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Mount Airy News. Ota yaar I1J* CASH IN AOfAMCt BUSINESS NOTICE. V Wa know axactly hma much pa par wtU ha allowed to tha publiahara ai Tito Nawa daring tha coming man tha. During tha oast two waaha wa moat drop from tlto I tat about 200 aubaeri bara, thia hatng naraaaary to radoca tha circulation to tha M par rant ra quirad by tha govarnmant Mubacrib ara wba ara • yaar or mora bahind with thair auhaeriptlon will ha drop pad A rat and than thaaa who ara far thaat away whara it coat moat to pay tha poatoge on pa para will rotna naxt. Tha only aura way to gat tha Mount Airy Nawa ia to aaa that your pa par ta paid for ia advanca. Tha labai an aarh pa par ahowa tha data to whirh it la paid. REGISTRATION DAY Tha 12 of thia month Han haan deal fnstad by tha Government as tha day for >11 man from IS to 4# who war* not ragiaterad in tha pravtoua regia t ration a, to an roll for military aervice. It i* planned to make it a great day all over tha natian. In many placaa Lhara will ba patriotic » peaking, mu sk and other entertainment. It will be a red latter day in tha hiatery of tha world. Just how many aoldier* will' be had from tha ragiatration it la impoaai bla to aay, but there will ba enough ■elected to utterly annihilate the mili tary power of tha Hun. Tha taking of IS year eld boy* and of mature men la going to entail aacrirtce* hitherto unknow In thia country, but we be lieve that any aacriflee made will be in a cheerful apirit on the part of oar people. The honor of our great coon try, the aeeority of our homes, and the future happiness of the race are all at stake, and he would not be a man worthy of the name who would shirk bis duty. There ia doubtless some inclination on the part of some people to dodge their duty, but it is going to be well night an impoaaibility. There ia not a man but that hia age ia known to others than hia family, and the paraon who cornea within the thaite, and then claim* that he is too young or too old, will sorely be found out; and that mean* disgrace and dishonor. In some sections are those who were six teen years ->f i«re two yean ago in order to get automobile license, and are still just sixteen. Te have heard of one young mm who thour.h he was eighteen and «o did h<s family and friends, hut since the draft law was arranged, they heean latching th> re cord* and upon finding tha* he was only seventeen, wer.- so overjoyed that they invited in a lot of hi* friend* and made him a great din ner in honor of hi* SEVENTEENTH birthday. We believe howeve* that any at tempt to evade responsibility will he very exceptions!. Most of our people are willing to leave their home* and business a' the ca'l of the country, and do it jr'adly. If any Ho ! ry to dodge it is the duty of any who know of it to report the matter to the iu thorities, for a man who wil' play the coward when his country i* imperi'Ied, ought to be covered with the contume ly of a free people. Let us enter into the spirit of the times and by otir whole-hearted loyal ty say to the Hun that this county, the giant of the wok'err world is ready with treasure nr.o fcljod to see the scrap through. Soldiers Addresses Wanted. The News ha* keen collecting for some time the names of citizen* of Surry who have son* in the army. We have secured a number of these from the record* in the Local Board office, but there are many citizens who have •on* in the army who volunteered or went in some way that no record is shown at the office of the Local Board The only way we have to *ecure the*e name* i* to (ret them direct from the parent*. We also are sending the New* to France to a number of the yoomg men a* regular rubscribers. It would be an act highly appreciated if a fund eaul'l be raised and the paper be *ent to every boy In France. If we gan get the addresses of the boy* away from home we will be able to mail out a few copies of the paper each week, copies that are left over after regular list is mailed' out. If narents will send u* the present ad •'ess of their son we will make a re cos >1 of it here iri the New* Office and It will be found hardy in many ways, f) ir people will not be able to keep in too close touch with the boys, and eve ry one of them should lie kept up with as much as possible by the folks at home. mack doubt about bow th* ilirtli* m |iii. TIM* la daa to the fart that i stabilise iai<t<il« bay found it tmtmmry to mtht ittirkt igtmat1 itlirrall that ara no* usually aadt. Tha attaa^a m of such a natura a* to make on* think they ara uneasy and afread of dafapt, and willing to grab at th* provarbial drowning man'• at raw. N*w It la wall known that to attack th* pereenal