1I. WEST DRUG CO.
MAIN STREET
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
RECRUITING OFFICERS
START TO WORK HERE.
Lieut. Edward Dennis Makes
This Point Headquarters for
the Entire State.
(ireensboro News* 'iHth.
(«reensboro now liecomes headquar
tmm for remitting in North Carol inn.
I.ieut. Rdward B. Dtfidtl, in charge of
recruiting in the state,-will work from
here no le»n than 76 men. who will
ranvaflH every section. In addition to
th« headquarter* for the work throu
the state, a local office hut been
opened here with Sargt Julius Wet
zel in charge.
A car load of equip***'' arrive*!
yesterday from ltaleigh, and line work
will begin im media tel., Nin* room*
ovri ."VJ<i South Kim street have been
engaged by the local office. Room*
for headquarters of Lieut. Dennis
hu"e not been secured at present, hut
it is probable (hat he will be well
established today.
Greensboro wuh chosen an the head
of recruiting work in the Uate throu
the influence of Major Charles M.
•Stedman, and with the choice come* a
m«< hly pay roll of $5,000. When
the draft is made for men, it is also
probable that this city will also l»e the
conscription center of the state, es
pecially because of its central location
an easy access to any point.
Another reason which may be as
signed for the choice is the fact that
North Carolina has fallen behind in
furnishing her proportionate part in
the recent recruiting, and it is
thought that a change might stimu
late a wider interest. The officers
expect from now on to send in from
Greensboro and other points t,000
men each month, and much of the
work is expected to l»e conducted in
cooperation with the postmaster* of
the state.
I'roper Food for Weak Stomachs.
Thp proper food for one man may
be all wrong for another. Kvery one
.should adopt a diet suited to his age
and occupation. Those who have
weak stomachs need to be especially
careful and should eat slowly and
masticate their food thoroughly. It
is also important that they keep their
bowels regulated. When they be
come constipated or when they feel
dull and stupid after eating, they
should take <'naml*?rlain'K Tablets to
strengthen the i-'cmach and move the
bowels. They are easy to take and
pleasant in effect.
I D. HARBOUR, 0. D.
Eye-Sight Specialist
Mount Airy, N. C.
128 N. Main St.
CHARGES REASONABLE
FARMERS OF THE SOUTH
TO WIN EUROPEAN WAR.
If the South i# Made Self-Sui
tnining $700,000,000 in Food
C*n Go to the Allies.
Atlanta, C»a., April lit*.—Clifford
Pinchot, former head of the national
forestry service, t<»i«i an audience at
the Second Haptist church here to
night that if the war lasted for more
than a year "it would be won by the
men who plow the noil of the south."
"If !he south in made of self-sus
taining," he continued, "no that the
I $700,000,000 worth of foodfttuffs
which yearly have to l»e sent here for
: your people, can i»e sent to the allien
who are actually fighting abroad, the
war will l»e nettled."
Speaking of the effect* of the war
upon American view* he declared it
had "opened our mind to many thing*
to which we were blind."
"For instance," he said, "France in
our minds has always appeared as a
nation devoted to frivolity. Today
Fi ance - l auds out before the world as
the m«i«*t tenacious and most efficient
nation in the world.
"Because of our histories, unfortu
nately, (ieorge the third is still alive
and we fail to realize the good chara
cter of Kngiand to«lay. fcn gland,
through her great fleet, has been the
meant* of our af»*ty, through h**r
army we have been protected. So
long as he is mistress of the seas we
are afe."
Roosevelt is Drawing From
Southern States.
Now Y April 2r>.—Approxi
mately 123,000 men have applied thus
far an«I been found to meet the neces
sary requirements for membership
in Colonel Roosevelt's proposed army
division, it was announced here to
night at enrollment headquarter ,
which were opened sometime ago with
the former President's approval.
1 Sixty per cent of the v?>lunteers are
from Virginia, North and South Caro
lina and other southern states. Only
fifty of the applicants, it was said,
were under 25 years old. None be
low this age are now being accepted.
Of the total. 10,000 are negroes.
German Losses in Recent
Desperate Fighting Heavy.
Paris, April 27.—The extent of the
| German losses in the recent desper
! ate fighting along the Aisne is par
| tially disclosed in today's official
I statement on the capture of 130 guns,
of which a considerable number were
of heavy caliber.
The German losses in men are esti
mated at more than 200.000 with the
probai'ility that the total reached 235,
000. These figures include killed,
wounded and prisoners.
The number of German prisoners
aggregates approximately 20,000.
