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OCTOWE
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Co-opt to Open 46 Ware
houses Tuesday, October 6
n floors at WU
qttoted M $14.74
i i as tie tram the Mart. lav. I. (Mm*
Davis, niter of ths first Baptist
Church of Mont Airy had been in
vited to Hki char re of Dm devotional
esercisos and to talk to tiM t—then
on the proper use of th« Bible hi tho
public scbooia. Ha aJ» toad the taach
i on to road a portion of the Stricture
every day and to try ta supplement
the vary mapr nliiiaw training
that tha children ara getting through
the chinch and Sonday School.
was present and praaantad to tho
teacher, aome handsome hoalth pea
tan with suggestions for their use
stimulating proper hsnltk habit*
among tho children. Mr*, flhetam
Ktatod that *he expected to visit tha
ichools as rapidly as possibls and to
chock up tiM physical examination of
the children in ordor to onaMa tho
Health Department to bettor aerre
their in tarcat*
W. J. Byriy. president of tha Bank
of Mount Airy, was present and spoke
Ito the .teachers,' strongly advising
♦hem to emphasise tho fundamental!:
"aadmg. writing, arithmetic and
gnnmar. In order to ethnulate
Ursa tor effort in these branches ha
offered prizes of a two-dollar and a
half gold piece to the atndent mak
ing the best record in the above fear
subjects in each of tiM dm teacher,
two-teacher, and three-teacher I
Tobacco Mart* Will
ktoUr let
According to an announcement by
H. D. Hutaon, of tlx Winston-Salem
Tobacco association, the local mar
bets will open for tha smsmi ob Oc
tober 1, and buyers representing every
tobacco f'ria In this section are ex
pected to be on hand.
During the summer many improve
menti have been made at the local
warehouees which will facilitate tha
handling of foods for both producers
and boy em and merchants of tha city
have completed all preparations far
tha opening of tha aaaaon.
State Ti
Raleigh, Sept. 18.—A treasury bal
ance of 129,442.44 in tha general fond
a* tha and of tha aecond month of tha
flaeai year under tha McLaan admin
istration and a total state dabt of
til8,641,631 was indicated in a state
ment from the office of the auditor
issued hare this afternoon
In the special fmda there waa
shown a cash balance of M,416,31S.M.
This includes the highway and special
school funds. When from this is de
ducted warrant* now outstanding tha
treasury balance for September, in
ctoding all funds, is 96JM.Ml.0t
Tha statement waa released by Gov
ernor McLean without comment. 1
The Mow family in North Carolina
will hold their annual reunion at
Tabernacle Church, near Tobacco villa
to Forayth county, an the aecond Sun
fey of October. IMS.
There wHI he an all day program
which ought to interest any aoinnnnn
which ougtjt to ha of intaraat to any
am connected with the Moear family,
^tfcere will ha a number of i
— —- r-i
M an the grounds.
The axarrise will hagia at 10 A. M.
| of the Moear family
1 by Mood or i
High Pobrt, H C.
' I " I*
The nn Welfare Officer. I. T. Ann
field, of Lawjap, waa prtamrt and
•tronfty arpd |W t—cheri to co
operate with Mm in the enforcement
of the attendance law.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wolf* were re
flected president and secretary of the
Sorry county unit of the N. C. Teach
er*' Association. Eighty taaclwri
joined the association paying the
membership fee of two dallar*.
€?**•*♦ ITnirlsn ■> jM t mI ■ |
oupi. ncnuren aisiriDUiCu »uppiuni
to *11 the teacher* and rtronfly Bre
ad than to do their heat for the
school* this winter adriainf the* to
take aa their alogan: "111 do th* best
I can with th* equipment at ■
flJOO Diamond Miaa«d Girt
X-RaytduTUrfud
Chicago. Sept. f.—Jean Pat if,'
young and HrtViri! in appearauK-.
umallowc a diam< nJ one*. Sh - wat
in 1. C. Newman* shop yeeteriliy
.vhen a *1.(100 rton* vanished v>d
or-equerlty mas fixated.
"I know you," mrf Serjrt. Schutx.
"Yuu were arrested '.tree months a*r>
f'i saaUbWtnc t nn*. and they made
vou cough K up in 'he County Ho»
l»ital."
"1 haven't awallo.»i d any ring th »
time," Jv.ui darlared. The Sergeant
lookid dubious and n marked:
"Well Ira* over to th* hospital an«.
invea4 irate this affair, anyway."
Soon J*aa waa in front of th* Mm-,
glowing lamp of an X-ray and behind
her waa a *cr**n. Experts *y*d th*
tracing of h*r interior on th* *cr**n,
hot they saw no diaaaond
"I told you aa," snapped Jean "1
am opt dining on
Dr.
I* State Padfc
At a meeting of th* North Carv
lina Pedie Association in
recently Dr. A. P. Dulong, of
and Dr.
of th* as
In A«n»l of the
from the British
ed th*
setting tor (flrt. She
»urriv«H tUi espei iciM.
Portugal and hi October hurt off the
of Africa, near Um Canary la
If tha Governor Parr haa continued
to reaaafci afloat, Ms «
with oceanic conditions believe
would likely ha carried by tha
raat trade wind* and tha aorth
torial tun ant acroea the tropical
North Atiaatic and prohaMy will ha
next lightad naar tha laaaar Antillaa.
