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VOLUMN XIII. MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROUNA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27. 1912. NUMBER 28
Needlessly Blind.
There are estimated to be one
hundred thousand bliud peions,
old and young, in this country.
Not less than fire hundred of these
lire in North Carolina. Had it
ever occurred to you, gentle read
er, that at least seventy five to one
hundred of these need not have
been blind ought not to have
been, and would not have been
if proper precaution and prevent
ive measures had been employed
immediately after their birth?
"What blindness means to an
intelligent, capable man or wo
man," to quote the words of a
blind man who has, in the face of
heavy odds, taken his place in the
world with sigaal success, "is
something which only the Lord
and the devil and those who en
dare it know anything about; in
their blaakest nightmares, those
with sight can not even imagine
it." That it is possible to prevent
much of such anguish seems not
to have dawned upon the average
citizen. Is such ignorance and in
difference not criminal, positively
wickedl Then who is responsible!
From one fourth to one-third of
all blind children lose their sight
from what is usually called "sore
eyes' "imfr'animation," etc. This
is really 1 'ophthalmia neonatorum"
a germ disease, which can be cured
if taken in time and the proper
remedies used. These remedies
should be applied as soon as the
child is born, whether any signs of
inflammation or discovered or not.
The remedy will do no hurt; it
may save your child's sight.
If the eyes, nose, mouth and
aars of every new-born babe should
be thoroughiylvrad immediate j
after its birth in a weak solution
oj boracic acid (borax water), one
drop of a solution of nitrate of sil
ver, not stronger than one per
ppnh nut in the eves, and the
ehild thereafter kept elean, blind
ness among children in our btate
would be reduced at least twenty
live per cent. Do you realize w hat
that would mean to the one hun
dred homes in North Carolina in
which there are children "need
lessly blind!"
And are you aware that it would
save the State financially to thus
preserve the sight of all such child
ren! Not less than $20,000.00 a
year. Is it not worth the effort!
Then does it not behoove every
one to do all in his power to spread
the information and to seek to
bless the homes into which theH
little ones come! Let every mother
heed this warning and preserve
the sight of her child.
John E. Eay.
Prin. State School for the Blind,
Raleigh, N. C
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest c r
"Dickon-Bend-the-Bow."
"Here begynneth a lytell geste of Robj n
Hode and the meyne and of the
proude,
sheriffe of Nottingham.
Lithe and listen; gentylmen,
That be of freeborn blode,
I shall tell you of a good yeoman,
His name was Robyn Hode.
Robyn was a proude outlawe,
Whiles he walked on grounde;
So courteyse an outtawe as he was one
Wag never none yfounde."
The severity of the tyrannical forest
laws introduced by the Norman kings, at
a time when Englishmen were everywhere
trained in the art of shooting with the
lopg-bow, occasioned a great number of
outlaws. These fled to the woods for shelter
and, forming into troops, endeavored by
their numbers to protect themselves. A
inong these, Robin Hood, who3e chief re
sidence was in Shirewood Forest, Not
tinghamshire, was affirmed to b "of all
theeves the prince andmost gentil theefe '
Born at Locksley, his real name was
Robert Fitzooth. Having outrun his for
tune and being outlawed, he lived as a
ree to iter in Barnsdale, Sherwood, and
lompton Park. Historians tell us that
his bets noires were the abbot of St,
wary s, in York and the sheriff of Not
tingham; that he took the goods of rich
men only, wrighted women'f wrongs, and
charitably fed the poor. He killed no man
"ave in self-defence, "entertained an
whom four hundrec were they ever so
strong dared wot mske -ue onset." He
was the famous sub." of popular songs
as early as the reign of Edward III. The
Wizard of the North unreduced him into
two novels. Innumerable legends have
gathered about his name and many dram
atic pieces have had hita for their hero.
Such a play has been written for tho May
Fete at the State Normal College by Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Dick Douglas of Greens
boro. Mrs. Douglas is an honored alumna
of the college and a member of the Adel
phian Literary Society, while her husband
is an honorably member of the Cornelian
Literary Society.
Robin's personal courage, his skill in
archery, his fidelity to his comrades, and
his humanity rendered him a universal
favorite and bestowed upon him the dig-
inity of an earl. On his tombstone near
Kirkiey's nunnery, where his treacherous
sister bled him to death in his old age, is
inscribed this epitaph:
"Here underneath this little stone
Lies Robert, Earl of Huntingdon.
No archer were as he so good,
And people called him Robin Hood.
Such outlaws as he and his men
Will England never see again."
Robin will come to life for the May
Fete at the Greensboro Normal College,
May 18th.
Southern Resources.
Washington, D, C, March 3.
