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"SECOND DEBATE 1
ON POLITICS HELD
Synopsis of Hamrick-Dunagan
Debate Friday Night at
Henrietta-Caroleen High
School.
• Caroleen, Sept. 29.—The second
of the political debates betweon Hon.
Stover P. Dunagan, chairman of the
executive committee of the Demo
cratic party of Rutherford county,
and Hon. Fred D. Hamrick, chairman
of the executive committee of the
Republican party of the county, was
held at 8 p. m., Friday night in the
auditorium of the Henrietta-Caro
leen High school. Oscar J. Mopno.y
•ham of Avondale presided and intro
duced the two speakers. R. E. Price
of Rutherfordton, held the watch-
Mr. Hamrick spoke first .consum
ing 45 minutes. He made a vigorous
defense of his partner, N. C. Harris,
and stated that when Harris was
County Attorney the work was done
on a per diem basis; at that timet the
law, since changed, required that a
title had to be abstracted before suit
could be brought. He declared that
there was nothing wrong about the
building of the Buffalo Valley road;
the Chimney Rock Mountains devel
opment had added over $2,000,000
to the taxable property, and now the
county was receiving $160,000 a
year more in taxes, even after the
cost of the road had been deducted.
Time and time again Mr. Hamrick
denounced the small coterie of the
courthouse ring, stating they had #
given the county such bad govern
ment. 1
Didn't Advise Commissioners.
Mr. Hamrick repeated his asser
tions that he had not advised the
old Board of County Commissioners; (
he defended his fee of $5,000 foi \
winning the suit of the County vs.'
Henrietta Mills, and told of the vast,
amount of work done. When latei .
confronted with a certified copy ot |
the account paid his firm by the.
Commissioners which showed the a-j
mount to be over $7,000 he explain
ed that the extra $2,000 was fori
clerk hire, stenographers, and work;
done at Raleigh and other places.!
and he had told the Commissioners
he was entirely willing to have ohe
amount of his fee settled by a
Board of Arbitration, but the Coun
ty Accountant and Commissioners
had thought the $5,000 fee very
reasonable. The same amount was
paid to Hon. Clyde R. Hoey.
Mr. Hamrick reiterated his charg
es against the present Commission
ers and County Attorney. He charg-
Keeping Pace With
Cotton
White Cotton is 9 3-4 cents. lam making prices during this
sale that is in keeping with the price of cotton.
Sale Started
Thursday, September 25th
' AND CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
A Complete Line of School One lot Men's heavy Work '
Supplies. . Shoes to go at $2.00 and up
Men's assorted four-in-hand during this sale.
Ties, each 39c For the man who cares> we win
Men's Work Gloves, pair_. 49c o^ v , e a n T e T w John B.
I . - Stetson Hats at attractive
[ Gas 20c gallon during this sale. prices during this sale.
i
i 1 lot of Boys' and Girls' Weath- '
! erbird Solid Leather Shoes, GROCERIES
I to go on sale, pair 51.50 A]aska pM{ ga]mon> pcr
i One lot Ladies' New Fall Hats, can 15c
a just received, 10 percent off rp , , _
I I during sale wenty pounds Granulated
* Sugar for SI.OO
a Men's and Boys' New Fall Hats
i and Caps, 10 per cent off. Seven pounds C. D. Kenny s
n guaranteed Coffee _ SI.OO
§ One lot Men's and Ladies' New
Fall style Oxfords and Seven packages Arm and Ham
a Pumps, just received. • mer Soda 25c
i Wells Brothers
j North Henrietta, East Avondale
Ed Mr. Dunagan with being presi
dent, secretary and treasurer of th
to-be-formed Annanias Mud. n*
claimed that Mr. Dunagan had ai
rea nominated Z. O. Jenkins as
member. Mr. Hamrick stated
several times he had nothing again*
tlte rank and file of democracy, 1
was only the .courthouse ring. W nen
Mr. Dunagan asked Mr. Hamrick to
name some of them Mr. Haoinc im
plied that he, Mr. Dunagan was one
of them. Mr. Hamrick Was at his best,
and spoke forcibly. Several times his (
remarks were puctuated by applause, j
The auditorium was about three j
fourths full.
Mr. Dunagan Replies. j
Mr. Dunagan spoke for a full hour; j
i he began his speech with a very bit- j
iter attack on Mr. N. C. Harris and I
stated that he, Mr. Harris had charg
ed the county 22 V 2 percent instead ,
of the 15 percent Mr. B. T. Jones!
