The following articles are from 1926 editions of the Maiden News.



THE MAIDEN NEWS
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Vol. IV - No. 7 - Feb. 18, 1926
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Why Shouldn't It?
( There are several sections, relating to this article, throughout this edition. I have combined all of them together here for easier reading. )
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Dr. John Cox, one of the leading Baptist ministers of Georgia says: "We do not believe that the theory of evolution has been proved, and we hold it to be a religious theory, inasmuch as it would, if carried to its logical conclusion, undermine all religion. Now, since the Constitution prohibits the teaching of any religious doctrine in the schools, we hold that it prohibits the teaching of evolution."

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If you've not already done so, read the article on the editorial page, of Tuesday's Charlotte Observer, by Hon. D. Scott Poole, on evolution.
It might be well to clip and preserve the list of Representatives, showing how each one voted on the Poole bill in the last legislature.
Many of these gentlemen will be remembered in the next election.

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The City School Board of Atlanta, Ga. recently issued an order forbidding the teaching of evolution in the schools of the city. Texas has also barred it from the state schools.

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We are not opposing evolution because the Church of God is any danger from it. The Bible and the Church will stand till time shall end in spite of any and all attacks that can ever be made upon them. The countless individuals whose faith has been destroyed by its influence is what alarms us.

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ANDERSON MT. NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. John Harris spent Saturday night with Mr. Harris' father.

Mr. and Mrs. Puitt Lawing, of Lincolnton, spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Abernethy.

Miss Hazel Drum spent Saturday night with Miss Hazel Sherrill. Miss Myrtle Abernethy is spending several days with her brother at Chimney Rock.

Mr. S.O. Hovis and family were Lincolnton visitors Sunday.

Miss Esther Abernethy, of Lincolnton, spent Sunday eveing with Mrs. J.S. Abernethy.

Mrs. M.H. Laney was a Maiden visitor Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Laney were guests, Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Killian.

Miss Nora Abernethy spent Sunday evening with Misses Della and Flossie Laney.

Mrs. Cobb Link, of Lincolnton, is spending several days with Mrs. R.J. Link.

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Caldwell were Sunday evening guests of Mr. J.S. Goodson's.

Mr. and Mrs. Grady Laney were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Laney last Sunday.

Mr. Noah Laney spent Saturday night with Mr. Preston Turbyfill.

Mr. Will Sherrill took dinner with Mr. J.P. Turbyfill Sunday.
-----A Reader.
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HERE AND THERE
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Messrs. Oliver and Lee Shook, of Stanley, spent the weekend here. We are always glad to see the boys come back.

Born, last Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilkinson, a girl.

Mrs. M.B. Lanier, of Hickory, visited relatives here Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robrt. Icard were in Hickory Sunday, taking one of their children to Dr. Blackburn for treatment.

Last Friday night the girl's basketball team entertained the boy's team at the home of Miss Billie Harrelson. The boys report a great time.

Mr. J.S. Campbell spent last week in the Northern states.

Miss Mildred Deal, who is taking teatment at the Lincoln Hospital, is reported getting along nicely.

Thursday night was ladies' night at the Newton Kiwanis Club, so the Maiden Kiwanians were accompanied by their wives.

Found: Young male hound, black with grey breast. Call the News office.

The Editor and Mr. A.L. Cook made a business trip to Charlotte last Friday.

Mr. Geo. Bingham, of Watauga conty, was a Maiden visitor last week.

The mail train was delayed Saturday by the wreck of the South bound passenger in Lincolnton yard Friday.
A split switch caused the locomotive and tender to leave the rails and turn over. No one seriously injured.

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Mt. Pleasant News.
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The child of Mr. Howard Sherrill is improving from a severe attack of pneumonia.

Morris, son of Mr. F.E. Eckard, while cutting stove wood last week, almost severed his left hand at the wrist. He has, previously, had this arm broken three times.

Mr. James Lowe, highly respected citizen of this community, died at Lincoln Hospital February 11th. His case was hopeless from the beginning.

Mrs. Ida Lineberger and daughter, Nellie, who have been confined to the house for sometime are able to be out again.

Mr. Wade Sherrill has bought a piece of land from Ceaph Robinson and erected a bungalo for Mr. John Robinson.

Mr. J.A. Killian has moved his saw outfit to the Ceaph Robinson timber.

Mr. Clyde Gabriel has accepted a postition with Gilmer Co. of Statesville.

Mr. John F. Howard, who has been at Catawba for several months, has returned to his old home for a few days.

