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Mount Airy New*. ■mi Airy, H. C. r+n—r U. MU THE WAJt TWe i* much talk 0/ p*i • t«rm» now In tk« nation* at tfco world, ImH Military mm nr* not of Um opinion that it imounta to anything, ttolhor in thoy of tb» opinion that it la a mors on th« part of Oarmany to aatia fy tkoir own poopla that their loatlan ara doing all thay can to bring about a paaca that ia badly wan tod and bad ly naadiJ in that badly afflictad coun try. The problem that loom* up th« graataat to tha (ierman military ma china i* to kaap thair own paopla in Una until thay can gat something in tha nature of a compromise that will not mean uttar ruin to tha laat on* of them. It i« tin; t interesting to watch the many way* in which Germany wagea war. i'he gun* or* not their only woapo'iK. They une poison and get m* and decoipt as readily and aa they u»e powder and shot. There ia now going on in France n treason trial that i* most interebting aa a pointer to the many waya in which Germany haa waged thia war. An adventurer and aport in France i* on trial for hia life, and the charge ia treason. They call him Bolo Paaha, and it ia charged that he played the part of a traitor in a most unusual way. For nom« montha it appears that ho wa:< at th< head of one of the leading Parii Daily papers and was writing arti cles that delighted the French people It was something to see how he could abuse and show up the Germans and their many perfidious ways. Me mad< his paper ho strong us to give it widi circulation and influence among thi French PMllt. But it developed later that the Gcr mun Military lenders were putting million* of money back of his schem« and that they were inspiring al those rank editorials in which th< German people were blistered. It fur ther developed that great numbers ol these papers found their way inti Germany, and that the rank article* were reproduced in the German presn to show what a vindictive spirit the French press had toward the German people. In that way they were able to create intense hatred on the part of the genera! public in Germany. They are showing in the trial where this adventurer Bolo I'asha has had millions of dollars in his possession, and that he had it deposited in banks in New York and London and that he was operating on such a large scale as to arouse great suspicion as to where he got his money. It ap pears that he will be convicted and the penalty is death. This country is more and more wak ing up to the importance of saving food and thus aid in feeding the star ving millions of our allies in Europe. The latest move is to stop the sale of chickens that are supposed to lay this spring. The man who has no better judgment than to feed a hen ull win ter and then sell her for food just at the time when she is ready to lay a baskrt of eggs is to be controlled by forbidding the merchant to buy his hen. In this way millions of eggs will be saved for food. The most important move our home people can make is to save food and produce food this spring with a'view to becoming self supporting. It Al ready appears that there will be a shortage of flour and other bread stuff this spring before the new crop ef wheat comes in. Bread is the staff of life in this country and to have • shortage of bread is something serious. To avoid this our people should us* every economy. The fact that a large number of our farmers are not raising enough bread for their own use is a serious problem and •ne that c^n be easily changed. Every, patriotic farmer in thf county should use his influence among his aeighbors to get more food produced this year. Our boys art in the tranches in Europe and now have part of the front between the Germans and France. To hold this line until we cm |M i 1area* (mm aa4 a tartar part to haw of May deatka and pit loaaaa la the fatare, far Am will ka loAa Kcroii if him M be bickid up Is every pmlHi way by tka faik hara at kaaa la tka way at saving and producing what ta naaaaaary to maka tka war aa ikort aa poeeible. A man can ba a hara hara at huma by dotal hla part ar ka caa ba a deserter and a "lacker by net detng "M part. POLITICAL COMIP. llta poMticiana ara beginning to talk of tka positions to ba won and loat In tha (tactions tkia fall. At tka recant tana of court they toll ua many aarnaat caucuaea ware ha id by tka would-be office holders. To basin with they ara vary much of tha opinion that tha doson or mora candidates will again ha afraid to ronleet tha nomination for Congreas with Major C. M. Stedman. If ona man should declare himself a candi date avaiast tha Major that would menn that practically every county In tha diatrict would have a candidate, and IheMajor might lie able to de feat them all. That appeared to lie the conclusion two yearn ago, and it appear* to be the way it will be net tled again thin year. Maj. Stedman