VOL. XXVII: ‘ YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 >921 NO. 40
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The Compulsory
Attendance Law
, An Act to Provide for the
W: Compulsory Attendance
Upon the Public Schools
of Children Between Cer
• tain Ages and to Regula
te and Restrict Employ
ment, Etc.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Every parent,
guardian, or other person in the
state of North Carolina having
charge or control of a child be
tween the ages of eighiand four
teen years shall cause such child
to attend school continuously
tor a period equal to the time
which the public school in the
district in which the child re
sides shall be in session. The
principal, superiutendent or
teacher who is in charge of such
school shall have the right to ex
cuse the child from temporary
attendance on account ct sick
ness or distance of residence
from the school, or uaavoidab.e
cause which does not constitute
truancy as defined by the Slate
Board of Education.
Sec 2. Any parent, guardian,
or other person referred to 'n
section one oi this act, violating
the provisions oi the aforesaid
section, shall be guilty oi a ims
demeanor, and upon conviction
shall be liable to a line ot not
less than live dollars ($5) nor
more than twenty-live dollars
($25) and upon failure or refusal
to pay such lice the said parent
g atdian or other person shali
fee imprisoned not exceeding
thirtv nays in me county jaii.
Sec. 2a. it shall he the duly
ci tile State Board of Kducat;cn
ic toniiulate such rules and reg
chmoasas may be necessary for
the proper enforcement oi the
picwsions of this act. Said
beard shall prescribe what shall
coruitijtute truancy, what cause’s
may constitute legitimate excus
ed for temporary nonutsendance
due to physical or medial inaoi -
iiy to attend and under what cir
cumstances teachers, principals
ci superintendents may excuse
pepiis ior nonatiendants due to
immediate demand oi the farm
or :u:e home in certain seasons
ofvheye.. ‘ ’"1 sec
lions oi i!,ie state- n suau ye ui?
dut; of all school officials to
carry out such instructions from
lhe State Board oi Education
and any school official failing to
carry out such instructions shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.Pro
vided, that section one of this
'act shall not be in force in any
city or county that has a higher
compulsory attendance law no tv
in force than that provided here
in; but in such case it shall be
* the duty of the State Board ci
Education to investigate the
same and decide that any such
Jaw now in force has a higher
compulsory attendance feature
than that provided by this act;
Provided, that wherever and dis
trict is without adequate build
sag or buildings for the proper
•epio: cements of this act the
. JjBity boards of education may
''iKhowed not more than twc
years from July dm foist, one
thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, to make full and am
ple provisions in every U is trie
•Sec. 3. The county superin
tendent of public welfare c;
chief school attendance office:
t^r truant officer provided by it <
shall investigate and proseci. <
all violatons cf the provision:
* i
i of section one of this act.
; Sec. 4. The State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction
I shall prepare such rules of pro
| cedme and furnish such blanks
I for teachers and other school of
1 ficials as may be necessary for
1 reporting each case of truancy
or lack of attendance to the
| chief attendance officer referred
To in section thereof. Such
rules shall provide, among oth
er things, for a notification in
writing to the person re sponsi
ble for the nonattendance of any
child, that the case is to be re
ported to the chief aftenaance
officer of the county unless the
law is immediately complied
with. County noards oi educa
ion and governing bodies of
city schools shall have the right
40 appoint town or district at
tendance officers when deemed
by them necessary to assist m
carrying out the provisions oi
section one, two, three and lour
j of this act, and the rules anc in
structions which may be piomul!
! gated by the biate bupeiintend- \
!em of Public Instruction, but in!
•every case in which n becomes
j necessary to prosecute ior non- !
I attendance she case shad be rt
j ierieci to tee chief attendance ot
! ficer of iiie county for further
! action. Provided, that in towns
! or cities having special attend-1
I ance officers paiu out ot town or!
icily luuds saiu officers shall!
; have lull authority to piosecule
; for violations ot this act.
