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Mount Airy Newt. Mfc Airy, N. C, May 23, ltlt. SHOUT NEWS ITEMS Mr. W. E. NicfcoU, of Tha Trtbuna, at Elkin, m • kasiasss visitor la tha city last Saturday. Mr. Walter Wsich vislad hi* bro ther 8«rt«uit Edgar Welch at Camp Sevier laat week. Mrs. ChUd:-*aa at Hillavilla, Va., ia the guest of kar daughter. Mr*. J. D.I Jenkins at the Jenkins hotel. Mlaa Lillian Martin of Stuart, Va.. ia tha ffuaat of har slater, Mrs. (ieorgs Divars on Pino straat. Massrs. George Sparger and Jeffrey Smith hava ratumed from a visit to Washington and Baltimore. Miss Lucy Boo* of Walkertown is tha guest of Mlsa Margnret Anhby on Main Street. Mr. J. y. Prattler i« attending a! meeting of Shriner* at Durham thi»1 worlc. Mis* Mary Bryant of Knpp* Mills! ia visiting her sister Mrs, W. W. j Thomas. Mr. W. J. Simmon* and daughter Mrs. Bray of Pilot Mountain are vim torn in this city today. Mix* Irene Thompson ha* returned from Raleigh where she attended Mer edith College remmeni emcnt. Mrs. Edith Creasy has returned from a visit to relative* in Wilming ton. Mis* Margaret Fulton student at the State Normal college Greensboro has returned to this city. Mr. and Mr*. Rex Tilley of West field were visitors in this city yestei* terday. The Daughters of (he Confederacy are at work on garment* for French and Belgian refugees.^ .' Mrs. Ida Crutchfield of Knoxville, Tenn., is the guest of her sister Mrs. J. L. Banner on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilbert made a trip to Elkin Sunday. Miss Kate Stone of Might Point is the guest of her Uncle Mr. A. G. Bow man in this city. Mr*. A. E. Creed and two daughters left Tuesday for their home in Roan oke, Va., after visiting 'he family of Mr. A. Creed on Rockford street. Mrs. Edgar Canter and two children of Winston-Salem will arrive tonight to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cox in this city. Mr. W. J. Byerly left Tuesday for Raleigh where he goes to attend the meeting of Bankers. Mrs. Phil Caraway of Wadesboro is the guest of her parents. Rev. Geo. D. Herman at the Methodist parson age. The cut out Karments have arrived at the Red Cross room and workers are needed, the room is open for work every afternoon. Mr. and Mr*. Marvin Sparger anil Miss Katherine Merritt left several days ago to visit Mr. and Mrs. Hay wood Merritt at News Ferry, Va. Mr. and Mr . E." H. Kochtitzly. left! yesterday for an automobile irip rrr} the camps in this state and S mth Car olina. They wire joined in Greens- ( boro by Mrs. Kochtitzky of Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Monroe, and1 Mesdames J. D. Sargent and J. D. Martin have returned from Kouthpor: where they visited Mesdame- Monroe and Sargents sons befiyy they left {«< France. Mr. Edgar Welch formerly of this , city but now stationed at Camp Sevier S. C. has rcconlly been promoted to the grade of Serjeant Clerk. Serg. Welch enlisted with the locr.l Mlllta.y Company la..t Summer as private and worked liis way to the present grade. This is one of the highest ranks as nor-commission-jd officer in the army. Messrs. T. B. Parker, W. N. Mutt and W. B. Allen of Raleigh were busi ness visitors in the city last week, coming here to attend the annual meeting €>f the Sparger Orchard Co. These gentlemen are stockholders in this business and the annual report showed that it is in a most satisfac tory condition. It was estimated that as much as $25,000.00 worth of fruit, etc., is now growing on the orchard for this crop. The members gf the local W. C. T. U. are very grateful to the men who are so heartily and generously sup porting their effort to raise money for war relief work by giving the price of their tobacco and cigars each Thurs day in May. On last Thursday the contributions amounted to nearly 120. . North Carolina want* to have a part t In furnishing portable kitchens to serve hot chocolate or coffee and sand witches to the boys in the trenches. These automobile kitchens will go ai near the tranches as possible and min ister to the physical needs of the boys, BullrtNi ft. P. flnwi ha* iftwd J. card tram Itia mm William »la ting tha* he hM irrlfMi aa/ely ia Frmc*. Willi* Witt at Chaltaa eege. Twin.. U visitiag reiativee ia this eity. Dr. ft. J. Hanks has moved hu fami ly U ana at the Hadley raeidencea on Praaklia itra«L Mra. F. 0. Hoi. onb laft Thuraday far Charlotte whara aha will iptml koiim tima Waiting ralativaa. Mra. C. L Whitman and littla eon Kuirana Whitman laft thia week to make thair futura home in Winatan Roger Jonaa of Winston, spent a .lay