SHORT NEWS ITEMS
Attorn*? aad Mr*. I. H. Wrann, Jr,
of Irtdavllla, apoat the holidays bora.
Dr. Conrad lawn of Baltlnora la In
*a city visiting Ma paiwrta.
Mrs. Will John eon ha* boon quite HI
far noma days but la improving.
Mrs. W. M. Jordan and children ars
spending Um holidays with raiativa*
aaar Giewiaberu.
Miss Kmma Johnson of tha faculty
of Cullowhee State Normal spant tha
holidays hora wtih bar paranta.
Mr. D.T. Martin, traveling aaloaman
for tha Reynolda Tobacco Co., la hara
from Chicago to visit bis si star, Mrs.
P. 8. Roth rock.
Rav. Tom P. Jimiaon of tha Mount
Airy Circuit announcaa that ha has
changed hia nchedula so that hereafter
ha will preach at Salem the flrat Sun
day morning in each month instead of
at Zion, and that na will preach at
Zlon the third Sunday morning in
each month.
Mr. R. P. Paddlaon of Albany, Ga.,
and hia brother Howard of Manila,
and Dr. J. R. Paddison and wife from
Kamersville and E. W. Paddlaon of
Ga., came in Monday and are spending
tha Christmas holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Paddison,
an Pine street.
American Bullets Pierce
Armor of German Soldier*
With the American Army in Franca
Dae. 19.—By the Associated Press.—
**M The German soldiers' armor will not
■ withstand the hard hitting Ameri
« can bullet, it has been shown. A
l^eavy brestplata removed from a Ger
man prisoner for a teat waa literally
chewed to p4eces by machine gun Are
after a rifle bullet fired at a good
range had torn a hole in the armor as
big as a silver dollar.
Even the bullets from an automatic
pistol did the work it was expected
they should in this respect.
Only Bom FhU Oftcm
of Dm State arc
Danville, Va, Dec. 19.—A special
from Richmond today *»yi that the
governor has received a ruling from
fnwott Marshal General Crowder
which la to the effect that only bona
Ode officer* of the state are exempt
from the draft. Hitherto many mag
iatratcs police officer*, constable* trus
tors, notaries and similarly commis
sioned men have held that they were
oAcers of the staU in a sense, and
aa such not liable for service. A
new ruliag makes 10,000 more men in
Virgiaia available.
CARD OF THANKS.
To each and all of the many kind
Msnds who were so helpful and sym
pathetic during the illnea* and at the
death of our sister, Mi.« Neat Boden
fceimer we extend oar sincere thanks.
They will always be held in grateful
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Newton.
NOTICE or STOCfe HOLDERS'
MEET INC.
The regular annual Meeting of the
shareholders of the Sh^ry County
in and Trust Comply wRJ, be held
the oAce of the (jompany. ^Ted
at
afternoon, January 15, 1914,
4 o'clock.
Geo. D. Fawcett, See.-Treas.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of The First National
Bank of Mount Airy wkll he held in
the Banking House Tuesfui afternoon
January 8th, 1018, at 4 o(0ock.
T. O. Faw
Cashier.
NOTICE. /
Tli* annual meeting o< \b/ utock
holders of Ths Bank of M Airy U
kntliy railed to mot la the oflfkes of
Mid Bank on Thursday January MUi,
lfll at Un o'clock, A. M.
W. i. BYfcRLY, Pras.
TIm holiday* Inn Im ftmmia< in
thie put W the m— >i> M«ing fM
Iwa hare either on bualnoee or pi—
lira bant. Many havs been hare to
Walt fHtidi and they rama In large
nuaibere to do tha luual trading be
t»fa tha holMaya.
A daaan ur mora of tha soldier hoye
rama hnma to viait friend* and tha
untveraal rnmmant haa haan about tha
ftna appaaranee they make. Moat of
them have taken on weight until they
are often twenty-five pounda heavier
than when they wont away • few
month* ago. And they appear to be
enthuaiastic about tha army. They
neem to bo anzioua to get into the
thirk of the fight and want to get into
Franc* an soon aa pmwible. At- leant
that ia the impreaeion they make by
their talk. Their appearance for the
better leada one to the inevitable con
cluaion that they are getting goad
treatment and are liking the work.
The rhurrhee in the city and about
the country had tha usual holiday en
tertainment*. The weather has lieen
cold enough to keep most people
housed up aa much a* they well rould
he, and the.ie entertainment* have no
doubt lieen lean attended than they
would have been only for the severe
weather.
It haa been a sober Christmas, to
•ay the least. Tha fellow who had bin
drink this time haa been the exception,
if one ia to judge by the talk the boy*
have about tha deplorable situation
that haa come about in these uaya.
