VOL. YY1Y.
HOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918.
NO. 44
Kssis Of Esai; Vstet Of licsb.
Election day is only 120 dayi
off Iojr months, and control of
State and Nation will be fixeJ
for twb critical years..
It is, from any point of view,
an important election. In North
rVawOtno am frill nlnjtt nna tTnio1
States Senator, ten Congressmen
three Justices of the Supreme
Court, ten Superior Court Jud
ges, two Corporation Commiss
ioners, twenty Solicitors, one
hundred Clerks of Court, a Gen.
eral Assembly, and the county
officers in oneiundred counties,
We cannot be indifferent to an
election that involves the con
tfol of the legislative and judic
ial departments of our Common
wealth. We can not be indiffer
ant to au election that involves
the control cf both houses of our
National Congress.
And yet all of these, and no
less, ia involved. There was nev
er a more important election. t
Some good men are saying that
on account of the war we should
have no campaign. What does
this mean but that the democrat
ic party shall refuse to defend its
record shall remain silent while
a thousand gumshoe republicans
whisper all manner of misrepre
sentations abroad? What does
this mean but that we shall give
the children of evil who love
darkness rather than light the
chance they have long sought,
to whisper all manner of false ru
mors over the State.
The Democratic party mut
must live in the light it roust
set forth its record. It can meet
its critics only in the open as it
ever has. A silent campaign is
all that is desired by those who
can not maintain their cause in
the open . '
The fact that we are in the
midst of war is an additional
argument for an open campaign.
We must know how every candi
date stands. There is but one
. issue before us the issue of loy
alty to our flag. But in a silent
c impaign the tongue of sedition,
of back-biting, Of disloyal paci
fism will go unchallenged. What
more could the German vote ask?
Men will whisper (all manner of
evil along the by-ways of tbe
state. And m a suentcampaign
they will be unanswc red.
We do not believe that our re
publican leaders mean to have a
really catnpaiguless year all
they desire is that we shall have
no public discussion, in order that
their whisperings may not be an
swered. Things are better in politics for
being cried out from tbe house
tops. Pure politics demands the
light the light of public discuss
ion The Republican National Chm.
has recently been caught in the
act of trying to raise one mil
lion five hundred thousand dol
lars for his campaign this pres
ent rar. If he means to have
no campaign, what will he du
with all this money? We leave off
just tbe sneaking feature of the
campaign? Will the Republicans
agree to spend no money iu
North Carolina? Will they agrea
to circulate no literature iu
North Carolina? If not, why
shouli the Democrats agree to
send .'out uo speakers? If they
will not agree to lay down their
weapons, why should we?
The proposal coming from Re
publicans, is easily understood,
Tbey have never beeti able to
put up a strong speaking cam
paign; they are wanting both in
speaking and in speaking mate
r il. Of course they want a silent
campaign. It is their only nope- L. . r. ......
It is to be recognized of course, ' th Pat"t ' - " '
that the interest in the war .mthe war they arecon-pmngto
eclipse interest in party; but it
rtnuld'not eclipse interest in
couutry. It is just as important
Bittli Front Etiqamtti.
Steel trench ha ts should not be
raised upon the arrival of a big
Bertha.
Arriving Germn shells have the
right of way. Always stand aside
for then.
Spats are no longer de rigueur
in trench service, and may be
done away with altogether.
It is considered a serious social
error to ask for a finger bowl
when dining on chow in the
trench.
Loud and boisterous comments
are considered bad form when out
, ton listening posts at night.
It is not necessary to have a
formal introduction to a Boche
before trancacting war business
with him.
It is not necessary to purchase
a hat box for your steel helmet,
and in place of a bathbrush car
ry a cake of sand soap.
Calling cards are seldom used
at the front. It is much better
form to engrave one's name on
the bayonet and present it to the
Hun in the customary manner
when visiting iu No Man's Land.
Week-end parties are practical
ly abolished at the front. , Wt en
the enemy accosts you with the
cheerful greeting "kamerad"
make it plain to him that he
must remain your guest for the
duration of the war. Trench
News.
Lame Shoulder.
This ailment is usually caused
by rheumatism of the' muscles.
All that is needed is absolute rest
and a few applications of Cham
berlain s Liniment. Try it.
as it ever was that the Supreme
Court of North Caroliha be Denv
ncratic; it is just as important as
it ever was (hat the Legislature
of North Carolina be Democrat
ic; it is just as important as in
ever was that the SuperiorCourts
be officered by Democrats; it is
just as important as it ever was
tbat our couuties be administer
ed by Democrats, and it is more
important than it ever was that
the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States
be composed of men trun to the
heart in their fidelity to the Pres
ident of the United States.
He has only a narrow party
majority in either house, and he
has no assuranae of unfaltering
support from the Republicans.
