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VOL. XXVIII BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY Octobber 19, 1916. NO. 7. 'f V ONE OF BURKE'S CITIZENS GIVES REASON FOR CHANGE. Mr. McKtssoo, I Republican for Mori Thai 30 Yiars Denounces Hughes. C. F, McKesson, in Charlotta Obser ver, ' Republican for more than 30 years, a Blain elector in my youn- ger days, proud of the glorious history and wonderful aehieve- blessed memory, in speaking of " mfnts of my party, 1 have done this custom finely said: "The what I could in an humble way norse tjiat pun8 tne plow should to uphold its principles and poli- have the fodder." cies. In common with thousands Hughes' stock in trade is criti of Republicans, I am sorely dis- cism of Wilson. Reckless in state appointed in the speaking tour men t he declares that Wilson was of Hughes. He seems to have en- "weak and vacflattag in his In tirely lost sight of the dignity ternational policy;" that his di and responsibility of the great piomatic communications were office he resigned, and the great- nothiug but words." Hughes er one to which he aspires. No knows that the world knows that presidential candidate of which I those communications had such have any knowledge ever made compelling force and singleness so weak, so fruitless, so evasive a of purpose as to put a stop to compaign as he is making. His German submarine warfare, speeches are only a "deluge of vo- When pressed by the public to ciferous common place." At best tell what he would have done had he is a '.'common scold," and has he been in Wilson s place, he ou not aroused the least enthusi- ly replied in glittering generali asm, or uttered a single sugges- ties. His answer is an abortive tionof constructive statesmau- attempt to "hold with the hounds shiD. If he ever had any states- and run with the hare." Would manlike ideas, they are now in a he have engaged us in war with sterile state of frosty fermenta- Germany? If so, why is it that tioni Many of the leading Repub- a large German element, who fly lican and Independent newspa- the American flag neath the pers give him only a half-heart- folds of the German are his nois ed support, in fact they give a iest supporters? Has he a secret very chilly endorsement. The alliance with, that contingent? State Journal of Ohio, the ablest The evidence points strongly in Republican paper in the State, that direction for it boasted that is fighting him vigorously. The it defeated Roosevelt and elected New York Daily Post, one of the Hughes. Oh! but he rings t h e great dailies, in writing of Wil- changes' on Wilson's Mexican son's speech of acceptance, uses policy, and here too he fails' to this strong language: "Beside it, tell what he would have done. Hughes' speech sinks to smaller Would he have waged war with dimensions than ever. If Mr. Mexico, or would he now have Hughes cannot' rise to its breadth the American array on the bor of vision and its power, his will der for defense, cross into Mexico bo a difficult position indeed." and sacrifice the blood and lives In his attempt to discredit the of our noble Boldiers in order to Adanieon bill he isrtfully at- protect the coal mines and oil tempting to deceive those who wells of one Bill Hearst and oth do not read or is thrusting a ers of his like? All of them are poisoned dagger into the Repub- howling for Hughe?. If the Anier lican party, for he knows that can people really believes what more than half those in congress voted for the measure. Joseph Cannon the greatest Republican in America, voted for it Con- gressman Britt,,of theTenth din- few weeks before his nomination, trict, who is worthy of public Roosevelt called him a "pussy trust and confidence, voted and footed feather duster." spoke for it. and is standing bravely by .his record. Senator 1-nfollett of Wisconsin and Cum- rains of Iowa two of the most prominent of Republicans, are both dynamiting Hughes for his denunciation of this bill. -Arthur Pnrmpr. the Republican Govern- or of Kansas, owns a paper pub- lished in Topeka called Capper's wwtlv. and has heretofore been onnnnrtintr Hufrhes. Ja a recent issnfi of that Dai eV. we find the following criticism of the railway managers who wanted a strike: Thnv nn the nhief organized enemy enemf organized labor, have cleaned it out in their shops and wherever they could, and now have only the trainmen's union ro deal with. If they can destroy these unions they, will strumental in no other achieve have tlie labor situation just inent than the enactment of the whfiv they want it. The New Federal reserve