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Mount Airy News. LOOKING BACK. Another ChriaUnaa ha* com and aaother jfMr la behind ua. A look backward at what baa tranepired ia worth while, though many, no doubt, hardly Kara Una foe auch. It baa boon a year lane to bo remembered by ■MMiy. It baa been a year that haa boon of unuaual opportunity to thoaa an gaffed in agricultural purauita, for farm product* of all kinda have aold at unheard of prices. The rreult la that many ritiaene who have been burdened with debt for yaara have been able to free their homee of in cumbrance and pay debta that had been incurred in building a home. In a great number of homea a aon haa been railed into the army to aid in the world atrugglw Many of theae eoni have gone away without being called, but aa volunteer* who were an sioua and willing to get into thj big game aa many think of it. It haa been a )*ar of great op portunity to the poor man who worka for wagea. He haa been able to com mand a price for hia labor that gave him independence. Men who have worked for yaara at a small day wage of a dollar and a half or poaaibly two dollars, have gone away from here and aecurod employment at public worka where they were paid aa much aa Ave dollar* a day. The reault hai been that theae citiiena have been abb to aave money and pay debta and buj auppliea aa they have never been abli to do before. Dn timet are such that U» sarvan problem has assumed almost the sam condition* as prevail in the states it the west. There is no longer a «' vant class here. It is almost out a and drawers of water" are no longe to be had, and the man who want wood chopped and odd jobs looked af ter is usually up acainat the problen of doing the work himself. During the year we have witnesse< the world conflict spread until th< aations sre practically all drawn int< the great universal war. It is the oni topic of conversation and no mar knows what to expect next. Sinci the first republics <rere able to gel established the monarchs lost no op portunity to crush them and show thai a republic is not a proper form of government. In this war we have Men all the republics line up together against the states that have held on the monarchical form of government. These conditions have brought about prices in food product that are new to all men. During the year we have seen corn sell for $2.50 par bushel and meat go as high as thirty cents a pound. Not many items of food that have not doubled in value on the mar kets. The seasons during the year have been favorable to g«t production of all kinds of feed and food products and the y«*r closes with an abundant har vest of all kinds. CUSTOMS. Custom* are not formed in a day •r in i year. H>is U the way we bar* •f beginning an article on the one subject of comment in thia town theae cold days—fuel. Custom makes laws almost as binding as the laws of the Medea and Peeians. Custom has de T*sd in this town that a citiaen shall bum coal, and it begins to appear like there are many citisens who will *** that the sua torn is not violated even if they freeee. There are a million cords ef wood in a mile of this town, if one may be allowed to speak in an extra vacant way. Of course there are not a million cords in a mile of the town, but there is a plenty to keep the peo ple supplied of they cared to gel out and put the w»'>d in to u*e. The T->wn ha* a b<-lv of tim!»r nev era) hundred acre*, the water shed, juat we«t of the city limit*, and on thi» land thousands of copts of wood are StandiiT N< w the Town will glad Lav ill Imv* « large Mr at Uaktr t half ml* waat ef the depot and thay want to Mil the wood. On all Mm mo hears of wood for sale. that thay are not wanting to but wood. They ere hoping that in mm way they will bo able to got cool. Thoy havo boon buroieg cool far ymn thoy havo pot in eoal grataa thoy once had an opan Are pi* thoy have discarded the wood burn ing stove for a little eoal haator that will not tako wood. And so thoy ara not Axed to burn wood and ara hop ing to gat coal. Ono intorasting feature of tho (it nation la that if a man want* cheap wood ho will hava to ret out and do tha chopping himaetf. Thora ka choap labor hora to do tha work. Ap proach