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r GOTO Devoted to the Social Moral and Financial interests of the Citizen of Alexander County and Western Carolina. VOL. XII NO. 561, TaylorsvillerN. C. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1913, $1.00 PER ANNUM HE MOOT TAIN -v f. iTHE MOUNTAIN SCOUT. Published every Wednesday, at Taylorsville, North Carolina. J. P. BABINGTON, Editornd Publisher. Watered at the Post Olttce, in Taylorsville, N. C. as second class mat tor, February 6th, 1902, under Act. of Congress of March 3, 1878. THE ONLY WOMANMASON 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, C. 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. C. Births And Deaths Be Registered. To 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. Taxpayers Getting . Heard. . Governor William Sulzer ot NewjjYork strikes what is begin ; ning to be a popular note when be urges more economy ; and efficiency , in- government as a need-etJbe times. When he was Speaker at Albany 19 years ago the appropriations for State purposes were. 13, 000,000. Now he finds tbe estimate for next year no less than $63,000,000. .. "We must keep down the ex penditures tor the Stale Gov ernment to tbe minimum," com ments Mr. Sulzer. "It we do not the State will have to go into bankruptcy or direct taxes will have to be levied, which will become unbearable to tbe citi zens." It is the same story every where. Expenditures tor tbe .State and P'ederal purposes have multiplied at a fearful rate half a dozen officers growing where one grew before and two at most would serve the " ends of goverment equally well. The average .attitude of our--politicians. is indicated by. their opposition to comission govern- ment in cities, and the need of ( tbe change which commission government embodies is indicat ed by its rapid spread notwith standing all that the majority of them can dov Taxpayers are no longer as indifferent as they were before. Tbey. could hot afford? to be. It has become ob viously necessary that they take a. hand to save themselves .from 'being simply taxeaten alive Mat ters have gone so tar now that if no remedy is applied we shall witness wholesale destruction of r '.':lictredit, with bankrupt- ' r vc' ' cv.ly Ij a i . " ca- expenditure go on doubling every few years? If it goes on for another generation we shall have private property suffering to an extent which even tbe 'more moderate Socialist do not propose. Government will have become an self-devouring mons ter. This is no prospect in the dim distance. It is one to be faced and faced now. ' " When so keen and discerning and ambitious a public man as Governor Sulzer calls a halt on extravagance in govermeut we may feel sure that it has become a live issue indeed with large opportunities for popularity as well as for service on the side of men who will take this stand, Present burdens are greatly ag gravated where, as in North Carolina, preposterous inequali ties in taxation aud the distribu tion of revenues exist between units of government the coun ties outside town limits heavily riding the towns. And here we already have the direct State taxes which Mr. ; Sulzer holds over New York State people's heads as an alarming possiblity; we have thera good and hard. besides taxes upon every urban occupation or business, activity under trie sun. With all that we are $720,000 in the hole right now. When, therefore, propos als are made before the Legisla ture for the State to atsuine new or tremendously extended bur dens in local taxations natural sphere there should be serious thought upon these things. Charlotte Observer.' . Hovt to Bankrupt the Doctor. A prominent N'ew York physician nays 5 If : were not for the thin stockings aid thin soled shoes worn by women the doctors would probably be bankrupt'' Wherf'you contract cold do not wait for it to develop into pneumonia but treat it at once. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is intended especi ally for coughs and colds, and has won a wide reputation by its cares of these diseases. It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all dealers. Adver tieement. , - The Model Statistics Law has just been introduced in the Leg islature. Representative; Wil liams, of Buncombe, introduced it in the .House, and Senator Hobgood, of Guiliori, introduc ed it in tbe Senate. Within re cent years a number ot states have adopted substantially tbe same law on . vital statistics. Each year improvements are made iu tbis law until very re cently it has become known as the Model Law. The bills are now before the Legislature, rep resent the 1918 edition of this Model Law, so, if passed, North Carolina can boast of the best vital statistics law in the coun try. - .'":- ' Sbine of the provisions of the bill are that all births and deatns occuring in the State shall be registered. In the case of deaths the name, age, sex, color, conjugal condition, oc cupation, cause of deatu, educa tional attainments, etc, are re quired. This informationj will enable state and local health officers to combat disease; it will settle many legal questions, point out the healthy and un healthy plaees, prevent crimes, etc,. In the case of births, the name, sex. color, etc, are requir ed besides valuable statistical data about the parents. Such records will soon be invaluable for legal purposes; they