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THESUN Has More Than Double The Circulation of Any Weekly Paper in The Tenth Congres sional District, Comprising Thirteen Large Counties. VOL. 15. NO. 37. RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 22, 19J2. $1.00 A YEAR. CONGRESSIONAL THE SUN Has More Than Double The Circulation of Any Weekly Paper in, The Tenth Congres sional District, Com prising Thirteen Large Counties. Hoe GOVERNOR WILSON QUIETS ALL FEARS HE DOES NOT WISH TO INIURE ANY MAN'S BUSINESS. The Democratic Nominee Believes That The Proper And Sane Thing To Do, is To Gradually Reduce The Tariff Untii The Proper Level Is Reached. BY CLYDE H. TAVEXXER. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 Gover nor Wilson had quieied the fears of the business interests that the tariff may be reduced too suddenly in the event of Democratic success iu Nov ember. The enemies of the New Jer sey Governor took much pains to spread the story that the Democrats proposed to cut and slash the tariff rates right and left as soon as they came into power, and regardless of the fact that no responsible Democrat ever said or did anything to give a basis for this belief, the story has been industriously circulated. In the fiscal year just closed Amer ican exports amounted to more than one billion dollars. Forty-seven per cent of goods manufactured in this country last year were exported. These fienres show that American manufac turers have the ability to meet foreign ers in competition. It shows that American ingenuity and genius can conquer over the antiquated methods still in vogue in many foreign coun tries. Moreover, it shows that if Americans are so abundantly able to meet foreigners in their own market places, there is no excuse for the out rageous tariff that was put up osten sibly to keep foreign goods out of our ports, but in reality to give American manufacturers an opportunity to gouge extra profits out of their own country men. V V utiC LUC1C 13 U" UUUU1 aixjup, is-m ocrats that the tariff is too high, it is realized that American business has become adjusted to the present sched ules, and further realized that to snatch away the high tariff at one move would simply precipitate a crash that might not be survived easily. The tariff board and hundreds of in dividual manufacturers have admitted that the rates are too high. Customs sports and commercial statisticsiiave revealed tnat the tariff on many ar ticles brought to this country exceed the entire cost of production, and it is plain that such tariff rates amount to a wholly unnecessary and burdensome taxation. Governor Wilson recently had a conference with Congressman Redfield, who has made some of the most sensi ble tariff speeches ever made in Con gress, and it was agreed between them that the proper and safe thing to do with regard to the tariff is to cut it down gradually until the proper level is reached. In that way it will be easy to ascertain just what effect each suc cessive cut has on price conditions. Thus by easy stages the tariff for private profit can be turned into a tariff for revenue, and this process is sure to result in a big reduction in the cost of living. Governor Wilson is not anxious to .injure any man's business. He will insist, in the event of his election, that all DU8iness be legitimate, and that the false foundatiou be taken from under the tariff trusts. But he will make ' it a gradual process, and one that will not disturb either business or the country in general. In the light of the President's, veto of the wool bill, which veto gives the woolen trust a continuance of its priv ilege to plunder the consumer while ' at the same time paying its workers starvation' wages, a page, from the hearings. in connestion with the Law rence strike inquiry makes interesting reading. The witness in Miss Sanger, a trained nurse, (Page 226, Hearings on House Resolution 409. and 433.) THE TESTIMONY. V Mr. Pou; Miss Sanger, were "you instrumental in taking ; a number of ' the strikers' children , away from JLaw- rence during the stride? , : .". v. Miss Sanger: 'Yes sir. ... K's Mr. Pftu: Did vhu tiillr with tlmsc cuiiurcu Buuut luoir ni&nneroi Jivingr " : . r m 9 C T- Y . . . . . - - miss oauger; . ies sir. x iounu mat - the children there were 119 - of .them . in -my party seldom ate meat, and - their physical condition, was the most place four of the smallest children' had cnickenpox, and they had not received . ; - 1 a . a r . rm ; : walking about amonsr the other child ren apDarenuy without noticing tne chickenpox or diphtheria; one child had diphtheria. Of the 119 children only four of them had underwear, ana it was bitterly cold. We had to run all the way from the station to Labor Temple after we got to New York to keep from freezing. Mr. Foster: You say only four had underclothing; what was the condition or their outer clothing? Miss Sanger: It was simply in rags. Their coats were worn to shreds. Mr. Foster: Were the children pale and thin? . Miss Sanger: Yes sir, and I want to say that when they had supner it would have brought tears to your eyes to see them grab for the most with their bare hands. Mr. Foster: Did any of them have on woolen clothing of any sort? Miss Sanger: No sir. Mr. Foster: And yet they all work ed in woolen mills? Miss Sanger: Yes sir. In his veto messageMr. Taft has much to say about the "woolen indus try," and "foreign labor. " He manes no mention of these poor victims of the woolen trust's greed. CALLS ON MR. MARSHALL. Colonel Mills And Judge Parker Visit Indiana's Governor. (By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. 