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lttt MOUNT As might be expected, America «m the first to lead the w*j. Wyoming gm w«i the vote in 11W, bat 24 , before any other Mate bUowid the goad example. Ia 1*14 Auatralla, New Zealand. Finland, Nor way and a handful of American statee C women the right to rota. Since, 21 other twiaWM have added women * suffrage to their statute books. Women are still ia the poattion1 of political outcasts in British India, China, Japan, Persia, Greece. Turkey. I Bulgaria, Rumania, the Union Sooth Africa, Serbia, Switzerland, New-1 foundland, the Phillpines and the Latin conn tries of Europe and South America. Even in the eafranchiaed countries, the freedom is only comparative. Wo awn have votea on the same terms aa in Auatria, British East Africa, da, the Crimea, Tzecho-Slovalda. rk, Esthonia, Holland, Oermany Lattonia, Lithuania, Luxem-; bourg, Poland, Rhodesia, Sweden and Ukraine. In the United States the fad eral amendment giving <promen the vote on equal terms with man in all j the states has not yet been ratified. i not yet been ratified, b the British Islee women are not allow ed to vote at parliamentary elections *n they have reached the age of 10. Since the passing of the Kefweeenta tioa of the People Act in 1918 seven! attempts have been made by private members to get the age limit removed bat so far they have proved unsuccess ful. Suffrage la Haagary In HunitarjMthe women do not vote till they are 24. and then only if they can read and write. The men vote at 21. illiteracy in their case being no dis qualification. Ruasia gave women equ . al votes with men after the first revo lution. Several women were also elect ad to Par^amrnt and the Cabinet. The preaent position seems uncertain, but it ia reported that many women have seats on the various Soviets. Political enfranchisement ia not in itself a true test of the position of wo man. thourh it is generally regarded aa the hallmark of emancipation the key to further extension! of ) ty. In France, where women have ret to win the vote, there have been dis tinguished women barristers for many years. Spain also baa recently opened the legal profession to woman, though in almost every other raaoect their public status is very low. Since July, wit, Italian aum«n hate been admit ted to all the professions and many public oflces. In the autumn of the aame year K was thought for one brief moment that the franchise eras alao theirs: a woman's suffrage bill paaaed the Chamber of Deputies by a large majority, bat Parliament suMenly dis solved before it could be indorsed by the Senate. Serial EqaaHty la The woman of Banna hin from earliest tiraaa been fat a poaition of •octol equality with man; and equal franchise waa all theirs till the Gov ernment of India Bill became law. in the Philippines, too, though not en franchised. the status of to m _ . __. _ professions. The poaition of Swiss high, and the* are admitted to all the ns. The . women to a matter of surprise to many people. Thar have had free acceaa to the universities for a long time, aad to some esses even act aa clergymen, h»t they are not yet enfranchised. Switzerland, however, can only be eomparad with the United Statee. It ■ation of 22 independent of which has to be gain . Aa the population to ultural and scatt mountainous d propaganda to a difficult matte art he less, all tha signs point fact that Switiartond win she ad separately. As the population largely agricultural and scattered in taaceeeaibTe mountainous districts, " .tter. Nev int to tha shortly bo among tha anfranehiaad So far aa the professional position rar as^ tae proteastonai jgosii the Scandinavian caua'triea are the Amertoa has thiqa ■Slew, many of ocnnr important lagal posi Amertea, too, to the osh coun Mrs wm have gained a real " Um higher branches of tha ». The medical pvofsaaten by woman tha world over; try after another the to slowly opening Its the struggle toward the Hf-fct lat he at fnhMti art fitrmting chiefly am •AkiIim far t>.