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Volume XIV Lenoir. N.C.. Tuesday, October 1, 1912 No. 95
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY, j hw Co of Lm u Not . kw. Mn.
The most marked upward
An Interesting Story as Told by
One Who Served Through
The Civil War.
WHAT A BOY CAN DO.
WouU a Mother Er Giro Her Owi Challenge to Craig Made by Mearea. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Children Away to Help a Friend?
II V c. C"- l
trend of the cost of living is dis- "ow "on r,r"
rrue in rroducing most
Corn to the Acre. '
Recently I had a talk with a
hard-headed old Yankee soldier
who spent four years gunning
for Johnnie Reb, during which
his flesh was torn by three of
Johnny's bullets. In time we
drifted to war time music, talked
about the popular songs born of
the bi family row, "Rally
Round the Flag," "Marching
Through Georgia," "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic"-by all
odds the grandest one in the lot
-"The Battle Cry of Freedom
etc. ; and then of "The Star
Spangled Banner," America,"
and "Yankee Doodle."
My Yankee friend waxed en
thusiastic as we recalled and
hummed the old favorites, de
clared that they had a large part
in bringing success to the Union
cause, and remembered oc
casidns when it was patriotic
nnisic alone that keyed him up
to go into a tight with Johnny
the old man chose to call the
Confederates "Johnny."
Suddenly lie stopicd talking
and dropped his face into his
big, brown hands, where it re
mained so long that 1 said: "It's
all right, Tom. Thoughts of the
old songs as we used to sing
them when boys on the march
and in camp are a bit too much
for me, too, at times, and a few
unbidden tear's have helied to
clear the atmosphere. Goon and
have a good cry."
"Get out! That is not what
made a baby of me. I was think
ing of the old Johnnies and
their war songs."
"Anything tearful about such
thoughts, Tom'.''"
"Probably not for Hint -hearted
old bowlders like you, but it
was too much tor ine at this
time."
Tom lost a brother in battle.
For twenty years after the war
he was very bitter against, the
South and its army. Now hear
him.
1 was bitter. It was
Billy was my twin
It tore ine to pieces to
killed. We were young.
mere boys. But things hav
changed. Billie died for the j
best of causes. I revere Billy's
memory and rejoice that he was
willing to die for the Hag and
the Pnion.
"Do you mind what a good
time we had a short time ago
talking about our songs of war
times:' Well, now, did you ever
stop to relied that Johnny and
the rest of his tribe in gray had
the same love for their war
songs for 'Dixie,' 'Maryland,
My Maryland." and the 'Bonnie
Blue Flag?' "
Then the old fellow's face
again sought hishands. I said:
"Old Softy, what is the matter?
What are you working up to?"
"Johnny, like us, is an old
man. Bis soldiership was as
heroic as was that of our fellows.
Me looks back' to those brave
old days very much as the boys
in blue do, with the exception
that at the end of the four years
of hard campaigning he had to
go home under t he cloud of de
feat and often to a home of ab
ject want. We missed these.
We came home as victors, in the
main to homes of plenty, with
the doors of opportunity swung
wide open to us. They, in the
main, had to make opportunity
under great difficulty. All these
years most of them have had a
constant fltfht on hand to keep
the wolf from the door, and it
has been an honest, manly,
closed in the Federal bureau of
labor's report of an investigation
of prices for the past ten years
conducted in the imiortant in
dustrial centers of ;S"' States.
Fifteen most important articles
of food, as well as coal, compris
ing two thirds of a workingrnan's
needs were investigated. In
many cities the investigators
gathered statements of mer
chants on the cost of living
and specimens of these are pub
lished in the rejort.
On June 15, PJ1-, the rejKirt
shows, II of the IT) articles of
food were higher than a year
before, and lu had advanced in
the past 10 years more than 50
per cent over the average retail
price lor the iu year period,
Is'.H) l'.i'.t.
During the last decade prices
of potatoes changed most and
sugar the least. Their advances
were 111.', I and s.5 per cent, res
pectively. During the last year,
bacon, w hich decreased just one
tenth of one per cent, was the
only one of the 15 priucipal arti
cles of food that showed a de
cline in price, while nine of the
1") advanced more than 10 per
cent, varying from "J. 4 per cent
tor milk, to lMi per cent for
round steak. Of the la, only
eggs, butter, milk, and sugar
were lower, but the price of
three of these four is normally
lower during summers than dur
ing winters.
