MTABUSHED 1 • • 0
MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAROLINA.
FRENCH TO STAY UNTIL
GERMANY PAYS
VYanu Gmui Not to Harm
• SiagU Pnack Soldiar.
Daaaaaldorf Utruny, F«b. 11.—
"Just dm month sgo today I |*n or
4m to my troop# to unter thj Ruhr,
and i**v»r, until Germany makes ade
quate settlement for the frightful
«nn|i and damagea Inflicted upon
my country, will I order them to with
draw," said General Degoutte, th«
French commander, to The Associat
ad Press today.
"Right and might ara oura." Gen
•ral Degoutte continued, "and w«
•hall win. Wa occupied the Ruhl
without nheddlng a drop of blood. W«
have allowed tha population full lib
arty; wa ara not crushing the coun
try undar requisitions, but wa want
to get paid, and wa ahall ba paid.
"We ara getting, ahead In organ
ising the region. The Germana may
•near, but a a can itand an idle Ruhl
longer than they ran. , The world
must realise what a stupendous un
dertaking is the organization of the
intricate net work of railroads, in
dustries and mines. Even you in
America, with your tremendous ca
pacity for organisation and your
great resources of men and money,
might have found It difficult to com
plete such a work in a month. We
•hall carry on."
"Chancellor Cuno," said General
Degoutte, "declared our aim is the
•conomic destruction of Germany.
Our aim is much simpler. We want
redress; we want Germany to honor
her signature. The economic ru'n of
Germany would prevent her from
paying us. Germany, by fomenting
■trikea, is responsible fur the pres
ent situation of achieving her own
ruin."
The chancellor's reference to Ger
many being too weak to resort to
physical mhUm brought forth
thU rejoinder from the French com
"Oermany will never fight unleee
she <• itmipr, or baltovea (ha Is
' Itrnagsr. than h«r adversary. Tha
moment aha faala an opponent la
mora powerful, aha surrenders. She
pleaded and bagged for an armistice
under circumstances In which tha al
ii aa would have conalderad they had
Juat begun to light. We did not quit
after S«dan. Wa fought to tha ftniah;
j wa loat, and we paid.
"Germany la branded aa a quitter
before the entire world; inaolent, ar
rogant, pitiless in victory, but servile,
self-pity ing in defeat, how do they
like quitters In America?
"Cuno talks about sabotage by the
French in the Ruhr. We continually
ore repairing arts of sabotage done
by the Germans themselves in their
jown country, 'Sabotage, indeed, the
accusation coming from men who
systematically flooded and destroyed
our mines at Lna and our iiulustriea
nt Mile is typically cynical. We
dont have to resort to such acta. We
are not even obliged to rule tha coun
try with an Iron hand. We are so
confident of our strength that we do
not have to fight.
j "But I solemnly warn Germany If
a single one of my soldiers Is harm
ed and she forres another battle on
us, she will not stay our hands by
crying 'kamerad' It will he a fight
to the finish—a complete knockout."
NOTICE
Having qualified aa adminiatn.tor
of the estate of E. M. Childress de
ceased. this la to notify all persons
holding claims against s.iid estate to
preaent them to the undersigned
properly verified within 12 months
from the date of thia notice or same
will be plead In bar of recovery. All
persona indebted to said estate will
make prompt settlement.
This February, X, 11*28.
W. R. Badgett, Admr.
of E. M. Childress, Dec'd.
OUR DUMB CREATURES
(Thii is one of a series of editorial! which will be publiahed in
The News from time to t!ma with the hope of incraaaing the Intereat
of the general puMic in the proper car* of the dumb rreaturea about
us.)
THE CHICKEN
In writing about the animal* and
fowl* that man surround* hi* hone
with, we do not ctaim to be an au
thority on the subject, but are mak
ing an effort to increase intereat in
thic subject and impress upon our
reader* that these lowly creature*
have right* and can be useful to man
or a dead expense, and this will
largely depend upon the ability of the
owner to intelligently acquaint him*
•elf with the nature, habits and needs
of the dumb creatures that he under
takes to profit by.
