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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: 0neYer - - $1-50 Six Months - 75 CASH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES Reasonable and WJU Bo Fur. nlahod Promptly fa fVospecf Ivm Advmrttmmrm on Applies a , VOL. XXX. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1911. GOLD LEAR NO. 30. t i .11., ... n i. , I, . -- imm EDITORIAL NOTES demonstrated time and a,mni tlmt professional paragraph tr not have anything to write about. S( liufi as a county is without Koo.l roZu It is destined to be counted a lame duck in this progres sive sijre- C,(li men who do not live in Hen derson have recently been heard to dtf-htre that the public roads of Vance f -u nity are in better condition than the public streets of Henderson. .Now what are you going to do about When a great passenger liner bumps up against an iceberg In mid ocean much damage is likely to be done and loss of life may be the re sult. But we fellows out here on land ruu into "icebergs" every day and experience no Inconvenience save it may be a temporary chill of our enthusiasm. The farmers of Vance county are standing in their own light so long as they neglect to get together and arnuige for an up-to-date rural tel ephone system. Our county is bad ly behind the times in this respect, and it t high time there was a gener al wakening on this important sub ject. This cause needs a good leader in the county, and as the Farmers' I'nlon represents a strong band of organized farmers it might prove to he the best day's work that organi zation ever did to take the lead for rural telephones. A farmer who has enjoyed the use aud benefits of a telephone for a few months would not then be without it for any rea Honable consideration. In fact he soon gets to the place where he can not see or understand how he ever did get along without it. It is rather remarkable how many cities and towns in North Carolina have recently waked up to the fact that what they need is more manu facturing enterprises in their midst. Hut how to get them seems to be the fjiicMtion. The progressive town of Hickory went av it in the most sen ible and practical way of any town vw- have eo far heard of. The busi ness men and citizens of that place Kot together in a quiet way, and without any blowing of trumpets put up $200,000 of their own money tt b invested in approved new man ufacturing enterprises at Hickory, and since that time a number of new plants for the manufacture of differ ent things have gone there and lo cated. The idea is to show faith in your own town and lend a helping hand to those on the outside who know less about it and its advan t itfes than you do. Such a fund in Henderson would do wonders within the next twelve months. OUR TOWN GOVERNMENT. A Kansas physician is blowing about a "new discovery" that he has recently made for killing house flies. He tills an ordinary drinking glass nearly full of soap-suds. A slice of bread, with a small hole cut In the center and a spread of molasses on the under side, is then placed on top of the glass so as to cover it com pletely. The flies, alighting on the bread, crawl through the hole to get to :he molasses, where they are soon overcome by the fumes from the soapy water, and fall Into it. In a few hours the glass is full of dead Mien. It is said that the Kansas physi cian ia "very enthusiastic over his new discovery" and thinks it will bring him fame. "New discovery" indeed. As far back as we can re memler, the older women in some sections of North Carolina have been using this very means of destroying the Hies that infested their homes. We'll venture it has been in use in i some sections of this State for a hundred years, although we do not claim to remember quite that far back. H we want to see North Carolina's prohibition law respected as it should 1k even by its enemies, then let its friends get iu after the blind tigers ! and put them out of business. If our olfioers are careless about enforcing the law, then get in after the officers and make them do their duty or put them out of office. But if, on the other hand, they are disposed to do their duty, give them all the support and backing they need. If the friends and advocates of a law can not be depended upon to help enforce it, to whom are the officers to look for support when the test comes? Don't criticise them when they have tried to enforce the law but have fallen short of what you may have expect ed or demanded of them, but give them only the more loyal and ear nest support and thereby encourage them to a more diligent