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MOUNl AIRY, JYORTI1 CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER, 17, 1912. .
VOL. XXXIII
JVO. 15
GREAT VOTING CONTEST
Elegant Obermeyer Ct Sons Piano and Other Valuable
Prizes to be Awarded to Successful Candidates
The Mount Airy News and Merchants of the
Town
T f T3
Read Announcem
and
;nt on Fourth Page
Get in the Game
of this Issue
The Mount Airy News this
wet k inaugurates the greatest
Voting contest ever held in th:.s
Heetitm of the state, iuid (lit;
which we believe will arouse, a
great deal of interest.
Tthis contest will extend over
a period of about tH) days, and at
the close of the contest some lady
in Mt. Airy or vicinity will bo
the proud possessor of a hand
some .$100 piano.
On page four of this issue win j sen ted to the people
he found a full explanation of j Airy and vicinity.
it may be the starter of a win
ner. Fill out the nominating
blank and send it or hand it in
to The Mount Airy News office,
as this may be the means of help
ing sarnie deserving lady to win a
handsome piano or some of the
other valuable prizes enumerated
in tlhe list.
This contest is without doubt
the bigg.'st business getting en
terprise that haa ever been pre-
of Mount
WHO ARE YOU
FOR PRESIDENT?
WHY ARE YOU?
the contest, with the rules which
will govern it, and a list of beau
tiful and useful auxiliary prizes
which will be given by the pro
gressive 'merchants of the city.
There are a great number T
prizes besides the piano, anv
one of which will be well worth
winning, and every contestant
who gets out and makes any
kind of a hustle will he sure of
winning a handsome prize, even
if she does not win the piano.
This contest is put on under
the auspices of the Publisher's
Music Co. of Chicago, who will
have charge of the arrangements.
This company makes a business
of conducting these popular vot
ing contests and at present has a
number of them under way in
this and other states.
ISome popular lady will have a
'Bwmtiful piano a? the., .jesuty. of.
this contest, and a number of oth
ers will have beautiful prizes of
i various kinds. T
V Read the rules elsewhere in
this issue, inspect the offerings
of, the merchants, and learn hew
you may secure .votes for your
selvt s or friend.
Fse Hie 2o-vote coupon in this
issue and cast it for someone, as
! While the Mount Airv N'ews
! enjovs a good business, nevorthe
less we are always reaching out
after more and m ur prcs-nt
method of helping "others, we
hope in return to help ourselves,
We expect to increase our sub
scription) list at an exceedingly
rapid rate, iuid thereby benefit
the advertiser.
Renumber that a number of our
Lading merchants are interested
in this contest and give 25-vote
coupons with every dollar cash
purchase. Also those who do not
fully understand the rules and
regulations of this contest can
call or write this office and we
will lie pleased to go over the
proposition with them-
Remember to have your friends
trade with the merchants' who are
giving the coupons. They are
reliable trades pecple rs follows:
F. M. Poore, ' s " 1 " " . '
Karp's 5 and 10 ct. Store.
-AW E. MorrLttCo., .
F. L- Smith Hardware Co.
C. E. Lundy,
W. R Havmorc,
"Pier D.i.jr Co.
R- II. Leonard,
Frank' Howard,
AV. W. lWirko.
The most unusual, hard fought,
and pownrfully-in-earne'-t cun
paigu waged in the history of
our government i.s now drawing
to a. (dose.
The fii rce campaigns waged
before th" party convent inns, th'
eonventii n:s themselves, both in
number arid performances pre
sented, the additional number
of candidates presented for the
considnratieai of the voters of
the United States, the kimls o'f
campaigns1 waged jonee the oou-
vtntions, all these thing and
many others have unit'd ut mak
iilr this the mi t interesting elee-
tiun that has perhaps been held
mi our country. The Democratic
arty, Republican Party, Pro
gressive Party. Socialist Party,
and Prohibition Party, have all
held their conventions, Humiliat
ed candidates for the offices f
resident and ice President ot
the United States, ar:d declared
their theories of government
through, their respective plat
forms. That all of these differ
ent parties obtain today, that
each party has its champions and
its supporters, proves undeniably
two things: First. That the pres
ent method of administration of
our affairs, that the prewent sys
tem i.s unsatisfactory and inef
fective, and .Second, Tliat the
American voter is realizing that
it is his duty and his privilege
to vote in accordance with
own judgment, that it is
Evening Post makes the follow
ing statement: "In our judg
ment President Taffs nomination
was a. tainted nomination. There
vas in it trickery antl fraud...
it was a nomination made by a
minority instead of a majority."
lr accepting the nomination
for the presidency Mr. Taft's
speech dealt largely with the
record made during his adminis-
A i H. .1
iraiion. loro than two years
before he had signed the Payne
Al ridge tariff bill, declaring it to
be the "best tariff bill ever pars
ed." In his speech he reaffiuiud
his belief in, a protective tariff.
