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Mount Airy News. JL K. JOH.NMOM, Utter tmd Pit III III n. Mourn Airy, ». C„ Mar 17. 1*17. aUBHCBIPTION KATES: Om copy, Ur- iw-tJ.., JS Om copy, eix ■—tha. .5* Om tmpj, our year »! #• MERCHANTS CLOSE EARLY TTi«m night* on* noticaa that mint atore* hare arr dosed ««n after dark. When ina rown to thinK of it there are a few pr-ipla in 'ha world whi' are reepynmble for a great portion of the confusion arul hardship of many.. Now take the run turn of ladie* shop ping after supper in a town the sue of thin. While every one Itnowa that the night time la no time to "elect goisls, to nay nothing of the clerk* he mic tir*d ami impatient, yet tome few people persist in doinir their trading after nigh'. These few unwise shop, pern make the life of the poor young .talesman almost unbearable. A young man comes to town with am bition to be a talesman and later a buxinexH man. . He has many thing* to learn in addition to what he learn* behind the counter. He ha.i the right, * or should have, to some time to read and minirle in a social way with the people of the town. But these night chopper* would turn him into an industrial siave tn order to serve them. Every thoughtful woman in town xhould discourage this habit of trading after nijjfht. The Merchants Associ ation U trying to bring about a change in this way of doing business, but the Association must have trie nearty co operation of the jfeneral public in order to accomplish the desired result. j J Town Affair*. /j The newly elected officials of this /'eity met this week arid at two ses sions *?ot in hand most of the business of the town. The police force was reelected at the same salaries. There was some disposition to reduce the force in number, hut how to do this and yet properly police the^ town no one was able to say. Dr. H. B. Rowe was reelected health officer at a salary of $100.00 per year, thus increasing his salary $50.00. This increase was due in part to the fact that the health officer also becomes inspector of meats and has the oversight of the meat business * when his services are needed. Mr. Bob Dean was erected to have charge of the butchering Oi all beef sold on this market. He gives his time to the business, furnishes his own place of business and (jets a sal ary of $50.00 per month, the town re ceiving the fees for his services to the different beef men. It (s supposed that the fees will about pay the salary. This office has been filled in a most satisfactory way for the past year by Mr. J. C. Council. % Mr. S. M. Hale was elected by the Board to the office of Mayor Pro Tem, j Mr. F. M. Poore was elected Clerk to the Board and secretary and treasurer of the town. Mr. A. G. Webb was reelected fire inspector and chief of the fire de partment. His salary was increased from $150.00 to $250.00, this because of the amount of time that the present state laws require of the ■ fire in spector. The salary asked was con sidered by the Board as a fair price for the service rendered. J. L. Banner was reelected tax col lector and J. H. Folger town attorney. Mr. Joe Haynes was employed to make out the new tax books receiving for his services $100.00. j j Mad Dogs at Large. There is a great mad dog scare in thin part of the country. Down in the Brim section two supposed mad dogs are at large and already three cows and one mule have been killed as the result of the dogs. Here in this city the scare is such that the Town will enforce an ordinance to keep all dor* off the streets until fuither notice. The 1<fra Ts to pro tect the peo; le, and those who have had experience with a wad dog will no douM give their hearty cooperation to th»» effort to protect the public from them. SUMY BOY BACK FROM ENGLAND. Mr. M M. Ward Tall* Thrill ing Story of Sufenar)M War and Food Problem a* Ha Saw it in England. Sum* month* ago Mr. M. M. Ward, son of Mr. W. T. Ward who livaa a few j mile* out from this city, concluded h« ' would hi aomething of the world and went up to Norfolk tr get employment. After none week* he necured a poai I tion with the xes going people, and later