J1,500,000 CONTRACT AWARDED
MOUNT AIRY QUARRIES
Papers Signed Last Friday Giving
North Carolina Granite Corp.
Largest Order in its History
THREE YEARS OF WORK
CaMfwy I* At Once Enlarge Plant—Two Bif Shads la
Ba Built and Powar Plant Mara Than Danhhdi Cam
in| of Soathorn Power Prorod An Important Factor,
A* Thojr WUI Furnish 1,200 Horse Power.
LOCAL LABOR TO BE
USED EXCLUSIVELY
aiona had to go orer tho* contract*
and plana am) also approve them be
fore they could bMon< valid, i "fkr
final binding contract waa ii|«d in
Washington City laat Friday after
noon at fhr* o'clock by J|p J. D. Sar
(rnt, president of the North Carol
Granite Corporation, riving to tllin
company a Job of cut atone Mftrk
amounting to HJWil.lSJ.OO. V. For
week* rumor* were afloat priori# the
signing of the contract that lj had
heen wcured. but Mr. Sargent dkl the
time infoind The Newi that p noon
at
nt
For several yearn
under consideration
haii aasured thi» project and the var
ions commissions are now working
oat the plant and placing order* for
the materia la The bridge will cost
116,000/100.00 to complete and it ia
estimated to require ten years to
finish the job, and will be considered
the moat beautiful bridge in the
world, nothing even in Earope rival
ing it in beauty and magnificence.
The bridge will be 2.1|R feet long
and is so designed as te barmoniw
with the Capitol, Wkitr Hou*e. Lin
coln Memorial and Arlington Memor
ial, as it ia in line with all these
structures, and connects the Lincoln
and Arlington Memorials. One inter
esting feature about the work that
will have to be done ky the Mount
Airy concern ia the milling of 2,1 M
atone baluatera. These go along the
aMee of the bridge with a stone /ap
abavi them and are rrinfc by nine
laches and 34 inches higk, each hav
ing a large amount of
earring work on it.
A portion of Ike granfte work that
Ilea near the water's edgt waa award
ed a Ooecgia coneont, kut owing to
the tne quality and texture of Mount
Airy granite it Wat Alerted to he
aaed where it ia eappeJ to the public
eiaw. All granite tn « need will be
the fin I at grade of cat Aoeie and noth
ing kut work of the aamraasental type
and fall naTksssa will b!
far
In August, 1M7, tod the present cnn
tract cells for complete delivery by
Aaru>t, l»2t. Upon the completion
of the present contract it la eeti
mated that there will he an addi
tional million and • half dollars of
irranita work to be contracted and In
view of the mceu of Mr. Sargent in
■Murini the Arst contract It to noth
ing unreasonable to suppose that he
will succeed in securing the remain
ing work to he tot oat three years
bfrom this date.
f.J In order to carry out the contract
bind supply the stone aa reqaest*d It
wilt be nseafsary far thp company to
spend a hoot I800.000.0i in r (pending
its plant, increasing ihn shed now
and Installing more crane*. About 40
machinery .men werf in conference
with Mr. Sargent all day Wednesday
negotiating with hjm the purchase
and sale of two largb air compressors,
these two machines - alone costing
about $36,000.00 j Two large sheds
will be built at «nce. One of them
"•Or be an additfcm to the sheds of
the Sargent Oraaite Co.. and will be
AS feet wide and IS® feet long. An
entirely new shed win aleo be built on
the ground npar the North State
Granite Co., U feet wide by 280 long
with an ell to hfld the machinery.
The air compressor* to be installed
will be driven by electricity secured
from the Southern Power Co., these
machine* alone using 1,000 horse
mew. The air conipreaaort that
'now supply the need* of the company
have an output of 4,000 cubic feet
per minute, while the new machines
will put out 6,000 cubic feet per
minute, thus more than doubling the
air capacity of the plant. Other
motors that will be added will in
crease the amount of power to be
a si a in i —t; j » - -
Southern Power Co. to more than
1.200 horse power -con*|8erably more
power than the coml>ine<f plants of the
Town of Mount Airy »re now gen
erating. Mr. Sargent My* that the
fact that ample power eould be secur
ed from the Southern Power Co. was
an important factor that entered in
to hit >ucceu in securing the tarre
contract, for without the power be
would have been greatly delayed in
the installation of steam boilers and
engine* necessary to generate his
own power and at • coat that would
have made the prioe of the contract
much larger.
