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Mount Airy Newi. m. xw. n. c. n~. a, iwT J. ». miWMOH A «OW. m Airy, M. OL. jtmmt tt OmiMi * M it sm* A BETTER MOUSE TRAP fcMIIHII, MM •( t)M really (ml M at mixbm tlmea, wrote Ilka this: "If • man wrIU a batter book, preach mom* trap thai Ma aalffbhor, though ha baild Ma bouae In tka wooda tha world will make a baaun path to hie door." Tha truth of which can be ap plied In various and sundry way*. J oat now wa ara thinking of bow aomabody can coma Into thia hill aom try and teach tha paopla how to aika big aara of corn whara now grow IKtla wormy nubbins. It can bo dona. A #«w farmara in Surry grow big aara af corn, but a vary larga number of othera grow moatly nubbins. And It all depanda on knowing how. During thaaa frosty, fall mornings tha folks all about ara bringing to tha farm yards the fruits of their toil during tha summer months. A few farmers haul up big loads of corn, each ear of which is big enough to choke an ox or make a loaf of bread. Thaaa farmers will fill a big wagon bed from a small plot of land and hasten back after another load. And all day long they repeat the process. No little cribs eight by four at their homes. But big fat cribs that make the farmer's heart rejoice. It is all in knowing how. Somehow these few farmers have learned to make land rich, and then in some way they have caught on to how to make big eara of com grow. There la no much secret about It they will tell you—all in knowing how. But the man who is now making nubbins will continue to grow them until he in some way learns that he can grow ears of corn like other people grow. This county l«»t a good opportunity lait *pring U> hit the nubbin growl hard whan it refu**d to employ a county >(nit to go among the people and ahow them how to farm. The plain truth ia that the county naada a county agant far every school district, though wa are not foollah enough to expect that many will agree with ua la thla > La tern en t. But now that wa turn made the assertion, just anppoaa H you will, that aome way could b« found to employ an intelligent man to go among the farmer* of each neigh borhood and spend all hia time show mg them how to if row big eara of corn like a few of our people can grow. 11 the county had a doaen agent* out among the people for a period of My five yean the production of 'arm pro duct* would be doubled with ro great er effort* than are now put forth, Ctr, mind you. it takes juat about aa much work to grow a nubbin a* it doe* to grow a big ear. Every one know* that the landa of thia part of the country are poor until they are improved. Mr. J. D. Smith, wall known buninens man of thia city, one day Raid that he would not plant corn on land that would not produce 50 bushel* to the acre. That was his #ay of stressing the important? of making land productive. But you say our people cannot make the land rich, and we answer by saying that many of them have and why cannot others do ihs same. You may say that we have in .nind the few who are fortunate to own rich bottom lands. The most prospt tou* farmers of this section are men who have learned how and have improved their upland* and aiada them productive. About the poorest farmers, with a few except ion*, in the county are men who own bottom land and depend upon it for a living. Too often they neglect their upland and half starve trying to farm their poor worn oat bottoms. The truth of most 6t this Is very well known to a few pot pie and the others may, aome day, come to ase the truth of it, too. / -v ' K WASTEFUL PEOPLE The folks who settle a nsw country art naturally wasteful of the natural resources. Hare in our own (action m hava not yat learned to protect the game In the forests or the fish in our clear mountain streams. Ws are aa prodigal of the valuable treea that grow in the foreets as If they wars the product of a year, when in fact it takss a century to grow one. All this la natural for the very good reason that we, have not yat fait the need of conserving our supply of •stare's bounties. Bat the day has ooase whan the people of this ssrtlun should wake ap to the fact that wa an nnnt continue to dee troy and at the asms time enjoy the natural Massing thrif hare been ours so abundantly In the past. Everyone lores fish and game hut how f aw bow enjey the hurary af theae natural daintiss. Wa could eaaily hare th. m hi abundance If wa weald he sensible about our way i of prolactin* thaak In Japan thoy hav. ■ baaotlfuJ aaa torn of planting a troa far W>| baby 