County
ot «h* .aha* to!
*a NMkr Ml Dm atate M a wlM
•Mi htn a tax Wry aqua I ta twtj
iim» ta atate. and not a tax rata at
70 MM la Surry and tt eaaU ta
aa la now tha
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Surry'i iiywmtatlvt alar toak aa
Important fart la tha road la«iala
ttoa quaation and on tha laat day of
tha Maaion aacurad tha paaaafl* of a
tt tha duty of tha Stata Htch
ta taha ovar M par
WmUlmi
af thia M par eaat la to ha
by tha pamnta|a of mil*
aca that aach county now Kaa on tha
The phnu of the SO Million dol
lar road bond measure hu a proris- '
la* la pvateet Um counties utinit
oafaif distribution of tha funds and
ruairas that tha mgaajr ahaU ha al
locatad la tha eoaatiaa on tha aaaa]
hash that former bond money has
haen allocated to tha districts. It 1*
estimated that 8wry will receive
HUM as har part of thla fund, aad
aow that tha cosnmlsslan has tha yaw
ar to ail more mileage and tha^maney
to caTry aa Ms program there ta ha
bo farther reasons advanced for not
taking over the Lowgap road and
makiag H an Improved staU road.
Bath Partita to Haw Equal
Numbsr Markara at Polla
Tha ballot law for this county was
amended by Mr. Folger ao as to give
both political parties equal represen
tation as to markers at tha palls. As
the law will operate at tha next elec
tion each |kJit»al party shall ha en
titled to a marker far every 100 reg
istered voters. Booths of •uitable
sias to accommodate three person*
will he provided and a Democratic|
marker and a Republican marker
will ha aasignsd to each booth, and j
each marker so aaaigned shall work
in that booth and togwther and in (to
other booth or with no other marker.
Should a voter, an receiving his bal
lot, dealt* assistance in marking It he
shall proceed to one of these booths
and there be instructed how to mark
*a ha makes his wishes know* Is tha
T of hath the Republican aad
Democratic marker. In this w*y tha
actio* at either marker cannot ha
questioned as thay mast work In tha
presence of each other. The aalaa
tiee of the markers is made by tha
Chalman of tha Board of Beetle* a*
usiaaain litlm of tha Chairman at
sech political party. Ft** days he
foe* the election each Chairmaa shall
subaslt a Hat of Ave namae far aaeh
marker that the party Is eatHlad ta
w**M m»i« 'en" 1 • af n marten
tm earl ra ■ • '• Mat af M
An iftrt to (in
bondewe of former
r. I. Eldridf did not MWMd. At
"to Mr. Kolfer o»a«id>t»d kae
the legiatoture (hrt Mm
tkto
for Mr. Bldridc wiU have to
Elko. mmd PiUt
IV tow extending Etkin't
■•to Itaita «u not ■iliilil and en
luno lit it will toko to the akoo fao
ory, Um furniture factory and a torp
•rritorjr north of tko town. Pilot (
Mountain alao »pread kor I unit* out I
ind will have kor town comliaatow- <
•r» elected for rafytog toma ot trwm I
wo to fowr years, waling wkat ie<
•ailed a continuing board. TWn waa
MM MrttoMt for tko aaao ktod of
m ram—»»nl tn Mount Airy krt it
loeer gained itnafA aMalint to
jot it pot into fore*.
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TIm Mount Airy coMMoMn in ,'
Ui^cUd to call an ilirtw to allow i
a raise the maxlaauai school tax rtto I
'• «0 cento. TIm praMtf rate is 18 i
•nU. They will also vote oa a pro- <
Meal to levy a tax of 10 wnU to tain i
IP a (Mcit of nearly MO.OOO that
la* beca miM la tha operation of
Jto city aehoola. TIm school tax {
ilection la exported to bo hold mm*- 1
im» la the ■prlng, sooa aftor tho city,1
election.
rUy Waa't Ut Oar C—rt
Alniw Smkm Foliar DM
It Tltia Tim*.
And they won't tot o«r Recorder's
Court akoe. Two yoari s#o, (who
■lid it no om will admit.) tho naming!
of tho Judr* was plwod la tho hands
of tho Governor of tho state and tho
if no of office rxtepdod to four year*.
