VOL. XXVI. YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1920 SHIPS BtHBED MOW BY "EBBS" Listening Devices in HuHs Tei! Channel Route into New York Harbor. New York.—The principle of "fol low the green line" used successfully by the management of New York's subway system in handling crowds at congested transfer -points, has been =adaptpd in a measure to insure safety to ships at sea around crowded har bors. Instead of a visible "green line," however, a device has been per fected whereby vessels seeking their way into harbor in thick weather can follow with safety a submerged and -energized wire. In the outer reaches of New York barber, where deep water meets ishoals, there begins a marine passage way known as Ambrose channel. This Channel leads^up through the Nar rows into the inner harbor and to the -docks, and in this channel the guiding -cable has been lq,id. Ships property -equipped to take advantage of its guiding powers can follow it through nny kind of weather with the same ^degree of assurance as ean the pas Wenger who seeks to make his way from Crand Central terminal to Times square. Guides by Sound Waves. The device consists of a cable 16 Miles long laid in the center of the channel. It is energized with an al ternating current from the shore. Ships to take advantage of it must be equipped with audiphones or listen ing devices attached to the huii. Ap proaching the channel, the sound waves emitted by the cable cap he heard for some distance, and the in creasing or decreasing strength of the sound enables the ship to steered until it is right over the source. It is then a simple matter to fol low its course through the dredged channel despite storm or fog, which would make the marking buoys invis ible or would tend to confuse the warning notes of automatic bell and whistle markers. Can Tel! Exact Location. This cable is but an additions! pro tection for shipping entering Ameri can ports. It supplements the radio compass installed and operated by the naval communications service now in successful use all albng the Atlantic coast. By the compass ships can as certain their exact position in any hiBd of weather. Another protec tion recently tried out by the navy department is a machine for deter mining, depth of water and proximity of other ships through the readings of sounds from the propellers reflected back from the bottom or near-by bodies. REVIVE TAHITI LORE Excavators Search Ruins for Ret ies of Ancient Worship. Templet Where Human Sacrifices Were Offered Destroyed by Mis sionaries C .Luries Ago. Papeete, Tahiti.—The anciqpt lore of Tahiti is to he resurrected and the ruins of the temples of the South Pa cific islanders, ordered destroyed a century ago by Christian mission aries, are to be uncovered by excava tion. Efforts to gather the relics of a for gotten worship are being vigorously prosecuted here. So completely were the wishes of the missionaries carried out that noth ing remains save traces of the founda tions of the great centra! temple of Marae at Atehum, on Tahiti island, Where human sacrifices were offered , to the bloodthirsty god of war, "Oro." Excavations are expected to bring to tight some interesting objects, which, it is hoped, wil! reveai the pur poses and uses of this ancient struc ture. Marae, while being the chief temple of Tahiti, was not the oldest or the mast important in the islands. The tempie at Opoa, traces of which still remain on the island of Raintea, was the sacred center of religion in the eastern PaciHc and not until a stone from this had been! incorporated in the structure did the Marae temple ^t Tahiti decease consecrated. It was at Marae that Captain Cook witnessed the ceremonibs of human sacrifices chronicled in his "Voyages." The natives while professing Chris tianity and manifesting it by most ac tive church attendance, have a deep fear of these places. Under no cir cumstances wili they approach these temples at night, nor venture near them by day without great trepida tion, believing that should they in any way offend the sleeping gods ven geance will come. Republican Woman Organize A 8!ub Since franchise has been ex tend to the ladies of the land they are becoming interested in poli tics and many of them feel h is their duty to take part in the af fairs of the state and nation. To this end the republican ladies of Yadkin ville have orginized them selves into a Republican Club and their object is to secure every lady in the county of vot ing age who is a republican or expects to be one to join this club. It is not a Yadkinville club but a county club. They expect tjo visit the homes o f many ladies of the county to en roll them as members. - The first meeting of this club was held Saturday afternoon at which various committees were appointed. Another meeting was held Tuesday afternoon when a j president and secretary was el.! ected. Mrs. A, Holton