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A. F.JOHNSON, EDITOR AND MA
VOL. XL.
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A THE DEBATE A ONE-SIDED 1
IB-. ] AFFAIR. I
The Joint Speaking Between J
the Democratic and Republi- f
can Candidates for Con- j
gress. 1
According to the announcement i
" 'be joint debate between Hon, E. <
W. I'ou, Demooratio candidate for 1
Congress and R. A. P. Cooley, the
Republican candidate for the same <
office, took place in the Opera House
^ here last Friday aiternoon. The
bouse was crowded with people and
\ J when the- spBakers appealed upon
the stage loud calls for Pou sound ail
&.&M through the house. After the
f agreement between the speakers.was J
i,?. announced Mr. Cooley came forward 1
j and delivered the first speech withoiit
being introduced. His former
f friends here, as well as all others,
! were thoroughly disgusted with his
J talk as it consisted of mudslinging an I
c bringing charges which were with- I
jft out foundation. His speech was (
j typically repablican throughout, al- I
though he openly stated he would <
j, not vote the republican ticket. He 1
' preceded to read his platform* and to ;
comment thereon, after which he was I
t\ asked by one in the audience "if be I
jt' had not written same after he was <
V {(' ^jfeated for solicitor in the pri- i
| -X mary." Cooley talked for one hour |
and fifteen minutes and has never i
J explained nothing save the fact that I
j' although the people had turned him 1
down as their choice h? - would run '
j just the same. He denounced Hutlerism
and the past record of the re- I
publican party in. the strongest- lan- ]
d. guage, bat still had the nerve to ask 1
$^_the republicans to yote lor him and I
Iso tie democrats to "sneak in a
ticket for him," and promised tlieni I
l.L .L-. it i 1 J j .i-: ? c_ .u
U luni u lit) cuuiu uu uumiu^ iui lucm
J he could at least draw his salary. '
kB After a very pretty introductory
?' sperch by Senator B.' T. Holden,
f. Hon. E. W. Pou came to tbe front
i - amid a roaring house of applause.Jit 1
was several minutes before he oouhl '
y speak but when the people would
hear him be began by stating that
r he felt mere like making apologies
for Mr. Cooley to hie friends for hie
. ^ betrayal than he did to answer his 1
4|>eech. However he proceeded to /
explain the charges made against 1
4 him and did it to the entire satisfac '
| tion of the large audience. When 1
f K he began to touch upon Mr. Cool- 1
f. ey's remarks he called for him to
come out from behind the curtains
t and take his medicine like a man as
be would make him tired of it be,
fore he was through, at which time
{he house fairly roared with applause
- and calls for Cooley to show bimgelf.
Whenlie came Mr. Pou began his
work and when he had furnished it
I was well done. The people easily
eaw that Mr. Cooley had played two
L\ parts exactly opposite and he was
it left in a position tl at people of ini
telligence can not endure. In his
* remarks Mr. Pou stated that Cooley
^ .. had heard a voice ami was answeri7
ing to it. That he was not running
S for Congress in reality but for a fed
eral office.
t ? The occasion was indeed a comr
**_ n 3
plete victory ior air, j-ou ana our
I people rejoice in the opinion that
" hie majority will be greatly increased
I j in Kovemlao.
In the course of hie speech Mr.
Pou sai'l:
r, ^B*I listened to a speech from a
I j pguminent llepublican the other
night, in o hich he quoted numerous
II prices received by oar farmers for
what (hey produced and aold during
one of tlie years of Mr. Cleveland's
I second administration. My oppo*
I nent, Mr. Cooley, must Aa"e beard
^B the same speech, for he is atung the
same argument.
These Bepnblioan spellbinders are
^B fond of talking about ttve oent ootton
under Cleveland, but they forget
I to tell you about fdhr-cent oottyn
L
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'RAJS
NAGER
indcr President HJcKinley.' They |i
ire fond of quoting th(ylow price of
(ountry produce under Cleveland,
jut they forget to tell you about the C
over prices which you farmers revived
for the same oountry produce
inder McKinley; and my friends, ^
hose lower prices were paid to yon ?
!or what you produced and what
,'ou sold a good long time after Mr.
iloKinley was elected President and
tad gotetn his high-tariff bill through
Hongiess. Here are some of your
VlcKinley Protection High Prices: ?
