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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18

Milton Brimer will represent the
Fire Company at the county meeting
to be held at Cheswold on Wednes-
day evening.
After lingering illness from tu-
berculosis for several months, death
occurred to Mrs. Evelyn Porter, wife
of Clarence Porter, early Sunday
morning. The deceased was about
, 80 years old and had been confined
to her bed for several weeks. The
I funeral services will be held from
the Pilgrim Holiness Church Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge
of Rev. Earl Lawry. Interment in
Hollywood cemetery. She is sur
Vived by a husband, two small chill
dren, and large circle of relatives.
Judging from the first announce
ment made of the Christmas enter
tainment at the M. p. Church next
Sunday, it will surpass all previous
Entertainments. The entire time will
be devoted to Christmas programs.
In the morning the choir will sing a
Christmas cantata, "The Naarene"
and in the evening the children will
have speeches. Mrs. Harry Ham
mond is chairman of the evening
program ably assisted by several
other ladies of the church.
Mrs. Annie Hammond, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ward, of Mil
ford, and Mr.. William l.. Beets, of
Ellendale, were married last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Gray at Harrington by Rev. T.. ii.
Collins, pahtor of Harrington M. E.
Church. Miss Margaret Gray, a
neice of the bride, was brides maid
and Ernest Hammond acted as best
man. A reception followed the cere-
mony.
VI. f. Church Notes
9:45 a. m.-Class meeting, led by
A. D. McCabe.
9:45 a. m.-hurch school in all de-
partments, H. ]. Ramsdell, supt. The
Willing Workers. Glass, taught by
Miss Ida Baker, will have charge of
devotions next Sunday.
1900 a. m.-Preaching by pastor.
Subject: None Other Name" Text,
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18
WARWICK

The Ladies' Aid of Central NJ. e..
Church will meet with Mrs. Ward
MeGee on Wednesday evening, Dec.
2Srd. All welcome, come and bring
friend.
Mrs. Edgar Timmons, of Dagsboro,
spent Saturday with her aunt, Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18
Stop
Night COUGHING

Ordinary cough remedies do not
reach the conditions which cause
night coughing but Thoxine, doc
tors famous prescription does. 1t
stops the cough within a few min
utes and goes direct to the internal
cause, preventing further trouble.
Taken before retiring ThOxine abb
solutely prevents night coughing. 1t
gives the same speedy relief for sore
throat too. Safe for the whole fam
ily-guaranteed no dope. Money back
if not satisfied. 35c. At yOnr drug
gist.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18

Georgetown, were dinner guests on
Sunday with the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Lingo.
Mrs. Iva Barton spent the week.
end at her parents home at Ocean
View.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ether and chill
dren, Roland and Beatrice, spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee MeGee, at Millivlle.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18

A. II. Lingo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Short and
family spent Saturday with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Shep Short and family.
Mr. and Mrs. LinfOrd Mitchell and
little daughter, Betty, were dinner
guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
p. NJ. Short, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ewell Calhoun and
children, Frances and Richard, of
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18
SOUTH BOWERS

Mr.. and Mrs. William Kline, of
Woodbury., N. j., spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Griffin, of South
Bowers.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18

Our moral support this winter is
going to be given to the Senator
who doesn't have new plan to save
the farmer" providing we can find
one.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
Commissioners Cut Rate
From IS To 81, Repre-
senting Reduction of 2S
Cents.
G SAVING
IS FOUND IN CUTS
IN SCHOOL LEVIES
Debt Service Rate Has In
creased; Average Re-
duction 50 Per Cent;
Brunswick County Is
Highest With $500.

Rowan county has the fourth low
est tax rate in the state, according tc
figures released by the North Carolina
tax commission.
The tax rate for the county is 81
cents on the 500 valuation. In 1880
the tax rate was IS cents. This rep
resents a reduction of 2S cents.
The report of the tax commission
represented 50 of the states 100 coun-
ties. Cleveland, Currituck and For
syth are the counties having a lower
rate. The highest rate was fixed by
Brunswick county with $500.
The average tax reduction was -
cents on the $4,000 valuation. The
biggest slicing was effected in the
smaller counties. The reductions were
made possible through the enactment
of several measures by the 1881 legis-
lature.
The county wide tax rate of 1881
as compared with 1880 rates are as
follows:
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
SENTENCED

