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Mount Airy News. j. ft. JoaumN * son. Airy. N. C, Aa* Mk IMS. BUS1NEM NOTICE. We know exactly haw muck paper will he allowed ta the publiakera at 11m Nm dirlRf tka caning month*. Daring tka next two weeka wa muat drey from tka llat about 200 aubecri bara, tkia being neceeaary U> roduea tka circulation ta tka M par cant re quired by tka guveriuaant. Hubacrib ara who ara a yaar or mora behind with their aubacription will ba drop pad ftrat and than thoaa who ara far tkaat away whara it coat moat to pay tha paataga on papara will coma naxt. Tha only aura way ta gat tka Mount Airy Nawa la ta aaa that your pa par ia paid for in advance. Tha labai on each papar shows tha data ta which it | ia paid. FOOD INSPECTOR NEEDED. If tha oAeiala who ara at tha head of tka food admiiuatration want ta da something worth whila thay can And a profitable Aeld ia the inspection of tha corn maal that ia now baing fur niahad ta tka paepla far food. Wa have reference ta na special mill or brand of maal. If an invaaligation ia naada tkaaa facta will ba found ta ex lat at tkia Hna Paopla ara required ta buy maal and in a graat many ia stancea, a majority wa think, it will ba found that tka maal on tka markat ia of ao vary poor grada aa ta maka it practically unfit for food. Tka re sult ia tha citixan faada it ta hia chick ana or hia pig or cow and aata up kia flour. Aa ona man axpraaaad him aalf, They can maka ma buy tha maal but if it ia not At for food thay can not make ma eat it. And ao ha ia buying meal along with hia flour and ftada tha meal to hia cow and pig and aata the flour. Another man who told of hia experience claimed that he could not eat the meal that he get* on the market and that he w» right j then off hia job because of aickneaa j which he haa good reason for thinking waa ilua to eating or trying to eat ba«l com meal. We And from inquiry that tkia maal i ia not the product of any one mill or, section, but appaara to be general In the light <rf tha facta aa they ap-, pear to ua to be, the food authoritiaa should get buay and enfora some re-1 gulationa that will insure to the peo-| pie that a grade of meal be furaiahedj that arill be At for food. Kor a man to buy meal and then not { cat it ia defeating the efforts of the country to save food, and alao impo-1 veriahing the citixan who muat makei a purchase of food that he cannot uae., /COAL FOR WINTER.^ | 'lut winter there wu great dan ger of suffering in this city and it wa.i by the merest chance that people did get coal. It wilt be the same way again thin winter. And it will be the part of wisdom for citizens to get bu sy and lay in a supply of fuel now while it can be had. Lash winter there was much talk j about the high price of coaly Now any citizen, or liuch of citize^r, has a clear. field to order direct from the mines and .save dealers profits. All you have to do in to get busy and place your order for a car and have it ship ped direct to you. There will be some saving, if one cares to save in this way. The prices being charged by the coal dealers in this city are fixed by the fuel administrators of the county and state. It is based on a just and { fair basis for safe business. No one i is forced to buy coal for the woods, are close to us, and if the Government should do its duty by the whole coun try and cut out the disposition to ca- I ter to the public sentiment of thp land, not a pound of coal would be ; ■hipped to places where there is an j, abundance of wood. It may be of in terest to the citizen to kmw that right i now the mines are not turning out as much coal as the country is demand- i i ing and the increase demand is con-'i stantly getting larger. More ship® | are being built and more factories^ started , all of which call for coal. I The man who waits until next win- I ter to bu> his fuel may expert to pay ' about two prices, for labor of all kinds is increasing, and the price of fuel is I al«o increasing. One day this week a citizen was asking and getting 15.00 a cord for his wood right here in i Mount Airy. Next winter it will bring $10.00 a cord, when sold on the street* ^ in small lots. • ^ J1 Tha Presbyterian Sunday schools of i th> First