North Carolina Newspapers

I- "to"!?-"1' - J 7- 41- v-. mm. " .. WHEftE POUIICAL REFORM MUST BE61N. Tba 6o!iriiBtBt of Tbe Towns And Coun ptleslijiMliiliftif First. Where thiWUnal government ' .feaio!ir"a" man-once the affairs of f hiai.cr?unty"'"and townsnip tcucn . i : d zn timet . They are vvlhioffa from which he oai not eg "feapw sfeid tby deal with the fun- ??dameut!aof life. Good govern- tijt meat will be.ver. be had no long s the pefcple spend all their enthu siasm oiv presidential and sena torial -aud gubernatorial oalidi- . dates auSi -remain indifferent to ithamen who handle their coun j4vty ""finances aud whj louk after "itfuch vital thing as their neigh ::..deqrhogirft : the Jocul roads, cf local health ' and the maiuteuance of order in their immediate cpmmutmies. These are notjittle jo4j8, and it is tiolrbeneath $he diguity of any man to giveof the best of his ability to the doing of anyone of them. They are entirely to important . matters to be entrusted to men ho' have kept their- intellects ' jfesr'mant for so lo: g that the moss -" ha grown ovr them or who wish J the places simply for the petty . . . ... .graft they make possible. let, sach men as these are all too fre qu9Utly choBeu.. Thereate thousands' of neighborhoods- and - hundreds of-cmutie in the South which are suffering from the 1 doinf ; inatiouof what aTTforthwesteru exchange aptl y eaHs,- tbe local ,Joe Cauuons' and Bill Lorimers." Si A it is just as iouctf a necessity rgpg-izi iitOv getidil- these little local standpatters and boodlers as it is -- it to jfttVid of the big national ones Jifwft arto have; really good gov- 'SQPQu i ao 1 a really progress i ve jviionegwctv'yonr-'iocai cm- b- 4minJ8tiation of OttY)caTiairsrir6ryare re ally of more 'importance to ycu tLan are the supposedly big mat ters of national policy, and you can have a great deal more to do with determining whether or not they are carried on as they should fce. More than this, the in dividual is very likely to be a great dal like the .neighborhood in which he grows up. The little local boss or political heeler grows into the county boss or ma nipulator and be into the state boss or 'jack -potter." If you want clean politics and efficient government in state and nation, see to iv first of all that you have loan politics and efficient gov ernment in youi township -and your CDunty. -Then the men who grow up in your neighborhood aud your county: can safely be" trusted hen they are sent out in to the larger fields of state and national politics. The man who carelessly sits by and allows his 'county taxes to be squandered or his schools to be ran by incompe tents has no tight to be shedding tears oyer the . decadence of the Uaited States Senate or the de magpgism of presidential candi dates. The Progressive Farmer . As Old Harersack. During the great war the ladies of the South made haversacks for the soldiers. They were about 6x9 inches in size, had a flip se cured with a button and a long sfclap to go over the shoulder. Some were marked with the com pany, regiment, etc., on them, but wpre by no nfeans ornamen tal. One has just been Jef fcr at this ( ffi:e that indicates the - mere necessity of such a thing and the traits to which heroic fartitude and grim determination will en ter before the surrender of prin ciple can be thought of. . . i This particular haversaoV ber longed to a member of Co. I, 8rd : N. 0. Regiment,; Barringer's Bri gade, A. N. V., and is so' rrarked. A soldier vby the dsme of Edward BUer, became sick and died of disease, nar Danville, Va , and this haversack was left - there. Jt "was foand by r F. Bforton, a few days ago while in Danville and was left at this office for the f owner - should - he ?h alive aiid ' wftnUit...''"-' " " ' ' Tillman's Latest Ambition. Washington, July 16. Th senate 'passed today without dis cuaBiou the ''terror battleship" resolution by Senator Tillmn c f dcwth Carolina proposiDfrj that the United States build the great est warship possible under mod' em naval condition's to put an end to the ''race for supremaoy." Tillman's resolution directs the naval affairs ;Committee to der termiue how far shipbuilders can go to ' build the very best battle ship or cruiser tho world has ever aaeu'br ever will see," and pro poses to name the new ship "Ter ror" and make her the "peace maker of the world." How To Ftgat Flies. Begin at their breeding places. Cover or screen all manure or l ave it removed at least once a week. Don't tolerate any open -nvy P. ivy-bred flies are by all odds the filthiest and most dan ger, us. ' Ifc.m nexfc to impossible to abol ish lall breeding places and a few ilieg will almost invariably remain. Scieen all doors and windows and nake'the flies feed at your gar bage can. Place a tfn the lid and catch "them as they '6e out. You will be agreeablyaarprlcaVd at t he the r e"s u 1 