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THE SUN Has More Than Doable The Circulation of Any Weekly Paper in The Tenth Congres sional District, Comprising Thirteen Large Counties. VOL. 15. NO. 39. RUTHERFORDTON, N. Ct THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 5 1912. .00 A YEAR. THE SUN HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THE SUIN Has More Than Double The Circulation of Any Weekly Paper la The Tenth Congres sional District, - Comprising Thirteen Large Counties. be Sum THE TARIFF AS IT AFFECTS FARMER WILSON ATTACHES GREAT IM PORTANCE TO THE QESTION. The American People Would Have Sav ed Millions Had The Senate And The President Approved The Revision Bills Passed By Democratic House. BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. Gover nor Wilson has indicated in the speech es he has made thus far in the cam paign that he attaches a great deal of importance to the question of the tar iff as it affects farmers. The Demo cratic candidate put this whole ques tion into a nut shell when he said: The farmer does not derive any benefits from the tariff when he goes to market to sell his products, but on everything the farmer buys there is an artificially high price, dua to the tar iff tax." High protectionists in Congress have for many years deceived the farmers into believing that because the tariff is kept on wheat and corn the corn is necessarily benefitted thereby. That this is false logic is apparent to any student of American import and ex port statistics. This country produces more wheat and corn than the Ameri can people consume, - which obviously makes it impossible for any foreign country to sell wheat or corn here Euro pa, which is the great market for surplus American grain, uses all tin grain produced there for home con sumption, and in addition, the Euro pean countries have to send over here for more. If there were no tariff at all on grain, therefore, the American far mer would not be menaced by the pos sibility of foreign competition, for the reason that foreigners have no grain to sell. - But the situation is vastly different with the farmer when he comes to buy the tools, machinery, clothing, and other necessities 6f life. He finds every article that he uses in producing his crops taxed higher and higher, until, as Governor Wilson says, "it -is get ting to - be next to impossible -for the American farmer tc make a legitimate profit." The farmers' implements, their smaller tools, wagons, household art icles, lumber, and harvesting machin ery has steadily risen in price. That this rise has been due to. arti ficial causes is proven by the fact that the identical articles used by the A merican farmer are sold abroad for from 25 to 40 per cent less B. D. Townsend, in his report to President Roosevelt on the Harvester trust, said that the same harvesting machines that were made by the trnst in Chica go, and sold to the American farmer at $125, are sold in Russia for $80 and $90 Nothing but the tariff enables the trust to thus rob the American farmer, because, if it were not for the tariff, the danger of competition from Cana da would force the American trust to sell its machines for one price to all Governor Wilson has shown a deep grasp of the tariff question as it af fects the farmer, and it is certain that before the campaign is much older he will haye some illuminating things to say to the farmer on this vital subject. SUGAR PLUMS. - . . The ownership of a one-half interest in the Western Sugar Refining Com pany netted the Havemeyer interests $12,950,000 in 21 years. In one year, 1896, this concern paid' the Hayemey ers six hundred thousand . dollars. When the company was organized the Havemeyers put jn a million dollars capital, and the Spreckles people an other million. - Two years later this money was returned to' the investors',. - so that all the profit they subsequently -". took out was vel vet." ' Thus the "tar- iff on, sugar is shown ,to be a good thing for the millionaire owners of : the sugar trust. J - '.- - ' POPULAR GOVERN M ENT. " In his speech of acceptance Presi dent Taft said the great- issue . before the people was the retentiou of ; VPop , ular constitution al ' represent a tTte government. " j It ' never occurred to , Mr. Taft that the greatest period of unrest in this country since, war days has been brought about by themUlion- aire trust owners who, while shouting ' about popular government;-hav made. farce of common, every day Justice. . The Payne-Aldrtoa tariff tax, irhfeh Mr. Taft signed, did more than any other one thing to make the people dis satisfied with the particular brand of "oopular constitutional representa tive government" that Mr. Taft and his aides have administered. MEAT PRICES HERE AND A BROAD. On Friday, August24th, prime sir loin of beef sold in London for 19$ cents per Dound, and in New York for 28 cents per pound. Just at present meat prices are higher in this count ry than ever before, while the identi cal cuts that bring such high prices here are sold in London for about two thirds as much. This despite the water haul of 3,000 miles, and the two rail hauls, first from Chicago to the Atlantic sea board, and from Liver pool to