VOL. XXXIII
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926
VOL. No. 13
Yadkin Republicans Think
They Should Have Solicitor
.
darter Williams Endorsed As
Candidate in Seventeenth Dist
rict; He Says He Will Go hr
to the Primary; Champions
Eight Months' School
Term
(The following account of the
convention by L. J. Hampton in
the Journal is deemed correct.)
Yadkin County Republicans be
lieve that the solicitorship should
be moved from Wilkes County,
where it has been so long, to this
G. O. P. stronghold, where the
party members have labored long
and have been rewarded little,
and in the county convention to
day they unanimously passed a
resolution endorsing the candi
dacy of S. Carter Williams, re
commending him to the Republi
can voters of the Seventh Judi
cial District and urging him to
enter the June primary for the
nomination.
After the convention was over
Mr. Williams, who is one of the
leading Republican lawyers in
this section of the State and a
former candidate for Congress on
his party's ticket, declared his
intention of going into the pri
maries to !et the voters of the
district declare by ba!!ot who
they want to have the nomination.
Up in Wilkes the Republicans are
boosting Attorney John H. Jones,
Jaw partner of the present solici
tor. for the nomination: over in
Mitchell County Charles E. Green,
a member of the bar there, is be
ing boomed. But the convention
at Taylorsville on April 17, next,
just two weeks away, will decide
nothing, according to Mr. Wil
liams'' statement today and it-will
be in the primary on June 7, next,
under the State-wide law that the
matter will be finally tested out.
It would hardly be possible to
find a Democrat to admit it, but
today whiie he was championing
the cause of an eight-months ,
school term and a fair and equita-'
ble system of taxation. Mr. Wil- {
Hams, who declared that the G. O. !
P. is responsible for the public
schools, the State University and
State College: that it was during
the time his party was in power
m North Carolina, from 18% to
1900, that the public school idea j
came into being and had its initi
ation as a system for the educa
tion of the people of the State.
The courthouse, where some
200 delegates and spectators as
sembled and rang with fierce
and uncompromising denunsiation
and criticism of the present pub
lic schools system; of the method
of taxation, of its collection and
application; of its nuequal burden
as regards the 100 counties in the
State.
The Republican orators who ad
dressed the convention though it ]
a great hardship on Yadkin
County citizens to be paying six- j
ty-three cents school tax while
the people of Forsyth County get
off with the payment of twenty
two cents on the hundred dollars
valuation for that purpose and
the county of Durham only twenty
nine cents. They belitted and be
meaned the present system and
they called upon the tenets of the
constitution to back them up.
They quoted from the constitution
of 1868, adopted by the conven
tion, declaring it to be a Republi
can product and they pointed to
its fairness and equity as con
cerns all people.
It took the eight-months school
question to raise the only excite
ment which the convention de
veloped. 'Squire Winters of Boon
ville Township said he was aga
inst the eight-months' term; that!
farmers couldn't afford it; that
he would vote to tear down the
University of North Carolina if
it is to teach infidelity; that he
Wanted his party to go on record
against the present system.
; Another speaker said he was
against evolution as well as the
eight-months school term. That
it appeared to him the more
money the State spent for educa
tion the less the people received
bpck in real value. He deplored
the tendency toward play and ath
letics that is gripping the schools
nowadays, he declared, and he
thought an eight-months school
term would work an even greater
hard ship than the present one.
It took no maneuvering on the
part of the leaders here today to
cut and dry the proceedings of
the convention because it appear
ed that the convention deiegates
wanted just that thing done to
save them the trouble. So the
leaders got away with everything
they wanted and the convention
was happy. It was a job which
took no special genius in carry
ing along.
R. B. Long, who is said to be
considering entering the race for
the nomination for one of' the
county cfKces, was called to the
chair as temporary chairman and
Attornty A. E. Hall as secretary.
The temporary organization was
made permanent by a unanimous
vote. The convention was opened
by Chairman of the executive com
mittee, with Secretary W. E. Rut
ledge occupying his seat at the
table. But they turned over the
proceedings to the temporary
chairman and the convention got
down to its first business.
Mr. Williams was unanimously
elected to succeed himself as
county chairman and Mr. Rut
ledge was re-eiected secretary by
the same route. Their conduct
of the party's affairs in the coun
ty was lauded by Attorney F. W.
Hanes, who put them in nomina
tion.
