PARTING SnOT" ,
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' (Political tfvertislng) 4
V Bine finding that my entrance Jn
the t a e for HepresenUtiva , It
unique, i i.ul?ajs:
press my appreciation lo , Senator
Plemmoni fof calling thla to the at
tentlon of the public, fori thlnk It
4 iOtilt a distinction to be abfe to in
ject something unparalleled into.' fhe
' Boniest" The adjective naea; hqm
ever, entradlct th 4ne of Ms Ar
ticle that follows, for be uses the
v a - 1 . 1
aVSTVlai niji vav inn na nu Dmn UBUIV
ince "Taxes Here and Thdre" made
' tta debut about threo or f oar years
go THB EINMy 2reltf 6n ' for
s. emphasizing the fact that I was no
tmmVcandidate, other "than my own,
was that I knew just what to expect
from -the' chief : exponent of intelli-
genefrrvthe Senator, -
'A- to whether I'm
without a party, I
leave to my friends.'
a man with or
am . willing to
Juet by way'.of
explanation howeverpJ wish to say
here that should 11 0 to iflUMgh
as a' Senator, awl to before one , of
the Senate fcojnjnftteea tof iprasent
my Irguffienl fori certain HV pro
posed by myself, .that J woold not
call : tm the ."Chairman of the Dem
ocratic party? t present my eeuae. I
would have It further understood that
my political caucusing is et done
with the chairman of the Democratic
party and his lieutenants. ? i - -"
As to Plemmons', correction - in my
1 who has ceme to my reside.
I , I do -not agree with you in that an
' adjustment , of assessments , on land
and personal properties' would pere,
ly shift the burden from one shoulder'
to another." Since 'when., it's", shifted
from the farmer to th: business mdn,
yellow "shfeets or broadcasting any
funds, for V haye never nor will I
ever; resort to such tactics to secure
any office. ' , , ' 1 t; ' 1
' Yes, before I forget: I've discover
ed something strange' in your letter.
Jnet why is It that Mr. StikelealUe?
had forgotten to write yon the letter
tot handle 7wjwf?ts.mirJt
eeive some aegrca 01 justice, ;-,,(m
4 My argument is, and will t jntij
Mm netbjbd of fir swse-" in
worked 'out, ' that those 1 1.3 wa
farms and farm as a vocation, at disr
criminated , against. vtyppoatj,that
your suggestions made some tinj age
that farm are listeed -20 too low
and town lots: 20 too bieh. (hould
grammatical,' frror I ; would say become a reality and should be c'lang
ThpksTflenfttOftBttt P'!S j2 pd accordingly, . Then what wald
become of the home you jo eaniwsxiy
or in other! words to those who have
accumulated wealth at thefT' "JSlisf apprfclatlon for your activities to
the farmcrr, thinUiey wno wa.a thai promoting the roads for No-i li and
be too hard since yon must not over
look the fact that I've not ad the
experience in Stt affairs like your
self. After 11,' does not the term,
non-tangible imply or mean nontax
ablet In other , words, .6t touched
by taxes? At any rate I feel that my
idea was understood by most of us,
and thus fat you are the only .censor
desire to protect!
(Political Advertising)
DRAWS $1800 PER YEAR
Other Men Doing: Work
"v j. 1 0 "i , i t 1 i .
l Te Bd'Ul books of fte County up to two years ago,
- Z?lti'l ?riS,nl,ey' of itl The Do'ioi
-mm :M' H yj - . - ,. . ' '
S??.,0,,Bi,t,iat taeM orag in 1925 of 16,000?
,rV Wh. V9t so; 'f 2070.2t""instedT--Albert H.
SSS'V0'?'' C: 'WbO' found a shortage of $88,000 in
' lVhAiC-y? ld: dflcit 1927. of 151.780.87 v
- insteadt--Albert Blake, the certified auditor. .Voters, think f
of U wonder our taxw are Ugh and getting hlgher-"By t
their fruits ye shn 1 now t'-p". , V , v . ."-i ,
-rv:T' 7PSW'OEE YOU VOTE.. i.
THINK OF HIS ROAD DEALS, TOO.
"SAM -J. PEEK For Auditor.
WHY MADISON COUNTY SHOULD V6TE FOR ROY
HARMON FOR STATE SENATOR
For many years it has bean customary for (ha counties of the
30th Senatorial District Madman, Avery, Mitchell and Yancey
to allow the office of Senator to rotate, each county taking its turn
In the nomination of the Republican candidate for Senator. At
this time it was Avery County's turn..U.On April 4th! at Newland,
N. C, group of delegates from Madison led by Judge Hendricks
and a group" from Mitchell led by John McBee broke this agree
ment by naming David Vance over the protest of 4he delegates
from Yancey and Avery, these counties, holding that Avery should
be allowed to nominate the candidate in accordance, with long
established and fair customJf the conventon had followed the
gentleman's agreement, Roy A. Harmon would have been Avery's
choice by IS delegates to one. Judge Hendricks has admitted
that the nomination was irregular and unfair although Judge Hen-
dricks placed Mir. Vance la nomination. . I appaal t both the
voter and the delegates of Madison County to correct this error
and vote for me for State Senator from the 30th district-
I ure you, if nomnated and elected, that all bill of inter.'
