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If ait kin &tppl« W. E. RUTLEDGE Editor and Publisher W. E. RUTLEDGE, JR. Associate Editor Published Every Thursday Entered at the Postoffice at Yadkinvllle, as second class mail matter. Established 1892 Subscription Rates: 1 Year _$1.00 6 Months _ .50 Payable in Advance ‘‘Silver Threads Among—” (The Progressive Farmer) One of the best-loved romantic ballads of all time is “Silver Threads Among the Gold,” yet its tender prophecy was never ful filled for the woman who inspir ed it. In 1874, when Hart Pease Danks, musician and singer, and his wife were living happily to gether in New York City, he com posed to her the immortal re frain. The song sold, prosperity came, and with it domestic un happiness. A separation resulted. In 1903 an old man was found dead in a rooming house in Philadelphia. Death overtook him as he knelt beside his bed. In his hand was a copy of : “Silver Threads Among the Gold.” On it was penciled: “It’s hard to grow old alone.” That was how Danks died, and his widow died in cir cumstances nearly parallel in a Brooklyn rooming house years later. Eben E. Rexford is said to have written the words of this song while Danks wrote the melody. Let’s Have It That > Way While we are on this subject of Christmas, let’s have a “Made-in America Christmas.” Let’s stop this way of doing in the past where we decorate our Christmas trees, dedicated to the Prince of Peace, with those gaudy glass globules made by Hitler’s unbelieving hellions and Japans jingoes, simply because they are offered for sale on the counters of the 10-cent stores. A native pine or cedar, decorat ed with American made light bulbs, will this year display a spirit of patriotism well in keep ing with America’s defense pro gram on which it is spending bil lions. Billions for defense, but not one cent for tribute to the peons of Germany and Japan with their cheap labor to enrich those to whom America and all that it stands for are accursed. If it says “Made in Germany” or “Made in Japan” just leave it alone and thus continue our pro gram of helping the homes of America and shutting the door to this cheap trash shipped to this country by the bloody hands of dictators and killers of women and babies. EAST BEND Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Angell and Mrs. C. D. Angell entertained at at wedding supper Sunday, No vember 17, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Roy Angell, who were mar ried November 16th. Those en joying the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Barber, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Willard, Mr. and Mrs. Fonro Crissman, Messrs. Calvin and Ed ward Angell, Hauser Douglas, and Misses Irene Hall, Gertrude Nichols, and Violet Angell. An extension course from Ca tawba College is being conducted at Fall Creek school by Prof. Had ley of the college every other Tuesday afternoon, beginning at four o’clock. It is understood that approximately sixteen teachers from Surry and Yadkin are taking the course. NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS North Carolina, Yadkin County. State vs. John Miller, Waddell Fair, and 1 1932 Model Chrysler Sedan, Motor No. Cl-15188, Li cense No. 479-446. Notice is hereby given that the above described automobile was seized by the sheriff of Yadkin County on or about the 14th day of November, 1940, while being used at the time for the illegal transportation of 40 gallons of non-tax paid liquor, that the oc cupants thereof, John Miller, and Waddell Fair, were captured, and that the owner thereof is un known: WHEREFORE, unless a claim is filed for the said automobile with the undersigned sheriff of Yadkin County, on or before the 3Lst day of December, 1940, he will ask for judgment that it be declared forfeited, and that it be advertised and sold in the man ner provided by law> This 27th day pf November, 1940. A. L. INSCORE, 12-5 Sheriff Yadkin County. THROUGH KEYHOLl By BILL RUTLEDGE THE GHOST BREAKERS It all started about two weeks ago while the office forces of the Elkin Tribune and the Yadkin Ripple were busily engaged in the task of wrapping and stamping and sorting out the Ripples as they came off the folder. Arthur Laffoon, composing room fore man, somehow brought the con versation