«M» Mti«M and of the Mostonn t*r
■■■ii lit »r* "pitying with toe, M aw
Um Inn of .peach tiuit la i—w,
and what *111 MM of the playing to
beginning to ho hitimllafi Many
rtali to ioa In the playing a taw41
lion that will moot Hhely prewyttoti
a war with Mexico.
It h a loif atory and cyan would
forbid that wa fa Into it at grant
length, but tho fiat of Ika aokjoct
Pawn In Cantral Annrica, a Mttla
north of the Tmmmm Canal, la a llttl#
iannU| Nlnran*t whlrh iwnyl'i
an tho Map a apnea about aa large
aa jrour thumb nalL Thu little
country la In the hot country of thn
Pannmn rntlaa and hna ■ fans a#
gavenwnent that ahlfta about fron
one rrrolutlowary liadir to another
ahnoat aa often aa Um Ma«n chain—.
One pcaeldent will be elected to whnt
atraryana know* to ha a Mere twfm
people, and ne sooner will he ke In
«an then some mm of Me enemies
will start i rralatlM end try te
take the government from htm by
force. One of theee revolution*
been staged recently and Be*l» has
ha* malted to the support of one
leader and. on the iiritswsi of >r»
tecting American citisens and their
property, our government haa backed
the other "preeidsnt." We have aent
war ahipa down to back up our post
tion and have landed foldier* and
gun* on Niraraguan and, and ae haa
Mexico. Now which aide win win la
the interesting qneation. Every atu
dent of the aituation aeea • poeaible
clsah between the American aoMier*
and the Mexican force*. Once blood
ia drawn there ia no way to predict
wfcen or where the strife would end.
The most interesting part of all
thia ia that many wbo know the whole
story aee in it a move on the part of
President Coolidge to play politic*
for the next presidential election.
The Mexican government is at wmi
with the Catholic church. The Mex
loan government hack* one faction
hi Nicaragua and ao Mr. Coolidge
promptly hacks the other opposing
faction. Thua they aee that he la
playing for the favor of the Catholic
church.
Again, they claim to see in Mr.
Coolidge'* move a playing into the
hand* of big buslnea*. for l>ig husl
ne*» wants to have It* way in the
Central American country where oil
and mining is supposed to give up
million* to those who control the
business.
Of coursc if politic* and big busi
ness bring* on a war with Mexico
everyone knows who will do the
fighting.
GOING AFTER OUR ROAD
MONEY.
W. E. Woodruff ind J. B. Sparger
*re in Raleigh thi« week conferring
with J. H. Folger, 8urry'» represen
tative, in regard to the road funds
that are due thi* county. Mr. Wood
ruff and Mr. Fparger tro a* represen
tatives of the citiaens of thi* city and
county, having been selected at a
meeting held in thia city Monday
night. In view of the unsatisfactory
alloUment of state road funds to thia
county in the paat four years our citi
zens are unwilling to veto further
road bond issues unless there can be
some satisfactory understanding with
the officials that the money will be
properly allotted to this county.
It is expected that another meeting
will be held the latter part of the
week to further consider steps to Be
taken to push Surry's claim for her
share of the road funds.
The mooting Monday night was
largely attended by our boaineaa men
and they expressed themselves la no
uncertain terms as being astonished
at the way in which Surry had boon
In the distribution of the
Attend Clinical
Weat. Marshall and Scott
and Dr. Moir B. Martin are visitors
in Charlotte thia week attending the
of the Mate Worses Asao
nd the North aad Sooth
sf the American Col
of Burgeon The mooting la in
of a
are Dr. Chartee Mayo, sf
Dr. 0««i« Stow
art. of Now Terk, aad Dr. Franklin
rf
»— I I* — , - - — *— — *■ - » 11 —k —
Cl»™i ligliullf
and decorating pro(rui during tha
holiday* that m not M)aW by any
rttjr In the ittto.
