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to be tMM those who ara now knows aa Fundament alista and Modern lata. Ws wonder just hew much inlvwt Dm gwivrul niilii takes In this contro versy. We K«v« no way of knowing but we do luiow that tha human mind ia always interested in any question that ia of a religious natvre and that affects onaa sternal waif ara. Juat now Um affart to kaap Dr. Cfcaae at tha baad of tha Mate Um varaity makaa all thia prominent. It ia known that Dr. Chaaa ia tikaty to laava tha atoto aad accept tha praei Chaaa opposed tha Dill and ^ave hia | raaaona which ware dancy of another big university. If ha laavra hara it will ha for no othar eauaa than that ha hoida viawa that ara not acceptable to thoaa who hara coma to ha olaaaad aa fundamenta liats. Whan tha hill waa hafora tha kariaiature at tha laat aaaaton to pro bStt tha teaching of evolution in supported by atata funds, Dr. ' till and cava hia published to all paopla. 8incc that tlma thara haa baan no lat up in tha fight on him. For tha benefit of nor readers, Many of whom hara narar had tha opportunity to hava any kind of aciantific training, wa desire to give some facts that ara ao wall known to all aducatad paopla that thay should ha known to all othar*. Whan tha microscope waa in van tod it opanad up to tha ayaa of man tha unaeen world about ua. Thara ara untold number* of living thing's about us that ara too small to bo soon by tha aya unaided by tha glass know aa tha mirroacope. With tnia unseen world laid hare to men thara aroae discus sion on many subjects that ware narar discussed before. Men studied tha microacopic world aa they studied the things that can be weighed and meaa ured. Tha study of the microacopic world opened tha ayaa of man to the fact that many of tha unseen things ara helpful and many harmful. Tha germ that caueee consumption waa found by some man who had long looked down into tha micro scope juat aa man hara long looked up at tha star* through tha telescope When theae harmful g< ware four way _____ ______ fight them. In many instances no way has been found to fight them. No way baa been found yet to fight T. B. But a way haa boon found to fight typhoid, uyptheria, small pox, hog cholera, and many Other forma of hannful bacteria. All thia has open er up a whole wotld of speculation about life and how it develops and crowns and continuea to exist, how It starts and why it stops and takes a new start are all questions that are wrapped up in the study of tha un aeen world about us. For long ages men have speculat ed upon how fife started on this plan et. Every people has its bible, or what to it is its bible, and every one has its theory aa to how life originat ed on this earth. The accepted the ory in this land is that life started by a special creation of two people on a day about »K)0 years ago. This view was reached by the interpretation placed upon the writing at Genesis by scholars and has been ncceptcd by the people. With the opening up of the micro scopic world about us men saw how things grow and develop nnd change from one form to another and how rapidly these changes take place. With this study once started the old theory of the special creation of two individuals became a question in tne minds of many. Now it ia a question in the minds of most educated peo ple who have taken time to give tha subjact thought. Many educated peo ple have never given It thought. Moat of thoae who hare find it an interest ing and fertile field for speculation and one that interests all thinking were found and studied in many in a way has been found to inc microacope wu mvmtM many years ago, but not until forty or fifty yean ago «u it uaed in coliegaa to open the eyea of (tudenta to the world •bout ua. Up to that time the eourae of atndy in collegia *u confined to mathematica, languagwa, hiatory, ety Little attention waa paid to tM atudy of what ia now known ai acience. But forty or fifty year* ago college* added to the courae of atudy what ia called biology. It ia the atudy of if«. Biology ia the Greek word for ' and ita teaching. Student* were I >x I aired to atudy life in ita almplert forma. They would be aaked to go down on the branch and find a pool of atagnant water and put a drop et it under a microacope and look anl aee what they could find. It waa a revelation to aee Juat what could be found. Untold number* of Hiring forma of life were wiggling about there under the eye, without wale* or fin* or honea or any of the protection that aorrounda the higher forma of life. Student* aerured forma of life In the laweat order, becauae theae aim pie forma could he eaally atudied and the week of taking in food and the prrn**a of lirinp and change and re production could he oheerved better than In Ike