1 '.i; anjf escape t ha trap or break through the screen; oors, swat them ' .of catch thorn on sticky fly paper. They deservf no better fate. After getting your own premises ia gocd shape, get your netgh-. !ors interested. A nice way to do this is to send their .names and addresses to the State Bjard of Health, with request that they be sent free fly bulletins. : Discuse flf nuisances with your neighbors.. Talk it up. Tell them and show :themwv--yH--si-p your house. Gentle t suggestions along anti-fly lines are Sue to supplement anti-fly literature. Clark's Campaign. Greensboro, July 19 An nouncement waB made here today that Chief Justice Walter Clark, candidate for the United States. Senate, will speak in the court h JU9e in Greensboro, Thursday, July 25, at 8 p m. It is understood that this act on the part of the Judge is in re sponse to the demand of hi? friends throughout the State, and in Greensboro in pirticular, for him to make at least one public, ad dress outlining his position in the campaign. It n well known that a number of his friends will can vass the State for judge Clark. Solicitor Hallett S. Ward ot Washington has been stirring things up for the Judge down east and is to open in Charlotte Satur day night the 27th, in Monroe the 20th, Speaoer the 29th, and will be in Madison Saturday, August 3 Friends of Judge Clark claim that the sentiment for him is growing among the farmers and all over the State, and that his campaign from this time forth will be full of vim. Russia and Japan In Defensive Divided Alliance. . St. Pettersbarg, July 19. The signature is impending of a pact establishing a defensive alliance between Russia and japan. The momentous developemeht would seem to be connected with the ap proaching trip to Russia of the Japanese statesman, Prince Kat sura. but his visit is a mere coin cidence. The agreement was ful ly concluded a fortnight ago and likely be signed for Japan by Ba ron jMotoao, tha Japanese am bassador to Russia, whs , was itB n jotiator and prime mover. . The agreement consist of two parts, one dealing with the de limitation of the spheres of in fluence of . Ra3sia and Japan in Mongolia and Manchuria which is similar in- scope - and obaracter to the Anglo-Russian accord of August 31, 1907, regarding Persia, etc. The second part deals with the duty of the two powers for a joint defense ia oasa either power 1 ia attacked. y-; -. " OLD TAFT CALLS NEGROES 6ENTLEMEN. Acknowledges His Debt of Gratitude For Tbeir Work at Chicago. Washington, July 19. Presi dent Taft in a speech m the East Room of "the White " House to a delegation from toe National Civ" ic and Political Negro League to day publicity acknowledged his debt of grutitude to the negro del egates to the Republican national convention pledged and instruct ed for him who stood with the Taft forces through ' the fight. "I want to say to you,!5, said the President ' how much I appreci ate ycur standsng firm in my be half at a time when it -was inti mated t) the country that we o u'd hot depend upon You. "You demonstrated there your appre ciation of the accomplishment of the Republican party for t Tour raoa in the past and your abiding faith in its future friendships; you stood like a solid rock'- . , ' The delegation presented reso lutions toi the President asking for the restoration of the batal- iou of the 25th Tnfautry that was involved in the Brownsville affair, and urging him to' recommend a Federal statute against lynching. Mr. Taft said in reply that he had dne everything possible uu dr the 1a win regard to the 25th Infantry. He deplcred lyuchingB he said but did not believe that the Federal government could in terfere in the States with criminal case.H Tsay, to ycu, gentlemen," the President:, added, "that a man who has been engaged sn a lynch ii.g within the federal Jurisdic tion who comes up to me for ex ecutive clemency will have his per tition received with that' feeling tpght-toblay nunisuea ana more comnieteivi condemned." Congress Pats Ban on Prize Fight Pictures Washington, July 19 Prize fight moving pictures today be came a thing of the past in the United States when the House passed a Senate bill prohibiting the transportation of such m.ov ng picture films between the va rious States and territories or from foreign couutries. Heavy fines for violation of the proposed taw are fixed by the bill. The President, sajd to be in complete sympathy with the legislation, is expected to affix his signature to the measure. . Southern members of Congress were especially inter ested in the proposed law because of the race feeling stirred up by the exhibition of the Jeffries-Johnson moving pictures in their sec tion -of th oountrvV Senator Simmcfnsof North Carolina aud Representatives Sims of Tennessee pressed the bill in the Senate and House. . The Yost Re Union. . - The tenth annual