porta of trundow atocfca ia cold
atnraft. ara bring tho twiwawn to
• raaliaatian that (Mr boycott <lat
ln| from laat Thankagiving haa baan
affwtivaiy Inatninnntal la hraakin*
tha high eaat of paultry. Laat
Tkantafivtaf and Chriatmaa, whan
aonaumara ganarally rafuaad to pay
tka axartttantly high pricaa, many
daalara I ihind to lowar tha rataa,
aaid tktjr would (imply pat tka ntuff
in caid atoraga and amillngf y informal
thoaa who rafaaad «a purchaaa that
thay waald havo to buy iatar with tha
a.4dad aaat a? cold atoraga rhargaa.
tncraaain? numbara of c-onaumara
raaolvad not to buy poultry until tha
pricaa raiaa down to a normal laral
and inataad of tha uaual procadura of
complaining but atlll paying tha tri
buta actually did curtail buying, until
today raporta from tha cold atoraga
warahouaaa fllod with tha Btata board
«f health ahow that thara war* 12,
707,701 pounda of poultry on hand
Jan. 1, 1*17 with tha yaar'a tima limit
for atoraga fast approaching.
Further m-Unca of the enormous
accumulation in the storehouses ia
(ivm in tha Mnwrimith Da part
mant of A grieult urt's raport on cold
storage holding am Aug. 1, which
states that 210 warehouses hava 48.
8M.MA pounds of freaen poultry on
hand, an !ncraaia, It aayi, of 3M.1 par
«ant ovar Laat yaar. Notwithstanding
thia incraaaa, tha holders decreased
14.5 par cant daring July, although
laat yaar during tha , mum month
thera was an incraaaa at 8.8 par cant.
Various explanation ara given for
this surplus, but market man gener
ally agree that there haj been a great
falling off in the buying and the food
•committee of the Public Safety Com
mittee aad tha Fruit and Preface Ex
change are rushing to the aid of tha
holder* of the tremen.loua stocks by
urging everyone to eat poultry as a
"patriotic Duty." Rather reluctant
ly those who insisted last Thanksgiv
ing that the public would hava to pay
the penalty for refusing to yield to
the excessive prices are apparently
finding themselves obliged to take a
km* for their folly instead of what
many called an unfair profit.
Prices as low as 25 cents a pound
for chicken are quoted at retail, which
means of course that those who have
held the chickens in xtoraye are
obliged to sell them at wholesale at
even lower price*, which ia quite a
drop from last Thanksgiving's quota
tions, especially when the additional
storage charge of approximately one
third of a cent a pound a month is
considered.
Wise housewives who looked over
the poultry during the holidays, in
quired the price and refused to buy
upon Anding it higher than they
thought it ought to be, now feel that
such a weapon is quite effective and
will be a strong support to the Food
Control Bill in reducing the high cost
of living.
Lawrence Bugbee Dies
In Cherryville Wire*.
Greensboro News.
A long distance telephone mess*ire
received in Greenboro late yesterday
from Cherryville told of the death of
Ijiwrence E. Bugbee, of this city, his
death occurring as he war descending
in a parachute after making a suc
cessful balloon ascention. In descend
ing the parachute came in contact
with the high power wires of the
Southern Tower company, according
to the meager information contained
in the message received here, and
when the message was sent Bugbee
had not been released from the wires,
the unfortunate young man having
lieeti almost instantly electrocuted.
The deceased resided in Greensborc
•t 607 Dairy street with his mother
Mrs. I-ouisa C. Bugbee, and sister,
Miss Cora L. Bugbee, and prior to es
najring the .ole of aeronaut he wai
employed here as a mattress maker
He was About SO year* of age and on
TWmImts Kapt Btwjr m W»
tmrm Pi. Mm mi UaM
Lincoln, Nab.—TIM appaa1« of tha
radaral Dapartmant af Acrieultura ta
farmani to practlaa conaarvation ui4
•eonaaty on a much rtoaar acala than
uaual hai barn* fruit la tha whaat
crowing dlatricta af tha Waat. Dur
ing tha apring and aummar • nuimbar
of thraaking uutflta, uaual I jr Idla, Kara
baan working on waatorn atraw ataeka,
with ronaldarabla profit. It la aatl
matad by ax part a that mtlliona of
buahala of whaat tiava baan I aft in
tbaaa ataeka through caralaaa thraah
\ Kmum farmer's chickens *J0
given credit for uncovering thin small
sisad fold mine. Ha not trad that
whanavar thay war* let looaa they
headed directly for tha straw stack*
and pat in several (may hours of
scratching. Ha investigated and found
anoufh whaat in tha atrsw to Juatlfy
running it through the machine again.
