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DEMOCRACY. The Hope of the Nation Against I cialism and Plutocracy. New York World. 1. What is a Democracy? A Democrat who is a Democi f 10111 pinieiplc tout's too much govci ment rather than too little govei ment. lie knows that the hum struggle for liberty is an unending fort to strike off the shackles i'org by authority and privilege. This makes him? l4 irst Opposed to all undue int ference with personal liberty. Second?An advocate of home ru Third?A defender of state righ Fourth?'An opponent of centralis tion?not a promoter of further c< tralization, like Mr. Bryan, who si pases Mr. Roosevelt. Fifth?'An enemy of all socialis and semi-socialistic policies. Sixth?A believer in a governmc of cheeks and balances as against government by passion and prejudi A Democrat who is a Democi from principle is opposed to all sj cial privileges conferred by govci ment. This makes him? First?Opposed to high protecti tariffs which enrich the manufaetui at the expense of the consumer. F more than a generation a majority Democrats have leaned toward fi trade, while the Republicans have : vised the tariff upward. Second?A believer in.the large possible freedom for the natural p< son, but in all necessary supervisi and control of the artificial person that is, the corporation. Third?An uncompromising cnei of all trusts in restraint of trade. Fourth?An advocate of such frn chise, income and inheritance tax as well compel privilege, plulocra and protection to pay their full shn ! ) of the cost of a government whi | makes their existence possible. f A Democrat who is a Democi from principle instinctively symj times with ''the under dog." This makes him? TV-si - Partial lo in * su'v* tiiat i co'.I'iijie the poor lo >:v.| rove 'In condition. Second?A believer in univert oducaiion at public expense. Third?An opponent i,f: niiliturU imperialism, jingoism rud-lhc aH tran ?Ie of alien race* against tin will. Fourth?Against public oppressi of a corporation no less than agaii corporation oppression of the pub! Fifth?Sympathetic with l,ah< but as firmly set against Socialism a pr?datory poverty as against, prei i.ivv plutocracy. A true Democrat who is a D<w cat from principle deplores ever- r peal to class hatred and class pre, di'f aa a menace to Republican : htitutiofts. To array masses airaii ( classes, di.p'oyed agaln.-t employ poor aainst rich, labor against capit is a denial of I he whole tiheory of 1 Imocracy upon which Jefferson font ed the Democratic party. There is no surer or simpler way overthrowing republican institutio than by stimulating class hatreds a inciting class wars. So muoh for what a true Democi is and for what true Democracy is. if. The Need of the Democratic Par Let us admit that party lines present, are tangled, twisted and i tertwined. Republicans are applav ing policies they denounced as era f ten years ago. Democrats are trvi to outbid Republicans in I he ancti of an anti-corporation vote. But t fact remains that in .spite of plui crats who call themselves Dcmocrt and demagogues who call themseh Democrats there are certain well-s tied Democratic principles and tt dencies which will assert Ihemseh in the lone run and which are noei satry to maintain the equilibrium the republic. If the Democratic party were to exterminated by a socialistic or semi-socialistic party the characi of the American Government wot be revolutionized within a quarter a country. If the Republican party were continue as it. is under Mr. Roosev< while the Democratic party beea what Mr. Bryan wishes to make it, the essential powers of flovcrnnn at Washington would pass ultimati into the hands of the President, stead of three coordinate brand there would be one supreme head? elective little father. If the Republican party were continue its Roosevollian Iraditio while the Democratic party beea what Mr. Hearst wishes lo make we should soon or late see a dosporj . minority appealing to blood and ii (for the rights a ruthless majority li trampled under foot. Tf the rights, liberties, aetivit and opportunities of the individn as distinct from the mass, are to preserved, ii must come through the enforcement of tin- true Democratic ? piilieipic*s that the World litis enumer- < ated. Should those safeguards ever he beaten down we may have a (Joverument that is republican in form, but it will not longer be republiean in i spirit. 1 he Democratic party is necessary. 