W. W. KITCHEN SPEAKS
AT GREENSBORO LAST WEDNES
DAY NIGHT THE EX-GOVERN-OU
DECLARED HIMSELF IN NO
UNCERTAIN TERMS AS BEING
IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
MORE ABOUT THE OLD BIBLE
Resident of Sherburne, N. Y., Writes
'of His Friend, Wesley Wakeley
.Miss Eliza R. Hatch, Donor of the
Bible, Moved to State of Washing
ton. The investigation which was start
ed by The Courier some time ago to
find relatives of the owner of the old
bullet-peirced Bible which has been
in the possession of Squire S. E. Low
dermilk since Mr. Brown, the man
The Greensboro News has the fol
lowing to say of Mr. Kitchen's ad-
"In taking up the amendments the i who picked it up on the battlefield of
speaker emphasized the two which re- 1 Cedar Creek, Va., was sent to the
fer to legislation' and to taxation and soldiers' home at Kaleigh, has proven
revenue. The former he believed to be to be very interesting. The Courier
the most important of them all.though reproduces below an article from the
he gave longer time to an analysis of Sherburne (N. Y.) News, the town
the other which, he said, does not re- town where the soldier, who it is sup
quire a change in the present system, ! posed lost his life with a wound from
but which authorizes a change if the ! the same bullet that pierced the Bible,
Legislature sees fit. He felt that conti- lived, the article is written Dy an oki
11 u. 1 1 : U I cnl.linv " Vin wna with Spvo-nrit . Wake.
uence cuuiu uc puuvu m inc iciu- , ...... - -o
tors just as it had been placed in them j ley in the battle of Cedi.. Creek:
in tlifl nnst- to )o what was best. As '"Publishers of Sherburne News:
to the oroposed change authorizing ; I was greatly interested in the article
classification and segregation, he be-: in your issue ot last week, lor reasons
liwnl thpse should be nassed. I which will appear as I write. As
Presuming that the men who do not . the battle of Cedar Creek occurred
understand these amendments will be 1 just fifty years ago next Monday, Oe
the ones who will vote against them.' tober l!th, this is one of the strange
he urged the importance of thorough ' coincidences which we look upon with
explanation and said that every one 'wonder."
should be adopted, seeimr no danger! "I wish the "News' might finds its
in am- one of them. He called utton-, way to his old friend Miss Eliza
tion to the fact that the consideration Hatch who with her brotlur Hethuc
of them is a r.on-partisan matter and went to the slate of Washington
also to' the f:vt ths-t A. E. Holton. a many years ago."
Republican loader, ;s stronglv in favor! "Manv fluulainie people remember
of them. He feared the danger of Re-, Eliza v. ho was the (laughter of that
publicans voting against them for j Joel Hatch jr., who wrote the "Ilis
prriudiee merely. , torv of Sherburne,' and L-raiiddaugli-
As to the first amendment he believ- 1 ter of the late Joel Hatch, who was a
ed it to be a dvtv to succeeding gen-1 picturesuuc and shrewd member of
erations for the present one to take iho Sherburne Colony."
out the word "rebellion" as is nropos- i "He was one of the committee seat
ed to do in amendment I, substituting : to select the location for the Colony
"war between the states." The word Thev selected the beautiful and fcr-
was inserted, he declared, by people' tile bowl of valley land in the South
west quarter ot Sherburne.
"Wesley Wakeley was the son of
Mrs. liassett, and half brother of Jt.d
Bassett. He was a callable caretaker
at Mr. V. 1". Ulanckai-ti's an! a mem
ber of his family. He was a neigh
bor of the Hal. lies. My ov.m ac
quaintances v.-iih him was from lto!
Ibiil. when he enlisted for the war
in U-Uh regiment, Company V."
"I did n t meet him again ti'l early
in July iMii, when the regiment I
who were enemies to the bst interests
of the state.
