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VOLUME-XVII
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1912.
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NUMBER-33
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
SEEMS OPTOMISTIC
INDEPENDENT VOTE WILL
BE FOR WILSON
Poll of 1000 Republicans Taken
. by New York Press.
Results Surprising.
The most significant thing about
the national democratic campaign
in its early stages is thfe fact that
hundreds of thousands of republi
cans, "who never before voted the
democratic ticket, have voluntarily
■written Governor Wilson and Gov
ernor Marshall that they intend
this year to vote the democratic
ticket.
Some days ago, when Indianapo
lis, Governor Marshall told me that
since the convention he had been
deluged with letters of congratula
tion and voluntary pledges of sup
port, and that more than twenty-
five per cent of his correspondents
stated that they were republicans,
but they thought the time had
come for a change in the national
administration, and that they in
tended to support the ticket nomi
nated at Baltimore.
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The special newspaper articles
published, containing a few ex-
extracts from letters written to
Governor Wilson at Sea Girt, show
that the views of the correspon
dents of the candidate for presi
dent duplicate those of the candi
date for vice president, and tl a a
very large proportion of letters
offering support are from republi
cans.
The correspondence that comes
to Chairman McCombs and the
democratic headquarters in New
York is of the same tenor and it
comes from all parts of the coun
try, showing that the democratic
candidates appeal both to the popu
lar imagination and to the popular
confidence; and that, while the
democrats are united in the sup
port of the democratic ticket, as
never before in the life of the
younger men of the party, and the
independent vote is almost solid
for Wilson and Marshall, there is a
break in the republican vote, here
tofore unknown in the history of
that party. In 1896 there was a
bolt in the republican party ot the
silver republicans, but that bolt
did not appreciably affect any state
east of the Mississippi river and as
the result showed was not large
enough to change the result in any
state west of the Mississippi, with
few exceptions.
This year the republican party
is split, and republicans will divide
between Mr. Taft and Mr. Roose
velt, that is, tliose who intend to
vote for Wilson and Marshall; and
there are many, w'ho, while pre
ferring not openly to^ join the dem
ocratic organization, will furnish
a vote which, added to the demo
cratic vote of iy08, will put the
democratic candidate in the White
House.
As one of many evidences of the
republican' trend to Wilson and
Marshall, the following editorial
from the New York Press, giving
the result of a poll among republi
cans, is illuminating:
“REPUBLICANS FOR WILSON.”
“Last week the editor of the New
York Press sent private letters to,
republican voters, selected, at ran
dom from readers on its mail sub
scription lists and not living in
New York city or other large cities.
The main part of the letter was:
“For which of the follpwing do
yon inten<l to vote: Taft, Wilson,
Roosevelt?
“Are you in favor of the plan
proposed by the former president
of breaking up the present repub
lican party and forming a new one?
For whom did you vote in 1908?
“Of the 1,000 first replying vir
tually all voted for Mr. Taft four
■years ago. Of the 1,000 replying
442 said that they would vote foe
Mr. Taft this year, 335 for Mr.
Roosevelt, 132 for Mr. Wilson and
91 said they would not vote at all
or were undecided.
“Most of those declaring they
would vote for Mr. Wilson gave as
their reason their disgust with re
publican factionalism. Some were
voting for him as the surest way,
in their judgment, to defeat the
colonel and prevent him from
breaking up the republican party.
Some of those in the not-voting
class said they might vote for Mr.
Taft or Mr. Wilson if it became
necessary, in their judgment, to do
this to prevent the colonel from
breaking up their party. Some of
those recording themselves for Mr.
Taft lamented his nomination, but
would vote for him to prevent the
colonel from breaking up their
party.”
Further comment on the figures
and the percentap;es which they
make seems unnecessary.
Josephus Daniels,
Chairman Publicity Committee.
DE Win-ROWE
The following report of a mar
riage clipped from a New York
paper will be of interest to many of
our readers. Miss Elizabeth Rowe,
a half-sister of C. M. Doyle, was
once a resident of this place and
had a nuoiber of friends here :
Pittsford, N. Y., July 26.—A
quiet wedding took place Thursday
evening at Pittsford, when Miss
Elizabeth Row^e, of this village, and
Clinton A. DeWitt, of Fairport,
were married at the home of the
bride’s parents. They were attend
ed by Miss Carolyn Rowe, sister of
the bride, and Leslie DeWitt,
brother of the groom. The cere
mony was performed before a bank
of ferns and carnations by Rev. T.
F. Parker. Miss Martha Rowe pre
sided at the piano, and promptly at
8:30 o’clock the bridal party en
tered the parlor to the strains of
“Hearts and Flowers.” After a
short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs.
DeWitt will reside in Fairport,
N. Y.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Whereas God in His all-wise
providence has seen fit to remove
from our midst by the hand of
death the wife of our beloved
brother, B. Whit Henderson.
Be it resolved, that we, the mem
bers of Connestee Lodge, No. 237,
I. O. O. F., while bowing to the
will of Almighty God, deeply sym
pathize with our brother and his
motherless children in their great
bereavement.
