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Mo-tnt Airy Sewn. HOW TO KICP WARM. • The >|uaation ia now Wore thia a—* town m to bow to koop w«r* u m mm U»a ilar1 f*« «»W. Thw ti«« teat year there war* aa many aa twenty flva car loada of coal atorad at the homes of rlttaana hara. Now I Kara ia practically nona. For yaam It haa been tha ruatom bars to burn coal in many homaa. ami there ia no pmviaion in tha way of grata* and stove* in which wood can ha used in a satisfactory way. Thia year the .Southern Railway Company ha» seized all the coal that haa ha ordered hare, with the exception of a vary few car load*. Mr. ('laud Shelton who upplies moat of tha coal haa been j able to get only four rar* since last A.JTu*t, and he had had shipped more than thirty. Attain there ia no wood cut in tha forest* about hare, toj amount to a supply. We are not disposed to ha an alarm - iat, hut there appears to be a situation before the eitisuiK here that ia cause for alarm. It ia it well known fact that a large per cent of our citizen* order coal a* they use it. They rarely ever jj<-t in more than a week'.* supply > •t a time. Just what the..e citizen* are going to do when the weather get.", cold ia mora than we know. If there were only a few of them then the ques tion would ho simple—they could lntr row from their next door neighbor. If you want to know how serious the situation ia try o buy some fuel after you have read thi* article. They tell u* you will not he able to find a man who can supply you. If the nituation ha* not been over drawn to u* it is high time every man in town was getting busy and laying in a supply of wood. We may be able to pet coal later on, but it ia no dead certainty. This war is taking supplies of all kinds and thi* coal that ha* been coming here in year* past is now goin„- into great mountain piles down about the ea cqatt to be used in coal ing ships. That i* one way that the situation is being explained. Whether or not thi i is correct the fact remains thnt thnre is mighty little coal or w-M«i in this town, ami it is up to each citizen to get a supply in soma way. ABOUT FLEECING There are many thing* that are all ri^ht so Ion?' a* one does not get caught. For instance taking water melons or chickens from a neighbor. It is an unpardonable sin to allow ones self to get tangle! up with the law in such performances. If one is able to pull off these stunts they are simply funny until they get in the courts, then it is another question. And no it is with the fellows who are now mixed up with the old State of North Caro lina on the charge of gambling. So long as they could fleece the boys and pimple folk and not get caught and not fleece them too much it was all right, but they fleeced too close. "Fleece" is a term used by sheep men. To fleece a fellow is to take the essential from him, and to cut too close to the hide is to fleece to ones hurt, for then the animal will kick and raise a racket. So if one is out in the fleecing game it is essential that he be careful and not fleece too close. Now here at our Fair those engaged in the fl^ec'intf game hnd some assurance it seem; that it was all right to fleece pro vided that it was not carried too far, ■nd in some way the report got out thnt if any of the yeans animals got to kicking bemuse their wool was be Ing »a!:en too close, some of it was to be returned. That report interested the Recorder mightily. It looked rathe questionably to have an under atanding of that nntuie. Any way the nnim.il: got to thinking that the wool nit'i ! clipped too freely and the! hov.l iley raided was heant up at the j idle, iff' ■ • Tice, and now iht Qeecero are j sure enough In trouble. They should | ha«e hnd better lock. It is all wrong | to gel cnurht fleecing in this ne I, of' the * - ta not a jar to of of •fijay UMMaWvaa. Tka only pnintoiant la that tha flying marhina will not fly. Hoar aftar hour tot two daya now thouaanda of poopl« hava patiently waited and wUhod for it to porfora, but It bueha and re fuses to go. And of all tha dlaappolnt ad paopla you avar aaw wa ara hara. Tha adltor of thla paper put In a full half-day Wednesday watching tha marhanir* aa thay turned tapa and ->ilad and worked faithfully tryinir to gat tha marhina to develop enougl ptiwrr to fly. Tha man did their duty beyond question, and if tha