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Ef - (LZ 416 ocx I* f ~ 7? ) a disk CF / Foe, F¢ fo AY i ¥ Le Vly he tc \ =~ 227 J re A—t<. AY; ce 4 4+ pe 4 Z SD See a6 fre heel pce xt. 7 e tc i . / t/ “swisber FAMILY «~~ While read a Comet e about a rural Guilford family whose oix clbacen* atten ina begin safe and of a Cumberland family whose ‘ Sis begin + aye eT ag.r ‘wag. reminded of a rather gurprising series of events in-my om famil ‘hist oe gress randfather Franeis Young married Mary Nisbet; his next older @ohu May Young Jentie Nisbet;and their older halfcteothar | Agchibald Young. a Nancy Nisbet, : All that 2 have read of the Nisbet ancestry was that John UH. Nisbet had moved down to Iredell ¢ N.C. from Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1778, along with rhe = tou ly and others, and settled ardund Hunting’ Creek.» But in the May 1967 Pree i read an article which told of a meeti hhich Louise - ‘ «) Matthews of Rt. 1, Matthews N, phighly praised for her rae of Providence (Presbyteri Church. in that einity, The article went oh to list the names of all the church, and of many ir ete old members. including the Nisbets, and the other five she went on to Nisbet Of Box 485, Wildwood, Fla. 32735 is writing # Carolina ancestors, Mr. Nisbet Saris he had published a book , in limited number, entitl aire ratives ard that the nearest copy to me was in the Charlotte rite | MaVeGAsked a cousin there to see if he can borrow it for te. Mr. Ni that he also ne a quantity of notes which a Local typist would make four cop ies of, in six pages, for a certain sum, He aot ted tai that. Jobn Nisbet (1705-1755), had emigrated from Edinburgh in 1731 (his son, James, “Newton's ancestor, was bern at sea); eT kre char Pot and his wife and their son James are. buried in Old: Thyratira Church Yard in Iredell; and Alexander is buried in Old Waxhaw Cemetery in Lancaster County, South Carolina; and that he himself has seen both, 5 I could wish that I had enown, ‘of Mr, Nisbet in June 1965 because my gon and I drove right through Wildwood, Fla. one day on our way from Gainesville to- Orlando.--Frank L. Young, Greensboro, From; N.C, State segodk + oe ( of réselirch by Howard Ss. and ae 36608, Was of Scotch descent. ty int i735, * Rowan’ Gounty, N.C, py on De 10, 1867 FSi NLC. te diea ‘your he ‘theved to Madison and opent & number of years, im Oglethorpe Co., Ga. and 56 to 1862 he » Rear Anniston erian, Rankin County, Pan,25, 1862 4a ner ee thie: from Jacksonville, et e who apparently died in action 29, 1362. eile. Tiana Houston Cemetery the “emall gulogy of foung at Charlotte, and married Col eulogy Aayé that she died in 5 67 Year of her age, and that is now Davie County. “ge But the inscription on her % poco % ears, 6 months ew. King on ‘tac. 22, 1801 Iredell L County, N.C, and died + Remon, Miss.. Died in Backsonville, Ala, Jan, 14, 1862. Mr, John Nisbet in the sOth year of his age. ‘ The deceased was borndn Zredell Co., N.C. Dec. 27, 1742. He remove to while young, to Madigon Morgan Co., Geo. where he married and resided for quite a number of years. He spent some years subsequently in Orgle- thorpe Co, and also in Athens, Bag. | Fer more than 25 years before his death he was a resident of this place, It would be difficult to evilogize the character of Mr. N. too highly. A more harmless man we have never known, "He was a true. Israélite in whom waa no guile". All who knew him spoke in hig praise. Prudence, Candor, amiability and eveness of _ temper were his distinguishing. characteristics. Modest and unassuming in his manner, he was kriown onl yito intimate, or long tried acquaintances, Yet by his ateya ng integrity and fidelity in the various relations of life, by his unflinching | t gentle opposition to vice and immorality of every form; and his punctuality in the performance of christian duties, he won the esteem ‘ekveent tdance of all who knew him. From his youth, a may say, he had Sains professed follower of the Lord Jesus, in connection {te the Presbyterian Chureh, and for many years a ruling elder of high standing, He quietly and nobly aivencad his profession from first to last: He died as he Lived, calmly viieting his soul on the merits of Jesus. He said to his pastor when conscious of his approaching dissolution: "I thank God I'm not afraid to die," There is another foundation than that which is laid on the gospel", "I know (am persuaded) that he (Christ) is able to keep that whieh I have committed to him cestnst that day, , E) ort — from its load the * oo: nee oe ban. ef af J 5 Ai ae Rie 2: a ve . + Le 7 an Jie NE cic sie rtd of _ the en oo Ce J pic cer he mf ef pm FXO se A eee Jig ee eo jeu - Crenek fis ‘Yes a im « / £67- Gy fa Ditacak. Thy. So | 5. bev tt: JGn5- LP rt fecoioe (309-75 CL Poite. 18I-GPAT - batt file fF | 2 Bical. /TF -/Geo C2 Rares, /fer- O4 oe KL Sata, -/F0E-10~ 1G Uf - fee Unt Mecet oe Poe ae Belek: Papl bP Chae de por. te STH wife es i. | as telly f Conaulled Cusp K eee U l2ey Ah le) Ce > 2, hl To Cod, Fe 2 . ¥o¥ Hie fret i | So : 7 tery 1 —s. Ss y ¥ : . irek oceol en ~. Lo£€& Ifa OO 1G-F TTT a oe se a ) J 2 ci t LOM ( ft . La a fi ea. 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Bros. e into the supplies ¢of- sisting of hams, lard, butter, eS8#, chickens, fruit, money etc., Pre | +, sented by the members of New gaiem Church. or < a. Rook. wate : peel “3 — 4 nee ODE hoa oa prs: bre ef dog wn HA Cee Fons Ls. a Peep f be Seb os aes ar pf a4 4 C2 che / = aia i ae ft NZL .- ig 2 Sat ode - oe ‘i raid Eafe ke ites _ /UY —/ Go? / 823-95 see oe mt? ad fee oe = FE Pee = 199 / -o ee oe oar / So a okz - 1987 ~ (929) a ITE ~ TGA. ; — , 7 906 - IS FO | mi bn Mm! 19139. (FH , y os /BUP (ae (fee | ef 2 Iatorn 1-22: bang. (TAK ays } ne” pe PT BEGGS 5 ges Mote OP ITF Pat lo Ch 4 | Cy ‘ if ne ~~ “ sy J : f 7 bl dé atte IZS FT ‘oy A goof ig / / sf R [~f- 7 j . # } & ‘ cal * ‘SOCCCOTOTS > fbf Lect Mae : J Korte | ’ Xv ee +t---£ Lee —— eres MD tere f h - eo a ; ining W ee od 4 ae eee 3 ¢ x ¥ Ps ao ss . AE i ae ” ne sar * 15. 2 : TD. A. Jordan end wile to Colte Township, June Hs. decar Deal and Virgil L. Eniott, “ W. B. Whitley and wife to pe Township, Janet A. Ridenhour, tract in ’ Cool Springs Township, June 15. * _ §. L. Suggs, Jr., and wife to ct in Se ret + ago 15 Wayne Edward Parris and wife, ; * tract in Coddle Creek Township, | gi eet oe L and 7 on: oe >. aiaiies heat, Alexander and wife, lot in Cool Ruby “Springs Township, June 15. Miller and William J. Miller, «Loyd A. Cox.and wife; Gary as a Inside Town- L, Turner and wie SB Steer Lae dels A ee ca 8. D, Bakerand wife, tr ambersburg C2-% , June 15. er i and wife, lot "> 1 Brawiey, IIL, and wife; — ownship, June Sherry Lee Brawley Alexander and husband to Dorothy Mattie A. Cox and wife; G 1 a hia] Huggins, tract in Coddle Creek Township, June 18. oe hak Grier Bros. Co. to John } William Phifer, Corda Alisa ee Guy Phifer and Crystal Shamaine Cochrane and wife, lot Oe Cool Titer, tract in Statesville Out- , Glenn Byars Kirby and wife 4—Loyd A. Cox and wifes Gary to Michael Eugene Lamb and Brinkley Realty, fne., lots 1 toy, — Township, June 18. €ool Springs Township, June 15. George Mahaffey and wife to Loyd A. Cox and wife; Gary b ee David J. Betaner and wife, lots and in Bethany Township, June 18. ; r., and wife, lots in Cool Flake Pratt and wife to Township, June 15. wilson W. Godfrey and wife af io ; ; Gary tract in Statesville Outside James township, June 18. Michael Little Kuhnemann, June 15. and wife to Paul Foxx and wife; Gary wife, jot in Bethany Township, June 18. nad Haris Ev md wile, in and wife, in cord Township, June 18. Bonnie Grigg Hager to Espy Ray Benfield, Jr., and wife, tract in Shiloh Township, June 18. Jacob C. Troutman and wife; Katherine T. Phelps and hus- band; Sarah T. Watson; . Margaret T. Poplin and hus- band to Troutman Historical Association, Inc., tract in Falls- town Township, June 18. E. Tays Troutman, Sr., and wife to Troutman Historical Association, Inc., tract in Falls- town Township, June 18. James Lewis Clarke and wife Gary to Donna C. Lackey, tract in & H Fallstown Township, June 18. 1 Flake Pratt and wife to F re lot in : Gary Bethany Township, June 18. . W. Bonner Knox and wife to Hoeffert E. Mitchon, tract in Cool Springs Township, Jyne 19. u! | | teas 6 i Dune y ‘el. Aimed 7 a . - ned are Ch Pp siining which biting insects are agents,” he noted. most bothersome in specific “Controlling insect SJ-1999 | =) ‘Real Estate Transters | Bs ) Land transfers recorded Loyd A. Cox and wife; Gary §& Cte! ¢ 4 follows: Township, June 15. % Donald J. Sweet and wife, lot in L. Turner and wife to John A. | Annie T. Brotherton to Gary Springs Township, June 15. ' Annie Smith Helms to James Puckett and wife, lot in Cool June 14. L. Turner and wife to Billy Bax- +++ cently in the office of Lynn L. Turner and wife to Kathryn Js Nesbit, register of deeds, are as P, Martin, lot in Cool Springs A. & R. Realty, Inc, to’ oyd A. Cox and wife; Gary § Davidson Township, June 14. Plyler and wife, lot in “Cool L, Cornelius and wife, tract in K Loyd A. Cox and wife; Gary 2 Davidson Township, June 14. L. Turner and wife to F. J. § Samuel Deaton, Jr., and wife, Springs Township, June 15. tract in Coddle Creek Township, /GLoyd A. Cox and wife; Gary | K & H Construction Co. to William 0. Hollingsworth, Jr., ter Swicegood and wife, lots in 5 Cool Springs Township, June 15. and wife, lot in Chambersburg /Y Loyd A. Cox’and wife; Gary : Township, June 14. VY Hope Bros. Builders, Inc., to Ann Beaver Lomax, tract in Ciamibersburg Towrstip, June 14. Rex. B. Beaver and wife to Hope Bros. ; Inc. tracts in g Township, June 14 Dare Pritchard and wife to Joe Amzie Millsaps and wife, tract in Concord Township, June 14. Hope Bros. Builders, Inc., to Stanley E. White and wife, tract in Chambersburg Township, June 14. _ Ralph Porter and wife to Dent Craig Bell and wife, lot n Statesvill Outside ‘ r MD ’ . Turner and wife_to Leonard William Warren and wife, lots in Cool Springs Township, June § 15. Gloyd A. Cox and wife; Gary L. Turner and wife to J. L. Col beea rasaie 3 lots in Cool gs Township, June 15. § Tillman R. Beam and wife to Randy L. Beam and wife, tract in Coddle Creek Township, June 15. 4 Kalman Gordon and wife to J. .& V. Johnson, lot in Chambers- burg Township, June 15. Coite O. Deal and wife to Paul Gray Deal and wife, tract in Shiloh Township, June 19. : Crown Central Petroleum | Corp. to W. T. Dowell and wife, 7 Pp have finished a With a rostrum 800d house, 40 x 1g, across one end. Th Pe] ‘4 ~ en ri & cee a ff 2 : a | a i f. fr _— Fe ‘t fo *... ) rely td Si a ae oe | % . Ms < Ti re] | ae 1 bf . i ie ‘ ee on & hd ; : "+ me . 4 poco ~~ q , ita ls # : ~ OR. “ b : aa : st t a oe aly it } 4 ene Sa ‘ ome — | | a . = uf wes eee ed i F re [| Rf i ey fe i bet a sabe y Mee ae, remote aa. lohed like. The first a ? of the name New tist’s sketch by Mrs. Louise McIntyre shows what alem, ihstéatrot-New came about in 1872, the first church to hold the name of New Salem as the previous union church faded. af - i es Saturday, June 6, 1970 errr LAY ee ot New _ @ : [2 “ f SECOND CHURCH BUILDING — This is the second building occupied by the New Salem Methodist Church congregation. It was erected in 1900, with lumber and labor donated by the members of the congregation. Roster Of Ministers Dates Oa ee eee PEPER 5 Back To 1872 At New Salem These are the men of God who 1890-1892 have on His work at 199-1996 New Salem, part of the 18721879 J.A.Puett cea Statesville District of the 1873 Wheeler 1901-1908 Western North Carolina Con- 1876-1879 + Norton 1909-1903 ference of the United Methodist 1879-1881 _—_‘T. L. Triplett 1903-1904 Church, has a list of ministers 1861-1884 ~— Unrecorded 1904. dating back to 1872 when J. A. 1884-1888 ~=— WLM. Bagby 1904-1908 Puett served the congregation. 1888-1890 = G. W. Ivey 1906-1907 ity ti iis 1907-1909 1909-1911 1911-1915 1915-1918 1918-1920 1920-1925 1925-1927 1927-1928 1928-1932 1932-1934 1934-1937 1937-1938 1938-194] 1941-1945 1945-1946 » 1946-1980 1950-1964 1954-1958 1954-1958 1968-1962 seen 196221966 REV.D.W.CHARLTON, JP. REV. GARLANDSTAFFORD 1966-1969 iii, — The Nature of the ; i BOM ws night in July, and the presenta- tion of a historical drama, based on the history of New Salem, in = late August or early September. The history of New Salem stems back to the New Union Church which was organized sometime about 1833 at the site , of Old Union where Gay’s Chapel Baptist Church now stands. Included in the union were Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists with Richard Mays, a Methodist, one of the trustees. The Old Union site, which had reverted to the Gay family, was deeded again by Franklin Gay in a deed which §. spells Union as “‘Younion.”’ Y Traditionally Old Union had ‘‘t been built on land given by c na, vames Gay in 1788. A new deed or was made by John Gay after the old one was burned in 1801, and w. Tne ; i MDS oy OD Se Se ed oo oe ng me oS 2 oe af Freon ei >E: Tell iit la ’ Tee rit be i : * <* Wi PRESENT NEW SALEM SANCTUARY — Dedication services were held on November 9, 1962,’ Church sanctuary. The church is located east of Statesville on the Mocksville Highway, and the con- t gregation is celebrating its centennial year Statesville Record & Landmark alem Homecoming Sunday e wife on there, but he died in 1876. Milus Henson was Mays, married by then, was an and exhorter, as was George A. just Eagle. Except for £. £. Yates, all, by 1860 those two were about as close as e365 on roll, and during New Salem has come to pro- number been up to ducing ministers, and exhorters were ptimarily for local in- Church Leaders The leaders of the new three young, un married men— Daniel L. Webb, who was soon to marry into the Mayes family; Franklin Eagle, and Durant H. Mayes. Thomas A. Murdock was on the roll and soon to move into a position of leadership. Other names with local connotations on that roll were Beam, Blackwelder, Haire, Mills, Everhart, Low. tharpe, Beaver, Knox and Baird. T. B. Adkins and John A. Gunn showed in 1877 and J. J. Clendennin and Thomas J. Page & little later were part of the to- baceo migration into eastern it ? in i HE SF : s [ S33 ii g : : : i & E i i.