Mount Airy & Eastern Railway To
Be Made A Standard Gauge Road
TIES WILL BE
PURCHASED FOR JOB
New Company
at die Junction
thi* lam of The Now* appatri
•a MlvertiiMMat of the Meaduaftrld
LoMbtr Company offering I* par
aary to carry out tha devaliipmant
"""ar***
they recently acquired. /^6me month*
Mto they purchaaad t*ientire proper -
ty uf tha Roaalyn Lumbar Company
together with tha" Mount Airy A Eaat
•th Railway. For yaara tha Roaalyn
Company ha* owned a tract of tha
fineat timber in tha fouth at tha head
of tha Mount Airy A EaaUm and
which i* estimated to contain aixty
million faat of aa good grade of hard
wood timber aa ia now •tending on tha
•tump of any aaction of tha United
State*. In thia lot ia inclNdad ten
million faat of yellow poplar which
ia said to he vary scarce and bring*
a high price on the marketa. At one
time the old company attempted to
put thi* timber an the market but
owing to financial trouble* thay wan
never able to carry out their plana.
Prom time to time for the peat
ffve or tlx yaara lumbar paopla of the
north have had their eya on thi*
boundary which ia laeatad in Patrick
-iimty, twenty miiaa from Mount
Airy. Laat winter a lyndfaate com
peted moatly of Pennaylvaaia capital
ist* organised tha Maadaarflald Lum
ber Company, incorporated it under
the taw* of Virginia with a paid in
capita! atock of I78JMW. purchaaad the
holding* of the aid company aad be
gan to formulate plana to develop
tMt newly acquired rtaoucH. At
firet they wuiHind building a anr
rued to Stuart, V*., u that point
»m only three bUm from tke east
ern (dp of their lands, bat owing to
freight rataa being Mora favorable
from Mount Airy to aurketa «Wn
they would maka ibipatnti they Have
.iefinitol} determined to atkt Mount
Airy their Junction with tka outside
werid.
For the past week Mr. L. T. Bran
don, of PuttaviHe, Pa., has baan in
tha city conferring with Mr. Donald
Campbell, general manager of tka
company, and who has charge of tka
operations hare Mr. Brandon ia sec
retary and main financier of the new
rusapany. He ia alao treasurer of the
Lyaonting Timber £ Lumber Co., op.
erating at Weldon and Garrysburg,
N. C., and Providence Forte, Va.
Tuesday these gentleman gave out
aa interview to a repreeentative of
IV News, and with some reluctance
revealed son of the plana and oper
ations their company contemplates
^Ilmdj'T craw of hands ia builA^
/k( a switching yard at the Junction,
and aa aoon aa croaa ties can be pur
c baaed thay will proceed to rebuild
tka road from Monat Airy to Kiblat
asking It wide or lUndard irauge.
Wipained t&t thai a arf
liberal plana oa tka right of way
wksra the road bed will have to be
sbanged in order to gat a satisfactory
ipli and ha la confidant tkat tka
psspls along tha route will land them
a aery cooperation and aaeiatance In
their efforts. It is tha purpose irf tha
nsspiiy to aae tka read principally
to haul tkeir logs to tke mill at the
J parti an. but tkay will alee put oa a
freight nrriw far tke luusenlsncis
sf tka ptaple who live along tka Una.
Ika wide gauge will make It poaaibie
to carry aklpmiwu of carload lots
to points alang tke line without trans
faring from tka A. A. Y. at Mount
Airy. Mr. Campbell says he haa in
structions from his chiefs that ia Us
work of i < building tke railroad to 4m
ee along Hnaa of permanency aa K
kt,..
could be imd for heavier traffic
should neca«io«i ever aria*, for than
ia a possibility of tta connecting with
iomc lint arrow tht mountain at Bonn
future data.
