Error in Notice
Delay in
is held far, mm! that th<
bt open (or regtatmtkx
length of time M stated il
are oftrad for Mb ex
It U u
Important that all details Im
exactly aa required by law.
K. H Mm baa baea named aa rag
latrtr is Ward No. 1 in plaea of D
C. Mow man wbo could not urn foi
baataees reaaona. Mr. Dixon will
baft tba booka at tka city ball begin
atec next Monday morning. Cad
Carter ia legiatrar for Ward No. 1
aad bia book wUl ba kept at tb<
Oraalta City Motor Co.
TWa eefccs! basrd aad board of town
ramail«aiiinari bald a joint aiHl»|
ia tba high arbool Tuaaday night al
which tba tax situation waa
ad and it la reported that tba
board will aooa iaaaa a «tatam«nt that
thay will guarantee tba paopla tbal
aat mora than a tax bty of 10 eonti
additional will ba aakad for tba opar
of tba urboala tba praaant Wvj
' M canta, tba additional 10 caati
45 canta for achaels. Hm
law tbat tba voter* arc being aakad
to approve |hw tba town a right u
Wry a total of M canta. Mayor 8yd
nor wanted to bold tba maximum rata
dawn to 50 canta in tba voting. whiU
it la understood that aome wanted tc
make it aa high a* 70 canta, tba wide
difference resulting in a compromise
oa 00 canto- And now it will he newi
to tba public to boar tbat the achn-1
board ia willing to guarantee to oper
ate the schools on 45 cents, if such
raport proves to he correct.
The. advocates for tha election art
busy and will leave no stone unturned
in their effort to sea the election car
ried. The school authorities say (1
la imperative that tha election h«
carried; that the heat interaata of th«
schools are at stake. At the meeting
of the W,,man's Club in thia eity last
Friday afternoon J. H. Folger wa>
praaant and explained tha situation
to them, urging them to support th»
meaaurr. He went into the queation
of higher taxation for our town, and
wanted aa much aa any one to kee|
It at the very lowest level possible
but he held that the welfare of tlx
schools made it necessary for the sue
caaa of the coming election
All who take part in the abettor
will have to register. No prevtoui
regintration will have anything to *
with this one. And ohm jrou Kan
registered It will b< necessary to ft
to the poll* and vote on election da]
if you want to be counted favorinj
the measure, for to fail to rote ii
equivalent to voting agaiiet th<
bonds and taxee The law requirei
that a majority of the registeret
votes shall rote in favor of the am
ore, and to fail to vote counts affainsl
H. There is no now law under wkiti
this election is being hold as the saax
regulations apply to this one as havi
applied to those in the past, that u
the bond elections, and there to ni
disposition on the part of any ew
to rover up anything about It or V
take any advantage of either side a
the f sstiML There we rortaii
regulations that Have to be i
to in holding the eteetto
are being, carried oat strictly to th>
kg Fref ». i Boooon mmi
by Pr, A. S
1; "Tt» Mind OaMiil."
Sataan Tirk*ta have
*2.00 for tho «i* p*rfo
a chart* of M cNte for liagk i
Dr. J. 8. Moor* of Dm »ta
OMHit of hoalth It ta Uw
working «•» a inhadwla of
th* county tor tho
during which Kw ho
dontal work for alt ackool <
twoon tho akm of ill and 18.
will work in eooporatio* with
county hoahh Jipartmont and wlU |
gladly rooatvo any
particular
pointinonu. TUa work In
froo and th* poop to an uH *• f**|
in tonk with hint and tot
whan and whor*
Kavr m
Dr. ftimnor will
nual campaign againat ty
and ia now -naking np hi* Kat of ay- I
pointmont* in th* county whor* fro* |
tncdiM will b* (iron.
S. P. U. Civ.. ■nag—«,
Monday n«nin| th* Southern Pub
lie Utilities Co. «u boat at a ban
quet at the Rhw Ridge Hoial to the
head* of tha various departments of
tha local organisation. Supt. Whib
lock *w toast master and during tha
••vaninf distributed appropriata and
amusing gifts to tha various gueets.
Miss Mobly, cooking demonstrator
for the company, of Charlotte. was
present. alan Mr. Lao Herndron. of
the Hot Point Electric Co.
