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VOL. 2H. SMITHFIELD. N.C.. FRIDAY. JUXE 28. li)()7. XO. 17.
ASHLEY HORNE, OF CLAYTON
CANDIDATE FOH GOVERNOR.
?
Clayton, N\ C . June 8, 1U07.
To the Democrats of North
Carolina:
Ashley Home, of this place, is
a candidate for Governor, sub
ject to the action of the Demo
cratic State Convention.
1 have known Mr. Home all of
his life, and feel i hat it is not
out of place for me, of my own
knowledge, to state what man
ner of man he is. He is a native
of Johnston count.t; is Go years
old; had a common school edu-1
cation, but in early manhood J
voluuteered as a private in the
Confederate army, and following
the tortune of the Army of
Northern Virginia for four years,
and surrendered with it at Appo
mattox. His record as a soldier
is without a bietnisb.
After the war he had neither
the time nor ability to complete
his education. Necessity requir
ed him to go to work. The tirst
year after going home he culti
vated a crop, then clerked in a
store, and in 1807 began mer
chandising for himself He pros
pered, made friends of his cus
tomers, aud many of the men
who began to trade with him
forty years ago are still his cus
tomers and friends.
As a farmer aud as a business
man he has been successful, and
he has also embarked iu other
lines of business. Now he is re
garded as one of the most suc
cessful meu in the State. While
he has other large lines and is
engaged in banking, insurance,
manufacturing, merchandising,
he is still a large aud active far
mej. He is not merely a farmer
on paper, but every dav during
the crop season a visitor would
be apt to find him in the field,
actually carrying on large, ac
tive, and successful farming op
erations. Ami so well informed j
does he keep himself on market
prices of farm products that j
many will recall that during sev- j
eral recent years he has publish- [
ed cotton letters which have con
tained wholesome advice to tde'
farmers with regard to holding !
thtir cotton. This advice has
proved to ne well founded, and :
there is no estimating the money j
it saved the farmers of the State,
and they were not slow in ex
pressing their gratitude to him.
In fact, he is on all busiuess
propositions a very practical
and wise counsellor.
He was one of the organizers J
of the Cotton Growers' Associa- j
tiot:, and ne has established
warehouses somewhat on thej
line of the bonded warehouse!
system now advocated by that
association.
He has always been a straight, I
regular and organization Demo-1
crat. He has voted the Demo
cratic tickets as they were print
ed.
in the early 90's, when Popu
lism was makiug such headway
among the people, he opposed it,
but he understood the hard con
ditions under which the farmers
were suffering; and, instead of
denouncing their movement as
many unwise men did, he treated
them with kindness and sym
pathy, dissuading them from
leaving the Democratic party,
but never denouncing them. iu
the country immediately con
tiguous to Clayton, Populism
never made any headway, and
one of the reasons it made no
headway was the wise and kind
ly manner in which the farmers
were treated by Mr. Horne and
other Democrats. After the
fusion of Populism and Republi
canism carried the State, and
when many Democrats felt that
it would be best for us to make
some arrangement with the Pop
ulists by which the State could
be redeemed. Mr. Horne was out
spoken in his denunciation of
the movement. Six or eight
years before he had been mod
erate and conciliatory iu dealing
with the Populists, for he under
stood the burden under which
the farmers were then staggering.
But in 1*98 he had no eyimm
thy for any movement looking
to a fusion with Butler, Russell
and Thompson. He was out
spoken in denouncing any such
proposition. He came to the
j State Convention in 1898 and
threw his whole influence in fav
or of a straight tight.
If there is one idea in Mr.
Home's mind, or if there is one
motive in his life which predouii
nates over all others, it is oppo
sition and hatred of monopolies |
and combines. He has always j
stood for the individual aud in ;
favor of the freest competition. '<
He does not believe in any law
wtiich gives one man an advan-j
tage over another, and he be,
lieves that any agreement be !
tween two or more men, or two !
or more companies to restrict
competition, or to create a ?
monopoly is a crime against hu- j
man right and outfit to be pun- i
ished in the severest manner.
He is a practical trust fighter, j
Not a trust-buster on paper, but J
a man who has systematically
and earnestly fought monopolies
in the only way he found it prac- !
ticable to fight them.
