SERIOUS RESULTS FROM
MANY AUTO WRECKS
A Series tf Accidents ii This Srrti— Cause
Great Suffering aad Lms of fttperty
■on or two ettra uiu *cet •
cy am? rmd
ry of two
»ds, both of [
Mr. VkMd I* »>nmt ot i
The two em Mt |
of the city
»o
both e*t* and Injure both
cut
. *if broken (la* and In
_ II i
that to to** toGpual
> in the hoMUl foi several day*
painf titty bruised. the |
the eye
uSeretanduv as to
le ni>»niirt to tove caused the cars to ,
Mr. Wood understood
road and torn Into a
Mr. Mvards tod no |
aad hence the wreck.
Tour average cttlaen who has a |
sound Mind does not want to be en
tangled with the law. This was strik
ingly proved this week when two skill
ed workmen at this city C. F' Edison
the lav as the result of a Mt of freedom
that goes beyond what the law permits.
They tod worked hard during the week
and some cltlsen up In Virginia tod got
In touch with them and promised to
deliver some (ood whiskey just over the
line If he were met there at
soon after noon on
Edison la the owner of a
In It they proceeded to meet the Virgin
la cttlaen according to appointment.
Prom him they bought a liberal supply
of whiskey for their own use and a J~w
quarto for eome of the neighbors who
thought they too needed some. With
three gallons in the car they returned
and just before reaching the buslnaos
section of the city they avoided, or i
thought they did. contact with the po
lice by turning down Binee street. In- j
tending to use the back streets east of
Main and thus avoid the heavy traffic.
As bad hick would have it they ran
square into a farmer's wagon aeon af
ter leaving Main street and broke op
his front wheel. Of courae a crowd
gathered and some one phoned the po
Use. The situation was embarrassing
The men with the car and the liquor
were familiar with the law and the
penalties, flnee. confiscation of the car
and so, forth. Just over the sidewalk
from where the wreck happened the
weeds were high and the thought
struck the men that In the weeds was
a much better place for that liquor
than In a brand new car. And so they
quickly dropped the containers full of
Uquar over the sidewalk and hastened
away from that place Naturally they
expected to be followed, and Just what
to do was the problem. After going a
few hundred yards over took of the
home of Mr. Z T Smith a hurried con
sultation decided the men to deeert
the car and foot it with haste Into the
thickets along the river only a few
hundred yards away. One of them
hesitated not a bit when he approach
ed the river, but plunged in and
sought concealment on the opposite
bank. The other came down the bot
tom in the direction of Mtnick'i mill.
Mind you. all this goes to show the
high regard men tove for the law. In
a few minutes the police were on the
trail and found both men who «ih
mitted when they saw that they were
In for It Frankly they told the whole
m illsnnsll Imse 64a ajmsu
SW)rV tallQ SnOWvQ A ^tlTMiKll.lili 1 \fij COlllt?
clean wtth the officers They even
gave the name at the man who sold
them the liquor When the ease was
In the local court Tuesday the
let off wtth the ooet and a
fine of $80.00 each, the new tad sedan
to be sold and the proceeds to «o Into
the school fund.
u win m • sao day wnen we Be
come so minded that we low liitw >1
In the failure of our fellow*. We pro
fit by their mistake* Otherwise this
alary would not be worth what It
dwold to the public. Laat Saturday
city. Arlya MarrtTwuS1 l^rtford
autonotaUe and want Ml tar a ride
They had a half-gallon fruit jar tt U
at a terrific
Into the wagon and |
that It would be hard I
The automobile
the team with force sufficient |
to Instantly kill the hone and 10 U
Jure the muie as to make tt impossible
for it to stand, and than in the ditch
by the rcaOrtds, Its body quivered In
the diath atonies for an hour before
It (Had. The automobile was driven up
to the wagon wheels before it stopped.
The tongue passed through the radia
tor. and the front seat and. as luck
would have it, passed between the two
persons on the front seat. The U
year old son of Ntr. Hudson wt
een the wagon and the
Ad 90 bruised About the
heed that tt was necessary to carry
him to the hospital where be liiwe
between life and death Strange to I
nay no other person was seriously in- |
lured in the wreck.
