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Mount Akj Ncwi. ML Airy, N. C, Jaw 7, ML SUMCKtPTlOM RATU: Hi imMAm at Biii mi «f Ds Tha way society ii organised in •vary town of every staa •»* every community. there is what la common labor. The people > make up this claaa of society ara to the happiness and wel fare of our society. They do all Mads of rough work. They mow the lawna, build roada, carry tile brick to the maaona, chop the wood, and a thousand and one other jobs that are essential to the happiness and welfare •f the whole people. In the Soutn this work has largely been done In the past years by the ne roes. In the North where there are but few nogroes, common labor la large ly made up of people who have newly arrived from some foreign country. The foreigner lands on our shore Ignorant of our language and customs and with no money and no business t—Mninjf he is not able to get employ ment only at the crudest forms of service. These foreigners have grad ed and built most of our railroads and other public works. But the foreign er. when he learns our language, ad justs himself to his new environment, and acquires a farm, or a shop ai)4 then he ceaae* to be a common laborer. But the constant inflow of foreigner* ha* been sufficient to recruit the Tank* and fumiah an abundant sup ply of thin kind of labor. When the World War came on. a large number of foreigner* went back to Europe. After the war Con gress reduced immigration to a great extent. The rear.li i* that there ia a shortage of common labor in thi* country *uch «* ha* never b'-en before. Now, wher. a big bridge or large huiiding ill to be built, the common labor needed can't be secured in that section of the country. The people in the North have found that they can indure the netrroe* in the South to leave their Inrms and home* and go to the Noithern State* with but little persuaaion. It ia now coming to light that dur ing the past few month*, labor agent* have been bjsy in all parts fo the South distributing literature and quietly going about inducing negroes to accept employment in the North. This work had been going on for some time before it attracted much attention. The way it works in ac tual practice is something like thi*: a contractor employs a force of men and proceed* to cultivate a farm, or make a road, or build >• bridge, a* the case may be. Tnen a labor agent quietly works among his men and in duces them to give up their iob* and leave for some other part of the coun try. This ha* gone on to that ex tent that large amounts of public work in the South are now held up. Thousands of farms will thi* year grow weeds and briars that have for merly produced com, cotton, and to bacco. *>M>r win nujuni ail ill IPIS and HI present there seems to be no remedy for it. No one questions the right of the negro to work whre he can se cure the most for hi* labor, hut an application of the Golden Rule to business would not permit one man t« induce another's help to leave him. The conclusion of the whole mater is that the negro will be a wiser and sadder man after his experience in the North. Cold climate. Ion..' hours of labor, and irregular employment Will be most certain to hasten most of them back to the Sunny South. Mr. Wrenn Resigns At the regular meeting of the County Board of Education held Mon day the resignation of E. H. Wrenn *«i accepted and the board named E. H. Kochtitxky, of this city, to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Wrenn. Mr. Wrenn has perhaps served a longer time on a county board of education than any other man in this part of the state, and for years was chairman. He took a very active in teresfln the schools of the county and knew the conditions as affecting each individual school as no other man in the county. Suitable and complimen tary resolutions were pa seed by the Koart^ xprerjing their regret at the resignation of Mr. Wrenn and ac knowledging the great service he has tendered the county during his tenure of office. The successor to Mr. Wrenn, Mt. Kocktitxky. is a worthy one, hav. ing had much experience in school as a member of the Mount Airy school hoard. In addition