling and donning the X-ray room diologist, Dr. Ed S. Bivens. While gown. examining the radiographs upon However, when it comes to a specially lighted screen, Dr. taking X-ray pictures of the di- Bivens makes a report of his gestive organs, more complex findings into a microphone which preparations are necessary but records his words. Later the rethese are in no way painful or port is typed out in permanent unpleasant to the person being form and is available to the paX-rayed. For instance, if an tient's doctor. An effort is m a d e X-ray of ihe stomach is neces- to get all these steps completed sary you must not eat any on the same day the radiograph breakfast and prior to taking the is made. X-ray the doctor will give you Treatments Given a barium sulfate "milkshake" to X-ray treatments are given at drink. This substance, which 4s I not unpleasant to take, is very the local hospital principally for opaque to X-rays and if will out- cancer, skin diseases, and cerThis ine your stomach ana* the up-1 tain types of arthritis. per part of your intestines so treatment is given in a specia_ that they m a y be X-rayed and leaded room with special equipment. For this treatment, a pastudied by the radiologist. tient m u s t be referred to t h e hosIf other digestive organs are pital by a medical doctor. to be studied, you m a y have O u t - p a t i e n t s receiving X-ray swallowed tablets for this pur- service at the hospital get a bill pose the day before and X-rays directly from the X-ray departwill be made 'at intervals to ment which they? m u s t t a k e to trace this substance into your the hospital business office and gall bladder. liquidate;
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Drug Dispensary At The Hospital Is A Very Important Department Mrs. Almond Is In Charge Of This Room No Prescriptions Are Compounded; * Buying Done In uantities. \ (Ed. Note: This is the eighth in a series of* articles on the Stanly County hospital, written by Fred T. Morgan, feature edi) tor. The purpose of this series has been to Inform the people of the county as to the procedures followed at the hospital.) It is safe to assume that most patients entering the Stanly County hospital get drugs in one form or another during their stay in the institution. Maybe it will be just a vitamin tablet or an APC. Again it may be ACHT or one of the costly new miracle drugs. But regardless of whatever type of drug the doctor orders, the well - equipped hospital drug dispensary can supply it. The hospital drug dispensary to another of the departments which the hospital patient seldom has occasion to visit, but which, nevertheless, plays an important part in speeding his convalesence. A hospital without a pharmacy or drug dispen- HOSPITAL DRUG DISPENSARY—-Mrs. Joe F. Almond, registered sary would* be like a restaurant nurse in charge of the hospital drug dispensary, has the big Job of keeping the vast number of drugs used by the hospital in orwithout food. It should be pointed out that der and keeping strict records of their use. The drug dispensary changes in dispensing drugs have has all the known drugs for the treatment of any disease. —Staff Photo. come rapidly in recent years, and today few prescriptions are compounded at drug stores. Sijice the drug room in "the basement of all the drugs listed and the prices the hospital does not have a reg- the hospital. It VKtll be only one that the hospital puts on them. istered pharmacist, it does not of many which Mr*. Almond 'will The drug prictfe are the same compound prescriptions. When a receive in the course of a day. for every patient. prescription is received at the The bulk of vthe prescriptions In some cases, when all the exdispensary which calls for com- are usually received in the morn- pensive drugs issued to a papounding several drugs, it is ing following the doctor's rounds tient are not used and the remaining portion can be re-used, sent to one of the local drug of their patients. She assembles the individaul a refund is given the patient on stores, which are on a rotation basis. This means that for one prescriptions with care and dou- the unused portion. month all such prescriptions go ble checks them for accuracy. i Checks Charts to one drug v Store, and next Then she distributes them at the Drugs taken from the drug dismonth to anothr, and so on nurse's station on each floor and pensary during the night or after the nurses administer the drugs through the list of drug stores. Mrs. Almpnd's tenure of duty A registered nurse, Mrs. Joe F. to the patients according to di- which expires at 3 p.m., are reckrections. Almond, is in charge of the drug oned with on the following day. dispensary at the local hospital. . As a precaution against one Every morning Mrs. Almond She has a big job on her hands patient getting the drugs intend- makes a round to each floor and in dispensing the