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THE 6NiV NEWSPAPEif PliibiBilED IN MADISON COUNTY
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3 MAIHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd, 1922.
. No 67
;CIiOOK OUT FOR DELATED' iCIRttT-
;i LARS AND 'REPORTS.
I- Women And ncafOflwMcatcty: 4 '
V BEWARE of the man who slips
Vtrounid like a snake in the grass
with reports And circulars the night
J.W6re election.
' lit has. leaked out that Mr. Rom
vEd wardi.has a secret circular which
;he proposes to have at the different
vVotinplaces the night beforehand
ion the day of the election. I have
not seen thin circular and I do . not
know What it contains; but the fact
".'.that he keeps it concealed shows
"that he is trying to fool 'the people.
For more than a month I have
-through the newspaper and circu
lars challenged any one to s h o,w
that I did anything but what was
food for ''the people ; of Madison
.County while I was, in the legisla-
thesa statements, founded on re
ports About me' which he knows . or I
ought to know is absolutely ; false? i
"You cao't fool all the people all
tlie time." '
- J reppat Again why are a , conti
nuous string of false and fraudlent;
statements being manufactured andj
crcuiated about mer The answer is
because theperpertiators are afraid
to tell the truth about my record.
They know if they tell the people
my record an it is, that every un-j
biased republican in the county man
or woman would vote for me.
I abolished the road board. II
voted and worked for the -passage
of the bill that prohibits the issu
ing bonds beyond five per cent of
F A U U. E. B R U C
For Representative
urel'' My challenge has gone un- the taxable value of the property
excepted, but ' instead a ' string ' of
unfounded falsehoods have been
circulated about me.
I v 1
V No doubt that Mr Edwards now
Telies on the scheme that was car
ried out, when ho was elected on the
BOGUS TICKET. Then when the
food people went to bed the night
Wore the election, expecting to go
to the election the next day to vote
' for the nominees of their party, and
while they were soundly sleeping,
At the dead hours of night Mr.
Edward's BOGUS TICKET , was
being rushed to the ' polling places
Iq. fool the ' people the' next day.
He was.thus elected, he thus accep
tad the office of commissioner, and
ths over the protest and vote of
W C Sprinkle, his uncle, put over
thft $300,000.00 bond issue, about
half of the indebtness of Madison
County. . Is it possible that Mr.
Inwards is now trying to slip a
circular over, to try to fool people
thfttame way?
- If what Mr. Edwards ' will keep
a secret and hide out until it is too
-late, to answere, is true why is he
afraid to let it come'; to light in
time to be answered? I do not know
rhit is in the reported ; circular. I
have iust been informed that he
willput but a circular the day be
fore or the day of the election and
perhaps a day sooner in the back
township The fact that he keeps
it concealed, its contents' must be
uh as will notstand the test of
an Answere.
Mr. Bruce has issued a circular
in wbiph he says, it he is t elected
' There will be no four thousand
dollar offices created, . no road
boards, and no morn bonds with
twit a vote of the people." .It was
vouched that, this man would run
on a square deal campaign. . It has
been circulated o v e r, the county
that if I wee elected that ; I would
create three or four $4,000.00 ..of
fices, appoint a .perpetual board of
county commissioners and arrange
for the commissioners to issue an
unlimited amount of bonds,. Every
sylable pf this, and every intima
tion of it is a frabricated manufac
tured lie out of the whole cloth.
I abolished the road board. I
voted for the law .which' prohibits
the county commissioners from is-
I suing Any more bonds either with
or without a vote of the people.
"Why does Mr Bruce make -mention
of these (hings-what he' won't
do? Is he trying to take up. the;
old threadbare disbelieved circulat
ed lie that I will create, a large!
number of salaried new officers in
ihe county, and that I will undo
what I have done, in order to try
m the county. Madison County is
up to the limit, and this law de
feated the recent proposed $150,-
000.00 bond issue. I was instrumen-1
tal in bringing into the county this
year, from the rich counties and
corporations five thousand dollars
to pay our school teachers and ex
tend the schools six months. Not
fifty dollars of this five thousand
dollars came out of Madison' Coun
ty.
I saved the tax payers an extra
fG.OOOOOJor ;cqllepting . the taxes
next year. I helped to "draft the!
tate highway bill, was instrumen
tal in its passage, under which, tie
state is now maintaining sixty-five
miles of road in ( Madison County.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
being spent in the county under
this law building new roads by the
state. Under this law we shall have
a hard surfaced highway through
the entire length of the county.
There will be spent in Madison
County for roads under this law
about $1,000,000 and nearly every There is no power to tax the Coun
bit ot this comes from the rich out- ty for tne town.
side counties and laree coroora- r Let your watch word be repud'
tions ! I haven't the space or time iate the man who tries to get office
to enumerate all I did in the Legis- on the strength of false represen
ature for the ' people .of Madison tations.
