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Soini-Vookly mm VOL. XXIII, NO. 20 A Policy Issued by The w i I ItP A WI1 M lit r I III . "v JU11 V - - - . - - - Prevents the Ship wreck of the family W. L Clark, Agt. This Is Our Policy. Wc want you to remember that we have a desinite object i in ..j i. : u -. i in view, and that is that every ' CUStOmer WhO COmeS intO OUr ' n 1 1 1 1 1 A I 1 1 1 . w &.J Society store shall believe that every ' ,y feelins that perhaps some had ov- Kitctnm itk ... 1 erlooked the paymnet of their poll customer who comes into ouri,at, and on aCc0Unt ot the iarge con store shall believe that every 5 Rested population, it would be weii statement is warranted to be i niKh mp83ib,e to set this mtorma- i tn i tion from any other source than from Any business that does not live up to that standard must fall to pieces. We have been here with you a Ion? time and surely we have proven ourselves worthy of serving: you as your druggist. May we ask a trial? Ppf'ypr TitrLror 1 Wl.GI A I UCIXCr ! The Dependable Druggists P. M. PETTI T Plumbing and Heating Estimates given on short nitice. All work guaranteed. I also make store, window and porch awnings. Office, show room and warehouss Hi East Market St., Phone 509 Greensboro, N. C. Smith Seed & Feed Co WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Fertilizers for grain and grass. Cy phers Incubator and Brooder. Garden Seed s Specialty. 224 MIAN, DANVILLE, 'Phone 133 Our laundry work is work of merit. It stands up and resists lhe withering effects of perspiration. There is no get ting aroond the fact that the Star Laun dry's work wears better. THE STAR LAUNDRY, WILBUR WOMACK, AGT. $1 PER YEAR. ! PLAYS PEANUT POLITICS r?-)uty $hertff of Leaksville Town hip Seriously Charged. It has not been the poller of this ; j paper to enter a discussion of i sirieiiy partisan nature, and even (now li Ih not our purpose to enter ; discussion of partisan politics. There ; are some things connected with, and growing out of. politics iu Uocklnghani i county that we cannot let pass with out calling It to the attention of j our readers and putting our stamp of disapproval upon such conduct. We r',f"r 10 the deputy Bhcrtff of this : township relative to the payment of poll tax prior to the time that would entitle a citizen to vote In the com j ing election. If the charges which 1 have openly and above board made against the deputy sheriff of Leaks ville township are half true, a discus- j sion of such conduct is far above par tisan politics, and rises to a height i to merit the disapproval of the good citizens, whatever may be their poli tics. The law requires the payment of poll tax on or before May 1st, as a prerequisite to vote In any election of that year, is yet not so old, but j many good citizens overlook same j and "neglect to pay their poll tax in i time to vote. In Leaksville town ship there Is a population of some- i j thing like ten thousand people, a I voting population of between eight an twelve hundred, a great number of whom are employed In various mills ; of the community. Surely these peo ' pie who toil and work at their post : of duty from early in the morning un i til rate in the evening, and who ' i haven't the time to give much atten ; lion to looking up the deputy sherif, ! are entitled to as much consideration ' from the deputy sheriff as any other j citizens, and surely It Is the duty of i tho deputy sheriff Collecting taxes to ! eive neonle eloselv embloved like most of the citizens of this communi- y the t opportunity in hu power to qualify themselves for the high priViiege t the elective franchise. Some of the citizens of the communi- the tax books, asked of Deputy Sher iff Fagg, some ten days prior to the first day of May, the privilege ot seeing his tax books to the end of ascertaining who had not paid their poll tax, and to call the attention of such persons to this requirement of law, and upon such request the dep utv sheriff refused to allow these j citizens the privilege of seeing the j books,, as well as to refuse to give them any Information whatever as wno had not D'1 thelr 1)011 tax- At first he Intimated that he might do so, but gave as hts excuse at mai time that he was too busy, and after having been approached at different times, he flatly refused to give them any information whatever, or to al low them to examine his tax books in his presence to