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smr A ry 'J i fr I Kl !: i .5-' AND ANSONIAN. r4 7 I K MM r l.i III Vr?U is Published by Estate of J '. G. Boylin, Published Every Thursday. , $2.00 a Year Due in Advance. - ESTABLISHED 1881 - WADESBORO,. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921. VOL X LI. NO. 14 FARM LAND ASSESSMENT REDUCED 33 1-3 PER CENT Town Property Down 20 Per Cent Commissioners Appoint Tax Super visor, and Listers Reduction Must Be Passed on by State Tax Com ' mission. , At a meeting of the board of county commissioners and the county board of appraisers last Tuesday as a county board of review it was de cided to make a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent in the assessed valuation of farm real estate, and a reduction of 20 per cent in the valuation of town property. The fillowing order was made: "The county commissioners and the county board' of appraisers and re view met on this, the first Tuesday af ter the first Monday in April, 1921, as the county board of review to deter mine if the value of real property as heretofore appraised and assessed in Anson county as a whole is in excess v of the fair value of such property at t- this time. The chairman of the board of commissioners was duly elected chairman of, and B. H. Crowder, clerk to. the board of commissioners, was elected secretary to the board. Ths board proceeded to make proper in quiry and investigation into the ex isting values of real property as cow , pared with the assessed value there of in the several cities, towns and townships of the county, and upon such inquiry and investigation being made, said board finds that the assess ed value of such property in Anson . county is in excess of the actual value thereof, andv the board finds that, the average percentage of such excess as to rural property in Anson county is 33 1-3 per cent, and that the average percentage of such excess as to real property in incorporated towns in An son county is 20 per cent." The state tax commission has to pass on this, and it has the power to change the orderj but if the tax com mission agrees with the board of. re view rural property . will be, reduced H3 1-3 per cent, and town property ' pe ptni. ii faetaita u ae me con sensus of opinion that if any general cut was to be made . rural property should be reduced more ' than town property. On Monday a number o represen tative farmer and business men of . the county met in the court house to discuss the tax assessment question, and after some discussion those pres ent were of the opinion that the as sessment of farm real estate should be reduced 33 1-3 per cent, f Messrs. J. A. Leak and L. D. Robinson, were appointed a committee to present the views of the meeting to the board of review, which they did, this resulting in the above stated action of the board of review. Tax Supervisors and Listers Ap pointed. At the regular monthly meeting of the board of commissioners on Mon day Dr. J. E. Hart was elected county supervisor of the listing of personal property, but he has nothing to do wjth real estate. Dr. Hart's duty is to supervise and coordinate the work ' of the township lister's in listing per sonal property. The following township listers were ; appointed: ' Wadesboro W. T. Moss. Lilesville J. D. Morton. Morven W. F. McQueen. Gulledge Clayton Webb. 1 ' White Store J. W. Jones, j Lanesboro R. D. Redfearn. t, . Burnsville S J. Turner. , S Ansonville D. vH. Braswell. Mr. B. D. Nelme was: appointed su . pervisor of over and under-valuation ' of real estate. Any one who thinks : his property is over-valued in com- parison with his neighbor may' appeal to Mr, Nelme, whose duty it is to de cide the matter. - ' . . . The commissioners decided to bor- row. $40,000 for roads and bridges, this being made necessary chiefly on ; account of , the slowness with which ' taxes are, being paid. All 0f this . .amount will not be needed at present, rnd what is not needed will be depos ited in the Wadesboro banks and will draw 6 per cent interest. The county is having to pay 8 per cent, on ac count of the scarcity of money, v Charley T.- Preslar was excused from paying poll tax on ' account of age and infirmity. "riSturdivant was put on the ' outside pauper Jist.1 Sheriff Braswell was directed to lay out road in White Store township as recently petitioned for. The jury. men ymu win iay out me road are David., Gulledge, , W, E. Gulledge, E.' M. & L i' ' ' '. ' - ,.- '-''-' - ..'