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Mouat Akj News. OUR PCMUMCK AND PRESENT ENEMIES. nfty jtmtv ago our pupil foughi Al Yuiuw. Today oar psspls mi Acfctmg the Hum—the Germane, The Yankees got the better of a*. Thay hnraded our country and eirrW •«*; mu Mock Mid lived among ua aa con MMquerors. Heed lha story ot the In mton of Surry by Stonaman* army W cavalry and you gat a definite idea W how our andllM traatad ua. At tha Uma of fltoneman's raid tfcrnugH this section ha had absolutely no opponitiorT. Any y«t not a woman waa inaultad much laaa viola tad. If that had been a hoard of Hun* like we ara today having to flght thay would hava carried along with thaif camp every good looking woman in the county. Thay would have mad« staves to their lust of thaaa women and thay would hava left the path be hind them a smoking ruin. And yel our enemies ramped here in Mount Airy and there stand today as signali o ftheir thoughtfulness apple treat that were not even touched by them Thay burned not a house. They ever refused to take a horse from a wom an. They spared the milk cows U our people. A^d while they wart doing this thay knew that our abl« bodied men w»re in Virginia pouring shot and shell into the ranks of theii fallow soldiers. But these Yankees while our enemies, were not .savages They were in the enemy country, bul they were human just the same. Read the itory of Stoneman's marct through Surry and »ompare the facti with the way German troops are con ducting themselves in Belgium ant France. The truth i» Germany eai not do them thing* and live. Shi will yet hfeT)rough to her knees. Th< man who oppoees this nation in an; way in the present fight for libert; may be able to live through it, but h will never live long enough to over come the shame and disgrace tha his conduct will merit. In this issue of The News we pre aent to our readers a number of th reliable business firms and enterprise of Mount Airy that are deserving o their patronage, and which have beei and still are, instrumental in" makini this town one of the most importan in the State. They are shown in sue! • manner as to attract the attentioi of every reader of this paper. The rep resentations of the retail firms an not complete,'of course, but those ap peanni' are commended to your earn est consideration. The goods carrie< by these merchants are adequate t< care for the needs of the trade, ii all lines, and at prices as reasonabli as can be obtained anywhere. Ever; * dollar you spend in Mount Airy re mains in the town and community am directly benefits all, and meant- mori progress and greater prosperity, Yoi are urged to read every representa tion in this number. You will fini them helpful and beneficial in shop ping and otherwise determining you future course. The firms appeai-ir, are recommended for their reliability courtesy to the trade and accommo dating business methods employed. The various articles were prepare) by our special writer. Mr. J. G. Clai borne. Not all the soldier* from this count; are listed in the records of the I-oca Board. Possibly as many as ftft; men from the county have volunteer*! and joined some favorite branch of th •ervice. and there is no way to jet th< name* of these men. Some have join •d the coast artillery, and many hav< joined the navy. So the list of name on the first pa ire of this edition of TV Nora is by no means a complete lis af all the sons of Surry who are ii the serrtea. The Governor has ordered the Coun cil of Defense of Surry fo at once or yanixe a company of Home Guanl to be made -jp of 64 men. The head quarter* of the company will t* a Mount Airy and the enlistment is fo the torn of the waf. A meeting n the Council was held in this city las 8atur>Jay and the authorities n Raleigh will be conferred with as t. plan* for organisation. The mei who are to compose th* company an to b* a*I*ct*d rath*r than volunteers. J. D. Hale, mi at r. M. Hale mm of our proaainant ■wihinti, to nttbif ready to atoy lk« Hmm by training at ('amp Savtor. Se waa a druggiet hara to tha city before ha volunteered in the I oral military company. J. B. and Vance, aana of Depaty Collector C. H. Haynea, ara bath to tha uHta of tha country. J. B„ who waa manager of tha Haynea In •uranra Agency, voluntaarad at tha outbraak of tha war and waa aant to Camp Sevier. Ha ha* baan promoted to ft rat ctoaa Sergeant and haa baan tranafarrad to Camp Wadaworth. Vance, who waa a atudent at Wake Foreat, entered for trail ing at Port Oglethorpe, waa later trana/arrad to Atlanta, and Ujiow in Franca, flying over tha enemy linaa and flghting the Huna in tha air. W. B. Hinoa, eon of the lata Rev, R. B. Hinea, who left with tha Amt men of the National Army, waa ad mitted to tha third officer* training camp. Ha waa formerly traveling representative for the Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company. C. D. Prather who laft with