m Ci- : V ? . 1? iV v- 1-S m FL0WIRS A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Popie and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. VOL. VI. No. 30. Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday, July 13th, 1910. Wm. h. Stewart, Editor. X - ' T I 4 1 HO Iiiia-? Watcliiiiainio HOW THE PEOPLE ARE SWIKOLEO. Poor Man is made to Bear the Burdens of the Government. BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER. Staff Washington correspondent of this newspaper. Washington, July 11. One of the crowning sins of the Congress which recently passed into history was its. failure to pass income or inheritance tax legiglation. All of the hrBt class nations of the world have either an iucome tax or an inheritance tax, and many have both . We now raise practically all national revenues by placing a tariff tax on things eaten, worn or used by the people. This system is unjust because it re quires the workingman to pty not less than one thousand per cent, more taxes in proportion to his income than a millionaire. Our protective system of course requires the millionair t? pay a tax on that which he eats, wears or uses, but it does not tax him to the extent of one penny on his wealth. Thus it might, and no doubt frequently does, happen, that a section Jiand on the railroad with a family of six or seven children pays more toward running the national government, toward keeping our standing army, than the millionaire bachelor who is too proud to marry and raise children. President Taft, and President Taft alone, must bear the brunt of responsibility for the failure of Congress to tack an income tax provision on the Payne-Al-drich bilJ. A majority of both houses were in favor of an income tax. Aldrich saw that an income tax amendment would be passed, and, as usual, appealed to Presi dent Taft for aid. The President knuckled abso lutely to the will of Boss Aldrich, urging Congress to pass a corpora tion tax instead of an income tax. To fool and console the people the treacherous Aldrich then smiling ly consented to a ratification of a constitutional amendment legaliz ing an income tax, well knowing that ways could be worked oat to thwart such ratification, at least within the life of the pressnt gen eration. But there remains still another chapter of this legislative swin dle that the American people ought to know about. As an excuse for having killed an in come tax, President Taft stated that the corporation tax should contain a publicity clause which would enable the government and the people to secure information about the working methods of the corporations. He held out the hope this publicity clause would make it possible for the govern ment to holdj the law-breaking trusts responsible incourt for their acts. I So Congress passed the corpora tion tax, but jokered the people by purposely failing to provide funds for the handling of data which would come in under the publicity clause. Even this was not enough. Congress, in the session just closed, completed the swindle on the public by striking out the publicity feature all to gether I And Mr Taft himself had declared the publicity clause was the most valuable feature in the bill 1 How long are the peo ple going to stand for such treach ery as this? SENATOR CLAPP'S ILLUSTBATION. . Senator Clapp of Minnesota, Republican insurgent, waB recent ly giving an interview on the just ness of a tax on incomes. Final ly he stopped abruptly and point ed out of his window. He Baid, notice that marble wall yonder. Which stone bears the greataat weight? The stone at the bottom or the one at the top? Before you answer I will add that is just the way it is without an income tax. Until the present tariff schedules are revised along lines of justice, and until we have an income tax to take some of the burden of taxation from the man at the bottom, that stone wall ' will stand as a deadly parallel to to existing conditions." - THE ISSUE. Two big state conventions were held recently. Pennsylvania Re publicans declared as follows on the tariff : We believe that the tariff bill recently enacted i in accord with the Republican policy expressed in its last national platform. We agree with President Taft that it is the best tariff the Republican party ever passed." Said the Ohio Democrats : We demand a revision of the present unjust and oppressive tarriff, reducing the rates so as to lower the prices imposed on the consumers." ' Consumsrs, it is up to you. The Penalty For Malpractice. Referring to-the crime bv whinh ! Bessie Thomasaon lost h9r life, I the Greensboro correspondent of j the Raleigh News and Observer, no is a lawyer, thinkB thd of fence is first degree murder. He says : Without elaboration or further comment, the language of the law bearing on such cases is here re produced from The Code of North Carolina, and it certainly looks like, when death results as the ef fect of a felony, it is murder