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THIS PAPER IS READ BY THE PEOPLE. IT GIVES THE NEWS WHILE IT IS FRESH AND IS NEWS Volume XV Lenoir, N.C., Tuesday, January 21,1913 No. 22 AN APPEAL FOR ANIMALS. GOOD ROADS MEETING. A Deserved Tribute. (News and Observer.) I COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS A Valuecf Contributor Suggests The Formation of a Humane Society. Editor News; We are asking you to take tlie initiative in form ing a Human Society for the protection of our dumb friends, especially the horses. We con sider Lenoir a progressive town of course. Our gentlemen have their societies "ad infinitum" and the ladies have their liter ary, musical and betterment organizations, which are all right for they promote sociabili ty and public spirit, but for some reason no one has thought of our poor dumb beasts. One can not walk far in any direction without seeing and feeling the terrible brutality and cruelty these faithful animals receive from the hands of their masters or drivers. Loaded often be yond their strength, they are beaten and abused when they are pulling with all their might, every musle strained almost to the breaking point and often falling to their knees, their very bodies on tin.' ground and yet beaten unmercifully. May God have mercy on their souls, we can not! We tell you Mr. Kditor the treatment our "puir Meas ties" receive will keep many a man out of Heaven. We see this often on the streets of Le noir yet no hand is raised, no protest made and just so far, as we have done nothing to stop it, we are responsible. It is simply criminal to neglect this duty longer, so we are calling on you Mr. Kditor, as we have to do in all good works, to take the right steps to organize a human Society, get a charter from the Legislature if necessary, winch will give every member of the society the authority to arrest every driver who over loads or works a sick or lame animal. Then too, we should require them to house their stock' in stead of leaving them out in the weather and to see that they are properly fed and watered, and blanketed when the weather is cold. Our kind hearted public spirited men will take hold of this with you, 1 feel sure, if only their attention is called to it, as will all our ministers teachers, women and children. The children of the schools are hating or will have their atten tion called to this and mercy to the patient useful animals. We are leaving this on your hands Mr. Kditor. W. The Bed Yet The coming attraction at the Graded School Auditorium. The Chicago Ladies Orchestra Co. presents the highest and best entertainment in Lyceum. We feel sure that Ijenoir people have not had the opportunity of having such a good company and therefore can't otTord to miss this one. Klias Day says they are the host company traveling. They present popu lar music at its best with sketch work and individual work and leading. This company has traveled together for eleven yars and know thoroughly what an audience expects of them. Let us insist that you hear- this noted company and if it is not worth the price your money can he had at the door after the show. Adv. Men are like trees; they grow either crooked or straight. - - Nature generates facts, but fiction is manufactured by man. Taxpayer Getting Heard. (Charlotte Observer.) Governor William Sulzer of New York strikes what is be ginning to be a popular note when he urges more economy and efficiency in government as a need of the times. When he was Speaker at Albany lit years ago the appropriations lor Stab; purposes were ii:t,( (K),(K (I. Now he finds the estimate for next year no less than $i;!,(XX, (XX). "We must keep down the expenditures for the State Gov ernment to the minimum,'' com ments Mr. Sulzer. "If we tto not the State will have to go into bankruptcy or direct taxes will have to be levied, which will become unbearable to the citizens." It is the same story every where. Expenditures for State and Federal purposes have mill tiplied at a fearlul rate, half a dozen offices growing w here one grew before and where two at most would serve the ends of government equally well. The average attitude of our pol.ti cians is indicated by their oppo sition to commission government in cities, and the need ol the change which commission gov eminent embodies is indicated by its rapid spread notwithstand ing all that the majority of them can do. Taxpayers are no long er as indifferent as they were before. They could not afford to be. It has become