Mount Airy News.
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Airy, It. C, Dw.
snk mi.
LUCE PHI EST, LIKE PEOPLE.
It yon Kript the old hUh* h
wind wiadom than th« above head
,nn( the praaant »hortag« of fuel
follow thatr leader*. In tha olden
4ayn tf you could And out what kind
of a prtaat • community had you could
vary wall darkle tha kind of people
war* lubjwt to hia advice. Honce tha
addaga. "Uka Prieat, Lika People."
Half tha world followa tha advice o<
thoaa who ara in authority, hence th*
Many tanglea that enme about whan
man happen to sat into reaponaibla
place* and lead a paopia in tha wrong
dirarti"'.
Thia in introductory to what ia U
follow. Tha Timea-Leadar of thii
city, haa been having something t<
aay weakly about tha supply of fua
in thia city, and haa criticiaad th«
town adminiatrafion for not fmn* int<
tha wood buai «. Now a man a
timea become) prominant bacauaa o
the poaition ha orcupie*. for a mai
to become editor of a newipapar am
aaaume tha duties and reapr.nribilltic
of adviniag and leading a paopia na
turally make* him prominent amen:
" thoaa who ara supposed to taka hi
advice and follow hia leaderahip.
(n tha early fell tha Federal Cei
ernment aaw there waa to be a flu
shortage in thia land, and eounded th
warning. People everywhere wei
advi'ied to bum wood and thus hal
to nave coal that it might be uaed i
the great government planta and i
the thooaand war shipa and in th
countries where our alliaa are fighi
ing. Moat newspapers gave out th
information in fan, and have erg*
Many of the larger towna hav
thought beat to establish wood yard
no doubt bacauaa wood waa ao it
away and hart to get. Here in Mour
Airy tha abundance of the auppl
right cloae to the people influenced th
Town official* to not riak loaing mone
raised by taxation by going into th
wood buaineaa.
tog may have
weight in ronatd
and tha rauaaa and remadlea. Paopia
ah mesa Tact* are, or should b<
known to the Editor of the Time*
Leader. The fact that ha haa r«
peatedly criticised the Commissioner
for thair conduct naturally cauaaa on
to turn the light on hla conduct aa we I
aa hi* advice, for his conduct wil
naturally have ita influence amon|
a people who are under hia influence
The fall months went by and Um
Editor of The Times-Leader failed U
act on the advice of the Federal Gov
eminent and lay in wood. But he ad
viaad others to do this, especially did
ha advise the Commissioner* to gel
busy in the wood buaineaa. When th«
cold pinch did come K caught Um
Leader office without fuel, and th<
editor hastily came to the Town offi
cials and put up such a plea about nc
fuel to warm the Tiroes-Leader office
that he was allowed to have 50C
pounds out of the pile that had beer
laid by for widows and orphan* and
those who are not supposed to be able
to car* for themselves because of *ick
ness or other unavoidable cause*. And
after fretting the 500 pounds out of the
chanty pile the Times-Leader Editor
yet declined to fall in line and follow
the governments advice and put In
wood, which he could have done any
day during the cold weather, for there
was plenty of wood at two yarda and
also for aale from wagons that stood
dally on the streets.
Before hi* GOO pound* were gone
the alitor of The Time*-Leader went
to Mr. Claude Shelton the coal man
and got another 600 pound*, which la
the limit that I* allowed here to any
one citlsen a week, since the supply
I* short and hot little coming. The
editor of The Times-Leader carried
part of this BOO pminds to hi* office
and part to hi* residence and thus he
ha* coal—a little bit, at both office
and ^w'^nce.
Now If a mnn of education and
leadership ability plays the gaire ir.
tat
at Tl* Tlmn-lodr
an mm that be
has a <nal Mm that la not avail raited
Us Ik* burning of wood. Tha Gorern
mant might wail afford to bay aome
wot*| atoraa la Maat thaaa condition*.
and distribute tbaui abaut imoni
paopla who ara willing to fraaai ra
thar than barn wood with tkair
ant equipment.
