Mount Airy New*.
Airy. N. C- Jim U. ttta
THE WAIL
Mora and mora It ia coming to light
that thia ia a war of the KIN(«H
ifiiiut the people. Th# kings of tha
earth since tha I >• ginning of recorded
hiatory hava ruled with tha idea of a
great aalf importance that amountatl
to making everything to f*i»t for
them and their favored frienda. Thay
finally got to thinking that thay had
a divlna right to rule and that tha peo
ple existed solely for their lieneltt.
A king had a prrfert moral right to
go to war and tacriflce unnumbered
live* if he took a fancy to a prank
like that. A king had a right to plunge
a nation into war over the slightest
inr.ult like the selecting of a wife for
• eon from a neighboring king. Great
warn were fought to rarry out Mime
petty prejudice that happened to get
into the mind of a ruling monarch,
poaaihly when he was under the in
fluence of strong drink. The kings
have l>een drunkards in many canes.
It now hai- developed beyond a
question of doubt, that thia war ia the
atruggle of (he kings against the
spread of the spirit of a rule of the
people.
In the German Congrean the Socia
liMtn hml been able to elect aa many aa
ftfty member* to that body, and the
number of Socialist member* wax
growing from year to year and, from
the standpoint of a king, this growing
apirit in favor of the people hail to be
■topped in Hint way. Either the nr.
tiona of the earth must be ruled by a
popular rule of the people or they
will be ruled by a net of king* who
have absolute power over their sub
jects.
If Germany had not gone to war in
• few years that country would have
been aa democratic aa thia country is,
for the Socialist party would aoon
have had enough members in their
con^reaa to have made laws that
would take away the king* power, and
disband their great army and put a
stop to their great military plans.
This Socialist movement, which was
an effort on the part of the people to
better conditions, was antagonistic to
the ambition: of the kinj.-., and must,
in some way, be brought to an end.
Now in Germany no man dares to open
his mouth in favor of the principle*
that were advocated by the Socialist
party. The man who antagonizes the
ruling clans there now get* put out
of the way quick, in some manner.
All U1C Uftni UI UlCHt tacts 11 IS
very evident tliat this war is no small
affair, for the kings are banded to
gether to fi«ht to a finish or carry
their point. The Emperor of Germany
and the Emperor of Austria would
sacrifice every man and woman in
their kingdoms rather than yield a
point, if this would aid them in their
mad ambition. They care not one
straw about the lives of their subjects
only us it affects their own welfare.
And so the war is raging as it nev
has been before since it began four
years ago. Germany is trying tc
whip the British and French before
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America can get into the game in a
way U> render much assistance. Thr
readers of the newspapers may nol
expect any change in the weekly re
ports of what is being done, possibl)
for all the summer. It appears to tx
a long drawn out contest between th«
people on one side and the kings on
the other.
Germany'* War on
The Wounded
German airplanes recently bombed
a largi; American hospital. Hovering
at low altitudes, every effort was made
to hit the main building, which was
conspicuously marked with the Red
Cross emblem. Doctors and nursee
removed our wounded boys to trenchei
previously dug for such emergencies.
National War Savings Day gives an
opportunity to register in a practical
way your vow that such things must
•nd.
oyal
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■t ia
ktn, far t
now and than oftan
a mint at good.
Ia Um flrat place there haa. far
yosra, baan entirely taa much confua
ian in our achool in tka way of unruly,
big boy*. Thara ia no way out of tiiU
troublo only to endur* it. Juat no
lon( aa paranta allow tka hoy* to grow
up uncontrolled and unrully diaobodi
ant ia the home and pattad and indulg
ad. juat aa long will teochora hava
hard tima who muat hava thaaa boy a
in achool.
