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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-11

The good roads advocates of Hen
derson county will find satisfaction in
the report of the good roads commit
tee to the Greater Hen~dersonville
club to the effect that work will be-
gin at an early date.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-11

The young man who was fined $40 =
Aibemarle for putting his arms around
a girl when he said he was reaching
for his hat will know hereafter where.
to keep his head piece, and while the
stolen fruit may have been sweetest Il
was in this instance dearest, he doubt
less knows
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-11

We trust that the reported sale OF
the Jackson County Fair property at
Sylvia to summer school promoters
does not mean that Jackson will not
have a fair next year. This would be
a sad blow to Jackson farmers
| Western Carolina Democrat. No sir.
rot so that you could notice it. We
don't do business that way in Jack
son county. We progress all the
time.-Jackson County Journal.
The Washington correspondents OF
the Charlotte Observer, DISCUSSING
rumors of an impending revolt in the
State, quotes Editor Farriss of High
FONT as saying "the people fear that
Senator Simmons is building up 6
machine That's a great joke, to be
sure. They do Senator Simmon:
wrong. He isn't building up a ma
chine. He is simply keeping in ex
cel1ent repair the very fine MACHINE
he has had all along. The Senator
machine didn't produce desired result
in 1908 but it more than made get
in 1912. The fear atN this day tina
Senator Simmons is building up
machinea-well, Editor Farriss mus
have been Joking.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-11

The young farmers of Henderson
county as we'll as some of the older
ones might profitably spend December
L. in Hendersonville and hear farming
experts in their talks to the boys on
corn growing:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-24

1890
MERELY COMMENT
Those newspapers that are sore
at Lieut.-GOv. O'Hara because he had
the nerve to investigate low wages
must have been disappointed when
Gov. Dunno found the state still here
when he got back from his vacation.
They would have had a good"
story if O'Hara had run off with the
state. But he quietly sat on the lid.
Tut, tut, gentlemen! The Butts
committee is investigating voting
machines not silk stockings. Any
how, so far as they are acting Off
ciaIly.
What would the city gain by con-
senting to the Automatic Telephone
being sold to the bigger company?
What would it get the people who use
telephones and pay a good stiff price
for that use?
Sure the express companies are
fighting extension of the parcels post.
1t would be educational, too, if the
SONCIuulCIlI SuOuIA SllOW II Cctl Hall
die the express business to better
public advantage than private capt.
tai does.
Doubtless the coal trust and the
railroad magnates will fight Sen.
POindexter's government ownership
plans in Alaska for the same reason.
Yet Poindexter is advocating an
Alaskan plan of government owner
ship that means justice for every
workingman on the job and the best
possible service to the public. Be
sides, it will be an educational ex-
pertinent.
If capitalism is so sure govern
ment ownership will fail, it ought to
be tickled to death to have it tried
out in Alaska.
If YOU want to get an idea of how
for OIIr daily life in q TbriCfioD no
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-24

the Golden Rule single day in Chi
cago.
The Daily News is running a series
by aldermen on why Love My
Ward" Let's hear from GazzoIO on
why he loves the 18th.
But why not a series from the peo-
pie of each ward on why We Love
OUR Aldermen"
Election Commissioner Howard S.
Taylor testified in the voting machine
quiz that he was an editorial writer
on the Examiner before he got his
present job.
Fitzmorris, mayors private secre-
tary, graduated from the same paper,
and President Campbell of the civil
service commission is still business
manager of the Examiner. Andy
Lawrence did right well with the adj
ministTatfon.
Andy learned his politics in Cali
fornia in the employ of former U. S.
Senator Hearst, daddy of William
Randolph.
Mai. Funkhouser wants to regu-
late the dancing Of all girls under "a
years old. Make it so and be done
with it, MAZE. Or else put all the girls
in a glass cage until they get mar
ried.
There is an awful lot of regulation
of private conduct by law and or
dinance nowadays. Most Of the mid
dle-aged men of today would have
been in reformatoTies in their youth
if the laws had been then as they are
now.
And human nature doesn't appear
to be any purer now than it was then.
Children were raised by hand then.
Now we are trying to raise them by
machinery.
If it keeps up, parents may have to
turn their children over to a police
man or some association of high
brow sOciologists-to take all the hui
Il
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-24

