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VOL. XXVII. VAOKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER29, 1921 NO.38
State Xew< Items
Asheboro is practicing rigid
water economy on account of
^ the prolonged drought.
* Goldsboro lias bought tire
street railway lines of that city.
The town will operate the lines.
. The annual convention of the
North Carolina Good Roads As
sociation will he held in Greens
boro October 11 and 12.
Mr. N. C. Wilson, of near
King, killed a large rattle snake
in his bam last week that had 8
rattles.
Polkton was visited by a dis
astrous fire last doing $15,000
damage to business houses.
About halt of me loss is covered
by insurance.
Mrs. Melesia Woodington
sued W. A. Roseman, of Salis
bury, for $10,000 dor alienating
her husband’s affections. The
gave her 2 cents.
Wint Manning-, colored, of
Lumberton, was iound dead in
the ioau near that town, “Boot
leg*' liquor was the verdict of
the ccioner’s juiy.
Mrs. Flora Webb was instant
ly killed when struck by a Sea
bow J train near Raleigh Satur
day. She was walking on the
tailroad track when struck.
The trustees of the Childrens
Home, Winston-Salem, will
meet October 5, fo elect a suc
cessor to Superintendent Walter
Thompson who died last Wed
nesday.
A large cotton storage ware
house and several hundred bales
of cotton were destroyed by fire
in Goldsboro last week. Loss is
estimated at $15000, fully cov
ered by insurance.
The Made-in-Carolinas expo
sition at Charlotte is to be made
an annual event. Already plans
are being made to hold the ex
position on a much larger scale
next year,
Mrs. Cora L. Dorsett has filed
suit in Guilford court against
her husband, F. A. Dorset!, for
$5,400 tor three years work in
her husband’s bicycle shop in
that Greensboro.
The opening of the State
Univerity at Chapel Hill which
was to have been Tuesday of
this week was postponed until
next Tuesday, October 4, on ac
count of the drouth and low
water supply.
Judge W. J. Adams, oi Car
thage, has been appointed jus
tice of the State Supreme court.
Solicitor V*'. E. Brock succeeds
Judge Adams and Senator XC
M. Nash is made solicitor after
Brock.
"Cyclone Mack,” who is con
ducting a meeting at Spencer,
has refused the request of some
of his hearers to attack certain
individuals and organizations.
Mack says ‘‘nothing doing.”
A team of horses belonging to
Henkel & Craig, of Statesville,
were killed in Lenoir one day
last week by a live electric wire.
The team were hitched to a
wagon when a pole broke, the
wires striking the team.
,4 Mr. W. N. Reynolds, presi
lk dent of the Reynolds Tobaccc
W Company, has donated the city
of Winston-Salem Prince Albeit
Park, containing four and one
half acres. It is to be used as 2
recreation field for thp colored
people of that city.
It is said that Henry Ford i;
negotiating the buying of the
Dayton, Toledo and Irontor
railroad which penetrates the
coal fields of Kentucky.
Leaf Tobacco Prises
Goes To 25 Cents
t “
I Prices for leaf tobacco jump
. ed to 25 cent average on the
: Winston-Salem market Tuesday
when they sold over 350,000
pounds for $87,596.57, which is
I the season’s greatest average so
: far.
Reports from Greensboro say
the opening there Tuesday
! morning showed an avergaje of
; over 25 cents.
I Hit by a Cyclone
Sweeping down from a hill
side a half mile west of the vil
lage last Wednesday, a cyclone
of real western variety struck
Mint Springs, Va., tearing a
frame house from its foundation
and scattering its wreckage half
a mile along its path.
| At the time the house was oc
cupied by Mrs. Marvin Ballevv
| and Lewis Ballevv, her seven
| year old son. Mrs. Ballevv was
| found unconscious in the wreck
■ age or the house across the road
; from its original foundation,
i having been carried a distance
. of 50 feet by the force of the
wind.
1 The child was found farther
out in a held, uiso unconscious.
Though both of them suffered
bad cuts about trie head, they
are expected to recover.
Another small child was in a
shed a shoi t distance from the
house at the time of the storm.
This shed, however, was un
shaken and the child unhurt.
• The damage to houees and
contents is estimated a $2,1M)0.
Liberty bonds worth $200 and
.$50 in currency was blown
away. On $2 in paper money
has been recovered.
