FHe Monroe Journ
VOL. 10. No. 26.
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
SPEECH BY GOV. KITCflIN
HK.i:i isv , large auukxck.
D.ian lln lrlii-il s "
Which rnigrv.sivr IK-iiHH-nu-y .
.!K'utiii In Kit- I'mple ff tin
('.untry mi)! Slmwx How Simmon-
l ailnl lo I pin-Id Tin in ami
Ha Ktui!iaK"il 1 pulilirmi Prin
ciple uf IV. tiction nml Subsidies
m;iI Stood li.v Corrupt Political
Machim as Typifinl by l."rin:ir.
Governor W. W. Kitehin spoke 10
a large crowd of l"i.lun county peo
ple in the court house last Thurs
day. The court room whs filled anl
there was n demand for seats In
the gallery. Ha spoke, two hours
ii'nl held the closest attention of the
nudienoe. for all thai time, ilo was
ery hrielly introduced by Sheriff
(With, who ml the pace for In
troductory epci'he In hot weather.
The speech of Sheriff Griffith was
comprised in the simple statement
that it was his present duty to In
troduce the speaker of the day. who
was the Governor of .North Carolina.
The friends of the Governor were
highly pleased with the speech,
both ns a presentation of party
principles and as an unanswerable
defense of the rights of the
people to have the govern
ment run in behalf of all the
people and not for the special ben
efit of the few. This, the Governor
said, was the main issue in this
country, it is the issue upon which
Woodrow Wilson Is running for
president. It ts the Issue that he
is appealing to til-.' people on, and
the solo Idea by which ho will he
governed when the people send him
to the senate of the I'nited Stales.
He discussed the record of Senator
Simmons for the last thrco or four
years, showing from the record of
his acts and speeches In congress
where he had departed from the
democratic faith and upheld the re
publican, and wherein this was a
service to the special Interests and
n desertion from the rights of the
masses of the people.
As a result of his departure from
the principles and policies of the
Democratic party, the Governor said
that you would rind all the Repub
licans heartily In favor of the re
election of Senator Simmons, and es
pecially those so-called McKinlcy
and Taft Democrats who voted the
State Democratic ticket but the Na
tional Republican ticket, and that
his friends were contending that In
the coming senatorial primary no
one ought to be allowed to vote un
less he had previously voted on that
day for Woodrow Wilson and the
balance of the Democratic ticket. He
complimented Mr. R. A. Morrow of
Monroe, who is a member of the
State executive committee, nnd iil-
though supporting Mr. Simmons, vo
ted to do the square and right thing
In saying that only those who voted
lor Wilson in the general election
should be allowed o vote for sen
ator in the primary on (he same
day. In spite of the fact that nil the
other Simmons men except one vo
ted not to make this reiulrtnent
specific. Xot ill'y, said the Gover
nor, were mch RcpuMii ami for Sim
mons, but likewise was every man
In tile State who thought Io1 was
getting some special benefit for his
lusiuiK from the government, and
he could prove that the great lum
ber trust of the Xorth-.vos: v as for
Simmons, bocnii: one of its chief
spokesmen had urged all lumber
peoplo to show substantial apprecia
tion for those who hail stood by
them, and Simmons had sttod by
them In voting against his parly for
protection on lumber, and "substan
tial" npreciatlun menus to go down
in your pocket and help pay cam
paign expenssa. This Is the same
crowd that raised $100,000 to buy
the election of l,orlmcr, whom Sim
mons voted to keep In the senate.
The Governor alio said that the oil
mills nnd what is commonly known
hs the cotton seed oil trust was for
Simmons because Simmons had vo
ted for protection on cotton seed oil.
which was directly contrary to the
Intercut of the co'ton farmers he
ciMtse If foreign buyers could come
In nnd bid for ntir raw cotton seed
that would ma!;o the price go up.
