ttlCAB CBimf Hlff.f
HKVTTS
•t the wmt. Tha chief rtUTe
■t tfce nW that has ooa
a# tha fandara tm the «m
tafrii
of holtlluf of
to lie within the
The prosperity that haa come to
■o|» ranr finntn m tho Waat In
diaa haa been pretty reneralfv iHm
■—ln»ted Of course, it haa haan
largely in proportion to the »i*e of
their land holding*, but tha small a*
wall aa tha larva farmer haa bene
fited. Many of the Vine planters or
were in eaay cireomatancea
they experienced the windfall
•f 20 per rent. sugar.
hnfiMn of rarfaro
Thar* *r* inatancee, however, of
poor men mad* rich by cka riae in
■oca' print, and thia include* ITagru
ea and farmhanda, who • few T»«r*
ago war* In poverty. A Negro cane
cottar, who na in tattan a faw year*
ago, working near Gnantanamn. oh
tain ad soma cana land*, cleared them
awl started in a mall way aa a rolono.
Hla profit* thia aaaann war* 1*0,000
Ha it now riding up and down the
A bank employee aaved and invested
la partnership with a Cohan cnlono
mm In thraa montha ha draw on
940,ftM in proflta.
The manager of tha Co
tank hai
i on a prarflt taking
with tha ownar of tha aata> If
r pricee >nrifi only 10 canta
i year he expects to make $500,J00
A graduate of a university in the
waetain part of tha ialand built and
aeid a plantation at a pnflt of i4,N>.-1
Victor Mendoza'a 91. |
of
SBrj
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany ia fortunate hi barter high-grade
an for rolonoe at Central Cuaagti*.
who cooperate in erery poeafbie way.
aeaaon. The augar 1a atfll recov
erahle from burnt can*, provided the
case la ground at once and aot allow
ed to mm. h both instance* the ra
rioos colonoe gar* np ratting their
ewa cane to get their neighbor's cam
to the mill and aave it.
In one of tha itritiah Wast Indiea a
who Just before the war te
M6.000 in a to gar plantation
•aid hla crop of 14.000 bags this year
for about MO a bag, or $M0.006. His
expenses were little more than S20 a
bay, or about MOO.000, so that he'
cleared, this aeaaon. more than half a!
Sainton donas* on hia MS .000
Farmer* in Porto Rico who owned,
say, 500 acre* of land, worth a few
years ago, st $80 an acre, 125,000,
from which they nsed to make any
where from $5000 to 115,000 annually,
this aeaaon made 140,000 to MO.OOO
Such an estate could pot be buaght
today for 1100.040.
Enoraraaa Profit*
In Cuba, colonos who before the war
mnld hive to ask tdniKn from the
Bin of $3,000 to $5,000 to tide them
orer the plsnting seaaon an now
worth $#00,000. It ia not unusual for
a Cuban rolono to have made from
$200,000 to $300,000 thia year, and the
profit* of a few of the larger one*
hare ran into million* This is prac
tically clear pmfH for the citisen of
Cob*, who pay* an inroine tax of only
I par rent
As ran ha imagined then is great
spending going on as the result of all
thia prosperity The Pndo In Havana
la aa packed with ears as Fifth Ave
nue, New York, and they arc mostly
, high-priced American and foreign ma
T htnes like Pierre-Arrows. Packard*
and Rolls-Royces There is slso a good
t market for cheap ears. A Ford dealer
who at one time had a kani time to
make ends meet is now scl'ing 500
cars • year
Theirs Is another side of this story
of iagar wealth V/wreer. and thia to
found in. the case of the planter or mill
owner who sold all his expected crop
' ahead at comparet*eely low fignr»»
and found himself short of • ig.-r in a
soaring market, aa a result of hi* pro
doctior being decreased by the
paspl« fmm Ma Mlk
prtraa will not continue indefinitely,
aa they ■*« rtuaulating production all
over Mm i»»k * '
Mil Crate Cakkafi liWar
A inline of the railroads that will
W Intel ae ting ta ritlaa tkn at*
They will demand in tha future that
all eabhaga ha crated much mor» ae
enraiy than la former year* They
r*faint that tha isbbaaa liwi bean ao
poorly rratad In tha paat that a vary
large number of tha mlta would aima
to piaraa before reaching tha ruatoaier
at tha end of the Una. Mow they de
mand s crate that is »tma* anouirh to
■tay together tf the pment light
form of crate is uaed it moat ha wired
at both ends and tha artia aeeatvly
faataned by staplea. Thoae who ar*
preparing to *hlp cabbage will do well
n confer wMfc Aa wfcaiaaala dealer
ham before time to ship and get par
tirulars about the requirements.
