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MOB FOUR THE TWICE-A-WEEK t>lSPA’«3l. l*i*n>Ay; NOVB» M. l$U He Twice-AWeek VvbUfitCid Everj- Tuesday and Friday H- iW State Itiitp»tch Puktistiing C'»^ Burlu^on, N,- C- 9Me», Fk«tv Floor, Raultut Suiidinr. Telephone No. 2$5. . •«k«rlpt>oa, !On« OoiUr ptf y»r, payald* in advaaee. MH. mor£;head’s jkinal PEAKA.NCE. AP- AU cOBU»ttiuca.tios« in Mgard ts Er MWf. item* ar batiaMi zbat* ■tieald be addressel t« The State iteb Publishing Co., 4nd not to m»f btdividua] comiected wit^ the. pa> '|PW* ■. ' All newa notes and commusiica' tWfi T* importance must be •irtiM writer. W^'ate not MSjponaiblc for opinien* tM MrrwpoiKieiai. ' .MMcribara will take hetiee tkst no ^niyt f«i aubaeilptioh f»r Tha State iilag^tcil.will b« honored at. thix effka eadwa it is riumbered with, trtamped . 'kjcare*. ' - . Sntercd aa seioud-olaiia instter -.«t the post office at North Carplin», under tb* Acrt of O'nffi'eas of March 8, 18?S. N>v/ark Star:^The pmcipar issue all: the Senatorial and Congres sional elections was rilade by. the Dempc-rats. It was-that of the support of the ft’esident. To what extent the el^'torcte re5pondHi to this appeal is tb be read in the election' returns. RESULT OF ELECTION AS SKEN BY COUNTfiY^ PRESS, (Continued From Page One.) Hull Moo^e herdi have returned to the parental feeding grounds by thijj — hundreds of thousands. Yet both houses of Congress are Domocralic by 1 Tr. the Editor of The Obsej ver. safe majorities. ' j me just one further impor : }*ition upon your good nature and WateTbury (Connecticut’) ^pubUcan:—The experijMent with Democratic, j valuable jipace and also upon a pos- l uie has done the country no jcood, but it has done ?fte Republican party j'ibiy altogether indiiferent public, and some good. U will be a considerably chastened and sanctitVed Republican jl pvomise the incident is closed so party that goes back irittf ai^C« in 19lo. *'» •«' A new generation will-1 iir as concerns inc. come to the front between..110.W and lOltJ* and the Congress that is chose?i X KOte with keen interest your td* then will differ greatly from thpt which went i:^ with Taft in 190S. i.orial, ''‘Morehead^s Change?*' and, in p;*ri‘liel column, Treasurer Lacy*s ex- fjysuion of State finances i;> hi&4et- lei of October 12, to ex-Goyernor Cbr.n :;ppt'ui ing in yesterday's paper. There are just two items of this evlir»rial, enriched as'it is with deft toucUes of mote or l«ss delicate sar> £*«sm and .«piced with a tinge of acri- liiony, that occupy my attention. I'irst—I plead guitly to the indict- } ^enr of being sympathetic to and in »'\ ;*ordance with thSt s^-hooi of public tho..•‘^ht and ideals of p-overnnrent as ^ {•t-'preventc. d by ex-Prer.i:Icnt Taft and Seiu.ru* ro:'.i*cse. Voii might with en* PMIadelpbia Inquirer:—Theodore Roosevelt has been repudiated by his home State of New York, l^e Repubk-ans at their primaries nominated District .\itornoy Whitman for Governor—a good .man, an excellent man. But Roosevelt dcnanded the defeat of Whitnvan and went upon the .!tump, traveling all over the Stile a^'.d denouncing the Republican eunciidate with fierce invective. The result is the elation of Whitman and the uttJi' lapse of the Roosevelt leadership. col- .MU^T HAVE FAIR ELECllONS. Our best citizen? ma.-^t stand for fair election?-i there is nothing so de-1 IMitsbnrg l*o.sl;—Since, the foundalion of the .j'overnn'ient, with iVw ex grading and demoralizing to the youiijTj ceptioiis, it has beeii tho'habit the voter.*: to be against th. party in pgv.*- manhood ■c^f the State as to encourage Ojie Ijright ^pot is tlu* elin’inaliou of the urbulent one. Koose- them to ptrjur theniselvc?? in ordersu?i hn.