Mr Whit lock told hi. Assistant,
that he waa highly plaaaad with tha
progrees the alactric range campaign
waa making a* they had already aold
70 par rent of their allotment and
would soon be over tha top. The
rompany employ* &T> people hare and
the foremen and haada of tha var
ious department* repreaentad them at
' 'bf banquet Monday evening
Men Hava Narrow Eacapo.
The force of workman putting up
th^ »teel frame work to C. W. Ful
ton'* n*w garage on Dixie Street had
a narrow eacape from aerioii* Injury
bnt Thursday afternoon when the
derrick and a span of the ateel work
fell while they were putting St in J
place. The strong wind that waa
blowing from tha woat unbalanced
the derrick and whan it tumbled liaek-1
ward* it also brought the steal work
with it. Fata Jones was cti top of
the derrick and came to the earth
with it. sustaining several bad
bruises Contractor D. H. Cooke waa
i on one end of the steel beam and
came down as it did. falling about IB
feet, and receiving a had gash in his
thigh. Several other workman ware
right in the path of tha falling steel
but were fortunate enough to be
' missed aa It came down.
| Bus Lina Acroaa Mountain.
A nice cloned ear this weak hegaa
' a regular schedule between this city
and Radford. Va. The ear leaves
i hare at 11:26, naming there In time
1 to make eonncctioa with a through
> train to New York, also afford!^ eon
•, nection with trains to St Louie and
Chicago and other weatora pointa.
This has will alae enable one U leave
> here at lt'21 aad reach Roanoke la
UaM far sapper, going by Hillevilla,
> , Pulaski and Radford
Fgppy Safe klajr M
Voting h Contest
Wat Lirdy Affair
r imd r«W. Jr.
II «•
by the number of
In the WMm' favor, It was a'l
t; ooateat and Um friaada aad rel*
thraa of the bahiea had the privilege
o4 »aM«| aa often aa thajr lihad aa
that no om could foal hurt tf their
favorite failed ta ha among tha priaa
Each htkjr'i friend* had tha privi
lege of placlM thoir favarito at tha
head of tha Hat. Anyway It waa lata
of fan to watch tha Nat gram from
day to day and tt araa certain that
arith thirty-two habiea in tha ram
mat muat land and othara fall bah tad,
a* only aix maid ha priaa winnera.
Fred Folpr, Jr.. lad tha tat wtth
<7.000 votes which antitlad Ma to a
sMvar loving cay. a half
hy tha
pictare hi
ad by tha Eckenr
pair of baby ahooa donated hy tha
Hawlu-Boylaa Co.
Sscaad priaa waa wo* hy Catherine
Martin who raaaWad a protty white
■•Id ring with a
donated hy I aoaar
Third priaa wiaa»i waa Sara Aaa
Walhor and aha I anal»ad two gold
priaa araa donated hy Tha
Mount Airy.
Fourth priaa waa waa hy
Klton Brannock who racoivad a lira
piece brankfaat «ri donated by tha
Mount Airy Drug < ompany.
Fifth priaa an araa hy Marijo
l-eitch. who locetvod a toilat not do
nated by tha HoIHngaworth Drug
Company
Sixth priaa waa wan by Elisabeth
Faweett who racoivad an Ivory powd
er jar, ivory aoop hoi and powder
puff donated by the W. 8. Wolfe
Drug fompany and the Turn my re
and lamn Drue Company
Mouat Airy Citimams Sumim»
•d to RaUfk.
For K«*rtl <lay* thtrv ha* hern in
ttuion *n investigating committee
in Raleigh sifting °«1 the charge* o#
graft that h»vr bm preferred
against thr state sanitary oAciala.
It ha* been charged that in many
rawi there existed a conspiracy be
l«rai th* unitary in*poctor* and
the contractor* which brought about
the investigation. One. of it* result*
ww the call for several of our citi
*en* to conie to Raleigh for the meet
ing Monday. Thoee from hare who
were required to attend and give evi
dent* aa to anything they knew were
J. D. Smith. J. C. Hollingaworth, J.
V. Fuller, H. Schafer, Reuben King.
J. K. ilinee and A. G. Bowman.
Wind* Do Dau|w to Powar
During Sunday and Monday Mivara
wind* prevailed In thi* taction blow
ing down tree* and telephone and
light pole* at place*. Sunday after
noon a sever* guat blew a tree acroa*
the power line between the two power
plant* on Ararat river, dragging with
it eight polea in ntcceaaioa and put
ting the local power plant out of
commission. The storm had no effect
on the continuous flow of electricity
as it continued to come over the lines
from Winston-Salem. Without con
nection witn Southern power we
wooU have been In the dark far Mr
rral hoar*.
