Consolidated School* to
Erected In Surry County
"a oeasaslttoe of ettiseaa trxm
Linn appealed Mom the board
and aakod fof tko aroetloa of a coo
■olldatad school at that phot. Tho
board told thorn it was heartily in
Woald toko tbo UttCT OP M WOO M
tho mm; could bo wwrid frooi tbo
bailding fond that io Ml aside by tbo
state for that purpose. However, K
*U stated that It might bo It month•
befora tbo foada win bo iwlbbh,
but it ia now an ssoaiod fact that lb*
Lowgap poopio will (at a consolidated
nrhool
Bida wore called for on tho erec
tioa of a consolidated building at Sea
Mi, near tho far* i t W. >. York, oa
tho Lowgap road. Tho contract ial
scheduled to be lot ftrat Moaday ia
May. The buildiig will bo aiaillar to I
tho one* that hava booa built tho paot
■amnwr in other parts of the coanty.
Tho board sigmAed Ita willingness
to pay ono-half tbo coot of a 4-rooei
school building at Coaibotown for
tbo colored people. Tho haiaaeo of
tho BMNM-y ran be socurod by private
aabocription among the colored poo.
pla aad from tho jtooenwald food
Tbo Kosanwald fond ia a moans sot
If by i northern man by that name
for tkiM km Mwt* Hmywm
mmUo«d edf Sorry Ceantj landa to
front of the net Ww at Mm
Moaday lor turn dm the eounty m
wmm adrortiaod to TW Now. tor tho
pa* four WNki A boot half MM
day of aalo, and m Monday morning
#»e clorfca *m kept baey to tke
Originally there woro 440 tax M>
•to arfrortioed, tort akoM Wf mn
paid Mon tho mIo. TW Mb wae
for Uuoa doe for tbo yoar IMS, and
tncludod only tbooo who ownod tool
r»tat« Practically all the land wae
bid off by J. M. Fulton, of Mount
Airy. Tlii ownen of tbo toad hare
11 aoatb* within which to ndoM H j
hut to do m tboy bar# to pay Um pur
chaeer M pr rent Jnte»eot on the
amount paid for Um land, which at
thia cale rarely amounted to mat*
than tho tax and eoat.
Sheriff Haynoa ha. bats aa loniant
h Um county would allow Mm to Um
furrcloeing of property for taxes due
hia offioc, but the time to earning
when he will not be able to Indulge
the people aa much aa be would like.
It has been said that the county *
nance act pa need by the laat legisla
ture ha* rery stringent regula
tion* about the coBaetieo of tax,
which will make It imperative that
the ehoriffe all oeer the state insist
that all back taxaa be paid Man after
their due data.
The Old World u Seen by Mrs. Holcomb
tha trip
htmM. A
two day i
two In
for the*- important places. 1
readily ooo that one would
•pond more Urn* If It war* ,
Now that she la back boma, Mrs.
Holcomb ylnaa one the iaiprsaskm
that she saw much and got a food
grasp of what she naw, even if it
Mrs. r. D.
Hajrnes both
«jr
in
And fat they
the places of
was again
rialtad tha city
' that the time
wasted. In
the land under i high itaU of culti
vation and everything looking pros
perous and aa if in hands of mm
ability.
Mra. Holcomb coaid not talk with
out now and than — Hwg ntwM to
the poverty and want that on* aaaa
on every hand in tha aaat. Thara tha
extreme* are mt, tha wealth la thara,
hat poverty in all Ka u*ly garb it alao
there. Than are indications awry
where that there ia plenty of wealth,
hot H 1a in the hands of th law. Mrs.
Holeomb has see* Ma ia aU its phaa
ee in our own great citiea, hat she
aays that the hoy as of the poor hi
auch citiea aa New York are not to ha
compared with tha homea of the sanae
elaas in any European city. Tha
guides, aha says, never failed to car
ry one to tha slam districts of a city
as wad aa to the district of tha
wealthy. And it was a sight that
waa astonishing to her to look oa tha
arenas of poverty ia all the citiea.
Another part of the life of tha aaat
that impreaaad her much waa the
want of water and fuel. Everywhere
one went the supply of arater was lim
ited aad hard to get. Tha aame waa
true of fuel. The hotels ware oold
and poorly heated in all the aaat.
Five hundred persons left thia
country oa the trip aad atany of them
wore old and somm ia paw health.
Naturally all did aot eecape the aria
fortune of aiefaMoa. Oa tha trtp one
died and aix were left along tha route
.irk in hospitals. One of theae 4a
veloped pneumona. others had flla
common to people.
The sight that meat impreaaad Mia.
Holeomb was tha lake of OaUloa.
