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(Harnlma wh Published by Times Printing Co. T. R. Barrows. Editor Wilson, Congress, and the Voters Breaking the precedents of a century, President Wilson decided to delived hi message to Congress Entered at the Postoffice at Hender- - pern instead of eonville. V C. as second class matter by messier. A good - I many Democrats protested against Subscription $1 per year in advance the President's decision, but their j opposition failed to budge Mr. Wilson. Whether Mr. Wilson taraft iWise or liinwise in deciding to break the Swat the fly. Filth- "breeds spread disease. flies and flies' la there a little fly in your home? JSwaX him! Again we say Plant a garden. Also learn how to smile. If anybody has ever heard of any legislation which is rottener than the new county auditor law, let Ihim come forward and tell a bout it. We hate to have to say it, but the Otherwise balmy spring air is loaded down with sad rumors of a bitter estrangement between Henr dcrson county's "representative" (?) land bis political creator. Now, brethren, come forward and feay plainly, as plainly as you can without violating the postoffice regulations land the discipline of your church, what DO you think of the way Henderson county fig ured in the Legislature? Why are the Democrats An Con gress )so docile u'nder the 'dictation of President Wilson? The (reason apparently la that they are afraid of what the voters will have to say about the tariff-slashing, and therefore are quite Ito give Wilson a free haind in order that they may dump the blame on him when! the day of Reckoning comes. The Times is publishing this week the town and county lists of ptropetty to be bold 'for taxes. These: lists are very long, and it takes la heap of time and trouble to set them. This (fact ,wjll explain why it is Ithat we are not able this week to give as much local and personal news as fusual. .According to a statement made Tuesday by Pres. J. H. Patterson of thie relief committee, Dayton, Ohio, is facing a desperate prob lem and urgently needs money and food. At a mi eeting of bankers and officers of building as social lions, it was decided to ask the National Government for a Joan of twenty to forty millions of dollars, the banks and other business houses agreeing to put up, as col lateral, securities worth $60,000, 000. The property loss in Montgom ery county is estimated at fully $150,000,000. .There is need of ra tions for 100,000 people for an in definite period. J. D. Davis, who is an old news paper man and has an intimate ac quaintance with all the ups and downs of the business, thinks that the following story wbuld be in tensely amusing if it were not quite so true: An editor died, worn out with fois incessant efforts to build up his community. Among .those who attended the funeral were 679 der linquenit subscribers, each of whom pityingly remarked: "Yes, he was a good fellow all right, ,but he never could save any money." A prominent citizen died, and a member bf the family went to the local Jnewspaper office to read the proof of the obituary notice. There was the usual remark about the deceased being "taken to his last resting place ;" but, by one of those typographical fatalities which oc cur In every newspaper shop, the word which had been" written testing" appeared in the proof jas "Roasting". The member of the family was scandalized. ; "Look here," he shouted, ""this has got to be cor rected." "Oh, I don't know," murmured the editor. "He was three years behind with his subscription. I guess I'll let it stand as it is in the proof." precedenits of such long standing, 1 is a question on' wieh opinions dif fer verywidely. But his decision is interesting as (showing how far he is drifting Ifrom he orthodox ! Democratic point of view. Orthodox Democracy consists mainly in sitting still land, trying to Ifirid excuses If or doing as little ais possible. Orthodox Democracy regards (the Constitution toot ,as an instrument for accomplishing good but as a fetter jto restrain action. Orthodox Democracy is oin general principles opposed to the idea of a President doing anything that Ls (not actually and explicitly made compulsory by the Constitution. The Constitution assigns to the Congress the business of enacting law s ; it does fenot' in words author ize the Presidetalt Ito take a hand in this matter. Yet president Wil son has taken b ,very important part in framing the tariff bill which the Democrats twill try to enact :at the special session of Con gress Whis year. And in this re spect president Wilson has vviolat ed the traditions of Democratic Constitutional theory. Of course Mr. ftVilsobi is toot' vio lating the Constitution. That doc ument does not instruct him to frame a tariff law Or any other law ; but dt does hot forbid him to give the Congress the benefit of his advice and counsel. We do (not In the least condemn him for so doing ; we taerely point out that he is violating the traditions of orthodox Democracy. We (don't think any the worse of him on that account. We have no doubt at all that Preside'nft Wilson has the right to advise anid counsel the Congress as much as ever he chooses. But we have not a very high opinion of the kifnd pf jadviice and coun sel Iwlhich he is givifng just now on tariff matters. The proposed tariff legislation (of Jwhieh he is largely the author) is too drastic; it is calculated to hurt business. But it may serve to shorten the Democratic term of of fi.ee, jand that will be something to jbe thankful for. Of course the Democrats ought to keep their campaign pledges, ithough it would puzzle anybody to jkinow just iwhat those pledges meajnt. Their platform, as nearly as we have been able to guess Its meaning, made three contradictory statements,: 1. That protection s unconstitu tioinal. '. 