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VOLUME XXIV.
albemarle, N. Thursday, July 6, 1916
NUMBER 33
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jTWOULD BE A SHORT
J WAR WITH CARANZA.
i Our Washington Correspondent
Thinks Not Many Moments Would
be Required Win With Wilson
i This Year.
DR. FAISON PAYS
TRIBUTE TO WOODROW WISON.
I
Charlotte Observer, July 2.
"Any man who as president of the
United States, has the moral cour
age to stand up and declare that he
will not be driven into Mexico hv ip
vet t: i. r- i , -
wasningvon, u. v,., juiy 4. it we goaamgs or the financial interests
i are driven by Mexican outrages upon ; which seek to increase the value of
x American citizens, ana the arrogance i iheir governments is a big enough
f yi ... . . . .
oi uen. varranza to war with that
country, it will not take many months
I to clean them up, unless it should
turn out that Japan, is secretly back
I ing Caranza, and it is not believed
1 that she is. In our war with Mexico
BY WAY OF EXPLANATION.
man to get a contribution of $10 from
me or his re-election," exclaimed Dr.
I. W. Faison, as he proceeded to in
crease the amount of the campaign
fund by a tenner.
"I have been an admirer of this
I in 1846, we never lost a battle and we! man Wilson for a long time," con-
were outnumbered by 4 to 1 and 5 to
1 in every instance. Mexico has no
munition factories, nor enough skill
ed workmen to build and operate one
of any consequences.
Win With Wilson.
The Democratic Slogan of four
milieu uucior raison. "He crrnwa
larger as new responsibilities, new
problems face him. He is the great
est moral force in the United States,
as well as one of the greatest intel
lects in this country. It is not often
that we see a great intellect and
HOW TO GET BETTER
SCHOOLS FIVE WAYS.
Summary of Article by Dr. P. P.
Claxton in Progressive Farmer.
The Enterprise reaches its readers late this
week owing to tne breakage of a very impor
tant part of our linotype machine on the Glori
ous Fourth. Our force was not celebrating! not our rural scho' system aim first
ef all to fit us for the lives we are to
either. We telegraphed at once to the factory
for a new part, but until this good hour it has
1. Fit the schools to the needs of
the people. In the main we are farm
ing folks, and the great majority of
us will remain so. Why, then, should the occupant of other positions
A WORTHY MESSAGE
FROM SENATOR GORE.
years ago "Win With Wilson" is go- dominated by f. great character, and
ing to be overwhelmingly repeated in
1916. The Democratic nominees are
not only receiving loyal and enthusi
astic support of the united and trium
phant Democratic party, but the "in
dependent voter," which is a very de
cisive factor in presidential campaign
is "in the Democratic camp" horse,
wagon and dragoon.
The great administration of presi
dent Wilson is solving the most
both combined in a man who occu
pies an office that is transcendently
great. That is what I mean when
I say that the United States is for
tunate in having such a leader at a
time like this. He is fitted in every
way to interpret the American peo
ple and to point it to the heights
which it has not yet attained. To a
large extent men are the product of
their times. To a certain extent an
momentous problems ever submitted , era is the product of a striking per-
to any president since Lincoln, has
made a deep and favorable impres
sion on the country, and it is nothing
less than absurd to talk of defeat
ing him with a man like Charles E.
Hughes or any other man, who is
nothing more than ' a blank, even if
he is admittedly a clean and upright
blank.
The fact of it is the country never
fails to reelect the president who
carries i tsafely through a great
crisis, and as President Wilson re
cently said the whole "world is on
fire", and our own roof is not fire
proof; nevertheless he has steered
the ship .of state safely through the
rocks, and it is now enjoying, as the
benefit of his wise and statesman
like course, peace, plenty and pros
perity. Furthermore, it can always
be sent down as an absolute certain'
sonality, a vigorous, exalted char
acter. Woodrow Wilson, I believe,
is not only a worthy product of this
time, but he will leave an inefface
able impress on American life, and
on the life of the world by the stand
he is taking, day by day and month
by month."