That life may be sustained with
lung capacity Of one-fOurth to one
sixth of the normal has been proven
by the Independent methods Of sew
eraI French expeTimenters. ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16

theories back of him and noble poll
tical ideals, but he did not have the
active and militant support of a ma
jority of the votes of New York. When
Gov. Sulzer took up the Hughes cam
paign after the Dix interregnum hehad
no such support either. His speeches
proved that he could not command
it. Not until the Sulzer impeachment
had shocked the conscience of the
state by it's revelations of the sordid
and shameful conditions of govern
ment at Albany did this sentiment
finally crystalline. With the election
returns the debate closed. Everybody
knew it had closed, Barnes no less
than Murphy, Tammany no less than
the Republican organization. When
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16

every conservative that whatever is,
is right.
Those who oppose this tremendous
power will be subjected to all the ridi-
Guile and contumely which controlled
publications and public hired men can
heap upon them. The firing line will
be no place for the squeamish. 1t VII
not be time for delicate natures to
pick flaws in the President for the use
Of the party caucus or any other
weapon that comes to his hand to
force through legislation in the teeth
of tremendous opposition. The peo-
pie will judge the administration by
results not by it's methods.
Moreover, the people must exhibit
patience. The Money Fower was not
built in day, nor can it be destroyed
by single act of Congress. The
enactment of low tariff has hurled
down one of the ramparts protecting
the enemy's position. The new cur
rency bill, designed to remove much
of the banking reserve from Wall
Street, will be the first solid shot into
the hostile camp. But both of these
measures will not destroy the Money
Power. Radical trust legislation will
/ be heavy blow, perhaps vital. The
legal prohibition of interlocking direc-
torates should do much to scatter the
peoples enemy. But it will take all
these things to have affect, and as the
! Investigations proceed it is hoped that
the way will open up for the complete
/ solution of the problem.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16

has just returned from an eight
months tour of Africa in his capacity
of missionary bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
1.-THE most serious problem" Bishop
Hartzell said, that confronts the
Christian churches in Africa is to stem
the tide of advancing Mohammedan-
ism. At present the Christian churches
are being far outdistanced in the
struggle to convert the natives.
"On the other hand, the sword has
been taken from the hand of the Mos,
lem in Africa, holy wars are a thing
of the past, Moselms can become
Christians without fear of death, and
the methods of peaceful propaganda
are being unified and enlarged by the
Christian church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
CAP A. COLD FOR Csc
GREAT STRIKE
THREATENS COLORADO

Denver, Colo, Dec. 16.-Colorado is
about to experience the greatest strike
in her history, if statements made by
labor leaders now assembled in this
city reflects the sentiment of the labor
organizations of the state. Today, in
response to the call issued two weeks
ago by President John Mcclellan of
the Colorado Federation of Labor, del
egates representing the many unions
affiliated with the state federation
gathered in convention to consider
and act upon the proposal for state
wide strike in support Of the United
Mine Workers of America, now on
strike in the southern Colorado coal
fields. A strike such as is propose
would tie up all the industries of the
state for the time being. While many
of the leaders. openly declare them
selves in favor of the statewide sym
pathetic strike some of the more con
sentative and influential among then
are advocating a policy of delay, ir
the hope that the miners strike may
be settled without the necessity o.
resorting to the extreme measure O
general strike.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16

pleased Bridget, where do you spend
yer tonne nights? Ye're out iv'ry ave-
in for two weeks" he said.
"Shut up. Mike! I'm gettin' an edi-
cation" she answered.
"An phwat are We learnin'?" said her
indignant husband.
"Why, tonight we learned about the
laws Of compensation"
Compensation" said Mike. "What
is that?"
"Why, I can't explain; but fur in
stance, If the sense of smell is poor
the sense of taste is all the sharper,
and If yez are blind We can hear all
the better"
"Ah, yes" said Mike, thoughtfully.
81 see, it's loike this. For instance
if a man is born wild wan leg shorter
than the other, the other is sure to be
longer. CLAY Worker.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
GROUP AND COUGH REMEDY.

Group is terrible disease, 1t attacks
children so suddenly they are very apt
to choke unless given the proper rem
edy at once. There is nothing better
in the world than DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery. Lewis Chamberlain, of Man
chester, Ohio, writes about his chill
dren: Sometimes in severe attacks
we were afraid they would die, but
since we proved what certin remedy
DR.. Kings New Discovery is, we have
no fear. We rely on 1t for Group,
coughs and colds" So can you. Soc
and $1.O0. A bottle should be in every
home. At all Druggists.-H. E. Buck
len & Co., Phila. or st. Louis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
CAP A-COLD FOR Csc
CHARGED WITH
EXTENSIVE FRAUDS

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 16.-A
scheme by which farmers and other
persons in many sections of the coun-
try have been robbed of thousands of
dollars is expected to be unfolded at
the trial of Levi L. Johnson and his
son, Homer E. Johnson, Of Goshen,
Ind, we'll known commission mer-
chants, who were arraigned in the
Federal court here today to answer to
indictments charging them with using
the mails to defraud The Johnsons
were extensive dealers in hay and it Is
alleged their frauds were perpetratet
largely by classifying invoices ant
overestimating freight charges. TIT
indictments against them were foun'
on evidence furnished by alleged vic
tins in Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Connect
cut, Minnesota, Michigan and Yves
Virginia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
Gov. Glynn sent his message to a

