VOL. L
YANCEYVILLE, N. C., APRIL 2?. 1936.
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Our FeUow Townsmen
Attend A Big Banquet
Another One Has An Honor
Thrust Upon Him.
S M. Bason, Johp O. Gunn,
and E. A. Allison, of Yanceyville,
attended the banquet of Group
Five of the North Carolina Bank
ers' Association he!d in the Shera
ton hotel at High Point tast
Thursday night, April t$th.
At that meeting T. D. Boswell,
assistant cashier of the Bank of
YanceyviHe, was appointed on the
Advisory Committee as the repre
sentative of Caswell county, all
unexpected to himself. ItanyeX'
planation of the whereforeness
and the howcomeness of this ap
pointment is necessary, it is very
likely that Sam Bason can tel! how
it all came about.
The attendance of our local
men upon that swell banquet in
that famous hostlery, with its
King Louis XIV decorations and
furniture, and their sitting in the
seats of the mighty as they par
took of oyster cocktail, fruit salad,
roast turkey and ices; and the ap
pointment of out fellow citizen on
the Advisory Committee of the
Bankers' Association, are "the
things of chief interest to us Cas
well folks.
The fact that Governor Mc
Lean made the best address of
like nature ever heard by some
of those present ou such questions
as, How the sfate is accumulating
a surplus in the treasury under,
the good business methods of the'
present administration, and why
the Governor opposed the plan of j
issuing sixtydive million dollars
more bonds for road construction,
proposed and urged by many
members of the last legislature, is
a matter of secondary interest to
most of us. W c know he is a
good governor, and we think he
is the very man we need in the
mansion at this time. And he
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MiLTON BOOK
CLUB MEETS WITH
MRS G G. DONAHO
The regutar semi-montti!y meet
inK <<f the Women's Book Ctub
of Mitton was hetd on W ednesday
afternoon at the charming home
of Mrs. G. G- Donaho. on Main
street. Apri! t^th.
The entire tower tioor of the
house was aftisticaMy (tecorated
with spring (towers. carrying out
a rotor scheme of green and white.
The president, Mrs. J. E
Tucker, presiding, the secretary
read the minutes and catted the
rot! of the tast meeting.
Mrs. C. B. Austin, vice-presi
dent, in the absence of the tibrari
an, exchanged the books, assisted
by Miss Mary Wittiams
After the business meeting the
entertainment for the afternoon
was turned Over to the hostess,
who had selected as her subject,
Edgar Atbert Guest and three
most interesting papers were
given.
!. "Edgar Atbert Guest, the Man
and the Poet," read by Miss Etten
Donaho.
2. "It Takes a Heap O'Living
in a House to Make It Home,'
read by Mrs J T. Kitby.
3. Severat short poems taken
. from "The Passing Throng." read
!fby Mrs. W. L. Morton.
A deticious ice course, nuts and
crystatized ginger, coffee, and
whipped cream, were served by
the hostess.
The ctub then adjourned to
meet on Thursday. Aprit 29th,
with Miss Mary WHtiams.
Those present were Mrs. C. B.
Austin. Mrs R L Dixon. Miss
Etten Donaho. Mrs Jay Foote.
TK&s Kathleen Hayes. Mrs J. T.
A Asherman went down to
the river'to Ash, tut because
he didn't see the Ash he said
there weren't any Ash there.
So he wouldn't bait his hook.
He tooted around on the
bank tor a white, and then
went home—without any
Ash. Mr. Merchant, there
- are sixteen thousand peopte
in Caswei) county who buy
goods. It you bait your hook
with a good advertisement in
The Messenger you wiit tike
tv catch some trade.
AMMWH8MMEM0MH
OM MUM LAST YEAR
He Did Not Put All ot His Eggs
In One Basket.
A citizen of t aswett went into
a merchant'-. -m-re the other day
to buy some paint for his house.
Upon inquiry the merchant dis
covered that this-farmer diversi
Aed his crop tast year. And by
raising what he and his family
needed to eat. and what it took,
to feed his stock this farmer was
abte not ontv to pay for his ferti
iiaer, hot atso to put money in the
bank "Caswett needs more men
like that," said the merchant.
Senator Overman has given
format notice of his candidacy for
senator.' S.; ''..::' . .
