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MEBANE, N. C.. THURSDAY. MAT 30 1912
NO IS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEF
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO
Items of interest Gathered by
Our R9po»‘t«»r
Mrs. S. G. Morgan is still improv
ing.
Mr. J. A. Holmes went to Lexington
Sunday.
Mrs. H. C. Nicholson spent Monday
i 1 Durham.
Slack spent Tuesday
Mrs. Herbert
in Greensboio.
Dr. and Mrs. Mel Thompson spent
Sunday in Graham.
Mr. Hill of Richmond Va., spent
Monday in Mebane.
Mr. Moss of Baltimore Md. spent
Monday in Mebane.
Mr. T. H. Rainey from Chapel HiU
was in town Monday.
Miss Sue Mebane spent a pleasant
day in Salisbury Sunday.
Mr. Keever from Hickory spent Sun
day and Monday in Mebane.
Mr. Dave Burton of Ridgeville spent
Monday at the Mebane House.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathews of Danville
Va., spent Saturday in Mebane.
Miss Solphia Long attended the Bur
lington high school commencement.
Miss Olga Long, a graduate of the
Burlington high school, is at hotre,
Mr. Ralph Burton of Hi''kory spent
Monday a*; Mrs. T. B. Pettigrew's.
Miss Nannie Kersey of Rocky Mount
spent a few days in town last week.
AUss Buena Hurley of Wadesville is
visiting her brother. Rev. B. T. Hurley.
Mr. Long left Sunday for Person
Co, where he will spend a few days on
a visit.
President Gomez of Cuba is opposed
to Uncle Sam landing troops upon his
teritory.
Miss Nannie Boon spent Saturday
Hnd Sunday in Durham with her sister
Miss Effie Boon.
Mr. G. W, Franklin of Burlington
visited his daughter Mrs. B. T. Hurley
a few days ago.
Mr. A. V. Craig a former citizen of
Mebane, now of Ashville has been
spending some days in Mebane.
Ml. and Mrs. W A. Thompson spent
Saturday night and Sunday in the
country visiting relatives.
Dr. J. T. Burrows of High Point and
able devine will address the mem bers
of the Junior Order here the fourth of
July.
Mr. C. C. Smiths two new brick
stores are climbing right up. The walls
will soon reacli the top of the second
story.
Mrs. A. J. Caudle who has been
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. R.
W. Bright, left for her home at Quinton,
Va. Wednesday.
Mr. C A. Dillard took a flying trip
to Greensboro Sunday on a motorcycle.
Mike Miles says he split his sliirt some
where on the rout.
The effort of the Daniels crowd to tie
the hands of State delegates to the
National convention for Wilson seems
t) have been'abortivs.
Miss Mollie Florence, Miss Daisy
Miles Willie Florence and Walter
Vaugn of Banes visited the family of
Mr. Crocket Fitch Sunday.
Holroes-Warren and Co., say they
sold two hundred and ten lacks of
fertilizer last Wednesday the 23 of May.
This is handling some of the goods.
The embankment on the South side
of the railroad in front of the Mebane
House has melted away, and how much
better does it now look? Most attrac
tive part of town.
Mr. M. A. Glazebrook representing
the Pioner Suspender Co., of Philadel
phia, and a large stockholder in the
Mebane Store Co., left Tuesday after
spending several days in Mebane.
The Mebane Stora Company will
haye an auction sale Saturday the 8 of
June at which time they will offer for
sale a large quanity of desireable goods.
It will be the time to buy cheap.
Green and McClure of Graham change
ai, in to-days Leader. Don’t forget
them when in need of any thing in the
house furnishing line. They keep a
n‘ce stock and make prices and terms
to suit you.
Jim Shaw went fishing and i^ays he
brought home 30 fish, hurrah for Jin,
Let’s heor from Capt. George Mebane.
What has become of the Civic League
Club.
