Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13

The blind tiger is a benefactor when
he breaks rock on the public highways.
The highly favored yellow pumpkin
has. come into its own again.
A juicy plum fell Michael Schenck's
ray when most of US were asleep.
"a bigger and better fair for Hem
derson county" should be our motto
Cor next year.
Uneasy would rest the head of Mr..
Turkey if he only knew the fate await
ing him on the 9th.
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eff the Tenth district wants a real
leader to represent it in the halls OF
congress it could find one without look
ing SO very far.'-Waynesville Courier.
Trot him out. We want to see what ne
looks like.
With all the talk about better
babies" vital statistics, eugenics, de-
cline in birth rate, ETC., we would re-
sp%ectfuIly amend the campaign slogan
o. better babies" to read: More
babies and better babies"
We can imagine nothing that would
impede the progress of a mans re-
Hgion more h a big hat tilted on d
woman's head, thereby obstructing the
formers view
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SyIvans will have to resort to
"~C1oonshine' since the Southern has
served notice that it will not deliver
any more i%ntoxicants at the Sylvia
Office. -
Commissioner of Agriculture Ora
ham dispels the fears of prospective
parents by assuring them that there
will be no occasion to weep over the
Aew baby's being a girl, because that
sentiment has been revolutionized BY
the splendid work of girls in canning
and preserving industries.
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Apples raised in Wetsern North
Carolina. are peaches they say"
Spartanburg Herald. Yes, but many
OF the peaches" brought here from
South Carolina are not apples by any
means.
And yet we have not heard of any
real estate dealers departing for the
newly discovered island in the Atlantic
Ocean.
Congressman Gudger was among
those who delayed action in congress
by being at home when he was needed
at Washington Considering the small
paEtehe~plays in Washington, however,
he is hardly to be blamed for running
away
rier. Judging from the superior quail
fly of the Courier we were laboring I'M
der the impression tina tEditor Will
sons time was too busily employed To-
be reading the absentees recorded il
the Congressional Record
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Congressman Gudger, having de-
ciared that he is in his home district
On official business will of course
have the nerve to stay at home and
not go rushing back to Washington in
the face of a little criticism. "-Way-
GesvilIe Courier. 1t would be more
discreet to say political sagacity" in
stead of nerve"
"Of course it is barely possible that
Mr.. Gudger is at home endeavoring ID
discover why he ran behind every
democrat or the ticket in his hom4
county of Buncombe at the last cleo
tiOn."-Waynesville Courier. He's
Iust mending the holes in the fence
when the goats jumped through.
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For more than two weeks We have
been racking our brain to figure ouE
what the Blue Ridge mountains have
% do with the, suns rising in Salisbury
Al indicated by the following dispatch
from President Wilson's train as it
passed through that city en- route IT,
Mobile: "Fhe shrill notes of the rebel
Teh" at Salisbury awakened the presi-
dent earlier than he had intended to
nse. and as the autumn sunlight
streaked over the Blue Ridge" etc.