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CHATHAM RECORD
O. J. PETERSON
Editor and Publisher
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Thursday., November 1. 1928
’ U L. Wrenn’s statement here
yxadaV' evening: that no man who
Wot6d for A1 Smith is worthy of the
support of the people for any of
fice is a sweeping slander. e
«ite Mr. Wrenri to Senator Norris,
3 man *of his own party, for an in
stance of the 'injustice 6f his de
claration. In the first place, Smith
is worthy of the support of the best
men and got the support of a large
part of such men and women in this
country,' and sweeping slander of
'Wrenn *is unworthy of a man
-whom the Record has highly esteem
<>d. 'Opinions may differ, and any
man ihay’justly and appropriately at
tack the wisdom of another’s course
s>ut to impugn the character and mo
tives o's practically half the citizens
of a country, along with the char
acter of their standard bearer, is
and fool-hardy. Mr. Wrenn
probably believes what he said, but
"it shows mighty little sense to think
it —and we are permitted to pass
opinion upon judgment.
The Record has impugned no man’s
motive nor slandered anyone during
this campaign. It has said no ill
words of Mr. Hoover, a man whom
the editor has long esteemed, hav
ing been county food administrator
binder him during the war and. lear
ning then to regard him as a man
of great character and ability. How
ever, we cannot say that we have
not belittled the judgment of some
folk, and feel yet that we are jus
tified in it; for lack of sound sense,
prevalence of ignorance, and un
charitable judgments have abounded.
Mure Pharisees have paraded them
selves than during any other pe
riod of our recollection. Also more
rand deeper ignorance has manifest
-ed itself than one could scarcely
Jiave conceived as existing among a
supposedly enlightened people. The
editor thinks he is better than few,
if any, but he believes that he is
justified in congratulatng himself
on the fact that he has more sense
than oodles and oodles of folk. You
may class him as an intellectual
Pharisee, but not one who consid
ers himself holier than thou. The
educational effects of the campaign
should result in a clearing up of the
"density of ignorance so marked dur
ing the campaign. At least, some
folk ought to know -by now that
Catholics are neither Mormons noi
atheists.
Whether Smith is beaten or not
*»(it is not known at this writing),
his campaign, we believe has c -ang
led the course of events. The dis
position of Muscle Shoals in the
interest of the people has become
-a question that a republican admin
istration can no longer disregard;
awhile the question of farm relief
has been vitalized. As the mo.-t of
the Populist demands have since
their day been incorporated into the
Saw, in effect if not in form, s? will
-AS Smith’s ideas, so forcefully pre
sented to the people become lmbed
«ded in the laws of the country, with
the probably exception of tho ,e on
prohibition, which the Record has
all along considered of minor im
portance. A1 Smith’s campaign has
ween worth all it has cost, even if
the one result is the liberalization
fche people and the flattening of
-religious bigotry.
•We aitow no one to exceed us in
•zeal for honest elections, but we
«3o not approve of unsubstantiated
insinuations and accusations. We
have no doubt that the election in
H Chatham has been square and hon
est Any insinuations to the con
trary is an insult to the intelligence
«nd honesty of the republican poll
holders in the county, as wtell as a
•charge of dishonesty against * the
lieniocratic poll holders. In Sampson,
’county for thirty odd years the Pop
ulist and, later, the republican ma
jorities constantly grew with the
very same democratic control of
•elections as exists in Chatham coun
ty. Sampson republicans have had
mo cause to cry robber, and if the
♦Chatham ire publicans will simply cast
tanougb votes they will find that
-itheir men will be elected.
Senator Simmons’ democratic cake
is dough, whatever the result of the
•election in the state. If he has
the loss of the electoral vote
iw.o Smith, there are tens of thous
ands of staunch, .democrats who can
mot overlook the offense. Or* the
other hand, if .Smith has wbn In the
state there is precious little hope of
the Senator’s being elected the next
time even with the help of the re
publicans, which he may safeiy count
upon, it appears.
Solicitor Williams has won laur
els for himself by his staunch sup
port of the whole democratic tick
et. He spoke at Goldston, Friday
evening. Mr. Williams is popular in
that section and should have accom
plished something worthwhile for
the ticket.
