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J 1- "1 1.1 IV;- .A- - k:i : . - r J The Davidsonian Entered as second-class mall matter June 3, 1910, at the post-office at Thomasville, N. C, under the Act of March 8, 1879. , PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY' L. A. MARTIN AND B. W. PARttAM OUR TERNS. SutMKription one year " six months " three montha .-.:.s 100 50 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 19NX THE AUTOMOBILE PANIC. Dr. Kilgo made a great many strong points in his masterful address on Orphanage day, but none better than when he paid his respects to the extrava gance of the nge. The illus tration he used was timely and telling. It is all right for a man to own an automobile who is able to own and operate one, but the trouble is that a large proportion of the people who glide through the streets and along the public roads are not able to own these expensive machines and cannot pay for them. Clerks- and wage earners have no business -with automobiles and we have heard keen busi ness men say that they would regard the purchase of one of these luxurious and expensive pleasure rigs as quite sufficent ground for the summary dis charge of an employee. Unless the tide turns the au tomobile panic is not far ahead. Any man of sense knows that when the craze becomes so strong that a man will mort gage his house to buy an auto mobile his financial, if not his moral collapse, is only a ques tion of a short time. It may be said that this mat ter is. none of our business, but that is a mistake; it is our bus iness, and it is the business of every citizen to cry out against any impending danger and con tribute what he may to give pause to a tendency that spells ruin to society. The appalling statement that the debts con tracted for automobiles in our North Carolina towns runs up into the hundreds of thousands, ought to induce those who have not been swept off their feet to stop and think. Dr. Kilgo is doing a great public service by lifting up his voice against this reckless and ruinous extravagance; and every leader of public senti ment, in the pulpit', at the bar, in the newspaper offices and elsewhere, ought to cry aloud and spare not. The present age seems to be against taking it afoot. It is unfashionable and old fogyish to walk; and not only so but the dog trot of the old family horse has gone out of style. We must make from twenty to forty miles an hour or we are not in the swim. It is insane folly and the brakes must be applied somehow or the speed of our automobiles will meas ure our gait to financial dis aster. The Statearille Landmark and Charlotte JChronicle have been saying some sensible things about long winded speeches at political conventions. It is a wonder that politicians, have not learned that long speeches in hot weather are a nuisance and a bore. T-hirty minutes is long enough to discuss any sub ject whatever, and the man who. jams the wind for two hours ought to be put out of the house. ' Everybody ought to read Bishop ' Gallimore's thrilling pe,n picture of Jefferson Davis tha,t appeared in the North Car olina Review for last Sunday. Davis, 'strange to say, has been misunderstood and maligned by the very people for whose sins he suffered; Our children ought to know the real facts in the case, ; and these they 'can find in this 'Strong' and lumi nous papers .. 7 . , , ' , SAVAGERY. Reno, Nevada, has secured to itself a reputation that Spain would spurn; and thousands of fools left good money there who got exactly what they deserved, The papers tell us that even women were seen in the strug gling? mass anxious to look up on a pair of brutes mauling each other over the head. As for the issue of the fight, we have small concern, except to say that the man Jeffries re ceived about his due. Any white man who so far forgets all sense of decency as to en gage in a nana-to-nana ngni with a negro, ought to sutler, and the maudlin sympathy ex pressed for him by his shallow admirers is enough to turn the stomach of a cow. There is a strange streak in human nature that harks back to the forest and the jungle. We all hear the call of the wild now and then. The exhibition of brute force still makes the blood run fast. Crowds stood about the bulletin boards every where, last Monday afternoon, eagerly watching for tidings from Reno. Millions held their breath as the wires told of the blows that rained on the trem bling white man by the power ful and exultant nigger; and a sigh of sympathy was heaved as Jeffries was dragged out of the ring limp as a rag. Are you not a little ashamed of yourself, friend, for standing with the gang in painful and almost breathless suspense? You ought to be. Your interest in