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AS TO REPRESENTATIVE I
Dxne reopie ana ne bnould -State
His Ideas.
Our Bepresentative in the next
wW.fa.re oath to b
Legislature ought to be called out
by the people, the masses, and not
by a few in a secret caucus, as is
often the case. He ought to be
called to fill this position because
he standsy outspoken, for what the
people want. No man ought to be
nominated, I think, until be speaks
out his ideas, if he has any and
if he has none he is unfit for the
position. At the precinct meet
ings as well as county convention
no man ought to-be-voted for who
has not come out and "declared to
the people of the county what
he favors and will work for in
the wav of local legislation.
No man -ought to be
nominated because he's "a good
fellow," simply overlooking the all
important thingof the public's
knowing whatdegislation the can
didate thinks Otight to be enacted
for McDowell couffity.
If any body, or any. "clique,"
has a man they want nominated
who is not willing to speak out be
forehand and tell the people' where
he stands he ought not to be nomi
nated. We've: dodged, and "min
ced at," important matters long
enough. If a candidate, whether
he announces atf.
nounced by his friends, is in favor
of good roads, and giving the peo
ple of every township a "square
deal" let him tell the people wheth
er he proposes to attempt to enact
a law giving to each township its
just proportion of the dirt road
tax collected upon railroad,proper
ty in the county, and whether he
favors the building of, at least, a
graded; dirt road through each
township in the county before ma
cadamizing or otherwise hard-surfacing,
at the county's expense,
the roads of some favored section:
If he is in favor of requiring the
same attention to the county's in
terests that a man gives to bis own
personal business let him- tell the
people if he favors the passage of
a law requiring the chairman of
the Board of County Commission
ers to give his whole time to ' this
enormous - business, and. thereby
place upon him" the responsibility
of investigating every claim be
fore it is paid , and every tax ex
emption before it is allowed, as he
Would do if dealing with his own
personal funds. (And by the "way
the $2,000.00 list of exemptions
allowedlast December has still not
been published as the law requires.)
If he, believes in giving every child
in the county, rich and; poor, an
eq ual chance in the public schools
He ought to tell the people what
Sort of public school law he favors
for McDowell county, whether he
favors a law giving each child an
equal chance in the free schools by
a uniform school law for Vail,-:, of
McDowell county-f or Instance by
making the whole of the county
one "special school district" and
let all pay the same tax and get,
for each and every child in the
county, an equal portion -of the
railroad, and other corporation
tas - and rPnnirA ih school .term
taxes, and require the school term
at every school house (except in
If we are going to give each child
an equal chance let's do it, and not
Aj WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED
MARION,
pretend at it ahv loncer.
And w ought never to nominate
knowing. that he is in- favor of
prohibition. No man who at heart
2 " " 9 J - SylI!e so
J?fere "d time, 'and pub-
licly as well as privately It is
too important a matter to not
alway8 keep wide awake upon.
After a man is nominated is too
late to find out what he favors.
AH who affiliate with that political
party must vote for him after he
has .been nominated), whatever his
views may be, or vote for the
nominee' of the other party, or de
cline to vote at all.
Every voter in the county ought
to attend the primaries at the town
ship meetings, and send good men,
as delegates, and every delegate
ought to go to the county conven
tion and nominate a man who
stands out for what the people
want.
Let whoever would be a candi
date for the nomination for this
htgh office announce himself, and
tell the people what he stands for,
in time for them to consider him,
and let whoever would nominate a
man for this office tell the people
what the proposed candidate stands
for. Both the man and all that he
stands for, ought to stand the test
before the people for a few weeks,
surely. This thing of waiting un
till the eve of the convention to
announce a.r candidate; 'rand then
without the public- knowing what
he stands for, is unwise and un
necessary to say , the least. It's
folly -and shows a disposition upon
the part of those who so manage,
not to trust the people to consider
the man and what he stands for
beforehand. v
And let me again say that I do
not myself want the nomination.
I would not accept it, if nominated.
I sincerely thank those who have
urgecL me to be a candidate, for
this office, but, aside from my wish
to keep out of politics I would
not for anything have it thought,
or said that I have, in the articles
I have lately had published in the
Progress, been prompted by selfish
purposes looking to my own politi
cal preferment. Besides this I do
not forget that I joined'the Demo
craticTparty only a few years ago.
I want to see the people of the
Democratic party nominate some
faithful Democrat who has for
years served his party faithfully
(and who has not -for a time been
assisting in the election of Repub
licans for sheriff, the most import
ant office, from a party standpoint,
in" the county under the -present
election law, as everybody knows.)
; W. T. Morgan.
Marion, Aug; 9th.
