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Y "THE M .GUN 'IAIN COUT Devoted to the Social, Moral and Financial Interests of the Citizen of Alexander County and Western Carolina. VOL. XII NO. 559, Taylorsville, N. C. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1913, $1.00 PER ANNUM THE MOUNTAIN SCOUT. puhlished every Wednesday, at Taylorsville, North Caroliria. J. P. BABINGTON, Editor and Publisher. Wuterod at the Post Office, in Taylorsville, N, G.V as second class mut ter. February 6th, 1902. under Act, of Congress of Maroh 3. 1879. m 0NIM0MAN MASON BIOGRAPHY OF MRS. CATHERINE BABINGTON. Written by her youngest son, a Master Mason and member of Lee Lodge, No. 253, A. F. & A. M., Tay lorsville, N O. She was the only woman in the world that ever received all the secrets of Blue Lodge masonry. This book tells how she came into possession of the sec rets and was obligated. Price, by mail, 25 cents. Ad dress J. P. BABINGTON, Taylorsville, N. p. I Two Papers for $1 We have arranged for 100 Subscriptions to the Home and Farm, that old and reli able Home and Farm Paper, We will give these Sub scriptions to the first 100 persons who pay us One Dollar for a year's subscrip tion to the Scout. Come quick if you want to be one of the number. J. P. BABINGTON, Editor Mountain Scout : Taylorsville, N. C. AT HOME 4BR0AD ' No one doe's just as be pleases much as he may say be does. To the married man the bach elor is a man of singular ideas. Some folks are luckv :, not to be paid for what they know, ; Somehow it seems as if things never turn out as bad as we wish. :. ' .-. .v - Pure air makes pure blood; pure blood makes you disease resisting. It is quite often the case that there is more to a slender girl than a plump one. There is not Such a cry for higher education as there is for just common,, ordinary sense. A number of law-abiding cit izens will soon become solon9 for a few months. ' The bachelor who enjoys being free often wishes be didn't enjoy it quite so much. Some men wY)iild never amount to anything anyway and others marry illustrious women. A girl loses half the pleasure of married life when she has to keep her engagement to herself. About the worst old .woman on the face of the earth is an old bachelor. ' .. - Why a woman has any trouble in picking a hat is a mystery to us. One seems to be just as bad as another. ' Women dont make historians. Their memory of dates reaching back more than ,25 years is too treacherous : , ' ' ' When speaking of sound polit ical timber - most candidates seem to think the-noisy kiod is referred to. . : ' If Opo rtunity doesn't stop at your bouse, hide in the corner of t he door anu knock it on the heii'l 'as ii ..'goes by. Thfvinotitbs'.with r's in tbem are a U i the months when the mortality of grandmothers is lowest. . ; v' Every home should be a sun shine club and every member should be a full-fledged solar system . The things you did yesterday do not relieve you of yo.ur duties of today any more than the things you plan to do tomorrow If you want a steel engraved picture that will never detoriate in value, get' one of Uncle Sam's new $10,000 bills. ; '' There are many noted fisher men who have a reputation for veracity iu their every day bus iness life. People are attracted to their opposites. Very few ' people would be satisfied to mate up with others like themselves. People in this old world seem bound to be unhappy. The man who fails to win a girl is not satisfied no more than the man who gets her. Au exchange says Roosevelt would rather be right than pres ident. Teddy always has the faculty of knowing how far he could go. , Some of the best things our most successful men have picked up had been previously passed over by those who are cussing their luck. The joke about the men and the women who can't get mar ried is worked about as much as the one about the mother of the girl who does get married. Many a married man is often surprised to see the way his ex cuses go down and probably would be more surprised if ha could see what a little way they sometimes went down. A New York couple is said to have married because they both loved the same bulldog. We trust that their loye may neves grow cold and at they may enjoy a long life wedded felicity. While speaking of criminals who escape punishment;, it migtrbe well to remember that the tnan who committed the crime of 73 hasn't been appre nticed yet. ' . Cared of Liver Complaint. -j "I wa suffering with liver complaint," 8ts Ivt Smith of Poiat Blank, Texas, "and decided to try a 25c. box of Chamberlain'g Tablets, and am happy to ay that I am com pletely cured arid can recommend them to everyone." For sale by all dealers. Ad TertiMmentr -. Business Conditions. A recent issue of the Merchant Trade Journal, contains an able and sensible article on business conditions in this country, par ticularly effecting retail mer chants. The writer points out that the local retail' merchants of the country are perhaps lib prn.l rnntrihntnrc In oil : r.Kil n r thropic, charitable: and better ment; movements of the commun ities in which they live. If new roads, bridges, churches, school houses, or other public conven iences are to be established or built, the merchants are usually the first called upon. ; If county fairs, stock or poultry shows, or expositions are to be held, they contribute liberally. If persons in the community, meet with misfortune, are burned out have protracted sickness and are reduced to want or needy circumstances, the mer chants are the first persons us ually appealed to. If factories, or railroads or any new enter prises are to be started, the merchants are expected to take stock liberally and in this way to help along any and all things and movements looking to the