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mmm* Airy. M. C.
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9l PORTIK CHAVES
A Uwrw.
at tfcia rfiatrwt m
it ia to aae that all nUun »f the
tawi are pr—m
nr. 8.
to
bla
Now there mrm inn facto about the
work of a Sol xi toe that '.( My ba well
to remind the xxan of, baeraaa there
M no mora important oAra than that
of Solicitor. Wham a man ia irdtct
ad ia tha court* for —me vialatiaa of
the law ha aerwrea tha beat lags! tal
ent ha ran to fraa himaelf. Ha laaaa
eight of tha fact that t>« welfare of
nrittr ami tha liifnit? of tha Stat*
demand that ha ha pur tailed, rather
than aet fraa. hut tfcu feature of tka
caae moat ba looked after by tha So
licitor who appears for tha Stat*.
Now thara ara aa many aeahundred
able lawyer* in this 'tictriet, ami to
place a man in tha nSce of Solicitor
who ia not able to maat thaaa able
lawyer* in iVtatc and la.nl contest*
on point* of law ia a grrjat taharmia
m<-n: to every citizen who want* to
.see the dignity of tha State upheld.
In the time pant men have been
alerted -ji the office of rrorritor in thia
State who could not properly uphold
the State* interest*. and thia should
nev'.r nap Ten rgain.
The repot (.on Mr. Orcvea has a*
a lawyer, both in developing » caae
before a jury and in presenting tha
argument before judge ard jury, ia
aucb ti at no man question* hia ability
to properly uphold tha iutereeta of tha
people.
And thara ia another feature that
it ia well to remember. In every
criminal action -o«e goer! citizen ha*
been injured and want* to aee that
the guiity party ia properly prosecut
ed. Now if tha State ha* aa it* So
licitor a man af questionable ability
thi* injured ntizen feel* that it ia
hi* duty to employ additional aid that
the o« may he properly diapo ed at.
No man in thi* diatrict can come
nearer meeting the geneml approval
of the public thar. Sir. G'avea, and no
man could be secured who will come
aeaiei aaaJntr a strong and fair ond
impartial presentation of the facta
before a Court. Thia being the caae
it ia not oft-a that citizen* feel that
it ia their duty to go to tha anneces
aary expenae of employing additional
aid to the Solicitor.
In the light of theae facta it ia the
duty of all citizen* who want the law
enforced to aee that Mr. Grave* ia
re-elected to thia important poeition.
Every citizen who ia not registered
bum register before sundown. Sat
urday of thi* week, or he will not be
allowed to vote in the coming elec
tion.
NT AIRY HIT
HARD BY SICKNESS.
This good town cot hit good and
hard by the Spanish Influenza. Bus
iness ha" been on the bom, to use the
language of the street, for some Hays,
and it will not improve for some time
yet. Our people were not able to
take the situation seriously for a few
days after the disease began to
spread, and business moved along as
usual until the people were down in
great numbers in all parts of the city.
To undertake to narie the sick folks
is out of the 'juestior. but all class#*
have had it. As many as a dozen of
the t*st knwn bjsiress men
of the city have been sick and some
of them very sick. In many homes
every one in the family were down at
the same time and absolutely at the
merry of the neighbors, and sad to
say in tome instances the neighbors
were afraid or unwilling for some
cause to go to the rescue. The result
was that a distressing state of affairs
developed in many homes.
To meet this condition a number of
the ladies have played the part of
the good samaritan and have gone
from home to home and made up beds,
cleaned up the house and prepared
food, thus making the family a* com
f -table as possible. The doctors
hate beer, on the rash day and night
and we hear that some doctors have
made as many as a hundred calls a
day. so urgent has been the demand
for their services.
By the flrst of this week the situa
tion became so had that prominent
citizens undertook to establish an
emergency hospital. The rooms in
*ve poet office building used for years
b, 'he Commercial Club were secured
a d beds have been brought from the
h* mea of the people who donated
(hem. and arrangements have thus
been mad'- to rare for fifty patients.
If that many should come Citiaane of
the city subscribed as mart, as a
at the faetanaa. The i«haal« i haulm
and ail >«Mli ptmemm in rleaad and.
win net ha opeaed tmtU the rtmii
turn of the pM>yl« ia impravarf.
