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VOL. XXVI._ VADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1920 “ N0 40 T
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jk*' appreciative Sketch of His Life
and Character \
By IREDELL MEARES
The life and character of Joint
Johnston Parker, the republican can
didate for governor, are marked by
qualities and incidents "which denote
m fine type of personal manhood and
ia high type of intellectual power.
Ke was bom on November 20, 1SS5,
at Monroe. Union county, this state.
His father was the late J. D. Farker,
a merchant of Monroe, whose ances
tors lived for generations in Union
county and whose father, the grand
father of the subject of this sketch,
fell while fighting in the Confederate
army at ChancellorsvilJe. His pater
nal ancestors lived in the quiet walks
of life, merchantts and farmers and,
if less prominent in the social, public
or professional life of the state, they
were not less possessed of the quali
ties of sturdy, hcnest and industrious
m mhood—the priceless legacy be
queathed to their distinguished de- I
•cendent.
The mother cf Mr. Parker was Miss !
Francis Johnston, a daughter of Dr. |
Samuel I. Johnston, a prominent pbv- !
Bician of his day and generation, of •
Edent on. X. C. She was a woman cf |
rare gifts, gentle refinement and i
Ch ristian character. Highly ecTucat- j
•d. she was an ace-o: plished linguist, i
fcoth in ancient and modern lan- i
Fuages. and cutivated in both instru- j
nental and vocal music. On the ma- j
terna! side Mr. Parker is descended |
from the Johnston, Nash, Iredell and
Burgwin families cf eastern Nortn
Carolina, who have given to the state
in its history distinguished represen- i
tatives in its judicial, political, mili
tary and educational life. He is a
lineal descendant cf Governor Abner
Nash, and of John Eurgwin. one of the
early settlers along the Gape Fear, !
and the proprietor of the plantation
known as the “Hermitage,” near Cas
tle Hayne.
, Lamartine, the great French au
thor, in his biographies of great men, (
»aid that the study of their ancestry. !
whether prominent or humble, would
show that nature gradually assem
bled and concentrated in them the
strong traits of many ancestors and
thus produced their greatness. In
herit in" "'-era his *-?. rental ancestry
the qualities cf physical manhood
encoo" industry and capacity for
hard work, and fr ■ -. his m a tarn? I an
cestry the instinct to int^ilectu J cul
ture. aspirations to nuMie -?erv!p».
legal and political attainments. Mr.
Parker is pecaiarlv endowed with a
combination of :rher ted qualities o*
mind and soul, whrh he has well de
Tel oped, and which pre-eminent’y fit
him for the responsibilities of rnv
greet office to wbb-h he may be « J
led. ar.d in equal d^rre®. give him rn
understanding and sympathy with t'v
spirit and needs r*f all classes of cur
people ana their ir.t -arts
He received hi? education at the
public schools ci Iv-nron cr*d at ‘be
University of North Carolina. He
grad rated at the - - - ‘ - ia -TO "7.
at the head o' t ... ■-. v;ua hie tv,
gree of Bachelor cf Arts. Air5' "-.rh
he worked his way through cc re
he found time to make a fine record
both in his studies end in the college
life. Ke won the Greek medal cud
the Bryan, prize in economics. Dis
playing unusual capacities for oratory
and debate, he was twice the repre
sentative of his col’ege in inter o’le
giate^ debates, once each with the
Universities of Virginia and of
Georgia.
He was president of Phi Beta Kap
pa. a college fraternity, of the Schol
arship society, and of the Dialectic
society, and was twice elected pr-si
dsr.t of hi? class. ’ ' :ng it3 president
at the time of graduation, which is
considered the highest honor of col
lege, as it comes from one's chums
and classmates as a tribute of ability,
scholarship and personal esteem. He
• was also made president of the col
lege athletic association and of the
University council. This council is a
■student body to investigate and grass
iupon infractions of college lavs by
indents and to advise the faculty in
bulging the punishment of any stu
-54~*nt violating college rules or prop
Gerties.
Thus, when in his young manhood,
at college, we find he was student,
.leader among his fellows, and the re
cipient of the respect and esteem of
both faculty and student body.
Professional Life.
After his college graduation Ls re
mained to s^udy law and graduated
at the University Law School in the
.class of 1908, aird obtained his license
,as a lawyer upon the usual examina
ition before the Supreme court at its
! fall term, 1908. He won at the law
school the Henry R. Bynum law prize.
