Vol. 9. No 46.
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER
AT POSTOFFICE. MADISON. N. C.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ONE.YEAR'$1.50
SIX MONTHS 75 CENTS
Every Thursday
Three Commissioners
M^ke Statement
To The Voters of Rockingham
County: . ...
The undersigned, three mem
bers of the Board of County
Commissioners, who have had
charge of the County’s affairs
since February, 1924, respectful
ly submit to the peopl^tfiat .since
our administration of the affairs
~ofJbe county, we have endeav
ored faithfully to conduct the
county’s business in as economi
cal manner as was in our power
to do. ' - . v
In keeping with this purpose
we have not incurred a dollar’s
permanent indebtness that was
not planned and contracted for
prior to our assumption of the
affairs of the County, and no
temporary indebte^oessr^except
such as was made necessary like
wise by contract and plans made
prior to our control of the coun
ty’s business. Neither have we
made a single contract for'the
county, carrying with it. any
permanent indebtedness, and no
temporary indebtedness that the
current income will not be ample
to pay. We have not .ortly not
incurred any permanent indebt
edness, but we have rescinded
orders and repudiated sofne- at
tempted contracts made by a
majority of our predecessors,
which would have entailed much
expense and indebtedness to the
county, and have curtailed as
as best we could the expense of
other contracts. The principal
saving was our annulment of the
Fishing creek bridge one road
project, which we thought was
an unpcessary and useless expen
-difofe afibejubljc funds, saving
^o the county ipapy thousands of
of dollars. . ‘ VU ' ' ‘
We have curtailed the expense
in building the road known as
the Anglin Mill or Mulbery road
as much as we could. We made
changes in this project that .has
saved the county many thousand
dollars. We have refused to
finish this road, which was under
construction when we assumed
control, according to wishes of
T. R. Pratt and a representative
B. Frank Mebane. We are try
ing to cut off expenses in every
way we can, under the contracts
and plans we found when we
took charge of -the county’s af
fairs.
If elected, we propose to con
tinue to curtail expenses'in every
way, consistent with established,
business principles. We shall
keep our tax rate as low as pos
sible to meet the urgent, neces
sary expense of the county. We
-propose to inaugurate a budget
system 'and hold the expendi
tures down to the income of the
county.
JAS. R. MARTIN.
G. E. BARBER.
W. W. HAMPTON.
More.New Homes
And more new homes are going
up in Madison. Dr. W. P. Wil
son is having a ten-room apart
ment house erected just west of
the fire house and will soon be
completed. S. A. Barham is also
erecting a handsome new resi
dence on the lot just east of the
new home recently completed by
John D. Wall, and the founda
tion has been laid for the newhome
of J. C. Lassiter just east of the
new home being erected by Sam
Robertson.
Probably more building has
been done and will be done in
Madison thisyearthan in the same
length of time in the history of
the town. But, really, Madison
is a much more inviting town
now than ever before—with its
improved streets, water works
and sewerage. The home seek
er is invited to "take in" the
town before deciding to locate
elsewhere.
Banks Closed Tuesday ,
The local banks will be closed
Tuesday, it being election day.
Livestock Folks Gather
Second Week In November
The next big agricultural meet
ing injwhich farm folks of 'North
Carolina are interested is t£e jm
nual meeting of the Stat^..Live
stock. Association at Asheville *on
November 11 to i.
v■' According to R. S. Cijrtis, of
Animal Industry Division, State
College Experiment Station, this
meeting will be held in conjunc
tion with the Western North Car
olina Livestock and Agricultural
Exhibition and will be featured
by addresses fron prominent live
stock leaders, exhibits of livestock
and sales of pure breeding stock.
On Swine day, November 11,
there will be an address by Dan
T, Gray, formerly in charge of
livestock work in North Carolina.
The afternoon will be devoted
to a sale of pure bred swine, Earl
Hostetler and W. W. Shay of the
State College of Agriculture will
make talks and several leading
swine men will take part in the
discussions.