In accepting the contract Mr. Sar
cent says his company has kept in
mind that it must alto carry on its
: regular line of business. The an
| nual busines* of tfci* company is now
around one million dollar* and this
single contract calls for an increase
of about 50 per cetit in the regular
force in order to get out the work on
time. At present tlvfrr are now
working in the cutting shed* of the
quarry 248 stone cutler*, and about
450 laborers are u*«-i in the quarry
ing of the stone and f>ther work about
the quarry. The ngmber of cotters
now employed M greater than ever
: before in the histoip of the business,
one interesting and encouraging fea
> ture being that M per rent of thoee
employed at the fuarry are local
people—people whe ware reared here,
have their homes here and who have
proven loyal aa4 efficient workmen
ia every instance.'
In the execution of this contract
Mr. Sargent says that a large number
of additional employees will hare to
be added, hut that he expects aad
hopaa to be able Is eecure practically
all his labor from .his section. b
many instance* » will have la train
I raw rem) Its b«r this he stands rea4y
aad williag to do la order to
•I* Mr. hrinit 1mm been abla to
ntaka the North Carolina GraaMa
Corporation om of tha leading rran
IU indaatries of tha nation. The bua
Imh baa frown unuf i«* product I*
found in many of pL landinc ttruc
twraa of tha t \nltl and Hoc at Airy
mm... j» m Was Lami ^ 4
frenilf MR IWfn Wpi •XlfnSlYflj Wr
vartiaad aattH It k mmlwil by I sad
in* boilde+a aa Ow of tW finest ntooaa
obtainable fay building purpoaes
whm quality of text arc and beaaty
•>f appearance la ihilml. Tha roa»
pany to prartiralljr owa.il by. North
''arolina ettiseaa, Um pnnc-ijMI rtock
holders belli* C. B. KaiiUjW Martins
ville. Va., for years a /Tasldant of
Mount Airy, W. F. ScMTfner and Col.
F. H. PrWa of WlnatW-Salam and Mr.
Sargent of this city/ Mr. Sargent |s
praaidaat of tba campany aad Mr.
Mtafaar la ri— pmidaat. Tha
other aAeers of tiM rompany are: W.
4t Siatpaoti, secretary and treasarar;
C. Biader. general auuuitr; J. K.
SarfMrt, general superintendent^
Frank Walker, asaiatant superintend
ant; R. C. Browne, rat atone saperin
tendent. T1m following rompoaa the
board of diractora- J. D. Sargent,
W. r. Sehalfner, W. R Simpson. C.
Binder, J. R. Sargent. C. B. Keeaee
aad Col. P. H. Priea.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
TO MEET AT SANFORD
It Is Expected That 800 From
«AI1 Over State Will Gather
Thar* July S-0.
.Word, May 2*—Sinfnrd will oc
cupy the topmost nine* of the ladder
July 6 and fl when the usual routine
of the town will be abdicated in or
der that the city may play hoet to
her fullest to MO rural mail carrier*
gathered here in convention from all
over North Carolina Nothing will he
left undone to make the occasion for
the carriers an event memorable In
the lives of those who will honor the
town with their attendance
In the face of the fact that the
gala celebration previously planned
for July 4 has been set aside in order
that the carrier* may be more ap
propriately entertained, the public
la looking forward to the two July
day* with no small degree of interest.
A number of good speakers, includ
in Prank Page, chairman of the state
highway commission, the first assis
tant poatmaster-general and several
departmental heads from Washington
are expected to be on the program.
One feature of the occasion that is
being looked forward to with pleas
I lire by the carrier* ia the itinerary
j that will he taken through the Sand
hill peach orchards. The carrier* win
\ be given an opportunity to adequately
slie up the part that Central North
Carolina and the Sandhillt are play
ing In the life and activity of the
' "tat*.
THREE AMERICANS HELD
FOR RANSOM RELEASED
Laredo, May 29.—Three of the fire
American* kidnapped in Mexico by
bandit* and held for ransom hare
Wen re leaned H. B. Rraden. mining
i engineer of Laredo, who with Julea
I C. Gallagher, of San Antonio, was
! seized May IS at Braden'* mine m the
state of Durango, telegraphed hi*
wife today that he had arrived safely
at Mapiati, Durangn He *atd he
1 wa* *ound and wall. The telegram.
h.>werer, gave no aewa of Gsllsghsr.
Two American wjlijnia, Brigga and
Greely, who were captured Ttanlay
by bandit* in the Tamplco region,
have boon libera tod. *ay advicoa fM
Mexico City.
John W Rhanklin. of Canyon City,
Texas, whose death had been threat
ened by bandits hold in c htm for ran
som in the state of Vara Craa, still
| la in the hands ef his captors so tar
as la Imown. Although the bandit*
threatened to kfll him last ThmAay
IT the ransom wa* not paid at that
thae. official* in Mexico City, In Km
ahoenee of any direct word aa to Ma
m4 • part of tk«
Mr. V»n>— la Um rtai
with unintelligible Jar
to want something
Ms fortune, another group
nmalmrf h* Um frart of Um stort sad
looted Um eaa+i drawat while tM)
detained Um owner la
Aa noon aa Mr. Varnon diaeorerail
what had happened ho got Drpotj
Floyd Ramey and thoy followed tha
vamhrm overtaking them at Law
tap wlifrt under throat of arraal
thoy admitted tho thoft and handad
o»er Um amount of 17.60 and won
ailowod to go on their way.
