THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936
McDonald "Cross Examina
tion" Continues.
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to misstatement of facts and to resort to under
hand methods in your rash race for the
Governor's mansion?
No answer.
Q. Now, doctor, let us get to the low-down
on all this. Will you not admit that your af
fected calling of your opponents "fine gentle
men" is only a subterfuge to divert them or
their friends from your own personal record,
while at the same time you seek by innuendo to
stab them? Can you blame the friends of the
slandered Hoey and Graham and Mcßae if they
tell the people the truth on you and your record?
No answer.
Q. Can you deny that you tried to register
negroes in South Third ward of Winston-Salem,
where the whites are outnumbered by the
blacks 3 to 1?
No answer.
Q. Can you deny that the Bowman Gray
statement made by you was untrue and intend
ed to deceive the people, and that you knew it
was untrue, and that you have not furnished the
people with the explanation that you promised-
No answer.
Q. I ask you if you did not double-cross your
dry Forsyth county constituents who sent you to
the legislature as a prohibitionist, and that when
you asked that Forsyth county be included in
the Pasquotank liquor act, and Paul Erwin
turned on the light, if you did not scurry for
tall timber?
No answer.
Q. I ask you if you do not know that to put
over your radical schemes would run many in
dustries from the State and throw thousands of
men and women out of employment?
No answer.
Q. I ask you if you can object to your picture
being hung in every eating place of North
Carolina as the man who voted to impose a tax
on bread and meat, and when you ask to be
hailed as the champion anti-sales taxer you will
excuse the intelligent voters while they laugh?
No answer.
Q. And now, Doctor McDonald, standing at
the bar of the Democratic people of North Caro
lina whom you have outraged and dishonored,
I ask you if you are not a soldier of fortune and
a political adventurer, and I ask you if your
campaign has not been predicated on the -as
sumption that a majority of the people of the
State are ignorant and gullible, and that you
are smart enough to deceive them?
SANTA MCDONALD
'Twas before the election and all through the
State
Santa McDonald pledges did make;
He'd cut all our taxes and increase our pay—
Getting his money from far, far away.
Something for nothing, he promised to give.
He'd fill all our stockings and send us no bill.
Under Santa McDonald life would be great—
According to pledges he put out for bait.
"Now ain't that just swell," us voters did yell,
But after a while a rat we did smell,
"Where is this money?" we asked Santa Mac,
"To do what you promise'll take lots of jack."
He gavp us no answer but kept right along
Singing;his pretty promising song.
But w§ popped believing his pledges because
We already knew there ain't no Santa Claus.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
Is McDonald Loyal
And Practical?
Editor Danbury Reporter:
There is much conversation in
process today among the think
jing people of the State about
| who is going to be our next
■ governor. The Republicans are
i laughing all over themselves at
j the way Dr. R. W. McDonald is
I lambasting and criticizing the
j Democratic Party of which Mc -
Donald claims to be a part. The
j Republicans are surprised and
1 wondering what has happened io
: the Doctor to cause him to make
all the charges he is making at
I the record of his own party for
J the past twenty years. The Re
publicans can clearly see that
I the Doctor does not know how
| much progress the good old
State of North Carolina has made
| the past twenty years, regard
less of the obstacles they have
had to overcome, such as the
depression we have just gon?
through. Again, to show you th"
| Republicans are SO WELL
j PLEASED with the way Dr.
j McDonald is conducting his carn-
I paign, just watch the place
where he speaks and see how
| many Republicans go and shake
i his hand and escort him out of
I the place, especially in the west
ern part of the State,
j Now, lets do a little thinking.
How can the Doctor show a
j balanced budget and cut off a
source of revenue which pays to
| the State Treasury $10,000,000.00
and on top of that reduce auto
! mobile tags to $5.00, and on the
other hand appropriate the
i necessary money to guarantee
an old age pension fund, raise t'
school appropriation $2,500,000.0'
and pay more to the employees
of the State?
Dr. McDonald will tell th;
people that great wealth is es
caping taxation. Now, if thi
Doctor's statements are true, he
is placing many county com
missioners in a bad light. Do yon
believe the commissioner of youi
county has betrayed the average
man by letting the rich man es
cape taxes? NO. I believe the
majority of the county com
missioners in this State are ser
ving their respective people wi:h
careful and able ablity to the
best interest of all their citizen*
If they are serving their people
loyally, then very little wealt'
can be escaping taxation. Ton.
do you believe Uncle Sam is
letting many rich men by with
out paying his just taxes? If the
United States Government col
lects, then the State can. for
go\ ernment statistics are avail
able and checked by th e various
states.
