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LINCOLNTON. N. C, FRIDAY. MAY 15, 1908.
VoL II.
No. 39,
tOUNTY
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A CASE FOR PROHIBITION IN IIORTH CAROLINA.
By CLARENCE H. POE. (Editor o( Progressive Farmer.) '
The influence of no whiskey
town ends with its corporate lim
its. It is not a local matter. No
community has a right to prosti
tute the plea of local self govern
ment in order to make itself a cen
ter of moral contagion nullifying
the effect of temperance legislation
in all the surrounding country.
The whiskey advocates appeal
to us in the name of "liberty" and
- "local self-government." It is
"libertv" for a mad dog, for a
smallpox patient, for an outlaw
and in such cases the theory of
liberty does not apply. It is "lo
cal self eoverument" for a pest-
tnv an pnemv's fort for a
robber's stronghold and in such
cases the theory of local self-gov
ernment does not apply.
"But will prohibition prohibit!"
The best answer to that, as some
vc com ia that, drnnkards and
whiskey manufacturers fight it so
bitterly. If io did not prohibit,
they would not oppose it.
Of course,' it will not stop whis
key drinking uttterly. Our laws
against murder do not prevent all
homicides; our laws against steal
ing do not prevent all thefts. The
question is not, "Will it utterly
stop drinking! The question is,
"Will it measurably decrease
drinking!" And upon this point
there can be no doubt Only last
week the editor of the leading pa
per in Knoxville, Tenn., spoke to
me of the results of prohibition
adopted by Knoxville a year ago.
"Drinking," he said, "has de
creased 66 2-3 per cent and the
average number of arrests per
week has gone down from 150 to
in Tt ia mtr belief that the
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abolition of the dispensary in Eal
eigh in spite of the jug trade has
decreased drinking among tne qis
- pensary's former patrons from 40
to 60 percent "
.v-r. v-nw 1 WORD ABOUT THE
anw vn "
TAX QUESTION.
Of course, we are having to in
crease our taxes somewhat, but
who will weigh even the total
amount of the increased taxes in
one balance and the weight of one
human soul in the other! When
, the great Horace Mann was agita
ting Massachusetts for the escaD
rf a reformatory, some
m HUM v vr
one counted up - the cost "It
' would be worth that if it saved
one boy," many declared. "Would
it!" replied a listener. ies,
replied the great educator, "yes
it it were your boy!" v
' Moreover, we cannot to strong
lv emphasize the fact that the tern
nnran- loss of a few dollars in
whiskey taxes is as nothing com
Dared to the enormous materia
gains through temperance in the
- wav of -increased earning power
and property gains for the indi-
vidual tax-payer, iubiuuji who
garding whiskey selling as source
of wealth to the State should be
apparept when we reflect that of
all things it does mdst to impov
" prish the citizen from whom taxes
come and most to increase crimi
nal expenses for which taxes are
naoil TCa.rrine' war only, the
greatest economic waste, the great
est poverty-breeder North Caro
, lina has known, is probably the
drink habit, and a State might as
well expect to enrich itself by li
censing a Sherman's army to plun
der its people for a certain small
per cent in loot taxas to expect to
enrich itself through poverty-
breeding whiskey taxes.
Been irom any mure vicivyuim,
I'make bold to claim that the in
crease in taxes resulting from in
creased property values will more
than make good the temporary
loss in whiskey taxes.
In other words, the money you
get from the drunkard in whiskey-
taxes as your Judas's price of
his ruin is less than the money
you would have had from hint in
property taxes if whiskey had
been taken from him.
And one tax is the life and
health of a people; the other is
their shame and their undoing.
SAVING
ONE GENERATION OF
BOYS.
It should not be forgotten that
the one great object, the goal, of
temperance agitation is to grow
one generation of young men free
from the drink curse, We can
not save the men already addict
ed to drink, but we can, at least,
generation after generation, save
an increasing large number of boys
And this is our hope. ; '
State prohibition in North Caro
lina will help mightily to this end
With the bar-room or the dispen
sary, the old. old Question. "Is
the young man safe!" must al
ways be answered in the negative,
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Even with the jug trade, bad as it
is. !,hA danger is far. far less. It
; o. i
is chiefly the older men with ap
petites already developed who will
order from other States.
It cannot be denied that with
the manufacture and sale ofliq
uor forbidden in every part of
North -Carolina it will be immeas
urably easier to grow a generation
free from the blighting slavery to
strong drink.
And if we can get one genera
tiou free from the habit, what
race of grown men will walk open
eyed again into the shame and
pollution from which we now vote
to save themt ...
THE JUG XBASE IS DOOMED IF TEM
PEEANCE MEN STAND FIRM.
