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Tki.kphosk No. 54.
Ti l -I)AY. FrBHITAHY 11. 1113.
The question of keeping up the
publie roads, is one that is re
ally more serious than the tirst
construction of them. As long
as the people who use the roads,
persist in hauling heavy loads
on narrow tired wagons, no kind
of roads will remain good in wet
weather. The wagon is about
the only farm implement that
has not been inueli improved in
the last half a century. Plows
reapers, binders, grain drills,
mowers and rakes and nearly
every kind of 1 arm implement
except the wagon, has been mod- usual course, to some extent, nates, who were desirous of look
erni.ed to meet the growing in-. Articles of Southern make are ing into Edison's new storage
telligenee of the people, but the
same old narrow tnv our fore
father. ui'd are still li.M-il m this
part ol the country. Tliee sun
ply cut the roads to such an ex uion and with our representa 1 en a demonstration of the talk
U nt that they are almost impas tives m Congress. It is propos ; ing pictures. Brady hurried
sable much ol the tune and are
uot fit to do business over one
third ol tne vear at least. Now
t.res Irom three inches wide and
up will pack instead of cut and
ll they wciv adopted and used '.
by all teamsters within a lew
months the roads would be made
goou .ma coum ue kcPi so.
Just think this matter over
quietly anil reasonably and sey
if you can think of anything
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else in which tne people
own and u-e the roads at
lse in which the people who
who
as
foolish and careless about as
they are in just this one thing i
Many persons say the broad .
tires will not work, when they
, , ,
nave not tri'-tl them. ( )ne man can
i
not do ,t by Imnself, but a neigh
borhood or county can adopt
them and they will work and i
keep the roads up at the same !
tune, with iust. a little e,:ul : nr 1
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and di-agu;ng done on the roads
We have not yet seen m any
of the proceedings of the Legis
lature, a bill, resolution, or
rn Msiire i f an loud, introduced
t i in a ny way en) e ii'iise. i n
any department of the state gov
eminent ben a man in pri
vate business lind his expenses
running ahead of his income, if
he is a careful business man, he
looks for leaks and places to cur
tail ex penses, so as to at least do
bus iiess within his ineo
Not so with our able legislators,
11. ..I !. r
vii -y iook inr some way to in
C 'ease revenues and let. expenses
go oil and increase. 1 1 t hut,
honorable body will appoint a
committee to investigate ex
e lses in ail departments of the
state, and report- where retrench
ments can be made, and,, place
Hon. E. 15. Jones at the head of
that committee, we venture there
will be some money saved to the
Mate, tint .v 1 1 1 help reduce tliPh.V the people, but we fear they
deucit.
If the pians of the United
SUtes Government, to appropri
ate money for improving the
Rural Mail routes of the coun
try, are enacted into'taws, only
those counties that are doing
good roads work and will appro
priftte the same amounts the Fed
eral Government appropriates
can get ii on the deal. In oth
er words the Government intends
to help the: counties that make
an effort to help themselves,
therefore all who wish to partic
ipate in this distribution and get
the benefits the United States
Government will extend, must
be doing something in the, way
of building roads.
A plan has been suggested to
sell the state's interest in the
Atlantic & North Carolina Rail
road and lend the money derived
from the sale to the various
counties, at 5 per cent interest,
for the purpose of constructing
good roads. Should this idea
materialize, only those counties
that are making good roads by
bond issues or otherwise, would
be elligible to participate in the
division, hence if Caldwell wants
to share in a measure like that,t..10 lm,.,,,, i,!,,,,,,. at (Wm
she better get busy.
Tariff Revision.
Tariff revision under Demo
cratic rule seems to be taking its :
put down, and those of Northern ' battery with the idea ol utilizing
make are more or less upheld, it on electric railways.
We make no complaint in this: While there Brady, who was
matter againt our Northern accompanied by one of the Cle ve
lriends, lor the fault rather rests land multi-millionaires, wasgiv-
ed to make a very decided cut of
the tariff on cotton goods, while
the late news is that the tariff,
on woolen goods remains almost '
tlt. same. Southern represen I
tatives in Congress have moved '
111 S(J"1' degree away from the
old fetish of free trade which be- j
longed to the institution af slav I
, erv. but we are not vet whollvi
jrwd from u Without any
' quarrel whatever with the w(k1
j en trade, we know, it could bet
( u'r slatul !l '"t than the South
representatives in ( ongress have
been so long advocating free
lraj(li tKlt lt ls 1!inl for tnom j
refuse to acquiesce in a cut on '
Southern products towards a
free trade basis, but meanwhile:
Northern Congressmen get the 1
. , , , ,
highest tariff ossible and hold
k) WhlM,H Southern Con- j
pressmen are pursuing a theory, !
and let the practical results go
' deference to the theory, the!
