Blount Airy News.
Ml Airy, W. C., Mmy 10, l»
j. a johwsom a aow. Paiiiiahin.
8UB8CKIPTIOH UTtl
«!T ETA' *^?S
£rS"H
PRISONERS IN GUILFORD
lltey ha»* Ju»t told a t«r» of
rourt in Gmnton and tlte grand
jury viaited th* prison camp* and re
ported Ml th* condition* th*y found.
OuiMord coudty work* Iter road* with
Nnhh
Th* report mad* to tlw court la
. aam indication of tlw priaon con
dition* that w* *u*pact will b* found
to ealat la thia *tat*. On* camp in
Guilford county viaitad and reported
on ia of aapacUl intereat. Ftnrt, th*
report said th* camp waa found to bo
ia food condition. Mark that—It
waa la food condition, bat further on
la th* raport of thia camp h waa *tat
*d that than war* ao pillow* an tho
bod* aad that th* jury inohhM
that plllowa b* furniahad for the con
rict*. Mark that—a tired man sloop
In* with no pillow. Th* report want
on to lay that they found one tent
that allowed tho rain to wet the bad
clothing. They recommended that
thi* tent bo Improved. And yet thia
•amp ara* in food condition. J ait
think of H, a bunch of man forced to
■loop in a teat where the raina pour
ed through and aoakod tho bod cloth
ing. and ther* In th* dark and rain
and no fir* and no pillow* th* men
tpend the night and when day come*
«ot up and march out to do a hard
4a y a labor for the County of Gull
ford. And thin right her* In North
Carolina, too, mind you. The report
vent on to say that the prisoners In
this camp complained to the jury
that the ration* ahould he changed,
that all waa served waa com bread.
Deal and fat bark, with no coffee
for the reason that there waa no way
to prepare coffee. The interesting
part of thia ia that the jury did not
recommend that the rationa be chang
ed. One ' man waa found working
away aa beat aa he could who had •
•ore leg and la in bad condition ae
ling to tfct tftaim of the jur..
and to their everlaatlng credit they
did recommend that thia man have
his leg treated.
Another priaoner of thia camp waa
found who had kidney trouble and the
jury recommended that he have a
doctor to attend him.
If all thia had happened in Tur
key or India or China it would be bad
enough to read about But why it
fail* to shock the public conacience of
the whole state is more than we can
explain.
Mark this, it ia admitted than men.
citiiens of our state, are being forced
to work in a convict camp right here
in our midst, and they must aleep in
beds with "own and some of
them with tection from rain.
When morning comes they are made
to eat corn bread, fat meat and peaa,
and the same food for dinner and the
same for supper, and put in a long
full day at labor of the moat arduoua
kind. An yet a jury of citiaena will
come into a court of our land and
have the impudence to say that they
found thia camp to be in good condi
tion. The wonder to us is that the
honorable judge who received the re
port did not gyt on hia metal and a«y
things. If all thia happaaed in OaQ
ford, which ia one of the moat ad
vanced counties in the state, then
one is made to wonder juat what ia
happening in other countiea.
WHY SUGAR IS HIGH
When you buy a pound of sugar
aim] pay about twice aa much for tt
aa you paid a few months ago you
naturally wonder why. The govern
ment ha* been investigating to find
the reason. The inveetigmtion shows,
ao they claim, that some big banki
in New York financed the sugar
growers back in the years just after
the war when sugar want to 20 rents
a pound. These big banks got eaught
In the specsUtioa they financed and
had to practically take over the whole
■agar business of Cuba. Moat of
eur sugar ia produced in Cuba. Now
la gat their money back these big
hank* have cornered the market and
are able to make the price Jut what
they plaaaa. They are simply try
ing to get hack what they loet in past
yarn whan they speculated at the
The people are adviaed by those
who have investigated the boeineoe
that there is ao shortage of augar and
that the retail priee should ha ar>«nd
dx rents a pimii They eay that
the way to bring the priee down Is
ta qatt nahg aa mach sugar, last
fasniliea can do with half dm amount
tWy nee, and if the county should
raaert to a beraet hi a limited way
for a few days the pries wnald go
haek ta what it shoald ha. Bat aa
Ish as people pay the kaU^p priee
ABUSING THE KU KLUX
IIpr to ib»n Um Ku Khu. at laaat
Dm pollticlaaa MM to thiak It Is.