Every one in Mebane seems to be on
the move busy improving their lots
and houses. ♦
Don’t p^et fretted because the other
fellow differs with you about who
shall be president, who shall be Sen
ator, who shall occupy some minor
office in this land It is a free coun
try, and men are entitled to free
thought, and to the exercise of their
political opinions. Ofcourse you knew
that before, but try and not forget it
as you go jogging along behind some
ones p>olitical cart, because it is im
portant to avoid a hot box.
Protracted Meeting-
Protracted services will begin at the
Mebane Baptist church on Wednesday
evening May 29, at 8 o’clock, to
continue daily for a week or 10 days.
All are invited.
Moving Pictures.
X am operating a moving pictuie
show above Mr. Bob bits store on Tues
day Friday and Saturday nights?. It’s
a good show and I can promise you a
good time.
L. G. Brooks.
Uncle Sam About to get
in a Scrap.
It seems that Ur.cle Sam is going to
get in a scrap with some of the negroes
on the Island of Cuba. Those half
breeds are a bad set, and Uncle Sam
will learn it as Spain learned it. They
have the cunning of the Indian, the
brutality of the Spaniard, and the
savage of the negro combined, and if
they have numbers they will put up a
“nawsty" fight as the Biitish would
say.
At Mebane on the Fourth
The Committee on th'e fourth cf
July celebration for Mebane have held
several meetings, and are trying to
get things in shape. Th*y haye not
as yat formulated their i rogram, but
enough is known to lead us to believe
there is going to bo a great time for
Mebane. There will be a dinner, there
will be a ball^ there will be a tourn
ament, there will be a baby show, there
will be public speaking, there may be a
merry go-around. There will be lots of
fun, fun to suite very body. Don’t forget
to tell your fi iends to arrange to come
to Mebane on the fourth of July, be
cause the other fellows are going to
be here.
Gen. Carr Coming.
A letter juat recived here from him.
Durham, N. C. May 27, 1912
Mr. J. S. White,
Mebane, N. C.
My Dear Sir:-
I have the pleasure of your favor of
the 22nd. 1 remember the big day you
had at Mebane tht* last 4th of July,
and I am going to try to be with you
this time. I like it all except that
speaking business. -1 think that some
times I ought to be permitted to go
somewhere and be allowed to sit down
and eat “hog and hominy” like other
folks.
I want to congratulate you on the
continued improvements at Mebane^
I can see them croping out ail around.
It is very gratifying indeed, and I hope
it will continue.
Always with my best wishes, I am
Very truly yours,
Julian L. Carr.
Every community wants a newspaper,
and they labor for it until they get one,
and as soon as they do, some egotistical
ass springs up to misrepresent the
Editor, and if possible damage him
and his paper, these are so narrow and
so conceited. They do not wish to give
any one else credit for doing things,
they fear the community might think
they had quit carrying the world on
their shoulders. Ed. Reno Republican.
Can Easely See It.
Their Name is Legion*
Florence Times.
There are a lot of people, however,
who are afraid that if they do as a
newspaper suggests that they will be
considered as without opinions of their
own or the courage of their convictions
and then there is an other lot that are
built so small and on such contemplianle
lines that they can not give their home
paper half the credit for what it has
done that it is entitled too. They are
the chinchy crowd.
DID NOT ADVEBTiSE.
“The
Stiir
Man Who Stood
Dies in Hawarden
Canada.
THE BIGGEST CHECK.
The death of D. W. Stockwell, of
Aurora 111., at Hawarden, Canada,
marked the passing of one of the
quaintest charactersfin Illinois.
He was known as the “Alan who
Stood Still.”
As owner of one of the biggest
stores in northern lllinoise outside of
Cnic£Cg;o during the civil war, he pros
pered. After the war he failed to
keep abreast of the times and the
same goods which he carried then still
adorn the shelves and show windows
of the store.
Five years after the war he was
still making a profit. In ten years
more -the place was a curiosity shop,
and has continued so. The hoop skirt,
barber striped hose, jet jewelry and
lige antiquities continued a part of
his stock.
