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T. R. Barrows. Editor
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The farmers hold the key to ithe
situation.
What will the Senate do to the
lHariff bill?
Inhere is always a market for our
farm products.
The eecsret of success is more
farming and hetter farming.
The plain, .straightforward road
to prosperity ds to raise more land
buy less. . I
The strongest argument in f av
er of good roads is that good
roads help the farmers.
Half a dozen Democratic Sena
tors can make a heap of difference
in that tariff bill, if they jchoose
to exert themselves. Will they?
We cant live without food.
And we' can't feed our visitors
without food. And the .more we
raise, the les9 we will have jto buy.
Simmons and Overman are citi
zens of a State which has ja large
number of millions of dollars at
filtake in the cotton business. Now,
what are Simmons and Overman
going to do about the tariff bill?
It is the irony of fate that a
Democratic , administratiion at
Washington finds itself compelled
to advocate the un-Democratic
doctrine in the matter of the rights
of a "Sovereign State." But it is
more than possible that fate was
materially assisted by that force
ful statesman who happens just
now to be Governor of California.
Henderson county has always
had a market, reasonably near, for
its farm products. The growth of
Hendersonville and Henderson
fcouinty as la resort has brought this
market to our very doors. We can
sell al that we can raise. The
next thing is to raise all (that we
can sell. .
Whatever else may happen, as a
result of the California tangle, the
present Democratic administration
is finding itself compelled to pjlace
itself on record against the an
cieint Democratic doctrine of States'
Rights. And it may be that t'this
was precisely what Gov. Hiram
'Jothnson had fcn mind all the time.
Johnson is a strong and resource
ful man iand can see as far ahead
als mast f olks. f
Henderson County's
Opportunity
The Times hais frequently railed
.attention to the importance the
farmers cooperative demonstra
tion work. We haive appealed to
the county commissioners and to
the Greater Hendersonville Club,
urging them to take the matter
fXisp. We have explained the work
ings of the plan. We have quoted
some of the results obtained in
other counties. We have offered
to obtain further information if de
B&red. And now we are able to
announce that Mr. E. 3. MiUsaps,
the district -Bigent of that work
will be here tihe first Monday la
June to go before the county com
missioners in the effort to induce
this county to avail itself of the
advantages offered.
Is there any reason why this
oanmty should not avail itself of
the opporbuuity? The coat is very
small; ithe benefits ajecording xto
h records, jare great. We NEED
better methods of farming here.
We have jan excellent market for
all that we cart raise; what ,we
need as to raise more.
We. invite all persons interested
jto attend the commissioners' meet
ing the first Monday in June, Jand
meet Sir. Anilsaps, and. hear what
he has to say.
The Approch
of Dawn
The following quotation
is not
from a Republican paper;
it is
from t!he Charlotte Observer:.
"Tariff making for tlhe benefit
of the jpeople as not a matter of
fixing so that, they "buy things
cheapest, but is one of fixing the
people ao Jthey have the money to
buy wjt!h, at living prices. It is
easier to make arid pave money
when work is abundant, and prices
high, than it is when it is hard
to get a job when ipnces are low.
Doesn't that sound xa if it might
lha,ve been copied from The Times?
Isnt it practically an admission
that, the tariff theory which the
Democratic party has been advo
cating is (wrong?
And Ssntt. it a pity th at pur Char
lotte contemporary didn't realize
and admit the facts sooner. If the
Observer, and other Democrats
who are Snow in favor of protec
tion, had been frank enough to
speak that iway during the past
four years, land to back up their
opinions by their votes, the South's
ciheif manufacturing industry
would not 5now be in danger.
A main's purchasing power de
pends not only on prices but also
on resources. If prices fall, that
fall may or may iriot enable you
to buy more; it depends upon
whether your means fall at the
same time. If prices fall faster
than wages, the wage earner can
buy more. If prices fall but wages
fall faster, then the wage earner
cannot buy !&o much.
It is easier to pay fifty cents
when you have a dollar than it is
to pay twenty-five cents when
you have inothing.
It has taken the Observer a long
time to realize this obvious f act.
And there are ia heap of other
Democrats in the same fix. For
all these years they have been
bluffing about the tariff and pri
ces; and now their bluff is being
called, and they don't seem to like
it. If they didn't want to have
the protection taken out of the
Cotton schedule, why didn't thay
vote for a party that believes in
protection?
Inland Waterways
The purchase of the Albemarle
and Chesapeake Canal by the Unit
ed States from private owners is
important not only as Immedidtely
affecting a limited territory but as
a step xowaras vne accompusn-
a J J n 1 1
ment of an inland waterway from
Boston, Mass. ,to Miami, Fla. Lit
tle by Mttle the inland waterway
is being extended; link after link
is "being added. The next cutting
in this gtate will be from a point
some miles below Bogue Sound,
to get into the New River,
the Wilmington district, and from
there the route will jgo into South
Carolina by "way of Georgetown
and Charleston. The Raleigh
Times 'says,:
"A great deal of .this inland wa-
terway is Inatural, and it is feafe
to say that in ten years coasting
vessels will be passing through it.
it. The canals north of Norfolk
which are parts of it are Jail con
structed except the one ia Massa
chusetts, which is nearly finished.