The Governor i, noted from the
Congressional Record the date and
time when Simmons voted wrong
and said that not one fact that he
stated could be disputed by Sim
mons, anil that he had repeatedly
challenged Simmons, nnd now chal
lenged him, to meet him and dolend
his record before the people. He
said that Simmons dared not meet
him In joint debate becaut-e he
could not stand to have his own
record aired before the people. He
showed where Simmons had denoun
ced Hryan, Oscar Cnderwood and
Champ Clark, and said that if the
record of these men and the Dem
ocratic House of Representatives
was to be Indorsed, that of Simmons
could not be. He said that If the
Democratic purty had made the rec
ord that Simmons had made It would
now be in the quicksands of defeat
Instead of expecting a great victory
as every Democrat now Is. He said
that he did not charge that Simmons
was not a Democrat, but said that
his Democracy was the same kind
that Gorman and Hill had when
they defeated tariff reform and
blasted the hopes o! -the party and
the people.
The Governor said that the people
were with him, that he had no mon
ey to hire men to run over North
Carolina, slip In and out and see
the politicians and Ret their sup
port, but that h would be elected
OHicial Vote Union County Democratic Primary, July 27, 11)12.
Names of Candidates
and Offices for Which
They Aspire.
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II. T. H'tucom ' 216 11" 4 HS 74 11 65 43 SI S3 Sli 3 Urn S 4't
Jerre C. l-mey 2S1 24i! 15 93 5 S 10 13 13 ',7 71 55 17 151
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J. D. Dundy ' 329 177 33 81 2C S 45 8 15 sa 13 1 4 5 35 34 :!
W. A. Kuban ks 121 2! 110 So 8, lii 3o 41 35 35 2 15 IIS !'3 ;7
II. I.. Price S2u 199 5'.t 135 41 15 37 33 74 97 111 N 1 4S 131 54 115
J. C. Sikes , 350 242 43 139, 12 i 52 2 41 Ml 7S 72 35 77 42 143
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by an Imnietise majority If all his
friends worked half us hard for htm
as the politicians and special Inter
ests were working for Simmons.
Out of 43 roll call totes, the Gov
ernor said, Simmons voted 10 times
with the Republicans and against
the majority of tile Democrats, ami
specified his charges as follows:
1. After vot ins for Senator I.orl
Itner t:i keep his seal, he sent
speeches nil over the State trying
to create n public opinion to sus
tain the election of Lorimer, when
that election was by a big majority
of the Democratic senators consider
ed so corrupt that they voted to un
seat him. He declared that "in in
tellectuality" and "purity of life
and character" Larimer was tne
a policy in the extra session las! lumber, why they do not think he
year, he voted 19 times cut of 4.i is wrong on the numerous other
against the majority of his party, matters mentioned on which he dif
n ad on most of iheio votes only two fered with tin in.
other Democrats voted with hiin.j Let no Democrat he dUn;
Senator Hailoy, who alone surpassed the fantastic predlc'.ign that
h'.m in the nifnibcr of times he oti-iator Simmons is re-elected
TIKIAII HIKI.K SK IKTV.
lived at
if Seti
iiul t ho
posed his party, thereafter declar-! M-nate li Demo ratio he will liecf.it'e
cd he would not again ask to rep-! Chairmen of the Senate Finance
resent Democratic Texas In the ' Committee, which considers tariff
Senate. bills. Let not that predict ini be
RKI'lTATION AS 1'ROTKCTIONIST ''culated in the North and West,
His record is such that as far to 'r " would, if believed. loe the
the northwest as Chicago the Amer-I imooracy thousands upon t lions
loan Lumberman, the 'hlsh protee-' ;"' J v,,, rs w ho wont getniine ta
tive orean of the north western lutu-,'f reform tor revenue only. The
Lor kimrs. oublisbed with distinct I Senators represent ,ng the p
lll.nrnval Ilia Klieeeh lllld ill SCI ' P1. " BVIIlpatliy Willi
lull page picture of him. In New j principles of Democracy
York, the metropolis of America
"iieer1 of ii ii v man in the Senate
Lorimer, who when a member of the strongest Republican organization
limine hud helncd to unseat te country, in iiu, unner
several Democratic members from
the South, among them Gaston Rob
bins, a native of North Carolina,
thus depriving white majorities of
the representation of the South in
Congress because we had adopted ''ran National Congressional
suffrage amendments to our mlttee helped distribute the
constitutions Lorimer, who had
the reputation of being the Re
publican boss of Chicago, in sympa
thy with the lumber trust and beef
trust.