Presbyterian and Rock f churches held their annual picnic at < Brower's Springs Tuesday. The day , | was fine and a large crowd attended | Baking the occasion one to be re- | ■Maa bared for Ha rest and pleasure. J1 to IpM irMli'l—. fee the critic mt tee lamn the trwth k m( aac f—nlr a knacker. The Feed Ad iniatf tin ie illMMt t bad grade of corn m*al to ba palmed off on the peepla. T>a facto nay ha ignored, but it ia Jifat aa criminal far the Food Adminiatretioci to allow bad condl Immu to extot, if tkay ran ba rata* iM, aa It ia faa a alackar ta continue to La a alackar. Ruiaa and regulationa ahuuid ba formulatod aad enforced that will brine about a revolution ta the aaannar of getting rorn aaaal to BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. Thar* never waa a tuna ia the hia tory of thia country whan a man had a' bettor opportunity to ba a rood neighbor. Thia waak nearly a hua dred boya left the fariaa of thia coun ty, and in many inatancea they left aa old man and aome children to gather the crop. One man. peat middle age and not atrong, told ua of the condi tion he ia in new that Ma atreng young son haa gone to the army. Ha haa two a mail girl a and he haa a to bacco crqp and corn harveet. The two •aull girl* are hia only help. Many other farmera are ia the aame box. Now it ia very well known that far mer* aid each other in many waya. They aaaiat ia building buna, •buck ing com, threahing wheat, etc. In thee* tiaaee when farmer'* aona are away in the army thia apirit of co operation ihould be encouraged, and every man ahould ba ready and willing to aid hia neighbor aa much aa he can. The houaing of tobacco ia not a one man jab, and often neighbor* need help about getting a barn Ailed. The exchange of «tock for heavy healing and plowing can ba made ta good ad vantage In many caaea. The ex change of aeed and aid to the aick and improvident ahould appeal to all thinking people. The atirring time* in which we ar* living are cauaing immorality to ► pring up aa never before. In Ger many it i* xaid that mora children are bom out of wedlock than ever before, and thia may Anally prove to be true in thia country, for war and immor ality go hand in hand. The auto mobile haa given the immoral clement of society a chance to get away from the parental rentraint that protect* young girl*, and parent* in theaej •tranga timea cannot be too careful; about the conduct of their daughter'. It i* a time for all thinking people to I he thoughtful and helpful in every; way they can. , THE MAYO MILLS. 'The new knitting mill in this city has j been named by the ratupmenl The Mayo Mills, and will be known by that name in the future. It ia one of a string of milla from Fries, Va.; Mayo-, ilo, and Winston-Salem largely own ed by the Fries interests in Winston Salem. The Mayo Milt* located here i* un der the direct management of Mr. T. C. Barber who ia the superintendent. Mr. Barber ia now putting in •, large amount of new machinery pre paratory to installing a finishing de partment for mills located at oi.ier points. An expert machinist, Mr. Lehman, of Mayodan is here in charge of the work of putting in this new ma-1 ehinery which includes a hundred sew ing machines. In connection with this department two toremen have just moved here with their families. Mr.' Harris will be foreman of the sew ing room and Mr. Sneed is an expert with machines and will be the mechan ic in that room. Both these gentle nen come from Mayodan. Mr. Claud Lewis, recently of High Point, is fore nan in the knitting department. The mill will soon be in position to ■mploy a large number of people. In mother week as many as 100 %ddi innal women will be needed to oper-' it* machinery that is now being in >talled. Superintendent Barber is an lious to get this labor here in or near Mount Airy, and will offer induce rs en u> that should secure it. He is naklng • plant that will be comfort able to work in at all seasons of the rear. The rooms are well lighted and, 'entillated and there is plenty of >reathing space about. Mr. Barber vill be glad to have The co-operation if citizens in the organisation of this lew working force that will operate he mill. He makes a special Invita ion to all citizens who are