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CATAWBA COUIJTY '
FAIR NEXT MOUTH
Will Begin October 3 and Last
Through 6th A Four
County Affair
The date of the fourteenth annual
Catawba county fair will begin on
Oct S and continue through the 6tn.
This year an effort is being made to
pet the co-operation of the three
adjoining counties Caldwell,. Burke
AiovnnHnr. President John W.
Robinson of the Fair Association has
issued the following letter:
"The date of the fourteenth annual
rtjiwha countv fair is Oct. 3, 4, 5
and 6. Place, fair grounds near
Hickory, N. C.
A Hickorv is located on the bor
der of Catawba county and so near
three adjoining counties it is the
opinion of our executive committee
that we should have a four-county
fair.
Rnrl-e Caldwell. Alexander and
r-atawba counties lie at the foothills
of the great Blue Ridge. Our cli
mate is ideal and as situated we can
grow almost anything that is grown
in the United States. Our mutual
supply of good drinking water and
the wonderful water power ior man
iaeturing purposes can not be sur
Tuwsed tv anv section of the State.
Twentv vears azo it was almost
impossible to take in more than
radius of ten miles for a fair on ac
count of bad roads and inability to
reach the people. Today the good
Toads, autos, rural mail routes and
telephones bring us nearer together.
It is much cheaper to operate one
fair than four, and we would be able
by co-operation to have a bigger, bet
ter fair. There is no reason why we
cant' in the near future, if we wiH
co-onerate. have as good a fair as
anv in the United States.
Our obiect is no timerely to make
money, but to show to the world
what we have and can produce from
farm- and factory, and that in these
counties can be found the best homes
lor home seekers.
We also hope to encourage greater
effort for still better production and
a hieher plane of living.
We realize also that life must not
be all work, but some play. We are
planning for the imost wholesome
amusements we are able to secure
and hope every one will plan for a
holiday fair week. Watch the coun
ty papers for announcements.
With this object in view we have
planned four big days. Tuesday,
Burke county day; Wednesday, Ca
tawba county day; Thursday Cald
well county day; Friday, Alexander
county day.
The school children in these coun
ties will be given free tickets to the
fair grounds on their respective days,
provided the school superintendent
secures and distributes them previous
to fair week.
Time, effort and money are not
spared in our endeavor to secure, you
We earnestly solicit your support
by exhibitions and attendance.
WHAT IS THE CHANCE OF
BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING?
How dangerous is lightning? What
are the chances of being hit by a
lightning bolt? Where is the safest
place during an electrical storm?
Where is the most dangerous spot?
Most people have asked these ques
tions, more or less anxiously, at some
time or another. An authoritative
answer for each one has not been
easy to obtain, although there has
been a large amount of guesswork
resulting in some groundless theories
of fancied peril and equally fancied
security.
But there is now at length an an
swer which is authoritative for every
one of those four questions. And the
authority is Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz,
chief consulting; engineer of the Gen
eral Electric Company.
And this is what he says about
lightning and the danger of it:
, "We all marvel at lightning; and
most of us fear it unreasonably. Of
. all the lightning flashes generated by
a vivid summer storm less than one
per cent strike the earth. The rest
are. confined to the sky that breeds
them.
"Your chances of being hit by a
falling brick or bitten by a mad dog
are probably greater than the chance
that you will be struck dead by light
ning. "I understand that about 500 per
sons are killed by lightning in the i
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TO THE PEOPLE OF CALDWELL COUNTY:
Our County Convention is drawing near, and I doubt not but that
you have spent some time in considering the eligibility of the various
candidates who have announced themselves for office. Have you sized
them up right? Have you given each one justice without malice or
prejudice?
As a citizen and a voter of Caldwell county I want to pay my re
spects to one of our promising citizens who has announced himself as a
candidate for the office of Representative from Caldwell county Felix
A. Grisette.
If there ever was a time in the history of the country when she
needed new blood in her veins that time is now. We are lacking in
many things. Our roads could be better. Our seventy or eighty little
rural schools should be reduced to twenty or twenty-five modern consol
idated schools. Something should be done to better the condition of
our farmers and start a "back-to-the-farm" movement in our county.
Steps should be taken to say farewell to all the self centered, blockade
politicians in Lenoir and throughout tho county. More economy should
be practiced in the conduct of the county government. Caldwell county
demands men in her public offices and not the shadows of men. She
demands men of integrity, with big hearts and intellectual light. Such
men will look after her interests and those of her people and advertise
them in other climes.
