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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JULY 17. 1908. NO. 19
THE TICKET IS A STRONG ONE.
Henry Watterson, the Brilliant Editor,
Says the Party Will Accept It
And Ratify It at the Polls.
Louisville, Ky., July 10.?Col.
Henry IVattersou sounds the key
note of the Democratic campaign
in The Courier-Journal He says
in part:
"Hurrah for Bryan and Kern.
It is a strong ticket. It is an
honest, sound, and Democratic
declaration of principles. T h e
party will accept both che ticket
and the platform with enthusi
asm, and the voters will ratify
them at the polls in November.
Henceforward the word shall be:
'Faction to the rear?united we j
stand.'
"Upon the eve of this great
movement for popular emanci
pation from organized and law
less wealth, for the recovery of
the Constitution from the hands
of its imitators and restoration
of the Government to the people,
we desire, with the completed
work at Denver, before us, to
speak with earnest but becoming
candor, addressing ourselves to
those only who are Democrats,
who know why they are Demo
crats, and who have no other
master or interest to serve than
that of their countrv, the whole
country, and nothing but their
country."
Continuing, he says:
"There is but one underlying
and paramount question in this
campaign and that is, can the
people by their unaided strength
change their government against
the marching army of Federal
office holders, supported by un
limited supplies either wrung
from or contributed by the cor
porations? Is the money devil
an overmatch for the American
voter? Can the Administration
at Washington successfully em
ploy upon the country at large
the ruthless agencies which were
successfully employed at Chicago
upon the Republican party?
That is all there is to it, fellow
Democrats and fellow-country
men, no more and no less.
"The intuitions of the people
are more trustworthy than the
best laid plans of the politicians
Perhaps in our day the people
are better educated than they
were sixty years ago. Whatever
it be, they, and not the politicians
have prevailed at Denver.
"Better, yea, a thousand times
better, the old faith and the old
flag, so that if we must go down
we shall go down shouting. That
is the soul of Democracy, un
terrified and undefiled. That is
the spirit which snatches brands
from the ashes and sets them
blazing upon the altars of truth.
That is the fellowship that binds
men and wins battles even with
pebbles against mail-clad giants,
though hell should belch (forth
millionaires and Satan bar the
way."
PARKER TO GO ON STUMP.
Says He will Give Ticket Loyal Sup
port and Hopes (or Success.
Helena, Mont., July 14?In an
interview with the Associated
Press Judge Alton B.'aParker sta
ted that he intended to offer his
services to the Democratic Na
tional Committee as a campaign
speaker, and would devote all
the time he could to making
speeches. He said he would
speak outside of New York, but
at this time could not state
what places he would speak in.
Judge Parker said he believed
the Democrats had a good
chance to carry New York this
year, and that he would give his
hearty support to Bryan and
Kern.
From Helena Judge Parker will
go to Livingston and meet De
lancey Nicoll, of New York, and
the two men will spend about
three weeks touring the Yellow
stone Park. While here Judge
Parker has been the guest of
Thomas J. Walsh.
Miss Anna (Jammack, a $<>00
Government clerk in Washing
ton, refu-es to contest the will of
her millionaire father who left
Her only $50,000
General News.
The Thaw case has been post
poned till the September term ot
court.
Bryan hopes to carry the
States in the Central West and
north of the Ohio.
The tomato crop of Marylan,
Delaware and New Jersey may be
cut in half by the drouth.
The roof of a new house col
lapsed in St. Petersburg last
week and ten men were kilied.
The cruiser Albany has been
ordered to Amapala, to prol^ct
American interests in Honduras.
Charles M. Schwab is authority
for the statement that an inter
national steel trust is being
formed.
A bridge being built across the
Rhine at Cologne collapsed last
week and 14 bodies were taken
out of the river.
Mr. Taft and the Republican
leaders consider the Middle West
the battleground in the Presi
dential campaign.
Fire at Coney Island, New York,
Thursday, destroyed two large
hotels, causing a loss of a quarter
of a million dollars.
It is reported that a $.'$00,000
000 lumber combine is to be
formed by Southern and Wes
tern Pine manufacturers.
Samuel Gompers has promised
to make every effort to get the
2,000,000 or more labor votes
for the Democrotic ticket.
At least two persons were kill
ed in Maryland by lightning in
the course of Sunday's storm,
and a number of barnes were set
on,lire.
