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YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, JULY M, !921
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NO. 27
LUTKACY
Decrease of From 22.9 to 16.1
Per Cent in Ten Years
Shown in Aiabama.
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HEGLME !N OTHER STATES
Marked Improvement !e Shown in the
} Education of the Negro Peputa
tion in the Southern States—
Funde Are L!m!ted.
& Wash!n^ton.—Th^t iHiteracy is
waaaing in this country fs indicated by
* survey of eariy reports from the cen
Wus ofBce by Sara L. Doran for the
Bureau of Education of the United
States. The figures for Aiabama, Ar
kansas, Deiaware and the District of
Columbia have been pubiished and ail
ef them show substantiai improvement
Since 1810.
In Aiabama the proportion of per
sons ten years oid and more who can
uot write in any language has dropped
from 22.9 per cent to 16.1 per cent:
In Arkansas from 12.6 per cent to 9.4 )
per cent, in Delaware from 8.1 per
cent to 5.9 per cent, in the District of
Columbia from 4.9 per cent to 2.8 per
Cent.
"The condition is even more encour
aging then the Sgures that relate to
the total population seem to indicate,"
continues the investigator, "for it is
evident that the coming generation of^
native Americans wiii he practically
free from illiteracy in nearly every
part of the country.
"Alabamans have been constantly
mindful of the evils of iHiteracy dur
ing the last 20 years. The census of
1900 showed a marked increase in the
actual number of illiterates in the pre
vious decade. The figures were pub
lished widely throughout the State and
the people awakened to the fact that
the public school system was not hold
ing its own. Tim resuit was shown in
the census returns of 1910. The ten
dency to increase in numbers which
had appeared previously was entirely
overcome, the iiiiterates were reduced
by 91,880 and, the proportion of il
literates in the total population was
cut from 84 per cent to 22.9 per cent.
Government Heips.
"These numbers were recognized as
much too high, and the agitation for
universal education continued. This
Culminated in a survey of educational
conditions throughout the state under
the direction of the United States
Commissioner of education and a gen
eral revision of the laws In consonance
Vrith the recommendations of the sur
vey commission. Alabama's first com- !
pulsory education iaw was passed in i
1915, and an iHiteracy commission was
established in the same year. It has
Wince been engaged in direct efforts
to educate iiiiterates.
"The money available for these pur
poses has been limited, however, for
the Snances of the state have not been j
In an entirety satisfactory condition, ;
at!d the efforts of education have been
hampered by that fact. No state money '
has yet been appropriated for the U- }
literacy commission, although it was '
established by legislative action; ad '
tua& irum private sources.
'It i$ well known that the greater '
part of the Illiteracy that exists In the
southern states is among the negroes, j
In 1800, seven negroes in every ten iu
Alabama were unable to write. This
proportion has been reduced at every
Census since that time, and in 1920 it ;
yas three in every ten. Nearly 211,000
Alabama negroes were reported illiter
ate in that year. A similar lack of
education prevails to an undue extent
)Mnong the native white people of the ,
Mate; 67,287 of them cannot write. ;
That number is 6.4 per cent of the
Native white population over ten years j
*i age.
^ "^yith a much smaller proportion of
Negroes in her population, Arkansas
May be expected to excel the showing
Made by Alabama in the education of
her citizens. The number of taxpayers
Nmong negroes is relatively small in
the southern s%$tes §nd (he amount
Viey pay in school taxes is not enough
to maintain their own schools. The
whites, therefore, must educate not
lonly their own children, but those of
the negroes as well.
"Arkansas has within her borders
}121,837 persons ten years old or over
ptrho cannot read; 40,753 of them are
pative whites and 79,245 are negroes.
The percentages of the corresponding
total population are 4.6 per cent, an 1
^1.8 per cent, respectively. Clearly,
Arkansas is better oft educ^ ionally
than Alabama. ^
"Like Alabama, and presumably
Many other states, Arkansas has much
less of illiteracy in the cities than in
^he rural portions of the state.
"NegrOes constitute only 13.0 per
&ent of the population of Delaware.
And the proportion is decreasing.
State News Items
W. C. Ha!l, of Johnston coun
ty, has raised an ear of corn
with six different colors of ker
nels on it. The colors are red,
white, blue, gray, pink and yel
low. *
A Jersey cow belonging to
Mrs. J. R. Matthews, of Raleigh,
gave birth to twin calves July 2.
It being the day of the Dempsey
Carpentier battle, the calves
were named after the pugilists.
Ought to make fine cattle when
they grow up.
A. C. Huneycutt, an experien
ced newspaper man of Albe
marle, has bought the Mocks
vtlle Enterprise and will contin
ue the paper as a Democratic
weekly.
