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The r¥ Messenger MissNWatkins VOL. XVIII.—NO 52 ENTERED AW SECXWD-CLASS HATTER AT PO8TO1T10H. MADISON. N. C. MADISON, N. C., DECEMBER 15, 1932 SUBSCRIPTION PRICK: ONE TEAR «1.M SIX MONTHS 76 CENTS Every Thursday North Carolinians Held For Killing Officer In Virginia Stuart, Va., Dec. 11.-—R. D. Shepherd, 28, Patrick county constable, was instantly killed and Police Chief Joe W. Frans, 38, critically wounded early this mornin#j three miles from Stuart on the Mount Airy road when the two officers attempted to question a gang of alleged rtfm-runners concerning an au tomobile which was stolen from Stuart earlier in the night. Several hours after the slay ing of Shepherd, Harvey Vern on was arrested at his home five miles west of Mount Airy, and Jim Midkiff was taken into i custody at his home in Mount Airy. Both waived extradition ! and were brought here and lodg ed in jail to await trial on charges of murder. E. M. Daugherty, alias “SWeetback”, of West Virginia, was arrested near Mount Airy several hours later and brought here to be held in custody as a material witness, Redgie Jones, a mem ber of the same gang, is being held as a. witness, in the Mount Airy jail. Three other mem bers of the same gang, the names of whom police decline to reveal, are being sought. The affair which climaxed in the shooting of the two officers is thought to have had its in ception last Monday when a car alleged to have been owned by Vernon was seized near Stuart with 100 gallons of whiskey in it. Saturday afternoon Vernon and Midkiff came here and at tempted to give a bond for the car, which was being held. Au thorities wanted a $250 bond, but the two men claimed it was too much. They left and ap parently returned to Mount Airy. About midnight Saturday a gang of about five men are al leged to have stolen the car from storage and Chief Frans and Constable Shepherd gave chase. With one gun between them and that in the possession of Chief Frans, the officers went after the car and chased^it to a point near Watson Joyce’s fill ing station, three miles from here. The car the officers were using ran out of water and was brought to a stop. At the point where the car was halted, another machine was parked and there were men on both sides of the road. Chief Frans handed his pistol to Constable Shepherd and Shepherd alighted from the car, only to face a fusillade of bul lets. Three bullets struck him in the back and he died instant ly. Chief Frans attempted to get out of the car and aid his companion, but he too was greeted with pistol fire. One bullet entered his breast and he fell to the road seriously wounded. Leaving one dead and anoth er critically wounded, the gang of alleged rum-runners fled in the car they were using. Bleeding profusely from the wound in his breast. Chief Frans crawled to Moss’ Filling Station and secured aid from Stuart. The man hunt then be gan. Before entering the hospital here, Chief Frans is said to have positively identified Vern on and Midkiff as two members of the gang that shot him and Shepherd down. Authorities here said they have been unable to locate the revolver used in the slaying of Shepherd and wounding of Chief Frans. They said that chief Frans’ revolver was fired four times during the pursuit of the stolen car, but neither he nor Shepherd had an oppor tunity to fire the weapon after the gang had been overtaken. FARM RELIEF PLAN DRAFTED Washington, Dec. 13.—A ten tative draft of a domestic al lotment farm relief plan cover ing wheat, cotton, tobacco and hogs and repealing the stabil ization provisions of the farm board act was made public to day as the basis of farm relief hearings by the house agricul true committee. After an executive session of nearly one hour, Chairman Jones distributed the draft of the emergency bill he had pre pared to members of the com mittee. It meets tomorrow to proceed with consideration. “This is simply a tentative bill to be used wholly as the basis of the committee’s work,” Jones explained. The first section of the meas uure directs that within 30 days of enactment the secretary of agriculture shall estimate and proclaim the probable do mestic consumption of the 1933 production of wheat, cotton, tobacco and hogs. Each producer then would be entitled to an adjustment cer tificate “covering the domestic consumption percentage of each iot of the commodity of his own. production which is mark eted by or for him during the year.” The face amount of the ad justment certificates were to be fixed at 42 cents a bushel for wheat, 5 cents a pound for cot ton, 4 cents a pound for tobac co and 2 cents a pound for hogs, less administrative expenses, i Widow of 1812 War Veteran Gets Pension Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 11.