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United States each year. If these
arures are correct tie chances are
around 240,000 to one that you will
escape this f ate.- '
1 have been giving these lacta
and figures merely to reassure you
not to encourage you to take unnec-
sary risks. There are certain sensible
precautions for anyone to need in. a
thunderstorm Most of them are
quite different, however, from the
pet superstitions that our ancestors
have handed down to us.
"I can think of these three places
where you will be absolutely safe in
thunderstorm. One is an under
ground chamber; another Ls a space
entirely surrounded by a metal net
work; the last, and the only one of
the three which you are liable to be
able to utilize, is a steel-framed
building.
"Steel-framed buildings are excel
lent conductors. They tend to relieve
by 'silent discharges' the electric
strain always existing oetween eartn
and sky during a thunderstorm.
Sometimes they are struck, but the
people inside them never know it i
"wnen a inunaersterm is raging
you are just about as saie in one
part of your home as another, reo
ple who try to insulate' themselves
by lying down in the folds of a
feather bed are taking senseless and
ineffectual precaution. Yet there
are a few danger spots. If you are
in direct line between two good-sized
metal objects, such as a steam radi
ator and n iron sink, or between
either and a rainspout running up
the side of the house, you may be
struck by direct or induced flashes
of lightning. In seeking an outlet
to the ground lightning has a ten
dency to jump between two such me
tallic bodies, rather than to take a
direct course through non-conducting
mediums.
"A place of special danger is di
rectly beneath a hanging lacnp or
globe suspended from the ceiling by
a chain. Lightning may follow the
chaia to its end and then jump off,
The place where a wire clothes line
enters a house may also be a danger
spot, although I think this haa been
over-emphasiied.
"Small detached piece, of metal
have no effect on the path of light
ning, either indoors or out Last
summer a party of golfers, caught in
a thunderstorm, threw away their
clubs lest the metal should attract
the lightning. Their fears on the
cause were groundless.
"If you glory in a thunderstorm as
I do you will want to stand at a win
dow or on the front porch and watch
it And here you will be just about
as safe as anywhere else.
One of the most dangerous of all
places out of doors is the shelter of
an isolated, tree. Such trees are a
target for lightning. If you were
overtaken by a storm in the vicinity
of xn isolated tree it might be well
to lie down near it, but not under it
One' of the best refuges out of doors
is thick woods, provided you do not
seek shelter under a tree that stands
out' conspicuously above the rest If
I were caught in an open field I must
confess that I would not lie down in
the mud, but would turn my foot
steps towards tbe nearest shelter
serene in the knowledge that the
chances were preponderant against
my being struck by lightning."
The homely, but effective lightning
rod, which Bnjamin Franklin de
vised and promoted, was endorsed by
Dr. Steinmetz as probably the best
artificial safeguard against lightning
that can be found."
SON OF SENATOR VANCE DEAD
(Statesville Landmark)
The death of Charles N. Vance, for
some years an inmate of the State
Hospital at Morganton, brings to
mind the fact that the family of the
late Senator Z. B. Vance, in many
respects the (most distinguished son
of the State, has practically disap
peared from public view. Only two
survive Tom Vance, who at one
time practiced law at Lenoir for a
brief period and for many years, a
resident of the State of Washington;
and Maj. Z. B. Vance, Jr., a retired
army officer. The oldest son, David
Vance, who was a newspaper man
and was at one time a reporter on
Charlotte papers, died many years
ago. Charles N., who has just died,
was his father's secretary during the
latter's long service in the United
States Senate. After his father's
death he made his home at Black
Mountain for several years.
WANTED Renter for two-horse
farm; will furnish stock and tools.
Apply to J. H. Puette, Route 4,
Lenoir, N. C. 9-2p
strike is e:o:.d c.i t.;z ;
SOUTHERN A.NJ OIKL.l LOADS
The railroad she? strike is appar
ently ended on most of the railroads
of the South, including the Southern
and the Winston-aIem Southbound,
according to terms of an agreement
between representatives of a number
of railroad systems and shopcraft of
ficials in Chicago last week.
These railroads wiH take back the
striking shopmen in order of their
standing in the service, placing as
many as possible to work immediate
ly and taking all back within the next
thirty days, it was announced.. Most
of the strikebreakers who have been
filling the places left vacant will
probably give up their jobs at . an
early date. A report from Spencer
said that many of the 80 men who
have been at work in the shops were
packing up in readiness to leave on
special trains. . From Raleigh it is re
ported that many strikebreakers had
already left during the past few days.
