Mount Airy News. Ml Airy. N. C, Oii 11, IMf J. ■. JOMMWOm S KATM: I .« at ImM Airy, M. aw4» tin M<>f Connw «f It m. • ' Jj SCHOOLS RUNNING Ifca wlwyli at MiH A try tn ami lum bMn nMia* hk. to Mi « •aitway mial iff—leu. A pabtk ■>■»!», Mm aa Ia4>rl4aal. eaa •at bahtiU aa4 thaa it ia h*N ta la bat wa hava aat wkWi ta 4a tlM toa* ta aatfcori ty ta 4a far aa. Ha Wry a tu aid It arf thaa aay ta aar i (In aa a wttfc an tha 4a it with tka awaay wa Wa aay ta Ikw, wa fcava yoa ta aaa that rrary wa 4a tkla kaowtng that wa art short aa aMoay and oa bolMing apaea. TWa ha* ban tka atatna at attain hara tor yaara. when the county employed a wel fare officer end undertook to get all the children hi school we said to the welfare officer, we juat can not obey the compulsory law, because we have not enough room to house the children. And eo we got by with it, while the children loafed on the atreeta. Take the caae of an Individual citizen and aee how all thla appllea to him, and maybe thla will better Uloatrate the idea we are trying to bn press. A man of mean* moved here a few yearn ago. He la a large tax payer and a loyal citiaen. He moved here for the one parpoae of educating hia children. Now he la complaining. He la eenaible. He •ays that he la aware of the fact that a child In the first grade can get along all right with a half day hi achool, bat after they get away fiem the first grade and begin to grow ip they need to be In school an day. Last year this man had one child oat of school half of aach day, when H ahould have been In school all day, and this year he haa two children out of school half of each day. This citlsen says that his two children are In school three hours each day, and that he thinks they are not getting a aquare deal. He thinka they will not be educated at thia rate and he la thinking of fnov Ing sway to a achool where he can give hia children the opportunity they ahould have. Now is he right or not? He is able to educate hli children, and he is wiae enough to •' know that it is hia highest duty to give them the opportunity they ahould have. Ten years ago we were cramped • for achool room. We built the High School building and by the time it was ready we were short on room again, and with the North Main school building we are even is a worse plight today than we have been In all the years past. The town ia growing and we are not keeping up with the growth, ao far a a our schools are concerned. This shortage of rooty is a constant source of irritation to our folks who are in charge of the schools. There la, and has been, entirely too much strife connected with the manage . j ment of our schools, and we suspect t that.it is, and has been, largely due «• to trying to get along on a poor 4 equipment. No man or set of men 4jf can do good work with a dull tool. Poor equipment will engender strife and confusion in any line of human endeavor. It is th« same In a fac tory or a retail store. So long as we are not prepared to take care of the children %a they should be as to rooms for the grades, there will be confusion. It all comes down to this. Mount Airy needs to 'take a long breath and make up her mind to be liberal enough to provide build ings for all children and mov*J enough with wfiich to give them ■ school in keeping with the progres sive ege in which wt are living, What do you think about HT Statement Of Ownership, Management, Etc., Required by Act of Congress, of UN Mount Airy News for Oct. 1, lHt Publishers: J. E. Johnson A Son. „ Kditor: J. E. Johnson. Business Manager: W. M. Johnson. Owners: J. *. * W. M. Johnson. Known Bondholders: None. (Signed) ^ ^ Johnson. this Oet. t, in. W. L. Steele, Notary Public PLAYINC POLITICS *-i * *■ Uhm W.OOO m» from Uum haa **-| Ik ft to ow city far the want of Lhkr sae*ay towy^*M| uW • ■ Tkt fact la IpnarfH out that thai ttaU law n«Ut«s ths Iheriff ta| mtl« Um ftrat of January of a* bat so far dm* haa been aa| la Um Comity an poot |raat big cironlan all otot tha county telling the p»l»li they mat Mat tholr property by Um fbat of June, and anloaa thia la doaa a Mnn penalty la threatened All thia la for tha puipaas of getting tha baoha la haada of tha Shariff on tha flnt Monday la October. Tha State authorities Kara wiaaljr figured out all thia. Thay raaaon that H la nacaaaary that tha Shariff begin tha eollaction of tha taxea in Oetohar for tha naaoa that tha aehaola all ■»? tha country begin about thia time and will need considerable money la getting started Han in Surry the schoola hare itarted off on time and in fine condi tion, but nothing is lataf done to collect the taxea tr pay the teachan with. For some raaaon the booka an ■till In the Register of Deeds office and the Sheriff aad hia deputiea an left fne from thia duty impoeed up on them. Thia neglect should