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the m&n oil
the roll
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has the "Ra-ber-oid Man" on
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2. Genfaine RU-BER-OID
gives )bng and satisfactory
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Many RU-BER-OID roofs
laid' 20 years ago are still
giving perfect service.
Genuine RU-BKR-OID, made by
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J out.
, The taleM way it to look for the
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MT. AIRY C.
li-Jfti-iM) MM. / ih»i last*.
F. L SMITH HARDWARE COMPANY
MONGOLIA F1RE5 FIRST
GUN OF THE WAR THAT
IS WAGED ON GERMANY
C*ptaui of the ViMtl Tall* of
Tha Achievement.
London, April 25.— Captain Kiev, of!
the American *teum«hip Mongolia, j
which Km urnvtd at a British port.!
told the Afcsociated Pre»» today that!
the Mongolia ha<l fired tha fimt fun I
of the war for tha United ritatee and
sunk a '•crraan submarine.
The (MrriHcope disappeared and a j
' few minute* later reappeared on the
; rthip'n broad*ida. The gunner* fired |
| hitting the periscope squarely and i
I (hrowmtc up a mountain of water.
Capiatm Kice outlined the incident
' with m>*Je*ty, hut could not quite
• eai the pride he felt in the achiev**
| rnent of hut *hip. Jle paid high tri-1
, hute to the gunners and e*p«r tally toj
I the manner in which they were handl-.
i ed by the officer* who directed the!
firing of the telling shots.
"For five dayN and night*," Maid i
Captain Rice, Ml had not had my
clothe* off and we kept a big force of'
lookout* on duty all the time. It wan I
»;20 o'clock the afternoon of the 19th j
that we sighted the submarine, The i
officer commanding the gunner* was
with me on the bridge whe»-e in fart
I we had l»een the most of th** timei
'throughout the voyare. Tierr wa« a
haze over the *ea u the lune. We|
had just taken a sounding fdr we
were getting near shallow water and j
we were looking at the lead when the
I fir.it mate cried: There's a submarine I
off the port Imjw.'
Hit I'eriecope at 1.000 Yards.
i The submarine was close to us, too
! cldfe in fact, for her purposes and she;
wa.f submerging again in order to
maneuver in u 1 >etter position for tor
pedoing u a ben we sighted her. We
>aw the ptriafope go down and the*
wirl of the water. I quickly ordered
a man at the wheel to put it to- star-1
hoard and we swung the nose of the
ship toward the sp< t where the sub
marine had been seen.
"We wero going at full speed ahead1
and two minute- after we first sight
ed the U-lw at it merged again about
1,000 yards off. -It* intention prob
ably had been to catch us broadside
on, but when it appealed we had the
te n gun : ained i ull on it,
"The heutenant gave the command*
and the big gun: boomed. We saw
the periscope shattered and the shell
r*nd the submarine d isap pea red.
"Teddy** Fired First Shot.
"I assure you we did not stop to re
I cwinoiter after the incident, but
i steamed away at full speed, for it
wa« not probable that there was an
other submarine about. The one I
got undoubtedly had been lying on the
i bottom of this spot waiting for the
-hip and came up when it heard our
; propellers. ! immediately *ent a
wireless message stating that a sub-,
1 marine had been seen.
"That's about all the story, except
ing this: The gunners had named
I the guns on Board the Mongolia, and
the one which got the submarine was
' > a!!ed Theodore Roosevelt; so Teddy
I fired the first gun of the war after
jail."
< apiain nice recalled mai ne came,
from AII is ton, Mass., and th»t the en
counter with the suomarine occurred j
on the date when the Bay State was
celebrating the anniversary of the;
battle of Lexington.
Fine Exhibition of Efficiency.
"I can't apeak too highly of the cool1
manner in which the lieutenant hand)- j
ed his crew and gunners," he said, j
"It was a fine exhibition of efficiency
of American naval men. The lieu-,
tenant knew before the shell struck
the submarine that its aim was ac
curate. There is no guess work
about it, but a case of pure mathe
matics. Taking the speed at which
the Mongolia was traveling at the
time and the speed which the sub
marine undoubtely would make and
computing these figures with the dis
tances we were from the submarine
i when it was first sighted and when it
appeared the second time, it can be
shown that the lieutenant had his gun
sighted to the inch. And it must be
remembered that the whole affair
took only two minutes."
A pertinent fact, as regards the
ultimate fate of the submarine, was(
that the shell disappeared immediate-1
ly after the hit was made. The cap
tain stated that a shell always rico
cbets in the water and can be seen.
again unless it finds the mark. Oil
also was seen on the water after the i
submarine disappeared.