drugs and hi ed for another patient, Mrs. Al- checks the patients' charts for keeping the records straight. And mond goes by the prescription drugs that have been administerthere are lots of records to number < as well as by the pa- ed or prescribed for patients durkeep straight in the drug dispen- tient's name. In the case of, ing her absence. All drugs or married women, she uses their" medications given a patient are sary. But first, let's see what Happens own first names to avoid any recorded on this chart. She notes ,whe» fhe doctor.orders a special possible mix-up. the drug, theiamount, and prices prescription for his patient. AsPatients are charged for all it accordingly and a copy of the suming that the drugs he orders drugs leavingthe drug dispensary bill goes to the hospital business are not kept on the halls, his in their name. Mrs. Almond has office. prescription is sent directly to a price chart to go by. It has No charge is made by the hospital for APC's given patients. APC's are asprins, cough syrup, or other nominal pain relievers. Two-thirds of the patients at the hospital are given narcotics in some form or another while in the hospital. No charge is made for the. narcotics themselves, however, charges are made for the administration of the narcotics. Good things come in small packages—that holds true in the hospital drug dispensary. Some patients seem to think that the bigger the pills or tablets are the more they cost. Often the reverse is true. Patients are not charged by the size of the drug but by its potency. As to the paper work, Mrs. Almond has loads of it to do. Strict records must be kept on every perceptible amount of drugs used. Particularly is this true of narcotics and the expensive and scarce drugs. Who used the drug? For what a'ifment? How much? When? Where? Who 'prescribed it? These are just a few of the many things that must be down in black and white following the issuance of drugs to the hospital patients. Inventory Taken «Just * s strict are the periodic inventory reports. All drugs used during a month or specified period are totaled and this total must check-with the inventory balance of drugs on hand. State and federal authorities inspect the hospital drug records from time to time and they are quick to detect any discrepancy in the book work. They insist that the records be kept accurate and up. to date. ineS i ? a 1 1 d e Partment S I 0f^hf^ of the drug dispensary are kept it alphabetical order. There are the many boxes,. vials, and jars I of pills, tablets, and capsules? the stock solutions, alcohol, bo» riC acid, instrument storage so, lutidnsv;-distilled water, etc; the oils, minerals, and jellies; the powders to make stock solutions; the ophthalmic and other types of oinments; the various rubbing solutions; the serums, insulin, suppositories, and other medications requiring refrigeration; the penicillin drawer; and the antidote draiver which contains antidotes for any kind of poison. The room has a location file which will,enable anyone unfamiliar with the room to locate any drug with a minimum of time and trouble. Quite often it is necessary for evening and night duty nurses to visit the drug d«pensa t ry and with the location file they can locate the drug they are seeking without disturbing Mrs. Almond. No medicines are compounded in the local hospital drug dtopensary*although the necessary .equipment is available for this purpose. If the hospital wished to employ a full time pharmacist all he would have to do would be to come and go to work. Adequate Supply Another responsibility of Mrs. Almond's is to make sure there is,on hand at all times an ade-
STANLY 'NEWS AND quate supply of drugs to meet any emergency, whenever a supply of any drug begins to get low, she puts in a requisition for an order of that drug. Most of the stock solutions and liquids are ordered in 10-gallOn lots. The pills and tablets usually are secured in quantities of from 5,000 to 10,000. They can be obtained cheaper this way and it also assures the hospital of an adequate supply for a few months. It is surprising how pills are gone from a jar containing 5,000 just in a matter of two or three months. New medicines and drugs are not stocked in quantity by \he hospital until it is definitely ascertained that the doctors intend tc use them. Brug manufacturers vie for the business of the local hospital but the hospital has found it wise to stick to one brand bf drugs. No prescriptions are filled by the hospital drug dispensary for patients outside the hospital. The hospital drug dispensary to solely for the benefit of patients in the hospital. In short, the Stanly County hospital drug dispensary has the medications for any type of disease or ailment that medication is needed for.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1953
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARDE, N. C. .
