YadkinviHe, Yadkin County, N
ursday, January !5.
VOi XXXII
No. 3
ISAM M. MEMS AFIWE!
jsnsE it. c. HSEEsw nisiiiia
JUDGE iSAAC M. MEEKiNS ' '
Cooiidge Appoints
Meekins Judge
Washington, jan. 9,—Isaac M
Meekins was named by Presi
dent Cootidge today to be feder
at judge for the eartern district
of North Caroitna
The nomination of Meekins
fortiteottice made vacant by
the death of Judge Connor sev
erat months ago. ends a contest
for the position, in which three
of the ablest repubiican candi
dates in the eastern section of
the state had engaged, backed
by friends of the candidates from
the ranks of both patties.
Mr. Meekins was the republi
can candidate for governor in
the !ast eiection, making a thoro
campaign of the state. He is
considered one of the best equip
ped iawyers in the southiand.
A. W McLean was inaugurat
ed governor of North Caroiina
yesterday, and now Cameron
Morrison retires to private iife
as a Chariotte lawyer.
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Fire Razes Stately
Old Murdaugh Place M
Suffolk, Va.—Murdaugh place. !!
astately old mansion of colonial"
;; days, located on the Suffoik- I!
*' Portsmouth boulevard near here, *'
.. was destroyed by fire recently. -!
;;The building, more recently "
.. known as the Savage home, was - -
j j buiit more than 150 years ago. ] ]
- - It was on the iawn of this old -'
j; colonial home that the Amer- !!
< < lean soldiers camped on the ''
! [ night before meeting the Brit- !!
- - ish In Norfolk in 1779, the day *'
]! before Suffoik was burned. ] I
*' During the Civil war It sev- *
!! era! times was a strategic point !!
" between the tines of the con- "
!! tending armies. On the lawn !
] [ were magnificent old box trees '
.. more than a century old, and -
]; the njansion in days gone by ]
. - was the center of social life in -
j [ that part of Nansemond county. ]
< - The house was three stories, -
[[ with a brick basement. '
-*"P+-i M !. ! ! !. ! .!"l -l "I- l-H ! 1 i 1 ! i d
Adopted by King*' Spirit,
Changes Name to Rameses
Co] ora do Springs, Coio.—So far as
this life is concerned, Patrick Francis
Batter, printer, now Is Patrick Fran
cis Rameses. Jndge Comforth has
granted his petition for the change In
name.
"Tour honor, I am a splrltnailst and
through spirit communication I have
been adopted into the famliy of King
Rameses n." Butler toid the court
"I wish to complete this spiritual
adoption by changing my name. This
change wilt not be detriments! to the
interests of any person and it Is a
proper change."
Mortgagee's Notice of
Sale of Land
Hy virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain mortgage
deed, executed on the 4ih lav of
October. 1919, bv H. L. Brown
lo J. w. Boyd, and duty recorded
tn the office of the Register of
Deeds, Yadkinviffe, N. C, Yad
kin cou Uy. i booK 23. page 114
aud said mortgage deed being to
secure the payment of certain
notes, which notes are past due
and unpaid, f shah 01 the 12th
dayof February, )925, between
the hours of 10 a m and 2 p. m.
at pubiic auction txpose to the
highest bidder for cash ihe foi
fowing described fand, lying and
being in Yadkin county, state of
North Carofina, and more fully
defined and described as follows
to wit:
Bounded on the north by Will
Johnson;on the south by John
son; ontheeastbyjohnson; on
the westhy Johcaon, and known
as the land conveyed to me by
Gincey Brown, and containing
52 actes, more or less.
For further description see
deed from Gincey Brown to H.
L. Brown, and recorded in the
office of t^e Register of Deeus
of Yadkin county, North Caro
lina.
This January 9, 1925.
J. W. Boyd, Mortgagee
Eugene Trivette, Attorney.
From J ) KeeCe admr
' J Recce, Sr
Due Bm!er Kapp 1 59
From J W Cook, admr
John Madison.
Due Madison heirs $ 12.60
From OFF Baity admr
Elizabeth Sprinkle
Due Sprinkle heirs 1.47
From Btk W iilm d et al
vs L D WO arc et a!
