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VOL.; XVL . ; I , MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, fj. C, , FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914. NO 44 "
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JEbbs Answers Plenv
; nions Charges.
A Tf wna tWv aim 'and purDOse
f to conduct my campaign for the
Legislature on a high plane and
IV Keep it iree irwu i
ly , was not my desire to succeed at ;
vMV, the. expense of any one, but it .
was my hope to win m uus eiec-1
tion by the votes of ray friends i
without having to say unkind
things about myvopponent. l
regret-that the campaign has
. reached that stage where I am
forced to meet Mr. Plemmons
on grounds of his own choosing.
-He has seen fit to attack me in
the News-Record; and therefore
can not complain when I answer
and show the voters the manner
of man Mr.' Plemmons is. t His
1 article in last week's issue of
this paper was. a deliberate at
tempt to injure me by false rep
resentations and statements. I
will answer his charges in a.few
words: -'"v
I was. elected Mayor 6f the
town of Hot' Springs in May,
1905, defeating jmy opponent's
father. The trouble with Mr.
Rich and Mr. Parris referred to
by Mr.' ' Plemmons occurred
' during the year following my
' election. If I broke my pledge
..withwtheople-aluSpringsJ
as aiiegea uy my uppw"cjv,
I will ask him to explain wnj
the people of Hot Springs re
elected'me mayor, without a dis
senting vote, at next election
and -elected me Mayor at th
next two following elections bj
overwhelming majorities, not
withstanding my opponent aiu
his followers in Hot Springs du
all they could to defeat me. Th
question of a dispensary cam
up at one of the meetings Of th(
Board of Aldermen, and I re
fused to put the question before
the board. I was at that time
opposed to the sale of whiskej
and am to-day opposed to it?
sale. .The trouble with Mr
'Rich and Mr. Parns was f o
non-attendance J on the Boarc
meetings. , It was impossible
totransact the business of th(
town, and these two aldermer
were fined for failing to : mee
' with the board as the law re
nuired and as they had take1
oath to do. . I told Mr. Rich that
he might make bond and take
an appeal to the higher court
that the matter might be heard,
and went so far as to send Mr.
Tom r riSDee to mm 10 iiiant
his bond V He ; refused ; to ap
nea! or make bond and went tc
jail on his own accord. I wis?
to say right here that I never
had any ill will towards either
Mr. Parris or Mr. Rich,' but did
my duty as I saw it.
He charges that I was in Ral
eigh and helped pass the bone
bil. The bond bill was passed
by Mr. James E. Rector, the Re
publican representative ; from
Madison county, and Mr. C. B.
Mashburn, the Republican sen
ator from this county.'; !":es
are the parties .who passed the,
bill and are responsible f.or it:
WTiether the bill proves good or
bad for Madison county it come?
with poor grace from Mr. Plem-
mpns to attack the representa
tive of his party. . . - v
He charges that I am inter
e.'ted in the bond issue because
-1 (own a small share of stock in
one of the banks. I understand
that the banks have to pay the
ccbunty interest on the money
.While it is in their possession,
and that it is of no very great
benefit to the banks. - What
would Mr. Plerdmons have dbne
with the money? If it is not
placed in a bank where is it to
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be kept? If I have committed
any ; crime - in holding a smalL!
snare oi swck , in one oi . xne
Danks, then every stockholder in
these banks has done wrong,
and Mr. Plemmons would ap
pear to be the only honest, man
in ; this , section. There an
good ; men all over -Madisoi;
:ounty who own stock m thes
banks and I take jt they wil
sompare favorably, with Mr.
Plemmons. , -A
He says he has been charged
with ; being in favor ; of good
roads. : I do not remember that
any pn& has ever made so grave
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a: cnarge .against mm, Dut l ao
know i that, he was before the
Coupty Commissioners and was
thfe loudest advocate in having
the commissioners put the bond
bill" into effect. He . ask.ed the
commissioners in a speech -to
isauethe bonds, and he dare not
deny it, and then after they
acted upon his advice and the
advice of a great ' many other
men, he plays .the "traitor and
coward, and for the sake of a
vote stabs them in the back for
doing the : very thing he asked
them to do. Mr. Plemmons, if
you were wrong in" your advice
to the commissioners you should
have the manhood to stand by
them and not act the coward
and desert them when they lis
tened to your advice. A man
who will advise a board to do a
certain ' thing and then stab
them in the back for doing what
he asked them to do is ungrate
ful and does not' deserve the
support of good men. Regard
less of whether . the , bond bill
will prove good or bad in Madison-county
it has proven one
thing that Uocoanut ira is all
things to all men, and that he
has no convictions of his own.
