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MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 23rd, 1920.
•I'M) FEB YEAR IN ADVANCE.
ML CAMPBELL TO MAKE
CONTEST IN THE EIGHTH
CminmwhI Committee Find*
Evidence Sufficient to War
rant Contest in District.
Albermarle, N. C. Dec 17. -Dr J.
I. Campbell. of Norwood, was In Al
bfrdMrlr l««t «wk, after hti return
from Waahington, wherr hr went to
confer with leader* of hut party re!s
Uve to contesting for a teat In Con
gre**. When urn by the New* Her
fl!d representative ha said that he had
put hi* cum in the hand* of the re
publican rongre**ional committee, and
that the committee wa* to ihortly
meet and go over the data submitted
by him, relative lu irregularities in the
recent election. "If the committee
agree* with me, after looking ovei
the evidence which I have aubmltted,
then 1 will make the conte? t," said Dr
Campbell. The doctor went on to jive
some of the grounds upon which he
would context, among them being the
lo** of aeveral hundred vote* in thi*
county and Iredell. He Raid that *ome
of hi* friend* *eemed to think it beat
for his future that he abandon the
idea of <ont«-*ting for Doughton'* neat,
"but," mi id he, "I am going to make
the flgbt, it at all, to the end that jus
tice may be done, and thi* I want, re
gardle** of what the future reault*
may be." Thi* interview took place
the latter part of ltt*t week. In TTe
Sunday Charlotte New*, Parker An
derson, writing from Waahington. had
the following new* article, which will
be read with intereat by Stanly peo
ple.
Dr. J. 1. Campbell, republican op
ponent of Congressman Doughton,
will contest the election of the eighth
district congressman. This was rfe
Hded upon at a meeting of Ahe repub
Uean congressional committee, which
met to consider the evidence which
Dr. Campbell presented when in
Washington early thi» week.
According to memliers of the com
mittcc, Dr. Campbell presented such
* strong case that the committee de-.
•-id«4l to advance him money enough'
to make the contest with the distinct
understanding that such money must
he returned by him when he is reim
bursed by the allowance which con
gress allows to those contesting all
congressional elections.
Just what evidence, except in a gen
eral way, Dr Campbell gave the com
mittee, was not given out today. Dr
Kess, chairman of the committee, and
a prominent member of the house,
said today that "outrageous frauds"
had been committed if half of the affi
davits presented by Mr Doughton's
republican opponent were true. Act
ing upon this evidence, the committee
today sent a telegram to Dr. Camp
bell telling him to go nh-n.l, that the
committee would advance money nec
essary in obtaining additional evi
dence.
L. J. Jenkins, of Asheville, who op
posed Zeh Weaver, has definitely de
rided. Dr. Fcss declared, not to make
the content. He said it wan the opin
ion of the congressional committee,
after (riving: due consideration to all
the evidence presented in the case,
that Jenkins did not have much of a
case against his democratic opponent,
and that the committee had advised
the Asheville hanker to let the matter
stand. Congressman Fern told the
News' correspondent that the present
republican majority is discouraging
contests everywhere except in cases
where it appears that the violations of
the law have been practiced in' the
most braren Tanner. He so advised
t>r Campbell when he came to Wash
ington.
Dr. Campbell, however, according to
Feaa, presented some of the moat out
lageous violations of law which he
had aver seen or heard of, and the
committee fait that it was only Just
and proper that the contest should be
brought Dr. Campbell has been ad
vised to submit additional evidence,
and to bring witnesses to Washington
whan the hearing starts.
According to republican members,
the contest in the seventh is to bo
■tore of an expose of the so-called
frauds in 8oathem congressional elec
tions than a desire to have an addi
i tional republican in congrsaa. "Prank
ly * said Feaa, "we do not desire any
mot* republican members. We now
have a top-heavy majority. I told
D*. Campbell that this was our atti
tude. However Im brought such
Strong evidence of wholesale fraud
that we considered it our doty to ad
vise hhn to make the fight for Me.
•j*> . .
Will Try to Redittricl State of
North Carolina
A di*patch from Raleigh nay*:
Tut ked in *om« whera among the
«cnrv <>r k> of road biltn *nd the thou
xand or mi measure* to prntact iqulr- j
rain, <|uail and rattle tick* that will
flow over the reading clerk'* daak In
the 1921 *i»*«ion of the Genaral Aa
ambly there will he a simple sounding
to redi*trirt the State to
mnke room for two uddltional Con
irreaamen thai the State gain* thntuirh
the 1920 census North Carolina ireta
two more on a population busia.