wu carried to England on a Britiah atock boat, nerving ' in the capacity of cook. Now that he ia l.ack in the home laml he will remain here for the <ummer, hia father'* I health being had. Monday we had the pleasure of talking with young Mi. Ward and the atory he telli givea a vivid picture of the condition* he found, once he waa out of thi* country. Something like thi* ia the way he told of hi* ex perience*. On the 28 of March, la*t, he sailed on the Britiah Stock Boat, the Taria lan, bound for Brialol England with a cargo of 1.100 mules and many other items of commerce. The boat sailed from Newport New*, Va. Once they were out at sea the officers repeatedly drilled all on board a« to how to use the life boots. Each man was sup plied with a life belt and ro<iuired to keep it where he could use it at a moments notice. Each one was made to know hi* placc in the life boats in case of danger. A* the war zone was approached, anil this is about three days out from Kntrlanii, Hue to the fact that a bojif* does not keep traight ahead, but zig /.ags about, in fence worm style. Thus a boat is supposed to give the sub marine less opportunity to get in it deadly work. Ah they plowed along through the waters in the war zone the officers stayed awake day and night and every nerve was on high key. Each man was on the lookout for the snout of the little submarine that is now the terror of the sea*. To add a thrill to the already nervous tension when about 500 miles out from England they passed three life boats loaded with men.tKach boat had up a little sail doing its best to get nearer shore and home. Each boat had also a yel low flag hoisted which was a war signal to passing boats to keep away because of the presence of submarines. The story the yellow flag told was that their ship had been sunk by a submarine and that they were in the zone of the supposed under sea enemy, and that it would not be safe to stop and pick them up. And so all the passing ship could do was to send a wireless message to shore notifying a war vessel of the longitude and lati . tude of the three life boats. This was done and in a short time the little, frail crafts with their burden of hun gry, human souls were left behind and out of sight. No one knows yet whether or not the war vessels were able to find the drifting men. Once safe in England, after a voy age of thirteen days, the ship was un loaded and required to stay in port two weeks waiting for repairs. Dur ing this two weeks wait Mr. Ward had the opportunity to see something of conditions in that country. Bristol is a large city on the west coast of England and has about 400,000 people. These are some of the noticable things that Mr. Ward uw. The street car conductors are women, the men have pone to the front. The policemen »<re rot of the policcman type of men. The regular force of policemen has gone to the war nnd citizens have taken their places. T'ne war is the talk of every body. The general opinion is tha*. Germany is whipped, hut that she will yet fight on for a time in a spirit of despera tion. Every one knows that the food shortage in England is a matter of seriousness. No one denies it. The lirend is now all made by mixing wheat, barley and rye and this mi* ' .re of yrain' i* ground whole, lil.o ur ic laham bread, and makes a very hoary Vind of bread when it is ;dy to u <*. This is the only kind <f bread that ran be had in that country, la ill public aatinf plain the bread If rat u tlM law direct., •nd thia ia 1* one ounce aiicee. N« IOM ia nerved with mora than foul ounraa at a tima, and to xuOM peopU thia makaa a ■mail a! «ance for I maal. Ona gate ia au .tioa ty th< four ona-uunca alirea A Mack breac a iittla piece of meal t) i accurate ly weighed out ami tip •.» Imam al exactly two ounces. Tl. a and n< mora ia what ia aarvad aa the (a* direct*. In addition to the meat anc bread one geta a few potatoea friac lirown. Ry a few Mr. Ward metnl a few mora than one would take <>ul [of a diah with a talile apoon at ont ! effort. The quantity of potatoes ii I no amall that one thinka it ia a very i little to place before a