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; QLHt. DAILY TIMES irvbUvtaa Birei-y Afternoon except Sunday If. 9. GOLD PUBLISHING OC- JOHN D. GOLD Editor JS SaWription en Year $5.00 Six Months $2.50 Three . Month $1.25 One: Mon ( .45 Una Weul. .10 Entered at the postofflce at Wll en, North Carolina, as Second Class "ImJjCf of The Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively of all news dispatches in this paper w4 also the local news published therein. IS THE IXIOX ABOVE CRITICISM? a hwcundi dollar THE SECRET OF GIVING Lie in the Choice of Something that Renders Useful Service to the Rectrieat and brings Constant Pleasant Memories eb- the Giver Jcintho RedGozs FURNVURE is The GIFT Ct Remembered and Always Prized the REAL GIFT. Will Long be FOR HER Mr. J. M. Poole, author of the ar ticle on the front page finds -fault with us for reproducing an article sent from Wilson to the News und Observer reporting the Farmer's Un ion convention here last week. Mr. U. H. Evans denies that he: sent it. We have published Jlr.j Evans' denial. We have not made ono particle of comment, on this ai'-j tide reproduced from the News and; Observer which every one knows we hud a perfect right to do, for we stated in the headlines that it was! sent from Wilson from the corres-j pondent of the Xews and Ohsenorj at the time it was published and the' merest novice who knows anything ubout fairness realizes that we had! a perfect right to do so and any fair1 minded man knows that since we; did not comment on it that we should not be charged with the ar ! tide. So much for that. Now with reference to Mr. Pool's reply to our publication we did not consider it entitled to the dignity of a reply becaeuse in the first place Mr. Pool assumes that we have no right to copy an article from anoth er paper regarding the Farmers' Union, and secondly that the news paper men of North Carolina are bought and sold like so many cattle, and thirdly that the TIMES is the "Me too" of the News and Observer. What is the use to try to reason with a man who is choked with poi son and prejudice? It matters not what we have to say he would pay no attention to it, and if the mem bership of the Farmers' Union is clogged with the same kind of dope, and we understand that they li 1 1 their speeches full of that kind of stuff in their secret meetings what A "New Edison" Kitchen Cabinet Library Table Floor Lamp Serving Tray Traveling Bags Dining Table Candle Sticks Cedar Chest Easy Chair Writing Desk Trunks Davenport Rugs Shirt Waist Box FOR HIM- Morris Chair Suit Case Smoking Stand Reading Lamp Smoking Set Office Desks For the Little Ones Doll Carts Hobby Horses Express Wagons Toy Ponies Doll Furniture Kiddie-Kars and many other Varieties of Toys Select Now only 4 more days before Christmas Make your selection and we will hold it and await your order for delivery Our Store remains open every night until 9 O'clock "The House of Quality and Service" i n i i i i r WtMOtlA N.- knew there could be no possible ob jection to our handling. But how can the Farmers' Union ever prosper as long as prejudice is is the use of trying to reason with its chief stock in trade? any of them. For this reason we did not dignify Mr. Tool's article with a reply and passed it by unnoticed, and not until .Mr. Pool came into our office and ins'-ted (hat we reply did we consent to publish his article. Now we are also publishing another article from the Wilson correspond ent of the News and Observer. Now we would like to ask if Mr. Evans sent that one in. And we would al so like to ask if Mr. Mcintosh, the editor of the Co-operator is sponsor for the movement to secure a ''Wide awake paper for Wilson." If this is true then his activity is interesting in connection with the fact that the Farmers' Union has been asked to take over the Co-operator and make of it the organ of the Farmers' Un ion and the members thereof to pay Jie bills. Of course we assume that if ttie present management is mak ing money it would not want to tin load it on the farmers of Wilson county and the farmers of the state. Again if the charge is true and it is made by Mr. Green the ex-lecturer of the Farmers' Union who isnow in disrepute, we understand, be cause he sees the rocks ahead and wanted to save the union from the mess and mire of politics that swamped the alliance and will event ually swamp the union, will the Democrats of Wilson county like to have right here in their midst a daily newspaper connected up and in sympathy with a paper going to the farmers whicn is controlled by a man like Butler who tried to wreck the state and brought odium and disgrace upon it? Now we want It distinctly under stood that we have no quarrel with the Farmers' Union. We defy any man to say aught but that we have supported and sustained the Union fn every way possible. We wish we could publish more about the Union that is helpful, but we cannot be cause they hold their secret meet ings as if afraid to let any one know what is going on. The other day while they were in session here we had to stand at the door and ask the doorkeeper who was, by the way very, kind, and obliging to get Infor mation for. us, regarding the election operator was that we needed a pa per to protect our intcress upon the idea that all the other papers had ! sold out and not upon the idea that I we need a paper to tell the farmers I how to grow crops and canned up As an illustration of the way some with the farm demonstrator of Wil of them feel, and thank God they all ( SOn county sent here and paid by the don't feel that way, lor here in Wil-, government with the money from son county where we are known and( the farmers to help them improve where the editor of the TIMES has j their farms and raise two bales of spent his me endeavoring to im-1 cotton where they grew one bale, prove tne condition ot the larmers instead of a lot of hot air and pre- j of Wilson county and we humbly I and respectfully assert without j boasting that we have helped them at least a little, for Wilson count yj is head and shoulders above any oth er county in the state and its people are the best, nothing the Co-opera-1 tor can lo or say, or Mr. Pool can do or say, or Dr. Alexander can do or say will cause the majority of the farmers of Wilson county to think1 that the editor of the Times can be bought by any interest or can be controlled by any interest under the sun