’lnteresting facts
~nd Historical Mention
■re» dl
Os Interest.
B or;I independent.
, ovpn per cent of all auto-
K?in Canada are owned by far-
L acreage in Canada has almost
fc See 1900. This is a larger
■fhan England and Wales com-
I o Senator boards an elevator
B iei r mitol it must not be stopped
■?her until the Senator
■off.
■ _ prV thousand boys and girls
1 ivtrh school, five hundted and
Jose leave before the end of the
■h year.
I wnimr qualities of tobacco are
■5 Z - a machine which, puffs
■ in human fashion, using air
Kn in the process.
■ p w iU soon be dried by elec
■ instead of the present sun
m. ‘ roc ess, according to a Cali
■ agricultural expert.
I nmall in London created a sen-
W °£‘* t ]- e ballroom of the Savoy
■rearing with hair that glowed
■; ho?p horic inidescence when the
■ were dimmed.
Hliim Hohenzollem is becoming
■congenial with his fellow-towns
■in Doom, according to reports.
Ets the village more irequently
many visitors.
Hhibition agents are not, as a
■prohibitionists. Many of them
■ liouor. to obtain evidence. Last
Ithev spent $205,658 of govern
■ funds in buying dnnks.
t ta i 1923 pack of canned sal-
Btor British Columbia will give
■Lkers of that province more
■lO 000.000 if all the cases are
te d at the ruling prices.
t h e thinning of the forest the
■ie lumberjack, picturesque, un-
B but manly, is going the way
■ cowpuncher and prospector.
now demand —and get—
OHmtorts of civilization. Electric
radio sets are installed m
camps.
■ Ambassador at Wash
■ has a salary just over $12,000
B addition he has a completely
embassy at his disposal and
■wance of more than $85,000,
■ador at London has a salary
8,500. and in addition he must
the upkeep of the embassy
private pocket.
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DIED IN ROCKVILLE INDIANA
rt B. Shaw, son of Isaac and
BAndrew, was born in Alamarce
B, June 21, 1826, being the fourth
a fanii'lv of twelve boys and
■He died between 7 and 8
m January 28, 1924 in Rockville,
moved to Chatham
m with his parents when he was
■ child and remained here until
21 years of age and moved
county, Indiana. In 1879 he
■ to Kansas but returned to In-
EHa few years later and married
Osborn in 1886. Besides
one adopted daughter sur-
IvttW
he was but twelve years old
his heart to God and united
Friends church, and he al-
his splendid Christian
beginning at that time,
took place on January
Rushcreek Friends church
A large crow’d of sor
friends and relatives were
K and the floral tributes were
IN MEMORIAM.
Hi a Friend Who Loved Her.)
5' Patrick d’ r d February 15,
leaves father, mother, one
and several sisters and a kird
husband to mourn their
■c had a host of true and faith
■iends in several towns and
■nities, who sincerely svmpa
■v-ith her loved ones in this sad
■.Although gone she still lives
hope to meet her again. God
Hs'ood to be unkind and too wise
■re anv mistake. He says: “My
•re not your ways.” So we bow
■’•le submission to His will. The
■beautiiu! floral designs attest
■ hH-* "'■reem in which Mrs
was held.
■ 's we usually called her,
Ronsal. came h°re a brid
■; i!> a ~ n - She greatly endeared
■to us .‘ill. and we n re deeply
■to learn of her death.
I 'eft us about a year ago and
Sanford.
■ ,n t' ne home of her pa
■f. Pittsboro. and she with her
■ , ar t was buried in the same
the Methodist cemetery at
■ *'• The writer has often heard
l r v “hgi.ous s’de of her
■ beHeved her to be a true
H’ of Christ.
■7 s the way. He holds the key,
us with unerring hand;
■7° vVi^l tearless eves we ll see;
■ } o- up there, we'll understand.
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■ s FROM GOLDSTON ONE
■ton. R t . l. Feb. 25.—Mr. and
■ ! 01 t. Oldham, spent
V vV! th , ‘ i er mother, Mrs. Lucv
■on R. ar Oeek Rt. 1. Mrs.