Tent Show Coming."
The "Alabama Minstrels," un
der the management of P. J. Por
ter, which comes to Marion August
19, is said to be one of the best
colored organizations traveling.
He has gotten together the best
talent that can be obtained. Classy
costumes, special scenery !and the
most up-to-date music of any min
strel company traveling. There is
an open .challenge to any buck "or
wing dancers or cake walkers who
W1?n 10 compete. Aiiey arejuuw-
AU ui.auiaiuiuuutuwawi-wi
tent. Special attention will bo
given- to ladies and children. -Don't
fail to see the street parade at noon.
Show, ram or shine on Monday,
August 19.
TO THE BEST .mT OF THF. P.OP, , m
N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 191Z
GOV. KITCH1N AT MARION
Reiterated His Charges Against
Senator Simmpns in Political
Speech Here Friday..
Governor W. W. Kitchin made
the .first political speech in the
1912 campaign in Marion Friday
of last week. The Governor's
train arrived an hour late, which
made his crowd smaller than it
would have been otherwise. How
ever, there was a good number of
citizens from different parts of the
county here to hear him.
Governor. Kitchin spoke very
complimentary of Locko Craig's
candidacy, and predicted his elec
tion by an overwhelming majority
in November. His references to
Wood row Wilson were applauded
more than once, and his prediction
that Wood row Wilson would sweep
the United States for President in
November was applauded by al
most everyone present.
Governor Kitchin is a candidate
for United States Senator to suc
ceed Senator Simmons, and it is in
the interest of his own candidacy
that he is going before the pcopl
of the State at this time. Gover
nor Kitchin charges Senator Sim
mons with being reactionary and
out of sympathy with his party.
To prove this is true he says that
Senator Simmons' life-long friend,
Ex-Governor Aycock, " would not
have announced himself' for the
Senate before his death if he had
been satisfied with Senator Sim
mons' record, nor would Judge
Walter Clark or himself (Kitchin)
now be a candidate for the Senate
if Senator Simmons held the same
views that he held a few years ago.
Governor Kitchin charges Sena
tor Simmons 'with voting to keep
benator Lonmer in the Senate at
the first trial, and was partly re
sponsible for his being kept there,
but that such a protest came up
from all over the country that
public. jpinion forced him, and
others to change their votes and
expeLSenator Lorimer.
He further charges that Senator
Simmons voted for a ship subsidy
which was much worse . than the
one that had been opposed by
Ransome and Vance. He said that
Simmons' friends excused this by
saying that Ihe Senator did not
know it was a subsidy, and he ad
ded that if the Senator did not
recognize a subsidy when ho was
brought face to face with it that
the people of North Carolina ought
to put a man in Washington who
could.
He charged throughout his
speech that Senator Simmons voted
with the protectionist and against
the principles of the Democratic
party, which elected him. Ho
further charged that Simmons
voted to retain a high duty on fuel,
tools, building materials and house
hold necessities, including iron and !
coal, and stated that every time
Senator Simmons voted "for pro
tection on such articles that he was
voting directly against the 'tenets
of Democracy j
Governor Kitchin had 13 speci
fic charges against Senator Simmons,-
and closed by citing 19 roll
calls out of 43, in-which ho said
that .Senator Simmons had voted
against his fellow Democrats in
the Senate, and in each of the 19
he pointed out the senators who
voted with Senator Simmons, never
more than four Democrats voting
with the Republicans, Senator
Bailey of Texas being one of tticse,
and ho emphasized the point that
every senator who had voted as
did Senator Simmons wm cither
not a candidate for re-election or
had already been defeated. Among
other claims for himself Governor
Kitchin claims that ho wroto tho
whole platform, except one para
graoh, in tho Whito Suorcmacy
campaign of 1900. Ho said that
Ex-Governor "Jarvis wroto this one
paragraph; and he challenged Sim
mons' friends to disprove this,
. Boys for Nebo High School.
The previous record of the Nebo
High. School is one that wn are all
proud of. At the commencement
exercises of 1910 two females were
graduated; the following year, 1011
four females were graduaUnl; this
year, 1912, fourteen girls com
pleted the course and received their
diplomas. Few public high schools
in the state have made this progress
within three years. Now in order
that this record be sustained, we
that are interested in the school
andhave faith in her future pro
gress, must show our faith by tho
amount of work we put forth to
wards building up the attendance
and tho reputation of the school.
Any. one can readily sec that,
while the above mentioned record
is good, yet it would have been far
better if a number of boys had
finished with the girls in each class.
