Vol. 1.
ASHLEY HORNE for GOVERNOR
His Record as Confederate Soldier Without a Blem-ish-A
Sterling Democrat
. , m H Ha Been Successful-Public
As Farmer ana otsiuch --. A11
Spirited and Patriotic. He Leads m All
Progressive Movements.
best for us to make some arrange
ment with the populists by which
the state could be redeemed, Mr.
TTmnnwiia outspoken in his de
nunciation of the movement. Six
or ejght years before he had been
moderate and conciliatory in aeai
int with the populist, for he un
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LINCOLNTON, N C FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1907.
OF NOKTH
TO THE DEMOCRATS
cakolina: .
Ashley Horne, of this place, is
a candidate for Governor, subject
n thA notion of the democratic
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state convention.
I have known Mr. Horne all of
hi3 life, and feel that it is not out
of place for me, of my own know
ledge to state what manner of man
he is. He is a native of Johnston
nmintv: is sixty-five years old;
' 'had a common school education,
but. in early manhood volunteered
as a private in the Confederate
army, and follow iug the fortune of
the army of northern Virgin ia for
four years, and surrendered with
if of. A nnnm attox. His record as
IV uv
a soldier is without blemish.
After the war he had neither
the time nor ability to complete
his education. Necessity requir
ed him to go to work. The first
year after going home he cultiva
ted a crop, then clerked in a store,
and in 1867 began merchandising
for himself. He prospered, made
friends of his customers, and many
nf thA men who began to trade
V vw
s favtxr vpars aeo are still
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his customers and friends.
As a farmer and as a business
man he has been successful and he
i,aa ftlan wmharked in other lines
of business. Now he is regarded
o, one of the most successful men
' in fhfi State. While he has other
Wp, lines, and ia engaged in bank;
in, insurance, manufacturing,
merchandising, he is still a large
and active farmer. He is not
merely a farmer on paper, but
every day during the crop season
a visitor would be apt to find him
in the field, actually carrying on
large, active, and successful farm
ing operations. And so well in
formed does he keep mmsen on
market prices of farm products,
that many will recall that during
several recent years he has puo-
tor in a numlW of successful life
and fire companies.
One of the rules of his business
life is to give the preference where
practicable to do so, to local ana
independent companies, rather
than to foreign companies or, large
combinations of capital. As far as
it is possible to do so, he taboos
trusts and monopolies. From the
purchase Of the oil which lubri
cates his 1 jhinery to the placing
of insurance upon his property he
alwavs gives the preference to local
dealers and independent compa
nies.
Mr. Horne is not identified with
any particular faction of the party.
He is neither conservative nor raa
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farmers were then staggering. But so called. He is a democrat
in IMS he had no sympamy iui plain. 11 eiecwu iu umu.,
.r,rt,TmPnt looking to a fusion uot endeavor to build up any fac
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TintiV. Russell and Thomp- tion. nor to create any personal
Ha whs outspoken in de- following looking to his luture ad
nouueing any such proposition. He vancement. He will be content to
n thA state convention in scrve the people in the office of
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. i 1.1 ... i-.ii) ivimlo influen- rin,'nvnnv fin--four voars. and at
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i f ,nr of a straight light. the end of the term retu rn to pri
Tf thre is one idea in Mr Home's vate life. He will not attempt to
mind, or if there is one motive in u8e the great office of Governor sis
v.; lifo whirh nredominates over stepping stone to higher honors.
oil nfhAi-s it is his opposition and Mr. Horne will not make a can-
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, 1L.-.1 e nnnnn nil nild C01U- roca At t IA T,llie P1101- WJ W1U
1 r 1 . . -w . j. .1 1. 1 1 f ra
bines. He has always stoou. .101 ventiou. 11 nominaieu, uo.mu.av
th. individual and in favor ot the the stump and ably upnoia uie
freest competition. He does not democratic cause. He is able to
i.i:Q in anv law which gives one make. ana win mane, a, bwu6
V I 1...4. 1 nrlll irr.
man an advantage over anomei, vigorous canvass, yuu uo n.n
victs, and was one of the senators
who signed a -protest against the
measure.
This is a brief account of Mr.
Home's life. He is in the race to
day.! He is encouraged by prom
ises of support from every section
r fiio sttvtA Va believe he win.
be nominated.
T to sav if
you want to support a Confederate
soldier for Governor, Mr. Home is
the mau. If you want a successful
business man, and a life-long lar-
meiyfor the office, Mr. Home is
the man. If vOu want a man who
has been a consistent and life-long
enemy of trust and combination
Mr. Home is the man. If you
want a man who has been a leader
i.T'fi,. iiwiiiafvinl development of
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his section. Mr. Horne is the man
If vou want a man who has always
stood for good roads, for temper
ance, education and morality, .Mr.