2. That therefore isome (mot all) protective duties ought to be re duced (not abolished) immediately. 3. T(hat is jthis immediate reduc tion ought not to be immediate but gradual. If, Ino tihe strength of this strange jumble bf declarations, Mr. Wilson itihinks he is bound to frame a drastic reduction of duties' and jam It through Congress., let him go ahead and Ido Bit. It Is his duty to ido what he thinks fright. Also, it Is the voters' "duty to render their verdict otn (the jmjatter at the earliest opportunity. And that opportunity Will come En the fall of next year. This country isn't going to jstand ifor (free trade. BorriAin North Caro Una Apparently the moat popular thing that President Wilson has done has been his selection of Wal ter H. Page, a North Carolinian, for the position of ambassador to London. Mr. Wilson made various efforts to find a suitable man for that position, land for some time his ef forts (were not attended with suc cess. Then, at last, he did what he might just as well have done at first ; he appointed a North' Car olinian; And everybody is plesed. The New York Evening Post comments as follows : " In choosing Walter H. Page as ambassador to the Court of St. edJames, President Wilson has se lected a gentleman of unusual I charm and unquestioned ability. ; This pleasingly upholds the tradi tion that a man of letters should represent the United States in Great Britian. That Mr. Page is ! not known to the English public outside of the publishing world is j unquestionably true. But it will (not take him long, in our judg ement, to win a place for himself ; in their estimation. A ready and graceful speaker, he has many of the best qualities of the diplomat. More than that he has a most iun . usual knowledge and understand j ing bf American life. A Southern er bf broad views, he has long j lived In New York and New En gland, besides studying with great care Western prjoblenri. In the re vival of education in the South he has played a noteworthy part, both as a member of the Southern and the General Education Boards. He has steadfastly refused to ad- imit br deny authorship of "The Autobiography of Nicholas Worth' ' usually attributed to h"m, although most men would be proud to own it; the same wisdom, philosophy, and emancipation from prejudice which run through this book mark also 'The Rebuilding of Old Com monwealths,' to which Mr. Page's name is affixed. Finally, that Mr. Page is not reputed to have wealth is a proof that the , county ii not shut up to being represented by millionaires alone." , unsavory law yet. We shall, from time to time, have a good deal to say about it ; and we don't ex pect to be altogether lady-like in our remarks. But we think that the language which we have al- ! ready used is fairly forcible. We said it was a scheme to rob tax payers. We said it was brazen inin iquity. We think we made our meaning entirely plain. The Times is in the habit of measuring its words and saying exactly what it means. It doesn't have to "throw a fit" in order to express its ideas. As a matter of fact, the com plaint Of the prominent Democrat is testimony to the exact truth fulness of the statement we made several weeks ago that Democrats are disgusted with the law which their party has enacted. The prominent Democrat whom we have mentioned, is evidently dis gusted, very much disgusted,- with the law; for, after we de Inouniced the law as robbery and brazen fimiquity, he said that we had not condemned it as strong ly as it deserved. We wonder what he expected us to say. If he can suggest any stronger words, . the . columns of Tike Times (are open to bin, pro-, vided he keeps within the limits prescribed by the postoffice de-partment. Mrs. A. 1; K ing's Famous line Kant Slip Uppers. :-: Little Baby King, s.ze 2 to 5 - $1.00 Baby King, size 5 to 8 - - - $1.50 Little Miss King, size 8 1-2 to 11 $1,75 Little Miss King, 11 1-2 to 2 $2 & 2.50 Little Lady King, 2 1-2 to 5 $2. 50 & 3 IN TAN AND PATENT A SNAP. For sale at a bargain, 8 room cot tage, all modern conveniences, beauti ful lot, good barn, nice lawn. One of the nicest houses in Hendersonville. The Nation, a well known andin- j Two four room cottages, good location, . ... will pay in rents 10 to 12 per cent on fluential London weekly has this investment to say.v "President Wilson has made an interesting experiment. He has boldly reverted to the scholor diplomat las the type of man most qualified to represent the United States abroad. In doing so he has paid a silent but striking compli ment to the good sense of the British people. He has assumed that what we most Value jfcn anj A meriean Ambassador is not his wealth a!nd his ability to lavish it on magnificent houses andhugh Also stock of general merchandise, good 4ocation and a good