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fOL. XXX IV
M0UJT2 AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, TIIURSPATA SEPTEMBER 2o, WIS. JYO. U
1FI -
JUDGE FRANK CARTER
SCORES HIGH LIVING.
Says Reckless Extravagance cf
the Age is One Great Cause of
Crime.
Asiheville, Sept. 16. Extravag
ance was the main theme of an
extraordinary charge which
Judge Frank' Carter delivend yes
iterday to tho grand jury sitting
" with Superior court. Judge Car
ter considered extravagance as
a cairae of crime, and" private ex
travagance m leading to public
extravagance. In passing on to
debt He said that it is a wonder
tlnat pcoiple who are carrying a
load of dcibt do not commit more
crimes than they do. Ho aNo
Jiadl something to say of the tele
phones, declaring that ow of the
most deplorable conditions of
modern society was the flirting
done by boys and girls over the
telephone ; that they would say
things over the telephone that
they would not think of saying
in the sanctity of the home; fur
ther, that the telephone has caus
ed bill to run up 30 or 40 per
cetit.v Another interesting, state
ment by Judge Carter, us com
menting on, extravagance, was
that he had been Add by the sec
retary of state that many of the
check's sent to him for state au
tomobile licenses were returned to
him marked "no good" by the
banks.
Judge Frank Carter began his
charge at 10:20 o'clock and finish
ej at 10:45. The charge wrs
commented ijpon by many of the
lawyers present as being one of
the imwt brilliant and forcible de
livered here in many years.
Ju-d'.je Carter confined mot of h
remarks to the high cost of living
now. prevailing in all parts of the
country an-d especially dd he pay
his nspcets to extravagant liv
ing, saying that there are people
living in Asheulle today rklimg
in automobile who ought to be
jwalking. aivd ifput to the test to
"pay all their defti they would nor
have money enough to buy shoe
leather.
He went on to say that it al
ways seemed better to him to in-
est i gate causes of oriine, along
this line he considereil extravag
ant living to he one great cause
of crime, saying that it affected
the aniddle elsas of society and
did not reach the lowest' strata
of human society, for these peo
ple usually live within their in
comes, z
He said that it was the middle
elsa.s the people who come out
of the chuivhes, chili, etc, that
forge the checks, embezzle money,
caase breach of trust and do thest
other crimes that are above the
intelligence of the poorer crim
inal. .Judge Carter then turne.il his
remarks to debt, the causes of it
and the great .burden it is. He
said that about the only differ
ence between deft and hell is that
debt ends and hell does not. He
aid "the wonder of it is that
more people of this kind do not
commit crime. I am speaking of
that debt that men make when
livimg beyond their means. The
cmharrasgmcnt of debt is so in
tolerant that men sometimse fly
"the ills they know for those of
the urtknmvn."
He said that the sec ret a ly of
tate told hiim that many of thp
cheeks sent to him for the !," hu
tomobile license dcanand-d by th
fctate came buck from the banks
anarked "no good."
Jmdge Carter paid his rosipeets
to the telephone, saying that one
:f the most dep-)!rable conditions
' of modern society' was the court
ing done over the telephone; that
it was helping to break down the
purnity of womanhood; that boys
and girls said things to each oth
er over the wire that they would
not, think1 if sayir.g in the san
ctity of the home. The telepliore
in the house, the court said,
caused th' bills to be run uj :it
least 'M) or 40 jer cent higher.
He went on to say that in re
people were livirg on their wits
in tli is country than any other;
Jhat the ethical standards of bu-
nuvss were Iiwer lure than
other countries.
in
.Jiiiftv Carter then psda few! "What kind of goiHls
rtmarkn about th - s;ei d. r ai:dis:lH"
the reckle.s driver of automobiles " Lig!.tl.oiif
He said the time had eoine to j The drummer gasped
put a stop to reckless drmng ;
in;u me Miu-e judge imiim HT on Wliere ilo you
31 little more pressure in thewplesf"
i
cases. He said that if any of
the.se csacs came tip to hhn at thi
court from the poilce court he
would give fair warning if the
case tried by a jury, the defend
ants can expect no reduction in
the, fines, birt rather an increase,
if not a road sentence.
lie said that private extravag
ance has its tendency to produce
public e t avagance ;that thought
ful people are becoming alarmed
ov r the met ease .r the stale
debt. Ho lamented lie fact that
th. '-re hrpcarid to l. ro way ol
infc-miig the peepk in general
of the exi ui d i o s of af ts
at th cup'tai at all t ines. I'e
told of little counties of the State
that were shouldering great debts.
drawing an . illustration from
Orange county, which only recent
ly voted $250,000 road bonds.