Beef cattle and sheep day, No
vember 12, will be featured by an
address by David Fyffe of Lthe
Ohio State University. Mr. Fyffe
is ap international character. in
livestock world and his address
promises to be one of the interest
ing events of the meeting. There
will be a sale of purebred beef
animals in the afternoon.
Dairy cattle and poultry day,
November 13, will be featured by
an address by S. C. Thompson of
the Bureau of Dairying at Wash
ington. There will also be talks
by members of the dairy exten
sion office at .the State Col
lege followed by ari educational
poultry program. Dr. B. F. Kaupp
and A: G. Oliver of the poultry
department show and arrange
the speaking program.
The meetings will all be held
in a large concrete building recent
ly constructed near the ball park
in Asheville.
An Inspirational Meeting
Pilot Mountain Baptist Associ
ation met in Madison on Wednes
day of last week for the purpose
of discussing the raising of its
part of the seventy-five million
dollar campaign fund. Rev. W.
H. Baucom of Salem Church is
director of the work of this asso
ciation and many churches were
represented. A spirit of optim
ism prevailed that is sure to
result in the Pilot Mountain
Association coming across with
its part of the funds.
if you need electric light bulbs,
see Watt DanieL *
Charles D. Busick Sent
Bullet Through His Brain
’ Madison was shocked Saturday
morning to learn that Charles D.
Busick, a former citizen of this
town, had shot' and killed him
1 in Winatnn-Salenrthe nitrht!
before'at abotat 7:3o._
Mr, Busick was in the insur
ance business and that evening
after supper he hod gone to the
office of his firm, locked the door
and shot himself through the
head with a 32 calibre revolver,
'death resulting within a few
moments. He placed the muz
zle of the pistol just below the
right ear, the ball ranging up
ward.
No cause is assigned for the
rash act, as he had appeared to
be in cheerful mood while at
home and when he met friends
on the street.
Mr. Busick was 48 years old and
leaves the widow and three chil
dren, besides one brother and
three sisters—J. 0. Busick and
Mrs. C. L. Martin of Madison,
Mrs.C. 0. McMichael of Winston
Salem and Mrs. Essie Matheson
of Greensboro.
The fupacal "^rvinr
ducted from the home of Mrs.
McMichael Sunday afternoon at
2:30 and the remains were laid
to pay rest in Salem cemetery, a
large number being presept to
tribute to one so universally
esteemed.
Two Negro Highwaymen
Geo. McCollum, a well known
farmer of the Pleasantville sec
tion, while on his way to Reids
ville Saturday had a puncture
near Will Irvin’s farm, While
he was repairing the tire two
negro men came along the road
and drew pistols on Mr, McCol
lum and forced him to hand over
all the money he carried with
him. The bandits secured about
$60 and made their get-away.
The negroes were strangers to
Mr. McCollum and it is problem
etical if they will be caught.—
Reidsville Review.
Moral: If you want to market
your tobacco where there are
good negroes, come to Madison.
Delightful Stew
Charles Tucker was at home to
a number of friends on Wednes
day evening of last week at a
delightful stew, which was great
ly enjoyed by ell present.
Wanted: Young man for posi
tion as city salesman while tak
ing a business course. Edwards
Business College, Winston, N. C,
...}.
f THE2WALL FAMILY 11
Editor The Messengers
In the establishment of the Wall
family reunion i£"was■: tjtie desire
to unite this largg, group of peo*
pie into ope big;, family, for .the
purpose of meetjpg together one
day in every ^year,4*-where they
could mingle in social' intercourse
and heep aHye aliitnqse beautiful
traditions and customs of * other
days, many of wby?h are so sadly
lacking in the. generations of the
present day. Pi
In such a gathering, with its
members weldec^ ' together by
bonds-of blood and. marriage,
could he discussed all questions
of general i n teres t^ipVthe- family
which affect thejr daily lives apd
affairs, to the end that the race is
kept pure and e^ch succeeding
generation made better ~ and
stronger. ;; 1"'
The family is '(very much in
debted to their relative and friend,
John F. Reynolds, for the interest
which he has taken and the time
and money which he has expend
ed in publishing'•the little book,
in which is recorded a great deal
of the family record and history
and now that, this splendid be
ginning has beep made it is the
desire and p urpose to use it as
a foundation stonp. op . which to
write the records ’of the present
ana tuture generations. :
Since the publication of these
records, efforts have been made
to extend these, fftmily lines back
as far as possible' to ascertain
from where the family originally
derived.