Northern representatives are!
HI I SU I I 1 I'llll III .11 II M1U
getting them. Charlotte Obser .
' ver.
(It is admitted that there will !
necessarily be some protection!
in t he tariff, no matter how much I
it is remodeled and lowered. 1
Then in that case the southern
congressmen owe it to then-con .
stitients to see that this part of
i
the country is not discriminated
against in the revision. Let, the
theory go to the winds and see
to it. that cotton goods et a
fair show with woolen goods.
It is business against theorv
and as we see it business should
hive the preference. News)
Legislature.
II, o iiU.ni I le ,
Tne Legislature has been m
session one month, and so far
has not done anyt lung of impor
tance to the state. Numerous
I bills of state wide interest have
been introduced, but none has
become a law. Croat things
were expected of this legislature
will be somewhat disappointed
in the end. The members ap
pear to be above the average; in
fact, there are quite a number of
able men in both the senate and
house, but they don't seem to
understand the spirit of the
times. Some few members are
absolutely opposed to doing any
thing, and there are some few
others who want to change the
whole system of state govern
ment in a day or less time. The
first is called a reactionary and
the second is called an extreme
radical progressive. Probably
the great bulk of the legislators
are just plain democrats, who
would like to do something for
the good of the state, but many
of them are disgusted with 'the
two extremes; therefore, the out
look for sensible legislation for
the actual betterment of the
state looks gloomy.
Laughed At Offer Of A Million.
Cleveland, Feb. 4. Through
negotiations ended by Thomas
A. Edison's refusal of a check
for $1,000,000 to clinch an offer
of millions for rights to his new
talking picture inventions it was
learned today that the inventor
has made two improvements
which will result in making the
phonograph a perfect instru
ment. News of the inventions was
gained from Attorney P. J. Bra
dy, who has just returned from
N. J., and who offered the inven
tor the million dollar check.
Brady went to Edison on behalf
ol Cleveland and Chicago eapi-
talists, presumably trolley mag-
back home and the next day re
turned to Orange with the check,
"Edison jut laughed when we
offered linn the check as part
payment on our offer of several
millions for the rights to the
talking pictures
said Brady.
We also offered him in addition
large royalties on the machines.
He turned us down.
The trouble with most of the
good roads that have been built
j nas neen tnai we seem to tmiiK
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Miiev siiouiu last lorever wiuioul
repair. Durham Herald.
OUR SHOE
SALE
is moving along
nicely. Many
pleased custom
ers have gotten
bargains. Have
you gotten
yours? Come in
and let us. show
you.
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For Sale
A thirteen room Board
ing House, well ar
ranged, large lot, fine,
water, nice location, in
village of Mowing Rock.
Will exchange for good
farm property or sell on
easy terms.
H. C. MARTIN,
LENOIR, N. C.
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EGGS for setting- from rriy R, C, anil
R. I. Red Hens and and Pullets
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Poultry Show, 15 for fl.0(K
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FRESH shipment of Leggetts Pre
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FOR SALE The lot and building of
the Home Milling Co., on Wrest
Main Street in Lenoir, N, C, is for
sale. This is a very desrable pro
perty and will be soldif a reason
able price. The lot is J45 feet front
on West Main street and 177 feet
deep. See M. N. Harshaw,
21. tf Agent Home Milling Co.
FOR SALE -let) a.-res ):uul 4 miles
E.it of Lenoir on Tavlorsville Road
known as the Hick B.nhanlt land.
J no. K. Patterson, Agent,
Z.'vdt Concord, N. C.
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Mill. V'a., who is the mother of
eighteen children. Mrs. Martin was
cured of stomach trouble and consti
pat ion bv Chamberlain's Tablets
after five vears of suffering, and now
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Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of J. K. Ervin
deceased, all persons indebted to said
estate are hereby notified to make im
mediate payment to me, and all per
sons hating claims against said es
tate are hereby notified to present the
same, dul y varitied, to the und'-rsigned
administrator on or before the loth
day of February 11 4 . or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of recovery
t hi-reon.
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1'. I . of Administrator,
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