party hat th#fr onnrUnt hi an effort to h«r» th« on fi*>m office i* the only will mv« the country from th« Rerrahlican bankruptcy. La l« now above par. II emtaiata! MOUNT AIRY ROAD NOT PAYING The Southern Railway Company •ay* that it ta not makinr a*penaea in operating the railroad to thi* pity. It Kan asked the courts ta appoint a receiver for the line on tha grounds that it ha* ran into debt in the mi Wa suppose that tha editor of • •mall pity newspaper should apolo gize for making remark* ahnat hiirh finance, Certainly h# is not suppoa ad to ha authority on such suhjecta. But a rat may look at • kin*. On* day a few year* aro the road to Mount Airy was for sale and the Southern bought it. Since that time H ha* operated the line. Now It in a (act that the Southern ■yatcm of transportation I* made up of main Hnes and branch line* Jnut as a river ia made up of ita main stream and the many small streams that flow into it as feeders. Just how could the river ret along without ita smaller Btream* it seema to us. ia a parallel quest ion with how would the Southern cat along with ita main ltnaa if II •hould stop operating ita branch line*, which are feeders to it, Jnat aa •re the small streams to the river. Of course we know but little shout H, bat we suspect that other branch lines would also be found to ha an expense to the Southern if they are made to stand on their own husineaa and not riven credit for being feeder*. It may he that the Southern pan get rid of the Mount Airy road and re lieve itself of • responsibility, but H is hardly probable that the road will not be operated. We do not care to1 even appear to be impertinent, for we have confidence in the honor and good intention of the men who are in charge of the Southern Railway, but to take out court proceeding against a branch line looks to us to he almost a paral lel eaae with the river taking out court proceeding* against one of ita mall stream* on file grounds that it furni shes too little water: or of a man tak ing out court paper* again at his left hand on tha grounds that H ia doing to* little wtoifc and leaa even than hia right hand. Bat why ahould we get aertoua about tha matter, for R to a problem of big husineaa and big buateeea men will find a wmy to aettle H. In tha meantime many of oar folks art ri» f ing the Jitney* and hauling w trucks which after all, may ha portly tha Mm ^iliiSI!^Slvsis b® avtaalMld J 2 the Thi« la tfca palley of U»a atata and la tlma It will ha dona, hot Mm pnliry of tfcaaa In aytlwuWy haa baas ta da the work In a way that Many Jiiw wW ha iwqnlrad hafofa tha ijrtaw In etm flraa Ma notbtn* ta In* K at tha la fain by Tha fact that a Ma of Nr. honr'a prominence will taka thla pa-1 attion la mod reaaon An other* will aaa aa ha thla aaay pat proee ta ha tha policy | of tha atata. Wa auapeet that folka who own an automobile and do| mtwh drivlnr will endoraa tha tion takan by Mr. ft pain hour Ha arguea that tha Ineraaae of taxable property and tha value to tha atate will more than off aet the Ineraaaa in tax that would ha i WHAT TO CULTIVATE Every thinking nan these riajm I* planninr for the future. H» haa al. ready made Ma plan* for th* year in many ln*tancea. The far-airhted man make* hi* plana far In advance. But we are not In mind Juat now to tafl what cropa to cultivate hut rather what habit*. Hahit* are formed aa, the result of art ion and develop much like a crop develop*. No donht manv folk* think their' happines* and mteraai thla year wilt depend Inrrelv on ho# much they ran! make hy their daily ealltnr or occu pation. And in a lai*e way thia la true. But a man ean make a hom ier rwp and yet the end of the year find him a discontented and miaerabta man. The ledrer may *how a hi* balance for the hoahtaaa man and yet life look* t.'iitmal. Every one know* thi* to he the trnth. If we may he pardoned for *u**ea tion* alone tWa line we au**e*t that every one of oar reader* cultivate