The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-09
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Ex-Gov. o. Max Gardner, Attor-
ney Duke Power Co.;
Chairman Democratic Party, j.
Wallace Winbourne, Attorney
Duke Power Co.;
Hon. Clyde Hoey, Attorney Duke
Power Co.. American Tobacco
Co.. and Methodist Church.
Dear Attorneys and Gentlemen OF
Duke Power Co.:
We notice that a member of
your firm, Ex-Governor Q. Max
Gardner, is now in Washington
protesting against instrumental
ties that will lead to reduction of
power rates in North and South
Carolina, to-wit, speciman |, eX-
hibit A: proposed power develop
ments, location, Greenwood, S. Z.
Exhibit 2, Q. l.. Self. Greenwood,
S. c., who you make allegations,
will be benefited by power re
auctions. Allow us to present
specimen I, exhibit A. Ourselves,
with our power attorney being
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
quoting Governor EhringhauS
'now is no time for mugwurnp-
ing" therefore, many are volun-
teering on the side of the fol-
lowers of Thos. Jefferson, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Whereas, it appears UNIQUE
that when dam work was being
done and which is now completed
on the Calvin Coolidge dam, the
Herbert Hoover dam. the Teddy
Roosevelt dam, and the dam that
was Boulder, that there were no
protests being made by this dis
tinguished aforementioned lead
ers of our very Democratic
party in North Carolina, mainly
and tn-wit: Gardner, Winbourne
and Hoey. We only mention this
in order that it be plainly under
stood that the power of these
three gentlemen, their testimony
and their actions shall not be
considered biased.
As to our friend and lawyer,
Norman C. Cooke, vice-president
and chief counsellor Of the Duke
Pwer company, we wish to bring
to his attention that the princi-
pals of Thos. jefferson and the
premise Of Blackstone is "eQuaI
rights to all, special privileges to
none" To the Duke Foundation
of which he is a director, we wish
to explain that in .HendcrsonviIle
now sworn to be insolvent, that
the electric light bill for LIGHTING
the city was allowed to become in
arrears for over $4,000 while
the bill Of Our Self (and not O.
E. Self if not paid, caused inn
mediately service to be discon'
tinued. 1t now appears that the
power people were willing tC
light our way on the streets il
order to collect pretty big in
dividual light bills from the in
dividuals Our Selves.
We will not mugwump. While
we dearly love our Democratic
party, and its three leaders oil
the Duke Power company il
North Carolina, be it hereby
known to all men by these pres
ents. we expect not to mugwumr
on F. D. Roosevelt and will up
hold his program for equitable
and just power rates. We DO
hope, however, that the Duke
| university and its foundation will
not suffer. We do love our
Methodist brothers but there are
great many of US Baptists that
believe in emersion also, appre-
ciating a sprinkling of philan-
thropy that comes from the Duke
foundation. We also wish it u
be known that F. d. Roosevelt Nv
many of US is considered "thc
Good Samaritan" that is trying
to heal our wounds that have
i been inflicted by men described
in a late book, "Robber Barons. :
and we do feel that when oul