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THBSUN Has More Than Double The . Circulation of Any Weekly Paper io The Tenth Gongrea sional District, Comprising Thirteen Large Counties. THESUN Has More Than Double The Circulation of Any Weekly Paper in The Tenth Oongres ional District, Comprising Thirteen Large Counties. VOL. 15. NO. 40. RUTHERFORDTON, N . THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, t9I2. $1.00 A YEAR. HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE TENTH CONGRESSIONAL Sun. V i- ii i : HI I- 1 1 ! t V v 1 '-, JOSEPHUS DANIELS IS GREATLY ELATED The "fabrication" consisted of the easilv proved lie that Senator Sim mons had dickered with a Rapublican Senator in the interest of the Lippett wool bill f which was inimical to the very provisions of the Simmons and the LaFollette wool bills on which the two latter agreed and thereby consum mated the tariff legislation which the Progressive ReDublicans like LaFol- - L lette helped the Democrats to pass) State Democratic Hpnrimmrtorc Nnw Senator LaFollette. when called on a few davs a?o bv Senator Simmons to Actively In Operation With Secretary state the truth about his (Simmons') WHAT IS COTTON WORTH? Basis Of 10 1-2. Cents Believed To BRINGS ENCOURAGMENT FROM NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. WILEY FOR WILSON. a ' - win lake Issue With T. Brock In Charge Senatorial Pri mary Developments-Political Gossip (uns qx o reioetfs) RALEIGH, Seot. 0. National Com mitteeman Josephus Daniels, who spent a few days here last week look ing after his" personal and newspaper interests, brought fine encouragement from national Democratic headquar ters in New York, where he is kept busily engaged during the illness and absence of the national chairman and vice chairman, respectively, much of their work falling upon his shoulders in addition to the duties of his own 1 special worK as cnairman of the du blicity bureau, which he has perform ed with such signal success and dis tinction. One of the first things he did after reaching Raleigh was to vote in the Wake county primaries for the renom ination of the county officers whom he did so much to elect two years aero in the hot Wake couuty contest, all of them being renominated without op position this year that being custom ary here when there are no good rea sons for refusing a county official a second term. I mention this to show how well qualified he must be to speak intelligently. on Democratic conditions a man who keeps in close touch with the smallest local official to the par ty's candidate for the' presidency. Without going into details, it is suf ficient to quote him as saying: 'On the Democratic side the work at headquarters has not been so far -advanced in many years as September 1st finds it this year. The Democratic Text Book, which covers fully the is sues of the campaigflwith side lights, has already cone out to the speakers, and within the next week 50,000 copies of it will be put into the hands of edi tors and speakers and put in every tsounty in the United State.". Mr. Daniels said that the work of preparing the text book was, of course, the preliminary jwork of the campaign, and that the strong articles in it would now be printed in small pamphlets and circulated by the mil lion so that by the first of October every yoter living in a doubtful State would be reached with the kind of arg ument that is best suited to every ele ment of the population. The text book was prepared by a committee compos ed Josephus Daniels, James T. Lloyd, chairman of the congressional commit tee, and R. W. Woolley. SENATORIAL PRIMARY DEVELO MENTS. . . . There has been a noticable activity the last few days at Simmons and Kit chin headquarters here.- The immedi ate cause of it is the appearance of -Senator Simmons personally to help State Manager S. L. "Rogers in such matters as hecan, and Jthe arrival of Congressman Claude K itch in at Gov ernor Kitchin 's headquarters,, and where informed newspaper reporters he expects to make his headquarters for some time and actively engage in the work of helping his brother in the contest he is making to secure the seat now held by Senator Simmons. Then there is Democratic State head quarters which are now "actively in operation, with Secretary Brock in personal charge and Chairman Webb saending as much time here as he can spare at present. v Later the chairman will be in Raleigh practically all the time till the campaign closes. -. .