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. Established June 28, 1901.
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
Established May 16, 1907.
Coiuolldatad November 2, 1911
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'' - May 24, 1928.
Mr.. Ira Plemmons, .
Hot Springs,; North Carolina.
Tlonr Mr. Plnmmona: ' ':
I understand that" you have filed
your name with the County Board of
Elections as a tiepuDiican canuiuatu
A for the State--Senate for the. sum
f Senatorial District. I have no quar
rel to make with yod about this, but
I really believe that when you come
to seriously tonBider the matter that
you must decide that as a Republican
dftnd as a man, that you ought to with
draw your : name. -1 Suppose that
there is no law to .prevent you from
filing your name, regardless of wheth
er yju have the legal right under the
law, governing" political nominations
of candidates to do s0;- I think you
know that 1 was not an applicant for
the nomination, Without my request
or any action oh1 my part, the Re
publican Convention held at Miu-A-aU,
March 12th, unanimously endors
ed me for the nomination, which in
effect was instructions, to the Sena
torial delegates to , vote for me- for
the nomination in the Senatorial Con-
vention. -You- were present m
Onnvention at Marshall and took an
active part in tKe,;weedigs orthe
Convention. Wheii the resolutions
were offeaed (by parties not in Mar
shall), endorsine me for the- nomina
tion, not nly the elegata like your
self were Dermitted to- vote but the
questiMas submitted to-all Repub
licans present and . the- Courtroom
was crowded, . No. vote was cast a.
srainat me or in the negative, ahd 1
take it that you voted for me.; At
least you did not vote aaginst me or
make any protest against my nomina
tion, and certainly nothing has trans.
Dired on my part since the Convon.
tion that would cause you or anyone
else to be aaginst me. rne senator
lal District Convention was retrular-
ly called by the Chairman . of the
Senatorial Executive fJommtttfe to
meet at Spruce- Pine oh the 7th day
of May at t o'clock. "At the time ap
pointed the. Convention was regular
ly organised rand all the counties,
Madison 'MittJiell. Averv and Yancey,
were represented ny; duly elect4 del
ratea bv the EeDubUcan Conventions
I the. irespecuve counties. - Jixiet we
ConveiUioawa iiiwed my nme
w nlaeaH In nomination 1 bv dele-
rates from all of the "counties and T
was unanimously nominated as the
Republican candidate for- the SOth
.Senatorial District. My nomination
was duly certified by the Chairman,
Dr. C. A. Peterson, and the Secre
tary, Mr. Frank Carr, to the Chair
man of the Republican Party of the
four different counties composing the
district, " This seems to me to con
stitute a legal and valid nomination
as candidate of the Republican Party
for the 80th Senatorial District,
As a man and aa a olyal Repcb'i
can, do you think you are doing the
proper thing in the face of all that
has been done, to defy the action of
the organized Republican Party and
to become a candidate against the
regular nominee of the Party? I
have consulted several other lawyers
and they all agree that I have been
legally nominated under the law and
that lam the regularly nominated
candidate for the State Senate of the
Republican Party In this District
am loathe to believe that you n-int
to be put in the position of a bolter of
your party and defying the organs
aation of the-Republican Party., If
the Republican Party, through its du
ly autnorued agents ana representa
tives, had put vou in the same posl
tion that I occupy, .neither persuas
ion not any other kind of inducement
woum cause me to let my name run in
opposition to the voice of jny party
and in opposition to its duly and reg
ularly -nominated candidate, regard
less of -what I : might r think . voters
might do in the primary. I thought
we had seached the point for one time
lUi WV UiOtl KTUH JVIUB TVIICU WJC
Republican Party in. this. County
mieht be united, when it might be
said that no Republican would bolt
is party or do anything to help tleet
common fairness and Justice that -every
man owes to another, and in the
name of the Republican Party not to
be moved by any parties who-are ap
pealing to you throueh auch.a spirit
or who may be appealing to you for
their own semsh political advantagea
JOHN A. HENDRICKS.
The above letter was sent by
mail to Mr. Plemmons. No
answer. It is the universal
political party law that where
a, candidate is regularly nom
inated for any office, by duly
constituted convention, that
such nomination is binding on
the party and all loyal mem
bers of theparty. As hereto
fore shown, I was duly :and
regularly nominated by dele
gates properly elected,- as the
Republican candidate for the
State Senate, 30th District. In
compliance with all precedent,
all that was necessary was for
me to file mjr name with th? e
lection Board in order to have
my name put on the ticket as
the regular nominee of the Re
publican Party.
