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VOL XXXIII. ASHEBORO, N. C. AlJRSDAY August 27, 1908. No 39
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THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
POW WOW HELD IN ASHEBORO
SATURDAY.
Speeches Unworthy of Southern
Citizens
Some Incident Occurring at the County
Republican Convention The Ticket
anil lle'.v it Was Nominated Abuse
ol Kryaii and Daniels Meets With
DlPglirtt.
The Republicap convention con
vened in Asheboro on Saturday,
August ndy County Chairman
G. U. Hendricks culled the conven
tion to oid-r. N. C. English, the
same i-.a;.u'i.ian who presided ac the
convciiU'iu two years ago, was re
eltctid ci. iii-man. He p. . .lor mud
tne sitiiU- mud ot antics a1..., tid tie
h-tuie fin ul things thai he S;,id tu
jjuis uy;o. IWtiiuSter Menilenh.ill,
of Rai'dleuian, called on "Professor '
Johnuv ilutjhen, of Tabernacle, to
addivJi the convention. Hughes
made ;i powerful tqwech in his own
estinii.. .iud in the estimation of
MeuucLii.ii!, Toinuiie Cummins and
others. Mr. Hughes talked of De
mocracy reeking with rebellion and
honeycombed with treason. He
compared Bryan to a lizard of the
cbamelion type. lie spoke of our
grec merchant marine and navies,
wmnitii a well-known fact that
we have n J merchant marine. Tbeie
are only 27 first-class ships of the
ent're merchant marine and all these
ships ueiong to the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Instead of commerce in
creasing on American bottoms in the
markets of the world, we have, nn
der the Republican Trust Tariff, ab
solutely driven the American trading
vessels from the seas. Mr. Hughes
referred to the falsehood about Bry
an having a gang of negroes at Fair
view, and made a vulgar allasion to
Mr. Bryau in connection with them.
When Mr. English took the stand
he referred to the speech of the dis
tinguished gentleman from Taber
nacle in terms of praise, and wished
i 1.1 iU.. r.f Tr.oor.kn a VUnioln
to that of Bryan as being a negro
lover.
J. M. Williams moved to go into
the nomination of a county ticket.
W. F. Talley, of Randleman, moved
to put oil the nomination three
weeks. William's motion prevailed
Hoe Allen moved that the conven.
tion put off the nomination of eena-
ator and representative until the last
thing. J he motion was carried. J.
W. Ellison wanted a committee on
resolutions. Koe Allen also wanted
this committee to select delegates.
The committee was composed of S.
H. hale, J. M. Fields, W. II. Par
ker, S. W, Swaini and othe.j.
Allen (.'oltraue moved that they
proceed to nominate sheriff. Post
master Mendenhall moved that the
roll be culled. Postmaster Menden
hall instructed them how each town
. ship should answer when called.
The following persons were placed
in nomination for sheriff: Horace
Ragan, J. Johnson, J. A. Brady
and others. The ballot resulted in
64 for Ragan, 18 for Brady and 4
I jr JjhnsoD.
J. F. Routh, J. J. Harper, O. P,
Brower, A. M. Ellison, J. C. Allen
and A. B. Coltrane were nominated
for Register of Deeds. Roe Allen
seconded the nomination of all of
the candidates. W. F. Talley want
ed to make seconding speeches two
and a half minutes long. Bill Daw
son said they didn't need any.
The chairman at this juncture
arose and made a speech on the ma
jority party. There was no nomi
nation on the first ballot. Roe Al
len announced that 44 votes were
necessary to a choice, whereupon the
chairman announced that no one
having received a majority of votes
that the convention proceed to vote
on the secoud ballot for Register of
Deedu, which ballot, resulted in J.
F. Routh 8, Allen Coltrane 69, J. J.
Harper 7, A. M. Ellison 2. Mr.
Coltrane was declared the nominee
of tne convention. The convention
then proceeded to name county treas
urer. Before proceeding with the
vote, however, lor county treasurer,
Mr. J. M. Williams arose and for
Mr. Ellison moved that the nomina
tion for Register of Deeds be unani
mous. Neither Mr. Routh, Mr.
Harder or any of their friends mile
any motion to make the nomination
unanimous. AftT two or thne
townships had seconded the nomi
nation, J. S. Lewi a nominated C. G.
Frazier, of Asheboro, and moved
that the nomination be unanimous.
Roe Allen did not think tbtt this
motion was made correctly and sug.
gested that the motion "should be
made by suspending the rules in
making it unanimnns.
A. M. Free nominated Dr. John
son for coroner. The nomination
was made by acclamation. W. F.