That the laborer is more worthy of
his hire than the s'.im paid was the
argument fur an increase of salary
to the lptriVab's. While brick ma
sons make the same amount per day
as legislators ard while the speaker
drew no marked
called attention to t!
bility to a (Treat sta
the legislators.
?Jr. Kitchen s-mm
ing and r'nortance (
m pa i'isnn,
mi the
t he
"sponsi
jiart of
of local
turo vh.
body h:v
of mnl'r
portrivf
'poss'im.'j
it is too
a big ti,
local m::
aged, ho
com miss1
li c
vn i'ip mean
i'nioy inc.- a 'ot.
a the legisla
present that
e -eat mm'"T
t;ve hu-
s in (l.Ms
k for g-ar
La., to i
,-ps. v.hMi
It-i:.! o.i
X. Y. Vol.; was
;tv
li-oe: I,
Willi-
the ilHa A
,'v:i at Mivt
Uiver. Ti
vs, and We
p.u.i'e .'l.-
.u i te: s
ut f.M'
-, tie . .
a 1 CI
A part of t!
all V:
to (
the
rn-ir
"Fi'xio
the C.iv.
posed siamlv for
flic-tiny times slat
tion, he sai l.
"?rovi!oo of
either named by tl
pointed by the Co
facilitate givin?
judge is sick or v he
cy arises.
"The j: resent net!
enue on an uniform
believed not to bo f
ests of the peop'o.
credits as an i'.histr
there seems to i-e r
that to list them ip.
owner securing s'ii
intPi-est. A mini in
ung !,(H) in a sn-1
infi.il' , w ve-i.i ,, i n-. ,
net profit of L"it
Ur.d':c ti.o i?!'1'!"'-5'
r.eo'
of
t il
tut-ti
on
c but
I'oinl
kept
iv.-ton
of
.justice v-htn
lien other em
thod cf rai
.-Yjt. 1, lot; I.
I lex ford and I r.
of 1 1 lth X. Y. V.
On one of those
rne to go to hi.;
some
".-gen-
cn t;:o
than t'.i
the iu
while t
"L i-.-ed
by
1L' ell :
corj.n i
the to
tate u
re .ti. ..
"' 'e :
this,- .-
auopt.
.:.!
u.-.l
(. aliout
Occasionally Colonel
;io o .'ci' to the l i iay
'is. to seo our I'rie-iius.
visits Wesley asked
tent for he had re
ceived , something from Sherburne
ti'a: was a gr-al deliglit to him. Wes
ley anil his tent mates had obtained
an extra set of dog sheets and had
made an extra long tent. From his
knapsack he drew out the Bilhc men
tioned in the News.''
"I think this was the last time I
saw Wesley alive. On the l!Hh of
Scptembe-r occurred the first series of
i prevents the battles that gave Sheridan his laorels
l! returns in :m, nnvlv rn that duv (lporii-o Miller
:a-i almost instantly killed. On the
lPtii of October uii;u the Cedar deck
engagement in which Wesley v. as
shot. Pre. ions to his fata! wound
beea v.oundi-d a lout ti;e ar.
:ng rev-
I valorem br.sis
r the best inter
Taking solvent
ition he said that
common consent
Or-llOIO lviv-
nk, K liste,:
anil h.ave a
MORE ABOCT RAMSEUR
AN OLD CITIZEN OF THE TOV. M
IS AROUSED BY LETTER IN A
RECENT ISSUE OF THE COU
RIER AND WRITES SOME OLD
HISTORY .
The excellent write up of the pro
gressive town of Ramseur in the Cou
rier of October 8, appeals to me for
one reason, it carries me back in mem
ory to other days when I was a boy
playing over the hills now covered
with town.