not be tolerated. Evan if It la conveni ent for the Re publicans to pot off the collection of the taxea until after the election, hoping to gain tha sup port of soma weak backed Democrat, It ia too important a matter to be put into politic*. Tha law haa said what the county officiate should do and wben thay should do aad the people an expecting them to carry out their oath. If the books an not put ia the hands of the Sheriff and the settle ment made of tha funds in the hands of the Sheriff, as the law haa direct ed, then the voters of Sorry ought to know the raaaon. • THE KAISER'S BOOK The ex-German Kaiser, like most of the other men who were made i famous by the world war, has writ- > i ten a hook. American newspapers j j are printing it in aerial form and j advertising it extensively. A fortune was paid the author for; it, and now the American people are; supposed to be greatly interested in , what the old man say*. For our | part we want none of it. We would I not upend an hour over what he has, to say on any subject. Not that we I do not understand that he is a man | I of great accomplishment*, but we , nlaerdy know too much about such! character* a* he it. We know that I he ruled for year* a great nation, j . and like a Solomon, in one reapect' 1 he misruled it. He gave of hi* Time and influence to building up a i great war machine that he thought1 i oiild run rough-shod over his! neighbor* and make a world hero of himself. Every energy, for many year*, was bent in the effort to make Germany a huge fighttng i machine. And then one day in 1914, on the merest pretext, he launched this j huge army against his neighbor, , Fiance, and brought on the gteatest disaster civilization ha* witnessed. No, we know too much of the would be hero. Othera can wade through hi* slobberings, but we will not, and we ail via* our. friend* that to read it will be, to embitter their mind* and debauch their diameters the same aa spading good time with any other debauched • wretch. Time i* * too valuable to waste listening to a murderer tall why he played the fool. Commissioner Banner's Condi tion Critical Friends o/ Co mmlssionrr-at-Large John I*. Banner will regret to know that he ha* bed a re la pee after re coveririfc • recent illneaa sufficiently to be oat on the streets. His child ren Mrs. P. U Hawks of Roanoke Va. and Miss Lore Banner, student of N. 0, C. W. Greensboro hare Join ed hie loved ones at hie bedside, Mr. Hawks and children, and Mrs. Claude Beard ef Kernersnlle are also here. His condition is ooeeidar*d critical. DEMOCRATIC TICKET For Coni CHAS m. STEDMAN For Suitor-Uth Judicial & PORTER GRAVES For Houm of RoproMnUUvwl DR. J. THOS. SMITH Far Cl«rk of Superior Court FRANK T. LEWELLYN For Crnti Tiiiwnr t J. m.Tk>yal / For RoftoUr of D««ds S. GILMER DOBBINS For County Surveyor 8 A ML R. HARBOUR For Coronor DR. R, E. L FLIPPIN for Sheriff CALEB H. HAYNES For County CommiMionera W. J. BYERLY ALEX CHATHAM THE RACE FOR CONGRESS IN THE FIFTH Major SteAaan haa May Man* in thia district who ktn loyally Mood by htm during Um yecra ho haa ao wall served the district ta uoagiaaa. Tbia fwr they an eaOod upon to work rm hardor, for the major haa not been la tho boot of health for aome time aad haa not yot regained hla atrenzth ao that ho can oator Into apeecb-aaaking with vigor of othor day a. Hla health la greatly improved and ho la now in tho district aad will visit maay points aad a hake handa with tho folka, bat hla loyal frioado will do a.«et of tho apeech-maklng for a time, at least. Tho campaign la of more than ordinary interest for the reason that tho Republicana now hare aa their candidate a woman of known ability, Mra. Lindsay Patterson, of Wiaaton Ralem. In a newspaper article be fore ua we aee that ahe ia now enrag ed in an active campaign in the eleven eountiea of the dietrict aad that ahe haa already traveled eight thooaand milea In her aaotor, aad will apend aa much aa a week la each county during her campaign. She ia making a hard fight for the office and no doubt would make a good repraaawtativo should aha be the choice of the dlatrfet. Certainly are could not afford to aay leoo of a woman. In U» article Mfon ua we »re especially InttmUd in the point* mad# in Mrs. Patterson's favor, among them being tome nfirMKN to her di»tingui*hed ancestry. Of coaraa all this la riven out with the hope of getting mora votee. The voters of the diatriet are re minded that Mr*. Patterson's grand father was the late General Patter son. of the city of Philadelphia. That ought t > /et her vote*. *nr every one know* that there I* a *trong attach ment the ritlt'n of the Fifth nnd the *tat* of Pennsylvania known «o well to munv of oar tottering veteran*. And then the voter* are modestly informed that Betsy Patterson waa a cousin of