VOL. XXVHI.
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VADKINVH.LE.
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C., THURSDAY, AUG. 34, MX2
Some Good Advice to
the Traveling Pubiic
"OonS Taka atrana# Hoad at Mara
Than 20 Milt* an Hour," Mia Ad
aka—Car Daaan't Oriva Twica
^ Aiike in Any Boadway.
Littte Fa Us, X. T.—Archie Baker
ciuims to be a confirmed nutomot'iie
tourist of iong and varied experience.
He says he Has driven upward of 50,
000 ntiies in his 1010 seven-passenger
six; and the car iooked tt when Archie
and his famiiy puiied out beside the
road just west of Smail Guif, between
Littte Faiis and Herkimer, to camp
of the most noted of Mohawk
tourist parking ptaces.
tr and his wife and a tweive
son and ten-yearotd daughter
that tonring agrees with them,
gave the impression of having
LB independent income.
My experience ta that a ipt of
tourists don't know very mucin and
don't stop to team anything, either,"
Staid Mr. Baker. "The resuit is. they
hkve a tot of hard knocks. When wo
were coming into New York Mote,
about MiO miies from hare, we tamed
off down a side road to camp by Lake
Mrte. There was an oatHt down by
^jta !ake which ciaimed they had had
A tot of hard tack. They dished a
arbeei; they tore ap a tire; they tost
a tent off the hack end of the toad)
they siept coid nights, and they were
about ready ta gait. Bat,
t they won't gait. Nobody
gear does quit once the fhmiiy hare
t<^ touring right—the way tt
m he dene. Their dished Wheat in
garadted me. The man ciaimed he
didn't drive fhst, bat he skidded,
Ifnaght the weight of the car on the
MgfB near wheei, and smashed tt Ml
"This wns an a strange road, ant lm
Indians. he said, and !t anre dM lotdt
hll right. Bat It Mashed him. and
It was pare laek that he didn't roll
Wear. I askdA him a bant the hind of
road, and he couldn't tel! am; said
tt was pretty muddy, but had gravel
an It too.
JThere you are! He smashed up
- -as taught a Wson, and didn't
twbdt the lesson was. The fact
ore more than 200 different
^'hf good reads la the United
I've been on most hinds. Ml
. few of them—motHMhat
stone "ater bound
on waste tgads,
clay, broken down
ut and Bll <rushed
-ee, cinder, shell,* bank
beach gravel desert two
and so on.
E ROPE OF OOPHER TAtLS
fork Against Rodents In Montana
fectively Illustrated In Roge
Made by Indiana.
Helena. Mont.—A rope made of
000 gopher (ground squirrel) tails was
recently on display at the ofHce of the
Montana extension director, nwattjng
shipment to the biological survey of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture. The ropetwas made hy the
Blachfoot Indian chief, Mpllt Kur, and
Bis tribal assistants, who live near
Browning, In Ulacier county, Montana
The Indtans have taken an active In
&a-est in the campaign against the
todenis. and after burying more than
1,400 ground squirrels, decided to sure
tails for the 19 foot rope now on ex
hildtion. It is estimated that at least
3U),00M rodents were fh-stroyer) hy the
Trustee's Sa!e
tndcrand by
j<owet contained
yittno of (he
in a deed o(
trust ntade and executed on the
6th day of Maicin H'3l, ^C. F,
Day and wife Hannah Day, and
recot'deel in t^^othco of the Keg
tslet of D*'0'&cf Yadlsin county,
ho'k 2% r"H'' to the
ersigned trustee, and defaul)
yitiH !'< !-n .untie in the pay
Mwnt of the secuied by said
deed of trust, 1 wiH sell at publit
auctfod for cash, on the 31st day
f August, 192^, at 2 o'clock p. m
n the , premises the following
described real estate:
Beginning on an alley C, G
athis' corner; runs 8^5 decree!
ast 118 feet tv Flat street; thene<
ith said street 19.6 degrees east
or th witlr qaid street 100 feet h
. G. Mttfhis* earner, on Ebg
treet; thence West %,6 feet to th
nning. For r^fetenees, set
ofMicnmoos and Mafhis ant
bores Broths. This the 81.
ay of July, 1PM.
