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VOL. XXVII. YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30,1921 NO. 25
TO SAIL GLOBE
IN AUFEBOAT
whi^ee Norwegians Plan Interest
ing Trip That Will Take About
Year and a Half.
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ALL ABE TRAINED SEAMEN
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jBoat Will Have No Covering Except
i Canvas Awning to Spread Over
the Bunks When It Rains—
Boat to Be Sloop Rigged.
I new York.—Norwegians are no long
er the leading sea rovers they once
trerc, but their adventurous spirit is
3aot yet extinguished. There is a
found tower at Newport, built of rude
Stones, a lasting monument to some
forgotten visitors to these shores. Who
built it no one can tell, but -surely not
aboriginal Americans for it embodies
'principles of architecture unknown to
[them. Anthropologists believe it was
built by the Norsemen, who, there is
(evidence to show, found America long
'before Columbus,, as early as the
Tenth century. Indeed' there is a
Itt orse tradition to that effect.
Adventurous Norwegians.
These considerations are revived
fey the fact that three young Norwe
gians now in this city are planning
to cross the Atlantic ocean in an open
boat and eventually to circumnavi
gate the globe. They are Capt. Mimer
(Tonning and Mates Otthar Petterson
land Helge Westerling. Tonning was
at work on the Panama canalin 1915,
but going home was impressed into the
'(Norwegian navy. Petterson was petty
(officer on another ship in the same
(service. Westerling has also seen
much sea service. They are prac
tically stranded kcre now, and are
(laid up at the club of the Norwegian
'Master and Mates’ association. No. 565
jHenry street, Brooklyn, where a re
porter was told tlteir plans. Ten
ding acted as spokesman while the
other two listened and gave assent.
Their plans are nearly complete.
"They have secured a /'20-foot life
boat, built by the Atlantic Life Boat
company of South Brooklyn. It Is a
(gift from the company, and' while it
.does not differ from the ordinary life
boat built for ship use, certain changes
have been made to adapt it for the
specific purposes for which it will be
‘used.
Will 3e Sloop Rigged.
' It will be sloop rigged, having a
26-foot mainmast and a 32-foot top
;xnast, three feet of which will he
above the hounds, thus affording a
•32-foot sail hoist. Two sets of sails
will be carried, one of liglij canvas
ifor light and moderate weather, and
one of heavy canvas for stormy weath
er. However, they hope to escape
stormy weather, except an occasional
(squall, by sailing In summer time.
(The boat will have no covering Except
'a canvas awning to spread over the
bunks when it rains. Cooking will bo
done .on an oil stove. They will start
With a stock for 14 weeks’ provisions
In the hope of being able to cross the
Atlantic within that time.
They will leave Sandy Hook in the
near future and steer for the Scill.v
or A.,?tt * ’ - Gibraltar
'they will go to Suez, Sumatra, the
Philippines, Hawaii, California, Pana
loa, pass through the canal arid come
up the Atlantic coast to New York.
The enlire voyage is expected to take
from 30 to IS months.
ONCE WEALTHY GERMANS HIT
!|High Cost of Living Coupled With j
Cheapness of Mark and Low
Salaries Causing Hardship.
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Berlin;—The high cost of ’-vine:, cou
pled with the deterioration of the i
mark and low salaries, has hit Car
man government employees such a
blow that a nunfbei* of them say frank
ly the only way in which they can ex
ist is “to ,go deeper into debt etfery
'day.”
Some of them have borrowed rtfoney
dn their salaries for months ahead,
fend must borrow more.
, One government official, on a salary
Of 2,000 marks a month, which before
^the war was a reasonable wage, said
he had been unable to buy any clothes
lor four years, that his garments now !
w^re threadbare, his shoes worn out, j
- jLad he had contracted debts with his
/ujA•'•(!!• which he could not pay.
“There is nothing to do but keep on
fcoing deeper and deeper into debt,” he
said. “I do not know where it will
end, nor what will become of me. I
earn 2,000 marks a month; a suit of
iclolh.es costs me 3,000, a pair/of shoes
500, a good meal nearly 100; cigars,
'cigarettes, wines, they are out of the
Question.” ,
It is not uncommon for men wIlo
were once wealthy or held high-sal
aried po*sitions to ask foreign acquaint
ances to -remember them In case they
jhave an old suit or,, a pair of shoes
rto throw away.”
TWO PRINCES
CLAIM CHATEAU
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Historic Building and Grounds
Seized by .France During
War Is Demanded.