Tha School Hoard get* rradit
not atanding by the taachara - In tha J
management of thaaa unruly boy a. W»
doubt tha juatnaaa of thia charga. i
Tha School Board haa, at timaa. triad
to Una up some of thaaa bait boya and
gat them back in achool whan thay
wara appralal to by tha paranta. It
ia only natural that a School Board
I
would try to halp a parant in tha
managamant of hia wayward young-'
alar. But in doing thia taachara hava i
thought that tha influence of tha |
Board waa to make tha boya think tha
taachara wara not in full charga of
tha achool. If it haa not boon ao in
tha paat, tha man who ara in charga
of tha achool ahould b« given full au
thority and b« allowed to manage tha
school aa their boat judgement lead*
them. Thar* I* auppoaod to bo fric
tion h*ra Itatwaan the Board and the |
taachara. If thara la it ahould b* ra-j
movad and that apaadily. No man
should ba kept on th* town'a pay roll
who cannot ba trusted without for
evar being watchad by thoae whose
business it i* to employ him. In the
| laat analyaia th* Board ia not aup
i poaad to be dictating about the man
; nar in which tha taachara carry out
I th* daily routin* of their work. A
i pupil ahould not think that he can run
' to the Board with every little griev
ance that ariaa* in the daily work at
the achool. The Board doe* not exist
' to aid in teaching the school or in
managing the boya. The Board ia not
| -elected because of the ability of in
' dividual members to run a school, but
, rather for their ability to judge man
j and their fttnesa to teach. Any Board
' might get misled in employing a
teacher. Then the problem would be
to get rid of him and not undertake
to aid him in teaching.'or in any way
control him in his work.
rue problem or Mrunnt urarner* in
■aid to he a difficult one here, and yet
we huve number* of young women
I who have gone fron. our town to col
1 lege and educated themselves and are
making (food a> teachers in other
towns. It is well known that some
of these young women have desired to
teach here. Some of the teachers who
are allowed to go away from here to
other towns, beyond a doubt, are su
■ perior in ability to those who are se
cured uway from here. We need to
| employ our own home talent in the
school as much as possible.
In this connection it is permissible
to say that the school would do a
I wise thing if it would and could se
cure the service* of Mr. J. D. Minick
as principal of our High School. Mr.
Minick is one of the most highly edu
cated men in our country, making no
exception. There may be those here
' who have never thought of him as a
! teacher, but rather as a business man.
I Mr. Minick taught successfully for
| years, and if his aervices could be
1 used in our School it would be a wise
' move to make.
It has Iveen an unfortunate circum
stance that for a year there has been
too much friction in our school man
agement, and beyond t doubt there
has been friction. All this has been
discused at length in the selection of
the new members of the Board re
cently. As it now stands the School
Hoard is made up of as able men,
taken as a whole, as could he select
ed in this town: W. F. Carter, chair
' man, E. fi. Kochtitiky, E. M. Lin
villc, J. C. Hill, and J. H. Sparger. If
thene mtn ure not able to give us a
good school it would be hard to select
a Board that could.
It may be true everywhere, and to
some extern it is, but the greatest
weakness in the management of our
school la the lack of parental con
trol, and the lack of aid and coopera
* muat apaad IU early tfc *• Mt
rf MdMi mm da far a AIM aa thay
wmU Ilka whan tha dMId la paUad or
MriH or aaslartatf by tha praM.
And to pat aad ladalga la rftaa waraa
by far thaa ta aafiact. And tbia u
a phaaa of IKa that aUaply ranaat ba
raatbtd. tf a parant la dlapaaad la
plant wrong Idaaa lata a child's haad
thara la na powar on aarth la rhaog*
thla.
Thara la na raaa«n why aar school *
■hould not ba a cradit to our towr
and tha abava art tela la praparad with
tha hopa of aiding, to soma axtant, in
brinfiiHf about thu moat daalrad ai^l.
FOURTEEN YEARS
ON THE J
Fourt**n >•»" »*o Ih« pre^ni edi
tor of Tha Mount Airy News took
"f «*»■ paper. How wall tha
people have been •.■rvad mnra that
time ia ■ subject that otWa can bet
ter pan■ upon. To .ay tha least, it ia
evident that an effort haa been ma<la
U> koap up with tha march of pragma
an<l not la* bahind tha moving throng.
The office of tha papar haa been
equipped with modern machinery and
a homa of ita own which ia something
to be conaidared.
We have had enough knocka to
make ua appreciative of the abundance
of encouragement that haa come our
way. No newspaper ever had a more
loyal net of frienda than now are
lined up with The New., and a large
number of them have been in line for
yeara.