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The present, courthouse is a disgrace to Stanly county. In the first place, it is my opinion that the dingy gray building located in the northeast intersection of Main and Second streets in Albemarle is the ugliest courthouse to be found in the 100 counties of this state. Dubious distinction, don't you think? Less than two years ago, most ^of the plastering overhead in the jury room fell after a heavy rain, having become waterlogged from a leak in tHte rdof, which had been of long standing. Since that time, efforts have been made to patch together the crumbling plcl building, so that it will serve in its inefficient way the people who must work there to carry on the affairs of government. Those who have worked on the building can tell you best the deplorable condition of the 60-year-old structure. Those who have examined it will not even make any guarantee against its being dangerous —a possible hazard to the county employees. Further, it provides inadequate office and storage space for the various government workers. It appears to me that if the county goes to the trouble to hire these workers and pay them a salary, it is only reasonable to furnish them with suitable working quarters. Doesn't it look that way to you? It hasn't been done. , Stanly county is one of the more prosperous counties in North Carolina. Visitors to the county point with pride to the the. wellkept farmsteads, the sleek cattle, the humming industrial plants; and the air of prosperity which pervades the whole area—until they get a look at the courthouse. Such a seat of government cannot speak well for the county which it represents or the neopte
on Corner of East Main St. and Gotten ! or Research Into Its Past History By Horace Horse a house on the northeast corner of Pee Dee and Sixth street, the present site of Mrs.' P. H. Carlton's home. The Ewing house there was moved later to a lot further out on Sixth and is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor. Mr. Ewing got the house'from the late Mr. Dawson Moose,' whom Mrs. P. J. Huneycutt, daughter of J. S. Ewing, says was a very progressive citizen who improved many places in and around Albemarle. Mr. Moose died only a tew years ago. Later the house on East Main And Cotten was bought by the late R. L. Cotton, better known as "Liff." His name was Robert Livingston Cotton. He had a son named Frank, one of the ; East Albemarle boys, a n d a
daughter, Jessie. Frank lives in California and Jessie, who is married, lives in Houston Texas. Her mother, Mrs. Hattie Lassiter Cotton, lives with hear. She is a sister of the late Mrs. W. I. HilL There was a big scuppernong vine on the place, and, Mr. Cotton, as did all other scuppernong vine owners, made up a batch of scuppernong wine every year. The barrel stood out in the smokehouse, and one of the boys found a rubber tube which we Would run down through the bunghoje , of the barrel. As we played hide-and-seek all over the place, we would dash in from time to time for a few good draws on the rubber tube.. So far as I know, Mr. Cotton never discovered that the boys worked right regularly on his barrel. Later the house was occupied!