-?.. , E. McRae. Fred Parker was dropped from the outside pauper list. Mrs. Ruby Meachum was allowed $15 per quarter. , the salary of Joe Edwards, court court house janitor was cut from $60 to $50 per month.. The board decided to allow J. W. Cameron, county demonstrator, and Mrs. J. C. Redfearn, home demonstra tor, $000 per year for clerical assist ance, provided the board of education pays half of it, which that board will do. At a recent joint meeting of the two boards the allowance,, for clerical work was cut to $300 per year, and this last order just doubles the amount. Mr. U. B. Blalock and oth ers appeared before the board and urged that this action be taken, on account of the value to the county cf this work. Citizens of the Peachland section appeared before the board and urged that the location of the bridge-across the Seaboard railroad at Peachland be moved a short distance so as to ac commodate two roads instead of one. The board was in favor of this, and re quested the state highway commis sion to send an engineer to look the situation over with a view to chang ing. This bridge is part of the state road. WADESBORO WINS DEBATE. Victors Both Here and Teams Will Go to at Albemarle Chapel Hill Next Week. The Wadesboro teams were both victorious in the debate with the Al bemarle teams here and at Albemarle last Friday night, and will therefore go to Chapel Hill to contest for the state high school debating champion ship the latter part of next week. The question debated was: ''Resolved, that the policy of collective bargaining through trade unions should prevail in American industry." The Wadesboro affirmative, Misses Pearl Tarlton and Lola Caudle,, de bated the Albemarle negative, Calvin Bennett' and :Mis3 IJalerie'G ullage, in the court house here. A fair crowd was out, and it listened to the young debaters with interest and close at tention. Both sides put up good argu ments, but the Wadesboro girls re ceived the unanimous decision of the judges. "7 The Wadesboro negative team, Walter Tice and Miss Bessie Gray, went to Albemarle to meet their af firmative speakers," Heath Klutz and George Harris. vThe Wadesboro team won an unanimous decision at Albe marle also. v This is the second time the Wades boro debaters have had the privilege of going to Chapel Hill, and it is hop ed that this year they will be able to achieve the championship, or at least get into the finals. 'Professor Wil liamson and Miss Hazel Briggs will accompany our debaters ' to Chapel Hill. 7. HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL GET DOWN TO WORK , Raleigh, April 6. After adopting the. Hart resolution to accept certain proposals of counties in the first con struction district, the state highway commission adjourned its first session to meet here again on April 26. . In the meantime, Governor Morri son and State Treasurer Ben Lacy will go to New York to get the mon ey necessary for the immediate under taking of the big road program. The governor and the treasurer expressed themselves tonight as confident they would be able "to bring home the ba con." If the money centers fail them, they have the assurance that the state banks will -r co-operate in floating enough loans to undertake the first work authorized by the commission. ; ' Projects proposed bys the first dis trict counties, for which" ' funds . are available, will be turned over to the state commission for letting and su pervisionT under the terms of the Hart resolution and it is within the. discretion of the commission as to when these contracts should be under taken.' ' , -' Q Members of the highway commis sion, who have been here since Mon day going over the policies of the commission and discussing finances, looked with eagerness toward the ad journment scheduled for tonight. They have put in three busy days and, as one member expressed it,' "find ourselves consumed with amazement at tht enormity of the job." Renew your subscription to The BOARD OF EDUCATION White Store School Will Be on Crowder Place When Located Built Other Business Transacted. At the regular monthly meeting of the board of education last Monday it was announced that the board had de cided to erect the new school building in White Store township at the old Crowder place. However, money is not available to erect the building this year, so it must be postponed. The board allotted $300 toward erect ing a temporary building at Red Hill, citizens of the district to raise the balance necessary. This White Store school building has been before the board for perhaps two years at al most every monthly meeting. Messrs. P. J. Kiker and R. W. Al len were directed to negotiate a loan to carry on the schools. Within the last two years school buildings have been erected at McFarlan, Deep Creek and Bethel at a cost of approx imately $25,000. Eventually this money will be borrowed from the state loan fund and will be paid back by the districts in which the build ings were erected. But at present the state loan fund is out of funds and the county is having ta carry the loans. The county also has received only about half what is due it from the Si-din,- and fit ' county taxes, are aV far behind, so that money is needed immediately. Citizens of the Cairo district asked for another roam, and the board tock