: Sec. 5. No child under the age
| of fourteen years shall be era
j ployed or permitted to work in,
j or about, or in connection with
| any mill, factory, cannery,
workshop, manufacturing estab
| kshment, laundry, bakery, met-.
| taMile establishment, office, lio-;
| tel, restaurant, barber shop,boot
• black stand, messenger or deliv
| cry service, except in cases and
under regulations prescribed by
j the commission hereinafter cre
! ated. Provided, the employment j
in litis section enumerated shall
! not be construed to include bona
' fide boys’ and girls’ canning
i clubs recognized by the agricul
ture department of this state;
! and such canning clubs are ex
; pressly exempted from the pro
| visions of this act.
i Sec. 5a. It shall be the duty of
' the county boards of education
! of each county in state of
j North Carolina to cause this act
i to be published in full in some
‘'emdy if tnere
f be one, and if there be none,
j then iu circular form and di >
i tributed over the county at leas?
Hour weeks prior to the pening
1 of the school? pile? the u-st C;y
i of July, one* thousand nine had
! died and nineteen.
J.Thad Reece, Chief At
\ tendance Officer.
.
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? Notice Contractors
We want to contract with some
j one to top-soil one mile of road
from the Dixon liill Bridge to
Brewbakor’s shop by the yard.
Apply to A. Dinkins, or C. B.
Ptjavis.
Administrator’s Notice
m
Having qualified as administer,*
| tor of the estate of J. G- Huff. e -
. | ceased, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned within one year from
date or this notice will be j lead*
’ ed in bar of then recove ry.
• All persons indebted to said ce
‘ fcate will please make prompt
' j pay m mt.
s This disk day of September, 1921.
i (•.]*. blur, r'dminT,
> Benbow, 11a I! T Ben bow, Att’ys
SALE OF LAND
North Carolina ) In Superior
Yadkin County f Court
William Kirk, Susie Smith, anc
husband, Isasc Smith,
vs
Sarah Phillips, and husband,
Alex. Phillips, John Kirk, Frank
Kirk. Wade Bynum, Cora By
num. Odell Bynum, and Son By
num, James Kirk and Pearl
Morgan.
Pursuant to an order of the
Superior Court of Y'adkin coun
ty, made on the 17th day of Sep
tember, 1021, in the above in tit
led special proceeding, I will of
fer ior sale to the highest bidder
at public auction, on the prem
ises near the sand-clay road,
about 1 mile east of Boonville
Graded school, Saturday Nov. 5,
at, or near, the hour of 1 o’clock
the following described real es
tate, lying and being in Boon
vide township, iadkm county
North Carolina: Bounded on
the north by T. W. Shore, on
the east by \Y, T. Fletcher, on
the south hy Jack Hall and Jim
Kirk, and on the west by Char
ley Vestai, containing 26 acres
more or less, and known as the
Louis Kirk place; less 4 acres
deeded to James Kirk, which is
fully described in deed recorded
m book 8, page 225, record ot
deeds lor Yadkin county.
Terms oi sale: One-half on
the day oi sale and balance on a
credit lor six months, with bona
ajid approved security, or it pur
chaser prefers he ma> pay pur
chase price and obtain deed.
Fhis 26th day of Sept., 1921.
D. M. Vestal, Com mis.
Williams & Reavis, Ati’ys
NOTICE
North Carol ina j In superior court
Yadkin county | before the clerk;
W. 'V. Woodrtuf, administrator
of the estate of J. M. Hudspeth;
deceased
vs
J. L. Hudspeth, Henry Hudspeth
Early Hudspeth, Elsa Hudspeth;
Lemma Bryant, Delph Biyanf,
Fries Bryant, Guy Bryant,
and lvery 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, will take notice that a
special pro-*-1 •• •
v! OO V Cj i « - >>v , , v ^ . ki*. « vilL v* CV_
Are the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Yadkin count}, which j
is tor the sah* u\ lands for assets j
to I'Yvt'nGikbUoiJ. M Jiuds-I
; pen, deceased, and the S lid do i
iiendants will further cane notice j
. that they are required to appear |
| before the Clerk of the Sup irlor j
| Court of Yadkin county at his1
i office in the courthouse at Yad i
i kinville, on the 21st day of Octo
i her, 1921, and answer or demur
: to the petition filed, or the re
lief therein demanded will be
granted.
