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A blue mark here means that the sub scriber to this copy of The News is be hind on subscription. I'lease make a iay ment as soon as con venient. ' VOL. XXXIII MOVm AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY.' OCTOBER, SI, 1912. JVO. 17 i ' INTEREST INCREASES IN THE GREAT VOTING CONTEST. .Many Daily Inquiries About the Voting. Who Will Get the $10.00 Gold Pi. cc Trad. Giving Coupoiu. with Merchants Rock ford, N C. Miss Lill;c 1 lemmings, Miss Mallie Recce, Mis Daisy Burrus. Husk, N. C. Miss Bessie Stanley, Miss Florence Wall. I5ri.ni, N. C. Miss Kffie Hill. TWO DOOMED ALLENS GONE TO RICHMOND. Judging from tin? interest that has been manifested in the great I'rize Voting contest so far, there is going to be a great .scramble for the $10 in gftld that will be given to the contestant i having the largvst number or votes on November 2"th. The special prize is worth winning, and the contestants realize the fact. , That the contest is a success is an assured faVt. There has never been a contest in this locality whore more or better prizes have been offered, or wher there was more strict adherance, justice and equity to all participants. The News desires to emphasize the point that every contestant will be afforded an absolute fair deal. The names of the judges of the contest will be announced soon. Bear in mind tW merchants who are giving coupons with every dollar purchase. When you trade at these stores be sure and ask for coupons. Every one little piece of paper bearing 23 votes may win) for some friend of yours the beautiful $400 Oberraeycr & Son Grand Piano. Get your friends to subscribe for the News. For each, one year new subscription you will re ceive 600 votes; renewals for one yeaj 500 votes; for each one year back subscription 400 votes. There are already a large list of contestants, but there is op portunity to nominate others. Fill out the nominating blank and send it to this office. Also cut out the free vote coupon and cast it for your favorite. In order that eVery contestant may fullyi understand the votes of thus contest, the News wishes to state that the contestant hav ing the largest number of votei during the contest will be award ed the piano as first prize, the one having the next largest num ber of votes will have first choice of the other prizes. The third largest will have her choice of the remaining prizes, and so on until all the prizes have been distributed. Use the free coupon in this issue. If you know of any lady who has not been nominated whom you think would make a good race, use the iwwniuating blanik in this issue and send her luime to tli'w offiee or bring it in person and it will be entered. It matters not if she is married or single. This is a popular vot ing contest not necssearily a "young1 lady" voting contest. Read the rules and regulations on another page and govern yourself accordingly. Sonne one Jfy going to receive these prizes and you can help deckle, who it will be. First count in contest will be Monday. November 25, 1912, at which t ime $10 in gold will he j itwarded to the contestant receiv- : ing the largest number of votes. These .are the names of the contestants who have been nom- i iiiiiiteil. They are authorized to I accept money for subscriptions' to the News and give a receipt j therefor. Get busy and vote for your choice. The contest will be conducted squarely and no par tiality will be shown to anyone. .Do it now and help some one rea the benefits of this liberal offer. The are as Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Mrs. Miss Miss MUs Miss Miss Miss MLss Miss Mrs. MLss Miss Miss Miss Miss Mi. Miss Miss M Lss Miss Miss Miss Mis.. Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Mrs Miss Mrs. Mrs." Mt MLss Miss Mt MLss M Lss Miss Miss MLss Mrs. Miss Miss Miss Mt Miss Miss Miss Mt M iss Mrs. M re Miss Miss Miss MLss Mt MLss Mist Miss M iss MLss Miss Mis MLss MLss Miss Miss Miss Miss M iss M iss Mi.ss Miss Miss nominations .so far made follows: Mount Airy, N. C. Clara Foy, Lillie Hale, Bessie Patterson,, Mary Fulton, Helen Baldrige Marvin Reeves, Ida Arringtou., Cla.ra Tesh, Stella Valentine, Vera Thompson, Myrtle Tilley, 1'earl Jackson, Clarence Beaman, (r:.c? Hundley, Annie Ilaynes, l'earl Taylor, Fannie Martin, Eual Jeffries, Lannie Hanks, Jeanette. Cody, Susan Gentry, Mallie Thacker, Sadie Asbby, Stella James, Josie Moore, Elsie Sparger, Annie Satterfield, Sarah Banner, Katie Spaugh, Annie Bryant, Mattie Monday, Bcttic Cox, Martha Saunders, Mae Martin, Lma Hoxotn, Li Hie Key, T. E. Husband, Lula Horton, . Airy, N. C. Route, 1. Nellie K- Haymore, Kizzie Taylor', . Airy, N. C, Route 3. Bettie Oakley, Mary Johnson, Maud :Sparger, ' , Johnie May Robarts, Lula McGee, Blanche