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Caswell County Linked
With The Virginia Line
Caswell county's public square
"is-cow linked with the Virginia
state line, just beyond Gatewoods,
by one of the very best paved
roads in North Carolina. accord
ing to expressions from a number
of excellent good road men who
have driven their cars over the
wonderfully fine herring bone
finish.
This smooth and inviting sur
face has already been thrown
open to the traveling public from
Yancey villq to a point beyond
Hogan's Creek, with the promise
that the remaining stretch from
the later point to the Virginia
connection wi!) iikewise be open
in a few more days. There yet
remains a considerab!o,amount of
shoulder construction on the
route, but it is now indicated
that this work will be put over
with the quickest possible dis
patch. When finally competed,
it is generally believed that this
road will carry with it the most
splendid reputation for efficiency
in construction
Fed by the streams of travel
down No. 65 from the Rocking
ham county tine; from No. 62
leading from Trottingwood, and
Ttnatty frbm the magnificent oited
surface of No. 14 from the pubtic
square at Yanceyvitte to Prdspect
Hitt, the Danvitte Yanceyvitte
hard surfaced road wit! moist cer
tainty be one the heaviest travet
ed routes anywhere in this sec
tion, it is betieved.
Caswett county's historic pub
tic square witt shortty be covered
beneath a strong sheetirtg of con
Crete, it is now indicated With
practicatty att of the excavation
work in shape, and with the mer
ry music of the mixer ringing out
from earty morn to dewy eve,
promise <of an earty comptetion
is most evident.
The scope of the work takes in
the entire surface of the pubtic
square and when hnatty com
pleted such a thing as age otd red
mud of the plot wit! be unknown.
This work, it is retated, is a co
operative one. it) which the State
oYNorfh Carotiha. the Caswett
county board of commissioners
and the Caswett county road
commissioners and abuting prop
erty owners are the contributing
parties.
MCREBI8LE STORY Rf A
0R6 AMR A S9MRRR
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There is a Boy Connected With
It, Too.
This is squirrel hunting sea
son.
One night last week there was
a bunch of men gathered at W.
T. Oliver's store in Miiton.
There were G. G. Donoho, Jim
Brandon. Fieid Gordon, and sev
eral others. Some of them were
setting on the counter, some on
nail kegs and the rest of them
were standing around, backed up
against the counters.
Capt. Donoho said, 'T want
you to hear that squirrel story
that was just told here a while
ago ' So he goes out and brings
in the man who had just told the
following yarn:
A man had a single barrel,
muzzle loading shot gun which
he kept in the rack, loaded He
had told his boy he couldn't use
the gun. But one day the boy
had such a hankering to go squir
rel hunting that he decided to
take the gun out and kill him a
squirrel. He thought if he could
bring back a squirrel with him
his father's displeasure would be
appeased
So he called up hus dog and
went on out to the woods with
the gun. Pretty soon he spied a
squirrel up in a tree, got a good
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REGISTRATION BOOKS
OPEN ON SATURDAYS
The registration books of Cas
wet) county wit! be open on each
Saturday through October, the
tast Saturday in the month being
^hattenge day..
Those who wish to make use
of the franchise now in the pos
session of at! the citizens of this
repubtic on the condition that
they be registered had better have
themsetves registered if this has
not atready been attended to. say
the authorities.
H SEMEME ttttPQSEB
EM MUM HUH
Judge Hatchett Commits Louis
Collins to Jait on Two Counts.
In a triat before the Recorder's
Court at Yanceyvitte last Tues
day, Judge T H. Hatchett pre
siding, Louis CoiHns, of Puriey,
was found guitty of transporting
and setting the anti-Votstead pro
duct.
It is understood that Sheriff
John H. Gunn and his deputy as
sistants made a raid on tast Sat
urday night and caught Louis
red handed. .
The; report that comes to The
Messenger over the wire is that
Judge Hatchett put the ctamps
on Louis and fixed him so that
he witt not be annoying the taw
abiding citizens of Purtey and
demoratizing the neighborhood
for at teast "eight months, the
length of the jail-sentence impos
ed.
