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Dear Sir: ' T;
"Oh, wretched State! Oh Bosom black
as Death U"sti':'r :'.,:"
Oh limed Soul, that, ' struggling to be
free, V :'-.Vv';. Av' .
Art more encaged.' : . - '
Replying to Mri Jnd H: JKerri
in the Recorof Octrdr . .
Had natoe Mr. : Kerr, given
you an underetriding equal Cto
the task :oi ) carrying out ; the
wishes of your heart v you would
indeed halve been a formidable
monster betweeirthe people and
justice, but wHile it was liberal in
one instance it denied you inan
other in orderi it .would seemy
that your selfish . desires " could
not be imposed upon the people.
Nature abundant; in one instance
is scarce in another in order that
the balance may not be destroyed.
The audacity, and deceit, , and
m Of yOuK?!?u?llJ
remarkable than .the contempt
the expressions would indicate
that you have of - the coxmnon
sense of the people of Warren
county. The - attributes "'men
tioned above can be exercised to
great advantage when assisted
by ability, as instanced by the
career of Napoleon, but when not
supported and directed by such
they reflect nothing but shame
and mtv unon their author as m i
your instance. .
It is not my wish to divert the
attention of the people from the
Judkins and; Hawtree irregulari
"i ties, andi the Coleman -whiskey
affair to your inconsistent acts as
' district sphcitor, along, with your
"attempts to- sometmes - -.serve
am quite anxious to center their
attention upon the -affidavits you
have furnished regarding the
fraud in Judkins and the voting
of unqualified people at Wise. I
shall appeal to the people to de
cide who has attempted to de
ceive in this matter. Your own
affidavits shall serve as evidence
to the truth of the charges I have
made. Fraud and irregularity
were practiced at Vaughan, and
people that were not qualified to
do so voted in Warrenton and
Hawtree. I appeal to the people
to give an unbiased hearing, and
if I fail to prove by your own af
fidavits that the charges I have
produced were'triie then I stand.!
guilty of falsehood in regard to
every statement I have made;
but before referring, to the affida
vits you have furnished I-wish to
call the attention of the people to
a few facts made noticeable by
your references.; ; ,: - :
I wish to call their attention to
the fact . thatV they . will hardly
hear any more from you and Mr.
Jones about the immoral- use of
whiskey. After it had been pro
ven to the people that leaders of
the moral ( ?) faction were acting
the hypocrite in the matter and
were distributing ; it over the
county for election purposes and
also attempting to deceive the
church , into assisting , them
through their loud abuses of their
opponents you and Mr. Jones are
as silent as death regarding ; it,
excepting one short reference by
you. What do you suppose the
church thinks now of your trea
chery to the main plank of your
platform, the one by which they
were deceived? You refer to
your "attempts . to sometimes
serve your Master and Lord."
True christian people realize that
in order.to live a reputable chris--tian
life the effort to give service
must bercbnstant, 'not. sbmej
times, ' but all the time; When
you attempted to defend the :hy
pocritical use of whiskey by .the
moral (?) faction and represent
your brother as 'yonder public
camAwfc suDiDose vbu wishiisito
unrdthai a ' explanator
of why you ref erj to ' your chrisr
tian ' serVioe ; as "sometimes.
have theJcreditgiven for an
honest confession ; in" that 'case,
though it was so expressed as to
deserve, an. explanatibn. So we,
upon your motion, bid "f arewellj '
to the whiskey question in War
ren : county. ; The . silence of you.
and Jones is m6re; elcKiuent
tnan any language that you or l
You. refer to your lifieasihiaying
been an open book inathis .coun
ty "Indeed it hr ;biit written
in a language that biit Jfew peo
ple could interpret, ahdj still less
understand. The &dyJof the
rk;isinconsisnwi the
preface that it is with difficulty
we believe you are the author, of
it.- It is a dificultwork to trans-'
late. I can only speak of it with
but short references.
the fact that
you, 4 'hardly know me" is I trust
not a matter of surprise to - my
friends for I do not care toj be
associated with that criminal
class among which you find some
of your strongest friends; and as
to the belief you express ' that
but few people in the County
know me I am surely grieved,
you are not my friend or else you
yould not have hurt me by such
an unkind reference, but I try.to
console myself by reflecting that:
it were better for mexto enjoy
but a short acquaintance than
like certain otliers have a very
wide one only to be -attended by
the. contempt that : familiarity
breeds for certain such individu-
j v - Vl ' :-'f. rr.;",' - T$
;You'hav reminded ; me that
you' "have answered your reply
to me in twenty-four hours after
it appeared." Wonderful!1 I
should have congratulated my
self to have" done as much in sev
eral'days time. -.
