! on. la fact ao
i day* that the fruK
ta feel a ltttW
the fruit bud*, for
tt la not but for tkw to bad oat
too early in the opting far faar of
taa|f from lata fraaiaa that may
NW In March after the bods haw
swelled. Many kinds of wood have
already bagrni to show green hods,
eaftaaially maplee and like buahee.
The wsathsr has anablad tha form
an to gat wall alone with their
I plowing and tkajr hara not
a day. Tha put yaar aaw
|o*d yields far than, thair tohaoeo
bceaght them hatter prieaa than for
eome yaara, and thay ara hi
greater ■■tma^ammt than for aev
aral aaaaona. Report* atata that tt
eaaeona ara favorable wa will hara
tha biggest crop of tobaceo that wa
hara had far yaara. And right tharr
Uaa a danger, for an overproduction
would naeaaaarily laaaan tha prior.
T>aaa who work to tha production of
bright tabac cm can faal safe hi gat
ting a good price for thla grada will
eontintii to be in grttt dmi&d so
long aa tha cigaratte trada grows Ilka
it ha* at tha praaant, but tha demand
for darker frtdci It grovtni Ini
every day aa tha people give op tha
habit of chawing and ga Into the
smoking habit instead.
Along with tha prod net toa of to
baaco tha farmers of this section ara
taking cm to the idea of diversifying
thair crops and not putting thair all
In tobacco. The poultry business is
aaauming large proportion* in this
section and the dairy herde ara in
creasing on the farms, all of which
mean* a steady (low of money into the
packet* of' the farmers from thaaa
various products, outside of the to
bacco crop.
New Officers for Cottage Cos-'
During the past week tlmf have
been Mime change in the officer* and
ownership of the Cottage Canning Co.,
of this city, and the concern is now
owned by A. G. Webb, J. B. Haynea
and J. 0. Wood. 0. B. Webb who
wan with the company Wat year haa
sold his interest and haa for anise
time been employed with the revenue
department and located at Winston
Palam.
The new organisation has as ita
officers A. G. Webb as president, J.
G. Wood, vire-pres., and i. B. Haynea,
aec. A trees., with Mr. Wood and Mr.
Haynea devoting their entire time to
the buaineaa. Thia company did a
Urge business here last year and one
the means of.furnisihing a market for
thousands of dollars worth of farm
products for the fanners of thia sec
tion. The owners expect to do a still
larger volume of business this year
which will mean a market for a large
amount of our perishable products
that are grown of the farms of this
The present owners are men of
recognised abiliity' In the business
world and the succeea they have made
In the past aasurea the continued and
increasing succeea of the canning bus
ineaa they have undertaken.
Mies Latin I
day from New Tork where
rfcaaed a new line of apring and i
mar gooda far the rendy-to-wsn* de
partment of Jackaon Br
having charge at that
B. B. Jaeksan, buying far the
to
of the (Urlw that Nrr* thla eHjr to
M follow*:
Beach raUaJfeiry, Ed Difto, (iwk
A.
Dairy, 0. W. Taylor,
Golden Gurnaey Dairy, E. L. Sykea,
Maple Grow Dairy. 0. D. Sykea,
A.
Jeraey Dairy, WIN Beamer, fmb
D.
Shelton'a Dairy, 0. U Shelton.
D.
Frieada of tlw family km have re
paired ward of tho death of the widow
of Um late Morgan Booker, which oc
curred at bar bo mm at Atktorn, Va.,
on Fab. 7th. Par a number of yeara
Mm. Boobor waa a roaidont of thia
city when bor huaband waa engaged
la tho giotary boalneaa, later living
at tha old Dunbar bomo plan at Um
of Mitehella River. Sba bad a
circle of frtoada who will toarn
ar marriage abo waa Miaa
Creed, of WUkoa County Sba
baMnrla* it Waa tkaaa nkiUran Utaa
nurvivw oy mrw cniKirvn, puis
Agnea, Hpurgoon aad Dison who
war* with h«r at tho time of hrr
doath. At bar requeat aha waa bar
tad at Aahborn
Tha mercantile atora operated by
Mr. Wajme Boytoa at tha Hayaaore
old atand haa boon iacorporated with
an authorlaod capital atock of $M,
000. Tha Incorporators are Gee. E.
Snow, C. W. Abahor, Wayne Boytoa
aad K. Glenn Boytoa.
