The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-10-23
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Mr.. TRAVIS ANSWERS FACTS"
| EDITOR THE COMMONWEALTH: -
have carefully Investigated the iiiat.
/! ter set pht In sheet entitled Facts,
| issued by the Executive COMMITTEES OF
the Independents" and find that there
are only two truthful statements made
III 1t from beginning to end, to-wit !:
First, that they submitted to Jne the
lotter dated September %, 1902, which
is copied therein, and second. that gr.
Furgerssn neither relsnested moi de-
sired. the reply made thereto.
Every other statement made Ia 1t Is
untrue. will notice few OF them.
They charge that the Board OF Com
misslonefs dropped from the panuer
list Mrs. Nancy Moore, q needy widow,
and retained THEREON Robert Hardy,
whotn they say Is man OF property
The truth il tina: not only is Mrs.
Moore still on tho list, but In July her
allowances Was increased from $3.50 to
/ 50 90 per month, aud she has ever
s!nce drawn that amount regularly.
Mr.. Hardy is not man OF property or
means, but ia a disabled Confederate
] soldier, WITH a large family OF children
| in needy circumstances.
| They are SO careless in getting to-
gether their "facts' that they do not
even get Mr.. Norman's name right.
They call him "John Henry Norman"
when his maine is Joseph Hunter
Norman, and they bring against him
the gravest kind G! ch.rgg; to-wit:
that he at one time ran as an indie
pendent candidate for Register o!
| Deeds. In truth he was never an lnde-
pendent candidate for anything. How
ever, agree with them most heartily
that If that were true it would be good
and sufficient reason why he should not
De elected, and for that reason say
that their whole ticket ought to, and
will be ignominlously defeated.
They charge that the Judge request
ed Sheriff House to stand asids in the
court room, and let the jury be selected
by another because the plaintiff In the
case was unwilling Tor him to summon
|
that the Judge did not request him to
stand aside, but the Sheriff himself
asked the Judge to excuse him from
calling the jury, and the Judge grant
ed the request, stating at the time that
he wanted it clearly understood that
the Sheriff vas excused because he
himself requested it, and not because
the plaintiff objected. That he would
not listen to nor regard such request
from the plaintiff, Or any one else.
They seek to excite prejudice in
Faucets township by charging that
there were only SO names in the jury
box from that township during the
three years preceding June, 1902, wien
In truth there we've 100 in 1901, and
about as many or mora in 1899 and
1900.
They attempt high fight of eIo-
quence in their denunciation OF
"schemers and graspers of the very sus
tenance Of poor suffering humanity
i because Halifax county has not beer
included In the Act providing for a
short form of crop lien that can be re-
corded for 30 cents, when in truth this
county has been included in that act,
as they could have seen by reference
to the Laws of 1901. What waste OF
e]cquence and greif for that which they
already haye
! They charge that Mr.. White was
given office to get him hack In the
Democratic party. This charge Is alb
so!utely false without any ear mark OF
truth.
They charge that there was O deal
made at the Halifax county convention
to have this eounty endorse Judge
Conner on condition that he would
carry Wilson county for Kitchin two
years hence. This, / am told by MIR.
Kitchin is absolutely false. There was
no suggestion of such thing. To
charge 1t IS grave reflection on both
Mr.. Kltchin aud to our candidate for
the high Office of Supreme Court JUS
tee, Judge Conner, than whom no
purer man ever lived in the State.
They crlticlse the Board for allowing
DR.. Green 81 10000 tor his services
during the small pox epidemic. A,
Aurellan Springs Mr.. Walter Daniel III
his speech, after reclting tina. Dr.
Green treated over two hundred cases
ct small pox, and in order to attend
to them had to abandon bis
private practice almost wholly, both
Tor want OF time, and because the peo-
pie did not want him to come from
amidst the small pox into their sick
rooms Tor fear OF the disease, turned TO
DIR. FurgerhOn, Chairman OF the Inde-
pendents, and said, "Ur. Furgerson,
will leaye it with you, a physician your
self, to say on your honor whether or
not 1t was too much. Tell these peo-
pie If it wasp and the doctor would
not answer. Mr.. Daniel then said,
.Doclor, ask you again if you can
upon your honor say that 1t was too
much. to say so to these peop!e?" and
he again would not answer. He could
not say it was too much. NOW, ought
the people to condemn the Board for
! paying a proper compensation for eff
cient public service rendered in a time
OF public danger? do not think the
people of Halifax county are Of that
kind.
They charge that approved the re-
port OF the Superintendent of the PEN
itentlary TOR 1898 and 1860, made jan
nary l, 1901. claiming the penltentiary
to be $J4, 600 ahead when an after in
vestlgaliOn by a special Peuitentiary