MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 11, 1M».
QUARRY MAY GET
RIG STONE CONTRACT
Governaeat To Sooa Let $500,000 More
On Arlington Bridge Job
It will be several
final oontrac t is awarded on this work |
u the bid* have to run the
of five different i
by the government to nipervlae the
erection of thia structure. The belief
hold by Mr. Sargent that his concern
haa mote than an even chance of be
tas awarded the contract I* alao con
curred In br as
tacton on Monday following the re
of the Mda of last week. The
up the
tlon with the following
"The way waa paved today for the
Arlington memorial bridge commission
headed by President Hoover to place
Its stamp of approval on the purchase
of about tfiOO OOe worth of granite to
go Into the water gate and plasa at
the Washington terminus of the
"Indications were that the North i
Carolina Granite corporation, of Mount
Airy, and the John Swenaon Granite
company, of Concord. N. H , should be
awarded the ootatracts. The North Car
olina firm furnished the granite that
has gone into the superstructure of the
bridge and as it Is planned to have
the Rock Creek-Potomac parkway ap
proach In harmony with .the bridge
proper, this- firm is in preferred posi
tion. as It U alao a low bidder. The !
Pine Arts commission has paasert on'
the plana for the placing of the gran
ite. and It Is expected that about Sep
tempter 1 a contract will be let by
Lieutenant Colonel U 8. Orant. 3rd
executive officer of the commission,
for placing this granite in position
"The Swenson firm bid II W OO for '
the oontract for furnishing granite for
the curb and stepa of the water gate
while the North Carolina firm bid
•137.000 and (279X100 as the low bid
der for the contracts of furnishing
granite In the form of ashlar for fac
ing and the high class material desir
ed for the copings and balustrades.
Half a doaen firms In various parts of
the country sought the contracts for
delivering the granite In Washington.
Complete delivery of all the granite
Is called for by Map 1 of next year.
The granite win be stored in the vi
cinity of 36th and B streets near where
the Orler-Lowranoe company. of
Btatesvllle. the contractor for the i
foundations of the water gate and the
parkway approach, Is now at work.
Pint deliveries of the granite are to
commence aocn and the first contract
is to be completely fulfilled by Novem
ber l« -
Circus Coming: Here
On August 16th
Here's good new* for the kid* of thl*
asction and for thoee of the older
resident* who aiw yet young enough
to recall the dtp of their youth. A
representative at John RoUneonl clr
eu* wh in the city tM* week and
nomptateri arrangement* for showing
at the fata- ground* on Friday. Aug.
ISth. for one day only. For year* the
large eireuoe* did not viatt thl* city for
the lack of railroad fadlitie*. but
Mm* the A. A Y . ha* bean in the hamta
of i reoetvershlp the road ha* been
put into a oondltton which enabled it
to handle the etreu* shipment aa car
ried by RoUneonl. It 1* aald that the
etreu* ocmprtee* 17 ear* of equipment
and whMta. A Ism* ha* already bean
rtgned with John ■ Uldklff aeeretary
of tha fair ground*, (or Its we.
At First
Khrniui Go T» Cmlmx
For Outdoor LmmcJmom.
The aMWbetc of the Klvanli club
and their wivee and lad)' friend*
will to Um fuaate of the (Mm Ho
ur? club tnwwin evening The
Oalax club hae planned an outdoor
luncheon for their Mount Airy
guaete to be given on the beautiful
lawn of the T M MM* home at
Cliff view two mile* from Oalax
MOMben will mill, la front of the
Mae Ridge hatef at • >. M Friday
than tM.
Peach Crop Sold By
Sparger Orchards
Entir* Cray; Crop Bad la
Haajr Yon.
A northern produce concern this
week pin-chased the entire peach crop
of the Sparger Orchard! and will ship
the fruit to the bit cities of the north
a* fast a* it Is picked. Since making
the purchase the company ha* been ln»
vet If tint the beet mean* 01 trans
portinc the crop. It Is estimated that
there will be 1.000 crates and It Is pos
sible that the crop will be moved by
motor trucks. The oompany states that
they can load a truck here with 300
crates and leave here at • P. M. and
have In New York the next night at
midnight. placing the fruit on the New
'ark market the seoond day after be
ing picked In the Sparger orchards.
Negotiations are under way with the
railroads also and the schedule that
caa he offered by them will determine
the method to be used In making the
■hlpmente.