obviously necessary that they take a liamt to save themselves Irom being simply tax eaten ahve Mat ters have gone so far now that if no remedy is applied we shall witness wholesale destruction ol public credit, with bankruptcy avoidable only by a confiscatory tax. How much longer can ex pendit lire go on doubling even few years'' If it goes on lor an other generation we shall have private property suffering to an extent winch even (he more moderate Socialists do not pro pose. Government will have la conic an all devouring monster. Tins is no prospect in t he dim distance. It is one to be laceu and laced now When so keen and discerning and ambitious a public man as Governor Sulzer calls a halt on extravagance m government we may feel sure that it has become a live issue indeed, with large opportunities lor popularity as well as for service on the side of men who will take t his stand. Present burdens are greatly ag gravated where, as in North Carolina, preposterous inequali ties in taxation and the distribu turn of revenues exist between units of government the conn ties out side town limits heavily riding the towns. And here we already have the direct Stab taxes which Mr. Sulzer holds over New York State people's heads as an alarming possibility; we have them good and hard, besides taxes upon every urban occupation or business activity under the sun. With all that we are jw.i(l,XX) jn the hole right now. When, therefore, propos als are made before the Legisla ture for the State to assume new or tremendously extended bur dens in local taxation's natural sphere there should be serious thought upon these things A boy may not be very saving wit n his shoes, but a box ol shoe polish will sometimes last' hi in a year. i m l A man gets too old for a great many things, but tue ability to' make h fool of himself is never outgrown. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. Of course, it is a fact, we sup pose, that North Carolina has a greater percentage of illiteracy than any other state in the union except Nevv Mexico, but we think it comes with mighty poor .'race from Democratic papers to be continually "throw ing it up" to the people of the state. Wilkes I'atriot. We learn that the Waldeiisian Hosiery Mill at Valdese is being doubled, Milestone walls have replaced those of wood. The entire building is being electri cially lignteu and when complet ed it will be modern in all par ticulars. It affords The Mes senger a great deal of pleasure to note the success of tiiis con cern, which is running on full time and has more orders than it can till. Morganton Messen ger. The Yalle Crucis Industrial School is installing an up to date electric lighting plant. Already the pipes and dynamos have been shipped through Elk Hark. This school is just a little in ad vance of the Lee MeRae Insti tute at Manner Elk, which ex pects to install a similar plant next summer, the rough work of unking water power having aooul been started and partly completed this summer. Avery County Vim. Raleigh, .Ian. lti. An anti trust bill guaranteed to have "teet h" by ex Speaker E. .1 . Justice, and a bill by Kelluin of New Hanover to put water power, electric and gas com panies under rate control by the Corporation Commission were especially important bills intro duced in the House today. Mr. Justice's bill makes it unlawful f r any person or corporation to enter into any contract, or have any combination in the form of a trust or otherwise, or con spiracy in restraint of trade, and mates violation ol this provision a misdemeanor, and any person act i ng as the agent of a corpora tion in violation of this provision is as guilty as if acting for him self, and the tine on any corpora tion cannol be less than l.iMV. each week's violation being a seperate olfense. Renpite Cianted. Richmond, Ya., Jan. H. Af ter a brief conference w ith conn set for Floyd Allen and Claude Swanson Allen, condemned to die tomorrow for their part in the Hillsville courthouse mur der on M.uch II last, Governor Mann today granted the prison ers a' respite until March 7. The Governor announced that on February I he would give the Allen sympathizers one hour, in which to present their argument for a commutation of sentence Allen and his son were visibly affected and reliev ed when informed this afternoon that aiiot her delay h id been se cured by toco friends. la a vers and A Pittsburg worn in sto!" ' ami placed it under a pi i p- n her mouth. She was discover ed. The teeth proved false Some