it under consideration. Patrons of the Hamilton colored school asked 'for a building, and the board promised to do something for them as soon as possible. On motion of Mr. P. J. Kiker, it was decided to ask for a state operat ed summer school to begin about June 27th. The board decided to pay half the expense of clerical help for farm demonstrator and home demonstra tor, up to $75 per month. Mrs. C. E. Ader was allowed not, ex ceeding 25 per montb for community moving pictures, until' July 1st, when state funds will become available for this work. t v ' It was directed that pupils not in special tax districts be allowed to at tend special tax schools free for 6 months if they are admitted at all. If the schools run more than 6 months tuition may be charged these putils for the extra months, or the, Schools may refuse to admit them at all, but if they are admitted they ar6 to get free tuition for six months. BODY OF DOCK D. WILLIAMS ARRIVES. The body of Dock D. Williams,, one of the Anson county soldiers who was killed " in action in France, arrived here last night, ac companied by a sergeant of the. army. Mr. Williams was a private in.'Com pany C, 120th infantry, and was the son of Mrs. Sallie. Williams, who lives on the Stanback Ferry road north east of Wadesboro. He was a gallant soldier. The funeral and interment will be at New Hope church tomorrow (Friday) at 2 P. M., with military honors. SEND -IN RETURNS. Justices of the peace and mayors are requested by-Clerk of the Court Boggan to send in their returns im mediately, so Mr. Boggan will have them in due time before court con venes.' Sheriff Destroyed 51 Gallons of Whis key in Presence of Witnesses. Catawba County News. - On Thursday morning we are re liably informed that Sheriff Mauser, in company with Chief Lentz, of Hick ory; Rev. P. W. Tucker and Superin tendent Geo. E. Long, who is also a preacher, went to the jail and destroy ed fifty-ojie gallons of liquor as the part of the sixty gallons seized near Blackburn. The rest is alleged to have leaked out by the time the officers got the cans in posession. It is reported that Supt. Long dip ped his finger into one or more of the vessels or cans; and pronounced it. good liquor. "See here, Mr. (Casey," said Pat to the tax assessor "shore and ye know the goat isn't worth eight dollars." "Oi'm sorry," responded Casey, "but that is the law," and, produc ing a book, he read the following passage: . ' , "All property abutting - -on Front street should be, taxed at the .rate of' two I! ... 1UVU ... POLKTON LOCALS Deaths of Mrs. I. F. Caudle and of Mrs. J. E. Thomas Sketch of Lon- nie Thomas, Killed in France. Mrs. I. F. Caudle died Monday morning, after a lingering illness of many weeks. She was a Miss Horn back before marriage and was 75 years old. Mrs. Caudle was raised near Fountain Hill and was well and favorably known in that and other sections of the county. Burial was at the Caudle graveyard. Revs. Pres lar and Black conducted the feneral services. , , Mrs. J. E. Thomas, after an illness of several months' duration died last Sunday night. She was about 63 years of age and was a woman of fine character and had a wide circle of friends and relatives, all of whom mourn her death. Her husband and four children are still living. One son, Lonnie, was killed in France. Burial was at the Hopewell cemetery, Monday afternoon, Rev. L. H. Grif fith conducting the services.. The followinp; sketch of the iifo of Lonnie Thomas was written by Mr. Wade Kiker of Diamond Hill school, a friend of the deceased: The temperance forces cf Polkton, will meet at the, school house Friday night to take further steps' in fighting the blii.'d ticer business. Mr. MiL?''d Parker and Mi3s Lula May Curran, 'daughter of Mr. J. W. Curran, all of Birnsville township, wefe married in Pofton Wednesday evening, the ceremony iing perform ed by Rev. M. D.'L. Prewar. ' Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Martin, spent Monday in Charlotte with . their daughter, Miss Lucy. Miss M&Ttin will return home in a few days. Next Sunday, the tenth, the church es under the pastoral charge of Rev. M. D. L. Preslar will hold union ser vices at Polkton. 't 11 o'clock, Dr. M. L. Kesler, superintendent of the Orphanage at Thomasville, will preach. At 2:30 P. M., Prof. C. M. Beach,.'