In later years he was only one who
entered the place except visitors to
the city. He did no advertising. He
had abont $10,000 worth goods and
settled down to wait for customers,
who never came. He was ac business
at 7 o'clock each morning and re
mained until 6 in the evening. He was
77 years old.
A Class ot Children
From the Odd Fellows Orphan Home
at Goldsboro, N. C., will giye a con-
Those who are built
narrow, and selfish plans that they can
not treat their fellow man with fairness
and just consideration, assuming their
superiority upon a basis of dollars, are
decendants of a common breed, that is
all there is to it, search it if you will,
you may build upon dollars, or
systematic lies, but there is common
putrefaction in the whole thing, and
people who know what good society is
can surely see it.
, 1 cert at Mebane, N. C. Tuesday night
upon sue J9J2, at8 o’clock at Graded
Should Have Had.
It does not hurt you to be a erentle-
man, although some are not bom that
way, and do not khow bow, it does
hurt to be a common l ar, and a
confessed liar, although your skin, and
conscious may be so toughened that
you do not feel. But what is the use,
it’s awast of time talking to the fellow
raised in the back alleys. Tney should
have had their first training in a
reformatory.
School. This Home for Orphan child
ren was founded twenty years ago.
More than Four hundred children have
been cared for in this home. Nearly
two hundred are being cared for today.
friends of the home are earnestly
invited to be present and help this
worthy cause.
Cedar Grove Items
Too Late for last Weeks issue
Misses Annie Robert and Lillie Cop
ley, ^lugene Roberts and Alex Copley
were the guest of Mr. A. F. Breeze
and family Sunday.
Miss H'’ttie Lee McDade and Cora
Riley were visitors near Efland Sat
urday and Sunday. They repoits a
nice time.
Little Miss Beatrice Breeze is visi
ting her sist6r, Mrs. Toler this week.
Quite a large crowd attended the
services at Breezes Groxe Sunday
We are having a good Sunday school
now, and hope to see a large attend-
pnce.
Quite a large crowd was at the home
of A F Breezes Saturday night and
all reports a pleasant time.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker were the
guest of Mr. John Wilson and family
Sunday
We are glad to learn that Mr. R
Robei ts is improving, and hope to see
him out soon
Polly will ring off for this time with
best wishes for the Leade.
One Slip of Paper Rep
resenting About $25,000,-
000.
London Leader.
A check for $25,867 y60! ^he amount
almost takes one’s breath away,
a little piece of paper representing
that vast sum was yesterday, handed
by Sir Owen Philipps, chairman of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet company, to
Messrs. Donald Currie and Co.
The handing over of the check rep
resented the last stage in the acquisi
tion by the Royal Mail Steam Packet
company and Elder, Dempster and Co.
of the Union Castle line.
The check—probably the laigest
ever drawn by a public company in
the city of London—was sig^ied by the
chairman of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet company and the secretary, C.
E. Davis, and was drawn on the Bank
of England. In return there will be
handed over a certificate for all the
141.841 ordinary shares of the Union
Castle companv save a few hundred the
owners of which have refused to sell.
Those owners who did sell receive 32
pounds and 10 shillings per share, and
the money will be duly distributed
among them by Messrs. Donald Currie
and Co. the managers of the Union
Castle' line.
Yesterday’s check recalls a similar
though not so large a transaction
carried out by Sir Owen Philipps when
the Royal Mail Steam Packet company
paid over a check for some $6,250,000
as purchase money for the shares of
the Pacific Steam Navigation company.
The check paid included a sum of
$3,500,000 paid to Donald Currie and
Co., in consideration of their retiring
from the management of the Union
Castle line.
Wonders Old and New.
New Orleans Picayune.
In olden times the school children
were told that the ancient seven won
ders of the world were the Pyramids,
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the
Tomb of Mausolus, the Temple of
Diana, the Colossus of Rhodes, the
Statue of Zeus and the Pharos of Egypt.
