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Mount Airy Nc srsrirztt Ntw» to ha behind the bin. Arthur Gtorfr *m i modal eitiien for faun and took rank with i»ad»i ■ hi imJil? aa •ltd churchman Ha waa active hi evary fond wwk. Than ha became tntoraatod In hank ing aoma yaw aro and Ma downfall followed. With all tha (rood work ha did U tha active yaara of hla Ufa he fora becoming a hanker wa can hard ■ It he Have ha haa Intentionally ftr.;cd • double part. Rather wa are tnctm ad to think of him aa a weak man whr Wa ton little strength of character to take care of himaetf hi tha «n>y day wark of a ba«in«i« mb'i Ufa. Every one known that no hanker can Mat all tha ealb ha haa for money and mat torn amna away. From the haat information wa gat Mr. Gaorga waa too wask a man to ha ahta to ton man away, hat IIatoned to their appeal for money and took their ad vice hi Iomi ha made Hd tha lacoH ty ha waa given. In other wot da. ha failed to take car* of Mnaatf in a hoainean way, and hi not taking care of himaetf ha failed to take rare of tha ftmda of pen pie who ware doing baaiaeas with hia bank. If he made bad loan* and took unaoand unenrity it ia poor exruae to aay that he «m< induced to art aa ha did. The men hard op for money wonld break every hank hi the country if their to lea of woe ware liatened to and their advice taken. broke a bank and tied up the hard earned money of Many people all for the reason that he was not a man of of sufficient ability to ran the buai Like many another man be appear* - to not have had the moral courage to admit his fault and Me matters •van worse by failing to make a cl<*an breast of the whole unfortunate busi ness. He could have told the court the plain facta of his business tangle and thus have secured the sympathy of the judge in #hose hands the case reeled after the Jury rendered a ver dict of guilty. But ha was not a man of such strength of character as to be able to do this. Rather, he tried to leave the impression that he had done no wrong, but was the victim of some errors that are corn ami in every-day business life. This explanation failed to explain and made his case even worae than If ha had said nothing. We are forced to the conclusion that the rase of Arthur George js that of a man who is short of moral courage and too weak in character to be mix ed up in business where men of abili ty are supposed to serve. If he could have followed his calling as a teacher he might have gone through life with out a mark against his good name. But when he assumed the responsibi lities of a banker and took in trust the money of his frissids and so man aged the bank aa to gfunder their money ha tin rams a etteinal la the eyas of the law and mast bear the OUR RICHEST GIRL GETS MARRIED On Tuesday at noon of this week ■iss Cornelia VanderbtK was married a* her home ia Asheville to aa Eng liah nobleman, John P. Cecil. The wedding ia a notable event in the atate For weeks preparation* have bean made for a wadding in keeping with the great wealth of the Vander biH family. Lord Cadi cesses from one of the distinguished families of England, and Miss VandafMK Is the only child ef the lata George Vanderbih and la hair to aa aetata of fifty million dol lars. For days notable people from many ef the dia of this country Tide have I lag at Asheville for the •4 at thai y. bl to plan for asrvisas ta ha 1mm the Mfcr part of June or mm of tkf familiea to MM to ua to he a fine the trouble. No doubt there art! fogfiy etui of chronic •ord that neither thM nor effort will ■orrect aad the heat way oat of the rouble would be to ret away from it rf aellifiK oat and huntinr a new lome. Par of all Ike trnaMaa that af flict the Hainan race anger and re wntment aad aucb like intal coa lition* are aa much calculated e de itroy happine** aad lead to aerioua rouble aa any thine the race ha* to If the Judge waa right, aad we I hink he waa, it i* *omething to think | >f a character that haa Wen davela >d along Haaa that Make it Mt of the| lueotion to think of that peraon laa ng a normal and uaeful Ufa. And | to doubt there are May }uat aw -haractera. Edocatioti and religiowa 1 raining la the way oat of all each | QUARDIAN NEEDED Ore day last week a citisen of' *outh Carolina waa oat pleaaare rid-1 ng with hia ear and family of aa Iral children. Juat for the fan of the thinr he ran a rare with a friend a another ear "along a nice atretch >f road. He Wt control of hia ear ind jammed it into a tree. Next day te buried hia ten-year old eon and flaked three other meaaber* of hia family in the hoepital where thfg nuat remain until their iajuriea p< nit them to leave. We confeaa that we are at a loae o know 'juat what comment ahoold he ma4e on aoch conduct. It may he >u«t aa well to make no comment, for t will do no rood to comment. Such [><•«,pie go their way throurh life and ►■fin to he beyond the reach of ad . ice. They learn only from experi ence and very little that way. 8ome| folk* in thia claaa are vary good pa [>le, kind hearted and all that, b bev are an unreliable aet and amount | to bat little for good. There la i ray to