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&y o/ 7. C. 8oy%a. Evrry T/tHr^dgy. $1.50 4 Xfgr ^dvgw^f STABUSHED 1881 WADESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1924 VOL. XUV. NO. 48 MEMORIAL TABLETS TO BE UNVEILED TUESDAY, DEC. 4. Craighead-Dunlap Chapter D. A. R. to Present Tablets in Notable Ey^t — Josephus Daniels WR! Make Address—The Program. The bronze memorial tablets with the name of every man and woman - who served from Anson county in the World War will be unveiled and pre sented to the county on Thursday morning, December fourth, at 11 o'clock. Hon. Josephus Daniels, Sec retary of the navy during the World War, wili make an, address. There will be a parade led by a band from Camp Bragg, and a free luncheon for the white soldiers and the Con federate veterans. The colored people of the town in vite the colored soldiers to a dinner which will be served at the conclu sion of the exercises. NoU only are the soldiers invited to be present at these exercises but also their families are requested to come -to share in the honor. And to aid in honoring the soldiers and their fam ilies, the entire citizenry of the coun ty is urged to attend. The parade will form at the Wadesboro High School building at 10:45. The white and colored soldiers will march and are requested to wear their uniforms. Captain Ken neth Hardison will lead the troops and act as chief marshal of the pa rade. The line of march for the pa rade is as follows: The Parade. Band from Camp Bragg. White soidiers. Colored soldiers. Hon Josephus Daniels and recep tion committee in automobiles. Confederate veterans in automo mobiles. War Mothers in automobiles. Boy Scouts. Wadesboro High School. ^ The parade, forming at the Wades boro High School at 10:45 will march up Camden Road and Green street to the square, down West Wade to Rutherford street, north on Ruther ford street to Martin, and up Martin street to the court house where the program will take place. Program. Presiding oRicer: Mrs. Lendon, Regent of the Dunlap Chapter, D. A. R. Selections by Camp Bragg Band. America—Led by Dr. C. L. Jackson. Invocation—Rev. J. F. Hamaker. Address of Mrs. C. W. Tillett, State Regent of D. A. R. . ^ Introduction of Hon. Josephus Dan ^ iels by Mayor W. P. Parsons, chair man of Exemption Board. Address of Hon. Josephus Daniels, ex-Secretary of U. S. Navy. Selections by band. Audience ad journs to front of court house. * Tablets to Anson H. H. Mc Craighead Presentation of; citizens—Mrs. H. H. Mc county Lendon. Unveiling of Tablets—Betsy Shaw Pruette, Rosa Hardison, McRae Covington, Hill Clark. Band plays Star Spangled Banner. Acceptance of Tablets for the sol diers—Mr. Benjamin Covington. Poem to Anson County Soldiers— Rev. J. J. Douglass. Benediction—Rev. J. H. Armbrust. ^Luncheon for white soldiers and Confederate Veterans only. The Boy Scouts are requested to wear their uniforms, to march as a unit in the parade, and to usher at the court house. Places of honor in the court house will be reserved for the following: for Mr. Daniels and the reception committee; for Mrs. L. J. Huntley, regent Thomas Wade Chapter, D. A. R.; for the members of the Craig head-Dunlap Chapter, D. A. R.; for the Confederate Veterans; for the War Mothers; for the ladies who vfere especially active in Red Cross work during the war, provided they wear the Red Cross veil or a Red Uross cn their arms; and for the sol diers—the colored soldiers will occu py the balcony. STANDARD OIL COMPANY AGENTS MEET HERE. Standard Oil Co. agents and sub agents in Anson, Union, Stanly and part of Cabarrus counties held one of their regular meetings here in the municipal hall last night. Mr. C. E. Mott, of Charlotte, district, manager, and about 25 agents were present. Matters of interest to the agents were discussed, and a good time was had by all. Mr. Mott commented on the impression of aliveness and up and-doing which Wadesboro gives, and said the paved streets add great ly to the attractiveness of the town. Last night's meeting was the Rrst held here, but the agents liked the town so weH they will return for an other gathering later, when agents in ths entire territory from Charlotte to Wilmington will he present. * It is understood that the Standard expects to open a handsome filling station of . the Salisbury road in the near future. Subscribe, for the AI & I LAND