SoppoM You War. Hunting
For Ymmr MotW
Just suppose you had been lb ink ins
for 25 yeara that your mother died I
whan you were • child, and then una
day somebody told you that your
mothar waa living and that a little in- i
quiry would let you know just whet* |
aha waa ta be found? Natural I v that
would Interest you.
Twentfr-fWa or thirty years ago
two little (Ma lived hare at Mount
Airf. They want away with their fath
er when little tota and were just
larfe enough ta remember that they
were living here, and a child mental
picture recall* die fart that tkeir
houae burned while they lived hers.
The child mind made a laating picture
aa it aaw the flamea eat up their
home. Further they are not able to
remember anything only that a family
named Taylor lived near them. Maw
all thia hi natural, for any of ua can
get glimpses from memory of a few
thing! that happened in childhned.
The naaae^ af^the family ny Bia*i.
himself It sssma that ha taid hia girla
that their mother died while they
lived here, and now some on* haa told
them that aha ia living here in Nt.
Airy or about here. They want to
know and will come here to hunt down
the truth about their mother if* they
can get a clue to start on. ff you know
anything about thia matter write The
News or write to Mr. Morrison Whit.-.
319 Arcade Building, Norfolk Va.
The folio winy letter from Mi.
White will be read with interest.
Editor The News f
Dear Sir:—
The object of this letter is to
see if you can put me in touch with
some people that lived in or around
Mt. Airy about 25 or 80 years ago and
that knew a man by name Captain
Will H. S. Banks. It seems the man
had two daughters and for some reaa
on the citizens burned hia houae and
run him out of the country. These
girla were put in a convent and
brought ap. One of them was named
Nellie Grant Banks and she was about
3 . ears old when her father left there
with her. These girls have been told
that their mother ia still living and
they are very anxioua to know if it is
true. Captain Banks told her that her
mother was dead, bat he never would
give her any information about her
mother or of the gtrl'a childhood. If
you can help me to get any informa
tion on thia subject I certainly will
appreciate it. and will compensate you
for your trouble.
If you can get any information that
would justify my coming to Mt. Airy
regarding thia matter I will be glad
to do so. Trusting I will hear from
you at an early date, I am.
Yours truly,
Morrison White,
319 Arcade Bldg.,
Norfolk, Va.
P. S. These people used to stay at a
place called Mt. Menthia ia seems. T%a
girl *ays aha remembers a family
named Taylor that lived in ■ very
large houae. She saya she also remem
bers seeing their houae burn
Cared of Stoaack Triable and Cam
(ipatlon.
Rarhel CrINty, of Bearer Dam. 0.
w*a tick for two ran with itomach
trouble and conatipation taking on*
modicina aft«r another with only tm
porary relief "My walgfchor opoka ao
enthuaiaatlrally of Chamberlain'. Tab
lata" aha aaya "that I procured a bot
tle of thorn at our drug (tore to try. A
few daya treatment convinced me Um>
they ww^ juat what I needed J eon
tfc*y ewad M * *"*
Springfield. OMo—<Jo» Immm M.