Tifis 21st day of Sept., 1921.
j. L. Crater, C S. C
Ad mini s t valor’s No fc ice
’laving qualified s atlsninis
t ••.tor <>f (lie astute of J M. West
deceased, lato of Yulioin county,
North C noiiiKi. n 11 poisons hold*
hit? claims iq'ahisfc the eHfcnto of
j said dec*- s • I, are hoiwby i:o iPu d
j to pvosent them to nnj on or be
fore ti o titii dav of October, 19*22,
■O' this notice will bo plead in bar
j of the i recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate, are* re
quwsfce i t > settle at.once.
Ti: is 4t i day of October, 1921.
J, A. West. Administrator
of J. '!. West, de.vasw-.
f SALE OF VALUABLE LAND
By virtue of an order made b>
|j. L. Crater, clerk Superioi
! court, in the special proceeding*
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, cn the 29th day of
October, 1921, at 1 o'clock, p. m
the following tract ot land:
Beginning on a rock on west
side of creek in J. C. Triplett’s
line, with his line south 52 de
gree* 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 to a Spanish
oak stump- south 37 degrees|
west 7 chains to a nine stump on i
the Boonviile road; with said j
roan south 87 degrees east 4j
chains; north o5 degrets east 2,75 ;
I chains to a stake on the east suit ;
jot Cobb creek just above the!
I bridge; north 83 degrees east.
; 6 50 chains; north 73 degrees;
j east 3 chains to a roc1-' on the!
13oon v 111 e road; ’i ea \ Lng t h abroad ;
I south 66 degrees east 18 chains j
j to a post oak, M. f. liryan line, I
i formeriv aicks unu Darker or*
I ner; north 65 degrees east 18.55
j chains to the liooevtiVo road;
; with same not in /•) degrees
i east 2 chains to tC-m oi Utmnd
! on the w *.si Side o. - CU creek;
J auvvii si.iv, ei i.tr. as it idea- de*s
nor tit 24 vtcgrees west 19 chains;
nortii 31 degi cc-’1 w est -1 5.0
chains; not tii 24 a .-greet w cm 2
chains: norm 45 deg tees west
2 1*2 chain:; north 30 degrees
west 3 1-2 chains to the mouth
oi Cobb creek; down same
north 32 degrees west 15 chains
to the beginning, containing 122
acres more or less.
Terms of stfle: One third on
confirmation of sale, balance in
six and twelve months, secured
j by deed of tiust. The land will
be sold as a whole and in three
different tracts.
This the 21st day of Sept., 1923,
L. P. Tones & J. E. Carter,
Commissioners.
Commissioner’s Sale of
Yaiuabe Real Estate
North ('nr.mna Forsyth Found
W. u. Pmidry, Administrator of
P. M. B-'.;Ui*anr, <]< 'v;: -r g
vs
’Jo: t iMoGraw; Yv. It. Per,.
Jr.- ami wife, Until Penury; Hel
r; >ic(_<i;i\v* ruled Met* raw; Deo
i Vic : rilWj I’lif.iM i* Yilef 1 raw a„ cl
I Paxton McGraw bv Merchants
; ?huik vJ irust do . their guardian,
'
| I5y vutiie of an nnli-r Jire'cted
‘to the undoi signed commissioner
j from the Superior court of For
| syth Cf. uut\ in a.special proceed
inr; in' titled as above, J will, on
on Monday, the iTlli day of Oct
obr-:\ 1921, ai 2 o dock, p. n»M at
the court house doer of Yadkin
county N. F., Sell to the highest
bidder'for cash, the following 'de
scribed real estate:
A certain tract of laud in Yad
kin county, state of North Faro
i Uua, adjoining the lands of York
1(1 wyn and others, bounded as fol
1 lows: Jteing live, acres of land
moie or less and being the land
deeded by Ancil dray to Abe
dray. Ib hueucc is hereby made
to Said dead for more particular
description; also need from J. H.
