OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER FRIDAY. .TUNE 25. 1920
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ter.
fl Herbert Hoover has certainly
been a great disappointment to the
New York World.
fi The story that a Belgian had
"landed one on the ex-kaiser's jaw"
was too good to be true.
ft To hear some people tell it, the
only personal liberty worth while is
dispensed by a man in a white apron.
1 A recent interview indicates that
sickness has not seriously interfer
ed with the President's punch.
? la it possible -h.it Mr. McAdoo
believes that the Democrats haven't
a chance?
ft It remains to be seen whether
or not the party of Lincoln will have
to contend with the Party of Lin
coln, Neb.
GARDNER ANSWERS AND ACCEPTS
THE MORRISON CHALLENGE.
"My campaign manager, Judge Biggs,, will beready at any time to
meet Mr. Morrison's manager and make rrngemeiits for such a contest.
While I know of no easier, or surer,, way to win the nomination of the of
fice I seek, ;thiVii;to,meei.Mri: Morrison face to face in joint debate, never
theless, I accept his challenge, if such it be, reluctantly, for such a contest
between brother Democrats" cannot help but injure the Democratic party.
I believe it is of V&r 'greater moment to keep the whole Dmocratic 1 party
intact than whether: or ?not Mr. Morrison or I shall be its standard bear
ear this fall.
"I think Mr. Morrison is the last man who should complain about per
sonalities being injected into this campaign, for after having depicted Bob
Page as a socialist and a dangerous man; after having icpresehted me as a
rash youth without a platform, when I stand on the platform.-of my
party and his; after having slashed at the Page and Webb families; with
a vindicative spirit time after, time , and after his henchmen have in
fected the whole state with slanderous reports concerning my political and
moral character, Cam, under a broken screen of poisoned gas, suddenly
pretends to be the victim of a statewide conspiracy upon the part of my
friends and me to injure him personally.
"I willingly leave it to the people of North Carolina as to whether
I have ever attached Mr. Morrison personally. Not only have I not touch
ed his 'personal life, but I have been very lenient with his political record,
but if Cam wishes to descend into the arena of personalities, as reluc
tant as I am to engage in such tactics, his challenge will be readily ac
cepted. He tries to create the impression that I have savagely attacked
his personal life. He knows this is' not true. It was all right for Page
and Gardner to be the targets of his poisoned practorical arrows iot the
moment Henry Page . of his own volition opened fire on Cam ti Segan
to holler." ' -
A joint debate between two candidates of the Democratic party is less
likely to help either, than it is to hurt the party itself. Such injury to the
party as may come as the result of this one must rest upon the head of
Morrison and his advisers. But as the meeting was not provoked or
sought by Max Gardner, neither has it been avoided by him. Always
ready to stand up for the things in which he believes; always ready to
give a reason for the faith that is in him, he will decline to challegne
when his record and that of his party is attacked.
It is both surprising and amusing to hear the Morrison managers
claim that the Page strength or the larger part of it is back of their
man. No more independent body of men ever existed than the 30,000)
who cast their ballots for Robert N. Page. No one can control their
votes; no one can deliver them. They will consider the issue involved in
this contest; they will measure the. effect upon the State's welfare of
their action in the second primary. : And when they have so considered
Max Gardner and his frjends will be well content with what they do.
(Political Advertising)
OBIT WA R Y
IX MEMOftlAM
ft The average Guy knows he has
to pay to support the government.
His disposition will be to support!
the party that will make the oper
ation as painless as possible.
ft When Senator Harding makes
a flat declaration concerning the
League of Nations either the bitter-enders
or the mild reservation
ists are going to get bumped. Or
will he avoid such declaration un
til after the election?
ft The Committee of Forty-eight,
the Single Tax Party and the Non
partisan League of the Northwest
will join the third party move, it is
said. The Disgruntled ones would
be a good name for the new organization.
ft McAdoo's, statement makes the
nomination of Marshall a possibili
ty. "Well, there is no man in the
Democratic party better able to ac
cept defeat in a philosophical, not
to say a humorous vien than the';
present Vice President.
ft The New York Tribune suggests
that President Wilson run again so
as to make the issue on the League
of Nations clear-cut. Hardly a fair
test. The third-term bogies would
be a handicap.
ft "If the labor board can go off !
for a vacation we can, too," said
the railroad men, and immediately!
xv.jibiiu. iiuau wuuiu appear
to be another, instance of petty irri
tations bringing about serious re-suits.
ft As it would appear from the
news that there are fewer burglars
hit by householders than friends
and relations mistaken for burglars,
it might be the part of wisdom to
lock the family revolver in the safe
with the family plate.
JUDGE B. F. LOXG
FOR SUPREME COURT
To the Democratic Voters:
The Bar of Iredell County unani
mously presents to the Democratic
voters of the State, at the Primaries
on JULY 3rd, 1920, the name , of
JUDGE B. F. LONG as a candidate
to succeed Judge Brown, who retires
as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court.
Born and reared on the i'arm in
the central part of North Carolina,
Judge Long sought and obtained a
thorough education, graduating at
Trinity College at the head of his
class. Before entering t upon the
practice of law, he thoroughly quali
fied himself at the law school of
Chief Justice Pearson and at the Uni
versity of Virginia, where he won
additional honors. Thus prepared
ond a born lawyer, a profound stu
dent, a worker who neither tires nor
lets go, he soon rose from success to
eminence in his profession. ,
In his young manhood he was el
ected Solicitor of his Districe. then
noted for its legal talent, and as such
made a record both able and bril
liant, which procured for him the
Democratic nomination for Judge,
but at the polls he suffered defeat at
the hands of Butlerism. During the
next eight years he demonstrated to
the fullest his great powers and tran
scendent abilities as a trial lawyer.