— Living on a pension earned 120 years ago by her husband in thes* war of 1812, Mrs. Mar ion Clark, calling herself 96; years young, bustles today about the quaint parlor in which she was married. Mrs. Clark is the only one of seven surviving 1812 war wid-; ows who lives west of the Ohio. She gets a check for $50 every month from Uncle Sam, al though she did not marry the veteran until more than 60 years after the war had ended. T. D. Temple of Scotland Neck harvested 16 bushels of Tennessee 76 lespedeza an acre, from his seedings this year. The New Chevrolet Anxiously Awaited _ The salesroom of the Grogan Chevrolet Co., will, be the cen ter of automobile interest on December 17th, according to an announcement that has just been made by Mr. Grogan, Chev rolet dealer. Mr. Grogan is more enthusiastic than ever about the line of cars Chevro let, the leader of the industry, is introducing for 1933 and feels confident that the public will share this enthusiasm when they have seen ths new line. According to Mr. Grogan the new Chevrolets present a dis tinctly new body styling which offers new features revolution ary in the low priced field. The cars are larger with more pow erful motors and represent a substantial step forward in modern automobile safety en gineering. Many of the Chevrolet deal ers have already visited the General Motor Proving Ground at Milford, Michigan, and have returned elated over the way the new cars perform on every kind of road and under every driving condition. Mr. Grogan further states that the Chevrolet salesroom will piresent a particularly at tractice setting for the new cars and believes that all records for attendance will be broken on announcement day. Gets Another Term George Womack, colored, who has the reputation of being rather light-fingered, got loo familiar some time ago <wit*i some kerosene oil at Grogan’s grocery store—to be exact, five gallons—and he was given a hearing , in Reidaville record er’s court Monday morning. The recorder decided that George could put in sixty-one days to good advantage in helping main tain the public roads of the county. New Manager N. E. Hardy, who had served as manager of Pender’s since it opened, was transferred to Reidsville last week and is suc ceeded by R. G. Bradley, also Of Reidsville. The Messenger regrets to lose Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, but extends to Mr. and Mrs. Bradley a .most hearty welcome. * , * STONEVILLE * The Parent-Teacher Associ ation of the Stoneville School, held its December meeting on Tuesday night in the school au ditorium. Mrs. T. C. Stone had charge of an interesting program. Mrs. C. L. Joyce gave an excellent reading, “What Are the Fath ers Doing?” Miss Ann Hundly of the Stoneville faculty gave a discussion on children. Super intendent J. E. McLean gave a splendid talk on the work of the P. T. A. in North Carolina. T. C. Stone gave a short talk about the plan for a gymnasium which we hope will soon be started. A great feature of the meeting was “A Womanless Wedding.” Miss Mulligan, the chairman of the Program Com mittee, got up this play. Every body thoroughly enjoyed the unusual wedding. It was a great success. Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson and Mr. and Mrs.. Sam Robert son of Madison were recent guests of Mrs. E. W. King. Mrs. Geo. H. Mitchell of Martinsville, Va., visited Mrs. Jesse Carter Tuesday. J. I). Carter and C. P. Robert son spent Wednesday in Mar tinsville. Va. E. R. King was in Ridgeway, Va., Friday afternoon. Miss Hallie Belton has re turned from several days’ visit to Roanoke, Va. Miss Evelyn Vernon of Greensboro, spent the week-end with her parents. Ed Smith was a visitor in Greensboro Sunday afternoon. Miss Aileen Lewis has re turned home from a visit to Greensboro. T. L. Smith of Leakville, was in town Wednesday. Robbers were rampant here last week. The drug store lost about $10.00 in cash, and ap proximately $25.00 in goods, such