thlnf could he made to perform it would, for it haa had a plenty of help. Every citiien who wa> allowed inaide the fanra ha* lieen willing to offer advise and aaaiat in nny old way to get it to develop power enough to (fy. Thay give mighty good reaaon* why it will not fly. Thay tell that tha machinist in in the h ox pita I—ramt here airk ami that he in the only one who know*, th* , t rick* of the enirine. The man who i>: | to <lo the air stunta la doing all hr i ran, and he ha* railed in local me chanic* who are working night anil j day to get all the cylinder* to Are at j the same time. They tell how it must develop a certain amount of power j which ia indicated by a draw scalo | which which holda it to it* anchorage. t They ray that a* »o«n aa it runs a few i minute* some of the cylinder* fail to flre, and thu* sufficient power i* not developed to make a flight. And they , ny that the gasoline that we have; he-e I* of a low grade, and that that, has something to do with the action of; the engine. All of which i* or may be good reason for the thing to balk, but it doe* rot -atisfy the waiting throng* who are here t • see an air ship., To say that this ship ia an attraction ia putting it too mild. Judging from the interest everywhere William Jen nings nor Teddy nor any of the other well known* aver got the attention that old bunch of junk ha* had. If we cared to venture an opinion about the machine, it ha* hail its day, and while it ha* no doubt entertained other an dienceH, it is in mighty poor may to longer remain a source of attraction. To undertake to describ* our Fair is a job that we are not willing to undertake and the cTow«J surging a bout us today. To say that it i* a; good Fair is not d >ing it justice. The ' exhibit* are far ahead of anything wel had last year and the <1 -plays of all! kinds are such a* to r ake a citixcn proud of his county. Of course one I doe i not see here as rni.'-h a* is shown at the State Fairs, but thorn is enough and the quality of the goods shown is of the very best. The stock, cattle, poultry and hogs could not be surpassed anywhere for quality. A display of farm machinery shown by Mr. D. E. Neison, of Ararat, N. C.. attracted much attention. He had several gasoline engines connected up with wood siwa, feed (grinders, pumps, etc., in a way to nr^tke a most inter esting demonstration. He had in oper ation an overshot water wheel that it po simple in its arrangements that it j should interest every farmer who has a branch on his place. The wheel U not expensive, and to so construeted that it ran be installed almost any where and made to pump water to points needed. A very small brar.ch will operate it, and once it is in oper ation there is almost no reason for it | jiving trouble for years. Many of the business men of the city had displays of their merchandise or ( manufactured goods. Among the stork shown a pair of J rtix year old mjle< belonging to M»- j ' lack Key of the Haystack section took • first premium. The mules were black | and perfect matches and worth $600. A two-year old Percherosi colt the ' pr^nerty of Mr. Kj Miller attracts) ^ much attention and won first prize. | W. D. Hayncn un<I J. W. Johnson of . the Mount Airy section had fine hogs! >n display. Dr. Moir S. Martin had a fine mi'l 1' ;ow of th« short horn stock on exhihi I tuu that waa a inly. )Nk* ia uU u», rive MX —II— W milk a Oar. Mr. r B. Jaehaaa had tfcraa riwl ham MX that Ml htm tlUM eaah mmd rmm rimk ha experta to Mart a tard at thu bread at mHa, TTkajr ail; The exhibit* of fans prodwU audi ta ftalu, t nuU, ami all kMa at (am ban laat year ami aa Ana aa ana could ixpert. i Tha local mart-ban ta and bnalnaaa nan who had display* la tha Cnmur tal Building vara T. L. Smith Hard vara Ok, Tha North Carolina Granita 'orporation, W H. Marion Muaic louaa, J. D. Thumpaaa, Inman Purnl ura Co., Mt. Airy Marbia Worfca, Wil-1 ion k Simmon* Marbia Worka and a j lourwood honay dUplay by J. E. John-1 Km h Moo. Tha diaplay at fraita and rannad rnnda, art and naadla work, and pantry luppliaa could, ha written about at' rraat length and yet leave murh to be iaul. The rannad gooda were aa flne i« could be denired by any one. The 'ruit from orcharda about over the ounty would ilo credit to any Fair. And murh more would he written. >ut the Fair ia yet on nod the npirit