1 thai ■ born. Man it mM ba mora traa to form if tho now /athor ahould I fo oat and chop dawn a fin* sp»ctman , of tha foroat. No «M nara fat thtola ■f planting a tvoa tor any rauaa uniaaa ! It ia an iraasntol traa aboat the ham,. Tha day te not far distant whan avory thinking eltiaan will gtoa mm attantioa to tha traaa that pn M h|a farm. Ba will taha cara of whatbo haa and plant athara. Ha wM ancouraga tha planting of traaa on all vacant landa that Ida aaighbora hold for tha vary goad rcnoa that tha rainfall at a ooanUy ia mack affaetad by tha aasoaat of foroat that abaunda In tha aaantiy. It will ha na distant day whan tha govanMMnt of tha land will aaa the naod of all thia and mach land will ha taken over for government toraata. Wa ax pact to aaa at no distant day tha ftna mountain* that lia to tha north and waot of this town ntada a go » era mant park and tho bara hills and mountain sidaa will again support giant traaa wharo thay now aro waah ing down Into tha valleys bo low. Tho aooaor our poopia wake up to tha Importanao of taking can of tho natural raaowreoa of this flna hill country tha hattar It will ba for aU tha paopla. SHALL THE STATE ELEC TROCUTE * Just now It is a Mva question in this State whether or not we (hall con tln6e to put men to death by electro cution. Education and enlightenment has made inch progress that manjr are crying out againat the barbarous cus tome of paat agea. Soma think that the time haa come when we can well diapenae with the ancient cuatom of taking life for Crimea. It ia a very well known fact that lawi in advance of the moral and spiritual development of the whole people are not generally effective, but confuse rather than help. When we think of the way life is taken by our people, in the many hrawla and en countera in private life, wa wonder if we are not yet too bloodthirsty to give up the idea of capital punish ment. Of couraa it would appeal strongly -to many good people to do away with the electric chair. Praachcra and all ch«rch people might applaud the change, but it must not be forgotten that we have a very large percent of those who are ready at any moment to clamor for the blood of the man who commits certain crimes that hav« long been considered worthy pt death. These folks who want the death penalty to remain are, possibly, largely in the majority, and they ate just as much a part of the State aa are those who are not in their clmas. It may be that to do away with the death penalty would greatly increase the number of lynchings that the country would develop. Let some negro commit a foul murder or the namclaas crime and no law to hold the death penalty over him would almost be certain to develop a lynching. It is all right to diecuss the matter, but the cold facts about the mental atti tude of the whole people ia not to be ignored. The mental development of a people, after all deterrainea their whole life conduct. Moaos killed his man and fled his country and later became the law maker for the Israelites. And Mown demanded the death penalty for many acta that we would shudder to think of placing ao severe a penalty upon. Tfte people of England once had the death penalty for as many as three hundred crime*, but at that time not fire percent of the English people could write their names. A* they developed they be came less severe in their punishment: Abraham. Isaac and Jacob reared children by all the women who lived about them, and yet they were con sidered men of God. Later their peo ple confined the family circle to one w ife. But these patriarchs were wan dering herdsmen when they lived and did according to their beat lights. The Turk, acting according to his re ligion, married aa many women aa he thought he could support and then deliberately aewed them in sacks and drowned them in the nearest water when he tired of their presence. That was living according to his ideas of his religion. And so it is all down through the pages of history. Men act according to their degree of educa tion and enlightenment. Here in North Carolina we have a host of people who are yet of a mind to lag a pistol about with them, even if It carries a penalty in law and a disgrace among men. They fight and take life, and defraud and steal, and do all manner of Crimea that can hardly be accounted for In a country where we appear to be as civilised as our outward conditions would indi cate. The plain truth may he that we are not as civilised as we appear to be. We may be of a much lower mental and spiritual order than moat people