The earliest recprds which have
been found up to (die present time
places, tbt* fjuuilvt^naong'the Nor
man Con. * fo• f they bav>n^
served! iBBf ^{0* Con
quorer; and no doubt waged many
battles V; over their * country in
norther i Trance, Lhe sane terri
tory over which much of the
same blood followed Pershing
in ti e recent World conflict.
In the year 1198, Robert de
Walla migrated from- Nor
mandy and settled in. England
and in 1272 he was followed by
Jehan and Gilbert.de Walla, from
these three men sprang the family
in England; they having pruned
the name down to plain Wall,
their predecessors whom they
left behind ‘ in Normandy were
Henry, Guillume and Richard de
Walla. ’
From those in Epgland were es
tablished gentry and ^tate pro
prietors, one branch' settling with
the English Conquerors in Ireland
ia the time of Queen, Elizabeth,
1558 and James I, in 1603, and
from the time _ tfosy landed in
England up to those stirring days,
they evidently did their part in
establishing the British Empire
as we find the family decorated
with a coat-of-arms, which is a
mark of honor bestowed by the
Crown for meritorious achieve
ments. I
In those days yrhen Knights
went forth to battle for their
King, they were clad'in coats of
mail and it was a great honor to
be equipped with an escutcheon,
on which was emblazoned the
family arms, as it signified those
whom' it represented’ were -.tried
and true.
This arms is composed of a
blue leopard on a silver/ back
ground, located on the upper
half of the ,§hield, while on the
lower half is a golden . sheaf of
wheat, banned red,. on a blue
back ground.,1: ■ ^*|.f*i;
The shield is surmounted, by
a crest, which is a golden horn of
plenty from5 which drops fruit
and flowers, • ,>
The motto of the family is that
of our state, "Esse Quam Videre”
meaning "to be rather than to
seem” and this in particular is
exceptionally appropriatet as none
ever lived who are more'free from
deceit than they.
Soon after one branch of the
family settled in .Ireland we find
that others .were seeking ^iew
worlds to conquer, as early as 16
61 we%td another.'branch land
ing in the New World and. from
these sprang the Wall family- ir
America. ;
The record of the early settlers
of the Providence of Maryland
show that the following members
of the family landed direct from
England:
Andrew Wall, 1661J ;
John Wall, 1663. *?•
Lawrence Wall, 1668.
Richard Wall, 1670.
Joane Wall, 1673. j . ’
Thomas Wall and wife ; Alice,
1675.
John and Alice Wall, 1677.
These people settled ip Mary
land, in what is now Calvert
County and established the little
town of Wallville which is'still in
existence, it being located !iri the
extreme southern part of the coun
ty at a point close to where the
Patuxent river empties in^Cbe^r
peake Bay and about forty-five
air line from Washington City.
All of this section of Maryland
is very fine trucking country—
naturally low, it carries with it
the unfortunate feature of being
unhealthy and this no doubt must
have been the cause which
prompted some of the ancestors
to settle in Culpepper county,
Virginia, and later, in and around
Madison and the others went to
different parts of the country, as
up to the present time none of the
family have been found in that
section of Maryland, although'
their homes are well known.
There is a period of about one
hundred years, or three genera
tions from the (first landing on
American soil, to the time when
Zachariah Wall and his. wife Anne
Everette left Maryland and set
tled in-.Oulnec.ier nniinty/Virjrmip
and^when this gap js closed, con
tact with the English record can
be made which will carry the
family record back to the twelfth
century, or more than seven]
hundred years.
By persistent effort this -can
be done and it L the purpose to
make this one of the accomplish
ments for the farpily records.
Now that such an admirable
beginning has been made it is
hoped to resolve these family
meetings into a permanent or
ganization and and . establish,
along with all the social features,
the fixed purpose of maintaining
it with all the family records and
traditions which can be handed
down from generation to genera
tion.
