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.. i I 'HERE SHALL THE PRESS. THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." VOLUMN XV. MOCKSVTLLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18, 1914. NUMBER 37 ;S - ? . - Not Pleased With Central Highway. Mr. Editor: If one was to take the newspaper reports on the new highway as a basis for a conclusion they would think all was satisfactory all along the line and throughout the county, but such is not the case. I speak only for Calahaln township. From the published reports one would infer that the route for the road by Calahaln was the cheapest and nearest route from Mpcksville to Statesville, but any man that Has sense enough to go in out of the rain, can see that it is not the near est route that the most direct route would lead through South Calahaln, besides South Carolina has two bet ter bridge sites than on the pro posed route It would also take much less grading than the propos ed route. It would also accomodate more people in the township. From Mocksvilleto Calahaln the people are right thickly settled to, be sure, but from Calahaln to D. L. Lowery's which is fully one-fourth of the way through the township, there is but one family living. Now we are not objecting to North Calahaln . having the highway, but we do object to spending all of the township's part of the good road money on one road when it could be built cheaper an other way, and distribute the im proved roads more evenly over the county. As it is there will three roads within a few miles of each other and leave another distance of at least ten miles wide without any improved road. Give South Cala haln half of the money or her pro portion according to the tax we pay and we will let North Calahaln take the National Highway and go re joicing. I don't think that more than two of our Road Commission ers were ever in South Calahaln. We invite them to come in and look at us. They may be like a taxjister . from North Calahaln a .few vyears ago who came to what was Kappa postoffice at that time to list taxes without sending any notices into the community telling when he would be there. When asked why he didn't advertise he said he did not think anybody much lived down here. I was once traveling over the Blue Ridge at a gap where there were but three houses the entire distance from the bottom to the top of the mountain. When I met a na tive and asked him where they got hands to keep their road in such good condition he said the woods were full of them. So we say to our commissioners the woods are full of them in South Calahaln. . It has been frequently said that one of our Road Commissioners said that South Calahaln did not deserve any thing and skould not have anything if he could help it. This may be untrue, but if it is he has the privi lege of "showing us." Don't de serve anything! Maybe that is the reason that we have never had but one county commissioner in the me mory of man. Maybe that is the reason we have had but one taxlist er in the memory of man. Maybe that is the reason we have had but one justice of the peace. Maybe that is the reason we had to go to North Calahaln to cast our ballot until recently. Maybe that is the reason the school teacher at Davie Academy was allowed to teach only 17 days for the money appropriated by the State when the State said he should teach 21. Maybe that is the reason that we would not get any thing if it wasn't for the fact that the politicians want our help at elec tiontime. Kappa's Chronic Kicker. Best Family Laxative. Beware of constipation. Use Dr. King's New Life Pills and keeo well. Mrs. Carles E. Smith, of West Franklin, Me., calls them "Our family laxative." Noth ng better for adults or aged. Get them w-aay. 25c. All dnnJ?ists nr hv mail. H- E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis- Ad. w&en you hear a girl say that some other girl is "sweet,17 it . is m to wager that ttajhetgirSp nt handsome. . . t treatment for Constipation "My daughter used Chamberlain's Tab ets for constipation with goads results and pcan Commend them highly," writes IU! a Babn. Brushly. La. Foksale by au dealers. - . - ... Ad. Thirteen Planks For Your Platform " But it is not only a matter of getting good men to mn; they must run on a good platform, a platform of progress. And by a platform of progress wedon'fc mean a platform of national issues, tariff, currency, money question, Wood row Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and so on, such as your State Leg islature will have nothing on earth to do with. We mean a platform of progress affecting your own county and your 'own"State. See that your candidate stauds for the following things: 1. Better public sohools, in cluding eompulsory attendance at least between the ages of eight and twelve as is now required in North Carolina. (We should prefer 8 to 14.) 2. Better roads for your county. Not expensive macadam highways or the lew, but sand clay or grar el construction, and especially a system of dragging the common dirt roads that the great body of common people chiefly use. 3. A better system oi taxation that will (1) insure a full value as sessment or a higher rate of tax-, ation on all unused farm lands and own lots held by speculators, and (2) which will put other axes argely on inheritance and unearned incomes instead of on labor and the poor man's home. 4. Land segregation between the races a plan which will allow white communities that wish to do so to keep themselves white and their land in white hands. 