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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-05-16
LICK SKILLET WEDDING
TWO AUNT EMILYS

CAST OF CHARACTERs)
Aunt Emily-Bessie McMahan,-
Deaf as post.
Helen Morton-Ernestine Robson;
Grace Morton-Gertrude Hixon,-
With an eye for money. .-.
Belle Morton-Marjorie Hedrick,-
Ready for fun.
Mrs. Julia Morton-Elzie Critselous,
Ruled by her daughters.
Miss Emily Morris-Emma Lindsay,
The lady principal.
Biddy-Mamie Boyer,-The Irish
house maid.
Dinah-Nannie Stanberry,-The COL
ored cook.
Piano Duet--Sleigh Ride-Walter
Mary r. Ruble, Lucy Boyer
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-05-16

Unless all signs fail, the fruit crop
will be the heaviest in Cooke county
for decade. Other crops promise a
good yield, and sheltered as we are
from flood and tornado, this section
has good cause to look forward to the
future with high hopes.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07
THEPARCRIs POST.
Greensboro News.

The news was sent out from
Washington Yesterday afternoon
to the effect that the house com
mittee on rules would apply the
cloture rule to the appropsA Ation
bill, which provides for q gener-
al parcels post, giving the oppon
ents of that measure no chance
to make a point Of order to the
effect that it is new legislation
bill; and that they will apply the.
gag rule cutting off all debate
and. will refuse to consider any
substitutes or hear any discus.
sion.
1t is almost past belief that
any such course has BEEN agreed
upon. 1t seems altogether un-
wise, undemocratic and unjust.
1t is not u question oil whether
one agrees with parcels post or
not. but 1T is a call for a square
deal. All legitimate interests ef.
fected should be given the fullest
opportunity TO be heard. Liber
ty loving people must cry out
against allattempts to gag those
who have a right to I've heard.
Every measure passed by Con.
gress should be forced to stani
or fall by it's own merit, and not
be tarked on as riders to measur
es concerning which there
is little or no controversy, IN Or
der to drag them through by the
popularity of the latter. Far
minded people favor asquare
deal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

Many suffers from rheumatism
have been surprised and delighted
with the prompt relief afforded by
applying Chamberlain's Lin,ment
Not one case of rheumatism in ten
requires any internal treatment
whatever whayer. This liniment is
70, sale by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

beperiectly frank, they do not
know how and as they pay d.
rectly or indil.ctly for the in
struction Of their children they
rebel against the custom Of re-
luirIng them to do the work Of
the teachers. Nss
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07
Furniture

VI 1
Having purchased all thestock
(, in the business OF the Boone Fur.
niture Co., | am prepared TO sell
you anything III my line at q
very reasonable figure. Dressers,
Bureaus, Chairs, Bed. Steads, Bed
sSprings, Mattresses, etc. Give
me a call when in need 0f any.
thing in the line OF furniture.
~ Store in Watauga County
Bank Building.
Respectfully,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

You Gun say gsodbye to constipa
ton with clear conscience If YOU
use Chamberlains Tablets. Many
haye been permanently cured by
their use. For sale by all de alers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

G. A. Glossner, ~ Ontario, ST.,
Rochester N. V, has recovered
from long agd severe attack OF
kidney trouble, his cure being due
to Foley's Kidney Pills. After de-
tat'ing his case, IL am sorry l did
not learn earlier of Foley's Kidney
Pills. In a few days time my back
ache completely left me and fell
grealy improved. My kidneys be-
came stronger, dizzy spells left me
and / was no longer annoyed al
night. feel 100 per cent better
since using Foley's Kidney Pills. >
For sale by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

