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Ashley Home, of Clayton,
Candidate for Governor,
Clayton, N. C,
June 8, UK)?.
To the Democrats of North Carolina:
Ashley Home, of this place, is a
candidate for governo:, subject to
action of the democratic state con
vention. I have known Mr. Home all of
his life, and feel that it is not out of
place for me, of my own knowledge
to state what manner of nr.ia he is.
He is a native of Johnston oounty;
is sixty-five years old: had a common
school" education, b'.U in early man
hood volunteered as a private in the
confederate armv, and following the
fortune of t h ; r uy of Forthern Vir
ginia for four years, and surrendered
with it at Appomattox His record
as a soldier is without 1 lemish.
After tiie war h
time nor ability
cation.. Wvessuy
ro to work. Tiiv
iug home he
clerked in a st-;v. .
nierchau lYu.; 1
prospered, ui i ; i ':
touiers, a.: many i
heirau to trad- v.";
ago are still
i neuds.
As a f. tnu ; a :
man Le in..- i'fi. -has
also emii.iik-r
l.e'.tll
busine.-.s.
one of t :i
the Stat-,
lines, ai.d
tusuiaho.-
dismg, ::
farmer.
n papi-:. ; ut w
ctop sei.s i: a v:;
to tiud i.iti: i;: t
carrying oa lar
cessful iarmiuj:
so well informed
in i
W::
, .K-t:vr su
I'peratioiJS.
does he keel
...ail,
' And
him-
iro
that
self on market prices of farm
ducts, that m u v recall
duriDg several re.-tnt years be
published cotton letters whieh have
contained wnolesome alviee to the
farmtrs with regard to holding their
cotton. This advice has proved to
he well founded, ai.d there is no
estimating the money it saved the
farmers of the state, and they were
not slow in expressing their grantud"
to him. In fact he is on ail business
propsitions a very practical and wise
counsellor.
He was one of the organizers of
the Cotton G rower'-; Association, ane
he has established warehouse stun
what on the line 3f trie tj.mded ware
house system now a.lv .icated by that
association.
He has always beeu a str..:tht,
regular and orgauizitiou demojra.
He hue votixl the dtino r.itic ticket-'
as they were printed.
In the early -m"s, when populism
was making such headway among
the people, he opposed it, but he un
derstood the haid conditions under
which the farmers were suffering;
and, instead of denouncing their
movement as manv unwise men did,
he treated them with kindness .iiid
nympathy. dissuading them from
leaving the democratic party, but
never denouncing them. In the
country lmmeJiately contiguous to
Clayton, populism never made any
headway, and one of the reasons it
made no headway, was the wise and
kindly manner in which the farmers
were treated by Mr. Home and other
democrats. After the fusion of
populism and repulicauism carried
the state, and when many demo
crats felc that it would be best for
us to make 6ome arrangement with
the populists by which the state
could be redeemed. Mr. Home was
utepoken in his denunciation of the
movement, isi.x or eight years be
fore he had been moderate and con
ciliatory in dealing with the populists
for he understood the burden ahicli
the farmers were then staggering.
But in 1 V.t he had no syniyatny for
any movement looking to a fusion
with llutler, Uuaseli, t-iud Thompson.
He was outspoken in den unciiiir
any such propositi n. He came to
the state conventio i in 1 S ' S and
threw his wnole ini! lence la favor
of a straight fight.
If there is one idea in Mr. Home's
mind, or if there is one motive in his
life which predominates over all
others, it is his opposition and
hatred of monopolies and combines
He has always ston for the Individ,
nal and in favor of the freest compe
tition. Ho does not believe in any
law which gives one man an advan
tage over mother, and he believes
that any agreement between two or
more men, or two or more compan
companies to restrict competition,
or to create a monopoly is a crime
againBt human right anil ought
to be puusbed in the severest
but a man who has systematically
and earnestly fought monopolies in
the only way he found it practicable
to tight them.
