Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-07-06

surpasS him. Whether clark or
are the more resource
full retuains TO he SEEM Each is a
past master in this respect. Ay-
cock is certainly the most popu'
lar. and he is likewise tn" least
practical, while kitchin is both
Popular and practical. But he is
not so pyac'ical ms Simmons.
Simmons is least POI lar, but te
is the brst organizer. Again,
whether Simmons or Clarke Is
the more industrious, | cannot
saw: each HIS enormous ca apacity |
for ir tails, truly prodiylous wor'
kers: But Simmons is the yonHg'
or: and when | saw him the oth-
er day h" was in the pink OF con-
ditinn-not an Ounre of super
flous flesh on his homes, his eye
brilliant, his lace all aglow. his
step as easy as m athletes. Here
il q man that will make the fight
OF his life, said to myself as we
shook hands. BY the way, he
looks the Senator of late.
And this brings on the subject
of the physical condition OF these
men. Judge Clark appears to be
in good health; but he has been a
prodlsious worker; the midnight
oil has burned in his den for the
past forty years; he has not been
without his private worries; he
has the restlessness oI.his ambi-
tions soul; he has passed. the me-
ridlan of his day, and-l wonder
if he will, to use a race-tracK
phrase, be able to take no" a
killing finish. OF them all, he on
lv is old enough to have been Il
Confederate soldier, and he was
and he rheerfnlIy takes, | doubt
not, the handicap ofage torthat'
, Mr., Aycock, it is we'll known, has
not been in good health for sew
g ernl months. 1t will be remember
ed that he hardly got through
the campaign OF 1910 and only
b once in that compaign, at Char
E lotte, did he appear in oll-t'm
4 form. But he HIS taken advice o
Y his physician. and he has beri
!, told that all is well, that there
h no reas N why his health shoul
not beecome as robust as it eve
k has been. lie appears better G
y late, and | know that every rea
IL der of these lines will send him a
once q "health vibration," as I'll
o spiritual people say. Llkewl'
1t Mr.. Kitchin does not seem g
is we'll as he was. lI'has not rec"'
" cred from the elferts OF his cam
l. pa.rn for Governor, and his ia
8. ure to recover promptly is slgi
IS ficant. His first months in Il
Il Mansion were marked by n not
'e, BILE WEAKNESS of pose, But he h'
as steadily improved. Hehas q te'
&C. tiful physique; his life has bee
ic. clean and wholesome; he is t
of Youngest of the four, and p'
'es dict for him an old age as lu~
IN al his father's-that stout o
Ill warrior of the Roanoke. He is
'u- that period now when so ma
I'm strong men fall back, only
to come back again with renew
ne strength for the last tap OF lif
'ct race.
'th TO return to the less perso'
Sc. aspects of the four. Simmons a
IN. kitchln will have the best Orgs
is izations to begin with, thou
ith Clark and Aycock have brok
the into them heavily already. 4
cal cock will have the most newsl
ose per support; and Clark will ha
ith the most need Off Not one
of the four is wealthy, and none
hin them have wealthy friends. |
the not think there will be any m
IAN ey throw n away in thecampai
acy Politics in North Carolina is
h e a lucrative career, obvioul
md But Clark and Simmons h a
large farms, but that lie ab
nor. ~ U:k.h;,, ocd Mo rk ho 90