Mackey to J. E. Ziglar recorded
in book 18 at | a m 'id in the office
of the Register of Deed-: of Yad
kin county. Terms of sale cash.
I This t ie ; r!tii da;. <> -"e. t„ 1921.
k red 8. Hutchins,
Coramissioriter. -
Governor Calls Sped a
Election
Governor Morrison has calle i
a. special election to be held
November 15th. to choose suc
cessors to Senator Nash oi Rich
mond county, recently made so
licitoi; to Senator Kanipe of
Burke, and Representative G.
I C. Bryant of Yadkin, who have
gone 10 the revenue service, and
Repiesemative G. W. Muniord
of Wake county,
Young Man Murdered hy
His Cousin Saturday Night
Fred Easter, • a your,4 while
man of Surry county, was shot
and killed in Surry county ntv.r
the Virginia line Saturday r, Jo
by hi.% cousin, Coley Easter.
The young me y niter imbib-,
ng some whiskey, it is said,
went calling on a daughter of
Host a Pay ne m ar the state line
Fret s <1 die girl were sitting 00
the c.me of a bed with ids cous
in seated opposite them vde:i
Coley turned and said, "1 am ^o
<ng u shoot you,' pulling out
his s stol and tiring, the bail
siril.mg led just under lue eye
k ill: g him iustaiuiv.
ihe murderer was captured
am: lend by the girl's father un
to (afictrs arrived anti iook. dim
1 caarge.
Sale of Land
siorth Caioli a i a Ikin Co
in Superior cmuri, before the
clerk
C. IE Wallace and A. (>. Bray
vs
M. 11 Brannon.
By virtue 01 an execution di
rected to me 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 Yadkinville
on the 7th day of November,
1921, at 1 o’clock, p. m., all the
right, title and interest of the de
fendant in the following real es
I tale:
Lying and be*ng in Deep
Creek township, Yadkin count;.,
North Carolina, bounded as fel
lows :
| First track Bounded on the
; north by Verge Brannon; on the
i ,
| west by ouiah ivvans; on n:e
south by Isaac Long, and on the
oast by h-nuiC Long, containing
71 acres.
Second tract. In same town
ship, bounded on the north by
Lon Creen; on tilts west by Ma
rion Hinson; on the south by M.
IV Wooten, and on the east by
John Reavis lands, containing
31 acres, more or less.
This the 30th day of Sept., 1*121.
C. E. Moxley,
Sheriff Yadkin County
i Williams & Keavis, Au'ys.
Administrator’s Notice
If living qualified as administra
tor of the estate')!! J I \ and Bet
ti<* Shore, deceased, this is to no
tiiy all persons having chums
against said est.-de to present
t them to the undersigned, proper
| lv verified, within one year J r m
date or thfe notice will bo plead
ed in bar of their recover,
'
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make prompt pay
ment.
This hist day of So. tend or 1 21
A. V. Shore, Admins’r
Be -bow. Hah y Benbo'.v, All’ys
Plain Coffin An 1 a
| M Horse Wagon
“Bury nie in a plain, home
made cotiir, and let body be
! carried Lp the grave in my one
j horse wagon. ' ['his was the
. r .-quest made by Mr. R. A. Gad
i dy, affectionately know n to hun
dreds as '“Uncle Bob,” before he
i passed away recen1Iv i a the
! Wingate, N. C, section, and in. ;
‘compliance with his wishes
1 sco. t-S of bereaved friends and
.relatives slowly wended their
; way io the cemetery tne other
day behind a lowly ore-horse
wagon in which reposed a plain
coffin made by local carpenieis
that contained iht remains of
‘his mghiy essetmed citizen and
Coefeoerate r etcran.