Growing out oi the Southern Im
migration Conference held in Bal
timore on December Sth, 1911, on
the invitation of Governor Crothers
of Maryland, and participated in
by the Governors of several of the
Southern States, and the Presidents
of railway companies operating ia
the South, a movement has been
inaugurated for the systematic ex
ploitation of Southern resources
and opportunities and LLa attrac
tion of desirable classes -ft' immi
grants. A second meeting, held in Balti
more on February 20th resulted
iii tuc uviiunc furii'i; vtv: jot the
Southern Settlement and Develop
ment Organization, with Mr. S.
Davies Warfield, of Baltimore, as
permanent Chairman, Execu
tive L'ommutee. consisting ot one
representative of each of the prin
cipal railway companies operating
in the South and one representa
tive of each Southern State, was
appointed to haws immediate
charge of the work of the Organi
zation, the geneil i;urpose of
which is to supplement the work
already being carried on by the
several railway companies for the
development of the territory im
mediately contiguous to their lines
by a broad and comprehensive ex
ploitation of the entire South.
President Finley, of the South
ern Eailway Company, and the
ts of several of the other
companies operating in the South
eastern States, attended both of the
Baltimore meetings and are taking
active personal interest in the work
of the Organization.
'"Stop Your Paper."
We are in a receipt of a letter
irom an eastern town which says:
"Pleuse stop your paper at once,
-r t.:A fiirniahinfr fl,mmU-
fpipnda with."
as l aru in ji mii"u"'"B
niiiou w cuvw
m.of rtrtia nil? hilt that was en-
lliav -,
ough to be a bit disquieting
It
the
rouri like an order to stop
whole business of publishing a
newspaper, but we finally Dgurea
out that possibly the gentleman
merely desired to discontinue nis
subscription. Iu that view we have
otPd on the order and tis name
has been stricken from the mailing
list. . ,
But we are still puzziea
at the
What
ininffDartof the letter.
rines he mean by "ammnuuiuu
to
shoot my ineuu
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with?" It he nas
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not received it
Anil W. .-ao "
will var lu
vr are willing
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hear it.-Greensborr News.
Scott
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Taft or Roosevelt Which?
Mr. Editor: I will assume that
President Taft and Col. Roosevelt
will be the only candidates voted
for in our primaries, for president,
and I will further say that under
our plan of organization adopted
two years ago, w,e have one of the
simplest primary systems ever
adopted. Section 9 gives every
voter who attends our township
and precinct primaries a chance
to vote tor his choice for every of
ficer from president down to town
ship constable.
The writer of this article had
the great pleasure and honor of
writing that part of section 9 which
gives minority representation, and
which guarantees to every voter
who attends the party primaries
the privilege of voting for his
choice, and requiring that vote to
be cast in the nominating conven
tion just as he cast it iu the pri
mary. This should eliminate any
trouble in the state convention as
to how North Carolina should vote
at Chicago. There is no reason
why there should be any bad feel
ing engendered or animosities stir
red up as to how the votes of this
ttate are cast for president or any
other officer. Let every adherent
of the two candidases insist upon
the carrying out to the letter sec
tion 9 and "the convention at Ral
eigh May 15th will only register
the will of the voters as expressed
at the primaries. Minority repre
sentation insures to each candidate
his pro rata part of the state vote.
While the writer has a preference,
and intended to exercise his right
to vote for his choice, he does not
propose to fall out with anyone
else for exercising the same privi
lege. Under our plan of organiza
tion North Carolina's vote cannot
be cast as a unit, unless all the
people who participate in our pri
maries vote for one or the otner
candidates, which is not likely
from present indications. In the
first place we cannot afford to dis
rupt our parly, and go into the
campaign divided and at outs over
candidates. When great govjrn
mental piiuciples are at stake, even
representative government is in
the balance. The nominee for
president is a secondary considera
tion, compared to: the principles
which should be enunciated in our
platform. The new fangled isms
beiiig advocated by certain men
should not. cause us to lose sight of
the great rights and privileges we
have so long enjoyed under one of
the greatest, best and freest gov-'
ernments in the world. The work
of the builders of our constitution,,
and representative form of govern
ment has stood the test for more
than a century and any changes
modifying our coLStitution the
great bulwark of our liberties
should be approached and made
with due care and caution. Theie
are no insuperable barriers be
twixt the people and needed re
forms and changes. To make haste
at. once and reDent at leisure are
reminders strewn along the paths
of men and na'tions and shows a-
like the fallability of men and. the
fall and decline of nations. Presi
dent Taft in my mind is the em
bodiment of progressive conserva
tism, a man whom Colonel Roose
velt says does not allow personal
considerations to govern him in
the discharge of his official duties,
and he does that which he thinks
is right regareless of consequences.
