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REIDSVILLE, N. C OCTOBER 8, 1912.
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
News From Home No Out
side Interference in This
A Fool PropoiUlOft, t, , J
About the most tool proposition we
have yt seen sprung ks) that of peo
ple fco are opposing a certain con
diaute, warning that candidate that
w bat he Is saying la hurting his
,cae and helping their man. If such
ws bo, do you suppose they would
be Bounding such a warning? Nary a
bit.' Iter -novld be urging him not
.only to keep up his present pace, but
to moke frequent spurts. Wilming
ton Dispatch.
Their Last Htope. , , I
The Democratic party threw over
board the reactionaries and nomi
nated a orogresslve, Woodrow Wil
son. The election of Wilson and a
Democratic Hotse being certain,
the Jast -hope ofthe reactionaries and
special interests Is to control' the
Senate and prevent legislation. Are
. you a reactionary or a progres
sive? Salisbury Post.
The Walelflh Nevsv and Observer on.
Simmons, in 1911.
. if Mr. Simmons and Mr. Bailey
are right in their contention, then
all the other D-emocrats in Congress
arc voting to injure the farmers.
nd TiWen. Cleveland, Bryan, Vance
Beck and all the old time Democrat!
leaders were wrong, while McKtaley
and Reed and Sherman and the othe
Republican leaders were right. Edl
torial'in Raleigh News and Observer
July 13, 1911.
Simmons Agajnst Democrats.
Of course, Senator Simmons may
be right In fata position and all the
rest of the Democrats may be
wrong. That is possible, but the
probabilities are that the almost sol
Vfl Democratic vote in the - House
and Senate on tariff questions - la
wiser .than the dissenting views of
' Mr. Simmons and. Mr .Bailer and
the protectionist Senators of Louisi
ana. Editorial July 11. 19H-
Cannot Sejrve Two Masters.
The only practical way to deter
mine whether a candidate stand for
the special interests is to find out
what interests are supporting him. A
servant can't serve two masters. A
candidate who has the support of
the special interests can not and will
not serve tine Interests of the masses
Marjfivffle Home.
A Poof Excuse.
A man's political record is public
property.' Governor Kltchin does not
attack Senator Simmons. but he
does assail his record, and so far as
we Lave seen the gentleman from
Craven doesn't deny that he has
changed h1 views on public ques
tions, and when he says anything at
alV it Is like this: "If I am wrong
there are others in the same boat."
Wendell Clarion.
How the Fifth District Stands.
The Winston-Salem Sentinel feel
Justified In asserting that Governor
'Kitchin win carry the Fifth district
fcy approximately 8,000 majority ov
er Simmons. The estimate is as fol
It's a Pleasure to Know
That the lovliest of all laces, lace petticoats, the
very finest of any washable materials will receive the
best attention if sent to the Star Laundry, We know
the value of good clothes and handle them with the
greatest care. If this is what you are looking for, get
our ratesyou'll be pleasantly surprised.
Send us your lace curtatns.
'Phone for the wagon No. 223-L
STaR LAUNDRY CO.
Hester Bros., Agents, Reidsville,
p-Packagiscan be left at-Mrs.-JrN.-Hester's residence.-
lows: Rockingham, 750; Stokes 500;
Surry, 350; Caswell, 650; person,
600; Granvine, 500; Durham, 1,200;
Alamance, 800; Orange, 500; Guil
loni", 1,200 ; Forsyth, 1,000; total,
8.000.
Some Carsict Vote.
Have you thcught about the fact
t!iat some of Mr. Simmons' most
rabid supporters will not be able to
vote for him in the Democratic pri
mary. The chief owner of the Char
lotte Observer is a tMcKinley Dem
ocrat. The boss- of the. Greensboro
Daily News la a Republican. Only
Democrats can. vote in the primary.
Carolina Democrat.
Have One Debate, Anyway. ,
We think there ought to be one
loint debate between Simmons and
Kltchin. The arrangementa could
be made by their respective mana
gers, and the question to be dis
cussed be agreed upon in advance.
Each candidate mlrfit be permitted
to submit three or five of the more
important matters; the leaser que'
tions could well be dismissed, tor a
multiplicity ' of issues only tend to
becloud the more Important ones.
Winston Sentinel.
i Small Talk Indulged II.
A good many people opposed to
Governr Kltohiri try to make capital
out of the fact that he has. been long
In public life, declaring that he Is
a chronic office seeker. . We always
thought It was honorable to seek of
fice and to have succn, an. ambition,
as office holding indicates. But It
se,ems that it is all but criminal
for a Kltchin to desire to thus
serve his country. It is true that
the Governor has held off Ice a good
portion of his life. So hare Senator
Simmons and Judge Clark, Mr, KJtch,-)
la's name has been on ucketsr on
election, day oftener than Senator
Simmons becauuse he got more
nominations. He has not drawn; ns
much salary as the Senator by a
good- deal. We submit thJa as small
talk, burtj it " is about the biggest
some of these so-called big papers
hand out on the Senatorial campaign
Salisbury POBt.