and faithful Performance of duty. Here in North Carolina we are too much given to spending altogether upon the offl CT3 to enforce the law while we stand ,)ff and criticise instead of backing them. This is one reason why there are so many unpunished violators of e prohibition law in our State. Room For Improvement A Call to Progress Take Off the Bridal Veil and Let the Blushes Come. The way to succeed is to exagger ate one's ego, that conscious and permanent subject of all physical experience, and tnen sell that ego. All trades are based upon the ability of one to make another one value more highly any particular thing than he himself values it. All corpora tions have their ego, hence the town or Henderson has her ego. Now the Chamber of Commerce is trying to develop the ego of the town in order to induce people to buy and locate nere. rnat is logical and reason able. At the same time our town government, which is the least pro a f m 4 i r gressive msmution in our borders, is smothering to death that ego and fA - f y i i i vanning it. ii tnis is not so, why is it that our Hustling Henderson has no market house. Why bedeck the streets with blody beef, goat and hog when we might as well make the town look as apetizing as the em bossed boar of Thessaly? Why in Yite people to Bee xne town witn a view to locating here and then ask tnem to suck tneir neads in a crocus sack until you can get them by all tnose beel enacts; xousayweare too small a town and too poor. Ox ford has less population and much less money, yet Oxford has a good market house and no beef stalls on the streets. Is Oxford as good a town as Henderson? No. Has she as much capital? No. What is the matter? It all falls back on an un progressive town government and unprogressive town officials. Why even the old, old city of Jerusalem two thousand years ago had a sheep gate and a fish gate. Jerusalem bad a market house five hundred years before she bad a knife or U fork. What of Hustling Henderson? When it comes to our efficiency in fighting: fire I feel like a little child crying in the night, a little child whose only language is aery. Or maybe it is more like Sandy Mills ad dressing some benevolent associa tion. With few exceptions, in the heart of town and where quick notice was given, our fire department has not saved any buildings wherein the fire originated. The policy of the com pany is to save the adjoining prop erty and let the original fire burn if it has gotten any headway. If I am wrong say so. When J. H. Goodrich's stables were on fire a stream of water twenty feet high was not developed. I was there and know. When S. P. Coop er's garage caught, one had to hold the hose so close to the flames in order to get the water on the build ing that it would burn the flesh. I was in that battle and lost some of the epidermic cuticle of my own hide. I ought to know. When the negro Masonic hall burned the fire company could not put out a tele phone pole. It tried and it failed. When the bagging factory in town, not the one out of town, burned, they failed to be able to throw water on top of Mrs. Allen's one story porch, even when standing on the railing. Five dollars in private money was paid a man to pour water on top of the porch, while the fire company was playing tiddle winks at the noz zle or might as well have been play ing tiddle de winks or "plucking the crass to see where sits the wind or anything as foolish. When the bag ging factory just out of town burned the company could not stand on the Carolina Buggy Factory's roof and pour water out of the hose down on the fire below and the dista nce across was only the width of a street. I was there and saw it. It is true that that factory was out of town, still our hose connected there and what is the use of being connected if it fails in its purpose? The fire burned un til an AUwise God sent a rain. All of these inefficiencies are explained by excuses. But progress rebels at excuses. Excuse is the arch germ that gnaws at the vitals of progress. I have been told by the best au thorities that it was not intended that our fire company or its water efficiency should be able to put out such a fire as that of the first bag ging factory that burned almost on our main street, that we could not expect to get so much protection for so small an amount of money. If we cannot put out that bagging factory we cannot put out Sam Wat- kins' store. If we cannot put out Sam Watkins' store we cannot put out that block on which his store stands. If we cannot put out that block we cannot put out the town. If the present system of fire