The First Presbyterian church
| of Greensboro has fell on a plan
io greatly increase its attend
ance. Each girl at the North
Carolina College for Women is
to receive a box of candy each
Sunday she attends.
Bingham Military school, es
tablished at Asheville in 1837,
has passed from the aettve con
trol of Col. Robt. Bingham to
his son-in-law, Major S. R. Mc
Kee. Col. Bingham was the
fifth generation to operate the
school.
■
During the electric storm last
Wednesday night lightning
■ struck the bank at Walnut Cove
No damage was done except the
tearing of a few brick from one
corner of the building. The
lightning ran into a store build
ing, doing slight damage.
Noah L. Frady, an old Con
federate soldier, who recently
died near Asheville, was buried
in a casket made to his order 15
years ago. He supervised the
draping of the casket in Con
federate gray and an undertak
er had kept it stored away foi
15 years.
A newspaper correspondent
at Goldsboro “put out the word’
last week that there was an epi
demic of influenza in that town
The health officer there denies
the report and says there is no'
a single case of the disease ir
the town. Just an epidemic o
summer colds he says.
A man, his wife and their 17
year old daughter were founc
murdered in their home in Do
|! wiagic, Mich., a fews days ago
| j Their bodies were badly muti
, j lated. No clue as to the mur
', derers.
Tyree vs Tudor Case Ends
With $15,000 Verdict.
The jury in the case of L. P.
Tyree, administrator of Ruth
Tyree, deceased, vs. George C.
I Tudor and Bynum Tudor, tried
I in Poisyth court last week, re
turned a verdict, awarding the
plaintiff damages in the sum of
$1;"\0(K). Notice of appeal was
given, y
The case, which has attracted
| wide attention, has been one of
I the greatest legal battles between
a number of the state’s most
brilliant lawyers, that has ever
been fought in the civil courts
of North Carolina.
The case originated June 19,
1918, when Miss Ruth Tyree,
young daughter ox the plaintiff,
was riding with Bynum Tudor,
son of George C. Tudor, in a
Buick automobile on the road
between Winston-Salem and the
Country Club. On the trip
home the car turned over and
Miss Tyree was killed.
The Tudor boy was arranged
i in criminal cou?t on a charge of
j manslaughter and was acquitted
by the. jury. Then followed the
I civil action. .
Ad mini s tra tor ’ s No t ice
Having qualified as admit i Hr::
tov of tW/estate of J. F. and Bet- 1
t'e Shove. deceas'al, this is jo no
rii’v hII j ovsons having claims j
agaiukt said est;de to present!
them to.theundersigned, proper-!
1 y verified, within one year from
date orchis notice will be plead
ed in bar of' their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es- i
fate will please make prompt pay-;
meat.
This 21st day of Se]>tember, 19211
A. M. Shore, Admius’r
Ben bow, Hall Sc Benbow, Att'ys.
' 7: 7- NOTICE
NortliCafoIina j In superior court
Yadkin county j before the clerk.
W. VY. Woodruif, administrator
of the estate of J. M. Hudspeth,
deceased.
vs
J. L. Hudspeth, Henry Hudspeth
Early Hudspeth, Elsa Hudspeth,
Lemma Bryant, Delph Biyant,
Fries Bryant, Guy Bryant,
and Ivery "Bryant.
The defendants above named,
Henry Hudspeth, Early Huds
peth, Lemma Bryant, Delph
Bryant, Fries Bryant, Guy Bry
ant, Worth Bryant and I very
Bryant, ,"'!1 taj i notice that a
special p.-seeding, entitled as
above, has been commenced be
fore the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Yadkin county, which
is for the sale of lands for assets
to pay the debts of ]. M Huds
peth, deceased, and the said de
fondants w ill further take notice
that they are required to appear
before the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Yadkin county at his
office in the courthouse at Y"ad
kinville, on the 21st day of Octo
ber, 1921, and answer or demur
to the petition filed, or the re
lief therein demanded will be
granted.
This 21st day of Sept., 1921.
J. L. Crater, C. S. C.
NOTICE
Application will be made to
His Excellency, the governor ol
North Carolina for the pardon oi
1 Colonel Haynes, convicted at the
March term, 1921, of the (Superior
; court of Yadkin county of store
breaking and larceny, and and
sentenced to the state x^'ison for
term of one year.
Ail persons who oppose the
granting of said pardon a e in
vited to forward their protests tc
the governor without delay.