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by the family of George WJ Reid. In more recent years itf h a s been occupied more or les infrequently. Now, it is being tqrn down, and will soon be only a memory in the hearts and minds of those who recalll happy as well as some unhappy| days there. The home of Mrs. Lewis! Kluttz Edwards which now] faces on Montgomery avenue | once >faced Pee Dee. Originally, it was the Freeman home| place, and was the first two* story house in Albemarle, so I am informed. Later it became the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Kluttz, Sr. Dwight L. Crowell now lives | in the home which .once belonged to toe late Edmund I Freeman, who had a daughter, Miss Lesca, and a son, Henry, both prominently known | in this county. The Paul Ivey home once belonged to "Uncle John" and "Aunt Cam" Snotherly. "Uncle John" was a brother of Joe H. ] Snotherly, long a deputy clerk'! of Superior Court, and a wellknown citizen of the county. The home now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Asher Jenkins was built by George Lowrance, grandfather of Mrs. Ivey, and Dwight and Reggie Crowell. There are still more notes on I my pad about homes in East Albemarle, but the room in the column, as Dutchmen say, is "all." I'll put these notes] aside, promising to pick ther up again, only if Mrs. ReyJ BSUI
courthouse for Stanly county would in any way cause a lack of school facilities I would cer'tainly not vote for the courthouse. But both government buildings and school buildings are important and I have enough confidence in the people ot Stanly county to feel that they are able to build a courthouse and at the same time provide ample educational facilities. Where there is a will there' is-also a way. It to my hope that Stanly county will continue to provide good school buildings for her children in the future as she has done in the past. Just now, although there is need for some expansion, Stanly county is in much better shape so far as schools are concerned than many of the others in this state. Her educational leaders will tell you that. Planning and building a courthouse which will be a credit to the county is a big pob. To finance it a majority of the voters in Saturday's bond election must cast their ballots in favor of it. It isn't something that one man or a few men can do. It is the job of the people—the citizens of Stanly county. Furthermore, partisan politics should not be made a factor in the matter. If Stanly county needs a new courthouse, then the people should unite to see that she has one. In many issues which come before a nation, it becomes wise for men in political life to remember first "I am an American" instead of "I am a Democrat" or "I am a Republican." In this instance, I should like for the people to remember that they are, first of all, citizens of the great county of Stanly. I am well acquainted with, the Stanly county courthouse, hardly a day passes that I do not visit it. I have had occasion.
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS, ALBEMARLE, N. C.
Hospital Business Office Is Vital Department Of Local Institution Charges For Services Are Recorded (Ed. Note—This* is the tenth in a series of articles on the Stanly County hospital written by Fred T. Morgan, News and Press Feature writer. The purpose of this series is tp enable the public to understand the procedures followed at the hospital in the care of patients and in the business operation of the institution.) The business office a t the Stanly County hospital is the place where the discharged patient settles his account with the hospital for the services it has rendered him. Usually, the business office to the discharged patient's last stop on the way out. Every patient admitted to the local hospital is likewise discharged, no matter how short his stay, and when his discharge slip'ls forwarded from his floor to the business office a bill will soon be waiting for him to pay. As soon Ss the office is notified that the patient is to be discharged, all the charges to that patient are gathered up and added to the patient's ledger. All the separate charges are gone over for occuracy, then the total amount of the bill is figured up. Usually the patient or some member of ^3fc:*!?s*:#:* w#Sw:?