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I A Jutellig etiger Published by Estate of J. G. Boylin. '" 1 t Published Every Thursday. $1.00 s'Yesr if Advance. ESTABLISHED 3881 WADESBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918 VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 16 She GRADED SCHOOL SPECIAL TAX ELECTION MAY 25TH Will Ask for 10 Cents Special Tax County Commission- Ml Fixed Date Monday Board of Education Withdrew Petition for County-Wide Election Was Tu multuous Meeting. The county commissioners, the board of education, the Wadesboro Graded School Board, County Super intendent Bivens and Graded School Superintendent Mclver met in the of fice of the county commissioners last . Monday to reach a decision as to the various special tax election proposi tions which have been before the pub lic for several weeks. The county com missioners were acting as umpires in the matter, so to speak, and tried to smooth things out, but the contend ing factions were out for each other's gore (as it appeared to an innocent bystander) and they could not get to gether. Each side made a proposi tion which the other one turned down, and then Dr. Hart, chairman of the county commissioners, made a com promise proposition, which the board of education turned down. The net result of the meeting was that an election was called for the Wadesboro Graded School district to be held on May 2fth. The Board of education withdrew its petition for a county vde election, and served notice that it would demand that the county com missioners levy a tax of 8 cents for school purposes in addition to the present 27 cent tax. (Since this report was written The M. & I. has been requested to make plain here that the county commis sioners two weeks ago agreed to call the county-wide tax election, and re affirmed their decision Monday morn ing. The town proposition was pre sented in. the afternoon.) When- the county commissioners met there were two petitions before them one made by the board of ed ucation for a comity-wide election to decide whether or not to levy a special county-wide tax of SO cents on the $100 and 90 cents on the poll; the other by the Wadesboro Graded The Graded School people, having advanced the above reasons for de clining to withdraw their petition, Additional stated that they could see no reason 1 against holding both elections, and that they would not necessarily con flict. The board of education was afraid that the Graded School dis trict might concentrate on carrying its election and defeat the county wide election. However, Professor Mclver stated that he would vote and work for the county-wide tax, if the election were called, as well as for the district tax. After much fruitless altercation, Dr. J. E. Hart proposed that a com promise be adopted. His proposition was that the commissioners call an election for a county-wide special tax of ten cents on the $100 and 30 cents on the poll and that the Graded School petition be withdrawn. The chairman of the Graded School board was willing to do this but the board of education declined. After this had been debated a while, Mr. J. P. Ratliff, chairman of the board of education, stated that the board had decided to withraw its pe tition, and would call on the commis sioners to levy the 8 cents additional tax which the law compels the com missioners to levy when asked for by the board of education. Dr. Hart stat ed that in his opinion the commission ers should hot levy the 8 cents addi tional until the matter had been ta ken to court. The meeting broke up in a general talkfest. The inability of the board of edu cation and the Graded School board to get together is most regrettable. The members of both boards are try ing to do the best they can for the schools, and if they could have got ten together in time it is probable some working arrangement could have been niade. However, the sup- erintendent of education and the su-1 perintendent of the Graded School, acting as spokesmen of their respec- tive boards, found themselves unable ', to reach a working basis, one of them refusing to discuss the matter with j the other. Such "being the circum- 1 stances, no agreement was reached. MORE MEN TO GO TO CAMP. 45 Colored Men to Camp Grant 21 Colored Men and 11 Whites to Go to Camp Jackson. The local exemption board has re ceived orders to send 45 colored men of the first draft to Camp Grant, 21 colored men of the second draft and 11 white men of the second draft to Camp Jackson. The board has not been notified exactly when the men are to go, but it will be some time within a week after April 26th. The board has not yet made a lfst of those to be called for the second draft. However, the list of the colored men to complete the first draft has been made out, and orders to report will be sent them as soon as the date they are to leave is ascertained. Fifty-five will be ordered to report, and the first 45 will be sent to Camp Grant. The men who will be ordered to report are: 339. Eugene Johnson. Morven. 550. Robert Little, Morven, R. 1. 