Home is the man. If you want a
mau for Governor who will give
Vit! It'll nil' tiniAtn that office and
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who will not aspire to other po
sitions, Mr. Horne is the man. If
vou want to support a straight,
tire-tried democrat, who has never
turned either to the right or to the
left, but who has consistently
fought the party's battles for more
than forty years, Mr. Home is
limn au . 0- - - -i o ,
and he believes that any agree- Uxpect busy people to come out
meut between two or more mw, ana near mm spea. t wc".
or two or more companies to re- canvassing for himself and not as
strict competition, or to creaws the stauoaru ueaiei in u.
. . . nnnincl; till. I TM. Tlnimn'si -nArSftlial life IS
monopoly is a -- . mi.. . -
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mnn rAht. anrt mifi'ht to De puu- without SPOl or uieuiia". v r-
Lshed in the severest manner. He S0Il) however much he may diner
.. . - f!i ,of. fitrhtAT. Not a with Mr. Tlome in politics or oth-
is a univmuu iv 0 ..v . , - '
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trust buster on paper, Duia erwise, can ue iuuuu uU ;
. ..i. u ,r0fOmQtiAallv and earn- jmnntrn his personal honor or be-
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-fw n,,o.ht mnnonolies in the on- neve him guilty of an improper
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. , 1. . if nropfiAnhlA. to Lt Wo han liAPu a sober, -moral
ly way ne iuu" f1"-
i,f tkm. man all his life. He was a tern
,xr. . ff nil industry perance man when temperance and
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. . nMn in the nrei tar uacK as o-ouj. i
cotton .oil mill inValeigh- When hibition. He has always stood for
he ascertained that the American temperance, for the home, the
fnHmi Oil Company had obtamca school, ana me cunu
control of that mill, he sold every ne has always been a progress-
nil AM Q Tiintl Tf vnu want a man
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for Governor who will fill the of
fice well, who has never done
and will never do an unworthy or
improper act, who will never do
anything that will require deiense.
apology, or explanation, Ashley
Horne is such a man.
J. T. Ellington,
Clayton, N
lnllnr of his stock and retired
WhAn it appeared that the fertili-
-!,,,.. !n oca whs fdillg into the
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hands of large concerns, he was
several recent yeai-s , - - who helped organ-
lished cotton letters which have , one c the I
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fiirmors with regard to holding
their cotton. This advice has
proved to be well founded, and
..there is no estimating the money
It saved the farmers of the State,
- and they were not slow in expres
sing their gratitude to him. in
fact he is on all business proposi
tions a very practical and wise
nminsellor.
He was one of the organizers of
the Cotton Grower's Association,
and he has established warehouses
somewhat on the line of the bond
ed warehouse system now advoca
ted by that association.
He has always been a straight,
regular and organization democrat.
He has voted the democratic tick
ets as they were printed.
Tn the early 90's when populism
v. was making such headway among
the people, he opposed it, but he
understood the hard conditions
under which the farmers were suf
fering; and, instead of denouncing
their movement" as many unwise
a;a ha ti-Aated them with
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kindness and sympathy, dissuad
ing them from leaving the demo
cratic party, but never denouncing
them. Iri&the country immediate
ly contiguous to Clayton,' popu
nam nAver made any headway, and
one of the, reasons , it made no
fc'iAwav.' was the wise and kiuaiy
manner in which the farmers were
tvnctAd bv Mr. Home and ouiei
, f Affn th a fusion of
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populism and republicanism car-
ried the state, ana wiicu mau,
democrats felt that it would be
ivemaniand, while by far the
largest tax-paxer ol his section, ne
hiis alwavs voted for special taxes
for schools and good roads, and has
fav ored everything that promoted
the welfare of his community,
' GLENN ANSWERS FINLEY.
The State Has Obeyed All Orders Legally
Says The Governor, But 1 ne u.au
roads Have Regarded None.
Governor Glenn issued Monday
the following statement in answer
to that given out Saturday night
at Asheville by President Finlcy.
of the Southern Kail way :
To the People of the State:
' Since W. W. Finley, president
of the Southern Railway, has seen
fit to publish the railroad side ol
the unfortunate- controversy now
coins on between the State and cer-
Fertilizer Works, near the city of
Kalcigh. Propositions were. made
to buv that mill out. Mr. Horne
nnnosed it and offered to . become
rnsnonsiblc for the future of the
mill himself provided it was kept
independent. " A few" years 'ago,
when it appeared that the Ameri
can Cotton Oil Company and the
Southern Cotton Oil Company
would control the cotton seed mar
kAtofthe south, and they possi
bly might combine and regulate
nric.es. immediately Mr. iiorne as
sisted in the building of an inde-
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nnn,i Ant mill at Clayton, wmcn
mill is now owned and controlled
by Clayton people aud run inde-
npndentlv. It provides an niue-
pendent market for seed, and fur
nishes independent ot oiner cum
panics fertilizers.