, I desire to go on record as
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Plato D, Ebbs, Candidate For Representative.
being opposed, to any further
bond, issue lor Madison county,
I have never thought of such a
thing, much less advocated it.
This false statement was made
with the. hope that it would fool
some one and gain my opponent
a vote. Again I say that a can
didate that will issue a .deliber
ate ..falsehood in order to. gain,
support does not deserve the
support of any one. , . .'
His intimation that the money
of the county is being , misap
plied by any one, if true, could
be no charge against me ; and
I am not called upon to defend
the officers of Madison county.
But I do know that the members
of the Board of County Com
missioners of Madison county
and the members of the High
way commission are . all good
men. Mr. Plemmons dare not
say that any of these men ever
misapplied one cent of ; money
belonging to Madison county,
but in a cowardly way he insin
uates that such is the case.
He hopes to win by spreading
his slanderousslime over every
one who has had anything to do
with Madison county. The
Highway, Commission did not
pass V the bond act, but were
named by . the ' Legislature to
carry the law into effect. Not
one cent of money goes into the
hands . of , this commission.
Every claim is paid by check,
signed by the Treasurer of the
county, : and cashed . by the
banks.: A report is made each
month of every dollar spent and
the balance due each township.
The books are open to the pub
lic. The books are open to Mr.
Plemmons. No, he does nqt
want to see the books, he pre
fers to slander good men. Mr.
Plemmons do you mean to in-
sinuate in your letter that F.
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fShelton, Alfred Sprinkle, Joe
Brown, Guy V. Roberts, George
Wild and W. S. Brown have re
ceived andthing from the coun
ty that was not proper? No,
you did not have the manhood
to make a charge openly that
you knew Was false, but insinu
ate just as any coward would
The charge that I am a whis
key man is a deliberate false
hood. 1 It was made to catch the
vote of some good citizen that
did not know me. He knew the
charge to be false when he made
it. While I was mayor of Hot
Springs the prohibition election
came on and I voted for prohi
bition and did all I could for it.
Mr. Plemmons knew this when
he wrote his article for the pa
per. If I am elected I pledge
myself to do all I can for pro
hibition .; and the advancement
of good morals in Madison coun
ty. My opponent alleges that I
am going to build fifty or sixty
thousand dollar bridges at Mar
shall, N. C. A statement like
this is a .reflection upon the in
telligence of the voters of Mad
ison county. The absurdity of
the proposition shows to what
lengths Mr.' Plemmons will go.
If he will make a statement of
this nature to deceive and gain
a vote, can; the people of Madi
son county afford to trust him
as their representative?
I regret that I am forced by
you' to bring these matters be
fore the public, but you can not
complain that the .people know
the truth when" you have at
tacked me so unjustly, and at
a time when I wus carrying on
a clean campaign against vou.
In Hot Springs and in the
Spring Creeks, where we are
both well known, an answer to
TTft TH I Medium.
y J , Throngk which you reach the , t
B JJ I people of Madison County.
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Ebbs
your slanderous charges would
be unnecessary;. but I have an
swered so that people who do
not know us persona!! may
know the truth.
To the Voters of
Madison County
I am in the race for your Re
presentative in the Legislature
with only one purpose in view,
and that is if elected to serve the
best interests of ALL THE PEO
PLE in Madison County. If I
am the choice of the voters of
the county it is the ambition of
my life to go to Raleigh and ac
complish all I can for my people.
I will appreciate your vote on
November 3rd.
Yours to serve.
PLATO D. EBBS.
Can't
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Industrial Edition Post'
poned to Next Week.
This week we are short on all
things except political advertis
ments. The Industrial edition
been put off until next week.
You may expect a tine edition
then, with only the news and th 8
Industrial pages. We beg your
pardon for the delay, but it was
thought best to do it as now the
edition will eo out filled with
what concerns the county and bu
siness and unmixed with local
politics.
Miss Queen Ramsey was tn
from Walnut last Tuesday.
The boys and girls enjoyed the
show very much that was here
last week. They showed to a
eood crowds
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