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A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNT Y PEOPLE.
VOL5r ;N0a 51
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ASHEBORO, . N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910.
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RAGING IN CAPITOL COUNTY.
Thf "Wi paction Has ii Iftnfng.
(Special to The Greensboro News.)
Rmgh, Jfrm Wl The; Regu
lar wing of the Wake county
Democracy or "rings ters," as
the "insurgents" denominate
thenjfjhefcl a significant rally
here tonight. ii'Vas called for
the courthouse, but when the
hour arrived the place was so
uncomfortably r , fijlei, with a
number of ladieV'arriving; too,
that it was declared necessary
to see larger quarters, so the
meeting was adjourned to the
Academy of Music, . wnidhwks
well filled with large numbers in
the galleries.
Synsaor J$ne$, ih a sensational
speech declared' that the first
in LhWake.campaigR was
WjffceVaupport of -Frank Daniels
foi judge, a support demanded
bj? Editor Josephus Daniels; He
charged that Daniels fought for
two primaries in opposition to the
party plan of organization in
order thaf-'tie5 might 7 have his
brother nominated in the judi
ciary convention through an early
primary rather than fight the
good men of the Wake organiza
tion as he is. doing now, without
endangering his brother's
chances. He said the organiza
tion insisted that Frank Daniels
must take his chances along with
other county officers in one and
he same primary. Now, he said
Daniels' would sacrifice the De
mocracy of Wake county and
North Carolina to save his
brother.
! Mr. Jones reviewed the sensa
tional mass meeting incidents of
last month, charging that the
reason J. W. Bailey pursued the
course he did in not allowing
some one who could to call the
meetings to order, was th it he
knew that when order had been
obtained in either the Academy
wcourthouse, there were those
present who would charge him
with having paid $50, $25 and
fl5 for primary votes as mana-
rHUcke Craig in Wake.
toors; after? Bailey had, a
few days before, issued his letter
to the Wake Democracy brand
ing buyers and sellers of votes
meriting! ; the severest
condemnation.
He quoted -Editor Daniels as
ten years ago, denouncing Bailey
-as mot worthy of : advising the
.Democracy, as heH was then es
saying to do, and declared that
since-that time Bailey; had in no
way redeemed himself.
He attacked tne campaign
methods of -abuse'! and misrepre
sentation that he charged the
Raleigh morning paper with con-
aueting; charged that the man
who has been writing sensation
al campaign articles for that par
per the.past;week signed4 "Tax
Payer", spent Monday night in
the police station, and had not
paid even his poll tax for three
years and could not vote.
pSJones - declared the mean
sPfchlng he hafrdoiie, as senator,
,wa. to have the .name of Jose
?pho$ partes pufc on the commis
'siori to buildr Raleigh's auditori-
um, thereby having his name
cut along with the other commis
sipners on the cornerstone of
nlmKJfbtilldiiigiHe did
this, "he said,' because Editor
Daniels had threatened, to fight
and killNthe measure, but that
after his'name Was' added to the
commission no whisper of oppo
:Jwaid - from him and
3
!
The liquors were never more
alive and awake than they are to
day. Theyjmte
to capture the primaries;, this
summer and nomit&rj'the
Legislature men- wftoledged
to restore ' 'Idc&i elf-government'
to the pffehich they
declarrphibitioTl$royed;
This sfogin "local selftjern-ment-.'
sounds better tSfAcorn
whiskey aird, that is ttiey
employ it. IThey carfpnothing
for local "s-governmith-era.
They) have no piS at
all exceptlle.,one pqlptissue
the oobielWpaI
the prohiSEarlaw-aftd giveeor
rupt comilfes ighMtb
vote liquolp tfSihe pro-tectioitf-pjceow
standsJiqjBrlSi2ra: an
putlawexactat should be
and itpVohibit
stand for a few years it will be
come entrenched forever. This
is what the liquor people f ear
kwhat they will ever succeed
is to throw dust in the eyes of
the people. By obscuring the
real issue: under the taking Cry
foi local 'elf-government many
may be deceived. The majority
of the people of this State do not
want liquor sold by law. They
have said so, and they meant
exactly what they said. But the
majority often fail to make
themselves felt in the primaries
and allow the minority to shape
the policy of the campaign. This
the liquor folks are determined
to do; and they are shrewds po
liticians with plenty of money.