. principalofJtheJSViDgate school vill address the young people. A large attendance is anticipated. Everybody invited. ' Rev. M. D. L. Preslar filled his reg ular appointment at Hopewell, Union county, last Saturday and Sunday. He was accompanied by Mr. W. A. Gaddy who spent a very pleasant time with relatives and friends of earlier days in that section. Mr. Houston Napier is spending a few days with relatives and many friends in our town. Mrs. W. B. Harker of Maxton, was the guestof relatives and friends in Polkton early last week. Mr. Luther Ross made a business trip to Charlotte, Monday. ' Mrs. Salfie Briley . will celebrate her 83rd birthday on Monday, April 11, at her home near Polkton. All of her relatives and friends are invited to call on her that day. The enly "presents" desired is the "presence" of your company. Mrs. Briley's hus band was killed at Gettysburg. For a number of years she has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Maske. Miss Briceworth and Miss Harris and Mr. Clayton Bruton all of Mt. Gilead, were guests of Miss Haw kins, of the Polkton Graded School faculty Sunday. Mrs. Mariana Hancock and little son are visiting relatives in Rocking ham. . Mrs. S. R. Bolch and two children are spending this week with relatives in Hickory. ;. ; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eennett of Ham let, spent the week end in Polkton. Mr. and Mrs. Eh Hilton and Mr. Hilton's two brothers, of Lanes Creek, and Mr. Francis Dabbs and sons of Gulledge, spent , Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Dabbs. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Little, of An sonville and Miss Lillian Porter of Polkton, motored to Wingate Sunday to visit Miss Lula Little and brother, Mr John Little, who are attending school at that place. Mr. R. J. Dabbs of this place has charge of Mr. Hampton Dabbs' corn mill near Poplar Hill and will oper ate it on Tuesdays and Saturdays. ' . Dr. L. C. Smith spent Saturday in Gastonia on business. , Miss Hattie Lockhart is spending this week with relatives and friends in Hamlet. ; : Mr. Walter Harriss of Vaughan, spent several days in town this week. ' Mrs. T. C. Phifer and baby, of Hamlet, were guests of Mrs. W. T. Edwards Sunday. Mrs. R."G. Austin was right sick i,4er a lew .uays wis ween, Mrs. B. D. Nelme and children, of Ansonville are visiting Mrs. L. C. Smith. Mrs. S. R. Hyatt spent several days last week in Laurinburg with relatives. Mr. Clarence Griffith had his right arm broken near the wrist last Sat urday by a Ford kick. Both bones were broken. He is getting along very nicely. A reunion of the Davis family wa3 held at the residence of Mr. J. Hen derson Davis last Sunday. The at tendance was large and a very pleas ant time was spent by all present. Mr. Davis is 83 years old, and Mrs. Davis 80. Both are hale and hearty. Mrs. Mary Widenhouse and Mr. Hunt of Midland spent several days thjs week with friends near Polkton. Mrs. W. W. Lockhart had new English peas from her garden, for dinner today. Lonnie was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas. He was born at his father's home in the Diamond Hill community in Burnsville township, on the 4th day of November 1895, Here he spent his childhood and youth and was an obedient boy to his par ents and showed great respect for his relatives and many friends. Among his associates he was a general favor ite. His frankness and fairness wen friends for him every where he went. He was honest, truthful and just in his dealings. He was always ready to lend help to any cause that was for the uplift of his community. When in school he was a good student, and always showed great respect for his teachers. His favorite work in school seemed to be debating. In this work he achieved great success. In the year 1914 he won a gold medal in a delating contest at Diamond Hill. This he greatly deserved, for his good speech and fine delivery. Lonnie was alwaj'3 a strong prohibitionist. He was not. a church member but was a true Sun.Jay school student, lie was a great creu'jf anv community. H resided at his atner's home ,until he Teachecnhrgeof ; VwnfynT'years: About this time, he answered his country's call in the World War. He entered the U. S. army in Sept. 1917, ana stayed in camp about seven months. He was then, sent to France, where he served his country welL On the 29th day of September, 1918, while doing his part with the other brave Americans to break the Hin denburg line, he was killed instantly on the battle field. He was buried in France, where he remained for two years and six months, after which his body was taken up and brought back to fcis home and on Sunday the 27th day of March, 1921, his remains were buried at Hopewell church where he had attended Sunday school during his boyhood days. His life ended al most at its beginning, out nis name is enrolled with the heroic souls of all nations. THANKS FOR BOX. Miss Johnsie Dunlap has received the following letter of appreciation from C. C. Thurber, Red Cross hos pital at Greenville, S. C : pital director, for box picked j la dies (5f Wadesboro for soldiers in hos- "Col. Dedman has probably inform ed you of the safe arrival of your splendid box of good things for North Carolina boys' in this Hospital. "I only wish you could all have been here last Tuesday and seen with your , own eyes, how much joy and cheer you helped to bring to every one of nearly 700 sick nem. , "The Greenville ladies and several