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A $400 Player Piano to be given to some Alexander Girl. See our proposition on this pa DEVOTED TO THK SOCIAL, MORA L AND FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF ALEXANDER COUNTY AND WESTERN CAROLINA. VOL. XIII NO. 695. Taylorsville, N. C. Wednesday. Sept. 8, 1915. $1100 PER ANNUM THE MOUNTAIN SCOUT. Published every Wednesday, at Taylorsville, North Carolina J. P. BABINGTON, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office! in Taylorsville, N. C, as second class matter, Feb ruary 6th, 1902, under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. AT HALF PRICE o o o o o o o In order to clean up odds and ends and make room for our o o . o : FALL AND WINTER GOODS which are coming-in $ daily we . will 11 50 Men's Suits " 'J 4'- as follows: $ $15.00 Suits for, $7.50 o . 12.50 " " 6.25 . & 10.00 " " 5.00 So A Job Lot of Bors Suits at 1-2 Price vii summer uuuus o o 0 o '; o at and below cost. Come arid see what , we offer. -Remember you always get the top :Dt the'market for your Produce at .THE BEE HIVE CJLOJULSULUJL juuuuuuulojuu5 OUR PUBLIC FORUM 11 . 1 -"'I X Hon. Elihu Root On, Woman's Sphere ; The question of Woman Suffrage ia an Issue before .V. A niAnn n nMnla iPwaIh h.va Sllnntail it four more states vote upon It this fall and It is strongly . .. .... . J m - J., It. .1 1 urged tnai it oecome a pianorm uemnuu ui iu uauuum pollUcal parties. It Is therefore the privilege and the duty of every voter to study carefully this subject. Hon. Elihu Root, In discussing this question before the constitutional convention of New York, recently said In, part: , "I am opposed to the granting o suffrage to women, because I believe that it would be a. loss t6 women, to all AMAn anil tA varv 'wftmift1 Atlil IniUlCU Ml W n.wMwf w - . would be an injury to the state, and to every man and 1 nara wnm.W In hA atatft. ft WOUld ha USeleSS tO arKUB fthta if the right of suffrage were a natural right. If It were a natural right, then women should haw it though the heavens rail. 'B it mere oe any one ! thing settled' in the long discussion of thimuMect. is that suffrage is not a natural light, but is simply a means of government, anil the sole question tc ' j be discussed is wnetner government oj ine sunrage ox mm wu ; be better government than by the suffrage of men alone. ! wman.It laTiot that'v?6maBtJs lnfertor to Tnan;-1nt it ia that woman-is different from man; that in the distribution of powers, of capacities, of quali ties, our Maker has created man adapted to the performance of certain func Uionsin the, .economy of nature and society, and woman, adapted to the t"ejrfenaceor'other functions. ' ''wi iAw . . 1 - v. ua mm an a MikiA 4tiilnnM. of ner character. - I WfHDIB rillWH LUU.T UJ IliD OTCW uw.v - . : 1 Put woman into the arena of conflict and she abandons these great weapons J which control the world, and she takes into her aanaa, reeoie mn ""'?'" " for strife, weapons with which she la unfamiliar and which aha Is unable to f wield. Woman in strife becomes hard, harsh, unlovable repulsive; as r 'lemoved from that gentle creature to whom we all owe allegiance and to fwhom we confess1 submission, as the heaven la amoved from the earth, i i "The .whole acience of government ia the lenee of protecting We and j liberty an th pursuit et happiness. In the d?vine distribution ofjaowen. . the duty and the right of protection rests with the male. It ia no ttomgbonl nature It is so with men., and I.for one, will never consent to part with the divine right of protecting my wife, my daughter, the women whom I love and the omea whom I respect, exercising the birthright of and place -HKat higU fluty the wea and nerveless handa of those designed by God fto be protected rather thai to engage in the stem warfare of government. In (my ,ludgmenu this .whole movement arise from a false conception of the :nn!i of the riuht of oth men and womeiiu5'?f; ?', ; ' - "The ilme will never come when the line of demarcation toiw " functions of the two sexes -will be brokea4own. I beUeve it to be false phi I losophy; believe that it is an attempt to turn backward upon the line of sor-al developmt.and t'at if the step ever be Uken, -wjJWf " b v i on r e nia. . tov , a a higher, nobler vl purer civilisation, which must L Y Vtot a col. . -on. but in the Wt.er dUZinti.tJon of the .exes. Lady's Gold watch Free At Three Olock on Saturday evening, September the 25th, Court week, we will give a $10 Lady's Gold Watch : 1 to the old or new contestant in IF Our $400 PLAYER I VOTING CONTEST who turns in the greatest number of votes between 12 o'clock on September the 8th and 3 o'clock on Saturday evening of Court week, September 25th. All votes turned in on the watch proposition will also count on the Piano Contest. Here are the terms and conditions which make it possible for some young lady to secure this valuable watch and add many votes for the Piano: Each yearly subscription counts 100 votes. Persons not now taking The Scout may subscribe and pay for a term of one or two years, but no longer. Present subscribers can renew or extend their subscrip tions for one or two years, but no longer. Subscriptions may be taken anywhere in ; the United '..- .States or Canada. . Every dollar paid on this contest must be accompanied by the name of some person to whom the Scout is to be - sent for a term of one or two vears. In other words, no money will be received without a sybscription. Any one wishing to place a friend in the contest can do so by paying one doljar for a subscription to The Mountain Scout. This gives your candidate 100 votes to start with. Then bring in every subscription you can secure and watch the standing of the contestants in the Scout each week., . ' v ; A candidate can enter at any time and withdraw at any time; but one candidate will not be allowed to transfer her votes to another candidate. , .' Every subscription taken in this contest will be enter ed in a book kept for this purpose, with the name , of the candidate for whom the vote are cast. This book will be kept open for examination by any of the candidates or ' their friends. The' contest will be conducted with absolute fairness to all. Now is -your opportunity, young Lady to get a nice watch for a little wcrk and put you well on the way to secure . The Piano which is now oh exhibition - . . - - - ... -'; - . .. . ., - V - '-' , . . - . 1 v ' at the ADAEIS FURNITURE STORE 1 V HI UUOI P J1 For 30 days we. will sell Summer Underwear- ite Dress Goods Men s, Ladies' and Children's Slippers also one lot of - Men's and Boys' CLOTHING : AT Actual Cost THE WATTS COMPANY AN OPPORTUNITY I fBSSBSSXSSmO My stock of General Merchandise and Furniture is too large for the dull season. FOF THE NEXT 60 DAYS I propose to offer to the people of " Alexander Some Surprising Bargains and thereby clean up and reduce all lines. Cash or CoMOtry, Produce will catch these bargains. I also , want your Cross Ties and Lumber. v. Come and see me and you will be sur: prised at my prices on many staple goods. : - oITo (Go WI1KIE V - v Send all subscriptions to THE MOUNTAIN SCOUT, , 1 - . Taylorsville, N C. A Point of Wisdom lies in the possession of money c ' her own. A saving bank ,'accou- ' means a lot towards 1 a worn: si's happiness.; The Bank of 7 ' ande.r is glad to open accounts v women. Thosa . whose e . can only be small are welc as well as those with larger comes. The Bank of Alexand 18$ 5? . r A) k
The Mountain Scout (Taylorsville, N.C.)
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