Carnes Steel Fishing Rod In
Mouth Twelve Months.
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Yanceyville, April 17—'Twelve
months ago Albert J. Perkinson,
member of the buying force of the
Export Tobacco Co., headquarters
at Danville, Va.. had the mis
fortune of losing a prized steel
fishing rod, nine feet long, when
its hook was taken hs_a big fish,
a denizen oCCountry Line Creek,
near the town of Milton in this
county, and the rush of the big
fellow carried both rod and iine
down stream.
On Tuesday, April tyth of this
year, James Green, we!) known
resident of Caswell, fishing in the
same waters, brought to dry land
a tg pound Country Line creek
r Utd) and the angler was greatly
astonished when he found that his
catch carried under its gills and]
protruding from its mouth a nine
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A PROGRESSIVE FIRM IN
A PROGRESSIVE TOWN
The Burton-Chance Walker
Furniture Company, of Rctdsvtlle,
have a high claims motor ambu
lance and a limousine hearse, with j
which to serve their patrons it!
Caswell county. Mr. Robert A.
Blaylock, in charge of the under
taking department, is a graduate
of the Ecktcs College of Embalm
ing. Philadelphia, and took ambu*
i on t trainiiig at the Jefferson
Medical College The Burton
Chance-Walker Company hold
t bent selves hi read! ness to respond
to call day or night.
U. D. C's Of Sixth Oistri( t
Have Meeting At Burlington
Mrs. B. S. Graves and Mrs. F. GJ
Harrelson Honored.
At an'cuthusiasln meeting of
the seven chapters eontprisitig the
Sixth District pf the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
held at Burlington <<it Wednesday.
April t4th. Mrs B. S. Graves of
Yancey\ illc was elected president,
and Mrs. F. G. Harrelson "f Yan
.rey vi!!e,' secretary.
This was the annua! session of
this patriotic society. The place
selected )<v the t a dies of the U.D
t . of the Sixth District for its
next annual gathering'on April
27th, 1Q37. is Yanceyvilh. which
honor, it is understood, is much
appreciated by the people of \ att
eeyvillc.
Delegates' were present last
Wednesday in Burlington from
tin- chapters ip Burlington,
(ireenshoro, Beidsviile. Ashhoro,
Graham. Leaksville. and Yancey
ville, which are the seven chap
ters that compose the Sixth Dis
trict of the U.D. P.'s in North
(Carolina
The delegates present from
Yancey vide were' Mesdamcs B.
S. Graves, t. J. Florance, h. G.
Harrelson, R W fsit-y, C. G.
Moser H. A. Allison, George A.
Anderson. E. F. Upchurch, and
!. F. Gwynn. This delegation
equalled that of any other chap
ter represented except Burlington.
And the report of the \ ancey
ville chapter is said to have been
quite as good as that of any other
of the chapters) according to its
membership, which is 23.
We are informed that the mam
thing stressed at the Burlington
meeting was the necessity for a
Gettysburg Memorial for the
North Carolina men who fell dur
ing that historic battle. And it
is said that the North Carolina
Daughters of the Confederacy are
to ask the State Legislature for
aid in this undertaking. Accord
ing to reports there is no other
monument to the memory of the
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THE LUCKY t3 BOOK
CLUB MEETS WITH
MRS. J W. CROWELL
Ihefuckyt^Booktlubmct
with Mrs. J. W. t row-ell Friday
afternoon at three o'clock. The
tneeting was called toOtderby
the \icepresident. Mrs. F. F. Up
church. A^ter an interesting dis
cussion of the books, the hostess
served a delicious ice course. The
house was beautifully decorated
The hooks which tin- tnetnbers
of the ctub are reading are as fol
lows: tousin Jane, Th^ 'Chicken
Wagon Family, The Red Lamp;
Treading the Wine Press, The
Borrowed Shield, Red Ashes, The
Power and the Glory, Women,
The F"tworthys, The Lost Lady,
The !';<<fc--sor's House, Tin-Heat
Pandlofo, The Perennial Bachelor.
Miss Margaret Jones, of pan*
vdh-< was a visitor^t the home
'of her mother, Mrs. Sallie Jones,
the past week end
Arthur Estes, one of the men
working in Yanceyville with the
Load ( on tructinn Uo.. broke his
atm Monday of this week, while
trying to crank a truck.