the ftrat men from Surry, ia aaid to be one of the ftneat apacimana of phyaical man hood in the army. Ha wa* formerly a member of tha Prather-Fulton In surance Agency. Mr. Prather ia now a rtmt claaa Sergeant in the 27th di viaion of Field Artillery. B. M. Williamson, ■ naim ui our lington, but who wti educated her* and identified prominently with th< business interest* of the city, holding an official poaition with Mount Ain Mantel and Table Co., recently begar training at Camp Jackson. He wa> secretary of the Commercial Club. J. F. Yokley, a prominent businesi man, who wan twice a member of th« ciiy council, wan over the drr't a** ' but enteral the training camp at Fori i Oglethorpe and received a fommissior , aa Socond Lieutenant He ha* «in-< been promoted to First l ieutenant ii the Quartermaster'! Department. 1 G. E. Welch, son of G. C. Welch on< ' of the oldest merchants in Mount Ain : joined the National Guard and is get ting ready atCamp Sevier to serve hii Uncic Sam in the trenches. He hel< a responsible position with the South ' ern Express Co. 1 J. E. Carter, a promising younf 1 lawyer, who had graduated at David ^ son and at the University of Nort) 1 Carolina, and was admitted to the bai > in 1916, joined the local military com e pany the day war was declared. H< 1 was sent to the officers trcining camj 1 by the company where he was com ' missioned Second Lieutenant. H< 1 was one of three at Camp Jackson U ' qualify in marksmanship for admis sion to Fort Sill, Okla., the fines) ' army camp we have. He has sine* ' been promoted to First Lieutenant 1 and sent hack to Camp Jack ion. J. C. Burgess, son of W. D. Burges: of laurel Bluff, is training at Cam| J Sevier from where he will go t< Fram e to meet the Germans. He wai in the cotton mill business with hi? 1 father. I Dr. Ed. C. Ashby, son of Mrs. Johr L. Ashby, is a First Lieutenant ai . Fort Ogletiiorpc. He was one of th< . most prominent young physicians it this section, having studied medicim at the University of Virginia and a' j Jefferson School in Philadelphia, eft was secretary of the District Medica Society and president of the Commer I cial Club. He will help care for oui boys who are wounded by Germar j bullets in France. Wade HaU-her, son of Chief Ton ' Hatcher is at Camp Sevier. H< | graduated at the High School hen last spring and immediately volun teered to help save the country from German savagery. Captain Frank Walker, a graniU cutter, and • prominent man in th< local military company, will give gooc account of himself in France, for h< has soldiered before, and knows th< game. Lieutenant J. Franklin, a farmei near town is in the service of his coun ■ try and will make it uncom/ortabli - for the Germans. Ho .hat hiul muc) i military experience and was, it wil • be remembered, instrumental in help ; ing to round up the Aliens a few yean ago. Koger P. Allred, a clever young mar . known by every one as an expert au tomobile driver, has bow sent on > ahead, and is now driving • track ir France. • George Snow, son of Rev. Joe Snow, is • First Lieutenant tnd has charge Sirg.aat Ernaat K. Ilenaaa, aea at Bar. Oml D. Bmma, la la Aa oA> what* ha will MOm reaaive * «# miaaiqa aa LMm*m or Captahi. On laot Maw Jay night ha delivered a laetura to the aAaara aa the Battle at Oattjnkari, aai oat eartr aide would have fatted or had It Soon fou|kt a/tar tha faehion that praaant day hattlee ara fought. Lieutenant Weaver Bpriakte, aan at Pfaetding Elder H. C. Sprinkle la aa iluty now at Ctmp Gordon. Ha ajt porta to go "over there" at aa aarly data. Raymond Sgiith, aon of A. E. Smith of tho National furniture Company, la a Sergeant at Lake Chartee, Louia iana. Ha la a graduate of Trinity riollaga, and hia many frien^a in Surry and elaewhere will he interested to know that ho haa laid himaalf upon tha altar of hia country. William Graven, aon of Solicitor 8. P. Gravaa, and a promising young lawyer of Mount Airy bafora tha out break of tha war, haa appliad for ad misrion into the aviation department. He volunteered immediately after be ing admitted to the har and arguing hia flrat ease. He atook a One exam ination for admiaaion to Fort Ogle thorpe but in the confuaion of thoae flrat daya, waa aomehow left out. Young Mr. Gravaa ia at present a flrat rlaaa Sergeant in the Quartermaster'" Diviaion at Camp Sevier. Aa an avia tor, for he will doubtleaa be admitted to the aviation achool, ha will in the near future, be dfopping miaailea of death on Kaiaer Bill's unholy crowd. "Editor* Being Duped" 5my Rev. Tom P. Jimiaoa. Editor The News: If any one thinks for ■ moment that Bill Hoherj*oll«rn of Germany haa no friend* in thia country, he haa only to read a few newspaper* whoae editor* are -Mowing themselves to he hooj-wi.ikod by tl.e German propa gandiita in this country. "The shadow Huna" aa Colonel Rooaavalt would call them are not fool* by any manner of means, r.nd