ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN ONE DOLLARIPER YEAR
VOL. 39 Asheboro, N. C, Thursday, August 20, 1914 No. 33
COUNTY CONVENTION
ROAD WORK TO BEGIN
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
FREIGHT RATES
HEARD ON THE STREETS
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THE WAR NEWS
JAPAN MAY ENTER CONFLICT,
HAS ISSUED ULTIMATUM TO
GERMANY BRITISH TROOPS
LAND IN FRANCE FRENCH
GAIN IN ALSACE GREAT BAT
TLE BF SflEEN SEVERAL ARM
IES LOOiv- r"i?yR ANY TIME
CROWN PRINc. ' GERMANY
SERIOUSLY WOUNi
The results of the fighting for tn,.
last few days up to last Saturday
were the gradual advance of large
German scouting parties west of
Liege and almost halfway to Brussels,
in the north, while in the south the
French had fought their way to the
tops of the Vosges to peer down into
Alsace. In the center both sides have
proceeded most cautiously as requir
ed by the immense fortifications on
both sides of the boundary below Lux
embourg. The week's reconnaisances by Ger
many in Belgium gave the Kaiser's
commanders little information as to
the enemy's plans. At no places were
there reports of large forces encoun
tering the Germans. Instead, the al
lies were able to halt the skirmishing
at least some distance in front of
their main positions.
The week brought forth no strate
gic change in Southern Alsace. Both
sides were apparently reluctant to en
gage in strenuous activity in that
quarter at present. The French victo
ries will have no permanent effect on
the campaign. The Germans continued
to hold their fortified positions and
they were still masters of the Rhine.
The week showed that the allies were
extremely confident. The ability of
the Liege forts to withstand the Ger
man attack is responsible for initiat
ing the spirit of optimism. Constant
references were seen to the inferiori
ty of the German artillery, the hunger
and dissatisfaction ox the German
prisoners.
A dispatch Monday of this week
says that while the German forces
were pushing forward through the
valley of the Meuse and still more ex
tensive operations were in progress
along the Alsace-Lorraine frontier,
where the French and German armies
were in contact, Japan sent an ultima
tum to Germany demanding withdraw
al of German warships from the Ori
ent and the evacuation of Kiau-Chau,
a German protectorate in China. The
territory of Kiau-Cbu comprises an
an area of 200 square miles, with 200
, square miles additional in the bay.
Tsing-Tau, the seat of the governor
J of the territory, is the port where the
t German warships mobilized at the
""outbreak of the hostilities. Peking
' reports that three British regiments
have been ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to go aboard transports,
and it is supposed they will co-oper-
ate with the Japanese land forces, if
force of arms is resorted to. Japan s
ultimatum gives Germany until Aug
ust 23rd to comply with her demands.
The general expectation is that er-
many will refuse to comply with the
demands and that war will follow. To
assure its arrival in Berlin, the ulti
matum was forwarded by six differ
ent routes, one of which was through
the United states.
Despite repeated repulses the Ger
man battalions continue to move for
ward for a decisive encounter which
cannot be delayed much longer. While
; there has been a lull in the fighting in
i Bel gum, the invaders are sweeping
along the valley or the Meuse. south
of Namur, and have reached Dinant,
where part of a strong French force,
which is established behind the town,
took the offensive and defeated them
All along the Alsace-Lorraine frontier
advance guards of the two opposing
armies have come into contact and
the Germans have been driven back
everywhere with loss. Strong French
forces are in possession of all the
passes of the Vosges mountains, and
are ready to proceed over the flat
country to Muelhaussen. The French
have taken the offensive along the
German frontier, but the two main
armies have not yet come together.
In the battles on the Austro-Ser-
vian and Austro-Russian frontier .both
aides claim the victories. Austria is
preparing to resist an attack on the
Adriatic shores, which will probably
be undertaken by the French and feng
lish fleets combined. A state of
siege has been proclaimed in Bulga
ria.
The ominous dispatch from Brus
sels telling of the moving of the Beat
of the Belgian government from that
city to Antwerp indicates that the
German army is gradually throwing
a network around the Belgian capital
which sooner or later must fall into
the hands of the Kaiser's men. The
British and French armies are sup
posed to have reached Belgian tern
tory, and one of the greatest battles
of modern times it appears is about
to be staged, the outcome of which no
man can tell. The battle may in a
measure decide the destinies of more
than one nation and change the map
of Europe. Like the evil-looking
clouds that appear on the horizon just
before the event or a western tornado,
dealing death and destruction in its
wake, so the embattled powers are
lined up on the plains of Belgium
ready for the titanic conflict which is
bound to come soon. Nations are wait
ing in suspense for word of the great
engagement which must occur in a
short time. The battles fought so far
have been mere skirmishes and will
not be thought of when the real battle
occurs.