in the first degree, for an abortion is made a felony. Section 3619 of The Code, reads: ''If any person shall ad minister to any pregnant woman, or prescribe for any such woman, or advise and procure such woman to take any medicine, drug or anything whatsoever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of any such woman, or to injure or destroy such woman, or shall use any instrument or application for any of the above purposes, he shall be guilty of a felony, and imprisoned in the jail or State's prison for not less than one year nor more than five years and be fined at the discretion of the court." Soction 8631 of The Code reads: "A murder which will be perpe trated by means ot poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premedi ated kiling, or which shall be com mitted in the perpetration or at tempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, burglary "or other felony, shall be deemed to be murder in the first degree and shall be punished with death." All other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree and shall be pun ished with imprisonment of not less than two nor more than 30 years in the State's prison." Two in One. Dr. Bell's Anti-Pain is both an internal at.d external remedy. It is an atiseptic remedy and de stroys disease germs. Sold every where on a positive guarantee. Think the matter overl WHAT DEMOCRATIC LEADERS THINK. In my opinion the next House will be Democratic by a majority of between forty and fifty, ' said Chairman T. Lloyd, of the Na tional Democratic Congressional committee. Mr. Lloyd is in close touch with political conditions in practically every congressional district in the country, and is generally reputed among his col leagues as more likely to be over cautious than over-confident, if anything, whsn making political prognostications. Minority Lead er Champ Clark prediots the .Dem ocratic majority in the next house may possibly reach seventy-five. REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE. When the Republicans took control of the Federal govern ment in 1861 the expenses of the government were about $65,00D, 000 annually, nearly $1,000,000, -000 less than now. As Hon. James G. Blaine says in his twenty years in Congress: "The leaders of the Democratic party had guarded the treasury with unceasing vigilance against every attempt at extravagance or cor ruption." The result of this frugality and honesty waB seen in the annual expenditures. Econ omy in public expenditures has always been a cardinal principle of the Democratic Party. The appropriations for the four years of Cleveland's administration were less than one half the appro tions of the last four years of Republican rule. WHERE OUR MONEY GOES. Figures shewing the number of new offices created for Republi can politicians by the lait session of Congress have not yet been prepared. The preceding Con gress, however, created 26,944 new positions. For new offices created and salaries increased, the Sixtieth Congress added to the taxes paid by the people the stupendous Bum of $39,563,577.88. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrhcure. F. J. Cheney & Co , TJedo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F J.Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfect ly honorable in all busines trans actions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo; O. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and muoous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. WHITEHEAD KLU1TZ AT ATLANTIC CITY. Independence Day Orator at Ocean 6rofe Where He Is Hero -of the Hour. Hon. Whitehead Kluttz, presi dent of the Senate of North Caro lina, and one of the youngest men in public life in that State, is spending a few weeks at this re sort. He came here from Ocean Grove where on the Fourth of Ju ly he waB the orator of the day in the big auditorium, which was packed to thu doors. His un broken flow of the soft, Southern language, captivated the audience and he aroused such tremendous enthusiasm that some of the staid old Methodist preachers arose and called for three cheers to be given him. He was congratulated by Governor Fort, and a number of prominent public men who heard him speak, and was afterward taken to the Governor's Spring Lake home to dine. The son of Hon. Theodore F. Kluttz, a distinguished - member of Congress from North Carolina, and a man beloved by all the peo ple of the State, young Whitehead Kluttz spent much time in Wash ington, hearing memorable de bates and becoming versed in leg islative procedure. A few years later he spent a winter in the Cap ital as Senate correspondent for several well-kuown newspapers. He went to the University of North Carolina and immediately became a leader in the college life and in the debating societies of old Chapel Hill where Thomas H. Benton, JJames K. Polk and Zeb Vance learned oratory and statesmanship. He was eighteen years old