Due John Brown l it
" Heirs ot Jane Adams 1/1
" Ameiia Adams 1 11
" Svivester Wiiiard .63
" l^ugene Willard .63
" Duck Brown 1)1
From A H Woodruff
admr j K Carter
Due Druci))a Hurt 5 05
" Nancy Nichels 505
" Fanny MAdamsetal 505
" Mannie Williams 8 84
" Georgia WiHiams 8 84
" Henry Williams 8.84
" A J Baity &84
From R C Puryear, comr
Due Gladys Shore 9.51
" Boyd Shore 9.51
!.o.nGJ^nccw ^
Due twWrwSgy&er fWz
From W. A. and T. L. HoF
leman ext' [noHoiteman
Due John HoDeman 1 00
" James HoDeman 1 00
" Chas HoDeman 1 00
" Lee HoDeman 1.00
" Bettie Haymore 1.00
" Lula Brown 1.00
From J S Willyard admr *
Due Jettie Horn 5 97
" Margam Ferehu 5.97
From C J Hemric admr
Due Wagoner heirs 1.94
Minnie Davis et al vs
Thos Davis et al
Due Jona Davis 6 22
. " Raymond Davis 6 22
From Samuel Bowles
Due Nelson Bowles 25 37
" william Bowles 25,37
From Eugene Danner
admr F M Danner
Due waiter Danner 200.00
From J w Cook admr
L J Messick
Due Messick heirs
" Gat field Messick 3 56
" Webster Messick 3 56
' Leonard Messick 3 56
" Martha E Messick 3.56
" J w Norman 3.56
From J T Kirk admr
AIM Sharpe
Due Paul Randleman 20 09
From S D Shore admr
Isaac Shore
Due T R Shore heirs 2.19
" PC Shore heirs 2 19
" Juha Sprinkle 2.19
From John w Doubadmr
Due Lewis Sears 24 50
" Alex Sears 24.50
From J M Bell admr
C A Bell
Due Jane Benbow 105.93
" Walter Bell 11.76
" Etta Cheshire 15 13
" Frank Bell 11.76
From J W Hancock admr
J w Williams
" Grace Williams 3 62
" Arch Williams 3.62
From W H Renegar vs
Malinda Phillips
Due Robert Phillips 20 34
" MaryPhiltips 2 -34
(continued next week)
ELL iSLAND
'SCENE OF STRIFE
r* Die in Effort
Land on icy isie.
to
!e, Wash. — Wrangeii island
Story «i tragetiy ami of uttiin
rejects, has attained tito stains
iussian possession, to he ox
mdexpioiteti.accordlngtotiis
which the soviet gttvetnut 'tt!
wed to rettcit tite s.cstern
'iheHrstwititemantosigittWran
i' ii Prianti. sofarasrecordet). was
< uptfi)3 Keiiett of tite ilritisii slop
iici'ti,(u.inl849. Hedi<!n'tiand. Me
timt(g..t the isianti, yvttich is It) tuiies
!< ng and 35 tniies wide and whit It ties
'M o;iies north of Siberia ami :;'!<)
west of tite intitude of iioting sUttit.
^vas tittrt of an ttretic continent timt
itas iieen proved nonexistent.
A sntaii isiUnd in that vieinity was
Wanted after Ms vessei. On iier.tid
isianti the Stars tind Stripes retention
was hoisted iiy Capt. Louis Lane, uias
ter ot' titegitsoiinosci]"o:n] iicrmttn.
afterhehatitna<iouvuinit.ttottnnto
i-ctieh^Wrttngeiiisiati.).
interest in Wrangeii isiatuittppttr
cntiy dates hack to 1823. wh ii natives
repot%d sttcit tin island to Atintirtt!
n.trtM Fertiintnid.i'etrovirii ve.nWtttn
gcii, * ltussittn governor of Alttsita.
Harntt Wrang.it tried vuiniy toreath
iiititnnd.
. Kro'-a Keiiett's titue tite isittnd wtts
tuiicti Keiiett until ('apt. Tltottitt;:
iatng f tite whaiiugi ark Nile, out of
A'cw Lontion. Conn.. ita))pene<] around
there *n August, 1SC7. Hetdsofaii.o
toiand, buthecieariysawantl .!e
iineateti the shores, whicit for tite
most part are banked hy ntasses ttf ice
that ccnte and go. He ealied it Wrtut
geil Island, after tite barott, witose
cognoaien is scattered anoint! soutit
eastern Aiaskn, and tite naute stuck.
The first recorded ianding on the
isiand was by a party from the United
States revenue cutter Corwin. August
12. l&l.
d Nineteen Daya on iaiand
it yeay a party front the
I tlie United States navy
o - *
In 1913 vtihjaimur Stefansson,
heading an expedition for Canada to
explore ittnds and waters of North
America, went from Seattle via Nome
into the Arctic ocean in the Kariuk, a
250-ton steamer. The master of the
Kariuk was Capt. Robert A. Bartiett,
master of the steamer Rooseveit in
which Robert A. Peary went north to
reach the pole in 1909.
