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Mount Airy News. Ummmt Airy. S. C, Mm. 2M. MIA. THE WINSTON-SALEM MOB The city W WioilM-hlai hu jart had a fearful «span«n» with a mob. Now Wimum-llilw u no greater iu aer than oUmt towns hMMt of the aiptrtmn. If om caraa I* read the Mew Tnumcfit Im will notice that ■any UaMra the county waa in the hands of angry mob.. Paul Had a mmW nptrxwi with mob*. And «o M hu hwti all down tha »(w. And ■ad to >ay, it ia m««t likaly to be ihe kistory of tha future for many long ag»* yat to rana. In tha light of thaaa fartr. what ia to iia dona* Tha mwt sensible thirg to do is to traat a mob in a sensible way. In tha»a >layii of rapid fire (una It is possible to actually destroy a ■at/, but this is hardly tha thing to do. After a thousand or two yaars of further «) n'»lii/fi of tha riM a tha m'#b spirit may ha pa-hed bark in tha subconsciousness of tha poople until it will not ba w ready to manifest itself. but until this ia dona a vary %nfr thing to do u tn h protect a nut pact**! rnminal <hat no mob can !!>■<■ at him. In than* 'lay » of fast train and automobile* fhara ia littla «* cu.e for a m>M being given a <harw-e to work itself into a frenzy. It wa vary <'laarly »hown (hat to drench the mi'li with cold water. an waa dona at Winston, only pu>s tha fight into man. even if it did scatter them. In tha meantime the public -hould protert itself against tha lawless ele ment in tha human mind by >topping tha had habit of allowing a million gun- and pistols to lie in the posaes aion of people and stored atioot in har'iware stores where they can be easily secured. The State hould lose no time in making law* against the use of or possession of fire arms, es pecially pocket pistols. There i> no getting away from the fact that mobs are going to continue to form and to allow arm- a.'id ammu nition to be in a dozen different (tore* about a town is a nice way to arm a mob aa well a* to gat property des troyed once the mob spirit ia aroused. No dealer should ba allowed to have in hU possession firearms unless he can so store them as to make them in accessible to a mor< as Winston has just had. Education and a general uplift is the real cure for this kind of upris ing. and some good day the race may reach a point of development that this kind of disturbance will be a matter of history, but that day may be a long way off. OUR ORPHAN CHILDREN This nation ha* rttprindcd nobly to the numerous calls for money to help carry on th« war. Ttiu is right and proper, but it is a fart that the war has overshadowed other objects of public effort to a large degree. In this ftate there are several orphan age* that are caring for hundred* of < hildren, and every cent that is used in supporting these children comcs from donation s from the people. Now the men who are at the head of the*e orphanages are in grave danger of being etnbarra--«rd for the want of necessary fund*. A public appeal is made to all thinking people to not al low their war enthuiasm to entirely over-hadow the duty that we owe to the orphan children and thus embar rass a cause that is very near to all thinking people. All those who, in the past, have been aiding these or phanages are urged to make a con tribution to them about thank 'giving time and thus aid in raising a fund to carry on the work through the win ter months. ABOUT MT. AIRY PEOPLE When times again are normal and we are disposed to look back over these memorable days it is going to be a subject of comment how our peo ple here in Mount Airy have come to the call of every cause that has want ed money. When a Anal Recounting is made it is going U» be prominent that this war has consumed large amounts of money. In no other way n ild It have been brought to aiwarly end. Th« people of this town have answered every call and raised all they were asked to raise in every sin gle instance. The men who were able to invest liberally in bonds have seen to it that the town and county raises! its proportional part. The men who have not been able to mmt in bonds ' ave subscribed liberally to stamps ui1 have donated to the Red Cross I nd other objects. It l« noticeable that the farmers •re liberal with th- ir donations of to bacco to the Red Croee. They give with a smile and show that they are (Wing from a bit heart and are not nmmti were rarad tar ae but Ikqr romid rnAres ta g» tat* the IMM at tfcea* sflluiad and help ta every way they rwli Woman who are not hi tba tuM of ton the » th*w «w» homes, harama they ara Wile ta smploy help, left their hiaa and want aaui( tha paar and M the work a/ a ■arrant, with a fraa and willing mind, tr;lin ta thus allariata Hiffannf. They ud« wrory d lakes far tba «rk and had tha food dletri >>utad orar town where It waa most needed. they hunted op tha raaaa etf • w-kness whara arar thay <-«uld ha found and randarad tha