TRANSFERS. The following real estate deeds have been registered since The M. & I.'s last report: T. L. Caudle and others to P. J. Manley; lots in Wadesboro township; $420. J. S. Liles to T. M. Martin; 72 acres adjoining J. T. Collins; $10 etc. J. S, Liles to Tyler Sturdivant; 2.66 acres in Wadesboro township; $10 etc. R. B. Medley and others to L. E. Winfree; 18.47 acres in Wadesboro township; $1,000. Anson Real Estate & Ins. Co. to Peoples Realty Co.; lots on Ruther ford street; $2,500. Tom Flowers to Mary Belle Flow ers; 48 acres in Morven township; $400. J. S- Liles to Allen Turner; 9.56 acres in Wadesboro township; $10 etc. J. S. Liles to Ashe Harrington; 9.6 acres in Wadesboro township; $10 W. N, Northcutt and wife to M. D. McLendon; McFarlan lot; $25 etc. T. J. Hardison to Dave Moore; lots near Morven; $52.50. Alexander Boswell and y?ife to B. F. Griihn; 18 acres in Ansonville town ship; $5.00 etc. B. R. Wall and wife to Mrs. Mary W. Jones; Lilesville lots;^$75. Annie and Roy Lindsey to Jerome Smith; 1 1-2 acres on Dumas Ferry road; $250. COTTON CO-OPS GET HUGE SUM Raleigh, Nov. 19.—More than four million dollars have been advanced to members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Asso ciation, since the beginning of the present season, according to a state ment issued by T W. Chambliss, Di rector of Information. The exact fig ures up to the cibse of business No vember 15 were $4,288,161.29. The present crop is considerably rater than it was in the Fail of 1923 but the per centage of deliveries to date is larger and despite the short ness of the crop cotton is coming to association warehouses rapidly and the deliveries last week were faT be yond the receipts of the same week last war. This week started off with very heavy receipts, Monday bringing reports of over 3.000 bale3 delivered. LONDON HAS RAT WEEK'; KILLS OFF 3,900,900 Moonlight Piccadilly Frolics by The Rodents Are Told in Press. London, Nov. 15 (By Associated Press.)—Rats which infest old Lon don bouses, office buildings, restau rants, sewers and subways—and cost the city 1,000,000 puunds annually in damage—had a bard time of it during "Rat Week," just ended. Tt was estimated that more than 3, 000,000 rodents met death at the hand of professional rat catchers, school boys and girls and private citizens wbo bunted the pests out with every conceivable means. One vermin-chas ing company alone was reported to have accounted for 800,000. The press took up the campaign, and one enthusiastic writer asserted that be bad seen, on moonlight nights, whole companies of rats frolicking through Piccadilly. One hospital manager declared he had discovered tightrope walking hrown-eoats enter ing the hospital along electric light wires stretched from the roof across the sheet. London sanitation officials do not want the war on the rodents to end with the mere annilation of 3,000,000, and they urge that the campaign he kept up until the body of London's last rat is given a place in the City Museum. LiPSTICK POISON FATAL. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 7.—Use of lipsticks to cover traces of a small pimple on her face caused the death of Georgia Knickerbocker, 14-year old Jamesville girl, in a hospital here today. The girl, before her con dition became serious, explained to the hospital physicians that she had discovered the pimple while she was preparing to attend a Hallowe'en party last week. She daubed it with a lipstick and the resulting poison spread rapidly through her system. Sir Robert Horne, eulogizing work, says that it is the justification of ex istence, the zest of life, a solace in sorrow, and the glory of mankind. Perhaps this is why so many employ ers think there's no need to pay much for it. — Punch. A Los Angeles street car recently crashed into an automobile in which a young man was feeding candy to his girl. The motorman had clanged his hell, but the driver mistook the sound for love's old sweet gong.