TUESDAY, OCT. 9, 1017
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THE REVIEW; REIDSVILLE, N. C.
The Reidsville Review
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WHY THE LOWEST BIDDER?
AMERICA FIRST
Vy Cwniry Tie of Thee, Sweet Land
of Liberty."
CLEAN CUT FROM BOTH
A correspondent lays it down In
nlaln United States language when
he eays, and to the point:
Willlan, Jennings Ilryan, in 1)1h
jmtrlotia Hpee:h JleliVered in
Chicago last week, said: "After
Congress has acted in declaring
war it Is a matter of law, and the
man who critlclws this is iwt
law-abiding. He is resorting to
anarchy." Again: "I don't know
how long the war will lant, but
no matter how long it may last I
know that the nuicket way out
is straight through.
Observations: Certain Lyi clean
cut, succinct and to the point.
Mr. Bryan would have been
wholly within the truth had he
further said: "Our Congress
having declared war against ut
terly heartless, aye, fiendish, 'Ho
henzollern militarism, the man
claiming American citizenship
that crittslzes the government Is
either a traitor, a spy, an anarch
ist, a contemptible coward or a
fool, and therefore he should be
'handled without gloves' by the
government, aye, be promptly iin
' prisoned for life or mn out of the
country a stcnehful, disease
breeding rat Is run into its hole."
Law and order, the foundation
upon which public safety and the
beat interest of our republic
must rent, demand that neither
the pen, the tongue, nor the con
duct of the man that would em
barrass the government at this
crisis should be tolerated for a
moment. both common sense
and the common weal are calling
strenuousliyi for such drastic ac
tion against our country's shame
' less, conscienceless or brainless
enemies,
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Chairman Martin, of the senate ap
" proprlation committee, In a review of
achievements of this session of Con
gress and of appropratlons and con
tract authorlatlons for the fiscal year,
1918, Just Issued ays tho session
breaks all records and has been mark
ed "by a greater volume of legisla
tion and the enactment of measures
of more momentous import than have
ever been considered In any similar
'period in the parliamentary history."
Total appropriations aggregate Jlfi,
01,966,815 which with the total ap
propriations for the second cession
of the 64th Congress and the total
contract authorlatlons for the present
. fiscal year, makes a grand total of
121,390,730,940, in appropriations and
contract authorizations for the pres
ent fiscal year.
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Men's awl Hoys Clothing.. 2,000
fulte to pick from.. At least 50 differ
ent atylea la Latest Makes- and pret
tiest paiierna you nave ever seen.
You will do yourself an injustice if
you fall to e-ee our Showings before
Buying. S. llelner & Co., Reldevlllo,
N. C. '
Tho Soldiers' Breakfast
T. M. Arrimgton, of Rocky Mount,
lias calculated the cost of a breakfast
as follows: "By the spring of 1918
It la estimated that we will have in
Kurope 1,600,000 soldiers. To give
tha men a simple breakfast consist
ing pi btn-f, m4 nd coffee -iij
take 600,6ou pounds of beef, 2,500 bar
rels of flour, 90,000 gallons of coffee,
12,000 pounds of sugar, 1,250 pounds
of baking powders, 30,000 pounds of
lard, 7,800 pounds of salt. This Is al
lowing only one cup of coffee to a
joajx and one teaspoonful of sugar to
the cup of coffee, and one-third of a
yound of beef to the man."
We are headquarters for Ladles'
Cloaks and Suits. Prices to please
U) pocketbooks, and styles and qualt
tlee good enough for anybody. Look
at our wonderful showing before buy
Ing.S. llelner Co., ReldsTllle, N
C
Editors of The Review;
In your issue of October 2nd, you
publish a statement by the board of
coiiunlssoners "after careful and
flonsJteatioiM InvesVitlon"- And a
"desire to render unto the manufac
turing establishments of Reidsville
the assurances given by our predeces
sors in office, thereby protecting the
honor and integrity of the municipal
ity." Now, is not that fine talk? It
sounds well doesn't it? Hut what are
the facts? In a letter addressed to
Mr. C. A. I'enn by the predecessors
this is the obligation they make;
"We have had one conference with
tho Southern Power Company's re
presentatives, but have not closed
the deal with them yet, but want to
assure you that we have agreed to
furnish you current through your
city, or, direct through the Southern
Power Company at the best rate we
can obtain from thwn. We further
want to assure :you that we will only
be too glad to render you any assist
ance that we can be of service In this
or any other enterprise of yours.