19 Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, who tomorrow is to notify former Gov ernor Thomas R. Marshall of his nom ination for Vice-President of the Unit ed States on the Democratic ticket, ar rived here today and called at the In diana Executive's office. The call was short and afterward it was said poli tics was not mentioned. "I have not done a thing toward an address yet," said Judge Parker, when asked if he had a copy of his speech in advance. "I won't even be able to outline what I will say until I see what sort of a gathering we are going to have at the notification ceremonies." Col. John I. Martin, sergeant-at- arms Of the Democratic national com mittee, and John C. Mills, of Ruther fordton, N. C, member of the notifica tion committee, were with the New York jurist when he called on Gover nor Marshall. Indiana Democratic eaders said they expected that at least half of the members of the notification committee would be here. William G. McAdoo, of New York, who is act ing chairman of the national commit tee during the illness of Chairman William F. McCombs, is expected to reach here early tomorrow. CARR ARRESTED. Express Messenger Charged with Taking Money From Car. (Special to Charlotte Observer.) ASHEVILLE, Aug. 17. Charged with having robbed the express-car of Southern Railway train No. 13, which be had claimed had been rifled by a lone train robber who held him up at the point of a pistol last Thursday night, E. F. Carr, of Marion, this State, the express messenger in charge of the car, was arrested by special a gents of the Southern Railway shortly after midnight tonight and lodged in the city jail pending a preliminary hearing Monday morning. The agents making the arrest refuse to make any statement in connection therewith, other than to say that Carr denies his euilt. J ail attendants, however, state that the accused has told several conflicting stories since his arrest, one of them being to the effect shat "another man got the money." parr's story ihursday night was that he had been held up and locked in the express chest as the train was leaying Biltmore. ROOSEVELT COMING. Will Make Five Speeches In North Carolina In September. (Special to Charlotte Observer.) T" X7"1.1 "a" Ol TvTrk ' - -v -m- . : vj Ln.r u onjnAj, Aug. iy. it was learned here today semiofficially that Theodore Roosevelt will make- five speeches in the State in September, making his first address at Goldsboro The other points in the State at which he will speak will be Ralei eh, Greens boro, Salisbury and Asheville. From the latter place he will continue his speechmaking tour into Tennessee. It is learned further that the former President and his followers will make a determined.Sght in North Carolina, not so much as to exoecting to win the State In the electoral column but to have their candidate secure more votes than president Tall. . - CAROLEEN ITEMS. Bountiful Crops Of Grain And Fruit Locals And Personals. (Special to The .Sun.) CAROLEEN, Aug. 18. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Jenkins their daughters, Misses Mildred and Sarah Jenkins, are enjoying visits from Misses Violet Rankin, Gastonia; Es sie lireen, Monroe: Mary uamron.i Shelby, and Mrs. M. J. Huggins, Wilmington. Miss Bessie Cross, of Chester, is visiting Mrs. J' H. Stedman. Miss Mary Sea has as her guest Miss Vernia Yarboro of Greenville. Drs. Wiseman. Lovelace and Hol and now hurry to the bedside of their patients in handsome automobiles. There is but little complaint these days about high prices, since moun tain wagons are bringing in an abun dance of fine fruits and vegetables at prices so low that even Charlotte edit ors might afford to live here ic pretty fine style. Not in the remembrance of the old est citizen has Rutherford county been favored by such a bountiful crop of grain and fruit as now looms in sight. The Caroleen high school will open the first of next month in charge of Prof. E. J. Abernethy. They will be assisted by Misses Waddell, Womack, Dogeett and Lynch. Dr. Marvin Scruggs will leave in a few days for the Philadelphia. Medical College to take a course in that in stitution. The good roads fever has reached Caroleen and our streets and side walks are being put in better condition than we have hadin several