Yet j The present day list as prepared by
Cornell university incluJes wireless
synthetic chemistry, antitoxins, radium
areoplanes, the Panama canal and the
telephone. With the exception of the
Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt, not one
of the ancient wonders was of any use
or benefit to the human race, unless to
make w(>rk and wages for great
numbers of people, most of whom were
slaves and receive*! no wages. The
Pharos was a lighthouse that stood^at
the mouth of the Nile. The modern
wonders are of the mo?t important use
and benefit of mankind, and they will
constantly grow in use and value.
Polly.
Foster Asserts Darrow will
Be Convicted by Dicta
graph.
Attorney Clarence Darrow will be
convicted by a dictagraph, asserted
Capt. Robert J. Foster, chief investi
gator of the National Erectors Associa
tion. Foster at the time of the
McNamara trial installed a dictagraph
in the room and recorded a conversation
between Darrow and John R. Harring
ton, associate counsel, in the dynamite
case He says the lawyers in the trial
for conspiracy tried to bribe as many
of the jury as were possible.
There seems a possibility now that
the U. S. Government will offer a
reward of $5000 for Sidney Allen,
Allen having forefeited a bond for
apperance at the U. S. District Court
on a charge of purgery.
ELLER ISSUES GtlL
Formal Notice ot State
Democratic Convention at
Raleigh June 6.
Mebane Rfd. No. 1.
Mr. L. G. Wilkinson left last week
for Norlina.
Dr. W. N. Tate W3nt to Hillsboro
last Thursday to attend court J
Miss Madge Tinnin is visiting her
parents on Burlington No. 7.
Mr. J. C. Carter of Hillsboro spent
the latter part of last week with Mr.
E. A. Dodson.
Mrs. J. M. Teer continues to grow
worse we are sorry to report.
Mr. R. C. Harris is still confined at
home with rheumatism.
Farmers have been quite busy for
the past 10 days as they are greatly
behind.
Mr. H. L. Small has purchased a
new buggy.
Glad to note Mrs. J. S, Foster has
recovered from sickness.
Col. E. P. Cook certainly looks tough
from some cause or other.
Mr. James Albert went to Haw River
Saturday night and returned a while
before day Sunday A. M.
Mr. J. M Ray went to Graham Mon
day to attend court.
Quite a large crowd attended services
at X Roads Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Albert of Cedar
Grove visited at W. H. Alberts Sunday.
A, H. Eller, chairman of the State
Democratic executive committee, has
issued the call for the State convention
to meet in Raleigh Thursday, June 6,
at lid o’clock noon, to nomitate can
didates for Governor and other i Sta e
offices, to declare a party platform, to
elect delegates to the national Demo
cratic convention, and to take such
other action as may be deemed advisable.
One delegate from each county for
Did you put that ten dollars you had j gyery 150 Democratic votes, and one
to spare in the bank? well, you should delegate and one alternate for a
Bryan At Baltimore.
have done so if you did not. If you
had kept it in your pocket the chances
are you would have spent it unnec
essary. The Commercial and Farmers
Bank will take good care of your mon
ey and you give interest on it.
fraction over 75 Democratic votes cast
for the Democratic candidate for
Governor at the last preceding guber
natorial election will be chosen in ac
cordance with the plan of organization
now obtaining.
Colonel Bryan’s lightning rod is now
up at the full height of that well-known
citizen’s tip-toe and extended arm.
He stands as a vertiable Ajax Oileus
tempting the bolt:. He would rear
himself higher than New York Harbor’s
Goddess of Liberty, up to the very
storm clouds, if he could. Moat people,
including some of the best friends of
the candidates concerned, believe that
he means nothing good for either Clark
or Wilson, nor indeed, for anybody but
himself. They point out that he has
done no more than he could help for
either candidate consistent with the
desire to prevent the selection of
delegates who^uld not be stampeded
his way.
