of OMnmiaaionera waked up to tha da
marnt for itraata and want tha limit
in Iryinf to vat tha town oat of tha
mud. Naturally thay could not para
Mara avary man'* door. And yat It
ta aa old aa hiatory for rrary man ta
want tha public mo nay ipant whara
it will ha tha moat uaa to him.
Now. what rilaa tha public and
makai a political iaaoa in tba cominc
atactica ia that during tha atiwat Im
In tha Matory at
ina plain inim ■ iwi t»«rj man
who thinks recognises the fact that
■lain thoroughfares used by all the
people should "Oe paved at th* public
expense. ami private residence streets
pafad by those who lira on them.
TMa la now the law In moat town* and
cities »urh aa Winston, Greensboro,
Asherille and in all parta of tha coon
try. What gata the ire up hara la
that tha present administration ondar
tha old law of tha town paying half
tha expense paved every street on
which any wealthy paopia live and loft
thoaa straats unpaved whara tha pao
pia are tha least abla to par* tham.
Take South Street. for aa example
Thara is not a straat In tha town that
Brads to ba parad worse than South
Street from tha Depot to tha Rockford
bridire. Orar this atraat comas an
* amount of traffic from tha country to
tha depot that is Immense, and yet
those who lire on it are people of
moderate means, and to require them
to pore It would ba • hardship. Thar*
is not a street in the town that needs
to be pored worse than Orchard, for
it carries the traffic to tha Fair, and
la also a leading and prominent Resi
dence straat connecting with a num
ber of other straats. The people who
lire on this atraat are in the main
men of limited means and much lass
able to pay the full coat of paring
than thoaa on many of the other
streets.
We a re not writing of all this to
gall tha feelings of any one. but to
show that what is done is a public
matter that must ba accounted for to
tha Us payers of this town at the
earning election. ,
The real danger la that the spirit
of progTSsa that has been here for
four years and which haa made the
town make such progress aa K has
never made before, that this spirit of
progess has bam worked out in a way
to irritate so many people that there
h grave danger of a swing to an ex
treme In the other direction and place
hi office men who will listen to the
rotce of thoee who are not progres
airs hi their ideas. It Is aa old aa his
tory that there ara plenty of men
who are aa anxious for office aa to
take It at the hands of those who are
the open opponents of all forward
If the policy advocated In the paat
by l%e Mount Airy News had been
adopted and thla new law pot Into
effect before many of the reoidenee
■tiaala were parad, then this confu
sion would all bare been avoided.
No one can Justly charge that the
present officials hare not been pro
frees We and been able to do a grant
•old by the aaaociation il tkla r
leaf for which there ta no demand. AH j
tha cigarette tobacco waa sold lone!
ft la intereetlng how cuatoma
rhanga. One* every man can-tad hia
plug, now ovary man seams to havs
hia cigarette raae. Thay claim that
on* of tha hnaat* of Kr. Duke, tha
"Tobacco King" ia that ha created a
demand for tobacco and then aapplied
it. In thia way he made hia fortune.
But it waa through advert lain* that
ha waa able to create tha demand.;
Thay claim that if all flaming adver
tleemanta ware cut out of the paper*
and tha bill hoard* the uae of tobac
co in* all ita forma would drop off
thrao-fourtha. Be that aa it may, it
ia known that the growth of tha uae
of cigarettea haa been largely due
to the advertising it haa received..
Evidently there ia mora money ta be
made by way of the cigarette than in
other forma >f tobacco, and for thia
reaaon the cigarette ia being poahed
on the market. It ia very well known
that it ia a hard matter to manufac
ture plug tobacco ao that it will not
decay in tha box In hot weather ea-:
pertalty In Itamp weather, Great
loeaea are sustained in thia way at
•imea. Bat the peaky little cigar
ette ia aafe and aound at all times
and ready to do its work any where.
It ia for this reaaon that mankind
and womankind, too, ia being educated
to uae It.
Thoee who should know claim to
see that the farmer who gmwi the
gradea of leaf here that he haa been
rrowing in paat year* will sell it at a
low priee for the reasons given above.
ABOUT BEAUTIFYING THE
HOMES
Editor The News:
I m« much tai your paper the** days
about netting oat tkiifi that (row
ami that will beautify the homes. I
agree with ad thin bat I am aakinir
for information at to how to do all
this with condition! aa they are in
many part* of the town.
Bark in the old dayi of thirty year*
!»*<> it wax nerruaary to fence ia one*
yard aa well aa the garden. But
itylea have changed and no one bailda
a fence around the front yard. It ia
not the ruatom or the atyle.