If the money used by McNinch in
his anti-Smith campaign is clean en
ough to use by the anti-Smith saints
it should be clean enough to report,
and if there is any means of enforc
ing the law against McNineh’s com
mittee it should be enforced or the
law repealed.
Quite a number of voters were
challenged last Saturday at the vai
ious polling places. Every worthy
citizen should be allowed to vote
somewhere, and it is not rigl t to
attempt to disfranchise one on the
slight technical grounds respecting
registration. A liberal policy . s as
fair to the goose as to the gander,
and an unfair one can work against
the goose as v/e. 1 as against tr.e
ganoci.
One of the most foolish things in
the whole campaign was the criti
cism of Smith for making Raskob
campaign manager. The criticism
was based chiefly upon the fact that
he seemed as much Republican as
Democrat, or more. He had voted
for Cleveland and for Wilson, but
for Harding and Coolidge. Clearly,
he was of the very political charac
ter to appeal to the immense class
of independent or losely bound re
publicans, the very groups that A1
Smith had to win. A regular Sou
thern Democrat, like former chair
man Harrison, would have made no
impression upon them. But the very
choice of Raskob sharply called the
attention of all the libei'al-minded
republicans to the possibility that
Smith had qualifications that would
appeal to them. When one goes pos
sum hunting, he should take a pos
sum dog, rather than a bird dog, and
when Smith went Republican hunt
ing, or on a hunt for independents,
Raskob was the. fellow for the job.
Glass, for instance, would have been
as futile as a setter out at night
on a ’possum hunt. Whether Smith
is elected or not, for this is written
before the event, he has proved him
self a politician as well as a states
man, and the election of a mam of
Raskob’s ilk as chairman of his cam
paign committee* is one of the clear
est proofs of the fact. There had
to be a hunt, in the first place, for
money. Raskob filled the bill in all
particulars, if it had not been for
those smiling-heaaed democrats who
could not see the nature of the busi
ness at hand, and were offended at
the selection. their lack of sense
was not Smith’s fait.
Walter Cahoon has done much in
this campaign to discredit the Junior
Order and to put it into a class with
the Kluckers. If the Junior Order
is not a political machine, it should
severely rebuke Cohoon and his ilk.
It has been stated that it is against
the laws of the Order for a member
to use the name of the Order in a
political speech. If that is true, ev
en our Brothei Hurst violated deep
ly the principles of the Junior Or
der when he made his first attempt
to organize. an anti-Smith cluo at
Pittsboro. His membership in the
Order and what it stood for v\as
largely the burden of his speech li
the Junior Order a political machine*’
If not, the Order should set about
cleansing house.
Waiter Siler, as assbtint attor
ney general, was called upon to give
a * ofii. on as to the Anti-
Smith committee is required by law
to give an accounting for the re
ceipt and expenditure of campaign
funds, and he reached the logical
conclusion that it is as much re
quired to do so as is the democratic
'ommittee or the republican. Yesi,
sir; *h e McNinch bunch, the
or 1 unch, and all the other factions
in the campaign should be compelled
to shrw whence came tic money
they expended in the campaign.
We dare any other couoty seat to
show as complete an evaporation of
Ike anti-Smith movemetP as occur
red at Pittsboro. The anti-Smith
club here was unable to survive the
first big laugh the Smith folk got
on it. Smith may have won or lost
in the nation and state, we don’t
know at this wxiting, but assuredly,
Pittsboro has done its part to flat
ten the anti-Smith propaganda.
Away last spring The Record made
the prediction that before the elec
tion the people would see the mat
ter clearly and be whooping it up
for Smith. If there ever has been
whooping for any man it has been
for Smith. Thousands who first saw
him as a menace later saw him as a
political prophet, a very Amos “come
for the redemption of the people
from the hands of the ruthless cor
ruptionists.
Our fight for Smith has been
absolutely unselfish. We felt, and
feel, that the country needs him at
the helm of the government. Only
one dollar has come to The Record to
help it in the campaign and that has
to be returned because of a mishap
which prevented the announcement
for which it was to help pay appear
ing in the paper. This is a sample
of the subsidization of the press
of which some fanatics spoke. The
only paper in the South definitely
proven to have sold its editorial in
fluence was a Louisiana paper, which
sold out to the anti-Smith folk.