It would be yery, interesting if
those of today could read little
sketches of what the old an
cestors were doing a hundred
years ago, and it would be equally
interesting for future descendanta
to read of what their parents are
doing today. If -
alien an organization snoma
consist of a president, secretary
and other officers necessary tp
carry on its work, including a
registar and historian, [ whose
duty should be to register all
births, deaths and'marriages and'
make record of all matters of gen
eral interest to the family and
preserve, with any photographs
and other-articles available,' to be
handed down to each succeeding
generation. . - >
The life of-these meetings de
pends entirely on the interest the
family takes in them and this in
terest can not be maintained un
less there is an organization with
fixed, purposes and ideals, inj which
each member of the family: takes
part and jt is hoped that- this in
terest ' wil? - be' stimulate^ from
year to year, as such organises
tions are h-great .benefit-to, every
community, the State and .. the
Nation.,; f i :;, - ■; t- J fi.->..
A t* ,> ‘•'i’ * ' * ■’ v ■ '•
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Lost—Saturday aftepnopPi in
Madisdh, ladies’ hand/ba^ con
taining three ten-dollar bills^and
a little silver, also a /'P-CI’.fpjr
$33. Finder jrill be rewarded if
returned Mrs. R. B, Fh/nt,'Mad
* t .if yfpb *•
See Watt JJaniel for Texas gas
and oil. We will be glad to wait
on you day or night. ~ ;
[Mayodan News Notes
And Society Personals
Mrs. Horace Shreve returned
home Sunday . after spending
several days with her sister, Mrs
R. E.. Freeman.
Harry Vernon of Roanoke
spent Sunday with ^friends- in
town.
Walker Williams of Parisburg,
Va., was the week end guest
of Mi§s Alma Martin.
Mrs. Emma Hyde returned
Sunday after spending a week
with her mother, Mrs. P. Y.
Redmond.
Mrs. W. M. Walters and Miss
Vinnie Dickens spent Thursday
in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. S. P. Tesh spent Sunday
with her daughter, Mrs. R. H.
Ramey.
Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Hayes of
"Martinsville spent the week end
with"their aunt, Mrs. George
Hopper.
Joe Lynch, U. S. Marine, re
turned to Quantico, Va., after
spending several week's with
friends in town.
S. P. Tesh, who had been quite
ill for the past few days, is.im
proving.
Mrs. G. T. Smith returned Sun
day after spending several days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Barham in Leaksville.
Mrs. J. L. Roberts and daugh
ter and Mrs. Keenan Kasteen
left Monday for Charlotte for a
few days. >
*' T. H. McLean of Winston-Sa
lemspent the week end at Mayo
dan HoteL
Misses Minnie Cashion and
Jane Kane spent the week end
with friends in Chajrlptte. ...
andMyr
tle Crutchfield, andEd Dimmette
and Sgt. R. L. Larsen, motored
to Winston-Salem Friday even
ing.
Miss Lucy Strader spent the
week end wilh home folks at
Walketown.
J. H. Crutchfield of Thomas
ville visited Mrs. Margaret
Crutchfield.'
Sgt. P. H. Toblin, who has
been spending several weeks
with friends, has returned to
headquartes at Quantico, Va.
New Minister Arrives
Rev. T.J. Rogers and family
arrived the fir3t of the week and
are now at home in the Method
ist parsonage. The Messenger
extends to them a most hearty
welcome and feels sure that their
"Lines have fallen in pleasant
places.” Mr. Rogers will occupy
the Methodist pulpit Sunday
draining and evenipg
' Rev. and Mrs. Jas. P. Morris
leave for their now field of labor
today—Draper, and The Messen
ger follows with best wishes for
them in their new field. Both
jVIr. and Mrs. Morris have made
many warm friends while here
who regret their departure.
j A Fine Season
f Until Sunday, a dry spell had
prevailed in this section which
prevented successful handling of
tobacco. But Sunday morning
the rain began to fall and kept it
up until.-Monday night. As a
consequence, tobacco growers
have been enabled to handle the
weed and during the week things
have taken on new life around
the warehouse and receiving
station. And good tobacco is
bringing a good price. A man
sold some at Websters the other
day that brought $64.00 per hun
dred. The average Tuesday was
right at $24.00.