Whereupon it la believed will he
precipitated one of the hittcreat
fH'hta that haa ever r.iged under the
copper roof of the capitol. Twelve
dUtricti with aeven uf them going
weat of that political equator that di
videa the State into Eaat and Weat, all
crowd ihat territory a little, and upset
several statu* <|Uo* thut suit a good
many people very well a* they are
now One of the new diatrlrt*. Demo
cratir leader*, aay in going to he out
and out Republican, no deaigned and
contracted aa to make it unlikely
' it will er*r ba anything elae
That county weat of the Blue
Ridge mountain*, up in the northwest
comer of the State, it i* declared, i*
Cong to he erecied into a district, anil
turned over to frank l.inney, or
whomever the Republicans want ti»
send to Washington No longer will
thoae countie* be tacked on to an
elongated diMrict stretching liway
down to safely Democratic countie* I
They will exiat for themaelve*
None of which will seem unre»*on-|
able to the averngv Democrat, but to
Governor Rufe Doughton, who ha* hi*
habitation tip in that northwest tert»
tnry, it will not wm K<*>d at all He
ha* bwn rarrying hi* county for year*
:im! year*, and *eeing hi* stretched
• >ut eighth district go Democratic, but
if thi* new plan goe* through, he will
not fea*t hi* eye* upon *urh a sight
"train
Nor doe* reason end there. It will
nmount practically to legislating C«n
irrr*sman "Farmer Bob" Dougliton
out of a job. Hi* county goes over I
from the eighth district U> thi* new1
"outlaw" district across the moun ;
lain*, and even hi* 1,400 majority this
year would took huge If he should *et I
out and run in that proposed district
Wherefore Representative Rufe
Doughton I* likely to fljrht, both for:
himself and 'or hi* brother. Farmer'
Bob
The proposed line-up of the new dis
trict is as follow*: Stokes, Alleghany,
Wilkes, Ashe. Watauga. Yadkin, Av
'"■v and Mitchell. Of <he*e Alleghany
has been point? Demoi ratio with fair
regularity for year* b»<!, The other* !
are hopeless, turning up majorities \
that make Inroads upon the hueo
id'iralitie* of the ea*t Altogether)
they would go a* Republican a* the
second district goes Democratic.
Mot a district in the west will look
ariything like it does now after the
General Assembly (jets through with
it next spring, it is declared. Tho
tenth is going t/i have some new blood
drawn out and some new hlood infused
into its arteries McDowell will like
Iv be taken away and in its stead
Cleveland county will be substituted.
The moving of Cleveland bring* the
subject inevitable around to O. Max
Gardner. Cleveland in closer to the;
ninth. And there are rumors that
Mr. Gardner would prove acceptable
to the Democrats of the tenth, and
that he himself would not look with,
iiki much disfavor upon taking up his'
residence in Washington for a few
terms in Congress.
From the present seventh, eighth
and ninth districts, four districts will
probably arise, with a new district
embracing Union, Anson. Albermarle,
Cabarrus, Rowan. Davidson, Davie
and Iredell. A brand new district will
iie made with Guilford. Forayth and
Rockingham counties. This will l«j
the smallest district in the State in I
r.rea, but will be the most thickly1
I opulated.
Di«* From Rat's Bit*.
Salisbury, Dec. 14.—Capt. Frank
Brown, who won hia title of captain
in the war between the states, where
lie fourht valiantly for the confeder
acy, died at his home In Salisbury
"srly thin morning, death coming as
a result of being bitten on tha hand by
s rat. Several weeks ago the small
animal bit Captain Brown and Mood
poison set in, la tar pneumonia ap
peared and he waa desperately ill for
'days.
| Captain Brown was 74 years old and
stood piwslneat among tha most rich
ly esteemed s*d reelected cttiaens of
Rowan, hi which eaanty he was torn
sad Hvsd saoot ef his Ms.
----- —
The Social Message
of Jesus
My \ J. Ill Ml
<<.'hlvA4>n Mvanina Fm( »
EVER did the world need more than now to hear
the authoritative voice of Jesu*.
If we are to bring order out of chaoa, peace
out of conflict, brotherhood out <>f clash of class
and group, we must return in humble spirit to
the Bethlehem manger, to the Nazareth shop, to
the market place, the seashore or the mountain
side. where the message of Jesus was spoken to
the hearts of men.
inmJJTT " • rffjiua Dpiicveti in man. 11 is wen w> empna
• «i*e this fact in an age of cynicism. There was
no room for despair in His philosophy. He came
into a world where force and fraud and oppression prevailed,
and to the hour of His triumphant death He never doubted
that love and justice and freedom were possible in human re
lations.
