fHE best show win
dow in the city is
an ad. in this paper. .
Establish ed
ENCAMPMENT OF
MOMENT
TWELVC COMPANIES HAVE BE
GUN MANEUVRES AT CAMP
GLENN.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the Stats
Capitol.
Halelfk.
Twelve companies of the Third Reg
iment o: the North Carolina National
Guards have begun their ten day en
campment at Camp Glenn near More
head City. Practically all arrange
ments were completed for the arrival
of the soldier boys there at that time
and the grounds are In first-class con
dition.
Special trains carried all of the
companies to Morehead City. One
special started from Greensboro, and
another run from Raleigh. All of
the companies in the central section
of the state, which are included in
the Third Regiment, are included In
the first encampment, and the others
will go at a later date during the
summer.
In addition to the field maneuvers,
the regiment will also engage in tar
get practice, and will be put through
a thorough practice in every respect.
Eight hundred men are in the camp
and special preparations have been
made for their entertainment. A unit
sanitary kitchen and repairs to the
sewer and water systems are among
the improvements that Have been
made by the state with the ten thou
sand dollars that have been spent
there during the past several months.
There are twelve companies In the
Third Regiment, and the first encamp
ment will last from July 6 to 16, ten
days in all. The companies compos
ing the regiment are Company A,
Lexington; Company B, Raleigh;
Company C, Henderson; Company D,
Louisburg; Company E, Oxford; Com
pany F, Franklinton; Company G,
Reidsville; Company H, Warrenton;
Company I, Burlington; Company K,
Asheboro; Company L, Thomasville;
Company M, Durham. The Third
Regiment band will go from Raleigh,
and the regiment infirmary from
Reidsvilte will be present.
Of the features of first encamp
ment will be the regimental dance,
and the governor's reception on the
evening of July 11, this to be held at
the Atlantic Hotel. Gov. Craig will be
present, and will be the honor guest
on the occasion.
The First Regiment will camp at
Morehead City from July 20 to 30,
and the Second Regiment will go to
Augusta, Ga., from August 4to 14. '
Standard Fire Insurance Policy.
Commissioner of Insurance James
R. Young made public the letter of
transmission and recommendations to
Governor Craig and the next General
Assembly for his forthcoming annual
report, a rumber of matters of much
interest being considered.
He reports that the National As
sociation of Insurance Commission
ers has a special committee at work
now on revisions for the "standard
fire insurance policy" provided by
statute in this and many other states
of the Union, and that a number of
very important amendments will be
reported by this committee to the an
nual convention of the insurance com
missioners in Asheville in September.
These will then come to the state
legislatures for adoption or rejection.
Commissioner Young predicts, how
ever, that a number of amendments
of very great value will be the out
come and that the legislatures will
readily adopt them.
He reports that the building and
loan associations of the state had re
ceipts the past year aggregating $7,-
785,599, a gain of $843,000 over the
Previous year and that the state fire
men's relief fund has grown from
56,805 in 1907 to $8,758 for the past
year, the fund for the present year
having been very recently distributed
to the several cities and towns en
titled to it for their fire-fighters.
Best Cough Medicine for Chil
dren
l am very glad to ssy a few words
in praise of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
e dy'' writes Mrs. Lida Dewey, Mil
waukee, Wis. "I have used it for years
both ior my children and myself and it
never fails to rel eve and cure a cough
or cold. No family with children
should do without it as it gives almost
relief in cases of croup."
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is pleas
ant and safe to take, which is of great
importance when a medicine must be
given to young children. For sale by
Grimes Drug Co. and Moser & Lutz.
Lut2 - adv't
fhe summer communion will be
at the Reformed Church
flext Sunday morning. Prepara
tory services on Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
For earache, toothache, pain, burns,
scalds sore throat, try Dr. Thomas'
ctric Oil, a splendid remedy for em-
Agencies.
THE HICKOM DEMOCRAT
Would Co-Oporat* In 'Frleeo Exhibit
There was a protracted conference
recently between the members of the
North Carolina Commission on rep
resentation for this state at the Pana
ma-Pacific Exposition next year, mem
bers of the State Board of Agriculture
and representatives of the leading rail
roads operating in the state, the spe
cial purpose of the conference being
to agree on some concerted action
as to the representation that the state
shall have at the great exposition.
