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o "I GOURI Vhe COUR.IER J5he COURIER I Advertising Columns Bring Results. . 1 . mi Leads in Both News and Circulation. Iseued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXXIII. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, March 19, 1908. No 12 ER. REPUBLICANS ROCKY Developments In Vaiious Sandals More Serious. DIVISIONS OF THE PARTY EVERY STATE. Total Rottonnesa In Conduct of Nation Affairs Involve! Highest Official Republican Official Incompetent Word of Warning. Special Correspondence. Washington, D. C. March 12. Congess is still standing pat. Even the emergency currency measures are ia doubt, hough I think the Sen ator will pass the Aldrich bill, after it has been further amended. The Fowler, bill, which provides for a radical reform of banking aud cur rency his been gafning friends the Housaof Representatives, but Speak, er Cannon and other leaders are op posed to it, and are supposed to fa vor the passage of the Aldrich bill, when it conias from the Senate. Though the Republican leaders are anxious to appear ready and willing to pass reform legislation, thpy, in fact, have determined ;o throw every obstacle ia the way of bills that would intensify new is sues in the campaign. What they desire is to p.ss the appropriation bills, with a show of economy, and adjourn. The exposure alleged corruption in Indian affairs which threatens to implicate the chairmau of the Re publican state committee of North Carolina and 0th r Taft boomers, and perhaps involve Secretary Oar field, is alarming the Republican managers. The Submarine boi t scandal has reacbel the stage where a commit tee has been appointed by Speaker Cannon to investigate, but the gen eral openion is that the committee is so constituted that a whitewash ing report will follow. It will be remembered there was a Holland submarine boat scandal in 1903, which resulted ia a whitewash, although the reputations of some leading Republicans were so smirch ed that it resulted in their political undoing. The Government Printing Office scandal is still on the tapis. The electric lamp patent scandal is rest ing until the court trial takes place, when interesting exposures may result. Then there is a fresh Naval scandal which has resulted from the criticism of defects in the construc tion of warships and the evedent in tention of the construction depart ment of the navy to throw all the obstacles possible in the way of wit nesses who hae testified to condi. tions which appear to impair the efficiency and security of our war ship. But the chief scandal, one involving President Roosevelt, is about the election of delegates to the Republican national convention. It is charged that federal officehold ers, especially in the Southern states, are obnoxiously active, and that the pins have been set np by Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock who has since bten allowed to resign, with the approval of the President, to continue the work of packing the Republican conventions with fede ral officeholders. President Roose velt has thrown Civil Service Re form to the winds in his great desire to control the Republican national convention. Former Republican presidents have done the same, but the result baa been to disorganize their own party and help tho oppo sition. The Republican brethren are hav ing such strenuous times thess days that the wisest of them are in the dark about the outcome. The plat form adopted by the Ohio Republi cans indicates how loath they are to make specific declarations of poll cies, although that platform is re puted to have been revised at the White House. It declares for tar iff revision after election, but there is nothing in the plank on that sub ject to prevent revising the tariff higher it the Republicans elect a majority of the next Congress. Then there is an equally vague and evasive financ.al plank that means nothing or everything. Get a copy of that platform and read it, and it might bother a strenuous Republican neighbor to ask him to interpret what it really means. Taere doesn't appear to be one spot where there is Republican harmony, not even in Massachusetts. Hear what Colonel Sid Bigney of Attle boro has to say to those who evident ly intend to refuse him the email THE WHITHEY CO. Reorganization to Complete the Work in Started 2, 000,000 Required. It is given out that the holders of the bonds of the Whitney Power Co., of Whitney, Stanly county will proceed at once to re-organize the company and so adjnst matters that the mammoth electric plant at the narrows may be pushed to complet ion. ' The company was first capitalized at $10,000,000. It now has hold ings to the amount of $4,000,000 and $2,000,000 more will be required to complete the plant. That the movement is started for reorganiz ation is glad news for the business men of this section of the State. VISIT OF MR. CRAIG. Strong Democratic Speech to Voters Tuesday. THE PARTY IN THE STATE IS UNITED. Against Trusts and for Railroad Regula tion Industrial