Road MiiIIm at P»
Uski, Va.
The state highway commis*ion of
Virginia held a {public meeting at
Pulaski. Va, Madsy to hear rep seta
and suggeetlons on the needs of road*
In that section. Delegations from
Galas. HUtortll* a
ed. The Carroll
to to i
Gap road before aa
A. V. Went, mi this
by tha
C. 0. Dwk
IV rim play
School" will ba rNa la
hi tha National
Mt will ba (lurpd.
At »:M P. M. Friday in Um High
School auditorium tha elm iwnlm
will ba hald, with tha iwmtHlw of
awards and dipkxaaa, tha
and othar axarciaa* by tka
At 7:4# P. M. Friday Dr. I C.
Brook., praaidont of Btata
which will ha tka crowning mat of
m ratira pi mini.
Tha followinc girl» and bay* win
■cobra thair Jlplr—■ Friday aftor
Hiram Harbort *Allrad, WtUia Cbf
• Baughn, Capitola Maa Baboo,
«. Max Bran nock. Baby Btbal Cook.
Fawaatt, Jokn Fltihofh Gilbort, Bthai
aa Goad, Maria Gwya. LaaMa Wal
lace Jackaon. Lillian Johnaoa. Wada
Hampton Johnaon, Daiay T.
William Hanry Klngabury
AHca Long. Annia LilHan Maba. Vfar.
pmU Graca Martin. Anaia Myrtla
Maaary. Winaton Baovaa McKlanay.
A Maa Laa Norman. Wallaca Aagwtaa
Shalt»n. Andraw Gilaa Smith. Ckarlaa
Monroe Sprinkle. Arnatta Naakatta
Taylor. Carrta Kliaabath Taylor.
Katharina Babaoca TilWy. Varona
Allrod Waat
sTorr
Tha poller hava atartod a cruaada
of "aafaty Irrt" for aatoiaU and
havr paintod tha word "atap* ia iarga
whitr lattara at tha principal atraata
that coma in to Main. It ia not a
law that raquiraa ona to coma to a
atop at thaaa point- bat tha polira
hava paintad thaaa placaa aa a warn
ing to tha public tk >' tha«r rroaniticn
an dangarou* ona and thoac who
want to play «afa would do writ to
hard tha warning
No Trout Fishing Without L.
comao Soys County WtrdM
County Fish Warden. W. F. Thomp
<u>n. of Devotion, was in this oOoa
Tuesday and stated that wf were
misinformed in statins that people
could Ash with pole* rut from the
river hank and use only one line and
hook at a time without license It is
unlawful to flsh in any stream which
contains trout withcat a license un
less you are on your own premises.
A man may take Ash from streams on
his own premises during the open
Mason without license. It i* unlaw,
ful to take flsh other than by hook
and tins even U you have license
Fifty dollars reward will be paid to
the party who furnishes evidence .to
convict any one of using dynamite
in any stream at any time, as a means
of taking Sail.
l icense may be secured from the
following deputy wardens: W. U
Steele. Mount Airy; P. C. Wall. PUot
Mountain; W. M. Gray, EUrin; also
from County Warden W. P. Thomp
son. Devotion and CM of the Court
I.ewellin Dohaon.
County license coats only tl.lt.
license te flsh anywhere in the state
costs $2.10 for North Carolinians
Non-resident flihsrmsn must pay the
sum of till to flsh In any of the
streams at the state.
The following notice is copied from
Mr Thompson's fllea and la the last
word regarding the new law
ing Ashing In the boot streams at t
ot
of
"On petition of the County
mistooers of Mitchell, Hurry, Ji
Haywood. Yancey. Avery, II
snd Alleghany Counties, we
extend the provision at the
Wide Angler'■ Act to all met
taking flsh from the trout str
tald counties, aa >ndh< by
It. at aaid act.
The Ashing puhbc will, therefore,
take notice that a tieeaee to take Aah
fnuMf of the M sMuutaMM
hook and^Sae, or rod ami reel Aahlug
will ho i Mali 11
-By ocdjm e< the hoard
r imt.
•J. B.
