The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-17
Comfy Commissioner Candidates.

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Board for the roads, the County Home
and the court house and said that al
that had been possible had been done,
and that the work speaks for Itsei1,
tnat every mi Of the Board had
done conscientious work and that Nj
Norris had proved a splendid ADVISER,
saving money Tor the county.
Mr.. W. {. Brewer, candidate for
! County Commissioner, was vigorous
in his attack on the present Board aui
promised if elected that hc and his as
J Sociates would DO the best work pos
sibIe. in the midst Of his talk he
stated:
Herbert Norris got 800 for draw
ing the road law and Percy j. ChNe
$5.95 for typcHritinG it,
As Mr.. Brewer ended his speech and
left the platform, Mr.. ). w. Terrell
> deliberately and with emphasis called
: out:
Nh. Brewer makes two statements
that are false, hat Norris got 500 for
drawing the road law ana Olive 500
for typeWriting it."
DO YOU deny it, called out Mr..
Brewer. Yes replied Mr.. Terrell,
i do, for Norris only received $50 for
drawing the road bin, just as Calling
: received $50 for drawing q road bill.
! When Mr.. Olive spoke he denounced
! the statement referring to him, and
| Mr.. Brewer accepted what Mr.. Olive
said as the truth.
MI. Brewer. without questions being
asked. was today emphatic in his
promise Of freeing all men from per
sonal work on the roads
Mr.. Len. II. Adams, chairman Of the
present Board, spoke briefly, told of
the work done by the present Board
and Of the good record it had made,
saying it deserved denomination be
cause of it's record.
Mr.. ID. i. Harrison, candidate for
Commissioner, announced his candt-
dacy u said that if elected he would
work to see every part OF the county
recognized.
Mr.. d. T. johnson announced his
candidacy, and said the people had q
right to change. He promised good
work if elected. In his speech he de-
clared that the presnt Board had add
ed $4,000 to the county bond DEBT,
but finally agreed. that this was TO
pay a dcbt of the Board of 1908, after
being questioned by McsSrs. Adams
and Terrell. He held that the present
Board had not reduced taxes, merely
the rate. Denying being a set of can
didateS III favor of any man or set OF
men for the Offices he said, Ky have
had to Deal the Odium Of being VIII
Allen candidates." that Calling, Allen,
or McCullers had no right to claim his
vote. as he is unpledged. He declared
he would not vote for Will Allen,
whom he e~ulogi2ed as a good man,
but now a RobcsOnian. AS to eating
he said he might or might not vote
for him. that Raleigh preferred Cat
line to Norris.
Drc>>ry Wants Bond Issue.
The remarks of Mr.. Drewry were
along the usual lines. ON the railroad
matter he did not give the figures for
passenger rates for which he would
vote, nor say a word as to having in
%surance premiums invested in thc
state, holding to his position 10 Vote
as the Insurance Commissioner and
the Corporation Commission demand
ed. In temperance matters he read
over the CertifiCatCt given him ~
preachers in Raleigh. and others. and
on the political hustings the names Of
preachers were handed out as men en-
tering into contested questions iii par
ty politics, the certificate from mon,
some of whom voted for the dispenSa-
ry, which Mr.. DreWTN announced was
not good enough for him to vote for.
that he was too good q temperance
man, though he had not voted to drive
the tWenty-four saloons out of Raj
eigh.
Olive Puts ii Up to Brcwer
Quietly Mr.. Percy j. Olive. candidate
for the Senate. SUOoke of the need of
men i'll the Legislature to stand for the
people against Grasping corporate in
%tcrests, and then, referring to MIR.
Brewers charge that he had received
$5.95 for typeWriting the road bill for
the County commissioners. he denied
this as false, and said with intense
earnestncss, facing Mr.. Brewer:
IF it is said that 7 got one cent for
this it is false, and ] hurl it back at
him. adding that his opponent. Mr..
lDreWry had agreed that the charSe
against him was not true.
Mr.. Brewer called out, what do
you say" and Mr. Olive repeated his
declaration. Mr.. Olive started in then
to explain how he had simply adVanc-
ed the money to the young lady tvpe-
writer, when Mr.. Brewer attempted 10
interrupt him. MI. Olive called out,
You keep your seat but Nj,
Brewer exclaimed, Il accept your
statement and the incident ended.
Mr.. Olive made his usual clear cut
speech, saying he was for ia cent OF
less railroad rates, for insurance regu-
latIonS that meant premiums invested
in the state and for lower rates. hold
ing that no insurance man, OF any
other man representing special inter
eSts, ought to be in the Senate to pass
laws affecting these interests. He de
| clared emphatically that he stood for
freeinS the people from road duty. was
for temperance and all the intereresja
of the people.
The Legislative Candidates.
The usual announcements were
made by the candidates for the LegiS-
| ~lature, and all during the speech 81
Mr.. ". c. Douglass there was applause
and laughter as he the
l planks of his platform, which certainly
= pleased the people.
l The Legislative candidates present
, were Mcssr. w. c. Douglass, Robert
, II. Jones, Willard Mial, I. L. Honey
t cutt and w. L. Faison. A telegram
. from Mr.. Charles [. Harris said -
was in Asheville. a delegate to this