This time Mr. Folder placod the Judgs
sad Solicitor on a sAlftry to bo pdW
monthly by the 8urry County Com
missioners, •• tho court U for Mount
Airy township and not for the city
alone. Tha county will in return rs-'
coirs all the costs that have foi marly
tons to thsoe two oAciaia. The sal
ary of the Judge is placod at 91,800
■ year and tha Solicitor at 91.SOO.
Figures last year show that these
twa official* received KM* and 91,. '
624, reoepctirely. Mr. Folder has ooa
tendod ytll along that tha faa system
as applied to sdministers of justice
was intirely wrong and he asys he
wss Anally prompted in his actioa at
placing the t offices oa a salary by a I
decision of the U. S. Buprtmte Court
recently rendered which held aa un
constitutional any act of a asagiatrate
or Judge who rteehror his fee from
the defendant.
Wa Pay All Straat Coat Now.
The past two years baa aosa ae
little amount of miaanderatandlng In
thla city over tha street paving as
j clear oa what portions the property
to pay aa* in
r has paid for
Maw tha [
have to pay for all the
Arter thia year North CinHh
rill join the other 47 states la Ik
nion in Btkinf her auto Ufa run
mi January la Jaaaary instead mi
uly to July as la the past
1m ta|i this year ariU bo laouod for
period of six Mstb on July 1st,
nd thon on Jmaasry 1st, IMi, *» srlB
rot started oa iko right track aad
.11 tar. la tho Uaited States will
xplrv on tho Inl of sac
Hrt A Light Ob Your W
Is th« future all vehicles, dm
>y snimal or otherwiee will be re
|uir*d to display sosso kind of light
rhilr traveling oa tho highways at
light. Thia Is to protect the fans
>r drayman with his team oat at
tight from boing run Into by ears,
•specially as cars are passing sa
>ther and the drivers are sometim
>linded for a brief period by t
lights. la that brief parted ssaay
i wagon has been swsshed whan a
light hung on to tho coupling polo
would have prevented the accident.
To Hsw A Whaling Big Park.
The state is going to spend two
million dollars buying up town tains
»ut beyoad Ashevills and giving then
to Uncle Sam for a national park, to
bo known as Smoky Mountain Park.
This amount Is to bs matched by
private subscriptions from intersst
d parties, which it Is said Is already
practically |assured. In appropriat
ing this money there was some trad
ing done to gat It pat across and la
the trade the eastern part of tho
atate gat a lot of money to dig
drainage canals aad mors than a
million dollars to build I bridge
wms the Cape Psar river at WH
miagton.
Tawth « Bad Ckstk Law Cm
The had. check law was
.nd lawyora who ate familiar with
to provision say It now h*s "teeth"
n It that will bite the raaoal who
riee to inaka his way in the world
Ny way of the bad shack. Ths law
' miaatos the !• day notice to ths
•prit to saake good hta bad rhssh
Va 5UII Pay $20 A Cop par.
Moat of the oountiee hi ths state
tad with Tabs Ommm ht Mm
*' *y
at I
d hi
Alia. tm Tkia City—Ckiw
It to B* *r'l il
Mm ■ tkl* Af. Mn. 1m AIIm. »
HN«rfaf*,«(*aMkri»M(lli
Mm kwi of a IT-immM hay. Toot
»U Kartfa, hIMIi Martin Ma
MrW Habitat • faw kaar Mot.
Tha bay «n laaftac araaad Mm Imm
ting, On the m*M waa a platol
bMwctec to Mr. Allan, and Mm bar
Mrs. Allan eaatfomd kla to bHl It
•tuna aad (• on off aa aba did aot
want to ba bothorod with kin. ami
K la aaW that tha bay than i»wi<
It at Mm. Allan, tha piatol Artec and
tha ballat paaainc through har hand,
nach and ranftef down lata har bady.
Mm «aa attttec te har thair at Mia
ttew wtth har chin raattec upon har
hand. Um ballat aa«»aiad tha rpteal
t-olunn te har nack aad ia«n< eoaa
plata paraljrml* at oata.