Progress Dependent lpon Democratic Success. Hon. Loske Craig, of Asheville, addressed several hundred voters of Raudolph county at the court house Monday afternoon. Mr. Craig spoke from the steps at the eutrauce ot the buildiug and his earnest aud elo quent appeal lor the gret priuci pls ef Democracy aroused every voter who heard him and strength ened the forces of the party in Ran dolph. Wave after wave ot ap plause swept the court yard as Mr. Craig told of the great work the Democratic adiniuistiation is doing for the indurtrial, educational, moral and social dexelopment of the Old North State. Many who heard him declare it to be tae most eloquent and forceful speech ever heard in Randolph aud certainly since Ex Gov. C. B. Ay cock spoke from the same eutrauce on the amendment in 1900. Mi. Craig defined his position on all questions now before the people id no uueertam terms. lie is iu favor of rigid control and regulation of railways, compelling them to reuder efficient aud safe service to the people. He favors destruction of trusts and punishment of those engaged in promoting these organization for oppiessiou. The regulation and control of common carriers and this opposition to trusts is purely Democratic doc trine, enunciated iu the Democratic platform, said the speaker. He declared that, however much an effort was being made to leave the impression that the party is di vided on this subject, there is no di vision of Democracy on the question. The trusts ate against the Demo crats and the Deaiocrats are bitter enemies of the trusts. Mi. Craig reviewed the history of his party tor several years past. He showed that the present panic was due to tne-Kepublican class legisla tion, and with the Democratic doc trine of equal rights to all aud spe cial privileges to none that the pres eut pauic would not be, and the thousands of laborers would be at work. The policies of the Democratic party protect and promote all legiti mate enterprises and the success of the Democrtic party means the pro motion of the industrial and intel lectual development of the State and nation. The speaker was at his best, and the strength of his speech will be felt at the polls in he coming elec tion. The Courier hopes to publish his address in full at some fature date. political favor of being one of the state delegates to toe convention: "I will not stand for Governor Long or a Senator of the United states interfering in this fight. If I am licked and, mind you, I will not admit that there is a probability of it doers of the deed will have oc casion to remember it." Colonel Sid would rather fight t' a i eat: and that he means busi ness is evident: for he says: "re member if they lick me it will open up wounds that will not be healed for many vears". This in staid old Massachusetts. It can be imagined what is occurring in less peaceful states. HON. LOCKE HVIOi, AOicTlllr, KiC, Democratic Cnudld xtt for Noraluntlnu for Uurrrinir ofNurlli Cuiollnu. Whiskey and Its Effect Upon the Drinker. By DR. C. H. PHILLIP!, Fuller, Nt C. Written for TU Courier. I observe th.it some good people are opposing the present proposition of State Prohibiten, aud feelint that if they would ouly acquaint them selves with tbe action of alcohol up on the Human economy, they would change their views very materially; therefoie in the present period when tbe attention of the whole civilized world is being directed to a consid eration of the ravages that follow the improper use of alcoholic bever ages. W ben legislators, national, state and municipal iu our own country are deliberating upon the enactment of laws for curtailing their use; when judges of law are departing from old and well recog nized decisions as to .the responsi bility of the victims of its abuse, it is right and proper that there should go forth from the medical profes sion of North Carolina some expres sion of our courdusious based upon the facts that support aud sustain the faith that wituiu us rests. It is hardly necessary to attempt a portrayal of the consequences that follow the inordinate use of alcohol; it is wiitteu in letters of living light all over the history of the world. The almshouee, the penitentiary, the jail, the insaue asylum, and last but not least the desolate fireside all in solemn acclaim, and wkb oneaccoid, attest that of all evils it is the most potent, f ar-reach' ng iu its influence, debasing in its effects, withering in itsbli . ht. Beneath its subtle spell truth lies prostrate, honor dethron ed, 1. ve extinguished, joy dispelled aud crime exalted. It is somewhat singular that long ago the question of how to chain this great evil has not been definitely determined; great evils of far less importance have had around them thrown the restraining influence of the law, and tbe effect has been a great advance in lifting op the lowly and bettering the con dition of the human race. But King Aljohol until within tbe last few years iu North Carolina has reigned supreme, his realm has not been invaded, his subjects are loyal and true, and so