Indications are that most of the
1,700 men who have been idle for
two and a half months at Spencer
would be back in the shops by Monday
at the latest. They received the
news with joy.
At least thirty and. probably- as
many as fifty-two of the 202 class 1
railroads of the country are parties
to tnese separate agreements between
men and railroads. The Southern of
fered more than a month ago to take
the men back on the same basis that
they are now to return but the shop
men declared they would not return
until the strike was settled on a na
tional basis. The . present reported
settlement is only partially on a na
tional basis.
A commission is authorized to set
tle any disputes between the agree
ing roads and their shop employes,
this commission to have six repre
sentatives from each the employes
and employers. A majority vote of
the commission would be binding.
Both parties pledge themselves
that no intimidation or apprehension
shall be practiced or permitted
against any of the employes who
have remained at work or taken ser
vice or as against those who resume
work under this understanding, says
one oi the provisions or the agree-
mant
Some oi the shopmen failed to go
out on strike on July 1, although in
most cases their number was but
small. Other roads took on a great
many new men in the shops but many
of them were inexperienced and in
some cases were men holding posi
tions in the offices of the railroads.
It is said that on some roads it will
take several weeks to get the equip
ment back to anything like normal
condition.
OLD-TIME COLD CUBE
DRINK HOt THAI
Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take a
tablespoonful of the tea, put a cup of
boiling water upon it, pour through a
sieve and drink a teacup full at am
time during the day or before retiring
It Is the most effective way to break
a cold and cure grip, as it opens tht
pores of the skin, relieving congestion.
Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking
up a cold.
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. It is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless. .
STIFF ACHING JOIN
T8
Bub Soreness from jouti and mnsclet
with a small trial bottle of old
St Jacob liniment
Stop "dosing" Rheumatism.
It's pain only ; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment Rub
soothing, penetrating "St Jacobs Lini
ment" right on the "tender spot" and
by the time you say Jack Robinson
out comes the rheumatic pain. "St
Jacob's Liniment" is a harmless rheu
matism cure which never disappoints
and doesn't burn the skin. It takes
pain, soreness and stiffness from ach
ing joints, muscles and bones; stops
sciatica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia.
Limber npl Get a 30 cent bottle of
old-time, honest "St. Jacobs Liniment"
from any drug store, and in a moment
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer: Rub rheuma
tism away.
RUB RHEUMATISM FRO
IF KOU WANT A THING
WELL. DONE COOK IT
VOUGSElF!
WILL MAKE GAS ON THE
FARM IN A FEW YEARS
In a few vears many kinds of farm
waste will be converted successfully
into liquid or gasoline fuel, writes
Floyd, W. Parsons in the .World's
Work.' For some time alcohol has
been manufactured in large quanti
ties from "blackstrap" molasses, but
now we find that it is possible to
obtain .150 pounds of potash from
each ton is this low grade molasses
in addition to the liquid fuel.. During
the war the price the potash aver
aged as high as $1,000 a ton.
Federal chemists have found
it
nosible to obtain gas by the distilla
tion of wheat, oat and rye straws. It
is not too much to expect that one
day straw gas and gas made from
cornstalks, corncobs and other vege
table matter will be used by farm
ers to supply light and heat for their
homes, power for their stationary en
gines and fuel for their tractors and
motor cars. Fifty pounds of straw
will produce 300 cubic feet of gas
an amount sufficient to drive a
light roadster 15 miles. The next
step in this experimental work will be
the perfection of a method of reduc
ing the gas to liquid form so that it
may be carried conveniently as a
motor fuel.
COULD CO SOMEWHERE ELSE
(Boot and Shoe Recorder)
A woman in a small town in Ohio
went into a drug store and said "Mr.
A. I want som esulphur; how much
is it?"
"Ten cents a pound."
"Ten cents a pound. Why, I can
send to Sears & Roebuck and get all
1 want for three cents a pound.
"Yes, and you can go straight to
hell and get all you want for noth
ing."
The druggist went back to his easy
chair and the customer went else
where.
GLASS OF SALTS IF
YOUR KIDNEYS HURT
Zat lea meat if you feel Baekaohyor
have Bladder trouble-8alU
da for Kidneya
Meat forms trie add whieB exettel
and overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from tha system. Regular ea
re of meat must flush the kidneya occa
sionally. You must relieve them like yon
relieve your bowel; removing all the
acids, watte and poison, else yon feel a
dull misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains la the back or ekk heaoaehe, dis
uses, your stomach sours, tongue i
coated end when the weather it bad yon
have rheomatie twinges, The urine is'
toady, full of eedimeat; the channels
often get irritated, obliging yon to ret
Bp two or three time daring the night.