Just now we have in mind th*
chicken. Every home is supposed to
have • number of chickena about,
•specially home* in the country. The
chicken* about a home are supposed
to eat up the waste from the kitchen
and the bam yard. They are also
supposed to furnish the owner* table
with food that is superior in quality
to anything that can be had. No
kind of food rank* higher than an
egg, and but few food* take-higher
rank than a fried or rossed chicken.
Back in the early days of this coun
try every citizen with a little trouble
could have wild meat on hia table,
Nature aeems to have been lavish in
her supply of fowls for the use of
nan. The Bible tell of the experi
ences of the wandering Israelites and
how they on their journey to the new
home after their sojourn in Egypt,
came into a section of country where
quail were so plentiful that there
wore enough to satisfy the wanta o{
the entire multitude. Even here in
our own country before the hand of
man, by its ruthlessly destructive
methods, destroyed the game, par
tridges were so plentiful that It was
hot little trouble to supply the table
with thl* dainty food. We recall
hearing a citlson tall hew no longer
ago than fifty year* he often went
sot Into the fields on Sunday morn
ing and amused himself hunting par
* bridge nests until he would secure hia
ha* full at their eggs and rotors
home prepared to help supply the
May feast.
Bat all this has changed as the
result of the wasteful habits of ths
people. The only mice for eggs
and fowl meat now is the barn lot,
aad the price is so high that not
many people indulge this kind of food,
If the people of this section were
'+
twin of the modern method* of car
ina for the chicken every family
could have eggs to eat and to tell
at all time* of the year. Let ui re
mind you of some thing*.
In the itato of nature the chicken
ia a forager. It la up jarly to get
the worm that linger* in ita stay on
the top of the earth, for the worm it
a night prowler. Th« chicken in the
wild itato muat be busy all the day
to supply it* craving appetite, and
from place Ui pU>-a it acarcl-«» nil the
day in it* effort to find wjrmi or
iced* and such food a* it require*.
Now compare thi* wild life with the
life on the farm. It ia no uncommon
»ight to *ee a fine burch of hen*
■tanding in the aumhine by the side
of some outbuilding idly waiting for
the next feeding time. The farmer
their owner, ha* indulgently thrown
out a whole lot of grain for them to
eat and In a minute or two they have
gobbled the whole of it down and idly
they stand about waiting for the next
feed. Now we aubmit that thi* ia
entirely foreign to the nature of the
chicken. And ita lack of profit to it*
owner i* largely due to the idle way |
it puts in the daya. Citisen* who
have studied thia aubject know all
thi* and so arrange that the chicken*
mu*t work for every grain of food
they get. Some have even deviaod
way* to make their chicken* put In
long hours each day, making them get
up a great while before day and thu*
get in more hoar* at work acratch
i ing for their living.
It must be a fact, for w* have it
from reliable authorities, that the
pen of chickens that ia so kept that
they muat scratch all their grain oat
of a pile of straw and be basy all day
long te get what they need,, kept thia
way they toll us the number of egg*
ia astonishingly Incraaeed. Some
hens will lay a* many as 200 eggs in
a year when properly eared for. The
average of some flocks Is as high as
i£0. If the average hen on a farm
about here lays 60 agga aha la thoa«ht
to be doing well.
Prom what we know of oonditioni
here, we doubt if there are a doaen
scientifically built chicken houses in
the conaty. If other people adept
modern methods an4 make their
poultry pay, than why cannot oer
people aae the benefits and fall fat
i Una, I* a question that maay might
aak with profit
DOBSON COURT.
Judfa Thoa. J. Shaw adjournal
court at Dobaon laat Haturday it noon
thua rounding out a full *Mk of work
during which • Unr* number of caaai
on the criminal docket won diapoeed
of. Tha weather condltiona war* the
worat for tha holding of thia court
that have been experienced In year*.