character of a eandidata 1* not good politics, unlaaa tha candidal* attached la bad to a de gree not romaon among man in pub lic Ufa. No man of tana* la exporting parfaction in thi* age, and no man I* looking for eandidata* who have no im parf action*. Tha republican organ of thi* county ha* boon, from waak to w*ak, making indlract attack* on th* democratic can dldataa and appaaling in th* utrongest term* to republican* and rititona to vota only for GOOD man. Again and I again thi* has,bean rapaatod. to vote] thi* yaar only for GOOD mon. Now •vary on* know* that thi* issue I* mighty poor fighting ground for a party that can mak* a* stronger claim* for It* candidate* than can the republican* of tMa county, and we never would have aaid even that much against th* republican candklataa, if they had not raised the isiue thorn solve*. If there I* a man on the repub lican ticket who would rare for the word "good to be displayed in capital* along with his name we doubt it. But the party Organ would make an issue this year of the fact that the republican candidate* are GOOD men. therefore every GOOD eitlaen should vote the republican ticket. Well strange things do happen in politic*, and may be this issue of GOOD men will catch the voters. Th* truth ir the candidal** of both parti** in th* county are men of such reputation a* to meet the approval of their supporter*, and are men of aa high character s* one expert* to And In politics. now tvtrjr on* can rcmtmiici »»i| well when rtpglHiaiu in Surry ap pealed to tha voter* to vote the re publican ticket becauae of the "full dinner pail and high prices of tobacco" And right then tobacco eaa selling for eight centa per pound. Now to bacco ia Milling for mart than thirty centa, and republican! never mention tobacco when talking politic*. When Wilaon wan elected nix yean ago the voter* were told that the country >would go to the bow wowi, and that the people would starve. Now a man pays his debts in one year I and clears enough off his tobacco to buy a new automobile. Republicans never mention prosperity now that the scale has turned. And there con ditions existed before the war, too. Now a man sells a load of cabbage for more money that he could sell a load of tobacco for dunng the times when republicans controlled the coun try. !>o party ever worked a scheme harder for rotes than the republican* of Surry did the subject of proa perity. For many yearn the voters were told that the party that brought prosperity was the party to vote with, and this carried such weight that men were caused to torn republican. For 40 yean tobacco sold under republican rule for eight cents, and men of Surry lived in two room houses and rode in one horse wagons, and voted the re publican ticket. And republican ora tors told them that was prosperity. When Wilson was elected tobacco jumped at once to such prices that life tim« renters 1>ecame land owners, and put the little wagon under the shelter, and now Mary Ann and the children go to church in the tin Liz zie. And now the republicans have qait talking prosperity, have you no ticed, and are telling the voters to' vote for GOOD men. Any way there is a warm contest on in this county and every one is predicting that part, at least, of the1 democratic ticket is going to be elect-1 ed, even if the republicans have put out GOOD men against them. It U truly embarrissing for some of the boys who got automobile license two years ago to now,- be claiming their age to be just 16. { Patrick Man Sfcot. Walter Webb, a citizen of Patrick' county was brought to the hospital in this city Wednesday night to he ( treated for a gunshot wound. He was: operated on at once and it was found that one shot had gone into a kidney, and one into the stomach and some into the intestines. The man ia in a dangerous condition and not expected to live. Report has it that he and his neighbor Thos. Dobbins had played cards for money together and that Dobbins shot him with a shot gun as the result of the game. Webb ia a man of family and has property. ft wtotor Mhf. TIM* haa been aa if year hi much W thle Mate ami haaa in ran to need faeding to carry Early in July K m ftvwi oat fna gar for ray purpoee ■boald apply by July 15th. »nhn>ai about thia town made application aarf vara re ferred to the local Feed AMaiitra tor. In one way and another the ia auing of certiAeatoa haa beea put off and winter la approaching and no de finite tier talon haa been reached In thia rtato aa to what will ha dona. In reply to a letter of the Food Ad ministration at Raleigh we got a let ter wanting to know If wo had any other food for thefa. Of course if heekeepera had honey they would not he aaking for