When the cotton-oil industry (
became important he was one of |
the men who organized the first
cotton-oil mill iu Raleigh. When :
he ascertained that the Ameri
can Cotton Oil Company had ob
tained control of that mill, he
sold every dollar of his stock
aud retired. When it appeared
that the fertilizer business was
going into the hands of large
concerns, he was one of the men
who helped to organize the Car
aleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer
Works, near the city of Raleigh.
Propositions were made to buy
that mill out. Mr. Home oppos
ed it and offered to become re
sponsible for the future of the
mill himself, provided it was
kept independent. A few years
ago, when it appeared that the
American Cotton Oil Company
and the Southern Cotton Oil
Company would control the cot
ton seed market of the South,
and they possibly might com
bine and regulate prices, immed
iately Mr. Home assisted in
the building of an independent
mill at Clayton, which mill is
now owned and controlled by
Clayton people aud run inde
pendently. It provides an in
dependent market for seed, and
furnishes independent of other
companies fertilizers.
He is president of the Clayton
Cotton Mills. In 1902 many
North Caroliua mills favored go
ing into a combination, so as to
pff it whs said, I irgMe"?monv,
| The proposition was made to
Mr Home to have the Clayton
mills iueluded in the merger.
He declined to even submit the
proposition to the stockholders.
Thefateof that merger justified
the wisdom of his course.
He was one of the first men to,
advocate the formation of home
insurance companies, both fire
aud life, and to stop the outflow
of North Carolina money for in
surance. He was one of the ear
ly stockholders of the North Car
o ina Home, and is an officer and
director in a number of success
ful life and fire companies.
One of the rules of his business
life is to give the preference
where practicable to do so, to
local and independent companies,
rather than to foreign com
panies or large combinations of
capital. As far as it is possible
to do so, he taboos trusts and
monopolies. From the purchase
of the oil which lubricates his
machinery to the placing of in
surance upon his property he al
ways gives the preference to
local dealers and independent
companies.
Mr. Horne is not identified
with any particular faction of
the party. He is neither con
servative nor radical, so called.
He is a Democrat plain. If elect
ed to office, he will not endeavor
to build up any factiou, nor to
create any personal following
looking to his future advance
ment. He will be content to
serve the people in the office of
Governor for four years, and at
the end of the term return to
private life. He will not attempt
to use the great office of Gov
ernor as a stepping stone to any
higher honors.
Mr. Horne will not make a
canvass of the State prior to the
Conversion. If nominated, he
will take the stump and ably up
hold the Democratic cause. He
is able to make, and will make a
strong and vigorous canvass,
but he will not expect busy peo
ple to come out and hear him
speak when he is convassing for
himself and not as thestaudard
bearer of his party.
Mr. Home's personal life is
without spot or blemish. No
person, however much he may
differ with Mr. Horne in politics
or otherwise, can be found who
would impugn his personal
honor or believe him guilty of
an improper act. He has been
a sober, moral man all his life.
He was a temperance man when
temperance and prohibition
were not popular. As far back
as 1881 he voted for prohibition.
He has always stood for temper
ance, for the home, the school,
and the church.
He has always been a pro
gressive man; and, while by far
the largest tax-payer of his sec
tion, he has always voted for
| special taxes for schools and
good rofid-'. and has favored
Mr. Ashley Horne, Candidate for Governor.
everything that promoted the
welfare of hie community, re
gardless of its financial effects
upou him.
Mr. Home favors the strict en
forcement of the laws passed by
the last General Assembly regu
lating railroads and requiring
them to give better service at
reduced rates He believes in
holding corporations to their
duty and within the law, and
doing this witn a strong, bold
hand. He has always favored
strict regulation of corporations
and lias always favored requir
ing railroads to perform their
duties vigorously, and at the
lowest possible rates, and he
never rode a mile on a railroad
pass, believing that railroads
should serve and not boss.
More than 30 years ago, when
the rates on cotton between
Clayton and Raleigh were too
high, he organized a wagon
traiu and sent the cotton
through the country, until the
railroads, in disgust, asked him
to name what he thought was
a fair rate. This he did, and
this rate between Clayton and
Raleigli has never been exceeded.
He has always opposed the
.granting of special favors to
railroads. In 1885 he was a
member of the State Senate.