■ as been real sick but is im-
B. r nps a good time playing
■ J T" i t ie p bone f° r the pret
■H ' ?eem to enjoy it.
■L _ i,e preaching at >ntkrh
■- | s ;mdav. Rev. Mr. Cox, of
Rj ls the pastor.
K\, a Stinson spent Thursday
■ij, he home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ki? be a box partv at B’S'-oe
■I t r on Saturday night,
■a I, Everybody is invited to
■ki * e are excected to
filled boxes.
\ er Miss Berlin Jones’ rid-
V a churn.
‘GOVERNMENT BT
THE PEOPLE OB
THEJME”
Shelby Highlander Takes Char
lotte Observer to Task.
DENIES RIGHT OF MACHINE, DOM.
INATED BY WATTS, NORWOOD,
COOPER, AND MORRISON TO
NAME THE CANDIDATES.
“There Never Was a Political Machine
That Did Not Make For Corruption
and Cater to Privilege,” Says High
lander.—Says Machine, Like the
Deacon's “One Hoss Shay,” Will, on
June 7, “Fall to Pieces All at Once,
All At Once, and Nothing First.”
(Shelby Highlander.)
We find the following remarkable
statement in the edtiorial columns of
the Charlotte Observer of January
6th, 1924:
“Disobedience to constituted auth
ority means disloyalty, but it is by
no means confined to religious
circles. The politics of our coun
try is saturated with it. There is
open rebellion in the ranks of the
National Republican party—rebellion
of the kind that spells division and
impotency. In the State we often hear
threats against ‘the machine.’ The
machine in the term used is to the
political party what the church is tc
religious society.”
The Charlotte Observer is often re
ferred to as the organ of “the ma
chine” in this state. But we never
expected even from the organ such an
utterance as the foregoing. Read it
over. The machine is the church of
the Democratic Party. That is what
it declares.
We know what the church is to re
ligious society. It is the directing or
gan and vital force of religious so
ciety. It is the defender of all that
is pure and good. It is divine. And
now we are told by the Charlotte Ob
server that “the machine is to the
political party what the church is to
religious society.”
That is, the thing whose chief genus
was A. D. Watts, and whose chief ex
ponents were Cooper, of Wilmington,
and Norwood, of Salisbury, is likened
unto the Church of God. We should
think the church of God w’ould have
somewhat to say about that. The
church has survived many blows, but
nothing like this has ever been tried
on it. What a slander on the church.
What is this new doctrine of the
holy authority of “the machine?”
We are deliberately told by its or
gan that the Machine is in the nature
of a church. It is the church of the
Democratic Party. If so, who are its
rulers?
The Greensboro News recently re
ferred to Mr. Morrison as “Pope Cam.”
We take it the News knew.
We have therefore:
Pope Cam I —Mr. Cameron Morrison.
Papal Secretary of State —Mr. A. D.
Watts.
(Note: While Mr. Watts’ succesor
as tax collector has been appointed,
no successor to him as paper secre
tary has been named, and we assume
that he still holds that job.)
Cardinals—Mr. Wade H. Harris and
Mr. Word H. Wood.
Pope’s Chamberlain and Secretary of
Briefs —Mr. Brock Barkley.
(Ncte: The Secretary of Briefs pre
pares the allocution which the Pope
pronounces . . . and letters addressed
to the Cardinals, bishops nad to the
faithful. See Catholic Enc. Vol. 13.
page 153.)
Arch Bishop —Mr. J. A. Hartness.
Bishop—Mr. Charles Webb.
Near Bishop —Mr. A. L. Brooks.
(Note: Until recently Mr. Brooks
was under a curse, but he has now
recanted, and it is expected that he
will soon be made a bishop).
Ex-Bishops and Financial Advisers Ex
traordinary to the Pope —T. E. Coop
er, Dave Norwood and W. B. Cooper.
Majordomcs —Mr. F. A. Hampton and
Mr. Willie Richardson.