i* not making a record that can be attacked and he has the party organi zation behind him. A Solicitor will be selected for this diatrict again this year and no doubt the present Solicitor, Mr. S. P. Graves could get the nomination if he desirea it, for he ta recognized aa a moat efficient officer. It is out that Mr. A. K. Tilley judge of the Recorders court in this city would like to secure the nomination on the republican ticket and make the run for Solicitor. Mr Tilley has had law licence for several years und has filled the office of Re corder in a moat acceptable way to our people und in a way to call forth the highest praise from memtwra of legal profession who hate had busi ness in his court. • 141 i v IMIU .nuncn uuim. ii|» .» ( Senatorial district and the naming of , the stute senator thiri year falls to ! Sur*y. The republican politicians say they are looking for some substantial farmer who has horse sense ami pub lic spirit to fill this most important place, rather than some thread-bare politician. They say a man of the type of Jim Beamer of Stewart.* Creek would make a desirable candi date for Senator, and one who would be acceptable to the voter*. They say that the republicans of this county are much dispot<ed to break away from the little rintr of politicians who annually stand for something in the nature of honors or office, and who must alawys be taken carc of in the interest of harmony. In the county the democrats are not expected to do more than to keep up the party organization, for the re publican majority is too great to overcome. The republican party has ;i rule to not allow any office to be held more than two terms by one man, and this means that this year the sheriff and clcrk of the court will have no opposition, that is provided | their services have been satisfactory to their party. A new man is sup posed to be named for Register of Deeds and treasurer, both of these offices are now open for a new man according to the rule of the party. It is supposed to develop that each township will have a candidate for each place. Attorney W. M. Jackson and A. H. Wolfe are being discussed by the re publicans for Representative, and Mr. E. C. Bivens would be willing to make the race for the democrats if they should select him for the sacrifice. In the meantime it appears that the republican party organ is trying its bent to get tangled up wtkh the fed real authorities by blistering the ad ministration for it* war move* in every other article published. It may be that there is an element in the county that delights in this kind of literature. A Hint to the Aged. If people past sixty years of age could he persuaded to go to bed as soon as they take cold and remain in bed for one or two drays, they would recover much more quickly, especially if they take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There would also he less danger of the cold being followed by •ny of the more serious diseases. * to to • strong ptaa far from depredations by do< at la.ge In tka town. To tha minia tar it ipptir«| u> ba a Mriova prate lam that a hu.-dred w«rtfclaaa doga aia kept hara in Motin' Airy whan thousands of child ran ara starving in Europa. Ha ranindad of tha fact that it ia not custom now la have car dan and yard fanaaa, and that Uiaaa worth lass dogs play aa groat havoc running over a young gardan aa a horsa or a row could. Ha fuithsr in sisted that tha ttms haf corns whan tha law aa to vagrants—man who ran work and don't, should ba enforced. To him it ia a sarioita proposition to stand about the strvats a half a day or a whola lay, when thara is so much that naads to ba dona. It was a moot earnest appaal that tha able minister mail* and tha Board agreed with him on every point. As In the men who are not working the Mayor instructed the police to keep an eye on the fellows who ap pear to he violating the state laws which are supposed to get the fellow who loafs too much. As to dogs a law was enacted that makes it a dollar flne for any ritizan to allow a dog to run at large in the t<iwn of Mount Airy. If a ritizon here cares to indulge in the luxury of a dag he must not allow it to run nt large. The flne ia one dollar for the first offense and $2..r>0 and $5.00 for the .second and third, with no powers grunted to the mayor to remit the fine. In the past the dog has been up against the problem of getting shot, the policemen l>eing instructed to shoot dogs thut run at large. Now the policeman is not to shoot dogs un til the proper effort i* made to lo cate the owner and prosecute him. Modification of Flour Order. The flour order has been modified as follows: Farmers who raise their own cer eals may buy oi) much as 24 pound* of flour without taking meal or other substitutes. 