A report from Berlin says that Em
peror William and three of his sons
have gone to the front. The Germans
have inflicted great loss on the French
in the fighting near Namur and Di-
HELD IN ASHEBORO LAST SAT
URDAY MOST OF PRESENT
OFFICERS RENOMINATED.
The Democratic County Convention
convened in the court house last Sat
urday at 11 o'clock and was called to
order by acting chairman T. J. Finch.
J. O. Redding was made chairman of
he convention and Fletcher Craven,
t . Ingold, and Henry Robins, secreta
ries. There were three candidates for
clerk of the superior court, W. C.
Hammond, J. M. Cavines3 and Capt.
A. E. Burns. Immediately after the
convening or the convention after the
noon recess Mr. Hammond, who went
into the convention within only six
votes of the nomination, would not
permit his name to go before the con
vention and in an enthusiastic speech
withdrew, pleading for peace and har
mony, and pledging himself to the
support of the nominee of the conven
tion. Mr. W. J. Scarboro made a
ringing speech in behalf of Democra
cy and commending the record of
Mr. Hammond and heartily applauded
with great demonstration.
Mr. J. M. Caviness was nominated
over Capt. A E. Burns by a small
fraction of a vote on first ballot. The
other officers nominated were W. J.
Scarboro, Clarence Parks and H. O.
Barker for County Commissioners and
E. O. York as member of the House.
After the adjournment of the con
vention, T. J. Finch was elected chair
man and L. F. Ross secretary f the
executive committee, only a part of
the dinerent township executive com
mittees being present.
The convention was in the main
harmonious. The folowing resolu
tions were adopted:
We, the Democrats of Randolph
County, in convention assembled,
heratily endorse the administration of
our chief executive, Woodrow Wilson,
and the record of our Senators and
Representatives in Congress.
We further endorse the efficient ad
ministration of the Governor of North
Carolina, Locke Craig, and congratu
late the people of North Carolina un
the substantial reduction of freight
rates.
We endorse the administration of
our county officers, and we heartily
approve of the progressive movement
being made to secure good roads in
Randolph county.
We favor a state-wide primary for
all parties, for state, Congressional,
judicial, and county officers to be held
at the same time.
We approve of theaction. of our
county finance committee and Board
of Commissioners in the material re-
duction they have made in the fees of
the county officers.
I. F. CRAVEN, Secretary.
nant A report of the naval fight in
the Adriatic coming from Rome,
states that the French sunk three war
ships of the Austrian navy. The Rus
sian army is invading Austria and
fierce fighting between the two armies
is reported.
The following statement has been
issued by the British official press
bureau: "Any action Japan takes
will not extend beyond the China seas
except insofar as may be necessary to
protect Japan shipping lines."
A dispatch from Rome says the
Montnegrin troops have crossed the
Bosnian frontier and occupied the
town of Tchainitza after a fierce bat
tle. The Montenegrins have also cap
tured eight Austrian blockhouses in
Herzegovina. They have also occupied
seven villages and taken twelve Aus
tria nofficers prisoners.
A war bulletin from London says
the Austrian army has invided Russia.
A German aeroplane reconnoitering
over Gives, in Belgium, was brought
to earth by Belgian gunners.
Later From the war zones comes
only brief reports of the activities of
the vast German and allied armies
opposing each other. The French of
ficially report that the Germans have
abandoned Sarrebourg. The Liege
forts are all said to be still intact and
a Brussels dispatch says the German
advances toward Belgian seem to
have been checked. The French
troops are in contact with the Ger
mans, but there is no important en
gagement. A British expeditionary
force numbering more than one hun
dred thousand has landed at French
and Belsrian ports and is well on its
way to form a junction with its al
lies. A statement is issued Dy tne
British official press bureau to the ef
fect that desultory fighting has oc
curred between the British patrolling
suadrons and flotillas and the German
reconnoitering cruisers. There are
rumors of a naval engagement about
100 miles off Harwich, in the North
sea.