It is atso teamed that the Judge
gave the county commissioners
the privilege of hiring Louis out
to the Atamance county officials
to work on the roads of Ata
tuance.
TEACHERS OF CASWELL
TO DO EXTENSION WORK
Superintendent Istey Appeals For
Large Attendance.
Caswell Teachers:
Dr. Dashiell of the Extension
Teaching Department of the State
University will be in the Bartlett
Yancey school auditorium. Yan
sreyville. next Saturday. October
[6th. at :0:3d o'clock, to begin
work in the extension class. A
course in "Genera) Psychology"
or "The Psychology of Learning "
or a course !n English can be
given Mr. Little of the Depart
ment says. Likely the second
course named is the best for
teachers who have not had it.
This course gives credit in re
newing or raising certificates ; or
toward A. B. degree 1 think the
fee is $:o.oo for the course
To qualify for this course col
lege entrance credit must be offer
ed or the Elementary B. certi
ficate will qualify one to enter
Please read over this letter with
all teachers.
All teachers who are interest
ed should be on time for the
cohrse. October :6th, 10:30
o'clock.
Ajound 30 teachers at the meet
ing Saturday, October 2nd, de
cided to enter the extension class.
This is a personal appeal to you
and to the other teachers to tielp
get the work started and to help
keep it going. The class will
need you
Most cordially yours,
Robert W. Istey,
County Superintendent Schools.
*
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Long and
Miss Alice Thompson,* of Haw
River, were guests at the hqme
of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Thompson.
Sunday. , _
Assistant Attorney General
Renders Decision
Says CasweH Messenger Is " Proper Vehicle For Legal Notices.
The report has come to us that some legal adverttsmg and
notices have been withheld from the columns of The Messenger
because it is being printed out of the county^ On hearing this
we wrote to the Attorney General of North Carolina for his
opinion and decision in the matter. Assistant Attorne/ General.
Frank Nash, replied to our letter saying that The Caswell Mes
senger is a "proper vehicle for the publication of legal notices."
This settles the matter, and no one need hesitate to publish any
legal advertising or notices whatsoever for fear that they would
not have full force in law. or would not he valid, or would he
illegal in any sense of the word. Notices and advertising pub
lished in The Caswell Messenger are of full force in law. and
meet with all the requirements indicated hy the law.
The tetter of Assistant Attorney General Nash on this sub
ject is printed in full below:
STATS OF WORTH OASOMWA
DEPARTMENT OP ATTORNEY GENERAL
RALBKm '
DBNNI3 G. BRUMMITT. Attorney OtaenU
AwMsat Attom+y! 9*a*rtt:
rSAWH WASH
CHARLES ROSS
. JOHN H HANWOOB
October 4. tqjh.
Mr. Cecil Jones, ^ _,
Yancey ville, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Tbe Caswell Messenger, under the circum
stances detailed in your letter of September 30th
and as it appears upon inspection of the paper itself,
is published In Caswell County in such way as to
make it a proper vehicle for the publication of legal
notices.
Yours truly.
FRANK NASH
Assistant Attorney General.
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MttMM UUMIERLY
MUfEREttCEOIREW HQPE
MUton Circuit Ofhciafs WiU
Meet on October 33rd.
The fourth and Rna! quarterty
conference of the annua! confer
ence year for the Mittun circuit
witi f)e hetd at New Hope church
on Saturday mominn. October
23rd, at < t o'cfock.
I hc' stewards and other of
hciats of the churches on the cir
cuit ar^ appeatiug to the mem
bers to meet their church oh!tRa
tions for ttte year, prior to the
23rd. if possible. ft is their de
sire to be able to render a good
account for each of the chrucht?*
at the conference at New Hope.
And The Messenger is asked to
say that a fu!) attendance of the
stewards, trustees, and other of
hciats is earncstiy desired.
MRS. C W MEADOWS
DIES SUDDENLY
The sympathy of the entire
neighborhood went out to the be
reaved husband and children of
Mrs. Claude W. Meadows, this
week when her life suddenly
passed away at her home near
Gatewood Store.
Mrs. Meadows was the mother
of eight children, the youngest
being*only four months old Be
sides her husband and children
she leaves a widowed mother and
three sisters to mourn her loss.
