ECOUE
ISSUED WEEKLY
PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN
ONE DOLLARZPERIYEAR
VOL. 39
Asheboro, N. C, Thursday, September, 24, 1914
No. 38
MR. J. ELWOOD COX SAYS MONEY IS EASIER
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111.
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REPUBLICANS WONT i"UE HANDBOOK THIS FALL
THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO TL THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHAT
THEY HAVE DONE IN CONGRL THEY HAVE NO ISSUES
MANY REPUBLICANS VOTED I DEMOCRATIC MEASURES
THAT HAVE BEEN PASSTD
For the first time in many years the
Republicans will not issue a campaign
book. The National Republican Con
gressional Committee has decided that
it would be money wasted to prepare
and print a book as the facts would
justify. Therefore, the standpatters
back home will not be told in hand
some printed form what their Con
gressmen have been doing in Wash
ington. Democrats say that there is a rea
son for a lack of a Republican
campaign book this year. They say
that the Republicans have no issue,
Tor many of their leading men voted
for Democratic measures enacted in-
The Democratic campaign workers
point with pride to the folowing rec
ord' The Underwood-Simmons tariff
passed the House May 8, 1913, by
a vote of 281 to 139, supported by
three Republicans, three Bull Moos
ers, and one Independent; by the
Senate, September 9, 44 to 37, one Re
publican and one Bull Moose voting
fThe tariff bill of the Democrats be
came a law by the aid of Republican
and Bull Moose Congressmen, making
it a non-partisan law. The Republi
can committee can not consistently
make an issue on the tariff when four
of their men voted with the Demo-
CrThe Reserve Act, one of the most
popular of the Democratic Adminis
tration measures, was supported in
the House by 35 Republicans and 14
Bull Moosers, and in the Senate by
three Republicans, and one Bull
Moose. . , .
There is no campaign thunder in
that record for the Republican Con
gressional committee.
The Trade Commission Bill passed
the House by acclimation and 12 Re
publicans voted for it in the Senate.
Forty-one Republicans and 15 Bull
Moosers in the House, seven Republi
cans and one Bull Moose in the Sen
ate supported tha Clayton Anti-Trust
Eighty-one Republicaps and 14 Bull
Moosers, in the House, voted for the
Rayburn Railway Securities Bill; the
Senate has not yet decided on that
measure. . . .
The Republicaps get no comfort out
of this record. They are afraid to
boast of their efforts to defeat Pres
ident Wilson's anti-trust bills.
The Lever Agricultural Extension
Act and the Industrial Employes Ar
bitration Act was passed without dis
senting vote by the House and Senate.
Seventy Republicans and 14 Bull
Moosers in the House, and 24 Re
publicans and one Bull Moose m the
Senate supported the Mexican War
resolution.
The European war emergency leg
islat;on was enacted by Democrats
and Republicans.
While the Republican Campaign
Committee hesitates to reveal
through printed booklet its record in
A SUCCESSgKILLER
KHTHING KILLS SUCCESS LIKE
WORRY WORRYING INDI
CATES A LACK OF CONFI
DENCE IN OUR STRENGTH
DON'T DO IT.
Perhaps there is nothing else so
utterly foolish and unprofitable as a
habit of v.tuiyiirr. It sans the ner
vous energy and robs us of tht
strength and vitality necessary for
the real work of life. It makes exist
ence a burdvn :'.:vl weariness in:te;-.d
of a perpetual joy and blessing as it
should be. Poise and serenity rc nec
ssary tc the complete development
of character and true success. The
man who worries is never self-centered,
never perfectly balanced, never at
his best;, for every moment of mental
anxietv taes away vitality and push,
and robs him of manhood and power,
Worrying indicates a lack of confi
dence in our strength; it shows that
we are unbalanced, that we do not lay
hold of the universal energy which
leaves no doubt, no uncertainty. The
man who does not worry, who believes
in himself, touches the wires of inh
nite power. Never doubting, never
hesitating, lie is constantly reinforced
from the Omnipotence that creates
planets and suns.
The habit of worry is largely
physical infirmity; it is an evidence of
lack of harmony in the mental system.
