WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1927
A 1 Smith and Fair Play
(Continued from pane 2.)
interests of our country those laws
ougat lo be repealed.
T> my way of thinking, ab nit Die
greatest i rime aga'ns. civilization
is to suppress freedom of thought or
speech. The most uplifting
ance ever made in the promotion ol
true civilization is this:
"1 hate what you say, hut ! will
die for your right to say it."
Please observe carefully that I
am not anywhere in 'his essay at
tempting to minimize the st nig and |
perfectly legitimate argument
against his candidacy that h- is an 1
ant'-prohibitionist; but I Til or.'y '
det\ nding him against the outrage- j
ously unfair argument that becausy 1
he is opposed to prohibition he is a j
law-breaker or a nul'ifier ol the,
constitution.
L.it what think >ou? Siq pose'
Smith is seck'n.f to nullify '-he Mth
amendment, is this a crime more
grievous than is th" oiF-nse those
wh . are seeking tt> :»ull«'"y the third
section of the sixth article of li e
federal constitution, which forbids
setting up a man's religion as a test
Jbf his fitness for the office of
Ml ')i .-ddent?
Will the South Support Smith?
Smith's opponents are unlaw to |
him (many of them unintentionally)
even when they uit-• pnphecics as
to what will har»pen if he become
the Demoiratic candidate for I're&i*
dent.
Those who foretell disaster to
Smith make answer as tlough the
question profounded to thenv were
this: "Will the Democratic South
support Smith for President if an
ideal candidate Ik nominated against
him?"
I submit that to propound s;:eh a
question is at.>ur", and *. i answer
it is still more absurd. The liept b
licans are not g>ng to nominate an
ideal candidate.
Whom, then, will the Republicans
nominate as their candidate?
Well, for one th.ng, I can tell you
they are not going to nominate a
man who is either a pronounced
prohibitionist; or a pronounced anti.
Two of the most capable men the
Republicans have are Borah and
Longworth, but neither of these
stands a "Chinaman's chanct" of be
ing nominated, —Borah, because he
is an out-and-out prohibitionist;
Longworth. because he is en out
and-out anti.
,Tne Republicans will nominate
Aolidue, Hoover, Ixiwden, Dawes, or
man of that type—that is, x
Imn who has never opened his
mouth to let the voters know wheth
er he is in favor of prohibition or
against it. In other words, the Re
publicans are deliberately seeking
a candidate who is a milk-and-cider
man ("milk" for the pro's an I
"cidar" for the anti's), a man who
has been too much of a coward or,
at least, too politic, to express him
self tin this question—this question
that the great moral leaders say is
the most important before the
American citizens today.
Can you imagine a single man in
public life in North Carolina who
has hitherto been a Democrat who
will get upon the platform and urge
the Democrats of the state to be
come Republicans and vote for any
Republican named above because »f
Smith's attitude on the prohibition
question in the face of the fact that
the Republican candidate will not
declare himself in favor of prohibi
tion ? (
Ever and anon it is published in
the press of the state that some
prominent Methodist or Baptist or
Presbyterian who has hitherto affil
iated with the Democratic party, has
.-.aid: "If the Democrats nominate
£mith for President 1 will vote the
tiiket."
) Not so, my friend. You cannot
'ito the Republican ticket' in the ab
::tract. You will be compelled to vote
fir a Republican candidate for Pres
ident. Kindly name a single Repub
lican whom you will vote for who
has any chance of securing the R. •
.mhlican nolaination.
! think I know the people of'
North Ce.rolna, and kn >w tneir coi>-
lemnt for a "wishy-washy" man, a
man who will not stake himself out
«>n any question. While many North
t arolinians may not vote at all, t
i.inn.ot believe they will vote against
Smith, who is courageous enough t >
express his views, and vote instead
for a Republican candidate who will
pit make an open declaration in
favor of prohibition.
If the contest shall come between
Smith and any one of these non
committal Republicans, and if th •
; -eachers openly enter the presiden
tial campaign next year (which God
forbid), then 1 hope a "second
Daniel come t > judgment" will
. reach a sermon taking as a text
l'.cvelation 3:15. 16:
"Would thou wert cold or hot;
but because thou art lukewarm
and neither cold nor hot, 1 will
pew thee out of my mouth."