Gov. Glynn sent his message to a
humbled legislature, he spoke not as
Democratic Governor but as the
Governor of the state of New York.
His voice was in fact the voice of the
people, and in FIVE days New York
has gathered the legislative harvest
of five years of agitation.
The lesson of this special session
should not be lost upon a body polite
that has been urged to overturn the
very foundations of constitutional gov.
eminent in order that every passing
whim may instantly be enacted into
statute. There are no real or perma
nent obstacles to the popular will
whenever the popular will is prepared
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
HERE AT home
Hattesburg Citizens Gladly Testify
And Confidently Recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills.

1t is testimony like the following
that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills
so far above competitors. When peo-
pie right here at home raise their
voice in praise there is no room left
for doubt. Read the public statement
of Hattiesburg citizen:
Mrs. M. w. Clark, 511 Newman St.,
Hattiesburg, Miss, says: 1.-TWO or
three yaers ago l was having trouble
from my kidneys. suffered intensely
from weak back and had sharp pains
in my loins when l stopped. l had to
be very careful when doing my work,
as the least exertion made me worse.
heard so many people praise Doan's
Kidney Pills that l finally used them
1t did not take them long to complete
ly cure me. Later another of my fam
lily used Doan's Kidney Pills, getting
them at Hays & Fields Drug Store
and the results were just as satisfac
tory. l cannot recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills too highly"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
, States.
n ~ the name -Doan's-an'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
LOAD OF RESPONSIBIL lfY
CARRIED BY PRES. WILSON
PRESIDENT LINCOLN
TRUE BECAUSE HE is OCCUPANT WHITE HOUSE
WITH PURPOSE OF ReHTINe WRONGS PEOPLE,

(By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner.)
Washington, Dec. 16.-President
Wilson carries greater load Of re-
sponsibility than any other President
since Abraham Lincoln.
This is true because he Is the first
President who has come into the
White House with the firm intention
of righting the great wrong which op-
press the people Of this country The
President realizes the problem to be
solved. His keen intelligence enables
him to see that problem in all its
frightful magnitude and completely.
have no doubt that Mr.. Wilson lies
awake night after night, unable to
sleep for analyzing the question, view
ing it from all sides, and mentally
testing certain remedies for it's solu-
ton. No President since Lincoln has
faced so great a task.
1t is this problem which the new
Congress, with all the intelligence of
its leaders and members, with the
guidance of the President, and with
the aid of many men of profound
thought, will try to solve.
The problem is not easily stated.
Its ramifications are such that no
definition quite covers the case. 1t is
something more than trust problem,
for the thing to be destroyed is SUI.
perior to the trusts which it created
1t can best be described vaguely as
the Money Power, a financial despot
ism which, permitted by complacent
and controlled government to thrive
has so fastened itself tumorlike in
the economic flesh and bone of the
republic that it has become as strong
as the governmental organs them
selves, if not stronger.
The people vaguely feel its exist
ence. 1t is manifested to the com
mon man in that crushing thing called
the increased cost of living. That
is the way the Money Power take.
it's toll, through its insidious tribute
laid upon all the purchases of the peo
pie. If its taxation were levied dl
rectly from the people, the system
would drown the country in the BLOOD
of a desperate revolution.
This is the fight which the people
government, led by the President, nov
faces. Do not imagine that 1t is to b.
a battle between a giant government
and a tough, but dwa-fted, antagonist
Rather it is the other way. The gov
eminent is David and the Money Pow
er, Goliath. The enemy will have OF
its side great plausibility, the shrewd
est lawyers, masters in handling mel
and legislation, as well as an appsa
to that philosophy which exists II
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
CAP A. COLD FOR 2!

THE LAW OF COMPENSATION.
Bridget had been going out great
deal, and her husband, Mike, was dis
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
VARIETY.

In answer to Mrs. SIS advertise
ment for a laundress, Ellen, a darby,
black as the ace of spades, applied for
the work. With her was a group Of
small darkies, some black, some
brown, and some yellow. Mrs. s.
asked if all these children were Ellen's.
The latter replied:
"Yas-m they's all mine"
"But, Ellen" said Mrs. s., they
are all different colors."
"Yas'm; you see, it like dis. My
first husband was black like me, and
secon' was brown, an the one l go,
now he belongs to the fair SEX
Harper's Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
CAP A COLD FOR Csc
A LESSON IN DEMOCRACY.