New York, Dec. 6, 1S97. n
Jotnm Futures: tl
December 5.07) J
January 5.68
February 5.71 a
March " 6.77 a
April 5,82 p
"Spot cotton brought in the city of p
bllows: e
Good cotton 5 1-8 to 5 3-8 cents d
Low grades 4 1-8 to 5 cents d
Receipts, 875 bales. t
"Think of those prices, if you p
ilease! Good white cotton selling
ior 5 1-8 cents per pound, and tow y
jrades selling for 4 1-8 cents per p
xttind! And that was on December h
3{h, nine full months after Mr. McKinley
had been inaugurated; and f
fou will find that these prices con- p
tiuued for months longer. You will a
find also that when a rise at last did n
:ome, that rise in prices was not
jonfined to the United States. When ^
arices w^it up here, they went up
,n Europe also, and I never yet haveq j
. J -I - TJ LI! 1 1
emu ooij ? 111-)' u i) i u: .111 COUWIK1 ^
that a tariff in America put up the a
market price of anything in Europe.
"No*-, this same Republican orator
had a good deal to say about the
prices of country produce under "Mr.
Cleveland?not a word about low
prioes for country produce under
Mr, McKinlev, Mr. Cooley certainly
tnnat have heard that speech.
"Now let tne do a little quoting
myself. Here are some of your McKinley
high prices:
Raleigh, June 27, 1897.
Produce Market:
(rood spring chiukenB 12 l-2c.
Grown hens 20 to 22o.
Eggs 19 to lie.
Butter 15 to 17 12o.
New honey 7 1-2 to 8c.
"Why don't they tell you- about
those prioes? Did Mr. Cleveland put
down the price of eggs to ten cents
a dozen in June, when he went out
r?f fiffica foilr mnnfKa Kofnvo
late?- Ob, my friends, is there no
deliverance from demagogy? Of
coarse, no man of intelligence, no
inan who reads or thinkB, is going
to be fooled by this sort of stuff.
But, honestly, are you all not tired
of hearing it?
"Here are some other McKinley
Sigh prices all along during that
year:
Wheat 69 3-8 to 61) 5-8
Corn % 24 3-8 to 25 1-4
Oats ' 18 to 18 5-8
Lard 3.90 to 3.95
Short ribs 3.90 to 4.10
"Mr. Cootey used to be fair about
this argument, but he is becoming a
demagogue just like the rest of the
crowd who try to deceive the people^
into believing that Mr. . Cleveland
was responsible for five-cent cotton
and fiftyrfeent wheat. Now, I do not
stand here and charge that Mr. MoKinley
Was responsible for the low
prices I have quoted, but f do say
that he is no more entitled to credit
for the high prices which yon farmers
have reoeived for some of the
things you produce than Governor
Aycoek or Governor Glenn or Governor
Kitchin. These men came into
office in North Carolina. High
prices for some of the products of
the farm came along with them.
They are entitled to juat as much if
not more of credit than either MoKmley
or Roosevelt or Taft. Cotton,
tbey tell me, has oroesed the 15oeat
line. Kitchin ia Governor.
Therefore ITitchin put np the prioe
of cotton to 16 cents and better.
Cotton drossod the 15 oent line yesterday.
The King of Portugal bad
just lost bis throne. Therefore, the
revolution ia Portugal* pat ap the
price of cotton."
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_ ^ THE COUNTY, TI
LOUISBURG, N. C.. FRI
IEED THIS GALL
LARION CALL TO YOUN
MEN.
lorth Carolina's Grand 0]
Man Appeals to Young: Men 1
Take Fart to Preserve Goc
Government by Working: I
The Democratic Ranks.
Greenville, N. C. Oct. 15.*?E
lov. Thos. J. Jar vis,, the Grand, O
Ian of North Carolina, today issui
his clarion call to the young men
forth CSrolina:
I have always taken a deep at
biding interest in the young m
u<l 1 have done what I could
romote their welfare. I have
lUhlic and private life tried to ma
? easy forTho yoon^ moo to booor
ducated,.fitted and trained for t
uties of life and have in public a
resses and private admonition urg
hem to make the moBt of their o
ortunilies.