Hoth the Congressional and
Senatorial conveniions will be
held in Yadkinville on April 19.
next, it was announced, and upon
that occasion it is planned to
have one of the party leaders
from another section of the State
here to ma^e a political speech
and help to instil! enthusiasm in
to the breasts of the Twenty
fourth Senatorial and Seventh
Congressional District delegates
who will be on hand. W. E.
Rutledge, chairman of the Con
gressional district executive com
mittee, issued the cal! for the
convention to meet here on that
date. It will be Yadkin's first
opportunity to have a Congres
sional convention of the Republi
can party.
Because Little Yadkin Town
ship is overwhelmingly Democra
tic, convention Republicans today
passed over light!y the fact that
it had no representative here, but
W. A. Jones, a desident of that
township, was elected to serve as
a member of the county executive
committee. The other members
of the committee, of which Mr.
Williams was re-elected chairman,
are as follows: W. W. Woodruff,
D. A. Vestal, Homer Chapel, G. T.
White, J. W. Cook, R. B. Long,
Dr. S. L. Russell. Z. T. Rutledge,
A. Dinkins, W. H. Renegar, E. B.
Vestal, S. E. Norman and Lee
Norman.
Attorney Wade Reavis introduc
ed the resolution endorsing the
candidacy of Mr. Williams for the
solicitorship to succeed J. J. Hay
es, the resolution also including
a request that the Yadkin* man
enter the primaries to decide the
question. The resolution was as
follows:
"W^e the delegates in the Yad
kin County Republican Conven
tion, assembled at Yadkinville, N.
C., April 5, 1926, endorse the can
didacy of Hon. S. Carter Williams
for the nomination as the Repub
lican candidate for Solicitor of
the Seventh Judicial District in
the next general election, and re
commend Mr. Williams to the vot
ers of said district as a man who
is capable, sincere, and fully
qualified for the duties of said
ofhce.
"And we urgently request that
Mr. Williams file with the State
Board of Elections a notice of his
candidacy for nomination in the
legalized primary to be held on
June 7, 1926."
The resolution endorsing the
eight-months school, which was
introduced by Mr. Williams, was
^"WHEREAS, the Republican
party does, and always has stood
for the universal education of the
children of the State through the
medium of the public schools, we
hereby pledge our continued sup
port and rededicate ourselves to
the proposition of general educa
tion, but we eohde&n the inequit
able, tAdaihrfu! and extrava^ent
JURORS ARE DRAWN FOR
MAY COURT
The county commissioners in
session here Monday drew the jur
ors for the May term of Yadkin
superior court which convenes
here on May 10. They are as loi
!ows:
D. E. Hinshaw, J. Y. McKnighf,
J. M. Crater, L. H. Brann, M. Y.
Hardy, T. E. Davis, R. B. Crisg
man, S. O. Mathews, Z. A. Shug
art, J. M. Rilley, J. A. Mason, J.
C. G'illam, T. E. Davis, (Boon
vi!!c) P. J. Martin, L. E; CranhlL
U. S. Gross, J. F. Hayes, and C.
T. Fletcher.
LIST TAKERS APPOINTED
The county commissioners in
session Monday appointed the fol
lowing as list takers for the varl?
ous townships of the county:
Boonville, Wade Casstevens;
Knobs, Ward Swaim; Buck Shoslg
J. M. Crater; Deep Creek, J. R.
Pendry; Liberty, (no appoint
ment) ; Forbush, A. C. Davis;
Littie Yadkin, W. A. Jones: East
Bend, R. II. Davis; Fali Creek,
E. B. Vestal.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our neighbors and
friends who were so kind and
helpful to us during the illne^
and after the death of our so^i
and brother Sidney Mackie. We
cannot express our appreciation
in word' but hope to make some
more return for ywr kindness.—
THE FAMILY.
manner of collecting and disburs
ing school funds of the State by
the Dhm erotic raity.
"SECOND: We favor the es
tablishment throughout the State
of an eignt-monthb school ttrm,
4ar"vide(! th4*- -{4me -is-obtain^d by*
a system of uniform taxation
whehein property in any one
county of the State shall pay the
same rate of tax as are paid hv
property in every other county
jind provided that the said system
which now obtains shall be re
formed. and that the who'e struc
ture shall be rebuilt and admin
istered in accordance witn the
letter, and the spirit of the con
stitution of the State of North
Carolina.!'
