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TI!P NFWQ . Twice a Week irive X ail the news while it Is I is the leading paper in this part of the State. Issued Tuesday and Friday. Try it. ireau. I.OO Pi Yr. ; H. C. "MLARTEN; Editor and JProp. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. IPRICE 81.00 THE YEAR. VOLUME IX. LENOIR, IsT. C, OCTOBER 26, 1906. NO. 28. The Democratic Exccitlv ConaKto I Caldwell supplies an sutler sider this head, ssd pays for ft st sdver tUlaj rstesEdltor. Republican Charges of Democratic . Extravagance Answered. SUPERINTENaENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. The Republican State Chairman charges the Democrats with hav ing increased the cost of this de partment from $3,000.00 in 1898 to $4,453.73 in 1905. The charge is true. And unfortunately, it is only true. For with tha very great impetus in educational affairs and the wonderful progress made therein under the Democrats, many people believe that the Dem ocratic party has not been as libe ral with this department as it should have l)een, and the increase in the salary of the officers, the clerical force, and the like, should have been much greater. For this department to have increased the average length of school term from 11.73 weeks in 1898 to 16.7 weeks in 1905 at an increased depart mental cost of unly $1,453.00, re flects the very greatest credit upon that department, to say the least. EXTRA ATTORNEYS. Judge Adams criticises the Dem ocrats because, he says, in 1905 they employed attorneys to repre sent the State and paid them $7,061.80, while in 1898 Governor Kussell only paid out for the same purposes $5,206.00. Judge Adams ought to have known that a large part of the Democratic expendi ture was because of the South Dak ota suit, which was settled in 1905. The expenses of this litigation ought properly to le charged against Governor Russell and Sen ator Marion Butler, and not against the Democratic party. Why did not Chairman Adams refer to Governor Russell's law yers' fees for the other three years of his administratien, which were as follows: $9,997.73 for 1899; $8,159.33 for 1900; and all but $221.65 of the $17,606.94 for the fiscal year 1901! The year 1898 was the beginning of Governor Russell's administration, and he had just iH'gun to pay his lawyers; as seen above, as the years passed their fees increased until it became one among the great scandals of his administration. ( HAKITABI.K INSTITUTIONS. The Republican State Chairman attacks these institutions in a wonderful way. He declares that the Republicans took care of the blind at Raleigh in 1898 for $40, 000.00. He was very careful not to say, what the records show to lie true, that at the end of that year the institution had incurred an debtedness of $15,000.00, which the Democrats had to meet when they came in office. . This is the only institution to which the Re publicans made any appropiation of consequence for improvements, and they began the erection of the celebrated "Colonel Jim Young" Building, which the Democrats had to complete. A part of the Democratic expense was cutting off the name of "Colonel Young1' from the corner-stone of that building. The most remarkable of all charges made by the Republican State Chairman is his charge against the insane asylums. As to each of these he speaks of what the Republicans spent in their main tenance and compares that with what he Bays the Democrats spent in 1002. The Republican State Chairman certainly ought to know that each of these institu tions .was under Democratic con trol in 1898. They , constitute the only thing in North Carolina that they had no. opportunity of des poiling. Dr. Murphey was Super intendent of the Morganton Hos pital then, and is now. Dr. Miller was in charge of the colored insti tution' at Goldsboro in 1898 and so continued up to his death last year. Dr. Kirby, a Democrat, was in charge at Raleigh until his death, when he was succeeded by Dr. James JleKee, who, in 1898 was Chairman- of the Executive Committee and approved all the vouchers for the hospital at Ral eigh. So there has been practically no chenge iu the a d m i n i s -tration of these institutions. Fortu nately for the insane of this State, the Democrats retained control while Fusionism ran riot through out the State. All the power the Republicans possessed was in making appro priations and as to each of these institutions the records sIioav that they made insufficient appropria tions and each of them carried a debt at the end of the year. It hardly lies in the Republican mouths to criticise Democrats for making ample appropriations for the insane, when they themselves refused to do so. It is a fact that these instutions cost more money in 1902 and 1904 than in 1898, for very one knows there has been a very great in crease in the cost of living. But there was no mis management of them in 1898, nor in 1904, for the