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1.W. WEST DIG CO. MAIN STREET MOUNT AIRY. N. C. BIG PLANS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI. Great River to b« Utilized for Crop Movements and Other Transportation Business on an Unprecedent Scale. Sock Island. 111.—Government utili sation of the Mississippi Rivsr on a Mai* never even dreamed of bjr its •tancl.cfft lielievera is forecast by the action of xteemboat agencies in in structing their agent* to refuse post season contracts for a team era; com ing, as clonely as it ha*. upon the Federal interest in the shipment of southern Illinois coal to the St. Paul terminal by way of test of river trans portation facilities and cost. Biver men that packet boat* now engaged in passenger transportation or in lim ited freight movements would go far toward relieving the stress upon the railroad* in the movement of crop* this fall. Looking further, they urgn that if the Mississippi River can be brought to "do it* bit"' in winning the war it will open up a vast field not only for the period of the war bat for the yean to follow and prove an object lesson to cities along the river that it pays to install loading and unloading fa cilities at every levee between New Orleans and St. Paul. Construction of aicesisry tracks to bring about closer ralationship between river and rail traflc movements may be partly by water and partly by rail. Upper river cities, according to the rumors that have been carried up and 'down the stream by the steamboat men, are not only confident that pack ets will be utilised to a great extent this fall in crop movements but that the river will be used through the whole period of the war. River pack eta may be used for troops and equip ment transportation, and this theory * is given further support by reason of the inclusion in the order against post ssason trips all the larger boats used aim oat solely for excursion business. With the great number of military stations along the river it would not be impossible for thr nation to use this great highway for movement of its troops and equipment, especially in case where great expediency was > not required. This would relieve the faster carriers and promote a general effciency in solution of the trans portation problem in L?ie middle West and between the northern and south ern termini. Operation of the fleet of barges from St. Louis has convinced river cities that the Government is taking the qestion seriously and is desirous of demonstrating to its own satisfaction the extent of the possibilities of river transportation. Steamers from farther aouth are expected to be put into the upper river trade and there has been a gradual awakening all along the river. In this city, revival of the munici pal interest in establishing a harbor line and in a levee project was ac centuated \>y the kindly, if unofficial attitude of Col. G. W. Burr, command ant of Rock Island Arsenal. Assur ance has been given that Government engineers will be available at any time thn project is taken up, and this pol icy is being applied all along the riv er. Mount Airy Iron Worts Foundry and Machiaa Shop fapaif Work a Specialty A lart* variety of ea>Ung* n itock iftw made to order. J. D. MINICK. lit. Airy, N. C, Aug. M, I til. Rum Prepares To IVUIm Final Exit. Wwkmcton, Kept. t,—Whan totter ing demon rum tosses up tha sponge at 111 o'clock Saturday night, about H00 distilleries and at laaat 8,000 men will quit tha buainess. After September 8 it will ba illegal to ferment any foods or fruita for dictilled beverage spirits. This means tliat whiskey and brandy are doomed for every known source of material needed in their manufacture is banned. The law will permit the production of spirits for non-beverage purpose and the fermentation of sweet wines, but it is reckoned that only 9 few dis tilleries will be able to adjust their machinery to torn out tis high proof •ilcohol needed for industrial medicin al uses. Conseqently the geat majority of plants will be forced to shut down unless, as some one remarked, they can Mjueexe alcohol out of rocks, or extract it from the alr.In the few re maining days some of the distilleries are working full blast. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, 847 distilleries were registered and 636 operated throughout the country. These are the latest figures available. The moet recent census of manufac turers taken In 1914 shows that 6,290 wage earners worked in distilleries. It is estimated that the total has since increased one third. Kentucky with 202 registered dis tilleries and California with 166 will be the states hardest hit by the new law. Pennsylvania has <9, Ohio 44, Missouri and Maryland 21 each, and New York 20. Distilled spirits yield ed the United Stattes in the last fis cal year 1192,111,318. Lieu. Fitxeimmoe* is TIm American Killed Washington, Sept. 8.