Cox, nominee of the Dim—Hi Party |
for Pi »*iiiaat of Ika United Ml atop,
Party, la i Mtlra of OMo ml • new
paper editor and ownor. Governor Cot
la nnritf Ma third tana aa tha MM- j
tiva bead of hie State, tha fltat to
aarva a long a tana *tnce Rutherford
B Hay** »«« Gawiar. Although
Ohio haa haan normally a ftapahlicaa
•tote ainee tha Civil war. Governor
Cox haa haan abta to hold tha State la
tha Democratic column chiefly through
hla hold upon the workmen who have
benefitted Hy mraaum which have
haan inatigated or aupportad by Mm.
While Governor of the State a work
man'* compensation law and a child
labor law were enacted by the Legte
!ature under hla raaoanaeadatloa mat:
direction. Theee acta have been looked!
upon aa model* of their kind and have
been axtonaively copied In other atat
aa. In addition to thia legialatloa Gov
ernor Cox waa instrumental la aeeur
ing the paaaaga of the achool code
which many educators aay will live
aa a monuaumt to Ma achievement*
!.-» addition to hie arrvica aa Governor
of the State he baa aervad two term
in Congreae aa repreeentatlve of the
third Ohio diatrict.
Governor Co* waa brought up on a
farm in Jackaonhurg, Ohio. Ha waa
sdacated in the public schools and ia
in every respect what ia known aa a
sslf-msds man, whatever he kaa achi
eved being the raauit of Ma own ef
forta. Aftar leaving high school be
accepted a poeition in the district
school in which he had nrahnd his
first leaaona. In order to further ad
vance his knowledge and increase Ms
income he spent his evenings and holi
days in • printing office and thereby
laid the foundation for the newspaper
business which he later is » sloped. H(|
early carssr. therefore, waa one of
close application to wash.
After * f— rmm rf jteaaM—earns
actlsiOaa hi which he hsgsii to shew •
ijocidsd tsate for newspaper work.
Governor Cos waa given a pasitkm aa
a reporter on the Cincinnati Inqiiinr
where he remained for a period of
appro ximstely ten years. It waa srhile
connected with this newspaper that he1
developed an interest in politics snd
he beesme the friend of Psul Sore |
who, when elected to Congress, invited!
the young man to go to Waahtagten.
with Mm aa Ma secretary.
When Governor Cox came back to
Ohio he negotiated for the purchase
of the Dayton Daily News, borrowing I
s greater part of the money wtth'
which he carried the deal through.1
This was in 1M9H and five years later!
he bougM the Springfield Press-,
Republic sad formed the News League j
of Ohio. Since that time he haa been i
sa ever-increasing factor in the Desso
cratic Party politics of the State. Ha
was elected to Congress ia 1900 sad I
re-elected two years I star It was
while he waa serving his second term
that he waa nominated far Governor.
Cupalfi fee Off—
His first campaign ni in l#lf
wh»n the PtmnniTf Party had aidt
aerioua inroad* into the rank* of the
Republican. He had basn placed fai
nomination before the apHt at the Re-'
publican national convention and at a
time when there waa little thought of
Democratic lucres! in the State. The
Progressive movement upaet every
thin* and' within a month after the
Republican national convention Judge
E. B Dill ion. the Republican nominee
for Governor of Ohio, withdrew from
the ticket and James M. Cox had little
elae to do but accept the office.