^ set.' they have paid their taxv>s when they ’ —^—~ ha.v§* not, it learns ihehi to be dij:-1 Boston l*cst ;-^S".ssiichusetis. ntTno.. without exceptioi'., has been in ?he hoi^ust not only in e!ectio:ts but in all j l:abir of honoriugr a ^ood Governor with at least one re-election if he ha^; their deali.p.^?: with their ftllo’-v maii.j cared to have it. She adhered to liie cus:lom htt-ause ^^he felt that iJavid 1. Can any oi;e com*eive of any person I Walsh had served her with devotion, with di'^nity ami with efficiency. a!»d being honest In other matters Who i?. [ because she t'e)t that the attacks, .-uch as they were, on his administration a perjurer, it is foolish *0 t-ven think > were trifling and reached nowhere, it can be done, and yet s .^me of our • tiUr'ines>’men who complain of the iack j I’iltsburg Dispatch:—The elections throughout the counti*y yesterday ef hor:esty in their fellow n\an, urge|i‘.«ive results somewhat oonflicting. but in the majority of case^ favorable to them te perjur therniseives in ordf'r'the Republicans, In Kastern States where the manufacturing iater^'.-it to rote the DeinocraUc tit-aei. ! si*ong there was a heavy Republican ^jain. The South, ot' course, kept up it ters of the yrospei talk foj* hours upon ; Oemocratio solidity, iiut 111 the West there was not the same return to the subject of honesty and pvirity an«l ’ Republican support that is shown in Pennsylvania and New York. Some the*! go to the polls and 'end their aid‘of the Western States wont RepubUcan; others went [democratic, and influence to a party who mil be guilty of .-'uch things as enumerated above. It is time our people ware waking up to these conditions and Philadelphia BulUtin:—With fornv.tr ^>peaker Cannon lea:ling the litre of “ronie backs," foliov.ttd by McKiiiley and Toss, of Illinois^ ^Sulloway, of New Hampshire; Hill, of Connecticut, and Longworth, of Ohio, the Repub- jjiitting t\ Mop to St i.) the interest lican line-up will be increased in .-jomething more than mei'C nunieric«il of good c:ti;:cnsh:p and good Govern-j i-trength, xvhile the Presidential pi-estige, which j^ufficed to whip recalcitrant snent. j Democrats into line in the doubtful passages of the las! session, will have 1) ! been seriously weakened. It Is gr:ilifying to see the interest I — the more substantial colorcd people ' .Sew Haven JouTual-Courier:—The Amei ican view, In f;tct the only sane of the community are taking in the! view, lo l;iUe of poUucal victories in this i-ountry is that ‘.he Amencan establishment of a Ilor^iery HiU on; j^eople ha».e spoken, have reg^.stered their preferences, and are ready to *‘Richm >iK- ffill,'* They hyve already} abide by the consequences. Connecticut has dispJayed this year the rslaiive* procured a. charter and have many lly vindictive spirit she showed in 185J4, when out the clear sky came a solid ll^^r.vpther thAn.fiepubiiean voald by such unjust and iiy^founded in* U'Mdo endeavor to pander to political I.vejudice. . The bordfiH of my first communi- ertlicn, Mr ..Editor,, ;^asj essential ly, that yowr ^^unass-.diable'* editorial sutted that “not one cent of the ,Pi'0- cv'ttds of the&e various l>ond issues wciit towards defraying the running ON peiises of the State,” o.* words to effect, ; Treasurer Lacy, in his letter, nitikos tne ^ame assertion. Observe the captions or pr^mbles of some of the legislative ^acts cre ating bund is.sues since 1900. The Legislature of passed: “An act to be entitled an act to authorize and direct the issue of State ltands% to pay off appropriations made by the Stale and other purposes. The Legislature of North Carolinr* d\> euivcti ''That for the ),urpo^S of puying otf the indebtediie^s of the St.i*** of North Carolina arising out oT appropriations for educational, jCharitiible and other purposes” etc., l^he crux of my contention, re^ihs and* i still hold the view that it is worse than fool-hardy for our State, vear in and year out, to appropriate Jooney in excess of revenue, and cov er the deficit with a bond issue and that such procedure will inevitably lead the State into insolvency or re’* fudiation. ' • 2 stiil maintain and dare re-asaert> Mr. Editor, that it is entij'ely urithin the sphere and province of a- *^pre- j;^r*iativ'e journal such as The Observ er to frown upon sarh a policy r^the)’ fhiiii flax the knee to mere polkical i’::^jority. 