Talley nominated J. F. Routh for
surveyor. lbe nomination was
made unanimous and by acclama
tion. Prof. English then announced
that Randolph county "NEEDED"
a beard 6f county commissioners.
Postmaster Mendenhall nominated
Sam Swaitn, of Randleman, J. T.
Thornburg, R. W. Giles, 8. N. Al
len, A. M. ilinsbaw and G. E.stiun-
ton. J. F. Allen nominated his broih-er-in-lawS.
N. Allen. Two nomi
nate I N. C. English, but he declin
ed, and W. F. Talley nominated J.
o. Lewis, who said he would not ac
ccpt if nominated and elected. D.in
uurrow wanted to kuow if thecnair
man would not accept. Air. Eng
lish said he could not accept tne
nomination. He said four years ago
he was nominated and the people
said they didn't want him. Burrow
said, ''Don't you le. kjn un wcie
elected?" English suiii, ,'N'o, 1 don't
think so.
The vote for commissioners was i s
follows: S. W. Swaiiu 57, J. T.
Thornburg OS. R. W. Giles S, 8. N.
Allen 51, A. M. Hinshaw it and G.
E. Staunton 31. Messrs. Swaim,
T hornbjrg and Allen were declared
the nomiuees of the convention,
Dan Burrow nominated Wiley
Talley, and L. D. Meiiuenhall sec.
onded the nomination, for senator.
Talley tried to speak, but the chair
man ruled him out of order. Talley
said, "I follow the lead of the hon
orable chairman and decline to run;
I nominate G. E. Staunton, from
just across the river, a full-fledged
candidate." Mr. Newt Allen Lomi
nated Mr. Thaddens Ferree. J. E.
Johnson seconded the nomination.
Mr. Ferree withdrew. Mr. Staun
ton was nominated by acclamation.
Postmaster Mendenhall nominated
Professor Johnnie Hughes. J. E.
Johnson seconded the nomination.
Roe Allen nominated C. L. Holton
and said, "We will elect Holton ana
we will have a man who will not try
to run the Southern Railroad, if
elected. This statement of Mr.
Allen's only confirmed that which
everybody believed all the while,
that Holton is nominated at the in
stance of the trusts and the rail
roads. N. M. Morgan moved to sus
pend the rules and nominate both
Hughes and Holton by acclamation.
The motion prevailed.
Delegates, composed principally ot
the bosses and others who could be
controlled by the leaders were nom.
inated to the State and Coiigression
al conventions.
A resolution was read endorsing
J. Elwood Cox for Governor and
Hon. Z. V. Walserfor Congressman
Hon. S. B. Adams was lauded for
his efforts in building up the paitv
The Democratic party wis denounc
ed for using liquor aud money
Nothing was said about how much
liquor and money republicans used
last election. Postmaster Menden
uall, one of Roosevelt's hands, want
ed Roosevelt praised in the resolu
tions. Someone said it was in there,
others said it was not. The secreta
ry, upon examination, said it was
not in the resolutions.
Mr. Mendenhall got up and began
to rattle c ff m hat he thought ought to
be in the reso.utiou about the Presi
dent, whereupon the chairman ruled
that he should submit it in writing
Finally Mr. Mendenhall submitted it
in writing, endorsing the President
for his civic righteousness aud in
giving the country a square deal
Two or three who were present said
that the country was not so much
in need of civic righteousness now
as ic was in having the factories
opened; that they needed work and
bread more than they needed the
square deal.
L. D. Mendenhall, who had ear.
lier in'the convention had Professor
Johnnie Hughes to perform, now
called on C. L. Holton.
Mr. Holton responded by thanking
the convention for the great honor
which it had conferred on him. He
poid the majority would be so great
il.at they could not be counted out.
He said the Republican party was
behind mm and behind the nomi
nees. He denied the fact that the!
Democrats in every State and coun-J
ty south of Mason and Dixon's line
had given the couutry good govern-
NORTH CAROLINA METAL.
Production of Gold, Silver and Copper In North
Carolina in 1907 by Counties.
County Gold Silver Copper
Fine ozs. Value Fine ozs. Value Lbs. Value Total
Burke J43.96 $2,976 20 $13 $2,989
Cabarrus 73.58 1,521 2 1 1,522
Catawba
Gaston. J 318.02 6,574 68 45 6,619
Davidson 1
Stanley J 21 09 436 165 109 a!4,044 a2809 a3354
Franklin 5737 1,186 3 2 1,188
Guilford 90.13 1,863 1,863
Granville
Person H.03 290 6,746 4,452 286,021 57204 61947
McDowell 1
Rutherford J 2153 445 2 2 447
Mecklenburg 374.61 7,744 7,744
Montgomery 2,536.69 52,438 621 410 52,848
Moore 10.S3 225 2 1 226
Randolph I
Rowan 192.67 3,933 14,C?4 9,243 282,017 56,403 69,629
Union, others 121.52 2,514 33 21 2.533!