At the meeting Thuraday nicht the
mmMIm want on mord u dnlr
iff to rooperaU with the city offlciala
in an effort to aohre tha parking and
traffic prohlin at Mount Airy. A
chanta to induce than to uaa tha (Ida
atreeto for parking purpoea and leave
Ma n Street free for tha uaa af the
trading public. Unieaa thia kind of
•ftwnani ran ha worked out H was
lUtrd that eventually tha city would
have to go bock to tha old way of
limiting the parking time on Main
Street to poaaibly one hour. The
merrhanta would like to work out
«otne plan whereby the visitor could
be allowed to park on our utraota
without any time limit.
J. G. Barriaon waa re-elected aa
preaident of the aaeociatioa, W. F.
Carter, Jr., u treaaurer, and H. O.
Welti, aerrutary. R. C. Boylea la
vice-preaident. The board of direc
tor conaiata of W. 8. Wolfe, L. P.
Wrenn, F. M. Poore, J. D. Smith, Jr„
and 8. M. Hale.
AN UNRECORDED WILL.
This editor *m a visitor In Um
home of the Ktr Chan. D. Crouch.
Moravian pastor about her*, one
niirht thi* *wk and noticed the ftrn>«t
applr* on the centre table in the
pastor'* *tudy. No finer apple* ever
crew, and they naturally caused com
ment Then it mi that Mr. Cropch
told a bit of family history that vu
never intended for publication and
yet it will do no harm to pa** K
alotyt
In the country a few mile* north
of thi* city for year* lived a quiet
ritisen. Jeff Hiatt. Ha waa a farmer
and in the eouraa of year* developed
hia farm to a marked degree. He
planted a large orchard and aelected
as fine fruit* a* are known. Last
year he passed away and on hi*
death bed, with hia family gathered
nbout him, he left a dying request
that so long as the Rev. Mr. Crouch
Uvea in ttila section be i* to be pro
vided with the heat apples that grow
in hi* orchard. That wMl has never
been recorded, bat the family Is see
ing that it is carried out to the letter,
and say that they will see that the
dying rrquest of the beloved father
ia carried out in the fullest measure
Hence the fine apple* In the paator'r
study.
HilWvill* Road Boing Pushed.
Work on grading and draining the
road from Hilbville to the Floyd
County line, provided for under a
recent impropriation of |M,000 bjr
the Carroll County Board of Super
visors is progressing rapidly. The
road, together with the road from
Willis, Into Roanoke will open up a
territory extending from the North
Carolina Una to Roanoke markets
The road* now under construction
though not hard surfaced, will allow
the use of the latter rout* during the
graatar part of tha year, la Mm* It
is hop*d to obtain fundi for bard
surfacing th* toad.
Th* appropriation of th* state
highway eeasmiseiea hi Floyd Co—ty
la 1H7 gives WO,000 far th* bard
th* equivalent of panting a mad
(Ma Playd la CW^*-'"urg.
To •*
flmralr ' A
far mm time Im M not aajoyad
I«i4 health Mid o* Km day of hi*
death to quietly went atovt tto
dutiea of tto day, going to tto m9
to* and ottor aoch Uto taato until
•tout tto tour af taa la tto nwra
tn|. Ha aatd to hi* rood wife that
to «mM walk art In tto AaW, giv
walk. It araa aa aatis^alj cold day
aad wtoo tto neea tour vrM aad
to did aot return kla wifa htrami
unxioua about him A abort time
later (to aatod a neighbor to auto
inquiry and aaa if to could tod tto
reason for Mr. Herring'a failure tc
return. In a Utile time aa aarnaat
•earch was being made ta tod him,
aad about night hi* body araa locat
ed la a piece of Umber land a few
hundred yard* from hit toaw cold In
death. Ha for many year* had owa
rd a large revolver that a friend
rave him and which to highly prised
a* com In* from this Mend. When
found thb revolver wai aear hi*
hand, to waa resting on kla took
with hi* arm* folded ateinat at nat
urally a* if to had hevn laid out b)
an undertaker. A bullet hole wa«
in hi* toad tto bullet having entered
liehind the right ear and coming out
in hi* forehead. Death must ton
been biata«taneoue. Just how and
why and when all thia araa enacted ti
only to be surmised. No on* cm
fw know, the f«rt facta. The nat
ural supposition r«-m» to be that in
a moment uf depression he concluded
that it waj better to end it all rather
than to endure poaaibljf a period of
ion* years of Ul health. But all thii
ia merely conjecture There is no
way to know the truth. It way b«
h»-st that that* ia no way to know K.
