VOL. XXXIII _YADKIN VILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1926 _ VOL. NO. 2
Mrs. Shugart Claims
Bible Used as Argument
Writing in the Winston-Salem
Journal from Yadkinville, L. J.
Hampton has the following story,
of the affidavit made by Mrs. M.
L. Shugart in the Shugart-Sprouse
affair:
“He quoted the Bible” to seduce
me, said Mrs. M. L. Shugart, of
Center, this county, in her de
position in the case wherein Lee
Sprouse, merchant of the upper
part of the county is charged with
assault with intent to kill upon
Mote L. Shugart, husband of the
woman who makes such a strange
allegation in her testimony
against the man who is charged
with being a home-wrecker.
The Bible has been used and
abused for many things, even the
lawyers in the case who were pre
sent when Mrs. Shugart took the
^ oath agreed, but it is the first
time in the history of this county,
it is thought, when its precepts
and divine teachings were ever
brought actively into play, if the
allegations are true, in separating
a wife from her husband or to
win the alleged illicit affections
of a woman who swore no man
had theretofore come between her
husband and herself since they
were married 30 years ago.
Preliminary Waived
Sprouse, through his attorneys,
H. H. Baker and W. M. Allen, of
Elkin, waived preliminary trial in
the criminal action in which
Sprouse is charged with assault
ing with a shotgun the husband
of the woman who told of “hug
ging and kissing” parties they had
clandestinely enjoyed. The case
will come up for trial in superior
court in Yadkin at the term sche
duled to begin February 22, next.
ine nrm oi williams and neavis
of Yadkinville represent the pro
secution in the Sprouse case..Shu.
gart, whom Sprouse charged with
hitting him with a heavy bludgeon
is also under bond for his appear
ance on a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon. Arrest and bail
proceedings against Sprouse for
$5,000 damage resulted in the lat
ter’s arrest again. He was let
out on bond of $5,000 in that case,
with Marvin Holcomb, J. Blum
Long and W. L. Sprouse, a brother,
as signers. Sprouse has also in
stituted a damage suit against
Shurart for $5,000, it is learned.
Denies His Guilt
From the cross examination
conducted by Attorney Allen, of
Sprouse’s counsel, which the de
position records show, Sprouse
will deny flatly, it is apparent, all
allegations as to illicit relations
between them, the cross-questions
indicating Sprouse’s attitude as
one of friendship only for the
woman in the case.
would Quote Bible
Mrs. Shugart said Sprouse
would quote portions from the
Bible to her in an effort to con
vince her that their intimacy was
not wrong; that he would throw
his arms around her and kiss her;
that they often met at Mrs. Hel
ton’s, sometimes when the latters
children were there and some
times when they were not; that
they hugged and kissed on the
porch of her home; that the back
porch was out of sight of the
road; that Sprouse took a job of
,fixing all the locks on the doors
of the Shugart home which it
took him two weeks to do; that he
kissed her several times in his
store, etc.
Then she wa? asked about her
husband’s insurance, $4,000,
which is payable to her as bene
ficiary at Shugart’s death. She
denied that the matter of insur
ance was ever mentioned between
herself and Sprouse, but that they
had talked of the proposal to buy
and sell. She denied that Sprouse
had urged her to get the title to
Shugart’s property. She said that
her husband had accused her of
being intimate with other men
for the past nine years, but she
said that didn’t mean that she
had had illicit relations with any
of them. The deposition named
the three men about whom she
was questioned. Of one it was
a matter of religious belief she
sL/:. .
said.
Husband Insane?
Asked if she had ever tried to
get her husband into an insan
asylum, she admitted that she had
talked to Dr. T. R. Harding about
her husband's mental condition
and that Sprouse, at diffehent
times, had told her that her hus
band “must be cr^zy” to treat her
| in the manner she said he did.
Mrs. Shugart denied that they
wanted to get her husband “out of
the way” to get his property and
! insurance. She said she had al
i ways been true to her husband
■ and while admitting that Sprouse
j had kissed her and hugged her at
. various times, she said that was
as far as their intimacy went, al
though she at first admitted that
*Sprouse guoted excerpts from the
Bible to seduce her and to show
there was nothing wrong with
their clandestine meetings.