He Veen's to have had a genius at this
tiij- for winning prize*. He uved. Mr
i
v. •
ft year in Greensboro, this state, prac
ticing in the office of the late David
Sterne, anld then went to Monroe
where, since 1910, he ha3 practiced
his profession in co-partnership with
the Hon. A. M. Shack. Later Mr
William Craig was associated and his
present ^firm is that oi Shack, Parkei
and Craig, oae of the leading la*
firms of the state. As. a lawyer Mr
Parker ?as been connected with irosi
of the important Jil igation in his coun
ty, and adjoiniag counties, his prac
ffice expending over a large area and
..tie has attained prominence and. rep
utation at the bar as a strong advo
cate. well equipped attorney, and suc
cess has attended upon him in his
chosen profession. He is member
•of the North Carolina Bar Associati n
and of the American Bar association.
He was a delegate from the State Bar
to the American Bar association in
"918 and in 1919 was elected a vice
president of the State Bar association.
Political Life.
His studies at college in American
political history and in economic* in
fluenced by wide reading, led him in
early life to espouse the principles of
■.the national republican party. His
-talents and ambitions at this time
would naturally have led him to
thoughts of political preferment. Had
he been a man of less independence of
action and courage of opinion and
less devotion to convictions, he would j
have remained with the dominant, po
litical party of the slate, from which j
he could have expected, more readily i
the realization of his ambitions; but.
independent by nature and actuated
by a high sense of public duty, he
could not have advocated polic ies he j
did not approve, and so he elected to
identify himself with the minority i
party of the state in order to speak j
and stand for his convictions upon
public questions without regard lo the
effects upon his personal future or op
portunities. ✓
He became secretary to the lion.
John M. Moreaead in the campaign of
19G8. when Mr. Moreaead was elected
to congress as a republican from the
Fifth district, and in 1910 Mr. Parker i
was the republican candidate for con
gress from the Seventh district, run
ning in opposition to the Hon. R. N.
Page, the democratic nominee. He en
gaged in a joint discussion with Mr.
Page throughout the district ar.d es- j
tablished hi^ reputation as a strong ;
debater. Although not elected, he
proved to be a strong antagonist and I
entirely capable to disease the pend I
ing national issues. The writer has !
heard this debate between Mr. Page j
and Mr. Parker often spoken of as i
having been well tempered, able in j
discussion and pitched by the candi
dates on a high plane,, but it was gen
erally thought that Mr. Parker, at
least his admirers so thought, got the
better of the discussion. In 1916 he
was nominted as the republican can
didate for attorney general, and in
this year the party placed him at the
head of its state ticket as its candi
date for governor. If elected, ha will
be the fourth governor furnished the !
state from the families of which he
is descendant.
Personal Life.
He married Miss Maria Maffitt, of
Wilmington, N. C., on '\ovember 23,
1910, and they have two children
born to them. Miss Maffitt was the
daughter of the late John X. Maffitt,
of Wilmington, and a ? rand-daughter
of the famous Capfc. John X. Maffitt.
v was in the T’uited !
States navy before the civil war and j
afterwards became distinguished as !
a daring and intrepid commahder of
Confederate cruisers and privateers. ;
Mr. Parker is a member o: the
Episcopal church and senior warden
of St. Paul’s church at Monroe. He
has taken an active interest in all
church, commercial and welfare work
in his community, being a member
of the Monroe Chamber cf Com
merce, the Red Cross society, of the
war work, of which he was chairman;
of the State Good Roads’ association
and of the Masonic fraternity.
At the outbreak of the war there
was an anti-draft meeting held at
Monroe. Gov. Blease was advertised
to speak. Mr. Parker went to the
meeting determined to reply to him.
He did not come, but Mr. Parker did
address the meeting, and appealed to
the people to be loyal to the country
and to stand by'the constituted au
thorities. The effect of his eloquent
speech, deliv red to an audience at
first hostile, was to destroy the anti
draft sentiment in the section and to
end all opposition in the country to
the^draft.
Concluding Tribute.
He who has known John Parker,
whether boyhood friend, college
chum, business or professional asso
ciate, or n his more intimate rela
tions as son, husband and father,
knows fu well that at all times and
in all relations his life has been above
reprcao':. Warm in i.npul :s, consid
erate a d approachable in personal in
tercourse. energetic in business and
‘loyal in professional service, he com
mands the respect, esteem and ad
miration of men. There are no inci
dents in his personal or public life
which require explanation or apology.
He is a raata jesoluto In
,1 ' - '
spirit, self-poised and confidant with
out egotism, bold in expression, fair
in argument, eloquent and persuasive
in speech, and incorruptible in integ
rity.
