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Mr- ami a foot-1 | Ha make* life unpieaaant for the American* who lire ahout htm, and thrr «r« tfapnaed to atll oat and mora away rather than be pwtoiid by nuch an tmdeaircble j citiaan. And tWa la joat what ha a been I hi thoaaaiids of caaea in Call-1 In thia way the Jap hai rotten poa aaaalon of aome of the finaat «ertiona of California, and if permitted ha would »oon hare the whole of the Pa rifle n*it California lonr aro made • law arainat aflowtn* a Jap to own land in that State. Japan took treat off en w at thia law, hot California had rood ratine for her act. Japan la at a diaadvantare in that ah* rx riadaa the citlini of Kotea from her { emintry rery much aa w» at* now exrhidinr the Jap from onra. Joat now the rnbject la a rery lire j one in thia -gowntry and tone com promise may he reached that will | qniat the agitation without operation aimply pooling a holdinr it for a coon trim where cooperation aucceed* it ia applied to of community life. It ia of every-, an willing to diacoaa fairly W« how to will to Hflfl I fVi# . Jeet. If tk should not he willing to simply fol low the nth ■■>«! of tMr fami lies and vote aathey do. We know nqr wall that a larva part of the Mala rota la eaat by thoaa who stably fol low the political Influence about them and give but wry little thought to the real iseues. But the iaee of this kind of voting the batter for tile country. The troth la, no voter should he allowed to go to the polls who is not able to intelligently make ur his mind aa to what ha deaires and eaat his ballot accordihg to his own judgment rather than according to the Jodgment of some political rtng ft would bo a wise step, even this far in advance, if our political leaders would take action to arouse interact here in our county in political mat the women voter*. OLD ACE AND WISDOM One of the sad facts of Hfe is that age so often fails to bring wisdom. Recently a conference was hold in one of the great cities of Europe. The conference was made up of represent ative students from thirty five uni versitiee. After many days of discussion at problems facing Europe the confer ence ended in peace and harmony. The French delegate gave expresaion to these remarks that haVe bean tele graphed around the world. "We know that are cannot rely upon the older people of our countries to bring a better fellowship into the world. They cannot understand; but we young men and women can do it if we only dare. Let us dare." One of the deplorable facto of life is that age so often brings along with H feeling of reeentment and dis appointed and lack of lore and under standing. It it so understood in Europe. It Is something to think about that the men and women of age are a$t to be counted upon to bring about a batter feeling in the i •d countries of Europe NEW MORAVIAN CHURCH OPENED On Ward's Gap Road Mora* vians Hold Cemetery Easter By Baptisn J —- ^ /fust eight miles out on the Wards Gap road you will find one of the prettiest and most up to date churches anywhere in this county. It hat been built by the Moravians mostly by lo cal help. The first service in this church waa held Easter Sunday and in apite of the fact that the pastor had been told he would never get enough peo ple to fill the church it was full to overflowing and more than 100 peo ple could not gut into the church. More than 500 people were present to go on to the cemetery according to Moravian custom, in memory of departed loyud ones and in the hope of meeting them above. The pastor Rev. C. D. Crouch Jut closed a revival meeting la which there wan more than 80 professions of religion and in connection with the Easter sermon 17 were baptised and Joined the church. Tho agsa of thoaa who Joined ranged - from 11 to 71 years old. It was a unique service in many ways, there wan many praa ent who had never mm a Moravian reception of membership and noma who had never before been at the Eas ter service aa the burial ground. This whole community ia taking on new life and they are data ought to ke an example to « bat tfcey m now hi st 4 the (rU h apwtod to this time without further The (election of the jury wu 0 taking of nidfnct bfn rwanwiHd at two o'clock. Tlx de fendant A. W. Qflofff is ffvr^Mfltid by Attorney* J. H. yolger, A. R. Hoi ton. A. D. Folger, J. F. Herv'rrn and I Karl James. A**i*ting Solicitor Grave* {in the prosecution an W. F. Carter ; and JL, C. Freeman. It is expected | to require until Thursday