leod and the work we are to do? By
all means make the training of the
farm boy and girl as liberal as pOS
KihIe. hilt nt tllp Kmo timo lot'c nl
failed to arrive. Mistakes enough will be found ;wa's DUt fundamental first. Latin
in this issue and some oi our corresnondents p,acc' but any riil scho1 system
, . . , . ' that gives them preference over corn
will look m vain for their good letters. News'and cotton roots is bad-
. - ... . 2. Aim at the three-teacher school.
in general will be found as scarce as the prover-iThe litt,e one-room, one-teacher
Dial hen s teeth. We regret all this of course ! possibly be efficient t0 get iarge
i , , j i , . (schools, with better buildings, better
UUl Can nOl neip Uie CaUSe Dy grieving. UUt 01 i equipped and with more and better
,. , i j teachers, condition seems the remedy.
justice to our advertisers we are coming out" ! There are thousands of southern com-
l . . . iiiumucs Liiau muy wonueriuiiy lm-
a& uesi we can. ine rnierprise continues to
prepare to serve its readers more acceptably. In
this process of making ready we respectfully
ask their forbearance until the day when we
shall arrive.
The Blind Senator From Oklahoma
Writes a Notable "Success Talk"
For Progressive Farmer Boys.
(One of the foremost men in the
United States Senate, the chairman
of the committee on agriculture and
of
CHAUTAUQUA NOTES.
NEW YORK PROGRESSIVES
DO NOT ENDORSE HUGHES.
New York. A resolution endors
ing Charles E. Hughes for president
was defeated at a meeting of the
Kings county committee of the Pro
gressive party at Brooklyn. A sub
resolution was passed recommending
that the members of the party ex
ercise their individual judgment in
supporting a candidate. Bainbridge
Colby, who nominated Roosevelt at
ty, that the country will not "vote 'the Progressive convention at Chica
against prosperity" which would be J go, critizised him for declining the
nomination.
the effect of voting against President
Wilson. The election of the Repub
lican candidate, would mean the turn
ing of the country over again to the
Republican bosses and grafters, as it
was under President Taft; for Ihe
old crowd that ran things under Taft,
from Frank Hitchcock down, are get
tine ready to run them under Charles
E. Hughes if the country snouia oe more.
so thouehtless and so unwise as to: Miss Mary Biles was hostess to
elect that distinguished "sphinx" to the Entre Nou Club Thursday after
rule the country. I noon.
. The Democratic Platform. The Cordelia Book Club met with
The Democratic platform which 'Mrs. J. M. Morrow Tuesday after-
was adopted at St. Louis is the great-
(Dcferrd from last week)
Albemarle has been wonderfully
blessed this week by the various pro
grams rendered in the Chautauqua
Tent. Dr. I. A. Downey, the Chautau
qua Leader, in his lectures on child
training and kindred subjects has giv
en our people something to think
about and put into practice.
The Junior Chautauqua, in its
morning sessions, has proven exceed
ingly interesting and helpful to the
children. It has been a veritable
school in itself.
SOCIAL EVENTS LAST WEEK,
Tuesday afternoon the D. S. N-
Club was entertained by Miss Erdine
Denning. The invited guests were
Miss Nell Smith and Miss Bost, of
Concord, guest of Miss Clara Skid-
ID r. Lincoln Wirt in his lecture Fri
yfay evening was the first man to lec
ture in Albemarle on "The Conquest
of the Arctic." The lecture was a
gem from beginning to end, and as
some one remarked made the hearer
feel that he was experiencing, him
self, all the terrors and thrills of the
frozen north.
est master-piece of American prin
ciples ever promulgated since those
immortal Democratic principles were
enunciated in the first inaugural ad
dress of Thomas Jefferson, the crea
tor and founder of the Democratic
party. The Democratic platform
was written by a "man who knew"
what he was talking about; that man
was Woodrow Wilson, and he wrote
practically every line of it, except
those parts which set forth personal
praise for his great achievements.
Fverv voter in the United State3
noon.