2. Contrary to Democratic prin
clnle and nollcles. he voted for and
spoke for an ocean mall subsidy bill, speeches and
the Protective Tariff League, the
in
the
head of "Southern Democratic Sen
ators Favor Protection on Lum
ber," in Its campaign book, "Story
of a Tariff," published a part of
one of his speeches and the Rcpub-
Coni-book.
Again in New York, Harper's Week
ly declared editorially, "There is a
reason why we cannot accept Sena
tor Simmons as a trustworthy leader
of his party, when It Is dealing on
the subject (the tariff). The reas
on is we haven't forgotten his
bis votes during the
uhlrh fur worse than th one passage or mo r ayne-Aiaricn oui
Ransom and Vance opposed In 18i0, through the Senate. Simmons did
and which the Democrats member not tucn ehln as an opponent of
of the House postoffice committee de- protection.
nounced and opposed. He afterward CANNOT TAKE RKFl'GK BEHIND
without changing his own views OTHERS,
voted ngalnst it. The weakest defense of his record
3. Contrary to bis published Is the effort to make the people
speeches of 1902 and 1904 and to think that Senator Simmons and
our platform of 1904, be voted our representatives are in the same
against reciprocity, and thereby op- boat with him. This is most unjust
posed the overwhelming majority of to them. The plea itself Is a con-
lils party, only two other Democrat- fesslon but It Is more; It Is an ef
io senators voting with hint, while
32 voted for reciprocity against him.
4. Contrary to the Democratic
position nnd to his own speeches In
19o2 and 191ti he tried to show the
wheal, coin atul cattle growers of
the country that the promotive tar
iff policy helps them. This Is the
Republican albumen: and is con
trary to the toachings of every Dem
ocrat ic lctuler we ever had.
5. Contrary to his speech of 1902
nml to the last national plat form of
il'OS, for which is a delegate from
this slate he voted, be opposed free
lumber and support 'd th DlngKv
tariff rate on lumber. Does he still
favor tariff on lumber?
0. Contrary to Dt moort'tle policy
he voted with Aldricli against re
moving protection on building ma
terial. 7. Contrary to Democratic princi
ple he voted with Aldrich for pro
tective tariff on (uebracha. Does he
still favor that protection?
8. Contrary to Democratic princi
ple, the House bill having put Iron
ore on the free list, he voted with
Aldrich for protective tariff on Iron
ore. knowing that the last Democrat
tc House by tin overwhelming
fort to pull hi in out of the m Ire by
pulling others In it. I assert that
it Is no justification to any man In
his di fiance of a party principle to
say that others, however numerous
or respectable, also defied the party
i nd violated its principles. .Multi
ti'dos doing wrong cannot make
the wrong right. The people have
a right to expect every man to up
l.old the principles entrusted to hia
keeping. If a senior senator from
democratic North Carolina is not
bound by the plat form and piLici
pb s of the party, who can be?
1. Senator Overman nei'her voted
for Lorimer nor circulated any
speeches throughout the Slate in his
behalf. This is, of course, true of
our representatives, us they had no
voice in the Senate. Overman vot-
i cd against Lorimer.
2. Senator Overman neither spoke
nor voted for the ocean mail subsi
dy. This Is true of our rcpresen-
; tat Ives.
: 3. Senator Overman voted with
his party for reciprocity, ns did nil
our representatives, but three, and
I do not recall that either of thes
throe had ever spoken in favor of
ma- reciprocity, or circulated speeches In
the State for reciprocity, as bad
Senator Simmons.
4. Senator Overman has never un
dertaken to convince our people that
protective tariff helps the corn
the living
will never
put at the head of that committee
any man who follows a circular in
stend of his party's plat from, and
who Is out of harmony with the ma
jority of his colleagues on great
party policies. The preservation of
our fundamental priaciplts In the
Senate Is largely entrusted to that
committee, and no man who has so
often forsaken them will be put at
its helm by Democratic Senators.
