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HICKORY DAILY RECORD
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1921
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Entered as seconr-claas matter Sep
tember XI, 1916, at the postofflce ai
Hickory, N. C, under the act of March
8, 1870.
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The quantity maybe was lacking,
but not the quality.
Continued from Page One
ies of peace and good will, now there
fore' be it resolved that the South
Carolina chapter, Rainbow division
veterans in convention assembled,
honestlv desire and pray that all
their people and comrades so copduvt
their actions, sayings and lives, an.l
urg,e others sr to do, that we may all
become unalloyed, thorough Ameri
cans no matter whence our line may
have sprung, both in thought, speech
and action."
"Whereas the South Carolina
Chapter Rainbow division is holding
its second annual convention on the
soil of that great" state. North Caro
lina, and whereas that state was re
presented in the Rainbow division
and ev,n in the same regiment that
is responsible for the South Carolina
chapter, Rainbow division by the
117th Engineer train, which unit Oy
its untiring zeal of service is indel
ibly endeared and engraved in th?
hearts of the entire division and es
pecially in that of the regiment of
which it -was an integral part, and
whereas the South Carolina chapter
had anticipated a joint convention
Viith our comrades of the North
credited in this paper and also the h Carolina chapter and are most dcep-
' y gneveci mat mey nnu "-. -r
portunity, now therefore, be it re
solved that our comrades at arms of
North Carolina chapter be urgd
cal news published herein.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
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LET 4T STAND
h spite of the fact that the board
. "junty commissioners, responding
.nore or less sentiment, reduced the
mation of real property in Cataw
ba county 30 per cent, it is not too
late for this board to rescind its ac
tion, correct errors that unquestion
tbly were made.by the assessors and
vw-hc w ork as a whole to stand.
t'Mt is what, is being done by nu
.'wYyai other boards which were mov-
j by ' pressure and politics to at
tempt to undo the work of revalua
tion. The Record trusts that in the in
terest of justice a horizontal cut of
80 per cent will not be allowed to
stand.
In the city of H ickory there are
many business houses which were
ft assessed too high and for which
iK " p.. r r? would not take a third
i thev wrro r.ssessed at two
li ;. third of, the assess
. .11 -V
o. ir;i-i-o uuuaings wn
en..- interest on the high-
tr u'dai-'iiand will be taxed at
50 per cent of their true value in
money.
This is a fact which cannot be de
nied. If the board of county com
missioners realizing this truth,, per
mits the 30 per cent cut to stand, it
will be compelled to' plate the extra
binden on others. Th-u is all there
is to it.
Ihe Record wjtild suggest that the
board of commissioner make an rf
f c rt . to correct errors in the .towns
and country and let revaluation itax.d
t least another y.aar. '
. HELPING Tjnu.VTI OUT
The American : p'Mc give
credit to Senator B. n h -if l-Wno for
Jthj , initial "success of ;h r -ement
V Jor irnifnt- conference which
r' SPlS-il insisted . a dis-;
mii'efBc. when .'very fe.v
persoA jfipial- quarters dn Wash
ington werjg; ready- ;4wJeVid an ear.
He got Jw1p--:m-thh(r:and'
An'.fican 'newspapers from the big
dailies to the small weeklies, remem
bering that the world war was fought
to, end wars, took up the cry and
caused it to be heard by ihose wh:s
duty it was to move.
It would be a tragedy if the United
, States government, after such a cat
astrophe as the world had just passod
through, had, failed to sei7P the first
opportunity to end this sense
less expenditure of 'billioni of treas.
lire ,in warships.
' Before the people of the world had
received a measure of assurance of
future peace, the nations were again
1 talking of the biggest and second
biggest navies in th world. The
old competition, which culminated ir.
the world -war, was starm$ off with
r 11 thci fury posible.
There is a chance that this compe-
'tif.fws.-. may be stopped. Those who
Ma'tf. it stopped can writ? letters to
i.-ix'ii (Jvnnag to their senators and
I'vr.tfvMmen.
