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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
James and His Kite.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am sending you story.
 After seeing Johns ship, James tried his skill on kite. He made one all most as tall as himself. When he walk ed with it on his back it seemed as if the kite itself was walking.
 He pasted on one side of it 9, large eagle cut in gilt paper, with olive branches in one talon and arrows in the other. On the other side he put q sun and a circle of stars around it.
 But when James went out on the lawn to fly his kite he tried q long time alone but did not succeed.
 He then called his sister, Lucy, to help him, and they both did the best they knew how, but the kite would not rise
 There. there!;' exclaimed James. a little vexed, "I will not try any longer; it is of no use.''
 Just then his father came out and said: "Oh, fife, fie! My little son! Don't let two or three failures discourage you. Try again and I will help you-'
 So James tried again. His father tossed the kite up just as he ran off with the string, and g gentle breeze carried it up, up, up, till 1t appeared like a white speck In the sky.
 They all watched it with great de- light for some time, and when James rolled in the string and drew it down, he said;
 T am glad, father, I tried again.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
South Windham.
Worderful Presence of Mind.

A long train of cars went hurrying through a mountain region and as they came rapidly down d grade they passed along a short, narroW curve. Suddenly the whistle gave a shrill scream. It was signal to put on the brakes-a warning of danger in such a place.
 Windows flew up, scores of heads were thrust out, passengers sprang to their feet, while the cars rushed on with but slightly decreasing speed. As the train drew near the curve the en- gineer had caught the glimpse of q little girl lying fast asleep on the grass with her feet across the track, and her head pillowed on the back of a dog A moment and it seemed as if the terrible engine would be upon her.
 The scream of the whistle brought the switchman from his house. He saw all at a glance, and, with self possession like a power from heaven, he leaped the track, caught the little sleepeF in his arms and was back at his post as the train rushed by like a tornado.
 ETHEL B. GRAHAM, Age 13.
 TaftviIle.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
All About My Pets.

I am a little girl eight years old. live on Franklin street I have a little kitten. It is yellow and white. My kitten has double paws, and it stanGs on two feet when we give him milk.
 I have two canary birds. When mother feeds one the other one cries; but when they both are fed they will commence to sing. They stand on my fingers many times.
 I go to school I am in the second grade. My teachers name is Miss C1une. She is very pleasant. When she has time she reads us stories. I love to read I can read a third reader.
 GOLDIE BRUCKNER, Age s
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
WINNERS OF BOOKS.

Lillian Rrehaut of East Norwich. N. T., On the Mississippi
 Ruth B. McCoIium of Mansfield Depot, Up the Forked River.
 3-Annie HenzIer of Taftvil1e, The Motor Boat Club on the Great Lakes
 4-AIfred Ladd of Norwich, Treasure Island.
 5--Joseph Cichner of Mansfield, The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings.
 6-lda Oguschewitz of Mansfield, The Subnaarine Boys Lightning Cruise
 Hattie Graham of Taftville. Pony Rider Boys in Grand Canyon,
 S-Flossie Meyer of Taftville, Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks.
 Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business of flee for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Found a Calf in the Woods.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell you what happened one day when some girls and I went chestnutting.
 About 50 cows had been pastured i2 the woods all summer. When fall came they were all taken back to the barn except one little calf which could not be found
 It was a week after, when we were nutting, that we heard a strange noise in the bushes. We looked up and there saw a pretty little calf staring at us Oh! it was so thin! We ran and told some men w=king nearby. They brought the little calf to my aunts barn We gave it warm milk from a bottle and made a bed for it. It is growing fatter and prettier every day, and we girls feel proud to think. that we own a calf.
 HATTIE GRAHAM, Age F.
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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
A Bird With Broken Wings.

nest. The little creatures wings were broken. I took it home with me. l made a warm, soft nest in the barn for it. I put a cloth about it's wings, and he went to sleep in his warm, soft nest.
 In the morning, when I~got up, the little bird was very well. put It III a cage. and hung it in the parlor. He sang to me very sweetly, and he sang ne to sleep.
 feed it some crumbs from bread and give it fresh water to drink. l gave it some straw in the cage to lay on. --,r,
 JOSEPH CICHNER-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

miring the pretty foliage of the diff ferent trees and picking up the pret- tiest fallen leaves. Here is one of my collection of poems: Come little leaves
 Said the wind one day. Come to the meadow
 With me and play. Put on your dresses
 Of red and gold For the summers gone
 And the days grow cold
 FLORENCE WHITE, Age 9. Willimantic
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
oThs Man My Mother Think. Am.