New York has reached the end Of
a long struggle for more Democratic
form of government. Barnes and
Murphy alike have surrendered to the
irresistible power of public opinion.
Party lines in the legislature have
been obliterated in the enactment of
laws which both party organizations
desperately resisted until few days
ago.
The history of these reforms in New
York is the history of all other politi-
cal reforms in this country They
come whenever the popular majority
proves that it wants them and is ready
for them. That is how it should be
Under Republican institutions short
cuts to reform are as likely to be
short cuts to evil as to good.
Despotic governments move swiftly
The signature of Car, the decree o.
an Emperor, and the thing Is done
Democratic governments move slowly
and it is right that they should. In |
republic, laws to be of value must rep
resent the well-settled convictions o
the people. Even numerical ma
jority is not always sufficient. Whel
these convictions become well-settle'
in fact as well as in pretense, nothin
can stand against them. Bosses an
machines must bow to the power tina
is sovereign.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
CONSTIPATION PoIsoNs you.

If you are constipated, your entire
system is poisoned by the waste mat
ter Kept in the body-serious results
often follow. Use DR.. Kings New
Life Pills and you will soon get rid Of
constipation, headache and other trou-
bles. Csc at Druggists or by mall
H. E. Bucklen & Co, Philadelphia aul
ST. LOWS
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
PLANNING TO CONVERT
15o,ooo,ooo AFRICANS

New York, Dec. ia campaign,
the goal of which is the conversion of
15O, 100000 native negroes in Africa,
was discussed in a statement issued
by Bishop Joseph c. Hartzell, who
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure.

The worst cases, n matter of how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr..
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. 1t relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 2sc. Soc. 1.01
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-16

to assert itself. There can be no real
or permanent obstacles. Who doubts
it has only to examine the unparalleled
ed record of legislation passed at Al
bany during the last forty-eight hours.
New York World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-07
For Sale.

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-07

crate ceremony. Mile. Ferdinande de
Lesseps struck the first blow. of a pick.
ak at the point where the canal was to
enter the Pacific, each of the party fol.
lowed with a blow, and there was a
vast quantity of applause and cham
payne.
From the very first the French com
pany was beset with troubles. AS the
canal was not a government under
taking the work had to be let out to
contractors, and many of these prov
ed to be dishonest. They would take
out the soft dirt, collect the stipulat-
ed price per cubic yard, and then go
into bankruptcy. At Bogota the poll
ticians not only exacted the usual
blackmail, but annoyed the company
with all manner of litigation, the ma
tive courts invariably ruling against
the French. Worst of all, perhaps
were the yellow fever and malaria,
which killed off the engineers and
laborers by the thousand In the last
three months of 1884 the death rate
per thousand was nearly 100, and in
September, 1885, it reached 1867.
Sanitary science had not yet learned
how to cope with these diseases. and
there is every reason to believe that
their ravages alone would have been
enough to insure, the failure of de
Lesseps' enterprise, without the gross
extravaganza and the dishonesty that
characterized the work.
The crash came in 1885," says Mr..
Edwards. After eight years of as
brave fight as man had ever made
against nature, the bubble burst. 1t is
estimated that stock had been issued
to the value of two hundred and fifty
million dollars. It is doubtful If half
this sum ever got near enough to
Panama to be expended on actual
work. Most Of this paper was held by
French peasants and people of mod
crate means. They had been led into
it by the great name of de Lesseps.
You may be sure that none of the orig
inal promoters were caught with stock
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-07
Farm For Sale!
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on their hands when the final break
came. The scandal was immense.
Many government officials were in
volved. The shame of 1t drove the old
man-le Grand Francais-insane. He
died few years later in an asylum"
The company went into the hands of
a receiver who organized the New
French Canal company, and this con-
Germ sold all its rights and property
to the United States in 1902. Many
of its buildings, ranging in size from
de Lesseps palace In Cristobal to
houses for laborers, were found worth
preserving and have been used by the
Americans. The hospital buildings at
Ancon and Colon were nearly all erect
ed by the French.
When Uncle Sam took hold of the
canal work, the jungle all along the
route across the isthmus was found
full Of expensive machinery abandoned
to the ravages of rust and decay. Much
of this was recovered and used in the
earlier years of the American regime,
and even now French dredges and 10
comotiyes may be seen at work there
Nearly all the old French equipment,
however. has been sold to~a Chicago
wrecking concern which has beer pii
ing 1t up in orderly heaps and dispos-
ing OF 1t as scrap.
Two parts OF the actual work done
on the canal by the French have
proved OF great help to the Americans
These were the dredging at the Allan
tic entrance and the dry excavation II
the cuhbra cut
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-07
SOuthdOwn Bucks.
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