North Carolina Newspapers

48TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD. N. C., TUESDAY MORN IN G, JANUARY 28. 1930 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER S Land Owner’s Title Runs To The Sky But There Is No Way To Pre vent Aviators From Flying Over Your Land. By CALEB JOHNSON ^~Half a dozen airplanes have crashed in the past few months in such a way as to damage proper ty or injure persons on the ground. Two homes were set on i ffro at Floral Park, Long Island, j by an airplane falling on them. Another plane damaged the roof1 of a store in Seattle when it | crashed. Still another fell on the Y. M. C. A. building in New York. Another flyer landed in a crowd of people, injuring several. Here da a new menace to lives and property. How can it lee avert ed? Isn’t there any way by which the landowner can prevent air craft from crossing his land? Let’s see. If a stranger enters upon your land without permission you can liave the law on him. If he culti vates your land, the crop belongs to you. If lie builds on your land, you own the building. That is the old, settled law of land- tenure. You must guard your rights, for if you do not take steps -to eject a trespasser for ^twenty years, at the end of that vfc&e he owns the land he is oc cupying; if you don’t put a bar rier across the path which runs over your land and the public uses it for twenty years it be comes a public thoroughfare. Those are the laws in the states where the English Common Law runs, and in most other states by statute. Those are the laws of the sur face of the soil. But the law goes deeper. You own your land all the way to the center of the earth. No Ibody can dig a well, drive a mine shaft, bore a tunnel under your land, without your consent. Ex cept where ownership of miner als is reserved to the state, as in New York, you own all the gold, oil, iron, precious stones or what not that may lie beneath the sur face of your land. You may lease or sell these sub-surface rights without impairing your own ten ur<i of the surface. ^^hat is the general law of the depths of the earth. And you own the air above your land, all the way to the ut termost limits of space. That, too, is an old, settled rule of law. No body may build a structure which overhangs your land by the frac tion of an inch. If your neighbor’s apple tree has limbs which pro ject over your fence, the apples on those limbs aro yours. The value of these air rights, like the value of the land, de pends upon the location. In the big cities they are immensely val uable. The owners of a big office building in New York pay §70,009 a year, on a 100-year lease, for the air rights above an adjoining building. This means that J. P. Morgan & Company, who own the low building, cannot build above the fourth or fifth story for 100 years. The light and air admitted to the windows of the big build ing next door are worth §70,000 .a year and more m increased %jents for the offices overlooking tfie Morgan building. A dozen or more great hotels 1 and apartment houses are built oil the air rights over the New York Central railroad tracks en tering New York. This particular stretch of railroad, running under Park AvctiU", is ""m-d !by New York &. Harlem and lea wd to the New York Central. The railroad uses only the trackage space, and rents the privilege of placing great pillars between the tracks and the right to build huge buildings supported by those pil lars. The Harlem road is suing the Central for the rents thus received, saying it leased to the Central only the railroad line and not the air rights. It would seetm, then, at first glance, that the owner of the land can control the air above it just as ho docs the depths beneath it. If a man drivts a team or an au tomobile across your land without J^rmisiion, ho is a trespasser, b not- the pitot. «t an _ air T U, *1: Negro Attempts Assault In Selma Selma People Wrought Up Over Attempted Assault of Mrs. 1», A. Henry; Four Negroes Placed Four negroes are in jail await ing a hearing today in Recorder's court in connection with an at tempted assault which was made upon Mrs. B. A. Henry, a promi nent lady of Selma, at her heme early Thursday evening. Mr. Henry left his home to go uptown Thursday evening about seven o’clock, leaving his wife alone. She went to the back porch which was screened in to carry in some clothes. As she raised up after having picked up the bundle of clothes, a negro grabbed her. Mrs. Henry fainted and when she revived the negro was gone. She went to the door and call ed to one of her neighbors who knew from her voice that some thing was wrong. Officers were summoned and bloodhounds were secured which followed a trail straight from the Henry home to :hc house occupied by three ne 2:1*0es by the name of Thomas, father and two sons, about a mile from -Selma. A negro by the name oanueis naa ueen ui i ne riiomas house and he too was News of the affair spread quick y an(| the people in Selma were -cry much aroused over the oc currence. For a time there was alk of lynching- but the officers nanaged to lodge the negroes in iail before any violence was done. It was two a. m. Friday before he negroes were safe in jail. Centenary Methodist Church. Sunday school U:.'10 a. m. Preach ng services 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Morning subject: “Jerusalem’s i\all Rebuilt.’’ Evening subject: ‘Bartimeus’ Sight Restored." Everybody welcome to all these ilso a trespasser? The law apparently says no. You can sue for damages and •ollect them, if the owner or pilot >f an aircraft is responsible, if he flyer does any actual damage, f he stampedes your cattle, Tightens your milch cow, scatters .•cur flock of poultry, scares your( ’.arses into /running away, you can me for damages, but you must >rG'Ve damage. Merely flying over four land does not damage you, ;o far as the law of aviation has men defined thus far. Of course, if an airplane or a lirigible alights on your land, it is x 'trespasser. And if, in alighting, n tent ion-ally or by accident it in jures your crops, breaks down four fruit trees, kills any of your ive.stock, or damages any of your >ul Id in gs, you can collect dam ages for the injury. Laws governing the operation )f planes arc still largely mai lers of state legislation. The Federal Gove mm net will revoke the license of any pilot flying t:loser to the ground than 500 feet. That is as far as the na tional laws go, and flyers- who do not cross state lines don’t have ij nave a rcuerai license. With the multiplication of planes, the American Bar Associ ation is urging: uniform legisla tion covering damages done by flyers by negligence or accident. Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Mary land, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Is land, South Carolina, South Da kota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont and Wisconsin have already adopt ed laws making the owner of the plane liable. Arizona and Connect icut make the pilot equally re sponsible. But new he re can you prevent anybody from flying over youi land at the legal height. The ■sit uation is similar to that of the owner of an oyster bed. He car prevent anyone from stealing ms oysters, or building piers or driv ing piles on his submerged land but he can't stop anyone from sailing a boat on the water ove: the oyster bed. And if an air plane, flying so high that yo\ can't read the. licence- number -i it, causes your best horse to rui aiway and break its log, that’ Sfip ^ Ui. .... . . DIVIDE REAL ESTATE LATE C. L. SANDERS Papers concerning the division of the real estate of the 'late C. L. Sanders were filed in the of-1 fiee of the clerk of tire court here on January 21. The commissioners,’ ;W. 13. Wall, J. H. Abell and R. C.. iGillctt, made the division of the! [real estate which totaled .1,161 acres. This real estate which was [valued at $53,399.57 goes to Mrs. j Bet tie W. Sanders, sister of the I deceased; Robert A. >Sanders, a.! ■ brother of the deceased; heirs of' WiLlis If. Sanders, heirs of E. S. j Sanders; heirs of Mrs. Alary |. I Smith; and heirs of Mrs. Amelia , LeMay. Noted Chinese To Be At Princeton I 11 i' Prol. IV. 1 . ( hen ol Duke l niver- l sity To Preach at Princeton and j ” Fellowship on February 2 PRINT ETON, Jan. 27.—Profes- j i sor W. V. Chen, a native of China, t who is at present attending Duke I University, will preach in Fellow- 1 ship Methodist church Sunday! morning, February 2 at 11:00 a. L m'., and in Princeton Methodist \ church at 7:30 p. m. on the same N . . uuy. *ur. ciieii came 10 America j in 1915 and entered Syracuse Uni versity in New York where he re ceived the B. A. and M. A. degrees c in 1910 and 1917, respectively, j s Then lie returned to Foochow,; v China, where he remained as a I professor in Fukien Union Uni-|r versify until 1920 when he return- ! { ed to the United States and enter- ! j ed Duke University. After re- I v maining at Duke for one year j v he went to Europe and continued L. his studies tin England, France L and Germany for one year. He ;s; at Duke again this year and will j | receive the IMt.D degree next1 v Profesor Chen is one of the j. leading Christians of the great j c Republic ( f China, and has been j v in great demand as a speaker for j conferences during his recent visit v to America. He gave a series ofj' lectures at Syracuse University in j 1928 and was one of .the speakers!., at the General