to
at Imm. if ha baa too
Httla information to mark hia ballot,
joat what kind of a wttaaaa win ho
It waa awrhod, ia the
dantly hare bat Httla watcfct, for ho]
la teettfyin» ahoat aoawthinc ahm
whirh ho hitowa hot Httla—awktof|
■ WVrrt.
All thia la hut loading ay to tho fact
thoro la no way to haro a aoerat
for tho mm who la not aMa to
poau to ho a irmwtae aentl
ta thla atata for a atate-wlde|
la tho nataro of tho Aaatialfa
Thoro ahouM bo, but tho par-1
pooe at tho ayatein la to haro a eerret j
ballot free from all poaalMa tmdi
Influence* on the rotor. That la tho j
(nod point about tho* Aaatralian bal
lat. Bat whoa a rotor nroat hart
help It la no lonjror a aecret ballot In j
The public mind »i iw> to jump at
• mwhnfnf that any mm who help#
an unlearned mtar to mark Ma b«l
lot la in great dnrrr of wine Ma in
flu tier to cauae tk» ballot to be
aaarked aa he would Mm to aaa it
aurfced. And there b reaaon for
thought alone tbia Una, far all men
ara human. We are prune to aoapfc
ton one another, eeperially whan there
la a fat otf\m at la—i.
If wa are not able to traat earh irtb
ar and are fearful of tarnhic any
Man bahind the curtain with the voter
then the ne*t heat torn in the caaa of
tka volar who muit have help would
be to appoint, not one marker, Mil a
commtaaion of three men who ahoald
ait together and mark the ballot of
the man who wanted help, and thua
not trjr to have it a aecret ballot M
hia eaae, and do away with the tes
tation to auapieion each other and
alao to uae any undue influence on the
voter.
Of all the ayatama of balloting that
w have known the Australian ballot
ia by far the boat and moat aatiafac
tory.
The man who ia not able to vote
without help will be at the mercy of
thoae about him ao long aa he re
main! in hia condition, and the way
oat of the eonfaaion ia to find a way
that remove* hia eaae far from temp
tation to play with hia vote for eel
fiah pui puaaa.
viewed bjr the lap* ami Court mom
•wki ago havs keen returned to
Clark of tha Court f. T. Lewellyn end
no error found to tha trial which
Superior court, carrying a term of
flee year* hnprlaonment, will go lata
effect. Mr. LewaOyn at oaee leaned
t hay ara now hi tha hands of Sheriff
C. H. Haynaa, whose duty It hatomM
to convey Mr. George to tha atota
prison at laMfh to begin hia m
tonea.
Since tha raftmal of tha Hipiwi
Court to grant a naw trial to tha El
kin hanker strenuous efforts hare
been mada by various parties to to
duce Governor Morrison to graat a
respite in tly rase of Mr. George %*t
so far tha governor has taken no ac
tion for kia raliaf, and H la expected
that tha aert faw days will saa tha or
der of tha court put into effect.
THE WANDERING GYPSY
Tha papers toll that recently far
tha first time in history tha language
of the Gypsy people has bean pot
into print In one of tha countries in
Europe. They hare s language of
their own and they hart ha Id on to
it in all countries for centuries. While
they speak the langoag* of tha coun
try they infest they also retain tha
language of tha tribe.
In every country where civilization
is found tha Gypsy la a past to the
land. They wandti about and carry
an air of mystery about them. They
ara all fortune tellers and claim to
hare powers that ara not poaeeaeed
by other people that enables them to
see into the unknown. It may be
for this that they ara tolerated by
other races. Certain it is that they
have contributed nothing to tha good
of the race hi all the erntnries that
are behind as. If there Is any good
at all from their presence In a coun
try K would be hard to name it un
ices it is that they furnish arausa'
ment of a kind, far many people da
light in being faked and in baring
their fortunes told.
