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Mount Airy News. &B.J Airy. N. C to Public to bo inclinod hi*h 11m local to« thai rat** ba to think that tha ■MVfk. Tha company flftaan jra ago antarad Into • contract to fur nlah, for a pariod of 26 jraara, aarvira at • Iliad prlca. In tha flrst place tha company uaad poor bualnaaa Judf mant in antaring into any auch con tract. Condition* at that tima might havr haon auch that tha aarrlca could ba (tftn at a nira profit, whila a par-1 iod of tan yaara migh maka tha bu»l naaa a daad aipann. to tha nhara hoi Now tnere are many people «mi mainUin a plume *y>tem in their honHM who think of it a* a luxury, and to them it la a luxury. They ran aaaily diapense with (ha aervics. But to moat paopla the talaphona ia a necessity, and they muat hava ona or more at the price that prwvaila, ba that high or low. Now if the telephone ia a neceaaity then some man or combination of men muat maintain the service. Ami the men who do thia are entitlad to "» reasonable amount of remuneration for the service they render, and for the uae of the capital stock tiad up in the buaineaa. Theae are facta that no buaineaa man can deny. Now if the local company wanta the rates increaaed it ia up to the share holders, to uae the language of the street, to ahow the officials and the citizens who patronize the phone, that a reasonable charge is not heing made for the aervice, and that the rates should be increaaed. If thi* can be done there ia every reaaon for think ing that the citizens of the town wilt endorse the action of the officials in making the increase asked. There ia no denying the fact that it is common talk that the local com pany is a paying one, and that the stock is no bad investment. The pub lic has it that the present rates are sufficiently high and that to increase the rates would only be taking money from the citizens to make a paying in vestment an even better paying in vestment. Now a fair and full inves tigation of the facts may show that all this is wrong, and that the public is not properly informed as to the real conditions as to the business of the local telephone company. And, so, to a (fain use the language of the street, it is up to the telephone com pany to show us. W. S. S. 11 ML TO COOPERATE. These are times when people ran cooperate with each other »s never before. Before the summer is (tone a large number of the young men on the farms will be (rone to the army. In many rases the real force of the farm will be gone. Most farmers arc good neighbors, and there is much coopera tion in the way of swapping work, but there will I* even greater occa sion for this exchange of help. In many instances farmers can assist each other by the loan of stock for breaking land and doing the helvy hauling. There should be a free exchange of seeds. One man may have more of one kind of seed and be :ihort on an other which his neighbor may have. It would be no bad idea if every neigh borhood would form clubs at the school house and mtet occasionally to find out the needs of the neighbors. With the young men gone many others will also leave the country. Already practically all the servant class has gone and in many sections it ia almost impossible to get help in rases of sickness. The man i»ho cares to be a good neighbor can in these times And wonderful opportunities to •id those about him. Before the snmtner Is gone many homes will be saddened by the news that will come hark from the battle fields of Europe. While no human aid ran do much to W.g.1. It would bo no bad Mas 11 tha i down it or noar Btreh Station could | bo movad up ta thi» city wbara of our youngatara could got tha At of tha parauaaion that M«U to bo | »o a ff active down thoro. W. 8. n, Tho aataamad Tlmoa Lao dor balk* at helping Wilaon make tho world aafa for democracy, but ha la parfactly willing to halp "deatroy autocracy and mak* tha republican inatitutlona aafa in tha world." Good for tha Timea-\ Leader. **■ -• To pleaae the folk we often have to go and nuppr*M soma mighty good nnr* iUma, but thara ia a young atrip of a girl teacher down about Ruak who, if the world only knew of her ability and spunk, would be in Mich de mand aa a teacher that nhe would be awamped with offera. W. S. 8. Theae Mount Airy fluhermen and their talea about their catchea, and these Chicken fancier* and their talea about how many egg* they pick a day are beautiful atone* that make one wonder juat how the trick ia turn ed. And then again one wonder* if theae fellow* ever think of the way the other fellow thinka about their wonderful experience*. W. S. S. Some of theae local fishermen have been out on the creek bank* and come back and tell about their luck, of course they are not wanting it in print, but they manage to let the edi tor know. Now the time once wax when we cared ao little for—well for what Saint Peter might think, that we gave apace to theae fishermen, but we are wiser now. r%r a o To a newspaper nan new* ia ncwi, and if it in bad news it ia news, never theless. Which remind* u* that there is likely to be coming this way tome news items that will make mighty interesting reading, to say nothing of any other impreasion* the reading may make. The story ia going