AS to Bryan
The New York Tribune in speaking
of the posibilities of Bryan at Baltimore
says:
“According to The Tribune's latest
tabular statement, only 270 delegates
out of the total membershio of the
Democratic Convrntion of 1,092 remain
to be elected. Of the 822 so far elected
Clark has 298; Wilson 154; Underwooa,
34; Hannon, 37; Marshall, 30; Baldwin,
14 and Burke, 10. The delegates who
^o to the Convention uninstructed for
any candidate number 195. Under the
twothirds rule which will govern the j
Democratic Convention, 728 votes will
be necessary to the choice of a can
didate Clark, it will be seen, lacks
430 votes of the nominatisn; Wilson |
lacks 564; Undeiwood, according to j
The Tribune, lacks 634. Including the j
uninstructed delegates from South
Carolina, there will be 213 delegates
in the Convention at Baltimore who
will be free to vote according to their
own judgment. I^ Clark should get all
the 270 delegates yet to be chosen he
would have only 568 votes in the Con
vention, 22 more than a majority and
160 less than the two-thirds required
to nominato. “Thus the shadow of
Bryan grows larger and larger, ” says
The Tribune. “He is about the only
man upon whom the Clark ?nd Wilson
forces could unite, and, whatever
happens at Chic^o, it is evident that
the Convention will not likely repeat
the 1904 episode and nominate another
Alto'a B Parker. M. Bryan achieved
his leadership 1896, retained it with
great effort in 1900 and regained it with
equal exertion in 1908. This year he is
preparing to enjoy the novel sensation
of having it thiast upon him.”
Dr. N'Jwell Dwight Hillis, the famous
Brooklyn divine, in a lectrre on an
“Appeal from the hours to the years
and centures,” referred to the recent
dinner given by Mrs. Arthur Holland,
to celebrate the birthday of her pet
WAREHOUSE BIRTHBAY
Were Founded in Bull
City Forty-One Years Ago
Last week marks the forty-first
anniversary of the Durham tabacco
market. Forty-one years ago Mr.
Henry Reams, now a citizen of Durham
started a warehouse in Durham, and
since that time the warehouses haye
done one of the largest business in the
tobacco market of eny of the other
markets in this state. The first ware
house was called tbe Durham ware
house, and has been torn down several
yeai-s, and sky-scrappers are fast
taking the land then used for the ware
house In 1872 Mr. Reams admitted
into partnership Mr. Alexander Walker
of t'erson county. Since then many
warehouses have been built and tom
away. The three that now supply the
demands of the city market are new
and modern warehouses and ar3 all
that cafl be looked for. in the ware
house line.
REPLyjCBITICS
VOTED SAME ON BRISTOW
AMENDMENT AS MANY WHO
FAVOR WILSON’S NOMINATION
Misintormation
The Wilson mad Charlotte News, in
an effort to discredit Congressman
Underwood, says that “the Bristow
amendment, now before congress,,
finds at least one southern supporter.”
The News continues:
“Its Kansas author is backed by at
least one shining democratic light in
the halls of congress. No matter if
democratic representatives from North
Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Mis
sissippi, Alaba, Louisiana and other
southern states have done their best to
defeat the iniquitous Bristow amend
ment, there is at least one democrrtic
congressman who finds courage to sup
port it, and this is none other than
Leader Underwood.”
We wonder if the News is as ignor
ant as such rot as this would lead one
to believe. Since it gives the Atlanta
Journal as the source of its informa
tion, however, we have no doubt that
the ignorance is genuine. The News
ought to be imformed though as to
how its own congressman voted re
gardless of the misinformation handed
out by the Atlanta Journal. Yet Mr.
Webb voted with Mr. Underwood for
the Bristow amendment. So did
Dough ton, Kitchin, Page, Pou, Small
and Stedman, seven of the ten North
Carolina congnressmen. So did most
of the other congressmen from the
south. Yet the News in its ignorance,
trie? to create the impression that
Oscar Underwood was the only south
ern democrat who voted for the' Bris
tow amendment. We wonder if the
News will have the honesty to correct
the misinformation it gave out. We
may judge by whether it does or not
as to whether it was misinformed or
only prejudiced.—Greensboro News.
