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III
Conditions in this county are
simply intolerable- and unbear
able to a liberty loving, self re
liant and self respecting people.
But the half, nay the tenth, has
not been told. We are a WHITE
people up here in Henderson
county Anglo-Saxon to the core
descended from the mountain
boys who went down to Kings
Mountain and to Guilford Court
House and met Cornwallis arid
his men and. sent them on to
Yorktowh to surrender descend
ed from brave Confederate and
Federal soldiers, , who were not
afraid to meet death on the bat
tlefield in defense of principles
each thought to be right. We
justly and naturally feel that we
are entitled to the largest and
fullest measure of local self
government compatible with the
institutions of a free people if we
are to have it at all. At present
only about one officer but of every
twenty-five in the county is elect
ed by popular vote,, to. say; noth
ing of the tax - collector and
school superintenden,xthe r.ring
sters are howling about v -:v:
Our present Sheriff, R." P.
Freeman, who, by the way is a
Republican and a splendid young
man, was appointed to his office
by the County Commissioners.
He is also the County Treasurer
by virtue of his office as Sheriff,
and handles and pays out all tax
money in the county, and yet the
voters of the county had no say
in his election, nor did they have
any voice in selection of his pre
decessor, JesseJS. Rhodes, who
was appointed to the office by
the Legislature of 1905 upon the
recommendation of the present
Republican candidate for: Lieutenant-Governor,
and at the re
quest of no other . citizen of the
county. Then there are 'the assistant-registrars
of deeds, J. D.
Davis and Miss Juno Morris,' ex
cellent people' and good officers,
but neither of them were ejected
to office by the voters of the
county J On tbe contrary they
were appointed ' to office by one
man. This is the best paying
office in the county the emolu
ments amounting annually to
about three thousand dollars.
The man who was elected to fill
this office "farmed it out, ?' pay
ing about nine hundred dollars to
get the work of the office done
and putting into his own pockets
the balance. " And complaint is
made that he has not even visit?
, ed the office on an average of
once a month since his election
two years ago. Such7 a ' condi
tion of affairs the people ought
not to be forced to tolerate. ' j
Then too, we have eight tax
listers each year to fill important
places and twenty-four tax as
sessors each four 'years. .These,
officers get good salaries, paid
ut of taxes contributed by all
the people of the county and yet
the people have no voice in the
selection of these officers. In
fact, these important officers are
usually selected f rgm the peanut
cross-roads politicians r -whose
nly qualification is : the"ability
towirepullin the elections,' or
to use successfully a part of the
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bi-ennial c or ruDtion . fund
amongst the , voters. They are
appointed "by . these men who
hold office bjr virtue of the effi
cient -use of a corruption fund in
the; county elections, not the
voice of the people. Then we
have also a jailor and about half
dozen deputy sheriffs appointed
by the Sheriff, who was appoint
ed by .these same; county comis
sioners, who are elected a,s afore
said. The poor devil who goes
to jail has no voice in the selec
tion of the officers who are to ar
rest him and keep him in jail and
attend his daily wants." These
officers are forced upon him as
upon the good people of the
county, against his will, and often
times over his protest.
Who cannot see the shame and
the humiliation . in the whole
thing to the good people of Hen
derson County? Decended from
Norman Kings, inheriters of
JIagna Charta and the Bill- of
Rights and denied even these
small privileges! Butthis is not
all We have about fifteen post
offices in the county, the incum
bents of which receive in salar
ies from six to ten thousand dol
lars :'per year; about ten rural
mail carriers with : salaries
amounting to about seven thou
sand dollars per year, one deputy
U.S. Marshal, one U.5S. Commis
sioner, and one man in the reve
nue service at Statesville. Good
officers1 all. but the people of
Henderson County free and
white have no voice in the se
lection of any of them., -v
Then, too, we are burdened
with ,outside officers, such as
Federal . Judges and Marshals,
I with whose election to office the
people of this white county have
nothing whatever to do. These
are only a few of the many in
stances of the denial to the peo
ple of Henderson County of local
self-government, which could be
added to the list sucgested.