London. WHEN THIEVE FALL OUT. Senator Penrose and the Third Termer have a violent quarrel. And while they are snarling and hurling epithets at each other the public learns that the Standard Oil trust contributed $125,000 to the Third Termer's former campaign fund. - - WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Majority Leader Underwood, chair man of the ways and means committee of the House of Representatives, esti mates that the American people would have saved $650,000,000 next year, and each succeeding year had the Senate and the President approved the tariff revision bills sent up to them by the Democratic House. CARNEGIE AND PEACE. Andrew Carnegie is raising a nulla baloo because somebody praised Pitts burgh's part in the manufacture of equipment for fighting ships. ''Pitts burgh's triumphs are those of peace," writes Andrew, Strange he was not so wrapped up in peace in the years gone by when he was piling up mill ions out of the manufacture of steel for Uncle Sam's warships. Wasn't it Carnegie's hirelings who snot down the Homestead strikers in cold blood when they tried to organize a union at the steel mills? He wasn't so peace ful then. CABOLEEN COUPLE WED. The Ice Cream Supper A Success - ... Other News. (Special to The Sun.) . CAROLEEN, Sept. 27 At theUncle Davis cottage by the brook Sunday, September 1st, in the presence of a happy company, in a much happier mood, Mr. Grover C. Bridges and Docie. Padgett were united in holy wed lock. Rev. S. M. Davis performed the marriage service. ... In the hearing of joy bells the joyful couple departed for their future home at popular Cliff side. - T The ice cream supper and festival at the Caroleen hall Saturday evening was more largely attended than is usual, and was a gratifying social and financial success. ; Mrs. George Rol lins and Miss Mary Sea and the other church ladies of the Methodist church had charge of the sweet and icy affair. The proceeds are to be applied to re- furnishing and beautifying the church. The High Shoals school houses are now open to patriotic, well ordered political meetings in honor of school teacher, scholar and statesman, Presi dent Woodrow Wilson. Caroleen merchants and church go ers are congratulating themselves ud on the departure of the hobble skirts and the four by six feet hats. A sun bath these days is hot as comfortable as the weekly Sun Visits. BOX SUFFER NETS $2210. Looking Forward To Meeting Of The Association Uree Rural Items. (Special to The Sun.) ' . UREE R-l, Sept. 2. We are having some very dry weather now and unless there is a shower soon the gardens and truck potatoes will suffer. Rev. L. Haynes spent the night with .Mr. J; E: Searcy Saturday niffht. The people of Bell's Creek enjoyed a good sermon by Rev. Haynes Sunday: Ev erybody about here is looking -forward, to the association, which meets with -Belt's Creek church this vear- and homes . are being prepared for all whovoome. . v-J.?-.,. Miss Eva McDaniel, who teaches in Florida, has returned to her work for the year. V' :T-: ' : ..' The people around Antioch school enjoyed an entertainment and also a boxjsupoer Saturday night. - The pro gram was s.b6rt, but very good. The girls had 14 boxes for sale which made $22.10. jThe money will be used for. a library and stove.. Every one seemed ft enjoy the evening, verymuch ..- -Si : vjou want -to hold your Job tale ffood care of yonr health far when yoar fccsh ii pone jour Job i gr, " FARMER WOT CONCERNED. The City People Are Walking on Stilts And Further Up In ThfrAir. The last session of Congress, now happily adjourned, passed a law that closes the postomces in all large cities and some small ones on Sunday. The law applies to postoffices of the first and second class and provides that no mail be delivered from the gen eral delivery windows, and that none be distributed intd lock boxes. In short, newsdealers cannot get their Sunday papers from the postoffiee, and the man who has been in the habit of going to get his mail on his way from church is shut out. Many of the city people are indignant over the new law, and the traveling man who " wants his mail on Sunday, expecting to get out of town early Mondav morniner or take it out in volleys of inarticulate profanity if he is a cussing man. The people in the country will not be affected in any way by this order, be cause the rural deliveries are not made on Sunday, and the" country postoffiee can keep open if it wants to distribute the mail. The bill was passed and signed by the President a rider on the appropriation bill, and no one saw it until it was too late. It is claimed that the Republicans put it on in order to show the country what a stupid thing a Democratic Congress is but it looks like the Republicans who aie so wise should have chirped, if they saw the rider. And why did the Presi dent sign it because in a great city like New York, where the general de livery is beseiged by hundreds on Sun daysmen from all over the world get ting letters from home this law will prove a genuine hardship, and does no good. If it were a measure designed to observe the Sabbath then there would be- consistency in it. but it is hot. The mail trains continue to run on Sunday; the