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Historical Outline oiDobson Is Given By GRADY BURGISS In the year of 1850 the site of the rapidly growing county seat of Dobson was an insignificant cross roads surrounded almost en tirely by forests where tur keys and deer were often seen and where next-door neighbors would often count the distance between their homes in miles, and where travelers were so infre quent that they were almost al ways noticed and observed by the residents of the thinly settled countryside as they toilsomely made their way over the hills and through the forests In their bug gies, wagons, hacks or surreys, or by whatever means they might be traveling. But this sylvan quietude and rural seclusion, where no lights except fireflies and the dim flick er of a distant tallow candle were seen as the shadows thickened on late summer evenings, was to last no longer, for already there were rumors and deep rumblings of other things in store for the lit tle country cross roads lapped TRY OUR FOUNTAIN SERVICE ALL KINDS OF DELICIOUS COLD DRINKS SOUTHERN DAIRIES ICE CREAM A few of our Flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla, Fresh Peach, Strawberry, Buttered Pecan, Lime Ice, Orange Ice and Pineapple Ice. PHONE US YOUR SUNDAY ORDER WE DELIVER Turner Drug Co. W. D. Turner - Phone 64 - Geo. E. 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Already the counties of Alleghany, Wilkes, a part of Ashe, Iredell, Davie, Forsyth, and possibly others had been lopped off the boundaries of Surry and now the county itself, which em braced present Surry and Yadkin counties, was to be divided along the line of the Yadkin river and two county seats, with their re spective court houses were to be established. One of these county seats, with its necessary court house and jail, was to be located about the center of the very much shrunken boundaries of Surry county. A survey was made for the site of the county seat by running two lines through the center of the county, one from east to west, and the other from north to south. These lines crossed at a THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELE2N, NORTH CAROLINA point about three miles north of Dobson, but the present site of the county seat was selected from this survey, probably because it was thought to be a better loca tion. Then the work of moving the county seat from its former loca tion at Rockford was begun. Two court houses were constructed along similar architectural lines, one at Yadkinville, which is the present court house of that coun ty, and the other at the country cross roads, which is now Dobson. After the completion of the Dob son court house ail the old records of Surry county, some of them dating back to the constitution of the county in 1770, were moved from the old Surry county court house which was located at Rock ford at that time. And Surry county, having been one of the frontier counties of the colony of Carolina, dates its beginning back before the Constitution of the United States and before the Rev olution, and has in its possession some of the oldest records to be found in this part of the State. Among these records are some of the original land grants for this section of the nation which bear the signature of His Majesty, the King of England. They are said to be on file in the office of the register of deeds. Another item of interest in the establishment of the county seat POWER... AND HOW! You know how much power it takes to run an airplane. Have the same kind of power in your car. Use Esso Motor Fuel and get it. Esso is really aviation gasoline adapted to automobile use. Come in for one tankful and see the difference! ESSO MOTOR FUEL Auto Motor Market C. I. ROGER Drop In For Information On the Esolene Contest S. Bridge St. - Phone 290 TOUI^V at Dobson is the moving of the huge safe from Its old place of service at Rockford to its present place. A team of six horses was said to have been necessary to pull it over the hills to its new lo cation. It is still to be seen in use in the office of the clerk, where it holds forth the awkward con trast of one shining new door against the aging and rusty back ground of its mate and the frame of the safe. This new door was made necessary by a burglar who blew the old door to pieces a few months ago in a burglary blast which almost wrecked the office of the clerk of court. . The date of the establishment of the county seat at the place now called Dobson was 1851. Since that time many things of interest have happened at the site of the former country cross roads. Soon after the coming of the court house there began to spring up various other signs of civilization. Stores were opened, homes were built, shops estab lished and churches organized to take care of the needs of the growing hamlet. A county jail was also built in the year 1851 to accommodate