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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
A Clock That Talks,

"S1x-thirty, six-thirty, six-thirty;
time to get up; get up, can't you; get
up, o miserable lazybone; get up
before l souse you with a wet wash
rag: get up, get up, GET UP!!"
That's the way the new patent French
photographic alarm clock routs you
out in the morning. No more pestifer-
Gus ding-a-linging of a measley little
Tin alarm clock, but a call in a hui
ma voice, in plain words, more oh
less polite, does the business.
OF course even this new device does
NOT make you get up; all it can do is
to tell you the time and apply a few
appropriate remarks to you, and then
II you prefer to stick to your couch
and waste the beautiful hours of the
morning in the slothful vice of lying
abed, you may do so. The clock will
dc its part, but not yours. So don't
buy n with the idea that it will do
impossibilities.
Photographs alarm clocks are not
q new thing. 1t is simple enough
matter to apply the talking machine
Principle to a clock.
The mechanism is ingenious but
simple. 1t provides for the calling of
the time every quarter hour day and
night. If you wake up in the night
ana are curious to know what time it
is, all you have to do is to press a
hutton by your beds de and the clock
will promptly tell you the nearest
quarter hour-for1 example, "two4if-
teen"
The Photographic record is made in
the form of an ndlaS hoIt nr hand
The tiny groves which cause the voice
vibrations u parallel, l~engthwise
round this belt, and there are As of
Of these grooves side by side-name-
~ n for each quarter hour of the II
hours. A reproducing needle follows
rpe gooves, just as in an ordinary
talking machine.
AS each groove runs clear around
the band, the clock will continue to
call the time, or anything else that is
recorded, until Is minutes have clap
SET or until you shut 1t up by touch
ing a button. The clock talks at pres
ent 30 languages and is learning more
= all that is necessary to make it talk
mother lingo being to substitute the
corresponding belt. When a belt is
worn out a new one can be INSERTED
or if you get tired being called in
your own language you a choose a
variety of others. All that is needed
70 make the scheme perfect would be
an attachment which after calling
@ a reasonable number of times
would either let the bed down and
dump you OUT or which would reach
cut and seize you bodily and dress you.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
j.. The C. O. D. Gebt Collector.

Merchants are not SO slow in devils
ing ways and means to deal with the
slow, al well as the non-paying GUS
toner, but the most modern method is
to use the parcels post. A small mer-
chant is credited" with this important
discovery. This merchant is in a line
Of BUSINESS where he carries a large
number of small accounts, which the
debtors frequently overlook. This has
caused the merchant considerable loss
in the course of a few years. When
the G. 0. d. feature of the parcel post
went into effect July 1st, the merchant
hit upon the idea of using it to collect
his small debts. A large number CT
small boxes were obtained. These
we're filled with waste paper and on ton
vas placed a receipted bill. Each
box was neatly wrapped and tied and
addressed. A scent stamp was re-
juired to carry each box and the C. {
D. fee was 10 cents on each package.
The next day the returns began to
come in and IN nearly every ase the
debtor paid the amount, supposing that
somebody had sent something of value.
There being no chance for the con-
signee to e what was i'm the package
who it was from, most of them paid
without asking any questions.-Mer-
chants Journal
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
Your True Friend-The Dog.

Do not turn a homeless dog aside
when he appeals to you for food and
shelter, but take h m in. This is a
duty you owe your, God toward HIS
helpless dumb creatures, which were
placed on earth in our care. They are
our to use but o abuse or permit
others to do so.
Never be ashamed to speak in de-
Tense of those who cannot speak for
themselves. 1t is only the cowardIy
and weak that stand by and see cruel
ty committed and make no effort to
Top it,.
Treat your dog kindly, for a cross
word from your lips cuts deep. A
kind word or act makes him supremacy
happy and contented. Feed him we'll;
g We him plenty of fresh. clean water
to drink; make him comfortable and
warm; and for this kindness be will
ever be. grateful. He will love you,
appreciate his home and guard it for
you. Can you find a human friend as
aithful as your dog?-Mary D. Hedden
IN Our Dumb Animals.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
COUNTY FAIR Is
c BY
DAVE HARRIS