a orrrat. hi* crop of enn*ideration for the other man'* right* and feel in**. Man- people *et It Into their heada that they are too boay to ha a Rood rfthwn. The paper Juat mmrt rome n'rt on time or the plow moat run or the »tore door moat «tay open. Some of the happie*t men we have kw>w^ have heen men who ahraya had > time to anaiat a nei*hhor when aaafa tance wa* needed. Na. they did not die rich anou*h for It to he a new* itrm aa to what they left, hot the nci*hhor» would alt about and talk hy the boar of their kindly deed* and •maeWah Hfe. We aoapect they *ot •» m'*hty arartn welcome when they I noclted at the pea-ly rate* and were .t*krd no qneattotw about the amount of worldly rood* left behind. And *o we are n.frreatinr that dm ;n* the enntinr year which will be a hwy (ii with fm.at folk*, that tlm h. tnluTi to culti\«»v the frirndlv «p:rit v 'th the "•ichborr. Take time to a -all if there 'a *ickneaa in the honV or dwtreaa of any nature. Gat It *ut of your head that you muat he forrver mindin* -our own haaine**. It la mindin* your own hudneaa whan you weep with those who weep and rejoice with' ♦heae who rejoice. The fellow who fail* to do thia i* not a rood neirhbor. Happineaa, If you believe what wo My, durin* the cominr year will depend more upon your relation to' the nei*h hor* and y*ar family than It will "on the *urceas yrfu have with the farm or the atore. And happineaa la what we are all Mekin*. Dentist flillli of Dr. N. Sheffield. who la riritta* in the faltVTMt of 1 can of Um teeth and who is about fTO worth of dental work a day; fraa far the eWMran, la ttila wot MvWwIII la Ma 1 offiN of tba Oowitjr Health Officer 10th to lMh will be apart with th< Mb Brine* le wll tM d April Uth whan Ma1 WHAT? WhoT VOTE Petitions Being Circulated to Force City Council to Call Election . uriMC i ten ccc rvomcr MtANo UxixSi) LatlNoL AND LOSS OF TIME A sizable monkey wrench is being forced this week for; the purpose of dropping it right in the middle of Mount Airy'» machinery for selling WO,000 street improvement bonds. The | implement ia in the form of eight duplicate sheets of a petition i culling upon the city council to cell a bond election for the pur pose of permitting the voters to sey whether such bonds shell be sold or pot. The utmost secrecy is being observed by the party or par ties sponsoring the movement In a telephone conversation with R. A. Jsrvis Wednesday noon just be for* going to press it was learned that the following men are carrying wound the petitions: R. A. Jsrvis, Mai Davie, 8. C. Freeman, C. A. Law* son, W. T. Robertson, A. D. Wagoner, J. F. Booker and J. C. Rose. Mr. Jsrvis could not say as to how many signatures were on the petitions of the other men but said that on his he had between 175 and 200 names., Specific information as to the success of the venture is extremely difficult to obtain, as no one will give first-hand in formation. It is pretty generally believed around town that two prominent men are fathering the movement, but when questioned by The News they both gave evasive answers, sig nifying that they were unwilling to admit the child ss being j their own. __ j The muncipal finance act of the •UU provide* that tha council of • chartered town or city may iaaue bond* for pohlte lwpn»»m«nU with* oat an • lection anlaaa SS par cant of the registered voters file a petition for an ejection within M days of tha publication of tha notion of intention on the part of the authorities to aall such proposed bonda. Thla whole movement la an effort to secure suffi cient namea to a petition aa aa to fore* the city council to call aa (lec tion. At the school election in April 1923, there were 1,072 registered rot era and la order to force aa election on the proposed bond issue opponents of the meaaurs will have to secure the signatures of 2M registered voters. It la learned on the street that many persons have signed the peti tions who claim they