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1 THE MOItyrN'Q STAR, WILMiyGTOy, fr. a, Tinr5siAY, SEPTEMBER 2 2, 191 0. PAGE FO -1 i Published by tb DTXMIKGTON ' STAB COMPASX PmJ Wilmington, N. C Entered as second-clasi matter at th poitofflce at Wilmington, N. C, udat ct ftf Congress, March 2nd 1874. TUUj ASSOCIATED PRESS KXPOBT. PtJBIilSTTERS' ANNOTJKCBMKNT. THE morning STAB, the oldest dally ewspaper in North Carolina, la published ally except Monday, at $8 per year, 3 Xor lx months, $1.50 for three months, CO Ents for one month, Mrrad by carrier in e city or by maiL THE SUNDAY STAR, by mall, one year, 1; six months, BO cents; three months, 5 rents. ADVERTISING KATIES may be had on application and advertisers may feel assur ed that through the columns of this paper they may reach all Wilmington, Eastern Carolina and contiguous territory In Bouts Carolina. 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COMMUNICATIONS, unless they contain Important news, or discuss briefly and properly subjects of real interest, are not .wanted; and if acceptable in every other way, they will be Invariably rejected unless the real name of bhe author accompanies the same, not necessarily for publication but as a guarantee of good faith. Thursday, September 22, 1910. The man who "takes it easy" will have a family which will have to look out for itself. "Ante-nuptial agreements," are the forerunners of post-nuptial disagree ments. The confidence game in mat rimony has the gold brick business skinned to a finish. "The fact is." remarks a contempo rary, "Roosevelt is fishing for the Re publican nomination for President in 1912." Maybe so, but even suckers won't nibble at the bait he has been using. It scares away the fish that count. A man who would leave his happy home for a stage beauty is an irre sponsible guy who would become easy prey for the bunco lawyer who offers him a pretty song-bird in exchange for an "ante-nuptial contract" which sepa rates him from his numerous simo leons. An effort is being made to sell the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky to the Federal government, but the Washing ' ton Star wonders what use on earth the government could make of that great cavern. Well, it could be mo nopolized by the G. O. P. as' a cyclone cellar just about its size. Ex-Presidents who dip into ward politics can expect to be called all sorts of names by all sorts of people. William Barnes, Jr., the New York Re publican boss, alludes to Col. Roose velt as a disorderly person and a false god whose stock in trade is " 'My poli cies' borrowed from Bryan." The Rochester (N. Y.) Herald in sists that "the tariff iniquity is a mor al issue." It looks more like an im moral issue, for it makes it easy for consumers to be robbed by protection gluttons, and, then again, it promotes prevarication on the part of politi cians who make speeches to cover up crimes committed against consumers in the name of "prosperity." Roosevelt wa3 born in New. York City, Taft is a native of Cincinnati, and. they are the only two city-bred Presidents the Republic ever had. From George Washington down to Wiliam McKinley all other Presidents were born and reared In the country. Most of the Presidents came from the farms and it is hardly necessary to ' say that the people like the country raised Presidents better than they do the city-bred articles. At the same time, the cities shouldn t be saddled with the blame. Col. Bryan has bolted the Democrat ic nominee for Governor in Nebraska because he has committed himself to what Bryan considers the whiskey in terests. Bryan's insurging will anger many a Democrat who bolted him on the free silver issue, as the average man thinks it's all right for him to bolt himself, but all wrong for tne othf er fellow to bold. However, as a bolt er, Col. Bryan is now in' a position to appreciate the motives of those who bolted him because they would not stand for the free and unlimited coin age of silver. President Taft is showing no signs of losing any of his flesh in running after a second nomination for Presi dent. He will take it if he can get it, but some of the annoyances surround ing. a man in the White House are giv- Jng him, cold feet. His principal trou ble has been In not being President himself. He allowed Aldrich, Cannon, et al to throw the switch and he did nt have Judgment enough to know that they were sidetracking him for a special train loaded with tariff trou bles. It is owing to the judgment and purpose of the man la the White House whether he can avoid trouble ;with.the people or not, L-.. 