The well-poised soul, the selfcentered
man, never wabbles or hesitates. The
infinite balance wheel preserves him
from all shocks, and all accidentc or
uncertainty.
Enough vital energy has been wast
ed in useles worry to run all the af
fairs of the world.
CORN RIPE
Corn gathering time will soon be
here. On some farms where corn was
plante 1 gathering will begin this week
and next week.
The crop in this county will be much
better than expected especially in the
eastern half of the county.
The ground is in fine condition for
fall plowing and much wheat, clover
and oats will be sown. '
the Senate and House since President
Wilson came into power the Demo
cratic campaigners are telling the
world how President Wilson was aided
in his fight for better tariff, currency
and trust laws by such Republicans as
Senators LaFollette of Wisconsin and
Poindexter of Washington, Norris of
Nebraska, Weeks of Massachusetts,
Clapp of Minnesota, Cummins of Io
wa, Grona of North Dakota, Borah of
Idaho, and Jones of Washington, and
Representatives Cooper and John J.
Esch of Wisconsin, Henry T. Helgesen
of North Dakota, and scores of others.
The Republicans are without an is
sue. They are floundering around,
not knowing where to strike. Colonel
Roosevelt and his party are more at
sea than the Republicans. In order
to get a start the Colonel had to go to
Louisiana and see his old Bull Moose
friend, John M. Parker.
On the other hand, the Democrats
are proclaiming to the country the
story of their record at the White
House and in Congress.
"Every measure of legislation pro
posed by Woodrow Wilson since he
became President, and enacted into
law, has received the votes of Re
publicans and Bull Moosers, as well
as Democrats in both the Senate and
House," says a statement issued by
the Democratic campaign committee.
"No other President in the entire his
tory of the nation has made such a
record.
"The legislation of the 63rd Con
gress is Democratic legislation. But
it is more than that.
"It is legislation for and on behalf
of, and approved by, the vast majori
ty of the American people. The laws
enacted by the Democratic party, like
the entire record of the Democratic
party -under President Wilson, rises
above party lines.
"Service of the whole people, not
partisan advantage or advancement,
has been the guiding principal of ac
tion. By vote and speech during the
pendency of the Democratic bills in
Congress, Representatives and Sena
tors of the political opposition conced
ed this:
"For all the great remedial enact
ments in the long, impressive recor
of achievment, some of the spokes
men of the Republican and Bull
Moose parties in the House and Sen
ate, as well as the Dmocrats, voted.
"For others, a majority of "Repres
entatives and Senators of all parties
voted.
"For still others, all the Congress
men of all parties voted.
"Many Republican and Bull Moose
Congressmen have verted for s con
struetive, go-ahead program, vh
others, a small minority, have voted
to hang hack, to obstruct, and Tven to
retreat.
In the Congressional campaign, now
on, the Democrats are aggros
buovant. and hopeful, while the Re
publicans are hviekwa-rd, lifeless and:
dispondem.
EMPEROR WILLIAM
DECLARES WAR ON THE DRINK
HABIT AMONG CADETS OF TH
GERMAN NAVY SAYS DRINK
IS AN OLD HERITAGE.
I ho advocates ot thf open aioon
dt light to P"int to Germany as the n
tion that is made happy and dc-light
f tl boirw? of the .f-.TT.Um a'!-V(!
the matter oj the sale of aicohou - li
uor.
It i-. said by these saloon advou.te
th'-t Germm? scs vo .:. ! on ?. (
strict the salt of intoxicants to he
ch izens.
In this correction the fi Moving
from a speech delivered by Em
William II at Murvics, Germany, Xo
vernber 21, 1910. at the dedication of
the naval academy, is .interesting a
showing how Eroprror Willisim vcw
the drink traffic.
Here is what he said en that ceea
sion :
"Now I will give you a little warn
ing, in passing, on a question which
lies very much on my heart for my
nation. This is the question of a!co
hoi and drink.