5. Salaries instead of fees for your county officers, and the aboli tion of the useless office of count treasurer. "'A:: bank?: ban act -as reasurer without its costing the county a cent, or if at present a bank cannot so act in your county, get the law changed so it can. 6. A county school superintend ent and a farm demonstiation agent each employed for his whole time, and if possible a whole-time county health officer all selected or ability and leadership and not or political considerations. 7. Require the chairman of your eounty board of commissioners to take time enough to see that the county's money is economically and productively used and pay him for tha time so used . This is not an expense, but an investment. He ean save the cost to the county many times over. 8. The Torrens System of re gistering land titles. (North Caro line has this already). :v. 9. A bill to make cohabitation of the races a crime, ana to niase property owners responsible for renting houses for immoral pur poses. ' - 1Q. Advanced temperance and child labor legislatioar 11. Laws for direct primaries, punishing corrupt practices, and hastening direct legislation. A citizen of Davie county called at our office and added the follow ing planks, which we think are good ones: 12. Law making it a misue meanor to kill or sell to those who kill for veal or beef, heifer calves nnder six months of age. 13. A law taxing all male dogs one dollar and female dogs tnree rinllarR Der annum and making tne owners of dogs responsible for all damages done by their dogs. Let all progressive citizens get together and select men for the Senate and House of Representa tives, who will pledge themselves to have enacted into law the above measures. C ASTOR I A Tr-font. and Children. The Kind You Hate Always Bought Bears the Signature of Boosting Your Town. Fairbrother's Everything. - It isn't all when you talk for your town. What- every man should do is to spend at horn every dollar he spends. If the price is a little more than a mail order house agrees to feruiah it, don't let that iaterfrre. Remember that every -time we secure a big' store, a successful merchant, he building or rents one that you or some other man has built; he pays taxes here, and he employs clerks. He consumes gas and electrieJights; he supports the newspapers; he pays occupation tax, he assists in all the charities and supports' the churches, and public organizations. He increases the value of your real estate; he makes it possible for the profes sional man to exist; he builds . a city, in a word, and with the mer chant we would have no town. We would have no newspapers and printing office; no telegraph offices; no banks; no anything but just a community where there were a few houses, and land wouldn't be worth as much per acre as it is worth a foot in a growing town. Buy everything at home you can buy. Do hot let parcels post and cheap goods allure you. Build up a city by purchasing things at home. Give your merchants a living profit. In these days of close competition he isn't going to rob you, if he were inclined. He helps you. He helps you in a thousand ways, and yon get back more than you ever pay him. He becomes a collective force, and you are only the individual. 1 . Brief News Items. ...y Six thousand bales of cotton were destroyed at Waco, Tex., worth $420,000, a few days ago. " Three million five hundred thous and eggs arrived in the United States from China last week. Not much chance for the American hen under free trade. . A tire in St. Louis last week de stroyed the Missouri Athletic Club and more than 30 people were burned to death. A little child in Roanoke, Va., swallowed a taek and strangled to death a few days ago. Mrs. Louella Gillespie, of Roa noke, Va., sued the N. & W. Rail road for the death of her husband, who was killed in a wreck and was awarded $15,000. Greensboro is not growing fast. Daring 1913 there were 352 deaths in that city and only 251 births. Kickapoo Worm Killer Expels Worms. The cause of your child's ills The foul, etid, offensive breath The starting up with terror and grinding of teeth while asleep The sallow complexion The dark circles under the eyes Are all indications of worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer is what your child needs; it expels the worms, the cause of the child's unhealthy condition. For the removal of seat, stomach and pin worms, Kickapoo Worm Killer gives sure relief. Its laxative effect adds tone to the general system. Supplied as a candy con fpntinn children like it. Safe and sure relief. Guaranteed. Buy a Dox - to day Price 25c. All druggists or by mail. Kickapoo Indian Med. Co., Philadelphia or Ad. ,. ' ' ' 1 1 1 " 1 m The more time you spend in arguing over how a thing should M chmild not be done, the less likely it is that it will get done. To The Housewife. Madam, if your husband is like most men he expects you to loon alter me health of yourself and children. Coughs and colds are the most common of the minor ailments and are most likely to lead to serious diseases. A child is much more iri tn contract diphtheria or scarlet uavi j fever whenji. has a cold, If you, will in quire into the merits of 7 the vanous re medies that are recommended for coughs and colds, you will find that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stands high in the estima tion of people who use it. It is prompt nd effectual, pleasant