There was a great deal of discusion
of the whole situation that Anally de
veloped into the adoption of a resolu- '
tion offered by Commission T. S.
Powell of Ashevllle, that the states j
of Alabama, Sonth Carolina, Virginia I
and Georgia be visited by represent- '
atives of the North Carolina Commit- '
sion especially for the purpose of in- I
teresting them in some plan of co- |
operation especially through bringing |
about a grouping of the states men- j
tioned In their exhibits in agricultural ;
palace. i
The ccmmission decided to set
about at once stirring up public senti
ment for a complete representation of
v the state end ihe raising of funds for
the purpose. To this end a man espe- :
dally fitted for the work Is to be put 1
in the* hold at once to go throughout j
the sate working up the sentiment I
and securing pledges of financial sup- '
port. Later, with the resources all
marshalled for the exhibits, the com
mission will bring pressure to bear in
the next session of the Legislature
to make some creditable appropriation
for the exposition exhibits.
There is also a plan to have co
operation as to exhibits by the rail
road companies, this to extend to the
Southeastern states and the railroads
operating in this group. Florida will
not be asked to co-operate for the
reason that she already has arranged
for a full-fledged state building of her
own.
Gen. J. S. Car* of Durham presided
as chairman. There was a very full
meeting o'* the members of the com
mission. Interest and enthusiasm for
creditable representation was great.
It was decided to send Alf Thomp
son of Raleigh to Virginia, Leonard
Tufts to Alabama, J. A. Brown to
South Carolina and T. S. Powell to
Georgia t. take up with the adminis
trations of these states the question
of co-operating in the installation of
exhibits at the exposition.
Farmers Moving to This State.
For the past Several days three and
four letters a day have been coming
to the state department of agriculture
from farmers in aft parts of the United
States informing the Commissioner of
agriculture that they are making their
perparatlons for moving into North
Carolina this fall. Some write that
they are preparing to settle on the
black drained lands of the eastern sec
tion of the state and others are com
ing into the Piedmont section.
Big Company la Issued.
A charter was issued for the Pal
metto island Company, Southport, cap
ital $1,000,000 authorized, and $46,000
subscribed to rdeveloping real estate,
seaside resorts and real estate devel
opment and building generally. The
principal incorporators are F. T. Boyd
-and E. A. Lackey of Hamlet, W. H.
Pike of Southport and quite a number
of others of Hamlet, Southport, Rock
ingham and other points.
Goes to Mattamuskeet
Col. J. P. Kerr, private secretary of
Governor Craig, has gone to Matta
muskeet Lake, Hyde County, for the
purpose of attending a meeting of the
commissioners for the drainage of the
lake bed and immense body of sur
rounding swamp lands. There is un
derstood to be very general satisfac
tion on the part of those having the
work in hand at the progress made
and the results being obtained.
Raleigh Makes Up Budget.
Raleigh's City Commission has Just
made up its budget of expenses for
the next year, the sum total being
$165,412 as compared with $165,657
last year. An entirely new item of |
$2,500 in the new budget is for the
maintenance of playgounds for the
children of the city.
Col. Williams Bucceeds Dr. Mlddleton.
A commission was Issued by Gover
nor Craig to Col. W. H. Williams of
Washington as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Central Hospital
for Insane at Raleigh. Colonel Wil
liams succeeding Dr. S. O. Mlddleton,
i resigned.
Crop Condition Is Promising.
By the department of agriculture
the statement is made that crop con
ditions are developing very satisfac
torily now In all parts of the state.
The wheat crop now being threshed
Is proving to be a considerable im
provement over last year's fine crop
and~ the total yield will be consider
ably more than last year. Corn condi
tions are very promising and with fair
seasons for the remainder of the
growing period, the yield will be well
up to the average. Commissioner Gra
ham says tobacco has suffered most
One County Has No Automobile.
State Treasurer B. R. Lacy was
amazed a few days ago to learn that
there is a county in North Carolina
that haß not a single automobile in
it. It is Mitchell county and the in
formation came in a letter from the
sheriff of the county, Joseph Tipton,
who replied to letters from the state
treasurer urging that special attention
be given to seeing to it that all auto
mobile owners pay the state license
taxes and that automobile agents have
their state license* when offering to
iaii niAchinMi
* r - i.