— American Legion Weekly. The M. A 1. does good Job Printing Bring us your next order. BELK INTERESTS LEASE BUILDING. No Announcement as to Plans— Allen Hardware Co. WiH Move to Ross Building—Other Changes. An announcement of much im portance to the business interests of ^ Wadesboro and aH this section is that Beik Bros, and associated inter ests have leased the big Bialock build ing, on Green street, which for about 20 years has been occupied by the AHen Hardware Co. It is understood that the Belk interests will get con trol! of the building about January 1st. Interviewed by The M. & 1., gentle men high in the management of the Beik stores said that arrangements were not yet complete, and at this time they were unable to make any statement whatever as to their plans. However, it is to be supposed, they are likely, sometime next year, to open a department store here in keep ing with their reputation for doing big things in the mercantile line. The Blalock building is one of the largest ana nest in town. Hardware Company to Ross Building. The Allen Hardware Co., which conducts one of the largest hardware businesses in this section of the state, some time ago purchased the Ross building,'at the corner of Morgan and Washington streets, and states, in an advertisement in this issue, that they will move into the Ross building about the lirst of the year. The hardware company also has a vacant lot 60x150 feet in the rear of the Ross building, and on this they will build a warehouse. This location is well situated and convenient for a hard ware business. Mr. A. D. Tarlton and the Cook Chevrolet Co., who have been occupy ing the Ross building, will move. Mr. Tarlton is having a storeroom erected on the lot nearby on Green street, which he recently bought, and for the Cook Chevrolet Co. Mr. J. W. Odom is erecting a metal building on Green street south of the Huntley & Martin garage. For several years it has been felt that the business section of Wades boro was somewhat restricted, and the movement which the Allen Hardware Co. has started will no doubt continue. With a big hardware store at the corner of Morgan and Washington streets, the new post ogice at the comer of Morgan and Rutherford streets, and a furniture store on Morgan street, the business district is considerably enlarged, with much vacant land which may now be developed profitably. Three Baby Elephants Cause Near Panic at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 14.—Three baby elephants, part of a vaudeville act at a local theater, today scored such a smashing hit in private life that their owner, Don Darrah, of New York, was held in $300 bail pending repairs to certain parts of the north-east section of Philadelphia. The trio confined at night in a ga rage took offense early today at sounds from a balky motor car. They snapped their chains and sallied forth with the car owner leading the pro cession at a hot pace. Fragrant whiffs of breakfast being prepared by Mrs. Anna Dammore in her kitchen halted t^p elephants and one of the trio uprooted the Dammore fence. Mrs. Dammore glanced out her window, and then with three young D&mmores, sought the roof. The elephants entered through the back door, taking it with them. "Babe," one of the runaways, burn ed his trunk on the stove, seized that article by its underpinning and upset it. The other elephant wrecked the ice box and splintered the furniture. "Babe" then headed an exodus from the Dammore home. Police, meanwhile, summoned Dar rah, who returned his charges to the theater yard where they were fasten ed to heavy stakes. But shortly after noon they once more broke loose and for a brief period they roamed about until rounded up again and securely anchored. * A Forgotten Man. Charlotte Observer. When a man quits advertising the public forgets him. The case of Douglas, the shoe man, is a good il lustration of the point. In former years one could not pick up a paper in any part of the United States that did not carry his picture, the princi pal features of which were a rather bald pate, a fringe of hair and short "burnsiders." After awhile Douglas made the mistake of going into pol tics and was elected Governor of Massachusetts. Then his face was gradually eliminated from the news papers and the personality of Mr. Douglass lapsed into forgetfulness. He is now recalled to public notice by information of his death, while many people had believed him dead long ago. To all practical purposes he did die when he quit advertising, and all are welcome to the mcral they may find in this short story. DOLLAR DAY SUCCESSFUL. _ i Extension Sa!e Wii! Close Next; Wednesday at 3 O'clock. More than 20 of the merchants of' Wadesboro participated in the big ^ dollar day sale yesterday, and it was . successful in every respect. The offerings of merchandise were very attractive, and the buying public was on hand to take advantage of them. One merchant said his force did not. have time to get dinner; according to another it was the best day he had had this year; buyers almost fought over the goods offered by one store, and another had the best business since last Christmas eve. Apparently the buyers were equally well pleased. The dollar day sale was held , in connection with the Wadesboro trade extension sales, which will continue until next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. LILESVILLE AND WALLTOWN. Some one has intimated that he who has eyes for seeing is a very wealthy man—he owns the landscape, [ Whoever is blessed with eyes then owes it to God and his fellowman that he should contribute his mite of beauty and cheerfulness to the world around him. Mrs. Rosalind A. Redfearn home demonstration agent is directing her talents in the right direction in her efforts to get the country people en listed on the subject of community fairs and the beautification of home sites and making their yards and en virons more attractive. These sur roundings trifling as they seem to some are the more important because they afe constant forces in molding character. Anything that tends to the cultivation of the taste for the beau tiful and the ornate and the ideal tends to the ennoblement of life. Mrs. Rosalind Redfearn is one of the most intelligent women in the county and as home demonstration agent she has demonstrated her ability and resour cefulness. Her letters in The M. & 1. are words of wisdom. The dedication of the new church at Fotrestville Sunday was largely attended by friends from Richmond county and Rockingham, Maxton, Lilesville, Wadesboro and South Car olina. The dedicatory exercises were conducted by Dr. J. B. Craven of Charlotte assisted by Rev. D. F. Car ver and Rev. T. B. Huneycutt. Our friends from Wadesboro who are al ways interested in church work were present and tUbir grand pastor and preacher Rev. J. H. Armbrust and Mrs. Armbrust accompanied them. Our people would be delighted to have him occupy the pulpit at For restville church at some date in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tiddy and lit tle daughter of Monroe spent Tues day with Mrs. E. P. Liles. Mr. Herbert Youngblood of Char lotte was the guest of Mr. Nelson Liles Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Huneycutt, Mrs. H. T. Spencer and Mrs. John Spencer attended the district stew ards meeting in Charlotte last week. Mrs John Spencer was recently elect ed dist: ict steward of Lilesville cir cuit. Mrs. Smith Henry and little daugh ter wii] ieave Thursday for Rich mond, Va., to visit her sister and mother. Mr. Furman Rogers of Spartan burg, S. C., was the guest of his sis ter Mrs. J. D. Morton recently. Mr. A. Yow of AsHboro is the guest of his daughters, Mrs. S. M. Knotts and Mrs. E. P. Barnes. Mr. L V. Spencer who has been connected with the Blalock Motor Co. for several years has bought out the Blalock Service Garage in Lilesville. Miss Glenn Saunders spent the week end in Bladenboro, the guest of her friend Miss Buie. Miss Julia Allen of Peachland was a visitor in Lilesville this week. Mr. John Massagee of Richmond, Va., spent Sunday with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. John Massagee. Mr. E. T. Seago of Washington D C. is visiting friends and relatives in Lilesville. Mr. and Mrs. Liles Morton of Gas tonia spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Morton. Mrs. Fred H. Wail and sons Ritch ie, Billie and Walter Ashe, have re turned home after a weeks visit to her mother, Mrs. B. B. Ritchie of Richfield. Miss Ella J. Carter has a position in Mr. E .P. Liles' store. Miss Alice Henry has a position in the dry goods department of T. B. Seago & Co. Mr. S. L. Holder of Hoffman was a visitor in Lilesville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Spencer and daughters apd Mrs. Frank Spencer, rf S. C., and Mr. George Steele of Rockingham attended the dedicatory exercises of Forestville new church Sunday. * Mr. Frank Spencer of S. C., spent several days last week looking after his river farm near Blewett Falls. POLKTON LOCALS. Cooler weather came in Monday and the iate roasting ear patches and fai! potatoes have stopped develop ing. The Poikton