Wayne and Glenn Boylea will have
active charge of the buainoa* and al
ready have one of the nice at atorea la
the city, carrying a full line of dry
gooda, ahoee aad not ion a. The name
under which the Arm haa been In
corporated la Boytoa Brother*
Main Shraat Prop«rt> Gdii At
In this Ihim The Land Co. b ad
vertising the sale of some valuable
Main Street property which will be
offered to the public at auction (ale
on next Toeedav afternoon. Already
»ome would think that hu*ines*
property here has reached it* limit*,
hut we thought the name ten year*
ago, and yet every time it change*
hand* there ia a neat little fortune
made for thoae who make the in
vestment. It ia hard ib put a mone
tary value on centrally located prop
erty In a city aa the location controlr
the soceese of a buaineaa and any
price within a reasonable figure ia
most lore to be a'aafe investment.
While Plaiat Continue* to
Wi*.
White Plain*, Feb. M.—The (tnooth
running quint of the White Plain
High School had no trouble defeat*
iiig the boy* from King laat night.
It waa a game without thrill* except
two or three long ahota by the Khig
hoy*. These shots ware la vain how
ever for the home team found the.
basket too often to he threatened,
their pace was too fast for the vis
itor*. The ftrst half ended with the
•core 1» to 4. The passing and last
floor work was largely responsible
for the scoring. L. Jackson and
Southern did moet of the scoring
while the others formed a defense
that waa hard to get through.
This to ths tenth win far the White
Plains team while they have loet only
one game. They awe defeated by
the strong Mountain Park Institute
by the clow score of 1» U 1ft. Later
they turned the tables oa Mountain
Park by storing a 48 to 14 vistory
over them A ■ i
White Ptoias («T " Kiga <11)
Marshall (t) R. F C. Stole (t)
U Jackstm (1ft) L. F. Moasr (t)
Southern (it) G Meadows (ft)
Ntohoto (t) *. 0 F. Slate
t Jaekaaa L 0. Gentry (1)
Happening* Twenty-one Yeari Ago I
{llsansd From the 9il** °f ^
Ed Waft at WeetiUid m4 Um
Lowla of Mat wora both Im tka Mr
from the M«nl Airy Nn Co.
Mm falter. Cm,.. of Mm, hoe
bwn km thia week Isaklag «>»■<
with i view |« tarattag km for (to
practice of Ma profeealen. It li MM
of the kil|1<m yMOf lawyers hi tka
feat hie lat with tkla city .
j Main Street have aeon tka «ead *f a
night watchman aad tMa wmk tka
Chamber of Ctmmarri took op tka
agreed to pay $10 per month aad
raiaed ftS ky private aubeeription
ami • watrhnuui wMI ba aaployad
i to place in tka cantor of tow* and
| keep a lookout for Aree and-any ether
damage to property.
Mr. J. A. Hadley of tkla city wat
with a painful accident en laat Fri
day. Ha Wfea welkins <m a rang
I plank In a naw build in* aa Pranhlia
Street and In mm way alippod and
foil three or four foot, striking Ma
aide againet a rack, breaking a rib.
Aoaloy Hatcher of McLaaria waa
bar* Saturday aad bought a nice
iHifty from the buggy shop.
! Mr. 0. L. Atkina who teaches tka
•chool at Copelaad waa hare laat week
and gave a glowing aruoaat of the
interest the pa op la down tkeca ware
taking In the achool. He aaya aufll
riont money haa boon reload by
private aubacrlptlon to continue the
achool for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Moore war" out
driving on the road weet of town
Tueeday evening wkan tka horae be
came frightened and ran. Mr. Moore
had hiaa checked and nearly under
control when the buggy at ruck soant
object and throw him out. The Horae
then ran aa faat aa he could and
threw Mrs Moore from the buggy.