the Old Tennent Church." COM
piled by Rev. Frank Symmes, 15
pastor, Cranbury, n. j., George
| W. Burrow, printer.
Bedent f. rd'sletter follows:
Watauga County. NC.
January %, 1858
Dear Eriend,
l am not a little perplpxed to
know how to answer a nameless
friend. Some few weeks ago on
the reception of a newspaper, I
saw a marginal note from some
person unknown to me claiming
relation, purporting to reside
at q postoffice, alsO unknown to
me by the name of Lapland, and
failing to name the county l am
alta loss for a proper address;
but foudly recoIlecting the many
collateral branches of our family
have no hesitancy in believing
and acknowledging that we are
all the same breed OF dogs.
In reply to yonr inquiry can
give you a tolerably correct his
tory of the Bedents, at least two
of them, namely: my Uncle Bed
ent and myself, the first Bedent t
Baird that was ever on the face
of the earth.
Two of the Bairis came over
from Scotland in the CALEDONIA
and settled IN the Jerseys as l
am told and one Of them, my
grandpa (John Baird) married
a woman by the name OF Mary
Bedent and, to perpetuate the
name, they called their first child
Bedent Baird. After that she
brought them six sons in success.
sion.
My father the seventh was
Ezekiel and waa educated for "a
doctor, but apprenticed to the
trade OF tailor.
My other five uncles that came
in beta cen, as we'll as | can recol-
lect, were u illian,, Samuel, Aha
diah, Borzilla and Jonathan.
The first Bedent was one of the
individuals who belonged to the
Small company, called the ''Jrr.
spy Blues, and ali tle before the
opening of revolution, was sus
pectrd OF being one of the seven.
teen who, in Indian garb, with
a large number OF Indians, went
aboard the teaehips and threw
over board a part oI the tea and
made n tea riot The next
thing l heard OF this my uncle
Bedent, was in the death oi his
first wife. lie soon afterwards
married the second time and
moved to a place called the Ger
man Flats in Canada, where we
lost sight OF the old man.
1t may not be amiss to men,
tion one OF his sons, who ut the
close of the war, went with the
Marquis OF Hastings, Sir Arthur
Wellesley. and bis brother to the
reduction OF the Mogul empire.
This Sir Arthur is the man
that the English think is the
greatest man God ever made and
| think no, too. for he was the
man that captured the greatest
human butcher that ever lived
Napoleon Bonaparte, at the bat.
tie OF Waterloo.
But to return to my cousins
history, who went in concert
with Sir Authur-Governor Gen.
eral of India---and served many
years in his service, and was com
handing general of a battalion
that fought the last battle IN
which Tippo Salle,' the last Of the
Mogul emperors. was killed. The
latter was shot through with
three musket balls, AMI while IN
the agonies of death, a soldier
went to take off his sword belt
and he wounded with his dagger
and the soldierstepped back and
1 ,J,,E od uy, hia f,,ao aud hlow his
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

cousin and friend, General Baird
the royal family was saved alive
-(see Robert Tears History OF
India and China land also o
through HIM the koh.i-noor (big
diamond) now in the crystal pal
ace, among the crown Jewels OF
OF the Queen Victoria that has
made 80 much noise in the news
papers, was found among the
crown jewels OF the emperor-rip
por Salle-after the battle was
over.
lam also told that this. my
uncle and first Bedent Baird. was
married three times and reared
three numerous families which
must have made a right smart
sprinkling OF Baird somewhere
in British America. not to men
ton grandpa's John Baird)
brothers and his issue, and also
the issue of my five uncles, who
helped to break the forest and
settle five or six OF the southwest
ern states.
1t would he somewhat uninter.
esting to you or would try to
give names 0f the connections oil
ancestors. Uncle Samuel married
Susannah Rogers. Uncle Brazil.
las vile was a Bullnan; the 9th.
er two have forgotten. My ia.
ther, Ezekial Baird, married Su-
sannah Blodgett, my mother,
whose father was killed in vOlun.
teer flghtlng under George Wash
ington, then a colonist in the old
French war, under General Brad
lock, at a narrow dehle near
Fort Dnqursne, where Braddock
was mortally wounded and his
army totally defeated and their
bones left to whitrn the hills of
the ,Mouongahrla, for man years
without lnterment. 1t appears
that Braddock mortal wound
was a blessing in disguise, and
the cause that saved the rem.
haut of the army alive Washing
ton, his general consort, then
sounded a retreat and brought
off the regulars and what fe W
rangers were left-a melancholy
retreat and the field OF battle
left to the mercy of the victor.
1t appears, at the commence
ment. that the French.lndians
had no idea OF anything more
than a skirmish; but, fighting
under a shelter and the British
army completely EXPOSED to ey-
cry fire was cut down and Brad
dock fell and then saw his army
retreat: Instead of pursuit they
fell to plundering the camps and
Washington brought off the rem
nant by mlrculous and providen-
tial aid, that to this day looks
| like one of the wonders of the
world and very dissimilar to Ar,
nold's plot and the execution OF
Major Andre.
While these things that excite
the wonder OF mankind are going
on, my father, Ezekiel Baird moy
ed to North Carolina and [ am
left in my eighty-eighth 1887
year to write yon with trembling
hand a short letter for further
acquaintance.
BEDENT BAIRD.
Please address me Sugar Grove
P.O., N. G.
To the P. NJ. at Lapland, Bun.
combe
G. A. Glossner, ~ Ontario, st.,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07
Tho Home And The Sch ool.