as cigarettes, etc. The $. T. Stone wholesale grocery safe was blown open and about $86.00 or more extracted-there from. The T. D. Poole hardware; store was minus next morning, gun shells, knives, flashlights, etc. The Roy Fry filling sta tion had about 9 gallons less gas in their tank. No positive clew has been found to this dastardly robbery. Mrs. A. Ivie, Sr., an3 Attor ney A. D. Ivie of Leakville were recent visitors at the home of Mrs. J. A. Scales. Mrs. T. G. Glenn, Mrs. J. A. Scales and Mrs. A. D. Ivie were recent visitors of Mrs. Buchan an, of Spencer, Va. H. L. Glenn of Winston-Salem spent the week end with his family. Martinsville played basket ball with Stoneville Wednesday night, Martinsville winning. Mr. J. B. and Arnold Vernon visited Winston-Salem Monday. We are sorry to learn that R. L. Thomas continues very ill. Rev. Mr. Hurst of Mt. Airy held services in the Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. and Clar ence Vernon visited Leaksville Spray on Friday night. Basketball was played at Stoneville Friday night against Walkertown and Stoneville boys and Walkertown girls and the Stoneville girls. Tuesday night, December 13, two games, Martinsville girls vs. Stoneville girls, and Fieldale boys vs. Stoneville boys. Mrs. Lem Gilreath, of Char lotte, will make a temperance address in the Baptist church Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Pribble, native of Aus tria, now of Long Island, N. Y., Miss Frances Pribble and Rob ert DeShazo, were visitors in Stoneville, last week. Where The Fault Lies There has been a great deal of adverse criticism over the condition of the road at the in tersection just southeast of town, and many people have blamed the maintenance force for the bad condition. We are reliably informed that the State force has nothing to do'Wtth the present deplorable conation. It Is up to the contractors ^h,o are buildin* the new hardsqrface link ofeUie Greensboro road to see to it that these intersections are kept itr good condition, but in this itutihce somebody has laid down On the job. 1,000,000,000 Miniatures of Their Portraits Will Aid Fight Against Tuberculosis f The portraits of little George Volkman. age 3, and his sister Carol, age 7, adorn the Hi:'.2 Christmas Seals which will be sold for a penny each duriiif. the holiday season to finance the work of the 2084 affiliated tuberculosis associations. The children are shotmp posing for their ra mous artist-father. Edward Volkman, of TVeehawken. M. -I designer ot the seal, as he puts the finishing touch to the poster that will advertise thyampaign and which lie also designed. -» 4 Santa Claus Is Busy Town As Christmas Draws Near Santa Claus, Ind., Dee. 18.—! My, my, but Sana Claus is busy these days! There are so many children’s letters to be read, so many vis itors to be entertained, and, so many gifts to be prepared, that all in all, there’s not a minute to be wasted. And if it weren’t for J.F. Mar tin, Santa Claus postmaster, and help from the 60 persons in this village, Santa Claus would hardly get all the >vork done be fore Christmas Of course, you understand, this Santa Claus is only a town nestled in the southen hills. But it does a good share of the work for old Saint Nick for children from all parts of the nation write to Santa and the letters are delivered here. Many of the parents, and ev en business firms send pack ages to this village and have them mailed just before Christ mas, so they will bear the “San to Claus” post mark. Every day a bewhiskered Santa Claus in a red suit may be seen at work in the head quarters here wrapping toys, and gifts and reading mail. He is Perry Ballou, of Philadel-, phia, who come to Santa Claus j in September to assist Postmast j er Martin with the work that j must be done before Christmas. Santa Claus, however, is feel! ing the depression this year, Postmaster Martin says a bit sadly. Both Postmaster Martin and his assistants have read more sorrowful letters from the kid dies than usual. A little girl has written asking that she be sent some bed clothing for Christmas. That is all she wants. Other children will be satisfied if they get clothing and a little candy they write. Years of experience enabled Postmaster Martin to tell whether a child’s letter con tains its own thoughts, or has been dictated by parents. Santa Claus, Ind., gained world-wide fame less