The New York Evening Mail
criticises his speech as "a morass
of apologies, negations, doubts.
evasions, and special pleadings of
Mr. Taft." The New York
World finds but a single sentence
in this- s-peech revealing the
smallest appreciation on the part
of its maker of the personal and
political shortcomings which
luive wrecked his administration,
divided his party, and brought
the thunders of the oiicomirg
Democracy within hearing of the
White llmi-e . . . (again) that
"every paragraph will give a new
reason for the iopular disaj)
jointment in Mr- Taft which has
been growing rapidly in the last
two years."
Mr. Taft and the Republican
I,;, party promised the voters, four
his'years nK iat they would revise
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from date and it will count for 2o votes,
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io money is
rc-
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October 17th, 1.112.
Nominating; Blank
Popular Vote Contest
.1912
I hereby nominate or suggest the name of
Add
ress .
As a lady worthy to become a candidate in your Popular
Voting Contest. I present this name with the distinct un
derstanding and agreement that the editor shall not divulge
my name. This does not obligate me in anv way whatever.
Signed.
Address.
Dr. Edwin A. Aldexman, Presi-(and ability to refuse to
dent of the University of Virgin
ia says of Woodrow Wilson:
"In Woodrow Wilson the coun
try has found a rare man, such
as Democracy has not found 'to
its hand in some generations,
with a profound: knowledge of
human, government and the work
ings of modern society. His very
radicalism, and every searcher
after truth must hit at the root
sometimes, is thoughtful radical
ism tempered by learning' and
patience and the long look ahead.
It has been demonstrated that
he has faith in himself and capac
ity to live alone with his ideals, i
com
promise with the half truth or the
self-seeker. It has been seen
that he knew how to teach men
what he knew with swift and
winning charm, and he has
demonstrated above everything
rue possession of a brand of calm
ajid capable courage that haa
touched a. soft spot in the hearts
of a courage-loving people. What
American executive of recent
time has exhibited greater pow
er to instruct the public mind,
to win public confidence, to gain
great fundamental results agains-t
gicat odds?"
duty to use his own intelligence
and to express his own opinion
accordingly.
Jiut, while it is the privilege
of every VoTer to express l'.ls own
opinion, it is at the saane time
his duty to strive to act in
telligently .
While all of these parti's
have placed before the Ameri
can people, their nomincs, it
will he hardly be contended
that the successful candidate will
come from the last two nam;
partus. It is with the firt that
we wi.sh ti di al.
Tl, . I .....1 i: . ti xi ,
Jl" iiepuoiieau i any nas iieeii
ui puuer i or sixteen, years; it.s
record is before you. William
Howard I aft has been your Pros
ideiit. for four years; his record
ls neiore you. l p until two
years ago the Republican Party
".is in power in longress; its
record is before you. A conven
tiou of the Republican. Party was
recently held at Chicago aiid its
record, is Iteiore you. This eon
. . A ' 1 1 . ..
em.ioii oeciared I'reswlent Taft
as its nominee and he is before
you.
. There is perhaps no ageiicv in
our national life that plays such
an important role in bringing
our people together, and in re
flecting sentiment on public ques
tioius as do our great daily news
papers and magazines. We do not
ask yon to vote for our .nomi
nees bwause they are our nomi
nees, but we do ask you to act
intelligently and honestly. ;
in speaking (j- the convention
that iionninat.sl Taft, the New
York World had the. following
to say: "If this contest means
anything it means that the old
gods of the Republican party are
dead. The old order is cl'iang-'
ed- The old leadership is re
pudiated. The -,ld bosses- are
done for. The "rank and filn
demand a new dispensation . . .
(again) "Morally the Taft ad
ministration has been rcieete.l
y the Republican nartv. Mr
Taft held the Chicago conven
tion by grace of the Republican
machine. That alone saved him
from the humiliation of beinr
overthrown, by the man who
made him President" (again)
"The American people want a
new deal and they are goiihg to
have it. The great fact is that
the American jeople are thor
oughly aroused to the need of a
political housecleaning that will
sweep privilege and plutocracy
from places of power. The party
that disregards these plain warn
ings of popular discontent is
headed straight for disaster."
Referring to its record of
twentj years of loyalty to the
Republican party, the Chicago
11 a.. it 1 MM 1 1 nil
uie lariii laws, iney uid. lliey
did' revise the tariff laws; they
revised them upward, and today
the tariff schedules are higher
ttai,; ;,vr P fonv.: Their '..ftrmvjjr
to criticism on the part
of the American people was
this: "We promised to revise
the tariff laws but we didn't say
whether it was to be upward or
downward- We have kept our
promise." Did the pecple think
sal Two years ago the test
resulted in a repudiation of the
Republican party, and a Demo
cratic Congress. Several tariff
bills were passed by the Demo
cratic Ccngress that would have
brought, great relief to the
A.nei-ic'iiB people, that would have
saved us millions of dollars that
are now going into the coffers of
State and County Goverflmco!