Tho Home And The School.
Charlotte Observer:
Brother Edward Dok has
struck a responsive chord III the
heart OF many a tond parent in
these parts by the protest he has
made in The Ladies Home Jour-
NIL against the present practice
Of sending the school children
home to study their lessons.
Last night two devoted fathers
called on the Observer with a re.
quest it print what Brother Box
says on ihe subject for the COLI
sideration Of parents and the ad
monition OF teachers as follows:
IF every parent OF a school
child who brings lessons home
to be studied would put his or
her foot down upon the practice
und send the child back to school
the next day with the lesssns un.
done, and with q polite but firm
explanation to the teacher one
OF the most salutary impressions
would be made upon our mod.
ern school system. That the
whole system of home study is
wrong admits OF no question.
The teachers who insist upon
it know it, but they are power.
less to act. Nothing would
please them better than for the
parents to act, but only the alb.
soIute prohibition of the prac
at the hands of the parents can
make any impression. No prac-
tice ever Instituted leads 80 surely
to deception. Where there are
two or three boys or girls they
get together and work their prob
lens each working a few and
then combine results Instead
oI getting one hundred per cent
of the work each child gets about
twenty-five per cent but next day
he is credited with a perfect
grade.
Where the parents take a hand
in the problems the result is ev-
en- more disastrous. Every par.
ent knows that he or she is some
tunes stnggf red at the problems
the child brings home. A hoy
in the seyen'h grade not long
ago took home seventy problems
to be worked and handed in the
next morning. 1t took the CON-
bined efforts of the boy and three
adults to accomplish the task.
The next day the boy had a per-
feet grade. Where the boy must
work out his own problems the
result is even more unfortunate
His mind is not fresh and his vi.
telity is low, and whatever he
gets out of his lessons-if he real.
ly gets anything-is got at the
expense OF mental yigor and loss
ofslepp.
"Home study under any con-
ditions, deleat the very end it iS
designed to bring out and it
should be ABSOLUTELY forbidden
by parents. Then it will be abol
ished: the school curriculum will
be changed and our children will
he the gamers both mentally and
physically. But the conviction
! must first be sure, and then the
stand must be firm and reso-
lutte.
We do not think anything ueed
be added to that 1t is awfully
hard on parents to require them
to help their children with their
lessons, ana particularly since
things have changed SO much
since they went to school them
selves. The idea that a boy in
the Seventh Grad, or any grade
should be required to work seven
ty problems in one day is pre-.
posterous, and to send him home
with the expectation that his
father and mother shoulj work
hem out for him is positively cru
ell. The parents have practical
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07

The bankers will meet June 26
2S at Moorehead City.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-03-07
CURES SW1NNEY.
y g ck.lecn A;11 Nc vvs;4aas

Mr.. R S. Shelton, Hill. NC. wsitsss
"I used Mexican Mustang. Liniment on
a very valuable horse for swinncy and 1t
cured It. Ialways keep 1t In my stable and
think it the best liniment for rubs and gals"
It contains no alcohol and 30 cannot
sting In cases of open wounds or burns.
Soofhes and cools at once. Just tUh
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01

ous bills and adjourned for the noon recess.
 Bills i, 50 and 45 had all been amended by the senate, passed and returned, some of the amendments be ing irregular in form, so She bills were all sent back to be put in proper form.
 Senate bill 57 passed by the senate was referred to the committee on county affairs.
 Senate bill 19 passed by the senate, was referred to the committee on jul dietary
 Senate bill S9 the semi monthly pay day by the senate was referred to the committee on labor.
 Senate bill 109 respecting vacancies in office was referred to the commit tee on county affairs.
 A message was received from the governor reporting his signing of sen ate bill IA repeating the mine tax law.
 A partial report of the special eX aminers inspecting the records of the state offices, was presented by the governor and referred to the commit tees on public institutions and ap prOpriatiOns.
 House adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning
 Resuming work in committee of the whole with MattoX in the chair the house put nine bills over the line, but most of them were dead when they were picked up by their friends The others were taken to tine private hospital of the enrolling and engroSs- ing committee, save one to treat which the public health officer was
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01
S0ME REASONS
why the Santa Fe is the most comfortable sum- r77er route to the east

