ia lb* vark brought about aa Inquiry i
from u ii to hit duttaa aad IB ao do
ing wa Martlmi Ma thia wa* aa
to his work aad what waa axpoctod
of Hub hi hia iChW tottaa. Thoro
departments of tha county had to ho
approved Vjr *r. Fol«er bafara tha
bom; ootid ho Mini aa* ia mm
caaee ho tamd it iiimarr to doellaa
to appro** tho vouchor*, which fur
Hp ou supreme. ThU opinion *( tho
auppoaod h«h powor ho ia credited
with having ia altogatfear wrong, Mr.
Folpr itatoa.
Tho torn county auditor," ha
aaya, ia lalalaading aad tha fact la
ho ia juot a hoohhiapai for tho thaaa
governing Mb of tho county. At
tha aansc tiaw ha ia traaaurar of tha
county, receiving ail fuado from tho
ahoriff aad disburaing them on or
der* from tha county commiaaionera,
tho hoard of oduaatio* aad tho high
way commission. 4
"It hu never been my purfoM,
■or de I ciaiUir K within my power
or authority," uM Mr.'Folger, "to
altar, ckup or otherwia* iaterfan
with the wkkM or actions of eithar
of the governing bodies of the coua
ty, and the few ImUmw whoro I
have declined to approve vouchers
•est to me lum bora for the reason
that fond* were not provided for
their payment. I am nuppoeed to
keep cheek upon the iisaanoe *f
vouchers and 1 would be violating the
trust that has been reposed in me
ud subject to indictment should I
pay off vouchers where funds were
not available or where the budget
for thut purpose was exhausted.
This statement brings 'to mind the
way the new county finance laws,
that are in operation in all the coun
tiea of the state, are supposed to op
erate. On the first of July all the
departments of the county gut to
gether and make out their budget, de
termine just how much money they
will need for'the coming IS mdnths
and a tax is levied for the amount*
that are needed for tbeee various
purpose* The tax books are placed
in the hands of the sheriff and ha is
Instructed to turn over the Inoaey t*.
Mr. Folger as It is collected. In
turn Mr. Folger pays It out on or
der of the various departments of
the county. But in so doing he must
keep an accurate- set of books, ex
amine all" vouchers and accounts as
to their accurateases in figures and
amounts, and espscially to deter
mine if there are funds la bis hands
for such purposes. Sometimes, Mr.
Folger says, one department may be
found overdrawing its allotted amount
that had been determined upon at the
July meeting whan the bulge* wua
adopted In such a case ha say*
there M nothing fer htan to do but ft*
hold up Its payment until provision
KIw—imh Cm T» Okh
Tko local Klwania CM will go to
Elkin Friday night ami bo gaoata of
Um Elkin dak. Mambofo an aaW
to Into tt» Bhao Ride* kotol art la
tar tkca 1:11, as supper how li M
at t.M in Elkia'i now hotel. Mouat
Airy will ktn charge of the pro
rram. The quartette will mte w»
oral selections and Dan Hoffman haa
tar* to Ik* Elkin ga thirty. L P.
Wiana la a bo oa Um piagtaai to ra»
•pond to the addroes of mImm.
Proa. G. C Lovitl waaU to aao a
largo dslsgatton mako Um trig aa
iwtym know* Elkin's fspntatisa aa
bd*f able to royalty aatortaia ker
visitors.
Cam Agamat Mouat Airy Cib
Some wooka ago doputioa of Um
mora then M wit from tkis
city to attend civil cant at Greaaa
koro wharo Coy D. Crimea, of Hi|i
Point, waa aaing C. W. Fulton aad
J. M| Pattoa. of thia city. The case
grow oat of a land traaaacttoa with
tko Fulton* aad rseulted la Grimaa
starting suit for several thou sa ad
dollars daaugo. Owing to tko largo
number of nllnnsss from tkla sec
Uoa tka defoadaata potitionad tko
court for removal of tka caaa to
tkla toaafty, bat before tkis point
was hoard tko plaintiff Grimaa,
through kia attorneys, took a non
skartfTi office
kaay sommoalng
which
JWa*."
i NUUnd this 'convention and enjoy
an cvenin* at clever entertainment.
Arimiuioa K and It ceata.
Studcbakar A|wc| Geta New
•t Fir* Drill
fire alarm rounded Thursday
and teachers mad papila
•t Rockford Street
Tha BmH af Maui* Airy, K4w. M.