It to rumored that tho caah drawoi
at tho Btevins itoro couth of Lowgai
on Fish River waa robbed in muel
tho >um way.
IUt. J. H. Carter Eater* Um
Evangalistic Field.
Elkin. May 17._*ev. J. H. Carter
of thia place, who, tor tho paat twe
yoara, has boon paster of the Presby
teriaa churches at Wilkashoro, Elkia
and Yadklmrille Sunday morning re
•irnod «he pastorage of thoso church
as to outer the evangelistic field. Thto
action waa mado possible through tha
! J*.— _# ik. JC* * — — a i . t. «. . ,1,
(fiiffruiii/ oi in# r trpv rrr*nyirri»n
church fo Greensboro, which is far
nishing tho fond* to fbianea tha three
months' evangelistic campaign upor
which Mr. Carter will enter about
Hia first ssriss of mart inga will
begin at North Wilkeaboro the first
weak in June, at tha close of whirl
he will go to Ash* county, than coral
much of northwestern North Carolina
Mr. Carter will be accompanied by i
trained linger and several Christiar
'hautaoqua workers througout hii
campaign. He will be provided wit!
s large tent and the neceaaary equip
mant by the North Carolina Synod'i
committee and is looking forward t<
a wonderful succeae in thia work. Hi
has not definitely decided that he wii
continue in the evangeliatic work at
the close of this campaign or wbethel
he will accept a call to one of tlu
numerous churches that hare beer
demanding his services. He will con'
tinue to make Elkin hia home until
the cloaa of tha summer'! campaign
U Aakad For
Winston-Saiem, May 29 Judge J
T. Shaw at Lexington today nam«
the Wachovia Bank and Troat coot'
P»njr, of th;» place, a* temporary re
ceiver* for the Merchants Bank aix
Trust company, alto of tliii dty, th«
doors of the latter institution havini
been cloaed April 27. by the stsU
corporation commission.
In a statement leaned late this af
ternoon Bank Examiner Latham, ex
plaining hit investigation of tin
hank's assets and liabilities, say a:
It was found that the asaeta of th<
hank, which has been classed upor
appraisal a* slow or doubtful. mad<
it impossible for the directors ami
stockholders of the hank to maki
such an arrangement as would dis
charge in full the liabilities of th<
hank. From the best sources avail
able it was determined that betweer
>?«>.<K>0 and 000,000 of the asaeti
of the bank were slow or doubtful.
From these figures it Is easy U
determine that upon the spprsisa
made, creditors of the bank cannot
be paid in fall, and far that reasor
the corporation commission found M
mry to einiHir the appoint
of a innl»n tor the pwpon
of liqn Mating the bank.
iWiatoJ Par
How woaM yon like to haw a ttoj
little two year old gtrl to tove and
rear at yowr own ehlWT Jnat at
it. Welter* Offktr, Fred Arm
field has a nwnksr of Surry Cowtf]
of I
II year* who need In . Al
ready a naaihar of Burr] eaati
OBSERVANCE OF GAME LAW
TO PROTECT FISH LIFE
to force ntofrarnoii
ACTION THIS COMGM
Dry Am A I by >»nhi
Of W«t Owwp.
WaaMnglon. Mm, by
ere to ftra the Imm ki the
titration Ml) far tlgblinhlg Bp tin
Volatoad art.
The aef * mid today the? m naif
'« th# battU and will pna* never al
national referendum on Uw prohibi
tion qMttlan and translating into lav
the language of the 18th amendment.
permitting the manufactore and Mle
of bewa|«i °*non-lntoxicating la
fart."
While line* are heme drawn for
thi* fight the uproar over President
Coolidge'* esecutive order antknrtiinf
the employment of «tate and local
officer* a* federal enfummsnt
agents continue* The order waa da
fended today in the *enato hjr Sena
tor Manse, Democrat, South Caro
lina who declared that the fewer fed
eral prohibition a rent* there were in
the atate the bettor for law enforce
ment.
The aenate judiciary lubroounittoe
appointed to m<jurre into the legality
of the order, failed to meet today,
but Chairman Cummin* hope* to haee
a leeeion not later than nest Toes
day. There ia little probability that
any hearing will be held.
FIVE GIRLS BURNED
IN ROCKFORD BLAZE
Eight Otbar
OMof WImm May
Sight, la Illiaoi* Fin.