The French commander, General
Joffre. personally reports French
nrocrress in Upper Alsace and de
clares French troops have occupied all
the region in Lorraine, 32 miles in
side the German frontier. An Ameri
can corps has been organized in Paris
and several American aviators have
offered their aeroplanes to the govern
ment. There is some Question as to
whether this offer will be accepted,
because of possible international
complications. The former Prench
minister of finance, Paul Doumer, who
has returned to France from the fron
tier, says three Zeppelins have been
destroyed by gun fire and one wreck
ed by dropping ir.to a forest. News
comes from Rome that the Austrian
cruiser Zentah has been sunk. Liege
remains the center of interest.
An iron-clad veto of unauthorized
intelligence from Belgium, which the
ON GUILFORD END OF ASHE
BORO -GREENSBORO HIGHWAY
JOINT MEETING OF COMMIT
TEES AT RANDLEMAN.
A joint meeting of the committees
and subscribers of the Randolph-Guilford
Highway was held in Randleman
Tuesday of last week, and plans for
the completion of the road were ma
terialized. The road will pass through
Asheboro, Randleman, and Level
Cross townships of Randolph county,
and through a portion of Guilford.and
the work has been divided into sections
and a committee appointed to look af
ter the work in each of these town
ships and one for the Guilford divis
ion. Kelly Coltrane was elected to
represent the county in Level Cross
township and L. E. Rockett, the sub-,
scribers. The work in Randleman
township is under the management of
Messrs. Deal, Caudle and Cox. Mr.
R. P. Deal, of Randleman, was made
treasurer of Randleman and Level
Cross townships and Mr. W. J. Arm
field, of Asheboro township. The Ashe
boro division work is under C. C.
Cranford and D. B. McCrary. The
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
had appointed J. C. Watkins and Tom
Hunter to represent Guilford county
and co-operate with the Randolph
committee.
A fund has ben raised in Guilford
to help do the work on the Randolph
division and the money will be used
in Level Cross township, as there has
not been as much money raised in
that township as in the others. The
work will begin about next Monday
in Level Cross township, at the coun
ty line, and come toward Asheboro,
under the joint supervision of Rand
olph and Guilford. Randolph has al
ready started the work at this end and
the road is being graveled out from
Asheboro. A surveyor is to be furn
ished from the state by Joseph Hyde
Pratt, who is working in conduction
with the people interested in the con
struction of the road and the route
will be laid out properly. The road
will be completed at least by the first
oi January.
COBLE REUNION.
Fifteen Hundred People Gather at
Coble's Church For Family Re
union.
At least 1,500 people, two -thirds of
whom were Cobles and their relatives,
gathered at Coble s church near Ju
lian last week to hold a family re
union. They came from Randolph,
Guilford and Alamance counties. At
eleven o'clock the services were open
ed with a song by the choir and devo
tional exercises by Kev. H. W. Jen-
coat. Rev. Charles Coble, of High
Point, made an address in which he
showed that when parents live right
the children may be proud of them
and when children respect parents
they are the glory of the parents.
After dinner the old people enter
tained the young by singing a number
of old-fashioned tunes. Rev. R. R.
Sowers then spoke on "Christian Cit
izenship" and his talk was enjoyed by
all. Kev. u. 1. Hitman read the lami
ly history. The ancestors of the fan1.
ily came from Germany, according to
the history read by JUr. Oilman.
A permanent reunion organization
was formed with J. P. Coble as presi
dent; D. H. Coble, vice-president; H.
C. Coble, secretary and Rev. D. I. Off-
man, historian.
The occasion was enjoyed by all
present, and all ot the relationship are
elated over the tact that they are o
the family.
The State Department of the United
States has made public the German
proclamation as to contraband of war.
The list corresponds as regards abso
lute contraband to the commodities
set forth in the British declaration.
three armies had agreed upon, has
been enforced to the letter. Censor
ship of the British war office follow
closely that enforced by the Japanese
during their war with Russia.
Two actually uncertain factors re
main to be weighed and determined
and until some real battles shall have
given some light on them, there will
be no settled frame of mind in Europe.
These are whether the French army is
better than it was in 1870 and wheth
er the Russian armsy is better than it
was in the Japanese war.
Official information from Berlin
says that the Japanese ultimatum has
been delivered to the German govern
ment and that war between Japan and
uermany is not unlikely, Ihe Japan
ese minister at Berlin, apparently see
ing such an eventuality, asked Ambas
sador Gerard to take over Japanese
interests in uermany.
An official communication made
public in Paris attaches credence to
the report that the crown prince of
uermany has been seriously wounded
and that he is now at Aix-La-Chap-
elle.