. Tom WnodruH, Trustee,
Yadkin Superior Court
in Sea-Mon This Week
Superior Court rpcned here
Monday with fudge McEHr*y
presiding end Solicitor J J
Hayes prosecuting. A large
corps oi lawyers d-fenuuig the
different defendants A iarge
crowd has been tn to ' u a!! the
week and especially yesterday
the court room was packed with
people listening to tne trial of
John Harris. The formwing
cases up to this morning have
been disposed of as follows:
Alfred Long, Jack Morris and
P D. Peddycord, resisting offic
er, the defendants enter plea of
nolo contendria, judgment Sus
pended on paymen of cost.
Richard Kerney colored, as
sault. guilty, ftned $106 and cost.
EMja Roberson c c. w., guilty,
fined $50 and cost.
Alfred Long, a. w. d. w, guilty
$25. and cost.
Mac Farmer, obstructing pub
iic road, judgment suspened on
payment of cost.
Edward Davis and Son Dink
ins operating car whiie intoxi
cated, not guiity.
DeWitt Wishon sentence sus
pend, to show good behavior at
next (arm of court
H. J. Cook. John and Mon
Myers, a. w. d w., not guilty as
to both Myers, guilty as to fined
five dollars and cost.
John Harris, who kiiied Ger
man Brown, guiity, murder in
second degree, sentenced nos
less than 26 y<
years nor more then
30 at hard labor/
Nelson Hudspeth guilty of
trespass, !2 moths on the road.
Everet Sparks ma
ey<
Daniel Vestal failure
property, not guilty.
Fred Reece, disturbing relig
ious service, found guilty, fined
315 and cost.
ReSate of Vaiuabie Land
Pursuant to an order of the Su
perior court of Yurlkin county.
N. G.. madeou(he 18th day of
Aug., 1922, in an ex parte pro
ceediug therein pending entitled
Ethel Taylor, Bessie Taylor and
Yernell Taylor, by R. F. Jester,
her guardian, ex parte, I will of
fer for re-sale at public auction to
the highest bidder at J. B. Samp
son's store at Sniithtowu, N, C.,
on Saturday, the !)th day of
Sept., 1922, at 1 o'clock p. m„ the
following described tract or par
cel of land in Yadkin county, N.
C., adjoiniug the lands of Hamp
Taylor, Suasauunh Jester and
others, bouudel'as follows, to-wit
Beginning at a stone, Mary
Taylor's corner,'a,al runs south
2 degrees west 13 chains to a
white oak; t!lenC& %u)th 25 de
grees wed 17 chatus and HI lintts
to a chestnut stump; then west
3 chains aud 70 iiuks to a pine;
then north 21 chains ty said road;
then down the load as it meaud
ers to the beginning, containing
20 acres, more or less.
Terms of sale: $100.00 of tbe
purchase niouey to be paid in
cash on tbe day of sale, the re
mainder on credit of six months.
The deferred payment to be se
cured by bond and approved se
curity with interest at 6 per cenl
from day of saie until paid. Title
reserved until the whole of the
purchase money Is paid. Upon
h 'ppnHrmation of the salethe whole
[ or any part of the purchase moo
ey msy be paid at the option pi
the purchaser.
This 22 dsy 6f Aug., 1922.
R.&. Jester,
CeaaaMoMt,
s Subscribe for Tbe Ripple
y *
r.rbuah Ne
We are on* to kti#w that lit
t!e Ruth Corhcftnai* vety ili a)
this writing. ^
The farmers in itu: section are
very busy priming aad curing
tobacco.
Miss Carrie t tctcM#
guest of Miss fia jester ^ubday
Misses Ethei feue) and
Money were the guest of Wiss
Lucitie Warden Sunday.^. -*
Misses Saiiie Wihiams and
Lota Money were the guest of
Miss Kaly Lee Rockett Sunday.
Mr. J. J. WHiiams and family
were visiting reialives nere Sun
day. ^ ^ ^
Miss Laura Corueiius v-n? A#
guest of Miss Loise Wihi^td)
Sunday.
MECCA FOB VtS!T0B§
WMhbt^nn May Caaoma "Cott*
vantitw City'' af Country.