He said in Wake county it was
(proposed to vote $1,000,000 road
inds, but tho people had too
much sense for this and voted it
down.
He ended bis charge here by
asking,, "Where is it all going
to emit"
Sewing Human Hearts.
World's Work.
Probably the most daring chap
ter in modern surgery is that
which treats of operations on the
heart. "The road to the heart
is only 2 or 3 inches long, but it
has tsiken surgery nearly 2,000
years to traverse it," ks one writ
er's striking remark. How recent
this work w nnade plain from the
fact that a book published by
Stephen Paget in liStK contains!
a chapter on "Snirgery of the
Heart," the words being con
temptuously inclosed in, quotath n
marks. The scientists es well as
the layman looked mon the
heart with an almost superstitious
awe. Any injury neeesariyl im
plied death; any iuttwferenee wit I
suoh an injury could only hasten
the end. Vet many shrewd ol
BenrerVln the course -of the nges
had notetl that all heart wounds
did not result in instantaneous
death.
It was not until 10 or 15 years
.ago that surgeons began to act
upon this knowledge. In ex
ceptional cases death did not re
sult immediately from a heart
wound; there were intrcvwls of a
few minutes, . afew days, or a
few weeks. Why not utilize thw
interval in an attempt to sew up
the wound! Medical hibtory now
report many successful operations
one, performed upon an Alabama
negro boy in PHL', illustrates thi
resources of modern heart surg
ery. This boy had been the vic
tim of an especially nasty s:;
wound. The knife hail penetrat
od the apex of tho heart and
paed into the left ventricle,
makiijg a -wound nearly h.ilf an
inch lijiig. When the boy was
placed on the operating table, a
little negro cabin, the signs of
death had already aiflx ared. His
feet were cold, and his face show
ixl eigm of the utmost distress.
The surgeons made a little window-like
opening just above the
heart. Thriugh this they could
readily see the injured organ,
the blood spurting from the
wound! at each pulsation. One
surgeon put in Iks haul, pulled
the heart upward, ;ul ln-ld" it
while another sewed the wound
(with a catgut. The op-ratitwi.
performed without anestlut'c
ls'-tetl "." minutes; mi the Kith
day the boy was sittii.g up; in
a rthort time his heart vn as
gonl as now. z
What He Sold.
F. Hopkinson Smith, i.nte ,
anther and erginur, was e u
ploycd in the .Government se
vice at ove t'-me, n which he
had to do some trave'ing, sns
Collier's. He w..4 ridirp fn the
l'uliman opposit s ni travT:ig
men who were very bHjuacious.
They tried several times t
Wr ir g him into the coin ers it'u n.
He answered politely, then he
canie silent. Finally on of tlum
said : .
"On the road?" addressing
.Mr. Smith.
' Y'-s ' he replied.
do vim
in as
"Poss, ' tonushnieiit, then said:
Ct'l j
your siun-
WILL TEDDY BE THE RE
PUBLICAN CHOICE.
Bitternea on Aocount of Roos
evelt's Bolt Last Tear Stead
ily Growing1 Less. ,
Wa.shington, Sept. 2Lst The
rnovemeait amomg Republicana U
turn! to Colonel Roosevelt as the
leader in 1916 in growing with re
markable rapidity.
The statement made yesterday
in, Salt Lake City by United
States Senator George Suther
land, of Utah, predicting the
nomination of Roosevelt thre
yar hence on the Republican
ticket hag added greatly to the
interest with wheh Washington
has been watching the turning of
tthe political wheel. Coming froon
a senator who dki not support
Hooseivelt last year arl wlio al
ways has been classed aa a strong
conservative, the interview caus
ed much! comment.
Seiwtor Sutherland, howtner,
has oaily voiceil publicly what
many prominent Republican lead
ers have been saying beneath
thoir breath for some time.
Several weeks ago the news
papers told of the growing feel
ing in Washington that K
velt'a nomination on the Republi
can ticket is inevtable and that
the Colonel is open to iiggetioiis
of this character, but since then
the opinion among political lead
eis h.is become stronger. Many
are convinced that they will seal
be obliged to support the Colonel
as tlie Republican .stairidaid bear
er. The general feeling of toleranee
toward thw suggestion wis
shown clearly in the guarded
comment caused by Senator iSuth
crlaud's statcme'it. The hittrr
Jie.ss engciideri't in last year's
campaign over Uooscvelt's bolting
of the ticket; has Wen steadily
growing- less,and many Repuldi
cam have Irfen sef-kinrf grouihU
of ciiniproiiso cai which they
could go before the country with
ft. chanc'o fm'CcKK.