protec tion cannot put out the town it is inadequate and progress calls for help. Somewhere the ashed covered em ber of destruction lies. To be fann ed means desolation. A full blown flame in one of the business blocks in Henderson will place our business section somewhere between Erebus and the twilight zone of Hell. The gods of our good luck will then "Give us high ball," the silvery heavens will be turned into a garden of golden rod, the flames will toil and crackle like burning thorns un der a pot, stars of the silvery night will seem as fevered tinder, the milky way will turn to writhing wreaths of restless smoke, men well may 4oO J Neroes sit upon the battlements of Hustling Henderson, and tiddle to the tune of pany calls for the flasing of the wa ter mains. This is not complied with, neither do the commissioners demand it. The result is when a fire occurs in some sections of the town you have to attach the hose to the main and throw mud at the building for a while before you can develop even normal pressure. Direct pressure of the fire house pump is not put on in case of fire be cause of a fear of bursting the water mains. This reminds me of the man who bought a $20,000 automobile and never used it because he was afraid to crank the darn thing. When we do not get direct pressure we only get the pressure of t he ntr r ed water in the tank. As the grows more people and more indus tries tap the water mains. This of a necessity weakens the elficiency at the nozzle. Our efficiency to fight fire therefore under present opera tions gets weaker every day. Ami logical? And what are the mayor and aldermen of Hustling Hender son doing to remedy and improve matters? Nothing at all, nothing at all. This fire fighting business is on the same dusty shelf with that unread town charter and the two make good bed fellows. Not only is the town government in regard to this matter doing nothing but it is actually going backward. Insur ance in some cases has already gone up and other increases are sure to follow. We will pay dearly lor our slotbfulness in the long run. Many towns in the South smaller than Henderson have fire engines which are able to throw water more than a hundred feet straight up in the air. You sav I am extravagant.. Well how about that $3,000 street roller standing doing nothing? You could have bought a new fire engine ror that amount or wasted money. Progress sees water breaking win dow panes, tearing off shingles, smothering fire. What does Hust ling Henderson see and who is to blame? Fire protection is one of the most important matters in our town gov ernment and nothing is being done to improve it. On the other hand: What do you think of this or do you think? Our present large fire wagon did not turn a wheel for nearly a year. Why? What stopped so great a thing? Bless your hide bound soul one of the commission ers and the fire chief could not agree on the size of a breast chain. That is what stopped the whole wagon for nearly a year. Now in order to keep my muzzle in trim I will add that when this wagon was bought our town dads were so infernally slow that the claim had to be put into a lawyer's hands in order to force the money out of Hustling: Henderson In the name of common sense what was the use of that, when Henderson had good credit? Wherever you strike the town government you hit a carbuncle, you can t miss one. The year 1911 has not yet closed In 1909 and 1910, within the cor porate limits, not including any fires outside of town, the town itself has on record fifteen fires. Of these fires. ten or two out of every three, were a total loss, not a cent saved. This is not a guess on my part, it comes from the official record on file. The question naturally arisses, what are you paying your tax for? I do not claim to know whether the trouble is with the water company or with the fire company, but I doclaim that tne town does not have the fire pro tection it ought to have and that nothing is being done to improve it. It is easy enough to sit and vote on trivial matters and approve trivial bills, but the weighty matters is where we are light. The Dramatis Personae of the board looks only like a farce comedy but when he curtain rises it rises on a tragedy. Our newspapers have praised and fanned the fellows who lost their voice, their clothes, their skin in fighting fire but they have never had the energy or the backbone to roast the fellows higher up. What is our present editor doing? Is he on the side of progress? Why doesn't he open up? Why doesn't he throw away the Balm ofGUeadlongenongh to segregate something besides