A personal experience of the editor
of this paper with Mr. Herring a few
-yeara ago will throw light on the
kind of man he waa. The editor wm
sick, sick enough to b» discouraged
and in such tow apirita aa to almoet
deapair of life. In thia low mental
state Mr. Herring came to aee him
one morning and when he learned of
the editor's rendition he gave word*
of encouragement that were more
helpful than a phyaic. He became
interested and inquired about what
he could bring in the way of aome
dainty morsel to eat He learned
that the editor waa food of Aah and
he raid he would aee what lie could
do and immediately he set himself
to the taak of getting fiah from the
freak water* about his home. In a
day or two he returned not only with
a smile and encouraging words, but
with a nice bunch of flah that were
worth more than the effort to catch
them. A simple story and one that
is enacted a thousand times by thoae
about us, but it goes to ahow that Mr.
Herring waa a man endowed with
thoae noble traita of character that
the truest and best -non pnasns.
Ha leaves a wife and one daughter,
grown to womanhood, educated and
useful Ha alao linear a good estate
and his loved ones wall provided far.
Children of C*#edwaey Mm*.
The Col. B. T. Oraves C. of C. win
meet Saturday Ike ttnd of January,
at t o'clock with Baas Pendleton at
her hoane on North Mate sir set.
Thoae of you that didn't bring your
we wmMMmT*finish "our quilt far the
M wit Airy Chapter Bom ia the
Oi ifedarate Woman's hoaae a* Fay
etteriDa.
Matters of hnperteass are te he
brought before tkia muling a
goad program ia hah* prepared
< iLmji ■ |V|M ^_J
VfSZSTt t&fe!
w a ruak Vane* WW* j
r ■■
ran* «ah tha old Th—p*aa Gap
mad North to • inapt* m tha heed
at a branch, then ihmtll to a Bpantah
oak. now down, than about Eaat to
• black gum In R. W. ■now'* line,
than South to the rand (iw Union
Croaa to the C. C. HolyAeld old mill
plaaa, than Eaat with tha old mill
m4 to tha aamer at Vane* White'*
l<>t. tha* North about M jrwda, than
with Ma Una to tha harnmni. can
lAtninf 4ft &CVM Huff or )#hm ftolc
wilt ha Mad* to aatiafy aaid <labC
Thia tha l*h day of January, 1 #27
A. 0. ral«ar, Truatoa
North Carolina, Harry County.
MraJt. F. Ward, Mr*. May At
mm*. mad tufa* Ci»«n«i»< hair*
fcwanfaifc '
Jaaaa, dec'd. ra.:
4. f. Inn, J. C. lam, Cleveland
Jama, Mr*. Mollla Crtfkh, Mr*. M. L.
tan lay, Gaither J«nea„ Marvin j
Jone*, Kiln Jone* Ponathnn. Juantto !
Jone*, WUtam Jon** and Panay t
Tha dafendnnta J. 9. Janaa. 3. C. I
Jan**, Cleveland Jonaa, Mr*. Modi*
GrtMth, Mr*. M. L. Stanley and |
Gaither Jonaa ahaee naiad wiU take
I not lea that an action entitled aa abov«
ha* baan cianannnd in tha Hupar
lor court of Surry County, North
Carolina to *aU certain rani aatata
belonging to tha aatata of Martha
Ellen Janaa, lninii far tha purpoae
making partition among the hair*
law at Martha Bias Janaa, da
•ad, and *aid defeodent* win j
further take natke that they are re
quired to appear before the CWk of j
af
Court of *nid county at
| IMtaon, North Carolina an
Manday, February Xtat, t»*7.
and anawar or demur to tha com
i plaint in aaid action or the plaintiff
' will apply to the court far tha relief
dtRUiiMlra is> aaid complaint
January 17, 1MT
T. T. Lewellbi. Clark of
Superior Court
TTii* J*
Notice.