McKinney, Irene Bunker, Mary Bettie East, Minnie Herring, . Airy, .N C, Route 4. Minnie Shinault, Lillian Perkim, Nina York, . Airy, N. C, Route 5. Anna Gwyn, Munaey Sparger, Geo, Sparger, Lucille Barker, Mary Jennie Ifines, Liirma Worrell, Ola L. Ward, . Airy, N. C, Route 6. Myrtle Reamer, Annie Miller, Lottie Booker, Victoria Tiavc, Dobsoo, N. C. Bertie Badgett, Annie Folger, l'ercy Norman, Jesie Davis, Gertrude Recce, Eva Davis, Viola Cooper, Siloam N. C Beatrice Wall, Alga Smith, Jennie Appcjrson. Pilot Mountain, N. C. Annie Relman, Pinnacle N. C. Delia Davis. Nannie B. Watson, White Plains, N. C. Bettie Marshall. J 25 Vote Coupon. Send this CouiMin to The News Office within 15 days from elite ai.d it will count for 25 votes. No money is re quired with this Coupon. Vote For. OctoUr 17th, 1912. Flcyd and Claude Leave Rcanoke Jail for State Penitentiary. Roanoke Times, 25th. Floyd Allen and Claude Allen, father and son, handcuffed to gether and guarded by two pris on guards, left Roanoke about 1 -M0 o'clock this morning for the 1 State nenitentiarv at Richmond, where, on .November 22 they will be electrocutfd for their iart in the murder of Hillsville court of ficials, unless the appeal for a new trial should give them an other chance for life. The removal of the prisoners from the Roanoke jail was accom plished with every precaution, and every effort on the part of Jailer Allen, and the two guards, was made to keeip the movements quiet, bout 11 :')0 the two guards walked to the jail, entering by the side door and mounted the .stops to the ajil abovo. About an hour later, aocojn panied by the two prisoners, they descended and stood out side, Several late pedestrians who were passing, noticed the lit tle group and stopped, gazing curiously on the unwonted scene. They waited but a few moments for the automobile which soon whisked into the alley from Church avenue and stopped at th side of the jail. Floyd Made Slow Progress. Floyd -was the first to enter the machine and his progress was slow, the handcuffs interfering with his movements. Claude fol lowed his father Into the tonneau and the two guards entered last. The machine turned into Camp bell avenue and sped along the almost deserted street in the dir ection) of the station. Notwith standing the late hour, a few per sons flocked about the machine as it stopped at the station plat form, and watched the prisoners as they Mere led toward the train The crowd, however was turned back and with the two guards Floyd and Claude Aleln reached the waiting train. "I could have walked down here," said Floyd as he made his way slowly on, his crutches. The two prisoners entered the train, which was dark and waited while urn? of tho station hands lighted the gas. The train was an hour late and a group of i 'hands' and several passengers gathered about the prisoners iu the coach. There was some con versation in which the prwoiwis joined. Besides being handcuffed together, their legs were man acled. One of the employees at the station offered Floyd Allen sum' chestnuts but before Floyd could receive them, one of the guards had jerked the hand whici; b d proffered the chestnuts. "You can't give him anything," .viY. the guard. However, the gua. received the chestnuts and turn ed them over to Floyd. Claude also was liberally supplied. Both prisoners seemed hoieful and were cheerful at future prospects. They laughed occas ionally and now and then joked with the guards and with others who spoke to them There were times, -however, when Floyd seem cd to feel the burden of trouble resting uion him and then his, eyes would fix themselves on the seat in front in a vacant stare of : concentration. j On leaving the ja.il, both ; Claude and his father shook j hands with Jailer Allen and Dc ! puty City Sergeant Huff, thank-1 led them for their kindness and' i bade them goodbye. ! Last night was the first 'that Floyd Allen has felt j pressure of the handcuffs. erpVpled condition made it possible for him to keep up with tne other prisoners on the var ious occasions when they were re moved from the local jail to the i courthouse at Wytheville. i Aliens' First Day in Peniten tiary. Richmond, Va, Oct. 26th.