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e a ,1U ' , '"' ; , ,vi ' ; . VOL. XXVIII BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1916. NO. 11. v !...'''' M.f' ,t. f iV,-, '-:.. : '1 ' -i-'I V': 'l-..;,y.i,' w - Party Politics Froa 18S5 tt 1860. From The flewi Letter. Party politics in North Caroli na 1835-60, the recent James Bprunt Historical publication by Dr. J. G. R. Hamilton at theUni versity of North Carolina, covers almost exactly what has prop erly been called the period of Transformation in the United States. 'jntnettast manufacture was riding into dominancy and agrl culture was dwindled into insig nificance. In what is now the Middle West agriculture was develop ing as never before in any coun try of the world. The causes were ' free public lands, immigration, prairie farming with its unique advantages, expansive farming, agricultural machinery, enor mous incieaee in farm products calling for markets, the rise of . brisk city centers, the rapid de velopment of rail roods and in flated prices due to the flow of gold from California and Aus: tralia. , j V , , , The South during this period was also undergoing a radical transformation, due to the grow ing demand for cotton and its in creasing culture under a slave labor system. During these years our cotton crop in the South in creased sixfole. The crop more than doubled between 1850 and 1880. And yet the total cotton acreage in the in the South in 1380 was leas than the geo graph ical'area of South Caroli na, and the total number of slave-holders was lessthau 300, 000 in North Carolina less than 35,000. While the West was develop ing upon the basis of extensive : farming with profit-producing machinery, the Sou t was settling ' down upon the basis of cotton production with increasingly ex pensive slave labor. In 1830 7,- , 000 pounds of lint cotton .would buy a prime farm hand, but in 1860 it took from 15,000 to 18, 000 pounds to buy an able bod- . ied slave. Notwithstanding the high price of cotton in the late . forties and early fifties the prof it in-cotton disappeared and if our forefathers had not produc ed their -own supplies at home the Soutli would have fallen into incurable bankruptcy. In brief, general prosperity in the West was based on a pros perous agriculture, and a pros perous agriculture grew out of an increasing use of profit-producing farm machinery, In the South the labor cost of produ cing crops under the slave sys tem wiped out profits. Slavery 4was a proBt-losing, not a profit producing labor system. The de velopment ofcitips, railroads and tnanufacture.were all retarded in consequence. Here were profound economic causes writing destiny in large letters. But ourjjgenius was po litical, not economic in those days. And our interest was in national not in State affairs. Thousands of names appear in Dr. Hamilton's account of poli tics in North Carolina during that period, but a scant half doz en of these names stand for any large and intelligent thought a bout North Carolina and her problems of life and business. The roster of public men in those days looked on the map of the State with the eye of a states man and patriot in brief. Will iam A. Graham, John M. More head, Charles Manley, D. S. Reid and Calvin IL Wiley are a few of the leaders during this period who thought in terms' ot North Carolina a fashion set by Arch ibald D., Murphy of an earlier date, but a fashion little follow ed latter. ' ' Gov. Graham in his inaugural Owe a Fim lian Associate in Your Community. There are few farmers indeed who do not need more ready cash than they at present have. The stumps need to be taken out, new land cleared, fences built, ditches dug, tile laid, better livestock and better implements purchas ed. Hitherto making these ira provements on borrowed capital nas in many cases, even when the best security was eiven. been im possible, simply because interest rates have been prohibitively high. Now, however, with the new rural credits law a certainty, it seems that 5 or 0 per cent mon ey on long time is to be placed within reach of every deserving farmer. As we are pointing out elsewhere, present indications are that it is through the communi ty farm loan association that loans will be most quickly and easily obtained. It is quite true that not less than ten farmers must unite to create such an as sociation, but this fact certainly should be no serious bar to the successful operation of the plan. Thousands of communities both in the United States and abroad have already successfully worked together along other lines, and