Mount Airy Nora.
J. S. JOSMON A SON.
Ml Airy, N. C., Hww. 14, 1»1*
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CASH IN ADVANCE.
THE WAIt IS OVER.
Til* iu is (iv*r. Woiitiir tin
*l*v*r th It sis o'clock in tka «ofn
inf th* sum b*ing Monday. the ipiiia
stopped fl ring and man laid down
their -\rmrn in tha (Tcntaat srnJIet
this wot td ha* known sine* history
hagan to ha arrtttan. For moi~> jna i
four long yaani literally mitlior.s of
man h iva haan pittad against «ach
othiT. mod with all the weapn » of
"• that modem ci*nr«j ha«
h**n sblt to it. vent. Nothi g that
could b« thou>;ht of that rould he used
a* .( nu an* of destruction has h*en
discn d (I by th* Gnwi a.:d thoir
allicr. Every law of civ 'isntion was
discarded by t!iem, and the war ac
tually took on all thep bases of bar
bir'.rm. It was not enou?h fo' thorn
to use barbarian methods in the fleld
of battle, but they undertook to ter
rorize the civilian population hy rape
ami munler and arson, and in any oth
er way that they could initill fear in
to the people with whom they were at
war.
ror miriy years iiermnny nan neen
preparing for thU effort at world do
mination and the other peoples looked
on and supposed it wax nothing more
that a world farce, and a (Treat waste
of energy and material by the Ger
man people. And r!o, when the war
Anally was launched, it caught tile
uther nation* unprnpared. For the
flrxt yesr Germany practically whip
ped all the armies sent against her.
The second year was largely a year
of preparation on the part of the En
glish and French. The third year
witnessed a deadly conflict between
millions of men with no decisive ac
tioli. The fourth year Germany de
rided to rink all by destroying the
world commerce with her submarines.
Then America went into the conflict
rather than see the whole work of
civilization destroyed and barbarism
be the rule of the rare. The ft rut
year of American effort was one of
preparation, and the world witnessed
a sight that has never been before—
a mighty nation turning in a day
from its ordinary pursuit* to a na
tion of warriors with every energy
bant in the direction of military af
fairs. The brains of the nation aa
well aa the natural resources were
called into action and men of ability
were called from every part of the
country to help in the work of organ
ization.
i n* great wealth of the nation wax
assembled along with the manhood,
and in Ickm than a year America had
men well trained in war ready for ac
tion. In March of the present year
Germany launched an aggressive
campaign against the armies in
France with the purpose of winning
victory before America could get her
forces in action. For three months
Germany was victorious in the field
in every action. By July American■
soldiers were in France in such large
numbers that they could he used to
effect in the great struggle. On July;
15 the Allied armies launched an of
fer.se against the German armies and
took them by surprise, for they had
been fighting on the defensive up to
this time for months. From that
day to the day of surrender the Ger- j
man armies were on the defensive
and were never able to successfully,
met the great forces that were
thrown against them. Week after
week went by and every day witnes
sed captures of literal thousands of
German soldiers and great destruc-,
tinn of others.Thi Went on until final
ly the fight was taken out of the Ger-f
man soldiers and they surrendered
whenever they could.
After a few weeks of conferring in
which Mr. Wilson played a most con-;
spicuous part, terms were arrange.!
by which the fighting was brought to
an end.
Now the problem is to straighten
out the chaotic condition that sup-.;
passes anything ever know before. To
get our armies hack home, tobringor
der in Europe, to settle the question
of indemnities and national boundar
ies, to keep the nations of Europe
from straving while all this is being
done, is now the problem. It will:
take months and may be years to
restore order and get bark to normal
life again. In this hour of victory j
every man should be thankful that he
yet has n part to play in the adjust-!
ment of the world affairs. It U now
no time for the slacker. Every man >
should save food that the starving!
millions may be fed. Every man
should try to lay aside hatred and mn
J're and lend a hand in making the
• orld a place where no such conflicts
« :i ever be staged again. ^
Ll'ST—A white tmall terrier doff
with »hort tail anl brown ears, an
swer* to nsmr of Tip. liberal re
ward for hi* return. William Owen*.