than 109 years ago. It all started when a California stamp collector suggested to Postmaster Mar tin, who has been on the job 30 years, that the name of the village be changed from the one word “Santaclaus,” to “San ta Claus.” The place is almost 90 years old. Last year, so much mail was sent here for re-mailing that a movement was started in Wash ington to rename the postoffice, So many protests were made, however, with newspapers writ ing editorials about it and peo ple writing letters, that the ef fort was abandoned. Santa Claus is still on the map. Walnut Cove ‘Pounds’ Pastor O. E. Ward Rev. 0. E. Ward, local pastor of the Baptist Church and also pastor of the Walnut Cove Bap tist Church, was given a severe “pounding” by the latter congregation Sunday evening. Immediately after the services he was conducted to the Sun day school rooms and there he found a bountiful supply of good things for he and his fam ily to feast on during the holi days, and afterward. Mr. Ward has served this church for the past ten years, in, which other denominations join their Bap tist friends, in remembering substantially the man who has served them so faithfully. Of course Pastor Ward and his family are most grateful for be ing remembered in such a sub stantial manner. Baptist Church News! (Rev. O. E. Ward, Pastor) Sundhy school at 10 A. M. J. C. Brown, superintendent. Morning worship at 11 o’ clock. Subject, “Going a Little Farther.” Evening services at 7:30. Subject, “What Christmas Means to Me.” As these servic es are the last of the old year, the pastor urges all members to be present. Election for all officers' of the church and Sun day school will take place just after th* morning service. Read The Messenger ads. Youthful Pair Rob Bank of Small Sum Bloomsburg, Pa., Dec. 11.—A nine-year-old boy an dhis sev en-year-old sister today broke into a Bloomsburg bank, police said, and took two sacks con taining small sums of money. The children were found la ter by an older sister who noti fied the father and then turned them over to the police. They were released tonight in custo dy pf the father. The boy and girl, John, Jr., and Lillian Harrington, Chief of Police Walter Beder said, entered the Bloomsburg Bank Columbia Trust company, in the heart of town, through a small window. From there, the chief said, they proceeded to the banking room and picked up two sacks of money that a bank employe had obtained at a Sunday school today and placed on a desk. In New Quarters This week the Grogan Chev rolet Co-, which had occupied the J. A. Wall building since opening for business, moved into new quarters—the gaiage formerly occupied by Hawkins & Son, where both salesmen and mechanics will be pleased to see and serve you. The 54 sweet potato curing houses in Gaston county are all filled with a good grade 'bf sweets. CHECK FLASHER VISITS MADISON A stranger hit Madison last week and represented himself as being associated with the engineering department of Vir ginia Highway commission. He had a local printer to print on several checks of the First Na tional Exchange Bank of Roan oke the following: “Depart ment Of Virginia Highway En gineering Department.” This party then proceeded to issue several of these checks ranging in amount from $30.00 down. Making small purchases and then getting the balance in cash. All these checks have been returned with the notation “no funds.” This was a pretty sharp trick, and the checks hav ing the appearance of being on Virginia Highway department, no one hesitated to cash tdiem, especially when a sale was be ing made. An effort is now be ing made to apprehend the-siick crook. He is about 5 feet 11 inches high, red face, with gold in front tooth or teeth, wore riding trousers and laced boots* sandy or light hair, and had the appearance of being what he represented himself to be. It is to be hoped that the Virginia Highway commission will join in the search for the party who is using it to defraud, and we believe that the North Carolina officers will have the hearty sup port of its Virginia neighbors. * STOKESDALE * % tk jj; ^ ^ ^ ^ 4> Kid Robinson of Winston-Sa lem was in town Saturday ev ening. Ramon Lemons of Salisubry was in town Sunday. Dewey Dillon of Greensboro and Miss Mae Newell Jegram motored to Winston-Salem Sun day. 9 Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Pearman and son spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peg ram. Wayna Allen of Winston-Sa lem was in town Saturday ev ening. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eller spent the past week in Lexington. The Ladies’ Aid of Gideon Grove M. P. Church met with Mrs. Hansel Angel Monday ev ening at 7 o’clock. After the business of the meeting a pro gram was rendered and then presents were dispersed from the Christmas tree to those present. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The meeting adjourned to meet in January with Miss Bertha! Boone. The Ladies’ Aid of Goshenj M. E. Church met with Mrs. Joe | Vaughn Wednesday evening at 7: JO. After the business of the meeting a delightful program was given and Christinas pres ents presented. The meeting was dismissed by repeating the Lord’s prayer in unison. Miss Bertie Rowland of Greensboro spent the week end with Miss Mary Vaughn. Billy Neal of Walnut Cove; spent the past week with his | grandfather* D. P. Lemons. j Mrs. Frank Pegram is ser-I iously ill at her home. Miss Eula Angel underwent an operation in a Greensboro j hospital for appendicitis. Miss Jewel Browning spent the week end here. Somebody To Blame Elsewhere in this issue will be found an. item to the effect that the State Maintenance Road Department disclaims re sponsibility for the bad place at the intersection of the Went worth and Greensboro roads just beyond the cemetery. This may be and probably is true, but somebody is responsible for the wretched condition at this intersection, and the road is all but impassible, just at | this time. If the State is not re sponsible, then the State should see to it that the contractors rectify and do that which is re quired of them, and lose no time in so doing. If the con tractors have failed to comply with their agreement,, then the State should see to it that such is done. People are continual ly getting hung up in this par ticular spot, and the road is the worst it has ever been. What does the Maitenance Depart ment purpose to do about it, and when may the traveling public hope for relief? HOME DEMONSTRATION NEWS Marjorie Hohnea, Home Program For Next Week December 19th: 10:30 A.M., Leaksville Home Economics Class—“Candy Making.” 2 P. M.: The Happy Home club will have a Christmas pro gram and a social meeting. December 20th: The Apple Clarke club will meet with Mrs. Scott Bennett and Miss Annie j Bennett. Popcorn balls and other Christmas sweets will be given as a demonstration for the afternoon. December 21st: The Sadler club will meet with Mrs. C. J. Warriner, “Christmas Sweets,” will be the demonstration. December 22nd: The Rocky Springs club will meet •with Miss Emma Joyce. “Christmas Sweets,” will be the demons-1 t ration. December 23rd: Curb market at Smith-Pinnix Warehouse. 2 P. M.: The Mt. Carmel club will meet with Mrs. Flos sie Ellington. “Suggestions and Candies for Christmas.” Christmas Suggestions Home made things when nice ly made and attractively wrap ped make nice Christmas gifts and can be made with very lit tlg expense and are appreciat ed. The following suggestions may prove helpful: Peanuts fried in deep fat make a nice gift. Fruit cake wrapped in cello phane. A pound of pulled mints or salt water taffy. A coffee can enamled or coated with gilt makes a nice container for same. Jelly or preserves in small jars wrapped in cellophane make attractive gifts. Pickle3 also. Christmas cookies in a tin box, so they will keep crisp and fresh, make delightful gifts. The following Moravian Christmas cookie recipe is good. These cookies should be cut with fancy cutters, such as fish, rabbits, stars, diamonds, and other things, to be truly Moravian.* 1 pint molases 1 cup brown sugar 3-4 cup lard 1 T. ground cloves 1 T. ginger 1 T. cinnamon 1 T. allspice 1 t. salt Mix dry ingredients, add melt ed lard and molasses. Make into a medium dough, let stand from two days to a week before baking. In (cold weather <he dough may seem hard to roll, but if put in a warm place for a short while and worked ab.out with the hand (flour) before at tempting to roll it will work fine. Bake in a medium oven. If cakes blister decrease heat. Here And There In The Clubs The Mapleview club will have a call meeting- Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Henry Stall ings to make toys for poor chil dren for Christmas. Mrs. C. C. Griffin of the Ba son