Now, we will approach the af
fidavits you have furnished in the
order in which they were pub
lished. ,
First You furnish one signed
by the election board of Judkins.
I have made the statement in
former articles that two men
were voted by the Coleman sup
porters in Judkins after the poll
was closed. I charged jsuch ; as
an irregularity, i You denied it,
and are attempting to do so in
your article. Commencing in
the thirtieth line in that affidavit
is the following statement, "and
when the poll was closed think
ing that it would take until after
dark to count the ballots, we (the
election board) removed the .bal
lot box into the depot at
Yaughan, and there counted the
votes in the presence" of ' every
one who wished to see said coun
ting." This statement is signed
by '
V J. J. STALLINGS,
J. C. HUDSON,
J. V. SHEARIN. -Now,
remember that the state
ment of the election - board says
"the poll was closed" oyer there
under a tree, meaning that the
time . for . voting had expired.
You admit that the "poll - was
closed . under the tree?" Then
I we will consiaer ivir. ; w. it.
Vaughan's affidavit. Personally
I wish to express my . thanks to
you Mr. Vaughan, for furnishing
this ' affidavit, withbut it it . was
difficuly for v me ? to corrobo
rate my charges but now you
corroborate jne. Commencing at
the twelfth line Mr. Vaughan
testifies, "at 4:50 or 4:55 they
came in ; he; -besr and-1
asked them why they, closed the
p6llstbefore.5 o'clock. Mr. Hud
sou (a poll holder) said it was by
his time," etc. . Then he goes on
arid tells how it was not by his
Thrower. The election' board in
their affidavit! say : th ;poll as
closed c over under a tree,
then the - box caxrvpt
depot, tf i Mr. Vaughan J says
after it was brought inTtwof irie
werei yoHgThe impression ybii
and Mr.' Vaughan "wish to give is
that it was not legal to close v
polIyyingft
cept Mr. yaughan's. isucn is tne
opinion i only" , of v you aid;:'. Mr.
Ugani The poll was . opened
again against the protest of rMr
Hudson J)yIwho-1amettjere
opened ;in - the morning Mr.,
gantates; itheboxes
fiaarnot ibeerij ph;Efcs is-
justHkt lhaveted all along;
The remaining parts of your affi-
davits simply express the "opin
ions'. of those people as to what
they thbtight was - right: anf
wrong about the affait;. , ..
: :But I-ask you'and Mr. Vaughan
i Wis quesjiQiu ; By whose author
LI
ity; weieaii safaly cVmchldetipbh
whose advice it was done, but
please, after the astoundingv ir
regularity of noting two me afr
ter the. "poll was . closed, " - by
whose authority did the "election,
board reduce the tallied vote of
Mr. J. A: Dowtin so as to cause
the total of bis and. Mr.' f J . B.
Coleman's to corres'pondwith
the total number of hameS i put
on the poll books as having vo
ted? People pf Warren county.
go see for yourselves in Warren
ton the returns bm Judkins
showing in unmistakablegures
that Mn Dow
from 67
man's remainiat 97 so as to make
the total of the two ; candidates
amourit-to' hot morethanlSS, j
Kerr,: you ind; Mri" Vaughan can;
not deny this Mr.- , Vaughan
your conduct in this affair was
so unusual as to justify the foK
lowing questions: For nearly
ten years you had been a regular
attendant at the Democratic con
ventions in Warrenton.. You
were not there on May 23rd. But
tell us please why was a lawyer
from Littleton employed to ap
pear in Warrenton on May 23rd
to defend the Judkins returns?
Aha! You know nothing of it.
You were hot there, were you?
