Cooty Officials to
<ky aid Recer
la the hands of certified pobUc ae
coutuiU, the Anil of i. W. Hm
Meka, of Concord, Mac three the
tjr officials that the auditor "has
beea on the trail of . the highway
ed for, bat in mom way Um folk*
the auditor has bom "after" Um
pttos that^hTiever purchased "Si
H k'nosdWrns" te*state*
who rofuM to boMoro on rumor that
In is guilty of any criminal coadact
t> handling the county funds. And
further the highway commission has
aot taken any actio* to dismiss
him or doubt the smiottasss of his
asooaau. even while tba auditors
wars delving into the books of ths
This much it known in connection
with the effort to "(at" Mr. Kirk
■n: The auditor has mil it kiswi
to Mr. Kirkman that he U liable for
indictment before the next pud
Jury of thii county if ha dooe net
make thine, straight with Mr. Alex
Chatham, chairman sf the heard of
county eommisskaers. Several day*
ago, Mr. Kirkman a* state*, ha waa
notified by 0. C. Lovlll, of the high
way co nun in ion, that Mr. Hendricks,
the auditor, wanted to hare a confer
once with him in this city. According
to the wishes of Mr. Handricka he
mat him at his room in the Bine
Ridge Hotel, this city. Mr. Kiriosan
says he waa conducted into a private
room and there in the prsesnae of
Mr. Handrick's attorney from Con
cord, was confronted with the infor
mation that K had boon found that Ma
pay roll account had been padded.
Mr. Kirkman denied that he waa
guilty of any such action and ex
plained that all his pay roll account
were aubmitted to and approved by
tlu highway commission each month
before they were paid, and that he
had nothing to cover up and the au
ditors had every aeeaaa to all his
record*. After Mr. Hendricks had
informed Mr. Kirkman that he was
charged with "padding" his aeeomto
he farther adviaed Mr. Hitman to
ge over to Elkin and that he
arrange with Mr. Alex
chairman of the board of
sluuers, to have the matter "hushed
up," and if be did not go to see Mr.
Chatham it would be preeented to
the next grand jury and an indict
ment brought against him. Mr.
Kirkman say* he derlined to go see
Mr. Chatham for two reasons: first,
that he knew of
to he "hushsd ■
he wa
rt Awfitor's Report
the proper official!.
I While all thia talk of audlthg
of ooata to the county Iiiiimii u
interacting point. Mr. Tfoaitriek.
first cum to this county to IMS
when ha draw out of the county
treasury naarly 17,000 for Ma audit
tha Job that year was one of tha
most frikml audits that mm
around, hut tha work was auppoaad
to ha through and future yaara
■UlU aaa rath large expenditure*
tag through tha hoakm of tha oounty
aad for Ml ha pullad dawn $1,
WJ4. Tha year IMS waa aa aff
year far Mr. Hwdrieb for ha waa
paid oa* $428.17 for aa audit at
Treasurer Marion') hooka. Tha au
dit of the book* failed to pwve sat
isfactory and gttor Mr. HaudihAs
finished his work tha county paid B.
F. Polger $600 to go over them again
and tha work of Mr. Foiger inabled
tha county to reach a settlement with
Mr. Marion. ■»
As to what has happened in 1920
and since that time there has bsen
no published account. Prior to
1H6 the county always published a
statement of its expenditures but bo
such statement has been published
for the year 1926 and soon 1927 will
come to an end. Hawwai a cloee
ncrutiny of the records of the coun
ty shows that all the auditing done
for the county in 1924 was by B. P.
Polgar, the cost being only $180.00.
With the year 1927 the cycle has
a rain come around and to tha praa
ent data toe county has paid for au
ditors this maimer the m of $$,
000. And In this amount ia not to
eluded the $2^00 that baa been paid
the county auditor, B. P. Polgar. The j
work on the present audit was begun
in tha spring, aad the records show
that a check far $$00 aad another far
$400 was iaaoed to Mr. Hendricks la
May. In June he was given a check
for $800 and later one for $800. July
he got only $400. August proved a
big month when he waa given three
different checks of $400, $800 aad
$400. September proved a lean month
for the auditor when he was paid $800.
And he is still at work aad will he at <
Dobeon Monday with his audit. Just |
how much he will gat for the month
of October ia not known.
There ia considerable interest
among the offldala of the county in]
the audit and they can all be aspect-.
ed to be on hand to hear the decision
of the auditor aa to their stowardahip. j
F. T. LUwolIya UUheed I* IU
tain Clark's Offiea
Following |imilin tnil»t«aro on
tfc* part of Ml frioods and many dt
Imm of tha county F. T. LlowoUyn
ha» withdrawn Us raalgnstioa as
dark at tha cont and wtU uuutlaa/
to aorra te that capacity. Arra—I
manU kan boaa mad* to fhro him a
, two montha' lm> of ahaaaoa and
appoint" his son, Frad, as Us assis
tant. la this way tha dados of tha
. offles can ho esirriod oa la tho
the food npoa the tabis. lav. T. W.
ings of ths day and D. A. Iitw«iiii
of this rftjr made • short addreas am
the goad wiO that woo fsatoiod by
the gathering of people at tho old
time birthday diaaorm. Frarttaa3»y afl
tho nlatiw at Hp. Taylor wees
present as well aa friends froai all
over the county
At tho samp hocr thoro amalilii
tha Thompson deaceat, at Rocky Ford
Baptist Church, aa Mitchell's ll»oi,
of tha Thompeoa amm, Caa. W.