Jesus believed in man us a potential Son of God. His id»al
for society contemplated the emancipation of man from the
control of material thing*. Mammon should not rule; there
should be no occasion for anxious thought concerning any need
of the body; the spiritual nature of man should be free to
realize its highest destiny.
In the program that He worked out as He toiled at the
bench He planned that service should be the m<»tive and co
operation the method in human industry. We have substituted
self-advantage for service,' and mutual exploitation for co
operation. While these rule in motive and method we shall
never realize the happiness He desired for ua—the happineas
we seek.
Jesus set small store by charity. The philanthropy of
almsgiving was to Him a mere cloak for the imperfections and
inequities of human relations. He put all the emphasis of
His teaching and example upon justice and love. In a world
where these prevailed charity would be unnecessary.
We have traveled so far from the ideals of Jesus it ia not
easy to restore them. But there is no other way to And a per
manent solution for the troubles that disturb us. His road is
the only road. It involves sacrifice. We cannot avoid the croas.
But beyond Calvary lies the realization of our hopes.
It ia not enough that the spirit of Jesus should be won
shiped in our temples or revered in our homes. It is not enough
that His sympathy and help should be expressed in our hos
pitals, our orphanages, our institutions for the poor and the
afflicted. To be satisfied with Ihis is to evade the real challenge
of His message and to lose the real meaning of His promise.
The spirit of Jesus must be brought into factory and mine |
and bank and railroad system; into store and office.
It must reveal to us that man is more than the machine
with which he works; that material wealth was meant to be
the servant, not the master, of the-human soul ; that the mak
ing of a life is the supreme thing, for which the making of a
livelihood is merely incidental.
Until we get thi> vision, we will approach the solution of
our problems without true understanding.
It is time that men who believe in Jesus should make i
their faith count -not merely in religious observance, but in
human relations; in civic duty; in business; in industrial man- i
agement; in th»- tasks of office and workshop.
The h>pe of the world rests upon the leadership of Jesus.
Pig is Delivered at Asheville in
Airplane
Asheville, Pec. 15 The highest" re
cord was made yesterday for pork
when * real porker contributed by the
people uf Wnyncsville to the basket
fund being raised by^_A*heville'» pa
trolmcn was brounght from Waynes
ville to Asheville in the big four-pas
senger plane of Scott Dillingham by
P;lot Harry Kunser Roscoe Turner
tind Dudley Withers landing on the big
fist near. Biltmore
Notice of t^eir ioming preceded
i hem, although they made the trip
from Waynesville to Asheville in 21
minutes, and a Pathe representative,
(leorge Massa. was on the ground to
iret a picture of the plane as it landed
and as the pig, a !>0-pound Duroc
Jersey, was unloaded and received by
new chief of police. Messer. Photo
graphs of the party and the royal
porker's highness were made for dis
tribution by the board of trade to pa
pers to show the first pig that aver
made a flight in an airplane, and that
Tor sweet charity's sake. Pilot Runser
laid he flew at an attitude of 7,500
feet and that the pig seemed to enjoy
the novel experience of air navigation
md several times grunted his satis
faction at the unusual experience.
Commission Meet* to Disburse
Tli* $28,000 Fund
Trinity College, Durham, Dec. 16.—
Meeting with Dr. W. P. Few, prwri
4en» of Trinity, the Duke commiuion,
which administer* the ram of $18,000,
riven annually by Jamas B. Duke, of
New Yorfc, to bo used in aasisttag In
the erection of churches in the country
places of North Carolina, where the
people are not able to build themsehrse
and hi the rapport of the pastors of
those eh arches, today was the first
IkTfwIde tk^^TMrty Mb*!*"'
Danville Pay* $5,000 Damage.
Danville, W. Pec. 16.—Mrs. Rot"*1
lirafford, widow of Bertie Urafford,;
who. on November iO. ra shocked to
death when he turned the lifcht on in;
his bathroom, will receive $6,000 ity
cash from the city. Papers have Been
drawn up by City Attorney A. M. Aik-1
en. and wt*re siirned yesterday The
• ity superintendent of work* said !his
morning that the neirotiation* were
not completed ar.d the settlement
would have to be approved by 'he
council. The city offered Mrs. Braf-1
ford $3,600, which she refused to v |
cept A secon l offer of the lartre sum
v.as acceptable.