This tyrtnp )a Proving Hwurtl brsatw
fur MulgpuMuwa V tubing Cayitut—
Maw AusHfuMMm PMMnug t#
WaMMbg^u.-^Omt WMhlngtan may
awn win the HMa at "OahvwHon cHy"
la tba prophecy at sum# old InhaM
tanta TMy say that oaavantloa mwt
Inga In Mm aationai capital grow hof
site and number every year.
No one beep# an oHMat rawed Of
the organlaatlnna and tbelr delegatee
that visit the city, but according to
street car contactors, White House
guards and watchmen in the govern
tnent building", this spring is proving
a record breaker for delegating#
There la no Beoson of the year when
Washington Is not entertaining visitors
who have gathered from tlm ends of
the country to discuss by-laws and
*pf!ng ht the mt.*( iar..*. mb' Hto^ for
seeing Washington, attd thererire
Spring always hriuga an uniiMalty
targe assortment of ' invention fotiow
ers.
The capital, with its trees bursting
info pale greet), its cherry blossom
drive atong the thin) basin, nnd its guy
dower beds, is ut Us )<est. Later,
Washington*settles down t" hot weath
er—though the chamber of commerce
never admits it, und now nnd then dis
piays impressive statistics attd com
parative reports of the weather bureau
showing that the capita) wit)) its iOo,
t'OQ trees, its ft,nop acres of parks and
its river breexe is not so hot as it la
sometimes represented.
In spite of those encouraging but!*
tins, spring coniinnes to be the fash
ionable convention season,
Aigeady, this year, the Daughters of
the American Itcvoiutlon and! the
Daughters of 1H12 have advanced upon
Washington with buttering badges.
The League of American Penwomeit
bus gat tiered its coilet tidh of literary
aotutdes and celebrated its twenty-fitth
acniycrytoy with a bonk lair, break
fast, cardival hnti and ^otin-r func
tions. And. ytdih .less t'dmp and cere
mony, LOW oeuiists and several otitet
aclentiPc groups* iiave been ctmfmriug
In odd corners of the city* betweea
i'anguets and rmporttuft sessions, _
Baby cab a Hum caerte.
Port Moron, Hitch.—'John Hamm.
)f Farrdn wns nr'csted by customs ot
et),i9 while wheeling a baby cob from
a ferry boot In the eab on which
the baby rested was a quilt contatn
ina 12 pockets tn each of which rw
posed a bottle of liquor. .With Ham
mond wns his wtfe and two children.
I!e stated he was buying a house on
the contract plan, and took up hooxe
smuggling to raise money. Me Is etn
phased by the drnnd Trunk In Sarnia
Hammond was placed In inll,
Administrator's Notice
'
t
Haying cptalihed asadministra
tor of the estate of Hatinah Day,
deceased, late of Yadkin county,
North Carolina, this is to notify
alt persons having claims againsl
the estate of the agid Hannah
Day, deceased, to tile same wtth
the undersigned bn or before 24th
day of July, 1H% or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of thd
covety, AHpersons
said estate wiH
mediate sbt
day of
! Yadkin County Sunday
* Sehoc! Convention
The Sunday School workers
of Yadkin county wi!) hold {heir
annua! County Convention with
the Gea'er Methodist Church on
Saturday mid Sunday, Septetn
bet !icd and 3rd. Sunday Schoo!
workers o! at! denominations are
urged !o atteod.
Mr. O. W. Sims. Genera!
Superintendent o f the Norb
Caroiina Sunday Schoo! Asa#ci
ation, wdi speak at egnh-setsion
of the convention. has
had many years
perienoa^as a
teacher, su
State Supet
i?y Magee oi
.ek
Schoo!,
t and
nt. Miss
North Caro
Suuday Schoo! Association
a!so speak severa! timej
bring the convention is said to
' a very attractive speaker,
he opening session wi!! be
!ed over by L. F. Amburn,
!t of the Yadkin County
ty Schoo! Association
^sociated with Mr. Atcbura
ihsf president are the foHowing
county and township officer;:
vuce moment, j.M saitor,
aid%t$t Secretary S. T. Hinahaw,
Township PrMidonta, Rev.C. H.
Hutchens, H.C. Johnson, J. L.
Long, Ora Brandon, Prof S.J
Hunniuiitt, Will Jones, J. H. Sat
!or, dhas. Grose.