At the time of her death the
four youngest children were ill
with whooping cough.
CASWELL SINGERS
CONVENTION TO MEET
IN YANCEYVILLE
The Caswell County Singers
Convention will meet at Yancey
ville on the fifth Sunday in Octo
ber, at 2 o'clock p. m., says Rev.
I. T. Underwood, one of the pro
moters and leaders ^
Li tty e Helen Fry Long, of
Durham, is a guest of her grand
mother, Mrs ). M Long, this
week.
PtWMMEMMMETEOM
MO. M EMOEO OCT. 5
Road WiH Be Open For TraHic
In t# Days.
The Messenger is in .receipt'of
the following message with re
gard to the completion of the
Construction work on highway
No. t4 leading from Vance vvi tie
to Danville.
After the last of the concrete
poured on October 5th has,been
allowed to. set for t4 flays it is
said that the highway wilt be
opened fof traffic.
A)) Casweti wit! rejoice in this
good news, and there is no doubt
but that numbers of the Dan vide
people wit! be equally gfad.
A correspondent from the Gate
wood Shady Grove neighborhood
sends the following report:
The constructiott of the new
road is nearing cpmplction. The
pouring of concrete was held up
on Friday by rain but they re
sumed work on Saturday, and it
is believed that that portion of
work will be competed by Tues
day, October $th, as planned, ft
is certainly a systematic manager
merit and an orderly crowd. It
is a pleasure to see so big a piece
of work going on so smoothly
and with such entire absence of
disorder. Strictly business seems
the motto. On Saturday the
mixer was about half way be
tween Gatewood and the resi
dence of Mr. N. C. Hodges when
work began in the morning, or
it may have been a bit nearer
State line. A detour for those on
Shady Grove road was for sev
eral days through fields and
woods of Mr. E. W. Carter.
But on Friday a bridge was plac
ed across road at junction of
Shady Grove and YanceyviHe
roads eliminating that detour,
except for those living on left.
The dry fall has been greatly to
the advantage of the construction
force.
Mr. and Mrs. Oeve Wagsta?,
of Person county, were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paut
Stephens.
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Mr.'and Mrs. (1. C. Snapp
Injured In Auto Accide
CASWELL POULTRY
OWNER WINS PRIZES
S. R. Attred, of Caswett, coun
ty exhibited 28 pure bred Ancona
chickens at the Six-County Fair
hetd recentty at Mebane He
won eteven ribbons and $2600 in
cash, with first and second prizes
on at! birds except two.
Mr. Attred says that he is ex
hibiting chickens at the" Virginia
State Fair, Greensboro and
t otumbia, S. C.
It is a source of much grati
fication that the peopie of. Gas
wet! are getting rid of scrub
chickens and cattte, and reptacing
them with pure bred stock.
CASWELL AM UMiMIA
OFMEHS HAKE RAIO
Capture a Still on The Virginia
Sids.
Sheriff Gunn, of Caswett and
his deputies !ast week assisted
the Virginia authorities in captur
ing a stit! at or near the home of
a Mr. Doughty, who lives just off
of highway N<b. !4, so it is re
ported.
- And according to this report
fifteen gattons of hooch were atso
found on the premises and con
fiscated or poured out.
The Messenger witt endeavor
to secure a more debited and
accurate account of this raid,
which is considered to be one of]
mote than ordinary importance,
since ^t invotves one of the king
bees of the btockading business.
TEACHERS CONVENTION
MEETS AT YANCEYVILLE
Athietic Association For County
Planned.
Through Miss Atice Taytor, a
member of the facutty of the
Cobb schoo), it was teamed that
ptans are being laid for the or
ganization of an athtetic associa
! tion to be formed by the seven
targer sciuwds of the county—r,
: Cobb's, Yanceyvitte. Pet ham,
Sentora, i.easburg, Anderson, and
Prospect Hitt.
Miss Taytor was present oh
tast Saturday to hetp in the or
ganization of the athtetic associa
tion of the county, and to assist
in arranging a schedute of games.
ft was teamed that Cohb^s
basketbati team was the prize
team of the county under the
coaching of Miss Taytor.