and in his second collego year when he was chosen intercol legiate debitor againBt Vanderbilt University and won the debate. He was editor-in-chief of the col lege paper . Leaving the oaks of quaint and historic Chapel Hill. Mr. Kluttz, like most young Southerners of talent, entered the practice of law. He was then just twenty one. Four yeaxs later, at -the ear liest age possible under the State Constitution, he was elected State Senator, and served bo acceptably that he was unanimously re-nominated and re-elected. He was made chairman of the Congres sional convention of his district and delivered the alumni address at the University, of which he is a Trustee. In January, 1009, his reputa tion having become more than State-wide,he was unanimously elected to preside over the delib erations of the North Carolina Senate. This was the highest honor in the gift of the Senate and Senator Klutttz is the young est man who ever occupied the po sition in his own or probably in any State. He still took a leading part in the work of the commit tees and the debates on the floor and his legislative initiative em braced such various subjects as good . roads and Are escapes, worthless checks and narcotic drugs . The New Jersey Bar Associa tion invited Senator Kluttz to ad dress it at its annual meeting at Atlantic City in June last year. He accepted and his address "Building the Greater Nation" took the Jersey lawyers by Btorm . It waB said of it that "the speech of no Southern man who has come North in recent years has received such an an ovation." The late Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court, warmly praised the speak er and the speech. Senator Kluttz spoke to the At lantic City Y, M, C. A. last year on The Immortal Life," and made Buch a profound impression that they demanded another date this year which he has given them on July 10th. He ib actively en gaged in the practice of law and declined to become a candidate for Congiess this fall. His home is at Salisbury, N. C,, and he is unmarried. On Sunday afternoon he will address the Men'H Meeting at the Y. M. C. A. building on Pacific avenue. Atlantic City Daily Press, July 7 . Napoleon's Sift was of the unconquerable never-say-die kind, the kind that you need most when you have a bad cold, cough or lung disease. Sup pose troches, cough syrups, cod liver oil or doctors have all failed, .don't lose heart or hope. Take Dr. King's New Discovery. Sat isfaction is guaranteed when used for any throat or luug trouble. It has saved thousands of hop 'less sufferers. It masters stubborn colds, obstinate cc uphs, hemor rhages, la grippe, croup, asthma, hay fever and whoopiug cough and is the most safe and certain remedy for all bronchial affec tions. 50o. $1.00. Trial bottle I free at All Druggists. Arranging to 6et Postal Savings Banks Under Way.: The initial step toward the formation of the new postal sav ings bank system was taken last week in Washington . Under the law the Postmaster General, Sec retary of the Treasury MaoVeagh and Attorney General Widker- sham constitute "the " trustees. Theodore L Weed, chief clerk of the Postoffice Department, was elected secretary to the board. A committee waB selected from the employes of the PostofilcfrDepart ment to arrange the lans and methods by which thfi -syBtem will be operated, The com mittee will commence work at once and several months will be required for the formation of plans, the preparation of blank forms of records, stamps, regula tions, instructions and deposit checks. Many letters have been received from postmasters askjng that their offices have such banks add ed at once, and many banks have offered to become depositories of postal savings funds. It will be some months, however, before the trustees can definitely consider the designation of depositories or trie aotual establishment of bankB. The Legumes not yet Appreciated. The feeding value of hay from the legumeB ranks veify much higher than that from the grasses. Thev -are richer in protein which bears about the same rela tion to hay that uitrogan does to fertilizers. Atn of well cured legume hay is i"toii worth a much for feed as a too of wheat bran. With this knowledge of their high feeding values and the fact that on good laud we ' can grow two or more tons !per acre, it is not at all strange that cur far mers are becoming m pre interest ed in them. Moreover, when we consider their value as soij-improvers by the addition to the soil' of the fre9 nitrogen taken from the air by the babteria on their roots, the advactres of the 1 dATT nnptrat.inn nf lttp rnnta.! -thiit facilitating diaS?ilia ration of the soil by winch mart plant food is quicketivd -sind made available, the large quantities of humus added which give life to the soil, and the results in the crops that follow, the strange thing is that our interest in these crops is not even greater than we have yet manifested . The following tabla gives us an idea of their fertilizer value, a ton of the dry hay-containing pounds of plant food as follows: Nit. PhoP. Acid. Pot. Alfalfa 43 8 10 2 83.6 Vetch 54 4 19.4 48 8 Crimson Clover, 41 0 8.0 26 2 Cowpea 39.0 10.4 29 4 Soy Bean 46 4 13.4 21 6 Red Clover.. . 