A peculiar feature of the sad affair
Is thxt after the wrack young Ledford
footing It back to town came upon the
wrack and found that tit* ear which he
left had hit the wagon Havti* no part
In It and being thotwhUul of the fu
ture he recalled how they had a half
gallon of liquor in the car. Bo he waa
minded to take a look for the Jar of h
iuor, and sura enough, it had esoaped
Injury hi the amaahup. and .there it
wks ready for future uae. that la what
was left of it. for he tells how the
drunken condition of the men In the
car caused htm to be left by the way
aide to foot it back to town. But when
he found the liquor it occurred to him
to be the way of prudence to destroy
that liquor before any officer came.
This he did, and as bad luck would
have it for him. some person* saw him
do it. Now he is indicted for transport
ing. for did he not have the liquor in
his possession and did he not trans
port it when he removed It from the
wrecked machine? He certainly did.
the officers say. and Is liable for his
a«»
. And now *11 thil sad cue will be
aired In the court and the truth or
falsity of all the above story shown up
as soon as the little boy down In the
hospital Is removed from the shadow
of death, if he ever gets out of the
shadow.
We submit that this Is some story
for young folks to think about when
they make plans of • similar nature
which It seems that many do.
These are given as some of the most
important wrecks about this city dur
ing the last few days. There are oth
ers, but the particulars are not
known to us. As many as a half doa
en oases of driving under the Influence
of liquor have developed in the past
week. As a ride light on all this It Is
now current talk that one can buy all
the liquor he wants or need*. If you
•hlnk of It that way. for the sum of
two and a half dollars the gallon. Not
vo long ago the prtoe was up around
ten dollars per tfUlon. but something
has caused the price to slump to a
point unheard of before In these parts.
And sty about It, you would be aston
Ishsd to know how hard It to to catch
a booting sr. Report has It that a
favorite way now to for a eitlsen Just
north of the line to make agreement
with a eitlsen at this state to deliver
the goods at an agreed place In the
woods light near lite line The Idea to
that offloers from both states would
hardly approach at the same time If
by chance an oOloar from either state
should to marts wise to the rendezvous
then It would be a simple matter for
the deafer to step over the line and
It was about this time that Stone
man came through thia part of the
country with a regiment of cavalry.
The soldier* lived off the country aa
they pawed through and aa they came
by the hone where Dr. Taylor lived aa
a boy they were marching two and two
abreast. One of them in a playful
mood paused at the boy and held out
his hand and said, 'here son." aa If
he were in the act of giviiw him some
thing. Boy like, young Will held out
his hand aa requeeted and the soldier
deposited in it a small round stone
about the sise of a partridge en. »nd
laughed aa he did tt It had quite a
different effect on the youthful rebel
and instantly he hurled the rock back
at the soldier aa hard aa he could and.
aa luck would have tt. hit him a sound
blow. The other sofcttsrs enjoyed the
prank and had a hearty laugh at the
soldier who got hit and the incident
passed off with every one laughing at
the sokHsr. Or. Taylor says now that
it was the nearest he ever came to
killing a Yankee, for he did hit one
with a rock.
In a few days the soldiers were be
yond the mountains and were fighting
to capture the salt works. Young Tay
lor had a brother in the army fighting
at the Salt works and he too became
fired with the spirit of battle, though
only fourteen, and slipped away from
his home ard "ran away." as he ex -
presses it. to Join the army He had
not been gone long before his father
missed him and hastily followed. Once ,
he fell into the hands at his irate
father he got a sound threshing for
his enthusiasm. If let alone he would
have seen service in the amy beyond
s doubt.
People live in this section by the
thounsand who during the many active
years of Dr. Taylor received medical
and surgical aid at his hands They
will read with pleasure that, with the
exception of his eyesight, he is sctive
and as well as men of his age usually
are.
Local Nurses Pass
State Examinations
The dum of the lit member* of
the nuraee ciaaa, who auoceaafully stood
the examination held by the North
Carolina Board of Nunc Examiner* in
Raleigh on April S. were annnnnod
Saturday. June 1. Only 10 peraon*
who atood the examination failed to
Examination! are given by the board
in the «print and fall of each year Laet
faU a elaaa of ». the large*t In the
hiatory of the board, atood the exami
nation. but thv percentage at failure*
ragiatered than waa larger than for
the April teat.
