Thursday, May 31, 1928 THE CHATHAM RECORD O. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year 51-50 Si* Months * 75 Because of the necessity of cutting the editorial space down by running the Missing Word Contest pages m the middle of the Record for the next 4wrelve weeks, including this week, me will let the overflow °f editorial miatter run in a column on the front rage. As that column contains Mine interesting reflections this meek, we should like for you to turn thither and read them. If the fertilizer companies had taken the same interest in the selec tion of a Commissioner of Agricul ture the past few years that the printing houses of the state ha\e in selecting the Commissioner of Labor and Printing the very devil would have been to pay. But nobody seems to have seen or, at least, ob jected to the alliances of candidates for the position with the printing houses of the state. The gentlen.an who this year has been forced into .antagonism with the printing houses, four years ago practically made headquarters in the house of he state’s largest contractor in that and previous years. This is only an in stance. There is one candidate this year who has not sought such an alliance and who deems it wholly unethical. Petersons first concern when elected Commissioner of Labor and Printing will be the state s in terest, but that does not mean pre judicial action toward any North Carolina establishment or labor or ganization. It simply means an un biased administration. As some Smith men voted for the presidential primary and some anti- Swith men for it, it is hard to see just how Mr. Turlington s charge against the Smith folk in the execu tive meeting at Raliegh can hold, .and thus also James A. Bell, a pro minent lawyer of Charlotte and against Smith, yet voting against the holding of a primary, sees it. That gentleman gave Mr. Turlington a call down, but it will do little good. Some men seem so rabid this year that it is hard to stop them from slander and abuse. Heflin, for ins tance, in the U. S. Senate outrage; cusly slandered good and honest citi zens of this state. Senator Over man made him admit that he had rio proof to sustain his charges, but what does such a man want with proof? He was in the Senate and thus protected from prosecution. There is no reason for any man to forget that he is a gentleman be cause of difference of opinion, and we hope that people have reached that point in Chatham county where they can hold their views and re spect those who hold different ones. If not, it is a serious matter, for respect for other /*eople’s opin ions is one of the greatest evidences of one’s own right to the repect of others. Let’s not make ourselves fools about anything. Harmony, good will, and self-respect are of more value to Chatham county citi zens than the choice of a president. Chatham folk can live and prosper under almost any president, but it will be poor living to have each oth er by the ears about matters of opin ion. Farmers, there is nothing more thoroughly demonstrated than that an application of nitrate of soda at cotton chopping time will give cot ton that start necessary to tnwac, the bell weevil. Jus as well make some cotton, if it does cost more for fertilizer. Tens c: thousands of Baptists will resent the “p-edee” of the Southern Baptist convention, which purports to deliver the vote of southern Bap tists agarnst a certain presidential candidate. We have never heard of a Catholic assembly of any kind, or of the pope, pledging the votes of its or his constituency in any Amer ican election. The Baptist conven tion, then, is out-poping the r*ope. Os course, Baptist polity does not recognize any such authority as the convention assumed, and no one is in the least bound by the “pledge.” We are utterly surprised at the un- Baptistie conduct of the brethren. The one man who did rise to protest against tine intermixture of state and religious affairs was later designated as a representative of Tammany, which added insult to injury. We nope that Chatham county Democrats will vote solidly Saturday for the return of Mr. Pou to Con gress. j hie. may be his last candid acy, gr.d it will be gratifying to him to have the fullest pledge of confidence and esteem this year his ‘LI Chatham friends. Chat -am. w* should remember, ftir r.isirea Ir. i* ou his good wife, and the better naif of the Congressman is ours. It has been impossible for us to hear the eight fine addresses deliv ered by the counsel for and against W. H. Lawrence. It is an able array of attorneys and we could leave them with assurance to do their parts well while we went about the business of getting, out the paper ■and finishing, up the campaign. It argues a poor intellect, it would seem, for a man to come to a conclu sion about the innocence or guilt o* a man from mere hearsay evidence, and rnaybe that all on one side. Yet iy out of 65 talesmen examined de clared that they had come to the conclusion that Lawrence is guilty. One. at least, was of the opinion that he w*s innocent. Yet it may take hours and possibly days for the jury after they have heard the evidence to reach a conclusion. It must be an unfortunate thing to have a minu that is warped by whatever one hap pens to hear. Truly such a man is not fit for jury service at all. Lit.ier he would likely make up his mind for all time on the presentation ol the state’s evidence, or would ac cept the last thing that he heard as conclusive. Probably some would decide on the first evidence and some of that kind of fellows on the last. But a* for weighing evidence, such a man can hardly be conceived of as competent. It is a pity that such men' cannot be marked and kept oft all juries. The editor of the Record was very much pleased last week to meet Dr. Chas. Gage, the noted chemist who has done such magnificent work at the Carolina Coal mine. We showed some time ago how he had discov ered that there i s nearly a million dollars worth of fertilizer materia 1 , in the dun p of refuse from the Car olina mine. And the mine is already profiting by the demonstration. Many cars of the material are being shipped in the raw state to the fer tilizer factories. A new manager coming about the first of April has also added to the effectiveness of the mine force, Dr. Gage informs us, and the mine is now paying a def inite and highly satisfactory profit. With regard to the 42 convicts re cently sent to the mine. Dr. Gage tells us that the most of them are experienced miners and not only were not forced to come out chose to do so. Dr. Gage, who is a Ph.D. of Goettingen University, Germany, and has done much pioneer work for the industries in various parts of the country, says that Chatham is a rich county and that its latent, or potential, wealth is bound to be de veloped. He is also interested in the development of the sugar beet industry in this state. He analyzed the soil for the pioneer beet growers in Idaho, and the industry ha§ since gained great headway in that state. He has declared the soil of eastern North Carolina a genuine sugar beet soil, and in c with the Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co., has secured purebred beet seed for three demonstrations in the state, one at Sanford, one at Clinton, and one. we believe, about Rockingham. It turned out that the editor’s own brag farmer cousin at Clinton is the experimenter in good old Sampson, and if anybody in North Carolina can make a success of bee: growing Billie can. To talk with Dr. Gage is to gain an enthusiasm for Chat ham and the adjoining mineral sec tion that makes, one glad that he is here. Boys, the old county will be a good place to come to one of these days, as it is reputed for so long to have been a good place to be' born in and to leave. Talk to Dr. Gage and then see if you don’t hurrah for Chatham. The Lawrence trial has so monop olized the minds of Chatham folk the past two weeks that they pro bably gave little attention to the pre cinct meetings Saturday afternoon. It was hard to get many folk to the Pittsboro meeting, but a few met and selected an uninstructed dele gation to attend the county conven tion. It is not known at this writing how the question of presidential preference vote wag, met in most of the precincts. Again President Cooiidge has ve toed the McNary-Haugen bill, and we may hear something drap in the western farm states. The farmers want relief. The • President’s rea son’s for the veto were very strong and tersely expressed, and he may have done the proper thing. Never theless. the farmers demand a fair show. If something cannot be done for them to increase prices, then they should have something undone for others to lower the prices of what they buv. The Record was glad to hs.ve a call Monday from Mr. W. H. S. Burgwin, one of the three candidates for lieu tenant- govern or. He has the name of hss famous uncle W. H. 3. Burg win, who was so long a prominent figure in North Carolina affairs. But another uncle is more definitely ann notably associated with Chat harp county history. Tt was his un cle Col. If. h. Brrgwm who was clone! of the famous 2C.th regiment am wh -n hilled m battle v.Hs suc ceeded by our own hero. Col. 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