Thompson, 88. of Glad* Valloy,
aaxl la ago waa Jos Haa Tboaapeon,
70, of this county. Mrs. V. M.
Woodruff, of Idwp^, dau|Mar of
tho lata Storon Thompson, was tha
oldast lady of the Thompson (oner*
tk» pros sat.
Tha above information waa givaa
oat bjr Jee Haa Thompaoa along with
other data that he prepeated. Ha had
records in hand show^v that tha
first Thompaoa eaaw to this county
in 1776 and eattled on Mitchell's riv
er. The farm Is now owaad by W. T.
Thompson. The original home place
is still standing. It is a frame house,
all the lumbar being sawed by hand,
brick Is laid between the stadds and
plastered oa the iasids.
The gathering proved to be such a!
pleasant one all voted to make it an
animal affair and so next year at
a data to be determined later the
second Thompson reunion will ha'
hold at Rocky Ford.
R*v. J. O. Enroi Has Auto
The Irr. J. 0. Ervin leceived
alight cat* nd hrnisn and his litt
•r and mother were seriously injur
ed when the lev. Mr. Enrin'a ear
ran off an embanloaant on stata
highway nino miles north of Statee-j
ville Monday.
The Rev. Mr. Ervin la conducted
■ meeting at Troutman and brought
his a|(d parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Ervin, of that piace, here for a visit
to hia family, they ware returning
lata Monday afternoon when they
came upon a car parked acroea the
road and in trying to avoid a colli
sion Mr. Ervin drove off the hard
surface and his ear skidded and turn
ed over three times down an embank
ment All thrae paisengers were In
the car when ft landed on its wheals
at the foot of the bank. Persona
passing carried them to Dr. Long's,
hospital in StaUsviUe where ft was
found Mr*. Erwin suffered slight
concuaakm of the brain has a back In
jury and waa severely shocked a)|
bruised, Mr. Ervin received numer
ous cuts and bruises. The Bar. Mr.'
Ervin was able to go on to Trout
man Monday evening to fill his ap
pointment. „
Caorga-HoUmgswortk Wad
do* SoUwMumad
/"Phe following clipping from Mm
AWnston-Salem Journal. of Sap*. W
will ha of interest to our readers:
The wedding of Misa Oypay
George and Or. Robert E. Holling*-!
I
Ths
Walter F. Wslch, Gtorp E. Wtkk,
Mrs. Bobert Jones. Mrs. W. B. Bow
man, Mr*. W. L. Dan, >U of this
city and Mr*. Jo* Folgor <rf 1
His first wtfa was Miss DaOa
ena, who died Febraary It. UM. Mr.
Welch married his proesnt wife, who
William., of East Bead. October a,]
IMS.
Martin Hospital
Bigdrawb
Dunn* the tenth annual hospital
standardisation conference of the
American Collage of Surgeona ha
in Detroit, Miehlfu, beginning Oct.]
3 a hat of all hoapitala in the cob
try meeting hospital
require menu waa published and i
are glad to infonr the public that!
Martin Memorial Hospital of Mow
Airy is in the list of those -fully
It is estimated that hospital stand
arditaUon saves the patrons of hos
pitals in America large soma of mon
ey by Insuring patients the right
kind of cars, proper diagnosis and
treatment, lower average days con
finement In hospitals and gradaal
falling off of hospital death rates.
Patienta aecure the benefit of the
accumulated knowledge of all the
medical profession through consulta
tions, group study and staff confer
ences rather than of ths individual
physician
condition*
Thirty-nine hospitals in this state
are on the standardised list <
conditioned or fully approved.
r «t/ ■» j j* a
aii
will
open a new jewelry (tore in the Bhte
Ridge Hotel block, aboat Oct. 10t%.
Mr. Paddiaon U
watchmaker, engraver, aad
tetter. Before coming to
Airy he waa engaged in the
buaineea hi Albany, Oa.
Ha la thin
for hie
To
Mayor W. a Byte. who,la
Meat <rf the Sorry <
la la receipt of aa
aa II
Many rftktfi
u ha viae taken their
floor* after
last year'*
are reported a* being improved eaj
the brickt leaf urket with
of ferine* than ever before in the Us-1
tory of the Eastern tobacco
GOOD PRICES AT MEBANE
WITH GOOD SALES EXPECTED
Mebane, Oct. A—The Mefeane to
bacco market opened hate today there
like 1X6,000 pounds
around 24 eents. Wea
ther conditions were
bat oa the whole fi
looking for (ood sales all
of the week