Tha bay clateM It waa aa aactdaat
and that ha had aa tetoaMaa of Artec
tha yiatol Ha wm arraatod aad
boaad to Jail for trial at Dabaon
court ia April. Ik haa a lapuUllaa
character. Mr. AUaa U a day laborar
in oaa of tha fuialtara faftarlM.
inrtadad te tha Itet ad eaaaMaa add
wa will eoatteaa to pay a reward of
ISO for tha capture af any kind af
vaaaal that la ahowa to Kara boon
arhlla intozicatad, uadar tha aaw, U
ISO Ana or M day* te Jail, or baMi
and Mm revocation of tha drirar**
Haaaaa for aot laaa tkaa M day*, la
law toteto away Mm Hnan far aat
laaa than tfcraa aamtha.
Children between 14 aad M years
»f age mm to employe,I la cotton
Mills ud other such UwlriN tar
"w eight kwi * day or over 4$
Mm i *Mk. They may Mt work
tftor • o'clock la llw svewlag nor
tofoie 7 o'clock in the moraine.
nry for Umm to work at all. The
im.l in loan Is the same as for
■hiidrrn betweea 14 and 16. This
the lUtc. defeated oan la the sen
ite, brought hack to Ufa after un
ravorahla rs—lltsi report aad de
feated ea the kor aad finally passsd
at the 11th ho«r. It la considered
i»ne of the «oat cuHraitlw piecee
of tefialatioa passsd thia session.
Four smergenry judftta, whole
time judges too, two from the eaet
and two from the west, were author
ised bjr oaa of the last acta of the
legislature. Already the Governor
has aaaaed them, they being Charley
Moore aad Nat Townaead for the
eaet and Hoyle Sink and Tarn Bowl*
for the weet. Their terms of oAee
are for two years each and they draw
the salary of the regular lodges of
the state.
Happenings Twenty-one Years Ago I
Interesting Hem* Glen net} From the Fil*s of Th*
Mount Airy ATews ?/ Year* Ago Thin Week
F. M. Poor* i* adding • aeeond
story to kU k(Mhm am WBeon
Street and making otho* improve
M. L. Dm* has aoM Ma photo
rraphar*! ont*t to Levi ltol*rU who
will hmto Mar tha <—nj for tha
The work is progressing rapidly m
tha new ulephona WHIm near Urn
post oAee and aho on tha targe three
story building opposite the Blue
Ridge Inn that la being erected for
tha Ann >f F. L Smith Hardware
Ok
Capt. J. H. Carter this week sold
| to W. J. lyaili tha Mater tat on the
Reofro HUi. Tha tat tomta abant
100 feet and la 400 feet deep The
price paid waa 11.6*8 Mr. Byeriy
hooght the tat with the intention of
hoildtng a raaUenee en it seme time
ta tha htm.
A rural free delivery rente hm
been established from White Ptalw
with Olek Marshall as earlier
Marvin ipargrr. stf Cbartatto, h
visiting in thia city.
aame nUlea part h of this alty h«
Old Courthouse at Rockford
b Destroyed by Recent Fire
MoCow Uaikb To TwmUk
M Xmd Gmm T» JUL
& A. MaCaw, who «y araaatad
laat writ m i charge of tap)| ky
Um Hooat 4l*y Ohotv Co, w »tw
a yulla^ary haarlag Mm Mp
Uwlln to luifhr'i Coart Man
dacod by either side, and be woe
heand to Dokm court (or Mai. Ma
bond twine eet at (MM, Ha waa
carried to Pahaua Jail Tviaaday after
nooa aa ho waa naabla lo gat ay the
bond. 8a Mm two uoeloa la Balk
Carolina that it ta laid ha la la taack
with hut aa lar Ika kaod hoa aat
beaa ariaagid aod M la Mid tka
young man boa »e%aod ta Ma fete
for th» pmaint and wtt await Ma
hoartac at tka April Mm
McCaw •» ta laat woek waa kaod
bookkaoyar far tka Meoat Airy Chair
Co., aod kad fan chare* of tka kaaka
ckargad with raialng a (hack tkot k*
wrote far Ma aolorjr, ralaing tka ig
uraa aflar tka rdlrtala hod ilpal
cation In Ma kaaka are aaid to hava
baon found, with which ha afll ha
rhargod whaai Ma eaaa coatee ay at
Dakaaa. Ha kaa .mploy«d WoHa A
WoJt* ta daMad hfaa while J. H.
in looMac'after their iateraoL
Hugh DohMoa. mo of M. m Oak.
through tha oadaol of takiag tka
Puttmir tnwtxBnit Umnm diyi follon
in* a pouihl* lofactloa (na a eat
which had eootrarted hyMuyhckia.