this slugging match by two brutes was unworthy of you. Honorable and legitimate sport is all right in its place but this was neither honorable ot legiti mate. So far as the writer is concerned he had no "mthera" in the contest Jeffries ought to have been knocked into pulp for degrading his race, and if Johnson had killed him, and the courts had hanged Johnson the world would have suffered no loss. There will be a Farmer's In stitute held at Enterprise and Wallburg, July 25th and 26th. A Women's Institute will be held in connection and will not be less important and valuable than the institute for the men. These meetings are no longer an experiment. They have proved their usefulness and we hope they will be largely at tended by our Davidson county farmers. A premium of $1.00 will be given for the best loaf of bread baked and' exhibited by a girl or woman living on the farm. We will supplement this offer by giving a yearly- subscription of the Davidsonian as a second premium for the best bread. It is no small ac complishment to know how to prepare wholesome bread. We hope that other Institutes will be held in the county. We would be glad if our farmers would come to Thoinasville again. 1 lie urpnanage pavilion is an ideal place for such a meeting, and we are sure that our mentis ot tne Urpnanage would place their facilities at the command of the farmers. Voters should do their own thinking. This is their duty, and effort to make them so feel is effort in the direction of purity in politics. Greensboro Telegram. The above is good doctrine and needs to be preached in every newspaper in the State. It is a shame for any communiy to allow one man to 'deliver' the votes of free citizens to any candidate or for any cause. Whether votes be controlled by means of money, or through fear, or favor, it is.discredi table. If voters would only do their own thinking and not allow a petty boss to think for them, our political conamons would be very different from what they are today. . Mr. Charles W, Tillett. of Charlotte, was elected Presi dent of the Bar association, and this is understood as a sort' of spring board set up by his brethren from which he can leap into the ring against Locke Craig. There is this that can! be said for Mr. Tillett: North ' Carolina does not Contain a better man and few that are so'I able. ' The ; Democratic Executive Committee at a full ,. meeting Saturday, July 2nd,, in, texing ton accepted the resignation of Mr. Wade rhUlips las Chair man, and elected Mr; C. M. Thompson to succeed hint This selection was very judicious Mr. Thompson is a man of great zeal but it is tempered with discretion. He is furthermore a man who en joys the r conn dence of all our people tnd his experience in public affairs will stand him in good stead as the manager of the campaign. We congratulate the partyih call ing so capable a leader ul to ser vice. f. People are not much inter ested in party organs' now. Their day has passed. The story they tell is too stale. The one little song they sing is monotonous. They Ijke the paper that tells thersiraight truth and if it hurts the? party, let the party suffer.' iThjere are good men, in both parties and a lot of grand rascals'' It is piti ful to see an editor trying to transform a sinner into a saint; and the people are tired of that kind of drivel. It is to be hoped thatj the se lection of candidates to repre sent Davidson county in the Legislature will be of men who will stand for the moral man hood of the county. After all, this kind of a man always makes the strongest candidate. A man who stands four square to every wind that blows is the one the people want to support. We would rather go down in defeat with a man as our candi date than to win with a molly coddle. We are glad of the reaction that seems to be setting in against the use of explosives in celebrating the 4th of July. We want to teach our children to honor the day when our coun try walked out from the bond- age of f Britain paid too high a hilarity in the that have been but. ate '.have price'lfor our precious lives lost, and the suffering the turbulence of the day has entailed. It is a pleasure to know that a course of study for the Or phanage girls who wisi to fol low the honorable calling of trained nurses is to be offered at that institution. Dr. Julian the physician, stands in high favor with the board of trus tees, and into his hands this important branch of education will be committed. That was an article of un common interest contributed to the Davidsonian lat week on Thomasville Twenty years ago. The old men whose names are given,, and who did not cut much of a shine, laid the foundation upon which Wr present splendid structure rests We must not forget what the old men did for us, boys.