Uurrilfa. traat oMmt, thta waak ra
wM tho will af Um lata 0. C
Walab to which tha baak was wmmrt
with yowara to »dwfrlrt«r n U<»
lata. Tha will waa draws, by Mr,
UvatNa at tha diraatiaa at tha da
oaaaad a* Fab. lat, IM7, a*d aaka*
pnrlalan (or tha aapurt. af tha wi
dow during bar Ufa tiwa. Tha will
aata aalda Uaitod Htota* mi North
116,600 tha latoraat from mum (or
tha aaa of bia widow during bar Ufa
time. At tha wh Um aha la glvaa
tha aaw houaa an Church Straat (or
bar boaM and a boaaa oa Worth
•traat. All this prvyarty, including
tha bonda, la to ba bald la traat aad
at bar daath to ba dlrtdad nqually
among hla childrao. Tbajr will alaa ra
quwtid tin ixtcuton tmoitdUUl)
upon tha daath ot Mr. Wafeh to pay
bia widow 11,000 In aaah aa aa aatar
gancy fund.
After making prevision for his wi
dow u |>MI outlined the will im
ttrwli Um btak to wwwrt the re
mainder of Um property into . aaah
and divide it iqually amunf the six
children. This m—in that all Um
reel estate of the will ha
•old at mm futur* data. Mr. Un
ville says that the ptuperty will bo
put on the market within the next U
place on Church Street, two (tore
buildings now rented to WlfNtfi
and Bowiue'i and the Welch block
on South Main Street, alao tome l>
houses in various parte of the town
and suburbs. Besides the rent es
tate Mr. Welch owned 1# shares of
stock in Um Bank of Mount Airy and
has on hand several thousands dol
lars in notes. The saecutors ooti
swte Um estate to be worth around
1100,000. %
SHcriff Hu New Tax
Sheriff Hi;rm we»lwd the new
Ux book* but Monday th* amount of
th« tickets being something mr
$.160,000 The books arrived in tkt
Sheriff* oMm about noon and tho
first om to pay the 1*27 tax «u A.
L Money of this city.
A Us round U being advertised in
thia issue when the books will be tak
en to various parts of the county for
the convenience of tho tax payors.
Takae Airylm Rid* At
Eighty-Three
Mittie Anna Haymora, wife of Oli
ver Haymorc, giving her age aa U
years expressed bar desire to tain a
trip in V .'key's airplane and the
flight wak mads Sunday afternoon,
the necessary cash being furnished
by a bystander. ■•<*/
* l< 1)U) t expressed herself
aa being phased with the experience
the only trouble she didnt get to
rtay up loni
WAY FOR
TH* juoffiin' ff
opma at S P. M. wftk • fooiWl i
Mt. Airy hifh
hrk liwtltnU. Following tfea
! loot on tte Bryan
KUun hl(ti ■chool awl Yadkin vUla
High. Thoaa eontoou ara fro* to
i ho ^ortatan. At Um aha* of tha
I hankotbaU tamo baftna a aaatlaw of
I aata Mid rafraafcmanta of all
At 8 o'clock tha bi«
j i vnvontion for
Ifiru tU program of
| vocal nutate wKh priaaa for Um
j parformora, totaling 9M.00. A t
of mualeian* arc linad ay for]
bmI vocal
tract of muotc ta hi
wfc.i aro fortunat*
A raro
for tboao
to obtain
Th« children of mrj school ka the
township in racing to aaa who cm
mU Um moat tickets and wis raiiotu
priaoa for themselves aad (Mr
Th. Musical Convention will be
ipmi by a patriotic addrsas by
Judge <1. P. Handrati of tha Elkia Be
cordart Coart.
This avast ia tha first of a aariaa
of maakaj conventions to ba givea
over Um coaaty thia fall. Tha dataa
for othor convention* sr* aa follow*:
Lowgap Thaatra, Oct. 22; Baalah
Consolidated School Oct.
IV; Ararat Coaaolidatod School Au
ditorium, Nov. •; Sack High School,
Nov. 12; Hakm School Auditorium,
Nov. Id, Elkia High School Auditor
ium, Nov. 22; Siloam School Aadl
torium, Nov. 2«; Pilot Moaatain High
School Auditorium, Dac. 2.; Littia
Richmond Consolidated School Audi
torium. on Oac. t; Franklin High
School Auditorium, Dac. t; Copaiaad
High School Aaditorium. Dac. 17.
Tha dataa for Whito Plain*, Waat
firld, city of Mount Airy aad Dohaoa
arc to ba arraaged La tar. No coavaa
tioa can ha held la Eldora oa accooat
of ao largo auditorium boiag ia tha
u>wn*hip. Eldora poop la will attoad
tha coavcatitin in othar township*
i noaraat to them
Tha proaaada of all thoaa coavaa
lions, ootaida of axpaaaaa. will ba
I addad to tha $1400 Moanmant Kund.