soft soap? Where is the narcotic that benumbs the mind aud trembles the hand? Come, out Mr. Editor, un fold and uncover yourself, take of the bridal veil and let the blushes come. S. T. PEACE. (To be Continued.) HENDERSON IS ALL RIGHT. &Witbin the last two years Hender son has made more progress than in any other two years of her dis tance. She now has three good hotels where she only had one before. She now has a good hospital wnere sne only had the need of one before. She has built more good, sightly brick stores than were ever built in any other two years before. No such building as the J. P. Tay lor Company building was ever built at any time before the last two 3-enr. . U. 8. Postoffice building costing ubuut 170,000 has leen built and completed within the last two years. A very expensive municipal build ing has been completed. The sewer mains have been extend ed over one and one-half miles. To the Fire Department has been added: f 1,000 worth of hose; $1,- zuu uomDination chemical wagon: f 700 pair of fire horses; $1,185 clock for municipal building.- Several blocks of macadam have been recently put down. The Civic League has bad erected a beautifnl iron gate and other im provements at the Elmwood Ceme tery; it has also planted flowers and shrubs all over tie town. A Confederate monument has been erected on the courthouse lawn cost ing about $4,000. Henderson is justly proud of her graded schools. They are full to overflowing, and other quarters must be added to accommodate the children. Another tobacco worehouse has been added to this market, and it and the others are doing well. There has not been a vacant store house in Henderson in two years, and several would be Henderson merchants have been turned away because there were no store rooms obtainable. There has not been a vacant resi dence in Henderson in two years. Many residences have been built and many are now being built. Wonderful to relate, the Southern Railway track at Kelly's has been lowered and at no cost to the town. Several hundred thousand dollars worth of buildings and machinery have been placed just outside of the town limits, and four or five large manufacturing plants are now being located just outside our gates. There has not been any financial failure in the last two years in Hen derson of any consequence. Some of our oldest citizens have made large fortunes and turned their businesses over to younger hands. The only automobile factory in the Southern States is located in Hen derson, financed by Henderson capi tal and run by Henderson brains. Henderson needs more stores, more The Newt of Dabney. David Glover, the little son of Mrs. Carrie Glover, had the misfortune to brake his arm a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Sinwood Royall, of Blackstone, Va., visited t Mrs. Carrie Glover's the past week. ? Mrs. E. W. Wilson, of Petersburg, Va., visited her sister, Mrs. J. T. Hart, the past week. Mrs. A. F. Hill, who has been visit ing her mother, Mrs. J. W. Kelly, has returned to her home at Mem- lphi8, Tenn. There were services at the Metho dist Protest unt church last Sunday morning conducted by Bev. R. C. Stubbins, the pastor. Mr. Perry Brame had the misfor tune to lose a barn of tobacco by fare a few days ago. It is not known how the fire originated. Mrs. John W. Kelly celebrated her 83th birthday on the 1st of Septem ber. She is oae of the oldest persons J&4rg in this county, but is very ac tive ana industrious for one oi her age. Mrs. Kelly is the mother of twelve children. She has forty-seven grandchildren and ten great grand children. She is a good woman and is loved by all who know her. The stories she tells of her childhood days are very interesting to her grand children and the other young people. May Bhe live to see many more birthdays. Iff y dDim wamrit' To borrow money. Notes collected, Financial assistance. A safe place for your money. I We (Cen Help YOU I: I are dwelling houses and more, people. l say Henderson is a good town, a good place to come to and the best town to live in. Henderson is doing well and her citizens are well, prosperous, happy and contented except two. I will write again, if 1 feel like it. S1LUS POWELL. The cast in this season's produc tion "Graustark," George D. Bak er's adaptation of George Barr Mc Cutcheon's romatic novel is said to be the most capable ever seen in this delightful play. Messrs. Baker and Castle, the producers, have endeavor ed to equip "Graustark" with one of the most beautiful and complete productions and it is evident they have succeeded far beyond their most sanguine expectations