Let us go back to 1S43 when John
Allen owned all the lands on the east
side of Deep River for three miles,
as the river now runs, frm a quarter
of a mile below the mouth of Reed
Creek, running up and a little above
the present factory dam and up Reed
Creek from where it empties into the
river two miles, but lest some one
doubt the truth of this statement we
will have more to say of this later,
Joseph All red's land joined Allen's on
the north and in reality Allen and
Allred were the prime movers and
promoters of the scheme. Allen
owned the water power to be devel
oped, Allen and Alli ed owned the land.
The proposed site for the coming
tow n, and took stock in the new en
terprise at an agreed price for forty
acres of land extending from a little
beio.v the present faitory house to a
point possibly tueaty yards above
the present ilani and extending east
to the preseat Franklinvillc street.
Isaac H. Foust, with two brothers,
(i'orge and Monroe came over from
Alamance county and settled on Deep
River. Foust became interested in the
now cotton factory project and was
for years financial manager. A Mr.
McPaniol a large farmer living on the
head waters of Reed Creek, also
Henry Kivett usually known as "Tan
ner" Henry, because he owned and
operated a large tannery where M. D.
luvett now resides, also Abram Brow
IT WILL REDUCE TAX-DODGING
F. B. Henrden of Wilkesboro, in The
North Wilkesboro Hustler.
Taxation is a necessary burden that
every citizen must submit to, there is
no lawful way around it. A man is
a simpleton to deny either the right
or the duty ot a government to levy
and collect a tax sufficient to run it
self. To devise a system of taxation so
it will bear equally and justly upon all
classes of citizens is always a diffi
cult task. In every country there are
selfish skin-flints whose chief con
cern in life is to dodge the payment
of their just proportion of the taxes.
These men may surely be counted up
on to opppose the proposed amend
ments to the Constitution relating to
taxation. Ihey are afraid to risk any
change lest a more equitable and ef
ficient system come about that will
make it more difficult for them to escape.
Are you willing to pay your
own just proportionate part of
the tax reasonably necessary to
run the state and county governments
provided the other fellow will do the
same thing? Again are you willing
that your state and county collect
enough taxes to administer their af
fairs and take cave of their charities
in a decent way? If you are, then
you are the man who will want more
light than ou may now have on the
tax amendment, designated as pro
posed amendment VII.
So far as the Constitution is con
cerned, our present system is hip-shot
and worn out. It takes a lot of doc
toring to make it work at all, and
when it does work, it bears down
heavily on seme folks and skips light
ly over others. Seme are paying very
high taxes, but still the state and
county are seriously running behind
in revenue. Where is the trouble?
Some two-by-four politicians in both
parties will tell you it is in extravagance-
and mismanagement, but you
can generally put mat down as un
, who v.e might sj.fely call the found tn,p" T!l -,-0l!ft this: Under the
or of I ilierty a town on the main line
f the old C. F. & Y. V. R. R., bis
sons Washington and Alfred became
stockholders later by inheritance, also
Tavid Kime from near the present
toi-y t.nvp. of Kimesville, there is
:oi old pvns-p'b something like this:
itlilUlg r1
akc
a good end
lilst
: to
C-m;;!
mt'"id
;..t and -ooiul dams wer
P1
.-!:it;o
lird
present system a lot of men and cor
porations can and do dodge their
taxes. If every man and every cor
poration in Wilkes county pay taxes
jost in the same proportion as the
average widow in the county pays her
taxes, then vn should have plenty of
money in lr treasury, and this splen-'I--!
o'd enpnty wotdd no loncer have to
1 ear ihe ed-'.:m of being classed as a
pauper ceavitv.
Wo she-iV have to go very far and
.---"P'oh '.( losely to find a worse
"' r.ore f.'u icat system of taxation
f an o in have and yet wo stick
t.i it 1hv: ":s.' v.e have been used to it
ever sinee we vere children.
T'.ei-o is nothing dangerous in thei
; r i;,osed e!mng There are no black
e-.U i n. lor the table. It limits the
i.-i; in the snmo way the present
Coi'slit'ilion limits it. The rate is no
. i' her and the change is really call-slate
1 t m ike it low er. It does not,
a.:d cannot, impair taxes already au
thorized to pay special indebtedness.