either di-, ectly or indirectly interested to visit he new plant and go over it and see, that the new business is trying to do. Vny young woman who would like to lave employment that will be a'steady >leasant and profitable job ran make h* investigation with no coat to her elf. People who migh be induced to ake a position with the mill are in-; 'Iled to come and see the conditionsj inder which they would live and work ►hile employed. The present household sugar ration vith little chance of increase -is two tounda a month in Aaoe-ica, two i munda in England, one and one-half tounda ia France, and on* pound in i taly. A GOOD TEST. The Country aut at lb Musiuippt la now aekod to aave fuol by cutting out all Joy riding on Sunday in auto mobiles. Thia la dona to save (MO Una to ha uaad in tha army. There la a ihurtip, and the patnotiam of tha country la thus put to a taat. Un laaa tha raquaat ta rompitad with tha administration givoa it to ba undar atood that it will ba put In tha form of a demand. Wa predict that tha coun try will fall in lina and cut out tha joy riding on Sunday aa requoated. No man can afford to do otherwise. A GOODY GOODY BUNCH.. Tha Tlmee-Leader la making indi rect attack* on tha character of tha democratic candidates ia thia county. Strong appaala ara madi to tha »o tara to »oto far only good man. and tha word good ia aat in capital letters. Now If thara avar waa a damorratic ticket that could not atoad a com pari - «on with tha praaant republican tick at, aa far aa moral character goaa, wa fail to know of it. Thara ia not tha alightoat disposition to attack character or to make compariaona, but aince tha Republicans want com pariaona made aa to morala and reli gion. they ara welcome to all they can make with thia method of campaign ing. If there la a man on the demo cratic ticket who will not ahow up aa simon pure gold, a gentleman and a acholar when compared along with mom of the republican ticket then wa riae in meotin and demand auch can didate be taken off the ticket. The Timee-Tiaader haa such a high claaa amen corner bunch that ia held up to the world aa too good to take a drink or say a bod word and of course the Timee-Leader naturally expects all good man to fall in line vote the republican ticket. A BAD, BAD WAR. ThU war is working many hard ship* on our citizen*. Take thia rase for instance. A young man drifted into thia city last fall and said h« cam* from Forsyth and cava kit nam aa Mr. George Groaa. He got employ ment and settled dawn to the rem tine duties of lifa. He got acquainted with { nome of the young ladies of the town, and reports has it that marriage was contemplated. In .tome way a police officer had to meddle and make in quiry as to the young fellows age. They had to go and arrest him and he frankly told them that he had reg istered last year down in Forsyith. but had never been called. The wire* brought the news from Forsyth that no such man was registered there. Then the suspicion of the officers was aroused sure enough and they loc^-i ed Mr. (jroes up in the city prison.! Once behind the bars Mr. Gross for-! mulated another version of his life, history, and told the officer that he| had not given an cxact version of his ] past life. Then he told how he had been reared to manhood in Yadkin j county and registered there. His; right name so he told the officers, was Alderman, Cornelius Alder nan, and I that he was called last fall and left ( the county at once Cfming here ai.d. changing his ntme to Grcss, by which j he was known in this town. After hearing all this Mr. Alderman was carried to Camp Green at Chai lotte this week by Policeman Hat cher. Report has it that Mr. Gross was to have been married in a short Lime. This is a gieat nation to waste. As J tn illustration it hax been estimated hat about, a third of the sugar u~i*d )y this country is us»' in coffee and ea. It has been fjr'her estimated 1 .hat about a third of the sugar used| .o sweeten coffee and tea remains in | Jie bottom of the cup undissolved. Hius, it U claimed, more than a mil ion pounds of sugar a day ia wasted —goes to the dishwater from the bot :om of the cups. Enough su«rar is wasted in this way to meet all the de nar.Js of the Allies in