Some of the stories they tell are so
•trange aa to be interesting. Think
of three men pooling their worldly
intereita and forming a combine to
get away with the good*, and after
due and deliberate decision reach the
conclusion that they will Invest of
their worldly good* to the amount of
a dollar and a half In a half pint of
whiakey—the kind they make hack in
the mountains where corn is scarce
and concentrated lye cheap. After
| concluding the de-il imagine tbeae
| three citizens wending their way to
some *eclu<led spot and there in the
most solemn way they proceed to
' take their christmaa drink from the
| little half pint bottle. And to think
that when that ia divided out among
the partners to tha deal there ia no
more to he had either for love or for
money.
una lone boot-legger had • mon
opoly of the whole buisness on Chriat
nui eve and made V* moat of the eq
uation. It *u wall known imoni
many of the boys that this fellow had
the rood* and waa dispoainf of it in
lots of a pint. Very rood liquor they
said it wm, but the hitch cam* when
it wax further learned that the fellow
had the nerve to ask an even three
dollars and a half for a pint. Bat
even at three dollars and a half •
pint he wan able to do business and be
gets credit for making some sales at
these prices.
One story they tell on the streets is
that one citizen was waiting patiently
Christmas eve for his half gallon for
which he was to pay an even six dol
lars. And after a wait of sufficient
length the man came, and sure enough
he had the half gallon. But some
other more thirsty soul had gone and
raised the bid and offered a ten spot
for the liquor. The man who had it
thought it hia doty to make the most
he could and showed a disposition to
break away from the hia fromer deal
of six dollars and accept the higher
ftgure. Finally after much talk the
man who was willing to pay $10 for
a half gallon of liquor— got it and no
doubt many a head ache along with it.
One story that goes the rounds these
holidays, for be it r—iilisi eil that
the boys hare not yet forgotten the
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Ilviag in theee porta. TW» fat ra.
they could fat the haat of liquor (or •
priee that would not bankrupt • Roth
child*. But til—■ day* are g«a«. and
yet they roaall many a pleaaant inci
>lMt alto wm« that are not aa piaaa
ant that ara coming to light ia thaaa
lattor days. Think of thu story.
Down ia a neighboring town, might
aa wall *ay Oraawaboro, far that la
tha placa.
Down in Croon*boro a man got*
away with It something Ilka thu:
Oneo a waok ho makaa a trip to Balti
mora and bring* hawk with him an
•van sixty pint*. Than ha makae hi*
haodquartor* at a hotel where ha *oll*
hi* *upply to tha travelIng public
through tha colored boy* about tha
place. And ha get* an even *evan dol
lar* and fifty cent* a pint for the whole
sixty pint*, and then ha hike* back to
Haltimora for a new supply. And ha
pull* off thi* Mtunt ju»t once each
weak.
During the holiday* in thi* city
there wa* one lone i,uart brought here
by the expre** company and it took
a hatch of affidavit* and doctor*' pre
scription* to get it into tha hand* of
the man who had evidently ordered It
becauDo hi* phyaician had told him to.
The rule* are auch that the fellow who
ju*t want* a drink no longer make* an
effort to get it by way af tha mail
order houae and wprau company.
All of which points w the eoncluaion
that the wine one* who u*ed to *ay
that Prohibition ia all right, if It would
prohibit, were somewhat hasty in their
eoncluaion*. It ia evidently doing
much to prohibit, and what ia better,
moet people readily admit that condi
tion* under the new order are decided
ly an improvement over what they
were when every m*n had hi* drink
when he wanted it which, unfortunate
ly, was sometime* too often.
Mr. Rawley Harmon, linotype opar-1
atnr in the New* office, i* spending the
holiday* with hi* parent* "at Elkin.
Former Citixm Dttd in
California.
Mm. Jm. P. Tate died in California
Dec. 15 after an illneaa of a few day*
with pneumonia. He waa reared near
thin city and haa many relat.ve* in
this aertion who will he pained to hear
of hia death. He waa expecting to
viait hia people back in thia atatn neat
iprinf. He went to California eereral
yean tfo and waa 34 year* of age at
the time of hia death.
Aged Citizen Pi
Mr. Ephriam Puckett died at his
horn* a faw mi lei north of thia city
Monday of last week aftar an illness
of several months. Ha was 72 yean
of age at the time of hia death. Mr.
Puckett wsa wail known in thia section
aa one of the original men who made a
living from the growing of flne fruit.
He had a small orchard that was locat
ed in the face of the Blue Ridge and
brought him large returns. Ha store i
hia apples and waited until the spring
months to market many of them. Ifa
made it a rule to sell most of his fruit
after other people had sold out and it
waa a common sight here to vt him
with hia yoke of oxen on a bright
spring day hauling a large load of
the very ft nest apples, for which he
always realised a fancy price. He
made a rule for many years to keep
some of the old crop of apples until
the new crop came in and it waa with
great pride that he would exhibit a
June apple along with soase that he
had kept orar from the past year.
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