Tha company ia ncaiviiii railroad
Hquipmral and taw-mill machinery by
almost every freight. Tbay now have
on thair yarda 22 standard gauge flat
cara far hauling lap, as wall aa a
lot of the saw alii outfit- They will
uaa tha praaant mill aita and already
have tha boiiara in place. W. W
French of Michigan, constructing en
gineer, will have charge of tha aaw
mill at the Junction and ia now on tha
job and baa a crew of handa aaaist
ing him in erecting tha mill. Mr.
French ia an experienced man in hit
work, having erected mills in Brasil,
Philippine lalanda, Panama and other
points. Tha present building will be
remodeled and tha baain filled with
watar in which ts float tha lags. Tha
mill being installed is made by tha
A Ilia-Chalmers Co„ and has a normal
capacity of 40,000 feet par day.
Tha company already haa on its
yard a new type of locomotive for thia
aection, although it ia well known in
aactiona whore lumbar is handled on
a big scale. It ia known as a Shay
engine and is the boat type for moun
tain work aad will bawdli a lead aa
ttadsa aa steep aa 12 par cent. It
ia driven by three steam cylinders on
one side, all nanttsd with bath froat
and rear whs sis of the sag las aad
tsndsr by a flexible shaft making H
pooaflUa for tha SHghm to asgntisti
engine of tha sasae type has beea par
chaaad aad will soon arrive. Wat
Cook, ef llsmbert. Pa., is chief loco
motive sagiaaer, aad was seen ^ma
day busily engaged ia the work o<
getting his moagal ia condition tc
trv oat.
ex
that «v«ry p*rt of the work would W
in foil operation by the first of Um
yaw. This werk will afford employ,
ment to a large number of peop!<
rograeeee Um
will increaaa. Al
normal runnta# rate they expert U
employ from DO to WO men Jusi
how much money the company will
expend in preparing to begin opera
tions the officials have not careful!)
estimated bat «ing—til that th<
amount would exceed one hundre<
thousand dollars..
Mr. Campbell has his brother, Mr
John Campbell, of Clarksburg, W. Va
as his assistant in the work here
They bar* rented the newly erectec
residence on South Main street neai
the Friends parsonage and will mom
their. families hare in a few day*
Mr. Archie Hatten, of Staunton, Pa.
thaad bookkeeper and has char*
the office at the Junction.
Atlanta, Ga., Jane SO.—A petitioi
fy divorce filed by Asa O. Candler
Mr., Atlanta capita list, yesterday am
announced today, is returnable at th<
September tana of the Pulton 8uper
ior court. Mr. Candler into lega
separation *r- Mrs. Mary Little Ka
gan Candler whom ha wadded exact!)
one year aga today and from whoa
he has bean estranged stare Pebru
ary ». 1M4.
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Having Qualified as executor of th<
estate of N. M. Slauaoos, dee., law m
Surry County .^N^C.
said estate te present them to the un
dersigned within the time prescribe;
by law ar this notice will be plead ii
bar of their recovery. All person* In
d>hl«d to the estate will plea as maki
immediate aettlament. 7 16.
N
I H. O. WolU,
tlM war dapaitm—t haa sat op the
machinery to handle the work. W. G.
Sydnor, rtwlwn of tlM Surry rounty
Chapter of the U Croaa, mimmumtm
the receipt of oil namaary Manka to
aeeura tha bonua oa provided by the
act of Coa^raae.
Attorneys T. B. MrCargo, Jr., and
0. L. Kohloaa hava been appointed
to distribute thaaa blank* and to fur
niah necessary information. Tha
blank* may be obtainad by calling at
tbair office over tbr old Bank of
Mount Airy building.
All appUcattone for adjuatad com
panaation ("bona*") first go to tha
War or Navy Dvpartmanta to ba
■hocked againat tba eeishe recorda
and than to tha Vetaraaa Buraau for
daciaion aa to bonua insurance.
Aa no banaflta of tha Adjoatad Com
pensation Act arc obtainable until
March let., IMS, there ahould ba no
ruah to gat tba application* in at thi*
tima. This will avoid overcrowding,
aa thara are approximately 1000 man
in Surry County who are entitlad to
tha "bonus".