The Yadkin County Sunday
Schoo! Association is euaBiary
th Carolina Sunday
whitA is the
eMaet of Sunday
Schod W kiM9 off the evange
lical d#ov,ninattoas to extend
and id^^ove
terests comntoa to;
ers. It sirives to help bj
suggestion not hy authority,'
therefore it helps many, it hin
ders none It seeks helpful co
Operation', fiot union Its con
ventions and institutes discuss
methods of work not church
doctrines AH meetings held
under the auspices of the associ
ation are free and open to all
who wili attend. In territories
where there ate no Sunday
Schools the association does not
suggest the, organization of un
ion Sunday School, hut urges
the organization of denomina
tional Sunday Schools of the de
nomition preferred by the peo
ple in the (ommuuity.
<.. F\ Amburn, Pres.
S T. Hinshnw, Sec.,
Notice of Safe of Land
Under Deed of Trust
ed in ^ ( <'(! of tru-st c,ccut"<! bt
C. F. Day tout sut'd Hi'ltuab ihit
bidder ou the prendaea'-o Satin'
day, September 2, "t tv"
o'clock )n , H)c following rod
eatate to wit: Situated in Jouen
yrlle, YmUde county, itnobatoen
alii}', and tub'UfUUM the lamia of
J. F. Piutnx iiix) ottera and
bounded at! foUowa:
Begiuninr? ou a rock ou the
west aide of Mineral gpriQ^a road
tuna with aaid road—feet to a
rock on we at aide ot aaid road,
west 12$ feet to J. C- Finnix line,
weat with his line nmd halt and
mark treea to a blatk wwnr in J.
ic. Pinnix line aud^aatward to tlu
,1 be^inninn- Terma of aale caah
jThi^Auku^ 2, f9M.
E. F. Thompson, Trustee
for d. Q. ^y, AaatMnee.
—It,e Ritpi? will be tnniled t
aay 'addMw# w Yaditiu eowuty
[fV# fw erah in *dvnuce.
John Harris Gets Term
, ofTwetly-Fiver ara
John Harris, who kii'ed Ger
man Brown on the 29th day ol
December, w ts gtven a term oi
not less than 23 years mor more
than 3<' at hard !$bor tn the pen!
tentiary by fudge McEtroy in
Superior court here iate yester
day afternoon. after he had en
tered a plea of murder in the
Seeo&$ degree
IRSHconr^e was decided on
by the attorneys for Harris and
was accepted by the stJIte Har
ris would have pteaded insanity
avd might have been found not
guilty had he gone to triai. An
effort was made to have the sen
tence lighter one by a piea of
insanity but without success.
Harris killed Brown by shoot
ing him in the back with a shot
gun twicr, after a family fued
lasting several years and which
centered around the young wife
of German Brown, niece of the
murderer
When Harris finishes out 25
years in prison he will be 77
years oid. He is a man of white
hair and beard and will hardly
survive bis sentence.
RAD!0 MASHER PEEVES LAW
C#tra<*d amt ladtpaant asnoaytvmsM
Lady Mahaa Camplpint ta
amar af Mata.
tha
Pldladelphlp. — i{utcr
masher.
His Inllla) appearance In the ether
Wim related by (bsvemor Ipfotrl of
I'ennsylvania at a recent haaqnat
here.
"! iWelved a tatter the other day."
aald tfh" *.tyeMwy, "from e^*^""**
A
hreWF^^inTfa' tttld'Hc of !tl ^
ed: "!/i there nnv ^otstdookitu dame
llstetthig to th'sl Because If thers
ta !' want her to me#^be'' at
her of tltc Iftends' tjMtdevafd tu QtW<
ttert"Wn h'lttorrow wtaht ht mght
O'clock, f've got tt bottle ';t* letoch ,-.
my ciir.tmtl If I like Iter I'll take her
to Atlantic fity.'
'fit order to pass the htirk to tht
feth'ta) povgrTunent.'' the gov.-ricr re
marked. chuckling. "T wrote that the
development of rndlo had come so
suddenly that we hare not had time
yet to become conversant Wifi) the
pecuttar conditions it creates, hut lhat
I trusted due action would lie tnken
to prevent this fortn of outlnw hroa'I
caster from Inflicting tiis pers nality
on the world at large."
EGG REACHES RtPE AGE OF 6!