> ffi are Fs er The pulpit for the second church was built by Frank Haire. It is stored in the present building. ; ; S = fi : fs Hy ; 2 z 3 Long after the second building was in use, the road from Statesville to Cool Springs and Cleveland aE i si g z } z ; 8 y the time the 1896 roll , other names were i = = : I Zé q 1927. A well and watering trough were located in what is now the Others kept Only one other roll is ring and then dis able for comparison, ring, with notes like Creek; but Snow ‘ansferred’’ to another consistently been ¢ mn or “gone to the Baptist,” church in the county; 4 one case, “expelled.” New Salem was of the original seven Y northwest corner of the church yard. The northern side of the cemetery was wooded and served as a hitching and camp ground. The well and watering trough were convenient. Many people camped here as they journeyed along the road. ch__ ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Favorite Areas Those who attended New Salem at this time had their favorite hitching areas. Those who hitched in the woods north of the cemetery were the Webbs, Befis, Beavers, Sills, Foxes, and others. The Mayes, Longs, Eagles, Haires, Adkins, Reavis and Turners hitched south of the church. On the northeast side the Cle 8, Hagers, Beards, Mills, Gunns, Stouds, Phifers, Cornelius, Lowtharpes. and others hitched. No musical instrument was used in the first building. Later, an organ that belonged to the Cornelius family was hauled to the second church for use in special services. It is now in the home of Raymond Mayes. The first instrument owned by the church was a reed organ. Miss Eula Mayes played it for many years. The first grave in the ceme tery is marked by the boxwoods now growing there. It was for Mrs. Sarah Jane Vaughan, who died about 18869. She was the great grandmother of Wade H. Bell, a member of the present congregation. Present Building On November 9, 1952, the present building was dedicated. Ray Warren and his crew built the present building, with members donating their labor. Dan Warren, W. Glenn Warren, and Earl D. Mayes, Sr., were three members who donated as much as one to one and one half months labor. Dr. John W. Scott had the well drilled and donated. Harvey Murdock gave liberally and substantially to make the present building possible. He made a series of challenge gifts that encouraged the project and challenged the congregation to do its best. New Salem’s membership now stands at 286. The parsonage was completed in June 1958. The cost of the parsonage at that time was $16,500. Rev. W. H. Pheagin, Jr., was the first minister and his family to live in the new par- Sonage in the fall of 1958, By Alfred J. Buescher Murdocks, - / gavey ‘SUTNPV ‘gasep ‘80/389 ‘gRucy] ‘sekeW OU, = (S4au° pue ‘sexod ‘sIlIg ‘Suaaved . 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Herald dated May 26, 1 ,_ devoted nearly all of the front page to an article concerning Peter Stuart Ney, who for several years taught school in Rowan County, and whom many believe was the famous Marshal Ney of Napoleon’s ar- ny I have read three books on that sub- ject .nd the most convincing one to me was wi.tten by Dr. J. E. Smoot of Con- cord, N. © But this article is not concer- ned with that old soldier and educator but with what was going on in Salisbury 59 years ago. The town was growing and we read in the Herald ‘“‘every week new houses are being built and every week some are finished and occupied. Every day visible progress is made with the water works; every week the Building and Loan as- *sociatién loans out about $300 and their - total loans now amount to over $14,000. Every week the project for the Cotton Factory assumes a more definite shape, and every week the realization of electric lights comes nearer.” Under the caption of “‘Briefs’’ the tho (leet 9 2- IVt3 e up your subscription — we need the money.” Another said: ‘‘Fifteen masked men robbed a train on the Missour Pacific railroad last week.’’ ‘Mrs. Grant has been at death’s door with diphtheria, but is getting well.” “Pennsylvania has passed a law providing death by electricity for mur- der.” This writer remembers that the first to die in an electric char was a man named Kemler in Sing Sing prison, New York for a- murder committed in the basement of an amusement place in New York city which was known as the Haymarket. I recall, too, that the N. Y. World in a faceteous vein quoted Kemler as saying: ‘I’m sorry I got insulate, but I am going home to dynamo.” Among the Local Items we read: “Master Fred Roueche, young son of Capt. P. D. Roueche, had his right hand severely cut while operating a machine. Dr. Trantham dressed the wound, which he described as very painful but not serious.” | knew Fred quite well and 7 _ __.Further Comments © editor says briefly and pointedly: ‘Pay think he was in the navy at one time COMMENCEMENT The Herald thanked Miss Carrie Holmes for a handsome invitation to the commencement exercises at Hagerstown (Md.) Seminary. She was the youngest of the five Holmes sisters and when | first began to go with girls I always sought to be her escort to the lawn parties and candy pullings that were popular at that time. We had no automobile wrecks in those days, but we did have horse and buggy accidents, as this item in the Herald testifies: ‘Dr. R. M. Eames and his daughters, Misses Mary and Minnie were thrown from a conveyance last Thursday, by some part of the vehicle giving way and causing the horse to run Fortunately no serious injuries - were sustained; though the Dr. was_ badly bruised by the wheels passing over him , but we are. glad to learn that no bones were broken.” “The St. Cecilia Society is preparing } oe La trpy ‘) Oy, | ey Carne Bhat ea. fe oe Le e i, i te Crt FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH TREASURER’ S REPORT FOR MAY 1973 Balance Brought Forward Regular Budget Offering Special Offerings: Annte Armstrong Flowenrg Pastor's Phane Calle and Robe Sleeves Special] Offerings Total Total Expenditures for May Balance to be Carried Forward WR SPONSE Nhs ii ae THE BUDGET: Billy cn Melody Me Otel. wennet?! -eee se a 1G should ed their uced an nde to your usaseree mon on T- y. and believ and thereby mold on should have prod ids who Liste nnittee Members » 18 I heard Dr- Davis’ ser ad the thoughts of young people g better 1ife! 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Second POStage paid at Davidson, North Carolina 28046 Vol. LX VIII Septembe; 1972 CAROLINA Cleveland Man Witnessed Exhumation Ne Rowan’s By Heath Thomas Special to the Journal CLEVELAND — “I believe Peter Stuart Ney was Napole- on’s great marshal.’’ Eighty-five-year-old Ross Wood of Cleveland, probably the only survivor who wit- nessed the exhumation of Rowan’s man of mystery in 1887, made that statement a few days ago. Peter Stuart Ney, the stern Piedmont schoolmaster, who taught in Rowan, Davie and Iredell counties, has inspired a literature in Europe and America about his true iden- tity. Books Written Many books have been writ- ten advocating that Ney was a charlatan. And many have been written to substantiate that the schoolmaster was in- deed the great military geni- us, Napoleon's marshal of France. The recollection of Wood about the 1887 exhumation is quite sharp. He even remem- bers the sudden thunder show- er which sent the spectators to shelter. “There was a peg- legged man,” said Wood, “‘who ran faster than most of us. He jumped the wall that then sur- ° rounded Third Creek Presby- terian Church cemetery. I par- ticularly remember that the Negro digging into the grave let his shovel hit the skull. The skull split. But above one of the ears of the skull was a hole about the size of a half dollar.” : Silver Plate “Much has been written,” Wood said, “about the fact that the trepanning silver plate—inserted by French surgeons in the skull of Mar- shal Ney—was -missing. The sudden rainstorm caused the grave diggers to abandon the project. Dr. H. F. Long of Statesville who was present at the exhumation said it was nothing unusual for thin sil- Ross Wood stands by Ney’s grave in ver plates inserted in skull surgery to be removed at a later date. I think that is what happened to Marshal Ney of France. The plate too could have been overlooked, due to the rainstorm.” Wood of Cleveland could be biased in favor of the legend. His father, Thomas Scott Wood, was a student of Peter Stuart Ney. According to stor- ies told to his son by Thomas Scott Wood, the Rowan school- master was an accomplished fencer. “Father told me,” Wood, ‘‘that Ney would invite 12 or 15 boys to take sticks and try to touch him with the — They seldom : succeed- If Ney was a pretender he was still a brilliant man. He wrote beautiful poetry. And if said . y Believed Napoleon’s A WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL D2 1964 TT an Ag I a pretender, he was apparent- ly a megalomanic who actual- ly believed he was Napoleon's great marshal. He never talked about his past except when intoxicated with wine— the favorite beverage of the French people. The theory of the Marshal Ney proponents is that after Waterloo, the Duke of Welling- ton and high French officials conspired to spare Ney who was ordered executed as a traitor by Louis XVIII. Ney was called upon to arrest Na- poleon when the Little Cor- poral returned to French soil. Marshal Ney did the oppo- site. He placed his several thousand troops at the dis- ‘posal of his former com- mander. They were shattered at Wa- terloo by allied British and Third Creek Cemetery. Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington. It is claimed that Ney was fur- nished with a bladder of red wine which spilled like blood on the execution grounds be- fore a firing squad that fired | | ide blanks. Witnesses said later he | fell forward easily, not at all like a man riddled by bul- lets. This school of thought also declares that the body of | an executed traitor filled the casket assigned to Napoleon's | great marshal. The French have steadfast- ly refused to open the grave in Paris where the supposed marshal sleeps. If the grave was opened and the trepan was found, it would lift some of the mystery that -hovers over Third Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in west Rowan County. gato 4 ppeal Who'll Get Campus The Campus The 400 acre campus of the college, shaded by elms, maples, and century- old oaks, has an atmosphere of informality and calm. The ante-bellum buildings of the original quadrangle suggest the era of southern neo- classicism in which they were constructed. The newer buildings, thor oughly modern throughout, preserve the tie with tradition by an ad- herence in their exteriors to Classical Revival forms. Davidson is proud « of its physical plant. Adequate facilities help to make possible a good educational program. CHAMBERS BUILDING The Maxwell B. Chambers Building is considered one of the nation’s most handsome college buildings. The original Chambers builging burned in 1921, and the present structure was opened in 1927. A complete re- modeling and air conditioning program was executed in 1966 and 1967. The first floor houses the administrative offices of the college, and the second and third floors contain classrooms. faculty offices, and the |, Spencer Love Auditorium with a seating capacity of 1200. There are also educational testing and reading facilities, a psychology laboratory, and NCR computer with data processing equipment. The Thomas L. Perkins Auditorium is a special classroom utilizing the most advanced teaching facilities available, and is primarily for the Humanities Program. The Atdio-Visual Center provides for maintenance and distribution of films and slides; projectors, screens, tape recorders, and equipment for making slides and transparencies. The E. L. Baxter Davidson Room (the faculty and trustees’ meeting room) pays tribute to the memory of the alumnus who gave the largest single gift ever presented the college and who was a descendant of General William Lee Davidson. The initial funds for a language laboratory were donated in 1957 by the. family: and friends of James Wilkinson Jervey, II] (Davidson 53). an honor graduate with a major in Spanish, who died in Santiago, Chile, December 22, 1955. In 1962, .a Duke Endowment grant made possible expansion and renovation of the laboratory to 44 positions. Each position is a semi-soundproof booth equipped with a tape recorder, microphone, and earphones; 24 of these positions are for individual work; 20 for teach- ing purposes—a .ontrol booth console unit allows a two-w ay communi- | cation between professor and student. 