MOUNT ABT. NORTH CAROLINA.
APRIL ttth. IMC.
• 1.9t
TSAR 01 ADVANCR
Surry County Democrat*
Hold Convention at Dobwm
a E. SNOW FILES FOR STATE SENATE
of Surry Cp—»
told tUr convention tm Dobeon ImI
of en
D. Folgor m Ha chairman and ptedg
«d him tMr as Had —ypoti durfafl
the coming aiontlM which will pre
cede the fall election. On «my hand
- expression was given to Um fact that
bafor* hi tha kMory of the
has there han such universal
■at i (fact I on ertr the management of
tha county's affair* aa under tha lead
are hip of the preaent Incumbent*. A
atrict policy of economy in the expen
diture of county fundi hat been ad
hered to by all the ofilcials and thia
ha* rightfully merited tha approval
and commendation of every fair
minded taxpayer in the county.
The Comity Commieeionera, under
the chairmanship of W. 1. Byarty.
president of the Bank of Mount Airy,
have with relentiaaa determination
brought to a settlement two ex-coun
ty treaaurera who were abort in their
account* a total of more than forty
thouaand dollars. And were It not
for the stern and uncompromising
atand taken by the Commiasiooers
much of thia money no doubt would
never have been recovered by the
county. Two years ago when Mr.
Byerly consented to serve as Commls
aiener for a second term he made tha
anaouncetaent that "if the people of
the county want me as one of Ha com
missioned I a hall uae my beat efforts
in making the ex-officials settle for
every cent they are due the county—
the money belongs to the people of the
county and those who are abort shall
not rest antil they make full settle
ment." And so H has been. And the
tax payers are grateful for the ser
vice of the Cpremisstuaen la seeing
that none of the eounty'a money was
diverted from its proper uae and in
tent.
Following the flection of Ifr. Pol
ger a* Chairman the appointment of
delegate* to the rations convention*
was taken up. There was no squab
ble or fight between any faction* for
the selection of favorite one* hot the
convention heartily voted that every
democrat in the county who should
attend any of the conventions of the
state should be permitted to no as a
full delegate with power to vote. The
sta^e convention is meeting in Raleigh
thi* week and numbers of democrat*
*i<n>ified their intention of going.
An executive committee for every
township waa nominated and elected.
This committee in the whole la prac
tically the same aa two years ago
with the exception of a few vacancies
made by reason of death or other
causes. The County Executive Com
mittee by townships la aa follows:
Bryan—W. L. Hayaea, Morgan
Cockerham, Robert Wilmotk. John
Fie Ida, A«ty Normaa.
Dobeoa—E. W. Holt. P. B. Welti.
B P. Folger, N. I. Mario*. J. B.
Eldora—Jasper Key. C. T. J ease.
S. J. Jones, Sam Sfcackleferd.
Elkin—R. M. Chatham. H. H. Bar
ker. I. A. Eldridge, J. 8. Atkinson. J.
F. Hendren.
Fraaklia—Porter Lowe. John Barn
ey. T. S. Woodruff. C L. Mathla.
Charlie Atklna.
tang Hill—D. B. Need ham. P. A.
Askbarn. Silas Stone, G. J. Key.
Msrsh—W. H. Chsndler, Joe Lane.
Mrs. Alice Martin, J. R. Barker, Avery
Jenkins.
Meant Airy—C. P. Melton. J. B
Haynes, E. C. Bivena, W. L Monday,
W. W. Carter.
. Pilot—O. E. Snow. Frank Swan
aan. Bex Smith, 0. T. Fowler. Mrs. R.
E. L. Flippin.
Racfcferd—J. G. Weed. Miliary Cos.
J. 6. Key. w. J. Eraaa, Mrs. C. A.
Uatb—P. C. fcmt, Charlie Key,
MNr Haaarr, ft. 8. Sratt. ft ft Tm
■W— Mrs, ft T. Fllppln. Mrm. ft
ft Bmwm. Hark Atktaaaa. L. A.
SUwarte Craafc—Will UtIII. C L.
Baaiaar, Nawt Boylaa. Saa Caak. J.
W. Jataaa*.
WaatflaM—Dr. Taai SaiHk. Raid
Witkln the next faw day* Chairman
FaJ«w axpacta ta cat tba rarknu
lay plan* for Um laglatration of all
kept open tor the iiM primary. In
ante to select candidates for tho state
mm to and aloo tho U. B. Mnato a
local primary wiU bo hold tn tho
county tho first Saturday in Juno.