Ex-President Cleveland's will,
written by himself, has been pro
bated. It is in his own hand
writing and after making some
minor bequests and the creation
of $10,000 for each of the four
children, the remainder of the
estate is left to Mrs. Cleveland.
No mention is made of the value
ef the estate.
Who Was the North Carolina Delegate?
A special correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, writing from
llenver of the Maryland delega
tion, has the following of interest
in North Carolina:
"Also a huge delegate from
North Carolina, wild for Bryan,
attempted to put it all over
Police Justice Daniel J. Loden.
tie sat jnst behind Judge Loden
and was about live times his size.
He strenuously objected to Lo
den's standing on bis chair and
cheering for Johnson. Likewise,
he even more strenuously object
ed when Mr. Loden shouted
'Raus Mit Him' to a gentleman
who was taking up too much
i time in nis speecu.
"Sit down there and be quiet,
you little chap,' howled the big
Tar-Heel. "You go to thunder,'
yelled back Loden, looking the
North Carolina giant in the eye.
'I will stand and yell as long as
1 like. What's the matter with
you anyhow? If I am little I can
take care of myself, and don't
you forget it either.
"At this juncture, whenitlook
ed as though Little Dan and the
big North Carolinian were going
to get tangled up together, Gov
ernor Crothers put his hand on
Dan's shoulder and said:
"Look nere, Dan, I will have to
call out the State militia to pro
tebt you in a minute.' This quiet
ed 'Dan' somewhat, although be
still glared belligerently at the
North Carolinian, who finally
broke into a laugh and the two
combatants shook hands and
peace was restored. 'Dan' now
says there would have been no
need of any protection and that
he would have licked the tar out
of that fellow if they had let him
alone.
"Of course,' he said, 'when the
Governor msxed in, that made
it different, but I was not going
to let any North Carolina dele
gate put it over me, even if he
was as big as a two-story house."
Who was the big North Car
olina delegate? Was it John W.
Thompson, of Wake, ex Stieriff
Lilingtou, of Johnston, or Gov
Uleun??Statesville Landmark
BRYAN AND KERN NOMINATED.
The Nebraskan Named on first Ballot.
Kern by Acclamation. Main
Planks of Platform.
William Jennings Bryan, of
Nebraska, was nominated for
the Presidency lastF-iday morn
ing by the Democratic Conven
tion at Denver He was placed
before the Convention by 1 J.
Dunn, of Nebraska. The noin
William Jennings IJbyan.
ination was seconded by Govern
nr Glenn, Governor Swanson, of
I Virginia, and others.
Governor Johuson, of Minne
j sota, and Judge Gray, r?f l)ele
1 ware, were also placed in uom
! ination. Only one ballot was
taken, the vote being Brvan 892%
Gray 59% and Johnson 4ti The
Gray and Johnson leaders at
once moved that the nomination
be made unanimous ane by ac
I clamation. This was doue and
| the Convention adjourned Fri
| day morning at 5:30 till the
afternoon.
The Convention met at one
o'clock and proceeded to nom
inate a candidate for Yice-Presi
| dent. John W. Kern, of Indi
ana, Charles A. Towne, of New
York, Archibald McNeill, of Con
necticut, and Clark Howell, of
Georgia, were placed before the
convention. All names except
Kern were withdrawn and Kern
was nominated bv acclamation.
The Convention then adjourned.
The platform was adopted late
Thursday night, the main fea
tutes of which are as follows:
Planks in Platform?State's
rights; labor disputes on same
footiug as other cases in issuing
| writs of injunction; immediate
j tariff revision; income tax; en
! largement of powers of Inter
state Commerce Commission and
physical valuation of railroads;
j publicity of campaign coutribu
! ~ ~ i - _ 'i ?.? -t u ?
i tiuur, pujiuiar einuiiuu ui oeu
j ators; guaranteed banks; crimi
I nal prosecution of criminal trusts;
condemnation of imperialism;
denunciation of administrative
succession; improvement of
waterways and good roads; con
demnation of arbitrary power
of Speaker of House of Repre
sentatives; prohibition of Asiatic
immigration; national bureau of
health; economy of admiuistra
tion.
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JOHN WORTH KERN OF INDIANA.