—-The death of First Lieutenant William T. Fitzsim mona, medical corps, U. S. A., killed Thursday when German aviators bombed hospitals behind the lines in France, was announced in a dispatch tonight from the military attache of the American embassy at London. It was the first new* the depart ment had received about the attack upon the hospitals. No mention was made in the message of other Ameri ans reported killed in press cables. Lieutenant Fitzximmon* joined the army medical forces at Kansas City, his home, last May, and recently was attached to the British forces. He was juit 20 years old and a graduate of Kansas University. Shortly before entering the army he had returned home after spending a year doing hos pital work in France. TAKE IT IN TIME. Juat m Scores of Mount Airy People Have. Waiting doesn't pay. If you neglect kidney backache, more serious troubles often follow. Doan's Kidney Pills are top kidney backache, and for other kidrfey Ills. Mount Airy citizen endorse them. Mrs. J. C. Harris, 8ti S. Main St., Mount Airy, says: M couldn't stoop over or straighten /p without having sharp paiip in mylcidneyx. At times, my back itched la badly that I could hardly gi t abrtt to do my housework. I felt tir id a/d languid and the least exertion leaned to play me out. Af ter I had^fsken a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at the West Drug Co., my back felt much bet ter. I only had to take one box when my back was as strong as ever and 1 haven't had any trouble from it since* Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Harris had. Foeter-Mllbum Co., Props., Buffalo, N. T. , GIVEN THEIR vv" C.. At SixtMn SU Wm Con vie tad of Murder and Sentenced for Twonty Yi wi. Raieirh R<ft #. Twenty an* stats convict* wboee aggregate represent 444 year*, plus two life term, were discharged from the state prison today under the recond at Oov ernor Rirkett's investigate ma into the -8-iee In which "no human being has been interested." The first ef these surveys reeulted in the pardoning of men nnd r- —< likewise babies, w' -•> <-ombirteu toncea totaled about 300 years. If the initial investigation showed what a careless cotnmoi wealth has been in I North Carolina, the second pretty nearly convicts of criminal indiffer I once. Governor Bickett releaies <>me who are barely yet man, but prironers who have spent more year* in the pris on walls than they hsve livad without. In one instanrs a New Hanover con viet, John Perry, is released after hav ing spent more than twice as many years in the prison than he ha?. out. And Tarry was sent to the peniten tiary for life on a crime committed *U«ii be was 1.1 yes is old. The sur vey doe* not yet disclose any life sen tences imposed upon infants before they were weaned, although others may be heard from. In granting these pardons. Gover nor Bickett gets back to first princi ples. "Ob June 3, 1917," Governor Bickett says, "I gave out the following statement, 'Soon after I came into of fice I was convinced that there were men and women in the state prison who ought not to be there; that their relatives and friends, if they had any, had completely forgotten them, and, being without money and without in fluence, they were kept in prison sim ply because no human being had any interest in their release. As a result of the conviction some weeks ago I directed the prison authorities to make a complete survey of the prison, showing the following facts in regard to each and every prisoner, to-wit: The crime for which he was commit ted, the term ef his sentence; the time he has served; his behavior while a prisoner; his age and his physical condition.' "A further report of this survey is now before me. I have made a most careful study of the same, and have personally conducted an investigation in regard to the circumstance* under which the crime for which each pris oner mentioned below was convicted. As a result of the study of this survey, and of the investigation made by me, pardons are granted to the 21 prison ers mentioned below." Governor Bickett fortifies himself by pardoning all prisoners who are now in class A. The segregation was made easier by the act of the 1917 general assembly, which came so near really to giving prison reforms. It did so much that it stands out as hu manitarian. It almost- abolished the miserable pastime of beating naked backs of defenseless convicts and al lowing them a chance to hope when they were put on an honor system in which they work without guard and gun. Governor Bickett has been a tremendously busy man, but he has found time and inclination to go minu tely into the pardon cases. He has studied them all. The amazing thing in this investi gation ia the lift imprisonment of a brat who was convicted whan 13 years old and if now just 40. Even this fel low ia on the honor roil, but so far as is known, this ia the flrat opportu nity that Perry has had. Governor Bickett gives him and half a dozen other children their liberty. The first released is Josephus Wil liams, Martin coanty, sentenced when 12 years old to 25 years for burning a store. He has served IS years, two longer than he had previously lived, has 900 days to his eredit and ia given full pardon. George Johnson, Naah, 30 years for burglary committed when 15, served 15 years and has >15 days. Melissa Clegg. Cumberland, when Id yeart■* old, waa convicted of murder in the second degree and sent up 20 years. She has served 15 years and has 1,033 days for good behavior. Will German, Greene, criminal as sault when It year* old, gets off after serving U with 744 days to bis credit. M tjr • K^MD II and went up <0 yaars, ia parde«ed mt ur 1! ;aar». Ha ha* a credit of M day*. Oh. that II-year aid baaatt John Put)!, Mtr Hanover, lUa aan teaes for burglary, tut a 'H when 13 ' ^erred 27 years. Perfect i».. *' In | prison. Jama* Raker, Gataa county, morder In the second d*zr»' >"« IS year old, nerved nina - Kr.If fusts st 2t. Loet an eya in a Whitney explosion. I r -<a Cm I ins, Edgecombe county, y in the second degree, SO year*' aetttence, served 21. "On una occasion," »ays the guvernor, "when a guard waa paralyzed by a stroka of lightning, this prisoner came to his rnscue and virtually took hi* place. I have made an investigation of the county where the crime was commit ted, and the authorities say in their opinion that in view of the good record and the long cont'rujmcnt of this pris inn he ha* been punished