"Yes.
natural,
brother,
see him
brave tight. They haven t had
the help of such pensions as our
boys have had. Their States
have given them, or some of
them, a small pension in case of
loss of limb or health, Old chum
those old boys in gray have
made a heroic, light ever since
IHlo." '
"But, Tom,.what made you
shed those tears?"
"Keep still, you stone image.
Did you ever have something
get into your throat when you
heard the school children sing
'The Star-Spangled Banner' or
'America' and saw Old Glory
waving from the flagpole? I've
cried more than once at Mich a
demonstration just before mem
orial day. and so have you. I
have the same choking sensation
nearly every time a hand or
an orchestra plays Johnny's
favorites. Why? Because I know
how well Johnny and his com
hides enjoy them, and because
they are as good Americans as
we are.
"I have a lot of sympathy for
the old Cohfoderates. 1 admire
them for their soldiership and
for their courageous battles ever
since the war. I want them to
have all the comfort, pleasure,
atfd haniiiness possible during
their remaining years. I am
touched to the heart, whenever I
think of their life struggles,
their days of want, their good
citizenship, their worth as men.
1 like the South and her pen
pie."
the duel
quoting Tom
I believe he
the veterans of the Southern
army very much as most of the
survivors of the Northern army
feel. Next year for four days,
on the Gettysburg lield, thous
amis of men of both old armies
will meet in the most memorable
soldier reunion ever held. You
will not watch in vain there for
an abundant show of the kindly
feeling Comrade Tom gave ex
pression to. It will be a meet
ing of brothers tried as by tire.
J. A. Watrous. Lieutenant
Colonel U. S. A. (Retired,,
(Hickory Times-Mercur . .
Few boys know what they can
do if they will try. The country
boys have the tinest opportunity
to make, not only a reputation,
but money, ever known in this
country.
Thursday evening we went
out to Mr. J. W. Starnes' farm
which is located about one mile
Northwest from the Hickory de
Kt. His son, Ernest, won the
prize for producing the most
corn to the aire. That was two
or three years ago.
He was a little too old to enter
the boys corn club contest this
year. But he has the will to do
something. His object was to
see if he could not make enough
on one acre to pay his way '.'
months at Ruthertort College.
So he measured off an acre in
branch land. Me sowed it to
hay crop. He cut and got from
it 10 worth of hay He then
planted it to corn, the Masting
Prolific. There are ;54 rows m
the acre. The rows will average
1)00 ears, and small, for they
have been couted. Counting
1-5 ears to the bushel, the acre
will produce about or nearly
117) bushels any how from '.C to
100 bushels. The foder will
bring $'J0. So you see the boy
wont nnss it far getting a year
at college now. His father wi
gather his crop tor him. tie is
li years old.
We went through the corn.
The stalks will average over
two lair ears, the suckers even
have corn on them. We counted
the corn from one trrain and
there j were ISO inches of corn
There are only a few blastet
stalks in the acre. Now that
corn shows lor itself. Any body
can go and set' for himself. It
will pay any one to visit it.
We then went into his father's
Held. He has a kind of corn
that he has developed. The
suckers on it have corn on from
4 to s inches long. hi one stalk
and its suckers, we counted s
ears, the agregate length being
44 inches, nearly 1 1 inch ears.
That is a tine sample of corn,
cannot be beaten.
I ecides corn, M r Starns has
some tine peas and Soy beans.
The Soy beans have from :'.00 to
S)) pods to the stalk.
A few months ago the Wo
man's Home Companion publish
ed a short story m which a wo
n, in gave up her baby to a
object I have in
s talk is to say that
has spoken about
Discourage Marriage of the Unfit
iWillct M. H;is in Woman- World
for ScoU-miIm-i .
Legislation looking toward
the preventation ot marriage
and childbearing by feeble mind
ed persons has already been at
tempted hi a few States; but
public opinion upon this most
vital question has been very
hard to arouse from its mdif
ference.
But science will yet bring
home to the consciences of our
open-minded people the import
ance of revising existing laws so
as to restrict the multiplication
of t hose weakest and most
vicious elements ot society; and
the church must so.m recognize
the divine fact that there is
nothing holy about joining in
wedlock those who have bored i
tary taints in their blood.
