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MONDAY, JULY 22, 1912.1
STATC AND NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTIONS A COMPLETE YIN
DICATION OF SENATOR
SIMMONS.
In an interview published after
the national Democratic platform
was framed but before it was
adopted by the Baltimore con
vention. Senator Simmons ex.
Dressed his great satisfaction
M -
with it as a declaration of Demo
cratic principles and purposes,
And no wonder he is pleased
with it" A careful study wil
how it is as much a vindication
of him against the attacks of his
enemies as is our State platform
For months before the State
convention was held it was
known that Senator Simmons'
opponents were anxious to con
trol that convention for the pur
pose of securing some declaration
against him. They said, "Wai
until that convention acts and
Senator Simmons will hear some
thing drop." But the State con
vention not only endorsed his
record by a decisive majority and
"heartily," it adopted a platform
with a tariff declaration in line
with his contention for a tariff
which does not discriminate
against any section or occupation
It declared against a tariff of any
kind which seeks to put the
things our people sell on the free
list while providing for protec
tion on things they buy; thus en
dorsing the Senator's whole
creed and contention on the tariff
question.
After this endorsement by the
State convention the Senator's
opponents said, "Wait until the
national convention meets and
makes its declaration on lumber
and reciprocity." Well, the na
tional convention has met and
made its declaration and neither
lumber nor reciprocity was men
tioned in it So. Is this not a
clear vindication of the Senator's
position upon these questions?
He and those agreeing with him
had contended that the Demo
cratic platform declaration with
reference to lumber meant that
if the Democrats controlled they
would make a tariff bill putting
lumber and trust-controlled pro
ducts on the free list and reduc
ing the tariff on all dutiable
articles to a revenue basis, and
that it did not mean that lumber
was to be put on the free list
while trust-controlled products
were protected and tariff duties
on other products were un
changed. The State executive
committee and a large majority
of the Democratic Senators
agreed" with Senator Simmons
that this was the correct inter
pretation of the platform; but his
opponents contended otherwise.
The Senator also v contended
that there was no reason why
raw materials should be put on
the free list while the products
manufactured out of them re
mained on the protected list
This position was attacked by
his opponents and it was claimed
that the national platform would
declare for free raw materials.
The failure of the national con-
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in order to cure it you must take inter
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taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
It was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years and
m a regular prescription. It is com
posed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, act
ing directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of the two in
gredients is what produces such won
derful results in coring catarrh. Send"
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Sold by druggists 75c. Take Hall's
Family Pills for constipation.
vention to make, in connection cratic party has ever declared in
with .the tariff, any reference to favor of government aid in keep
raw materials or any specific ing up these roads. It will be
articles is conclusive evidence recalled that more than a year
that as a result of the controversy
which has been waged over lum-
ber and free raw materials, and
against putting the products of
one section on the free list and
those of another on the dutiable
list, that great Democratic body
reached the conclusion that the
only just tariff is one which ap-
plies the principle of a tariff
for revenue equally to the pro-
ducts of all sections, all classes
and occurjations. without discrim-
ination against any; and that in
levying tariff taxation the great
fundamental Democratic princi-
pie of equality should be observed
and maintained. So the conven
tion said and that is in the line
of Senator Simmons' contention
that if it was intrusted with
power it would reduce taxes
gradually to a revenue basis; and
added: "We recognize that our
svstem of taxation is intimately
connected with the business of
the country and we favor the
ultimate attainment of the prin-
cinle we advocate bv legislation
that will not injure or destroy
legitimate industry."
This omission of any reference
to free raw materials or to lum
ber, in view of the agitation
hroughout the country upon
ese questions, is deliberate and
intentional, and as such must be
taken as a party declaration not
only that the party has no criti
cism to make of those who have
taken the position of Senator
Simmons upon these questions,
but that it recognizes the merits
of their contentions.
