Hard Fight Being Waged
AfX, V V V • 1 • •
Over Load Legislation
Dr. Bernard Pails In First Attempt to fast
B. F. Fofcer—Fight Goes to Hoase Floar
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Airy and the attic* at
The right is prtmar
i to iat from oftlM K. M. Uew
ot the eovrt. and ». P.
mu (trtottjr ac
ta party on the
d ana at the
ty with them.
bill to the noor at the
the
Hie bill to
i the otftoe now held by Mr. Pol
gar tailed to gat a favorable report
from the nommtttao which heard it and
when a RepubUc&n ommuk mi
unfavorable report from a committee
it ta rarely ever taken up by a Demo
After waging a fight far
daya to require a sheriff to *ell personal
Commissioner Lindsey States His Sides of
Controversy Cher County Farm Agent
Having noticed in your law of Feb
ruary TUi a mis-statement of the facto
concerning the County Commissioners
meeting at Dobaon February 4th I am
hereby .requesting you to give this let
ter as wall a* your correction the aame
publicity that you gave your original
several times the total ooet of our con
tract without recovering anything lor
them at all.
Our former County Commissioner*
have been fooling the people of Surry
County by levying a small tax-rate and
paaabw School Budgets and General
Fund Budgets In excess at the actual
amount that the tax-rate will raise It
all the taxes are oollected and have
left Us a burden to assume, that Is
almost unreasonable, (or Instanoe that
Sheriff's office rem liad not been paid
three years, the ShertTi light bill, tele
phone etc., had not been paid for three
year* and amounting to *100 and we
alio received first Monday bill for
auditing flee years ago amounting to
over WOO. and we doubt if all of them
are In yet. You might also Inform the
Tax-payers of the County as to hew
much money we have in the Winking
Fund to pay off our bonds when they
cone due and you can refer to the
existing laws of our state as the serl
boerd. The answer may be that we
had 4 surplus last year. yea. we did
have a book surplus on last year's bad
get if we leave off the Sinking Fund
which Is required by the Statute to be
raised each year but an apparent book
surplus Is not sufficient grounds to paw
budgets far In exesss at the tax-raftae
and then learlrw the matter with us to
worry over. ,
Oive the people the fasts la what we
want, we are trying to conduct our
administration as open and above
t2Teur° SfiSrjSXi »b
nonipteted as we want the people of
Srrr 0—w*F to know the aatasal
Surry Ooua* and If Mots are dinar
Among tho>c who wtrt la niltlgh
u/w^uy md Tuesday either m ipocti
ton or active participant* In the ooo
teeta were D. A Roberaon. Merlin Roto
eraon. J. 8. Ohtiton. O. W Sparger. O.
W Pulton, p. H. Haynea. Martin Ben
nett. Phillip Warahaw. W. M. Johnaon,
A. D. Poller. R A Preeman. J. P. Hen
dren. H. H. Barker. S. O. Maculre. W
U Jaekaon. W. K. IindMjr. Claude
Smith. I. C. Blvena, J. H Polcer Qw.
K Snow. A U Smith. H. H Llewellyn
and D. L Matt.
New River Bridge
Will BeBuilt Soon
. According to reliable advtoe* re
celred in thl* cttr the Virginia High
way Oommlaaton ha* M the allotment
stand for the bridge over Mew rtrer at
Jaekeon Ferry, and this project ha*
been ordered to bo put under con
struction at an early data. The oppo
*l>it*i to the bridle that waa voiced by
■one Wythe people failed to oauee the
official* to abandon the bridge at this
The work will ooet $1(0.000 and call*
tor the bridge to be built about MO
yard* below where the ferry now
croeee* the rtrer.
Literature Department To
Meet With Mrs. Yokley
The literature department of the
Mount Airy Woman's Club will meet
In regular union Friday, Feb. 15 at
2 p. m. in the home of Mr*. Oecar H
Yokley on Franklin itreet
singularly fortunate la the
of their teachlng fan*, for we ham
frequently beard comment to the effect
that possibly nowhere In this
have there been gathered I
efficient or loyal troupe of
But the fact that now
Board of Education In the faoe te that
theee communities are (rowing eo i
idly that they no sooner erect a I
tng and get a echool well etartod
than the population ha* outgrown
the new building and I* demanding—
and needing, flbo— enlinted outrtfrs
We are Informed that at White Plains
in irtftiticn la naatfad to thetr
to house the high achool. It
oaseary even now to uee three
if the old building. At Franklin an ad*
illtlon la badly needed to house the
high achool department They are even
now using one room of the old bully
ing. and the library and auditorium of
the now building for claw-room work.
While at Plat Bock the itate suthorl
llee have served notice on the local
principal that they cannot give the
high school accredited rating unless a
new building to houge that department
Is erected next summer.
Now. let us get the fuU situation la
mind and then see what may possibly
prow to be the bs* way oat. South of
Mount Airy to Bannertown. a growing
that has outgrown Its
nd Is (toraa ruling a new i
North of town to the rapidly
Qreen Hill and Short Town
ehich to badly In need of a
building New bulldlivs will
bo provided at these points In the near
ruture. Judging from the growth of
the other onmninlttoe about two yean
after new room has been provided th4
people will need and demand high
Be Ik's Store Buys
Prather Building
Clothing Star* Will Occupy
Store Room in Blue Ridge
Hotel Block. .
The Prather (tore building on North
Main Street was this week sold to
Belk's Department Store. This place
bat been occupied for more than 40
years by the Prather Clothing Store*
and la one of the oldect bualnees loca
tions In the city. No announcement as
to the terms or price of the purchase
has been given out.