Louis XV Gave It to Marshal Saxe
and Napoleon Presented It to Mar
shal Berthier—Became Posses
sion of Dukes of Parma.
Paris.—Efforts by two princes of the
house of Bourbon-Parma to recover
possession of the celebrated Chateau
Ohambord, which was sequestrated by
the French government during the
war, is one of the most interesting
aftermaths of the great conflict.
The chateau is more than 400 years
old and is one of the most striking
and interesting of the famous feudal
establishments of ancient France.
It was once one of the most magnifi
cent of these great estate^ and lies
in the valley of the Loire close to the
town of Blots and has about 15,000
acres, part of which is inclosed by
walls extending for 20 miles. The
building is about 200 feet square with
I famous circular towers at the corners
and a double spiral staircase leading '
to the double lantern, which dominates
the center tower.
Royal Residence Two Centuries.
It was built about 1526 and for two
centuries was a royal residence. Louis
XV gave it to Marshal Saxe and Na
poleon presented it to Marshal Ber
thier. Eventually it fell into the pos
session of the duke of Parma.
At the beginning of the war it was
owned by Prince Elias of Bourbon
Parma and was sequestrated because
he was serving in the Austrian army
as an attache of the Austrian general
staff. Prince Elias is a brother of
Zita, wife of the former Emperor
Charles of Austria, who lately at
tempted to regain his tfirone as king
of Hungary.
After the war Prince Elia? at
tempted to recover possession of the
estate, but the French courts have just
disallowed his claim. This, however,
does not settle the question of its
ownership, for Prince Sixtus, also of
Bourbon-Parma, brother of Prince
Elias, has put in a claim to the own
ership of the-chateau.
Princes’ Service® Refused.
Prince Sixtus does not suffer the
disability of Prince Elias, as Sixtus
and his brother, Xavier, both offered
their services to the French govern
ment in the war and being refused on
the ground that descendants of the old
royal houses could not be permitted
to fight for France, they both enlisted
in the Belgian army, where they
served as stretcherbearers. Their brav
ery in this service was afterward rec
ognized in a French citation.
Americans will identify Prince Six
tus as the man who received, while the
war was still In progress, the famous
letter from Emperor Charles of Aus
tria in which he stated that he sym
pathized with France’s aspirations to
recover Alsace-Lorraine and that in
his opinion Belgium should be restored
by Germany.
Prince Sixtus turned the letter over
to President Polneatre and its publi
cation by Premier Clemenceau created
consternation in t_ -*n ny. Emperor
Charles denied authenticitv.
Union Grove Items
We had a line rain Saturday.
Corn is fine in this section. To
b coo is very common.
The Sunday School at Union
Grove is progressing fine. This
school is going to take part in
the Sunday School convention
at Richmond Hill.
Misses Florence and Effie
Hobson went to Forbush Sun
day.
There will be an ice cream
supper near Union Grque next
Saturday night, with other en
tertainments.
Ex-President Wilson took the
oath in Supreme court Saturday
which permits him to practice
law in the District of Columbia.
An army of grasshoppers, 15
miles wide and 20 miles long, is
reported to be playing havoc
with crops in Colorado.
The Demsey-Carpentier prize
fight comes off next Saturday at
Jersey City. The betting has
been going on for weeks and
| thousands of dollars will have
changed hands ere Saturday
night comes.
Peacock Taken to
Hospital for Insane
Dr. J. W. Peacock, Thomas
ville physician, acquitted by a
Rowan county jury in Davidson
county court a few days ago for
the murder of Policeman Taylor
in Thomasville in May was tak
en to the state hospital for the
insane at Raleigh last Thursday
afternoon.
Peacock, by order of Judge
Finley, is to remain in the crim
inal insane hospital for life or un
til he is declared rational by au
thorities.
Dr. Peacock was in the court
room throughout the trial and
was never moved by the argu
ments. He heard of the order
of Judge Finley with the utmost
calm and seemed uninterested in
any of the proceedings.
Mr. Nathan Shore Dead
Mr. Nathan Shore, who lived
three miles south of town, died
Monday afternoon after a linger
ing illness. He was 78 years old.
He was a farmer and had
spent the most of his life where
he died. He is survived by a
widow and several children, two
brothers, Ex-Sheriff Isaac Shore
and Mr. John Shore, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchens.
Funeral and burial were at the
Allgood graveyard Tuesday aft
ernoon, Rev. S. S. May conduct
ing the services.