North Carolina, Surry Conty, in
the Superior Court.
Mrs. E. P. Ward, Administratrix
of T. D. Jon**, dee'd, Mrs. Daisy Ax
iom and Rufu* Grmsuod, Heirs at
law of T. D. Jonas, dee'd. vs. J. P.
Jonas, J. C. Jonas, Cleveland Jonas,
Mrs. Mollis Griflth. Mrs. M. L. SUn
Iey, Caither Janes, Marvin Jones,
' Ellen Jones Donathan, Joan its Jones,
i William Jones, and Pansy Jones,
heirs at law.
The defendants J. P. Jones. J. C.
Jones, Cleveland Jones, Mrs. Molls
Griffith, Mrs. M. L. Stanley and
Gaither Jones above named will take
notice that an action entitled as
above has baaa commenced in the
Superior Court of Surry county.
North Carolina, to sell real estate
belonging to the estate of T. D. Jones,
jdeceased. to make assets for the pay
ments of debts; and said defendants
will further take notice that they are
required to appear before the Clark
of the Superior Court '# said county
at Dnbson, North Carolina on
Monday. February list, 1*27.
and answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiff will
aRply to the court for the relief de
manded in »aid complaint.
This the 17th day of January, 1*27.
F. T. Lewellin, Clerk of the
Superior Cowt.
nww"i
Having gualifled as administratrix
, of the aetata of the late tT L. Welch,
of Surry County, this la to notify all
persona to present their claims
against said estate within twelve
months from this date or this notice
will be pt«Ml In bar of their recovery.
All person oaring said satate will set
tle same at One*.
This January 1S.1W7.
Mary A. Welch, Admrx.
of Y. L. Welch, dee'd.
Pilot Mountain, N. C. I. I
W. S. Badgett, Attorney.
We WiB Call For and Deliver
Phone S3
W. S. Wolfe Drug Company
Next to Port office
Notice of Ma *f Real Eatat*.
Under and by virtue of an order
of tha dark of M farter Court of
Surry County, mod* In tha •poeial
proceedings of W. L. Ancel. Admin
istrator of Rz-ixxrn Taylor, decaaaad,
" Ed Taylor and other*, the nam* i
he in* upon tha special proceeding
docket of the Superior Court of X«rr>
Count*, tha undersigned Commiaaton
er will on
•he IMIl day of Fidiaary. IM7.
at two o'clock F. M..
on tha premise*, in Mount Airy
Township, Sorry County, North Car
olina offer for > ale to the highest
bidder, oa tha following term*, to
wit; Olio third cash span rcnrtrms
tion at salt, on* third in twin
months and one third in two yaars,
that cartam tract at land lying and
bmlmg la Mount A117 Township, Sarrr
Countr, gut# of North Carolina, M
joiniag the land* of John L. Worth,
dm»»—d. and othera, and Man par
ticularly d- »<rib.d aa folluwi
Btiininf on a planted rock a
corner intersection of fthohon atreet;
th»ni» with Eaet jjtreet aad maa M.
4 dr*. E. with Bhelton atreet one hun
dred forty-ftv* (1«&> ft. to a planted
rock- thence N. M dog. W. M>venty
B»r ft (It ft) to planted rock: thence
8. 4 di-c W, onr hundred and forty
IW* firt to a planted rack ia adco
of Eaat utreet; thonco with mm
■rtrrct S 86 d^r K. 75 ft. to the V»
rinninf. and being the hoaae where
fai John Valentin* died 19M.
Tht» the l»th day of January. IMT.
H. O. Woha. C 11 r.
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customer—Service the wrapping
with which we do it up—Courtesy
the string with which we tie it.
Do you like to do business with
a Bank of this kind? Then this
Bank would like to do business
with you.
Capital, Surplus and
Profit*, $178,000.00
Deposits, ... $1,331,907.00
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
T. G. FAWCETT. Pre.. W. W. BURKE, V.-Pwa.
E. G. SMITH. Cashier D. C. RECTOR, Aart. Cash.
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