A student of public questions and
informed as to public needs, he dis
cusses all matters in a spirit of fair
ness and candor, sense and conclu
siveness, but at no time does he In
dulgo in that common substitute for
argument—the high-powered lung er
plosions of hot air exaggeration
Broad-minded in vision and liberal in
temperament, he suffers no political
bigotry and .avoids the narrow pdths
of irrelevant and discarded issues
and passions of a dead past. He does
not have to resort to such methods ir
the presentation of his cause for hs
is a gentleman hv ins-tin,1 and a mar
of culture by study and reflection.
If be is elected governor, he will
j the governor of no party nor cliqus
i nor class*, but, as h’e himself declares
| of all tae people of t*e State of Norti
1 Carolina. So mote ft be.
I
KEPT OUT .OF WAR,
NOW SERVES COX
Publisher’s Son Escaped Military
Service Through Democratic
Nominee’s Influence.
Young,~able-bodied, rich, a strapping
big fellow, who possessed all the phys
ical equipment pf an American soldier,
save, evidently, heart, Robert P.
Scripps was kept out of tbe war
through Administration influences.
He was exempted.
The local draft hoard t f Butler Coun
ty. O., rejected his piea and held that
there was no valid claim for his ex
emption and that lie should surely don
a uniform and shoulder arms, but Sec
retary of War Baker’s law partner,
Tom Sidle, was employed to save the
youthful slacker. Governor Cox took
a hand in the case, and finally, by
White House decree, he went scot free.
His multi-millionaire father, E. W.
Scripps, controlling owner of the
Scripps League of Newspapers and the
Newspaper Enterprise Association, a
powerful combination, threatened to
overthrow the Administration rather
than permit either of ids sons tc an
swer the call of Uncle Sam.
Administration Exempts Slacker.
Having helped to re-elect Woodrow
Wilson President on the issue, •'He j
kept us out of war,” the elder Scripps j
demanded that liis sons be kept ®ut of
war. And the Administration kept
them out.
Young Rober{*Scripps, who had nev
er done any real newspaper work, was
giten the title of Assistant to the Pub
lisher of the Scripps League of News
papers to create.an excuse for his ex
emption. Finally he was ordered home
from Camp Sherman by Governor Cox,
after he had been in uniform for ten
days.
All these facts and more of an equal
ly astounding and discreditable charac
ter were brought out by the Kenyon
Senatorial Committee, which subpoe
naed young Scripps to Washington tc
explain his activities in tbe present I
camnaurn.
Now Supporting Ccx.
He is today editor in chief th
Sc-ripps League of Newspapers aid t!
Newspaper Enterprise Association am.
is putting out daily pink propagand:
sheets ef a lurid and sensational char
acter in support of the candidacy o?
Governor Cox.
Samples of these sheets were sub
mitted to the committee, and Senator
Reed, Democrat, frankly denounced thi
propaganda as “rot” and manifested
extreme impatience and disgust with
the_yyonug man’s loose talk about a
“Senate oligarchy” and criticism of the
Supreme Court.
Young Scripps, although he did not
! fight for his country in 1017-1S. insist
j ed that he was doing it ail through love
| of country and in the “public ir .erest,”!
j without any pay from the Democratic
| committee or thought of obligation for
! keeping him out of \var.
■ The draft-dodging aspects of the
case, as brought -out at Washington,
are not unlike those'of young Bergdoll
of Philadelphia, which resulted in a
} Federal prosecution for conspiracy to
* evade the draft. y
EACK PORCH CAMPAIGN TO
BE BEGUN SOON BY Wil.SON.
Washington. — Gradually being
j pushed to the rear by the progress <af
i the canvass it is now .announced vfcat
| President Wilson is to wage a ‘'Saek
j F-.-.rch” camr u-n. The local evening
amour e tlr'. fact and say
i d.at i i o P'nn is l-ing discussed b\
! -.bo Administration leaders, ft rn‘s;-.
even come wi ;hln a w<^v rome
i these leader^ ’> Move. Kdmur.d H'
| Moore, who. managed Govern; y C-.^d
i P'c-conveotion .r'-n. is
; 1 rc,(W tin ., ' ,■»{!.• attach on jv
j ii>' U»pg jii of Ibt _ y
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! Compulsory Attendance
Law
An Act to Provide for the
Compulsory Attendance
Upon the Public Schools
of Children Between Cer
tain Ages and to Regula
te and Restrict Employ
ment, etc.