LOWEST ATTITUDES AVOIDED. The Santa Fe's line avoids consequently cllmae Mexico and Arizona The higher the cooler it is northern New Mexico than the southern sections those states A CONTINUOUS MOUNTAIN TOP FROM COLORADO WEST Through eniad the F continuous Arizona Most of the mile and the sky The Rio Cfrande Valley New Mexico Albuquerque where the altitude 45 feet about the same as
 
 tain crossed above this level Many adjacent individual peaks The base the railroad runs have four separate peaks rising 3Oo feet high VAST FOREST TRACTS ARE TRAVERSED. In central Arizona the through the United States, half Many other of the tmbeed ParEke of
 
 associated with oppressive heat.
 PRACTICALLY NO DUST Within hundreds of dollars have been expended p1fcng the Fe roadbd osprnkled practically In other crushed gumbO and gravel ballast securely packed have almost wholly done Those who the old railroading, closed They ride there with dows-thanks the Oi-splinklmg.
 SMOKEIFSS ENGINES ARE USED The fact that in Arizona o When the windows there hot blowing The cars cn. therefore, be PATENT XENTiIATORS AND ELECTRIC FANS KEEP THE
  with the Garland vnatOa and successful device for keeping the Electric installed of the trains and the axle electric light generally used
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01
HILL TELLS ABOUT COST
 OF PROJECT. Engineer Goes Deeply Into Detail in Testimony Before the Com
 mittee ALSO TOLD OF
 POWER PLANTS Witness Spent Long Time on Stand, Following E. B. Lennon, AS
 Inspector
ALSO TOLD OF
 POWER PLANTS

Much detailed information regard ing the construction of the Roose- welt dam. the transmission of power, the cost of managing the reclamation work and a large number of other allied subjects were given the con- grcssion1l investigating committee yesterday by Louis C Hill. cOnsult- ing engineer for the reclamation ser vice. He went into detail regarding the acquisition of the reservoir site from the Hudson Storage company and the character and extent of the work necessary to build the huge dam. He devoted q large part of his testimony to the explanation of technical subjects in connection with the reclamation of the valley and the extension of the canal system. His testimony was of a character to supply the committee with vast amount of valuable information.
 MT. Hin also discussed at cOnsid- crable length the sale of power and the means necessary to be employed 10 give the kind of service some of the farmers are demanding. He cited instances in which application had been made for electricity but stated that it is impractical to com ply with such individual requests be- cause of the inequality of the cost to the income which would be re- ccived
 In the judgment of MT Hill there is just one way by which to those liv- ing in the country districts can be served satisfactorily to themselves
 .l.1 -- the reclamation service That is he said. for a number of residents in a given community to subscribe for the power and then arrange for their own distributing stations In the judgment of the engineer that plan will have to be adopted eventually.
 With regard to the distribution Of water MT. Hill said there is a large acreage in the valley classed as A, E and c land which is not now be- ing served with water and cannot be under the present arrangements. For instance, there are places where the level is too high-Which the water in the canal cannot reach. The installa tion of pumping plants for the ser vice of these sections, Mir. Hill said will be necessary.
 MT. Hill also told in detail of the construction of twelve tunnels in use at the dam. That. he said. was one case in which the cost had exceeded the estimate because it was neces- sary to put in a larger number of these tunnels than at first it was thought would be required.
 F. E. Lennon, an inspector in the
 
 story, in which he accused a former Sacaton Indian agent and severa subordinates of having sWindled bOtf the government and the Indians out of several thousand dollars. Lennon said the alleged swindle was per pctratcd by means of fake sales and padded accounts. He said he re- ported the occurrence to the interior department and that following his report the agent was dismissed.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01
DON'T FORGET THE FIY