Smithfeld - Ernest D. Hartley,
prominent merchant of Kenly, has
been sentenced to serve N year upon
the county roads in recorders court by
Judge w. P. Aycock. Hartley had
been indicted by a close friend, James
Flowers, for making a criminal as
sault upon Mrs. Viola Flowers, wife
of the af1ant.
Flowers stated, upon the witness
stand, that he left Kenly on the morn
ing of September II on a short bust
ness trip, and returned sooner than he
had planned. Flowers declared that he
found Hartley and Mrs. Flowers to-
gether in his bedroom, and that while
he was looking for his shotgun, Hart
ley made his escape. Hartley was ar
rested in his store sometime later BY
officers.
Counsel for the defendant gave no
tice of appeal to the Superior court
and bond was fixed at $500.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
TO REOPEN HOSPITAL

Marion-A definite promise that
the Marion General hospital will be
re-opened soon, probably in January,
has been given out by c. F. James,
chairman of the board of trustees of
the institution.
1t has been decided that the best
way % operate it will be for a bust
ness manager and a graduate nurse,
one handling the hotel and the other
handling the medical angle, to have
charge of the institution. Local doc
tors may take their patients there for
treatment under their guidance, and
patients going to the hospital may
call in any doctor they wish to treat
them.
The job of paving off the hospitals
debts has been practically completed.
1t was the heavy load of debts that
forced its closure last February and
kept it closed until a new financing
program could be put into effect.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
No Statement Forthcom-
ing From Geo. M. Lyerly
Since Resignation De-
cember 18th.
r w. F.. WHIT
IS NAMED ACTING
CITY TREASURER
Papers Burned By Lyerly
Immediately Preceding
Resignation; Probe Con-
tinues; No Indie
Issued.

Auditors announced Thursday the
discovery of additional shortages in
the special license tax accounts of
George M. Lyerly, city tax collector,
and treasurer who resigned his posi-
ton December II.
1t isreported hat shortages amount
ing to approximately $4,000 have
been discovered in the records since
June 1, 1881, but the auditors in
charge of the work refused to con-
firm thesreport as the various tabula-
tons had not been completed.
Garland E. Martin, Jr., represent
ing James M. Archer and Co., certi-
fed public accountants, is in charge
of the audit.
During the past week the auditors
have been checkine the stubs of the
privilege license tax records with the
actual licenses issued. Yariances be;
tween the price listed on the stub ane
the price stipulated on the license in
a number of instances have been dis
covered.
The auditors are now investigating
the accounts pertaining to the col
lection of taxes on real and personal
property.
Since June 1, 1881, the city has
realized from privilege license taxes
approximately $1,000. This amount, it
stated, should total $4,000 or mere.
In some instances, it is stated,
no records have been found showing
payments of delinquent privilege
taxes.
While the city council was in spe-
cial session on Saturday, December II,
it is reported, MI. Lyerly burned a
considerable quantity Of papers in the
stove in the city office. Whether the
papers were records of accounts could
not be ascertained.
Mr.. Lyerly is under a $4,000 sur
ETY. bond and it is believed the city
is amply protected.
Mrs. w. F. Whit has been named
acting treasurer of the city. No other
changes have been made in this depart
ment.
Mr.. Lyerly was tax collector of the
city for more than a decade and had
been city treasurer since 1927.
Auditors state the exact amount OF
the shortage could not be made known
until all the records have been ex-
amined.
No indictments have been issued.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
YOUNG A HURT

High Point-James Miller, "a, who
says that he was reared in an orphan
age in Missouri and who for three
years has been beating" about the
country earning a livihood with odd
jobs, was carried to the Guilford Gen.
eral hospital suffering from injuries he
says that he sustained when struck by
a man who robbed him Of $40. His
condition is not believed to be serious.
He was picked up at the corner OF
College and English streets by Vows
ambulance.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
Next Issue Will
Appear Wednesday

Because of Christmas coming on the
regular publication date of The
Waterman, next weeks issue will
make its appearance Wednesday morn
ing, instead of Friday.
This will not only accommodate
The Waterman force but will also
enable our advertisers to present a last
minute display Of Christmas merchan-
disc to shoppers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
SUED FOR $4,000.