men would like to break Their record, but can find no place to hide t he pieces. Even the laziest of men can' always see some work the other' fellow ought to do. I H. B. Varner Makes Practical Address. Plans for County Organization. The Good Roads mass meeting held here last Saturday was very well attended considering the unfavorable weather and little notice given the matter Mr. H. M. Varner, President of the North Carolina Good Roads Association was present and ad dressed the meeting. Mr. Vai ner is throughly informed in regard to road construction, being editor of Southern Good Roads, one of the leading road magazines of the country and has give the subject much study from every standpoint. He dis cussed every feature of road construction, or rather the pro viding of funds for the work, thv duvet tax plan, the town ship bond issue plan and the county bond issue plan. All of them have been tried in North Carolina and the county bond issue plan is the only one that has worked satisfactorily. Mecklenburg county, being a large and wealthy county has the direct tax plan and has been building roads under it for forty years also using a chain gang working many convicts from other parts of the state as well as her own and while she has more nnies of good road than any county in the state the plan has not been satisfactory. Other counties, Guilford in particular have adopted the bond issue plan and base proven it to be far superior to the direct tax plan. Guilford began good roads work about eight years ago and now has the finest system of roads in the state. Since t be commencement of the work the papulation of the county has increased from o'.UKH) to over (in IKK) and the taxable value of property has increased from little over is'.i.om.ooo m i'.MH) to nearly j:;.l"K).(XX) in HMO. Tins increase in property not only decreases the tax rate, but provide funds for continuing the good work in addition to raising the money necessary to pay the bond tax and build up the sink ing fund. Mr. Varner dicussed the construction of roads and said that the sand clay, grave! and top soil roads has super ceeded macadam and were very superior to it as well as much cheaper to construct. After Mr. Varner's Address, the following resolution was adopted. That the charinan ap point a committee of three to draw a bill for a bond issue of S'JtXUXX) for making roads in Caldwell county, the bill to con form to the General Road Law of the state if possible, but to draw the bill for the bond issue anyway Resolved, second that a ma jonty of the votes cast at any election on the question, shall be sufficient to carry or defeat the question. Resol ed third, that the bill i ,i i i a i 'i i ision m case t he me.isine be defeated at any i lection, til" county commission ers shall, upon the petition of 10 per cent ol the oiers voting m said eleet ion, call another elec hon on the same question, with in three months. Th" chain;;:::! aopo'ntoil as this i ommii'e e :,. -r- W 0 Newlan.l G Shakespeare and W. J. Whist nam. A resolution was then passed that two more names be added to the township com mittc"-: v ho were apointed at a former meeting and that these Tint was a very handsome and deserved tribute paid by the senate to the retiring Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. W. C. Newland. Governor Newland has represented his county sev eral times in the house and in l'JOs was elected lieutenant gov ernor. As legislator and as pre siding officer of the senate and in the other public positions of I honor and responsibility which' he has held Governor Newland has won the approval and re gard of the people of North Car olina. Of fine presence, the personification of courtesy, able as a parliamentarian, he has pre sided over the senate with dig nity and ability and the tribute paid to him by the senators was well deserved. The resolution introduced by Senator Thorne, of Nash, received the unanimous vote of the senate, anil Senator. Grant, of Davie, Republican, voiced the sentiment of his par ty in joining with the Democrats in their warm eulogy of the courteous and impartial presid ing officer. Leaves $4000 In Cold 1 Times Mcnairy, i Mr. David Zimmerman. a farmer of Murke. died last week. He owned a farm, stock, tools, etc. Mesides. he was a great saver of money, especially gold. Not having any children, he willed all Ins property to Edgar Townsend. with the one provi sion, that is to take care of his wife as long as she will live with him. If she leaves him. it i Ins. He told them where he had Ins gold hid. They found it. There was SflKKI of it. Me sides, they found SsilHi. of other money in his pocket making in all Sl.aUUio. ti v e members from each town ship in the county be requested to meet in Lenoir on February :frd the tirst Monday and orga ui.e a County Good Roads As sociation. The following named gentlemen constitute those com nnttees and they an urged to enlist all the people of their communities m the good work and on the day for the organia tiou have a big and enthusiastic crowd present Globe John M ( iragg, . V Holloway. 