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PUBLIC LtBD GE R. i the incident cost the Sheriff 300 vott s j of Agriculture. He is the father of the
j at the recent primaries. j present movement to aid tne nr.prove-
The Governor enlivened things with I ment of country roads by Federal an
il campaign joke, in which he said that j propriation. He has also been active
hjU(;ahon Gi-FICK; ! a crowd of rueo. souse live in number, in securing legislation to prohibit gam-
ukitt pkinteky. Mitchell BUJLmNt;. j t - , cttw .tints r.ii r.f n -.irinart- ! bfhn? in farm nroduct. These are only !
I HlVt 111 J A V y klll V.l 1 11 V, i ' u -r J "
jment car, when a stranger came ! illustrations. He has voted for the j
upon the scene and told the crowd that i election oi senator uy me peopie, ui ;
he had studied the faces of men to ; the constitutional amendment provid
suoh an extent that he could name ! ing for an income tax; nnd for the law
j the political n rty to which each man ! limiting the amount of money a Sena- j
...4-aH9-a- I bejojjj This assertion was instantly j tor or Representative can spend in
PKIOE OE SUBSCRIPTION : ...r..:, l ... .,f tl nnnu whn ! m-ikind n Pfimrwirfn fur elpeiinn and
demanded the stranger to name his j requiring the publication of all such
political affiliations " You," said the j expenditures. Now the important
sirangcr. "are a Democrat fins was (question arises what has Mr. rvi tenia
correct, and the stranger picked out
another fellow and pointing his finger
at his face, remarked "You are a Pro
hibitionist." This was also correct,
and the stranger continued the process
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The National Democratic platform
has enumerated with approbation
many new and progressive measures,
every one of which (as far as we re-
OXEOKO. V. C . SATURDAY. A EC!. -ST :5m. ViVi.
Lorinier Was a run
first volt1 wa.i wrong
OUR STATE TICKET.
For Governor:
LOCKE CRAIG,
of Buncombe.
For Lieutenant-Governor:
I.. L. DAUGMTKIDGE,
of E'lMecurube.
For Secretary of State:
J. I:R Y A N GIMMES,
of Pitt.
For Trea.-.urer:
li. P. LACY,
of Wake.
For Auditor:
W. P. WOOD,
of Randolph.
For Attorney-General:
i. w. iJicKKrr.
of EraniOiii.
For S-.iperintenderit of Public Instruct ion:
JAMES Y. JOYNEie,
of Guiiford.
For Insurance Commissioner:
JAMES P. YOUNG,
of Vance.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
o! Liiicoin.
For Corr.iri!ST,ioner of La!or and Piintin!1,:
M. L. SiilPMAN
of ih ixlerson,
For Corr,oratIn Commissioners:
L. L. IRA VIS.
if Halifax.
CEO. P. PELL,
of Forsyth.
For .J isiicrs Supreme Court
WILLIAM A. HOKE.
of Lincoln.
GEORGE II. BROWN,
of Beaufort.
For Judrfe of the Fifth .Judical District:
HOWARD A. EOIJSHEE.
Governor Kilchin in Oxford.
Governor Kitchin arrived in Oxford
at 10 20 last Tuesday morning over
the Seaboard "Vesiibuled Limited,"
and not on the Southern's "Fast Mail,
to the amusement of everyone, until j collect) Mr. Simmons has urged and
he reached a little man oyer in the j voted for. One progressive measure
corner, and with pointed finger said, j which he has advocated, to-wit : ap-
Sir. yo;; are (i North Carolina Kepubli- plying the illiteracy test to immigrants,
can." As quick as a llish, the little ! the convention failed to notice. The
man sprang to his feet, jerked eft his j party was not up to that yet. The
coal and said: "You are a liar, sir. I I platform, however, is in line with his
hive been si-;k for three months that ;great work for the preservation of our
is why I rest-mble them fellows." j natural resources, the improvement of
Touching the Larimer ca-e theG;V-0r waterways, and the conservation
c-rnor said t hat if Senator Simmons was j "f m,r water power, ere, the platform
given an opn rmuirv to vote twice 1 binH He and positive than any for
01 one i:I n,- wt.uld surelv vote right ! mi'T J lhese subjects, as well as
one lifiic; Tiu.l his Second vofe lor ";: oiioioveujeui ui out ocean mini
fession that is'is servirt- witli South America, which is
I entirely in accord with the views ex-
The Governor did not come up to j pressed by Senator Simmons on that
the expectation of his friends in his j subject as far back as 1906.
indictment a-ainst Senator Simmons, j As against all of this constructive
His arguments were weak and frivilous legislation which shows that Mr. Sim-f-orn
beginning to end. It had the ! mons is one of the really progressive
ring of a court case in which the de- j nien of ,lis tinie. Governor Kitchin has
fer.dantsand plaintiff were "Kitchin vs. j nothing whatever to show for himself.