All men and woman who aervad in
tha Army, Navy, Marine Corps or
Cfaat Guard from April 5th, 1917,
"< November l>th, 1918, or for mors
than sixty days during that period,
are entitled to benefits under the act;
provided they do not fall within one
of tba excluded classes, such aa. Of
ficer* above the rank of Captain, thoae
guards. Students Army Training
Corps, Raeerve Officers Training
Corps where they ware aot detailed to
troopa. and other rlaaaaa specif!
j -ally named in tha act.
Win Tttch Mb m StetM
Stoteeville, June II.—Bible will be
tiufht in the Stotoeville hick school
ner* year, according to Superinten
dent 1 M. Gray, who ysotardey iada
faculty and course of atudy for Ik*
city schools The course in Bibla is
to ba elective and aumsahat cmmhI
rather than inteoaivs, aahrwigf two
1 yoars' work. The first yatr ia to ba
devoted to OU Tiitumt atody, giv
ing a historical background, and tha
sccond yoar to tha Goapth, Acta and
a part at the Epistlee. Tho Ameri
can Karl sad Bibla will ha used. In
tha aleasantory grades, it ia tha plan
to Baa Bible atorias aa supplementary
work ia place of certain other read
ing matter. The instruction, of coarse
will be non-sectarian. W. M. Boyce,
of Due West, a C. who was a meat
bar of the high acnool faculty hare
last year, will be la charge of the
Bible department during the coaling
year.
Superintendent Gray feels that tha
introduction of Bible study in the
public schools will solve, in a large
measure, the growing lack at knowl
edge of the Scriptures existing among
tho coming generation, whoae educa
tional adrantagee are limitod by tha
' course received In the public schools
In the education scheme of the child,
Mr. Gray ia of the opinio* that tha
book of all books—which tho lata
President Wilson and othar grant
educators kept by their beds Ida when
' alt other literature was discarded—
1 should not ha neglected.
________________
80,000 Chicks Arm Skipped
From Dmm
Dunn. Jane tl.—fifty thousand
baby chicks have bean shipped hp
parcel peat through the Dtuia pea
office during the paat M weeks. Tha
chicks ware Hatched at the Howard
chicken ranch, near Dunn, and wwi
; shipped to practically every stole hi
the south. Many ef them war* sent
to far away Texas. The giant incu
bator, with a capacity for bowing
' 1AJM sggs at aae time, wna pat In
"i to operation tha latter part of Jan
, nary IV Drat hatch wna nawiil
and shipped on rehraary U. and slates
that time approximately UN hahy
| chicks have been "tamed oat" each
week. Tha wans cleood this weak
ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC IN
SINGLE DAY
Anmf Avitlar fliw ft
Y«k to 9m ft
«•*
flight from NfW York to laa
rtm Im ImM at Qriaey
tUM at p. m. Ha arrival la Saa
at t:44 p. m.
while
a
field
Maaghaa
field at the northeast
taxied to the ranter of tka field where
he became the center of a surging,
shouting, wildly excited laaaa of spec
The way waa cleared, however, far
nawa photographer* to take pictures
of the plane and the daring filar.
Maughan's landing at ff:46 p. m..
made hi» time for the 2JM0 milea air
line deals from New York including
fhre re-fueling stops an roots, 31
hour*. 48 1-2 minutes, slightly under
his original estimate of the time the
flight would consume.
Apparently overcome with ewotion
and jubilant at th* victory he had
achieved. Lieutenant Maugan seem
ed unable to speak when his plane
caaM to a stop. His flaee bore a ser
He was lifted bodily from the cock
pit by his cheering c omrades of the
shoulders through the swirling crown
to a rear door of the army headquar
ters.
Feat GHrea Him a Place Aasaag
World's Greateat
Mitchel Field, N. Y„ June
Lieut. Ruaaell L Maughan's trans
continental flight giaaa him a place
in the foremost ranks of the world's
aviators.