These, and others, set before us
with their halos well adjusted and con
stitute the Holy Machine of the Demo
cratic Partv. Let. him be anathema
that dares to question their holy in
fallibility. He is disloyal and disob
edient, declares the holy organ at
Charlotte, who denies their authority
or who fails duly to kiss the Pope s
big toe.
The foregoing may seem in lighter
vein. But what are we*, in all serious
ness, to believe, when we have the
direct suggestion that the “Machine”
is the church of the Democratic Party
—that unless men give obedience to
the Machine they are “disobedient” —
they are in “Rebellion.”
Can it be possible? Yes, it is not
only possible. It is a fact that on
January 6th, 1924, the Charlotte Ob
server published the editorial para
graph quoted. It is not the utterance
of a mad man or a dotard; it is the
deliberate declaration of the ditor of
one of the State’s best established
daily papers. It has stood all these
weeks and the Machine has approved
It. It is the message of the Machine
to the voters as the campaign opens.
We are amazed. We are dumfound
ed. We have difficulty in believing
our eyes. But —there it is.
Read it again.
One thing w r e know: Here is the
list straw of arrogance Here is the
last degree of presumption. Hero Is)
the signal to a patient and long suf
fering people.
"When a machine so far forgets it
self as to liken its functions to the
functions of the church of God, when
it likens its authority to the author
ity of the church of God, when it
likens its inviolability to the inviol
ability of the church of God, when it
likens its disciplinary power to the
disciplinary power of the church of
God, when it comes to this and de
clares of men and women who do
not vote it and stand for *t that they
are “disloyal” and “disobedient,” free
men and women will either at once
surrender their self-respect and their
liberties, or rise and strike.
The editorial goes onr—
“Without the Machine there would
be political disintegration in the
State and demoralization in govern
ment.”
Likely enough, when the Charlotte
Observer goes to bed at night it says
its prayers to the Machine, and on
Sunday it worships the Machine. Ii
believes that the Machine is the insti
tution that holds the State together—
prevents “political disintegration in
the State and demoralization in gov
ernment. Great is the Machine, and
the Charlotte Observer is its prophet!
With the Machine the Machine is ex
. alted above the Party, above the peo
pie. It is almost divine —it is to be
compared only with the church of
God.
We hear that there is more or less
of political legarthy in North Carolina.
If so, it is because the people liave
not realized what is going on. The
Charlotte Observer’s editorial is
enough to raouse their fighting
blood. Surely they must realize that
they are now approaching a contest
between themselves and a set of men
who call themselves the Machine, in
which every right their fathers have
wrought in a thousand years, is in
volved.
The Machine challenges the spirit
of independence in the heart of every
man and woman in North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer goes a step
further. It notifies us all that we must
vote with the Machine or be branded
as agents of “disintegration” and
“demoralization.”
Well, here goes,—we are “in rebel
lion.” Do your worst, we refuse to
bow to the Machine. We Shall vote
t as a democrat and freeman.
We are against the Machine.
We deny its right to run the Demo
cratic Party.
We deny its right to name candi
dates.
We deny its right to exist amongst
Belf-governing people.
There never was a political Ma
chine that did not make for corrup
tion and cater to privilege.
Machines are contrary to the prin
ciples of government by the people
and for the people.
Machines exist by defeating or cir
cumventing the will of the people.
Machines are dying the world over —
in all parties. Free Schools —public
education —are destroying them.
Machines thrive only when the peo
> pel are asleep.
The political machine that the Char
lotte Observer exalts to heaven, liken
ing it even to the holy church of God,
has for two years been falling to
pieces of its own rottenness. Its
. worst blows have come from within.
It is making one last desperate effort
to recoup its prestige.
It stakes all on the Primary June
7th, and it enters the contest notify
! ing all hands that it is above the
Party, that it is the church of the
• party and that it must be obeyed.