To neutralise these irritating, acids
and flush off the body's urinous watte
ret about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy t take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before break
fast for a few days end your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with litbia, and has been used for
generations to eleaa end stimulate slug
giah kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
J ad Qalta is inexpensive; harmless and
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoiding
eerious kidney. and bladder diseases.
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of the rrot-
estant tpiscopai v-nurcn, m acsaiuu
at Portland, Oregon, voted in favor
of taking the word "obey" irom tne
marriage ceremony of that church.
The bishops voted to refer the pro
posal to eliminate the phrase -wixn
my worldly goods I thee endow" from
the ceremony back to the commis
sion which had submitted it
The bishons were eenerally in fa
vor of the phrase, but objected to its
wording, it was said. ... - ,
The vote to eliminate the word
obev" was 36 to 27. If the house
of deputies concurs in the action the
proposed change will be subject , to
approval at the general convention
three years hence before becoming
effective. . .
CAMPBELL-DOUCHTON
CONTEST BOBS UP AGAIN
Reopening of the Campbell-Dough-
ton congressional contest in the
eighth district is going to take place
between now and election time unless
signs have been very sinister, and
before the Norwood physician. Dr.
James Isaac -Campbell, goes again
into a referendum against the incum
bent, R. L. Doughton, Congress will
have acted, writes W. T. Bost from
Raleigh to the Greensboro News.
Only Circus This Year
; Thursday, Sept. 2 1 St
See the largest Elephant in the world,
10 ft. 4 inches, weighing 12,000 lbs.
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1 Ktfns?
25th ANNUAL TOUR OF AMERICA'S
FOREMOST TENTED ORGANIZATION
Never before such a galaxy of Acrobats,
Riders. Equilibriata.ContortionfiU
Gymnasts and AerialUts
SPECIAL R. R. TRAIN , lJWmM
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AN ARMY OP PEOPLE A CITY OP CAIWAS
POSITIVELY THE ONLY BIG SHOW
COMING THIS SEASON
NEVER DIVIDES NEVER DISAPPOINTS
FREE EXHIBITIONS on Show Grounds at
1:00 and 7:00 P. M.
Performances 2:00 and 8:00 P. M.
Doors Open One Hour Earlier
Excursion Rates on all R. R. for the Big Holiday 1
Felix A. Grisette has upon him the stamp of a man who has the
interests of our county at heart. And his training at the University
of North Carolina eminently qualifies him to serve his county in any
capacity. He graduate from the University with many honors, with
great credit to himself, and his diploma is evidence of his work and
worth. He devoted much time the study of the science of govern
ment, especially from a constitutional point of view. This study would
be of inestimable value to him in framing the laws of the Common
wealth. Certainly no man in Caldwell county is more capable and more
ably qualified to serve as a legislator than he. The citizens of Cald
well county cannot go wrong in sending him as their representative to
the General Assembly of North Carolina. University or college-pre-
pared men are PREPARED. Fortunate will be the day if it may ever
dawn on North Carolina when her government will be directed by
men with trained minds, college4rained , men. The night of this day
will be followed by a new light in the morning, .and the OldNorth
State will go forward with a greater pace and firmer tread. Felix. A.
Grisette has such a training, in addition to the training of a Christian
home, which has made him a devout Christian young-man. ;. ; v
V People of Caldwell county, we owe it to ourselves to come out en
masse to the Democratic County Conventionjiext Monday and support
Felix A. Grisette unanimously. - v , A VOTER.
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The r.tws comes rViXwi u
maireci panne;, yi. V""-'"."
ieoing tnis wees to 'n us .,
he story says, won tne iu.i uiuorsc
!ynt of the Republican organization
he State. It is not a willing oacx-
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icg, but one m tne interest oi pnjr
expediency. The state party leaaei
are against reopening we contest,
which in its preliminary stages has
been an overwhelming setback for
Dr. Campbell. The' party organiza
tion "has not participated in the
Campbell contest The fight in Con
gress was distinctly-disappointing ta
the Republicans over tne country.
AH sorts of irregularities were
found in the election, but the con
gressional committee could see no
more of these against Campbell than
against Doughton. Indeed, the Dem
ocrats have contended always that in
rushing illiterates to the registration,
books the Republicans gained far
more than the Democrats did.
COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER '
THE DEATH OF DOG
Following the death of his bird
dog, Harry Howell of Grand Island,
51, a mail carrier, who lived .alone
there, ended his life by shoting
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