Ml MUN'CH COSTUME PARADE
He looks just tike one of the flg
Bres on those old-fashioned German
clocks—but really he is a very modern
resident of Munich. The quaint cos
tume and quainter "bicycle'—a true
heirloom—are accounted for by the
fact that he is taking part in a recent
costume parade and festival in Mu
. nich. All costume societies in Bavaria
and Wurttemberg took part in the
festival.
Does Graze With Cattie.
. Hazleton. Pa.—Two does astray
from the state game preserve *in the
Hickory Run section are grazing with
the cattie on ihc farm of Rnnsome
Young in Butler valley, north of Ha
zleton. They arc so tame that they
can be approached without diiticnity.
Georgia's Smudge Fish to
Rid Spain of Mosquitoes
Madrid. — Minnows imported
into Spain from Augusta. Ga.,
may eradicate mosquitoes which
carry malaria in many districts
in Spain. Experiments have
been conducted for the purpose
of acclimating tin- fish, and it. is
found that the work of scientists
in the direction has been suc
cessful.
The minnows which belong to
the species Gambusia Ailins, are
known to iced upon the tnrvae of
morqnRocs and hope is ex
nr s-'',) that they wil! prove an
eficic.it weapon agatnst malaria.
PtCKS "CUSSERS" FOR RiSKS
profane, Fat and Married Men Are
^ Most Reiiabie, According to
^ Surety Man.
^ Atlantic City.—Profane men. fat
men and, above all, married men, are
considered best risks by surety corn
panic t - Derick '? "o . ,
representative of the National Surety
company of New York.
I'rofane men, he said, give vent to
their cussedness by cussing and rarely
appropriate to their own use other peo
ple's money. Fat men arc good feed
ers and after surrounding a sirloin
'steak pat their stomachs affectionate
ly. lick their chops and are too satis
fied nith the world in genera) to indict
harm on their fellow met). Married
men, because of the io\o- the' d'-m
their v*fves ami fami!' :n -to -
honest than bachelors - " -
6 to 1.
Mew York Zoo Has Albino
Rattlesnake on Display
New York. — The Zoological
park in the Bronx has on exhi
bition a white rattiesnake found
in the Berkshire hiils. The snake
is about twelve inches long, has
pink eyes and is said to be an
atbino. /,It is about a year and a
baif At the park it is re
gard# 8H a great curiosity since
in'* 'P^P^ast twpnty-one years
therenas been no report of such
a white rattier. The snake is
transparent when held to the
tight. Haynund L. Ditmar:..
curator of reptiles, discovered
ibe snake. He was uuabie to
capture it when it ran into a
rock piie. He made another trip
and met an amateur snake hun
ter, Boies Smith of SheiHeld,
Mass., who promised to see that
tbe arake was captured and ful
tiiied his promise.
State News Items
John Whitman, aged 35, drop
ped dead Wednesday in his yard
at Salisbury. Heart failure.
An examination for postmast
er at Wilkesboro will be held
there August 13.
Seventy moonshine stills have
been destroyed in Wake county
in the past three months.
A report from Washington
says that Camp Bragg will be
abandoned. Camp Jackson is
also to go.
The tobacco markets in east
ern Carolina opened last week.
Good tobacco is reported to be
bringing good prices.
The Carolina Ship yards at
Wilmington were sold last
week to the Maryland Wreck
ing Co.
Weldon Glenn, of Greensboro
was drowned in a lake near
Richmond last week while in
swimming.
The peach crop in the sand
hill counties is reported bounti
ful. The crop is now being
gathered and shipped.
Salisbury is planning to buy
the Whitehead-Stokes sanatori
um there and turn it into a city
hospital.
The mid-winter session of the
North Carolina Tress Associ.t
tion will be held in Winston
Salem.
Elizabeth City has a new aft
er paper, the Evening journal.
Mr. Shackel, formerly of Win
ston-Salem, is managing editor.
Members of labor organiza
tions in Asheville contributed
one day's pay last week to the
textile strikers at Charlotte,
Concord and Kannapolis.