To The Voters of Madison County. 7
(Ladies And Gentlemen: )
Feeling that it is going to be almost impossible for me to get all over th County and see each and
every voter and talk to you personally regarding my race for representative; as I would like to do:
have adopted this method of saying a few words to you in case I do not get around to your place be-
fore the primary. "
. .. : -. . - - . , - . "v ' ;'.
I have entered the race to represent you in the next Legislature because I want the job, not for the
money it pays but the Honor thereto attached, because as a young- man .;it would? mean something to
me in the coming years to have represented the Grand Old County of Madison -in the General As
sembly, Having had training at Mars Hill College and the University of North Carolina, I feel that I
have the ability to fill this position and can ably represent you and succeed in! having some safe, sane
and economical laws enacted. I feel that the people of pur County are overburdened with taxes, and
it would be my. first thought if sent to the Legislature to find some way if possible to give our people
some relief from their now excessive tax. If this cannot be done, I can look, yoa'honestiy, fairly and
squarely in the eye and tell you if you send me, to the Legislature, there, will be no laws enacted for
the next two years that will INCREASE YOUR TAXES ONE CENT; There will be no four thou
sand dollar offices created, NO ROAD BOARDS, etc., and no more Bond Issues without the vote of
people.' I am a good road advocate, a believer in good schools, and with this I kindly believe in pay
ing some of our bills as we go along. Economy is the foundation of all good government.; - '
It has been circulated by some of my opponents that if I were elected I wouldcut partTof the Coun
ty off to Buncombe.; Now this is a falsehood without foundation and something that I had never even
thought of. This Thas come up before the Legislature in past years and met DEFEATas itDESERVED '
and if it should ever come up again, which I am sure it will not,, I would, fight it to the last ditch. I
love my County, I love and admire the clean, pure blooded Anglo-Saxon" type that comprise her popu
lation and I shall ever be fighting to help them grow stronger and greater and would be the last to think -of
dimishing her boundaries, v ' "'
My opponents are my friends, and I do not intend to be drawn ., into any! mud-slinging campaign.
Mr. John A; Handricks and Mr. Romalus A. Edwards have the Advantage or Disadvantage (You decide
this) of a wider acquaintance in the County than I, because they have both served you. ; Mr. Hendricks
represented you inlthe1 Legislature two years ago and Mr. Edwards was your -County '' Commissioner
ten.yarjsLago -Yotervyou know their record; in fact.fhere is part of it you can't forget: I qu6te"Mr. '
Hendncks ''By thek fruits Ye shall know them.' . ...... -
Thanking you for any support you may give me in the coming Primary and assuriug you if nomi
nated and elected I will be the Representative of all the people, uninfluenced by any person or faction,
and will sponsor no law that would not be to the best interest of the whole County.
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I am, , t ,'. .. ; .xy. ,.';!
Yours sincerely,
Paul E. Bruce.
ac
County, but for which of the above
enumerated things I did, am I to
be condemed t '
It is being reported tha, I made
$2.60 per day law in lieu of work
on tht roads, this is fals. When
Mr. Wilds was in the Legislature.
abor was high and he mads the
JOHN A. HENDRICKS,
The False And Fraudulent Eleventh
Hour Circular Bas Been J
Discovered
Since the above letter has. been
$2.50 per day law. It was reduced Put ,nt0 lyPe- " 1 predicted nas
in the last Legislature to $2.00 oer cme true- "jr mere chance I have
day and I favor making It the cur
rent price of ordinary labor p e r
day. I want to assure the voters
of Madison County that I shall en
deavor to do anything that can be
done to lighten the burden of taxes
on the people but I cannot do the
mpossible. - Voters I beware of be
ated circulars, beware of n e w 1 y
manufactured lies put out too late
to be answered. I can hear of them
bobing up in different parts of the
county. , . r
Remember I am beins fought by a
small band of Bogus beggetters in
the Town of Marshall because' they
say I refuse to be controled by
them.1 ;': ' ; '" .
Women and men! let me beg of'
you, be not deceived! Do not vote
against me upon the strength of
wholesale false reports about me,
that are not only false, but are con
ceived in sin, brought forth in ini
quity steeped m the broth of hell
seen one 'of Edward's eleventh hour
fraudulent circulars about me He
is still following his fraudulent
BOGUS schemes of former days,
and is trying to slip false state
ments over at the last hour to try
to fool the people, and prejudice
them against me. I haven't time
to answer ; this fraud in 'detail.
He charges that I am a Roman
Catholic. This he knows is a lie.