obtain such in formation, I'pon being denied, the matter was taken up with Sheriff H. A. Clark, whereupon Sheriff Clark wrote a letter to his deputy, Fagg, requesting him to allow any citizen to look at his books to find out any thing they desired about the taxes. This letter was taken to Deputy Fagg. and he again said that he was busy, and put them off, stating that he would see them at a later time. Upon seeing these parties again, he again refused to let them see his books, not withstanding the instructions form the high sheriff. Deputy Fagg stating I that he had heard from Sheriff Clark j since he wrote him the letter in structing him to allow taxpayers to see his books. - Not only did he refuse to allow his books to be seen, or to give any list of who had not paid their poll tax, but it is openly charged that one of the hardest, If not the hardest, men to find iu Leaksville township on April 30th was Deputy Sheriff Fagg, who had the tax books of Leaksville township. We are Inform ed that Fagg says he was In town that day. As to this we do not controvert; in fart we do not undertake to say where he was, but we do know of our 1 own knowledge that different people were looking for him on Saturday af ternoon after the mills closed trying to find him for the purpose of paying their poll tax. and we are Informed did not locate or find him until Mon day morning. We are also liifo.med that some of these people went to the house of Deputy Fagg on Satur day night, April 30, with the money to pay (heir poll tax and could not locate him, and money was left with one of. his boarders to deliver to Fagg If he should return homo nt night. The information goes out that he did not return home until somethii:;; l:ke 11 o'clock. His residence was called by phono kith In the afternoon and at night and the information was given out at his home that his" where about were unknown, and that It was not known at his home either whether he was In town or out of town. On Monday moruine. Mav 2. we are Informed he was to leave for Wentworth, but that one of his Re publican friends advised him that it would perhaps be better for him and for his party to remain In his town ship awhile that morning and give such citizens as had not paid their poll tax an opportunity to do so, and the deputy sheriff did agree to remain in the township until twelve o clock. 1 his information going abroad.thero was an attempt made to get," this information before the tax payers Buch as could be reached and who had not paid their poll tax, and some did manage to get their poll tax paid on Monday morning, May 2. but Instead of the deputy sheriff staying In the township until 12 o'clock, as agreed, he was sought a little after 10 o clock and we are informed had left for Wentworth. Some citizens, feeling that their community had been outraged, and that a great Injustice had been done the people, and that such peanut par- tisanism was unworthy of the appro val of any political party, discussed the matter with some leading citizens of the same political faith as the deputy sheriff, whereupon a promi nent Republican here, believing not only that the community had not ! been fal-ly trented, but that such j conduct on the (art of the officer j Wda inujrious to the r-f.rt- he repre sented, j;ai!e a trip to Wentworth to : see both the (.hr-rilf ;n (he deputy i "Mr " squciie i n( Tt-t ha fiH yarns r fhn trtun.jl.i,, i mv 'iiu vih,iio VHt" v noil I Tho deputy sheriff and sheriff agreed that they would give such Informa tion to the taxpayers of the town ship as they might desire, and that Deputy Fagg would be back to leaksville township early In the af ternoon of May 2 and let himself be known in Spray for the purpose of waiting upon the citizens who had not laid th"ir poll tax, whereupon this gentleman left Wentworth and came back very much gratified at the position taken by his sheriff and deputy sheriff, to the end of giving the taxpayers ot the community a fair-play. Another citizen of Leaks ville township approached Mr. Fagg while In Wentworth to know if he would then let his books lie seen, so that even In that short time then re maining for the payment of poll tax es, that such delinquent citizens migl t be notified and yet save their privi lege of voting, whereupon Mr. Fagg said he would not give this informa tion or allow his books to be seen, stating that both Sheriff (llark and Mr. Joyce had told