And the iue trade"-it will not
always be with' us. Let the pre
- r ci
sept agitation continue five years
more and as surely as the sun
rises, the inter-state jug trade wil
be stripped of its power for evil
Was it not Mr. Dooley who said
'The constitushun may not follow
the fla?. but the Supreme Court
follows the illiction ray-turns!'
o; -
At any rate, Supreme Court or no
Supreme Court even if we must
have a Constitutional Amendment
the interstate jug trade is doom
ed, if the prohibition States only
stand firm and fight, letting no
lust of golden taxes lure them into
fatal nnmnromise with their re
treating and beaten enemy. It is
time for our leaders to cry out
with Moses of old: "Fear ye not,
standstill, and see the salvation
of the Lord."
THE CITIZEN'S PERSONAL RESPON
SIBILITY TO GOD.
But even if prohibition did not
nrohibit--thousrh it does what
matters that to you! You pass
the law; the officers are Charged
with its enforcement The call is
to you to say whether the roanu
facture and sale of whiskey shall
be forbidden in North . Carolina
the sheriffs, the mayors, the po
lice and the judges will then be
sworn
to enforce our mandate
Was it not
Daniel! Webster who
said: 'The , most tremendous
thought I ever had is that of
man's personal responsibility ' to
God." And your personal re
snonsibilitv. remember, is as to
i ' ' ,
your vote on the law simply this
and nothing more. If you vote
against linuor. vou are free from
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the reproach of the drunkard'
shame, free from the rebuke of the
drunkard's mother, free from the
shame of a whiskey-sodden State
Your skirts are clear.
THE TREMENDOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION
Prohibition will carry there
no doubt about that But, : men
and women of North CarolimE it
must be carried by no half-hearted,
no indecisive , majority. The
call of humanity, of patriotism,
yea, of the God of Nations Himself,
is for each man and every man to
go out into the highways and
hedges and convert the erring and
rouse the indifferent and see to it
that the majority on the 26th of
May is so overwhelming that this
hydra-monster will not again find
legal covert in our State till time
shall be no more. 11 slavery was
an anachronism in the glow of
nineteenth century civilization no
less is the drink evil in the fuller
glowof twentieth century enlight
enment. . The time has come to
bury it not merely for a few years
or for one generation, but to tram
ple it under foot overwhelmingly j
and for all time just as we have
done with mouaicby and slavery
and witchcraft.
And not only is an overwhel
ming majority necessary to secure
this result in North Carolina, but
we are fighting a battle here on
which the contending armies in all
parts of America are looking with
keenest interest for North Caro
lina, as I have said, is the first
State in the present temperance
evival to decide the prohibition
question by. popular vote. Let
the majority, May 26th, be uar-
row, and every saloon and den of
vice in wide America will rejoice
and celebrate over elections in
New York' city and even the
arch-enemy of human souls him
self may well take fresh courage,.
The call to North Carolina,
therefore, is to do well her part in
the eyes of the world. Napoleon
with his legions encamped among
the ruins of Egyptian glory, thril
led his men to new deeds of her
oism by his famous appeal. "My
soldiers, Jfrom yonder pyramids,
forty centuries" look down upon
you."
It may be well that in the long
years of God forty centuries of the
future look to the men of North
Carolina today and call them to do
well their part even as forty cen
turies of the past looked down on
the imperial armies of France
And then that other great bat
tle watchword, this time of Brit
ish history: "England expects
every man to do his duty." Eev;
erently .may we not paraphase
this cry and say now in conclu
sion that in the present moral war
fare in North Carolina
"The God of Battles expects
every man to do his duty."
Child tell Into Old Well.'
What may prove a fatal accident
occurred in Morganton last Mou
dav when little Elizabeth.-the -2
year old daughter of Mr. Z. T,
Corpening, fell 56 feet to the
bottom of an old abandoned well
back of the Corpening residence on
West Union street The child
was playing on some planks which
were nailed over the mouth of the
well, when they broke. ."Uncle"
Jerry Gordon, an old drtky who
was working near, hastily seized
an old rope and at the great risk
of losing his own life descended to
the bottom, where he found the
child in an unconscious condition
"Uncle" Jerry was furnished with
a stronger rope and was drawn
safely up with Vx e child." Luckily
there was no water in the well and
the soft dirt : prevented instan
death. Drs. Eiddle and Phifer
were hastily summoned and the
last report says the child is resting
well, but grave fears are entertain
ed for its recovery. The old
darkey showed the hero, and a
purse js being made up for him.
Dr. J. JFrancfce Fox, of Bluefield,
W. Va., is visiting his brother,
Mr. E. D. Fox.