By her own acknowledgement
! Mrs. Sprouse is 49 years old. She
j said she had been almost a con
! firmed invalid for the past two
| years but was not confined to her
j bed all of the time. She designat
| ed the time of her alleged inti
j macy with Sprouse as being be
! tween April and November of
1925. “No man ever came be
tween me and my husband until
a year ago,” Mrs. Shugart solem
ly affirmed.
Upon cross examination Mrs.
Shugart admitted that Sprouse
often came to her house after a
drink of water; that most of the
time some of her children were
there when Sprouse camei; that
when they were at the home of
Mrs. Helton that either the lat
ter, some of her children o<r
“Grandpa Cheek” were always
there. She admitted, also, that
she had complained to Sprouse of
the way her husband treated her.
It was at such times, she told,
that Sprouse would put his arms
around her and kiss her.
On the night of the alleged as
sault with a shotgun by Sprouse
upon Shugart, Mrs. Shugart said
she was at the home of Mrs. Hel
ton and that the shooting appear-!
ed to be in the direction of
Sprouse’s store. She said she;
thought her husbaad had been at
their home that night, but she
didn’t see him. It was at tobac
co curing time, she testified, when
her husband was at the barn that
Sprouse would frequently make
his visits to her home and to Mrs.
Helton’s where she met him. She
would cook Sprouse’s meals for
him sometimes, she admitted, and
would carry them over to Mrs.
Helton’s for him to eat. She
said her husband objected to her
“working” for Sprouse. Mrs.
Shugart’s maiden name was
Cheek.
DEATHS FROM AUTOS IN 1925
WERE 21,000; 5 PER
CENT INCREASE
Chicago, Jan. 25.—Accidental
deaths from automobiles in auto
mobiles in 1925 totalled 21,000,
an increase of 5 per cent over
1924, the National Safety Coun
cil announced tonight in making
public results of a survey based
on reports from more than 90
cities.
These figures include cases of
collision between a motor vehicle
and railroad strain or street cars.
The trend of automobile acci
dents during 1925 was by no
means uniform over the United
States, the statement points out.
Some cities with previous high
death rates showed substantial de
creases, Los Angelees being an
I outstanding example of this
[group. The entire state of New
York, according to incomplete
statistics, likewise showed a large
reduction, chiefly in the smaller
cities and rural districts. j
Twice the value of manure is ob
tained when spread with a spread
er, to say nothing of the saving in
hard, disagreeable work. The
spreader puts out the manure thin
ly and assures an even stand of
grain, says D. S. Weaver, agricul
turnal engineer at State College.
PUSH CLUB WORK IN NORTH
CAROLINA
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—With the ap
pointment of L. E. Harrell as
Club Specialist for the Agricul
tural Extension Service of State
College, more attention will now
be given to work with farm boys
and girls during 1926 and there
after.
The 4-H club organization) is
the largest <jfrganization of young
people in the United States tod^y;
but, because it deals with boys aind
girls out on the farms, it has hot
received the attention from public
leaders and business organiza
tions that some other organiza
tions have received. It is stated
by officials ox the extension ser
vice that clu» work is peculiar
because, the ►oys and girls Who
are members must engage in some
productive work. Not only must
they engage in this producting en
terprise, but they, at the same
time,*are beimf taught the funda
mentals of good farming and good
home making.
According to the ideals th|t
will be held before the club mem
bers of North Carolina, club woxk
develops the heart, the head, the
hands and the health of the in
dividual taking part.
At the recent meeting of ex
tension workers at State Collegte,
club work was selected as one ff
the main things to which atten
tion would be devoted this year.
For special emphasis, one county
in each of the five districts intb
which extension work is divided,
will be picked to develop a model
club organization. For the moun
tain territory, Polk is the county
selected; for the piedmont, Da
vidson; for the southeastern sec
tion, Roberson and for the north
eastern section, Pasquotank. Dur
ing the last few years, this junior
extension work has been allowed
to lag somewhat in North Carolina
hutibore-^ppears- renewed fleter
mination now to make it more ef
fective than ever.
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Randolph farmers did not have
keys, so county agent E. S. Mill
eaps sold over 10,000 pounds to a
New York firm. This, with a pre
vious carlot shipment made before
Thanksgiving, relieved the exist
ing surplus.