and safe to take. which are qualities especially to be desired when a medicine is intended for children. xT ,nin Kir all dealers. : Ad. X VI Baib ' - Western North Carolina a Great Frait Country- Southern Farm Journal. The south has been regarded so ong as the land of cotton, and only cotton, that many people do not know that the south is now pro ducing some of the finest apples grown anywhere in the country. In recent state and national frait shows, the south has surprised ruit growers all over the country by carrying off a large share of the premiums. People are led to wonder how a state producing: a subtropical crop like; cotton ean also grow to perfection the apple, which requires a cool climate. The apple crop of the south is not produeed in the low country, but in the high elevations of the Pied mont and mountain regions where the altitude gives a cool climate ike that of the northern states. A glauce at the map of the United States, will show that the Appa- achian mountain system - covers the entire western portion of the states of Virginia and North Caro ina and the eastern part of Ten nessee and extends into the north ern portions of South Carolina and Georgia. The mountainous por tion of these states is the apple region of the south. This section is also the " great summer play ground of the tourist. The same bright skies and clear cool moan- tain air that bring - the tourist to this region, also paint the rich colors oa southern grown apples and put the fine flavors within. A mountain region, on aecount of the clearer air afforded by the altitude, gives brighter colored and higher flavored fruit than that grown at ower altitudes. In addition, to this a southern mountain region has a longer growing season and brighter sunshine, and for that reason offers the very best oppor- nnities for commercial fruit grow-4 IDg. i Owing to the exploring and de veloping of the great west, this splendid fruit territory of the south has, until recently, been un noticed and undeveloped. How- ever, tne nne iruu grown in ioib southern mountain region has of ate been attracting a great deal of attention at horticultural exhibit ions, and on account of these lands being so reasonable in price, a reat many people have come into this section and taken up lands and are developing them into com mercial orchards. Practically ev- erv old nr : neglected orchard of " ; any size has been bought up and renovated, and young orchards ot high quality varieties are being nlanted. Many large tracts of cut-over lands are being opened up and the natural trees of the forest are beinsr rapidly replaced by a u . v w forest of fruit trees. In this commereial orchard de velopment no state is making more rapid strides than North Carolina. The Old North Statfr has,-accord ing to the United States census 5,000,000 bearing apple trees in commercial orchards and 2,500,000 neach trees. New orchards are being planted every year. Moun tain land that was formerly con sidered of little value, because it was unfit for general crops, is now found to be of high value because it is so admirably fitted lor com mereial orcharding. The Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains seem to be a natural nrotectinfir barrier from the cold A O waves that sweep across the cen tral west, while the region is too far northto be affected by the fierce tropical gales that blow from the southThe protected coves and long elevatea slopes affc adequate air drainage, so that the danger from the frosts is greatly minimized.: A total failure 6 fruit in these thermal zones of our southern mountain region is prac c . . . tically unknown. -This southern mountain region, by Virtue of its position' ean' get its product into market before northern and weaTern apples are mature. .It has, therefore, prac tically no competition on early varieties of apples.' The great in flax of population to the south to take up fruit lands, is letting oar Own people see that there is a rich value in their rugged hills and mountain slopes of which they lit- tie dreamed. At the rapid rate at which it is now developing the Southern Appalachian region will in the very near future be one of the leading commercial fruit re gions of the country. W. N. Hutt, jn, Carolina mate Horticulturist. WOMEN FIND THIS IS BETTER THAN CALOMELJP"0680'1116 Wfann. app"el- Many Mothers and Wive Have Learned That Dodaon'a Liver Tone is a Fine Remedy for Constipation. Crawford's Drag Store will tell you mat n rates me women to realize the merits of a new remedy tor constipation .and biliousness quickly and surely, whether it is or themselves or someone else in their families. There are today a great number of households su which Dod son's I Liver Tone has come to take the plaee of dangerous calomel as well as all other remedies for such ail ments and where an atmosphere of health and happiness now prevails. Dodson's Liver Tonic is uncondi tionally guaranteed by Crawford's Drue Store to be a sate liver remedy and regulator, absolutely harmless and. with no bad after effects such as are liable with calomel. Dodson's is a: pleasant tasting vetratahlfl linnid and lears thn " aching head and " suffering body witn no pain nor gripe. So perfect a remedy has Dodson's Liver Tone proved o be that your druggist will refund the purchase price,(50.) instantly without ques- tion if yon are not thorouehly sat- isfied". They are authorized to do so by Dodson, who doesn't want your money unless his