- Floyd and Claude Allen sp'iit their first day in. the cells much the same as others who have be fore occupied the same space, whem first received at the peni tentiary to await infliction of the death penalty. After being given a Imth and an entire change of clothing, the men had breakfast in their cells. The two men are directly opposite each other and each can see every movement of the other. This afternoon Major Wood, si: i rintf nd. iit. went donw to their oiiai teis M d told II'.' v. that if th y .i! u; a minisf'-r .they cuid li.i ve whom tl.ev utsii,-!, if ruie faith, sp iral ministers am :'..' them i'r,.t of Major Wood called the names of the Rev. Dr. T. Claggett Skin ner, of the Second Baptist church. "Ain't that the name of the gentleman who came to see us in Roanoke, Claude?" asked Floyd of his son. "Yes, air," replbnl Claude, who asked of Major Wood, "is he a Baptist, and a big maid" Major Wom1 responded in the affirmative ami the men said that they preferred a Baptist, "but we do not need one, yet. If we do, we will send for him," said the old man. Claude spent much of h'w time reading the new Testament today, while Floyd at times would pace the flor back and forth. SETTLE NOMINEE OF A WHISKEY DEBAUCHED REPUBLICAN CONVENTION Wanted to Take Vote from Illiterate White Man. Col. V. S. Lusk, a Confederate Veteran and Life-Long- Republi can and Roosevelt Electcr, has "the Following to Say about Taft Settle, and the Republican Party's Recent Acticn. PREACHER TO GO TO ELEC TRIC CHAIR. Car- Secasatkmal Trial in South olina is Now Ended.. Greenville, S. C, Oct. 26th. Found guilty today of criminally assaulting three little girl9 in the South Carolina Odd Fellows home, of "which he was aupcrid tendent, the Rev. Thurston U. Vaughn, once prominent as a minister, will pay the penalty of his misdeeds with his life. The trial was brought to a sen sational close when Vaughn broke down and confessed, lie named two other victims in addition to those Included in the indictment. The jury, out but four minutes, made ivo recommendations of mercy. This means that Vaughn will be sentenced to the electric chair. Tears streamed down the face of Judge Purdy, named by Gov ernor Blease as special judge for this trial. Many jurors, court of ficials and spectators alike made no pretense of hiding their tears, as Vaikghii, pale and broken, ac knowledged h'lN crime. When court opened this morn ing there was no intimation that the accused would make a con fession. Ilia attorneys had fought stubbornly since the beginning of the easy to break down the strong evidence developed by the prosecution's little 'girl witnesses. Immediately after court opened today attorneys of both sides coi sulted,' resulting in an agree ment to let Vaughn confess iu an effort to save his own life ami that the ease would go to the jury without argument. "I have acted devilishly, I have acted shamefully," began Vaughn "The devil tempted me and I have fallen." He pleaded eloquently but vainlv with the jurv to save hus life. anglui begged the jury to spare bis life, not so much for his sake as for his wife and lit tle daughter. Neither Mrs. Vaughn nor her daughter were in court today, though they had ben with the accused since the trial opened. He was formerly assistant su- "permieiMiem oi me r irst jsai- Asheville, X. C, October 12, 1!12. j Dear Sir: j I am iiu receipt of your favor ' of the 10th inst., and while ex- j pressing no opinion of your Mr. S ttle was appealed to to bud his moral and jxtlitieal sup port in an. effort to defent the iiK'a.sure, nut declared on the oc casion that he was in favor of t'le amendment, not only for the own, you ask my reasons forMiot I purpose of eliminating the negro supporting Mr. Taft for presid n t of the United States, and also for not supporting Mr. Settle for governor of North Carolina. With out knowingt your posiiton uj on the subject upon which you seek reasons of me, I will freely give any reason for not support ing either Mr. Taft or Mr. -Settle for the respective offices for which they are applicants, with out any expectations, whatever, of influencing you in tliis behalf, one way or the other. The Offenses of Taft. My opposition to Mr. Taft is so well known in1 North Carolina that I deem it unnecessary to go into an extensive statement, and will content myself with a mere reference to some of my reasons why I cannot vote for Mr. Taft. Mr. Taft has systematically in salted and humiliated North Car olina Republicans as well as Re publicans throughout the South generally. His first insult was in the Greensboro speecli when he proclaimed to the whole coun try that the Republican party in) the State would be in a better condition if the offices were all in the hands of the Democrats. After he was elected president he proceeded to carry out this de claration by appointing Demo crats to office over Republican applicants. He proceeded to appoint two Democratic associate justices of the Supreme court, one a Mr. Lurton from Tenn essee, and Mr. Lama r,' from Geor gia, and wound up that part of the program by appointing Judge White from Louisana, another Democrat, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Uuited States. But the straw that broke the camel's back was the appoint ment of Judge Conner, a Demo crat, to be judge of the Eastern district of North Carolina, and vote froiiu politics, but also, the