"I know very well that the love cf
drink is an old heritage ot the Got
mans. Henceforth, however, we must
free ourselves m every direction from
this evil by self-discipline. I ran as
sure you that, in the twenty-two years
of my reign, I have experienced that
the greatest number of offer-scs which
have been laid before me for consid
eration nine-tenths of them can be
traced to alcohol. Formerly it was
considered extremely smart and dash
ing among young people to take and
carry a great quantity of drink. When
I was a young officer i naa opportu
nities of seeing examples of this,
thoueh without myself taking part.
These are old views suited for the thir
tv Years' War, but not for today,
Wholly apart from other consequen
ces, which l need not iurtner nnate
on to vou. there is a point connected
with your future calling to which I
would especially direct your attention.
As you will yourself, observe in the
course of your time onboard the ser
vice in my navy has reached a degree
of strain which can hardly be surpass
ed, fi
To be able to endure this enormous
pressure in time of peace without
President Names Day For Nation To Pray
For End of European War
By the President of the
r Whereas great nations of the world have taken up arms
against one another and war mow draws millions of men into
battle whom the counsel of statesmen have not been able to save
from the terrible sacrifice;
And whereas in this as in all things it is our privilege and
duty to seek counsel and succor of Almighty God, humbling our
selves before Him, confessing our weakness and our lack of any'
wisdom equal to these things;
And whereas it is the especial wish and longing of the peo
ple of the United States, in prayer and counsel and all friendli
ness, to serve the cause of peace;
Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States of America, do designate Sunday, the 4th day of October
next, a day of prayer and supplication and do request all God
fearing persons to repair on that day to their places of worship,
there to unite their petitions to Almighty God that, overrulng
the counsel of men, setting straight the things they cannot gov
ern, or alter, taking pity on the nations now in the throes of con
flict, in His mercy and goodness showing a way where men can
ee none, He vouchsafe His children healing peace again and re
store once more that concord among men and nations without
which there can be neither happiness nor true friendship nor any
wholesome fruit of toil or thought in the world; praying also to
this end that He forgive us our sins, our ignorance of His holy
will, our wilfulness and many errors, and lead us in the paths of
obedience to places of vision and to thoughts and counsels that
purge and make wise.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the Ur.ited States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this 8th day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen,
and of the independence of the United States of America the
one hundred and thirty-ninth.
WOODROW WILSON,
&v the President :
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, Secretary of State.
,rH,.:,;l;,fH.ll..H.H-4"miMW I 'I H H"H"M"1"M i i I .
STA TEWIDE P R O H I B I TI O N
SWEEPS OLD VIRGINIA.
Dr. James Cannon Tuesday at Mid
Right Sent Message to North Caro
lina People Saving That The Major
ity Would Reach 45,000.
Dr. James Cannon, head of the pro
hibition forces hi Virginia, Tuesday -at
midnight gave cut the f ollowiig star e
Twent: "I am glnd that the people all over
the state have made up ther mindt to
dissolve the partnership of Virginia
with the liquor -traffic.
"And having made up cur minds to
dK-solve the partnership, we do not
propose to allow anybody to viciiate
the law without 'oeing punished. It
must be our purpose to we that the
Legislature -of 1016 passes such laws
that the manifest of the pt-ople :-ha!l
Vie carried out.
"We huvfr now heard fiam practic
ally every county in the state, with
the exception oi' Franklin and For
phe, and the majority will run be
tween "0.000 and :0.O00, and we will
..v,.i
d t"
TYirss-in
TTcajorii,
reached
f- t'-
Ntii-th c'aroiii-iu thtt
-l.'i.OOO may pcssiblj
Virginia."