her late grandfather Patteraon, and that Betsy married Jerome Bonaparte. New that ahould arouse interest among all the folks, if anything will. Just why Betsy who was a cousin of the grandfather of our woman candidate should he | brought into this canvass of the j district, i* too much for us, hut: there may be a reasoi. The fact I that B-tsy lived a hunured year* ago and married Jerome , '-onaparte may throw light on the pre*, nt day: issue* to some of the voter*. If it j does not to u*. If we knew who j Jerome Bonaparte was it might help, nut then we remember enough of our; history to recall that after the1 death of the famous Napoleon Bona parte there grew up almost as many other Bonaparte* a* there are now Smiths or Joneses. .Anyway, Mra. Patterson's praniitnther's cousin Betsy married Jefome Bonaparte. The voter can take the case. But what will p/>ve to be of even greater interest/will be tha fact, that Joaeph Bonaparte, whoever he was, was a friend of Mrs. Patterson's grandfather. If that dont defeat' Major Stedman he is safe. Just how the Major will answer such a strong claim is mora than we can ua. - The fact ia that the voters of the district should be given further in form^on about this Joseph Bona parte, for the campaign article goes all bt foimad that har fatter waa an Egyp tologtat than Clyda Hooy and tha othor apaakora had )uat aa wall gn ho ma. THE MONEY SHARK One of the pMta of the business world ia th* moMjr shark—tha man who ia willing to taka advantage 41 hia fallowa naad and loan him mo nay at a hif rata of Interest. In every town lhaaa patty money landara can ba found who ara always on tha lookout for aotna man who naada a faw dollar* for a faw daya, or for a month, and. for various raaaora, ia not in position to aaoira a loan through tha regular buaineea chan nels. Tha negro ia a favorite with thaaa money landara. Aa an illustration of what thia high rata of intaraat maans to tha ma* who borrows and to tha mta who laoda tha following ia to tha point. Oat in California, twenty firs years afo, Mr. George Thornaa Jones, of tha city of San Joaa, borrowed $100 from hia neighbor and promlaed to pay him 10 par cant Intaraat monthly and compound It monthly. But up to thia data ha haa paid nothing. Recently ha sraa sued in court for tha debt and Judg ment was given against him for tha entire amount of principal and In terest from tha data of tha note to the preaent. Imagine the task of muking the calculation to get the amount due. We suspect that tha average school -boy would be able to figure it out in a week. Some body has calculated It and found the amount due to be tha %eat little sum of f304J40.332J>12^8S.lS. Over three trillion dollars! When Mr. Jones learned the amount of the judgment against him the report says he promptly went into bankruptcy, and naturally would. FOR BETTER GARDENS Recognising the gTeat need for better gardens the department of agriculture at Raleigh has appoint »d Frank R. McCall to the position of State Garden Specialist. It will be hia duty to go abou over the state and arouse interes* in better gardens, better kept h»m<-s, *how the people how to .beautify their homes with shade trees, shrubs, vines, flowers etc. The gTeat need for better gardens was shown (hiring the world war, and it also came to light that a very larg; number of homes (lay almost no att.-ntian to the making of a garden or to beauti fying the home with trees or flowers. If the new official can arouse in taraat along this line it will ba well worth while, for many ara woefully behind on this subject. Those little excursions inaugurat ed by tha Kiwania Club to neighbor ing towns represent time and money well apent. Two trips to Sparta, one to Stuart. Next stop should be PulaJki and Wythevflle. Parkar-Poore Miss Maggie Parker and Durham Poors were quietly married last Thursday evening at the home of Rev. D. Vance Price who officiated. The bride ia the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamea Parker of Green HiU, the groom ia the eon ef Mr. and Mrs. Romey Poors. They will do light housekeeping in the home of Mr. and Mm. W. M. Jordan. Tha groom ia a valued em ployee with tha Boleomb Hardware company. Exchuhr* Agent VAN LINDLKY'S CUT FLOWERS Mm Bouyf tkd rMil'Daipi W. S. Wolfe Drug Co •OW Ny«l W ROYALTY GOISA COURT ING Every mm to f—lllar artoh tha V la thto HUT, hat the of the ityiltr of b»p« H| ha priaed If Ma ukM the oM mb1! Jitney and m over la Ma neighhai Jooe'a iaihw Mary, aad U Mm faila to get the aaaaaat at the eld mm to take tha JKmjt, hat Uttla k thought of tt, tor boya wfll ha boya. It to tha aua aid atory over to lonfa, bat an a auiawha> differ ant acala. Tha athar day Pi Ian Humbert whoaa pap to tha ktoff of Italy, want to aaa hto gift, and tha manner of hia going to tntaiaatlng, Humbert