Mr. J. B. Sparger, president of the
Sparger Orchards, says that he has re
served the right to sell and supply the
local trade with peaches desired as well
as to trucks which haul peaches to
points across the mountain. The peach
crop over the country 1s very short
this year while the local orchards have
a large crop, thus working in their fa
vor as to prices received and a favor
able market to sell on.
Representatives of another concern
will visit this section next week and
It Is possible they will purchase the
crop of apples of the Sparger and
Ooveland orchards. The apple crop of
these two orchards Is expected to be
more than 75 thousand bushels, and
Is one Of the best In years.
Mr. Spriaffthorp* Purchases
Horn* Here.
The home of J. W. Prather on the
road facing the County Club golf links
was this week purchased by Mr. Bruoe
Bprlngthorpe who Immediately began
moving Into It. Mr. dferlngtborpe and
family moved to this city a few weeks
sgo and are now engaged supervising
the erection of the machinery in their
sweater factory on Willow street.
Reckless Driver
Held For Court
Wrack Occurs Near Old
Hollow Church.
■arty Tuesday mnrnlng a diss straws
wreck oocurred at the Old Hollow
Church, west of Mount Airy, near
Cross Beads, said to be eaueed by a
driver trying to pass another on a
curve. Clyde Millar, of Pennsylvania,
who is down here so a visit to frisnds
nsar Winston-Salem, was driving a
new M coupe and was oomlng into
this city. It is said that Millar attempt
ed to pass a ear driven by Warren
Nowlin a mschanlr of the Ford Mo
tor Co. and as he passsd him there was
s head on oolllelon with a Dodge ear
full el people and with several Hand
ing on the running hoard, who bad
started to their wort at the button
factory at Laurel Muff. It an happso
ed so quickly that ltowlln ditched his
ear rather than to nm into the wrsek
aMrjtevsral of U» »wopto la the
ROAD NOW GOES
TOP OF PINNACLE!
Par i
been the victim of the
after year the case «u heard
■ppsaled and heard again, always try
ing to determine who was the right -
ful owner Recently the caee was fin
ely settled and Jdr. W. L. Spoon, a civil
engineer of the city of Oreenetooro. be
:ame the owner. He has deeds to more
than eleven hundred acrea of land
Including th whole "vinuiw Report
M It that he secured all this boundary
lor (he sum at NJOOJO. After clearing
the title to the land Mr Spoon, who Is
t man of ability In his prnfaarton and
jf means, made a survey of the moun
tain and found that it was practical to
make a road to the top with an easy
trade. A few months ago be put a
iteam shovel to work and within the
past few weeks the road has been so
nearly completed that It Is now open
(o thy general public.
The read up the mountain la on the
sast fMf and winds about the moun
tain a distance of something like four
miles In the ascent. The grade la not
itoep and the road Is of sufficient width
that cars can pass with safety. On the
top of the mountain a parking ground
has been made sufficient to park an
klmoet unlimited number of cars. The
parking apace Is on top of what la call
Ml the little pinnacle. A wooden stair
ray haa bean made up the big pinnacle
ibout where the famous ladders have
seen or generations. Thus the danger
>f going on the Mg pinnacle Is remov
ed and the most timid soul can now
[o up and see the world at no risk of
Hfe or limb
Mr. Spoon has made all this Im
provement at a cost said to be aa
much as •12.000.00. He has made It
is an Investment thinking that the
mountain Is of sufficient interest to
.his part of the state to make the road
I paying Investment. At the present
time he Is charging a toll of fifty cents
>n each car and fifty cents for eaoh
person who goes up. At this rate and
the way the interest is at this time the
road Is a little gold mine. Some think
that the present rate of toll Is too high
ind that It will later be reduced as a
natter of good business.
There Is no talk at this time of a
iotel on the mountain, but there are
refreshments for sale, and later on
it Is probable that accommodations
rill be provided for thoa* who may de
itre to spend a night on the mountain
>r even longer. Cltiaens who have gone
m the mountain during the past week
wll us that no one should have any
fears about making this trip, and they
predict that every car In this section
>f the country will soon find Its way
a this famous mountain.
Hospital News
Miss Virginia Young of The Hollow,
ITa.. la a patient (or treatment and
xMdblr an operation for the removal
>f goitre.
A daughter «ai born to Mr. and
kCrs. Phil Haskins Tuesday.
WtUls Matthis. of route I hM a
uraken forearm as a result of an auto
nomic accident on the Mount Aby to
Dobaoo road early Tueeday morning.
