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MOUNT AST, NORTH CAROLINA. m ADT. _ CIWCACO view or WOT. on BUSINESS >'» troobl# to atmilar to bat In militer frrrm and do* ■meh ■ui'i — Jfatorw haa mltlratad tfca attnatinn with a M*. flna crop. It it fait that wlUwwrt vaatl r mora aid Bampt'i rwowry the world of rridanea tljat to ratraintnc political aanity to • ipraadtaff )Mli*f that iw(f pisyM it® tftwp fona hanknipt, to maktn* of noiay rntikl traffic at laat hu natron to (■fleet Indutrtal and commerrial con traction. lout aa railroad service no ttoaaMy improves, bat the proportion at foodatuffa and fuel in transit la aalargtag and general market condi tions ara more normal. Mail order aalaa ara laaa than • year ago, hot the character of farmer baying ta Mi edly batter. Money rates ara laaa rig On* at the biff mail order hooaea raporta an eiwrmoua buaineaa in sew ing machines, from which it drawa the Inference that women are making More of the family clothes at home than has been the caae recently. Thia, we believe, ia symptomatic To a cer tain #Ttent the American public la finally being forred into thrift—to no gnat extent, to be aura, but far anoogh to affect the market conalder aWy. Thrift ia a virtue that hae been con spicuously lacking in the American character. If it were to be forced upon thia country too suddenly, the result* would be appalling; for thia country could get along on what it haa been waating long enough abaolutely tu wrack the markets If every man and woman in the United States were to decide today to wear old clothea until they were literally worn out, moat of the clothing merchanta would be In bankruptcy long before there would be any more buying to amount to anv thing. Our commercial fabric his be*n built to allow for the national trait M extravagance; and the eodden removal of that trait would react diststrouaiy. At the aame time, we cannot wel come too warmly a tendency toward the cultivation of thrift. Reasonable eeonom- in America woa'd mean the accumulation of more wealth than ia heonght by the bi greet of bumper c*. v*. A brm in sewing n-ach.ces may mean more in the long rm than ■ boll market in cotton.—Cboro News ITS FOOLISH TO SUFFER When ao Many Meant Airy People arc Pointing the Way Oat. You may h* brsr* enough to iitand berkurhr or headache or dtxzinraa. Bwt. K. hi addition urination it dht whwJ Wok out! If yon don't try to fix yoor nick Wdneyi. too may fall hrto the clatchaa of ilnifmm ftfaeaae Wot* yoo know it But. if too Ht» mora omfaftr and My year kidneya wHti r>nan'a Kidney Pilla, jm ran stop tlx pain* you hav* and eroid future dancer a* writ TV>n"t aipat Immt oar the remedy Mount Any pmnlr are publicly endorsing. Rnd thi» Mn L. 8. Lodirtrk. It. Elm St.. Mount A try. aey>: "Roeve time a«o I had orraafon to u«e Pr>an'« ltidner F1TV They certalnly hnwht m« fine reaulta I wan troubled with pain* tn my berk, had nemraa head ache* and waa in pretty bed condition. Dean'* Kidrwv PI Tin i*Hm4 me of thia trouble and It ta a pleMurr for mm to recommend rhem " Price *>c, at all daeler* Don't simply aak for a kidney remady ret pmi Ektner Pill*—tile same that Mr* Led* lik had Foater-Milbem <V, Mfnu Beffela N. T. Wife Of Gtwiir App.al. T» V«to Raleigh. Mapt 24.—Daeiarmg that nan baa not <nma lato tha ktiflriMl of paltUaa to * raat (rat uiaa tha i.im of pow.r '>ut rataer to ha Ma halpaaaal, Mr*. Thom** Wnit ■« Bvk rtt, wtfa of tha (waroir taiar iaanad an appaal to tha wwmaa of tha atata to ragtatar and partlcipata ill tha Tho appaal la ail tha nanra intaxwat ing har—a Mrs. Blefcatt waa a >t at tha rank* of thooa who militantly rm pnuaed tha rigfct ta rota. She ha* al ways fait that vathif waa a raapawa ibility rather than a right. and now that tha raaponatbility haa haan pot on tha ahouldara of tha woman of Amer ica, aha baHaraa It