Winston Salem has sold $325,
OCO water, sewer and street im
provement bonds to the Wa
chovia Bank and Trust Co. of
that city.
The Lexington hosiery mills
arc reported to be rushed with
orders. The mills are running
full time with a full force of op
cratives.
Charles Nooc, of Beaufort,
was struck on the head by a
pitched ball at a game there last
week. He died almost instant
ly.
Louis Poteat, aged 31, of Ma
rian, was killed last week by a
dj namite explosion while en
gaged in road construction work
m Tennessee.
Sidney Kincaid who cut his
wife's throat while drunk ne:tr
Morganton last week will be
tried for his life next week in
Burke Superior court.
Dr, Peacock, freed murderer
of Policeman Taylor at Thomas
ville, has grown tired of the in
sane department of the peniten
tiary and wants to be removed
to one of the state hospitals.
R. H. Kluttx, foreman of the
car department of the Southern
Railway shops at Spencer, suf
fered a stroke of paralysis last
week. His condition is report
ed as critical.
Mrs. J. E. Efird, mother of the
Messrs. Efird, of the Efird de
partment stores, died at her
home at Polkton Wednesday.
She is survived by the husband
and ten children.
Down m Raleigh there is an
old rock quarry filled with wat
er. Some days ago an automo
bile was found in it. lnvestiga
tion proved that there were 2
number of cars in the pool tha
had been reported stolen anc
the insurance collected or
' them.
W. H. Bird, city sanitary of
ficer at Asheville, was discharg
ed from office last week. He is
charged with accepting a bribe
in the sale of some city proper
ty. 4
Ed Sneed, colored, of Bruns
wick county, shot and killed his
wifeJast Sunday, hid her body
in a swamp, then attended Sun
day school of which he was
superintendent.
John A. Cuthrell, aged 20
years, of near New Bern, was
caught in a saw at a mill he
was working at Wednesday and
was sawed to pieces. He is sur
vived by a wife and baby.
The report that the south was
suffering.from pellagra due to
famine and poverty is stoutly
denied by health departments
of all southern states. There
are fewer cases reported in this
state than for several years.
J. N. Roberts, a farmer of the
King section, sat down on the
tracks of the A. & Y. railroad at
King and fed asleep. Several
bones were broken and one lung
badly lacerated. He may re
cover.
Employers and stiikers of the
Concord cotton mills failed to
agree at a conference held last
week and as a result the mills
will remain closed. Some of
the mills have been closed since
February.
B^rt Slate and Ed Watson j
biokejail at Mount Airy and
made their escape Wednesday
night. They were charged with
robbing a store at White Plains
some time ago.
Judge Boyd has issued an in
junction against J. W. Bailey,
collector of internal revenue,
restraining him from selling
property to satisfy assessments
made against persons in the
Western district by the commis
sioner of revenue and the com
missioner of prohibition for al
legged violations of the Vol
stead prohibition act.
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy are protesting
against the use of Muxzey's
history book in the schools. It
is claimed the book is unfair to
the south.
Rev. Ennis Pearson, pastor of
a church near Wilson, was shot
and killed from ambush near
his home last week. The guilty
parties are unknown, but it is
thought to be the work of
moonshiners.
Police Chief Proctor and two
other policemen of Durham,
were suspended for ten days
without pay for firing upon an
automobile one night last week.
Proctor resigned immediately.
'Russel P. Bryson, wife and lit
tle daughter were captured in
Columbia, S. C., last week and
brought to Lexington and plac
ed in jail. They are charged
an automobile from J. B. Evans
at Lexington.
Iredell Superior court is in
session this week. Dewey Bost,
Arthur Aldridge and Paul Rook
are to be tried for beating up
James Norman, a jitney driver
of Concord, near Statesville
some weeks ago.
Congress is talking three-cent
postage ag<pn as a means to
raise re venue.
One person was poisoned to
death and several made desper
ately sick in New Orleans last
week by eating ice cream made
in a dirty freezer.