Long Island Sound : and Chesa
peake Bay are possible parts of fit.
Aa already (stated, it uses the North
Carolina sounds fo a distance of
something like one hundred miles.
It. will give ah idea of (the size
of Pamlico Sound to state that
from the middle of it no (Land is
within isight. Lighthouses in the
sounds mark the route of the wa
terway. "Great numbers pf vessels are
using the waterway, including
merchant vessels s and. pleasure
craft of all kind, Sbetweenthe North;
fad -.South. It is also' jotilized by
J torpedo boata jaad 'otlhe pmaU Gor-
Henderson Leads
The Charlotte- Observer com
ments as follows on the subject of
women and school boards -v.
"Under the State law women are
eligible to serve on School boards
and school book commissions, but
jtihe -Legislature did mot, have the
backbone to. make these positions
elective, that is, the people cai
,not vote t!hem into office, but
county boards can) appoint theiri.
The county of Henderson was the
first to take, advantage of the laW
and la woman was elected to take,
the place of a resigned1 committee-1
man. Hendersonville in tlhe west,
feas iffo.ne this eastern town one
better Jand has appointed two Wo
men to the school board; taking
the place of two men resigned to
'their fate. This is . an encourag
ing start and the movement fehould
become contagious. . There is scar
cely ia school1 board in the State
that 2 s mot int need of the intelli
gent influence of the woman com
mitteeman, and-conditions in Charr--j
lotte and Mecklenburg county are j
.not uninviting to the innovation." 1
But one fact which the Observer
seems to grasp is that Henderson
county Sa ahead of Vance and of
all other counties and towns and
cities in the State. Henderson ap
pointed a- woman as a member pf
a school board BEFORE there was
any daw for so doing.
.Also, we would invite the Char
lotte paper's (attention to the fact
that the Legislature "did not have
the backbone" to make even the
county board n Henderson county
elective. Our county board is in
flicted upon us by the Democratic
machine at Raleigh.
The Facts in the Case I
Two of our Democratic contem-
iporaries, the Statesville Landmark
and the Charlotte Observer, seem
to be (getting tangled up on the
tariff question. In 'Wednesday'
issue, the Charlotte paper adds one
more kink to the tangle (by deliv
ering itself of t?he following :
"The Statesville Landmark in
commending the Observer's advice
against calamity howling, suggests
that this paper "quit trying to
make it appear that the Demo
cratic party is, in the matter Jof
the tariff, doing other thap it has
promised the country all these
years it would do if given pow-
er." It hasn't been "all these
years'" since the convention was
iheld in Baltimore, has it? Funny
how they are inclined to forget
the Baltimore platform."
Of course, if Democratic papers
will scrap with one another about
the tariff, we are under no bbli-
gation to pull them apart unless
the racket they make becomes in
tolerable. But The Times, as an
educational journal, ss always glad
to impart knowledge and try to
enlighten darkened minds; and
therefore we will take the trouble
to point out to our confused con
temporaries the actual facts in
this matter. '
The Observer claims that th
proposed Democratic .tariff legisla
tion is wrong because it would in
jure business and because it is !a
violation of the promises made in
the Baltimore platform.
The Landmark jclaims that the
proposed legislation is just what
the Democrats have been promis
ing all these years.
If the proposed legislation is go
ing to hurt business (as the Ob
server admits), that is reason e
nougih. to condemn it. There is no
reason to drag in tjhe Baltimore
platform.
If the proposed . legislation, is in
accordance with, the long-standing
promises of the Democratic party
(as the Landmark, admits), that
merely proves the unwisdom of the
Democratic party. .
The Observer ia right in con
demning the, new tariff bill. The
Iandmark is (right ia saying that
have for years been promising.
Tlhe Observer is wrong iri bank
ing on the lialtimore platform,.
The Landmark is wrong, utterly
and unspeakably wroiLVg,--in imag
ining that, there, fa -any wisdom In
the old-time Dejnocsratic tariff
policy. . . i
-Now witrtsgiicpd to tiie matter
of party 'pledgeW ' T m "
X. Tlve ms&tk objection to the Jaew'
tariff bill is ;not so much, that it
rs a violation of pledges as that
it is calculated to hurt business.
2. The Baltimore platform was a
wabbly straddle. It pledged the
party to three different courses
each of .which was a contradiction'
of the other two. Nobody took
much stock in that platform.