the benefits that will accrue from the creations of community farm loan associations are too trreat for us to let our so called "indi vidualism" stand in the wav. There are a hundred legitimite, productive uses to which cheap money can be put. and when so used the results will inevitably be reflected in better farms, better homes, a higher standard of liv ing and a better citizenship. Debt incurred for productive purposes is not something to Jbe dreaded; rather it is a thing needed, 'pro vided, always, the interest rate is low and the time long. Why not take the lead in this matter in your neighborhood, getting all the information neces sary, and then helping to organ ize a local association? The Pro gressive Farmer. Now Lookout. When a cold hungs on as olten happpens, or when you have hardly gotten over one cold be fore you contract another, look out for you are liable to contract another, look out for you are li iba to contrnct some very seri ous disease. This succession of colds weakens the system and lowers the vitality so that you ate much more liable to contract chronic catarrh, pneumonia or consumption. Turn your cold while you can. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a great repu tation. It is relied upon by thou sands of people and never disap points tbem. Try it. It only costs a quarter. Obtainable every where. address in 1847 made a noble plea for education and internal improvements, and rebuked the people of the State for devoting so much of their time; interest and attention to national and so little to State affairs. Politics, in deed, appears to swallow up ev ery other interest, said Hugh McQueen in 1838, and the whole surface of the earth seems cover ed with politician? asEgyptonce swarmed with locusts. And wo have not yet learned that an ounce of sound econom ics is worth a whole ton of parti san politics. Dr. Hamilton's vol ume is a most interesting com mentary upou thefantastiu tricks humors and trivialities of popu lar politics and the curious ina bility of our public leaders to see the largo significance of affairs in the home State. Interest in na tional politics paralyzed the will to think out State proems safe Ijf in large ways; and re are not yet cured of this ancient incapac- ity. Business Mitbeisia Rones. 1. Manage your household or personal affairs in a business' like way pay cash and do not run bills. 2. Save a fixed sum every month and as much more as cir cumstances will permit. - 3. Memorize this rule and use it to measure all purchases: "Nev er spend money for anything which does not add to physical health or mental health or mor- al health." 4. Do your own buying and marketing. You alone know what ought to be bought to do your family the most good. 5. Have simple meals, good, pure food, cooked and served, Remember there is no economy in interior quality, but that a re duction in quantity is often nec essaray for health. G. Don't indulge in foods and drinks between meals. Amuse ment at the expense of one's own health is expensive indeed. 7. Buy only simple, well made furnishings and furniture. They cost less to clean and last long. er. 8. Do not buy an article f o r which you have no definite use. Once you are past the "bargain table" the desire for possession leaves you. 9. Don't buy "faddy" clothes to be soon discarded. Think of price and wearing qualities as well as style. 10. run your expenditures on a strict budget plan, revised un til it fits its your individual fam ily needs Rule of the House wives' League. St. Paul husbands whose wives belong to the "home manage ment" class hereafter will be ob liged to give a detailed account of their daily expenditures in or der to combat the high cost of living by means of a conscien tious record of accounts. The plan was outlined ny Mrs. Har vey M. Hickok of Minneapolis, who made the second of a series of lectures under the auspices cf the Housewives League. A number of St. Paul wives as serted it was impossible to get their husbands to give an ac count One said her husband be came extremely resentful when when asked bow much he h a d spent for cigars or if he had lun ched with a friend. Another said her husband always maintained the silence of a martyr and wore a look of injury. Mrs. Hickok advised them to explain the situation more ch ar- ly, but not to give up. "Get him accustomed to giving an account of his ekpenditures and be frank about your ownf" she said St. Paul Pioneer Press. RflOSBTlIt Hllpil The Colonel's efforts as a cam paigner were unformly success iuI. He traveled clear to Arizona and spoke at