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'1 - - ' C I ' IT THIG PAPEa. lSGUED TUCCiOAYS AND FRIPAYG, . ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. VpjuiTV XV Lenoir. N. Friday, October; 24, 1913 No. 101 isecFi::i.iiisirE!is p myw froeraij. VjTTH THE PBfllp. PEIZE5 'FOJ'FlKil iiH KEWS ITEMS if HTflSl- s 1 i Timely and Interesting. Article on Quid labor by Mr. W. rL Swift. Interesting Letter Outlining Pro tern From Oar Regular Corres terns el Interest te- The People list of Prizes to be Awarded interesting Reading Matter oi tram for Good Roads Days, Nor.5-6. pondents and Neighboring County Papers. of Lenoir and Cald well County. Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. rA In the Sumy of October II, 1913, page 48, there is a picture drawn by Herbert Johnson, copyrighted by The Life Pub lishing Company, which I wish that every person in our State could see. It is the old story of Sisyphus, roll up the hill a great stone. In this picture the stone is an enormous bag of money, and across the face of it is writ ten dividends. Sisyphus is a small boy with spindling legs, and across his back is marked Child Labor. , As I looked at this picture and then looked at it again until it Jbegan to grow upon me, it came tome that we had in our mod ern life, almost an exact repiti tion of this ancient legend. In our own State it is little boys and girls with not half the strength of either men . or wo men who day by day set their shoulders and strain their muse les, in order to roll up the bill this great bag of dividends. I think that it would be improper to have these children thus ex ert their strength against the stone on the incline, even if they should get their share of the dividends at the top, but they do not Strain the arms, legs and back however much they may, all that they can expect for It is bare clothes and little food, and for ever that it must take the strain of the back and weakening of the muscles and the destruction of that which is best and most lovely in child hood. The way is long, some how, as I looked at the boy straining himself to roll his load, I wanted to see him jump aside and let the great stone go rolling down the hill. One of the joys of boy, is to roll rocks down hills. It is the business of men and women to push the load up the hill, and in no case should children be set to strain their young; muscles against the load which men "find women should carry. I cannot believe that that is a good state in which the young children must thus strain themselves, nor can I believe that that is the best business in which young children are thus called upon to contribute so much injrolling the stone. Let us suppose that a farmer should set bis children from the age of 12 and in some cases younger, pushing a heavily loaded wagon up a steep hill, that he should get them at the job at 6 o'clock in the morning, that he should keep them push ing until 12 o'clock, that he should let them have an hour to get dinner, that he should strain them again at 1 o'clock, that he should keep them pushing, boys and girls, until 6 o'clock, that he should keej) them through the spring summer, fall and winter, and year after year. What kind of standing do you think that that farmer would have in his own community, and what es teem would he ,be held by his own neighbors? t Not high, think. ' And "yet men and women o: North Carolina, this is exactly what is being done in certain classes of business in bur State .Childhood at work. Children as wage-earners and young boys ; and girls as toilers, and yet we say that our State is moving 'along well., j . , ;' , It is not moving along -well, ,' N6 farmer who would do wba1 Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, North Carolina Geological Sur vey. Chapel Hill,- N. C. My dear Dr, Pratt: .In response to the proclama tion of Governor Craig that No vember 5th and 6th be observed throughout Norton Carolina as Good Roads Days, the Universi ty has outlined thei' following programme which I submit for criticism and suggestion: 1. Lectures. Chapel talks. November 4th, the significance of the good roads days, Dr. Jo seph Hyde Pratt. November 5tb, road work in North . Caroli na, Prof. M. H. Stacy. Novem ber 5th, illustrated lecture, night), road buildjng, govern ment expert. 2. Supervision. Professors Stacy and Hickerson of the de partment oi emi engineering will give their services and the services of live competent men rom the higher classes in road engineering to take cnarge oi groups of workers in Orange County under your plan of or ganization. 3. Publicity. The countf clubs of the University will distribute such literature as you can furn ish and will write articles for their home county papers on the subject of good roads, and the importance of this present ef fort. 4. Actual Road Work. Volun teers from tiie University com mumty will be available in large numbers to work any given piece of road, if the survey find practical a -plan for using them on the afternoons of November 5th and 6th. We will appreciate any sug gestions you may mdke supple mentary to this programme. The value of these two days will come not so much in the ac tual road constructed, though that will be great; but in driv ing home the fundamental idea, so difficult to hold steadily in mind, that our government 'is primarily a cooperative enter prise in constructive achieve ment. H,very blow strucK on our highways makes emphatic and personal ttfis great idea. The road is not merely an av enue of trade and community intercourse; it is a symbol of community strength and a test of our grasp of the meaning of Democracy. Sincerely yours, Edward K. Graham, Acting President A religious journal says