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august 20, 100 j. U..iU Ijii, i,:;v all uaiii ;.tiTo.'s w:rixi.ic.vx mitodli -I c.iAi.LOti...AirY oa I: l-ljln(t to CliiirRcs Muile la IXcccii Jl.-Inuli to Tho Olwrvrr Acnlnsi 1'oMiiiitMrr H. O. l.riwllry, it Oas. Ionia, Mr. J. A. Smlili Itcfuir I tie Allegation mill Dt-itica That Urml Icy wits Non-IU'Ml.lciit The. l ieu About tlm NrtTO Clerk, Ue Whilo . iirr Meeting end the MounUtn Is land roMoIIre- iTedtctiou Tluit ltcpublk-ans WUI rut. Out County ...Ticket.',.. 4. ii . To the' Editor of The Observer: ','. I noticed in your Issue of the 7 nd fn.stant the communication under tn headt "Oaaton Republican Mad." re , we are mad. but mad at auch mlarep v resentatlon aa that contained In the article referred to.' I am GiuUn . Republican and. more than that. . d,lni to be luw-abldlny cltlsen,. with malice toward none 'and am not candidate for any Federal office and . never expect i be. i I boa of you . - give me apace to state the truth, the ' ywhole truth , and ' nothing, but the ' iruth about Otwion "county Kepubll . V'. cans ..''...;', ; , .. -,, , Tour special eays: "There are .from , ! J, I0O -ta i. (00 Reoubllcane ? In t the . county.'' ' Let ' u . ee.. When the - -preser.t'county chairman rati the lint election' or' rather when he and hi ran cut out - a ticket, with a faif field and no bickering. Jake NeweU'a tote waa between 100 and t0.', Thla v.' la my recollection. 8o why .Us U say now that there are between 1.200 and 1.500 votera of our faith and or - 4er. Thla la aald a It ha ben writ ten of lata .to Chairman Adatiis Tom ' Rollins, Dr.. Roberta and Mike White ner for the purpose of trying to a-are ' th powers that be into, makim; tro-j 7. bl tor B, Q. Bradley, th .efficient, '. postmaster at Oastonla. In fact, unit of tha letter written ran about Mke , thla: ' "Dear . Oaston count W In fine shape,-'. Wa atand a rood cbanoe ..-', of carry Ins; It . There la only one thine , in' the way and that Is tha Oaatonla poatofflca, etcv and "tbe committee .". will not put out a ticket, etc.' ' V The facta about B. Q. Bradley are ' - - simply these: Ho Is and always, has been a true and loyal Republican' all ' ; his life and has never voted tha Dem- . i ' oeratie ticket (or- any Federal . officer In his life. . He Is a man of, property and of unimpeachable character. - He stands hi hf It; his community .as a r . cltlsen and has been magistrate and x mayor of and at Oastonla-since tha 7 ' town started. He was born and rale ad on tha spot where the tewn new 7 -.- stands and Is now and has been since birth a leral resident here. The state ' ment that, he 'was aver a leral reel . , dent of Bouth Carolina la a falsehood ut of the . whole cloth. : This aaser- r : tlon waa made by Spencer Blackburn - f and his horde of offlee-holders, snd ex. '"omce-hplder to the Department, at '. Washington and was shov to ba . .. Wholly fals. ; Mr.: Bradley built ' cottaje - at Piedmont . 8ptinr. Just . , across the line in Bouth Carolina, for tha benefit of his wlfa's health. She ' ' was practically an Invalid and It was his desire to see If . tha water, there . .would not benefit, her. Bha- was so " nervoua that ahe could not stand tha . r noise In the hotel (this la almost In Plain , sight of OaiHonla) - The poet- master at Klnra Creek made a sworn v affidavit (It was not taken' over tha 'phone) that Mr. Bradley told him ha V' ,wae bulldlnr tha cottare for tempo rary purposes." Tba postmaster there . '. told Mr. Bradley that he (tha poat- . - master) hoped , that he , .(Bradley) ;.. , would . become' . a cltlsen of. Klnts . Creek. . to which Mr. Bradley replied. - '' "No, I hare no Idea of such a tmnc r I merely wanted, . to keep, my wife . here, near hOTnrwoX cati go back atTd .7 .forth, to vOaetonia. - ' ,t . ;' ."-.