will prevent violation'of child labor lawsand do much to prevent child marriages besides directly putting an end to much needless blindness, and furnishing Infor mation of inestimable value for workers and students of race questions, social reforms, etc. In fact if this bill is passed it will doubtless prove one of the most important and far reaching i laws enacted by tbis .session of tne Legislature, ' I Fit Hla 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 Ft. Smith, Ark. "He purchased a box of them and he has not been sick since. My Bister had stomach trouble and was also ben efited by them." For sale by ail dealers. Advertisement Plain Talk. In a sermon to the congrega tion of the First Baptist church in Statesville, Dr. Charles An derson, the pastor, took the tax dodger and the perjurer to task, He also thought tbe man who fails to exercise the privilege of tbe oallot is not a good citizen, Doctor Anderson urged nis hear ers to "obey every law jof the land and pay all the taxes as sessed against them; not to give in false returns at tax listing time and not to dodge paying rrihllt.A tn:: ' trrwrckfry m An t 1" This is perfectly legitimate pul pit talk and there is need of more ot it when lax listing time comes around again. -Charlotte Observer. ,. It is tbe kind of pulpit talk that is too much neglected. The number of people who occu py the chief seats in the syna gogues and are guilty of the things Dr. Anderson enumerates isamasing. Most of them are really good people but they foi ow a custom, not realizing the bad effect of their example nor how they suffer in tbe respect and confidence of those over whom they should exercise good influence. The ungodly are guilty ot things they know are wrong but they will not excuse wrongdoing by Church men who should set the example. The preachers must arouse their congregations to right Hy ing before tbey can exercise a proper influence over those without the pale. Landmark. They "Debated" rj CooMry Rroduce. Cash or Trade, ilfj. K. Morrison Grocery & Prod. Cam y THE WATTS CO. Vve understahd from Mr, A. Hartley. Esq., of Hudson, that a four mile section of road in that township, made mainly of top-soil, by proper location andf drainage, is in first class condition all ; the. time. Tbey found it necessary to do a little macadamising, at one place, but nearly all the section is 'good and, remains so, simply because it is properly loca ted and graded This demonstrates tbit the loca t!on and grading cf f .reals has more to do v. '' 5 v ' : -p than ; ahyti" - ' - :? 1 'r.vs. : " ANovel Still Destroyed. One of the smallest aud, most crudely constructed distileries ever se&n by local officers was destroyed by Sheriff Deaton and Deputies Gilreath and Al bea in Turnersburg township. The officers rode nearly 20 miles through: darkness and severe cold to raid the place where a still was reported to be in oper ation and on their arrival they found a.httle plant with a" wood en still of six, or eight gallon capacity. It bad been turning out booze all right, but in small quantities, and is considered right much of a novelty, though the officers hardly considered it worth the trip. Mobres ville Enterprise. ' , , . Cared of Liver Complaint. "I was suffering with liver complaint," says Iva Smith of Point Blank, Texas, "and decided to try a 25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets, and am happy to say that I am com pletely cured and can recommend them to every one." For sale by all dealers. Advertisement Gov. Eulzer's inauguration, ho- ever simple in thet matter c ! J'. , ' -7, t-i for some time ' '--v a !'..'";: c f t 1' rary -iiiass- j WBHaaaMaWaMaaBWaMBl ine j-Morganton papers, an nounce that two ministers of tbe gospel a Baptist and an Ad- ventist are to bold a public de oate tnis weeK on "tne immor tality of the soul, state of the dead and destruction ot tbe wicked." Wonder if these gent lemen hope by this method of publicity to elevate the standard of spirituality or to strengthen tbe ciuse of their respective re ligious faiths? Lenoir Topic. ' ' These gentlemen, Revb. Vip perman and Butler, met as per agreement in the court house Tuesday night and were greeted by ajarge number, ho doubt titl ed with morbid curiosity to bear two men who are supposed, to be fighting the Devil indulge in a war of words directed against the belief of the other. We have - no doubt that the Devil patted himself on the shoulder in a complacent man ner' while tbi9 "struggle" was going on, and indulged in some that be rarely allows himself a rest. Morgantoar Messenger. There is this difference between food and air, and that is, the air we breathe is invisible, so that we can not use our eyes to tell whether it is good or bad; with food we. can tell, usually, by looking at it, whether it is clean or wholesome. COUGHS, COLDS, WATERY EYES CURED IN A DAY. by taking Cheenys Expectoro rant also cures consunption, whooping cough, droppings from tbe nose, and throat, Broncbits, and all throat rnd lung troubles. . r.pr ct;r i a liquid prepara'.' : ' f ' I ; r ' years, Thou V wl: ' ra all C As this is the beginning of aNew Year we want to thank all of our customers for 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. , .i.iiMiiiiaoiii , ,mi riV TTr iffm m I EX THEWATTSGO. Taylorsville, N.C. . v. CO I
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