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M-tO GOXE OCT OK BI SIXESS
MORRISON FLAYS PARKER;
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EIGHT PAGES
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FKIOW. sEITEMHEK lt. WM.
A XATIOX.U. CALAMITY
Georgia has done the expected
Tom Watson, political renegade, in-
pirer of mob violence, draft act
fighter, traducer of the American Le
gion, the organization of ex-service I me mv moiiev
He tbealheil a Sit;h if Kelicf When
Told That the liaiifc f lulon a
lining Uusinos at the Xext IVmr.
The Bank of I'niou has temporary
nuanera in the Grady Nash store
uue me Dank Duilding is being re-
modeled aud eu'arged. Yesteruay a
colored man trow the coumry cuiei"m:X"s Hls l-KTVS KEtOKI)
to Hie bank aim wiicu he saw thej
furiiiiure all moved out and llie walls t Demoeracv's standard Iw.ror in
dlSIliaill It'll uli tvnriMwi.111 ,,r m. -
..... .. : J , .. -ortn Caroline for four vears to
"'""j mt u vi uis mir. tie ap- , i
proavhed a man standing by and thei'""lr "rua ai snumneiu sau.uea
loilowuig conversation took plate: . lne republican party with the drop
Mister, where dat bank what a. in the micej of cotton and m!. rn
ncre gone to:
"Kith! next drior iniflp Th
so much money ic got too heay aml "' uuiiiusirm
iney are pulling in a cemeiil lloor to '"e ei pot eminent since A:ra-
hold it up." ham ascended on high and. bv wavi?
The old darkey showed gnat re- ... i.,u i i..i. ...... X
lief. "Boss, thank you. I got ton.e ... . , . . . !o
money iu dat bank and 1 sho iii.iit'1 ln" ueciarea mat tne o
want it to lef here thought -...u new voters need no Invitation to come r
And he proceeded into the folds of democracy. ' O
I W.H.BELK & BROTHER'S
I oil his way.
tnen that stands for luO per cent
Americanism and eveiv thing else that
1 flue In American life, and whose
paper was barred from the mails on
account of its unpatriotic utterances,
has been elected to the United States
senate. He had an easy victory over
his two opponents. Senator Hoke
Smith and Govtnior Dorsey.
Brilliant, a natural born genius.
but erratic. Watson has used his
great gifts all of his life to inspire
discontent; foment strife; and in one
Of the greatest crisis this country
ever faced, he assumed the role of
0 obstructionist, circulating poison
ous literature against (he draft among
the ignorant class. Fort Leaven
worth, the military prison, holds
numbers of ignorant young men who
were probably victims of his insidiou
propaganda, and very likely some of
the draft evasions in this county car
be traced to this man Watson who
will repereent his siate iu the Uni
ted States senate.
LaKollette, Reed, Borah and the
Other "irreconciiables" have cast
much odium upon the senate, that
JTeat deliberative body of which they
are members, but compared to YVat
on. they are jewels of the first wa
ter. May they, along with the really
A iat i ti frit 1 1, A .1 .
..-i. iMi.ruru aNU patriotic nienioers
Of the senate, neat the new senator
from Georgia with the contempt that
he deserves; may they turn deaf ears
to his pleadings, however eloquent
tbey may he; and may they deny
him every Individual courtesy; in
short, may they make it so unpleas
ant to the Gorgia senator as to lit
erally drive him from Washington.
"Watson's election Is more than a
hame; it is a national calamity; it
Is a betrayal of those Geortia lads
who rest under the soil of France,
where they died for those high Ideals
to which Watson Is almost a total
tranger. It will take Georgia manv
. ,,tll, urtU I
years to redeem her fair names from days been
tbis (tain.
JAMES MIIU.KTOX COX.
! Mr. Morrison went deeply Into the'o
subject of revaluation, emphasizing
the bi-partisan enactment and admin-
istration of the law and declaring o
that good faith shuts the mouth ot ! O
.1... k. :.- ,l O
nil iriiinii mid, n 11" UCUOIl, llhejQ
that of the democrats, came as a re- 5
.Made Good ax euaer Man and
ITU-ate Secretary, Then Went
CotigreMt. slllt of an investigation made and t'1-?
Charlie Hodges was the editor of-1'0" ubmi"ed bv Ifading men of the.g
the Cincinnati Enuuirer wh.... Ja. s,a,-- "xnxiamg tneir own crank un-, Q
M. Cox scooped his .Middleton rual on
the wreck of the -Second Foriv-live. 1 ney ar M0W "?K'nR a campaign
He called young Cox down to Cincin
nati to look him over, on the theory
that the kid might have something
in him.
