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The Asheboro Couiier PRICE ONE DOLLAR YEAR Wm. C. HAMMER, Editor. 'Entered at the Post Ollice at Ashe bo ro as 'econd C u Matter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Railroad Commissioner: FRANKLIN McNEILL. For Congress Seventh District: ROBERT N. PAGE. For Solicitor Tenth District: Wm. C. HAMMER. For State Senate: J. R. BLAIR. For House of Representatives: Wm. P. WOOD, Yv. T. FOUSHEE. For Clerk of Superior Court: W. C. HAMMOND. For Sheriff: S. L. HAYWORTII. For Treasurer: B. F. NEWBY For Register of Deeds: J. P. BOROUGHS. For Surveyor: II. A. ALBRIGHT. For Coroner: DR. D. L. FOX. For County Commissioners: A. N. BULLA, H. G. LASSITEB, J. W. COX. REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION IN THIS COUNTY. Republican leaders know they cannot carry this county except by stealing, ballot box stuffing or other wise corrupting the ballot box. That is the way they carried the county in 189G and that is the way they elected a part of their ticket in 1898, and that is the way they attempted to carry it in 1900 but honest election officials prevented them from doing so. A conspiracy was formed to stuff the ballot box in certain townships and to chauge enough votes to carry the county but the scheme was discovered lu time to prevent its accomplishment, although there were both negroes and some white men deposited two ballots of the same kind in sveral townships. The Democrats dis covered the fraud and prevented the Republicans from electing their ticket, and threatened to send the theives and corruptiouists to the penitentiary; but we were told by Republican leaders that they had a jury box with practically no one in it but Republicans, and the judges who would pass on the case in both the Superior and the Supreme Court were Republicans and would stick to their party and our people hesitated to make the long struggle. It was a mistake; we should have prosecuted these ballot box polluters and corruptiouists and we would have in a large measure put an end to the corrupt methods so long re sorted to by certain elements of that party in that county. It is reported, on reliable infor mation, that the Republicans in Montgomery and some other coun ties are collecting campaign funds from the negroes, promising the colored people that if they will con tribute largely to the campaign, that if they are elected, they will repeal the amendment and allow them to Tote again. The simple minded colored people d) not know any better than to think that a Legisla ture can repeal the amendment. The Legislature cannot repeal the amendment, but it can place the lection machinery in the hand3 of the Republicans, and if that was done there is no doubt but that there would be more than 00,000 negroes in this State registered. Col. Wood, Prof. Way and Tom Foushee are to be congratulated on having the ill will of Spencer Adams. It is a decoration of honor for any man to hare the ill will of any man who ran on a ticket for Clerk of the Court with a negro for the Legislature and with another negro for Register of Deeds. Adams and men like him hate with a bitter hatred those who are in their way and prevent them from accomplishing their evil and corrupt designs. Honest men may expect abuse from auch a source. The financial condition in Ran 1 dolph county had come to such a low ebb when the Democrats took charge of county affairs six years ago thia fall, that the treasury of the county did not have a cent. For the first time in the history of this or any other county we have ever heard of, the jailor was unable to have his county orders cashed at the end of each month to pay him the few dollars due him for feeding aud carina for the prisoners. It was a bad condition of affairs. This is no new charge, but has been pub lished time and again in these col umns in the last two campaigns, and no one has ever denied it. Time and time again did the jail or and others go to the treasurer and demand money for county orders during the last year that the Repub licans were in power, aud not a cent could be gotten by many who made application. And again and again did the jailor aud others have the treasurer to mark across the back of the orders for which payment was refused, the following indorsement: "Payment refused because of lack of funds in the treasury." Some of these orders are in existence now, having been redeemed by the Demo cratic administration which came into power six years ago. Circulars had been distributed throughout the county, and articles published in a newspaper, preteuding to give the receipts and disbursements of the county while the Republicans were iu office in this county. Where this information was obtained, we have been unable to ascertain, as the treasurer's books show clearly that there was no settlement at any time during the last three years that the Republicans were in office; and the books were kept so that no man on earth could tell how they were. The books are in the treasurer's office, and any one who dispntis this can go and look for himself. When Mr. W. J. Miller, the pres ent Democratic treasuier, took charge of the finance of the county, the retiring Republican treasurer did not pay him one cent of county funds because the funds were not in the treasury. They had been paid out, not for building or repairing bridges, or making any public im provements at the county home, jail or elsewhere. Spencer Adams said among other things in Asheboro last Saturday he had come to Randolph to speak to Republicans iu the very home of the Simmons ballot box thieves. He referred to Senator Simmons as miserable statesman and ballot box thief and that under his leadership the Democrats had stolen the State. Another statement was that I am here today to tell you that the Dem ocrats are not going to educate the children but will take your money and perpetuate themselves iu power. These are only a few of the bitter expressions used by this wild, des perate man, who is so frantic that he will, ut his present