North Carolina Newspapers

If You Read r»»,,,nrrat VOU (lon't need lt's all here. C>ue Dollar a year. Established 1899 China Dish t Mhes Galore! Kaolin ani Beautiful Scaery in; tiio Mountains ! . l MR G ARTH ON THE WING ] } A. Hickory Traveler Writes of j What He Sees-"De Ran- j somest Cheese"—Fine Ohio Farms Written for The Democrat. lam having a good time. Just 1 now lam at Winona Lake Ind. : Hut the good time began berore thit After a pleasant stay at Catawba Springs, far-famed for loveliness and health. I went up i on the C. C. & 0. scenic road of : the Atlantic slope and spent a few days in the mountains. I ; stayed at Madison Green's home... near Phillips* Siding and from his front porch, I believe Igazeii, every day on the finest panorama i to be had from any home in the . mountains of Western North Car : olina. His nouse is on tne side of a peak at an elevation ot near i lv 2800 feet. . P : Through the gap in front ma> be seen Bor V) mountain peaks, among them Roan mountain with Cloudland Hotel in sigat, the highest habitation east of tne Rockies. Behind the peak back of Mr. Green's, you see Mr.. Mitchell and Clingman's dome. One day I walked about 6 miles up Crabtree creek and saw the lovely cascades that fall over three precipices, 20, 30 and 60 ft. Not oniy nature but human skill is at work in this vicinity. At Penland, the Mica mill grinds, the principal product of these regions into dust for mechanical purposes, such as paints, axle grease and other things. This reminds me of a story. 1 heard it happened in a west Tennessee town where your correspondent grew up,the town now famous for the night-rider trials. A negro went into a grocery and asked for a nickel's worth of cheese and crackers. The mischievous clerk gave him the crackers and a liberal section of axle grease in lieu of the cheese, and Eph went back to devour it in the rear of the store. Later he passed back i through the store, and the clerk said, "Eph. how did you like that cheese and crackers." Eph re plied. "De crackers wuz all rignt, Boss, but dat was de ransomest cheese I ever et. At the same station where they make mica dust + here is a kaolin factory. Now, Mr. Editor,take my word for it, don't let any of your family fret if they break any morechina dishes, becauselfiave seen the place where the earth yields clay enough to make dish es for 40 years. Kaolin is a love- HI I . % courtesy of the Lincoln County Times. HON. E. Y. WEBB Did you ever hear tell of an open countenance? One which iou can look upon arid at one glance see truth, honesty, puritv Bnd all the traces stamped thereon. . „ Well the Democrat is showing herewith the face of rion. tj. Webb, of Cleveland, who represents us in Congress, lie has a splendid record, he serves on the most important committees the House, and he is always intent upon the people's interests. The people of Catawba county will make a sad mistake to ex enange Mr. Webb for another man. They will not do it. } Vl '' roll up a safe majority for him, as well as for Rabb,, Hewitt, k° n £i and all the rest of the ticket. "* ; fflE HICKORY DEMOCRAT ly white earth found in the moun tain side. It is mined with pick and shovel,and put into a trough, ] where water is pumped upon it, and it runs down in a beautiful istream and empties into dealing i vats, after it has been sifted of the grit and mica through fine j sieves. Rock alum is put into , the vats and the kaolin settles to the bottom, a lovely white mud, a perfect paradise for little girls who would like to vary the yellow clay for angel's food mud pies. Kaolin mud is then taken from the vats and put into a press, where all the water possi ble is extracted and the mud is pressed into great round cakes that look good enouerh to eat. In this shape it is shipped to pot teries, where dishes are manu factured from it, Well, I left that region on Wednesday and came through Cinncinnati. The main thing that imoressed me as I rode from one depot to another in that city was the children's play 'ground, where boys and tfirls ! had a space inclosed in a high fence, and youngsters, boys and ; girls of all sizes, were playing, swinging, swimming and having a good time. I passed through some lovely farm countries in Ohio and Indi ana, and was impressed with the good houses and fine barns. 