around to ghosts. Then, after he, Alan Browning, Howard Windsor, Albert Glover, your cor respondent, and Fred Laffoon had each told one. printer Rob ert Windsor told the supposedly true tale of the girl who was kill ed at the underpass between High Point and Greensboro, and on several instances since has re portedly thumbed rides into High Point with motorists. En route, she would always disappear from the car, while still in motion, no doubt causing the driver no end of amazement. Several drivers, it has been reported, have pro ceeded to go to the address given by the girl, and arriving there would be told that the girl had been killed several months before in an auto accident at the under pass. We had heard the story several times before, and, after due consideration, we loaded our car with cameras, flash guns, range finders, and a typewriter, and with the possibility of writing the story for national publication, picked up R. L. West, Jr., Sunday and embarked upon our first ghost hunt. First, let it be stated that searching for information on a ghost, especially a lady ghost, calls for a stout heart, persever ance, stamina, a sense of humor, and plenty of gasoline. Several days prior to Sunday we had written a gentleman in Greens boro who w-as supposed to know a gentleman who was supposed to know two gentlemen who had picked the girl up. Sure enough, he replied and stated that the gentleman, a Mr. Cheek, lived on the other side of Graham, N. C., and we could find him at his sis ter’s home. So Mr. West and your columnist proceeded to jour ney to Winston-Salem, Greens boro, Burlington, and Graham, where, after inquiring around, we found that Mr. Cheek lived on the Graham road almost to Pitts boro. Arriving there, we found that Mr. Cheek had moved back to his old home in Greensboro only the week before. * * * So we turned around and came back to Greensboro, proceeding to his home on the High Point road. He was not there. After calling a hurried consultation, we decided to start from scratch, and motored down the High Point highway, passing through the underpass where the girl was supposed to have met her death. She was not thumbing Sunday night, so we proceeded to High Point, where we tried to get some definite information on the story. Everyone had heard something about the strange case, but knew only rumors. So we proceeded to Thomasville, where we ran injo Louis Brumfield, Editor of The Thomasville Tribune, and a rela tive of L. F. Brumfield, of Yadkin ville, who knew nothing of the case, having been there only a few months. So we three started can vassing the town in search of in formation. In a few minutes we were told that a member of the police force there might have some information on the matter. When we found him, eating a slab of chocolate pie in a cafe, he related how, several years before, a friend of his by the name of Byerly, who was now in Greens boro, had sworn to him that he stopped for her one night, opened the door of his truck, and the girl had disappeared. We made a note of this. We then proceeded to canvass the fire department, and one of the members volunteered the in formation that a brother-in-law of his, while driving from Thom asville to his home in Virginia, had picked the girl up. He went on to say that his brother-in-law, knowing nothing of the case, | swore to him that she had disap peared, and he went on to the address the girl had given him (in Virginia, this time) and was told that the girl had been kill ed previously. We made a note of this, too. And we called it a day, returning to Yadkinville. * * - * Monday, we decided to continue the investigation, and drove to High Point, and talked with John Mebane, City Editor of the High Point Enterprise, who told us that he had written stories on the lady ghost at different times, but had never been able to get any really definite information on the matter. Mr. Mebane, who relat ed that he had sat in his car near the underpass himself waiting for the girl to appear, said that when he would hear of anyone picking the girl up he would call them, but would always be referred to someone else, the incident always rotating around. But, the old Rutledge spirit of never giving up asserting itself, we motored back to Greensboro and searched for Mr. Cheek