I:' both the letter and the spirit
that text are followed, there will
4iH>c preached a memorable sermon,
n.ill •' will no doubt be accounti 1 a
llu' strongest speech which will !»"
made for Smith during the entire
campaign, a clarion call to every
voter to spew the Republican candi
date out of his mouth.
in addition to all this, it can be
said that if the Democrats of North
( arolim: vote the Republican ticket,
they will be compelled to renounce
all the arguments that have'hithei
t.i been made by our speakers when
urging our people to continue voting
the Democratic ticket
The tariif, centralized government,
truckling to the money powers of
the country, and other questions
that hace hitherto divided the Dem
ocrats and the Republicans must -ill
be obliterated, or. more accuiute!"
sneaking, the Democrats of North
Carolina must "box the compass"
a.ul support candidates advocating
those principles and polities of gov
ernment which they have hitherto
utterly rejected, as against one who
still supports all of the Democratic
tenets of government
Do you think it within the range
of possibility that that will occur?
Ecclesiastical Intimidation.
What are Smith's chances in North
Carolina jor getting votes in the I
Democratic primary for President j
next year? 1 will make answer to I
that question by saying that if con
ditions continue as they now exist,
he will get a comparatively small '
vote in this state.
The failure to get a large vote
will not, in my opinion, be du 
mainly to the lack of admirers, nor I
to the paucity of those who would 1
vote for him if left wholly un
trammeled. What then will be the
j reason why his vote will be light in ]
this state?
! I answer the question with blunt j
i brevity: In my opinion, it will be t
. due to the exercise of moral duress 1
| and ecclesiastical intimidation on
| the part of some of the preacher*
i and moral leaders of the state.
I 'lhere be many in our Protestant
\ churches who still regard the ini
! probations of preacheis as coming
ex-cathedra, and there is a still
larger number of timid souls who
believe that to be disobedient to th-•
voice of the preacher in anything
is »•> lesson one's chances of heaven
and to increase one's danger of hell
nre.
Whenever, therefore, a proa.her
of any denomination makes an un- ,
just and unwarranted assault upon 
any candidate or upon any move- J
ment in church or state, the result
of this is moral duress ami ecelesi- j
astical intimidation, which results
in preventing free action on the
part of the large numbers who come
within the sphere of influence of
such preachers and who have not
independence enough to resist their
influence.
I, myself, have many strong oh
! jections to the Roman Catholic
church, not the least of which is
that I repudiate the pope's assump
tion of the right and power to hurl
ecclesiastical anathemas and to pro
nounce absolutions. The effort on
the part of a Protestant minister to
force the members of his church to
accept the preacher's own standard
of church worthiness is in identical
ly the same category with the ter
rorizing pronouncements of the Ro
man church.
While I have objections to the Ro
man Catholic church, I absolutely
' resent and repudiate any effort to
j discount Roman Catholics as true
' t'hristians, and I resent and repud
iate the suggestion that if I favor
a Catholic for President I thereby
in any degree impair my standing
in m> own church or make myself
loss acceptable in the sight of God.
' While lam and always have been
a pronounced prohibitionist, I ;.ib
j solutoly resent and repudiate the at-
I tempt to set up as a test of church
: worthiness, or of upright citizenship,
the question as to whether one is a
' prohibitionist or an auti-prohibi
, tionist. The Christ, whose lirst mil*
I acle was the making of wine at thu
; marriage in Cana of Galilee, never
' established any such test and, to my
1 way of thinking it is little short of
blasphemy for anyone claiming to
be an "ambassador of Christ" t.i
, anathematize any citizen, whether
! church member or not, because h •
j is not "orthodox" on the subject ol'
i prohibition, according to the preach
i er's standard of orthodoxy."
A Word To The Preacher,
i In conclusion, Mr. Preacher, may
I have a word with you, heart to
heart ?
If you pledge yourself to do all in
your power to defeat Governor
Smith, if he is nominated as Demo-
I eratic candidate next year, do you
realize what fulfillment of your vow
will mean to you and your chuivh?
I Do you expect to preach sermoai
opposing Smith and advising your
members to support the Republican
candidate ?
| If so, do you expect the members
of your church who are supporters
'of Governor Smith, tamely to sub
( mit to your excoriations of the l ;-
i candidate, which necessaiily means
condemnation of them?
Are you so deaf that you cannot
hear the rumblings of discontent at
the pi-ospect of such a situation?
Are you so blind that you cannot
1 see that awful chasm at the end of
the course you propose to pursue?
The other day, at the opening of
the great Methodist cathedral here
in Chat lotto, Bishop Mouzon (my
in ist highly-esteemed bishop)
utterance to this striking though.
