The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-30
HOT IN THE COLLAR
The Tar Heel Clubs Bust
Makes En- Mad.
Secretary Bradshaw Gets PepperY
in a Communication 10 the
Record at Greensboro,
North Carolina.

NUIllI OdtV
The zone grand bnst" made by the
managers of the Tar Heel Club at
Greensboro has made some of the
managers of the grand fiasco mighty
puffy" In it's issue of Monday, the
Greensboro Record printed the follow
ing editorials:
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes perhaps did not know it, but
he was talking to some of his friends
the other NIGHT at the banquet. For
instance, Mr.. b. F. Sprinkle was there
recently convicted of defrauding the
government and sentenced to two
years in Jail and a fine of $4,000, and
out pending an appeal. Mr.. L. Il.
Davis, it is said, was there; he was
convicted for a like offence and paid
$500 and is now out of Jail on good
behavior-money seeming to be no OBJ
ject to him. One gentleman, how
ever was absent-Mr. A. j. Davis. He
is serving time in the prison at At
lanta and came under the head of
''unavoidably detained" Money may
not have been any object to him. but
time is; he don't want to lose any.
The district attorney who convicted
these gentlemen was not on hand at
. the banquet; he was not even invited.
Must have been an oversight! A gen.
ektleman in Greensboro who sat on the
Jury that convicted Sprinkle, was in
vited, but did not attend. Mr.. j. l..
Casper, twice convicted of using the
mails for fraudulent purposes, was
also here.
and these were some of the men
Mr.. Yerkes talked to on Political
Peonage,' q rather suggestive subject
to these gentlemen, being as how some
of them are in peonage'-these are
49, ia fl.fa1sf raCr NxTE
repeat, ed-ostensbly-for the
purpose of making inroads on the
Democratic party"
1t seems that the above editorial in
the Record made some of the boys
huffy, as the following article in Tues
days Record shows:
'sHOT IN THE COLLAR.
1.-THE Record has received this letter
from Mr.. c.. S. Bradshaw, secretary
of the Tar Heel Club:
1.-The statement in an editorial
in the Record of yesterday that
Mr.. B. f. Sprinkle was at the Tar
Heel Club banquet is untrue. Mr..
Sprinkle is not a member of the
club, and was not invited, nor did
he attend the banquet The state
ment or rather the insinuation,
that Mr.. ]. l.. Casper attended the
banquet is also false. If lou have
regard either for truth or justice,
to say nothing of n SENSE of fair
play, you will correct these false
statements. In catering to the
spleen and malice of two or three
men let me suggest that your eff
forts to traduce and villify. mem
bers of the club who thought they
were helping the town, as well as
helping themselves will prove
more effective If you will confine
yourself to the facts. However un-
worthy and however deserving OF
condemnation the club may be it
will not complain of your enmity
so long as you tell the truth on it,
"'Of course / can well under
stand that your information came
either directly or indirectly from
a sneak, a traitor and coward
who is not a Democrat, and who
is unworthy of a place in any par
ty this side of hades.'
isn't this a hot numbered hot?
Really we had no idea Mr.. Bradshaw
could get so huffy, but when a man
makes signal failure at something
he has an idea is going to be a jim
Swinger, he naturally becomes riled.
We rather thought when this banquet
was first mentioned that it was pref
ty shrewd thing and properly managed
might do some harm in political
sense but it was so MANAGED that as
the Democratic party in the State.
Hence Mr. Bradshaw's ire. We don
blame him. 1t was an awful slip.
but to his disclaimer concerning
the presence of certain more or less
distinguished guests at the banquet.
The Record got its information from
several gentlemen who enjoy reputa-
ton for truth and honesty. Because
a man is q Prohibtionist, Repubii-
can or q Democrat is no reason why
he is q liar. We take it that these gen
tlemen have eyes and are honest, hence
We accepted their word. Men VINO
accept the hospitality of another and
then lie about it are bad Ikes to be
f, sure. but Mr.. Bradshaw says these
distinguished guests were not at the
banquet and we give him the benett
of the disclaimer.
"In reference to this paper catering
to the spleen and malice of two or
three men, the public is the best
Judge of these matters; certainly a
better Judge than Mr. Bradshaw or his
boss, the Honorable f. Spencer Black
burn. They are what the lawyers call
prejudiced witnesses: Besides, they
are as mad as wet hen. The truth
of the matter is it all depends on
whose OK gets gored The files of this
paper will show that the club was
given square DEAF all around. but
when it stuck its foot deep i'm the mire,
The Record could not endorse it,
Lastly, who in thunder is Mr.. Sec
rotary Bradshaw talking about when
he refers to "a traitor and a coward
who is not Democrat? If he is re-
ferring to our informant he has GER
tainly slipped up. But Sam is to be
pardoned; he's real, mad. Any man
would be when the Tar Heel Club
made such bust of it,.
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