If it atte.-;iteil such a thing it would
bo in violation of the Constitution of
the United Slates and would be de
nial ed void by the courts. It will not
. , , . allow the Legislature to go one step
to Joan Alien .-.s a , fl; ,(, than U could go under the
Idltton to tr.e town ' nresont Constitution in nrnviVNno- anv
special or extraordinary tax to pay
the present bonded imfphtv?nen nf
Cox, the state.
The poll tax shall go to the support
of the schools and the poor just as at
present. What then is the difference?
It provides that the Legislature may
pass laws classifying property for
had
with, the
framed ;f
ver and (.11 1
ar..l strer.f-t'i
( away by
'n,r dam vas
11 t:'P ft re-'-'.
. The first
epe.io.-l in a lo----d
v i's recently ve
f v the Tlamsrv
first maehi.ievv c f
-I was a saw mill at
0 ihe C.'tr.ip. ,-;'n was o;i
oars afterwards. I.-aa.e
vrct-iry and treasurer or
-n cal'ed, with his small
1 l east end of the second
l a store in west end an.!
the building before re
nt as thi
vlv lived
story and ru
hosemo-.t of
ferred to.
X'ow in re
land owner.
with a.'I its suburbs, his ho, lings cov-i-'-rd
farms now operated hv R. E.
Will-lams, David Moser, John W.
V. iHiam T. Co v. hn loir, rnlvin 5 Vr.v
W. C. Stout, James A. Parks
and a portion of the J. 0. I'o-rester
farm and A. V. Williams. Allen roar
ed a largo family, seven sons and
.'---. daughters
not a sciuai-o fo
lie
.1. 1
not have the lauk.-. On the
g i.ay iu (rousing the baltlc
siiio- Hi' .a a burial parly ami
an. I strange to say purposes of taxation. For example,
I of all th s land is the Lei-Vatm- wrv. if it : nmnor
I by v. descended of John say the state shall "be confined to cor
porations for its revenue and leave
, where land and personal property to be tax-
rations . ed for eonaty purposes; The effect of
iV he i: this will b t.J bring out of hiding
1 d-)wn i property that ought to be taxed like
a long ;othei" property. Counties, cities.
: with 1 towns, townships and other political
d ; (..St i-p -is t.k' v issvc bonds for special
must s'"p over the River
a. I ton e or four gen:
U-n.-y Craven, who w
't I o!.' land mi far rp an
i (-. .ad iva h out v ; 1
v- ::-i,l . . eoo.,t a. ,
1 1 a ' (,i- :i
'a -i- ' too, a:r,o- :.rt tl-.i
Hen- j puvj
liens. Hem-'
T to the l.-ni
llove or V.'
f 'h
and i pny them
t'i;.v-en's i illed vo
a ad. chil- ?nt. Tt
"s like a
-st Ham
'd.yn, oc-
,-i.y
1 ila.t f: ora vand.iili.-m or
..i.d ti.at In . .jr..- ..i"e-i'."c the sti ii.1
liich stands at Wes'y's grave in s- e
;iii;-.:ial C'-nicT-y io nup.icd "Un
1, i.t.v n."
FATIillll CF KIiHlTKl.X DCMO
CiiATS CAI l.li) t'N ViOt;itil.i-M
WILSON
i no .
eJ in be
"i'i
emit ic s;
for his
cei-taiiii
while ll
f-nil fa:
his et -..
pleUcLd
piVi.iil,
vole o.' v. t ti i - "i i.'.'l one wao ca:i
r.ot v.so Per ir.iluon.-e for the j' ii'.c
cratic uiiay. I; t.rc;ed that -Major
Steeii'ian be rctx-rneu to Coni. n-.-is ar.d
that approval i-o e:pixed ul lliu ,ut
tional atlmiiiis' i atioa.