LESS COTTON *
MORE MONEY
HASTINGS DECLARES PRESENT
FARM PRACTICE WILL BANK
RUPT FARMERS
Atlanta, Ga.—(Special.)—"We hav«
again seen the result of too much cot
ton acreage. Strange as It may seem
the more cotton we make the less
money we get for what we make,” de
clared H. ©. Hastings, leading agricul
tural authority and chairman of the
Farm and Market Bureau of the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce.
"The only thing that saved the cot
ton growing farmer from outright dis
aster last year was the extreme heat
and drought that held down the yield
per acre on the more than forty mil
lion acres in cotton. There was suf
ficient ootton acreage planted to have
made with favorable season some
where near twenty million bales and
a price of 10 cents per pound or less*
one or tne cotton (irowers Asso
ciations recently announced that th<
1925 cotton crop will sell for fom
hundred million dollars less than it
cost to make it, making reasonable al
lowance for*-labor cost. What sort oj
folks are we anyhow to keep on grow
ing at a loss? There is no profit tc
the farmer in planting all or nearly
all cotton and buying all or nearly
all the food and grain consumed by
family and live stock.
“Our farm operations and our farn:
pocketbooks are never going to ge
right until we quit spreading cottoi
over the whole South only to draw out
meat and meal and other food stuff?
as well as grain, .etc., from Chicago
Kansas City and Omaha at prices twc
to three times what cost would be il
made on home acres.
“We have been trying to carry on s
farm system based on a one cash crop
which has impoverished every peoplt
everywhere in the world that have
fried it. It is steadily impoverishing
our farmers here li the South. There
s only one safe farm system. Thai
s to produce on hmue acres so far as
possible every pound of food, grain anc
brage needed for family and live stock
•“A good all-year-round home veg
table garden, plenty of corn and oats
orage and hay crops, to see yov
hrengh without buying more, cows
logs and chickens. All these cu
•otton costs, afford the best of health
ul living and leave the farmer ownlnj
:is cotton instead of owing it at th*
ond of tho year,"
MR. JOE L. VANHOY DEAD
THREE VETERANS LEFT I
Mr. Joe L. Vanhoy, confederate j
veteran, of Buck Shoals township, !
clied Saturday morning, aged 82
years. He was buried at Mt. View
church Sunday, the services be
j ing conducted by Rev. W. V.
Brown and Rev. Eli Hinson. He
is survived by two sons, Edward
and Thomas Vanhoy of Yadkin
county and one sister, Mrs. Jane
Ireland of Iredell county.
The death of Mr. Vanhoy leaves
three confederate veterans living
in Buck Shoals township, these
being Mr. J. A. Hoots, R. W. Crat
er and D. L. Totten. The lines of
the gray are thinning out.
THE BE§T CURE
If you are poor—work.
If you are rich—continue to
work.
If you are burdened with seem
ingly unfair responsibilities —
work. •
If you are happy—keep right on
working. Idleness gives room for
doubts and fears.
If disappointments come—work. |
If sorrow overwhelms you, and
love ones seem not true—work.
When faith falters and reason
fails—just work.
When dreams are shattered and
hope seems dead—work. Work as
if your life were in peril. It real
ly is.
No matter what ails you—work.
Work faithfully—work with
faith.
Work will cure both mental and
physical afflictions.
Waldron, Ark., Jan. 22.—Three
Scott county women, taking the
law in their hands daring the ab
sence of most of the men who
were attendiiig court, conducted a
raid on a moonshine still, seized
I it and turned it over to officers.
The women decided to take a
4ook oVfcr tire covtntrynide. They
found a large still ready for a
run. Unable to turn it over, they
! punched a hole in it and emptied
its contents. Then swinging the
boiler over a pole they took it to
town and turned it over to a de
puty sheriff.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER MORTGAGE
By virtue of the power contain
ed in a certain mortgage d^ei ex
ecuted on the 29th day c: May,
1920, by D. H. Baity ano wife,
Jennie Baity, and recorded in
Book No. 33, page No. 259, and de
fault having been made in pay
ment of note secured thereby, I
will offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash at the court house
door in Yadkinville, N. C., on Sat
urady, February 13, 1926, between
the hours of 12 o’clock noon, and
2 P. M., the following described
lands lying and being in Liberty
Township, Yadkin County, adjoin
ing the lands of W. H. Lynch, A.