78 312 W, Bell Street Statesville, N.C, 28677 1 June 1973 Mr. T.' B. Swann Rte. 1 Box 196 Statesville, N.C. 28677 Dear Mr. Swann, I am sorry I cannot give you the information you requested, When I bezan to read about the history of Iredell a few months ago, I did not dream I would ever be called upon to speak or write about it. Therefore I did not keep a careful fecor? of references, I will list the library books I used and hope that will help, believe one book stated Mr. Ney visited Statesville and taught for many years the Iredell area, Dr. Eaton's name is listed in the book "Historic Third Cree’ ir Presbyterian Church” written by John “err Fleming, The edition of the Saturday Evening Post, November 16,1946 is owned by Mrs. Paul Dearman, history teacher at Statesville Senior High School. Mr. Louis Brown of Statesville is 4 teacher at Mitchell College and anhistorian. He compiled the information on Iredell found in the text "North Carolina Guide" written by Robinson, Perhaps “r . Brow 751)4 answer the questions you asked me. Thank you for your interesting comments,-. I do agree that Mr. Ney was probably a Scot, ) Sincerely, [he Book of Knowledge The World Book Collier's Encyclopedia The Hall Family History by Mrs, [, L. Adams The Ballad of Tom Dula by John Foster West \ Historic Thirst Creek Presbyterian Church by John K, Fleminz Charlotte Observer newspaper clippings dated 1937 and dealinzwith the Ney contro- versy Saturday Evening Post November 1946 telling about the examination of ti other information The Record and Landmark Special Edition Ten Years 1968 esp, articles by 24 Sloan and Homer Keever dated 1970 Political and Social History of Modern Europe Vol.I Carlton-Hayes, of the history department at Columbia University Makers of N.C, History 1911 Sec. of the N.C. Historical Commission, connor Address delivered by Charles Armfield at the laying of the corner stone of the new courthouse 29 August 1899 : Statesville High School magazine Anniversary Special Edition dated 1914 Statesville Chamber of Commerce Report of 1928 Formation of N.C, Counties by Corbitt A New Geozraphy of N.C, Sharpe Carolina Cradle by Ramsey N.C, Guide by Robinson Aug. 8 > 1468 Dear Ada and Tom: Have been waiting for a cooler day to answer your good letter of some time ago, but that cool day does not come. We have had @h unusually hot summer, or that is the way it seems to me. We have had a few more light- Ming and thumgder "squalls" than uSual, but very little rain. This morning early we had heavy clouds and considerable thunder, but only & few drops of rain. The rain appeared to be heavy off shore. Many things have happened in this section this summer, but few of special interest to you. Our new bank across the street has moved into their new building. They had thoir public Opening while I was up there 80 I have no Special occasion to inspect the new building. The report from others is that it is especially attractive. the big Texas Gulf Sulphur building at the Port Terminal was publocly opened last weck with the Governor making the speech. The , Weather was too hot for me, so I missed that. Friends from up state, down here to zet a little of our sea breezes, drop by occasion ally. The Fritzes from Morganton were here last week. I had dimmer with them at Toney's last Monday/ They were planning to go home Tucsday. It was a pleasure to see and be with them again. They insist that I must Spend a weck with them next summer, but that is too far off to plan for now. Our church is much sirred up over the pastor. Something will prom&bly be desided about the matter next Sunday. We have been very unfortunate for the past three years. We will have & town election next week On a bond issue to provide a sewage disposal plant and also build a fire house . We have the promise of a liberal government grant to help out. Summer will soom be gone and then comes preparation for winter. This I dread. Hope all of you keep well and happy. As ever, Chyernd a ge niga = "- op pd Ker cute PAC» x pdhehed Mbad. - y : x 2 j r 77, 7 ee LGC Frac 2. 4 - CCL ECC 4 4 f = Lh é Ak Cote? el POR Ziel Le Leet Pa a? Z A oc igAdct and ~ oa ed pete me < ‘ -t tr , ie t CA pt t 4 va , > rit LST 2 Kn ae ee ee ate ét- a e «x aA om ACA C2. 4 ¢ a L i = ¥, oo re / a i "wt ae i” : J : or } ot A kt eee ye tot te Feed. < Affe ‘ ‘ —— Cee <— _ CK 4 Zl Lore - c a ti» g ne A i¢ f / _. é f : : Fee j ” i ee hitter’ - LUE Aa Zhe Fla Cer AA A a cot Ze <¢ owe Gk ze Att Ita eke Se (£53 f Deg Ce a & fo tf. F852 Ace. of - Ain, PEEP UIA_2, wht; Pee 2 grees = a ff AH frat 44 eats 1 Ut, f Fee eee a en oe }% QF Dy / FFG e Qo oe tered on. . | as Ec gant : Me eof 2.» ble - 1 SF ST a os “tt 4 Leak ae Loa x “) eee be Ver LLL. Le re eX nit Bate Caer, — ; C _ a nt Lb bp te ey priastt £24 133°2- god, n aS Ste oo TD bo tec es = oe ¢ ety , / o jeee ‘ Bates | Keck: t/ Gl & ae ohn Te eid Hitt Haat Ann ut leur fi already f : nytt pena! 7 s¥aR%e i ip BETH WIE "rong ie yo aa eee the Poison Spring. Mr. has completed his hotel the Poison Spring and its annual picnic tomor- Pi al es Hi Me + Gonna w yA NATIONAL LIFE Yold . Tees a Hespilaliya for : Iolad av Gone V2 ae | (plated He & DE Moss 4 Jf TES SAb VALLE ifr -F7 ford Jef Crete 97 LE20.8. ke At Low e Lecce ti oe: Ja. ge hi ie j Gerce tt. Be Oe. fet CATAWBA SPRINGS—CAROLINA’S SPA 417 Mrs. Justis and executed by Mr. Welfart of Salem which does credit to his genius and taste. The Eagle is a neat, elegant paint- ing, they are all really beautiful and cannot fail to please. The decorations and embellishments of the room and table will be novel, tasteful and appropriate. The dinner will be on the table at three o’clock and will consist of every delicacy that the country and market affords. Mr. Baron, a first rate cook, is engaged to prepare the dinner and’the epicure may promise himself a rich repast prepared to his own taste: Good music is engaged for the Ball, and the Ladies ‘man’s last, best gift’ will find their pleasure and amusement not forgot.’’* After five years as proprietor, William S. Simonton advertised the Springs for sale: “700 acre plantation, houses want no re- pair, are sufficient for entertaining 60 or 70 boarders with fine Stablery, Carriage-house,and Threshing Machine. Application may be made to the following agents:;Maj. H. W. Conner of Salisbury ; James A. Johnston, Esq., Charlotte; C. C. Henderson, Esq:, Lincolnton; A. M. Burton, Esq. of Beattie’s Ford.”!° In 1838 Joseph W. Hampton became proprietor and notified prospective patrons that he was repairing and fitting up the Springs “‘at considerable expense and in a superior style” and | would be ready for company by May 20. He reminded the readers of the newspapers that the resort was “situated on the great Eastern and Western line of Stages, from Salisbury, via Lincoln- ton to Asheville, ete. . . .’’2® For the period of the Hampton proprietorship, the guest regis- ters are preserved in the library of Davidson College. These date from 1838 to 1854 and are a gold mine for the social historian, especially one who writes with a capital “S.” Names occurring frequently from the North Carolina piedmont are the Grahams, Brevards, Guions, Ramsours, and Shipps from Lincoln; the Chamberses and Lockes from Rowan; and the Alexanders, Cald- wells, Davidsons, and Polks from Mecklenburg. Apparently, students at Davidson College caught the coach to the Springs as they now thumb rides to the beaches and moun- tains. The registers are full of guests giving: Davidson College as 14 The Miners and Farmers Journal (Charlotte, N. C.), June 29, 1831. 15 Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N. C.), November 14, 1835 (advertisement dated Sept. 26, 1835). 16 Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N. C.), June 16, 1838 (advertisement dated March 16, 1838). 2.17 Since Proprietor famous Wade Hamptons tract the elit e from the Came the He 0 Hen- r, Who no doubt ege 1837-1994 (Charlotte, 1924), 58. tion_o Marshal Ney (New York, 1895), Brevard : TdeMarch 19, 1842 Pringg ©Zisters 1838-1854. Davidson C ** 4, 1845; My tag, Sept. 4, 1838, 2 i i Brevard Ollege, Day idson, > te -R MS. Catawba 8 R > Mit Papers, 1787-1869. "oC €nderson, Who Was Peter Stewart Ney? In North Carolina’s historic mystery, the evidence of Archibald D. Murphey’s let- ters has often been overlooked. One of the most fascinating charac- ters in North Carolina history is the. eccentric school teacher, Peter Stewart Ney, of Iredell County. Many people in his day were convinced that he was the famed French General, Marshal Ney, and some even to this day cling to the story. Marshal Ney, affectionately known as “The bravest of the brave,” was perhaps, next to Napoleon, the great- est of the generals produced by the- French Revolution. From the moment the privileges of the aristocracy were abolished, and military promotion was open to all classes of the community, Ney’s career was as rapid as it was brilliant. He was appointed Marshal of the French Empire in his thirty-fifth year; and from that period he shared, day by day, all the glories and perils of Napoleon. After the defeat of Na- poleon, along with a number of others, he was arrested as a traitor and put to death by a firing squad in the Garden of the Luxembourg on December 7, 1815 Marshal Ney was a popular hero in France, and at once all sorts of rumors began to spread that he had not really been put to death. Ney was a Mason and it was said that the Masonic Fra- ternity and the Duke of Wellington, who was also a Mason, had arranged his escape and that he had fled to America. Fugitive General On January 29, 1816, a man who bore a striking resemblance to Marshal Ney landed in Charleston, South Caro- lina. One day two Frenchmen thought they recognized him as their old com- mander, but before they could recover from their astonishment, he had turned the corner and they lost sight of him. Three and a half years later, this stranger turned up in the small town of Cheraw, South Carolina. Here he met Colonel Benjamin Rogers, and said that his name was Peter Stewart Ney, that he was a Frenchman, that he had THE STATE, MARCH 15, 1970 By HERBERT 8S. TURNER served in the French Army, that he had been forced to leave the country for political reasons, and that he was look- ing for a position as school teacher. Rogers employed him and he became a successful and popular teacher. Ap- parently Ney never claimed to be the Marshal of France while living in the Rogers’ home, but he was always evasive about his origin, talked much of the Napoleonic wars and showed a re- markable familiarity with his cam- paigns, which gave the impression that he was more than just a fugitive from France. One day he suddenly disap- peared and later turned up in North Carolina. Enigmatic Teacher For the remainder of his life he taught school in various communities, mostly in Rowan County and in and around Mocksville, with the exception of the two years he spent teaching in Mecklenburg County in Virginia, liv- ing in one of the homes in the com- munity where his school was located. He died of pneumonia in the home of Osborne Foard on November 15, 1846 and was buried in the cemetery of the Third Creek Presbyterian Church, which was about a mile from the Foard home. He was a gifted scholar, an excellent teacher, and proficient in the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Mathematics and Surveying. He main- tained strict discipline in his schools and was very popular with his students. He wrote poetry, and many of his languages, in poems were published in the news- papers of. that day. He acrostic poems and at times poems for his favorite pupils. He -un- derstood military tactics and was an excellent fencer. also. wrote other In his conversations with the families with whom he vague about his origin, but on oc- casions he is said to have confided to his favorite pupils that he was the Marshal of France his mysterious trips away from North Carolina, and an occasional mysterious visitor, kept alive among the people ot that community a belief that he was really. Marshal Ney of France. In his latter years he drank rather heavily at times, and when he was intoxicated, he would throw off his reserve and ‘freely admit that he was Marshal Ney of France. lived he was always This together with Ney at Davidson ‘ One winter while teaching school near Davidson College, the committee who had been appointed to select a seal for the college, went to see Ney for his suggestions. They found him, so the story goes, al the noon hour sitting at the spring near the school house. When they had explained the purpose of their visit, he took a piece of paper trom his pocket and drew a rough sketch of what he thought the seal should be. The design met the approval of. the committee and it was adopted as the seal of the college at the next meeting of the Board. During that winter he of- ten visited the library and among Davidson's prize collections are Ney’s annotations on the margin, of college some of the books which he read. Miss Cornelia Shaw in her-History of David- son College says: “His authorship of the seal, his visits to our, campus, his notations in one of the library books, give Davidson a peculiar interest in his pathetic life and story During his last illness, just™a short time before he died, Dr. Matthew Locke is said to have asked him, “Mr. Ney, there is something that has been 17 puzzling us for years. And now we want to have the truth from your lips. We want to know who you are.” Rais- ing himself on his elbow, Ney replied, “I will not die with a lie on my lips. I am Marshal Ney of France.” This deathbed confession convinced many of the people of his day that the famous Marshal Ney of France had really lived in their midst. His funeral was attended by a great throng of people who came to pay him reverence and his grave is still visited yearly by a great many peo- ple. Grave Opened The tradition that he was the famous Marshal of France persisted and the Rev. James Weston made an exhaus- tive study to prove that he was the real Marshal of France. Ney was supposed to have had a silver plate in his head and in 1887 Weston persuaded the ses- sion of the Third Creek Church to let him have the grave opened to see if the plate could be found. A very large crowd gathered for this occasion, in- cluding the French Ambassador to the United States, and nine Doctors were chosen to make the examination, but no plate was found. Weston’s book, Historic Doubts as to the Execution of Marshal Ney was published in 1895. Weston’s book served to keep alive the tradition, and in 1929 Dr. J. E. Smoot published Marshal Ney Before and After Execution, in which he proved to his own satisfaction that the -two men were the same. In 1937, Mr. Le. Gette Blythe, a grandson of one of Ney’s pupils, published a fascinating book, Marshal Ney: A Dual Life, in which he ‘assumes that Marshal, Ney and Peter Stewart Ney were one and the same. The tradition lived and in 1945 a group of men from Rowan and sur- rounding counties formed the “Peter Stuart Ney Association.” The ‘session 18 ‘school of the Third Creek Presbyterian Church granted them permission to hold their meetings in the Session House, where Ney at one time taught school. On September 13, 1953, the Association held a public meeting in the Third Creek Church for the dedi- cation of the mausoleum which had been erected over Ney’s grave, and Luther H. Hodges was the speaker for the occasion. Hired By Murphey Neither Weston, Blythe, nor any of the others who assume the identity of the two men, mention the Archibald DeBow Murphey letters or Ney’s natu- ralization papers. Either they did not know about them or they were omitted because they did not fit in with their purpose. When Murphey. was collecting ma- terials for his History of North Caro- lina it became necessary for him to employ some one to write for him because his hands had become crippled by arthritis. His son-in-law, John P. Carter, who lived in Mocksville, sug- gested that he get in touch with the teacher, Peter Stewart Ney. Murphey contacted him and it was agreed that he would come and live with the Murpheys at The Hermitage as soon as his school term was