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VOL. 15. NO. 44.
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, t9J2.
$1.00 A YEAR.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE TENTH CONGRESSIONAL
THAT DINNER OF
BOOKER AND TEDDY
NEGRO EDUCATOR ANNOUNCES
IT WAS A FORMAL AFFAIR.
At The White House Dinner Table There
Were Members Of The Roosevel
Family Present Washington Says
He Received A Special Invitation
Some of our Progressive friends
have become a little grieved and fee
that The Sun did them an injustice by
publishing in last week's issue an edi
torial from the Atlanta Journal entit
led, "Go Home, Colonel." Now that
we may Keep the facts straight . The
Sun this weeK takes an article from
the News and Observer of the 3rd in
stant in which Booker T. Washington
himself gives in detail an account o
the notorious affair:
There are many Republicans, and in
the present day many Republicans
branded Bull Mpose who grow red in
the face and utter Tenement protesta
IF -
tions whenever there is a reference to
the entertainment and dining of the
f -negrpeducator,
Booker T. Washing
ton7 by President Roosevelt as a for
mai anair at tne wmte Mouse.
The affair was a notorious one and
there were denials that members of the
Roosevelt family were present. Pres
idem iooseveit tried to nusn it up,
announcing that it was only a happen-so-affair,
a cold lunch, that Booker
Washington just dropped in, and as
both were busy, with short time, that
it was just a lunch, the intimation be
ing that it was iust hurriedly thrown
togftner, impromptu, oh-the-spur-of
the-moment affair.
But Booker Washington himself
tells that it was a formal affair, that
he received a formal invitation to be
present, mat members of President
Roosevelt's family were present. - The
dining took place in 1901, Booker
Washington did not speak out for ten
years, when in an article in the
World's Work, February 1911, he
gave in detail the account of the din
ing, showing it to have been the for
mal dining declared throughout the
country, denied by Roosevelt and the
Republicans.
The full account of the dining of the
ucgiu euutaiur oy .rresiaent rwoose-
velt, and Washington's own recital is
given by Austin Cunningham, the
well known New York correspondent
of The Times, of Louisville, Ky., in a
recent article in that paper, which
reads:
'There are so many things that
should be remembered in a campaign
year. Perhaps it is recalled that Mr.
Roosevelt tried to hush up the disturb
ance following his dining with Booker
Washington in 1901 by proclaiming it
was a sort of incidental, accidental
'casual lunch. It happened to be
around dinner time, y 'know, and, well
a few dishes of cold things left over
from breakfast were tossed upon the
White House table in careless fashion
perhaps the waiters just 'slid" the
dishes onto the table nonchalantly!
It was : just a bite for two very busy
men, the President and the negro edu
cator, and nobody else was there.
That was the - impression conveyed,
seriously, now, by Mr. Roosevelt in a
statement given the press at the time.
,lCola . lunchdinner hour busy
men hurried bite. That was it, as
Mr. Jingle, in Pickwick Papers, might
have expressed it for the third-term
candidate.
"But the negro teacher doesn't seem
to agree with that version. In his
"Chapters from My Experin'ce." pub
lished in the World's Work, "Febru
ary, 1911, Booker T. Washington
shows it was a formal affair, with
members of the White House family
present, and another guest besides him
self. And if the thought will be par-
ouonea just nere, no doubt : Booker T.
was beside himself with joy at the
time. : ":v'-". : y
curing tne iau 01 iwi, while 1 was
makinc a. tonr nf MfaaUdnni sa-no
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Washington in his article mentioned,
"I received word'to the effect that the
- rrKNIUKDk Wlllflll 1IKH Ul IT H T70 Q AnnfAII-
cubc OTxuu .uro as ouuu os vr as CUuTeDieDl
concerning some important matters.
Immediately after finishing my
4 MlaBiaalnni A. TTT : 1
ington. I arrived in the afternoon and
went to the : house of a ' friend, Mr.
CThitefield McKinlay, with whom I was
expected to stop during my stay in
Washington.
"This triD to Washington brings
me to a matter which I have Iritherto j
constantly refused to discuss in print
or in public, though I have had a great
many requests to do so. At the time I
did not care to add fuel to the contro
versy which it aroused, and I speak of
i- now only because it seems to me
that an explanation will show the in-
cidenftn its true light and in its pro
per proportions.