him not to let his books be seen. Some citizens at Spray, being Informed that Sheriff Fagg had promised to be at a cer tain Place Monday afternoon some time before night for the purpose of assisting the taxpayers in getting then taxes iViitl, these citizens waited in or about the place where Mr. Fagg had promised to b-i and tin until seven o'clock Mr. Fa;g was not seen.: It being -clearly apparent then of the unfairness, and of the determination of the deputy sheriff not to give the citizens of Leaks villo township a square deal, some citizens, regardless of politics, said that tl.e cit'zens of this community should not be disfranchised by a dep uty sheriff, even though he waa so advised by the high sheriff and the chairman of the Republican party of the .coi.nty, and rather than let these people be, disfranchised, not knowing at that time who had not paid, and not having time to go all over the township to see every man who had not paid and to get him to pay bis poll tax, these citizens de cided to pay to the deputy sheriff the poll tax of every citizen of the township who had not paid their poll tax, regardless of their party affiliation or with the way they ex pected to vote. After dark on Mon day night, May 2, the deputy sheriff was sought for, and after being una ble to locate hlra by phone, a mes senger went to his home to ascertain his whereabouts, and the best in formation that could be obtained at his residence as to his whereabouts was that he was in Spre near the Spray Mercantile Co. No other In formation could be ascertained, whereupon a search for him was be gun, and about 11 o'clock Monday night he was located crossing the bridge or trestle at Spray with At torney A. W. Dunn. One of these citizens told him that he desired to pay the poll tax of every citizen in Leaksville township who was due a poll tax, regardless of his party af filiations. The deputy sheriff then refused to name a single person who had not paid poll tax, and refused to Issue tax receipts except for such persons as were called for. There being as yet many other poll taxes (Continued on Page 2). REIDSVILLE, Ni C MAY 13, ZION CITY CUSTOMS. Dr. Rominger Talks About Hi III , inois Horns. Dr. . C. A. Romiuger, a former citi zen of Iteidsvllle, and regarded then as one of the most eminent dentists of the. State, gave The Review a very pleasant call Wednesday Just before he departed for Hillsboro and Winston-Salem, and talked most enter; tainiiiRly of Zion'; City "and- its va rious institutions and people. Dr. Rominger moved to the Illinois city June 10, 1I04, taking his famiy, and leaving a very lucrative practice he had established here. At that time John Alexander Do wle wa3 In control of the city and was the head of every business institution there as well as the spiritual head. Dr. ,' Rominger sold his dental equipment and worked for Zioti on a salary. In those days three dentists, all employed on salaries, required patients to make engagements for from three weeks to a month ahead, so busy were they. The city now has about 5,000 in habitants, but at that time there were near 10,000. Dr. Rominger, how ever, some time before Dowie'g death withdrew his support to him and Joined an element which is now known ' as the Independents. This withdrawal of support front Dowje by a number of the Zioii City people came as soon as it was realized that the city was hopeessly involved, and just before the great financial crash which was ftoon wed by Dow- It: 's death. Dr.-'..Rominger riheld considerable stock In the bank, lace factory and land coin pa ny. but fortunately he saw the Itnpcnnteg collapse and co -lec'.ed nil his dividends and traded ir.ff. hh stockn, ;ei ting out without losing the full Investment. He also vviuidrew his deposits from tie; bank and wnmi thfe great crash eaitje he did not suffer" any flnancjal loss, as many ethers nil. All of the enterprises of Zion City have been eneratert with an ecclesi astical head, and iiiinn the dpath of Dowie, one of his men. Voli a. !of Zion City a niusical organization j thority at the present time being lim who had been sent to Australia, i of ,n-v home city, and we render theited t0 rates aud maUers affecting was brought back and placed in charg i Messiah twice each year, and we hav j rate8 oo rv.n-io'a cMxxoe.nr tv- . whiio ItK-re was a noticeable improvement ! au ... i. ...... ... i n. Romlnee- wor his ,vrannv o--- - - . and