In fact, those led by Roosevelt
are only waiting the opportuni
ty to give him a vote of no con
fidence. In the first year of thr
war they threatened it three
times.
Governor Bickett's proposal
contemplated not a silent eara
pnign but no campaign at all.
There is a big difference. It meant
tbat the status quo should be
preserved. But the Republicans
rejected this with scorn, and they
have put out their ticket every
where they have a chance. They
come proposing tbat we lea vp off
only the public discussion. It is
rather shrewd. It is plausableeu
ough to take in the unwary. But
the people of North Carolina un
derstandthe hands of Esau,
but the voice is tbe voice of Ja
cob. In this coming campaign tbe
people shall know how the party
leaders stand. It will be fought
out in the open. That is the only
manner in which a man or party
with a good cause can afford to
fight
The Republicans know they c m
not carry this state in an open
campaign, they cannot stand
jtake control.
"To your tents, O Israel."
News and Observer.
Thi Slery if Weanhsel
(Charity and Children.)
The modesty of a generation
ago is fading away. The bare
mention of this fact will provoke
a smile and stamp the one that
gives it expression an old fogy,
but this very fact proves the as
sertion to be true.
Talking recently withacharm
ing woman who has only, one
child, a lit tle boy of ten, she made
the significant remark that she
trembled for her child on account
of the immodesty of the gir's
with whom he will come in con
tact. That was a fearful indict,
ment.of the girlf, but who will
dare deny it? .
Wright8ville Beach is a close
rival of Coney Island. Not all
the young women who visit the
popular resort have forgotten
their modesty, to be sure, but
some of them have. The cos
tumes that are worn by some of
the girls were not designed to
cover, but to expose. Indecency
bad become so flagrant that the
authorities Of the village took
the matter up and made it un
liwful for a woman to appear in
the garb that, with a certain set-,
had become popular.
It is reported that the law was
defined, and the needless premed
itated exposure still causes the
judicious to grieve. The girls
83 m determined to appear with
as few clothes on as their perso
nal safety will permit.
The question arises why this
curious fascination to the girl
themselves of exposing their
persons to the gaze of men? Wl at
pleasure do they find in it? What
i the motive underlying it all?
We do not pretend to answer
that question, for we do not
know.
But we do know one thing and
that w that the girls who persist
in outraging every sense of de
cency have lost that finest treas-
ure of womanhood, namely, mai
denly modestly. They do not
charm the men they simply a-
rause aud entertain them. Ad
miration and respect do not en
ter into the emotion at all.
A modest womau is still tl e
object of men's highest admira
tion. The girl whose cheek i6
never mantled with a blush, may
be vivacious and attractive and
may receive more attention than
her modest sister, but the latter
receives-and holds the respect
and honor of all light minded
men.
Girls themselves will be the
greatest sufferers from th's low
ering the tone of our social life
their own indiscretion produces.
They are unwittingly making
bitter the cup that in the future
years they mustdrink. The men
pay the lightest penalty of social
impurity, the women the beavi
est.
The girls themselves are not
wholly to blame for the murder
of modesty. Their foolish moth
ers, ambitious for the social sue
cess' of their daughters, sacrifice
the higher things for the sake of
the lower. They encourage their
crrls to do and say thingB in c r
der to get in tbe social swim,
which, if they had good sense,
they would know that it comes
at too high a price. It is better
1 1 be a wall flower with the fra
grance of modesty, than a weed
iu the midst of the garden with
out it,
Chamberlain's Tablets.
i npse taDits are intended es-
reHllylorstomaph t.ouble, b.
tousnm and constipation. H
you have any troub e of this sott
give them a trial and realize Jor
yourself what a fl-st class raedi.
Kim in uu lur you. invy on.y
cost a quarter.
Bntisft aiJv Cinadiu Subjects in I). S.
': U Agister.
The Democrat ia in receipt of
the 'following- telegram which
will be of interest to many of its
readers. It was received from
the British Consnl at W liming
ton, . C:
Wilmington, N. C.
July 31, 1918
Publisher Democrat,
BDone, N.C.
Dear Sir
In the interest of the cause of
the Allies will you kindly pnblisb
as soon as practicable telegram
from General W. A. White, head J
of the British and Canadian re
cruiting service in this country,
as follows: v
New York.
July 25,1918
Donald MacRea, ;J
Wilmington, N. C.
The exchange of ratification of
the recruiting conventions be
tween the United States, Great
Britain and Canada will take
place in London July 30th. The
00 day period for all Britains
and Canadians between 21 and
40 years of age, inclusive, will
commence July 3 , and end Sept
28th. Britains and Canadians
of 20 years of age and those be
twepn the ages of 31 and 44, both
inclusive, will be required to leg
ister on a date to be fixed by
proclamation by the President.
This date will probably be a
boijt August 30, and 30 days af
ter registration men of these a gfs
will be liable to nervice in the I.