"When I reached Mr McKinlay's
house, I found an invitation from
President Roosevelt asking me to dine
with him at the White House that even-
ing at 8 o'clock. At the hour appointed
I went to the White House and dined
with the President and members of his
family and a gentleman from Colora
do. After dinner we talked at consid
erable length concerning plans about
the South which the President had" in
mind. I left the White House almost
immediately and took a train the same
night for New York. "
CRAWFORD AT FOREST CITY
Baptist Church Tenders A Call To
Rev. J. Q. Adams Personals.
(Special to The Sun.)
FOREST CITY, Oct. 8. The Forest
City Baptist church has tendered to
Rev. J. Q. Adams, D. D., of Green
wood, S, C , a unanimous call to the
pastorate of the church at this place.
Dr. Adams was pastor of this church
for four years and it is hoped that he
will accept the call and return to this
this city.
Rev. J. M. Hamrick and family
leave today for their future home at
Lexington.
Rev. J. F. Moser, pastor of the
Methodist church, has been indisposed
for several days, but is improving
some.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Brieneman was buried at Cool Springs
cemetery Saturday. .
Miss Etta Proctor andVMr. Gobi
Wall, of-Greensboro, were .married
by Rev. J. M. Hamrick. - They left on
the Southern for their future home ; at
Greensboro where' Mr. . Wall holds a
Dosition with one of the large, cotton
mills of that city. : "
Misses Ada and "Maggie Bridges
left last week lor Gaffney, S. C, where
they are to teach school this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Elliott, of Ruth
erford ton, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs, Lee W. LyDch Sunday.
Rev. J . P. Morris, of Rutherf ordton,
preacned at . the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon. -
Hon. W. T. Crawford, of Waynes-
ville, delivered an address here Mon
day night to about 300 people from the
McBrayer Hotel veranda. He hand
ed the Republicans and Bull Moosers
with gloves oil. Taken as a whole it
was one of the best speeches ever de
ivered in Forest City.
Hon. A. L. Brooks was billed for a
speech here Monday night in interest
of Governor Kitchin's candidacy for
the Senate, but on account of a slight
illness of the speaker, it was post
poned till a later day.
Mr. Daniel Clark, editor of the
Southern Textile Bulletin of Char-
otte, was in the city one day last week.
Miss Cleo Young, a returned mis
sionary from Airica, - win lecture at
the Wesley an Methodist church Sat
urday night.
Mrs. Parker and , children, wife of
the Southern agent at this place, have
returned from a visit to relatives near
Thermal City.
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COTTON CROP PROMISING.
SEEN BY OUTSIDER.
Mr. J. P.Jones Remodeling His Res-1 M. Y. Times Staff Man Says Sim
mons Probably Will Be Elected.
Uncle Sam "Honestly, What Are You Running for, the Presi-
1( dency or for Revenge?"
. From the New York Herald.
ALL FOR SIMMONS.
The Senatorial Situation In Lower
Rutherford.
As evidencing the trend of senti
ment in the lower end of Rutherford
county concerning the United States
Senatorial race, the following corres
pondence mav be of interest:
Rutherfordton, Sept. 14, 1912.
Mr. - ,
Henrietta, N. C, R. F. D.
Dear Sir: - . .
I do not know whom you favor for
United States Senate, but I desire to
ask a favor of you notwithstanding
this fact, and feel sure that you will
not mind accomodating me, as it will
take but a few moments of your time
and will be a great accomodation to me
I desire the names of all the Kitchin
supporters that you know of in your
community, and I herewith enclose to
you a sheet of paper and an addressed
envelooe in which to return your re
ply. Please jot down the names of all
tnat you know, and return the list to
me aud I will thank you very much,
for the kindness.
Yours truly,
Henrietta, N. C., Sept. 18, 1912.
Mr.
Rutherfordton, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 14th instant asking for
a list of Kitchin supporters is received.
I don't know of a Kitehin man in
our section. Early in the year we fel
lows began to whoop for Craig, in the
summer our crv was for Wilson, and
now our hats are in the ring for Sim
mons and we will continue to shout for
him until he is a winner in the Novem
ber election.
Very truly yours,
McKESSOM QUITS.