thatr duty ta an apt it in good faith and to bagia aright bp participating in tha inaction at thafcr flrat opportunity. Tha appaal aha ia aandinr oat foJ Iowa: "Tha woman of North Carolina hava narar failed to anawar evary rail to «errlc#. "In tha atxttaa wtan tha man and hoy* in gray marrhad oat to tha fir ing Una far homa and country. thay laft behind thorn woman who war* no las* haroaa than thay. Whan tha thin, gray Una bmka and thoaa una aol itiara came back homa to rebuild a warirtrtrken land, tha women bora their part of tha fight aa gallantly aa tha man, until, through yean of —i ri fire, thay made tha waate pi area hloa tom aa tha roaa. wn«i outrage*! By tne namarum of Germany, oar groat Prmider? Mimdfd the call *o arma 'that war might he no more,' the man cam« glad ly offering thamaelrea a witling aacrl flea on the altar of a gnat cauaa. The women cam*, ton, giving what to them waa dearer than Ufa itaelf, their loved onea and then atanding with handa oatatntehed, bugged • chance to aerve. From humble cabin and stately home they came, aaying "here we an. uaa ua.' And glorioua was the aerviee they gave. a call to aervice. g caTt no Teaa com pelling than thoee ealla of yeatarday "Though there are many of ua who fait that woman'* place waa not In the political field, but In the no laaa powerful precinct* of the home, a call haa ocme and we cannot fail to ana wer. The women of mtelll frence and character, the wdmen who lore their home*, their children and their coun try muat meet the ohligationa and the npportnnitiea of the hoar. We moat regiater early, and when the day for to ting cornea we muat not fall to rota. The ignorant and the rieioaa, the ael fl*h and the aordid win not fail to regiater—will not fail to Vote. "'New occaaiona teach new dutiea,' Good women have alwaya prayed for the triumph of the right. "We who are mothers hare borne and reared our children to aee them go into the world where evil lurlu aad diaeaae deatrnya. When the pro hibition fight waa won It waa aaid. They are dead that aeek the young child'a welfare.' True it la that on« exeat enemy Ilea low, hat all along the highwaya and hedge*, the bypath* and the high roada, others, no leaa eril, lurk to prey upon him. Thia ia the day of oar opportunity Oura la the privilege to Join with thoee men who *eek hia welfare and bury under the world'* condemnation thoee thing* that degrade and deatroy. "We sre not com* to the kingdom to wrest fmm men the reins of govern ment. nor to be their rivals in places of power. It will b« oar privilege to be in the sffmirs of state as *• have been in those of the home—his helpmeet. Together we will solve the problems that confront us, and together work to make the world a safe place for lit tle children. "Oar best work can be done in the ranks of those parties that are already organised. It is there- our vote will count moat. To my mind the Demo cratic party offers the finest field for service. Their platform is sane and progressive, and in state and nation [ they have kept the faith and been true to the Irfsals of service. la this critical hoar it woald be a dangerous experi ment to tons the state of North Caro lina over to s party that has never demonstrated any ability to interpret the noblest impulses of oar people." Admtauetrstora Notice. Having qualified as sdmiri*trator of the estate of J. P. Blisaard. deceas ed. this is to notify all persons owing said estate to pay the undersigned at once, all persons holding clstmn against said estate will file them srtth the undersigned within one year from the date hertwf. if not. this notice will be pleaded In b#rW recovery. This the loth day of Sept. 1920. T. A Hannah. Admr of J. D Bit* I sard, deceased. 19- tt- e. | Edw. M. Linvitle, Atty. snmcz wan wonon WHAT rUTUM WILL K Hii^itil fctjute At The State A. mmd L Codaga Waet Ra latch, Sapt. 28.