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Mount Airy Newt. b hardly aware of Dm vital inn of all intelligent people 1b all part* of o«r country. especially Imm li oar own mountain countiee, an plenty of the boat folka in tha world who ara Indifferent to tha poli tical welfare of tho land and stay at homo and mind their own busiiteas, aa they think, and alkrw tha other folka to rote and control tha country. Oat thia In your mind once and for all: Tha vicious men In politico aee - to it that erery ignorant and daprav ad. character in tha whole land ap to the polli and rotas, ■chaining politicians In their political by rirtne of their ability to tha ignorant voter. They to fat by with it only for that ao many good people ■toy away from the polls. If wa recall the fact* correctly, thera ara twice aa many people In tha State of North Carolina who ara entitled to rota aa do rot*. We «sa pact that a my large percent of citiaana who take no part to elections are among the finest to the whole land. ■vary year there moat ha a per sistant effort on the part at party workers to rvt the rotors registered, plenty of good and substantial people would not register unless some one ef their neighbors urged them to go to the trouble to get in line to rota. We suspect that here in Surry where so much is being said about high taxes and waate of' the public money, if our voters who hare not been voting would line up and vote we Wonld be able to put the manage ment of our county finocaaa. In the hands of men who have had sufficient business experience to take care of the people's interests. We suspect that "many of these voters who stay at -home if they eould be induced to come to the polls would not vote to place accounts that run up in the hundred thousand dollars of hard cash in the hands of men who never had a thousand dol lars of their own at one time in their livas. It is a Joke on our people the toay they place men of no business experience in office where they must do business on a large scald and pass on business problem* that involve thousands of dollars of the people's money. No wonder we have so much complaint about high taxes, for bow eould we expect it 'to be otherwise. All this can be corrected only by all the people taking an -nteiligent and active part in th* management of our public affairs. . > 3. r. UKAVU Thi» town and district is fortunate te having a man of th« ability of S. P. Graves for solicitor. This year ha stands for reelection to this moat toportaqt office. It la the eaatom of the courts to keep busy all the time, and thus the solicitor is not I able to ret out and work for himself aasoog the voters as is the east wtth other candidates. £e is kept busy with the courts and must depend up on Ma friends for the interest among Thers is no doubt about the election this year of Mr. Graves tf Ma trlyils do their duty by him, as they hare dona in other yeara, and there is everji reason for thinking they vfll da this. The only danger that «ooM ariae is the over confidence that ■ay be hi the minds of the people aa to the eytainty of hia election. The Aatrkt is not ao strongly Democratic that there is any room for over con fidence on the part of Dsmocrata. Who will donate a mirror, ceoeh er rugs to the taaehwa rsat ma la Iks Bsskfsrd street bsrilfcigT mm that • Ursa put af Dm trad* taultwj af this ton la la Mm of Virginia. Thta town is *o of tha Ma that a larfa aactlea of CanaO 'a trick coontiaa ia thaa eat off tba haart of tfto (tata of VI* tha Virginia aothorttiaa hara I ad tkia tarritory and failad up wit a* la bate* daaa ia otkar nitlnaa of tiM atato, bat tha fact ra BMlaa that that part af Virginia that liaa aauth af tba Mi w tba mm of baa a pavfact nat work of got d roada makaa tba lack jaf roada in tka Vtrrfal. (action all Thaia la avary raaaon now for thinking that tha com in* af tba fo» ••rnor of Virginia and tha othar high officials of that atata will haatan tha day whan food roada will opan up this part of Virginia aa ia bain* dona for othar scctlon of that great com mon waaltb. Court at Dob—. A two weeks Urn of Superior court for criminal ctiw hfu Moo day at Debeoa, wHh the largest num ber on docket In the history of the ceunty. The fine day it raiped nott of the time and-little headway was made with disposing of the liodnt The