remedy can ueueue- uuucr bqcu cuuuitiuus n i . , . . rust wuuiu aeem mc pat l oi wits- i I dom Gambling In High Life. The followingtis sent out from aim Beach, Fla.: "Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs of New York is reported to have won $4,000, in one night and $600 and $700 on other nights at bridge. Her winnings are said o be larger than those of any other woman here this season." "Bridge" in this case is 1 'bridge whist," a be possible! We heard uothing of popular society card game. In these in the discussion that preced some places, where they haven't ed the election. There was but he nerve to play for money strahrhtour, the society folks "beat the devil around the stump" by giving prizes af card games. In the "higher up" social circles, where they are wealthy enough to do as they please to defy public opinion and the lawthep play for money straightout; and really if ducer could not be accepted as nxea they're going to gamblelt is better and that lie might take advantage to go straight to it. Statesville of the American market was viol Landmark, ently i ejected. . A - " Apples for Patent Concord, March 10. C. S. Smait superintendent of the Locke Cotton 8d reduction in rales has been Mill, has made application for ma(ie) and so far as the American patents on a quill-cleaning machine buying public is concerned it is ii for cotton mills he invented last year while superintendent of the mills at Cooleemee. The machine is protected by a patent in this country. Mr. Smart has been so successful in placing the machine in the American mills that he will make an effort to introduce it abroad. Spring Blood and System Cleaner. During the winter months impurities accumulate, your blood becomes impure and thick, your kidneys, liver and bowels failtoork. causing so-called Spring Fever.! You feel tired, weak and lazy. Electric Bitters the spring tonic and n I, m i la.ni.p i a what VfMLn tf t VlPV stimCAte the kidneys. Iarid bowels to neaitny action, expei Diooa impurities D J ' . and restore your health', strength and am- Kemedy. ... bjtioil Electric Bitters makes you feel Ml take pleasure in recommending Cham like hew. Start a four weeks treatment berlain's Cough Remedy to my customers it will put you in fine shape for your because I have confidence in it. I find spring work. Guaranteed. All druggists, that they are pleased with it and call for 50c and $1.00. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or bt j Louis.- Ad The Tariff Dream. " The slorm center of every tariff fight in the memory of the present generation has been the woolen schedule. The most glowing pro raise that has been held ont by the adocates of a low tariff is the one to make clothes cheaper. - The iniquities of Schedule K were shouted by oratorical throats from Loast to coast It was a popular slogan and tan effective promise. A great part of the country was really convinced that it was the tariff duties that made clothes cost niore than the 5uver de8ired tQ pay, and that alone. Men were confident that radical tariff revision meant low iuia nau oeen guaranteed to mem by those who wished a change. Whether or not it is trae that clothes make the man, it is certain that the price of clothes made many thousand of votes for the Demo. crati(J u k t . . 00 ine larm wal revised, wool put on the free list, and .the rates on cloth greatly reduced. 'An oxpectant world stands ready to 4. . . , .lu" "viuR 10 me consumer." so ear- ped upon and so glibly guaranteed. is now being awaited. The audi- ence j9 jQ jt8 seats, the stage is all 4 , . . set for the miracle play. Bu4 instead of the promised per- formance, there now comes the announcement from the makers of Mnthen that, thproia t.uann nhnm, . rvi,a last ?ear U1 cost fifteen dollars inis year; me iwemy-uouar sun ox 1913, under the old tariff, is still tha twenty dollar snit of 1914. nn . . me new law. ... 18 Lirue lU0J Ba inat olom will cost a few cents Jess per yard in the medium and much-used gra(je8 but, of course, such a re in , , . , , . uuciiuu uaj uia&. uu uiucrcuvo ... . . a. I. . . a. ia l r a iL ine garment useii. adu mry declare that even this reduetion will not benefit them, as the . dif- ference will all be absorbed by the middlemen who handlo the import- ed cloth, and by the foreign manu facturer who has raised his own. price. What is this new heresy that is being circulated! Other villains In the cost of living problem, can that one villain, but one criminal to punish, and that the tariff. When it was suggested that the middle man might be a factor and cost or distribution an element in the situation, the idea was laughed to scorn. Any intimation that the present price of the foreign pro- And so the brightest dream, of all tne low tariff. illu8ion8 adea away. The promised and threaten- n0 charge had occurred. Over tne counter passes the same amount 0f money in exchange for a suit of ci0thes. The consumer has gained nothing. There have been losses, though. Tne w00i grower has lost anil the manufacturer as well. The United States has lost millions of dollars of needed revenue. The only ones to gain from the change in Schedule K are the middlemea and the manufacturer who owes allegiance dig. -Philadelphia . b r Press. Recommends Chamberlain V3C2 it when again in need of such a medicine. A- 1 . . m - ft m II . m f I writes J. w. dexson, inonicvauo. rpr 1 sale by all dealers. AO. V ! I' 1 .! i t
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