So far as known, Mn Plem
mons is the only man in the his-
f bry of the Republican Party in
forth Carolina, or- any other
party, who has .not kept the
faith,, has broken, the rule And
maintained by the Statej This1
is one of the principal roads in
the County and serves a large
and prosperous, population.
The road from Marshall to the.
Forks of Sandy Mush should
be taken over by the State. The
HENDRICKS'
PLATFORM
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HENDRICKS FAVORS MEASURES
THAT WILL REDUCE TAXES AND
I I HELP THE PEOPLE
,-;I favor a state-wide school system
neonle in t.h ?ar.Hv Mhbi Sp. ver f?unty ,n the btate to pay the
' .-same rate 01 school tax which Will re
tion have never had a depend'
able road and it is one of the
best sections Of Madison Coun- :bondlnir the coiintv exceot bv vote of
duce taxes 50c to 60c on the $100.00
taxable property in Madison County
.',1 stand now as I did in the legis
lature 1 of 1921, against any further
ty and they are entitled to a
good road to get to the County
fc)l-ntoAnlp T naaaaA fliA low 11 1091
that -Madison County should not bond
beyond 5 per cent of the taxable
nroMiTV. i tip nATt ipo.minr.iirA 10-
seat ana to market their pro- ipealed this law.
t -l. i J 1 Jini in favor of a law that will
uuuuj. Ynicmer x am eiecteu to givei pepole living on private roads
Kenublican County in the State.
-f most respectfully ask you to stop,
think and pause before you taka the
last step which cannot, be recalled.
It seems to me that there is more than
the nomination for office to be con
sidered, but honor and loyalty are-at
stake. . ; I think when you corns . to
ter that you may decide that y0U and more roads to amend the
cannot afford to repudiate your own attttM H!,,,wv T. 0 t -'WL
fbecome a -"bolter nd seks
nomination "under like circum
stances.
From the publisher's state
ment in last week's News-Rec
ord, it appears that Mr. Plem
mons, in order to get his propa
ganda published in the News-
Record, pledged his word and
honor that he would under no
conditions be a candidate for
office. He violated his honor
bound oath and broke his word
with The News-Record, accord
ing to Mr. Story's statement.
For many months Mr. Plem
mons has put out his written
propaganda, appealing to the
prejudices of the people, has
endeavored to inflame the
minds of people against taxes
without suggesting or offering
any remedy to legally reduce
taxes or for the better progress
and uplift of the people, My
plan for a state-wide school
system and uniform state
school tax will reduce the taxes
in Madison County and other
small counties from 50c to 60c.
on the $106.00 of taxable prop
erty and we will hive better
schools and better schoolhous-es.-f
We will have better roads
the Senate or not I shall do
everything in my power to have
the State take over and main
tain these roads. If necessary I
will go to Raleigh and present
the matter to the full Board,
State Highway Commission. If
we pull together I believe the
State will take over and mam
tain these roads. I know if we
can have .the Stite Highway
Law amended as I iiave propos
ed we shall have plenty of
money apportioned to Madison
County by the State to do this,
and give Madison and other
small counties as good highway
counties
JQHN A, HENDRICKS
system as the large
now have, y?
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or cartways part of. their road time
on sucn roads or cartways.
I favor amending the State HVh
way law so as to apportion State road
money on a basis of mileage and not
population. This will give Madison
County and all the smaller counties
more; and better roads,
gfi" $ am in favor of the State taking
over, ana maintaining the road from
Mar Hill to Upper Laurel, and the
road -.from Marshall to the Forks of
Sandy Mush. The people in these sec
tions: are entitled to this and I shall
do B in my power to have the State
take foyer these roads.
vjfj elected I propose .and hereby
pledge! to stand and work for exxch
measures as will better the conditions
of," the people, regardless of party,
friend or foe.
JOHN A. HENDRICKS
SHIPPED FROM
MARSHALL
Pedestrian : "Which is the quickest
iv to get to the general hospital?"
VAlHiOl t H HUII) UUb Ql LMllli WI11UUW a .
and hrpoi.vnnr lM?.AWri.t.n 1 priee WOU1CI Dft WOno SiSUU.