And thaaa facta would nat ba aa
interesting if tha editor of Tha Timea
I Leader waa tha only man In town who
la In tha *amo box. Wa auppaaa thorn
ara a hundred homaa in town whara
1 tha atove* and gratae ara for eoal.
And pray juat what rood will it
>io far tha Town Commiaaionera to go
. into tha wood buainaaa if tha man of
; intelligence ara going to paraiat in
: burning roal rathar than wood. Doaa
tha Editor of Tha Timaa-Laadar think
other man will ba willing to go to the
expenae of baying new atoraa that he
may have roal ? And doe* ha think
that tha r<nnmie» loner* cannot nee the
lark of conaiatancy in hia courae of
criticiaing tham for not going into
the wood buainaaa when he peraiatant
ly rafuaea to burn wood, even to tha
extent of demanding that he be aup
pliad coal out of tha pile that waa
laid in for the unfortunate?
Thia country ia at war and tha man
or men who buck op and refuae to play
the game aa other men are playing it,
ia certain to become a aourae of con
fuaion to thaaa about him. There nev
er waa a time when all men could
agree, and no one expert* thia peopla
to bo a unit on the manner* and rua
tom* that are to previ il during thii
world war, but if a man wanta con
fuaion a good way to get it ia to re
fuaa to line op and then proceed tt
lambaat thone who do.
d TW l»«— Tmu
t thin county to assist income tax
!, payer with their returns without coal
r to them, a* follow*:
1 Pilot Mountain, Jan. 21 and 22.
1 Mt. Airy, Jan. 23 to 26, Inclusive.
* Dobson, Jan. 28 to 30, Inclusive.
' Elkin, Feb. 4 ot 8, Inclusive.
' Returns of income for the year
1917 nut be made on forms provided
' for the purpose before March 1, 1918.
Because a rood many people don't un
derstand the law and wont know bow
1 to make out their returns, the rovero
' ment is sending this officer to do it for
' them. But the duty is on the tax
1 payer to make himself known to the
government. If he doesnt make re
tarn as required before March 1, he
may have to pay a penalty ranging
from $20 to $1,000, pay a fine or go
to jail. So if you don't want to take
chances, you should call on the in
come tax man. If you are not sore
about being subject to the tax, better
ask him and make sure. Whether
you sec the income tax man or not,
you must make return if subject to
tax.
The Collector suggests that every
| body start figuring up now his in
! come and expenses so as to be ready
with the figures when officer arrives.
Expenses, however, dont mean family
expenses, mony used to pay off the
principal of a debt, new machinery,
buildings, or anythixg like that. They
mean what you spend in making your
money—interest, taxes paid, hired
help, amount paid for goods, seed,
stock bought for feeding, rent (except
for your dwelling), etc. Income In
cludes about every dollar you get.
Fight German People as
Well as Kaiser Says Taft
■ Boston, Dec. 19.—The United States
is not only fighting the kaiser and the
Prussian military system, but the Ger
man people, said former President
Taft, in addressing a gathering of
Manufacturers here tonight. "And
the only way we can win," he added,
"is by hitting the Cermsn people on
the head with a club."
Mr. Taft thought that to accomplish
the defeat of the Germans the United
States must send from five to seven
millions of American soldiers to
Finn •».
Washington. Dee. It.—A recital bf
tenury Daniels a* bow the navy
prep* rod for war by adding "»«nl
hundred shipe to the fleet and letting
rontracts for hundreds of others, In
cluding draadnaughta, battle cruisera,
deetroyers and auxiliariea and an ex
planation of the operation of the na-|
yy supply department by
miral McGowan, paymaetor
marked tha opening day of
quiry by a house «ub-committee into
tha navy's war activitiee.
Tha »ub-committoe adjourned to
night without flxina any time for re
suming the hearing and probably will
not meet again until after Chnetmaa.
Representative Britten, of Illinois,
ashed Secretary Darnels whether the
department had received any com
plaints from vira-Admiral Sims, com
manding American naval forces in the
war tone. Tha secretary said the
question was improper and that "mess
gossip" should not be banded hut he
added Admiral Sims had been given
everything possible that the navy
could give.
