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Mount Airy /Ncw». JL ft. JOMMKlN A *>M. hMMM ■mi Airy. n. C, fcfC Ittk. ltli. Wa know exactly hm much paper will ba allowed to the publlahere of Tka Newa during Dm eoaiif aionthe. During th« next two week* wo muat drop from tho Hot about 200 aubecri bara, thia twin* naraaaary to raduea tho circulation to tko Mi par cant re quired bjr tho government. flubacrlb am who ara a yaar or mora bahirul with their aubacnption will ho drop pod drat and thei> thoao who ara far thant away whara' It roet moat to pay tha poatage on pa para will coma next. The only aura way to rat tha Mount Airy Nawa ia to aaa that your papar la paid fur in advanra. Tha labal on each paper ahowa the date to which it ia paid. WANTED—AN ISSUE The men who are leadera in tha ra-| publican party, at thia time, in thia atate are at a great disadvantage be cauae of the lack of an »uc. There ia now no great queation about which | the two part lea are not agreed. Whin one comaa to think of it there ia not a tiling that tha democratic party ia I putting into effect that republicana, are not bound 10 endorae. .Since Wil-\ aon wax elected xix yeara ago tha; country haa aeen legialation enactad that revolutionized the banking aya- j tern, and thia the republican party hail i been unwilling to do. It put the money power on a different baaia and ia aup-1 potted to have made conditions auch that the rich men of the nation can no longer control the wealth of the coun try. Hi* •T» CAM IN ADVANCE. x— BUSINESS NOTICE. 71m world we. t to war, and the na tion baa look ad on whila Mr. Wilson wan abused and ridiculad by tha re publican party because he was a man of peace, and triad to keep the coun try out of the conflict. He waa abus ed for not going to war with Mexico, and all the time he waa trying to straighten out thia tangle by tonfer-. ences and notes, he wan made > laugh ing stock for the country by leading republicans. Finally condition* became such that the honor of the nation was at a take, and we could remain out of the world conflict ne longer. Leading men of all partie» wanted the nation to fight, and congreee enacted lawa that placed the nation on a war footing almoet without a dissenting voice. Now that we are at war Mr. Wilion and his party, aided hy the great men of the republican party, are carrying on the war in the most satisfactory way. Never was such great undertak ings put on foot with so l'ttle confus ion and delay. Wise laws have been enacted that make conditions for the people at home as favorable as they can be. The men in the army are being car ed for as well as it Is possible, and the business condition* here at home are such that there is almost no room for complaint. Never have the fanners and business men* of the nation had such opportunities to accumulate wealth, and while th.s is true of the farmer it is also true of the condi tions that surround the laboring man. While living expenses have increased, labor has become in such demand that wages are high, and the man who works for low wages now is hard to find. In the light of all the** conditions it i* almost ridiculous to hear a re publican politician clamor for a change of parties. For what reason should the party now in power' be turned out? Now in fact there is no food reason why the party should be repudiated in thia dark hour of the country. And all thinking men know this to be true. Looking back over our history now. suppose the nation had repudiated Lincoln and hia party in the very heat of the struggle be tween the states. It would have been the most unreasonable act. Lincoln was overwhelmed with a task that in volved the welfare of the nation, and to have complicated matters by taking the reins out of his hands and putting them in the hands of some other, pos sibly inexperienced man, might have been a calamity. And the same is true now. Mr. Wil son is «ble to carry on this war in a successful way. both in the field of action and here at home. He is able to do this because he has the ability, and he has a congress and senate back of him that will aid and follow his leadership. Now suppose the country should elect a congress and senate that are not in hatnony with j'r. Wilson, it might prove to be a cai:<mity to the country. And the thinking men of all parties must know th:s to be true. In the light of these facta republi can leaders are without an issue. Home of them are resorting to abuse and slander of democrats, attacki on ka m «• Now. ik« imk ia that CJu* la a tiate whan all mm <Kuum ba thougtiful mU cmaidarate of the *rl(*ia of Ik* country If whan a vota. thia ia the time. If mi a tnatf iHim (Ka i|uWtlan» at i» aua iTild ba