3,976.08 82.193
a Includes copper of Guilford County.
The above table shows the production of c " silver and topper
in North Carolina, by counties, in
ed by the United states ueological 5urvey directly from the mines.
Compared with the production of 19.. 6 the figures for 1907 show
a slight increase in the production of gold 25.9?9 line ounces, valued
at a decrease in the production of silvet 9,102 fine ounces, valued
at $6,315 and a decrea.se in the production of copper 121,693 pounds,
alued at $19,413. The total value of the production of gold, silver
and copper in North Carolina 1906 was $238,575. In 1907 the total
value was $212,909, a decrease of $25,666. 1 he chief decrease in the
production of the State for the year results from the greatly curtailed
production of copper ores at the close of the year, which was due to un
favorable industrial conditions and an unsatisfactory copper market
Notwithstanding the financial depression, however, 1907 may be consid
ered a successful year in gold mining
maintained her rank as first in quantity ot gold production axnone the
Eastern States. H. D. McCaskey.
ment and referre 1 to Georgia as an
example of a State whose affairs
ere mismanaged. Then he declar
ed, "We do not have to go to Geor
gia, but can go to surrounding coun
ties." Hereferied to the nominee
of the Democratic party for Con
gress in the fifth district as having
done wrong. He referred to thf
sheriff of Davidson county, who had
been repudiated by his own party,
and gave him a severe lambasting.
He said that if people would trust
him with powpr he wonld do his
best to biing h ou5 let ;t-i .nriditious.
He spoke of the uegro quest on and
referred to tuc paiiiiuuul queblluU
raised by the gentleman from Tab
ernacle townsbii'. hie n,.id that
Bryan dined a bly negroes on
fried chicken ana. t..ui,ielous; that
ne was practicing- c ii equ.uiy, and
Joaephus Daniels c ,0.iu-.d it; and
not only did jrymi :.p.d Jodephus
Daniels teach eoal "inality, but
they both practice : fO; ..il equality.
Air. Holton further t..il, :'If this is
kept up a few years mure, then we
will have negroes iu t!n parlors and
at the tables eating with He
condemntd Biyan adii the Demo
crate foi iujectiug th negr ques
tion into tnis camp.iru .u North
Carolina. He said it wis a fact
that two or three hundred Republi
cans failed to vote two years
ago by not paying their poll tax, but
the number was greatly diminished
this year. He believes if every Re
publican will vote this year the
county would go Republican by a
majority of at lenst four hundred.
Agaiu he says, "If you will follow
me I will put it there." Mr. Hol
ton said the negro question was out
of politics, and just at this moment
he hesitated and happened to think
that, he and his party didn't have
much to do with putting it out and
said, "It don't matter whether the
Democratic party or the Republican
party put them out, they are out,
and the Democrats are to blame for
putting them back."
Mr. Holton's speech fell flat, as
every person who is not controlled
by prejudice resented and condemn
ed what be said. Several Republi
cans came out of the courthouse and
declared that the speech of Holton's
was uncalled for and declared that
they would not stand for it. A vis
itor to the convention said that Mr.
Holton thought he was an orator
and he liked to hear his head rattle.
It is reported that Mr. Holton is so
impressed with his oratory that he
really thinks he made a great hit
in his speech, and thinks he made a
great sensation, which will benefit
him. Others think that his head
should be bored for bugs.
When Mr. Holton finished his
21,666 14,300 582,082116416 212909
1507. The figures have been obtain
in North Carolina, and tne State
speech Mr. J. M. Williams, who was
acting as sponsor for the convention
and had more wisdom than most of
the members of the convention, arose
and announced that all furth r
speeches be cut off as it was getting
late. Mr. Williams evidently did
not want any more such speeches as
the last one. The chairman said
there was time for more, but Wil
liams insisted on adjourning.
Not a word was Baid about the
full dinner pail. Not a word was
said about Republican prosperity
Not a word was said about the
Cleveland panic. Not a word was
said about Theodore Roosevelt.
apt what Postmaster Mendenhall
said. Ia all Republican conventions
in this county for the last ten years
mere lias been one song and that is:
Full dinner pail and Republic! n
prosperity. The Democratic cry is
open the mills aud give us work so
that we nniy have bread. The peo-
pie look to the election of Bryan to
restore prosperity.