Rockford, IBs., May 28.—F'm girl*
were burned to death and eight par
•ona were known to have boon ser
iously injured in a fire lata today
which swept a building occupied by
the Sutton Top Shop.
The bodies were burned beyond rec
ognition.
One of the injured girls, Catherine
Wood, wai hunted so severely about
the face that it ia feared she may
go blind. Others suffered sprains
and injuries in escaping from the
second floor of the building. John
Sutton, head of the firm, was seri
ously burned when he insisted on at
Mcpti at rescue until forcibly re
strained by the firemen.
All but five of the IS girls em
ployed on the second floor succeed
ed in finding their way out of the
smoke-filled room down the only
stairway. The bodies of the fire
were found by firemen who fought
their way into the build trig
The fire started when a strip of
celluloid being sawed in a machine
on the ground floor burst into flames.
Dadga Owmh To Fay $20 Far
Raleigh. Kay M.—Fifteen thoua
and Dodge automobile ownets will
stand for an increase in license taxee
aggregating $125,000 as the result
of the Department of Revenue's rul
ing moving that make of car into
the class of machines with a horse
power in excess of 24.
Heretofore Dodge owners have
paid $12.M for their license plates.
In the new classification they will
pay $20 although having a horse- {
power fractionally above. The Dodge
previously has been assessed along
with the car* having 24-ho**-power
or leas.
The department recently decided
to count fractions with the result
that the Dodge and three other makes
not so numerous in the state have
been booeted to the higher
tion
Fhfc Law Far TMa
nlgfad ,,f A.h avwi
^"vwi i»» Man ■ni<
is itopped there t* littl* Iwpt far tk*
of the (Ufa life tn
Public nentiment Is
ally •hipiat >|iiMl tbeee
aMthode of de*troying tb* flak Ufa In
our atreama and will Anally win hi
tha effort to mnka the Sab Muatrjr
DM of the unit of tha state.
TV following ia tha state law that
appliea to thia county hi m»rt U
flihinr taken from section M of tha
rule* and regulation* of the flail
"ft a ball ha unlawful far any per
aoa to aet, ft ah with, or have act or
flaked with hi tha folliiatM water*,
any kind of net or trap for tha par
po«e of taking or killing ft ah; or to
bay, aell, offer for aale, or hare hi
poaaeaaion Aah taken from tha Yadkla
river and it* tributaries from the
Sooth Carolina line to tta an arte, em
» ' * a TP*- . ,ij.j
npi Ml MfMi providM. rrOTWfa
thai Aah may be taken with haul
dip Beta, atala gill net* and flah trans
without wing* or hedging, from tile
waters of aaid utrsam from
Jan. 1st to Nay 20th of each year;
that no trape or net* can he a«t with
in 60 yarda of either aide of the mouth
of any tributary emptying late aaM
river. Provided that flah My ho
taken from the above named waters
at aay »ea*na of the yoar with hook
aad line when not m*ri than throe
hook* and llnea are aaed by each
perann Ashing; that it shall he unlaw
ful to catch black baaa in aay of the
strsaau above named by any meosi
from April It to July lat ia each
year."
Violation* at the above regulatioaa
are miadeaMsnura and are out of tha
juriadiction of magiatatea.
War Trophy la Placed On
Wilkaai
Wilkes Journal
A hue* Belgian fun. weighing three
torn, has bwn plarrd am the court
bona* lawn in WHkeabore. Th» Mf
artillery pice* wan unloaded Friday
and placed on the walk immediately
in front of tha court house. This war
trophy waa aecared for the town and
county by the effort* of Mayor H. A.
Craaor and Attorney P. B. Hendren.
This particular gun waa eaptmad
early hi the war by the German*
from the lelfiai army. Later hi Ike
put conflict it waa recaptured by
the American Expeditionary force*.
Thu*. this run uw *nk* by tha
Belgian*, the German* and the Amer
icans during the World War.
The trophy was shipped here direct
from the Raritaa Arsenal at Meta
chen. N. J., the freight coats for that
distance being $218. Since it haa been
placed on exhibit it has caused a great
deal of comment and much interest
is bring manifested ia it. At an early
date it will be painted.
German War Tropkia* Are
Now Ob Exhibit***.
Tajrlorsville Ttmea.
The German trophies, awarded to
Alexander county by the War De
partment, have arrived and are on
exhibition at the LeGette Store ia tha
Campbell Hotel Budding bt the M
doaea riflea
M. Charl*i LeGette. and ex nldier.
hi the Werld War, tahaa past pfaaa
ars ia showiac them te hie Mm*
been fatty decided where they wfli be
placed We hardly thhtk H «nM he
wiaa te place tbea* tsfMes ea t*a
Court Square, ualeee sea** pro'riei*a