o gn and he with the folk ami poaathly j •aa that air xhip fly even at thin late tour, ia on u*. and we will tell more j ihout it next week when the ruiih i - mar. j Neighbor* Fight in Carroll. '' • Joe Cain and hia neighbor, George Earner, of Carroll County diaagraad tlM>ut a trade and fought with pistol<' lant Friday afternoon in the country ill- i ♦ - - i * miles north of thi ritj Report say* that neveral ,hot* wrre fired and one hall went through ihe body of Cain. He was brought here to the hoapital and an operation din-j eloped the fact that he ia *hot through the kidney ami hn* but very little rhanctt for recovery . German Admits Hopeless ness of Crushing Allies. Amsterdam, Oct. 8—George flnthien prnfriMln monhn of the rwirh-tag, is quoted in • Berlin dispatch as hav ing said at a meeting of the central committee of his party, that altho the military situation was satisfactory there was no hope of crushing Ger many's enemies on land. As for the submarine rampaign, 7, iMMi.iMM) ton< of hipping had been sunk he asserteil, hut no disposition toward pence on the part ij England was dis •ernable. A rationing system for food luff* hud not even been introduced and no one *ra« able to *ay when the U-boat would make England more in-1 dined for peace. "America cannot be forred to make peace," llerr (iothien continued. "We •annot force her to pay a war indem nity. There remains only England. But should we. in order to obtain an indemnity of ten billion marks, sac- . rifice another 50 hillisi dollars and an other half million men?" He asserted that the long working lour and insufficient feeding at home ncreased the desire for peace among he workers and that strikes might be expected if the war should he eontin led for ambitions of conqoest. WEAK, WEARY WOMEN. —c Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and end them. When the hack aches and throbs. When housework is torture. When night brings no rest nor deep. When bladder disorders set in. Women's lot is a weary on*. Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak [idneys. Have proved their worth in Mt. Vlry. This is one Mount Airy woman's estimonjr. Mr- K. C. Tayior, N. Main St.. ■lount Airy, says: "I was bothered a, • !•' deal by infl:.mmatir,n «.f the ilsdder. My kMney« were disordered' nd my bark felt so weak that I could 1 wrdly get nhotrt. My head ached and t times, I got so dixzy that I seemed o be falling. I wan nervous, run down nd whs getting worse every day.] V^n's KIdnev Pills stopped the pain' n my bark and made may kidneys act • th.v Kit*.Illd ." I Pii.c fiOe, nt all dealers. Pon'tj .1 i ' a«k for a kidney remedy tret . •Wli Kidney PilU—the 'ante that j !i Tavlor had, Voster VifSurn Co « Buffalo, N Y. Your Future Depends On Your Ability to Save Money James J. Hill, one of America*! most success ful men, who began an a stevedore and ended with the development of 400,000 farms to his credit, said, -"IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO BE A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE IN LIFE, YOU CAN EASILY FIND OUT. THE TEST IS SIMPLE AND INFALLIBLE: ARE YOU ABLE TO SAVE MONEY? IF NOT, DROP OUT. YOU WILL LOSE. THE SEED OF SUCCESS IS NOT IN YOU." Save the Money You Are Making Today, and Put it Where it Can Work for You A CHECKING ACCOUNT is indiwpensible to carrying on your work systematically. A SAVINGS ACCOUNT is the surest protection against the uncertainties of the future. We pay 4 per cent, with interest compounded quarterly. CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT are the quickest and surest means of securing a good yield from your sure profits of today. WACHOVIA Bank 6 Trust Company Capital, - - $1,250,000.00 WINSTON - SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA BUY A FARM NOW! Everything has advanced in price but land; to bacco has tribled, corn and wheat over doubled. The price of land is even less than three or four years" ago. We have a number of good tobacco and grain farms for sale. A payment down and easy terms or loan on balance. Land is bound to advance in price with farm products, so BUY NOW. If your present farm doesn't suit you, list it with us. We buy, sell and exchange. SURRY LAND & LOAN CO. DOBSON, N. C. R C. LEWELLYN N. J. MARTIN D. W. HEMM1NGS R. A. FREEMAN
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