I have associated much with t
oung people and to this fact I i
ribnte much of the continued actii
opeful, happy life I lead.
Because of these things I do n
eel that I am violating the rules
ropriety in these words of advi
nd encwrairemenf. tn fha on?
sen of my State.
I cannot and do not advise you
lecome politicians and seekeis afl
ffice, but I do insist that you owe
utv to your State and to socie
hat you can only discharge by
,ctive participation in public affat
But how shall you discharge tht
lublic duties?
In the first place you should set
ligh standard of Publio Moral)
ind Public Service and insist tl
hose who seek the favors of t
'uhlic shall measure up to the
let high ideals and strive to live
o them yoursetveB and teach yc
ellows by precept and example
lo likewise. In public matters se
inly the public good and use oi
uethods that are honest aud ju
\void the man who would proetitt
he publio servioe to his private ga
Shun as you would a deadly pea
enoe the party that would debau
he young manhood of the State i
larty success or that even directly
ndirectly advocates measures whi
end to produoe such results. Hi
ng fixed upon high ideals in puh
ife stand by them and defend the
uuii uuro is n uuveroment Dy Jf;
y. Whether we would have it
>r not the fact is that party polic
ind party practice largely determi
he policy and practice ot the Gc
irnment. So if you propose to ta
in active part in public affairs in c
State it is necessary for you to a
'ourself with one or the other of t
wo political parties which seek c<
rol of the State Governme
iV'lnch shall it be?
The principles of the Republic
r'arty as a National Party are fi
lamentally wrong. It teaches tl
he power to levy taxes and colli
evenueB for tne support of the G(
irnment carries with it the power
listribute the burdens of support!
he Government unequal]). ITnc
he guise of protecting ceitain lnd
ries the Government may ras
aws to enrich one class of men
he expense of another class. I
nocracy says that the burdens a
ileaeings of Government should
liatributed on all alike. Republic!
am nays not so, but that these bi
lens and blessings should be distr
ited according to the aweet will
he few who dictate the making
be lawa. It is the privilege a
he duty of the young men to ata
vitk the party which atanda 1
iqoahty of opportunity in the ri
if life. I warn you against aeducti
ippeal that ia sometimes addreaa
o you to join this or that party
ne piea mat it may offer peraoi
idvantage. Public servioe and I
nan welfare are the oonaideratic
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IE STATE, THE UNION.
DAY. OCTOBER 21. 1910.
that oaglit to weigh - with a bigh*
minded raanhoood..
When the young men come to
IG form their party affiliatipnB in this
State not one should have the
lightest difficulty in making hia seIjj
lection between the Democratic and 1
Republican parties. The Democratic
party baa ever stood for high
'd ideals and wrought magnificent rein
suits. The Republican party has
stood for low ideals and when it was
x. given power has brought wreck and
ruin in its wake and shame and diss(j
graco uporfthe State.
0f I became a worker in the Democratic
party in the days just preoed;(j
ing the war and I saw its victories
en and achievements then. I assisted
to in its reorganization after the war
jn and I have worked with it and for it
]te ever since. I have seen it go down
ne in defeat twice during these long
years from 1865 to 1910 and, oh!
d. what dark and damnable pagea were
e() written in my State's History during
p. these two Republican Administrations.
There cannot be one among
he you who would not wipe out blots
upon the fair name of dear old State
re> if you could. That cannot be done
but I will tell you what you can do.
ot You can unite with the party that
0f his twice redeemed the State from
oe unworrny ruie.
n8 I have seen the Democratic party
take chaige of the Government ot
the State when she lay prostrate under
Republican oppressions, when
her people were poor and almost
hopeless, when the school houses
were closed and the teacher was sian
,
ra lent, when ruin and despair seemed
to brood over the land. And under
>se . ,
Democratic rule I have eeeD the
dark clouds pass away and hope re.
a vtved. I have seen the sohool houses
l'^ opened and the teaober abroad in
'k1 the land. I have seen Good Gov6
ernment take pl*M*f bad gavernra'
merit and la* 'JbndWier- i.vsd*
everywhere. I haVe seen poverv
lur give way to prosperity and the
k mourning of the people turned into
joy. I have seen the Slate rise from
ll V
J the wreck and ruin wrought by Rest'
publtcaD misrule and take her place
under Democratic rule among the
1D' foremost States in this great Union
ot States.