Furope. There hav» been a sufficient nuai ver of children mashed up in this good town by automobiles to causa our | teople to wake up on the subject of J aw enforcement. But the work of imashing them up must continue yet iwhile before public sentiment be 'omes aroused to that extent that the aws will be enforced. So long a« >rominent citizens pay not one bit >f attention to state laws while usin* >ur crowded streets, and violate these aws constantly, it is hard to get a wlice force that will do its duty. >ne of these days the Mothers of our i own will vote, and then a changed i ondition will come about. When mo tors vote more and do less fancy i Mtedle work fewer children will go to < he hospitals and reform houaea. Prad Jofcaaan, aaa W the iMw at 1W N«m Im baaa I* tte Minbant frem Kun that he wnlw Imm wtll m Mt ba W lain pi to many H. haa bM on different ahipe la training and baa alraady vulUd auy points of intoraet la Ma travala. la thia coiinaction wo rapaat that Tito Mm will ba |M to haa* tlttnai at tha county mU la far pablkatioa letters (hat the bays writo home. Baa ton, Maaa. Aug. 20, ltU. Daar Mather: I would hava writ ton yaw all yaatar day bat to wara traaafarrad a vain, and tkla Una to tha ably (to*amor Cobb. It toak oa all at Monday evea in( to (at all our pa para aigned and to move. They traaafarrad abaut 1M. Wa will laava hara tomorrow I Wad) for Naw York and Norfolk. It wtll toka about tkraa daya to maka tha trip from hara. Thay will ralaaaa a large numbar of man to go oa ahipa. and I ran not tall whathar I will ba in tha bunch. Some nay I will and oth ara aay not. Everything la crawdad and thara mu.t ba 500 or A00 on tha ■hip. I racaivad both of fatlier'a lat tora Morula? and ona from Kate that had bean hara fa* a waak. Wa made onatbar trip to Maine Fri day night. and rr.ma boric to Port land, Maine, Saturday and a pant Run day thara. Wa comm hark to Ronton Sunday night. You all talk about hot waathar down thara. I hava alapt un dar twa b Lanka La every night far naoat of tha tiaaa I hava baan hara I had to atond watch on tha bow of tha aaip coming back far 1 Vt houra, front 9 to 10:80. Wa hava to rapart avaiy llfht that wa aaa and avary ahip "Pie rhipa do not have cny lights on than, but tha moon waa ahining and wa coa!d aaa them for aoroc dlatance. Going up Friday night I atood on tha boat deck, with a large number of othera, and took in tha scenery until 9 o'clack whan we had to ga to bad. Wa did not rot out of rigiit of land, but L"aveled between land and a atring of patrol boat a that wera atationed off tha coaat. We could aaa aavaral of them at a time, and it waa hard to tall how far apart thay ware, aome gueas ed 3 milaa apart and othera 5. A aub marine waa rapartad off tha coaat and during the night the wirelaaa operator received a S. O. S. call. Some of the boya say the chief engineer waa very much excited. When we go out at night all lighta go out at dark, and if you want to gat balled out good, juat turn one on where it can be seen from the out aide. Do not write me any mora here un til you hear from ma. Will drop you a card at tha flrst place we land. Love to all, FRED. New York, Aug. 22. Dear mother: I have been moved again, and thU time I am ft Brooklyn, N. Y. We landed in New York hay about 10 o'clock and anchored near the Statue of Liberty. At six o'clock we were brought to shore. We are on a ship much smaller than the past one, but everything seems to be O. K., on it. I will not ic° hack to Boston any more, bat will be shipped from this boat to some steamer. I may stay here for some time and then again I may be shipped from here in a few days. To day while in tiie '• arbor 1 saw seven large transports fro out with soldiers. We came through cape Cod canal and took us about hour. Passed under three draw bridges. Then we rame on through Long Island Bay to N. Y. I was in hopes that I could be taken on to Norfolk, and will try to get sta tioned there later. There was a jolly bunch that came with us. About the time you get set tled and iret acquainted they pick you up and it is moving day. Would writ* more, but it is about1 time for the lights to go out. Let me hear from you all soon. As ever, FRED. Sunday Aug. 25 Dear father: I am now in New York city at the' Y.