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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.