41.4 6.0 27.8 Bur Clover ... . 48 3 10.7 320 From this table it will be seen that the legume hays contain more nitrogen per ton, the most of which is taken from the air, than does an 8-2-2 fertilizer. The idea of taking this valuable ferti lizer element from the air instead of purchasing it at 20 cents per pound in commercial fertilizers appeal to our progressive farmers and why should it not? T. B. Parker, in Raleigh, N. C, Pro gressive Farmer and Gazette. Eierybody Satisfied Who has tried Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey for coughs, colds, giip or any throat or bronchial trouble. Get a bottle to-day. Look for the bell on the bottle. Dairying Conserves Soil Fertility. It has been ascertained that ap proximately $8.35 worth of fertil ity is removed from the soil with the sale of every ton of wheat, while with every ton of corn sold, approximately $6.50 worth of fer tility is lost to the Boil ; but in the case of dairying, where butter is made and where all of the by products are fed to the pigs and calves, it is found that only 36 cents worth of fertility is removed with each ton of butter sold. The commercial value of a ton of wheat at 75 cents a bushel is ap proximately $24.75. The com mercial value of a ton of butter at 25 cents a pound is $500. For each $100 worth of wheat that is sold from the soil $34.50 worth of fertility is taken off the farm, but for every $100 worth of but ter that is sold only 7 cents' wrrth of ferfcilitv is removed from ! the soil J. E Downing in Ral- eigh, N, C, Progressive Farm3r aud Gazette. A Cougb, A Cold And then no telling what, unless you use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Hon- ey. It is the best, ask your neigh bor . Look for the bell on the bot tle . Sold everywhere, THE DESTROYING AN6ELS. Boyden's Associates, Aims and Purposes. Wbat was he Doing in St. Louis? Little Johnnie stood before the jail door weeping, cold, barefoot ed and in rags. "I'm eight years old: I have two little sisters younger than me ; let us have pa pa's body after he is hung, Papa was a gpod man. It as not pa Da that killed mamma. No I it was whisky." Little Johnnie is the head of the family now. There are millions of desolate families in Americi now, made so by the legalized and protected destroying angels. Starvation comes on millions of our poor people because the whis ky trusts have broken into all the homes and have dragged and robbed, and murdered the pro ducers of foodstuffs, and they give no protection to life or hon est business, but wreck and ruin all that is good in America. Cannibals only kill and eat the bodies of their friends, but the whiskey trusts destroys soul, body, mind, moral oharaoter, good name and all that is good. Henry Hanson. Everybody who was about the polls on June 25th, the day of the Democratic primary,, saw and know who Boyden's associates are. While he has some personal friends who are gentlemen and. good citizens, Jhis supporters as a whole take in more of the unde sirable class than any candidate who has been before the people here for many long years. We do not mean that every man who op poses prohibition, is a bad man, but the trouble lies in the aims, purposes and results tor which they are lined up. Boyden and his associates deny and try to hide his course and purposes, but they! had just as well endavor to blot out the midday sun. His desire to re-instate the legal sale and manufacture of whiskey in Rowan County and the State of North Carolina, are just as insep arable as the twin stars in the blue canopy of heaven . His pre tended anxiety for monuments and pansions for the old soldier is beiug used largely for the purpose of hiding his real intention . We do not deny he would exert him self for the betterment of the old soldier, but his going to Raleigh would make him a marked man, he would be pointed out and shunned as the leader of the State's whiskey forces, and his influence and opportunities would be so in significant that any man, how ever humble, could easily accom plish more than he for the old soldier or for any other causa. Hence this excuse for sending Boyden, the man who has so often in his own home county, opposed the old soldier and tyranized over his neighbors, to Raleigh, falls flat and is worthless. But, suppose he should be able to accomplish all the most ar dent supporters of the old soldiers' cause could wish for, and we are one of them, could those who wish to see purity, sobriety and decency en throwned iuNorth Caroliua afford to support and vote for him? Can men who sincerely wished to see a better, higher and nobler stand ard ot living in North Carolina turn their backs