will weigh with them one sec ond. The truth of the matter i3 that we would probably have been better off if we had bent the preg nant hinges of the knee that thrift might follow fawning." But when we lay down for the long, long sleep we want our Wilson county folks to say of us whatever else may be said of our short comings and imperfec tions, for they are many, "He dared the peoples' rights maintain, unaw' ed by power and unbribed by gain." Now to show the attitude of the presdient of the Farmers Union Dr, Alexander towards the press of the state, the other night we went to see the Secretary of the Union who waa in his room at the hotel with a par ty of gentlemen, members of the Union, in order to secure copy re garding the convention. Dr. Alex ander came in and we felicitated him on his election, and heasked the question if we belonged to the subsidized press of the state, or words to that effect. We replied that we had nothing to show for it if we did. The remark was Insult ing In the extreme though we made no other reply and held our temper, for we can conceive of no greater Insult than to charge a man that he has been bought and a newspaper man that he has been sold out Now we understand that the idea advane- judice against everybody else. Again, why should Mr. Mcintosh of the Co-operator be interested in the establishment of another paper in Wilson county? We would like to ask if the Times has not always treated the Co-operator fairly? He knows there is nothing in the news : paper business. If he didn't know ; that he would not be trying to un ; load the Co-operator on the Farm 1 ers' Union. The relations between the Co-operator and the Times has been very cordial, for we have al ' ways felt that the Co-operator was a real farmers' paper started and run for the purpose of telling the farmers how to grow cotton corn, tobacco, wheat and how to raise chickens, hogs and other things ana not how to run the politics of the country. Now. another question arises, is the Union above criticism? It would seem so. And is it afraid of criti cism? It would seem so. And does it favor secret meetings for this reason? It would seem so. Now is this right when the Union essays-to deal with the greatest and most im portant Interest and Industry In this country affecting as it does every man and woman and child in the country? What is there in the Farmers' Union meeting that should be cov ered up and can't stand the light of day that all their meetings should be secret? They are running the Union as if the proceedings only af fected the individual members. The world is getting away from secret meetings and secret diplomacy. Turn on the light. Tomorrow we will publish an ar ticle from ex-organizer Green who gives the membership of the union and the folks generally aomethin to think on. ? rr 8- . 'J " 'iM ; yl ' ' 1 -VCnrjfefJAv! 2jA i - f i I, "ri i i i i ii - i" Cupjrtght lull Til tioud of KiipjioubeiDiac Look Them Over Here are two overcoats that a Britisher would describe as "Top-hole." They're different from ordinary coats the distinction gained through well-bred designing and superior tailoring. The ability to offer KUPPENHE1MER CLOTHES And such styles as these is a big factor in this store's leadership service and greater value giving might also be mentioned as others. Abund ant varieties of overcoats at ' $30, $35, $40, $45, $50 26-28 220 MASH St ed In the meeting by those who were) of officers and other matter that we, pushing the taking over of the Co- -Hare yon taken up your War Bar- MAX'S WAY IS NOT WOMAN'S WAY Raleigh, . N. C, Dec. 18. Com plaint filed with Senator Simmons by Attorney General James S. Man ning, relative to treatment accorded sick soldiers at Camp Polk, yester day drew from Col. W. H. Clopton, Jr., the commanding officer ot the camp, a denial in toto to the charg es. The denial, In the shape ot a letter from Col. Clopton to Judge Manning, was transmitted at the re quest of the commanding officer to the News and Observer accompanied by the statement from Judge Man ning that he considered his original information reliable and that he In no wise felt called upon to withdraw anything he had written. "As a matter ot fact," Judge Man ning said yesterday afternoon, "some of the ladies wanted the let ter even stronger." Judge Manning was not disposed to discuss the mat ter further for publication' but re ferred an Inquiry to the four Ral eigh women who volunteered to nurse at Camp Polk. Three of these women, (the fourth was out of the city), last night told the News and Observer that conditions were not what they should have been at the camp. "There was certainly plerfty ot filth in the hosuital building," Mrs. Nannie Lee said, "and the boys did not have the proper nourishment, They were sleeping on hay mattress es because the medical officers would not permit cotton mattresses to be used. One of the boys, howev er, who had ben delirious for three days and who hadn't had his clothes pulled off during that time, was put on a mattress which was furnished by Mrs. Annie Bridgers. Mrs. James Boylan agreed with Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Bridgers that conditions were bad but thought the authorities did the best they could, The doctors at the camp, Mrs. Boy lan said, at first thought the volun teer nurses were Intruding but later admitted they were a God send. They did not, however, want any more nurses. "They didn't know," Mrs. Boylan said, "men think that a tin cup is as good as a glass for a sick person to drink out of. That illustrates the diffrence in the way they were treat ed. They were not fixed for a hos pital, but did the best they could. The orderlies were wonderful and there , were plenty of bed clothes, and towels. What was need st was a woman to suggest an, about the little things. i gowns ed rJc thlJk THE WELCOME HOT WATER BOTTLE Much comfort you'll find for both body and mind in a hot water bottle so nice. It soothes and it cheers, and will last you for years, and they're sold for a popular price. NASH SEREET PHARMACY 1 EEEEfflEJIC i TO ALL ADVERTISERS All copy for advertise ments MUST be in trie of fice before 10 o'clock on the day they are to be run. Better service can be ren dered and better positions ob tained it the copy is brought in the day before they are in- tended to be inserted. ,WAR STAMPS WAR STAMPS em
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