But how ia one to make a beautiful
home when he haa neighbora who fail
to fall Ia liar and peraiat in allowing
their doga and rhickena to run at
large to the detriment of their neigh
bor'* efforta to make hia front yard
beautiful T
f have in mind right now a neighbor
who ia young and educated and deairea
to make her home a place of beauty aa
well aa comfort. Thia woman haa
neighbora who care nothing for flow
er* and make no effort to beautify
their home*. They keep chickena and
doga and permit them to ran at large
at all timee of the year and they de
stroyed last year every effort thia
woman made to beautify her lawn.
She would plant oat flower Mad and
the chickena from adjoining lota would
•cratch them np until finally ahe gave
up in despair and allowed bar Wt to
remain la a condition that was a dis
ga«t to her finer sensibilities. Now
what la the remedy in her caae.
The moat people desire to live in
peace with their neighbors and will
give op an effort to beautify a home
rather than become prosecuting wit- >
ness against a neighbor over such a
small matter aa a flower garden.
If the police force of thia city would
enforce the dog and chicken law It
would go far to help In many place*
to make the town more beautiful. And
the police should not ask that a citizen
he estranged from hi* neighbor by
having to prosecute him, for thia he
will not do, over each a amall matter.
A Reader
/% X. Marshall la coMtrortilig f^
'store rooms on hi* p**pmt| on Faafl
Oak street. One la being need bv
Mount Airy Prmlng Club. Afm'her
will ha aaad by Banner k Brennock
Ice Oeam plant, aad the • **>■•» run*
'srfll ha (or n*t
hills to ti»
at tMs eky,
■ boy IhM with
flfi. While
in tlM efcy Im «n b—Iwsd fur •
■wap by • Mhr in Hack and after
the nam) trad* talk the hoy exchang
ed horses with tka trader agreeing
to pay tha aoai of |i to boot. But not
having a cant of money with him the
boy frankly told tha liader that ha
would hava to go back home and cat
tha money and than return to the city
and pay tha agreed difference. In all
good faith the boy went hack home,
but ha nor hie family could raiee the
16— They neither had it nor could
they get It. Then the boy In great
humility came hack and frankly told
the trader that ha waa not able to
raiaa the money.
Right there the boy'a real trouble
began, for the trader promptly took
poeaeaalnn of the horaa and held It,
aa he claimed, for the debt. Thus the
boy waa afoot and ha faced tha deli
cate taak of returning home and ex
plaining to hia people how and why
he did not letwn with the animal.
The boy la not over bright and he had
no one to adviaa him aa to the beat
coonie to pursue to his first buainees
venture. He reasoned that there waa
something wrong about losing his
horse and getting nothing In return.
He pondered over the matter for hours
and finally derided that the matter
just could not be satiafartorily ex
plained to the old folks back In tj^
home. Night came on and be decidn
that bettor than walk back on the long
road he would watch his time and
when no one was about he would again
take possession of his horse. This he
did and left at once tor hia ham*.
But to make had mattara wot** ha
lot the wrong horaa. Tha hoy had
ohaerved that tha horaa trader had
tiad hia horaa ta a atall at tha ware
houaa and ha took a horaa from tha
uma atall. During tha tima of hia da>
liberation* about the city a lumbar
hauler had hitrhad hia taam in tha
atalla and it waa one of thaaa that tha
boy in hia haaCe bridled op and car
ried home and not the animal ha had
brought down. Whan tha lumbar
hauler found hia horaa miaatng it re
quired little effort on the part of tha
officer* to locate and arrant the boy
on a charge of stealing He waa
brought to thia city, locked up and
held for a hearing.
For three daya the hoy lay in the
cloae dark dungeon that U railed a
city priaon and cried until hia eyea
would no longer shed a tear. Hour
after hour he cried like hia heart waa
broken and nothing that he rraild do
seemed to atop hia great grief.
On Monday in the local court he
•vaa given a hearing and under oar
lav a he could not be charged with
theft, for the value of the atolen gooda
muat be aa much aa 120 to nuke the
act theft. And ao he waa convicted
of treapaaa and fined $25. and thia
he could not pay. Now what to do
with the boy ia the problem.
If you were the judge or the trader
what would you do?
Waddbtg of btaraai
N. J. Martin and Miaa Kixzie Bray
were united in marriage one day laat
week and are now at home at Salem
Fork, waat of Dobaon, where Mr. Mar
tin 1a engaged in farming and the
dry gooda boalneee. Miaa Bray for
merly lived in the Rusk aection hut
moved to Eaat Virginia three yaara
ago. Mr. Martin b a subetantial
ritizen of the Salem Fork neighbor
hood and owns one of the nkvet homea
in the county. Both partiea have a
large circle of friends who will learn
nf their wedding with intereat.
Edward Smith Passes Away
Edward Smith, aged #8, died at hia
home on the Fancy Gap road, near
thia city Monday morning arid waa
buried Tuesday at Salem Methodist
church cemetery. The daceaaad had
been In poor health following an ac
rident many years ago while he waa
engaged in building railroad bridgea.