We do not hesitate to say that
no voter should feel bpund to
support a candidate for office
who favors the repeal of the
prohibition law, no matter if he
did attend the primary that
nominated such a candidate.
There is a law that is higher than
any party law and that is the
individual conscience, it over
our earnest protest a man were
nominated who stands for the
liquor program we would scratch
his name off the ticket with posi
tive pleasure. That, we believe,
ought to be the politics of every
friend of temperance of every
party Charity and Children.
he began forthwith whooping up
Bigger and Better Raleigh,"
because oi tnis torward move
that he had been declaring his
purpose to kill unless the maesure
was leit to tne vote oi tne peo
ple, which was hot done.
w. j. Jtsrewer, county com
-r
missioner, in a speech denouncing
Editor Daniels, J. W. Bailey and
Dr. Sykes for unfair campaign
methods "misrepresentation and
falsehoods," swung in the Guil
ford county home statement for
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sharp criticism, as it was used
by the News and Observer in
comparison with the Wake county
home. Brewer figured the Guil
ford statement down-as showing
that only six and three-tenths
cents per day was spent for feed
ing each of 36 inmates and that
only 57 cents per year was spent
in clothing them. He charged
that the real figures as to man
agement of the Guilford home
had been juggled to suit the
News and Observer, or else the
good people of Guilford were
feeding their afflicted poor "on
' 'fishworm and grubworm gruel. "
In fact, he did not believe even
so base a fare as this could be
provided for what they are re
ported to be spending.
As for him and the present
board of Wake commissioners he
proposed to see to it that the
Wake home is well provided for
and he knew the people of the
county would uphold them in it.
The speaking continued to near
midnight, all county othcers and
legislative candidates having
their say.
TO fIGHT PROHIBITION.
Newman Replies.
Goes After "List Taker" With Gloves
off, and Rips Him up the Sack
and Down the Side Plank-Shows
Untruthfulness of Statement
Facts and Figures with
Plenty of Backing.
(By A. Newman.) ; " .
In the last issue of the Courier
there appeared the following:
That Newman has again bust
ed int print. He seems to be
a new Lianiei arisen to pass
judgment and condemnation up
on the democratic party of the
County, his last pronouncement
(whatever that is) having been
n the Bulletin of the 19th inst.
This man grows more menda
tious arid oufc:agious in his brazen
disregard of the truth, as I will
prove below. I do not denounce
him in this manner as a matter
of my own op inion or judgement,
but the very proof to which he
points denounces him as utterly
acking in truth in his' statement
touching the matter of the "tax
receipts W. C. Craven. V
So we are utterly lacking in
truth in our statement 'about the
tax of W. C. Craven are we? If
you will follow us for a few
minutes we think that we can
prove even to your radical mind
the truthfulness of our state
ment. "List taker" you came
very near being correct when
you stated that W. C. Cravens
tax was $3.29, the receipt show
ing that it was $3.28, but that
does not help your case any as
we will show later. We merely
made a mistake i i dates, it be
ing the 1907 receipt that was
$4.39. We wish to say in the
beginning that we Jiave not got
the 1910 receipt, it having not
been paid, but w3 have the
s 1 1 IT
amount turnisned jvir. craven
by the Sheriff and if there is
any mistake it is from that
source. You say that W. C.
Craven has not listed in Frank-
linville township since 1906, now
listen:
Mr. Cravens initials is J. W.
C. Craven, sometimes written
W. C, and at others J. W. or W.
J., for instance the tax receipts
for 1096-7 are written W. C.
while that for 1909 is signed
Wesley J. Craven and no doubt
the 1910 receipt is signed the
same way, at any rate you can
find out by calling at the sheriffs
office and asking for same. In a
former communication "list
taker" said that we were trying
to mislead the voters into the
belief that the tax had been re
cently raised. Now listen to
the following receipts which
"list taker" is trying to prove
false. W. C. Cravens tax for
1906 was $3.28, for 1907 $4.39,
for 1909 $5.11, and for 1910 it is
$6.81. Does not that show a de
cided increase for every year
since 1906? Does not that prove i
the falsity of the democratic
promises oi iormer campaigns
that they would not raise the
tax? Now "list taker" call at
the Bulletin office any time dur
ing the next ten days and you
can see the original receipts,
from which theabove figures
were taken except the receipt
for 1910, which can be seen at
the Sheriffs office if his office is
open and he has the nerve to
produce it. The above state
ments are absolutely correct, as
may be seen by the , original re
ceipts, and anyone who says that
the figures are juggled just
simply lies-thats ail. Anyone
who cares to see the original re
ceipts can see same at the Bulle
tin office any time during 'the
next ten days. .