St'vnral informal conferences
and talks (were held among Re
publican euatoM in regard to
tlu Sutherland atatunent. Sen
atom Uradley, of Ktmtueky, aiwl
Horah, of Idaho, had just been
discussing it when they were
asked for an expression of opin
ion. Neither weuld talk for publi
cation, but it is kivown that Sen
ator Horah has long bei n tf the
opin'nui that Roosevelt w rapidly
b( e.i,'!iiing the most available man
r unite tl lc?n;l. an pirty
i r victi rv 191C 1). onvenvii
tiom wit -I (oil"" he has
-asi the , ..it ctlier course
I'Miri ? t ublican 1 wiih
to win.
Seiuutr . ol C'vio, ..tvo:h-
cr K p' bli 'ook. ?oakil
IbouyVtfrl rQ he 'ttei was
Ninj'tf t i! to t ind I'.ed
significHiitly ;
"Wi'hfiit c miitinf mye!f,
there is i re tl. ' f b
favor vt th su ston of
evelt as the Pip. !eai ca'ul.datt
in if n -iru certainly
svill p elected." X
CONFIRT'El ?B00F.
RMcVctg rf Mt. A'"v Cannct
Dcubt What Hps Teci; Twice
Proved.
In gratitia'e f r re 'f from
aches and p iins of I -d bacJu
from distressing l-;!ney flls
thoiis.irds have prblMy recom
mend d Honn's Kidney Til i, Res
i b nfs if Mt. Airy, v. h so tes
til'ied yeais a'( , row y;i - th re
suits were p tiu in. l t. '"hit tf-s-t
iim ny di i;l ly pr' vj t' c worth
of Do m's Ki !i Piils t Mouct
Airy kidney sufferer8.
Miv T. Snow. Fi-'t vsk. Mi.
Airy. N. ('.. .s.ivs: "The na n i"
my liai'k was often o s'vere th.0
I could not do my housmvi rk. I
aUo had dizy spells ami t' e
kidney secretions annoyed in .
Some of my friends spoke h'ghly
of Doau's ki-lncy Pills and 1 irot
a box. The results if tloir u e
were satisfactory. It was not
three weeks before the tro.sYe
had entirely left me. I am gl id
to confirm the endersc.iiicr.t 1
gave Doan's Kidney Pills a few,
years aifo." I
lor sale by all dealers. Pr :
M cents. I-Wer - Milburn Co.!
isun.f.o, mv lorR. vle njents
for th Unite,! States
Remember the name I) an'i
--KT" tnl-e no ether.
I
FORCE MURPnT ON STAND.
Culrer Will Tell Story and Com
pell Ttuamany Boss to Defend
Himsef.
Abwny, N. Y., Sept., 21st.
(Charlen F. Murphy, hauler of
Tammany Hall, whom Governor
Sulzer accuses of having instigat
ed his ini'Mu-hnient, will bo forc
ed! to take th witnwi stand prac
tically in hU own defense before
tho impeaelinient trial is over, in
the opinio tonight of tl Gover
nor's close friend.
T3iey say the Governor will
take the stand1 and that hv story
will compel the attorneys for the
impeacliuucut managers to call the
Tiuinmanv leader.
Wluit revelations Umj Goverrtor
may make is unkaiown. All at-
tcjtipts to interitiw him on hw ex-
pectml testiiinny have Wvn futile.
3 bit his friends profuss t know
that no intluence can prevent
3um from testifying in event the
constitutional object om raised
by his attorneys to prevent the
ca.se from coming to trial are
over ruled.
"Murphy Behind Conspiracy."
Tho Governor's counsel tonight
would not discuss the possibility
of Mr. Murphy or any on; else !?
ing called as a witness while ar
gument on tlu'se objections to he
riuiiid tumorrow before the
h"gh court of impcachiueut is
pendiig. It wa.s, however, recall
ed tonight that after the Gover
nors so-called break with Mu-r
phy last June the Governor pub
licly charged that the Tammany
leader "whs behind a conspiracy
to blacken my character because
1 rcfus.'d to do his bidding."
A growing wpirit of eonfidonoe
is manifest among the Sulzcr ad
herents. The fact that the .board
of managers is attempting to
p;iss additional articles of im
peachment is assertex by the
Governor's followers to be an
ndmissum that they fear they
h ive not established a case. Tlie
board of managers laugh at this
assertion, saying they feel it is
only just that all the evidence
they have against the Governor
fchouldi U' produced.
Will Tell Erorythiflg.
