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VOL. XXVII. . VAJDKINVTELP, YADKIN CO., ft. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,1921 - \ -N0.31 |7
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-State News Items
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-r A grandstand at the baseball
ab^ark at ShGSjy was wrecked by
windstorm Che past weekend
several persons hurt,
Four companies of national
guard went into camp at Camp
Glenn yesterday. Tney will re
gain in camp until the 28th.
It is hoped to have President
Pardin&attend the State Fair
at Raleiglrthis year. The dates
are October 17 to 22, and it is
hoped to have Mr. Harding
speak on one of these days.
The Old Hickory Fair will 6e
held at Lexington OctobeHl to
14.
Dewey Bost, Arthur Aldridge
and Paul Rooks were sentenced
last week in Iredell Superior
court to serve 21) years each at
hard labor in the penitentiary.
The three ipen beat up James
Norman, a jitney driver, and
took his car from him.
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Will Whitley, aged 40, a prom
inent merchant of Greene coun
ty, was shot and killed at his to
bacco barn one night last week.
There is no clue as to the guilty
party.
W. L. Pettigrew, a Reiasville
barber, committed suicide last
week by shooting himself at his
home there. v -
Senator J. E. Kanipe, of Ma
lian, has been appointed super
visor of the third divison by Mr.
Blair. This division embraces
15 counties in western North
Carolina.
Mrs. WVH. Stewart, wife of
Editor Stewart of the Carolina
Watchman, Salisbury, has be
come totally blind. She is un
dergoing treatment by specialist
*anu u is hoped her sight may be
restored.
John Holland, 18 years old,*of
Bessemer ^ity, was killed a few
days ago when he w'as struck a
blow by Dawson Hull while
engaged in a friendly boxing
match,
1 he Danbury Reporter says
the tobacco crop in the Buck
isiaud hills section of Stokes
con;,!,} is as liae us ever grown,
hut in other sections of? the
chuuy the crop is almost a fail
ure.
r Sin rif f Shelton, of Slokes, cut
up ami sola at auction last week
a bunch oi captured stills. The
stihs or ought a >out $65.
F-ota tfai* - to one-half a
crop ot tobacco is reported in
fctoKvs county.
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v-r'jju tobacco the Lumber
tor Linrket is sai- to have sold
lei lair prices Ur week, some
seiiini: tor35 cent. Ye pound.
YvYKington is ' have a $100.
00d fountain. 1 fountain is
to l e erected as a ‘iiioiial to
Mr. and yfrs. W. ; Kenan by
their son. . *
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^ *K* borer worm reported
to doing much dam ?• to corn
in s'::te sections of > ate.
Two little girls w ^ : died by
a to1t oMighniugamber
ten Saturday. Sr-t. ' other
PeTSc ns were seve J • V hocked
by iLjijoU,
^•textile sirikt C ncast
lias btey ... , and
the rfo^ls are reporjL. : o run
niv i lull time lull
ftjic. oi operatives.
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, C igeHauser, at
MiLvoiai N. Y., took his sweet
er. , Miss Mildred Armstrong,
for a sail.the other day. *When
the., were 3,000 feet high he
% ‘proposed and shejsaid hesitated;
at 3JO#, feet shp ^aid “Yes.”
They will be married <at or ce.
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Rode an Ox Ten Miles to
Attend FjUneral * <
In tlfe vast number of auto
mobiles and other vehicles that
crowded the Union-church yard
| at Mr. E. C. Mayberry’s funeral
a lone ox was conspicuous for
his presence. He was tethered
back from the crowd. He had
brought Clarinda Sale, an aged
Colored woman, to the funeral.
Ten miles had meant nothing
tp those who traveled in their
automobiles, but ten miles on
the back of an-ox meant hard- j
ship to Clarinda. But she had
nursed the deceased when he
was a baby and she had made
the trip to pay the respect that
only a “black mammy” can pay
to those whom she feels a per
sonal interest in.
It mattered not to Clatinda
that she had long been tooth
less; that her “specks’* had been
badly shattered and were tied
together with rag strings. She
had to be there to bid Mr. Ciar'
ence God speed on the long
journey. Alter the services
were over she mounted" tlje ox
and returned over the teh miles
to her home,
WilBuyThe Oteen Hospi
tal at Asheville
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Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon announced a few days
ago that the government will
buy the Oteen property at Ashe*
ville, make the hospital a perm
anent institution, and authoriz
ed the expenditure of $700,000
in constructing new buildings.
