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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1908. *
HORNS GIVES. EIS PLATFORM.
Rather Disapproves of Public
Discussion Favors Prohibi
tion
CLAYTON, N.C. Feb. 21, 1908
MR. J AS. A. LOCXIIAUT, Chm.
Wadesboro, N. C.
My dear ' Sir. I wish to ex
press my appreciation of the in
vitation you so kindly extended
me to be present at your cele
bration 011 the 22nd of February.
I wish that my engagements
would permit me the pleasure of
mixing with your people, and
shaking hands with them, even
if I did not make a speech on the
occasion. Speaking is not my
specialty; I only claim to be a
business man. Remembering
however some of the experiences
of our partv in the past when
our Democratic candidates have
joined in public discussions, and
loving the welfare of my party
above all other considerations,
lam loath to participate in a
discussion that might tend to ar
ray some Democrats against
other Democrats. Of course if
I .am nominated, I shall take the
stump against the nominee of
the other party.
We^are all pretty close together
in our policies. To be sure, our
creed is Democracy, as it is de
clared in our platforms, both
State and National; to all of
which I am loyal in every partic
ular. I realize, however, that
the people of my party at whose
hands I am asking the nomina
tion for Governor are entitled to
know my position upon any and
every issua that may confront us
and for that reason, I take pleas
ure in stating my views in re
spect to certain matters of inter
est in this State. I shall not re
fer to National issues, because
with those the candidates for
the office of Governor are not
primarily concerned.
FARMERS.
My first desire, if elected, will
be to do all that is in my power
to promote the welfare of the
farmers of this State. I have
no hesitancy in declaring this in
the very beginning of what I have
to say. lam a farmer, mvself,
and have been all my life. I
have ever been interested in all
that makes for the good of the
agricultural interests of this
whole State. It was my pleas
ure to have a hand in the estab
lishment of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of North
Carolina and I aejoice in the
work that it has been doing for
the betterment of farming con
ditions. ' For a short time I have
been on board directing the
Department ©f Agriculture of
the State and it is my earnest
desire to make not only this de
partment but every department
of the State government more
fruitful of good to that class of
men who make up so large a
percentage of population.
Heretofore this department has
been burdened with expenses of
undertakings not psrtaining en
tirely to agriculture and its effi
ciency thereby in a ipeasure
criopled; but with this impedi
ment removed, I hope to see it
make itself not only "beneficial,
but even indispensible to our;
farmers. It should be made a
department strictly by and for
the farmers.
. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Sinc3 the settlement of the
race question eight years ago,
the State of North Carolina has
made wonderful progress along
lines of education and temper
ance. While keeping steadily in
view these great purposes, I be
lieve the time is now ripe for a
forward movement in our busi
ness and industrial developmeut.
Realising that lam not-a politi
cian nor an orator and that my
B wrtcomings in this respect
might be a disappointment to
so.ne of our citizens, I should, if
elected to the office of 1 Governor,
give my best energies as a busi
ness man to promote the welfare
of the State by upbuilding her
industries, helping her laboring
men, and developing her wonder
ful resources. I shall try to
make up for my deficiencies as a
speaker by earnest w^rkf
EDUCATION,
We mast take no backward
step in the matter of education,
but must maintain and as far as
possible advance our achieve
ments in this direction.
PROHIBITION.
I shall vote for prohibition in
May as I did in 1881. If the
people ratify prohibition and I
am elected, I shall do my best to
enforce the law.
RAILROAD.
I rejoice that the railroad liti
gation is about settled and that
the people of-the State may avoid
the expense and vexation which
the further progress of that liti
gation might entail. The new
rate should be given a fair trial.
If it proves sufficiently remun
erative to enable the railroads to
give good service, \ pay living
wages, and a fair return on the
true money value of the proper
ty (but nothing upon any water
ed stock) we may regard the
matter as settled for some years
to come. I am sure that the
people of this 3tate do not want
rates so unprofitable as to force
railroads to cheapen service, re
duce wages, discharge employees
or stop improvements.
Iu making rates, three factors
must be considered, the wages
paid employees, the service due
the public, and the profit due
the owners. Of these the first
is vital. The work of the rail
road employee is arduous and
dangerous. He ma tgo regard
less of time or weather. Every
hour he is in jeopardy. No
thoughtful man will deny that
he is entitled to a fair living
wage commensurate with his
labor and the hazard of his em
ployment. The public ought
not to demand a rate so low that
the workman must suffer and no
stockholder should expect a
dividend until after the em
ployees are paid fair wages. The
public should be #iven good ser
vice, and granted every protec
tion in the power of the railroad
which will increase their com
fort and prevent their injury,
such as the establishment and en
forcement of the block system
and double-tracking as early as
business demands it.
The railroads, after paying
their employees good wages and
after paying the cost of main
taining and completing their ex
tensive improvements, are just
ly entitled to a good profit on the
real value of property. lam op
posed to any dividends on water
ed stock, and am in favor of the
enactment of laws preventing
the taxation of the people for the
wrongful purpose of paying
dividends on such stock. I be
lieve in the rigid controls of rail
roads, and when so controlled, in
treating them fairly. I have
never owned railroad bonds or
stock (except two shares in the
Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad Company, which I took
for a debt from another mer
chant) and I have never ridden
on a pass.
FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION.
The flagrant discrimination
against North Carolina towns in
the matter of freight rates must
cease. However much we may
have suffered from high rates,
business has been injured ten
fold more by unequal rates and
discriminations against us in
favor of Virginia cities. We
demand equality with our sister
states, and to obtain that equal
ity and justice the whole legal
power of the state must if nec
essary be put in motion.
CORPORATION.