''Discussing the V.'il'scn administra
tion he said he had just cyme from
Stokes, county, where the Republicans ; Transylvan'a county and was prc
wcre ch.arging Wiison with niaking rented at the Yhite House by Sena
bad tobacco prices. He comriibicd to- j tor Ovevman.
bacco prices with what Uio.y were un- ..j have tome to Vaihinglon from
der the sixteen years of Republican ' my mountain' home to shake hanils
rule. The low prices of both cotton ; Y-ith tlie bc.st President the country
and tobacco were traced to Cue Euro-, h.l3 na,i for n,any years," said Mr.
pean war as tne cause, lie charged Duckworth. "I have nineteen Demo-
i J. E. Duckvoith, b-7 years old,
the father of twcaty-tive e iii!(!i-c.i,
eighteen of vho:T) voted tiie Heiao
' ratio tiifcrt lar-t election, v.as ii
Washington last week to see I'resi
I ileut Wilson. Duckworth came fron
II:;
:::i.-l
:.'.!
Wlu
i-tur-a.nu-
' Liu.
oua '.
an-l !
d.
is Ctiriis and the
. llv.t iii-i-'.ely old
'on. V,'. H. V.'.-.ll.ins.
ebjo."t to th.at
i' l :-.t he does a man
i-s t.f a century be
itcli a boy like no.
Y. J.
and provide-special taxes to
' n majority ot the qual-
t lie re in, just as at pres-
l non-partisan measure
and if e j o.-pV of the state fail to
ratify it, .''! with the other pro-i
po.-r :! a vendiv.ents, it will be simply
porai'se t ay rlo not understand it.
Its v. n f :! . anta.ge will be in the fact
that it v. i'l forte corporations and in
dividual tax dodgers to toe the mark
the r:ncr: of cotton
part of the high price cf sugar to t.io cratic voters in my immediate family
Republican tariff, which has not yet myself and eighteen sons. I think
been completely eliminated, and to the! t am entitled to recognition at the
competition that has arisen since
Germany has quit sending out her su
gar. The income tax and the new curren
cy act were praised for their wide
provision for the safety of the peo
ple and for the prevention of panics,
as wtll us for equalization of the bur
den bearing of the government.
"Hope was expressed that the Ro
manoffs and the Ilohenzollerns and
the Ilapsbuigs would be crushed and
that no longer would single individu
als have the power of throwing mil
lions into war and Buffering.
"The longest applause of the even
ing came when Governor Kitchen
named Bryan. 'I'm still a Bryan man,'
he said and he felt that the people
were glad that Wilson had chosen this
great advocate of peace for first place
in cabinet." .
White House for a moment."
UNFORTUNATE MEXICO
Carranza and Villa, in Mexico,
were at last accounts trying to patch
up their differences.
Carranza resigned a3 "First Chief
of the Constitutionalists, but there i
some question about the acceptance
of his resignation.
From Villa's headquarters at Jau
re it was announced that General
Villareal had been made Provisional
President: but this announcement
Eeemed to be false, or at least too
early. Our government would ww
welcome the retirement of Caranza,
who is aaid at Washington to have be
come "impossible." The whole Mexi
can situation remains a muddle.
Mr. O. ?
the She'hy
seps'Vo a,
T o-.v." Tl .-
bllt V't! V.-o
tent ion lo
"There s
ent that C
COLON GOES FORWARD
TOWN IN LEE COUNTY IS MAK
ING RAPID STRIDES IS AN
ING JOHN M. HAMMER IS DE- "V"; "H IT J- l lne
BOOKS ARE WANTED
are Boon
At the Sanitoriura Books
Companions
There is no place where a
good
VELOPING THE PROPERTY.
loion. jci. zi unennir laeai iocs- j .n. . .
tion to manufacturing enterprises and " "t0 "r , nnHftK "'if few
with a rich and thicklv settled back'S . uplifting thought into
un a ncn ana imcKiy seiiiea DacK their hveg ,g d rect aid j procesa
country as a stimulus to merchandis-, To tt wh confined tot&S
ing, the new town of Colon bids fair readi a wStaSm, ertS!
