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v I : fi a I ''J ft VOL. XXIX MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT Oil Ell Jo, 1008 NO. l.J VOTING RELIGIOUS DUT. Christians Mull Attend Primaries Too, Says famous Pastor. NEW YORK, Oct. 5. --Church goers should regard the exercise of the franchise as religious func tion and should vote in accordance with religious precepts on every matter involving a moral question either in the issues at stake or in the personality of the candidates, declares the Rev. Charles F. Aked in the October number of Apple ton's magazine. Dr. Aked is pastor of the Fifth Avenue Bap tist church, of which Governor Hughes is a member. Further than this, he asserts it is just as much the duty of a church mem ber to attend ward meetings and to vote at the primaries as it is to take part in the affairs of his church or tp cast a ballot in the flection of a pastor. Acccrding to Dr. Aked the proportion of regular church at tendants who frequently stay a way from the polls on election day and who seldom or never take part in primaries or local meet ings for the election of delegates to conventions is larger than a mong any other class. The.de linquents, he holds, are as much responsible for corrupt conditions of government or the election cf unworthy men to public offices as are the heelers who buy votes to accomplish this result or the bar-room hangers-on who sell their ballots. "The abuses that have arisen in the past," says the Appleton article, "from the interference of the church in politics have been due to the fact that religion was mnie political instead of politics I " 7 rde t eUgious. Except unkr r'reamstf.iiefci of extrsor- j s as churches cannot enter arena of party politics. The church cannot become a caucus. Only the projection of a supreme mor al issue can warrant a clergyman in publicly taking a position as a party man. He may be permit ted in his own heart to pray for a party if he is satisfied that it is rot past praying for. But he can and should undertake a more important function one that un derlies all law and government the formation of righteous pub lic opinion. The church cannot compel in this day and genera tion. If it cannot inspire it is be cause it is no longer inspired and a church without inspiration is a corpse which people with decent regard to health should quietly bury. The church must teach that a Christian can no more neg lect the plain duties of citizen ship than he can neglect to pay his debts. The religious man who stands idly by and sees Amer ican politics made a byword for dishonesty is neither religious nor a man." Value ot Good Roads. In urg ing the value of good road3, President Finley, of the, Southern Railway, quotes from a Govern ment Report for 1906 the follow ing impressive estirr ate. "If it were possible to increase the av erage weight of a wagon-load of cotton in the United States from thrre bales as it now is, to four bales, without increasing the cost of hauling the load, the saving on a crop equal to the one picked in 1905 would amount to $2,000, O00; and if the average load of wheat, now fifty-five bushels, were increased by twenty bushels the saving effected in hauling a crop like that of 1905 would be more than $8.000.000." Healthy kidneys filter the impurities from the blood, and unless they do this good health is impossible. Foley's Kid ney Cure tnskes sound kidneys and will positively cure all forma of kidney and bladder disease. It strengthens the whole system. J. H. Gwyn. iuiarv inol As To Marketing Crops. To the Farmers of North Carolina Whatever your money crop may be, market it slowly. It is poor business policy to force any non appreciating market. The great bulk of agricultural products is non-perishable if kept under shel ter. Of course there is always danger of fire, but we have that risk covered by insurance for a small cost. Feed the markets on short rations and you will soon see prices boosted by an increas ed demand. Don't let the cry of "big crops" scare you into part ing with products at a price that will not give you a fair and just reward for your labor and the capital you have invested in your business. You don't find men in other callings disposing of products which represent a year's work and interest on the investment, at aprice below cost. The farm er has often done this by follow ing the suicidal policy of forcing on the market in four months' time crops which must meet and supplyja year's demand. Of course these crops are not to bears! will n'it be consumed in four months. They are bought by the "middle man" and held in storage until the demands of the market call for them at remunerative prices. We should not quarrel with the "middle man" as lon? as he con ducts a legitimate buying and selling business. Wc should quar rel with ourselves for not hand ling our own crops