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Volume XIV
Lenoir, NC.Tuesclay,' October 8, 1912
No. 97
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CALDWELL ASSOCIATION.
THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN, j believe down in your heart that COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS
V ' - . the watch doar of Cofidlnce will v " v
Campaign Open at Gamewell stand guard at your door step Items From Our Regular Corres- Some Interesting Fact as Told
Suppose Woodrow Wil
son Wins.
pondents and Neighboring
County Papers.
by the Editor of Charity
and Children.
Senators 34th Senatorial Disk
EDMUND P. WAKEUELD
Caldwell County.
C. ALBERT SPENCER
, s Burke County.
House of Representatives
MOSES N. HARSHAW, ,
V : Register of Deeds
STANLEY S. JENNINGS
Treasurer
MADISON C. ESTES
Surveyor
NATHAN CAZORT.
Sheriff
FALCONER R. TILLEY
Coroner
DR. ANDY B. GOODMAN
County Commissioners
JOHN M. SMITH
COLUMBUS M. RADEK
W. DAVID WILKIE '
as it has stood for the past 10
years?
Suppose Wilson' wins and a
few thousand hpngry Democrats
will gallop up to the pie-counter
and receive their little allowance
and as many Republicans will
retire to private" life, but how Our Mr. R M. Green, left lettaville nestles while the green
about the millions of Democrats on Sunday last, for a business hills stand guard around it
and Rpnnblicahs that will suffer trir. tn Hipknrv and Charlotte The Caldwell Association met
if wages ware cut as a result of and was, we learn, slightly in- here in the large and commodi
tariff for rpvpnnp Mnrd in a wiwlr hpt.wppn Trfnnir OUS but by no means handsome
WATAUGA.
(Watauga Democrat.
A heavy, killing frost on the
morning of the 2nd. . -'
(Charity and Children.
In a peaceful -valley with the
beautiful Johns river flowing
j through it, the village of Col-
Suppose Wilson wins, do you and Hickory.
believe bis tariff plank will work
different from the one rJ years
ago? Isn't it a law to Nature
that like produces like? Plant
corn and you gather corn. Sow
rye and yol reap rye. Sleep
with the itch and you will
scratch. Sow Cleveland-Wilson
tariff laws and you will reap
Coxey armies and free soup,
busted banks and idle factories
Do you
enough to vote
Wilson?
The tight today is between
Protection and tariff for revenue
The remains of Mr. A. J
Fletcher, arrived at the old
home on Cove Creek last Sun
day and were buried the follow
ing day in the presence of a
large crowd of sorrowing friends
and relatives.
The Board of County Com
missioners.of Watauga County
in call session last Monday, by
Work on Wataufc Railroad Being
Poshed.
' (Charlotte Observer.)
North Wilkesboro, Oct. 5.
Happy Valley hat long settled,
peaceful and fertile section of
Wilkes and Caldwell Counties
where the noise of traffic has
not yet been heard, where the
watchdog's bark, the report of a
gun as a squirrel falls from one
of the big hickories, or the blast
on the dinner horn to call in the
hands from cornfields down in
the broad bottoms have been
the only sounds that disturbed
the" restful quiet of a prosperous
stay-at-home people, is soon to
feel the pulsebeats of the band
its way through
The campaign opens at Game
woll Oct lUt.h 191-2. Teteverv
omy Between prosperity ana
near lue i -
Bankruptcy and the
body come out and
County candidates. Both parties
have trood tickets and it will be
a battle royal.
Caldwell County is Republi
can. A majority of its voters
believe the Republican party Is
right. If every man v
sentiments the victory is won
No sane man believes Wood
Wilon will crt a maioritv 1 Competent.
of the votes in the United States.
He may get a majority of the
electorial votes, but nothing like
a majority of the popular vote.
The Democratic party is no more
popular than four years ago, but
the trouble is the Republicans
are divided.
want these things bad n 1 u i1"'1"'" "fi" "j me oouy. ine eoninuuuuns to
for Woodrow pne-fou rth the qualified voters state Missions were more than
of the coUnty, ordered that an doubled and progress was made
election be held at the general along all lines.
election in November to ascer- rgv. T. W. Thomas, one of
tain whether or not the county the wisest and best men in all
will vote bonds to the amount of
the con
struction of a railroad through
the county.
