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KpML ft rcf«r Riivvvcf to know. • rvtnrm in thin •hotild politic*! ambition* or who** friend* ?tt—ilt him "for the pad of the party" to rtm for office. Ho to elec ted. He dislikes to pay out rood money to a surety company for pro viding him wttti a bond so lie goes to these iuh friend* who induced him to ran for the office. If they are not bridle-wiae, they consent to go on his hwd C^h. now and than he will strike a man who know* something of the peril of placing home and happi ne«« in Jeopardy by going on bonds, and that man will refuse; hot moat (nod men will feel honor-bound, after work in if for a man's election to an; office, to help him out by going on his bond. .' ! Then the unforseen happens, A hank breaks; a highwayman robs the officer; his wutlfcless son loots the, office—any. on* of a hundred things happens to threw the bondsmen into hot water and the county into finan cial embarrassment. Tn the absence of a statute requir ing it, the leaders of both polMcal parties in the county before giving a candidate their support, might require him to put himself on record by way of declaration that If elected to office ha will not ask his friends to go aa Us bond, but will pay his money like a man to some approved surety com pany to provide such bond. We fael that this suggestion will meet with' the approval of leading men in both parties tor we happen to know that many of them feel that a change In the method of bonding county offi cers must be made. c*. to fh« that thi« on rwftton Ufa» nit to 'He termination of Walter Columbus Norman wat born ^Vbruary 6. 1HW He died February 1»!4. His age vu «* year* and a day*. Death rsme an a result of » «»»>r of parahrst* whtch be Buf fered Ira weeks ago. and beeauae of which he grew weaker onto the end. »"* native >ome was Mt. Airy. Hera Sc tired tiotil about eight years a«o, '•omin«r at that time to Winston Salem. at which place he has resided since. He was a barber by trade, hav n«r practiced this profession for a Ions number of year*. He was Mar ried throe times. His last wife was Mrs. Dor* Hughes Baker to whom K<* was married for 18 years. When Mr. Norman waa a young man he made a profession of the christian rtfiirian and waa baptised into the MIowyHip of the First Baptist church Jit. Airy. After coming to Winston Salem to live he transferred hi* mem bership to the North Winston Baptist church. Until age and feeble health overtook him, he Was a faithful at. •ndant ution the church service*. He gave of hi* means and of his sym pathy In support of the church. In His faith he was simple, in his spirit he waa quiet and unaaaumin* ami in his convictions be was botn strong and steadfast. Ha was a good tmfr band a kind father and an unseMsh neighbor. As an bumble christian he served his day and generation well. When the end came he was ready ami ■v iitinr to go. Ltlte one who lie* -town to sleep when the day's work la done, so he peacefully paased out into th« presence of the Saviour he loved. He la survived by his wtfe. Ave brothers and 8 children. One son 'oeeph Norma live* at Dobeon, N. C, the other Emeat Norma* lives , at Galax, Va. His marri<4 daughters are aa follows: Mrs. William Poo re, Mount Airy; Mrs. T. M. Bra nock. Mt. »irv; Mr*. N. M. Fll«rt>~». Boherdell, N C„ the unmarried children are aa follow*: Ma Lee, ila May VMat and BoaaM all of Winaken-Salem.—Con .Tike body waa brought to Mount Airy and the funeral waa conducted it the home of F. M. Brannock by Rfe. C. C. Haymow. Quite a number •f his ralatma and friends were „ waa laid to raat *L<*»etory. three miles nfrth of Mount Airy. item* tonalta of the two six-foot wida ■trip* on nek (Ml of the itato par* meat oh Cherry iinwt: J. C. Holling»worth. IM front foot of paring, t 1-2 foot curb. adjoining (MM pwyiK; of Mn. Baron Sr>a»rh on th* woat aide. aad a street or alloy on cast side, the praparty (viMiatMC of ail dwelling*, and the I amount be.ng WW.SI. intereat VM. coot #1.70. total UTO.M. thia Heine on north aide of Cherry atreet. J. C. Hollingsworth, 216 foot of paving, 215.feet curt), on the south aide of Cherry stTeet. it being a! vaeaat lot adjraria* the property of B E. Herman on the aaot aide aad H H. Irewellyn on the waot side, and the amount heing9S8C.03 .interest UM coot *1.70. total $*71*. lying on the aonth aide of Cherry atreet. 