The convention today took no
ofheia! notice of the probable row
down at Durham on April 8. next,
when State Chairman Bramham
and Ex-Senator Butler will likely
settle their differences for all
time on the door of the State con
vention. Butler's name was not
mentioned and the county conven
tion forgot to endorse Mr. Bram
ham or any of his policies. Ail the
Yadkin County Republicans ap
peared to be interested in was the
naming of its own candidate for
solicitor and the settlement of the
eight-month school question.
There were no contests from any
of the thirteen voting precincts,
so the convention dispensed with
the matter of naming a credenti
als committee.
One thing that impressed many
was the fact that few old timers
took any active hand in the con
vention's proceedings today. Sit
ting on the sidelines, but with
their respective township delega
tions, were former leaders who
formerly took an active part id ev
ery county convention held here.
Some of the delegates thought of
two absentees, called by the Grim
Reaper, these being the late B. R.
Brown, and the late D. G. Wag
oner, who never failed to be on
hand. Both have gone to their
reward since the last G. 0. P.
convention was held.
The county is entitled to fifteen
votes in the several conventions,
this being based on the party's
voting strength here.
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
trix of the estate of Sidney F.
Jackie, deceased, late of Yadkin
county, this is to notify all per
sons holding claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned within Dnp year from
date of this notice or same will
be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. AH persons owing said es
tate are requested to settle at
once.
This April 6, 1926.
LORA B. MACKIE, Admrx.
Williams & Reavis, Attys.
WEIGHS 2)5 POUNDS AT THE
AGE OF 13
Newton, April 3.—Frank Camp
bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith
Campbell, of Maiden, was 13 years
old today, and is the biggest boy
in Catawba county for his age.
He weighs 215 pounds and plays
baseball, tennis, basketball, and
gets around as well as a 100
pound boy. His father weighs
about 200 and his mother about
175. Frank attends the Maiden
high school and his teacher says
he is one of the smartest boys in
her room. *
AUCTION SALE OF YADKIN
COUNTY FARMS
Pursuant to an order of the
Superior court of Yadkin county !
made on the 29th day of March,
1926 the undersigned commission
er will sell at public auction at
the Court House door in Yadkin !
County on Monday, Aprii 12, 1926,1
at 1 o'clock, p. m., the farm lands
of the J. M. Jones estate located
in Boonville Township. Yadkin
county, and lying on the Yadkin
River. The 270 acres of these
lands have been divided into
tracts and will be sold to the high
est bidder. 270 acres, subdivide
ed, 89 acres river bottom.
Tract one and two will be sold
together. Tract No. 1, known as
old homcplace containing 61.95
acres. Approximately 40 acres}
river bottom and balance in timb-!
?i* and pasture. Good 7 room'
dwelling Imuse, large eed barn!
and all necessary out buildings, i
Tract No. 2, containing 28.13 ,
acres. Approximate.,/ ]1 acres
river bottom and balance in timb
er. The above tract No. i and 2
wii) be sold separate and then as !
! a whole.
} Tract No. 3, containing 34.35
sores and Xd. 4, containing 59.22
acres wiil be sold as one tract
oniv. Tract Xo. !!. c<"ttaining
-j4.35 acres. About 7 acres river
bottom, a few acres cf upland
cleared ami balance in timber.
Iract Xo. 4, containing 59.22;
acres. About 27 acres river bot- i
tom, balance in timber, good 4[
room house, new feed barn and
other necessary outbuildings.
Timber tract, containing 86.39 j
acres with original timber stand
ing n-il! be sold in one tract only,
the following being the whole
amount laid out in three tracts,
now one.
Terms: One-third cash, bal
ance in 12 and 18 months.
I Any person desiring further in
formation can apply to the under
signed at Boonville, X. C., or to
J. H. Hunt, Boonville, N. C., or D.
M. Reece, Yadkinville, N. C.
This March 29, 1926.
J. L. and C. H. JONES, Commis
sioners.
RE SALE OF LAND UNDER
MORTGAGE
By virtue of a mortgage deed,
executed by J. A. H. Jester and
wife Dollie Jester on the 3rd day
of January, 1920, and recorded in
book 27, page 197, in the ofhce of
register of deeds for Yadkin
county, I wilt re-sell for cash at
public auction at the court house
door in Yadkinville, North Caro
lina, on the 12th DAY OF APRIL,
1926 the following real estate to
wit: Beginning at a stone, J. W.
