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Til ffitetfcmt Mttmcd n. A. LONDON, Editor. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1912. The voters of this State can not complain of not having enough candidates to vote for next Tuesday. At every voting place there will be five boxes in which to deposit the ballots, as follows: 1. One box for the presiden tial electors, of whom there are twelve. ) 2 One box for Representative in Congress. 3. One box for governor and other State officers, of whom there are fourteen, including two supreme court justices and two corporation commissioners. 4. Members of the General As sembly and the county officers. This number varies in the coun ties, because some counties have two, a few three, but most of them one representative. Some counties also have five and others only three county commissioners, and some have no treasurer. In no county will there be less than nine candidates on the county ticket. 5. One box for the township officers, a constable and three magistrates. It will thus be seen from the above that every voter will have the privilege of casting his bal lots for at least forty candidates. In addition to this every Demo crat can vote in the senatorial primary for his choice for the United States Senator, who is to be elected by the next General Assembly, and we regret to say that many Democrats seem to be more anxious to cast that ballot than to vote for all the nominees of their party. The expenses incurred by the three senatorial candidates in their campaign for the nomina tion have been quite heavy. On last Saturday each of them pub lished in the News and Observer a detailed statement of their ex penditures up to the 25th of this month. These statements show that Senator Simmons has ex pended up to that date the sum of $5,788.12, Gov. Kitchin had expended $5,452.23 and Judge Clark had expended $1,420.22 About one-half of the expendi tures of each candidate were for newspaper advertising and most of the remainder was for the ex penses of their speakers who had been going over the State in their behalf. While every dollar was for a legitimate purpose, and none for anything that was at all suspicious, yet it is a great pity that they felt compelled to expend so much in their efforts to secure the nomination. It forcibly illustrates, however, the apparent necessity of expending large sums in conducting a polit ical primarv, and also verifies the assertion often made by The Rec ord, to the effect that a poor man stands no showing in a modern political primary. We note that Senator Simmons received contributions from friends to the amount of $2,410, and that Gov. Kitchin received $592 from his friends, while Judge Clark received nothing to help him. The bars have been let down somewhat and anybody can vote in the senatorial primary next Tuesday who votes thatday for any of the Democratic nominees and does not vote for any Re publican or any other opponent of a Democratic nominee. This was decided on at a meetincr of the Democratic State executive committee held last Thursday night at Raleigh. It will be remembered that the committee, at their previous meeting, had adopted a dras tic resolution requiring every man, before voting in the senato rial primary, to vote the entire Democratic ticket from Presi dent to constable. This created so much opposition that the com niittee met again, as above stat ed, and rescinded that resolution, and adopted another requiring the voter cnl not to vote for any Republican and allowing him to "scratch" as many of the Dem ocratic nominees as he' wishes. While this privilege is given we hope that very few will avail themselves of it, but vote the en tire ticket from Woodrow Wilson down to township constable. The young men who cast their first vote next Tuesday ought to begin right by voting the entire Democratic ticket and thus be on the winning side, both in State and nation. There is ab solutely no doubt whatever of Wilson and Marshall being elect- ( ed and also no doubt of the Dem ocrats electing their entire tick- et in this State. This is no idle ' boast as you will find next Wed nesday when the result of the election is published. Why should any young man, or as for that matter any old man, vote with the Republican party next Tuesday? A major ity of former Republicans will not themselves vote foe the nom inee (Taft) of their old' party, who they say was nominated by fraud and is the receiver of sto len goods; that is, his nomina tion was stolen. Of course then no young man will begin his po litical career by voting for the receiver of stolen goods? Or by joining a party that is denounced by a majority of its former mem bers? Nor can any young man con sistently cast his first vote for a candidate for President who, af ter being defeated in his own party for the nomination, bolted and has organized a new party of his own, and is trying to do that which Washington would not do and Grant could not do; that is, trying to be President for the third time. If Roosevelt thinks, as he seems to think, that the salvation of the