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HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1.909.
THE CONTEST
IS A FARCE.
Eve.i Republicans Have No Sym
pathy With J, A. Smith.
Congressman E. Y. Webb's
Seat is Firm and Secure.
Washington, March 20. —The
contest of J. A. Smith, Republi
can, against E. Y. Webb, Demo
crat, in the ninth North Carolina
district, is not taken seriously
here/ There is no danger in the
world ©f Smith's winning and
very little prospect of his getting
the money allowed in contest
cases for expenses.
In the first place it is contend
ed that Smith's notice was served
more than 30 days after the re
sult of the Congressional election
was determined by the board of
State canvassers. The certifi
cate of said board shows that the
result was - determined on the
27th of November, and the notice
not served until the 29th of Dec.
In the next place the law re
qu res a contestant to specify
particularly his grounds of con
test. Smith does not do this.
He doos not even claim in his
notice that Webb was not elect
ed to Congress nor does he claim
that he himself was elected, He
claims that there were in the dis
trict something like 4.000 votes
cast by persons who had not paid
their poll tax, but in his eyidence
he has absolutely failed to show
that a single illegal vote was
cast by anyone for either himself
or for Webb. He has abandon
ed the taking of testimony in all ;
the counties in the district men
tioned in his notice, except Meek- (
lenburg and Gaston. The little {
testimony he took in Gaston, is
too trifling to mention, and be- ,
sides it was taken before a pri
vate citizen not authorized to
take despositions under the laws ,
of the United States.
The law gives a contestant 40 (
days after answer is served upon
him in which to take testimony.
The testimony which Smith took
in Charlotte on the Bth of March (
was 41 days after answer was
served upon him. The law also
requires that the notice of tak
ing evidence shall be served on
Webb personally, but this has
never been done by Smith.
The following is a gist of the
testimony upon which he relies
to unseat Mr. Webb:
Dr. Warren Vines Hall, of
Charlotte: "I was one of the
Republican campaign managers
last election, I heard Ed Bell,
acting Republican chairman, say
he thought the lists of those who
had paid their poll tax in the var
ious collection districts were
needless, as there would be no
challenge. We expressed sur
prise. I understood that he had
an agreement with the Demo
cratic chairman that there would
oe no challenges. I expressed a
good'deal of pleasure at this as
in my precinct I would lose 34
and the Democrats only 17 if
the challenges were made. I
went to my polling place, how
e/er on challenge day with my
jtiallenge list and staid until
challenges time expired, and no
challenges were made there on
either side, Smith contestant, did
not like this agreement.
The list that the Republican
chairman had was only for Char
lotte township district. I am
postmaster at North Charlotte,
and was at the last election and
was a supporter of Smith. There
las been little or no challenging
in Mecklenburg county since the
adoption of the constitutional
amendment. The result of the
'lection in this county increased
the Republican vote 125, Smith
ind all."
Dr. Adam Fisher: "I was Re
publican candidate for the Legis-
lature in Mecklenburg county in
. last election. Mr Ed Bell told
me before the election that it
was not necessary to prepare any
challenge list; that there would
* be no challenging, if we did not
make any; so I dropped it right
» there. I made no objection to
. this agreement. Mr. Beil said it
. wo'ild be as fair for one as the
11 other. I believe my party made
gains in the last eleetioh in this
i county."
Mr. Edward M. Bell: "I wa»
acting Republican chairman in
Mecklenburg county last election
I asked Sheriff Wallace for a list
of the paid polls and he gave me
a list. Will not swear I asked
him for a list of the county. It
was my purpose to secure a list
of the county and I think he
gave it to me in the same way. I
specified the official list, but will
not say I specified the county. I
thought it was the entire county
I got the list to check it and see
if anyone had applied to vote
who had not paid his poll tax. I
don't know whether the list was
signed or not. I did not scrutin
ized it closely. I saw the list Mr.
Moody had up here but cannot
say it was the list I had. It was
in typewritten form. I don't
kaow wheter any challenges
were made by Republibans in
this county or not. Each man
that left the Republican head
quarters came back and reported
that tbere were no challenges
made. I got the list for the pur
pose of making a challenge list,
and it was made.
I was sincerely and honestly
endeavoring to get the best re
sults for mv party and each of
its candidates in that election,
and the vote for our party was
increased over that of two and
four years ago, including the con
gressional vote. I was congra
tulated by members of my party
on the result of the election in
this county. We challenged on
both sides in my precinct. I
had absolutely no agreement,
expressed or implied that there
would be no challenges, and that
persons not entitled to vote
would be permmitted to vote in
that election.
I know that McAuley was tax*
collector for district No. 1 and
that Peoples was tax collector
for district No. 3. I never ask
ed of either of these for the list
ol paid polls for for their districts
I thought the list I got from
Sheriff Wallace was the complete
list. I had in mind that it was
the duty of the Sheriff to make
up this list. Sheriff Wallace, as
a matter of fact did not make
any representations to me at the
time I asked him for the list that
it was the list for any district or
part of the county except his
own. I asked him to give me
the official list, and he did not
make any explanation to me. I
have no reason to believe that
the list he gave me was not a
correct list of the paid polls for
his district embracing Charlotte
township."