appoint a ruardian for them. The man who will deliberately riak the aafety of hia family Hi an auto mobile race ahould be forever d •arred from the uae of an automo-j >ile. There We plenty of people driv ing car* who are not ao mentally bal- ] ■need aa to he able to operate a m •hine safely. CHURCH ' LOCATION WANTED It may be wm to many people to enow that an effort is on foot to baiM i new church in this city by the Mo ■svian*. There has never been an or ranization of thif band of christians vere though there are about sixty per wns here of that faith. It is now he ourpose of the leader* of the Mo ravia* clrarch to organise these christians into • working body and mild a house of worship. Rev. Chas. "Vouch is locally in charge of the rork which for the present time is n the nature of i mission field. If he new house of worship Is built it rill he don* with the aid of others rho will assist the local people. For some weeks now Mr. Crouch ind his associates In the work have Men securing prices on land that night be available for a church site ind so far they have not been able o secure a location. Th« plair truth s that the prices asked by oar peo >le are so high as to apponr to he out if keeping with the price asked for and that is being sold hers and the ray real estate Is valaed. 80 high ire the property imneis In their Ss iaaate of their land that It now ap >ears that nothing will ha done for lie present in ths way of securing a «t IV Moravians are willing to ■ay all land la worth, hot they are ml willing to ha shaved off to some mdea treble location for thefr booae if worship, neither ara they willing « pay in h.es far land that appears » he asors than It Is worth. Hay ire hoping that by waiting they will sews a lot at a priaa the ideaa of men wfce ■nL. .v JMafckjyai IKYING TO MEAT YE W* have t —Ighbw. Bab To who It tor mikhf • garden. fhoogh he wllf] nrver admit it. Thm la a ipfclt of rivalry in «twj | man who ia any eccoqnt. H in many uaeful way* and In very pumletmn way*. It k a I •pirit of rivalry that makee a man Rat' up Mm day and huatie to vat ahaad: l* tha world It la a ■ptrit of rivalry 1 that make* ■ man baild a (and horn* j iid try to maka it a* attractive place. | It ia alio a spirit of rivalry thatj mahaa a man riak hia monay at rard* | or hia Ufa whan aome ona triaa to paaa him on a nin atretr.h of road. | Bob Fomt haa iron* and avt out j Ilia tomato plant* and haa them mi nnder fruit jars. Ha think* he will gat ripe tomatoe* along about July the ft rut, way before we na rrow them. He haa not aaid ao, hut be ia thinking it Jnat tha aame. Wa| know where there aft plant* that have been for many day* and are now ready to bloom. We intend to i ■ome of theae plant* and pot 'am oat ind place a ho* around each one with plant hod cloth over the bo*. Thug protected it may ha that we can heat Rob even If ha ha* the heat utart. Moat folk* will he getting ripe to-1 matoea along about August, hot thia home la expecting to have them by July 4th. if not sooner. After all. what harm ia there in try. I ing to heat your neighbor in making 1 Hr City Sells Street Bondi V The Wachovia Bank 6 Trust C AI if Winstnn-Salem, last ww> hoogtili Mfl.OOO worth of Mount Airy street! ir provements bond* paying nor* than *7R more than their fan rata*.' TW bond* hear R 1-2 per cent In terest and mature $2,000 every year until retired T>ie monqr wfll b* us- ! •d for street work that will be don* j rfurlng the com in u summer which hi! > ludes the paving of l^barion. Church snd Wilson streets and the resurfac 'nr nd a portion of Main and Frank-1 >in street' Boy Scout* to Take the City Within a few week*, just when the water in creek* begin to warm up and th* boy* shed those "prison cell* of pride," thi* city will he infested for *everal week* with a rood aise troop of visiting boy acouta from f.reensboro. Through the inatrumen-1 tality of A. G: 'Webb tha troop from | tlreensboro will apend their camping vacation in and around thia city. They will pitch th*ir tent* on the farm of W. 0. Jackaon at Green Hill where 'hey will hare access to the large fishing and swimming pond of Mr.. Jackson. Thia is one of the b*st; 'roop* hi the state and number* about SO boys. Am Owl Story Two owl*, of a aperies unknown in this aertion, have been captured at1 the home of Mr. Chris Bunker recent- 1 ly. Mr. Bunker set a *t*el trap f.r an intruder that waa catching hiu chick ma. the first owl caught was so un naual that after he killed it he! wrought it to town and some one Bent t to a taxidermiat to be mounted. " •>* terond one caught the *am* way waa wrought here alive and placed in Ben lett'a window where it created much j ntereet and aoon sold for ti.00 Some one who has been reading up | in the aubject aay* It la kn>,wn a* the monkey-faced ewl. Return Frow Fishing Trip W. I. Monday and G. L. SlmmoA* returned Saturday from a flaking trip to Greenville where they were rueata of Mr. Simmon'* daughter Mrs. L B. Gates. Mr. Simmon* tells tales ibot: Mr. Monday** fight with Mg pela, caught on hla hook, and aboet Ma own sea-sickness while flihipc Prom a bridge where tke wavea mads in uplander forget his lov* of flak ing on amount ef -internal dlstsr rs tight all tke perch, robin and eala L , i-* —a _ — .a _.