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T TIP REVIEW: RKIDSVti.L K, N. O TUPSDAY, MAY 1, 1917 The Reidsville Review TUESDAY AND FRIDAY THE REVIEW COMPANY (Incorporated.) ANTON OLIVER Preildant B. J. OLIVER .... .8e. and Traaa. WM. M. OLIVER .. .. V Praeldant tl.60 PER YEAR (Entered at the poatoffloa K ReMa Ml N. C, aa second claaa 4 mat- la?.) bhould carry out Democratic or Repub lican principles and policies. These policies were decided at the preslden tiol election. Likewise this electric light question will be settled TODAY! Every memmber on the commission ers ticket supported by the Town Own ership League will serve out the fun term for which they were elected. Hew about the members of the other tickets. The tentative contract for buying the "Juice" has not yet been signed, and if our factories want the current now, It can be arranged for in the con tract before it is signed. What's the use of the town spending the money to provide a large amount of surplus current before it is needed? AMERICA FIRST Oy Country Tit of 7h, Swt Land f Liberty." THE ISSUE If you are In favor of the Town buy ing all th current It neds from the Eoutben Power Company, and the Town realllng It to the citizens, and the Town imaking the profits, to keep down taxes, then vote for Dr. J. W. MeGEHEE, J. E. SMITH, J. II. BURTON, W. g. ALLEN D. A. HENDRIX If you are In favor of the Town sail ing out all of its Electric Light and Power privilege to the Public Utili ties Company, and be in their clutches for 60 years then vote the other tick et The Issue is squarely berore you, and you will have the privilege of vetlng on the Issue Tuesday, as the two commissioners tickets stand on those two platforms. If the above named gentlemen are elected, that imeans that the Town will bay Its current and do Its own distri buting. If the other ticket Is elected teat means they would sell out the plant and franchise, subject to such nle being ratified by a vote of the - people. The commissioners have to first jnake the sale and then submit their txtlon to a vote of the people. The people don't act first, they act last, In that Instance. The only way the people can act first is by voting for the commissioners that best repre sent their views. Then If a majority says by .their Totes that they don't care to sell, that nds the matter; but If a majority ays they do want to sell, they say to their commissioners to go head and fix up a contract of sale, but they want to vote on the contract before any tmonqy Is passed. This de nies no one a voice in settling the -electric light and franchise question. o . It will be noted that the "selling oat1 commissioners' ticket make no pledges about not selling or giving The city of High Point buys its elwctric current and retails it to the citizens at 6 cents. A foreign corpor ation owns the plant in Greensboro and retails It to the citizens at 12 cents. And still they tell us that 'selling out" to a corporation is a good thing. Yes, a mighty good thing for the corporation. "The organization of the 'Town Own ership League' was a bright Idea." "The Citizen," (an anonymous circu lar issued here Saturday). Precisely. This league was organized to shed "bright" rays of light on the electric light question now before the people. Per contra, the opposition is doing its level best to keep things "dark!" . have at no time within the past eigh teen months (since he has held the po sition as chief engineer) been overloaded. The "invisible" gentlemen who pre pared the matter for the "sellers out" circular takes a "crack" at the pres ent board of commissioners for not landing the kniting irnill. Every action of the board on this proposition was by unanimous consent. Messrs. Scott tvnd Crutchfield voted with Messrs rimith and McGehee on the water mala proposition. Honors are even! CONVENTION EAT IIP. CHURCH The figures gotten out by the expert accountant employed by the board of town commissioners with reference to the operation of the water and light department have been severely criti cised by the "sellers out." Mr. W. B. Wray accepted this same gentleman's figures in his settlement as town treas urer and remarked at the time this accountant certainly knew his busi- ress. Today's municipal election is the most Important election held In Reids ville In twenty years. Vital principles are involved of the most far reaching character which will shape the desti nies of the people for a lifetime of the l-resent and next generations. The giving over of our public utilities to a private iianopoly means the absolute domination by that private monopoly of the future politics and policies of