Prom a high point aha had a rUm «f
moat the entire lake, aa aha *
from this view point. It is the
beautiful body of wwtar aha hm
seen. IV Uhe ie high ap
Mils of Pals st Ins aad the
...
I*
in* a rack road froaa 0«lu to the
top of the ■waatoto at Lewgepu O.
C. Wolto, Om E. Root. T. N. Wn4- !
nfnlV.A. York .poke ka the to
irtMi of tho Low rap ml
A delation eqaally well
MB tad by iptsktri natod «
built Ikroufti the
weal. atortto* at Pilot
tn# to Mm and m to Bute
It «M aiftnl that the MCtka tkw
i rave reed to a part of tk< county
which toa never protod by tto road
work dtM either by tho atate or tha
roonty. A. D. Npr mada aa am
tat ptaa Cor Ulto rotate. and waa atoo
backed up by R. C. Prarman. B. J.
Snow and 0. I. Snow.
The county board took ao actio* to
Ilia matter brtHto undoratood that
tha ate moaabara an equally iMrldad
on tiia queation, and that R. M. Chat
ham, J. 8. Patterson and W. C. Wil
liam. an- for tho Pilot route, whito
Dr. J. T. Smith. G. C. Lorit] and D.
E NaUoo atand for tha Lowgap route.
Tha mmmiaaion haa ao power to tha
matter bat' thay ara tuppoaod to aafc
mit a m laaaijadatii to tha atate
hifhWfcy coaatotoaloa aa to what thay
prefer to be doaM. aaid with the body
ihrided at It aeeaaa to ba at
it to hard to foreeaet what tha
will ba.
Hold W.
Mn. Bub CMiiin, aged M r*tn,
who Urn on the Pipem Gap nai is
being Wld in tka city jail on a lienor
rharge. She waa caught in this city
Tuesday moraine, aUU |witaah|
(ha duty of a walking biind U|w.
The aCcara had suspicionsd that aha
araa paaaing out the fluid aai Taaa
iiay U. F. Patterson waa itetailad la
shadow her. aad white aha waa mak
ing her way down Worth >Uaat ake
wu aroaatad by the iMnr. When
brought to tha police station aha waa
round to be hiding two piat
nf whiskey under har skirt I
* capacity of six pint bottles. The
apron waa made of pod strong w
teiial and waa about 10 ifefcaa loaf
and had six poefcoU ditched la it with
a atroac beK aewed to the top ao it
rouM be securely fastened around Ike
watet aad worn under a heavy winter
coat, la thia way aha has beea able
to retail the staff at will alUint tha
leaat suspicion from outward appear
ance. She is bttaf held la default of
bond and will be given a hearing be
fore Judge Lewellyn next Monday.
•afely pocketed i« aa
that had
Knt(hU Twmplar To Gi~
N«it Tueaday evening the KnifkU]
Templar of thU city will girt a ban
quet at the Bio* Ridge Hotel, thair
wire* and lady friend* being the (Seat
uf the Kni|kU. The t—»!■ ken kH1
• memharahip of nearly 75 and a
large attendant* ia npirtii at tka
banquet, which wll begin at T o'aloefc.!
After the prograaa ia mr at tfca
hotel the Knigkte wfll aaa* fa Mr
hall and confer the T—aplar dealaa
upon tea* candidate*.
TeUplwae CMfcciala VWt CfcyJ
Ex-Sheriff 3. I. Jaham. »n illm
of the Horton Tiliphwi 0*. Mil
iinr ly^bj^pMM teW fa fr
Carroll County to Baild Mora
FemUr Rood.
At • nwtinc of the auperrieora of
C«r*«U County WM mm day* i|»
•tops w*r» taken to baild a road from
Galax leading toward the top of
mountain near PI pert Gap aad thaa
gittndiwf out to the top of the noun
tain at Fancy Gap. About $36,000
was appropriated with which to do
the work. It ia the purpoae at the
county to (tart a at* at cm WW
Ing from Galax and grade the road
for a diataace of eight milea. and alee
hagia at the Fancy Gap end and
grade for four milee toward Galax,
tearing a gap biUio the two eee
liona at about fear mBaa. The atoto
force* are now patting oa the totall
ing coat at ■■phaH an the road froca
Hillaville to Jacheea'a Ferry aad alaa
from Hillarilie to Woedlawa.