The lateet outbreak la *aaaad ky Um
MtoMtwtadMl by a hooded band
lability In one of the tuUni eoua
Um. No MM MMM to fMtkM Um
fact that Um «mn war* of duab«
ful noral* and th*y needed aU UMy
got, but it la lowMthlm awful far Um
Ka Klux to ba inppd In *och mm
duct. The vary foundation, of Um
atota arc to danger if owe la to baltova
Um an tan who entertain, or try to,
Um Mka who mm to baar public
matters diaruaaad.
It may ba that tbaaa orator* ara
right, bat w* bar* an idaa that tba
*ob*r Mindad Man who wanta food
mora la and rood living condition*
to prarail la tba land give* but llttla
consideration to tba da.tger aignai
that la bataf *oundad all becaue*
•on* unworthy woman gat what la
coming to tbam.
Thar* ara a boat of people who
would lika to M tba whipping poat
rona into action again, and thara ara
many caaM of Mlacoednct that could
be carad for la a vary effectual way
If w* aaly had Um old order of tba
vicious aga babind u.
Wa rightly did away with tba whip
ping poat, bat wa hava not baan abla
to find any affactoal way to d*al with
a claa* af Immoral paopla who. by a
•how of ra*portability, hold tham
mIvm abova th* law and from yaar
to yur dabauch th* youth and tba
agad, too, and manage to aacapa tba
arm of tba law. It la thia fact, w*
suspect, that maka* th* work of tha
Ku Klux *a*m to ba a corrctiv* force
in the land for good and caua** tba
Klan to get the endoraement of many
Ifond people.
A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
The profrrfxMV* measures that h«r
ben carried on by oar city for tW
past two yrtn ran safely be counted
on to be continued for the next two
years as a result of the re-election of
Mayor Weat and his board of commis
sioner* in this city Monday. The vote
fiven Mr. West in his second election
is nothing less than one of confidence
and approval of his administration
and a willingness on the part of the
citizens for him to carry out tha
plana that he and the former board
had made.
There ia a large amount of work
to be done within the next two years
that ia now in progress and aome
thought this work was in danger on
account of the lack of interest in the
•■lection when this doubt entered the
minds of our people this lark of in
terest ceased almost instantly and the
polls were kept busy for several
hours before closing by those who
were voting for Mayor West and hia
board becaoae they wanted to see the
program of construction along all
lines of city work carried out as al
ready planned or contemplated.
Attorney Kohloss Locates Here
Attorney G. L. Kohloss, of Salis
bury, arrived in thia city last week
and will practice hia profession hen.
Mr. Kohloss is a young man and re
ceived his law course at Chapel Hill.
He ia a son of R A. Kohloss, who ia
so widely known aa one of the leading
prohibition officers connected with tha
Federal government
Attorney Kohloaa will hava an of
fice in the new Jackson building, but
is now temporarily located in the of
fice of the Mount Airy Insurance A
Realty Co.
Prince** Chrysanthemum
/ A beautiful mluteal play will b»
given in the Broadway theatre Mon
day May 14, by the members of tha
high school chorus for the benefit
of the school athletic chib and to pur
chase music supplier
A matinee will be given at 4 p. m.
admiasion 2S and 60 centa, and a night
performance at 8 p. m admiaaion S6
and SOcenta.
Birmingham Mm Enjoyi The
Newt
Birmingham, Ala. May 2,-Will yoa
pleeae change my paper to naw «<1
dresa. Am »ery anxioua to (<t WJ
paper every week. 1 enjoy m<(ii|
It
Toon truly J. L A.
AMENDMENT TO POSTAL
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Office of the Poatmaater General,
WaaWngtee, April 14, IMS.
Order No. 90M.
Section TT2, Poctal Lava ami R«p
latioaa, la amended to rea4 aa follow*:
"■oral carrier* akall open and ex
am tea hoxe* of patraaa only when
(ignala are diaplayed to indicate that
they contain mail far diapeteh. When
the mail to wllirtri froa* the horn the
carrier ahall lower the atgaal. wheUm
ha ha* fcptettad mall to the box at
not.
T Th* eigne! an a hex to aot to
ha raM by the cavriar when ha to
paaita uuil therein."
• John H. Barto«t.
Mayer Wwt l» ihrtiJ
The ihrttw IB thie city Monday
tar rttjf officiate did ikH |e off •»
pi telly aa maa of tha cuipai|n> In
Iha peat, although the regu'ar ticket
nominated by tho Democratic conven
tion «m ilwtri by • eafe Majority.