From a financial point of vie*/ tha
buafneaa ia a success in a amall way,
that ia it will make a living for a
man and hia aeaociatea. it they do not
expect too much in the way of a liv
ing.
Aa an opportunity t« help and to
ml urate it surpasses all other*. Aa a
force for good it stands next to the
pulpit. Thin i* true hecauae of the
aupport and backing the paper get*
from the best element of the people
of thin section of the country.
In thia connection it ia not out of
place to aay that no a/ne man can ac
compliah much working alona. Foi
reaaona which might be hard to give,
the people of thia section are moat
friendly and cooperative in their vol
untary aid in helping to make Th«
Newi worth while. Great number,
of people have a disposition to give u<
information they hav-Hhat will aid ir
gathering the current news of the day
In thia way they become voluntary re
porters for the pap.r, and aid much
in making it a paper worth while.
It might not be out of place to May
that there are a very few people whe
never mention the p.per only to knock
it, but a certain amount of thia an
tagonism seem* to be beneficial in thia
age and <tate of the development ol
society. Possibly the man who knocki
Home is a* much in place as the mar
who encourages.
To say the least, we are highly ap
preciative of the patronage and sup
port we are getting from this aection
It is our ambition to make The Newi
a means of putting this age a round
higher up on the ladder of progresa
and the very fact that the moving
leading spirits of the county are co
operating with us gives color to th<
fact that we are, to some degree doing
a work worth while.
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COUNTY SELLS BONDS. ^
Since the good roads movement
swept over this county bridges hav<
been built in a great many place*
All these bridges were put up witfc
money borrowed on short time. Tc
take care of these debts thus create
the sounty last Monday sold a hundred
thousand dollars worth of bonds t<
run for long terms at 6 per cent. A
number of buyers were present fronr
distant cities and the bidding was al
public auction. The bid that got th«
bonds was for a premium of $7,970.00
That is the New York Banking houM
that bought the bonds takes the coun
ty's note for 100,000.00 and pays th«
county <107,970.00 for it. This is th«
largest amount that bonds ever sold
for in this county. It is worthy of
mention that the bond buyers said al
Dobson that becaus* of the new court
house they were willing to pay 16,000.
more for the bonds. Thus it is vary
evident that the building of the court
house has advanced the credit of the
county, to say the least.
I
JlUM IS, Itlkj
f. Cartor,
Mount Airy, M. C.
raj pa pan or Nto im»I»iih
juMUtiM oi »uftr tktt My bt told
radorad, two mndl MtowncMUiimfl
Twi>y-(Wa p*—da or ctnnini and
[M««»rvt»t purpnaoa only upon rorti
IciIm. Do not wish proaarving and
Maine rratfictod but doaira uUncut
cara IB UN at iu|tr. Individual a ro
fuinnc mar* thou twenty-flv* pound«
at on* tint* will bo allow ad to pur
rhaaa only upon approval of
Fond Adminiatrator. Inatroct all daal
ara to koop arrurata doUilod rarurd of
•vary aala of >u|ar from thia data.
HENRY A. PAGE.
Food Adminiatrator
3oMi«r Writaa From Franca.
The following latter la from t.lau
tanant Jaa Allrad to hia father who
livee naar thia city. THa lattar wan
received laat week:
Oaar Mother and all:
I am now aaaigned to duty far, far
away from where tha gun» are rear
ing. ( did at laaat want to ha in
hearing diatance, but I gueaa you will
ha glad to know that I am aafe in
that reaped.
Franca ia a vary beautiful country.
Everything ia different from what it
ia at home. All tha land ia cultivated
no traaa are to baa aaan anywhere.
Great atone walla are between every
maiTa farm and hia nigh bora. Many
of the houaaa ware built nundreda and
hundreda of yaara ago. I am having
a great time learning to apeak the
language. All the pen pie are very
kind and will atop to talk to ua. They
think that all Americana are very rich.
The pru-ea hare, though are vary reaa
unable, in fact, leaa than thev are at
home. Although the country naa been
at war almoat four yaara.