1 thank you Mncerly for the conr- tosy o.^tenided me and, as remarked at th^ cuUet, I ■will not impose furth er \’pon your good-natured courtly, . With asr;^u*ance of mj' re'spectful j.ersonal cbnsl.ieratioh, I am, ^ :s & c . JNO. j.1. ajt>KEHEAD. (Upofi tendering the above to Mr. liarris insertion was declined on the V>aris of the discussion being closed s^o far jis Mr. Harris was concerned, lienee its insertion as paid advertis ing matter. j, M. M.) O THE ELECTION CONTEST. Nothing is being left v-ndone imd IK. sto:u» is unturned in the effort to bj-ing to early justice every man con nected with frauds arid trickery in th3 recent elections, and already the Re- publicans have ex-Judge W. P. Bynum toncerning LWie Joe Cannon :ind|ivio of the insane; the former a re-1 and O. L. Sapp, of Greensboro, and ^V’lator Pev»rosc. ' - — - - .. .. . This however, is inei ely a matter of ^ irt-iHty' viewpoint according to indi- xldual selection. lire have gone, further and pV -d tl./ charge foi- it is my hon^ -.vhich authorizes the issue of ?a00,000 ct)!>v’t--.ioTi that the hest of states-' to cover indebtedness and other pur- •nu".shi,', most con.'^cr.vative, pro- poses. i;i-e;:.ivp ,-ird cohslriiL-nv'* legislatioii The issue of 190;> w:ts f01. the pur- h!i’^ h'.c'i at’d wiU continu'j to be idea- ;po?e of refunding maturing bonds in Uhed H'iih ;iublio Gfli?iiits of the M-.'- lihe Kouth Dakota suit, amounting-to Kink-y. .vjilrii-h. Per.--,0,000 U'sv. but far least, Can- ^ 'The issue of was for the pur- .toa type of leaders and legislators. \ pose of refunding maturing bonds Ard, in passing, from this morning's | t-jvy.oOO and an additional $500,000 (iispatches, it would appear that there | w:u- added to this maturing indebted- irc juite some others of similar view; iipss to cover appropriations for the ^niWid of State notes without h’quidat- j Hon. A. K. Hoiton, of Winston-Salem, IS pei’- uiembers of th.it race interested' as Ntockholdtrs. Tl^e direj.*tors of the cnmpany recently organized, known as the Progressive Miinui'acturing C^.. are S. B. Thcmavs 11. (\ Etlwards. J. Republican victory. Then, as yesterday, the situation w^s confusing, and P?ophets were rare. I’hen. as today, we knew that u fret; formA>f govern- nuMit has powers of »?Npre'sion that are terribly partial when, is’s fact or i!i fancy, the human stomach needs foodv and in;modiale empioyiin«nt at good 'vai:es is withheld; whcji (*a]>!iul charge.^ is lack of diiidends lo the ad- P. H. Uoh, and '1.; fiiiiiistration in poWfi-- Vt. Johni^^on, Walker. j — An initerpi of thi.^ son, properly J Hartford CourantMV vvere iissur^cd thaJ the js.sue wa.> Wilson. We!I, vonducLeil, .siiould prove of great ben- | the \ erdict has i?een rendert?d. The juiople do not believe in (he l^emocratic tfit in giving needed ctnploymflnt toji,aiiy. It went into power by a minority vote and after twc- years trial it is the i\egv.> 'uoys and girls ihe cosn- j r. jfiled. U has utver proveii etiual to the task of govfrning the country, munity. j l; has failed ;*,i;ain ;'.nd the people .