Signed: "M. P. CUMMLNOS, Mayer
"J. K. AMOS,
"O. K. CRUTCHPIBLD,
"J. V. McGEHEE,
"J. E. SMITH,
"JOHN F. SCOTT,
Commissioners"
That is the obligation pure and
simple.That is what they could do and
agreed to do. But is there a remote
suggestion of a sale of the Electric
Light Plant, real estate, buildings,
dynamos, transformers, poles, wire,
switchboards, etc.? Anything said
about the sale of the franchise? So
sudden, such a nightmare! "Honor
and integrity" almost gone Too bad,
too bad!
Hut the board must sell to the low
est bidder. Plant, franchise, ma
chinery and all to the lowest bidder.
And who is the lowest bidder? Mr.
Duke. This gentleman has had his
hands on Reidsville ' enterprises be- j
fore todaiyi. He negotiated business
connection with two of Reidsville
largest enterprises years ago. Hi
New Jersey corporation wrecked the
A. II. Motley Co. and sought to de
story the Old North State Co., by the
process of absorption and extinction
(Now this Company, incorporated in
the State of Maine, Is after our Muni
cipal Plants.) The Old North State
Company sought relief from Mr
Duke through the Ney Jersey courts
A complete divorce with restitution
and damages, and after a bat die of
legal Titans, court after court the
relief was granted.
The book value of the Electric
Plant is around $85,000. Mr." Duke's
offer Is 130,000. Mr. Talbott and his
associates representing an aggregate
wealth exceeding a millionaccording
to Bradstreet or Dunn agencies, of
fered $50,000.
Mr. Frank Talbott Is an expert and
for twenty-seven (27) years hag been
superintendent of the Danville Water
Light and Gas plants, which he has
brought to such a state of efficiency
th.it they hav"e attracted students
from all parts of the country. In
competiton with Mr. Duke's Power
Company, Mr. Talbott tights every
depot station of the Southern Rail
way between Salisbury and near
Lynchburg. Also he furnishes all
the current for the signal service be
tween those points. And the service
is admirable. He will do as well for
Reidsville.
What About the Stenographer's Note
On the day the commissioners of
Reidsville met to consider the rela
tive merit of the bids, theiji did not
call an expert to say which bid was
best. Why? The expert did not
show up. Why? Too bad, too bad,
No expert shows up. The great big
follow gets the soft place and the lit
tle fellow bears the burden. Is not
that bo? Mr. Penn getB current at
1 1 10 cents per k. w. hour, Mr. John
Doe at 10 cts per k. w.
Mr. Wray: "Ar you willing to
contract to furnish this horse power
in six months?" -
Mr. Talbott: "I wilj be In position;
to furnish it if needed. You can dls-i
count the big business 90 per cent.
I have been In this business 27 years
You want to be resonable and so do
we. We will care for all the busi
ness of Reidsville with safe margin
ahead."
Mr, Clidewell, (Who's who): "Are
you making a campaign, speech V
Mr. Talbott: "I think I am an
swering the question of Mr. Wray,
Mr. Glldewell. I am trying to keep
within parliamentary lines. If I am
not I hope the chairman will call me
down, I do not. want to do other
wise. We have SubmllUa Pur pro
posal In good faith. We want to do
everything that ought to be done and
omit nothing that ought to bo done.
We naturally feel that we are en
titled to the business. I have not
had the least bit of trouble as to
coal."
Mr. Scott: "You are an excep
tion." Mr. Talbott: "Not aa to Public
Utility corporations. The government
recognizes their precedence."
Mr. Richardson: "I have had no
trouble In gettng coal. Mr. Scott."
Mr. Talbott: "To put 4,000 a. p.
which Is four times as much aa city
of Danville uses-what would you do
with 4,000 horse power, Mr. Wray ?"
"Do you run the street
W Lead In Silks '
4ubi mcirw m bsb - -
ful Slfka In prettiest patterns (stripe Mr. Scott
and checks) you hare erer seen. Very tarsT"
reasonable prices. Come and see Mr. Talbott: "No sir."
them. 8. llelner 4 Co, Reidsville, Mr. Wray: "Could you furnish
ljt c. - j 1000 horse power or 600 horse pow
er in tlx or nine months?"
Mr. Ta'Ibott: "Yea sir. I would
furnish it as soon as possible. In
any event in nine months. Is. that
explicit?"
Mr. Wray: "Yes sir.'
Mr. Wray: "What kind of power
do you propose to furnish?"