GUBERNATORIAL BULLETIN.
Showing Number Of Votes In State Convention Secured By Each Candidate In Coun
tiei That Have Held Conventions To
County. No. Votes Craig. Kitchin Home. Unlnstructed.
Stanley ' 7 3 1 3 ..
Buncombe v. 22 22 0 0
Iredell............ ... . 12 M x u, M "
Yancey...... 7 7 0
Pok... 3 3 0 o
Mitchell 3 3 0 0
Graham........ ......... 2 0 '0
Ashe. ........ 9 5.07 3.37 .50
Alexander... 5 4 1-2. 0 .30
Burke...... ...... ........ ,. - o.45 .4fi .09
McDowell... ... 6 0 0 0 ..
Wilk,es- 9 1.98 6.f6 .8(3
Hertford 5 q 0 5
Johnston.... 17 0 0 17
Watauga...... ...... ..... e 6 0 0
2 2 0 0 "
Mai-on ... (j 6 0 0 . .
Lenoir...... ............ . 10 1.40 7 j.2 1.08 "
Randolph.. 1(i 8.61 3.57 3.82
Washington.............. 3 255 .20 .25 "
Alamance...... .. ........ 13 1 it 1-4 .75 ''
Cleveland...... . .... 15 15 0 o' ''
Rutherford.. .......... 12 12 0 0
Jlaywood... ... 11 10.78 .22 0 ''
Jackson.... ...... 7 7 'o- 0 ' '
Cherokee .............. y- 4 4 0 0 11
I'ersnn... . .... : fi 0 0 0 ''
Halifax ...... 17 .34 0 ' '
Warren ................ 8 1.66 5.74 .60 "
Itichmond 0" 2.77 1.96 1.27 11
Durham. n i91 7,21 2.88
Moore... 7 3.40 1.90 1.C4 , ''
Montgomery..... . 4.20 . 1.45 .35 ''
Harnett. 8 .79 5.90 1.31 ''
Beaufort........... 13 3.go 4.79 4.61 ''
Cabarrus 10 4.50 2 3.50 '
Caldwell...... ...... ...... 8 6 1 1 ' '
Henderson 6 . 6 0 0 ' '
Chatham... .............. iq 1.50 3 3.50 ' '
Orange..., ........... i; .50 5 .50 "
(Jranville . .... .... H .12 10 .88 "
Rowan 7 u 0 0 17
Totals ............... 374 191.90 107.84 52.20 22 -
NoTK.-.-The returns from Cabarras, Caldwell, Henderson, Chatham, Orange
and Granville counties are unofficial, but substantially correct. The primaries
In these counties were held on Saturday, May 9th, but the County Conventions
have not yet been held. Yadkin primaries were not held on Saturday, as had
been advertised, and Rowan failed to instruct for Governor
WOMAN ROTTEN-EGGED.
FemaU Ministerial Ninne-compoop Dis
gusts The Citizens of Salisbury.
Salisbury, N. C. May 11. The
first anti-prohibition speech of the
State campaign was made on the
streets in Salisbury Saturday night
by Mrs. IsabellRice, of New York,
who addressed about three hun
dred people for more than an hour.'
She disclaimed that she was sent
out by the whiskey interests but
claimed that she was here simply
in the interest of humanity. She
stated that she has been preach
ing sixteen years and that for six
years she has not told a lie. In
her address she held up the State
of Kanas as being worse off with
prohibition rule than formerly un
der the whiskey administration.
She declafed that she had bought
quantities of whiskey in various
prohibition States and that prohi
bition does not prohibit. Her re
marks were cheered by many while
many others turned away - in dis
gust at the sight of & woman tak
ing the stump against temperance.
Several who had intended to vote
wet went away declaring they will
now vote dry.
The interest in the gathering
reached a climax when some un
known person threw several eggs
at the woman preacher, all of
which missed her and bespattered
the clothing of men in the crowd,
On Sunday Mrs. Eice was denied
permission by Mayor Boyden to
speak on the streets again, the
mayor declaring that the issue is
purely a political one. News and
Observer.
Prizes For Crysanthemums.
A Floral Fair will be held
in
Charlotte, N. C, next November
for the benefit of St Peter's Hos
pital. Prizes will be given for the
best Chrysanthemums, both for
plants and cut flowers.
Friends of the Hospital and
flower growers are asked to re
member this in their Spring plant
ing and summer cultivation.
Correspond with 'Mrs. John
Wilkes, or 'Mrs. J. S. Walters,
Managers, Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Florence Ehyne goes to
Hickory Saturday to attend the
commencement of Lenoir College.
Date, May 5th.
Mr. Minter Appreciated.