24 pounds is the limit. W. K. CARTKR County Koood Administrator. Fine Work in Surry School*. In .spite of the inclement weather of the past few weeks the rural teach er* of the county have come together <n township meetings at Dobson, Woodville and Kldora. Miss Hritton the county supervisor, met the teach ers and talked to them about what she exepected to And when she visited their schools, what hidden and viist possibilities lay in the rural school1 and what they, as teachers, could do1 to develope these powers and make the schools the best in the history of the county. At all three places the attendance was good and the interest lively. An unusually good number of the patrons met with the teachers thus displaying the new feeling of sympathy and un derstanding now exists between our teachers and our iwx.jrfe. Miss Britton will meet the teachers of Stewart's creek township this week at Pine Ridge school house. Mt. Airy Citizen* Go to Baltimore. 'Messrs. S. H. Warren, (.'has. Tilley, Millard Tilley, Percy Norman and a Mr. Coleman left her* Wednesday evening to get work in the Govern ment works at Baltimore. They get cents an hour there and double time for overtime and for work on Sunday. They secure good board for 11.00 a day., Famine in Coal May End in Two Weeks. Philadelphia. Feb. 12.—The coal fa mine may end in two weeks, Pennsyl vania fuel administration officials say. Report* from the coal sections say the railroad movements of anthracite and bituminous are nearly normal ami with mild weather likely to continue the shipments of fuel will steadily in crease. PEOPLE UR&ED TO CUT COM) WOOD. Bagtooiag M MM Mi BMtlauiag thru tlM wmrm vwilwr, encourag. MMt la to ba given la tha poapW of North Ctnltat to cat card wood far Mat win tor. A. W. McAllator, the ■lata f«at edraini«tnelor, has Issued instructions to his local foal coaiaiit toaa in all parta of tha stata, ursine tham to eorralato all forces possible In thU endeavor. Municipalities ara to ba interested la Ratting wood cut, aa wall aa individual ownara. Mr. McAllator »uggests tha utilisation of convicts wharavar possible. In hia instructions to tha cooimit taaman, Mr. McAllator wrltoa, "Saa to it that nobody la afraid of buying or cutting too if|*ich wood, for thara la going to l»a a ilamand at a good price, for all tha wood that la availablc.Cord wood at thia lima la ona of tha moat •table aaaata that u man can poti aaaa." "Whila wa ara not safely thru thin winter yat, tha indicationa ara now that wa ara going to got thru without having axpariancad aarioua hardship of suffering anywhere" wrota Mr. Mc Allator. "Nait winter la going to ba tha rub, and wa cannot bagin too soon to prapara for it. Tha next sixty days ia tha beat period of the year for cut ling cord wood, and I know you can nerve your rommunity, aa a repre sentative of the fuel administration, than to exercise all of your resource fulness in inducing your municipal ity your county, your wood dealers and the farmers of your county to se cure the cutting of all cord wood pos sible during the next sixty days with a view to supplying the demands for wood which we are sure to have next winter. "The United State- department of agriculture has jut t iK.Miod the follow ing statement: " 'No one knows how much coal there will be for general fuel pur poses next vtar. With the enormous demand* being made upon Ixilh coal nnd transportation, the shortage may be more widespread and severe than this year. It i« only a matter of good business foresight for those commun ities that have the wood around them to »ee that some time during the sea son a sufficient supply is cut and hauled where it could be easily avail able as a reserve next winter. The tune to cut it is right now before the spring season opens. In many cities and towns municipal woodyard* have been started and are working very successfully. Such a yard should be in operation in every town, where wood can be obtained, and at Work building up a reserve for aext winter. Those locally responsible for the gov ernment of towns ai«i communities should take early action and that this is done, or some similar mcan» employed to ward off a fuel shortage another year.' "The United States department of agriculture further states that the state fuel administrator of New York foraeos an embargo on coal next win ter to those who have access to sup plies of wood. In short, coal will simply be refused to those who can get wood. With this prospect held out, a vigorous campaign has been inaugurated to build up a wood fuel supply in New York and thus be pro tected against lack of coal next win ter. This view and this action should be given heed by every state and sim ilar measures taken to provide for the future.' "The United States department of agriculture is also tending out the following statement from chief fores ter of the conservation commission of Canada, who speaks from the experi ence of a country that has been at war for three and a half