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will not niippwt «ny try to briny the drink th* country. {HmHMtW For Wilaoa Thia country haa pamMv na»»f town a «M to ta kauri aa Mr. Wil ' mm U ha tod by Ilia political main. Far four yeara ha haa baaa a* papular with tho rank and flla of tha Demo nata aa wall aa hateg p*»p|ular with tha tauten of Ma party that aa could gat stasat anything' ha wan tod in tha way of a following.. Ha haa boar able to dominate tho policial of tha party, if you do not object to t-1 e word domi nate. So great haa baaa hie influence that Ilia political enemiea have worU i ad up a hatred againat him that aor ' paaaaa anything tha country haa poa . aibly erar known before. It ia bad enough to have him aa pop ular hare at home, hoi whan they be gan to name parka and atreaia and public meeting place* all over the I old world after him—Wileon Park, ' Wilaon Street, Wilaon thia and Wilaon that, than the hatred here at Keae among Ma political enamiaa want ta a white heat. Tha atoet annoying thing ta tha le pahlWan politiciane ia th.it Mr. Wllaoa k popular with tha rank and fUa of the people. He gata credit far bring ing about tha n«w banking law* that made it poaaihla to create a » yet em of credit that would a^aka it eney ta bar rear money and aaay to keep off pan ica by taking tha finance* of tha toanti j oat of the hand* of a few very rich people. He did ^aany thing* that had much to do with making the country more proeperoua and happy, and himeetf more popular aa tha di rect result. And in the meantime there ia a hoet of Republican politiciana who do nothing but fume and fret about Mr. Wilaon. He ia their one an. aoyanee and ther pot in practically all -their time talking and discussing Mm for hia miatakea aa they claim tc aee them. In the meantime Mr. Wilaon keep* Ma grasp <m hi* own party and on the people and ia today ana of tha meet popular men in pubtte life, eat aade a bunch of prefeeeioaal paH Hciftiu, REPUBLICAN PROMISES A f«w wwitln ip tk« lUpqUku party aada an appeal U tha canniry to tor* Mm mrtan #»« to Um m that thay could rtiaiflhtan out Dm toairka aid radon tka hick coat M Matof. all «f which thay said had haaa oeratfc party. Tha country Uok th«an at thrfr war4 and alaetod a UpuhU can Conciaaa. TWy hm w bM a»»r wwithi. and U M* how «2 thay ara WMding Jaat consult «aar pyucai i hllL Top wtD find that mw haa a4**aaad na yon from 10c to 9* tha ptend and thai you ara now pay tnr tha aaat mm of 14 (or » bnaha! of Irish potato**. 1W ara Just samHas of how wall tha RcpuUtcaiw ara k*apinv thair prdmlaa to raafor* th» h»"h cost of llvta*. HBlkte'1: urv A IV .Jtta, rrttictood mn ba ImM tarto. WMIa nvii tl of them mi They >n man of high up admirably to «J1 * at rack A HWia article should be aaraly • statement of fact It should Have no room In it for aw pmwi o|Mw ifm #rftar It ia no plaea far m It la no placa inf. Far instance, if a man ia •mat' •d for making or* sailing liquor and wad aaaumad that the man ia guilty tfM now* tnfcla MM carry no Mfc> faation that tha man likaly would bo proven guilty. Tha nnra article should merely atata tha fact of tha arrant and tha charge. Tha vary fact that a man had raad a partial story rrouadi to dil would ba >uflld»n| grounds to diaqual ' ify Mm aa s Juror to set en the caae and you Mr BdMar would ba hlndv ing instead of speeding up tha whaala of Juatfea. Aa editor should narar convict • man bafora a jury does and a/tar a Jury daaa there la no aaeanaily tar tha editor to do m Tour mm artvlea ere true to tha definition. Third, I examined you* editorial* and hare found them entirely satis factory even to a rabid Prohibitionist. There has boon no hint«f oompremis* with tha lawleee crowd. They breathe the spirit of pure Americaniam. May ' I refer partlrularfy to your editorial in laat week'* iaaue dealing with the