a colorad man who uaad to chop wood for you at Afty canta cord and see now if you ara abia to employ him or oven to antortoin hjm on tha subject. If you approach one of thoaa citizana you gat aomathing lika thia: "Boaa, how much you willin to pay for work?" Wall uncla John, I uaad to gat wood cordad up for Afty i canto, but I am willing to pary mora | now ainca everything baa advanced in price. "Say Boas, I been gettin four Ave dollars a day out in Wast Virginia ever since last Augui-. Boas, aome timea I make much aa six dollars a day." But Uunde John you know you could not expact us to pay such pricaa for cording up wood. "I knows dat boas, but Iaa goin back out to West Virginia after Chriatmaa and I get Ave-aix dollars a day out there." And you never get in a mile of a trade with that negro. The trouble ia the negro is tolling the truth, and more, he has plenty of money in his pocket sometimes, and he is not working foi his daily bread as he used to do. Hi has savad a little and is going to loaf tba.jvnoi^ M valop and causa coal to be shipped ii so that he oan get a supply. Custom decreed years ago that ■ load of wood should bring in this town about a dollar and a half. And a cit izen can hardly make up his mind to pay more. But now the farmer wants •a much aa Ave dollars for soma « Not much wood can be bought here for less than Ave dollars a cord. It ap pears that we hava a number of people here, a vary large number, who are willing to take chancea on getting coal, and no doubt when they see they cannot get the coal they will be •ble to get wood, evwi at an advanced price over what they are willing to pay. THE ARMY OFFICERS. There is much being uid these days •boot the attitude of officers towards private soldiers. Senator Overman and many good citixens are much worked up over officers refusing to uaociate in a social way with the men who are privates. These officers get credit for assuming a superior air that is extremely objectionable to any man of common sense. The truth is that the same conduct in private life attracts no attention. Who is there who does not know citi xens who are so everlastingly stuck on themselves aa to be above the average man. These self conceited, self-deluded, self-important citixens are often men of ability and make good in a business way. They know enough to know that they must meet their fellow man op the level In buai ness, but in a social way they are never known to mix with the com mon herd. They make money and 1 sometime* are useful citixens in a i way, but they are never liked and the ( editor who must write their obituary , Is endangering his everlasting welfare , with Saint Peter when he tackles the , Job. In civil life the men who can < snob their fellow men are but little noticed, and men pass then knowing that they are of no great importance < In any way. Rut let one of these i wlf-conceited cltlxeus get In the garl t if an army officer find he lx>comes a t •for to thooe who are so unfor- r urMe as to be nA.M f > his com ♦ I«m win tfo TIm Nm tirrM i 1m Mary of tha trmt of Lofm Ver- i ion in Oragoa charged with ahooting a death hi* nrigktiar, Ewel Blpp*y I walva year* >fa. ft«nt Edward* of Carroll cauntjr brought him back and lia trial wm bad In HliUvtll* laat aaak. Sine* ha kaa baaa away hia Father and mother and a aiatar and una of tha wttaaea** havo died. But Lharo yot livod khm of tha wttn**aaa who knew of tha facta. Tha jury hoard tha caaa ant raturnad a ver dict of giuity of murder In tha aacood Jegroo and Asad tha panalty at ais taan yoara in priaan. At tha time of tha (Hm both young man war* notch bora and quarralad on* day and tha ahooting followed. Ver non aarapad and haa workad on a farm aince that tinut Ha waa only 20 year* old when ha ahot hia neighbor twelve yeara ago. New EnUrpriM for Mouat Airy The (Jolden Belt Mfg. Co„ of Dur ham hu for years had a large bua inaaa in this city and taction in tha way of having tobacco nacks strung. Farailiaa runt hers and fat tha sacks and put tha strings in tha top and re tum than.. These Ofki ara carried oat into tha country diatricta for a dia tance of twanty miles around. Now tha »ack*, up to this ttint, hava baan cut out and sewed up at other poinU