Tlie General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Every parent,
guardian or other person in the
State of North Carolina having
cnarge orr ontrol of a child be
tween the ages of eightand four
teen years shall cause such
child to attend school continu
ously for a period equal to the
time which the public school in
the district in which tne child
resides shall be in session. The
principal,' superintendent or
teacher who is in charge of such
schoo; shall have the right to ex j
cuse the child from temporary
attendance on account of sick
ness or distance of residence
from the school, or other una
voidable cause which does not
constitute truancy as defined by
the State Board of Education.
Sec. 2. Any parent, guardian,
or other person referred to in
section one of this act, violattng
die provisions of the aforesaid
section, shall be guilty of a mis
d meanor, and upon conviction
shall be liable io a fine of not
less than five dollars ($5> nor
more than twenty-five ($25) and
upon failure or refusal to pay
such fine the said parent, guard
ian or other person shall be im
prisoned not exceeding thirty
days in the count}- jail.
Sec. 2a. It shall be the duty
of the State Board of Education
to formulate such rules and reg
ulatiohs as may be necessary tor
the proper enforcement of
the provisions of this act. Said
board shall prescribe what shall
constitute truancy, "hat causes;
may constitute legitimate execs- j
es for tempoary. uonatiendance j
due to physical or menial inabil-1
ity to attend and under what cir-;
cmnstances teachers, principals,!
or superintendants may excuse
pupils for nonatteudats cue to
immediate demands ot the farm,
or the home in certain seasons
of the yeai in the several sec
tic . o ae State. li shah IT he
duty of all school officials to
carry out such instructions from
the state Board ot Educatibn,
and any school officials to carr>
carry out such instructions from
the Slate Boaia or Education,
and any school official tailing to
carry out such instructions shall
be guuty or a misdemeanor: Pro
vided, mat section one of this
act shait not be in force in any
city or county that has a higher
compulsory attendance i a \v
no-.v fa force that mat provided
herein; hut in such case it shall
he the duty ot the State Board ot
Education to investigate i h e
t same and decide that any such
i law now in iorce has a higher
jcumpuisory attendance feature
1 than that provided by tins act:
! provided, tnat wherever any dis
trict is without adequute build
ing or buildings for the proper
enforcement of this act the
county boards of educatyya may
be allowed not motfe *.lVan two
years f r o ra)uiy *‘ije first, one
neusan^ B1n'e hundred auc _
| niner^ea, to make full and air _
, provisions in every disiri ct.
^ Sec. 3. The county supe
I teudeut of pub lie w elf an . or
1 chief school a|t< ndance c nicer
QT trnast cfiicSf pro'rfpetl for by
HATES, COX KID DUS
10 SPEAK HERE SATURDAY
law shall investigate and rrose-1
cute all violations 5f the provis- j
ions of section one of this act.
Sec. 4. The State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction
shall prepare such rules oi pro
cedure and furnish such blanks
for teachers and other school of
ficials as may be necessaiy for
reporting each case of truancy
or lack of attendance to t e
chief attendance officer referred
to m section three hereof. Such
titles‘shall provide, among oth
er things, for a notification in
writing to the person responsi
ble for the non a men dance of
iny child, that the case is to be
reported to the chief attendance
officer of the county unless the
law is immediately comp ied
\\ith. County boards of educa
tion and governing bodies oi
city schools shall have the right'
:o appoint town cr district at
tendance officers when deemed
by them necessary to assist in
carrying out the provisions of
section one, two, three and four
of this act, and the. rules and iti
sructions which may be promul
£ated by the State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction, But
in every case in which becomes
necessary 10 prosecute for non
attendance die case shall be re
terred to the chief attendance o’
fieer of the county for furthtr
action: Provided, that in towns
or ctit-s having special attend
ance officers paid out of town
or city funds said oificers shall :
have full authority to prosecute
for violations of this act.
Sec. 5. No child under the ege
of fourteen years shall be em
ployed or permitted to work, in
or abbut or m connection with
sDy mili, factory, cannery, I
workshop, manufacturing estab-j
lishmerit, laundry, bakery, men-/
cantiie establishment, ofsice, ho
te), restaurant, barbr shop, boot
black stand, messenger or delay .
Cij acnicc, CAupi IU Cases UJ :
under regulations prescribes oy
the commission hereinafter ( vq
ated: Provided, the employrr ientj
in this section enumerated • ,hdiii
not be construod to incind ^ ^o
na fide boys’ and girls' qjz aajDK|
ciAbs recognized hv the A .pCU;.
turai department oi tea? Estate*
and such canning clubs are ex. |
pressiy exempted from iile pro.
visions of this act.