“^uy so. * The project hits oin- he.st Wishes. j —O I Hchnectady Gazelle:—Whatever that (Kepublica is) have made PLKASE PAY UP. \siU be undf-rsicod a:? rebuke to the administration of .Piesidem Wilson-— P?ft«iS^ Pay Up is a popular slogan in.e that is not undeversed but, we believe, unvrtse. U cannot. v»Ut\ b« re- tliese days, and we want to v=sk our g«rded, even by stanch Repubicans, a.s wholly des;irab?e in view of the pres- subscribers to please joii^ in the move- state of affairs ir» Kurope. ment. We need money :»ifdly. Kind- j ' ly heip us if you can. O— ■ Syracuse Post-Standard:-—llie results of Congi-ess election i,*i New \ork canr.ot be read as ftr, indorsement of the Wilson administvation; ai>d *he vote upon congre.ssment is the direct test of approv'al or disapproval of two years Dem«u*raii* federal policies. * DEATH OF A BABY. The Httle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bishop died in the hame of ^her parents near Bellmont, October 25th. 1914, aged I year, 2 months, ir> days. She had suffered intenselj* with that dread disease membraneous croup for & louple of days. All that human skil! could do was done nith the hope, j Chicago Post:—The plain fact is that, under the depression of var, one dollar of the debl; the latter jrs atlorney.s hi the case. This tihrelj’ meritorious, j h;:ps the ablest coxmsel in the State. Tho issue of 1911 was under the | New instance.^? of fraud are being. The second item of the editorial y.veamble "Whereas the Governor in j ui’eartnhed every day. .There seems that strike.^ me is the intimation thati|}is message two yeajs ago appropriat-|’.v be no end to the fraudcdent meth- iny former communication evidences 'over ?:i00,000 more than our rev-!n»?.‘ i/sed hy the Democrats tn the re- di!^loyalty to North Carolina. ; onue?, 1 most urgently j'eq;iist that jri nt elections. Even good, honest To the ci>ntrary, 1 yield piace to no you practice economy in appropriat-! democrats have no idea of the actual man in my loyalty to jind affection * a,!-?- and that you do not appropriate! methods practiced, and many of them fiiv my State but I do not conceive of more money than the reasonably cer-jhave taken sides with th« Republicans Icrlslative extravagances constiitites tuin amount ol revenue which you may i ai d will use their influence toward disloyalty on the part of a ^ivate cit-' -I vide, without also providing the|tne | rosecution of criniinais and for ? ectssary funds, etc,” ! cleaner election in this county. 'rhoreupon the Lcgi.sbiture pro-1 Republicans are stirred as never be- eoeds to meet this condition by “an 1 fore and ^,000 will come t>3 Asheboro :K‘t 10 provide for the redemption nf{ voice their protest agaiust the /.r.tton h nds falliJig due January 1,J method.^ practiced in the election of *tnd for meeting the deficiency | Twesday, last, c’ euted by appropriations n^ade in e.x-! No loud procession heralds the iy.en t* his State. ?f .'luch criticism be treasonable I cut. oniy say make the most of it; noi can similar complaints be estop- (jcd by the hoary and discredited cry i»f “Nothing but vile radical .ihuse, fabification and niaiiciou.> mi^repre- offi’red in lieu of lejritinjute i\ rgumont. As to I’,1C Utu-!- wiilt-n l.y Tioj.s ;„■( f.ppciir as about $200,000, vn*i- Lacy tiJ ex-ixovt»rnor Gle;sn el- tinj: f-r*rth the Hnanciai sUUus «f tli- State. The figures in the main agree ee.‘'s of revenue received,*’ which de- iit iency froni the phraseology of the ju‘\vs .»f the contest, no bra.ss band? play the n^arch, but the Republicans i(H' jvoing about in a quiet, cool, de- Tota) amount aulhoriited and i.ssued \ terminod manner, and no compromises under Sec, 7 jf this act .$5.10,000, ( v.ill be '*ni.sidered. .\gain a r«newal of note.*; without| Of course no suits c:i"i be entered mv former I j .ivlr.g one dollar of the principal and I but immediately following several \v?lh tho.se cojitained M o:mupication except as to tnc float- ;i£i additional amount of add-ji idts will bt? jnstitated. .1^* ividebtedn^i^ji of \ht ltd to the debt to cover Treasury do-j w Hi I*.