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Volume XV
Lenoir. N. C Friday, April 18. 1913
No 47
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TAKES ISSUE WITH NEWS.
Rey. W. R. Savage Think the
Aliens Should not Hare
Been Executed.
Editor News. For the last
tea years past I have been a
subscriber to your valued paper
and an interested reader thereof,
appreciating in particular its
ably edited columns, but, as in
the profession to which I have
the honor to belong so in yours
I imagine, mistakes are some
times made, mistakes of the
head rather than of the heart,
and in a short editorial in The
News for April 1, you use these
words regarding the' Aliens, re
ferring to them as "a band of
desperadoes who richly deserv
ed all they got." Commending
the Governor of Virginia for
not allowing himself to be"sway-
ed from the path of duty and
justice by mautilin sentiment
and large influence that was
brought to bear on him to save
the Aliens."
Now, Mr. Editor, you will tind
that throughout the country dis
tricts, particularly the mount
ain counties the sentiment,
though not in favor of freeing
the Aliens, father and son, was
decidedly against their being ex
ecuted, judging that they should
have been dealt with as were
the others and sent up for life,
or a long term of years at least,
their guilt no greater, their
crime the same.
Unquestionably capital pun
ishment is a crime against
Christianity, for the teachings
of the Master are all decidedly
against it, and we live in a
Christian age. To convict a
man on circumstantial evidence
is also an awful crime, convict
ing him to die," in wtiich case
judge and jury are "guilty oi
man-slaughter." May tne day
soon come when capital puuisti
inent will be abolished, for it is
not only inhuman but does not
stop crime. Until that day let
us have fair judgment given all
men, and if, in accordance with
an existing law, which is not on
ly anti-christian but against
public sentiment, an unfortunate
fellow pays the death penalty,
in all Christian Charity and id
consideration for the feelings of
those who mourn their precious
dead and to whom the hleol a
son or a brother is as precious
as to those who have not the
burden to bear of disgrace and
the public finger of scorn point
ed at them, in Charity's name
let us desist from striking at
them when their bodies are in
the grave, and their souls God
knows where.
It is an awful thing to take
the life of any man, even a good
man, but to take the life of one
who, as far as we know, accord
ing to human judgement, is not
prepared to meet his God is ter
rible beyond expression!
This is not "maudlin senti
ment" but from the heart of one
who believes that in the worst
character on earth there is a
spark of good which if approach
ed by love and tenderly nurtur
ed can be fanned into a flame of
reformation that will cleanse the
mind and redeem the soul of
man.
Surely, to accomplish this end
and save his soul alive, in
stead of putting him to death
he must be sentenced to the pen
itentiarv or the state farm or
tne roads, that with
life there
may be hope and reformation
and future clean living, for sure
ly the forgiving power of the
Alminhty is not limited to a
certain set of crimes.
Thanking you for your, pati
ence with nie.
I nm In all Charity and good
will.
Truly yours,
Wm. R. BavagA.
Dlowiog Rook, N. 0.
v Aprd, 14, 1913.
ANOTHER ONE SURRENDERS.
(Laodm&rk.)
Isaac Rash, a young farmer of
Union Grove township, against
whom a warrant was issued
some time ago, charging him
with illicit distilling, called at
the office of Sheriff Deaton Fri
day and gave SoOObond for his
appearance at the next term of
d he '
Superior Court. Rash sai
had found that it was useless toer tne country to throw up their .
try to evade the law; that he
realized le was in the wrong and
had decided to plead guilty when
his case comes to trial. The of
ticers had made several efforts
to arrest Ran, but he always
gave them the "dodge." Re
cently Sheriff Deaton sent Rash
word that he didn't intend to
give him a chance to work a
crop this season unless he sub
mitted to arrest and gave bond.
Rash answered the sheriff
through a friend to the effect
that it was imperative that he
should work a crop this year
and rather than be molested by
the officers he would arrange
the bond, and he kept his word.