Conference of the L Northern Methodist church during 1 the same year. He was one of the . , main speakers at the Interna tional Quadriennial Convention of j the Student Volunteer .Movement1 s in Detroit in December, 1927. lie - has spoken at ether conferences i in this and other states. |i The public is invited to come j1 and hear him preach at Fellow- a ship and Princeton.1 f Personals. Miss Eueile Stott, of Durham, visited her brother, Rev. J. D. Stott, last week end. ' Mr. anti Mrs. J. K. Nixon, of Greensboro, were visitors in town Monday. Mrs. Nixon was formerly Miss Lora Mason. Rev. Mr. Carter, of Wake For est College, preached Inst Sunday morning in the Baptist church in the absence of the pastor, Rev. \V. O. Andrews. '<■ The many friends of Dr. Frank i Pearce will be glad to learn that t he has recovered sufficiently from ' i a serious complication of kidney < Miss Stella Mason, of Burling- ' ton, is spending the week in town.j i Misses Carlyle and Norwood C Woodard, of Chapel Hill, were'] visitors in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Woodard, spent Sunday in Selma.' Mr. and Mrs. iL. 1 >. Mitchell,!. Mrs. Anna Cede and M rs. ltd I in Pittman visit'd in < iddslmro Sun da v. Mr. 0. S. Holt, of Winslon Salem, was a visitor in town Sun da; . Johnny Brannan Dies. Mr. W. It. Brannan of Selma, route 1, was in the city yesterday and qualified as administrator on , the estate of Mr. Johnny Bran-1 nan who died at the home of Mr. j Albert Whitley in O'Neals town ship on January'S. Mr. Brannan was 63 years of age. He had nev er married and for a number of, i years he had made his home with 1 Mr. Whitby. The funeral w;r i held on January A at Antioch! s j church, Rev. Oscar Creech con Jack Hooks Talks Ivenly Mayor Urges Civic Clubs To Help Agricultural Situation; Fred Waters N oted Most Useful Citizen in Selma in 1920. .SELMA, Jan. 25.—Jack Hootef, n'ayor of Kenly and member he Lions club, was the speak it the -weekly luncheon of t-hf ccal Khvanis club Thursday cvei ling. 'Mr. Ilocks said that therq ras a duty for the civic clubs iohnston county and Easts: ii “forth Carolina to perf e:'ni and hat was to help get the agricult ural situation cn a much sounded eundation. He said that Govenur • Gardner’s “Live at Home” pro-4 'ram was good and if it was car ied out in the right way, a big* tep would be made in relieving he agricultural depression which i 5 making itself felt in this sec- \ ion of the state. Fred Waters, district trustee, * rade an interesting report of the** istrict meeting* held in Charlotte j eeenll-y. Two of the objectives' dopted at the convention, were ’ ocational guidance and farming.^ le said that on February 14 an J To Selma Kiwanis ffleers orlupnf.innal ma+i+n+n i Ills district would be held at* 'ayettevillc. Billie Smith, Wilson Mayerbergi nd Norman Screws, high school] ludents, put on a stunt which as very much enjoyed. Fred Waters was voted the j lost useful citizen for 1929 by! Qth the Woman’s club and the ) d-wanis club and the loving cup, i hich is awarded for this honor1 ill if>e presented by the president j f the Woman’s club next Thurs ay evening. Dr. 1. W. Mayerberg, who •aves next week for New fork, ’as presented- a gift by the dub ■ s a token of the esteem- in which e was held by the club. Dr. Mar i’berg joined the club when it) as organized and has been a >yai worker throughout the six cars it has been in existence. A committee was appointed to ivestigate a family which was | imported to the club ‘ns being in ' e&titute ci rcumstances. >rrests Are Made Alter Debauch. T. E. Talton, former deputy hcriff and former constable of mithf'ield township, was lodged i jail here early Monday morn ig following an arrs-et which was lade shortly after midnight. The rrest was made by Deputies J. O. I in ton and E. A. Johnson in re ponse to a report of disorderly on duct at the home of a negro amed Sims near Pine Level. At lie time of the arrest Taiton was runk and made no resistance •hile under arrest. There was ev enee of other drinking and of ther crimes. Taiton in the de an ch had had his watch stolen nj had been divested of his pis "1. A negro woman from Raleigh 'as arrested at the same time ml was placed in jail. A negro nan caught in the raid made his scape. Nassif Dupree was ar ested charged with carrying eon ealed weapon. Taiton submitted in niugis rate’s court here yesterday norning, and Magistrate J. H. virkman discharged him upon the •ayment of cost. Vttcnd Wellons-Spivey Wedding. Among those from Smithfield vho attended the Wellons-Spivey vedding in Spring Hope Wednes la.v night wht the following: Mr. md Mrs. J. A. Wellons, Misses Margaret and Elizabeth Wellons dr. and Mrs. K. J. Wellons, Mr. nul Mrs. W. H. Lassiter, Mr. and Vlrs. L. K. .Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. I. . L. Watson, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. W. J. M as soy, Mr. and Mrs. D. II. Creech, Misses A rah Hooks, Miriam Bundy, Mary Gattis Hol land, Irene Page Stevens, and Messrs. Frank Skinner, Clyde Jbice, Lawrence Stancil and Alex Yar borough. R. A. Wilder, of Knightdalo, route 1, Wake county, won th'< Southern Railway silver trophy cup for the ibeit .ttn earo of tors produced in the south this tea* I MR. BLANKENSHIP COES ( ASHEVILLE SANATORIUM Mr. II. L. Blankenship, coach and teacher in the local high school who has been in the hos ; pital here since Thanksgiving, le''t yesterday for a sanatorium at Asheville. His many friends in this city wish for him a speedy j recovery. His father, Mr. L. T. Blankenship, of Erwin. Tenn., ar j rived here Saturday night and ac companied his son to Asheville. Also here for the week end with MBlankenship were Mr. and •Mrs. Horace Blankenship and Mr. Cuy Blankenship, of Erwin, Tenn. Local Bank Opens Branch In Benson First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Open Third Link In Organiza tion; Takes Over Deposits of Citizens Bank of Benson * The First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Smithfield opened up for business in Benson yesterday in the banking house formerly oc cupied by the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, and will continue to operate a complete banking business in that city. The deposits of the Citizens Bank of Benson were taken over by the First-Cit izens Bank and Trust Company. The customers of the Benson hanking institution and in fact the citizens at large in the town of Benson have expressed to First Citizens Bank and Trust, company officials their hearty approval of the action taken in this connec tion. The First-Citizens Bank and Trust company has capital, sur plus and profits of more than £265,000 with resources aggre gating more than one and a half million dollars. The officers of the Benson in stitution were: H. A. Parker, president; W. R. Strickland, cash ier. K. M. Ganaday, assistant cashier, with Mrs. Geneva Graves and Miss Chellie 'Mae lvoyall as clerks, and it is almost certain that a part of the old personnel will be retained in the new branch. •Some time ago the First-Citi zens Bank and Trust company, which was formerly a national bank, changed its charter in order that branch banking might be conducted in other sections. Sev eral months ago, a branch was opened in Dunn and the branch opened in Benson ycsterdiay forms the third link in the roganiza tion. Canada and the Drink Question. My friend, Gifford Gordon, of Philadelphia, has received a let ter from Elmer Philpott, editor of the Toronto Glove. Mr. Gordon invited the editor of The Globe to answer certain significant questions. Here are the questions with answers: 1. Ps it your opinion that gov ernment control makes for real temperance ? Reply. No. crease or increase the consump tion of liquor? Reply. Liquor consumption lias doubled in Ontario in two years. d. Does government control de crease or increase the number of drunken drivers of automobiles ? Reply. Drunken drivers have multiplied by ten, 'while cars doubled. I. Have deaths from accidents due to drunken drivers increased under government control? lie ply. V e s—e 11 o rn \ o u s 1 y. 5. Have industrial accidents de creased under government control? Reply. No. Increasing 7 per cent faster than payrolls. (3. Has government control elim inated the bootlegger? Reply. Larger bootlegger eiim , inated, but small bootlegger mul tiplied. 7. Has government control prov ed any benefit to the young peo ple ? ; Reply. No. CVfy own correspondence and j personal observations confirm tin | findings of thio questionnaire — i Daniel A. Polmg in Christian Her •iik ...._ _ Wake Farmers Set Splendid Example Three Farmers Show That Profits Can He Made on TJobacco When Feed Is Produced RALEIGH, Jan. 27.—Not every tenant farmer in the cotton and tobacco grow mg' sections of North Carolina is on the verge of star vation as some calamity howlers would have one believe. Take the case of IT. C. Fowler, T. J. Beacham and Guy Cox, all of Garner, route 1, in Wake county, who farm the place of T. H. Turner of Raleigh. Last spring Mr. Turner offered each man a new suit of clothes if he would make an average of $300 an acre on his tobacco. He bought each of these men a suit this fall and promptly renewed, the offer for the ecoiling year. The results secured fby H. C. Fowler is h good example of what was done on the place. He culti vated less than five acres in to bacco and produced 5,142 pounds cf good quality leaf which sold for $2,071.10 