554. Brunston Ingram, Wadesboro. j BPfi. Walter Crawford, Wadesboro. 558. James Cason, Wadesboro R. A. 558 1-2. Miles Patterson. Wadesboro, Route A., care C. H. Braswell. 659. Peter Harrison Kersey, Morven, Route 2. 57rt. Will Flowers, Pee Dee. 573. John Colton. Wadesboro. 574. Thomas L. Chambers, Wades boro. t 579. Riston Gaddv, Wadesboro, R. 2, rare W. B. Tel. 617. Pearl Mi"hel, Mt. Crogru;n, S C. 62v James Little, Wadesboro. CXi. Ivollie Ingram, Wadesboro. (".: PfcftrNe Capel, Morven. R. 1. f4. Hubert Evans. McFarlan. 64S. John Wright. Pee Dee. 643. John Richardson. Wadesboro. ffSQ. Pnhnrt Biven. Morven. 656. William Ledbetter, Peachland, Route 3. ' 663. James Ratliff, Pee Dee. 673. Charlie Gaddv, Polkton, R. 2. 649. Esau Bennett. Lilesville. 685. Rpss Smith. Lilesvil'p. 687. Thomas Chambers, Wadesboro. 695. Ross Pratt, Morven, Route 1. 698. Frick Simons, Polkton. ' 699. Fulton Leak. Devereaux, Ga. 723. Will Little. Morven. 742. Fugene Little, Wadesboro. 753. James P. Caraway, Wadesboro, Route A.' 756. Claud Dargan. Wadesboro, R. A. 757. Lee Bivens, Morven. 7R3. John Spencer. Pee Dee COURT IN SESSION. Number of Small Criminal Oif-Civil " Court Cases Next disposed Week. Superior court for the trial of crim inal cases is in session this week, Judge W. F. Harding' presiding, and a number of small cases have been disposed of. Next week civil cases will be tried. The grand jury, of which Mr. L. D. Rivers was foreman, finished its work BATTLE STILL RAGES. Position of British Better Than It aa Tuesday. Out of the chaos of the tremendous battle along the Lys river, south and southwest of Ypres, the thunder of which may be heard 40 or 50 miles away, there have come during the past day reports which are more en couraging to the allied powers. The British not only have held all the ground which they were defending on and was discharged Tuesday. The i 1 uesday, but have struck back so iury found that the roof of the court ! Powerfully that Meteren and part of PRITCHETT-LEAK. house was still in bad condition and leaking. It appears that an entire new roof will have to be pot on the building. The following cases haw been dis posed of: Will J. Ingram retailing and mak ing liquor; not guilty on either count. Frank Moore, larceny; nol prossed w'th leave. James Bogan and Pohn Pemberton, gambling; nol prossed with leave. W. J. McCaskill; violating tire law; $5.00. and costs; appealed to supreme court. AbieDunlap; assault and battery; pleads guilty of simple assault; pudg ment suspended on payment of costs. Ray Ratliff, ccarrymg concealed weapon; $50 and costs. Marshal Spencer; disposing of mor tgaged property; no lprossed. ' Brooks Bradley, Kate Marshall, for nication and adultry; nol prossed with leave. Archie Smith; carrying concealed weapon; $50 and costs. A. D. Ross; procuring labor with out a license; judgs directer verdict of not guilty, as there was not suf ficient evidence to convict. d di rected that cash bond of $400 be re turned to Ross. The M. & told several weeks ago of the arrest of Ross. There was little or no direct evidence that he was trying to ent?ce laborers out of the state before he was arrested. W. A. Phillips; assault with deadly weapon; pleaded guilty and was lined $100 and costs. This case arose from Mr. Phillips shooting at hiB brother- Wytschaete were retaken and held for a time. Only after heavy attacks did the British retire again from the vil lages. The most disturbing news has been a report from Berlin that Poelcapelle and Langemarck, north of Ypres, have been taken by the Germans and the admission from London that the British have retired from certain of their lines in the Ypres salient. The retirement here was expected, for the advance of the Germans at Neuve Eglise and Bailleul left the positions in front of Ypres open to a flank at tack. It is officially stated that the retirement was orderly and it is prob able that it will have more of a sen timental than a strategic effect. Just how far the British lines have been withdrawn is not known. It may be, however, that the German claim of taking Poelcapelle and Langemarck was the result of the British retire ment. Battle Intensity Deepens. The battle, now in its ninth day, has deepened in intensity at- many points along the curved front from Messines ridge to Meteren. There have been reports that the Germans have occupied the village of St. Eloi, which lies less than three miles south of Ypres, but these have not been confirmed. It also was said that they have taken positions on the south slope of Mount Kemmel, which is about two and a half miles north of Wulverghem. This, also, has not been confirmed. On all the rest of the front from Messines ridge southward the Ger- special taX in the district of 10 cents on the $100 and 30 cents on the poll. The commissioners were compelled by law to order both these elections if the petitions were insisted on, but it was felt that both propositions would be defeated, coming, as they would have to, so close together. The petition of the board of educa tion had already been presented to the board, so Mr. B. E. Bennett pre sented