'The t J IT'S BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA. It might be a little comfort to the Democrats of the Sixth Congressional District in North Carolina to know that they are not the only "unterri ed" who have troubles now and then. The fact is, a genuine Democrat con siders himself "free, white and 21," and so he is a law unto himself. The Democratic spirit makes a man free and independent and he acts accord ingly. When enough of that kind of men get together on a proposition' they . constitute an unconquerable host. When they agree to disagree, every fellow thinks he is right and when a condition like that .arises the only thing to do is to become reasona ble and compromise on common grounds, giving and taking like men. The Democrats in the Sixth District are going to do that, for they have good sense anl know how to get to gether after they cool off. The Democrats of the Sixth District are not the only Democrats who have troubles among themselves occasion ally, and we doubt whether the "un terrified" of this district have any more troubles than Democrats else where. The Democrats of this dis trict are not always at loggerheads any more than the average Democrats in this or any other State. Why, over in Georgia the Democrats of 'the Eighth Congressional District have gotten into a row that eclipses the re cent Democratic disturbance in this district. Last Saturday the Georgia Democrats tried to hold a Congres sional convention at Athens, with the result that they held two conventions and nominated two thorough-bred s for Congress. One convention nominated the Hon. Samuel J. Tribble "and he accepted". The other convention re nominated Congressman William M. Howard, "and he accepted." There was no "dark horse" in either conven tion because, strange to relate, "eacu convention was harmonious," accord ing to a dispatch to the Savann Morning News. The dispatch to the :News announces that the result puts two men in the field Tor Congress and that the regular election probably will be preceeded by an exceedingly fierce factional fight. Like the Demo crats who held split conventions at Wrigbtsville Beach in July and nomi nated Clark and Godwin, each of those Georgia factions claims that it held the regular convention. While Georgia's twin conventions were harmonious after they separated it must not be taken for granted that they did not have a stirring time be fore one faction "swarmed" and left, the hive. Hundreds of men from eve ry part of the Eighth District of Geor gia were present at Athens when the time for calling the convention to or aer approached. The throngs con verged towards the city hall, and when Democrats "converge" there is something doing. The use of the po lice was necessary to get the big crowd into the hall without disorder. Just how much like the Wrightsville convention was the Georgia conven tion, the following report in the Sa vannah Morning News will indicate: "Immediately after Hon. John E Gordon, chairman of the District Ex ecutive Committee, rapped for order the Tribble forces assumed the rein and dominated the convention, while a 'steam roller' programme was put through. John S. McKenzie, of Madi son county nominated J. NrD. Thomp son for temporary chairman, and he was elected by viva voce vote, the at tempts of the Howard men to protest being drowned in the outburst " of cheers, and Mr. Gordon's attempt to gain a hearing was futile. Chairman Thompson called the meeting to or der and named a committee on cre dentials," this committee reported Tribble entitled to the delegates from Elbert, and nominations were calleo for. Mr. McKenzie nominated, Mr. Tribble and the roll of counties was called and Mr. Tribble declared the regular nominee by receiving 16 votes. Two Howard counties voted against him, the others remaining silent. Mr. Tribble was notified and entered the hall amid wild enthusiasm, his sup porters seeming to predominate, and spoke for several minutes. He ac cepted the nomination and stated his motto to be "Special privileges to none and fullju3tice to the masses." At the close 6 his speech the Tribble convention adjourned and left the hall. "Upon the adjournment of the Trib ble convention Chairman Gordon call ed the second convention to order and the programme was repeated. The Howard delegates from Elbert were accredited and Hon. T. S. Mell was chosen chairman. Mr. Howard was nominated, amid applause from his supporters, by R. L. McCommons and the delegates from Oglethorpe and El bert paid him exceptional tributes in seconding the nomination. The votes were cast and Mr. Howard received 16 votes, not a Tribble county casting a vote, and w,s notified of his nomina tion. He entered the hall and made a short speech, accepting the nomina tion and thanking his adherents for their support. Each convention ap pointed district executive committees for the ensuing term and each faction claims that their convention was the only legal one and that their nominee is the narty candidate. Much excite ment exists and it is conceded that the situation means a bitter fight right up to the November election. "In the