CONDITION STILL CRITICAL.
Trained Nurne Caring for Him Lamb
lictim ot Hallway Accident at
Liberty.
Mr. Anderson Lamb, who with
his daughter, Miss Addie, were seri
outly injured by being thrown from
a wagon which was struck by a train
at Liioeriy a tew days ago, has suffi
ciently recovered to be removed
from the hotel at Liberty to his
home. Mies Lamb's condition still
continues critical. She
still at the hotel under the care of a
trained nurse from St. Leo's Hospi
tal at Greensboro.
Cotton Off S2.00 Hale.
Much excitement was created on
the New York Cotton Exchange
rriaay wneu cotton began to tum
ble, the price coins off 37 points to
8.81, which means $2.00 less per
oie lor cotton, au eQoits to rally
prices were iruitiess.
Veteran Fell From Train.
A. Tomliuson, a Confederate vet
eran, of ringt(rt, was dangerously
injurea oy iauing irom a train near
Linwood, Davidson county, last
Thursday. He was returning from
the reunion at Winston -Salem.
Hon Killed Drunken Father.
Logan Jones, of Edgecombe Co.,
in a drunken rage, threatened to kill
his entire family last Thursday, and
upon attempting to carry out his
threat, he was shot dead by his 15-year-old
son.
Miss Marietta Betts has ieturned
from a visit to relatives and friends
at Dillon, S. C, and Maxton.
questions of fraud and bribery could
not be taken up. But if the court
should take jurisdiction, then those
questions would be thoroughly ven
tilated." Charges Adams With Bribery.
The Radical organ publishes "Spe
cification XII" from which the fol
lowing is taken:
"Complainant is reliably informed
and therefore alleges on information
and belief that certain members of
said legislative court were bribed by
said attorneys to render findings and
decrees denying to said persons their
property rights as citizens of sid
tribes, and received as a considera
tion for their decisions a part of the
fee of $750,000, awarded by said
cases coming before said court; that
Spercer B. Adam 3 aud Henry S.
Foote were the members of said
court alleged to have been bribed."
ASHEBORO GRADED SCHOOLS.
fall Term Will Open Tliursday.Sep em
ber 3rd.
The fall term of the Asheboro
Graded Schools will open Thmslay
morning, September 3rd, at 9 o'clock.
Prof. O. V. Woosley is now in Ashe
boro preparing fir the opening. The
following will compose the faculty:
Prof. O. V. Woosley teacher of
8th and 9th grades.
Miss lone Gates; of Graham, 6th
and 7th grades.
Miss Agnes Moring, 5th grade.
Miss Daisy Osborne, of Wotth
ville, 4th grade.
Miss Clara Mofhtt, 3rd grade.
Miss Laura Stimson, of Randle
man, 2nd grade.
Miss Maggie Erwin, of Charlotte,
1st grade.
Desperate Fight on Train.
Everett L. Michael, son of a prom
inent farmer of Rowan county, was
thrown from a freight train and
killed between Crescent Springs,
Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, to which
place he was going. Michael was
seen by a farmer near where his body
was found, engaged in a desperate
encounter with a man on top of a
rapidly moving train.
Confidence Man at Tarboro.
At Tarboro last week, Dorsey
Kideont, of Rocky Mount, fell vie
tim of a "confidence man" and after
mbibing freely of liquor was robbed
of $19.00, his coat, hat and shoes.
the "confidence man, Goodrich
Wood, then returned to his boardin
house, where he secured a large sum
from his landlord and skipped out.
Race War in Chicago.
The race troubles at Springfield
have spread to the Chicago docks
and in a riot Thursday live men
were seiionsly injured. The white
laborers refused to work with the
blacks, and a quarrel ensued which
was joined iu bv other members of
the force of both races.
Ballet Flattened on Negro'ii Head.
William Cooper, a negro barber
at Sanf ord, was hit by a stray bullet
from a 38-calibre pistol last week
aud today is uninjured. The bullet
lodged between the skin of his head
and his skull. No damage was done
except flattening the bnllet.
Building Struck by Lightning.
The poultry building of the Cen
tral Carolina Fair Association at
Greensboro was destroyed by Gre
last Saturday. ire followed
neavy flnsh of lightning which hit
the building. 1 he company carried
$iiuu insurance.
Gold at Pleasant Garden.
Minsng experts from Indiana have
leased over 500 acres of mining Jane'
near Pleasant Garden. Thev clairr
hat they have located a heavy ve?n
of ore, which wiil produce from five
to seven dollars worth of gold to the
ton.