illiterate white vote as well. He denied this charge in a .sub seiunt campaign, but when con fronted with the following state ment he actually des . rted hi allies in the campaign, and fled to parts unknown. Settle Favored Disfranchisement of White Man. "Ashevillc, N. C, Sept. 20, 1899. "Editor of The Gazette-News: "In reply to your request for information as to the views of Hon. Thomas Settle on the con stitutional amendment, I will say that Mr. Hettle on Saturday last, in the presence of several per sons, including myself, stated that he was in favor of an education al qualification of voters regard lesa rvf race TT said that hit tional amendment because it would shut out ignorant voters, both white and black. That the fifth section of the amendment was unconstitutional and would be thrown out. (Signed) "II. S. Harkins." Drove Republicans From Con vention. As the vane shows which way the wind blows, so the actions of men show the trend of their mi ml. How any Republican fa miliar with Mr. (Settle's conduct at the late so-called, Republican convention at Charlotte, can LHijiport Mr. Settle for governor or for any other office, is a wonder. Mr. Settle had made up bus mind to accomiJish three things at that convention, and seemed willing to resort to any political despotism necessary' to suireed. First, to procure his own nomination for governor; st'ond, to engraft into the plat form of the Republican party as m l It a tenet ot principle a loem this too, over the application of j option plank, and third, the en competent Republicans. Thus w bad enough, goodness knows, to turn every Republican ! in the South against him, but when compared with the great I -crime of Chicago, it dwindles in to lnsignitK'aiu-e. I nave been a Republican for more than forty years, adhering to the party because I thought it hon est but, when it entered into a deliberate conspiracy to steal, ami did steal, the nomination for president, then I said, if the Republican iarty is to perpetu ate its existence by theft, the sooner we get out of it the bet- ter for the country. I he elec tion of Mr. Taft. would be a j shameful disgrace to the people j of the United States, and would ; be thrown up to the rising gen eration for the next century. It is hardly necessary to wa.ste ' ammunition on dead game. The p"'ple of this country believe in politics, and dursement of the Taft adminis tration. In order to do this it was necessary to exclude from the convention hall every dele gate opposed to whi.sk cy, Settle and Taft. It was known that a majority of the Republicans as sembled at Charlotte as legal constituted delegates were o post d to whiskey, while a large majority was ojiposed to Settle, and a still larger majority, was opposed to Taft. Now lets see what took place. I beg that you will consider what 1 am going to say in the light of liberty and reason, and when you have done so, examine yourself and say w hether or not you can, or ought, iu a Republican, support Mr. Settle, or any other individual participating in, or endorsing the acts of that so-called conven tion, at Charlotte. During the forenoon preceding the organiza tion of the convention, Chair man Morehead convened t h State Committee. It takes time the ILs im- i .1 :.. .:.. .1 i. o i e iiia , nni iu . i . , . ,i- ., ,i i . w ill itdminister such a rebuke to r Jn L n1 ennontn i t that will be a remin-1 the roll was called it was found A , X ami ' t -h, in like cases of-1 that fourteen of the J.nniittee 1 . , 1 ... leiuln,.(r for tnanv vtar in come. ! answered. whereUIKUl Dr. ilOtl arounxl iireensville. ile owns:' , . . . . , . . , i- . i , tt - i, considerable propertv. ! that ,t ,s bad Hicy to steal i j introduced the tolboumg re- rr-i . . . . - l i iuij tin in iniivu i x'Ai ' .... ue iiioiion ior a new inu , .. ....... i i i t .i. .... i.. the tinted (States. as oerrui.Hi oy .muge i unn . . . wo1 A sentenccnl i "6- ' a iil the nrvsoner was to electrocution in the state prisoi j at Columbia on December 20. I tical Despotism Unprecendented. Light members only of th committee voted for its passage, tie for governor are for reasons Th.y Make Yu Feel Good. j predicated upon facts, both moral The peasant purgathe effect pro- j and political; facts derived from lured by Chamberlaln'B Tablets and public rotords and public utter th healthy condlUon of body and ances. When the Republican "Why I do not support Mr. Set-; and six voted against its adop fel Joyful (UU. Tor aalo by All Drug- was striving to defeat the constitutional amendment, tiou. The chairman decided it passed, notwithstanding only eight out of twenty-one of the, entire committee voted for it. That act of unprecedented des potm either excluded or shut Coniaued to Fag 5.
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