A ton was born to Mr. and Mrs. H.
I Money Tuesday
Miss Jessie FUpptn, of Stuart, Vs.
iras opsrated on
O. P. Cain of Pilot Mountain route
I la suffering from a fracture of the
left tag aa a result of a fan from a
wheat stack Friday.
A. F. Sooddy of route 1 Is a patient
tor radical treatment and Is quite sick.
A daughter Peggy waa born to Mr.
ind Mrs N. M. Wheeler, of Walnut
Don Jtily 1.
A daughter "BUly" waa bora to Mr.
Prather
of
n
will be taatf at • F. M. I
a!* «* i
NEGROES ADMIT
SERIOUS CHARGE
ad with holding up and robbing fw
tlty of the fourth la now known. the
hold In jalL
gas ted boon pourod Into Um nagroaa'
ear ana of thorn (topped Mr. Hawka aa
ha started to lati* and pointing a |M
tol at hhn utdatad him not toaMve.
They aoarehod him and took ISO off hi*
person They then placed him In their
car and atartad back toward Mount
Airy. Aa they paaaad the Hawka homo
the negroaa hold a platol to hia aide
and told hhn they would ihoot If be
made any outcry aa they pawi They
aoon ran out of gas again and on In
veatlgatlon found that the drain plug
In the trcrttowi ot the '»-* had loot out.
Two of the negroes then want in
■earch ot more gaa and at a store
they found a drum of gaa from which
they stole a few gallona and finally got
started again. It was than baginnii«
to get daylight and the nagroaa tat Mr.
Hawks go. after having him In cuetody
about two, hour*.
After pleading guilty at HlllavUle
they were carried to the Roanoke Jail
for safe keeping.
Our Sheriff Didn't
Let litis Happen.
A new* report from Raleigh last week
told of the Attorney Oeneral of the
Mate making a ruling that required
the sheriff of Wake County to pay
over to the county the eum of tlMO
from hie personal account covering
that amount of taxes that were on his
books and not advertised for ocUectlng
is provided by the law. Just where this
leaves the Wake sheriff In forcing col
lection at this late date was not re
vealed. When the sale of land for taxes
is held according to law the sheriff
bids In all land not bought by Indi
viduals In the name of the county, but
now that the time of sale has passed
there Is a question about his being able
to make the county a bidder oo the
land sold.
During the past weeks while Sheriff
Smith of this oounty was carrying
nut the provisions of the law as to ad
vertising and the collection of the tax
lie was beeelged with a large number
of request from all over the county
Tor him to bold up and give more
time. But Sheriff Smith had no other
alternative than to follow the law as
to advertising and holding the sale.
Had he been persuaded Into postponing
the sale of some at the property It Is
probable he would have found himself
keeping company with the Wake
Bounty sheriff and paying over to the
county a large sum of money from his
sersonal funds.
A Second Story
To Fulton Block
Brick and other building material to
being placed In the rear of the Pulton
h..iiiii«n. on "»i» atreet preparatory
to building a aeoond atorjr on the Ful
ton block. The work will fat atarted aa
won aa a large ahlpment at tile la re
ceived which la to be uaed In the (rant
The front* will be remodeled and built
of prcind brick with till trimmings.
The second floor will oomprlac office
rooms, dMderntjr fitted up with water
floor eoanrttef 14 double offloe room.
The entire Pulton block of hHlldtngi
whan completed win be heattd with a
central ateam plant. Osntractor D. H.
Oooke haa charge of the wort.
FARM BOARD MEETS
SATURDAY AT DOBSON
County Agent V. C. Taylor Calk Important
Gathering of Interest To Fanners
Haymore Families
Back On Visit
A Semrm ml ftwniafcata of
Lata Daaial tUimii l»hw
For Ldl|ttr Stay.
Franklin D. Haymore and tali ion,
Arthur Haymore, arrived In tins city
Wednesday at this week »-g baa
their hofri- in the state of Arizona toy
train. Oonnng by antoaeoMla In too
lln Haymore and members of their
families to the number of seventeen
persons In an. The family baa planned
this vacation and rtatt back to the
home-land for a kmc time and will
and nsttinc among their many rela
tlvee and visiting potnU of tntereet la
this state.
Franklin Haymore is now eighty
years of age. He is the son of the late
Daniel Haymore who lived near this
city. He is a tint cousin to the late K.
