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Mount Air? News. VM. J. H. Alton wma in thia pi I <f tfca toaiity thia «Mk looking Ulai AtliiK Mllfw of |#ytvUlf it ■ rtattor at Whita .Sulphur Sprlnga. Lucy Bark.r ka» aecaptad J with Martin Hoapttal aa a«aa • agi aphar ^ ' Mii« Mary Lawaon baa raturnad fwai a riait to Pal ham, Ratdartlla. and Attornay J. H. Dnbann, of Rarkford wma a vialtoc in tha city ikla waak. ^HUa (intra Fay. Kate and Rthal Wpaugh left ftu~<day far Winaton-tta lam whara thay will taark tha coming Mra. K. M. Mart.n. of Want Virginia la rlalting bar Kiatar-in-law. Mra. W. M. Johnaon an Lahanon itraet. I Mr. J W Kavill la hark rm tha hoaaa markat aftar conducting a wart In fiouth Carnllnr during tha ar montha. U Stanly Raldridga waa in tha dty vial ting hia paranta thia waak. Ha haa baan in training at Louiavtlla, Ky , for aoma montha. Mr. Will Blackburn and daughter Vivian of Portamcuth, V»„ apant tha paat waak and with Mr. Blackburn'a alatar Mra. W. H. Lang. Mr. and Mra. Ban ton Brhauh and baby of Chicago arrlvad Monday ta rlait Mr. flchauh'a paranta Mr. and Mra. Jama* ftrhaub naar thia city. Mr. W. M. Lawia raturnad to thia city aftar buying tobacco on tha .South Carolina mark at. Mra. R. W. Raara wkoaa illnaaa haa baan notad bafora in Tha Nawa haa raeavarad lufllciantly to raturn from tha hoapital whara aha ramainad for ti aaliant for aararai waaka. Mr. W. J. York, of Mounty Airy. Routa 4, haa baan In failing haalth far aoaaa tima and daaa not improaa. For aoaaa daya ha haa baan mnflnad ta kia band with dropay and hia con dition ia aarloua. Mr*. C. L. Whitman and little ion Eugene Whitman have returned to their home in Winstoiv-Salem after fuitlni Mrs. Whitman'* mother Mr* A. G. Trot tar en Franklin street. Mr. A. W. Daan and hia daughter Mri. 9. M. Inman laft Tuesday for Baltimore where they will epend noma days visiting thaw children. Dr. C. L Inman and Mr. Byron Inman. TKt. C. C. Hala is back in the r a/tar growing a Ana crap of tobacco in ana of the eaatara counties. Ha will be with hia father Mr. S. M. Hale during the busy fall month* in the atore. 'Sheriff Belton and Policeman T. D. Matcher laft thic week for Welch. W. Va., where they go to bring bark Thou. Hiatt who ia lit jail there charg ed with abandoning hia family who live near thil city. ■Jfrfc J. W. Greenwood left Friday for her home in Amelia county Vir ginia after visiting her lister Mrs. Bob Short in thia city. She waa ac companied by Mr. Short who will make a busineaa trip to Washington, D. C. before returning to this city. Sorry County Fair is gtad to announce that it has been able to se cure special exrusion rate* during the fair. Sept. 24th-27th. Ticket* will be on sale Sept. 23rd. and will he good on the return trip until midnight Sept. 2*th. f upt. I. W. Barber is back at his post in this city after a *tay of five weeks in a hospital in Philadelphia for treatement for hr eye whii-h wan injured by accident some week* ago. Fortunately he will not lose the sight and will he but little the worse for the experience, though he ' will never see quite as well out of tiie eye as before the accident. The Old Camp Meeting. Rev. Tom P. Jimison returned lut Saturday from a trip to South Caro lina and point* in the western part of thin itate, having gone to Waynes ▼ille for a conference with Bishop At kins relative to entering the Army as a chaplain. Mr. Jimison came hack by way of Greensboro where he held an old fash ioned camp meeting in the lower end of Guilford county. It is one of the oldest camp meeting* in the state and ha* been held annually for almont A hiliTdred years. Generally several preachers are secured to do the prea ching on these occasions, but Kev. J. H. Bernhardt, presiding elder of ^ the Greensboro district, decidiM to have Mr. Jimison do all the preach ing this year, and Mr. Jimison tells us he preathed four times a day for a week to the thousands who attended from all parts irrf that section. A large number of people professed faith, and a large class was received into the church at the cloee of the meeting. Arm mt What Mf prove te be a eoatly af fkir iliuli>i< laet filial at tka plaae where a aaw bridge la Mac arartatf ) over Stewarts creek, three mitee •outh of thia city Mr. Foeter la tka fai wan at tka work and la waplayed by a Bridge Caatpany of Atlanta. One of (ha am working for bin. was John Bull in of tka White Plains aartlon. Both man ara akout Si ream of ago. Bui I In and another man ware anting in moving a bar of iron uaing a hand atick, tka foraman Mr. Foatar carry ing tha and of tka iron. Tka atlch need by Bullln and tka otkar man broke under tka weigkt of tha load ami capped tka liar of iron to fall, and in tha fall It bruised tha hand M Hj^int#r Tha wound caused him lo Inaa hi* temper, according