rate, soon land in a mad house, and will in all probability at an eaily dtte be confined in one of the State insane asylums and should he land there very little would be missed one more added to the five thousand who have been taken from the jails and county homes since 1899 and added to the number of unfortu nates cared for by the last Republi can administration. Adams is to le pitied not condemned; his trouble is with his brain it is weak. Any man who raves and foams and fumes and slabbers as he does should be haltered. It is true that we had, for many years, a Democratic Board of Com missioners in Randolph county, while Republicans were in charge of the other offices in the county, and were squandering and misappro priating the public funds in every way they could; and the county would have been absolutely bank rupted had it not been for the check reins applied by the Board of Coun ty Commissioners, by such men as Burrell Steed, O. R. Cox, J. E. Walker and others who were at dif ferent times Commissioners when Republicans were in power. It hag been only a few years ago that one of the deputies in one of the office in the county, issued sev eral hundred dollars of county script; It was during the last few I iL .t . T ..1,1 n,.n. I ;n years mai me ucpuuiitnuo ncm iu charge in this county that a deputy in the office of the Register of Deeds began to issue county orders, sign ing the name of the Register of Deeds to them, and had actually dis posed of several hundred dollars of such orders before knowledge of the fact was ascertained. It is said that this young man was not as blight as he ought to be, and that one of the reasons assigned for his forging the orders was, that he knew of dark and shady transactions having been done by others. Whether or not this is true we do not undertake to say, but it was currently reported at the time. When Joshua Bean and J. T. Winslow were Registers of Deeds in this county, there were a great many orders issued; there was considerable expense incurred in one way or another; many mistakes were made; incorrect additions; and the sum total in annual reports of important statements of the county officers "ire found, in some instances to Le incorrect. Indications now point to a great Democratic victory, not only in this county and State, but in the Con gressional election throughout the country. The Democrats are wiu nnig, votes every day. The Demo cratic majority in Randolph county will be greatly increased, aud it behooves every Democrat to go to the polls ntxt Tuesday and cast his ballot for the party that stands for reform measures and for decency aud honesty in the county govern ment. We have faith in the honest, sober thinking people of the county, and take this last opportunity before the election, to say to one and all not to be prejudiced by any false reports that may be sent out for cmipaign purjoe?. All kinds of misrepresentations have heretofore ieen scattered broadcast among a certain element of voters, by Re publicans at the last moment, seek ing to mislead and prejudice honest men; such methods have been re sorted to before and will be again While this species of crmpaign has become disgusting, yet Republican healers in this county continue to insult intelligent voteis with such methods. Let every mm who has an interest in his home and fireside, loves his wife and children, aud believes iu a clean 'administration go and vote th ? Democratic ticket Under the manner in which the stock law has been extended over the county, it bus been quite expensive There have, from time to time, been more thaa 30 di:t';rent stock law elections in the county. This has necessarily been expensive. Small tenitories have been established; they went iu debt, and many of them are iu debt yet. Several yeais ago, when the county offices were all tilled with Republicans, except County Commissioners, a few stock holders in county orders bought up these old orders issued as foresa;d, and sued the county commissioners fur the payment of the same. The complaint and th judgments iu tnts; three cases show cleirly wlvit the State says, for only a sui til por tion of them were county orders, the balance beiu,' stock law orders, etc. Ciiculars have been distributed and a newspaper article has been pub lished, stating that these judgments were paid off by a Republican Board of Commissioners. This is not true. An examination of tne Register's office shows that orders were issued at the hist meeting of the Republican ommissiouers, but none of these were paid until several months after the Democratic officers were installed in office. Circulars have been pub lished, also, announcing that the last payment on one of the judg ments was paid in 1900; when, in fact the last payment was made in 1903, by a Democratic board of county commissioners, and a Demo cratic treasurer. Last Thursday was a great day for Democracy. The procession from Tabernacle and Back Creek townships surpassed anything ever seen iu this county. Those two townships furnished large portion of the procession. TO CARRY THE ELECTION P.Y TRICKERY AND BY CORRUPTION. A leading Republican was heard to say the other day that the Demo crats would carry thecouu y by a good majority, if they did ne t get up some trick to prevent it. The only way that they can hope to carry the county is by bribery, trickery, debauchery and corrupt methods; yet they cry out "fraud" and stir and muddy the water to couceal their sins.. The Republicans are hatching schemes now to circulate against honest men. In their desperation they are resorting to all manner of misrepresentation aud falsehoods. It is true, their methods aie being condemned by the food men of their own party; yet they feel that defeat is almost certaiu, aud they are grab ling at straws in frantic efforts to save tnemseNes. ineir methods are not the methods of fair men, but are methods used by men w ho try to accomplish their purpose by any means. REMEMBER. 1st. That the last year before fusion and famiue, the Democratic Board of Education appropriated for public schools in this . county $13,000.00. 