club and Mrs. Jack Saund ers of the Mapleview club aje serving soup at Bethany and Wentworth schools, respective ly for the undernourished chil dren. This is made possible through the Finance Corpora tion. Bethany club meets Tuesday to make toys for the unfortu nate children of the communi ty. A new club was organized in the Matrimony community last Tuesday. They started off with nineteen women enrolled. Special Christmas Curb Market We are making an effort to haveea particularly nice market for Christmas, which will be held Friday morning, December 23rd, at the Smith-Pinnix Ware house/ Special advertising will be gotten out for this market. Bason Club Meeting (Mrs. P. B. Wright, reporter) The Bason Home Demonstra tion club held its December meeting with Mrs. T. L. Webb. Mrs. Mollie Sharp conducted the devotional exercise by read ing the second chapter of St. Matthew. A Christmas song was sung and a Christmas poem was read by Mrs. T. L. Wet»b| The club collect was repeated in unison. , Miss Holmes talked on the coming year’s work. The welfare leaders gave a report on some of the work tha club has been doing for needy school children. The club haa made eighteen garments. The steam pressure cooker the club bought last year seems to be very busy this fall. Mrs. H. P. Moore hap canned forty-seven cans of beef. Mrs. Mollie Sharp has canned pork. Probably other members have used the cooker. We were much pleas ed to enroll several of the young girls as new members at this meeting. After the business meeting was over Mrs. Griffin conducted an interesting turkey contest. During the social hour Mrs. Webb, assisted by her little daughter, Katherine, and Miss es Elsie and Ellanor < Webb, served peanuts, home made can dies and fruit. Sharon-Glady Club Meeting (Miss Jessie S. Butler, report er) The Sharon-Glady club held its December meeting with with Mesdaraes Henry and W. hi. Small. We were indeed glad to hatfe the visitors and one new mem ber, Miss Mildred Sharpe. Mrs. J. L Butler conducted the devotional, after which the following program was render ed: Song, “Silent Night.” Beading, by Miss Etoila Gunn, “Grandfather’s Christ mas.” After our program we turned the meeting over to Misa Holmes. The demonstration be ing “Candy Making.” Our agent showed us the different candies that can be made from butter fondant. Salt water taffy be ing another candy that was very good. The hostess served grapes and bananas. *. The club wiU meet i'cl Janu ary with die reporter and her mother, Mrs. J. W. Butler. *********** * MAYODAN * *********** Mrs. R. W. Shropshire, Mrs. Bill Barrow and Posie Shrop shire spent Wednesday in Mar tinsville. John Dempster, Jr., of Char lotte spent a few days in town. Mrs. H. Roy Martin and Mrs. Minnie Rader spent Tuesday in Winston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Price, Jr., spent Tuesday in Winston-Sa lem. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Heath of Martinsville spent Sunday in town. A delightful lingerie shower was given by Mra. T. W. Crews at her home Saturday after noon from 3 to 6, honoring Miss Frances Shreve, whose marri age to Dan Boyer will take place next Saturday. Miss Wil lie Mae Holton and Mrs. Harold Myers entertained the guests with games and stunts. The prizes going to Miss Garnette Reynolds and. Mrs. R. C. Veach. At the conclusion of the gaittee little Dot Welch brought in a wagon filled with beautiful lingerie and presents to the honoree. The hostess then serv ed a delicious salad course. Those enjoying the hospitality of Mrs. Crews besides the hon oree and her mother, Mrs. Hor ace Shreve, were Misses Doris Rhodes, Dura Jones, Irma Mar tin, Frances Gann, Clara John son, Garnette Reynolds, Willie Mae Holton, Deane Crews, Gen eva Shreve, Louise Fu)ton, Nel lie Veach, Gladys Matthews, jGraeie Gray and Mesdames K. V. Reid, R. C. Veach, John Vfil I liams, Nan Landreth, Harold Myers, Roy Hall, Hattie Myers, H. A. Crews, Bill Crews, P. J. Welch and R. E. Freeman. Warehouses To Close The local warehouses will qhut down Friday for the Christ mas holidays and will remain closed until Monday, January 9th. It is e^tdnated by those 4n position to know ihatet least 85 per cent of the crop h$a h*qp already sold, and quiAh <4 that remaining will be dispoaad of this week. Read The Messenger ads and buy it at home.
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