The Kariuk was caught in the ice
near Point Barrow. Aiaska, and on
September 20 Stefansson ied a hunting
party ashore over the frozen ocean.
He never saw the Kariuk again. She
w as carried w estward in the ice.
John Hadiey. a British navigator,
one of the crew, is among those who
iittve toid the story. When the ice be
gan to squeeze and crack the vessei.
tite captain gave orders to abandon
iter. This was 00 mites north of Her
sid isiand. The crew made camp on
iiteice. /
Ten days tater Captain Barrett sent
ihe tirst and second mates and two
seamen to Wrangelt island to cache
provisions. This party camped on the
ice near tite isiand. watting for a piece
of water to freeze over so they coutd
go ashore. The ice carried them into
eternity.
On March 12 Captain Bartiett suc
ceeded in ianding the rest of his party
on Wrangeii isiand. Six days iater
he ieft over the ice for Siberia, accom
panied oniy by an Eskimo.
Stefansson, bereft of his vessei. itttd
turned his energies to proving timt
:uen cot! id travel several huntired
ntiies over the surface of the arctic,
iiving tin tite ice and kitting seats for
foot) and fuel He ied his party to
safety.
Stefansson considered that Croat
i ritain had a good ciaim on Wrangeii
i'. iamh which hepredicted would prove
in inva!u;!b!ostul!'n: for norm! trans
portation.
Another expedition, promoted by
Stefansson, was ied to tite isiand in
192! by Alan Crawford, young son of
t Toronto professor.
Lands on island.
Tite next summer Capt. Joe Bernard
f Nome, in the gasoiine schooner Ted
dy Bear, tried to reach Wrangeii Isiand
with provisions for thecoicny. Ice
-x'.cnded so far from tite isiand that
he did not come within sight of it.
Tite fotiowing summer, 1923. Haroid
Noice. tt young Scotchman, led a party
: o the island in the gasoline schooner
Ponaidson.
Last summer severai efforts were
made by American and Canadian ves
sels to reach Wrangeii isiand. but ihe
ice was the worst that old-time north
enters had known, and aii attempts
faiied.
It was ieft for a soviet army trans
port. tite Krasny Oktlbr (Red October)
to make her way up the eastern coast
of Siheriu from Petropavlovsk, thread
Bering strait and. pressing through
(he ice. reach the island August 20^
1931 She hoisted the Russian Hag.
CHAIMS 1. WHIMS IMS
SECRETARY Of STATE MARCH 4
Jurors Drawn for
February Court
The foT.wing have been
drawn to serve ns jurors at the
February te m Yadkin Su
perior e urt:
J. W. Reece, H. H. Shaw, !.
W. Adams, S. L. Johnson, S. H.
Adams, M. W. Chappe!!, P. A.
Shermer, J. T. Recce. M. L. Shu
gart, C. D Matthews, R. A.
Dobbins, D. L. Sprinkle, L W.
Spillman, M V. Fleming, V. L
Renegar, W. R Frye. B n Rut
ledge, T. A. Poindexter. T. F.
A'esta!,T. H. Poindexter, R. E.
Adatns, X. H. i tan n. i. S. Cro^e
S. M.Speas, J. A. Croce, U. P.
Brown, D. W. Wagoner, N. D.
Mac-tie, H. L. Hal), vv. R. Liv.
ingood, H. J. Mckey, H. W.
Wagoner, Evan Rutiedge, Jno.
E. Norman, J. H. HuR, and C.
B. Kiger.
Coe.tr !'A!cne. hiiiha—
are twins. tit.- p.ttt baby giristxu-n
!!erere''entiy'.vti!<e!e))i';tteth.-i'.'htr!)t
dayso'tti.tferait tiates. (hit* arrive.)
Iiaif an )x<ur before midniKiitand the
other Sttorily after.ta'alnigitt.
Hop eless
Dubuque, Iowa.—Charged with stea)
ing a saxophone from an express pack
age. Joseph Traut, twenty-two. ex
press cotnpahy empioyee, furnished
?500 bail for hts reiettse aftev being
ordered^ held Jo the grand Jury.
I ! !-!--!"!-!
Aircraft Hook Up,
Unhooked in Flight !
Beiieviiie, IH—The doubie
feat of an airpiane hooking it
seif to an airship white both
were in fnii flight and then free
ing itaeif to saii away again,
was accompiished for the first
time at Scott Reid, near here.
