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the ability at woaiaa to add ton* fnpntabiHty to tlto political (tattfrn pacpU rauatindulga la whan thoae to wIhm wa mint del e important powore. It* day to » at hand whan the lorda of earth not ba abla to laager ciaaa the and Ml thaai by act, if not by iaouea of tha day. The mm «ar to vote and tha eoonar tha ia tha opinion at thia editor aa wall aa cha opinion of tha majority at tha paopto of this tha graataat nation. Of thia Mr. Joa Mlngia Chiaf. tha forty at than. Savaral ar eata raada for othar towna oa aant here. And all thia maani of aaaiaty and an in l revenue to tha town and at heal at tha county. All tha ftaaa and to the school fond of tha and our attention haa juat bean called to two caada that will ton lato thia aehool fund tha naat little sum at 1225. In one caaa a man namad M. C. Nor man, a horae trader, waa bare < naaa and had differ naaaad E. W. Gwyn. from die atata at Virginia. Norman, to carry bia point need tha breaat tree of a double buggy a* Gwyn and put up a caah bond of |1N to anawer to the local court" far ;sri =f the affair. Later he thought it goad judgement to forfait tha bond and ga back to Sooth Carolina wrth oat Ma *100. And aa tha aehool fund wffl gat it. In another caee a woman waa in dicted for vagrancy and put up a caah bead for $125, and rather than it the local court to aaawar to aha left tha atata and left in tha handa of the officer*. Thia, too, will go to the aehool fund. The truth ia that if people will be to coa IK at i at i tt tha courta are to be gaing to kaap the lawtoaa aie ta tta place then ma ha tha law tha courta. There ia a atrong on hare to lot a men off with of an action. If ha ha tot off with the oaat at tha • appears to ua that it to vary tlllTJSJtSt u gaad can eaaae from brfnging tfr. W. O. Powler, ai Ptwaaala, la movin* ban aad will a«he (Ma Ma future boat. Ha haa lisugbt the A. L future haw. Ha haa bought taw hone aa on Lebanon street, one the Will Jonee home placa far aktak ha paU about **,000 and tha other tha Frank Thorn aa houaa where ha win make Ma *S^06. Mr. Thomas In torn baa bought tha A. L. Lineberry farm five miles north of tha city apd win move to it this week. Mr. 8. A. Bannia laat Friday aaM hia residaaae on North Main atraat to i Mr. J. D. McCollura, tha priea wa un derstand, paid waa abaut (10,000. Mr. MeCoilum bought the place fe# Ma future kome. It fa a granite biding and oaa of tha niceet reoidentos of the city. Mr. Jamee Holloway, bookkeeper for the American Tobnem Coatpaty in thia city, bought, from Mr. J. D. Smith, 42 acrea of laid' a mile waat of the city payinr tn.OOS frr it. The land haa tMraa totiaeco htrr.*- on it and Mr. Holloway will engage exten sively in tha growing of tobacco. C. C. Hutchena baa bought tan acrea of land a quarter mile waat of hia hoaa piece at White Plain* and will build a nice bungalow home far him self. Ha paid *1*0 an acre for tha land, which la part of the Simmons , farm which waa eat up and eeid in small tracta some weeks ago. C. W. Dockery haa bought the MS. Aahby residence on the comer of Wil son and Spring atreeta from S. M. Hale, who hiaigh* tfre home placa when the Aahby aetata waa sold at : Mr. Dochery ie moving into Me new home this week. There are in Mount Airy parka pa '80 or 70 people of the Catholic faith. Thaaa people have been holding serv icea in private homes but have decided to build a church in the near futara. They have bought a lot on north Main street, the aacand let beyond Lebanon street, on tha right hand side going north. Contract haa been made for the work which will begin very jom. It j is the purpaae of the committee in charge to build a houae of worship similar in style and siae to the Kpiaco pal church. Contributfaaa have bean very generous and it la eellmalad that the church which will be of granite | will coat seven to tan thousand dollars. Ml How tha Democratic party has mad* hanking law* that mad* it paa sible to finance the lata war and oar aUiaa during tha world oex we ha»* baan able to finaaea tha lata war with no panic and with laaa con fusion la financial circiaa that tha old banking lawa cauaad la moriag tha grain crap ht tha fall of tha jraar. In an impumdm war ha ahowod how tha etata haa gona forward under Democratic lojidarahip and haa taken rark in many -ray* with the moat pro greaeiva state* in the Uiutn. He pant ed out the many naada that are before us aad declared that ho would ,if elect ed Governor, stand for ilamlopmaut at our great water power, make good 1 roada, and be far any and all progiee sive measure* that will hnng about batter thnea and make life more pleas ant for all tha people. To our way of thinking at it Mr. Morrison made a fine impreeaion hara xena who have ee far lined up far him A quaetion of wage* ha* cauaad a discontinuance of work by stone cut ter* all overthiaeoontry. Some m on tha age the contractor* of the urhete country ware notified that the atone cutter* would daaand an innaaeeii wage beginning with the flrat of this month. No agreement waa Reached between the latareetad parties, aad an ovary atone cutter quit work laat : Thuraday. Conference* are being held daily, they tell ue, in an effort to gat tha matter adjust.-d, and no doubt an agraement will be reached a* the reeult at theaa efforta. « „ A Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Willi the recipienta of quite « nice aapply of food itnffi including floor. other uaeful gifta ■evrrely pounded Uat Friday night. Aboataofonly flwptoplt werepreeeat includi ic pnpl< of other iteinilM tiona baaide the Methodiata, aad Mat of them living in north Mount Airy. The churchae on the circuit ware not aa well iapi aamtaii an they would have been had the road* net beaa ae bad froai recent raina. bat an many aa could do ae aant their parbagea and doubtleaa many othera will leave I Itifta at the parsonage the neat they eowe to town. Bar. and In. WUlfcama warmly ap preciate thia expreaaion of love aad good will (ha their church member - ship aa Mr%. Home I over:— half of the work of the home, you know,tie in your kitchen. Then have an your kitchen floor* our new, bright linoleum and ieeeen your labor. This will be worth more in comfort and cleanlineea than the cost. v And we have for you the matting* you need. They won't coet you much in our store, because— Our QUALITY is always HIGH; our PRICE is always LOW. Carter-Martin Furniture Co. Mount Any, II. C L. Frank Garter, dr. Drew martin What should you pay for your suit? WE should say enough to ▼ ▼ make sure of quality. Often a low-priced suit turns out to be a high-priced one, when measured by the service | HmbAsjGoiwb are not high-priced dothn, when me—w1 if few the weir you get oat - of them You can*! afford to birr clothe* lor lot money than High ► hit fel lii J. F. Prather
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