Mount Airy News.
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i. & JOIMON, HtoMiNAta.
Airy. N. C, Jhm «tt. Mil
THE WAR. .
Plenty of people havs contended
that the war would never coma to
thia land of a>ur*. But it baa, and U
here. For a weak or mora German
submarines have been operating on
our Atlantic coast linking any ship
that they dared to tackle. Tha cel
uma of this paper tall of the Kinking
of our ships and of the lose of live*
of our citiaen*. It now come* to light
that many of our citizens have
lout their live* in thnse attacks
and that u dozen in more ship* have
been *unk. About twenty thousand
ton* of shipping has Iteen destroyed in
these attuikx, which means ax much
a» live or Mix Inrift ship*. One ves
sel destroyed wan ■ very large one,
being of something like H.OOO ton*.
This in the effort of Germany to car
ry the war into thi« country. In the
future we may expect to hear of
more of this kind of Ion*, for it i*
now certain that eGrmany can get her
submarines to these coasts and that
ahe la disponed to fight ui here in
our own land. In the beginning of thia
war, four yearn ago, she said that
ahe would be able to whip thia coun
try in a year, and thia ia her first ef
fort to attack u< at our own front
door.
DESECRATING THE
SABBATH.
The ministers of this city came be
fore the commissioners of the Town
last Tuesday afternoon at the regu
lar meeting and asked that measurer
be taken to prevent the desecration of
the Sabbath day in our town. Kev.
Geo. D. Merman was spokesman for
the ministers and, at some length,
I told of conditiona her* that are not
as they should be in » civilized and en
lightened community. At some len
gth he told of the tendency of the
times and of the steps that lead, final
ly, to ruin. He reasoned that the fa
tal step that Germany made was when
the Sabbath day in that country was
changed from a holy day to a holiday.
And while we are sending our citi
tens to correct world conditions in the
face of shot and shell, it is the duty
of our people to coract evil tendencies
in our own town and among our own
people. To do this he asked that laws
be enacted that will aid in bringing
•bout conditions that are favorable
to living the best life possible.
After the subject had been discuss
ed at some length an ordinanc- was
made that allows nothing to be sold
in this town on the Sabbath except
drugs and medicine* and meals seiz
ed on tables, and then these sales
must not be made behind doors and
windows that are screened.
The purpose of the ordinance is to
put a stop to the conducting of busi
ness on the Sabbath. The tendency of '
-the time* is to convert the day into a '
day of pleasure and this often calls
for cigars and tobacco, sugar and '
lemons, ice and salt, gasoline and oil, '
and along with these common items 1
are sold a large number of other 1
things. Hie custom has gradually
developed of putting off buying on 1
Saturday and make the necessary pur
chases Sunday morning.
Now those who favor a change in I
eur method* of living on the Sabbath
see that the tendency is altogether in
the wrong direction. If the grocery
store would remain open it would do
• good business. If the barber shop
would remain open on the Sabbath
plenty of customers would come. The
same it true of the printing office and
the blacksmith shop end the shoe shop
and of every other place in town.
And so they argue that there is good
reason for making no exceptions to the
general rule of a suspension of bui
>ness when Sunday comes.
At the meeting of the Commission
er* Tuesday Mr. J. B. Sparger was
re-elected as a member of the Water
and Litht Commission, hi* twe year
term having expired. I
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ENFORCEMENT Of LAW.
II kW mat »riHi to >wal aad
tttacaa* Ik* *4c4*l ynklNM at m t*m
■iunity *ad to NMt laws U U lk
ut lb* rlial at paaffe.