1,1 Ibis is not the first time Democrats L'u" have despaired of the party's future, an In 18*2, thirty-five years ago, the 1 ei- Democrats nominated for President a 'ed bitter anti-Democrat who was a He- ; pulican, a protectionist^ a Prohibi- i tiouist and a Socialist. Horace Qree- < ley s defeat was a rout-overwhelm- i ing and unparalleled. Seemingly the ] ?? Democratic party was destroyed, an- i ts- nihilated, exterminated. Hut at the < ?i- very next election, only four years < -n later, this annihilated, exterminated I 11 Democratic party arose from the i dead, elected Samuel ,J. Tilden Presitic dent on the face of the returns and a popular majority of 250,000 to ; silt spare. a \\ ho knows what the next sixteen ce. months may bring forth? What if | at the Democratic party should purify >e- its organization? What if the party n- should return to its principles? What , I ii Mr. Bryan, content with his undisputed laurel:* as chief orator of the ( vc party and its greatest agitator of the ' *er masses, were to make the personal o*. sacrifice of declining the Presidential ( of nomination in favor of such a man as 'ee Judge Clary, for example? re- Nothing can crush the Democratic , party but itself. Nothing' can des- | ist troy the Democratic party but its ] ?r- ?>wn refusel to be Democratic, Let on >t return to its true principles. Let'' ? it clean its own house. I ? - ( "y The Press in Education. I Louisville Courier-Journal. 1 os I'1 lns address before the Jefferson ' ' County Teachers' Institute Prof. Mr-- l ire ^ony'*? SOI"c wise thing about * 1, REAL ESTATE FOR S 15 to 20 shares National B ll" I to 10 shares Land and Si 10 shares Mollohon Mfg. C sal 43- Eight room residence with outl convenient to the business portion of iu. 46. Nine-room residence in Brookl I.i- 47. New six-room residence on T-Ii C!V catcd to the business portion of the t on r)o- One lot; adjoining residence of ,st neighborhood. 51' Plantation one mile from Silve [>r. 270 acres in cultivation, 60 acres si and two 3-room houses. This is a g ',l~ 52. Six-room house and about y$ i .stoi'e. This is a very nice cottage. 1 p. 53- Seven-room residence with ah j.i- outbuildings in High Point. Tbis r< in- be built for much less than the price ' V 55- Pour-room cottage 011 Harrinj 1new Court House. al, _ )o- 5". "7- Two lots on Main street, o id 59- Three nice new rooms for rent Come and let us have a talk face ti Kstate I have for sale. ns nd J? at "The Man J ' ?? innim? ?m Capital $50,000.00 bJt Deposits $3 ; THE COMMEI he of Newber toUs es ' >n os ^ TO BHIDC all an emergency you may Hit T'l /-? iv lhe Lommc los ls prepared to loan reasonable si an at legal rates. If you need mom or for other purposes come to th n? posltors of course receive the pr Z 4 TK :(ill Inlerest Paid in Sax II,(1 "The Bank for \ ics JNO. M. KINARD, Pres. ">' .J Y. MoFAL. be ewspupers mul newspaper rending, lis tribute to the newspapers as an ducution and a developer of the indiidnal should be pondered by the eaehers who heard him speak and by he people who ran across his words ti print. His commentary of 1 ho ewspapers for "supplemental" tudy by the school pupils is based pon knowledge of the part of press ilays in the daily life of the world, 'he newspaper is the history of the icriod. It is as essential that the out It of the land be educated in curcnl history?be informed completely n the events, conditions and quesions of his own life-time, to be sarned in the history of the ancient ges. The classics, academic branchs and languages are not to be despisd, of course, but they profit him title if he be oblivious to what is going n around him in his own generation, n tilie (dd days, when the newspaper 'as not so common nor so complete s it is today, it was not ranked as Hihly as an educational factor. In lie twentieth century its title is not t) be gainsaid. The newspaper today makes the ;orld <?o around. Business transacions, market conditions, political acivities, rouiitine affairs of all walks cpend upon i1. 