Mr. Moore waa hurt right hadly bat
la a Me to ba out while hia wife waa
knocked anconacioue and raaMlnad ao
for aome time, and will be c nail nod to
her room for several days.
Mr. E. H. Wrenn ia dosing out hia
retail business and will take stock in
the Granite Mercantile Co. after tke
first of March.
Mi. Silas Taylor whose home is
near this city "met with a aerioua ac
rideat Uat nan*; tM aaaaa4 Maa
tka Im at a foot. )b «H iMWHjig
thrown fraaa the unI and «rl) ha
i«Mti the whaala n4Mt(Mi wot*
run Mir bjr the wagan. T1m left lag
waa aa Mjf cimU that It waa aae
aaaary U amputate tka tab Mow
tha kaee. Dra. Taylor .ad Id Hot
Ifagaworth piifind tka ayaratiaa.
Honor roB (or Jan. 1IN-M grade
Slgfrad Sakafar, Meady BaB, Waa.
Long. Boy Boylaa, Carl !■■■>, Mattie
Bridgiaan, Ma There, Vlriaa U*
ward*, Krnaa Jonee, Beeaie llartta,
Tom " " JfUVMM w.nu
Smith, Aaaie Aakkara, Byte Mm«,
Sanford AikNn, Thnmaa Aahbara.
Mary Tkaekar, SaMoa Hatcher, Tkoa.
Hauadera, John WaOmra, Elaaraa
Walhora, Lyaaond Wdkorn, Jaaper
Snow, Leila Nonaaa, Oladya (hatar.
2nd grade Haath Jenkina, Oaaar
A I i ai ifc ■ «* * - - f «_ ■- • —
A Df mfvllj | r(WVT tfOMl
Lowry, 08 ie Praaaill, Gee. Kay, Bry
aa Blaraoa. Bantaa Moody, Mary
Spaugh, Mary Haaaah, Bo ah Taylor,
Margie Cook, Lata Jokaaon, Bra Baa
ner, Maad Witt, May Bobinaon, Sadie
A.hby, Mamie Tatum.
trd grade—laaa BeKoo, Ida Burge,
Caf aa Cartar, Suaaa Gantry, Har
ray Jokaaon, Inn Jeaee, Emily
Joaee, Millie Thaehar, Victoria WoWe.
4th grade Hurlay Bolton. Benton
gar, WBIiie Wotfa, Margaret Aahby.
Looiee Brockwell, I ma Lea Caaeetl,
Myrtle Cat, Maggie Yooag, Clarence
Archibald. Edgar Earp, Howard
Hanlu, Haywood llaughton, Utic
Joaaa, 'Adrian Bohiaaon, Baymond
Smith. Willie Witt.
Mb grade—Gay Callaway, Nanaia
Crits, Annie Hadley. Mary Holltaga
worth. Myrtle Villey, Jamea Booker,
Jamea Banner, Jaataa CHU, Ira
Priar, Oacar Merritt, Bd Smith, How
ard Katterfteid. Bah art Tharker, Car
tia Worrell.
Kb grade—Stella Jamea, Mary
Qrarue, Lacy Hadley, Batklaan Ban
ner, Margie Sparger, Gertie Ca^r,
Irene Thorn peon
7th grade—Blair Hiaea. WiU Joka
aon, Ha Ira ton Williaaeon. SaBle Had
lay.
8th grade Minnie Hereon, Laaa
Matcher, Lit air M (-Cargo, Or* Parker,
Erneat Jane*. Otin llankn. Biahop
Mdak.
Kittrair* Ml Out
G. A. * M. 3 Kittrell thia week
I nold their atock of fnodi to ptrtin in
Charlotte and will turn their mer
cantile buaineaa over to the new own
er* about March Kith. From now
until that date thin ntore will aell
gonda at and bel<>« coat in order to,
reduce the atock to the lowest figure
before the date of the change in
ownnrahip Mra. Kittreil. who haa
had active charge of the at ore for a'
numlier of yeara, expect a to retire
from the aaercantila buaineaa. Dur
ing her buaineaa career her* ake haa
maintained one of tin nicest aad
moat up-to-date atorea in the city and
a he haa a large circle at ruatomera
and friend* wfert will regret that ake
la going out of the buaineaa.