; started ia 1922, 'to aroct a mv mo rial
in honor of Sorry county's World
War heroes. This monument ia to
ba aa tha coart hoade square at Dofc
soa and will be travailed oa Jaly 4,
iim
Aa we go to proas the nuraea ef
L*he Win«too-8aie«n District Nwm
' Association are in aeasion at the Mar
tin Memorial Hoapiul Nurses Homo.
About aixtjr member* and visitors
will attend the aanioa this after
noon which will bo followed by a
two i-ourae luncheon.
County Audit Was Not Ready Last
Monday; Public In Dark So Far
The audit that hu been in process'
JJ preparation practically all rammer
t» still tM up In the secret chtmbtri
of the county officials and the audi
tor. The highway commission and
4he county commissioners were call
ed to meet with the auditor last Mon
day at which time K wa* stated the
audit would be received, but for some
unknown rsaaon the matter went
over, and the same officials were call
ed back for a meeting Thursday aft
ernoon, this week.
In fact ths audit has been expected
for a Ion* time, and the delay baa
they woold a ball gesso or prise fight.
It is said that meaey was offsesd that
the audit would Ml be ready at the
time sot for last Monday and the M
low they say is new claiming Wa moa
nsBsssary. Just tJhy alibis May
no osm Is willing to state, as all Mm
lion bat what was dona was la
chamber* and since 1W Nrws last
week gave out information that
some have since claimed waa a se
cret further avenues of information
are being closely |«uM.
The talk that has been going the
rounds as to the "padding" of the
books by Superintendent aI Roads,
W. L. Kirkman, evidently did not ta
presa the coonty highway eossmissioa
neither does it seoai that the revela
tions uncovered fay the audit have
proven to the highway
Mr. Kirloaaa'a unfitness far Ma
ition, for he is still ia ths employ
at the coauaissiea aad eo far as Is
to
la fact ths
Is shewiag Its
la
say they have always
I all Ms ra
to he
M every rs 11
Presence o( Lugs Keeps Tobacco
Market Down; Hastes Bay Liberally
the
V. Ha
Baptist Church, being i
Mr. Hum in tvtnfi&tit
far aixtaan rears prior to tha first
of but Juna whan tha Bev. Mr.
liamm accepted the pulaiti* of tha
First Baptist Cluirrh of
City, Ok Is.
Tha HsMm-Raauey
covered a wide section of territory
mm! V9w conducted as bhHi tibtr
nscle campaigns in which sli
im
tha oahratioa
Since Mr. Hail has retired from
Mr.
with a
evangelist, tha Rev John C. CoweU,
of Fayettevilie, N C. He was con
verted in a Hamm-Ramaey
tic campaign in that city i
four jwt,a|» and since
ha has devoted maeh at his tiaaa to
prtptrtUon for tha ministry, having
studied in Lha Moody Bible
in Chicago and other
himaotf for the teak of
Ho has became one af
young ministers in tha Sooth today,
and filled with the spirit, sound in
his presentation of the goopol and a
fundamentalist to the oore.
All musicians and singers of the
community are invited to volunteer
their services and help la the chair.
The work ia
by -the lisslted capacity of the <
but by hearty cooperation af
christian people a great work of i
saving can be done hi this
tf
The public is invited to all sorvicee
preaching each evening at 7.44
o'clock. Sunday at 11.00 A. M.. S.00
P. M. aad 7.80 P. M.
in«r m*re and nor* •x*rtinp" aayi
Mi** Hurt, aoprano and manager d
the Burt Coaeart company which will
pat on a lyoeum program hara Octo
bar 24. in referring to tha coceaae hat
company ia having oa It* concert
tour*. "Wa art (tatightad to kan
them ao, the mora exaetiag tha d»
aand the mora exhilarating la thaii
poaad of artist* wtw ara prafaaetaa
ala and wail aMa to plaaaa tha praa
claaa tiw.al aad dramatic aMlttjr
of («
, primed and the bottom laavaa throw*
■way and tlx whole (talk cat Mi
cured and later the Imvm itripfad
and Uod for market. Than the World
war came and the
eo waa to (reat that the hn«
leavee were all eared and eold
a rood price. Thus the
edMated to aave the
and aspect a fair price for them, cer
tainly enou* h to pay for i
Now all thi* {Ha chanced and
ufactaren are' rvfuaiag to boy the
(roaad leave*. If they permiet la
thia courae there la nothing for the
planter to do but thru* away Ma
ground leavee, for the price mow pre
vailing will not nearly pay (or the
coat of (tripping ahd haaMac to
Much tubacec ia betas eold oa thia
market and aalea are daily attead
ed by iatereeted crowd, of plaatera
who watek the
ia iininry to the aoc
of all other tlain of cttlaewa.
Fin Facta
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