Phoenix, and Arizo na went for Wilson. He spoke at Gallup, N. M., and New Mexico swung to the Democratic col umn. He spoke at Denver and Colorado made a new record with its Democratic majority. He spoke in Kansas, and Kan sas for the first time since 1896, gave its electoral vote to the democratic candidate for presi dent He spoke in Maine, and the normal republican majority fell off fifty per cent. Alittle more as sistance from the Colonel might nave maae things practically u nanimous wherever be stopped mew i one woriu. Do You Have Sour Stomach? If vou are troubled with umir stomach you sbouid eat slowly and masticate your food thor oughly, then take oue of Ciihjh berlain's Tablets lmmdiately af- rcr supper,, uoiainahie every wuere. . Tbi Survival of the Ootittest. Darwin's scientific treatise, "The survival of tho fittest'" has civ- en pier- in Europe to a book of life v.v?; in blood, called the Surviv:..i. of the Uufittest," the produet of the most sense less and 'criminal war that has ever blackened civilization. Ar mies are composed of picked men They are sifted and winnowed for their quality; the chaff and the riffraff are rejected. Amons the thousands reported killed or wouned there are no defectives, no dwarfs, no cripples, or de formed, no imbeciles. They were were the choice men of the race. Their courage, their strength, their intelligence, their efficiency were the race's hope of a better prosperity. The inevitable effects of war are such that if a nation designed to keep its most valua ble forces drained low, if it pre ferred to breed its future genera tions from nubbins anl scrubs, it could devise no more effective program than repeated and wide spread war. The braver the men the larger and surer the loss. Whatever war may be in song or story, in practical eugenics, in the highest progress of the race, it is the worst calamity of all the continuous extinction ot the fittest. Therefore the spirit of mil- itarism is suicidal and t he apolo gist for war is a foe to the race. The song, "I did not raise my boy to be a soldier" contains more sound sense than could be crowded into the shallow mind of a jingoist without a surgical op eration. No mother of the right sort will rear her boy for human butchery either to butcher or to be butchered. Such a thing be longs to savage instincts and is unwoithy of present-day civiliza tion. She will rear him for nobler things in recognition of the Fath erhood of God and the brother hood of men, but if the evil of war should unhappily come, he will have been reared to do his duty. The nation that cultivates militarism should be ostracised from the society of all other na tions, as by this policy it declares itself an enemy to humanity. Baltimore Southern Methodist. A Clogged System MustBeClear ed. You will find Dr. King's New Life Pills a centle et effintivp laxative for removing impurities irom the system. Accumulated waste poisons the blood; dizzi ness, biliousness and pimply, muooy complexion are tun dis tressing effects. A dose of Dr. Kind's New Life Pills tn nioht will assure vou a free, full bowel movement in the morvtng. At your Druggist, 25c. No, Teddy will not interfere with Mr. Hughes' appointments as President-Concord Tribune. UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY. Time is the test of truth. And Doan's Kidney Pill's have stood the test No resident who suffers backache, or annoying urinary ills can remain unconvinced by this twice told testimony. H. W. Minga, retired farmer, 801 Twelfth St.. Hickory, N. C, says: "I had a severe pain in the small of my back and if I stooped I could hardly straighten up a gain. In the morning I was lame and sore. 1 got Doan's Kidney Pills and they were just what I needed. After I had taken two boxes, I was entirely on red." (Statement given February 18, 1911.) On Deo. 10. 1411, Mr. Minga said: "I still reccomend Doan's Kidney Pills whenever I hearofa case of kidney trouble. Whctiev er my back has been hi me, I find that JJoan's Kidney Pills heir me.JV Price- 50c at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidnev remedv get Doan's Kidney 'Pills the samo that Mr. Minga ;had. Fos- ter-MUDurn to. Props. Buffalo N.Y. . . ' ,. Gov-elect Bickett and HoiFJ. Exchange Telegrams. Linns Governor-elect T. W. Bickett received from Frank A Linney, his republican opponent a hand some telegram of congratula tions today, Mr. Linney wiring: "You have made a clean, strone and able campaign, and have given an elevated tone to the character of North Carolina po- litical debate. You have won. Ac cept my congratulations." The