other North Carolina towns con tributed, and we had a wonderful Easter party, which, I am sure, the men will never forget. i "We had 75 dogen Easter eggs, 3 crates of fresh eggs, nearly 1000 pounds of home made candy and about 140 cakes, all home made. "I do hope that you will not for get these boys, who did so much fcr their country and who so often feel that the world outside has forgotten. Most of our help in the way of better comforts, such as soap, tooth pasts, shoe strings, postage stamps and oth er necessities which we provide, for the men who receive no compensation has come from the war mothers of North Carolina. Perhaps you could organjze a similar organization in your town. If you are interested, Mr. Hugh Montgomery, No. 4 Her mitage Court, Charlotte, N. C. can give you any information you desire." The M. & I. does good Job Printing. Bring us your next order. SITE FOR MUMflPAL BUILDING CHANGED. Commissioners Sell on Green Street and Buy on Martin Street Mater ial Being Assembled for Building. The first of this week the town commissioners decided to sell the lot belonging to the town on Green St., and to buy a lot on Martin street for the erection of the proposed ner municipal building. The lot on Green street, which is 34 feet wide, was sold to Mr. H. W. Little for $5,000. The lot on Martin street, which is the ona on which stands the old wooden build ing about in the center of the block on the north side of the street, .was bought from Messrs. J. A. Leak and M. W. Bryant, the price being $4,000. This lot is 49 1-2 feet wide by 135 feet deep. When it was learned that the con tract for the erection of the new building had been let, a3 reported by The M. & I. last week, considerable opposition developed to placing the building on the Green street lot. Thi commissioners looked around for another proposition, and finally ma-k the trade as above stated. The Mar tin street lot is considerably larger, and that street is not so corgy?: .!. which is an advantage in getting th3 fire truck out in case of fire. The town made SI, 000 on the deal. " Mr. II. W. Ingram, who has th-. contract for the erection of the build ing, is assembling material, ar.d ex pects to get to work ir a short time. The plans adopted call for a buildir.pr 28 feet wide, and the commissioners are considering increasing the width to 32 feet. This will be decided short ly. WAR MOTHERS ORGANIZE. At a well attended meeting of the Anson County War Mothers in the court house last Saturday officers were elected as follows: . War Mother Mrs. R. E. Little. 1st Vice War Mother Mrs. J. I. Dunlap. !" ii.tr tt r motner Mrs.- w m McLendon. " era vice war Motner airs, fcallie White Williams. Recording Secretary Mrs. H. H. Cox. Corresponding Secretary Mrs. C. C. Moore. Treasurer Mrs: J. S Dockery. Historian Mrs. B. G. Covington, Mrs. A. J. Allen was elected dele gate to the convention in Charlotte April 6th. Mrs. Williams is a gold star moth er, her son, Dock D. Williams, having been killed in action in France. H13 body reached here last night, and fun eral will be tomorrow at New Hope. The ladies are taking much interest in tli. nTA.V f 4-ln '. L ? I in nic njm ui nie uiiiiiu.iuii, ana it is expected that they will be able to accomplish much good. The organ ization will give special attention to the disabled soldiers now in hospitals, but they request that they be called upon whenever they can be of assist ance to an ex-soldier. The organiza tion has already alleviated in many ways the lot of soldiers in hospitals. Convention at Charlotte. The state convention was held in Charlotte yesterday, with a good at tendance. Mrs. R. E. Little attended, and was elected state censor. The work in this state is growing by laaps and bounds, and there are great op portunities for service. JOHN COBLE WILL SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. . Mr. John Coble on last Saturday appeared before Justice E. K. Dunlap for the third time on a charge of re fusing to send his children toschcol. He had finally decided to allow his children to attend school and so stat ed to the court. Judgment was sus pended on condition that he keep the children in school while it is in ses ion. At the two previous hearings Coble paid fines and costs totalling about $40.00, and he no doubt came to the conclusion depriving his children of an education was an expensive lux ury. : ' J. D- Shepherd, J. T. Philips and H. R. Currie, all of Lanesboro town ship, also had a hearing Saturday on charges of not keeping their children, in school, and judgment - was held open. It is understood that they will see that their children attend regular ly hereafter. Sid Dabbs, of Lanesboro township, and A. C Datliff, of Morven township, will have a hearing on the same charge next Saturday. ) , Old " Paper for 'sale-Apply at The M. & I. Office.
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