VOi XXXH
YadkinviHe, Yadkm County, N C., Thursday, May i4, iMX5
No. 19
Ear! Cooper Wins The
Charlotte Speedway Race
Ear! Cooper, daredevil speed
demon, won highest honors and
!10,900 by finishing first in the
race classic of the Charlotte
speedway Monday, when he
piloted his special over the 250
miles in two hours and two
minutes, an average speed of
121.0 miles per hour. Harry
Hartx won secon 1 place and
Tommy Milton third. This is
the second race on the Charlotte
track and it was witnessed by
55.000 people, who went thete in
20.000 automobiles.
The highest speed made on
the track a! any time was made
by Peter Deptoli, driving a
Duesenber in a try out spm
when he reached the speed of
132.8 miles an hour, a new
world's record by three miles.
The body o! Mrs Erich Carr,
aged 34, was found in the French
Broad rtver. 12 miles from Ashe
ville, Sunday wtth a bullet
wound through the head. She
was separated from her husband
and had been missing from her
home for two weeks.
Administrator's Notice of
Safe of Reaf Estate
By virtue of an order of the Su
perior court of Yadkin county.
North Curoiina, made on the 4th
day of May, 19x5, m a sp c'a!
proceeding entitled Elite Finney
Admrxof Aliles Finney, against
Adlene Hants and others, I "ill
sell for cash at public auction at
he court house door in Yadkin
Vtlle, North Carolina, on the lbth
day of May, 1925, the following
real estate, to wit:
Be^intfittg at a stone, old center
runs smith 19 degrees west 19 chs
to a stone, -Johnou's line; iheuce
west on his line 19.75 chins to a
„ stone, old corner; thence north on
old line 15.08 chains to a stone,
old cornet ; thence east 15.10 chs
to the begiuttittg, containing 25.81
acres, mote or less, and beittg a
part of the Mites Finney land.
This May 1, 1925.
Lttie Finuey, Admrx of
Miles Finney, deceased
NOTICE OF RE SALE
OF REAL ESTA TE
Pursuant to an order of the
Superior Court of Yadkin County
made on the 14th day of April,
1925, in a special proceeding en
titled 1-'. M. Haire, Administrator
of D. T. Groce against Viola
Blanche Groce and others 1 will
re sell at public auction at the
Coutt House door in Yadkin
ville on the 4th day of May. 1925
the following real estate, to wit:
Beginning at a stone, M. M.
Wagoner's corner, runs north
with his line 4(- poles to a stone,
his corner; then with said Wag
oner lint-35 poles to a black gum
Wagoner's corner; then Xor'hSO
poles to a sassafras. Deborah
Bryant's corner in L. B. Swaim's
line; then Past IS poles to a stone
on the Hast bank of Crutchfield
Ford Road, D. C. Swaim's cor
ner; then South with his line 3"
poles to a stone in the old field,
D. C- Swaim's corner; then near
ly Hast with his line crossing the
branch 37 poles to a stone, said
Swaim's corner, just below bis
vineyaru; then South crossing
the same branch HM) poles to a
dogwood sprout in C. L: Croce's
hne; then west Monghts line 18
poles P* the beginning, contain
ing 24 acres more or less.
This April 14th, 1925.
S. Carter Williams,
Commissione
tn Acram fMia
We often eumt.iain ahottt rainy
'at!;'), inn reoiiy wo* tin not kttow
")iitt min means! cneintsto^oto
titeKitasiiiiiis. In Assant. toseerain
at its lieaslest. fur tiiere it .-umes
<t"mi iuXiayaias. Ti)iss]iot. for t!
is tte* of ituxo exsent. rejoices in
tlien;ttne<if(..*itet'r!)ottt}:i. andit tie
serves a!) titeotlierhatinatoesone
<annivelt. itsittinnairainfoitaver
ttttes -i'S inches, or.ittstei^itteentitnes
tite rttinfaii of tondon.
]nl.Sfi]Cltetri)'ttttyinear!ytiott)tted
its avt raye. for in tint) year iittfi incites
fetl. of w)tieit!tt;<'. were recorded in
tiie])iuntliof.!ttiy:Ontiiei4th<iay
oftitat niontii-X' incites of rain feti
In twenty four hums, and in tin* tive
titiys. .ittne i-tttifi. titetotitirea'ited
tti wnrds of m inches, or mure tiian
fotit tintes tite average annnairttittfaii
ufi.umlon
i'iie I.easiest recoriici) rainfalt in
firetit Itt'itnittoo'ttrrodntitrtiton. in
Suiuoi'-.-t. on.tunc i!)]7. ssiicnh%
ineiics ft'li.—Tit-Hits.
