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in W ji! ; I I ,lo a modern
it. Iiiii) s-hool ImiMmv. '1 !
plans 1 1 : t v i Imi ii iliitwn, the (-ini
I 1 art let , I In' M bliildlli'.' IVhinV-
fil ami 'lie foundation for tin
hciv hiiih'iug hi ;i 1 1 i'i I mi lli' uli
df tin1 olii academy. In llir (Ire
lion to vote (HI :rM,(iO ) ill bonds
for this J m 11 ms on 1 1 it L'Dlh ol
March not u dissenting V"'" was
(list, Surry county will h 1 1 1 j 1
unlit this fund ly donating
OIK) ami t In it-inn iiiiiii; 11,000
will In- lion owed 1 y tin town
The new building will lie lo
cated on Church street on a plot
of ground rovei -in; about nil
Here. The main part of the build
ing will be !)H ,y 100 feet with
'Xti'iisi(iiiH on either side near the
front, and will contain two floor
nnd a basement.
In the Imm inent will b located
tht lioiler and junitc" rooms ami
the toilets, the size of t' ' base-
New School Jlu'ilding
incut l.ciiiK '2 y W'i fed.
The liist floor will have six
recitation rooms, I'l hy 'i'l feet,
three on each side of the hall,
which runs from the main en
trance nt the frou to the hack.
Two side entrances mar the cor
ticrc ontne front lend srmnid the
first rfitntion roftftis on eit'.or
side to the main hall. A'l oftice
nnd d lil-rary, :l 1y 1J feet each
will ho at tlie cuds of the side
hulls on each side.
The second floor will contain
two recitation room, 'J 4 hy
feet, in the front, and between
them, slightly elevated, will he a
music mom 1C hy 'JJ feet. Hack
of these rooms and two feet a
loi'the surrounding floor on
level with the music room will
lie the at a Re, nhoilt l hy UO feet,
with a rircnUr front. The audi-
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New St ImhiI Mui'dliu Side F.levation.
loriuui will evlciid to the rmf of
th" huitdii)(f. beiui (ii hy G? fed
and having a aeniinn capacity rd
It will have three aisles end
space around the l.hwk of opera
imbIs and will he entered hy lou
hie dixtra lending from (( stair
l.iiidtn' on Imlli sides of the
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f
"yU Dixon,
The ImiUlo- '..ill I,., made ol
In'iel; and will I c covered with
'.'a I a o ied till. The plans Were
draw ii hy Air. .1, H. 1 ii rcliani,
HI eliitect, clld t! ' hilildillg will
he el eeled 1 1 V XI ' - s s. S M. Av
iiolii n ml .1. V. Neison, contract
ors. The school committee I
composed of ('apt, (I. T. Koth,
chairmen; .1. K, lleiidrcn, secre
lary; 11. P. Crater. C. II. Cockcr
lirui and J. 11. Hall.
Prof. Zciio II. Dixon, who 1ms
had charge of the school for the
past year, ha lccn elected a
oiperiiitriidriit fur this ymr.
Professor Dixon was orginally
from Alamance county, from a
(turdy ami m1 rony; (junker stock,
lie is a graduate of Yamlerbilt
Piiiversity, one of the hest in the
South, and has I n teaching for
.about 2"i yeiirH, acquiring in that
an experience and thorough-
Front Klevation.
iicss that falls to the lot of too
few teachers. For nl.ouf twenty
years he was principal of the
Vadkinville Normal ' School, con
ductiii',' at Vadkinville one of the
lu st preparatory si hoots in North
C.irolina. lie has that happy
conddiiiition or d ip thought,
souml jiid'oent, 4'hristinii char
acter and the alulity to impress
upon the iqx or t'fil tlm inu.or
lanee of steady anJ undivided
concentration upon school work
and moral living. Fuder his
lutel.iire, t he child has nn unlim
ited opportunity ami the proper
cncouraueiuent to "lureon out"
and nVvilop all of his latent en
ergies and powers. His ability
as a teacher and manager is to 1h
jfdk'etl by the result of his la
b.is. All over Notth Caroli'ia
slid III in ai v other states are to
le found hundreds of onii( i'n n.
aetie iii every triM-atioi' and hml
ers in their fommuiiiti. s. hn re
reived tloir 1 1 Miniiiif under his
instruct ion.