1 I reached Winona Thursday night. This is a Presbyterian Chautauqua. There is a large auditorium seating 4,500 people, equipped with a pipe organ,, great stage, scenes, etc. A splen-! did band has played daily twice, j aid David Bispham, a famous New York baritone and elocu tionist sang and read since I came. Winona Lake is a fine lake with an area of something like a square mile and affords fiie fish ing and a great place for boating . and swimming. The community has a summer population of 6000 ; or more, and has many lovely homes, winding concrete walks, trees, etc. It is most notable for being the place of the greatest Bible Conference in the world. I wish to give you a few words concerning that next time. J. G. GARTH. A Suicide's Body Welcomed Family Home. Returning home Sunday from a visit to her parents, Mrs. Charles Edwards and her chil dren were horrified o find her husband and father hanging by a rope from a rafter in the gar ret of their dwelling in Mountain Creek township.* Edwards was , 53 years old, and weak-minded. ; He had been worrying for some time. ' The body was touching the i floor and it was evident that he r was choked, which was the de r cision of Robert Caldwell, ap r pointed coroner, with Sher ; iff J. S. Leonard of Newton, and i Dr. Fred Long, of Catawba, held - an inquest late yesterday ev^n - ing. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 25 ,1910. $7.57 PER PUPIL Fine Showing Made in Hun ning Hickory's Schools Jt will be of interest to the people of Hickory to know some thing about the cost of main taining the graded schools. The figures given below are taken from the superintendent's statis tical report for the past school year, and they show that the cost of maintaining the schools in rlickorv is much below the aver age for the city schools in the , State. It is a very fine showing that the schools made last year, one that shows economical man agement of the school finances, i The quality of the work done I was of a high order, and will 1 compare favorrbly with that of 1 any town in the State; Enrollment in white school 621 « Enrollment in colored school 200 ' ) Total enrollment, 821 Total paid to teachers $5,311.25 Paid for fuel & janitors 367.42 For furniture & apparatus 229.32 Supplies 102.52 Insurance 137.60 Repairs " 70.05 Total expense for all purposes, s62lB.l6 With a total enrollment of 821, and a total expendituie of $6,- 218.16 it will be seen that it cost $7.57 per pupil to run the schools ! for eight months,' or less than ; one dollar per month for every | pupil enrolled. This is a fine showing. Oxford Ford Items Correspondence of the Democrat Oxford Ford, August 54.-We are sorry to learn of the death of Mr. Levi Hefner, who lived ; near Sulphur Springs. His soul j departed last Saturday about 7 o'clock in the morning. Had he lived 18 days longer he would have reached the age of 70 years —three score and ten. Mr. Daniel Houston is erecting a new house near the public road. The old house is quite some dis tance from the road, near a j spring; but today people build : nearer the public road and dig a * well to furnish the necessary ! water. Mr. Bruce Sigmon is building | a barn on his property. Mr. Sig j man had tried the State of Uli j nois for a year, but he decided it was far better to live in the Old North State. Mr. Hannibal Little, who had attended a school of telegraphy in Georgia, has returned home. 1 He will shortly take up office work with some railway. Mr. Timothy Lafon who was [ paralyzed some days ago, is slow i ly improving, we are glad to ■ learn. The Sunday School of St. Pet ? ers congregation held its annual picnic in the grove adjoining the church last Saturday. It is need less to say that the children en joyed themselves. Especially in teresting was the hanging apple game, which looked so easy but which was not so easy after all. A large number of people was present and they certainly en joyed the well-laden table that was spread in the srrove. The Antiseptic -Qualities of Publicity In his article on ' 'Two Reyolts Against Oligarchy," in the Sep tember McClure's. AmosPinchpt says of the present insurgent movement: "This failure of the administration to realize the antiseptic properties of pu blicity both in high finance and in high politics has been a crushing blow to the people's respect for republican leaders, ft has put the administration and the 6 arty on the defensive, and has led even ie Regular press of the country to de scribe the course of the President and his advisers as 'government bv stealth'. Never before in the history of the par ty, or indeed of the country t have the people been forced to admit that the greatest offices in the government were Filled by men who, for political reasons, would stoop to devious methods de signed to furnish the public with im pressions contrary to fact. The policy of the administration and the Regulars at doggedly resisting investigation into scandals involving the peoplais busi ness has aroused, in many sections of country, a feeling half-way between pity and contempt." Other valuable articles in Mc- Clure's are Goldwin Smith's Reminiscences of the American Civil War; the Increased Cost of Living by H. S. Williams and 1 EJmond Rostand, and "Chan i tecler" by Auge Goldemar. Joe Murphy has returned from s a few days' visit in Asheville. 