business. Inquire at Times office for further particulars. ' ELECTION NOTICE We are proud of this line made by expert workmen in a four mil lin dollar factory. It would set m really impossible to get better good We have just unpacked many cases of them. Look at them in the windows-then come in. Under and by virtue of the provis-'. ' ions of the charter of the town of Hen-! L f dersonville North Carolina and chajtc:. -1 72 of the Revisal of 1905 an elec tkm j is nereoy caiiea to be neid on Tues-j ay after the 1st Monday of May,l3l3 at I the Town hall in Hendersonville under i entertainments, but ' his personialu-3-the law regulating such elections at ty and his achievements and the j which time and place there shall be extent to which he brings with ! elected a mayor and three commis5icn- eie xur sum iuwu lo succeed me pies ent mayor and three commissioners whose term of office expires on sai l date. The tickets to be used in said elec tion shall be printed or written on white paper and shall be 2 1-2 inchos by 3 inches in size. John G. P. Liv- Hendersonville Mercantile Company F. Z MORRIS, Manager him the life." true flavor of American The Nation recallsthe fact that years ago President Roosevelt took a similar course in appoint ing Dr. David Jayne Hill as am bassador to Germany. The Ger man court, which apparently pre ferred money to scholarship, did not welcome Dr. Jayne's appoint ment ; but London appreciates just those qualities which Mr. Page possesses, and the fatet that he is not an enormously wealthy man will In no way decrease his influ ence with the-British government. 3C Winston Union-Republican. Congressman Mann, the Repub lican leader in the House, makes the announcement that the Re- ingston is hereby appointed registrar j publicans will not offer serious opposition to the Democratic tar- far said election and L. T. Williams and J. M. Stepp are hereby appointed judges for said election, whose duties it shall be to hold said election and nake report thereof in accordance with the provisions of the law. By order of the Board of Town Com missioners, March 20th, 1913. R. H. STATON Mayor C. S. FULLBRIGHT Z 26-4tc Secretary iff revision bill. It would not do much good, anyway. The Demo- ly be worth while to try and put them in a hole when the chances are many that they will do that themselves without anybody's help. For Sale. S. C. Rhode Island Red land Fawn and White Indian crats have the votes to do about j Runner Duck Eggs. EVIrs. J. A.Fra as they please, and it would hard- lzier, City. Phone 192. A Democrat Has a Grievance A prominent Democrat of this county has seen fit to find fault with The Times. His grievance is peculiar. It is this -.That The Times did not con demn the new county auditor law as severely as he (the aforesaid prominent Democrat) would like to see it condemned. ' The aiew county auditor law is a Democratic law, and one of the rankest and worst laws which the Democrats ever enacted. And The Times has condemned it in plain and emphatic terms. And yet this prominent Democrat finds fault with The Times because The Times did not condemn it even more severely. We respectfully submit that we did condemn it in a way that could mot be misunderstood. In four different issues of the paper we denounced the law. We de scribed it as a scheme to rob' the taxpayers. We said it was bleed ing the county. We pointed out j in detail the glaring badness, of the law. We stated that even Democrats) were disgusted with it We described the law as "brazen iniquity." And yet a prominent Democrat finds fault with us for not con demning it as severely as it de serves to be condemned. We are not through with that NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR PARTITION. . By virtue of the power and au thority vested in Jne las commis sioner )by a Idecree of the Superior court Jin the case of S. O. iEdniey against Dollie Edney and J. W. Ed ney dated April 7th 1913, I will sell (at the court House door in Hendersonville at 12 o'clock noon on iMay 10th 1913 at public auction to the highest bidder for cash for the purpose of partition between the parties interested, the follow ing described piece or parcal of land lying and being in the town ship of Edneyville, County of Hen derson and State of Norfch Caro--lina land known and designated as follows, viz : Beginning at a poplar, Coston's and R. Edney's corner, and runs with their line J3. 35 deg. E. 104 poles Ito a pine iknpwn as the I. R. Sawyer corner ; thence with the Davis line N. 45 deg. E. (Var. 5 deg. 62 poles to an old corner now down some oak saplings marked as a pointer; thence North with said Davia line (var. 6 deg.) 12 poles to a stake and pointers ; thence S. 50 deg. W. 2 ipoles to Winston Ed ney's corner; thence with his line N. 38 deg. W. 28 poles to a pine Winston Edney's corner ; thence 3& deg. W. fi2 poles to a' black oak (now down; thence iN. 37 deg. W. 49 poles to a forked maple at the bra'nch ; thence down the branch and with its meanders to the (beginning Containing 48 acres more pr less. This 7th day of April 1913. McD. Ray, Commissiio ner. MORTGAGE DEEDS CHATTEL MORTGAGES FOR SALE AT THE TIMES OFFICE. WARRANTY DEEDS The Well Graded Roads of Henderson County Need Only Hard Surface to Make Them Perfect j
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