The conditions in this county
are truly deplorable. Local self
government seems a far-off
dream a creature of the poet's
imagination. Even -when r we
have the opportunity to elect an
officer by popular vote the popu
larx will is not expressed, but
rather the popular power of i
money to buy votes, ;
This county pays . annually
about sixteen thousand, dollars in
an effort to elevate her citizen
ship through the public schools,
and about four thousand bi-en-nially
in an effort to debauch
this same citizenship the latter
being usually more successfully
spent, quite a considerable part
of it being invested in whiskey.
Nor would we . have it u under
stood! that these .conditions lare
of recent growth. J As far back
as 1895 the Republican Legis
lature at one swoop poured out
upon the county, twenty-six jus
tices of the peace, besides a
Judge and clerk of .a criminal
court; this clerk being given the
power, to appoint the county su
pervisor of schools. And this,
without the wish, desire or con
sent of the people of the county.
Judge H. G. Ewart was in that
Legislature and helped in. this
peanut political jobbery . even
going so far as to accept, him
self, the judgeship . of the court
he had helped' to create and at a
very-decent salary,- too.. And R.
S. ikcCall became solicitor by the
same method. Not only . , this,
but Ihis same good man, Hi ; G
Ewar afterwards, without . any
popular election or other expres
sion of tie will of our people,
broke into office of a Federal
Judgeship, but failed, as is ; well
known, to hold it down, on ac-
f: f Kerf riehdshiD (?) " of
v -KVnm kfhia time (1895) on , to
Continued on last pae
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Hon. J ohn W. Kern, democrat
ic candidate for vice-presidency,
delivered a fine address in Ashe
ville on Monday. ." The crowd is
said to have been the greatest
ever in that city since Bryan
spoke there in 1896. ;:i:':rC
The town was gayly decorated
and ;; Mr. ; : Kern, accom
panied by a distinguished escort,
in carriages, and with . scores of
mounted men at the head of : the
procession passed through streets
crowded with a cheering' multi
tude. The great Auditorium
was completely filled by an atten
tive audience, .who - listened and
expressed its approval of a logi
cal, interesting and plain-spoken
speech - ;' .. -.'j
Hon. W. J Cocke introduced
Mr. Kern in a masterly speech.
The distinguished gentleman
from Indiana was cheered to" the
echo and every . reference to
Bryan threatened to lift the t roof
of the great structure so enthu
siastic was the response from
the vast - audience to even the
bare mention of thie Great Com
moner.'s name. ; ' - H; " i
At the conclusion of ; Mr.
Kern's speech, Col. S. V. Pick
ens proposed a cheer for the
next vice-president of the Ueited
States. Gov. Glenn said, "Make
it three." And it was three.
Such a volume of enthusiastic
cheering has probably never
been heard before. ;
Among Mr. . Kern's
were: Governor : Glenn,
Craig, Maydii XampbelL
escort
Locke
Con
gressman Crawsord, and many
other distinguished men.
K.G.
K. G. Justus has returned to
this city, from Newberry, S. C.
He is under a $500 bond, one of
the wealthiest men of that city,
and one of his former creditors
going his security. y
It is said Mr. Justus went
through bankruptcy proceedings
before he left Newberry prev-
iQusly. -; He had taken several
large contracts arid. had lost con
siderable money on them. In
stead of $7, 70U the amount in
volved is said to be about $1,000,
and that the proceedings against
him charging- him with fraud
were started through a 'misunder
standing of the true facts in the
case, and that there was . no in
tention of fraud. 7
. Mr. Justus will remain in Hen
derson ville about two weeks when
he returns to Newberry where- he
has contracts for three houses.
He is now making his arrange
ments to carry out these con
tracts. : : 1 '.-v:-:-:
Mr. Juseus standing in New
berry is said to be excellent and
he has many friends in the South
Carolina city who are glad to
know the;wilJ return there within
a few days. :;-.V :.- . .
Taxes; and Water.
Your town tax is due. Your
waterfrent is due. . Your water
will be cut off if J not paid soon,
and that wont ' be pleasant and
besides will cost you a dollar
more so why don't you see S. Y.
Bryson at the city hall at once
and settle ?;-''
- United States Senator -F. M.
Simmons will speak at the court
house in this city oh Monday,
October 26th. "
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Justus
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Hendercoh Fruit
Aw, you can talk about politics,
or art; or John Grant all you
want to? but for our part give us
potatoes potatoes such as Mr.