He got 150 buahela that he aold at
12.60 a buahal.
The usual practice haa been to pay
the thraahing outfit ownera half of the
(Train recovered. They made mora
than good wage* doing the job*. The
preaence of the wheat in the straw ia
explained on the theory that in their
haete to finish tha job in hand and get
to tha next one contracted for the
wheat haa been fed too faat through
the threaher. The discovery, along
with the fact that wheat ia certain to
command 12 a buahel for an indefinite
period, will make for cloeer watch of
tha tlireahing operations already be
gun.
A large pnrt of tha acreage of
wheat in Nebraska was winter-killed
and the highest estimate of the State's
yield ie 10,000,000 bushels, aa compar
ed with an average crop of above A0,
000,000 buahela. The killing of the
wheat led to a • par ceat incraaae (a
com acreage and alao a large increaae
in oata planting. Thia crop ia now be
ing harvested. Favorable weather
greatly increased the yield of oats.
Protest Against "Refined"
Barbarity of the German*.
Petrojfrad, Aug. 12.—The central,
committee which is dealing with the|
affairs of war prisoners issued a state
ment today "in high protest airainat'
the refined barbarity which Germany .
is displaying" toward Russian pria
The statement wji the Germany is
not fulfilling her promises regnnling
the internment in neutral countries of
sick prisoners, that she is illegally re
taining military prisoners unfit for
service, and that she U placing re
strictions on the men communicating I
with.their homes ami intercepting let
ters asking assistance from the Red |
Cross. It also says that the rations
of the prisoners havj been reduced to
unheard of proportions and that they;
include adulterated product* injurious
to the men. In addition, prisoners arej
compelled to undertake super-human
labor.
| It is asserted in the statement that
| Germany abstains from replying to
proposals for the exchange of civi
lian prisoners and hostanges for the
alleviation of the lot of war prisoners
on the ba*.is of reciprocity, or for th?
exchange of tubercular prisoners or
the sending of Sisters of Charity to
nurse them.
America's Cause for War.
"The military masters of Germany
denied us the right to be neutral.
They filled our communities with vi
I rious spies and conspirators. They
sought to corrupt our citizens. * *
They sought by violence to destroy
our industries and arrest our com
merce. They tried to Incite Mcxico
to take up arms against us and to
draw Japan into hostile alliance with
her. They impudently deniad us the
use of the high seas and repeatedly
executed their threat that they would
send to their death any of our people
who ventured to approach the coasts
of Kurope. * t •
"This flag under which we serve
| would have been dishonored had we
withheld our hand."—Woodrow Wil
Declared On
Typhoid Fever
TREE TREATMENTS!
TW Hewing op of th« U. S. S. Main* in Coho in 1806 ciund the United States to declare
Spain. At that timo the United State* hod 10,78# troops in camp at JaduonrilU, Fla., not ono of
which had boon vaccinated against typhoid fever; consequently 4,442 contracted typhoid, and 248
died. That experience caused a declaration of war on typhoid by vaccination. In 1911 there w«
12^01 U. S. troops in camp during the hot months of the year in Texas. All but one had boon vaccine
ed against typhoid, end he, alone, contracted the disease.
' typhoid fever in the Army and Navy since vaccination was made compulsory,
a week apsrt, are necessary f«
Protect yourself and family by going to the nearest ytitm first day and taking the
Typhoid fever in your community is your fault ttnless you^Jfave done everything in
to prevent it. A competent physician, representing tfke State^Board of Health, will administer the tree*
ITINERARY FOR SURRY COUNTY
Dispensary Points and Dates
Mondays, August 13, 20, 27; September 3
Laurel Bluff 7 to 8 A. M.
Pine Ridge 10 to 12 M.
Martins School House 3 to 4 P. M.
Tuesdays, August 14, 21, 28; September 4
Zephyr 7 to 9 A. M .
Cockerham's Mill. 10 to 12 M.
Mountain Park. . t'. 1 to 3 P. M.
State Road 4 to 5 P. M.
Wednesdays, August 15, 22, 29; September 5
Elkin 7 to 9 P. M.