The first few consecutive days of warm spring weather will soon be here With them will appear the house flies that have survived the winter, says the Cleveland Leader Then is the time to begin systematic warfare on them Flies breed in de- caying refuse. The long snowbounI winter has preserved the castOff or ganic matter that has been left in back yards, alleys and other little used places during a period of five months. With the going of the snow and ice il is left exposed to the sun for decomposition. This in itself is q menace to health. But more dangerous still, it produces the ad- vanccd guard of the myriad army of flies that spread disease during the warm months. The back yards. all leys and vacant lots shOuld be clean cd I'D promptly. The effort put forth to do tni, will De very small com pared with the discomfort and sick ness it will avert. And don't forget to swat the fly from the start one fly killed in carly spring is equiv alent to million killed in August.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01
MAN
 WITH MACHINE
Not an Auto But a Type writer; J. l.. Hoyt, the Worlds Champion in 1910, Gives Exhibition at High School

J l.. Hoyt, who was the worlds amateur champion typist in 1910, gave a remarkable exhibition of speed writing on the Underwood typewriter at the high school yes terday morning. He composed 112 words in minute without mistake and wrote 100 words from dictation in one minute with only one error In order to convince the audience that it is the operator and not the machine that counts, MT. HOyt took the oldest and hardest running Un- derWOOd in the high school com mercial department and pounded out 108 words in a minute on it. with one mistake in spacing and no other error of any kind.
 One of MT. HOytS performances was decidedly sensational At his request a teacher placed a series of five numbers on the black board. each number being greater than ten million. In one minutes time the operator added this series of num- bers. the sum being 2jS,33S,87O, at the same time carrying on a con Versation with the timer and some of the boys in the audience. and writing so rapidly on the machine that he set down 1OS words from memory during that same minute
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01

sent for When the committee rose the house did what it hal recom- mended so it will not be necessary to repeat the final action.
 House bill 19 for the compilation of the laws was indefinitely postponed, another bill having done the work.
 House bill for the same purpose met the same fate.
 House bill 11S the pure paint law was indefinitely postponed.
 House bill 106 public printing met a like fate.
 House bill 104 prohibiting houses of prostitution was also indefinitely postponed.
 House bill 75 was likewise chloro- formed as it had a substitute twin that looked more promising.
 Substitute house bill D is MT. Lynchs bill for the creation of su- pervisoral districts. Its reading was
Arizona republican., 1912-05-01

\ (Contlnued from Page One) Partial report of special examiners of state offices was received from the governor.
 The livestock and forestry commit tee recommended the passage of sen ate bill 127 and it was referred to committee of the whole today.
 New Bills.
 Senate bill 152 by Cunniff, new brand law
 Senate bill 153 by Cunniff, qualifi- cations of veterinarians.
 Senate bill 154 by Cunniff, for fin ing owners of stray animals All referred to live stock commit tee.
 Committee of Whole. Senate went into committee of the whole witE Mir. Hechtman in the chair
 Senate bin 91 debts of cities and towns was considered amended anl recommended for passage
 The committee rose and the senate adjourned until this morning.
 THE HOUSE.
  message from the governor saying he had signed the holiday bill and regretting it did not also include Feb ruary F, Lincoln day. The house then received the following
 New Bills.
 House memorial 4 by brennan re- speeting boundary lines of the Colo raylO Indian reservation
 House bill 14S by Ball, fixing the maximum rate on legal printing at 30 cents an inch 100 insertions and 15 each subsequent insertion
 House bin 149 by Ball, fixing fees county and precinct officers. House bill 15O by Babbitt by re- quest restricting aliens in right to lease acquire and hold realty. House bill 151 by Duncan an amend ment to the constitution regarding tax exemption, exempts property Of veterans of Mexican war, Civil War and pioneers to amount oc 5000. House bill 152 Lewis, prohibits em- | ployers from demanding of employees as a condition of exemption that em- plOye shall refrain from joining anl | severing connection with any society. House bill 153 by Lewis. making it unlawful to persuade workmen to go | elsewhere by false or deceptive rep i resentatiOns.
 Second Reading. 1 On second reading bills were re- | ferred as follows:
 House memorial to petitions and memorials.
 Substitute house bill 115 to julicia- ry.
 House bill 131. to education.
 House bin 13S to county and coun- ty affairs.
 House bill 139 to county and coun. ty affairs. House bill 40 to live stock. House bill 142 to public health. House bill 143, to public health.
 Final Action.
 Substitute senate bill 46 creating { tax commission was passed by vot' of 2. seven absent. Senate bill IA for repeal of the lav taxing mines was passed by a vote O 30 to , absent.
 Committee Reports.
 The appropriations committee re