FOR SHERIFF
To the Voters Of
Madison County
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Sher
iff of Madison County, subject
to the action of the Republican
Primary, June 2nd.
I shall appreciate the sup
port of all the voters, and if e
lected will discharge my duty
to the best of my ability.
Willard C. Rector.
Mr1. Brintnall informs us that
on last Monday 600 lbs. of but
terfat were shipped to the Bilt
more Creamery rfrom Marshall.
This-amount at .the prevailing
PLEMMONS DOES N0T..DENY THAT HE
FAVORS INCREASING ASSESSED VALUA
TION OF FARM LANDS 20 PER CENT
Plemnions has replied to circular citing his let
ter in which he says the assessed valuation of
town property is too high and assessed value of
lands should be increased 20 per cent. He does
not deny that he is still in favor of increasing the
assessed, value of farm land 20 per cent.
Vote for HENDRICKS, the nominee of the Re
publican Party, whose state-wide school system
will reduce your taxes 50 cents to 60 cents.
Will you vote for Hendricks, the nominee, who
proposes a plan to reduce your taxes, or tor
Plemmons, the BOLTER, who offers no plan to
reduce your taxes?
JOHN A. HENDRICKS.
(POliLTICAL 'ADVERTISING)
"Do you come to Sabbath School
voluntarily. -. or because you are
coerced?' raSked the pretty teacher.
"Voluntarily: I aruess." replied lit
tle Edgar. "I thought they only had
to get coerced if they were Baptists.
xouth's world.
Father; "If you want to make a hit.
my son; you must 'strike out for your
self.". '.,..
Son: "Yftii're mixed in vour base
ball talk, dad;. if you strike out vou
can't make a hit"
"WJth ieet like yours you should
get a Job with the government."
"Doing what?"
"Stamping .out forest-fires."
"Darling what in the world 'a the
matter with this letuce?" asked the
fond young husband of three days.
"Didn't you wash it?"
"Of course I did, dear. I even ased
some of that good perfumed toilet
soap on it."
Some startling predictions as to tha
future population in England were
recently made by Rev. William R. In
gle, commonly known as the "gloomy
deacon." Hastings (Fla.) paper.
Thirty-five head of pure bred dairy
cattle were added to the cow popula
tion of Guilford County by Agent i.
I. Wagoner last week.
COL JOHN D.
LANGSTON
Candidate for
Lieutenant Governor
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
June 2nd
JETER P, RAMSEY MAKES FINAL
C:aEPLBDR.HUTCHINS
FOR STATE SENATOR
actions and to defy the law and prec
edent of your own, party.and to be
come a bolter of you party which it
. appears to me ii - you i-uutiuutt iu
pose and the people in Madison
County living off the. highways
press .your nomination in ;the rln-;; tit Li;, U ? uf- '
mary election you will do, regardless have part of their - road
KlA ttmk thai time UK put their.priyate rqads
after mere mature deliberation that in condition
I am informed that the State
Commission - , has
yon win decide that you cannot afford
to take, such a step and that you will
withdraw your name from the Board
of Elections and avoid being .put in
the position of having the stigma -of .Highway
personally intend it nr not.- r know (taken the maintenance off lhe
that every-man who is active .in ijfe . 'w..-. ':
haa some nemies. , I don't .know road ffom Mars Hill to Upper
that I have any but my lot in life hai v k.;rp also' nff -th Mnrri'll "
alwaya been that I have had to scrap-HPej a 13Q prr ine Marsnail-
for Hying and I have been active m Sandy. Mush Road. Of COufse
my profession and possibly I have I t -
made some enemies who may ba ap-jthis ' is - a State' Matter, bat I
pealing to you to take the eanrse. ' . . ' TT.,r
which you LveafeE out ia order that ;know. the road from rr?rs ITrlf
they may even u in some way with to TTroer Laurel' ow t to" lie
me, but may I ask you in the name of lu uper jurei vu..t 10 oe
In entering the race for the State Senate, 'I
feel that I am doing so at the demand of very
many of the good citizens of this County.
I cannot make any campaign, since my fath
er is a very sick man arid I owe to him the duty
of being near him, and with him, to do all I can
for him. ,
I think it is very well known what I stand
for, and. in the event the voters nominate me, I
shall drj all within my power .to give the taxpay
ers some relief.