liquor question. One could hardly ax pact to And stronger languor* even In the ranka of the Anti-Saloon Lea rue itaelf. Thoae who hare not road it should bunt up laat walk's paper and do ia Hera than la my eeedwrioe: Many people raad hi a nawspape- oodt thooe I articles that are purely narrative and onaequrntly narar really know what tha editor doaa think. If thoae people i win rand new* articloo far news and editorials for expeaaatsaw a4 views I am sura that what criticism ax lata will soon disappear In the i of the other crowd I |-all right." Laura I Bluff CotUm Milk ^ Under the MptrtmcW bmm^rmI j of J. C. Arthur*, the work of *nr hauling, repairing and improving ia r"in( rapidly forward at Laurel Bluff , Cotton Mill*, two milea west of thia city. R. A. Love, of Gaatnnia, president land principal ownor, and J.<. Arthur* 1 reneral maniftr, intend to dotSIt the i rapacity of the mill and will spend 1100,000 on improvmenta, all old ma i chinery will be thrown oat and replac ed with »he most mode, n and up to I date machinery .in the mar'cet. In ad dition to the power already in u«e they hare contracted with the Town of Mount Airy for 100 horsw-power electric current. 11m praaant apimlle capacity of *JM0 sptodke win he iacrwMd to MM spindles. and Hie »UI will ran day and night employing 100 hand* ipatead at N a* in the paat. A 12 iuw boarding hooae ia nearing com pletion. and other honeee boilt aa rap idly ae poaaihle in order to take care of the ailllhial wmkora. I Nr. Arthurs will harve entire of the Laurel Btoff Milk afl* will ettfcer oc£apy the hone of Ir Mpu the former owner, or erect a modem • 'nralow lor Ids ftwlly near th« lo cation of the Burgees kiwis. Card Of IWn We wieh to thank the friend* and iM#hbot» for their ktndnene and he«r fp fte aickneea and death «f our dra in* Herliert. Mr. and Mre Ve-fal Taylor J to To do thl» they ki H*m to hia "tending with M(k Ml To mJUUi John Sri us is put (iuwii u Wt i nil vnMiii UlAt four n»errhanta .hNW, r^pert^d that ho ia > food and satisfactory cus-' tomor. If Mo rmttmm kappiatrt* be "Kb" thon that meana that flro mer iihaWa lwi« I opened him ae being a customer who ia atow pay and yat aot an undesirable customer, hot m who dooa not five tho proper attention tp Till account. If ha (a ratod a "e* or "4" than ho > f<* a doalrablo and tfco merchant knowa that to opan an account with him ia riaky buaineoa. Wow wo havo boon roading tho proof of mm of tho pages of thi* now book and wo are strongly impraoaod with the fact that many vory rood poopio or» too ears leas about thoir crodit There are food poopio liore who have ao treated thoir retail morehant aa to gat k rating that ia not satiefac tory to thoir merchant and wnald bo embarraasing to thamaolvee if thoy only know how they are rated. Often a citiaena goes into a atore and makea a purrhase and then Ignore! the bill when statement ia aont at the firat of the month. Sis month* go by and the account atanda u paid, flow one day that merchant atta down and makea out a rating card for all hia cuatnmera and givea that peraon "h", all He.-ause be la diapoood to not promptly naoet the bill. And the peraon may He tho firat citisen in the town in hit own estimation, but in the estimation of Jie retail merchant ho ia not a desir able customer, even if he haa social or buaineaa standing. There are plertv of people bore In town who have a Mo. 11 credit who are worth almoet no Pro perty, but thoy are honeet and hare a good credit aad can buy anytftiag they want anywhere. Or the other there are people here of wealth that "d" after their demand email. Mr. Van fWrri* Is dahtg hot* that ia worth while in the way of bringing about better Laahteea ron ditiona. Re baa collected large nam bora of accounts that the local merch anta nor their lawyera eould not touch. Rare ia bow he ia able to do it. A cit izen buya a Lill of roods and gooa away, aay to Greensboro. Rut that bill ia not paid and he ignores state ments and the lawyt- can find nothing out of which to make 'he debt. Vow Mr. Van Hervie wr^es this citizen that unless tt.ot account is paid he will send it to tbe Mereh •»* Anaecji In Orrenabori 7h'>-h means that th« 'itiaen will be p*it on the black liet ir that town *nr mit jmvtng hia (MM* here. If a i.nn ia anybody at all he usually .