Goldsboro-F. L. Manly, 8, started
suit in Wayne Superior court Tuesday,
represented by his father, W. H. Man
ly, for 100000 damages against the
Southern Towel company, incoporat-
ed.
The plaintiff alleges that he sus-
tanned a broken leg and permanent in
jury of body and mind when he was
run over by a truck of the defendant
company on East Ash street, Septem-
Der 10, 1881.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
HURT WHILE HUNTING

Hickory-Accidenta discharge of
a shotgun in the hands of Marley Lail,
seriously injured Oscar Winkler, 81,
who is in the hospital here with both
eyes severely wounded. ACCORDING to
attending physicians Winker will lose
his sight. He is also believed to be
suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The accident occurred in the Cat
fish section. of Catawba county. The
two men, who were said to be close
friends, were rabbit hunting with
Winkler's father, A. L. Winkler, and
John Hollar, of Longview, and a
negro man, Will Reed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
REPUBLICANS WILL
MEET in CHICAGO

The 1882 national republican con-
vention will be held in Chicago, &C
cording to a decision in Washington
of the national committee empowered
to select the place of the meeting.
President Hoover is expected to be
renominated at this convention.
Senator Fess, of Ohio, national
chairman was in charge of the meet
ing and predicted a republican vic
tory next November with Hoover as
leader.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
Who's Who In Rowan
WOUNDED

Aberdeen-Mrs. E. G. Adams.
awakened during the night by a noise
at her window, aroused her husband
who pointed his automatic toward the
window and fired. Screams of pain and
sounds of hasty footsteps indicated
that the shot hit it's mark. Jasper
Little was later arrested when charges
were preferred against him.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
SWALLOWS MARBLE

Oakboro-Dwight Cauble, young
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Summie Cauble.
was rushed to Charlotte to have
specialists remove a marble which he
had swallowed and which lodged in
his throat. Some time was required to
perform the operation, but the little
fellow is getting along okeh now.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
IN CHEST

Lumberton-Arthur Davis, of Fair
mont, is in the Baker sanatorium here
with a serious bullet wound in his
left chest accidentally inflicted when
his rifle, which he was taking out of
his car and which he did not know
was loaded discharged. The bullet
passed through the chest just above
the heart. Mr.. Davis is one of Fair
mont's prominent business men and
farmers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
GOOD
O 6
HOME

HOME
HOME-a world of strife shut out;
a world of love shut in.
HOME-the place where the great
are small and the small are great.
HOME-the fathers kingdom, the
child's paradise and the mother
world.
HOME-the place where we grum-
bic most and are treated best.
HOME-the center of affection,
around which our hearts best wishes
Irvine.
HOME-a place where our stom-
achs get three square meals daily, and
u hearts a thousand.
HOME-the only place on earth
where the faults and ~failings of hu-
mainly are hidden under the sweet
mantle of love.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
NEW BERN MAN BURNED

New Bern-Thinking that he was
throwing cylinder oil on a fire in the
boiler at the fire station to make the
fire better, Sam Dill, Jr., threw gas
cline instead and as a result sustained
a badly burned arm. 1t is getting
along satisfactorily.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
BAD. FOR

Observation-Disclosures merchants
operating in Greensboro will be sub
jected to a tax of $40 per day or $40
per week and be required t. pay Other
taxes imposed upon merchants. The
city board passed such an ordnance tc
prohibit outsiders from setting up and
robbing legitimate merchants of pro-
fits they deserve.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
H. E. 0DDIE sues MOTHERS ESTATE
FOR $4,000 DOLLARS, ALLEGING BREACH
OF CONTRACT AND SERVICES RENDERED