2nd. That during the four years of Fusion rule there never was ap propriated that amount, aud that the appropriations for schools were, every year of the four years nearly $2,000.00 less than was apprpriated the last year under Democratic rule. 3rd. That the first year after the Democrats were restored to the management of the public schools in this county, and after the Demo crats had redeemed the county and had a Democratic sheriff and Board of Commissioners to give us a clean aud honest government, there was appropriated for the public schools $17,000.00. 4th. Remember that this was several thousand dollars more than was appropriated at any time during Fusion Rule, and that the taxes were not increased. It was due to Democratic economy. It is a remarkable recoru we have iu Randolph County. Tl last year the Democrats were in power before the rule of fusian and famine, there was appropriated for the public schools $13,000.00. Du ring the entire four years under Republican rule in this county, the appropriation for public schools was nearly !, 000.00 les3 than it was the last year under Democratic rule. And when the Democrats ere restored to power in the coun ty, the appropriations for public schools jumped up several thousand dollars the first year. The I Bepublicans have taken water every day for ten days on the falsehood intended to be conveyed iu the circulars wlvch have been dis tributed; and the Republican speak ers practically admit that the cer tificate signed and published by Mr. Winslow is a falsehood. Why Mr. Winslow ever signed 6uch a certifi cate, nobody knows. No report was ever made or filed, sigifed by T. C. Millikar . J. T. Wins low and ethers in 1824 or at any otherjtime, stating that the couuty was $11,000 or more iu debt. It was published in theorau of the "Boss es", in the paper which has uever told the truth when a falsehood would do as well, that this report was on the minute docket of the board of Comissioners for the year 1894 and was on page 222. A number of people have "gone and examined these records aud will swear it is not there. Mr. Winslow has placed himself in a bad light by certifying that a record is in the of fice when it is not there. This is a serious charge we are making against you, Mr. Winslow, and if we are telling' a falsehood, you can have resort to the courts, and under the law you have a right to sue us for personal damages, and imprison and place in jail the owners aud editoi of this paper. The courts are open to you; you have committed a griev ous mistake and fallen into an error which no careful man, who has the proper regard for his reputrtion should permit himself to do. GO TO THE POLLS EARLY. Stop your work one day and go to the polls und vme for good men to till every office. Election day come ouly once iu every two years. It was a hard thing to get riJ of the Republicans when we beat them in this County, because of th- method' which they adopted. They nut only stuffed ballot boxes and con ducted frauds, but they used the courts us an engine of oppression and threatened all kinds of dire calamity upon the head of every person who had iu any way violated the law, if their votf-s were not cast as desired by Republican leaders. Remember that the county has beeu paid out of debt; every judge ment has beeu paid off 6ince the Democratic Com misjioners were re stored into power, and none of these judgements were paid off while the Republican Commissioned were in office; that now there are $11,000.00 of funds in the treasury of Raudolph County to the credit of the County fund, and several thousaud to the credit of the school fund and the rotd fund. It is a streaked and striped re cord that English ha. He makes speeches now where he thinks it will suit, that pleases those who want free liquor; aud yet, most of bis receut years have been spent in "fighting the Democratic party be cause it did not give enough pro hibition. In some places he de claies himself a prohibition'pt, but where it is unpopular he does not do that. In the closing days of the cam- pai.n, Republicans in this county are circulating the falsi hoid that the county is in deb md the tru h of the matter is that the count' l- oitot debt. Every judgement ha been paid off in full, and there if in the treasury today $11,000.00. S BIG FACTORIES The Styles of Diamond Brand Shoes are Exclusive WWW An officer of our company designs our styles and patterns and does nothing else. This unusual attention to detail results not only in originality and correctness of style, but in truer patterns and better fit. This is one reason why Diamond Brand Shoes arch and shape so 1 UN ShoeCct MORE FINE SHOES, ASK YOUR DEALER FOR . Sold by The Asheboro Department Store. 15 he next door Try Our Tampa Havana Cigars, away ahead of any other. Drop in and get a new November magazine, Examine our Wedgwood blue plate, and First class Jewelry, all guaranteed. 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Having stolen the election to inciea.se the mtjuity, during the years they were in power, cer tain Republican . leaders made a great to do in this ccin y wlei they were given to undersold tint they could not carry the ehctiou by fiaud and by force. They are now resorting to abuse and trying to in llame the passions of the people against the Democrets beu:i'ie they have been watching them, a-il intend to con tine to watch them aud prevent a recurraBce of the methods adopted aud used by them when th ey weie hut in rower in this county. An effort is m ' e made this yeur to vote a lot of Republi cans and floaters in the oounty, who are not entitled to vote. 1c i enough to Bay that this will imt be permitted, Miss Peail Ballinger, of Guilford Co. leg-, is spending several days with her sioter, Miss Nanuie, in Asheboro. PIGS FOR SALE- These are a cross between Black Mam moth and English I'erkshiiv. Conic tarly, an the supply i limited, V. E. mn snug up under the hold their nicely. 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