*omn arroae when he saea that it ia taking thia turn. The important thing to ua about the rating book ia more promptly meeting the debts al'l in that H ia go ing to wake up the -arelees to the im portance of more promptly meeting 'heir debts and In th- • way will maVe better buainoae conaitiona for ua all^ U-L1-| Good Road*. 11m alack talked at Intar-Comty Road Wtwen Stokaa tad Surry it , now bainf nada, for tk« contractors. Mulligan, Roach A Clamant, last weafc brought a (am of <«ad baildara km and arc now nam pad an tfca WaaHUlU •tail aa*t of tfcia etty ftaor Oak Tr«r»# Mcthndlut church They art at «orfc on th» road naar th« enrpnrata mita oI tha city. Vow anotfcar amy will ha a»taWl»b*d (Mar,, Ut* v,iaa of M*. W. 4. Ye'»i n (b, WilU "lain* r<ad. > With Km Sick. ti \ Little Miaa Floy Martin Matthew* submitted to airf jporartoa far ade noid* at Martin Hospital yeeterday. | T. C. Barber, ■apertntandent of the Mayo Mill* la confined to hia hotna this weeV with a nerinatod arm. Dr. C A. Baird, who haa beaa^ ant* faring with erysipelas. haa «dCfi«i»nt ly recovered to ha abla to raw a part of Ma practice, though to ia not abla to walk aioch yet. C. C. Fay la confined to hia home Miaa Caaie Brim la recovering from an attack af tailweasa Bax Tllley and family are all cea fined to their home with inftoensa. Mr*. Sargent Dnfleld of North Wilkes boro arrived la at week to as »iet In caring for her a*other. Mr* ' Abaher. and alatar, Mrs. John Fair and family, all of whom have influ msa. Mrs. Duftald developed a mild | raae of inifoenaa a few days ago. Mrs. Iria Whitloek, who waa ipend ing the winter at the Brown Hoaaa, haa not been well for some time, aad ia new a patient at Martin hospital following a aevere attack laat Friday. Her cendttiea ia baprevtng. J. M. Falton. whaee iThieaa ma have reported eeveral ttmaa. ia new able to be op aad aroand the heooe. Mrs. W. B. IHchaaa, formerly, Miaa Helen Sparger at tah city, who haa been critically II ia the hospital la Greeasbere ta aew thought to be oa All tome of our \ovdy - New Rug* on yew floor*. Ft t Mr. homelover — Coming to our store and seeing our rich ruo§ will to like taking a trip to the Orient. » t Our patterns will please you; so will our PRICE8. And when you have bought those rugs yau need, look also at our FURNITURE right up to the minute in style, and strongly made. - Carter-Martin Furniture Co. Meant Ahry, N. C • Prank Carter, Jr. Drew warttfn Chief Manet* and on# of his oOear* a mated ana bath*- Col Una of Wto »ton-Bali in tha pool roam here ana evening tUa week. Collin* la ana of Wa wiah to thank through tha col umn* at tha paper our dear neighbor* Idndaeae daring tha illnaa* and daath at aw daw huabaad aad father, S. Frank Learry. Mrs. Ella Lewry and children. DR. H. G. HEGE Dentist ATTENTION FARMERS!! JUry. N. C k< * *7* — tW hi a B. WEBB, Airy. N. C Homes for Sale! Don't Pay High Rents—Buy You a Home. 1 " ■ ■■ One Eight room dwetttng on Sprint md PoHtar mm. One Fire room boon, with water, lights and ww«n«, on Oak Street, (near Mala street.) Two Fire room hwM on Gallaway street, with watar, lights and Two Seren room houses en Junction street, with water, lights and sewerage. One Three room house on Elm atrsst Two sasall houses near the Quarry. If interested will he glad to show you this property. PRICES AND TERMS REASONABLE. W. W. BURKE
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