It is said it will be made the
largest and most up to-date gov
ernment hospital in the country.
The property is now under
lease. All ot the present build
ings will be replaced with sani
tary lire proof structures.
Buck Shoals Items
A'saw here, owned by a Mr.
Church, of Ron da, was destroy
ed by fire a few days ago. Also
about 150,000 feet of lumber"was
burned. The loss is estimated
at about $30,000, willj, no insur
ance. Origin of fire \ up known.
Jack Allied, who has been ill
with appendicitis, seems to im
prove slowly. , '
. Geoige Cook was given a
birthday dinner Sunday. A
lar«p crowd «"-■-« —
.iw4. ji uua l'.atuan
Trivitte attended the Winston
Salem district conference of the
M, t. church at Newton last
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Herbert S. Bain, wor^i -wai3
veteran, has mysteriously disap
peared from his home at Ounn.
It is feared he met with foul
play.
The boll weevil is said to be
doing great damage to the cot
ton crop in the guff coast re
gion., '
Executrix’s Notice
The undersigned, having duly
qualified as executrix of the es
tate of E. C. Mayberiry, deceas
ed, iate of Yadkin county,
North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the estate of E. C. Mayberry, de
ceased, to file same with the
undersigned on or before, the
f>ih day of August-1922, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persom in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This July 27th, 192i,
Mr*. A. j. Myers,
Executrix.
Williams & Reavis, Att’ys.
J. C. Sullivan Passed
Away Sunday Night
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Mr. J. Cla^rk Sullivan, widfely
known citizen of Winston-Sa
lem, djed' at his home, there Sun
day night. He had been con
fined to his room only a few
days, but had been in declining
health for sevetal months. The
direct cause of his death was
pnemonia. *
I Mr. SullIVan, who was %
years old, was bornin Da vidson
county. He moved to States
ville in early manhood and liv
ed there for many years. He
sery'ed in the federal revenue
service for several years.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. R. T. Holbrook, of- Win
ston-Salem, with whom he
made his home. Interment
was in Statesville Tuesday.
Two Btowneo ' '
; * At Wrightsville
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Miss Louise Sloan, of States
ville, and Marion Avant, of
Wilmington, were drowned at
Wrightsville EeaCh Sunday
morning. The Jodies Were re
covered.
The body of Miss Sloan was
found floating on the surface,
face downward. The body of
Miss Ava*.t floated ashore, half
mile away.
Miss Sloan, who was 21 years
old, was the daughter of Mr.
^and Mrs. Jas. L. Sloan, of
Statesville, and was visiting rel
atives at Wilmingtqn. Funeral
and burial *were at Statesville
Tuesday.
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas, God in His infinite
wisdom and allwise power has j
seen fit to remove from our pres
ence our beloved member and
secretary of this board, E. C.
Mayberry, who died in St. Lukes
Hospital, Richmond, Va., July
21, f92l. N
Now, therefore, be it resolved,
First: That weJ the Board of
Road Commissioners ofYadkinr
county, in regular meeting as
sembled, August 8, 1921, do
hereby express bur great appre
ciation of the good, faithful and
efficient service of Mr. Mayber
ry as a member of tK;: bond,
who was always ready and-will
ing to assume any responsibility
of the duties of the board. , -
Second; That this board has
lest a godti and faithful servant,
and the county Of Yadkin a
worthy citizen whose example
as public official and privase cit
izen, we should all emulate.
Third: And be it further re
solvedHhat this sejsolution be
spread upon the minutes of this
board and_acopy delivered to
the father.of our deceased mem
ber, and to the Yadkin Ripple. -
-C. S. REA$IS,
Chairm’n of Board.
D. G.'WAGONER,
Sec. to Board. >
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Steamship Goes Down in
Pacific. Many Drowned
The steamship, Alaska, struck
a rock in the Pacific Saturday
night and sank in about half an
hour. Forty-eight of the 215
passengers are, missing.
The ship was bound from
Portland, Ore^to San Francisco
when the accidedt occured.