aagar, and augar ia the only food that eaa ha uaad far win ter feadlng. The local food adwiniatratar for thia county la not ■ heakaeper and know* nothing of the need* of the baa*. In this county aoana of the man in authority ara under tha impreaeion that baaa ara abta to ahift far ihn aelvea and ahould not ha allowad to conauma augar. a Tha Department of Agriculture at Waahington appropriataa annually tifltOJOO to ba apant in North Caro lina to educate tha faimaia on tha aubjert at beekeeping. Laat aummer a trainad Md nan tama through thia part of tha atoto and held many meet ings at which ha lacturad tha far mart on haw to keep baaa. Hia lac turaa craatod much intaraat and ae compliahed juat what tha government daairad. Now any man who la informad knowi that tha production of honay rail a for artificial faad for tha una reaaon that tha production of milk and buttar ralla for grain. Tha baa ran no mora I It a off tha ranga than ran tha dairy cow, and for tha aama raa aona. And yat tha food adminiatratora have no far rulad that baakaapari muni hava only a limitad aupply of au gmr, in thia a Lata, and baakaapara hava baan abla to rat no ruling that will allow them by buy tha augar. Of rouraa tha food adminiatratora can put tha baakaapara out of buainaaa, but it would bo tha part of wiaaiom to atop ftaid aganta from trarating ever tha atato larturing on baaa before thay make conditiona rach that bee* can not exiat. And »o in tha-light a' thaaa facta it ia the duty of the authorities to poat up on tha buainaaa and not cauae the porpoaa of tha government to ba de feated by not allowing augar where it i* needed. It appeara to ua to be the duty of the North Carolina beekeeper* Aa aociation to gat buay and aaa that <ma ruling ia made in thia atata that will allow *ugar where It ia needed. Men who ara intereated ahould write to Mr. Franklin Sheman, Jr, Raleigh, N. C. He if Preaident of the North Carolina Beekeeper* Aaaocia tion and ha ahould ba abla to get the relief needed. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JOHN DOBSON. It was Hom«thin(t in the way of en tertainment to hear the Hon. John Dobson, bark in hi* palmy day*, tell the voters about the many nice thine* farmers brought home with their money after selling their tobacco for eight cent* a pound, under the glor ious republican rule. It was a day of great rejoicing, Mr. Dobson would declare when the fr.rmer went away to market and sold the product of hi* labor and got the money and brought back thing* the family needed. If Mr. Dobson cared to get into the game, on the right side, it would be some thing now to hear him tell of the 30 cent tobacco, and the cancelled mor tgage, and the tin liiiie atanding out under the barn shelter, and the deed to the broad acre*, and the nice paint ed cottage where once stood the little boxed-up three room house. Mary ha* been to college and is now teaching the neighborhood school, the old man has taken on pride and wants to be the neighborhood magistrate, and now walk* the earth a free and indepen dent citiien. in our imagination we can hear Mr. Dobson handle these facts in a way to carry the country all one way, if he cared to get back into the game, on the right side. Mr. Columbu* F. Norman, a highly respected citiien of Westfleld town ship, died at his home near Rrim, on last Friday about noon, in hi* 71»t' year.» The funeral services were' conducted at hifi home on Saturday afternoon^ by hi* former pnBtor, W. M. Wall. He was buried In the fami ly graveyard near hi* recidence. Mr. Norman wu a consistent member of Mt. Merman Methodist church for about AO yean. CERRON C. MUTCHRNR Par Hwim W R*pnM*tou«« ROBERT A. FREEMAN Par dark of Suparior Court WILLIAM O. HATNES Par Cmmtg Traaaurar PRESTON H. SNOW Par Ragiater W Daad* MILLARD P. PATTERSON Par Caronar DR. S. T. PLIPPIN Par Stortf R. CLEVELAND LEWELLYN Par County CoawiutoiUTi OLIVER N. SWANHON lUfiitrtri far Sip>«i>fc»r 12th. Pllat TownaMp. It E. Smith, Chief. Pilot Mountain; I. H. Gordon, Pilot Mountain; J. 9. Patteraon Pilot Moun tain; W. J. Mwanton. Pilot Mountain. RwkM ImmM*. W T. Daven port, (Thief Hock ford; J. Prank Burrua Rerkford. Sllaam Township Dr. I. T. Fllp pin. Chief. Sllaam; W. T. Criaamen, Mm*. M boa la TtonaMf. R. 9. Scott, Ckiaf, ShoaU; J. P. Owena, Shoal a. Stewart TawaaMp. Will Lovill, ckiaf Mt. Airy; T. D. Golding Round Peak; J. H. Eaat, Mt. Airy; J. W. Johnaon, Mount Airy. * WaatiUM TawaaMp. N. D 9. Hill. Chief. We.tfl.ld; W. B. Blair, Weat flald; Dr. J. Thoa. Smith, War. tile id; Raid Snoddy, Mount Airy. Bryaa TawaaMp. A. H. Wolfe. Ckiaf. Thurmond; J. C. Kapp. Kappa MU1. Dabaaa TawaaMp. A. D. Polgar. Ckiaf. Dobaon; B. F. Polgar, Dobaon; R. A. Freeman, Dobaon; 