HICKORY, N.C..THURS
WILSON CONFERS
WITHJJIJLGAN
FIRST OF A SERIEB OF CONFER
ENCES PLANNED WITH THE
BUSINESS MEN.
MEETING IS VERY CORDIAL
President Expects Business Men to
Learn That They Have Nothing to
Fear.
Washington.—For .nearly an hour
President Wilson discussed business
conditions with J. P. Morgan at the
first of a series of conferences which
will bring to the Wbke House men
foremost in American industry and
finance. It was one of the very few
occasions during the 16 moaths of his
administration that the President has
received one of the recognized lead
ers of big business."
Officials said that while the Admin
istration's* greatest legislative projects
wore underway—the tariff act, the
currency bill, and while the trust pro
gram was being perfected—the Pres
ident felt there should be no oppor
tunity for a charge that they were re
ceiving inspiration from business or
financial centers.
Now that two of the Administra
tion reforms have been completed
and a third is in a final stage the Pres
ident is said to feel that an exchange
of thought and information with cap
tains of industry will be conducive to
the business revival he expects to see
•long lines which the administration
holds to be legal.
Soon Henry Ford, Detroit manufac
turer, will confer with the President
and after that a delegation from the
Chicago Association of Commerce, in
cluding representatives of six corpor
ations with Nation-wide Interest, will
come for a conference.
Out of these exchanges the Pres
ident expects business men to learn
that lawful enterprise has nothing
to fear from the, Democratic adminis
tration; that the'trust program having
reached a point where he foresees its
successful completion, business shall
have the reet many of its leaders
been asking; and that underthe "con
stitution of freedom," as the
has christened the trust legislation
commerce and finance respecting the
laws will not be harassed by the Fed
eral government.
Whether Mr. Morgan came' at his
own request or at the invitation of
the President was not established-
That point often is left in doubt as
to important White House confer
ences. Officials said Mr. Morgan ask
ed for the engagement. Another ver
sion was that mutual friends arrang
ed for Mr. Morgan to "talk things
over" The two men have been ac
quainted for some time and Mr. Mor
gan knew the President at Princeton
and the personal element In the call
was a large one.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a blood or constitu
tional disease, and in order to cure It
\ou must take internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physi
cians in this country for years and is a
regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingred
ients is what produces such wonderful
results in curing catarrh. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo,O.
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
Take Hail's Family Pills for consti
pation. —adv't.
Antedated.
"Which one of the Ten Com
mandments did Adam break
when he ate the apple?" asked
the Sunday-School teacher.
"He didn't break any," replied
one little fellow.
"Why not?" queried the t >ach
er.
"'Cause there wasn't any
then."—Chicago New s.
His Stomach Troubles Over,
Mr. Dyspeptic, would you not like
to feel that your stomach troubles were
over, that you could eat any kind of
food you desired without injury? That
may seem so unlikely to you that you
do not even hope for an ending of
your trouble, but permit us to assure
you that it is not altogether impossible.
If others can be cured permanently,
ana thousands have been, why not you?
John R. Baker, of Rattle Creek, Mich.,
is one of them. He says, *'l was trou
bled with heart burn, indigestion,
and liver complaint until I used Cham 
berlain's Tablets, then my trouble was
over." Sold by Moser & Lutz and Grimes
Drug Co. _ adv
Above His Job.
Caddie master (to a greenkeep
er who has had a mishap with a
load of mold)—' Ere. stow that
langwidge! Wot d'yer mean by
it—be'avin' yerself as if ver was
a full -blown member of the club?
Local and Personal
Mrs. Wood,-of Richmond, Va., is the
guest of her sister, Mi*. Bonner.
Mrs. Sourbeer and daughter are the
guests of Mrs. Sourbeer's daughter, Mrs.
Roy Abernethy.
Miss Alice Witherspoon has returned
from a visit to friends and relatives in
Lincolnton and Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Menzies and child
ren spent several days in Blowing Rock
this week.