A dense fog concealed the
treacherous rocks off Blunt’s
Reef, where the rocks projects
far into the ocean, \yhen the
crash came. _.J
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Or. Alexander Against
Co-operative Marketing
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, former
presideBl of the Farmers’ Union
spoke to a picnic crowd at Guil
ford battleground a few days
ago apd bitterly denounced the
farmers^co-operative marketing
plan. t
He declared that all the farm
ers might sign up for co-opera
tive marketing but it would do
no good for the financial agenc
ies would still price the pro
ducts. '
“That smart young lawyer,
Sapko, of California, has told
the North Carolina farmers
what was accomplished in the
co operative marketing of citrus
frnitsifl California and only a
few farmers grow it. Compare
only a few thousand farmers
with the thousands^ of farmers
all over the state of North Caro
lina and there is "no parallel.
The problem in California was
one of distribution and after this
was solved the citrus was ship
ped only where there was a de
mand for it. Sapiro did not tell
the North Carolina farmers that
thousands of bushels of citrus
fruit was rotting in the orchards
of California. The papers have
not printed out that the co
operative plan has fallen down.
Tell me that farmers who make"
crops two-thirds of which are
made on credit can control
prices by a co-operative plan?”
The co-operative plan of
marketing's fallen down, the
speaker pointed out, because
there are live million peopie idle
and live million people with
wages cut and.Uuropean manu
facturers are on* the verge of
bankruptcy with consumption
almost on a starvation ba'sis.
World’s Champion
Coffee Drinker
Uncle Lem Bennett, of Ger
manton, Route 1, is, according
td all available records, the
greatest coffee drinker on eaith.
He says he drinks the beverage
three times a day, 6 cups to the
meal, 18 cups a day, on the av
erage, but sometimes he drinks
more thanr this, as in the night
he fr< 4 \y keeps the pot siz
zling on the stove, and . drink§
copiously.
U-ncle Lem says that he has
consumed coffee on this scale
practically all his life, with the
exception of a few years when
he drank whiskv7* averaging a
quart a day, and-during this
period he did not use sd much
of the narcotic. Estimating his
consumption of coffee through
out his life, upon the average
above quoted, ^ being now 78
years of age, he has drank no
less than 17,232 gallons.—Dan
bury Reporter.
Two Instantly Killed When
Car Turns Over
James Smith, white chauffeur
for Kirk’s Transfer Co., of Salis
bury, was instantly killed, a neg
ro woman was also killed, and
another negro woman and a ne
gro man was seriously and
probably fatally injuries as a re
sult^ a Buick touripg car over*
turning down an embankment
on the highway three miles east
of that city late Friday after
noon. The negroes were pas
sengers in the car which was op
its way to the city when the ad
curred.|
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Al! Business Ceases While]
Lovers Pass By •
Business in this block cwas
very near thrown into constern
ation yesterday morning when a
young good looking couple
camb walking up Main street
holding hands and shoWing oth
er* evidences of being afflicted
wifK that disease of the'dieart
commonly known as “love,”
This case was not different
from many others that have hap
pened since that An&el of ■ old
took a rib-from the side of man
and made woman, only this one
was what you might call public
courting and don’t give a cuss
who sees it In other words
they just fiejd hands and courted
on the same as if they had been
tramping through some flowery
lovers lane with only the birds
and butterflies to watch their ec
static movements, such only as
is indulged in by those afflicted
as stated above.