tn tha ra porta, and ha atrurk Bullln with a •tick hraaking hia arm above tha al bow. Tka rasa waa heard in tha Re corder* court Tuesday and Foster waa sentenced to jail for thirty ilaya and fined 1100.00. Appaal waa takan to tka .Superior Court. In addition to tka criminal action Bullin ha* started suit for damage* to tha amount of 92.000.00, and hail Foatar takan with arrast and bail anil placed undar bund, which inauraa him damage to tha amount that ha ia awarded by jury, skoald any damage be awarded. « Am Important Office. Mr. John D. Thornpaon of thia city halda >ne of tha moat important offl cea in connection with tka war work. He ia chairman of a committee that will look after tka folk hack at home who suffer bacauae of the boya being away. A a the arar gnaa on many peo ple here will need help. Tha man who come* home with a crutch or tha wom an who ia left ■ widow, or the child who la left an orphan, will ba hare to look after and will have a real claim on aociety. Mr. Thompson will be at tha head of thin work. There ia not much ta do yet, but time will moke condition* such that there will ba plenty to do. THok« who nt«d infor mation Aloi»r thin line mijrht do welT •v«n now to coneult with Mr. Thomp son. Brack Aafwl Racord " For Mffchaal VwmIi. WuMnitnn, Sep«. 4 Delivery of merchant ship* by American ship yard* In Aagnat cx^mnIwI >11 prsulo— records for this country, Chairman Hurley of tk* ahipping board, waa advised today by Chart** M. Schwab, fh rector genwaf of the emergency fleet corporation. Sixty-six *hip«, ag gregating, 340,14/> deadweight tana, were taraa<l out Forth-four of the *hip* of an aggra gate deadweight tonnage of 230,143 were steel and the remaining 22 wood or rompoaite. August product io. f American 'yard.H waa a world ri >rd. shipping board officers said. The previous monthly record of 296,911 deadweight ton* Having been made by British yard* laat June. Cnmpletion of the <M5 ships, it waa aid, will permit the return to the ,"oa«t wiae and South American tradea of Mime fa«t vr«<rl« that recently were transferred to trana Atlantic *ervice t» meet war demanda. Auguat delivers* put the totaf ton nage built for the shipping board be yound the 2.000.0W) mark. The first 100.000 ton* was delivered in May. and the total production to September 1, was 2.01#. i*f» dead weight tona. Increased deliveries by American yard* added to thore of :iie allied coun tries places new construction well ahead of destruction by aubinarinea. For the first six month* of thi* year, the sinkings, allied ami neutral, total led 2,089,31*3 gro** ton*, while produc tion was 2,113,.Sill gross tona. Because of ita effect on the general shipping situation the British drive in Flanders ia being followed with particular intereatby shipping board officials. Valuable French coal Held* are being wrested from the Germans and it was said today that if the** ran be worked, much of the tonnage now engaged in carrying coal from Wales to France can be directed to other purposes. NOTICE. As Executor of the last will and tes tament of Joseph W. Flippin, deceased and by agreement of attorneys. I will rent to the highert bidder, the land of the «aid Joseph W. Flippin on the Cremises on the 24th day of Septem »r 1918 at 1 o'clock p. m., terms of renting cash. Prospective bidder* are notified that a contract will be re quired obliging the renter to care for the lands and keep the same in good state of cultivation, preventing the destruction of any timber and other things an<i to return the sime at the end of the year in as good condition as when taken. Renting will be made for the sowing of small grain crop, nnd for the next year, 1919. possession to be surrendered on or before Oct ober 1st. 1919. This September S. 1918. Dr. 8. T. FLIPPIN, Exr. By J. H. FOLGER, Atty. I hia motW Mr*, a V. Aahtoy, Airy. N. C Aug. 3. l»t$. Dw Mm mm a Thought I would writ* yo»#» «hort IrtUr while I have the Maw. Thar* la Mlluni of mtereet I raa writ* about, hut thia will let you know I m wall and enjoying Ufa M uaual. Ycni •aid you war* mailing raa two paparm, hut ao for I hava not rereived them. (Juaaa thay wara lost. ! had a abort I at tar from Frank Warran a faw day* ago and ha aaid ha waa having a prat ty good lima, .laid ha apent una lay in Parta. I npant ona war I*ondon Kneland hut hava not haan naar Peru. May aaa tha city hofnra I coma l>ark to tha atataa. How'a everything (oln| on in the rlty * Would not mind being thara today for it ia raining hara and mud dy aa uaual. Thay nay thia a <|Ulet front, hut taka it from ma it haa haan rather noiay for tha paat waak. No doubt lhay ara having a lively tima down In Southern Frnnce around Rhnm« I'm hoping thay will put ua down thara before winter aenta in, for t ir.agtne it will he rather tough here. The Amerirana