and than aant hara to be strung. Th« Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. has developed such a large business hers they pay 12.000 a week for the work that is dona in this section. Th« business has grown to that point thai it is now considered wise to no longei have the sacks put together away froir here, and they will after the first ol next year establish a plant at thii , -r»-»•»»"' «•■» and sew UD the lacks about twanty young wemen. andgivi regular employment the year round four or Ave men are now kept busy ii the office in this city aanding out am receiving the sacks aa the people car ry them away and return them read) for the tobacco. Mr. A. R. Strayhorr of Durham, was here this week com pleting plana for the new enterpriae. Miaa IUH—hsiiwr Dead. The remains of Miss Neil Boden; heimer who deid Tueeday night of heimer who died Tuesday night at Morgan ton, N. C. arrived in this remains were carried to the home of her sister. Mrs. R. H. Newton on Le banon street and the funeral will be held at the First Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, her paxtor, Rev. T. H. King officiating. Miss Bo denheimer waa a woman of fine char acter, bright and cheerful in spite of poor health, she is survived by one sister aurf her mother, who will arrive from High Point today to attend Uie funeral. Letter From Franc*. Mr. C. W. Davis of this city this ■reek received a letter from Mr. Will Willard who ia now with the Ameri :sn army ia France. The letter was lated Nov. 24. The place 1a riven, 'With the American army in France." Mr. Willard once lived here in Mount kiry and wanted hia frienda here to mow that he ia well and pleated with he preeent job. After telling of kia itate of health he mentioned in the etter that he likes well and that hey get all the comfort* desired. He ays they have the Y. M. C. A. right rith them, moving pictures and all tinda of amueementa. He goea on o say that he would write many inter ring things, but that Utters are cen ored and soldiers are not allowed to ay just anything. Mr. Willarda ad Ireas ia, Will Willard, Bat. I, «th Reg. !. A. C. U. 8. Army in France. All the warehouses in this city will pen for the sale ot tobacco on Janu ry 2nd. It wa« puh|i«hed ln«t jwV hat they would not open until the 8th, u< this |K an error and tho«e who uiy be expecting to rome will note' lie rbange in tlat « publi bed. tt u arry ar to tfmtlr o* w*wi|* to aay "ay, tha < any qaail ar pirtrMp far Dm mm at trada or bartor, gsio ar prWH, • My point oataida af Harry caaaty. Pha opan aaaaaa far hunting hi Sorry bounty la fraai Dacambar lat to Jmm tary 16th. Aa ab»ra atatad, Aly-1 aant and aala af gana ara farMiaa. Tha abova infarmation m aant. lara to tha Mayor at tha tow* ia an rwar to aa inquiry aa to )aat what tka atoat rutins ara aa to paa tows la ha county. CapC Hiram Stanly raturnad to Campt Haviar laat araak a/tor a faw daya Kara with hia family Farm For Sale! ■ Ml Acres of Am Tobacco land for i*k, located on two Solid clay road* in 6 miles of three Railroad stitle—. in two miles of a Farm Life School. 200 acres cleared, two extra good dwellings, two wells, two food barns, sold for 17,500. Priced to sell $36.00 par acre. Also pack houses, wire fence pasture, some saw stock. Ilea well and a healthy community. The 1917 Tobacco erop Ave tenant dwellings, 9 good tobacco barns, two large other Farms of sale. For Sale by A. G. MARTIN Carthage, N. C. Price B rmwir car $636 F. O. B. Factory CHEVROLET-World's Biggest Automobile Value You could not invest your money any better than to buy a Chevrolet automobile for the family a Christina* present. It would five them more pleasure and would be a safer investment than anything else that you could spend your money for. We can make immediate delivery of any model. Everybody knows the Chevrolet. If you do not know it your neighbor can undoubt edly tell you what it is. T. J. SMITHWICK, Local Dealer Universal Auto Co., lac., Distributors, Winston-Salem, N. C. XMAS! - XMAb! The Biggest Bargain of the Season 100 Ladies' 3.50 and $4.00 SPORT COATS, at $2.1 These Coats are the very latest belt style, good length and best colors. S. M. HALE
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