Judge Shaw proved hlmaalf to ha an
ahla diapenaer of Juatiee and thoaa
who attended court wara plaaaad with
hia atand againat ftquor and tha ef
fort ha la making through hi* courti
to aaa tjiat tha paopla who drink ai
wall aa deal In whlakey are properly
puniahed. Eapecially waa ha out
spoken in hia remarka about tha folki
who tank op and atart out on th«
higbwaya driving an automobile, ami
thoae who l ami before him on chargrn
of thia nature were handled in a atern
manner.
E. V. Johnaon plead guilty to tha
charge of driving a car while intoxi
cated and barely earaped aervlng a
term on the roada and may have to
yet if he doca not walk a atraighj
path in the future. When he entered
hia plea the flrat of the week th»
Judge promptly ordered him to jail
until it auited him to diapoaa of the
»_! J i. - I La a _
the court room and sentence passed.
At flint the Judge iruve him tlx
month* on the road*, lie then began
to tixk Johnson Home question* and
whs informed that the defendant wa«
a farmer, owned an automobile but
no atock to farm with. This situation
of a farmer having a car to rid* in
and no stoc® to plow with did not ap
peal to His Honor, and to he made the
defendant this proposition: That hs
would suspend the road sentence if
he would sell hi* car before Saturday
at noon and with the money purchase
a mut» or horse to farm with, that he
was not to own a car for two years
nor drive one for three years, and
that he was to remain sober for three
yean. As king as he did all this the
road sentence would not go into effect,
tat should he fail to Ihn wf to a*T of
these conditions the Sheriff is to Im
mediately take him in charire and de
liver him to the Durhwn county road
camp. Needless to s^ Johnson was
triad to accept the terms rather than
have the sentence of the court carried
out
Gilmer Nichols plead guilty to car
rying a concealed weapon and la to
upend 60 days on the roads. It was
in evidence that during n drinking
spree he was a little too free in flour
ishing his pistol about and |x>intlng it
,at people. The weapon was empty at
the time but this did not prevent His
Honor from believing that a road sen
tence would help tone down a person
of this kind.
uanninai nowmnn inn n. n. nen
■ley- drew road nentence* for dealing
in liquor arid also being mixed up in
the shootin* affair when Officer Scott
waa aeverely wounded near thii city
during Christmas. Bowman and
Hensley were held up by the oflflcera
one night near the Sparger Orchard
when it waa charged that Bowman
fired a rifle the bullet of which struck
Scott, almoat causing his death. Shota
were exchanged between the officers
and the defendants and Bowman was
•truck in the leg. Since the shooting
his wound has healed but has left his
leg crooked, being unable to straighten
his knee and leaving the injured leg
about four inches shorter. Bowman
waa sentenced to 30 months on the
ro«d< and Hensley must . serve 20
months. At the trial Judge Shaw ex
pressed a desire to have Bowman
further treated and see if medical
aid could not straighten his leg and
prevent him from being a cripple for
the remainder of hia life, but it is the
opinion of some of the doctors that
one of the main leaders of his leg waa
severed by the ballet and that noth
ing can be done for nim.
Robert Towe and Jim Eaater were
charged with stilling. Easter was
convicted but Towe waa acquitted by
the jury. These men were appre
hended last fall at a still near the
state line north of this eity. When
they were arrested the officers found
a pistol on Towe. The Judge sen
tenced Beater to l^atnonths on the
roads for the stilling charge and gave
Towe the same for carrying a con
cealed weapon, ft waa brought oat
before the court that Towe has beea
mixed ap In liquor deals for a num
ber of years and Hia Honor evidently
considered that he needed a boot the
same punishment that waa being
given hia partner Jin Eaater. Towe
Uvea In the Fancy Gap neighborhood
and at mm time waa a man af con
siderable property but for the peat
eight or tea yean ha has beea almoat
continually before Um mrli of Nortl
Carolina and Virginia a* liquor ikair
aa, ami haa aerrad priaon Imi be
fora on thia duifa.
Yanray Cobier waa convicted ii
thraa caaee of manufacturing liqooi
and waa aentaneod to It month* roa<
»»r»lco.