Dr. McDonald has repeatedly
s?id he would further tax the
rich corporation. Now he knows
he does not have that power. The
house and Senate make the law:;,
and not the Governor. To tax any
corporation or company at the
rate of ten per cent., as stated
by Dr. McDonald, would imean
that the Legislature (not Mc-
Donald) would have to call for a
constitutional amendment, and
that amendment would have to
be voted On by the people of the
>tate. Then, if the amendment
was favored by such an election,
'he Legislature of 1939 would
have to ratify the amendment
before it could become i law, un-
Francisco School News
(Too Late For Last Week)
The seventh grade of Francis
co took honors in the county
program of Friday in Danbury.
Garland Gunter was valedictorian
of the county and John Collins
was the winner of first place 'i
the declamation contest. As a
whole it was the best seventh
grade that Francisco has ever
had.
The commencement exercise*
began with "The Coming Oi
Caroline" given April 3 by the
Juniors and Seniors. Operetta
"The Golden Whistle" given
April 21 by the primary and
grammar grades. The sermon
Sunday. May 10th. The program
being as follows:
Song, "Come Thou Almighty
King."
Announcements and Introduc
tion—Mr. Voorhees.
Scripture reading—Mr. John
son.
Song. "Stepping In The Ligiit
Prayer-Mr. A. V. West.
Hymn. "Guide Me. O' Thou
Great Jehovah."
Sermon—Rev. Mr. Johnson.
Doxology
Benediction Mr. J. E. Bar
ker.
The Class Day program wi'l
be given Thursday night. May li.
The title of the play is "T(>a
Rainbow Trail." It is a pajeant
showing the beauty of the rain
bow as it has been reflected into
nature around us and in our
lives.
The commencement program
will close Friday night, May fj,
with the graduating exercises. Q .
Gilmer Sparger will be the
speaker.
V
Plenty of Grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. James Hall, of
Danbury, route one, have three
children, two boys and one girl,
names as follows: Kennith, age
five; Vivian, age three; Garland,
age three months; these children
have no scarcity for grand
parents. They have aleven
grandparents living as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bennett, of
Asheboro; Mr. and Mrs. J. Wes
ley Hall, of Danbury, route ono.
Great-grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Mabe, of Ether. Mont
gomery county; Mr. and Mrs. W.
11. Fagg; Mrs. Ann Bennett anl
Mr. Dock Hall. of Danbury,
route one. Great-great-grand
parent, Mrs. T. J. Vaden. of
I Francisco.
—Correspondent.
[less the next governor called an
extra session after the people
had voted on the constitutional
amendment.
How many of the laboring
people have figured on the)
amount of taxes lie would pay
under the occupational tax plan
"*s suggested by Dr. McDonald ?|
It is estimated by Dr. McDona'dj
that this occupational tax will
raise $1,750,000.00. Now do the,
laboring people, under the pre-j
sent set-up, pay such a ratio in |
the form of sales tax? Wej
should not be taxed for the privi-1
lege of making in excess of
$1,000.00, irrespective of whether
the person is married or single.
S. W. G.
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Clyde Hoey
Greenville (N. C.) News-Leader
Her e is a name familiar in
North Carolina —of a man who
has stood out for more than
forty years.
Tens of thousands h:r.\. heard
him. tens of thousands htw
known him—and t o.n- and all
he is known as Clyde HTV.
Who is he? Wr.v -.v.:: • >'
man is he?
In forty years of public life n..
man has uttered an acccusation
against him. He is without re
proach. man has questioned
i his ability. None has questioned
his character.
Not long ago the Baptist
minister of Clyde Hoey's home
i town, where he was born, where
jhe has made his life, had o
j casion to introduce him. The
minister was the Reverend Zeno
Wall. President of the Baptist
| State Convention .a saintly man
of great sincerity. He said.
I "For over ten years I hav?
1 lived within a block of Clyde
Hoey, on the same street, dur
ing which time he has passed our
home daily: and as he passes,
we know that an upright. God
fearing and Bible-loving man is
passing our door.
i
"Brother Hoey, this great
gathering of men and women, in
this large auditorium, is unmis
takable evidence of your ability
as a teacher of the Word of
God. and of the high esteem in
which you ar e held by all of our
people."