Tho ragiatnifca hooka will ho open
four weeks prior to tho holding of tho
primary and It la tho puipuoo of tho
executive committee to gat every un
registered democrat oa the hooka at
this time and not wait until the ruah
that usually atUoda the faH elaedaa.
The time for the filing of candi
dates for the state senate dosed laat
Friday night with O. E. Snow filing
as the Democratic candidate and S.
O. Magulre of Elkln for the Repub
lican*. Attorney W. W. Carter rep
resented this district la the state sen
ate two years ago, winning over his
Republican opponent in both Surry
and Stokes Counties by a substantial
majority, but he declined to accept
the nomination for a second term and
friends of Mr. 8now prevailed upon
him to file his name for the office.
Mr. Maguire has repreeented Surry
in the legislature in previous years
and in the coming months can ha
counted qpon making an aggreesive
carrpaign for his party. The candi
dates for the lower house do not have
to enter the state primary but wiU be
■elected by the county convent! na. It
is reported that H. H. Barker, rep
resentative two years ago, will not
accept the nomination a second time,
and friends are suggesting the names
of A. O. Click or R. M. Chatham, both
of Elkln. Either of these gentleman
would make the county an able rep
resentative, being smong the beat
business men in the state. There Is
much talk heard among the farmers
about runnine W. E. Woodruff, of
Lowgap. And thii talk U not only
confined to the farmers but he has
many friend* around Dobeoo and
Mount Airy who are anxious to see
him set the nomination on the Demo
cratic ticket. Mr. Woodruff hi one
of the bent scholars of the country
holding high decrees from Wake For
est College and Chicago University,
nnd would be amply able to take care
of Surry's interest in the legislature
alone all lines.
Among other county offices it is
a settled conclusion that the present
incumbents will he renominated by
the Democrats. Sheriff Haynaa,
Prank Lewellyn and Willis Lawrence
hare all made most efficient officer*
and they warrant the approval of
both the nomination in the Democratic
convention and the election at the
poll* for the honest efforts they have
made in riving the county such satie
factory and prompt service in their
re«pective office*.
The Republicans are making a des
perate effort to effect a strong or
ganisation that will enable them to
wrent the county from the Democratic
candidate*, but from all report* they
are meeting with little encouragement
'•n account of the universal satisfac
tion that ha* been rendered by the
candidate* that have been put in of
fice by the Democrat* with the aid of
many Republican* who had grown
tired of ring politic* and wanted to
see their county run on a husineas
basis.
i Spend Million and Half in Ad
vertising State
GrwmlKira, April 24.—The exe
cutive committee of "North Caro
linian*. Inc.," which waa chartered
thin week to advertiae the resources
of the state to the world, met here to
day and decided that 11,500,000 .hall
be «pmt in "telUnf the world." De
tail! in the ahapa of aetaction of a
mattering agency to direst the expen
diture of the fend will W made la the
near future.
The executive committee la eoaapoe
ed of Fred N. Tate. High Point;
Homer Jnle, Greensboro; C. O. Kaea
ter. Charlotte; W. P. Budd, Durham,
and Oeorge Monteaetla, Lexington.
Backing Nn.th Curollnlaaa. Inc..
are a number of men in the atate who
want Ha reoouuea developed la aa
agricultural, industrial and eeaimer
clal way. A boot M representative
men avall*^ themselves of the oppor
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ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE
NAMED
The Caunty Board of Election. held
• M«th| kit Saturday at Patau
ui 0MI»leU« «n the IfMMfWMMte
n.nnssry Cm holding the state pri
martee the lint Saturday I* Jm At
that time Um Bipakllnai and Demi
crate wffl eeleet their candidates far
Um State SciieU, Solicitors,
8. Senate. In thia county tha Repub
I lean* will turn only ona candidata
for tha reepective offlcaa and conae
qoently will not ha expected to caat
very my votee. And tha Democrats
alao bare only ona candidata hi tha
flald with tha exception of tha U. 8.
Sonata. For that office Bobt. R. Bey
nolda la oppoeing Sanator Laa 8.
Overman aa tha Democratic candi
date and the Democrata will ha call
ed upon to aelect their choice.