• pessimistic statement: "Our t'hri: -
lion civilization is in the midst of
a terrible moral collapse!"
i If that is true, as 1 fear it is, do
you not agree with me that the
, church, tl|c chief conservator of
Christian civilization, is cheifly iv
, spon-Jde for this appalling c.mdi
| lion ?
And if the church is chiefly re
sponsible, do you not agiee with me
thai the ministers, who are i.ecessa
lily the foremost leaders in the
. church, must be held chiefly respon
sible for the failure of the chur-h
I to conserve our Christian civi .'za
tioii ?
The great illusion for which Christ
j came into the wot Id and for which
he suffered death upon the cross,
was t> sa\e men from their sins,
an I s i long as you pieach "Christ
and Him Crucified" you are fulfilling
your God-appointeil task; but when
ever a:ui wherever you turn aside
and plunge the chuivh into needle ■
! conflict over matters thai a>v net
: essentials and about whicn uit.lhg
| cut. consecutions church :n"!rik"'s
• d ffcr, then you are aiding in brim*
| :.ig about this terrible colla.ise of
j our Christian civilization,
j If this course is pursued, will not
: the church—already bleeding an.:
torn by doubts and conflicts
soon rent in twain irretri'-vab l c ?
A Personal Word.
I am not unminci'ul of the fa t
that to all who believe tt.c pope t.i
be the anti-Christ, I wUi lie hem e
forth—"anathema," ar.d to a!! wh.t
regard the Volstead act y- lex ;-u
--prema, I will !;e—"maranatha.'
Pardon me when I say: None of
these things move I do not care.
A fe»v nays ago iie alvmi tr of
my years rounde l on' T.bivc score
and ten. Wiii'e mill' »;>'"• not
dimmed nor niv natural tWce abated,
nevertheless 1 know thn f . the s:>at,
of my life cannot l>> much pro'ewg
ed and I have put bci.md me :il! am
bitions, political and otht i-wi.-.e.
Horn in the humble a 'ii.i of
circuit-rider, 1 have been for more
than half a century an unworth;.
member of the Methodist church.
For more than two score years I
have battled for prohibition and
bear upon me now some scars of •
the conflict.
I have no affiliations whatever
with tile Catholics and, so far as I
can now re all, I have not a singl"
prominent Catholic among my cli
ents.
The nomination and election of Al I
Smith for President means nothing 1
to me, but I sincerely believe him to ,
be a useful, upright, patriotic Chris- •
tian citizen, ami it does mean much
to me - grieves me sorely—that my
native state that I love, and the
church that has fostered me and
nourished in me the feeble spark of
spiritual life that seemed so often
about to expire, are now in grave
danger of standing condemned be- ;
fore th" bar of righteous, intelligent,
fair-minded public opinion for nav
ing made unjust and undeserved at
tacks upon an upright Christian citi
zen, and for having plunged ihurch
and state into a needless conflict
that portends no good and can re
sult only in disaster and ruin.
However much you differ with me
or even condemn me for what is
here written, 1 dare repeat the'
prayer uttered once by the Psalmist '
! David:
"Examine me, O Lord, and prove
j me; try my reins and my heart!" '
And I will be found guiltless in ;
I God's sight of any sinister or un
! worthy motive.
i CHARLES W. TII.LETT.
Charlotte,
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
By virtue of a decree of the
Superior Court of Stokes coun
ty, North Carolina, rendered on
the 21st day of Nov., 1927, in
the Special Proceeding, entitl
ed "T. O. Watson and others
against Mary Watson, widow
of V. G. Watson," appointing
the undersigned a commission-
I er to sell the lands of the said
V. G. Watson, for partition, !
will expose to public sale, to
the highest bidder, upon tin*
premises at Pinnacle, Stokes
county, N. C., on—
SATURDAY, DEC. 21th, 1927,
at the hour of one o'clock p.
m., the following tract of land
belonging to the said V. G.
Watson, deceased:
"Beginning at a rock in
Jones' line, thence south 8-'
degs. east 8.8(5 chs.; thenc"
N. GO degs. E. 2.42 chs.; then
ce S. 71 degs. and 80 mins. E.
81.16 chs.; thence S. 7 tlegs.
and :i() m. W. 12.78 chs.; then
ce S. 87 deg. E. 1.26 chs. thence
S. 10 degs. E. 5.50 chs.; thence
S. 10 degs. E. 8.10 chs.; thence
S. 78 degs. W. 6.88 chs.; thence
S. 21 degs. E. 5.20 chs.; thency
S. 78 degs. and 80 mins. W.
2.50 chs.; thence N. 86 degs.
and 80 mins. W. 28.44 chs.,
N. 8 degs. and 80 mins. E.
14.89 chs.; thence S. 81 degs.