The new* that Lieutenant Maughan
had croaaad the continent withoat
mishap within a apaa of a single day
was received with jubilation by the
aviator's fellow officers at the flying
field. They iauaed Lately gave kirn a
place beaide Lieuta. John Mac Ready
and Oakley Kelly, who oa May > aad
X IMS, eatabliahed a warlda' noti-stop
'tistance flying record flying from
Near York to Ban Dingo, 1JIM Miles,
in M hears, 80 minutes M 14 seconds
Maughan's flight today waa hia
third attempt to cross the continent
Hm| N*ffi h Dmtli of Girl'*
Florence, Arts.. June St.—William
B. Ward, negro, wu handed at dawn
today in State Prison here for the
murder of Tad Croak, Ariaona Uni
veraity student.
On Dae. 26, Groah waa ridtag in aa
automobile with Miaa Maxine Mc
Nelly. Ward stopped the ear, stepped
on the running hoard and shot Groah,
killing him Instantly. Ha than forced
Miaa McNelly to accompany him to
an abandoned mining tunnel, wfcara
ha attacked her and shot her twice,
leaving her for dead. She recovered
and was a witneas againat Ward.
After conviction. Ward triad tc*gala
I freedom hy attempting to kidnap awl
hold in his cell two women miaaion
; arias calling on him. One sustained
I severe in Juries, fallow convicts then
rushed to the reecue and war* pre
vented from killing Ward oaly hy B.
B. Simms. Superintendent. Ward waa
severely beaten hy the convicts.
Blame for hia criminal career wmi
'aid hy Ward to the whit* race, which
i he said, hwrmd la hi* wsmnry a
hatred for Caucasians when he wtt
i m«*»d the burning at the stake of six
negroes hi Paris, Tex., some yean
lag*.
will ha *hipy*d from this section a
fraction men tha* two psarhss for
each inhabitant of the United 8ta*a.
A SECOND PRIMARY
! TO BE HELD JULY 5th
LEI H« FROM JAFAN
a number of JtpiMM preachers, and
other native Christians. In April im
ht>W forty-flu# mall to gveata, and
ia May eighteen meals Aaoflf out
Uli have boon Dr. and Mn. 1 E
MeAJpine. Southern Presbyterian
mi—ionariea. Dr. McAlpiite came ti
Japan thirty-nine years ago. And
Mr*. McAlpine was born ia itpu
lto(ai«t wm born. Her father ami
mother. Dr. and Mm. James H. Bel.
lagh, rame to Japan hi IML, Dr. Bal
lagh waa a northern man and hii
bride I Wed In Virginia, and the Civil
war waa on; but Ion waa strongei
than sections li sm, and the Maaon aitt
Dixon Line did not deter Cupid. Dr
Ballagh had the signal honor of bap
using the first Protestant convert if
the Empire of Japan which waa so dm
years a'ter his arrival in Japan. Hi
retired from service in 1919, and diet
in Richmond, Virginia, the followtnt
year. It waa my privilege to hava
work on the same street and in tlx
same block aa Dr. Ballagh in tha
i-ity of Yokohama from 1899 to 1906
Dr. and Mrs. McAlpine have had
nine children, all living except then
! son Clisfey who died in North Caro
lina just aa he waa reaching manhood
| Davidson College in North Carolina
| preparing for the ministry. Th
in Agnes Scott' College. The othei
six girl* are married. Two are wivei
lee in Japan. The other two atrrM
brothers, sons of Dr. John W. Moore,
• native North Carolinian aad mis
sionary hi Japan. One of the broth'
era to a preacher in Virginia and tlx
other is Profoaaor Moore, Supcrrinten
dent of the Winston-Salem system o!
graded schools. I once saw a rat it
a magazine with Dr. Ballagh. Mrs
McAtpfcw. Mrs. McAlpfae's daughter
and the darter's child, represent
ing four generations in Japan.
