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LINCOLNTON, N. C, TUESDAY. MAY 19, 1908
State Library
No. 40
The. -Lincoln
Vol II
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FOUR K0NT1IS OF PROHIBITION.
lodge Broyles,f Police Court Fame, Re
viewi Effects of Prohibition In At
lanta. .
The following address of Judge
"NTnsh E. Brovles, of Atlanta, de
livered before the seventh annual
convention of the Georgia State
Sociological Society recently will
be of much interest to those who
are keeping up with the prohibi
tion campaign. Judge Broyles
spoke as follows: "
I have been requested by your
honored president to address you
briefly this evening on the subject
Fonr Mouths of Prohibition in
Atlanta.' I accepted with plea
sure the honor of speaking to such
n, bodv of thinking men, and, in
lwurinninc. I nromise all here
that if 'brevity is the soul of wit'
my paper tonight shall be exceed
ingly witty. As you. jUl know,
the state prohibition law went in
to effect on-January 1 last, and up
to May 1 Atlanta has had exactly
tour months of prohibition.
"The police court is undoubted
ly the best place in our city to
judKe of the results of such a law,
and whether or no it is being-en-'
forced. Atlanta has always been
'noted for her obedience to law and
drunkenness and other crimes in
Atlanta! I refer you to the dock
et of the police court for the first
four mouths of 1907, when the sa
loon was with us, and the first
four months in 1903, when the sa
loon was absent. I simply give
fh figures. As Daniel Webster
said of Massachusetts, 'There she
stands; she speaks for herself.'
"Number of cases tried tor tne
first four months of 1907, 6,050.
"Number of cases tried for the
first four months of 1908, 3,139.
"Showing a decrease during pro
hibition of 2,917.
"Number of 'drunks' for the
first four months of 1907, 1,955.
HMnmhvr nf 'drunks' for the
first four months of 1908, 471
"Showing a decrease during
prohibition of 1,484 cases of drunk
enness iu four months.
Afld yet there are many people
who know nothing of the facts
and down the state
and veiling at ' the top of then-
voices that 'Prohibition does not
prohibit '
"Yes, these dry, inanimate fig
ures speak to those who listeu a
wondrous story. They tell ot hun
dreds, yes, of thousands, of faith
ful wives into whose pale and wan
faces the roses are beginning 10
The Two-thirds Rule.
When the first Natioual Con
vention of the Democratic party,
assembled in 1832, it adopted the
rule that two-thirds of the votes
cast should be required to nomi
nate a candidate for the Presidency
or Vice-Presidency; and every
Vatimial Convention held sence
that time has been governed by
that rule. The object of the rule
is to protect a respectable minority
amounting to one-third ot the
membership of the convention,
against the domination of a
majority'of less than two-thinis,
and thereby to insure greater
harmony, and prevent the disrup
tion of the party.
t tiiia timp. however, it IS
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said a move will be made in favor
of abrogating the tvo;thirds rule,
and selecting by a bare majority
vote. The rule was made, accord
ing to John Sharpe Williams, the
able Democratic leader ot the
Trtuicia nf T?.f-nrispn1-!itives. for the
A.JAJJ V '
"Refused.";
FROM THE CAPITOL.
order. Her arresting officers have bloom iu
often been criticised, and, in my Tney ten 0f hundreds, yes, of
humble opinion, unjustly so, tor housan(lg) 0f little chilnren who
making so many arrests of drunk- innm,r nn.iR and tremble at the
sound of their father's footstep
upon the threshold of their hum
ble homes! They tell of hundreds,
., f thnnannrts of Inn? .suffer-
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stagger alougs the , streets, among ing aud devoted mothers who no
women and children, without any longer git iate into the night wait
fear of arrest, unless he becomes . ftnd prayiug for their wander-
obstreperous and violent, and that . bovsbut UOw, with her boy
so it should be m tne meiirupuus
.mi tv.o ftatfl flifcv of the South.
"What a spectacle for our worn-1 new gong n her . devoted heart,
-. .L!ijnnHt "What an - . . , . 1 L
an anil our CUUUluus -,, n
en people upon her streets and
highways. These critics say that
in many other cities a man can be
mmo intoxicated and reel and
example lor our rising generation!
Thank God we have a higher stan
dard in Atlanta! No man, high
or humble, rich or poor, public
official or private citizen, can so
disgrace himself and tarnish the
faiv name of our citv without be-
and what song could it be but that
grand, old hymn, 'Praise God
From . Whom All Blessings
Flow!"" , .
Who Holds You Down?