It la aa a.tag*thar different prnhl—
to enforea thaaa tows. It la hard to
p( mi eat at tlihm to charga W
Um txKUllvi daparuaant at a town
■gvtrnmnt who wtU enforce laws M
the nurt atrtet »l—ant of Um n tisane
deaire. Th*ra in Um two utiWH
of mkmI;, on* la rapraaantod by Um
man who would tto*a • wkka open
town, and Um other la rapraaaatod by
Um man who would not allow hia
child ran to play on the lawn on the
Sabbath. .Somewhere botwoon Umo*
two extras** la a happy medium. To
»ay that Bill Jonaa shall not hava his
cigar and tbon 1st Mr. So and So
dnva his auUxaoblla all day Sunday
lataaa qaoations that oftan Bill Jonas
is not sbla to undsratand. And ao It
bacomaa a mattar of aducation, large
ly. The viewpoint that a man taken
<ie pa mis upon hia education. Why
»huuld not on* mail lie allowed to buy
and amoka a cigar on the Sabbath and
another ba allowed to drive an auto
mobils all day Sunday? Theae are
•luor.tiona that could l>a discussed to
th* enlightenment of all of us, that is
if the discussion is mad* in the right
spirit and for th* beneAt of bringing
about a batter understanding of what
is right and proper as to th* manner
in which th* Holy Sabbath should b*
apant. Th* Nawa would welcome
•oni* contribution* along this lin*.
POLITICS
In Surry county !ut Saturday a
spirited contest for the office of
State Senator developed. The friend*
of each candidate rallied to the sup
port of his favorite and quite a little
interest wan thus oeatod.
The result of the pnmany was as
follows, Mr. R. L. Hayroore receiving
the nomination by a large majority,
Mr. S. E. Marshall coming in for se
cond place and Mr. Jesse T. Copeland j
receiving 83 votes in the county.
The vote by township was as fol- j
lows:
C'pl'tiJ
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17
14
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0
0
1
2
14
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Young Men Register.
The registration of the young men
.-uming of age during the past year
was held at Dobson and Mount Airy
Wednesday of this week and 208
egiatered in the county. The Regu
lation was so quiet that one would
lartlly know that anything out of the
>rdmary was taking place in the
county. ,
ORDER COAL NOW.
The United States Fuel Administra
ion has designated this week as
'Early Order Week" and urgen every
ine to place their order NOW for
oal for the coming winter with their
oca) coal dealer. By doing this you
rill enable the administration to
mow just what quantity each county
trill require and the production at the
nines will be increased if possible to
ake care of the needs of the people,
rhe local dealers will not be able to
ell you definitely that they can fill
rour order but by placing same now
rou stand a much better chance of
retting coal than by waiting later.
G. C. LOVILL,
Chm. Local Fuel Com.
Food Notice.
The food regulation in reference to
he amount of flour that an individual
an UN has been modified to this ex
ent: That each person is allowed to
ise as much a* three pounds a week
nstead of one and one-half pounds.
Vhile this modification has been made
ret. the Administration requests that
kll persons use as little flour as poe
ible as the supply of wheat Is very
ihort.
This June Ith, 1918.
W. F. Carter, Co. Food Adm'r.
Dr. Moir Martin has returned from
> business trip to Richmond, Va.
Bryan,
Dobfon,
Elkin,
Eldora,
Franklin.
Long Hill,
M ai ah,
Mt A'y No.l.
Mt A'y No 2
Pilot,
Rockford,
Shoals,
Siloum,
Stew'ts Cr"k
Westfield,
Totals, 505 175
> THE WAR AT HOME.
If any am minima Umt tk« nr li
kK bar* H aaar oM dMr tha raadlnc
»f tha following alary may bnn« light
Ba U known bate* raadlag tha Mary
that far numy bundrada of yatn tha
civilixad utlMii hava had uniamU
by which non-com bafnta, that i*.
paopia who ara not actually fighting
in tha war, war* not la ba attackad
by ai nil forcaa. Tbia laft tha wom
an and child ran «afa In all riviluad
couotrlaa. Savagaa la all land* hav«
navar failad ta murdar woman ami
cMldran and tha a(ad and infirm
whan thay could. Tha raadlnn of tha
■tory that followa will abow to any
ona that Garmany baa ravartod to
tha matboda of tba navaga and haai
tataa not to attach woman and cbil
dran. and attack tham In tha dark a*
would an aaaaaain. All of which aha
will ana war far la tar. Tba atory fol
lowa:
Uwu, Del, June 4.—Nineteen sur
vivora, paasengers and crew, of the
submarined •teamahip Carolina, wrrr
landed here today and brought a har
rowing lata of tha sea, Ula newi of
lh« loss of Ml of thair number and a
remarkable riuui of a ifirl while they
drifted helpleaa on the orean during
a severe thunderatonn .Sunday night.