banking act, lork Herald strongly opposed which has liberated the country to the Wilson administration from its vassalage to the great says: "Wilson deserves great New York banks, he would be en credit for his stand in urging the titled to re-election. The money passage of this bill which avert' barons of Manhattan are soli ily ed a nationaTcalamity." Hughes agaiust him, but that alone has never been the friend of the should make the rest of the coun farmers or other toiling masses, try stronger, more earnest and When Governor(of New York he unanimous for his return to pow vetoed bill after bill intended to er. promote agricultural interests Up to the present the '-pussy-One of $5,000 for the Agriuiltu- footed" has not approved or con- ral Colleee: one of $6,000 for far mers' Institute work, and yet he ' approved a bill for increasing the salaries of a lot of State officers -the lowest oi which, was alrea dy 3,000. All of them raised from $1,000 to $5,000. Hughes was evidently correct when be said he was 100 percent a candidate." His talk of Wilson turning Republicans out of office and putting in Democrats is en tirely unworthy of a presidential candidate. Of course Hughes knows, as everybody else knows, that all parties in power has done tnj8i. Senator Vance, of Hughes says, and want war with Germany and Mexico, then they should vote for him, and this not withstanding the fact, that a If the people are in favor pf the income tax passed by the w ilson administration, and which forces the rich, as never before, to pay their proportionate share of the government expense, then they will vote for Wilson; if against it. vote for the "pussy-footed feather duster" Hughes. This hope of repealing the income tax, .Hughes regards as "a straight flush" in his political game. If elected he would win all the stakes on the table, for the rich would no longer pay, and they and Hushes Min wine, Kroiu goblets of crystal and green, Then happy and Kay, they would loud 'Whatfooia the people have been." If Wilson had been largely in- detuned the act. Reader! do you know why? The answer is simple: he knows the peoph are for it, he knows his monied masters are a- - 1 gainst it, and he fears to.. excite! their wrath. No man can read his speeches and tell what he stands for, ex cept that he stands for the mon ey kiugs of America, and against the interest of the "toiling mass es." He was, when Governor of New York, allied with the big monied interests and corpora tions and against the welfare of the people, and if elected presi dent, he will be the Biibservient tool of the same crowd. The people of the South are as loyal to the flag and to the union as are the people of all oth er sections of our common coun try. Notwithstanding the f a c t that the plow-shares of war seam ed our hillsides and valleys with terrible scars, that every South ern home was a sacrificial altar, and the lintels of the door posts of nearly every Southern hamlet were sprinkled with the blood of our first born, we thank God that those scars have long since healed on all our hills and valleys, and in all our hearts and homes, and that tlie men of the North and the South and their children are living together in the bonds of peace and brotherly love. The men of the South, as deeply and tenderly as the men of the North appreciate the patriotic senti ment of those who wore the Blue and the Gray: "Each did the duty that be law; bacn wrought at Uod's supreme de sigu: And under love's eternal law Lach life with equal beauty shines," And yet in the face of these blessed truths Hughes is attemp ting to stir among the dead em bers and arouse a spirit of sec tionalism by crying to his aui- ence, "The South is in the sad die." This vicious spirit alone should turn thousands of Repub- icans North and South against him. Any man who attempts to stir up bitternes between the dif ferent sections of his country is unworthy of public confidence. When we think of the great Re publican party the party that enriched and glorified the annals of our history the party great est in initiative and achievement the party of Lincoln, Grant, Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt Taft, Blaine, Conkling, and a great host of immortals and then think of the shifty dodger Hughes as its candidate, we real ly feel that, for a season at least, ' the 'scepter has departed from Judah." When the people know the people know the facts, and they will know them, being more en lightened and independent of par ty dictation than ever before, they will flock to the standard of the man who by his great diplo