"Ths Man My Mother Thinks l Am" While walking down crowded street
 the other day, ] heard little urci1in 10 a comrade
 say, Say, Chimmie, femme tell youse I'd
 be happy as a ClaI If only I was de feIler lat me mudder
 thinks I am. She thinks 1 am " bnder. and she
 knows her little lad Could never mix with nuttin' dat was
 ugly, mean or b Rd "On lots of times I'd s it and think how
 nice 'twoud be, gee wizz. If a feller was de fell CT dat his mother
 thinks he 1s.'' My friend be yours a life of toll or
 undivided joy, You can learn q IesSu n from that small
 unlettered littl e boy Don't aim to be an earthly saint with
 eyes fixed on I } star; Just aim to be thrs feller that your
 mother thinks you are
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Diamond Hunters,

Dear Uncle Jed: Last month we boys thought we would play diamond hunters" Near our house there is lot running from one end of it to another is a wall and in this wall there are some bright hued rocks.
 We selected a judge to see who had the most different stones; when any body found one he would mark it with chalk so that if anybody passed that way he would know that it was al- ready claimed. When everyone had found all he could we would go to the judge who would decide who was the winner.
 hope some of the boy Wide -Awakes will try this game.
 ASA LYMAN, Age 12.
 NnrrrrinI,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Their Walk for Notbirr

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about our walk for nothing.
 My brothers and sisters and I went nutting last week and went round all the chestnut and hickory nut trees. but we didn't get many nuts.
 When we came to 8 tree or the side of 9 hill where it's lowest branches touched the ground, we all got on them and had nice time swinging Then we didn't care much whether we got any nuts or not
 We also enjoyed walking about ad-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
PoETKY.
The Kittens Thoughts.

I've wondered and wondered, bu t can't
 make out What my little kitten is thinking
 about, She sits on the sofa. a bundle of fur For hours at time and l h ear her
 plITT, Is she saving her thanks for her bed
 so nice, Or planning out some easy way to
 catch mice? Or maybe she's talking Of helping
 herself To the nice new milk on tFle pantry
 Shelf2 Perhaps she is thinking of al of these; If anyone knows. will theyY tell me,
 please? For I've asked her again an d again. it
 is true, As polite as I could. but sh 2 only says
 "MeW."
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department
Ruies for Young Writers.

Rules for Young Writers.
 l. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 8. Use pen and ink, not pencil. & Short and pointed articles wiHl be given preference. Do not use 0veas 250 words.
 t Original stories or letters onlr will be used.
 s. Write your name, age and aof- dress plainly at the bottom of UAs story.
 Address all communications to UlR- cIe Jed, Bulletin OGces
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Mansfield
A Friendly Red Squirrel.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to write you about squirrel little req squirrel lives in a tree near our home. and we are getting quite good friends. When I first saw him he was on a limb of 9. tree just over my head. Ana what a noise he did make! I think he was trying to tell me to go away.
 put two or three nuts on the ground near the tree, and he soon came and picked them up. You ought to lave seen how funny he looked with two large nuts in his mouth.
 The next day l went and left some he came and picked them up while was standing near by. In a few days he would come and take the nuts from my hand, jump upon my shouI- der, and then leap into the tree.
 Now when I go near his tree l find him watching for me. He will run to meet me, jump into nny arms and look into all my pockets @9r something to eat.
 IDA .OGUSCTiEWITZ, Age 10.
 Mansfield
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Norwich.
The Ostrich.

