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George M. Lyerly Indicted For Embezzlement TAX COLLECTOR IS PLACED UNDER SUBSTANTIAL BOND Fifteen Instances Of Em bezzlement Is Listed In Bill Of Indictmedt; Others To Be Added. George M. Lyerly, city tax collector for a dozen years and also city treas urer for the past four years, was ar rested Jan. 23, under a warrant charg ing he embezzled city funds in excess of $7,300. Lyerly resigned his offices Decem ber 12 at the request of the city coun cil after an audit into city accounts had revealed irregularities. Auditors announced that with their work still incomplete, a shortage of more than $25,000 had already been revealed. City officials said the war rant against Lyerly would be amend ed later if he is believed responsible for additional amounts. Lyerly was ordered held pending posting of $10,000 bond, which he was endeavoring to arrange. Mr. Lyerly waived preliminary hearing when the case was called in county court Monday. The case will probably be tried at the February term of the Superior court. Lyerly was released under a $10, 000 bond signed by R. Lee Mahaley, brother-in-law; J. E. Holshouser, brother-in-law, and A. L. Lyerly, de fendant’s father. The firms from which tax money is alleged to have been collected, and then embezzled by Mr. Lyerly amounts in each count, and approximate dates of same, follows: First count—Wachovia Bank and Tru^t company, $379.89, about Jan. 30, 1929. second count—First National bank, $324.24, about Oct. 30, 1928. Third count—Salisbury Coca Cola Bottling company, $592.41; about April 3, 1930. Fourth count—Salisbury Coca Cola Bottling company, $545.32, about Feb. 2, 1931. Fifth count—Atlantic Bank and Trust company, $467.95, about July 31, 1928. Sixth count—Atlantic Bank and Trust company, $1,248,95, about Dec. 31, 1928. Seventh count—North Carolina Bank and Trust company, $1,660.41, about Oct. 31,. 1929. Eighth count—Salisbury Morris Plan company, $400, about Aug. 6, 1931. Ninth count—North Carolina Trust company, $597.37, about July 16, 1928. 10th count—Southern Public Util ities company, $372.89, about Oct. 31, 1930. 11th count—North Carolina Pub lic Service company, $200, about June 30, 1931. ' 12th count—Southern Public Util ities company, $25 0, about July 2, 1931. 13 th count—Salisbury Cotton mills, $300, about June 21, 1929. 14th count—Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company, $100, about June 14, 1929. 15 th count—Carolina Hotel com pany, $90, about Dec. 3, 1930. Other counts are expected to be added later. ROWAN REALTY TRANSFERS A. M. Cruse to Blanche R. Kenner ly, 1$ acres, one and one-half miles North of Spencer, also seven acres, adjoining Weant and Kester corners, $1 and other considerations. Overman and Co., to E. R. and Jennie W. Overman and Mildred Ov erman Novell, warehouse and lot on East Kerr street, adjoining Western railroad, $10 and other considerations. Overman and Co., to E. R. and Jennie Overman and Mildred Over man Norvell, lot 153 feet on Lee street, being lot No. 9 in sales list of Lee S. Overman, commissioner, $10 and other considerations. Will T. Ramsal to Mrs. Roxie B. Lamb, 48 acres in Providence town ship, adjoining Agner and Kepley lands, $710. N. L. Shoaf of Boyd F. Shoaf, lot at east corner of intersection of Long and Andrew streets, East Spencer, $1 and other considerations. P. FL Lyerly to Roy Lyerly, 10 acres in Providence township, adjoin ing Corl lines and being part of di vision of the D. M. Lyerly lands, $1 and other considerations. Boyd F. Shoaf to N. L. Shoaf, lot at east comer intersection of Long and Andrew streets, East Spencer, $1 and other considerations. C. R. Propst to L. FT. Flail, lot on south side of Monroe street, Cole* I-;---t | Champion of Austria < Hilde Holofsky, 15, defeated all contestants at the skating cham pionships held at Vienna to deter mine the best fieure skater man’s corner, $10 and other consid erations. Lucy Waller and others to David Meredith, about four and one-half acres in Providence township, adjoin ing Oddie and Barger lines, $1 and exchange of land. J. J. Eostian to Claude L. Lefler and Jessie Lefler’s children, tract of land, being subdivision of G. R. Lefler home place, about one and one-half miles southwest of corporate limits of Salisbury, $100 and other consider ations. Carolina Rubber Co., to Carolina