Corporations are necessities
for modern business. They are
powerful agencies for gcod when
controlled by kept within
the law. I favor their firm con
trol and regulation. So control
led, they should be treated fair
ly and justly, the same as an in
dividual, I favor a law making
political contributions by corpor
ations illegal. They should a
void tne very appearance of
evil. v *
TRUSTS
•The suppression of competi
tion is a crime. The man or
corporation that suppresses com
petition and establishes a mdfio
poly is a criminal and should be
treated as such. The Protective
Tariff is the prolific mother of,
trusts, and State regulation can-'
To Qur Subs
Dear Subscriber: —
The Postoffice authorities have just made a new
rule compelling publishers to DISCONTINUE send
ing their paper to subscribers who are much in ar
rears. It has been our custom to be very lenient
in this respect because we know th~t some of our
best friends who prize the paper most highly are of
ten forgetful about remitting at. any special time.
When they get round to it they always square the
account up to date and pay a year ahead.
The Government has been obliged to make this
ruling because some publishers have abused the priv
ileges heretofore enjoyed.
I feel sure that you will understand the position
in which we are placed and realize that we are al
lowed no choice in the matter.
Furthermore, let me say that there never was a
time when we appreciated more heartily the loyal
support and sympathetic co-operation of our friends.
This has been an extremely trying season for all
publishers and doubly so for us. And I think you
must have noticed that we are redoubling our efforts
to make the paper attractive and helpful.
If your subscription is one of those which will
be in arrears as much as one year by April Ist, 1908,
we earnestly hope that you will come in as soon as
possible and arrange so that we will not have to part
company witft you. We don't want to lose a single
one of The Democrat family.
We are offering a $60.00 Sewing Machine for a
club of 36 cash subscribers, or renewals, to The
Democrat. This machine will be given to the party
first securing this number. Parties getting up clubs
of five or more cash subscribers or renewals will be
given a year's subscription, free, to the Thrice-a-
Week World, Thrice-a-Week Constitution or Cor
rect English. This gives every one a premium for
his club and pays well for little effort.
We give the Southern Agriculturist, free, one
year to every subscriber paying up and renewing
his subscription to The Democrat.
not reach her. But State legis
lation can to some extent reach
her these pirates of
commerce; and every attempt to
restrict competition in buying
and selling should be made crim
inal.
LEGAL PROCEDINGS.
Legal proceedings should be
made made more expeditious and
less expensive. When a docket
is full of important matters, it
seems a waste of time for a
Superior court to be trying a
multitude of cases which could
more appropriately be disposed
of in a police court. t
PARDONS.
Pardons should be granted
whenever the innocence of the
defendant is established after
conviction; and upon failure of
health and for other cogent rea
sons they can be properly grant
ed. But ordinarily a court and
jury, with the defendant pre
sent and represented by counsel
and with the witnesses on both
sides present, furnish the best
tribunal for the trial and punish
ment of crime. Usually their
decisions had best not be dis
turbed by the Executive.
FRAUDULENT STATE BONDS
If elected Governor, I shall
with all the legal power of the
State resist any attempt to col
lect the fraudulent special tax
bonds issued by the Legislature
of 1868.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905.
(| THE PENITENTIARY.
11 The penitentiary should be
i self-sustaining. The present
policy of making: it contribute to
the snpport of the State govern
j ment is a wise one. Crimes is
•
expensive and it is nothing but
right that criminals should
be made to contribute towards
defraying the expenses they
| make necessary.
PUBLIC CHARITIES.
Our unfortunates, —insane,
deaf, blind, must be treated
j liberally. If times become hard
j and our resources lessened, econ
| oraies and deprivations mest fall
J upon those of us who are well
j able to take; csre of ourselves.
jThe unfortunate and defense
! less must not be forgotten.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
Our state must do all possible
for the comfort and cheer of
those brave men who dared all
perils for the welfare of this
siath from 1861 to 1865. I shall
be glad to have an opportunity
to do all that a governor may to
brighten the last years of my
surviving comrades of those
memorable day of hardship and
privation. As increase of age
augments their needs, our boun
ty must be liberal. We should
not regard this expense as a tax
or a burden? It is a proud
privilege to minister to the com
fort of these brave men.
IMMIGRTION.
Immigration is to be desired
provided the immigrants are the
right kind of people; but no im
migrants should be sought from
undesirable foreign sections. We
have been soroly troubled already
by one race problem; it would
hardly be wise to import another.
If our industries were more ful
ly developed so as to furnish re
munerative employment and op
portunities for advancement at
home, our young men would
stay at home and build up this
state instead of going t) the
South and West. We would
then hardly feel the need for
foreign immigration.
In conclusion, let me again ex
press ray regret at my inability
to be with you on the 22nd in
stant I hope that I can get to
Wadesboro before long and have
the pleasure of becoming better
acquainted with your people.
With kind personal regards, I
remain.
Yours sincerely,
ASHLEY HORNE.
Chief Police Shot and Killed
At Fayetteville.
Associated Prets.
Ffeb. 23.—James H. Benton,
chief of police of Fayetteville,
N. C., was shot and killed early
this afternoon by a negro. The
murderer, Sam Murchison, was
captured, an hour after the
crime.
En route to the jail three at
tempts were made to take the
prisoner from the officers, and
the last time he was severely
beaten over tbe head with fists
and sticics by angry citizens,
though no serious injury was
done him.
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KEEPING OPEN HOUSE.
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There is no case on record of a
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' The chorus girl is pioverbially
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erally goes out to supper with
one.
MISTAKE CORRECTED.
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pneumonia by neglecting a cough or
cold when Foley's Honey and Tar will
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