The Democracy of the country is
not ready to confide any of its
great policy shaping committees to
those who stand not but trample
upon its platform. North Carolina
Democrats would rejoice if his rec
ord justified the prediction of such
great honor.
I have declared that Senator Sim
mon's record Is not in accord with
tie pfi-ples find policies f.f the
Iemoeratle party, for which I stand,
and by which I will abide. There
are Issues upon which v.e differ
such as the principles of ocean mall
subsidy, reciprocity, free lumber,
free coal, and other tariff questions.
I believe that the Influence of his
record in most Injurious to the peo
ple and their party, and hns done
much to reptiblicartze the public
thought of North Caroline.. I know
that he can in the Senate reply to
these charges, and send his speeches
throughout 1 lie State without one
cent of postage. I can not meet
him in the Senate to discuss these
issues. He can meet me l)"'iro the
people, and of ha thinks I have mis
stated his position upon any (iiies-
I t'on, or that 1 do him fo:ie; in say
liu he is out of harmony with the
c aggressive Democracy of the nge,
jitnd has broken Its pledges and vio
lloted Its principles, I :iii ready to
itntet him In joint liscti.-..-ion !et re
the people sit such timed and places
Ins h" may name, defend Democracy
from his blows and undertake to es
;t,tblis!i my contentions.
Historical Sketch i.r T!ii And i-t
nml Hoinirale Oi-uu:ii.at ion Tin
.Vlh Annual Sc-ii.ii.
Waxhaw Correspondence. Charlotte
j Observer, July 2H.
Yesterday was the fifty-fifth an
nual meeting of the famous Tirzah
liible Society, and lar;:e crowds
w ere in attendance. People from
, far and near attended this initial
! gathering. It is a large annual re
I union of many families and friends.
The chief object lies beyond the so
iclal enjoyment ihouUi that is great.
nnd that is to hear a discourse Irom
some eminent speaker on the Holy
Scriptures and to raise fun:'.s for iis
distribution to ready fields at home
and in foreign lands. For this pur
pose the old and young lay up mon
ey through the year and look for
ward to annual meet.
This Is the banner Dible society
In North Carolina and many thous
ands of dollars have been contribut
ed through it, and thousands of KI
hles have been distributed. The Tir
zah church sb a place of meeting Is
over a hundred years old. The
present pastor, Rev. W. W. Ratch-
ford, has served the church for long
years. It is a great community and
many notable men and women have
gone out from it in the various
walks of life.
The Tlrzah Rible Society at the
century old Tlrzah Presbyterian
church, eight miles from Waxhaw in
Union county, ts .In all probability
the most famous and best attended
society In Notrh Carolina, and at
this year's meeting yesterday the ad
dress delivered by Rev. H. R. Mur
chlson of Lancaster was one of the
best of Its 5a yearly gatherings.
One hundred and eleven dollars was
raised.
July 20, 1907, the seml-ceiitennl tl
services were held. President R. N.
Nisbet presiding. On this memora
ble ocrasslon addresses were deliver
ed by Rev. L.T. Mo tin who spoke on
"The liible In Its Place and Its Ef
fect on the People being Loyal to
Cod", and by Rev. (i. A. iSlaeUbiiru,
l.is subject being, "The Efiect of the
Itlble on Our Cotinr'y and on O.ir
Civilization." At this meeting
was raised to send nbroid the
ol God. Eli va n life members
made of I he so. !.; .
In this lioif a (ciitttry uf
M.i21 ,S2 had been rai-i d re
distribution, and liti't persons
been made life meitibrts e' th
.ah Society a, id ! .'! life niciubi
the American I'ihK Soeie'v.
neither of our representatives voted
for the protective tariff on building
material. Overman voted to remove
this tariff.
7. Senator Overman did not, nor
did any of our representatives, vote
for protection on Iron ore. Over-
jorlty passed a free Iron ore bill.
Does he still oppose free iron ore?