again. He was not at home. So we proceeded into the city and to a telephone booth, and dialed every Byerly in the tele phone book, seeking information as to the whereabouts of the Byerly who picked up the girl. Finally, we were referred to his parents, who lived in High Point, and we made another note. • * * Then, to pass off the time, we took in a movie. When it was over, we called Mr. Cheek again. He was in! However, Mr. Cheek was very sorry, but he could give us no names, having just heard the tale several times around the vicinity. And so your weary ghost-hunter returned home again from a second day of searching. Resolved to run the story down to the last clue, we have written both of the men, one in High Point, the other in Virginia, for verification on their stories. And, in the meantime, the story keeps popping up. While questioning the policeman in Thomasville Sunday night, a farmer who was present related that he lived near the underpass, and that his daughter-in-law had reported seeing the girl only last month, but when she returned with his son-in-law, there was no one at the underpass. Mr. Mebane told us Monday that it was reported to him only last week that the girl, dressed in a long white even ing dress, had been seen there. Some day, maybe . . . * * * Do you believe in ghosts? DOWN The production of manufactur ed dairy products during 1939, in terms of whole milk equivalents, was slightly below the peak year of 1938, says the U. S. Agricultur al Marketing Service. Germany drops a pill in water and produces synthetic gasoline. Nobody knows the contents of the pill. NOTICE OF RE-SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of an or der of re-sale made by J. L. Cra ter, Clerk Superior Court of Yad kin County, on the 9th day of November, 1940, in the special proceeding entitled, “Andrew Wallace et al, vs. Mildred Kerr et al,” the undersigned Commis sioner will, on Saturday, Novem ber 30, 1940, at 2:00 P. M„ at the Courthouse Door in Yadkinville, N. C„ offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, those certain tracts of land lying and being in Buck Shoals Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina, describ ed as follows: FIRST TRACT: Beginning at a stone, Walter Carter’s comer, runs North 48.45 chains to a stone, Walter Carter’s comer; runs West 2Vi chains to a stone; thence South 48.45 chains to a stone on South bank of road; thence East 2 Vi chains to the be ginning, containing 12 acres, more or less. SECOND TRACT: A one-half undivided interest in the follow ing described tract: Beginning at a stone, Octavia Denny’s comer, runs North 48.45 chains to a stone; thence West 2Vi chains to a white oak stump, Casey’s com er; thence South 48.45 chains to South bank of road; thence East 2 Vz chains to the beginning, con taining 12 acres, more or less. This the 9th day of November, 1940. WALTER ZACHARY, Commissioner. HALL & ZACHARY, Attorneys. 11-28 NOTICE North Carolina, Yadkin County. In the Superior Court Before the Clerk. J. C. Morrison and wife, Susie Morrison; F. E. Morrison and wife, Ellen Morrison; C. C. Morri son and wife, Leila Morrison; vs. W. T. Morrison mid wife, Lillie Morrison; Mary Eliza Hinson and husband, Weaver Hinson; P. L. Boyd, Lottie Lee Boyd Durham and husband, Claude Durham; Henry Boyd and wife, Mozelle Boyd; Carl Boyd, Charlie Boyd, and Louise Boyd. Under and by virtue of author ity conferred upon the undersign ed Commissioner by an Order of His Honor J. L. Crater, Clerk Su perior Court, of Yadkin County, North Carolina, appointing W. M. Allen as Commissioner in the above entitled action, to sell the lands hereinafter described, for the purpose of making division among the heirs of C. L. Morri son, deceased, on the terms of one-third cash, and the balance in one and two yetfrs after date, the deferred payments to be se cured by a deed of trust upon said real estate. Now, Therefore, I, the under signed Commissioner will on the 21st day of December, 1940, at 2:00 o’clock P. M. on the prem ises, in Yadkin County, North Carolina, offer for sale to the last and highest bidder, upon the terms of one-third cash, and the balance in one and two years af ter date, the deferred payments to be secured by a deed of trust said real estate, the following described