R. Key, Dr. S. A. Harding and P.
H. Baity, and others and bounded
as follows: Beginning at the
Reed branch, running south by
the brandy distillery; thence east
with the public road; thence west
down to Huntsville road; thence
north with the Wishon line;
thence west with the Wishon
Spring to the beginning, contain
ing 60 acres more or less.
This January 11, 1926.
I. A. WISHON,
l-14-4t Mortgagee.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
By virture of the power contain
ed in a certain Mortgage Deed
executed by Israel Stinson and
wife Permelia Stinson on the 25th
day of May, 1921, and default
having been made in payment of
note of even date, I will sell for
cash to th£ highest bidder at the
court house door in Yadkin coun
ty, on the 1st day of Feb. 1926,
between the hours of 12 o’clock,
noon and 1 o’clock p. m. the fol
lowing described lands, lying and
being in Boonville township, Yad
kin county and bounded as fol
lows: On the south by the Israel
Stinson lands; on the east by Will
Vestal lands; on the North by the
| lands of Bill Asburn and Bud
' Vestal; on the west by the lands
of Sanford Stinson, containing
j seven acres, more or less and
known as the Spease lands
This Dec. 28, 1925.
B. A. VESTAL, Mortgagee.
DR. S. L. RUSSELL AND
MRS. WILLIAMS MARRIED
A quiet home wedding was
solemnized at the home of Mrs.
Texas Williams, six miles east of
Yadkinville Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock, when Mrs. Williams be-1
came the bride of Dr. S. L. Rus
sell of Route 2. A few intimate
friends of the couple, including
some of the Doctor’s special
friends from Yadkinville, wit
nessed the ceremony.
Mrs. Williams is a highly re
spected lady of that neighbor
hood, while Dr. Russell is a sub
stantial citizen and wrell known
physician of the county, and has
served as county health officer
two terms. Both have many
friends throughout the county
who wish them many years of
happiness.
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Tom Tarheel says he enjoys his
work as a member or the county
board of agriculture, but it made
him hustle to do the things on his
place that he was pushing for-the
county.
The inlelligcnt use of lime will
improve the soil and will help to
produce better yields of legume
crops in North Carolina. Magne
sium limestone under tobacco
makes better quality and yield of
weed.
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
MORTGAGE
By virture of the power contain- !
ed in a certain Mortgage Deed i
executed by M. R. Welborn and j
wife Mary Welborn, on the 26th I
day of June, 1925, and recorded
in Book No. 37, Page 80, record
of Mortgages for Yadkin county,
and default having been made in
the payment of note secured there
by, I will offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, at the
court house door in Yadkinville,
N. CL on Saturday,, February 6,
1926, between the hours of 12,
noon and 1 p. m., the following
described real estate lying and
being in Buck Shoals township,
Yadkin county, North Carolina,
and bounded as follows to-wit:
Beginning on a rock, M. C. Bob
bins corner, on south side of sand
clay road, running north 70 yards
with T. C. Inscores line to a stone,
thence west 70 yards to a stone,
thence south 70 yards to a stone,
thence east with old road 70 yards
to the beginning, containing one
acre.
This 5th day of Jan. 1926.
M. A. FINNIX, Mortgagee.
NOTICE OF SALE OF
LAND UNDER MORTGAGE
By virture of the power contain
ed in a certain Mortgage Deed
executed Jan. 10, 1922 by D. L.
Hemric and wife Mary Hemric,
and default having been made in
the payment of note securer
thereby, I will offer for sale to
the highest bidder at public auc
tion at the court house door in
Yadkinville on Monday, Feb. 1,
1926, between the hours of 12
noon and 2 p. m., the following
described real estate, lying and
being in Deep. Creek township,
Yadkin county, North Carolina,
and bounded as follows, to-wit:
.Lot JNo. 3, beginning at a stone j
northwest corner of Lot No. 2 in {
Hoots line, runs west with his j
line 7.44 chains to a stone in Hoots j
corner then south 26 degrees west j
2.17 chains to stone, thence north
52 degrees west 4.85 chains to the
branch, then south 57 degrees
west 1 chain with branch to the
crook of the branch, then north
67 degrees west with branch 9.33
chains to a maple on north side
of branch, thence south 23 de
grees west 3.18 chains to a pine,
Johnson’s corner, thence, south
67 degrees east with Johnson’s
line 10.28 chains to a stone John
son’s corner, thence south 7 de
grees west with Johnson’s line 13
chains to a poplar, Johnson’s
corner, then eastward down the
branch as it meanders 7.80 chains
to a maple on the bank of branch,
then east with Pinnix line 6.94
chains to a stone, southwest .cor
ner of lot No. 2, thence north 5
degrees east 13.50 chains to a
stone, the beginning corner, con
taining 25 and one fourth acres,
more or less. Terms of sale made
known on day of sale.