Rash was a partner with Gro
ver Mitchell, the young man
who was captured at a still in
North Iredell several months
ago and received a sentence to
one year on the roads at the
last term oi. court, the young
men's excuse for blockading is
that their fathers made liquor
regularly in the days before it
was prohibited by law and that
they and their people are just
now being forced to recognize
the authority of the law which
forbids that it be made. The
father of Rash is now indicted
in the Federal court lor distill
ing and it is believed that he,
like his son, will plead guilty.
The Need of Good Roads.
Editor News If you will al
low me space in your valuable
columns I will say a few words
about the Good Roads, as I no
tice this is being discussed in
your paper every week. 1 am
a Watauga boy 18 years of age
and I am studying the question
of Good Roads with mucti inter
est, the more I study tne more
I want to study this question.
If every citizen in Caldwell,
Asne and Watauga could see
what Good Roads would mean
iu our counties, as I think I can
see the need of them, ourcoun
ties would prosper as they have
never prospered before. Nocoun
ty in North Carolina could do
any thing more appropriate,
neither could they do any thing
tuat would be more benefit to
our counties, than to make good
roads. If good roads do cost
something they are the cheapest
in the long run. We people o
Watauga, Ashe and parts o
Caldwell pay out more for wag
on repairs caused by bad roads
every year, than the little tax
would be in five years. Let ev
ery citizen in these counties join
together then work together
and say we will have better high
ways.
With best wishes to The News,
A Watauga Hoy
A newspaier is in no sense a
child of charity. It earns twice
over every tiollftl' il receives,
and , it is second to no enterprise
in rnntrihutinir tr t.hrt nohnildinir
of a community. Its patrons
. L ,
reap far more benefits from it
pages than its publishers, and in
calling for the support of the
nnmmnnitv in which it. nnh-
lished, it asks for ho more than
in all fairness belongs to it,
though generally it receives
less. Ex.
PRESIDENT GETS $260,000.!
Many Item Other Than Salary
Figure in Expenses of the
White House.
Tb PathtinJtrr.
The statement that the total
salary ana allowances maae io
the President come to $'..150,000 '
a 'ear na cau'd people all ov t
hands and exclaim, mat can t m deep water. What is the rea
be right." But it is right. Lit- lson-. s we see it. although un
tie publicity is usually given to familiar with the law. lit is on
this subject and probably not i ount 0f a faulty system.
one well informed ierson in a
thousand has any idea of what
the White House really costs
the country. Most people sup
xse that the expenditure stops
with the President's salary.
The actual amount appropri
ated each year deends on Con
gress and the figures vary some
what from year to year. For
the coming fiscal year the au
thorized expenses as provided
for in the legislative, executive
and judicial bill are in round
numbers as follows: Presi
dent's salary, $75,0(X) clerk hire.
$70,01)0; contingent fund, $23,000;
President's traveling expenses,
$25,000; household expenses, in
cluding horses, automobiles, etc.
$23,000; fuel, $6,000; care and
repair of greenhouses, $12,000;
printing invitations, etc., $3,000;
lighting White House and
grounds, etc., $9,000. Total
$200,000.
While this seems a large sum
to the ordinary citizen it must
be remembered that a great deal
is now expected of our Presi
dent, and the people don't like
it if they cheesepare too much.
Martha Washington hung out
her own clothes in the White
House East Room; Dolly Madi
son churned her own butter
when "First Lady of the Land,"
President W. H. Harrison
bought a cow for $30 and helped
drive her home. Many similar
stories are told of the White
House, but such economies
would be out of the question in
ihese times.
The Nation had hardly got
well launched when President
John Adams complained that
the President's salary of S2"v
000 a year was too small, and
steadily the amount of money
spent for the White House has
been increased. The lavish en
tertainment which is expected is
what costs most. There are
three State dinners a year sched
uled and these cost about $2,500
altogether. Then there are an
average of about three formal
dinners and luncheons a week.
Then there are numerous recep
tions, garden parties and other
functions, and in all cfises the
President has to foot the bills
either out of the regular allow
ances or his own pocketbook.
Cow Had Hydrophobia.
(Statesville Landmark.)
A cow belonging to Mr. M. S.
Hedrick of the Loray communi
ty developed a desperate case of
hydrophobia Friday and was
killed Saturday when her case
was positively diagnosed as
such. Thursday it was noticed
tuat the cow would not eat and
realizing that something was
' wrong ner mute was not used.