country depends on him, he must think that he is greater than George Washington and all the former Presidents of the republic. And if the safety of the country depends on his be ing President for the third term, why will he not think that the safety of the country depends on his being President forever? Hazing has caused another death, and this time the deplor able tragedy occurred at Wake Forest College. On las t Monday night a freshman, named Rhodes from Kinston, mortally wounded a youth named Powers, who is said to be a resident of Wake Forest and not a student at the college. It seems that Rhodes had received several anonymous letters threatening him, and on last Monday night as he was walking through th campus Powers and another youth, both with masks on their faces, sud denly jumped at him and he promptly shot and mortally wounded Powers. We had hoped that the fatal hazing at the Uni versity last month would have put a stop to' all hazing at all colleges, and we do not blame Rhodes for shooting at his mask ed assailants. The Republican party in this State richly deserves the over whelming defeat which it will receive next Tuesday for having nominated Tom Settle and adopt ed a whiskey platform. Such a nomination and such an issue ought to defeat and destroy any party. Many thousand honest Republicans voted for our State wide prohibition law and are strongly opposed to its repeal, and it was an insult to them for their party leaders to try to force on them such a candidate on such an issue. And, by the way, we note that Mr. Iredell Meares, the Progress ive nominee for governor, has challenged Mr. Settle for a joint discussion and the latter has not accepted, although he seemed so anxious to have a joint campaign with Mr. Craig. , Justice is said to be slow but sure, and this old saying is about to be verified in a case just de cided by the Supreme Court of the United States. In July 1897 a bank at Asheville failed and in September of that year its Pres ident (Major Breese) and two di rectors were indicted in the Fed eral court for embezzlement. There have been three or four trials, of the case and appeals, every point being closely con tested and every advantage be ing taken of the law's delays, un til after fifteen years the highest court in the land has put an end to it and the defendants will now have to serve their sentences of two years in a federal peniten tiary. The Turks seem to be getting the worst of it in their war with Greece and the Balkan Provinces, and no Christian nation ought to regret if they are driven out of Europe never to return. i Marion Butler has kept un usually quiet this campaign, but bobbed up a few ofays ago in an effort to effect a 'fusion between the Taft and Roosevelt factions in this State, which however was not consummated. If he had only come to this State and made some of his characteristic speech es he would have added greatly to the "gayety" of the cam paign, and would have aroused the Democrats more than any thing else could. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. Not a vote will be cast next Tuesday for Wilson, Taft or Roosevelt. This assertion may surprise some persons, but it is literally true, because the candi dates for President are voted for next January by the electors chosen in their respective States. The voters of each State do not vote direct for the President but only for certain persons called Presidential electors, two for the State-at-large and one for each congressional district, and they cast the votes of their respective States next January. Very few persons know who the Demo cratic nominees for electors are in this State, and the Chaalotte Observer last Monday was the first paper to publish their names, which we copy as follows: AT LARGE: Francis D. Winston, of Bertie. G. EllisvGardner, of Yancey. districts: 1 F. C. Harding, of Pitt. 2 F. R. Harris, of Northamp ton. 3 George E. Hood, of Wayne. 4 Henry M. London, of Chat ham. 5 P. M. Glidewell, of Rock ingham. 6 Joseph A. Brown, of Co lumbus. 7 D. M. Reece, of Yadkin. 8 William R, Lovill, of Wa tauga. 9 1 E. Randolph Preston, of Mecklenburg. 10 McD, Ray, of Henderson. Wilson Won by Merit From the New York World. Other things being equal, a man who has had to earn his own living is likely to be a far more trustworthy leader of the Amer ican people than one who has never felt that pressing respon sibility. That is one great advantage that Woodrow Wilson has over Theodore Roosevelt or William H. Taft. He is more complete ly a product of American institu tions than either of his oppo nents. We say this without dis paragement of Mr. Roose velt or Mr. Taft, and in a spirit utterly antagonistic to demagogy of any form or de scription. Gov. Wilson has lived the life of an American citizen thrown wholly upon his own resources. He worked his way slowly up from an instructorship to a pro fessorship, and then to the pres idency of a great university. No influence or family prestige won him any of his positions. Every advancement was gained by his own merit. His political career is identical with his