Unusual Business Ability.
Mrs Lon Sheets, widow of the
late J. B. Sheets, and f woman of
unusual business sagacity, died at
ner nome at Salisbury last week.
She was 56 years old and highly es
teemed. Lightning Killed Negro.
George Lumpkin, a negro, was
killed instantly by lightning last
Wednesday while working in a to
bacco field near stokesdale. There
was only one small scar on his head.
BRIBERY CHARGE
HAS RE-APPEARED
More Embarrassment for Ez Judge
S. B. Adams
HE SUES THE BUTHERS
FOR FIFTY THOUSAND.
Spanrer B. Adams Named in Petition at
One of the Judge Alleged to Have
Been Itrilied to Hob the Imlians The
kiglits of These Indians Had Already
Keen Conferred by the C S. Supreme
Court.
"pe'icer B. Adams, of Givenabo
ro, iias employed attorneys to prose
cute Er-SeiiaVjr Marion "and Lester
Butler iu a suit for 50 i-'m damages.
The hire urows one of !'-i eiiients
ma .-. i v the r.itil'.Ts in c.tinction
w I. tiif u'lejed 'iri'i'-v charges
i.iSt M,1. Adams wile he was
C .! f J"et;oe of '.he ln., it: J'eni'o-
Cmrt.
T'e Caucasian, a Republican pa
r, -vili lift sued lor tno charges
made in tne tollowii, Iek-srram
which s -ilL-ged to h...v. i-c, n insti
gated !y M.uion Butler, wao"is a
stockho dei in th. t p.iper:
"Ui tbrie, Ukla., Auir. 1?. A pe
tition iu equity has been lj!ed iu the
United States Circuit Court, Eighth
Circuit Court, Eastern District of
Oklahoma, by four thousand Indians
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tribes to attempt to recover their
property claimed in the funds and
lands to these tribes, of which they
were aepnvea by tne Indian Citizen
ship Court.
"I he rights of tbese 4,000 Indians
had already been judicially investi
gated and determined by the United
states Uourts and had been confirm
ed on an appeal by the Supreme
uourt ot the United state, la the
face of this final decision of the Su.
preme Court in favor of these In
dian claims, a firm of attorneys
known as Mansfield, McMurray &
Cornish, who represented the other
faction of the Indian tribe?, eutered
into a contract to go to Washington
and try to get legislation from Con.
gress to set aside a decision of the .
supreme Court. The made a con
tract to receive, in addition to their
regular $1,000 annual fee, a certain
per cent, of the property of these
i,000 Indians, which had been con
firmed to them by the decision of
the Supreme Court, if they could
succeed in depriving all or a part of
them of such property.
"The amount of property which
would have been given to each In
dian under the decision of the Su
preme Court was $4,800. So it
will be seen that for every Indian
who could be kept off the rolls and
denied his property rights there was
the large stun of $4,800 for division
between these attorneys and the oth
er taction ot lndi...i3.
"In some way tlto.-i attorneys suc
ceeded in, gfctting C . jgiess to pass a
law creating a new court known as
the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian
Court, authorized to review the ac
tion of the Supreme Court ia these
cases and, strange to say, no appeal
was allowed from the decision of
this legislative court.
"i'he rttfu.L is known to every
body. This specially created cour
proceeded to reverie the dcclsk Qt
the Supreme Court ot IK United
Stes and rendered a decision which
t ok from each of these 4 000 ln-
iTZnhf Pf-7' """'luting to
Sp,80O for each one. This of
c .urse, iesu:ted in giving the attor
neys a very large fee.
"The suit that is now brought ud
by those 4,000 Indians, is to ask the
federal Courts to review the decis
ion of that Indian Citizenship Court
on the following grounds:
"1st. That these Indiaus had a
vested rignt in tUH.r property which
Congress did not 1 are the right to
r '.r ""Buiuincriy aud, there
fore did not Imi-j i v.. ...
fore did not have th? p.-wer h create
a special court to pass u:v.n tu.
nglits, which had airea.lv r.kn a1.
jucatedbya regular :n4 constitu
tional court.
'2nd. On the mnnni k-
whole proceedings
- . - W ' w.wv I'll
fran'l.
r3id On the e-rou-'d that th
oourt Umfc deprived them nf thi.
r guts was bribed by the attorneys.
it is understood that the fira
q iestiou that the Federal Court will
pass upon in considering this peti
tion, is as to whether or n.ifc it. hA
jurisdiction, then, of conw.. th
ctse would be dismissed ml the