« moment, and KlMli and unrr entities lw«« bean mUMItM in India and Japan. India ia the moat advanced of the Eastern rountriea. The woman have had the munripal rote for the ptnidMn of Bombay for about IS yean, and are now striving to nt the legislative councils to grant the franchiae refna ed under the Government of India Bill Peru ia, too, is moving. The govern meat has opened girls' schools ia dif ferent parts of the country, and Amer ican aad English miaaienary societiee hare established excellent schools for Paraees, Jaws. Armenians and Per aiana. A society to abolish child mar riage haa also been started. In Egypt a committee for the eonacipation of! women has recently been formed. , Two Million luliuu Want to C«wi 0»«r A* least 25,000 immigrant* • week! are expected mod to begin penult. thrmign Ellis Inland, according to | Frederick A. Wallia immigration com-1 mueloner Steamship companies hare ; reported, he Mid, that the incoming tide for the next few years wilt bo limited only by the capacity of the . Westbound ships. "Italian steamships lines." said the ; commissioner, "have reported that there are at 'east 2,000,000 Italian ap- . pile ants for passage to America, anr the Jewish Sheltering Society has made arrangements to receive 1,00c Jews a week. There is also an un pracsdaafsd rush of German appli cants for passage." la ttnnhm with this resoaitatioa of immigration, the commissioner said a complete reorganization" of the is land is under way, and that hundreds of additional em ploy fs will be added to take charge of the rash. Among other changes, will be the elimination of the old system of keeptn;: the immi grant behind high iron grating during the examination for admission and an "hqpor system," allowing the immi grants the freedom of Qm ( spacious walks, will be instituted, he sani Rot. W. L. Bmm Will Proacfa At Sacowd Baptist Ckurck. Revival services will begin at the second Baptist church on the 5th of September (which is next Sunday), and we will appreciate the cooperation of all the people and ministers of other churches Rev. W. L. Barrr of Drevel, N. C. will do the pnachinc, he has a gift as an evangelist, and devotes much of his time to this work. J. M. Holloway wiil have charge of the music, and we expecting some Kd singing. Jess Nail will handle the vy part of the tune, as no one else seems to be able to do it like him. We give all a corJ'ai invitation. W. P. llcO^eter, Pastor Brim, Roato 2 News. Farmers are very busy in this sec tion cutting and caring tobacco. Clyde, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Cabel Gates died Friday. August 27. | age one year. The remains were laid to rest in the family cemetery Sunday. Mrs. Matilda Thompson of Mount Airy, is visiting her niece Mrs. Robt. Epperson. Mrs. G. L. Watson, who has beejj sick for several months is not improv ing much we are sorry to note. John A. Nester has put in a light and water system if his home, has I also purchased a new player piano. , Mrs. H. T. Jessup returned home Thursday after spending several days with bar brother C. W Blancett of Peters Creek, V*. Mrs. John K. Epperson of The Hoi low, Va. visited her father A. J. i White, Sunday. PuMD|tr Rate* Within State Not IncfiinJ. Traveling within the state of North Camlina will be no more expensive now than it wu prior to August kit, the date whan increased railway pat MDf*r and fre.ght rate* became ef fective in accordance with the recent ruling of the Interstate commerce wmmuina. A Journey from thU city to a point in the state of Vlnrtala, or aaypoint outside North Carolina, will be 2o per rent higher. The state cor poration commission having declined the request for an increase in intras tate passenger rate*. An increase of 26 per cent was allowed on freight rate* within the state and a M pot cent Increase In Pullman fares The North Carolina legislature has placed the maximum rate of I cants tut* hat bocn UBtwM there cmi b# wo change mads In Intrastate psssmgsr IMPORTANT DOWNWARD TCNDCMCT IN PUCI9 today to be mMM to to ton ra porti An "toip»ito<il towwwl eveptto* f«-l Is «ttfain< to all •Mtof that • aharp ritotln to Mm prW of raw yitoti eeen fnnmt W»r fowl prtree ^pnineind iHtoekto|" of i|ii alertaa aa well aa a dafilttt althaoffc iltfkl im raa«a hi general rffktowr and an "mpially poetttoe yet United rurtaH ment of MtnmfMl mhuMot and t| | ■ , ■ — I-, „ n Wto. , - iwiTww IU||» B n*?rw nss hMi also a "nutototi tindny" to ward Of paying off of loana ufad by fofrrnmrnt and other hood* and aeevritiea. The board'* report* reveal that within the laat two no at ha me chancM have been marked