Friday the cow became vicious
and was placed in a stable for
aturdy Rre
worse and foamed at the mouth
Rs she desperalciy dashed back
and forth in tue stable, kicking,
pawing and butting her head
against the wall. Veterinarian
NioholHon of StaUwmlle was
Bnd immediately diagnosed herway a community can benefit by
troble as hydrophobia, where- the advantages it has to offer is
j upon she was killed. to pay the price. The hut - dwell -
PROPER TAXATION.
Correct Assessment Would Ren
edjr Much Evil. Comforts
Cost Money.
A news item some months ago
contained the information that
tfie state of North Carolina fac
ed a deficit. The Town of Le
noir 1S embarrassed for lack of
funds an(j tne Graded School is
Caldwell declines to make just
returns because Burke is assess
I'd at a minimum and so on
throughout the state. Each
county board fears that their
county may pay a larger pro
portion than its neighbors.
The result is that Caldwell has
bad roads, inadequate schools
etc. A kind of "cutting off
your nose to spite your face"
lK)licy. In addition to the re
sults just mentioned there is an
other which many men do not
seem to consider, viz: The larg
er tne assessed valuation tne
smaller the rate necessary to
provide the required income,
and conversely. To produce
$20,000.00 for running a town if
the assessed valuation upon real
and personal property is $2,000,-
000,00 the rate would be only 1
but if cut to $500,000,00 the
rate will be 4. An investor
seeking a location to put his
money, a home-seeker, a manu
facturer or a merchant will take
the former every time. Capital
is never invited by high rates of
taxation. The policy appears to
be "lienny wise" if wise at all
and clearly "pound foolish
l here is a iaiacy which seems
to prevail in many quarters in
regard to a large population of
"non-tax payers" asamatterof
fact none such exists. Every
man, woman and child is direct
ly or indirectly a taxpayer in
the town. Remove the popula
tion of so-called non-tax payers
and what would result? The
mills and lactones would cease
for lack of operatives, the re
tail stores would close for lack
of patronage, the banks would
shut their doors for lack of
loans, the land values would
sink to well-nigh the vanishing
point. Every one who lives in
a house, eats, or is clothed pays
a tax, and usually a larger pro
portionate rate than the mer
chant who directly pays the lax,
for in his "expense" he includes
the tax on his -stock. Remove
the 3000 so-called non-tax pay
ers from Lenoir and how much
would your now valuable busi
ness block be worth? About as
much as a big hay-barn in the
country. The people make the
town. The people make the
business. The people enhance
land values. Why is a Trade
and Tryon corner in Charlotte
more valuable than the Bank
corners in Lenoir? Just because
there are 20 times as many peo
pie there to do business. The
very best asset tnis town has is
its excellent school. A few
weeks ago the writer paid his
town taxes $15.51 one third each
for the school, the special street
improvement, and the town gen -
eral. We surely need streets,
we need a fire department, sew -
erage, water and town officials,
but I submit that the school is
producing a better value than
either of the other two and I do
not undervalue the other depart
ments either. Modern civiliza
yon costH ,n0ney auj the only
BETTERMENT WORK.
It is found that the needs in
each department of our work,
the school, the civic and the
cemetery especially, are urgent
just now, and the importance of
uniunl effort of school ai d town
is very apparent if the Associa
tion accomplishes what it has
mapped out for itself. As a
pro)oitionate division of alt
funds handled between these
different departments has been
agreed upon so each department
will reap the benefit of all mon
eys raised.
To encourage the girls of our
town to love beauty and order
the Civic Department offers four
prizes to the four girls w ho put
forth the most effort and have
he prettiest flower beds. Two
prizes to be given to the girl
under fourteen years of age and
wo to girls over iourteen. i ne
I r m 1
beds will be inspected the first
of September by a Committee
hosen by the Association.
The association has decided to
begin an active canvass to se
cure members, both active and
lonorary. And that a fee of
twenty-five cents per year be
asked from active members and
fifty cents per year from honor
ary members. A free trip to
Hickory or its equivalent in
money will be given to' the boy
or girl who is most successful.
