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VOL. XXVII.P J! VADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. €., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921 NO. 3» >■111 I .. I _ _ _ _■ . .. ___ UNO NEW CITIES j OF ANCIENT MAYA 'Uternegie Institution’s Central American Expedition Makes important Discoveries. old ciptm¥ mmw greatest Native Civil, zation Which America Produced Once Flourished in What Is Now Desolate and Forgotten Region. Washington.—After having discov ered and unearthed ancient and for gotten cities that once were the cen ter of America’s civilization, and lifter having begun to recover the an cient learning for the Maya people from their Indian descendants, the Carnegie Institution Central American expedition for 1921, which penetrated the region of Guatemala, in the de partment of Teton, at the base of the lueatan peninsula, has returned to this city. The expedition, under the direction Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, associate ifo American archeology of the insti .tution, left Washington early in Janu ary. The other investigators were Dr. C. E. Guthe and William Gates, both research associates of the institution. The activities of the field season consisted of the exploration of the ^forests of northern Feten in search for .Hew centers of this ancient civiliza ftloa under the direction of Doctor I Jlorley, the excavation of Tayasal, the last Itza (a Maya tribe) capital, lo cated upon an island in the Late of Peten Itza, in northern central Peten, by Doctor Guthe, and a first-hand |study ef the Maya language as spok en too ay in northern British Honduras, End also by the Quiche, a Maya tribe living in the highlands <■£ Guatemala1, by Mr. Gates. Unearth Ancient Cities. I' dewing along the chicle (the sub stance from which chewing gum is fnade) trails which traverse this re gion, Doctor M orley's party discovered several new cities during the course of the, field season, in what appears to have been the very heart of the old 'Mr.ya emj ire. Doctor Guihe’s excavations at Tay S-sal proved equally fruitful. The prin- j cipal plaza of jhat city was located, and the work of clearing away the j earth and fallen masonry from the 1 principal structures was commenced, j The peninsula of Yucatan juts up | into the Gulf of Mexico like the great j thumb of a giant hand, pointing north ward. It is 250 miles wide, and be fore it finally takes root in tbe eonlh ] nental land mass far to the south, gradually merging into the foothills pi the Cordillierra, it is 400 miles long. This region, a limestone formation of recent geological age, has gradual ly emerged from the floor of the Car ibbean sea, and is now overgrown with a dense sub-tropical jungle. It supports, in fact, an almost continu ous forest of mahogany, rubber, Santa Maria, ceiba, chico-sapote (the •'chew ing gum’’ tree), and many other sub tropical trees, which so completely covers the country that one may trav ,el in this bush for days wit: / a- 1 ing eb open space large eiuniv.il O ac- j commodate u modern bungalow cm- I forcibly. In this now desolate and forgot len i region there developed durin • tlic first, fifteen centuries of the Christian era :1a- greatest naC • < :, bzation ■ wide, America produced, namely, that ' of the ancient Maya of southern Mex- i ico and northern Central America. ‘ Here great cities grew up, till d with 'temples, pyramids, palaces and mon- j asteries, built of finely carved lime- j stone, which were grouped around ' !paved squares and courts. Once Brilliant People. ' In these spacious plazas beautifully j 'sculptured monuments were erected, [their sides inscribed with elaborate (•hieroglyphic writings, setting forth im (portant historical and astronomical !faets. A dense population, highly or jganized under strongly centralized governments, flourished in the j egion, | the vanguard of civilization in the SVew World. But in the course of centuries pes itjlence, drought, civil war and famine overtook the Maya, so that when the • Spaniards landed on the east coast of hlTucatan in 1S51, under Francisco de 44-vmte.io. the last remnant of this once jmjmlfli(ai!r people fell an easy prey to ^^tne shock of foreign conquest, and they (wore speedily reduced to dependence (and slavery. Their once magnificent (cities were abandoned, vast sections [being actually depopulated, and the tropical jungle again crept over the [region, until today these former cen ters of life and human activity lie jjburied in the grip of a dense forest* 1 3and crumbling walls and piles of fall en masonry overgrown with giant [trees alone bear melancholy witness tp ” nomp and glory. PIN SAVES MAN FROM DEATH Stalled Motorist Pricks Himaelf With It and Bo Keep# From Freezing. Denver, Colo.