Lebanon Street, Mount Airy. 3t-p
tamp are a# and ne mace mm will be
eeat. TIm Ural tmfc will not ex
While tha war ia over, It wtl! take
a Ions tiaM to do the cleaning up.
Poeelbly a million man will ba la Eu
ropa • yaar from now Man who
ara now in Franca will bo brought
hi—, and awn who ara Kara in ramp
will moat likely ha sent ovar to help
do tha work to ba doaa.
Tha protlim of saving food and|
contributing to tha work of tha Rail
Craaa a».d ether aids for tha boy* will
bo live quaation for months to rum*
Thar* will ha but littla changes in
living conditions hara for • yaar. Tha
hi* problam now ia to divide our
food aupply with the nations of Eu
rope. They must have bread or cc
tualty starve to death. .And this na
tion will tee that conditions here are
such an to spare all the food we ran
to other peoples.
The fuel problem this coming win
ter ia sure to he one of interest ami
<-aal will he hard to get.
The livest questions this and next
year will lie taxes and food. F»t«l will
continue to he high for a long time.
The fact that fjermany ha* :.ur
rendvrnd is all important, hut we
mutt rememlier that the world has a
ba<l job on ita hands in the way of
making tlerm.-ny behave herself, now
that she has surrrnderod. A beast
w.th claw* pulled, is about the truth
about (iermany. Today she beg* for
bread and promises reforms, hut the
fact ia that yesterday she wns ca
llable of rape and murder and arson
and any other crime that was think
able. Today she lies prostrate as a
nation, hot one tliat must we watched
even as a sleeping beast must be
watched. The Allied nations will see
•that the German* get bread an<( have
an opportunity to set up a decent
government, but it will lie many a
day before Germany can make for
herself a good name and live down
the had one she has made of her own
(-flooring.
America and American noldier*
have covered themselves with glory.
A thousand year* from today people
will read about the valiant deeds of
American boys and how they saved
the world from barbarism at a time
when the days were the darkest. It
will be a story often told of how
America turned from a peaceful,
pleasure loving nation to a nation of
warriors with no faar of death and
no regard for coats of war. It will
be many a day before any other na
tion cares to disturb the peace of tha
world with America tha champioa of
human liberty. America came to the
rescue and will go down in history for
thousands of years as the nation that
saved the day when the world made
the last final struggle for liberty
against the rule of despots.
ABOUT LOCAL TALENT..
When the local talent of this city
rares to appear in public it never fail*
to get a rood audience and never fails
to entertain, but now a moat sensible
person wants us to go and say that
thi* name local talent shows up to
somewhat a disadvantage at tunes
when distinguished speakers are to
do the entertaining. In other words,
to make it very plain what is meant,
the local talent sometimes, now, to be
even more p.ain, very often, takes up
entirely too much of the distinguish
ed speakers time, and to that extent
that the audience actually resents it.
All of which is food for thought for
those who are doing their best to
serve the public .in a helpful way.
ABOUT THE WINSTON
SALEM SENTINEL.
The Winston Journal has a griev
nnce against the Daily Sentinel for
the deal it got in giving out the first
war news. Now the Journal in not
the only newspaper in these parts
that has a feeling against The Sen
tinel. We are all sinners, and pos
sibly should get the beam out of our
own eye before talking about our
neighbors faults, but the fart remains
that The Sentinel has had the habit
for years of taking a good story from
other papers and make it appear as
original matter when shown up in
The Sentinel. If the reader cares to
hunt for the credit he can possibly
find some where in the body of the
article a phrase like thfs, "says the
News." But this is not giving ere-,
dit as it is cu*t«mary among news
paper men who pretend to give cred
it. It is a credit in a way, but one
that no newspaper man appreciates, j
Bolshevist Reign of Terror
goes on.