Sec. 5a. It shaii ho t he duty of
lhe coudtp boards of education
ot each county 12. t’ Je state of
North Caryhna t0,r ;ause tMs ac,
to be puoiisheil la fi| in some
new spaper ia the ■ county if there
be one, and if r aere be none,
then in csreuj.ar foxm and dis
uibuted over d ie county at least
fcmr weeks or or opening
of the school i after the first day
oi jul>, one thousand nine hun
dred and a; neteen%
C 1 .. GABARD, Chiej Ai
tendai3.ce Oiiicer.
JNOIICE
s ^■«*¥ ing qualified as administra
'tor 0 . the estate of Jesse Maitli
j e'v* deceased late of Yadkin Coun
i/y Morth Carolina all persons
aiding claims against said en
t ate are hereby notified to pre
sent them to me on or before the
Stli day of Sept. 1921 or notice
will be pleaded in bar of tlieii
recovery and all persons indebted
to said estate are u( nested to set
tle at once.
This the 8th day of Sept. 1920.
AV. G. Wooten Admr
,.f Vsse A! ithbews
Listen, Patriots all! Next Sat
urday is to be a Red Letter day i:i
Yadkin and it is honed that every »
Kepubhcan and Democrat too "‘will
lay down tiieir work and come to
i adkmville for a da of rail',my is <*
coming. Hon. Joiim n J. Hayes
of \\ dkesboro, and Mrs. Queen
dess Kennar. and Yds Nell Hart
man of Davie County, will he here
and they will bring a message t<3 ' 1
you all.
Hon. W. II. Cox, nominee for
cmgress will also bo hero.
Airs. Kerman and Miss Hart
man have consented t - come at
an invitation from the Yadkin
Womans Republican Club and
they will bring a snecial message «
to the ladies of \ ndkin county.
Come tq hear their?, ladies. and the
men of the c »unty are urged- to
bring their wives a: -g. Mrs. Ken
nan is a flue nt speake r ami site will,
no d ui)t be received here with
open arms by tee la, lies who are
to: ions learn a; ' iwar of their
new duties in polities. Mi-.- Hart
man is al; » a talented sneaker and
entert; in err
As to Mr. Hayes he * ■< i- r - In—
trodi’. tjoii t ha? ;ee. ii
is well kn v.*n here a- a forceful!
speaker v 1 o always has a new
message for ids audience an 1 he
knows hov. tn tell it. Mr. Have
will discuss State are national : —
>ues and especially the new re
valuation act, together with other
problems affecting this section..
The time ct the speaking has
)een set f *r :i convenient tine*
wo o'clock hi the after:; > >m it: >r
ler that the 4adies ,cT this whittle
section wii- have art ©p?> ortuni y to
tome and enjjo\ the afternoon, *kli
heir sister: * the town. The V\ o
nan’s UepuJbliean Club send them
i menage* to c me ar .1 be oie of
herrr for the aftern >n. visit their ^
read quarters over the Bank of
Tad kin, v bere they have- some
arf e pictures « f Hard:ay and
Z'o olidge t give them, ah- some
ju ttons, literature and so on if yore
w ant ii. The" say t -r yon to come
a nd feel at k -me wkh them.
Politics is getting at a high wa
ter mark n — am: v :• hope ever »• -
i body will .come next Saturday a.nd
I hear the good, speeches. You will
Hose only half a-day. Come Cite,
| come all.
NorthCarblina In <■ uperior court
Yadkin county before the cdork
S. L Whitaker, ad-nr i
of J L Whitaker deed ^ Notice
' vs • )
S L Whitaker et al [
The defendant H: ivy Whitaker
wl'1 a ike notice tLa't an action lias
been eoniinenced u tin- superior
court of Yadkin county to seli
lauds belonging to the estate of J
L. Whitaker, deed to make assets
to no pa.y debts, and the said de
fendant will further take notice
that lie is required to appear be
fore the Clerk of the superior
court of Yaddin county, N, C\, at
his odice in Yadkinville, on Sat*
Jurday, the‘23rd day of October,
11920, at 2 o’clock P. 31. and answ
! er or demur to the petition in said
j action or the plaintiff wdl apply
to the court ijor the relief demand
ed in said petition.
This Sept. 18. 1920
J. L. Crater, C. S. C.
NOTICE
Having qualified, as adminis
trator of the estate of Erma Reece
deceased late of Yadkin County
North Carolina all persons bold
ing claims against said estate are
hereby nclified to brssent them
to me on or before tbe 9th day of
September 1921 or this notice ’will
be pleaded in bar \>f their recov
ery. And all perrons indepted to
said estate ar^ requusted to set
tle at once.
This the P,th day of September
1920.
D. M. Vestal Admr
of Erma lioece deceased.