A. D. Folpr Lw*m HoayiuL
A. D. Folger haa auAciently re
covered froaa hia Ulneaa to leave the
Martin Meaaorial hoepital and return
to hia home in Dobeon. Ha haa bean
a patient at the hoepital almoet con
tinuoualy aince October hut Now
hope* to aoor reaume tya law taorfc.
Mrs. TWu Mom ley Die* in
A former resident of thin county,
Mrs. Thrraa Moarley. died at the
home of her son. Dr. C. W. Mow-ley,
in Greensboro, Tuesday afternoon aft
rr a brief illness. She had just com
pleted her noon-day meal and «ai ap
parently in irood health when she be
came ill, and death resulted in about
in hour. The decea.od was the
iridsv of the late J. H. Moaeley and
■raa wel] known in the western part
if the county. For several years she
had made her home with her sua in
Bresnsboro. A abort service was
held at the home of Dr. Moat lay an
Wednesilay night and the body will
he carried to Elkin Thursday and the
Funeral services held that afternoon
it Rocky Springs Ohu-ch, near her
>ld home place.
Surviving are six children, Mrs. C.
HI. Utley. of Coulder, Colo., Mrs. A.
I. Burroughs, of Rutherford Collage,
Dr. C. W. Moaeley, of Greensboro; J.
L Moaeley, of Macon, Ga.; M. C.
Mo—ley, of Bryoa, Ga., and J. N.
Moaeley, of Tavarea, Via.
Mount Airy Stores Now Stocked With
Complete Line Newest Materials
New Mon in tkr hintory of our
city Iwn t|w itam Ukrn on Midi a
reeplendent appearance. They in
aov receiving their aMpaenta of
«prteg e*d« and their nindiiw and
display mwiifia art laden with the
and millinery. There are wrtfc af
dainty Mfiii in mateelak, niiiily
ta thi* true in the dree* patter— and
ladiea* ahoaa. And mm alae oaaae
in thie time far their share of the
»
many new wmtn la rlothtn*
And omr merchant* *n no* fotfet
tin« to toil the world either, for they
by a larfa maiktr of hi*
aoeiataa in kia
;«•»*« -
hot* an
Mr. PMkO na born to
bor* C«—tj. V*, and waa
ofa«a. Ihao^to
oft^M Cap* Fear and Yadkin Val
Wy railroad in 18*7, beraau aa e»*i
Mar in 1«N. aad for the put »
year* had bean aa engineer aa the
road trvm km la Saaford, aaUat
thie city hie kaaM. In 1M1 ke waa
married to Miaa Minnie Douthit, of
Mockaville. aad ia rarrirad by kit
wtf» and thraa daarhtera. Miaaat
Lavinia. teacher la Kaon* Airy Ugh
ackoola. Mary Lealie, atodant at M.
C. C. W., aad Eliaabetk. Alao tkraa
aiaUra of Re identic and tkraa krrtk-'
He waa a awaltr at tka
ian Church aad tka funeral
ducted by Ma paator, Bar. J. C. Griar, j
a aa tat ad by Bar. D. Vance Price aad
Bar. Cab V. Roberaoa, of
fuiaMr paator to tka Juaaaad. wbo
caate to take part in tka Uat aad ritaa
of kia bakrred friend. Ha waa tka
twiner ia tka city aad waa a
of Da Mo lay i
the other
Miaa Darwtfcy Gilbert Bride a#
The home of Mr. and Mr*. W. E.
Undny on North Main Street wan
the mw of a wry beautiful home
wedding Sunday afternoon, *W>
their niece, Mia* Dorothy l-oftm Gil
bert, became the bride of Warrea
Granger. A profu*ion of fern* inter
spersed with white tapers burning in
silver candlesticks furnished Ate deco
ration* and improvised altar before
which the bridal couple plighted their ,
troth. Preceding the cereasany »
mu-'icai program was rendered by
Miss Clara Lindsay, cousin" of the
bride.