property, to-wit: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the north side of the Wilkes Road, and runs Westward with the meanders of said road 23.35 chains to a stake, Charlie Morri son’s comer; thence North 3 deg. East 5.25 chains to a stone; thence West 3.16 chains to a stone in the Yadkin and Wilkes County line; thence North 3 deg. East with the said county line 41.25 chains to the fork of a branch; thence Eastward and up the branch as it meanders to a pile of stone and dogwood on the south side of said branch; thence South 58 deg. East crossing the branch twice to a white oak; thence East 6.50 chains to a sour wood; thence South iy2 deg. West 14.60 chains to a stake and stone in a field; thence West 4.40 chains to a stake and stone; thence South 23 chains to the be ginning, containing 114 acres more or less. This the 20th day of November, 1940. WM. M. ALLEN, 12-12 Commissioner. AUCTION SALE Of Personal Property I will offer for sale at public auc tion to the highest bidder, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1940, at 10:30 A. M., at the old Craft homeplace near Flint Hill, the following articles: Two chest of drawers, one wal nut; three beds, one spool bed, wardrobe, chairs, bureau, organ, one walnut cupboard, large cup boa three tables, stove, dishes, meal chest, farming tools, wagon, buggy, drill, etc. Also one horse, 1/3 interest in binder, % interest in hay rake and some locust posts, and many other items too tedious to men tion. 12-5 MRS. R. W. CRAFT GOOD GROCERIES GOOD SERVICE While in Boonville stop at Boon ville Grocery Co., and get a full supply of good Groceries and Feeds. It’s a pleasure to serve you. BOONVILLE GROCERY CO. AUCTION SALE of PERSONAL PROPERTY Saturday, Nov. 30, 2:30 P.M. at my former residence near Branon consisting of one mule, a good set of one-horse farming tools, all kinds; household goods, in cluding beds, dressers, tables, cook stove and many other things. W. F. VanHoy Thanksgiving And Good Eats Go Hand in Hand You can find the fine eats here for the most mod erate prices possible. Fancy Groceries Fresh Fruits Fresh Vegetables Oranges, Apples, etc. We Feed the Family Ernest Long Grocery Yadkinville YADKIN THEATRE ALWAYS A GOOD OFTEN A GREAT S-H-O-W S-H-O-W THURSDAY — FRIDAY Special Matinee Thanksgiving: at 2:30 Added Attractions “Latest News Events” ‘Screen Snapshots’ SATURDAY WAGONS WESTWARD I rfctlLCftfiuACl. op RED RYDER DON BARRY Added Attractions 3 Stooge Comedy - Cartoon - Musical Novelty 10:30 Owl-Show — Saturday Night — Owl-Show 10:30 Adults Only — ADMISSION 20c — Adults Only “The Picture you will NEVER FORGET, and one that you can't afford to miss” “WHAT PRICE PASSION” Also, Selected Short Subjects This Show will be shown again MONDAY Matinee and Night—Admission 20c TUESDAY ONLY “RANGERS OF FORTUNE” Starring Fred Mac Murray and Patricia Morrison Family Day — Wednesday — Family Day Paramount prmmah J "t« cstur | McCINTK Added Attractions “Robert Benchley Novelty Also Travel-Talk - Cartoon COMING COMING COMING COMING IN PERSON — ON THE STAGE —- IN PERSON “RAINBOW RANCH GIRLS” RIPPLE ADVERTISING GETS RESULTS BELK-STEVENS CO. Corner 5th and Trade Winston-Salem, N. C. VISIT BELK’S COMPLETE TOY DEPARTMENT. SANTA CLAUS IN PERSON _ EVERY DAY. FREE CANDY FOR THE CHILDREN BELK’S BARGAIN BASEMENT Women’s Sweetheart Satin Slips 4-gore and bias 59c Full Fashioned Silk Hose, in all the latest Fall Shades 38c Children’s Outing and Muslin Bloomers 10c pr. Women’s Part Wool Sweaters button style 97c 68 by 72 Fast Color Prints guaranteed washable 10c yard Cotton Batts, stitched and ready for use, 3 lbs. 48c Good Heavy Quality Outing checks and plaids 10c yard Belk’s Snow Mountain Blankets size 70 by 80, part wool $1.98 Men's Medium Weight Underwear 59c Boys’ Medium Weight Underwear 48c Children’s Medium Weight Underwear 39c Full Double Bed Size Bed Spreads blue, pink, green and yellow 39c Men’s Heavy Work Pants all colors, good quality $1.00 Women’s Tweed Coats, plain and tailor ed, all sizes, styles and colors $5.95 Men’s 60% Wool Sweaters, button style, brown and blue $1.00 Belk’s Red Camel Overalls, size 32-50, sanforized shrunk, 8-oz. denim pocket men $1.10 boys 89c BELK-STEVENS CO WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
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