The Richmond ami Danville
Raiiroad proposed to build to
Murphy, if the state would do
nate free the use of several hun
dred convicts. Mr. Home was
anxious as any to see that work
completed, but he thought the
Richmond and Danville was uu
der obligations to build it at its
| own expense. He voted against
the douation of the convicts,
and was one of the Senators
who signed a protest against
the measure.
This is a brief account of Mr.
Home's life. He is in the race
today. He is encouraged by
promises of support from every
section of the State. We believe
he will be nominated.
In conclusion, I beg to say if
you want to support a Confed
erate soldier for Governor, Mr.
Home is the man. If you want
a successful business mau and
it* 1 . .ir r 11 . / !? _
a lire-long lariuer, icr tne o;nce,
Mr. Home is the man. If you
want a man who lias been a
consistent and life-long enemy 01
trust and combination. Mr
Home is the man. If you want
a man who has been a leader in
the industrial development of
his section. Mr. llorue is the
man. If you want a man who
has always stood for good roads,
for temperance, education, and
morality. Mr. Horne is the man.
If you want a man for Governor
who will give his whole time to
that office and who will not as
pire to other positions, Mr.
Horne is the man. If you want
to support a straight. Are-tried
Democrat, who has never turn
ed either to the right or to the
left, but who has consistently
fought the party's battles for
more than forty years. Mr.
Horne is such a man. If you
want a man for Governor who
will fill the office well, who has
never done and will never do an
unworthy or improper act, who
will never do anything that w.ll
require defense, apology, or ex
planation, Ashley Horne is such
a man.
J. T. ELLINGTON,
Clayton, N. C.
Eleven Die ot Heat.
Pittsburg, June 24.?Eleven
persons are dead and many
prostrated as a result of tin
warm weather experienced in the
Pittsburg district within tht
last twenty-four hours.
At present there is no relief in
sight before to-morrow night at
the earliest.
A peculiar feature of the pres
ent warm spell is that the heat
has hastened death in severa
cases of heart disease.
The inteuse heat came followiuu
a period of almost winterlikt
conditions, causing much suffer
ing Especially is the effect
of the warm weather serious ir
the mills and manufacturing
plants. In a number of the de
partmeut# in the steel mills when
furnaces are used the men an
workinS short shifts, and ever
then are almost exhausted whet
p 'ti?ved bv a f-e?h fof men
t
Hon. E. W. Pou Will be a Candidate
for Kenomlnatlon.
There is a report being circu
lated in some parte of the Fourth
Congressional district that Hon.
K. W. l'ou will not be a eaudi
idate for reuominatiou liefore the|
next Congressional convention
which meets next spring. The'
report has caused a number of
friends in certain localities to!
write Mr. l'ou asking whether or
not the same can be confirmed. J
lie has received several letters
recently from friends in this coun
ty asking whether there is any
truth in the report. Mr. l'ou
authorizes The iiioitAi.i) to say
that there is absolutely uo truth
iu the report that he would not
be a candidate for renomination
uext year, and it is hard to un
derstand just how such a report
could have been started. Cer
tainly Mr. l'ou himself has never
intimated to anyone that he
would not stand for renoiuina
tiou. On the contrary shortly
before the adjournment of the
last session of Congress, he gave
out an interview which appeared
the next day in the lfaleigh News
aud Observer, in which he stated
as oue of his reasons for not be
coming a candidate for Governor
that he would prefer, if the people
of hie district were williug to let
him stay, to remain in Congress
a while longer, inasmuch as his
several years of experience in
that capacity had better titted
him for the duties of that office
than for those of any other posi
tiou to which he might aspire,
that he was just beginning to
reach that point in his Congres
sional service where he could be
of some substantial service to
the people of the district and
State, and therefore he would
prefer to continue in Congress
rather than aspire to the office of
Governor.
The people of Johnston Coun
ty will read the announcement
above with pleasure. They are
proud of the record Mr. I'ou has
made in Congress and will be glad
to vote for his renominatiou and
his return to Washington. All
thoughtful men who haveobserv
ed his career in Congress have
rioted his steady advancement in
important committee appoint
ments and therefore his increased
influence in all legislation touch
ing our State
North Carolina has been able
recently to secure more recogni
tion at the hands of a Republi
can Congress than ever before
aud the main reason is that more
of our representatives have been
kept in Congress for longer terms
than formerly. Mr. I'ou has
proved himself to be one of the
strongest and most iutlueucial
representatives from this State.