night to take the testimony and the lory wilt perhaps ret the case some time Sat urday morning. The jury la composed of the fol lowing: J. W. Barker. Mount Airr; r. H Childresa, White Plains; G R Thore, Round Peak; Cooper Low*. l«owgap; R. D Ashburn, SQoam; L. IC. Bray, Rusk; Dave Bennett, Mot 1 Mtn.; Allen Blngman, Whit* Plains, J M Dollyhigh. White Plain*; John 1 Gent, Mount Airy. Eugene Snow. Rockford; J. 8. Cook. Westfleld Dope Fiends Stealing Drugs One of the hardest ease* for a court to handle ia usually that of the dope fiend. Everyone recognises the de plorable and helpleas condition mahy of these victim* are ia and the 4is podtion of them often become* a hard problem. During thi* court Judge Lyon ha* had to dispose of two Ruch. charged with stealing drugs I containing dope. Clifton Jarvi* and Frank Miller had broken into the of-1 flea of Dr. Bernard of Pilot Mountain and auppliad themselves with laud anum. cocaine morphine and other drug* of their liking. . There was lUtle the court could do with them. Jarvis wa* out on his good behavior. Frank Miller waa in jail waiting the decision of the court as to his fate when his aged mother and step-father arrived Tueaday morning from their home in Florida travel-worn and dusty from their trip by auto. They informed the. court that they had hastily left th^ir humble home in Florida to come to the rescue of their *on at the first1 word of hi* trouble. His old mother . could hardly talk about the due, so 1 1 treat wa* her love for her hoy and | her sorrow over his fall. And yet in 1 hi* trouble* she had only praise for ; ] her own. The young man had a wife ].-nd three children in Winaton-Salem | that were ia a helpleas condition in | the way of support. These old peo 1 »»le told the court they had come to take their aon. his wife and the three ! babe* back with them to Florida and I "nee more endeavor to put the boy on : his feet. The court was much touch ed with the plea mnde by the humble folks and granted It more readily Lthan is usually accorded one trained V the ways of court procedure. Cletus Snow Appears After Fear Year* of Pilgrimage Cletus Snow has grown tired of wandering around over the world j with the hand of the law forever I reaching out to snatch him back to ; a trial by the court. Four years ago. : or more, Snow was apprehended deal- . ing in liquor in some form, but waa : able to make his escape before hi* 1 trial was reached. Tiring of his pil ! grim life he returned to Ms home near 1 Round Peak about two month* ago to j visit the scenes of his childhood. He ! 1 had been back only a few nights , when "Trick" Hutchens. Surry's capa ble jailer knocked at his door and when invited in promptly anrteted1 him without any formality and kept 1 him in custody until the Jailer'* aelf- j impobed $2000 bond was made. Snow ! has had many 1«pn sts In his life, nnd after hearing the pleadings of, his attorneys the court allowed him 1 to pay the rost and go free with a sus pended two year sentenc A Sorry Battle Cry U When two families fall out and the women and children go to fighting,' throwing rocks, wielding batcher knives, pulling hair and looking into the wicked end of a ahot gun. with I all the parties giving • different ■ion of th« affair, then it is that the court is at a loss as to what kind of a disposition to make of the affair. Over near Zephyr the famltle« of Alex Collins and Crawley Draughn had become estranged which eutmtna •t in a free-for-all fight ia the mid dle ..f the read and the airing of their troubles before the court. Mo ia yteeei ■ounta of ittie arphan boy when he «u ■lapped and ruffed around by ng Wly at the neighborhood. a young hulljr of the neighborhood. Roa Wilborn. From the evidence It appears that Wilborn had hired the bojr to help him in the field. After working a few day* the Uttia fellow -r*w tired of hia work and quit 'and went down to itay with Hoage. In a day or ao Wilborn mrt the boy in the road and after questioning him ■boat sot working longer proceeded '•> give him a few wicked cufts over •he face. Hodge aaw the act from a distance and Wilhorn followed the Joy on down where Hodge waa stand ing. The act caused the old gentle man to reprove Wilhom, and he had xaid only a few reproving word* when Wilborn suddenly picked upaev eral rocks and gave him two Mows on the head which rendered him un conscious for a time. The above fccta were brought out at the hearing before Magistrate J. A. Eldridge by Mr. Hodge