mnna~e to cam ouflaire their rot no thfit it haa the appearance of truth. "The Devil ia tranrformed into an angel of light," and it ic but r«»aot:^ble to expect that his ministers will appear aa ministers 1 of righteousness. Somebody is man aging to wrest certain sentences from the context of speeches by certain prominent men and give them a mean ' ing which waa not intended. This is especially true of the speeches of public men who are suppor.ed to be 1 out of sympathy with the present ad ministration. Recently there appeared in several papers the following: * "Senator Reed, one day last week, while discussing the food and fuel administrations, said that we should I not have had so many meatless days if we had not previously had so many brainless days. Speaking of the stop ping of industries where water power was used, he said. 'They stopped the water power enterprises in Maine and elsewhere to get coal to supply ships in New York harbor. In order to understand the lofic of that, you have I got to be a plain idiot.' " Now the papers printing that i thought Tierhaps that they were giving their readers a piece of news. Even had it been true, it was poor policy ! to print it, for nothing can be gained by parading before the public the mistakes of the past. Rut the inter esting part of it is that it has been j denied by Senator Reed, and a soldier | in Mount Airy the other day, who was present when Reed's speech was made says that the Missouri Senator said no such thing. Evidently then it is I on a par with the story which has j gained currency in this county that I 'he Government ia going to levy a 25 ! per cent tax on the tobacco crop this year, and take it from the farmers. There are Huns and near-Huns in this country, and they are keeping up an everlasting fusilade of words and -nouthinK and rag-chewing about the way the Government is being run. With the wisdom of serpents they are stealing a march on tl.e press and privily bringing in reports so utterly false ami threadbare that straws ran pitched through them by moon light. The editor who allows himself to be duped and deceived by them, lenervea to be pitied, but woild fill a long felt want if ne would quit the editorial sanctum and go to nising white mice. But the editor who wil dly plays into the hands of these servants of Kaiser Bill nnd his unholy hordes, ought to be decorated with the iron cross and scourgtd with a whip of scorpions. I get some papers which tre interesting but dangerous. They carry an olive branch in one hand and i (tagger in the other. I re..d them and then bury them out behind the bam lest they should poison my neighbor's hog*. Tom P. J ia> is on. WASTE AMD WAWT. mi are tfca m*mU aad aarl—a ikWM of miK Mi wortk Im 111 lag Tka* la mm aecape (rta rate ftmnful and political, (octal aa4 Moral, to the family or nation tea* waatoa. Waato ta a iiln, 1. Tka waato la Hit.w. Wa have we>»< Bi North Care Una during tlM Uat haadrad years eaeafood tlm bar to km wade oa all rtch. I. «o* Ikon fifty year* ago in Eaat Tennessee they actually burnod (to gat it oat of tee way) million* of faat of the flneet walnut tiimbor that ever |ia». 1 Waato I* Hail. Not only hava wa wutod our timbar, wa hava wart ad tha vary noil from which our broad muat n«M. Kamner* hava plowed straight up and down the ataap hills, mada no effort to prevent tha •oil from waahing away. Then they would daatroy the timber on another woodland, pat It intr. cultivation, and let the fertile noil waak away. A people that thu* destroys it* nat ural resource* ni'j«t pay for it* sin* in financial helplr new—and what is even worae, waata ia morally de grading. Such waste make* it hard on the future generation*. A man nf conscience will not die on a poor farm, a farm of sedge and gullies and bar ran W- A real man leave* thing* better than ha fount them. X Daa't waato Maaey. Money ia power—power to do good. Money rep resent* brains and sweat and econ omy. Money is like Are, it will warm you or it will bum you. It burns when you waste it.' Remember the old saying: "The fool and his money soon parts." TPT man mai mvncjr i- titrr •r satisfied, never happy. When it rains sold, be sure your tub ha* a good bottom otherwise you'll catch none. The lure way to increase your income is to cut out all waste. 