Matthew's corner, runs South 14
chs 75 Iks to the State Road; then
East with said road 10 chs and 90
Iks to a stone, W. Y. Wall and J.
H. Matthew's corner; then North
14 chs 50 Iks to a stake in Sarah
Taylors line; then West 13 chs to
the beginning, containing 16 1-3
acres more or less.
Also one other tract as follows.
Beginning at a stone in Westley
Choplins line, John Choplin heirs,
Southwest corner at Lot No. 3 and
runs West 20 chs 50 Iks to a stone,
W. Y. Walls line; then with Walls
line 5 chs and 55 Iks to a stone,
Arthur Angels Southwest corner;
then with said line 20 chs 50 Iks
to a stone, John Choplins heirs
corner; then St&uth with Choplin
heirs line 5 chs 55 Iks to the be
ginning, containing 11 83-100
acres, more or loss.
Sale made to satisfy note secur
ed by said mortgage after default
having been made in the payment
of %*mey and &iter advance bid
on preyidds ash*
ThiaMaychg?. 192$.;
D. C. HOBSON, Mortagee.
Williams & Reavis, Attorneys.
NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN TO
BROADCAST STATES
PROGRESS
From a bleak mountain cabin
of North Carolina comes a woman
who knows from personal experi
ence what is in the little country
Kiri's lunch box as she trudges
her way to school—Miss Elizabeth
Kelly, of Raleigh, who will tel! of
the heroic struggle of her native
state from one of the most back
ward in education and agricultu
ral progress in the nation to a
leading place within the past
generation, as guest speaker of
WLS, the Sears-Roebuck Agricul
tural Foundation station, Chicago.
She will give a series of talks for
one week, beginning April 11.
In a one room log school house
with a three months term, in Ma
con County, North Carolina, Miss
Kelly began her education. Later
after being graduated from the
State College for Women she be
came the first woman in her state<
to hold a high school in Johns
ton county. There she began her
life work of aiding in organiza
tion of community life around the
rural school.
Later as a member of the state
department of education she was
for seven years county school or
ganizer and supervisor of schools
for adu!t beginners. At the same
time she was president of the
North Carolina Education As
sociation.
Becoming interested in the co
operative movement, she has
worked side by side with its lead
ers in her state and has watched
North Carolina's progress from
being the thirty-fifth of the stat
es in agricultural power, to its
present fourth or fifth place, due
to its advance in education, bet
ter roads and more progressive
methods of farming. Miss Kelly,
in her present position as educa
tional agent for the Tobacco
growers Cooperative Association,
is still carrying on her task of
making life fuller and richer for
those about her.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of A. R. Poindex
ter, deceased, late of Yadkin
county, this is to notify all per
sons holding claims against said
estate to present them to 0. C.
Poindexter at Boonville, N. Cfl
within one year from date of this
notice or same will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate are
requested to settle at once.
This April 5, 1926.
O. C. & C. B. POINDEXTER,
Admrs. of estate of A. R. Poin
dexter, deed.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND
WARRANT OF ATTACHMENT
In the Superior Court.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
YADKIN COUNTY.
George Steelman vs R. A. Neely
and Mrs. Flora Nee]y.
The defendant, R. A. Neely, in
the above entitled action will take
notice that on the 26th day of
February, 1926, a summons in
the said action was issued against
the defendant by J. L. Crater,
Clerk of the Superior Court for
Yadkin county, North Carolina.
Plaintiff claiming the sum of
$5000.00 with interest on the
same from Jan. 1, 1925, by rea
son of a contract evidenced by
bonds, or notes, which summons
is returnable before the said
clerk on March 18, 1926. The de
fendant, R. A. Neely, will also
take notice that a warrant of at
tachment was issued by the said
Clerk of the Superior Court on
the 26th day of Feb. 1926, against
the property of the said R. A.
Neely, defendant, which warrant
is returnable is before the said
clerk on March 18, 1926 at his
oHice in the courthouse, Yadkin
ville, N. C.
The defendant, R. A. Neely, will
further take notice that he is re
quired to appear before the Clerk
of the §tiperibir Court, Yadkin
County, op qp before the 17th day
of April, 1926, and answer or de
mur tq the complaint, or the re
lief detndRded will be granted.