higher farm* of life. One of the prettiest aighta at all ta to look down thmngh the microacope at a atrand of what we call apring ■Mae. Magnified H look* much like • reed with all ita Joint* and walla JtandiM oat ao that H can be clearly «•«. Thia apring waaa la a very low farm of life The' general reader would be aurpriaad to know how In teresting all thla la and how much tbne atodenta can not In to learn all that can be learned by each atudy. Iwi'l medical rtodent work* along thla line for a time that would aeem entirely too long to the layman, but II la Joat rock atudy (hat baa opened Uachiriff of biology M^ii taught ir* •II tb» m-hiMih in tl» wMe ciToiis^J j ■MMt to] I ha: a*UrU that wa would have tU»! pereorutton that the early church Aad only for the fact that we ara • jhnrr ••nlnhtaned people, this new theory la accepted by many of tha hart people in oar land. To aay that It lit 2»> atrurtive to ChrtatianKv la only al •tatement, for ona would ha r.irpria •d to know how i.iany ehriatiaa win latere hava accepted thia mod vWw of tha origin of Ufa. Thay who VmH tmdarato*4 tu kaap ailant on their »lawa | to protect thctr food itAndinf am one • people who hava not yet accepted thia mw viaw point. Tha diaenaaion of tha origin of nu ia what givea tha aupreme offenae tha fundamental int. If thia tor* of tha aohjkct could ha laft than thara rould ha no offanaa ia tha I praaaat teaching of biology, hot it la natural that tha principlaa of biology bo applied to all forma of Ufa and thua to nan. Tha diacuaaicn of tha origin of man co'.iee up aa inevitably igin of any other living or It would M impoaaibta to toaoh biology aa it la now taught in all tha achoola and not bring tha ori gin of man into tha diacuaaion. Tha Pool bill that waa before our laat leg ialatura, tha action of tha atate of Tannaaaaa, tha afforta of many of tha atatea <>f tha Union, all thoaa afforta to aappraaa tha diacuaaion of tha ori gin of man would alao auppreaa tha teaching of tha aubject of biology. If thia could be dona tha fundamental lata would think tha day waa won for their cauaa. Any man who baa atud ied biology in tha modem achoola or in mediclna knowa that ita Impor tance in the wh<>la educational pro gram ia aoch that no act of legiala ture could auppraaa H. It would ha juat aa aaay to auppraaa tha talk about tha ravolution of tha earth. Of couraa many of the eonchiaiona ara baaed on thaory, but many aolid facta can be pointed to that aeem to atantiate the theoriea. Juat how much truth thara la In thia new viaw point there ia no way to determine, but It la a fact that moat men who give it careful thought ac cept It. Thia doea not mean that moat men who attend collage accept it. for a great many man go to col lage with their mind* already made up on their viewa of life, and atudy with what could bo really called a cloaad mind. They ara not open to convic tion and therefrre are never able to gat the new outlook that thay might iret if their minda ware not already in what ran be truthfully aaid to be a fixed atate. ' And ao, it ran be very aafely aaid, (he layman can count on hear in r much about thia controversy for many a day to come. One party to the con troversy is known now aa the funda mentalist and the other the modern ist. The fundamentaliat ia the man who holds to the view of creation aa accepted hv the old churchman in hie interpretation of Geneaia, and the modemiat holda to the theory of a developing life, a growing up alowty and by degrees that are ao alow aa to require a Ion* period of time, cen turies and renturioa, and he aeaa life aa a continual change from one form to another, nlwaya aaeking a higher level and lopping off the uaeleaa and adjuating ttaelf to aome better atate of being. Tha. fundamentaliat contend* that the view point of the modemiat ia dangeroua and will destroy all that ia good, while the modemiat inaiata on the very opposite and answers by aay injr that hia view point la a reaaon ahle and adentific explanation that haa hack of it facta that are an clear ly ahown in the unaeen world about ua that no man ahould careleaaly throw them aaide without giving them due ronaideration. counl found cotton V»™« montta ago tlto \nWriWn ■ftgasina, a Journal of nati.