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BIG Beginning Saturday, January 7th, and Continuing for 30 Days of High Class Furniture, Musical Instruments and liousefurnishings ? Many Pieces only slightly scratched, but they are fire" damaged and you can get them at blghargtrins.?-?- - ~ This sale is pot on for the purpose of getting rid of the many articles in my store that were damaged in the recent fire, and to make it popular we have marked all articles cown at specially low figures. How is the time to bay if you expect to need anything offered in the next few years. Come in and see the big reductions anyway. They will prove ?- flut *>"* ? * ml ftn1- ? : : : : : Whoever heard of Edison Grapbophones being sold for jeer than list price, but this is what we are doing and many other thing# are going the same way. Come and t&ke a look. We want you to profit. READ THE ttST BELOW AND SEE IF THERE ARE NOT SOMTARTOtES YOU NHDIISTCD Pianos ? Edison Machines Living Room Suits Bed Room Suits Odd Dressers Mattresses Rocking Chairs, air Grades and Pri ces Wash Stands and Beds ? Straight Chairs Springs Rugs Druggets Linoleum Matting Carpeting Blankets Comforts ? Trunks Hand Bags Suit Cases _ Crockery Complete 100 Piece Dinner Set ^Kitchen Cabinet Window Shades Clocks Electroliers Centre Tables Parlor Tables A BONA FIDE SALE WHERE YOUR DOLLARS WILL BUY HIGH CLASS GOODS AT BARGAIN PRICES. EVERYTHING ON THIS SALE IS STRICTLY CASH Thomas Walter Bickett Record of His Service Bj FRANK SMtTHLRST His War Record Governor Blckett'a war record, the' pride of his administration, is a thing that cannot be written In concrete j terms. He was in name and (act the State's war governor. His leadership was unquestioned and his achievements | are neither denied nor minimized in the perspective of intervening years. Coming into the governor's office with the declaration that he was going to establish a record as a silent Gov ernor, the occasion called forth from him the severest demands of public speaking. In the inspiration of it, be made those addresses which will stand high among the war speeches of the nation's best orators. They were not limited to North Carolina. Other States called him. While hundreds of invitations he declined on account of the pressure of his duties In the State, the people of sister States had occasion to measure his worth and to feel the inspiration of his message. The Liberty Loan and War Savings drives, the Red Cross, all the United War Work efforts he backed to the 11m It of his resources, lifting the people of the State always to a higher level of sacrifice and patriotic service. But he was not always a man of speech, or mere oratory. His oratory was translated Into action and he him self did not hesitate to abandon his office, throw himself upon the scene of some difficult situation, bringing a so lution of the problem and nsmlly a degree of peace to warring elements. Visit U Arte Oaaty Such was bis visit to Ashe county In Jane 1918. An alarming situation bad been reported to the Adjutant General and the Governor by the Draft Board of the county. Deserters from the camp and draft evaders had band ed themselves together In the moun tains Of Ashe, defying the federal of ficers while the county officials stood by unable or unwilling to meet the sit uation. There had been a battle on a public road In the night time when an officer sought to arrest a deserter whom he recognised. Reports to tbe Oovernor were that these men had for tified themselves In the bills, war* moonshine liquor, and terror ising tbe peaceable mountain folk up on whom they depended for subsls Adjutant General Lawerence W. Tonng was dispatched to Ashe to In vestimate. He ooaferreo there with the leading man of Jefferson and West Jefferson and went back to Raleigh with the report that only by the nee of force and that too by a sizeable organisation of mllKia or other offic ials could tbe evaders be brought to m lh? patriot!?' t fhe govori and Mora Bllt fhe governor hnd Ashe county (or Raleigh. Adjutant Gen eral Young had sent envoys oat to talk to fathers of some of the evaders, try ing by peaceable means to bring them in. Governor Bickett did not wait. He telegraphed instructions to Jefferson to- call a meeting of Ashe conntjr citi zens in the court boose at Jefferson on Saturday afternoon. Juae 25. with the announcement that the Governor would speak. The Governor came. One of tise first men he talked to was Green Ham. a deserter from Camp Sevier. Bam came into Jeffersop alone upon the promise of immunity which General Young offered him. Young, fearless. Intelligent, hemade a profound impres sion upon the Governor and agreed after a long talk with the Chief Exec utive to go back into the kills and carry the message of peace to others who had been misled who Old not un derstand the purpose of the war, and who were the victims of vicious p op aganda In circulation In the moun tains. Te Save and !f?t Ptsfasj The Governor spoke at three o'clock The Ashe county courthouse at Joffer son was filled with silent, brooding nen of the mountain.'