That a copy of these resolutions
be spread on the minutes of the
order, and a copy given to the Syl
van Valley News for publication.
Charles Jollay,
E. C. Neill,
A. B. Riley,
Committee on Resolutions.
ELECTRIC PLANT PROPOSED
The board of aldermen held the,
regular monthly meeting last Mon
day night, and adjourned to meet
Saturday night of last week. C.
M. Cooke, Jr., and W. S. Ashworth
were appointed to make an investi
gation into real estate and prop
erty matters for the purpose of
making a revision of the tax
schedule.
At Saturday nights’ meeting the
report of this committee was heard
and the board took action thereon,
making a levy of 85 cents on the
hundred dollars worth of property.
The poll tax was fixed at $1.80.
A motion was made and carried
to make investigation into the ad
visability of the establishment of
an electric plant for lighting the
town, to be owned and controlled
by the municipality. C. M. Cooke,
Jr., and W. S. Ashworth were ap
pointed to make the required in
vestigation and report to the board.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
TO TEACH FARMERS
DEPARTMENT OF FARM IM
PROVEMENT WORK
For Purpose of Teaching Farm
ers How to Increase Yield
and Build up Soil.
President Finley, of the South
ern Railway company, announced
recently that the management of
that company, realizing the great
opportunity for increasing the pros
perity of the territory traversed by
its lines through building up soil
productivity and increasing the
average crop yield per acre, had
decided to organize a department
of farm improvement work to be
gin operations on September 1st.
This department will work on the
co-operative demonstration plan,
first adopted by the late Dr. S. A.
Knapp, of the United States agri
cultural department. It will aim
to show to the farmers what they
can do on their own lands and with
their own resources. This plan has
been followed with marked success
by the Southern railway cotton
culture department in the territory
along the line of the advance of the
Mexican cotton boll weevil. It is
now proposed to extend the work
over the system generally apd to
adapt it to the peculiar conditions
of each locality.
The cotton culture department is
to be merged into the department
of farm improvement work, and
Mr. T. O. Plunkett, who has been
general agent of the cotton cv.lture
department, is to be at the head of
the new organization with the title
of manager of farm improvement
work. His office w’ill be in Atlanta,
Ga., and three assistant managers
of farm improvement work will be
appointed to be located at advan
tageous points. A force of field
agents will be appointed to visit
farmers in their respective localities
and co-operate with them for the
demonstration of those methods of
culture and soil treatment which
may be expected to produce the best
results in the way of increased crop
yields. This work will be carried
on in co-operation with the state
commissioners of agriculture, the
state agricultural colleges, and the
United States agricultural depart
ment. It will be entirely free of
cost to farmers wishing to avail
themselves of it in the territory
traversed by the lines of the South
ern railway; Alabama Great South
ern railroad ; Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Texas Pacific railway;
Georgia Southern & Florida rail
way ; Mobile & Ohio railroad;
Northern Alabama railway ; South
ern railway in Mississipni, and Vir
ginia & Southwestern railway.
The work of the department of
farm improvement work is to be
entirely separate from that of the
Southern railway land and indus
trial deimrtment which will, as
heretofore, carry on its co-opera
tive work for the location of indus
tries and farm settlers and for the
general development of the terri
tory traversed by the lines of the
Southern railway system.
Speaking of the department of
farm improvement work, President
Finley said:
•‘Its purpose is to be broadly
helpful to the farmers in the terri
tory traversed by our lines. I can
conceive of nothing that would be
more beneficial to the southeast
ern states than a substantial in
crease in the average yield of farm
crops such as it is the aim of the
department of farm improvement
work to endeavor to bring about.
The increased prosperity of the
farmers would be reflected in all
lines of business. I believe, there
fore, that all those interested in
the development of our section who
are in a position to aid in this
movement can very properly do so.
The state conmiissioners of agricul
ture, state agricultural colleges and
experiment stations are doing val
uable "work, and the newspapers of
the southeast which give special
attention to the publication of the
advice of recognized experts on
agricultural matters are most help
ful. It shall be the policy of our
department of farm improvement
work to co-operate with all these
agencies and seek their co-ojiefa-
tion.”
SORE MOUTH IN CATTLE
By Dr. G. A. Roberts, State Vetemarian.
The state exj)eriment station is
receiving numerous enquiries from
the central and w’estern part of
the st«,te describing the symptoms
of “sore mouth” in cattle.
Cattle of all ages are susceptible
to the disease, but dairy cows at
pasture are particularly subject
to it.
All investigators are agreed that
the trouble results from eating
forage, especially in grazing on
pastures containing some clover
contaminated with certain fungi or
molds, such as the red and black
rusts of clover. The disease makes
its appearance during very warm
dry weather immediately following
a spell of wet weather, which are
ideal conditions for the growth of
molds.