neressary aid whan thay <-oald. And wtten tha call* herame <• neaMrous that thay could not ha mat money waa liharaJly sub scribed at onee and a hospital arranff ad in »h«rt order to 'ara for those moat needinr attention. And wa should not format tha work of tha doctors and nuraee and drug (uti and ministers during these try ing 'lays. Thay workad with every ounce of energy and abtlity thay could muster trying to maat tha demand* mada upon them by tha public. Thar* has neaer heen a tima whan tha peo ple werr in ouch naad of help as thay «■* penanced during Utoca trying dry* whan half tha town was in distreaa '■arouse of sicknena either ft home or m the home of ome loved one. The .work done during those <lays by the doctors and nurses will long be re memistred. A FALLEN HERO. In yuri to nmut peopl* of thui sec tion will hear much of lh» life and i«-ath of A. W. Tilley, of this county, who died on a battle field in France fighting for freedom- cause. Orator* will tell >in many a happy occasion of how this strong young man walked all the way from his humble hun* near Thurmond to Mount Airy in inner to the call of bis country and stood the physical examination re quired and refused to put in any claim for exemption modestly remarking at the time that hu father was s soldier in the Civil war and that he wanted to be a soldier in this war. When friends on the occasion learned that he had walked all the way from Thurmond they made up money U> pay his way back home on the train by the way of Elkin. but be modestlj refused the offer and walked back across the county to his home U await his call to arms. He went U ■-amp and prepared for the conflict and was among the first to go over seas to face the Huns. Now the word comes that he has fallen in bat tle. Some day Surry will erect a monument to hu memory as one of her fallen heroes whose name must be kept fresh among our people while his remains sleep on some battle field in France. WATER AND A MOB. W> have Iong heard that food way to stop a do* fight is to throw water on them. From talk that is out about the water thrown on the md> at Win ston one would think that water puts fight in a man rather than taking it out. The story goes that one man wan standing in the throng at Wins ton and some fellow wa« in the art of using the water hose when he was given solemn warning by a bystander that he would get shot if he turned that how in his direction. The fel !ow had sense enough to take the warning and did not. A little later some other man turned the ho»e on the crowd and then the shooting be gan in earnest. The impression seems to prevail among -ome that turning on the water to disperse the mob had a tendency to arouse the fighting spirit and thus agravated the trou ble. Died in Charlotte. The remains of Mr. Bert Clark who died of influenza and pneumonia In Charlotte were brought to this city for burial yccterday. Two weeks agj Mr. Clark was married to Miss Ruth Miller of this county and they t*gan housekeeping a few days later in fur nished apartments in Charlotte, they were both stricken with in fluents af ter enjoying only one meal in their new home, the bride's parc.its were notified and left for Ch'rlotte lait Thursday. Prcumonia developed in Ixith cases and Mr. Clark dies! Tues day at 10 A. M. About the time of his death, Mrs. Clark was moved to the Presbjterian hospital and her mo ther accompanied the nmains of Mr. Clark to this city yestenlr.y, while Mr. Miller remained with his daughter. Word came this mor ti'ig that Mr*. Cla*k was dead and her fatii.r was critically ill with pneumonia in both lungs. ' , I At beat the Allied table Will be less than ours, for the Allied peoples are denying themselves More in order to transport soldiers. UNITED 5TA1 TmtV .4., ( Pvu, So*. 17.—Out of tfmfu* tf tha crowding wlitarjf oaatara hfik Hm >uir< in Xtytaakn, »Wn battia M-' tawed talti* antii from Pltnkri to Vardur. itwro iru aaulm action, it la now parmuaibia to ouJiM to a aar tain nMnt tha part playad by tkt AmrrirM ai mia« in tha Anal dacu tr* hotUa of tkt war, wh*ch cnM, with tha armi*t*ra of last Monday Military naa»nn« haratofora hava pravantad vm'.uatinf tha plukaatiU of tha Amrnuu ascapt in a moat *»mamJ aaniKr. Tha di» paifha* from 'ha IM4 ' a»a baan ne fwarily fragmanSary and pjaaibly wara o«ar»had'*wad by tha accoanui <»f tha mora dramatic oparati"'< Trar tha huUint tattle front* to tha waat. i I in> imiiwh riruri|wini. Bat it wiw mar b« *tatni that 21 American divtsoaa, totalling: m«r* than 7V>,000 American rxmliM tro«p«. pwtiripttol m (iMt irtion beginning Sepunbrr 21. known *aru*j"ly a* the Battle of tile ArtT'mne ami the Ba''l< d< the Ncum, but which hi '/<ry may rail .S«>lan (be battle Uiat brought Germany to her Wnee» ami a» far u human fores.ght tixltrf the] blo>ali«:t and ewitlinl war. In order to understand the military •ituation which trade the Argrmr.e operat.ons the rrux of tf-e war, it » nere-tary to go hark to the reduc tion of the St. Mihiel ■■ alien t in th" middle of September. Thin brilliant American accomplishment is »t;il fresh in hiatory. It r»jt off at one otroke a menacing projsct.on toward Verdun and weakened the enemy's de fensive by threatening Met/., one of (rtrm>r./'i two geratest advance rail way center* for distributing troop* and supplies along the MonUnedy Sadan line. Metz al*o wan the pivot on which the enemy swung through Belgium into France and therefore obviously it wai the pivot on which hi* retire ment mu*t hinge. The argonne. th* next Step below her*, threatened the great railway arteries running west ward from Metz. Broaden Policy af funeral Attach. With the conclusion of the St. Mi hiel action the steady inflow of Amer ican forr>m r®u««d a displacement of power a* between the allied and Ger man armies. Thus it no longer was necessary to pursue a policy of reduc ing a -alient or nibbling at it. The American troop* had shown what they could do. A broader policy of general attack along the entire line wu then adopted and the high command called upon General Pershing to take the Argon I r.e sector, admittedly one of the moat ■ If not entirely the moat difficult of 1 the whole front. The broken ter-, 1 rain, the topography and the lack of road* made a problem difficult to de i scribe. Germany had in four year* fortified it to the last degree of mili tary skill, with superb road*, both rail and motor, connecting up to lAe rear positions and bases. The outstanding feature of the Ar gonne forest is a long chain of hills running north and south covered with a den -c growth of tree- and under growth. making itn advance difficult and offering superb defensive quali ty. Virtually no road exist in the forest except for a few transversal passes running east and west. The I soil is such that the least rain con verts it into a slippery miry me*.s. In other words the physical condition is such that the line of attack for an ad vancing army is limited to valley*, chief among which is that of the Aire river. ~Our l.irr Artery." From the edtfc of the foreat. where the re*-. tance was viciously -tronr. the enemy possessed innumerable flanking positions. But beyond U»i* difficult region lay the Montmtdy Sedan line, which was recently cap tured. A German order described it ai "our lire artery." It represented one half of the German rail supply on the western front. It meant death if cut. The high command told Pershing to cut it. The American first army was put ir motion from St. Mihiel. In nine days it was on the Argome line m dy for an attempt the failure of wh.ch might mean disaster and the success of which would give untold re ultv This quick movement of an enor mous body of men. the establishment of a new line <>f supply and all the complicated military preparations was regarded with pride by the American commanders. The Americans knew what con fronted them. They realixe.i that this was no second St. Mihiai, Hrt an enterprise at which other armies had | balked for four year*. They knew that there was to he fougtit a fight j . "•: . .. batJa -A •nil-' lul —»lw» tW Ant Ami. w* nM tdw wMlf Tl»« amid 4af ha ft»a ruuntar attach h M ta <"1om rtiwnt. TWjr mm iui' l«t Irnuft, bu'. Uwjr faiM ut 'xnlf '» puk 'ha AaMnmn ■ huk, M th»y' faiM ta rkarfc tha *r utual ahun of the Awnrtiu ww I he 4lfiralt tar rata. The flr«t pk*w of tha act-on «mM Octotar 31, ihirw( artnHi tha Amcri ran'* i*uu war* not larr* hot lhay rxaapalM the tntajr ta km a -area nuaMar of 4i»<wn, which haraaw>' 'Utwlf nfeaiutal mm! Ikw wara ur> alkla ta parry tha hawMrmr ha •» ractirinf from tha French ami Brit wh oa tha aatt. Hillrr FigbUag I* It •>> lntl«r Itfktinf in (be wioii. r,tU' h and ravines, n»«r a mfvm per furtlj rtfwlmil and plotted by 'b* frfiny. wktrt his con*, bif ami liltlt, could be u/od with tlw pulttt »f (rwwy. Tlx '>ri(i«l nine American -Iivmioos in -.me ram were k*p* m the Sin* w*r dirt* consecutive mtlu. The American reserve ■ then were thrown in until every not en on another part of the line had been put into action. It ii a fart commented upon w.th pride by the American commander* wii "<mplimenf<~i by the allies that even of thew division* that drw« their way ihrooih this hard irtw« never before had baen in an active terlor, while grmen trnopt, fresh from home were poured in a* replacement*. The A **oeiated Prni dispatches from 'lay to day told what these men did; how the enemy wa* »lowly push ed hack from hi* strongest and mo-«1 vital position*, through one defen>e •ystem after another, using hi* finest (•elected troops, which had been with drawn in many instances from 'ther portions of the line, in an effort to hold an enemy which be derisively xaid last spring could not lie brought to Europe, and if