0 It is into the ranks ot this great
and glorious party whose reoorde are j
or *_n * ? ?
^ bo iuu 01 magmncent acnievement
that 1 invite my dear young friends
j. to come and share with us in labors
and triumphs in npbnilding in the
m" State.
Thomas J. Jarvi#.
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ie? Rev- L. S. Massey to Preach.
ne
We are requested to state that
Rev. L. S. Massey, editor of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate, will
^ preach in the Methodists church on
next Sunday- mcrning at 11 o'clock. |
His sermon will be to the Woman's
^ Home .Mission Society of the church,
however, the entire .public is cordially
invited to be present and hear
an him.
in
lat
Bot A Big Improvement.
>v. One of the biggest improvements
to that has been made in I.o . iaborg in
ng some time is the taking down the
ler trees on court square. The trees were
us- all dead and dying and presented a
ike very ugly appearance. New that
at they are down the square wHl be
>e- graded and sown in, grass, and eonnd
orete walks will be made to thfe
be court house. When completed it
in- will be a place of beauty and the
ur- only thing the people of 1'rsaklin
lb- county will have there to be asbamof
ed of i.< the ola oourt house. We
of understand that a new forty thousnd
and dollar oourt house could b# built
nd here at a cost to the taxpayers not
for to exceed three cents on the one
toe hundred dollars and nine cents on
ive the poll.
ed There were numbers of people
on here Monday from many parts of
lal the oounty who expressed themselves
iu- in the language "that a new oourt
>ns house should be built at once."
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IMES
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THE MOVING PEOPLE 1
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THEIR MOVEMENTS IN AND '
OUT OF TOWN. j
i
Those Who Have Visited Louis-' i
burg: the Past Week?Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
for Business or Pleasure
R. P. Fuller visited Raleigh Mon- .
day. j"
Lir. W. B. Bullock, ot HeBter, v,g I
in town yesterday. M i
J. I. Gillie, ot Norfolk, was ly visi- 1
tor to Louisburg the past weat.
Miss Netta Gulley, of WJree For- '
est, is visiting, Mrs. G. A^Htagsdale. '
Mr. Wm. Bailey antsmily re- .
turned Monday from Mvisit to Haleigh.
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XT-.- f? -' L # a '
inib. ourrougiw Allen returned ,
the past week U<A a visit to Asheville.
M
Miss Daisy Alen, of Iialeigb, is
visiting her xAthef, Mrs. Burroughs ,
Allen. t
Mrs. C. W. Robinson, of Stem, is
visitiug be/ sister, Mrs. \\T. H. Kur i
gurson.
Messrs. O. R. Smith and A. W.
Pate, of Henderson, were in town i
Monday. ?? 1
Mrs. L. E. Scoggiu and little son
left Monday to visit her people in
AVarrenton.
Misses Sue and Mary House, of
Thelma, are visiting their sister, Mrs.
G. R. Scoggin.
Dr. E. S. Green and wife, of Monroe,
spent a few days the past week
with his people here.
Hon. Franklin McNeil, Corporation
Commissioner and Mr. A.J.Maxwelt,
Secretary to the Commission,
were in town Saturday. They catue
"over to investigate the conveniences
S- A. JL U&ti ^
Birthday Party.
Little Rowland, eon of Mr, and
Mrs. S. B. Nash, celebrated hie seventh
birthday on last Monday evening.
Quite a number of his little
friends had been invited and the
children all enjoyed the occasion.
After having amused themselves
with different game's they were all
taken into the nicely decorated dining
room where delightful refreshments
were served. This occasion
will long be remembered by the little
ones who attended.
SHS5HSSI
Fair Train Wrecked
The engine of the special fair
train was wrecked on the yards here
Wednesday morning by running off
the track at the derailing switch.
For some cause the engineer on the
special did not see or. know the
gwitph was there and the entire locomotive
with the exception of the
front truck left the track. The regular
Louisburg train pulled the excursion
out a little late and the engine
of the special was plated back
on the track a little later. There
w'as no damage save Blight to the
track.
Ivey-Stone.