con- cluded in the spring of 1827. On February 25, 1827, Murphey wrote to Colonel William Polk of Ra- leigh: “I have engaged a French Gen- tleman to aid me in the Military Part of my Work. He is a Nephew of Marshal Ney, who came to America after the Battle of Waterloo, and who, to gain Subsistence, is keeping a small School in the County of Iredell, in perfect Obscurity. He is an ele- gant Scholar and Draftsman, has fine intelligence, and having lost his Fortune and his Hopes, seeks now only for a bare Competency. He has seen much Service, and as he is fond of Reading and writes well, he will be very useful to me. He will come to reside with me in the Summer, when his school is out.” On August 22, 1827, he wrote to Polk: “I wrote to you that I had en- gaged a Gentleman to assist me in the Military Part of the Work in which I am engaged. I was misinformed as to his Character. He is not a Frenchman, but a well educated, intelligent Scotsman by Birth, who did not go to the Con- tinent Until he was eighteen Years of Age. His name is Ney. He tells me that he is not a Relative. He has been a good deal in Service, And I find him much more valuable than | should probably have found him had: he been a Frenchman. He writes for me, reads extensively, collates facts and arranges Materials with great Judgment.” In his naturalization papers, a pho tostatic copy of which is in the State Archives in Raleigh, he stated that he was born in “Sterling Shire, Scotland A.D. 1787.” which conflicts with the statement on his tombstone that he was seventy-seven years old when he died Was Peter Stewart: Ney really ( famed Marshal Ney of France? Was he a fugitive from justice_and did he seek to hide his real identity for fear that he might be discovered? Did he sutter from illusions which made him identify himself with the Marshalsot [ra when he was drinking, because he bore the name, Ney? Was he simply a lonely man who enjoyed the notoriety and prestige which the identity with the Marshal of France gave him? These and other unsolved questo! make him one of North Carolina's fas cinating and unforgettable characters EDITORIALS BY OTHERS Not Sick t SOCICTY. DECAUSC We are not a “sick” | some men revert to beasts, or because at times even good men may d that is a burden all men have But we are a misguided society have become reluctant to make mot judgments, to impose those who would wreck society, to ac- cept any self-restraint on our own be- havior. The hallmark of our time is t we no longer believe in inhibitions. ward or outward. Everyone should “do his own thing,” whether it be indulging in an orgy, tearing up a classroom ot dismantling the streets The danger is that WI undo those three thousand years that have brought us up from barbarism, for then men go ill-armed against the temptations of anger, passion and the hysteria of the moment. And ther enough in the world to remind us how thin the wall that hu- manity. — Wall St. Journal restraints shelters. Our THE STATE, MarcH 15. 1970 The official seal for the College was designed by Peter Stewart Ney, a mysterious Frenchman respected for his learning by citizens in the North Carolina piedmont. It was completed in time for the first diplomas in ° 1840 and has authenticated every diploma granted from that day to the present. Peter Stewart Ney was believed by many to be Napoleon’s Mar- shal Ney, who may have escaped to America after a mock execution in France. The seal représents the sword of truth and light slaying the serpent of ignorance and darkness. Ney also composed the college motto which surrounds the seal; Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas—Let Learning Be Cherished Where Liberty Has Arisen.” The latter clause has reference to the Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775, promulgated by Meck- lenburg County in which the College is located. ‘The “cherishing of learn ing” has. been the primary objective of Davidson College since its founding. The identity of the man — itinerant school teacher oF famous French general. — buried in Third Creek Presbyterian Cemetery near Cleveland continues to baffle historians. Some claim Peter Stewart Ney was Napoleon’s top general, a man who slipped through the executioner’s fingers and emerged in Rowan County as a teacher. Others claim the matter is a hoax. It has never been determined whether the man was @ simple teacher with delusions of grandeur or one of the great generals of French history. But the facts are these: ember 7, 1815, Marshal Ney, sentenced to death for high treason after Waterloo and the downfall of tood before a firing squad at the back of the Luxembourg Gardens. The command to fire was given and Marshal Ney fell. On January 2%. 1816, just 52 days after the execution, a man named Peter Stewart. Ney arrived in Charleston, S.C., with a group of French refugees.» Authoritative ‘history insists that Marshal Ney was executed in France and that Peter Stewart Ney was merely a learned school teacher who was inclined to indulge in somewhat rash statements when he was hitting the bottle. But others have read into the facts a t easily ranks as North Carolina’s most baffling and colorful mystery, a story that includes as many fascinating ingredients as any piece of fiction: a faked execution, the implication of secret masonic orders, the love and aid of a beautiful woman, a flight into exile, furtive meetings by night, attempted suicide. They’re all there. But let us begin at the beginning. THE MARSHAL Michel, son of Peter Ney and the second of six children, was born at Saar-Louis, De ment of Lorraine, in France. The year was 1769. He received his earliest education in quit after him. For a while he worked in and later in an iron works plant. He enlisted in the French army when he was 19, thus beginning a career that was to lead him through brilliant successes to glory and world fame. He worked hard and conscientiously, studying in his spare time to become an e horseman and swordsman. His skill and courage under fire speedily set him apart as a man of remarkable ability. His superior officers were quick to observe and to reward him. In a single year (1792) he received five promotions. Often when the odds were overwhelmingly against him he would outmaneuver the enemy and come up with a victory where victory ible. Strategic success followed stragetic success. His fame increased steadily. In 1799 he was pointed General of Division. And on May 19, 1804, Napoleon who the day before had Emperor of France, made Ney one of the Marshals of the Empire. He was only 35 years old. During the next 1} years Marshal Ney served well and faithfully with Bonaparte. He was Napoleon’s right hand man, and the Little Corsican called him ‘‘the bravest of the brave.” loo Ney fought his last battle. After the defeat and banishment of Napoleon, Ney was tried for high treason. In December of 1815 he was convicted and sentenced to death. History says that at 9:20 o’clock on the morning of December 7 Marshal Ney was publlicly.executed by his own soldiers at the back of the Luxembourg Gardens as a fraitor to King and country. So much for official history. Let the believers in the legend take it from % _ His old comrades, who there. Marshal Ney was not shot. He fell, it is true, but not with a bullet in his heart. Ney himself gave the command to fire. As he did so he brought his band down over his heart and burst a concealed bladder full of a red liquid. made up the firing squad, fired over his head. There was no physician there to pronounce him dead. He was taken to a hospital tched over him during next day he was taken to Bordeaux, France, where he poarded a ship bound for the United States. Believers in the legent point out that Ney was a ranking Mason. The Duke of Wellington was also a Mason, and it is thought that he might - have been instrumental in seeing that Ney did not die a traitor’ version of the legend is true, the king’s agents would have done well to cherchez la femme. One particular femme, anyhow. Ida Saint Elme,. heiress, actress, adventuress, and seductress of many notables in high places, was known to have been in love with Marshal Ney. Some believe that she, too, was involved in. making sure that the Marshal was whisked safely out of the country. Peter Stewart Ney settled finally in Rowan County, near Cleveland, N.C., where he taught school and lived until his death in 1846. Legend and mystery dogged his footsteps. There are numerous stories of sudd ognitions”’ by soldiers who under Marshal Ney in France.. On the boat coming over, in Charleston and Georgetown, §.C., in Statesville, N.C., Peter Ney was spotted by soldiers who are supposed to have declared that he was indeed the marshal. yhere are In existence today affidavits sworn out by Ney's former upils testifying that he admitted to them that he was Marshal Ney. However, ‘these revelations came mostly when he was very much in his cups. When he was sober he denied them. When Ney received the news of the death of Napoleon in 1821 he fainted. The next morning he was found with his throat cut. Fortunately, the knife blade broke and his attempt at suicide was unsuccessful. When asked why he tried to kill himself he said ‘“‘with the death of Napoleon, my last hope is gone : ” VISITORS On rare occasions he had mysterious visitors—Frenchmen. Behind the -house where he boarded in Rowan County was a stack-yard, and Ney would take the visitors out beside the haystacks. They would converse there, sometimes staying all night. An overwhelming amount of evidence, much of which is hard to refute, has been brought out to support the Ney legend in the last hundred years. Both Marshal and Peter Ney were five feet, 11 inches tall, powerfully * built, with ruddy complexions and reddish hair. Peter Ney's body was scarred with old wounds which corresponded to wounds that Marshal Ney was known to have had. Both men were expert swordsmen. Handwriting experts have examined athe writing of both men and have deciared ‘that the different samples were written by the same man. Peter Ney read current volumes about Marshal Ney and the Napoleonic wars and made detailed and minute corrections that later turned out to be amazingly accurate. When Peter Ney lay on his deathbed, his physician, Matthew Locke, confronted him with the already growing legend that surrounded him and asked him for some final enlightenment. Ney raised —_ to his elbow and looked directly at Locke “? am Marshal Ney of France,” he said. People who knew him well insisted that the dignified and honorable (despite the bottle) old teacher would never have died with a lie on his lips He died on November 15, 1846 In 1887 his body was exhumed in an attempt to find a silver trepan which was known to be in Marshal Ney s head. It was not found — perhaps because it wasn't there, perhaps because the ground around the decomposing corpse was never sifted ~ In recent years descendants of Ne) have declared that the marshal actually did escape execution and settled in North Carolina. It is likely now that the mystery will never be solved, and the secret will remain buried with the county school master in the Third Creek cemetery Realists will scorn the legend and romanticists will defend it But who really knows” Winston Negro Tries to) Béat The Chair To The Job: . . Raleigh, tg 10.— Henry Grier, 43, Winston. m negro who suicide morning, was electrocuted | Créek this afternoon at state’s prison here. Grier was carried into the death ¢ehamber by five men at 12:36 p. m. Eiaalepe wenn tapes 06 his semaee splints. His closed except ! once wien it te appeared he might he been looking around. ia Be auch ae gown bed % thro his body at 12:40 dota the outside of the nape Sot Ws Age, en ay 10.— nae was y 10-—Abaut two sae trocuted today for murder, Henry So ine oe ed su iu ing m sec- ond tier of Gu dou tow cells to the concrete floor. Grier asked for the tisual pr of shuking hands with the other mates of death row before he “went down”. e then -requested and a8 the keeper turned darted up the steps, jerked free from @n assistant keeper The solicitor ¢ resefvation” at oe the nfurdér was not p . 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Armfield, Captain; home agent diree Bill which contains a provisjon 'R. J, “Mills, first jieutenant; yr. A.! , epete Was breaking up the dead-head pass Conges “second leptenens Bibel a ne nee | | | yal wee 8 ‘ , ¥ . , MAUSOLEUM—Here is the mausoleum recently completed over the grave of Peter Stuard Ney, whom many believe to bare been Marshal Ney of France, at Third Cree’ Presbyterian church. The mausoleum Tor session of five months No extra charge to learn shorthana. Subscribers Number or penihiti Students Samuel Young , Placebo Houston John Carlton — John Gaither, gsr, s Pte 1 1 1 1 o 8 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 a / / Francis Young, November l» 1837, $5.00 9200 AUST] OU! macro matt et ~<a ® fs a 4 ae “Sabez ~~ gd "Ae pT NN ee base = vere re Loe ht tele a ‘ Pte RSHAL? “ae GRAVE OF FAMED MA baffling mystery is that in Peter Stuart Ney volving the identity of . 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Rhinehart, Peeler ect Experts May “Solve of Mysterious Man Buried d Creek Presbyterian a : Ug. 20-—~A “hateh of With age, & riddle 6f his. h has baffled authorities for More than 9 century, ots “Yor evidence to prove Peter’ Stewart Ney, Carolinas school Seeker of the early 19th century, | 5 Marshal Miche) Ney of Franée | « re the Wet discovered the j Gee: J teed pos. t ittle, who a be, N. C,/8 Charlotte historian, Detectives Frank ‘N_ Charlotte, added a ing “Collection re gathering before ex- Of Peter Ney from ah place in a country church. Daigns. Also on them are in ‘the margins signed de ttive chief had written to ent. for Napoleon's military The ‘Papers, ‘however, are tp Be over to handwriting experts for study. -. “Before of into the grave,” Littlejohn said, “a Want to gathey!).- all facts to substantiate thi, proved. : rythin points to a solution Taystery. years controversy has ra the two Neys were cing Master @Nd.achool teacher named Ney landed at Charleston in January, 1816, and taught in Many sections of the Caro. } Historical Sa¥s ‘Some Frenen, refligees saw Pato, Ney in | Bim ‘ar Mahehy S22, Mit Pecognise left Georgetown, An of Napoleon’s death ; rT eo Sorely he es and Went’ in acs es a that many other are to be made as a result of all failure of state liquor law violators-to pay the federal tax. PLANE TURNS BACK FROM. 