Some men's only idea in hav
ing a pull is to apply it toother
fellow's legs.
A Gushing young girl told the
editor that the world was full of
IHHJtry to which he replied that
so was his wastebasket.
jured in a wreck and rendered
incapable of ever having child
ren of her own. The sacrifice
was made voluntarily and with
out the recipient of the baby
ever finding out who gave it to
her
A married woman now writes
to the June Woman's Home
Companion the following letter
about this story
"The idea of a woman giving
tier own newly born child to
another woman a a consolation
prize, with tin1 consent of the
chilli's father, both parents un
ilerstood to be n'ople of good
principles and good feelings, is.
in my opinion, tomfool nonsense
"1 have been married over
eighteen years, ami have seven
children, the youngest of whom
is now three years old. i nan ai
the tune of my marriage several
very dear girl friends. One of
these girls, whom 1 have known
since 1 was three years old. has
never married. Aow. no ou
think that, in the event of her
meeting with such an accident
as the lame lady in the story, 1
would offer to give her one of
my children' Not much' There
have been tunes when some of
the children have been particu
larly exasperating, when I have
said and thought. 'Mercy, if 1
could only have a little peace'.'
but as for deliberately giving
one of them away only over
my dead body will anyone ever
get one of mine' And even if by
any miracle I were willing to do
such a thing, I'd like to see you
get their father's consent to any
such proposition. Kvery hist one
of them he regards as the apple
of his eye, and did from the day
they were born.
"A new born baby in its in
nocent helplessness seems to
me the most appealing thing on
earth, or at least my own always
did. Now. what sane mother
who has suffered to the utmost
in bringing her child into tin
world safely, is going to turn it
over to a lame, half blind, in
valid old main to bring it up
Don't talk to me. I know better
"No. I will nurse my friend:
in sickness if 1 can pray foi
them, trivo them whatever 1 can
it they need it. but don t asK in.
for any of my children to h
them bear an affliction, not even
the laziest and worst little rogiu
in the bunch, for you 11 not get
Iredell Meares has made a
challenge to Licke Craig for a
joint campaign of the ta!e in
the campaign for the governor
ship in view of the refusal of
Mr. Craig to accept a challenge
made by Thomas Settle. In a
letter bearing date of September
li Mr. Meares writes at length
setting forth reasons why he
and Mr. Craig should take their
tight before the people together,
and pointing out issues which
he proposes to use in the state
in .showing that the record of
the Democratic party has been
at fault Mr. Meares calls for
an "old fashioned, time honor
ed. Zeb Vance and Thomas Set
tie political knock down and
drag out He stated his wil
lingness for Candidate Tom
Settle to come in also and make
it a three cornered tight.
The challenge, which tills
eight typewritten pages, is writ
ten in both a serious and humor
ous vein, and has added to it a
postscript reading, "this confi
dential between you,'' me Settle
and the public."
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
'Rope" Horeihoe
The manufacture of "rope"
horseshoes in Germany is now a
flourishing business and all who
ne used the new invention are
highly pleased with it. The
hoe is described as light and
omfortable for the horse, that
they prevent horses from slip
ping, and that they break tin
concussion and deaden the sound
of the hoof. In addition to the
i i ..... i
nam tarred rope norsesnoes
there are shoes in which roie
interwoven with wire, wood,
ubber. copvr. wi rework and
ush is used. These are heavier
uul somewhat more expensive
ind less practical than the plain
ope shoes, and, therefore, have
not become so well established.
it '
Firt Baby of the Co. Seat.
i Am i y Vim. )
The tirst baby born at tl
new county seat of Avery coun
tv. Newland. came to Mr. and
M rs. R. C. Campbell last Sun
day morning. It was a tine boy
weighing l. 1 "J pounds. Mi
Campbell is the contractor erect
inir the l ourthouse and lau am
a jolly good fellow" to boot. W
know that our entire county wi
feel proud of this its tirst native
born citizen and although this
was not m the spociticalious en
tered into with the County Coin
missioners we wish to extend to
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell our con
gratulations for the honor they
have thus conferred upon us.
We would also suggest that this
"tirst citizen" be named Avery
Newland Campbell.