He is president of the Clayton
Cotton Mills. In 1902 many North
Carolina mills favored going into
a combination, so as to eilect,
- l'.irtrA pconomv. The
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nvonnsition was made to Mr. Horne
to have the Clayton mills included
in the merger. He declined to
AVAll submit the proposition to the
stockholders. The fate ot that
merger justified the wisdom ot nis
course.
He was one of the first men to
futhA formation of home
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insurance companies, both fire and
life, and to stop the outflow of
North Carolina money for insur
ance. He was one of the early
stockholders of the North Carolina
Home; and is au officer and direc-
"ardlcss of its financial effects up
on him. '
Mr. Horne favors the strict en
forcement of the laws passed by
the last general assembly regulat-
' in railroads and requiring them
' to give better service ' at " reduced
rates. He believes in holding cor
porations to their duty and within
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the law. and doing this wren a
strong bold hand. - He has always
favored strict, regulation 01 coi-
porations; has always favored re
quiring railroads to perlorm men
duties vigorously, and at the low
est possible rates, and he never
rnde a mile on a railroad pass, ue-
lieving that railroads should sorve
and not boss. More than thirty
Lpears ago when the rates on cotton
between. Clayton and Kaieign wcie
too high, he organized a wagon
train and sent the cotton through
the country, until the railroads, in
disgust, asked him to name what
he thought was a lair rate, mis
he did. and this rate between Clay-
tnn and Kaleigh' has never been ex
ceeded. He has always opposed
the granting of special favors to
railroads. In 1885 he was a mem
ber of the state senate. The Rich
mono and Danville railroad pro
nosed to build to Murphy,' if the
State would dona te free the use of
several hundred convicts. Mr.
Home was anxious as any other to
see that work completed, but he
thought the Richmond and Dan
villo was under obligations to build
if of ifa nwn Avncnse. He voted
against the donation of the con
tain railroads, the Council 01 euixe
and the State's attorneys deem it
best that as Governor I also give to
ihn public the facts, in order that
it may see whether it is the State
or the railroads that arc trying "to
hamyfer or interfere with the order
lv course of iudicial procedure."
-The General Assembly at its last
session, upon the reports made by
th a. various railroads to the corpo
ration commission, based on their
receipts and disbursements, passed
an act regulating passenger rates
and fixed the maximum charge at
2 1-4 cents. The act was self-exe-cutine:
nothing had to be done by
the corporation commission or the
Attorney General to give it loroe,
but by the express wording of the
statute it was to go into effect July
1st, 1007. Before that day arm
ed the Southern Railway and the
tnAkhnlders of the Atlantic Coast
Line applied to a circuit court ol
the United States to enjoin the
corporation commission and Attor
ney General from putting said raw;
into effect. This application on
the part of -the Southern Railway
was based on entirely a different
report of the earnings than the
sworn one given to the corporation
Anmmission. its officers contcnuing
that a trreat mistake had been made
in the first report in that it made
Pritchard enjoined the corporation
commission and the Attorney Gen
eral he acquired jurisdiction over
the persons and not the subject
matter, and his decree was a vain
thing. He was powerless to enjoin
the Governor, the judges and oth-
Ar fltatfi officers, because the con
stitution of the United States' for
bids it. They will all agree that
the State courts had jurisdiction of
the subject matter, whether Con
stitutional or unconstitutional.
The corporation commission ap
peared before the circuit court.
Certain private persons bringing
penalty suits under the act were
also cited to appear; the matter
was argued, and without finding
that the act was unconstitutional
by reason of being confiscatory,
the court continued the injunction
and ordered the taking ot testimo
ny to find out whether the rate
was too low, and therclore amount
ed to a confiscation ol railroad
property. Did the State .-officials
act "in an orderly manner" on the
rendition . of this degree, even
though they deemed it erroneous!
They acquiesced, filed exceptions
and proceeded to get ready to taue
testimony. By letter and other
wise. I advised all private litigants
that I could to respect the order
made by the court, and would not
even employ the same attorneys m
the indictments that had been em
ployed by the corporation commis
sion.
The rate law, as before stated,
being self-acting, requiring noth
ing to be done by the corporation
commission or Attorney General
became a law July 1st and was
every day being violated by the
railroads by their agents.
Some of the judges, of their own
motion, seeing the law thus openly
violated and knowing that under
the decision of both the State and
Federal courts, the circuit court
could not enjoin or prevent the op
eration of this law by enjoining
the corporation commission, pro
oonioii tn nrnnerlv charge the
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orand iurv, and have bills of in
dictmeut found against the rail
roads thus violating the. criminal
law of the State. Remember that
"in an orderly course" all State
officials who were restrained by
the circuit court obeyed its decree.