I.ondon, England.—All the report*
available a* to the internal condition*
In Russia go to disclose a situation
nrliich has no paralled outside the
story of the French Revolution. In
Moscow and Petrojfrad a reign of ter
nrr still exvtx. Political prisoners
ire shot without any cemhlanc* of i
Hal. The prisons are crowded and |
he almost complete lark of organi- I
ration results ;n conditions of terri- i
>1* hardship. I
KAISUI a rucunvE
—UNWELCOME GUtTl
Nov. 11—-A!
|r«l nyfUry la 'till bains mad* at
tW *—ttnaMoa in Holland of William
Hofcancollarn. tha former fitman
emperor. 11iraa different country
■aaU of thaBantinrk family are now
mentioned h hta temporary abodes.
The formar emperor made Ilia aa
cape into Hollrnd, arronlinf to re
port* from Fyeaden. At seven o'clock
Sunday inorn nf a mifii-stained auto
mohila driven hy Prussian ofljrera was
seen *lowly coram* thru tka Viaa
Maastricht hi*h road. The laat Bel
gian village Mouland, which ia almost
on tha border Una, wa« still anlivp
The no'se of he motors* hrnufkt out
a crowd of numerous villagers.
The formar ruler of (Germany waa
dressed in tha uniform of a general
with an officer'* rap and rarriad a,
• word. Tha erstwhile martial figure
wax huddled and bant on a walking
"tick while hia eyea stared straight
Th • Dutch rrortier inmMa stopped
the cortege. Afffr "ome brief formal
ities the automobile* were conducted
to the railway station at Fv*den.
Dutrli cavalry nml military tycliata
formed a cordon about the statiori.
Crowd* of Belgian refugee* swarmed
arouml the station:
"Aba* guillame! Assassin!" An
imperial train nrrived at the station
an hour later. It consulted of four
teen car* and Will-am Hohenzoflern,
who had walked up and down the
railway platform entered the train
and changed to civilian clothes.
Arrangement* for the reception if
the German* were made by General
von Hutz, aide de camp to Queet Wil
helmina, who went to German head
quarter* la*t week.
Dispatches dated Monday in Am
sterdam reported that the former
German emperor ia to be interned and
aUo quoted the Hande*lbiad a* saying
he wan not wanted in Holland. An
other dispatch said that official* of
the Holland government and Dutch
ministar at The Hague hail gone to
Eysden to meet tha emperor.
BIG PROBLEMS AWAIT
PEACE CONFERENCE.
What Happens in Germany in
Next 30 Days Will Affect
Negotiation*.
Washington, Nov. 11.—Final pre
paration* for peace negotiation* will
engroii* American and allied states
men during the next few week*, while
Manhal Forh and the naval comman
der* we to it ■'ha*, the term* of armis
tice which ended the fighting today1
are carried out. Thirty day* in the
armistice period, and since it hardly
frill he poaaible to assemble the great
est peace conference within that time,
an extension practically is certain to'
be granted by the victor* and accept
ed by the vanquinhed.
wnat nappens in uermany dunnj*
the meantime probably will pmen.'
the solution of many of the complex
problem* awaiting the conference..,.
Absorbed in the celebration of the
German surrender, official* today
were unwilling to even discuss for
publication, the next steps to be tak
en to secure the fruits of victory.
But in a general way what is to be
expected already is known. The var
ious utterances of President Wilson
and the premiers and public men of
the entente countries all have been
rarefully studied by those who must
plan the next step, and at one time or
another these spokesmen have touch
ed nearly every idea that might be
properly included in the treaties. Thisj
is particularly true of President Wil
son's declarations, which may be re
garded as already constituting the
framework on which can be clothed
the details necessary to round out a
complete fabric peace conventions.
This f ram work in nil probability
will be put into flnal shape by discus
sions among the chiefs of the victori
ous powers long before the represen
tatives of the vanquished are called
in to accept or plead for modification
of what to be dictated to them. The
preliminary work is expected to be
rarried on much as the armistice
terms were prepared, the nations
which have taken the largest part of
the *var and whose voice* consequent
ly are entitled to greatest weight pre
paring the outline.