from the many expressions of delight from theatregoers all over the country. "Graustark" will be seen here at the Grand Theatre Sept. 22. Adv. Business. "How shall 1 prove the sincerity of my devotion?" asked the young man who had been so long coming to the point that doubt had begun to ac cumulate against him. "Call the parson in as a witness." suggested the young lady, who meant business. "There ain't no nothing yet no more And nothing ain't do use to me, In vain I pace the lonely shore Since I have saw the last of thee." Pheobus, rising early from his ori ental draperies, will brew a tear and chill at such a sight. For property will have returned unto the God who gave it and the mourners will go about the streets. Visionary did you say? Grant it. While slumber ing Henderson sleeps dreams and visions are apropos and timely. But only last Thursday night, surely you can remember one week back, the heavens were aglow with fire and one store and one dwelling house were burned to the ground, nothing saved. Kind sirs, don't your brains ever get into action? "Oh, you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things." Our contract with the water corn- Many Merry-Making Clowns. While the thrilling aerial and aren ic acts as well as sensational eques trianism and hippodrome track events are absolutely essential to all big tented shows, their performan ces would fall flat were it not for the clowns. Primarily the majority of show going enthusiasts, not to men tion the small boys and girls, visit the canvas cities to be amused and the salaried jesters must see to it that none are disappointed. Realiz ing that a good share of the success of the entertainment depends upon the funsters, the mighty Haag shows which gives afternoon and evening performances September 10th, in Henderson, engaged for this season as unparalleled a quota of world famous clowns as money can hire. There is a veritable army of those jolly fellows, whose sole work is to provide wholesome laughs and amusement for all classes and all ages. 1 rom the time the main tent doors are open, which is an hour be fore the first act enters the rings, un til the end of the program, the great hippodrome track swarms with har Iequines, and mirth reigns fast and furious. The Katzanyammer Kids, Buster Brown, Simple Simon, and the Billi ken, those together with all the oth er comic supplement characters are there, as well as more than a score or others. If you do not wish to en joy hale and hearty jollity, it will be advisable to remain away from the mighty Haag shows. On the other hand if you are suffering from an at tack of the blues, a certain and per manent cure is assured if you attend the performance. Adv. Cokecbury Items. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Darnell spending some time at Norfolk. Miss Nannie Hicks, of Greensboro, visited her father, Mr. J. T. Hicks, last week. Miss Mary Finch, of Henderson, visited her uncle, Mr. H. Stewart, the past week. Miss Nellie Holmes, of Norfolk, is visiting her cousin, Mies Nellie Dur ham, and other relatives in this com munity. Miss Bessie Fleming and two little brothers, who have been spending their vacation with their mother, Mrs. A. H. Fleming, have returned to the Oxford Orphanage. The young men of Cokesbury Sun day school have organized abaracca class. They recited their first lesson last Sunday. A cordial invitation is extended to all young men in this community to join the class. Dr. J. T. Gibbs, presiding elder of the Washington district, visited his sister, Mrs. Martha Gibbs, last week. While on this visit he preached a most interesting sermon at Cokes- bury church and many people were present to hear him. See the Fine Horses and Ponies. Your visit to the mighty Haag shows at Henderson afternoon and evening of September Kith, will not be complete without a tour of the colossal canvas equerry, even though you are not a. lover and admirer of blooded stock, it is claimed you will find an hour of genuine pleasure and much to interest you inspecting the droves of horses and ponies. For the last year agents have been in the different paits of the world making nurchasses for this department, with a result that today the mighty Haag shows possess one of the largest, most varied and costly collections of representative members of the equine family which wealth can pro cure, and it is boubtful if anywhere near the like has ever been exhibited before. Certainly never by any traveling shows. Ladies and children are particular ly invited to visit this horse fair, which all may safely do without es cort, as uniform and courteous at tendants are always present to look after the welfare of callers. Adv. Reports from Durham and other North Carolina points show an alarming Bpread of pellagra. It is stated that in Durham alone there are at present 150 cases of infection and the deaths from this dread dis ease for the year are estimated at 100. More people have died from pellagra there than from any other disease. I CITIZENS BANK HENDERSON, OF HENDERSON, 1 NORTH CAROLINA. 