Law Regarding Threshers
Thrfe North Carolina Commis
sioner of Agriculture announces
in co operation with the United
States Department of Agricul
ture, that the law requires each
thresher of grain to secure a
threshing license from the regis
ter of deeds before operating.
This license is free—no cost for
same.
In the same way that the op
erator has to have a license, it is
also necessary for each farmer
to see that the party threshing
his grain has a license. Each
thresher must keep and and re
port the bushels threshed and
the acres from which the ^rain
was harvested.
All thresher operators should
at once get their licenses, when
a notebook for keeping the rec
jquired, as well as the rt
pon Mieets, will be given tiiem.
These books are to be l’e&ined
permanently by the operators
ior personal records, But at tue
close of the threshing season or
not later than September 15m, l
complete report up to that uate
must be made to the itegister oi
Deeds. The thresher’s reports
are not to be sent to kaleigh,
but to the Register of Breeds ol
each county where the thresh*
ing is done.
A word to the wise is: Ope
rate with a license and be sure
the operator is licensed. Failure
for a thresher to report" means
$25.00 fine, although the license
costs nothing- is tree. The rec
ords made will be a business
memoranda . for reference in
later years and for making col
lections from farmers.
The information is used as t
check on how much grain we
produce and where it is made,
it is a good ousmess .ind cducc-1
tional provision.
Joseph A. Fryer, of Parsons,
Pa., was killed Saturday when
his, still, which was being opera
ted in the cellar, blew up and
wrecked his home. Let others
take warning. i
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State IVews Items
It is repotted that Marion But
ler will be a candidate foi the
senate against Senator Simmons
The North Carolina Postmast
ers association will hold its an
nual convention in Hickory
August 16,17 and 18.
Senator Overman has accept-1
ed an invitation to speak at the j
Fourth of July celebration in!
High Point.
J. S- Atkinson, of Wilson, was i
shot from ambush Wednesday
near that city. He died a few
hours later.
Mary Pickford won the $10
prize for suggesting the slogan,
“Mooresville, Queen of Iredell,”
for the commercial club of that
city.
The N. C. Rural Letter Car
riers association will meet in
Asheville next Monday and
Tuesday for its 18th annual con
vention.
The dates for the annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Press
association at Mo rehead City
has been changed from August'
to July 27, 28 and 29.
The North Carolina Merch
ants Association which closed j
its 19th annual session last week
in Greensboro, voted to meet
next vear at Wrightsville Beach.
Four thousand homing pige
ons were liberated in Salisbury
last week. They headed for
New York, making the flight in
twenty four hours.
Talmadge Billings, sentenced
to be electrocuted for the mur
der oi William Chatham in
Wilkes county, has been com
muted to Hr .:t i 1 went.
Sight persons were badly hurt
near Concord when the truck in
which they were riding turned
over. The -..-ccident was caused
in the steering gear giving way.
George Burns, a young white
man of High I nt, white re
turning to hH borne in Wat city
me night we par week, was at*
; nek t d a :H badl} 1 >ea ton by a
mob of mec. ♦
Rev. Tom ?. Ji: Hon, of Win
ston-S'ilem, it as be. u chosen as
sociate editor of he Asheville
Advocate and Chk iotte Labor
Herald, the two i- :cling labor
pnblicatious oi the :: ite.
Mr. E. T. Hartley was acci
dentlv shot in the ct ek eleven
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years ago. After r lying im
bedded in his cheek For eleven
years it dropped out th rough his
nose last week says the Lenoir
News. The bullet v>. ;s^ of 32
caiiber.
Uehenl John J. Per iling arid
Secretary of Slate Charles E.
Hughes have accepted an in
vitation to address the laymen’s
conference of the Methodist
church, south, at Lake Junalus
kaon the subject of disarma
ment in August, the exact date
to be announced later.
Crazed with jealousy Leslie
Cox, 24, shot Miss Lola Ecklin,
18, at Washington Sunday. He
then shot himself in the abdo
man. Both are in a hospital at
the point of death.
James Rvatt was shot ami
killed by T. K. Smith when the
two met on the highway near
Wadesboro Friday. An old
grudge is said to be the cause.
Smith surrendered to the offcers.
Hoy Crouse, of Lexington, at
tending the state convention of
Epworth Leaguers at Morgan
ton last week, was drowned
while swimming in a lake near
that city.