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Menzies and Miss
1 Virginia went to Blowing Rock Monday.
Mrs. Menzies is still there.
Tfie Dixie Grey Chapter of the "U. D.
C. will hold its monthly meeting with
Mrs. H. C. Menzies on Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
Miss Dora Atkinson, who taught in
the Hickory Graded School last year, is
in New York taking a course in primary
work at Columbia University.
Miss Minnie Gwaltney, accompanied
by Messrs. Donald, Sterling, Charles and
Alex Menzies, is spending some time in
Valle Crucis.
The Methodist Sunday School went to
£dgemont Tuesday for their annual pic
• nic. A large crowd went from Hickory
They report a delightful time.
Misses Miriam Zimmerman, of Phila
delphia, and Alice Witherspoon, of this
city, attended a house party in Gastonia
last week given by Mrs. F. M. Seagle.
They were the recipients of many social
events while there.
Rev. W. R. Clarke, of Grundy, Va., is
expected in the city to visit his wife and
babv, who are the guests of Mrs. Harris.
. Mr. Clarke will conduct services in the
, Presbyterian Church next Sunday, in the
i absence of the pastor.
The following from Hickory are at
tending the S. S. Normal of the Luther,
an church at Mt. Tirzah: Misses Margar
et Wannamachcr and Mary Huffman,
Mrs. N. G. Deal, Mrs. Frank Link, and
. Mr. Arthur. Several went fronr Lenoir
College.
Col. Bingham's School has completed
its 121 st year with 125 pupils, coming
from New York, Colorado, Montana and
Washington on the North to the Canal
. Zone on the South. During 1914 the
Million Dollar Grove Park Inn and the
Goverment's Summer Camp for Military
i Instruction have been added to Ashe
■ villc's attraction endorsements. U.
S. Army Officer detailed. Lake for
swimming. Send fQr Catalogue giving
' full particulars, -fee their ad.
Mrs. Gen. Geo..IE. Pickett lectures on
i Gettysburg at Chautauqua on Tuesday
evening at eight o'clock. All United
Daughters of the Confederacy are asked
to be present. An informal reception
' will be held in Chautauqua tent after
lecture. Seats will be reserved in order
that the daughters may attend in a body
hence each member is requested to not
ify Mrs. Royster, phone 154 L, if able to
attend, before noon Tuesday, so man
agement will know how many seats to
I reserve.
GREATLY REDUCED FARES.
To Durham, N. C., Account Good
Roads Association, July 9 and
10. via Southern Railway.
Greatly reduced fares will be sold
I from all points in North Carolina to
> Durham, July 8 and 9, with return lim
-1 it July 12, account North Carolina
[ Good Roads Association.
R. H. DeBUTTS,
I D. P. A.,
; adv't, Charlotte, N. C.
! ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL?
, Many Hickory People Know the Im
portance of Healthy Kidneys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day.
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weak kidneys allow impurities to
. multiply.
; No kidney ill should be neglected.
[ There is possible danger in delay.
1 If you haye backache or urinary
troubles.
I If you are nerVous, dizzy or worn
out
tfegin treating your kineys at once;
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan,s Kidney
r Pills.
Recommended by thousands.
Proved by Hickory testimony.
Mrs. J. W. Neill, 423 Tenth Ave.,
i Hickory, N.C., says: "My back ached
and I had pains across my loins. My
~ kidney did not act regularly and I
• felt miserable. Doan's Kidney Pills,
{ procured at Moser & Lutz's Drug
. Store, acted as a tonic to my system
' and made me strong and well. No
i remedy could be better than Doan's
f Kidney Pills. I willingly praise them
» again as I did some time ago."
Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply
• ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's
• Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs.
? Neill had. Foster-Mil burn Co , Props.,
Buffalo, N. Y. advt.
> 1
, Miss Charlotte Cline has re
• turned home after a two weeks
s visit at Burlington, Gibson ville
s and Reidsville. At Burlington
v she attended the wedding of Miss
Irene Tickle and Mr. 1). C. Holt,
both being former students and
alumnae of Lenoir College.
a ======
t Itching piles provoke profanity bu
y profanity won't remove them. Doan's
s Ointment is recommended for itching,
? bleeding or protruding piles. 50c, at
toy drug store,
AY. JULY 9. *914
DANIELS PRAISES
VICTORY OVER LOBBY
i-' •
FREED LEGISLATIVE BODIES
FROM MIASM I THAT AFFECT
ED THEM.