Will Cut Both, Ways.
The decision " of the Democratic
State Committee that only those
persons who vote the"" entire Demo
cratic ticket -for all the candidates
on the ticket from, Presdient to
township nomisieesshail be permit
ted tq vote in the Senatorial pri
mary, is too drastic, it is gnerally
admitted. While personally the Land
mark ha no objection to the regu
lation it thinks it unwise and too
prosicriptlve to exclude those ,who
may vote for all except a few names
on the ticket and wlho do not vote
for Republicans. While this opinion
generally prevails, It seemed to be
impossible for the committee , to
agree on a ' form of resolution that
would admit the scratchers. The ac
tlon of the committee, we fear, will
be harmful and it will probably ma
terlally reduce the vote in the Sena-
torial primary. Just hblw It will ef
fect the candidates we don't know,
'nut It will cut both ways. In some
counties and localities it wjll re
duce the Simmons votie, while U
others it will reduce the Kltchin
vote. Statesvllle Landmark. '.-.-..--
They Have a Native.
It is funny but some papers that
shouted about "outside interference.
when Colonel Bryan and a number of
papers outside the State commented
upon the action of a certain North
Carolina Senatorial candidate, are
now reproducing a long article from
the National Magazine, published in
Boston, In praise of Senator Sim
mons and are setting w oeiore me
people as "an unbiased observer of
national affairs' However, the
magazine belongs to one Joseph
Mitchell Chappie, and Editor Harker,
the Maxton Scottish Chief, descrlb
es CaiappJe as a New England RpnD -
11, ..w
lican, which being so, as it no doubt
is, why it goes without saying
that Mr. Chappie believes In "high
protection" because the Republicans
of Massachusetts, from whose ranks
comes Senator Lodge, believes In
te highest kind) of protection.. Eith
er those papers reproducing the ar
ticle from the National Magazine
dijd not know, all this, or thought it
would be overlooked. Protectionist
would naturally have a motive in
praising protecUonists.WUmlngton
Dispatch.
Which?
Accordng to some recent reports
Governor Kitchin is picking up Borne
unexpected support in some of these
strong Simmons counties of the Pied
mont section.- A reort has it that
bete arQ even, in Cabarrus and that
Stanly and Mecklenburg are show
ing signs of turning from the Sonato
to; the. Governor. The people are see
ing very plainly that Senator Sim
mons, ;with all of his experience and
all of his well tralnedi talents, Is
not what is wanted Just now at this
trying time, for the party. In New
Yftpfc fioveraor Wilson la letting It
W underetood where h stands, and
W asking the party to take a . pro
gressive step and to name progres
siyesj for office. In North Carolina a
very strong; influence is turning
heaven and earth to do just th,e op
posite to what Governor Wilson
doing and Just the opposite to what
the Democratic party is committed
There Is no use to talk about what
SSenator Simmons has done or what
committee aDuodntoents he will
have it Is a f fight far reaching, and
is not to be influenced by cne man
Senator Aldrlch was all these things
and .more, yet before the people
could take the first step toward
getting what they demanded Alrrlch
had to be removed. Are we ROinig to
send to the Senate a man . of the
Wilson type or the Aldrlch' type?
Salisbury Post.
JOE KING BACK AT LAST V
ON THE TRIPOD1,
The right sort of man should not
wait for a party to adopt rules to
keep him out of his primary if li
does not intend to support the tick
et... I
Of course outsiders have nothing
tw do with the Senatorial fight in,
this State and we have nothing to d
"with-such fights in other States,
still we are glad that Smith got
left tai New Jerseq.
Does anybody suppose for a mo
meat that Mr. Simmons couuld have
pushed those appropriations through
if he had not voted pretty much as
the Republican leaders wanted him
,to vote.
It is a fact that Governor Kitch
in dissolved the firm of Manning
& Foushee when he appointed Mr.
Manning to the Supreme Court
bench. And it is also a fact that
(there was never a stralghter la-w'
firm in North Carolina.
The Lexington Dispatch asks why
It Is that practically all of the of
ficials of the tobacco trust are for
Mr. Kitchin. If the Dispatch knows
anything at all about It it knows
that this is mot true, but it perhaps
makes no difference If it can make
its readers believe It.
If we demand protection for our
lumber and -cotton mills, then we
should admit that Pennsylvania has
a r'ght to demand protection 'for her
steel and coal Industries and that
Louisiana needs protection for her
cane growers. In fact it would be
periecilPnslstentJLQ-.get ...tngrttier
and agree that protection is a good
th'nfir for the entire comnrty.