private career. He was nominated for Governor of New Jersev because the Democrats of that State were looking for a can didate who could measure up to the situation. He was nominat ed for President by the power of public opinion in the face of the united opposition of Democratic bosses and Democratic pluto crats. He is alone among the three candidates for President in being the sole architect ol his ca reer. Saved by His Wife. She's a wise woman who knows just what to do when her husband's life is in danger, but Mrs. R. J. Flint, Urain tree, Vt., is of that kind. "She insist ed on mv using Dr. King's New Dis covery," writes Mr. F., 4for adreadful cough, when I was so weak mv friends all thought I had only a short time to live, and it completely cured me." A quick cure for coughs and cold's, it's the most safe and reliable medicine for many throat and lung troubles grip, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, quinsy, tonsolitis, hemorrhages. A trial will convince you. 60 cents and f 1. Trial bottle free Guaranteed by G. R. Pilkington. advt The normal cotton crop of North Carolina is a little in ex cess of 1,000,000 bales, having been nearly doubled since 1907, when it was 652.000 bales. Th entire crop of the Southern State in 1911 was 16,109,349, the larg est on record. The general ex pression of opinion is that this year's crop in North Carolina will be about one-third less than the crop of last year. A Marvelous Escape, v "My little boy had a marvelous es cape," writes P. F. Bastiams, of Prince Albert, Cape of Good Hope. "It oc curred in rhe middle of the night. He got a very severe attack of croup. As luck would have it, I had a large bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house. After following the di rections for an hour and twenty min utes he was through all danger. Sold by all dealers. advtr V , WALTER CLARK PLE, OF NORTH CAROLINA. My Friends and Fellow-Citizens: Your choice of your Uni ted States Senator will deeply affect your welfare. It ought not to be procured by agencies employed to control your votes. The increase in the production of wealth has been marvel ous, indeed nearly double that of ten years ago. National leg islation, controlled by the Special Interests, has transferred the wealth created by you to a few so that there are now over one thousand men in this country 'who possess from ten millions up to one thousand million each and 3 per cent cf our population own more than the other 97 per cent. Not only this but the same legislation has transferred the wealth created in the South, which has been retarded in its de velopment by the discrimination, to the enrichment of other sections. The discrimination in freight rates against North Carolina amounts to $12,000,000 annually. ' The tobacco tax takes from the farmers 8 cents on eveiy pound they raise and deprives this State of $7,000,000 a year, while twenty-five States pay no tobacco tax whatever. The war contribution of $5,000,000 yearly for Federal pensions, almost none of which comes back to us, ought to cease now that it is nearly half a century since the war. The' contribution by each State for pen sions should be returned to that State to be distributed by it among its own citizens and their widows. Neither of my competitors during the twelve years each of them served in Congress has done anything for the relief of the people of this State from the above annual burdeps of $22,000, 000. Each of you pays your part of this tribute. Do you wish it stopped? . On 13 May, 1910, Mr. Simmons voted against a bill to pro hibit freight discrimination and to send the matter back to the Interstate Commerce Commission which had theretofore done nothing for our relief, and which has done nothing since, and about the same time the tax on tobacco was raised from 6 to 8 cents a pound an annual addition of $2,000,000 yearly upon our tobacco raisers- The tobacco tx maintains the existence of the Tobacco. Trust by preventing farmers and others frcm manufacturing tobacco just as the Protective Tariff creates the other Trusts. In the Senate I shall stand firmly for the removal of the above and other burdens upon our people. The sharp conten tion between the friends of my two opponents render it unad visable for the party to nominate either of them. The great contest between the People and the Special In terests must be fought out in the U. S. Senate and there I can do fifty times as much for your good as in the position which I now hold by your good will. Your friend, 25 October, 1912. WALTER CLARK. Advertisement. Faracr Tfcr Simmons. Editor of The Record: I am a farmer and deeply in terested in the welfare and pros perity of farmers- I favor cer tain national legislation now de manded by the organized farm ers of the county, such as the prevention of gambling in our farm products, and restriction of foreign immigration. In my opinion this legislation would Ije of immense benefit to the farm ers and the country. I also fa vor a tariff which bears justly upon the products of all sections of the country and callings of our DeoDle. I