E. 25 links; thence N. 6 degs.
E. 5.09 chs.; thence S. 86 degs.
jand 80 mins. E. 1.46 chs.;
j thence N. 15 degs. and 80 mins.
| E. 4.54 chs. thence N. 85 (legs
land >0 mins. W. 8.14 chs.
| thence N. 27 degs. and 80
j mins. W. 1.18 chs.; thence N.
i 69 degs. W. 2 chs.; thence N.
JBS degs. and -'SO mins. W. 1
J chs.; thence S. 68 degs. and
'BO mins. W. 1.80 chs.; thence
S. 78 degs. W. 8.15 chs. to ;>
stake in Watson's line; thence
N. 1 (legs. E. 10.10 chs.; then
lce X. 8. degs. W. 10.08 chs. to
the beginning. containing
124.85 acres, more or less."
Terms of Sale: One-third
I cash, and the other two-thirds
on a credit of twelve months
with bfcnd and approved securi
tv for deferred payment, bear
i. .
ing six per cent interest iron;
day of sale, with privilege t«»
the purchaser to pay all ca. h
if lie so desires.
This Nov. 21st, 1927.
E. G. WATSON,
Commissioner.
; N. (). Petree, Atty.
NOTICE OF SALE.
By order of the Superior
! Court of Stokes county, I will
sell at public auction at the
court house in Danbury, N. C ,
i
on—
DECEMBER STH. 1927,
1 at one o'clock one Ford touring
car. 1924 model, motor No.
j 8,727.675. Seized from Walter
Farmer.
This Oct. 31st, 1927.
J. FRANK DUN LA P.
Sheriff.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE UNDER DEED IN
TRUST.
By virtue of the power of
sale in a deed of trust executed
to me on the 2nd day of Feb..
1922, by Oscar Ziglar and wife,
Irene Ziglar, which is recorder
in the oltiee of Degister Deeds
of Stokes county, X. C„ in
Hook 66, page 566, to which
reference is hereunto made, t;>
secure the payment of a note
therein recited, the principal of
which is $224.95, and accrued
interest, default having been
made in t lie payment of said
note at maturity and the hold
er having applied to me to
foreclose the deed of trust for
the satisfaction of same. I will
expose to public sale, to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the
court house door in the town
of Danbury, N. C., on—
SATURDAY, DEC. 24. 1927,
at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m.,
certain tracts of land lying and
being in Stokes ebunty, N. C.,
and more particularly describ
ed and defined as follows: Be
ginning at a stone, Hughes
line, where it crosses the
mountain road, thence up the
road a west course 11 chains
and 40 links to pointers in At
wood's line, thence south on
his line 14 chains to long
branch, thence down sam»
as it meanders in an east
course 11 chains and 30 links
to pointers in Robert Hughes'
line thence North on his liin
10 chains and 10 links to thj
beginning, containing 13 3-4
' acres, be the same more or less.
Second tract. Bounded as
follows, beginning at a holly on
a branch Smith's corner on
said Smith's line 13 chains and
25 links to a chestnut oak,
pointers, thence south on At
wood's line 12 chains to a black
jack at the mountain road,
thence down said road as it
meanders an east course 12
chains and »() links to a stone
in Robert Hughes' line, thence
north on his line 11 chains to
the beginning, containing
15 1-4 acres, more or less.
This Nov. 18th, 1927.
J. W. HALL. Trustee
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"STANDARD*
GASOLINE
NOTICE.
Having qualified a> administrator
of the estate of John \\. Drown,
deceased, late of Stokes county,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them duly authenticated to the un
dersigned at Walnut Cove, North
Carolina, Route I!, on or before the
18th day of November, l'.rJH, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This Nov. With, I!U>7.
JKWKL PUIDDY,
Administrator of the estate of
John \V. Drown, dee'd.
A. T. Bare, Att.v. for Admr.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as executors of
the last will ami testament of P.
K. I'cti'ci l , deceased, notiee is here
by tfiven to all persons holding
claims against said deceased, to
present them to us for payment,
duly authenticated, on or by the
20th day uf Nov., lU2B, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
reeovery. All persons indebted to
said deceased, are most respectfully
requested to make immediate pay
ment to us.
This Nov. 1 Ith, l'.fJT.
Wm. K, PKTIIKK and
ROBKRT G. PKTRKE,
Kxecutors.
I*. 0. Germanton R. 1, N. (.*»
N. t>. I'etree, Atty. for Kxecutors.