In the graduate Uat were Included
the name* of Mia* Bertha A. Wright.
MM* Edna V. Wagoner. Miaa Annie P.
Clarke of the Martin Memorial Ho*pl
tal School of Nurae* of thla city
John Frank To W«4.
The following announcement haa
been raaatad by friend* of the groom
elect in thia city: Mr*. Loutaa Snow
■i
the log* to Um h« miUs and tbe lum
ber being prepared for the great ship.
»nd the sranttlngs Mug planed and
:he thousands of workmen busy, while
Noah preached to the Antedeluvtans
that Ood had revealed his purpose! to
Mm and judgment was coming. You
jould envisage the society folks riding
town the roads by Noah s Ark, and
wylng the old fanatic had roof trou
Me-and that they were going to out
hat Noah bunch la the future and that
:hey wouldn't receive any more In vita
tons to ttwtr card parties, and test
svtis. When the Ark was finished Maok
portrayed the birds flying In and the
inimals wafting in and the insects
:rawllng In while Noah entreated,
pleaded and begged the folk to come
into the ark. His delineations were so
rivid that you could hear the door
■losing and see a nation being shut
Nit from the Ark. Then In the distanoe
% hlftffr funnel ihAptd rlftwl bigio to
wise and the lightnings began to flash
ind the thunders began to roll on the
aeels of the llghtnfcw. u* the great
lrops of rain began to fall, and the
eorld begins to turn Mack, and the
irind rises to a gale and the gtfte to
i hurricane and the hurricane to a
itortD and the thunders roll and the
tnd the people are running to the hill
ind high hills and mountains while
peat waves mountain high are sub
merging a nation and sending
lown Into a watery grave.
ielineatioaa time and time again were
nterrupted by white and colored
diouting and rheerlng the preacher.
3nly two or three hundred dollars of
he incidental expenses remain unpaid
ind that win be wiped out by Sunday
Very few criticisms are being heard,
n* people have nothing but praises
he eneonlums for this hard working
-vangellst.
Goes To Jail On
Probable Cause
Raymond McDowell, of this city,
starved with the high crime of mur
ier. was given s hearing in the Record
in court in this city Monday and sent
o jail without band. Be stands Indict
ed for the murder of Ben .Rlgney
mne weeks ago. an account of which
ms been given in fanner issues of this
iwper. Mr. Rlgney was murdered and
from the beginning of the we sane
things have pointed to the guilt of
McDowell. Many who are familiar
irith the case doubt If there is suffi
cient evldenfce to convict before a Jury,
out the evidence was considered suf
ficient to demand a hearing before the
high court. The fact that Rlgney was
last seen with McDowell and that Mc
Dowell fled the county when the fin
iw of suspicion pdntnl to him. and
the further fact thai he has told what
Is considered eonfUcttav versions at
connection with the case, all this tends
to create a strong sentiment that he
should be tried tv a court empowered
to deal with such oases.
Three Things The Mayor
Would Hmrm You Do
Mayor W. G. Sydnor wants us to
say to the folks about here that there
are three things he would have them
hear in mlt.i. first, there ts too
much double parklag here on our
streets. It is dangerous, it is against
the law and must be stopped. Second,
when the fire-truck starts to a firs a
dosen or five do sen automobiles fall
in behind and trail the track to the
fire and thea proceed to block the
works by being in the way and mak
trouble for the flrmen. Third, there
WESTFIELD WILL HAVE
I NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
F. L. WALKER GETS WEL
PAKE OFFICE
fire for years. Wratit*Id IiooUmi
ty Um between this county
and Um sohool la patronised b»
of the Mm. Br i
to supported by both eoun- |
tajr we do M
being see
of the county. I*
building. The
tt will proceed at once,
to tbte new bulldliw at
h.iiMin» for the col
ored folks who lived In the i
of this city about the Quarry, will be
•racted at a coet of about one thou
sand dollars. Plana alio call for the
of four room to the High
Quarry. ,
the order has not
for all fals but. by
It will be put in the budget and the
work will be done thle year. No other
new school construction for this year
hi contemplated.