4. Daa't W«ate Manhood. Timber and soil and money have relative val ue, but manhood is the supreme and Anal value on earth. Waste is sin be cause it hinders the highest type of manhood. For many years North Car olina fattened the saloons and starv ed the schools and churches. We have at last come to a better day. *Ve destroyed the saloons because the saloons destroyed manhood and de graded womanhyxl. The saloons Kept the children in ignorance and moral night. It has dawned on us at last that every thing worth while depends on clean, intelligent, noble and effi cient brave and incorruptible manhood. Uproot the evils which waste and de stroy true manhood and the victory is ours. The deadly, the damnable, the unpardonable sin is the waste -.f manhood. This waste in manhood can only be stopped when the Jlume, the Church, the School, and the Press so teach and prcach that every child is , imbued with high moral ideas, a pas sion for righteousness, and loyalty tc Jesus Christ who came to save the | race from wasted and blasted, cor rupted and inefficient manhood. Stop I the waste in manhood, then righteous I ness and peace, love and truth, liber ty and the kingdom of God will pre i vail in all the earth. I The loafer represents worthless manhood. The gambler represents dishonest | manhood. The drunkard represents debased manhood. The worldling represents godless manhood. The soldier represents patriotic i manhood. The Christian represents Christlike | manhood. y Mn. R. S. Broadhurst Dies. Americus, Ga., Dispatch. Mrs. Grace Short Broadhurst, wife of R. 8. Broadhurst.1 (lied early this afternoon, after an illness of several day*. She was taken sick unexpect edly, and was in a serious condition from the first. Mrs. Broadhurst who was a native of Mt. Airy, N. C., came to Americus about Ave qears ago, having formerly lived in Valdosta. She was Miss Grace Short, and resided here during some time previous to her marriage. Sur viving her, besides her husband, are her two children and her mother. Mrs. Broadhurst was a very popu lar young matron, and the announce ment of her death will be received with general regret. She was a con sistent member of First Methodist church, am) was active in U. D. C. activities ami club work generally. The funeral services will be held tomorrow (Krlday) afternoon at S:SO o'clock from the 1st* residence, on Barlow and Hill streets, with Rev, Paul W. Ellis officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Among the ptpan raciivlni hon orable mention this week from the ■tet* headquarters in the Elkin Trt bui» and Tk« Mount Airy Now. at thia county. —W. 8.8. Plant • Thrift Garden this apring and Kelp via tha war. If you liae in tho country plant a Victory A era— that ia an utra acre and inveat tha proaeeda ia War Havinga Stamp*. W. 8. H. "Our buainaaa these daya ia to for get naif, to forget ambition, to forgat partisanship, to forgat everything ex cept right and juatica md triumph for Amarica's cauaa and tha suppreasion forevar of thoaa infamoua things which have caat civilization itaaif into ■iarkneaa during thane horrible years. W. S. 3. • It aint tha individual Nor tha Army aa a whola But tha everlaatin' Team work Of every bloom in' soul— That'* going to win the war, and there'* not a better pull that wa all ia Um Victory He aaktf Iku om fl| b ■at Mid* u • Victory pt| u4 Dm pro c««di inviiud In War Saving* Stampa Wail that I* ftaa. Now mum Victory hen« ? Lot your havo Um «kx« from certain of the hana to iurut in Thrift Stamps. W. 9. 9. Don't fail to hoar Hon. Chaa. A. Reynold* at tb« Hirh School Friday night at H:XO. W. 9. 9. A N«w Hollar Mill. Meaar*. H. L. Parker and J. I.uthcr Wood of tb* Copaiaad section have bought the Hamlin Roller mill ac Rockford and i|ill move it to a point near Cope land where they will oper ate it. They will do buaineaa under the Arm name of the Laval Croaa Rol ler Mill Co. LATEST model senger, (1918) exchange for Pi Marion. AUCTION SALE S. M. HALE FARM NEAR ROUND PEAK, WEDNES DAY, APRIL 3rd 1918, at 2 P. M. This farm con taming 120 acr«s on the Lowgap road, within 2H mile* of the good road and ia in a high state of cultivation. On it is a nice new house and a splendid feed barn. There is running water in the house which comes through a pipe from a spring on • hill. The place contains IS acres of good bottom land and sqreral acres in grass. The upland is in good state of cultivation, fttti is smooths and has no wash outs on it, and is all fresh lanA There ia also plenty of timber and woodland on the faqn. Thy buildings are all new and in first class condition. / It only takes about 40 minutes to go ta this farm in a Ford from Mount Airy. The terms are so easy that it is/possible for any body to buy them a good farm and pay for it mim the products of the place. / Terms: $600 cash, $600 in < months, JSOO in 12 months, balance in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. _ V VALUABLE PRIZES GIVEN AWAY. $2.00 for largest Irish Potato. $1.00 for second. $2.00 for largest ear of corn. $1.00 for second. Open to anybody. C. C. HUTCHENS LAND COMPANY. YOU SHOULD NAME THE SURRY COUNTY LOAN & TRUST (0. AS YOUR EXECUTOR FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: The business of tbu Company is to act as Executor of Wilis, 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 give 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. F. 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. * Treaa.
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