The ostrich is a bird that inhabits but cannot fly. But it can run very swiftly. It lays it's eggs in a hole i'll the sand: it leaves the heat of the sun to hatch them.
 I will give you a description of how it is captured. It runs very fast, but it cannot tire the heet-footed Arabian horses. It runs until it is tired
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

to remember what there is in a ton of coal, but those who read this will know that man has never made any thing so marvellous and useful as a tor of coal; but coal has helped man to do many wonderful things he never could have done without 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
The Boy Came Down.

found a rude boy in one of his apple trees. He told him to come down, but the boy said he would not.
 Wont you?" said the farmer; then will make you come down"
 So he pulled up some grass and threw it at the boy: but this only made him laugh the more, to think the farmer would make him come down from the tree with grass.
 Well" said the farmer. If neither words nor grass will make you some down, I will try stones"
 So the old farmer hit him with stones.
 The boy soon came down, and even asked the farmers forgiveness for stealing the apples and disobeying him.
 MARY NOLAN. Age IA
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Aiice's Pets.

Dear Uncle Jed: We have three guinea pigs for pets. My brothers pig is brown; my sisters is brown and white and my guinea pig is black. white and brown Their names are Brownie, Beauty and Daisy. We call them gniuea pigs; but they are not pigs, and they never came from Guinea.
 We have not had them very long.
 ALICE LONGEVIN, Age s.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

and then digs deep hole and covers it's head with sand. The riders drive up and capture him Then they pluck the feathers and send them over to the United States. You must have seen them on ladies' hats.
 JOHN HOGAN, Age 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

La JlOn Cl tue hSdI Cs constipation, head aches, dizziness, noise in my e a rs, timid, nervous, rest less fe e lin gs and sleeplessness.
 I read in the pa- per where a young wom an had been cured of the same troubles hy taking Lydia r. Pinkham's
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
subduinu the suffrgoettes

The Cincinnati plan of punishing un- ruly girls by shaving their heads might be worth trying in Great Britain on the militants It is quieter and more militants. It is quieter than forcible feeding and more lasting.-New York World.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
Future Tammanx Candidates.

Sulzer's experience makes it probable that future Tammany candidates will consent to be clever and let who will be Washington Star,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
A Book for Molly Smith.

A prize book sent to Molly Smith or South Coventry was uncalled for and returned to Uncle Jed. If Molly smith vii send her full address to Uncle Jed he will remail the book to her.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

and thank you for helping me" His father then said: Learn from this, my son, the value of perse7er- ance.
 ALFRED LADD. Age 10. NOTyyIgi p
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

Whatever you are-Be that;
 Whatever you say-Be true Straigh htforwardly act Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else buE you"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

Hank-How can you tell he's from Brooklyn? Tank-He's always blow ing about New York.-Dartmouth Jack O Lantern.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

Vegetable Compound 50 l threw away the medicines the doctor left me and be- gan taking the Compound. Before. 1 had taken half a bottle I was able to sit up and in a short time I was able to do all my work. Your medicine has proved itself able to do all you say it will and have recommended it in every household 1 have visited. Mrs MARY JOHNSTON, 210 Siegel Street, Philadelphia, Pas
 Another Bad Case.
 Ephrata, Pa =" About Q year ago I was down with nervous prostration. I was pale and weak and would have hys- teric spells, sick headaches and bad pain under my shoulder blade I was under the care of different doctors but did not improve. l was so weak l could hardly stand long enough to do mydishess
 Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com pound has made me well and happy and have begun to gain in weight and my face looks healthy now. Mrs. J. w. HoRNBERGER, k. No. 3, Ephrata, Pa
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go. tcOnfi- lentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be olened, read and answered by 6 woman and held in strict cOnfldeness
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

 REGISTRATION
Severe Case of a Philadelphia
 Woman-Her Symptoms.

Philadelphia, Pa. -F I had a severe case of nervous prostration, with palpi-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.

Uses of Plants for Flavorins. Many parts of plants are available
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

Putnam,
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14
PATTERSON'S NAME WITHDRAWN.