Governor Cox's first term waa de
voted chiefly to forward the enact
ment of laws to put a new state con
stitution into effect. At the conclusion
of thia term he was defeated for re
election by Frank R Willis but he had
cot a hold on the farmers and wage
earners whose petitions had ahrars
received his careful consideration and
whose interests he had always active
ly supported and In 1916 he waa again
the nominee for Governor and waa ele
cted His administration daring Ma
second term received the indorsement
of the voters as a whole for ha was
nominated and elected for a third
term in 1*18 which term he (a now
cMipletinr
Governor Cat always has kept a
cloae watch on economic condMam la
his State, especially aa they have af
fected the average people. When the
war with Germany opened he was one
of J he first governors to auks ada
Writing rarantly am the aituation
on fronting the United HtUa Otram
or Cax (in Ma luduiaawmil ta the
' Mffi of NMWm. Tito federal |»»
attention to tka work of Americani
uttoi. A rant school rod# for the
various statea waa iirfrd by him far
tha purpoaa if bolltfar op aad im
proving raral condition* and thaiahy
Intratalnf farm production. Ha palat
ad oat that "population rnntlnuoa to
*mw bat arraiff doaa not," With ra
raid to flaeaf condition* ho would
diaplace tha piwnt evrna profit* tax
by a law carryln* a tax of from 1 to
1 to par rant on tha roltuaa of hualnaaa
of ining oaaearna. Tha income tax
aad othar normal aourrea of revenue,
ha aaid, ahould supply tha balance if
approximately 14.000,000,000 a year
for rnrrant expanses and alnkinc fund
and Internet on tha pablic ilebt
In stating his poaittoa (jovanwr Gas
announced that ha waa in favor of
extending tha Federal Reserve Bank
ing Art to provids for tha establish
mant of branch hank a in Important
trada centers of othar rountriaa. Re
ferring to tha Peace Traaty ha tall
"Ho one rontanda chat It la a perfect
document, but it ia a atap in tha right
direction. It mould pot tha looaa anda
•f civilisation together now. and do
mora toward tha raato ration of normal
conditions in six months time than can
tha pa wars of tha aarth. acting Inde
pendently. ia 10 yea*■' time."
"Government moat be something to
inapira ravarance—not fear." ha wrote.
"Its works moat raflact not only Jos
tica aad impartiality, bat at ad timaa
obvious good faith. Whan I'sprasunt
of aay cauaa uaa it artfully to
a worthy raault, tha
fact af
Tha
CnlrM'T
whan 2,000,000 American patriots wars
ia Anapa fighting far the preaerva
tion af tha government itself, no
can justify
DRY5 DISSATISFIED
Prolkitetiaa Party Will Pnt
Ticket m Hm FiakJ, It U
Stated
Ckiciffo. III.—TV choice of Go*
Junn M. Cos u the Democratic pres
idential nominee make* certain the
placing of an avowed dry ticket in the
field, according to a statement here
yesterday by Virgil G. Htnuhaw. na
tional chairman of the PSohibttier.
Party.
"The nim forces hare certainty
maneuvered well to secure nomina
tions to their liking in both old par
tie*—Mr. Harding, champion of the
10-year clause in the Eighteenth
Amendment, concocted by the wets ia
hope of defeating it, and Governor
Cox. the bn pile able and schooled
enemy of the dry forces of the country
"If Diogenes had returned with the
lantern and searched the country
over, he could not have found oae tet
ter adopted to the fulfillment of the
purpose of the Kqoor element than
Governor Co*."
Mr. H ins haw declared that if the
Prohibition Party did nominate a
ticket of its own. it might cooperate
with "another party."
"Unless those two gentlemen come
out openly and dacry all liquor sap
port and announce their purpose of
vetoing any measure intended to in
crease the alcoholic content of liquors
above one-half of 1 per cent, aa pis
vided in the Volstead Act, then tte
dry forces will be in a sad plight fsr
a representative in tte prssHsatis!
raaa sa far as tte old parties arj, earn
cerned," he said.
Tte national convention of tte Pro
hibition Party artll be held at Lincoln.
Nebraska. July tl to 23.
Chawberlaina r«Mr and Diarrbaa
J.Maedy.
This la unquestionably one A'thebiai»
successful medicine* in u*» for bowel
complaints. A few doses of tt will em*
an ordinary attack of diarrhoea, h baa
beaa aaed in nine epidemics of dysen
tery with perfect success It can al
win be depended opoit to ftr» prompt
relief In caaea of colic and cbalaia
morbus When reduced wMh water and
■weetened it It pleasant to take. Ifrery
family should Veep Oil* »n*T at
ttofct af thia fact It wtil ba
** H md tha following
from wim of tha large
of the (omiti y.
Selection f»ll« upon (tar. Jamea M.