* instituted. h is POt germane to my contention Thi.s .same act in See. 7, em-\ O hat possibly O.w hsif of the Sl;au'.s 'the Tteasurei- to c-xetule his | DAVIIISO.V REI'UBUC.IXS AKE Chicago Daily —The le.^.'^on •‘‘f the late election i^ that adherents of the new third party ought to return to the ranks of the two old partie.'; and there continue their earnest work for progress: in national affairs, (n this way they can be most effective for good- of saving her life and resforing her to health, but God saw fit to call 5iiW Home. The little one had reached that age ivhen by the prattle of her little feet and by the sweet tones of her little voice .she had iiKreased the t:es of the natural pare.ntal love attd t‘> xiy “Good-bye’' to her on eai*th pained tht heart.'^ of parents and friends. The funeral >\as conducted by Rev. ■ Whitaker in Friendship Church, and the tiny body wa.9 laid m the graveyard by the church in the aidst of the oaks, whose leave.^ with ered by the frost of Aufcumn, are fall ing to mother Earth. l>.us we are reminded by God's voice in nature and in His Providence that this w-orid not our home and our little ones on the other sjde^ safe in chc arms of JeSDs ar?poking this way and wait-, ing for ijs to come. A FRIEND, ■ O Hepubti^i^» made gains in short- work- districts while Dftm.ocrats gain- the others. people did not and would not discriminate between the Progressive aiul the Republican programnie. They were against the whole Democratic sconomie plan- To hit it, they seized the mast familiar and the most de.stioicfcivft weapon they could find. San Kranci^sco Chronicle:—-The nation*s rebuke of the Democratic poi- icies is wide and emphatic. .Another chforing feature is the practica! elimin ation of the Progressive as a disturbing factor in most of the States, so that two years from now a united Republican party will once more lock horns with the Democracy. The party of prosperity will resume control of the government. The result of thii^ eiection inspire confidence in busiftes-^ men that after the next national election they will be let alone to pursue pje.-ent bonded indebLcd.tess reprc fo>- $:iOG,OOC ‘Ho meet a delicteney .ini.--' the refunding of fsirnie:' bond jf; jhc Treasury on account of appro- aSues. prifations in excess of revenue” mak^ What docs have material b»^ai ing ; a grand total for all purpo.ses, iU(d importance upon the matter, is *o? ^■850,000 by this ?500,000 of .bat we continually “refund** our debt v't>k*h was to meet Treasury deficit, - i'efuiid beinjr a htgh-sounding antj | Thr issue of UH3 was created by i.vipoi'tatit 'Appearing ternt for .-iimple act to authorize the issue of State renewal of a note—instead of pay- bonds to meet the existing deficit in inft- it. . the State Treasury and to make ccr- Wr are accor?ingly constantly en- 'ta»n permanent imprOven)ent.s!** .’J2id gaged in renewing old debt^ and ere- asuounted to ?l,14i?,o00. uting new ones for specinc purposes. Again the ever presei’it delU-iency j:s v^ill appear later on fn this t*on- the State Trea.^ury. At this par- ’ radistinction to what appears a com- ticular time amounting to no le.'^s than mon sense schedule of paying old ^?‘tK‘sOOO in the language of the act. j i‘..'Vi]l« r-ecinct, in whieh was the ma- debt^: and living within the limit of^ In vioiy of the feet th,*it the run-lj^'iity if the Republican clerk- the State’s income. iting expenses of th»i Ktftte, eondi^ct i It appears that on account of trou- Nor do a.ssets in the STi‘to Treas-. of its institiJlions, permanent improve-‘ l b* betweeir the poll holders the polls i«ry have specific bearing upon the! ^nd every Trea.sury disburse-j re not opened until j^early II o clock “lip AGAINST IT,” Verily Dumocratie rule in close ccu/»ties h: severe, and there is no re lief for the Republicans^ out.side the coarL*? .'inrt il remains to be .seen what they can get there. lo Divids-on county ihe elections are as tb»sfc as in this county and it seems !lu.t the Republic.'Xnn there are e.p agaiiust it. At the meeting of the board of canvassers at Lexington on last Thursday the Republican candi- \^-\te t'lvr c'.erk of the Superior Court v.as 4'oiiatrii out by two majority by f’U'owing j.ut the box in South Tfaom- fjna^ result of year in and year out j *^‘»ent must i»e covered by proper ap- peniiitting expenditUj'es to iaeome. ex?.