lie schools call for methods more In
keeping with the needs of the common
people by training the youthful mind
to make a practical application of the
knowledge acquired and by inaugural
ing movements which will increase
the school funds by promoting mater
ial prosperity. Constructive work Of a
nature which will result in making ed
ucation more active and prominent in
public affairs and will create closer
relations between the eductors and the
patrons of the public schools, requires
an organization in which they may be
associated and mutully interested.
Other professions have long since re-
cognized the benefits to be derived
from cooperative societies by mean
for which progressive ideas have been
exchanged for mutual benefit, result
ing In greatly increased efficiency and
prestige.
UnquestionabIe the profession which
you represent has needs which can be
supplied most promptly and satisfac-
torialy by means of al organization,
and I beg to commend wor the serious
consideration of those IN your County
Who r interested in the bettermert
OF educational conditions, the plans
proposed by the Western North Caro-
lima Educational Society. BY secur-
ing a large membership In the Society
and promtly TAX ng the initiative in
for a great agricultural and
educational fair in your County next
autumn you will not only introduce III
Your school work the initial steps to-
ward the manual or vocational train
ing of your pupils but will very pro-
perly ssum the position of direct
ing any important factor in the intel
lectual and material development of
your County.
AS a preliminary to this undertake
Ing permit me to suggest that arrange
ments be made for a large number of
your teachers as we'll as the pupils
and patrons of your schools to have
exhib is at our fair and be in attend
ance on Educational Day-Tuesday,
October 7th-which will enable them
to acquire information and inspiration
for their event next year.
While at first glance it may appear
& little early to be giving considera-
ton to the organization OF a fair in
your County next year, you will doubt
less find that if the matter is deferred
until a later date, you will have the
usual experience Of not having time to
make the necessary preparations. THIS
reference to the fair for Henderson
County is strictly in conformity with
the views of the publishers Of both the
Hendersonville newspapers. one OF
whom, Mr.. Noah M. HollowelI, is asso-
with us in this work and there
lore will return to He~ndersonville with
such familiarity with the. details OF
fair work as will enable him to be Of
invaluable service in the movement.
Again thanking you for your invita-
ton, regretting my inability to be with
you, and hoping that continued sue
cess may attend the efforts of the Q
of Henderson County in pro-
the prosperity and intellectual
advancement of this section, I am,
Sincerelv yours.
d. HARRIS.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
URGENT EFFORTS
The 6. W. North Carolina Association
Will Undertake Extensive Campaign
For Fall Business For Section.
BASKERVILLE O tizen)

The Greater Western North Caro-
lima association is . preparing to
launch the most extensive fall and
winter advertising campaign ever
conducted in behalf of the resort
cities of the Land Of the Sky. Adj
vert sements are already being sent
from the Office of the organization
looking to the securing of fall and
winter business, and Manager Sand
ford H. Cohen is very optimistic over
the outlook for a good business. He
stated yesterday that there is every
prospect that this section of the state
VIII attract large crowds from Knox
vile and Chattanooga during the next
few weeks, the association having
started an active campaign in those
cities in the hope of inducing visitors
Who will be n attendance upon the
reunion of the Grand Army of the
Republic and the National Conserva-
ton exposition to return t. their
homes by way of the c ties and towns
of Western North Carolina.
The posters which will be placed in
Chattanooga are unique, being in the
form of orders to the veterans from
headquarters. The veterans attention
Is called to the many attractions OF
the Land of the Sky and they are
Cged to spend some time in this
section before returning. to their
homes in various sections of the
country.
Colonel Cohen expects that many
visitors will be attracted to Western
Carolina from the south during the
present month. September is the
warmest month of the year in many
points of the extreme south, Colonel
Cohen stated, and he expects that
hundreds of persons will Wis t the re-
Sorts of this section during the month,
which is considered one of the most
pleasant of the year here.
Many people are leaving, Colonel
Cohen stated, the majority of those
who are returning to their homes
leaving N order that they may make
arrangements for plac ng their child
rem in school during this month,
scores of those who are going
on tickets with time limits
the first of September.
The excellent golf facilities of the
and cities of Western Carolina,
Colonel Cohen believes, will make this
an unusually attractive field
for those who enjoy the sport on tue
links, and he expects that hundreds
of golfers will spend a port on of the
fall and winter in the Land OF tine
by.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
Push'g Colony Work
For St. Pete's People