Mr. Garlin Drum and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Gilleland.

Mr. Winfield Drum has moved from Granite Falls to the old home place near the Ratchford Mill.

Luther Litten and son are doing the carpenter work on Henderson Sherrill's house.

Mr. Graden Linebarger, his sister Lenell and Misses Antha Mae and Leo Gilleland motored to Lincolnton Saturday night to see Miss Florine Linebarger, who is in the hospital there.

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HERE AND THERE
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LOST - Tuesday night near Gap of Little Mountain, 2 black-white and tan female beagles, about 15 in. size. Liberal reward for return or information leading to their recovery. Jno. A. Williams, Maiden, N.C. Adv.

Mr. M.F. Carpenter returned Tuesday night from a business trip to Watauga county.

It is reported that the steering committee has found the wheel and will function at the Jr. Order hall next Tuesday night.

Messrs. P.L. Keener, G.C. Hoyle and Dewey Williams left Tuesday on a hunting trip to Eastern Carolina.

Rev. W.O. Goode, of Hickory, will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday at 11:00 A.M.

Mr. S.F. Willliams has been sick for the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sigmon attended the banquet at Newton Tuesday night.

Rev. Kesterson has accepted a call to a pastorate in Gastonia.

The News Editor attended a meeting of the state Board of officers of the Daughters of America in Charlotte Friday. At this meeting plans were made for membership campaign, beginning January 1st.
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MAIDEN MARKETS
WEDNESDAY
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Cotton            12
Cotton Seed   30
Wheat          1.35
Corn               75
Oats               60
Peas                  
Green hides        6
Eggs                 60
Butter                30
Chickens            20
Young Chickens  25

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Basket Ball
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The local team meets the following teams here.
Aberdeen Friday night, February 19th.
Lenior Tuesday night, february 23rd.
Claremont Friday night, February 26th.
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The girls of the senior class of Maiden High School have made a banner, representing the class colors, and raised it over the school building.
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It seems that the glove factory which has been dicussed for more than a year is to materialize.
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EDITORIAL
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The Editor, having as much or more personal interest than any other citizen, wishes to thank the Mayor and Board of Commisioners for opening a wide street along by the school building.

There was a time when we were critized, by a gentleman of peanut proelivities, and charged with being an enemy to the school because we opposed the proposed closing of two streets in that section without arrangement for others in their place.

It can now be seen that this street instead of detracting from the school property, enhances it considerably.

And this seems to be the general opinion of the folks.

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The number of children dead and injured in school bus wrecks is somewhat appalling.

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( The following stories have absolutely nothing to do with Maiden's history,
but I thought everyone would enjoy reading them. )

All Parties to Suit Played Bluffing Game

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Tom McNeal knew a deaf man who had an account against another deaf man and brought suit before a justice of the peace who was deaf.
When the J.P. called on the plantiff to state his case the plantiff guessed what the J.P. was saying from the movement of his lips.
"This defendant," said the plaintiff, "owes me $11 for groceries and refuses to pay me."
The J.P., seeing the plaintiff's mouth had quit working, turned to the defendant, asking what he had to say. Not hearing what either had said but guessing it was up to him to say something,
he stated his side of the case.
"Your honor, it wasn't my dog. If a dog bit this man I'm sorry, but he ought to get after the owner of the dog, not me." The J.P. hadn't heard what either man said, but as both had quit talking felt it was his duty to render judgement. After pondering a few minutes and apparently weighing the evidence, he said,
"Well there's a good deal to be said on both sides of this case, but, (turning to the defendant), she is your mother and you will have to support her."
--------Capper's Weekly.
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Honor to Those Who Grow Old Gracefully
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Everywhere about us are to be observed young and middle-aged men and women who painfully exhibit the imminence of age and its infirmities. They present sorry spectacles. They excite our wonder, but they inspire no emotion of sympathy within us. They have bowed to the indictment of age without presenting any defense. They become old in fact while yet the years of age are fat from them. They have not the will to live life as it should be lived. They have permitted the spirit of youth to atrophy within them.
How altogether inspiring and encouraging is it to consider those who have learned "how to grow old gracefully," how to keep in touch with the tides of life, functioning constructively, winning from existence the priceless boon of contentment by an unswerving devotion to rational and constructive work.
Pity the wretched old young men - they are the pathetic flotsam of this rushing age.
----------Cincinnati Enquirer.