I'rofemsnr Din hns a thor
ons;h, competent and ,ell trniti
! corps cf t hei h t.t Hil him
in the wmk this year, the tench
rs l.ein Misses Clara of
K'kin; XI alii., an I Ma sde Payne
f West filed; Hon me llolion of
Yndkinville; an.) Miss Mnrjurii
IIitli of Kikiu, i.M.iiie tenrVrr.
No014Dulldin2f In Elkln.
It Is worthy of not.' that tlicrc
In not to Is fot,(l williln the
corisrntc limits rf Klkin, nil old
or ildapid.ited liouso of any kind.
Practically every tnnihoss aiu1,
manufacturing ildin In the
tow n is mndijof t;rirk, as wi lt ns
many cf Uui teideu i-s. ln
l;fnro ii building Ixvomcs old or
dilapidated. It mu.ot lo torn away
to clvo pl.Ko fe.r r tarter nnd
nirrr Ijulldinfl; to keep pace with
cvcrytliino; clso around it.
FIRST "CITY FATHERS' OF ELKIN. ALL HALE HEARTY AND PROSPEROUS
Hack (left to right) J. S. Hell, dork and treasurer; A Chatham, Mayor; Frank Tharp, Countable
Front (left to right) T. h. (Jwyn, Cnpt , C. T. Koth, Dr. JVW. King; nnd A. C. Click, (U. U. (iwyn,
deceased) Commissioners.
SHIP OF STATE IS SAILING SMOOTHLY
The Men at the Helm are Sure and Steady. Progress is
the Watchword. Advancement is the Result.
No town in North Carolina, is
better governed, than Klkin.
The citizens and visitors are so
peaceful and orderlv that the
harsh arm of the law seldom
reaches them and violations of the
law arc so few that they are al
most a iiejjli(jih!e quantity. Klk
in has one policeman, hut his ser
vices are seldom ca'hd into use.
Klkin hns a good lock up, hut it
has Im-cii used only one time for
about two hours since it was built
four or five years ago.
Mr. (. (I. Armf.eld, the mayor,
is too young to have pushed the
elk into the creek, but he is very
active in getting Klkin out of the
kinks. He is the son of XI r. K. K.
Armfichl of Stntesville ami took
a three yenrs' course at the North
Carolina Agricultural ami Me
chanical College hefole coming to
Klkin, early it jesr as
assistant cashier of the Klkin
National Hank. Mr. Armfield
has taken a forward sta,i-l in all
municipal improvements. He is
secretary of the Hoard oi Trnde
and a director ami member
of t.,c tinniiee committee of
ihe Klkin and .lonesville Hutld
i"g and Iioan Associa
tion, lie is an acthe church
worker, being elder in the 1'res
hjterinn cluirrh and npef intend
cut of the Sunday School. Mr.
Armfiehl was npptintcd mayor of
Klkin in April of lat year to fdl
out th unexpired term of Mr. U.
I. Icwtlhn, resiyned. Toe next
month he was elected without op
'Hisition for a term of two years.
I lie is proving . ry cjVieiit in
j his iiii'Mirtaiif pimiiioti ami is
."..,;!.f.,. the tiol his fcll'HV-
i
fdti'iiis have hestuWcd Upon him.
! ( 'opt. (S. T. Koth has the uu'npie
, portion o having Ihiii a member
of the Hoard of Commiioiier
iiintite, for Klkin in its charter
t wciily -Ii ve year ao, has lecu
Ml the hoard about half the time
once, ami is now aervinir in that
"npacity. He is a public spirited
nan, solid atid ronwrvativc, and
I Valuable iu to tin town, lie
ve one of ti,. holdings ami i
1 trustee for tin Stonewall .lack
son Training School, lie is vice,
president and superintendent of
the Chatham Mfg. Co. As chair
man of th eln..j r!, he is al
most indispensable Jlni nn ac
tive church worker.
Mr. .I. S. Atkinson is n very
energetic and able member' of the
board. Although a busy man as
mrtnager of tUc Atkiu-ion Co. and
Mr. Alox C'hathnm, Sr.
Klkm'H First Mayor.
Klkin's First Autmnidiili.
Thciv nrc row twenty four
automobiles in Kll.in, I In kinds
and ow ners 1mm: i: ns follows
(heilaud; K. F. McS'ocr nmt It.