He stuck steadfastly to the general
practice refusing to sell his services
to a single client or special interest
which crave him the broadest vision,
sympathy and experience in his pro
fession. Sober and serious by na
ture and never idle, he never shunned
a task nor shirked a duty. His faith
ful and effecient discharge of his of
ficial duties to the entire State for
the past seventeen years, combined
with his extraordinary fitness, mak
es his place of residence, or that of
any candidate, the merest
in a contest, tor an office of such im
portance where a Great State calls
for its best.
It is our 'sincere belief that his ro
bust health and powers of endurance,
( .ne iacK or which forces Justice'
Brcwn s retirement and suggests
the needs of his successor), his ripe
experience and accurate learning, his
prodigious capacity for labor and
willingness to perform it, offer to
the State an opportunitv for real and
ft The Cody, launched at Hog Is
land on Saturday, will do honor on
the high seas to a distinguished
scout and the citizens of Cody, Wyo.
It is a long journey from the prairie
schooner to a steel cargo carrier,
but the fame of Buffalo Bill has
made the trip.
ft There is every indication that
the steam roller will be in good
working order when the Democratic
convention opens in San Francisco;
but that doesn't mean that William
Jennings Bryan may not be able to
throw a monkey wrench just where
it will do. the most damage.
high service that cannot be surpass
ed. It is a notable fact that in 1914
Senators Shnmons and Overman,
supported by the Members of the
House then in Washington, and, the
lawers of the State generally, re
commended Judge Long to President
Wilson fcr appointment on the Su
preme Bench of the United States.
The present time especially, de
mands that the State call a man to
this high service who has been thor-
nn o-TiItt fro i n Arl Ivrr awttJia -
who has never failed or faltered. I
We respectfully urge the voters to
go to the polls on the 3rd day ot
July and advance Judge B. F. Long
to the Supreme Court.
Signed: The Iredell County Bar
Association, W. D. Turner, president;
R. B. McLaughlin, W. A. Bristol, H.
P. Grier, John A. Scott, Jr., Buren
Jurney, Zeb V. Long, Dorman Thom
pson, H. E. Lewis, J. G. Lewis, L. C.
Caldwell, Zeb V. Turlington, Geo. A.
Morrow, A. L. Starr, D. L. Raymer.
R. T. Weatherman, J. A. Stewart.
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Words fail us when w$s attempt to re
late the sadness which hans like a
pall over our hearts since the 10th day
of June at seven o'clock, just as the
sun was covering the earth; God called
home our dear and beloved father Dud
ley S. Fuller. Our loved one had been
in declining health for several years,
and all was done that Moving hands
could do, but God; in his infinite wis
dom does wisely and justly, and know.s
best, and doeth all things well for
them that love the Lord. He lived a
consistent Christian life, and set a
worthy example of devotion to duty,
home and friends. He lived a. life of
service for others that exemplified the
text, 'Bear ye one another's burdens,
and so fulfill the law of Christ'. Death
is always sad, but doubly so, wtien it
toit'ps one so mire, trehtle, kind, and
full of promise; and yet his life, as it
was lived among us, pass across our
memory. We cannot but realize it was
well rounded and finished, for a life is
marked not by its number of years,
but how the years have been spent,
and good influence left behind. Streng
th of character, and his love and faitn
in his Heavenly Father brought him
out a conqueror. We, the children
who feel so keenly this loss, but we
can only look to ur Heavenly Father,
and follow in his footsteps, and v re
member it is our loss, but Heaven's
gain. We should strive harder to
gain this Heavenly Home, knowing
that this is the only place we can live
with our dear father again. In all the
world there is no earthly balm that
can be applied to a broken, and bleed
ing heart, or can take away the pain
or sorrow, but thank God through the
gift of his precious Son, the balm that
can heal and take away the pain that
has been given to him. This life is but
a preparation for the richer, fuller and
better life that lies beyond, and the
summons will soon come to us all to
enter the Pearly Gates, that is if we
live a pure and gentle life, as our dear
father. As we gathered around the
casket, to take a last glimpse of him,
we just felt like we couldn't give him
up, but then we remembered he suffer
ed so much, and bore it so patiently,
and that he would be better off., in
that beautiful home beyond the skies,
where there is no suffering or pain,
and where death is never known to en
ter. May we realize that God can make
no mistake, and that he has need of
him, and may he help us all to live, so
we can meet him on that beautiful
shore. A dear father from us has gone,
and a place that cannot be filled. Kis
chair is vacant, his voice is hushed in
death, his cheerful laugh will no more
be heard, and his face will no more be
seen, but oh, God, may his influence
for good be as lasting as the ages, and
may that beautiful death-bed scene be
the means of leading others into the
way he trod so beautifully. Oh how
j we miss him, but oh what a joy to hearj
the angels open the Gate, and say, "En
ter: thou good and faithful servant in
to the joys of this world, for the suf
fering of this present time are not wor
thy to be compared with the " glory
which shall be revealed in us.
"God needed one more gentle lamb,
Amid his shining band ,
So he stooped with loving care,
And grasped our dear father's hand."
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where the ' present generation at
least could ill forgo the poetic sen
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evidently so in Spain, where a move
ment is now under way to commem
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