1. F. Allred. 186 front foot paring, '•orbing and sidewalk, abutting resi dent rraperty of J. F. Allred on the wotk aid* of Cherry atreet. Amount 5A40.M. intersat UM. coat fl.70. total S34«J7. J. W Banner, 102 ft t ia of pa*, ing and curbing^ abutting his resi dence property on the south aide of Cherry street, and adjoining the prop erty of J. W. Can on the aaaf and B. E. Herman on the west. Amount tU»9 interest $0.SC. coat »!.?«, to tal 94d.lt. R V. DEYEBLE. City Tax Collector. Not Ire mf Call mt Repabtiraa Can KTiwi—1| roatTrnttaa fifth DWrlri of North Cinlu By of the utbHtjr •( the Republican Euntivt Committee of the Fifth North Carolina Coetrrea. ttonal District. a Contention ia here by called to MM at the Court Houee •n the City of Graenehoro. North Ca rolina on Tueaday, the lKth dar of March. 1M4, at ow o'clock P. M. for the pnyw of nominating a candi date for Confrcu to represent tk said District; of electinz two dele •a»e* and two alternates to the Be. imhlican National Convention, which is caned to eonrene in the city of Clerotond. Ohio, on the l*h dar of June. 1984. to nominate candidate i for Praeident and Vi<e-PrNi«<it of tfce I'nited State*, -and for the trans action of each other and further hoai ne«« a* may properly cooae before the roThEtth>- Urth dar of Feb. 19U. X. E. Shore. Chairman Bap. Cong. Ex. Com. Mil District. » * vim, wion onoMHl * w uia «Hnvr> ■ •take; thence we»t Ik eha. to • (take, formerly a post oak; thence aouth with Jamea Hotyfteld'a line 10J eha. to * ■take, formerly a whit* oak, known aa the Leater corner; thence eaat with T. J. Williami' line, now Glenn Poly field'*. It cha. to a hickory; thenca north with WUliaak*' Una, now Rnfm Shinalt'a, I eha. to a peraiBaton nv jWilt®*, Mntint To Pine A Cypres* Manufacturing Company. Defendant: TAKE NOTICE* That an action entitled a* above Ha* romairar~d in the lecoidei *i court of Mount Airy tov-nahip, -— mow in which action ia returnable tha 25th day of March. 1924. before H. H. l-ewellya. Jodae of maid oourt. at tha city hail ia Mount Airy at 10 o'clock A M„ when and where defendant ia notified to appaar and answer or da mur to the complaint filed in thi* caaa or the relief deaianded in th* complaint will ha rrarted and tat tha defendant further take notice that aa attachment haa bean iaaoed and loviad wpoti tha property of the defendant far the payment of flULSO alVtirad to ba due tha plaintiff on account of brebch of contract and that aaid attachment la returnable at the time and place mentioned for the return of the na TMs February lfeh. MM. H. LEWELLTN. Card i Mrs. J. C. Welch and children wiah to thank their many friend*, for their kindness and aympathy daring the br>f illness and after the death of husband and father. ltp Mrs. 1. C Welch. SPECIAL iV. PMDAT mmd SATURDAY tall ft, Mtting Bugs, good • • J $335 9*12 ft Grass Bags, in or Grssn /liMinch. Grass Bags, each • x • ft, Jspmmss Mstting Bags, Mch $1.95 r_-i.- iu,m c—*-i— larter-Wwer hirniure to. YOU Want to WIN*) In the Mount Airy News 1 Egg Laying Contest . t Thai Use— Purina C{SgT To get the best results yon shoulji feed your chickens - the best feeds—and there is none better than Purina. Win in The News egg laying contest and show the people what a flock you ke«p—Purina Chic Feed will pot them over the top for you. -Buy A Bag Today Belton Grocery Co. TIm Store vitk tlM Red Checkerboard Front Announcing Something New By WILLARD SERVICE STATION ' % 8 Hour Battery Charging Service No More 2 or 3 din delay waiting for row battery to to re charged. No more heavy expenae for rental batteriea. "Thoaa Jaw art gome forrrer." We bave juat inetalied a new I Hew Constant Potential Bat tery Charring Outfit, and offer car mm 8 Hour Service llfeY & Brine S«m<m* ^ M. St i. «** «~k
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