Perfectly Reapcctabte, Too, Be<:auM*
)t'a Hand Decorated and
Hard Bolted.
i ySeveiand. O.—An egg's age is
; nstmtty cnrefuiiy concenied.
t(nny of nncient vintage emerge
fropi cohl sfornge and masquerade
ns freshly taid hen fruit, hut. ns n
genera] thing their advancing yeary
an no more to )<e boasted of t'irr
(hose of a uonmn.
??ot so with an egg in - Mo- ponses
rion of, Fred !!. fierst, 20.14 Kvelyri
avenud, Lakewood. !t'S sixty-one
years old and perfectly respectable.
it's a hand-decorated .,Fns'o]<
witi) the date "Apri! '8. 1360," in
scribed in White on n reddish-brown
background, it is hnTd boiled and is
kept by air. Gerst carefuiiy wrapped
In got ton to protect it from break
*a*
Administrators Notice
i ^Having qualified as admitiis
trator of the estate of tin: W. P.
Brendle, deceased, late Ytf Yad
kin county, North Carolina, aii
persons holding clams against
the estate of said deceased ate
hereby notified to present them
to me within twelve months from
date of thia notice or this notict
will he plead in bar of Ithelr re
covetry, and all persons iadebte*
to said estate are requested t<
settle at once. This August 1st
. t9M.
a D. M Breudle Administrate
of W P. Brendle. Deceased.
O. H T. CJub Spends week
!n Thg Land of The Sky
bait Tuesday morning (here
was a stir in (he 0)d Home
Town. Save s een mentbers^f
(he O H. T. Club donned their
khaki and !efi for a weeks camp
ing trip iir Western N. C. The
following ctub members were
included in the number: W. K.
Dobbins, Pres., Gertrude Hat),
Blanche Mackie, George Mar kic,
Dwight Martin, Lucy Hittshaw,
Dwight Osborne, Rufus Grater,
Leo West, Rossie Shore, Smt
ford Hinshaw. Sam Brarmcn,
Ruby Venable, Minnie Cam
tevens, Annie Pear! Dobbins,
Laura Reynolds, and Hthci
Shore. Among other membets
present were Mr. Ciaudc Dun
nagaa and Mr. W T Myers both ,
of Winston Saiem. The whoie
party was under the abie direc*
tionof Mrs. H. G Ras^ who !
made an excelient chaperott.
The youn,. people of Yadkinvilio
fee! very grateful to Mrs. Rasa
and hope to **ave her as a pcr
-manentchaparonfor ai! furore
occasions. They hope too, that
"Jack" can a! ways go.
Among places visited the ihst
day were Wdkesboo, Deep Gap,
Boooe and Blowing Rock. With
Biowing Rock as headquarters
until Friday the club visited dai
iy various nearby points of inter
est Through the efforts of the
President and the chaperon
May view Cottage was secured
as a club house, ^he tent was
plpcetfnear the Holt estate and
used for a cookit
ad. Th is <
y,
that place edych
t?^tHl acres of lahd and furnish
one of the m&t bertuttful see&es
in N. C. The games, seedery,
and motor boat riding that the
club engaged while there was
really the climax of the trip.
The new Victrola which has
been recently purchased by the.
club furnished excellent enicr
talnnient for the whole journey.
i The return trip was made Sat
urday by way of Morganton,
Xewton. Hickory, Connelly
Springs and Statesville. Usually
some old friend couid n!wn.\s )'u
found at the various stops that
were made. All members of
theclub fee! that the trip was a
credit to ^adkinville because of
the good behavior and fine
sportsmanship that was always
shown to everybody They aho
feel that it wiil be a great social
benefit to the towa as a w hole.
Administrators Notice
Haying qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of John Mane*
more deceased, )ate of Yadkin
county, North Carolina, this is
to notify ati persons holding
claims against the estate of said
deceased to present them to the
undersigned for payment within
twelve months from date of this
notice or same will be plead in ,
bar of their recovery. AH per
sons oweing said estate are re
quested to make settlement at .
once. This August 14, 4922,
H. C. Macemore, Administrator
of John Macemore, deceased.
He Ought to be Mobbed
' \o old bachelor says, there la
* but one thing tweeter than !ovfa
young dream, and thd It to
r wake up and Find yourself tingle
—Boston Traoscrip.