Count Okuma Makes Remarkable Ad
mission. Count Okuma, the Japanese Prime
Minister, in an address at the Jubi
lee of Protestant Missions in Tokyo,
said, "The Sages of China and Ja
pan have taught many noble truths,
but they have too much neglected
the spiritual. Now, no natien which
neglects the spiritual can perma
nently prosper. Modern civilization
takes its rise from the teachings of
the Sage of Judea, in whom alone is
. . . it.i t j,cf fnnnrl tht rlvnamie of rjroerress."
ought to reaa uini great. uuvum."i --
as no such master-piece has everj
been set forth by any political party in-fot, A Mild, Effective Lexatrrt t Liver Tonic
in these United States. One of these j Does Not Gripe nor Disturb the Stomach,
interesting planks is that setting In addition to other properties, Lax-Foe
1 l! A. v- f f tfco T1emo-'ntaln8 Cascara m acceptable form, a
forth the achievement of the Demo j 8timulati Laxative andTouic. j-Po,
cratic party under President Wilson i acts effectively and does not gripe nor
and reads in part as follows: disturb stomach. At the same time, it aids
Wo fminH our countrv hampered , aigesnon, arouses me nver secretion
The Brookline Choir Boys Monday
afternoon and evening should have
impressed all who heard them with
the fact that boys' voices can and
should be trained. Their songs were
exceedingly beautiful.
COMMISSIONERS MET
IN REGULAR SESSION.
Commissioners met in regular ses-
sion, all members being present. T. i t t t
c t- rn.! a i ag just so long as we are content to
prove their educational facilities by
J combining two, three or four small
schools into one consolidated school
with an adequate teaching force. Put
ting aside all preconceived notions,
ask yourself sincerely whether this
is not true of your own neighbor
hood. 3. We must have longer school
terms. That there is a direct and
striking relation between the length
of the school term and the progress
and achievement of any state is well
known. Here in the South, the bit
ter truth is that we must continue to
S. Parker, Chairman, A. F. Mambry
and Geo. W. Dry, J. M. Boyett clerk
and officio.
see our children getting an average
of only 50 to 65 days of schooling a
vear. At least six months or 120
Minutes of last meeting read and j days should be the very minimum,
and every community should make
160 or 180 days its ideal to aim at...
4. Better teachers, better paid. No.
school can be better than its teachers.
approved.
R. N. Furr, county treasurer sub
mitted his monthly report. The
same approved.
Ordered, that J. O. Curlee be al-!If these are poorly paid, the better
lowed $109,38. Equippment county j teachers will very naturally drift to
home.
Ordered, that C. M. Rogers be al
lowed $24.50 for cutting wheat at
county home.
Ordered, that J. B. Safley be allow
ed $2 for one day service as judge,
Primary, June 1916.
the communities that are willing to
pay for good work. Good teachers
cost money, but money spent for
them is the wisest investment that
can be made.
5. Keep good teachers permanent
ly. Finally, when we get good teach
hight responsibility, is a blind man
Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Okla
homa. The fact that he has won such
distinguished success despite a handi
cap that would have disheartened and
ruined many a man, certainly quali
fies him to speak with authority on
the qualities essential for success.
Every boy in the South should read
and re-read his notable "Success Talk
for Boys" herewith. Progressive
Farmer.)
As Chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture of the United States Sen
ate, I appreciate the privilege afford
er me by Editor Poe to say a word
to the farm boys of the South. The
Nation is interested in your success.
The Nation's chiefest asset is to be
found not in its material riches but
in the character and conscience of its
people.
The life of every individual is made
up largely of failures and success.
Analyze every failure. Make it tell
you its secret, why it happened and
how it could have been avoided. Gen
erally speaking, the failures are due
to one of the three following condi
tions: 1. The thing attempted may have
been in the nature of things an im
possibility.
2. The thing attempted may have
been a possibility and yet may have
been beyond the capacity and resour
ces of the person attempting it an
impossibility in a given case.
3. The thing attempted may have
been a possibility even for the person
attempting it and the failure may
have resulted from inattention or in
efficiency on his part.