At tMa Mm, Thur»day morning.
opart* fraw ahout m«r lawn indi
cate that cendtttaaa ere giaatly im
pmai yet there are • number of
vary ack faik. Many fajailiea kava
entirety ran»»aied and tha paMie
mind ia laaa agitated and diepneed to
itafmU report*. And thui hae been
One ia forred to tha riaiclmma that
tha public aiind ia vary much diapoe
ad to magnify a condition that affert*
tha health of tha people. While eea
dition* hera have been had and narar
al hava diad aa tha reaolt, many of
tha atoriee that hava font oat ara far
from tha whole truth. Tn illuatrate:
It rot noratad thia week that frve
hnilw runt to thia nty from Win«
t«n Monday at noon. Tha troth ia
that two hodiea > am«, »n>l atone with
them in tha same (nprn» rar. were
lira empty raaketa shipped hara froai
a factory to an undertaker, tat the
puhlir jumped at tha cmdaniM that
•vary raj Icet ia the rar had the re
main* of wine person in it.
Every citizen who ia interested in
the country ami a rule of the people
should <ee that the voter* register
and go to the poll*. The hooka rloae
Saturday and thia i* the laat day one
ran register for the roninf election.
HOW ONE MAN
CURED INFLUENZA.
It makes no matter how serious the
Una folks will have their joke, and
mom can get a mint of fen out of life
no matter hi w serious others may be.
And this » by way of introductory to
the receipt that we got from a prom
inent citiien of thia village w'rio is
reuly to make affidavit tKat it will
, w <rk a cure for ir.flu m evsry time
! it u properly administered. We will
let k m give the receipt in Ms own
lanir-iage. "" that it may be the bet
ter ande-stord:
"Yes »ir," he saui. "I am southing
of a nurse myself, and if I had time I
could handle these cases of influenza
as well an any of these doctors. Y m
bet I couid. I went home tother day
and found my sister piled up in bed
sick as she could be. Yes sir, she
shore was seme sick woman. I
phoned for the doctor and coold'nt ret
narry one. Then you bet I got busy
myself, for shore something had to
be done, and mighty dogone quick.
First thing I done was to slam a big
drink of liker in her an.l then rcake
on a big Are. Then I got some
quinine and give her a dose. An I
give her a dose too, one that would
count. I piled aT! I couM get on the
end of a spoon handle and slammed
that iner and then piled on the cover.
And now don't you forget that that
woman sure did sweat. By morn
ing that bed <m wet with sweat. Af
ter I got a big fire t» roaring I got
her up out of the bed arrt wrapped
her up good in a chair by the fire
and changed all the bed clothes and
out her back good and warm. Then
I -lammed another big drink of
that licker iner and give her another
good dose of qui n me. Then I had
em rook me s pot of onions and make
em good and greasy, and I slammed
them iner. Yes sir and then I leter
alone for a while and she got all (
ricrbt. Yes sir if I had time 1 could
cure all these cases of influenza ,
ahoet here. But say. let sse tell you.
no need to tackle a ra»e irnlesa you |
have got as much as a pint of licker."
Ami the above receipt is given to ,
tho public hoping that it will do the1
work. We are expecting to hear ,
that it gets general endorsement.
Electric Plant at Mayo Mill*.
The Mayo Mills, of this city arwj
making large improvements in their
plant. The city power is used to drive
the machinery, but because of the un
certainty in getting power when a
drowth prevails in the country, it i
ban been derided to install a secon
dary electric plant. The general
manager. Mr. T. C. Barber accompan
ied by Supt. I. W. Barber, went to
Newbern this week and bought an
eighty horse power electric plant
complete that will be installed here
at once to use at the mills when the
city power cannot be secured. The
Mayo Mills are fast getting la posi
tion to employ large numbers of peo
ple and to operate on a large scale, j
ha ww and ta nuUin tit* effort* of
ranTrf'nr.