"They are now making
'more audacious and more shameless
than the damnable Butler ever
made." he declared. "They sav that
under the revaluation law the demo-
Charlie a,s are "k"" lax ,le people to
Hodges between putts at his pipe.'"ei " " j no- or ou,:m '.
Tlure-s no telling. He might do it kmm lha' ,,n,lrr a d,'"',,"
aj.;ljii mimstraiion we have run the Rovern-
At this time Cox was an undeniable ""M" f" Ts ,u?' '" r la,,,la ,na" allv
green youth.
'I saw a picture of myself taken at
this time," said Governor Cox the
other day, 'and I said to myself:
'Is it possible that I ever looked
stale in the union.
He reviewed carefully the law and
the provisions for Its administration,
pointing out that one member of the
board of appraisers In every county
like that? How did I ever escape ll.e " a 1 "! "' "me eounties.
COWS" " , . " Hi'"
He did not dress up to the high 01 rs Bre repumteans.
sK.nil.ud exactetl of the Kiutiirer re- AImiiiI Hunks and Kailroadx
porters and his Englu-h was faulty.
His grummar was all right, but the
language continually betrayed him
DEPARTMENT STORE
New Fail Arrivals In Ladies
Ready-to-Wear Department
50 NEW FALL DRESSES
In New Fall Models, made of Serge and TritH.tino, Xaw, IWn Fimr
tnniined, this entire U priced at ' ' 'Jl'
25 NEW FALL DRESSES
nil J&v fwS Md Prem'h Xvry Smait St) l0S' With Pod skirts,
' ' 1 ' $1G,50
A BIO LOT OF TAILORED DRESSES IN TRICOTINE, SERGES ETC
All A No. 1 Styles, fur Fall $2I50 and'H-,.00
NEW SKIRTS
He often used words that sounded all
right, but which did not mean at all
what he thought they meant. But It
was noied that each lime he was cor
rected was the last time it was nec
essary to correct him for that partic
ular mistake. By and by, ul'ier he
had conquered a working knowledge
of big city ways, he was made rail
road ruporter.
I'P to this time the railroad col
umn had been a dull and lifeless feai
ure on mo.. papers. Change in the
Challenging the republican candi
date to specify rather than generalize
his charges of undervaluation of farm
property, Mr. Morrison pointed out
iliut the banks have always been pay
ing taxes on the true value of their
holdings. As for the railroads, In
paid that the corporation commission,
in assessing this class of property, as
a general proposition accepted the
figures submitted by the railroads to
the Interstate commerce commission.
He made plain the natural tendency
of the railroads to boost their pro
perty a little because It Is on tv
i.tpit''! stock aud their holdings tiuit
New Skirts
Xew Kinionas
Xew fJincliam Dresses
Xew Petticoats
NEW ARRIVAIS EACH DAY
X
ew Suits
Xew Coats
Xew Wraps
Xew Shirt Waists
r.:,::;, : '" "',." railroads base rates to give then,
i ,i ' ', ' . ...it., a jiiinuiard return.
",r nr l'""' "l'an- ,..ini.n,i ,,,.-,.. nf ,t,p
ment was experimenting with some
property
state, or the bank property of the
II Big
Department
6 tore.
BELK BROS
MONROE, N. C.
II Big
Department
Stores
cases,
like property, the speaker pointed
out. have been valued higher than
KING COTTOX
This has been a disappointing year
for the southern cotton farmer. Plant
ing was late; fertilizer at times was
hard to procure; and to cap the cli
iiaa, aiiri me piant nail tuxun to
look promising In spite of earlier dif
ucumes. execessive rains set in. Now
the army worms have invaded ihe
fields, The outlook, to say the least
is gloomy.
: t.. . i. . .
t Hue mi- larmer was struggling
manfully against all these odds, the
speculators have forced the price
down nearly ten cents a pound, and
as the cotton opens in the fields
they gravely assure us that the mar
ket has gone to the bow-wows, and In
liniali IS cents cotton.
Vet, to the speculators tell us, cot
ton is king, If so, what an ungrate
ful monarch he U !
(iRKATKST COKX CKO IX
v J'ISTOKV IS roKrXWSTi:!!