soon to enter the class of prosperous . tainment an , da
North Carolina towns. Colon is 111 the I footed moment Some of ttS
extreme eastern section of Lee county , tients learn there t0 read f or the fit
and forms a junction point for the j mi fu 1 ,l
Norfolk Southern and Seaboard Air JJo tf LS S j&'VS'
Line railways. Both of these roads 5Lv
have stations for the accommodation I th6.y gai" n we,S"t and strength,
of passengers and freight and consid- A good library at the Sanitoriura
erable business results from the fact wouId. ln ,no Wlse f a' " the true mis
that the town proved the logical trans- son .f .a llbrary- Its educational, en
fer point of commerce between these "Staining and inspiring offices would
two roads. Ample trackage facilities be entered into and appreciated. As
for the handling of this business have ? s?u-rce comfort, hope and light,
been provided and through this a num- ltf ,nfluence would be as the wideness
ber of excellent and inexpensive fac- of the Bea"
tory sites were created. I This need of the Sanitorium opens
Great stimulus was given the new up a splendid opportunity to individ
town recently when a company head-' ua Is, societies, clubs, orders and oth
eel by John M. Hammer, a brother of er organizations to make donations
United States Attornev Hammer, se- either in books, matrazines. dailv anrf
cured holdings and had surveys made. , weekly papers, or in other equipment
.10 n.i.i(j.iny i not now ouenng any up-iu-uaie reatung room,
property for sale, thoueh when is has Those having good books of fietinTi
completed its plans a number of fac-; of verse, biography, or copies of the
torv, business and residential plots standard writers, that they have read,
w ill be offered. Through the efforts might as well cack them ud and send
of Mr. Hammer several new enter-' to the Sanitorum instead of packing
prises are already assured. Among ! them away to become dust eaten and
these are a wagon plant, a large brick ' mouldy for lack of use and with age.
plant, handle factorv. hardwnnd nlnnt ' Books have their seasons IiWp nth
Two gentlemen have been here this things. Don't wait till they have lost
weeK iooKing over tne location and ex-tneir savor and have become stale to
pressed delieht at the nrosnerta. Rnfh . send them. Let theirs be timplv mai.
of these men are at the head of sue-' sages.
cessful manufacturing plants and the,! -
people here feel confident that they 1 PRESIDENT WILSON'S ADDRESS
will decide to locate in Colon. Diversi-
(ied industries is the aim of those wbo1 President Wilson's address urcHnw
are behind the new town and with the Congress to levy an extraorelinary tax
great advantages in- She way of sites,. ,n orner to raise an additional $100,
shipping facilities, freight rates and 000,000 a year to buttress the Treas-
taxes it is not unreasonable to look urv against possible consequences of
forward to a rapid ami substantial Hp. the war abroad, voiced the nntriotism
velopment. Resides the exceptional f 100,000,000 people. As explained.
railway facdities, the Rlewitt Falls- the disorganization of foreign indus
line of the Southern Power Company try has cut down our imports, which
is here. There are few rities in Mm-to- are the source of our customs HuHm
Carolina so admirably equipped. , which in turn, go to pay Hie running
The town will have all the advan-' expenses of the country. So great has
tages which come from a suhstntial bpPn the drop after one month of for
and fertile back country. Lee countv war that, with no additional pro
lan.! in this section is unexcelled for v'""n to reimburse the Treasury, the
trucking. The growing of berries, 'latter might be placed in a vulnera
ligs ami every variety of frait and , n,e Position, something not to be
truck bring good profits and keep , thought of, much less permitted. The
money constantly in circulation. Colon ' financial situation precludes the sell
is perfectly situated as a supply point j of bonds, and the safe way is that
for this rich country and with the ad- 1 pf laving an aditional tax, the only
tlition of several manufacturing insurance against undermining our
plants the place will offer great oppor-t national Kolvency. It is wiser to pay
tunity for progressive merchants. As' when we an than to borrow and have-
a residential center it also offers ad-! to pay when it may hurt more. As
vantages. The climate here is delight- the President pointed out, this is a
ful at all seasons just escaping the . condition not, of our own making, but
extremes of both the winter and sum-!onP which has been thrust upon us.