recent nrimarv Tribble re- ceived a popular majority of more than 600 votes and on the face of the returns had a majority of four votes in the convention, under the county unit system. The district executive com-mittftA because of alleged Irregu larities in Elbert county, threw out 19 votes, thus changing a Tribble ma jority of four votes in Elbert county to a tnaloritv of eieht for Howard and giving the latter the convention vote, four, of that county. The Elbert coun ty executive committee disregarded the district committee's action and named Triable delegates to the con- vention. Howard delegates also were named by the district committee." Those Georgia Democrats will have to learn a lesson from our Sixth Dis trict North Carolina Democrats. They will have to get their State Executive Committee to appoint a "harmony committee," but when they refer their troubles to the State committee both sides should present briefs plainly de claring their contentions and agreeing upon the questions which they may submit for decision by the State com mittee. Then they should agree wheth er or not the State committee shall order another primary or declare the result accordling to the action of eith er one of the conventions. In other words, they should refer to the com mittee in plain terms the points upon which they want the committee to de; cide and the State committee, in order to prevent further dissatisfaction, should decide only upon those points and take no other action upon mat ters not specifically referred to it. Whatever the Georgians do, they should accept harmony overtures and solutions in the same spirit which pre vailed among our Sixth District Dem ocrats who are going to elect Godwin to Congress so this district will not be represented by a stand-pat Republi can who is pledged to vote for a pro tective tariff in spite of the lesson which insurgency in the Republican party is teaching. Anyhow, it might be observed in conclusion, and also as a matter af fording aditional comfort to ourselves and the Georgians, that the Republi can party, in Nation and States, is having a whole lot more of trouble than Democrats are having. Wherev er politics and offices are involved fac tional fights are not confined to any party. The Outlook may make something out of Roosevelt's Western tour, but it will be at the expense of the Repub lican party. Numerous contemporaries are at tempting to define "New Nationalism." Why, it's only a new play in which there is but one actor who fancies that he can play the devil and receive an encore. " , A Chicago man is worried because his wife has lost' her voice. However, the poor fellow will soon learn that she can give him a look that he can fully understand when she wants to have her way. A voter who feels the' pinch of high prices will not ote the Republican ticket unless he is down on himself and wants to punish himself by living on common victuals for which he has to pay two prices. If anything has been done to cause hard feelings between President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt, the Rough Rider should apologize for what he has been doing and saying. President Taft can prove an alibi. Lina Cavaleiri has demonstrated that a beautiful woman can get more in a hold-up by means of an ante-nuptial contract than all the train rob bers from the days of Jesse James down to Rube Burroughs. CURRENT COMMENT. Call as loud as they may, the Insur gent Republicans will never be able to persuade Mr. Ballinger to run for anything. Savannah Morning News. Why all this ado about the theft ot six loaded freight cars in New Jer sey? Whole railways, including road bed, equipment and franchise, have been stolen on more than one occa sion, and nothing was said about it. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Naval stores prices are around the high water mark. Turpentine is quot ed higher than ever before, with I single exception, and rosin at the top notch. And Savannah is the greatest naval stores market in the world! Savannah Morning News. It is the character of the men who are coming forward at this time a Democratic standard bearers that makes this party revival so infinitely encouraging in a time of so much loose thinking and reckless declama tion. It is a challenge to the other party to revise its lines and get back to a correspondingly sure ground. Philadelphia Ledger. (Ind.) Cabarrus is a pretty strong Repub lican county and its Republicanism, being mainly recruited from Popu lism, is of the sort that hates a Dem ocrat. Doughton and Cowles spoke in Concord yesterday and the Repub licans were there to whoop it up for Cowles. The report whicn The Greensboro News this morning carries of the speaking convinces us that at this place at least, Doughton had the best of the argument. There was too much paint on the job by the News' reporter to