CrtyAaA CofnmonutfaffA
T)n.t)tmte"CotmiionwoitltitofKng
liittti"isgi\oninhist<try ttttitointer
rtgttutttitetssoontiiodotttittiftitarlosi
o:t.iatmttryH('.iti)!'.an<it)teresttira
tttutttt'Citttriesii. *.: yS, itmt). itttr
itigthlsiiirittdttf H years, tite gttv
einttient tifi-lttglandwas ttomittttliya
rtythiio. ttititottgit in rettlity a nt.ii
tti!'.\<ios)toiisni. rtiiodbyKHYoi'Crota
woll. ttssistotiity aotmntti. Uni'o
coiiiheriti, ittM, f'rotnweiiwastttatie
iordliroteotor. andiieidtitistidieefor
aitttut five years, untit itisdetitit.Sop
tontitor 3, wtien ite wtts stteoeodod
)<y his son. Hiuharti Cromwott, wito
t.rovedto ben weak and mettioiont
ruler, and soon retired into private
life, ttionarehy was restored ittKng
land SiayS, t(t6C. and Charles ttrte
ttirned to London May *{t of the same
year—Kansaa City Star.
Non)
Site always feit stunewitat tttnid tn
theitank. itwassttoita targe ttattk,
attd so many very rit h persons had ao
eounts there.
Site always passed iter stmtli oito.ks
fitrottgit tottietasitierina furtive,
cei'Ytttts ttttinner.
fitte tiny site itad .asited <tne of these
dteeks. attdwhiiewuikingoutoftlte
hank site stuffed tite notes ittto iter
itatitiitag.
(too <tf tite hank's deteettves stiotteti
iter, ant) he waiked swiftiy to iter side.
"itecaroftti, tnadam,"itewttisperod,
"you're tiring uatoited with ail that
ttmtioyin yottritant), yoaknow."
"fiit.itttw Mattering!" exelttittut] tite
yottngwotti:tn .)oy<tttsly. "Wity, tttover
Itttti stt. it a lovoiy biting itappettittaU
myiite!"
Afonumenf t/nAn<gA^d
i'ditthtitgit tikes, or once iiketi. to he
tailed "tite \iodernAt)tot;s," ami titero
is tertttittiy a sttggestiott of tite oid
;ireek iHpital aitout tiiel-taii etd
tntns "hiohstatn! out ttgainst tite sky
Utioont'altonititi. Those have horn
.allot) "Setdtish pride atn) Sotdtish
lutvorty.' Aptiiiliestti'seriptionwas
itpt!idtlinif'24tdoreotntt!otmir)aito
tite SittHishstiitiiorstif tite Monittstt
ittrwar. This was to tttko tite forth
t ) a i.ttihiittg after tite stylo ttf tite
I'tirtliettoti Mm thepiitnfitiiotifur
l:t<'k.tf]'iin.)s.tt[uitltoi-St'l)t:iry[til
lats. orot'tt'dntiiC'istnfP.'.tttMioi'.oh.
tt!tttiorotiiitittto!ei!tiiest<ry.
Mrs. Lucy J. Weatherly, aged
77, died suddenly in Greensboro
Sunday while en route to the
cemetery to place flowers on
the grave ol her mother.
It is said that more than half
of Forsyth county's wheat crop
has been ruined by the Hessian
f'y.
Administrator's Notice
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of S. M. Ash
ley deceased, late o f Yadkin
county, North Carolina, all per
sons holding claims against said
estate are hereby notified to pre
sent them to the undersigned
within twelve months from date
date of this notice or same wil
be plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons idebted to said estate
are requested to settle at once.
This the 3Mth day of April, 1925.
B. C. Shore admr., of S M,
Ashley deceased.
Comeif Bee/ ZVeroe*
in American Z/iefory
Corned beef and cahitage was re
wponsibie for the Titan race of New
Kagianders that dominated art, com
merce and Uterature nntit it was dis
covered that hiond Nordics were, after
ait. very inferior and that the reai
vintage manhood came from southern
itaiy and ttkrainia. Then they sort of
faded aw ay.
in the oid days, ant) it is perhaps so
now, yon took a [tine of case hardened
heef from the most dutahie part of
tite ox. Von soaked it over the winter
in sait hrine. Titis tiestro.ved tite tifste
and perfected tite vulcanining. Titett
ytm took tite hig imtt p<tt oft tite hook
in tite woodshed. tilled it itttif fnti of
water, anti pttt in tite meat. Yon also
pttt in potatoes, carrots, a cabbage,
onions, turnips, rutabagas, or what
have you. anti set tite pttt on tite hack
of the stove at t! wont tit', about your
business. When it was dinner time,
you took tite pot into tite depth of tite
hack yard and pottret) out tite water.