3 ■ Children Cry : FOR FLETCHER'S .. CASTORIA Mayor W. J. Gaynor's Rise to High Renown i 308^ New York City Executive. Who - /ought Corrupt Rings In His Was Shot Down When Start- ■ Own Party and Became a Ing Vacation. Began life on " leading Probability For the a Farm. :' •- : Presidency. :: = WILLIAM J. GAYNOR, mayor ot New York city and a ptoepective candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States, who was shot and seriotfsljr wounded by James J. Gallagher on board the steamship Kaiser Wlftelru der Groese at a Hoboken dock 0% the morning of Ang. 9 as he wua'tfbopt to •all for a vacation In Europe, is? one of the most distinguished p»Mc men in America. He possesses a strong, clear cut, distinct Individuality which differentiates him from the ordinary MS £22 IL3i Copyright by American Press Association. MAYOR GAYNOR IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE WAS SHOT. [From • Snapshot by an American Press Association Photographer.] politician and officeholder. After his election to the mayoralty be displayed traits of character which served to make him in a short period a popular Idol throughout the country and placed his name very near the top of the list of notable Democrats who have been mentioned over and over again for the presidency. Mayor Gaynor is essentially a man of the people, a son of the soli, a prod uct of the farm, notwithstanding his long residence In the metropolis of the nation. He was born at Whitestown, N. Y., fifty-nine years ago, the son of a farmer, the Gaynor family being of Rngllsh-Irlsb stock. He was educated •t Whitestown seminary and later at Boston and Intended In youth, it was ■aid, to enter the priesthood of the Ro man Catholic church, even going 90 far as to begin his studies under the Christian Brothers. Little is known about that period of his life, but at all events be did not become a priest. He taught school In Boston and aft erward took up the Btudy of law in Utica, removing to Brooklyn in 1873 to continue his studies.' While so do ing he engaged in newspaper work. He waa admitted to the bar In 1875 j and went to live In Flatbush, then a j separate community In the control of corrupt politicians. Gaynor studied his surroundings and ascertained that Flatbush had forty liquor saloons, but only one license. He got evidence against the saloons, had their pro prietors arrested and compelled them to take out licenses. Then he called the better element together, and a re form ticket was nominated at the next election. Though both political ma chines combined agalust the reform ers,- the letter's ticket gained a de cisive victory, and Gaynor was ap pointed police commissioner by the town board. His most notable achievement in this capacity wap the manner in which he closed several illegal noadhouses on the Ocean park way. He procured evidence against these places aud succeeded In convict ing their proprietors, all within sixty days. Boss Mclaughlin. « Mr. Gaynor returned to Brooklyn In 1885 and soon found himself arrayed against Hugh McLaughlin, the Demo cratic boss His opportunity to fight McLaughlin came in 1889, when the town of New Lots was annexed to Brooklyn. The boss and his friends, i with the peculiar foresight which men ©f their stripe often display, purchased through dummies for $185,000 the Long Island Water company in New Lots for the purpose of selling It to Brooklyn. Indeed, they had contracted with Alfred C. Chapin, mayor of Brooklyn, to purchase the company on behalf of the city for about $1,500,000. Gaynor denounced the deal as a swin dle and said he would stop It He In duced one of his clients, William Zelg ler, of baking powder fame, to allow the use of his name in a taxpayer's suit to prevent the consummation of the deal. The ring fought back, and the suit was carried to the highest court in the state, to the discomfiture ot the McLaughlins, who were defeat i ed. A commission afterward appraised the property at $570,000, so nearly $1,000,000 had been saved to Brooklyn and the ring- had lost that amount. The elevated roads of Brooklyn had up. to that time neglected to pay taxes, jud the city officers refused to sell the property for nonpayment, -but Gaynor. determined to make the companies obey the law, brought a taxpayer's sutt, and about $1,000,000 was paid into the city treasury, much to the aston ishment of McLaughlin's men. After the Columbian parade of 1808 Gaynor