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Purple Royal Emblem from Earliest Days
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Purple became associated with kings in the early days because it was the finest and most costly dye of the ancients. It was obtained from two kinds of shells found in the Mediterranean sea. The ancients attribute its discovery to the Phonenicians and the story is that it was first discovered by a dog biting a purple fish. It is stated that in Caesar's time a pound of Tyrian purple wool cost above 1,000 denarii, which is, roughly speaking, equal to $217.50. Purple robes were used at an early date by the Greeks as a mark of dignity. Tyrian purple was introduced into Rome in the middle of the First century, B.C., and from that time it became a luxury. Its use was checked by imperial decree. A complete robe of "blatta," the finest kind of purple, was reserved as an imperial privilege, and any private person wearing it was punished as being guilty of high treason.
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TAKING NO CHANCES
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A woman went into a photographer's to have her picture taken. While the photographer was adjusting the camera the lady wrapped a clothesline around her skirt.
"You'll have to take that off, madam," said the photographer. "I can't take your picture that way."
"You can't fool me, young man," she said. "I know you see me upside down in that thing."
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Super-Arithmetic
Wife - The price of the alarm clock was $1.50, but I got a discount, so it only cost me 98 cents.
Husband - Yes, but you know very well you could have got the same thing at Brown's for 75 cents.
Wife - That may be, but then Brown's wouldn't have taken anything off.
------------Good Hardware.
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"Busted" Toe Got No Sympathy From Uncle
Uncle Eph Jackson, an old-time colored field hand, was hoeing cotton one hot day. He was barefooted, as he wanted to save his one pair of shoes for Sunday. While he was hoeing he noticed a mole sticking its head out of the dirt. As moles had been making themselves a nuisance he gave this fellow a hard rap with his hoe.
At that instant Uncle Eph jumped and howled with pain - for it was his own big toe that he had whacked, instead of a mole. The toe bled considerably and Eph knew it would be sore for some time to come. But he was a sensible old fellow and he always put the blame where it belongs. He frequently carried on long conversations with himself and so, addressing his wounded toe, he called out: "You needn't think you is gwine git no simpafy fum me; it's youah own fault an' you knows it."
--------------Pathfinder Magazine.
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Hardest Known Wood
Lignum-vitae, the vital wood, or, wood of life, which is found in the West Indies and some other parts of the tropical Americas, is said to be the hardest wood nature produces. The reason why this wood is so tough is in the arrangement of its fibers. Instead of being straight, they weave back and forth, crossing and recrossing, like the weave of an automobile tire. Another peculiar feature in this wood is that when the tree is cut, the sap cells fill up with a very heavy rosin, which causes it to weigh about eighty pounds to the cubic foot. It is one-third heavier than water, and so, while excellent for many uses, it would not make a good raft. It is used for carpenter's mallets, as it is so tough that it will not split from hard usage,
and it is also employed for tool handles.
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Famed in Legend
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Merlin was a famous British prophet and enchanter supposed to have flourished during the time of King Arthur, about 450 A.D. He was said to have been the son of a Welsh princess and a demon, and early displayed the gifts of prophecy and divination. He is said to have made King Arthur's round table with seats for 150 knights, and to have brought from Ireland the stones found at Stonehenge. Spenser refers to him in the "Faerie Queene," and Tennyson relates some of his adventures in the "Idylls of the King." The manner of his death is variously given, and his grave is shown at Drummelzier on the Tweed.
------------Kansas City Star.
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Designating Red Indian
The word Amerind is composed of the first syllables of "American Indian," suggested in 1899 by an American lexicographer as a substitute for the inappropriate terms used to designate the race of man inhabiting the New world before its occupancy by Europeans. The use of the word Amerind occasioned a discussion in which it was supported by some and attacked by others. The name, nevertheless, has found its way into both scientific and popular literature.
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No Set Rule to Follow
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Some editors and other authorities make no distinction between the two words "O" and "Oh." The commonly followed rules, however, for the use of "O" is directly addressing a person or a personified object, in uttering a wish, and to express surprise, indignation or regret; and for the use of "Oh" is an interjection and as the collequial introduction to a sentence.
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This Name of Poet
So then, gentlemen, in the eyes of men of your refinement, I would have this name of poet to be regarded as sacred: It is a name to which barbarism never yet did violence. Rocks and wilderness echo the voice; savage brutes are often swayed by melody and stand stock-still; are we, whose education has been of the highest - are we not to be touched by the accents of a poet?
-----------Cicero.
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You Said It
"Good heavens, is there any way of making you women dress decently?"
"Certainly there is."
"Well, what is it?"
"Kill off you men."
--------------London Mail.
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