A. F. Drake and Dr. C. ; Few
haVe on exhibition in this news
shop, right now. , But don't tell
Ed .Brooks, for,' say, -that man
certainly has a weakness in the
direction of Henderson county
Mr. Drake's exhibition consists
of three Burbank potatoes, fine,
smooth, well shaped and of re
markable size. He. planted two
bushels of seed and dug seventy
five busfiels of potatoes and will
have them for sale all winter.
These potatoes are about the best
we have, yet seen,; of their kind.
Dr. Few has two potatoes on
exhibition. . Only two and it's
fortunate there : are no more or
the front office would not hold
them, f They are sweet potatoes;
of truly gigantic size, one a red
dish color of ; a variety ; which is'
unfamiliar even to us. The Doc
tor is it trutHf ul man, a member
in good standing, of the Metho
dist' chiirch. J? He is known by
everyone in ; the county and we
hesitate n to ? bring ? any charge
against .him Z reflecting; on i his
character. He is young, active
and will defend his honor but we
don't thj nk he can run as fast as
we can, so, when he deliberately
says that he had one potato larger
than either one of these .he has
on exhibition in this office we get
right up - and say, and say it
clearly, boldly and distinctly, that
we don't believe it! For we
know, we KNOW, that sweet
potatoes couldn't grow any larg
er! There now! ' ' .1
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The deposits of the Citizen's
Bank have doubled since their
last statement, July 15th. An
increase of one hundred per cent
in the deposits of any bank in sk
short a time is said '.to be really
remarkable and indicates the
standing of this ,. institution
amongst its home folks.
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There will . be an old time
Christian Harmony Singing on
Oct. 18th (third Sunday in this
month) at the Holiness Baptist
Church, led by S. W. Hamilton
and T. J. Shipman. All are
earnestly invited to be present
Ordered Rails for ' .. ..
Hew Railroad.
Louis P. Hyder, son of J- P.
and brother ; of . Lum, -who was
niarried by Squire Morrow but
who didn't stay married, Louis
P. Hyder, we remarked, has been
in correspondence with the Steel
Trust ; in reference to buyinsr
steel rails for a new railroad.
Sheriff Freeman, has the - answer
from that corporation to the let
ter of Lewis, asking for further
information about the matter,
but Lewis says he's agoin' to
build that road just the same.
Tuesday, J. ,P. Hyder told k the
genial; Sheriff that Lewis was
crazy (he's I Lum's brother, you
know) and he wanted his son
locked up, He was dangerous.
Now, Sheriff Freeman's hotel
is plum full, running over with
guests, the Sheriff is that popu
lar, he "" is. So to accommodate
Lewis the Sheriff got carpenters
and built just the, cutest ' little
cage and then started to , arrest
Lewis but he had done disap-"
peared and has not yet been cap
tured. : -'.
. The Sheriff and his deputies
are looking for him, as he is said
enea to burn nis father s barn;
aid do other dfeagreeable thinr.,bunh'd0 XZZ
ill lis.
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HE TELLS OF THE SPLENDID
: RECORD DEMOCRACY
HI NORTH CAROLINA.
Following is the full text of speech de
livered by- Charle3 French Toms at
. Rutherfordton, K. C.V Sapt 5; 1904,
; in accepting he nomination for State
- Senator. ' - X
J SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE.
l .CHAiBMAiriAND ' GENTLEMEN OF
contention : David B. H1J1 once said.'
I am a Democrat' . and that expresr
lion has, become almost as famous as
Mr. Hill himself. If a man should ask
me If I was a ; Democrat I wonld an
swer him like.the old fellow in Texas,
In response to, the same question; "Just
as. good- a one as I have got '.sense, to
know how to be.' Bat if a man should
ask ma it M. Ii Shipman ' was a Demo
crat I wonld answer him that he is
like one of these live electric wires he'
is charged :o full of Democracy ;it
would knock an ordinary Republican
down to- touch him. : - v '
I appreciate what 'Mr. Shipman and
Mr. Rucker " have said in nominating
me, and I desire to thank them for
their kind words. ;
v f Now, Mr. Cbairman, we, will have a
great' deal of speechmaking here to-day,
and some. of us may get worried; so I
shall take - no great length- of . time in
addressing you. Buf a. few remarks
about our party will : not be out of
place. .. -v, v r --
-We bave to-day gathered as the rep
resentatives "of the Democratic "Party
si ; party whose rule in North Carolina
has been so satisfactory that the peo
pteof the State have no complaint to
make.- This nomination comes to me
-to-day ina -twofold: pleasant -capacity.