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All drug ts. —{ Adv.) Vicks CouGH DROP HAY FEVER ASTHMA LOCAE DRUGGIST HAS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT Hosts of Hay Fever and Asthma sufferers have been relieved perma- nently. PO-TAS-A-FRAS is endorsed by 5,000 druggists. Relief you get is worth 20 times what you pay. No matter how long you have suffered or what other less effective treat- ments you have used, by all means PO-TAS-A-FRAS. Information and treatment at BE. W. O'Hanion’s Drug Store. —(Adv.) he court, Sen require it be filed here 14 —_ before ‘the dis- trict appeals are called. Appeals from the 19th district, including the court in which Moore was convicted, are now being arranged and his has not been docketed. “that a of To show you what our emart men know, they led us to believe the world was coming to an end when England; lost her gold standard. Now we come | to find out that things are picking up| on what they thought was calamity. | Other nations are going to gilver | voluntarily. Sure, use silver for money, use a8 many things as you can for money, and then more trad- ing and businese will be done. Astor made a fortune trading chew- ing tobacco for skunk skins. Poor Bryan, he ran for president just thirty-eight years toe soon! ‘Accompanied by 4 couple of my kids and a nephew, we are flying back to old Orangejuiceville after @ happy day terday at a big cele- bration in Claremore. It eure was fine to meet all the old home folks. After all, it’s the best people that stay at home. It’s just the tramps that leave and do the bumming. It broke all records for an enjoy- able day. There wasn't a speech made, and you just can't imagine how glad everybody was. The Cham- ber of Commerce and eome politicians were broken-hearted not to be able to any something, but we kept ‘em still. (Copyright, 1986, McNaught Syndicate) NORRIS FILES Friends Forcing Him Lincoln, Neb. ().—Senator George W. Norris, veteran Nebraska Repub- lican independent, today wae named a candidate for re-election with the filing of the secretary of etate’s of- fice of a petition bearing 40,000 signa- tures on his behalf. Norris, 75, had expressed a desire to retire, but his friends said they believed he would make the race. The senator is at his summer camp in Wisconsin and no comment from him wag imm tely available. ~ ‘landed at Charleston early in announced Usually the court takes so to rule on euch motions, and studies “the record proper’ from <ial court before rendering its deciaion. Granting the motion, Seawell said, would probably end Moore's chances | of getting a review by the supreme court unless some new angle should | turn up in the case. MAY NOT Dic UP NEY BODY Not Necessary Now Salisbury (7 says plans for exhuming the body of | Peter Stuart Ney to , determine whether he and Marshal Michel Ney, of France were the same may be; abandoned. | The newspaper quoted ©. W. Alli- -The Salisbury Post, |gon, of Charlotte, who with Detec- tive Chief Frank N. ittl#john of Charlotte had announced plans for * the exhumation, as saying ‘‘the open- ing of the-grave is not necessary in view of information that received recently.” “The information proves beyond any doubt that the French soldier buried in Rowan county under the, name of Peter Stuart Ney is the marshal, but it cannot be divulged at present,” Allison’ was quoted as say- ing. The enigma has been a —, of historical controversy since eafly in the nineteenth century. Historians agree a called himself Peter has been who Ney 1816 after the French marshal ostensibly had been executed in December, 1815. Some contend, however, the execu- tion was carried out while others claim it was faked and Marshal Ney permitted to escape. Peter Stuart» Ney, who drifted North Carolina and taught school,} was quoted as saying on his death- bed in 1846, “I am Marshal Ney of; France.” ; Allison. the Post said, was ‘so’ convinced of: his facts that he urged Salisbury, Charlotte, Statesville and | Hickory to proceed with plans to erect a shrine in the form of a dufli- cate of the wall against which Mar- shal Ney supposedly was executed. The proposal, said to have been advanced by Clarence O. Kuester. of Charlotte, would involve expenditure: of around $25,000. teacher Stuart to GEORGE BURRUS Lert } ne et /‘shortly after he breathed his last, sud ] ‘told her that. he had made a revela- tion which ¢learec-up the mystery. ‘Allison lived close to both of these in 1887, as his father who was a yterian minister, moved to | 4 Elmwood in that year, and preached at i Mfhind Creek Presbyterian Church, | t Ne eall abe 4 roe Ney ve buried. _ year, |t ‘ ee ein | ; was the year tnat Dr. Ramsey |; Church Gives Per- {next moruings 0) o.c"ceinstery. Gnd hers exhumed the bay of Ne , OO Fe ae: wot Sy skeleton was found to measure | mission A ae about five feet. ten inches, which was | ‘By Charles Vance Cotter, in The State’ é $0 Bs x k fey in George’ r we approximate height of Marshal i ¥ . , ' sa = J ee ne ; iL ey. called “a Pee iecamer Salk oy i in a ee ba The silver trepan, which was worn | “grave and a question thet has per- he left gto He in his skull, was not found, however, | plexed historians of at least. two ae a. d 5 o || |ten years ago Allison interviewea Cap- | Toward .proving whether 6 Fyne ait we N. CG, n{tain Richard Allison ‘Torrence, in| ‘Marshal of Peahewe Michael N: Aad, re titan: " Ne ‘Charlotte, who was then 90 years old, | ‘buried in Norti Carolina insted obs totes. U vite 1898. . ; | 2jand . been a ao Ney’s. Cap- |. ‘in France facing : squad ce ae ft ‘ jaytato orrence to ison he was | ees ot teh . 6 4" “"\frmly convinced that Ney was the : exhume | 4 Marshal. ‘fhe a a er; Ney received his last letter from ! ' t jhome a few days before his last ill-| ' Detectives ere now have fitted to-' iness telling him that he was pardoned | ents of skeletons to de i gether and begging him to return to France |' jtermine the factor of body length. |: “but he was afraid it was a trap and) This time, also, the skull wia be ex- |; |would not go. Ae amined for signs of a small silver 5 his Gentiet he dasleret | late, or “trepan,” that Marshal N ‘Tan almost superhuman effort, that he | is known to have worn after nea twas Marshal of France. ‘ment for a wound on his head. Certain Ney an p sartonity nae filled -~_ evidence points to the possession of | } of his “execution” and his sucha silver plate by the man in the] jon ‘ . History says that American grave. Great expectations }/ | “Marshal Ney fought five hundred bat- revolve around this \tles- for France and none against her. ‘He died November 15, 1846. & S } Hr KE ge Zz Sf ts F gE zr Ee ait SERS Fee 3 jhe . eae 3 z if Z é oh zs ONLY t EFS Sark Peet & e - ? ' ~ see ion? cercs Actual acres 5 : 3 BS S$ FETERs “a aE actucl acres a Aetunl MCTCB e 3 = lie ee st gis it ie bib082 ip bili é for twelve’ years Ney’s identity. -B. Woods, ~ Seer a: we tree a . Gta I ey a coe te 4 a a A- — Roberta United Methodist Church ——* gan Concord, North Carolina 28025 wt N.,Fred Jordan, Jr., Pastor Ji] y 16, 197 3 ee ee Dear fdr, Swann, very happy te receive yeur letter ef thi I can- be ‘ef heip te: yeu. My research student at Catawba Cellege, hewever, se as meant that many facts which were ence en the ti ire new burried deep in drawers ef matérial. The lj T have dene cencerning Ney since then was te visit his in Sterlingshire, Scetland, and te make enquimes cencerni?? Marshall] while in Paris, France. “As f understand yeur @ hewever, this side ef the legend dees net really cencer tam, c . 07 the In erder te answer yeur letter premptly I will be wri we researching at the same time, a very: dangerous thing te Centradict myself but bear with me te the end and hopefull SUT at sf A Ld a OUL. First ef al? yeu asked about Union Academy in early Dar My records show a schoel by that name near Farmingten. opened and epeated until 1603, It was erganized threugh the jeint ef the Baptists and the Methedists and had as its teachers nad : y mes He Foate. (see f —ImMes W. Wa ] i. His t ary f ‘D Mocksvilles Davie Ceunty Histerical Publishing -Aeseci: This weuld, ef ceurse, have been tes late fer PS Ney as 1040, I will centinue leeking fer an‘earlizr Union Academn J A 4. : As te Ney's centacts with Imlell Céunty, they are quite AMKAM numergus. In 1907 7] wrete a paper which [ called "A Chrenelegy e@,/ te Live af Perer Steuart Ney,” in which I (ried te trace the teachers b SGens. { will use CAIs paper as the basia jer the feliewing injfartot TRére is a similar decument in the Davidsen-Cellege Library. under title The Graves ef Marshal Ney using a. similar erganization st Burgess Gaither claims that Ney came te Mecksville as ear! Ae 1610-and frem there went te Capt. Heusten's were he taught fer ?% Y (Burgess Gaither te Lyman Draper, August. 5th 1865, MSS, 1RR139 9 MDD, LUst in the Seuthern Histerical Cellectien, Wilsen'Library, Chapel This clain sheuld net be taken tee serieusly hewever. Tkapp: theugh Mr. Gaither is depending mere. en hearsay than facts. Dur this time Ney was in seclusien and ‘ceuld have been in the aren, in 1019 he was clearly in Seuth Carelina teaching schee!. As far as. I fave been dble ‘te determing Ney's first teach? pesitien was with Celenel Benjamin Regers. Ney taught in Bran. Marlbereugh Ceunty, Seuth Carelina until about SHY 1 His in this area wis well. decunented. Fren Seuth Carelina, Ney went to Mecksville somewhere around 1822 and started teaching school. This is supported by a.nunber 0, persenal testimenies. BRXXRX In 1825 His name appears there on the BAXX Veting lists. tt appears that the fellowing..year 1020, Vey accepted a new teaching posjtien at Oak Greve Academy, Accerding to the tex ? of.-Mrs. Mary CaeTa'lton, "Father had never seen hin until] 1022 or heard of him. He taught down Hunting Creek seme 10 miles below t and en South River before he came here (Oak Greve,) in. 102 neur Mecksvilie." (Draper MSS 1RR1702. Cf supper’ g tes Weston, Historic Doubts as te the Execution of Marshal Thomas Whittaker, 1095, p.147 by Thomas F. Hudson) Th 3 t He left the Heoustons at Oak Grove te work for a shert t1 Archibald D. Murphy after which he went to Virginia to feacnh Jo! 1828 seems te be a pretty firm date for when he finally movel bac inte Iredell county to teach at the Houstons. (Draper, MSS XKXK (hii? In July of 1032, Burgess Gaither claims that Ney was teaching at Cedar Hill near Mocksville, (Draper MSS 1RR105) From 1034-35 Ga? clains that Ney taught South ef Mecksuille. (Weston, P139) Two dated poems from XHX these years are signed, Mt. Greve, Mary Cl. TOU Dalten claims that at this time Ney was living in her father's hone {Praper MSS1RRY) sg period invelves cenfl:cting testimeny, but it seems # m™ > 7399 +h é | i In 1836 Ney operated the Flint Hill school, ind "In the ¥ 1837-38 he was teaching on the farm of Capt. Palcebo Heuste”, Iredell county, and it was then I (James H. Foote Netez connect’o with Union Academy) was ane of his students. ( Janes H. Foote XHHXX The Lindmark Statesville, June 17; 1886). T nave a recerd of Ney living .3 miles "this side ef Statesville” areund 1040 by E.F. Rockwell of Cool Spring (Draper MSS 1RR71). Accerding te Mr. Ross Weed whe I interviewed during my researen, (His father was a student of Ney) areund this time ma Ney lived Statesville and taught in or near there. By 1041 he had apparently left the area and was tea Catawba Springs (ad in the Mecklenbury Jeffersonian) Li In 1644 or 1845 he was back in Seuth Carelina teaching 17 A letter dated January 12, 1846 places him at the Beatties eich. Ate health, hewever was peer. One of his former Osborne Feard feund him and insisted he ceme te his hone di Ney died in November ef 1846 at the Feard heme. In looking back ever this material it seems clear to me there is every pessibility that Ney ceuld have taught at the mentioned. He seems.te have made the Heustons home his center eperatien but apparently alse en eccasiens taught scheel 71” oe! areas. Particularly the peried areund 1840 might bear further investigatien. Let me knew if any ef the names er. places that mentiened strike a familiar note with. your research and JT will inte my recerds in greater detail at that peint. Another pessible resource persen fer yeu in this whol2 s weuld be Jehn H. Feard, Jr., 313 S. Ridge Avenue, Kannapolis, Jack is a grdat grandsen of Osberne Feard and has 2 spent of time studying Ney. We are eof different opinions about relationshin te the Marshal, but have long enjeyed swapin the subject. a Again 7 Apelegize fer the peor Style in which this rs being bresented to you, but as alwiys seems to be minister, 7 a” pushed fer time, =F did, however, Jf te yeu as S0®n as pessible S@ I hepe that 7 an forgiven, May T wish yeu suceess jp any ether assistance Please rr 9 4 dV. Want te get 1 Lhe YOur research We ie 7 ban be let me know, Sincere]y, —— lot TS tee Z, ~~ N. -Fred Jordan, I weuld be interested ty know if. you have any + Blige w ttled 7 believe Springs 4 in the 19th c : Private acc i Cennection WOuld like t. Anew ~ PP; Just q theught as One, tt was commen fer Could this have made under Ney say at the H Airmen Find a New “Prospect Point’ High \ Above the Rainbow Mists of Niagara Falls Fach Year at Least Four Full-Color Wall Maps . A Come with [he Vigsasing as Supplements Every day in our changing world there is news of some development in which geography is an important factor. And because maps, like pictures,, present’ facts concisely) and clearly, the National Geographic Society! pro- vides its members with an endless series of up-to-date maps issued with planned: timeli- No such mapping program and large- scale distribution of maps has ever before been attempted. for. general educational purposes Virtually the whole world must be remapped as a result of World War IL. The Society's cartographers have undertaken this peacetime task with the same resourcefulness, skill, and passion for accuracy that gained highest praise lor The Society's incomparable war maps. \s all major press associations have adopted The Society's spelling of world place names, ness cities and towns mentioned in news dispate! may readily be identified on these chart Measuring from 10 to 19 times the this page, these fen-color maps are produ by The Society for distribution to its entire membership.as supplements to The Magazine At least four such supplements are published each vear—-one with every third issue ot the . NATIONAL GEOGRAPHK( In addition, dozens of black-and-whits of local areas are published in The May annually. “They illustrate accounts of explora tion, articles on the United States. and timely @escriptions of countries in the news Attached to this booklet is a ten-coloy map which was previously issued with The Vag azine, and is here included as a_ spe The Society's work in cartography I hese Niagara Falls, New y Naga — pan + Falts SHROUD Al NIAGARA The 500,000. tons of.water a minute that cascade over Niagara Falls keep the area around the base of the falls permanently shrouded in mists. In- Dick Dietrich’s picture, the tourist boat Maid of the Mist is heading for-a trip below the American imated to old, the fa 150.10 19 4 ' of water has « falls and taking step t ry) ty HIGH SPOT OF TOUR—This Is Niagara Falls, the high spot In the editors’ tour and ene of the scenic wonders of the world. You are looking down on the great Horseshoe Falls, which sits astride the U.S.