hungry man. Mr. Ward -aid that he uw people whc j aid that the aupply of p<itatoea la h | mall that many people are nut ablt to buy at any price, and that they 1 had not been able to get any in aeveral week*. The price there ia about per buahel, but the trouble ia that they are not to lie found on the mar ket at any price. The ship that car ried Mr. Ward had in ati.re more pota "toea than wan necessary to laat the crew back to the home fiind, and no they gave away all they could spare to people who would plant them. The cry everywhere wan for seed potat ,e* to plant. Once the repair* to the boat tvt re completed they left Bristol on April 24th and arrived hack in Norfolk .May Hth. Now Mr. Ward i:i hack with h:. home people and will spend the mm meivliix'B. ifonor Roll for Eighth Month. / Mattie Lee Branson. Lillian Johnson Isabel Hardie. Alma Steele, Ruby Briggs, San ford Gillepsie, llarley Parker, (inrrett Warren, I.oyafl There, Luther li anson. Mary Fran klin Carpenter, Mary Graves, Myrtle Thomas, Kula Vaughn, Freda Webb, Kred Jchn-on, Howard (}ues»enberrjr, f'hurkrt Spi inkle. William Belt- n. filenn Hatcher, Claude .\! inday. Oli ver Patterson, Howard Jackson, Theodore Clemen', Ru ell Hunt. Sel don Linebnck. Walter .Jackson, E. C. Belton, Verdie Griffith, Ruth Jarrell, Rhodie Bowman, Clarice Bowman, Billie Burke Durnin. Margaret Riddle, Margaret Shelton. Gertrude Wagoner, Vera Owens. Wilhelmina Chapman, Kathleen Herman. Viola Cook Thomas Edmunds. Second trade—Myrtle Adams, Vir ginia Burke, Christopher Binder, Hel en Calloway, Calvin Graves, Lonie Joyce, F.lanor Jordan. Burtrire Lloyd, Helen Monday, Wyatt Montgomery, May Moser, Alice Partridge, Kath leen Short, Pearl Wright, B.ulah Ashhurn, Capitola Belton, Josephine Faulk, Kathleen King, Elizabeth Lundy, Roland Carpenter, I.urien Needham, Thomas Perkins. Third grade— Wallace Calloway, Dick Martin, Bertha Byrd. Franc Chapman, Katheryn Eliis. Nellie Nor man, Frances Shelton, Bobbie Worth. Neeta Webb, Maria Haird, Howard Burcham. Hugh Merritt. Troy Need ham, Stewart I,owry, Virginia Saun ders, Annie Seal. Georgia Stewart, Mary Edwards, Verona Hennis, Kath erine Long, Rachel Marshall. Ruth Norman. Ercell Smith, May Vaughn, Ed Dmvis, Harry Johnson. John Mar shall, Elbert Partridge. Fourth grade—Llye Burcham, Ida Su.sena, Belle Graves, Kathleen Jack son, Byron Bald ridge, Archie Carter, Charles Stalev. Oscar Caudle. Arthur Shropshire, Mary Binder. Lucy Bow man, Virginia Coltrane, Juanita Dun man, Andrew Durnin, James Felts, Fannie Fulk, Solomon Houser, Ixtr enzo Jackson, Thelma Jones, Eldridge Kingsbury, Tressie Mays, Ruth Minick Arlice Marshall, P. D. Muse, Agnes Norman, Waymouth Overhy, Lea Pri mus, Mary Sprinkle, Amos Wyrick, Ella York. Fifth grade—Clay Saunders, How ard Cain, Louise Rothrock, Mary Council, Florrie Stronach, Irene Arm field, Carrie Parker, Mary I,eslie Pow ell. Dorothy Creveling, Myrtle Davis, William Sprinkle, Norris Hatcher, Troy Lawrence, Frank Wells, Mary Seal, Clara Thacker, Margaret John son. Sixth grade— Virginia Galloway, Ethel Dix, Alice Herman. Hazel Me llon®, Louise Kochtitzky, Pearl Bran nock, Leone McDaniell, Myrtle Valen tine, Annie Lee Gentry, France* Foy Annie Bundy, Elizabeth Ashbv, Annie Belton, Fred Kirkman, Theodore Reece, William Thorn a*. Seventh Grade—Parker Hatcher, Willie Green King, Viola Linehack, John Minick, Mozelle Owen*. Jesse Simmons, Elfra Smith, Eloise Sparger Edith Sprinkle, Rosa York, Ralph Pat terson. Eighth grade—Nell Folger, Ethel llaynes. May Ola McDaniell. Kather ine Merritt, Inei Paisley. John Prath er, Mav Parker, Lula Tilley. Ninth grade—Maude Bundy, Ray mond Donovan, Elza Felts, Marion Prather, LiTlian Sparger. Beatrice Felts, Alice Haynes, Lavinia Powell, Jettie Moody. Tenth grade—Fred Folger, Collier Sparger, Jessie Belton, Mnry Herring Alice Jones. Margie Johnson, Kate Mitchell, lassie Smith. Eleventh grade—Claud* Ab«her, Wnlter Carter, Guy Hill. Ruth Chao man. Alice Allred, Thelma Dobjf. Mnry Spauirh. y j The local V, C. T. IJ. H ])d a literary and "ocia1 H',1 nr Tik «lay at the hi'in of Mi» T. H. McCargo neni this city. SPRING IS