carefully and though t fulljr walgfrid by the volar, tku ia tha time If aapabiiea-.i leadara want to carry on a cam,a>an of abuaa of dem ocrat*. uair.c rack tarma aa lying, •teallrg, raarality, thief. ate., that ia tliair buaineae, but in a lima Ilka thia aurh a r-n»fa'*n •• «l voat aura to in jury 'Jie api'WIcan party, aid aepe rialh tbi laadere. mora than they will ha abla to profit by »uch method* of rampaipi. STEDMAN AND THE SOLDIER'S PAY. CamiicUta Kurfaaa ia har'l up for an ■•aue whan ha at tempt« to make it appear that Major Htedman wanted tha privata aalC'.mr to have leaa pay. Ha charffea that Htedman voted to re duce the waitea.of our i.oldiera. while aa a matter of fact, there haa never lieen auch 3 hill before the congreaa. There waa a bill tiefare ronrrea* to increaae the pay of the private from fl5 to $30, anil Major Htedman work ed for it and voted for It. It waa aent U> conference and when it came hark, it put it down at |2fi» per month, with twenty per cent increaaa for foreign aervice. Htetlman also votad for that, and hecauae Preaident Wilaon and the war department wanted the matter diapnaed of aa quickly aa poe aible, he voted agninat aending it hark to the conference committee. It went back, however, and when it waa again reported, increasing the aoidier'a al lowance to $30 the aongreeanan from im mm ifiin vow ror iu inai u as plain as daylight and could be fathered from the records by an or dinary school boy. It prove* conclu sively that Mr. Kurfees ia short on brains or lone on imagination. Congressman S ted man has worked on every occasion for the betterment of the soldier's condition, and has vigorously supported every measure looking in that direction. In so do ing he has been lined up with such eminent Republican leaders as Repre sentative Khan of California; and when the Republican candidate in this district criticises his opponent on this icore, he ia giving a Mack eye to his own party leaders. After Mr. Kurfees read his key note eaaay at Do be on a few weeka ago which seemed so tame and mild, many Vere wondering what he would do for an issue. Ha has found one. or thinks he has, and is gloating over it like a hungry mastilT over a discarded soup bone. But so far little attention has been paid to him, and if this is a sample of his intellectual fitness to grace the halls of congress, there is not much chance for him to command much attention. It looks as though he will have to keep on peddling paint. The public is most respectfully re ferred to the letter in this issue of The News by Fred Johnson wherein he tells of the treatment the folks in New York got who violated the re quest of the government about saving gasoline. Rotten eggs and potatoes were used on the folks up there who had no more patriotism than to joy ride on Sunday. ^ rs The Times-leader last week had a column article showing how democrats is other counties of this state are trying to steal the soldier vote. One man read it and mid, That looks very much like camouflage, in the light of what has been going on here in Surry. Get that. If any^one thinks the hearts of the farmers of this section are not with the country in this war he might change his opinion if he would watch the work of the Red Cross Girls as ihey gather in the tobacco at the ware houses these days. If good looks is any aid to making a good school we have a set of teach ers here at Mount Airy who should be able to straighten out the tangles for the many youngsters in our town. Good Morning. Hav* you stolen any soldiers votes. f \ Giving the Gala Tobacco. And old farmer with two sons in France was here with tobacco this week, and when the Red Cross Girls approached him for a small contribu tion the old fellow, roughly dressed and wcatherbeaten, reached down into his pile and with two big paws got up —not a few hands, but a whole armful as much as the girl could carry. She went uvay and the old fellow said, I don't mind giving the gals tobacco, I have two sons in France and we must do all we can for them. That man has a heart inside his rough exterior. te play tfce |Mt at way Im haa (MM at U, w*T aa» rharga that the Majn navar heard a bulla* la Ma Itfa aa4 kaava natttflfc at tha Ufa at a soldier. Why aat rharga Uai ha wrt bu m art at tka ram try to haap him oat of tka war. Why aat rharga that ha la ■ alachar and holda hia titia at Major eoafarrod by nawapaper adttan aa a joke. Why not tail tha vetera that Majar Mted navar risked hia Itfa on any of tha Virginia hattla flalds. Why not aay ha la strong for tha war whan with paopta of layal spirit and awfully agin tha whole democratic mess whan with tha slacker rlaaa. Why not rharga that ha bought ;ua( anough hnnda to keep