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VOL. X m YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1921 NO. 45
HAIR TO.IIOkS
, FILL liS JAIL
34 Per Cent Increase in Arrests
at Washington Due to “Non
Beverages.” '
1,097 SENTENCED IN YEAR
Washington.—The use of hair tonic,
4* voring extracts, perfumes, medicines
containing alcohol, and even poisonous
wood alcohol, for beverage purposes,
had a good deal to do with the fact
that the number of jail sentences dealt
out at the nation’s capital for intoxi
cation during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1921, showed an increase of
84 per tent over the previous year, ac
cording to the annual report of W. L,
|*eak, superintendent of the District
Jail, just made public.
, Superintendent Peak described the
Increase us “an erratic fluctuation in
the pioeess of extinction,” which local
Observers declared not such a bad way
pf putting it, after all. At any rate,
there were 1,097 sentenced to jail for
drinking more than they could handle,
as compared with 841 who didn’t get
home safely the year before.
Intoxication Increasing.
,! “From their low point following the
new law the figures are ascending and
Intoxication for the moment is in
creasing,'’ reads the superintendent’s
report.
“The beverages are new, and most
Of them are legitimate articles of com- I
;Xneree, but they are being used for pur
poses never designed by the manufac
turer. Hair tonic, flavoring extracts,
perfumes, medicines and the poisonous
wood alcohol are all being consumed
by the old-time victims of a habit j
Which required an act of congress to
cure.
“The increase is due to the fact that
70i inger men have been able to evade |
the law and have found means of traf
ficking in saleable imitations of old
beverages having an alcoholic con
tent nearly double that of the older
prod act.
“The enforcement of the law is ful
ly in keeping with the public’s view
point, and the inqpeased violations are
probably only an erratic fluctuation in
the process of extinction.
“Because the courts took such a de
termined stand La the matter of frown
ing upon certain forms of recklessness
find defiance of law, good results are
filready indicated. There were 57
’fewer cases of carrying deadly
j.weapons, 74 fewer cases of larceny,
W<Jl 30 fewer cases of grand larceny
[than last y^r.
;j “There were 58 persons sentenced
joy-riding, a decrease of 34. There
Were 40 committed for murder, a gain
[of 10 o\<er last year. There are four
men awaiting execution. j
j Young Men Offenders,
“It has been the accepted belief that
the boy brought safely through his
teens into the full promise and estate
of young manhood has safely passed
the fields in which wild oats are
grown, and is firmly embarked upon
the broad highway of rectitude and
right living.
• it is nenrlv mi'vwsfll
.o. uiHlnubleui.v ..
And yet 1,334 of this year's jail pop
ulation wore between the ages of
twenty and thirty; more than one
third or all, at the exact time when
life should hold for them every in
ducement to be loyal to the precepts
of righteousness.
“It has been so before—other reports
disclose it—not the wild, carefree age
of youth, but the age that leaves
wife and child to hang their heads in
shame, in the squalor of privation, be
cause of the misdeeds of a grown
mar
^ to other years the arrow
“Then 1 passes beyond the six
points anti: \ and 51 men, within the
tieth milestone, were received. There
limits of old age, lImk?r Uvontv.
were 500 of tlie x -eckloss :ind tbe^r
misguided, Ignorant, > lvs- lltnrt, st,ri.
crimes were nearly ah V;tweoi» forty
ous than those of men . group are
and tifiy. In tills latte* (jiat
found the habitual drunkard or item
they pad ;.0e total of their gt.
tO 5o4. ' Qjf
“Twenty to thirty is the age
yielding to temptation,” the rrpv
includes, adding: “It is then- th*.
^swnee of. prevention is needed."
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Woman's Gcof^ Use of Worm*.
Harrisburg. Fa.—Mrs C. Morn ,'j
Of Mount Joy has found a go 'd use (
for a worm, which is one of the most t
destructive of grtnmry pests. Accord
ing to the state department »d agri- 1
ealture, Mrs. Kern rears thh destruc- *,
Hve MNfts’and sells them as food for J
fish, mocking birds and ether caged ^
birds. The pest which h?*s been \
turned Into bird and Ash fo^d, is the. ,
worm.” scientifically known as \
thinexebrio obsearuit flnd T. Motetor. j
It is the tar*4 <of the l&JTe black j
bfttte, which nrfests jpr^iwirles and
v jCauites greiV Iwses.