County Agent b htttmrtint
Fanners About Been Beetle
Wkit*
by Ml T*T
•ila **TW Golden WtiistJa" r«M
by Um lower ibmnUry grate. On
1 Sunday ni«fct Bar. E. W. hi, mt
Mount Airy prnrtui Um annual
owaa Prof. Warran and hk i
• dabt of gratitude far tbie
tw
Dr.
apnka for only a abort while bat ImM
hi* eodience apellbound HU ad
draaa araa thoroughly enjoyed. lav.
C. C. Hajrmora W Mount Airy W
the c being prayer TWt
for the hick arkool on Tueaday night.
Ivan Jarkaon, praaidaat of tka
aralroMad tka
tory hy Roy Briiitlr; pma ky
Hutchena, grumbler by Maria Simp
oon; will and teetament ky La la
Brintla; propkary ky Baaaia Atkiaa;
and valedictory ky Martka Brintla.
Or. W. A. Newell of Mount Airy, de
livered thr addraaa. It waa a maat
erful and timely preaentation of
truth and wa» mark enjoyed.
Thr faculty for tba paat year cor
Mated of Miaa Vera Stamey, of New■
ton; Miaa lva Scott, of Pinnacle;
Mi»» Marie Wouda. of White Plain.;
Mr*. W. E. Woodruff, of Mount Airy;
Miaa Maude Simpaon. of White
I'latna; W. W. Harrington, of Tay
loraville; and I. O. Haaaer. of Skoal*
It ia expected that moat of the facul
ty will return for another year
Central Methodist Church
REV. W. A. NEWELL. Faster
Sunday School .... »:46 A. M
Morning Worship ..... 11:00 A. M
I Evening Worship 8:00 P. M.
Prayer service Wed.. . 8:00 P. M.
Junior League «:45 P. M.
Intermediate «:46 P. M.
Senior League 6:46 P. M.
ITifant haptiam will be a part of
the morning aanrire Sunday. If par
ent* cannot bring their children for
public baptism the rites will be ad
| ministered at home by appointment
i with the pastor.
Rev. J. H. Fulghum. president at
the Mountain Park School, win
preach in the evening and his choir
will render special mask. The In.
Mr. Kulghuai ii well known hare and
this announcement should insure a
packed house
Mrs. A. B. Macon will hsve charge
of the Junior Epworth Missionary
society at ?:!• P. M. Sunday.
The faithful service of Misses
Kelly. Beper. Aiken and Smith of ths
| school facetly as teachers In the
■ Sunday School will be greatly miss
Three
Invitations
here far ths giaiteatleg saerciaas sfj
the Nates '
Hospital, BIMiwnal. Vs.. Uw
cisas to be hsld la ths
wealth CTeh of that cHy
May M.IAP IL
Aa
Uunn* this vmk (tx fertiliser teato
were »t»rtod under the direction «rf
County Agent H. E. WUte in coop
eration with mm of the moat pro
r*»l»» fa i «ei a in the county On
Monday Mr. Livingston representing
Swift * Co.. H L. Parker and Coun
ty Agent White laid uif 1 1-4 arm of
r<M>d tohacco land on Mr. Parker'a
farm. Kive pbt> of 1-4 act* Mck
were laid off and definite amount* of
differen' analyaia will ha applied.
Careful results will he kept by Mr.
Parkor.
On Wednesday E. T. Floyd, Spec
ialist on Tobacco from State Collage
with County Agent White distributed
fertiliser on two different laat plots
One of tha demonstrations will ha
conducted by H. E. Taylor, R. «.
Pilot Mountain, and tke other one by
W. A. York, Round Peak Mr. Tart
ran a demonstration laat yaar and
secured some very valuable reeulta.
J. A. Long, Vander Cave and Jeee
Putk have each fertilised 1-3
with a new synthetic German
fertiliser called Nttro-Phoska. This
is a very high grade fertiliaer and is
being tried for the flrst time in Surry
County.
It is to he hoped that the six de
monstrations will he carried oat «*e
ceeafully and that
he able to gat I
use of
Child Not Struck by
Car
We regret very mach tha
Mrs. Arthur Asfcbura the
dent ia which
waa run over in April in sui artieie la
our laat iaawut The child en
ran over by Mr. laid Brew*. ef
Danville. Va, and the Nelaeai car
happened to
ad hi