so. would not fight, and even if he tried to fight would not know how to do so. The attack delivered the morning of .November 1, which began the se -ond phase of the Argonne battle, was the death blow to the German ar my. Between September V> and Oct ober 31. enemy divisions to the num ber of % were identified as being op posed to the Americans in this sector. Between November 1 and November 6. the enemy threw in 14 fresh divis ions, but all in vain. Fighting every foot of the way the Amer.ran advance averrged five s.IO meter* daily over terrain constantly growing more difficult with the lines of communications and supply daily lengthening and attenuating, while roadmaker* for the transport and other supply organizations worked day and night at their tasks. Day by day the official communica tion* and the telephone even to the farthere-t advance line told the Americans that for every mile the German- rave way before them they were yielding another mile to the Bnti h and French on the left; that the American pre«*ure was felt like an electric current throughout the line. On the morning of November 2 the German official cofamunie. tton «toid the American- they had won, because for the frst t me in the war. the ene my officially admitted that the Amer ican attack had effected a break-thru. The Americans knew that what final ly happened on the morning of No vrniler 11, when the armistice was signed, was only a question of days. Last Monday morning the general commanding a certain division wa* called to the telephone :n a far ad vanced position and asked if he had understood that hostilities were to have ceased at 11 o'clock in the morn ing. "Yes." replied the general. "I did. But at 10:58 we were going like hell." U-Boat Pays Penalty For Attacking VmmL On board American Destroyer, Ame-ican Port in France, Oct. 31—' One (ierman submarine which lay in wait for American transport-, out side the harbor entrance here recent ly is believed to have paid the full p?n?hy for attacking ore of our re pair vessels. American naval men be lieve the Hun craft Is now lying des troyed on the ocean floor, the cffect of the explosion of a 500-pound depth rha-ge. The raptain of the big American repair ship which was raccntly at tacked off the capes, came aboard an American destroyer durng the visit it the Associated Press correspondent imi Uwra was an opportunity to haar fron him was of the features of the ittack. "The ubmarine screened itself by ' rf «am<*< TW tarfc la Mitral u> lur* k*M ln«n) - ari mm after at alwnat JU laai apat •W» aba Oral «a tka raptir «k»». A 'Wetrayar raaaa arrnaa >ar mm tka - h<4ilt tht lisrlwy mart Uly • M* paomj «M druffd at a *i(iai of M yartia fro* tW tummy. Tkta W vary w«ar far aarfc • rhant*. w»l *h« irtAtrr-wu tmr npi * loa aunt bava barf unim offwt T?*a lurtanin« r«ar«, or "hi a*r»" aa tba Mtlara rail tica, catalv. <barf tLat R&yo LAMPS I A Rayo Reflection When your buy come« back let the bright radiance of your tmilc and the cheery pretence of the Kayo Lamp reflect your wel come. Its generous soft gloss—without flicker or glare — give* light wherever needed. Best for all inc work can't strain the eyes. Rasa Lamp* arm mmpty l«ii|)iil HrV ■Mc-ki IrMtk la light, elm W » wxb - KMawnl (a Mil ta aaa. AWdia S«cun«T Oil (itn be*i tcnto. A»k to m At (••• M rwt <ti>«r's STANDARD OIL COMPANY ^Vr» Jbwr) About The Coal Situation Many people are entirely too optomistic about coal at the present time. seeming to think that peace will make coal plentiful like it was before the war started. They overlook the fact that the ^hips interned dur ing the war will at once go into peace trade and consume their 20 cam per day. all of which will be in addition to the ships being launched daily to replace submarine loss. Franee, according to her own statement cannot pro duce any coal for two years account of the machinery all being destroyed, tunnels blown up and shafts filled with concrete and other such stuff. For these reason we cannot too strongly urge every one to phone their order to us as early as convenient, as we have several care of coal on the road now ami more will be shipped this week. Many have cards with us calling for all the coal at once and when we send it to them they don't want it. and for this reason we cannot take up the cards and (ill the amount they call for. The card is an application for coal, and if we had had coal in the early season we would have used the cards without further orders, but since the above condi tion has arisen we will not send out coal, generally, unlem a positive delivery order is phoned in, or sent in aome way. Don't let the Winter weather catch you without your co«l, for 1 can assure you right now there will be time* this Winter when there will be no coal on the markets here. Yours, Phone Shelton.
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