to IS and hto pap aad mothar had planned tor htoa to bar* tha thirteen yaar old danghtar of th< king of Spain far hto iwaetheart. but Humbart araa not ao atrock an th* girl. Soma year* ago tha king at Italy and tha king of Spain had aoaa* kind of a falling oat—chaatad aacti other in a horaa swap or aoaaathlaa alaa, and aince that time they hav« not been on tha beat of tenia, bol yet had to apeak for appearanca aaka. Somehow tha idea got into the head of tha king of Italy that H would patch op tha old difference U ha could arrange for hto aon Hum bert to marry Beatrice, the thhrteaa yaar old daughter of tha Spaalat king. Bat yoang Humbert failed to gat iateraatad In tha altair and caat hia eyea in another direction. And without aaking hia pap a word about it ha tether day took one ol tha old man'a battle ahipe and a fen cruieara that meat go along with th« hug* man of war and ataaaad away to Belgians to pay hto teepeeta tc Miaa Maria Joaa, tha aixtean yaar aU daughter of the king at Belgium And ha failed to aend word that h« waa acoming, for ha foand tha gtrl'i pap and mother both away from home, but her big brother entertained in their place.. And now the whole world to talk ing about tha naughty amy in whiel tha young prince haa gone and treat ed hia pap, to aay nothing of how h< haa humiliated the king of Spain and hia thirteen year old daughter. Foi had they rot let it be known amen) all the royalty that tha match wai tho will and aria haa of both kinga 1 They had. Wara hare been fought over leaa inaulta. J net how tha af fair la to turn ottt la Intereeting, foi the dignity of kinga to aomathini that the arhole world muat rrspect end dignity muat not ha trifled with Armiea will move firat. And Met ia tha reault of having aueh kinga ai now are pea taring the earUb u WHAT PROTECTION MEANS taT* prluIuJri^ta^IItTmm IMUDM ia bewUfwDy flteaUatoi In lb. caw of Un Hug at Oraaoa aad tha Lee* family. William B. Left*, ft iWm of thia wlq, got to W • wdirful aptoft ef fateartaft tWa triaa. Under the ayetoM Leeda am •kb to mII timi* to apery Wm bft AftMTiftft at • priM that Mil Mi fort ana. ?bea he died and hie wMaw marriad tha bwQm of Aft kkf Graacft. To rat caw daept Mi that kind of aociatj bar aoa ■ai'i lad tha kinf*! daughter. Now tha king baa baan driven from kia tbraoa after leading bia country to dlafntftM defeat hi bia effort to conquer bb neighbor* and add Mr* to hi* king , dom. Up in our rood atato of New Jeraey old man Lee* built ft manaion i for bia folka and built it with money ; that came to him aa the raeuK of American protection. Now they are I talking of bow the king of Graeea ta likely to eome to thia fine American ! maniion and spend bia day* la luxury I ivine off the fortune of old man Leeda. It may nut be ao bad for the dti zena of thia country to contribute to the building of great fortuaea whan the fortune* are later oaad for (fee developMent of oar country. Many of oar protected Money kino have done great thing* for ear nation in tha w«y of building railroada and ' other public antarprieaa. bat whan ft fortune la extracted from Aa whala people by • protective tariff aa waft done when Leeda. the Tin pfcto king, waa allowed to make Mft. It . boh like there Might be aoMft way found to regulate or in aoMa way My how thoae fortunee Muot be oaad after they hare been created by oar lagnl protection. Lawyer Harry Lawallyv H. H. I-ewellyn, who recently aft cured hi* licenae to practice law, baa rented office* in the Leonard build ing in tbia city and will make thia city hi* home. Harry, aa be la popa i larly known, flrat broke into tha lima light about two year* ago when he made the race for Mayor of Mount Airy. Although ha waa defeated lM carried on each an tntenahre campaign' that be had the old politician* of our city a pending ileepleM night* prior to the election. Tbia waa about tha time the women had entered poHtidt Which Harry faded'to realize da an important factor, thia coat hte theft vote, and thatr number proved auffi-' ' cient to defeat him. Auction Sale of School Building The School Board will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder the frame school build ing on Rockford street Saturday, Oct. 14, at 11 o'clock. Terms cash. J. C HILL, Sec. to the Board. farms and Residence lor Sale! Seven room residence and t 1-2 acre*, Lemon Springe, N. C. 107 acres, 8 miles southwest of Joneeboro on High • t « ft • «-7i 3 KWttt 31U,. .ui i* ' way. 25 acres clear. 49 acres about 1-2 mile south of Joneeboro on im proved road. 2 tenant houses, barns and four tobacco barns. 40 acres in cultivation. Prices reasonable and terms easy. If yon are look ing for property in this desirable section tt will pay ydo to investigate. 11-4m J. A. Owmfom, Umm Springs, N. C. L P. Lasater. IssirtnH, K. C