Surrey on are now Aniahing their
work on the Ward* Gap road and
during the eunuoar it win be graded
aad aMde a A rat daaa county rand
fraan the atoto Une to the toot at the
Ucd CWm Has Car Stolaa
C. G. Akera, aaleaman for the Weat
HiU Co., had the aeeond experience at
baring hie car itolea laat Wednea
day. Ho parked hia Cherrolat oa the
atroata at the city aad when ha want
back to get It. it was not there, aad
atantog near by waa a Dodge aedaa
with a Martinarilie, Va, tag. In
vert! gation proved that U-yaar old
boy had been aaea driring the Dodge
about town during the day. and now
it la r jppoaed that the yooth had
atolen the car at Martineeille, drore
it hare and then ■h«adwid It and
took Mr. Akar*' aad want an his
journey. 80 far no infanaatlnn haa
bean aecured aa to ahiri ha want
with the ear. Soom nath« aga Mr.
Akera had hia cor atolen hot it waa
found in a faw dhya
, hi m ■ A
Plans Bring Drawn For War
Memorial in Mount Airy
The viatt ad (fee
to
Crt,
far!
•rl
la dow on the mark |
et. It will coat Mr. Mickey W476 at
the factory aad a plat wiD kriag >t
km a ad atay M days firing iartin I
ti n aa to Ma apaiatlan. The omb>
pany'a outsat is always aoW far I
ihead and it will ha mwatiii in tha
early mini Mora it win be iUp-j
Whea aaked what ha wu going ta I
da wit# h Mr. Mickey rtated ho )aat
wanted It Ukc many other people
van tad as automofcflt, hiaidn ha will
oae it aa anedrertiaing featara far
Gulf gaaoline. And It Bay ho that ha'
wi'l commercialise it by making baal
naaa tripa for people whan thay want
ta vlf • harry trip to Charlotte
Raleigh. Wiaaton-Salem and ma!
Blaefteid and Cincinnati.
Tha puhUc haa become familiar'
with epadfteaUoaa that are Itoted aa
to atrtomnbiiee and thay will aonn ho
gin to atady thaaa mt airpiaaoi al
though the term, uaod in their de
acrtpOona are vary different
of the specifications of the
that Mr. Mickey haa fc night i
Upper wing apaa, M ft
wtng apa* U feet. Thia ia juet like J
the wheal haaa of aa aate
Length, 24 feet 11H Inches.
Height, • feet, 11 tachea. Weight,
empty IJM Iba. With oil aad
1480 Iba. Load, pilot, X
and 42 gallons gaaolina, 1
Safety factor «* phm. The i
of thia tana hi not daarty known, bat
Millard Patterson aaya It awaaa that
for every 100 tripe yea make in the
machine you run «H chaneaa of I
killed. Fuel capacity, 46
Landing apood SO mOm par bowr.
High speed, 97 milaa. WU climb MO
feet a miaota with fall toad aad MO
feet with only tha pilot- Haa a sell
tog of 18.000 feet, that# H oaa dUmb
over the Blue Kidge aad atS mtllW
feet higher If aaoeeaary. Gliding
angle, 11 to U4
*P*rk plug
glide II* foot far erory 10 feet high
you amy be. t-cyMader Curtia engine,
M h. p. Fuel consumption. 10 mDaa
per gallon Craieing range, 4M
milea, with a crniaiag tiaw ia the air
of U hoars. Caoh price $1476, cm
Boar or fields, dual control $50 extra.
Now yea ahoald know nhalhai or not
the above machhia la the particular
one yoa want, hat Mr Miekay la »at
iaAed from the at"-i' m haa auuie of
the •• t'.cua makes that H ia on- of
the beet oa the market.
u. add to tha ■■■■rial find and B.
A. Mickoy h*a O«rrod tha niiljH
fro* a iter's f y tnc fa* hto ,
M m* m It MlllW. H b
poood to how the
July 4th, nd tW
to collect arovnd HjMO trmm
fcy k. •• •
4* *c* too^t to ISM
her# in cm Sunday.
Tha rttmu want to*
be of native which to i
to bo about 1* feet M«h with a 1
"doofh-boy" with rifle and
n ha mi wawntad on toy of tl
Hr cap. and on ©no aid* of tho btat
will ho a brcaxo plate with too aaaaoa
of tho *7 Surry County hoya who
'a ta*M. The btvnao utatao that
to mm thai to adopt- |
for all aiinntola to
world war rote ran* and will bo «<ght
foot high, a ad wfl) atom coat IMto.
Tho local pact of tho Ufto has boa*
my active under tho Imiiinhip af
ha commander. Capt. Prank Water
and Adjutant T. M. Tarry, and VO
know they wiU ha«r tho hawrty aap»
port of tho rHiaana of tho city aad
county to their iCort to ton thto
m—nrial t roc tod. Tho total aMl of
the mnnumant wffl ho to tha noifh
borhood af
Surry'* Nm