-'- - Hon. VV. C. Dowd on'of the candidates for the HouSe" from Mecklenburg county, ' aspires to the speakership. Bat qr delayed train on the Southern Railway Mr. Dowd would have been speaker of the last House, He is a fine presiding officer and would fill the position with dignity and grace. , ' It was remarked last Sunday morning by one of the pastors of Thomasville that within' the past two and a half years there have been at least ten distress ing and unusual deaths in the town. Several of them were suicides and all of them were out of the ordinary.'. ? ..;-v; 4 'Mr. Fleer, the chewing- gum niagtiate, is . making largd in vestments . in North Carolina real estate. ' He.' has acquired considerable, in Winston-Salem as well as iii-Thomas-villlei 5; tie is an 'excellent citizen, arid ; we wish . w;. bad . a hundred like him. ; ,,jt.,:.,:.;Vi !jty. J'iv"-, '. .,..'v' ' ..:1:i,,.V i- vV ?',;; X .'; . '. 4; ,;-; 'J. ;',;: j p i- , ' , V ":k ; Gov, Kitchin delivered a for cible address in Boston at the National Educational Associa tes. ; Hon.' J. T. Joyner, one of-1 the foremost educational leaders in the country, is presi dent of this great body. We hope to secure an account of this meeting from Prof. Hauss who is in attendance. . T, . ' . . ... c . .- It is the opinion of the States- irlll T,nnHmArk that Mr Roosevelt will not acceDt the nomination for President for a third term, and on this matter, ,, , as well as a great many others, we pin our faith to Clark. He is a hard headed man with ... 101 01 sense. Chief Justice M. W. Fuller, who died last Monday morning, was appointed by President Cleveland in 1881. He was born in Maine in 1833, but mov ed to Chicago when a young man. He was a great lawyer and a just judge. The Spoke and Handle fac tory of this town is feeling the effect of the automobile craze more sensibly than any of us. The public have got above rid ing in rigs with spokes in the wheels. The railroads in their ans wers to the Corporation Com mission make about the clean est arguments we read from anybody: but it will not do for the Commission to be governed by this oily talk. The Charlotte Chronicle hits it off nicely when it says that Col. Dortch and Mr. Foushee ought to call it off. It will soon be settled, and there is no use in the world in throwing bou quets before the time. We would advise our friends in Fairmont to change the name of their town. Old Robeson had Uncle Sam to ratify its Fair- 5 mont some years ago and what- ever Uncle Sam says, goes. , i We would suggest to the young men and maidens that they call foijJHuylers since the old man has cancelled the mort gage he held on the beautiful Montreat property. Cities having 75,000 and over will be reported first by the census officials. We shall not hear from Greensboroand Char lotte for a long, long time. The bloomer baseball girls will draw a crowd all right. The Governor n :f Jm ill o : hi CARELESSNESS la the reason why many people do not put their vaP liable jewels, heirloom, notes, deeds, will a into our safety deposit vaults. ARE YOU CARELELSS? Our vaults are absolutely safe against firs and burglars and it will cost yon only 91 and up to rent a bos in our safety deposit vaults for a whole year. Then, you can sleep well or leave home knowing you are. safe againat fire and the burglars. ' MaVe OUR Bank YOUR I I U. vaults. : ARB YOU CARELELSS? ' Our vaults are absolutely safe aarainst ' U II ,-, 1 IIFIRSIiTIOiLlAR ..;,..; ';.;J-.." i:ry, V- "l'1'' '- ...''' ' 'V 'St', - t ' ' v "i .. . Z .- .. ' ' ; -, Aberdeen & Rcckfish Railway: Company, , TIMS TABUS NO. S. For government of employees only, and not for Information of ths public -WAGRAM BRANCH. ' Between Kaefon) and Warrant. Noam boujo south souno Mb Trill' STATIONS. 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Thomasville Light and Power Co., ' UQHT, ' HEAT, POWE lkW.lMHH.TMsTaaTaWHBl fifw.i;H,;';,V. 'V.. - v.? .-''7 ' 'V'-.j ; -r.: -v ,J. " Southern Railway. Operating over 7,000 miles of Railway. QUICK ROUTE TO ALL POINS North, South, ' East, West. Throigh Trains Between Trlnclpal Cities and Resorts, Affording First-Clnss Accommodations Elegant Tillman Sleeping-tori ON AIX THROUGH TRAINS. Also Pinlnar. Cluband Observation Can For Speed, Comfort and courteous Employees, travel via The SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Rates, Schedules and other information by address in sr the Underaisned. R. I VERNON. D. T. P. A.. Charlotte, N. C. J. H. WOOD, D. P. A. AshevUle, N. C. S. H. HARDWICK, P. T. M. Washington,?). C. H.'P.CARY. P. A, - Washington, D. C. FRIEND! IT TO YQURS! 3 'tt.'. V'l.) ;',!;i; i II -.-!(.
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