The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-23
MISTAKE DUE TO ERROR OF TEL
EGRApH COMPANY CORRECTED.

ON Saturday Of last week. there was
a joint debate at Albemarle. StauIr
county. between Hon. T.. j. Justice and
~cx-Judge spencer +. Adams. Il seems
that Mr.. Justice had challenged Nh.
Adams TO meet him in joint debate
in Guilford county. That invitation
was declined. bu Mr.. Adams offered
to divide time with Mr.. Justice nj az
appointment he had already made
at Albemarle. Stanly county. Tne
fact that this was the only joint
debate in which the Republican
state Chairman was to define the
position Of his party and was
To be met by one Of the abiest and
most aggressive Democratic leaders,
caused n News n Observer 10 re-
quest it's Greensboro correspondent,
MI. Andrew Joyner, to go to Albemarie
and report the debate. IN advance OF
the speaking, Mr.. Justice gave MIR.
Joyner a copy Of his speech which he
had prepared With great care and
which was a perfect answer 10 tn
unfounded n unfair charges Of eX-
tl;tN dS1llct ana = -tlo4ilS ny ot
Democratic State administration made
by Mr.. Adams in his first campaign
speech. In the speech prepared by
Mr.. Justice was an extract from 4
western paper criticizlnS the Commls-
sion or court. of which Adams was
a member, for their actions with
reference to the tribes OF Choc-
tav and ChickasdW Indians, the sub
stance Of which extract was that the
attorneys were Flowed $1,250,000 and
it was added: "Runor has it thai
only $4G0, goo ven to the attorneys.
Rumor claims that other people re-
ceived the remaining $S25,0o0.' After
giving the extract from tae Western
paper, Mr.. Justice in his prepared
speech wrote:
Il do not know the significance Of
this publication. | do not know that
Judge Adams knows what it means
but | do know that he was n OF the
officers Of the court, ana th3t lll9
publication was sent out from the city
Of Washington, and that he might
practice upon explaining figures by
devoting u little Of his time TO TINS
matter. / viii not say IL this con-
nection that people who live IN glass
SllolllO 1lOl NCfAC' -
cause that would imply THAI the Dem
ocratic administration of the State of
North Carolina feared his stones. The
Democracy of this State does not i've
in glass houses, and Mr.. Adams viii
no more hurt it by casting at it mis-
siles furnished BY Marion Butler than
he Will hurt the moon by throwing at
it. A man who as Judge of the Supe-
nor Court ould denver the uttcIanceS
that he did III Whiteville during fusion
rule is not the man whose criticisms
of the Democratic party Will command
respect, and there is nothing in the
character or life of Marion Butler that
helps Judge Adams out"
The extract from the Western paper
and Mr.. Justices comment was sent
to The News and Observer in advance
of the speaking by Mr.. Joyner. Be
cause Of limited time Mr.. Justice did
not deliver all his speech, and by pre-
Mr.. Joyner was to tete-
graph the portions omitted designating
them by letter. Mr.. Joyner filed the
following telegram:
"Albemarle. \. c., Oct. Is, 1906.
.'NeWs and Observer. Raleigh, n {.
Office here cannot handle story.
vii wire from Salisbury at eight.
OMIT mailed copy marked II.
Andrew Joyner.
The telegraph company pulled"
the message of Mr.. Joyner emitting
the important word and as received it
read:
"Cffice here cannot handle story.
Viii wire from Salisbury at eight to
night mailed copy marked *
ANDREW JOYNER.
The important word in Nj. Joyner's
telegram OMIT mailed copy marked
k was omitted. and naturally the
news editor inserted in the early edi-
ton the advance copy of the speech of
Mr.. Justice. Later. when Mr.. JOY
ner's second wire 10 "omit" correctly
sent from Salisbury had been received
in the regular running report Of the
debate the portion Of Ny. justices
speech marked IL was omitted from
the regular editions Of the . it
having appeared only in the eleven
o'clock edition. In an article in We'd
~nesday's Record. the extract from the
Western paper. together with Mr.. Jus
tees written comment. appears with
this preface:
MI. Justice would have said. in his
speech at Albemarle the other day,
something else that is of interest, il
he had had time. and it is { source OF
regret TO him that he did not have
time TO do So.
H had prepared his speech with
some care, had had given a copy OF it
TO some newspaper correspondents that
they might use II to aid them in their
reports OF the Joint debate betwecn
him and Judge Adams. Fly mistake
the closing part Of his speech. which
he intended to deliver, and which ii