do not favor a tar iff which requires the products of North Carolina and the South to come into free competition with all the world, while the products : of other sections which we buy : are highly protected; neither do' I favor placing the products of the farm on the free list, while j the products of the trust, which j we farmers have to buy, are j largely increased in price by rea- j son of protective duties which prevent foreign goods from com ing into competition with these trust products. I also favor Fed eral aid to good roads. The gov ernment has aided the railroads and is annually spending millions to improve our rivers and har bors. Why not spend something to help we farmers to build roads over which we travel to and from market? We Democrats of the State will next Tuesday have to name a Senator, Our present Senator, F. M. Simmons, is a candidate for re-election and I have made some investigation of his record. I find that, when the committee of organized farmers went to Washington to push the bill to pre vent gambling in farm products, Senator Simmons and two or three other Senators met with the committee and helped pre pare the bill, and that he has been active in pushing the bill, which I hope will pass at the next session. I also find that Senator Sim mons has been . the most effect ive worker in Congress for legis lation to restrict foreign immi gration, and that his amendment for an educational test has pass ed the Senate. I hope it will pass the House at the December session. A further examination of our Senator's record shows that when the bill providing for reciprocity with Canada was under consider ation in the Senate, that Sim mons demanded that the products of the trusts be put on the free list as well as the products of the farmers. He would not support free wheat unless flour was also free; nor free hogs, sheep and cattle, unless bacon, mutton and beef were also free. In other words, if the American farmer and stock grower were to come into free competition with Can ada, the American miller and meat packer must also come into such competition Simmons did not think it fair for the millers and meat trust to be able to go , to Canada and buy their wheat and animals free of duty, while 1 TO THE PEO they were protected by high du ties from the competition in their products of the Canadian millers and meat packers. Senator Simmons has labored long and earnestly for Federal aid to post-roads, and his bill upon this subject was recently made the law of the land. Un der this law the government will begin the work of aiding the communities to build roads in an experimental way just as it started the rural free delivery system and I have no doubt the benefits will be such as to cause the government to eventually aid every community to secure good roads. North Carolina farmers have never had a better friend in Con gress than F. M. Simmons and have no one who, has accomplish ed as much for them. If he is re-elected, he will be in position to help us still more. By all means let us keep him there. Respectfully, R. M. GORREL. Ore Hill, N. C, Oct. 25, lyl2. Advertisement. There was quite a celebration last week in Robeson county over the beginning of the big drain age work that will reclaim and render fit for cultivation about 40,000 acres of swamp land, that will be very productive. It will take two . years to complete the work of drainage. Dtvare ot Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the eense ot smell mul complotoly deranire tiio whole system when enteritis; it through the mucous surlaces. Such rticles should never be used except oa prescrip tion from reputable physicians, as the Uaraaee tliejr win do Is ten fold to tlie good you can possibly de rive from t'uem. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O., contains no mer cury, and Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hairs Catarrk Cure be sure you pet the gjnuine. It Is takea internally, and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials Ire. Sold by Dnieel&ts. Price. 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Fam'ly Pills lor constipation. 1 WOOD'S Special Grass and Clover Mixtures Make the Largest Yields of H&yand Pasturage. They are combined in proper propor tion to give the beet results for the differ ent soils for which they are recommend ed. We use in these mixtures our Trade Mark Brand Seeds, which are best qual ities obtainable and tested both as to germination and purity. Our customers report the most satis factory results, both as to securing excel lent stands and largest yields of both hay and pasturage. Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalog gives full information; also tell about all other Grass and Clover Seeds, Alfalfa, Vetches and all Tana and Gardes Seeds for fall planting. Catalog mailed Sree. Write for it. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. PXECUTOR'S NOTICE. -Hav- inar qualified as executor of the last will and testament of L. B. Gun ter, deceased, I hereby notify all per sons holding claims against said dece dent to exhibit the same to me on or before the 2nd day of October, 19i3. This October 2, 19 1 2 S, G. GUNTER. Hayes & Bynum Attorneys. FARM NEAR DURHAM. ; ; Situated four and half miles east of Durham on the new Morrisville macadamized road, which is a part of the Capital to Capital Central Highway across the State, with one mile frontage on this road. It has a variety of soil suitable for any purpose and especially adapted for potato growing and trucks of all kind. .' :, . Improvements consist of a four room house, tobacco barn, food .barn, carriage house, crib and one tenant set tlement. . Eighty acres, thirty-five cleared, balance in wood, price $3,000, on reasonable terms if desired. We recom mend this to be a good value for home or investment. SOUTHGATE JONES & COMPANY, Dealers Jri Farm Lands, Trust Building, Durham, N. C. Oct 30,1912. Lee Hardware Store, Sanford, N. C. Eveiything Carload of Stoves, Eangqs and Heat ers in stock. Demonstration of South Bend Malle able Steel JtaJnge beginning November 4th and lasting one week. Free lunch and free coffee. The Best H- SsdzSS'ZJtZ??! 75c to $1.50 R- cTndrd:s.fi?.s.h0.?s.i: 75c to $2.00 Goodman's Cheap Service Shoes CA for Women plJl Selby Fine Shoes for Women jJ2 f;o $4 00 Regal Shoes for Men.. JJ QQ Endicott-Johnson's Work Shoes j2 q 3 50 GRIFFIN BROS,, WHERE BETTER SHOES ARE MADE WE WILL BUY THEM, Sanford, N. C. CUT FLOWERS. WEDDING BOUQUETS, FUNERAL DESIGNS. PALMS. FERNS. BLOOM ING PLANTS. CABBAGE AND TOMATO PLANTS All orders given prompt atten tion. M J. MCPHAIL, phon No 94. Florist, Sanford. N. C. SALE OF VALUABLE FARM LANDS. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, at noon, j Tuesday, November 26th, 1912, on the premises of the late Capt. H. Mulhol land, deceased, in Williams township, Chatham county, N. C, sell to the highest responsible bidder, on terms hereinafter stated, two valuable tracts of land one tract containining 58 acres, more or less, and the other con taining 86 acres, metre or less. This land was a part of the estate of the said Capt. H. MulhoJland, and is being sold by the trustees of tne Chris tian Orphanage, at Elon College, N. C, to whom the said land had been devised by the said Mulholland. Termsiof sale: One-third cash; one third in six months from day of sale and the remaining one-third 12 months from day of sale, the deferred payments to be secured by purchase money notes bearing interest at 6 per cent per an num until paid. By order of the Board of Trustees of the Christian Orphanage at Elon Col lege, North Carolina. This 21st day of October, 1912. JA8. Li. FOSTER, Supt. of the Christian Orphanage. Elon College, N. C. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.-Hav-lng qualified as executor of W. P. Myrick, deceased,, this is to notify all persons having claims against the es tate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9th of October, 1913, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 9th dav of October, 1912. J. C. CAVINESS, Executor. Hardware. We 4 Undertakers' Supplies, Coffins, Caskets, etc. A full stock kept by Atwater & Lambeth, BYNUM, N. C. QALE OF LAND. By virtue of an order of the Superior Court, in the special proceeding therein pending, entitled, "H. C. Hears et al vs Emma Sears et al," I will, at the residence of the late Harmon Sears, in Williams township, Chatham coun ty, N. C, on Saturday, the 9th day of November, VJV2, " orer for sale to the highest bidder the following de scribed tracts of land lying and being in Williams township, Chatham coun ty, N. C, and described as follows: 1st tract. Known as the Harmon Sears home place, bounded on the north by J. F. Council and brother, on the east by the Martha Kelly land and Delia Davis land, on the south by H. C. Williams, on the west by II. C.Williains and Fayettsville road, containing about 70 acres. 2d tract Bounded on the north by J. P. Council and brother, on the east by J. F. Council and brother and Fay etteville road, on the south by 8. D Williams and J. F. Council, on the west by New Hope creek, containing about 75 acres, excepting the mill house and gin house and all machin ery therein. id tract. Known as the 11. J. Sears land, bounded on t,be north by 8. R. Horne, on the east by Tuck Hudson and Jim Segroves, on the south by Lovelace and lle.'met, and on the wet bv Lovelace and Helmet, containing 138 acres, more of less. 4th tract. IMng a tract containing about 63 acres, lying on the waters of New Hope creek, bounded on the north by Chatham Lumber Co., on the east by New Hope creek, on the south by II . C. WiHiams, and on the west by T. M. Mason. 5th tract. Containing about 4 acres known as Bob Sears mill site oa I'an ther Creek, adjoining the lands of H. T. Harward, Beaver heirs and A- A Sear3 land. Terms of sale One-third in cash." one-third in 12 months and balance in 2 years, deferred payments to bear in terest at 6 per cent per annum from day of sale and title reserved till all purchase money is paid. This September 28th, 1912. H . C. SEARS, Commissioner, Hayes & Bynum, Attorney. Know.
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