The editor joined in a conversa
tion which he found in progress be
tween Messrs. R. E. Harris and Zeb
Johnson a few days ago. They were
talking about the sale of their wool,
and a discussion of sheep raising en
sued. Mr. Harris had recently sold
two spring lambs in Raleigh for $33,
which he said had not cost him more
than $3 each to raise. We suggest
that farmers who are not raising
sheep talk with these gentlemen ov
er the sheep business. Chatham has
tens of thousands of acres which
might be utilized in the raising of
sheep.
That good seed is a real insur
ance of a crop is substantiated by
the experience of Mr. M. H. Woody,
who bought enough pedigreed Mex
ican big boll seed last spring to
plant three acres. He says he will
get three bales from the three ac
res, despite the most discouraging
season.
Well, it is over. The Record has
been really concerned. Never be
fore has the editor felt that so
much was at stake in an election. As
this is written before the event, we
do not know what is the result but
whatever it is, it will prove of ev
erlasting moment. The differences
in the Smith and Hoover policies are
of far-reaching extent. That mat
ter of water power is one that will
be proving the wisdom or the con
ti*ary of the winner a thousand years
from today.
Within our memory no man has
proved the drawing card that A1
Smith did. Byan drew mighty big
crowds, but for ten years the Alli
ance had been attuning the people
for such a master to play upon. But
Smith has to tune his own fiddle, so
to speak. His personality drew mil
lions of former critics to him as a
magnet draws iron filings. Never
before have we heard an orator in
whose every sentence carried a thot.
The old-time orator wrapped one
thought with many words and fan
cies, and flung it forth like a big
soft ball. Smith flung undecorated
stone after stone. There was no
wrapping and no finery about it.
It was simply an hour each time of
flinging the hardest and roughest
stones he could lay hands upon, one
after another.
If the anti-Smith democrats in
the State had not undertaken to se
cure the electoral vote of the state
for the Hoover ticket through theii
own initiative and had left it to the
republicans to make a Hoover cam
paign, we believe Hoover wouid have
trade a greater showing in the state,
lhe smart-alexy anti-Smith demo
crats got themselves in bad odor and
were thrown upon the defensive.
Their one effort was to hold what
they had, but lost every day of the
campaign. On the other hand, if
the republicans had taken the ini
tiative and the anti-Smith demo
crats had simply gone their way till
the election, and then quietly play
ed bad politics in depending so miich
upon the initiative of the anti-SmitH
democrats. They should have made
a determined campaign from the be
ginning for both ,th e state and na
tional ticket if -they wished to ad
vance the interest of the party. At
least, that is the way we see. How
ever this is written before the elec
tion, and the result may, despite the
present outlook, falsify the above
opinion.
Smith may not have won, but as
Washington told! Arnold after his
failure to capture Montreal, he has
done better—he has deserved to
win.
Many folk who do not know the
doctrines and basis of practice and
policy of their own denomination
have considered themselves capable
of pronouncing Smith unfit for the
presidency because of his Catholic
ism. We heard the other day of a
Methodist steward who did not know
that his local church does own the
THE CHATHAM RECORD
church building in which it worships.
And this writer had occasion recent
ly to test the knowledge of a num
ber of citizens of ayeragdfyjiltelli
gence dbout the government of the
four churches in Pittsborc*, arid .what
they didn’t know a
long article. The clMnpftign just
ended should be an incentive to
education. ' >
The Record wishes .to Register its
appreciation oif the whole-hearted
service in this campaign of Clyde
Hoey, Cameron Morrison, Josephus
Daniels, J. W. Bailey, Attorney Gen
eral Brummit, Mr. Eringhause, and
others who have given of their time
and talents so generously to the
cause of Governor Smith. ,Those
named have been particularly .effec
tive in their campaign speeches, and
it may be truly stated that without
their aid the vote in the 1 ptate would
have been quite different, whatever
it may have proved to be. And here
it is not improper to list some of
the papers that have done most vali
ant service. We mention the News
and Observer, the Dhrham Herald,
and Sun, the Asheville Citizen, the
New Bern papers, both owned by Mr.