The friends of athtetic sports
throughout the county say that
they woutd tike to see the teams
of the various schoots composing
the association disptay reat sports
manship this year, and be abte to
ptay together in harmony, with
out the exhibition of iti temper
and unbecoming jeaiousies.
THE POLITICAL POT IS
BEGINNING TO BOIL
As November the and ap
proaches the candidates for the
various offices to be supptied this
year are beginning to bestir
themseives. The citizens, who
wish to vote inteiiigentiy shoufd
post themseives on the issues and
shouid hear the candidates. And
those who hope to vote at ai!
shouid he safe to be registered. ^
J. E. KrNG. Of CASWELL,
HAS OPEND AN OFFICE
IN BURLINGTON
Ou&feHow citizen, J. E. King,
together with C W Hotmes, Jr.,
of Aiamance. have the Homeiite
^aies Agency for the state, with
headquarters at Buriington.
Mr and Mrs C, C. Snapp, weM
known citizens of the New Hope
community, were painfully injur- 3
ed in an automobiie accident Sat
urday afternoon around four -
o'clock. when the car in which
they were riding, was struck^by ^
a Dodge touring car Privet' by
Jack Fuqua. near the WiHiamao*
curve on the county road leading_^
from Yancey vitte to Milton. about
three mites east of this place, %
Mrs. Snapp sustained the'fq&c
ture of se\-era) ribs and was sett
ousty cut about, the face. Mr.
Snapp. white injured to a slighter
degree, stit! received painful cuts' ^
about the head and arm. *
Four persons were in the Dodge
car at the time of the contact, and
neither of them was hurt. In the
Dodge car, beside the driver,
Jack Fuqua, were John Dowdy
and two women from Danville.
The entire party was from Vir
ginia. The car. it was said, be
longed to John Dowdy.
Mr. and Mrs. Snapp were
brought to Yanceyvitle where
they received first aid treatment
by Doctors Malloy and Gwyno.
SheriH Gunn and Deputy Bark
er, immediately after the accident,
visited the scene of the wreck
where they found both cars badly
smashed Particulars of the
wreck, it is understood, will be k
Fuqua will be given a hearing be
fore the Recorder's Court.
ft is understood that the Vir
ginia car belongs to John Dowdy
who lives on No. t4 not far from
the North Carolina line, and that
Jack Fuqua. John Dowdy and
two youyg women from Danville,
were returning from a visit to
friends in the Semora section and
were on their return home when
the accident occurred.
))!HS. TOCKER HOSTESS TO
MILTOM BOOH CEO!
Mrs f K "Fucker washostCSS
to the Mi!ton Book C!ub on
Thursday afternoon, September
to, at her tovety-country home,
T,ongwood." There was no
titerary program, the time being
given to a business session, which
inciuded unfinished business from
tast year. Election of officers,
making the new ro!t, selection of
new books and arranging the
programs.
The officers for the year. tQ36
!Q37, are as fottows: Mrs. J. E.
Tucker, president: Mrs. C. B.
Austin, vice president; Mrs. M. S.
Angte, secretary; Mrs. W. L.
Thomas. Jr., tibrarian. The open
ing meeting for the year wiM be
he!d by Mrs. C. B. Austin, on
October nth. Three hew mem
bers were invited to join. Mrs.
J. 1.. Satterfietd. Mr. F. G. Batd
win. and Mrs. John Newman.
At the ctose of the business
meeting Mrs. Tucker, assisted
by her sister, Mrs. Ei!en Donoho,
served deiicious refreshments.
The guests present on this oc
casion were Mrs. WiMiam Mor
ris. of -Shanghai. China, and Mrs.
Theodore D. Caswe!!. of Augusts,
Ga. , ,:S
COMMISSIONER FRANK
PAGE OF RALEIGH,
IN YANCEYVILLE
' :
It is reported that Highway
Commissioner Frank Page was
in town a short while the other
day It is presumed that he
investigating .the*road cons)
tion work at ready done, and
ning for future
A a
ten ahon
nnssioner.
gretted th
week