I nt deceased was 7 « years of
sye was a native of Union
conn y. He strived in the Con
fedcraie arrnv for eighteen
monfns amt was a valiant. sol
dier, ; ie v.’iiS a nevoted Mem
ber os The imyom church, was
an honest* s’ruigh-loruard cni
/.eri. .mi was considered u friend
by He :y eve:> o , .(j his e<;. -
nsun;! >. . i>5.1 i u: i.:s sons wvie
p;d; hearers.
h: - :.re'.‘ of
Hick i y, w *• vn«.n. > hy
;a Wei.ms • .. : ..ah
j hOJC pem.-lr;. i, ; s • n: :j;l
j Causing non- s utsano uta-a.
: Spoil C; 5 s t UVcT IK.OC ii. " «
j oics ’sirs. \.j i.y Such ,ui, v,,^
j of an '•'Xpi'v. .it •;>•:?*
bia, S. <J . e > nmii i . j
Mouday ■ ■ yroLsng L*i jq
a gassiovt ..iiU turning <> i the
gas.
ba.it? Ot V ciiliable Laiici
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an order of the (Superior
court of Yadkin countv, N.
made on the 4th day of October,
19di, in the mutter of (J. E. 1’ayl
lor, ei a.l vs ilia Poindexter, efc a!,
1 will idler lor sale at public a no
tion-to the highest biduer on the
premis-■ s, on Eriday, (he 4th day
November, iDJl, at 11 o’clock,
oi., on .the terms of l me third
| cash; Om third in six ; lontiisaud
uae-i.ij r<i iu uveivv months, the
j tleleiTrtl ]);•■ V JU»‘!lts to h « M-cUl'ni
I t> v Mott- with Jt ! ‘pi • >\I*(i S', v-!’ 11; v
! , ! , ■■ ' , ,
~~ . i (> per cent
i per in;itiiUi lfoiu eomu maiiui!. the
followin'; described 1m ■--, t *; - \v i t:
| j »viu{-r and Kong t! e >*oin5l v ( t
’’ Yadkin, Fo 1 >i:ii t«*.. i;."in ; . a i
:-joining tin* lands « l \» v m l>ni ,
■ G. L Nicholson •;.>G < to s. a d.
i OOlliiI i' Hi as }“e ‘ | j; 11• •1
{ t • | t l
I Jit a. luaeli oak o;i tti«* j •. t tt
| to i iiiiitsvi] ;e, imiu;. west Jl
1 1 * j
cunins „o a post m<a corner*
i ’
i thence south h elm r > ;mi
| links to a | o :t oak cohum; av s>
! Id chains ami Olinhs to a white
1 oak in the ►Stowart iin’e; thence
j south to the sa.iO r>;c\vart in. Z-'
i chains to a Flake, at tic* ; ■ > ■ ♦ I m
i
iGioujj s hue; tin.na'.- s nth 1>-1 «{«••
igreos east. 34 chains to a Spa i. ii
I at forks of roar; then: t north 4
j degrees «• ist "i clia.rts ami . o inks
| to a, I. nek oak; thence >< nth To
! decrees east o eh; ins lo a » j-t
[ oa c' comer <-f 11,e chnrcli Ini;
j tin nee south 5 chains ami To
| I i nl;' to a. s t-t k: > ■■ a> t!>e *«Jdn of t!ic
road; 111eiicc nori 1 \ !'d r-s
i _ >
I \v - •"* chains aim To ii l.s to ih *
. beginning, contain h j; Is mov
| move or K.-m < \ c t
j trom 4 a o'as >ier*•'..p_>, . j
| Nalhan id .»• T,r, a 1 4 a . ; cs su’d
, t) Lee Logan.
• This the o s > 1 : c mo!) i\
j i’ . {>, 1 >ei‘ 1 V.-, (. ; > 111 .
Benlmw, Flail & Leob, . At
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