What, obiect is more pitiable
in haled to the justice seat and than that of a healthy, strong,
navinerthe penalty and this not Well-educated young man whin
harshiv to punish the drunkard niHe about the hard times, or the
himself, . for we have only sym- iack 0f opportunity in his land
fnr- his weakness, but to nrhinhia sn ieked with chances'!
keep him from committing greater In wnat other country or what
imi u h in liable 'to do in his tim in' the historv of the
intoxicated condition, and also to world, were the times better or
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make our streets saie anu nig uuj the opportunities greaien
IOr OUr WOU1CU au vii"v. AtjUS Ul luuuonuuo Jv"-n r
"This has been the policy of our .Q this country try to exeuse
police department when the open them'gelves or their failure to do
saloon was with vis, and. it has something worth while by saying
been even more strictly enforced that it is the fault of society, that
since the saloon left us, it ig due to economic conditions, to
"Is the prohibition hw enforced! fohatTfeV-jSod-for-noth--
I cannot speak for other cities m u fte m0uey aud
Georgia, but I say empnaticauy o things, while the
and deliberately that in Atlanta fte flnd bcar al
proMDiuon iseuiuiu 1 burdens: :
ly as any other law on oursiawu. young and young women
Some 'blind tigers' there are, but their lives, waiting for
they are not running openly and h turu up for some-
defian,tly. Instead they are ma- to boost them. t while other
ing tremblingly in their darkest girls with half their
lairs aud creeping about in abject -educate and lift themsel-
protectiou of the South, and'1 Mr.
Williams insists that it should be
retained. Most Southern Demo
crats take the same view, though
ardent friends of -Mr. Bryan are
said to favor its abolition, but
they are mostly confined to the
I Western States. It is noticeable
j that no Democrat of prominence
L nr cMp mi tk Atlantic sea-
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board has so far advocated the
selection of candidates by a bare
majority vote.. If the two-thirds
rule had been rescinded in 1896,
the revolt of the gold Democrats
would have been much more seri
ous. The rule was originated by
Mi4;n Van "Rnrpn before his
election as President to prevent a
fiofiwl m.nnritv. for it
iaig& uiouvkw.v- i
was considered that less than one
thfni wnnid havp no hope of
successfully -bolting nominations
made by such a large majority as
two thirds. To rescind- the. rule
in the interest of any particular
candidate would be likely to bring
disaster. The politic time for
such a change would be when no
serious contest for nomination is
pending. No one questious the
right of the majority of a conven
tion to make its own rules, even to
entirely disregarding all former
precedents. The question to be
decided is, what is the best policy!
The great majority of our read
em are always prompt to renew
their subsciption or when a man
wants his paper discontinued he
has the manhood to pay up before
he stops the paper. A very few
however, are not so thoughtfull.
Occasionally we send a statement
to a fellow who instead of paying
tip or coming in" and making
some explanation for his failure,
will ask the postmaster to mark on
the paper "refused" and return
to us. Bepeatedly we write
curteous letters to the brother and
he "keeps on sayiug nothing."
Under such circumstances the
delinquent cannot be better de
scribed than in the following which
we clip from an exchange:
"A man may use the mole on
the back of his neck for a collar
button; he may give his children
a penny to go to bed without any
supper and steal the penny from
them after they go to sleep to fool
them with again next night; he
may stop his watch at night to
save wear; use a period for a semi
colon to save ink; pasture his
grandfather's grave for hay ; but
a man of this kind is a gentleman
and a scholar compared with' a
man who takes a newspaper from
nnP tn five veavs and when asked
to pav for it will put it back in
the postoflice marked "refused"
that he don't want the blooming
thing nohow."
Breezy Comments on Current Events as
Seen By a Keen Observer.
Specinl Correspondence.
Washington, D. C. May 14.
Washington is full of delegates
to conventions. There are four
conventions beine held here this
week, all of great natioual import
ance. The Americau Water Works
Association, the National Drain
age Association, the Civic Asso
ciation, and the Convention of
Governors. The most important
of these conventions was the as
sembling of the governors of 45
States, with practically the whole
of the United States government,
with President Boose velt as Chair
man and host. Such an array oi
the leading men of the nation has
Catawba Clippings.
chance, educate and lift, themsel
vca out ot poverty. ,
The variest nonsense that .ever
entered a youth's head is that the
good chances are in the past, that
fear of the law.
UE DEFECT IN LAW.
. There is, however, in the opin
ion of all the officials of the crimi-
nal courts oi i u .--y-o hclp him 0r he qan
defect in the prohibition law, and someDoay musi y
iiAvnr start.
thai, is the failure to Siaie xneex- . . ,
that is tne lauui . . , v The mainspring of your watch
act amount of alcohol, m abeyer d f its caSe So
age that will outlaw it Under a 18 not u , .
h " , . . . ... ronr,ia power or influence outside of the
recent decision of the Georgia v. . .