BHYmOMMStHM
T)OB HEMEO BY MtilELS
R. O. Everett, of Durham, Made
State Chairman.
It is Earned front dispatches
that Josephus Daniels has been
made chairman of the National
Bryan Memorial Association, and
that Mr. Daniels has appointed R.
O. Everett, of Durham, State
Chairman for North Carolina.
The many ardent admirers of
the great Commoner will rejoice
to hear that a Rtting memorial is
to he reared to the memory of his
life and labors, and that Mr. Dan
iels, a life long friend of Mr.
Bryan, whom all the people trust,
has been chosen as National
Chairman of the Association,
which is to raise the funds.
Mr. Bryan had many devoted
followers in Caswell county, fore
most among whom perhaps was
R ). Dixon of Milton, who had
been almost a life-long persona!
friend of the great Nebraskan
These friends say that they are
proud to know that a worthy
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MRS. VICTORIA
H AM LETT DIES
Mrs. Victoria Hamlett. wife of
A. J. Hamlett, aged 57 years, died
at her home near l.easburg Sun
day. April ttth, after an illness of
one week.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at the Leas
burg Methodist church by Rev
1- R. Clegg, pastor, with inter
otent in l.eashurg cemetery.
Mrs. Hamlett is survived by her
husband and seven children.
Tiiden Long Was Murdered
Last Sunday Morning
PLANTING TIME
A county newspaper is as
necessary in a weH regulated
county as a cook stove in a
home. The puhiishers of The
Messenger are planting their
time and money in making
a paper for the county. May
we suggest to you, gentic
reader, that you can afford
to plant at !east $t.go in the
development of the county
hy subscribing to The Mes
senger.,
B. 68BBMM 8WES MB
Still TO BO TO BHHBCH
He Must Go To Church For Fifty
Consecutive Weeks—The Of
fer Was Accepted.
H. Goodman, local clothier, won
a convert to some church pew of
the city in one of the most un
usual evangelistic endeavors ever
heard of here when he made a
covenant with a man "to go to
church for go consecutive weeks"
in exchange for a suit of clothes.
Tin; recipient of a new suit of!
clothes, altered to set him off in
likeness to a nadonis, is a man
who coutd "peel from his roll" as
thanv'suits as he has need of for
any occasion, but when the con
versation between he and Mr.
Goodman reached the point of a
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Saturday A Great
Day For Caswetl County
IMPORTANT FACTS FOR
DEMOCRATS TO KNOW
Last Saturday ail the precinct
primaries of the Democratic party
in the county convened and were
organized according to taw, and
the dehgates eiected to the county
convention, which in tobc^etd in
Yattcewiih- next Saturday, Aprit
24th.
iite coutvty convention wi!t
e)ect a county chairman, at)d eiect
dciegates to the state convention,
whictiistobehetdinKatcigh.
The county primary is to )te
he!d tut the first Saturday in June.
The registration hooka wi!! he
"{noted for four successive Satur
days, beginning May tst.
J. S. Poweii, wife, and four hoys
have itteu visiting Mr, i'owett's
mother, Mrs. W. T. Otiver, at
Miiton for a few days. Miss
Verne!! ))ante). sister of Mrs.
)'.ovc!!,wasa!sointh<-{tarty
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Murray, of
Mehaue, and W- E. White, of Me
hane, visited Mr. and Mrs. Hen
derson Sunday.___
T
BETHEL <E. M. 3!. iLORELNC
TO COMPLETE CHLRLH
^ ^Aprtl Meeting at Home of Mrs Pattie King.
(Special to The Messenger)
The Bethei Woman's Mission
ary Society (M. E Church, South)
heid a scry detightfu) April meet
ing with Mrs. Pattie King. The
program, a Study of Foreign Mis
sions. with special reference to
Japan, was conducted by Mrs.
Hugh Cobb. After the program
*hnd business session a very pteas
prove and beautuy tne msmc "<
the church building, and to make
special effort to complete this
work before the dedication of the
church, which will take place some
time during the year. To assist
the society Mrs. Lynn IL William
son, of Greensboro, a former resi
dent of this comm
a memorial
On That Day Paving Began On
Highway No. 14.