The names and money are to be
given to Miss Callie McNairy or
Mrs. M. M. Courtney.
CIVIC COMMANDMENTS.
1. Thou shalt honor thy city
and ,keep its laws.
!. Remember thy cleaning
day and keep it wholly.
3. Thou shalt love and cher
ish thy children and provide for
them decent homes and play
grounds. 4. Thou shalt not keep thy
windows closed day or night.
5. Thou shalt keep in order
thy alley, thy backyard, thy
hall and stairway.
0. Thou shalt not kill thy
neighbors' bodies with poison
ous air nor their souls with bad
companions.
7. Thou shalt not let the
wicked fly live.
8. Thou shalt not steal thy
children's right to happiness
from them.
9. Thou shalt bear witness
against thy neighbor's rubbish
heap.
10. Thou shalt covet all the
air and sunshine thou canst ob
tain. The Committe.
So Would He. Fair Visitor.
"My gracious, what a room!
And look at that mirror! I'd
just like to see myself dressing
in that!"
New Bell Hop. "Yes, ma'am,
so would I."
er on the mountain side exists
on a few acres, but he neither
contributes to civilization nor
does he receive any of its bene
fits. He cannot read, he does
not write, he wears next to no
clothes, lie makes as little use
of his God-given faculties as
possible. His neighbor in the
valley clears, irrigates, fertil-
I izes the land; builds a house, in-
stalls the modern conveniences,
j uses modern implements and
' grows wealthy. He pays for
1 his educatiou and pays in using
it but he profits thereby. In
the town and city we do the
same on a larger scale, it costs,
but we likewise profit, and the
- 1 profit far surpasses the expense.
- 1 The progressive pays lanrc and
receives more the reactionary
pays little and receives less
Be progressive,
1 C. T. Squires.
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
There is a special law for Ca
tawba ml L' " l . i counties
making it a misdemeanor pun
ishable by tine i f ieu i.oiltrs to
kill hiefer calves.
Statesville has or "in zed
Council of Boy Scouts. The
objects of the organization are to
teach boys many uselul things
and train them in the way of
becoming useful men.
The body of the h-te Pohert
F. Simonton, who died in States
ville about 37 years ago whs
moved one day last week and
through the glass of the metalic
coffin, the body appeared to be
in a state of good preservation
and was easily recongnizable.
Even the clothing was in tact
and well preserved.
A negro delivery boy was
caught in attempting to rob a
store in Statesville last week.
Some money had been missed
from the cash drawer and the
manager of the store made an
investigation and found that one
of the rear windows had been
opened. Following up the clue
he noticed one of the windows '
was unlatched after closing time
Thursday evening. A police
man was stationed in the store
and caught the thief when he
entered the store by the window.
The boy implicated a companion,
who was also arrested and
lodged in jail.
Pull together, brethren. We
are all here for the same pur
pose. Then live and let live.
The best way to build up a town
is for each and every man to
puil together and not strive to
rend and tear down. AH the
residents of a town are partners,
not opponents. In all likelihood
the more business done by your
rival the more you will do. Ev
ery merchant who treats bis
customers honestly and fairly
will get his share and the more
business that can be secured by
united effort, the better it will
be for all. Saturday News.
Daniel I Right.
Joseph us Daniels, Secretary
of the Navy said the other day:
"The public officer who does
not like suggestions and criti
cisms has no business in tne
public service." Daniels is ev
erlastingly right. When The
News criticizes public officials,
the stock in trade answer to
this is, that The News is a
Radical sheet. If a democratic
official does wrong some people,
will swear it is right, not be
cause of the question of right or
wrong but because a democrat
did it. Democrats do some
things wrong as well as Repub
licans and when we think they
do wrong we are going to say
so. If a machine democrat
does not like this "it will take
that nuch less to do him. Ca
tawba County News.
It is stated that an Arizona
mule stops kicking when the
Lord's Prayer is recited to him.
It perhaps so amazes the mule to
hear an Arizona man pray that
. he forgets to kick Exchange.
An Eastern paper says that
the Mississippi River does not
1 intend to hold levees this Sum-
mer. That's true. The levees
intend to hold the Mississippi,
a id that's better.
The Leno.r News $1. the year.