The Mongolia was going at full.
speed and was a long distance away
When the spray and foam subsided1
but frt;m the bridge the officers ob
served the spot through their glasses
and they are confident the submarine ,
w a < sunk.
Sydnor& Sparger
Insurance Agents
MOUNT AIRY, M. C
Office in Merritl Building. |
WE MUST PAY THE PRICE.
Tho Only Way to Trnia Mm
For War Flying i* in Actual |
Fighting.
British hMulquartiiri in t'raiiu
from > Correspondent of th« Alwcl
•tad Pre««, April 3.—Wholly infor
mal but deciiladly interesting ronvar
iation* between British ami French
flying c«jrp* officer* aa regard* the
possibility of Karly American partici
pation in thi» fashionable pha-a of
tha war have lieen doing on behind
the line* h«ra.
It is grn^rnlly agreed that tha
service ha* proved o attractive to the
young men of both England ami
France, the youth of America will be
drawn toward it.
Already plan* are making to in
crease the number of Americans now
flying for Franca, while all tha mem
ber* of the Biitixh royal flying corps
are ready to welcome and aid in th
training of American* in all tha arta
of flying, it i* realized that the
l-nited State* army is not on a war
basis rega'.iing the machincK, hut it
i* under tood that both the British,
and French service* are prepare)! to,
furnish them just a* the two services
now exchange machine* a* nece**ity
demand*.
America, of cour*e, is expected to i
throw her manufacturing ability to
her flier*, but. the modem airplane
with it* tremendous power housed in
a very compact, very light engine,
with delicate instrument*, and sensi
tive control*, is an extremely compli
cated affair and its construction ,s a
matter of month*.
Ju*t now the ingle seat fighting
scout i* the machine of the hour.
Such mmhii c. must tind the terrif
ic strain of fighting tactic*, rolling, j
looping, nose diving, side dipping. It.
i* no unusual thing nowaday* U> see a,
pilot eemingly fali out of control,
2,'MMI feet or nn ••, then flattening out
arid sail -erenely away. The strain
of thi* maneuver u tremendous.
The A->oeiatcd Press correspond-]
ent ha talked with many British fly -
. .ir o'ficei • o d: • .i-ti .. anil all
agreed that the only way to train men
for war flying in actual fighting.1
They frankly *ay that in thin way
many men may lie lo.t. hut th;it those |
who (turvivc are worth their weight
in gold and prove brilliant flight and j
squadron leauer.i.
Officers of the British flying corps,
say that America must bo pri pared
to pay such a price. She mu t under
stand they point out, that the losses
will come, and that these men will re
flect glory upon her colprs and lend
brilliance to the brighter pages of her
history.
men far from the battlefield. They
may become proficient to every trick
of flying known to the science in this
training- Their real service, however
only begins after they have prove I
themselves "over the line". !he
British have developed brilliant flier:'|
at their training grounds in England,
men who have mastered ».?•■> tech
nical point i f aviation and who ' tandl
out clearly as potential leaiieis. tljti
each one of them upon reaching
France must be attached '1 a squad
ron as an ordinary figh'er and win
his way upward through :'ne soul
searching .shock of actual battle.
Some of these men succumb, but the
survivors more than repay the cost.
America, it is said, can render a
great service to the allies by sending
over pilots at the earliest possible
moment. They can join the British
corps at once and as thty prove them
selves, can be reclaimed by America
for organizing and training her
squadrons as these become available.
The care and maintainance of air
planes requires the constant atten
tion of skilled men. If America
would render an immediate service,
according to the view here, she might
send over 5,000 fitters, riggers and
mechanicians to take up this branch >
of the service now and learn every j
phase of the work of grooming and j
handling the delicate machines.
The air service does not stand stili.
Almost each day brings changes. It is
the feeling here that America should
lose no time in gettting machine's un
der way and men in training. The al
lies hold the hard fought mastery of
the air, but they must be in a position
always absolutely to overwhelm the
enemy and ke*>p him on the ground.
The youth of Ar-eri -a and Britain, it
is thought ' •! "it the lines here, j
should with ti r i union ideals, com- j
mon language, common love of sport
und common courage, skill and dar
ing. find ideal companionship in this
hazardous but romantic uar in the
air.
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lie amiable, cheerful and good
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Tablets and get rid of that anil it will j
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the bo wall, but improve the appetite
and strengthen the digestion.
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