to his work in schools he is an ardent worker in Sundsv Schools having been superin tendent of the Methodist Sunday School in this city for more than twenty years, which office he still koMs. / THE WORLD'S EYE ON CHINA of rt^JorcifTim and carried thm •irmi(M<L Than under threat tf rl«ath to" all their npttw, they 4a. ma 11 dad far their ralaaaa a tare* of money, and pardon for thatr MM miadeedb la tha paat and to ba banar. ably rmivad into tha ataading amy of China with baek pay for Moth* of aervica, and • panatoa that thay should in no way ba pwniahad. Thia bandit band prevae to bo tha on* factor of tha Chinaaa A nay aad contain! no loaa than 8.000 men. Tha fact that their prisoner* happen to be distinguiahad citiaena make* the caaa all the more interesting, A Major in the U. S. Army and *everal other American* are among them, a wealthy Englishman traveling for hia pleaaare and health ia another, and an Italian ritiien, one of the greatest lawyara of that nation, ia yet another. The amount of money that the bandit* de mand could eaaily be arranged, but their demand for being taken into the army ia another queation. China ha* not yet conceded to this, and may not. Great war* have been fought over smaller matter* and unle** China i* able in Home way to necure the re lease of the captive* it may lead to foreign invasions of China by other nation*. Walnut Lumber n Demand ' i Many years ago walnut lumber 'was so plentiful in thin country that, it was largely used by cabinet work men. With the growth of the furni ture business, oak and other woods became popular and walnut furniture was no longer in demand. Now, the style* have again changed and walnut is again in demand. All this was strikingly illustrat ed, recently, when some manufactur ing concern sent its agent here to buy up what walnut logs he could se cure. There is not much walnut lum ber here, but now and then there is yet left a fine large tree on some of the old settled homesteads. The in teresting thing about all this is that our peaple are totally uninformed as to the present value of walnut lum ber. One farmer who was loath to dispose of his big walnut tree, af ter much trade talk with the lum berman, secured $66 for a tree two feet through from which one log eight feet long was secured. The lumber man admitted that he had been able to buy large logs from other people for as low as $14, all of which rais ed the question as to whether any of our people have sold their walnut lumber for its real value. And there ; is another interesting point in this story. A man does a people a real injustice if he comes anions them and taken advantage of their lack of information to secure what they have for sale for less than its value, which appears to have been done in some of these walnut deals. Death of Mrs. S. C. Franklin A telegram was received in thin city Monday telling of the sudden death of Mrs. S. C. Franklin at her home in Cumberland County, Va. The Franklin family moved from their large farm near this city to east Virginia a few years ago and the members have a large number of re latives and friends in thjs section who will be grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Franklin. She was the daugh ter of the late A. H. Kapp, of this county, and was a sister to J. C. Kapp, of Kapps MiM. The funeral and buriA was held near their home in Virginia Tuesday afternoon. G. C. and Frank Lovill of this city attended the services. City Sells Bonds The Board ®f Commissioners of this city sold $65,000 worth of bonds Tuesday for a premium of $678, the bonds being bought by Stacy it Braum, the same concern which pur chased the school bonds. These bonds bear 5\4 per cent interest, are to be retired serially, and the money will be used for street work and to pay off an indebtedness of the water and light plant. With this issue the bonded in debtedness oj the town is $460,000, or nearly half a million. Tax Listing Notice For the benefit of those citisens of Mount Airy and Mount Airy Township who failed to list their property for taxes while the books were open, tax listers will open the books from • to 6 o'clock Saturday, June 9. The