- At all three places a great deal of work is now going on: Of course, as in all such campaigns, past and" to come, "publicity, work" constitutes a large proportion of the labor perform ed. At Simmons attitude in this matter lost no time m killing the snake with promptness and dispatch. He (LaFollette) declares that it was Senator Simmons who per- against the Lippett bill, which the Re publicans were attempting to use to defeat the Simmons and LaFollette bills. Continuing, Senator LaFollette says: "Senator Simmons with Senator Martin representing the Democrats co-operated with me representing the Progressive Republicans to secure action in the Senate on the wool and woolen schedule and other tariff bills. Without such co-operation the splen did record made by the Senate on these tariff schedules would not have been possible." WHY ONE EDITOR QUIT. . Meantime most of the Kitchin news papers printed the Gardner fabrica tion and the people would remain un der the impression such publication created ifthey were not told the truth. It is the old story of trying to head off a lie; The mildest thing that can be said in criticism is - that it is regret table that - the tactics of some of the supporters of one candidate should breed the pest so rapidly as to neces sitate such a continuous chase tt head 'em off. But tne truth will "all come out in the wash," and there is no doubt about what the effect will be in the Senatorial primary. Indeeed the effect is already very perceptible, one of the - incidents reported here today Deing mat tne name oi tne editor of a paper whose management insisted on printing the slander on Senator Sim mons disappeared from the head of the editorial page the day of the Gard ner publication and has not appeared there since. The paper is probably one of the most partisan Kitchin or gans in the State (The Winston Sen- uneij, put me report here is the same that another State paper suggests, namely, that Editor Dwire declined to "stand for" such a thing as that Gard- i 1 . . . ner laoncaiion, ana got nis name down from the issue of the paper in which it appeared. iei, sne cnarge is made. in some State papers that there are Kitchin newspapers which refuse to correct the lie, have not done so at least, while Kitchin headquarters or the Charlotte bureau or some source under the di rection of the Kitchinites flooded the State with this Gardner boomerang The Governor might help his chances some by eradicating some of these super-serviceable supporters those, under obligations to him for fat jobs whicn without work to speak of call for .good salaries from the State and others. Be Too Low. (From The Wall Street Journal.) Some spot houses are said to be advis ing their spinning customers to wait for cotton to go down to 10 1-2 cents before they lay in their supply. The price now is 11.60 cents. The price of 10 1-2 cents is little above the average export price of last year, of practly 10.2 cents, when our entire crop was 16 250.000 bales of 500 pounds each. This year's yield is now quite generally placed at 14.000.000 bales. It is probable that a shortage of 2,250,000-bales should make no more of a difference than tlree-tenths of a cent a pound. Those who answer affirmatively point to several impending influences that may force cotton down. Among them are the ocean ireignt situation, with space taken np for September and Octo Der Dy advance contracts. xnia may keep the foreign world from taking our cotton as fast as it arrives. If it should, domestic spinners would profit by wait ing. If it should not, they may come to regret taking the counsel of those who see in this year's cotton a 10 1-2 cent commodity. A trader who has much to do with buying spot cottcn for a manufacturing concern of which he is a director, says : Ten and a half cents is too low an es timate for this crop in the long run, bnt for the near future the situation is pecu liar. Failure to carry off our cotton for export to tne usual extent, would in fluence the domestic spinner to stay out of the market in the hope of a break." Piling up stocks at ports would certain ly tend to produce this result. Prevail ing rates are $1.25 a bale more in ocean freight than last year. That difference ft must tend to postpone the ocean cotton' movement until November and late such a result, coupled with unusual (V stention by European markets. Against the view of low cotton valm tor anything but a temporary drivq must be set (1) the lateness of of seasojl (2) the inferior state of soil and cultivi tion, (3) the-prosperous condition of t spinning and weaving industry all the industrial world, (4) the fear am competing spinners of getting left nnaiiy tne iact tnat in iyil our ave: export price of cotton was 14-4 cents a in 110 it was 14 1. A crop of 14,00! 000 bales will little more than sup the demands of the world's 130,000,0 spindles until another crop .arrives the present state of the industry. eieven cents a pound ror lint, spin have as a rule a good margin of p: Manipulation might drive prices to 1-2 cents for a brief period, but neitK the agricultural, the industrial nor t speculative situation indicates that price of our cotton crop will be so last year's average as 10 1-2 cent: any considerable period. R. About Pure Food And Drug Act. By II. E. C. Bryant. .vYAamaiiTON, Sept. 6- Before this campaign is over Greek will meet Greek. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food and drugs expert, and Colonel Roosevelt will meet on the hustings If there is one thing that Dr. Wiley can do better than pass nnnn t.hA nrmlitw and character of roods and drugs it is to stump the country. Roosevelt is a han uy man with words. Dr. Wiley, who will take the stump for Governor Wil son about the first ofOctober, speaking first in IndianaThis native State, is go ing to make an assault on Roosevelt, for trying to claim the credit for the enact ment of the pure food and drugs act He will show by dates and letters- that. Roosevelt not only refused to advocate the law but virtually destroyed it by an executive order. He will refute with documents he claim of Roosevelt, that he., Roosevelt, and Mr. Garland, his Secretary of the Interior, framed the bill and had Congiess to pass it. T . .TTT-1 ur. wuey is a strong, vigorous cam paigner, one whose speeches strike to the heart of the people, and he is full of fight. The Roosevelt claims, which he says are without foundation, have rais ed Dr. Wiley's dander. Before leaving for Blnemont, where he has gone for a rest, Dr. Wiley said : I was born and bred a Republican, and my father before me was an abolition ist. But, as I see it now, the country cannot support - either Taf t or Roose velt; Governor Wilson is the man to elect. I will use my influence, make speeches andvote for him." , MOVES TO CLIFFSIDE WILL HELP THE FARMERS. Mr. James McFarland Takes Charge Southern Railway Will Give Them Of Hotel Personal Notes. (Special , to The Sun.) CuiFFSlDiS, Sent. 10. -Miss Vir ginia Haynes accompanied Mr. Z. O. Jenkins' children to the Fassitern school in Lincolnton where they enter this week. Jr. Wash Keeter and family, of Rutherfordton, visited Cliffside in his touriner car Sunday New goods are arriving at the Cliff side Company store every day. . mi . ' xne new iurmture store in front of the mill is nearing completion, also the new store on Riverside street. Misses Cora Beam, Pearl Bridges and Alda Duncan spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Duncan ffir. iialeigh Fortune came home from the Rutherford Hospital last Friday. He is doing well. This was his third operation. Miss Susan Padgett and her mother attended the funeral of her grandfath er, JM.r. 5lllv Padgett, whn rYoA lact Wednesday and was buried at Race Paths Thursday. Beason Brothersare doing a hustl ing trading business in the way of live stock nowadays. Mr. James McFarland and family, oi .Kutherfordton, moved m and took charge of the Cliffside Hotel this week The meeting just closed at the Meth odist church was a very successful one, twenty-six connecting themselves with the church. a ne tjiinsiue store is the leader in the county in the line of ladies' and The Benefit Of Expert Advice. t i misses' ready-to-wear coats and coat suits. When convenient step in and see them. It will pay vou before buv- ing. HOTEL CHANGES HAND! Forest City Graded School Open' Monday Other News Notes. Bostic Briefs. . "(Special to The Sun.) ; BOSTIC, Sent. 10. Our farmers are busy at the present pulling fodder. A large crowd enjoyed the sermon at Salem church Sunday by the pas tor, Rev. J. F. Moser. Mr. Clarence Doty, of Mooresboro, was in this section Sunday. . r. su. . vvasnDurn, Jr. who has been sick for quite a while, is out a gain. .Nnv William Davis, at Wall's sick at tms time. JMr. Clay Harrill, of Forest City, was in this section Monday on busi ness. There was a singing at Mr. D. D. Webb's Sunday evening. A ; large crowd was present and the singing was fine. . ' . ' - . , . is Pete And Repete. The story of the man who named his twins. Pete and Repeat w tpta1i0 4w headquarters there nection with the lute rimo iN is an evident - disposition t6 keep the State- It was a case of people of North Carolina correctly in- again and then some ore Several formed on the issues; that Oiave been thousand of the more than one hundred advanced in ttie campaign. In-order and forty thousand ballots cast were cast to consummate this determination it is brthe repeating process. It is said that stated that it is found necessary to de- proof of repeating in many instances rote much attention to correcting un- wm be presented to" the State : truth,ul statements -attacking; Senator I committee. From what The Herald has Simmons' "record" nn nf ttiolafoot w.vi i . tu wo w woiu lucre was a stent - , Simmons' "record" one of the latest and meanest of these , being sent out from Washington to, a newspaper in far-away Denver, .Col:y .by a;corre spondenUiamed Gardner, and which . Senator -Simmons prompy 'charaeter- 'seil as a "transparent fabrication." of repeating in York county This hews paper is reliably informed that there'-, is information in the"propef hands to this effect and . that it will 1 asediin the hearing bef the Sate commfttee. -ttw Hill Herald. . (Special to The Sun.) FOREST CITY, Sept. 10. The six- months-old infant of Mr. W. M. Owens died Friday and was buried at Cool Springs cemetery Saturday . be side its mother, who preceded it