Rubber Hose Co., seven and one-half acres, with buildings and all fixed as sets, in southern section of Salisbury, $1 and other considerations. T. K. Carlton, substitute trustee, to Salisbury Morris Plan Co., house and lot at west corner of intersec tion of Maupin avenue and Fries street, the C. W. Armstrong place, $2,500 and other considerations. John L. Rendleman, Jr., trustee, to J. A. Rendleman, lot on east side of Broad street, in "Trexler Heights,” East Spencer, $100. ueo. M. Wilson to JJ. U. Linn, tour lots in Wilson plot on Correll ave nue, near town of Landis, adjoining Linn and Yost lines, $1 and other :onsiderations. James B. Alexander to Ila James, four lots on Western street, near Kan napolis, former J. M. Blackwelder property, $10 and other considera tions. H. A. Scott to R. R. Hawfield, trustee, 5 3 acres in Morgan township; also 50 acres in Morgan township, and another tract of 130 acres in Morgan township; and two tracts qf land in China Grove township, one of 36 acres and one of 54 acres, also bakery equipment in Kannapolis and Gastonia, $10 and other considera tions. J. W. Lipe to John S. Freeze, six twenty-fifth undivided interest in 127 acres on road leading to Landis, at five forks; also nine ^ acres, former Jacob Lipe lands, $ 1 and other con siderations. C. A. Kirk to Jessie L. and Linnie L. Williams, three acres in Morgan township, on Richfield-Bringle ferry road, $100. L. J. Mesimore, mortgagee, to Mathie E. Mesimore, 29 acres in Gold Hill township, adjoining Clemence and Kesler lands, $1,000. John S. Freeze, commissioner, to J. W. Lipe, six-twenty-fifth interest in 127 acres, former Jacob Lipe land, $505. "Dugout Dope” (This column published weekly in the interest of the Ex-service men of Rowan County). The National Organization of the American Legion has announced its intention of tackling the unemploy ment situation. It has appointed sev eral nationally prominent Legion naires to executive positions, taken steps to open offices in New York and anounces that a staff of approxi mately five hundred will be' main tained in the New York office. The five hundred at least will cause a rip ple on the surface of the unemployed in New York. The question is, will the five hundred be ex-service men disabled and with families, or will the five hundred be composed of cu ties from closed Broadway shows? With a sprinkling of favorite sons to leaven the whole. Personally, we do not believe that top heavy organization will do any special good towards the alleviation of the situation. It has been clearly shown in the past that nationaf' or ganization for the assistance of the unemployed defeats its own purpose by becoming^entwined in red tape, partisan politics, personal inefficiency,' and the ever pressing desire to allow the spotlight to glow upon this or that favorite son. We have our doubts, but, we wish them all the luck in the world. Contrary to all statistics and so-called efficiency chart experts, the present depression is and will continue to be a. state of mind, and that mind is the mind of Main Street in Most-Any-Place. Everyone talks hard times, lack of money, lack of opportunity, lack of most everything else, when as a mat ter of fact it is a lack of confidence on the part of the talker, and a lack of co-operation on the part of most of us. We all are guilty of the men tal statement, let the other fellow start something, I am going to hang onto mine. We hang on, and so does the depression. If you believe this view to be incorrect, walk upon the streets of Salisbury, Charlotte or most any town, how many persons do you see that obviously are undernourished, lack decent clothing in which to ap pear on the streets? How many per sons do you see who actually have the look of hunger in their eye? You couldn’t mistake the sign. Casually visit any of the stores in the town in which you happen to be, watch the customers come and go, note what they buy and how they pay for it. Listen to them protest that the price is too high, but watch them buy just the same if they happen to be suited, and pay for it spot cash. Look along the curb line and see how many new automobiles are parked in any one block, note the scarcity of model T Fords, and the utter lack of bicycles and horse-drawn vehicles. Yeah, there is a depression in the silk shirt trade for ditch diggers, and a depression