macy and wisdom has kept our uation out of war, has been large ly instrumental in the passage of laws which have brought nation al prosperity, widespread appro val, and the assurance of a more glorious future. He is no veiled prophet; Hughes is hothingelse. He never acts tne part. Hughes had doim little else, since the presidential bee months stung him as he sat in the chair of an Associate Justice in the Su premejeourt. Wilson is frank, open, candid; Hughes is neither, but with the studied art of the Demagogue he wraps authority and power in mystery in order to magnify them. Pretending that he did not want the nomi nation, recent events prove that he was a most "willin' Barkis' and this too in the face of the fact that months agchewentbe fore a notary public and regis tered an oath that under no con dition would he accept the nom ination. What has become of this oath? Thomas Jefferson was perhaps the most profound and most far- seeing statesman this country Attacking the Democratic Verdon. In this campaign the Republi cans are concentrating their lire on the Public School record of the past sixteeti years. This is the record to .which Charles B. Ay cock gave his very soul, and while the recital of its glories was burning on his lips, he "walk ed with Uod and was not." If this record does notclothe North Carolina in immortal honor, the life of Charles B. Aycock was a tragic failure, and his activities were a fraud union the people of the State. Of necessity large su m suf mon ey have been spent in the making of this record, but none has been mis-spent. Giowth is notextrav agance. Miserliness is not econo my. "There is that scattereth and yet iucreaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." Attorney General Bickett. Cure for Cholera Morbus. ''Whn our little boy, now sev en years old, whs a baby hp wan cured of cholera morbus by Cham bei-lain' Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoH Reined y," writes Mrs. b'rd ney Simmons, Fair Haven, N. Y. "Since then, other members of my lumilv have used this valua ble medicine for colic and bowel troubles with good tit-faction and I gladly endorse it us a rem edy of exceptional merit." Ob tainable everywhere. has ever produced. He uttered a well-nigh divine truth when he said, "All men are created free and eqnal." Under the powerful and far-reaching force of that ruth crowns have crumbled, thrones have tottered and every American citizen, however hum ble or lowly, now kuows that he is an intregal part of tliisnation, and has a voice in its affairs. Wilson by his achievements for the honor and glory of our coun try, for the peace, happiness and best interest of all its people, has imparted new life and force to the great truth uttered by Jeffer son. An old French philosopher said DoubtlessGod might have made a better berry than thestrawber ry, but doubtless He never did.' And so 1 think of V ilson even though I voted against him. Wilson has taken the best thing of human government, and wo ven them into the reason and principle of his administration His sterling strength of charac ter, his devotion to well rcgula ted liberty in all the groat crises and vicissitudes of his presiden tial career, awaken a deep senst of admiration in patriotic Amer ican hearts, During the Hood of censure poured upon him by po litical opponents, the money kings of Wall Street, the great corporations, purchased and ve nal newspapers and magazines, he has been true, firm und un yielding to the best interest of the great masses, cheering the votaries of law, 'and order, peace prosperity and preparedness. Like the flaming sword that guarded the gates of Paradise, his lofty patriotism, his superb statesmanship, will ever be bea cons to illumine the path of our national ship to a haven of saf ety. C. F. M'KKSSON. Morgauton, Oct. 3 P. S. Of course ii pains me to be out of harmony with many warm political friends of .this Presidential issue, but I am deep ly persuaded that the peace of our country depends on the de- feat of Hughes. Many of my friends may think roe lacking in judgement, but will, I know, give me credit for sincerity. There are some whose party loyalty is so based on the hope of a govern ment job, that I shall accept and welcome their criticism. High Prices i Blessinf. Charlotte News, The statement appeared a few days ago in an exchange that the present tremendous high price for the staple commodities may be a blessing disguised for the American people in that they would be driven back to a more economical process of living. That is, indeed, a legitimate spec ulation. There