J. B. Dawson, the two Elizabeth
City papers, the Daily Advance and
the Independent, the Raleigh Times,
the M'onroe Journal, the Greensboro
papers, all three of them, for the
Daily News, while taking its usual
non-partisan stand, has served might
ily by its firm stand against religious
bigotry. These papers have served
the righteous cause for which we
have fought without hope of reward,
but we believe those mentioned
stand out as specially deserving the
gratitude of the supporters of Gov
ernor Smith.
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It is very probable that Eng.reer
J. W. Fletcher, who killed when
his car turned over near here Tues
day after a tire had blown out,
would be living today if the usual
barriers had been erected along high
way No. 90.
Frank Page has resigned as chair
man of the highway commission to
accept a vice presidency with the
Wachovia bank. Mr. Page’s salary
has been $15,000. It is possible
that he will get more with the bank,
but his chief reason for resigning
seems to be that the state does not
longer need so expensive an employ
ee to conduct the highway business,
since it has reached that point where
it can go without him.
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* TOWN AND *
* COUNTY BRIEFS *
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Lexie Clark, Pittsboro’s clevei
dairyman, is modernizing his dairy,
thus giving greater assurance of a
sanitary milk supply. He is spend
ing a considerable - sum in concret
ing his barn. Mr. Clark largely sup
plies the local demand for milk. He*
invites his customers to inspect the
job when it is completed.
The Record has failed to note the
return of Mr. D. L. Webster to the
county as a permanent resident. He
has brought the interests of the oth
er heirs in the estate of his father,
the late A. M'. Webster, including
A xtljou
Readv^^
When your
Children Ciy
for It
Baby has little upsets at timet. All
your care cannot prevent them. But you
can be prepared. Then you can do what
any experienced nurse would do—what
most physicians would tell you to do —
give a few drops of plain Castoria. No
sooner done than Baby is soothed; relief
is just a matter of moments. Yet you have
eased your child without use of a single
doubtful drug; Castoria is vegetable.
So it’s safe to use as often as an infant
haaany little pain you cannot pat away.
And it’s always, ready for the erueter
pangs of colic, or constipation, or diar
rhea; effective, too, for older children.
Twenty-five million bottles were bought
last year.
CASTORI A
the dairy, and is residing ac the
old homestead. Mr. Webster has
been employed in bridge construc
tion work for several years.
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75, died at her home near Ramseur
Mrs. Mattie .J. Caviness, aged
last Friday. She was a sister of Mrs.
M. J. Jordan of Gulf, and Messrs.
R. L. Doisett of Siler Ci / and J.
L. Dcrsett, Mt. Vernon Springs. She
was a member of Coleridge Metho
dist church for 50 years.
... Hon. W. D. Siler came in Friday
from Rowland, where he had the
evening before delivered an address
to a great crowd of stalwart demo
crats of that section of Robeson. He
remained over here till after the
election. .
Sampson county is celebrating
home coming week in connection
with its *; great fair this week. Sea
son tickets have been sent tree to
native Sampsonians living out of the
county: Weeks family and the
Lance’s have gone and it is possible
that the editor will have slipped
down for a day or two.
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Mr. M. H. Woody is a little more
hopeful of the cotton crop in Chat
ham than we expected to find him.
He. as gin census man, reported
1390 bales ginned up to October 18.
He thinks the total ginnings will go
over 5000 bales, which will be a
full half crop.
Classified Adveitising.
FOR SALE—A HEATROLA, IN
good condition, for half price de
livered. Mahogany finished with
ising glass front. Burn coal or
wood. Write or phone Mts. John
H. Anderson, 303 Cameron Ave.,
Chapel Hill.
SEED OATS AND RYE AT R. J.
Moore and Co., Bynum.
HAMS WANTED—WiII give two
pounds of lard or two pound? of
white meat for each pound of ham.
O. M. Poe.
WHEN IN NEED OF FLOUR GO
to C. E. Durham’s, Bynum, for
quality and price.
rTT MOORE & CO. SELLS GOOD
Flour at $7 and salt at 90c cts.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES—IF YOU
want a good pair of shoes give us
a trial. C. E. Durham, Bynum.
YOU SHOULD GO TO DURHAM’S
store, Bynum, for dry goods, and
Ready to wear.