This Dec. 31, 1925.
AMSLIA NICKS, Mortgagee.
• \ . -Jjh , ' /
MRS. ELZENIA BRYANT DIED
MONDAY, AT VADKlrt HOME
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Mrs. Elzenia Bryant, an aged
and highly-esteemed woman of
Yadkin county, died Monday night
at her home five miles east of
Jonesville, after an illness of
pneumonia of only a few days
duration.
She was 73 years of age, a de
vout Christian, having been a loy
al member of the Baptist church
for fifty years. She is survived
by several daughters. The fune
ral service was conducted Tues
day afternoon from Fall Creek
church, near Jonesville, by Rev.
J. W. Bryant, interment following
in the church cemetery.—Elkin
Tribune.
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CENTER NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Holcomb
and Master Odett Mabery from
Winston-Salem visited Mr. and
Mrs. I. L. Holcomb Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holcomb
and Mrs. Frances Gross from
Jonesville visited in Center Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sampson and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. Bloom
Long Sunday.
Mr. Lorris Weatherman from
Winston-Salem visited Mr. Earn
est Long Saturday night.
Rev. Blum Vestal and Mr. New
som will begin a series of meet
ing next Sunday at Eleven o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Weatherman
visited Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Size
more Sunday afternoon.
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
EXECUTION
In the Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
YADKIN COUNTY.
H. F. Gray vs S. Pardue.
By virtue of an execution di
rected to the undersigned from
the Superior Court of , Yadkin
county in the above entitled ac
tion, I will on Wednesday, Febru
ary 24, 1926, at 1 o'clock, p. m. at
the Court House door of said
county, sell to the highest bidder
for cash to satisfy said execution,
all the right, title and interest
which the said S. Pardue, de
fendant, has in the following real
estate, to-wit: Adjourning the
lands of T. C. Swaim, George Sal
mons, W. D. Royal, J. C. Pinnix:
and others, and bounded as fol
lows: Beginning at a post oak,
T. C. Swaims corner, W. D. Roy
al’s line, runs South on W. D.
Royal and W. F. Messick line
28.34 chs to a stone, J. C. Pin
nix’s corner; thence West on Pin
nix line 16 chs to a persimmon
said Pinnix corner; thence South i,
52 deg. to Pinnix’s line 5.25 chs
to an ashe, E. C. Nick’s corner;
then North on Nick’s line 8 chs to
a stone, his corner; thence South
66 deg. West 17.85 chs on his line
to a stone; then North 25 deg.
West on Nick’s line 10.50 chs to
a stone, his corner; thence Northr
60 deg. West 6.93 chs on his line*
to a stone, his corner; thence
South 66 deg. West on his line
12.30 chs to Hunting Creek at
the mouth of a branch, hi's cor
ner; then North 68 deg. West
with the meanderings of the creek
14 chs. General Brown’s corner;
then North 23 deg. West 16.65 chs
on his line to a persimmon tree,
bank of branch; then Southward
with the meanderings of- the
creek, T. L. Pardue’s line 11.60
chs to the mouth of branch; then
up branch as it meanders 17 chs
to New Chappel’s line; then South
73 deg. on Chappel’s and Salmons
line 43.35 chs to a black oak, for- *
merly a post oak, George Salmons
corner; then North on Salmon’s
line 12 chs to a dpad white oak,
T. C. Swaims corner, then. East
on Swaims line 14.25 chs to the
beginning, containing 170 acres,
more or less. »
From the above is excepted the
following boundary which has
been allotted to S. Pardue as his
homestead; Beginning at a post
oak in Swaims line, corner; runs
South old line of W. D, Royal
and W. F. Messick line 8 chs;
West 10 chs to a pine stump; then
I' orth 8 chs lo a white oak on the
bank of the road; then with
Swaims line 10.75 chs to the be
ginning containing by estimation
8 1-2 acres.
This the 21s(^lay of Jan. 192 T.
C. E. MOXLEY, Sheri*.