Put the Governor has main
tained from the start that he will
tell the history of the alleged
conspiracy which he insists
brought alnmt his innpeach merit.
Mrs. Sulzer'a testimony lwis
been considered too vital to the
t-ast; of the defend to permit
lire to remain silent.
The Governor lias made the
most extensive preparations for
the pensontation of hk testimony.
It will take the form of a nar
rative of the time, soon after his
election, when, he avers, Tam
many Hall and others began to
briig pre mj re vijkui him to do
their bidding. He hopes to sliow,
it is understood, that gradually
he incurred the enmity of many
of the men back of the present
nrotecdii gs. He will narrato in
dents, it is said, that he believes
i.V shew the gradual c r" stall izxi
t ' I of the impeachment proceetl-
il.s.
mazitrj revelatioits which will
inve've u ; . ie or more of widely
kncf'ii I) in, icratui politic ais of
o New York and up
:iat.' .'iro iridic t d.
iHc 3encrarly tc Church.
l"'Mr SeM. 16. Rev. C W.
Planchard pa. t. r rf the Fird
Baptist- ( '.rrch lore, raised m ire
than ir'-V in ll) minutes at a
i""fctinv ol t1 s cii:M-'r rt'( u when
lie nrgn' l n 'r etc a
npv- ."-f7" he .-recto 1 tit Me
newem and Gordon stretes. Pas
tor Planchard addressed the
misting, which did not include
all the ineniher.ship by any means
aid d'S.Ti'.id to his flook the
nhi' for a two-year payment fund
Th 1! lie tlilO unet d th't he
tvouM try to secure premises for
$l"i.(MN) fn in his auditors in 1"
ni;iiut-s. At the etd of 10 min
utes th-1 s inscriptions totaled 1 . ;
I'M). Py the end of the e,inv:is ,
the fund reached s16.ol. If the j
iiiMiiber.sbij had lnen jreent in ;
full force the amount would have;
reachtl if20.(MHl, it is helieved. !
Bulletins were jxvsted in plain
viev of the donors and tlo sjiiritj
of gnmg partook of the nature
c.T.r rous rivalry.
BENEFITS NOT IMMEDIATE.
Full Benefits of New Tariff Law
Will Come in By Degrees, Say
S&mmons and Underwood.
Washington Dispatch to Balti
more Sun.
Now that the final passage of
the Democratic; tariff bill is in
sight, leading authortes upon this
subject in both the House and
Senate are concerned lest the
country expect too much from
thia legislation as it will affect
the high cost of livng.
These experts now take occas
ion to- warn the people that the
prevailing level of prices will not
be materially reduced" all at once,
but, on the contrary, at least a
year will beneed ed to bring relie:
They still insist that relief will
come, but will not come immed
iately. In the first place, it is neces
sary for the government to over
haul its customs machinery and
to put into actual effect a com
plete system of revised rates. In
the second place, the lines of bus
iness involved in the pending re
ductions must readjust them
selves to the new conditions. Poth
operations will repire time.
Even now, these authorities
say. the influence of the new
tariff legislation will be felt.
Thw bill will tend to prevent
any undue inflation of prices,
tluuMfh it may not immediately
result in a lowering of the cost
of food and clothir.g to the pub
lic. These are the views held by
Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman
of the Senate finance committee,
and by Reperseiitatvie Oscar W.
Underwood, chairman of the
House committee on ways and
means. These two chairmen have
been the nominal authors cf the
measuie and have led the fight
which pascal it through the
House and Senate. t
Those people, therefore, who
are looking for a quick slump; in
the price of meat, of shoes, of
breadstuff a and of clothing will
be disappointed.
This slrmp i
not anticipated by the farmers
of the tariff bill at once, but
ultimately, they contend, the
level of prices U Wind to drop.
"Although the influence of the
lew tariff bill," said Senator
?immons to the Sun correspon
lent, "will he effective at once,
t will not be particularly mark
ed by the general public, nor will
its benefits be felt widely for
some time to come.
"In . short," he continued,
"this influence will here and
now operate against the infla
tion of artificial prices, but will
not tend yet to reduce the nor
mal prices to a lower" level. Such
a reduction may not comfe for a
year even, and in the case of
sugar and wool it will not come
for a longer period. But I am
imitive that it will come in the
end. t
"For instance, the price of
meat will not fall, but it will not
be permitted to advance to un
due proportions. In the cattle
trade much depends upon the
supply and also upon the magni
tude of the shipments to this
country, and the bill cannot be
expected to regulate either of
these conditions all at once. The
placirg of meat on th- free list
cannot help the consumer if no
meat is imported and if the sup
ply in this country is for a un
reason curtailed.