The name of the Oklahoma negro,
who was nominated by President VIII
Sol a couple of weeks ago to be regis
ter of the treasury, has been with
drawn and an Indian named for the
place. This sounds a little better, but
the name of a good fighting white
democrat should have been substitu-
tel for that of Patterson. However,
the western Indians have been furnish
ing some able representatives in con-
gress and maybe this one will not be
Gistasteful to the Southern people. 1t
is said that one of the senator's. from
Oklahmoa is part Indian and to that
gentleman and his colleague, Senator
Gore, belongs the credit of landing the
rev register of the treasury, whose
nomination was promptly confirmed
without opposition. If the admins
t2ation is DESTROYS of recognizing the
colored race, in the distribution of pa
tronage, there are numbers of positions
az the North and in the foreign ser
v:ce-here he would be less objection
ahle-without attempting to thrust
upon the South representatives of an
inferior class which has long been dis
tasteful to her citizenship. The South
c~n people firmly adhere to the doc
t-ine of Tnglo-Saxon supremacy and
their representatives in congress
usually have a care when questions
arise affecting the race situation in
this section.
The action of President Wilson IL
Offering to place a colored man in a
position of so much significance shock
ed his friends in North Carolina and
throughout this section of the country.
We cannot believe otherwise than that
the President was imposed upon. Born
and reared in the South, he must have
known something of the sentiment
against the negro holding Office here.
Car it be truthfully said that those
who urged the appointment Of Patter-
son failed to acquaint the President
with his racial characteristics and
previous condition or servitude."
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14
DATA IS wanted IN RUSH
SEASON FOR LOCAL BOOST
Manager Cohen Inaugurates Service
For General GOOd-HendersonVille
VIII Benefit.

Manager Cohen Inaugurates Service
For General notwithstanding
VIII Benefit.
The bureau of information which
Col. Cohen of the Greater Western
North Carolina Association proposed
recently and regarding which a letter
appears in another column of this is
sue, is now a material fact. The Ashe-
vile Citizen of Tuesday publishes re-
garding it the following:
''The bureau Of information which
will be maintained during the summer
months by the Greater Western North
Carolina association and the local
board of trade will be opened tomor-
| row night at the city ticket Office of the
Southern railway company. on Patton
| avenue. The organizations which are
behind the movement to maintain such
q bureau secured the consent of Di-
vision Passenger Agent James II.
Wood yesterday to use the front por-
ton of the Office. This is regarded as
an admirable place for conducting a
bureau of information and it is believ-
d that the hundreds of visitors who are
expected to arrive within the mex few
lays on excursions and special trains
will find the bureau a great conYen
ience. The board of trade is compil-
ng a list of available rooms and board
ing houses for the accommodation of
visitors in the city and it is hoped
that all AsheVillevians who can furn-
such accommodations will COM
municate with the organization this
morning.
"The two organizations will keep q
nan at the bureau of information, who
will provide visitors with all the in
formation they desire relative to the
boarding houses and hotels of the city,
as we'll as the best methods of reach
ng them. The bureau will also keep
around western North Carolina towns
and cities and the best drives of the
Land of the Sky will be furnished to
strangers who desire to go over the
mountain roads of this section of the
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14
THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

No man in the United States Senate
lis growing more rapidly in the esti-
%1azafiOn Of the people throughout the
wuntry than our own Furnifold Nc
AEnann Simmons, the real democratic
3sGder Of that august body. He has
worked Like a field hand through two
sessions Of congress in charge of the
aarIH revision bill and his reputation
KS q leader is the subject of favoable
eGon1ment by press and people every
where. This from Leslie's Weekly, a
thigh class magazine, shows that the
eye of the country are riveted upon
him II the making of the Underwood
Simmons tariff bill:
Senator Simmons of North Carroll
ina, chairman of the Finance Commit
tee, Is the foor manager in the senate
afor the legislation which will generally
come To be known as the Underwood
Simmons bill. He. is the storm. CEN
der of the defense. Senator Simmons
Is a worthy foeman and an everlasting
Nghfer- His is a most trying task.
He must be aggressive and wide
awake every minute or the time. IL
=at0r Simmons has confidently declared
that the enactment of the new tariff
SbM as amended into law will result
IAN a more equitable distribution of the
burdens and offer enlarged opportuni-
av to individual effort; reduce the cost
~0f living and relieve the people of
many Of the burdens of the unjust,
discriminatory and oppressive tariff
supposed upon them by the Republi-
can party at the dictation and in the.
interest Of the privileged few who
have for more than a third of a CEN
fury dictated the policy and legislation
of h party" The leader from North
Carolina announced that the passage of
this bin will not result in closing fac
HCTfgs5 1t will not throw labor out of
employment. On the contrary he
promised that it would open a broader
Heid to 7ou manufacturers and farm.
ers, both at home and abroad, and that
Ghe resulting expansion of both our
T3FEign and domestic trade would open
view opportunities to industry and en-
HTged employment for labor"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14