is no question a bout the fact that the average household in this country is too extravagant. Prodigality does not alone exist with the well-to-do but even in those fanilies where there is something of a struggle for a livelihood, things are thrown away that our fore bears would have been delight ed to possess. The little essen tials are disregarded. An im proper value is attached to them. What were once luxuries are be coming the things that we refuse to get along without. Our tastes are exorbitant in their demands. The pace we are setting is too swift. If the high prices at pres ent prevading for the bodily es sentials, for the food that we are putting iu our mouths, has the ultimate effect of forcing us to assize the essentials more rigidly, they will, indeed, haye become a blessing to the American people. There is yet another aspect, however, of this question which permits us to interpret present, prices, and notably is this true in the south couutry. Extrava gantly Jhigh prices for food and feedstufi's will undoubtedly drive our producing forces to a more economical species of farming. Diversification is a gospel that needs yet to be preached in this southern land. Within the past few years we have been getting over to its side, but with nothing ike the avidity thatshould have been practiced. There is yet too great a tendency to raise whole plantation of cotton and then buy the corn the stock eat in the west and get our own meats from the same source of supply. Far mers of North Carolina have no business asking any other see tion of the tinted States to put a particle of food in their own mouths or feedstuns into the mouths of their cattle and stock North Carolina soil will grow ev ery bit of it. North Carolina cli mate will permit the growing of it 'all. And North Carolina ge nus and thrift and enterprise when properly directed can match its powers with any on the top side of the globe. All that is nee ded is for the farmers once to get on the right track and then the problem will begin to solve itself. HOWS THIS. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past 35 years, and ha become known as trie most relia ble remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the Blood on the Mucous surfaces expelling the poison from the blood ana neaiing tne diseased portions. After you have taken IlnllV Catarrh Medicine fora short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Medicine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Chunky & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. So far as we are concerned, we always hate to see a didactic di- plodosus get busy and mess a round in "politics with a lot of towzerized twaaddle. Wilming ton Star, PR OFESSION A L. E. Glenn Salmons, Kesident Dentist BOONE, N. C. Office at CritcherlHotel. OFFICE HOURS: , 9:00 to 13 a. ni; 1:00 to 4:00 p, m,a Dr. G. M. Peavler, ' Treats Diseases of the Eye, Ear Nose andjhroat BRISTOL. TENN., 1 13 '11 ly. E. S, CflFFElf. -A TiORhEx Al LA lf,- Li JONE, N. C. Prompt attentioD given to all matters of a legal nature. Abstracting titles and wuection oi claims a apecial tv. M-'ll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney - SPECIALIST - STB, BAR; NOSH, THROAT AND CHKIf HTK8 EXAMINED VOR GLASSES FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tenn.-Va. EHT UJND JONE8 LAWYER ' LENOIR, N. C, WW Practice Regularly in the Courts of Watauga, S-l 'ii L. D.LOWE T. A. LOVE, PlneoU, N. C. Banner Kill, N. C. LOWE & LOVE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Practice in the courts of Aveir and surrounding counties. Care ful attention given to all mattert of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, n. c. Will practice in the courts of the 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 6-11-1911. VETERINARY SURGERY. When in need of vet erinary surgery call on or write to G. H. Hayes Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi las, N. C. 6-15-16. E. F. Lovltl. W. R. Loir Lovill & Uovill Attorneys At Law- '. -BOONE, N. C Speciarattention given to all business entrusted to. their care. .'. .. .'. .. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOON E, .... . . N.C (Prompt at ten tion giren to all matters of a legal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Lit 2 9, ly. pd. DR. R. D, JENNINGS RESIDENT.DENTIST Baxners'.Elk, N. C. S8T At Boone on first Monday of every month for 4 or 5 'day! find pvprv court wink. ' Offira t I the Blackburn Hotel, FOLEY KIDNEttPHXS Tor backach e kiorus and bud dm '.."'" -
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