of two hare this waak an a viait to hia Aunt, Mra. K. D. Holromh. Mr. Jonaa leave* next week to enter the army for training. Mr. Levi Todd and son Clarence Todd of Galax, Va., are visitors here to lie with Mr. Todd's daughter Mrs. RoixTtH who ia a patient at Martin hospital. Mn Nancy Hrnwn died jrnterilty morning of pneumonia at her home r>n South street aged liftynix year*. The funeral will be conducted thin morning and the remains laid to rest ut OM Hollow MMtery. >y Solicitor S. P. Graves made a pa triotic address at Wentvorth Rocking-, hum county, li»*t week that w.i. j o Flounced to those who heard it n> one raf the Itrnngest speeches heard there in year*. The occasion of the address was the preien'ation if the Lilierty Loan flag presented to the •lunty.^'/ Mr. P. H. Ellin of Ru*k, N. C. rame here some weeks ago to receive treat ' ment at Margin Hospital. He had pneumonia some time ago and failed to recover ax rapidly as he expected. Under the treatment here he ha* im-1 proved and will lie ahle to return home in a few days. Roy Franklin Mickey son of Mr.' »nd Mr*. Sidney F. Mickey wan horn1 May 2.1 191l>, departed thin life Mayj Irt, 1!>1H age 2 year* 11 month*, 24 Jays. The funeral and burial ser-j eices were conducted by Rev. Ivisitor lit Mt. Zion church Pinnacle and ML Zion charge. Mr*. P. H. Klli* of Rusk. N. C.. has neen a patient at Morganton Hospital for some months, and friends in thi* -ounty have recently l>een notifie<l of tier condition which is considered of *uch a serious nature a* to cause loutits as to her recovery. t / Mr. and Mr*. W. M. Lewis left M«n lay for Columbia, S. C., to attend the marrige of Mrs. Lewis' son Lieut. Mortimer Cosby to Miss Sara Cain' »f Columbia, the marriage took place last night at the Methodist church in that city. /,/ After a short bridal trip Lieut, and Mrs. Cosby will visit M:-. and Mr*. Lewis in this city. / ) The closing exercises of the Mount Airy school* will be held Friday even ing. May 24, at 8:30 o'clock. The ex ercii.es thin year will not be elaborate, consisting only of e-.-ays, orations, and songs by the graduating class. There are twenty-four members ofj the graduat'ng class, ten boy* and fourteen gi:ls. This is the large t clu '' that h.'-i ever been sent out by ■he Mount Airy High School; and the pereentage of boys in the class is h la. ver than in most schools. "It h:: not 4>e«ftt '3iii*t(!Haiiy' ycari aSnce-i rtar.y ~t£' vottcgf*. in _Uw Stale would Tune " conVi<fcretl' theNfselve^ -t ir-nte to have tweaty-four in the 7~a«luating class. it will be of interest to many to .low that the last annual repoit of !he Stata Inspector of High Schools • \a -a the Mount Airy High School in • Ar t c'r , Cla ? A. This classi .' tn depend.: upon a term of nine month1, reviiation periods of forty live mil .' and pupils having not mi—e than twenty-five recitations a ^reek. * • .. ■ I Aged Lady Passes. Mrs. W. K. Brock <lic<l of pn*omoma at her home in this city Sunday morn ing: at 10 o'clock having been ill only since three o'clock on Saturday. Mrs. Brock who wu a Mis» Kcrebee before her marriage to Mr. Brock about sixty years ago was born in Davie county and had passed her eigh ty first birthday. Her husband died in the war between the States and left her with two sons T. N. and W. F. Brock. About ten year* ago Mrs. Brock came to thi* city from Winston-Salem and ha* made her home here since that time. She was the eldest of fourteen chil dren and is survived by five brothers and two sisters and one son Mr. T. N. Brock of this city. She was a I faithful and consistent member of j Central Methodist church and the | funeral was conducted from the home of her son Mr. T. N. Brock on Main street on Monday morning hy her pas tor, Rev. C. D. Herman, and the re 1 main* laid to rest at Oakdale ceme tery. Among those from out of town at tending the funeral frrerc her brothei Mr. Dick Kerebee. her daughter-in law, Mn. M. 8. Brock and niecee Mesdame* J. T. Davis and John Aller all of Winston-Salem. I 4>r. H. ». IIm Enter* Ar»y Dr. H. B. low*, of thia city, l«ft Tuwlty far a tmmip near Baltiaora, Mi, wtera Im hH baan ordered to f part far duty. Ha voluntearad mm tiaM >(o and raraivad a laltfru Monday to rapart at once for duty. What ranw near being a bad (Ire in the residence aartion of the city •u that at tka home of Dr. R J. Hank* last Monday about the noon hour. Tha oil atove exploded and tha flames apeard to several roomi in a minuto. Tha Are station waa called by phcna and tha flra company waa thara in one minuto. but in thia ahort tima tha building waa on