Mr. Prather will move his clothing
business Into the store room in the
Blue Ridge Hotel block, now nrriuptert
by Martin-Brown Oo. The front will
undergo eome change* and be ready
by March 15th for occupancy.
Hie Belk company expect to make
they have purchased and have given
mrmm* thought to otmdlig the build
ing to Produce street and having an
entranee on that street as wan aa on
Main.
Mrs. Cooks to Baltimore For
0. B. Webb Buys
Statesville Business
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O, B. Webb, ol this city, hu bought
the McOee Plumbing and Heating
Plant In the city of SUteevtlle and took
chance of the business last week.
This la no new venture for Mr. Webb,
for he has vent many yean In this
! Une of business. He came to this town
' back before many of our people had in
stalled heating plants and up-to-date
plumbing and for several yean con
ducted a most satlsfacto^' business
here Installing heatlnc, plumbing and
lighting plants In many of our beet
homes. Then U1 health caused htm to
sell out and for a time he knocked
about the country and again found
health. HU many friends here will be
glad to see him back in business
Mr. Webb is not only a successful
bustnpss nan. but he is an all-round
| good eltiaen. churchman, high degree
( Mfirm. innwttitm • potttftcten, ud
bubbling mf with good-win tor >D
and that will not take long, for Mr.
WSbb la a good mixer and will fit in
well in the progressive town where he
cast his lot.
Coffee Furnished
building and met a
what hi termed a aenj
Airy
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to (row |
m It hM l> Uw past
U It poealble far the what* township to
work out a plan that will take care
of all our high achool children for Um
next at year/? We lytppan to know
that a lew years ago the oounty Board
of Education, before th* high achool
Franklin and MM
ture to Mount Airy tanking to the es -
tabltshawnt by county and city of a
high school here In Uw city that would
care lor the town children and for i
the rural children in this
waa not given Qm wide i
It merits.
Why is not the preeet
to revive this matter? It would be bet
ter of course If the oounty as a whole I
joined the town of Mount Airy In ea-1
labUshlng at this place a i
trial high achool. but If that U hedged
about by too much objection and too
many difficulties, why should not Uw
people of Mount Airy township look
thU educational isnhteia right In the
face and see if there may not be a bet
ter way of aolving It; If In fact It may |
not k» poaslble by co-operation to se
< Continued to laet
Bus Runs Away With
School Children
| The Uvea of 40 achool children won
greatly Jeopardised Wednesday after
noon when am of the Doteon nhool
b«M took a plunge (town a tuck (HI
this ride of flab rlrsr. The dilref had:
almost reached the top of the lone rtr
er hin coming toward Mount Airy when
aooaethlnt happened to the truck and 1
It started backward down the road to
ward the rtnr. In no way was the bov
driver able to stop the track aad as It
the tela wltti a load ef ihlldren wont
F
Cm. aL
dtores
Damage By Fire
Second Floor It Gatted by Flame*—Large
Water and Smoke Damage to Contents
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New Bttildmg For
Mountain Park
Aged CitiMn of Tbe Hollow
Henry C. Clarke an a|td and re
spected cttisen of The Hollow. Vs. (Had
suddenly at his home Wsdneertay bar
ing been la falUat health- lor a lone
time. His wile passed away early la
known to to preeartoee. Mr. Clark Is
rarrlKd b$ six children ainwn whan
are C. T. Clark of the Mount Airy
Drag CO.. aad Mrs. 1. W Hylton, wife
of tbe proprietor at the Hylton Book
and Stationery Co. also of this elty.
Child Dies From
Drinking Poison
Mount Jury, route i. no. u.-v.
and MA. J. B. ftmrnnrn of this rout*
received a telegram Sunday stating
their little two year oM madm waa
dead at the haw at lis parent* Mr. and
The family had recently moved and all
good*, and the little fellow happsosd
to cot hold of a bottle of potion medi
cine which had beta preecrtbed for a
member of the family for external uae
only and drank a portion of It before
It omUd be (topped. Physicians did all
In their power to save the child, but
after lingering two days It passed away.
The little body was shipped from
Richmond to ^rtnuton-Salem arriv
ing Tueeday morning tA o'clock, was
carried to the Manuel Bodanheimer
Funeral Home w^ere serricea were
held rft 1 o'clock p. m. by Rev. T. O.
Keaton followed by burial In Salem
cemetery. The family formerly heed
In Winston-Salem and are wen known
and have many friends who sympathise
with them In the sad loss of their only
son. one child a daughter survives.
J. H. Jackson Route 1 died Feb. 7.
sged 75 years. Be had been In feeble
health for some time but was only eon
fined to his bed a short while. Pneu
monia developed and be only lived a
few hours. A wife and ten children all
grown survive. Re was a consistent
member of the church at Hollow
Springs. Funeral sorvlces were held at
the home Saturday at 1 oclock by the
Rev. Mwn Chilton and Norman. The
remains were laid to rest in the fam
ily plot near his home. He was a good
kind-hearted man and will be sadly
Misses Percie. Kate and Oallte Oook
accompanied kv DUlard Oook. TM
and Spencer Samuel ^snt Sunday with
Miss Kthel Oook. Mitchell Oodsge.
Mr. and lira. O. D. Simmons and lit
tle daughter of Richmond. Va . are
spending a few days with the family
of John B. Simmons and other rela
tives
Atty. Woltz Hospital Patient
Atty H. O. Woltx l« * patient la Mar
tin Memorial hospital and la doing very
nicety following an operation for acute
appendicitis Monday evening. Mr.
Wolta made a trip to Catawba and
Hickory Sunday and attended preach
lug service Sunday night leaving before
the aervtce was over because of slek
neas. It was first thought he was suf
fering with acute Indigestion but by
Monday afternoon his case was pro
nounced appendicitis.
Funeral of W. W.
Friday