V!th a bond issvs of $110,000 for
schools; - Newton is getting in the
elaste of the larger towns in the
Ataf9,,, There ought- not. to be any
flouht, of the election. ,'
that thev bestir themselves and or
ganize their chapter that they ni'iy
enjoy annually the good fellowship
of conventions and that tb.oy may,
from time to time, celebrate with the
South Carolina chaper.
Memorial Services
Memorial services for their com
rades, Lieut. Orin M. Sigmon, Ser
geant Chester C. Williams ot Hick
orv. and Arthur II. I'airott, -were
held in the Reformed church this
morniag at 10:15 o'clock by tht
117th ' eneineer regiment before a
fair sized crowd. ,
The members of the regiment oc
cupied seats reserved for them near
the front of the church.
'Ihe services were beautiful ana
touching and the memory 'of the boys
who will never return was brougni
afresh to the minds of their comrade?
and friends in the audience.
Two beautiful wreaths for the
Hickory boys were in evidence. Ser
eeant William's was placed at the
front of the church and Li,eut. Sig
mon's was placed just under a mem
orial tablet in the choir loft which
was erected by the church in his
memory above the plac.2 in the 'choir
which was left vacant m his death
A wreath of scarlet poppies and ever
green rested above the tablet.
Maicr Hooks of Charlotte, major
in company of which Lieut. Sigmon
snd Sereeant Wdlhams were men
bers, presided over the meeting.
America was sung as an opening
hymn. Wmle the audience was si.
standinc Major Hooks asked the
audience to bow their heads in silent
reverence in memory of the departe
heroes. This was followed by praye;
by Kev. W. K. tsradshaw, pastor o:
the First Baotist church, of which
Sergeant Williams was a member
A touching feature of the service
was a solo by Mrs. J. H. Shuforo
with organ accompaniment by Mis
Hexmoine Warlick "To Those Who
Fell" written by Mr3. C. C. Bost foi
a special memorial service held in the
church in March 1920 and sung b
Mrs. Shuford when French diplomas
were given to near relatives of those
who fell.
Rev. W. W. Rowe, pastor of the
church, who was n lifelong friend
and pastor for several years el
Lieut. Sigmon, made a few introduc
tory remarks. H,e was followed by
Major Hooks wiio also made a few rf
marks 'appropriate to the occasion.
Tnere were 30 members of the
regiment .in thejiouse and L'5 of these
were members of Lieut. Sigmon s
company and their presence, he stat
ed, attested the love in which Orin
was held.- ' ..-
Tha.Wineipal talk was ' made by
Hon. O. Max Gardner of Shelby, who
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aenverea ,ve memorial aaaress. jaif
remancs-were timely ana worww oi
attention "and his tribute .to those ir
whose memory the 'service was new.
was beautiful and loving and will live
long in the; hearts of.those who'heard
him. , ,
'Ihe service was concluded by sing
ing the Star Spangl,ed Banner. ' Rev,
Mr. Bradshaw pronounced the benei.
diction. ,
(Continued from Page One)
F. Klutz, of Newton. , ' ,
The trial of Robert Reep. charged
with murder. in the first degree for
the killing of Corr;?liu3 Turner, of
Gastonia, which occuired at Three
County Corners, this county, about
a month ago, will be called Wednes
day morning. The judge instructed
Sheuff John Mauser to summon a
venire of sixty men from which to
select 'a jury.
Reep will be represented by C. A.
Jonas, of , Lincolnton, Feimster &
Feimster, of Newton, the state by
found in his front yard on the next
morning. The witness also said that
h,e did not ask eitfcsr Ba-rringer or
his brother not to strike each other,
but claimed it was done so quickly hei
could have done nothing more tnan
holler which he did not do.
The probability is the trial will bo i
concluded late this afternoon as far,
as the examination of, witnesses is con-
cerned. f
WHISTLING GHOST BIDS
HIS FRIENDS ADIEU
Dunn, July 12. "Jim," the whistling
Solicitor Hayes, L. F. Klutz of New- ghost .of Linden town, has hidden
tn and I? T.. Si cm on. of Gastonia. I his friends adieu with the promise.