Walnut (Jove puts out the
wo rd that it has the eldest man
in the country in the person of
*'Uncle" Ludlow Joyce, colored.
Joyce says he is 126 years old
and can see to thread a needle
without glasses. He says he ex
pects to live a hundred years
longer.
A Ford automobile driven by
G. L. McKnight near Moores
villc was struck by lightning
during an electric storm a few
days ago. The two men in the
cai escaped injury.
"Cyclone Mack" the noted
evangelist, will begin a revival
at North Wilkesboro Sunday.
Otto Clanton, aged 16 years,
son of Reyt Mr. Clanton, of
dliddenite, was drowned in the
Catawba river last Friday. He
was with a fishing party and got
into deep water.
Frank H. Fleer, the miilion
arie chewing gum manufacturer
of Philadelphia, was married in
Gastonia Saturday to Miss Wil
lis Jeukins, of that city.
Editor Wade H. Harris, of the
Charlotte Observer, has been
named president of the North
Carolina Railroad, Editor Archi
bald Johnson, of Charity and
Children, secretary and treasur
er.
James Fagg, general manager
of the Spray cotton miks, was
seriously injured Sunday aker
noon when his automobile went
over an embankment near
Spray. A young may riumg)
with him was also pammky in- j
jured. j
1, CQuitm, prominent cid-'
zenandiiu^inesa man of
eigh, \va ;nm down a- u ki'icd]
by a train near Rd'cigh Fuc^day !
afternoon !
The Statesviiie Lumber Com-!
party's suwmid at Rtnmoou as
destroyc<f by fire Friday night.;
About feet of lumber
was destroyed, imss about S,
000 wit a no insurarwe.
Mrs. <C tare nee Johnson, of
Raleigh, has been elected com
missioner of public wetfure of
North Carolina. Siie succeeds
R. 1. Ce^sRy who resigned a
few months ago.
Miss Fthcl Terrcii, stn?erin
tcr.dent of pubhc inmntciion in
BurecntLe county, h.-.s resigned
tp get married. She is to many
G.uy V-.'caver, an Ashevtite- m
hirney.
r.c!*y Cab a Rum Cache.
Port fiuron. Mir)'..—John Hamm in:
ef Sarr r/as a rre^by onsUrar oftt
eials v.inio wheeiing a ha! y cab from
a ferry boat. In the cat) on which
the baby rested was a quiit contain
ing 1C pockets in each of which re
posed a bottie of iiquor. With Ham
mond was his wife and two chitdryn.
He stated he was imying a-, house on
the contract p!an. and took up hooxe
smuggiing to raise money. He is em
ployed by the Grand Trunk in Sarnia.
Hammond was niaced in iaii.
Specia) Term Civi)
Court Gomes to End
The special term of Superior
court for the trial of civil cases
begun Tuesday morning and
ended Saturday afternoon. On
ly a few cases weire disposed of
during the week. Below is a
list of cases and their disposi
tion.
H. M. Prim vs Cora Prim,
compromised out of court.
W. M. Storey vs D. E. Dob
bins, mistrial ordered.
Brown-Grier Iron Works vs
Barringer Garage Co., judgment
for plaintiff for $56.14.
Wachovia Bank, executor of
Cicero Tise, vs Furman Carter
and Laura Gadberry, compro
mised.
J. H. Mackie vs J. W. Mackie
and John Harrison, non suit.
Woodbury Whip Co. vs Mes
sick, judgement for plaintiff for
$12.40.
Frank Bryant ys Booker and
Kelley, mistrial ordered.
Messick vs Evans, compro
mised.
W. H. Robertson vs P H.
Norman, judge ordered mistrial
after certain parties were'seen!
talking to one of the jurors.
D. G. Wagoner vs S. R. Blev
ins, verdict for defendant but
verdict set aside and new trial
ordered.
Twin City Motor Co. vs E. C
Dixon, judgement for plaintiff
for $1,047.30 with $200 credit.
Dixon vs Motor Co. judge
ment for Dixon for $300.
Deposit & Savings B%nk vs
J. H. Mackie and J. D. Bowman
j udgement for plaintiff for $10,
000.
P. H. Norman vs Universal
Auto Co., judgement for $375,
defendant appealed to Supreme
court.
A Double Wedding
at Oak Ridge Church
—Miss Ruth Moxley and Rich
ard Brown and Miss Cora Sku
g^rt and Ray Crankii were happi
ly united in marriage at Dak
Ridge -church last SaUnday eve
ning in the presence of a large
crowd of friends. Rev. Billie
Brown performed the cefociomes.
These are some of county's best
people, ike Ripple joins rheir
uty friends mg tuem a
long and happy life.