Holland is taking more precautions
along her frontier to enforce her neu
trality. Detachments of cavalry con
stantly patrol the frontier and large
forces of infantry guard tne roads
on which are barbed wire entangle
ments and barricades. Arrangements
are complete for flooding the country
at the frontier at a moment's notice.
In the neighborhood of the forts, trees
and crops have been razed to make it
impossible for an army to approach
under cover. Several whole orchards
have been cut down.
Japan has asked ihe United States
to take over her embassy in Berlin
"in case of emergency."
ITEMS OF INTEREST TAKING
PLACE THIS WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE DIFFERENT SEC
TION'S OF THE WORLD,
Senator Ike Stevenson, of Wiscon
sin, the oldest member of the United
States Senate, 85, has decided that he
will not be a candidate for re-election.
Suffragists of Washington have de
cided to postpone some of their money
rasing schemes requiring public dem
onstrations out of respect for the late
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Victoriana Huerta, former presi
dent of Mexico, accompanied by Gen
eral Blanquet, minister of war in his
cabinet, landed at Bristol, England,
last bunday. He continued on his way
to Spain Monday.
The English War Office has agreed
that two United States army officers
can accompany the English forces to
the front as observers. No other of the
European nations involved have repli
ed to requests for such permission.
The Chicasro. Peori & St. Louis Rail
way has been placed in the hands of
receivers. The action was brought by
the Bankers' Trust Co., of New York,
following the failure of the road to
pay interest on $2,000,000 bonds due
on June 1 of this year.
The Southern Railway has placed
an embargo on shipments intended for
export to Europe. An order issued
from headquarters of the system has
directed traffic representatives to dis
continue issuing bills of lading to
British and continental ports.
After a twelve months' stay in the
United States the Davis cup, the
trophy that carries with it the world's
tennis championship, has resumed its
international travels. At Forest Hills,
New York it was won by the Austra
lian players last Saturday.
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, formerly
snonlpv nf the Honso of Ronrosonta-
tives, has announced his candidacy for
the Republican nomination lor Con
ores. from the Danvilln. Illinois, dis
trict. The primaries are to be held on
September i).
A full regiment of American Ma
rines, in addition to two gunboats, will
lend weight to President Wilson's
peace plan which a special commission
now enroute to Santo Domingo City
is to lay before the Dominican Repub
lic e warring tactions.
At Newberry, the home of Governor
Blease, of South Carolina, K. 1. Mann
ing, of Sumpter, candidate for Govern
or, came to blows one day last week
with J. B. Adger Mullally, an avowed
Blease candidate for governor. The
lines are becoming tightly drawn in
the South Carolina political situation,
A drove of hogs, crazed by the heat,
attacked Emory J. Niday, of Munice,
Intl., Saturday and chased him for a
pood distance. He finally reached a
fence and climbed it, but the hogs
could not get over. They had already
devoured his shoes and socks which
were on the ground, where the man
vpK when they attacked him.
Opportunity for increasing trade
with many important points on tne
Carribbean Sea has been given to
Southern manufacturers and mer
chants by the recent establishment by
the Seeburg Line of service between
Mobile and enezuela antl Colombian
ports. Three new steamers, making
fortnightly sailings from Mobile, have
been placed in this service.
Moving pictures are demoralizing
tr-n South Spa natives, breaking up
their old peaceful customs ami incit
ing them to crime, says a returned
traveler from that part of the world,
lie says that nn islander will pawn
r.i;. last pos&essiou U sou a picture
show. They try to imitate the scenes
they see pictured on the canvas. Hold
up occurrences have resulted from
this.
James Foreman, of Junction City,
Kansas, is in a dangerous condition
as the result of a battle with a dozen
large rats which invaded his bedroom
and attacked him as he lay asleep. He
woke up when a rat bit him on the
cheek and he brushed it away with his
hand. The rats sprang at him again,
biting him on the breast. He aroused
the members of the family and they
found 12 huge rats on the bed and
floor.
A bill to permit the loaning of fed
eral reserve notes under the new cur
rency system on cotton, wheat, corn
and oats was introduced in the House
last week by Representatives Henry,
of Texas. The measure vo.iM allow
the Federal Reserve Board to issue
currency to the full value of elevator,
warehouse receipts for such products,
when endorsed by a member bank in
the reserve system. Such issues would
be limited to two billion dollars and
would be authorized only until June
fiO, 1915.
The restriction of its cable service
since the outbreak of the Europe-.i'.i
war was described a few days ago by
the Western Union Telegraph Compa
ny. All telegraph cables with Ger
many, Austria, and Hungary are brok
en and tables leading to other coun
tries are subject to rigid censorship.