—TW hun iM or morm -ntdent' tin* at the <n |M>nw a4 the hurrnu of war risk ineor mnrm in two n den n* what to do ahoot thh fttaatlM that rnnfroata thaw. Moat of the man have heea aufforiag from ioom aArtin of tka lung* ranrtn* from rondittona of laaa aerl oua trouble to astir* tqlian uluata. They have all rwaived traatmaiit at vartooe army or public health aartiua hoapitala and an now daelarad to ho in aound haalth. However. on a«w>unt of tha nature of thair previous »W*k naaa. the war risk human la trytn* to *»t every man to take the acricottnra! -ourae herauae tkia moans oat of doors work almoat exclusively. The men appear to Ilka the courae and are enjoying their life at A and K. bat they are diaaatiafled about the fu ture, which the morae will offer them Said an wimai veteran, who receiv ed a doaa of gae in the aummer of 1*18, and who la taking the a*r1 cultur al courae: "There are only 100 coun tiaa in thia atata and there are over 100 of ua In thia one collage, ao it la certain that thay cant make county farm agenta out of all of ua. Thay may (five aome of na Joha in the de partment of agriculture, but it aeema impoaaihla that we will all be able to procure poaitiona with the department and thoaa who are left In the cold when theae Joha are gtven will be out uf luck. If t had a (rood farm It would take aeveral thouaand dollar* to equip it for farming and I don't hare the money and have no proepaeta. T have no farm, neither do I have the money nor the credit to buy one. If T did buy one, how would I ever pay for It with preaent prlcea of farm producta com pared with the value of land? Thia <we man wiahaa to take s couraa in cotton grading, but waa ad viaed not to do ao by a medical mem ber of the baaed He «*• that ha real law that it wosW not ha hrt-ftr Ma health to work In the mill where moat of thia rourae ia given and where than ia alwaya a certain amount of duat which would probably affect hia Innga. Thia man itatea that he haa about decided to take the cotton grading course anyway, aa be would aa aoon die from tuherculoaia aa to die from overwork, aa he thinka he would aa a farm hand. He claim* tfcat if he fail* to gat a poaition with either the atatc or national department of agriculture, about all he will be qualified to do ia overaee a farm and there are few farmer* in thia atate who own auffl cient land to juatify the cranioyraent of an overaeer. Outaide of work of thia kind the only other thing he aaea to do ia to work aa a farm hand and do odd Joha during the winter aeaaon. If he could buy a farm he would be "aet for life." he declared, but he added. "My only chance to buy a farm ia for a rich uncle to die and leave me a bunch of money and I have no uncle, rich or poor." President Wilaon To Be Active fai TWCampaifg Waahmgton, Sept. 23—Preaident Wilaon will actively participate in the Democratic preaidential campaign when "the proper time cornea" It waa atatad today at the White Houae. He probably will not make any apeechea, official* said, but will confine himaelf to itatementa on campaign iaauea, particularly the league of nattona. The Preaident ia keeping in touch with the campaign through the newa pepera and party leader*. While he haa not received a formal invitation from Democratic headquarter* to take part in the campaign. White Heuae officer* *aid he gonaMered it hia duty to do ao aa a member of the party. Woman Aspirant for SmI in Coafrau. Wsshtaigton. District of Cnhmibit —Mia A(m Hart Wilson, daorhter of ths S»crwuiry of Labor, haa an notmced that ih is wiHint to become a rairfidttf for CiMiguss from the fifteenth Pennsylvania district tf the Democrat* State Conraittee want* her to do ao. Mix Wilaon has had a thomofli training for the work that she would bo railed upon to do tf a he war* elected s representative