The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
WITH THE EDITORS
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Housekeeper-Losh me Laird. ven
no have asket all thae folks to SION
the night? There isna beds for the
half o. them
Laird-Hoots, womanl dinna fash
yersel Gle them plenty whiskey and
Jney II md beds for themsels.-
The platform the Republican can
uuates In Washington county have TO
stand on is full OF holes and verv
rlckety. The liquor question is wet
on one corner and dry" on the other
Is SIMPLY great dodge proposed
anu aovocatsd by few politicians
VINO know corkscrew when they see
1t and won't jump when a bottle ston-
per pops out--Abingdon Virginian.
We believe DR.. Petit and his friends
and the friends OF HUBBARD made q
mistake when they failed to have
huDard adJudged a lunatic before he
committed his awful deed. When a
man shows signs OF insanity he should
pc taken up and put away in an asv-
ruin Detore ne has the time and op-
portunlty TO violate the law 1t is
said that DR.. Petit knew of the feel
ing towards him that ranked i'm the
breast OF HUBBARD and knowing this
ne should have taken steps TO pro-
T woe Tor MS own safety.-Clifton Forge
Review.
The American Tobacco Company is
ABOUT to disintegrate and re-orgaD-
re IN compliance with the mandate of
the supreme Court. 1t proposes. ac-
cording to New York dispatches 70
take all OF its constituent parts. and
reasSemble them into three GONNA
nles-the shareholders in the old com
pany TO receive their due proportional
holdings in each Of the new comma
MES Thus, as was the case with the
dissolution of the Standard Oil Com
pany' identity of ownership will re-
main In the new status of the tobacco
trust Just as il did in the old status.
as an inseparable bar 20 the operation
or the competitive principle. We r.
peat our contention OF a few davs
since that il is all folly to expect men
mutually Interested in the same bust
. nSss unuertaklngs TO compete against
emselveS.-Lynchbur News.
There has been some comment in
the papers OF the State over the fact
that contest is being made in Not
toway county as a result of the recent
primary for county ofices, the infert
ence appearing to be that some fraud
was committed. That much we wish
10 deny. No fraud has been charged
nor co we believe any has been com
nlltteu. There may have been some
errors or Judgment upon the mart of
some OF the election officials. but we
viii not accept that much as a fact
until after the county committee hos
met ana passed upon the questions at
issue. We believe we had fair and
honest set Of judges conducting rbe
primary who would not intentionaiiv
commit any act Of which they feared
the world 10 be aware. If they have
committed an error il is none but what
any one is liable TO do. not one which
they could regret except that one does
not wish TO commit an error of any
nature. We are saying this much in
Justice TO our county and in Justice to
those who had charge Of the prinnar,,
election. both in the conduct of the
election proper and in making the
returns. We believe this is due them.
Blackstone Courier.
Numerous complaints are being
made all over the State concernine
the participation Of Republicans in
the Democratic primary on Septen-
per fth, and the trouble is one which
ls growing worse at each succeeding
primary. In Nottoway county The
charge is made that the chairman of
the republican party was allowed to
vote at the last primary. The state
committee should take Immediate
steps TO finally put an end to This
state or affairs, which is a disgrace
10 the party.-Fredericksb Star.