- Ex-8herlff W. T., tove. who waa a . Democratic member of tha last Lerta- ; lature and who Is a prominent man v Ufscturer of Oaaton county, made i . sworn affidavit that ha had rer.ted .a room In the Bradley residence at Qas , , tonla and , roomed thero before- Mr.' Bradley built .jals cottare at Piedmont 7" Sprinra. ' Ha roomed there all -the time, they war away-from Oastonla, ; sleeping on and usinc Bradley's fur niOjre. He further auted that Brad j . ley was and had at au tlmea been a ' , legal resident 6f Oastonla. Tha pres ; - .ent Sheriff, Mr. C. .B. -Armstrong. ' - made ; similar statements, . saying . Bradley's taxes were the tome there V ' being no change at : all, and ' that ' Brad ley waa a resident . Better still. Bradley himself made a aworn state , y ' ment that. ha had beea and was then 'a resident' of Oastonla, and no man ' who knows Mm can doubt -Bradley's - . J statement on. this or. aiy . other mat -7, ter.'-..: .'.",. ,'-'!' Four or flvo years ago: When Hiss . and his crowd were enthroned In tha ' glory of dispensing patronaga. (and . about tha time tha Postmaater Oener al required Hiss to make aa affidavit . swearing that ha did not gat a rake ' off oft tha Charlotte poetofllce) certain ' Reoubllcana who had worked and car ' 7 rled Qaator. county la, two elections, were asked to name a. postmaster at - Oastonla. (Desiring to build strong " party in tha Bounty, Bradley waa then named and went to , Washington with . the endorsement of practically every V Ibunlness man In Oastonla and victn .. Ity. But-Mr. vHIss stood up In his ' .' might and glory and claimed the prlv ' 'liege of naming tha man. He named ' , tha lrfta depoaed postmaster and 'we '. , of the other persuasion were notified . . that tha aggregation named on tha -so-called Republican ticket would run 1 the machine. Mr. O. T. Mason, an at , torney, of Dallas,' called my attention ' 1 - to the fact that every nam on, th . ticket was that of elthsr a distiller , . or gauger or the son of a distiller with pomilbly on exception, 1 I waa per v ' sonally told by Peter Marshall Rhyne, . now postmaster at Dallas and locally known ss rBlg Peter," that "ha would i rather hav a nigger In tha fence cor 7 ner ., with a Jug of , blockade liquor drumming for votee than to have me I .' and all my temperance crowd." Al , bright tha revenue, 'olTicer,a Black burnlte, came to ma and aald: 'Thar 7 has been .something said about put ting you in a county chairman but my dlrtlllers and gaugera are opposed ' to you and we are going to put Tom Jordan, of Charlotte., in. : mo i felt ... - . , . . . . r . iiji. H. . . i line you vlu ' unui, wnvn ;uu ( did not receive your invitation to th dollar-dinner-t the Bryan reception. got in my buggy and rod home. I was unconeolable, but' survived he . tin o 5 i I in f v 1 f 11 C15 . 7.-- -"u as w4i XAfckm' lSK A Sot SlT TOT .-V'v, m-' -or TMt. rTTUT 1 NORTH J ICOMrMITl IQustr Nl; . V ' Home again afler ft Fall Campaign of Unparalleled Success, W 'wilh the Laurels of Victory upon their, Banners L's: v ' J'-: i'C ' Jbager and; anxious to - sUirt put on 'theirs: spring. Camnaign ',' with' Renewed 'Enthusiasm 1 Cr ,-.-; .t"'-'- 'i ' h '.' . : ': 1'$ V'c' ' " ' -. '7; The acknowledged reputation of - BATTLE AXE as; AMER 'jICA'9 STRONGEST: LINE 1 OF ; SHOES sustained . by the won derful success achieved by. our. salesmen I i V n ' ''.v'-;':-".-7. -QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY, 4he ali-poerfur and poient factor, that creates the threat demand: for' BATTLE f AXEV , SHOES.' Superior, Workmanship, Latest Styles, Perfect Fit" and -r77 r r i- ii''' j 'tl ; -t i - - t v . uenuine vyomiurx, toe . preaominaa. cnaraciensuca wnicn maue NNU3EE BEAT Trte il BEST I HUM ftowvi 1 iCRtAM or INOIS TTM, GCOHSIA ALVUW3 Vt TEST a: hi m ' t BattuTAxb ShoiTs POPULAR FAVORITES ! V- :v BATTLE AXE SHOES art LEADERS, v Leadership repren C senls the Choice of the People and BATTLE AXE SHOEare the S PEOPLE'S CHOICE: because of SUPERIOR MERIT! '1 v No matter what your location, you can LARGELY INCREASE your trade by adding to your stock a. full line of BATTLE AXE SHOES.' ,' ' - ' . Loolc, Watch nnd Walt tor ovr Salesmen who start out again cn SEP-' ' TCIZUX 1st with the most noteworthy Ene 0! Shoes ever shown upon the Anertena .RSarlCct 1 7- -' : 'iVjd"-7V: S :r'; 'r V"y V j . ' ! It. B. rrota Avrut t, 1906 to Anguat V1SOS our shipment show tha wonderful Increase )ot 1 858.046.M ovr th corrawpondinx aariod fhia Angtkst X. 1004 to AagMt 1, 190S. 7 X ' 7--' - 1 A earfa) took at out Una will ahoir yoa gnch Money-llaklnf AdVantag-aa that your I v' crsaaed Buyina; from ttJ wlH balp to gbrt n ONE MILLION DOLLARS fain th coming year, v . Remember, your. Orders are always highly appreciated. D K fSTYlCj iNOLaaT klpROMOTEM; WEST VIRGIN! owoir Iarkansas 1 . a flADE; JAOERS' II a r i-ur 7( TEXAS SATianto MICHI6MN VvtLsAavO. 