aeem to he do ing their full share down there aa wall a>: alaewhere. They aay it will he hard for Germany to laat through another winter and it prnhahly arid, but it look* l>ka to me that they are going to try it Will atop now for I have a little work to do. Write to ma real often. Love and heat wtahea to all. Your eon, ■RYAJf. Latter From Franc*. Letter from John E. Mate to hi* mother, Mrs. W. P. Mate, Mount Airy Boot* 1: Some where in France Auk. nth. ItflK. Dear Mother:m I will try to write you a few linae aa I have not written in ao long* I am almost an Hamad to write now, but you muat pardon me thii time and ! will Ho tetter from now on. I have not written to anyone since I left N. T. I had a nice trip over, never uw a submarine at all. t waa through England and have seen lota of France, hut the way the** run* boom, boom, I feel like Surry County would be large enough to hold me if I waa there, ha, ha. Although thia ia a beau tiful country all the way through, hut I dont like it like old N. C. I have not been in the trenches yet, but am not far away now, can hear the artil lery jiaet aa plain aa you plesae. It did not sound good at flrst, hut am used to it now. I saw Claud Hooker just bark from the trenches yester day. You know the fcyn are as jolly aa if they were at home. You must write to Lula and Ollie air soon as you get this at I can't write but two letters thir week. I have nothing worth writing for I rsnt tell you any thing you would like to know. We are well fed and a good place to sleep and the French and British are mighty nice to us. From your loving boy, John E. Mate. Women of America. "You, too. Are Called to the Colors." The Government places in your hands a great responsibility in the full ex pectation and belief that you will let nothing weigh in the balance against the fact that Tour Couatry Needs You Many thousand.* of graduate nur ses have been withdrawn from civil ian practice for military duty. There is urgent need for many more with our fighting forces eversea*. Unlets more nurses are released from <iu here our WoundeiLnicn over there puf fer for want of/rtvrsiny rare./'And they cannot be released withyftt your help. The Nation n*i t have stu dent nurses no«f if wtArt to fulfill our duty to ourj sons>*ho offer their bodies as a t ulaarjf between us and our enemies. ^<^7 young woman who enrolls in tM United States Stu dent Nurse Reserve will relieve a gra duate nurse for war duty." We are fortunate in having a train ing School here in our Hospital. If you are interested write Miss Marjorie Snell or Dr. Moir S. Martin, Mt. Airy, N. C. 2t. ' Son Not Wounded Mr. J. W. MidkiiT of the Quarry neighborhood ha* been hearing re port* for *ome week* that hi* son. R. B. Midkiff had been wounded in Franre and had lo«t a leg. U«t week he received a letter from hi* *on in France rajrini? that he i» well and en joying the life of a soldier, lie think* they are making the war so hot for the Huns that it will all be over be fore the holiday*. He say* there i« an abundance of mud in France but that they are firm* Germany lota of trouble and that they are going to *how the Hun what the U. 8. A. boy* can do in the near futura. Planters Warehouse Far the Sale of Leaf Tobacco Mount Airy, N. C. To our Friends and Patron.: Wo deeire to call your attention tot ho fact that all grudea of tobacco ore •oiling bo t tor thia week Kan they did laat waolt duo to tho tobacco being in bo tor kaap Wo want to aak all of our cuatomon to hare tho tobacco in a good kooping condition, what you would consider too dry to toll. You can got from 93.00 o 95.00 per hundred more for your to harm if tho atima will break when you go to load it. One of our buyera showed ua a letter thia week Hating tha ha muat not buy tobacco that would not keep for two week a. So you see from thia why we are aaking yon to *ell jour tobacco dry and aoll your ft rat priming* juat aa aoon aa you We peraonally appeal to you to fire ua an opportunity to aaeiat you in sell ing your tobacco thia year for tho higbeat price poeeible. Appreciating your past patronage, wo arc, aa in the paat always ready and an Your Friends, Haynes, Brown & Haynes. Gothing —FOR— Men & Boys We are receiving new cloth ing for men and boys every day and we have the stock and the values, we have several hun dred suits of men and boys clothing carried over from last fall at the ofd price. We han dle nothing but up-to-date clo thing and furnishing goods. Our clothing receiving now or ders were placed for these a year ago therefore we are way under the market. For price and quality see us quick for clothing will be twice as high by Christmas. We have every thing in wearing line men and boys. Come See Us ■ « Lundy's Clothing Store
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