Little Richmond 10 to 12 M.
Fairview, 1 to 2 P. M.
Union Cross, 3 to 4 P. M.
Dobson 5 to 6 P. M.
Thursday*, August 16, 23, 30; September 6
Copelsnd 7 to 9 A. M.
Rockford 10 to 12 M.
Kilosm. 1 to 3 P. M.
Brown's Store 4 to 6 P. M.
Fridays, August 17, 24, 31; September 7
Pilot Mountain 7 to 9 A. M.
Ararat, 10 to 12 M.
Indian Graves, .2 to 3 P. M.
Woodville 4 to 6 P. M.
Saturdays, August 18, 25; September 1, 8
White Plain* 7 to 9 A. M.
Mount Airy 10 to 5 P. M.
Financing the War.
The United Stated i* financing itself
in this war by loans and taxes. It ob
tain* fundi from the people, some by
taxation and <one by the sale of
bond*, and then it goes into the mar
ket* and buy* from the people what it
need*. The people supply the govern
ment with money and the government
with this money buy* from the peo
ple what it needs for the war.
There are three sources from which
the United States can draw the sinews
of war. First is the rtxed property of
the nation. This repreM>nw our farms,
factories, mine*, railway* and all oth
er property including accumulated
saving*. From the corpua or body of
none of these, except the accumulated
savings, will the government obtain
war funds, and even from the accu
mulated savings it will draw a rela
tively small portion. These accumu
lated savings are invested in indus
tries and business which are neces
sary to the country's we! rare and pro
sperity and it is only that portion of
these saving* which are seeking in
vestment that the government will re
ceive in exchange for *.om*j.
The second and the great source
from which the government is to de
rive "its fund is the woalth produced
during the war. Part of thia it will
obtain by taxation and part in ex
change for bonds. The annual pro
duction of the United States, from its
farms, mines, factories, and other
sources, amounts to fifty billion dol
lars a year and out of .this fifty bil
lion dollars will come the funds, part
from taxes and part from the sale of
bonds, with which the United States
will finance itself during this war.
By taxation this generation will pay
it* portion of the cost of the war. By
the sale of bonds the next generation
is called upon to pay its portion, apd
thU last portion will be paid from the
I rfliti
wealth prcdurtion after the war.
By this method the capital of the
country, its courres of income and ■
wealth, are unimpaired. It is only the
yearly increment of this property that
is called upon to bear a portion of the
coat of the war. Thus despite the
waste of the war and the destruction
of property involved the country may
. emerge from the conflict stronger fi
nancially, m<we efficient and even
wealthier than before. What the gov
. eminent receives it receives from the
people without impairing the sources
of wealth of the country, and passes
it bark to the people in exchange for
the productions of the cvuntry. It is
in a way only a shifting of credits.
The government collects the ourrent
I taxes and by means of bonds antici
pates taxes of the years to come, and
| all the money thus acquired passes
back into the hands of the tax-payers.
This is why the governments which
follow sound economic methods not
! only are not impoverished by wars but
sometimes emerges the stranger as
, Kngland did after the Napoleonic
j wars and the United Stales did after
; our great Civil War.
The Beauty Secret.
Ladies desire that irre
nttible charm—a good
complexion. Of course
they do not wish others
to know a Heautifier
has been used so they
buy a bottle of
Magnolia Balm
LIQUID FACE POWDER
■dmmidh ta *!«<*—■ Iwni*.
T', mi
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liMWiCt, •WMk.h-tkN.Y.
Announcement!
Ed w. M.
formation of a
LinvM Balljjetifty & Auction Co.
The partnership U formed for the purpose of handl
ing Real Estate at private sale and by public auction.
They have engaged the service* of CoL J. 5. Ball for
Auctioneer.. . His experience covers a period of forty
years.
A square deal to both buyer and seller is their motto.
Write or call if you have a farm to sell.
Office in McCargo Building.
MOUNT AIRY, N. C
Telephone 43. P. O. Box 453.
Let The News JOB OFFICE
have your next job printing
SUBURBAN PROPERTY /OR SALE!
On Monday, September 3, at 2 P/M.. we-arrtf*»ell the
J. C. and J. O. Haymofre fay mile east of.
Ml Airy. The land ylH^dmded Into small tracts ]
and sold to the highe^&dder. Some of the lots i
11, others large enough for small truck fs
ATKINS * BALL, Mount Airy, N. C