for our own benefit in the same business-like way as the "middle man" has been handling them for his bene fit. If products were not offered for sale on the streets of our tow ms at whatejT pHctNthey ' '' brimf "'s " j jld soon go out o! ' b.ji.!?.eii But as long as we follow the pres ent method of marketing our crops, there will be a legitimate field for the "middle man," and in fact, he is a necessary part of this mode of marketing. In the cotton crop, which is the princi pal money crop of the South, we can well believe that a fair mar gin is made by the men who stand between the producer and the spinner; otherwise there would not be so many "cotton buyers." Now, how are we to get out of these "old ruts" and upon the high way of successful business like the marketing of our crops? It must be done by extending the selling period throughout the year so that the supply will just keep pace with the demand. Also by "bunching" our products and selling in such quantities as de manded by large buyers. This is co-operative selling. How is it to be done? Through the storage or warehouse plan. Go to any large market town and you will find the cotton buyers using the warehouses to store our cotton in to be held until de manded by the spinner. We should do this for ourselves and save the profits that now go to the men who have been doing it for us. But you say that you have bills that are due and that you must realize money from your crop at once. Unfortunately this is true with a great many farmers. Too many of us are still following the old ruinous "credit system," which is the legitimate offspring of the "all cotton system" and, next to its parent, is the agricul tural interest of the South. Well. At any time when your stomach is not in good condition, you should take Kodol. because Kodol digests all the food you eat, and it supplies health and strength for the stomach in that way. You take Kndol just for a little while when you have slight attscks of indigestion, and you take it just a little longer in order to get relief from severe attacks of In digestion or Nervous Dyapepsis. Try kodol today. Sold by J. H. Gwynn. if you owe bills you should 'pay them when payment is demanded. But do not put all of your cotton on the market. Go to your local banker and borrow on your cot ton just as little money as you can possibly do with. Leave this money on deposit and use a check book. Your check may possibly pay several bills and finally be deposited to the credit some oth er man without money being drawn from the bank. I mention this because I know that bankers are more ready to loan money if it is to be left on deposit with them. Follow this plan and economize in every way possible until you get out of debt and then swear you will stay out. If farmers are ever to attain their commercial independence they must raise home supplies and quit buying on credit. I don't know a single farmer who has followed the "all cotton system" and made a success at all. Now, a few words about the cotton crop. The crop is greatly over-estimated. At the Farmer,' Union convention in Fort Worth, Texas, we had reports from every one of the cotton states, and ac cording to these reports from the field it is believed that within thirty days we will see a very material rise in the price. H. Q. ALEXANDER, President Farmers' Union. The Gambling uistict. There was a pathetic scene on Boston Common one day last week. One of our more imbe cile daily newspapers had adver tised that a key would be hidden within the limits of a specified part of the Common, with some exchar' of money for its finder. SomA.thv :sands .of kyoung men tuff into roughness " and peered under every hole in the fences and board walks. The whole thing wouid have been ludicrous if it had not been so sad. Most of the men who were active in the search appeared to belong to two classes, the perpetual loafers and the more ignorant working men out of a job. The collective energies of the crowd for half a day in money value at any rough work must have amounted to at least $1,000. The amount of the reward we did not stop to inquire. But the whole scene was a para ble of the mischief wrought by the speculative instinct in our national life. The fire of an im aginary wealth burned in these eyes. It was the same passion which sends men to the lottery and the gambling table, and makes the dangerous element on our exchanges. One felt the help lessness of the situation not so much because the times are hard and work is scarce, as because of the ingrained weakness and folly which, judging by their looks and actions, would make success in life impossible for most of these searchers. It would be dif ficult to think of any lasting hap piness or success, no matter what the conditions, for men in this mood. Surely it is the office of Christian teachers to discontinue this childish folly