fair was a decided success. The attendance was iarge and the spirit fine. The exhibits were far beyond expectation, and in cluded samples of every thing grown in and around Poikton. In handi work of every kind the display was fine. Whiie the crops are undoubt edly short, yet iong faces and doiefui voices were conspicuous oniy by their absence. Mr. Broome, county agent of Union, Dr. Newman, member of editorial staff of the Progressive Farmer and Mr. James of Washing ton, D. C. were present and made interesting and very practical ad dresses. -Of Anson's own, Prof. R. W. Aiien, Mr. J. W. Cameron and Mrs. Redfearn spoke hopefuiiy and in touch with this progressive age. In the amusement iine the "ground hog" and "red bats" caused manv smiles to linger and eyes to sparkie as the n^ver ending procession pass ed by their "cages." The success of the fair was due to the united efforts of the people, ably seconded by the united energies of Prof. McColl and his corps of able assistants. Blue ribbon prizes were abundant and were highly appreciated by all recip ients. A list of these will appear in the M. & 1. later. Mrs. W. R. Little is spending a nart of this week with friends in Charlotte. The children will meet in the Bap tist church next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for the purpose of re organizing the Sunbeams. Mrs. C. B. Ledbetter will act as leader and Miss Anabel Martin as assistant. Mrs. C. D. Maske of Beaufort, who has been visiting her parents in Mon roe, is spending this week with her husband's parents, Mr.- and Mrs. J. F. Maske, of Polkton. Mrs. Boyd GrifHn of Unionville was the guest of her sister Mrs. W. W. Simmons, last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stroup and family attended the "Gaddy" meet ing at Marshville last Sunday after noon. Mrs. W. J. McDaniel and little son of Salisbury spent the week-end with relatives in and near Polkton. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Edwards are moving to their new home in Ham let today. They have rented their house here to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Simpson. Miss Edith Smith accompanied by Miss Ora Lee Gaddy, teachers in Peachland public school, spent the week-end at Miss Smith's home here. Rev. C. H. Martin preached two very able sermons at the Baptist church last Sunday. Mr. Martin is an accomplished scholar, a clear and logical thinker, an eloquent speaker and has a profound knowledge of the Bible. He believes that Christ is the Son of God and his sermons are bas ed on that fundamental truth. Mr. J. E. Carter, Misses Setser, Zachary, Mellie Boggan and Dr. T. M. Smith motored to Sanatorium Sunday to see MisS Elizabeth Carter. Miss Carter's many friends will be delighted to hear that she is improv ing and hopes to come home in the Messrs. J. W. and Henry McCol ium spent several days last week in Albemarle on business. Mr. Rowland Maske who is now located near Savannah, Ga., spent Sunday with his wife and daughter at his father's home here. Mrs. James Tanner of Rocking ham is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. K. O'Neal. Mrs. Harris of Rockingham assist ed Mrs. Redfeam in judging the ex hibits Saturday at the fair. Mrs. J. J. Rowland spent several days in the country last week visit ing Mrs. Alice Martin at her home near Brown Creek. Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Ingle have gone to Columbia to visit their son who is taking treatment of a spec ialist in that city. As Messrs. Alonzo Duke and Mar shall Smith were returning from Al bemarle Sunday afternoon some thing went wrong with the steering gear and the car ran off an embank ment and overturned, pinning them both under the automobile. Fortu nately a man passing saw the acci lent and went down and raised the car so they could get out. The car was almost completely demolished, jut the young men escaped with a lew minor bruises. Mrs. Oreine Clippinger and Miss Lyde Covington of Charlotte spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Covington. Circle B of the Parsonage Aid So :iety of Polkton Methodist church, will hold a spelling contest at the school house on the evening of Fri lay Nov. 21 beginning at 7:30. The )ld blue back speller will be used. Prize will be awarded to best speller. Admission for grown ups 20c. Chil dren 10c. Everybody cordially invit xo ERROR IX JOHNSON