in the stock market for suckers, but, the biggest depression is in the minds of Mr. Average Citizen most everywhere. Yet Mr. Average Citizen buys almost as much food, almost as many clothes, spends almost as much for automobiles, almost as much for amusements as he ever did, I It challenges the world To produce an achievement in Motor Car de sign—engineering and pricing so revolutionary that it transcends every previous standard of quality and value in the field of Low Price Cars, is to challenge the world. This is precisely what the New Plymouth does —in safety, smoothness, roominess, beauty and performance. McCANLESS MOTOR COMPANY Salisbury, N. C. Agt. for famous Dodge Bro’s. products. Our Service and Used Car Departments Fix yours and Sell ours RIGHT. For a Limited Time Only! DOWN Delivers Any New 1932 • PHILCO . Balanced Superheterodyne The 9-Tube Baby Grand »69*« Complete with Tubes FREE TRIAL IN YOUR HOME S_____r 7-Tube, 9-Tube, 11-Tube Models from f49-95 to f295*#° Come in and see the new Philco Balanced Superhetero dyne. Wonderful performance at low prices. Take ad vantage of our special terms! % SPENCER HARDWARE CO. PHONE 921 SPENCER, N. C. his bank account is almost as much as it has ever been; not quite, but almost, and that shade of difference is the cause of the depression. Mr. Average Citizen has heard someone else say that he lost so' much money he has to economize, and be ing sympathetic he too feels that he should cut down, he does and so does his neighbor, and so on ad infinitum until the whole world, like sheep fol lowing a bell weather, they troop for ward in despair. Yet there is just as much of everything as there ever was, in the case of cotton there is too darn much, and just as many consumers; the trouble is they don’t consume. They are all waiting for the other fellow to start. Forget it, Legionnaires, take a leaf from the book of the paid booster, readjust yourself, in the same manner the booster will, by pulling your hat a bit more firmly on the head, hitching the trousers into a more normal position about the mid rift, and dig in. Don’t wait for a panacea or a rocket-plane, hitch your own wagon to a mule and you will get there just the same. The Lance Corporal. HUMAN ARM FOUND Thomasville—A mangled human arm, apparently that of a woman, found in a clump of woods near here, has led to searching parties being or ganized in an effort to locate the rest of a body supposed to be hidden in the woods. BAYER ASPIRIN is always SAFE BEWARE OF IMITATIONS B#/tV////////■f//4B Genuine Bayer Aspirin, the kind - doctors prescribe and millions of users have proven safe for more than thirty years, can easily be identified by the name Bayer and the word genuine. Genuine Bayer Aspirin is safe and sure; always the same. It has the unqualified endorsement of physicians and druggists every where. It doesn’t depress the heart No harmful after-effects Headaches Neuritis follow its use. Colds Neuralgia Sore Throat Lumbago Bayer Aspirin is the universal Rheumatism Toothache antidote for pains of all HnH« Aspirin is the trade-mark of Bayer manufacture of monoaceticaadeet** of sancylicacid. Heat with COKE . . . the clean efficient Fuel IN AVIATION— Visibility is the Thing! Visibility—#/^ ability to see—is the most import ant factor in aviation! Likewise ... IN MERCHANDISING . . . Visi bility is JUST AS IMPORTANT. Perhaps even more so. Inventive ingenuity has made it pos sible for the birdman to fly blind with consid erable degree of certainty . . . but where is that customer who can buy blind with any judg mnt of style, quality and value? Of course no merchant offers goods for I sale in total darkness. We are only trying to point out that if a little illumination is important, then adequate illumination is relatively important to a greater power . . . the power to produce more sales . . . bring more customers . . . reduce "ex changes” . . . and reduce personal sales ef fort. Ask us to send our Commercial Lighting Specialist to consult with you about proper illumination for your store, show-win- „ dows, warehouse, etc. His advice is with out cost! s This service is available to any customer of our companies. j SOUTHERN PUBUC UTIUTIES CO. AND NORTH CAROLINA PUBUC SERVICE CO. PHONE 1900 Ride the street cars and avoid the parking nuisance
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