last February. . Rev. and Mrs. Walter E. Wilson, of Mpcksville. spent Wednesday night in the city enroute to Bryson City to visit Rev. Wilson's Parents. The Commercial Hotel changed hands Monday morning; Mr. J. R. Kiser, who has been running a private boarding house, has takeh charge ilrs. Crowell has moved to her home on Main street .where ''she will conduct a private boarding house The series of meetings at the Bap tist church is being: largely attended. Rev. O. T. Stringfield is a forceful preacher and success has attended his efforts. . Mrs. R. B: McBrayer, of Shelby, is spending several days here with her daughter, Mrs. G. C. King. Mrs. Kate King and daughter, Mary Sue, of Shelby, were vtsiting relatives in the city last week. - Attorney. Fred McBr ay er, of Ruth erfordton, was a business visitor here Saturday. : 'r:; ' . ' . ' ; The graded school opened Monday with the best prospeets for a success ful term in Its history, there being 200 enrolled., T. IRevelle, of Conway, is principal and has an able faculty to assist him. At tbe openingB' H. Bridges, ; county V: superintendent -of schools, made an interesting address inr. which he trave. some pood Advlr. and. encouragement vto both teachers and students. . vV-ti ;:;a;- Flies aod mosquitoes spread filth and disease.. Howcan your homes be heal thy or happy when inles ted with these P STAT0N HAY MOT ACCEPT It Is Pointed Out That Joint Debates Are Out Of Fashion. Hon. R. H. Staton, mayor of Hender- sonville and Roosevelt candidate for Congress from this district, will be ad vised by bis executive committee 'to de cline the challenge for joint ' debate is sued to him by Congressman J. M. Gud ger, jr. xne reasons, it is statea. are that "the joint debate as a political in stitution is out of date, creates only bit terness and strife and does not alter materially the opinions of tho individ ual voters." In his speech of acceptance at Char lotte, Zebnlpn Vance Walser, the Roose velt candidate for Governor, announced his desire to meet Locke Craig in de bate.. It has been auggestedthat Mr. bettle challenge Mr. Craig to a' public discussion with him. The in teres tine possibility is presented, that the situa tion may resolve into a three-cornered canvass, which would be a decided nov elty. Mr. . Craig's situation would be decidedly the more pleasant of the three, for when his opponents started to "tell ing on each other" he " would be in a position to say am en," and watch the nominees of the- split party .cut their pwn throats. Asheyille Citizen; 7th. . The Roosevelt presidential electors have won another round irr the legal "battle to get them off the .Republican ticket in Kansas. Judge W. - H. San born," of the - United - States. Circuit Court of ; Appeals, denied the in junc tion, asked by the supporters of Presi dent Taf t's candidacy to prohibit the names of the eight Roosevelt electors being placed on the-Republican ballot In tfie geoeral erectfon- in November,,. CHARACTER OF COLLIERS. The ihuck-Raking Magazine Slan ders Senator Simmons. A few years ago the negro editor. Manly, published in his paper a slan- ler so outrageous on the white women bf Wilmington, what has become known as the "Wilmington Revolu tion" resulted, and Manly was driven f rom the city and the State. Follow ing the incident Collier's Weekly printed an editorial in defense of the laegro editor, mtinrating that ther Iwas some truth in what he had written IThis publication in Collier's aroused yuuch indignation in the State, and that paper was excluded from the read mg rooms or me ciuds ana noteis, as well as from many homes in North Carolina. Now this same Collier's Weekly is warning the people of North Carolina that Senator Simmons is a menace" to Governor Wilson. Of bourse the Kitchin papers are gleefully Ivmg circulation to this attack by ollier's on 'the Senior Senator from North Carolina. Some of these same papers that most rabidly assailed Col liers for its defense of the negro, now appear to be among the warmest ad mirers of that South-hating sheet Collier's has not yet cleared its skirts of its slander against Georgia people. when it undertakes to throw more slime at the people of North Carolina - Charlotte Observer. - (Bpectal to Tne Bun.) . ATLANTA, GA., Sept. 7. The farm improvement department, which the Southern Railway system - has decided to establish, was organized yesterday at the Piedmont Hotel at a meeting of the thirty men who will make up this de partment. The purpose of this depart ment as stated by President Finley is to help the farmers of the Southeast to in crease their yield per acre and its field agents will work personally with farm ers urging the adoption oi approved culture and giving them the benefit of expert advice, - This department grew out of the work undertaken by the Southern and allied lines two years ago in the territory threatened by the boll weevil in Ala bama and Mississippi. It was found that in aiding the farmers to fight the