Wiia Airmans
Ptays Havoc
A big bombing airplane at
Lai pn field, near Moundsvilie,
. a, became uncon trobable
ijst.ojuday and crashed into a
hue - i automobiles parked near
the neld, killing five persons
and 3. tously wounding twenty.
t in nomberwas being pilot
ed by 'facers from the Langley
! (\ a) ih . Id, who were taking the
} macht. aom Cleveland to the
I \ trgmi. field. The exact cause
; oi the i i cident is not known.
! idle \,^unued, many ol them
' eadiy br. ned by the exploding
I ^asoiim anks on the cars, were
!temo\cs. to a hospital where it
' d sad ill.n hope is held out for
t tAr rece -try.
Goes to Hospital
! Mr. h. O. Maybeny, of Cycle,
! h.^ ^o::e to St. Leo's Hospital,
:! icimtond, Va., where he will
- . ..dergoa serious operation,
i Air. Maj berry is one ol the
jrounty'soest citizens and we
' wish for htm a spa uy recovery.
SWINRLERS NET
NEAR M)LL!ON
Atianta, Long Mecca for Slippery
Gang of Crooks, Starts
a Cieanup.
MUROER )S PART OF 6AME
Bankers and Business Men Among the
Victims Lured From Many States
—Raid Reveais Bogus Broker.
ao$ Offices—Poiice Accused.
Atlanta, 6a.—That a dupe Is bom
every minute and that no scheme is so
fantastic that it does not And some
ene—hard headed business (man in
many cases—to fail ,ior it, has been
proved to the satisfaction of every
body in Atianta through revelations
made during the hearing by a council
committee of the activities here ef a
mMiaa dollar bunco gang, who oper
ated, ft is changed, either with the
connivance or through the colossal ig
aorsnce of the poiice department
Tiie heading also has proved that no
aection or locality is exempt from its
erop of dupes. Men with money to
contribute to the support of the gang
that operated in Atianta have come to
this city to be fleeced from Reading
and Philadelphia, from Maryland,
Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Louis
iana, Florida, Ohio, Indiana and Tex
as. Indeed, Texas was very good to
the Atianta seekers for easy money.
Especially was one W. R. Manning, a
dapper young man of Dallas, Tex.,
kindly disposed to the con me^.
And it has been shown that when
money is at stake even murder is not
too high a price to pay in order to
keep it pnd retain liberty. Here is I
the death ''oil of Atianta's bunco
gang: 3
Doctor Blanchard, son of a former
governor of Loulsh na. vvho committed
suicide in Memphis after hosing his
roll.
W. C. Dukes, hanker of Milan. Ga..
who came* to Atlanta to confer with
the gang on an easy money proposal
and mysteriously disappeared:
Ed Mills, member of the gang,
roommate of Floyd P. Woodward, al
iened leader, who was shot and kii'ed
by Woodward because, it is alien d.
llills was tipping De police off to
the operations of the gang.
Charles Dorsey, taxicab driver, wl-o,
It is said, knew too much about the
Miiis killing.
Both Gobel, another witness, was
disposed of when Woodward married
her.
Left Their Rosy Hopes Behind.
Here is a partial iist of the men
who came to Atlanta with roseate
Hopes and who left—if they were
able to get away—heartbroken and
pockets empty:
W. D. Hill, an aged Confederate
veteran, former ordinary of his coun
ty at Clarkesville, Ga.^ who lost about
$2,000. „ s
J A. Nations of Asvfortli, Ga., who
lost $3,500 at the Qecil hotel here in a
game that was framed by Mark Til
lery. recently captured in Texas,
brought hack ftp Atlanta ayd turned
cvc f *W . Jtohn A. Boy'-'
lery was reputed boss of the local
game at one time.
W. R. Manning, from Dallas. Tex.,
lost $7,000.
George W. Wiley of Whitehall, Ya.,
lost $10,000.
D. R. ar W. M. Bland of Drew,
Miss., who contributed $10,000 to the
game.
M.E. Holley of Aiken, S.C., lost
$I1,0<X) and would have lost more had
he been able to get checks cashed, but
a banker friend tipped him off just
in time to keep him from losing $50,
000 more. This was a stock deal, in
which his supposed winnings had run
up in the hundred thousands.
C. T. Madeira of Reading Pa., who
lost $27,000, at one /time had a big
apparent winning, but in the end the
paper profit disappeared and he went
back to Pennsylvania sadder but may
be wiser. In this deal one of Atlan
ta's best-known citizens aided the op
erating gang.
One comparatively old man came to
I Atlanta from Indiana, lost his money
aud is still here. His story was one
of the many already told during the
I four weeks of Investigation of., the
easy money syndicate of Atlanta.