Dr. Wall is a Baptist. Clyde
Hoey is a Methodist. The former
is a minister: the latter a lay
man. Hear the minister testify:
"An upright. God-fearing and
Bible-loving man."
I "A servant of God."
This simple testimony of a
. notable minister of a Baptist
I Church to an humble layman of
the Methodist Church tells the
story of Clyde Hoey. It is the
j testimony not of a political par
| tisan. but of a God-called wit
, ness to the nobility of a Chris*.-
i ian layman's life,
i Political rivals may suggest
■ insinuations. Ambition may seek
to destroy a character lik e this.
But tlu-y connot succeed. Tin
, house o! Clyde Hoev's charactei
i.
iis founded upon a rock. It will
I
j survive every storm of ambitio i
I and envy. I: will bear witness t;
: God's grace when his detractoi
shall have been forgotten.
' That Clyde Hoey should have
'lived so long and well only to
have a rival seek to destroy his
j character by insinuations that
he is "a machine candidate" or a
tool of special interests; that lu
would not faithfully serve the
whole people, is a commentary
upon the ignorance and the heed
lessness of the ambition of one
who would ( tear down tli">
character of a life-time to gain
the bauble of an office. H e has
not misunderstood Clyde Hoey.
but he has misapprehended
North Carolinians.
Who would exact such a price
to be Governor of North Caro
lina, and having exacted it, what
manner of man is h e who cou'd
have satisfaction in such an
achievement? There is a way to
honor, but that way must be the
path of honor. Men rise in North
Carolina on thel* merits, not on
their capacity to > destroy th.
character of their fellows.
Sandy Graham has not helped
i his cause by his bitter attack oa
I Clyde Hoey. It looks now like it's
Hoey against the field, as the
Hillsboro mar. „ .in.- with the
"yelliiw men'ic." tt «iia»
credit the o:.!y cc.didate f>r
Governor wii'i ..i- :;!wiys defend
ed ti> X-.i-L i '.ii-mot-racy
p.n-l wh ■ still :- i*. In a
possible second primar.v between
Gra!::ii: an i Mcl' !.-n I. S.uiiy
might lift up hi.- e. unto the
hills from wh-:;.. would not
come his he!;'.
Clyde Hoey's wr. >!•_• life haa
been spent in North Carolina.
rose from poverty frm
printer's devil to the forefront oi
the lt-gal profession. from tbe
!
voiceless silence of the unknown
to the matchless orator of the
civil and moral life of a g re-it
Commonwealth. His father was a
Confederate soldier, and his call
ing was that of a carpenter. He'
knows the struggles of tie poor
and sympathizes with them.
The Baptist preacher's testi
mony is a challenge to his do
tractor —in the singular. for
i there is but one. and he a
i
stranger to the State, a stringer
to Clyde Hoey's noble life of
plain living, and high thinking;
a stranger who is reveali:ig hn»-
i self day by day to North Caro
linians as one who knows noth
ing of their standards and their
intelligence.
; Right now our State needs a
! man. The times are confused.
| Councils ar e darkened. There i*
' need of faith and of courage.
There is need of sympathy and
! understanding. There is need of
moral stamina. There is need of
j the wisdom that comes of
! struggle with adversity. Ther e in
need of frankness and truth in
order that the people may know.
There is need not of some am
| bitious man who would seduca
the distressed with promises, in
.order to gain an office: but of
one who has so lived that a man
lof God. far removed from politi
j :al motives will stand up and
•estify as Zeno Will lias testified
I if Clyde Hoey:
"A set var.: o: G--i."
i
j "An u| : G. i-fe wing. Kible
j oving man."
North Car. i:. ■. needs Clyds
Hoey!
North C-irolii . ir..- never need-
M as they now do such a man in
the Governor's office.
What an example his elevation
would set to a wayward genera
tion ! What a comfort to humblj
mothers who see the old moral
standard.- falling about their
sons!
What a return to the lofty
standards of days his
election would mean!
In the full maturity of hi 3
powers, in the full flower of a
Christian life that was never
eompromsied. at the peak of a
long career of service faithful Vt
| God and man. the people of
North Carolina would have in
Clyde Hoey the worthy success
or in the long line of those who
have served them; the timelv
leader in a new and happy pro
gress.
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