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; Printing Compan.
THEO. If. COOPER. Editor Hud Proprietor.
THF PROHRFSS: saW to be in the hands of the
Jjeraocrauc National Committee.
It was i Mr. (Jromweli s own them correctly, Mr.viutchin can
action which raised the issue .! in publish my signed statement and
the campaign., let the people decide for them
; "It is true also that when; Mr. selves who has been misrepre
Roosevelt made his attack upon sented, and who has lied: Now
Delavan Smith the World called the facts are as follows:
attention to certain statements On the day of the speaking at
which Mr. Roosevelt must have Hobgood r by Messrs.; Kitchin,
known to be false or misleading Dunn and '. Travis, I told . Mr.
and appealed to Congress to end Kitchin if: they (the -'speakers)
all scandal by a full and impartial would discuss the county politics,
myself as nearly as I can remem- : , Our big line of Christmas
ber them, and if . I fail to state Goods is now ready for your in
spection. Presents for all: ; for
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the little folks and the grown-up
folks, and at prices that . will
make you smile. Call and . do
your buying before the rush be
gins. Harrison's Pharmacy,
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acond-claw mail matter.' . . ; , - - 1
C ai I
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1908.
Taking a Holiday.
As the date of the next
of The Progress falls , on ; Christ-
investigation.,, If this be treason,
let Mr. Roosevelt make the most
issue of it,
Had a Gose Call. ,
Mrs. Ada L. Croom, the widely
known proprietor of the Croom
Hotel; .Vaughn, Miss;, says: VFor
1 T .. 1 - I
ana snow irora tne county severe cough, and i consumption
records ' (which of. course t they seemed to have its trrin on , me.
did ... not . nave with them; tnat when a friend recommended Dr.
tnere nad peen no crooKeaness m ir Ws Npw nkpnvprv t Wursm
mas day we will omit: the issue habit of ; inaccurate, statements me past administration . 01 tne taking it, and r three ' bottles
wuuvj .i.uauo,, . .vvi..jr anectea a complete cure. rne
funds had been ' used for. the fame nf this , lif Ra vino- rmvh
in
of next , week. ; We do this
order that our office force . may
take a ; much needed rest We
shall be on deck again with our
issue of January 1st .and hope to causes of his grievance.
run uninterruptedly for another
year.
make it impossible to accept
either his judgments or his con
clusions.: In; his message he
does not state correctly even so
simple a matter as the pretended
The World's Reply to Roosevelt.
That the high office of Presi-
dent of the United States has
been grosslyNdishohored by the
man who now occupies the place,
can hardly be doubted : by the
most charitable citizen ? of C. the
country. . That the present occu-
- pant has stooped to things very
unbecoming to one holding such
a high position, can , not be
- doubted by a mere school child.
Sich was neveri in the history
of the country, happened, and
we hope the country, will never
be ' so unf ortnnate as to have
another like unto him.;
The New York .World, in the
course of its answer to the
President's reference to.it in his
special message to Congress last
"The1 World? has never said
that Charles P. Taft or Douglas
Robinson made any profits, what
ever. Mr. Taft denied that he
was concerned in the transaction
in any . way, which denial the
World ' published and I accepted.
It would have been equally glad
to print Mr.. Robinson's denial
could it have succeeded in obtain
ing brie from him, as it frequent
ly attempted. The World has no
evidence that he was associated
with Mr. Cromwell,' and would
accept his word to that effect;
for Mr. Robinson is an estimable
gentleman of high character,
whose reputation for veracity, is
infinitely better than that of his
distinguished brother-in-law.
If the World has libeled any
body we hope it wilj be punished,
but we do not intend to be intim
idated by Mr. Roosevelt's threats
or by Mr. ; Roosevelt's denuncia
tion, . or .by. Mr; ; Roosevelt's
power. '
no other living man ever so
paving
and cold remedy, and lung and
throat healer is world wide. Sold
at W. E. Beavans' drug store.
50c. and $1. 00.. Trial bottle free.
North Carolina. .
Halifax County. ;.
' TRUSTEE'S SALE.
.by virtue 01 power vested in
me by that Deed of Trust made
OPERA. 'HOUSE-
One Night, December 24th.
JED CARLTON
presents N '
BEATRICE GORDON
in
a
WAS SHE TO BLAME"
A dramatization of BERTHA M. CLAY'S beautiful story
"A BITTER ATONEMENT"
A Complete Stage ProductionSpecial
tent Cast.
Scenery Compe-
'till
If there is any humor, in your make-up you will laugh -
rou cry.
f your heart, has a tender spot this play will reach it
Seat on sale at Harrison's Pharmacy.
Curtain will be held' until: 9 p. nou
benefit' of ; the people, .that
would be with them.