But it was said that Canadian
reciprocity, admitting the agri-
cultural products' 4aof Canada free
while maintaining high protec-
tive duties against admission of
its manufactured products, was
in conformity with Democratic
principles and that the recip-
rocity bill, prepared by Secretary
Knox and sent to Congress by
President Taft, was a Demo-
cratic measure and that senator
Simmons and a few others who
voted against it because they
regarded it as a flagrant outrage
iscriminating against the farm-
ers of the country, would be criti-
cised and their action repudiated,
i view of the fact that an amend-
ment to the metal bill repealing
this treaty was in conference on
he disagreeing votes of the two
Houses at the very time the plat-
nrm wna hoi'no- f rampd rWn
anvbody doubt that the platform.
in failincr to even so much as men-
tion reciprocity, is to be taken as a
deliberate declaration of the
party that it refused to adopt
hat treaty as a Democratic
measure
The action of the convention
in
regard to these measures
eaves Mr. Kitchin, who has
sought to xead Senator Simmons
out
of the party on account of
his
position on these subjects.
without a leg to stand on. He
stands forth alone excummuni
eating the Senator, and that.
after both the State and
national conventions have repu
diated his (Kitchin 's) attitude.
Senator Simmons has other rea
sons for being pleased with the
national platform.
It provides a magnificent pro
gram of practical progressive-
ness, as he said in his interview
approving it. inis progressive
platform begins with a declara-
tion
in favor of national aid in
bui
lding and keeping up public
highways of the country used as
postal roads by the government
This is the first time the Demo.
mail carriers will Fly
inis is an ace of
rrogress rides on the air. Rnnn v
may see Uncle Sam's mail I
in in .11 Hir.rt; ... I' " I
wg in all directions, transporting maiL
wwnaenui interest in a
oiflcovery tnat benefits them. That's
wny ur. King s New Discovery for
cougns, coios and other throat and
lung diseases is me most popular medi
mru in lit. .
nuraito. ii cured me ol a
ureaarui cough," writes Mm J P
uavis. bticknev Compr Ma
aocior .s treatment and all other reme
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dies had failed." For couirhn. mlH m
ijr uruiicuim anection its unequaled.
Price 60c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free
at all druggists.
an. t.:-l r . e
ago Senator Simmons introduced
in the Senate a bill for this pur
pose and delivered a speech that
so impressed the Senate that one
of the great journals of the coun
try said it looked like the Senate
had organized itself into a good
roads meeting; and this speech
was published in all the good
roads journals throughout the
country. Certain Kitchin papers
said it was another scheme to
loot the Treasury; the national
convention says it was not a
looting scheme but a just and
necessary national measure.
Next in this Democratic pro
gram of progress is the pledge of
more liberal appropriations for
the improvement of national
waterways and the conservation
of natural resources of forests
and water power.
In the last
few years Senator
Simmons has
secured many millions of dollars
for the improvement of water-
ways in North Carolina and for
the conservation and protection
of our mountain forests and
waterpower in the piedmont sec
tion. Some or the Kitchin sup-
porters, seeking to injure Sena
tor Simmons, have denounced
these appropriations as another
instance of looting the Treasury.
The great national Democratic
convention not only declared that
this work must go on but that
more liberal appropriations man
heretofore made must be provid
ed for it
Then come the declarations in
favor of extension of the rural
free delivery system, a parcels
post,, encouragement of agricul
ture, and suppresion of gambling
contracts in farm products. This
is a propram for which Senator
Simmons, as is well known, has
been earnestly and effectively
working.
Yes, the Senator has great rea
son to be satisfied with the work
of both our State and national
conventions and the platform
adopted by each. They are a
complete vindication of him
against every attack that has
been made upon him and a se-
vere and stinging rebuke to
those who have assailed him and
misrepresented him and have
sought to mislead the people as
to his work, position and Dem
ocracy.
Ane Kowian bun is somewhat
COntUSed, not distinguishing be-
tween 8V1D2 one man 8 version
of a conversation and making a
statement upon the paper's au
thority. In reference to what
Mr. Stacy said about why he
wanted to go to the Senate, The
Sun says it knows Mr. Stacy did
not say he wanted to go to the
Senate to represent Rowland.