-nwidn circulation, carried an lllutbnited ar ticle telling of t)M groat ability of Mr. Reevoa, hu wonderful aucceaa, hli ideal family life, and the hick place bo had made for hi«i«elf in New York City and the bmineaa world. He died in the prima of life and poeeibly before ho had reached the higheat period of hia uaafulnena, for ha vaa making a reputation of loynl ty to hia chtfrch am] aaeoriatea and waa rnpidlv becoming one of the world'* rich*it men, we hare never heard an eatimata of hia wealth, but he waa, we understand, rated aa many time* a millionaire. No family ever lived among our t<e«ple who had more devoted and toy. al friend* who felt a' dintinct low when they found hnmee In otlwr part* of the wiunUy. Their recce a* in their varioua purauita in life tea been watched with intereat and pride. The devotion at the family tn the home land la unmistakably «hown when they elect, when Itfa'a wort to over, to be bmnght back tn aleep the la at aleep among the eternal M"* of tteir birth. then Um wajr Um people rifM km M Hurry «n<l M»un. A try think will be •km M the Bane Mm* live. Tin «w*Me «tt um majority of oar psoais is that we have not fallen hi Una with the progreasive wa*» that Intra baan worked oat during the of tha paat years < Our fathoM foraata and due holaa in tha (round with a hi* and planted thajpatn» of corn and made a living. flay pro. . mayhe, fifteen buahel* of «am to I ha acta. We do llttla better. Our fatheri noeretl tha whaat ifrain* by hand and reaped tha ripened grain with a hand hook and got, mayhe, fight bushels of grain ta tha acre. Wa do but littla better. Along with tha changing times in thia aga of scientific inveetigation whan ztwo bladaa of graaa art mada to grow whara only una graw before^ living in many way*. 1M hon of our lather* wa* a simple affair of tha bara necessities of I if a. Tha Mo dern home ha* ita autocaoWla, it* piano, ita cook Mora, ita radio, ita li brary, ita nearapapera and maga •ml ■»<»■( IITtfilll aiurat • k^a Bnt w VIIWSB4, ba had until our people gat away from th<- Klaaa bald by our ftthera. Tha ancouraging thing ia that many of oar paopla ara learning. Wa were out in the country a faw da ye ago and aaw tha nice home of a young man, not yet thirty yaara of aga, and Im haa already maJe a place for himaatf ia hia community that make* it . far him to have hia mixiern bungalow, hia electric light and arator ayatom, hia automobile, hia wife and baby and hia radio. Evidently hia ideas ara far from tha idea* of our fathers or from the ideas held by a grant majority of our young people at thi* day. It ia all in the way one thinka. If you would listen to us we would say get a farm paper, (at in touch with your county agent, gat - in the habit of aaaociatinr with progressive people and line up with the beet that ia to be had in the world of thought. IF THEY COULD ONLY KNOW If the people of the many sta'ee notth of m could only know of * delightful climate «• have ban in t < part of the country whan compared with their, they would, many of them, close out the* holdings and make a new homa hare in ttua sunny south land. Thara k a disposition on the part of the people of this stata to in duea others to coma and make their homaa with us. The effort will not fail, tor thara is food reason why this should ha dona. Wa have much va cant land, many undeveloped oppor tunities and all We need la men of enerjry and some capital te make ideal conditions for every man who will cast his lot with aa. AH this was made so vary plain to us one night last week that we are telling about it. Or Thursday we no ticed a bunch of carpenters working all day in the open air on a building. The weather conditions were ideal for outdoor work, neither too hot nor too cold. That night we were listening in over the radio te a musical concert in a city in Ohio. All at once the an nouncement was made that a severe storm was raging over that country and the condition of the wires was such as to make it necessary to dis continue the concert. The following day here hi our state was another ideal one as to weather. But we read in the morning papers how a storm hud caused much damage to property and many deaths in several western states. This was such a definite contrast as to the conditions here in our own state in contrast to the condi tions in the other states that tt made a lasting impression pn our mind. And so. we repeat, if the people of the north could only know of the ideal living conditions in this section many of them would moat certainly cast their lot with ua. THE JOKE ON THE CON. CHESSMEN ' All lawa that ara mad* to apply to the city of Waahington and the dia trict of Colombia art mad* by Con prtw. On* day la«t weak waa taken bp la committee meeting trying to de cide whether or not a law ahall be mad* to stop fortune telling in th^t fortune teller* w*r* there atf right to defend their profeeaion or t**de or raffing, whatever it ia, and joke wai on th* law maker* when it\na brought out that many eon* gre*«mrn and aenator* ar* In the habit of getting advice from th*** fakir*. One woman atood up In meat inz and Uatlfied that a he waa oftan raaad jtfion by th*** mirhty law mak era to fall them what to do. And no man waa there to contradict her. If all thia waa no* ao aatontahing H would b* funny. Efp $1.33 J. B. Midkiff, of