The above dates is tor tne year
thetax was collected, and in each
instance ;. it was for the yerir pr
vious, that the tax was collected,
and after all we . were correct
when we . str.ted that the tax for
1906 was $4.39, the; $3.28 being-
amount due for 1905. , ; ,
: We agree . with "list taker"
when he says search the records
and see , if our statements 'are
correct, for anyone ;who searches
correctly will fintf,, Cfiat we told
the whole truth ar4 nothing but
the truth. That i.rhat is hurt
ing "list taker", so had for he
shows by, his, actions that he loes
not wish for the facts, as stated
to stand, and , after niaking this
the second attempt; to prove our
statements false will either have
to back , water or fish up s ome
thing besides theories. ,
"List taker" says tb.at we ac
cused him of juggling figures to
mislead the voters, and then had
i the gall and effrontery to manu
facture, facts . and , print then i
claiming that, the. record wjni
prove them true ; Yes, 'li st
taker", we accused! you of jug-gl-
Ling figures ; and- ,.you either did
thatsor you are toaSy" ignorant
of the situation, for know ye not
that W. C. Craven, and W esle
J. Craven is the sam e man ? Nor
hike you back to the Register of
Deeds offices and look up the re
cords and see if our sta cements
are not correct, and if :you find
them to be correct have the man
hood in you to come out in print
arid say so. Will you do it? In
our last letter to the. Bulletin we
ask ycu to look up t he amoun t of
tax collected foj 19( 16 and then
comprre it with the amount col
lected far 1909. Why did you
not do it while you 11 veve search
ing the records sc diligently?
The democrattc officer?, were
elected last election by che skin
of their teeth, and the democratic
pie" chasers ("list take:.-" is one)
are trying by ever y nreans con
ceivable to discredit all true
statements that v rill work harm
to the donkey pa rty in the com
ing election. Ten years ago
there was a democratic majority
in Randclph County of obout
seven hundred voters.
Where 3s that majoriry to-day?
To-day Randolph County is as
much Repuolican as Democratic,
and two score vcts would turn
the tide in o a biiliiant Republi
can majority. Does not that
show coneiusiveiy that the trend
is toward the R-iublican party?
Recent ev snts. coupled with all
around bad management of Dem
ocratic offije holders will work
wonders in the coming election
and Randolph County will roll
up a substantial Republican
majority.
Being tha" "list taker" is so
familia: wr h the records, and
quotes theri so freely we would
like for hinr. to explain the follow-
j ing i -ems that appeared in the
Commissioners Proceedings for
June.
"R. L. Coltrane, interest on
note No. 23, $26.60. R. L. Col
trane, PART payment on note
NUMBER 23, $550.00."
(By the way, who is this R. L.
Coltrane? Is he not a member
of the board of county com
missioners, and isn't it a viola
tion of the law for members of
the board to trade among them
selves?). Now ' 'list taker' ' what we want
youto explain is this: If the demo
cratic party in Randolph County
can pay for "our" Court House
without raising the tax; issueing
bonds, or borrowing money, as
they claim they would during
the last campaign, why are all
those notes outstanding? How
many more than TWENTY
THREE notes are now outstand
ing? That is a vjtal question
Our Raleigh Letter:
June 18th. The Democratic
primaries to choose delegates to
the Democratic State Conven
tion which meets in Charlotte
I July 14th will be held m everv
county of the State Saturday,
June 25th and the county con
ventions Saturday July 2nd.