Morganton
From
Postmaster
Congressional
Withdraws
Race.
(Special to Charlotte Chronicle.
MORG ANTON, Oct. 4. O wincr to a
ruling of the Postmaster General that
if a postmaster should run for ah elec
tive office he would be expected to re
sign Mr; C. F. McKesson feels that
it would be unjust to himself and fam
ily to do this hence ne Bays he is
liminated from the congressional race
He will call - the executive committee
together at once, - tender his resigna
tion as candidate and leave it with the
committee to- act as it deems wise in
the 'matter. ,;
He desires to thank the Republicans
or honoring him with the nomination
and many prominent Progressive for
their promise of support and the Dem
ocratic press , in general, -and The
Charlotte Obser er especially, for the
kind things said of him personally.
Mr. McKesson regrets that the rul
ing eliminates him from the race and
many will be disappointed at not hear
ing the joint debates -planned by Mr.
weDD ana jwr. Mcnesson, who are
warm personal friends as well at ex
cellent speakers. :V : "
MR. CRAWFORD'S POSITION.
Will Not Make A Speech For A
Democrat Against A Democrat.
Crawford's telegram to Gallert:
"I am too well- worn a soldier in
the cause of Democracy to be drawn
into a campaign in behalf of one Dem
ocrat against another Democrat when
the real enemy lies in front of us. - I
am surprised to hear that any Demo
crat could think me foolish enough to
engage in such a campaign.
"The day . I sent The Sun notice of
the appointment I gave the list to Mr.
Gudger, chairman of the congression
al committee.
' "W. T. CRAWFORD."
The above telegram was occasioned
by the report circulated here that Mr.
Crawford was coming to Rutherford
county to make speeches in the interest
of Governor W. W. Kitchin, candi
date for the United States Senate.
The above is given in ' justice to Mr.
Crawford and fully sets out his posi
tion in this matter and will meet with
the hearty approval of the people of
Rutherford county. Mr. Crawford has
put in the . best years of his life in
fighting the Republican party and he
tells The Sun that he is not in the fight
as among Democrats, nor will he make
a speech for a Democrat against an
other Democrat, believing that 'such
policy -will tend to disrupt the party;
A DEATH AT SUGAR HILL.
An Epidemic Of Whooping Cough
Locals And Personals.
f .
" : (Special to The Sun.)
. SUGAR HILL, Oct. 7. Rev. R. L.
Doggett, of Old Fort, preached an able
sermon at Pleasant Grove on last Sun
day. . "
Mrs.vJ. C. Crawford and Mrs. C. M.
Hall are visiting the former's daugh
ter, Mrsf C. S. ; Grayson, at High
Point. " . -: . . -Z'
Mrs. M. A. Hemphill fs visiting her
sister at Rutherford College.
Mrs. B. L. Ashwortb, of Marion ,
visited relatives here during the week.
Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Jones, of Marion,
visited the " latter's parents here last
week. ;-:--'ZZ ':';Zr -- ' ' ' i '-
Quite a number from here attended
the Baptist association at Bill's Creek
Sunday. " 1 . .
Mrs. Martha Marlow is quite ill at
this writing. '
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Womack. of
Thermal City, were visiting here dur
ing the week end.
Mrs. M. F. Hensley, of Old Fort, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. M. J. Mar-
low, who is seriously sick.
A large rattlesnake having thirteen
rattles, was killed in the neighborhood.
last week.
There is an epidemic of whooping
cough passing through this section,
and it seems to have reached its des
tination and taken up its abode in this
neighborhood. Everybody has it who
hasn't already had it and some have
it who has had it before.
Mrs. Lillie Godfrey's little boy died
last Sunday of meningitis and was
taken to. Providence Mondays for
burial.
idence Uree News Items.
' CSneclal to The Sun.l
UREE, R-2, Oct. 7. Was not that a
rail splitting utterance full of truth
which we have seen demonstrated over
again when Woodrow Wilson said
prices climb faster than we can push
our earnings up.
Mr. J. P. Jones is remodeling the
residence on the farm which he recent
ly purchased from Mr. Lum Williams,
known as the late N. C. Lovelace
place. We would like to see more
such men as George Biggerstaff and
J. P. Jones cast their lot up on the
Hickorynut Gap road. Enough such
men evidently would mean a dispensa
tion of so much mud during the winter
months on said highway.