9. Contrary to Democratic princi
ple nnd his speeches of 1902 and
190S, in which he advocated free
coal, and knowing that the lust
Demeoratis House in 1S94, by un
overwhelming majority, passed a free
free iron ore bill. Dois ho still op
pose Iron ore?
9. Contrary to Democratic princi
ple ii nd his speeches of 1902 and
190S, in which he advocated free
coal, and knowing that tho last
Democratic House in 1S94, by an
overwhelming mafority, passed a free man voted against It
coal bill, he vtited on June 23, 1910, i . Senator Overman did not, nor
with Aldrich for a protective tariff old any of our representatives, op
of 60 cts. a ton on coal and against pose reducing the duty on coal from
a reduction from 60 to 40 cents a 60 to 40 cents a ton. Overman vot
ton. This reduction of 20 cents cd for the reduction.
a ton ne opposed, uoes ne suii . senator overman nui not, nor
favor protective tariff on coal? I did any of our representatives, vote
10. Contrary to Democratic prin-'for protective tariff on pineapples.
ciple he voted for a protective tariff Overman opposed It.
on pineapples. Does he Btill favor! io. Senator Overman did not. nor
this protection. Idld any of our representatives, so
11. Contrury o Democratic prln- far as I am Informed, favor protec-
clple he spoke for protective tariff, tlve tariff on nionazite Band and tho
on nionazite sand and thorite, but rite.
did not vote for It, being paired j n. Senntor Overman did not, nor
with Senntor Lorimer. Does ho still ; did any of our representatives, op
favor protection for them? (pose Germany's becoming a compet-
12. He opposed free cotton seed , In g buyer for our cotton seed.
oil on the ground that It would en- 12. While Senator Simmons, in the
courage Germany to enter the mar-.extra session, voted 19 times out of
ket as a heavy buyer of our Amerl- 43 against the party and the policy
can cotton seed and thereafter com- outlined, Mr. Overman voted with
peto with our mills In selling oil. I him only twice on those 19 votes.
His position was directly contrary to and they were the only two times
the Interests of cotton grower of that Senator Overman voted against
Locking for Condition t!i port Ibis
Wok,
New Orleans, July 2$. -The main
event In the cotton market this
week will he the government report
on condition on Friday. The fig
ures will be put out at II o'clock,
New Orleans time, and will carry
I lie crop down to July 2 5. They
will compare with Sti.4 on June 25
nnd X9.1 on July 25 last year.
As the market closed Uf.t week
the trade is expecting a deteriora
tion in the percentage of condition
of three or four points.
This pending August condition re
port is Important enough to over-
wht-at nnd cattle growers, but has snauow an oiner iniiiieiices nun
maintained the Democratic nosltionJ-'ire "' view, eo. i,t possibly
S. Neither Senator Overman nor!""!ilnH in Texas. Heavy precipitation
In that State would make o:, millions
over the State so uniformly favora
ble that It would give the bulls
great difficulty to maintain their
position. Reports from the West re
main fairly favorable, In spite of
droughty conditions that cause so
much worry around the future rlni.s.
word
were
wo,-!,
iiible
bad
e Tir
i i-s uf
Til is
Recorder's Court.
Clayton Hooks, Cleveland Sikes
und Jim Archer, larceny; not guilty.
Julia Cokerson, colored, assault
with deadly weapon; J5 and costs.
Gus Alsobrooks, colored, carrying
concealed weapon and disturbing
public gathering; costs.
. Kelly Alsohrooks, colored, assault
and battery and carrying concealed
weapon; costs.
John Eddy, colored, disturbing
public gathering and assault; costs.
Gordon Hancock, assault with a
deadly weapon; $5 and costs.
the South, who sell cotton seed.
Does he still maintain that posi
tion? 13. After his party had outlined
his party In that session. If Sena
tor Simmons' friends think he Is
justified because his North Carolina
fellow Democrats voted with hlra on
olllilllt-H for Roild Colli tllixslolirr.
Messrs J. M. Falrley, J. E. Hen
derson, and W. D. Blvens are the
nominees for road commissioners of
Monroe township. Mr. Fairley was
nominated In the first primary, and
tho other two gentlemen in the sec
ond. The second race was between
the following gentlemen, the vote of
each being given: W. D. Bivens,
631; J. E. Henderson, 054; W. S.