America Proposes; a 18
Year Naval Holiday
A ten year holiday in naval |
construction, involving a tre
mendous scrapping of ships now
on the way or contemplated by
the United States, Great Britain
and Japan, was proposed to the
conference on the limitation of
armaments by Secretary IIalli
es at the opening session Satur
day as the American proposals
Briefly the American propos
al is:
That there may be destroyed
by the navies of the three great
powers 66 capital fighting ships
and a total tonnage of 1,878,043
tons.
Within three months after
making an agreement the navies
would consist of designated and
agreed upon ships, as follows:
United States, 18; Great Britain
22; Japan 10.
In tons this would be, United
States 500,650; Great Britain 604,
450; Japan 299,700.]
Fresh with memories of the
soldier dead the conference on
the limitation of armaments met
in its first session Saturday.
The conference opened prompt
ly at 10:30 with a speech by
President Harding.
The conference adjourned at
12:22 until Tuesday, November
15, at 11a. m.
NOTICE
All persons clue the W. J. Trim
estate are hereby notified to set
tle their accounts at once. All
fertilizer bills of his are due ])e
cember 1, 1921, and you are noti
fied to settle at that time. I will
be at Yadkinville court every day
for the purpose of collecting
these accounts,
W. W. Woodruff, Admr.
X Lightning Flash Picks
! Setting Hen's Bones \
Winchester, Va.—A marvelous >
i freak of lightning was reported ?
> by Mrs. Coleman Lyne of Jeffer- j
1 son county, West Virginia, who ?
I declared that after lfglitniug had z
struck a small pear tree near z
her chicken yard she went out *
to look after a lien whose eggs 2
were soon to hatch. fcUie found <
the lightning had run down the t
> fence a short, distance to the X
| nest, and there was the skele- t
^ ton of ihe lien in the exact posi- '
*■ tion in which she had set upon 2
j tiie nest. . X
J The bones were as clean as |
5 if they had been scraped, and X
2 the meat and feathers lay near- S
j by not even scorched. None of >
£ the eggs had been cracked, hut £
£ oil close inspection a smail hole ^
l wa§ found in the end of each, J
^ and the inside of the shell ?
X burned out as clean as a new z
l pin. j
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PRICELESS WEIGHTS FOUND
Only Complete Set of Colonial Stand
ard Is Discovered at Alex
andria, Va.
Washington.—What is regarded as
an important historic find has just
been made in the discovery of the
•ferlginal set of standai*|M^ights and
measures of Fairfax cc^Jty in the
Town hall at Alexandria^ Va. The
set Is complete and consists of a yard
stick, weights from 1 to 100 pounds
and measures of all capacities, Jujth
dry and wet. All are of solid brass
and are inscribed “Fairfax County,
'44.”
\ he implements have been in the
i>**v ,ml1 for a ,ong timei but It wa3
,ntv r<* e.ntly .that the? wejie cleaned
nd,the t. nacriptlons discovered.
An expen fr.0m tbe Department of
agriculture * ’ho examined the set
tates that they v ar.e t»eonly complete
et of colonial w*. tn tilf United
{tates and as suelfv are PrtCeTosC
he time they were ■AlexaBdrta I
vas the county seat of count^ I
Vhen Alexandria was Cfcel
)l#tnct of Columbia F»mf fiteiff-*1,
muse was made the county Jseaf; >r
Or, Harding Elected
By Substantial Majority
Dr. T. R, Harding, Republican
nomkiee for the legislature, was
elected at Tuesday’s special
election by a big majority. The
exact figures cannot be gotten
at the hour of going to press.
Deep Creek township gave
Harding a majority of HI and
North Liberty §8 and it is pre
sumed other precincts went in
proportion except Little Yadkin
the home township of Mr. Jos*
eph Williams, the Democratic
nominee. He received a ma
jority of 43 in that township.