So much for the lovers; let
them go on their way rejoicing;
we will move to the business
ceased while the dual proces
sion waltzed by. Business could
go~hang, if i: liked, but this
must be sfeen. perhaps with en
vy, perhaps with delight, but it
should not gf> unnoticed. The
onlookers, mind you, were not
all young folk#; some of them
were griay headed; some walked
^dth a cane; some wore, no hair
at all, but they all manifested
the same interest; men whom
you would thiqk had forgotten
the entrancing days of court
ship,- who, you would guess,
thought only of business. But
not so, the pink of youth re-ap
peared, the fire et love again
showed in their eyes and all
were young once more/ ^
But the lovers passedfrom the
streets to their machine on the
square and sat for hours enjoy
ing the cool breezes of this rare
crimate; the stride of the beau
tiful old oaks That stand vigil
over the red brick court house
in which so many hopes and
wishes have faded into convict
stripes, and where the stern
voice of a seemingly rude judge
sends piercing words through
innocent and guilty souls alike;
but nothing bothered them; they
thought only gf each other,
the^ were wrapped in the love
| of each, other; they were ab
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ances of love s peculiar grip,
So tar US they Were Concerned
the rest of jhe world could go
b3 » great problems of church
and state meant nothing 1o
tjiem; the Bolshevics o^Russia
could take the world; the Chin
ese'tould starve by the thous
and; the tax burdens of thel
country*cou>d all be bundled to
gether and thrown into the Po
tomac river; but they would lov£
on, they cared not, and we
glory in Jheir devotion,
We do not know vthem; they
disappeare'd as mysteriously as
they came; but wherever they
may be we wisfr them w'ell;
may their ardent devotion of
young.andf tender years bind for
a thousand years and th if ex
ample of unsullied love be l'm- !
parted to miilions where only
deceit, intrigue and dollars
counted or deducted; ihey were
happ& they wde iunowm; they
were iuu^iiiEg . iC vuriu
i laughed with them, ana so. moie
it he. “Where courting in i1
Ford is happiness it is fully to
owu a mansion.4’ <
I The Panama canal tolls the
i past fiscal yea** amounted to ihe |
I enormous sum of $11,276,390. (
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C. E. Holcomb Died
Saturday in Elkin
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Mr. Calvin Eli Holcomb died
suddenly about 10:30 Saturday
night at his home in Elkio. ^
Mr. rfoleomb was 53 years ofd. *
He ft’as a,son of Mr. and Mrs. ;
Daniel M. Holcomb, and was
Dorn and reared near Longtown
this county.' He moved to Elk
in some 18 or 20 years ago and
for many years had been a mem
ber of tbe firm of Holcomb :
Brothers, wholesale grocers, of
Elkin.
He was a man devoted to bis
family, of rare personality and „
an ardent churdh worker. He
was always ready to help any
worthy cause oP individual in
need of help. ■ ;
Funeral and interment were
at Elkin, Rev. W. H. Baucomb
conducting the services.
Surviving are the wife, and
two son/and two daughters and
several' brothers and sisters.
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Died From Effects of a
Sn^ke Bite
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Mr. J. P. Binkley, a farmer re
siding near Lewisville, died Fri
day afternoon from the effects
of a bite from a ccpperhead
snake three weeks ago. He had
been unconscious for two weeks.
Mr. Binkley was storing pota
toes in his celler when bitten, a
doctor was sent for but about
six hours elapsed before his ar^
rival. ✓ x .
Mr. Binkley was 74 years old
and is survived by his wife and
two daughters.
Funeral and interment were '
at Warner’s Chapel Saturday
afternoon.
Couldn’t Fool Pat /
A gentleman sent his Irish
servant to a neighboring groce
ry to get a demijohn.
“Misther Crawford sent me1*
here to get a dimmercrat!” said .3
Pat.
“A\yhat!” exclaimed tne
tonished shop keeper.
“A dimmercrat,’’'repeated the *
Irishman. •- -
%“NovV wasn’t it a demijohn
that he sent you to get?”
“And sure its fooling wid me
j< *hc difference?
Jsn’t it all the same thing wheth
er hVfi dimihefcf&t or a demi
john, it’s something’'!© hoki bad
whiskey anyhow.”
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Office Hurts Many Men
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Franklin- K. Lane, after 15
years in the‘public seryice, died _
leaving his family only $10,000. '
He was well-to-do when he *
went into office, but politics i
nibbled away his accumula^ ’ ft
tions until af his death, after'
valuable services to his-country, ~
his estate yields his widow. an<|.) v>
children a bare $50 a month. t i
Office holding has done 1ha£
and worse, to many a good man.
How many men who seek and
Jlad a political job, enjoy it for
f hi"* eight or twelve ya.rs/. re
private life only to find
■ ir*mselves unfitted for the task 1 '
a t a ruing a living against go n- f
; K>on? There is no competi- • ’
lion iu office. The 'salary is— ’
regular, and’the p. oplfe pay the
freight, lint uitraf^rmath!
On the whole the proportion
of men who suffer financially
and in business efficiency by ot
ticerholding, is perhaps as ten to
one.
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