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AIRY,
DR. BERNARD'S COUNTY
BILLS FAIL TO PASS
hp* HkMdH Blocked At Ewrj Move
To Ckaace Present State
The fight before the
tagr i luge number of
people from this county and many vol -
untarily gave evidence for both Mm
The doctor's friend* claimed a large
number of Democrat* wanted the of
floe abolished but they had to admit
under close Questioning by fflwie of the
eoaunlttee that Mr. Polcer had savod
the oounty several thousand dollar* In
obeoklnc up the paat two treasurer! of
the county. This shortage of the last
two RepubUean keeper* of the public
funds furnished an embarrassing sub
ject for the supporters of Dr. Bernard's
bill In the cross-examination. With one
Republican treasurer short over ISO,
000 and another following In his foot
steps from the same political party
with a shortage of over $10400 and no
charge of shortage In the offioe of Mr.
Folger. preeent keeper of the oounty
it was satisfactory to the oom
the case to let Mr. FoJ
the custodian of the ooun
ty"* funds. And so the fight goee on.
' R. T. Joyce Is taking no part
In Mm pi t are rag
I the head of the
In faet he he
i to the poll at
i to any of the
Of
In
[ no active pa
that R would not be practical to
Continue Next Week]
CVmm fa Fm4i m*d
from 1 hr. to 1 l-l hr». Afternoon, 3
to 4 o'clock.
FHttejr
Johneton will vtatt
for ehUdrm.
Thursday P. 11. -
The Hom Luncheon
Friday A. M
Twentjr-minute
Friday nt«ht—1
■errtoe it icn.
Deep" In the minstrel
Oreerer Ott it
sine* "Whan 8*m
By " In "lClnatral
"and how."
on it when hej
uto Ooaa Stepptn-1
iihee of 1M."
FARM AGENT WHITE MAY BECOME
WHITE ELEPHANT For POLITICIANS
Talk of Damage Suit Against County Official*—Still on
Job Despite Jolting He Received
From County Commissioner*
The turn the contest over the coun
ty agent* office has taken is Interest
ing. to My the least. The board of
county commissioners dismissed Mr. H.
C. White on the first Monday In this
month, and it now appears that Mr.
White is continuing on the Job, for his
regular letters are appearing weekly
In the press of the oounty as they have
in months past, mends of Mr. White
have tried to effect a compromise by
which he would continue on the job
until the first of April and then quit
without any oonteet.
Wince the appropriation was out off
by the oommftaneri the first at the
month Mr. White has taken the mat
ter up with reOeral authorities with
whom he holds a written oontrpct for
the year expiring the first of the (Min
ing July. Mr. Mtnsaps, of ftesvlUe.
who has charge of this work In this
district, advises that Mr. White look
for work ilsewhari. fur tt is not his
purpose to force the services of aar
agent on a county He rioognlssi fully
that for the agent to be able to ssrve
a people to the beet advantage there
White holds which to In Mack and
white for the year eodfcw July »*
His poemoa is that this county Is a
party to that oontraot In that It lev
ted a ton with which to pay the salary
of the agent for the tan year. He be
gan the year with the tall understand
ing that he was to be on the fob until
nest July He has had lawyers to ad
vise Mat. lye says, that ha eaa aoUeat
build houses and buy incubators and (
equipment and so extensively into the .
business of poultry keeping, and u the ,
remit of following his sdrlet many .
have failed.
It hi charged that ha baa not worked
harmoniously with the people of the
county and that ha waa discharged far '
this reason. His friends answer this by
saying that the support he has had (
from hundreds of fanner* is enough
to settle In his favor every charge that ,
has bean made. Tbey contend that Mr.
White can go before a Jury and have a '
hundred Surry fanners who will testi
fy on oath that tgr following his advtee
they have found the way to pnneiWy.
They ware barsty breaking even whan I
leadership**they tafe^araLTto^ 'to
grow high-grade tnbaaoc. how to ap
pewtato pure blood poultry and stock,
how to grow leguiasi and produce their i
own living at bona.
Then there Is the pottttoal feature
that has crept Into the removal of Mr.
White It Is a public H»ir that baek
of an the egttatlon was the Idea that
with Mr. White em at tbe way a na
tive eon would be able to gto» Into Me
shoee gad get the nhry. wUoh would
be far bettor than euekerlng tobacco on
I a hoi hillside Mr While's friends are
: reeentful of all thto political activity,
ae they see it, and are onlspabon as to
what the future win reveal. Prominent
' cittseas of the Wopubllmn gartf an
Do Our Schools Really Educate?