-Canadian border, with the American Falls to the right downstream SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1964 * Still A Scenic Wonder - Niagara Falls A Tourist Magn We wound up the 2,600-mile editors’ tour of"Ontario at Nia- gara Falls, wihch is where more stories begin then end. So that is where this report will begin. There were 28 United States editors and publishers who made the 14-day tour as guests of the Province of Ontario. They started at Windsor and wound up at Niagara. The story in between will be told in several sections. Niagara Falls is the honey- moon capital of the world; and, believe it or not, newlyweds, along with others, do take time out to look at the falls. The number of tourists visiting the falls each year runs into the millions. What brings them here? First, the Falls Principal attraction, of eourse, is the falls, which have always been here. Then there are the manmade attractions designed to convert bucks into fun and relaxation. Niagara Falls are one of the most spectacular scenic attrac- tions in the world, plunging from 153,000 to 267,000 cubic feet of water into the gorge be low every second of the day. The wide variation in the amount of stream flow at the falls is controlled by the water level in the Great Lakes up- stream; for the Niagara river is the principal drainage outlet for the four upper Great Lakes. When the water level in the lakes is high, the river can de- liver as much as 267,000 cubic feet per second to the brink of By J. P. HUSKINS the falls; and the flow rarely ever falls below 153,000 cubic feet. Most of this water is discharg- ed via the Horseshoe Falls, which is 155 feet high and has a perimeter of some 2,600 feet. But -a sizable portion goes over the American Falls, which are 10 feet higher, but only 1,400 feet across. As the water plunges into the gorge below, heavy mists rise over a wide area, and the rain- bows you see are real. Committing Suicide? An interesting point of dis- cussion is whether the falls are slowly commiting suicide. There is no ready answer. Some have contended that since the greatest pressure in the Horseshoe Falls is near the center of the arc, the water there will cut into the stone at a faster and faster rate, finally pirating away the water that now forms the American Falls. Then the two streams together will level out into a roaring cascade. But the facts do not seem to bear out this theory. From 1764 to 1842, the reces- sion rate at the crest was five feet per year. From 1842 until 1906, it was 3.7 feet. Since 1906 it has been 2.3 feet. So the falls are soowing upstream at a slow- er and slower rate, although there is no assurance it will not accelerate in years to come. Among the man-made attrac- tions at Niagara is the newly- ae r a od of Ontario toward Rainbow bridge. The rainbow you see over Horseshoe falls is rea! place as the mists rise from the cataract. During seasons of high water as feet per second may pass over the lip of the falls. 1ARK STATESVILLE RECORD & LAND Au- ense plates tates can 1ots. e now beet vt occupl take a attractions tour dow: corridors of his- the Americans tory or enjoy a picnic im the park. opened Spacerium, where full- ing through the area are jam- The Niagara peninsula played the sj s working size space capsules are shown, med with automobiles bearing along with much “space hard- sightseers who want to feast ware” and other products of re- their eyes on a sea of blossoms search, ranging from_ pink peach, Climax to a tour of this estab- through the pale-pink apple to lishment is a simulated flight to the white plum, pear and cher- the moon, where visitors, in ef- TY- fect, become astronauts, land on the “‘moon” and walk about on its low gravity surface. Scientifically authentic in de tail, the exposition is not only a thrilling experience, > but brings the visitor right up to date in space travel and explor- ation. The 10,000 square-foot Sparce- rium is topped by a 150-foot tall space needle, which intercepts signals from earth-orbiting sput- niks that come within range and transmits them to interior sound equipment. This helps te lend realism to the show. Industrial Hamilton: We reached Niagara Falls from Hamilton, the Pittsburgh of Canada. Our route took us down the peninsula between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, which every spring presents the visitor with a spectacle-just as compelling as Niagara Falls— the fruit blossoming season. Nowhere in North America, or perhaps in the whole world, is this spectacle of springtime magic more breath-taking. The Niagara fruit belt lies along the 40-mile wide plain bordering Lake Ontario’s southern shore in the protecting lee of the Nia- gara escarpment. When the flowering season reaches its peak, all roads lead- an important role in th 1812. Old forts that wer Mt inally designed i i ded | Americans out h: restored as | designed to pull in. WHERE WE WENT-The heavy line on this map shows the route the editors’ tour took from Windsor to Niagara and points in between, SRBPTMBER 0, 1958 “To Head Size g: “WASHINGTON (UP) ° —If you “have a big head, chances are “you're pretty smart. wy No guarantee, of course. But an ‘expert said today there seems to be a “definite relationship’ be- 4ween man's intelligence and the “gize of his skull and brain. « This inspics optimism. Dr. T.D. “Btewart, nationally known anthro- *. contirmed what many “have suspected: right along—man’s ead is getting bigger all the e. ee “We don’t know exactly why it i is,” Stewart said, “but men and * women all over the world have ; been getting taller. ‘And ovér the ; centuries « the: tuman -skull. bas § grown larger.” — > Stewart, curator of : anthropology i for the Smithsonian lastitution, is of a two-day geminar on the role of anthropolo- myists in the identification of skele- stons for such things as criminal p and immigration cases. Experts ‘from all over the country are attending. yo In the dawn of the human race when man possessed few skills, Stewart said, man’s skull was much smaller than it is today. AS } he advanced in wisdom, his brain . and skull grew. i i a chicken-or-egs problem. § said increased intellectual } physical activity may have » the brain enlargement. On the : other hand, the enlargement may F have bee? an evolutionary process “that led to the increased activity. — ———— : : ‘ : and oom group TO MEET Parent-teachers association Calvary Y meet at the church at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Miss Rebecta Bible teacher in Statesville schools, will address the group. interested All ed to attend. Attention Hemorrhoid (Pile) Sufferers . B Wonderral New Discovery Just put On The Market. ee ed aed soveis cn ean, tet that has been used past two years ‘by & prom- : . Holly, N. states “During the past of general practice - used all the well known ted remedies thirty. seven and ac- t a doubt the UTHERINE is ¢6 of water in _a foaming Community church will | parents are invit- Cc. doctor who I have for the relief of Niagara Falls - NIAGARA FALLS, Ont—(NEA) Niagara Falls is having its face lifted: To make sure that the fa- mous falls will look as magnifi- cent for future honeymooners and world tourists in the years to come, the United States and Canadian overnments are doing a $17,500,- 000 beauty job on the crest of the waterfall. It is expected to be completed by 1957. When the French missionary and explorer, Father Louis Hennepin, | first saw the Niagara Falls in 1678 the drop into the Niagara River was almost 1,000 feet further than it is today. Since records of the crest of the waterfajl have been kept since 1784 the falls have receded 865 feet, more than half of |this in the first 78 years. -“Uge of the falls for hydro-elec- trie power has slowed down the recession considerably. Once the falls ‘was an unbroken line of water falling from Lake Erie into the Niagara River. Gradually rocks’ fell off and two sections were formed, the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The former is in the United States, the tatter straddles the internatior- al boundary. In recent years there have been la number of rock = more spots floes have also carried away sec- tions of the rock over which the The phenomenon is something of| water used to plunge. Stewart | under an international signed in 1950 Niagara | New treaty caused| Falls is being given a new ap pearance, so that thé Horseshoe Falis will present an unbroken front of. water tumbling 160 feet down‘ from the rapids in the up- per Niagara River to the lower Niagara River which carries the torrent down to Lake Ontario. The face lifting job 4g being done by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the United States side and by the Ontario Hydro-electric Power. Commis- sion on the Canadian side. The project consists first building a control structure on the Canadian side above the falls, so that the amount of water. falling over the crest can be controlled. Then the rapids near both shores will be excavated to make for. & more even flow over the crest, and sections near the shore will be filled in to provide better van- tage points from which to see the plunging waters. A start on saving the face of Niagara Falls was made during UTHER : weir was submerged on the Cana- liet_that 1] dian side of the river about 1% i i ing relief of pain and itching . in In many céses for * Hemorrhoid (piles). has been stopped. Ask | SUTHERINE at i i all drug stores. —(Adv.) ee upstream from the falls. This weir not only provided more water diversion, for electric power generation, then greatly needed on both sides of the international bor- der, but it also maintained the a ein natural level of the water. In fact it increased the flow © over the American Falls, enhancing its ap- pearance considerably. When engineers on both sides of the international border, but it also maintained the natural level of the water, In fact it increased the flow over the American Falls, enhancing its appearance consider- ably. : The steep cliff surfaces and the turbulent waters meant that ky- Pear Is Getting Beauty ‘neers found their figures STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK Treatment toor balloons and helicopters had| Canadian sides of the Horseshoe to be used to provide sky-hooks | Falls rock and earth will be ex- from which to bang survey a ee on the U.S. side, and 64,000 cubic yards This will al- low the waters to flow over sée- tions which have till now been only partly under water. Near areas will be fi! ment. In one section on the Amer) ean side of the river trees and a narrow channel required an even more ingenious method of survey- ing. Searchlights with 800 million | small candle-power were used and engi- in as wel] and by taking | have concrete retaining measurements of water reflections! that the visitors will be able to het- from the searchlight beams. |\ter see the unbroken crest of the On both’ the United States and! Horseshoe Falls. on the Canadian. side tnese eX ed so was, 4 VX Se iLL ae 5 slides whith have}. in both falls. Ice) AERIAL VIEW OF FACE-LIFTIN to beautify this major tourist attraction. Near top is locat structure, while on both flanks are excavation and fill work to be done by 1957. a * s the work now under way at Niagara Falls ion of the 13 sluices® that will form the G: Diagrammed photo show + Harmony Sho Mary Brown, Joan Sharpe and Frances Ann Caudle are leaving | this week to enter college as) | Greensboro and | the Second World War when 4) freshman. Miss Brown and Miss Sharpe will enter the university | of North Carolina for women at| Miss Caudle will | enter Meredith at Raleigh. _0— i Mrs, Ada Wilscn spent ' week end at her home in Marion. Robert Honeycutt, Harmony last year, Charleston, &C. where he will be| school principal . at the Isle of Palms high school. He and Mrs. Honeycutt and son Robert Jr. left last. week. They have had an) apartment has gone to| here in the home of | Mrs. N. Sankey Gaither Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Turivbille of| Greensboro: spent the holiday) here at their new home on the Powell Bridge road. Ww. S. Caudle Jr. of Long New. York spent the week if hh narents, Rev, and Rev. poet a the | a teacher at —— “ alter- tory may rt S Miss Lounell Mullis has re! ed to Cleveland, Georgia she is a member of the- George Truett Jr. college. in Moce where noo! ts Gar! Smith is g to at- —UO— ltend the University of North Caro- 3-AC Jackey Renegar has gone ling at Chapel Hill, he will be a to Maine where he will be sta- ’ tioned after spending 8 d furlough with his parents, “MI and Mrs. W. B. Renegar, Har- | Methodist mony Route 2. | mer. } af) Ezra Hayes is the first one to eotton opening ner freshman 15 iV tf) 1! at the Meisenhel- Ronny Jone college at mt Pant Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Kurfees and daughter, Jean, visited rela-' report pots Raided (UP)—Arm-; swarmed into seven es - a Gold Coast's $ GULFPORT; Miss. ed -National Guardsmen se17e d truckloads of whisky and gambling equipment from ritzy nightspots yesterday in sudden raids signal ing a drive to clean up Gulf Coast lawlessness. tablishments raids.) ar- ind - seizine ~~ 3) in almost simultaneous resting persons 210) CASE 24 4d UO}] pu YoY A Tim yy tliO JK nears gambling is; parapt ~ 73 \ Gov. Hugh ‘White, who ordered | contre the raids after repeated warnings, wareh said troops will patrol the fun) Natiors zones until they end an era Of near t3 defiance that has. stirred years of the ni, controversy. being 1 Amen gambling along the go-call--_——— Poets COWL! BT) } poe 8723 x oe a — liked 8, 1958 : ee | __ STATESVILLE RECORD & ‘ain: - Brains | Niagara Falls Is Getting Beauty Treatment __ *- e : To Head Size Nets ees natural level of the water. In fact toor balloons and helicopters had) Canadian sides of the Horseshoe $ Wd: My hike dae a fie a it increased the flow Over the|to be used to provide sky-hooks | Falls rock and earth wil] be ex: Lees INGTON (UP) —If you! mous falls will look as magnifi-| “™¢Tcan Falls, enhancing its ap-| from which to hang dahtadenaed Tae epee ror cycled. “have a big head, chances ‘are {Cent for future honeymooners and| Pe@Fance considerably, ment. In one section on the Ameri-| ~">:, S!4@, and 64,000 cubie yarde you're pretty smart. world tourists in the years to come,| When engineers on both sides} ean side of the river trees and a . th we > hee we ~~ No guarantee, of course, But an|the United States and Canadian|°f the international border, but it narrow channel required tior a ease ‘ said today there to|Overnments are doing a $17,500,-| 8180 maintained the natural level! more ingenious nae a hive see roe ao egies: whe a “definite relationship” ‘be-| 000 beauty job on the crest of the| °f the water, In fact it increased ing. Searchlights with 800 maillion |" N ar thes ae 4ween man's intelligence and the| waterfall. It is expected to be| the flow over the American Falls, eandle-power were used and ¢ ea peti [te Wied in os wen oll ;tize of his skull and brain. | completed by 1957, enhancing its appearance consider-|neers found their figures by t bee Hae is i oe <., Phis inspires optimism, Dr. T.D.