to all baatc raw pndgcu bat have ban Moat noticeable in wool, ailk aad leather Theae reductiona are aaid to havto bean accompanied generally by a eorre •pondinr drop of pricea to the retail field on riothmr and ihaea and aerer al other atapiaa. >• Set Cum ror Lewer trice*. "The downward tendency of pnrei" ] the board Mid, "to not to be explained by reference to any one eauae or set of causes but ia the outcome of a com Sx of factors. In wool, the termma n of government control in various part# of the world and the steady mar keting of the raw supply held by the United States government haa had an important effect." A "depressed situation" was said to exist in the leather and shoe industry. Shoe manufacturers are slow m plac ing orders with leather dealers, with the r-sult that prices on raw materials have suffered a heavy decline. The dull season of late summer was de scribed as "h*ginning earlier and last inglonger." The manufacturers, however, anti cipate a heavy fall business, but this is not expected by business experts to increase the level of prices m thai lines. th^el*wa|w»e?ftSV*2f of that textile, lative activity in Japan. Lower prices on cotton sad products were forecast because of an expected heavy crop combined with a slowing up of demand. Few new ord era are being placed, because of the lateness of the season and because Jobbers and retailers confidently hope for a prevailing lower level of prices when sales on cotton goods re-open next spring. Higher Efficiency ia Lahar. In addition, the board forsees a generally higher efficiency by labor in industrial productions "It remains true." the board said, "that there is at the present time a wide gap between the new level of raw material values and the prevail ing level of retail psices. During the m> nth of August ft has been pointed out by industrisl leaders that tne high price of goods has been due, only in Crt, to Ugh costs of materials and s in very large degree been the out come of very high capital charges and very great advancea in the wages of labor. "For these reasons consumers have been discouraged from taking the view that shrinkage in retail values was immediately to be expected as a result of redactions in the wholesale field. It is true, however, that the saving afforded by manufacturers through lessened cost of materials and increased efficiency of labor must eventually be reflected in a downward movement of retail prices. "For the coming autumn and win ter seasons it is likely, however, .ttat this downward movement will be evi dent in comparatively small degree. In many lines higher retail prices are predicted, due to the fact that pur chasers for the autumn and winter trade had already been contracted for at the old level of prices, the changea ia the prices of materials at the pres ent time shewing their effect early in the spring of lm." Mad* Whiskay in Prison. Fifteen men Mrrinr terms in the Bibb county tail at Jlsron. Oa., for "moonshininif weT* i*rn(ht in the, act of tasking whiskey In their cella.' The atill consisted of a feed pipe fn>m an automobile used as a worm with two fruit jars as boilers. A small al cohol lamp furnished the heat The man had been saving ssolas*** from their meal* and a trus'v oad se cured some corn meal for them. The nlttan of syrup and meal ma da the baar maah from which the whiskey waa manufactured. Load of Watarmalons NaU Orar 40 Dollar* Kinston, Aug. tl.—R. L Sotton secured mors than MO from a two horse wagon losd of watermelons marketed hare. The melons s rent it in* 46 1-1 pounds la wsight. There were 40 of them and wining purehaa ers paid an avarac* of *i OS 1-1 far thai. Dollar wstsiiasluus hare been numerous on this market this year. Melons which three years ago would have sold for five cents now bring a quarter. The itimsnd wmmm to have matched a hamper crop all aaaaaa. ** 24 irt Airy Ik waM at Ml—»;'» CM br si 'rarnbt trata th. ant Mnt*((M ^wdap waa J Iran fir* to let hiai ruW and the tu | ■». Bs f Mgn r»tdaa*iy imyt»< trap for ha Jiaapnt »ff th» tram a half-mil* from th* riatimi aad evidaati? intended to make a circai toue. route aad catch th* iawi tram ha tow Pilot. TV craw notified L*w ellya aad a party want dawa tha track . mat aad arraated him. Whan ha farad Judre TUWy Thura day nKjminr ha admitted having haai. sentenced