Mn Kitchin requested : me to
put the statement in writing and
sign it, which l did. Alter l
had signed it, Mr. Kitchin pre
dicted that. I would be off the
ticket before sunset. In - reply
to him, I said never while the
sun shines.
Now these are the conditions to me on .the 13th day of Decern- GENERAL MERGHANDTES : ANT)
upon wnicn i agreed to come ort ber, 1905 by H . B. Bulluck, of
the Independent ticket; and I am record in the office of the Regis-
willmg for all true thinking peo- ter of Deeds for Halifax County,
Geo. B. Gurtis & Company,
pie to decide for themselves who
has been misrepresented or slan
dered; : .Yours truly.
,S. D. Bradley.
The Wonderful Soil.
While Wall Street throws itself
mto ;. spasms, fihance becomes
disrupted, banks totter, mills
close and railroads go into
receivers' hands, the green old
earth proceeds plaid ly about her
settled mission of supplying
things to eat to troubled human- road, , thence South
FARMERS' SUPPLIES.
o4gents for the well known Hack-;
ney Wagons and Carts, Isaac A..
Sheppard and Richmond: ( Stove
Company's, New Home Sewing
Machines none better, x :-: x
County of Halifax, and State of
North Carolina, to wit: Begin- Just rcceived Grload Land PlaSr fr PeannFfi.
Swamp, J. J.' Draper's Corner,
thence North 2 degrees East 220
poles to a pine on the county
84 degrees
m ; dook in r at pages vol. to
which reference is made I shall
on the 9th day of January, 1909,
sell to the highest bidder r for
cash af public auction in the
Town of Enfield: the following
described tract or parcel of land,
lying, being, and situate in the
I
I
ity. The common soil is; the West 50 poles to center of two
most wonderful asset that this persimmon and four pines, thence
country has. It knows no panics, South 2 degrees. West 184 poles
week, in its Tuesday edition hss grossly , libeled the United States is troubled by, no scares, main- to a willow oak on swamp and i
h fatWfno" ' a . las does this President, who tains no relations with manipula- thence down' said -Breaches
"Mr. Roosevelt 'is mistaken, besmirches ' Congress, bulldozes tion and jobbery. And ; dunng bwamp to tne oeginning, and
tt rnnnr: tmi77.iA th WnrM '' judges, assails the integrity of the last nscal year it yielded : to containing sixty (bU) acres more
"While no amount of C billings! courts, slanders private citizens, the nation,, directly and mdirect-
ftate on his part can alter our and who has shown himself the ly; new wealth valued at no less
determination to treat him with most reckless, unscrupulous dem- than $7,778,uou,ouo.
judicial impartially and : scrupu. agague whom the American peo- Ihis magnificent result is the
lous fairness,; we repeat, what pie ' ever- trusted with great more remarkable in that it came
we have already, said, that the power and authority, . : at the end ota period of unusual
Congress of the United ' States i: we say this not in anger, but depression. It was in no r sense
should make a thorough investi- n sincere sorrow. The World an accident. Secretary Wilson's
1 , ' . t... . la "'' m .'1' i ' " ' j t t . Y 1' it l I
gation of ; the whole Panama &as lmmeasuraoiy more respect report snows tnat tne wonaeriui
, transaction, that the full truth I for the office of .President of the growth in the value 01 the
the American 1 United States than Theodore country's farm products has pro-
Roosevelt has ever shown during ceeded steadily for a decade. , If
the years in which he has main- this value is represented by the
-may be known to
.people.
-((.."Tne eWorld fully appreciates
the compliment paid to it by Mr.
. Roosevelt in making it the sub
juct of a special message to the
Congress of the United States.
The world likewise appre-
. dates .' the 1 importance of Mr.
Roosevelt's statement when he
declares to Congress that ; the
proprietor of the World ; should
be prosecuted for libel: by the
governmental K authorities, and
that' the Attorney-General has
under consideration . the form
under which the proceedings
against Mr. Pulitzer ' shall ; be
brought." '
: "This is the first time a Presi
dent ever asserted the doctrine
of Jese majeste, or proposed, , in
the absence of specific legislation
the criminal prosecution ? by the
government of citizens who
criticized ; the "conduct of the
or less.
Time of sale, 1:15 o'clock;
place of sale, in front of post
office,
This the 8th day of December,
1908. J. C. Branch.
Trustee,
R. C. Duun. Attorney.
Ladies' Furnishings, j
The Foundation of
FORT U N E.
I
tained a reign of terror and vili
fied the honor and Honesty of
both public officials and private
citizens who opposed . his policies
or thwarted him in his purpose,
"So far as the Wprld is. con
cerned its proprietor may go to
jail, if. Mr. Roosevelt succeeds,
"as he threatens; but even in jail,
The World will not cease to be a
fearless champion of free speech,
a free press and a free people'
t Mr; Bradley Replies to Mr.