did not under stand the proposition. Some of them thought it waa a petition to pat an end to further bond iaeues after thla one la carried out. Some claim that they signed the petition because they believe that the city council had net taken the pulftic fully into it's con fidence, and they wished to permit the people to have a voice la the mat ter. It la conceded by members of the council that this la a laudable but expensive way of showing their pub lic interest. It is a well known fact that The News carried a story about thc^pfopoeed bond iaeoe immediately after the city council had acted upon the petitiena asking that the paving work be done. Of course the city council might have written a person al letter to each of the 1,8ft register ed voters in the .city asking their opinion of the ptopeeed bond leeus, but it is extremely doubtful if by aa doing that any concerted action on any proposition could ha had. The passage of the Municipal Im provement Act was passed by the legislature for the purpose of enabl ;ng towns and cities to Issue improve ment bonds without the expense and hard feelings incident to an election every time that money was needed for public improvement*. If the peo ple who are signing these petitions to call an election knew the full mean in* of what they art doing, they would. It is firmly believe by business men. rescind their actions. This city is povemed by five councihnen. two from each ward and one elected at large. These men are elected for the purpose of carrying on the city's business according to law, the wish of the people and the growing de mands pt the city Itself. There is no question but that a bona issue covering the re-surfacing of Main and Franklin sUeets and possi bly Lebanon street would carry by a large majority at aay election. AM thougfctfal people know that it is fol ly far the ctty to permit Main and Churrh sad Wflssa streets miefct be bafrse tbey are^wrt pU art with th« council in their ef fort to pan Main and Franklin and Lebanon there ii not the shadow of a doubt and an electioiLean only prove that asserting. But ft will be an ex pensive proof. In the first place granting that anf-' ficient ilfMtim can be second to the petition to call an election, the rnet ef the election will be a consider able item. The delay in selling the bends while waiting for an election will delay the ultimate paring of the streets in question for at least AO days. That will mesn that the bonds will %ave to be sold not now, when bonds ate bringing a fine price, bat next summer when bond bwyer* are off on their vacations and when bonds always go begging. The -oet thi- city net less than It.OOO. (f a delay is brought about and an election held and in the event that the p>«i produce haulers. This alone wiM roet the city from to U, O'Mt r-ore than it the mtsr< could be done cailwr in the seat mi. The city voncil *.rnt to carry oat the people s wish ir the matter bat the-/ fee that the orosnt movement, wh.Je Jestined to fail In its ultimata object, will coot the city several thousand dollars that should be saved the taxpayers. Many bostnees men an free to pro- i phesy that the petit Mass, even the the reqaisito number of signatures an second, will never he praasntod to the city council. They give as their reaaon for this assertion the Act that It is known that two pi i—IiishI men of Mount Airy, bath of whom No Slipping! ; «u35/ * mi hi ^'*'3 f '1; i$> ■ - fasnioned From the hands of the Nunn-Bush craftsman comes a new Ankle-Neatness in oxfords—No gaping, no slipping. After you have purchased your first pair your foot-wear will no longer be a source of discomfort For through ankle-fashioning, the pliable upper is permanently shaped in the lhaking, so that it hugs the an kle. It is this lasting trimness of fit, that commends Nunn-Bush oxfords to most men. « W S. WoHe Drug Co. DRUGS - Prescription* Carefully Compounded WHITMAN'S Cmmdy Vma UmSwf* W. & Wolfe