thb city, thia wwk received • Betting of it Plymouth Rock agga from the (mow chicken breeder, E. B. TVnpaan, A mania, M. T. Thia aetting waa from hi* beat prise-winning pen and coat Jim a twenty dollar bill, or 91.S3 for each egg. If Jim doai not get aa many aa 10 chick* from the aetting he can gat a second one for half price. There ar* several chicken fancier* about thia city and then ha* d**alo|iad among them a dealt« to get the beat •tock that la bMahtahle. Dr. and Mr*, ft. J. *d to SOar City by a announcing the Injury of Mr*. LorCf* father Dr. Urknu tn aa to ka advartiaad to tka Otter towns ara 1 Duhliettv cuualn ESS Racintly a inimil m >t«rt*d North Wllkasboni stoiUar to tfc* 01 that Is h»iM» talkad uf kara. In tlk hustling little city | in* •mpli-yadol W in« raisaa to am ploy a wbuiaH aacratory to work for tha intoraat that mountain aectlan. Waka folks ami lata jfst oor just pu tion tha waalth that kl North Carolina by Solicitor Cra*M to ft* ia Tk* 111 i »t*t*ment IhumI to tto priu last Saturday Solicitor 8. P. Graves, of this dtgr, definitely and* it knows that ha would enter the primaries far rvnomination aa MiictUir for this dis trict. Mr. Graves' many friend* in tto diatrict have had noma fear* that he woold decline to aoek tto nomina tion, and aince tto entry into tto raoe of J. M. Sharp®, of Retd«vills, waa an nounced tto friend* of Mr. Graves have urged that to enter tto race. In announcing hi* decision to enter tto primary Mr. Graves said "I have deferred making any state ment for tto reason it has been a dif ficult natter for me to determine just what was my il'iiy to tto district and myself. Again, folks ware busy and I certainly did nut want to toritol them with a long dranw-oot campaign. Now, inquiries have bscnms numer ous and many good citiaens have in itiated that I ought to answer to pub lic requirements and urged me to say that I would stand for re-nomination.' "In making the statement that my name will be presented in tto coming primary I feel that I have not been impelled by selfish motives, bat am answering to a public duty—a duty to a people wbo have toea graciously kind to me during all ttoee year* of association and service." O. B. Webb, of this city, Hu gone •ni ittrtod the political pot to boiling m thu count/ by calling a convention of the Republicans which is to M*t in Ocbaon on Saturday, April I, to perfect a county organization that will make an effort to ndaaai old Surry to the Republican cause. Al ready talk of candidates for the var ious offices is heard among the poli ticians. For sheriff the names of ex Sheriff A. L. Ash bum and T. G. Samuels are freely mentioned, while it if understood that Mitt f Harkrader will again be placed oa the ticket for Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Court r. T. Lewellln will have as his opponent A. U. Wolfe, of Kappa Mill. The following is the call that Chair man Webb is broadcasting from station OBW on Lebanon Street, this city: "To the Republicans of Surry Coun ty. "You are hereby called to meet at some place designated by your town ship chairman on Saturday, March 27th, 1926, at 2 P. M. and elect your township organisation and at the same time elect your delegates to the county convention which is called to meet in Dobeon on Saturday. April 8, at 2 P. M., to transact the following business: "To elect delegates to the state con vention which meets in Durham April 8th; to elect delegates to the Con gressional, Judicial and Senatorial conventions; to elect a county chair man, secretary and members of the executive committee and to transact such other business as may come be fore the convention. 0. B. WEBB. Chairman - it» Far ' H. O. Wolu, Secretary of Um Mount 1 Airy Merchants Association, n»« out I the information her* today that Zeb B. Hatcher, local hardware Merchant and progressive business man, has fifty acres of land adjoining the right of way of the Atlantic h Yadkin Sail way which he proposes to donate for manufacturing sitae to persons or firms desiring to locate plant* in the granite City. >SMt. Hatcner Hi ago from Virginia and he is so com pletely sold on Mount Airy that he is not only tailing others of Ka, advan tages but is willing to hand qttt sub stantital inducements to those «aek ing a new field of endeavor. TSe local Merchants Association hai raised a large sum of Money to ha spent la telling the outside world aoMe of the great advantages of this city and Section, not only its attracthre aa a place to live, it* Matchleea it* and its great and varied re the thing which is of vital concern to thoee peekingJt IMA | for enterprise, the abundance of Intel-1 ligrnt native A committee coaspoaed of the had ing business men of the city Is busy working out the details of the organi sation of Mount