One Good Mar&et.
The history of other tobacco
markets indicates that only one
market, that a good one, in each
county, is alone feasible or prac
tical. Its record of ten years,
coupled with the fact that neigh
boring markets have given up
the ghost, demonstrates the
wisdom of establishing a market
in a live, centrally located town,
where ample preparation has
been made to care for the inter
ests of the tobacco farmer.
Smithtield has $45,000 or $50
000 worth iu property necessary
for the success of the market,
i It has bankiug facilities second
to no other town in this section.
Its warehousemen are clever, ex
perienced and capable of looking
after every detail. Its prizeries
and stemmeries are sufficient to
> prevent congestion. No
^matter how great the break
today, the sale tomorrow will
? be handled quickly and satis
'i factorily.
1 Every farmer in the connty
should be interested in its sue
' cess. Let them aid in the work
- of making a market equal in an
- nual sales to Wilson or Ureen
l j ville. Such a consumuation
1 would mean a great deal to the
t county at large. The labor and
- money and enthusiasm incideu
J tal to a great tobacco market
- would radiate into the most re
i mote sections of the county aud
1 no man would be exempt from
? prodta )'1 inti icnces
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Taken From The Daily Pa
pers.
Captive Bride Escaped.
Danville, Va., June 22.?After
haviug been kept a prisoner in
the basement of her mother's
home since her marriage at noon
last Thursday Mrs. Edward K.
Droadas, daughter of Mrs.
Nannie L. Booth, of this city,
escaped early this morning and
joined her Tiusbaud, who was
waiting on the outside.
Mrs. Booth drank two bottles
of laudanum in an attempt to
commit suicide when she learned
that her young daughter had
eloped with one of her boarders.
Prior to the attempt on her life,
which proved unsuccessful, she
I had, with the assistance of sever
I al of her relatives, made her
j daughter a captive. The young
| bride was kept a prisoner on her
wedding night and all day yes
I terdnv
Last night the members of the
i Booth family went to sleep and
I got two young men who are
i friends of the family to guard the
j basement. The girl pleaded
with the guards with tears in her
eyes to allow her to go to herhus
| band. They finally agreed to
] give her freedom.
Young Broadas had previously
I been chased away from the house
| by his mother-indaw, who was
armed with a razor. Mrs. Booth
| has recovered from her illness,
[ brought on by drinking the
poison.
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Took Swimmers Clothes.
Wilson, N. C. June24 ? Yester
day at Couteutuea Creek, while
j Mr. Bill Stancill was in bathing
two villainous looking hoboes
took every stitch of his cloth
I ing from the creek bank aud left
the unfortunate bather to get
j back to Wilson as best he could.
He borrowed a pair of overalls
from the pumping station man
! and phoned the police of his pre
dicament. It wasn't long before
i the blue coats caught the men
with their plunder.
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Swam Too Often.
Spray, N. C., June 2d.?Yester
day morning while out swim
ming in Smith river, near Spray
Wooleu mill, J. K. Lawrence,
while attempting to cross the
river the second time, was drown
ed. He appeared no more after
sinkiug the first time, and the
body was not found until late in
the afternoon.
Mr. Lawreuce leaves a widow
aud several children.
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Forty Cents a Pound.
New York, .lane 25.?Tbe iirst
bale of new cotton to arrive at
N'ew York wan sold at auction in
trout of the cottou exchange to
day. Latham Alexander &
| Company were the successful
bidders. The purchase price was
, forty cents per pound.
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Pittsburg Overheated.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 25.?
Three deaths from heat occured
here today, making fourteen
fatalities since Sunday evening.
Probably a score of persons have
been prostrated a number of
I women are in a serious condition.
Johnston County Masonic Gala Day
Thursday, July 11th.
At Smithtield on Thursday,
July 11th the Masonic Lodges
of Johnston county will haye
their annual basket picnic and
installation of officers.
Kev. J. J. Carden of Durham
will deliver an address on Ma
sonry. In the after-noon the de
gree of the Eastern Star will be
conferred in the hall of Fellow
ship Lodge.
All Masons and their families
in the County are invited to at
: tend.
Ika T. Tvrlinoton,
S?c Fellowship I^odge.