HERE AT LaST The beautiful spring time has come at last The bright balmy days ,$rill make th£ ladies think about warm weather fabrics. , » We are pleased to say that despite the searpety of foods of all kinds we havo a splendid line of all kinds Spring and Summer Dres* Goods from the cheapest to the best. Big line of plain and fancy Voiles, Organdies, Lawns, Batiste and in fact everything shown this season in wash fabrics, and while^e prices are very high on some things we have some rare values to ojjfer the public in this line. In fact we are In position to sell you mosV anything you want with the exception of staple cotton goods as low as you ever bought them, and in fact some Big Bargains in some things... / Now don't put off buying your goods until your friends and neigh bors get all the pretty patterns. Remember tfrst come is first served and our stock is larger now than it will be ai>y mor</ this season. Our line of plain white goods including Organdies, Voiles, Batiste, Poplins, and in fact all the leading thftigs in plain white goods is complete and we are in position to give you v«ry interesting prices on them. We are always headquarters on Laces and Embroideries and our stock this time is up to the standard. Be sure to come in and examine our line before buying—will guaran tee to please you and save you money. Yours very truly, J. L. HARRISON The esteemed Times-I-eader says: j "We have read and reread our little squib in last weeks paper giving the result of the recent town election and j for the life of us we are unable to I decide what it contained that was of fensive to the editor of The News." No offense whatever, just a little^ . comparison of popularity as attested ! by votes cast. Mrs. J. A. Adams Dead. M rs. J. A. Adam» wife of Ex-Sheriff I i j J. A: Adams died at her home in Dob |son Monday morning after a prolonged j illness. Mrs. Adams was seventy years old and has had two serious j operations within the last one and one half years. Before her marriage she was Miss Eliza Ellen McGuffin. She is surviv ed by her husband and one daughter. I Mrs. Adams was a good woman and will be greatly missed in her com munity. The funeral was conducted on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. T. H. King assisted by Revs. C. C. Haymore and T. V. Crouse. Among those of our people attend- I ing the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. S. j G. Pace, Mr. and Mrs. B. Sparger.' Mr. and Mrs. Will Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. John Folger, Mesdames Sallie Summers, J. G. Powell, S. N. Allred, J. T. Moor*, C. H. Haynes and Ella Bunker and Messrs W. F. Carter and Tobe Taylor. Important Notice. The law requires that all property and polls must be given in to us dur ing May, and provides further that after May 31, aU failing to do so shall go before the board of county com missioners and Hit and pay the regis ter of deeds 26 cents, and there will then be added to his taxes a penalty of 5 per cent. So bear in mind that J our books will close to you on May 31 11 i»l 7. We aie at Banner Warehouse and1 ^vill be there during the month of May ! i to take your list. Yours truly, J. R. Jntt«? »or., A. I.. Sparger, l i t takers f< r Mt. Airy Township, Wi, rd» I and 'J. iM "The Quality Store" Buy your Spring and Summer Coo^h from ui if you want QUALITY. The Home ot Self Shoes In Mount Airy The ALL LEATHER Line. Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing St Underwear. Full line Ladies' Dress Goo^i that will appeal to your taste; all the latest in Voiles, . Crepes, Lawns, Organdies, Etc. Etc. We need your trade; we want your business; we ask that you do your shopping with us assuring you wc highly appreciate same and will give you a square deal in every way. Matthews Mercantile Co. J. Emmett Ayers, Pres. E. J. Matthews, Sec.-Treas. 1917^ BARK! BARK! We are ready to contract for Chestnut Oak and Hemlock Bark. Call 4t our shed* foi prices. March 7th, 1917. C C. SMOOf * SONS CO. A. JOHNSON, In Charge. Let The News JOB OFFICE have your next job printing
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