5 fa I ARKANSAS SS3 CONQOEREO CHI A- h 117; .1 1 1" t I .1 Ill shock, 8o again w stood orr as or dered ' and let. them have full rope. They said that I and my atrlpe had no Influent and they say It yet. "Ulf XMo" Is a member of the county ex ecu tlve committee now and mad a t-lp-rosrlnr speech In th county con ventlon th ether day. saytr.f "the county chairman was not deponed for Inei.iHency but for boolle." I under stand ha1 will be lven an opportunity o i td explslr. a flat contradiction cf the PomofUce Department which hn ild th cau of removal waa out than that stated by th orator of I alias, -Bn Tete." . - ; w this 'is the crowd that Is fight In r i radley. The mlntnke was on the ot: -r foot, folllr.g .to put rirndley 'in 1 i the flrt r'''. This would have kuv t ut lenst from COO to 1,000 votas. Ml. i we hav loitt as th reault of such f Mre. vT.rt tvH nr!npr-tu?r crowd publish the vote its ticket re Now as to th final act) When' the postmaster - had been ' ordered- re moved, neither Bradley nor any friend of his made any fight on the deposed postmaster at, any tlm before nor since, his removal. ' Th' Stat chair man aald he woudd . not consult, or recognise as te - th distribution of Federal patronage ar.y county chair man who had been ordered removed from offlce .by the government on such grave charges. 1 think ha did right When the Department. waa asking for a man to fill the placfl, Mr, liradley cam up with Ms old petition. Re membering the II Us doctrlr.a that tha defeated candidates for Congr, by divine right as it ware, had the nam ing of th candidate, Mr. liradley se cured the endorpompnt of th immor tal Col.. Jake F. Newell now leading th simple lire). Jake beat lilsa a way yonder, so he ought to hav given I!rnllcy an- endorwment and a halt liradley got up a Hew petition.' con taining the nnmca of tho great major ity of the property owners. and re ipertftbl cltljon of the town. II was appointed snd will stay appointed for at lenut four yrars w.lrtu h climbs the golden etalra earlier. )ll conduct Is orderly, untipp en4 efVimt a"1 the good people are pleased .with him.' X word-about that Whltener meet ing at Oaetenla. John J. George, a prominent merchant and real estate mar. of thla town, the only "anti" member of ths county executive com mittee, waa present and says the dee posed postmaster' cosaed so that Whltener suggested the lowering of the windows.- When the'demand and threat waa made to Whltener that no county ticket would be put-out unless liradley was romoved, White r.er replied: "Bradley will stay In and you will put out a ticket too." Bo thla disposes of that joke. If a coun ty ticket Is not . put out the present county, chairman will be ramovedTand one put In who will call m convention that will put out a ticket. ' See if this guess does not turn out to be cor rect. - ''' .'' '. '7- 7.' Aa to tfie Mountain Island postof flre matter: It ao happened that the Klate chairman asked me to name a man for this place. The postmaster had been removed at the instance of a postofHce Inspector, th charge be ing lark of personal attention to tho duties of th oITlre. I flld not know any one in particular at that place so I 'phoned Mr. Tste, th Democrat tc manager of the cotton mllia there, and exked. him to com to see me. I had never met him before, I found him to be a most agreeable and ex cellent gentleman. ,1 told him to se lect some Republican and get alt the Republican .. voters, if , possible, and : all 1 the Democrats, too. to endorse nlm and I would recommend anyone he should select lie sent me' a numerously signed pe tition asking the appointment of a Miss illler, the daughter of: a Re publican, sit waa endorsed, it seemed to ma, by the whole population of the vitlsge end community.. Knowing the Mountain Island Cotton Mill waa the principal Industry In that community I thought they ought to have a post master agreeable to them. I r scorn mended Miss Miller and she waa ap pointed, to the delight of the com munlty I am informed and believe. I have never seen her nor have . I heard anything of boodle In connec tion with her administration of the office's affairs. The Htate chairman referred some things to Mr. Bradley and these things are the front of the slnr.lng which the crowd la howling over. ' ' , .. . Here Is one more jok George tells on the Whltener meeting: They howled vociferously ahout iiradley's swtarlng in a negro. .Whltner s.