lTS will name
CITY TICKET FRIDAY, 26*
THwthfftiMi in Put Haa Lead to "Oti
Elected an CStiaen Ticket
M Mb Or. M. W. Mm ». K JMu»
O. Barber j *w"rulk"lui w"p"cal
t«r. Jr.
Mr. Wait stood (or lesfcatton in 1R3.
for tata second term and In the con
vention m oppeerid by Mr. Sydnor.
Mr. West received the nomination. bat
in the election friends of Mr. Sydnor
entered his name over his protsst. The
result of the stoe t ton was Wast 370.
Sydnor 270. The saaas commissioners I
ware re "elected.
In 1MB Mr. Waat declined to consider i
the office any looter and in the eon-,
volition Mr. Sydnor was txaninated
over R. H. Leonard by one vote. In I
the ejection there was no opposition
C. E. Co*. O. H. Cooks, O A. Kittreil.
F. M. Poor* sod J . P. Yokley ware
and Mr. Poors declined to sera and
the remaining m—tsri of the board
elected Dr. E. C. Ash by and O K
Welch in their pim.
TImis was no opposition to Mr. Syd
nor In 1MT. and he. with the oM board,
was elected wtth lees than 1M people
voting.
This brines us to ths present time
whan the question of who irltt be the
Democratic nnmliwi for liifor for tiki
next two years must be settled. This
win be done Friday night by ths Dssn
ocrats In their oonventton. Already
there fc talk that there may be an
other citisen's ticket It Is umtor stood
Uwt Mayor Sydnor stands for re-elec
tion and is advocating the wise! test of
the oM board to serve wtth him. wtth
the esooptkm of D H Oooke Mr.
Welch who was ejected from ths lower
ward, has sines mewed lalo the upper
ward and Mr. Sydnor wants Mr.
. POLICE RECEIVE BAPTISM
OF FIRE IN HOT CHASE
Snow and Brannock Get Car Shot Up When
lliey Try to Stop Liquor Outfit
c>i«* Aviators Lied
Here fer ~
whet* they
the Injured wine
ctpal airport.
The
the lead
er* of (Wn In potting acroas the air
port project that to now being oon
strutted at the Oladee on the Lewgap
Oalax road.
Sunday they went to Hagentown.
Md.. where they purchased a
challenger airplane, and flew It to
Boanoke Tueeday night. They left the
airport at Roanoke Id A. M Wednea
day and expected to arrive In Oalax
about 11. mating the 100 mUea at the
leisurely rate of 100 mile* per hour.
VtotbUlty became poor as they reach
ed the mountains U> Hoyd County
and they had to depend on their com
for direction, but the equipment
new they soon found their cam
pees was not functioning and when
they i lidtwri th* top of the Blue Ridge
overlooking the valley Into North Caro
lina they found they had drifted con
siderably oft their course. The clouds
.began to dear away and a glance at
the gasoline gauge showed they did not
have sufficient gas to take them on to
Oalax. It waa then that they made for
Mount Airy On landing here they
found that the gasoline gauge wm not
wurklng correctly and
of the gasoline In the tank
they had sufficient gas to continue
without making the stop. But they
taking no chance and whan the
tld they wen running short of
fuel they made the atop here.
Theee young men are now building
a hangar at the new air field near Oa
lax on tHe Lowgap road and win soon
be ready to aocept
from the public. Both are
pilots as evidenced by their
landing here and will soon be
their government license fot
mere Is I aviation.
Hospital News
Local Produce Man
In Jail Here For
Embezzlement
C. J. Bakor Turn* Out To Be
Chaa. Schaeffer. To B« Re- (
to Philadelphia.
Several weeks ago * your* man <
to thta city and entered the
product burtn***. securing as a part-'
ner Rooaerelt Ounnell, )wtl resident.
The (tranggr save his mm as C. J.
Baker and soon the new firm was en- j
lane quantities of
and produce. Accompanying
as his wife.
This week Baker's Ufe In this peace- |
fui community was interrupted when ]
• warrant was received
from the officer* i
tention on a charge of
In the meantime hi*
woman who mil a* hi* wife, ha*
left and another wotean ha* arrived
who says she la hi* real wife. — kjr la
now held » the city )all awaiting the
arrival of the officers from Philadel
phia. The papers charge him with the
embezzlement of about $11400 while
handling produce for a firm of that
is Ohaa. Schaeffer hut was living |tere
under tbe name of C J. Baker evkWut
ly to throw th* officer* off his track.
FARMERS' COUNCIL WILL
AID COUNTY FARM AGENT
Two Representative Fanners Ftn Eadi
Township WUI Art m Advisory Capacity
With New hn Agent, My 1st |
Thieves Enter Belk
and Bowman Stores
Tuesday night thieves gained en
trance to the stores of A. O. Bowman
and at Belkt. through the basement
windows. They pulled out one of the
Iron tar* over the Bowman window
and squeeaed their way through the
narrow opening. It was hard for Mr.
Bowman to determine the amount of
goods taken from his stock but missed
some cigarettes and canned goods. The
thieves who entered the Belk store
were not able to get from the basement
to the first floor where their stock of
goods Is. and therefore were unable to
carry off any merchandise They left
no clue upon which the officers can
work. 4
T
Little Clodhopper
The Otrl Scouts wttl give a play
"Little Clodhopper at North Main
school at • p. m. Tuesday.
This Is a three-act comedy and Is
being directed by Mas OoraoUa Carroll
H ilmllim It and ate. The girls are'
working hard to make their play a sue
Junior Order Raises
Flag at The Quarry
A large crowd attended the flag
Ftot Rock school Sunday aft»mn—.
the Junior Order and on* that to at
tended with much interest by the pato
Ue a* well aa the laemheMhlp of Ike
order. One of the chief oto)ecta of the
of the Mhaoi.
DOESN'T PAY TO APPEAL FROM
RECORDER ACCORDING TO JUDGE