from Durham, Raleigh, GraanaboM aad Charlotte for vanaaa; rriinaa. He aiaintaiaed however ha would (tick to hia atorr of ianna j aa to the robbery in Mount Airy if ha went to the roada for it. Ja TWey promptly railed hia Muff aad gave baa a years Jab oa the chain rang. After that ha Burnt roate be ott the aaperior court for jail-hr«ah 8b» Miss Fnuicea Leonard entertained about 15 couples of the younger w riety set Saturday nninc from I to 11 o'clock at the home of her parent* Mr awl Mm. K. H Leonard compli-j mentary to bar houaa guest Miss Mil dred Morrison of Greensboro. Punch was served as the guests ar rived, the evenmtt was spent in play- i injj tames, progressive conversation proving a favorite. En the roosts departed the hostess | was assisted in serving ice-cream ; cones by Misses Mary Moors and Urii i Spa^rh. ^! Youthful Visitor Hoasrsd Misa Hettie Staley of Staley, was honors* at a delightful purty given at the bows of J. B. Sparger on lack ford strset last, PrSaf aft.rnesn, >eth Rothroek wntSEtlS? During the afternoon pro^nssivo rook waa played at 7 tables, after a number « piugieasious delicious fro- 1 let) salad with sandwiches and iced tea waa served by Misses Ethel Haynea, Lillian and Eloia* Sparser. Mrs. Haymora The home of Mrs. W. B. Haymore on North Main street waa the scene of a beautiful party Iaat Thursday mom i in«. Masses of flowers were used in; the decorations. Book was played at 11 tables, music waa famished by the! Victrola. After the (toes Meadames T. A. 1 Brock, Carroll Hill, and Charlie Ball, i and Miss Lois Haymore served a de- ! liciooa ire course. Among the out of town guests were Mrs. Curtis of Burlington, guest at White Sulphur Springs: Mrs. Gilbert T. Rowe of Winston-Salem, houae guest of Dr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rowe; 'Mrs. E. R. Rector of Charlotte Kit of Mrs. B. W. Sector; Mrs. ry Thomas of Charlotte, guest of Mrs. T. N. Brock: and Mrs. J W. Pat-! terson of Greensboro, guest of Mrs. Ed Hollings worth. j Atkms—Clay. ^ * marriage that came as a surpriseI to their friends took place Tuesda> evening of last week at 8 o'clock at the I home of Rev. George W. Williams when Miss Carrie Atkms became the! bride of Rev. George W Clay pastor of the Methodist charge at Ararat Va. The bride Is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Eliza Atkins and was serving as pupil nurse at Martin Memorial hos pital having graduated at the Metho dist Children's Home in June of last year. The groom is a promising j young preacher who is doing splendid work on his present charge and botys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. The hospital force was msent to witness the nuptials and shower rice | They left Wednesday morning thru the country to spend their honeymoon i in AsheviHe end other points in west-1 em North Carolina. ' . Several Hours' lUia Roto ^ Yadkin at Flood SU|« North Wilkesboro, Aug. M.—An ex traordiaary rain Murty thU morn hi* (anting for Mrtnl hour*. tknukoot thU Mutton. pat the Yadkin rhrsr at flood (tare, and immwhih timUif on the morning traia to tKU plaag had the novel experience of bmU* the freshet a* that earn* toward'* North WUkeaboro. The character of tha stream changed before their eyas at Siloam, and on to this place Oaf look ed open a rirer brimful and tMtk vKl driftwood. The rain was tha hssrlss* ci any daring a rery wet season, and farm ers are hoping H ie the clearing show ers. For >S saeeeeahre day* rmim has fallen end "Mi are In daager of rain. If the rains do net ntep WOkes will * * la »_ M- -• M ■ontr ion, it is moutm. Um mi Gr for i may large extent for Ihm in ■try. bolt a folder of ihw of _» recently i iiniriwtri fan ^^iiT^irnarit^tlurt hee reached of oar state, as well am other states1 •n bath of Mount Airy granite, ami when «• go—ider that these buildin^s^wlll live to Meao pos terity long after the present , tion roes to it'» lone rest. • John Rusk in Mid "When wn build let aa thiilk that we baild forever Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use ■Ions. Let it be such work as oar descendants will thank as for, and let as think, as we lay stone on stone that a time is to come when! those stones will be hold »n«fpd be cause oar hands hare toothed them, and men will say aa they look open the them, see! Una oar fathers did