Democrats had charge of them all the time. CONTUSION. Judge Adams may endeavor to use specious arguments and take iusolatcd figures to fool the people, but the people of North Carolina have had enough of Republican ism, and will not le deceived. Judge Adams says there is no more crime today than under Fus ionisn, and cites the horrible affair at Salisbury to prove it. If Judge Adams and his administra tion had leen continued in power the vile negroes who murdered the Lyerly family would have possess ed the same power at the ballot box as Judge Adams does. That they do not possess it now is due to Democratic success, achieved in opposition to the most earnest efforts of Judge Adams and the Republiban party iiv North Car olina. Campaign Contributions-The Law. Other Republicans high in au thority violating the law consider the following: The Washington Post goes at some length into the matter of soliciting campaign funds, publish ing sections of the law on the sub ject which have not leen made public during the discussion of the Presidents dollar contribution. We had overlooked this matter in The Post and are indebted to The Wil mington Star for a summary to The Post' article. Copying from The Star: "The Post goes on to say that the popular idea of the civil ser vice law is that it merely prohibits Federal officials from solicting funds for campaign purposes. But section 1 1 of the act of June 16, 1883, goes farther than the mere matter of soliciting, and makes 'receiving' money an offense Section 11 says that 'no Seuator, Representative, etc., or any officer or employe of either of said houses, and no executive, ju dicial, military, or naval officer of the United States, and no clerk or employe of any department, branch, or bureau, etc., shall, di rectly or indirectly, solicit or re ceive, or be in any manner con cerned in soliciting . or receiving, any assessment, contribution, or subscription for any political pur pose whatever, from any officer, i'.erk, or employe of the United States or any branch . or bureau thereof, or from any person receiv ing any salary or compensation from moneys derived from the Treasury of the United States: "Section 14 provides that no officer, clerk, etc., or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any officer, clerk, or person in this prescribed class, any money or other valuable thing, on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any political ob ject whatever. The penalty pre scribed for the violation of these two sections is a fine of not ex ceeding $5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both.'' And this is where the President comes in, a matter which was not apparent until now, as was said in yesterday's paper. As The Star says in conclusion: "It would ap pear that people who become offi cials of the government should 1m better acquainted with the laws of their country." The Republicans are again hard pressed, they are now endeavoring to array the country people against the people of the towns, appealing to passion and prejudice, instead of to common sense reason and all that is trust in men. Let me im plore the voters of this county, knowing them to be upright and just not to yield to the cry of men who would thus create such feeling as this among the people. X- They also write altout Democrat ic extravagance and keep constant ly before the people that the Dem ocrats have spent more money for the support of the State govern ment than the Republicans did. Yes, the Democrats did spend more, it cost more. The Demo crats collected more, they have in creased the valuation of the rail roads, made it double what the Republicans had it, thereby mak ing the railroads pay their part of the expenses of the State govern ment. The State government only cost al)out $1.00-per capita, while the administration of the Federal government cost the people alout ten dollars for every man, women and child in the land. Does it take a pilosoper to see the difference. The following named gentlemen will address the citizens of Cald well county at the following times and places; Hons. Edmund Jones and J. V. McCall Hebert, Wed nesday Night, Oct. 31, 7 o'clock. Hon. .Edmund Jones and Rev. I . W. Thomas at Sherrill's School House Friday Night, Nov, 2, at 7 o'clock. Hons. Edmund Jones and Lawrence Wakefield, at Rhod hiss, Saturday Night, Nov. 3, at 7 o'clock. J. V. McCall At Lutz's School House, Saturday night, Nov. 3rd, 7 o'clock. W. C. Newland and J. V. Mo Call AtHibriten Thursday night Nov. 1st, 1906. W. C. Newland and W. A. Self. At Hudson, Friday night, Nov. 2nd, 1906. W. C. Newland At Hartland, Saturday night, Nov. 3rd, 1 !). Lawrence Wakefield At Game well, Tuesday night, Oct. 30th, 1906, at Branch School House Wed nesday night, Oct. 31, 1906, at Draco Thursday night, Nov. 1st, 1D06. W. C. Nkwnki.p, Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. A cold is much more easily cured