3. But, after the convention;
when the country began to get
scared about Democratic tariff.
slashing, then Candidate Wilson
and other Democratic leaders did
make some tolerably definite
promises. They promised Aot to
"run amuck." They promised toi
be conservative. They promised
that the Democratic party would
not enact free trade "or anything
like free trade." And, oh the
strength of these promises, they
got votes. And tjow it is charged
that they are mot keeping their
promises. v i
For years the Democrats have
been promising any old foolish
ness in the way of tariff slashing;
and the voters very wisely kept
the Democrats out of power. Last
year, the Democratic platform was
so weak jand meaningless that the
Democratic leaders felt impelled to
supplement it by promises which a-
mounted practically to this: that
the : Democrats, if elected, would
enact a jtariff law which would -be
pretty much t Republican tariff
law. After these . promises the
Democrats were elected, though
received only a minority of the
votes cast. And what has become
of the promises? y
Good
The action of he county com-,
missio.ners, in the matter of 'the
county and township road bonds,
means a long step forward for
this county. The commissioners
carefully considered their duty in
this matter and took competent
legal advise before acting.
Better roads will mean better
farming. They will make our farm
lands more profitable. Of course
there will also be many other ben-.
efits; but that one, just by itself,
would justify the expense.
ANTICIPATION
Blest he whose is the happy lot
To dwell in this sequester'd spot,
To live a quiet Country life
Par from the world of toil and
strife. 1
And what could man desire more
Than Nature here has laid in store,
Where land and climate, soil and
scene,
Suffice for all one's wants, I
ween?
Here, swiftly flowing at my feet,
French Broad and Swannanoa
meet ;
Along the stream the valleyilies ;
Beyond' the well-clad mountains
rise.
Amid the clouds upreard alone
Stands out the peak of Pisgahs
cane,
Vd stretching to the darkening
north
Black's dim outline is shadowed
forth. .
While all as far as eye cam eee,
On rugged ridge and grassy lea,
The teeming farm, the silent
-nook,
The woods, the hills, the stream,
the brook
The prospect near, the distant
view,
Are bathed h ah ethereal blue,
Which lends to lovely Nature
e'em
The aspect of a fairy scene.
Had I a cot within this cove
Methinks I ne'er ' should wish to
rovft, -V'M
But live a simple " mountaineer
With flocks and fields and coun
try" fare. ' '
Book for my .studious-hours
choose, , . , ;. ;
I'd,
And now and then :a pensive muse,
Ajnd, tracing Nature's Ways sub
lime; :.
With Science, too, 1M fehare my
time. r...;
Then crowning these I'd have with
DomesrUo joy's feUcity ; .
A;nd love which was to mortals
gives ' ' ; y'- '
To lift th Boul 'ptom eartlk to
Iteavea
REALlZATION
And i3 this real? Is now fulfiljl'd
The wish which bince my fancy
thrill'd,
When country life by hill and
stream
Was but a vague poetic dream?
Yes, all my fondest hopes sur
passed, The dream is realized at last,
' And, free from crowds and clash
and glare,
I live a happy mountaineer.
No irapid-runndng rivers race
To meet in wild, unstill'd embrace,
But lovingly the hills enclose
A placid lake in calm repose.
The peaceful beauty of the place
Repeats itself upon her face.:
Each: grove and glade, each cloud
and glow,
Around are guardian mountains
wall'd, ; ,
"Bear-Wallow, Sugar-Loaf and Bald,
Tryon, Pinnacle, and PisgahiV
crest,
. Black, Craggy, towering o'er the
rest.
In landscape Art and Nature vie
With lawn and lake and hills and
sky,
In frame of blue and sunlight
hwn,
To paint a perfect picture scene.
A well-built dwelling, shrubs ttnd
bowers;
Congenial work, fields fruits and
Don't Forget
"The Other Fellow"
A Comedy in three
Auditorium
Friday, May 23rd, 1913
Benefit Hendersonville High School Literary Society
ADMISSION - - - - - - 25 cents
MIDSUMMER
0XF01DS
With an interesting
Showing of Early Fall
Styles.
Pumps, Button Oxfords, But
ton Pumps, Strap Pumps, in
Tan, Gun Metal, Vici, Patent
and Suede.
Ask to see the best Ladies
Walking Shoe Made. The
Price? It is absolutly low!
Hendersonville
Mercantile Company
F. Z. MORRIS, Manager
To Housekeepers A new shipment of
Nainsook Checks, Bleaching, and Cambric
All bought oh a LOW MARKET.
flowers ;
Or, mounted or afoot, to climb
OUUIO LliJ li.li.LcLi lU-'HJ p With
sublime ;
view
Domestic joys as mood maypiease.
A chosen science, books and ease'
Or, muse inspired, myself perJ
chance
To wake the lyre or weave ro
mance. Thus in a Country Life I in
Health for the body, peace for th
mind,
And for the soul, supreme, Got!
givem, The -love that mtoa nt u
- ji iVULLH? A
heaven.
A. R. G.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of. ttie estate of Sarah Aiuv
Pace, deceased, tate of Hendersork
county, this is to notify all par
ties having any claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned at the office of Sta
ton & Rector, attorneys, in Hen
dersonyille, N. C, on or before the
20th day of May, 1914, or this no,
tice will be pleaded in bar Jof their
recovery. . All persons Indebted to
said estate will please make inmig,
diate settlement.
Thia Mar 15th 1913.
R. H. Staton,
Administrator.
acts, will be given at the