A. L BROOKS AND
F. R. LIcIiffiCII IN
KITCUni'S BE11ALF
There were three fine speeches made
ia Rockingham county Saturday for
Progressive Democracy sod in the in
terest of WVW. Kitchin, who is a can
didate to succeed Senator Simmons in
the United States Senate, tt was a ban
ner day for Democracy. At a late boar
the manager of Governor Kitchin's in
terests in the' county was notified . that
Hon. Claude Kitchin had "been ' called
to his home at Scotland Neck on ac
count of illness in bis family,, and at
midnight Hon. F. R. McNinch, the
manager in the State of Governor Kitch-
x .
reedtofitl Mr. Claude Kitchin's ap-
poiotmeotsat Reidsville and Spray, .
The Hon. A. L. Brooks spoke at
Stoneville at noon. He made a rattline
speech for Kitchin and against the re
actionary Senator at 12:30, and came to
Reidsville for,, his afternoon speech.
Here be spoke for two hours, and was
followed by the Hon .F. R. McNinch.
Both speakers were in fine trim, and
shelled the woods, so to speak. There
was an inspiring audience of 400 voters
here to greet them. . They were round
ly applauded.
"Mr Brooks reviewed briefly the Na
tional issues ofthe campaigned assert
ed that Woodrow Wilson was sure of el
ection and that Locke Craig was certain
of victory in the State. He said that it
was important that we have a Senator to
curry cut the measures of a Democratic
f resident and a Progressive Congress,
and declared that no well posted man
could hope for more than foar majority
tor the Democrats in the Senate if we
capture every Senator we have a chance
at. Therefore, the argument went, we
should send from North Carolina a
Progressive Democrat who would vote
with the Democrats and uphold, the
hands of Wilson.
, The speaker , quoted from Bryan's
KLpamaner, and many other Democrat
icBources to show, that Simmons was
uot in harmony with the present day
Democracy. He elicited applause
many times as he arraigned the Senator
fcr his departure from the faith"
"Now in order to make the victory
complete we have got to have a Senate
in accord with the President," declared
Mr. Brooks. He classed Simmon, with
Senator Smith, of New Jersey, quoting
Governor Wilson's reasons for making
the light against Smith and declaring
that the same causes applied to Sim
mons, In his tariff votes he charged
that Senator Simmons had joined with
Lorimer and other Senators in robbing
the people. He illustrated Simmons'
position on the tariff with a joke which
made hia audience roar and declared
that his attitude on the question had
been, "it's wrong but since your going
to do it deal me a hand."
Mr. Brooks expressed a strong wish
that he might get up with the Senator
and tell him all these things to his face
"If I were in the Senate and the Gov
ernor and Chief Justice of the State
were going all over it attacking my re
cord and making such charges as are
being made against Simmons, I'd leave
the Senate and meet them if I had to be
carried off on slitter after it was all ov
er, he boasted. - He would meet
Governor Kitchin, McNinch, Claude
Kitchin or myself if his cause was just.
He knows 10,000 people would be there
to hear, that they could look him in
the eye and that they would know who
was telling the truth," charged Mr
Brooks.
- Mr. Brooks, in handling the Lorimer
question, brought the greatest demon
stration when be declared that even
Roosevelt, who had eaten with the ne
gro, Washington, refused to eat with
Lorimer.
Many people who heard him have re
marked that be made the best speech
Saturday they have ever heard him
make. . We wish we could give !a more
complete synopsis. He stated that his
foot was standing on the bed-rock Dem
ocracy as believed in by Bryan, Wilson,
Ransom, Vance, Ay cock and Cleveland
as to the tariff, and he made assaults
upon the Democracy as practiced by
Simmons and Bailey, making many fine
and timely comparisons of the views of
these two latter with the others.
He said he owed Governor Kitchin
nothing, that h ; wa spe iking for the
principles ne naa neiieveu in jor trie
... I t .1 1 .i. ft m i I
past sixteen years, championed by
Bryan.
Mr. Brooks was fotlowed here by Mr.
