Thursday, May 31, 1928
THE
CHATHAM RECORD
O. J. PETERSON
Editor and Publisher
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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. John
--anw Toe latter s uicture adorns
he wall--. of the No r thharnoton !e«?is-
and farmer wfto is now asking
ir.-- vote- of Chatham county Dem
ocrats. hr Burgwin is running
against two might v fine gentlemen.
Cob Langston and R. T. Fountain,
hut they will have to run some if
they pea 11 the Northhampton gentle
man »n Chatham countv. However.
Col. Langston a teacher at Gclds
ton in his youth will be remembered
probably by many of his old friends.
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