would care to admit. But the cold facts are as they are, and the facts in the ease most be met. If It will increase the tewlry to lynch for crime then It would be a mistake to da away with- tka death panaHy in thla BUI*. O^r poraonal Hlw. art atrongly In favor of confining Man for HI* wfca art worthy of daatl» un do* oar >mit Urwa, hit It #ould ho f»r bottor tar the Vtote to eloctro cuU than for them to pay th* ponal'y fd* t hoi r ertaM by facta* jun enraged Mob that ean bo aatiaftad with noth ing Ioh than Wood. Wo doubt If tha ■tata In fat rondy In acrap tho littio dMtfc 4tiliwf tuitmnunt thwt Km Imnni tmfilM down At Balglgfi And that la ao »ery offanaivo to ao*M vary It la n beautiful cuatom, and om that la gainiag In popularity In tho Itato, for ana day'a<wage daring tho year to ba aot aaldo for tha rapport of our varfcma orphanagaa. Thankagiving day la tha logical tiMo for old' and yoang to maka thia contribution of thoir rneana for tha aupport of tho father! eea onoa. Tha giving of ond day'* Income for tho rapport of orphanagaa may not ba the maaaure of your reaponaibility, or mino, that la for each Individual to daclda, many may ba abla to give large fifta, but auraly nona of oa an ao poor that wo cannot five ona day'i incoma aa an expreaaion of "Thanka giving" for blaaainr* that hava been oara all the yaar thru. Thoae who belong to the' vYtHm churchaa will be aakad to give to the Inatitutiona aupportod by thoir de nomination, thoae who do not have any church affiliation may five to the inatltution anpported by their lodgea or the Children'a Receiving Home in Greenaboro where homaleaa onna are cared for until they can ba placed in rhildleaa homea. There are 'many worthy Inatitutiona in the atote and all of them are more or leaa handicapped for lack of funda. Make the orphana happy on Thanka giving day and you will find that in aerving othera your own happineaa will be incraaaed. THINGS WE STRIVE FOR A man. It could be safely said, eu well be judged by what ha strives for. The una greet ambition of moat peo ple ii to save up something for the day when they are not able to pro duce—the proverbial rainy day, wh#n they are old or aick or no loafer aliie to wnrk. So anxloui do many p4npW becume to lay by for thia expected rainy day that they looee sight of all elae and bend every energy to st ir umulatifig money in aome form of other. A few an to ea<rer that they accuai^ate wealth at the expenee of friendship or place in aociety or even good atandinc among their fellowa. A few people make themaelvea con spicuous by their deelre for honor and position in a public way. and their one ambition ie to keep before the peo ple in some public rapacity. These who leek for public recognition are often ai ' Hirer to accompliah their purpose aa arc the cine* who so ardent ly seek for wealth. And then there are those who ap pear to have no ambition in life, theae are not to be overlooked. The real truth about them U that they have ambition and are not half so indiffer ent aa they appear to be. They are not able to get ahead for some reason, possibly unknown to themselves or to any, other one, and they keep their burden to themselves and silently bear their disappointment. The world gives them credit for being shiftless and worthless and improvident, and turns away with a cold indifference not even trying to laam of the real burden they are silently bearing. The real things thafcpe^unt are not material but spiritual. Love for onea neighbor, kindneas, thoughtfulness of the feelings and welfare of others, the ability to leave off strife and con tention and bear injury rather than engage in atriie, just simply to be good in the every day common sense way of being good with all the com plicated explanations left off, these are the qualities that count and are the things thst are really worth los ing sleep about. Theee are the things to possess which means having stores laid up in heaven. And here is a conclusion that you may not have reached. The man who has bent all hia energies to securing yrealth or honors has often, entirely too often, failed to give time and at tentlon to accumulating a supply of kindness and all the other qualities that are stores that can be laid np In heaven. For theae stores are no more accumulated without effort than art money and place and power among men. The man who has an abundant supply of bank stock and lands or honors has usually lost sleep In the accumulation, and the man who has the supply of kindneas and other heavenly merchandise has