MOUNT AMY. NORTH
f^ful Bookkeeper
In Toils of tbe Law
A. A. McCaw b H«M w P«n
a*/ CWp Wirwt 1»
mmd bj Mm* Airy CWii
tC itoLir'a5
CWr Co., for whom he ku »mW
for the poat four 700 rs. It to (aid
ud ho had full charge of tko bootu
W toTuT to!
dnlgtag to luxurtoe and that thi.
tf—»d hit employ ei a to itiit u to
The oWrioli at tho a em pan? *07
thojr to*r not rnmploted their tor»
tigattoa tort Koto uncovered enough to
•MINI them to having McCaw ar
wM and bald bora until tho booka
can ho thoroughly audltod. McCaw
km mmd* mo public lUtwiat and ton
booa adrtood to gtva out mm until
ha mm oaiptoy an attorney,
Bo to a aingl* man and aupporta hto
metkn and a atotor bora. During hia
atay to Mount Airy ho tow marie
■ny frtonda and tho trouble bo baa
fallen into haa proved a great aur
prtoo to the pwMV
Coy aland Higk Boy* To Try
ffanfcall
Down to Sduthom Surry the cam
yua of a certain high achool haa
undergone a change. Tie once nun
wow baaket ball oourU have gtowa
away to the king of aporta. The
kigh achool boya derided that the
oantor of their baaket ball court
would make a good "hoM plate;"
Immco they pulled up the old oak
poat; tot the air out of tho old baaket
Ml, and began toaaing tho borao
hide.
Aa thia 1a the ft rat yoar that Cope
land baa entered thia aport, little la
known of the atrength of tho club,
however, the aupportora of thia achool
can bank on tho fact that the athletoa
put "their all" into any activity
which they undertake. Unifonaa,
ahooa, aliding pad*, bata and halto,
have been purchaaed by the authori
ttoa of the achool.
Rabbit Hawk Caught Ob
Shelton Farm.
R. A. 8helton, ■ farmer who live*
on route 6 recently caught a large
hawk which when measured waa i%
feet from Up to tip of wing*. Mr.
Shelton miaaed a fine hen and when
a March waa made he found the re
main* of the hen about half eaten
and decided to try to trap the thief;
with the hen aa bait the trap was
fixed at the feasting place and when
next visited the monster hawk had
had his laat feast. Mr. Shelton ex
plained that the hawk was not
stretched to take the meaaure or it
would have reached a higher figure,
he just held out one wing at a time
and measured with his rule therefore
his measure waa very conservative.
New Mercantile Firm Organ
ised.
The Beaaaer-Creed-Ayera Co., this
week took ever the buaineee formerly
conducted by W, G. Lewis A Co. The
new firm is eoetpoaed of W. P. Beam
er. Miaa Mary J. Creed and J. E.
Ayera, who are well known in thil
city, having been engaged in tlx
goods buaineas here for a number ti
years. Mr. Lewia has not definitely
decided what he will do bat he ex
pects to enter some line of mercantile
beaineas in the city.
Homer Roll Fer Eaat Mewl
Airy School.
Grade 7—Polly Gould. Leany Mid
kif, Arvel Vaughan. Say Webb.
Grade I—Clinton ChDdreaa, Oaorga
<Mi Joe Bob Laweoa.
Grade S- Claude Childreaa, Blhrfa
HI Patau. Herechell Vaugban. Wllcb
ar Short, Dolly Di Palma
OjU»|WO>BW TO^HKAg^
11m eteb it Ttry fortaaato Ik se
curing tbs jerries of Mr. Bf ill who
is not only at th* heed of all public
school music la Wtestan Balam and
chairman af Um Civic Mask C—mIII
■ion of the prngroasl»e twin ettjr but
la prealdaot of the National Aaaoeia
tion of Fublte Schaol Muafc Super
visors, and ttw»ton ably qnNM to
bring us a worthwhile discussion and
demonstration of tka subject. Ho la
under bia eapnbla UadauM|i wuadai ■
bar* boon arromptlaked In Winston
Saiom in tbo development of public
achool moaic.
Every dub member la urged to bo
the (nest of the manic department on
this oceaaien.
Jurora For April Com*.
The following namaa were drawn
from Um Jury boa by the County
Commissioners Monday to aw is aa
jurors at April term of Hurry Super
ior Court, which moots so April ttth
for two weeks af criminal and etrll
jllUfi.
First Week.
Nelson Gentry, Herman Gates. D.
W. I lemmings, W. L. Seals, C. 0.
Davis, A. L. Bin«, W. L. lnman. J.
W. Thramer, Joe F. Booker, W. J.
Mulk.fr, B. N. Leftwvh, W. B. Oilloo
pie, C. L. Simmons, Beid Snoddy, K.