Cheer Up! It's Coming Soon.
How dear to my heart are the scene* 1
of my childhood.
When fond recollection* preeent
them to view;
The church Christina* tree and the'
present* upon it.
Some of them hangovers and otfcere
hrsnd new.
How well I remember my dear Uncle ;
Pster,
Who played Santa Claua. How we,
all used to grte
At the old bearskin coat that we knew |
taajtffy,
And the wh'te cotton whisker* that
hung on Ma chin.
The tiase-honored whisk ere.
The loac, stringy whWnn,
The loose-fitting whiaken that hunt
on his chtai.
How aft I recall that sad rwtisf
l eaned over a candle and aet tfceas
HENDERSONVILLE ASKS
HARDING TO PAy VISIT
Dolo|nt:on Hoadcd by J. M.
Mortknd Goes to Marion
To Invito Proaidont-Eloct.
H»nd»raonville, Par. 14.— HwImI by
National Committeeman John Motley
Morehead. and including mnny man
wall known throughout North Caro-1
Una, a delegation of prominent Han-'
'IxraonvllU buainesa man left here to
night in private Pullman* for Marion, I
Ohio, to extend a personal invitation
to President-alert Harding to spend
hi* vacation in thia city. In the party
of nearly 40 are city and count- r'.\-.
ciala, preaidenta of two bank* hare
and Jake Welts, owner of Park Hill i
inn, which, with its extensive grounds |
will ha placed at tlw disposal of the
next President. Governor Mornw, of |
Kentucky, has bean aaked to Join the
party at Cincinnati, and It ia expected
Senator Hardin/ will ntceive the dele-1
iration on Thursday
An important member of the dele
gation is a mammoth bronse turkey,
raised on lands owned by tlv late
(ieorgr W Vanderbilt, in this county,
and which will grace the Christmas
dinner table of the next President,'
while a box of the finest mountain
(frown uppli-s will furnish a part of
the dessert, it is hoped There are ill
bushels of western North Carolina ap
ples on tbt train, which will he dis
trihiitcd along the route. It is cost
ing the Hendersonville men about 14,
000 to take the turkey to the next
President, and so the bird is referred
to as the $4,000 turkey."
Mr Wells, who during the past few
months has invested approximately a
half million dollar* in Hendersonville
real estate, is sufficiently enthusiastic
over the charms of the mountain
county, and over the acknowledged
tonic effects of its winter climate to
believe Senator Harding will accept
the invitation which the Henderson
ville men are spending nearly (4,000
to extend personally to him. The
property which will be offered for the
use of Mr. Harding, and which cost
$2SO.OOO. is modem and beautifully
situated in the midst of seven acres of
landscape grounds, and while ilmost
in the renter of the town, is within
si(fht of Mount Mitchell, the highest
mountain peak east of the Rockies.
A distinguished member of the dele
gation is Judge C. M Page, the oldest
lertive officer in the United States.
Judge Pace has served consecutively
for .'>4 years as probate judge of this
county. I
Diphtheria Bring Conquered.
In the October issue of the State
Hoard 01 Health'* bulletin a tucce»>
' <1 warfare against diphtheria is in
dicated in a line oif statistics begin
ning with 1915. Then there were 525
leaths in each 100,000 population. In
1918 the number was 41*. in 1917 it
was 3OK, 1918 the drop was 262 and in
1919 to 242. Available statistic* for;
1918 show that there were 252 deaths
in 1..106 eases and in 1919 there were
242 deaths in 3,519 cases, the fatality |
in the first being 18.47 and in the
cond 6.88. Thus there is a marked,,'
n radical reduction in deaths To an
titoxin belongs the credit for this as- ,
*ault on the citadels of disease
This antitoxin is furnished by the
State Board of Health at 25 cents.
which is below cost. Appropriations \
from the legislature makes up the I
difference. The bulletin prints a let- 1
ter from a woman who says her drug- I
Kist charged her $12.00 for the anti- i
toxin. The Board does not rail at the.t
druggist. It appeals to his moral j
sensibilities and asks him if he will
cooperate in saving lives by selling f
this medicine at coat. The family >
doctor can get the medicine, and he is
ssked to do so as he should look after c
the financial intereit of hit patients \
ks well as the disease. When the re- c
suits are the same he should save t
them money.