>»K'X';*S¥*:: his family comes by and pays the bill and signs the insurance PAYING THE BILL—Here Miss Bonnie Curtis, assuming the role forms. the discharged hospital patient, looks over a n itemized bill Specific charges are made by of of the services the Stanly County hospital has rendered her the hospital on all services ren- and* is preparing to pay her bill in full. Tho business office dered the patient. These include cashier, Nancy Hathcock, to ready to explain or check on room and board, drugs, surgery, anythingMrs. about the bill which to not readily understood by the laboratory, X-ray, and perhaps patient. —Staff Photo. others. The business office puts no charge on any service. The dif- There are patients who do not Every prospective patient shoul ferent departments of the hos- have hospital insurance. The£ bear in mind that he will be n pital in which the patient re- are required to make a $30 de-quired to pay his hospital bi ceives treatment or service make posit upon entering the hospital. upon his discharge. And the hoi out the bills and send them to At their discharge, they are ask- pital business office likes to sc the business office. ed to pay the remainder of the patients who pay cheerfully, t The floor nurses record the pa- bill. If they can't pay the bill a they are thankful for reston tient's chart any special services in full, they may work out ar- tion to health and are willin for which the patient will he rangements with the business of- and eager to pay for that servlc bJHed. fice manager whereby they can All the business office does is make weekly or monthly payto check on the accuracy of the ments until the bill is paid in ritems and add them to arrive at fulL the amount the patient owes the Payroll Deduction. hospital. Another means of payment is Not So Simple. the payroll deduction plan. If Sounds like a simple process. the patient prefers to pay by But there's more to it than tak- this method, his employer withing the patient's money and writ- holds an amount agreed upon by ing htm a receipt. The business the employee from his pay check office personnel runs into a lot each pay day and this amount ff headaches in the matter of is forwarded to the hospital to Settling up the patients' bills. be applied on the bill. Most Many discharged patients pay large employers in Stanly county promptly and in full. Or if not and many smaller ones cooperin full, they pay at regular week- ate with the hospital in this plan. ly or montmy, intervals until Many discharged patients who their bill Is liquidated. promise to make regular payPatients with hospital Insur- ments on their bills apparently ance should by all means bring forget about their promises soon their insurance policy with them after their discharge and leave when they are admitted to the the hospital "holding the bag" as hospital. If not when admitted, far as paying their bill to conthen just as soon thereafter as cerned. Large amounts go unpossible. When the business of- collected each year by the hosfice has the insurance policy, the pital because of unfulfilled personnel can evaluate the policy promises by discharged patients. anq estimate the coverage that Sometimes late charges will it will give on the patient's bill in after the patient has when he is discharged. The esti- come deen These are mated insurance coverage is sub- chargesdischarged. that the business office tracted from the patient's bill did not receive time to include and the patient j>ays the bal- on the patient'sinbill. If the inance. surance won't cover it, and usually It will not because the patient's insurance coverage has already been accurately figured the patient is notified or billed by mail for the additional charge. This is often puzzling to him for he remembers having paid his bill upon his discharge or at least 'having seen the total amount of his bill. Indigent Cases. The Indigent cases, the business office endeavors to find out why the patient is unable to pay. The county welfare department usually h a s knowledge of such cases and the office checks with the welfare department and the case is reviewed. If the patient is proved to be entirely indigent and 'without means to pay his] bill, the business office seeks to] get his case certified by the county. If the county authorities certify the case, then the pa-1 tient goes home and the county' pays his hospital bill. To prevent unnecessary complications and inconveniences, the patient who is unable, to pay should see the hopsital business office manager soon after his admittance to the hospital and let his financial status be known then. Plans can be worked out for paying his bill. No Free Treatment. Sometimes the business office runs into a patient who refuses to pay because "I gave money on the hospital and Pm entitled to some free treatment". "A lot of patients' fail to realize that the hospital must operate on what it collects from the patients," Mr. Lloyd Traywick says. Mrs Traywick is manager of the hospital business office. "This hospital has no endowment to work with as some hospitals have. And it is a nonprofit hospital. Therefore if expatients who owe the hospital money would pay their bills the result would be lower rates and a savings to every patient. "The hospital sells a service to the patient—not a tangible piece of merchandise. Once the patient is well and discharged, he tends to forget about that service and neglects to pay his bill." In addition to Mrs. Traywick, other employees of the hospital business office are Miss 1 Sudie Carbett, Miss Betty Lowder , Miss Bonnie Curtis, and Mrs. Nancy Austin Hathcock. The hospital business office is a vital part of the institution, not so much for the patient, but for the well being of the hospital.