Morse To Pay Well.
Charles W. Morse will pay $100,000
to the lawyers who were instrumental
in securing his freedom, according to a
story printed in Atlanta.
Attorney Thomas B. Felder of the
law firm of Anderson, Felder, Roun
tree and Wilson, who acted in the case
in conjunction with a Columbus, O.,
firm said after reading the story, that
the arrangement his firm had with Mr.
Morse was confidential and that f .ie did
not care to discuss it.
Armed Negroes on War
path
Parties of armed negroes headed by
Generals Eatonez and Invonet are re
ported operating in the vicinity of El
Caney, El Cobre and San Luis Cuba
and also at various points close to
Santiago. The band led by Invonet
through the Firmeha property of the
Jueraga Iron company seizing a large
number of horses and a quantity of
explosives.
The authorities consider the situa
tion serioup, but refuse to g^ve out
news. At Sevilla and Ocana the in
surgents attacked and looted stores
owned by Spaniards who have protest
ed to the Spanish consul at Guasimas.
An encounter is reported between in
surgents and the rural guards at Yer-
baguinea, the guard losing two men
killed ?nd several wornded.
The Umburied Hatchet
For a number of years a bitter feud
evisted between the Browns and Per
kinses, next door neighbors. The
trouble had originated through tha de-
pr*»dations of Brown's cat, and had
Pekinese doe, Vi-Sin, and which was j grown so fixed an affair that neither
attended by a number of well known j party ever dreamed of “making up.”
society women, accompanied by their j One day, however. Brown sent by his
pet dogs, as a sign of decadence. The j sei yant a peace-making note for Mrs.
dinner was giyen in one of the large j Perkins, which read;
Six Brothers, All Bankers.
Dillon Herald.
Onejjof the most remarkable families
in the State or probably in America, is
the Cooper family of Mullins. It is
distinctly a family of bankers. There
are six brothers in one family and each
one is a president of a bank. The
chain of banks they control extends
from Wasffington to Florida and the
aggregate capital of the banks is over
$2,000,000. A recent issue of The
Southern Banker prints the photographs
of the six brothers in a line extending
across two pages of the paper. The
brothers are: Wade Hampton Cooper,
president of the United States Savings
bank of Washington, D. C.; W. B.
Cooper, president of the American
National bank of Wilmington; L. J.
Cooper, president of the First National
Bank of Way cross, Ga.; P. S. Cooper,
president of the First National Bank of
Dunn, N. C.; Thos. S. Cooper, president
of the Bank of Southport, N. C.; John
P. Cooper, president of the Merchants
and Planters’ bank of Mullins. Thos.
E. Cooper is also president of the
Citizens’ bank of Mount Olive, and
Bank of Loris, besides being cashier of
the American National Bank of Wil
mington. L. J. Cooper, besides being
president of the First National Bank
of Way cross, Ga., was recently elected
director of the Heard National bank of
Jacksonville, Fla., which has a capi
tal amounting to $750,000.
The Cooper brothers were born and
reared on a farm near Mullins. They
are not only successful in the banking
world but have met with wonderful
success in other fields of endeavor.
It is rather remarkable that every
male member of the family should be
so steongly inclined toward the banking
business and their cases ii without a
parallel in America.
banquet rooms of the fashionable Hotel
Vanderbilt, and the canine pets sat the
sumptuously spread table with their
mistresses, while each dog had a spe
cial waiter.
There is nothing so powerful as
truth,—and often nothing so strange.
—Daniel Webster.
“Mr. Brown sends his compliments
to Mr, Perkins and begs to say his old
cat died this morning.”