,Io!morr. HpinoM!f: W. W.
'iVJ.iMtki r, men Mntth, nnd 11.11.
Darker: Ken: Ihmond Chatham
and (. T. Koth; For i: T. (5. liar
nls, T. (!. Trhctt, .1. S. Atkinson,
Dl. k (Jrier.C. II DdUngs. K. II.
fwis.C'.U.Ariniiehl, II i. Click:
M.Q. Snow. V. V., Hok ointi, J.
W. King and A. J. Kcvcs; Ilulrk,
K. I. Poinde.ter and J. II. Poin
dexter; Maxwell: T. 11. Kldson;
Ctrner'i: Dyr l h'r.o'.r: and I. II.
0. T Xik'im P.'i'uin Slow, ('o.
Xfain Stnvtnf Klkin
with various other duties, he is
never too busy, not only to talk
but to do things for Klkin.
Mr. C. N. Hoihhciimr is also
valuable ns a commissioner in the
town he has grown up. with. II
h one of the active politicians ol
the town, having sencd ns post
master here for a number of vcars
ami nt one time was chairman of
the Surry Count v Com nissioners
lie conducted the Kounng Caj
Hotel last season and made that
n favorite summer resort.
XI r. T. V. Foote, formerly a
prominent merchant at I'ootc
ville, Yu.lkiu county, is one of
the substantial business men of
the town. He is n real estate
(letter of large proportions and
is vice-president of the Farmers
ami .Merchants Ibiak, ns well ns
a stockholder iu the Surry Drug
Co. I. wii r.'so elected ns n
ir.nuistrnte in Klkin township.
Dr. K. (. Click, dentist, the
youngest member of the hoard.
is following in the footsteps of
his father. XIr. A. (J. Click, who
was a chartered commissioner of
Klkin. Dr. Click is ho.ue grow n
and has been practicing dentistry
here for about si Vcars. He is
nl mi a leal estate dealer ami is
active iu ihureh Work, being a
tewi id ill ihe .Met hod st church.
Attorney .1. F. lien Ireii. clerk
nnd trei.siirer of Klkin. came
lu re i ai t ago, ami hns played nn
impi'ilaot part in the giowlh ai d
development of the town, lie U
treanrer for Klkin liouishiji.
tir...Mi r, and clerk of the achoot:
h i,i id. a director of the K, & A
Uailroad. of the Klkin Nnli.s
Hank and ..f T. Klkin 4 .bm, s
Villi' I'ollbllllg i li. Ml A'toeifl-
lion.
Mr. W. Y. tl.oiis. lie town
constable, is nl-o ti collector.
sHiot.iry oflucr and Mred nod
building cnmniisHiioier. his duties
lis constable tilkbo; Very litth' of
I '
,.. 4.lf ,
The (ire department, has a hand
eil nnd ho-e and hand lire en
gine, hut the ire company hns
he nine disorgnui.i d. the bucket
brigade method being more ef
fective. However, with the mm
pbt'oll of tin wnterwoiks, the
fire i ..I,,, n v h rc orgaiii.i .!
mi t tirui basis.
in
I-.ll. in w ;vi I he .! low n in I !:
late of ils f.ie lo have elect rie
ii-hls. In .'.I. s I ,. II. Ii
Chatham. A. M. Sniitli nnd (I. T.
Koth formed a company and in
eonl.ivlinu with the roller mill,
I hen owned hy I he ( 'hnl ham Man
nfaet urine; Company, installed n
d iiamo, put up poles and ires
and furnished lights for the town
Later the plant was moved to the
cotton mill and operated there
until it was sold to Messrs. U. ,,
Poiudcxtcr and .1. V. Madison,
who furnished the clecti icity un
til the organization of the Klkin
lee and Light Co. two eais ago.