Suit for $4,000 for breach of con-
tract and services rendered has been
instituted in the superior court here
by H. E. Oddie against Lewis I.
Cauble, administrator of Sarah c.
Oddie, deceased.
Mr.. Oddie, a son of the late Sarah
C. Oddie who died March II at the
advanced age of 81 years, alleges in
his complaint that his mother on
various and sundry occasions had stat
ed that he was to have all of her pro-
perty, of every kind and description,
at the time of her death for taking
care of her for a period of 2S years.
Mrs. Oddie's estate is estimated at
$32,62S.1S, consisting chiefly of
stocks, bonds, notes, etc.
The plaintiff is represented by P.
S. Carlton, attorney. The complaint
is a lengthy document and contains
nine typewriter pages. AS yet, ar
answer has not been filed.
At the time of Mrs. Oddie's death,
eight children survived, the complaint
states.
The complaint further alleges:
That shortly after the death of
her husband in 1901, his mother, the
late Sarah C. Oddie proposed to plain
tiff that if plaintiff would stay with
her as long as she lived and wait on
her and look after her and her pro-
perty, nurse her in case of sickness,
then at her death she would give plain
tiff all the property she owned; that
plaintiff, relying on said promise of
his mother' accepted her proposition
and remained with her, looked after
her and her property, waited on her,
cooked for her and prepared her meals
and nourishement, and nursed her
through many cases of sickness unit.
her death.
The complaint further alleges that
Mrs. Oddie for a long period of time
was sufferer from cancer and requir-
ed constant attention and service.
Other members of the family, bro
theirs and sisters of the plaintiff, had
refused to wait upon their mother
upon her husbands death, the COM
plant AYERS.
The plaintiff also took care of an
invalid brother for five or six years
until his death upon his mothers re-
quest, the complaint further states.
The final paragraph, number Is,
says:
"That by reason Of the failure Of
the defendants intestate to comply
with her contract as hereinbefore set
out, and in consideration of the long
and continuous period of service rem
dered by the plaintiff to defendant
intestate, at her request and upon her
express agreement % compensate plain
tiff by giving plaintiff all of her pro-
perty at her death, the plaintiff has
been damaged and is entitled to re-
cover for services rendered, the sum
of $4,000, which said sum is not
subject to any credit set-of or count
erclaim whatsoever"
Mrs. Oddie, plaintiffs mother, dice
without making a will.
The Oddie family resides on the
Stokes Ferry road, several miles below
Dunn's mountain.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
CLUB HELPS E

Graham-The local Kiwanis club
has voted to dispense with eats at the
next three meetings and urn the
money that would have been spent
wei to charity.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
TAX SHORTAGES STEADILY MOUNTING
NORTH CAROLINA
NEWS IN
BRIEF

BABE RUTH DOING WELL
New Bern-Babe Ruth, baseball
bambino, spending a few days at a
hunting cabin near here, killed a dear,
a goose and a turkey during the week.
end.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
COUNTY REGISTER RESIGNS

COUNTY REGISTER RESIGNS
Asheboro-E. A. Routh, elected
register Of deeds in Randolph countN
on the Democratic ticket in 1850, has
resigned to accept a position with the
Asheboro Bank and Trust company
John Bulla of Randleman was named
to fill the unexpired term.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
, 100000 FIRE LOSS

New Bern-Fire,f famed by a strong
wind but hampered by rain, destroyed
Belk's Department store and damaged
the stock of an adjoining mercantile
establishment Wednesday morning.
Damage was estimated by Belk's Of
hcals and the building owners to be
100000.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
DENIES MURDERS

Danbury-Charles O. Osborne, fat
her of C. E. Osborne, who committed
suicide 10 days ago, denies that he
murdered two men in New York or
Chicago a decade ago as charged by
the dead son in a note he left on his
body. The father is u years of age.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
INCREASE IN FATALITIES

INCREASE IN FATALITIES
Raleigh-There was an increase OF
II in deaths from automobile acct
dents in North Carolina for the first
ten months of this year as compared
with the first ten months of last year.
The list shows 599 persons killed in
the state prior to November /.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
THREE WAY

Elizabeth City-A freight train
struck two white men at a highway
crossing and stopped to aid them. Six
negroes came along in an automobile
and crashed into the train. All were
painful but not seriously hurt.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18

THERE ALL THE TIME
School ma'am: Emulate George
Washington"
Dusky lad (from the rear of the
room): Nom, l wasn't late, Use been
here all de time"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18

MONA LISA
For centuries these changeless eyes
Have kept
A grave and quiet mockery, and
The slow
Ironic smile of women who
Have wept.
And agonized, and come at last
To know
That one hearts anguish is a
Little thing;
They hold a sombre pity
For the fears
Of men, the winds Of destiny
Will fling
Like notes of dust upon the,
Wheeling years;
They know that vast lies will
Outlive the earth;
That flaming beauty, worshipped once
And loved,
Dies out of mind, like rain on
Drifted sands;
They see death wallow like a
Hound on birth;
And look on all-inscrutabie,
(: Unmoved,
As when they looked on
Da-Vinci's hands.
FLoY DAVIS LAIRD
7 THE HARP
He that studieth revenge, keepetl
his own wounds green.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
OFFICIALS AND DIRECTORS OF
SALISBURY-SPENCER ASSOClA-
TON.