Dixie Raovaa waa triad by a Jon
'or driving a rar whila intoxicate*
but waa acquitted, and thai doubt lew
aaved having a road aentonce pro
touncad againat him by tha court.
Nearly a half day of tha rourt'i
time waa ronaumaj in hearing aM
i dlaposlng of a eaae againat Has
; Kamey, of I/>wgap, growing out oj
tha fart that Sam had rut wv«-ra
telephone linn that pasa acroaa hii
land. Several hours were taken U|
in hearing the evidence of the ataU
>nd defendant. About IS witnaaaat
were in attendance from lowgap ant
■lid not get relaaa«d until Friday. Th<
1 condition of the roada were ao bar
that they had to apend tha entire wee)
at Dobaon waiting for thia trial
R'imey did not deny cutting the iinet
{ but claimed that the ownera had lei
them get in auch bad condition tha'
they proved a nuiaance to him. H«
wax able to dhow by hia witneaae* thai
for over two yeara the linea har
iwung ao low in hia yard that hia chil
dren could awing on them and thai
poople coming to hia houae would l-«v«
i to lift them up la paaaing up th«
walk, and further that he waa con
tinually having to prop them U|
snout niii premise* to he could walk
under them. After the evidence ol
l>oth *i<leii w*» presented Judire Shaw
■ nlered a verdict of not guilty enter
ed against Kamev. Before doing at
however he stressed the point of how
•erious a matter it is for people to nil
or otherwise do injury to the tele
phone linea. and stated that he al
vays made it a rule to {rive all th<
protection he could to the telephone
owner* against such Injury. How
ever, he stated that in thla case th«
telephone people had been very negli
rent in the upkeep of their linea ami
stated that even if they did have th«
ri*V. to string their linea alo i* th<
ro«4 fhey did not o^n aTl the air he
treen the top of the polea and th<
'.'round. They muat. he utated, b<
iraintained in a manner to that the)
| <v!ll not become a nuisance to the pub
lie or the property owner* over whoa<
j land they paas.
Lonnie Tickle paid a $50 fine ami
' the coat and muat show good behavioi
for two years for the larceny of gaao
| line from th filling station of Miaa M
J. Richards who conducts a store neai
i Pine Ridge. It was charged thai
while he was drinking on one Sundaj
afternoon he broke into the pump an<i
filled his car from Mias Richards' gas
oline tank.'
The colored boy, Geo. Hammocks
who ran over the rhild of Clayton
Stewart with a car in this city sev
eral months ago was convicted ol
manslaughter and waa sentenced U
serve from four to seven year* in th<
penitentiary. Appeal was taken and
the boy's bond fixed at fGOO. Ham
rocks was driving a delivery wagon
for Mount Airy Drug Co. at the time
of the accident, and since then suit
I hnfl institute/! kv tv.* nhiU'a m*
I '
entu the Drug company foi
damage claiming negligence on theii
part .for allowing an incompetent
driver to drive their car. The ac
cident occurred on South street dur
ing the day time. H>e child was
about 18 months old and was playing
out in the edge of the (tract. Ham
mocks striking the child with the cai
before he saw it, inflicting Injuries
from which it died in a few hours.
W. G. Carter, traveling stove sales
man who makes this city his head
quarters, was convicted of an aasault
on Abraham Conrad, a colored man of
this city. The trouble aroee ovei
some work Conrad had agreed to do
for Carter. Carter claimed on the
•tand that the negro assaulted him
with a heavy piece of iron and that
he cut him with his knife in self de
fense. On the other hand the neirra
contended that it as he who was act
ing In self defense. Aa a result of
the fight the negro was required to
ipend about a month in bed nursing
a severe knife wound inflicted by Car
ter. When the case reached Dobaoa
the grand Jury also indicted the ne
gro for an asaeult on Carter and both
the white man and negro were tried at
the same Ubm for asaauHiag each
other. Hie Jury bronchi in a verdict
of guilty against eeeh party. At Ant
the court's setsnca was that Cartel
should pay into the Clerk's oAce »»MI
and one-half the coet, and Conrad be
paid the UN from which he waa to
pay the restate fag one-half of ths
ooet and rata in the balance for Mr
suffering and doctor bills. Whaa this
j tha court ma aay that • gnat Mg
•mil* baamad «tni tha tea* of the
; nofrro ever the prwpxl of getting •
lot of MMjr from hit aeeallant. 1*1
iantly Hi* Honor obaarvad tha imUm
i ehwift In tha countenance of Conrad
: for tha next inatant ha ordarad tha
' Clark to ckanga tha Mitmn and re
quire Conrad to pay hack 1)00 aa a
flna. And ahout two houra la tar ha
made a not ha r change requiring Con
rad to pay hark to tha Clark IIV)
it tha MOO ha got from Carter. an
wall aa ona-half tha coat.