With the strains of Mendelsohn'*
Wedding March Mis* Anna Mae Per
ry. of Greensboro, wearing a gown of
roue crepe and chiffon with corsage
of roaes, entered as maid-of-honor.
followed by little Miss Katharine Lee
Gilbert, sister of the bride, as ring
bearer, wearing a frock of pink
crepe-de-chine and carrying the ring
concealed in the heart of a nosegay
of frees iaa and rosea. j
The bride entered with' her uncle,
W E. Lindsay, who gave her in mar
riage. She was lovely in a raee
mauve traveling costume with acces
sories in the new blonde shade. Her
floarers were a corsage of Bride's
roeea and valley liOiea. The bride
and bar ancle were met at Ike altar
by the groom with hi* beat man, D
i. Tribble, of Greeaaboro, and the
vows were spoken before the Bev. D.
Vance Price.
Mrs. Granger a* Miss Dorothy Gil
bert waa one of Mount Airy'n moat
popular and charming young women.
She was educated at the Mont Airy
high school, computing here education
at Oaken College and .North Carolina!
College for Women.
Mr. Granger, the soa at Mr. aad
Mrs. N. N. Granger, of Atlanta. Ga.,
was educated at the Georgia School
of Technology, Atlanta. Ga„ and is a
well known bnahwaa man of Greena
boro After the wedding trin to
points sooth. Mr. awl Mrs. Granger
win make Greensboro the* home.
Prior to tb wedding, Mr. and Mrs.
Ob Sparta Road
UH
of clotklllf, •
by
aide. TV My vii nU and h angry
and ki crtN M attracted the attari
lias of t girl an Mr way to ach d.
other cUldM quickly fathered aad
it vaa hard far tkr oleara la «f
that any footprint* or athar
that would aanw aa dura to tha
titjr of tka party or parttaa wha
ed tlw baby thara ware to bo
though it waa a rid* at that two
atobilaa had laai< at tha apnt
daaa found about tha 4atM» or
auitcaao which waa a rary ehaap aaa.
ThaoAean haatfly carried tha baby
■araad aad fad aftar whtah It
proaiptly fall aalaop aad they lai I Ud
it to Eihia whore It tw placed ia tha
■aid tla »ka)
apparently la
dHioa aad awaag thooe
wha aitorad to adnwt it, aa
riB ha wm4» of It far a
faw daya aa it waa thought battar to
kaap It la tha hupltal to aaa If it
drvalopad cold or pnauaioaia aa a re
•uh of the oapoaare to which it waa
lutijurtod by who «wr deaerted R. It
waa not determined how long tht
baby lay by the roadaide but aha waa
pieced thara early enourh for tha
hlankata to hacoaie damp with dew.
It waa evident that mother leva or at
leant a hunutn cawipaaiion moved tha
party, who daantad the hahy, to
place it where aoaaeon. waa rare te
aee It; It waa plat-eu uu a bank juat
in line with the viaiun of anyone
paaainc in an automobile, at tha
aiune tune a lone chance waa taken
that expoawe aright aauae the child'a
• :th lie Jon anyone
paaa wha would have
it.
Central
REV. W. A. NEWELL,
Sunday School .. .Jt-M A. M.
Unrninf Worship .....1140 A. M.
'icning Wo--flip 740 P. M.
Prayar Bsoieo Wad. .. 740 P. M.
0:4* P. X.
• :46 P. M.
e«»ior Lmcm* 4:4k P. M.
The Mission Study Ciaas will Mat
with Mr*. A. B Macon thU, Thursday
afternoon at S:00 K M.
Miss Amy Hackney
of jmnf pnopk'i work. W«
North Carolina ronftmct wiD
a district Mtftini in Cantral
next Thursday at 740 P. M
young people of the church an
trirt are invited to he present.
The opening hee and social m
held Tueoday evening provided
lainment and relaxation for
y "un# and the filvsr offering i
ing to $21.00 will profcably pot
I of the Woosan's Missionary
In the lead financially. Fiddle,
banjo a*
in keeping with the old
v'-t ■%+.. ' ''I
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