The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-12

Something happened in Catawba
County. near Hickory. n. c.. yesterday
that has struck terror to the hearts or
the Republicans. created . panic in
the camp Of the Bull Moosers." and
caused general 1ubilation in the ranks
Of the Democratic, for the incident Is
looked upon here as being most won
derfuI prophecy that Wilson Will be
our next President
The thing that happened is this:
Yesterday evening several little tots,
children Of j. w. Starnes. went Tor
stroll in a corn field In the creek bot
tom near the house. They were chas-
ing butterflies and having a good time
In general. when Wesley. q bright boy
Of six summers, noticed a beautiful
spider web hanging gracefully between
two stalks OF corn SO unusually
beautiful was the web. and of SUCH
splendid design that 1t attracted the
attention Of this son Of the soil, ana
he sat down to watch the spider finish
its work. as It seemed to be busy put
ting the finishing touches In the CEN
tire Of the web. After watching FOR
few moments he saw that the spider
was taking the white fuzz from OF tho
backs of two moths that had been en-
tangled in the web. and was weaving
II into letters. And SO plain and dis
tinct were the letters. that this little
boy, who In in the first grade at school,
could read them without the least ef-
tort. The spider began with beauu-
full capital wv" and followed 1t with
the letters "uson" in a smaller design
And SO surprised and astonished was
Wesley at the action OF the spider tina:
he called his brothers and sisters to
xr-;f hA wander
surprised were they all. they decided TO
take the spider. web and all TO the
house and show them to their parents
And 50 surprised were the parents that
they called in passers-by to witness
the work.
The spider that did the work was
large spotted variety known to natural
lists as the Harlequin, and the writing
was az plain and perfect as writing
could be made. The word was In the
centre Of tho large web. and was made
Of different material from the web. %
that the word Wilson" stood out very
prominent
But the sigukdcant thing about IL all
IL the fact that the web was found II
the corn field which only last year
brought fame and glory to Ernest an
older brother OF wesley's. who tended
the field. by producing q record fe3A-
ing prize winning crop OF 14s 1-1
bushels to the acre. This fact u
thought to be an omen that tells Of .
period Of great prosperity when VIII
SON shall BE- elected President
The two moths Zone was larger than
the otheP) are supposed TO represent
TAFT and Roosevelt. and the spider.
writing the name with the fuzz from
OF their backs, - supposed to be VIII
son writing his name IN the annals Of
history by getting the votes som Tan
and Teddy.
Tni. story 10 vouched for By J. ".
starnes, q lifelong Republicans on
whose farm the spider did It's wonder
fu, work, By his family. and By an e.
, thus!assac Bull Mooser." ~ well -
nv n loyal Democrat and the question
IN being raises that II . common every
dav spider could tell Aobert the Bruce.
Of victory years ago. and could shield
Daxad from harm when Saul was after
hts head why couldn't this extreore-
tnarv harlequin spider proclaim VIC
tory for Woodrow Wilson IN this ned
ern day.