Cat. of Ohio, a our of arorh ability
and nt high attainment politically. of
rlaan Itfa and rword paraonally and
aa far aa diacloaad, In parfa»t arrorn
with tha prinriplaa enunciated In fK
platform joat framad at San Knmcia
In raapart to paraonal popularity
tha Democrat* have undeniably <
well, fjoraraor Cox will make • i
appeal to tha country. It la taa
to rarkon tha affert of Ma laaninga
toward tha "peraonal liberty" aide of
tha wat and dry juration, muplad with
tha more emphatic rejection by tha
conviction of the bone-dry plank of
Mr. Bryan than that of tha damp
plank of Mr. Cockran. If pi iiaaiiil to
tha laaua. Governor Cos may bo foread
to atata hla view* in tarma that win
eatahllah him aa the champioa of modi
fication of tha act of >
There ia a chance,
with Mr. Cos aa
era tic campaign may torn upon
hibition aa tha major iaaue,
than upon tha League of Mattoaa,
upon which tha Adminiatration baa
undoubtedly aat ita heart, and which
the platform chiefly utraaaea.
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Cos is the hsst evasion of awk
ward declaration* the party could find,
hut tha people. w believe, prefer an
aasuranee to an evaaion.
Tha party dodged tha liquor iaaaa.
hut tha candidate revives tt Oh the
covenant tha party waa vehement aad
tha candidate ailent On liquor tha
party ia ailant and tha Candidata ato
nuent. It ia aa ahiewd a manipulation
of iaauea aa could he made.
On a atraight prnkibibai iaana wt
helieve tha country would go fey. ht
a preaidantial elactVm with tha liquor
laaue injected aectionally no ona can
toll Tha Sooth would rota dry, hot
it will rota Democratic, wat or dry
Eleven aoutharn fttatea will give
Co* 126 vote*. They ara aa Rood aa
counted for hiai now. U these atataa
knew that the first thing he would do
would ha to recommend a beer and
light win* amendment to the Volataad
Enforcement Act they would give their
electoral vote* ty him.
A Democratic candidate need* to
pick only 10! electoral vote* in the
northeast and west. In fire states
then ha* been action on liquor itnce
prohibition, either by legislation or in
popular referendum New York and
New Jersey hove paaaed laws to per
mit the manufacture and sale of beer
a perm iaaion which doaa not permit,
hot which expresse*. The Maaaochua
ttta Legislature paaaed such a law
and the Governor vetoed it. RhoJe
Island almost nolified the Constitution
and Ohio went wet on a referendum
These itates hove 10* votes in the
electoral college. Calif orn-» co-tain*
both Johnson and grane grower*. The
grape growers prohab!) will like Cog.
Johnson, who threw Hnghes. has not
expressed any warmth of feeling for
the Republican Party of late.
We believe facing both way* will
no* get an indorsement from the peo
ple and positive aaaertion of Ameri
canism will win over aaaertion of in
ternationalism.
Atlanta Caaatttatiaa
The Democratic coirrentlon in rhooa
(>IK Gov. Jann M. Cox. of OMo. aa Ma
man who will appeal rfirtirtly to the
luffraft* of the whole nnmtn Cm b
a big man—hi* intellectually, hif in
character, My in point of acrompHaH
menta in the interest of good guy in
ment and homan priniaae. Hi k a
nan of broad rWon, a man of (tMif,
poeitire eWietiona. and haa the eoor
are to maintain than. Ha ia pmgwa
eWe. yet raaaariatln. Re heHyvea, aa
hie record ihoai, In a itofit etandaFd
of joatiee before the law; hence, he la
the friend of the rich and poor. Capi
tal and labor. Ma itandard being lim
ply the itandard of pvre Amerlean
iam.
From the etandpeint of political
•tratetry. the nomination of Cos aad
RooeereK could not belmproead upon,
from erery viewpoint, the nomination
of Governor Cox aad RooeereK can
only be Men aa a hitter blow to
pahlican he pee of aofteae
The Hew Terti Tltaae
- ^ -• -• . | ..
in* tha Math m rartain ta any mrwmt,
York, RoeWeettea*. Naw Jaraay and
ta OMa. Indiana and llHaata. Tha par
ty (HUM (a tta old rampatgn itrata
rr—(a work In* for ■ uamMaatlaa of
aalid aauth and imilHaia ritiaa.