After the fair had closed on
Baptist church which stands on
the brink of the crystal stream.
Fourteen years ago the writer
was at this same association in
this same place. Great changes saw as it cuts
have occured since then. From the big landmarks of the forest.
a weak and ineficient body the The hiss of the escaping stream
Caldwell has grown into a great and the snort of the whistle of
association, and the last year the engine of the Watauga Rail-
showed a larger advance in the way will soon be heard as the
grace of giving than in any one path of the railroad is extended
vear. perhaps, in the history of up the Yadkin toward the Blue
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
that section, was elected moder
ator, and Mr. J. R. Swanson
who has in him the elements of
an ideal presiding officer was
chosen clerk. Mr. Swanson
Ridge.
The saws are cutting the tim
bers for the erection of Grandin
City, the builders of the railroad
are blowing away vast quanti
ties of dirt from the side of the
hills, using as much as a ton of
powder to the charge. It seems
that the outside world is angry
at being shut out from Happy
Valley so long, and has decided
The Registration books are
now ooen for registration. See
that your name is on tin1 book
If vou have moved since last
w
election you must register again
So many men fail to vote be
cause they are not proxrly re
gistered. See that everyone is
registered.
battle is
Wrwlmm Wilann vlw,UW XAJ LH UJfU 111
and Republicanism. The tight
is between theories on the Dem
ocratic side and actual tests on
ill have to lav down the pencil to break down all barriers as
LUC ncuuntau chvac ivtuuu i j. i tuaji ai ucri umjii, imoncij tfvooiv
cantsm has been tried and prov- Shull and Otis Bass engaged in and take up tne gravei oeiore quicmy as nossioie. u is ex
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-i. u: . ed eoual to the task. Wilsonism a very spirited horse race over long unless we are greauy mis- pecieu uiai irams w m ue i un-
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was tred hv V eveland 1 years the nike where the contest rid- laiten. muB uo ii m a
ago and proved the ruination of ing had been done. The first The greatest achievement of first of the year
wnfofv hut. the vear was the building of the Grandin is to be a city of lum-
It is insincee. It in the second, as the horses were beauthful church house in the bermen. liuilt primarily ioi
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is office hungrv and desperate, going at too speed, the one on town oi Lenoir, unaer me very uie nousing oi ine upt-iaus
WiUnn is imnraptinal. He which Miss Bass was riding flew able leadership of Rev. J. O. the Grandin Lumber Company,
knows no more about the needs the track and dashed headlong Fullbright. The house is fur- the town will have only struct
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nf thp ivnnlP than a wnodpn Tn- into a crowd of ladies, knocking nished and the brethren are ures oi moaern worKmansnip.
dian. He thinks he knows and four down, threw the rider, worshiping in it. They are The plant
is going at the iob. should he be and fell broadside in the crowd.
elected, like any other theorist. It was thought at first that Mrs
He can delve into geometry and Margaret Bowls, of Deergeld,
peak nine languages, but he was fatally injured, but she was
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can't do the people's work in taken to the home of her uncle
one. Republicanism is equal to nearby and within a few minutes
will be of sufficient
nroud and happy as they have size to justify its own electric
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every reason to be. Good judges lights, waterworks and tele
tell us that no finer plant for phones. It is to be locate with-
the money has ever been built in a mile of Elkville, on the
in North Carolina. Mr. Full- border ling between Wilkes and
bright modestly credits this Caldwell. It will lie on the
fodr ua ior.b-D initiatiro t.hrpo n h v pi n wpk. w th hor I great acnievemeni w tne loyaity i waiers oi ijiiiie tvings v.iwk,
He lacks common homespun who found that while she was and liberality of his people but dam to be thrown across irom
horse sense. Why he declared fearfully bruised her life was in everybody knows how much the the hills on the east side to the
the other day that there were no danger. A daughter of Mr.
Suppote Woodrow Wilton Wint.
more men without jobs on ac
count of the tariff than would be
with free trade in the United
States. If there is a farmer in
all the nation that believes that,
I'll vote for Woodrow and hush
Well, suppose that the ' word forever.
is flashed over the wires on uie But you can-t ioarn OUP of
evening after the election that these book stuffed and theory
Doctor Woodrow Wilson has spoiled men anyihing. It will
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swept tne deck irom neiena wj tQ an orjject lesson again to
Breakfast that the man of com- brinir thp.n to their cumption
and it may be that the Lord
loves us so much that he is go
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ing to chastise us with a dose oi est 0f the Patterson School.