wearing out, so that 'U may be irvMi
when a serious call comes is your du
ty. The next war, the next naval en
counter, will toquire of you sound
nerves. These- ar.? undermined
by alcohol, endangered, from youlh
up, y its use. You wfil later have op
portunity to see the marine targets
ind Jhe action of modern grins on
diiniv, and will "bi ablt, therefore, to
nfer the conditions ;n battle. ou
will see horrible deva--.at:on a nd . a!';
kinds of pictures. Then The wor 1 v. ill i;
be. stimnir nerves and cool heads. The'iu
nation which drink the least alcohol
will be the winner! And that, gentle-
men, snouui oe you., nrai u cit
snouin dv given a i"
that works most powerfully among
men. uontsequently 1 expect oi you in
the Marine Academy, as on Poard ship
while in all your comradeship you are
not interfered with, yet among your
selves, that you attend to it, and that
it be seen to. that the ue of alcohol
be not considered one of your pnvi
eces. Already Good Templar lodges
or Blue Cross unions have been pro
iected in my navy. Individual officers
and some hundrds of men have joined
them. IHope you will do all you can
to encourage the men to enter. I
need only to point to the English navy
where 20,000 men andofficers have en
tered (temperance organizations) to
the great profit of the service. It is
question of the future lor our navy
and people. If you educate the people
rive up alcohol 1 snail have sound
and sensible subjects. It is a great
coming question, for when the men
pass out of the service they will bring
these ideas to the country at large.
If you stand for these principles my
people will be raised morally. This
is a work in which I beg you to par-
tVcipate.'
United States of America X
A PROCLAMATION "
TWO CHARLOTTE YOUNG PEO
PLE KILLED SUSDAY
James R. Craig and Miss Christine
Mixwell .Meet Death in Auto Acci
dent Near Statesville.
Jhn R. Craig, a member of the Ed.
Mellon Company, of Charlotte, and
.uiss Lhnstine .Maxwell, who but re
eently moved to Charlotte from An
detson. fc. C., were instantly killed
and David Craig, of Statesville, and
Haywood ilcCabe, of Charlotte, were
norn painfully injured when the auto
HK'uiie driven d.v tne Killed man ran
into a telephone pole near Croft on the
M-.itesville road bunday night.
The party were returning from
S'-.itcsville. where they had taken sup
per with David Craig and were from
tl! account? traveling- at a high rate
of speed when the acident occurred.
D,ivid Craig suffered many bruises
about his head while Haywood JK
Csibe had bis arm broken.
.Miss Maxwell was 10 years old and
a daughter of John 11. Maxwell, of
A'Kierson, v.no lias Mit recent v mov
C'i to Charbtie. Mr. Craic was a non
r and wil' 1:-. i-.-j-. P.
v.is to have ueen married in Novem
ber to Miss Marguerite Crittenden.
o. lnvenville. Miss., and the announ
r.ti't--. cf 'I'e .rM-i acVn.'r vf -I.-::
nan been issued but a lew
!lgO.
DOING THINGS
Nash Counfv Health Officer Shows
What One Man Can Do in Health
ork.
Vaccinating over it.000 people in
one county against typhoid in about
three months is a line record. That is
just what Dr. 11. E. Washburn, whole
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- immnv,;,! 1 r.-.i , 'i o-t. ...1
ple of Xash a,unt M wej, h
neath officei. seem to roalize more
ftan eVt,r the Jeai valu(? of a heatll
officer in savine lives and nrevei.tinc
sickness. The results of only a few
months of this kind of work are be
ginning to show in the decrease in the
typhoid fever season, t!:c-p were only
sixteen cases in the er.tive county.
inis is said to De much kss thn usual.
Besides the special work against tv
phoid, the Nash County Health Offi
cer during the last month vaccinated
seventy-eight people aeainst smallpox
examined and treated twelve for hook
worm diease, examined four speci
mens of sputum for tuberculosis gave
eleven lectures on health subiects. be
sides doing the usual work formerly
done by the county physician, name
ly, visiting the jail and county home
and making commitment examina
tions for the State Hospital.
A few of the panicky sickly little
Republican newspapers still persist in
howling "calamity". These remind
us of the 'possum dog that stands and
barks up the tree for hours after the
'possum has been caught Just as much
sense in one aa the other.
ACCORDING TO THE HIGH POINT
STEADILY HIGH POINT FURNITURE FACTORIES, KNITTING
MILLS, ETC., ARE RUNNING ON FULL TIME MR. COX SAYS
THE COTTON SITUATION WILL NOT BE SERIOUS.
Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point,
was in Raleigh recently and gave out
the following statement to the news
paper. "There is steady improvement in
the condition of the banks through
Western Carolina and he believes that
the same can be said of the banks
throughout Eastern Carolina. He
says that money is much more easy
and that business conditions are im
proving all the time.
