I W. WEST DRUG CO.
MAIN STREET
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
Colon*! Wdtarm'i Viow of
Tfco War.
Mirw Hanary Watteraon, looking
backward at the fiftieth ChriaUnaa of
the I. uiaville Cornier-Journal, uttara
word« upon the graataat of all war*
thai miMt ba convincing even to thoaa
whuae thought* hava not ran alone
the fundamental linea with which ha
dt ala.
Thin old ohaarvar of man and avanta
far In (hat we may atand upon tha edge
of u iipw dearent Into tha dark ag<*a.
But ha aye:
"Surely the future look* black
an« :h. yat it hold* a hope, a aingle
hope. One, and one power only, can
arri'xt the deacent and aave ua. That
ia the Chriatlan religion.
"Democracy u but a aide iaaua. The
paramount iaaua, underlying tha iaaua
of democracy, ia the religion of Chriat
and Him crucified; tha bedrock of civ
ilization; tha aourre of reaource of all
tlui ia worth having in the world that
la, that give* promiae in the world to
coma; not aa an abatraction; not aa a!
huddle of aecta and factiona; but aa a
mighty force and principle of being.
The Word of God, delivered by the
gentle Nazarene upon tha hillaidea of
Judea, sanctified by the croaa of Cal
vary. ha* aurvived every aaaault. It
ia now arrayed upon land and aea to,
me>'t the desdlieat of all aaaaulta,'
Satan turned looee for one laat. Anal.
atruggle.
I ne Kiiiwr boldly threw down tn«
Wire of battle—Infidel Germany
against the believing world—'Kul
tur' against Christianity—the Gospel
of Hate against the Gospel of Love.
Thus is the Satan personified—'My
*elf and God' merely his way of pro
claiming it—for hie '<»od' in Beelzebub
the Angel of Destruction, his creed
the devil's own, his aim and end a!
hell on earth. Never did Crusader j
lift battle-ax in holier war against the :
Saracen than is waged by our sol-1,
diers of the cross against the German.
Tile issues are indeed identical.
"If the world is to be saved from
destruction- physical no less than
spirtual destruction—it will be saved
alone by the rhristian religion. That
eliminated leaves the earth to eter
nal war. For fifty years Germany has
been organizing and laboring to sup
plant it with 'Kultur,' the genius of
Infidenlity. Her college professors
have been obsessed with it. Her uni
versities have seethed with it. In
act-laming 'Myself and God,' the Kai
ser has put the imperial seul upon it.
When our armies have run it to its
lair—when they have crushed it—
naught will have been gained unless
the glorious Banner of the Cross is
hoist—even as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness- -and the
misled masses of Germany are bade
to gather about it and bentath it a
sadly they collect the debris of their
ruin for the reconstruction of the
Fatherland."
n . r>. r>. —
Not the Man.
An old negro went to the office of
the commissioner of registration ir. »
Missouri town arid applied for regis
tration papers.
"What is your name?" asked the
official.
"George Washington," was the re
ply.
"Well George, are you the man who
cut down the cherry tree?"
"No, suh; 1 ain't de man. I ain't
done no work for nigh onto n year."
Mount Airy iron Works
Foundry and Machiae Shop
Repair Work * Specialty
A large variety *i eaatiaga I aleak.
etHera ■■lie to ertier.
J. D. MINICIL
ML Airy. N. C, Aag M. 1*10.
New York March 1.—German new»
papari have infomied (Mr reader*
that Niw York City, for it* protection
haa ffirdad ttaalf with a wire frnce
H2B mile* in length. The German* al
io hava )>een told that .W.WiO soldier*
are guarding the port uf New V irk.
that rigoroua meaaurea have lieeu
taken in Chicago ami daewhere, and
that Hoboken i* daeerted. Under the
caption " \meriran Wnr Fover," the
Cologue Gazette of .latviary I1', a
copy of which haa baen received in
thia city, publiahea the following dia
patch under an Amatardam data:
"It la reported from New York that
a barlied wire fence of over 1,(nM) kilo
meter! in length haa l.oei. drawn
around the dock* and pier* of New
York. Thia gigantic fence encircle*
the whole of New York and alao the
adjoining citiea of Brooklyn, Hobo
ken and Jersey City. N.-> one ia al
lnwed to paaa thru thia fence wilhoui
permiaalon, especially no enemy alien.
"Fifty thouaand noldier* havj oeen
detailed to guard the port te/minalc.
Any peraon found loitering in the vi
cinity of the barbed fence ia immedi
ately ahot. All German* whi e'ther
reside or work within the barbed wire
lone must vacate the diatrict immedi
ately.
"In Chicago alone 23,000 Germans
have been forced to move out of the
harbor district. These rigorous regu
lations have caused great excitement
among business men of tha entire
country because they are compelled to
do without German employe* if their
place* are near the dock*. A delega
tion of master butcher* hava vainly
pleaded for an alleviation of these
regulation*.
"The Carman* who in Hoboken had
built up a colony resembling a little
German city have been forced to leave
and that port, which already hail Buf
fered heavily from the war, is now ab
solutely deserted."
W. S. S.
Produce Conn, Soybeans,
Cowpeai and Sorghum.
Went Kaliegh. N. C.. March—In in
creasing food crops this year, do not
make the mistake of putting in too
large an acreage, hut try to produce
more on the same acreage. It in not
practical to greatly increase the acre
age. eicept in the ca^e of sorghum.
In the opinion of Mr. C. B. Williams.
