The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-14
The Ant and the Elephant
Episode.
"Ye Gods and Little Fishes" Listen to
the Music of Dante's Inferno and
Hear the Hog Fish Sing a
Song Of Disgust.

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The article below in quotations re.
Gently appeared in the News and
Observer under the caption Under
the Dome," and no more suitable
heading could have been given ii
by the writer, because it evidently
originated under the dome of the
House" from the fertile brain of an
imaginary person and there is no
doubt in our mind as to the real au-
thor of such rot. The reader will
see what we have to say, following
the article in question, herewith re-
produced
There is blood on the moon ia
the High Point community and later
on there is going to be a scrap
among the contending factions of
that hustling city before the Legisla-
ture that will be worth going miles
to see.
Hon. Robert Brockett, of High
Point, is member of the Guilford
delegation in the House and was
elected by a handsome majority de-
spite his pronounced opposition to
the formation of Aycock county
with High Point as the county seat.
1t will be remembered that two
years ago a stiff fight was put up
before the Legislature to establish
Aycock county but the scheme fell
by the wayside. Although Brockett
is a citizen Of High Point he fought
the proposition to finish and won
out. This year he stood for the Leg
islature, running in the Democratic
primary and was nominated and
elected. The new county crowd
fought him to the last ditch but he
overcame them like a summer cloud
and brought confusion in their ranks.
AS HE stated yesterday, the Aycock
county proposition is as dead as
door nail
But this time the fight is.not 60
ing to be for the formation of new
county but to give High Point a
form of government.
Mr.. Brockett is preparing bill
which he proposes to present to the
Legislature providing for board of
control to be composed of five men,
bers, one, of whom will act as mayor
to govern the city. These in turn
will elect a city manager.
The anti Brockett crowd at High
Point was 'agin' the proposition and
will send a delegation here to oppose
it when it gets to the Legislature.
And then the fur will fly. The two
factions are about evenly divided
and the hearing before the commit
tee will be one of the liveliest things
that will be seen during the session
of the General Assembly.
"Mr. Brockett is a fighter from
away back and 50 is Fred N Tate,
the mayor of High Point, and the
leader, it is said of the opposition
to the proposed change of govern
ment- 1t is also stated that j. Ell
wood Cox. the well-known banker
and erstwhile candidate for governor
of North Carolina on the Republican
ticket, will also take a hand in the
fight in opposition to Brockett but
the latter is scrapper and is ready
to meet all cOmers."
The statement that there is blood
on the moon in High Point" etc.,
can best be answered in saying that
bad blood in the eyes of one par
ticular person is not very dangerous
and although a humans eyes can
feel as large as the moon,
yet there is quite a comparison in
many ways.
In regard to Mr.. Brockett being a
member of the Guilford delegation,
is about the only iota of truth in the
whole article, except that, perhaps,
which refers to him as being a |
fighter, ETC. and Mr.. Brockett can
oest answer these statements him.
self. That he was elected by a
handsome majority despite his oppo-
,ition to Aycock county with High |
Point as the county seat" is quite !
because he was defeated !
n High Point by a large majority;
% other words his own people re-
,,,d;oto1 him hore at fho hallOf.hoY