The Evening Chronicle from Charlotte, North Carolina • Page 2

THE CAELOTTE EVENING tCHROKKILE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1912. Who feave feeot testh? even that' 'lid not; break hia hold ott his Wfi one- her-at goverhmont goes' ot to 4rfdiri.pu ting out of busines one tingle mogn-- E. Spencer Blackbrim it We ericaiio. Why? If you say it io Wrfeles 1 admit we have helped We want to help more, like to help you. This mint brightens, leaf confection cleanses and due to we will some.

We'd by lint A preserves teeth partly friction partly by the i leaf juice. Yes, it sharpens digestion. purifies breath appetite aids But we're talking A millions of of teeth. It helps teeth every minute. 5.

Help yourselfoar teeth and enjoy the refreshing juice of fresh mint leaves. Uaineer.i aThinx tc'tt-; and say He. was not strong, Men never uraia a cannon von rabbits. was honor to him" for this combination to defeat him. They did break him and the very; day they broke him eaw also his party" soattered into petty band of unorganised and ununited squabblers.4 Republicanism as Blackburn preached it in season and out of season protection from bull calves to tan "backwas the Republicanism of McKInley ana Lincoln.

was the only kind that ever has- or overscan sl But they broke him, They took from him, his prestige, and robbed him of his ability to serv his people. I shall never forget the tlose of one of these deadly struggled. Blackburn was Indicted for violating a Federal statute. Good men had been in the habit of doing that of, which he was charged, No moral turpitude was It turned out that he had not violated the but It gave hla enemies a chance to strike and they struck to kHl. For days that trial lasted.

No stone' was left that had not bee'n turned. Blackburn was fighting tor his life- It was the wresting of Hiawatha. And now the struggle Is over. The judge leaned forward in his seat and said "Gentlemen, you will say 'not guilty. The room was.

full. Blackburn stood and one by one the crowd shook hands with him as he stood there with; the tears streaming down his face. This In a of Men of the. mountains, this was but a part of all that your man suffered. Know ye men of Longhope and ye of Howard's Creek and ye who live in the regions round about Pictobreeche and even 01a to Poga, that it took this and much, more to knock your strong man out.

He -was ever a fighter, and he lost solely because he stood on foreign soil. Oh that he had stayed among you. Oh that he had never known High Life. that he had remained thai tall sugar tree of the mountains. It had been so much better for all.

Blackburn never forgot his frienda He loved his -friends, and even when he failed thought that he was help ing. I recall now one instance when the following of his heart lost him ir-any votes and made for him ene The fact is that Blackburn lived larerely in the realm of reeling, never, after he came to manhood, deep student, he followed the lead of his feelings. He was a poet. Thousands of verses flowed from his soul not worthy, of perhaps, but showing just clearly-his deep feeling and the fine tunine of nature. Hla whole of that of the tuneful eurns.

Both, werel born the common folks on rocky land, i Both were poets, the one finding-words, the other feeling for Both were llon-ixed bv society: both, ere too fond of the cup: both were till 'they starved from the political table, and both died unhappy, by- reason of the Btrange criss-rosses or the threads! of But both i were. loved and for those who knew there were never any questions of the worth of the man, however the weather may have been warped. Of this one thlhg am sure: Hearts were sore when -tall-sugar tree of the mountains- fell. At least, gray-beaded plain oik a. farmer and his wif ebent their heads and Bald: God rest hi' sauV 3ahd "Angels hover over' his children' wa no born noli of theirs, but he 'ha Veen in their home; he wasi the inodel for their and eider; i brother they found1 him, true andlpved him, and are sad.

And wth-vthem are all the hearts of the people of the hilW they -who love, reckoning and are loyal by grace of the free air they breathe. r. TALK OF COMPROiMISE. Republicans Alarmed at Development of Personal Bitterneea, Discuss Hughes' AvaUabilily. Washington Correspondence of The New York The bitter personal character that the Roosevelt campaign has assumed in the last day or two has led to widespread talk' among Republicans in Washington over the possible selection of a compromise candidate, for President.

This suggestion, as a solution for the situation in the. Republican ranks is being heard among Roosevelt as well as Taft supporters. Although Colonel Roosevelt has said that he will support the nominee of the party in the Chicago convention, members of both factions are now expressing the belief that if the fight continues, with the same bitterness In which It was begun it will be Impossible, or.President Taft to command the unbroken support of his party after the! convention. The same thing wilt be it is declared. In the event of colonel' nomination.

It Is hopeless outlook that is causing imany. especially men whoe is at stake, to- turn to the'- suggestion of a compromise While agitation has. been continued thus far merely to quiet talk among Republicans, it is bound before long to find public expression, and the prediction is being made that before the Chicago convention a serious effort will be made to bring about the, nomination of a third candidate upon' whom both factions of the party, may unite. I It is acknowledged by most Republicans that such an event could not be brought about without the W. H.