Tha lait caae to ha triad Saturday 1
waa that of Jeff HawVi of thta city
11 charged with sailing liquor. Tha jury |
' wa* unabla to agree at (Irat, It being
Saturday aftamoon thay did not ''!:a
j tha proapart of being hold cvar and ao
!atar returned a verdict of not guilty.'
Tha caae of A. W. George, of Elkin,
rhargad with making falaa entrie* in
tha book* of tha Farmer* Bank of
Rlkin, waa continued until April eourt
it which time it will moat likely be
Tied a wond time. The flrat trial
Held laat April waa a mint rial. One
j of the jurora at that time waa takan
i suddenly ill which caoaed tha court to
} dismiaa tha Jury and order tha cane
triad orar.
Judge Shaw cornea back to hold the
' \pril eourt.
AMERICA 5 LAST
THOUSAND ARRIVES.
Crowds At Savannah Storm
Dock* and City Firemen
Turn Hom On Thera
Savannah, Ga.. Feb. 7.—America's
last thousand' came home from
1 Europe today, signalizing the nation's
Icloning action in its participation in'
• * ■ world war.
From the deck of the United States,
i army transport St. Mihiel the soldiers j
. who kept watch on the Rhine gained j
' their first glimpse of their homeland
after an absence of five years. With
them were French, Belgian and Ger
man wivss and children, who saw for
the first time the land they are to
iiall home.
cavannafi turned out to a man to
welcome home in behalf of America
the returning troops and to greet the
women and children from the coun
try's former allies and enemy nations.
i The reception began shortly after 11
o'clock this morning when the cutter
Ynmarraw and the tug McCauley met
the transport beyond Tybee bar.
As the transport neared Savannah
I *he was greeted by a salute from
two historic cannon presented to the
Chatham artillery by George Wash
ington and from a battery of French
76s, trophies of the world war. The ■
soldiers answered each blast with
cheers. Bells, whistles and sirens
throughout the city and on the river
j craft took up the cry.
Spectators scattered along a mils
and a half of water front kept pa/e
with the transport as she progressed
up the river. They stormed the
docks, overpowered police guards.
r lie nww were oruuifni inw FIHJ 10
clear the crowd from about the ship.
The stream of water struck member*
of the congressional committee just
as the party boarded the transport.
Debarkation followed the formal
welcome in behalf of the nation. The
married soldiers stayed aboard with
their families while their comrades
formed to parade through the city,
eral Farnsworth and Major General
eral Farnsworth and Mojor General
Shanks.
After the parade the enlisted men
were quests at a barbecue arranged
by the local American legion post.
A dance for the enlisted men and a
banquet for the officer* kept the ar
rivals occupied tonight.
The St. Mihiel brought back WW
officers and men, comprising two
battalions and service company of the
eighth infantry, a detachment of the
first engineer* who wear the French
fourraguerre for valor, the 201 a Mr
vice company, signal corpa and a de
tachment of medical ,-orp* men. The
first battalion and service company
of the eighth infantry will be sta
tioned hare at Fart Screven, while
the third battalion will go to Fort
Moultrie, 8. C . to Join the
battalion there. TVe
aboard, wtth the signal and medical
corps men will be landed at New
York.