Officers.
Edwin Earle, Jr., president.
S. H. Plexico, vice president.
Stokes Devereux, vice president.
Victor Yost, treasurer.
Mrs. w. F. Rats, secretary.
Directors.
R. L. Bernhardt.
T. M. Casey.
Stokes Devereux.
Edwin Earle, Jr.
E. L. Foil.
A. w. Harry.
J. F. Hurley, Jr.
S. Holmes Plexico.
c. F. Raney.
7. A. Snider.
Victor Yost.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
GOOD REASON

GOOD REASON
Sam-Why did you tip that girl SO
much when she gave you your coat?
Henry-Look at the coat she gave
me!
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
KNOWS MEN

KNOWS MEN
He: "I'll never forget you"
She: "Ill tell you something that
will make you forget me-"
He: "What is it,"
She: Tomorrow is my birthday"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
POINTED FAREWELL

TOIIN TED ZANE VEIL
stenographer: Glow did you get
that scratch on your cheek?"
Second T typewriter Ticker: when
l said goodbye to the boss at the
office he had a pen behind his ear"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18

A correspondent sends in a num-
Der of quaint epitaphs from a collec-
ton made by Susan Darling Stafford
Here is a pithy one:
Within this grave do lie,
. Back to back my wife and l
When the last trump the air shall
fill,
# she gets up I'll just lie still.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18

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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-18
N
Bp Artbur Guite,uau

ILLUMINATION
By Arthur Guiteman
When l am dead,
What l have felt so long
My soul shall know
In clearer, purer light:
That where 1 loathed
And hated, l was wrong;
That where I loved
And pitied, l was right.
From The American Hebrew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
PLAN FINAL TESTS
OF NEW SWEET CORN
Scientists After Nine Years
Develop Product Full
of Vitamin A.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 16.-"Thir-
teen-thirty- nine" new American
sweet corn, full of vitamin A, is going
into 40 large experimental fields scat
tered from Oregon to New York this
Spring
The corn was developed co-opera-
tively by the Purdue University Agri-
cultural Experiment st ton and the
United States Department Cf AgTicul-
ture. After nine years of experiment it
Is being placed with the canning in
dustry for final test in quality pro-
0uction and marketing
The numeral Thirteen thirty mine"
Is mute record of the patient years of
research. It is the breeding number
carried by the one variety which best
survived many tests.
The corn is a. Golden Bantam type,
having IL to IA rows OF kernals in
stead of the usual to 10. 1t has
a record of about 30 per cent greater
yield than present commercial var. ties
of this general type. 1t is 4 deep yell
lcw q color in corn closely associated
with richness in vitamln A.
Inbreedins Is Started.
Vitamin A is necessary in the diet
Lack Ct it lowers resistance of disease,
csuses loss OF appetite and interferes
with bodily growth.
In 1922 the remote grand-dad of
"thirteen-thirty-n mine" was sent to Pur-
due from the Washington laboratories
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, one of number of lots of
experimental corn seed. Inbreeding be-
gun then has been carried on by Glenn
NJ
ton of DR.. G. N. Hoffer and later of
j. F. frost
Inbreeding is a scientific method of
intsnsifying dominant, innate qualities,
and of turning up hidden characters
which may date back far into Indian
times, or even to the corn-fed civiliza-
tons of the Mayans.
Has Two Strong Traits.
-thirty-nine" possessed two
unusually stro2g traits. 1t had big ears
and great resistance to disease. IT.
stalks remained green long after all
other varieties Of its group turned sere
and yellow.
1t was crossed with other pure strains
of corn within its group. This has
given its dominant size, lusty v.gor and
quality to the progeny crosses.
After the careful breeding and test
ing the new corn was sent out for two
years general trial on farms from New
England to the Rockies and from Can
ada to Virginia. Raised in quality, in
varying soils and under different CHI
matte conditions, it still dominated in
size and resistance to disease. 1t show-d
uniform ripening qualities desirable for
canning.
This seasons test is expected to de-
termine its place and fate. If it comes
up to promise it will be given a name.