-eed propriation, I submit to the n*ost or- dii^ary intelligence that proceeds of No Nation. State or individual ev er pursued such indefensible cour.*?e without becoming a bankrupt. The Treasurer is pleased to refer to th‘ bonds involved jn the South Da kota case as tha ^‘cld Rc-publican suit their enterprises under the ordirary fronditibns of competition and be undis-1 deot.' turbed so long as they break no law not applicable to all other citizens. The business world will accept the results of this election as evidence that a working majority of the American people are tired pf t^mtfl and resulting staj^ation and idleness and arc prepared t© restor«^tlie' cbnti'ol of the gov- eminent to the party of patrioism, judgment and reason. San S'^rancisco BuUetin:—Whatever may be the reveUtion of the elec tion concerning the Progressive party or any other party in any otlier- State, it is plain that California has .«?hown an ovei'whelming approval of the hon- part^ri ]^g^^ssiv«ism Governor Hiram W. Johnson. Other Stetes h«V^*^^r^tJ'm*\S^in4t^ations which catne in upon the cresrt of a wave of disgust at the rotten methods of the older parties; but few Stat^ been fortunate enough to entrust their reforms to tKfe'haiSda ^f’’leadel'S' who y:ere able to keep the enthosiasm at white heat. ’ ** ' ^ My information h rhal these bonds v.f]’e authorized by a Democratic legislature; signed by a Democratic ^ovtfirnor, J^T, Worth, countersigned liy a Democratic Trea.^arer^ Mr. Bat tle, and that in the suit against the State the late Fabii.s £lusbe^ was couu.«l for the bondht^Iders and he a.^-sociated with hinisolf i;3C-Senator Piitler—the one a retiring Fusion sen- ».t>r, the other a 0«vnocrat of DemO' cnits. Now, why *‘the old Republican lorn? soit"? Most sureJy no politician or oAce- ihe \ariou.s bond iiiaues hnve ffone ts wards defraying State running ex- pense-s for the .■simple rea.-.on that practicaiiy, without exception, these i.ond issues have been authorized in part to cover a daiifit in the Treasury which deficit was occasioned by excess ot appropriations over income. It i.^ entirely true lliat ive liave tiiEi;.y improvement and enlargement irt neariy every State institiition, that «'e are providing nuMW liberiiii.v fi>i- the Old soldier; that wc har.; enlarged greatly appropi-lations far onr school .system. It is equally true that it has co.! a vfcst deal more to .administEr ,tbe aifairsjof; the State Joi theipast sev-. .era! ,$ear& than^.Mfhsn conservaittie. ejontttoy. and common prudenc« were observed by our Lepisilatorn. iiiid when the election board met they diclared tiiat the election was illegal (.11 these Ri'ouiyds and the returns were not counted, thus electing C. E. (iod- v.in, the Denwcratie candidate for clerk of the ^•■npei'ior.C.mrt. A siii;. v;ill Ije eiitei-ed by the ijepub- licans contesting the election an? it is iinder.^iood a!i';'a(i>- strong mu - sel has been eriiployed. — O. OiJEiXG THiS TRAI.N'iXG. It was Private Smitb’s (whose tnsm- ber 254) first church ;>arade, a!id, liavlnR done ii-^ood deal ot mscehing, he was naturslly feeling the effecta o! it durinjr the service. He had not been in the c{turr.h long vben 1h^ rev erend gentieriiaa announced the hymn; "Number 254, 'Art thoo weary, hrt thoH.JangnidV . Smith shouted with :&'lloud voice: "N'ot half!’-'—^^London Opaiion.
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