WHO ARK YOU FOR AND WHY?
We conceive it to be the pro
vince of a State (government to
provide; First, educational facil
ities for every child by the ety
tablislhiuent and perpetuation of
a non-tt'f'tarian free sv.hool sys
tem within reach of the hum
blest and poorest, as well as the
richcHt child; and with this
nectary institutions of higher
learning the High School, the
Colleg and the University, so th. t
the acquisition of knowledge, and
the development of one's self
shall not depend ijpoti the wealth
of a parent, but only upon his
desire tor advancement alonsr
these lints, the State making 't
possible for any man's boy or
girl to si-cure an education, re
gardless of their financial cir
cumstances. Second, the preservation of the
lives, health and property of iU
citizens.
Third, Inasmuch as ours is
Jargelv an agricultural Kfa.t
the encouragement of agricultural
pursuits, the promotion of thi-j
fanners' welfare, comfort arid!
advancement. . j
Fourth, to guarantee to ev-j
cry man, womani ami child, of!
whatevfr vocation or calling
eiual and exact justice, in so far
as a State i.s able to perform, j
Fifth, to care for the unfortunate-
In 1S0G the Rejuiblican lealei.s
wo do not charge this to the
rank and file, for they would
not any -more do violence to
their State or their fellow men
than a Democrat but the lead
ers took possession cf this Stat,'
and assumed the management of
our affairs. What was the re
sult! No building of new and
comfortable school houses over
j)!- venting dirsea.se, lowering
the death rate and the great
good being accomplished Is not
to )h m -astired in dolhrs-
though it saves us much mon
eybut in the health and pre
si rvation of our lives.
The ST. ate, und-r ! hi wratie
rub-, licking to th" preservation
of our projrty and the develor-
'ii: nt ot our resource lu s e.
tablisbid the "North Carolina
CtjoIogM-al and Economic Sur
vey " for the examination of the
mineral, forest, fisherv. aid oth
er resources) oj the State; the
cxaminatii n f th geological for
mations i the State with refer
euei to th'-ir oconf m'c products;
the examination d classific
ation of tl. with r 't'reence
ito lh
i
cupaf
th.
oc-
!: of tin people.
Stat(-, by the enaetm -V. f
insurarce laws. h..s ian ! it
nigh impossible f r fr li:-
n oiraii'i-e
dollar of
WIS"
well
lent, or iin stionabh
companies to got a
money trom our eojil .
Tlie State, under Democratic
rule, i.s doing much through the
agricultural department, to ad
vance the cause of agriculture
by the holding of Farmers Insti
tutes, giving information as to
the cultivation of the soil, the
eradication of disease of olints
and animals; by the establish
ment of test farms, the enaet
j inent and execution of laws to
j prevent the sale of inferior an I
j worthless s eds. airrl indeul. k
doing so much for the farmers'
'welfare that our agricultural de
partment is considered the lost
among the S-utlu in States.
The (State, umler Dijnocrati-e
Rule, has enacted laws, regulat
ing the empb.yment of children
ami womi n in our factories and
public works, and fixing limita
tions en the hours for work; it
has enacted laws looking to the
fair and emia! taxation f iro-."'
tlfc .??re9t
m,M 11. .. l :.
uui fiiiimiiinHaiui,. jiv e.vieii.sii.u ..i ,j . .
uj r railronds nwiv h
lour oi nepuoiicau ruie ine fi
i i i in
iM.uiioer oi scnooi weeas was
oO.lif!, while in the four years
thereafter, under Democratic rule
the n lumber of seluiol weeks was
(o.4(. In the nine years under
Democratic rule from P.K32 to
If 1 1 there were built in North
Carolina thne thousaiul, three
hundred and twelve comfort aUe
s.'ho)l houses, more than one
for evtry lay in the year for
tht.se nine years, thus providing
he childrein of every walk in
life, especially nicesj-arv to the
ell i li I n n fT ixi.ii .f .,.ill ,...,, -
.1 . , j--......,., 4 till If afllftll Iff, if If-.,
,n B . j better and more comfortable
Ihese b.ll.s went to the 1 resi.lent i s,llu0i ,M(llss aml gohool
for his ratification W hat did tmns ja 1!)n7 til(. i),.m(,eratic
he do? He says lie favors a ; (Jtwral AsSi ml)v ,n)m,,(I.Witl.d
lull lil' iT LTfint ImI1 IllkS lAllfTt!-'.,..