An (-Yt')itfu! moment was that
in which the first dump of cement
and stone was poured from the
large mixing machine at Yanccy
ville at a quarter past eight o'clock
!asl Saturday morning, as the
workmen began the construction
of tin- paved road oyer that part
of road number [4 which connects
YanceyviHtf with Danville
When this piece of much
travelled ldghway is paved the
dust from the numerous motor
cars that use it wit! no longer an
'noy the residents along its course.
And then the ease with which the
distance between Yanceyvitle and
Danville eatt be negotiated will
make going to Danville a pleasure
trip
Mr. Tomlin, of Statesville, and
the men associate'1 with him who
constitute the construction fbree,
have been at work for some days
plowing up and excavating the
road bed preparatory to pouring
the concrete mixture. And from
appearance it looks as if* the com
pany which has undertaken to
bmtid this road is fully equipped
to Arry forward the work of con
struction rapidly and to do it well.
1 brnftrst cement was poured in
front of the ofHce of the Caswell
Democrat, and the {muring is be
ing continued on down by the
Kerr Hotel and around by Mrs.
Slade's residence. - Plowing and
excavating has been done around
the court house square, but we
have not heard it said when the
paving will be-dcrtCThefel
The operation of the tractor
plows and scrapers, the laying of
the water pipes, and of the steel
road hinders which holds the
:ement mixture in place till the
mixture hardens; the rumble of
the huge mixing machine as it
rhurns up the stone and cement
md water poured into its maw;
md the skillful dexterity with
fhich the workmen spread out
Says It
Moon's Creek bridge and was in
part witnessed by Clyde Coleman
and Nat Dunevent. ^
The four men were on their way
home from a dance in the New
Hope section, and it is indicated
that the two principal actors in
the tragedy were inflamed with
mean liquor. What actuary oc
curred just before the kitting took
ptace is not ctearty known but it
has been suggested that bad btood
had warmed up between Long
and W arren, the eternal triangle,
being the aggravating cause, and
some think that liquor and jeal
ousy furnished the motive which
inspired W arren to Are the fata!
shot.
ft is understood that just after
the Moon's Creek bridge was
reached that Long teft the car and
at this time both men were in an
inflamed state of mind. Hot
words were exchanged between
then) and then came the fatal shot,
which resulted , in Long's death,
ft is related that Coleman and
Dunevent also left the t^ar st the
same time with Long, and the
two were some little distance up
the toad in the direction of Hell's
Half Acre when Warren bred the
pistol. Two shots were bred in
quick succession^ onty the one tak
ing effect, piercing the heart and
causing instant death,.
W arren , makes admission that
he bred the shot that did the kill
ing. hut claims that he was shoot
ing to save his own life He was
itt the automobile when he pulled
the trigger of the pistol, and saw
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PROSPECT HILL
GRAMMAR GRADES
HAVE COMMENCEMENT
Fttday evening, April t6th, the
commencement exercises for the
grammar grades of Prospect HiM
sch«of were held in the audi
torium. An exceitent program
was presented to an over-crowded
house The numbers on the pro
gram were as foitows:
Weicome Song — Primary
tirades. -—"" -'F,^
Piano Duet—May and Henry
Morgan ii
Operetta—Cinderitia in Fiower
taud—Primary and Grammar
tirades.
W. E. Bason and J. D A!
of Graham, were visitors
home of S. M. Bason on Su<
Piano Sofo—Margaret Burton.
Hecitatirm -Nancy Burton.
Day—Fifth Grade.
Duet—-Elizabeth Wiikinson and
Kisie Warren. ' *
Recitation—Bessie Hooper.
Dri!!—6th and /th Grades.
Pantomine—Frankiin Barnwe!!.
Song—6th and ytiTGrades.
J Monologue—Robert Newton.
Song—Rth and 9th Grades.
After this interesting program,
a fina! report for the year was
given by the principal. Mrs. Virgil
Warren One of the interesting
items of this report was that the
schoo! had raised the past year
and had spent this in
equipping the high sc hoot with
new desks, window shades, etc.
The Parent-Teacher Association
together with ^he schooi raised
$ t $0.00 to pay on the piano. 91 he
matrons of the schooi fee! that the
schooi has made a spiendid record
this year and aii are already bey,
ginning to pian for a bigger
better schoO next year.