had another opportunity to call a halt on the McLaughlin city officer* by exposing bills presented for the cel ebration in Brooklyn. More brass bands than could be hired in New York and Brooklyn had been charged for, and the bill for one street stand contained charges for more lumber than had been used In all the review ing places. The McLaughlin crowd had their account legalized by the leg islature, and then Gaynor Induced the governor to exercise his veto. Citizens of Brooklyn wanted Gaynor to run for mayor that year, but be de clined and took a nomination from the Republicans and Independent Demo crats for Justice of the supreme court His election and that of Charles A. Schieren, fusion candidate for mayor, and his associates on the ticket was a sweeping victory, the McLaughlin ring being driven out of power. Convicted Boss McKane. The downfall of the Brooklyn bos* was coincident with the annihilation of John Y. McKane, the defiant Demo era tic ruler of Coney Island, whose padded list of voters was swung In any way that he willed. In the campaign Gaynor had declar ed that he would send McKane to prison if he attempted to debauch the ballot box again. On election day Gay nor sent watchers to the polling places, having first procured an Injunction '' ' TBfl ■ lik - : ! If' • ■ m V ■ mm JBHPP : v Copyright by American Press Association. MAYOR GAYNOR AND HIS SON FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTING. [From a Bn«pshot by an American Prsss Association Photooraphar.] which forbade interference with them. McKane's henchmen threw the watch ers out of the polling booths, and the boss himself made the most famous remark of his life, "Injunctions dou't go here." That remark practically sent Mo Kane to state prison. After election Gaynor got the governor to appoint special deputy attorneys general In or- Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 der to take the prosecution out of the hands of the bow ridden local district attorney, and he threw himself Into the work with energy, thereby exciting New York as well as Brooklyn. Mc- Kane was sentenced to seven years, sixteen of bis followers were Impris oned, and the value of the injunction as a legal weapon was vindicated. It was said that Gaynor had spent $15,000 In his election, all but $l,OOO of which same from his own pocket, and recently a correspondent explained that the money was used mainly to stop registration frauds in McKane'g bailiwick and in the prosecution that followed. Thg. following year David B. Hill wanted Gaynor to be the Democratic candidate for governor, but the de mands of the justice's supporters were embarrassing to the state boss, and the Tammany delegates sought to under mine Gaynor's chaurcs by • circulating stories to the effect that he had been divorced. His friends said he had act ed chivalrously in giving bis first wife her release. In 1895 an effort was made to Induce Gaynor to run for mayor of Brooklyn, but he declined on the ground that the nomination did not come from a unit ed Democracy. The following year found him supporting the free silver platform of the Democracy. In a let ter he said It was a time for moral courage and that Ihe ranks of the peo pie were not disordered by the shame less cry of anarchist and Socialist which was being thrown into their faces and which was about all that could be heard from certain quarters which might prudently refrain from vicious epithets. Gaynor on Wealth. He wrote, among other things: "There is no Jealousy against wealth In this country. On the contrary,, those who accumulate wealth, how ever great, in any legitimate calling, professional, mechanical, mercantile, agricultural or other, are subjects of emulation and honor. This is true of every locality. It Is wealth got by this means and by that and by trick and device out of the public by means of public franchises and of laws de vised for aggrandizement of the few at the expense of the many which Is under the ban of the splendid intelli gence arid moral sense of the people of this country." That was one of Gaynor's first ex pressions of opinion in regard to the accumulation of wealth. Mr. Gaynor was a candidate against McClellan in the Democratic city con vention in 1908, He received 219 votes, all but one of the Brooklyn del egation. Martin W. Littleton nomi nated Gaynor for mayor, saying: "He Is a great lawyer, a great Judge and, beyond all, a great man. He has the moral courage of a martyr, the profound learning of a statesman, the conservative wisdom of a Judge, the controversial talent of a lawyer and the Imperial Intellect o?"a genius." In 1905 the fuslonlsts nearly took Gaynor as their candidate for