Mother, I want you to know that I
think of you all often and would like
*o much to nee you.
There ia no rauae for yoii to be un
eaay in regard to my aafety. I am
now living in a hotel. The rate* arr
very reaaonable, the bed* are (imply
thick, noma of them have canopie*
over them, ao that you aleep like a
king. Hope you are all in good health
I have had a cold aometime, but am
feeling better now.
Write to me often and tall aiater al
to to write when you don't feel like it
Lovingly your aon, JOE.
Luxuries aa uaual mean* a victor
ioua Germany. Save and buy War
Savinga Stamp*.
Thrift and patriotism are aynony
naoua.
Norfolk. V*.. Juna 10—«wvtv*i |
of tha A want*. frmcktor PW Dal
Kio, ail mag har* today from Mm
lax, N. C. Mid tha (itrmmn aali— ni>»
which ask thatr vmmI 110 silo
northaaat mi Cap* Hanry laat Satur
day morning, after a a|arn Hhm of
mot* than aa hour, waa vrcMipan'vi
by a larga «lw»ir which thay l>a
ltavad ta ba a "mathar ihip." Thay
tl«,^uMrt«l that aftar thatr vaaaal
waa -ant down by runflra, tha tub
ular Ma *ank two Amariran wlu>|
Waiter B. Burrow*, !ir»t aaaiatant
fnimw of the Pinar Dal Rio, de
K-rtl>"<t the rraft accompanying lha
*ul marina aa a vaaaal of about 0,000
tfroaa tuna, witn a ainila funnel amid
<hip. She wa« painted grey and >Umd
unr two or thraa mila* In th>- ilfing
while tha aubmarine nank the Rio.
When tha American rraft want down,
the tibmarine aignalled tha vaaaal in
int-i: atlonal roda, "follow ma." and
| the I boet and har connort tteamed
away,
A ording to tha aurvivori, tha ftr»t
of tha aailing rraft attacked by tha
| *ul.marine aftar aha had destroyed tha
^ Km waa a »hip, While lha second wan
:i whoeoer. They knew nothing aa to
the fata of tha two crew*, but arniumed
that lha men wera allowed to take to
■ the umall hoata aa were tha captain
; and 3t man of the Rio'* crew.
' William L. CUrk, of the naval re
-arvna, who naid he wax aboard tha
Rx ■ in trainig for nervice aa an officer
on a merchant veaael a»*erted that the
uhr-iarina fired nix ahota at tha Rio
I before tha American craft stopped.
Both Burrows an<f CUrk -naid*" tha
' submarine wan abour 250 feet long
with what appeared to be about aix
inch calibre rifle* mounted fore and
aft, rhe U-boat, they said, wan paint
ed a light grey and appeared to be
weather and nea worn.
When you buy War Saving* Stamp*
i you do not give—you receive.
| Don* wait to be urged to join the
W. S. S. army. What if our men in
.the trenches waited to be urged?
Is Your House
Paint Hungry?
Many houMi are. The wis*
hoUH-OWIMT MM to II llM paint
hunger la not allowed to bacooM
Look yrtar hooae ovar today. V
tha paint to worn down maly,
ail over, mora than Ukeiy
Dutch Boy
Lewi. Brand
White-Lead
waa uaad. If yoa aaa bliatera,
cracks, and bare apota, yoor
houae waa coated with an in
fenor paint. In either mot, lac
tha next application be Dutch
Boy white-lead, thinned with
para linaeed oil—tha amootheat.
firmest, moat durable paint that
can be mixed. Any color.
Whether your paint needa be
small or great, yoa can be aura
of finding what yoa want on oar
ahelvea, and whatever we sell
you will merit your confidence.
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 rev styles that you havent had the pleasure of seeing.
Styles for Women, Misses, Children anil 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.
Style—Quality—Price
We have surpassed every thing we have ever shown before in dress goods.
White materials for almost every purpose. New Novelty 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 only 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 find
a better time to buy. Certainly you will the range for selection better now than later
Gents Furnishings
New lot of fancy colored shirts, soft silk collars 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.
JACKSON BROS.
Mount Airy North Carolina.