esses to be tried are mostly of small importance, with one or two exceptions. The ease against A. W. George is due to be heard this court, although it is possible that it will be continued on account of the election being so near at hand. At a former trial the Jury failed to agree and the whole matter must be thrashed over sgaia. At the noon hour Monday the Bo publicans staged a big speaking e+ont when they had LmIm M. Shaw to addresa an audience. Mr. Shaw la one of the big speakers being sept out by the National Republican Com mittee and was Secretary of the Treaaury in Rooaevelfs administra tion. His speech consisted msinly of a defense of the extremely high tar iff laws just passed by tne Republi can Congress. Some of the Demo cratic hearers could not grasp the consistency of his defense. In his speech he enumerated whereiiv this nation is the greatest snd most ; powerful in the world at the present and then followed this up hy defend ing a tariff bill that is intended to "protect" this powerful country from the weak countries of Europe. To the Democrat it was hard to see the j necessity of such a wall of protection j thrown around so powerful a country. Masons to Lay Corner Stone At a recent meeting of Granite ; Lodge the Masons of this city were asked by Rev. J. H. Fulghum. pastor »f the Second Baptist church, to lav j the corner stone of the aew church now being erected on Rontford street and which will be devested, *» "Hay more Memorial Baptist Church." The invitation was accepted and a com mittee appointed by the Master, H. M. Foy, to work out the details of the ceremony of laying the stone. It is planned to have these services on the afternoon of Thanksgiving day. A. W. Fogleman Die* Sud denly In the night, while he slept, the Heath nn»e> called th* spirit of Al fred W. Fogleman to re*t and his family waking on Sunday morning found th^jt he had Joined the in numerable caravan ?n the other aide. Hi* grandson, Wade Moody Jr. occupied the same bed with him, and the little fellow slipped olt of bad and went to hia mother's room with out knowing that a great change had taken place. Re was sent beck to waken Mr. Fogleman and when he could get no answer, Mrs. Moodv went to her father's room and found' him cold In death; there wea no sign of a struggle or of suffering and It Is probable that ha died while asleep. The remains were carried to Winston-Salem where the funeral was held at the North Winston Pres byterian chnrch Tuesday at 11 a. m. Rev. Z. V. Roberaon of this city and Re*. G. W. Lee of Winston officiat ing, the remains were laid to rest In Salem cemetery beakle the wife who preceded him six years age. Mr. Fogleman was section foreman and had been In the railroad employ forty on* years, serving all that time between Mount Airy and' Banford. He was nearly fifty-eight year* eld and la *unrlved by fhr* children Dennis H., Bryan, Mrs. Wad* Moody, Mrs. Wm. Allied and Mia* Carrie Fogleman. The mothers are Invited to pTac* orders, or await th* irimd doll ba zaar, to be given by th* Philath*a class of Central Methodist church, to sepply their Ckristaa* need*. OU* LAWS FO® THE RICH for »11 ha gate. . A taw pie hava Mm spirit of a brother, bat the |im> rank and flW of tkal folks srs looking Ml « sm. This Is atriktogly in—Statsii tail tha aianw** In wfcieh our In Bmspa tka nobatty-ths I Earls and Dukee, ara tka big figure* In tka making of all law*. It la tka aaa sffort of Disss sa sailed aoble ssan to kaap themselvee in position where tkey ean live la ■ lnwjr and «at what thor W» tail af piaaa aad pa war. wM enslaving thai ad eaatlaa and hunting every othar display of great wealth.! Along by the side of all thia te or, aad want and luadWuiis of liv ing that ere tha Tory oppoaita of all I IMa«. Aad this la tha that tha Lorda a of that anuiU} have here ars not sa differ-1 they ara la Camp*. la a ttoa Ilka this H la hard la stand thaaa things, hat go to eitiaa aad tha groat Industrial centsra | and tha mining regtoaa, whava lorda of capital hold sway, and eondl tioaa ara vary much as thay ara in Euro pa. The millionaire capitalist of country <« almost an amact type of] -itIsm to tha nobleman of Europe. That la, ha nndartakaa to control tha country through tha law* and got tha lion's share of all wealth for his own osa. ,*. There la no getting away from