T. Moore. C. B. Lawrence, D. B. Nal
son, A. J. Mistt. J. A. J. Boyall, 1.
H. Jones, J. B. Htnea, 8. C. Worrell,
A. W Shinault, Q. H. Badgett, A. G.
Webb. T. A. York. H. F. Laffoon.
Sherman Bundy, John Scott, 8 B Bry
ant. Sidney Cook, B. E. Creed. B. B.
Inmsn, J. C. Gentry, Lee B Sparger,
A. Phillips.
Second Week.
C. B Marion. J. M. Hill. J. H. Cal
loway, Alex Collins, C. E. Hiatt, J.
A. Sparger, E. H. Cockerham, E. E.
Marion. Grady Cooper, B U. Batea.
B L Church, H. C. Norman, Geo. W.
Bey. J. F. Nixon, C. 8. Bey, N. C
Marion, Fred Col hard. M. V. Pete
destar.
iravawn Sond Itowi.
A card from Mr*. Ella HoloMnb
and Mrs. C. H. Hajmn, written In
Uw city of Jerusalem and mailed on
February 15th, reached h«r« on Fri
day of last week. The ladies it will
be recalled left thi« city on January
22nd for a trip to the Holy Land and
other placet of note in the old world.
The card brought the news that both
ladies are in the beat of health and
.•n joying the trip hugely. Mrs. Hol
•<>mh ha* been ao well the entire time
that (he ha* not missed a meal and
Mra. Haynea has been well and en
joying the trip with the exception of
a short time when she was sea sick.
The trip they are on is supposed to
end after a time of two months sight
seeing over seas.
Juniors Pro—I Flag To
Franklin School.
The local Junior Order of Ameri
can Mechanics presented Franklin
Ichoot with a large United States
(lap with the request that it be pre
sented to the class making the larg
est percentage of daily attendance
for the month of February.
This flag was won by the boys and
girls of the seventh grade and pre
station was made by the principal.
Prof. Henry Wolfe, at the opening
cxereiaas Wednesday morning.
I Henry^Woods to Build Modora
Workmen have started excavating
the lot i 't >inlng Carl Simmons on
North Main Street preparatory la
erecting a modern two-story 10-roosa
residence f r Henry Woods, at White
Plains. It will ha af brick constime
itoa and is -'touted la east HMM.
The wA is h-teg dene by Osntinstai
Matt Mine*
Pilot Mountain Sufferd Fire
Lom of $50,000 In Big Blaze
Claud Iwmwmi ahaat aUda%M T*m
buildinga la Wat Moaatoto, Miadtog
Um cafe, Um atore rfV. H. Bald aad
the HaUtk Dnf atora, ml Um win
HmHJ» Mock. Whaa dlaeO»e/ad the
which is lacatad la Um Mldlv m*d
by Um J outer Of** of PUot Maun
tain, but a* there waa m aana of
* H*.nl am ka^kaa to praaaat
tta aprMtof to adjotoing building*.
The first atorjr partitioa latwa^ Um
bnlMuia waa of brick bat Um am
end atarr «aa wood wark aad aa aaoa
u Um In would bara down tha
woodaa partittona it would braak oat
I to tha adjoining building. aad Umh for
; mora than aa hoar ptapaitj owaara
The Mo oat Airy Ira department
anawered a call for help aad arrived
on thr scene la half an boar bat waa
helplans aa tksra waa no way •»
which tha Mg engine could cat wator
to pwnp.
Rat for Um quick work of Um peo
ple who aooa gathered the flaaies
m.ght have apraad aeroaa Um street,
hut fronto af all Um building. op
poette Um burning area wera pro
tactod by akaata of tin roofing being
propped against then and thus pre
*aluad at tSfiOO with only (1,000 m
on Monday ho ted rod red |MM
worth of gnm sosd which wont ap
with tte otter rood*.
TIm otter baikiiav dslwysd, Dm
Junior Ordsr property, had HJN in
boildmc His stock wm umiwI
when H looted as If Mm An would wis
and late in his sters also.
It to too sarijr for tte twiwi of
tte destroyed property to
what ttey win do hat
tt all to te rsboilt at aa sarljr
with
THREE SENT TO
STATE PRISON
SpMt, Pwiirgrw Ami CkU
dr*ae Comvictod m Yadkims
ANmM Girt
YadkinviUe, March «.—A verdict
of guilty *>> returned in hi min
ute* Tuesday afternoon in the case oi
Jonah Speaks, LdUjr PWkIwhim
and Garland Child real, charted with
sssaalt on a female, and the Ant two
war* sentenced to tan yean each in
the State priaon and the laat named
to eight pan.