the Graded School petition. When Mr. Bennett finished Superin tendent of Education Bivens stated that if the petition of the Graded School were withdrawn the board of education stood ready to guarantee to the Graded School for next year the sum of $2,193 in addition to the amount the Graded School is now re ceiving. This is the amount the ex tra 10 and 30 cents asked for by the Graded School will bring in. The board of education agreed to guaran tee this amount whether their 80 cent county-wide tax carried or not, as, if it did not carry, the county commissioners had agreed to levy an additional county wide tax of 8 cents for schools. The Graded School men could not see their way clear to accept this proposition. The reasons they gave were that the present board of edu cation could not pledge itself for more than one year, owing to the fact that, for one cause or another, the mem bership of the board might change be fore the year was out and there could be no certainty of what a new board would do. If the increased allowance were withdrawn after one year the Graded School would then be where they are now. Professor Mclver also brought out that the Graded School had been promised $1,500 for a building fund next year, and it nev er was made clear to him whether or not the board of education contem plated allowing the $1,600 building fund in addition to the $2,193 above mentioned. Another point the Grad ed School men made was that if the 30 cent county-wide proposition fail ed to carry the board of education would, when the proposed 8 cents ad ditional tax was levied, have only $7, 986.76 more than they have this year, and after $2,193 of this amount had been given to Wadesboro only about $5,800 additional would be left for all the other schools of the county, and it might appear to some that Wades boro was 'imposing on the ether schools. TO STkXP London, April 12. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a special order of the day, addressed to "all ranks of the British army in France and Flanders," says: "Three weeks ago today, the en emy began his terrific attacks against us on a 50-mile front. His objects are to separate us from the French, to take the channel ports and to de stroy the British army 99 wminm R. Davis. Peachland. 801. William Bennett, Wadesboro, R2 816. Fletcher Robinson. Badin. N. C. 820. J. Frank Ratliff, Chesterfield, S. C, Route L 821. James Smith. Ansonville. 831. Tom Cason. Wadesboro, R. A. 875. Fay Bennett, Lilesville. y 888. Lee Watkins, Ansonville. 907. John Bennett, Lilesville. 915. John Chambers, Wadesboro. 922. William Crowder. Jfeacniana, iw 926. Roscoe Solomon Tanner, Wades boro, Route 2. 930. Harvey Sturdivant, Wadesboro, r.nre A. J. Hammond. wadesboro, roy tne ir.un ..,. . wm sturdymire, "In spite of throwing, already, 106 Q c Joan; divisions into the battle and enduring the mose reckless sacrifice of human life, he has yet made little progress toward his goals.- "We owe this to the determined fighting' and the self-sacrifice of our troops. Words fail me to express the admiration which I feel for the splen did resistance offered by all ranks of our army under the most trying cir- pnm stances. . "Many amongst us are tired. To those, I would say that victory will belong to the side which holds out the lonirest. The French army is moving rapidly and in great force to our sup port There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. "Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retire ment. With our backs to the wall and bejieving in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end. The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind depends alike fupon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment. CLUB MEETINGS The following clubs will meet next week Oak Dell Monday, 2:30 P. M CooL Springs Tuesday, 2:30 P. M. Cedar Hill Wednesday, 2:30 P. M. ttiiOTiaville Thursdav. 10:30 A. M. Flint Ridge Thursday, 2 :3 P. M Wharf Friday, 2:80 P. M. " .. South Wadesboro Saturday, 3:00. All members of theSeommunJty and agricultural clubs are requested to be present. ROSALIND A. REDFEARN, Home Dem. Agent 993. Will Watkins, Lilesville. 1003. Arthur Richardson, Ansonville, Route I. 1005. Harry Alex. Boggan, Polkton. 1006. James Oljver Dockery, Morven. 1017. Alex Milton, Chesterfield, S. C, Rounte 2. Mr. Adam Lockhart, chairman of the Liberty Loan committee, has ar ranged with Mr. B. R. Wall for a Liberty Loan meeting at Gum Springs Saturday night at 8:80. Mr. T. L. Caudle will speak. Mr. G. B. Briley is very low at his home a few miles from town. LAND TRANSFERS. The following eul estate deeds have been registered "during the week: T. D. Adams and wife to John H. Sellers; one-third interest in 74 1-2 acres on Jones creek; consideration, $426. W. C. Hall and wife to L. N. Tem pleton; lot near Morven; considera tion, $40. Roger L. Williams and wife to W. C. Long; 9 7-10 acres in Lilesville township; consideration, $600. Mrs. F. M. McGregor to W. M. Taft; timber on Mrs. McGregor's land in1 LilesVille township; consideration, consideration, $200. S. T. Usher