Tka cat-waa a favorite pat of Mr.
DabMna- fteafly. hat aw day lart
woak ahow«x] *igna of being mad. at
u>* tuna biaag Hock aa lb hand aad
face hafora It <«ald ba MM. Mr.
RuWrwn waa thai* on • via it at tha
time and killed it with a ahot in.
Ha than laiilad it out in tha back lot
and with an asa cat off IU head sad
prepared it far ahipaMn* to RaMfh
for esnmiesttee. Dnriaf tha work
ha |«l *eaar Uoad aa Ma hand, tat
nrror (tvr tha aittn any thoaght
until ha emm up tha etreot la tha
hoalth o«aa. whoa ha waa adrhnd
that ha ana hi aa pnl danger aa tha
Dohhina hay. for it waa learned that
Mr. »ikiaamf had a analt cut on hi*
ftNI»i whiah tha hlaad ffwa tha eat
had raaahad. aad ha waa told: that ha
waa alaa aahjn I to iafautia^. m ha at
onea began to taha tha tmtn«U
alao. 11a examination at ItWah
■bun ad tha rat ta hara a wall da
Mr. Cm to Build !W Hania.
Q. K. Cox haa pnrchaaedi.a lot fa eat
ini « fart oa Orchard Straat from
R. 6. Dean aad will at oaaa hada tha
areatioa of a modem bua^alow which
ha will uaa aa hia hoaaa when com
pi at ad. Tha lot la located jaak ta tha
rear of Mr. Dhaa'a hnaa on (krchard
aad Taylor IHiaata. Tha ntm boild
ins will ba of ahala fcaiek and modem
in every napant.
barn aiek for Maw tin* uri there U
little hop* of Ma i mwiy.
Gail*way to form a atock cwpoay
for the pvifoat of organising a coun
ty fair at thia |d«t*. Half the ateek
ha* boon subscribed ami It ia thought
(hat tho other will ho tahaa In a few
day* ao wo on haw • fair nozt
faU.
Tuaaday enroll* ,Mr». Cullen Mrr
i itt entertained about 80 af bar
friends at her heanr on Rawley Ave
nue. The ladtaa amoaed ihawailTte
with the new tune called Nation.
IJlTlLZSL H. Foiger,
; a young lawyer a# Dobaon, baa eaaae
to thia for tho practice of Ma
prttfeaaion and ia now aaeoeiatod with
Solicitor 8 P. Qiaroa and the mw
Am ia known a* Oravaa * Folgor.
Mr. Mew ia a aoo of Ho* Thoo
Fairer and to know* ai eat of tto
mptned tne county ml anal
1US whm the omty of
cvt off from flw
kwutk
TW tot m—t bald at
t» B« StM At
Atactic*.
M««ch 17 «t S;M. Um
WimI, Airy Inamrance A Realty Cm.
«»H aofl at puttie auction throe nioo
IhM loco tod on desirable residen
tial streets of thin «itjr. TW ftnt
one to bo ooH will bo that aft &. S.
on Skat Lelaaon Street, to
with aoase vacant Iota adjoto
ix« hia property. On Eaat Poplar
■Street the homo of L. F. I^eftwieh
viU he aqM at 8 P. M„ and a halt
; hour later the A. S. Allred house «
Willow ttroet w« ha offered a* »
tion. TW Allred houaa waa form
erly owned by It 8. Honeyford and la
located an a ptml itiaoi
Meaon. Monday and Leftwieh aro
moviac to aame point in Weot Vir
ginia whoro they will he eat* cod la
lino work to* the Applaekiaa Power
C*. while Mr. AIM W* mowed to
Westfteld, all of which has cauaad tWa
property to W placed on the uiaiteC
R- R
days to I
to
Plt rWi. Mr. Leonard Wa gone tola
the orange *rowin* boaine-ta in
ida, having a iron of about 40 i
and in tW future expeeta to