3 gCOCCOCCOCCOOOOCCOCCOOCOCOQCCOCCOCCCOCCO 8 UkWJIS. m. JOYNER O Wholesal and Retail Dealers in AND FEED HEAVY GROCERIES. WiVc ryc2 -ifv . "? an cntire newstock of FEED AMD HEAVY GRO Il:ffi2, and will be glad to serve you at any time, If you are in need of anything in our line, such as IS YOUR MACHINERY OUT OF ORDER? If mo. we can put it in first-cl&ss shape. We ha. ve open, eda machine shop in Henderson, corner Chestnut and Montgomery streets, e,nd will appreciate a. trial when you need anything in our line. First-class Machinists are a.t your service to repair your machinery, boilers, etc. SICK AUTOMOBILES CURED ON SHORT NO TICE. We make a specialty of Installing new plants. . New parts supplied for all kinds of Machinery- Satisfac tion guaranteed. 9 9 9 9 9 VANCE CO. IRON WORKS, Henderson, N. C. WOOD AND CO All YARD Stick and cut wood and very best grade of Splint coal. Weights and Prices Guaranteed. I operate a Gasoline Wood Saw and will be glad to saw your wood. P. P. HDGHT, Phone 26F. Hay, Corn, Oats, Shipstuff, Bran, Meal, Flour, Coffee, Sugar, Meat, Lard, etc., we believe it will be to your interest to see us before buying. You will find us in the store formerly known as the Barnes Building, next door to the Southern Grocery o. rhone No. 307-F. ILEWIIS & JJdDYMIEIR, O o o o o o o () o D O o o o D O Q O O O (I O O O O O O O ococcocooccoccocooccooocooooccoccocoocco 0W it Sfe 55, m,..... a ,1 ; is? , -.fim.- ''Jin.- nuiivr ''iUv mm Wt& HrtV l'liA . A i c t i o ii -OF- ON- SaLKird&y, Sept. 16, ad 1 O'clock t " xm em" W J W luJ .J O O O' 0 if Un account of being overstocked I will sell at Public Auction to the high est bidder at my farm, "Grassy Creek, four miles below Clarksville, Va. Roanoke river and one mile north of-Soudan, the following Live Stock: i. I , -1 c - 3 Brood Mares. 3 Colts, mares and mules. 8 Heifers. 1 0 Good Holstein Calves. A Lot of half grown Hogs. 1 Fine genuine Berkshire Boar. Come everybooy and get some good stock. Terms day of sale. I Fine Stallion. 12 Milch Cows 1 4 Steers. 7 Splendid Brood Sows. 25 Berkshire Pigs. made kno wn HI Lewis ' f ' f" f f f' f C3 O on o o C"" o o on the o o tso hur A girl can't help feeling suspicious if she's going to be kissed when she goes out on a dark porch with a man, even if it's her father. The Swell Pressing Clib First-Class Cleaning, Pressing, Altering and Repairing done at reasonable Rates. Give us a trial. William F. Strickland, PHONE 250F. 110 1-2 GARNETT ST. Prop- Sale of Land. BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE Superior Court of Vanre count y to me issued in the special proceeding intitled W. j A. Parham. admr, of James A. Parham, j dee'd., vs. J. H. Parham and others. I will i sell to the highest bidder at public auction, for caah. at the courthouse door in Hender- j son, X. C. on Monday, the 11th day of; September, 1911, the following described j tract or parcel of land, near Watkins sta-1 tion, bounded on the north by the lands of j H. L Wright and others, on the east and) south I. r the lands of T. V. Bobbin, on the w-st !' t'.-lan.ls of V. A. Parham. con-j taining 2CJ ktm inor or less. Angto-L.lMl. WA pARHAM j Admr. of .Tames A. Porbam, dcd. INSURANCE! We Represent a Strong Line of the Best Companies. Carrying Risks On Fire, Tornado, Marine, Plate Glass, Casualty, Accident, Surety, Boiler, Life, Health. BARBER SHOP. Insurance Department Citizens Two Good Barbers a.t your Service. HENRY PERRY, INSURANCE. A utronjr line of both LIFE AND FIRI COM PA N 1 E represented . Policies Usoec and rick ' placed to best adr an tag. Office: In Coort Hoom FRANCIS A. MACON, DENTAL SURGEON. Office la Youoz Clock. OXce bours: 8 k. m. to l p. m., 3 to 6 p. m. liaidenee Phooe 152-2: Office Ph0D 152 1 JCstimfttw furnished when desired. So ebftrge tor CMailDfttiofi. Yoir Patronage Solicited.; Satisfaction, Guaranteed i. W. PHELPS ill Girnttt Si. Keller's 019 stags. : office 137 R, B. CROWD EH, Manager. H. L. PERRY, 1 Attorney at Law, Henderson, N. C. ... Main Street. M BALSA ALL SUMMER SICKNESSES BY f II W.W.PARKER. The date on your dlcatet the time to criptlon It paid. , address label Irc whlch your sub