Maw Tarfe W«rM
Bv tha nomination of Jam<-> M Cas
tha Man Pranctaco convention haa gtw
<*n ita part- •> !radav wad vanad in Ma
..tupiaa nf ilamuuMJF. s t mdidata
who haa tha plaaatng habit of ally
ing Ma own atata. and a man who la
Mfti offlca haa damonatratad his ra
pacity to lagtalat# and govern.
Rmm what wa know of him wa
ahould iay that Goremor Cox, if elect
ad would enforce tha prohibition
amandmant to tha I attar and all Uma
mada in harmony tharawtth. Ha la
not likely, In raaponaa to any erhorta
♦ion, public or prtrata, to go hayoml
that, aa ao many zaalota aia now in
Suprrm* Court and tha eonrantton of
both partiaa hara I aft tha iaaaa with
Congieaa, and than, no ikjutot, flur
amnr Cor will leave It, obedient to Ita
darroa.
Aa to tha l.aayoe of *fa11nnr ha haa
baan doarrihad aa warm; yat no wna
haa apohan mora strongly in ita favor
that ha did in Ma Jackaon Day ad
dreaa. That ha farora It and would
ratify tha Treaty without Impairing
ita inacrity aa la aa eloquently pro*,
land by tha platform npon which ha la
to itand, la to ba aaaumad aa a mattar
of eonraa.
Baltimore Sua
The immediate mtuatlon ia Chat the
Democrata enter their campaign with
a much superior declaration of prin
ciples and a possibly much superior
candidate It may be that one or the
other of the nominees will develop
unexpected qualities in the campaign.
After all, the people really know aroch
leas about either Hardin v or Cox than
they oanalty *> about men Iwoiol
with presidential nominations. There
is a miisdm in Cos's wuiit parti
cularly in the way he handled the Lm
bor troubles in Ohio last year, when
he resolutely removed a Democratic
Mayor who had shown himaelf inea
pahle of maintaining order and placed
a Republican in his stead, that ho may
have unexpected elements of reasrss
strength.
SUFFRAGE HAS LITTLE
CHANCE IN LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge. La., July T.—The gen
eral aaaemhly adjourned tonight with
out taking any action on Governor
Cox's telegram urging the ratification
of the federal woman suffrage amend
ment. It ia expected to corns xtp to
morrow
In order to do this a two-thirds ma
jority ia necessary to suspend the rule
and supporters of the suffrage amend
ment doubt their ability to obtain sack
a vote.
The bill proposing to extend the suf
frage to wotaen by state aaseataeat
was killed ia the senate tkie afternoon
by a vote of 27 to 14, or one short of
the required two-thirds majority
The death of the resolution ia be
lieved certain. Thursday ia the taat
session day of the assembly and a sos
pension of the rules in both housss of
the legislature would be ni sssssry to
pase the measure. It is regarded aa al
most certain this cannot be nbtataed
Concord Lady Cured of Bad
Pratoea RE-CU-MA far Her Recarery
"For three jrtan I »dw(l fni
knot* in my ttomuek attar ratine. My
appetite waa fairly food bat no Mat
ter what I ate It Ahl do Me aay
good. After Maato Mf knots would
come la ay itomwh and my sMe
«mM pais me terribly.
"A friend in Charlotte who had
been taking RE Ct' MA adriaed Ma to
try it ie 1 got a bottle. Stace taktoa
one bottle 1 am in better general eee
dltion, my atomarh doeaat pain Me aa
it did, and the pain hi My aide la gone.
"T think BE-CU-MA to • great Med
icine for It haa been pork a wonderM
relief ta Me. I recommend tt new to all
my Men (to and adriae anyone to take
It «to to alek aa T waa."
(Signed) Mr*. J. L. F«TK.
CbMMi, M. C
RK-CU-MA I* Mid eo a tow daya*
guaiaalai by Ihtot Airy Dng O
and all gaad Dro* Staraa ft* II»