and wife to W. M. Taft; timber on land in Lilesville township; Consideration, $200. A. M. Stack and other commision ers to J. E. Moore, 165.6 acres in Un ion ana Anson cuumies; cuiibiuc- ation, $5,030. ling; Leak fined $25 and one half the costs; Lomax fined $15 and one-half the cost. George Little, George Howze; rambling; Little fined $15 nnd one- half the costs; Howze fined $25 ar.d one-half the costs. Charlie Miller, Ernest Newton, gambling; Miller fined $25 and costs; Newton fined $15 and costs. Arthur Sturdivant, carrying con cealed weapon; 4 months on roads. Lacy Ingram; carrying concealed weapon; $50 and costs. Lee Duncan; assault with deadly weapon; pleaded nolo contendere; judgment suspended on payment of costs. Charlie Bell Kendall; felonious breaking; one year in jail, with priv ilege to be hired ont to S. M. Gaddy. Mr. Gaddy is to pay costs, and see that Charlie Bell gets enough to eat and sufficient clothes. It will be re membered, that Charlie Bell was breaking into the store of J. T. Pinkston & Son several weeks ago. Jim Little, two cases of forgery; given six months on roads in one case and three in the other. A. M. McLendon, selling diseased meat; $25 and costs; addealed to su preme court. Jim Robinson, assault with deadly weapon; verdict of not guilty directed by the court. Tom Chambers, assault with intent to commit rape; not guilty. . .1 . -v .... wan ox me British de fense. Official and semi-official dis patches have told of Ihe frightful losses inflicted on the attacking mass es of troops by the British rifle and machine gun fire. On the southern side of the salient there have been engagements of some magnitude, especially east of Robecq, five miles northwest of Bethune, where the Germans were caught by the British artillery fire and scatter ed. ' More Fighting Near Arras. The line in front of Arras has again been the scene of fighting, but here the British took the offensive and drove the Germans out of Brit ish trenches which had been carried by the enemy. In the Picardy sector there has been lively artillery engagements between the Somme and Oise rivers, but only patrol encounters are reported offi cially. Further south only raiding opera tions have been going on. Marriage of Prominent Young Peo ple Sowentaized Last Night Be eeptioa by Bride's Parents. At Calvary Episcopal church last evening at 8:30 o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan Leak gave in maniac1 their eldest daughter. Miss Shepherd Leak, to Dr. Charles Bernard Prrtch ett, of Danville, Virginia. The Rev. S. M. Hanff, former rector of the church, officitated, and the wedding mustc, which was very artistic, rendered by Mrs. Sam Houston. is remarkably gifted as an organist. The chancel was exquisitely decorated with a graceful arrangement of southern smilax starred with pink roses, and wax tapers in silver and brass candelabra cast a soft glow est the wedding tableaux. Lohengrin's march was used for the processional, and the bridal party was led by the ushers, Messrs. Henry C. Leigh and Vincent A. Salvo, of Danville. Fal lowing them alternately, were the groomsmen, Messrs. David E. Gra ham, of Charlotte; Lieut. E. T. Burr, of Richmond, Va.; Roderick Beddew, of .Birmingham, Alabama; James A. Leak, Jr., and R. E. Little, Jr., and the bridesmaids, Misses Eunice Pritchett, of Danville, sister of the groom, Miss Jennie Parsons, Miss Augusta Little and Miss Rosa Par sons, Mrs. T. B. Leak, dame of honor, and Miss Kate Leak, maid of honor. The bride entered with her father, and was perfectly lovely in her exquisite wedding gown of white satin, com bined with lace and seeded with pearls. A panel embroidered with silk threads and pearls adorned the front of the costume, and a court train fell over a skirt of short length. The veil was adjusted with a coronet of orange blossoms and her gorgeous shower bouquet was of valley lilies and orchids. The costumes worn by the brides maids were filmv creations of pink silk net and half veils of pink net. Little French flowers were effectively used in the trimmings, and their bean tiful shower boquets were of pink sweet peas and fern branches The dame of honor wore a modish toi let of pink georgette and taffeta. The maid of honor was beautifully gown ed in pink satin with deep ruffles of lace. Feathery Dink hats and arm bouquets of Ophelia roses completed their charming toilets. The groom was attended by his father, Dr. Charles W. Pritchett, and the two advanced from the vestry room and met the bride at the chan cel steps, where she was given in riage by her father, and the WAKE FOREST STUDENT EXPELLED BY COLLEGE JONES-BENTON. Mr. Thomas F. Jones and Miss Con nie Benton were married last night at 9 o'clock at the home of the bride, Rev. W. H. Reddish performing the ceremony. The home was prettily MR. W. P. "KENDALL DEAD. Mr. W. K. Boggan last night re ceived a telegram stating that Mr. Wm. P. Kendall, formerly of Anson, but who has been living in Cordele, Ga., since the 80's had died yesterday. Mr. Kendall was a native of An son, and lived in the county until he moved to