Analysis will show that perhaps
half of your failures are due to taw
ing things for granted, expecting
things to go right on their own ac
count without taking the pains to see
that they go right. Nearly the other
half of your failures will be due to
putting off until tomorrow what
ought to be done today. Things do
not wait; opportunities do not loiter;
urdered, that r. J. Huneycutt be;lceep them The drifting teacher,
allowed $6.80 coronor for holding j wandering from school to school year
inquest over the remains of C. W. ; vea, npver becomes indentified
ers, every effort should be made to time does not linger. This is an age
of keenest competition. All the ln-
Victor's Band, Rosani the Juggler,
Schubert's String Quartet, and the
Strollers' Quartet were all entertain
ers par excellence.
by special privilege, a vicious tariff,
obsolete banking laws and an inelas
tic currency. Our foreign affairs
were dominated by commercial in
terests for their selfish ends. The
Republican party, despite repeated
nloHorpa was imDotent to
and restores the healthy functions. 50c.
the disposal of legtimate industry
and making currency panics impos
sible in the future.
We have created a federal trade
correct commission to accomodate me per-
to correct abuses which it had foster- j plexing question arising under the
ed. Under our administration, un- anU-trus aws " that monopoly
der a leadership which has never may be "strangled at its birth and
faltAred. these abuses have been legiumate
3ul qtiH r neonle have been tompetition m business is now as-
I ,Our afthaic banking and currency
I system, prolific of panic and disaster
I under Republican administration-
long the refuge of the money trust
has been supplanted by the federal
reserve act, a true Democracy of
credit under government control, al
ready proved a financial bulwark in
the world crisis, moblizing our re
sources, placing abundant credit at
In addition to the above the Demo
cratic party has adjusted the tariff
in the interest of the whole American
people, has enlarged the postal sav
ing system, thereby greatly benefit
ing the wage earner, and and has
made the parcel post an instrument
of great usefulness for bringing the
producer and consumer into close
touch with each other.
Dr. Thomas E, Green in his lecture
Monday evening on "The Burden of
the Nations," painted with an inex
haustible ' vocabulary the horrors of
war, ridiculed so-called preparedness
and peace-at-any price doctrines, be
lieved that our duty was to save Mex
ico for herself, and that we should
have in America that righteousness
which exalteth a nation and in itself
prepared for service te other nations
and meant perpetuity of her own government.
Furr, deceased.
Ordered, that the following be al
lowed $1.50 each for services as
Jurors holding inquest over the re
mains of C. W. Furr, deceased: G. W.
with community life, and has little
real interest in community develop
ment. Provide a home and farm for
the principal, pay fai wages to all
teachers, and their interests will be-
Hatley, L. L. Crayton, W. W. Barbee, i come indentified with those of the
J. A. Elwood, T. F. Rowland, W. P. ! community.
Gordon
Ordered, that Albemarle Drug Co.
be allowed $9.10 for drugs furnished
county.
Ordered, that G. W. Poplin be al
lowed $64.48 jail fees for June, 1916.
Ordered, that G. D. Blalock, sheriff,
be allowed $10.80 for summonsing
jury July term of court.
Ordered, that P. G. Hartsell be al
lowed $20 burial expenses of David
son Whitley, pensioner.
Ordered, that S. J. Lentz be allow
ed $50 June -salary, farm demonstra
tor.
Ordered that Albemarle Real Es
tate & Insurance Co. be allowed
$8.80, insurance premium.
Ordered, that Gantt & Whitlock
be allowed $6 for repairs to sewer
line.
Yes, these changes will cost money;
tellects of all the earth are fiercely
engaged in this competition. Things
worth doing will find somebody to do
them today. In a better sense than
Macbeth meant it, "Let the firstling
of your heart be the firstling of your
hand."
Many young people who are not
"favorites of fate, in fortune's lap
caressed", seem to think that the sun
they will also cost time and effort.! has set upon the day of opportunity,
But can your money, time and effort 'seem to think that the gateways of
be better expended than in a cause opportunity have been bolted and
n.i ...:n ,n;ay u full- barred against them. This is not
er lives for your own boys and girls,
true. But if it were true, intelligence,
persistence, is the passkey and the
only key that could be revealed upon
to unlock the closed doors of oppor-
for the boys and girls of your neigh
borhood and is there any surer way.
of making your community perman-
cH,r Vioftov- fnr vonr Tinvinc lived in tunity.
t, I Keep your word. Keep your faith.