mer season. The landscape here- The Treasury is sound and our as
abouts is unexcelled. sets are ample. But what the future
Old residents already marvel at the;may brinp: forth no man can tefl. and
changes that are taking place the i tr,f Part of prudence, to which he
newcomers, men fulT of energy andfe't assured-all would-arise, was to.
amouion, are nrm in the belief that 1 pviae agamsr every eventuality,
State Sanitorium for the treatment
of tuberculosis. There the natipnta
have nothing to do but to get well
the future has great things in store
for this youngest f North Carolina
towns,
LA FOLLETTEION WILSON
The temper of" the announcement to
the Cdngress and the warning- and th
suggestion were those of the states
man. There ought to be no doubt as-,
fo the response. Newark (N. J.
News (Ihdl).
EVENING..
"Incidentally, the country reioices
that Wilson is President, not Roose-
nirfo fftwnrrl shea rmamonf nnr.fi.n,s ? L-IIIIIK IS CUP IJIUCe L(J lav
this judgment. The accumulating and The heartache and the care away.
increasing norrors 01 tne European
wars are treating a rreat tidal wave
of public opinion that sweeps aside all
specious reasoning and admits of but
one simple coramon-sense, humane
conclusion a dttmand for peace and
disarmament among all civilized ra
tions. The author cf this just and proper
sentimtmt is Robert M. La Follette,
not so long aci a hero of Roosevelt's,
showcreil with praise by that dispens
er of blame frfid of rewards. Mr. La
Follette is nothing if not a keen ob
server of political currents and popu
lar opinion, ind in his Weekly he de
clares that President Wilson "today
hobfa a supreme place in the coiiti--dei-e
of the people of the- United
States," wAifh he summetl up in the
And by its cool and" beautiful brim
lo lift a voice in prayer and hymn;
A place of craiet and of rest,
Where noble- day by toff opprest
Takes off his armor and his spear
And feels cool arms of comfort near.
The evening also sings and sighs?
And often comes with radiant skiea
Of richese eolonng; they delight
The evenings in his rainbow light
To make it more a temple seem
For every kinei' of gorgeous dream
And plpasant fiuiey and sweet gift
Of rest on wh(s wide wings we drift
The evening is n place to find
The little lips that smile so kind
The patient arms that round yoa
twine,
The voice of love that calls you-,
"Minf.
si-nple phvji.se, "He is keeping us out 'The gentle humnnness of life
'SYRU? OF FIGS' FOR
CONSTIPATED CHILD
INJicioiis "Fruit La:'tivc" Cr.n't
Harm Stomach, Liver and Dowels.
1
Evciv iiiotl.cr real ces, after giving
her children "California Syrup of
FigV 'hnt this is their ideal laxative,
because they love ts pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little, stomach, liver and bowel3 with
out griping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
toaspoonful of thi3 harmless "fruit
laxative," and in a few hours all the
the foul, constipated waste, sour bile
and undigested food passes out of the
bowels and yoti have a well, playful
child again. When its little system is
full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, coli'
remember a good "inside cleansing"
should always be the first treatment
jivon.
Millions of mothers keep "Califor
nia Syrup cf Figs'" handy; they know
a tsaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for r
50-cent bottle of "California Kyrun o'
Figs,'' which has directions for babies
children of all ages and growjj-ui r
printed on the bottle. Beware of conn
forfeits sold here, so don be fooled
Get the genuine, made by "California'
big Syrup Company."
a: Gardner contributes to
;'tar a very thoughtful and
ide on "Why Cotton is so
entire article is excellent,
1 to direct particular t
!. following paragrah:
t-ris to be an idea preva-
reason that cotton is not
hi in;-lii,-r a l.itrher nrice is attributa
l-.le to !.-ck of money. This is a mis
take. We do ir t need the money with
which to hrnd'c or finance the crop.