Mr. Talbott: "Speaking in regard to
dependable power, any one who la
familiar with electric light and pow
er business knows that water power
from a standpoint of dependability,
Is not in a class with steam that is
substantiated in my own case in
the city of Danville we furnish the
dependable power to the Southern
Railway Company in competition
with the Southern Power Company
at a higher rate because their engi
neers said that price was not tho
question dependability was what
the;. wanted."
Mr. Wray: What if we were in the
market and wanted power within the
next six months?"
Mr. Talbott: "If you say you
waniod 1000 h. p. in the next six
months and take it when I put It
there, I will have it there. Our
proposition Is we would take care of
the material growth of Reidsville and
do it promptly."
Mr. Wray: "Would you guaran
tee to put in 1000 h. p. in twelve
months?"
Mr. Talbott: "I would if anyone
would guarantee to use it. I will
have our plant in shape to supply
any demand that may be made. I in
tend to take this plant and add to
It as may, bo necessary."
Mr. Wray: "Without any margin?"
Mr. Talbott: "No sir; with a rea
sonable margin." j
Mr. Wray: "When would the mar-i
gin start?"
Mr. Talbott: "We would endeav
or to do it from the start."
Mr. Wray: "Suppose a concern
wanted 500 h. p. in three or six
months?"
Mr. Talbott: "I could give him
500 h. p. if he could put himself in
position to use it. We would take
care of the busniess. The city of
Danville uses an average of 700 h. p
and has a margin of 1200 h. p. in
reserve."
The Franchise .
What a wealth to Reidsville there
la In its franchise, worth today by
careful estimates, $100,000. The
writer knows when Reidsville was a
woodland cross roads. Not a build
ing was standing within the corpor
ate limits of today. It has all come
but recently . On top of the hill
whence the flood waters go to the
Roanoke and Cape Fear Is beautiful
Reidsville. She has an efficient water
and elecisic service. The plant has
a margin of 10 horse power now.
With a small outlay it can be in
creased to 300 horse power. No
dream of any requisition more than
that, But Mr. Duke knows a good
thing and he wants the plant and the
franchlse.Twenty-five years from now
the plant may have a market value
of $250,000. Will you part with it for
mess of pottage? Shade of Mr.
John R. Webster, friend of Reids
ville, if you could speak!
Let Mr. Duke make a contract di
roct with the American Tobacco Co.
if need be for current. He is its larg
est stockholder; ho is "whole of the
Southern Power Co." Thy can make
terms entirely satisfactory to each
other. The Southern Utilities Co. is
wheel within a wheel." Let
them dwell .together in peace.
Greensboro, High Point Thomasville
Parties who have been the victims
of a contract in these progressive
cities speak of their "rotten service."
They seek to organize capitalization
to establish plants for municipal use
whentheir leases expire. Why should
you Want to be In a hurry? Why
should you wish to accept the low
est bidder? Why should you accept
he highest bidder? Tho plant
has a margin now of 100 b. p. un
used. By a small outlay the margin
can be made 300 h. p. And there
s no one to use it. Then why sell
our plant?
Let a well paid attorney blow off
his gas. Let him snort and talk about
"honor and integrity." But people
of Reidsville, that is rant, rant, rant!
Autocracy Who's Who?
All the word rtodpy is fighting
autocracy. Do we want an autocrat
in Reidsville? Mr; Duke is the larg
est stockholder in the American To
bacco Company. He resigned as its
president for further fields of con
quest. Mr. Duke is the whole thing
ot the Southern Power Company.
TheSouthern Utilities Company i8 a
by-product of the Southern Power
Company. Mr. Penn is the V. P. of
the A. T- Co. Mr, Wray is the
business co-partner of Mr. Penn in
the "Wrayi Co." Mr. Crutchfleld is
Mr. Penn's sperlntendent of purchas
ing agencies. Mr. Thompson makes
a motion to "adopt." Mr. Scott sec
onds the motion. Mr. Smith puts
fresh cross over his legs. The vote
Is unanimous. And the band plays
"Hall to the Chief." The procession
moves on. Enter Mr. Duke.
Remember the Grecian story:
"While the sons of Priam slept, Troy
fell."
John Doe
Poor John Doe was walking down
the street and met BUI.
"How are you Bill!"
"Vnry tolerable, John."
"How are iyou going to vote for
eommssioners. Bill?"
"Like the other d n t-U, Just S3
I am told. It Is the pr'-'e of n i Joh."
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