flra in many places and tha flamaa wara coming out at tha front door. Ry quick action with both the chemical tank and tha watar supply the flre waa out twfore much damage waa dona, further than to acorch thr walla and ruin the fur niture. Their ia a leaaon to lie rained frrtm thia flra. If it had lieen poaaible to dose the door to the cook room and thua confine the flnmea »hi« flra would have liaen much lesa deatructive. Aa it waa the rtamex from the burning ml almost imtantly .'pear over the houne ami ma<ie a Im»1 lire. If doora are dosed and are cut off a Are burna slowly. At lcr»»>t thin ia thi 'henry, which ia romutimea hard to put into practice. y y Merchant* Meeting* The Merrhant* Association of thin city held the annual meeting Monday night. At this meeting the election of officers was held for the coming year. Mr. K. J. Matthews was elected President; F. D. Holcomb, Vice-Presi dent; E. M. I.inville, Secretary; Ar nold Quefrinberry, Treasurer. The di rectors «te 0. C. Welch. H. M. Foy, ,S. M. Hale. A. E. Steele. J. F Pra ther, J. L Harrison and W. W. Thom as. On June 4th a meeting will be helif that will lie of special interest to mer chant* and all are urged to he present. At this meeting debates will he ap pointed to the annual meeting to be held at Wrightsville this summer. About Measles. Mr. A. P. Marion of the White Plains section writes The News and wants to know about the law that is supposed to control the spread of measles. He says that this disease has been spread over his section re cently in a way that could have been prevented if the proper effort had l>een made. In past years people have thought that these common diseases must he endured but the tendency new is to prevent them rather than endure them. If conditions are bad enough the coun ty Health officer Dr. Gammons, should be notified. There is a state law against allowing children to attend school in a way to spread diseases. Aged Lady Passes. Mrs. Mary Doss, widow of the late John Doss, died at her home two miles south of this city Tuesday of last week. She had" been sick only a few days with paralysis and the remains v.-fre laid to rest at a family grave vard oil the farm. Mrs. Doss leaves a daughter 16 years or age, her hug band having died a year or more ago. Mr. I- P. Jones, of Elkin, a relative of the family, spent the week here and will administer on the estate which is salued at several thousand dollars. COMMISSIONER'S SALE. By virtue of an order of re-sale made by the Judge of the Superior Court in the case of Alene Gallaway l.ait-nditr again t H. G. Galluway and others pending ni the Fuperior Court of Surrv County I will sell to the high est bidder on Saturday the loth of June 1918, at one o'clock P. M„ th" following de crib'd property, to-wit: One house and lot on lower Main St'eet. six rooms and known as the P'hafer house and lot near the hig rulley; also one house and lot on Elm S it-ct known as the J. I. Relton house and lot. Terms of sale, one-third cash; one third in twelve months and balance in two years. Notes required for de ferred payments. This May 14th, li1'"* W. E. MERRITT, Com. Paul Allred Want And Sale Column. Have several kind of ears on hand ] now from Ford on up. Still want to trade automobile for a few ucre* of wood land clone to town. PACE DISCIPLINES PI NEVILLE BANKER. Ralaifh. May 20.—A rotatory eon trtbutton at |2M to ths Ptnaville c hap tor of tlla Had Cross Sortaty will save J. E. M. I >a van port. • banker af that prot parous Mecklenburg town from indK-tmant and proaarution for Hoard ing Mr. Daveapart has sent tha Food Administration rereipt from tbo Red Croaa Society for tha $200. It waa »hown at a raront hearing before Mr. Ueorge H. Hum bar of tha Food Admintratioa «ta(T and County Food Administrator Plummer Sto wart of Charlotte that Mr. Davenport had purchased in Oaraml>ar .MHO pounds of «ugar. At tha tima of thr investigation and hearing. Mr. Daven port still had on hand savsral hundred pounds of flour which he ha! re»am ■*1 after ''ovnt* Fowl Adpiniatrau i Stewart ha I giv>r. avt-ryb mi / in i'le county notice la return to their dealer* any quantities of sugar on haml above the quantities allowed untiei IroM Ad ministration rulings. Mr. Dtvenport had returned mine flour but had re tained several times tne i|Unitity al lowed. It was u1m> in evuior.;-^ tnnt .Mr Davenport had on hand aoout ! jO younda of .'ugar where*-; thv run nity allowed to consumers in town ih only five pounds. In addition to contributing $200 to the Red Cromm, Mr. Davenport has of course returned to hi a dealer the ex cess ijuantities of flour an<I sugar, re taining only 24 pounds of flour and five pound* of sugar. In the eye* of the Food Administra tion, Mr. Davenport's violation was particularly to he condemned because of the reputation Mr. Davenport has enjoyed in his community as a patrio tic and public sprited citizen. United State* and the War Chicago Post.