est to Madison will have a fair and impartial hearing
" -. ROY A. HARMON '
- ' rouucsu Aaverusmg) jr.' ' C"
You term it remarkable thatch!,
gentleman (referring to .myself V?10
others are now admitting that,' .taxes
are too high. . Perhaps Hhe reason
why my opinion as to excessive -taxes
has not come before the pulblle in a
. "Taxea-here-and-there" way iskthat 1 1
.did not decide a year ago. to snake
this race and begin sending into some
newspaper as NEWS ITEMS my
I groaning and lamentations trying to
I make myself appear 61 the eyea, of
the people, a Daniel Come Taj Judg
ment and thereby ride into ofT.ce on a
gravy tram. No Sir, rathe than
sneak "my way in in Such manner,
IH Just stay out. 'Furthermore I
have not realized nor do 1 want the
kin of religion you mention lj your
.-1.3.1- : T T imftaa'th nublic
would like to know Just what is your
definition for Religion." , . , fi c'J
am convinced tnat tms isnn 01a wircn
out method of maintaining roads and
should be abolished but Plemmons
has not suggested anything as to what
he would propose regarding those
who have passed the road-working
... . . j
age and who nave aireaay compnea
with the old law. Sure, I'm for abolish-J
ing the old system, and at the same
time working out a plan to avoid
discrimination against the man who
has 'served his term.
Senator, I came into this race be
cause' I had the same right as your
self or any other man, and not at
the instigation of any ring. In fact
some of your closest neighbors in Hot
Springs were among those from dif
ferent sections of the County," who
asked me to. make the race and I'm
positively ; sure that it's not any of
your business whatever to say who
should and who should not run. Real
ly, since ' when did you become ' su
preme dictator as to who should make
the race? Don't worry, my dear air, a-
bout my-putting out any last minute
eight, days before the prima
80th) f Talk about funny things! 7
m In conclusion I want toexprest to
the citizens -of Madison County; my
disgust at such tactics as I've, been
forced, to in this article in xeply to
Plemmons', "Parting Shot" before the
Primary, -When I entered the race
for representative I did it resolved
that nothing personal would be used
against niy opponents, but I've found
that the only way to fight fire is with
fire, and I believe and hope the day
is almost here when our .elmbjp
wjll treat with contempt fesi sick
ening ini disguisting, unwarranted
and untrue insinuations and criticisms
as used by Ira Plemmons..
HERSCHEL SPRINKLE.
ANSWER TO JETER
P. RAMSEY
IIENDRIOiS REPLIES TO DENIALS OF
rPLEtEIONS ABOUT HIS RECORD ;'
OFSEN-
CITIZENS OF inGII
:ttv.
TAM) GIVES THE NM
AToasM
STANDING UO WILL COR
ROBORATE WHAT
HENDRICKS SAYS
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Vote IP or-
FOR
SENATOR,; THIRTIETH iDJSTRIGT
T . MR; VANCE WAS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED
; FOR STATE SENATOR BY MADISON COUNTY
. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, APRIL 2, 1930. J
" He wai nominated by the Republican Senatorial
Ccnvcation held at Newland, Avery County.
; State Doard tf Elections rule thai fae must b Voted for in tno Pri-'
. mary, June 7lli., to make Ma nomination rcsular. " '
I.Ir. Vanco is a man'of hih standing, manufacturer,
y and other interests; i3 a Republican; was a member of ,
: the Legislature, Avery County, 1929, . - . , , '
Vote for Vance V
(Political Advertising)
Issue of June 3rd News-Record
You state you are a very poor man
and I am rich. Sorry you are not
rent as to the last part of this state
ment You have been teaching school
for the past several years at a good
sa&ryi 'drawing big compensation
from Uncle Sain for a weak back, and
you own one of the best farms in No.
10 Township, and -J would oe giaa
I (am t m-director in theVPAak
and own no- property at Beaver Lake
as you charge. ;
Now, Jeter, one of the best citizens
of No. 10 Township stated to me that
you made the remark that your cam
paign slogan was, I am poor and J.
Will is rich, and people will be sorry
for me. Everyone knows you are in
about the best financial condition of
any one in the County school teach
er, pensioner, and farmer, and again
I don't believe in going around tell
ing our good lodge brothers about
beine in distress just because I want,
o hmIb office ; neither do I borrow
money from one brother to pay another.
I don't believe any one should so
licit kelD from the lodge or church
for his own personal political advan
tages; neither sHould be used as
political cat's-paw. t
:. On June 7th the people will say,
Who will be nominated for .Register
of Deeds? For by ; this time they
have Jbad ample opportunity to know
the character and virtues ef, us both
and. I am. willing to -abide by, their
decision. 4 r - ,
I note your weak explanation re
garding your demand on the Board of
Education, for money for making the
race for .Representative- The? etata-
ttient they give out and yout explanar
tkm is widely different..,, If what you
say is correct, why didn't :. you; get
them to verify it? ' L-"
- J. WILL ROBERTS.