postoffiee must receive it and dispatch all deposited; the clerks are there at work just the same but the mail remains dead a day and then on Monday morning thefcumulation causes more work than ordinarily. The reason for this puritanical law, which accomplishes no purpose in the world except to discommode the gener at public, is not explained. And Con gress has adjourned and the general public will be obliged to wait until December for the Greensboro Patriot. law's repeal. FOREST CITY NEWS. City Graded Schools Open On tember 9th. Sep- (Speclal to Charlotte Observer.) FOREST CITY, Aug. 30. The For est City graded schools will open Mon day, September 9th, with Prof. T. L. Re velle principal, 'and will have for his assistants Misses Madge Wilkins, Mozelle Trollinger, Minnie Arledge, Lillian Cuthbertson, .-. and- Kathleen Young. " .-; -. Professor Revelle comes from Con way, and is a graduate of-Wake For- est Miss Cutbbertson is from Mon- roe and will have charge, of the first grade. Miss Young of this town, a graduate of Meredith College, will teach the second grade. Miss Arledge of -Columbus will have the third grade in her care.1 Miss Wilkins will teach the fourth and fifth grades. Miss Trollinger of Newton will have charge of the sixth and seventh grades. The trustees are looking forward to one of the best terms in the history of the school. , 1 . The school auditorium'- has been equipped with opera seats, which adds greatly to its appearance and to the comfort of those who attend the lect ures and entertainments given in this hall from time to time. There 'will be a missionary rally here Friday, September 6th, of the Woman's Missionary Union of . the Sandy Run : Baptist Association.- A large delegation of women will- be present to sum up their year's receipts and prepare theif report for the annu al association, which convenes with Mount : Olivet church Thursday, Oc tober lOtb. - .V J The little 8-months'old son of Mr. and Mrs. R L. Griffin, who died Wed- ssday knight, V was , buried Cat : Cool Springs cemetery yesterday afternoon at icO'clockT";"; ZrM-:r .Thfli skilled ' workman v' in order to maintain his standard, as ' such, must keep wellir For with impaired phy si- oat health he will soon find that he is a '-'has been," that he can not, do as much work, nor of so good a quality", as heH was able to turn out when he was in perfect health. ; - - , v -; V'-' Thta -ia the: open reason lor outdoor life.- 8ee to it that yoo mate the most of it aad&pendanr undys aad half'H hjritfajt in, the opea. FARMERS FOR SIMMONS. Prominent Member State Board Of Agriculture Gives Reasons Why. Karly in the senatorial campaign the interest . of the farmers of North Carolina in the re-election of Senator Simmons became a noticeable feature of the situation. This fact is not difficult to explain. Our North Carolina Farmers are quiet but well informed citizens. They think for themselves, and they make up their minds on the merits of a matter. The farmers of NorthCarolinaknow: First That Senator Simmons was reared on a farm and is now a fai'mer ' spending as much time as his official duties will allow on his farm in Jones county. He understands the farmer's point of view and sympathizes with the farmer's condition. Second That in the Senate Mr. Simmons hs always taken the farm er's part, not in a perfunctory way but earnestly, even when to do so was likely to bring criticism upon nim, as shown by the fallowing statement of some of his activities in the?-farmer's interest: " '.' 1. His great work to get the nation al government to aid in the building and maintenance of the rural post roads a work that is sure to bear fruit shortly. 2. His advocacy of a rural and gen eral parcels post to enable the farmer to get parcels and packages by mail on the rural delivery routes, and for the reduction of the rate and an in crease in the weight limit on all par eel post packageg. : 3. His powerful resistance of Presi dent Taft's reciprocity pact scheme to put what the farmers produce and sell on the free list with Canada while protecting with high tariff rates the things that farmers must consume and buy, such as hoes, plows, leather goods, farming machinery, cotton bag ging and ties, and wire fencing. Sen ator Simmons stood out for the policy oi putting these things on the free list if farm produces should be put on the free list. 4. His efforts in opposition to gam bling in farm products and his not able speech in the Senate in which he showed that fifteen cents per pound was a fair price for , cotton. This speech was made in his protest against Attorney-General Wickersham's plan to prosecute those who were trying to raise the price of cotton. He showed Wickersham up as prosecuting the cotton "bulls" but letting the cotton "bears" go free. 5. His amendment to our immigra tion laws, designed to prevent the fur ther immigration to our country of illiterate aliens of the lower class. 