?rather? grand fathers, uncle* ; nil friends of th sorters In the hills. Men of the mountains-, said Governor. "I come to you today to save and not to destroy. " That was bis opening i ?? I * - T>m b* talked of A ?he county, of .ibrQ Carolina, of dofng it s my pui pose la candnr to lay t?for? you lng truth about this war and to strip naked In th?lr egltness th* 'tee that bate been peddled out to UHsTtoyi. * And he did. In aa ?ddji ? of twu hours, he told the story of the before he crowd of him wildly. When It was over they shook him by him that the wayward come down from the him. availing themselves of his offer to ask military authorities In ramp to allow thn Im munity from the charge of ?< When be left Ashe county morning following. It positive ty situation was clearing up. It clear ap. Those boys from the tains dered thei according to dlers. Final report frous th* War Depart men I on desertions and draft in North Carolina this year, Ashe county's record ?lands as os? of the cleanest In the State This episode In of Qorerftor Bickett. om light? la his war record \ note of a policy he fallwwl <? Mlnr occasions. was ckaiactcdok at lie man. It ns the saw i|iiu be man ifested one night when he -ns sum moned from his bed at the mansion to the Waif County awaowe whe^e a mob had gathered, best apon break ing into the stronghold and lynching Earl Neville, a negro held there charg ed with an infamoas erne. When the Governor reached the coorthoctse. the m? ?hi rs of the mob, already having forced bach the few the HMth deor **I am the Governor of North Caro lina.- said the mill, no? figure as he advanced down the lull? alley to the side entrance. Pistols flashed ia the air and he was warned to stop. Bat he kept talk ing. at the same time edging slowly np to the knot of men who were groap ed about the door. Along side him a policeman moved forward slowly. Again he was warmed, with a flash at revolvers. "I'm not afraid at j%m. Are yon afraid at There i The lmilir shoated that the Governor might com forward If the pnllcumen the O0t of the Jan best friends is the white man. Mis Pardon Kccord His pardon record shows possibly the largest number of pardons of any Governor In the history of the State. Bat each case received its careful con sideration and to each he put the test of the object of punishment and the duty of the State to the prisoner and to the society. Early in his administration, he had a surrey made of the prison and prison camps of the State, with an eye to ward the discovery of men who had bttn forgotten, who had no friends and no money with which to seek pardon in the ordinary channels. He found scores of them (forgotten men) and he turned them loose when their cases justified. He was criti cised by sonv But he never replied tc the criticism. He 'took every oc casion to let the prisoners know that before him they needed no paid advo cate. He discouraged the appearance of lawyers and sought his coarse of action from the tacts In the case, the conduct of the prisoner and the recom mendations of conrt officials. He didn't pardon all who applied, Moat folks never knetf those who were declined. It was Governor Cameron Morrison recently who had occasion to estimate the number of refusals in cases which were coming, again before ?*1 never knew that Blckett refused : many pardons," he exclaimed In :rprise. Governor Blckett never came to the of advocating the abolition of punishment. He commnnted iber of death sentences daring administration bat his commuta tion was usually to thirty year's Im He was unalterably op to the life sentence. "When the State takea away a man's liberty. It'has no light to take away hope," be declared repeatedly, hold oat to these men, through .the ystem of the prison, method of compensation, and the rewards for good conduct, an oppor tunity to m-Instate themselves ereo taalty In the ranks of dfecent society which had. for Its own protection and own good, temporarily hanlsked Hh Industrial Miry Industrial disputes, several of which called for interference by the State and the use of the militia to keep the I, figured In the latter part of the Mckett administration. It was on Hay M. i?i? that he mad? the pro nt that gaided him In all controversies. It was on the oc of a cotton mlh tabor difficul ty ta Charlotte and sanoandlng ter ritory In which the cotton mill own ers had inlei (heir employes the right ef anion membership, and had t?fnesd ta recognise the principle of collec tire bargaining or to deal \ Hh their employes collectively. There was a call for troops. In stead. the Gorernor. while boldinr la which ha upheld the eight of labor at, collective bargalaiag. hat " time held that while capital has no right to dictate that a.TT^ employes must belong