When Major Slcdmn klfu to go
to Conpiw from this district It «u
doubtful m • Dtaoentie district. It
ttad sent John M Morehead to Con
tra* the two year* before. It was
eoasidsred • great victory whan Maj
or Stedmsn waa elected by four thou
sand majority. But year by year, no
great tncreaae, but a little larger
majority each election, first Are, then
six then seven and now the majority
is op to twelve thousand.
Not so hrng ago Democrat* thought
a stats majority of twenty thousand
votes was a big victory, but as the
years have gone by the majority has
climbed up each year until bow H is
around a hundred thousand. If there
was any land tUds, any great move
ment that sweeps folks off their feet.
It could all be accounted for. But
the results of many elections shew
gradual gain* all over the state for
the Democrat*.
The gains here in Surry were no
greater than the gains in other coun
ties. Democrat* In Wilkea made
even greater gain* than they did In
Surry, and no Australian ballot In
WOlces. Two years ago Republicans
tat thi* county almost lost the county,
and it required bat a small change
hi the vote to loae it sntirelv to them.
The averse* cittern ia not particu
larly Interest in the victory of the
politician* ona way or another. What
be la intereetad in ia that rood and
capable Ben fill the offices. We are
not auppoainc that anything we
could aay would clear up the sttua
tion to man who are diapoaed to look
for fraud and diahonaaty as an ex
planation for the way the election
went. ,
IV fact that the Democratic par
ty aaked the people to vote for able
buaineaa men for county Commiaaion
ar. and selected the moat comnetent
wa p •••» awwa • wia# ar
dtiiena we have for all other irfllm
average thinking man, why the coun
ty voted aa it did.
^ tfcTpotato* wmt tato
the haaltac. aad left tW g»owm tat
little for Ma work. IWipitM
tha npp»rtaa»y to w|pl| the da
ing tl£m*fatae North ^d wTL Wow
the Wataaga eoonty potato (rowan
are growing a potato anltad far ml
whore they got 75 eenta before they
learned the bettor way. And they
aee the good that eomaa from hav
ing among them a man of education
to help them ia their work and help
to find bettor waya to farm along
many Hnee.
PROSPERITY HERE
Whether you realize it or not they
say that the greatest wave of pros
perity that was ever known outside
of war times is now on this country,
ft was first noticeable by the rise in
stocks and bonds immediately fol
lowing the election. For some months
before the election big business was
cautious and slow to invest in new
business or to make any new invest
ments. Many cautions men of large
means practically quit the game un
til the election was over. Now they
are hopeful and disposed to torn their
money loose and make ventures that
they Would not have dared to do
before the election. All this has
■tone on to the extent that it amounts
to a wave of pcoeperttj that many
claim is the greatest ever know be
fore.
During the two years following the
war many people in this immediate
section bought land aad made invest
ments in one way and another that
left them financially tied up when
the slump came in lt>0. Since then
there has been as near ae market
for land in this ssction as was ever
known before. The only lands that
have changed hands in three years
in this section, to aanomlt to any
thing, has been land in the towns er
near enough to the towns to class It
as town pmpei ty. Farms that are
for sale here and there about over
the country are simply going begging
for a buyer.
With the cowing of better tfanea no
doubt there will again be a demand
for land in this section.
wit® tobacco selling at a price that
to satisfactory to most planters, and
with corn and wheat and all farm
products up to almost war-time
price .s there is no reason why land
should not again become desirable In
this section. And no doubt it will.
AccklMtly KilUd by RifU
■ -« .i ««. _
Dili Mil 1191 m
Cecil Chafln, 15 year old sob of
William Chafln, of Durham, former
ly of this dty, was killed in Burlmg
toa late Thursday by the accidental
discharge of a rifle, the ball striking
him in the neck and serwing the Ju
gular rein.
Tits hoy, who was in Burlington
with his father, want oat with other
boys to camp for the night in a hooae
they had built at the sdge of town;
as they *n arrsnr ng camp ha set
his rifle against a tter and In doing
Wo it discharged wt* n ~ie result that
ha <mty lived * few mi- taa.