; r- !,l"V,7'' T 1 ii p-X'.UlH) for the establishment
"" 'lu o-'oi erse co.uu , rUra, j, S(.h(J,s U1j
be do but veto it? Do you want ! , P), a..,m.. r ion
.m. 4 I I I I' I ' It'll
relict Do you have a reason
able ground for believing that
you will get the relief that you
seek at the hands of the Repub
lican party 1
Mr. Roosevelt was a candidate
lx-foro the Chicago Convention,
lie says that the politicians, the
Taft machine and the national
committee stole the nomination
from him when the American
people had shown by their pri
maries that lie was their choice.
Ills friends say the same thing.
All the great Roosevelt papers
and leaders claim that RoosevU-t
was the rightful nominee of the
party; that the great majority of
the Republican voters wanted
Roosevelt; that popular govern
ment was ignored and the Taft
machine substituted therefor.
The Roosevelt supporters h"!d
another Convention; organized
the Progressive Party; nomiinated
Roosevelt as their candidate for
President; ami wrote a platform.
He tells the people today that
if he its elected as President he
will annihilate the trusts ami
monou,lie, that he will reduce
the high cost of living and that
he will right many wrongs. lie
says that he will see to it that
the hours of labor shall be short
ened for women, that he will pro
tect the laborer, that he favors
womani suffrage and many other
things.
Theodore Roosevelt was Presi
dent of the United States for
seven years, with a Republican
Congress and a Republican Sen
ate. Did he destroy any trusts
And monopolies! Statistics show
that the number increased from
Continued to Pape 5.
ssemhlv
that appropriation
annually, providing
o'(iial amounts were
ed by a couufv this
oi
the (ien
i ne re as id
to !f7".: t)
that where
appropriate
fin d shonV!
be available. In conseipieiicc of
which action, there are now in
those counities which tire progress
ive enough to take advantage of
this hnw, there are 17!) County
H'urh Schools, enrolling (i.")74
country boys and girls, offering
them equal ojport unity with the
boys and girls of our towns and
cities.
The Democratic General As
sembly of PHI passed an aet
providing for the establishment
in every county of the State pro
gressive enough to take advan
tage of the opportunity, of a
Farm-Life School, teaching and
promoting- better agricultural
training and farm life- These
things Surry County can have if
you will put in office in the
County men who are favorable to
such progress. Our State's high
er in-Jtitutiona of learning stand
in the forefront of the best,
( olleges and Universities of the
land, offering to ambitious young
men and young women, irrespec
tive of their financial ability, the
opportunity for higher educar
tion.
In these progressive steps, Sur
ry County in behind Mecklenburg
Guilford, Forsyth and 75 other
Democratic (bounties in North
Carolina. Why! There's a
reason.
What is North Carolina, umler
Democratic rule, doing to pre
serve the lives, health ami pro
perty of'its citiienal It has
established a State Board of
Health, providing every means
ler
od
i
or O :n i.l
tni-ie to bear
eir due proportion .d tie
burdens of taxation, to the ei .l
that these measures for progr 'ss
niay go forward and the tarn
ation be equitably distribute!-
The Democratic party has -tabli-ihtd
fer the care of the
unfortunate, the blind, the deaf
and dumb, and the drmentrd,
absolutely the most perfect pro
visions economically run.
What of our Counties? We
j live in Surry County, ai:d it i.s
our duty not to leave it f r
; another, but to build it up until
it shall be an great ns ary i th
Take Mtrklenhurg, Forsyth, Dur-
i ham, Rockingham, Guilf u- '
! .... " ....
ur ikimiy m Hip r ite mi
D.'inoe ratio rule, voh find g
j roads, test farms, rural high
.schools the County in short, on
a rapid march of progress, in
which it.s county populations are
tual ami the first beneficiaries.
What about progress in Surry
from tho standpoint of County
Government! You know that
what progress our people have
made has been of themselves in
indiviudal cases, unaided by our
County (roverniment. And the
fact now is that the Republican
Convention refused to renom
iiwite its only progressive Coun
ty Commissioner Why, we do
not know unless he, being a
Roosevelt supporter, would have
broken the Taft machine.
(Jood Government is what we
want. Take the case and vote in
the Interests of your own household.
Saved by Hit Wife.
She's a wise woman who knows
Just what to do when her husband'
life is in danger, but Mrs. R. J. Flint.
Braintree. Vt, is of that kind. "She
insisted on my using Dr. King's New
Discovery," writes Mr. F. "for a
dreadful cough, when I was so
weak my friends all thought I had
only a short time to live, and it
completely cured me." A quick
cure for coughs and colds, it's the
most safe and reliable medicine for
many throat and lung troubles
grip, bronchitis, croup, whooping
cough, quinsy, tonslliUs, hemorrhages
A trial will convince you. 50c and
11.00. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug
Co.
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amounting to 10c or more
Present this coupon
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