Harding’s majority will be
around 750, it is thought, not
more than half of the voters go
ing out
Visitors From Afar
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Sprinkle,
of the Catilina Islands, in the
Pacific ocean, 26 miles from Los
Angeles, Calif., arrived in Yad
kinville Saturday to visit Mr.
Sprinkle’s mother, Mrs. Sarah
McCollum.
Mr. Sprinkle left the Balti
more section of this county 14
years ago, and betore his depart
ure for the west, was a boyhood
friend of the editor and it is use
less to say the editor was glad
to see him.
Curtis is a good boy and is do
ing well. His mother, who is a
good woman, was glad to see
him and presented him with a
present of $100 in cash. This
was a good deed by x loving
mother. Mr. Sprinkle and wife
left Tuesday night for their
home, a distance of 3540 miles
Notice of Sale Under Deed
of Trust
By virtue of the powers con
tained in a deed of trust executed
by J. M. Anthony and wife, M. J.
Anthony, on the lBtli day of Sep
tember, 1920, and recorded iu
book 21, page 252. in the office of
Register oi Deeds • of Yadkin
county, North Carolina, I will
sell for cash at public auction at
the courthouse door iu Yadkin
ville on the 17th day of Decem
ber, 19.1, the following tract of
real estate, to wit:
In Buck Shoal township.
Bounded on the north by Y. L
Tuckci s laud'-, ... east by
.-John Nicks; on the south by J. Y.
Anthony; and on Hie we.-t by J.
II. Anthony, containing 33 acres
more or less.
Said sale being made to pay
note secured by said de$d of
trust alter default in payment of
same, and at the request of the
holder of said note.
This November 15, T92[.
S. Carter Williams.
Trustee!
Administrator s Notice
Having qualified s adminis
trator of the estate of J. U. West
deceased, late of Yadkin countv,
| North Carolina, all persons bold*
I urg claims against the estate of
| s£ .d deceased, are hereby notified
to present them to me on or be
fore the Oth day of October, 1922,
or this* notice will be plead in bar
of their P5CoVvv4v- All, persons
indebted to said e.^tahj Ate re
quested to settle at once. *
This 4tb day of October, 1921.
J, A. West. Administrator
of J. ld.AVest, deceased.
\ -— / W *
Tho coiifereflte of
ks M. £h church mel- is
;roit Taesdsff, .
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YUCATAN A RED STRONGHOLD
: State Reported by Travelers to Be
Headquarters for Moscow
Propaganda. '
V Mexico City.—Travelers returning
llfcre from Yucatan describe that re
gion as a socialist stronghold, with
radicalism strongly intrenched, from
the governorship down to the most
minor office. Felipe Cariilo, member
of the tederal chamber of deputies,
whose radicalism recently . led to at-'
tempts to oust him, is the leader and
in all probability will be elected gover
. nor next fall.
Although flic radicals are divided in
to two groups they are united in the
cause of communism, it is reported,
and operate as the “league of re
sistance.” Membership cards of this
organisation are printed on darning
red paper and its letter heads are^
printed in red.
Yucatan at present is in a bad way
economically, as there is practically
no market for henequen, the chief
product of the state. The economic
situation has given rise to numerous
Instances of lawlessness with occa
sional bloodshed.
In line v Ah these facts is the re
port recently cabled to tlie government
here that the communist congress
which met in Moscow several months
ago designated Yucatan as the head
quarters for tiie propaganda work in
Latin America.
Can Switch It When, Where and How
He pleases, is Decision of
New York Court.
New j ork.—A horse's tail is privi
leged. That was decided in the Tombs
court h.v Magistrate Corrigan. It cost
Mike Iiaccarelli ft 10 to learn that about
his equine employee.
Ihiceareili. a driver, was haled into
court by an agent of the Humane so
ciety, who accused hijn of floating Ids
horse. The heating was caused, he
told the court, because the horse with
one magnificent swish of the tail had
knocked a perfecto out of f'accarilli’s
S hand.