'was receiving. Mr. Dunagan said that j
much of the work done in abstract-;
ing the titles had been performed
by Carl Hamrick and John P. Cham
bers, and therefore Quinn, Hamrick
and Harris were guilty of gross
profiteering at the expense of the
county. In his reply, later, Mr. Ham
rick stated his office expenses ana
his firm had not charged the county
a single cent more than they would
charge any other client. Mr. .Duna
gan spoke about the Buffalo Valley
Road and alleged that the change was
made on a petition signed by Quinn,
Hamrick and Harris, but when chal
lenged to produce his petition Mr.
Dunagan had to admit the record
had been lost, as were also many
bills from Quinn, Hamrick and Har
ris The chairman of the executive
committee stated it was due to
Chimney Rock Mountains that the lo
cal banks had gone busted and he
made a vigorous defense of the state
banking department. He again claim
ed that Quinn, Hamrick and Harris
had dictated the policies of the coun-1
ty since the appointment of Mr. Har
ris as County Attorney after the
death of Sol. Gallert. He went into
detail about the great increase ot
countv debt —practically $3,000,000 .
and charged this increase up to the j
undue extravagance and frequent j
bond issues wished on the county by ,
Quinn, Hamrick and Harris. Constant- j
ly he spoke of the firm as being
County Attorneys. ,
Mr. Dunagan said he held no brief ;
for the present Commissioners; they j
had made tws mistakes, but was (
that sufficient to condemn a man? ,
He pleaded for a re-organization of!
' the Democratic Party by the party. 1
Next Mr. Dunagan launched an I
i extremely bitter and scathing attack j
'on the National Republican Party. \
President Hoover came in for his full,
• t share of denunciation. The chief is-'
f sues discussed by Mr. Dunagan were j
j the pre-election promises and the de-l
; pression that has followed since. Mr.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1930.
Hoover received the blame for the
plight of the Southern farmer, the
low price of cotton and so forth.
Mr. Dunagan was his best during the
half hour he devoted to national prob
lems. Time and time again he was
interrupted by applause and cheer
ing Mr. Dunagan gave the national j
and state bank failures and said it }
had been all to the Republican regime j
in the last ten years. . j
Mr. Hamrick's Answer,
i Mr Hamrick stated at the begin-!
i ning of President Woodrow Wilson's j
I first administration the price of cot-
I ton had gone down to less than 6
! cents a bale and the buy a bale
; movement had been the result.
! The Republican candidate further
| said that the bill, read by Mr Duna
jgan, charging the county $13.00 a
day for eight days in Washington,
IDC, had been incurred by the
I presence of his partner, Mr. Harris,
and with the prices charged in Wash
ington he did not see how two men
i could live decently any cheaper.
Once more Mr. Hamrick defend
ed his partner, Mr. N. C. Harris and
ended up with a fine burst of oratory.
Mr. Dunagan's Speech.
Ladies and Gentlemen:—ln my
speech delivered at Rutherfordton
on last Monday night the time allot
ted to me would not permit a full
discussion of all the facts. I there
fore devoted practically all the en
tire time to a discussion of the extrav
agance of the four year period from
about January, 1925, to December,
1928, during which period I charged
that the law firm of Quinn, Ham
rick and Harris, of which firm Mr.
Fred D. Hamrick is senior member,
counseled and advised the Board of
County Commissioners. I am not
here to defend the acts of any pub
lic official, either ; Rfcpub!ic(an or
Democrat, who does not keep faith
with the people—however conscien
• tious he may be.
j in my Rutherfordton speech I show
ed that according to ..audits of the
affairs of Rutherford County made
by A. M. Pullen and Company, of
I Raleigh, North Carolina, the total
j outstanding indebtedness of Ruther
ford County, including township, road
'and bridge bonds and township
! schojbl bonds, amcfunted to $902,-
J 000.00. I showed also that the mem
| bers of the Board of County Com
! missioners who served the following
i four years had previous to that time
[ served as County Commissioners and
j under the able advice and counsel of
! good Democrats and a Democratic
' lawyer had made a splendid admin
-1 istrative record in Rutherford Coun-
I ty. I felt then, and I still feel that
| the recklessness and extravagance of
? this Board of Commissioners was
j brought about by misplaced confi
' dence in their advisors, the commis
! sioners not realizing the selfish mo
! tives prompting the insistent de
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