This is the first time primaries
have been held on the same day
throughout the State and many
regard this as a step towards the
enactment by the Legislature
of an iron-clad State primary
iaw. The Democratic party has
been steadily moving in that di
rection several years. In fact
such laws have been passed by
the last legislature for several
counties; in an effort to fix the
South Carolina primary system
on this State. Such laws were
passed for Halifax and Nash
Counties. Read chapter 494 acts
of 1909 and you will find that if
ybu lived in Nash county 'and
wanted to participate in a Demo
cratic party Saturday you would
be enrolled and if you. scratched
your Democratic ticket next
November you could be indict
ed, convicted of perjury and
sentenced to the roads. The
Legislature attempted to make
this apply to all political parties
but the design is simply to fos
ter a Democratic monopoly and
destroy all independence at the
polls.
In some of the counties Satur
day the Democratic voters will
express their- preference , for one
of the Justices of the Supreme
court, between Justice J. S.
Manning and Judge Allen. This
fight seems to have been almost
lost sight of here in the local
scramble. Nevertheless there
is much significance in the con
test for the forces of Gov. Kitch
in are backing Manning while
Senator Simmons' forces are be
hind Judge Allen.
In Wake County the denuncia
tion of each other by the two
Democratic factions continues.
The "ins", or the so-called ring
crowd, held a rally here Friday
! night in the Academy of Music
and nearly all the speakers, par
ticularly Senator W. B. Jones,
Representative Hinsdale and
Commissioner Brewer, denoun
ced Josephus Daniels, J. W.
Bailey and the News & Obser
ver. Senator Jones charged
that an associate editor of The
News & Observer declared that
he had bought and stole votes
for the Democratic party at the
same time Mick DeBoy made his
famous or infamous rather, as
sertion. Senator Jones said
that Daniels was asked to print
DeBoy 's statement that an edi
tor of Daniels paper boasted
this and that Daniels refused.
The Base Bal . Season
is now on, and you will find
Spalding's balls, bats, mits, etc,
at J. T. Underwood's "Rexall
Store," next to The Bank of
Randolph. Balls from 5cts. to
$1.50 each. Rule books lOcts.
Catalogues showing Spalding's
complete line free for the asking.
with the voters of Randolph
County, and it is a qustion that
Democratic officials refuse to
answer, but the people are not
as blind to facts as some people
think, as will be evidenced in
the coming election. , Go right
ahead "list taker" with your
virulent mud slinging, that is
the only argument that the dem
ocratic party has to offer, but we
prefer to write facts instead of
theories, and will not stoop to
mud slinging. We challenge,,
yea we dare you to answer our
questions!
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Americans haveisometimcs Pre
sented and sometimes been
amused by the fact that the peo
ple of Europe, and especially 'of
England, know so little about'
the United States. : Nevertheless,
we ourselves are equally ignorant
of the history and geography of
the great continent . south of us.
Mr. John Barrett, director of the
International Bureau of the
American Republics, is authority
for the statement that the press
of Europe gives more attention
to South America in a week than
all the papers of the United
States give in a year.
It is strange that this should
be so, for in many ways the
history of the southern continent
parallels our own. Both have
thrown off the yoke of foreign
monarchies and become free and
republican in government. Both
have an enormous extent of ter
ritory, embracing every climate,
and the abundance and .cheap
ness of land have led to the de
velopment of great agricultural
and ether industries, and to the
upbuilding of enormous fortunes.
It is hard for an American to
realize that Brazil alone has a
larger area than the United
States, excluding Alaska; that
the Amazon discharges three
times and the Parana twice the
water that flows from the Miss
issippi; that Buenos Aires is now
the fourth largest city in the
western hemisphere, and Argen
tina fourth among the nations of
the world in the amount of' its
gold reserve.
There are many other things
in South America equally hard
for the average citizen of the
United States to realize. We
have read so much of dictators
and revolutions in those countries
that we are not aware how stable
government is in most of the
South American countries. Al
so we do not appreciate the fact
that an abundance of free land,
or cheap land, coupled with po
litical freedom, has done for the
Latin race in the southern hemi
spere what the same causes did
earlier for the Anglo-Saxon ' race
on this continent; it has bred
energy, independence of thought
and industrial enterprise.
South America to-day is grow
ing rapidly in population, enter
prise and wealth, and is certain
to grow more rapidly in ' the
future. It offers great, opportu
nities and large rewards for am
bitious and intelligently ; eater- ,
prising young men. Youths
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