reunion of the Yost generations is to be held at Phaniel's Baptist church, Wed-j uesday. August 21st. 1912. The following pragram has been ar ranged for the occasion : 10. a . m Devotional Exeroiaes, Rev.. F. Davis. JiPilcoma AddrtBS, Joseph dera- nelU; Address on Re-Union, Rev. T. L. Nobles . Decoration of soldiers graves by all. NOON. Fufeign Missions Schools, Rev. H. A John D A. Fisher. Organization of Elmer Riokard. ' Address, own and- Sunday Trezler and Young Men, subject, Rev. 0 P F sher Address bylladies and others Plenty of good music is assured ana au iriwuuu mm relatives are coriially invited to come, and brmg.your baskets' Refreshments will be on the ground. The committee is as follows: J . A, Y st, chairman ; r Jas. B . Yost; Manuelius Safrit; Paul Yost; T. M Yost., secretary; M, L. Yost j J. U .Yost; R. A : Yost. ' :- ' Seven Break Out fltisiilie WWJAPttARlrt COLLECIiOi Statesviiie, Jary f19 --Seven prisoners, three white, and four negroes, escaped froMi the County jail last night about nine o'clock and as yet have D'dtjjieaTlocate . All of the prisoners had been al lowed to stay out in the .outer cor ridor on account of the heat, and as soon as it was dark seven of them slipped through, the window after sawing two hovy bars in two. m All of the; .prisoners- no doubt would have escaped if they had not been aslesp. '. ' A soon as the, 2 escape was known the oflajers 'bt messages all over the county tb the people to be on the lookout. Those -es caping are: George Smith, Ralph Bowman and Paul Bradshaw, white; Will BackweJl, Charles Davis, George Allis'on and IJeid Thomas, colored. Tae white men had been brought h'ete from Tay lorsville for safe-kdejping-. while Alexander countyfisr buildiag . a new jail, i-' : Sheriff Deaton aajlthit aire. ward will be paid forthev capture of the prisoners SonwAdiflnlarin8r. - I wouM liki tolitnA'ke a few sug gestions to the farioieir as to how he can help in bigand little ways to make his wife, at'she ought to be, tbe bappiest ahdbest ooutent ed woman on eartl; - ; If thre is aeJeficno line in reach of you, have aNphone put in your house. If tlfer&socigr get together with yourlilighbors "apo? build one. It will pay you as well as give pleasuioyour fami- Get to w;rk on'geod :'roads in your communityit, 5ca haven t them a:lready; :TlKfe-a gntleier $5.(XX). These figures rep- , . f once a week. Get a of her to ride in instead of having to use the eld heavy farm wagon Subscribe for one or two good ' sk magazines for her. Make her your business part ner and consult with her about everything. The chances are she has j 1st as much sense and busi ness judgment as you have aud she may have more. And remember that anything you can do to increase your wife's health and happiness will in crease your own and that of the whole family. Mrp. Lillian Brooks Gitia, in The Progressive Farmer.. New High Records in Cotton Market. New York, July 19 New high records were mad) in the cotton market today with the new crop deliveries selling above 12 1-2 cents for the first time this season on an active demand probably inspired by increasing fear of orop damage in the eastern belt. The close was several points off from the best wilder realiz'ng, but the final tone was steady with prices net 1 point higher to two points lower. Fastest Battleship. Rockland Maine, July 19. All speed records for big gun battle ships were broken today by the new United -States battleship Wy oming, Bister ship of the super dreadnabught Arkansas, during her standardization trials. Her speed of 23 045 knots is declared to be the fastest ever made by a battleship in the world carrying 12-inoh guns. Hall Carriers Will Fly . This is an age of great discover ies Progress rides on the air S)on we may see Uncle - Sam's mail carriers flying in all direc tions, tranap :rting mail.,. People take a wonderful interest in a dis covery that benefits them. That's why Dr, Kind's : New Discovery far Coughs', Colds and other threat aiid lung diseases' 18 the most pop ular medicino in Aqoerica. ''It cured me of a dreadful oough," writes Mrs.. J. Fi Davis, Stickney Corner. Me , "after doctor's treat ment and all other remedies had failed. ror opugns, coias or any ; bronchial affection it'a' un- eaualed. . rrioe 6U0 and SI m 1 Trial bottl&-free at all druggisU, Soma Straight Statistics Snowing tha Re- - salts ot Prokibitlon. At least in one respect prohi- I tion ia having its effect in North Carolina. The claim has been made ' that the"' internal, revenue receipts are larger now thay were before prohibition went into effect. This probably referred to the number of ? revenue liceness issued to the drug Stores nd near beer dealers. It cannot apply, to the internal revenue collections proper for these collections- have almcst retched the vanishings point . In au effort to get at: the facts in the case, The Observer receutly made application to the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue,, at Washington, requesting a memorandum of the internal retenui collected on whiskey in North Carolina each year for th?" past ten years. The request was complied with by Robert Wil liams, . Deputy Commissioner. The result "affords an interesting study. Mr. Miller's table shows that in 1912, the collection amouuted to $768,240 87. Car- rying down the statement, we find the varying collections to be as follows: 1903. 