A Brief Sketch of Life of Democratic
Nominee for the Vice Presidency.
Popnlar at Home.
John Worth Kern, the Dem
ocratic nominee for the Vice
Presidency is one of the best
known ami most popular men in
Indiana, and, though he has
made two losing races for Gov
ernor as the notniuee of his par
:
i ~ ? 1 -i
John Wokth Kern.
ty. he led his ticket on both oc
casions, and has since then been
regarded as the leader tif his par
ty in his State.
Born in Howard County, Indi
ana, Dec. 20, 1849, the Demo
ocratic nominee for Vice Presi
dent was graduaated twenty
years later from the University
of Michigan. When only twenty -
j one years of age and only enter
ing upon his professsion as a
lawyer, he was elected City At
torney at Kokomo, and 1884
was nominated for reporter of
the Supreme Court ou the Demo
cratic ticket
Mr. Kern held the position of
court reporter until 1888, when
he was defeated for re-election
by John L. Griffiths, now United
States Consul General at Liver
pool. The tight was a close one
Griffiths having a plurality ofou
ly about 2.000 out of a total
vote of approximately 40.000.
For four years subsequently,
Mr. Kern returned to his law
practice, and then in 1892, he
was elected State Senator from
Marion County. In the session
of the Legislature of 1893 the
Democrats were in the majority,
and Senator Kern sprang into
leadership by sheer force of his
personality. In the session of
1895 the Republicans were in the
majority, but they reognized
Keru h abilities by givmg hiui a
place on the Judiciary Commit
tee, the most important commit
tee o( the Indiana legislature.
In 1897, when Thomas Tag
gart, Chairman of the Democrat
ic National Committee, was
elected Mayor of Indianapolis,
he chose Mr. Kern as his City \
Attorney, a place Mr. Kern held !
until 1901.
By a unanimous vote the
Democratic State Convention
nominated Kern for Governor in
1900. Opposing him was W. T.
Durbin, fresh from his laurels
won as Colonel in an Indiana
regiment in the Spanish War.
The spirit of patriotism was
high and Durbin defeated Kern
by some 35,000 votes. Four,
years later, the Democrats again
nominated Kern for Governor
aud although he ran 10,000
votes ahead of the National tick-1
et headed by J udge Parker, he
was beaten by something like
83 000 majority. In 1905 he j
received the complimentary vote
of his party for United States
Senator.
His great popularity is attest
ed by the fact that Howard
County since 1885, has never set
a date for a county convention
without first ascertaining if it
would suit John W. Kern's.con
vu.aence to come and preside
i.*-r its deiiueracioiis This
t active has continued without
a break for the past twenty
three years.
It is -said that like President
Roosevelt, Mr. Kern has devel
oped the gift of remembering
names and faces and storing
away in a retentive memory
commonplace occurrences that
surprise and mystify those to
whom ihey are recalled. To a
great degree it is this faculty
tnat has endeared him to the
people of Indiana, for he proba
bly knows more voters by their
first name than any other man
in public life.
lie is an excellent campaigner,
magnetic, and quick in debate
and is declared to be a spell bin
der of no small power. He |is a
Presbyterian and a strict church
goer.
Mr. Kern has been twice mar
ried. His first wife died while he
was making the campaign for
Reporter of the Supreme Court,
leaving a daughter but ten years
of age. He was again married
iu December, 1895 and has two
children by this marriage.
State News.
Dr. L. L. Iiendren, adjunct pro
tensor of applied mat haiuy tics at
Trinity College, has accepted a
professorship in the University
of Georgia.
' Lexingtou has organized a Law
and Order League and money
j has been subscribed and an at
j torney employed to prosecute
I violators of the liquor laws.
The aggregate monthly sala
ries of rural mail carriers in
North Carolina now amounts to
nearly $100,000 The payments
are made through the Raleigh
posinaster.
Thomas Bradley, aged 52, a
painter of Whitakers, was killed
by a northbound freight train
near town Saturday night while
walking along the track in au in
toxicated condition.
It is stated in the lleidsville
Review that Mr. W. W. Kitcbiu,
the Democratic candidate for
Governor,will open his campaign
and make his keynote speech at
W'entworth August itb
Governor Glenn will deliver an
address next Sunday in the First
Baptist church, Asbury Park,
N. J., on the subject of "Condi
tions in the New South." The
pastor of this church is Dr. M. V.