betterment ot conditions and. to improving the community. They do these things in addition to paying their share of the general taxes.:; -' The writer goes on -to show that while this is true of the merchants, they are at the same time forced to come in direct competition, in the selling of their goods, with the big city mail order department stores who do not in any way contrib ute a penny towards the com munity. These big. department stores through their catalogues and other advertising, reach nearly every household in the country and through the med ium of the express companies and now the parcels post, deliv er their wares at the doors of almost everybody who deals with them. They reap the ben efits.of the business that the lo cal mercbantby his liberalty in helping the community, has made possible. This makes the business conditions for the retail merchant hard and it is growing more exacting all the time. The only remedy seems to be for the retail merchant, by careful and systematic work in his field of trade to hold that trade it pos sible. This an only be done by showing to his customers that it is best for them to continue to do business with the local mer chants. A liberal and system atic campaign of advertising is the only way to do this aid Ihe merchants may be assured that that if they do not "cultivate" their territory, the big mail or der houses will. The local newspapers are practically in the same condition as the retail merchants and have been ever since ' the establish ment of the rural free delivery system. Just as soon as that was established the territory of the local papers was invaded by solicitors offering large weekly and semi-weekly papers made up of the forms from the dalies, at prices often below that .the local papers could meet.. It is a oodition the present day busi ness methods brings! The local paper could ndt exist if it did not give its readers something the big sheets do not give and keep everlastingly at work in its limited territory. The fact that it has done more for the bettr ment and upbuilding of the com munity, without charge, than any other institution, in it. the retail merchant not excepted, makes no difference. It must tight its own battles against all comers and,oftetsee4he people of its community sending their money away for papers and printing, while they do not pat ronize the home enterprise, Yet the local paper often strains its conscience and veracity brag ging about the philanthropy liberalty and broad " business capacity of these same home people. Lenoir News. Fit His Case Exactly. "When father was sick about six years ago he read an advertisement of Chamberlain's Tablets in the papers that fit his case ex actly," writes Miss Margaret Campbell of Fti Smith, Ark. "He purchased a bos' of them and he has not been sick since. My sister had stomach trouble and was also ben efited by them." . For sale by all dealers, Advertisement. A Federal Job. The position of crop reporter for the Federal census bureau for Iredell and Alexander coun ties seems to be considerable sought for. Mr. J. A. W, Bark ley now holds this position. His specific duties are to report to the bureau the amount of cotton ginned each month tor the gin ning season. The. place carries a remuneration per diem and expenses for a limited time and the total sum is estimated at from $30.0 to $400 a year. It is generally stated that numerous persons are seeking the place, among them are mentioned, E. A. Morrison and Neal Summers of Shiloh township. Some pe titions are being circulated. Mr. J. A. W. Barkley, whose job so many patriots are seeking tells the Landmark that no al lowance is made bv the govern ment for expenses, and that on a part of the trips made the per diem allowance is not sufficient to cover expenses. On the whole though, the job is worth while as a side line. Sfatesville Sentinel. It is said that fully twenty fiye per cent of all " the school children in -the United States have defective eyesight. Doot neglect your children's eyes. Eyesight is precious1 to every human being. Impaired vision is a serious handicap in any calling. Consult your family doctor about your children's eyes. If he recommends an oculist, see him without delay. .... sn m " i. ' ; ' ' COUGHS, COLDS, WATERY EYES CURED IN A DAY. by taking Cbeenys Expectoro rant also ' cures consunption, whooping cough, droppings from the nose, and throat, Broncbits, and all throat and lung troubles. Expectorant a liquid preparation1 tested for 50 years, Thousands, cures made where all else failed. : Try it. Safe, sure and . satisfactory. Druggists 25c and 50c. NOTICE. Having qualified aa administrator of the estate of J. P. Smith, deceased, late of Alexander County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having' claims against the estate of the said de ceased to exhibit them to the under signed on or before the 15th day of January, im, or tniB notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. : All persons ' indebted to the said estate will please - make ' Immediate nayment. W. H. WILUAMS, Administrator . . or J. f . bmith, deceased. Country Cash or Trade, a J. K. Morrison Grocery & Prod. Co. Produce, THE WATTS CO. As this is the beginning of a New Year we want to thank all of , our customers or their past patronage and we hope you will con tinue to favor us, ' as we be lieve we can do you good as well as our-selves, We are now'getting in new goods every day, and we expect to carry a more complete line than ever before. We want your produce and will pay the higiest market price.. . THE WATTS CO. Taylorsville, N. C. COAL For Shop, Stove or Git. J. K. IJcrrkon Grocery & Pre: . Tnylorville, N. C. w -J. 6 Si 9 .JJ'.-.iiffi
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