Ten boat a left the Carolina before ahe
waa aunk by tha Herman aubmarina
U-37, all paaaed through the name
storm and the aurvivora here Kftid
thay had fait aure all were loat. They
expreaead great joy when informed
that moat of tha Carolina's company
had bean saved.
Tha IB parson* landad here were
brought in by a British vessel that
picked tham up more than 26 milea off
the Delaware cape*. They were tak
en in charge by the naval authorities
and cared for at the station near Cape
Henlopen. In the meantime, no one
was permitted to see them, but they
made full statement* to naval officer*.
None of them had any knowledge that
the submarine had shelled the life
boat*.
The story of the survivor* did not
become public until they were taken
to the railroad station late thi* after
noon and left for New York. One of
their number, however, waa detained.
He is a German member of the crew
and will be held pending an investiga
tion.
Carolina Warned Sunday.
According to the survivor*, the Car
olina wax warned late Sunday after-;
noon by wireless to look out for sub-1
marine*. The steamer wax advised {
that a three masted schooner had just1
beer sunk and was cautioned not toi
show light*. At 6 o'clock Sunday j
evening, a submarine appeared above'
the surface close to the Carolina. She
was about 360 feet long, survivor*
said, and later was identified as the
U-37."
"The submarine signaled something
which our captain could not make out"
«aid one of the survivors, "and then
the U-boat raised the German flag.
We were ordered to heave to and the
raptain, fearing that the submarine'
would shell the steamer if he did .101 i
ibey the order, signalled the engi-;
leer to reverse the engines and stop.
"A German officer with an armed
fuard came alongside and gave or
lers to our captain to lower all boats
tnd leave the ship in 20 minutes. Of
:ourae, it would be useless to say that
tone of us was frightened, for where
here are more than 300 on a ship
ibout to be sunk there must be some
imid ones. Good order was maintain
>d, however. The sea was smooth
ind there appeared to be no elements
if danger. Nobody thought of a
torm and the German officers appear
ed to show consideration to the pas
engers as they hurried to leave the
iteamer.
Motor Launch Capsized.
"In going through the steamer, the
jermans found a fireman who had
>een left behind and ordered a life
oat to return for him.
"When this last boat was clear the
■ermans shelled the Carolina seven
imes. Then she burst into flames,
inking slowly.
"After we had drifted for I do not
;now how long, there were faint
lashes of lightning on the horixon and
ster when the pufly wind began to
trengthen we instinctively knew
here was trouble ahead.
"The storm came; quicker than we
x pec ted it. The wind blew like a
•ale and lucked up a nasty sea. The
oats pitched and soon became depar
ted. We, who were in a motor
tunch, seemed to be alone in the
tortn. Rougher and rougher became
he water and the boat rolled and pit
hed. Finally she capnixcd and all of
he 36 in her were thrown into the
ea. She was righted and capsixed
gain while we clung to her. This oc
urred several times. The storm pas
eel and the sea began to calm. It was
litch dark.
"Finally we kept the launch righted
ut she was full of water. We clung 1
o her and haled out the water with
ur hands. Some could not stand the
train, became exhausted, let go their
old and sank. It was terrible. We
ailed out enough water to let one of
>s in. Then he bailed furiously and
nough water was scooped out to per
mit • second to get into the launch.
Ve kept on bailing until the launch
miiMtU b«i the weight aI a thM
SO«i a faartk.
BM Nlaataaa Laft.
"Wi kept tkia I* all night Whan
tha laat waa heJpad over the aide wa
found that tkare were but It a/ ua.
Muteen had gone."