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wnsoii suarvawuii au This splendid work is 'growing
ruptcy, but I pity the poor and making good progress under
pound fractions and complex
theories has slid in on a Demo
cratic landslide and that the belt
of industrial activity is to be
shifted over from the Protective
belt-wheel of Progress to the
idle pully of free trade stagna
tion. how long do you reckon
the enthusiasm of victory is go
ing to keep you happy?
fiunrtnaa Wilann wins and his
. . .1 wAnlr nt (hn f ist Vtrvrl it. TT.T-n.apr-
tariff plank, which is exactly , 1
like the one the Democrats used
to bust the country 18 years ago,
Ii iMif l rmprn.r.ion. havo vnu
any reason to expect that "the teresting and enthusiastic gath-
o.nrl t.ho f!r,vpvarmv will omuup nuuei u,
. . . ....o of Tennessee, presided and his
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BnmWilmn wins and h aaaresses were oi esiH3ciai
8ets about to bring down the and helpfulness, not only
'uirrht nf living" nan enn tne memoere OI me couier-
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dud kj an uuieis wuu weic
C. M. Critcher, and a Miss
Cook, both of Deergeld, were
right badly bruised, while the
rider escaped unhurt. The ac
cident in much deplored by all.
but the fact that no one was
crushed to death is a
pleasure.
The Patterson School.
Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor ad
dressed a fairly good congrega
tion in the Episcopal church
last Sunday night in the inter
workingman.
Republican Ex. Com.
Colored Conference.
The Conference held here last
pal Church, colored, was at
tended by about 200 ministers
and lay-delegates and was an in
nnnnaiva riW that mirnp.lP pan I v'u,
Kp 0nmnlisbed without hitting 80 Hrnmaie as w near uieiu.
thefafmer ka-biff between the The of feL various com-
eyes? Wilson says you farmers
his management and has bright
prospects for the future.
people of Caldwell do not seem
to fully realize the value of this
institution in this community
and Mr. Taylor's address was to
civp snmp information alonur
this line.
The work is supported by
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from what is raised on the farm.
Mr. Frontis Anthony, of Lin
colnton, who is a ministerial
student and connected with the
school is giving his time in a
canvass of the State soliciting
church ows to his wisdom and plateau on the west. This pla-
enthusiasin. Itean runs almost across the Yad
The two candidates for the kin Valley, and is gently rolling
Legislature were present repre- from the center each way, with
senting their churches. . One of a bank dropping off suddenly
these is Hon. M. N. Harshaw, for zo to ,50 feet, making an
a distinguished lawyer and poli- ideal location for a gem of a
. I . : 1 1 1 :..li,n nnnIlnfn tA1(.n
Very great 1 WCUl lt?ut;i, wuu is me wuuiuhk i nun ii
of the Republican party; the Already a pipe line brings
other is Rev. E. D. Crisp, a cold spring water from the top
good citizen and minister, who is of the mountains down to the
the Democratic nominee. It was dwellings. A large boarding
delightful to hear these brethren house and general store have
refer to each other in terms of about been completed. Work
nraisp and confidence. " on the 500-foot dam will be
While the Caldwell is a tine pushed as rapidly as xjssible
association, six churches report- along with the erection of the
ed not a cent for benevolence other buildings of the communi
and precious little to pastor's tv. Lumber is now being haul
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Ti salary. If the letters told the ed by a long wagon train.
truth all these churches are ir- Happy alley is being intro
regular" and unworthy to as- duced to the outside world, and
sociate with the others which are with a more complex prosperity.
trying to promote the Kingdom.
The entertainment was superb
and the homes of the pretty
town were all open to the visit-
The Caldwell
always stood strong and
the Orphanage
association
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has
to
The Kmmi Philosopher.
you will
You can get this if
cut out enough meals.
About the only way to keep a
help for the work. He will be
in Lenoir this week and will secret is to monopolize it.
v, t,nv.h call uoon our neoule with a view More men want to work the
oi - i th to enlisting their support more government than work for it.
o uu.Ua vbv. . - A littlp man can fieri va snmp.