"But the new law will cer
tainly prevent extortion, as, for
instai cc, in ti e price of shoes
Despite the bill, the price
i f
slo ts was advanced, but not
- -
vaiced as much as it would have 'the Navy .Josephus Daniels,
be-n had not this bill been he- iBnlge C. M. Cooke and Solicitor
fore (Vngres. So. while meat II. K. Norrls.
i'il other feodstutfs may ail-j Newly discovered evidence wa.s
va ce somewhat frfm time to presented, tending to show con
time because of short en ps or spiraey to frame up a case tf
h rtage in the cattle supply, j gainst the prohibition leader,
tin y will not rise to unreasonable!
h-'"'zhts, ;s might be po.ss:h!e were'
tin re I o new ta ff rates
"On the other hand, when prie-
i s do begin to fall the farmer j the last will and testament of Wil
and the cattle rni.ser will not ( lis Furgeson d-'c ised, not'uv is
.suffer. They will still obtain j hereby given to ail parties owe'in
fa''.- prices for their pr nine's, the state to mske proinjt p.iy
bu; the trusts will r ot bp able nu nt i;;d Rave cost. And all
to wring the same profits from ; parties holding any eollei-tion a
th c Misumer that they have ex-.gaiii.st the estate to pret-nt them
tojted in the p.ist. within the time pnribd by Uw
"In sugar and wool n redue- ,r th:.s notice will tie j! ad in
tion is to he expected, for some liar of their cidleetioii.
tini, although they will even-, S.-t. P, 191.1.
tually go on the fro- list. Raw John Ksrly Fergus. m, Fxr.
wool will. not oe free till De
cember nor manufactured wool uri
til March, while sugar does not
go on the free list for three
years.
"So it will take a long time
probably a year bofore the peo
ple actually begin to feel con
cretely the benefUs of the new
tariff law."
Representative Underwood dit
not go mto details in hit inter
view, but his views are t ibstan-
tially the same as those 1 eld by
Senator Simmons.
"In some particulars." said
the ways and means chiirman,
"the benefits of the new law be
felt almost at once; ir othera it
will be at least a year. Perhaps)
I had better say the benef t.s will
be felt, but they will not be re
alized or appreciated, because
the people will not actually, see
immediate results of the pending
bill."
These assurances come from
the two highest authorities in
Congre upon the economies of
; the tariff situation. They re
i alize that the consuming public
expects much from the rew, law,
and they issue their warning! at
tlr.s time in the hope that the
disappointment, if any, will not
be charged against the measure.
GEO. E. NISSEN DEAD.
Pioneer Manufacturer rrd CvH
War Veteran cf Twln-C.y
Succumbs to Bright's Disease
at Age of 73 years.
WinstonsSah m, Sept. 2d. Mr.
George K. Nlssi n, aged : years,
a pioneer manufacturer f this
city, died Friday afternoon at
3:45 o'clock at the htnu of his
daughter, Mrs. II. M j.itagu .
Death followed an il'ne s of
Bright's disease.
The pitssign of Mr. Nisseji
marks the termination of a life
thrnt has for 50 years been a
leading -factor in this city's in
dustrial progress. Ills mechanical
jrenius i twns that, in laree nart.
Causxi the faane of the Nisscii
wagon to be extended to all parts
of the United States and even in
to distant parts.
Born at Waughtown Septem
ber 37, l&l!), the ekle.st son of
Air .ami Mrs. Phillip Nissen, he
grew to manhood's estate and
speut his life in the environs of
Forsyth County.
3Ir. N'issen was a veteran of
the Civil War. At the tW the
war broke ou the wins in Wash
nigton, 1). C, hi route to Cali
fornia. He returned immediately
to his home and enlisted May
24, 1861, in Cs-onpany B, First
Jiattalion, North Carolina Sharp
shooters. He served loyally
throughout the whole of tjje ter
rible conflict, participating in
many memorable battles.
Before the termination of the
war he was made a corporal.
April 10, 1861 he surrendered at
Appomattox, Va., together with,
one officer and 37 other mem
bers of his company.
Davis Pardoned.
Raleigh Sept. 19. Rev.
Davis, superintendent
North Carolina Anti -
R. L.
of the
Saloon
League, was pardoned this after
noon hy Governor (Vaig from
conviction and $1) fine and casts
for striking Wiley Straughan
over the head with a whiskey bot
tle. The Governor tak the view
that Rev. Mr. Davis is not guil
ty. Among the petitioners fur
the oardon were Senators Sirn-
ad-iuons and Overman, Secretary of
Executr-r's Notice.
Having pualified as executor of