Then you ran hack, because that wa
ter. if approached too intimately,
wttuid destroy one's taste for any kind
of dinner, 'i'heu yon served tite re
maining ntateriai on one hig disit. Tite
cornet] heef tasted like carrots; the
potatoes tastes) like cabbage; they ali
tasted tike onions, if you have ever
eaten it you will get the general Idea.
Tite path breakers, tite empire Ittiihl
ers. tha] passed westward along tite
Oneida trait and the Mohawk vaiiey in
tite forties, were corned heef and cab
hageeniitig Americans. They went to
Ohio and grew up and became presi
dents. Just tts others stayed in Hoston
and ate cod. am) stiii others went to
Vermont and p< rfectod tile savory tirc
harveat of tite succulent bean. These
contestitdes are food for heroes and
prophets, 'they are the Just and
proper stimulants for dwellers on "a
stern and rock hound coast." ttoger
Williams, and Old Trapper ftlackstone,
and Betsy Stark and Cot. fny i'utnam
ate them. "Oon't give up the ship,"
cried Lawrence in the thick of battie.
Certainty not. They itadn t any cab
bage, but tite hold was fuii of corned
heef. There is stiii a )ot of corned beef
in our national institution*, and wet!
it is for as.—!*. M. K.. in McNaught'a
Mocthiy.
,va_
Fwfwwt*m M*€hin*<
At o revent Merman motor sitow
there watt exhibited a tank piow. A
cateepiltar tractor working like an
army tank drew a piow.
An automatic potato digger baa been
designed that the inventor aays wii]
prove a wonderfui tabor saving ma
chine on the farm, it not only diga up
the potatoea. hut discharges them ia
windrows for pickers.
f.ookiug tike a huge mosquito, a new
machine is said to he abie to bore a
iioie three feet deep and nine incites in
diameter in half a minute. The tna
chine iooks iike a sntaii engine on four
wheels, and carries a huge torkscrew
iike tiriii in front of it at the end of
two braces. A pull on a tever is snth
cietit to start the drit! downward. An
other puii stops it at tiie desired depth
and brines it hack to the starting
point. The inventor ituiit his origins!
modt-i from -it pieces of farm tna
chinorv.
Gootf /or Me Ctrcufafion
t'ortiiintitt'ieeckersaitiattiiean
utiali'arrtttitaiiatiiieititx-Caritottin
New York:
"i'tie new fashiotts are trattsparent.
Weil, we're used to titat.Rttthaveyou
remarked—tknow yottitave. ofcottrse
iiteretttrti of tite slasiteti skirt? Tite
sttort, very tigiit skirt witii a tong
siasit at tiie left side ittts retttrned, and
it's—weii. it'saroYeiation.
"Agranddttttio. gotnpintranspar
<-nt iiiottse and siasited skirt and ali
tiio rest of it. stopped at niytahie in
a restaurant ttio other day at inncheon
time and iangheti ami said:
have those new fasiiions. Titey
tmtke mo toot so giriish. Cortiandt.
Homy time a ntttn iooks at me I
tdttsii.'"
Compromtttet/ PotMon
Transit t'otmnissionor Joitn F.
t' iiyan of New York was condemning
tiie [tropostti to do away with ail sur
fitco ami elevated ottrs in favor of
imssos.
'itotw'thodono.'ttonorniO'Rytin
stiid, "ttutittnyttitinwitosttysitecan
doitlsincxnctiythesnmeridicuions
j<nsitioniis3t!r. littke.
"Air. itiikegot itotneottetnorning
at tiawn. His wifg listened to iiis ex
tdamttory words for a few seconds,
iindtiten she harked:
'"Sitting op with a sick friend, eit?
Rttit. go hrttsit tite rouge ant) powder
out of your mustache!'"
SounJeJ LMe "Dtme"
! whs attending a Stinday soitool fea
tivaiinchttreh. Witettitwastimefttr
tite coiiection to ite taken, a strange
woman wito was sitting hark of me
said witat ! titougitt was. "Have you
got a ditne?" Mueit surprised, I hand
ed iter one.