In speaking of the memorial
exercises at Shelby Sunday the
Cleveland Star has the following
kind wordu to say about one of
our . most, popular . Lincolnton
ministers: ,
' 'The , memorial ; sermon was
preached by Eev. W. E. Minter
who came by invitation of the
loyal Daughters of the Confederacy.
His sermon was one of rare beauty,
tender and eloquent
"Instead of portraying the
gallant deeds, the dash and daring
of those matchless Confederate
leaders hose fame as soldiers has
become world wide, he pictured
the deep piety and religious nature
of the peerless . Lee, Jackson,
Stuart and Davis.
"Taking as his text, those
ringing, triumphant words of the
old warrior Paul, 'I have fought
a good fight, I have kept the
ith,' in tender beautiful word
painting he potrayed the deep and
abiding piety of those peerless
and oiipcelv leaders of the Con
federacy. In closing he made
touching and eloquent appeal to
the Confederate vetrans that if
they had not already done so, - to
embrace the religion of their
Generals whom they had loved
and followed, even to the very
jaws of death. It was an earnest
and deeply touching appeal and
sunk deeo into the hearts of his
hearers.
"This greatly beloved minister
is always sure of a warm welcome
in Shelby. The beauty and
streneth of his character has left
a deep impression upon the hearts
of our people regardless of denomi
national affiliation and he was
heard gladly and' with apprecia
tion." '-;---'r-r-'-:-':-
A Large Crane.
Mr. Boss Dellinger killed a large
crane Wednesday morning : on
South Fork river near Horse Shoe
Park. The crane is a beautiful
specimen of the blue fisher variety
and measwed six feet from tip to
tip and was five feet six inches in
height.
Miss Eosa Hinson is spending
few days in Maiden this week the
guest of Miss Maud Allen.
CHARLOTTE A GAY CITY.
Has Ten Moving Picture and Vaudeville
Showi. May 20th Next Week
Charlotte, May 14th. Never in
the history of Charlotte has there
been a greater demand by the
public for amusements than at
the present time. Every available
store room has been rented and is
now occupied by moving picture
and vaudeville shows. There are
ten such attractions operating in
the city and all are flourishing.
The people have the moving
picture and vaudeville craze.
Next week, the. twentieth of
May week, will be unusually gay,
for, besides the above number of
attractions as many more will be
here. The committee of citizens
is arranging a fine program of
entertainment for the occasion,
and it is very probable that the
people of Charlotte and the out of
town people who are here during
the week, will have, for the first
time, an opportunity of seeing the
flight of an air ship. Several
parties want to bring their flying
machines to the city and should
an agreement be reached as to
terms a flight will be made on
each of the six days.
The visiting baseball fans will
have an opportunity of witnessing
three League games. Charlotte
plays the Greenville club on the
first three days of the week.
A Strong Ticket Suggested.
The following ticket for County
Commissioners from the several
Townships of Lincoln county is
suggested by a number of large tax
payers who are deeply interested
in having an unusually strong
board of County Commissioners
elected for the coming term. The
men named below are eminently
fitted to handle with economy and
discretion any amount of money
entrusted to their care for public
1 mnfATromontci "
FEOM NOKTH BROOK.
DAVID J. BEAM.
FROM HOWARD'S CREEK.
CHARLES L. HAVNAER.
FROM LINCOLNTON.
D. E. EHYNE.
FROM CATAWBA SPRINGS.
W. C. PEOCTOE.
FROM I RONTON.
J. E. EEINHAEDT.
(Adv.) . v
The Very Latest.
"Let me see some of your black
kid gloves," said a lady to a shop
man. "These are not the very
latest stvle. are thev!" she asked.
when the gloves were produced.-
'Ycs," ma'am, " replied the shopr
man: "we nave naa tnem m stock
only two days. "
"I didn't think thev were be
cause the fashion paper says blacks
kids have tan stitches and vice
versa. I see the tan stitches, but .
not the vice versa."
The shopman explained that
buttons, so she bought three pairs.
Detroit Free Press.
To Work A Mine In Catawba County.
Mr. B. V. Hedrick, at one time
a well known Spencer merchant,
has returned from Villa Eica, Ga., -where
he has been engaged in the
mining business and will in the
next few days open a new mine
near - Catawba, Station. Catawba
county. He will be associated
with S. L. Griswold and H. A.
Wurhm, of New , York, both of
whom are experienced miners.
The new company will put in mod
ern machinery with capacity of 100
tons per day and will dig for gold
in Catawba. Spencer Dispatch.
' The Laboratory and Crouse base
ball teams crossed bats Saturday,
the former winning by a score of
13 to 5. V