la not that the kind ot man we
need at the head of our govern
ment? Do the masses wane a time
server, and one whe waits and lis
tens lor popular cfamor before ne
moves in the discharge of his du
ties? Do they want a man for
president who will give more time
to the dispensing of 'ederal patron
age to the favored few, than he
will to the services oi m
masses who are neither expecting
or asking for office? I have dili
gently scanned ths newspapers and
have read the many criticisms of
Piesident Taft to find out if pos
sible the motive and cause of the
opposition to his renomi nation. I
don't wish to misjudge anyone, or
say unkind ihiogs about those who
differ with me as to their choice,
but I have looked in vain for a
charge that President Taft has
failed to carry out as far as he was
able, the platform pledges of the
party, or that he was corrupt, and
dere'ict of his daty. I have failed
fin,i anv ?ueh chanres. Then
what have I found to be the great
cause of opposition to nis leuu.m
-finn? The great sin of commiss
ion laid at his door is, hs did not
Uve a certain office to this or that
man In the tot -place, mer
were not offices enough to go a
round. In the second place, he
did not give some of them to par
ties who thought they deserved
them. One other charge I liked
to have overlooked, was, that he
found a majority of both houses in
Congress Republican when he as
sumed office, and now the house is
Democratic and the Senate nearly
so. Have our memories grown so
short that we fcrget how hard a
time Mr. Roosevelt had with a Re
publican Congress in getting from
them laws which all claimed the
party had promised to enact? Did
not President Taft find as much or
more opposition from certain Re
publican representatives and Sen
ators, in his efforts to carry out
the platform promises made iu
190S than did Mr. Roosevelt? It
strikes me that if we are willing
to'do simple justice to our chief
magistrate, that we will place Re
publican defeat in 1910 on a Re
publican Congress aud not on the
president. Go to Washington and j
read the Journals of both houses,
and see if Republican representa
tives and Senators have not voted
and on many occasions are " not
voting against party measures and
ofteu with the Democrats. It's
the legislative part of the Repub
lican party which is to blame for
the people turning from them in
1910 to the Democrats in order to
rebuke those who had refused to
stand by Republican principles. I
hope to be in a position to vote for
the nominee next November, and
who he is, is a minor consideration
with me, but the platform my par
ty adopts at Chicago will decide
whether I vote the Republican
National ticket, or take to the
woods. In conclusion wish to
sound a note of warning to our
reople, for I hear it rumored that
a fight is going to be made to
change our plan of organization.
We have a very good plan and the
only fight will be made by time
serving, machine men to kill mi
nority representation. If the peo
pie want fair primaries and con
vantions where every Republican's j
vote is couuted as cast, ued a guar j
antee that the majority shall rule
in all our conventions, let them
send men instructed to vote for
and uphold minority representa
tion. No honest mau who is will
iog to trust the people objects to
minority representation. The man
who is after something, aud is
afraid to go before the people, and
let them decide between him and
another, is not the man to be trus
ted by our party. Every man for
his choice, and all for a united
front to the enemy, and victory at
the polls in November should be
our watch word.
E. II Mokkis.
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A general advance in the wages
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New England is announced by va
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Maine and woolen mill operatives
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have made difioite anuounceaienfs,
it is understood that the advance
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per cent, and for rertaiu cases of
operatives 7 per te it. or more.
Ex.
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Hon. Mahlon Pitney, of New
Jersey, the new Associate Justice
of the United States Supreme Court
has taken the oath of offife. '
Repels Attack of Death.
"Five years ago two doctors told me I
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statement was made by Stillman Green.
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different kinds. What other treatments I tried, helped me
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HEADQUARTERS
For all Kinds of Hardware.
When in need of anything in the
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E. E. Hunt. He is also head
quarters for everything in the
undertaking line a full line of
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Price as low as is consistent with
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With many thanks lor past
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor of W. L.
Merrell. deceased, not'ee is hereby given
to all persons holdirg claims against the
estate of said deceased to presen the
same fotoayment to the undersigned on
or before the 14th day of February, 1913,
or this notice ill be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to the es
tate of said deceased will please ca!l on
the nndersigned and make immediate set
tlement. This Feb. 14. 1S12.
K. WOOD, Executor of W. L.
Merrell. Deceased.
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We are beginning on our fourth
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to make your tobacco bring the high
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buyers and feel that those of our
friends who have been with us in the
past have done fully n3 well if not
better than elsewhere, we work har
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terest better than any warehouse in
the business. We want all our friend
to come back and those who haven't
been here to come. When you are
ready head this way.
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Very Truly.
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Statesville. N. C.
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