of expectation that some sudden miracle of pros perity will appear to solve the problems of life, and to set an ideal of success and happiness which depends upon faith and obedience to God's law of indus try, t- Congregationalist and Christian World. Tor Chromic Diarrhoea. "While in the army in 1363 I was taken with chronic diarrhoea," says George M. Felton of South Gibson, Fa. "I have since tried many remedies but without any permanent relief, until Mr. A. W. Miles, of this pla?e, persuaded ms to try Chamberlain's Celie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, one bottle of which stopped it at once." For sale by Gwynn Drug Co. Why Roosevelt Is Desperate. Nowxami Observer. That the Republican party is in dire straits is plainly evident to all who keep in touch with the trend of events which have crow ded one upon the other during the past two weeks of the nation al campaign, and nothing makes it more manifest that the vehe mence and virulence of President Roosevelt who is now carrying the full burden of the Republican campaign. Why is Roosevelt so desperate? That is a question which inevit ably presents itself to the mind, for Roosevelt has at times been at odds with his party, and has had to beg pathetically for Demo cratic support in order to save his face in various positions he has taken. It seems plain that it h neither the future of the Re publican party, or that of his man Friday which concerns him, ex cept as mere incidents bearing upon the future of Theodore Roosevelt. In that is to be found the solution of the Roosevelt ac tivity, the Roosevelt vituperation, the Roosevelt ward politics, the Roos e v e 1 1 o v e r s h a d o w i n g o f Ta f t , the Roosevelt position in the cen tre of the stage with the calcium li;ht on in full brilliancy. Son-in-law Nick Longworth in advertently blurted out the truth when he babbled family secrets and told the program that eight years from now it was to be papa-in-law Roosevelt for Presi dent on the Republican ticket, but that was only a possible half truth, for with either the success of Bryan or Taft the indications are that in 1912 Roosevelt will seek the Republican nomination. The only doubt as to the time of this hinges upon the result in 5.. w " rfryan is elec- KoQvti wiumV -....publican candidate in 191. and he will pose as the possiblceavior of that party. If Taft is elected then Roosevelt will perhaps bridle him self till 1916, but it is to be doubt ed that he will wait. He is hun gry for publicity, even for notor iety and he will stop1 at nothing that stands in his way. Take this projected big game hunt in Africa. That is for pub licity, and it will doubtless be followed up by a trip around the world, visits to rulers and poten tates, so that for four years the Roosevelt name will blossom forth regularly in the papers, and then with a hurrah in 1912 the Roose velt boom will be launched and the country will have to stand another period of his shouting, of his mock thunder, and of all those things for which the Big Stick Stands. Roosevelt is a self ish man, one who is willing to attain his purposes, his program is Roosevelt first, last and all the time. He is desperate today simply to attempt to make his power felt and his dic tatorship of the Republican par ty recognized. While his life lasts that party will have to rec kon with him, unless its leaders develop unexpected manhood and in the open fight him to the finish. And if Roosevelt's plans do not miscarry, what then? Aboveall things he desires to be called to the Presidency after an interim, and after that his purpose will be to dictate whom the choice shall be, and the public is rather well satisfied that Son-in-law Nick laid out a tentative program of Taft, then Roosevelt, then Dollar Jim Sherman, and then Nick or a lin eal Roosevelt heir. ' Whatever is done, however, the Roosevelt dy nasty is to be the aim of this com- Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickl), strengthenens the lungs and expels colds. Get the genuine in a yel low pscksge. J. IL Gwyn. bination which has put on foot a gigantic conspiracy the success of which would destroy the very spirit and purpose of this govern ment, and would make the claim of thi3 being a free country an "iridescent dream." Turn the way you will the ques tion thrusts itself into your face "Shall the people rule?" or is it to be a rule of one man back of whom uniting in his support stands the trusts, the combines, the predatory rich, the special interests. Is it to be that Theo dore Roosevelt and less than fifty other men shall hold in thrall the eighty-five'millions of Americans, or will the yoke, hid with the glitter of false promises, find wil ling necks waiting for it. The star of hope for the people in this dark night of selfish ambition and of conspiracy against the founda tions of the government is found in Bryan and the Democratic par ty, and success to that ticket means a nation redeemed from partyism slavery. The light is breaking and if the people rise in their manhood this country will see a better and a happier day. Boyd Goes For Buyers Ol Fluid. Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 9. The regular term of the United States District court adjourned for the term this afternoo i. The civil docket was called, but on account cf the absence of so many attorneys, either in the campaign or for other reasons all civil cases were continued until the next term of court. The cases tried this week have been in the main for jjlicit distil ling, retailing, etc. Todav Thom as Stroud, a negro who runs an employment agency here, was found guilty of usingjhe. guiltv of ladiei fro njxevr io wt Torn nesses agai fied that they h ey to pay traveling domestics, as well La fee ding them,' and in neither did they ever hear from the girl or from Tom, except an explana tion from him that the girls must have stopped on the way. One of the ladies was from Salisbury, N. Y., the other from Batavia, N. Y. The grand jury comple ted its work this afternoon and was discharged. There was considerable curios ity felt as to reports that there would be some indictments of prominent citizens connected with a national bank which recently faded, but such rumors proved to to be unfounded on fact, as no such indictments were found. In the Federd Court there came up for trial the case of an old negro from Alamance county indicted by the government for retailing. It seems that the old fellow had in his house "for per sonal use" a two gallon jug of corn whiskey. Three beardless youths of the neighborhood, made up a pot so to speak, of $1.25 and prevailed upon the "personal user" to dispense to them a por tion of his joyful fluid. After the testimony of these three boys was adduced the government it self asked for a verdict of not guilty, and the court directed the entry of such verdict Just here his Honor, Judge Boyd, took oc- . top ti- ' sens V exfcc f .ave 100 PIGS. One hundred fine pigs on hand. Or der before they are picked over. JOHN. L casion to read a lecture: HOT SHOT AT WITNESS. "Here, you boys, what do you mean by buying liquor from this old- negro? You are a pretty looking trio to be engaged in such practice, aren't you? I want to say to you right here, that here after I am going to hold the law to be when parties purchase li quor from another party and the case comes before me, that the purchasers themselves are guilty, and you'll have a hard time get ting out of my court without con viction. Three little upstarts like you boys, getting an old dar key into trouble of this kind, you ought to be ashamed of yourselv es and you all need a good thrash ing, and I want you to remember that if you ever get into my court again in a case of this kind, I am going to see if I can't find some law that will handle you a? well as the defendant. Now, get out of the court room, let them be discharged. Mr. Clerk, I don't want them in here." And quickly turning to the old negro the court said: "You are an old fool, yourself; you put yourself right in the door of the penitentiary, and if you are ever before me again I'll go, after you." The jury was much affected by this speech, and after adjourn ment came to the judge for a good handshake. Seed Corn Selecting Seed-Corn for Larger Yields. The practice of select ing seed-corn from the barn late in the spring costs the farmers of North Carolina, in decreased d corn, an amount than fiTt million yieldr-waif eat I mails fir I 11.. Tl i . d from those two well-de- per stalk, remem- in the selection of should select from the that will yield the largest amount of shelled corn per stalk Select from the field three to five times as much corn as it is ex pected to be needed, so that a very rigid selection of the ears may be made during some win ter day. Make selections from stalks that not only bear two well developed ears, but from those that have a good leaf de velopment and large root system. Select ears that are borne at a uniform and convenient height Discard all ears that have tips poorly covered with husks. When during the winter, the corn thus gathered is gotten out for more careful selection, choose those ears of cylindrical shape and those which possess deep wedge shaped and large-germed grains which completely and deeply cover the cobs and which are ar ranged in parallel rows. Select heavy, well-matured ears that have medium-sized cobs with kernels that are heavy in weight and medium rough in indenta. tion, and which have the butts and tips fairly well filled out Keep the seed stored in a dry place until planting time. C. B. Williams, Director North Caro lina Agricultural Experiment Station. A. YOUNG, Greensboro, N. C. Stalks i
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