Airy's new Chamber of Coaairn. With this new orgaa isation ready to function within the very near future and the coming of the Southern Public Utilities Com pany on July 1st thf people of this section are looking for a period of constructive progress that will rival the forward strides made in any given period of ear history. Mr. and Mrs. Will Jaekaen, et « city, Mr. and Mr*. Late Arm field and I Mies Eate Jackson have returned I from a visit to Mr* C. H. AnafieW | at Miami, Ha. ' W. S. Wolfe i J. The uli of the Plnfd IHriiti lands at Zephyr waa bald last Satur <tay u advertised by Um trustee for the hnnita^an that are sacuring tha county in tha amount that Mr. Bk> ridge ia due the county aa a former treaeurer. On his retirement from office four year* a(u Mr. Eld ridge waa found to ha due tha county more than ttOflOQJUQ. In reaching a aat t lament wiih Mr. Eldridc* tha proe ent board of commissioners required a not* from him signed by hia bonds men. In lignisf the notaa tha bonds men ,4b turn took a dead of Uaat.on MO acres of fine farming hud that Mr. Eldridge owna at Zephyr. As time haa dragged along Mr. Eldridge has been unable to make good the loes to the county and last month tha bondiimen who signed the notaa advertised his lands for sale at public auction. Tha entire 600 acres j bnmgha 110,200 and waa purchased by Mr. Newt Martin at Salem Fork. It I is said there la already s mortgage of $4,000 against tha land, held by i the farm loan board, which would still leave the bondsmen of Mr. Elilrwigr short about 115,000 The land owned by Mr. Eldridge la very valuable and under normal con ditions should he worth tWJOOQ. Tha bondamen expect to meet in EDtin one day this week and determine what course to pursue to protect their in terest and perhaps make an effort to naeure more money from the sale oi the land. There are about 16 bonds men that are liable for the loaa. The question of whether or not this county u to hmvt a health department still remains unsettled A hearing before a Superior court judge has Seen scheduled on different occasions when the County Board of Health would demand that the court raqprin the County Commissioners to continue to make the regular appropriations. The Commissioners last month made an order discontinuing the appropria tion on March 1st. hut at the meeting held Monday the board continued the health work until April lit. W. J. Byerly, chairman of the hoard, la in Florida and it is understood that at the meeting in April he will perhaps be able to attend an effort will Be made to reach some satisfactory set tlement bet wean the two boards with out tailing the matter into court. A. D. Folger in HoapiUl Attorney A. D. Folger, of Dohaon, is a patient at Martin Memorial hos pital where he is being treated for in diirestion and a general breakdown. His many friend* in the county will be glad to know that his condition is not serious and that he is expected to be able to return to his home in a short time? I Mm Tkt KlnnU Club of Mount wa* host to torty-<uid boy* o low* on Friday night, Februar) ■t tit* regular luncheon at the Blue Ridge Hotel. Thia wa* "Father and Siill ' n m t,A lk«a> — — f I ■ ark* softs of thtir own borrowd aona of other man for the occa«ion Ed Linville waa in charge ul tha program. Thr fir* numbrr waa a humor ou* Ulk by Err. Arthur Mar -huil. Than Jack Martin asade a sponae to an addiwaa of ■ behalf of tha boys. E' nounced Jack'i effort a real W. A. bora about tha world hi i today and told tha bojrs what thair dad* have 4 tWa • bet tar world to Ura In. Calvin Gravaa, Jr., preaided whila tha boy* introduced tha Khmha whom they were attending tha meet ing with. Kuaaall Barlow kn hrea wara presented to a*ck boy preeent as a memento of tha oeeaaion and cut finger* and hands are bow tha fashion among tha boy*. Thoaa preaent pronounced thia tha vary hast meeting the club baa had in some time. Tha attendance waa good and the cnthusiaaa great. The following bora were guests of tha club: Robert Lovill, Jr, Billy Simpson. Thomas Faweett, Jack Mar tin, Robert Jackaon, Joa Jacluon, Ro bert For, Calvin Grave*, Jr, John T. Moore, Jr- Wyatt Partridge. Thamar Kiger, Charlie Witt, Joa Teah, Jr, Byron Watson, Locke and Lewi* Webb. Red Binder, Dockery Wolfe, Hale Yokley, Winston McKinney, Lon nie Vllliani*, Charter Maya, Wil«<« Barber, James Cotaba, James John son, Eugene Whitman. Harry Binder, James Bray, Jr., Robert Brown. Jr, Moir Fulk, Kenneth Cook. Clrda Crouch. Duke Cuadiff, Wm. Taylor, E. H. Dixon, Jr., Faal Stewart, Mile* Wright, Claade Mo Foy, Gao. Wright. ( John Hoi ling* worth, Boamsn George, Yancey Grave*. Jr, Ralph Herman, Henry Arm field. Joe Haynea, Clyde Banner, Ben Johnson, Paul Kirkmaa and Hcyry Row*. 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