A month ago a long petition of citi
zens asked that folks in this oounty be I
required to pay a license If they flah. |
The request was granted and tt
ordered that all those who flah pay I
H JO for the Ucense. Last Monday a |
new turn was taken In the matter
when four petition* came up from dif
ferent sections of the county with
hundreds of signers a siring that they
be allowed to fish without being re
quired to take out tteaase. They were
given their request and the followliw
Is a part of the order made, which Is
plain enough.
Be It resolved by the Board of Ooun- |
ty Commissioners of Surry Oounty,
lax of (110. or la lieu ot such license
a dally fishing permit to coat Me Is
hereby required of all male persons
above the age of sixteen years who flah
by any other methods, other than with
ne. for under this
fishing with single
took and line are not required to pay
> fishing lloense tax In Surry Oounty.
The election of Mr. L. P Walker at |
Elkln to the position of Welfare Offl
ser by a joint meeting of the oounty
ooard of commissioners and the coun
ty board of education was a part of
the proceeding! last Monday. By a
itrict party vote Mr. Walker got the
position. As the two boards now stand
when all are present the Democrats
have three votes and the Republicans
rive. Before Mr. Walker can take office
he must get the endorsement of Mrs.
Kate Burr Johnson, head of the state
welfare department. It will be recalled
that a few yean ago after Ouerney
Robertson had been holding this office
[or some years and had made a fine
record. Mrs. Johnson stood by him
when, on a strict party vote, the effort
was made to replace him with a Dem
ocrat. Mrs. Johnson tries to lift her
department above poltics. and when
■he finds a man filling the position of
oounty welfare officer to her liking
she retains him if she can regardless;
of the politicians. It Is known that she,
Is well pleased with the record made by '
Fred Armfteld and deelrea that he ooo
tlnue In office because at his fine rec- i
nrd
Under the new ruimg of the depart- 1
ment the man who sets this position
now must have two yean at oollegr
training. or 1U equivalent, and must
be aMe to show that he tee the ele
ments of leadership and ean do the
work of the office. All this muet be
determined by Mrs. Johneon. Some
weeks ago ate requested Mr. Armfteld
to make formal application for the
ptaoe. but knowing the political com
plexion of the present eounty officiate,
he declined to (to this, but It is very
well understood that before be Is re
placed by any one the new official
must be aMe to meaeure 14) to aU the
requirements If he Is to (et the Job.
Otherwise Mr. ArmfMd wlU be retain
Judge Parker Speaks
On Ideal Citizenship
The
Airy High school were
Grand theatre last
the crowning event
by Hod. John J.
Circuit Court.
friend and fanner classmate
lege X. If. Lin villa. In \
Parker Mr. Unvllle
Judge Parker is a native North Caro
linian aild resides to Charlotte rather
Va though his du
that tag l I
Judge Parker fulfilled til*
hopes at those who Invited him to
make the address to the graduate* and
htofriends In this city. He
ed his appreciation of the
to speak to the high school
at high Ideals in
would have upon
attitude toward
and their
thoughtful
He compared the United States with
other nations and told why
are superior. We are i
free to think and act as the majority
thinks and wants to act—another reas
on Is that America has been a religious
nation He told the graduates the fu
ture generation depends on the con
duct and religious atmosphere and the
serious- m i ndedneas of the present
generation. If the present day young
people become the parents they should
be the next generation will be fine, re
ligious. capable people. If they are
slack towards their duty to God and
law enforcement the remit will be a
laxer generation and a people without
regard for religious freedom and would
eventually degenerate as have other
nations throughout the world's history.
Judge Parker called ^tention of tbe
graduates to tbe fact that some statis
tician has estimated the cost to tbe
state of 17300 far each boy or girl who
graduates from high school after elev
en years study and tried to impress on
them the duty of each graduate to
make good. They owe a debt to tbe
State and whether or not that debt la
paid depends on tbe type of
they make and the value at ttaetr life
to tbe country. Be urged them to ooo
Tbe
history.
to Dr.
board who
New Money On Display
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