Today's Testimony I that he w ill not return to disturb the
The first witness called this mom- peace and quiet ot tne neignuornooa
,t,.. .,.,., Ji, w..;!, I Thus closer out one of the mo
ley, one of the defendants, who tes
tified that he and his brother and
the deceased and three or four oth
ers gambled about J)0 yards from the
Brinkley home on the Sunday after
noon of the killing, and that later in
the night all parties left including
remaikable and puzzling incidents of;
the Little River Valley since first ;
the hardy Jcots came to wrest a!
livelihood from the virgin forests. I
For veei:ji the countryside has been
disturbed and interested in the
strange happenings at the neat
Carol Little who had . accompanied country home o! l arnier tmiin, wm cn
Barringer, except he and his brother stands a few hundred feet back from
snd Hcmer Barringer. He said that the road between Linden and Fay
rll three were drinking and that Ho-I etttville. Nightly hundreds of au
mcr Barringer was drunk, and that! tonicities have visited the place. For
at the end of the noker came about a long time it was necessary tor
10 o'clock in the night he and Bar
ringer had a dispute about who won
25 cents. Barringer calling him a
.1 liar and another ugly name, he
telling Barringer that he was an
)ther, Barringer struck him? and he
pushed Barringer and he . claimed
hat .Barringer got out his knife and
nude at him. Said he started to-A-ard
the Krinkley home with a long
polu in, his hand about rfiie feet
long which he said he had - for the
mi-nose of striking Barringer if he
omc on him. He said as he enter
ed the Brinkley hoir.e Barringer hit
nim in the back with a large rock,
hat he picked up the rock :on the in
;ide of the house and went.' cut on
he porch and saw Homer Barringer
eaehmg for a large cog wheel and as
raised up erect he hit him in the'tiiends to dig there.
iead with the rock, he standing on That this tale was taken seriously
he porch and Barringer at the edge! is shown by the hole dug at the wood
jf the porch his brother Fred not pile. The hole filled with water
)eir.g more than 4 or 5 feet from eith-1 about as fast as the earth could be
?r of them, cn cross examination' he'icmoved, but seme contend that a
Jim Reeves is said to have stated
that he was interested only in hav
ing his slayer punished. fie was re
gretful that he was obliged to place
his friends to much trouble. He
would never converse while, any of
the children of Mr. Smith were
awake, stating that he did not want
io frighten them. 'He would he? aid
his approach soon after the children
fell asleep by a knock upon the
wall. If. any friends were present
he would engage them in conversa
tion. One prominent farmer who
lives in Dunn, who is a consistent
church member and who was a friend
to John Reeves in 1 if e asserts that
he talked for two hours with the
ghost one night and that he is certain
that he was talking to his old friend.
DEFENSE STTI.C
THEORY OF STAT
Tit p c CODDINGTON'S RINGS i
RECOVERED BY HOTEL MAN
XT Vvt- 111 IV IZ. John FV Kee- j
INfVV J.vi",
pan chief engineer of the Vanderbut
I h?1' r?I El. C. C cod-:
ring oeionsmK w - -f, -,
AiJlnn r,f Pharotte N. C, Friday,
r.om ihe trap of a sewer neath the
i sidewalk in front of the hotel. An
other valuable ring, lost at the same,
still is missing.
i Mrs. Goddington put the rings in
a glass on the -washstand
room when' she returned fj
theater Thursday evening
husband. Half an hour later
had vanished. She had m-t
of the room. The .disappt .
a my-stery whic'- the ho!,'-l
force , as unable to faihotn.
At the instance c,f a r-pif
of the company with which t.l
ry was insured, th.e trap bet
sidewalk was opened in th
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LAST SHOWING TODAY
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the county to provide p olice protect
ion lor Mr Smith s home and crops.
One 10-acre field of potatoes wa.i
tiampled to ruin by the crowds anx
ious to hear the whistling, knocking
and talking of the ghost.