Unusual requirements regulating the
sending of messages have been dictat
ed by the British military authorities
and messages not conforming to these
requirements will not be sent. Coda
messages to the warring countries are
barred altogether.
REDUCED EIGHTEEN PER CENT
MUCH HIGHER THAN JUS
TICE ACT FINAL REPORT OF
SPECIAL COMMISSION FILED
An average reduction of about IS
per cent, from the intra-state freight
rates now in force in this state is
what the special instra-state freight
rate commission declared for in its
final report submitted to Governor
Craig and matle public by him last
week. This is compared with an aver
age reduction of S'.) per cent, that was
provided in the schedule of rates
specified ir, the Justice act from the
rates now in force the duty of the
special intra-state freight rate eom-
mision having been to make a thor
ough investigation of the intra-state
freight rate conditions and determine
as to whether the reduced rates pro
vided in the famous Justice act rep
resented too great a cut to be lust to
the railways, as they insisted they
were, and to declare what would be
fair and equitable rates as between
the carrier and the North Carolina
shippers, their conclusions as to a fair
rate schedule to become the law upon
due promulgation by the Corporation
Commissnon.
The special commission made no
changes of consequence in the present
hve and ten mile hauls, concentrating
their principal cuts on the longer
hauls on the basis of lesser operating
expenses on the long hauls. Ihe
changes are based on the present main
line rates of the Southern Railway,
and the special commission specifies
that there be no longer the application
of the 25 per cent charge on freight
originating on the mountain divisions
of the Southern that have been in
force for a number of years and gave
rise to much litigation the past year
or two, involving shippers throughout
Piedmont as well as Westeru North
Carolina.
This special commission consists of
Judge M. H. Justice, chairman; Prof.
W. L. Poteat, president of Wake For
est College; and Hon. A. A. Thomp
son, of the Raleigh cotton mills, their
sessions for the investigation having
been held in Raleigh and Asheville at
their convenience and the convenience
of the railroad officials and shippers,
during the past several months. "The
reduced rates will give relief to the
lumbermen of North Carolina as well
as to the farmers and other industries
and will enable the eastern part of the
state to trade with the western part
of the state, says Governor Craig.
WILL NOT COMPEL FOREIGNERS
TO RETURN
Nations now at war cannot compel
their citizens now in the United States
to return and fight, the State Depart
ment of the United States has ruled,
The statement issued says that the
United States is party to no treaties
under which foreigners in this country
may be compelled to return to their
native land for military service, nor
is there any way in which they may be
forced into foreign armies, so long as
they stnv in the United States. The
United States government holds that
no naturalized citizen of this country
may be he'd to account for military
liability to his land before his emigra
tion. This principle may be tested by
countries with which the United
States has not entered into treaties
of naturalization.
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
COMPANY DISSOLVED
The United States District Court
at St. Paul, Minn., last week declared
the International Harvester Company
to b.i a moi'.opjiy in rtwalnt oi inu in
state and foreign trade, and it was or
dered dissolved. Unless the $140,000,-
t00 corporation submits a plan for
ti..! iis--iK..io.i c. tl.o t.;mb!i!cik n i:,
to at least three independent con
corns within 'JO days or in case of ap
peal, within 90 days of the issuance
of an appeal mandate from the United
States Supreme Court, the decision
announces that the court will enter
tain an application for the appoint
ment of a receiver for all the proper
ties of the corporation.
FIRST LARGE BOAT THROUGH
PANAMA CANAL
The Panama Canal was formally
opened to traffic last: Saturday. Tin
steamship Ancon, owned by the Unit
etl Status War Department, antl leas
ed to the Panama Railroad, was chos
en as the first big boat to be put
through, signalizing the opening ot
the canal to all ships up to 10,000 tons
register, the passage was affected
without a hitch in 70 minutes. The
Ancon was fully loaded with the reg
ular cargo she had brought from New
Lork, the cargo having been left on
board to give a full test with the ship
drawing its full depth of water.
MRS. COIT DIES
Mrs. Dovie Coit, aged 7.r, died
Montreat Saturday night after a shn
!inoss ot acute indigestion, and tin
hody was taken to her homo at Salis
bury for burial. She leaves four chil
dren: Rev. Robert Coit, a niisnioiiary
to Korea; Ucv. John Coit, t-ngascd ir.
school work in the mountaiiis of Geor
gia; Miss Johnsio Coit, i,T the fatuity
of the' Salisbury Graded Schools; and
Miss Laura H. Coit, secretary of the
State Normal College, Greensboro.