Lee, 519; F. H. Wolfe, 346.
is a record that any ehureti might
well be proud of.
All great things p. list have a be
ginning t'louuh It be small and un
heralded. July 25, 1V57 a few peo
ple of the cor.iiiiunitj met in the Tlr
zah church to coiisid-'i- the Import
ance of the distribution of the lii
ble In home ami foreign lands. The
following draped a constitution for
the society which was called tile
Tirzah Itlble Society; W. W. Walk
up, Samuel Faulkner, Samuel A.
Rosse, Hugh Wilson nnd J. M.
Stewart, nil of whom have crossed
the silent river. Sixty-five whbe
and fifteen colored people subscrib
ed to the constitution and became
members of the society. At the
seltil-centeiinlal hi 19 i7, only five of
the charier members simi.cd. and
Israel P. Wnlkup and J. J. McCain
are the only two left cf the fin.:
in embers.
At the first meeting In 1S57 ?4'i.
50 was contributed. $-':9 by the
whites and 17.5" by the negroes.
John W. Nisbet was ihe first pr ni
detit nnd J. M. Stewart the secre
tary. The last Saturday in July was
the day set for the annual meeting.
A yearly payment of f.o cents made
one a member of the society, $
constituted a life member.
In these 55 years the society has
never failed to have its annual
meetings on the last Saturday in
July, except on otie sad occasion,
in 1S62, when the country was drap
ed In mourning. The brave men
were at the front of that war of
wars, and many noble sons had fall
en on the battlefield. In 1 SKI no
contributions in money were made
but the tllblra that could be procur
ed were sent to the soldiers.
In 1863 S160 was contributed. In
1864 It was decided that the soci
ety was not denominational but
open to all.
i:h i-ii i- (Vint lu S. -i. n.
Yesterday Jink c !!. ii. Peebles b. -t
in a weeks' ie- in of t.i(. sup. ri r
c urt f'v toe tri-t i o::.i.,i..i! i a .-.:.
The croud jcry . , s .!,., ..!! ; s 1.'!
!')ws: Thos. C. Gr.ttio. fo.vtii:;ii. J.
lod Maness. T. !i. ( . .,. .i'er. Jt i -i
A. Wit. Chester. S. K. V. . "ti. Ii. F.
K z'.i'i. C. K. !!.. . :. i. U .,. I.. I.. .
LA. l: -'ii"'i. T.L. i. i :'.. I.. - .; iti
ulltil, V . L. I'ltg-. .i. t'. Uii-l.a.-d-
II. J. F. tt t.u . ... J. I.. I! :.,.i,-oo.
. A. W.uii k. R o.. I ('. Cn' iti.
Th- follow ii. i . s s :, d:.-pi !
et yesterday:
r'ra-k Jam s. : .-. ; : -.,!:!i tii
w-ap'ii:; S2'i :. I c -s.
i JI i'i rry ai-.l I;. -v. iVny, reu.o.
iiig crop; judgm- m P'i-p- i- ii o-i
payment of cos.s ..nd durins; -;ood
bthav tor.
Hob Reavis, bio. ';ia g.tt.d lar
ceny: three year a ro.e.ls.
liill Williams, br-iikii.u, nol ; ros.
Lonnie Cr.i-.v lord, forgi ry i.liis is
the boy who raised freight 'bills) ; 12
month on roads.
Whilts anil Clucks in uti Ali-ilit
I (til id .
liainville, Ga., Jul..- 2S.- 'Iii ne
Strots who had tiai .tooled tiiem
uivis in a cabin were e,;puiie;l to
day i:nd quiet restored iiere af'.i i"
an all-night ha' tie !..-i v.v:i the
whites and blacks.
Sheriff Owens v t'.illio'in, i.'rne.-t
Johnson of Calno'iu oi.d Dr. .MilNr
ot I'iainviile, all of whom were shot
by the negroes, ere resting easily.
Johnson being the only one seiious
ly Injured.