( l m ll iru l I . u vill Lift lilt.
state the amount .of alcohol allows
almost any kind of a malt bever
. age containing 2 or 3 per cent, or
wi thnt violatine the law, and Success Magazine.
tnese oeverages can uv ouiu. uUU . ajy.-
"SS5t52i,3a&- Kext May 20th I,
. ture at the coming session in June MecKienourg utuaiiw
protect and guard our children pendence and is a legal holiday in
from this evilt North CaroUna. The banks, will,
r0'aias prohibition decreased therefore, w closed on that day,:
Its mainspring is inside, ine
power which will carry you to
your goal is not in somebody else.
It is in yourself, or nownere.
Mr. A. M. Wilson had shipped
f,-nm Kpntupkv last week a fine
llViu j -
thoroughbred horse. It is a dark
bay, weighs 1250 pounds and is
well broken to harness. Good
judges of horses say it is one of the
finest horses ever brought to Cat
awba county.
Mr. S. H. Jordan, of Conover
has recently imported a pair of
TCnwiiah Tipno-lfi dosrs. Thev are
lU.auu O -O "
specially expert iu rabbit huut
ing and it is intended to get a sup
ply of jack rabbits from Texas to
turn loose in the country. Bun
nins iack rabbits with beagles,
Mr .Tnrdan savs. is eaual to fox
hunting.
One day last week a young son
of Mrs. Candace Mauney was rid
ine a mule, and going under the
Catawba Power Company's line of
wires he reached up and caught
hold of the telephone wire, which
is on the poles under the power
wire. He received a shock that
knocked both him and the mule
down, and his leg was burned by
coming in contact with the trace
chain of the mule's plowgears,
Newton Enterprise May 14th.
Says the Yorkville Enquirer:
1 ('One of the many reasons for
th'a Vnll mnvumfint in COttOU dur-
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ing the past few days is that
foreign stocks are running low,
and Liverpool fears a squeeze be
fore the new crop begins to come
in. However this may be, there
seems to be but little question of
the fact that the farmers of the
South can exercise complete con
trole of the situation if they will
only stand firm and refuse to be
tempted by trifling advances of
only a few points each. In all
the few years that the tanners
have been tading notice, iney
have never had the situation so
fully and completely within their
power. However they are mucn
like the elephant with regard to
the man on his back. It does not
comprehend its tremendous power
compared w'"- the insignificant
power of the man."
never been seen beiore, anu xne
most conspicuous figure at this
gathering was Governor Johnson,
of Minnesota, whom his friends
expect to see nominated for Presi:
dent. If Gov. Johnson were not
a candidate, he would still com
mand general attention, as he evi
dently possesses those two good
qualities common sense and fear
lessness, combined with honesty
of purpose and the power to ex
press his opinions and impress
them upon others.
The Eepublican leaders are de
termined on an early adjournment
of Congress, and have tentatively
agreed upon May 23, but the con
troversy between the President
and Coneress over the control of
tVio o.vmv 1ms hocome acute. In
t.hp fipnatp. on the 12th inst. Sen
.
Congress adjourn without further
effort to force Congress to consider
those reform measures.
In consequence of this practically
do-nothing Congress, a large
number of Bepublican Congress
men will wend their way home
with but little heart to face their
outraged constituents, especially
those whose districts are close and
doubtful. Many of these already
see 'their Democratic opponents'
looks of delight at the standpat
policy these Eepublican members
have endorsed and voted for; the
gag rules adopted to prevent the
Democrats from discussing and
amending measures, aud with all
that, the lack of practical legis
lation. The Democrats have worked
together as one man under their
able leader, John Sharpe Williams,
whose constant victories in debate
overall the Bepublican leaders
has united the Democrats iu their
legislative program, Avithout a
hitch.
The officials of the National
Prosperity Association have been
here soliciting the help of the
President in their effort "to keep
the dinner pail full; to keep the
pay car going; to keep the factory
busy; to keep the workman employ
ed; to keep the present wages up."
This excellent, fetching program
appealed to the President, and he
eagerly endorsed it. The prosperity
Association is backed by the
money of the Railroads, and its
literature declares "our prosperity
came with the prosperity of the
County Meeting.
The Farmers' Union of Lincoln
county will meet at Recpsville
Thursday, May 28th, 1908, at 10
a. m. All are requested to be
present as we have some impor
tant business to attend to.
:' V. A. Bess, Pres
Death of Mr. Brittain.