for aa." The time was when the esao of granite for dwellings put it eat of reach of any bat rich people, hat the time has come when the cost <A other building materials hare sds.mcod at an enoMoui rate, while the -J while securing a home of artiatir beaaty for himoelf. the slight differ ence in expense being more than over balanced by the lasting quality of the Mr. and Mn. John L. Banner were host and hostess Wednesday at a four course dinner, covers were laid for 14 lovely place cards were used, and after dinner the photographer made a (nap photograph of the dinner part7. Tnos se present were Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, Alabama; Mr. and Mrs Banner, Ennis, Texas; Morr Moore, Dallas, Texas: Mrs. Frank Moore of Stokes. Mrs. Marietta Banner- Mrs. Ann Moore. Mis. Nannie Btower; Mrs. Delia Banner, and Dr and Mrs. W. B. Moore. • ••••••• Mrs. Delia Banner entertained at a four coarse luncheon Friday at 2 P. M. at her home near this city in honor of her visiting relatives. Those en joying her hospitality were Mr. and MrsTj. M. Davidson Birmingham, Ala., Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Banner, En nis, Texas; Moir Moore, Dallas. Texas Mrs. Frank Moore of Smith; Mrs. John A. Young, Greensboro: and Dr. yjf Mrs. W B. Mwre.Mount Air*. The home of Mayor and Mrs. E. C. Bivens was the scene of another family gathering Sunday when they entertained the Davidsons of Ala bama, the Banners and Mores of Tex as. Mrs. Moore of Stokes and their host and hostess Dr. and Mrs. Moore of this city at a delightful Sunday evening sapper. Beaufort. An*. 2».—Edward Carl ton Duncan, former Republican na tional committeeman from North Carolina, banker and former ■—bur of the North Carolina legislature, died at 1 o'clock this morning after an U1 neaa of aome months from cancer of the stomach. Funeral wniwi will be held Monday afternoon in this city where he waa born M yean ago. Mr. Duncan ia sunl»ed by a widow and three children. A few month* ago Mr. Swneaa waa operated upon in a Baltimore hospital and improved sufficiently to attend the Republican national convention at Chicago aa a delegate Returning to this city after the convention Mr. Duncan's condition became worse. Mr. Duncan had been prominent in national and North Carolina politics for many yean. He had served aa collector of the part of Beaufort meas ber of the legislature 1M6 and INT, collector of internal rsvanae WO to l'ton member of the ReaaMleaa state uecathn committee and wn—bsr for North Carolina of Aa Republican na The battle now beginning on tfca ■middl^Narew is likely to dechI* the tate of all tlx red fotea l»t»w» the Narew and the Piaeaiaii frontiers. Bad troops, rota prising infantry aad <l» alry, are making a bold throat fca tfca direction of Brady and Le»ba»g. Farther north bolshevik detaehoMOta, ed in the region of Tartar. The Ukrainian i>»iawnts which are •till on their old positions along the Strype have socceaafnlly repelled all atteapts of the rada aad maintained their original lines cm the u itiais right. Ia the center the Polish troopa which occupied Brest-Litovak an dlg ging in on the eastern border A Poles ia. ft ia expected that the dar ing plan of the bolaheriki agaiaac Lemberg will be definitely frustrated in the near future. CoM-BImM Occurs Near Durham. A a*. 23.—What is Mid to be one of the moat cold-blooded Bur den that was ever committed in thfe section of the state occurred when Thelbert Ellis waa shot to < by Claude Bowles, both white The shoo tine occurred *Jast Durham comity Hue, .the sheriff of this county going to the scene of the murder upon the information that R was in Durham. Ellis and his wife had I Mrs. Kllis' father, and were j to Imtc, Mr. Ellis cranking the when Bowles appeared and ftrad him. Mra. Ellia floe heraetf the body of her hosband to Bowlea from firing again, hot jerked her away and find shot into her husband's body, both the shots taking effect in the right lit, immediately below the shoolder blade. Ellia oaly lived a few minutee after the second shot waa ftrad. The at has not yet | Mra. EQia stated to Sheriff J. W. Harward. of tola coanty whe first ar rived cm the scene, that piesfcw to her marriage shk waa Hhi Lata Day mi that both Ellis aad on for her hand. A boat
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