Let us see in what an orderly
.r..,.,n,. I10 I'M il roads acted. We
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will take the indictments in Ral-
eio-h and Asheville. In Raleigh a
bill was found against the ticuet
agent of the Southern Railway;
in every instance obeyed all orders
legally made againt it by the Fed
eral Court, but the railroads have .
refused wilfully to recognize a sin
gle order or judgement of the State
court, treat it as a nullity, refuse
to appeal from its judgements,
though this is the orderly way,
and tried to carry every case from
it to the Federal tribunal. In the
legal way, the corporation com
mission aud private persons will
obey Judge Pritchard's decree
that effects them, and try their
cases before him, carrying the
same if aggrieved, before, the high
est court. ' The railroads will not,
if they can help it, allow the State
courts, though having jurisdiction,
to try them; they will not appeal,
if aggrieved, through the usual
channels, .first to the State and
then the United States Supreme
only being
tried by one tribunal, to-wit, the
Federal courts.
I ask all fair-minded people
whether it is the railroads or the
State that are "trying to hamper,
or interfere with the orderly course
of judicial procedure." I cannot
agree with one of the railroad at
torneys, who said State's right
ended in 18C5. The State has
rights, and I dare to maintain
them against the encroachments ot
the Federal courts at the request
of the railroads. The State will do
nothing rash or revolutionary,
but will maintain its dignity by
using every lawful means to en
force its laws.
In every way possible that is
honorable and in accordance with
State's rights, I am willing to
meet the railroads in trying to
settle this unfortunate complica
tion. I told certain of their onV
cials before they commenced this
suit, that if they would wait and ,,
test the law, and should find it too
burdensome, I would 'convene the
Legislature and ask that the wrong
be remedied. I have ordered if
they would sell tickets under the
law, to advise the stoppiug of all
indictments and hasten the trial of
the suit effecting the subject mat
ter, but they will do nothing, at
tempt no settlement, only insist
on the State allowing ; them to ig
nore our laws and our courts, and
be tried 111 a court of their own-
choosing; and then when we refuse
they say the State is hampering
justice and denying their rights.
Passenger travel for the last ten
years has greatly increased, aud
yet the rates have never been al-
The entire
fm'nil V-itt fVin rnilrnilils.
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when brought into court both the f - . f:m. v.,innftf overcome
agent and officials of the railroad inmi,se iu the travel at least
refused to recognize the estate
court; would not plead, but stood
mute, and the court itself had to
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enter the plea 01 --uuu. guu...
When its agent was put into cus
thn intra-State net earnings too
lnro-A.
All those who have stuaieu ine
question will sec that if the act
went into effect on July 1st, ivvi,
without the intervention ot the coi
rioration commission and the At
torney General, then when Judge
it was only just to give the act of
a sovereign State a fair trial be
fore rushing into the. courts. I
repeat the State will commit no
unlawful oruii seemly act,but to the :
Respectfully,
R. B. Glenn.
Governor.
The Editor's Song.
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todv. the railroads advised him to fmf.(.f ftf 111V n,hilitv I will sustain
go to jail, which he did, until re- om, courts acti legally in exccu.
leased trom custody uy . ihu.juu. ting their process against all olteu-
They put on uoeviacnce 10 """. ucrS-
that the act was uuwusmbiw"
n.nrt after a verdict of guilty as to
both defendants, they would not
anneal, which was the "orderlv
course," but tried to get the agent
tn m tn iail. so a writ ot naueas
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i vn nhtmnni tvnm inn " ThA editor sai in ms bbj
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Federal Court, and now threaten Chair, lighting 111s pipe on ins. au
nf the finc h hnir A halo shone over his
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imposed against the railroad, not faCe fair, but his knees were out
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by appeal, but through mat cour 1, and ins ieet were .uare, auu i
t Aohov lio the, deiendants wouiu Sang a song sau auu swcci, nunc
i,f wwuwni-"- the "court or " give the flies died "all" around "his feet;
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lor he naa no ioou m ma w
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eat, aud the ground was covereu
with sleet. Now what in the
world was the cuss to do! He had
eaten the paste and swallsw the
glue: he hadn't a drink, he hadn't
a chew, and while he starved his
whiskers grew; and the villiau still
pursued her."
n0if 32 degrees is freezing
point, what is squeezing point!
She Two in the shade.
bail: when convicted Avould not ap
peal, but went into custody, await
ing Judge Pritchard's return irom
Raleigh, aud applied to him for a
writ of habeas corpus. Acting m
nn orderly manner, the sheriff did
not disobey the writ, but carried
his prisoner before Judge 1 ritcn-
ard, when counsel for the State
arsrued the State's contentions,
and the circuit court has not at
this hour tendered its decision.
To sum all up: The State has