years. Kenneth Tanner is here assisting his father. President S. B. Tanner, in the management of the Cleghorn, For est City and Caroleen-Henrietta sys tem of mills. The Caroleen kindergarten school, conducted by Rev. S. M. Davis, is opening up its autumn term with radiant prospects. MRS. J. M. PUTNAM DEAD. Daughter Of Mr. G. B. Pruett Passes Away At Shelby Hospital. A death that has cast a sorrow and gloom over many friends and rela tives is that of Mrs. Linda Putnam, wife of Mr. J. Marvin Putnam, of Waco, which occurred in the Shelby Hospital last Tuesday afternoon at 45 o'clock. Mrs. Putnam was a vic tim of pellesrra without the eruptions. Her suffering was intense and death was a reiiei. sne was $i years oia and the daughter of Postmaster G. B. Pruett, of Ellenboro. Her remains were taken to Ellenboro for interment at Bethel Wednesday. Mrs. Putnam was a refined and cultured woman, for a number of years teacher in Round Hill Academy. Her husband is a prominent merchant and influential citizen of Waco. They were married about three years ago. The Pruetts and Putnams constitute two of the largest -and best known families in Cleveland and her death comes with deepest sorrow upon them all. The Cleveland Star, the 16th. PRAY FOR A GOOD wiANr Asking Divine Guidance At South Carolina Primaries. (Special to Charlotte Observer.) COLUMBIA, -Aug. 18. In accord ance with a resolution adopted by the Ministerial Association, several of the ministers of Columbia today touched oh the troubled political situation in South Carolina, and in their sermons and prayers asked Divine guidance for the people in choosing their rulers, asking that pure good ciean men be elected to office and that right and reason might have sway. Several of the ministers made ear nest supplication for the Divine guid ance of the people in the approaching election' and asked that the Divine will be carried out and that God-fearing men be selected to rule the people. None of the candidates', names were called, nor was the success of any one candidate especially prayed for, but it is very generally understood that the purpose of the prayers and references-were f pr a change in the admin istration of the affairs of the State. Ross Again Reprieved.': ' Last Thursday Governor Kitchin rr prieved for the third time the sentence of John" Roes, convicted in Cleveland county ofthe murder of ; Mr. and Mrs John Dixon. The negro was reprieved the second time to appear as a witness against Frank Gladden, white, . charge edwith the murder. It is probable Boas' sentence will be commuted to lfe juaprUPPmept.; FERRY ITEMS. A Successful Revival At Floyd's Creek Church Personals. (Special to The Sun.) FERRY, Aug19. The dry weather continues and the hot days are mak ing up for the cool spell a few weeks ago. The revival meeting closed at Floyd's Creek last Monday. Three candidate were baptized. Mrs. Will Crawford, who has been viaitinsr relatives at Chesnee, S. C, returned home last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haynes, of Cliff side, spent Saturday night and Sun day at Mr. W. M. Haynes'. Mrs. Rosa Gaffney and daughter, Miss Rose, spenv Sunday at Mr. W. H. Haynes'. Mr. and Mrs. C. H, Kennedy spent Sunday at Mr. Gaither Kennedy's. Mr. aDd Mrs. Z. O. Jenkins, of Henrietta, visited here Friday evening. - Mr. W. M. Haynes and family spent last Friday at Mr. A. W. Wall's near Henrietta. Mr. James Hughes and family spent last week with relatives at Henrietta. A good many of our people attended the Farmers,' Institute at Ellenboro Monday. Mr. Joe Phillips and family, of Hen rietta, spent Sunday at Mr. J. S. Phillips. Messrs. J. F. Flack and J. J. Ed wards were business visitors here last Thursday. There is a ten days' singing school going on at Goode's Creek church with Mr. Charlie Greene as teacher. Mr. Joe Thorn spent last Tuesday night with his uncle here, Mr. N. T. Thorn. STATE CONVENTION CALLED. Progressives Will Meet In Greensboro Tuesday, September 3rd. (By tne Associated Press.) GREENSBORO, Aug. 17. A call for a State convention to be held in '.rreensboio Tuesday, September 3rd, oi the new Progressive party in North Cfifolina was made at the first meet ing of the State committee in a three- hour session here this afternoon. The convention is called to nominate pres idential electors, though a provision is made for putting out a State ticket should it be deemed advisable at that time. A warm debate was waged over the question of entirely cutting loose from the Republican organization, some be lieving that the Roosevelt followers could capture the regular Republican convention called to meet in Charlotte Wednesday, September 4th, to nomi nate a State ticket and electors and bind them by resolution to work for the Roosevelt-Johnson ticket. Lead ers counseled asrainst such a course and urged successfully the calling of a Progressive convention prior to the Republican convention. Simmons Cannot Be Spared. The way he is figuring