MOUNT AIRY TO HAVE
MEMORIAL BUILDING
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flier am iras
by the wossum imj a pcffontl
Om hundred aisteen
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<700.00 of I
in I
(Kmc amount left «t.4M.84 to begin
on. Three year* tfo t lot
City Hall at ■ cast of
every penny of thia
b«M ptM amI Um
tl.BOO.OO in building and I
mature in two and mm ha
J«at hew mock labor and
en thf part of the women ha
necaaaary to raiaa thia money only
thoae know who have had an active
part in aecnrlng it. It kaa meant
hoara of effort in aaOin; ticket* for
benefit perform ancea, hour* of cook
ing and *ervinf whan the Hub waa
privileged to rater for aocne organiaa
houra of work at the fair
aerrinf meala daring fair
week and then beaidea theae cooper
ative effort* have ham the individual
efforta whan wive* of aome of our
moat prominent buaineaa or profeaa
i«nal men w^ahed their nalghbor'a
lac* rurtaina, uaad their vacuum
<le*nar>, raiaad and aold flowera,
gathered the ana frow their hen a,
baked cake*, baked roila or anything
they fait they could do hatter than
*<meaM elae, they did and gave the
T 'ocaada for the community baflding
fund. Such continued and painatak
>ng effort* ahowed the daap purpose
a hich moved the women and permit
ted no taming back oaee the goal
had bean aet, and new their efforta
are about to ha rewarded with a real
Community Building. The beard of
diraetora mot laat Thuraday evening
in the home of Mr*. E. H. Koehtitxky
and the preeent chairman. Mra. Beid
Jackaon, preaented plana far adoption
which provide for a building 40 s ISO
feat to be erected thia fall. The plana
call for a handaome atructure of brick
and include apaoe for a rest room,
library, auditorium with atage and
dpaaaing room*, kitchen and furnace
rooma. The women have taken oat
$6,000 in building and loan atock to
provide funda for their building pro
gram thia maana a monthly expendi
ture at between $60 and $70. Five
hundred dollar* of the $8,000 ia being
carried by one member of the We
man'a Club aa bar gift.
They will again aall on the public
far help both in
and the payment of an an paid i
in the county will want to have
hi tU ■
llh Km
far funda feeling that
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dUtt. toe 'buOdtalTan "J^d tort
and aamaknw by dint «f toil and ef
fort it will be paid for ak the yeara
help of any tndi
•I# hi. ar bar help
Wt the caoaa la wertoy rf the haat
thatm* mm or eM«M, Wye>
hi the Wertd War.
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■ab City «f'
Pamtmc of I
A portrait of tha lata Mn, i. Ed
ward Johnston of
will ba praaaalad by
of Now York City, a
who baa pa in tad two portraita of tha
lata Mr. R. J. Reynolda, flrat hueband
of tba lata Mra. Johnatan, ta tba city
of Wtaataa-aalaw aad
ihiilii Mr. Oirdaa ia hi
Tba Wlnetoa-flalem Journal
earriad tba following danrlptiaa of
tba patraM ' Tba pictan of tba form
ar Mra. Reyaalda. life-like wHb iU
elaar Maa ayaa, with Ma vhrM
tints hmiith (k 4rHr*tf
chiffon draaa aad with
dimple la tba rhia. waa oaoeatod by|
Mr. Gordon from Ufa-iika
ba aMda while ba waa bara
of tba faaMw
Tba ayaa ara
yat fantla aad touched with that
brood in* *ympathy that gripe tha
raaual abaar»»r with thoughtful at
tention. Ona la iitruck by tba utter
tineelf-roaariouaneu of tha aubjact
and by tba atrong character of tba
faea. It ia tba woman in ona of bar
moat charming momanta, audi a a>o
mant, parbapa. aa aha must have ex
perienced after deciding to build tha
miHina dollar auditorium aha gave
tha city in memory of har daad hoa
hand. In tha face ona at laaat think*
ha can aaa and faal aorea of thoaa
qualitlaa which turned her toward»
philanthropy, and which cauaed
thouaanda in tha city to believe that
they had loat one of their beat friend*
whan aha waa gone. The artiat who
ia firing bar portrait to Winaton
Salam balievee like many othera do
here that had aha lived ahe would
have done even greater thing* than
her gift of the magnificient audi
torium. 'I have traveled around the
world and I have aeen all the fine
auditoriuma there are', aaid Mr. Oor
don, 'none liner than the Keynnlda
Auditorium'"
Among the portraita painted by Mr.