In the light of all this it would be
in order for our next legislature to
forbid the presents in the borders
of the state of any of these wander -
ing bands. It would not be putting
H any too strongly to say they ara
robbers who lire off the country snd
give nothing in retui u far what they
take from the people.
u
/L
DM«h of Wall Know*
CitiMa ^
freeman, • resident of
the Pine Ridp section of this conntjr,
paasad away Toeadajr of laat week
at Ma home after a abort iUneaa fol
lowing a complication of dissaaaa.
Uncle Baa waa know all
lie affairs. Ha wm always foond ta
the bent if the flfht during the elec
tions and waa an ardent supporter of
Ike ■uTimts that are for the bat
torment of the farmer. While ha
ha
a4 Dob
ha had ae peace aatfl ha had >oms
thing to say. Aid always he ' waa
hi
rawMtory. fnr y»ar» mmy haro
farttai Hi* nwminMf of OaMalo
i emelary by the eity, tat thia waa not
conaommated until ■ commit t« fro*
the Kiwnnta Hob memberahip got
IwliM the mo i—»nt «irf aoon Hm»
after th» uenwtery stark wu pun haa
ad by the city. ft to now operated
and matmlM by • Centoterjr Cow
miaalon compaoe4 of Mw. M. LhnrlTW
awl K. H. Korktitchy r«priMitin| i
the IIH—< of the city an«l mimhan j
of the town a Willi. Nr. Lin- i
vtlto, aa chairman of tke Caiaaiaiy
t'ommiaatnn, kaa had actire MHiap
ment of keaatifying tke tamaUry ami
the program of lmpru»>mant k* kaa
mapped oat will ka continued until j
Mount Airy will ka akla to point to :
the reeting place of kar lored onaa
with a aatiafactton that ft will com
para with thoee of any other city.
Dorlnr tka year tha Oak hma ren
dered valoahle aaaiatance in father
ing tha rood road work of tkto eec
tion. fta memhera. together with oth
er citisena of the city, have been hear
tily behind tha Lakea-to-Florida
Highway and their untiring ef
fort* in behalf of tkto projhrt to part
ly the caoae of the aaamiation adopt
ing a mote that paaaea through
Moant Airy.
The club haa aponaored achool
athletica, a part of the prugram In
thia activity raiting for a caak con
tribution to maintain an athletic di
rector at the high achool. The boy
wwut troop of the ctty to financed by
tha dub and a aery year the Soya are
given a camping, all of which to taken
tfi of by tha dak.
J net what the scope of the work
that will be undertaken by the rtub
fpr the year IMS kaa not been folly
worked oat at thto date. Pluldaal
I.inrifle haa appointed his rartooa
mmmitteee and theaa will aoon meet
and map oat a program of work for
the future. There era many thing*
about na that can claim tkeir atten
tion and with the earning of tka Now
Tear tkoaa eommitteee will be pat ta
work on the rarioaa probtama that
confront them.
Club Womm Vi.it C
Horn* ami Jail
croup of «ifkt w—bui onkt^
"Mount Airy Woman'• Chih ri sited tlM
County hoar and Jail last Friday car-i
ryinf Christina* (km in the form of
orantaa, applca, candy and
ihtaa to the inmatee of thaaa Irwtitu
tiona.
rt waa nm to the committee, and
probably will be to oar reader*, that
two baby boys, orphan brothers S and
6 year* old, are inmatee of the Home.
Sorely somewhere in the county that*
in a home where thaaa little faOvwa
would find a welcome and a footer
dady and mother to lor* and can for
them if only tMa atory fall, into right
hand*. If not aa effort will ha aaade
kto place them in aa orphan's
There are 4t inmate* in the
all of
The lad tee found It
county Jail and here leteliad
for eopiaa of He Chriatian Herald"
and "The Saturday
baring thaaa
might lift the (ioota of
life a Mt by paaatn* the* aa la .— .
th*aa. ^
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