Oar son Grady went to Kobe lasi
fall to study music under a Spaniel
pianist. Professor ViUaverde. How
ever, he wanted to pursue his othei
■todies; Bo after the Christmas boli
days he entered the high school de
partment of the Canadian Academy
Kobe, continuing his music under thi
same Instructor. While he is doini
weM in books, he takes conaiderabk
interest in athletic a ports. Havinj
made the baseball team, he had ai
interesting trip to Tokyo, the nation
al capital, tfis ana which was fcrok
en m Mount Airy four years ag<
healed so perfectly that it has nevei
given him any trouble since It heal
ed, thanks to the skill and patience a
the physician* at Martin hospital I
is interesting that Grady's scoutmas
|ter and Sunday school teacher, Mr
| Clarence Griffin, was an active Chris
tian worker in Yokohaau when 1 went
.there nearly a quarter of a centurj
'ago. Mr. Griffin was crushed in tlx
great earthquake in Yokohama la*
I year, and was thought to ha dead
But hie body wae taken out and ear
ried to the park by rikisha mm wtx
loved him for what he had
them in
to he
protection when waiting for
era. After some hours he
and is living to hiees humanity wkt
his life aad activity.
Uwajima, Chime Ken, Japan. June I
,M4' tl
L C
1W
*1.—L. C Jen.
chief of police of Thorn
as villa. Friday went to Rnieigh to be
gin serving Ms sentence of H to M
yoMPi hi Um itiit#
far the (laying ml Mrs. Elisabeth D
Jones, Of Appalacfcla, Vs.. with whom
he had heea Hviag
Ml
tinned ability and character of
mitt, neither "the intomu of the par
ly or the utile" require him to tacUa
Mr. Roes does not deprecate the
ond primary necessary for only oaa
race, that of commissioner of taher
and printing. In thia net Prank
Orist, (Haragardiiur 'he advice of par
ty leader*, has insisted upon • sea
*nd chance against M. L. Shipman.
incumbent, who lad him by mora then
12,000 votes hi the first race.
Party leaders have made a desper
ate effort to prevent a second pri
mary between Grist and Shipman.
The run off will occur Saturday July
5.
Mr. Gri»t is entirely within hia
party rirhta and U encooragad bjr
many prominent Democrats, particu
larly those who wi»h Mr.
The board of elections haa not flg
urad up ths aaat af the late
bat the second would add i
ton of about tSt.000 to that
trrdty. And tha coat off this raaa
bat one of tha
Incidentally tha
fight wiD (it* tha oppaaltioa to tha
■tats primary a tnmindime haft aad
that is being uaad for all that it to
Pint
In tha Medical school tha aM ptw
f-ssor was lecturing hto riasa am tha
importanea at accuracy. "Bat it i«1
always wall to try to praatribs too
litoraDy your own habits ar rulaa af
ordar for others." ha i
attempt oac
"I was in a frontier
munity and ran a
' along with my madical 1
' sociato kept a stock of dry foods sa
tha side of tha room oppaalto toy
.drags. One day 1 had bean oat far
a lone, cold drive and came in wall
used up. A woman waa waiting far
me to fill a preacripUoa.
"I always kept my bottlea in reg
ular order and wall labeled; as a third
precaution I learned the smell of all
tha common drags and aimed to small
the staff before filling a pi ii i iptha
This time I was cold aad darsled, aad
1 had filled and delivered tha or**
witheat taking the aeaal |iin1l«i
It waa art aatil I was ahaat to pteaa
the aappty battle aa the shstf that I
pat It to my nsee. I waa Hiimii
with fright The bottle had no oder
—tt contained the
mate! I had given 1
kill a score at meal
give m* that paefcagal" I
to shoot. The
iaat gaad saoaghl"
"I almost fainted with relief a
II hack from tha door. 11
11
than I
stock in orderly fashion Ha
that. If two
aad ha had
ad
«f
for
do
him