mayor, but the Citizens' Union did not look upon him favorably and withdrew from the conference. After that Gay nor publicly declined to run. He also had a boom for governor in 1906, but Charles P. Murphy wanted I Hearst that year, and the latter was the Democratic nominee. | Judge Gaynor was elected mayor of j New York at the November election In | 1909, defeating William R. Hearst, I candidate of the Independence league, j and Otto T. Bannard, the Republican nominee. He succeeded George B. Mc- Clellan In January, 1910, and at once began to demonstrate his unusual qualities as an executive who held all the reins of government in his own hands and was the responsible driver of the greatest tallyho coach of munic ipal administration In the world, j The mayor pays personal attention • to each department In his vast Juris diction. One of his first acts was to Issue an order that all employees In the city offices should be on duty from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and no clock watchers would be countenanced. He made sweeping reforms In the police system, visited the magistrates' courts in per son for first hand information and endeared himself to the people by in sisting that nobody should be arrested without good and sufficient cause. The Democrai Gives the news of Hickory and the Catawba Valley in full. Tlie news of the world it} brief Edison Coming To Hickory Wants an Auto Electric Storage Battery Here THIS CHARGING POINT In a Letter to Col. Thornton the Great Inventor Speaks of That Which Will Help New Highway Col. Thornton informs the Dem ocrat that Mr. Thomas A. Edi son, the great electric inventer, who has recently perfected, as far as he could, a storage battery which is very desirable for auto mobiles and electric street cars, has written them a letter asking about the chances for a storage battery charging outfit in Hick ory so as to make Hickory a point for charging automobiles on a line through Hickory to Ashe ville. Mr. Edison intimates that he he will be here at an early date on a trip over the proposed route for electric automobiles. This means much for Hickory and for the good roads route. Catawba Items Correspondence of the Democrat, Catawba, August 23. Mr* Cleveland Little of New ton, spent Saturday night and Sunday here the guest of his mother, Mrs. Eva Little. Mr. Henry Coulter left last week for Bergenfield, N. J., where he will spend a month with his daughter, Mrs. Lieby. Mr. and Mrs. Van Drum of Newton, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilkin son. Miss Mary Redwine has re turned to her home in Monroe af ter spending the past week here with her uncle. Rev. J. M. Price. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Carpenter spent Sunday in Catfish with relatives. Miss Elsie Sherrill of States ville was a guest at Catawba Inn Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Max Brawley of States ville is the guest of her grand mother, Mrs. C. A. Reid. Mr. Wade Little of Barber Junction, was a visitor in town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Perry of Ashe ville, have been visiting at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Price. Mr. and Mrs, John Setzer of Newton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rufty. Mr. J. H. Pitts left Monday night for Wrightsville Beach and other places on the coast. Mrs. Arthur Yount of Newton, is the guest of her father, Mr. J. T. Harwell. Miss Maude Powell of Starke, _ Fla., is visiting Mrs. John James near town. Mas. Carl Pope of Hickory is the guest of Mr. J. C. Wilkinson. g Catawba's Next Door Neighbors § gtWWWWWWMMMM* The Ashe county fair will be held Nov. 4, 5 and 6. The tauga Democrat says: "One whole day is to be devoted to the cause of education. The follow ing prizes are offered; $l5 for. the best essay on Ashe county; $lO for the second best essay on Ashe county, $lO for the best and most impressive march by any school." Believing they were hunting burglars, a posse of six armed men of Cherryville, organized by the chief of police, on Aug. 20 shot and killed Ambrose Pruett and captured Riley Gallant, who had been skulking around town carrying a suspicious looking satchel. The men turned out to be from Lincoln. The fatal shot was fired by C, S. Reynolds with : a shotgun* He was held by the coroner without bail but for him habeas corpus proceedings will be held if necessary. e President Walter George New o man, of New York, principal * owner of the Uuion Copper ® Mines at Gold Hill, Rowan coun ** ty, is authority for the announce r. ment that the mines will be re opened at an early date and d worked to their fullest capacity. He says there will be 2000 men employed.