The registration hooka will open on
Saturday May lat and remain open
•very day except Sunday until Satur
day, May 22nd. At the meeting of
tke board laat Saturday tha Judges
and Registrars for tha pracincta were
named. The board of elactiona ia now
compoaed of B. A. Freeman, chair
man, T. N. Woodruff and J. F. Carter.
Mr. Woodruff aucreeda J. D. Thomp
son, who reaigned whan he. waa elect
ed on the county school board and J.
F. Carter, of Elkin, suceeada T. W.
Davie of thia city.
The following ia the liat of Begia
trara and Judgea, tha flrat named per
son in each precinct being the Begis
trar:
Bryan—J. R Norman. C. W. Wil
liama, J. F. Fie Ida.
Dobeon—F. F. Il(p J. A. White.
C. L. Jarvia.
Eldora—S. J. Jonea. W. L. Chilton.
S. 0. Harbour.
Elkin, French Graham, Walter Col
lint, W. 0. Church.
Franklin, a N. Leftwich, W. A.
Gentry. C. E. Bart lay.
Lonir HOWD. B. Need ham. Joe H.
Samuel*, 8. M. Stone.
Marah—W. H. Chandler, W. L. Al
berty, Alex M ounce.
Mt. Airy, Precinct 1—P. 8. Roth
rock, W. O. Clement. E. L. Patteraon.
Mt. Airy, Precinct 2—Thomaa B.
Aahby, Banner Sim peon, J. W. Bad
Kett.
Mt. Airy, Precinct 8—B. Y. Gravea,
J. M. Hiatt. G. C. Hauaer.
Mt. Airy, Precinct 4—J. Frank Mar
tin J. A. Sparger, A. M. Beamer.
Mt. Airy. Precinct 5—R. ft. Aahby,
D. C. Bowman. C. F. Melton.
Qilot—R. E. Smith, L M. Gordon, F.
M. I>odaon.
Rockford—J. G. Key, E. C. Flynn,
A. W. Shinault.
Shoal■—P. G. Scott. T. M. Chilton.
8. W. Scott.
Siloam—A. L. Stewart, W. T. Criae
man R. W. Fulk.
Stewart* Creek—J. Everett HUl.
Arthur Booker, R. L. Snow.
Weatfield—Beid 8nody, J. M. Chil
ton, T. J. Smith.
Johnson Htjrai Nomina tod For
U. S. Swato
Greensboro, April It.—Johnson J.
Hayes, of Wilkes county, was nomi
nated for th« United States senate at
a meeting here this afternoon of the
state Republican executive committee.
He accepted the nomination in a rous
ing speech, and declared it is not a
forlorn hope, hut one to be fought
for vigorously.
The committee also selected eleven
candidates for superior court judge*
<nd sixteen candidates of the party
'or solicitorship. All the nominations
were for places where there are va
cancies on the Republican ticket. In
some of the judicial districts, district
-onventions have already heen held
and nominees placed. The commit
tee did not nominate for those dia
tricta. The nomination of Hayes was
to fill the place on the ticket declined
by Charlee A. Cannon, of Concord and
Kannapelia, who waa nominated at
the state convention in Durham on
April S.
John eon Hayee came oat of the
meeting aa the strong man of the
party, young hut powerfal, regarded
as the standard bearer.
J. J. Britt, of Aatoville, who was
placed on the ticket at the Durham
convention for supreme court Justice
of North Carolina, suggested that he
he replaced by another man a* to
could make a vogoroua campaign for
the whole Republican ticket, but to
waa ahk to to convinced that It is
beet far him to stay oa the ticket and
make the race, ee aa to sni mas|s all
WW AUTO LICENSE TAGS
HAVE AMOVED
depertasent of ni'Wi. at lslilgk
ami will be ready far mailing «a* by
J una L
Tha M Imm plate* win be
rtaaatftad this |wr for tlM first Um,
that la a tatter will fallow Um lleeaaa
car carries a MO. ISO, «M. or «1U0
Tha *-n plates art moch small
ar than tha onaa thta yaar and bar*
wMU figures on a black background.
Thraa imall flfnrei en tha left hand
margin glwa tha month, tha data, and
tha roar. The license number is hi
tha middle, and on tha right hand fkta
ia tha latter showing the claaa of tha
car, and Just above tha letter the N.
C. aign.
The flrat 80 numbers will be given
to the State officials, the governor's
car aa usual will bear license plate
number 1. According to the taw, tha
governor of this State la required to
pay fl for his license, and all other
officials must pay the regular pike.