tha an African chief remained drunk for 15 years on liquor brought over by the same ships that brought the missionaries. This is what you can truly call "soaking reign." A condemned murderer in a Western jail was reading the Bible when the sheriff told him that his execution was pos poned. He laid down the Bible and lit a cigart.f I haye suggested above, would be considered as doing well, or as being a high type of man The same rule should apply in the manufacturing 'industries o: our country7 as common sense appeals to our farmers. There is no heed to work these chil dren In- North Carolina, and 1 ought to be stopped. , v.j" " .,,,T.;;-,'sW. &' Swire. DRACO KEWS. The school at, Blodoor com menced Monday with Mr. F. D. Laxton as principal. Mr. C. 0. Roberts of Ashe Connty, has returned home af ter a short visit with friends and relatives around J)raco. He ex pects 40 move his family here before long and reside with us. Mr. F. W. White and family of Downsville, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Roberts. The extreme bad weather for the past few days has put the farmers behind with their work of sowing wheat and gathering corn. Very 'little wheat has been sown yet. Monday was a very cold day the wind blew snow and rain and some hail. It indicates that we are going to have some cold weather now soon and winter is approaching. Lumber hauling around Draco is still on the boom, and it seems like times are getting better and the panic will soon be over. Rev. S. M. Duncan will preach at Draco next Sunday at 11:00 o'clock. Miss Rosa Keller and sister Miss Floy, returned home Mon day from a short visit to friends and relatjves on Kings Creek. Hurrah! for The News. Wesley. granite falls news. Mr. HokeLutz who has been so low with typhoid fever, died Sunday night 'and was buried in the cemetery here. The servi ces being conducted by Rev. Price of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc&iroth an aged lady of this place, has been right sick. DickCline the daddy of the good roads movement here, says he thinks the bonds will carry at the election December 2nd. The meeting at the M. E, church seems to grow in inter est. Mr. Pink Kirby who was hurt by being run over by a wagon loaded with corn, is still not ab le to be out. The piers for the steel bridge at Petra are being made. 'Old Scratch Thompson-Griffin. Mr. Fred Thompson and Miss Lucinda Griffin were married at the home of the bride's father, Mr. D. A. Griffin in Lenoir Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock the interesting ceremony being performed by Rev. C. T. Squires pastor of the Presbyterian church, and was .witnessed by a few friends and relatives. . Mr. Thompson is book-keeper lor the wiieon Liumber & Mill ing Co., at Lenoir and has host of friends here. The bride ia one of Lenoir's most charm ing young ladies. The News joins their many mends in wishing them hearty congratu lations. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson left Immediately after the ceremony for the depot where they board ed the 6:45. train for Charlotte where, they spent the day, leav ing Wednesday night for' the1 groom's home at Norwood, N. C where they will spend their houeymoon.' Court convenes in Lenoir on Monday, November' 10th, for the disposition of the civil dock et only. Boost the movement for the working of the roads on Novem ber 5 6th in Lenoir and Cald well County. Mr. Chas. Williams of the Le noir Topic left Wednesday for Raleigh where he will attend the state fair. Bear in mind the sale at the Lenoir Drug Co., store this af ternoon by the ladies of the Re- brmed church. Lenoir is one of the best towns in Western North Carolina and as a business and trading point there is nothing that can hold a candle to it. Tuesday was the coldest day we have had this fall and a light snow fell that morning early. The weather all day was cold and chilly. We call our readers attention of the announcement of the Au tumn Coupon Sale Shuford & Abernethy are advertising in this issue of The News. Mr. C. C. Powell who has been at Wilson for the past month or more arrived Tues day to spend a few days with his relatives ' in and about Le noir. The Knights of Pythias Lodge of Lenoir will hold their first meeting in their new hall over Lenoir Feed Store, Tuesday night, Oct. 28th. Work in the 3rd degree and refreshments. Lenoir merchants are enjoy ing their full share of the trade of this part of the country and they are deserving of it, for in no place of its size will be found such a large variety and as ex tensive lines of general high class merchandise as is carried by Lenoir merchants. Trie jNews wishes to again thank those who have been sending and hajming in news items. This is right, and we: wish all our readers who are in terested in seeing a live news paper here to follow this exam pie and send in everything in the way of news that will be of interest to any one. Now is the time to begin the fall, winter and Christmas cam paign of advertising. Our mer chants should not delay this matter too long but put their goods before the people through the columns of The News, which reaches the buying public of Caldwell County fresh with news twice a week. A subscriber writes and asks How many hours does it take to make a week's wofk in a cot ton mill." The writer is no law yer but we have friends who are and they, tell us that 60 hours constitute a week's Work according to the laws of North Carolina, Making the average day's work of ten hours length. There now seems to be the right kind of movement on foot to get the people together on the proposition to work the roads on the two days named by Governor Craig, Nov. 5 6th. We are glad to note that our leading men arei