message came from Ienoir. Mr. Bickett replied: "1 thank you for your generous telegram. our own campaign does ,v o u high credit,' and I am grateful that our conteest leaves no stinc and no scar. Wishing you every happiness, I beg to remain sin cerely, T. W. Bickett. It was generally rcirretted throughout the campaign that two men who 'made such high- mannered speeches should have ipoken seperately at all appoint- ments, but each choose to make his complete speech, neither sought the joint issue and each elected to appeal in his own waj'. it is doubtful whethereither can- idate has had a predecessor as a caiididatewho put debate upon a higher ground. They discussed issues and not themselves nor their opponents. The Greens boro Daily News. Belated News from Stony Gork. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Judson E. Wngner a lino baby boy. Mr. W..W. Sherley is erecting a nice cottage, and when comple ted will add much to my friends farm. Miss Tholma llainby spent Sat- urday night with her friend Mies Disia Watson. Mr. O. JN. Wagner having sold his farm to J. E. and II. S. Wag ner, is now busy moving to tie home of his father, Mr. McD. Wagner, on Grassy Creek. The people of this community weie sorry to see him leave. Mr.G;C. Moretz, of Hopkins. was on Stony Fork last week in the interest of our schools. Died near here last week, a man by the name of Hamby, and it is reported that his death was the result of a few drinks of poison ous liquor. For tho past few weeks it seems that a purt of this community has been inournincr. To start with, Rev. I. C. Miller's house was robbed and the burglar not apprehended. Second, the defeat of Pa by one ballet, which was declared by our magistrate to have been absurd and corrupt. But after seek ing for that which was not their own, the former prodigal or pastor returned to his field of unwelcome and ex claimed with uplifted hands, that they should have a revival, aud we believe (they) should. J. E. W. HOWS THIS. We offer One Ilnmlmrl Dollum Reward tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured hv Unll'a Catarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine hns been taken by catarrh sufferers for tho nnst, vonra ami hn. - - ' w t) l umj UM 1IUO become known as the most relia bin remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the Mood on tlieMiicoiiHHiirfiuvM exjielling tho poison from the uiouq una ncaung me diseased portions. After von have bikcn llnll'u Catarrh '.Medicine for a short tin e VOU will see acreatimnrnvemptit, in your general health. Stait taking jiaii mtarrh Medich e at once and cet rid of mtm-ili. Send for testimonials; fres. F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. u&ildren dry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR! A PROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmons, Resident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. OnWatCritcherHotel. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 to 18 a. m; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. Dr. G. M. Peavler, Treats Disease of the Eye, Ear Nose andiThroat BRISTOL. TENN., 1 15 '14 ly. E. S. COFFEY. -ATTORNEY AIL AW LJONE.N.C. t'rompt attention given to ill matters of a legal nature. IW Abstracting titles and ionection oi claims a special 'P. ' ll.'ll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney - SPECIALIST - CTX, KAR; SOBK, TUROAT AKO OHIIT KTKS KXAMINXD FOR 8I.AS8IS FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tenn.-Va. EDTTDND JONES LAW YEll -LENOM, N. C,- Will Practice Regularly in he(,onrt8 of Watvuga, 64 'ii l. D. LOVVB T. A. LOVK, Ptnuola, H. C. Banuer Elk, N. C. LOWE & LOVE ;attorneys-at-law. Practice in the courts of Averr and surrounding counties. Care- mi attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, ATTOItNEy AT LAW, BOONE, N. C, Will practice in the courts of the 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civd nature. 6-11-1911. VETERINARY SURGERY. Wlien 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. Lovill. w. R. LoyU Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys At Law -BOONE, N. C Speciarattention riven to all business entrusted to their care. .. , .. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE, ..... . N. C . Prompt attention -iriven to oil martem of it leual nature Collection a fpmalty. OlUi with Solicitor Jb A. D any l,y. DR. B. DJEHWS RES1DENT.DENTIST .,. Daxneu8Ei.k. N. C. I At Boono on first Monday w of every month for 4 or 5 days ; ci;' and every court wk. Office at the Blackburn Hotel, ; ; tt . ; $ v J