this town. way the lectrlc lighting FRANCHISE. In the anonymous circular issued Saturday the Pinnlx candidates for xnayor.recorder, and prosecuting attor ney do not appear at the masthead. WHY? Dr. Walter Rauscehnbauch, an ex pert of national reputation In matters of public welfare and service, In his Chautauqua address last year, compli- tr.finted our Town on the fact that we had not yielded to the large corpor ation Influence by selling our lighting plant and franchise, and above all urged us never to think of doing such a thing, as we should be sure to resret ft. The only safe way Is to elect a Hoard of Comissioners opposed to sell 1 Had It occurred to you, Mr. Voter, that the advocates of "selling out" have not produced any testimonials from a single town In the United fetates showing that "selling out" was a good thing. In the last presidential election Mr. Wilson ran on the Democratic plat form; Mr. Hughes on the Republican pjatform. The election of Mr. Wilson meant carrying out Democratic poli cies. No one claimed that "the sov ereign people" were denied any privi leges when theywere not asked to gain vote on whether Mr. Wilson "It la the history of towns where the public utilities are owned by private corporations that they exert a most demoralizing influence on the political lire of the town." So said Mr. Talbot In his address Saturday night. We ttiin-K we see a striking example of what this is likely to be in the pres ent campaign. Let every citizen in terested In clean politics use his in fluence, and his vote If he has one, against saddling such an influence on our town for sixty years. Most States have laws absoluelty prohibiting any town or municipality from granting a franchise for any such length of time aa that. MISLEADING STATEMENTS In the anonymous circular sent out Saturday by the invisible forces that are desperately trying to rape the town of Reidsville of a very valuable piece of property, the statement is made tli'at in the tentative contract negotiated with the Southern Power Coimpany 450 horse-power would be all the power for which we would have a contract for the next ten years." The Review exploded this silly assertion in its last issue and It is unncesoary to go into it again. This circular goes on to say that ihe officials of the American Tobacco Company (as It is Informed), imme diately upon learning that the contract hi.d been negotiated "stopped at once all preparations to construct the new cigarette factory here, as it was ap parent hat they would be without cheap power to operate, and unless something can be done we are to lose this valuable indutry." " This is a revamping of the old ru mors put out some time ago when the movement was first started to get the ( card of commissioners to order an blectlon on the selling out proposition. The Review took the matter up at the time and when the second mass meet ing was held in the town hall a long telegram was read f rami Mr. C. ' A. Penn, vice-president of the American Tobacco Company, emphatically deny ing that any action the board of town commissioners took on the electric light question would have any effect on the plans of the A. T. Company. The statement of the anonymous cir cular about the cigarette factory, therefore, is absolutely untrue, is mis leaing In every way and was so Intended. The town of Reidsville through its board of commissioners has given as surances and guarantees that an un limited quantity of current for power purposes will be given to any Indus trial plant now located here at as low a rate under the saime conditions as is given by any other town in North Carolina. Any firm or corporation who can secure from any hydro-ele trie company in the State a lower late than given by Southern . Power Company, (which schedule the town of Reidsville guarantees to give usrs) will have to get such lower rate by on illegal secret rebate, which is a violation of the laws of North Carol! ta. Therefore the anonymous circu lar's statement as quoted above Is ab tolutely untrue in susbtance and in fact. : W.Bracken Cobb, chief engineer or the electric light plant, brands as a lie the statement contained in the anonymous circular issued by the "sell ars out" that "A few nights ago a certain consumer using 11 h. p. motor cut in at about eight o'clock at night so overloading the generators that the Supt. saw fit to get immediately in touch with that consumer, threaten ing to cut the wires if he did close down." Mr. Cobb says that the state ment is untrue in substance and in fact that there Is no 11 h p. imotor in use in Reidsville and that the dynamos ? ? ? ? ' Our clever and courageous