The contest will fail it is pre
dicted here, as it is without
foundation. It can be stated as
a fact that the Republican lead
ers of the district and State are
not in sympathy with it. Smith
seems to be paddling his own
leaky canoe. His contest is about
like his campaign was—a grand
and glorious farce.
H. E. C. Bryant.
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Hard on spapers.
The Salisbury Post says:
The Reformed Church Stand
ard remarks upon the fact that
when Hickory was recently
granted free delivery of mails it,
as a semi-monthly publication,
came in contact with a Postoffice
Department ruling which requii -
es a one- ent stamp on every
copy delivered through the home
postoffice. Pound rates, enjoyed
by the twd Hickory weeklies,
are not for it. "The most arbi
trary thing in this county is the
Postoffice Department," thinks
our justly aggrieved contempoary
But he who undertakes to enu
merate the governments' queer
rulings—queer usually in conse
quence of faulty legislation by
Congress—will be busy for a
week.
The Post falls under this ban.
Any number of daily papers from
other citiest may come to Salis-'
bury and bs delivered bv the city
carriers, while the home paper is
refused, the privilege. Weekly
papers, in towns where published
are delivered but no others. The
semi-weekly Post can not be de
livered. Truly the government
is peculiar and hard to under
stand.
Murky Philosophy.
The editor of The Hickory
Democrat is something of a Mar
us Aurelius, and sometimes in
terjects bits of philosophy in his
local columns like these: "Men
who spend all they make often
don't make what they spend,"
which probably is a veiled allu
sion to underpaid subscriptions.
But this: "He who pursues two
rabbits will suceed in catching
neither," may refer the folly of
a man with D. T's or to Roose
velt's African trip. Why should
not the man who pursues two
rabbits catch them both. pra> ?
Asheville Citizen.
[Because " One thing at a time
and that done well is a very good
rule as Minnie, can tell."]
Wolves Kill Little Girl.
Ottawa, Ont., March 18. —A
Saswatoon dispatch says: "A
weird tale is brought to Soswatoon
from Moose Lake northwest. of
the Pass. A trapper had secured
a number of young wolves which
he trained for driving, the
the animals having remarkable
endurance and speed. After
finishing up a hard day, in which
the animals had no food, the
Iriver and team approached the
the shanty that was their home.
His little three-year-old child ran
out to meet them.
"As the famished animals
reached her they jumped on her
and she was dead before her
father could raise a hand. Seiz
ing a sharp axe the trapper went
at the wild creatures and never
stopped until he had killed the
entire lot."
School Tax Election.
The School Board has asked
the Board of Alderman to call an
election the last of May to submit
to the qualified voters of Hickory
the question of increasing the
tax levy for schools to thirty
cents on the dollar properity va
luation. A special election is
desired because so many other
matters are to be voted on at the
regular municipal election.
There is great need for more
room and more teachers for" the
graded school, and the board has
taken this action in order that
the people may have an oppor
tunity to provide for these needs.
W. F. Burns,
Chm. School Board.
March 23, 1909.
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I ...ADVERSITY... 1
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Col. M. E. Thornton.
We would be glad if Hick
ory contained more such
men as the subject of this
sketch, Col. M. E. Thornton,
Mr. Thornton has done as
much or perhaps more for
the advancement of our
town than any other man
in our city. .His has been
a life truly devoted to the
best interest of his town
He has endeavored faithful
ly to give our citizens the
benefit o£ an electric plant
the equal of any to be found;
and had he recieved the en
couragement his labors de
served, we would today
boast of an ideal electric
system.
And his labors have not been
confined alone to the develop
ment, of an electric Hg'ht
but he isearnestly striving for
development of hvdro-electric
power sufficient to run any ma
chinery that is now or may here
after be established in our city.
Only recently, he made a trip
to New York for the purpose of
interesting capital in the de
velopment of our hydro-electric
power.
His is a work that should re
ceive the hearty support of
every citizen in Hickory.
We believe that he has failed
to recive the eucouragement
that he justly felt was his due.
Many times, no doubt, he has re-
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Good schools, good churches
and good roads are grand things
to have in any community. In
order to have these things the
people must take pride in all
these. At the municipal election
in May, we will have the oppor
tunity to say whether or not we
want better schools and better
streets. Which side are you on?
One of the most vital problems
confronting the people of Hick
ory at this time is a more adequ
ate graded school building; more
and better paid teachers.
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Let us hope that our citizens will
give to him every encourage
ment in their power and stand
by him until the objects for
which he aims are accomplished.
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We are informed that Hickory
is to have a Recorder, said Re'
corder to be appointed, the peo
ple to have absolutely no choice
in the matter. This should not
be. The fundamental principle
of Democracy is local self gov
ernment,. and no officer should
hold his position unless chosen to
such position by the people. A
government "of the people, for
the people, and by the people"
is the only kind that should be
tolerated in America.