6. His signal leadership of the Sen ate in passing the iron and teel, wooleu and cotton tariff bills, reduc ing the tariff on articles the farmer must buy, such as cutlery, ' clothing, etc. .' - " ; " . .:, ' Third. The farmers of North Caro lina have not only taken note of these prominent, features In Senator Sim mons' record, but they have read the Senator's speeches on various sub jects of interest to the farmer and the laboring man, and they haye been im pressed with the evidence that he has a genuine and'abidintr interest in their welfare aud that he does not .have to be reminded or urged to be on the alert in their' behalf. He does not make professions or promises, he does things. "x - - V -- k .... With such a record oi service to speak for him; it is no wonder that the farmers of Korth Carolina are in overwhelming numbers advocating the re-election -of Senator Simmons. They are. men of common sense""They are moved by practical considerations, not by political ambitions. -And their judgment is about as safe a guide as can be found. A. Cannon in Western Carolina Democrat " WILL GET INCREASE. Rural Free Delivery Carriers To Re : ' ceive More Moneys V . . ' (Special to ""Charlotte.- Observer.) ! Washington, Sept.; 1. on sep tember 80,' the salaries : of . the 30,000 rural 'free delivery carrier's .will be in creased from $1,000 to $1,100 year and 12,000 other carriers will get an increase according to the length of their" routes. The 30,000 men carry 'the .standaad routes which average 25 miles. - .' ' - Senator Simmons, the .author of the bill that provides an increase . in the rural carriers salary- said v.that the carriers would need ' it if they . had to handle parcels . as the nevf; 'post ; ap propriation bill provides! ; ' Ohew your food ; your stomach ;has n- teeth. The hen i wallows her food without chewing; but he-ako swallows J I MW 9. A MARRIAGE AT CLIFFSIDE Meeting In Progres At Methodists Church Personal Mention. (Special to The Sun.). CLIFFSIDE, Sept. 2. Mr. Grover Bridges, son of Mrs. Sarah Bridges, was united in the holy bonds of wed lock to Miss Docia Padgett, daughter of Mr. Robert Padgett, on last Sun day. They are both of Cliff side. May joy and peace attend them. Mr. Ruben McBrayer returned from Forest City Saturday at the close of the Cliffside store's last demonstration of the Majestic range and Standard sewing machine for this season. They were very successful in all their dem onstrations. Mr. James McFarland and wife, of Rutherfordtoh, spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Claude McFarland. Mr. Carl Wilson and mother, of Mount Vernon section, spent Satur day night and Sunday here with rela tives. air. jj.-u. Fortune visited his son, Mr. Raleigh Fortune, at the Ruther ford Hospital Sunday. Mr. Bezala Hamrick, son of Mr Lewis Hamrick of the Mount Pleasant section, after a long illness died at his home on Thursday, August 22nd, and was buried at Mount Pleasant church the following day. Quite a large crowd of our people attended the ordination services at Mount Pleasant last Friday when Rev. Joseph Matheney and Rev, Cleveland Holland were ordained into the minis try. ' Mrs. W. T. Green is sick with grippe at this writing. Mrs. Stella Turner, of Bishopville, S. C, after spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs. J. S. Rudisell, started for her home Monday of this week. Mr. Z. O. Jenkins, manager of Cliff side store and the R. R. Haynes store at Henrietta, vrith his milliners, Misse? Pearl and Mae Whitesides, are iD Baltimore selecting their fall and win ter stock of dry good and millinery. L, Mrs Eva Hamrick and little son, Frank, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. George Gold, of Lattimore. Miss Blanche McDaniel, of Ellen- bo ro, spent part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Goforth. Miss Sarah Brackett returned Fri day from a visit to relatives at Casar. Miss Lila Lewis spent the week end with homef oiks at Gilkey. Miss Harrilson, of - Cherry ville, spent the week end with Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Swofford. Miss Jennie Brachvin, of Greenville, S-C, is spending this week with Dr. and Mrs. J. Rush Shull. -Misses Evelyn and Charlotte Ruck- er, oi (Jharlotte, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Allhands Monday and Tuesday; . Messrs. J, P. Carpenter and R. B. Watkins attended court at Ruther ford ton last week. - .The meeting in progress at the Methodist church is doing great good. Rev. R, M. ,Hoyie, presiding elder, assisted the early part of last week. Rev. Swofford, with the " church at work, is now carrving it on. , - Give Mr. Bryan Proper Credit. The conduct of Colonel William J Bryan at the Baltimore convention and since, has been of a character to excite the admiration of the country. Those who wonld withhold from him the credit for having been mainly insttu. mental in bringing about the nomination of Wilson, are simply so blinded by prejudice that they cannot see the truth The generalship displayed by Bryan was admirable. It bore the " indication on its face that Bryan was working for the good of the Democratic party and the country, with Bryan's ambitions and personal interests eliminated. This has been followed by a display of good judg ment on the part of Col. Bryun in se lecting the Western States, where his influence is greatest, as the scene of his campaign- work in behalf of - Wilson Whatever may be said of Bryan's mis takes in the past, he has made none this year, nor