THE FIRST PROGRESSIVE
The Secretary Declare* That Thomas
Jefferson Was Oertainly the
Flret Progressiva.
Charlottesville, Va.— adminis
tration's tariff, current and anti
trust measures are declara
tions of independence that will un
fetter American busine'w life and
make possible an era.'of unprece
dented prosperity, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels declared in an Inde
pendence day address here. The sec
retary, speaking before the Univer
sity of Virginia summer school, sai£
congress had listened to the people's
mandate and the writing of the three
declarations had been 1 , the concrete
result , .;
When congress begafi Writing ltt
"declaration of Independence against
unjust tariff taxation ,pf- the many
for the benefit of the la-vored few.
and its declaraUon [ against the
money trust, there was a. lion it
the path," the secretary said. "That
lion waa a pernicious -and Invisible
lobby. Before any reforms could
be accomplished, before any pledget
could be kept, the lobby had to b(
destroyed. Wood row Wilson hat
done nothing that will free legisla
tive bodies from the miasma that
afTects them equal to*. his victory
over the lobby. That fight not onlj
destroyed the evil of the lobby, but
ended the ability of selfish Interest!
to prevent the enactment, of othei
declarations of Independence."
Characterising Thomas Jeffersor
as the "original progressive," Sec re
tary Daniels said President Wilson
with the exception of Madison anc
Monroe, was more JefTersor
than any other man Who had occu
pied the White Housa' ;, ' '
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED.
Weetern North Carolina Lumbermen
Report Good,Y«iafv ,
- Aflheville. —The re-election of W. O.
Riddlck ae president, C. r Dickey a*
vice president and W. BV,McEwen a*
treasurer featured the. first annual
meeting of the Western Carolina Lum
ber and Timber Associativa which was
held at this city. .// • , ;
Immediately following £he election
of officers for the coming year, the re
ports of those who have served during
the past 12 months were, heard. The
organization was perfected July 4,
1913, and the reports of the officers
showed that the first year has been s
very successful one. It was shown at
the meeting that as a result of the
work of the lumbermen's association
a great deal of money been saved
by those engaged in this line of busi
ness in the western part of North
Carolina. • ,
Gold After Diamond*.
Newbern. —Following the sensation
created recently when it was rumor
ed that a diamond mine .had been dis
covered beneath the city hall, another
sensation sprang into being when F.
H. Brumate of Beaufort, a Government
chemist and geologist, made known
the fact that while on a visit to the
famous Ransom Spring, located on the
property recently purchased, by Dr. S.
Sloan of Boston, Mass., and on which
he Is to build a palatial residence,
he had discovered particles of gold
and had also found traces of iron. The
fleces of ore found by Mr. Brumate
were discovered in the river bed near
the spring.
Solicitor Move* to Newbern.
Newbern. Solicitor Charles L.
Abernethy, who has for several years
made his home at Beaufort, will dur
ing the latter part of next month,
move his family to Newbern and in
the future make his residence in this
city. His object of moving here is
to be nearer the center of the dis
trict
Bryan Leases Home In Asheville.
Asheville. —Secretary of State Wil
liam J. Bryan has leased a home in
this city for the summer months, and
with biß family wiU spend as much
time here as his official duties at
Washington will allow. Mrs. Bryan,
accompanied by her daughter, will
arrive here the latter part of next
week and will remain until the early
part of September. After filling sev
eral Chautauqua dates In this state
during the next two weeks, Mr. Bryan
will join his family here for the bal
ance of the summer,.
Irish Potatoes Are Bhort
Mount Olive.—The harvesting of
the Irish potato crop in this section
is about finished, and the total yield
is smaller than it was at first thought
It would be. There are, perhaps a
few hundred barrels yet to be gath
ered, but it is not likely that the
crop will total more than 27,000 bar
rels. While it has been known for
some time that the crop was consider
ably short this year, yet it was be
lieved earlier in the season that the
yield for this year would he at least
40,060 or 45,000 barrels.