I have been A member ' of the
Methodist Church, since 1 was
twelve years of age.- I am a teach
er in the Methodist Sunday School
at Marshall, and .have been for
years. I am a steward and lay
leader in that church. ' All my
family have been members of the
Methodist or Baptist Churches in
North Carolina for 150 years or
more, tie says l sent my children
to a Catholic school in Asheville.
Hon. J. J. Britt, a leading Baptist
in Asheville sent to the same school. 1
the. First Baptist Church of Knox
ville sends his ; daughter to this
school. More than two thirds of
the children in this school are from
the families of ; Baptist, Methodist
and other ptotestant denominations
What bad church got to do with
political office? I cannot believe
that the people of Madison County
are willing to trust their sufferage
and confidence with a man who
will sneakingly stoop to such low
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uown tneiM ana tieventn nour
schemes. The balance of his cir
cular in reference to myself is in
keeping with this which I haven't
time to answer.
JOHN A. HENDRICKS. ,
F0RDTUFJ4S OUT 6MUm
IIOTOS
Next One Ccsss Through 5 1-!
Scccsds'Later
to fool the peo le? If this is cot
fcia purpose why docs he m ake
are htigimate children of the . . , ,' ,T . .'; , ,;
I am just imformed. that I am,6ranu CUIwren' lu tue 0tt,u BCU001
Lending the County to put water W. J. McLendon formerly a leaJ
woil.s ia tie toyn of MarrhaM. Of ing Brtist ia Ilsrshall, now l e
c;-:r.:3 tl'i h a l"a ca i'.3 face, and Lis f.. -raember3 cf
Ford Motor Number 6,000,000
was lifted from the assembly line
in the Highland Park Ford Plant
at 9:14 A. M., May 18th. Just
6i seconds later Number 6,000,001
was finished.
The unusually heavy demand
for Ford cars and trucks At the
present time has necessitated the
building of 5400 motors daily.
These are shipped, in cat load lota
to the various Ford assembling
plants throughout the United
States. '.'( '
The first Model "T" Ford motor
waa completed on October 1st,
1908; nucber 1.CC0.C00 left tLei
assembly ling Decctcr. 10th,
1315; and r ' urr 6,C?3.C:D c-:3j
through May 28th, 1921.
Although the Ford Motor Com
pany turned out a number of
different models prior ; to 1908,
the present numbering system
but with the first Model "T,"
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Serocs Ordered
1 . To Leaive Ccssty.
Mitchell County Mountaineers
Take Summary Action On
, Road Gang.
Work on the road' being con
structed in Mitchell county was
suspended last week' when arm
ed citizens forced a crew of ne
gro laborers to leave the county
according to a story published
in the Raleigh News and Obser
ver. There are .scarcely any
negroes in Mitchell county ac
cording to the newspaper, and
their presence there is objected
to by some of the white citizens.
Last Friday morning a week
ago yesterday, a shirt sleeved
diplomat rode the construction
camp maintained by C. C. Mo-,
Oabe, and advised the 'superin
tendent that his negro laborers
were to get hence, and with but
little delay,.' says, the News and
Observer. "The superintendent
was scornful, and somewhat te
stily advised the emissary of
the Mitchell Saxons to make an
extended exploration of ' more
fervid regions. He went away
but instead of takini advica Ht-
Toe ri-
er;
c-tlyirl valleys of the
v;r v;:.t:r!.ci
"That afternoon a hundred of
Mitchell Saxons rode iult
camp. They had pistoV to be
sure, but -most nf thm canv
pistols anyhow.
? 'The shirt sleeved diplo
was in command. He direct ed
J QuieUy but very firmly
tioat such negroes : as were at
work thereabouts be gathered
together in one place, and it was
SO. . :; :. ":
jTew of the laborers insisted
ori extended preparation forth
journey. And so it came to pars
uia't the laborers were marched
uwrnu w me rauroaa. A passing
freniht train was halted, and th
emergency explained to the en
gineer and and to the conduc
tor. "Right hastily the negroes
crowded theiriselves into t h e
open door of an empty freight
car and sought the quietude of
the faithest corner thereof. The
.diplomat had inquired the fare
of one negro to just beyond the
Tennessee line, and into the
hands of .the . conductor paid a
sum of money sufficient to! each
negro. The train went on down
the valley of the Toe, and the ,
diplomat led his horsemen back
into the hills. '
; "It was entirely peaceful. No
violence-whatsoever. Road work .
was suspended, to be sure, and
maybe this winter the horsemen
will flounder in the mud. All
of this was done in the broad
light of a May afternoon, and
nobody wofe a mask or a n y
sort of disguise. But in Mitchell
they do things differently, and
think them differently. More- -
over, thsre is no accoustin-ffor"
taste. -Dchvcbn r-'j 1 -