Mrs. Coil's maiden name was Knox
and both by birth and marriage she
was a mom her of one of the flute's
inost prominent families.
WHAT OUR TOWN CORRESPON
DENT HEARS AND THINKS
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTER
EST DISCUSSED.
Mr. L. S. Harrelson, of High Point,
is spending a few days in and around
Asheboro.
We met Mr. W. T. Ingle, of Burl
ington, in the Liberty section a few
days ago. He was in that section
prospecting with a view to buying
land.
Your correspontlent believes he is in
a position to say that the greatest ma
jority of Randolph county Democrats
favor a state-wide legalized primary
law for all officers.
The only way that the war in the
old countries will affect Asheboro s
to raise prices so that our people will
have to pay for what they eat and
wear.
W are glad to note thit much lum
ber and ties are being unloaded in
this place, being hauled from various
mills in the county. The gravel roads
are helping Asheboro.
Mr. E. Whatley has opened a store
at Ulah. He has built a handsome
building and has an up-to-date line of
general merchandise. Mr. Whatley is
interested in the saw mill business and
is one of our best citizens.
Our county ticket is a irood one and
wil be elected by a rousing, old-fashioned
Democratic mapority.
The man who never advertises is
like the fisherman who forgets to bait
his hook.
It behooves every Democrat in the
grand old county of Randolph to
stand together. Our candidates are
hue men in every way and we have
enough votes to elect them by a big
majority. Let's support the ticket and
not scratch.
The masonry work of the Fox build
ing will soon be completed and it is
expected the inside work will be fin
ished in short order. And thus the
town goes forward. Asheboro ha3
shaken off the shackles of inertia and
donned the robes of activity.
We have heard quite a number of
our people remark about the good ser
vice tne Asheboro postomce is now do
ing, 'this is a great satisfaction to
the patrons and Mr. R. R. Ross is to
be congratulated on his apparent eff
ort to serve the people as quickly as
possible. It pays to serve the public
well. .4J .
We are sorry to note that our coun
ty is soon to suffer the loss of two of
its most worthy families in the per
sons cf Mr. antl Mrs. C. Y. Weich, of
Liberty, and Mr. and Mr. O. H.
Welch, of Stalcy Route 1. We are sor
ry to lose these good citizens. But
since they have decided it is for their
own good that they cast their lot
among the people of Chatham, we
can only say that they carry with
them the best wishes of our people.
Your correspondent spent a few
days in Liberty township recently. We
were surprised at the wonderful im
provement seen on every hand. Pros
perity and independence are in evi
dence all through that section. We
heard quite a number of leading men
of Liberty township say that the
county Democracy has the advantage
of the prestige of a successful nation
al Democratic administration, and this
is the year for increasing our majori
ty. There was a large crowd in town
Saturday to attend the Democratic
onven:!on. E .vr p.-t.'iiici i:i the
county was well represented and the
Democrats are in as good or better
condition than ever before, and we
V:ii. t. :. ' ;; i : ; : rt : u' t'lv.o ."jr all
god men in the Republican party to
leave that ship-wrecked institution,
rent and torn by internal strife, and
come over to the party of all the peo
plethe party of Jefferson and Jack
son. Br,an and Wilson and find a
hearty greeting ami cordial welcome.
The Democratic party has made a rec
ord in the county, state and nation
which merits your approval and en
dorsement. The trading territory of a town is
not dependent upon the distance of
neighboring trailing points. The trade
territory depends upon the enterprise
of the merchants and the residents of
the town. If a town tloes not reach
out after the trade it will come only
as fast as it has to, and it will grow
as it is forced to. But if merchants
go after busines in the surrounding
country, advertising in every way pos
sible, and making good every word of
their advertising, trade will come in
an ever-increasing radius, the town
will gain a reputation for being awake
for it will forge to the front. It is the
men in town and not altogether the
men living within a certain number
of miles from it that makes the town
good for nothing.
LABOR DAY AT SPENCER
Labor day which has become a fix-t-jre
at Spencer antl has been celebrat-
d there for the last two years will bo
.olcliiated again this year, September
.'. This year promise: to outstrip all
:n nu v events. Among the attractions
r the day will be a great barbecue,
im- ball, bnUooii ascension, athrltic
. Dort.s of ma'iy kinds, iiioman's reel
latcs, including a display of fireworks
. inl a pa.a.ie of floats and union men
. laiting at lisuuiy and marring to
Spencer.