Jim Reeves is the name said to
have been given itself by the ghost, j
who, according to these wl(o pro-j
J'ess to have talked with him, said j
that he was the spirit of a half-wit j
by that name who disappeared from
the neighborhood eight years ago. Hej
cited a dark spot on the floor of
a closet, attached to one of the bacicj
rooms of the house. Here it was he
said that he had been killed. His
body, he said, was buried under am
old voodpue 300 yards to the north-1
west of the home. He directed his i
rdmitted that he did not have to come
5ut of the house but that he was
nad and struck Barringer, standing
over him knowing he was drunk at
the time. ;
Other Brinkley on Stand
body was found there and reinter-
red. Certain it is that a previous
excavation had been made. This was
proven by the presence of, chips and
hewed logs and stumps several feet
1 under the surf act. Some who vi s-
Bv the Associated Press. j
. Cleveland, O., July 12. Th? state's:
contention that Eva Catherine Ka-;
ber altpmpted to kill her husband,
Daniel F. Kaber, by poisoning was;
attacked today in an effort to dis-j
credit the state's case. The first wit-,
ness was the undertaker who prepar-!
cd Mr. Kaber's body f,or burial. Hej
told of the autopsy conducted at the j
county morgue at which all the in- j
tf-vnal organs were removed. He as- j
seited that he used hardening power j
cn the organs. He said he did not I
know the contents of the powder. Mis. ;
Kaber appeared more cheerful today j
than on yesterday and appeared with-;
cut a veil. - (
That Mis. Kaber was insane at j
the time her husband was murder.ed j
vras explained b Mrs. H. A. Mc- '
Ginnis. she declared that Mrs. Kaber '
always was very temperamental snd
at ifo'icol would slap try? other ehil-
dren pnd null their hair. She said
Mrs. Kaber had a wild look.
(By, Paul Sloan) K
A drama of Woman's Strength ant
Weakness. '
ADDED ATTRACTION PATHE NFAf ' -!
ADMISSION 10 and 20c, War Tax Included
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Fred Brinkley was next called to ited the spot aver that they saw also
:he witness stand and testified that he
reard the dispute immediately after
the gambling and that he -a neither
strands of human hair floating cn the
water.
Inquiries conckrnin? the ghost
deavor to clear up the mystery.
Dunn folks, however, were skeptical
They extended no invitations to tne
ghost catchers.
joined in nor tried to keep thim from ! came to Dunn's chief of police and
fussing, but followed them to the j other residents of Dunn from all
.louse and saw Barringer throw a! parts of the state. A few came came
ock at his brother, and sav Abner j from ncted spiritualistic students in
:hrow a reck striking Barrfnger ini other states. Many were so thor-
:he head. He said he accompanied j cughly interested that they offered
Barringer to Catawba where'; he was! to come to the Smith home and en-
taken to see a physician, and then he
.'arae to Newton that night '. after
Barringer had gone on ahead . -.from
Catawba.
Fred .Brinkley denied seeing Bar
inger have any money in Newton on
Saturday before the killing on Sun
lay, but said that Barringer saw him
eceive six dollars from Fred Gib
son. I he witness denied mvitiner
Barringer down to gamble and also
lenied that he told him he would have
'.iquor, but claimed that Homer Bar-
mger was the man that had this talk.
Fred Brinkley denied striking Bar-
niger with the piece of iron piping
ouna in tne yard near where Barrm-
rer received the fatal wound, also he
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said Homer Baninger's knife was!
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PROJECT
ACCEPTED BY
COUNTY
A iraM-surface road .between Hick
fry r U'd Newton , menns that in ten
yivtr. tlhse two towns iwilj be th-3
twin-cities of North Carolina. That
Is a prospect which hoth places can
contemplate with pleasure.
' Editor C. H. Mebane is back on the
Job after an illness of six weeks.
The Record hopes it will be many a
day before he is ill, again.
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Al.-.f. and all that fried chicken in
t'i' nrriicry was beckoning to fioso
Vliv tou'd cat no morj. 1
At its session yesterday afternoon
the board or county commissioners
formally approved the Newton-Maiden
hard surfac," highway project, dis
cussed the tax rate in general and
the road tax to be issued under the
$500,000 bond issue.
A large delegation of business men
many of them from Hickory. aDnear-
ed at the public meeting in the inter
est of the NewtanJftlaiden protect
and the commissioners were told that
they woul act wisely in accepting
the state's offer.
The 'hichway commission consider
ed road and tax matters "at its session
yesterday. It met jointly with the
county board of commissioners.
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