friend, Jack Pinnlx, who so boldly signed his name as "Chairman" in big, bold black letters on the first circular sent out by the "Sellers Out," Is conspicuously omitted from the anonymous circular issued Saturday night. We used a magnifying glass on the circular and failed to find his name even in the tiniest type. Wonder if Jack got "cold feet" on the line-up of the "private l;rionopolles vs. the people," or did Joe f'onnell simply take the management ot the "sellers out" campaigin out of Jack's hands. WHY? ? ? ? Fortunately in this country we can still build in the security of peaceful prosperity. You need not hesitate to build at your own pleasure. Select good building plans, a satisfactory con tractor and buy your materials of us. You will then have ob served all the rules of safety for builders. ! City May Again Becoma th Capital of a Jawiah Stat. Jerusalem, the holy city of both Jews and Christians, is likely as a result of this war to be permanently lost to the Turks, who already have been deprived of Mecca, the holy place of the Moham medans. That the ancient city 'which was for so long the center of the wor ship of 'Jehovah may again become the ''.capital of a Jew IhIi state under the pro tection of the allied powers Is more than a possibility, Jerusalem was taken by the Sara cens In ti.'i7 and held by them until the period of the crusades. After with standlns for years. tho medieval cru saders, whose quest was the holy sop. ulcher. Jerusalem was at lust rescued In HUM), tlie crusaders also putting 70,0(10 "infidels" to death. A Christian kingdom was founded, which continued until 11S7. when the Saraceus under Suladlu captured Jerusulem. Sahidin's N-havlor was in marked contrast to that of the Christian cap tors of Jerusalem, for he proclaimed a general amnesty and permitted the sur viving Christians to depart unharmed. In 1217 Jerusalem was taken by the Turks, but was surrendered to the Em peror Frederick II. in 122S. The cm-! saders agalu entered Jerusalem In 1243, but it was taken from the Christians in me latter part or tne century. Four ceuturies ago the Turks gained undis puted possession of Jerusalem, and, ex cept for the brief period in 17!H wben It was held by the Freuch under Houa parte, tLe ancient Jewish capital evei since has len beneath the flag or ta Ottoman empire. Tho third annual convention of the Young People of the North Carolina Conference Methoidst Protestant Church was In session here Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tne nrst session consisted or a song service led by Prof. T. O. Pen df-r, and the registration and assign ment of homes to the visiting speak ers, ministers and delegates from the various charges In the North Caro lina Conference. Rev. N. G Bethea conducted devo tional services Friday night at eight o'clock after which Rev. J. D. Wil liams, pastor of the First Methodist church of Winston-Salem delivered a very strong address, his subject be ing "Forward." Mcv. H. L Freennan, D D., general secretary of the board of young peo ple's work delivered an Interesting and instructive address on "The Chal lenge of the Hour." An address: "The Christian's Re sponsibility In the Use of Money" was delivered by Rev. A. C. Dixon of High Point, at 9 o'clock J. M. Millikan of Greensboro read a very interesting paper- on "The Young People's Responsibility to the Children's Home." Ilev. C L Whitaker, D. D. of Ashe ville, spoke on the Importance of ta king and reading the churcn litera ture. Rev. J. Walter Long of Gre:nsboro, State secretary of Sunday School work, spolie on the "Three Essentials In Sunday School Work." A very interesting business session was held Saturday afternoon in which ihe following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Rev. J. E Pritchard, Burlington; vice-president, C A Smith, Winston-Salem.; secretary and treasurer, C B Wray, Burlington. Rev. C A Cecil, pastor Yadkin Col lege circuit, conducted devotional ser vices Saturday night at 8 o'clock, after which a very interesting address was delivered by S R Harris! of Henderson on the subject: "Opportunities and Responsibilities." This was consider ed one of the finest addresses of the entire session. Rev. H L Freeman, D. D, spoke on the subject, "Building the Three-Storied Life." ... Sunday morning at 9:45 the conven tion was favored with a most excellent address by Prof. E. J. Colt.-ane, of Jamestown. Hia subject being ''Evan gelism is the Sunday School." Prof. Coltrane is a fine speaker and held his audience spell-bound for nearly an hour At 11 o'clock the convention sermon was preached by Rev. H. L. Freeman. Text: Isaiah 40:31; subject, "Spiritual Recuperation of Public Worship. Dr. Freeman has seemed to be at his best each time he has spoken during the convention, but reached the climax in this sermon. Many said it was the biggest sermon ever listened to. Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of Burlington ras presided over the meeting with much grace and rfignity, showin? him self peculiarly adapted for the place he hs so ably filled for the past inn a sepRlons. ' . Sunday afternoon there wet 9 Hire addresses The first was "Tik Claio r of h.' ministry Upon the Yo u;, uv R'v. T M Johnson, D D., pas' -r Tnlr ernacle circuit. The e end was "Tne C .inn of Missions Upon the Young," by J. Nor man W :1s of Greensboro and 'the con vention c'sed by 1 rcund tabl discus sion on the subject: "How Can Thi SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS On May Meeting Clothes, Hats and Oxfords, Soft Shirts, &c. Beautiful Stock to Select From S. S. HARRIS Convention Reach the People Back oath to the fact that I did comnlv with.- home?" iha law then. I tnk it that nn n win The convention was charaterized by question the fact that in law and in a deep sense of spirituality from tho morals, my right to vote and hold of- flrst service. tjCe in the Town of RaMsvIIIa u ma There were many delegates and ' good as that of any elector whose ministers in attendance and Rev. L. name appears on the books. W Gerrlnger, pastor of tie church I will state further that r registered here, and his people and the town of and voted In the third ward of Reids-' Reidsville generally did all in their , vilte, in the primary and general elec power to make those in attendance . tions of 1916, and also in the Graded feel ',at home." School Bond Evttan anH Pnrm T.if School election of 1916. J. M SHARP. A CARD. To the Voters of Reidsville: I am informed that a rumor has been circulated to the effect that my naime does not appear upon the registration book for the Town of Reidsville, and Reidsville, N. C., April 28, 191T We, the undersigned, having care fully read the above statement of J. M. Sharp, and examined the affidavit of P. H. Williamson, are clearly of the I am therefore not a qualified voter of opinion that Mr, Shaip is a duly qual said town, and for this reason cannot ' ified elector of the Town of Reidsville, qualitfy as Solicitor of the Recorder's and legally qualified to vote at the ap Court In case of my election. 'pioaching town election, and to hold the office of Solicitor in the event of his election. P. W. Glidewoll, E B Ware, W It Dalton, J. R Joyce, E H Wrcnn, Jr.. Ira R Humpreys. The Supreme Court of North Caroli na in Book 120, at page 435 decided a case on the same facts as above. 'That through neglect of tha registrar' or for some other reason his name did not appear on the books, but they al lowed him to "vote as they should have done," said the court. In order t correct this erroneous report, I beg to say tiat airing the period set apart for the legistration of voters prior to the town election of 1915, I appeared before P H William Eon, Registrar, and duty qualified for registration by taking the required oath and doing all other th.'ngs re quired of me by law. Tho fact that cny name does not appear upon the registration book appears to bu due to the fact that at the time I applied for registration, the Registrar took my name, age, etc., on a separate piece of paper, with the Intent to afterwards put the some on his book, and neglect ed to do so. This fact has been at tested by an affidavit made by P. H. Williamson, who was Registrar at that time, and the said affidavit is now on file with J D. Womack, the present Registrar. Having complied with all the re quirements of the law myself, my right to vote and my status as a duly qualified elector was not, and cannot, be affected by the fact that the Regis trar, by a imere oversight, or for any other reason, neglected to transcribg my name on his book. This error was not discovered at the election of 1915, as I was detained in Richmond at the time on account of the sickness of my little boy, and was unable to come borne to vote. '-, ". Knowing that I, duly qualified as an ! elector during the period prescribed by J law in 1915, I, of course, did not ap- fVnmmnTiftT $2.00 Tr veUT ply for registration this year, and, in-1 asmuch as the Registrar now makes How about your subscription f CLUBBING OFFERS The following clubbing offers are good for a limited time. : Owing to the high prices on print paper these rates are liable to be advanced In the near future. The Review and Trl-Weekly New York World .. .. .. .. .. .. 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