clear of all ware house charges. This was an aver age of nearly forty cent*, a pound. But he also produced seven bales of cotton weighing over 500 pounds each on ten acres of land. He grew sufficient corn and hay for his mule and he did enough outside work to pay for most of his current expenses. Mr. Beacham did almost as well. One barn of tobacco weigh ing 1,138 pounds sold for $675 or approximately GO cents a pound. John C. Anderson, county agent of Wake county, says that the three tenants planted only 10 ac res in tobacco altogether. The crop from the 10 acres sold for $0,120.28. The land was limed with dolomitic limestone at the rate of one ton to the acre and was fer tilized with 1000 pounds an acre of a high grade material as rec ommended by the State College extension' service. Each of the three tenants, says Mr. Anderson, has a good barn, good work stock, and a neat home. Each one produces the feed need ed and none of them has much to say about hard times. In Memory Mrs. Mollie Batten. Mrs. Mollie Batten departed this life January 8. She had been in poor health for ten months with heart disease, high blood pressure and neuritis, but was up part of the time until twelve d.\v, before the last when she suffered an attack from which she never recovered. 'She was born December 4, 1870, making her stay on earth 59 years, one month and four days. She was manned to T. A. Batten November 27. 1890. To this uni.m four children were born, two of whom are living. The deceased was a kind and affectionate wife and mother and a good neighbor, always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy. She leaves a broken-hearted husband, two sons, Bonny M. and J. T. Alec Batter., and six grandchildren to mourn their loss, besides a host ot rela tives and friends. Three sisters. Mrs. T. N. Green, Mrs. A. W. Capps and Mrs. Chas. Taylor also The funeral was conducted by Elder J. T. Collier of Micro, after which the body was laid to rest in the family burying: ground at the J. S. Eason old home place in Boon Hill township. Thou art gone our precious dar ling, Never to return; Thou shall, sleep a peaceful slum Till the resurrection morn, A precious one from us is gone A voice we loved is still; 1 A place is vacant in our home I That never can be filled. New ICiin Idea. i Amsterdam, Jan. 23.—Two ton: i of pulverized ice will be droppec upon clouds from airplanes at ; | great altitude soon in an effor to devise a new method of rain : making. It is believed the action wil result in 20,000 tons of rainfall The experiment will be carriet out. over the Zuider Sea unde direction of A. Vera art. of Ky twvyk, and Prof Keesom, of Ley JOHNSTON THREATENED WITH SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC A great many cases of i smallpox have developed in the vicinity of Dunn. It has ! definitely reached serious pro i portions, almost to the ex I tent of an epidemic. As it j spreads it appears to take on a more serious form. A num . her of deaths have already been reported. : In the opinion of this de partment the people of John ston county are confronted with the most serious small pox threat in many years. The | outlook indicates that it will j be extending to many parts I of this county within the next few week.. We would like to insist on early vaccination of both I adults and children as the i only effective means of con trol. People "ho have been I successfully vaccinated in the past need not have serious ap- j prehensions, but every one i l who has never been vaccinat i ed against smallpox should • take it, for the protection once j gained is long and lasting. ('. C. M ASSEY. County Health J Officer. Schools Support Live-At-Home Idea Week Of Feb. 10—11 School Chil dren of State Will Emphasize Governor’s Agricultural Pro gram. RALEIGH, Jan. 27.—As a part of Governor Gardner's live-at home program for agriculture all the schools of the state will ob serve “Live-at-llome Week” Feb ruary 10-14, according to an nouncement made by State Super intendent of Public Instruction A. T. Allen. The 25,000 public school teach ers and school officials have been requested by Governor O. A! ax1 Gardner to emphasize the live-{ at-home idea and to convey! through the schools to the people j of the community its importance. As an aid in the preparation of j suitable programs for the observ-j a nee of this week, a bulletin has' been prepared giving suggestions, i materials and helpful information concerning this program. This bul letin contains a message to the school children of the state by Governor Gardner, and material relating to the live-at-home pro gram. A topic for each day of the live-at-home week is suggested as follows: Monday, February 10—-Daily Food for the