the rounds that most of our citizens seem to be perfectly innocent of the faict that there ia a single law or custom on the books that regulate the driving of machines. Which, if true, means that some entertaining stories of wrecks are due in future issues of this fireside companion. W. S. S. It in bad enough to have to pay prevailing priced for things that one must eat, but when it comes to putting up the price on such simple items as an old fashioned drunk the limit is reached. The Honorable Mayor of this village has gone and raised the price of just ordinary drunks from a dollar and the cost to ten dollars anil the cost, making a drunk cost the citizen the neat little turn of $11.95. Kour of our citizens have recently been held up for this amount, and it would not lie no bad if one could get drunk on a decent grade of liquor, but to have to pay such prices and be forced to drink these ginger escenses, hostetters bitters and other pateat drugs, makes it a real hardship on the man who must put up the coin. W. 8. S. - Next week's issue of The Mount Airy News will contain a general write up of the business interests of the town. A large number of extra copies will be circulftted. Mr. J. G. Claiborne, of Lynchburg, Is assisting in the work, and it will be his endeav or to call on each and every business man and firm in the town, but if he should fail to see anyone who would | care to be represented, a telephone message to this office will put him in touch with you. A full representa tion of the firms and enterprises is de sided. In this issue you are offered a medium of publicity that cannot be surpasses, and no concern in Mount Airy should be omitted from the list. L/A. Bmith uitUmt ». *. IfHM, «f Mibauad. ▼*, k>f« va cantly baan ranndtng ay tha fallow* who hava kM turning gaad Mrs Into luiMT la tftfa mUn af tlM HMrsJ fiMfwi Hmm 'irii ■ Ml Iwnilii, Vl, during tha laat day* rf Fafcconry and rant* tkmfk Um country itarow la* whom the could ft»<J and mHwd tkia aortion dM Drat mt tMa wall, la tha raid through Um countlaa ba twaan km and Kaanaha thay found him largo plant* uaing ay tha corn la a hurry. In tkia Immadlata tac tion thay I oca tad aavarnl planu but all vara doing buainaaa on a oaall •eala. Tha word got to Richmond that |md bread corn was being mad* into liquor In many of tha mountain roun tiea and Mr. Brama told t&eae officer* to dopart and not let him look on their facto again until this dtatilling of bread mat*rial *aa a topped. And ao thay have boon and ara buay By tha tima thay reached this city thay ha<l daatroyad aa many aa nina «till», had some man undar bond and viaitad a numhar of places whara tha atilla had been carried away. The officer* ha<l a moat rara exper ience in tha eaction of country a few milaa north of thia city. For years it haa been wall known that an auto mobile rould laava here and he hack in a hour and coma back with the ar dent, auch aa they now make in theae part«. Time and again .Mr. Monday aays they have raided in the aection where thia liquor waa auppoaad to be made, but it waa alwaya a hungry and tired and diaappointed aet of offlcen who returned, for never could they And a thing. And yet the autoa would continue to make tripa into that aec tion. Recently aome vile and wilful peraon had to go and give the officers the tip to hunt in the dry hollow*. Now may be you don't know what that means. We will explain. When an officer goea into the wood* to hunt a atill he hunta the *treama and branchea, for it ia very well known that it takes cold water to condenae the steam from which the fumes of alcohol are aecured. And ao they hunt the branches, and hunt as they could never could they locate a atill in that section. But when they got the tip to hunt the dry hollows they went, wondering what they were to find. Carefully they went along the dry ravine* and, as luck would have it, they found two well* securely secret ed under timber* that were covered carefully with forest leaves. Only by the man on the hunt and with a practiced eye would the well* ever have been noticed. And near both the*e wells they found well established still places where one would believe operations have been going on for possibly years. The trick was to pump or draw the water out of these wells and thus cool the still worm, and in that way make liquor where no officer was supposed to intrude his vile presence. And to make the story complete the officers were strain lucky. In examin ing the wells they saw something suspicious down in one ami proceeded to examine further. They got a long pole and actually fished out of one of the wells a still where it was resting securely at the bottom, under eigh teen feet of water. One of the offi cers crawled down a pole and tied a rope to the still and safely landed it on terra tirma. And the officers know very well that a gang who can invent >uch schemes as these will be hard to beat, and may continue their business as long as they know the art of mak ing the ardent, but it is a game for your Uncle Sam to tee they play as little as possible to the hurt of the country. If these wily blockaders could be rounded up to pit their wits against the Germans dollars to doughnuta that the Germans would be the