In: the first place, I- am; proud .that" I
baye - so -"'conducted myself that the
grand old; county; of Henderson could
say to the other counties of the district,
"Here is a man who will carry out the
solemn, trust of legislating for 'you."
And, secondly, I esteem It because just
thirty-two years ago ' I first saw , the
light of day, and hence It Is a birthday
gift from the -Democracy of this peo
ple, and as such I receive it at your
hands, and I pledge you. that the ban
ner of Democracy shall never trail in
the dust so long as I am able to lift
my VQicV In defense of her principles.
PAST SECOBD QV THE PARTY. V - .
The record of our party in the past
has been glorious. In the old days we
followed that leader of leaders, Zebu
Ion B. Vance. His word in North Caro-s
lina was the law-of the party, and his
loyalty was the loyalty of the party
His record was as glorious in "peace as
In war. He was elected Governor, and
returned .from the ' battlefield, -leaving
128.000 patriotic North Carolinians
writing for North Carolina a page in
history that time will not efface:. And
when the war was over and the clouds
of battle had dispersed, he was found
yet in the forefront, reconstructing the
government of the State, : In order that
the people might again be happy. - He
delivered her from carpet-bag rule, and,
When she desired some one with the
skill and ability necessary to steer the
ship of 'State in those troublesome
times and later to represent her at
the National Capital, . he was ; called
upon to serve J ' and . when he finally
passed ' away, to use. the . language of
Senator. Ransom, '.'All North Carolina
was sad,' from the mountains to the
sea;.. . , - - - '
" THE ERA OF KEGBO DOMINATION.
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Time passed on, and the Democratic
Party needed another leader. A Vlark
cloud rested upon the State; negro
domination cast its black shadow over
the land. A cry went up from east
ern North Carolina, heard even to the
west, asking the people to do some
thing to relieve them in their intoler
able condition. And so another leader
was needed, and, like Vance, he came
forth, arid like a great general he car
ried us once again to victory. I refer
to the Hon, F. M. Simmons. We have
conferred upon him the highest honor
this State can confer, but that honor
fades into Insignificance when we look
upon his1 great services. He Is a man
of sagacity, prudence and ability. But
the Democratic Party had more gen
erals than one to fight its battles, and
when It put forth the amendment, it
called into service the matchless
Aycock, our Governor, who is, as you
all know, an orator and a statesman,
and whose voice. has. been raised only
for the good of North Carolina and her
Inhabitants. The amendment carried,
but another trouble arose. The youth
who became of age after 1903 and was
illiterate wotild be disfranchised. This
must not be so; and therefore Gov
ernor Aycock sought to educate - the
people, and lifted his voice In behalf
of education In every portion of the
State., He has stood by the sea and
UDon the everlasting - mountains, de
claring that the people of North Caro-
educated, and he has,
from his devotion to the cause of;edu
will be an honor to himself and to his
posterity.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE.
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Now let us look into the future The
brightest star, in the -.firmament off
North Carolina politics to-day. is a man
whose name "is a household word in .
North i Carolina Robert B. " Glenn;
Robert B. Glenn' will not have to be
come a great man, for he is already
great. ... He will not have to become an
orator, for Jie is already one of the
firsj water.", He will be elected Gov
ernor, in name only, forhe js a ruler
of J men,; wherever , he is known. Th
people of" North Carolina know j his
worth, and are proud , of him. They
will be prouder of him than ever after
he has been Governor one year. '
You hdve to-day nominated two Sen
ators, and they will be elected in : No
vember, and you have the right to ask
the -question, What will you do when
you get to' the Legislature?
In the first place, we stand immov
able and fixed upon the Democratic
platform of the State. If you will-read
that instrument you will find, among
other things, that our party points -to
with:pride: ' . .- . -
; i. To the" settlement; of the negr
issue in North Carolina, and takes all '
the blame and credit all the credit te
itself. : -i
2.-It pledges itself to educate the
children of the State and to strengthen v
therfree-cho6l system.