1''. P Curt's W M. Estes and J. R. McLean Hudson P. M Throneburg, C. E. Coiiley. ,1 P. Herman, John Lingle, W. II H Hartley. Johns River ' M. Rader, C. H. Holloway, Ernest L. Perk kins, R. C. Houck, Otis Estis. Kings Creek A. W. Laxton, .1. T. Parher. M. ( ). Teague, J. A. Kaby. T. I). Ernest. Lenoir L. H. Tuttle. C. A. Little, J. R Ervin, H. C. Mar tin, J . W. Whisnant. Little River Marcus Smith, Fred Deal, P C. Flowers, J F Steele. F M Whiteller. Lower Creek J. M. Item hardt. R G Thompson. G Shakespeare, T. H. Mroylnll. J L. Meaoh. Lovela.ly .1. M Allred. .1 L ( Hayes. D II Warl.ck. 1 Mackie. Walter Ta vlor Henry North ( 'ata wba . M Smith. Bus. i. .Ion, i J. M. Cuke, R ' G rutin. Walter Evans Patterson ,1 C (View ' Laxton. .' ones Harper, W MeCall. I, ,'. v. K L M e!!. ' ood s . Wilsons Creek W. C. Moore R. L. Hooper, .1 F. Cooi. v G. Franklin, leo Pierce. Yadkin Vailev H. B. Steel 1. M. Hawkins, B. R. Anderson j to say that these people are pros R. H. Pip - R. T. Ijenoir. perous. Items From Our Regular Corres- pondents and Neighboring County Papers. VVATAfOA Watautra Democrat.) Mrs. John Green and little daughter, Grace, who have been very ill for some time are some" what improved. Truly the fain- jy would have been in great distress during the absence of husband and father had it not been for public charity. The second meeting of th Mens Social Club met on Tues day of last week and enjoyed a couple of hours of companion ship before the biggest open fire place in Blowing Rock, eat ing apples and swapping yarns, guessing riddles and "smoking the weed" - -eighteen present. Last Sunday was a red letter day for Blowing Rock when Rev. W. C. Jones preached his tmt sermon in the Methodist church, Rev. W. R. Bradshaw offering prayer and Rev. V. R. Savage making an address of welcome. Methodists, Baptists and Epis- copalians uniting in welcoming the young brother, who made a very favorable impression upon a large congregation assembled for worship and to hear the new preacher. The R. F. 1). carriers as well as the carriers of the mails on the star routes in this mountain section, seem to be "up against it." since the parcel post came into effect. We are told that one mail up from Lenoir to Blow ing Rock last week weighed 1, foo pounds. To be sure this is a hardship on the carriers, the low price they receive being considered. Mr. David Bourne, of Boomer, N. ('., an experienced fruit grow er and a member of the United Fruit Growers' Association, of North Wilkesboro. has been re quested to discuss the subject of scientific fruit growing and tue proper care of orchards at the next meeting of the Farmer, s l'luon to be held in t lie con ft house in Boone at t:.!0 o'clock next Saturday evening. All who are interested in growing high grade fruit, whether mem bers of the Fnion or not, are cordially invited to attend. We believe that Western North Car olina is peculiarly favored with climate, soil, geographical loca tion, such as will produce the finest quality and large quanti ties of fruit of all kinds, and with the coming of the railroad to this section, the farmers and fruit growers will be within easy reach of the largest markets of the world. Good Roads Means Advancement. ( Altn'in.i rlc Knterprise. ) This light for good roads is not a selfish one that is, it is not for the benefit, of the few to the impoverishment of the many. To improve all the public roads in tue county means for the up lift of all the iwople of the ' county in a social, educational and material sense m this gener- ! ,uion, and an ever increasing, i iieneti' ial asset for our posterity. What we need now is not so much theory or prejudice, pro oi- con. but a judicial ohser at on of goon roads, such a- t'u y have Oi Mecklenburg, Guil ford. Dut nam and a few other counties in the state. These counties may or may not bo heavily in debt, but snfficeth it
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