and a Mr. Woddell who was an eye witness to the entire perforaance. Three aay* after the bearing before ttw squire Mr. Woddetl suddenly dropped dead from heart failure and Mr. Eldridge waa in court to testify aa to what the deceased witness to id m his court of inquiry. During the hearing at Dobeon His Honor manifested a moat fatherly ipirit when he railed the little fel low from the impanneled witneaa chair to hia knee and engaged him hi a quiet fatherly and almost confiden tial chat over the occurrence. Thia time there were no sneering questiona aaked, no inainuating remarks from the tongasa of over-sealous lawyers, no back-biting anxwgrv Everything aaaumed a deathly silence In the conrt room and everyone was unconscious ly "at attention!" by rsasoa of the most unusual sight. *t first His Honor was mnch wrought up over Wilborn"» conduct and gave him four months on the roads. But falter on in the day ha called the defendant up and had a talk with him In front of the bar. The young man was free to aay that he was indeed ashamed of hia acta and begged the court for another chance. He appeared sincere in hia confes sion and the court was touched to the extent that the road sentence was changed to a fine of $50 and the coat, the U0 to it to Mr. Hodge for his Injury. Church Yard No Place to Drink It required a Jury trial to convince James Norman, of this city, that he was guilty of being drank during ser vices at « church srest of Mount Airy. He waa charged with staggaring around in the crowd and making him self a nuisance in other ways. Af ter the scnk.cs ha rode off in his car which caused a warrant to be issued charging him with driving a car while under the influence of liquor. Twenty-five dollars and the coat trua the judgement of the court. Jalm S*m"^ The News two weeks ago carried the story of the death of Charles Kirkman's little seven-sear old son on the West field road. The little fel low waa run over by Jake Bam*, of this city, brother of the furniture dealer, Morris Bamet. The aolieitar after investigating the matter, in formed the court that he doubted whether or not the state could make out a caae of manslaughter against 8amet and all parties agreed to 8a met's submitting to a plea of assault with a deadly weapon and paying the oat of the action together with the hospital and burial expenses at the child. The total amount waa about 1900.00. Mr. Kirkman was la court and stated that after making an in veetigatk* of the circaasstaneea in cident to the accident he felt the above course would he meeting the The Bank of Mount Airy by any eauae. our 8AFZ DEPOSIT BOXKS provide yeu with iaearaM* We h«n inetaHod Uhm Safe Deposit Boms at as myeme at ■ good many thousand dollar*, far the convenience af the people wttk in aw hwiktin radius Wa art offering you niailhlat the* ne attar bank in Sorry County la prepared to offer you. Keen though you an not a cuatoaaer of tbia bank, we will (Udly rant you one of tkeee boxaa. Isaac Newton Monday bora Fab. IS. 1M7 M April 1# and «7 years 1 month*. Ha waa born in Patrick county, Va. and grew op to manhood ia that ricinity, though lika mmay oth.ru ha hsard the call of tha wild and want west SO years ago, whan in Oklahoma he married Alice Bell thti onion being blessed with 9 child ren 7 of whoa are living 5 boys and 2 girl*. Mr. Monday was the yoang est child in a family of 10 children all of wfeaai hare departed this life ex ♦ f«pt Mr. John Monday of Mount Airy. Two years afo Mr. Monday came back to the kim of Iris childhood bat his health ihwid immediately be gan to fail hte. Last Nor ember ha waa taken to the hospital where aa operation waa performed but It waa plain to be aeen that he had paesad any human help. Since that time he has beee con fined to hia bod and has suffered much. Be waa laid to rest la Oak dale cemetery Sat. If by lee. Mr Cook and Bar. C. L. Crouch. ■* PAINT UP (HAN UP Mount Airy's First Car Load of Paint Yes, we are now buying our paint in car lota. This enables us to secure a much better price. Then , too, the demand for Sherwin-Williams paints is so heavy this is the only way we can secure this product in quantities to meet our demands. Hoicomb & Midkiff Star* of Pr—u»l Swrric*" ICECREAM Let ua supply your ice cream needs. All the pop ular flavor*. Prompt delivery. We specialise on lot deliveries to the homes say hour on Sunday. Phone u> your require msnta. 2 'Ik*#*' BANNER & BRANNOCK Ml.
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