S.Armv. Iu short, all B itnna 1
and Canadians between the ng s
oi zu ana 4, ootn lucinsive, in
rs i j j t i
the U. S. will be liable for draft
on or after Sept 29th, unless they
have enlisted or been medically
rejected one-ofthe recruiting de
pots of the British and Canadian
recruiting missious before that
date. Gen. W. A. White inform
ation regarding terms of enlist
ment, pay, seperation.allowame
etc, may be obtained by applica
tion to
DONALD MACRAE,
British Vice Consul.
Wilmington, N. C.
Why No fallow laskits.
Says the Wilke.s Patriot: Our
neighbor, The Yellow Jacket, of
Moravian Falls, which baa been
published almost uninterrupted
ly for going ontweutyfouryesis
has been compelled -to omit Bev
el a! issues lately on account ot
inability to procure white paper.
This publication, what has a nation-wide
circulation, uses large
quantities of roll paper, which it
h is made to orJer at the milts.
Early last February the editor
of the Yellow Sacket placed an
order with the Lord Northclifi
mills at Bftwood Newfoundland,
for a g ear's supply, which was
made up and ready for shipment
but there is no telling when it
can get through. This has been a
eerious hardship to Mr. Law?
who has sustained aud will sus
tain thousands of dollars of loss
if he cannot soon secure roll pa
per. Mr. Laws leaves this week
for the North where he will try
among the various paper mills
for a Huall shipment to last till
his regular supply can be got
through.
The Joy ol Living.
To enjoy life we must have good
health. No one can reasonably
hope to get much re il pleasure
out of life when his bowels are
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it at once.
War Taxss is Carolina.
The war taxes we pay on mail
are collected and turned into the
federal treasury by tbepostoflJce
authorities. But 97 out of every
hundred dollars of (Jirect war
taxes paid in North Carolina du
ring the year that ended June
30, were collected by the Internal
Revenue authorities. 1
The total so collected was near
ly 70 million dollars, which is
nearly three and ajhalf times all
the state, couuty and municipal
taxes we pay in this state.
It ia a huge sumV Who paid it?
Twenty million of it was paid
on individual and corporation
incomes, and on excess profits
in business enterprises. Mainly it
was paid by the rich people of
the state, and they are very few
in number. The taxes they paid
on excess profits will be added,
of course to the market price of
the goods they sell to the public.
The users of tobacco the world
over, will at last pay most of
this war tax ou excess profits.
Very little of the income tax
total was paid bv ourwageearn
ers, because very few of them, il
single, earn $3.50 a day and are
busy every work day of the year,
and just as few of them, if mar
ried, earn $7.00 a day and bse
no time in the run f a yoar.;
And as for our salary people,
barely three per ceut of us in
North Carolina receive $32,000
a year.
And very little of it was paid
by the farmers, because very few
01 inera tjoy a net taxauie m
c0,T,e of morethan$2,000ayear.
mi. . e e
The average income of farmers
in the United stites iu 1910 was
only $724.00. If it were two and
a half times larger in these dtiys
of prosperity, they would still
escape federal income taxes; and
the country over 399 out of ev
ery 400 farmers did escape such
tixs iu 1917.
The balance or 50 million doll
ars of revenue taxes in North
Carolina this year was paid for
stamps by our tobacco inanr
facturers or mniuly so. Le.-s
than one dollar in the hundred
came from tuxes on inherited cs-,
tates, admissions and dues, pub
lic utilities, document stamps,
insurance policies, and the like.
N. C. News Letter.
Wiiti i Letter.
Write a letter to n sol lier when
you haven't much to do. it will
brace some homesick fellow who
is feeling pretty blue. Oh, our
boys are lion hearted, and they'll
whip their weight in snukce, but
they have their lonesome mo
ments wlien their heart is full of
aches; there are hours when they
are longing for the homes so far
away, and the girls thy left be
hind them, and the parents old
a id gray; and a letter full of sun-
8 line makes the melancholy shiek
therefore get your pen m ac
tion Jwith a demijohn of ink.
Write a letter to a soldier ere
you go to uea t'Uiighr, some
po r chap is waiting for the let
teryou don't write. It will tuke
yo i fifteen minutes such a letter
t compose, and then you'l hear-
tm up a soldier when he's billed
to meet his foes. Make it bright
and breezy, full of courage smih e
audjsnop, show the confidence
you'r feeling in the outcome of
the scmp. and some soldier boy
will bless ou as he takes his lit
tle gun, aud prepares to shoot
the gizza.-d from a lewd, imnioi-
al hun. Walt Mason.
DAY & STAMPER,
FARM BROKERS
Wayneeburg, Lincoln Co., Ky.
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Collections a specialty.
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of every month for 4 or 5 days
and every court week. Office ct
the Blackburn Ilotel.
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BOONE, - . . N.C.
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