losers. In the meantime your Uncle Sam is saving Rome of the bread corn. ^ W.S.S. Dr. lackey who hat practiced medi cine in the Ararat, Ya„ section ten miles from here, volunteered some time ago for military service and l*ft here this week for Richmond, Va„ where he go** to take a position in 0>e service of the Navy. h U»« whole plant la thf <w»inili. pom Mbly fatal attack of aotMBobite few that haa laid tU baavy hand an Will Johnaon, tka man whe ataya in (ha and doea practically all tit* work la worth whila. Tha fata* have decreed that ha baeona owner o' a of thaaa thing* thay call a Chevrolet, and ha haa practically i|Uit Ikuimm, and ia now giving hi* tima to atudy rarburatora—whatever that may j ha, piniona, dutchaa, tranamiaaion*. puncturea, ignition ayatema and a dnxan othar thinra that la all for •itn lingo to ua. It ia the umi lina of diacour*a morning n< and night, and to ua it appear to ha a /aaa that will nead expert treatment if it grta I much wor*a. Jur.t what. (ha o"ice an I Tha Nawa ia to do in tha :iaantima ia mora (han wa -an >ay. Wa •arneatly implore our customer* to haar with ua in thia calamity, and ha patient in their damanda, for it ia to ha hoped that tha attack will »oon run ita courac, at laaat auch ia tha caae with chicken pox and other auch peaky troublea that befall ua all. w. s. s. Labor Troubles Adjusted. On last Friday night the utone cut ter* of this city the men who give employment adjusted their busi ness differences in a way to continue operations, and the men went back to work Saturday morning after being off the job for three weeks. The fact that the Quarry is the greatest en terprise here made the business tan gle of special interest to the general public and everybody is rejoiced that the men have adjusted their differ ences and are again making things hum at the Quarry. —w.a.a.— man wofluin Km to tftcklt iufcl— individually. No am cm imnp other paopla's wono miM. All tint ona can iui(ut to *n othar la that aack should consular what ha would da If Ita found hla la coma suddanly radurad to a 'St1atn amount; in other word*, that ha should consular what ha would sars on if rompailad to sa»a. W 8. ». Tha .Sunday school on Main straat Methodist church at (iastonia has sub scribed a thousand dollars. Good! What Sunday school in Hurry will ba flrst T W. 8. 8. tt til religion* to wn and teach other* to *ave, and it in rcligiou* to be obedient and loyal to the govern ment; *o after all the Sunday whool that invest* in War Saving* Stamp* will be in ita regular line of work. W. 8. 8. THKirric Sing a Hong of Thrift Stamp* Sixteen in a row; Take them to an agent. Add thirteen rent* or ao. Change them for a War Stamp And for your loyalty YouII get a criap |5 bill In nineteen twenty-three. W. S. 8. The County Board of Education of Rutherford County ha* placed Thrift and War Saving* Stamp* on *ale at every school in the county. To da thin the member* of the board gave their note a* collateral for money to make the origiaal purchaie of the Stamp*. Making it convenient and Morgan ton, (fatally gat Ma Iwrt ta tha right piaca aad wfcaa ha dtf km waa all thara. Ha had nat tahaa tha !# • war vary barfawwly Mil ha laamad that Garmaii waa try lag ta work ap a raw Bat a■an thia country aad In leo, and thaa ha loohad ay Ga»a»any'a barharoua rarard una* aha had haan in hta waj. Tha raaoK waa that hw bought 11,000 worth at aWr Savinga Stampa. Lat tha fainri ml Surry romm alia, Thara ought ta ha twa huadrad in thta county who waa Id join Tha Limit Club by becoming uwiiaia of II ,000 worth of Hlam pa. W S. S. Buy Thrift Stampa and War Sav ing! Stamp- It will halp you and your roartry. J. H. Folf«r Buy* Country Attorney J. H. Folger last week bought the home place of Mr. C. C. Hub-hen* on the Dobaon rwd at White Plain*. This ia a »plendid ras idence and it may be that Mr. Folder will make it hie home in the Hummer time to rive hie boy* a chance for Mime experience on the farm. Any way Mr. Folger doee not nay what hi* purpose wa* in making the purchase. W. S. S. Notice Democrats. You will please be at Dobeon Mon day flrit day of April, to elect dele Kate* to the State convention, we want every Democrat in this County there. It* important that you come and let* discus* certain matters that pertain to the party. Meeting at 12 o'clock sharp in the Court house. Now come one and all. Clarence E. Lundy, Chm. Ex*. Com. "Chevrolet" The World's Most Wonderful Medium Priced Car Price Now Price After March 1. 5-Passenger Touring $688.70 $738.70 2-Passenger Roadster $673.70 $723.70 All Prices Quoted Delivered at Mount Airy, North Carolina. The CHEVROLET is equipped with electric lights and electric start er; in fact, has every equipment oi the higher priced cars. It is the car for a business man's needs, furnishing him a method of quick, clean transporta tion—with moderate outlay and exceedingly low operative cost. In these times of industrial reoreaniation, when time is more valuable than erfer, the CHEVROLET is a real asset to any business man, to any business concern Think it over, then give us your order in time to insure your getting a car at the present price. T. J. Smithwick Mount Airy, N. C.
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