Then there was an Ohio banker who
came to this^city, fell in with smooth,
talkers and attempted to get checks
cashed for approximately $30,000, but
all the gang got him for was $2,000.
Chicago Man Invotved.
'There is the case of Albert H
Thompson of Chicago. Thompson is
being sought on a.larceny charge and
; it is thought that he is in Cuba. So
{ iicitor John Boykin refuses to di
j vulge for the present the details,
s Thompson's indictment was a s^r
} prise, for his wife was known to be
j wealthy. The Thompsons have a Ape
home in ^sheviUe.
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Saturday and Sunday, JMy 30th and 31st
SATURDAY SESSION:
Devotional exercises 10 A. M. by
N. H. Comer Song by Harmony Grove
10:30 Ways of Increasing Sunday School attendance led by R. E.
Holton.
11 Report from different schools, followed by song.
11:30 Appointment of Committee. *
11:45 Program by Oak Ridge School ^
12 M. Dinner on the grounds. Come and bring dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION:
1:30 P. M. Devotional exercise by Rev W. H. Adams.
1:45 Program by Long's School.
2:30 How to hold the young people in the Sunday School, led by
A. L. Speer, followed by a song.
3 P. M. Programs by Bethel Baptist, Gold Springs, Hanes, and
Branon.
4 P. M. Election of officers for next year and reports of com.
Adjourn until eight at 8 P. M.
Devotional exercises by J. E. Roberson.
8:20 How to become a successful superintendent, led by P. J.
Draughn, followed by a quartett.
8:50 Programs by Harmcny and Center.
Adjourn
10 —SUNDAY MORNING—Devotional exercises by W. G.
Edgerton.
10:45 A. M. Sunday School mass meeting.
11 A. M. Annual sermon by Prof. Z. H. Dixon.
12 M. Adjourn.
1:30 P. M. Township Siegers Convention.
W. L. Mackie )
J. M. Hair .Committee.
S. T. Hinshaw '
Center News Items
Several of the Center people
attended the prayer meeting
Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mr. Tom Driver. Services
were conducted by Rev. R. L.
Speers and Rev. Charlie Bry
ant. A large crowd attendee.
Mr. John Whitehead is very
sick at this writing.
Mr. Lee Sprouse went to Win
ston-Salem Monday on business.
There w ill be an ice cream
supper at the home of Annie
Royall next Saturday night,
July 16th. EverybodyInvited.
Bobby Speers and Charlie
Bryant had a large crowd at the
day night.
We are real sorry to say Mrs. j
Marvin Wagoner is real sick at
this writing.
Several people from here at
tended the funeral of Air. F. D.
Holcomb at Mt- Airy Sunday.
Entry Notice
North Carolina
\
Yadkin County
EnEv No.——
Before T. it. Ea
ton, Entry Taker i
The underpinned hies, and
gives this notice of entry of the
following free and unappropriat
ed lands in the said county and
state, bouuded as follows: Begin
ning at the east side of the sand
clay road or Bridge street in the
j town of Jonesville, North Caro
lina, and runs eastward 55 feet to
the old sidewalk on the east side
of the old street, then northward
with the west side of the old Side
walk on the east side of the said
old street 200 feet to a stake, then
westward 70 feet to the edge of
} the sand-clay roafd, then south
! ward along said load to the be
} ginning, containing square
feet.
This April 21st, 1021.
J. S. Mayberry, Claimant.
^ Filed 23rd day of April, 1021, at
' 10:10 a. m.
Yadkin Sunday School
Convention in August
At a recent meeting of the
Sunday School leaders of the
county, officers were named for
the various townships in which
vacancies have occurred. Six
out of seven organized town
ships were represented.
The work for the coming
months was discussed and defi
nite arrangements were made
for holding the Ifadkin County
Sunday School Convention on
Saturday and Sunday, August
27 and 28.
New Durham Mil! to
Manufacture anh He e
The Durham Hosiery Mills,
Inc., has officially announced
that the company will put its
new silk hosiery mill, recently
erected at Durham, in operation
the middle of this month. A
force of 350 workers will open
the mill and additional forces
w ill he addeu later as business
justifies.
Tne mill will manufacture
silk hosiery exclusiely. The
structure is one of the finest mill
buildings in the south, being of
reiniorced concrete, five stories
in height and handsomely deco
rated.
Open Season for Tatles
The plum brandy season has
opened in the Dunn section and
savera! persons down that way
have b.en ^seeing snakes, or
rather one and the sane snake.
The operators of the pium
brandy stiHs have "norated" it
around that there is a monster
moccasin snake inhabiting the
swamps of that section. The
monster is said to be 16 feet
long and measutes 18 inches
around his Manny.
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