in Con irreas. When her father was eiecxeo to Conines from the district which she now aspires to represent she want t» Washington with him ss his secre tary, and when he became chairman of the llsisi committee on labor aha became secretary of that committee When Mr. Wilson was sppotnted Sec retary of Labor his daughter was madw assistant director of rondlis tton. In which position shs served during the war. The Hound at Elactiona of Murry County at a rawuiarly railed aaeetinc ta tlw Town of Mount Airy on Monday the 27th at by unant ahip of Mount Airy. Hurry County. North Cmnlina, waa divided into the 'ollowin* praetnrta; Mni the fol lowing huundinr*, vota* P*am. re» iriatrara of eiertloa ami judgee: Precinct Mo. 1. Baylanlnr n the fancy Gap road at tha Stawirfi rfwk lina, runa with tka Fancy Oap road ta tha rorporate limita of HmM Airy at tha inta react ion of Lebanon etreet; thence with Lebanon atlooC North Main itraet; thence with North Main ■treet to ita mtaraertion with Rock ford atraat; thanca with Raclrford itmt and road ta tha Dohaan Town* ahip lina, thawce with tha Dohaan Township lina and road ta Stawarfa Croak Townahip lina to tha beginning. Thia prartnct "Kail ha called Precinct Number 1, and Parmer's Union win houaa shall ba tha voting place tor uaw Tha Registrar of thia Precinct ■hall ha J. E. Monday and tha Judgaa C. W. Melton and C. B Wehh Precinct No. 2. Btfiiuiini at tha intersection of Rnckford atraat and Main atraat of Mount Airy rona to tha aouth aide of Rftckfond atreea and road to tha Dobeon Townahip line; thanca with tha Eldora Townahip lina to tha Ararat river; thanca with tha Ararat rhrar and tha Long Hill Townahip Una to the Old Hollow road; thence wtth tha Old Hollow road and South Main atraat to tha beginning. Thia a hail ba '-ailed Precinct Number 2 and the vot ing place for same ahall ba tha old Globe War» house The Registrar of thia Precinct (hall ba N. C. Marion and rke JiMrn Sam Pattaraon and N. M. Gwyn. PVecinct .-»<>. i Beginning at tne in tersection of Oak atreet and Main street n Mount Airy and rani with Main atreet and the Old Hollow road to Stony creek -;< nee with Long Hill townahip and We.-field townahip Una to tha P**rt:k county road; tnmw with tha Patrick county road and Oak street to the beginning. Thia ahall ba called Precinct jlunjher 3 and Banner Warehouse *hall be tha voting place for aaria. Tha Registrar for thia Pre cinct ahall be George W. Spartrr, Jr. «nd the Judgea A. L. Sparger and J. H. Pulton. Precinct No. 4. Beginning at the tai reraection of Oak street and North Main street of Mount Airy, runa with Oak street and Patrick county road to tha Weatfleld Una- thence with tha Weatflald Townahip line to tha Stat" line; thence with tha State line to Pancy Gap road; thenee with Fancy flu road, T -t—-Trp street and North Main atreet to tile beginning. flittl Precinct shall he called Number 4 and the voting place for name ahall be Monday A Cox's store. The Re*1«tr*r fat rhis PTecinct ahall be Geonre A. Bowman, Sr. and the Judges J. D. Minick and A. M Reamer. A new Registration of all the voters of Mounut Air- township within their respective precincts as riven above is hereby ordered. The Registration boor of the various precincts will he kent ripen from Thursday September 30th, l!»20 to and including Saturday Octob er 23rd. 1920 10-15-e. R. A. Freeman. County R»»rd of Elections, Surry County. Varner Would R.fua. To Tmkm TW Momt Lexington. Sept. 2B.