Rev. Chas. T. Walker, said to
be the oiggest negro preacher
in the world, died^at his home
^ in Augusta, Ga., Thursday. He
^ had traveled extensively in Eu
rope and the Holy land.
Tobacco Growers
Sign up Rapi<!!y
At an enthusiastic mass meet
ing at. the courthouse Monday
five hundred tobacco growers of
the county unanimously indors
ed the cooperative marketing
contract for tobacco and pledg
ed their support in putting the
organization into effect in Yad
kin county. The meeting was
addressed by C. C Zimmerman,
instructor in rural life, from the
State Agricultural College, at
Raleigh, it was the most en
thusiastic meeting ever held in
the county. It is estimated that
the interest in the county has in
creased tenfold in the last
month. After hearing the ad
dress the growers agreed to get
behind the movement and push
it over the top for the required
fifty per cent in the next two
weeks. Many signed the con
tracts Monday and almost unan
imously they promised to sign
when the campaign reached
their communities and ask their
neighbors to sign with them.
The campaign under the di
rection of Mr. Zimmerman, has
been proceeding rapidly the past
week and is gaining consider
able headway. So far one mil
lion pounds of tobacco has been
signed up which is onc-iourth
of the county's production, and
is one-half the required fifty per
cent lor the cooperative market
ing association. Bo o n v i 11 e
township, the largest tobacco
producing township, has signed
up 90 per cent of its total pro
duction. The following well
known growers carried on the
campaign in Boonville town
ship: Messers A. S. Speer,
Frank Reece, A. B. Hobson,
Bud Holcomb and John Brown.
Several school districts in tne
township.went over with 100
per cent.
IS! ext week's campaign is to
be carried on in Libert)*, Fail
Creek, East Bend and Little
Yad-kin townships. A party
consisting of M. W. Mackie, Sid
Vestal, Charlie Reavis, County
Agcht Osborne and C. C. Zim
merman, will hold the following
meetings at which the contracts
will be explained and the grow^
ers signed up
Tuesday, August 2nd.
Uuion Crove, 10 a. w
King Knob, 2 p.m.
Courtney, 8 p. m.
Wednesday, August 3rd.
Piney Ridge, 10 a. m.
Smithtowo, 2 p. m.
South Deep Creek 8 p. m.
Thursday, August 4th.
Enon 10 a. m.
Baltimore, 2 p. m.
Williams, 8 p*m.
Friday, August 5th.
. Wilhelm, 10 a. m.
Walls, < 2 p. m.
Taylors, 8 p. m.
Saturday, August 6th.
West Bend, 3 p. m.
The growers who are behind
this movement are asking that
their brother farmers lay aside
their work and participate in
these meetings and help carry
the sign-up over the required
fifty per cent in the next week.
They are asking that the coun
try homes be opened to the party
on the campaign and that ev
eryone sign up as the campaign
goes instead of putting it off.
They recognize that the old auc
tion system pf selling tobacco
has never been sitis'actory to
the farmer and that some way
or other the tobacco farmer
must cease the disastrous
dumping of his crop. They be
The Death of Mr. E. C.
Mayberry
This community has never
had a greater shock than on last
Thursday. July 21, a message
came to us telling of the death
of Mi. E C. Mayberry, who had
gone to a hospital at Richmond,
Va., to undergo an operation.
He was one of the most es
teemed citizens of this commun
ity and will be greatly missed in
every way. He had a smile and
a kind word for everybody, and
was always ready and anxious
to do anything for the upbuild
ing of his country. He was loy
al to his church and Sunday
school. At the time of his
death he was a teacher of a
large class of young men who
loved him dearly.
He is survived by his father,
Mr. <1. W. Mayberry, and two
sisters, Mrs. Clint Myers and
Mrs. W. T. Myers, of Cycle, and
a host of friends who mourn
their great loss.
His remains were laid to rest
in the Union cemetery in the
presence of about 2500 people.
We extend our deepest sympa
thy to the bereaved one.
A NEIGHBOR.
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas, the life of man is
scarce the twinkle of a star in
God's eternal day, and "then
cometh the end."