is her likely to make any: lie occupies the position today of a public man whose! usefulness - to the-' country WiUlpe 'gneraily .admitted --Charlotte Observer. , - :j. Breaks All Records. ? '(By the Associated Press.)' ATLANTA, Sept. 1. The hot weath er which has prevailed over the South Atlantic States for several days today "succeeded in breaking several, records. In this city the temperature reached 93, the higheet of the year. , At Columbia and Charleston, S. C.f the reading was 09 3 and 100, respettively. The hottest September 1 in 35 yebrs; I'ampa,! F,la.i claircei to. be the' coolest ,citv iu the Southeast the .thermometer standing at 95or one degree of the record," ? FEDERAL AID FOB ROADS. Tar Heel Congressman Back Home To Look After Their Fences. . (Special to The Sun.) RAT.RTftlT Anr 50 TJrtwt.hfif; Pnn. eress has adjourned the Tarheel Con gressmen whose official duties keep them in Washington the major portion of the year are back home, and will be given an opportunity to look nerson ally after their political fences, all of them being candidates for re-election, except Senator Overman, whose term does not expire until 1915." According to the statements of some of the Washington correspondents, the return of Senator Simmous to the State after a session in which he has figurea more prominently of late than any other member of that body, and whose splendid leadership of the na tional Democracy in the Senate has been so fruitful of good results, both to the party and the material interests of the State of North Carolina will inject more interest and "spice" into the campaign for the senatorial nomi nation. But to the "man up the tree" he Senator has nothing to fear if he only holds on to the advantage he al ready possesses, for at the present moment he appears to have both of his competitors beaten already, and that largely on his "record" which one of them has been : "attacking" as his sole areument why Simmons should be retired to make room for Kitchin. The Governor has not yet accepted Judge Clark's earnest invitation to tell the people one good reason (based on the record of Mr, Kitchin as either Congressman or Governor) that justi fies him in asking for this promotion at the hands of the party. On the other hand, there is some caustic criticism eoiaer the rounds of the editorial columns of the State press of the spectacle of the head of the judiciarv stumping the State Der son al ly for a Dolitical office." , One of the most important . and pop ular pieces of legislation which the Congress considered during the past session (and which will be resumed next session) was that which Senator Simmons fought so hard and persis tently for in which he led the fight for the farmers that for government aid in the building and maintenance of good roads in the States, which are used by the government in the trans portation of the mails by rural deliv ery, etc. North Carolina and other Southern farmers are greatly -concerned in this matter, which for that reason alone is being fought by some of the Senators and Congressmen from other sections if the country. These latter are lartre-. ly old Senators experienced in legis lation (other States dp not retire their Senators to private life as soon as they- qualify to become useful to their States) and, knowing the rones of legislation so well, they have often de- C . .1 l ' 1 f - 1 . icbwu ujcasurcn iu wuicq our Deonio were closelv interested In the nasi: But this time they struck the snag of encountering - a Southern Senator as learned in the matter of legislation as they and one whose term in Congress has qualified him to serve on the com- , mittees where he can measure steel with them. The result so far is known, and when the present senior Senator begins his third term next March he will accomplish more in this important matter than. an v other could. Of course a new man couldn't accomplish anv- thing to speak of, however hard he tried. He simply is not given the op portunity. That is why New England and many of the greatest States have kept their Senators in harness till the Master called 'them such national characters as Edmunds, of Vermont; Hoar and Sumner, of Massachusetts; Hawley, of Connecticut, - and a score that raiffht be named off hand by any one familiar with the subject. The splendid speech on this good , roads appropriation delivered by Sen- ator Simmons recently has been called for so largely . by the country people of this and other Southern States that, understand, a large number, of copies w vv. w iuwuj m Trill -. sent to all desiring them. f 1 i Don't apply ice cold water to a red hot stomach, water should bo . .cold enough to be palatable, . that is to taste good, but neverv ice cold. Also don't gulp it down ; drink slowly. This is important, especially if the water is cold and you are both hot and thirsty.- But don't forget to cultivate' the habit and drink plenty of water very day. ' .. Bobbing ; one's self of sleep is putting a mortgage on future health and hap piness. Nature will surley foreclose. Trr. to f get your eight hours out of the twenty-four. They are yours. . - 4 --X - fx r 9 ' 1 fc ., -. -
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