—Complaint In the suit of H. B. Varner againat Bax ter McRary hae been filed. No answer has yet been made. The amount of damages demanded ia 1100,000, which is to co»er damages for the disruption of home in punishment of the defen dant for the deplorable things that hare happened. It is generally understood here that Mr. Varner does not want for hia own benefit one cent of any amount. Mr. Valuer's attorneys when aaked about this stated: "Mr. Varner will not take one cent of any judgement against Baxter McRary for his own personal uae. but will donate the same immedi ately to some worthy charity, either a hospital or orphan asylum, aad aa positively stated before he began suit" These attorney* farther stated that in the optaion of tUr client »h* rol Wtinn of pun it it* ijuufn. kxnrtr much may be awarded. would not he adequate mif. However, it was stated, this was tha only way within the law to seems any ndrsss At tha time the true farts came to light tha plaintiff waa away in New York. When tha plain tUf istarned to Lex ington, MrRary had fled and would hare disposed of Ma p»opart/, it is aa serted, and was ta fart contemplating disposing of tha same tor mm aorffc ern usgiu collars. Mr. Valuer's banters here say that he haa been in fine financial shape far a lone tin* and that the one debt ha owed was to some New York friends for aid in em-tin* his oflke building hers, which obhfation waa paid hi fall last yaar. Notice Having qualified as eserotor under the laat will and testament nt Geo. ft. Mldkiff. deceased, this la to notify all parties having claim* a*ain»t hi* satate to prsasnt them to me for pay meat within one year from thr da«» of this notice, or tha actios wtt ha |M in bar of rsroeery. All persons owing the satate are rsqaested to make set then «wt I. L. Arm field. Iiwfto. I l^tt-s. MAIL business FOLLOWS HEWKY FO*D gnmrry Ward company, today an nounced price nit« of fM 10 t» Mi Food prices, aa a whole, «wn no* affected, although aufu waa qnatad at 917.N a hundred pounds, and tka rspreeantnUre of one -ompeny pre dicted it would drop to from 112.60 to 910 after tha Cotton a tap cambrics, sheetings and poplin* lad the liat with 20 par « Men's and woman's clothing, shoes and corsata items sffrcted. Hllka have already bsan reduced from 31 to 50 par cant, and furniture prices are 28 per rent, below tha arala of a few Ona of the com very heavy sale of which it waa said, woman were making tha family cloth ing at 1 Child How reach time and thought do yu«i put pn your children'* lunch basket T "Oiildrwn hava such appetitea that they will aat anything" la tha : oftan heard. Tbay may hava petita* now, but if *chool childrsn are allowed to aat tha wrong things, time may miM when thay cant tha right things. Growing children have certain ial neada in the way of food. When a| child muat carry lunch and obtain at school a hot dlah, nf filling the hex or baaket demand* great care to make aura that it it ap petising. nourishing, sad Mrtal of the boat linsafmsnts to i for a child who carries his lunch to a school that does not serve a hot lunch is a bottle which will keep liquids hot or cold for soma time. Cocoa or soup piping hot on a cold day will make a feast out of an otherwise uninterest ing loach. Is gsners!. the school hatch, like the child'* diet a* a whole, should contain representatives of the five food Troup*. In all it should be nound food* rich in protein. «uch aa milk, ch meat*. fi*h. dried beans, peas, peanuts and other nuts; cereal or itarchy foods, such a* bread, canal mushes, rica, and tapioca; fatty fooda, audi at butter, cream. *alad oil*, and bacon; vegetables and fruits, but such as cer eal* and dried beans sre not pot i this classification; simple swarta, in cluding cakea and cookies that contain little fat; cane sugar, plain candie*. maple sugar, sweat chocolate, jelHea, pi—mad fruit, jama, ma honey, molaaaea. sirups, snd dried | fig*, dates, and other (triad fruits. Same Saggaated Baaket Laarhaa Here are some reaommanded combi nations: Sandwiches with iliced, tender meat for filling; baked apple, caoldaa, or a: few lumpa of sugar. I Slices of meat or bean loaf; braad and hatter sandwiches; stewed fruit; small froeted