BanjMin Harrinon, former Pre*i '
lent of the United States, waa even
n .re emphatic:
If the word goae forth that til* peo
>le of the ','nited fltatei are •tandin*
mlidly behind the President, the taak
if peace roarauaeianeni will ha «aey
>ut if there ia a break in the rank*—
f the Damorratu war* a telling wit-'
ory, it Democratic Consraaeman Sen
itorm, and Governor* are eierted
4pain will *ae in it a irleam of hope;
he will take frnk hope and a renew
U of hnetilitiax. mora. war. may he
leraseary to wure to ua what we
■ara already won.
If theaa urfWMMtii were valid in
l*W. they muat ha a thousand times
r*lid m I»1H whan tha fata of the!
aorld re*te upon the tTnitnd ftates
ind ita government. Neither Mr. Har
•vnti nor Mr. Roosevelt in IW7 raided
lay r|ue*tion xm to 'he patriotism of a
'Vmocratic CongTa**. That wax not
in isaoa. It ia not an ieme now.
ahat they ware concerned ahout wax
:ha effect in Europe of a repudiation
it the poll* of the McKinley Admin
•titration—for that ia what tha aiar
mn of a Democratic Conrraaa in 1AM
would have meant, juat aa tha election
of • Republican Congreaa in 1918
will ha interpreted a* a repudiation of
J»e Wilson Administration.
Tim Republican praa of tb« man
Cry editorially took tkt mum position.
Throughout the conyi aaaional nm
paign of 1MH they made the con
certed appeal to the people to rapport
Che President, that defeat of hia par
ty at the poll* should not be misin
terpreted in the capital* of Europe,
and particularly m Madrid.
"We are at war with Spain,'' aaid
the New York Sua at the time,
"peace miraiaoinna and peace jubi
lees to the contrary notwithstnnrflne
L'pon President Mr Kin Icy and hia ad
ministration are yet the burdens and
responsibilities V a •fstc nf war not
yet terminated- • nd upwr alt patrio
tic citizens of «-er> political party |
rests the duty of supporting the ad
ministration sol sustaining the Ns
Lion's cause »r»irst all foreign ene-1
laies, both by voice and by vote."
Said the Philadelphia North Amer
ican on the aorninj of the election,
tfoveaaber •. 189ff
"The voters will deride today j
arhether the administration of Presi
dent Mc Kin Icy is to be condemned
and the conduct of the war vetoed."
When the Republicans scored a vic
tory at the polls, the North American
iccepted the result as a vindication of
J>e national honor, and added:
"It is a great triumph and must be
> source of rfeep satisfaction and pro
found relief to our much-tried, much
(nduring President. His policies and
ibe policies of the party which he rep
•*-.tent.» have been approved. He can
low proceed, encouraged and unhui
lered, with their execution."
The Topeka (Kan.) Daily Capital,
n an edit oriel. on November 3, IMS,
:ook this view:
The Resfublican party puts it to the
rood sense of the country whether or
io« the election of a Con grees in sy»
Wthy with a President who has
ihown himself equal to every test
rould be for the best interests of the
■omtry at this tiaae. • • • In
inch a campaign no American worthy
>f the franchise should neglect hi*
mv.lege to vote, and every man who
leiieves in stalwart agfieealie Amer
can ism should hold up the hands of
he stahrart American in the White
Souse, and see that his friends and
leighbors do the same."
The Chicago Tribune, on election
noming in Ittft. called on the voters
o elect only Republican Coocres.«»cn
n this lancm**:
"Whatever voters clesewhere may
lo, ihooe in Chicago ahouM show their
ippruciation of all the President ha*
lone and will do. H not hindered, by
♦electing the seven Republican Con
greasmen. They will support the
•resident's policy."
The Kansas City Star'a editorial of
soveaaber S, 1898. Mid:
"Tile people have s'ood together,
eg&rdless of politics, in supporting
he Government in praeecuting the
rar. and there is sound logic in the
o»itent ion of the Republicans that
here should be no rhanifa to the con
rol of CmfTMi unto the issues arii
ng out of the war are settled."