| _ When the French missionary and| bly. measurements py water ectaa) has the v ie wee bie to be Btewart, nationally known anthro-| explorer, Father Louis Hennepin,| The steep cliff Surfaces and the from the searchlight iio it - 7 a iat ke ccc —Pologist, confirmed what many | first saw the Niagara Falls in| turbulent waters meant that ky-| On both’ the United States and! to eae ie ae shave suspected: right along—man's 1678 the drop into the Niagara iene EE olsen head is getting bigger all the eo almost 1,000 feet further time. - is han it is today. Since records of we “We don't know exactly why it|the crest of the waterfa]l have t is.” Stewart said, “but men and/|been kept since 1784 the falls have i women all over the world have| receded 865 feet, more than half of - ; been getting taller. And ovér the | this in the first 78 years. } centuries the: human skull has “Use of the falls for hydro-elec- grown larger,” ‘ trie power has slowed down the _ Stewart, curator of anthropology | recession considerably. Once the _ for the Smithsonian Institution, is|falls was an unbroken line of ‘werving as chairman of a two-day | water falling from Lake Erie into Seminar on the role of anthropolo-| the Niagara River. Gradually “gists in the identification of skele-| rocks’ fell off and two -sections stoms for such things as criminal| were formed, the American Falls gand immigration cases. Experts, and the Horseshoe Falls The ‘from all over the country are|former is in the United States, attending. “~ ™ the latter straddles the interaation- : In the dawn of the human race | al boundary. t when man possessed few skills,; In recent years there have been # Stewart said, man’s skull was! a number of rock slides whieh have ' much smaller than it is today. As lett more spots in both falls. Ice! ; he advanced in wisdom, his brain! floes have also carried away sec- » and skull grew. |tions of the rock over which the : The phenomenon is something of) water used to plunge, ta chicken-or-egg problem. Stewart! Ncw under an international § said increased intellectr2] andj treaty Signed in 1950 Niagara : oo wey may ig egg Falls is being given a new ap- ee a : rain enlargement. On the pearance, so that thé Horseshoe| AERIAL VIEW OF FACE-LIFTING: Dia r e 0 show ork aoe iF wav. at NG rae { other hand, the enlargement may! Palis will Present an unbroken| to beautify this major tourist sihinction. ear 7 oe ne a . Pe Falls se bee? an evolutionary process! front of water tumbling 160 feet| structure, while on both flanks are excavation and fill work to be done by 1957 oe : ~ ae i i : ve that led to the increased activity. | gown: from the rapids in the up- per Niagara River to the lower GRouP TO MEET Niagara River which carries the “qe , Parent-teachers association Of water in a foaming torrent down armon Or Cr + ® Calvary Community church willlt, Lake Ontario, meet at wear aha wee The face lifting job is being Mary Brown, Joan Sharpe aa Miss Lounel] Mullis has return- fives in Mocksville Sunday affer- a: ‘ SG Riakeiyiiie done by the United States ATMY | Frances Ann Caudle are leavingjed to Cleveland, Georgia. where noon. ets | Bible ae chide a an Corps of Engineers on the United! this week. to enter college as/she is a member of the George, ft) | ' —— , Ww canals ei vit, States — and by the Ontario freshman. Miss Brown and Miss| Truett Jr. college, l—Garner Smit} ong to a interested Hydro-electrie Power. Commis- Sharpe will enter the university] . a. tend the University of North Caro. ; ed to attend. Tae ae first | of North Carolina for women at} 3-AC Jackey Renegar has gone lina at Chapel Hill, wil] be a Attention building a control structure on the; cTeemSboro and Miss Caudle will/to Maine where he will be sta- freshman. Canadian side above the falls, so =e # Raley. tioned after spending a 15 day ° 2 —O— : furlough with his parents, Mr. Ronny Jones will enroll at the ' Hemorrhoid that the amount of water falling Mrs. Ada Wilscn spent the and Mrs. W. B. Renegar, Har- Methodist college at Meisenhei- ci over the crest can be controlled. : prise (Pile) Sufferers Then the rapids near both shores week, end at oo in Marion.) mony Route 2. eer : will be excavated to make for a On : es : & Wonderra! New Discovery Just more even flow over the crest, | Robert Honeycutt, a teacher at} Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Kurfees! Ezra Hayes is the first one to an et wee eee used! and sections near the shore wil]; Harmony last year, has gone to| and daughter, Jean, visited rela-' report cotton opening, for Se ns two yun te foe on, | be filled in to provide better van- peri ‘aes ke : a 7 ’ ee iment Mt. Holly, a poi Gold C ded states “During the past thirty seven oi B sage vee © Os ae ae ee dae oO Oasts Spots Rai @ oe Sf general practice I have : Honeycutt and son Robert Jr. left! GULFPORT, Miss. (UP)—Arré. awarmed into seven establishments a sed all the well known and ac-| A start on saving the face of cepted remedies for the relief of| Niagara Falls was made during last. week. They have had an ed ‘National Guardsmen seized in almost simultaneous raids are Memorrhoids—without » doubt the|the Second World War when a| @partment here in the home of truckloads of whisky and gambling! resting 12 persons and_ seizing known as SUTHERINE gives weir was submerged on the Cana- Mrs. N. Sankey Gaither Sr, equipment from ritzy nightspots | nearly 200 cases of iNegal liquor, 25 ait aan eee dian side of the river about 1% “ors : yesterday in sudden raids signal. Sambling tables and other illegal recommended for the sooth-|Mmiles upstream from the falls.| Mr. and Mrs. Rex Turivbille of] ing a drive to clean up Gulf Coast | paraphernalia. of pain and itching in| This weir not only provided more| Greensboro spent the holiday | jawlessness. A half-dozen truckloads of the (piles). Im many cdses| water diversion, for electric power) here at their new home on the Gov. Hugh White, who ordered contraband was collected at has ge stopped. Ask for! seneration, then greatly needed on} Powell Bridge , road. the raids after repeated warnings, warehouse at the Mississippi - es ere both sides of the international bor- th Lo said troops will patrel the fun National Guard training ce der, but it also maintainéd the; Rev. W. S. Caudle Jr. of n8/zones until they end an era of near here Sentries stood guard mai | lant yn . ¥ork spent the peor defiance that has stirred years of | the nightspots while the Joot Tr i a’ ents, Rev, an controversy. being removed. ween gambling along the so-call-, $<, MIN GM tte seg ty Fe i | OE OR te Hee ae ere we Pere mw cone ~ i WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1968 Crete ae - Br, P17. iv P " F - Re ey ? SPECTACULAR SIGHT—This is a typical view of N idge. American Falls is at left, Horseshoe Falls is at the right. 726 { o ex Pron XY CC * BY HL C1, ae ee eae 2 ME Meu p- TT Re lu —< St, {7 c J 7 oy Kost Be fs. 22, f1d LL, C: Vio Lic E ae Pintlngh a ~ ff - Ww . /d$y )~ oD: = = - a: f 2a os Fo e 1S ae op é fo 2gthy as Ur -] Ch % oe bo dof? 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. Cc. rg eis 1 a ine d-v-+befor Dear lr, Swann: Thank you for the Aeneas Swann childrens? Mlen to get ont the little record I beginning Monday morning. I put it "way it seems go Mr. Henry Eccles had the Shepherd honse the Hio’man house I think very early in Cool Spring would be interesting to know about Mr. Eccles and I up with Mr, Gray in the hotel business {in Otatesvill nere was kinship among them - did Mr. Gray marry an tatesville records don't tell, maybe Mr. John Grav ; tation lnows all about it, 7 wonder where fr, fee? t S S I have fot a lot Of cards ana things which yoyed much, especially the ones I didn't exnect, Happy New Year, | | : bat rae bic Ex-Policeman, 67 | Clifton C. Niblock, 67, # re-| tired Washington policeman, | n.|died at Washington Sanitari-' um Priday after » heart at- | ta } Mr. Niblock, a native of Sal- isbury, N. C., remained in| ;| Washingto after being dis-| charged. here from the Army. | He served in France during | f-| World War i. | He was one of the tallest, -\men in the department at 6} s\ feet, 7 inches. He served many years at No. 10 Precinct before retiring in 1946, after 26 years | service. | a Mr. Niblock was & member of | the Petworth Masonic Lodge) 7\42 and American Legion Post e-long motor- | street N.W.; ‘Thomas, of 1102 Scott avenue,| , Md., and Charles, of| , Calif. and two) | ; 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. C. Sund: vs 7 ow eae’ bear Wr. Swann: I think the enclosed might be slipped into the I forget whose son Clifford was end I can't find him in the bock,. But I feel sure he was a grandson - or great gronason - reorge en nMms George and Laura(Cowan) Niblock, of Cool Spring. were double first cousins - her father, Villicm Knoy, married Niblock, and Mery Knox, Villiam Knox's sister, snd Benjamin's married Levi Nbblock. I remember Cousin Georre as quite are James Other Niblocks in telephone directory here robert and Thomas. I don't know whether they belong. Frank Niblock, at. Concord, hvs the Niblocks umented. I heed a letter from him some years AZO, sent it down for the file, as I don't seem to find 11 = Vise GO ) ana vu ary | | : A htc Hehe yg eat. c Wee “J = SO eee p, Rat Bon. Thy : a 4, j . a ‘ 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. C. The last day of 1962. Dear Mr. Swann: y The passing of one of my first cousins, Mary Knox Foust, has started me tumbling over Knox material and I find this interesti letter from Mr. Fe C. Niblock, of Concord, just 20 years old. [ weuls like to write to him but would not dare, there are so many cnr neces he has passed on. Maybe you might stick this in your Knox file. I have written to Beulah Knox Long and will write to or) keep in-touch with him and Beulah Long, but not with any of the ot! I see Willie lives in Statesville. I heard somehow he was 1i Cool Spring with Mattie's daughter wh: married »n Atkins. Tf ' there has been a change. ving I have had a very pleasant Christmas, thanks mainly 4 neighbors, but there were presents and ecards, too, wiich I enjoyed. lot of snow but nothing. deep yet. I was interested at the forecest snow tonight, for the sky. was crystal clear until about 1/2 hour : when it began to, cloud, and now it is getting dar’ on the horizoh. iin I have in my possession a little flax - is it spinni wheel, which was in my family I don't know How long before I was. I have he impression it’ was used in the hard times of the civil were Leura kept it in her attic an? let, children play with it which wasn't good for it. When she passed I brought it here «nd a lirse Parsons, North “ilkesboro, mother of s young man who has had a room nere over turee years, saw it and wants ite But it is not ouite all there An I am suggesting that she get her son to compare it with e ynerfect one in the Nationel Musetim and put the price on if. with best wishes to both for the New Year, As I meant to ask ago near the Kesler he built the little would recognize it. would visit Mr. Gus ever, ‘J . of f / r the first name/of the Mr. Dearman whg lived long place. He was the father of Mr. Gus Dearman, and flax wheel I' speak of. I did ‘now his name wend In his last visits to the old home Cousin John * D - at Harmony, as they were boyhood playmates. = F. C. NIBLOCK CONCORD, N.C. : . ILOCK Nad the > 3 iforr naking the will and ar F. C. NIBLOCK CONCORD,N.C. Yr? nog ad as F.C. NIBLOCK CONCORD, Nc. “ount Atry, N.c. y pdt i Jan, 14,1445 ; af T Tr Yashington,o.0 ae . Jear Miss +6 Zenbv: I wi8h to enswer vour le Little more Fully then was nog “ne note a tew davs PRO, four mother's sisters, “i1pha ay Knox married sleholeas dontgomery ANd us nbteonmerv. hey must neve died very er ror Jas, Alexander Werried a geeony, wi thifer,vlec./,1s4l, and iwlcholas wite, Jane Phifer,Jan, 11,1945, married sisters a second time , +h y ' + } 1@ Montgomery men were x bro Nn prs , enolas was n gon 947 “ 80n Of Jemes “ontgomerv, ~ - i , partner of your Onteome ry Onteomerv, rrances Knox 3e Alexander ui, died ani A. < married Nelson UPVe..* ther John Drv, whom 1 remember; ‘here vour nother's iter, of OF m¥ han Srand ‘7 MI DO - (s 4 4 Freneces, me times used, ti1rect line of the itblonics ‘Alltam town, tr you are on think Vou are. Vou mir + }4 ’ er ' s Liliam N. hea CWO sons; Fe i a. | 7. 