Cordele., He has a promi- AHeged Russian Seditionist to Face , Trial, Medical Class Having Kick ed Other Arrests Expected. Raleigh, April 13. Wake Forest's medical class served notice yesterday on its college government that it would not stand for James L. Dub rowsky, a Russian member, whose al leged seditious talk has him in bad with the United States and the am ministration of the college affairs. The college has purged itself of him. The meds let it be known that there wasn't room for them and him. They served notice that they would not' come to class any more. The nature decorated for the ceremony, which was very quiet on account of the re- cf, the talk that got the fellow in bad cent deaths of the bride's parents, Mr. has not been learned from Wake For and Mrs. J. H. Benton. Only a few est authorities who have ordered him relatives and close friends were pros-. taken up. ent. I Dubrowsky came here from South Mrs. Jones is a young woman of i Carolina, but little it- known of him. y was held at the attractive home ex the bride's parents, which was aglow with lights and lavishly decorated with southern smilax, pink roses and carnations. Many guests thronged the apartments and the happy coupfe" were showered with congratulations' as thev stood at the head of the tang receiving line in the double par'ors. Punch was served at two flower deck ed tables by ' Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Pruette anbT Miss Elizabeth Home. Mrs. J. D.. Home, Mrs. J. S. Webb. Mrs. L. Ju Huntley, Mrs. Clarence Bums and Miss Susan Little were in charge of the dining room, where the decora tions were very effective, and the handsome mahogany table was veiled with lace and adorned with carna tions, pink wax tapers nd pink roses. A. tempting menu, which included salted nuts and mints in the bridal colors, was served. An unusually handsome collection of gifts was displayed in the living room, which was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Marsh 11,, Mr. and Mrs. Jas A. Hardison. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Lyon and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fetzer. Others who assisted in the various Apartments were Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Ben nett, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Coxe, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Caudle, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McLendon, Mr. and Mrs. El N. Baker, Mrs. W. C. Via. Mr. George M. Bernhardt, Misses Alice Leek and Mary Little. The bride is universally admired and beloved for her attractive person- ality, and the groom, who is a prom inent young phvsician in his native State and a graduate of Washington and Lee and Johns Hopkins; is a charming and courteous gentleman. They left on the midnight train for a visit to Washington and New York City, after which they will "be at home at the Leland Hotel, in Danville. The bride wore for traveling a styl ish suit of dark blue cloth with a chic hat of purple braid, gray shoes f.nd gloves. Many out of town guests were in attendance, including visitors from Rockingham, Charlotte, Salisbury and other towns. hent family connection in the eounty, jOBBit 0f GuUedge and manv friends among the older citizens of the county, rte is sur vived by two sisters, Mrs. J. A. Bog gan and Miss Mary Kendall, of this county, and by three sons, Messrs. Palmer, William and Albert Kendall. His wife, who was Miss Jennie Pal mer, of States ville, also survives many charms of disposition and char acter, beloved by a wide circle of friends. Mr. Jones is one of the prominent business men of the town, being a member of the Marsh-Jones Hardware Co. He is a son of Mr. township, prominent I He will be brought before Commis sioner Plummer Batchelor next weeK and given a hearing! The arrest of the Russian is to be followed by otters in the federal de partments here. Of one and another character there are several candi dates for trouble. The officers of the collector and the marshal are working on various rumors that will get some of the business men in Raleigh. For manifest reasons the officials do not Mrs. Hugh Harris, of Alton, 111., is -nnoimce the names, but soft talk expected here next week to visit her mugt foUow 0r German citizens drop brother, Mr. U. B. Blalock. A ttto and has a numerous and family connection. They will live in Mr. Jones' house on Lee avenue. MRS. RILEY DIGGS DEAD. Mrs. Riley Diggs. died last Tuesday at her home in the Cairo section, aged 65 years. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon and the in terment was at Shiloh. Mrs. Diggs, who was Miss Mary Hinson before her marriage, is survived by her hus band and six children, also by two brothers, Messrs. H. R. and William Hinson, of Lilesville township. Mrs. Diggs ems a member of the Methodist church, and a most excellent Chris tian woman, whose death is keenly regretted. Messrs. W. A. Musselwhite, E. V Fenton, Walter Redfearn, Fred Teal and Callie Morton left last night for Cincinnati to bring back Foard
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