> A good farm poultry house is
roomy, well ventilated, conven
iently arranged and. economically
constructed. The State College
extension service has plans for
such Houses and a card will bring
yours.
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-A high stool for the kitchen is
one-of the essential home con
veniences^. says Mrs. Jane S. Mc
kinnon. It saves tired* feet and
backs.
I
12 Men and Women
In Jail For Tarring
Federick, Md.‘, Oct. 26.—
Twelve residents of Myersville,
upon whom sentence was passed
by Judge Hammond Urner in
Circut court town today, follow
ing pleas of guilty or convictions
op charges resulting from the
tarring and feathering of Miss
Dorothy Grandon, last July, are
tonight held in the Frederick
coun ty jail, pending their remov
al to the house of corfta^ion.
Claude and Howard Toms,
Paul Grossniekle,- John Shepley,
and Chester Summers, found not
guilty, were freed, while sen
tence was suspended in the cases
of Harold Grossniekle and Fred
rick Shepley, convicted of riot
ing.
Mrs Mary Shank, who admit
ted applying the tar and feathers
to Miss Grandon’s -'body, was
sentenced to nine months im
prisonment. She charged that
the white-capping was the result*
of intimate relations between her
husband and Miss Grandon.
Harry Leatherman and Arthur
Rice, found guilty of aiding and
abetting in the assualt and of
rioting, were given concurrent
sentences of two years each on
each count.
Convictions of rioting brought
one year sentences to Roma Wal
ters and Calvin Shank; John
Langdon, Alvin Rice, Vernon
Summers, Grayson Doub, Irving
Rice and William Houpt.
Before passing sentence, Judge
Urner denied a petition signed
by hundreds of residents of
Myersviile asking clemency for
•the guilty -persona, ^-iajrmg^that
mobruie"mu9fc;h«*«tamped»ou*,r~
and pointing out that there y/as
ample legal redress for the
wrongs the people claimed to
have suffered through tne alleg
ed misconduct of Miss Grandon.
The prisoners, most of them
sons of prominent farmers,
bankers, and business men of
Myersville, appeared resigned to
their fates tonight and were in
“good spirits,” Sheriff Albaugh
said. ,
Sinking Fund •*.
Chairman Republican executive
committee, Mr. Prank Anderson,
comes out with a statement that
if the Republicans are elebted in
the county, (which ticket is being
also chaperoned by Mr. Mebane)
that a sinking fund will be es*
tablishe’d. It has beep rumored
all around these parts that Mr.
Anderson was arranging a huge
sinking fund when he and two
others petitioned for the building
of the Fishing Creek Bridge for
Mr. Mebane. If the Republicans
get in and build this bridge (as
they want to do) it will sink all
the surplus taxes for many years
to come.—X. W. in Reidsville
Review.
Entertained at Birthday Dinner
Reported. *
Mrs.JohnYow delightfully enter
tained last Monday evening at a
birthday dinner honoring Miss
Willie Womack. Covers were
placed for eight, four courses
being served. The central table
was a large birthday cake which
Miss Womack cut and served.
Those enjoying Mrs. Yow’s hos
pitality were Mesdames B. Frank
Reynolds, Hugh D. Fallin, H.
Carlyle Dixon and ; Misses Betha
Fulp, Eunice Smith, Leah Scham
eland Willie Womack.
Attended Auto Races
Among those of our people
who attended the automobile
races at Charlotte Satursay,
we Note—Mrs. A. W. Daniel,
Mrs. Paul Carter, Dr. and Mrs.
.T. A. Roach, Dr. -Ruffin Pratt,
Cecil Browp, Elbert Wray, Ed
gar Rader, H. Roy Mprtain, Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Purcell, Mr. and
Mrs. J. 0. Ragdale, Jake Moore,
and others whose names we fail
ed to secure. .• *• »
Read The Messenger ads.