You could tell us something of
the corrupt efforts put forth by
the moral (?) faction, could you
not? Do you remember any
thing of a vote for Coleman bet
ing bribed at Vaughan by a
quart of whiskey and $3.00? - Si
lence. The opening the polls af
ter they ;were : closed and two
men voted was "and irregularity,
the changing of Mr. Dowtin's,
or any candidate's "voteVwas t a
fraud, the bribing of a voter was
corruption. : Why . should ..these
things have been done? ; Was
there not a law to protect the
people from such? It is, but it
is paralyzed.' . Why should the
poll holders in any precinct have
feared to exercised corruption
only that it should be in favor of
certain candidates? v ' v
, Your next reference is to the
irregularities in Hawtree. I wish
to call the attention of the peo
ple to the fact thafit was not a
question of who a voter voted
for that made him a qualified or
unqualified voter, as that is the
impression you are trying to
make.: The question was 'that
you challenged "any one to show
(that there was any illegal vote
cast in the primary election in
this Precinct, " meanings Haw
tree. J But now you are shifting
your ground after ite having
been proved to . you Vthat illegal
votes were cast at Wise, but I
shall follow "you ; through your
shif tings be they ever so numer-J
ous.' you produce an affidavit
by Mr. Norman Perkinson that
0W ?LSrn19sed that jsdas J Jiave stated before they
tltime haS expire instigated, and as-
e vo-
and
one by' Mr Gray : that he vo
Kd f bMPDowtiri - You: ish
t-tormake the imoression.; T Riirw
fi!thatif they voted for Mr.
n that determined the . le-
of. the vote? I beg to dis
agree with you. Those two votes
were illegally, cast matters not
whom they v were. The ques-
eregjega:rheir : voting for
Mr. Dowtin does not determine
thef legality of the act : in the
minds of the ; people, though it
may in": yours. I can attest to
this and .the people can judge the
Tmainder tbatr neither bf, these
JJMessrsy Gray and Smith,
-aTe acquainted with Mr. Dowtin,
to vote bv . the strongest
supporters Mr. Colern an had at
Personally, I did not
whom they voted for. ana
dd -not permit that to influence
:ry( statement. Perhaps? We
OiiojfC But for all that you
iaV(0 riot proved that their voting
was! legal and the people are not
sflcK ignoramoses as not to know
but that: that, was the question.
We .will consider the inegular
ifies - in- Warrenton. You say
;-ifeipTOisinf pitted; about Pro
fessor.Futreirs voting; he voted
In the ' Primary. " I quote you,
-He came to Warrenton to live
after May 1912, was not eligible
to taxes for the year 1913, he
lived .nn this Township four
rnorith and in this county six
nloriths, and he was eligible to
jtdhe .;y6ted.V Yon say
Jcai live"
aiter-May 1912, but was riot lia-
blc&taxe fpr,1913.;- Why was
4iallelfbiC9
thihg crooked; The rest of us in
the i County are liable for tax
ation if we are residing in the
1 county only the month in which
taxeSi are listed, but according to
your statement this man had
been living there from May 1912
to May 1914 and still not liable
to taxes. And does not the elec
tion law plainly say that a man
to be eligible to vote must also
in addition to the residential qua
lification have paid his poll tax
for the year previous to the one
in which he is voting prior to
May 1st of that year? This man
had paid ho poll tax in North
ampton, of course you will come
with that statement now, but. he
stated the day of the Primary
that he had not Then what in
the name of justice entitled him
to vote? Nothing but your sanc
tioning it. You have admited in
the same statement that he came
there to live after May 1912, was
not liable tP taxes- for 1913, but
was entitled to vote. You make
these statements in the face of
fact that the people are conscious
of the fact that we should have
paid our poll tax for previous
year prior to May 1st of the year
we are voting in, in order under
the election law to vote. Ah!
Surely you must have a most con
temptible opinion of the intelli
gence of the people of Warren
"county. H I charge, sir, that that
man was not entitled to vote in
Warren county, and that your
defending it is only ah evidence
of the "boldness with which you
sanction injustice. That was
not the only instance of irregu
larity in Warrenton. A member
of the chaingang sentenced there
by court, and at that time serv
ing his alloted time ; of service
was sent for and brought to
Warrenton, and assisted to vote
by members of the moral (?)
faction, XFhy, should you have
sanctioned such? ' Was that con
sistent with -the moral. ( ?) ,-. plat
form represented to' the people
in general arid the church in par-
Iticuter? Was it consistent with
isisted
your official position as-district
solicitor to refuse 7 to encourage
investigatiprisJof fthe judkins,
Warrenton, and Hawtree irregu
larities? Was it not even Jess
consistent with v-the moral ( ?)
platform .represented to ; the
church for you to atteriipt a de
fence of such; things? You yet
have an opportunity to disprove
the charges of fraud in 'Judkins,
Warrenton, and Hawtree. I re
fer you to the job departmen of
the Record for, willing service in
getting out replies in circular
form. But in conclusion I wish
to suggest that' a public charc
ters and you in particular should
regulate their conduct with .that
old political proveirb of log-cabin
origin : ' 'You can fool some of
the, folks all the time, and you
can fool all the folks some of the
time, but you can't fool all the
folks all the time
rTo the People of Warreri County:
It is approiate to reflect upon
the proposition before you and to
be decided by you on Nov. 8rd.