Democratjand Press, Consolidated 1905
Charlotte Firemen Killed. I
Chief J. H. Wallace of the Charlotte*
fire department and Capt. W. B. Glenn B
of the No. 2 station were killed about
9 o'clock in the morning and three
other firemen, Messrs. R. T. Barnes,
J. R. Erwin and C. W. Todd were more
or less seriously injured as the re
suit of the explosion of a quantity ol
blasting powder that had been stored
in a barn belonging to Mr. John B.
Hawkins, a railroad contractor in thf
rear of his home on South Cedai
street. The barn had caught fire and
the department had been summoned
to extinguish the flames. Never hav
ing been appraised of tly presence of
the explosives and fearing no danger,
Chief Wallace, Captain Glenn and
Firemen Barnes, Erwin, Todd and
several others had just laid a line of
hose and had rushed through a dou
ble fence for the purpose of reaching
the aeat of Are. The hose was not
quite long enough and Chief Wallace
had called for a little "slack." Sev
eral of the men turned to drag up the
line anf this accounts for their es
cape. The next moment the explo
sion occurred. Captain Glenn was
killed instantaneously and Chief Wal
lace was felled in his tracks and so
also were Firemen Barues, Erwin and
Todd.
Kentucky Lands Mri. McKimmon.
Mrs. Jane McKimmon, whom both
the state and the United States de
partments of agriculture are claiming
Jias been lecturing in Kentucky on
tomato canning and the papers of
Lexington have been giving her lib
eral write-ups. The bottled and canned
;oods that made Kentucky famous
were not tomatoes. That state has
doted upon other products, among
them being its fine horses and finer
women. But the Lexington press
takes time to glorify Mrs. McKim
mon's work and to say a word about
the charming woman who makes it so
attractive. Two very flattering sto
ries of Mrs. McKimmpn's work have
appeared in the Lexington papers. One
of these dealt with the technic, so to
speak, the other tells In running way
how the North Carolina genius has
impressed the meeting of Kentucky
agents who are attending the demon
stration work out there.
Revenue Increased.
With the closing of the fiscal year
of the internal revenue department
the books of the local deputy collector
showed a gain in business over the
preceding year of. 1734,803.53, the
stamp sales for the year amounting
to $5,866,443.83.. This is by far the
largest business in tobacco stamps
done by the local revenue office dur
ing any year of its existence. The seo
ond largest year's business was that
of the year 1912-1913, when the sales
amounted to $5,131,640.30. The total
number of pounds of tobacco manu
factured in the Twin City during the
last fiscal year is 73,330,54$ 6-8, as
against 64,145,603 6-8 pounds for the
previous year.
Blackberries Shert, Peaches Fine.
The blackberry crop near Newton
this year is the shortest in several
years. They are so very small that
it is tedious for the pickers to get
them in any quantity. The long
drought is no doubt responsible for
this. The dry weather seema to have
been advantageous to the peach crop.
Peaches are fine, about the usual size
and perfect in flavor and soundness.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEF 3.
An order issued by Adjutant Gen
eral Young disbands the division of
naval reserves at Plymouth, designa
ted as fourth division for failure to
measure up to the, required standards
of efficiency. At the same time the
adjutant general accepts a new divi
sion to take the place of the Plymouth
organization, this being a company
to be organized at Belhaven.
Senator Overman, ranking member
of the appropriations committee, plac
ed the following apropriations in the
sundry civil bill: For a quarantine
wharf at Wilmington, $25,000; repairs
on fish hatcheries at Morehead City
and Edenton, $5,000 and $3,500, re
spectively; for rebuilding and repair
ing life-saving stations on the North
Carolina coast, $20,000.
After having in office a little
over 14 months, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Osborn upon enter
ing the fiscal year showed that he had
collected more money for the govern
ment at less expense than ever be
fore in history.
An Old Fort delegation, composed
of J. C. Greens, H. A. Westermann,
J. K. Cowan, J. H. Turner and D. W.
Adams appeared before Gov-
Craig recently to urge that he
influence to have the com*"
of McDowell county build
from Old Fort we»t to t'
mountain, rather than
Washington.—The
masters were appoi- y. Al
len, Thomas W. Allen; Balsam, Sa
rah K. Bryaon; Nat Moore, Maty E.