1| is as necessary as lie railroads. It reduces the circumcranee of the earth so that a reader ii one side of the globs knows in a ew moments the current history of nother side. It quickens thought. It limulates instructive discussion. It roadens. It reforms. A person with tile schooling might, attain a good egree of learning through reading a aiIy newspaper, granted the newsaper be one in the dignified meaning f the word. Its news columns give im knowledge of the activities in the orld of politics, art. and letters, region and commerce. Tts editorials repared by students and trained Titers, provide him an analysis of A.ND STOCKS! VLE. ink stock. ourity Company stock. am pan y stock. inklings on Boundary street, very the city. n. rrington street, conveniently loi\vn. dr. W. F. Ivwart, a very desirable Street, containing 337 acres land, tall timber, 3 two-room houses, tod grade of land. ere land near Mr. J. A. Semi's Hit 2^ acres of land and several sidence and outbuildings cannot this piece of property. ton Street. This is very near the it in front of Mr. Reighley's. over store 011 Main street. face about other valuable Real A. BURTON, etween" the Seller and Buyer. Surplus$54,924.33 24,552.84. 1CIAL BANK ry, S. G, l-E OVER. | need a little money. rcial Bank ims on acceptable collateral y to pay or discount your bills s bank and talk It over. Deference. ings Department, our Savings." O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. L. Cashjer. I tin.1 news ami instructive comment, ''bmler tin- guidance ol' a compi lout preceptor," said Pro!'. AlcKenz "a newspaper can give a peerless o] |)oilunit\ tor tlu> study of human m ture. It may help to stool him again: tho eoiiupting inlluonoo of oortai elements of society, and it may pn sent ideals which neither time lie distance can cfTaco. Kvery good new: paper is a colleague of the teaclu and its place in tho realm of educi lion can he efficiently filled by n , other agency." jy hecaso of tIicj circumstances that the newspapt worthy <?| the name is always coi scientious and careful. It will nev< wilfully mislead. Being the record c current history, it is vigilant in so< ing that that history is correctly r< corded. The newspaper that is nc conscientious is false to an obli^j mJsi BLUE Boy Before your young shod; get their feet in1 I prices that fit your poi jlect this matter, pay n | way they fit. Don't rr Buster Brc i The Wolf ; ! I | made for boys and gir rability and service; tl,the Wolf Bros, mean < ; perfect shapes for yoi | are scientifically desi^ Ask to see our line Brown Shoe Co.'s She We have added tw< 1,000 pairs men's just in at $ 1.25 a pair We want your sch THE Every pa E.L Stricl > in Hat i thing The g ? room i lines. I* f ion, recount to a trust and an ine fluence of evil, and ii does not doie ! servo to live. i- JOINT PICNIC. st 11 Pinoy Woods and Wheoland Farrne or'a Unions.?Saturday >*" August 31. s- ^ ?r To be held Saturday, August 31,' i- 190/, in Iront ot the parsonage near io I'iney Woods C'church. ;e Program. 10:00 A. M. i- Prayer. ;r Moral Advantages of the Farm. )f Rev. K. ,J. Sox. How to keep the Boys on the Farm. s Hon. D. F. Fiird. The Fanner's Cooperative and Edu> cational 1 nion of America. J. Ii. O'Neall Holloway. Wbr RIBBON: FOR s and C r, folks start to school be j to Shoes that fit. We'll s cket. It is too often the c Tore attention to what tht lake that mistake with y< >wn Blue Ribbi Bros. Shoes, Mi Is, as well as grown-ups. lose are the things the n; 3n these two lines. We' jng and growing feet, Sh *ned by experts for just si of T. B. Barry's fine Sh >es for men, ladies and ch 0 more factory lines to arri 1 $1.75 Brogans, bargain ool Shoe trade. A look w ' OI7f7 1, i iuStl^ JEL i ir guaranteed by t . Bailes, F :ly CASH to ever^ "' ' ' noDuiBBaHaavMaBBMBni ;s, Shoes, and in the Dry Goo pods must go t< for new. and < n A- JL V Jb Address, lion. A. 1?\ Lover. The public uenerally are invited to? ^ these e.\e?'*ises. Come and brinur welliilled baskets. Music will be furnished bv a striuir band. Barbecue. I will furnish a first class barbecue at J no. P. Wicker's August 22, to bo prepared by J. A. Graham and H. M. Wicker. Everybody come and enjoy a jrood dinner. W. L. Graham1.. Barbecue. Tlie undersigned will ?ivo a barbecue on August 17. This barbccuo was hrst advertised for .July -I, but on ivc.*count of una voidable circumstances; il was not given at thai time. A llrst class dinner will be served. Riser and Johnson. iOWN" jiirls. sure they are properly ee that you get them at ase that parents neg: Shoes cost than to the 3ur children. We sell on Shoes, ide in all Leathers, They are good in duame Buster Brown or . v 11 show you the most oes made on lasts that uch wearers. oes for men, and the lildren. ive in a few days for fall. ed for 28 months ago,, ith you will give it to us. -IIVE he maker. -Vop. 'body. ?>s?xx^As=?3?xisz'JBsis3AE2tutiiat*maammmMwammMmmmmmmmmmmm. < o* * every- J ^ ds line. 3 make V different tjOn ? m * + 6 + ? + e +