A total of nt35S cars have been
registered to April 1. This Is an ta
creaae of 43,647 in the past 10 months,
tha total June SO. 1»26, being SSO,
200. The license plates have been
blocked out so that they win run
from 1 to 420.000.
The lower numbers will be marked
with an "A" signifying the ear is om
of the more expensive makes, such as
a Lafayette, Pierce Arrow. Locooo
bile, Lincoln or Packard twin six. In
the "B" claas falls the Cadillac, the
Mann on, and Packard straight eight.
"C" class will include the Buick, Hud.
eon, some types of Stodebakers,
Dodge, Dnrant, Jordan, King and the
like. There will be no class "D" as
this signifies "dealer'* on a license
plate. In the ***" claas will he the
Ford, Chevrolet, Overland, Oldsmo
bile, and lower priced ears.
The new license plates are S by IS
inches, while the license plates for
1925-26 are 6 by 16 inches.
News of Westfield and
Vicinity
Westfield. April 26.—Rome weeks
since one of the moat remarkable
revivals of religion that has ever oc-1
cuired in this section was conducted
by a Billy Sunday club from Winston
Salem at Pilot Mountain and as a ra
suit of that meeting about twenty of
the new converts came to Westfield
Sunday and held a meeting in the
Quaker Church here. Walter Mat
thews seems to he the captain, there
were many interesting experiences by
some of the most prominent men end
boys of Pilot, among the number Dr.
Bo* Flippin, Joseph Pell, Mr. Bell the
Southern agent and many other.
There was a large crowd and every
body sssmsd to be moved, certainly
ws are undergoing a transition in re
ligion. The laymen seem to be more
SMaaaaful than the ministers. I dont
know the exact result but was very
evident that many were moved to
tears.
We have had frost and ice but no
damage, fine prospect for fruit.
The wheat is promising and farm
m are cheerful.
The county is full of chickens and
it costs Si.00 to get two lbs.
Tobacco plants are doing well and
the usual crop will probably he plant
ed.
Mr. Creed Owen*. ■ prominent far
mer of this section spent several
hours \ere on (witness Saturday.
Mr. am) Mrs. 8. P. Christian speni
PrfcUy in Greensboro.
Rev. Robt. George is quite in but
slightly improved today.
Mrs. R. T. Joyce and Mrs. J. D.
Smith, of Moant Airy left here Sun
day for Greensboro to spend a few
days there with their sisters and twe
L|U|A Wj| MM
nniincrB.
Lots of corn and potatoes planted
farmen are taking notice.
Oar school wU he wt next Week.
Little Joaephtes Cook la right sick
hot la improving. .
Dr. Tom Smith is about two dan
behind on calls, don't know what
WestfMd would de withes* Mm.
Mrs. Ison Cook of King l» visiting
her brother John H. Love.
Wheat is the largest grain crop hi
the world, earn Is second, and (lee
third. The U«Hed States produces
M per «Mt of the wheat erep. It par
cent of the com. and law than 1 yar
east of the ftea.
Mm
J*, J I ■ III
Grand Jury's Report to Surry
HI County April Term Court
RKommradttM
TheCeoty Jafl
L TIm Grand Jury ia • batty visit,
ed both tlw Comfy Jail aad the Cm
ty Home. Um Ml w food kkkii
cleanly, Military condition, notwttk
■Unding its ruhtf ffnwdtd eondl*
ttoa. Nom of Um prixatri w* talk
ed to Made any romplsmt either M
to their treatment or food. TIm jailer
»< «■« to hare Um reaped of the prta
not to hare lost a prisoner by Jafl
breaking and escape during his ta
The Ceaaty
2. At the County Ham we found
the building* somewhat overcrowded,
but the inmates, the cloth** of the in
mates. the bedding and everything in
fact about the place was clean and In
aa unitary a condition a* could ba
reasonably expected at an institution
of thia kind. There are about SO un
fortunates in thia home, all of them
defect free or vary old people. Wa
found aooie of the younger and
stronger man plowing or otherwise
working no the place while the young
er and stronger women were doing
the family wash. Prom the looks of
the garden stuff and the strawberry
patch we believe Superintendent Mar
ion's force of unfortunates ara pretty
good farmers. At least the condition
of the fWlds and cropa compare favor
ably with thoaa of the bast of farms
over the county. Superintendent
Marion aa well as the County CAtn
missioners are to be congratulated
for the provisions they have mada at
the County Home for the necessary
comforts of our unfortunate folks.