The ship used was the army
dirigibie TC-3, and the piane
was a Sperry messenger, a
smaiitype. A metai hook at
tached to a frame over the mo
tor of the piane was used to
catch on to a stnaii trapeze,
swinging from cabies siung un
der the bombing raiis of the
ship. The feat was accotn
piished at an eievation of L.IOd
feet. Lieutenant Frank ^icKee
had charge of the TC-3 and
Lieutenant Fenner of McCook
Reid, Dayton, piloted the Sperry.
'' ' ' ' ' < * < < ' ' <
Sale of Land
By virtue of the power contain
ed i a a certain d ed of trust exe
cuted by F. B. Campbell and wife
to J. F. Hendren. trustee, for
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Surry county which is recornedin
ohice of the Register of Deeds for
Yadkin county in Boon 30, rage
39, default having been made in
the payment of the note thereby
secured at the request of the hold,
er of the note, I will offer for sale
for cash at public auction to the
highest bidder at the court house
door in Yadkinville, hi. C., on the
30th day of January, 1925, at one
0 -lock, p. in., the following lands!
Beginning at a post oak stump,
Gross corner, and runs north 55
degrees west 37.80 chains to a
rock; thence south 70 deg west
60.100 chains to the branch at a
bunch of dogwoods; thence down
the branch south 33 degrees east
8.50 chains to the old liue; thence
with the o)d line north 9 degrees
east 2.5& chains north 14 degrees
east 7.30 chains to the beginning,
containing 5i acres, more or less.
Sale made to satisfy the amount
due on said note and mortgage
and coat of sale.
This December 29. 1924.
J. F. Heudreu, Trustee
By A. D. Folger, A tty.
Washington, Jan. 10—Charles
Evans Hughes has resigned as
secretary of state and will be
succeeded by Frank 3. Kellogof
Minnesota now ambassador to
Great Britain.
The resign tion of Mr.Hughes
will be effective March 4, when
he completes four years as head
of the state department. Mr.
Kellogg is expected to take
charge immediately thereafter.
Mr. Hughes, it is said, after 20
years of public life, interrupted
only by a short period, desires to
return to private life. Some see
in his resignation a candidate for
president in 1928. This is only a
matter of prophesy by politicians
Mr. Hughes expects to resume
the practice of law in New York
when he quits the cabinet.
Executor's Notice
Having (juatijSed as executor of
the estate of Eiieu Holton, de
ceased, [ate of Yadkiu county,
North Carolina, ali persons hold
ing ctaims against said estate are
hereby noticed to present them to
the undersigned within twelve
months ftom date of this notice
or same will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
ettle at
Ex. of
Ellen Holton, deceased.
es^te#rere<iuested to..!
)ec. 3, 1924.
R. E. Holton.
Mortgagee's Sa!e oi Land
By virtue of a mortgage deed
executed to the undersigned by
J A. L. Shermer and wife, Mary
Shermer, on the 7th day of April
1923, and duly recorded in book
32, page 109, record of mortgag
es for Yadkin courty, I will sell
for cash at the court house door
in Yadkinville, N. C , at public
auction, on the 9th day of Febru
ary, 1925, at 1 o'clock, p. m., the
tollowing real estate, to-wit:
Beginning at a stake in the
Wilkes road, runs north 8 chains
and 25 links to Henry McKnigbt
line, corners on a stake; thence
east with McKmght's line 17
chains and 25 links to J. 1. Todds
ine; thence southward on his
line 16 chains and 65 links to the
Wilkes road; thence up said road
as it meanders to the beginning,
containing 18 acres, more or less,
this being the first tract.
Second tract: The land known
as the Fate Atwood tract, bound
ed as follows: Beginning at the
northeast corner of lot No. 2,
runs east 20 degrees south 15.75
chains to a dogwood; thence
south 3 degrees west 18 chains
to pointers in old field, known as
the Widow Joyner corner; then
with her line 18 75 chains to
pointers, said Joyner's corner;
thence 2% degrees east 18 chains
to the beginning, containing 25
acres, more or less.
Third tract: Bounded as fol
lows: Bounded on the east by
J. 1. Todd, on the south by Mrs.
Elleo Bel! ana Sam Hoots,on the
west by Toss Hoots and Sam
Hoots and on the north by the
Wilkes road, containing about
25 acres, more or less.
Sale made to pay note secured
by said mortgage deed after de
fault having been made in the
payment of same.
This lanuary 5, 1925.
T. S. Hutchens.
Mortga tee