9. G. Brim, Dobaan. IMari Taa aaMp, W. L. Chilton, Ckiaf, Ararat. Klkia TawaaMp. J. H. Allen. Chiaf Elkin; J. 9. Atkinaon, Elkin; C. M. Bodankeimar, Elkin; C. G. Armfleid, Elkin. FraakHa TawaaMp. Willie Gentry, Ckiaf, Law Gap; Edgar Corker ham, I.ow Gap. Laag Hill TawaaMp. G. J. Key. Ckiaf, Ararat. Marak TawaaMp. J. M. Kay. Ckiaf. Ruak; J. C. Baaa, Ruak; Sea lea Drau ghn, Crutrhfleld. Maaat Airy TawaaMp. Ward Na. I. A. E. Tllley. Ckiaf. Mount Airy; Win aton Pulton, Mt. Airy; G. C. Lovill, Mt. Airy; E. H. Hennia, Mt. Airy; J. D. Minick, Mount Airy. Mt. Airy TawaaMp. Ward Ma. S. JoknBanner. Ckiaf, Mt. Airy; J. B. Sparger. Mt. Airy; J. H. Carter, Mt. Airy; Henry Wolfe, Mt. Airy; E. H. Korhtitzky, Mt. Airy. ' 4iaa Meeting at Flat Rock. Re*. J. H. Haynea, paator of the Baptiat rhurrh at Flat Rork rlbaed laat Sunday a meeting of two weeka that attracted great throng* of people and added many new member* to the church. 2«1 were baptized laat Sun day afternoon at Hamhibrg mflla and 18 othrra joined the church. Othera will be baptized on the 3rd Sunday in thia month at the aame place at 3 p. m. ________ The Germans are Working Among the Mexican men. I»n Angeles, Cal.—United Statu and California state officials are in vestigating a report that German symathizers below the border are spreading the report that Mexican laborers who come to this country are liable to be impressed into the United States Army under the new IS to 45 draft law. As many of the laborers on the ranches of the Southwest are Mexicans, such propoganda is one of serious import to the nation. In some rases, according to reports made to United States Collector of Customs John B. Elliott of Los An-! flea, German propapandists have in-i duced Mexican laborers to quit jobs in this country to return to their homeland through the circulation of such reports. That steps to counteract this prop-' aganda will be taken at once, is the assertion of both Mr. Elliott and the officials of the State Council of De fense. Many of these Mexican labor-1 ers are now earning as high as $30 a week in this country. Aside from this propaganda, it ia reported that various sinister reports are being circulated in Mexico as to this country's purpose in the war, particularly emphasis being given to the insinuation that under conditions as they are at present all Mexicans are better off in their home country. To put a partial check on this kind of German intrigue in Mexico, plans are being made by men who have business interests below the border to finance a tour of the Mexican bor der states, where the Germans are now more than ever in control of business. The plan is to send a score or more of Spanish-speaking business men into these states to acquaint the Mexicans with conditions as they really are In this country and to »* assure them as to the attitude of the United States toward Mexico and the Mexicans. Shots! We Nod Your Shoe Trade! Shoes! Don't forget we can fit the whole family at the right prices of course you know how shoes have ad vanced, but we have a large stock on hand. We bought a good while ago and we are going to give our customers the advantage of it Be sure and give us a chance before you buy we can save you money. Steele Shoe Co. Second Door corner Franklin and Main Mount Airy, North Carolina 1918 Race Program For Surry County Fair First Day, September 24 No. 1—2:27 Trot $400.00 No. 2—2:24 Pace 400.00 Second Day, September 25 No. 3—2:20 Trot $400.00 No. 4—2:16 Pace 400.00 No. 5—2.23 Trot 400.00 Third Day, September 26 No. &—2:14 Trot $400.00 No. 7—2:19 Pace , 400.00 No. g—2:13 Pace 400.00 Fourth Day, September 27 No. 9—2:17 Trot $400.00 No. 10—Free-for-all 400.00 All races under rules of the National Trotting As sociation. with stated exceptions. ^ Colord drivers barred. Hopples allowed. Money divided 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. No horse can win more than one money. En trance fee 5 per cent of the purs*. with 5 per cent addi tional from money winners. Tw^jj more horses owned or controlled by same stable may start in any race by paying 5 per cent on each horse started. Mile heats 3 in 5, six to fill, four to start. Rights reserved to change program or dclare off for bad weather, or any other unavoidable cause. Entries close September 17th. Records made that day no bar. EDW. M L1NVILLE, See., Mount Airy, N. C. WANTED! 200 women and girls who are willing to work and learn io operate sewing ma chine* 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 modern convenien / ces. il The MAYO MILLS T. C. BARBER, Supt., Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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