Speaking of conditions in High
Point, he said that nearly all the fur
niture factories are running full time
and the textile and knitting mills are
running full time with orders well
ahead. He says the big plant at High
ADVICE TO FARMERS
MR. KNAPP GIVES IDEAS OF
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE THI NKS
SHOULD GOVERN NEXT
YEAR'S CROP.
In every emergency a plan of action
is a great help. The prices of food
products are high and there is every
indication that they will remain so
durine the next year. The war in
Europe has disturbed production
abroad and has interfered with con
sumption and with markets and finan
cial conditions in this country. This
state of affairs, familiar to every one,
makes it imperative that every far
mer and every community should plan
for next year's work accordingly.
The Department suggests to the
cotton farmers the following things to
consider for the next year:
1. A home garden for every fami
ly. The home garden is one of the
most important means of cutting
down expenses and producing the liv
ing of the family on the farm, set
aside a good rich piece of land near
the house for this purpose. Prepare
it with extra care and apply manure
liberally. Secure from your county
agent, your agricultural college or the
United 'States Department of Agricul
ture, directions for the making of a
garden, not only m the summer but
early and late in the year. Proper at
tention to the garden will give the
farmer wholesome food during a large
portion of the year. Get in touch with
the eirls' cannincr club work and
range to can the vegetables and fruits
for winter use.
2. Produce all the corn for your
own use. Get good seed corn and fol
low the instructions of your county-
agent in raising a good crop next
year. Figure how many bushels you
will need for your own use and some
to sell, and put your acreage in ac
cordingly. You will need corn for the
feeding of your livestock and your
family, and a reasonable surplus.
3. Produce your own hay and for
age crops. If you can obtain seed at
a reasonable price sow crimson or bur
clover, vetch, or some other winter
legume. If unable to do this put in
oats or rye this fall, peas or beans in
the spring, or use sorghum, kafir
corn. mi!o maize or some other crop
adapted to your climate and soil. Con
sult your county agent, your acricul
tural college or the United Slates De
partment of Agriculture.
4. Produce enough chickens and
Iioqs to make your ov.n meat. As a
rule our Southe-n farrers have
., fr.v.,- e'licVcs S'-'-c r.' tertu-)"
be produced cheaply, and enough of
t'.em will save the necessity of pur
flv,,r r.-eyv slvv.-M
nk.n to raise a ie. Lead . ii.'C- c.-ui
the crops necessary to feed them. The,
county agent will help yen with plans
in this direction. i-ave your brood
sows and hens and pullets. You can
not afford to sell any breeding stock.
Market a part of your corn cron
your peas and peanuts through hogs
and chickens. Do not be tempted to
sell heifers or crws; breed them to
good beef type bulls and grow your
own meat.
Cut down your fertilizer bills by
savinc all manure and by planting
cover crops, especially winter legumes
if the seed can be obtained. Buy fer
tilizers for next year carefully. Pur
chase only high grade materials of
the kind you need. Some kinds of fer
tilizing materials may be high-priced.
Do not use that kind unless you know
your land requires it. Crops turned
under add fertility to the soil and save
fertilizer bills:
Landlords should see that their ten
ants follow instructions and grow as
much as possible of their supplies as
suggested above. Next year is the im
portant year for all farmers in the
cotton territory to make up their
minds to "Live at Home" as nearly as
possible. Every dollar saved on ad
vances will be so much gained at the
end of the year; every dollar borrowed
on advance has to be paid back out of
the cotton crop.
6. Plant less acreage in cotton.
Why? Because food products will re
main high and cotton will probably re
main low if the war lasts. Do not run
any chances. Follow a safe plan. You
will need the extra acres to produce
the food crops. It is estimated that
between three and four million bales
of cotton will have to be carried over
out of the present crop. A normal
acreage in cotton nex year, and no in
BANKER, BUSINESS IMPROVES
Point for the building of railway cars
is running to its utmost capacity with
orders already booked six months
ahead, the orders for cars being wide
ly separated from different sections of
the country from New York City to
New Orleans.