-J1. C. A. canteen at 42. street, 6th j ivt, I have off until in the morning «nd will have a chance to see some, nore of N Y. These canteens are' -ertainly great places to b« at. They rive you your meals at cost and they ' ire fine, can get all you want to eat ror 20 to 25c and it is prepared right —like home eats. At the battery there s a place that all men in uniform can tet all the milk you want free, and it * good, too. A Some of the boy* in ifyis service get listatisAed and quit and go to the irmy. One of them left last night, ast night 1 talked to a seamen who >ad followed if for 15 years and he laid for us not to be too anxious to ret away, but to be patient and wait. ( If you could be here and see the ac ivity of the country you would real-' se the war—Everything here is done 'or the comfort and pleasure of men n uniform that can be. There are, ihows that we can go to and our uni orma is our ticket. There is a place in 27th street, Dth avenue, that we an get a place to sleep for 25 cents. 1 sent soaae tilings home from Coney eotva Uaam OS. I MM aaading irn all at iHmHhU—i at Now Twk ! MB fim to la* aad tak* la tba Zm. Wkan I lW« * yaara ago H did not pM to M M (II. I <mt up la tba Haraid o«ea Pi-May mgbt >ad ill Ih aw ■ ■■and vary aim tad had plasty of tUM to atop aad talk. Unj bava 70 typa aatting machinaa.. I will probably ba bora for mm tiaaa aa tbu It tba laat chip aa|aai la tba aarviea of tba U. 8. .Shipping Board. Wban aa laava Kara wa go lata tba rtgglfr *feipptnf nrviM. Tba big (iarau fan Valarland wai to laava Kara yaatorday at I. It carriaa about 14.0M troopa and avary tliaa It rmaaa into port tboy work on It and maka room far mora. Tba aol dlara alaap In 3 ablfta «ach ahlft ba ins 8 hour*. Thay ran accommodate S000 In haramocka on tba dacka. I am going to try to aaa tbia abip if I ■toy bora long anouik. I<at ma haar how avarytblng la gat ting on at hoiaa. Aa avor, FRED. U. S. 8. Dortby Bradford. E. Fifth Htraat Piar, N. w York City. SOLDIERS TO CAMP. Tha following list of Surry ritisana Uft hare Monday morning for Caap Jackson where they to for military training. Wat. B. Laftwteh. Easter P. Stanley. Grady M. Emaraon. Harrey Brevenburg. Jaa. Rom«y Riddle. McKinley J ones. Oaaia P. Walla. Wlllia Emorv Parker. William R. Bel ton. Isaac L. Wright. Rural J. Doaa. Thoa. B. Raker. Arthur W. Kirkman. Bryan Johnson Wm. McK. Jackson. Romie Hiram Hardy. Cariaas Daa the rage. Willis Hodgaa. Clarence 9. Baker. In* Ml Jh. a. Marahail. Bab* lil|W. Kdward A. Itd». HrtnaraM Wall Jhw Colltna. Kay A Thomaa Ju. C. Wkito. Will P. Graaawood. HUB W. Ha«H|». Jhm R. Sachriit. Dallaa M. Haider. Ju E. Collina. Willi* P. Jahaaaa. Joa Martin Collins. Marrua W. M. Evan*. Thomas V. Rachela. Walter H. Siak. John S. Galyean. Joa M. llolliway. Chiaia M. Jaaaup. Walter E. GtMay. Clint 1. Burrham. Omar A. Brannock. Jaaa J. Amburn. Wendell B. Stone. Kot>art Paul Harm. John Kay. Krancis M. Tarry. Wade C. Moody l.uthar M. Hard jr. Evart T. McCain. Sam Marshall. Dan W. Whitaker. Milton Y. Aahburn. Robert Mont Colbart. Walter Hunter Critm. Otte Raavaa. Arthus A. Aahbum. Oaud J. Johnson Raid M. Cook. Samuel G. Joyce. William Brown. Jaara W. Stewart. Edward Loyd. Worth Monay. Brady B. Hica. William M. Cook. Ed far M. Schaffnar Charlia P. Oonathan. Banjamin Shinall. Charlia M. Rose. Gaa. D. Mitchell. Klovd Turpin. Seaborn Goinia. Henry S. Poeter. Zebadee D. Jackson. Tboa. Raavaa. Dawitt T. Sparger. WANTED! 200 women and girls who are willing to work and learn to operate sewing ma chines in the finishing department. We pay good wages to learners with advance ment in pay after you have learned the bus iness. . .We have a nice clean comfortable building equipped with moijtrn convenien The MAYO MILLS T. C. BARBER, Supt, Mount Airy, -North Carolina. AUCTION SALE! W. C. MOORE HOME ON ROCKFORD ST., WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd, AT 5 P. M. Tl»i« property adjoins F. L. Smith and W. B. Partridge and has a frontage of 87 feet on Kockford street, running back to an alley. If you want to make yourself son* money attend tkis sale as the terms will be «*sy. MUSIC BY BAflD Linville & Ball
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