—In spite of disap pointment in ship construction, the making of planes and the early turn ing out of machine guns ami ord nance, American achievement thus far in the great war has been on a big scale. Wc have on several occa sions emphasized the important part our government has played in pro moting the closer cooperation of the fighting democracies, now evidenced in the existence of a united front from the North Sea to the Adriatic, held by armies under one supreme command r.nil with a joint board of strategy behind it. Our contribution to this notable result was decisive. The transport of more than a half million men over 3,000 miles of L' b«it-MiaUil mm ia u undartakin* that rafcrU credit upon both Ik* War 6eparf ant and tha navy. To thae* acroapliahmanta the eLafua tor Na tin—I Unity adda that tha United S la tee "haa made ita own port on tha Franch rooat, built iU ova rati-I road* (H00 milaa and mora of double track), laid out iU now harbor, which, can daal with forty vaaiala at one*, a freight yard bigger than any ona yard about any rraat American city, and Mt up ita own telegraph and tale phona ayatem, with 12.600 operator*." And thia only begin* to outlina tha I atory. Whooping Coargh. • Ona of tha moat aucceaaful prapara tiona in uaa for thia diaoaa* la < ham bariain'i Cough Remedy. S. W. Mr Clinton. Blandnn Spring*, Ala., writ**, "Our babv had whooping couifh aa bad aa moat any lathy rould have it. I 5ave him Chamberlain'* Cough Reme v and it aoon rot him well." Obtain able everywhere. St. Piul Minn.—Study <«f (•mnmm will be drapftd from St. PjuI higfc ft—1» next Month and lllftlin «f 'i«mun will be iluninwl, Albert 0» derlich, conmia«ion«r of edili»ti«% announced an Tueedsy. HU d»rid» followed rritirtvn of two wamam teacher* of Gtrwn at Ctntnl Hick Schools of whom one had been oM before Department of Juatice to explain corre*pondence with < of*. Mai T. Hieriehena, interned nimmi> tier of the P-inte Eithel Fredrick, aat the other had riven pupil* a pampfctak containing highly complimentary ref erence* to the Crown Prince. Mia Hue Probet. one of the tear tier*, in a letter to a relative, juatifted the ink ing of the. l.usitania and itaid, "It ia true I am not a true Amr-ican, Lhe only true American* arc the America Indian*." YOU SHOULD NAME THE SURRY COUNTY LOAN . & TRUST CO. AS YOUR EXECUTOR FOR THE FOI LOWING REASON*: The business of this Company is to act a* Executor of Wills, to administer estates, to serve as guardian of minors and trustee of property under wills. A board of careful business men direct the affairs of the Company. The Trust Company never dies and is always found it its plac«» of busir.es." over ready to give proper af.-^lion to the affairs of your estate. The Trust Company will see that your will is drawn cor rectly and, when named as Executor, makes no charge for properly drawing up the will or keeping it under seal in its vault. DIRECTORS W. W. Burke, A. G. Bowman, W. F. Carter, E. H. Wrenn, F. S. Eldridge, W. A. York, G. D. Fawcett, W. W. Hampton, W. G. Sydnor, J. D. Smith. OFFICERS W. F. CARTER, President. E. H. WRENN, Vice-President. GEO. D. FAWCETT, Sec. A Trea*. Cook in a Cool Kitchen Roasting, broiling, baking, toasting, boiling or simmering—elaborate or simple cooking - can be done perfectly with a New Perfection Oil Cook Stove. And you will not broil in a hot kitchen. 3,000.000 American women u»e the New Perfection and escape the daily drudgery of coal hod and aah pan, aoot and kindling. They have gas dove con venience at kerosene coat—• *tnve that light^ at the touch of a match—can be regulated accurately —that turns all it* fuel into usable, odorless heat — that applies all the heat directly to the cooking utensil—that uses an inexpensive, always available fuel—that saves coal for the nation. Why don't you cook in a cool kitchen> Made in 1-2-3-4 burner sites, with or without cabinet top and oven. STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) Baltimore, Md. Norfolk. V. Ov.UmTK f. Otukiv*. & C iMEW PERFECTION fefc CHL COqt^StOVES Aak jam dealer abovt tla* New Perfertioa K>nw» Water Heater. Vm Aladdin Security Oil-AWa armikbte. 1 ALADDIN '%»/
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