when the bowels are open. Kenne dy's Laiatlro Honey and Tar opens the bowela and drives the cold out of the system in young or old. Sold by J. . Shell, Dr. Kent's Drug Store, annd Granite Falls Drug Co. In And Around Boone. We have heard that Prof. Lyer ly, President of Crescent College, has bought the school prdperty in Blowing Rock known as the Sky land Institute. This institution has been under the auspices of the American Missionary Association for about seventeen years. Last year it was closed. Prof. Lyerly expects to re-open it next fall as a co-educational school. The citizens of Blowing Rock will lie glad to have the school again, and hope he will te as successful there as he has lieen at Crescent. Messrs. William Grayhead and John I hu man of Cove Creek, with their families have moved to East Tenn. A numlr of people have re cently gone from Watauga to Washington and Idaho. Mr. J. Stewart Greer, a former student of the Appalachian Train ing School, and now a law stu dent at Chattanooga University, is spending some time with his parents at Todd, Ashe Cunty. Mr. Greer is a promising young man. Last year he won first prize in ora tory at Chattanooga University. Many farmers are making cider for vinegar with their frozen ap ples, and Mr. George Blair has conceived the idea of making into kraut the frozen cabbage. He has purchased twenty large lmrrels for that purpose. Rev. J. II. Brendall is giving the students of the Appalachian Training School a series of Bibical lectures. They are very instructive and we are sure the students are lieing benefited. The school is continually grow ing and applications for catal ogues are leing received. It. J. A Certain Cure for Croup Used for Ten Years without a Failure. Mr. VV. C. Bott, a Star City, Iod., hardware merchant, is enthusiastic in his praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. His children have all been subject to croup and he has used this remedy for t he past ten years, and though they much feared the croup, his wife and he always felt safe upon retiring when a bottle of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy was in the house. His oldest child was subject to severe attacks of croup, but this remedy never failed to effect a speedy cure. He has recommended it to friends and neighbors and all who have used it say that it is unequalled for croup and whooping cough. For sale by J. E. Shell, Dr. Kent and Granite Fills Drng Co. Salisbury. N.C., Oct. 22. About fifty machinists arrived in Salis bury this morning to take the place of strikers who refused the Southern's offer of arbitration. The men were heavily guarded and escorted to the shops by Detective Haney, though no violence was shown by the shop men. The railroad people say they have about a hundred men for the Spencer shops, where nearly twice that numler walked out. Spencer men are leginning to move off to other employment, some selling their homes. When a horse is so overworked it lies down and in other ways declares its inability to go further, you would consider it criminal to use force. Many a man with human impulses, who would not willingly harm a kitten, is guilty of cruelty where his own stomach is concerned. over driven, overworked, when what it needs is something that will digest the food eaten and help the stomach to recuperate. Something like Ko dol For Dyspepsia that is sold by J. E. Shell, Dr. Kent and Granite Falls Drug Co. The Carrie .Nation fever seems to have run its course with the public, although Carrie continues to have fits of delirium occasional ly yet We would like to know as mueh as many fellows think .they know. Four per cent on Sav ings Accounts. "WE PAY YOU TO SAVE.' Respectfully, BANK OF I NevQpening of Racket and 5 and 10c, Store. I take great pleasure in announc ing to the public that I shall on next Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 o'clock open the doors of my store to the public and kindly ask you to come and inspect my goods and prices. Look out for my hand bills and if you fail to have one delivered at your house by my special carriers call at my store and you shall promptly have one. And the return of those bills to me on next Saturday will entitle you to special bargains. See My Windows for Bargains That Will j j Be Offered to You on Saturday- & A. A. Blackwelder. New Goods We are now opening new goods for Fall Trade and would le glad to have you call and see what we have to offer and get p.iices lfore you buy. We have a lot of goods that we will give you special prices on and we think it would pay you to to buy your goods from us. Very Respectively, W. A. TOON, i SHOES! jj Clothing! ,0 I'.uy your Shoes, Clothing and everything else to wear from J. W. Self. fla. Cto.pt Stoxa la. X-alx. jjjj SSSSSSSSSSS 6SSSSSSSSSS3 4 t t 4 t 4 LENOIR. SHOES! 8 Clothingll jj If Very truly yours, J. W. SELF. f
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