cake. Criap rolla, hollowed oat and filled with chopped meat or fiah. moistened (ireseinr; oran*e. apple, a mixture at sliced fruits or berriee; cake. Lettuce or celery aandwfekea; cop ruatard: jelly sandwichea. Cottage cheeae and chopped green-' pepper aandwirhea. or * pot of cream with bread-and-butter sandwichea; peanut sandwichea; fruit; cake. Hard-boiled enr»; criap baking powder biscuits; celery or radiahea; hrown-augar or maple-suirar sand wichea. Bottle of milk; thin corn bread and hatter; da tee; apple. Raein or not bread with batter; Baked bean and lettuce aaad'lrhn apple sauce; sweet chocolate Nearly ererjane know a the neces sity of daHty wiapptag and packing if an appetiakaf hmch la to ba the 'Malt. A c >ntalner that ran he scald ed. plaanty of paraAn paper, jaffy cap with a corer. and huttlea wM m»e tope all aasiirt in the making of • dainty Pries Minneapolis, Nlm.-rie« centa to 71 ed at 91LM to fltTi a Mr. WUto alao said that ptpm favortn* Ikt f sagaa of would be asked to aid la The LMfW Thousand Club" to composed of contributor* to the fta "tess than 1130,000 collected by prueidsd a cuull—t btfm tha mm committee inTMtl|atln( fund 4M yesterday wtth millions in 1 of tha Kepoblleans" WMta. "Since tha fata of tha tha peace of tha world sneeeee of Co* and Bowawlt, I to eall for a thouaand frlenda of leaffoa all arm tha eoomry to nu tha president'* subaerlptioe of 1 recently made hi the mm* earns* "Thia will provide a' *600,000 to pot the troth I^ea«oe before every voter. county chairmen will he ashed to •let, and we feel hopeful that tl are at least • thouaand mm hi United States who will fiva as I «ach for the lesiroe. "Thia plan will prmldi 1 for a heavy aaaault againat mentation hi the Interest of tiaanahip." Nearly 500 Richmond, Vt, Sept. 20.—1 of the Equal Suffrage T sagos Richmond had their first aa registrars to-day when tmo pn» inant workers in the iMpa nmtm wan sworn in aa deputies to the oea tral registrar who alaa had aa aa as sistant a mere man. The two »w, Mr*. Frank L. Jobnon and Mr*. Carter W Womeley, distinguished themselv es by scoreing each a higher record than the faeter workers of the nua. Of the total of 578 feminine voters en rolled, Mr*. Jobeon accepted 198 aa qualified for the ballot and Iff* Womeley 134. City Regiitrar Wood son enrolled I2fl, all negro women, and hi* assistant, Lamott Blakeley 125. There waa separation of the racaa at the registration offices. only white wa rn en registering with the equal suf frage representative*. Negro women protested ctamoroua ly against the refusal of the le* Hilar to swear in aa deputies several at their number who tendered their ser vices. More than a hundred negro sumM were in line waiting to register whea the doors were closed for the day. Xr. Womeley, deputy register, discovered at the eloae of the day that she had been robbed of her silk pu^se, 119 ia cash and a package of important per*. The money and valuablaa were filched from the table at which the deputy waa enrolling women. The total of the ciity's feminine vote rose to 2,MO to sufficient to swing any municipal tioa held in the last decade, if p solidly. The total of the negro we enrolled to this time is *69. Downward Treed la CMkkf Chiea*o, UL—Prieaa of ciothiag m to drop oM-tluri, aratrdiac to tk* an nual cooT«otwn of tk* Retail CWta A.taociatkm of Aaiiin. now hi am nion km. Frad Vtrlud, of Topaka, Kanaaa, national iil»»->or at tk* a***> elation. atatrd that tk* eat priea* wfll raaca. "Th*r* is bind to baa MM rafectkm la prin* hy aprta*." ail Mr. Vtrlaad "If tk* A—rkaa aoMb con tin na* to rafaaa to bay tk* high** pricad aaala*. Tk*** ifa sot hakm boogkt n*w. and th*y aia ai aaalif • phi* raattiaa a r*rtaia fifm. pr.oaa »i» baari to Jiof. Mti that anna «mth* war h* had than fcr |« *
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