| - t> ■ J tk> [Wy COuKl Inu Vllliw inw T1MMT* ea where they kaul in tke seines All id wMh hasi lug, shad aod reek with ■uie pen** and had a wonderful trip »d keaid BvsageBat Bam In tfaa ber entire «eaati/. Far two days aad < nights without rest or sleep about 50 ' want into the woods to M their af forta to atop Dm onrushing flian They am finally iMiisssful in thair Mt and tkacM Mm In by Mghthig ft by tha mat hod known aa "back firing," or firing a«ratn*t it, after it had humad war mora than a thou «and acres of wood land. There ia something «fcranre about tha flraa in that particular (action. People tall ua that tbara they can count on a foraat fhre at laaat every two yaara. And aa ntnhr have been thair appearance in tha paat that they have laen to (peculate aa to the caaaa. Moat of them hare begun to raaaon that tha flraa art aat out by btockadera. Tha galas picking furniahing employment to a large number of people ahnf tha foot of tha Mountain, and in their work they often diacovtr the atilla at tha Mock* •den. It ia aoppoaed that the block - adera suspicion the (alas pickera of reporting their diacoveriea to tha of ficers and they hare fallen upon the plan of setting flra to the section they expect to operate In. By dotng this the growth of the galas ia de stroyed for two years and they are therefore free from the possible dis covery of some innocent galas picker who aiiyht be searching the deep hol lovs and ravines far tha choicest of these leaves. Sometime* fox and possuas hunters infest this territory and the blockader ■ also pat hi constant dread of dis covery by the prowling* of the hunter through the wooda and mountain foot hills. So br firing over the country he ia alao protected against the hunter as a dog will not trait _*ame over burnt rround for about 12 months thereafter. While lighting the Are last week and when the fighters thought their task was about finished another fire broke out in an adjoining ravine in more than one place, which had all the appearance of having been sat hy tome culprit. Juat how much truth there might he in the speculation as to the prob able origin of these firea are are un able to say hut from observation for the last few years many of the peo ple of the Lowgap section have firm ed the belief that their origin Is In cendiary. DEATH CLAIMS TAM MANY'S CHIEF la M Year* H« Had Been Al most Everytlim*, Saloon Keeper to National Bon New York, April 25 --Charles F. Murphy, gisnd chieftain of Tsmautny Hall, and for many years a power ful factor Lemocrstic councils of the state ami nation, died today of heart failure induced by acute indi gestion. A product of the east side's p:.e turssque "gas house district," he had, fought his way from the stokehold of ward politics to the quarter deck of party fame and financial frrtune. In a span of <6 year* he had heca poor man's son, ward healer, bar tender, saloon keeper, office holder, financier, and final local director and national adviser to his party. He retired last night, after a busy day and a hearty dinner, to he awak ened this morning by feverish chills and the pangs of Indigestion. Char acteristically. he Insisted upon break fasting at the usual early hoar. Im mediately he became alarmingly Bl and died a few minutes later ta the presence of his physician, a pi list, his daughter Mabel, and her husband. Surrogate James A. Foley . The taciturn genius, who had rul rd the destinies of Tammaay Hall for IS years, as successor to ths late Richard Croksr, rsmalmd eeasdoao ho the end unaware that death was near. He submitted to the hypudw mie injection when his phy sh ies re rogntssd that collapse waa Immhwt that Indigestion should have awakan ■d Mm sad that his heart eauesd Mai pain. Mrs. Mnpky who was la Atlantic City, waa soMaened home. Although her husband dtsd befurs she scald en •he was sset by friends at tkte sadl of the journey. GARDEN SEEDS Flower Seeds and Onion Sato W. S. Wolfe Drug Co. I SERVICE PHONE 83 QUALITY Mount Any*8 First Car Load of Paint Yes, we are now buying our paint in car lots. 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. Holcomb & Mkfciff "Tk» Store of rtC« Substitutes we gener ally more expensive ia tbe end than genuine articles. Housewives have learned — they KNOW this is true where bakings are con cerned. Self rising flours an classed as substitutes for plain flour and good baking powder. The of thfff «pw«il mixtures is very liable to result in false econ omy, failures and waste on bake day. Remember there is a bjg difference, in many ways, between biscuits «nn nf hftT from these so-called sell-rising flours and those made from good plain flour and a de pendable leavener. Try the experiment—make a baking from each— convince yourself. You will find the baking made from flour and baking powder far mora attractive Id appearance. It will ra» retain its tun iooa value ana For best results, do not fail to use <
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