The prosecuting witness was Miss
Edna Speaks. couain of Jonah Speaks,
and who is only 14 jraara old. She
makes her home with Mr. and Mrs.
U. A. Martin near Yadkinville, and
it was charged that the throe defend*
ante, in a drunken condition, want to
the home of Mr. Martin and told the
girl that her mother, in upper Yad
kin County, waa ill and had sent them
for her. Going with them aha was
taken to a vacant house in Buck
Shoals and kept there until noon next
day. Whan she waa ralaaasd she
told an awful story of the treatment
and torture she had undergone at the
hands of the drunken men and of
their attempt to criminally aaaault
her. She also bora many cute and
bruisaa from her awful night in the
cabin.
The trial here lasted several hours
with many witneaaes giving testimony
against the trio. The young girl took
the stand and made a good witaaaa.
Williams A Res vis and J. A. Rous
xeau represented the defendants
They will be earried to the 8tate
prison Muna time this week. Speaks
and Pendergrass have had reputa
tion" in this section and have been in
court a number of times.
According to Sir W. Arbuthnot
Lane, notad British surgeon, fair
hairwd persons are more able to fight
atrainst disease than dark-haired ones.
MO-POUND WILD HOG
K11LED BY HUNTEft
Doth of Hug* RasorWck
Ends Hat of Mm Hum
Two Yoon.
U CrtMM, Wis., Fab. ST—A has*
wild boar, a sample at the rasorback
variety itandlni almoat aa high aa a
■mall cow, ma brought to La Croaaa
recently by Percy Eaton, La Croaaa
hunter, who killed the animal after an
intermittent boat of more than tiro
years on aa (aland la the Wineabelk
bottom* of the Mississippi near Lias
villa, Wis.
Th boar measured eight feat eight
incbea from saout to tail, stood braaat
high to aa average aw whan erect,
and ita weight «u cetimated by tbe
men who dagged it oat of tbe bottoms
an between >80 aad MM pound*. It
had tusks ten icbea long.
Kagon baa bad aioaeroa* exper
iences with tbe n.se old wild bag aad
ha* come off second beat la several
encounters which, ended with the
hunter ap a tree.
Socrod CoKtrt Was Highly
Music lovers of Moaat Airy arc
reldoaa afforded socb a treat aa was
furnished Monday evening by the
CentaMU-y Men's Chorus directed by
Mr. Edgar Clapp and aaaiatel at tbe
pipe organ by Mrs. Anne Albertaon
Clapp. The entire concert was beau
tifully rendered and th* numbers
■elected included soma of the grand
old hymns so familiar to church
people but sung by these artist* they
took on new beauty and charm.
The auditorium was packed aad
general satisfaction and appreciation
for the program was eiptiasad A
collection was taken for toe beenflt
of the Rockford 8troet Methodist
Church for tbe improvement of the
church ground*.
Happenings Twenty-one Years Ago I
Interesting hems Glen nasi From the Files of The
Mount Airy Xews J1 Years A$o This Week
J. D. Jenkins this week moved Into
hi* new residence on Main Street The
new home ia situated on a part of
what ia known in tkis city aa the
Renfro lot. Mr. Jenkins bears the
tlUtlnrtioa of being tbe oldest march
ant in the city and has bean sailing
(food hers mors than M years.
Mr. and Mrs G.j T. J ones, of Ash
Hill, war* here trading Wednesday.
While here th#y took ttae to drive
over \i the quarry and see the sights
that are truly wonderful to one who
has new visited the quarry. They
thaniealvea aa helng greatly
work that Is fcslwg deoe at
Mr. In— la ase at the Boat
aos qf the yoasg faimers In t
W. jr. Nixon, of Kapps Mill, «u in
town Saturday ami teUs as that Mr.
John Kapp ii making many valuable
improvements OB hi* mill.
Hon. J. M. Brwwsr and W. I. Yolk
left this city th* past week on a proa
P-ctin* taor of the west. They will
to to the Indian Territory.
Mr. t. B. McCargt> toot ■ good
horse in this city Tuesday. Another
horse was running away and dashed
into Mr. MeCaroe's team drirhtg the
shaft into the horse's body ItdHetint
a wound that cawed death hi a few
Peter Cartwright, pmwtr M.thodist
rvaiifiliii, who itinerated far yiiw
(krwik Virginia praaeMa* tbi
goepel (ran town U town, la the
modal a pun which the present Mex
ican Government has founded Ms
ayrtem of Itmeraat rural school
teacher*, accord in* to Joap Kelly, a
Califomian. who for thirty years has
been a representative oi the Depart
ment of Labor of the Mexican Q#»
mmrnl.