mighty in power, that no opposing force has been able to hold the field against them. But in this day of free thought, with brain and mind unfettered, let all good people upon May 2G, 1908, go ta the polls and by the help of God will come a means to stay the progress of this great and burning shame that is now threatening our national life, undermining the foundations of law and order, and stamping upon mankind the curse of its impress. It is a question that appeals to every lover of his lace, to every lover of home aud fireside; its bloated front may enter your family circle, its bleared eye, distorted and wild may be seen in thea person of a loved son or a doted da'jghter, and it may be that they are not responsi ble beings, that heredity placed upon them a seal whose lives were en graved by their progenitors. The people should lie taught the dangers that beset and are sure to follow the u.-h of aicoh'il in any form. There is no class of men that can do this with as much force and empha-is and commaud the re spect and atieuiiou of the com munity as the phjsician. It is our duty to teach the publ'c how to sub due an epidemic, but better far to teach them how to preveut it. Pre ventive medicine is the brightest gem in the d indent of science, for there is more glory in arresting dis ease at the fountain-head, than to endeavor to dam the current, swol len by a thousand tributaries. It is our duty by conceit -d actiob, to hold aloft the banner of science, aud with fervent zeal impress upon the miud of the world that alcohol is a poison, a drug, that stamps upon the nerve centers imprest-ions that ap pear in the brain of the offspring, a pestilential spirit whose bated breath is laden with germs of weird and mystic power, that make their nidus within the brain, grow, expand, and DR. C. H. PHILLIPS. multiply, filling its tortuous and winding halls with their progeny, subdniug its energies, paralyzing its functions, dethroning reason, and transforming God's best and noblest work into a foaming, raging de mon. I do not know that there is any fact in medicine so cleaily shown by reason, observation aud experi ence, that the dipsomaniac is a dis eased, stricken individual in which the habit of drinking is so strong, and the representatives against it in the drinker o feeble, that though csnscious of becoming dishonored, though his health is failing and his domestic happiness going to ruin, yet every day a new he will break his good resolutions. For him there is no sunshine;, the silver sea of dawn and evening's cloud of molten gold, the solemr. splendors of the night and all the voices of the sea, wake not his soul to gladness. There is but one thought, .one de sire, that wanders through his brain, Continued on Last Fage. $100,000 FIRE ATCOOLEEMEE. Three Story Cotton Mill Building Total ly Destroyed. The. damage to the Cooleemee cotton mills, in Davie county, caus ed by a tire last Fridav, has been placed at $100,000. This amount is fully covered by insurance. The entire building three stories high, containing i he slasher room, lapper loom, drawing-iti department and wheel pit, was destroyed. The fire oriKinatee in the lapper room. Aliont 1,200 people are out nf eni plnyineut.but will be held at Coolee inee by the company until the tmildi gisrebuit. Work will be gin at once. KITCHEN TO VOTERS Able Address at the Courthouse Monday. COURTHOUSE WELL FILLED DURING SPEECH. Mr. kitchen On the Dutt-liKive Answers Arguments Hil:ig I'sed Against His Candidacy lor (ioveruor. Made flood Impression, Hon. W. W. Kitchen, one of the candid'ius for the Democratic nomi nation f n- governor, spoke to the people of Randolph county in the courthouse at the noon recess of curt Monday. The speaker was happily intro duced by E. Mollitt. The court room was well fil'.ed and from one o'clock until nearly three Mr. Kitchen held the crowd in rapt at tention Iu the outset Mr. Kitchen said he hud not come to Asheboro to make a tight ru aoy one; nor was he here to cause divisions among the people; but rat-er to streugtheu the cause of Democracy aud its principles iu the affections of the people. Iu his speech Mr. Kitchen strong ly expressed his opposition to trusts aud monopolies and his position on railroad rate regulation. He de clared his opposition to the trusts and railroad combinations because they were contrary to the teachings of Democracy, and oppressive to the people of his State. He showed that tbe panic was due to watered stocks and gambling on Wall street, and that it is the inevit able result of the administration of the policies of the Republican party. .Mr. Kitohen in announcing his candidacy for governor referred to his past record in Congress, declar ing that he had always stood for wnat he considered would result in the common good of the people. He defined h;s position on prohi bition, strongly favoring that as well as allothei reforms instituted by his party for the good of the people and that the past successes were not due to any "Big tour in the State, but to the uuited effort of the