This September 12, 1921,
, Williams & Reavis Attys.
Predicts Coldest Winter in
in 25 Years
The predictions of the weath.
er profit of the Philadelphia end
Reading Railway Company are
not scoffed at in his own coun
try. He says the coldest weath
er in the last b5 years is ap
proaching and warns his broth
er railroad men there will be
many blizzards and it will be
difficult to keep traffic open,
This man is to have failed only
once in forteding the weather.
Paste this prediction up where
you can see it next winter.
Then render your own verdict.
What One Ford Did
A few days ago LeweUyn
j Neal, of Meadows, N. C., took
I his little Ford car and went
i down to the banks of The river
Dan at the River Mill lord and
drove across with Coy Smith
and himseii on the car. There
had never been a car across the
river at this place before.
The car was hard to. get into
the water but with a little per-!
suading Lizzie made her dive. ■
The water almost ran over C e;
car but she went across hitti. gj
' * a f ou r a n d cl i m bed the b a tr k
like a cat.. pillar. The car was j
a ’14 model.
The national conference on ;
unemployment, called by Prcsi- j
dent Harding, met in Washing-j
ton Monday. After organizing I
the conference adjourned until j
October 5, when it will meet!
again,
Commissioner’s Sale of!
Valuafee Real Estate |
North Carolina .Forsyth County |
M . R. Peudry, Administrator of
P. M. McGraw, deceased,
vs
Cora L. J. McGraw; W. R. Pen
dry and wife, Hath Pendi v; Hel
en McGraw; Ethel McGraw; Leo
McGraw; Luther McGraw and
Payton McGraw by Merchants
Bank it Trust Co., their guardian.
By virtae of an order directed
to the undoi signed commissioner
from the Superior court of For
syth county in a special proceed
ing eotitled as above, I will, on
on Monday, the 17th day of Oct
ober, 1921, at 2 o’clock, p. in., at
the coart house door of Yadkin
county N. C„ Sell to fbQ highest
bidder for cash, the following d<
serif cl real estate;
A certain tract of laud in Yad
kin county, state of North Caro
lina, adjoining the lands of Y ;rk
Gwyn and others, bounded • fol
lows: Being five acres of land
moie or less and being the land
d- eded by Ancil Gray to Abe
G av. ilefereuco is hereby made
t > said deed for more particular
description; also deed from.], li.
Mackey to J. E. Ziglar recorded
i book iy at page 23 in the oliice
>f the Register of Deeds of Yad
l
. kin county. Terms of sale cash.
This the 14th day of Sept., 1921.
Fred S. Hutchins,
Commissioner.
i
Administrator’s Notice
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of J. G. Huff, de
ceased, tins is t > notify all \ er
sons having claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned vvitbfiVdue year from
date or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of then recovery,
i All persons indebted to said es
tate will please, make prompt
i payment.
This 21st day of September, 1921
(’. J:. fluff, Admin’r,
i Benbov, Hal! A Beqjbow, Att’ys
MANY STOLEN GOODS
FOUND IN YADKIN HOME
j A Targe quantity of stolen
1 goods was found by officers last
! Monday morning when they
: searched the home of Jesse L.
Shermer, near Courtney. In
formation came from Winston
Salem that suspicion rested on
this place as being the hiding
place of a lot of goods taken
from the Southern Railway Co.
Among the property found in
Shermer’s house and barn were
200 pounds of sugar, one sack
full of shoes, 27 pairs of socks,
some shirts, several pairs qf
gloves, auto battery ami a large
tire which had number burned
off. The two last articles were
found in some,hay in the Darn.
Shermer said he did not know
they were there. He also said
he bought the sack of shoes but
did not remember where he got
them. Among the shoes were
several pairs of $12 ladies’ shoes.
Officers making the raid were
Sheriff Moxley Deputy .Myers,
Pat Smothers, a Southern Rail
way detective, and j. E. Shu
2 art.
Reynolds is Named
RepubilcEn ■ Dbairmanl
Hon. diaries A. Rtynolds, a !
well known Rebubiican leader!
of Winston-Salem, was named!
Republican State Chairman to!
succeed Hon. Frank A. Lianey i
who resigned io become Dis-i
trict Attorney. The meeting oi |
tire state executive committee'
was held in Grean^boro i ues-i
day and Hr. Reynolds nan.ed
without a dissenting vote.