Later when Admiral McGowan was
called to the ntnad he submitted an
order issued by him some months age
directing that Admiral Sims' request"
for supplies be acted upon on the sami
day they ware received.
"We have 424 shipe in course of eon
struction," Secretary Daniels told th<
committee. "That does not ineludi
submarine chasers, of which we ari
building 360, and not include the smal
craft The chasers will be ia servie
by early spring," Included in the 42
ships, he said, were battle craiaen
hattle ships, scout cruisers, destroyer*
fuel ships, gun boats, hospital ship*
ammunition and submarines.
The navy at the beginning of it
participation in the war, the witnci
continued, had at its disposal t.u
money needed for moat of the expan
sion immediately required and li
—- '-mix—tmjenk
Within the last few days the navy ha
had to ask for tMjnojHH) in addi
tion to the regular estimates amount
ing to $1,039,000,000 for the next flsca
year, now before the house naval com
mittee.
Secretary Daniels said the navy no*
had more than 1,000 shipe in com
iasion as aginst 900 two years ag<
and an enlisted personnel of 280,001
officers and men, compared with 14,
680 men and 4,376 officers when Amer
ica declared war.
"Has the navy measured up? tu
ashed. -it is my firm belief at th<
close of the iiiveetigation your answei
will be, it has and the country hai
•very reason to repose confidence in
the navy."
Christian* at JeruMlem
Mi*treated by the Turk*.
Washington, Dee. 19.—An official
dispatch received here today from
France lays that the Turks before
surrendering Jerusalem to the Bri
tish brutally mistreated Christian
priests.ca-ried off the famouse tresure
of the church of the Holy Sepulchre,
to Berlin the churchs celebrated osten
sory of brilliants.
Monseignor Camesaei, the patriarch
of Jerusalem is said to have been de
posed from his office, «nd Father Pie
cardo, an Italian priest, to hare died
from the effects of Turkish brutali
ties.
The Church of the Hold Sepulchre
had remained unmolested heretofore
during all the centuries of Moslem oc
cupation of eJrusalem.
The same dispatch told of indigna
tion among Mussetmen of Asa Minor
orer the actios of a German general
in establishing staff headquarters in
the great Mosque of the City of Al
epps near the 8yrian border.
Mount Airy Iron Works
Foundry and Maeliia* Skop
Repair Work • Specialty
A larf* variety of eaatlnr* n itoek
>thar* mad* U> order.
J. D. MINICK.
Kt Airy. N. C, Aof. M. I»tt
WM tfca Ammimm Army ia Fraaaa
Om. 17.—(By the Amhuri Praaa.)
-TIM Mm mMian w fraaaa
ifuii «MI ha ri wtth • twhay dto
imt CnnHMM day. Far tha iinml
lima wttkte a aumth army ofltar*
hava tourad tha country buying up
thawandi at pauwd» at turkays to
xupply mHi Aiartfin unit ia Franca.
A larga raaatgnmant of minca aiaat.'
which arnvad too lata far Thanka
givinc day, win ha aaad ia making,
piaa for ChriaUMa.
Tha Chriatmaa am, wmcn » u> oa
tha a oat tlabonu tha iroopi thus far
hava had, will inrluda wap, turkay
and ituflnf, rranbarry aaora, two or
thraa kinds at vaftUklai, appla and
mirwa pia, fraah fruit and imU.
rarm For Sdetl
031 Acres of fine Tobacco land for sale, located on
two Sand clay roads in 6 miles of three Railroad stadona,
in two mile* of a Farm Ufa School. 200 acres cleared,
two extra good dwellings, two wells, two fe«*t iunu,
sold for $7,600. Priced to sell $36.00 per acre. Alan
pack houses, wire fence pasture, some saw stock, lies
well and a healthy community. The 1917 Tobacco crop
Ave tenant dwellings, 9 good tobacco barns, two larga
other Farms of sale.
For Sale by
A. G. MARTIN
Carthage, N. C.
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