Mount Airy New*.
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WOOD—WOOD
For m town to be ilwrt of fuot li •
Moat serious problem, foe warmth Mid
food are sseenttal to Ufa. It ia aaid
that right her* in Mount Airy today
—Wednesday, thara are a handrad
home* that hrve no fuel except what
can be picked up in the way of rub
bish, and the aourca will soon he ex
hausted. There ia no coal to bo had
that amounts to a supply. » id citiaana
atom' about t\o street* and looh ex
pecting to buy the Drat load of wood
that enmee along for sale. And they
often look in vain, for hut little rnmea
the r daya.
Now the Town will establish a wood
yard aa noon an the detaila ran ba
worked out. We mean aa soon aa a
lot ran !» secured and wood bought,
at leant that ia the talk among the
men In authority, and it ia likely to he
the course adopted. Tht* ia dona to
help the situation, and no doubt it will
aid some.
We had ju.'.t ax well come to an un
derstanding about the fuel supply and
adjust ourselves to the conditiona we
face. Moet of the dray wagons in thia
town have gone out of business during
the past few months because of the
high prices of food and feed, and the
drivers are now working somewhere
for wagea. And so if there were a
supply of fuel here it would he hard to
get It hauled about over town. The
teams are not here with which to haul
it. Try to hire a team and see for
yourself how hard it is to get one.
Again the surplus labor about town
that has been cording up wood in
yearn past is all, or practically all,
gone or busy on the farms at a price
that paya better than cutting cord
wood. The result is that there ia but
little wood to he had that ia ready to
haul from the farms. And the labor
is not here now with which to get the
wood cut.
ine supply 01 coal is snort ana un
certain for the same reaaons that
wood is. The men who have worked
in coal minea hava been able to gat
batter job* and hava gone elsewhere.
Hence the scarcity of coal miners.
Aga>n the government fa using a large
supply of coal, and thus much ia taken
out of the regular channels of supply.
There is nothing that points to a
supply of coal this winter to any de
gree of certainty.
Now these are facts, and there is
another fact, too. That is the people
here have, for years, been in the habit
of buying fuel from week to week as
they needed it, just aa they buy gro
ceries and other supplies.
Now what ia the remedy. For the
Town to go into the fuel business, as
it will, will not greatly increase the
supply of fuel. The Town can not
buy a cord of wood any eaaier than a
private citizen can. The fanner is
not going to quit his farm and haul
wood to town at the present prices of
wood and tobacco. He is going to atrip
the tobacco first, certain.
m The remedy, as we see it, ia for
each citixen to, in a way, go into the
wood business for himaelf. There are
a million cords of wood all about ua,
but no one to bring it in. The citi
xen must himself see to getting it cut
and hauled to his home. Now you say
this ia not practical. May be not, but
it will get the wood. The man who
has a wife and child and no fuel can
find a team if he will pay the price,
and he can buy wood in the forest by
the hundred cords and have it hauled.
But you say he cannot leave hia busi
ness long enough to do this himself.
He may have to—many are leaving
long enough to spend some time in
France. We heard a citixen offer to
sell a thousand cords of wood to a
citixen here this week. This wood he
ha offered ia in close distance to town
and the offer was made in good faith.
The citixens who are out of wood can
buy it on the stump on a doxen farms
about town, and at a reasonable price.
A strong man can get in enough wood
in a few days to last him all winter,
and this appears to be the remedy here
at this time.
A Lauon From the Farmer
When th« farmer gets out of wood
and hi* wife Mary notifies him of the
fart he atop* the plow long enough to
bring in a load. The people of this
good town, it appear, are going to
have to resort to the same tactic...
There is a body of timber a mile west
of this rity and the owners will sell
the wood on the stump. The man here
who has no wood can soon get a sup
ply. If ha car** to adopt the tactice of
hi* neighbor fanner.
flailing thai Thiy
at
ad Jae
kit «im4 pUi. A jmry
diet at gdHty.
A eaea that HlHrtW quite a little
attenUaw m that at lite iMt at a
■till. It wae • large copper Kin and
had bam raptured bjr Deputy Hheriff
Will (ientry aad left at the home at
Mr. Eauaett I Macs mm month* ago
far safe keeping. That night several
men raau to tka hoaaa aad ten out
the alda of the rrlb where the still
was locked up aad carried It away.
Bills, of Indictment ware found against
two white aten, John Key and Walter
Bird, aad two catered men, Lewis Bow.
lea and Joe Dofeaon. At the Urns the
■till was removed it was govenunent
property and the offense was consid
stnii a grave one. The men charged
with the theft employed many lawyers
and the rase was heard by a jury.
After murk testifying and many
speeches the Jury took the rasa and It
required several hours to reach a ver
dict. The white man, Walter Bird,
and the colored man, Joe Dobeon, were
convicted and the other two declared
not guilty. The case has not been
passed upon by the Judge.