—Just a common, or ! dinary steel pin was all that saved the life of John U. Fish, Wyoming representative of Hie Bankers’ Trust | company of Denver. Fisli left Laramie, Wyo., to motor to Cheyenne in an open ear. A bllz I zarrl marooned him on the plains for j 18 hours. Unable to drive Ills car. Fish began his battle for life against the terrible drowsiness overcoming him. Taking a :-iu he jabbed himself constantly with the sharp point to keep Mmself awake. When found 18 hours later Fish was in a semiconscious condition, his feet and face frozen. French Adopt Schools in Open. Paris.—Open-air schools as a pan of the French public school system have been approved by a committee of hygienists and educators as the result of conferences between the ministry of public Instruction and Julian Clar ence Levi of New York, representing the French-Amerlcan Union for Open Air Schools. SALE OF VALUABLE LAND By virtue of an order made by J. L. Crater, clerk Superior court, in the special proceedings entitled, Charles McKeiveret al against Winston McKinney et al, as commissioners, we will sell at public auction to the highest bidder on the premises in Yad kin county, on the 29th day of October, 1921, at 1 o'clock, p. m the following tract of land: Beginning on a rock on west side of creek in j. C. Triplett’s line, with his line south 52 de grees west 10 chains, his corner; south 49 degrees west 3.75 chans to a hickory, his corner; south 20 degrees west 30 chains to a rock, old corner; north 75 de grees west 50 links io a Spanish oak siyygip- south SZ degrees west 7 chains to a pine stump on the Boonville road; with said road south 87 degrees east 4 chains; north 65 degrees east 2.75 cbams to a stake on the east side of Cobb creek just above the bridge; north 83 degrees east 6.50 chains; north 73 degrees east 3 chains to a rock on the Boonville road; leaving the road south 66 degrees east 18 chains to a post oak, M. ]. Bryan line, formerly Nicks and Barker cor ner; north 65 degrees east 18.55 chains to the Boonville road; with same north 73 degrees east 2 chains to Balm of Gilead on the west side of Fall creek; down said creek as it meanders north 24'degrees F, chains; north 37 degree* west 4.50 chains; north 24 - Trees west 3 chains; north 45 degrees west 2 1-2 chains; north 30 degrees west 3 1-2 chains to the mouth of Cobb creek; down same, north 32 degrees west 15 chains to the beginning , containing 122 acres more or 1- ss. Terms of sale; One-third on confirmation cf sale, balance in six and twelve months, secured by deed of ti ust. The land will be sold as a w hole and in three different tracts. This the 21st day of Sept., 1921. L. P. Jones & J. E. Carter, Commissioners. Administrator’s Notice Having qualified as administra tor of the estate of J. G. Huff, de ceased, this is to notify all per sons havim, claims against said j estate to present them to the un i dersigned within one year from j | date or this notice will- be pleach | ed in bar of their recovery. | All pel sons indebted to said es | tate will please make prompt pa j men t. ! This 21st day of September, 1921, j 0. B. Hull, Admin’r, > Ben bow, Hall & Ben how, Att’ys. % a CAPTURED BY KINDNESS i-1 This is Mrs. Alice J. Farrell and her kangaroo. The kangaroo was hers only temporarily. Both were on the liner Sonoma, bound from Sydney for San Francisco, when two kangaroos in the cargo escaped. One was caught; the other all but bounded into the sea in a rage, before Mrs. Farrell smiled and coaxed it back into captivity. That was after the kangaroo had sent one sailor flying with a left swing of the tail. YANKS FEED 15.000 STUDENTS --* Warsaw.'—Fifteen thousand univer sity students in the main educational centers of Warsaw, Lemberg, Cracow, Lublin, Posen and Vllna, are being fed one meal a. day by. the American re lief administration of the European children’s fund this summer. Warsaw bus jive kitchens devoted to serving :«’o« ‘1 students, the other towns life.- / s er numbers. The P a .n;msr " of rpprovisa tioa has assisting Ui tins work having furnished the Aiuoricaa relie» verxci*s with 180,000 pound-* <A pota toes at 50 jHi/ cent below market price. Govern-nont authorities of ‘-.v.-er- romte a--> • it-ai.d-wu* girl of 2(;.(**’ \ annul c-f jwt»;toes t.- ha locally n» me «tn* -■Sent Seedily. The studentb benefiting by this »pe-1 h*a! Eurovision are over sevei-teer. years 1 »M. In addition to this task the re- j LP.f w;;rk.