Will AddraM Hifh School
Pupifa
W g. Woodruff will ipMt to U* pu
pils of the High aetaool at thtur rev«
lar chapel exercises Friday, Feb. l> at
11.15 a. m Mr. Woodruff wUI qtMk
tionf nature lines ilrwln the Im
[nrtAncf of planting and ctrlnf for
ire*.
This address is ipoaimd bar the
Oarden Club at the Mount Airy Wo
nan'i Club and at this time lira. ,
Prank Sparger, president of the Par
ihe prlae of H In fold vhleh was of- j
lered to the pupil writing the beat ee- i
ij on "How to Milrr Mtunt Airy <
More Attractive" This prlae was i
t warded by the Oarden Olub i
Bootleggers Steal
The Judge's Car
fcfter Driving It 1,400 MiUa
OCem Capture It in
. RnUigh.
White attending the imloni of the
eglalature at Raleigh last week Judge
*. H Llewellyn hid Ui mi Butak
soup* (total. He drove up to Um hotel
itaout (In o'clock in Um afternoon and
•ft It who* h* went Into Um Mtr to
oak far mm friend. Not mwMin to
m m| tram hii car tat a minute or
» he never bothered to lock It, tat
Then be returned to K hi ta than On
nlnutes It ««i gone. It was evident on
he face that whoever stole It wa« walt
ng for the opportunity and waa off
rtth the oar the moment Judge Uew
tllyn entered the hotel.
By a (trance coincidence thecar waa
ecuveied thla week, after being In poe
eaalon of the thieves (or a week. The
peedometer showed they had driven It
400 miles while It was (total, and one
ender bruised up was the only dam
age that waa noticeable The offloers
if the county captured the ear from a
winch of bootlegger*. It ormtalnlng sev
iral gallons of Uquar at the time.
There was no suspicion that It was a
tolen oar. but lata Investigation ta
he officers In their ef tart to obtain the
denUty of the hooUaggei ■ revealed
hat the oar bad been stolen from
Fudge Llewellyn. The thieves made
heir eecape from the officers when
hey were topped for the search of the
*r.
Local Ball Team
Books Schedule
FIRES HERE SHOW NEED
FOR GOOD FIRE COMPANY
Lata! Votantem Da Splnl< Wart Bat
Need Hare Funds and Equipment
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to a. a.
oar's hii many
the fln 1
firs truck that
ally want to 1
m that
right place for the track. That <
ed • short space of tine to get to the j
right Onoe the
the nearset hydrant and nrwnsnlsil up. |
op the Maps
to the fln an
the dooci to ofoss partition
the truck and fat the
the doors. Br the
complHhed the
that It was hui
man to lire In the building or near the
fire, in the meantime, the second track
took up a location so that it oouM
throw water into the rear of the build
ing. To stand off and look oo one not
knowing ■?%*** conclude that the fin
men were doing poor work fighting the
fire, but if one is willing to be fair he
must remember that one breath of
that dense smoke. saturated with burn
ing paint and oil. would rander a man
unconscious. Fireman simply had to
svold the smoke where It was danae. |
Thus the ftre had to be fought as it i
were from long-taw. Until the fire had
burned through the roof and throughS ■
the calling in the upper rooms, it was '
Impossible to get the water to the fire
When It had burned through the eeU
tng it was but a few minutes until the
firemen had It under complete control.
Inti man of us has a war of form
ing his own opinion, and In case at a
fire we all get ideas of how It should
failed to do their duty In the
af the fire last week it mar be lntereat
lng to say that the tnsuranre adjust
ers give It as their opinlc
men did a fine place of <
saved the lower floors of the
that It k
to roof of a
the fire Is la It.
Money * Wray BuW Shop
In N«w Quarter*
Far the pact month the butar hurt
tees of Money * Wray hu been aue
lended on acoount of their burn oat
a the Ooidnith fire. They have se
ured the Barnard store room nest to
be telegraph office and will be open
or business Saturday morning. Work
men have been busy this week remodel
ng the room, putting In new equip
lent and their new ahop one
f the most up-to-date In the state. It
nil have seven chain, two shower
aths and otlier conveniences.
•rof. Greave.-Walker Will
Addrwc Woman's Club
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Prof. Qreeves-Walker, head of the
topartment of Ceramics at State Ooi
ege. Raleigh. wUl address the Wo
man's Club oI Mount Airy at thstr reg
ular meeting for March to he held Ri
ley. March 1, at 1 p. a. In the oom
nunity Building. Prof. Oreavee Water
rill bring with him a dUpiay at pet
ery wlth^whieh he wtD mastrate Ma
fcat Campaign Will
Begin Next Monday