FOR SALE—ONE SECOND HAND
Fordson tractor equipped with
• new wood saw. This is a good
buy for a man who wishes to saw
wood in and around Pittsboro.
Terms if desired. Weeks Motor
Co.
BARGAINS—IN USED CARS. We
have on ahnd almost all the time
good second-hand cars. Look ours
over before you buy. Weeks Mo
tor Co.
FOR THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES
for Cedar posts and white oak
ties take them to R. M. Connell,
Pittsboro.
YOU CAN get sugar and coffee
cheaper at O. M. Poe’s.
PURINA STARTENA, PURINA
chicken chowder, for chicks and
laying hens. Pig chow. Cow chow
and Purina horse feeds for Sale.
O. M. Poe.
WHOLE JERSEY MILK—IS CTS.
a quart delivered anywhere in
Pittsboro early in the morning.
Lexie Clark.
VISIT HALL’S FOR ANYTHING
you wish. A complete line to out
fit you from head to foot; at
prices, too, that suit the shrewd
est of value seekers.
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Mr. Grady Snipes did not f ee l as
home at Biscoe and has come
to Pittsboro and taken a job
Mr. O. M. Poe. Wlfch
The editor appreciates an invita
tion to be present Saturday at the
unveiling of a marker, under tn!
auspices of the D. A. R. at the House
in The Horseshoe,” the home of Go
Phillip Alston in Revolutionary days’
The notorious Fanning at/Tcked th»
home of his inveterate enemy, Col
Alston, but was beaten in the fru
Col. Alston after the
was killed in Georgia. Governor
Williams afterwards occupied tV*
house, and now it is the home of th*
clerk of court of Moore county
Bullet holes are said still to kith’
cate the ferocity of Fanning’s at
tack. There will be a worth while
program. Col. Alston was a brother
of the contemporary ancestor of Mr
Lacy Alston arid the late Mrs. \V
D. Siler, also probably of the contenv
pornry ancestor of Capt. Alston, vet.
erai. Seaboard engineer and of
Evelyn Alston. Accordingly, the
occasion takes on a local feature
and there will probably be a num
ber of Chathamites present on The
occasion. ,r We learn also that the
same relation* exists with Mrs. H«_n
ry London and Miss Carrie Jack
son, their grandmother being an Al
ston.
Mrs. Nancy Edwards died ten
days ago at her home near Siler
City. The burial was at Moon’s
chapel.
LOST—MARE MULE, DARK COL
or, weight about 800 lbs. Reward
for information leading to her re
covery. C. R. Southern, Bonlee,
N. C. 2t p.
BARGAINS IN SHOES—HAVING
a larger stock of work shoes than
I can afford to carry, I am sell
ing them at and below cost. Save
money. A W. Wilson, Apex, R. 3.
I HAVE FOR RENT A FARM—
well equipped for tobacco and all
other crops; also for stock and
poultry raising—good chance for
the right man. J. W. Burke, Box
109, Goldston, N. C.
RADIO AT A BARGAIN— FIRST
class condition, loud speaker. J.
W. Burke, Goldston, N. C.
FOR THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES
for Cedar posts and white oak
ties take them to R. M. Connell,
Pittsboro.
SEE OUR SHOES AND GET OUR
prices. It will pay both of us.
R. J. Moore & Co. Bynum.
STRAY PIG —AT CHARLIE JOR
dan’s on Bynum, road. Owner
get same by paying expenses, in
cluding cost of this ad.
VALUES—YOU WILL FIND THEM
• at Hall’s.
NEW GOODS BEING SHOWN DAI
ly at Hall’s. You should see their
shoes, dry goods, and ready-to
prices.
HAIR CUTS—CHILDREN UNDER
fifteen, only 25c at PickarcM
Barber Shop, Pittsboro.
SEEING IS BELIEVING —VISIT
Hall’s. There you will find a
real city store with small town
prices.
GOOD FARM FOR RENT—OR
sale —good buildings—good pas
i- ture —good water —40 acres in
high state of cultivation —C. A.
! Culberson, Siler City, Rt. 2.
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| PROFESSIONAL NURSE—I am
[ located Li Pittsboro and offer my
| services as a professional nurse
I to the people of Chatham county.
| ELSIE LTJCILE PETERSON,
I R. N.. Tel. No- 79.
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