«r8 are feeding ;n«.re than 2,- i children in Poland up te ihz venteen yea^fe. NOTICE NortliCarolina ] In superior court j Yadkin county J before the clerk, j W. n . Woodruff, administrator! ox the estate of J. M. Hudspeth, j deceased vs J. L. Hudspeth, Henry Hudspeth Early Hudspeth, Elsa Hudspeth, Lemma Bryant, Delph Biyant, Fries Bryant, Guy Bryant, and I very Bryant. The defendants above named, Henry Hudspeth, Early Huds : 1 tli. Lemma Bryant, Delph Bryant, Fries Bryant, Guy Bry ani. Worth Bryant and I very j brvant - ill take notice thn V'eci il proceeding-, entitled as a be.- t I os been commenced be i-ti;e Clerk of the Superior Grant of Yadkin county, which is h r the sale of lands for assets to oy the debts of J. M Huds* pad], de c e a s e d, a n d t h o said d e fenaants will further take notice than they are required to appear before the Clark of the Superior Court of Yadkin county at his office in the courthouse at Yad kinville, on the 21st day of Octo ber, 1921, and answer or demur io the petition filed, or the re lief iherein demanded will be granted. This 21st day of Sept., 1921. J. L. Crater, C. S. C. J NOTICE Application will be made to His Excellency, the governor of North Carolina for the pardon of 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 prison for term of one year. Ail persons who oppose the granting of said pardon are in vited to forward t eir protests to the governor without delay. This September 12, 1921, \\ illia us & Reavis Attys. Railroads ©f the Country To be Consolidated The national interstate com merce commission has announc ed tentative plans for the consol-^ idation of all the leading raiy roads in the United States into 19 systems and gave notice that hearings would be called on the project in the near future. The proposed consolidation was au thorized by the transportation act. The commission proposed 19 systems as outlined provides for retention of the competitive ar rangement of transportation lines giving most sections of the country access to two or more of the great routes devised. The principle followed in making up the consolidation was that of hitching up weaker and less profitable reads to stronger roads, at the same time main taining the identity very largely of existing great railroads. Jn some cases branch lines of ex isting roads are suggested for divorce from present owners and attachment tc other roads. The voluntary consolidation plan was adopted by congress as a possible means of consolidat ing the American transportation system on the theory that rates allowed by the interstate com merce commission were being Sufficient to.give adequate earn ings to stronger lines, while | weaker lines in the same terri- j lory were not earning enough, j --=-=—H Commissioner's Sale of I Vaiuabe Real Estate North Carolina, Forsyth < ’ounty W. tv. Pen dry} Administrator of j i'. M. McGraw, decease i, vs Cora L. J. McGraw; W. II. Pen dry and %vife, Hath Pendry; Hel en McGraw; Elbe! McGrow; Leo McGraw; Luther McGraw and Payton McGraw by Merchants Bank cfc Trust Co., their guardian. By virtue of an order directed to the undersigned commissioner from the Superior court of For syth county in a special proceed ing ectitled as above, I will, on on Monday, the 17th day of Oct . obor, 1021, at 2 o’clock, p. m., at the court house door of Yadkin county N. (J„ sell to the highest ’Vi'-der for cash, the following de o... .bed real cstA . A certain tract of land in Yad-! kin county, state of North Caro-j lira, adjoining the lands of Yoi‘k ! Gwvn and others, bounded as fol-j lows: lying five acres of land | more or less and being the land j deeded by Aticil Gray to Abo Gray, iteference is hereby made to said deed for more particular description: also deed from 0. H. Mackey to J. E. Ziglar recorded in book 18 at page 2d in the oiiice of the Register of Deeds of Yad kin county. Terms of sale cash. This the 14th day of Sept., 1921. Fred S. Hutchins, I Commissioner, j -______---—-:-- j Administrator’s Notice Having qualified b adminis trator of the estate of J R. West deceased, late of Yadkin countvj *" j Noitii Carolina, all persons hold* dig claims agfunst the estate of| said deceased, are hereby notified to present them to me on or be-1 fore the 6th day of October, 1922, or this notice drill be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to settle at once. This 4tii day of October, 1921. J. A.' West. Administrator of J. LI. West, deceased. Old Factory Piacs SoM to Ur. Cranford f K tract of land, kno’vn as !li& “Old Fr.ctoiy Place,” do'.vn on Deep creek, has been sold to a Winston-Salem firm, , ol which Dr. Cranford is the moving spirit, and will probably be de veloped into something by which the water power can be utilized. ^ This place, which consists of 160 acres, is located on Deep creep, 6 miles east of Yadkin ville and was once the site of a cotton factory, which did a con siderable business there years ago. It was later abandoned on the death of the owner. The water power at the old factory site is one of the