party. Mr. Kitchen paid his respects to that part of the State press that is opposing bis nomination, especially the Charlotte Observer which he de clared belonged to the conservative side of Democracy who are afraid or unwilling to take hrm and decisive steps against the trusts and railroads. Mr. Kitchen made a fine impress ion on our people and has a eoodlv number of supporters in Randolph county. Lexington Mill Darned. The Yadkin Knitting Mills at Lexington were destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. The build ing and entire" content! were con sumed. The plant was valued at $21,000 insurance $11,000. It is believed that the building was set on nre. Revenue officers Active In Iredell. The revenue officers have recently been devoting their attention to Iredell, Yadkin and Wilkes county. In Iredell last Wednesday a big steam distillery was destroyed A 100 gallon still, fourteen fermenters, and 2,100 gallons of beer were de stroyed. competent or else that he is treach erous, and it may be both." "Why does Chairman Adams feel it necessary for him to come out in an interview in the Industrial News every few days and declare over agiii for Taft; and why does he have to inn to Washington every few days to swear again that he is for Taft. He seems to doubt his own sincerety, and it woald seem clear that other people doubt him." ADAMS ROASTED BY CAUCASIAN. Republican Paper Attacks Its State Chairman. ABOUT HIS RECORD. Paper I 'nil of Editorials and New Let ters Itoiii Washington Containing; Matter That Is t Complimentary to. tlie Head ot the Party. The CfflWaaiiyt published in Ral islh and edited bv Lester Butler, a. Republican ii a recent issu?, pub lished editorials roastinir ex-Judep.- Dencer Ii. Adams. Kenublioan, State Chairman. A Washington letter in the same paper mists hi mt as follows: "Soon after the court met it is alleged that close aud intimate re lations that seemed to exist between these attorneys and Judjjj Adams begin to a'.tract attention and the- fear began to spread that the right. of the Indians involved would get. but little consideration. In conclusion The Caucasian's Washington news 'etter says: 'It is said that there is no little; tal iu Greensboro and in other parts of the State as to the signs of Judge Adams' increased wealth since his return from Indian Terri- to;y. It is also said that when he went awat from Greensboro that he was a poor man. He had no known occupation while in Indian Territory except that of chief justice of the court that passed ou the rights, of these Indians and nxed tbe fees of attorneys. "The candid ol ?rver of human action and enviio-.iment cannot res train from looking at the circum stances as described at both ends of the lme and drawing logical, con clusions therefrom." It will be remembered that Adam was chief justice of the Indian claims court in (Indian Territory,, and that the act creating the court gave power for the court to fix the fees of attorneys. Editorially the Caucasian com. ments as follows: Alleged Bribery. "Our Washington letter this week states that the conduct of the conrt over which Judge Adams presided as chief justice in Indian Territory, has attracted the attention of Con gress on account of alleged bribery. " This statement does not come, as a very great surprise to many peo ple. Rumors have been more or less curreut over this State for many months that the action of that court had beea criticised and unfavorably commented upon in Indian Terri tory. "The signs of Adams' increased wealth since his return has cansed soma people to believe that these ru mors were not groundless. "When Senator Buthr, replying to Judge Adams' attack ou him last summer, referred to his reputation in Indian Territory, everybody knew what he meant, including Judge Adams. Everybody was surprised that Adams did not reply and chal lenge Butler to explain, and when he failed to do so, it caused many to believe that there was something rotten in Denmark. Tbe Charlotte Observer aud other papers twitted Adams with his failure to ieply, but he remained as dumb as a 'Stump Sound' oyster. But now in the light of these new revelations in the Congressional Teord, he can not longer remain silent, no matter how much of coward and no mat ter how guilty he may be." Other editorials in The Caucasian concerning Chairman Adams are as follows: "The Charlotte Observer of last Sunday has a two-column article headed 'Were the Judges Bribed? Judge Adams Oue of tbe Trio.' The allegation is made that the attorneys divided arms with those on the bench, etc. Its article is aloag ths line of our Washington letter this week." "Mr. Adams in an interview in the Washingtoa Post says: "It makes me laugh when any body suggests the possibility of North Carolina sending any but a Taft delegation to the Chicago Con vention. "Did Mr. Adams laugh when t h county executive committee of b. own county declared for Canno The Administration will find wh it is too late that Adams is either i-
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