Dm convention waa bold on Friday
night at which tho maw of A. V.
Writ, W. 0. Sydnor aad Dr. M. 8.
Martin woro placed boforo it for eon
■idoratlon. Out of a total at 76 who
ittended tho convention Mayor Wot
received 47, • majority over tho
»ther two, aad waa daclarad tho ngu
lar nominoo of tho convention. Tho
»thor Candida to* named by tho coa
rtntlon won: C. A. Shelton, commla
■ioner-at-large; W. I. Monday and B.
B. Short, comniaaionen. firat ward;
W. r. Carter, Jr.. and J. W. Folk,
-ommiaaionen, 2nd ward.
Soma of tho Mpportera of Mr. 8yd
nor wore not aatiafiad with tho con
tention in which tholr candidate waa
iefaated aad oao of theae "cKiaea
ronventiona" waa hold in tho city
Sail Saturday night and Mr. Sydnor
iraa endoraed for Mayor and plana
nado to Make it intonating for the
regular ticket if they could not elect
their choice. And they succodad In
lotting up more than the uaual in
teract. Bee idea nominating a eandi
late for Mayor the convention Satur
day night wanted a change in the
-ommiaaionen in the 2nd ward and
named E. A. Rand tern an and C. C.
Stewart. Thia laat convention seem
ed to be aatiafted with the other com
miaalonera.
tvviii| WW mm iik in uy vv buvuii *wu
i'clock on election day when the Wm
■upporter* began to think that the
Sydnor ticket vaa ahead in the ballot
>■ it then stood. And from than on
until the polls rloeed the old time po
litician* of the city cloeed their door*
*nd went to the poll*; from th«n
on the West ticket made steady Rain*
for the inexperienced boys leading the
Sydnor organization were unable to
<ipe with the leadership that came on
the ground when there was a possible
doubt a* to the result of the West
ticket. In a few minutes an organ
ization wa* perfected and men and
women were canvassing almost every
house in the city for supporters of
the regular Democratic ticket. When
ever a place was found where the lady
of the house would consent to go to
the polls and vote woni was immed
iately sent to headquarters and a car
wa* then in ton minutes. This work
kept up for several hours and when
the polls closed the Sydnor leaders
knew they were beaten by better and
more experienced politician*.
The final vote follow*:
For Mayor-A. V. West, 370; W. G.
Sydnor. 270.
For Commi**ioner at large,—C. A.
Shelton, 586.
For Commissioners, 1st Ward— W.
I. Monday, 313; R. B. Short, #20.
For Commisiionern. 2nd Ward—W.
F. Carter. Jr., 233; J. W. Fulk, 176;
K. A. Randleman, 116; C. C. Strwart,
79.
The nrwly elected official* met in
the city hall Tuesday and effected
tht-ir organisation. All the preaent
policemen were reelected, alio R. V.
Deyerle, city tax collector, F. If.
Poo re, treaa., E. C. Bivena, attorney;
M. F. Patteraoan, fire inapector; and
Bud Brannock, fireman.Thos. Aahby
was appointed aa liat taker to list
the property for taxation for the city.
Mayor Weat announced the varioua
-ommittcea aa followa:
Finance—W. I. Monday, W. F. Car
ter, Jr., R. B. Short.
Street—R. B. Short, C. A. Shelton,
W. F. Carter, Jr.
Fire—C. A. Shelton. J W. Fulk. R.
ft. Short.
Folic*—W. F. Carter Jr., W. L
Monday, J. W. Fulk.
Sanitation—J. W. Folk. W. I. Mon
day. C. A. Shelton.
Sewer Conatruction—W. F. Carter,
Jr., chairman; balance of thii com
mittee compoaed of entire board.
Dr. Wold Securw Now
Dr. J. L. Wolts has ranted the of
fices over Kapp's hardware store and
will move into then aa soon aa they
tan be p«t into condition which will
In about June Tat. In his now loca
tion Dr. Welts will hare five rooma
which will g-raatly aid him in Ua
sffiee practice. Aa soon aa ha geta
moved Dr. Wolts expecta to take •
poet graduate course and specialise In
diseases of wooien and children. Dur
ing the constat* summer ha will ho aa
■lsted in his office by his son, Grier,
who ia now studying medicine in At
lanta. Ge.
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