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Mount Afcy Nttw. * trs. It la in the 1M laxity with which certain their i ofitanttop that tha All along tha and tha Atlantic have far aoia tima haan doing a land office bostnoM In bootleg whiskey. In Philadelphia, It la aaid. aaloona am running wide apan and dispensing drink* across tha bar aa of old. The lawlaaa element, and far tha moat part they am mada up of es-nloonkeeper*, gamhlara and thugs. ia openly and bcaienly attempt ing to make the law of no affect in an effort to hring about Hi repeal. Their plan t* to get public men who lore their "licker" and organizations like the Federation of Labor to maka speeches and paaa con damnatory re solution* againat the dry amendment. Oar public men like Bryan and Pinchot see what the wet element ia after and altho it may be an unwel come guest to fling before a national convention, they propone, it would aaem, to force both partiea to pledge themselve* in their convention plat form* to a more honest enforcement of the dry law than has hitherto been attempted. The law itself may be de fective ai regarda Ha provisions for enforcement but that ia no reason why it should not be given a fair trial. If the enforcement agents are not doing their duty H is up to the administra tion to fire them and put in men who will. The American people" are a mighty patient folk and they mm eight this moment withholding judg ment upon President Ooolidpe, for they rather hope he will prove himself large enough to hold down the jdb after Ms temporary tenancy la over. Bat we predict right here that unleaa his administration shows an earnest endeavor to make the the country • ver than fta piilinnui that he will pay the penalty at the next election. The manufacturer* and bankers of the country have seen so much good wrought by prohibition that they will forever oppose a return to the bpen saloon. And when 'you add the vote of the women to the buaineea in terests of the country H makes a com bination that the boose forces will not soon be able to successfully com bat. Hie >ount»y might be dryer bat the American people will never be aatisfied until the Volstead law haa had a fair trial. ran not afford Kanaaa whmri bread. Hence the one-crop farmer* of the Vreat, with a larga crop of wheat rala ed tha put huoh, find that thia coun try can not conaume all of it. A ad over production hring« down the mar profitable to rrow whoat. Just the mm, Surry county far men win find floor this winter ao Mgh that they better pot in some wheat and grow their oww bread. Overproduction, low price* and had prop year* have little terror for the man who trie* above everything: elae to make hta farm aatf supporting. The Kanaaa iarmer who baa not goae wild over wheat and who planted a part of hia farm to corn or other grains, rained aome hay, pica and poultry, and milka a few dairy cowa— thia farmer ia sitting pretty. It ia not he who ia howling to high heaven that if the government doea not do tomething for him he will hare to go to the poorhcaoe. Thia aame principal of agriculture hold* true of the cotton or tobacco farmer. Let the tobacco farmer grow only ao moch tobacco w be can, after he baa tended to hia cropa for home •onaumption, and aa sure aa anything can be that farmer will in time, become the moat proaperooa man in the community. And when thia me •hod of farming becomea general over1 a aection, that aection practicing it will ou tat rip all Ha lompelltoai, If fanner* generally would diver* ify their cropa more, over-production. ould not take place. Pricea for cot-' '.on and tobacco and wheat would al ways be good. A farmer from the far west who' was viaiting Mount Airy laat winter, noting the large quantity of feedj atuffa and fertilisers purchased by the local farmers- declared: "Daisy middlings and fertiliser bills is pot ting Sorry county out of busineaa." There is soond sense in this state-, ment. If Sorry farmers would grow their own feed staff and enrich their soil by rotation and the ploughing under of leguminous cropa, thus cur-| tailing the expense for commercial fertilisers, in a very few years this would become one of the anit pros perous sections of the south. Everytkmg Not Salts That Tastes Bad If yoa ask 0. M. Beck wha,4riv— one of the construction tracks Tor the J. B. XrCmry ctmptny. he wil tall rem mo it emphatically that joat be cause • dan of pwihri lno|^lfln epaom mHi and taatea had ttet la no raaaon for btUrrini that it ia salts. Tuesday Back was taken with a ha ad ache. He was ia tha