L. Haymore, thus btlnf closely con
nected with all the Haymores of this
section. He went wast when a young
man back in the year IMS and has
made several visits to his people here
during the past years. Mr. Arthur Hay
more visited this section about twenty
five years ago.
The story of the experiences of the
family In the west sounds like fiction,
thugh literally true. Franklin Haymore
rrrv lives In Douglass. Arlsona. and his
son. Arthur. In the country near
Phoenix, the capital of the state. They
have all become wealthy. For twenty
years they lived in old Mexico and were
extensively engaged in the cattle and
mercantile hnslnees. They owned sev
eral stores and vast holdings of land
id cattle. Mr. Franklin now owns
a section of country in old Mexloa
to the extent of *04100 acres, a terri
tory almost as large as Surry county
This is known as gracing land and has
a value of as much as a dollar an
acre. Mr. Arthur Haymore Is a big land
owner In the famous Bait River valley
where land Is worth as much as MOO
an acre. He is engaged In farming and
stock growing on a large aoale.
The family lived in old Mexico when
the revolution started back In the days
of the famous bandit Villa. Their ex
periences during the revolution are;
thrilling. On one occasion the bandits
captured Arthur Haymore and held
him for ransom demanding twenty
thousand dollars for his freedom. When
the money was not delivered as de
manded they stood him up against the
wall and prepared to put him to death
the Mexican way by shooting. But be
ini able to speak the Spanish lang>
uage fluently he tafted tMm out of
their plans and later secured his re
leaae. the conditions beeame so
precarious that the whole family left
the oountry and eaaae back to the
states.
Because of his age and the length
of the journey Mr. Franklin Haymore
did not risk the trip here by sutomo
hUe and came by rail. They win rent
aome large home hare for a few weeks
and make It their headquarters and
spend the coming weeks amng their
friends
Mra. Aabher Bridge Hsitan.
Mrs. Claude Abeher entertained eight
ooupies at bridge Wedneeday night In
hoswr of Mrs. ■. D. Duffleld. of Cast
Orange. N. J , Mra. Santford Chilton
pi lestrted with a reae glass sugar and
nrssmar. Mia. John Frank, a recent
bride, reoeived an attractive piece of
pottery and Miss UUaa Underwood,
hows guaet of Mrs. O. D. Underwood
reoetved a string of rose glass crystals
Oa
Mr. Tartar hM mat out
lot call to the nwabtn of the I
"There win to a meeting of Um Agri
cultural Advisory Board la the oourt
July l*th
p.m. ht* i
la to
earnestly urged to attend tUa i
Lata have a IM per cent attendance at
our flret meettnc 'Signed' V. C. Tay
lor. County Agent
The adrlamy board of Surry County
la unaipnaart of two farmers from each
It la entirely i
of an equal
The
gett, W. B. Merrttt.
Township: J. A. White. N. 9.
Stewarts Creek Townahlp: W. A.
York. Luther Beamer.
Pranklln Townahlp: Oeo Hayea. I.
r. Armfteld.
Pilot Mountain Townahlp: J. W. Dan
ny. 8 C. Carson
Westfleld Townahlp: Walter Hill. P.
H Jeeeup
Shoals Township: O. W. Key. Willis
E. McKlnney.
Long Hill Township: John Simmons,
S. M. Stone.
Eldora Townahlp: W. L. Chilton. O.
Elktn Township: J. M. Oentry.
Puohs Pyron
Bryan Township: J. A. Swift, J. P.
Marsh Township: W. L. Cockerham.
M O. Sneed.
Rockford Townahlp: L R. Key. Lee
Perkins.
SUoam Township: W. T
W 8. Pulk.
Improving White
Sulphur Springs
For tome year* now the well known
White Sulphur Spring! has been doaed
to the public. Three years ago the
owner* began the work of rebuilding
the hotel, which to • large one. and
before the work was completed It was
discontinued and nothing ha* been
done since until a few weeks ago con
tractor J. K Caudle put a large force
of men to work completing the un
finished Job. A visit to the place this
week convinced us beyond question
that one of these days before long the
famous springs will again be open to
the public We went through the build
ing and talked with the painters and
paper hangers and found that the '
of rebuilding the hotel Is nearly
pie ted As many as sixty rooms
half the
building will be able to
a large number aI guests and in a way
to l
Mr
ture for the
nd will be
in a taw days. He i
I1IMOJI tea bat
this wort, to say
a taw years i