. This the 16th day of March,
19&6.
J. L. CRATER, Clerk of the Su
perior Court.
Ayalon J& Hall, Attorney for
Painti*. $i3 4t
MR ISAAC WAGONER
DIES NEAR BOONVILLE
Mr. Isaac Wagoner, ^ged 81
years, and father of Airs. C. E.
Mox!ey of YadkinviHe, died at the
home of his son-in-iaw and
daughter, Mr. and Airs. D. H.
Alox.ey, near BoonviHe, Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock after an
illness of only a few weeks.
Air. Wagoner is survived by
seven living children, 59 grand
children and 23 great grand child
ren, besides a number of other
relatives.
Funeral services were held at
BoonviHe baptist church at 2 o'
clock P. AI. Tuesday and inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
Rev. V. AI. Swaim, long time
friend of Air. Wagoner, conduct
ed the services. Air. Wagoner
had been a member of the church
for about 40 yearn
Mr. Wagoner was one of the
good old men of this county and
has many friends who will re
gret to learn of his death. Onl3
a few weeks ago he visited his
daughter, Airs. Aloxley here, and
the people of YadkinviHe were
always glad to see him come to
town.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the au
thority contained in a certain deed
of trust executed by A. J. Puckett
and wife, Victoria Puckett to the
undersigned trustee on October
27th, 1924, which deed of trust
is du!v recorded in Book No. 33
of Mortgages on page 71 in the
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Yadkin County; default having
been made in the payment of the
note secured bv said deed of trust,
and at the request of the holder
of the note, the undersigned trus
tee will expose to sale and sell
the following described property
at the Court House door in Yad
kin County, cm Friday, the 9th
day of April, 1926. at 12:00 o'
clock Xoon to the highest bidder
for cash; subject to a first deed
of trust to J. T. Benbow, Trustee
for $18,000.00.
Beginning on the west bank of
Yadkin River at Henry Shore's
corner running with his line north
89 degrees west 3863 feet to a
branch ; thence with the meander
ings of the branch the 14 follow
ing courses: North 31 degrees,
east 47 feet; north 2 degrees 30
west Cl feet; north 55 degrees
30* west 100 feet; north 43 feet:
north 40 degrees 30* west 153
feet! north 12 degrees west 79
feet; north 15 degrees east 100
feet; north 1 degree 30* west
137 feet; north 7 degrees west
249 feet; north 10 degrees 30*
west 87 feet; north 24 degrees
east 132 feet; north 18 degrees
30* west 41 feet; north 20 de
grees east 40 feet and north 28
degrees west 53 feet to stob;
thence west 207 feet to a stone:
thence north 4 degrees east 607
feet to pi!e of stones, Myer's cor
ner; thence north 83 degrees 15*
west 3367 feet to stone; thence
north 3 degrees east 770 feet to
stone; thence north 7 degrees east
1166 feet to road: thence with
the road the 14 following cours
es: South 46 degrees east 263
feet; north 81 degrees 45* east
160 feet; north 48 degrees east
100 feet; north 43 degrees east
241 feet; north 74 degrees east
100 feet; south 80 degrees east
100 feet; south 47 degrees east
634 feet south 70 degrees 30*
east 500 feet; south 83 degrees
east 100 feet; north 81 degrees
45* east 100 feet; north 70 de
grees 30* east 364 feet; south 89
degrees east 625 feet; north 59
degrees 30* east 100 feet and
north 27 degrees 15* east 309
feet to Bettie Shore's (colored)
lot; thence east 62 feet to stones;
thence north 82 feet to the road;
thence with the road the 3 fol
lowing courses: North 42 de
grees east 138 feet; north 55 de
grees 30* east 170 feet and north
73 degrees east 100 feet; thence
north 85 degrees east 354 feet;
thence south 86 degree^ 45* east
3250 feet to stone, John Shore's
corner; thence south 2 degrees
west 118 feet to branch; thence
with branch east 231 feet and
north 48 degrees east 132 feet;
thence dbuth 85 degrees 30* east
726 feet to the aforesaid river;
thence down the river as it mean
ders 4350 feet to the place of be
ginning, containing 576 and 83
100 acres, more or less.
This the 9th day 6f March,
1926.
H. C. HUDSON, Trustee.