WiU tha cowftf a f daylight tka
hopea uf tka survivora roaa with tka
aua. Tka sea had ralnd, hot day
light revealed nothing but tha broad
expanse of tka Atlantic. AU hands
c<JBa to tka conciliate** tkat nana of
tha othar baata had safely coaa thru
tha storm and that all in tha* must
ha»a pariahad. __
After a while an ohjact waa seen la
tha watar. There waa no way ta
raach it aa tka launch had I oat har
gasoline and aara. Tha launch, how
avar, drifted cloaa and tka aurvivora
wara atartlad to diacover a girl aliva
clinging to tka bodlaa of two drowned'
man. Tha bodiaa wara incaaad in Ufa
belta, but tka girl-wore noaa. Sha ap
l>aarad to ba a good awimmar and with
har own efforts and clinging to tha
two bodies for support she mantgrd
to remain afloat. Tha launch got taar
enough to har to effect har raacua
and it provad to ba Elona Donate
Virola, of Porto Kico. Sha is one of
tha two women landa<l. Sha wa< ona
of those in tha launch and became sep
arated from it whan it capaizad. Tha
idantity of tha two daad man is not
known. Thair bodiaa wara laft and
tha launch continued to drift until
Monday aftarnoon when it was
picked up by the British vessel. All
the passengers and crew suffered
from exhaustion, bat wera well on the
way to recovery when they laft for
New York.
Thirteen by train and Ave, who
missed the train, want to Harrington,
Dal., by automobile, where they con
nected with a train northbound from
Norfolk. The two women brought
ashore wore but little clothing and
they were supplied with complete out
fits by the woman of Lewes.
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A New Enterprise.
Down on Cburcfa Street is a busy
factory that has just bean started.
Mr. Bausley Beasley is operating a
ntave mill that is eutting out barrel
staves in a hurry, requiring the ser
vice* of a number of men and boys.
The mill was pat in operation this
week and the machinery is working
lika a charm. The staves are cut
from three foot blocks after being
first steamed for several hours. The
staves are sliced off the black, thus
there is no waste from the cut of the
knife which Lakes the place of a saw.
The indications about the new plant
are that Mr. Beasley is preparing to
do a large business. He has a truck
and is hauling the logs and timber.
from the country as well as buying!
from the farmers.
When "four
House Stretches
Hsst sod cold ouw the wood
in buddings to expand and coo
tract. Paint that is not ilosHr
cracks and scshs, aUowinf the
weather to reach the wood ft
brea it is supposed to pratsct.
Psint sxpsnds snd contract*
with th« surface it coram——
when it is made of
Dutch Boy
Lewis Brand
White-Lead
mixed with purs linseed oiL
Such paint is elastic and ex
pands and contracts with the
wood. It will not crack and
seals when subjected to the
Our stock of paint and paint ma
terials is larte. We recommend
Dutch Boy white-lead be
cause it is used sod sndorssd
by psopls who know point,
Ws can ssrrs you so satisfac
torily a» we are serving your
nsighhnrs.
W. E. Mcrritt Co.
YOU WILL FIND HERE ONE OF
THE MOST COMPLETE AND UP
TO-DATE LINE OF MERCHAN
DISE TO BE FOUND IN MT. AIRY
Every accepted style in Summer Foot wear. Perhaps you have seen a part of
our stock, but there are many re«v styles that you havent had the pleasure of seeing.
Styles for Women, Misses, Children and Men that possess all the high quality that
mark every piece of merchandise in our Store. You'll agree to this once you have
experienced the delight of wearing foot wear which look neat and dainty all the
time feels as restful as your old pair the first time you wear your new shoes, and is
serviceable and economical because they are made of the best of leather.
We are showing some beauties in Brown and Grey oxfords Ties you will find a
size and style to meet every demand in this lot. And too they are moderately priced.
We have surpassed every thing we have ever shown before in dress goods.
White materials for almost every purpose, New NoveKy plaid silk, ginghams, pret
ty vailes, skirting in new plaids and stripes. The latest styles, ideas and fabrics
are embroided at the lowest prices made possible onlf by our tremendous buying.
Prices are continuing to increase rapidly. Our stock was never more complete than
at present and with the real summer season at your door you could not possibly And
a better time to buy. Certainly you will the range, for selection better now than later
New lot of fancy colered shirts, soft silk ars and Summer Underwear. Buy
your supply of Summer underwear and shirts now before the present stock is ex
hausted for the prices will be much higher later.
Style—Quality1■—Price
Gents Furni tngs
JACKSON BROS.
Mount Airy North Carolina.