•V The attention of the Grand Jury
was early in the session called to the
destructive fires that devastated large
arels In the western part of the coun
ty the first part of April. An inquiry
was made. It was ascertained that
the county has had three serious for
est fires this spring, one east of
Meunt Airy, and two in the section
between Mitchell's River and Fish
River. One of these latter fires ori
ginated just over the line in Alleghany
County, having caught oat from where
a farmer was burning brush. Wheth
er this farmer had taken the precau
tion required by law and given the
adjoining land owners five days notice
of his intention to put out fire, we
were unable to aacsrtain.
These two fires burned over some
15,000 acres of forest land and the
damage done runs into a high figure.
Mr. W. F. Thompson, County Game
Warden and one of the Grand Jurors,
told the Jury that he tried to get a
sufficient force Easter Sunday morn
ing to surround and stop one of these
fires. He says that there were suf
ficient men available to have done ao,
but the young men refused to help, aa,
it was Sunday and they had social en
gagements for the day. If there had
been on the Job an authorised Fire:
Warden to have taken command and
pressed those young men into service
several thousands of dollars worth of
property could have been saved.
The Grand Jury in the face of the
serious situation that fsces Sorry
County every year recommends to the
County Commissioners that they co
operate with the State Forestry De
partment in employing a Fire War
den for Sorry County for at least
three months in the year, for March
April and May. And leat any tax
payer should feel that we can not af
ford the expense, we assert that a
fire warden would save the individual
taxpayer* of the county many
more than his salary. This la
it weeks eat In
will
•hould be and will he
upon either the assessed valuation of
the reat of the pioyeitj Hw eewn
ty will have to he rates < or the rate
of tax levy will have to he
If a
It wfll
for Ik
to
be ejui to a
to ha a r>ad
ft
. •ft
four Sorry beya could be
Ikt iMUtatiM at the time, owhic U
the uuafrj rendition of the achooL
It la Ma opinion that at the praaaat
time there are mre than a hundred
begn In Surry county that won id ac
tually he benefitted if they coold be
gotten into the aehool and atatad poai
tirely that if the room was available
for 2S or SO boya that he rmM heap
that aaanjr of Surry'a delinquent boya
there constantly.
Officer Armstrong says that thers
Km* broken out in the county among
the hoys a veritable epidemic sf
stealing and suggests that If this con
dition is permitted to continue (or a
few years our eoanty will reap the
whirlwind in the form of lawlessness
and general lswbreaking. He says
many of the county's delinquent boys
when threatened wM^ being sent to
the training school inform him with
a smile that there is no room tor thorn
there.
The Grand Jury understands that
the county Commissioners hare talma
up the matter of the advisability ot
sharing with some other county the
expense of erecting a cottage at the
Jackson Training School to provide ac
commodations for n delinquent boys,
the two counties to divide the ixpoass,
which we understand will ho $22,000
for the building. That arrangesaeat
Will permit each of the counties to
have 16 pupils at the school at aB
times. The state takes care of aO
future expense of maintaining, dia
ciplhiing and educating the hoys. Wo 1
believe that county money spent for
this purpose will be worth more to
Surry county in years to come than
possibly any expenditure we could
make. If we do not prevent these
boys from developing into hardened
criminals, we will in the next decade
spend many times f11,000.00 in our
effort to restrain and punish then.
The Grand Jury,* therefore, urge
upon our county Commissioners and
all good people in the county to leave
no stone unturned to the end that Sur
ry county shall have at the Jacksoa
Training School a cottage to take ear*
of our delinquent boys.
The members of the Grand Jury
visited the several offices in the
court house and found them amply
provided with the necessary furnish
ings and equipment- As to the court
house we have no recommendations
to make.
Respectfully submitted.
W. E. Woodruff,
Foreman Grand Jury.
April 22nd. 1S2S.
Farmers of Lm County Skip
Ha ma to Ckie«|o
Sanford. April II.—The farmer*
of Lee county have the distinction at
curing and xhippins ham* to Chicara,
the greatest meat market to the
world. For the third rarmtivt yrmt
a representative of a Chicago Arm
ha* been in the CarhoBton mtin
buying ham* and shipping them to
that citjr.
North Carol tea has lose haea
known to the large markets far the
high quality of its frotts, harries and
Haa prefect has km added to tkr