When the cotton-oil industry be
came important he was one of the
men who organized tne first cot ten
oil mill in Raleigh. When he a3cer
tained that the American Cotton
Oil Company had obtained control
of that mill, he sold every dollar of
his stock and retired. When it
appeared that the fertilizer business
was going into the hands of large
concerns, he was one of the men who
helped organize the Caraltigh Phos
phate & Fertilizer Works, near the
city of Ualeigh. Piopositions were
male to Iikv that mill out. Mr.
Home opposed it and offered to b
eome responsible for the future of
:- in II inm-vlf provided it. wa
kep. independent. A few years ago
wn-u uppeareu that the American
(.',): i'; Company and the South
er;. C .tttin ;l Company would con
tr-! tile e irtoil Seed lll.ll'ket of the
pi;. : :. a.i'l th-v p ssilly might i-om-
!: iind reirui-.lte prices, l!;ime-.ii-
.:?!y Mr. Home assisted in the
i . I'i.a,- i.f an lud"pjlld-ut m il at
C .lVoi'. whi.-h !!!'.!! IS ll'iw i.m hh.
and ..iiri'o'.ie.l i.y Clayton's p.'i'pV
a ran independently. It pmvid-i
i:j i.idep",dent market for s vd. an.l
f.;"!ii-hes indupetiileut of other com-
iert.li'ers.
- ::vsi'leut of
M !. !! lUii-J
i mills iavor il
itiiin. so as to
VpiiV,
... t,-lC i
:vj.'tS.
the Cl.ivton
n my Ntorh
going into a
ell'eetit .as
mi ! economy. The propos-
t, i:. wus mule to Mr. Home to have
ti.e CI -ivtoii mills iu'duded in the
ii!!-';-;. He declined to even sub
niit the prop tsitiou to the stock
holders. Tlie late of that merger
j-.'.s-if-.l the wisdom of his course.
He was one of the lirst men to
advocate the formation of home in
surance eompaui -s, both tire and
life, and to Stop the outllow of
North L'.nolina mouey for insur
ance, lie was one of the early
stockholders of the North Carolina
Home, and is au oflicer and director
in a number of successful life and
tire companies.
One of ti.r rules of his business
lif is to give the preference where
practicable t do so, to local and
lmlriiMident companies, rathei than
to foreign companies or large com
binations of capitil. As far as it
is possible to do so, he taboos trusts
and monopolies. From the pur
chase of the oil which lubricates
his machinery to the placing of in
surance upon his property he always
gives the preference to local dealers
and independent companies.
Mi. Home is not identified with
any particular faction of the party.
He is neither conservative nor rad
ical, so called. He is a democrat
plain. If elected to office, he wil lot
endeavor to build up any faction,
nor to create any personal follow
ing looking to his future advance
ment. He will be content to serve
tbe eople in the office of gover
nor for four years, and at the end
of tne term return to private life.
He will not attempt to use the great
office of governor as a Btepping stone
to any higher honors.
Mr. Home will not make a can
vass of tne State prior to the con
vention. If nominated, he will take
the stump and ably uphold the dem
ocratic c iuse. He is able to make,
and will make, a strong and vigor
ous canvass, but he will not expect
busy people to come out and hear
him speaic when he is canvassing
for himself and not as the standard
bearer of his party.
Mr. Home's personal life is with
out spot or blemish. Is'o person,
however much he may differ with
Mr. Home in politics or otherwise,
can be found who would impugn his
personal honor or believe him guilty
of an mipioper act. He has ' een
a sober, moral man all his life.
He wii a temperance mm wheu
temperance and prohibition were
not, p ipular. As far back as 1881
he voted for prohibition. He has
always stood for temperance, for
the home, the school, and the
church.
He has always been a progres
sive man; and while by far the lar
gest tax-payer of his section, he has
always voted for special taxes for
schools and good roads, and has
favored evervthinff that nromoted
tbe welfare of his community, re
gardless of its financial effects upon
him.