rottenness of heart and system caused another revolt, and Dr. Rominger was again numbered as on of the Independents. Vollva dealt in billingsgate, slander and vile language aud was not regard ed as truthful. He has been sued for slander and libel and a verdict was given against him for $14,000, which was not paid because he said he had nothing but 85 cents. He got a new trial and change of venue to anothher county and the jury in that county awardeed a verdict of $20,000 damage. This he has never paid. lie was put in jail, and then appealed the case, gave bond, which now makes the fine collectable, and -j of course released from jail. Voliva- j Men. have strong opposition in the ! elections, in the Independents. The Voliva side. '..polled forty votes more than tin- Independents iu the moat recent election, but the Independents have the mayor and five of the eight aldermen, and have all of the town officers. The doctor is of the opin ion that tho overthrow of Voliva will be complete In the near future; The Independents recognize and fellowship with all other denomina tions and maintain their church work by a liberal contribution at the church services, which with no pledges be ing asked for, amounts to from $00 to $125 each service, for the 800 to 1,000 members. The Vollvaites are obstructionists to manufacturing enterprises DUl tne independents nave recenry io-: cated two new manufacturing enter prises, au electric and telephone sup ply company, a shoe heel factory and a brass foundry. Dr. Rominger says that during his residence iu Zion City he has nev er heard any profane language or smutty tales, and that he has only seen one drunken man, a tramp pac ing through, Another remarkable statement he made is that he has never been out on a round collecting bills m all his customers come to his office to pay their account.s He Bake the 'r.V" 17 l 1 kSMP ) ft V7A I 1910 and another white man do the dental work for fie Independents and a col bred mail does the work for the Voli vaites. The latter's adherents obey io the strictest letter any order hand ed down by their ecclesiastical bead; There is no: a drug store in this city' of E.000 Inhabitants, and (h mortality list, he says, is the least of any city hrr .knows anything about. There are no fences in the city, and the back lots are aseleanly kept as the front yards. All 'night soil lsJ place Into rcecepta'cles and hauled away once or-twice each week. There have only been, he said, two or three cases of typhoid fever there since he has been a citizen of the place. ''I have noticed from time to time accounts of your people who have ben taken away for operations for appendicitis," he said, ''and while I have not kept an accurate account. I am satisfied that your paper has mentioned as many as forty cases since I moved away. There never has been a case in Zion City, and this ; fact I attribute to the absence of 8 wine flesh; No swine is used in our city." Dr. Rominger then went on to say that before he moved from Reids ville with his family he and other members of his family suffered with boils and styes on the children eyes, and that they have not had any since going there. His son, he add ed, had never been tempted to smoke cigarettes, for they are not used there. Whiskey and tobacco are not allowed in the city. Assuming that Reidsvllle has been spending 150,000 per year for drugs; physicians, $50,000; whiskey for lo cal consumption, $50,000, and tobacco used here, say $25,000, you see what a big sum it makes. Zion saves all of this," said he. "I would like to commend the ef forts of your citizens who are promo ting your Choral Society," said he. "I can speak of the great benefit that comes to the city directly In air educational way and of the value of this attraction for the purpose of bringing talented people to the city. am the president of the Hanaei uiuaj Rtven Havden s creation tun on- derful I0Wtr and effect- We aro now workine on The Elilah. which We will be prepared to give some time soon. These great oritorias are attractions which bring people to Zion City from many of the adjoining towns and cities. Your Choral So ciety, in due course of time, will take its place along side of the May Mu sic Festival which haj given Spar tanburg world-wide fame." Zion City, h says, has awarded j contracts for cement sidewalks, auaagainst shippers who. through false when the present contract is com- j ciaims for damages or loss of prop pleted the city will have thirty miles j erty, obtain secret rebates. or them. The city is partially sup-1 plK.