CASE. Faihre to Vaccinate Children Not Sufbcient Reason for Keeping Them Ont of Schooi. Supreme Court Finds. Among the decisions handed down by the supreme court yesterday was one affirming the judgment of Anson superior court in the case of the state vs. T. C. Johnson, of Mararian. It wii! be remembered that Mr. John son was tried on a charge of keeping his children out of school and was convicted being sentenced to pay a , fine of $25 and the costs. He ap pealed, and has now lost his apoeat. There are several other cases of the same kind now in court, the Johnson case being tried first for a te<=t. It wi!! be remembered that last year the Anson board of heaith or dered that aH children attending schooi be vaccinated. Those whose parents refused to !et them be vacci nated were excluded from schooi, and finaiiy those parents who persisted in their refusa! were indicted for not compiying with the compuisory at tendance iaw. When the Johnson case was tried it attracted much interest, and the court was crowded ail during its progress. JAILOR OF ALBEMARLE IS FEELING RATHER SERIOUS. Another Jailor Convicted of Allow ing Prisoners to Escape Escapes From Him. Albemarle, Nov. 19.—Deputy Sher iff Math Barbee may not have fallen down and cried out "What must I do to be saved" as did the Phillippian jailor before Paul when the earth quake turned out the prisoners, but he has good cause to feel almost as serious as did that ancient official. Yes, he has reason to see visions of himself wearing the 'uniform of a working man who draws no wages or salary for his services, for he today saw done to another just what he possibly may expect done to him for the very same offense. Stanly's jailor was this morning sentenced to 90 days on the chain gang by Judge Henry P. Lane, for al lowing prisoners to escape from the Stanly jail recently. The said jailor was turned over into the custody of Deputy Sheriff Barbee and bless goodness, Homer got away from him. So Barbee having seen one official sentenced to 90 days on the roads for allowing a prisoner to escape, has some grounds for suspecting that the same may happen to him, for the jail or made his escape and up to late this afternoon Barbee has not seen hide nor hair of him. . Silk frequently contains iron and tin compounds. These serve not only to fix the dyestuffs hut also the weight of the fabrics. Sometimes silk is so "loaded" as to be three times its original weight. Mr. H. A. Wade, who is spending some time in the county, played^ the pipe organ at the Methodist church services last Sunday morning and ev ening, and his hearers were highly pleased with his rendition. Mr. Wade is an accomplished musician, and has been singing at the Wades boro school and other schools in the county. He will play the organ at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Last Friday night, while listening over the radio at the home of Dr. J. M. Covington, he heard his sister, Miss Blanche Elizabeth Wade singing at the broadcasting station WEAF, New York. Miss Wade appears reg ularly on the WEAF program. ed. Mrs. Ray Kiker will entertain next Saturday afternoon at her home in Burnsville in honohof Miss Wilma McCollum. - One of the leading attractions of the Polkton community fair held last Saturday, Nov. 15. was the basket ball game played between the Peach iand and Polkton girls at 3:30 o'clock. At the end of the first quarter Peachland was leading, the score be ing 4 to 0; however at the end of the second quarter Polkton had scored 2 field shots, making the score a tie. During the third quarter Polkton scored from the held again, bringing their score up to 6. Peachland failed to score On account of the good guards who were Ethel Austin and Cornelia Goodman. In the last quar ter Polkton team scored one field and one free shot, ending the game with a score of 9 to 4 in favor of Polkton. Both teams played hard and Peach land showed splendid sportsmanship by the manner in which she took de feat. However they can well off or d to lose to Polkton haying been victorious in every game last year. The team consists of six players which are as follows: Jumping cen ter, Mellie Boggan; side center, Ber nice Covington; forwards, Winnie Maske and Fanny Hutchinson: guards, Ethel Austin and Cornelia Goodman. A11 the above are yena bers of Polkton high school and st*tf3 well in their classes.