McDuflie, a native of North Car
olina.
Dr. T. F. Marr, presiding elder
of the Winston District, has been
chosen superintendent of the
Methodist Orphanage to be built
at Winston-Salem by the Wes
tern North Carolina Conference.
The buildings and grounds are
to cost $50,000.
The annual meeting of the
State Association of County Su
perintendents will be held Au
gust 2Gth, 27th, and 28th, at
the Atlantic Hotel, Morehead
City. This promises to be the
most interesting conference that
the superintendents have yet
held.
Monday afternoon, lightning
struck the barn of Daniel Culp in
Stanley couny and instantly
killed three horses, burned the
barn wit i contents, together
with a granary, smoke house and
other buildings and sheds. Sev
eral men working in the barn
yard were severely shocked, but
none hurt seriously.
Hitchcock Republican Chairman.
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Repblican Na
tional committee held in Hot
Springs Va., last week, Frank
Hitchcock of the National com
mittee and will have charge of
the Republican Presidential cam
paign. Mr. Hitchcock was the
choice of Mr. Taft.
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SHERIFF WATSON SIEZES A STILL
This Is the Fifteenth Cumberland's
Sheriff Has Captured. A
Unique Outfit.
Sheriff Watson and a posse of
deputies this morning captured
the fifteenth still since his in
duction into office and it is the
most unique puttit of them ail.
The sheriff, accompauied by
deputies J. C. Culbreth and Fred
Williams, left town early this
morning and at 10 o'clock they
came upon their quarry. In
Carver's ('reek township, eight
miles from Fayetteville, and with
in shouting distance of Cedar
Falls Baptist church, they found
a still in full operation. It was
situated on a little knoll in the
center of a swamp through which
rau a clear small stream. As the
officers approached the moon
shine outfit, a white man looked
up from his occupation of tiring
the furnace, saw them and took
to the woods. He paid no at
tention to the shouts of halt and
made good his escape.
The still was a small ten gal
lon affair of home manufacture.
The kettle was made of a ten gal
lon tin lard can, the cap of a
small tin can, aud the "worm"
of twenty feet of iron gas pipe,
which was run through two bar
rels of water. In a barrel near
by was found the mash, an an
alysis of which would certainly
stump the best of chemists, but
which contained some molasses
aud some sour cider. The still
was iu f nil blast aud as the charge
in the kettle had not been run
off, the officers kept the tire go
ing until the half gallon of spirits
they found in the receiver was
swelled to a gallon, then the tire
was extinguished aud the outfit
uprooted and brought to town.
?FayettevilleObserver, July 15.
The Blackberry Industry.
Over f 100,010 will be paid out
from Elkin this season for black
berries. The Elkin Canning Co.
and the American Canning Com
pany have already sent out from
here over 800,000 cans and the
crop is not yet half gathered.?
Elkin Correspondence Charlotte
Observer.
Lightning Shocks 100 Men.
Butler, Pa., July 14.?During
a severe electrical storm last
night 100 men employed at the
Pittsburg-Hickson Bed Company
were shocked by lightning.
Three men were seriously in
jured.
The current followed the shaft
ing, shocking every man at the
machines.
VERDICT DISPLEASES JUDGE NEAL.
Jury Which Acquits Man Judge Con
siders Guilty Peremptorily Dis
missed.
Raleigh, N. C., July 14.?Judge
Walter Neal, of Laurinburg,
here holding Waie Superior
Court, to day peremptorily dis
missed a jury because it returned
| a verdict of not guilty instead
of guilty in the case of Joe Bai
ley, a young farmer in New
Light township, charged with
making a disturbance at a Prim
itive Baptist meeting in that
neighborhood
The judge held that under the
evidence the jury should by no
means have rendered a verdict
other than guilty. The judge
takes the ground that juries are
more and more prone to render
verdicts contrary to the evidence,
and be wants to suppress this
tendency as far as possible in
his court.
Much neighborhood feeling had
| developed in this case as to the
! guilt or innocence of the young
man. Three leading lawyers of
the city led the prosecution and
two defended the accused, with
the result that the jury in the
end returned a verdict of not
guilty. This is the first case of
the sort that has come up in
Wake Court in many years.
Peary will try for Ithe South
Pole aPer his present journey
uorth.
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