Town C<xnmi»ioners Raise
Tax Rate to $1.46 Tim Yeai
iMt yaar. wtth tha nHjr tomm*m
at* 1Mb aad the «tty raiafa* 4b
«m in fare* km far a Um bat
fmmi Hard to mforw and wu m
aatiafaetory. Ilia board'* poaMtoa la
that tbe bnaines* people ahoald oo
»P*nta among thiamin a little
with a rtow to rel terra* tha rondl
tton an Mate Street, for it to a no
ttoaabli fact that a majority at the
eongaatlon on tha atraota to caaeed by
parkins of fecal wra far a half day
at a tiroa. Tha town to Mt afltaf ta
make a parking tow that raqalrea a
farmer coanln* hrra to trade ta am
Ma car erary hoar, and ta paaa a
parkins tow would make Mm aiwwar
abla to H tha lama aa a raaidaat afj
tha city.
ii um city M to ret any relief fr—i
the parkin* troubles It will be op to
the business men to work oat the
plan.
After Oct. lit residents of the dty
will he required to pay a higher rate
for water. TIm board raiaad the min
imum rate from 90e to 11.00 and the
gallon rate from 25c par 1,000 to Me.
Thoaa who live outside the corporate
limit* will pay still mora, for Um rate
that will apply to them will be $1 JO j
minimum charge and 45c per 1,000
gallons. Previously tha city water
fund haa demanded a caah deposit of
$3 00 for each water top, paying in
return sis par cent on tha dapoait.
bat tha board will discontinue to pay
Um interest although Um dapoait will
have to be on hand for all who have
a meter rate. Flat rate customers do
not have to pat up a dapoait aa they
are required to pay in advance.
Ag*d Raleigh Lady Dtea H«ra
Mrs L. M. Dabney. of Raleigh, died
hare Friday night after a few days
illness whan aha contracted cold fal
lowed by pneumonia. Mrs. Dabney
cam* to Mount Airy with W. M.
Allen, chief state chemist, of Ral
«igh and Mrs. Allan, who la a daugh
ter of Mrs. Dabney. Mrs. Allan be
came sick and following her tilnees
h«r mother wtoattod oaU which de
vflupfd alarming symptoms M€ re
Mrs. Dabney rtT* carried to Vfeha
barg. Miss., her fermar hoasa, when
Mrs. Allan is aMa to urimpany
thaas, hi Um meantime tha body to
■ ■kahail and being kept hi the Nel
son-Moody undertaking porter Mr.
Allen to eM 4 the firsmit ehem
tote hi Um atote and frKjoeetiy senna
family have tha daap sympathy mt tha
Martin, ef Atlanta. Oa., spent tha
paat^ week end wfth Um family etf f.
-.'JrV . • •' »■
Dr. hmr Rotfcoa Fi
Ob account of ill health Dr. i. E.
Banner ie ntirtaf from practice, and
has sold his equipment and prnctfc*
end taaaad kit officaa to Dr. Carl L
Thomas of Prankliatoa, N. C, giving
poaaaaaion tomorrow, the 8U1 of Sept
Dr. Thoma» comes to Mont Air)
vary highly recommended. both aa ■
splendid citisen and axoallant den
Uat. Ha la a young man, a gradual*
of a Baltimore dental collate, haa
boon in practice three yeart. Dr. Ban
ner moat heartily rrcon. mends him
to hi* frienda and patrons and aoH
cita their patronage for Dr. Thomaa.
Major AMmt Goers To Homo
lulu
Major D. C. Abaher and wife and
daughter Julia metered to this citj
from Fort Oglethorpe, Oa., visitini
Blowing Bock. North Wilkaaboro awl
other points en route. Major Abaher
who is with the U. 8. Army aa a phy
sician and surgeon left the early pari
of the week for Washington, D. C.
where he aril! spend two months h
the Walter Bald General Hospital
and he with his family will sail fron
New York Nor. 17 going via the Pan
ama Canal to San Praneiaoo, Calif,
from which point they will sail to tlx
Hawaii Islands, the crsaaroads of
the Pacific, for a three years' stay
Major Abaher la a brother at Mrs
John Pay, and C. W. Abaher of tb
city water department and Mrs. Ah
sher was before her marriage MM
Bethanla Ashby of this rity. Mia
Mary Sparger Abaher the eldei
daughter haa bean visiting relathw
here prior to the arrival of her par
ents and the second daughter J a tie
Mrs. Abaher and dhughters wil
visit relativea here aad ha Winston
Salem, Richmond. Vs., and otho
poinU before Joining Major Abehe
,fer their voyage to their new haaaa
They will be located at Hoaotuk
which la the capital and chief ecm
mtreial city and port of the telandi
have |id>iai< leaving thia city to
PlarMa Mil the ltth. They had aa
poetod ta leave this weak to Jeia th
riaiiNlir of Mr. Dobbins* faMil
now to Florida. Mr. Dlkblai wB r»
■aia la the dty for aaeaial week
before leaving. Ha is now oleatog ea
Who Kaows Of A
Of all the apple liw hi this put
of the world bar* to aa account of tka
graataat ana jrat. W. G. Cutettory,
of Unto*. W. Va„ «m to theee part*
recently and apant tha night with C.