Mr. Perkins’ WiTitten reply was’ bit
ter:
“ilr Perkins is sorry to hear of Mr
Brown’s trouble, but he had not heard
that Mrs Brown was ill.”—Hampton
Magazine.
RECORD P80DI1GED.
North Carolina Senators
and Members ot House
Supported Bill Along
With Leader.
The following letter was written by
Oscar W. Underwood to Morrison H,
Caldwell of Concord in answer to »
communication with regard to Bristow
amendment in the bill for electing;
Senators by popular vote:
“Dear Caldwell: Yours of the 19tfc|
reached me this morning in reference
to the Bristow amendment. Of course,
as you understand, the Bristow amend
ment is merely in line with amend
ments to the constitution that hav9
repeatedly passed the House of Rep
resentatives since the civil war and
received the votes of the Democrats in
Congress.
“It places the election of United
States Senators exactly on the same
status as members of Con‘jress. It
does not in any way change the qual
ifications of voters, and I do not thirk
there would have been any real question
raised about the matter if it had not
been for the fact that I was a candi
date for the presidential nomination
and tha Wilson men in the House tried
to use my vote to affect the result of
the election in North Carolina.
“In this day and time there is no
possibility of a torce bill being enacted.
I really bel’eve it is an injury to our
people in the South for some of our
statesmen to continue to talk about it.
BARTLETT PROPOSITION.
“If the Baitlett proposition had
been agreed to in the House, the Sen
ate undoubtely would not have con
curred and it would have resulted in
the defeat of the resolution to elect
United States Senators by the people.
“As I have always been heartily in
accord with the main purpose of the
resolution, I conld not vote for a
proposition that I felt it was intended
to defeat it. Of course the real voto
was on the adoption of the Brls^JW
amendment itself. Two hundred and
thirty-seven voted in favor of it and
thirty-nine against it. All the Demo •
crats from New Jersey. M". Wilson's
State, voced with me against the Bart
lett amendment, as did Mr. Hemy of
Texas and Mr. Burleaon of Texas,
who were recentley in North Carolina
making speeches f >r Governor Wilson.
On the passage of the Bristow amend
ment Burleson and Henry both voted
for it, as did Messrs. Kitchin, Page,
Pou and jtedman of your State and
most of the Democratic members from
the South.
“When the final vote was taken in
the Senate on the Bristow amendment
Senator Simmons of your State voted
for it and Senator Overman, who gave
out the interview against me, stated in
the Senate when his name was called
(on the final passage of the joint res
olution as amended) which was the
Biistow rmendment: ‘I am paiied
with the senior Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Tillman.) If he were
preset he woule vote ‘nay’ and I should
vote ‘yesi*’
“I serd you The Record of June 12,
1911, with corner of page turned,
giving the vote of the Senate and also
The Record of May 13, giving my
speech on the vots in the House.
THE RECORDS,
“I think after an examination of
these records you will see that t^o
charges made against my vote were
purely for political reasons to affect
the present campaign, and that the
position I took was really sustained by
the ^nators and members of Congress
from North Carolina, because if they
really thought there was danger in the
Bris*’i)w amendment they would not
have voted for it.
“Of course, it gjes without saving
that I am not in favor of a Force Bill,
or having Federal troops at the polls,
but am in favor of electing United
States Senators by the people and cast
my vote to accomplish the resuH.
“Sincerely yours,
“OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD.’
' Rudolph.M. Patterson, a Chicago
real estate broker, offers to forfeit
$5,000 if Colonel Roosevelt should not
be declared- insane upon examination
by alienists. That sounds like a LoiS
imer noise.
Mr. E. H, Watts from Durham was
in Mebane Monday.
Catch em, It You Can.
The additional offer puts $1,500 on
the head of Sidna Allen, dead or alive,
and $1,000 is offered for any informa
tion leading to his arrest or captured
dead or alive.
Seven hundred and fifty dollars is
placed on Wesley Edwards, dead or
alive and the person furnishing in
formation leading to his arrest will re^
ceive $500.