Mr. McNeill says he did, as
appears in the correspondence be
tween them. Very well. Was
The Sun present at the conversa
tion ? If so then i t narrows down
to the accuracy of the memory of
The Sun and Mr. McNeill. If
The Sun was not present, then
it is taking somebody else's
word, just as The Robesanian is
doing, and it narrows down still
to the accuracy of somebody's
memory
Owing to the fact that other
important matter has demanded
attention and to the further
fact that we are still crippled in
our typesetting force, it is neces
sary to hold over for Thursday's
P8!1, the correspondence be-
tween Messrs. T. A. McNeill,
rr and H- E- Stacy, candidates
for the State Senate, relative to
a joint convass of the county.
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writes Eliza Pool, Deprew, Okla., "and
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luaranteed by all druggists.
A. It. 1
Dr. J. P. Brown is being urged
mightily by friends to come out
for the Lower House of the
Legislature. While in town one
day last week some of his friends
tried to get him to say he would
enter the race, but so far be has
not yielded. A new candidate
for the State Senate enters the
lists today in the person of Mr.
W. E. Hooka of Lumberton, who
was a candidate for mayor
against Mr. A. . White a little
more than a year ago. Also Dr.
J. D. Croom, Sr., of Maxton, en
ters the race for the House o:
Representatives.
In regard to the question as to
who is a Democrat within the
meaning of the senatorial pri
mary rules, Judge Clark, one o:
the candidates for the Senate,
makes his position plain in
statement issued the other day
by stating that no man who votes
the Republican ticket in Novem
ber should be allowed to vote for
United States Senate in the pri
mary.
STATE NEWS.
At examinations recently held
before the North Carolina State
board of dental examiners. 30 out
of 46 applicants were success
ful.
r ourteen cars oi a freight on
tne Atlantic uoast Lane were
derailed just south of Hope
i a . v . j-
Mills on the 16th when one sec
tion of a tram telescoped
another. No one was injured
but traffic was delayed . for
several hours.
Minnie King, colored, was shot
and killed in Wilmington last
Tuesday when returning to her
home from sitting up with a
corpse, bhe was accompanied
by a negro man name Pollock,
whose wife Rachel is charged
with the crime, jealousy being
alleged as the motive. The
Pollocks disappeared.
The annual reunion of the
North Carolina Division of the
United Confederate Veterans
will be held in Winston-Salem
on the 7th and 8th of August
During the next three months
a large acid phosphate and f er
tilizer plant is to be erected at
Laurinburg.
Mrs. Jane Kelly, 78 years old,
fell from the second story win
dow of the residence of her son-
in-law, Mr. R. H. Brady, in Wil-
mingten on the night of the 17th
and sustained injuries from
which she died the following
day.
Chas. Lovett, colored, was shot
and killed near Fayetteville on
the 17th by Frank McPherson,
also colored, as the result of a
quarrel about a dog. - McPherson
escaped. That completed a list
of four tragedies in Cumberland
county since the Saturday night
before.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R I A
You Can Always Tell
a Cheap Piano by
the Method Used
in Selling It
Pianos sold by agents beg
ging to place them in your
home on trial or to save stor
age or forcing them in your
home without your consent.
Coupon Schemes, Guessing
Schemes, Club Schemes,
Special Sale Schemes, Special
Introductory Sale Schemes,
etc., are fake methods, pure
and simple, for unloading
cheap pianos on people who
don't realize the difference be
tween a fine piano and a
cheap one, and don't know
that high grade pianos are not
old through fake schemes.
You had better call on the
old reliable firm of Chas. M. '
Stieff, before buying.
Chas. P.I. STieff
Southern Warerooms
219 South Tryon Street,
Charlotte, N. C.
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JANUARY
f3l JT nm
0 MfraJKo
cut down my expenses and put some money in the bank,
less if I try. 1 will start a bank account today."
Money is a good thing to have if you lose your occupation with
money in the bank, you are always independent. Step into this
bank and let us talk it over.
First National Bank,
Lumberton, N. C.