weevil, greatly increased yields per acre were secured and so successful was the result considered that President Finley decided to extend the work to the entire territory covered by the Southern Rail way, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway and the smaller lines which make up the Southern system. The field agents of this department will work personally with farmers to whom their services are without cost of any kind. In carrvinar on its wnrlr thA Southern's department will co-operate closely with the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, the various State agricultural departments and agricul tural colleges. The work of the department is under the direction of Mr. T. O. Plunkett, manager, who will have headquarters in Atlanta, and report to President Finley through Mr. J. C. Williams, assistant to president at Washington. Mr. Plun- kett will be aided by three assistant managers, Mr. W. D. Clayton, with headquarters at Chattanooga, Mr. K. E. Grabel, with headquarters at Charlotte, and Mr. Roland Turner, with headquar ter at Meridian, Miss. Field agents will be located at the follow-points: Manassas, Va., Danville, Va., Greens boro, N. C, Greenville, S. C, Asheville. N. C, Columbia, S. O, Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ua., Valdosta, Ga., Knoxville, Tenn., Helen wood, Tenn., Jackson, Tenn., Danville, Ky., Tuscumbia, Ala., Thomasville, Ala., Marion Junction, Ala., Maplesville, Ala., Tuscaloosa, Ala., Anniston, Ala , Attalla, Ala., Cu ba, Als.r Greenwood, Mies , Lauder--dale, Miss., West Point, Miss., Waynes boro, Miss., Okolona, Miss,- ' ' HENRIETTA HAPPEHINqS. Large Attendance Expected At Sunday ; School Convention. ( Special to The Sun.) HENRIETTA, Sept. 9. The people of Henrietta are- looking forward to the time when the Interdenominational Sunday School Association will hold its annual convention here! Septem ber 19th and 20th is the time ana ev erybody is expected to come. Nothing will be left undone to make the dele gates comfortable while here. Dr. J. F. Whisnant sold , his Max well run-about last week to Mr. M. H Hawkins, of this place. Dr. Whisn ant is a great believer in automobiles for he lost no time in buying another Thursday evening and returned with a Ford machine. Give us better roads and more automobiles and old - Ruth erford will forge, to the front. ; Democrats Lose Maine. - - (By, the Associated Press.) PORTLAND, ME., Sept. 10. The political Overturn in yesterday's Maine State election, in which the Republi cans won back the. governorship, se cured three of the four Congressmen ana a sufficient majority on a ioint DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Flack Nominated For The Legisla ture From McDowell County. The Democrats of McDowell county held their county convention at Mar ion on Monday, September 2nd and nominated a splendid ticket, headed by Mr. Miles P. Flack, a native and for mer Rutherford citizen. The conven tion was very enthusiastic and har- -monious. In speaking of Mr. Flack the Marion Progress says:. The Democrats ot McDowell county assembled in Marion on Monday September 2nd, and held a most en thusiastic and harmonious convention. ; For the Legislatuse the names of Miles P. Flack, Dr. M. F. Morphew and J. F. Harmon were presented - to the convention, "though Dr. Morphew stated he was not a candidate. v Mr Flack was nominated on the first bal lot, he having received a majority of the votes in the county in the prima ries. Miles P. Flack was called upon and made a very pleasant, thoughtful, and entertaining speech, thereby showing to the people of McDowell county that no mistake had been made in naming hinr and further showing that he is thoroughly fitted, competent -and able to take care of the interests of McDow- ell county in the next General Assem- - 1. ma -b- . . oiy. xne uemoeracic party" should onsider itself fortunate in selecting a man Of Mr. Flack's ability for this of fice He is well educated, a thorough gentleman, absolutely frank, honest and of the best business ability. He is the kind Of man who can see the needs of the people, view the questions that come before him impartially, and do the things that the whole people want. rWhen elected, the nennla - ; in ballot in the' Legislature to assure the! cuoweii can justly and proudly feel election of a Republican United States 1118,1 11167 have a real representative Senator, became apparent today with Vae Legislature. ravis?d and a.ririitirvna.1 'r&tifrna: - I . - ' . 1 . V Willinm T. Haines, of Water ville. i inaiyiauai sdouldxJonsider the Republican, was elected Governor by nour -lornieais a sacred one, not to be ; , v. l:r genl election in Ho a plurality pf 3,557 over Governor I Intruded upon under any ordinary 'irS' Frederick - W.Plaisted. Democratic I cumstances. The habit of resularitVln cuuiaue oi Aueusia, wiin Z8 towns ; eatme snouid De eulttvfttM mfssijigr. nfex -1 4 I . il
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