“A tail belongs to a horse,” decided
the magistrate. “He can switch it
when, where and as much as he
pleases. That’s what it’s for. Ten
dollars or five days in jail.”
Attacked by Mad Bull.
I’ottsviile, I’a.—S. A. Haas, a dairy
man of this city, was the other day
seriously gored by a hull, his life only
being saved by h's wife and sou and
two hired men, who appeared on the
scene just in time to distract the at
tention of the maddened animal. Sev
eral broken ribs and bruises and con
tusions all over his body showed the
seriousness of Haas’ injuries. The
bull saw Haas at work and attacked
him without warning. Then Haas was
pressed against a stone wall by the
bull, Yfc'cli weighs 1,800 pounds. It
Is said a red handkerchief provoked
the attack.
NOTICE
B/virtue of an order of the
Superior court of Yadkin coun
ty in an action therein pending,
entitled W. W. Woodruff, ad
ministrator of J. M. Hudspeth,
! deceased, vs I. L. Hudspeth, et
; in, a .on the prti...
the sand clay road about two
miles west of Boonviile, on the
2 ist day o! November, 1921, at
or near the hour of 2 o’clock to
tue highest bidder at public auc
tion the following described
real estate:
Lying and being in Boonviile
township, Yadkin count}', N. C.,
adjoining the lands of A. J.
Reece, D, W, Stowe, A. H.
Sparks, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a.Spanish o»* C'
the north side of Hamptonvftlc
road, A. J-Reece’s corner; then
west to a white oak, A. J.
Reece's corner in D. \V. Stowes
line; then south to a s'one t>n
the south side of Hamptonville
road, D. W. Stowe, J. \V. Huds
peth and A. R, Speers corner;
then north 41 degrees east 81
chains to a persimmon tree cor
ner; then to the beginning,: con
itfUmog’ 13 acres more or less.
Terms of sale one half cash,
and balance on credit of six
riOniS?. w'$ £224 sa4 spprov^ii
(jec^'iity on deferred payment
with ^r»vilege to purchaser t<?
pay all cv ^ anc* rece*ve deed*
This Octofcsu^
'V^AV. Woodruff,
eavtSy Att*y s,
v
| Physical inspection
of School Olilidren
Miss L. Lowe, nurse from the
bureau of school inspection, is
in the county for the purpose oi
making a physical inspection of
all the school children. This
work is to be followed up later
by a clinic.
It is the duty of parents to
have their children present as
the nurse's time is limited and
there will only oe one visit to
each school.
Yadkin is very fortunate to
have this work done and it is to
be hoped that no child will be
denied this opportunity.
Rev, Mr. Vesta) Granted a
Years Leave
(From Christian Advocate) .
Rev. M. II. Vestal, whose!
heal'.h failed several months;
ago, took the superannuated re
lation at conference and will
live1 Dear Yadkinville in his na
live countv. Brother Vestal en-;
tered itinerancy in 1891 and has|
been ore of Re r osi faithful!
and useful memheis of the West i
ern North Carolina Conference,
lie was a constiucuvCworkman
appeciated by his people air4
popular with all classes. He is
not yet an old man and with a
year’s rest amid the scenes of
his childhood he . will probably
be able to return to the active
a fain. •
Administrator’s Notice
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the''state of John \Y,
Carter, decease*l, late of la vtli 111
coUDty, North Carolina, all per
sons lioldiugyilaims. against said
estate are hereby notified to pre
sent them to me on or before the
10th day of November, 192?, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate are re
quested to settle at once.
This November &th, 19*21.
John T. Binkley,
Admr. of John \Y, Carter, dec’d.
—_____—.
Notice of Sale
Salisbvu y, N. C., Olticc of Fed
eral P ohibition Director, Octo
Vn-14,1^1.; T‘:~ *• 11 *-i„« do
se ri bed property seized from L
A. and David Boose, by Federal
Frohibition Agent It. C. Jennings
on (September *2'.b in viola
tion of Sections .»and 2t>. Nation
al Prohibition Act. will be sold at
p iblic am tiuot in front of the
eoarthoiisjmd'Yadkin county, at
Y uik;N. (1., on Tuesday,
November 1021, afrll A. M.