in the Asso ciated Press and other newspaper re ports of the proceedings of 'Congress, Senator Simmons . is about he last man on the. Democratic side who could be spared from the Senate at this time. Laying aside for the time being all that be said on the senatorial contest in our State, it is unquestionably a great honor to North Carolina and our people that we furnish the man who is selected by fellow Senators to lead the national fight of the Demo cratic party in the United States Sen ate for the principal great issues upon which the party is going -before the nation in this campaign. Fayetteville Index. Henrietta Happenings. (Special to The Sun.) HENRIETTA, Aug. 19. Mr. J. L. Champion, who for the past several months has been at Cliff side, has again taken charge of the picture gal lery here. Mr. Champion has had had many years of experience in his line of work and we. gladly welcome him back to our town. Mr. .and Mrs. H. L. Toms visited friends and relatives in Shelby last week returning home Sunday, .- -. Mrs.. W. H. Fanning returned Sun day to Henrietta after spending a pleasant week at Forest City with her sister, Mrs. Cyrus Wilkie. Getting In .Some Good Work. They are haying a big time these days up there in the Senate and Sim mons is right in the the thick of the fight, cetting things to so his - way Continually his successful leadership in the Senate bears fruit and now is hust ihe time for him to go back when he has reached the zenith of history ' Thomas v ille David SOUTHEASTERN EXHIBITS Will Be Displayed At Northern Fairs And Expositions. (Speclaj'to The Sun.). WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The ad vantages and opportunities which the Southeastern States offer to indus trious homeseekers will be strikingly displayed during the next few months at fairs and expositions in Iowa, Wis consin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York which last year had an aggregate attendance of oyer two million peopie and at the great annual Canadian Exposition at To ronto, running over two weeks, with an an average daily attendance above 100,000. by exhibits which will be made by the Southern Railway system. Exhibits will be made at more than twenty-five fairs in the States named, each- one of which has been selected with a view to its character, attend ance, and probable interest in loca tions in the Southeast on the part of the people attending. Four sets of ex hibits have been prepared. Each set will be shown at from six to nine diff erent lairs covering a wide stretch of country. A special exhibit will be sent to the Toronto exposition. The exhibits will consist of fresh fruits, cotton, tobacco, potatoes and truck croos and colored pictures showing farm and orchard scenes will be dis played. Representatives of the Land and Industrial Department of the Sou thern system will be with each exhibit Attractive literature giving full infor mation about the Southeaat has been prepared especially for these fairs and a set of fine Southern views will be distributed as souvenirs. By these exhibits the Southern Rail way will reach a large number of far mers of just the type that is wanted in the Southeast and it is .going to the heavy exuense involved in makinsr the exhibits for the purpose of attracting such settlers to the country along its lines. CK0PS LOOKING FINE. The Meeting At Mountain Creek Closes Other Green Hill News. (Special to The Sun.) GREEN HILL, Aug. 19. We haye had some fine seasons for the past few days and crops are looking fine. Rev. D. J. Hunt closed a series of meetings at Mountain Creek Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cage Byers, of Ellen boro R-l, spent Saturday nisrht and Sunday at Mr. C. C. McGinnis'. Mrs. Mamie Wind, of Cliffside, spent Thursday eight with her friend, Miss Swannie Powell. Mr. T. J. James left Saturday for Caldwell county to visit bis mother-in-law, Mrs. Day is. Among the young people in this com munity entering school are Messrs. T. Keeter, Crawford Edwards and Gar den Powell to the Farm School at Asheville, Miss Pauline Geer to Mars Hill, and Mr. Ben Hampton to Round Hill. The young people enjoyed a singing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edwards Tuesday night. FARMING WITH DYNAMITE. Demonstration Given At Forest City Before 1,000 Farmers. (Special to Charlotte Observer.) FOREST CITY. Aug. 18. A free demonstration of "farming with dyna mite" was given here yesterday after noon. Nearly 1,000 farmers from all over the county were present to learn how the deep plowing was done and how to use explosives for blowing stumps, boulders, draining overflowed land, tree setting and subsoiling. The demonstration was given on the farm of B. Arp Lowrance about a fourtn of a mile from town, which has a hard red clay subsoil. John E. Ad- dicks, the demonstrator, subsoiled an acre of ground and it will be thorough ly tested next season. Mr. Lowrance will do some more blasting on his farm and experiment in raising all kinds of vegetables and truck. ' Mr. Addicks left last night for Alta Pass, where he will demonstrate road grading with dynamite on the crest of the Blue Ridge highway which is be ing built, : Simmons Immovable. (Special to Charlotte Observer.