Squires; Tabor, William C. Graham;
Wolf Mountain, Olivia E. Galloway.
Rural life week at Chapel Hill had
a strong series of meetings to close
its program. Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey
director ol the agricultural depart
ment of Cornell University, had
charge of the last four meetings. Dr.
Bailey has been the pioneer of the
country life movement and is the
author of a scol-e o t beekf oa it aa4
kindred subjects. J
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PRESIDENT MS
OF INDEPENDENCE
AMERICANS SHOULB MANAGE
THEIR AFFAIRS IN WAY
TO HONOR FOUNDERS.
CRITICIZES THE KNOCKERS
Facta, or Alleged Facts, Being Given
Out Do Not Always Tally, Baye
President Wilson.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Advocating the
modernizing of the Declaration of
Independence by applying Its princi
ples to the business the politics and
the foreign policies of America, Pres
ident Wilson thrilled a huge crowd
isembled in Independence Square
within a few feet of where the origl
aal declaration was signed.
The president touched on Mexico,
the Panama tells repeal controversy,
his anti-trust program, business con
ditions and his ideas of modern pa
triotism. Pounding his fist on the
table on which the Declaration of In
dependence was signed, he declared
Americans today must manage their
affairs in a way to do honor to the
founders of the nation. There ase
men in Washington today, he de
clared, whose patriotism is not showy
but who accomplish great patriotic
things. They are staying in Washing
ton, doing their duty, keeping a quo
rum in each house of Congress to do
business. "And I am mighty glad to
stay there and stick by them," he
idded.
Touching on busineee conditions of
the country, President Wilson said a
great many allegations of facts were
being made, but that a great many
of these facts do not tally with each
other.
"Are these men trying to serve their
country or something smaller than
their country?" the president asked.
"If they love America and there la
anything wrong it is their business to
put their hands to the task and Bet it
right."
Eighty-flve per cent of the Mexi
can people, the president said in
tonching on Mexico, never have had a
right to have a "look-*e" on their
government while the other 15 per
cent were running it
"Now, the American pople have a
heart that beats for them just as it
->eatß for other millions," Mr. Wilson
continued. "I a great deal about
the property los*n Mexico, and I re
gret that with all my heart, but back
of it all is a struggling people. Let
us not forget that struggle in watching
what is going on in front."
"I would be ashamed of the flag if
we did anything outside this country
which we would not do In it," the
president declared..
Speaking of Panama tolls, the
president said the treaty with England
might be a mistake, but Its meaning
cannot be mistaken and he believed
In keeping, the nation's obligations.
He believed in keeping the name of
the United Statee unquestioned and
unsullied.
Before the president got his speech
under way the crowd surged for
wart in such confusion that a panic
was threatened. Two companies of
marines and sailors Btood before the
speaker's stand and the president was
forced to stop several times but finally;
got the crowd under control.
Attractive Mountain Fxcursion
Wednesday, July 15, 1914.
In order that all those who desire
may avail themselves cf the opportun
ity to spend a few days in Asheville and
vicinity at low cost, Southern Railway
will operate a special excursion trfin
from Salisbury to Asheville, leaving
Salisbury at 10:00 a. m., Wednesday
July IS, arriving Asheville 4:30 p. m.
Passengers from all other points may
use regular trains into Salisbury, Barber
and other junction points Wednesday
July 15, connecting with the special
train for Asheville.
Returning, tickets will be good on
all regular trains leaving Asheville up
to and including Saturday, July 18,
allowir g three nights and n**"'
days in whi*fc
ovuie 2.50
Newton., 185
Hickory 1-70
Morganton 1.50'
Greensboro 3.50
High Point 3.25
Thomasville 3.25
Lexington 3.25
Spencer 3.00
Mocksville 2.90
Cooleemee Jctn.... 2.80
Fares from all points covered by this
excursion and not mentioned above on
the same low basis,
Great opportunity to enjoy a few
days rest in mid-summer at very low
cost in the delightful mountain climate.
For further information apply to
nearest Agent or write
R. H. DeBUTTS,
D. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. (X 1