The difference between being
sick and being an invalid is that
the invalid is om that makes
those around him sick.
"A man's life is embedded in
the community. He must
breathe the community's ail
Irink the community's water
eat the community's food, avail
limself of the community'
I - IT 4 . 1 . .
sewer, expose nunseii 10 un
community s contagious diseas
.i , . 1 : t. :
es. un me sanuarv conuiuous
of that community must, there
fore, largely depend the health
... i i -l.i''
oi Hie individual.
Series of Meeting
A series of meetings began
last Sunday in the new Baptist
church, m which ine pasioi uev
J. O. Fulhright is being assisted
by Rev Fred N. Day of Winston
Salem. Mr. Day came in Sun
day afternoon and preached to a
full house Sunday night. Me is
a man of commanding presence
and isja forceful and energetic
speaker, delivering his message
with great earnestness. The
meet ing will continue for some
time with two services daily at
'.i ;',0 a m and 7:."0 p. m. and
every hody'is cordially invited
to attend and take part
1j omotives recently compVt
il for a railroad in Virginia are
claimed to be the worlds' mo-t
powerful as they weigh 52,UO
pounds and can pull 155 loaded
50-ton cars at a speed of U-n
miles an hour.
Fred H Fowler, a young meat
dealer in Concord, committed
suicide last Friday by shooting
himself with a 3H caliber revol
ver. It is supposed an unre
j (putted love affair was the cause
I ,-f hie ncl,
The three year old child of
Mr. A M. Harris, living near
Wake Forest, was drowned Fri
day by falling in a watering
trough. The child was playing
in the back yard and it is not
know how it came to fall in the
t rough.
Two more lives were sacn
ticed at the United States Army
aviation fields, located at Col
lege Park, Md., Saturday when
an army aeropolane fell 155 feet
to the ground instantly killing
F.S. Scott and so seriously injur
ing Lewis C. Rockwell that he
died in a few hours. This makes
a total of six who have lost their
lives through accidents to aero
planes of the United States
Army.
Furinan Bagwell was acquitt
ed at Anderson, S. C, of the
killing of Milton Taylor. While
ktgwell was being initiated into
the order of the W'oodmen of the
World Taylor and other mem
bers tired blank cartridges as a
part of the proceedings. Excit
ed, Bagwell grasped his trusty
gun and did some real shooting
killing Taylor. Before he died
Taylor asked that Anderson be
not prosecuted.
Two students were recently
.1 i'. l-v : l
seiu nouie irom uaviuson coi
lege for hazing and the best part
of it is that the hazers were ex
lulled by the students without
the faculty taking any part
whatever. Formerly there was
much hazing at Davidson but in
recent years efforts have leen
made to eliminate it. The David
son students have the honor
system in hazing as in other
matters and violation means ex.
pulsion by the student body.
StatesVille Dandmark.
Athens, Ga.. Sept. 27. J. L.
Lipsey. of Norcross, Ga., to
I 1 1.1 I Til 1 "
night asKed mo aid oi me km ice
In locating his brother, who, he
charges stole his wife and three
children, sold his crop and
household furniture and ran
away with the complete family
outfit. Lipsey told the police
he discovered that his brother
was married to his wife here last
night by the pastor of the
Christian church, to whom he
gave fictitious name for the
bride. It is claimed the fleeing
pair bought tickets hero today
for Greenville. S. 0.
Watauga County Fair
The tirst Watauga County
Fair held last week wa a big
success, exceeding the expecta
tions of all its promoters. The
people turned out in large num
bers and the exhibits were tine.
The display of Cattle. Sheep,
Horses and other live stock was
especiall good, while the Apple
exhibit was especially tine. The
(vople of our sister county are
thoroughly enthused with the
success of their Fair and are de
te nn i ned to make it bigger and
better as the years go by,
In the parade of school chil
dren at the Wilkes county fair
at Wilkesboro last Thursday,
the children carried banners
showing the different phases of
the educational work in the
county. These banners showed
that there were 15J original and
101 supplemental libraries, or a
library for every school IkUi
white and colored in the county,
and also W,t members of the
Teachers Reading Circle. There,
were i;4 graduates in the county
commencements this year. This
parade was one of the features!
of the fair, and showed edoca
tional uplift that the peoplw of
the county should be proud of.