TV remains were brought hero for
burial the funeral b. ing conducted
from the Preahyteri.il church Satur
day aftfaen Dr. H. E. Boyar off!
eiatlng and interment made at Oak
sd with grM aver this dsplerabli ae
1b which tfct ihttln wt Joatwfcy
thia ■ uting *u ctlbd k hard to
understand. ftm of tto RepohUcsn
lsadma claim that the milt will to
the todfcft at wuqr of tto elee
tion officials tni that tknc ckarfM
will to tooaght before Um Federal
court at Greensboro. TUi, Vina,
has little wton —sag tto Dem
ocrats and they foal that tto Miff
nation meeting toM at Dotooa was
only for tto purpose of permitting a
few dissatisfied politicians to rent
het* wrath.
Tto state wide ipeaktu that war*
advertised to to present, failed to at
tend and only local speakers were on
hand. Some of thoae who know tto
inaide of political workings claim to
see in -thia indignation meeting an ef
fort on the part of tto county Repub
lican organisation to pot itself right
with tto state and national commit
it is the custom for the Republican*
■* this county to ha able to mn a
lane sum of campaign money from
the national and state headquarters
and sh>ee the county went Democratic
the men who hare been supplying
this money have called upon the
county leaders to explain the reault
down here. Anyway the reault waa
different tn thla county from what
<t has been and the Democrats hare
Seen gradually gaining ground, all
nf which, no doubt, those high op
would want to known why and to aae
some action on the part of local poli
ticians to atop the tide of Democracy.
And it is pointed oat that the indig
nation meeting was aa effort to prove
to thoae higher up the sincerity of
the local luadss s.
Docs larsde Chick— Lot
The flock of Rhode Island red
chicken* belonging to Curtis WorraB
on Lebanon street was almost anni
hilated on laat Friday night by sosae
marauding dog. Mr. Worrell jaat a
week before had purchased a doasn
fine young pullet* expecting to ob
tain a liberal supply of eggs froai
them during the winter months. But
Friday morning hi* hopes were
blasted when he went into hi* lot to
feed his flock and found eleven of
thom arattanxl ~ «V- —■—* -™
torn to pieces. In whm way on* of
the chicken* neaped. Mr. Worrell
haa no elue a* to the dog, bat several
have been running at large tn that
neighborhood from time to time and
the police have taken up a watch -for
them, and all found running at large
will be taken, in charge by the offi
cer*.
Mn Larry Bwww At IU(t
Mrs. Angle Bowman, wife of Larry
Bowman, died at their home <» Le
banon street Not. SS, aged 45 yean,
after an illness of two months follow
ing a stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. Bowman, who was a daughter
of the laU Mr. and Mra. Garry Wil
li ama, of Fsyet»eville, came here from
Wilmington about If years ago. She
has wen the lose aad cnnfldoaoo of a
large circle of friends aad her pass
ing leaves many sorrowing hearts.
She is sui »i»ed by her husband aad
three children and two sisters Mra.
J. H. Sailing aad Mn. W. J. Matthia,
both of Wilmington.
The remains were laid te rest in
Oakdale esmetas'y Mae. M following a
funeral smslua conducted by Mae. G.
W. Williams assisted by Her B. G.
Davis.
ad Um a«a af tha row* MM,
It to Htorgad that Ml m* •
lUUwat to tfca CM m to tlM age
of t)M girt. The paranta of tha ftrt
did not approve <rf tha mrIn. and
had a warrant towd for Pell for the
part ha took k
TV
af
I ho femd Ml to
of Mdritfi
at to the «4ro of kto
county. It to thargid that M ra
in a ecnuahle with tha ghartff. On.
raport kaa it that at on* ttot Ml
snatrhed tka pistol from tha hand at
the Sheriff, hot tha ghartff
It an
■hot Fall through ♦>- bedy to aotf <to
W. R. Sinpao. Ti
M<Uy 10
Tha many friend* of W. R.
»<m an painad to learn of Ma
illneaa. On toat Friday ha
formed at Martin Manorial hoapitol.
Since then hia
ed aatiafactorily.
Alcohol
For Automobiles
$1.00 Gallon
JUST PHONE 37
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We have just received a car load of doors right
off tbe Pacific Coast, the prettiest doom we ever
saw, not a blemish nor a knot on them. Cheaper
than ever before.
ANYTHING IN HARDWARE. W« bare it
we'll order it or we'll bfcve it mmdm.
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By Our Quality We Have Grown |
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at
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If they prove not to be all leather yon
t«t a new pair.
Boys' Coat Sweaters, all sixes Me.
Men's White Back Overalls,
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Men's Work Shoes, u long as they
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Ladies' Brush Wool Sweeten, .. 9101
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Children's Brush Wool Sweaten, .flJI
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