taking the right view of this important subject and are. going to give it their nearty, support and en couragement in every respect Best Display of Flowers ' .. and Other Articles The Flower Show will be held in the Graded School Auditorium Saturday from 10:30 a. m. till 9:00 p. m. Flowers for exbibi tion received Friday afternoon. Those who donate bread, cakes, etc., are requested to bring'them in early Saturday morning. It is hoped that everybody will come and help make it a success. LIST OF PRIZES. For the largest and handsom est collection of Chrysanthe mums of different varieties, $i.00 cash. ' 2nd best collection of santhemums, $1.00 cash. Best individual Yellow Chry- ChV- Chry-Chry- santhemums, $1.00 cash. . Best individual Pink santhemums, $1.00 cash. Best individual White santhemums, half dozen rose plants. Best of color other than named, $1.00 cash. Best collection of Dahlias, half dozen Rose Plants. 2nd Best collection of Dahlias, Lenoir News 6 months. Best col. of Seedling Dahlias, $1.00 cash. Best Specimen Dahlia, 1 pair Scissors. Best col. of Begonias, $2. cash. 2nd best col. of Begonias, $1. cash. Best Specimen of Begonia, Chair. Best col. of cut Roses, Vase. Best individual Rose, 1 hatpin. Best col. of Geraniums, hand some Cup and Saucer. Best flowering Geranium Plant, Dish. Best col. of Ferns, $2.00 cash 2nd best col. Ferns, $1. cash. Best Ostrich Plume Fern, 1 Jardiniere. Best Boston Fern, 1 Tabouret. Best Asparagus Fern, 1 chair. Best Sprengerie Fern, $1.00 cash. Best Palm, $1.00 cash. Best decorative Plant other than Palm or Fern, $1.00 cash. ' Best collection flowers grown by girl undr 15, Book. Best col. flowers grown by boy under 15, Sweater. Best col. of flowers by boy or o-iri 1 m Best bed of flowers given by Civic Dept., $1.00. Best loaf of light-bread, one Dish. v Beat loaf of bread made by a girl under 16, 1 pair kid' gloves. Best pan roll, one Dish. Best chocolate cake, one bot tle each of Pickles and Olives. Best layer Cake other .than chocolate, handsome Sugtr and Creamer. Best loaf cake, one handsome Salad bowl. Best tea-cakes, cookies or jumbles, 1 can White Cherries. Most artistic arrangement cut flowers, Book. Admission Fee; 10 cents for adults, 5 cents for children In renewing his subscription to The News a few days ago one of our valued readers stated that he could not do without the semi-weekly visits of The News; There are many who are ex pressing themselves that way and it is appreciated by the man agement of this paper which la doing all in its power to issue the best newspaper ever pub lished in Caldwell County. The phonograph would have more fronds it it didn't .tell ev Wm. Sulzer, New York's im peached Governor, will enter the race for the General Assem bly from his district and if elect-. ed will be a candidate for Speak er. What will be the outcome of this race is the question that is absorbing the politicians of New York at this time. Mr. Ion R. Laws lost his White Steamer by tire in a gar age at Anderson, S. C, last Fri-w day morning, together with a. splendid set of machinist tools and a complete touring equip ment. The loss to Mr. Laws la' estimated at about $1600. Three men were burned to death and thirteen automobiles and a mo- torcylce were destroyed by the lire which started by a man pouring gasoline in a hot radia tor bv mistake instead of water. Mr. Laws' car was on its way from Florida and had stopped at Anderson to have some repairs made. North Wilkesboro Hust ler. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 21. The ' trial here of Thos. E. Watson charged with sending obscene!' matter through the mails, ended' adruptly at noon today when Federal Judge Rufus E. Foster, sustained the motion of the de fense quashing the indictment against the Georgia editor. Im mediately upon the announce ment of the court's ruling there was a demonstration by the au dience which Judge Foster per- mitted to pass unrebuked. .' In , directing that the indictment be quashed Judge Foster said: "It ,' appears in this indictment that the publications alleged to have " been sent through the mails in violation of the law are extracts,., from a complete article. It is n my opinion that the Government . is required to plead the entire article and is not entitled to pick out a few paragraphs here and there and make them the basis of an indictment. If the Government were allowed to" pursue such a course it would be possible to indict a person or sending a copy of. the Bible through the mails." Much has been said in the pa pers about the mysterious light which can be seen from certain . points in Burke county a light which rises from nowhere, so far as the. natural eye can dis- . ..mi m . 1 cern, is visible tor a time ana hen passes out. It has been observed for years .by many Burke people and finally M much interest was aroused that, the government was importuned to send an expert to pass on th$ mystery. The expert appeared in Burke a few days ago but his research was not satisfacto ry. The Morganton Messenger says the expert Mr. Starrette arrived in Morganton with his mind made up that the mysteri ous light was the head light of a locomotive and refused to take the matter seriously. The Burke people think the phenom enon was not treated with the consideration whioh its impor-' tance demands and they are, as a result, somewhat in the state: of mind of the Alexander county boy who found himself in the, penitentiary they are not pleased at all. Statesville Land mark. , , When a woman gets a good' girl who is a good cook, how1 1 she hates the man who comes around courting her. , i " V?. erything that is told to it, . - ' . V .' ' ,t .. ...r,. -
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