England and tha Unitod Stataa
jointly patrol tha Narth Atlantic
Ocean for derelicts, bat naval nan
point out that theae are hard to sight.
Often derelict* are miataken far par
poiaaa nod aoaaa of the foraahaa craft
torn turtle, their halls being covered
with bnraacle» and aeawead, |hhf
them the color of tha aaa.
General aae of radio haa revoba
ation concerning dareHcta. Urgent
notice of menacing derelicta forward*
ed to the hydrographic office by tha
captain of a vaaeel la almost
lately broaden at thru the
ing atation at AnnapoHa.]
Mo** MidnMti in
Ashe vl lie, Sept. 26.—Eleven more
alleged participanU in the mat) that
stormed the Buncombe county Jail
la*t Saturday night. In an effort to
new* Ahrfo Hansel. 17, negro,
charged arlth criminal aaaault on a
white woman, ware Indicted by the
fraud Jury bare this afternoon.
• Thia mahea n total number of 41
pcraona to be indicted since the pud
jury began its investigation of the af
fair Monday. The namea of thoae in
dicted will be withheld until an eats
of nhalhai officers
of the law had dene tteir duty In tak
ing itepa to repress the n« la dlaa
additional
called baforv the inquisitorial body
in an effort to determine
leaders <f the mob have I
and if police and county
derelict In their daty.
1. P. Swain, solicitor, said
A nek of old
*«rM onr by hand and gave
many gold ptorn.
Iitftiwint prevailed when m
on* found an old pocketbook
m( tlfiOO la bills—bat this proved
to bo worthies* Confederate money.
More (old was found In the ere vie ee
of an old four-poster bod on which
"Aunt Ana" died.
In an old pooch two sacient gold
bracelet*, beautifully carved aad un
doubtedly th- height of fashion in
colonial days, wore found.
The search for gold is being mad*
under the dint I too of a court with
the provision that all of "Aunt Ann's"
relatives Moat share equally in what
ever wealth is found.
Immediately after hor father'*
death ia ISM, "Aunt Ann," then 61,
refused to let any of her relative*
coaw ob the farm.
Hor father's threshing machine lies
today where he loft it more than Sb
"Aunt Ann" am sold a copper ket
tle to a revenue agent for KM. He
gave Imt a bogus check aad after that
*be refined to allow anything to be
raaMvad from the farm.
If the Hawkins' had invested their
Mtaad of hoarding it thore
be a small fortune for all the
relatives. For $70,000 at 4 per
IM40OO In 40 years; at • per coat the
fortune would have baea 97MJMQ.
But "Aunt Ann" shunned every
thing modern like compound i
GRIFFIN BEGINS PRISON
MMSNCt ■
for SO Y«
Allagwd Mutilation oi Y«
Griffin, convicted loader of the Mar
tin county mob that mutilated ya
ittod to the itato prison today
to begin his ».yoar sentence at
•. after loeing his
Griffla arrived rJ-1~t-g at a
sent to the
__ Be .
by Sheriff Roberteon, of
ty. who last May delivered to Ike pris
on six of Griffla'« alleged companions
of the night when the wb took
from the Martla jail aad
'
Griffin waa also coaurittod to
prison laat May. hut he later ]
rd of mm Nhf for,
waa MX Twn oU he
who i
wick a
• 23 rifle that ha
CratU playfully,
Tm fntn* ta ahoot yea." Ta the
horror of tho U the fna fired The
Um coluTbUn. and caaa oot
high hi tha back. PanUyi
naek downward fallowed
mediately.
The injured boy «u taken ta Cfcar
lotte and X-ray pfctarea made there
showed tha ipiMl cord had been cut
ia two. It waa laid ta have haan poa
»ihle that a little of the tiaam of the :
day the boy m mw able to
but rested much of til* tint* in • »M
chair, in which he frequently wni I
rolled up the afreet. A couple of
finger* in each hand were no
pieteiy paralysed, although
hand* ae a whole were badly drawn
and he got eo he could mm a large
fountain pan, pnahinf it with both,
flli tad MM M estab
with shut-In
cripples throughout the coon try and
ha received letter* from May state*
The Mtusual accident that ieptivad
him of the aae of almost hi*
body won him the sympathy of I
in thU community and he waa »hower )
cd with gifts of all kind*. Anoof
then* waa a radio set that brought
much joy into hi* life. Through all
this affliction there was no bodily
pain for the spinal cord that bears the
messages of disturbance from all
part* of the body to the brain, which
registers back it* protest in the ferm
called pain, was oat of commission
He waa coaacious of some of the bod
ily functions, however, hot unera
se ions and unable to control other*.
Waahington, Sept. Jt—F
General New
rush of people to Florida had
ed the poet offlee there.
edent in the history of the FM Of
fice Department," Mid ha. "Peat of.'
fices organised to aerr* populations
of 10,006 have been called upon to
serve More than lM^W and it ia a,
manifest impossibility."
Mr. New ssssrted the triMandous
influx for the winter has overtaxed
all Florida officea and Made it aecee
aary "to eetabliah a branch of the
Post Office Pope run sat at lliaasi to
aid in maintsmiag the postal serr
toe."
" People from Norlhua Stat
flocked to Florida, vary few
Made provision for
sHrsssss, Letters are
in Florida towns addn
delivery. Am a reoah char* are
M ^ki *or l«a*at Many of