Gordon are the portrait of the late
Champ Clark for the Hall of Con
greaa. a portrait of the late flan.
Boiea Penroee. He haa contract* for
painting portrait* of Dr. Pen roe*,
brother of the lata aenatar, and
Joaeph Wallace Mrlntoah. Comptrol
ler of Currency of the United State*
One of the portraita of tha late Mr.
Reynold* hanga in the main office of
the Reynold* faetoriea ia Winatoa
Salem. tha other in the Reynolda Me
morial Auditorium and it la heaide
tha portrait of the late Mr. Reynolda.
ta the aadi tori am that the new por
trait of Mra. Johnaton will be huag
with fitting oaremony.
Tha aaajority of oar reader* know
that Mra. Jehaaten la tha daughter of
oar town man Mr. Z. T. Smith and
lata Mra. flaalth, and our
which
of thia
aaed ao math of i
far public philan
af hot water.
aayaa.
Mm. Htrrltt i* the daughter of Mr.
and Mr*. William Jamn 8ti|ltr of
Winnaboro, *h* ia a graduate of Win
thmp College, Bock Hill. S. C . and ia
a charminr and talented young lady.
*ha waa a member of th* Mount Airy |
Public School faculty ktra the
1M4—tf and It waa hare tha i
began which culminated in tha
riage la at w**h. Mr. Marritt ia a
aoa of Mr. and Mr* W. E. Marritt of
thia city and a graduate of tha Uni
versity of North Carolina, at Chapal
Hill; following hia gradual
came a member at tha W. E. Merrttt |
Hardware Co.. of thia city, and
vote* hia antir* time to that sua
Among tha pretty pro-nuptial af-'
fair* waa an informal reception at |
tha home of tha bride's parent*
Tueaday evening following the
hearaal. Immediately after the e*re-i
mony the bridal party aad out-of
town guests ware served a wedding
hreakfast at Th* Fairfield. After
their return from a wedding trip to
New York and the nation'* capital
they will reside in thia city
the groom haa a lovely new I
•waiting hia bride.
Among the out-of-town gueat*
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marritt, Mr. and)
Mr*. W. E. Marritt, Jr„ O. E. Marritt, |
IIIum Klitabfth And Kithryn
ritt. Mr. tanas Hale, all of
Airy; Miaa Carolina
burg. 8. C.; Mr*.
Ea*ley; Mra. W. L. Mania, Mra. J.
M. Euahtea. Mra
" Mh
B. C.;
Lynch, of Eaaley
.
Date SM Par
The date for the D. O. E. E. am*
jmwW te a teldln Mount Airy haa
cured 8M00 by wwnoti of aarh a club I
at hU Itttk tows. Also orar at Elkln
a Ilka club ha* baan orBwiwd and
I ha mambara of it will aoon ba Morb
mf tha itrauM of that (action with
Kultabla flab. If tha paopW of Mount
Airy would manlfaat a little Interact
In tkw aubjart a flub could alao be or
rutad Kara and than wa would be
position to aacvra a libaral nharc I
of ftah from tha fowmmml hatrh
ariaa. But imlaaa a»ma community j
Aad wkito tka rWnrinc In
■« ukm« pUc« M to tka
for Ma—t A try to pal la
• wktta wmjr Mowrt Airy to teat fit
ting Itaatf m Um i
thru it
aa to M
Sohm of thr rity afteiaU who ar*
of it» raat art atatinc that it a«M'
coat tto city orvr 14,000 a year.
Other ritixann haaa uM, "we ara not
Judge Meekin* May Name
Receiver For Tobacco Auo.
Second Hearing la Federal Court Over Financial Status
of Co-ope—Judge to Study Situation Before Rendering
. IWLU.
Rakish. J mm 6.—Within ■ "ruim
abb- Urn" r«itnl J ode* L M. Mo«k
Iim hopaa to to abla to annoonc* a 6r
riaion in tto Tn-8taU Totwcea Crow
«•' Cnymtlw Martotinf aaaoria
tion raraivorah p rait, ho aaid at tto
Ha axpecta to "end it one way or
tH# oth#f,N I* Mtid hot h* tfMunNt
to got out from MMbr "tto parsua
aiva iaflHonet" of Cofaaai E. P. Bo
fard'n tkiw and * half tour arga
mrat far tto raeairarakip bafor* mak
in* a daciaioo, to aahi.
CaUnft Buford nrgod that tto
Others Have Eye on Mt Airy