books were closed Monday, hut knowing a great many people had neglected to list, the tax listers are giving an additional day hi order to save citisens the trouble anl expense of going to Dobson for this important duty. Dr. Moigs Flippin Weds Dr. J. Meigs Flippin, of Winston. Salem, passed through this city Mon day accompanied by his bride. Dr. Flippin was married at Dobson Sun day afternoon, the bride being a resi dent of Wilkes. He practiced medi cine in this city several years ago, going from here to the west and it now located In Winston-Salem. Both parties !r>. in the White PUm neighborhood sad Atkina Is said to kt worth a largo aaount of pro party. | Draughn and nia tenant. Cons* Mr. Qot had a plant M at akaM 9M yards and ona Mrnini they discover ed that noma one had Wren the bed a liberal application at nitrate of soda which practically destroyed the plants when the sun shown on them. At the trial VcCraw testified that he passed by the bca the night previous and saw two men at it and recognised their voices to be Atkins and Marion, which was about the only evidence that was introduced that implicated the two defendants. As a motive to ahow why theae men would destroy the plant bed it was brought out that bod feeling existed between Draoghn and Atkins. Both men joined the Cooperative Associa tion when it was first organised. La- : ter on Atkins declined to sell his to- j hacco with the Aasociation, and seme, one reported it to headquarters ana on injunction »•« issued against At kjiib nw|f|iuiK Hint i rum kiiiii( uin ^tobacco on the warehouse floors. It in generally reported that Atkins ac-1 eused Draughn of reporting hia and since then the men have apparently not been very friendly. At leant the prosecution at the hearing brought out this feature to show a rjotive for the | destruction of the plant bed. I"he de fense denied all knowledge of the af-! fair and used members of their fami lies to show that they were at home at the time McCraw stated he heard I their voir-.* at the plant bed. The de-; fense ..mo had reveral witnesses on i hand who were willing to state that McCraw had a bad character. After hearing all the evidence the, court hound them over for trial hav-1 ing found probable cause, and placed each defendant under a bond of $200. Mr. Atkins is a large tobacco grower and one of the best fanners of the county and the charge against him comes as a surprise and the outcome will be watched with interest by the farmers of the country; both on ac ' count of the prominence of the parties and the fact that the affairs of the Cooperative Association will enter at times into the contest. Mr. Atkins is being represented by E. C. Bivens while W. M. Jackson and A. D. Fol ger are leading in the prosecution. Surry to H^ve June Term of Court The County Commissioners on Mon day msde an order and drew the list of jurors to serve it a special term of Superior to convene at Dobson on Jure 25th and continue for two weeks. This court will be for the trial of civil cases only and will be in addition to the regular August civil court. For the past several courts the criminal docket has consumed most of the time and little has been done to clear the civil docket which made it necessary for an extra term in Jane to help take care of the cases that have been accumulating for some time. The following were drawn to serve on the jury: First week; G. A. Key. W. E. Nich ols, R. N. Marion, G. E. Harvey, S. M. Hale, Robt. Jones, W. H. Marion. J. L. ■lessup, J. B. Simmons, C. H. Coon, W. C. Jackson, W. J. Burcham, C. C. Hutchena, J. S. Fulk, Irvin Edwards, D M. Denny, C. W. Gwyn, W. J. Sim mons, J. L. Short, J. R. Marion, E. A. Randleman, R. A. Creed, Columbus Chilton, J. H. Gibbons. Second week. J. E. Hudson, J. E. Tucker, G. W. Jessup, E. C. Foy, J. H. Gwyn, S. S. Chilton, N. H. Sut phin, S. L. Edmonds, Ransom Key, J. S. Shelton, D. F. Love, J. C. Steele, T. A. Gravitt, J. T. Helper. H. T. Flinchum, Morris Inman, Jack Gentry, C. E. Wall. Boyer-Garrison Invitations Issued Invitations as follows have been mailed to out of town friends. No invitations will be sent oat in torn but the invitation is publicly entended to all friends in Mount Airy to at tend the wedding. "Rev. and Mrs. Hugh K. Boyer re quest the honor of your presence at the marriage of their <laughter Lil lian Kate to Mr. Willian Reid Garri son on Wednesday, the twentieth of June, nineteen hundred and twenty three at high noon Central MethMist Church, Mount Airy, M. C." Salvation Army Mootings Meet in hall in South street as fol lows: Fridays, 7:46 P. M. (holiness Meet ing.) Sundays. 