McNinch, who charmed the audience
f jr 20 or 30 minutes with a speech that
bi'istldil 'wilh"'defiance"atlIieSininious
machine and oratorical flights when he
referred to the battle being waged for
I regressive Democracy. We omit a
more extended reference today to bis
Reidsville speech in order to give an
outline of a great two-hours broadside
fired by him in the presence of a mag
nificieni audience of 500 people, 850 of
whom were voters, at Spray, Saturday
night. '
THINKS SCRATCHING SHOULD
. Editors Review; As North Carolina
has a twist about a quaii( a vout
in the Senatoiiai primary 1 ishi to
say a few worUs regarding the mat
ter.. I never go into (Olitice, lut in
this case 1 think somebody else said
the Democratic Ccmniiitee sLouiU at
east oxter. an anienuuient to the in
terpretation of the . question us
given by the State Committee. It
seeme to be a go-back on our pure
old! Democracy to say you must
vote the whole ticket as put cut by
the Democratic party or you shall
not vote for a Senator. I am as
Joyal a Democrat as ever , lived in
North Carolina,, and can't vote, for
some of the nominees, but that is
no reason I should not be allowed a
voice in the Senatorial primary.
We are trying to overrule bossism in
stead of trying to establish it. For
my part I would never have another
Republican elected in North Carolina
and would be disfranchled' the rest
of my life before I would vote the
Republican ticket, but I know a
Democrat when I see him and hear
him or hear of hun almost every
day In" the year. Some our good
Democrats of today want to boss. ThJ
is not true and undefiled Democracy.
Some' take, after the creeds and Isms
of style and pride want to follow
some other big man. Our party had
no use for a prohibtlon or good
roads policy. It la getting time we
were cleaning our party of fashion.
We call ours a free country and on
election day I walk up and vote for
Wilson and Marshall and Messrs. 1 vl
and Kemp and leave out one or two
of the rest; then Boss stands back
jandl say. "You have no right , to
vote for Senator." Then, we say . t
FREH country. -
I don't maen to say that any nomi
nee flf mot fit . for the office he
seeks, but I say I am not going to
vote for some of them, and this is
no indication of me going back on
Democracy, for I am standing for
true and pure Democracy. A man
who can prove by three reliable
Democrats on election day that he
Is a Democrat, but can't follow all
the candidates, or even one of them
save Senator, should, have a right to
vote for Senator if he wishes, pro
vided this Is a free country, and
we areTn harmony with true Dem
ocracy. - Very truly,
1 D. J LEMONS.
Stoneville, N. C.
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BRUTAL MURDER
COfflUHED HEAR
THE CITY SUNDAY
Daye Wilkerson, a good laborer who
worked for Mr. S. V. Walker, was kill
ed at New Center church, near Mr. J.
T, MfiKinney's farm, just East of town,
Sunday. Walter Johnston and.bla
brother, Frank Johnston, who com
mitted the murder, have so far made
good their escape.
There were many colored people at
the church to attend the funeral ofthe
wife of Scott Johnston. (Scott John--tton
is no relation of the murderers.)
Aner the funeral service had been con
cluded, Wilkerson, who was walkinar ur
the road in company with a colored
gui, was followed by the two Johnston
brothers who opened fire on him. Wil
kerson was hit by one of the first bul
lets, but ran several yards before he
fell. The Johnstons then rushed bp to
his prostrate body and continued to
fire at him and- to beat him over the
head with their p;stols.
They then stood In the middle of tba
road, broke their pistols and emptied
the chambers and reloaded, The. ne
groes made heir escape, and the offi
cers were notified and are making a
search for the murderers, having noti
fied the authorities in the adjoining
towns to be on the lookout for them.
NORTH CAROLINA MINISTER
PARDONED BY GOV. MANN;
D. P.) Tate, a former preacher at
Spray, later engaged in, real estate
apeculatkm Ja Danvville, recently ecu.
victed of grandi larceny and sen
tenced! to .14 months In the peniten
tiary, was released) test week on at
conditional pardon issued! by Gov
" flVUl JMtCI ixtj n
arrested on, a warrant charging hint
with obtaining money under false pre
tenses, but was released on bis own
recognizance until tomorrow. Th.
latter charge has oace been dismiss
ed at a preliminary hearlnir. and a
I grand Jury had refused to Indict,
holding that It was a matter for civ
il action, not for criminal prosecutoo.
WILSON OR SIMMONS
WHICH IS RIGHT?
I have apt heard anybody but ora
tors on, the ptump say that the tariff
was Intended for the benefit of tha
farmer, becauEjfe you have to be on
the stump to keep a straight face
when you make a statemtmt like
that. Woodrow Wilson, quoted in
Democratic Text-Book, 1912.
' Protectionists always insist that
their soUcltude for the Door lahnror
or farmer, leads them to put high
duties on every article that can ho
p oduced In the country. , ; t
Vhe frmer has for fifty years bee
trying to figure out some profit to
ihlmself from the protective tariff,
as he sees his? cxpensee Increasing
and his profits decreasing. He can
not figure out any profit In protec
tdon to him because there , isn't
any. Democratic Text-Book, 1912.
9a wonder Senator Simmons is
havdmg trouble keeping a "straight
face" while trying to fool tjia
"dear farmers."
There's a reason.
THREE DAY