Deserve the confidence of your fel-
STARR-ADAMS. l'0 "T"" Ti"
teacn you tiiat una tuiiimut 10
Beautiful Ceremony Unites Popular
Couple.
(Deferred from last week)
The home of Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Starr was the scene of a beautiful
best of all commercial assets. They
will teach you infinitely more than
this. They will teach you as the years
come and go that there is no substi
tute for personal integrity; that with
out this all other virtues wither
home wedding Saturday afternoon at away and die. They will teach that
5 o'clock, when their daughter, Miss , after all a good name is the imma-
"Happiness," the Chautauqua mo
rality pay, pleased and entertained
all who were present.
Dr. Cadman failed to come to lec
ture on the "Makers of America" last
night. The Doctor had to return to
New York to join the militia going
from that State to Mexico.
A Hacking Cough Weakens the
System.
Don't suffer with a hacking cough
that has weakened yovr system gel
a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery,
in use over 40 years, and benefiting
all who use it, the soothing pine bal
sam with tar heal the irritated air
passages soothes the raw spots,
loosens the mucous and prevents
racking the body with coughing. Dr.
King's New Discovery induces natural
sleep and aids nature to cure you. N-2
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old SUndard cenerml tmstheninc tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drivel out
Mlri.enrich the blood. ndbulldtuptbe ry
tem. A true tonic. For ndulu and children. SOc.
Ordered, that Albemarle Plumbing Emma E. Starr, became the bride of
co. be allowed $6 for repairs to sew
er line.
Ordered, that U. F. Hathcock, J. S.
Ewing and Howell Harwood be al
lowed $2 each for services as mem
bers of pension board.
Victor W. McAdams. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. W. S. Hale,
former pastor of both the bride and, ALBEMARLE PLANNING
diate jewel of the soul.
T. P. GORE.
groom, uniy the immediate memDers
of the family were present. !
The home was tastily decorated,
Ordered, that P. B. Coggin, Clerk; ferns and carnations forming a semi-
of court be allowed
vices and postage.
$4. 45 for ser-
Should Sloan's Liniment Go Along?
Of course it should! For after a
strenuous day when your muscles
have been exercised to the limit an
applicat'on of Sloan's Liniment will
take the soreness and stiffness away
and get you in fine shape for the mor
row. You should also use it for a
sudden attack of toothache, stiff neck,
backache, stings, bites and the many
accidents that are incidental to a va
cation. "We would as soon leave our
of which the bridal
FOR MASONIC PICNIC.
The Annual Event is to be Given
Much Attention This Year With
Promise of Great Things.
The annual Masonic picnic will be
held this year on the 27th of July,
circle in front
party stood.
The groom entered from the right, and already shows sjgns 0f a great
with his brother, Glenn McAdams of I success R E Austin, Esquire, who
Siler City, and was met Dy tne onue . npm,anent manager has announo-
who was preceded by her niece and
only attendant little Miss Frances
Burch, of Greensboro, who carried the
ring in a bride's rose.
Immediately after the ceremony the
bride and groom left for a short visit
to Siler City after which they will re
turn to Charlotte, where they will reside.
The bride is well known in Greens-
EJLnlTn-a-VaCfn Camp boro, which was her home until three
without Sloan's Liniment," writes one . v r,...
vacationist. "We use it for every- k6 af? Whe" '
thing from cramps to toothache." Put! Colo- to wth her 8,ster
a bottle in your bag, be prepared and The groom is a popular druggist
have no regrets. Adv. N. 2 now located at Charlotte.
ed that he has secured Mayor O. B.
Deaton, of Winston-Salem, as the
chief speaker for the city. Also
special trains have been arranged for
with the Winston-Salem Southbound
Railway Company, and the Southern
Railway Company. The Southern
will operate an excuhsion from Char
lotte via Salisbury and Spencer. The
Winston-Salem to Albemarle coming
South and another from Wodesboro
to Albemarle. Mr. Austin thinks
that he will possibly be able to ar
range for this excursion coming from
South to start at Florence, S. C.