no doubt lost even more sleep In their accumu lation. And yon may not he able to admit thia. Those who hare not been able to lay np earthly storea hate often been able to get together a vastly large supply of ktndnaaa and other like goods that moth and nut eaa never touch. It is this kind of wealth that, after all, la worth strtvtag for. Cam* Law* hi Swrry We >r« giving the opon Mia for gmm hunting in Surry «ount». Any on* deeiring a copy of the aynopaia of Um imm law for tha atato af North Carolina may aacara mmi fro* af chart* by writing to the U#Ulative *»frr»nc« Library, Raleigh, W. C Hurry. Daar, Nov. 1-No*. If (Am rataid la private proaerve* nay b* killed at any time); quail (partridfeo). No*. U-Jan. |) ruffad gTouae {ptea aat), wild turkey, Jan. 16.1W2, dora, meadow lark, ar athiv iuw bird. Dae 1-Jan. II) woodcbck, Dad. 1-Jan. !, black'boll lad and goldan plover, yellowlege, Sept. 1-Daa. 10; dueka, geeae, Wilaon anipe, Mo*. I-Jaa. 1>| opoaaum, Ott Wan. t Bag Mutt: 10 quail a day. Monreeident Heeoae, 910.il. Thaee furniture manufacturer* wbo ao bitterly fought tba purcbaae af tha fir* engine evidently Kara learned by thla tlma that It la of aoaaa aatvlca to them alao. If you hava any booka which you ar* willing to fhre to. tha rity acbool gat than out and a tack tham in a con venient placa ao that you can hand tham to the boya wbo call Tueaday. It will not ba poaalbla for tham to keep tha truck watting for you to aort <>r go thru your library. Former Mount Airy Mall^ Honor ad Wllkaaboro, Oct. 27 21. At a maating of tha board of dir ectora of tha Bank of Wllkaa yeater day afternoon, Mr. Clam Wrrnn waa clactad praaident, auccevding C. M. Sheet*, reaigned. Mr. Wrenn haa pur rhaaed Mr. Sheet*' a tuck In tha bank, and will take up hla naw dutiaa November lat. Tan and one-half yaara ago Mr. Wronn cam* hare to accept a poaltion with tha Dapoait A Saving* Bank a* caahier. By maana of thorough buatneaa dealing*, court' eoua treatment of patrona, and con aarrativa banking methoda, ha waa a groat factor in the development of that inatitution, and we wfaih for him continued aucceaa aa the head of the Bank of Wllkaa. ^ / \ Jr. Lmpm Honor* Littlo Mix Wort A welnle and marshmallow rout will, be given Wednesday at • o'clock in the N. W. Dobbin* grove on Pender ■tract by the Junior Epworth League of Central Mathodiat church honoring littla Hits Battia Waat, daughter of tha retiring pastor, who leavea Thurs day for l)is naw chair* io Charlotte. Rockford Stroot. Regular services are now held at Rockford Street Tabernacle. Re*. O. W. William* preaches every Sunday, morning and night at regular hours, come and worship with ua. Regular prayer service Wednesday night. Sunday school 9:46 A. M. If you are not attending Sunday achool we will give you a glad welcome. Come and join us. Will R. Kiger, supt. J. W. Barker, secy. Disastrous Fire Aborted Ijut Thursday night about eight o'clock fire broke out in the finishing room of the National Furniture com pany and but for the prompt and effi cient work of the local fire company might have cauaed the, destruction of several furniture building*. The fire originated in the varnishing room while the men were at wftrk on night duty, and gained headway very faat. For thirty minutes two streams of water were pumped by the fire en gine on the fire at the rate of 1800 gallons per minute, and the fire was thus held In tha part of the building where it first started. The greataat loaa to the company la by water, a* the storage room is directly under v here the fire was. Tha loaa la fur niture I* estimated around forty thea sand dollars and is covered by insur ance. Colored School Grotmd* Im proved The eolored school grounds have recently bean jreatly improved by grading the hill between the achool building and tha street. This grading haa made • fin* level campus in front of ths building and tha window* have been screened so that the boy* can play ball without danger of breaking oat window light*. Entire credit for this improvement 1* due the principal J. J. Jone* and hi* wife, who I* one of the teacher*. Kr. Jones planned and supervised the work and Mr*. Jone* aolidtod fund* among the people of the colored race to add to a small amount her husband had on hand *o that there waa no ** pence to the school board for thla im provement. In the spring shads tre** will he planted and playground equipment placed on the grounds. A water main haa recently bee* laid to ti»e school and outdoor sani tary drinking fountains Installed. Bring U* Your fe. 