.3 It approves of the general princi
ples 'of. the Watts bi ll'and comes out
for temperance. : l': "::K' : l
4.- It pledges that the State Prison
shall be run upon successful financial
lines. . r.; . . j.-.- - - , , . .
$. It .calls attention to the fact that
the Insurance' Department Increases .
our receipts $90,000. ; A '
i.6. It says that the; system of taxa
tion shall be fair and just.' '
: 7. j hat the State debt has been ad
Justed .upon'a fair and honorable basis.
8. It promises better pensions to the
Confederate heroes of the Civil War.
,9. To- look out and care for the. in-
sane and helpless. y "
.10. To fight, improper and illegal re
ceiverships.
11. Favors the Appalachian Park re
serve.,. ,, ;
12. Declares Democratic rule neces-.
sary in this government.
13. Denounces - the . present iniqui
tous, unjust and trust-creating tariff
imposed upon the people by the Re
publican Party.
Gentlemen of the Convention, when
I go to the Senate of , North Carolina I
go there upon these principles. These
are the principles. and the. chart which
Lshall follow, and by these rules I will -steer
my political Jarque in the .. treu-;'
blesome waters of legislatioh.
One more word and I shall close.
Jim Gudger must khd' will go'back tdi
Congress. - He has s proved himself an .
able representative and a man loved
by our people. But let us hope that
when e packs his gripsack and reaches
the' beautiful city of Washington he
will -find "it peopled with victorious
Democrats,' from President down. .
In this .connection,, have you ver
thought about, who 1 the Republicans
have to vote for this year? I will tell
x. a man wno was not eiectea tresi- .
dent by a vote of the people of the
United States, but by a bullet fired by
an assassin; which terminated the life-
of one of the grandest and greatest
characters -who. ever" honored the Re
publican Party. . . r v
2. A man who has gone into partner,
ship . with the trusts, and a man' who,
When Congress put money at the dis
posal of. his administration to break up -
trusts, refused to use that money for...
the purposes for which It was appro-.''
priated; ' - i " ." '
j3. A man .who defied Congress ' and.
put into operation a ; service pension
law. - - ,v',!-r. : ' " .'
4. A man who desired " to recognize
tire Independence of Panama before she
achieved her independence.
5. A man who defied the rules of the
army, and promoted: an officer over 800.
of his fellows, because he fought with.'
him at Santiago. .
6..A man who Insulted the people off
the South by eating with a negro at
the White House, and refused the peo
ple of Indianola, Miss., mail service
because .they would not. have a negro
postmistress.
' 7. A man who, as it is charged by
the Washington - Post, has . shown par-'
tiality in the preparation of pension
papers In-the department.
8. A man who loves war and hates
peace. , -.' ; -:. ' . . -
This, my friends, is the character of
the man the Republican. Party is called
upon to swallow this year.
On the contrary, the .Democrats have
nominated as the adversary of Presi
dent Roosevelt a man far-famed as a
scholar and a jurist, and, more than ,
all, a true man In every sense of the
word. .' ', ' . -. "- ' ..
In the harbor of New York there
stands a great statue, a gift of the peo
ple of France to the people of .the ."
United States. It Is the form of a
woman standing upon a high pedestal
and holding aloft In her uplifted hand
a mighty torch which every night -faithfully
throws its intense light far
out to the sea, so that countless souls '
upon the drifting and restless ocean ,
may be piloted into a safe harbor. It.
Is called "Liberty Enlightening the
World." - - v-' -
The Democratic Party, realizing this
to be a year when our country Is In
the peril off disgrace, went, like France,,
to New York and elevated Alton B. '
Parker to its highest pedestal, and has
placed In his hand the lamp off liberty
from off its sacred altar, burning with '
unquenchable fire off, patriotism, In or- .
der that he might enlighten the world
to the fact that our party affords the
only harbor of safety and prosperity,
and that the. American : people have
stood about as much Republican hyp
ocrisy and greed , as they intend tov
stand. , ;. t - . r .
In conclusion I desire to again thank
you for this honor and your attention.
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