1 4 ~ } § , r vevutied On “eek Creek in nowen f@O.,the elder gon. inherited 1 Ne Are ‘ * i 4 = : : : Vou tp a: = mn J 9 n) WHE est ides 8 | wes 5 i ee B i +4 © went to K L closé 9 2 J 118 - fortunes with Jeniel 69 one, in «.C,, d6nn mrried the dey Ln slizebeth., whe lete Albert Ferker Nibleor S TR ; ~ } — . in one. 14. Navy was their vurept cran \ prother-in-lew ing .%9 note tie of Hugh wcNary “ch ay sine serolina Kiblocks #re ‘eat grand father one to be able to fat Anox wonteomery.v9 qTiptory: rhe onportunity, of the inform tion are sonnected to the vid gs9o5n pe fone, F 5 eo} we howe * treignt 1) + aq ,4¢ + wher book on‘the subject en whieh 1 hone 18 many ' wnieholas wonte! Washington Montgomery 14 ze petn‘yvwMoore Pan & inte ™ ah a le ,eagcue an not sure who were rhe Alexander Aontgomerv ) Devid “ont Ulementine arthe, Me Iyparn re} ewe J - * nn ay i¢ ne gif ed ran il > (son, ALex 6* tk Oe ev... prvlecek The ner ¥ Z oy es ce> ™ | at. a pl 4 Caw ot. f Ione Mai pe Cob "YW Mars Ure~Z - Rita. Fa beta y* 4 : “ob of 7%, Jian we eek. / 6g eee PD ae a d gees ‘*) LAV IID > 1t— ea ye tf yee Nichols, Eliphalet §. Ruth Meliss: J. Jacob s, Ma ry Ee Angeline From Payson, Adems County, Illincis, 1850 census record. Nichols, Jacob aged : Nancy Ne :" 38 bs te Ge Jonn W. . 3 Ills Nancy Carter From Payson, Adems Co., Illinois 1850 census record. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988 eect. * J. W. NOELL, MODERATOR BEULAH ASSOCIATION Beulah Baptist Association held its 104th session at Beulah Church, Cas- well County, Thursday and Friday, July 28-29. : This “Old Beulah Church” -has a special significance and affection for the association as its name was de- rived from “Beulah” and it is our oldest church. Recently, through the untiring energy of the pastor, Rev. A. F. Yarborough, and his*‘members, the church has been moved to a more convenient place on the highway near Yanceyville. It is growing steadily in spirit and in numbers, Mr. J. W. Noell, editor of Rox- boro Courier, is moderator and has conducted the affairs of the associa- tion in a most competent manner, en- joying a flash of humor and a bit of argument from some of the _ hard- ended brethren. Rev. J. L. Coley, pastor of North Roxboro, Providence, . Antioch, and McGregor Memorial churches, led-all devotionals, his theme being ‘‘Evan- gelism.” His messages were most spiritual and helpful. The outstanding addresses of the whole association were made by Dr. Greer in behalf of our orphanage at Thomasville, and Dr. Hagaman for our Hospital at Winston-Salem. These spiritual, zealous, and capable men who head our great benevolent work created anew a fresher and deeper interest in this most important work. The outstanding report,and sermon were made by Rev. W. F. West, pas- tor of First Baptist Church of Rox- boro, on ‘Public Morals’ and then later in a missionary sermon. Mr. West is about the best informed man we know of on world conditions and the psychical reactions of the folks in the world. He applied the only remedy, “Let the mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,’ in the most touching and. convincing manner, ; The night session was given. over to Rev. P. 'T. Worrell, director of B. T. U. work in the association. A most interesting report was made by Miss Nina Rogers, secretary We feel that the association made a. great forward movement at this meeting in adopting, unanimously, the Associational Club Plan for sub- scriptions to Biblical Recorder all our churches. Each church cepted its ten per cent quota of resi dent members as subscribers cheer- fully, and all together will strive to put across the best plan we have had yet for systematic attention to and appreciation of this our splendid State Baptist paper. Brother R. F. Terrell, circulation manager of the Recorder, was there with advice and informaiion to help put this across, and he can well exclaim, “Eureka! I have found it!” MRS. R.. L. in ac WILBURN BAPTISTS IN THE BRUSHY MOUNTAINS Baptists are getting brush in the Brushies. So it to messengers and visitors the last annual session of the Brushy Mountain Association, held with the Mount Pleasant Church, September 8-9, Every one of the association's twenty-eight churches, plus two new ones received at this session, was represented by letter, and most of them by messengers and pastors. Five years ago only two pastors at- tended the association. This year pastors and half a dozen visiting ministers were present, along with scores of laymen and women. Half a decade ago more than fifty out appears to ten FRANK R. MOORE COLLEGE LIFE AND PRAYER There Is never a time In the of the young Christian when he has more need of the courage, the strength, and the power that comes from prayer to lift his heart and keep him strong than when he goes away to college. The meeting of new pec ple, the adaptation to the vironment, and the choosing friends are things that should done prayerfully. life new en ol be R. H. NOELL. MD 207. 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The motion picture points with pride to North Carolina's state government, Whose leadership since its inception, established a rep- utation of honesty, integ- rity and intelligent admin- istration of its affairs. “The Old North State” is 16mm, in sound and color. If you would like to borrow a print, free of charge, for showing to your school, church, fraternal or civic group, call or write Southern Bell's nearest business office. The film's running time is 231 2 minutes, and it is also avail- able for television showings. DDD (Continued from page |) DDD IS PUN . .”. IT'S EASY You'll find it fun to dial your Own station-to-station long distance calls . . . and It's as easy. as dialing your neighbor down the street DDD IS ROCKET FAST Millions of telephones can be reached throughout the country by a few quick spins of your dial. DDD IS A MONEY-SAVER Direct Distance Dialing ap plies to station-to station calls By taking advantage of low station-to-station rates, you can call more often at Jess Quote ni es Don’t keep forever on the public road. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. One discovery will lead to an- other, and before you know it you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, : —Alexander Graham Bell The Almighty has His own purposes, —Abraham Lincoln ce itor Enjoys a if 95th Birthday |": ROBORO (UP) — J. w. Nod, |? the nation’s Oldest active news- Paper editor, arrived at his offie Monday “as usual”, smiling and chipper on his 95th birthday. a-| A birthday dinner Party in a- | Noell’s honor was held Sunday be- al- | cause Monday is a “busy day” in 'Ba €\the offices of the semi - weekly 'p. it | Roxboro Courier - Times. Noell, | y he | who is punctual daily, sat at his re desk near the front of the offices, | chatting With well-wishers A tele | vision crew moved in to film ire | part of his daily routin | red ner | Noell explained his formula for | de on | longeviity was based on following | th ‘M./a° schedule which includes a nap 1, tine | «9, at least lying down’ for an; a8/hour’s rest after lunch, One of his sons is Rocky | Mount, physician who Sives| his father a periodic checkup, and | & &/has found him “as sound as a INS) man 20 years younger.” The North Carolina Press Assn., tual | at its recent midwinter institute, US | established $100 award in the | tWO | school of journalism at the Uni- pston | versity of North Carolina’ in No- | ell’s honor. WAYSIDE CLUB Wayside 4-H Club met yesterday | ; With Joan Bell presiding, The rez- ular meeting featured-a devotional | Program by Louise Brow n, Brenda ! | Sigmon, Jerry Russ, Marion Bell | | and Barbara Stevenson Advisers | | Rowe McNeely and Martha Archer | | showed a cluh demonstration on | | farm electricity, | a: | MUSEUM”OPEN | | Arts and Science Museum at Old | Pump Station will be open to the | | Public Wednesday ‘and Sunday af. | iternoon: from 2 until 5 o'clock. | | The renovation of the building js proceeding with the most recent | | work being done on {he memorial ‘en with @ sunken garden under | construction, i ORD AND LANDMARK | ce % vt | Venerable Editien Has RALEIGH, N.C., (UP) — Ven- erable Joseph W. Noell credits strict observance of a “principal rule’ for an active career span- ning more than. three-quarters of a century. The rule? “I never take any business affairs to bed with me,” -| week, the white-haired Noeli re- said Noell, a veteran of 77 years in the newspaper profession. He also insists upon a “youst’’ nap each day after lunch. The philosophy has paid divi- dends. Af. $6.Noell is beter be the oldest achive newspaper Sditerirthe nation. Every m ornit wg; Bix days a ports to his office at the Roxboro Courier-Times. He and a brother bought the paper, then a weekly, in 1881, Nine years later he be- came editor. Under Noell’s guidance, the pa- per prospered and began publish- ing twice a week. Now, Noell has two partners in the paper, but he, still insists on maintaining office hours. This is due, probably, to the gap left in his life when his wife, the former Neila Jane Holman of Statesville, died a month after they celebrated their 50th wed. ding anniversary. : “T’ye been a mighty lonely wid- ower since her death,” he said. But, Noell has been able to look at life with a smile. His com- ments on himself are studies in humor. “Unlike most newspaper edi- tors,” he says, with a gleam in his eye, “I haven’t an enemy in| the world—they’re all buried.” A two-time state senator, Noell allows as how he went about as far as he could go in politics. ‘Tt never would have been a _|guecess because of one trouble— I wasn’t born in a log eabin,”’ he says. On the subject of politics, he’s quick to point out that he has|- been a Democrat all of his voting life, which began in 1882 when he was 21. “I voted Democratic that year, and since then I have never failed to follow that practice... with an occasional big pencil mark to scratch out some man I didn’t care for,” he says. Neoll has been a Baptist even longer than he has been a Demo- crat, and is one of the church's most active laymen. “I've served in every office in the church except pastor,” he says. He served 37 years on the board of trustees of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville and for more than a quarter of a century was moderator of the Beulah Bap- tist Assn. His only hobby, ‘if you can call it a hobby,” is playing bridge. “T never lose an opportuniy to stick my legs under the table,” says Noell. But, father time is beginning to curtail his activities. He is forced to use a hearing aid and a walk- ing cane. and walking. My legs aren't tak- ing me where I wam to go any- more. In fact, they don’t hold me up too well,” he says. Noell celebrated his 96th birth- day Tuesday with a quiet family dinner. A high point of the day was the presentation of 96 red carnations to him by the North Carolina Press Assn. On a sober tote, he said, “I doubt seriously if there will be many mor? birthdays.” thr for g Th speci segre trend ballod dates erally lic eq Sp ’ later. candi Lake cham sista racia The Rocky | Schoo “My biggest trouble is hearing | which plan q “safe Ter has 0 streng state’ recent was G W. K from ing a olina’ mud.” rp : Beaufort, N. C. July 16, 1957... Dear Joe and Patty: I am wondering how you are taking the long spell of hot weather? In addition to the hot weather, we have had aimost no rain this summer. The early att and crops were good, out prices received by armers did not pay out. The second crops are now being arched by heat and dry weather and so it goes for the armer. With the fisnsrmen, it has Deen almost as bad. The shrimp boats have done a little better, but commercial fishing has been very glow. Sport deep 36a fishing has been good, but many people do not oare for the deep 8e4 sport. we had a most unusual thing to occur yesterday off Atlantic Beach. The best ewimmer in these parts was showing his stuff about gix hundred yards out in the ocean, @RAR when he was hit by some large 804 monster, presumably a — shark, and out Bo badly that he died before he could gotten to the hospital, i¢ is tne firet inetanoe of this kind that, has happened here in many years. If he had remained within the safety lines, no doubt he would be living today, but when you get out into deep water, you do not know what you may meet. ¥' Bt v + bis In the Name of Ged, Amen I, Veelinder Southeraft of Iredell County and State of North Carolina being of sound and perfect mind & memory blessed be God, do this 25th day of March in the year of Our Lord 1822, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to says First. I give and bequeath to my son Erasmus one dollar in cash and ne more of th my estate, 2nd. I give to my six grandchildren heirs of my son James one dollar in cash and no more of my estate, 3rd. I give to my son Hesekiah one dollar in Cash and no more of my estate, ; uth. I give to my dapghtet Casender Johnson one red cow one double wove coverliet and one looking glass, Sth. I give to my daughter Polly Johnson one dollar in cash | and no more of my estate, : 6th. I give to my Sehias Caty Tomblinson my negro woman Lucy and her increase, alse her child Hessy also my negro girls, 7th. I give to my grandson Baker Johnson their lawful heirs forever, 8th. I give to my granddaughter Harriot Tomblinson one feather bed stead and furniture, . I give and bequeath to my grandson Richard Bunton one bay horse to be sold and the money to be put out at interest until he comes of the age of twenty one years. Aso one heifer yearling. Also to my grandson Wm. Bunton one heifer yearling. Also the balance of my pro- perty to be sold and after my Just debts is paid the money to be equall) divided between my daughter Casey Johnson Johnson, Caty Tomblinson and -Toblinson my granddaughter Harriet Jehasen, also my wearing apperal divided be- tween Casey Johnson, Caty Tomblinsom and Harriet Tomblinson, I hereby appoint my worthy friends Wm. Tomblinson and Perry Tomblinson Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I the said Verlinder Southcraft hath to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written. her Verlinder P southcraft mark Signed, dealed and published and declared as the last Will and Testament in the presénce of- Wm. Harbin, Jurat . 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