Whereas, our Brother, E. C,
May berry, has been called from
us to labor in the Lodge Celes
tial; and in his passing through
the East Gate, Oak Grove Lodge
hasdoata.worthy member, and
this community a valuable and
esteemed citizen; and there falls
a shadow o'er the threshold of
the many to whom he had en
deared himself.
Therefore be it resolved; That
we bow in humble submissim
to the added burden which is
ours because of his going.
That this Lodge proffer its
sincere sympathy to the be
reaved family arm friends.
That the usual badge of
mourning be worn for thirty
days, and that conies of these
resolutions be spread upon the
minutes of Oak Grove Lodge,
sent to the family, and to the
Yadkin Ripple, the Winston-Sa
lem Journal and the Wilkes Pa
triot.
Respucttuuy,
S. G. Crater,
A. A. Burgess,
J. A. Howard.
Joyner Family Reunion
A family reunion was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
loyner on Route 1 Sunday, the
occasion being the 64th birth
day anniversary of Mrs, Joyner.
A large crowd was preseut.
All the children and grand-chil*
dren were present except Mrs.
Maggie Wilkins, of Statesville,
and Mr. Claude R. Joyner, of
Tennessee.
A bountiful dinner was serv
ed picnic style and everyone em
joyed the occasion to the ut
most.
believe cooperative marketing
along the commodity line is the
only solution because the indiv
idual farmer does rot hold his
crop but sells it to the coopera
tive association where it is mer
chandised and the additional
profits turned over to the farm
er. They expect Yadkin coun
ty to sign 90 per cent of its pro
duction to the cooperative asso
ciation in the next month.
County Commissioners
Make The Tax Levy
The Board of County Com
missioners and Board of Educa
tion met in joint session Monday
and fixed the tax levy for the
1921 taxes. The Board of Edu
cation suggested the school levy
and was approved by the com
missioners. The levy is as fol
lows:
For schools 35c
For county 15c
Interest and sinking
fund oo bonds 30c
Road maintainance
and bridges 20c
Poll tax $2.00; $1.50 being for
schools and 50 cents for county.
The assessed va!ue of the real
and personal property for 1921
$9,000,000.00 and 2,000 polls, the
above levy will raise for school
purposes $34,500, county $14,
500, interest and sinking funds
an the $352,000 road and bridge
bonds $27,000 and road main
lainance and bridges $18,000,
making a total tax of $94,000,00.
Birthday Dinner
A birthday dinner was given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. -
Giles Davis last Sunday, the oc
casion being the birthday anni
versary of Miss Frankie Davis.
A large table was erected cn
the lawn and laden with the fat
of the land. Mr. E. J. Eaton
read from the 34th Psalm and
offered prayer, after which ev
eryone helped themselves to the
good things to eat.
A large crowd of relatives and
friends were present.
"Cyclone Mack" Vistts The
Yeiiow Jacket
Rev. Baxter McLendon, the
noted evangelist conducting a
meeting at North Wilkesboro,
paid a visit to the Yellow jack
et last week and took great in
terest in being shown through
the plant, lie examined the hi
de wooden press of forty years
ago and also the first copy of the
Yellow Jacket that was ever
printed.
He told how he had been a
reader of the Stinger and how
he had always said he intended
to visit the shop if he ever had
the opportunity. He also ^sit
ed the lake where he showed
much interest in watching the
boys and girls (ive.—Cartels
Weekly.
Administrator's Notice
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of W. J.
Prim, deceased, late of Yadkin
county, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having
claims agaiust the estate of W.
j. Prim, deceased, to file same
the undersigned on or before
the 27th day of July, 1922, or
his notice will he pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said .estate will
please make immediate pay
ment.
This July 27th, 1921.
W. W. Woodruff,
Administrator.
Williams & Reavis, Atty's.
The Marshall Field Co. are
building a gigantic cotton mill
at Stuart, Va. The mill will be
run by water power.
More than 3,000 men have
bsen been discharged from
Camp Jackson. There ar^aow
p,445 officers and men at the
'camp.