Family. Tuesday, February 11—'Impor tance of the Cow. Wednesday, February 12—-Im portance of Poultry. i Thursday, February 13—Impor i tance of the Hog. Friday, February 14—-Impor tance of the Garden. I For the best essays, posters land booklets state prizes will be offered to both white and colored pupils both rural and city and n the elementary schools and high schools. Superintendent Allen ex- j pects all of the 875,000 school j children to take part in the ac tivities during this Week, and to compete for the prizes offered. Announcements concerning these prizes will be made later, Super intendent Allen stated. The bulletins are being mailed out this week to the county and city superintendents of schools, who will distribute them to the teachers. KOSEWOOl) HIGH WINS OVER PRINCETON •Princeton, Jan. 25.—A very in teresting basketball game was played on Wednesday night, Janu ary 22 in Goldsboro when Rose wood defeated Princeton 38-17. Perkins and Newell starred for Rosewood and Gurley for Prince ton. The lineup was as follows, for , Princeton: Edwards, Creech, Gur [ Icy, Warren, Whitley. Creech; for * Rosewood: Pm'kius. Nowell, Bran R. Smith, F. Sutton. E. • Sutton. Subs ti Kites for Princa ‘ _ :_ Mrs. N. B. Stevens Dies Near Here Funeral Held Friday at Sardic, Baptist Church Conducted liy Rev. A. L. Brown of Four Oaks. The death of Mrs. Needham Ei. Stevens occurred at her hojne i\ the Sanders Chapel section Thurs day after a lingering illness. Mrs. Stevens was 70 years of age, her birthday being in. November. S’i • had been feeble for a long time and for the past three years she was blind. She had been confined to her bed since Christmas. The deceased was, before he • marriage, Miss Jane Peterson. She was a native of Johnston county and lived here all of her life. Forty-nine years ago sh ■ was married to Needham B. Stev ens and to this union nine chil dren were bora. She is survived by her husband and seven chil dren as follows: *VV. H. Stevens, of Smithfield; C. H. Stevens, of Mount Olive; N. F. Stevens, «'f Fremont; P. B. Stevens, Mrs. W. C. Lynn, 'Mrs. B. H. Watson of Sanders Chapel, and Mrs. Arthur Johnson, of the Pisgah section. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at Sardis Baptist church, of which the deceased was a member. A large crowd gathered to pay a last uuo-uie of inspect to their departed friend and neighbor. Rev. A. L. Brown of Foiir Oaks conducted the serv ice assisted by. Rev. S. L. Mor gan. pastor of the Baptist church of this city. Interment was made in the cemetery at the church. The pall bearers were: J. E. Woodall, J. K. Sanders* Will.Hamilton, Vick Hill. Herman Johnson and A. J. Hall. PLACE FOUNDATION FOR BOONE MARKER The Boone Trail Association, which has been interested for a number of years in memorializing the doughty old pioneer, on Thurs day afternoon put in the founda tion in Smithfield for the giant arrow head which is to be placed hero and which is to bear a like ness of Boone. Hampton Rich, Director of the Association, who was on the radio at station WPTF last week an nouncing the program and activi ties of the association, was here and looked after putting in the foundation at the high school. Re cently the association has super vised the opening* of a mound in Harnett county put there by In dian mound builders many ages ago. A number of relics of the moumtbuilders was found, among which were pottery, wampum, charcoal and bones of human skel etons. The museum in Raleigh is interested in these excavations and the results will be reported to the museum. At a later date a meeting of the ,Smithfield unit will be called and a program of unveiling ar ranged. 'Sanithfiled is on the route which Daniel Boone ' took to Tidewater as recorded by Thwaites in “Dan iel Boone.” This trip to the At lantic ended in Tidewater, \a., us is noted in this volume. A CARD OF THANKS We desire to express ou tflanks to those who rendered as sistance during the sickness and death of our wife and mother. May God bless each and every T. A. BATTEN & SONS. Garner, N. C., Route 1. * Coats-Lassiter Wedding. Of interest to friends through out this section was the wedding of Miss Flonnie Lassiter and Mr. Howard Coats, which was solemn ized Saturday afternoon at five o’clock. The impressive ceremony was performed by Rev; S. S. Mc Gregor, pastor of the bride. The bride was lovely in a costume of tan and green with accessories lo match. Mrs. Coats is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lassiter of near Southfield, where she is quite popular. Mr. Coats is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coats of Clayton. He is a very promising young farmer. These young people are residing tern poiwriVr M the Hogce of the