Mr. Quincy I. Brittain died
Sunday night, at the home of his
brother, Mr. J. B. Brittain, on the
Lloyd place. Mr. Brittain was in
his 23rd year and was a promising
wntinor' man nf finpi nhvsioue. He
was taken suddenly ill last Thurs
day afternoon, being seized with
violent cramps and vomiting. The
Dnr.tors think his death was the
result of ptomaine poisoning. The
deceased was the son of Mr. aud
Mrs. J. Q. Brittain who, with one
sister and four brothers, survive
Mrs. D. F. Hood, of near Plateau
cmv "M7srs T. A. Brittain, of
MeAdensville; W. G. Brittain
who is out West, and J. B. and J,
P. Brittain, of near Lincolnton
The burial took place at Pleasant
Grove church yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, Bev. M. 11. tUegg con
ducting the funeral service.
Death Of Mrs. Susan Shelton.
Mrs.' Susan Shelton, wife of Mr
M. J. Shelton, died at her home at
Denver, Lincoln county, Wednes
,Uv after a lonar illness. Mrs.
Shelton was a woman of estimable
character and her death will be
felt as a great loss by the entire
community. Mr. Lock Shelton, of
Gastonia, a brother-in-law of the
deceased, went to Denver yester
day to attend the funeral Gas
tonia Gazette, May 15th.
ator Eayner, of Maryland, read a
letter relating to the punishment
inflicted on Col. Stewart, of the
regular army, without a trial, and
made a fierce attack on the Presi
dent, charging him with usurpa
tirm and the substitution of mar
tial law in the place of the Con
stitutieu, and the laws of this land.
This, Mr, Eayner characterized
as military despotism. ; Senator
Foraker gave notice that he would
sneak arain on the Brownsville
f o
affair within a day or two.
The letter of the President to
Senators Stewart, of Vermont, and
Smith; of Michigan in which he
declared himself supreme over the
armv and navy without regard to
any law of Congress, will probably
oe placed in the Congressiona
Becord before the debate closes
aud may result in action by the
Senate, which would postpone the
adjournment of Congress
The much amended currency
bill will be discussed in the House
in a day pr two, and will probably
be passed " practically as agreed
unon at the Eepublican conference.
It may be called fa purely inflation
measure with the government
guaranty of the notes, and will
undoubtedly involve the Treasury
in endless trouble in the future,
as all makeshift financial measures
Ar, Tiinr are two reasons for
passing it at this late day; first,
because this, Eepublican Congress
must show it has done something;
onri spnnnrl. because the vvaii
Street bankers are demanding this
inflation.
The principal reform legislation
that the Democrats have been
fighting for is all to be neglected,
including the repeal of., the tariff
tax on wood pulp and print paper,
and the bill to prevent political
corruption by the publication of
campaign expenses of all parties.
Thr measures recomended by
President Eoosevelt for the amend
mcDt to the anti trust law, to
limit injunctions against Labor
Unions, and allow railroads to
combine and pool, have not even
been reported from committees.
The remarkable thing aboutthis
early adjournment is that, although
the President's program of reforms
is almost entirely rejected, yet it
appears that he is willing to see
railroads; it declined when ad
versity struck the railroads. We
do not believe we can have the
full measure of prosperity again
until the railroads are prosperous."
This quotation is most interest
ing in view of the fact that the
railroads are making arrangements
for a sweeping advance in - rites,
and they badly need some public
opinion on their side ana nave
taken the faith cure method of
securing it. Look on the bright
side of things, they tell us, and
have faith in the future, and "the
pay car will keep going" if the
railroads ar,e endorsed in increas
ing their rates. Perhaps increas
ing railroad rates will produce
prosperity, but whether the
people, by paying this assessment
of some hundreds of millions, will
want prosperity by that route is
doubtful. It is disagreeable to
turn a deaf ear to such a beautiful
plea as the Prosperity Association
suggests; but one cannot help
suggesting that perhaps if the
railroads would reduce rates, the
wheels of the industry might move
the faster. There is nothing Tike
low rates to foster business and
keep the idle cars moving.
It is said that the president's
change of heart on the subject of
legis-
railroad rates and the labor
lation proposed by him in so many
spectacular messages to Congress
was produced by the receipt ot
thousands of telegrams from
members of the Manufacturers'
Association, of which the virile
Mr. Van Cleave is the leading
spirit. If the Manufacturers openly-
threatened to bolt theG. O. P. and
:,cut off its supplies of boodle for
corruption of the floating vote
this year, no wonder that Mr.
Eoosevelt was silenced. Perhaps
that is why he is now willing to
forego anti-injunction bills,
prosecution of railroads, and runn
ing amuck after corporations,
until the Eepublican dough-bags
are replenished again.
tfOBEUT IVLIXLUU.
Speaking at Zion.
rant. (1 E. Childs will address
the people of the Zion neighbor
hood at Zion church on tne iourin
Sunday, May 24th, at eight o'clock
p. m., on the subject of Prohibi
tion. All are cordially invited to
be present