■ t
Verdict Against Danville Auto
ist for $10,000 Dmm|*
Danville, V*., Dec. 14.—A jary in
the corporation court yesterday
brought tn a verdict, at the and of a
Few minutes, for the defendant in the
cut of W. B. Arey, against J. T. Clai
borne. Mr. Arey asked 910,000 dam
ifes for injuries inflated when he was
ran down by Claiborne's car. Tie
ease hinted en a technicality and qntte
iside from the facta «arroundine the.
icektant it wns held that Ooott*
Srinta, a youth who «aa driving the ,
machine at ths tiaaa, was not tfcs agnat t
as mmU mojtkm «
T. ***** WM*T""T>'!tg f A
MAKES CHARGES AGAINST
COTTON MILLS
4aya With Cotton 200 Por Coat
Uwtr Th.y Hav« Cut PricM
Only i Third.
Wsahington, Dee. Ift. Totton mill*
of the hi nit h and New England were
HkIiiwI by Senator Smith, Drmotrat
South Carolina, In an addraaa In th«
senate today, to ho In a pomtlun to
make greater profit* now with otton
•oiling at a low price and with their
product* cut 3.1 I-S per cant, than dur
ing tha recent day* of 40 cant outtna
when, he said. th« profit* of many
m'lU u.uuuntad to 300 par «ot.
Tha Sooth Carolina aena'or Hurfad
that the mllla had not rrduaad tha
price* of their product* to eorrmpood
with tha drop In tha price of cotton
and alao In many caae* in tha wagea
of worker*. Tha prica of raw cotton,
h« iiaid, had declined 200 par cant,
while the prtrea received by the rain*
for the flniahed product* had fallen
only 83 1-S per rent.
"Condition* In this country ar»
frightful," Senator Smith declared.
"Senator* come in here with fine (pun
theorie* in*tead of trying to do »m«
thine to a**l*t the farmera."
The senator upbraided those who, ha
said, had declared "let the farmera
tike their medicine In the form of
'ailing price*." "Many millionaire*
wen- mode during the war, but not
• me of them came from the farmer*,"
he rontinued. "You stand here hag
gling about ant i trust law* breaktnr
the heart* of the farmera when thous
and* are suffering."
Senator Smith de. 'ared therr was
is much or more profiteering today
"in dollar*" a* there had heen a year
ago in "commoditie*," although no
word of criticism was heard. He quot
ed Secretary Meredith to the effect
that the fanner* already had loat over
$5,000,000,000 thi* year through
shrinkage in the value* of their pro
duct*"
Big Crop Tobacco Wa*
Raised in Rockinghair
Keidsville, Dw ' 14.—An indication
of thr size of the 1P20 tobju <<> crop is
the fact that Keidsville one day .asi
week passed the total sale* of 1919
All the market* show greatly incraaa
ed sale* over this time last year. Pi
tiably 4<> per cent of the crop— raayhe
more—is yet in the farmer*' hands.
The tobacco grower* simply ovtr
reachetl themselves in increased pro
duction this year. It is a costly les
son.
Price* on the low i-rndex of tobacco
are almost down t>< zero. Farmers
would help themselves and the tobac
co markets hy hcidinif the nondes
ripts off the market entirely Many
tobacco men are stror.ifly of the opin
ion that prices would stiffen up if the
markets could be relieved of the bur
i—ns .if handling the low praties.
C. H. Rojrer*, n-ho has been buying
leaf tobacco on the Crite, Va., market
this season, has returned home He
-ays prices becamt so demoralized or
the dark heavy tobacco he was deal
ing in that he couio not dispose of
what he bought a' any price. His last
day's purchases on that market aver
Ht'ed only $1 per 100 pounds.
Vote of the Women Beginning
to Count
Monro*, Dev. 14.—The election her®
today upon the question of issuing^
bonds for the erection of a high school
building resulted in victory for the
l>ond*. Of ■ total registration of SOt
*nd a necessary vote of 302 to carry
the bonds. 319 votes were cast favor
ing them.
This gives a net majority of It
'or the bonds. While only 24 votes
were actually cast against the bonds,
ill of the registrants who di/< not vote
■ounted against them. The election
was looked upon as mainly a vote of
•onfidence in the board of trustees of
h* school district.
Most of the fight wts made against
he sice of the issue, (200,000 being
luthoiited but the school board had
>ledgvd not to use more than la ne
cessary and In no cmae more
1100,000. This, with tSOjMO
ast year and already in hand la <
id adequate to erect the 1
id. The women voted
rtth the enthusiasm of
»litleiana today and wtthavt their aid
he bonds pnUkly weald hate