years. "There must be some definite or ganization for utiliikng the large sup plies of woo4 available for fuel. My idea U that the city and municipal governments ought to go into the matter deflnitely and invest a mod orate amount ot money in building up i reserve of wood which can be drawn upon whenever the coal shortage makes it necessary. "I wish to make the following *pe riflc recommendations to the chair U the ntal toHrtWi of illlug ear* wuad taring Um aaat sutjr iiyl.rM otfcar publicity ■ far bringing tk« stt#®tSo# (rf tkv pvblk. cur* the c« hmHh of Lb* >up«riA tandante of **h**l» af your city or town aad county Md thru Umi *a curo hte full iltoraMtaa of thi* *ab jaet ta tho wliiih, NptiMly Um higher gradaa. If the aeboola ran ho Into routed In tho lubjact, thru Umm tho patron* will htawa intenated. "2. Iiuluco your Municipal go»*rn mont to adapt a definite policy M ta cutting and contracting far a largo •upply of card wood for naat winter1* supply. "I. Bring your municipal and coun ty authoritlaa tagothar and sacuro co operation Iwtwaan thorn in tho rut ting of wood for noxt winter'* reaanre ■upply. "4. By publication and otherwie* encouinge wuod dealer*'. to contract now for thoir wood nupply for noxt winter, and by tho *ame method on courage farmer* ct thin time lo cut cord wood for next winter'* market "5. See to it that nobody la afraid of buying or rutting too much wood for tharo la going to ba a demand al a good prlcc, for all the wood that ii available. Cord wood a* thi* time ii one of the most "table a»*ct* that i man can poena**. "6. I'leaae make full report on Sat urday of each week a* to progreat mad* on thi* or iiuch other program a* vou may adopt for securing th» cutting of cord wood. "It i* important to get the co-opcr aty>n of the county authoritie* a* in dicated in recommendation No. ! above. County convict* have beer idle moat of tho time for the la.<t *ev eral week* on account of the weather Their labor cannot be utilized in an) way to the greater advantage of lh< public, during the next sixty day* than in cutting of cord wood." New Store for This City The I). <i. Craven Department Stor< of Win.iton, will at once open a ne« store in this city ana wiii carry a fuii line of Ladies Ready to wear Goods Mr. K. J. Gallaway of this city will be the local manager and have ful charge of the business at this point The D. G. Craven Company conduct. a large business of this kind in Win ston-Salem and will have their stocli here in the front of the store room oc cupied by Miss Beaslcy. The new store will open March 1st. Thr bodie* of forty-four minting k«*« bean northern Ireland. PoaltWa | lion, however, la believed ramta, porta say, becauae the tags the diara wora had not baan prartW 1 number* or othar inform* Uoo. They will all ba buried In ona crave. Whan the Tuscan ia waa »truck by tha torpodo tha American eoldiera want calmly to tkair poata. Aa they Unad up on ona «ida of tha dack with tha crew, all Britmhera on tha othar ■Ida, tha national anthem* of tha An gola- American alllaa wara WM(. Tha lack of park facilitated tha work of tha iirit.j<h ileetreyera who bravad danger by torn inn up to the Hide of tha ninkmg liner and taking off the aoldiara. The Tiuccnla remained afloat two hour*, due probably to the action of tha Mcond engineer, who •topped tha engine* wlien the vernal received her wound. Mammoth Poultry Houm at Reynold*. The Fogle Brother* Co. ha* a force of men >t Reynold* building for Mm. R. J. Reynolda, what ia to be, when completed, one of the moot modern poultry plant* in the South. The main building ia to lie 300 feet long and will contain breeding hou.se, poultry tender*' house and laying house. The entire plant will lie on concrete foun- j dation and a part of it will be one Ktory with basement. The plant ia to be fitted in the mi -t modern wa y,equipped with every modern convenience, including heat ing plant for brooder*. The approxi mate coat will be from $7,000 to W, uwu.—Winaton Sentinel. NOTICE. The Surrv County Farmer* Urn >t» 1 will meetin Doboon Thursday night and Friday February 21 and 22. Alt local* are requested to send dele gate* a* important busines* come* be fore said meeting. W. J. Nixon, Sec. 4 Treas. F. T. Lewellyn, Pre*. i r*1 Like Mellow Sunlight Specs were for old folks when grandma was young. She wean specs now but often forgets to use them in the mellow sun light of RAYO LAMPS Rayo Lamps can be lighted as easily u a gas jet, without tak ing off either the chimney or the shade. Of strong, simple construction—artistic in design —they give bright flickerless light that saves eye-strain. Ask for them by name. Ifyour dealer does not have them writ* to our nearest station. Aladdin Security Oil guaran tees best results from lamps, stoves and heaters. STANDARD OIL COMPANY E3£T>°a £$$
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