out of tha rrlticiaai of hia neigh bora and haa baan dangaroualy near arraat all along harausa of hia dla loyal ranarks. If Mr. Kurfaaa cares to go to making charges with ao lit tla ragaril for tha raal farta in tha raaa why atop with tha one charge of voting againat soldiers T It ia em barrassing for a gentleman U> have to anawer rhargea, even of they are falae, and it ia embarrassing to Major Stedman and hia frienda to have to rarry <>n a campaign with men of tha type of John W. Kurfeea, for Major Stedman never caat a vote in hia life that waa not rant to better the condition of the aoldier boya. He waa a soldier him aelf when a boy, and knowa the life of a aoldier with all ita hardahipa, and yet he muat now anawer to tha charge of a man who poses aa a patriot, and would caat atigmaa on honorghle men to rarry hia own point. Major .ttad man voted every time he had the chance to raise the pay of the soldier boya, but Mr. Kurfees has twisted tha farta so aa to try to make it appear that the Major ia anything but the friend of the Soldier. Kurfees' attack ia sure to injure what little influence he ever had, for no thinking man will be misled by such political methods. WHAT WILL KAISER SAY. Governor Bickett rot on thi Ui«« uf noma republican politicians when he vividly drew a pictur* of what the kaiser will say if the nation changes officials at this time, ami the demo crats aie repudiated in tho routing election. Mr. Bickett thinks the kai ser would be pleased. Evidently Mr. Bickett is correct in his position, and why a republican ran take ofTensc at this, we are not able to ree. In the 1 light of reason does aAy one suppoee the South would not have been de lighted if the North had riven a black eye to Lincoln during the civil war by putting him out of office and electing some man who held different views. Nothing could have pleased the South better. REPORT OF CONDITION OF TNf FIRST NATIONAL BANK At Mt. Airy, in the state of North Car olina, at the cloee of bueineee, Aug. 31. 1918. RESOURCES Loans and discounts t607.H5f.52 Overdrafts, 6.439.16 U. S. bonds to secure circ. 7S.000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, 20,150.0O I Stocks other than Federal reserve ban* stock 8,026.00 Subscription to stock of Fed Res* rve bank, 3.000.00 1 Banking house. 20,000 00 Lawful money reserve in vault and with Reserve Bank. 27.641.82 Cash in vault and due from national banks, 34,284.53 Due from banks and bankers (other than above), 2,000.84 Checks <>n banks in same city as reporting bank 680.20 Outside Checks and other cash items 430.50 Redemption fund withU. S. Tress, and due from same, 2,500.00 Total, <808,010.57 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid w f 75,000.00 Surplus fund ../!. 25.000.00 Undivided profit*, 16,744.93 Circulating not«-» 50,000.00 Due to National Bank*. 942.7* Due to bank* an J banker*. t, 796.93 Individual depoats subject to cnefk 262,563.48 Caahiers checkk outstanding, 2,974.44 Certificates of deposit, 201,715.42 Postal savings/deposits 373.58 War Loan deposit account, 21,400.00 Bills paKble. T 42.000 00 Rediscount^, / 103,500.00 tal. $808,010.57 State of North Carolina, Surry Co., sa: I, T. G. Fawcett, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the beat of my knowledge and belief. T. G. Fawcett, Cash. Subscribed and sworn to before me thia Sept. 7 191K. P. L. Hawks, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: Geo. D. Fawcett, Ttios. Fawcett, M. L. F. ArmAeld, Directors. Deferred Classification. "Did Angela reject Sammy when he proposed ?" "Not exactly, but she put him in Class 5, only to be used as a last re sort."—Life. of the Tatatra Board at Trad*, and Km advar-tlaed the man lint u wMr l| aa poaaibie. The fimtri are ask ed for • voluntary eantrlbuUon of to bacco (mi the wmn a* they mind. The ladiae oa doty pin a rod rroaa on •vary man who halpe aad pot another on hi* tobacco whan It la put on tka floor for aaJe. The buyera aaa ta it that tha man who aid tha Had Craaa cat tha top of tha market for thai* The farmer* have been very liberal in their rontribatione and the outlook la Hill I letter aa the aaaaon advance*. One man cave thirty pound* ona day which sold for twelve dollar*. Hardly a ainfie man ha* refuaed to help. It la an easy taak to aarure a rrmtribu tion from a man who' haa a aon in the war. Every week the buyera and warrhouae men will make a donation on a certain day. The part the ladiea are taking in thia work i* real »a<*riflce. They are expected to be on the job by *even or ■even-thirty, Ave morning* in the week, and remain until the *ale la over. Tha only way thia ran he done without too great inconvenience ia for everyltody who ran to volunteer