Out on the Pacific Coast a lihe sen
"A CNfNH hoatile t* tha nw
rre »wM multiply the liArnlUaej
i—illfty aa4 itMprm-ly*
If het», »h, not row"
Haw Tm S«n« TW
The (nMMl loan ever floelad haa
uit haan arrompliahed by tha Aatert
■an people. ft means that oar bayi
mil ha tha haat aqaippid nuldiwi in
Jut war, and that they will ha iMa to
to tha aunt Wfartive fighting with tha
aaat laaa of lifa.
Tha greatest -ampaign aver con
torted will take place n tha L'mtad
Hatee during the week beginning ?•»
'amiw Uth. It ta ta ha known aa|
ha Imtad War Work 1 aapatf". ud
llaa aa ita chief aim tha giving of tha
<um of f 170..',o« iKmi (a ha spent in
•erving tha boy. who ara for ua over
here.
There ara savan organization* that
>ra arruit tha boya at tha front.
Th«y ara tha Y«ui« Man- '"hnstian
Aworhttimi. Yumj Woman; fhrta
■ian Aaaoriation. Knight* of Colum
bia Jawinh Welfare Boaril War Camp
Community Servira, American Li-j
Srary Association ami tha ttalration
Army.
These 7 organization* have unit
ed in ale great '-ampairn. Of this
(rent sum of money the Y. SI. C. A.
ia to receive flOO.OOO.OOO ami tha re
maining t70.500.000 ia to ha divided
between tha other 111 organizations.
The value of thia cooperation among
tha religious and moral fotrea of rhe
Country ran not be folly appreciate!.
The appeal ia fmnf to he vary de
finite. Sorry County* quota ia IS.200
Each townahip haa ita quota whirh
will ahortly be announced. The
rounty organisation ia being formed
aa rapully aa possible. Owing to the
present epidemic public gatherings
will be unwise. and it ia therefore of
great importance? that the people of
the County not only read carefully
the arbdaa that will appear in tha
County paper*, but alao tha literature
received by them throuvrh the mails.
J. H. CARTER.
Chairman for Surry County.
Does your House
laugh
A house poorly parted is at
the mercy of Xtw weather.
The gales of Spr#ig and Fall
drive the beatmj rain into
bare or flaked nfaces,soak
ing the wood safd leading to
unsightly warp and decay.
The house that can laugh at rain,
at mow, wind, froat, or brahng
son la the coe protected by food
paint. Ghre your house a few
coats of
Dutch Boy !
* •
m m m
White-Lead
mi awl with par* linawd otl and
h wiO mast all lands of weather.
You may have any color.
your nwwta. balers the next storm
doaa ita damage. Wa carry
nationally advtttaed brands of
Lewis Brand
Drop in nd lot as take
of
W. E. Merritt Co.
1
First National Bank
Mmmnt Airy. ML C.
ReaourcsM over One Million Dollar*
a nffly o#
ery to than who wish to boy for
(or the Fourth Liberty
ids making wcl» dote* for
payments as may hast suit f he buyers
GEO. D. FAWCETT. Pres.
C. L. HANKS, Viae-Pres.
T. G. FAWCETT, Cashier.
Shoes! Shoes!
Don't forget we can fit the whole family at
the right prices of course you know how shoes have
advanced, 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.
S«coad Door cornar Franklin mod Main
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Auction Sale
or THE
1SOM SIMMONS HOME PLACE
I Will Offer For Sale
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2nd 1918, at 10:30
AT !•:» O'CLOCK A. M.
The lama farm. tnUimnf about *5 «ctm aad aitnfari
thrr* mint mmutk of Mount Airy and onr-ftwirth mil* wnt W the OH
Hoik* rood, adjoining th< land* of Sid Siinmoiw, Mr* Hannah
Krdman and other*. On thi* farm is a *<wd u room hou.tr. food ten
ant hour, thrr* tohorro bar». food frrd |in. etc. Thi» ia one <f
the »rry lant tohorro farms in Sorry i'owmy. ItoMtaiaa mbc *ood
bottom bad. At >aiw time nnr rood milk and a quantity of feed
will W arid.
TERMS OF SALE EASY. DO^T rOBGET THE DATE
MISK' BY BAND —SALE BAIN OB SHINE
MOUNT AIRY REALTY & AUCTION COMPANY
J. A. ATKINS. MiMfn.
SHIELD BRAND
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CLOTHING
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