Expert Eye Examination
Is absolutely necessary to de
termine the proper glasses to
use. Selecting them by any
other method may result in
permanent injury to your sight.
Our office is equipped with all
the latest instruments to be had
for accurate work. If you are
bothered with eye troubles it will
pay you to see us and get the
best
Dr. W. W. Parker
Graduate optometrist
of two colleges
2-15-tf
Lumberton, N. C.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
R. A. McLEAN,
Attorney-at-law
Lumberton, - - - - North Carolina
Office in Weinstein building.
9-18
A. W. McLean L. R. Varaer J. D. McLean
McLean, Varser & McLean
Attorneys at Law
LUMBERTON, N. C.
Offices on 2nd floor of Bank of LQm
berton Building, Rooms 1, 2, 8, and 4.
Promvt attention given to all business.
DESTROYED BY FIRE
and no insurance.
DON'T let this happen to you.
Insure today.
19-tf S. H. HAMILTON.
DR. W. L. GRANTHAM
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Lumberton Drug Co,
Store.
Office phone No. 26.
Kesideuce phone No. 49.
7-4tf
Dr. Thomas C. Johnson,
Physician and Sargeoo.
Lumberton, N. C.
Office over McMillan's Drug Store.
Calls answered Promptly day or night
Residence at Prof. J. R. Poole's.
4-27-tf.
DR. ROWLAND DEES
Veterinary Surgeon,
Lumberton - - - - - N. C.
Calls answered promptly
day or night 3-23-tf
Stephen Mclntyre,
James O.
C C Lawrence
Proctor.
ndatyre, Lawrence I Procter,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
LUMBERTON, - - N. C
Practice in State and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention given to all business.
DR. CLAUD T.
1
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Physician and Surgeon,
St, Paul, - - - - N.
8-4tf
c.
Tke Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York
OldMt in America. Stonsect la U World
Lars-ast amount of dividend paid to policy bold
an of any company in existence. Suotl
$674,000,000.
J. A. Barker. Manager Wilmington district.
Office rooma 804-806 Southern building. Winning.
toB,N. u -zea
rats
Newlfear
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1 can live on a lot
LUMBERTON BARBER SHOP
Elm Street,
Lumberton, .... North Carolina
We have an up-to-date shop with six
chairs and will appreciate your busi
ness. 6-20 "
THE RIVER SIDE
A private home nicely fitted up for
the care of a limited number of
patients. Medical and obstetrical
H. T. POPE, M. D.
Dr. R. F. Graham,
Dentist
Rowland,
: North Carolina
2-5-tf
ALBERT LEE BARBOUR,
St. Paul, N. C.
Contractor and Builder
Brick and Tile Work a specialty.
Correspondence Bolicted. Office upstairs
in L. L. McGoogan building. 88
Dr. W. O. EDMUND
Veterinary Surgeon.
Manufacturer of horse Remedies.
Lumberton, N. C.
Calls filled promptly. Phone No. 52. 8-2'
DR. A. C. TEBEAU,
OSTEOPATH.
Office in Weinstein building. 6-6
E. J. BRITT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
LUMBERTON, N. C
Office over Pope's Drug Store.
E. M. Britt W..S. Britt.
Britt & Britt.
Attorneys at Law,
LUMBERTON, N. C.
All business given prompt and care'
ful attention. Office upstairs in Argui
Building. 9-10
DR. JOHN KNOX, JR.
Physician and Surgeon,
Lumberton, .... North Carolina
Residence 'phone No. 64. at Mrs. N.
A, McLean's. Office 'phone No. 26.
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. A. McNeill, T. A. McNeill, Ji
McNeill & McNeill,
Attorneys at Law,
LUMBRTON, N. C.
Will practice in all the Courts. Busi
ness attended to promptly.
E. G. SIPHER,
ELECTRICIAN.;
Lnmbertoii, N. C.
office in Shaw Building, Phone
No. 11
1-6
Thomas L. Johnson,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
LUMBERTON, N. C
Practice in State and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention given to all business.
unices over First National Bank.
WOODBERRY LENNON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Lumberton, N. C
Office over Post Office.
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