The American government has been
forehanded in preparing to deal with
the subject. For more than a year
past, Colonel Honw has had at work
i body of men gathering material and
making spacial studies of every sub
ject connected with the European na
:ions and races, even to the political
ind geographical re-arrangements ,
ivhich must be made. • ; ;
The world's business demands res
oration of the old channel* of trade. ,
>r the creation of new ones and em
iloyment must speedily be found for
he troops that arc being demoblliied (
>lae there may be anarchy and great, <
ufenng. Therefor* it ii believed U. |"
BIG REDUCTION SALE
Big Lot of Ladies Coat Suits in all grades and newest Styles
to be sold out at a Big Sacrifice and must >
be sold at once
On account of influenza epidemic we have a big lot of suits on hand
that we would not have h*d but for this terrible diseaae. Our business like
all other* was practically nothing for three weeks right in the heart of the fall
season and we lost ."ales on dozens of suit* which must be closed out regard
lets of price.
These Suits are all strictly first class, new, up-to-date and a shame to
have to sell them at these prices but we make a rule not to carry over any suits
and will sacrifice this early jn the season rather than do it
Our line consists of so many different styles and different price suits
it will be impossible to give an itemized list of the prices on all but to give you
some idea and show you that we mean just what we say we give a few prices
on our most popular sellers.
$42.50 Suit* in different weaves, $32.50 to $33.50
$35.00 to $37.50 suits $25.00 to $27.50
$32.00 to $34.00 suits, $23.50 to $24.50
$25.00 Poplin Suit*, $18.50 to $19.00
$23.50 Poplin Suits, $16.75 to $17.50
We have higher priced suits and cheaper .-pits thaj will be sold at same
reductions. Don's miss these bargains but come jit onyt before the best num
bers are all gone. /
Remember we are headquarters for all kirtd^of Ladies Ready-to-wear
goods, dress goods and Millinery.
All our customers who intend having a hat made this season had better
get their order in at once as our Milliner's time is up in the next few days.
Come and see our line and get prices before buying. We can please
you in price and quality.
Very Respectfully Yours,
J. L. HA RRISON
be probable that the effort will l>«
made to anftemble the formal con
ference poitsibly before the end of
January. •
une 01 me mosi wei^niy prwwirran
connected with geographical rear
rangements—the future of Alsace
Lorraine — already practically has
been .settled by the acceptance of Pres
ident Wilsons declaration for righting
the wrong of 1870, which mean* un
conditional return of the province to
F ranee.
President Wilson has insisted that
a league of nations mast be organized
in connection with the peace con
ference; that the subject cannot safe
ly be left for agreement afterward.
In his address to Congress today
in connection with the armistice,
Pre-ident Wilson himself indicated
another very serious problem that
must engage the attention of the
peace conference— the question of
the stability and competency of the
governments with which covenants of
peace are to be made.
News of Armistice Signing
Spreads Quic'kly in Army.
WiTh the American Forces on the
Meuse and Moselle Fronts, Nov. 11.— j
(12:.">0 p. m.)—News that the armis
tice had t>een signed spread like wild
fire along the American front from j
the Moselle river to the region of^
Sedan.
Reaching the various headquarters
early in the day the news passed by ;
wire and wireless to division and rcgi- j
ment and Anally from mouth tn
mouth by the boys in the forward
lines.
It was among the boys in the for^
most lines who had been under shell
fire for days that there was the most
genuine rejoicing.
There had been so many rumor* of
oeace lately that the boys in the front
ines were not inclined to believe the
report of the signing of the armistice
jntll thoir officers informed them that
t was a fact. Then there was re
joicing.
On Sunday both sides kept up an
intermittent artillery fire as a re
ninder to each other that the order!
o cease hostilities had not been re-J
'eived. With nightfall the duel l«
■ume wctfker, each side awaiting the
inal word as to t)je set hour for de
listing all firing >>f guns.
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fork, Mount Air|, N. C. R. 4.
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