By tar the most interesting social
event of the season, in the sricinity of
Cedar Rock, took place tjSRnesday
afternoon, October' 19, 1910, when
Mr. Worley Howard Ivey, ot Scoti
j xt l- i_'j x- tr > ii.
lanu x^euK, leu to nymen h Airer
Mies Anna Mary Stone, the only
daughter of Mr. W. 0. Stone, onS ot
Franklin county's most prosperous
merchants and planters. Mies Stone
poestsees those graces which adorn
true womanhood, also hav the
power to win and retain friends.
Mr. Ivey is a representative of a
prominent family in Halifax county, 1
being a man of sterling worth, successful,
well and widely known in i
business circles.
The churoh. a scene of loveliness
was beautifully and tastefully deco- j.
rated with potted plants and golden i
rod;- (
Despite the i^ncl^unent weather,
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NUMBER 85 ^
ong before tbe bridal party arrived, ?
.he church was filled with expectaot
ace*. _
Just before the party entered,
Miss Uelle Strickland, of I.ouisburg,
lang in a most impressive manner
;ne beautiful song, "When Love
\bides.'' 0"
Miss Nellie Sledge, presiding at
:he organ, rendered beautifully the
drains ot the tuarch Irorn LohenM
Ifrin, entered, pr^eded by the ushers,
Messrs. J. R. and Oliver Perry;
loth of Mapleville, then came the
ittendants as follows: Misses Emma
Ivey, Scotland Neck, with Mr.
A. B. Perry, I.ouisburg; Miss Ltlla ' .
Jones, Cedar Rock, with Mr. Charlie
Stanton, Scotland Neck; Miss
Annie Fuller, Moulton, with Mr.
Ferril Parrish, Cedar Rock; then
the bride with her inaid of honor,
Miss Lillie Glasgow, Cedar Rock;
they were met at the. altar by the.
groom with his best man, Mr. Arthur
House, Scotland Neck; Rev. G. M. ' ~
Duke, pastor of the bride pronounced
the solemn vows that made them
husband and wife. , '
During the ceremony was rendered
the soft, sweet melody "Flower
Song."
The bride was gowned in a traveling
suit ot dark bine cloth, with hat
and gloves to match. The brides
maids were becomingly attired in
white.
At the church door stood automobiles
to take the otidal party to >
Scotland Neck, the borne of the
grooin, where areception wiTTtie rendered
them to. night.
The presents were numerous and
costly, winch attests the popularity
ot the couple.
V^Xhe Deeskriot Skuwl"
JCrfspicmi of the Ladies
of the Home, Mission Society ot the
Methodist cliurcli "The Deesmct
Skuwl," a most entertaimng little
drama, will be presented in the opera
house here in two weeks by local
talent. The proceeds from this entailment
will go to the carpet fund
of the Methedist church. The exaot
date for its presentation will be announced
later and we are sure our
people will give them a full house.
Delegates
The following delegates have
been appointed by J. K. Collie,.
rresiaent l^ouisourg cnamber of
Commerce, to attend a meeting of
the North Carolina Drainage Association
to be held at Wilmington,
November 22, 1910: W. O. Stone,
\V. M. Person, W. D. Upchnrch, B.
W. Ballard, J. B. King, William
Bailey^?. L. Stokes,^It: S h'oster,
W. B. CoppedgefG, C. Winseon.
First Voters Club.
There will be a meeting on Monday
night at the Democratic headquarters
in Louisburg for the yonng
men who have become 21 years old
in the past two years, and all others
wluHiave never voted in a State
election. The object of this meeting
is to organize a First Voters
Club. All young men in Franklin
are requested to be piesent, or send
your name to J. A. Turner so it can
be enrolled as a member. .
Louisburg Markets.
1'he tobacco market continues ^
strong and good prices still prevail.
The sales made the past week have
proven satisfactory to the many farmers
here both from home and
abroad. The Louisbure market ia
proving itself a friend to the farmers.
s
The cotton market is still in good
shape and right much of the staple
is being sold here. It was sold here
yesterday for 14 1-2 cents per ponnd.
All other produce is in great demand
and the prices are holding up good. *.v *
VJ'hatever you hare to eell bring it
to Louisbtirg.