tha fact that tha capital claaa of thia 'country has been trying for yaara to gat what It waata by tha aid of the Republican party. The Republican party of this country la akaoet an exact duplicate of tka Royaliat party of GetWlany and othar such countries of Europe. Tka methods of tha noblemen o Europe to control tka country are ahnoet exactly tha methoda of the muKi-mitlionairea of thia country. in* iTtnp man g>n in oar own land pay* i tu to tk* capitalist class every time He aaaka* a paichase at a store. In this way fortnaas have been bo (It ip bars that an exactly a duplicate of what baa bass filched from the people of Europe by the noblemen qf that toon try. One of the most interesting points in all this Is that the capitalists of this country are able to keep hi power, and do the things they do. by virtoe of their sbility to control the ignorant vote of the coontry with the ! very large campaign funds they ose st election times. They collect from the capitalist class as much money as they think it will take to get the vote they want. And by reason of the low mental condition of many of i oar own people and moch of the foruign born element, they are able to control the coontry. Many people see sll this snd take a I positive stand against it, bat many! are unable to see the facta in the light we are here stating them. The resolt is thst we have the two ex tremes of society here, jost as \bey exist side by side in Europe. There is no more reason why we xhoold have laws here that make , pvery man pay a tax to the big manu j facturer ejrery time an article of his make is bought, than there is- why a roler of one of the little countries of Europe shoold be paid a salary of; twenty million dollnrs a year. Some j day oor people will nee it in this! light • I » . Mount Airy Boy Foot Ball Star / The Durham daily paper* rerentl^ tarried an extended account of the splendid work of the Trinity college foot ball team In their ram* against William and Mary last Saturday. A Mount Airy boy, Howard Hatcher, aon of Policeman Hatcher, waa riven special mention for his courage and s|ftendid work during the game. We quote from one of the accounts as as foDowa: "One of the moat remarkable dis plays of nerve ever seen on a local field waa gfven by Hatcher, left tackle of Trinity. Carried from the field by his teammates with a dis located shoulder. Hatcher was turned over to two doctors for ranteal at tention. He was placed under ether and the dislocation reduced. Within 20 minutes he was back In the game and proved to be a tower of strength during the final quarter." Trinity will play Dsvicbton at Greensboro Saturday and several Mount Airy fans are planning to go down and cheer young Hatcher on to victory. Shall the school board permit dancing Wnd card playing la the school building T If you have strong convictions for or against these thing* express yoor views to the members of the board. ELECTION NEAft AT HAND la t'dw day. Um p~pW of this sounty will meet at Um palls »rMl pablic affair* of Us *MU|tr Car Um mt two jmn. Whan Burr/ scanty »H largely • for—t and only a few people lived within tU hnrdae, whish was Um caas not as many years ago, H was of ia»ll import ansa who should held Um offlsss, for theia waa bat Uttte la 4a. In Um past tan yarn tkia has dbaatiafiMtton with Um aM order and oshsrad Into a Ufa sottiaty d>ffataat from Um old casta an of only tan yaara age. Now every neighborhood la la touch wKh tka outs Ids world by means of a |oo4 road. Ateest svery astabllshad Soma la tha aoonty owns an aatomobile, evaa Is tha ootorod psopla. Tha county aaw has one of tha largaat aad Mast axpsaslvs aoart oua"atTaama of tha country «"afl bridgad la a Dombar of piacea aaah. With tka coming of all thaaa Im provements than has alas osass aa sxpsnss account that ant ba Mot by tha poblte In tha way of taaas on raal and paraanal pro party. Thara la aa way ta gat by without paying this las, and It la hara to tha amount of aiota than a quartar af a million dollars. And ararywhsra man of pro party ara protesting against lbs lias of thalr lax racslpt. It la tatting to ba a burdan to thsm, thay contend. and many fsrmara frankly aay that thay ara hardly abls to maka a aurplua on thalr farms that will pay thalr taxee. Citizens ara known to borrow mo nay with which to BMot tha tax