Dr. J. Andrew Smith, of Garn
er, was found dead in his room
at the Zinzindorf hotel in Win
ston-Salem last Wednesday
morning. Heart trouble given
as the cause. He was addicted
to the drug habit.
Dock Hefner, serving a sen
tence in the penitentiary in con
nection with the murder of
Glenn Lippard in Catawba coun
ty last winter, attempted to es
cape from prison the past week.
He was shot in the leg by a
guard and returned.
W. II. McLaurin, of Charlotte,
was taken to Statesville and
placed in the Iredell jail for safe
keeping last week. He is
charged with attempting crimi
nal assault on four little girls,
ranging in ages from 8 to 1!
years. McLaurin, who is a paint
salesman, is 55 years old and
married.
Mrs. John Hampton
Died Here Saturday
Mrs. iViai-y Hampton passed
away at her home here Saturday
; afternoon at 6 o'clock. Mrs.
i Hampton was the widow of the
! late John H. Hampton who died
j some 20 years -ago. Si was 65
1years oid.~
I Mrs. Hampton was a good
; woman, loved by all who knew
\ her.
Surviving is one daughter.
Miss Victoria Hampton, who
lived with her mother, and o ne
sister, Mrs. Sallie Somers, of
Mt. Airy, and one brother, Mr.
James Barnard, of Iredell coun
ty.
Funeral and burial was at
Flat Rock church, Hampton
ville, Monday, Rev. J. E. Robin
son conducting the services.
Tobacco Growers
j Are you interested in getting
j tiie high dollar for youftobacco?
[it you a:,1 ? 2 at the court house
| in Yadkinville Monday, July
14 h, at 1 o'clock p. m. A speak
' er will be there Jo explain the
! co operative marketing plan for
the farmers to sell their tobacco
: instead of delivering it as has
1 been done in the past. Come
’ and bring your neighbor.
Mystery of Lost Ships
May Be Solved'
Tfye disappearance at sea of
several American ships within
tfce past few months is linked by
the New \ ork police with plans
revealed to them in a score of !
raids os radical headquarters a
year and a half ago for seizure
of thi.se vessels at sea and their
diversion to Russian soviet
ports.
The police said they*were in
formed through certain confi
dential sources that officials of
the Union of Russian Workers
of the United States and Canada
an organization since broken up
had written its members who
were out of employment, es-.
pecially those with a knowledge
at sea, to seek employment on
American ships, overpower the
other members of the crew and
i direct the vessel to Russia,
j iu recent months several ships
have mysteriously disappeared
and ail efforts to locate any
trace of them have been futule.
Sheriff Moxley Has
Birthday Celebration
i
Between 250 and 300 relatives
and friends gathered at the home
oi Sheriff C E. Moxley Sunday
and gave a great dinner in hon
or of his 39th birthday. Every
part ot the county was repre
sented at the celebration.
The occasion was a complete
surprise to the genial sheriff,
Mrs. Moxley and his friends hav
ing worked it up ‘unbekaowst” '
to him.
A large taole was erected on
the lawn and laden to its capa
city with the fat of the land.
Alter a prayer and short talk by
Rev J. E. Robinson the people
helped themselves to the good
things to ear.
As the day faded into night,
reluctantly, one by one, the
guests left for their homes, wish
ing iheir genial host many more
happy birthdays.
A Heinous Crime
’ Jim Maples, of Pinehurst,
white, aged about 32 years, is in
jail at Carthage or a charge of
criminal assault.
His wife, about 30 yeais old
and woman of good ch r,
charges that Maples held her
and forced her to submit while
; a negro? Jake Smith, assaulted
her. The attack occured at her
home in Pinehurst, where the
negro is said to have delivered
whiskey to Maples.
Maples was placed in jail in
default of $5,000 bond and otiic
ers are Searching for the negro
who is said to be a blockader.
j Since the above was put in
type a news dispatch says that
Mrs. Maples has denied the
charges against her husband.
New Sleeping Car
Seivice Announced
The inauguration of a new
j Pullman sleeping car line be
Itw^en Goldsboro and Cincin
| nati via Raleigh, Greensboro,
: High Point, Salisbury, Ashe
ville, Knoxville, Barriman,
j Tenn., and Danville, Ky , has
| been announced by the South
! era Railway company.
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! 7
Samuel Gompcrs was re elect
; ed president of the American
' Federation of L lborover his op
! ponent, John J. Lewis, by a large
' majority the past week.