At four o'clock Wednesday the
court undertook to get at the facts
about the case of L. Johnson charged
with retailing. The facts the state
will bring out will tend to show that
Mr. Johnson, a country merchant of
the Dobson section, has t>een retailing
and used his Ford to bring the ardent
form down in Yadkin to meet the
needs of his section of the county. On
one of his trips down in the country
where they know how to make it he
was stopped by the officers one night,
and they will tell the court how they
found too much in the automobile
The machine is under bond and may be
confiscated along with the liberty of
the man it a verdict of guilty ia ren
dered.
There are a number of criminal
causes on the docket and if all are dis
posed of the court will be in session
all the wsek. The school houss is
being used for a court house.
After Jon** Again.
That court over at Dobaon baa gone
and convicted Jonas Allan again. Juat
what thay wan tad to go and do it for
wa are not able to undent*ad. And
now that thay hava ctsvlctad htm wa
serioualy faar that ha is not acting
ha part of wisdom in tha course he ia
pursuing. The laat time he was con
victed ha played the part of a Solomon
and got out when he made that hog
into sausage, the kind "your grand
mother used to make." Jonas has an
other hog thia year, but they uy he
is not going to kill it, and evidently
he is onto the job and has other plans
worked out. The fact that pork ia
worth twenty centa a pound may have
something to do with it, for be it
known Jonaa it not wasting any pow
der as ha goes along—ha ia too wiaa
for that. One official high up suggest
ed that the good will made by that
other sausage could yet be depended
upon to some degree, for good will ia
a commodity that evaporates slowly.
It may be that Jonaa can rest his case
on the good effects that were produced
by that other hog. But we fear he ia
taking too much for granted. That
is not a bad set he ia dealing with,
but as one citizen suggested a little
persimmon beer, or something, should
be added and not depend entirely upon
the good wilt that has now been in
existence for these years. These are
strange tlmea, and to rely upon sau
sage that was made Ave years ago may
be all right, hot It appears to us to
be rather a stale course to adopt.
Jonas is too good a citizen to get
balled up ia these perilous times, and
if there i* nothing but a hog between
him and liberty we seriously suggest
that he take the risk and let the hog
go, even if pork ia twenty cents. H*
can soon fattei. another hog, and to go
and allow hia liberty to be trifled with
ia not the proper thing to do it I
time when K means so much to b*
free and happy.
1
NOTlCfc OF SALS
I will Mil to th4 highest bidder, for
cash on the 8th dy of Nor. 1017, at
the places herein nfcmed a lot of corn,
wheat, rye and feat stuff. Sala will
be made at 10 o'clock on the above
named data in bottwn near White
Sulphur Springs and ikon completion
of sale at this i^ace sals will be con
tinued at John Gri>atf's an the Wards
Gap road.
This Oct. 13th, 1917.
J. If. PARKER, Guardian.
Oct. 22, 1017.
Sour Stomach.
Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat for a
few davs and in most caeJf the sour
stomach will disappear. If it does
not, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets
immedinrly after supper. Red meats
are moat likely to cause eour stomach
and you moat likely cause "our stom
ach and you may And It best to cut
them cut.
Tfcn »aak ~ paapia ai Ikli a»ttaa
baarta* bar ^Mlnurai Tka
mmm)t la ta ba aaad la nii>li n (Im
|Mp tlMt Is mi bctvmi tkis mutrj
and tka eountrwa at Earopa.
Tka lartWatloac ara that a libaral
tkara will ba aa —ibarra—mant ba
rauaa of tka lack of fund*.
THara la ana ur.fartunata faatura
about tka laaa. Tkara ara Ban abonl
la tka land who ara known ft i - va
monay and ta hava It out at rood In
araat who ara not ruapondii r ta tkia
appaal at tka nation. Thaaa cittzana
ara going ta ruma In far a carta in
annual at crlUci«a for not taking
soma at tka laan. It la wall knowa
that tka frianda of tka Carman «<>*
arnmant ara dowm all tkajr eaa ta pra
vant tka paopla from making tka loan
a iiirraaa. Tka afforta may hindar
•oma but not ta any treat hurt.
What tka nation wanta la to arauaa
public intaraat and hava I ha unttad
support of arary man who claim* and
Kan tha protaction of tkia govarn
mant.
A DAY Or SPECIAL PRAYER
President Appoint* Nml Sun
day a Day o# Special Prayer
For Succom of Amarican
Arms.