Kstiiimte
1 .U : ,
... nLks iii! i ue ininiiiuuii gruues ar- ...... ,, jr..;.i,i i, por),.- .,
counted for most of the space given ... .. u ,. ,, ',,
j. t.,i1 n i w" ", emu. VVIHMI IIOIIO tl'lM
it. iiiiiiiumi irptii iris wnr upi III
ho Piiperanunies. boozt'fi!nTs or il-
; u..il iTT "ecai.se oi farm ,,roiH.rty an(1 on tnl8 statement
...... ......,,. ..v.,.,.,,,,,.,,, hp h challenged the republican.-
T l ey we-e valuable as a source of , ,ve ,hp f ,
t!.s on other news. ; when JJr Morrlson had
ox grave, hard working, genial. ,ha( t , h h wh he re.
aiul v lth a curiously plesKsnt d.gnl y forrpd ,0 Blltler.g cr0lles ,ne
J J,," TJ ""-" " "on. .o board of aiprallif in sampson, he
i.iu.uMu i. uiier mm cier 111 tnotf .!irjnoniiv nnlnirlTWrt m o nf
permuted to get near a ,. i,.,,i ,,r,i
......,,...,. ,. nanie or Butlpr aml My hat
, . . ' " 'eareu o ,,,., be mentioned for fear It
.! Mmnuanon. mat me nrs act or w fo t .bad blood. ..
such a fortunate reporter would have
been to ask for a pass. But Cox man-! llmler XnnieO Pinker, He Says
aged to get into one presidential of-! He charged Butler with miming
floeand there he stayed. The pres- John j, iarker as the republican can
ident took a liking to him and passed (lilate for governor and declared that
that liking on. ,,e vion miin wa8 picked "because
"Watch that young Cox.1 he used ,npv waimd one so vounc that he
to sa. 'He'll make good some day. h,.,i..', i,..,! al,,tn.in. m .(,. niih ii.oir
There'.! gnod stuff in him."
Ut.-tI4llir.l4l,
.delvm I-.. Ingalls, then president of! v,i im. .,i0. nf tnv.,ii,in tmuod
the Itig Konr, und locallv renowned i... v,.,. ,i;.i np.
for the severity of his Judgments on b., B0, ti,ni?" he aiked. Month:; be-
newspnper men, began to favor Co. foiT he had t..i picked I was advo
The Kmiuirer's railroad enl iiun be- ..n,i., n,i r,.. t i.i.tinn n -.,r
.III 10 lie cnpleil tar aud Wide. The vrl, r,r,,1ii:. i- !ip rnmn ulnnc
tailro. il men up-siate retarded it ar and uiVi it up as his platform,
alnu.si (.raoiiliir. finally Cox had Th,1P j,, nothing in the parn's rec
what is ci.U.Kiuially known K n "nin- 0rd In North Carolina that it ran af-
iii nn an luiportant railroad
He printed r notv tin
did not want printed.
siood loyally b him
1 1 eiuior. Mill no Hid not kiovp v...i. n n.... i, o.,i.i i..,,..i,iv
r. . . ...... .iiiin I. til I'lllld, lir i,'u.ii,iib
I lie U.IJ tie was ailOtlt 10 IllKe OVer, l,i lnv il.o .,,ol-niln.lniulrall.in nf Illll
i.'ie pobiuon r.iul Mirg sent for'i... o,i nnauoii ",oi uiih (pw
hirn. Binn..! tiitlo lnu--pr thev have devel
I need a private secretary," said ni,Pi n i.er!en renins of criticism Iu
he. "Will you take the place?" ti.o ui-,m ti, enms n-nwd ilmt dp-
Mirg was then In congress and It ,,ied the farmers of North
Mion necanie Known that
CAROLINAS LARGEST DISTRIBU TORS OF RELIABLE MERCHAN
DISE
- .... . -T-rTTTrMvvvvy
man. f(,rd to ask for stumor! and confidence
raiiroad man und Parkfi' is forced to steal my
The Kmiuirer urogram.
and made him 'Th:t is all thev've ever done In
Carolina
'Young anvthhiL' tint a miserable, stlnev eis'
cox was almost as much a member ...nre is now iiromislng lo lower
lot countess as w:is u s pmiiwi vpr .......
rj. i.-..i . ... .. laxes.
. nii.ii'i i.-iiiiiiiu" l leiu in lip orc was a ken I. i mi.'pesafn t nil. . i i- r.
3. I;.MI.IMM ftiishflM Uig To- ! ol, '"a". ' Knew little of tlP rlson stopped to discuss the down
turn Yield. ANo. "u iU,a 0,"i' 01 I'olmcs. fox had ward ln,d of the cotton and tobacco
I been trained In n Inn! u,im,l u-l,uo '.. ,. . ,u ..... .i . e
ThP rinm..!, ....... , """ inarKets. r or uie ,u ,..i..Bu, , yr
i 7 . x euiiii- ueuiine ami acvurr.te Knowledge was ,taple, he logically blamed the repuo-
J7J: h, . l" Pro!,I tor this Lndmpcnsiblo. He knew men as well!jca;i semte. "Just as the elections
;r- k ".. L,r L,M . ""lr- KB. n""- i! aim oy forg refused to npproa-h." he said, "the price of cot-
. rr,t . .. memuer isi comn- UKe any action or give any promise :ton ,;.,,, doVi n. Whv? Hecause
il?"uV. V :iC"( B! 3-1.000.(MiO upon things political until his secre-; ,he rn,ubllcan parlv. desperate to
........, ,,,.,,,,.,,.. u, ,c Leiiuri-i iaiy naa iinsseti t non iiiein
mem nr Agriciiiiure.