Since that time ha had been unable
to follow any occupation. A few weeka
ago hia condition grew worse until
the end eame Monday.
Ha la aui sited by a wife, three aona
and two daughter*.
A large and appreciative audience
greeted the high school atodenta who
praaanted the play "Looks Like Bain"
at Walnut Cove, Saturday nigh*.
to tela
(MlMHtftkterH
hi • Kitchen Calrf
net Mb by offering priaee for tlx
tlM motto:
I ere in Thej
"I int Twrju inM
to wtn tlw fthm and aaaee aMe to pick
Mt ■ doaen or so wor*W and than fava
up the taak. Whan tba priaa winnan
war* announced a» wara aatoniahed
to learn that Mra. C. C. C reveling waa
tha winnar witb a collection of over
a thmiaand word* frnm tha motto.
!fow crimen another intereattwg eon
'r»at hy the Carter-Walker Furniture
Co. Thia time they are endeavoring
to interaat tha public tat T-conned
Claanahle Refrigerator*. and will offer
nrixe* to th«»u- who come the nearaat
to aatimattnr the number nf Individual
piece* in one of theae refrigerator*.
One fallow the other day atarted oat
to count them and found that one of
tha fond traya contained more than
100 place*, annthar man found 28
naila driven around tha top, and una
nf tha lock* contain* m ire than t doc
en piecea. Mr Carter ia willing for
theae refrigerator* to hare tha rloaeet
kind of ioeperMnn which they will
■urely gat when the pen pie endeavor
to count the individual piecea they
are mada nf. The flrat priaa will ha
1000 pound* of ice ticket* from Bray's
factory; aecond price an I X 10 foot
graaa rug.
/ Flat
r A large and enthoaiaatie crowd
which overflowed the building gather
ed at the Sheltontown achool on the
Weatfleld mad lart Sunday afternoon
when Council T5I Jr. O. U. A. M. of
thia city presented • handaome 5 by
S 'iot American flag to the *rhool. •
Speech** by the Jonlora and ring
ing by the achool children made a vary
interesting
**53 Drugs n««
Vh
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W. S. Wolfe Drag Co.
A a Macao and family, of ■alUfti ■ I
Imm arrliad la aiaha Mr haaw fcara.
Mr. Ihm la a ri|I I ffcirfitat
and la with tfca Muawt Airy Dr«c eoaa
pany.
at Mr. ami Mn. D. C.
frwm t to I o'ciark, l»y
llttte IMi at* pwtr
Look! Look!!
Must Be Sold
Our storage root » crowded and we must sell the
following used cars to make mora room in our ga
Tbese cars have been put in first class running con
Om 1924 Model M|t Coupe ia good afcepe.
Oae 1923 Msdsl Dodge touring.
One 1923 Model Ford toeriag
Om 1924 Model Ford leering
One 1928 Model Ford to flag
One 1924 Model Ford too track
Oae 1923 Model Ferd Ceope
Norfleet-Bagg*>
Moor® Street
Hear Holcomb 6 Midkiff
Now is the Time
to Save
The time is here for people to
nave what they can—If you don't
think we can save you money, do
this—get prices from all the other
stores, then compare them with outs
You will be convinced this is the
place to buy.
Prepare Your
Land Well.
We sell the Chattanooga Plow,
the best plow in the world. We
sold ten of these plows last Satur
day at auction. The following
were the highest bidders: M. L.
Jenkins, Hillsville, Vs.. No. 66. C.
J. Wilson, Mount Airy, No. 66; Ho
bert, Simmons, ML Airy, No. 64; E.
P. Simmons, Mt. Airy, No 64; J. A.
Tilley, Pilot Mountain, No. 56; M.
F. Thomas, Cana, Va., No. 61; R. L.
Reeves, Mt. Airy, No. 72; E. M. Tay
lor, Mt Airy, No. 59; J. H. Hunter.
Westfield, No. 66; Harry Jenkins,
Hillsville, Vs., No. 63.
A Good Fruit Crop
Will b« Assured if you spray your
trees with our Sherwin-Williams
dry lime and sulphur. We have a
large stock on hand—Owners of
small orchards will find its use eco
nomical and simple and the result
will be a bountiful crop of delicious
fruits.
Insure Your Garden
Yea. your garden will be amply
insured against a failure by "plant
ing our seeds. We buy In bulk
quantities and can therefore eell
' cheaper than others.
Ride With Safety~
Ride on Goodyear Tires
We sell more tire* than any othe
two concerns in town. The reason
—We sell the Goodyear and bay in
ear lots, making low retail prices.
Sherwin-Williams Paints
We are the only concern la town
that buys paint in car lots. This
enables us to sell the highest grade
paint made at a lower price than
others ask for an inferior grade.
Let Us Quote You on Our Grass Seed
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