A. P. Avery of st. Petersburp Fla
who has just returned to that city AZ
ter a visit of inspection to the proper-
ty recently purchased by the ST. Pet
ersburg company at Hillgirt, this conn
ty' has reached his destination and CIV
en- the people a glowing account Of the
of the purchase. Mr.. Avery
said to a representative Of this news
paper that he was highly pleased with
the property and that the summer col
cny OF st. Petersburg people would
be one of the most progress.ye that
ever settled a section of the Land of
the Sky.First of all he believes his to
be the ideal location for such a COLONY
as 1t combines all of the attributes nee
essary to a delightful sumner residen-
tai place. He said that the work Of
getting the property plated had pro-
crossed well and that soon these m
terested in the colony could select the
upon which they will build homes.
Il is proposed to have erected at an
carly date a hotel which will accomo-
cate many persons who will desire to
here during the building of their
He believes that many of the
respective builders will begin the cree
ton OF their houses this autumn or
carly in the spring show that thew will
be ready for occupancy at the begjnn-
ing of next season.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
Billions of Post Cards For Uncle Sam

Washington, August 29.-The post
Office department will require 4,0OO,-
000, 900 of post cards in the next four
years. Postmaster General Bur1eson
today asked for bids for furnishing
them. The government printing office
now holds the contract, VIII" CHI was
previously executed by private con-
Germs. The government furnishes
plates from which the cards are
printed. The portrait of Thomas
Jefferson takes the place of William
Mckinley on the new cards.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of ]. NJ. Barnett deceased,
all persons having claims against his
estate are hereby notified to present
them to me by the Both day of August
1914, or. this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery, and all persons
indebted to the estate will please make
prompt payment to me Of their indebt-
ed1eSs.
This the Both day of August 1913.
E. Z. BARNETT,
Administrator.
q 4 Ctr
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-04
InvaTa Girl Cured by Threatened Kiss

Lancaster, Pa, August 29.-"I'l1 kiss
you" a threat made ip a joking way
by a young man a few days ago to
Miss Luetta Weftzel, a supposed hope
less invalid of Lititz, was the mean
of curing her of the malady
that had made her a helpless invalid
ever since an operation a year ago.
1t came as a shock to the .nervous
system af the young woman, and N
her excitement che leaped from her
chair and ran upstairs.
Since then she has been active and
lively.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

lakes and two draw bridges. The
trip was delightful, but such a toss
ing as we did get, for the wind was
Highland so were We part of the
time, and then the next We knew we
would be altogether too low to suit
us, but we got through alive as you
will see by this. We were out OF
doors all day every day, and had pic
mic dinners and enjoyed every min
ute of our time Our host owns fine
horse, which took US everywhere, four
Of US, in a two-seater. The roads are
fine and we tried them all, so that
some said there was no direction left
to explore except it was straight up,
and as we did not consider ourselves
ready for that trip, we concluded TO
return home-than which there is no
better place-Mrs. G. D. Washburn.
in Saranac IN. Y.) Enterprise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

Some years ago the Fourth of July
and watermelons went hand in hand
together, and one rarely saw full
grown watermelon before the Clio
rious Fourth and the melons formed
a part of the feast at the barbecue.
Now watermelons grow common be-
fore the first of June. We are living
intensively Yesterday watermelons
were in evidence on all our fruit and
green grocers' stands. 80.
y trial for heresy at the Atlanta
Presbyterian assembly (Northern
branch) recently assembled in Allan
ia was only kept down by postpone
ment for another year. 1t seems that
some Of the professors in the Union
Theological Seminary do not teach
some Of the articles of the standards
OF faith
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06
Mr.. PAINTERS DEATH AND THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES

The unfortunate drowning OF Mr..
E. o. Painter of Jacksonville has
caused a most cruel statement to be
made against the insurance compan-
les in which the deceased carried
heavy policies.
The charge is made that the said
companies seized upon his body as
soon as it was rescued from the IN
friendly waters. hurried it to an UNI
dertaking establishment. and. vulture-
like, tore his heart out. sawed open
his skull and removed his brains.
disemboweled him and shipped his
stomach to Baltimore for analysis, the
sinister and Interior purpose being to
resist the payment of the claims on
some technical and fabricated
grounds
Mr.. Cecil Wilcox. one of the insur-
ance agents who sold Mr.. Painter pol
icies amounting to a half million dol
lars. was in our office Tuesday, and
says that the statements are entirely
untrue and are cruelty unjust.
He AYERS positively that the autop-
sy on Mr.. Painters body was made at
the instigation of the E. o. Painter
Company, with the full knowledge and
approval of Mrs. Painter, and before
the companies had been notified OF
Mr.. Painters death.
Mr.. Wilcox says that the published
statements are a wanton imputation
on the integrity. character and stand
ing of the agents, and seeks TO make
them as cruel and ferocious as so
many hyenas.
Mr.. Wilcox says further that the
companies. within their rights. and
as they are in duty bound TO do for the
protection of other policy holders, will
endeavor to produce before a court of
competent Jurisdiction, that Mr..
Painters drowning was premeditated
and not accidental, but if it is not so
shown that every policy held by Mr..
Painter will be paid promptly and
without murmur.
He says that the companies owe a
duty to the living as we'll as 10 the
dead. and that no company will do
thing outside of it's plain and palpa-
Bile duty and acknowledged rights.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06
EpIsoN's TALKING MOVING PIC
flsREs


In the midst of an unusually excel
lent vaudeville performance given at
one of the Chicago theaters this
month, the house was suddenly dark
ened, and a moving picture of a man
was thrown on what seemed to be an
ordinary screen.
The picture man advanced to the
front of the pictured stage, bowed
and smiled. Then he opened his NOV
ing-picture lips and spoke to us. For
five minutes we listened to a lecture
explaining the newest Edison inven-
ton. the talking picture machine.
1.-THE kinetophone," he said. lis the
most wonderful achievement of the
day. II will make it possible for mil
lions OF people to see the face, the
form. the gestures of the great lectur-
er and TO hear his voice. Hitherto i'm
possible beauty, formerly unattaina-
BILE experiences, may be brought with
in the reach of the poorest laborer
and taught us-may be preserved for
future generations"
Then this wonderful speaking, NOV
ing. picture man broke few plates,
and we heard them as they smashed
TO the floor. He called his dogs and
they barked so naturally that a cat
that was noozing in the lobby awoke
and beat a hasty retreat.
A young woman was introduced
into the picture. who sang exqulsltely
from Martha. accompanied by young
pianist. At the closing words of the
lecturer and as the last note of the
young woman's song died away, the
audience broke into enthusiastic ap-
plause. precisely as though 1t had
been seeing and listening TO the
words of a real man and real wo-
man instead of talking and singing
moving picture. After our spontan-
eous burst of applause, many of us
looked about sheepishly. We had
been swept of our feet and many OF
us felt a little bit ridiculous to be
caught applauding, since there was
no actual man or woman to hear our
praise.
But this surely was a worthwhile
triumph to Mr.. Edison. He had made
his pictures so real to us that we
forgot they were not living flesh and
blood.-Chicago Letter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06
IN pEFAsss OF THE LEeIsLA-
TURE

The present legislature, which will
draw it's life to close this week,
though having been christened with
the usual blowing of trumpets. is now
receiving its full complement of hard
knocks: but as it has been good to
Ocala the Banner is compelled to
praise it on the same principle that
one praises the bridge that conducts
him safely across the stream.
It has extended Ocala's boundaries,
and has given her the strip to Silver
Springs, and we believe that this will
be a potential factor in the upbuilding
of the city.
But greater still is the enactment OF
Mr.. Spencer's long and short haul
bill.
In the judgment of this paper. that
is the finest piece of legislation that
has been enacted since the close OF
the civil war, and if it turns out as we
feel that it will, its author deserves
to be decorated with a garland OF
flowers. for we believe that every in
terror city in Florida will feel the i'm
pulse.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06
WILSON'S DOUBLE IN FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE

A prominent gentleman at Tallahas-
see has discovered a distinct likeness
between Senator Johnson CT the Flor
ida state senate, and Woodrow VII
son, president of the United States.
This discovery has brought to the at
tention of the senators and others
more conspicuously than had hereto
fore been noticed the rugged features
of the gentleman from Suwannee. In
action upon the floor of the senate he
is nervously alert, quick to compre-
bend and grasps the importance OF
every question, and seldom meets de-
feat in debate.-Tallahasse cores
pondent Times-Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Barco, Miss Sue
Barco and GregOr McLain, have re-
turned from a weeks motoring trip
throughout the state. Their purpose
in going at this time was to be pres
ent at the Stetson University com
mencement exercises in DeLand,
where they spent three days, as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Barco's son.
Samual J. Barco, who received his de-
gree from the law department of the
university After the closing of col
lege, Mr.. Barco's crowd motored to
Winter Park, Haines City. Daytona,
Plant City and many other points, but
to repeat Mr.. Barco's statements, he
says: Il saw nothing on my entire
trip equal to Clearwater. "-Clearwa-
ter Items in Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

We have no doubt but that a great
many people of this country and 9TH
er countries had formed the belief
that ex-President Roosevelt was a
heavy drinker, but from the facts clio
tied from a court of inquiry it turns
out that ne is neither addicted 20 the
use of strong drink or tobacco We
confess thai we had formed THAI idea.
We were told that he was addicted 10
drinking copious draughts of brandy
next to absynthe the most harmful Of
drinks. The reputation of many OF
our public men are destroyed in the
same way. President Andrew john
son and President Ulysses S. Grant
were compelled TO rest under TIE
same imputation, yet we firmly be-
lieve that a court of inquiry would
have revealed the fact that they were
no more heavy drinkers than Colonel
Roosevelt. Webster and Clay had to
run the same gauntlet. Henry Waiter
sons name is intimately associated
with mint juleps, yet he is reported
to have said recently that he was alb
solutely a stranger to the taste of a
mint julep. These imputations are
some of the penalties of greatness.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06
STRINGER ON HIS GOOD ROADS
BILL

Senator Fred Stringer. on being in
teryiewed as to his good roads" bill,
said:
I prepared the bill with great
thought and consideration, but at the
time it was being constructed l did
not have any idea that it would be
passed at this session, but l did think
that it would pave the way for Sc
rious legislation in this line at fu-
ture time. The measure. even as it is
now amended to read $25.000,000. is
one that will have merit a few years
from now, and the thing to do is to
have the state give mature thought
TO the proposition. and this can only
be attained through the publicity that
can be had through the state papers. >
Continuing. Senator Stringer said:
The state is bound to look into the
construction of good roads sooner. or
later, and just as quick as it does. the
state will have that much added as
sets TO its credit; it is regrettable that
we did nto have the sentiment at this
term of the Legislature so that we
could have had favorable action by
the legislature. The committee of
which Senator Igou is chairman re-
ported favorably on the bill, and l do
insist that it be given grave study and
reflection by the people of the state. "
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

Senator Fletcher has secured the
unanimous consent of the senate TO
have the decision of the United SUI
preme Court in the case of Bauer &
Company VS.. James O'Donnen printed
as a public document. and 10000 COP
les provided for the use of the sena-
tors This case which was the out
growth of the action OF a local drug
gist in selling a patent medicine pro-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

Editor Frank Harris of the Ocala
Banner has secured the Associated
Press news service for his paper. and
now it is brighter and better than
ever. For years the Banners edito-
rial page has been one of the best in
the statef and the securing of the
news service brings it up TO the mark
as an all-round splendid newspaper
St. Augustine Record.