It is this phaso of tho high school
work that seems to be lagging be
hind, and here wc .appeal to .the
boys and young men again for
their support. Moreover, mothers
and fathers are responsible to a
greater degree than they think
they are, for the interest or lack
of interest on tho part of their
boys. You sco to it that your son
does not quit school to earn a few
dollars, but that he stays in school
and prepares himself to bo a better
and more useful man in life. Re
member that our High School was
established for both boys and girls;
then let us not defeat the purpose
of the State and our own best in
terests, by not making good use of
every advantago tho school offers.
Remember, too, tho notice in last
week's paper, that every boy and
girl who comes "to Nebo will re
ceive tho best" care and attention
in the community. About thirty
or thirty-five boys can bo com
fortably located in the different
homes in the village. -
Finally, I beg to have you re
member that the State University,
located at Chapel Hill, N. C, of.
fers a free scholarship to tho first
male graduate of Nebo High
School. This scholarship covers
tuition, and amounts to $C0 per
year to tho holder. Should there
bo more than ono graduate in tho
first class, then that student mak
ing tho highest average in the class
would bo tho earner of. the scholar
ship. . Principal.
With delegates present from all
over North Carolina a unique and
interesting camp meeting and con
fcrenco will convene at Gastonia
on Thursday, August 15, to con
tinue ten days. -This will bo tho
twelfth annual session of the North
Carolina Conference of Seventh
day Advcntists, a body of Sabbath-
keeping Christians of which there ,
are over 100,000 in tho world.
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VOL. XVI NO. 50
Social Jic
Oa Wednesday morning at 100
o'clock Mrs. Albert BUnton enter
tained about forty of her friends at
an exceptionally pleauct social
function at her hospitable borne ca
Maio street. This delightful affair
was given in honor of MrsM. M.
Caldwell, of Roanoke, Va.; Mrt
S. P. Daniel, of Drake's Branch,
Va.; Mrs. HubertPoteat, of.Wako
Forest, and Mrs. Edwin Guj, of
Marion, who. with Mrs. BItnton,
received tho guests of the morning.
Nine table were pltcl thrnnph
out the bouse and shaded TrrsnJa,
and the popular game of ''Forty,
two" was enjoyed to the ctrnosL
Mrs. Blanton was avsistxl by Mb
Nan Guy and Miss R;nm Neal.
At o'clock a dainty thrrc-couroo
luncheon was served at small U
blcs. Among the out of town
guests were Mrs. J. J. Farms of
High Point, Mrs. John Gonnin,
Salisbury, Mrs. W. T. Covington
of Racford, Mrs. G. II. Knight of
Richmond, Va., Mrs. John N
of Roanoke, Va., and Miss Long
of Culpepper, Va., who is the
guest of Mrs. Daniel.
On Friday morning Mrs. Harh
F. Little entertained at Bndge in
honor of her guest. Miss McNally.
of Sumter, S. C. Five tables were
placed in the veranda and in tho
reception hill, which wastxuefully
decorated with large bowU of
dahlias and ferns. At 1 o'clock a
delightful luncheon was served at
small tables where nasturtiums
were profusely usd. Mrs. Little,
was assisted in dispensing hospi
tality by Mrs, H. W. Djssrt and
M rs. Minnie Blanton. Among tho
guests were Mrs. Covington of
Racford. MesJames Newton and
Daniel and Miss Longof Virginia,
This pleasant affair was thorough
ly enjoyed by the guests of the
morning.
One of the most delightful social
affairs of tho season was given by
Mrs, L C. GriGn at her horns oa
Front street list TbursJay morn
ing when she entertained a number
of her friends from 10:CO to 12:20.
The living room and porch were
beautifully decorated with flowers
and growing plants. Forty-two
was tho game of thenorning n!ar
cd at five tables. Delightful re
freshments were served after tho
game. Out of town guests nrwnt
were Mrs. J. H. Gorman of Salis
bury, Mrs. G. II. Knight of Rich
mond, Va.. and Miss McNallr of
Sumter, S. C
Misses Hallio and Pearl Gibbs
are entertaining with a house party
in honor of their guests. Misses
Ilia Walters, of Branch, SalHo
Markham, of Chapel Hill, EQo
Bradshaw, of Salisbury. Messrs.
Gladstone, of Buford, Ga., Brad
shaw, of Salisbury, and Fred and
Hoko Hemphill. They will spend
several days at Beck Creek and
Linville Falls.
The pastor. Rev. D. L. Earn-
hart requests tis to announce that
revival services will bo held at
Stroud's Chapel commencing Sen-
day, August 2Stb, with Roy. Chis.
F. Hunter of Virginia in charge.
Typhoid fever is a nreretih!
community cleanliness will ncvcL
(it.