Swift. In Greensboro i. Dally One of the best Droofs of the good hess of humanity is the way in which the good traits of "a man are huntea out and told after his death. Ten days ao' Snencer Blaoburn was uv ing and only his closest friends thought of him. He died, and the leading papers of the State give to his memory editorial space.

Unless a man have something but bf the ordinary about him he is not, even in death, given this marked attention. It is clear then that the Boy Orator of the mountains was eonie- thimr out of the common run of men. Spencer Blackburn was no ordi nary man. He. was an extraordinary boy.

Born on a small, rocky farm on the uTper waters or Meat Camp creek, he grew up under the care' and teaching of one of the best mountain mothers an old-rashioned Metnpdisx mother and that is as good kind as any man need to want From the little farm to the' little public school, from the little public school to Oak Hill Institute in Virginia. was his schooling. At the age of 2 0 he came to teach Bt Cover Creek Academy. Here he taught for two years and a part of the third. Quitting the school room, he studied law Major H.

Bingham, of Statesville. he obtained his license he went back to the mountains to the prac tice of law. In a short time he was running for solicitor, being defeated. Then for the Legislature, then secretary to R. 3.

Linney, member of Congress. Next he runs for Congress and is elected. Defeated the next time he is returned at the next. After this came his fight for control of his party in the State. Losing out in this, he drifts, going west and coming back to settle in Tennessee.

There, a lonely, weary man, he His race is run. This is the story of 20 years of life. But this tells nothing of the man, it concerns us to find out Just why this course was thus Very few men ever run as rapidly as Blackburn. He actually swept things before him. At 21 he was the inspiration of the young men of hia county.

active and industrious, he touched his people wake them up. No man of his then age has, within my Knowledge, shown such power, or exerted such goodly influence. -Boys grew warm under his words and he gave visions to young women. v- He knew--everybody and all; knew him. He called to them in the fields or around the house; "called them' by name, always asking about the -whole family.

When came church, they crowded out to see him, even to the breaking up or the Sunday school. Every man liked to shake his hand and it was distinguishing honor to-any woman to have nim go tb.her home for dinner. The well-to-do loved have -him come, and the "poorest felt free to crowd around him. They respected him for his moral worth, honored him ror his publla service, and loved him because he was of them their -finest product -the -very best that they could do. vC Blackburn was one of a the best schoor teachers that I- have eVr In bringing about a desire or education, and for." schools he, net only sowed the seed, but he bleared "the land and broke "the grbunjeu There was no public elkuse In which' yhe was iiiot easy Men loved to be iea by him.

They crowded to him forihe signal to march. 7 In public speech 3 Qt minutes of Blackburn had tne same effect on a man as feeding gunpowder for tsW months to a rioar. Thev took a just pride in his native strength anil beauty and In his compelling aasn. BlacKbum did do things for them. But his easy ability, this it was that finally wrought his overthrow.

He won too rapidly, went high too early. Activity in public affairs took away.his study, perhaps, took away the power to think long ana cieariy. When one is out jollying the boys, he 'can't be poring over the books. Blackburn never-. knew any 5 law to speak of.

Ldke' Cicero, he studied the lurv. I remember now how my fa ther used to tell me on his return from court what a great Bpeech Blackburn had made. When a man rests his" whole care and his ability to touch elbows he stands fair chances to be thrown out of court. He stands to For there are others and when others Te-sent the coming of these shining ones, they 6at once begin to plan to darken the light that shines so brightly that their own looks dim. Blackburn's meteoric rise brought to -light many- planning to bring about his fall, and this was his weakness.

He left his legions, his own people, those who loved him most. If Blackburn had stayed in the 'mountains, if he had not let the ways of a life to which he had not been bred and which by his very nature he could not weather get hold upon him, no man could ever have overthrown him. Among his own people Blackburn had but one rival and the Bull of the Brushes, picturesque as was his passage over the hills and defiant as was his bellowing in the valleys, could not hold the people from turning to the handsome buck of Meat Camp. No man could be his match In winning the deepest affections of the How. they stood by him at Greens boro, how the street-was alive with men shouting for him, and how they were overridden by influences from, higher up.

-The wholft machinery of the government did defeat him taut Btay it by the Bos of any dealer. It costs Uxx AnatioraJ silk flag in each; package; for. the ladies HOW HE GOT THE TITLES. Congressional Major Tells His Way of winning The Honor. From The New York World.

Speaker Champ Clark has revived the old cuBtom of conferring titles on all members of Congress. Every man he summons to the chair to preside over the commitee of the whole -is designated as the "gentleman from Kentucky, Colonel The practice has been adopted by the employes of the House end of the Capitol and. there is no member of the House or attache thereof so in- significant as to escape a title Representative Doughton, of. North Carolina, thought the limit had been reached, however, when he heard a dusky brush boy calling Representative James William Collier, of Vicks-burg, "major." Mr. Collier was born in 1872.

"What are you the major of?" asked Mr. Doughton. "Major of militia or what? Where did you- get. your military title, anyhow?" "Fighting," answered Mr; Collier. "Fighting demanded Mr.