The Democratic Party, et al." There j IIis record as a progressive statesman
was no one present to defend the j is at zel'. fiil(i rtS an office-seeker is at
Democratic Party, and tin; Governor, fever heat.
like a school boy, proceeded to set up ! The Governor says that he stands on
his blocks and knock them down, to bot! thH State and National platforms,
the amusement of the crowd. Savs As he claims that Simmons packed the
he: "Oh, yes, Senator Simmons is a State Convention against him, and ac
great man -he is a whole Congress j tually started to read the State Con
unlo himself and so long as there is ; vention out of the party, it is a matter
a candidate in the field to keep him j of amusement to learn that he stands
walking the chalk-line he will be good j on the Simmons platform adopted by
a m1 sweet " It seemed rather incon- te Simmons Convention,
graoos ,that a Governor should vacate j In his first speech he declared that
his office, leaving our old friend A. J. j the National platform would demand
Field at the seat of government, for j Reciprocity as a Democratic measure
the purpose of goading the Senator to ; and he asked with great glee, "where
a point .f duly. We failed to see in will Simmons be then?" That he must
t ie speech anything but a vain effort j be greatly disappointed in the Nation
Oil the port of the Governor to reach j al platform, which omits all reference
the Senate chamber by condemning ; to free lumber, to free raw material.
I t ie act of the Democratic State Con- ; and to the desirability ol putting
j vention in endorsing Senator Simmon's ' Southern products on the free list
record. With characteristic poc he I while giving Northern products such
! reaches the climax when he pounds his j advantages as the tariff duty affoids,
jbre -st and shouts, "I a;n the Moses jand which virtually repudiates Reci-
come to lead you out of the wilderness!" i procity as a Democratic measure, it is
ue oni not prouuee any aifcumem to inueeu gratnymg to jearn that ne
sho.v why t he people should substitute j stands on thar platform.
Kitchin for Simmons. We verily be- On the other hand if Mr. Simmons
lieve the shallow and fliinsey argu- had been selected to draft the plat
ments produced, by the Governor has j form he would htve drawn it just as it
a decided tendency to entrench Sen-! is with the addition of his progressive
ator Simmons more firmly in the hearts ! measure in regard to immigration.
Gist of an Education.
Observe the noble girl who
has completed her college
education.
her -itli limrlFr1 rdnti
resting in the hollow of her
white palm, gazing out into the
future with thoughtful eves.
What problems may she now
be solving?
What mighty movements for
the uplifting of the race may
she be planning?
Back of her are the pears of
study and application. The
great minds of the centuries
have given her of their best.
All that science and phil
osophy can cull from the un
iverse of mind and matter is
hers.
And now she is ready for the
future. There is a hopeful gleam
and a confident litrlit in her eves.
nted
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1 he Vile dinners ixeturn.
If all who are signing the
petition for a Simmons club in
Greensboro are going to stick
and vote the Democratic ticket
this fall from top to bottom, as
it is presumed the' will do, the
majority in State and county
should be overwhelming. Men
manv of them who have
Thirty white girls to run
Machines. Clean
Sewing
if P
and easy work.
Wages
Pa
Wis
not voted6straight for some years,
are pledging themselves to stand
) and from those we know
personally they will stick. The
proposed rules governing the
primary are that a man must
first walk up and vote the
Democratic ticket, after which
he is eligible to vote for Sena
tor. Some have signed who
have been voting the Repub
lican ticket from top to bottom
for a lone time. They are
comiup back home. "As
as the lamp holds out to burn,
etc. Greensboro News.
Liearning,
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of the peoxile. The Public Ledger is
confident that Senator Simmons will
carry seven of the ten congressional
districts.
The Governor stated from the ros
trum that "your local paper is very
No. 07' and was met by a committee i l,iur' tUfii niJin' of thf! papers r
of three, composerl of Col. Henry G
Cooper, Mr. Norrmtn Burwell and Mr.