When Sheriff Owens' forces wore
reinforced early this morning by a
posse of dcpuiits under Shi riff
Lunehno of Floyd county they
stormed the house in which the ne
groes had taken refuge. The blacks
were well anne-i nnd tin exchange
cf shots was kept up until daylight,
when a rush was made and the ne
groes captured.
The prisoners were placed in jail
at Calhoun. No attempts at lynching
were made but several negroes
were badly beaten by Infuriated
whites before the officers could con
trol the crowd. None of the negroes
were seriously injured and no fur
ther trouble is anticipated.
The battle was precipitated by an
attempt to arrest a party of negroes
who were suspected of forming a
plot to burn the town after the
trouble between the races Saturday
lu which several blacks were whip
ped und ordered to leave town.
One Fight.
During the primary Saturday Mr.
W. J. Trull and .Mr. 1. A. Honeycutt
got Into a difficulty that resulted
pretty badly for the Itttter. They
were sitting on opposite sides of the
corridor In the court house und en
gaged In n dispute about some re
port regarding a candidate. The re
sult was that Honeycutt was hit
twice with it chair mid would have
btoti hit the third time except thai
Chlif Lnney ran up in time to catch
the chair. The rirst blow fell o.i
the head end cut a ;:ash some three
Inches long to the bono. The next
one fell on the Uiitunnd arms and
broke o:,e of the siui.ll bones ol olio
of the vviis's. Mr. iio.uyoiitt was
attended to iiy l-r. .-' ; c .. a ri . Tne
c i: e has pot yet come to 1 1
Ci Men W ciule i en.iimi 0.
ill the seeot d i.o e for cut
vc'g'ier Mr. C. P. rd- a v:.n n
i 'i.tod, receiving lit- vo' Mid
Luther Wi'li.'iina r- ivil.g M'.'i.
Hani a is lliefeli re :!;. a-oii'Leo
.Monroe. For Wax!:.:. V. M. ('
and J. A. Gamble r.it: a elose r
the latter winnlii'; by lea voi-s.
received 24:! and Mr. Crow 23!.
Mr.
Mr.
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row
o e,
lie
"Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago."
Is the name of a play to he given
by the Betterment Association of
Rock Rest school next Thursday
night, at 8:30 o'clock. Proceeds go
for Improvement of school building.
Everybody Is Invited to attend and
spend an evening of fun. Admis
sion. 10 and IS cents.
I! publicans Ci Itte ( Wilson.
Lexington Dispatch.
The democrat ie pn siaotit ial cam
paign Is rapidly getting under way,
and though the actual speaking has
not started yet the preliminary work
is being cleared up. and everytiil;.?,'
w ill soon be In roadim s tor t 'u
leal start. One of the moot strik
ing and encouraging I'ea'ir.as of
ti e campaign Is the way the repub
licans are flocking to the standard
(f Wilson and Mai-ia!!. The Gov
ernor has received le't-rs ple.luin.
support from ino-e tha-i 2,noa leail-
rs of tho ('.. O. P.. not to mention
uncounted thousands rivnt more ob
scure members of the party. Recent
ly the contents of about '.on that
Mr. Wilson has answ r-.l p er;.i:i:iily
wore made known; in no case was
die identity of the writer divulged,
but the originals are on lib- In
the governor's on'ic-. It Is said
that perhaps I went. -five per cent
of his correspondence consists of
lh'se unsolicited nledgis of sup
port from members of the opposi
tion.
"I have always been a republican
utid never voted for any other par
ty," wrote the president of a college
In Pennsylvania, "but I so thorough
ly believe In you that 1 Intend to
give you my vote and my Influence."
The president of a Hrooklyn bank
wrote:
"Your candidacy appeals to the
people of the whole country."
This came from the president of
a national bank in Maine:
"Together with many former re
publicans from among the most rep
resentative men of our good state. 1
shall support you."
From the head of a trust compa
ny In Chicago:
"I shall be happy to aid you In
arty way within my power."
A leading republican lawyer of
North Dakota:
"You may count on the support
of not only the democratic party la
this state, but of a very large pro
gressive Republican Tote.