-nt Cleorr to see llrsflley end k hlrn about this ' mortal offense.' 'Bradley blandly replied: "I found thli negro here, he having been kept her by the deposed postmaster. He appeared to be a very good negro for handling mall bags and sweeping, like, any other janitor, and I kept him. .1 did ' not want him In here without hta being aworn." So they fell Into the pit they dug for there, V w' 7 ". -Thla whole, thing reminds me of a joke X heard down la Guilford county where I was raised, pulling , the bell cord ever a blind mule, although my blessed enemies have frequently circu lated the report that I waaa Yankee', There were some . fi ft senior twenty families of a certain name. They were all red-headed and, freckled-faced and without exception married their klM If auch a. thing aa marrying further off than a third cousin waa mentioned. It was Considered an insult to the family name. Finally, one member of these 1 families had Sense enough to ask another why It waa their fam Dies lntermarrld with their kin all the " time. The ether member re plied: "Well, Hill, thst pussled me for a long time, but of late I have seen throutch U. ' It Is because they do not want the freckles to get scattnred." Fo I used to wonder why men Ilk those composing the crowd your spe cial correspondent represent are al ways flying at the heels of any-and everybody whom they might imagine encroach or. the political ornce-holdlng horde. But of late I have seen through It. They don't want h offices scat tered. Hut at the rate they have been going recently they will soon run all of the white men out of the party and some on will have to swear In nig gore or Democrats to hold the Feder al, omcea. This same aggregation which la now coddling Judge Adama and Dr. Roberta were a few days ago flying at Adams' throat, callln him all th names In the English lan guage. Mr. jcdlior. you are authority on the Scriptures and you know the wise man aald: "Every secret thing hall bo brought. to light whether it be good or whether It be evil." There fore I speak these things la the true Interest of all concerned. It Is beet to be fair and square. ' '..... J. A. ftMITII.; tiessemer Cltt, Aug. .. IN BKLr DEITKNSK. 1 S1 Ths Constlmtlotinllst. Kmtnsnc. K,. When he ws fiercely attack,-, four Vrs sso, by rilos. buuglit a hux of ltnrklns Arnica Kalve. ot wliloh h snyn: -n eiirsd'ma In ten fin snl tin iroul.u slnre." Uulckest helr f fill (..,, Cuts and Wounds at It. li. J..i.,,oi It Co.'a drug store. r 7. ItevtvaJ of tho Eunhonnet. .7 St. Louis Olobe-I)emocrat. ' It eheuld be with great rejoicing that a too 'extravaeant world wet cornea back the sunbonnet. which la mid to be coming la style again. That fetching headgear of a, simpler time coming te ua now seems to argue the ' revival of manner, and customs that are dear to th older generation and ' that wero,a credit to,th race. Ths . sunbonnat correlates walka In the sun and neighborly visits throush back yards on sultry afternoons. . It means lea of formality and more ot friend liness. Also less expense to the heads of housea The' revival ef the sun bonnet, bespeaks a return on the part Ot our Slktera to proper Ideas of heart covering, to the Idea that a hat to be word rather aa a protection against the elements than aa something pure ly decorative. , ,. r 7, . tuVEN riTO ME. R 'jrlee, VV4 North V'reiiila IWnnsvtWe. Imi.. writ: "M.r nv.-r i ywnrs I s trou.l'l Willi k. , (ladder B Ions win- h eus I v ' iiln end wu i v. I !' ""!i I ' run down, snd a e-ir r t 1 I -don wot nitnfiv. I I I ' l't MiKimix i.' t I' - ' V V i-y I
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