man. Back In tha old days of low taxsa and mud roads. It was tha custom for tha citlsana to moat In convention' and select officer* for tha county,] being csrrful to ghra bach asction of the county an officer so that no part; of the county would feel slighted. H was tha Ale to aarard these offices, j especially the office of county com-, mlssioner, to nnr substantial farm- j er who stood wall with his neighbors, and tha office was more in the nature of an honor conferred than tpat of a public trust. Qpt littls wss expected of a commissioner and but little was given him for his services. Now all ku changed. Today the man who are at tha haad of tha county affairs do business on aboot is large a scale aa any manufacturer In tha county Bat wi ha*» held on to tha ruatom of tha generation i|o in selecting mi fieas tha party for tha enthusiasm they shew for tha party, and with hot little regard for their fttneaa for tha office. People have commenced to tea tha folly of all this, and they see It ae pecially when thay look at a tax re ceipt. It is a fact that standa out undisputed that the county of Surry is paying a tax on real and personal property far in advance of that paid by many other counties. . The Democrats of this county ae* all this and would remedy it bv plac ing In office tried and true business men who are able to handle the large volume of buslneas in a way to lower the taxes, or to keep them as low as is consistent with good business This year they are asking the peo ple to support as fine a set of busi ness men for the county officers aa can be selected from our citizenship. For sheriff of the county you are asked to support C. H. Haynes who is well known to all our people. Be yond question he is a man of natural ability, trained and tried in placea of public trust, a man who knows the nce<fc of the people and who will un questionably meet every public trust in a way that will be )«th a credit to himself and to the people. For clerk of the court you are asked to vote for Frank Lewellyn who has lived his entire life here in the county .and is known to be one of i the most substantial citizens we! have. He is a man of tA>ility, the son of the late Rev. J. H. Lewellyn end a brother of the late Jim Lewel lyn. He has before been called upon to run for office on the ticket of Ma party, and has long been known aa a man of ability that well qualiflea him for any office of public trust For register of deeds you are ask ed to vote for 8. Gilmer Dobbins who ia known to moat at the farmers of the county by reaaon of hia connection With the warehouaas where'has has served as a bookkeeper. Ha is a man who will render the hlghaat service to the people. For the legislature you are asked to vote for Dr. T. J. Smith who is known in the county aa one of the moat worthy eitissns we havj. Be Is in touch with an progreaatve meas-1 urea and wQl make a representative of the county who will he able to se cure legislation that la needed. For county commissioners the petty has named W. 3. Byerly and Alex Chatham, two of the men of the county who serve the people la the largest capacity of any dtissos we have. They havy more to de wKh the general welfare of Men rlHsMi th in any two ether mm. They Me both popular with a large —bar ef Exclusive Agent VAN LINDLEY'S CUT FLOWERS I J i W.-S. Wolfe Drlig Co. "TW Nyml Store" to Mm •f abil ity an on tha party tkkat ami ttojr will Mrra U» paopla walk Than la no way to totaa tha paipli of tfca county to «oto tor mm ti ability to auu»(« tha attain af Um public. It to a Mttor of cholea with tha *otor. Tha P—oiratlt party haa ■alaetod man who ara knawa to ha of ability to fill wall tha offlcaa. and you ara aakad to aopport tham. To do thia will placa tha county attain in tha hand* of man who will ao managa tha public buainaaa aa to inaka tha taxaa aa low aa poaaibla and nUara tha public mind of tha tuapaoaa that ia always praaaot whan • Odd Fallow ha nU «a tha Wjr low» a* « par eac by tkM will to Odd FtUowa CMldran'i Coldaboro. Tha Grand Lodgo at ChHdfan'a Horn at Ookfcbow. Tha (ebool boy or girl who I an avaraga of 75 par cant on »nce for tho nina month school tam ia hi aehool only 1-10 of hla tima lav tha yaar. Whara U ho and what to ha doing boaidaa aating tha 9-10 of hi* tim«? 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