Chief. Division of Agronomy of the
Agricultural Extension Service, the
absolute importance of a great pro
duction of corn, soybeans, cowpeas,
and sorghum should he realized and
more of the<e crops should 1* produc
•d than e.t-r before in the history of
the .State.
The -carcity of 1al>or. however, will
make a large acreage undesirable or
impossible. Of course, where labor i
abundant every eiTort -hould be made
to increase the acreage as well as the
yield per acre. If production is in
creased from 10 to 20 per cent ami t>0
per cent in the case of sorghum, this
will be the most profitable plan for
North Carolina citizens to adopt.
Farmers this year have every in
centive to make them prepare their
land well and work their crop* more
thoroughly than ever before. They
have the incentive, also, to use special
fertilizer! and manures of the right
kind re as to supply their crops with
ample plant-food. They have the in
centive to warrant them in paying the
prices now asked for fertilizer, be
cause these prices have not advanced
to the extent that the farm product*
have. These things being true, it i*
doubly important and wise to use
more of the right kind of fertilisers
and produce larger crops per acre.
Where this is done a marked increase
In yield will be secured with but •
small increase in the total coat of pro-,
during the crop.
RELY ON CLASS ONE MEN
Mart* t^-WMto a
W MM wM to
mi
tha
M
I 4* M* call far tha
W any
to IMS. Tha
•nj tha aarond Mt eapei tad aaan
frota Proroat Marshal General Crwm
<tar than outliaa tha mannar la wfcWh
tea than 1.000,000 aat— probably not
■neh to aseaaa at MO,OM ara ta ha
aummonad rradually durlnf tha year
ta eonplata tha oHatlnf orfairtsa
Honi.
Dalayad in tha announrawant aa to
tha nast draft la underatoon to ba dua
to uncertainty aa ta which method of
alloting >|uotaa to tha atataa la to bo
followed. Tha aanata already haa
paaaad and tha houaa military rom
mitlaa haa favorably raportad an i
amendment tu tha law to haaa tha
quota on tha numbar of man in rtaaa
ona, inatead of upon tha tAtal rrfii
tration «* a atata. "Hiia rhan»e la
regarded a* fartain to I* mada but
to avoid further da lay arhedulaa of al
lotment* undar lioth ayatema have
been preparnd at tha prnvoat marahal
ireneral'a offli a ready to gn out aa aoon
■a final action ia taken.
Hirnni (all in April.
A* to the date of the second draft,
mrmlxri of Congrena from agricul
tural section* have been practically
■■mured that no withdrawal of men
From civil life waa contemplated
which would emharraa* harvesting.
It haH been indicated however that a
relatively small number of men muat
•>«■ called to the color* prior to June 1
ind the procemi may start in April,
when equipment, clothing and quar
tan will be available. The men ar«
beetled to (111 up to full ! trength divia
,ons slated for early departure to Eu
rope and alHo for field army and corps
:roops not attached to diviaiona. The
'eplacement detachments also must go
'nrwani at an accelerating rate shiee
\ men can troops are now artoalfy
folding a sector of the French front
ind men are being killed or wounded
n action every day.
The completion of the full program
>f the war department without creat- i
ng any additional division* probably j
will absorb in the neighborhood of
100,000 men. The extent to which it
to quit* high
wbik «m
It to
something mora than
200.060 wtll to iHMwrr tor tto l»1P
pmfrim, making HOfl.OOO nerescary to
call out during the yaar.
The last increment of tha first draft
now til prograaa of mobilisation to
talling about *00,000 man, ara being
u -ed to All rrg 'ar and national guard |
itivl»ion» shown by thair efficiency ra- j
porta to to arailabla for duty abroad.
Orders ware issued today to local
board* calling for Mi artisans sort* |
for ooncombatant unit*.
Kven with all of the first draft men i
mobilized there are considerable de
ficiencies among the national army
and >ome of the national guard di
visions. The first purpose of the aa
rond draft will to to make up this
shortage.
ff. a. a.
CbiiMM Buy Cold Coin
Vancouver, B. C.—fh.nene citizen*
in Vancouver sr* buying (told coin
wh«rtv«r they can (jet them, paying
1106 in currency for $100 worth of
gold. The coin they send to China. A
number of employees in store* and
other institutions of trad* in this city
have been adding considerably to their
income by selling the gold.
The Pneumonia Seaaaa.
The cold, damp weather of March
seems to be the most favorable for
the pneumonia germ. Now is the
time to be careful. Pneumonia often
results from a cold. The quicker a
cold is gotten rid of the less the dan
ger. As soon as the Arst indication of
cold appears take Chamberlain'*
Cough Remedy. As to the value of
thin preparation, ask anyone who has
used it.
Sydnor & Sparger
Insnranee Agent*
MOUNT AIRY. S. C.
Office in Mcrritt Building.
Nmt Airy My I Auction Ce
J. A. ATKINS, M—T
MOUNT AIRY, — PUrtb C—H—
iff ymm wmml to fey «r -II apply to aa. — Wa Wfla aB
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OFFICE OVER EARFS STORE.
Chestnut Oak
Bark Wanted!
We are now issuing contract* for bark to be de
livered at our sheds during the seasonof 1918. We
will pay 5 cents per 100 pounds more to those parties
contracting their peel to us than to parties not hold
ing contracts. We reserve the right to stop issuing
contracts whenever we feel that we have sufficient
bark contracted to meet our requirements.
No contracts will be sent out by mail. Obtain
contracts from Mr. A. Johnson, in charge of Mount
Airy station.
This February 28th, 1918.
C. C. Smoot & Sons Co.
Let The News JOB OFFICE
have your next job printing
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greatly needed by our country. You will
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fertilizing each acre liberally with
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