Mr. Cox believes that the cotton sit
uation is not going to develop into
anything near so serious as many
seem to fear it will. He says there is
really considerable clap-trap in the
agitation that is going on and that it
will be found that demand for cotton
will be large and that there will be
buyers in the field ample to hold the
price of cotton well up around eight
cents or higher.
MAN KILLED, WIFE HURT
TRAIN STRUCK AUTOMOBILE IN
WHICH MR. PRESTON AND
WIFE WERE RIDING. KILLING
HIM AND INJURING MRS. PitES
TON. A gloom was cast over the entire
town yesterday afternoon when the
news came by telephone that Mr. Mer
rell Preston was instanly killed ane!
his wife, who was formerly Miss Mul
lie Rush, of Asheboro, perhaps fatal
ly injured, while attempting to cross
the Southern railway track in from
of fast moving passenger train No. 21
near Mebane.
It is reported that the track was al
most level with the ground where th(
terrible acident occurred and that Mr
Preston saw the approaching trail
and speeded up his car thinking tha
he could cross in safety. It is sai
that the engineer saw the car an
tried to slow down but was too close
The engine struck the car broadsid'
and knocked it to one side of th
track. The train was backed at one
to the scene of the accident and it wa
found that the car was torn to splin
ters and its occupants lying near, th
man dead and the woman unconscious
The dead man and his injured wif
were placed aboard the train and hur
ried to Burlington where a physicia
was secured who accompanied them t
Greensboro on the same train. Mr:
Preston was hurried to St. Leo's Hot
pital and the remains of Mr. Presto
carried to an undertaking establish
ment to be prepared for burial. .
mesage to a local physician says thr
Mrs. Preston's condition is extreme!
serious and her life is despaired of.
Mr. and Jlrs. Preston were on thei
way from their home at Christiar
burg. Va., to visit Mrs. Rush's parent
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rush, at Ashebor.
and were expected to arrive Tuesda
evening but for some reason were d
layed. Just about the time yesterda
when the fond parents were expectin
their daughter and son-in-law to a
rive, the news of the fatal accidei
was received.
No arrangements have yet be(
made for the funeral. It is liot know
whether the body will be brought i
Asheboro or carried to Christ ianbtn
for burial.
Mrs. Preston is well known here ;
Miss Mnllie Rush and was very pop
tar with all who knew her. She w;
married about seven months ago '
Mr. Preston and since their marriat
they have lived at Christianbu;
where Mr. Preston held the posit ii
of secretary and treasurer of a Ian
furniture factory. Mr. Preston w;
v.oll HVmI by those who met hi pk
hi;. vi!t to Asl.eiio.-,!.
Later Just as The Courier we'
to press last night the news came th
Mrs. Preston died at T.'O. The bodi.
will probably be brought here for b
rja tomorrow.
crease in food crops, will certain'
mean high .nriced food and low prict
cotton. Awinnot afford to be con
polled to ffffchase high priced pro
ucts out of a very narrow margin
profit in the cotton crop. Economy i
raising what coton is planted is of' si
prem importance. The best econorr
is in good farming and living at horn.
To bankers and merchants v
would say that with their co-oper;
tion much can be done to make oi
own supplies for the next year. I
many counties in boll weevil' territor
bankers, merchants and farmers ha-v
united to sustain credit. In such casi
farmers have agreed to orodm-P hnm
supplies and do god farming and bar
kers and merchants have limited a(
vances by insisting that the farmer
must reduce the acreage in cotton t
make way for the necessary fod crop
A little of that same co-operatio
will help the whole cotton territor
next year. Will our bankers nni
merchants be co-operators?
The same general principles appl
to the tobacco crop. Make your plan
now to meet the situation. Diversifica
tion and the production of home sup
plies is the only safe plan to follow.
Suggestions and instructions on al
of the subjects mentioned in this let
ter may be had on application to you
County Agent, your Agricultural Col
lege, to U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.
This letter will be followed bv oth
suggestions from time to time.
Very truly yours,
BRADFORD KNAPP
Special Asrent in Charcr. 1rBrnia
Co-operative Demonstration Wort,