neighborhood of the Haynes warehouse. He ran inta a little store run by Mat Tolbert and railed far a package of epaom salta. Tha clerk handed him a package pre-1 Kumed to he the genuine terror of »»ery (mall hoy. Ha downed about three tpoonsful of the staff and in about It minutes he toppled orer. Dr. Ed Hollmgawbrth was sum monad- The doctor insisted on seeing the package of medicine out ef which Beck had taken his dose. Whan tha box was produced it waa found ha had taken, not epaom salts, but saltpetre instead. TTw good doctor poured about a quart of hot water in to hie patient's stomach with the usual good result! Beck will be aa good aa new in a few days but he has mada a resolution never again to buy medi cine from a grocery store. He aaya all is not salts that taatea bad. Southern Railway's Chief Stir geoo Vists Mt. Airy Dr. W. A. Applegate of W ton, chief rargson of the Southern railway, arrived in Mount Airy Tues day on the noon tram. The purpoee of hi* visit i> to examine the telegraph operators along the line of the com pany. At Mount Airy only the chief operator, J. B. Berry, will be examin ed. The purpose of these examina tions is to test the operator's eye ■ight and hearing snd to determine hut ability to distinguish the various colors used in the company's sema phore signals. Doctor Applegate has a party with him, snd they sre travelling in two private cars. From here the party roes to Wilkesboro And from there they will make the trip over the Ashe ttlle line. The authorities hare already Wan forced to aulu arrml hmiJml on atroeta whm hard surface work *u being don*. And by taking tha ■verm** coat of making tkaaa Ufa they hart bun aUa to work oat m average charge for thia aarvkio. TMa they find to ba 118 and this (harp will ho made for every Mount Airy ' ouaeHolder who cormecta op kia resi dence or place of buatniaa with tha aewer nyatem. Thia la a uniform char re and wJJl apply 'to all alike. It is not the purpose of the town au thorities to maka a profit on thia ser vice, and thia charge ia wade ao aa to . »ver Just the coat of making the tap. In view of tha charge made by other town a in North Carolina for thia aer vice it ia found that Mount Ally's charges are very reasonable. A monthly charge of 20 cants will be made to each aewer a aer for mate tenance of the ayatem. Thia charge, however, ia only tentative, aa it can not be determined in advance whether thia ia to much or to little. The charge will be raiaed or lowered In fu-! ture ao aa to cover tha actual coot of maintenance. The rulea and regulationa goaorn ing the aewer ayatem are now being worked out by a joint committee, con mating of the Chairman, of the Sew er Committee of the Board of Town Commissioners. the chairman and' *upt. of the Water and Light Co mm is- j *ion and the city attorney. Those will draft an ordinance covering the entiru matter. Mayor Wert My* that it ii the par-, po* of the town to take over all the private sewer line* now in operation in Moant Airy. In order to avoid poe »ibJ* litigation and trouble in the fu ture it will be nepe**ary for the town not only to seenre a title to these lines but tt mart obtain eauementa (leral permit*) from each property owner throurh whoee pronerty these private sewer line*' pa**. T. B. MrOrjo Br. has been authorised to interview the interested parties and secure the as-1 pessary papers which will make thsse private lines an intacral part of ths town's sewer lystea*. He is instrvet sd to bind ths town to reitahuise any property owner tor any taip that be any sustain by rsnson of ths pass ing of tfcsas pi lints Itoes nereas his property. If a sewer line sheotd nssd repair, far Isstanss, sad K happened of fmn toMperantef thshsMtoj WAN* fag <* Brushed Wool SWEATERS $8.50 Values ImT Thsse are all most itylish, especially in th« mart Knit from the finest of yarna, in a variety a# colon and combinations, they will appeal to you hornedi ately. Virgioie Moors, Sola* Lody, PERLMAN'S Next to Bine Ridge Hotel. Craven Old Stead. Pfcoae 545 FREE With Homier Kitchen Cabinet this week at Carter-Walker Furniture Co. Ifltest lire Reduction Cash Prices Fabric Cord "^30 x 3 Pathfinder, 6.90 30 x 3 Wingfoot, 7.50 ^80 x 3 Diamond Tread, 9.90 30 x 3 y2 Pathfinder, 7.60 9.00 30 x 3V2 Winfoot, 8.00 9.90 30 x 3l/2 Diamond Tread, 11.00 1&60 Dangerous to Pay Less Needless to Pay Moce Still They Arc Goodyears & Jo* reeahred a ear load of the Martfaodal cook stow and rangw that wa wffl aril at low MfrieM.
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