on what has been accomplished in this line? Were the voters of this county honest in their convictions for tempei ance? .If so, can'thay hope to im prove conditions by reversiag their course? By crawfishing? By voting tor Boyden, the avowed advocate and candidate of the whiskey forces and "The destroy ing angels?" Will their loyalty to principle and self-respect allow them to become turncoats? Why do we persist in stating and believing Boyden is insin cere, hopes to defeat prohibi tion and will exert himself to this end should he be elected to the State Senate? This is an idle question to those who know the man, He lead the whis key fight in this State, he exerted himself to the limit to thwart the people in their wishes then and he has not relented nor changed his views in the least, although he may claim to the contrary, he hopes to go to Raleigh and do now what he failed to do then. He is a man who careB absolutely noth ingTor the wishes of the people, if in opposition to his own views on a subject. He has stated, in the presence of men of the highest character, who are ready to make affidavit to what they have heard, which was to the effect that he in tends to go to Ralegh, and "wipe this prohibition farce off the books." Besides this, a very sig nificant act is just learned of, we are told He was recently seen in St. Louis, and, peculiarly to relate, the Brewers1 Association just happened to be in session there just at the time of said visit. What is the connection? Whose SHALL WE SLEEP AND BE TIED? Catholics Object to the Reading of the Bi ble and Prayer In the Public Schools. Religious exercises, consisting of the reading of the Bible, sing ing and prayer, cannot bs held in the schools of Illinois dnring the time pupils are required to be in attendance, according to a decis ion handed down by the Illinois Supreme Court at Springfield. The decision was given in the case of the Catholic residents of Winchester, Sc6tt county, who protested against religious exer cises and asked a writ of manda mus requiring the board cf educa tion to discontinue religious ser vices in the schools. The lower court denied the pe tition, but the court of last resort grants the writ. Springfield, 111,, dispatch. This is one of the first steps taken to get into control of every thing possible by Roman Cathow lies. They do this everywhere and will attempt to do it here just as soon as their members, or pow er, will justify such a course. To bring such things about they must have the public officers, prefera bly in oharg9 of members of their church, or in charge of some weak-kneed and backboneless Pro testant. No office, however small, is too insignificant for them to accept. They will ac cept a small job, at first gladly, which will be used as an entering wedge for the larger ones. In these little jobs they will give the best services possible, taking par ticular pains to show no partial ity, if not really going out of their way to turn a favor for some Protestant, even following this course for years, but always with one end in view : To hold the po sitions and crawl into the ascend- aucy, and control . They will thankfully take any kind of a lit tle job to-day and to-morrow de mand a" judgeship. Then shch de cisions as the above eau be ren dered?-then "the sleeping Protest ants will Hwake to the, fact that thev have tied hand and foot aud sre . be laughed at and scorned, heu all of the insol ence, dtieimg, ' gambling, licen- tiDusness, degrading, ignobling vices and practices so common in places and countries wherever Catholics dominate, will be put into full sway.iiThey are responsi ble for the phraiBe: "Ignorance is the mother of worship," hence the fight on the schools, the ig norant being their most easy prey. This is not written to offend, but to call attention to condi tions, now and prospeative. The record of the Catholic church is certainly one of crime, cruelty and immorality and deserves ob literation, which fate it would long ago have met with but for the toleration of protestants and humanity's sinful tendencies. (By controling the schools it is hoped to keep these things hid.) No church, like water, can rise above its head, or source. When that head is poor, sinful man, it is needless to expeot it to raise it self .by tugging at its boot straps. But nevertheless there are some, good, conscientious people who are willing to die, if needs be, by what we might call their halluci nation. Just like the pagan, or mohamidans, these few believe they are right, and all men must be allowed the privilege to wor ship (whatever they please, if it be the bones of Judas,) according to the dictates of their own con science. But, it is up to those of us who are not so enamored with their fallacies to guard our own, and see that the Catholics are not given the power that they are everywhere so insideously and per sistant seeking. business is it that he was there? He had