-ii with artesian water from a i well l,r00 feet deep, and which raises 1 the water forty feet above the ground j by uitural pressure, and has good tire protection from a cistern and a splendid lire engine. I). Rnmiuger owns and occupies "Temple Cottage," formerly owned and one time used by John ...Alexan der.. Do'wic;' the prophet. It is said to be tho most beautiful and one ot th" nioa, valuable homes in the city, mm the doctor thinks he secured it (it a bargain pi-1 Tli eottage is situated, r.vht in the in art of the city. - Dr. '-Rominger left Wednesday for Hillsboro to visit Dr. Spencer, his brother in iaw. , . He will then visit hU people in Winston Salem,--return-. Ini? to Hii(lHillo on tin 23rd for tow days before leaving for his home in Zion City. An Ideal Husband h patient, even with a nagging wife !for he knows she needs heln She may be so nervous and rundown in health that trifles annoy her. If she1 is melancholy, excitable, troubled wit : loss of appetite, headache, sleepless- ter. of Mt. Airy, N. C. ness. constipation, or fainting and Friday, May 20th. at 8 p. in., "Pau dizzy spells, she needs Electric Bit- line" or "An Eventful Day" (an ope ters the most wonderful remedy for, retta in two parts), by Charles H. ailing women. Thousands of suffer-; Gabrile, Prof. G. W. Lasslter, direc ers from female troubles, nervous ir' troubles, backache and weak kidneys! : have used them and become healthy; Lion Fondles a Child, and happy. Try them. Only 50c. Satis-i In Pittsburg a savage Hon fondled faction guaranteed by Fctzer & Tuck-: the hand that a child thrust nto his er and W. S. Allen. j cage. Danger to a child is sometimes :'- -'.- ' ' .:', 1 great when least regarded. Often it , .. I conies throug colds.croup and whoop- hot biscuit, w lesseneaincosi and Increased In quality and ivholesomeness, by food at home r J i I I II ii C (MM J and health ..fZB M ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. RAILWAY RATE BILL. Passes the House by a Vote af 200 to 126. .'.Washington, May 11 The railroad rate bill passed the House today by a vote of 200 to 126. The bill makes many changes in the existing law, that. If accepted by the Senate, will greatly affect Inter-' oiaie commerce. j De court of com merce is created to adjudicate cases ou appeal from the Inter-State Com merce Commission. It is provided that this court shall be organized by the justicea of the Supreme Court of the United Statees, future appoint ments to membership on the court to be made by them. Stock mid bond issues of railroads are controlled by the bill. Under this clause a railroad before Issuing any additional stock, in ust obtain an order from the commission which . must among other things fix the price at which the securities of the road may be sold. A similar provision is car ried in respect to railroads which are organized through the courts. A pro Vision is made that upon the reor ganization of a railroad through court proceedings, stocks and bonds cannot be issued for more than a fair value j J 0( tne property. The long and short haul clause of the measure provides that a railroad cannot without first gaining permis sion charge more for a short than for a long haul over the same line. The Inter-State Commerce Commis sion also is given authority, when everr a new rate is proposed to sus pend the taking effect of that rate for a period of four months so that the commission shall have an opportuni ty to consider its reasonableness. As amended the bill proposes to bring the telephone and telegraph companies under the control of the Interstate Commerce Commission, It provides for the valuation of railroad property as an aid to the-commission in consideration of railroad rates. The bill gives to the commission authority over classifications regula- tiona and Dractices of railroad's au under its terms a railroad company must quote a freight rate accurately upon demand of the shipper and the shipper is given the right to route tiis freight whenever it passes over more than one railroad.. The commis sion itself is authorized to establish through routes by combining differ ent railroad systems at Its discre tion, whereas under the present law it cannot make a new through route if such a route is already established. Severe