As the name indicates, the most
characteristic symptom of the dis
ease is a sore mouth, due to an in
flammation of its lining. Other
inflammations frequently occur
about the feet and occasionally the
udder. The first thing usually
noted is a refusal to eat and failure
to ruminate (chew the cud). Ani
mals often show signs of hunger,
but the extreme soreness of mouth
makes the process of chewing too'
painful. There may be some slight
movements of the lips with a frothy
saliva dribbling from the mouth.
On examination of the inside of
the mouth it is found to be red
dened ; occasionally small blisters
are seen, but more commonly these
have ruptured and become ulcers,
appearing on the tip of the tongue,
or tlie lips, gums and elsewhere.
The structures involved are more
less swollen, and a very foul odor
em«nates from the mouth. The
muzzle may be dry and harsh,
cracked and covered with brownish
scabs.
When the feet are affected
marked lameness is present. Ani
mals may stand with back arched
or be observed lying down most
of the time disinclined to rise. Ma
nipulation of the feet causes jmin.
There is some little elevation of
temperature, increased pulsations,
a rapid loss of flesh, and in milking
cows a decreased milk flow.
The duration of the disease is
usually from one to two weeks
when a recovery is made, although
occasionally severe cases succumb.
The pasture may be used again
after sevei‘al days to a few weeks,
depending upon dryness of weather.
On the appearance of the trouble
all cattle should be removed from
the offending pasture and prefer
ably be kept up and fed upon dry
feed until safe to turn out to pas
ture again. The affected animals
should be fed upon bran mashes,
gruels, etc., and cool, fresh water
should be kept constantly before
them. Medicinal tretment should
consist of antiseptic and astringent
mouth washes. These may be
gently applied to affected parts
with cotton or soft cloth or placed
on feed or salt and in drinking
water.
A 2 per cent, solution of com
pound cresol or creolin makes an
appropriate antiseptic and a tea
spoonful of chlorate of potash to
quart of water—a good astrin3ent.
suitable for mouth washes.
One ounce of crude carbolic acid
to six pounds of salt and a table
spoonful of chlorate of potash to
each bucket of water may be kept
before the animals if too difi&cult
to apply the mouth washes.
The same antiseptics and astrin
gents will be applicable for the
affected feet. Fissures or cracks
of the skin should be protectad by
carbolated vaseline.
The above are common drugs and
can be secured from local drug
stores.
STORE ANO Mill ARE
DESTROYED RY FIRE
J. L. AND W. C. GLAZENER
SUFFER LOSS
Building and Contents Practically
Destroyed With $2,200
Insurance.
Last Saturday night the store
building of J. L. and W. C. Glaze-*
ner of Bosman was burned to the
ground, with the loss of practi
cally all it contained. The build
ing stood on Main street, between
the street and the railroad, between
Erwin’s store and the tannery.
The fire originated in the lower
story of the house and was too far
developed to be extinguished when
discovered.
The lower floor was divided into
three parts. In front was the store ;
just behind the store was the grist
mill, which was operated by a gaso
line engine, and in the rear was a
grain and feed rbom.
The upstairs rooms were occu
pied by the family of W. C. Glaze-
ner. When they discovered the
fire they had not much time to
spare for escaping from the build
ing with their lives, and conse
quently lost practically all of their
furniture.
The mercantile stock, the mill
outfit and the feedstuff all were
consumed with the building. There
was also a loss of between $600 and
$700 in cash.
The insurance on the building,
mercantile stock and household
furniture -was $2,200.
PROF. MILES REECE
The Brevard Institute catalogue,
recently gotten ready for distrfbu-
tion, contains a list of the teachers
for the coming year. Several of
these are former teachers, or per
sons hitherto connected with the
Institute in some capacity.
We notice with pleasure the ad
dition to the faculty of Prof. Miles
Reese and his wife, Mrs. Georgia
Reese. For two years previously
they were at the Penrose high
school, of which Prof. Reese was
principal. Both these teachers
made a most favorable impression,
not only in the community in
which they taught, but also on the
members of the teaching profession
with whom they came in contact.
Prof. Trowbridge is to be congratu
lated on securing these valuable
additions to his teaching force.
HOW LONG?
A child born in North Carolina
six years ago lost both parents ere
he was fourteen months old. He
was adopted by a philanthropist in
New York. His adopted father
now wants to place him in school.
According to the laws of New York
this can not be done until a certi
fied copy of the child’s birth .cer
tificate is filed with the school au
thorities as proof that he is of
school age. There is no law in
North Carolina requiring birth
registration, hence no record of
the birth can be obtained. The
child’s parents are dead, and no
one can be found who is suflQciently
familiar with the facts to mako
oath as to his exact age. There
fore, the child will have to remain
away from school another year, by
which time the adopted father will
be able to swear that the child is
six, though the actual facts in the,
case indicate that he will be seven.
Why is North Carolina so careless
i^i providing laws making birth
registration compulsory? How
long will we rank with Turkey and
China in the value placed on all
data regarding human life?
Every time “T. RV’ elevator
stops somebody gets off. *