Itoughton. "Fighting to get to Congress," an- A Cold, Grippe, Then Pneumonia i 3s too often the fatal sequence, and coughs that hang on weaken the system and lower the vital resistance. R. O- Collins, Postmaster, Barnegat, N. was troubled with a severe la grippe cough.

He says: "I would be completely exhausted after each fit of violent coughing. I bought a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar iCompound and before I had taken it all the coughing spells had entirely iceased. Foley's HOney and Tar Compound can't be beat." It stops the cough by healing the cause. Refuse ubstitutes. R.

H. Jordan Co. e-o-d the spear The Oourt, is mentioned more often than any other. Mr. Hughes has made it clear that he will not allow the use of his name against President Taft, but if both- Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft were to step aside little doubt is expressed that Hughes would consent to run.

Mr. "Hughes is referred to by Republicans Jn both wings of the. party as the man who would be more likely than any other to draw sutpport from both the conservatives and the progressives. OFFERS TAUT $3.50. Boy Ejditor of Golf Magazine Wants a Story, Dispatch to New York World.

W. C. Griffin, 14 years old. editor of The Toung American Golfer at Wheaton, 111., has offered President Taft $2.50 for a golf story for his magazine. This offer is but an incident of the tour for business purposes being made throughout the country by the youthful editor, publisher, owner and printer of the JWneaton golf magazine." Orifiln, who has been publishing the magazine for two years, cast aside his school books last November and said he was going to go, forth to, gain recognition for the child of his brain.

He has called on the President at the White House and presented a copy of his magazine; They talked golf, and on i his return- the boy decided to attempt to enroll the President among his contributors. Look for tion of Taft or Roosevelt, and the only ground on which they could be appealed to under the circumstances would be to save the party. A few of the Republicans who are seriously talking of the possibility of a compromise candidate believe that neither Taft nor Roosevelt will enter the Chicago convention with a majority of the delegates. A level-headed politician expressed this opinion to day: "Neither Taft nor Roosevelt will be able to muster a majority -before the convention meets. It will be known until after the convention has been called to order who will be the presidential candidate.

The cards L'cannot be staoked this year as they were in 1896, 1900, 1904 and .1908. The convention will name the candi date without dictation from the lead ers. With the Convention assembling without any man having majority of -the delegates pledged I fully expect to see a dark horse run away with the The 'managers of the Taft boom pooh-pooh the idea of a compromise candidate and that the President, will not have a majority of the delegates pledged to him. This pooh-poohing business, though it is second nature with the Political managers these days, and really they are as deeply concerned over the doleful outlook for the Republican party as any other members of the organisation. In the talk -of a compromise candidate the name of Charles Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme I flavor lecto BUND GIRL MOVES SENATE.

Sunshine Society Exhibits Child and Gets Its Bill Passed. Albany, N. Dispatch to New York Sun. A blind girl sat beside Lieutenant Governor Conway to-day while the Senate passed a bill permitting the international Sunshine Society to taJte and care for such children under the age of eight years. The present law makes no provision for such unfortunates, and In New York city they are sent to Randall' Island, whence the Sunshine Society took this child, with others.

They are cared for and educated by the society. little girl who captured the legislation under adverse circumstances, for there was opposition to the bill, is Rachel Askenas, 7 years old. Under the care given her by the Sunshine Society, she has learned to play the piano and to operate a typewriting machine. The society intends to prepare her to be a teacher of the blind. After the passage of the bill she went with Mrs.

Cynthia Westover Al-den, president of the National Sunshine Society, and Mrs. John P' Whish, president of the local brancn. to call on Governor Dix and ask mm to sign the bill. 1 Round or square fitted neckplecM are seen on the collarlefls bleuses, ometiniee scalloped or -'otherwise embroidered, preferably in the Bulgarian style. By "Bud' Fisher 1 swered Collier.

expect to be bre-vetted for fighting to stay here." WILSON'S CHANCES. Watterson's "Down Grade" Editorial Refuted By Contemporary. Editorial in New York World is unable to agree with its friend Colonel Watterson that "the Woodxow Wilson presidential boom has 'started on the down grade." Viewing the situation without prejudice, we should say that the Governor of New Jersey is still the leading Democratic candidate for the nomination and that he is still the only candidate who has shown strength in all sections of the country. Whether Governor Wilson can maintain this lead or whether he can obtain two-thirds of the delegates in the national convention is quite a different matter. The Democratic contest has been obscured by the Roosevelt-Taft fight, but that is no misfortune.

"Very little, attention is being paid to the Democratic aspirants. The' public knows Instinctively that the action of the Democratic convention will be influenced greatlly' by the' action of the Republican convention and that the main question at Baltimore Is likely to be one of availability. It is too early to read any man out of the nomination or out of the race. John sicke.Ismith, Greensboro has three children, and like most children they frequently take cold. "We have tried several kinds of cough medicine," he says, 'but have never found any yet 'that did them as much' good as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy." For sale by all dealers.

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