Personally I have no interests at
stake other than those in general
with you. There are no favors
for me to ask and less to expect.
I have written these articles with
no other view than that the
honest people of the county
might be aware of the great po
litical scheme that "isT being
endeavored to be imposed . upon
them by unscrupulous politicians.
With respect to Messrs. Jones,
Rodwell and Kerr my position
before you is different. They
were pleading with you to uphold
a system upon which depended
their political existence. The
success or-the failure - of . their
own politicai'plaris is at stake. I
uponi? wnicn-i these plans were
fGUhdyeaari
selves, until, forced to do so.; Vvrith :
you and me it is not a " question
of whether a ring of politicans
fail or succeed, . but ... whether; ,a
political system, represented by
these men, and founded upon the
basest of principles, hypoiricy;
ingratitude, and treachery, shall
succeed or f aiL It is not a ques
tion with you or me whether Mr.
Coleman or Mr. Dowtin shall win
in the election of Nov. 3rd., but
one of deeper importance. It is
whether Mi. Coleman, supported
by Messrs. Jones, Rodwell and
Kerr sanctioning the above vices
shall win or Mr. Dowtin, support
ed by the people shall lose. I
shall indulge in no unkind com
ment upon Mrl Coleman further
than facts shall justify, it is only
his misfortune to permit himself
to be the choice of a faction be
gotten by treachery," nutured by
hypocricy, and secured by fraud.
It is not a question of the
choice of two men but of the two
different principles represented
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byvthem. It is not necessary to
go into details relating the j mo
tives that prompted the origin of
the oppositiori to. Mr. Dowtin,
that when he refused to throw the
strength of his political influence
to Mr. Kitchiri, for the Senate,
but supported Mr. Simmons in
stead, Mr. Kerr and others com
menced a fight against him, the .
object of which was his utter de
struction, knowing ' no. other
charge to, produce against j him
they advanced with the plan of
ensnaring the church into politics
the claim that he ; used whiskey
to build political support, a ;
charge as false in its practice as
hypocritical in its preaching. Hp
was .selected as "yonder , publi
can" to have . poured upon his,
head the abuses pi his enemies
and the suspicions of his misin- .
formed friends. For twelve long
years he has met upon the politi
cal arena of Warren pounty every
form of fraud and immorality
that could be produced &y
his enemies, and not a.singte in-,
stance of their charges. Save they
been able to prove- -
The hypocrisy and irfiS&a&cX""
.of the charges of his enemfes
can be seen by the fact . that
when they were representing to
the christion element of War
ren county instances of his' im
moral use of whisWey; Mr; Jones
was offering quarts of it to pub
lic officials in the v office of the
Supt. of Puplic Instruction ' and
Mr. W. G. Coleman brother of
Mr; J. L. Coleman, was distribut
ing it to be used on May 16th.
from Wise to Littleton. In the :
sariie breath that you vere asked
riot to support him because of his
long duration in office they , dis
played their inconsistency by ''
asking outo support r(Rod-;
weuno nas pjen an.oiuce noiuer
: But "ereri for 'aU tte it
would be only just for us to sub-"
mit to the results of fthe M:3y
pnmary' ' but for one fact evident
to all and disproven - by none.
Mr. Dowtin's defeat was brought
about by fraud and corruption.
You already know how at Wie
illegal votes were instigated to '
be cast by Mr, Coleman's strong
est supporters there and whiskey
used there by, the Coleman, fac
tion, how at Vaughan men vere
voted against him after the" poll
was close and how votes hwere
bribed by high representatives of
the moral ? faction with whiskey .
and money and but. for the sake
of a friendship formed in- boy
hood with his victim's son upon
the base ball dianibrid the pur- r
chaser should blush before you
for his act; and how at thn same
place the election returns were
change, cutting Mr. Dowtin's
vote from 67 to 61 arid permitting
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