long enough." V«n Fuller, Orange county, serving ■V) years for arson, went to prison IS years ago. He is TO, has 953 days to hi:* . re<Iit and no black marks. "I can see nn reason for keeping a man that is 70 years old 15 year* longer in con finement when he has obeyed every rule and regulation, says the governor. Jchn Watt*, Martin county 20 yeara for manslaughter, served 15 and a half with 985 days to bis credit. Gabriel Thomas, Pamlico, 30 years for munder in the second degree, serv ed 21 and a half, has 1,241 days Ut his credit. He is 56 years old. William Smarr, Cleveland, burglary for life. He gets conditional pardon after 19 years. His good record saves him. Charles Barnes, Grwtne 25 years for murder in the second degree, served 18, and has 1,069 credit days. His pardon is eondit 1 mal. Jamex Hawlir s, New Hanover, 21 years for murder in the-second da free, has served 16 years and has 697 days to his credit. Cleaa McCoy, Henderson county, 26 years for murder in the saeend de gree, aerved IS and has 1,901 days to his credit. He is 62 years old and the governor ia satisfied that "justice no longer requires his confinement." Full pardon. John Wallace, New Hanover, 30 years for murder in the second degree, served IS and has 911 days for rood behavior. Condition*! pardon. George Turner, Orange, Ave yean for larceny and 16 for buglary. He has served 13 and a half years. For mer Superintendent S. Mann recom mends the pardon on the prisoner's good record. Conditional pardon. DOUM U U unlit. Governor Bickett And* doubt as to the guilt of Jerry Cobb, Pitt, who has served 11 years of *5 for murder in the second degree. He has 820 days. The Pitt authorities recommend the pardon, which is unconditional. Fred Peed, Dublin, 15 years for murder in the second degree, served 11 years and has 734 days of good be havior, The pardon is unconditional. John Gudger, Columbus county, 16 years for criminal assaults, has.serv ed 10. He is 54 years old. The uni versal agreement is that in all aspacts of the case punishment has been suffi cient. Full pardon, with 764 days in his favor, is granted. James Alexander, Rowan county, 20 years for murder in the second degree, has served 16 years but has 1,016 days for good behavior and he would have been discharged in December, 1917. He gets full pardon. Governor Craig's "Christmas" gift to the prisoners did much to bring to Governor Bickett's attention the hope lessness of many prisoners who had no relatives to whom they could send the $10 donated by t^ie state. The act at the time caused unfavorable commflfit in some quarters but friendly legisla tor] readily voted the money back to the prison board. All this has had the effect of direct ing attention to the plight of many prisoners. It likewise suggests the hopelessness of a prisoner so far as any reform within the prison manage ment during former administrations. The limitations of the. officials who guard and work the prisoners aiw re cognised in this showing. There waa then no such thing as pri««n grading. i i Wind With every bowl, the wind trim to loosen the paint from your home. It drivn it» way into the cracks and crevice*. First H dries the exposed wood i and then swirls in ths torrents of rain. De ! cay follows the aoainng and Spreads under ! the painted parts. Paint which win pravant thie dm miction la ma^a I ai Dutch Bov WUu-M rnutd *th mi Hnaaad otL Either pure whit* or tintad any >de*ira<l color, it utbn a amooth, onbrokan surface hi n ninlni ■lirt nor rain no* aon can crmck of aula Eumlna jomr building* dml) and let us know H thaw * art of paiic. Wa can help yam. Dutch Boy Lewis White-Leal W. E. Merritt Company. ATTENTION! We call you attention to the fact that we will reduce the price of bark September the 1st and am j bark will be receive^ at our station after Decem ber 1st. This August 14th, 1917. C C SMOOT A SONS COMPANY. Analysis of Browert Springs Chalybeate Water , Analysis No. <609 of Brewer'* Chalybeate Spring's Water in UflM. On* U. S. gallon contains on evaporation solids 9.16 (Tains showing the following in sotation: Chloride of Soda, Carbonate of Iron, Car bonate of Lima, Silicia, Sulphate of Potash. II. II. Battle, VHrecteac. Tn the analsis of Brower's Chalybeate Spring* Water, made hr the State Chemist I find a combination of mecfirmet in notation hie* are calculated to be of the greatest value as a general systematic alter ative tonic, especially adapted to those diseases brougnt ah out by in activity of the digestive and secretory organs. All stomach, firer. kidney, skin diseases and diseases of a scrofulous nat ire should he greatly relieved, if not entirely cured, by these waters. THOS. B. ASHBY, M. D. Brower's Springs Bidding Lots Around Brower's Chalybeate Springs a num^efo? Njilding lets are offered for sale. A perpetual right to uprf'the water jyoes with every lot. Buy a lot, build a bungalo ftycfour wife and Uttle jna^ put them in it this summed and insj^jK heir good health. If you live in town, snit jranf*^nr water delivered to you, pi op two jags and make application in time. Price 10 cents a gallon. Phone 258 BROWER'S SPRINGS R. F. D. 2.1 The Place To Buy Good Shoes! We have on handrthe largest line of LaFrance Low Cuts we eve? hsra and we bought them right and we are going >6ffer them at a price you cannot afford to not/boy from us. We bought too heavy on Slippery >o we must sell them and we can save you money. Just give us a chance and see if we don't We can sell you all kinds of Shoes cheaper than they can be made at the Factoiy. Steel Shoe Store ''' ' vv". Second Door—Corner Main and Franklin Sis.
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