Mr. Home favors the strict en
forcement of the liws passed by the
last general assembly regulating
railroads and requiring them to give
better service at reduced rates. He bu-
this with a strong, bold hand. He has
always favored strict regulation of
corporations; has always favored re
quiring railroads to perform their
duties vigorously, and at the lowest
possible rates and he never rode
a mile on a railroad pa6s, believing
that railroads should serve and not
boss. More than thirty years ago
when the rates on cotton between
Clayton and Kaleigh were too high,
he organized a wagon train and sent
the cotton through the connt-y, un
til the railroads, in disgust, asked
him to name what he thought was a
fair rate. This he did, and this
rate betweeu Clayton and K.'.'eigh
has never been exceeded. lie has
always opposed the granting of -p-u-ial
favors to railroads. In lie
w .is a member of the State Sfti.tv.
Tu- liict'inund and Danvlli- rtii-
road proposed to budd to
if tlie State would donate
u.-e of several huudred
dr. il.piue was anxious ;j.s auv to
see that work completed, o ,r he
thought tiie Richmond a:. - I'm.
villi- was under ouiisritioi.s to o i l I
jit at its owu expense. il- v-'.-.i
ptgai'ist the i.ouatioii of the convie's.
ia'ni w.is oiie of tlie Senator.- u no
-, sign -d .i protest against the
; urc. Tiii! is a brief uc count i Mr.
II orns life, lie is in the r.;:-- to- '
day. lie is encouraged by ruom.-es
I of su ;ioort t'i-oi!l everv sectio.i of tn-
State, We believe he will t-e m
iuated.
In cn.ielusiou, I beg to giv it' vo.i
want to support a Confedei.it s !- 1
dier for govei uor, Mr. II irn- is t ie
man. If you want a siufe-.-ful
business man, and a life-long farmer
for the otlice, Mr. Home is th- nun.
If you want a man who has been
cousistaiit and life-long enemy of '
trust and combination, Mr. Home
is the man. If ou want n man
who has b-en a leader in the Indus
trial development of his section, Mr.
Home is the man. If you waut a
man who has always stood for good
roads, for temperance, education,
and morality, Mr. Home is the mm.
If you want a man for governor who
will give hie whole time to that
oilioe and who will not aspire to
other positions, Mr. Home is the
niiii. If you want to support a
straight, fire-tried democr.::, who
has never turned either to t iie right
or to the left, but who has cousist
enly fought the party's bittles for
more than forty years, Mr. Home is
the man. If you want a man for
governor who will till the office
well, who has never done and will
uever do an unworthy or improper
I act, who will never do anything
that will require defense, apology,
or explanation, Ashley Horne is
such a man.
J. T. Ellington,
Clayton, N. C.
manner. He is a practical trust ; Jievea in holding corporations to thtu
fighter. Nota trust-buster on paper, duty and within the law. and doing
ioiti:i) pak ;R41hs.
We all need things we can plug
along without.
If you are right, don't let a clever
man persuade you out of it.
The thoughts you can't express
without profanity are not very im
portant. Apologies are like family skeletons.
They should not be taken out before
company.
Half our bad temper comes
through our inability to see the jus
tice of the other side.
When you think yon have done
your best the chances are that yon
have only s'arted.
This would be a more comfortable
world if people would listen to rea
son as readily as to gossip.
Some people have au absurd no
tion that unless they are alwavs
I gabbing they will be considered
I dull.. Atchison Globe.
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i;i:i'i,r.n io of a iju iii:lok.
Most people's idea of having a
i virtue is that it isn't udess they ad
vertise it.
There is hardly anything more
surprising than to think a man is
your friend and find out he really
is. New York Press.
That's what religion does for a
man of faith who . lives up to his
profession. Nes A Observer.
For the traveler the best guide
book is a checkbook.
A tight man and a loose dog aie
equally dangerous.
Many a man's nervousness is dne
to his lack of neive.
Graft often goes about disguised
as a business opportunity.
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