Prominent among the visitors now
sojourning in Hendersonville is Geo.
w. Unruh, of Mobile, Ala, who is &C
accompanied by his wife. They are
guests of Mrs. H. P. Feaman on Wash
ington street. Mr.. Unruh is greatly
pleased with the town and proposes
to make this his regular summer
home.
Captain Thames of Tampa, Fla, is
here accompanied by his family. The
captain is an important member of
the Pilots Association and is an annual
visitor to Hendersonville and vicinity.
Archie Brown, a former well known
resident of HendersonVille and now
of Lenoir was a visitor here during the
week greeting his many friends.
MI. and Mrs. D.. A. Hutto and fam
lily of Wareshoals; s. c.. are in Hen
dersonville, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Justice. Mrs. Hutto is the
Mr.. Justice.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14
W. n. 6. FAIR SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Western North Carolina Fail
association, which is gradually forging
its way to the front as one of u most
useful organizations in the develop
! mont of this section, will make a last
ing impression upon the minds of a
number Of boys and girls by making
It possible for them to enjoy a course
in some of the leading colleges of the
State.
Time was when the opportunities
for making ones way through school
were not as great as they are today
and the ambitious boy or girl will not
be justified in foregoing the advanta-
ages Of a college course by reason of
the fact that such does not come to us
as easy as we might wish. There are
those who refuse an education because
they have never been properly in
structed as to its advantages and there
are a few who are denied years of
school training by force of circum-
stances, but when the desire for higher
training is sufficiently great, college
work is not neglected.
We have been taught that where
there's a will there's a way" The am
bilious boy or girl when once imbued
with the desire for education, usually
makes his or her way through school.
1t is to this class of boys and girls that
the Fair association is offering schol-
arships in some of the leading literary
and business colleges of North Caro-
lima The proposition is meritorious.
1t is no get rich quick scheme. 1t has
no selfish purpose other than to inter-
est the young people in the fair work
and thereby serve in substantially
the development and pros
rerity of this section. These scholar
ships car be secured by work at spare
Moments. The leading colleges of the
State have endorsed the movement,
which is an innovation in the way of
fair work in North Carolina, and some
the leading educators of this sec
ton assisted in working out the de-
tails of the contest.
Time contributed by a contestant ID
the fair work will be well spent. Our
county and district fairs serve a very
useful purpose in the development OF
interests all of which contri-
butte to greater prosperity. If the
young people of Western North Carroll
IA take advantage of these scholar
ships, the educational work of the fair
association will be made more interest
ng and attractive in coming years.
The management of the Fair asso-
entertains the view that the
nen and women who are styled as self
made are found in the front ranks OF
,very line of human endeavor, and it is
the boys and girls who are striving
to make their lives more useful and to
improve every passing hour that they
hope to interest in the scholarship
contest.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14

Wisdom was shortsighted when it
placed the attractive billboard about
1Hendersonville on cultivated ground.
The Business, Health, Pleasure"
part OF the sign has been choked by
EUstling corn, and it's light is almost
under a blrshel."
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14

It behooves us to remember that
2siT, pen and courteous treatment Of
Tur visitors means more toward bring
Ing them and their friends here next
year than fortunes spent in foreign
advertising.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-14

Hendersonville's popularity as a wa
FaeTzng resort is attested to by the large
E1EEmber of visitors from Asheville and
t>C11r points who each Sunday take
advantage OF a plunge in Rhododen-
.a1rOn lake.