penalties are provided School Closing at Leaksville. Invitations reading as follows have ' been received by friends In this city: - The faculty and students of Leaks : yllle-Spray Institute desire your pre3 I'ence at the commencement exercises I on the evenings of the fourteenth i .seventeenth, eighteenth, 1 nineteenth and twentieth of May, nineteen hun j dred and ten, at 8 o'clock, school au ; ditoriuni. Annual literary address Friday af ; ternoon, May 20, at 4 o'clock. ; The following is the program: Saturday, May 14th. at 8 p. iu. .an ', nual concert. Sunday, May 13th, at 11 a. m. , an 1 nual sermon. - - - " I Tuesday, May 17th, at 8 p. m. , ora : torical coin est. I Wednesday, May 18th, at 8 p. m., I piano recital. j Thursday, May 19th, at 8 p. in.,, de I darners' contest. I Fridav. May 20th. at 2:30 p. ni., elo- cutionary contest," presentation of medals, etc. - Friday, May 20th, at 4 p. in. an- nual literary address y Dr. K. T. Car ' ing cough. They slay thousands that Dr. King's New Discovery 'could have fsaved. '-'A few doses cured our baby j of a very bad case of croup," writes ! Mrs. George B. Davis, of Flat Rock, N. C. We always give it to him when he takes cold. . It's a wonder ful medicine for babtem" Best for cough3, colds, la grippe, asthma, hem orrhages, weak lungs, BOc. $1. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by W. S. Allen and Fctzer & Tucker. Commander Julius A, Pratt Post No. 143 Dept. Ill, G. A. R. Mr. Isaac Cook, Commander of above Post. Kewanee. 111., writes: ! "For a long time I was bothered with j backache and pains across my kld ', neys. About two months ago I started j taking Foley Kidney Pills and soon i saw they were doing just as claimed. I kept on taking them and now I am free from backache, and the painful bladder misery is all gone. I like Foley Kidney Pills so Well that I have told many ot my friends and r.rr. ndes about them and shall recr v: 1 them at every opportunity. ''n! 1 by all drusgists. I he Review and Ladles,' Jloma Com LIFE f INSURANCE 1 I have represented the MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INS. CO. for 20 yr. simply because it is the BEST COMPANY for my people. Let me Show you the figures. - " - .'1' ' ' ' FRANCIS WOMACK, s 5? S The Insurance Man Jr Mis Johnston, Au.ai D. Ivih Yanceyville. Leaksville. Wii.uam Rkio Daitos, Reidsville. Johnston, Ivle & Dalton, Attorneys at Law. Office in rear of Bank of Reidsvllle. Same as formerly occupied by John ston & Ivie. Julius Johnston and A. u. iv:e win continue tneir usual visits to Reidsvllle, the latter on every Thursday. Practice in State and Federal Courts. CHAS. o. m'michael Wentworth. J, E. SAINTSINO Reidsville. McMichatl & Saintslng, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS Practices in Sts'o and Federal Courts. All busines given prompt attention. Cbas. 0. McMicheal will be in Madison on Saturday, office over postoffice. A. L. BROOKS " - H. P. LANS BROOKS & LANE, Reidsville, N. C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice in Stite and Federal Courts. Careful attention to all business en trusted to us. EDQAR H. WRENN, JR LAWYER, Office in Fels Building. All business intrusted to him will be looked after promptly and carefully. JUSTICE & GLIDE WELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice In State and - Federal Courts. Offices in Reidsville and Greensboro. DR, S, O, JETT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.' Office in new Ware & Somer's Building Residence at Hotel Rockingham. 'Phone 4. DR. J. W. McQEHEE; Office same as formerly occupied by Williams & McGehee, in Bank of Reids ville building. 'Phone 60, Residence Phone 60-1. Ex-Ray and Massage Treatment. DR. J. R. MEADOR, DENTIST. Office formerly occupied by Dr. Rom inger over Citizens Bank, l'bone 63J DR. M. B ABERNETHY, PIIYSiaCAN AND SURGEON Office in Fek BuilaW BtsHwce , next to EptMopal etiurob USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, The wtiaeptlc powder to be thakNi Intotbo (hot. If yon hare tired, aching feet, try Alton Foot-Eaae. It mta the feet and make new or tlfht ehore eaar. Cnrea ichlng, ewollen. hot, aweatln toH. Kflievca cornaaod buntonaof all pain and frlvra roetend comfort. Alwaya use it to Break In New ahoea. Try it l(Mij(. 8old everywhw, SS ct. timt meetpt any aueaNmte. For FKEK trial MCk( d(ltMAllo8.Cid,UKoN,T( nl ,!(
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