Mr. b. H. Jackson has purchased a
handsome residence in the town of
Hendersonyille and contemplates mov
ing there in the near future
We farmers should seed a large
acreage to small grain this fall, as it
will add humus to the soil and prevent
winter bleaching and washing. The
two great problems we have to con
front is the addition of vegetable mat
ter to the soil and washing of same if
we expect our farm land to ever reach
a high state of cultivation.
We farmers are generally through
pulling fodder. - Corn gathering will
soon be here. Cotton picking is now
in full blast, while the crop is very
promising.
A number of our peopie attended the
Green River. Association at Bill's
Creek Sunday last.
Mr. Andy Gibbs, of Hendersonville,
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Jackson on last Sunday.
SIMMONS' FIGHT.
Appears From A Distance That
His Re-election Is Certain.
A very lively campaign is on in
North Carolina for the United States
sen atorshi p. Senator Simmons is a
candidate to succeed himself and has
earned re-election by conspicuous ser
vice for his State and his party, rank
ing high among the Senators, both for
ability and accomplishment.
He is opposed by Governor Kitchin
and the Chief Justice of the State Su
preme Court. Governor Kitchin serv-
ea several terms in uongress ana is a
strong man. The justice is a dema
gogue oi tne cheapest kind and has
worshipped at all the political shrines.
Both at the outset attacked Senator
Simmons' record in the Senate, es
pecially, with respect to his votes on
nineteen propositions. Since the Dem
ocratic national convention declared
in favor of practically all the issues
upon which Mr. Simmons' nineteen at
tacked votes were cast, his opponents
are left without gasoline in their tanks
It appears frcm this distance that
the re-election of Senator Simmons is
certain. His retirement would convict
North Carolina of ingratitude and in
ability to appreciate great ability,
earnestness and faithful service.
From the Roswell (New Mexico) Morn
ing News "A Democratic Daily News
paper for the People of the Great
Southwest."
PREACHES FAREWELL SERMON.
Forest
TAFT LOSES IN CALIFORNIA.
Supreme Court Holds That Republicans
Are Not Bound To Him.
Annual County Fair At
October 14th To 19th.
City
(Special to Charlotte . Observer.)
FOREST CITY, Oct. 6. Rev. J. M.
Hamrick, pastor of the the Baptist
church, preached his farewell sermon
here today, having accepted a call to
the First Baptist church at Lexington.
Mr. Hamrick has been pastor here and
at Harmony church, ' Chester county.
S. C, for the past 17 months. He
will devote his entire time to his new
charge. - He and his family will leave
for Lexington Wednesday. -
Mrs. J. F. Moser, wife of Rev. Mr.
Moser, pastor of the Methodist church,
who was taken to the Rutherford Hos
pital last Monday for a serious oper
ation, will not be able to return home
for some time yet. Rev. Mr. Moser
was taken suddediy ill Friday night
and was in a -critical condition for
some time, but is convalescent now.,
The annual county fair will be held
here October 14th to 19th. Numerous
prizes are offered for best' farm pro
ducts, live, stock and fancy work. The
"Great Calvert" - of New York will
give two open air performances daily
on the high wire. ; - -' "'
The Sandy Run Association will
convene at Mount Olivet next Thurs
day. . -
Mr. J. L. Collins of Texas is spend
ing a few weeks here with his mother
after an absence of several years. -
(By the Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Oct. 3
President Taft will be without repre
sentation in California in the electoral
college and not a vote for him can be
cast in the State, unless it be written
in following a decision by the State
Supreme Court today under which e
lectors pledged to him cannot appear
on the November ballot as Republi
cans. ' ' -' ;:'
The issue was presented in the form
of an application by attorneys for the
Taft Republican organization' seeking
to have made permanent an alterna
tive writ obtained some days ago, di
recting Frank C, Jordan, Secretary of
State, to designate on the' : ballot as
Republicans the presidential electors
named by the Taft adherents.
Attorney General Webb for the Sec
retary of State, filed a general denial
of the allegations in a demure to the
petition. : He argued that the Republi
can party of California was jnot affili
ated with the National party and was
in no wise bound by the decisions of
fiie. Chicago Convention; that the peti
tion of the Taft men was supported by
insufficient evidence and that the court
lacked jurisdiction.