Jr., was elected president and Miss Mary Harding Secretary. Miss Hard ing is to serve until someone can be selected in her place who can u$e a typewriter. Later vice pre sidents will be elected ane it is planned to elect one from each township of the county and these vice presidents are to be presi dent of the township members will be members of the county club. . A nice suite, of rooms over the bank of Yadkin has been fitted up for their headquarters and af ter a short time some lady will be found there every d'ty and acy lady of the county visiting in Yadkinville who believes in the principles of their party are invited to visit their headquar ters. Yadkin Democrats *-HoM Convention Yadkin county democrats met in a mass convention in the con. rt house Monday, nominate# a iu 11 county ticket including a la dy for Register of Deeds and lis tened to an impassioned address by C oL Sanford Martin. The first business transacted by the convention was the elec tiou of Atty. R. C. Puryear as tempory chairman and Mr. J, W. Shore as secretary. The matter of t he nomination candidates was then taken up and a ful; county ticket made up, including Mrs. Tu&tie Pass, wiie of Mr, Grady Pass for Register of Deeds. Others nominated were as fol lows: For Represenative L. F. Amburn, Boonville, for Sheriff T. J. Phillips of Baltimore, coro ner Dr. W. G. Leak of East Bend, purveyor M. G. Myers of Yad kinville, Route 2, and for county commissioners J. W. Shore of Boonville, S. G. Allen of Hamp ton ville and C. E. Hartman of Forbush township. It is a signa honor for Mrs. Pass that she is the first woman to be nomsnated for a politic^ office in Yadkin county. After the busineis of the con vention was disposed of Mr. San ford Martin was asked to address the convention. Mr. Martin is an ahle speaker and he discussed the issues Of the day with much satisfaction. His hearers frequ ently interrupted him with ap plause and a rising vote of than ks was extended to him when he finished. Commissioners Appoint New Farm Demonstrator — Yadkin county Commissioner in session here Monday received request from diiferent sections of the countj' to re-establish the office of Farm Demonstration Agent, as they had received on the last meeting day, and arter much consideration they decided to do so. The former order ab oiished the office to take effect Oct. 1 and this time not having arrived the county will not be out a demonstrator at all. In re establishing t h e office, howeves, new applicants were made for appointment as farm demonstrator and a sew fight was on, which was won by Mr. Lawrence Hudspeth, a young ex service man and son of Mr. W. L Hudspeth of Hamptonviile. Mr. Hudspeth had the reccomdation of many leading farmers of the county of bofh parties and a del egation appeared before the com missioners in a body and asked fot his appointment. Mr. Hud speth w i H succeed Mr. M. W. Mackie oh Oct. 1. Mr. Hudspeth is a very bright young man from a good family and was raised on a farm. He has been a successful school tea cher for some years, after he had graduated at Mars Hil! College, At t h is College Mr. Hudspeth had the record of being the cha mpion mathematician of the sch ooi and he graduated with hon ors. When the war broke out he was calle)ttp the colors and left Yadkinville on Oct. 10, 1917 for Camp Jackson. He wus trans fered overseas on July 30, 1918 when he was promoted to First Sargent and was in actual service until the armistice was signet), being in some of the biggest bat tles of the war. He was returned to the United States on June 27, 1919. He received an honorable dis charge from th^ army and retur ned to this county and engaged in farming, While in camp at Columbia, he was married to Miss Hattie Brandon, one of the most popular and highly educat ed school teachers of the county and a daughter of Mr. John Bra ndon, one of the most prosperous farmers of the county. He will move his family to Yadkinville and devote his entire time t o work, which he plans to take up in earnest, and his friends wish him success. This is an instance in which the county commissioners had an opportunity of rewarding an ex service man. He is said to be well qualified for the position. A Complete Plantation For Sale 150 acres sandy loam, clay sub* soil all under wire fence, nearly one million feet of pine and oak timber, four horse farm under cultivation and especially adapt for tobacco, cotton anJ corn, one eightr oom dwelling, two temant houses, good barn, good new to bacco barn, telephone, daily mail and on a gravel road. Owner leaving on account of age A wonderful opportunity and a close price if sold soon. If interested wire, phone, or write immediately. J L. Knight, Carthage, N Car. ' ".. ^ ^ ^ Two Matadors Homed. Barc^tona.—Matador Correa, who had previous! y been wounded w^ile Hgbting a bull, struck a bone wit&h(s sword and fe