to the union. "The right of labor to organize" said Governor Bickett, "cannot be chal lpnged but I am persuaded that the kind of organization that both capital and labor now maintain can never bring about that confidence and good will between employer and employe that is essential to th<f success and happiness of both. Laoor and capi tal are in separate camps, viewing each other with suspicion and dis trust. Such an attitude spells fail ure. The only hope for setter condi tions, for enduring peace is for labor and capital to stand togetner m a spir it of mutual helpfulness. There must be co-operation and not competition between the men who furnish the cap ital and the executive ability and the men who furnish the labor. "No mill owner,*' he added "has the right to say that a man shall not work because he belongs to a union and no laborer has the right to say that a man shall not work because he does not belong to a labor union." That strike was settled agreeably to both the employers and employes. Then followed at Intervals a series of aoch disputes In which aovernor Blck ett took a part, fighting In. each case for the recognition of the light of la bor to organize and to bargain collec tively. He went to Hlgn Point, per sonally, and made his fight, winning for the operatives of cotton mills and furniture factories a contract recog nizing In efTect their right to work as members of the union, and to bargain collectively. A similar strike In Albe marie was settled without the Gover nor's presence. One In the Raleigh Mills here was settled with the sign ing of an agreement proposed by the Governor, similar in text to the High Point document. At L?ndls. however, Governor Bick ett was called upon In a strike and picketing by employes of the Linn Mill Ing Inc., and the Corrlher Mills to stand np for the other side of his pro gram, which assured employers free dom to employ whom they would with out union Interference. A personal vtolt an address to the workers was enough to clear up a situation that promised violence and bloodshed. Goes 0?t of Olflee With the Inauguration of Cameron Morrison, Governor of North Carolina In January, 1921, Governor Bickett stepped out of office, apparently In better health than when he entered it. He received the acclaim of friends as the only Oovernor of the State of re cent administrations at least, to re tire from office in fit state of health. He had been careful of it during his stay In the executive mansion, had hunted much In the open, had taken Joy In recreation after the severe de mands of his office, and had found his chief pleasure In going about the State among his friends. He formed a law partnership in Ral cfgl, wltluAttorney General J. 8. Man ning and Garland 8. Ferguson, pur chased a handsome nomfcjrtable home In Hayes Barton and was beginning to prosper in a renewed law practice and the reestabiishment of lifers a private citizen when the stroke come. He was not a strong sectarian but was a man of abiding religious con viction, a member of the Episcopal church, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. ?The foregoing touches some of the high spots, some ot the achievements of Governor Bickett as a public offic ial . It takes no account of those in timate glimpses ot the man which his friends caught as he went about the business of promoting the welfare ot the State. It takes no account of the intensely human, genial disposition ot the man, of that splendid comradeship which existed between Governor Bick ett and Mrs. Bickett ot that beautltul home life which included in its circle the only son William. It leaves much unrecorded. It re lates much in a sketchy Inadequate sort or Way. But his place In State annals Is not dependent apon this Im perfect sketch nor upon any record yet to be written. It may be read in the statute books of tbe State, while the Institutions for the misguided and unfortunate, the strengthened hands ot public health workers and educators are eloquent with the evidences of hK Influence. There was hardly a phase of State life he did not touch and the sum total of this influence will accord him just place In the lptg line ot dis tinguished North a Healthy Child with Vinu have an ns latou? poor blood, aad a* a I WMki will mrteh tka Mood. Im thn, and act u a Goaaral Stnottb 3 the whoU tyvttm. Nature will then throw off or dispel tbe wcnaa, and thoChlld will bo la perfect hoalth. Pleasant to taka. Moparkoolo. WANTED?Man with car to aell low priced ORAHAM TIRES. $130.00 per week and commissions. GRA HAM TIRE CO., 2467 Boulevard, Benton Harbor, Mich. 1-18-lt This submersible battle-ship that England Is to build will be handy In case tbe world decides to sink all It? war craft.?Seattle Times. The dollars of the family are not carried in the wife's name as often as the sense. It Pay* To Get It At RAY'S Quality?Price?Strrice
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