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Presi dent Taft today asked Senator Sim mons to withdraw his opposition to the confirmation of Dorcas Newberry, recently appointed collector of intern al revenue of the Albemarle district. . Senator Simmons had the confirm ation postponed until the next session of Congress and will not have- the ! action of the committee on commerce rescinded. WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE. Matters Of Importance That Have Marked The Session. Congress is about to end a session that has now run over 250 days, since the organization of the government there have been seven continuous ses sions of great length. Measured by the standard of new raws enacted, this one has not been fruitful of much gen eral legislation; but from the stand point of great issues fought out and great policies outlined, it has been of more than usual interest. Many huge annual appropriations bills that should have become effective J uly 1 still are at issue between the two houses. Minor legislation and important questions of general inter est are to be laid aside in an effort to bring about adjournment by next Sat urday, or at the latest, by the end of the following week. The more important developments that have marked the session, many of them outside the record of general legislation, are: The beginning of impeachment pro ceedings against Judge Robert W. Archbald, f the Commerce court. Abrogation of the Russian treaty, followingthe agitation over the Jew ish passport question. Virtual defeat by amendment of President Taft's arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. No tice by the Senate to foreign nations that the United States will' permit none to acquire naval or military sites in the western hemisphere. Approval of a constitutional amend ment for direct election of Senators. Decision of both houses in favor of free passage for American ships at Panama, m face of Great Britain's protest that this would be a violation of treaty rights. Admission of New Mexico and Ari zona to Statehood. Veto by President Taft of tariff bills passed by Democratic - Progressie alliance. Increase of civil war pensions through the bherwood service pension law. Tariff plans of the Democrats met the veto of President Taft again at this session of 1911. The House pass ed wool, cotton, steel and iron, chemi cal and sugar tariff bills and an ex cise tax bill to increase revenues. Only the wool and metal revisions have gone to the President. They both were vetoed last week. The tariff bills passed the Senate by a renewal of the alliance of Democrats and Progressives, an alliance which took the leadership in that body away from the so-called regular Republicans and made any attempt at a legislative program impossible. The Democratic House has contin ued much of the investigating' work that marked the special session last year. The "teel trust" committee, which made its divided report recently to the House, recommended marked changes in the anti-trust laws; but no progress toward new anti-trust legis lation has been made. ' Investigating committees appointed a year ago have practically all re ported to Congress covering the in quiries into various so-called trusts, the "shipping combines," Alaskan af fairs, agricultural department oper ations, the "secret fund" of the State Department, the Titanic disaster, and many other subjects. Few of them have resulted in new laws or regula tions. New investigations have been start ed in the "money trust," the alleged financing of Cuban and Mexican in surrections by Americans; the dam ages sustained by Americans in the Mexican revolution and expenditures of the forest service. The settlement of the Lorimer case involved the Senate in a second pro tracted fight and the final rejection of' the credentials of the Illinois Senator. An investigation of the election of Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin, resulted in a decision in his favor. In the House a committee that investigat ed the election of Representative Cat lin, of Missouri, recommended that he be unseated because too much money was spent for election purposes. Denounces Roland. (Special to Charlotte Observer.) Asheville, Aug. lT.Fifteen mem bers of the Buncombe county Republi can executive committee met here to day and issued a call for a county con vention to be held September 2, two hours before the convention which had just been called by county Chairman Roland. y A resolution denouncing' Roland for usurpation of power and for attempting to read Roosevelt Republicans ont ol the party was addopted. .an. ;-r.: Sir .'; .
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