The State election in Georgia Wed
nesday resulted " in the election of the
Democratic ticket headed by John M.
Statonfor Governor, practically with
out opposition.
The New York Times bad a staff
representative on the train with Col
onel Roosevelt, on his trip through
North Carolina and this is the ac
count he sends his paper. It will be
noticed that the correspondent says
that the Republican party in the State
is dead and that Senator Simmons
probably will be elected to succeed
himself.
"Colonel Roosevelt got a warm re
ception throughout the State. At
Hillsboro, although it was known the
tram would not stop, there was a great
crowd out just to cheer the train as it
whizzed by, and a band played "Dixie"
in the Colonel's honoi. At all the
stops in mill towns crowds had come
for many miles to see the Colonel just
for a moment; bands played and the
mill whistles blew.
'At Hickory some college students
cheered for Wilson just as the Colonel
was beginning his speech. A big far
mer grabbed hold of the cheer leader
and said: 'I'm a Taft man, but I don't
stand for any insulting of Roosevelt,'
and hurled the youth out of the crowd.
"A score of husky farmers followed
his example, and though tne college
boys put up a good fight, they were
overmatched and were thrown out with
black eyes and crimson noses.
"Most of his speeches in North Car
olina contained little that was new, ex
cept assaults on E. C. Duncan, tha
Republican National Committeeman,
for his participation in the 'theft' of
the Roosevelt delegates at Chicago.
At Raleigh however, he varied his
references to the trusts by tackling the
Tobacco Trust in its home. He de
clared that the remedies for the trust
evils proposed by Taft and Wilson
would not injure the trusts at all and
cited the 'dissolution' of the Tobacco
Trust as an example a dissolution
which, he said, did not dissolve.
What Taft and Wilson had to offer,
he said, was simply a modification of
detail. His plan was that when the
Supreme Court found a trust to be
violating the law, as it had found in
the case of the Tobacco Trust, a re
ceiver should be appointed iust as
would be done in the case of a Nation
al bank, and there should be no reor
ganization until the trust adjudged
guilty of criminality had purged itself
of the sins which the court decided it
had committed.
" 'They should be made to suffer,'
he said, 'in . precisely the same way
that Mr. Morse was made to suffer.'
Parenthetically he added that If he had
been President he would not have par
doned Morse,
"Normally there are about 116,000
Republican votes in North Carolina.
If President Taft gets 10,000 of them.
say the Roosevelt men, he ought to
offer a prayer of thanksgiving! He
may not get more than 5,000, and pro
bably will not get more than 7,000 at
the outside.- All the rest will go to
Roosevelt. Wilson, however, will
carry the State. Roosevelt is not like
ly to get many Democratic votes,
though he will get some. The old Re
publican party is as dead as a door
nail in North Carolina, and the few
votes Taft will get will be those east
by tne friends of Federal office hold- '
ers. The normal Democratic vote here
is about 135,000, but this year it will
probably be larger because of the in
terest taken in the senatorial election.
The fight Is between Senator Simmons
and Governor Kitchin, but Simmons
probably will be elected." .
FERRY ITEMS.
Mr. Henry Jenkins Improving His Res
idence Death Of A Child.
(Special to The Sun.)
FERRY, Oct. 7. Rev. Z. D. Harrill
filled his regular : appointment at
Floy's Creek church Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Joseph Grant is right sick with
fever. We hope for him a speedy re
covery.
The little child ojL Mr. R. C. Cartee,
who had been sick for some time, died
last Friday night, and was buried at
Goode's Creek Saturday.
Mr. Sam Haynes, of Cliff side, visit
ed his uncle, Mr. W. M. Haynes, Sat
urday. .
Mr. Henry Jenkins is having his
house improved by painting. Mr. W.
P. Alexander Is doing the work.
Messrs. Gaither and R. C. Kennedy
8 pent Monday in Rutherfordton.
Mr. ana Mrs. W. H. Haynes attend
ed church at Henrietta Sunday. .
Mrs, J. W. Crawford spent last
Saturday in Spartanburg, S. C.
Mr. T. C. Holland spent Monday in
Rutherfordton. - - " - v.