Such a yield would exceed six mi!
liond bu-hels the
crop on record, which was in 1'j12.
A cron of even larger
vie.- pn-:iTpf rh;ii'fTM nf Ihp lniinlrv nin n tirA.
V ' "'''" oi a inmate oi ine;ventcd the United States from heenm-,-orz
offices opening the door of the
. i ) t i i , t it n j4 i i i w i v a- .'ii'iuiin i
T"'". ',(T x I'inHie mom one aay. 0mpoed of th rreat cotton consum
er! W.14 ill I'll1 I "Mr dnt-tr wna nt nA .wl f K 1 . . ...
- - run in Mir ui- np cnunrriM nf KiirnnfT"
iu iilmi r hi i i nr'H. mini np "i-nn riu nnun mi . i. . ... t. .m . .. . ..
will be harvested If fn.st hold off un- at retched and his head ud. J SWT ZVISJ
II late and permit maturity of n.U.-h rehearsing him In a speech. Away at bankers on the platform with him
ffom'" "S f ""'"" '.oihef end of the office sat Cox. flSK XfUti tha? the fedm. e
prommp. " 'Don t av It that wav.' Jinimv
, , , --- -- . - nr,r uniihn, uipniiizru iiinifr inr
mruuru us 1 tMiiprea, iwn i nav u
.1 M
Paint Time
It's here and we are ready to sup.
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tion. It is the well-known
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mixed to order with pure linseed oil,
turpentine and tinting matter to meet
surface, weather and color conditions.
Your choice as to cIor can be matched
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Come in and talk with us. We are
headquarters for first-class paint and
painting materials.
Bam M rfmn vm mm Qt
m tmn I ., uktitmd U.
lotiacco also is a record crop this
year ana win probably exceed the best that way! Why don't you say It the
iPiriwuB pruuuction d- ik.uoo.uuu way I wrote It, Mr. Sore?'
pounas. forecast of production He was a perfect private secretary.
"""" " crop ai i.ooj.uuu,- uy the time Sorn went out of poll
w punmis. nog young Cox knew wry man In
Aupai urowinn conditions proved the Third congressional district
highly beneficial to most of the conn- that Is. every man he had not known
irys rrops ana as a result rorecast previously; he knew the strings that
generally were higher in to-day's gov- moved each of them, and he had his
rninrui repon man tne forecasts or hand on a coo.1 manv of the strlnea.
a month ago. He was then himself elected to con-
t-orn improveea to tne extent of gress. by the votes of the Old Sol
1J8.UUII.U1IU Dllsnels; oats. 40.000.- riiers' home Thp.o rntM h.H
been solidly Ilepublicaii, but Cox
made them Democratic.
democrats, are now handling the
notes of any farmer in preference to
any other kind of paper. His Injunct
Hon was to hold both cotton and to
bacco for better prices.
000 'bushels; while potatoes, 11,000,
000 bushels; sweet potatoes, 1.000.
000 bushels; tobacco, 10.000,000
pounds, and tipples, 10,000,000
bushels.
Fpriug wheat, however, suffered a
loss of 25.000.000 bushels, because
of drought, aad flax lost 2,200,000
bushels from the same cause.
Still Buck: "Man. 1 teil you I'm
the fastest eiiy on record. Many a
time I've outrun a built for four
miles and pot away from If clean."
Civile A ruin- "Pall ih.i ...j
Did you ever notice that people Shtirks. I can turn r.nl IV MpoifIa
who harbor wertments aro utually lirht and be ) bed before tie rom
in m ue.mui ta aam.
The Seed Hoys.
YYImt Mil the Colonel Say Then.
It was a dark night at Camp Grant.
footsteps of a horse, says the Argo
naut.were heard approaching through
the gloom.
"Halt! Who goes there?" barked
i the "rookie."
I "neglmental commander."
j "Dismount, colonel, and advance
i to be recognized." The colonel dlg
l mounted and came over to the
"rookie," who presented arms wfih
a snip.
"Proceed, colonel," he said As he
laboriously jcot back on his horse the
oolonel asked:
"Br the way, who posted you
there?"
"Oh, nobody." fep'ied ihe sentrr-
I'Tta juft practicing."
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