make it look good. And when he states that in his rejoin der Mr. Doughton "appeared to your i vouuucui, a iiu,ie Hacked, we jvuun luai uoue;nton was fine. -Charlotte Chronicle. feeling Men of great learning like Dr. Wil son have not given their services to their country in political dmce fiS quently as they should. The willing ness of the president of Princeton S aXsiT The ffi.Ce ia ancour aging sign. The most conspicuous In- distinguished ViJginiJ. by accTntin - 8ul.risei his friends eres 22 V nominaon for Con- ftltesman TwP into a wert row Wilson 5, Tv k11 Wood- Jersey was it. 5ore him- Nev jersey was In the past one of the four States necessarv to Democratic suc cess in a , Presidential election. The action of the Democratic convention at Trenton yesterday may be even more significant than appears on the surface. Baltimore Sun. PENDER COUNTY AFFAIRS, Republican Writes of 'Unfortunate Controversy Sprung Up There. Editor Morning Star, Wilmington, N. Dear Sir: I have read in your pa per with considerable regret articles of controversy between E. L. Larkins, chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of Pender county, and Laughlin McNeill, editor of the Pen der Chronicle. I am a citizen of Pen der county, a Republican, and I be lieve that it is essential to the exist ence of good government to have two political parties evenly balanced and that these parties should be organiz ed and officered, and I view with the same apprehension of public calamity and disorganization of the opposing party as the one to which I belong. Mr. Larkins is at the head of the Democratic party in Pender county, acting upon the advice of his Execu tive Committee, is responsible for its failure or success. As I understand, the Chronicle is an organ of the Dem ocratic party and as such Mr. Larkins has a right not only to command but to demand its service and if it is de nied him and his official utterances are misquoted, misrepresented or at tacked by it, he is acting for the good of the community when he brings the facts to the attention not only of the party with which he is affiliated, but the people generally to whom he owes honesty of opinion and purpose and for the public welfare regardless of politics. R. F. BROOKS. COL. V. S. LUSK WRITES. Old War Horse of Republican Party is Irreconcilable. (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C, Sept. 20. Col. V. S. Lusk, the "old war horse" of the Republican party of the West, a man who has fought the battles of Repub licans in season and out, has address ed to Hon. Charles A. Reynolds, post master at Winston-Salem, and former lieutenant governor of North Carolina, a letter in which he is seeking some semblance of light upon the action of the Republican State Convention at Greensboro, which in endorsing the action of President Taft in saying tnat North Carolina Republicans were unfit to hold judicial offices, almost in the same breath turned around and nom inated three of Taft's rejected judges, Hicks, Tlmberlake and Skinner, for the North Carolina Supreme Court ana enaorsea tne nomination of a fourth. Judge W. S. O'B. Kobinson as candidate for the Superior Court. "Who is to be believed," says Col. Lusk, "the President or the conven tion?" "When I say to my Republi can friends in the West, 'vote the tick et straight', and some old 'moss-back' Republican wants to know if -these are the same men. that the President de clared unfit to hold the office of Judges of the Eastern District, what in Hea ven's name am I to answer?" Col. Lusk regretted greatly that a Republican convention in North Car olina should be dominated by Fed eral office-holders and he makes no exception of the Greensboro con vention which rather than criticise the hand that feeds, declined to hear anything which would tend to give the party a semblance of self-respect. Further, he declares, "I must either acknowledge that my efforts to build up a respectable Republi can party in this State have failed or denounce the President for declara tions that are false and slanderous." The letter reflects' the sentiment of a number of "old line" Republicans in this district CLASH OVER PIE DISTRIBUTION. Morehead and Butler Resent Recogni tion of Former Boss Duncan. (T. J. Pence to News and Observer.) Washington. D. C. Sept. 20. Re cently, a Washington newspaper, in dependent Republican in politics, told in a special from Beverly, how the President hoped to make the Re publican party in North Carolina and other Southern States "respectable." In this confession from Mr. Taft that his party in North Carolina is not now "respectable", it was announced on official authority that there would be a change in the method of dis tributing patronage. The elimination of National Committeeman Duncan and State Chairman Adams as the purveyors of Federal offices in the State, and the elevation of State