You can intagine how ! fott when
she repiied, "Not a dinte. Have you
got the time?"—Oticago Triitotte.
Pounded The Pastor;
Other JonesviMe News
Rev. M A. Lindley, of Win
ston Salem, filled his regular ap
pointment at Swaim's church
Saturday and Sunday.
A succesfu! singing schoo!
which has been in progress at
Swaim's church for the past two
weeks, conducted by Prof. M.
R Masten, of Jonesville, came
to a close Saturday night with a
concert by the choir and pound
in^the pastor, Rev Mr. Lindley.
The concert consisted of solos,
quartettes and duets besides the
many beautiful songs rendered
by the choir.
Prof. Masten did a great work
andmuch and lasting good was
accomplished. He sings the
gospel while the preacher preach
es ft
The pounding of the pastor,
gotten up by Mrs. Jake Wagoner
was a real succes r.
The crowd assembled abom
6:30 in the afternoon. Mr. J. B.
CaUoway took Mr. Lindley to
see a sick !ady, so the arrange
ments could be made to sur
prise him. A table was placed
in the pulpit behind the book
board and loaded to us utmost
capacity, while sacks of flour
were set around the table and
much canned goods, also
Any one who saw him when
he cume in church and sat down
would have judged him surpris
ed. Many hearts were made
glad when he so humbly showed
his thankfulness and apprecia
Mrs. D. G. Wagoner; who has
been sick so long, does not im
prove much, we are sorry to
note.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Xorman
and Mr Evan Hutchens, of East
Bend, visited relatives here Sun
day
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Matthews
and Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Hutchens
of Smitbtown, attended the sing
ing at Elkin Sunday. A targe
crowd was present to hear Billie
Brown and children sing. Folks
like to hear the old time singing
Mr. and Mrs. J. J Vestal visit
ed their daughter, Mrs. Joe
Groce, Sunday.
Farmers are busy preparing
for the tobacco crop.
There are plenty of cherries
and peaches in this section, but
a short apple crop.
Mortgagee's Notice of Sale
of Rea! Estate
L'nderandby virtue of the pow
er contained in :i certain mortgage
deed executed on the 29th <)av of
September, 1923, by A. 1). Ccok
and wife, A'allev Cook, to the un
dersign'd mortgagee, autl default
having been made in the )<aymcnt
of said mortgage deed, I witt set)
at public auction on the premises
for cash, to the highest bidder, on
the 1st day of June, 1925. at. 2
o'clock, p. nn, the following des
cribed real estate, to wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
adjoining the lands of William
Pinnix, J. M. Sales anti others,
and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a post oak, (d. W.
Marshall's corner running thence
west 7 chaius to a stone; thence
south 2 chains to a stone; thence
west S chaius to a stone west of
a branch; thence south 9.83 chains
to a poplar, J M. Sales' line;
thence east with Sales' and (d. \V.
Marshall's line 141 chaius to a
pine; thence north 10 chains to
the beginning, containing 13
acres, more or less.
This May 1, 1925
Percy Chambers,
Mortgagee.
Rev. Billy Sunday Will
Preach Here Saturday
YadkinviHe Schoo!
C!oses May 22-23
TheYadkinville high school
commencement will be held on
Friday and Saturday, May 22-23.
The commencement sermon
will be delivered next Saturday.
May 16. at 9:45 a. m , by Rev. W.
A. (Billy) Sunday, who is now
conducting a meeting in Win
ston Salem.
On Friday, May 22. at 8:00 p.m.
"The Gypsy Rover," a musical
comedy, will be presented by
twenty-live boys and git Is of the
high school
On Saturday, May 23, at 10:00
a. m, the senior class day exer
cises will be held. At 1 00 p. m.
the annual address will be de
livered by Prof. Horace Wi!
liams, of Chapel Hill, followed
by presentation of diplomas.
On Saturday. May 23. at 8:00
p. m., the senior play. "The
Thread of Destiny " a Colonial
play in three acts, will be pre
sented, this closing the com
mencement exercises
J. Wade WiHiams
Died Sunday Night
Mr. J. Wade Wilhams, aged
nearly 80 years, died a! his home
near Union Cross Sunday night
after a short illness. He was
oldest citizens of his community
and was highly esteemed. He
is survived by bis widow and
six children, viz: C B. Williams,
of Winstun; Julius Williams,
and Mesdames John E Hutch
ens, Hen Hutchens and W. L.