Mr. Kelly says that in February of
IIM, the Callea Government setah
lisbed 8.000 rural schools
Every teacher has three schools la
separate towns and vMagaa. They
travel constantly from school to
school—to one on Monday and Thurs
day, another on Tuesday and Friday, I
and the third on Wednesday and Sat
urday.
Inataad of the saddle bona upon
which Peter Cartwright rode, each of
theee Mexican teachers la equipped
with a Ford car. Mr. Kelly expreaeea
the belief that these schools would
mean a - new and educated Mexico
within twenty years.
The member* of the Kiwanis Club
of this city will meet with the club in
Winston-Salem Thursday evening at
8:30. The party la expected to leave
the Blue Ridge Hotel at 4J0 ao as
to lie on hand promptly. The occas
ion U a tri-city rsthering of the
clubs from Mount Alrp, Elkin and
North Wilkesboro who will be fBests
of the Winston-Salem Club. A large
number is expected to attend from all
these citiea.
Child Falls Through Plato
Glaaa.
A largo plate glass m the building
of Jackson Bros, was broken out Sat
urday afternoon while several small
children war* playing in front of it.
In their playing one, of the children
was pushed againat the glaaa earning
it to break, and throwing her through
it. The child injured was the girl of
B. M. Dickoraon and was painfally
cut about the face, and thcee who
saw the accident manrelod at bar ea- J
cape, aa several large pieces of gl*a«
struck her. The glaaa waa replaced
by the Mount Airy Mirror Co* and
was sat Monday afternoon, the window
being out of uae only one day.|l
jL '
Paper currency now lasts oaly
about half aa long aa It did before Mm
war. Experts say this ia dae mainly
to oil and groaae aoaking lata the
paper money at aatomohUe service
TUiRf Stay b
Wo Story Ty>Tit
A Qaiak Way to Gal MwL
kw*i MW OMf M.
(Mm ef tUi Mta, to ham *a
tartr NNlr *i mm n*a Cm
1W K«rr << M MM W MM MM
«>a ■»■«! to MM* |II»I|, (Mi
Hall >a a goad citiaea and hae a la««a
Un« an tha Cmm at Mr. M Oi|i
pica MN hMtollif h > pen and tor
the vMl toMfij. Tha ihllMan ytt
of care and attention and Mack Mat
The pork waa atorad away la mm
wit and the family enjoyed the rtha
and back-bone* and the feat and tha
nam and Um mm Maeaga. It waa
decided in family mmmH that that
could apare two of tha hi—i and yet
bare enough to laat until a new mm
ply «f Meat rouM ha produced. So
two of the big ham* were told a* the
Market to aecure fande that tha
family needed.
And then, m had lack would hare
it. Uuit Friday night some akunk a#
i citiaen, btaat hie dirty Ufa. waM to
that aaMa houar and carried off erary
aound of tha Meat, to he accurate ha
P* two big haMa. two aide*, two
Mhn and a JowL
The anew waa an the ground to
•fame and tracka leading from tha
»w»k<hoot ihovtd Hist ft studied
Tort waa Made to lend Mr . Hall to
hink that a family of cnlorad people
a the neighborhaod get Ida Meat.
Mr. Hall followed the tracka and they
aad direct to the humble bcane of a
Mgro citiaen. be cam* to town aad
pot a anarch warrant from Eaq, John
r. Monday and, arMad with it. had
Deputy Jrear Monday to go with Mm
ind make a aeairh of the colored
nan "a home. They found nothing.
But they did find that tha mm tracka
that left the amokahaaae doubled
>ack after going near the colored
■nan'a home, thua ahowing that a
leliberate effort had bean Made to
•ntangie the colored man in trouble.
*nd ao, to make the atory complete
and the detaila all given. the HaB
family waa left with one aide of
neat which the thief failed to get.
And for their aupply of Meat they
muat now provide. If that ia not
liard luck, then what ia?
Fiddtors' UmitwUm at Flat
Rock High School.
Fourteen cash prises are offered
for violin, banjo, guitar, harp and
band players u inducements far
hirer numbers of player* to take part
n the Old Fiddlers' Convention to ha
ield in the now high school at Plat
Rock, Friday, .March 11, beginning at
fJO P. M., far the benefit of the
ichool. The public la invited. Ad
nisaion, tSc and 85c.
Frustrated in an attempt to fine
ill feminine wearers of short hair
ind short skirts hi his village, a
Spanish mayor has offsred toe pris
ts. one for the most beautiful girl
nth the longer* shirt and another far
Jie meat becomingly trmsi J head of
oag hair.
he spaas Aram the md of the thumb
» Mm sod of the little tap*.
The aaatal bant lor •KattMsat,' a
vlack hear, is again amtor tray ia the