The St. Mihiel was expected to sail
at t o'clock toasorrow nanring f*r
Charleston, tort It
may be
■•t bilwm tha r» torn in* <gughhay
Mid thatr foraign born il»—■ Tto
wiaaa MMd equally MnwM to
tha homeland of th«ir Yankee boa
banda. They war* |h« flrat plac*
it tha tranaport'i rail aa the rami
raaa up tha rtrar. They rrturnad
greatinga ihoutad to tham from tha
ihora, §a»eral holding up childraa
fag • (I'Bpaa of tha throne lining
tha waterfront.
There war* 66 German w+»a», four
French and two Belgian ahoai 1 tha
transport, with 14 child rati. Tha
famillaa of 24 aoldien arc to ba tte
tinnad at Fort (Rrrrvpn, whlla tha
othan will ha landed at Chartaatoa
and Naw York.
Accommodation! aboard tha trana
port war* not to tha liking of tha
woman, they raportad. They were
quartered in tha compartment* aft,
whlla thair huebanda occupied tha
foward hatehaa. Saa water for batha,
rontinuoua iea»lckne»» and waathar
that forced tham to ramain for long
pariod* under deck wara out*landing
difficulties, tha woman aaid. Chap
pad facet and handa were exhibited
hv man and woman alike aa memen
to* of the Tojrage.
w»mi 01 ine war nriaes will no*
remain in the United States, their
husbands say. who declare they in
tend to return to Germany when they
have obtained discharges from the
service. Some of the trooper* left
wives in Germany, planning to return
there. Other wives were left behind
because their husbands declined to
rmwd them aboard the transport.
They will arrive later by commercial
iteamers.
These last minute weddings were
performed by civil authorities, sol
Hem said. Instead of by the military,
and it was said some of the wive*
were uncertain whether sufficent
reremonies had been enacted.
The order for departure from Cob
lenz hastened many marriages abroad
several of which were performed an
hour or so before the St. Mihiel sail
rd. One soldier was married fifteen
Minute* before the ship sailed.
Savannahianf were disappointed
when titty looVeJI over the ship hi
search of mascots reportel a'ward
Thefe were none. All mascots and
pets had to be left at Coh'ent or Ant
werp because there was not room
enough to accommodate them and the
soldier's baggage and household
goods. It was sail great quantities
of such goods wer* left overseas.
The deck of the trarspori was piled
with household effects of, 'he troop
ers. An automobile of (>>-rman make
>aid to be the property of ar officer,
was lashed to the deck under can
vas. Three pianos also were brought
back, it was said.
thieves Dig Tunnel, Steal
$245,000 Worth Liquor
Baltimore, Md„ Feb 7.—Digging a
tunnel ISO feet long and three feet
wide from a cellar of a house to the
tt-areAouse of the Stewart Distilling
company'* plant in Highland town, a
tuburb, a hand of liquor thieve*, with
the aid of a rubber hose as a "pipe
line" and a suction pump, siphoned
more than 100 barrels of whiskey.
The robbery was discovered early to
lay, when police, acting on a tip from
m unknown source forced an entrance
nto the dwelling on South street,
rhe liquor was valued at upwards of
(245,000.
The digging of the tunnel, accord
ng to the poHce, must have occupied
it least a month, and was supervised
>y a person of engineering skil'., a*
he walla and ceiling of the passage
rrre properly lined with timber to
> re vent a possible cave-in. The rob
ters had rat a hole through a thick
itone foundation to gain entrance to
he warehouse. The hole, police say,
raa not more than 10 inches wide,
ind only a small man could have gala- '
id admittance to tap the barrels.
Police officials said the person*
onnected with the robbery knew the
iroper "lay oat" of the wsrehneee
ind that their plans had been worked
ut possibly months age. The par
age way waa dug so that entrance to
he plant was mads at a far f orsar
f the building where their act!iHies
rere shielded by a number of barrels
tiled there.
It waa net known how loag the rob
ifflciala have learned that foe the
last two weeks nssihj residents have
wen two autoaaobU* tracks call a*
he keese ni»htly, and depart soea
ifterwarda One neighbor hrfwed
he pones that the sate sea kg saw