L. f. fiuchanan. The Governor vas
attired in campaign clothing and
resembled the tipical candidate from
tip to toe, Kornewhat jaded in appear
ance, but withal! a handsome man.
ccive pay lor editorial matter inspired
in Washington; that he and his friends
are not able to buy editorial space
in the papers." The editors of the
Public Ledger are rpialified to defend
Senator Simmons' record without con
sultation or pay. Thi s paper was very
The date of the speech had been set I h;ar ,0 ,lm ,,,:arr of Mr- Kitchin when
for July .ci0, and the date and iheoc- il stood by him in his congressional
casion had been broadly advertised , :irui Jiubernatoiial campaigns, but now
for fully one month; yet ihe crowd, j Umt R Xftr'-s its right to defend
considering that it vas court week, ! Senator Simmons, whose record was
endorsed by the State Democratic
Convention, the Governor cries out in
the bitterness of his heart that we are j
was very small. Judge Whedbee .ad
journed court at 11 o'clock and the
first bell annauncing the speech was
instantly rung, followed by a second
bell fifteen minutes later. Caot T G
Mr. Kitchin says "that in 1895 fusion
was arranged by Chairman Manly by
the advice and consent of the State
Committee, of which Mr. Simmons was
was a member. Mr. Simmons was not
present at the meeting when that mat
ter was agreed on," and on his return
to Raleigh he expressed the opinion
that the proposition was a mistake.
However, the populist did not accept
the offer, and that was the end of the
matter. In the Spring of 1898 there
was again some disposition to fuse
with the Populi.st, Mr. Simmons and
Mr. Pou (who was then the Chairman
of the party) by correspondence" and
otherwise organized the fight against
it
On April 26th the Wilmington Star,
which had fallen in with his policy,
said: "With a straight Democratic pol
icy and Simmons as chairman, we will
win a glorious victory." When the
convention met Governor Kitchin was
the editors to seek editorial expression
Stem introduced the Governor in good 1 fnmi anv D-"ioeratio principles, the ari(.nt champion of fusion, and it
a -T. ..- . i-.i n lo.iihl I . . f. . . .1
style, it was at this point that we vv"u,,, WK'J,-w;il ,or standing was Wllh great difficulty that he was
counted every person in the court y e standard-bearer of Democracy.
room and found the number to be 483;
of this number there were 18 ladies
and 23 colored people. The crowd
was composed equally of Simmons and
Concerning some of the other mat
ter stated in the Governor's speech we
comment as follows:
He sneeringly dams Simmons lor
ill k l&fTV iU
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Kitchin forces, with a good spiinkling being a reactionary not a progressive.
of Clark adherents. As a ,naUer of faf.t Mr Simmons lias
The Governor begin his sn-ech by j b h a uuuu! t he most piogressive states
announcing that he wan for Wo,drow j men of his time. He was progressive
Wilson for President; Locke Craig for i in State matters with regard to suf
Governor, and himself for the United jfage; with legardtoali social and ed
States Senate. Touching the Gathn i ucational advancement in the State
persuaded to abide by the action of
the convention. He now claims that
he wrote the platform except one para
graph. They had great trouble in get
ting him to abide by the action of the
convention. We do not know that
personally, but fiom the rep.irt of Gov
ernor Jaryis, as chairman of the plat- j
form committee to the convention
Gov. Jar vis being chairman of commit
tee, we rather imagine that hehad some
thing to say in drawing the platform
gun incident, a matter of local history, j And in like manner in the Senate he ! It is indeed wonderful that Mr. Kitcida
the Governor declared that he was not j has be-ri the advocate of all new meas
aware that the gun was a part of the ; ores that promised to be of advantage
equipment of the military company and benefit of the people. He has ad
when he ordered it to proceed post- vocated the parcels post, postal sav
haste to Oxford, but with a wave. of ings banks and other such measures,
the hand he dismissed the incident by j even when there was a strong local
quoting his constitutional right in such i opposition to them. He has been a
matters, Gatlin gun or no Gatlin gun j strong advocate of increasing the effi-
He said the Sheriff, too, did his duly
in secreting the prisoner, and it was
at this point that the"voice of West
Brummitt assured the Governor that
ciency of the rural free delivery service
and increase of pay of carriers, and of
all the measures which have so vastly
improved the work of the Department
now claims that he wrote the constitu- j
tional amendment containing the j
grand-father's clause, disfranchising I
negroe,whieh doubtless would be news !
to Geo. Rountree, of Wilmington, who
was Chairman of the House Committee
that reported the measure, which was
drafted by the committee on long and
close consultations of Mr. Simmons
and other leaders.
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specialty. Oxford Hardware Co.
deliberating weath
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sap the very vitality
out of you- if you're
feeling the effects
of the weather al
low us to recom
mend our
and Irosi.
which will improve
your appetite, brace
you up and make
you over anew al
most. It is specially ex
cellent for conva
lescents. Price $1.
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Druggist,
Oxford, INT. C.
A WELL DRESSED brilliantly il
luminated store window is a sales
man that works when the store is
closed. Let the crowds that pas9
at night see what you have to of
fer. Make the windows bright and
attractive.
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