And if it should win, the solemn
. truth is it must be obeyed; for it will
. win or lose, on that issue, and if it
i wins, It will proceed to name our Gov
» ernors, Senators, and Judges twenty
years ahead. Already It is said to
have named a successor to Senator
Overman. Like the "One-Hoss Shay”
that Dr .Holmes celebrates in his fa
mous lines —
i “Have you heard of the wonderful one
r hoss shay,
, That was built in such logical way.
It ran 100 years to a day,
And then —
. It went to pieces all at once, —
All at once and nothing first, —
1 Just as bubbles do when they burst ”
| June 7th is the day when the One
i Hoss Shay in which the Charlotte Ob
server’s crowd have been riding so
. high will go,—“to pieces all at once.
- -all at once and nothing first.”
DO FARMERS PAY
NO STATE TAX?
It is frequently asserted or intimat
ed by Morrison organs that farmers
I of North Carolina now pay little or no
j State tax. Automobile owners of the
State are paying in license and gaso
! line tax about $6,000,000 a year. Inas
much as farmers own not less than
I two-thirds of the automobiles it is
reasonable to conclude that they pay
I about $4,000,000 of the $6,000,000 State
j tax derived from automobile owners.
! in Union county farmers pay taxes on
about 2,000 of the 3,000 automobiles in
, the county. And much of the farm
lands are assessed for more than they
would bring on the market. A part
of the state tkx money is invested in
things of value. An appalling amount
of it is wasted in a multiplicity of
useless political offices, plus prodigal
expense accounts. Mr. J. W. Bailey,
candidate for governor, proposes to
turn on the light and make some in
i' teresting exhibits, which is an un
usual performance in North Carolina
politics—Marshviße Home.
MISSES PERRY ENTERTAIN. '
John Bell resigns as Rural Carrier— a
John Bell Resigns as Rural Carrier — '
Moncure, Feb. 25. —Miss Mary Chin- .
ger, of Sanford, spent the week end '
with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Moore. (
Mr. W. J. Strickland, of Southern .
Pines, spent the week end with rela- '
tives here. (
Mr. Colin G. Shaw, editor of th{ ,
Chatham Record, and son, Gilbert, oi '
Pittsboro, were visitors in Moncure or (
Friday. ,
Mr. John Bell, Jr., who has been [
carrying the mail on route No. 1 for I
four years has resigned, in order to |
take a position as salesman for the
Quaker Oats Co. He has taken the I
position that was held by his brother, j
William Bell, who was recently pro
moted to manager. Mr. John Bell <
Jr., will have headquarters in Ral- |
eigh jmd his territory will be North
Carolina, a portion of South Carolina I
and Virginia. Mr. Bell made a good |
rural carrier and he will be missed
in and around Moncure. We wish him *
much success in his new undertaking. |
Mr. J. Lee Harmon has taken his
place as carrier on No.111. 1
One of the enjoyable events of the i
season was an entertainment given
Friday evening by Misses Margie 1
and Sankie Perry, teachers in the i
Moncure high school, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore, honoring '
Washington's birthday. i
The decorations were suggestive of
Washington’s birthday, many flags
being used. Much fun was derived j i
from the many contests, several prizes
were given. Refreshments carried out
the festive idea with red, white and
blue cream and cake.
Those present were as follows: Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Self, Misses Sda
Patterson, Daisy Lee Northcutt, Ed
na Hedrick, Catherine Hackney, Hil
da Wilkie, Elizabeth Ferrall, Lillie
Hackney, Clara Bell. Messrs J. K.
Barnes, B. J. Weathers, Johnnie Bell,
Jr., Raymond Wilkie, Henry Hatch,
Lassie Sturdivant and C. M. Brown.
Mr. C. M. Brown, the barber, spent
last Sunday at Broadway, N. C., vis
iting friends.
Capt. J. H. Wissler is visiting
friends in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. George W. Geide, who has
been visiting her uncle, Capt. J. H.
Wissler, has returned to her home in
Harrisburg, Pa.
Miss Sallie E. Smith is visiting in
Raleigh this week.
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j By the very constitution of our na-
I ture, moral evil is its own cure.
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