a right to go there? Sure. The brewers you know are greatly interested in the. old soldiers. They are so anxious to put a big wad into some one's pocket to aid him in being elected to the State Senate to work for a few monu ments and pensions for the old soldier. Yes, the brewers want to help build monuments and pen sion the cripples, but they are not willing to quit the killing and crippling. Isn't that strange? - A Frightful Wreck of train, automobile or buggy may cause cuts, bruises, abra sions, sprains or wounds that demand Bucklen's Arnica Salve earth's greatest healer. Quick relief and prompt cure results. For burns, boils, sores of all kinds, eczema, chapped hands and lips, sore eyes or corns, its supreme. Sure pile cure. 25c at All Druggists. Y0UN6 MAN DROWNS IN YADKIN. Attempts to Swim Across Near Brlngle's Ferry but is Seized with Cramp. John Baker, a young man of Summersett, Kyr, and an em ployee at a camp, near the river, of a construction force of the Southbound railway, lost his life, last Wednesday evening, in an attempt to swim the Yadkin near Bringle's ferry. Mr. Baker in company with Reuben Carter, of Providence Township, were on the Davidson side of the river, but had no boat with which to make the crossing, so Mr. Baker proposed swiming across the river and secure a boat for his companions. It is said that he was warned of the danger, but having faith in his ability as a swimmer did. not heed the warn ing and proceeded to make the attempt. He got about half way across and was noticed to straggle and sink, but being far beyond reach his companions were unable to render him assistance, so the water claimed him for the realms of eternity. Efforts were made to recover the body, but without success until Friday. The re mains were turned over to G. W. Wright's undertaking department. His .father, Chas. Baker, of Sum- mersette, Ky., was notified, but as yet nothing has been heard from him. The young man's remains were interred in the potters' field at the County Home. It is thought he was seized with crmps, and the water being too deep for him at that point, wag ii . . . . j uname to avoid smxing. s Those Pies of Boyhood. How delicious were the pies of boyhood. No pies now ever taste so good, what's changed? the pies? No. Its you. You've lost the strong, healthy stomach, the vig orous liver, the active kidnoyB, the regular bowels of boyhood. Your digestion is poor and you blame the food. What s needed? A completertoning up byr Electric Bitters of all organs of indigestion, - btomaon, jLiiver, Kidneys, tfowels Try them. They'll rtore your boyhood appetite and- apprecia tion of food and fairly saturate your body with new health, strength1: and vigor. 50o at all Druggists. Soil Feeding or Soil Robbery. In every well considered system of farming there is a constant re tern to the soil of the products taken from it. Every good crop rotation is planned with this idea of returning to .the soil on which they grew just as much as possi ble of the plant food removed by the crops. And this means that in a good farm rotation the grow ing of crops to feed to live stock is made a leading feature. If a farmer took away from the land all that he grew upon it one year with another, it would be only a question of a few years un til any ordinary soil would be un able to yield enough to pay him for the labor of making the ciop. On the other hand, by judicious rotation, the feeding of live stock, and the purchase of such com mercial fertilizers as are actually needed, he may continue to build up his land and and at the same grow upon it large crops every year. Raleigh (N. 0.) Progres sive Farmer and Gazette. The greatest system renovator. Restores vitality, regulates the kidneys, liver and stomach. If Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea fails to cure get your money back. That's fair. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets, Cornelison & Cook. What Causes Malaria. Perhaps there is no idea more firmly fixed in the minds of most people than that malaria is caused by breathing the air from swamps or marshes . There is likely to be malaria in swampy regions, but it is due to other causes than the air from these swamps . Malaria is contracted only through the bites of mosquitoes by means of which the mosquito is able to inject into the blood of the patient small liv ing bodies present in the saliva. These living bodies are minute animals which when injected into the blood multiply rapidly, pro ducing disease symptoms which the medical man is able to recognize aud has termed "malaria." Mrs. F. L. Stevens, in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Gazette. A Pain Remedy, Both internal and external is needed daily by almost every fam ily. Keep a bottle of Dr. Bell's Anti-Pain. Good for all kinds c f bowel, troubles. Externally for cuts, burns, sprains and all pains. 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