Chairman Morehead and former Sen ator Marion Butler as their succes sors, was to be the means of making the Republican party in the State "respectable", according to the in spired Beverly dispatch in the Wash ington paper, which was reproduced in the North Carolina dailies. The attitude of the administration towards North Carolina republicans was told to this correspondent today by a gentleman just from Beverly, who got it first hand, and for that rea son it may be set down as very near correct. Although knocked out at the Republican State convention at Greensboro, . Committeeman Duncan did not-throw up his hands and make abject surrender. He let it be known to Postmaster General Hitchcock that he would like to control patronage in the eastern end of the State, where there are no Republican Congress men and no Republicans to speak of. Duncan was of the opinion that he owed it to his friends' in office to stand by them, and this is the reason he gave for attempting- to retain some of his power. He made a good start, for the Postmaster named .at Salis bury in opposition to Senator Over man's wishes, was a Duncan-Cowles adherent. That, by the way, is the only appointment of consequence made by the President since the Greensboro convention. When - Morehead and Butler heard of Duncan's ambition to continue to name Federal patronage in the east ern half of the State, they put up a; prompt and spirited protest. I am -told by a man who has never set a foot in North Carolina, but who is of the inner administration circle, that Morehead wrote the President demanding point blank that Duncan be relieved of all further 'duty as a participant In the dispensation of pat ronage in the State. Mr. Morehead contended that Inasmuch as Duncan had been decisively defeated at Greensboro, he should efface himself School' Accessories Just a Few Hints for Those Preparing for School Days. This is the place to buy Composition Books, Pencil Tablets Ink, Box Paper, Mucilage, Pen Points, Pen Holders, Crayons Slajes, Sponges, Pencils, etc, anything in the stationery line. And More You'll need School Shoes, School Dresses, School Hose, School Underwear, School Suits for the boys, School Hats for the girls. We were never better prepared to take care of your every need than at this time. Our Dress Goods, Wash Goods, Clothing, Shoes in fad every department is crowded with new goods for Fall. We Are Agents for the Famous Carhartt Overalls We sell the New Idea 10c Paper Patterns. THE from the political map: Morehead does not care anything about patron age in the East. That is where But ler wants to shine. Being from the East, the bond vendor and Indian fee grabber just, naturally longed to take over the power of party boss so long exercised by Duncan. EVIDENTLY NOT THIS WILKES. J. C. Wilkes, of Maxtor, N. C, Says He is a Democrat Reply. Referring to a paragraph in the "Lumberton correspondence of the Star on Sunday in which some com ment was made on the tactics em ployed by both sides in the very heat ed county campaign now going on in Robeson county, stating that a man by the same name of J. C. Wilkes ana from the same township, son of a Re- publican, who had published an at tack on the official acts of Sheriff Mc Neill, had been indicted in the Su perior Court of Robeson county for an assault on a colored woman because, she would not pay for a picture which she had ordered; a telegram was re ceived from Mr. J. C. Wilkes, of Max ton, N. C. yesterday as follows: "Chester. S. C. Sept. 21st. "Morning Star, Wilmington. N. C. "Gentlemen: The piece in your pa per stating there was a charge against l.'C. Wilkes, of Robeson county, for assault is false. I am a Democrat and whosoever wrote that is a liar. "J. C. WILKES. "Maxton, N. C." WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES. Public Schools Open Mr. Harding Celebrates Anniversary. (Special Star Correspondence.) Washington. N. C, Sept. 20. The Washington public schools opened for their regular Fall and Winter session yesterday, the total enrollment for the opening day being 654 pupils, exceed ing last year's enrollment on the open ing day by 40 pupils and surpassing all previous records. Rev. Nathaniel Harding, rector ot St. Peter's Episcopal church, this city, on last Sunday commemorated his 37tih anniversary as rector of this church. Several Episcopal ministers were present and assisted in the ser vices. The anniversary, sermon be ing preached by Rev. John H. Griffith, of Kinston. and the night sermon by Rev. B. F. Huske, of Greenville. Large congregations attended both services BLOOD TROUBLES CONSTITUTIONAL INFECTION Constitutional Blood Poison is the most insidious of all diseases. It begins in an insignificant manner. usually the appearance of a tiny sore being the only outward evidence of its presence. 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