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Candidates For Legislature Favor flnti - Pollution Laws Four Men Polled On Rocky River By FRED T. MORGAN Rocky river residents in j3tanly county are aware that the stream pollution situation will be one of the hottest issues to face the 1953 session of the state legislature when it convenes in January, j Therefore they are especially anxious to know how their potential representatives to this law-making body stand of this issue which is so vital to them. How a candidate expresses himself on the subject of stream pollution will undoubtedly account for a large number of votes in western Stanly county. Both the Republican and Democratic candidates for the state senate and the house of representatives were interviewed on Tuesday of this week and comments recorded from each of them. All four of the candidates, Wayne Mabry and Tom Wolfe for state senate and Spencer Goodman and Fred Hill for representatives, stated unequivocally that something should be done
"If elected, I will support any about the polluted condition of Rocky river. Each voiced the legislation that will help to lesstatement that if he was elected, son stream pollution," he said. he would wholeheartedly support Wolfe Foe of Pollution. any bill or legislation designed Tom Wolfe, Democratic canto reduce or end stream pollu- didate for state senate, said that tion. he is a foe of stream pollution There was also a unanimity in any form or in any quantity. of agreement among the candi"Adequate treatment plants dates that the state lawmakers for domestic sewage and indushad sidestepped the issue long trial waste would probably cost enough and that, today, com- many hundreds of thousands of plaints and public sentiment was dollars," Mr. Wolfe said. "Cities piling up to the point that the as well as corporations are reproblem would have to be dealt I luctant to make this expenditure. with squarely. But they will haÂťVe to do it if our streams are cleared up." Mabry's Statement. several Wayne Maby, Republican can-1 "In some instances, or industries are didate for state senate, is strong- municipalities to the pollution of ly opposed to stream pollution. contributing a stream. You can't tell one inIt is his belief that refuse from dustry to clean up waste when factories and industries can be the next one abovehis is pollutrendered much less harmless be- ing the stream. him Measures to fore it is released. "I have ob- eliminate pollution will have to served the polluted condition of start at the source of it." Rocky river," Mr. Mabry stated, "Most legislators shy away "and I agree that it is detest- from stream pollution legislation able.*' because of a guilty conscience. "If competent engineers were Their own county or district is assigned to the task," he con- guilty of stream pollution. A tinued, I believe that some chem- small group of citizens in one ical process could be worked out locality will not have much at the plants to counteract the weight in the matter. In my deadliness of the waste. At least, opinion, it will take a state-wide extensive and thorough research upheaval of public sentiment to into the problem would shed bring the thing to a head.". much light as to what could be Goodman Emphatic. done about it. If industry won't Spencer Goodman, Republican do this voluntarily, then I favor candidate for representative from making it mandatory." Stanly county, is unmistakably clear in his stand on this issue. "Stream pollution, both from municipal and industrial sources, is the enemy of practically every stream in the state as well as Rocky river here in Stanly county. If returned to the legislature as representative from this county, I will use what influence I have in support of all anti-stream pollution legislation that comes up. "I live at the opposite side of the county from Rocky river," Mr. Goodman stated, "therefore I am not personally affected by the pollution. But I am concerned over the situation and if it falls my lot to return to the legislature I will be representing the people along Rocky river just as much as anywhere else in the county. And I will work wholeheartedly for their interests. "To me, it seems to be a thing that the government will have to work out with industry. A solution will not be reached quick, in all probability, because there's a lot involved on both sides of the picture. We can't cripple industry by too strong of demands on them, but, on the other hand, the people along the streams certainly have their rights. I believe the issue has been too long delayed as it j s . Industry should be speeded up in its steps to lessen the pollution of streams." Hill in Agreement. Fred C. Hill, Democratic can date for the house of represe/ fives, is equally aware o; existing situation on Rockyi
"Anyone who observes the river knows there is great need for, something to be done about it,'? Mr. Hill stated. "If elected as representative, I will favor and* support any legislation designed to stop or alleviate the stream pollution." "I don't have any solution for the problem," Mr. Hill continued, "for stream pollution is a big thing and a serious thing. But I do believe that a remedy can be worked out if the problem to given the consideration that ft deserves. If I go to the legislature, I will firmly back anything along this line." There, for the benefit of the people who are concerned oves the Rocky river pollution situation, are the platforms of thfe four candidates, ' two of which will represent Stanly county in the forthcoming session of the state legislature where, it is hoped, something will be done about stream pollution on state-wide basis.
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