Drug Co. i J SOtVKX PHONE S3 QUALITY tiwlwl that Am mi mm not af ford to antagonize the public l« tWa track betaraaa Waahtngton and tka Virginia-Carolina Una by tka anow a ad aleet and U|k wind of the peat few daya. (vary train waa nwiiti behind ichwhili. yni of them m much aa IS bows lata. Telephone and telegraph communication waa practically cut off for a time by rea aon of broken winta and fatten potea. Tha atorm cantor naan to hare haan in it near Charlottesville, Va„ WednaadaT morning, whan tha rlouda had Mown away tha Blue Kld|( mountaina revealed a blanket of pure white. Bala tod travellers reaching Mount Airy report that tka anow on tka mountain ia eight inches deep. Inquiriea brought forth tha informa tion that aa tha anow waa quite damp little or no drifting had taken place. Much damage to roofa, chimney* and frail building* ia thought to Kara oe currad aa a result of tha high wind of Monday and Tucaday night*. E. G. Badge* Quit* Papa*. Cola Buainaaa E. G. Badgatt thia waak told Mb intereat in tha Pepai-Cola Bottling' Co. to hia partner, Geo. N. Slaughter. Thia la an old aatabliakad buainaaa which baa enjoyed a large patronage in tka aoft drink line, and will ba rontinned under tha ownership and management of Mr. Slaughter at the aame atand on Needmore *treet, the kigkaat kMfer.f or raak at tka court house door III Oat •on on the 7th day of April. 19U, at 12 o'clock noon tho following ' •d raal aetata, to-wit: A Itaet of land la Rockford ■Ma adjoining tho lands of Kjfaa ShtaaH. W P. Wkttakev aad and bounded aa follows: B*i _ oa a pine in Wktiakar's liaa aad nan w«at 22 cka. aad 75 link* ta tka old Moor. Una, bow Sofa* Sluaalfa liaa. to mmho poplar sprouta; tkanca soutk 11 cka. with SkinaH's *a hia cormr. a •take; thencs west 15 cka. ta a •Laka, fnranrly a poat oak: thaaea south witk James HolyfWd's liaa 10.t cka. t» a staka, formerly a white oak, known aa tka I tester corner; tkanca aaat witk T. J. W.Iliama' Una. now Glenn Haly field's, 12 cka. to a hickory; thaaea nortk witk WilliaaM' Una, now Rafoa Shinalt'i. S cka. to a i» r- mmon traa. eaat 35 rhs. and 28 links to a tall wkita oak in W. F. Whi taker's Una; tkanca north with Whitakar's line • eha. ta a stake, now tka nortk corner of aa old pino field; tkanca west 9.5 cka. ta a dead ekeatnut; tkanca oortk 11 cka. and 25 links to the beginning contain ing 09 arras mors or less.—Except tka following houndry which i mauciass the homeatead of H. B. Wall, and which is Txeaipt from execution aad sale. The land excepted ia bounded as follow*: Beginning at tka southwest comer of H. E. Wall's land in Shinalt'a tine and runs up tka creak to a paint from which a due eaat line from said point to Wkitaker** line would leave twenty acres of land including tka dwelling house where H. K. Wall formerly rtsidad. Sale mad* to satisfy, a debt of 1800 >lua jdantiff witk lnt*r**t aad eoat •®«:sr /»«•• Trimm JtMMMBr > fmr CALL* STRAINS L IMENES3 • w *a s~ tf flmmxli.tj Say: w,. k rto»cHn» C.«f hi 'tat i» »-»•»! St. ■ J A j. iirt* mi hiati.. L"T-T ■-. j. • ilmu . f • • w< > > - - This March ». 1924. C. H Haynea, Slunff Ssrrj Co. -ntusmrs sale By rirtue of s dwd of tnwt e*e cutod by J. H. Norman and wife to th« undersigned trustee on tha 9th day of January, 1922, and recorded in Book M. pt|t 29* of the Record of Deeds of Trust of Surry Ounty, I will aall to the biffceu bidder, fw caeh on tha Mch day at Match, la34 at mm o'clock p. M. hi of tha Firrt National Bank of Moont Airy tha following deaerik ~J ~ee! estate io-wtr Beginning at a White Ook aa tha Eaatbank of tha field road aad run* with aaid road ra North Hi t chains. North SS dec. Waat 10 d North 18 *«. Waat 1 eh. H links Wilmoth'i line; tbenee with aaid Una Sooth 90 dec Eaat IS 1-2 ehe to a rock in tha hollow: thence Saotk 14 1-2 dec E 4 cha. and IS links to a rock; tl South 4 1-2 dec. Wart 8 cha 71 to tha be«ini*n« retaining 19 , or laaa. 1909. Thia llth daj of af $i