1' ' L Prescriptions F ,/'• ... . * j . Accuracy Our Watchword QUALITY — SERVICE ' t ■ Phone'us your want*. We appreciate your trade. W. S. Wolfe Drug Co. We Take Order* for Cut Flower* S. 5. Convention at Pilot Moun tain The opening session of the Surry county Sunday sihool convention will be held in the Methodist church, Pilot Mountain* on Saturday night, Novem ber 5th. The convention will con tinue through Sunday November «th, there being three session* on that day, morning, afternoon and night. The Sunday achool leaders of the county consider themselves very for tunate in "having secured D. W. Sims, general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday school association, as one of the speakers. Under Mr. Sims' direction the State association is doing progressive Sunday school work. Be Tbre taking up the work in North Carolina Mr. 8lms served for five years as superintendent in Alabama and for eight yean in Georgia. Mr. | Sims not only knows the organised Sunday school work, bat he has also1 had practical experience as a Sunday school teacher and superintendent. He: was super^rtendent of a Sunday achool in Richmond which Increased in mem bership from Ml to 2,072 in leas than three years time. He is noted for the practicality of his addresses delivered in such a humorous, interesting and instructive way. In connection with his Sunday school work Mr. Sims has traveled in thirteen foreign countries, including Palestine. Last fall he took a ^rip to the Orient including Japan, China and Korea in his travels. Miss Flora Davis, assistant superin tendent of the North Carolina Sunday school association, will also be one of the speakers. Miss Davis knows the Sunday school work and her addresses on methods of work are said to be very helpful. Miss Davif was one of the official delegates to the World's. Sunday School Convention in Tokyo, Japan last October. She also took an extensive tour into Chins and Korea m well as visiting many of the prin cipal cities of Japan. Miss Davis who has recently taken up the work in this ' state comes to North Carolina from 1 Georgia where she has done similar work for the (jast nine years. The Sunday school leaders of the state feel that a very competent assistant has been secured in Miss Davis. This meeting la arranged under the auspices of the North Carolina Sun day school asaociation which la the Need A W< Have Just What You Want At Just The Price You Want Kuppenheimer Good Clothes Schloss The Clothe* Beautiful » - Clothes That O • j I On The Smiths When You Think Of Clothes Think Of Smiths. unly organisation in the (talc which aim* to help all departments of every Sunday school Id the tut*. The ssao riation stands for those inters*ta com mon to Sunday (chool worksrs of al! denominations. It is a systematic effort of worker* from the various denomination* to create public senti ment in favor of more and bettor Sun day achool*. leader* in though in the variou* denomination* help in this work. ' Death Reveal* Hiding Plac« of Davie Mu Winaton-Salem, Oct. 29.—Death has again revealed a miaaing man. This time it la Dr. Frank M. Johnson, who 17 year* ago mysteriously disappeared from hi* home In Mocksville, Davie county, where he practiced den is try for two or three years. Besides his parents. Dr. and Mrs. William 0. Johnson, of Farmington, Davie coun ty, the son went away leaving a young wife, w£o before her marriage was Miss Estelle Vestal, daughter of Rev. 11. M. Vestal, for years an honored minister of the Methodist church in this state. A letter from American Consul A. C. Frost, of Central America, to Post master N. L. Cranford, of thia citjr, givea the information that Dr. Frank Miller Johnaon died on Jtme 20th this year at Quirigua hospital of cerebral tumor, and that he was buried in the hospital cemetery at that place. The letter states also that Dr. Johnaon haa two children, s daughter and a son, in school at New Orleans, La., their namea being given as P«dro and Amelia Johnson. The deceased prac ticed his profession in Winston-Salem for a year or two after he completed Winston-Salem Vote* a $1, 150,000 Bond Imim Winston-Salem, Oct 26.—Qjtisena of Wins ton-Salooi today voted to Urn* bonds in the sum of (1,160,000, of which amount 11,000,000 will be used for schools, (100,000 for parks and playgrounds and $60,000 for hospital purposes. The registration was 1,886, and 1,* 426 ballots were east for the propoei tion and 19 against. Others registered failed to vote.
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