1899,545 26 1904 ... 1906" . . . 1907 ,.. 1908 ... 633 994 99 700.457.84 694,971.22 748 951.04 363 589.98 . 36,119.90 . 5,155.43 1909 1910 . . . 1011 ... Prohibition went into effect in North Carolina iu 1908, when the collections amounted ' to over $748,000. In fcur years, the col lectfons have droned to t a -little ItTipiaheotlwjt ditriots where tbe liquor was with lrawu tax-paid for consumtion or sale, which does not determine the place of actual cosnmption of the whiskey. The figures, how ever, plainly indicate the effect prohibition is baviDg on the liquor traffic in North Carolina. The revenue collector is practical ly out of a job in this State. Charlotte Observer. TRADING FORD. Some rain at this writing, gad to note. Water meloLS are getting ripe and they are very delcious. There Is said to be a good crop of melons and cautelopes. The school committee has taken the census of the school district for this year and find no great chango since last year . Protracted meetings, labor day and election time is all coming soon. The people should all be gettiug ready fcr a great ohange, either for better or worse. "Gosh, Sam how do you do?", asked my friend the other day when I met him on the street. "Oh, I do as I can,',' says I, " and went on whistling Old Dan Tuck er. Richard CorneliBon, of Lake land, Florida, is visiting his uxi- cle J. B. Cornelison, of this place. Uncle Tom, of Ya'dkin Valley Ripples fame, says that the fel low with the man de apron string of ground hog has scared him so bad with the age limit that he is about to back out on the automo bile trip. .Uncle Tom has travel ed all over the United States and part of Mexico and Canada. He says that some towns have a fad for nlics of antiquity -and he was in hopes that Pooltown was one of them. Never mind his antedilu vian appearance, he is too cheerful to' ever grow old regardless of his looks. , Sam. "is personally ac quainted with Uucle Tcm, know. he is-an aw rut 2od fellow, but Sam will allow him all the auto mobile trips desired . Ha I Ha I '-, - Sam Snobt. - .C - ' He Read It ' , - Poet Has the editor read the poem I left :bere est erday ? ; Office Boy I think so, sir. He's away ill today, r Cost of Maintaining Children oj tba Drore Is $98.82 each... ' I Raletch. N. C. Julv 13 The annual report of Rev. J. N. Cole, as superintendent of the- North Carolina Methodist orphanage here, presented "to the trustees shows that tha averago oost of the maintenance per child in theor phanage is $98.92 per year. There are 140 children.- There was" paid out in salaries for the, past year $5,047, for provisions $4,862, for dry goods, shoes, clothing, sta tionery, drugs and sundries $1, 920, fuel $1,378, lights $250, wa ter $375. building and repairs $2, 334, boys' building $8,159, farm er's hoase $956, insurance $298. Superintendent Cole reported that there is great need for repairs on the old boys' building, for a steel and glass floor in the halls of the main building, a Steinway P'ano for training thu children in ;nutic, two additi nal girls' build i gp, neo1 wh'ch is jast provided f r ly b-' 10 000 donation "Jy '.rs. Jsck-'in, r? K''jet6n, for that purpose. As indicating how urgent is tin neaHg'ity F01 more Ci'om 6upari i!:ideut Cole rport e 1 that during t h past ypar he has b:en obliged to turn away more qhildren than are being cared f r at this tim in the institution ROCKWELL. July 22 B. A. Feprman has jast returned from High Point where he has been the past ten days on business . Miss Norra R'nehardt has been suffering very mnoh the last few days from a felon on her finger. - Mr. and Mrs. George Misen heimer viiited at John Good man's, fast Sunday. " We are glad to learn tKat Hf A. 'BerdfaWi7wSoiiiMWd' to his bed for the past week, is now able to be out again. Mr, and Mrs J, M. Kiuehardt, visited at John Stackleather's last Sunday. Mrs. H; A Wise, " has gone to Asheville, where she will stay for several weeks on a visit. Frank Sifford has moved out on South Main street near the depot. Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin, from near Lowerstone church, were moBt welcome visitor's at Berry Miller's last Sunday. Piul Boat, from near Organ church, has bought a lot'here and will erect a fine residence on it at once. v The cottom mill here is being filled up with machinery, the foundation of the large warehouse is now being put down and the brick and' other material are be ing delivered for ten more f aotory houses, which will be built almost at once Harry Park came home from Salisbury yesterday to visit his father aud mother who live near here. J. M. Rinehardt marketed 100 bushels of tomatoes last week of his own raising. George Peeler, one of the Rock well -Mfg. Co's. traveling sales men, is at home for a few days.. At last the citizens of Rockwell have realized the need of a bet ter and larger school building and enough moniy has been raised to guarantee a three thousand dollar building. The lot-has already been surveyed out and the deed made. It will '.be built on. the round knoll southwest of the de pot and will b) built of briok. The Rockwell base-ball team crossed bats with Liberty Satur day evening, July 13, on thfe former's diamond; and tEe score was 19 to 6 in Rockwell's favor. Tt was a very Quite game ana: a large crowd attended. They will play again soon. ; The Rookell base ball team would jast like to know s way. it is that the 0hina.; Grtve bass ball team refuse? to come and play the return game they . promised SareTy the China; Grove team is as good as their wtjrd. Rocker THE SEYEIf W5WEIS 5F TRf W0RLO 1 Kan's 6reitest Tilamptis ot Aocfsat ni -Maflertjgaei. r - The Editor of Popular Mecfeftn- ics Magazine" invited nearly one thousand sbientiats, ireprlsenting every European and : American school of -advanced, thought to pafticTpate by ballot in the selec tion of seven wonders of the mod ern world. A balloiwai prej&r bt containing 53 subjects of scienti fic and mechautcat achievement . There were blank: spades for4 tha insertion of any other subject' the voter mignt desue. " Bach of 1 the eminent men tp whom the ballots were sent was requested to Indi cate the seven that appeared to him to be the mcst wonderful. He was uuder no obligation to ao-v capt any of those on the list. "He was assured that bis name would not be used in connection with the publication of thi readlt, which, of course, precludas the priu'ting of the list herewith The American scientists were selected after, consultation with the Secretary of the American Aoademy of Sciences, Dr. L. O Howard, of Washington, D.: C, ; the E.aropean authorities consult ed were members, either of the Royal Society of London, ' the French Aoademy of Science, or the facuUies of the great German universities. The response re ceived was cordial. About 70 per cent of the ballots sent oat were marked and returned. .-These' came from the most distinguished men of tha entire grouj), the names of many of whom, are household words throughout! the civilized world: Several eminent men hesitated to seleotlreTea in dividual forms of progressvAS. the most wonderful, andouxabr of . the enterprise, but declining to put their writers on record fur the reason that any titles selected would be, to their minds, in many instances results of some general element of modern progress, such as electrical developement, ojiem ical research or civil engineering, and not, therefore, entitled to place as separate wonderay A class of 50 profeisorg, instructors and advanoed students af the de partment of chemistry of Cornell universny, Dy supplementary ballot, selected a list . of seven things,-five of which are to be found on the list which represents the consensus of opinion of the entire voting. Only one ballot, the last to be received, which bore the name of one of the most dis tinguished authorities on chemis try of Munich, Germany, , was 0 becked for the seven titles the total vote showed to have been se lected. Six ballots, one from In dia, two from France, two from Germany and one from the United States, showed the selection'of six of the final, seven. The interna tional character of the poll and the wide diversity of .opinion of the men chosen to participate in it lesulted in some remarkable answers, and in a scalt ring of votes over a wide range of human achievement, so that the subject which received the largest number of votes was selected by a "little more thau 85 per cent of the sci entists voting and the seventh on the final list by but a trifle more than 17 par cent. The final anal, ysis of the poll shows the ten sub. jects highest oh the lat were. Wireless telegraphy 244, tele phone -185, jieroplone lOT radt um 165, antiieptics and antitox ins 140, spectrum analysis 126, x ray Hl,''Pan&mafjBttfiiU 100, anesthesia 94 8yntheUo-.chemis try 81.' - ""-' -- . "..'-:''-:".-j " The seven irondera of. the an. cieht world are:' Pyriimidi of Egypt. :., n0 ;ile3ri,odria, Hanging Gardens ''-of Babylon, tempte of Diana at Epheios, ita tue of Jupiter by Phidias, caauso ieum pf Artemisia.OolloiBtis of Rhodes.--Popnlar Meaufot Moses Eagle has lost 4iis mind "again and the sheriff has taken charge of him to see that be doei no harm-to anyone. .. - "-t. "to-