. ..... . ma nAMAMAiia it tv rliiia atMntiniM I t
Btate, notwithstanding tne iact c " satisfaction from a large, bass
it labors under the difficulty of h voice
relatively small membership In , : If the judge were a mind-read
manv localities and lack of funds. "I always believe in saving er, he could assess more fines
E. L. Steele for Treasurer.
The death of Mr. R. F. Shu
ford last week left vacant th
candidacy for County Treasurer
on the Democratic ticket. At
special meeting of the Demo
cratic County Executive Com
mittee held last Saturday, Mr
Ed. Li. . Steele, or Lienoir, was
nominated to till the vacancy
Mr. Steele was a prominent can
didate for this position two years
ago, but withdrew in favor of
Mr. Shuford and now since the
death of Mr. Shuford the Com
mittee did a nice thing in placing
Mr. Steele on the ticket.
The weather man promises us
fair weather and moderate tem
peratures throughout this week,
for this section. . ,
The six year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. George McClintock, of
Greensboro, died Saturday from
lockjaw caused by stepping on
a fish bone and part of the bone
breaking off in his foot.
Nine young men were killed
in an automobile accident in
Philadelphia Sunday. The car
fell 75 feet from a bridge into a
coal yard. All were instantly
killed except one who lived only
a few hours.
Lutrel Glover, one of North
Carolina's youngest and most
successful merchants died in a
Norfolk Hospital last Friday
night. Mr. Glover was only 21
years old and has been in the
mercantile business over 6 years.
Tuscumbia, Ala., Oct. 4.
Claud Howland, a local business
man, and an unknown aeronaut
fell 500 feet from a balloon and'
was instantly killed at the State
Pair grounds here this after
noon.
Big Jack" Zelig, one of the
principal witnesses in the Beck
er trial in New York, was shot
and killed while a passenger on
street car in that city Satur
day, ine snooting was aone
by a man named Davidson, who
says he was a fruit dealer of
eekskill, N. Y.
The first Avery County Fair
was held in Elk Park last week".
t was the initial effort of the
Avery County Fair Association
and was a great success and
marked an eioch in the commer
cial development and exploita
tion of a section of our state
which i destined to be much in
the public eye in the next decade.
A new paper is being pub
ished in Spencer in the interest
of the Wilson campaign, its first
issue was published Friday with
a guaranteed circulation of 5,000
copies. It is announced that the
subscription price is $10.0Q per
year and all the profits derived
from the publication will be
given to the Woodrow Wilson
campaign tund.
The Kinston tobacco market
up to October 1st this season,
sold 5,000,000 pounds of tobac
co. For the whole of last sea
son there was only 6,0tX),000
pounds sold. The 5,000,000 sold
this year brought $25,000 more
than the whole of last years
sales. The Kinston market ex
pects to sell twelve million
pounds of the weed this year.
Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 4.
When Patric Haley drew a re
volver and began firing at Mayor
James H. Polsgrove of Frank
fort this afternoon, the Mayor
charged him, knocked' him down
twice and had thoroughly sub-.
dued him when Haley was plac
ed under arrest. One bullet
lodged in the Mayor's leg and
another passed thorough his
hat. He had represented Haley's
wife in a divorce suit.
are getting too much for your
products.' Do you want to see
prices come down .to the average
that obtained when Groyer was
running this country? Then mh(, colored riehnle of the town something for a rainy day." for contempt of court.
you should.freoze'to Wilson andjaeserve credit for the hospitable "How much have you saved?" 'A thoroughly henpecked man
.n ii. - : jj.-. tt M .USaV, . aa1 mm ' nt I "Hh T haven't cavorl arivthincrJ micrht not, bp able to takfi care.
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The man who puts too much
time in learning to wait patient-
.Suppose Wilson wins; do , you ' an undertaking for them.
Record-HeralcL
try it-Atchison Globe.,
I for doing anything else.
sold.
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Hired Girl m4 Papa.
"Mamma, what did papa mean
when he said to Mr. 'You got a
nice figure?"
"He ment Mr. Smith got a
good price for some land he
"Has the hired girl been sell
ing some land too mamWa?" v
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