Since it w as establish, d fifteen
via fa ago, the lighting system has
heen in the hands of private com
panics nnd light has heen furnish
ed only a part of the time, from
7 to 11 o'clock in the evening
Finding the present system in
adequate for the growing needs
Carter Falls-. lust
of the town and a deiuaml for
electricity at nil hours of the dav
nnd night, and nlsn dcsirouH of
furnishing power for a large
number of the amnll'r enterpris
es, the Carter Falls Power Co.,
omposed of a number of the cit
izens of tin' town, has been form
ed with a capital slock of 2"i,-
IMK1. Tin town hns arranged to
lake over the lighting part of the
Klkin Ice and Light Co. ami nl
ready owns n site on the Klkin
creek at Carter Falls, where n
daiil is now being built by the
town. The power company will
iuslnli a large l.() horsepower dy
namo ami will lease the system to
the town for a term of ten years,
the town reserving the right to
renew the lease or to take over
C. . --v - y a ?
w 'i: 111' k. i'. . " - '
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Tlu ( St Iuh1 HuiltUntf -Now IJoinovinl,
PIcNeer's New Tobacco Warchou
XIr. F F. M Nisr lias abown
his cnterpriso by creeling; tbo
largi and commodious tobacco
w arcbouso jiHt completed. 1 1ds
wan not built for nn Investment,
but ns a ineitis cf increasing ttio
busincaa of Klkin nnd beliinu tbo
farmcra to build a homo market
for their own product. vhis new
wait housu contain U' fectof
Kales p.i ?, and has Ia few
stiiis in tho iKisctncnt. It also
lias la i p;. i amp iisnns and every
convenience possible for the far
ii.or. Tbo W hi choose bus been
biased for lb hm yea is' to XIr. J.
. (Ii'!'!i of Stonevilie, N. V.
XIr. (ib'isn is iccogni'd ns one of
tlit best, v nrchouso men ht the
Stalo. He operates three other
w andnuixes in North aril South
Cirolin.i. lie will open up In
September with full lim (if
buyers, icpreteiiting the leading
tdb.iccn manufar tu ret s in the
emin! ry. .
Mr McN.-er ha. Ids b- tct In
tin? ibaeeo warehouse nnd in the
lo'meeo iiit(Mest of thu surround
ing; country, and ns tunnx ,n the
market is on e established here
he has soUiO Ideas W hicil 1.0 is go
invj to put loio ci
i. .'no h,., ; a!i i.i i i i oi i i .
Hid ti e pnlen a,d l il lie:' from
lie- site of the lam, a 1 1 a nee ol
i hoii I I on r miles, has a I inn ,1 been
eomplcled. The pl'l sent plans
lie to jjel the new system ready
lo stall by September l."i.
The new' li'htiii;,? t-ystciu had
its birth in the progressive spirit
if ii citieus' comiiiitti'e appoint
eil by Ihe I'xiai'd of Commissio"
ers to look niter the installation
nf the water and sewerage sys
tems. " Finding mi provision for
the needed lights, this committee,
composed of Messrs. .Mason Kil
lard, ('. IC, Ibilcomb and A. (I.
Click, got busy and finally sur
mounted the difficulty by organ
i.ing this citieus' c.mipany nnd
getting the business connected
with establishing the new system
well under way.
The officer of the corporation
...
befow Situ for Dam.
are: U. L Hubbard, president;
A. W, . (leorge, vice-president;
ami T. (I. Trivelt, secretary ami
treasurer. The directors arc as
billows: A. (1. Click. U. L. Huh
hard. K. K. Harris, A. W. (leorge,
.1. II. Alien, '.. II. Dixo... (1. T.
Ib.th, .1. F. Ilendicn. C. K. Ho!
comb, K. F. XIcN.cr and A. Chat
ham, dr.
The stockholders, in addition
to the directors, nic: T. XI. KiJ-
l.ii.l. A. XI. Smith, T. (!. Tiivett.
.V Ch.ithi.iu. Sr., U. 11. Chatham,
Mrs. K. F. M.-Neer, 11. K. ,toho.op
S. tl. Xleliuire, !. XI. Simmons"
(leorge Cbal ham, V. . Shores,
Mis. K. C. Kirkmau. .1. S. Koth,
Mis. K. N. Sherwood. Klkin Cun
ning Co., Chatham Manufactur
ing Co., and Crater &. Sale.
Vv
J w
redu -e the cost of handling: ami
selling; of tobacco for the fi mcr.
Considering t he tine tobacco sec
tion a mti ml Klkin, and the on
failing energy of the "man be
hind the gun" there is io doubt
thatKlkiu will be n large tobacco
inntk.-t, nnd XIcNeer'i Ware
liouiew lll be eminently aticeess
ful.
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