2:30 P. M. (Sunday School . old and young). Sundays. 7:«B P. M. (Salvation meeting). / A hearty invitation is extended to all. ("apt W. H. Stanley, Officer in charge. rlllaga and ia a vary noted for Dm rlarity of ■ tec, tha iwrnr of h:» «afk aad the might af hia .1 >rjr. Ma aar aoaality ia tawpt'liot Ha a t atrong, virile, red wiftu pound a, haa m \ vatia, wall-Moduiated, and «paa aara. U • hi all avar tha Unit tJ Stataa, clear hkw Canada an . ti Haataak Mr. Herbert h.. -n a atudent at men, boy* an-: 1 -» ail hi* life. Ha kaswa man, t i • i- ta.npUtiona, their Mru(fl*«, u-'r anaWttaaa, theii hop** anil ~ - rat'oM. Ha ia aa intentely hum;- i himaaif aa a ■ can ba. He ii..a W»»M * awn way to tha commanding place ba occupi.*, and i* ararrad with tha markr of many battlaa with advrraa fort una Mr. Herbert'* (athar waa, for fifty yaara, a Methodiat praachar, of tha old aort who awam nil horae acroaa awollan atraama, carried thr Bib I* tha Diacipline ami tha Hymn Book in hia aaddla hair* all ovrr Northwaatarn Ohio in tha aarly dayr of Ohio M^thodt*:n. Harbart waa tha A rat ann born to hia fnther. although tha old prearher waa »ell in tha flftiea whan tha aon -mn horn. Tha aldar Harbart * art alao a "for*y-niner," and preu hail on tha atreeta of tha than go<tie*a Sim Francisco with Rev. ^afterward Bishop) William Taylor, «1 herok mamory. Mr. Herliart'a ,*4tarnal grandfather erected th.- f.■«' mi« •ion church "built In' thu M •' ho'i iata the rabuilt adif.i « now stand ing on the original ground «t Up pa> Sanduaky, Ohio. About tha church lie* tha duat of tSc cele brated Wyandot Indian chief*.— "Between - the - Log*," "8<>ody - Eye*," "Gra> Wolf" and o'r.iT* of that *ta telv tribe of red r«r»n. Mr Herbert'* ancestors h« j* b*i*n preach**"' teachers, lawyers; and the family ha" been noted for ita orator*. So th« doctor comet Hon estly by hia oratorical gift*. And hif oratory is of the intense ty>e, expressing vividly the vision of a strong man. Hi* lecture* chal lenfr< thought, inspire vision snd urge to service. The personality of a strong man run* through all bif work. Many people ajrree with him and some differ from him but *11 grant him th<« :ourage of hir convictions, the honestv of his purpose and the *in eritv of his motiNes Our citizen* will have a chance to hear Mr Herbert st the coming Chautauqua. EXBCUTOrS NOTICE Having qualified as Exscutor of the last win and testament of J. E. Carter deceased, all persona indebted to the estate an hereby reqoeeted to come im wmi4 mad makt prompt pay ment; and all persons holding claims against the estate are notified to pres ent same within the time prescribed Jtry law, or this notice will be plead in bar of their collection. This the 21st day of Mar, 192%. P. CASTA, Jr., ASK FOR CAROLINA ICE CREAM (Cream of Cmnt) » W. S. Wtlfe Drag Co. Vaa SECOND RAY Program CHAUTAUQUA Charles Ross Taggart "The Old Country Fiddler" MUSIC mnd ENTERTAINMENT EEKHOFF -W ATERMAN RINGGOLD COMPANY "Quality Program* for Ermrybodj" BUY A SEASON TICKET MOUNT AIRY, N. C June 14th to 19. A Good Serge Suit!. For All Occasions Stylish - Practical - Economical t Worn by men who admire good style because of the tasteful, well groomed appearance a neat serge suit gives. The practical man cbooses Serge because it is the one suit that can be worn appropriately for almost any occasion—social, busi ness or pleasure. They're economical because they wear nd hold their shape so well. We'd lihe to show you your style and.sise in one of well tailored serges; your choice of blue, gray or brown. See these styfish, serviceable Serge Suits at our Store. Oa lie Cmkt ■ J. D. Smith <LS ■I. i . rfi i
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