their aarvire. Two ladiea are in charge of a warrhouae and they call to their aa aiatance aa many aa are needed from the liat of aubatitute*. The four team* in charge are aa followa: Mr*. T. If. Worrell *"<* Miaa Mary Hoi ling*worth, Mr*. T. N. Brock and Miaa Virginia Moore, Mra. Win* ton Fulton and Miaa Lucy Hadley, Mra. Charlie Ball and Mr*. John Willett. The fol lowing have promiM<i to ~help when railed: Muni Susan Ashby, Lucy Reace. Anna Rmc<, Mary Franklin Graven, Gertrude Smith, Margaret Aahby, Ruth Smith. A lire M (-Cargo, Louise MrCargo, Lillie Allred, Iran# Smith, Myrtle Beamer, Annie Salter field, Lola Woltz, Mary Hannah, Au (uata Shelton; Mesdames N. H. Mar ion, O. H. Yokley. Ed. Banner. D. E. Hoffman, Leater Hawks, eGorge Faw cetta, D. C. Abaher, W. B. Haymore, P. A. Otorp, H. R. Hege, and H. B. Row*. Thus far the amount of tohaceo col lected each day ha* aold for almoat a hundred dollara, and the safes are yet light. All other citizens have been canvassed for the Red Cross more than hsa the farmer, and now that hia day has cone, ha is responding in a most commendable way. Notice to Rural Primary School Teachers. The institute for primary teachers will befrin at Dobson on Wedneaday morning October 2nd, at 9:00 a. m. and continue for one week. All who expert to teach and did not attend the institutelast year must attend this in stitute continuously. J. H. Allen Co. Supt. Democratic County Ticket. For Solicitor—11th Judicial District S. PORTER GRAVES For Senator—27th Senatorial District CEBRON C. HUTCHENS For House of Representatives ROBERT A. FREEMAN For Clerk of Superior Court WILLIAM D. HAYNES For County Treasurer PRESTON H. SNOW For Register of Deeds MILLARD F. PATTERSON r or Coroiji DR. 8. T. FLIPPIN Kor Sheriff R. CLEVELAND LEWELLYN For County Commission! rs OLIVER N. SWANSON Women of America. "Vou, too, Are Called to the Colore." Hie Government places in your hand* a great responsibility in the full ex pectation and belief that you will let nothing weigh in the balance against the fact that Your Country Needs You Many thousands of graduate nur ses have been withdrawn from civil ian practice for military duty. There is urgent need for many more with our fighting forces overseas. Unless more nurses are released from duty here our wounded men over there suf fer for want of nursing care. And they cannot be released without your help. The Nation must have 26.000 stu dent nurses now if we are to fulfill our duty to our sons who offer their bodies as a bulwark between us and our enemies. Every young woman who enrolls in the United States Stu dent Nurse Reserve will relieve a gra duate nurse for war duty." Wo are fortunate In having a train ing School here in our Hospital. If you are interested write Mis* Marjorie Snell or. Dt. Moir 8. Martin, Mt. Airy. N. C. 2t. mm tt Fair at Dm will ba Tuaad»jr, Say*. IT, aa4 •»■»> RM la P try U attend. Tfca Fair wiU ba Thursday. IMk, and tha Zaphyr Fair arUI ba Frtalajr, Sayt. MU. Daa't fargat tba liataa. TWa will ba g—4 jadffaa tkara that will aaylasn Umr work and ou car* ta aak. Dr. H. R. Hege Dentist Omet BOUBf: 11. a. ta It a. DELCO LIGHT INCREASES FARM EFFICIENCY Waahing, ironing, houiwleaning and a hundred tireaome tan kit are made eaay by Delco-Light, the complete electric light and pewer plant. Delco-Light furninhea, bright, clean safe electric light. It will pump water run the cream separator, churn, wuh machine, vacuum cleaner, electric iron, fanning mill, grindittone anil other light machinery. DELCO-LIGHT help* the farmer and hi* family to do more and better work with le*a effort, and mkmi pay* for itaelf in time and labor tared. Specification*: The Engine ar.il Generator: Self-franking, Air Coolod; Ball Bearing*. .Self-Stopping. Kuna on* Kernorae. The Storage Battery: Glaaa Jars, Euy to care for; Trick Plate*. Long Life; Rubber Sheet*, Wood Separator*. Durable and Efficient. Dealer R. Y. COVINGTON, Rural Hall. N. C Domestic 'Emgimtmimg Cat, D«;tw, O., Makers of M(S-U|M ProdKta Owmr 50,000 Seibs&sd umti Eodorao DELCO-LIGHT. Watch for our Exhibit at th« Surry County Fair. Shoes! Shots! Buy your shoes now aad fct ready for The Surry County Fair Sept. 24-25-26-27 Steele Shoe Co. Second Door corner Franklin and Main Mount Airy, North Carolina WANTED! 200 women and girls who arc willing to work and learn to operate tewing ma chine* in the finishing department. We pay good wage* to learners with advance ment in pay after you have learned the bus iness. .. We have a nice clean comfortable building equipped with modem convenien ces. The MAYO MILLS T. C. BARBER, Supt., Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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