President Wilnon ha* iasued • pro
clamation appointing next Sunday,
October 2*. a day of prsyer for the
success of the American aram in the
war, in areorrlanco with the recent
resolution of ('ongrs*». Tha. Presi
dent'* proclamation follows:
"Whereas, the Congress of. tha
United States, by a concurent reso
lution adopted on tha 4th day of the
present month of October, in view of
tha entrance of our nation into the
vast greater part of the world, has re
quested me to set apart by official pro
clamation a day upon which our peo
ple should be called upon to offer con
centrated prayer to Almighty God
for his divine aid in the successes of
our arm*; and whereas, it behoovers a
xreat, free people, nurtured as we |
have been in the eternal principles of
justice and of right, a nation which
has sought from the earliest day* of
its existence to be obedient to the di
vine teachings which have inspired it
I in the exercises of it* liberties, to
I turn always to the Supreme Master
i and cast themselves in faith at His
feat, praying for His aid and succor in
•vary hit of trial, to tha end tttt the
great sima to which oar father* dedi
cated our power as a people may not
perish among men, but be alway* as
sorted and defended with fresh ardor
snd devotion and, through the divine J
blessing, set at laat upon enduring
foundation* for the benefit of all the
free people* of tha earth:
"Now, therefore. I. Woodrow Wil- '
«»n, President of the United State*,
gladly responding to the wish expres
»ed by the Congress, do appoint Octo
bar 28, being the last Sunday of the
present month, as s day of supplica
tion and prayer for all the people of
tha nation, honestly exhorting all my
countrymen to obaerv* the spointed
day, according to their several faith*,
in solemn prayer that God's blessing*
may rest upon the task which is
laid upon us, to the end that the cauae
for which we give our live* and treas
ure may triumph and our efforts be
blessed with high achievement." I
Sell Your Tobacco
—With—
Haynes, Brown <& Co.
Highest Prices arid Best
Accommodations
Now is the time to m11 your priming*. Not in the history of our busi
neu have we been able to sell priming* as bigh u we are selling them now.
For the put fire year* priming* have »o!d better before the *talk cured tobac
co began to tell than it did after, so we advise our customers and those who are
not our customers to sell your first primings early as possible.
Hare your tobacco in good keeping condition and come to see us and
we will see that every pile of your tobacco brings the top of the market.
Our motto is: "Highest Prices and best Accomodations."
Your friends,
Haynes, Brown & Co.
Fii:st Sale Days—Oct. Tuesdays and Fridays.
%
County Union Meeting
The Surry County Farmer* Union
■rill hold ita n«xt regular quarterly
meeting at Dobson, on Thursday night
»n<l Friday, November let and 2nd.
1917. It ia hoped that each local in
the county will be repreaented by a
full delegation. Delegate* to the
itate meeting will be choaen beside*
other important buaines*. Frater
nally, J. M. Brinkley, Sec.
Ckamberlaia's Coagh Kenedy Um
Moat Reliable.
After many years' experience in the
use of it and other cough medicines,
there are many who prefer Chamber
lain's to any other. ' Mrs. A. C. Kirs
tein, Greenville, 111., writes. "Cham
Mrlain's Cough Remedy has been used
in my mother's home and mine for
rears, and we always found it a quick
;ure for colds and bronchial trouble*.
We find it to be the moet reliable
'oughmedicine we have used."
CAN you IMPROVE YOUR OWN
TtlEPHONE SERVICE
Utdiai Telephone eq|in«eri Make the
following statement:
When speaking into a telephone the beat re
sults are obtained with the l^ps very cloae to the
transmitter—jus^so they da not touch it. Re
moving the lips from the transmitter has the
same effect as lengthening tha line you are uaing
as follows: \
One inch lengthens th* line 57 miles
Two inches lengthens the line 128 miles
Throe inches lengthens the lino 179 miles
Four inches lengthens the lino 218 miles
Air Line Distance to Norfolk, Va., 238 miles
Don't talk at your telephone but speak di
rectly into the transmitter.
CO-ORPORATION HELPS YOU—HELP US
Mpunt Airy Telephone Co.
YOU SHOULD NAME
THE SURRY COUNTY LOAN
& TRUST CO.
AS YOUR EXECUTOR FOR THE
FOLLOWING REASONS:
The business of this Company is to act as Executor of
Wills, to administer estates, to serve as guardian of
minors and trustee of property under wills.
A board of careful business men direct the affairs of the
Company.
The Trust Company never dies and is always found at
its place of business ever ready to five proper attention
to the affairs of your estate.
The Trust Company will see that your will Is drawn cor
rectly and, when named as Executor, makes no charge
for properly drawing up the will or keeping it under
seal in its vault
DIRECTORS
W. W. Burke, A. G. Bowman, W. P. Carter, E. H. Wrenn,
F. S. Eldridge, W. A. York, G. D. Fawcett, W. W.
Hampton, W. G. Sydnor, J. D. Smith.
OFFICERS
W. F. CARTER, President
E. H. WRENN, Vice-President
GEO. D. FAWCETT, Sec. * Treas.
Mount Airy Realty & Auction Co.
J. A. ATKINS. Manager
MOUNT AIRY, — North Carolina.
II you want to buy or mII apply to us. — Wo handle all
kind* of Real Estate, public and private.
OFFICE OVER EARP S STORE.