. Kitchin.
index finger 100 in 1899, it would
be represented by 125 in 1903, by
143 in 1906, and 165 in. 1908.
This means an increase by two-
thirds in the course of nine
years, an increase represented by
over $3,000,000,000. Some of the
individual figures are staggering
-2,643,000,000 bushels of corn,
hay worth $621,000,000, dairy
products valued at nearly; $800,
000,000, animal products . of - all
sorts; to the amount of nearly
$3,000,000,000. This was , the
work of one year. The secretary
says that in . the last , ten years
Hobgood, ICC.'. Dec. 9.
Mr.. Editor:.. '-. - V - -
Will you please allow'me spdee
in your paper to state the facts
in the controversy, between Mr.
Kitchin and myself? v .
Mr. Kitchin said in his reply to
We have recently opened ' a
Ladies' up-to-date Furnishing
Store. From now we'll keep a
large line of ladies' ; readyTto-
wear goods, such as tailor made
suits for ladies, misses, . and
children, and a full line of silk,
wool, and cotton; underwear.
uur suits were oougnt . late m
the season and continue to come
from , fourteen ; manufacturers
twice and three times a week.
Leading colors are blue, brown,-
London smoke, green, -garnet,
and striped covert cloth in all
shades, as well as blacks;
;The regular $18 to $30 suits
now $10 to 20 We! have suits I
000,
It is no more" courtesy of :; the
stumF,that has , dubbed : the far
merthe baclcbone of American
prosperity. " Men - whose ; labors
latest silk and satin lined.
Our ladies tell us the material
in these suits cost" more than
what we are selling them for.
We have all . the leading colors
and styles of ladies, misses,, arid
The habit of saving, formed early in life, is
the foundation of many a fortune.
Thrifty people patronize the savings bank
and prosper.
The Department of savings is a special
feature with this old bank. , It has . many
large deposits; It has many small deposits,
and all draw the same rate of interest, 4 per
cent..
Do not postpone the opening of a savings
account simply because of the: smallness of
your first deposit. All things, you know,',
must have their beginning.
This strong- bank is at . your service;
government or the conduct' of my former article, "that he desir- yieW ir times' the wealth taken . ... , A
individuals who may have had fed the truth established, and let from the mines an the oil-fields ro 4nphiniiir f. uxL i kt
Dusmess dealings with the gov
. emment. Neither the King of
Great Britain nor the German
Emperor would venture to . arro-
. gate such power to himself.' John
Adam's attempt to enforce the
- sedition r law destroyed the
Federalist party in America.
' Yet Mr; Roosevelt, in the absence
of law, officially proposes to
use all the t ower of the govern
ment to cripple the freedom . of
the pres3 on the pretext that the
government itself
libeleJ and . he is
ment! .
"It is true that - the World
printed the public ' reports con
cerning tha I'anama Canal affair,
which ' resulted from William
Cromwell's appeal to the District
all true thinking people, decide
the matter for themselves;
Now Mr. l-ditor. if Mr. Kitchin
sincerely desires the truth estab
lished, why did he not state the
facts as they are in full? He
knows the whole truth the
matter, because he had my signed
statement, and he knows what
he said to the voters in Scotland
Neck on the day of the election.
Instead of doing this, he per-
sued the course of a brave man,
has ' been and said, Bradley and his authori
se govern- ty seek to misreDresent him.
Now I want to tell Mr. Kitchin
that it -was not my purpose to
misrepresent, or injure him in
any : way, I : simply wanted to
let the people know that I was
not acting the hypocrit.
Attorney's office ' during-the In as much as he (Mr: Kitchin)
xecent campaign to prevent the failed to slate the facts in full I
publication of a story which wa3 ' shall endeavor to give them
together, who furnish a third I' of
all raw. materials used in1 all
industries, and who feed so large
a part of the human race, deserve
almost any adjectives.; That the
power of this country to support
population is practically unlimited
is not the least significant testi
mony of these-amazing figures.
-Richmond Times-Dispatch;
Where Bullets Flew.
David Parker. , of Fayette. N,
Y. , a veteran of the civil war,
who lost a foot at Gettysburg.
says:.' lhe good ilectnc-Bitters
have done is worth more . than
five hundred dollars to me. I
spent much money doctoring for
a bad case of stomach trouble, to
little purpose. , 1 then tried
Electric Bitters, and they cured
me, I now take them as a tonic,
and they keep me strong and
well."; 50c' at W. E. Beavans'
drug store. - .
to $17.50.' our customers say
we beat the city prices. .
Spiers Bros,
,Weldon, N. C.
of Enfield
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