, - If my friend Mr.; Hendricks, gets a majority
of the votes- m this County, then he will be the
nominee of the party, since it is Madison Coun
ty's time to name; the State Senator for this
district'.. -' I;
:iid take: it that if I shall have a majority in this
County, then the nomination will come to me.
I urge the voters to carefully consider which
of us represents the btest interests of the tax pay
ers and vote accordingly. ' -;v::-- i -'t ,
iU further urge every voter ta go to the polls
and vote. " -. "' -' I ' - t 'A, -, t" r, J.;' '
. I thank you f or the confidence you may have
rrri V PLEr.ir.IONS ; ' ,
fPOUTICAL ADVERTISING) . ' -
I have no ill feeling with anybody
who is my .opponent, and I wish to
say that I am not approaching their
character. I want a fair and just
treatment to all candidates. I stand
for the best interest of the nennln
and MY WORD IS MY BOND. I
mean, to do what i say I will do if it
is in my power. Neither ring can lead
me and I am determined to stay away.
Reports have come to me that I
am tnis and that and so on, but upon
my honor and my word, which I try
to make my, very best, I expect and
I am determined to (do the square
thing, in all my actions toward my
fellow men. ... '
"The' wih of 'the people ii my wish."
I Want the oeonle ta he aatiotioA
and if I, am chosen as Representative
I shall, try with 'H my power to do
what the. .people,. want done. I have
nothing concealed, I stand openly to
defend and protect the people who are
dear and near to my heart,. th com
mon people. I like to be in their
home and' in their company for they
are my da.
"I HAVE NOTHING IN MIND
BUT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE."'
I wish to say that I have no mo, ley
to spend in the race, sincei I expect
to get nothing out of it only to, serve
the common people who have a hard
time' making ends meet If I had some
thing I wished to do for personal in
terest, I could then afford it and then
collect out of the poor people of
Madison, as many have done before,
I ask the common people to stand out
for their own interest, and be care
ful how they cast their vote this time
as never lief ore.
The common People's Friend,
JETER P. RAMSEY.
(Political Advertising.)
GROVER C REDMOND LETTER
'Iv,
May 30th, 1928.
TO THE VOTERS AND TAX PAYERS OF
MADISON, COUNTY.
Ladi ad Gentlemen:
Having tried to see vou all befor th i i
my platform before vou now aa th U f u w d
fjf Wmeftotf Wfore the Primary, I wish to state to you that
I nave made you a fair oflFer to save you tax payers $1061.92
each year or for the term of ofnee. $2.1 23 Rd !.-. i win
Koberta ha. bpt offered this to you and by hot doing so you will
know that he1 stand, for high taxes '-o he can get higi wages, I
have ,k9 y,J men to take my statement tothe Auditor and
see if it wMforrect and several people went and found it cor
rect If you people are against high taxes, show me se by go.
mg to your Toting place and cast; your " vote for Grover C
RedmonWfeat ; did J. Will Roberts swear on the stand about
1. Madison County? Here it is, just as the question
asked him about how the lands were assessed : ,
Question.(by Mr. Robert.): Then f ask if the lands in
Madison County are not assessed for what they are worth
, f or taxes Z'i;J
Aniwei (by J. Will Roberts) : About 50 per cent
Friendtj T don t believe in slinging mud with my opponent,
but I an) willing at any time for you to look up my record as to
my general character and look up my opponent's, and then af
ter you have thoroughly investigated them both I will be willing
for you. to cast your ballot for the cleanest man.
; All t biUrevever done politically has been done for your in
terest and for the welfare of you.. Why did J. Will Roberts
and his brothers stand so' closely to Plato Ebbs for the repre
sentative. .Of 'Madison Countv ? listen. I , will tell vou HE
RAISED. J. WILL'S SALARY TO $2400.00 per year. These -are
facts you should know, not intending to mud sling but to put -U
before you as it i. :! Friends, I leave the Office of Register of
Deeds jn -your hands, believing you will see who is the man t
save you $1C51.S2 per year. Thanking you in advance for your
rapport af the Polling Boxes. Yours to serve. ' .
''.-. Your friend," .'
GROVER CREDMOn'V '
(POLITICAL ADVERTISING
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