VOTE FOR-
CHAS. B. MACRAE
FOR SOLICITOR
s ', , Tomorrow i
Ira Plemmons say in his article in
The Times, that l am undertaking "to
tell the folk" how corrujpt Je is. I
have hot undertaken to dohat; I
have only been telling about his pub
lic record, and if his public record
makes him corrupt, he will have to
make the most of it.
Plemmons' neighbors and close ac
quaintances know about his private
character, whether it is jrood, corrupt,
bad or indifferent, end I have in no
wise undertaken to go into that. As
to whether the people of Madison
County believe me or Ira Plemmons is
up to the people. He says' what I
say about Judge Johnson and Sena-1
tor Person in connection with him-
The Post Office ad
L. Johnson is Lum-
than I quoted.
dress of Judge T.
berton, North Carolina, and the Post j
Office address of Senator W. SI. Per- !
son is Lewisburg, North Carolina, and
if these gentlemen ere disposed to say .
anything about this matter, they will j
corroborate every word I have stated. !
Senator Robert G. Johnson of Bur
gaw, North Carolina, knows about i
these facts, or the most of them, and
while I have not seen him, spoken to j
him, or heard from him since the ad- ,
journment of the Legislature, I
know that he will corroborate what
I say, for I believe him to he a high
class, honorable gentleman. Senator
John F. Reynolds, a Republican, of ,
Wentworth, North Carolina, a man
of the highest integrity and honor.
self is untrue. I re-iterate that every .knows what I have stated te be ,
word I stated is true, and Plemmons. true. ..y ' i
knows it is true. Snatef iofeftson and Albert Teague, who resides on J
Senator Person' did use stronger, terms (Carried to Foarth Page) ;
,v ' ' i f onticai Aavernsmg' -
Yes. Ira, we know you had the idea of re
ducing taxes in your mind when y o u
worked so hard to get two extra Commis
sioners for Madison County when y ou
were in Raleigh.
ATTENTION,-
VOTERS
' (Political Advertising) , ,
A vote for- Vance is a vote for
Judge . " Hendricks. tThe - Judge, ." is
sponsoring hinu 5 . : .;. '..r-'!f..
A vote for Vance is an insult to
Avery County, Uking the right , to
nominate tht Senator from that coun-
tj?. - 'n-,, . '. !' 1
A vote for Vance is a step In form
ing a 3 Oth Senatorial district Ring
destroying the. plan.-of rotating een
atort making ring politics easier for
the professional politicians. .
Think, . consider these Sects and
vote for v 1
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(Political Advertising)
J. WILL GRABS AT A STRAW AS
HE GOES DOWN LN DEFEAT i
he tells lies on his opponent
to try to influence the public
The people" of Madison County are Being told many false- '
. . hoods by Jn?- opponent aaid his sponsors. 'People, I am sorry that
there is a public official in our county who is so corrupt in soul and
body that he will not tell the truth and try to besmirch the char-.-
acter of his opponent in order to win a few votes. , I know; that I
; have not lived perfect life. Neither has toy opponent. But
: 1; for the last 18 years I have tried to live a clean Christian life. I
am willing to lay my characteron the tahle beside that of J. Will
" Roberts and let the public be' the judge of which is best I have
? always met my obligations; I have always tried to treat everybody
right in all renects; I have not cheated, wronged, or defrauded
anybody out of anything. Ask those people who live around me
"Uthat have known me from a boy. Please do not believe these
,t ; political lies that are being told about me and I will assure you
. " ttat I will make you a clean Christian officer that will treat you
fair and right. - " . , t -. 4
v . I am not going to tell the people anything bad about J. Will,
Ci for I had rather lose .votes than to take any hand, in this kind of
, controversy It is not gentlemanly, s I prefer not to do it. In
: all statements I make I am only defending myself. . " ' c. v-.
- I do not know what else he is going to tell in tSiis issue but
r whatever it might be I ask the people hot to believe it. He per
haps will have many more falsehoods to tell in this issue because
'. he may think I wflj not have time to answer it before the Primary,
-v Let your better Judgment be your guide. - -
'' . i, Here is what Jame Wallin has to say about the warrants that
; ,J. Will is trying to deceive you with; ,
.-.TO THE VOTERS?- - ';
I, James Wallin, do hereby certify; that I took out the
' papers that J. WILL Roberts Is showing around and that I
i had bo intention of convicting Jeter P. Ramsey on the v -:
i ; rants for there was absolutely no evidence against him. Hi
; is not guilty of the charge These papers have been 1. " "
-, : 'in Roy Gu.dger's 0f3ce for "over TWO YEARS. Jeter 1.
,- .. Ramsey is a man cf good character and I have known hi. 1 1
-: - any life as a law abiding citizen. He is well qualified to 1
the office of register of deeds and will make a safe T.:
Any member of the Board of Education will t.
the transactions I have had with tv.e roar I cf r lie
and rfht See l-it P'-'ry's V. " - J.
Mr-