strong est in this country and someday will be used to a great advan tage. The power is a natural fall ^or grade which which would furnish almost unlimited power if properly harnessed up, and its value can hardly be es timated. It is located less than one mile from the highway go ing to Winston and the 1 md reaches out to the highway. It was purchased from w. H. Gough by a company headed by Dr. Cranford and T. K. Rene gar, of Winston-Salem. Sale of Land North Carolina Yadkin County In Superior Court, before the clerk C. E. Wallace and A. O'. Bray vs M. II. Brannon. By virtue oi an execution di rented to „.inc by the Superior court of Yadkin county in the above entitled action and also by virtue of a Writ of Attach ment duly levied by me on the property herein described, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Yadkinviile on the 7th day of November, 1921, at 1 o'clock, p. in., all the right, title and interest of the de fendant in the following real es tate: Lying and being in Deep .Creek township, Yadkin county, North Carolina, bounded as fol lows: First tract. Bounded on the north by Verge Bi rum ra west by Sarah Evans; on the south by Isaac Long, and on the east by Isaac Long, containin 71 acres. Second tract. In same town ship, bounded on the north by Lou Green; on the west by Ma rion Hinson; on the south by M. E. Wooten, and on the east by John Reavis lands, containing 31 acres, more or less. This the 30th day of Sept., 192L C. E. Moxley, Sheriff Yadkin County, Williams & Reavis, Att’vs. Administrators Notice Having qualified as administra tor of tlie estate of J F. and Bet tie Shore, deceased, this is to no tify all ] ersons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned, proper ly verified, witbm one year from date or thi& notice will be plead ed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es tate will please make prompt pay ment. This :11st day of September, 1; 21 A. M. Shore, Admins’r Benbow, Hall & Benbow, Att’ys. ■ Is your subscription paid? Jurors Drawn For November Court Following is the list of jurors Mrawn for the November term ! W Yadkin Superior court which | convenes November 28th. i E. F. King, T. R, Hobson, J. Woo'en.S. T. Swaiui, Strong Thomasson, W. B. Fletcher, J. M. Mock, N. C. Craafill, I, L. Selves, G. F. Booe, W. N. Johnson, \V. E. Aagell, W. H. * Shermer, A. L. Brown, A. V. Shore, B. Wilborn, W. P. Dob bins, W. R. Sparks, J. P. Hen derson, H. F. Shore. W. T Fletcher, A. D. Brandon, C. G. Reavis and Will Holcomb. How Nation Will Pay Tribute to Its Dead The nation will stand at pause for two minutes on Armistice day to pay honor to the un known dead of the great war. Detailed plans for the cere mony at Arlington national cem etery on that day, when the body brought back irom France is to be buried, have been made pub lic by the war department and include a proclamation by President Harding calling tor the two minute halt at ; o ,ri throughout the nation to ;>e de voted to prayer and reverent memories tor the dead. The body of the unknown soldier’a ill reach Waehiugton from France after nightfall on November 9, and will lie in s'me m the Capttoi huiidim, “un id Armistice day morning, 1' o vcaliber U, It \vi 1then be es corted by a great official mowra mg; party to Arlington cemetery, til-.' -me oi march being guard ed throughout its length by troops stationed along the way. The mourning party will include all living; holders of the con gresional medal of honor who may desire to come, one war veteran out of every 10,000 who served from each state in the gre u war; an officer and an en listed man from each unit of the army and navy, a .d representa tives of the American legion and I0;i ■_! ticimis Oigamzations und of i-iii various patriotic societies, om American mnitary r-osis "vltere in e world mm uv guns of nioui g v, hi so and * om sunrise u . mier :h Fur ors. mouse. ;. \vs si is ;v n 9 been coesAh. : ' mi lion, E service .Ten ; a October 3, I r.ud C a ! flying squadron will visit \Yin jslor Salem, to help any ex-ser Vi man clear up any claim cf : any kind that lie may have a ansi the government. Miss .Seeing is in charge of Red Cross Headquarters, which are located on the second floor of the postofhee building. Special attention is being given at this time to any claims which have given much trouble on account of the red tape encountered in the past 1 you have a claim of any I kind, present it to the Red j Cross, and they will see that it is ! si l ightened out. i — he latest estimate or this ! year’s cotton crop is 6,537,000 | bales, the shortest crop for sev | eial years. j Mrs. Paul O. Zuhike, wife of j a New York millionaire, com mitted suicide Monday by tak ing poison. Despondent over the death of an only son.