C Hutchen* of White Plate, whart
ha had gone to bay a track toad at
piaehaa. Mr. Caaterhary tajri that aa
tha farm of P. W. Booth aaar whara
ha livaa la aa appto traa that to foar
taan feet around, has a limb
of aeveaty feet and to
fact high. It haa been known to bear
aa much aa one hundred aad taaaty
f ive hue he la of appfea in oaa aaaaoa.
Tha tree to a seedling, but beara a
good cooking appto.
Marriage
The News to to receipt of tha fol
lowing announcement which will ha
of interact to many Sorry people:
"Mr. and Mra. Daniel J. Pierce an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter. Mary Annie, to Rufus C. Nana,
on August 24th. At home. Sept. 4th,
Cameron, N. C. "
Gillum-Sraith Nupt.aU
Tha following announcement clip
ped from the Bventng Courier pub
lished in Hannibal. Mo., will ha read
with much interest in this city awl
irty: >
wadding of tha Autumn aaaaoa
will ha of tetaraat to a large
circle of friends, will he that of
Dartlto Gillum. daughter
Mra. Char lea KoHn Gillopr'af Oraad
' etow Place HannibaLffo Mr. Jeffrey
I Dae 8mlthf Jr., ao« off Mr. aad Mia.
I J. D. Smith of Moaat Airy, IUT"
,> which will take place
:VOctober II
INMiaa Gillum to a girt of
tatoat aad Tiracity, aad to ana ef tha
moat charming members of
baTa social aet. She wat
High Schaol aad Chris
the records at Mm. So far we have
tailed to find an exact date bat com
paring the recordr far other
w» find that Hebron waa in
a* early a* lttS and Hs history prob- j
ably exceed* that date by at
One man telle ua that when I
moved late tkh community ia 1171
the old people told him that the
church had been In existence for a
hundred years. This would carry its
organization back to the da ye of An
drew Yeargan
The original church building stood
on land nam owned by Mr. Henry
Cook. The log* of which th> church
was built wai moved nearly forty
yean ago and used in erecting a tea
ant boose which is still in use oa the
farm of Miss Pattie Richards.
Another log church was erected on
the present site about the year IMS.
This waa sold in 1*111 and ia now aaed
by Mr. Thrower as a barn.
The preeent church was erected in
IMS.
Wr now unveil and dedicate this
memorial tablet in loving nmeai
j brance of ^Jl thoee who have had any
mnnity from the beginning at the
hoar of the Methodist Choreh in the
wilderness down to this good
The history at more than i
| to a prophecy of the foafae- at the
Man to oome. May the ageetal bless
ing. at Almighty God ha a
preeent boildteg. May he he
ally
all the years to
at the A 0.
held her* the first at the
Mia. A. O. Trotter wm
Mn.tnUm«n.-i M 1, S., „
mounuuneers iwung Dnunay
in Sight of Sooner R««rt
lion. A whiff of air brought u old
familiar odor to the noetrile at Dai
nty Monday, and ho at nan, like a
lraised hunting dog. declared that ho
mid smell the (till. And ha contend*
that ho can smell ono on a damp na
bmt day for half * mile. Whoa ho
thus reassured Um party and daelar
ad that the "till moat ha tomowfcor*
noar them, they raaawed tho
in drad aarnaat. And aaro
a branch ia tho bluff right In aifht
of tho big hotel at Roaring Gap they
located a thirty-fiee gallon copper
•till and a Irt of beer and aotae apples
ready to crnah and get prepared for
distilling brandy. Not a aool was
about and all indications were that
the still had been in recant opera
tiana and all beer ready had bean
used up. It appeared that the still
had been in operation for aaaay
weeks.
The officers destroyed the ovtftt
and atarted hack to where they had
left their cars. They stopped to real
and while waiting by the path thay
ware going, a man came oat of the
woods with a gun hi hia hand. He waa
asked why the gun and what waa
his business. He promptly said ha
that it was unlawful to hut
rale at this time of the year, ha
quickly changed hie atory aad said
fleer noticed that he had a battle la
hia packet and It peered to be a ptet
battle Ml at Hqnor. Than he eg
I
"Driea Slow—Bmrt a Lito," -CkB
mm May
fnT an
poatod in protateeot places hi
rftjr of Boffalo, N. T„ with
_ to the
dty
wttk the way traffic is
cartful way in which tka
VPH
in* to a latter received bjr TW Mm
from Mra. Roland T. Booth, Ma Jaa
Jenkins, who
of bar new
• chanre of
Mra.
d. a.
mother Mia. J. D. Jenkins before go
ing to her new haaaa hi New York.
Ska atao says that Buffalo
lu name "tki etty «f
Weal FarViaH
Miss DaHa Baynora, of
Texas, and Miaa Ada
Martow, OUakaas. will
aval montks to Surry 5u—ty. at
to tka hove
of Mta. C P.
to