the prisoners of the county. The front part of the present fire proof, steam heated jail was the original jail of the county. The county home, how ever, is not housed in its original building. The first buildings aif the county home, located just west of its present site, were of wooden construction. The present building was erected about the year 1900. The old court house, though a 25 foot addition had been built onto the north end of it in the year 1900, was found to be inade quate to the needs in 1917, and was therefore torn away in that year and the present building erected. The cost of the present court house was approximately $125,000 for both building and equipment, and was first used to i hold the February term of court in 1918. RUSK Rev. A. B. Hayes of Mountain View and pastor of the Union Cross Baptist church, has just closed a successful revival at that place. Thirteen were added to the church, eleven by baptism, two reinstated. The church was filled to overflowing at the evening ser vices and much interest was manifested throughout the series of services. Little Miss Joan Marie Olsen returned Thursday from a two months stay in New York City. Mrs. U. V. Burch spent last week at Mountain Park with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burch. Mrs. Nannie Rumley and sons, Albert and William,, Jr., also small nephew, Master R. L. Jones with Mrs. Poole, all of Greensboro are spending a few days with A. Z. Phillips and family. Miss Edna Jenkins spent last week at State Road with her bro ther, H. C. Jenkins and family. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Stanley and children, Miles and Mildred, of Winston-Salem, spent the week end here with friends and rela tives. Miss Ethel Wood with Mrs. Bur rus of Boonville, spent the week end in Raleigh. Mrs. E. J. Burch of Asheville. visited friends and relatives here a few days last week. Mr. A. W. Shinalt and son, Ivanson, of Dobson, Route 2, vis ited Mr. Shinalt's daughter, Mrs. Alvin Dockery, Sunday. Mr. S. O. Dobbins will leave for Fairmont this week where he is connected with the tobacco mar ket. Mrs. H. S. Olsen and brother, John H. White of New York City spent a day or two in High Point last week. r Billy Burch spent the week-end in Greensboro with his sisters, Misses Sue and Rachael Burch. a visitor here Priday. Wendell Wilmoth of Elkin was Mrs. J. W. Martin and children, Lucile and Ben, spent several days last week at Salem Pork with relatives. Little Miss Irene Sloop and brother, Master Edward, of the Friendship section, spent last week here with their aunt, Mrs. Kermit Corder. Mrs. Vance Burch, accompan ied by Mrs. E. J. Burch of Ashe ville spent the week-end in Bris tol, Tenn., the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burch. Gilmer Dockery spent the week end with, Rev. and Mrs. T. S. Draughan at Crutchfield. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Groce of Cycle were among the Sunday guests here. C. E. Norman and family of Winston-Salem were week-end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Dockery at Union Cross. * P. G. and R. p. Jenkins spent several days last week in Virginia on business, "jfllg Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Dockery spent the week-end with Mrs. Dockery's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emory White near Dobson. Miss Mary Dott Sneed of Win ston-Salem returned to her home Saturday after visiting relatives here for a week. Home Demonstration Club Meets The Union Cross Home Demon stration club met with Mrs. Sf»- pard Dobbins, Tuesday, Aug. Miss Verna Staunton, home demonstration agent, H present and demonstrated by the hot bath method, steam pressure method. The women present were much interested in the workHTe by Miss Staunton, espedQuy some who were present for their first time to attend a demonstra tion. The attendance was the larg est since the club was organized. After the business session Mrs. Dobbins served delicious water melon to more than forty guests. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Alvin Dockery the third Tuesday in September. 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To The Democrats Of Surry County I wish to announce my candidacy for the nomina tion for Sheriff of Surry County, subject to the action of the County Democratic Convention. I served six years as commissioner of the Town of Mount Airy and my record as an official stands for itself. If nominated for Sheriff I shall do everything I can for all the people. The support of the Democrats in the Convention will be appreciated. BAUSLEY BEASLEY PNS - A- , Thursday, August 13, 1936 If he cant bear kidding, he is a stuffed shirft. A little prick is fatal only to things like balloons. How sordid and ugly the strug gle for a profit seems,when you have a nice soft government job.
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