Rockett, of East Bend.
The funeral was conducted bv
Rev. Mrs Lucy Vestal at Union
Cross Tuesday and interment
was in the church cemetery.
large crowd was in attendance
AH bus lioes operating in this
state must check baggage s'.me
as the railroads, so the state cor
poration has ruled
Notice of Re Sale of Real
Estate
H\ \urtucoforderofth<'su}<er
ior court of Yadkin county. made
on the 1st day of May. Ji'2n,
ina special [noceuding entitled
^larcSjuinkleandothurs.iUaiust
(iraceHentou ami others, 1 w it]
resellforcashatpublicauctionin
Yadkinvillc, ^iorth Carolina, be
tween the hours of tl o'clock a.
m.audlo'clock!'. nt. oniheltith
day of May, i'.'2b, thefoilowinn
real estate, to-wit: In Liberty
towushif, adjoiuinn the lauds of
Sock Shore, IMiles Gounh and
others, and bounded as follows:
Hemniuiun at pointers south of
Plowman house and runs north
20 chains to a red oak Imsh, then
sottth 77 decrees east 11 chains to
a pine bush; then south 8 decrees
west t) chaius and 2b links to a
{<oplar; theu east ou an agreed
line S chaius to a hickory, in
Hutchens line; then south 8 chain
and 50 links to a post oak; then
west 17 chains aud 50 hnks to the
beninniun, containiun 26 acres
more or less, aud beinn the lauds
conveyed by Jessie Jenkins to
William W. Plowman by deed re
corded in book C, pane 6S1, in the
othce of the Renister of Deeds
for Yadkin county.
This May 1,1925.
8. Carter Williams,
... ConuniMioaer.
Yadkinville will have a dts
tioguished visitor here next Sat
urday in the person of Rev. Billy
Sunday, the world's most noted
evangelist. He will preach the
baccalaureate sermon for the
closing exercises of the Yadkin
ville high school. The service
will beheld in the auditorial of
the high school building at 9:45
Saturday moruing.
This is an opportunity of a
life time to hear one of the
world's most noted revivalists at
home and there will no doubt be
great crowds here to hear him.
Yadkinville invites the people of
all this section to come and hear
him
Twenty-five Persons
Drown as Boat Sinks
Twenty-live persons on board
!he government vessel, Nor
mand, !ost their lives last Friday
when the boat sack in the Misst
ssippi river. 25 miles south of
Memphis.
An excursion party were on
board the boat when it sank.
The cause of the tragedy is un
known.
The vessel was practically
new, having been purchased by
the government renenty. The
vessel had been leased to the ex
cursionists.
ator's Notice
d asadmiuistra
tor of the estate oi' Eliza W. Dula,
deceased, late of Yadkin county,
North Carolina, all persons hold
ing claims against said estate are
notihed to present them to the un
designed within twelve months
from date of this notice or same
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery.
AH persons iud- hted to said es
tate are rmnestcu to settle at
once.
'Ihii Mar.-). 30, 1025.
William Smith Williams,
Adtn -. Eliza W, Dnht, dec'd
.-Si:.EOF LAND
By virtue of an of the superior
court of Yadkin county, made in
a specia! proceeding, entitied B
C. Shore, administrator of S. M.
Ashlev, deceased vs Margaret
Ashiev et a), th, undersigned
commissioner witt se!) to the
highest bidder, at public auction
at the court house door in Yad
kinvilleon Monday. June tst,
1925, at 1 o'clock p. m, the fol
lowing described real estate:
Adjoining the lands of B. M.
Nicks, A. J. Reinhardt and
bounded as follows: Beginning
atastoneinthe middle of the
branch being the northwest cor
ner, runs south 17.35 chs to a
stone at a pine, Nicks' corner
thence east with Ntcks' line 17 77
chs to a stone; thence north 2 50
chs to a stone in the swamp;
thence east 75 links to the middle
of the branch; thence north 15
degrees west with said branch as
it meanders 6 chains to a crook
in the branch; then north 20 de
gtees east 1 chain with said
branch; then north 30 degrees
west with said branch 5 chains
to Mathis' line; the nearly west
with said branch as it meanders
30.30 chs; then north about 10
degrees west with said branch 12
chs to the beginning containing
25 acres more or less
Terms of sale ODe-half cash on
confirmation of sale, remainder
on credit of six months with
bond and approved security,
This the 30th day of April, 1925.
B. C. Shore, Commissioner.