O.ie tiw- passenger Chevio’et an
to mobile, License No. Oov/77, aio
fcor No, l) 7'iTOj Model 1020. <jhq
JtAlra tire. K. A. IvOHL'?->S,
'Federal Prohibition Direcior.
Ex ecu t ors N o tic i
The undersi^’uedj haring dipy
qualified as executors of the es
iale of A. N. Iteid, deceased, late
:of Yadkin (O iiify, North Caro
lina, this is to uoUiA all persons
liavirg claims against said estate
to file same with the. undersigned
within ono yea r from Aide .of this
notice or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. AH per
son ’ indebted to said estate will,
please male in mediate pav
ii?eut. ; . .i . .
This Cci. f7,1921.
A. O. lipid and J. W. Cook,
Executors,
Williams «SL-tt*a*is Ally’s.
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Fall? Arfeijokfe
How. Balog Trial
To'cre, “Fatty” Arbu£l:Ie,
famous modm p. cture comedian
went to Mortda}7 oh a
ch«.-H-e o? manslaughter, grow
ing on the death of Miss Vir
ginia Ru* pe, rfloiion r- eure ac
tress, September V. scores of
witnesses on both sides v-tiled
the call to the stand.
Wilkes County Man Killed
I in Accident
, ‘ -
Chus S Pearson, general cor
tractor, was killed last Saturday
night while enrome from Likin
to his home at Moravian halls.
Mr. Pearson \\..s driving his
machine‘along the iuehw ay, -ix
miles from North \\ b «-.»t>oro,
when the right front w c.» .e
off, caiLfiig he. c u ; av die
fao.ul and tu n ov-.;r uov.; . . «. m
(junkmen t. mi. Pearso;. g
caught under the ear, am: it.s
face and head was mangled be
yond tecogri’tion.
Snue ami General
Mrs. Geuige ja\ .Could, wife
of the capitalist, dropped ut«;d
Viudio whiM* pitying gou with
her liU'buiid ai liieu country <.s
taio near Lake wood, N. j.
“Big i'nn” Murphy, former
[state representative, gang leaner
and president ot the Gas x\du
el's ami bti eet bweepers U nion
was leceiriy scute need to stive
six years in the penitentiary and
lined $30,IKK) ior planning -he'
big u.ail robbery in c. iiicago List
Ai»ai,
Sixty thous.i^d garment work
ers in this country \\\ at out o i
a strike Monday against the
piece work system.
The Morganton News-Herald
owned and published by Miss
Beatrice Cobb, and one ot the
best weekly papers in the stale,
is adding a Ludlow Typo graph
machine to its equipment. This
' is the first weekly paper in the
| state to install this kind of equip
ji'uent.
i Nine persons Were burned to
(death and a number inj'tried in
I a fire which destroyed a large
!tenement house in New York
Monday morning.
Deputy Sheriff Ik G. ..-.ivm, of
Durham county, was shot and
paiutuiy wounded Sa.niriljy
night while raiding a moonshine
still in that county.
'File state has ottered a $400-.
re w ard ior the ar: e st c t j esse Ur
Armtiel !, a prominent ThoiWgs
j.vdie onnker, who V&iQted
| there on charges o emj
I meat. Two banks 1 ■ trav.dfoa
couaiy are said to ♦*-,» Leaw w
i ers througl A miu id’s.
l| Bob Ben sou, colored, triu jn
*■,Dr mur4.
dering Robert Dish a? an some
months ago, was found guilty
of murder in first degree and
«s — (tjt cod io 1 c tieatiocuted on
Ja 'aim. 2/. His a s ook
an appeal.
^ ^fany of earifnli* •> are'p os
peeling fo* oil in Lv countyd
Davidson county officers cap*
t led a large ale dis ling
outfit in that county a few days
ago.
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Notice Contractors
We want to contract -uilh some
one to top-soil cue mile of road
from the Dixon Bill Bridge
flrew.Ualter's shop the- yncfl
[Apply to A. Dinkins, or vM
1 J&eavia. jM
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