One oi the ii- st acis oi the
new chairman was to invite all
Democratic newspaper men
present to please view the pio
ceedings of the meeting from
! the fresh air on the outside oi
! the room.
SALE OF LAND
North Carolina f In Superior
Yadkin County j Court
William Kirk, Susie Smith, and
husband, Isasc Smith,
vs
Sarah Phillips, and husband,
Alex. Phillips, John Kirk, Frank
Kirk, Wade Bynum, Ora By
num, Odell Bynum, and Son By
num, j nut 1 ' °earl
Morgan.
Pursuant to an order of the
Superior Court of Yadkin coun
ty, made on the 17th day of Sep
tember, 1621, in the above mat
led special proceeding, I will oi
ler tor sale to the highest bidder
at public auction, at the court
house door in Yadkinville, on
Monday, November 7th, 192J,
at, or near, the hour of 1 o’clock
the following described real es
tate, lying and being in Boon
ville township, Yadkin count; ,
North Carolina: Bounded on
the north by T. W. Shore, on
die east by W. T. Fletcher, on
die south by Jack Hall and Jim
Kirk, and on the west by Char
ley Vestal, containing 26 acres
more or less, and known as the
Louts Kirk place; less • 4 acres
deeded to James Kirk, which is
fully described in deed recorded
in book 8, page 225, record cf
j deeds for Yadkin county.
Terms of sale; One-half on
die day of sale and balance on a
.redd for six months, with bond
and approved security, or if pur
chaser prefers he may .pay pur
chase price and obtain deed.
This 26th day of Sept., 1921.
D. M. Vestal, Ccmm’s,
Williams & Henris, Att’ys
jDistan Deal!;
| Benson Captured
| Robert Dishman, the white
| titan who was taken to a States
ville hospital one night last
week after being beaten up by
Bob Benson, colored, has since
died and Iredell county has ot
tered a reward of 8100 and the
state $200 for the apprehension
of Benson. Posses are search
ing for him in Iredell and sur
rounding counties, but so far
j nothing has learned of his
! whereabouts.
Benson Captured
Bob Benson, the negro wh o
kilied Dishman, was captured
by a posse of men Sunday at a
point about five miles west of
Statesville. He was taken
Charlotte and placed in jail lor
safe keeping.
Miss Vanderbilt Has
Two Million a Year
Miss Cornelia Siuy vesaut Van
derbilt, only daughter and at -
ess oi (lie late George W. Van
derbilt, trees the problem cf
how to spend $2^00,000 a ye,*,
following’her 21st birthday. .
Dispatches from the YaaiJer
bm esl ite at Asheville, ho verver
indicate that Miss Cornelia >
not oi the timber to waste much
thought o\er how to spend her
money,
In the stately spaces of lo.r
father’s famous Diltmore hou-t.,
near Asheville, Miss Vanderbilt
has been brought up with sim
plicity and regard for what her
father called “the sensibleuess
oi economy.”
The ordinary procedure m
| such cases as Miss Vanderbilt’s
■ is to step over to the European
market and pick out a good,
durable, attractive title, the
greatest procurable for the mon
ey available.
!
] INo such plan oi campaign lies
j in the back oi the back of young
1 Miss Vanderbilt's mind, howev
jer. Her mother, Mrs. Edith
iStuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt,
: has openly expressed her ais
| pleasure for “empty titled fore
igners.”
Miss VanderbiVs 21st birthday
was celebrated recently by all
day rejoicing on the Bialmorc
! estate. Tenants and servants
| united in the celebration of their
young mistress’ majority.
i The fortune which became
hers is estimated at :V50,O(jjf,()00f
i the income is approximately
j §2,000,000.
| Rumor has it that Miss Cor
nelia’s mother has three ardent
admirers in the persons of Gen.
John j. Pershing, Gen. Julian S.
Carr and Governor Cameron
: Morrison.—Ex.
Waiter R. Thompson lead
Mr. Walter R. Thompson,
superintendent of the Children's
Home, Winston-Salem, dDd at
> his home there last Wednesday,
! death resulting from diabetes
| and blood infection,
j Mr. Thompson was 46 years
!*okl and is survived by his wife
i and three children, two so s
j
and one daughter, also his par
ents, Prof. and Mrs. D. Malt.
Thompson, of Statesville.
— POR SALE— Acre 1 ot close
i iu, price throe hundred. V\ jil take
J good milk cj\v iu trade. Li. .V«.
i -.Vella,