The splnn h-l Democratic administra
tion of Wood ww Wilson has provid
ed five lii'ntlrod million dollars more
currency now than last year. It is
not money we nsed, it is a market.
Wc have the cotton, nobody will buy
it, and until thi3 European war is
ended anei tne market is restored,
there can be no relief. Of the fif
teen million bales produced in the
South this year, ten millions would
now be going abroad but for thet war.
At the rate the foreign nations are
tfiking Southern cotton, the total cx-
pors or tiie present crop will not
equal one-half million balesL Tt
clearly apparent to any sensible per-
.-..m 1:1.11. ene- reienuon in mis coun
try ot ten million bales of cotton,
wnicii onunai uy wouia. nave gone
abroad has prartically destroyed the
local market for the remaining five
n-Jllin Kl TV 1 - .
,1 ourpius vi any pro.
fi'.ict lixos .the price of the whole. If
U-.cve is a surplus of cotton, that is
more cotton produced than the trade
wi'l take at a reasonable price, the
surplus mui first be disposed of be-
loi e noi'nn! conditions can be renin
e l. The sixe of. 'the present crop is
no- reBptiniiBir icr tne existinc condi
t:on3 of the South. If the world'a
condition was normal the price of coN
ton wouiti De normal. On acount of
this war the largest consumers of raw
cotton have practically ceased to
ouy."
of war." The praise Mr. La Follette
bestows upon him and Mr. Bryan is
unrcservitrt. Ihose who, like Mr.
Roosevelt, mocked at Mr. Wilson's
Mexican policy now offer un "r-ravers
of thanfcsniving" that we were spared
a war in Mexico. As for the peace
treaties, negotiated ty Mr. Brvan.
which Mr. Roosevelt scorns, the Wis
consin Senator drclnrcs that, thev eon-
stituee a "gitat service to the human
racei" From our observations of
press and public, we believe that Sen
ator La Follette is correct in his esti
mate of what the public is thinking.
We can not but feel that Mr. Roose
velt's rehashing of his mistaken mili
taristic theories just at this time is
as grave a political mistake as any
of tho many that he has recently
made and that have caused his friends
to wonder what has become of his
once great political skill and intui
tive knowledge of public opinion.
New York Evening Post.
Trr this still recess from the strife
When hearts and sou's alike put n
The courage to confront the (Triwn.
The Bentztown Bard, in Baltimore
Sun.
GIASS OF SALTS IF
Too many women struggle
under pains and aches.
They are not sickbut weak,
nervous, irritable.
Such women need that blood
strength that comes by taking
SCOTTS EMULSION. It also
strengthens the nerves, aids the ap,
petite and checks the decline.
wifa or mother tir manly A
or look not down, SCOTTS
EMULSION will build Ar np.
shun suBSTrnrrr All
HllW
Sat lea meat if you feel Bbckaobj or
have Bladder trouble StUta
fise fox Kidneys.
Meat forms nrio acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in tbeir efforts
to filter it from the system. Regular "
ers of meat must flush the kidnnys occa
sionally. Ton must relieve them like yoa
relieve your bowels; removing all th
elds, waste and poison, else you feel
dull misery in the kidney region, share
pains is the back or sick headache, u
siness, your stomach sours, tongue i
coated and when the weather is bad jo
have rheumatia twinges. The urine ie
cloudy, full of sediment ; the ehansela
often gftt irritated, obliging you to get
np two or three times during the night
To neutralize the be irritating acid
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a ible"
spoonful in glass of water before break"
fast for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which millions of men ana
women take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidnej and Uaddsr dtaejegi