Farmers' Institute, R.A.P. Cooley of Nash, From Editorial Page of Gold Leaf, 1910

From the editorial page of the Henderson Gold Leaf, Thursday, August 25, 1910, by Thad R. Manning

The Durham Herald has not said a truer thing that when it declares that one farmers’ institute, well attended, is worth more to a community that all the political meetings that will be held this fall.

And this from the Wilmington Star is good: “The Republican party had a new birth at Greensboro.” That’s nothing. Just consider who hung around and got possession of the kid.

R.A.P. Cooley of Nash published a card in which he announces himself an independent candidate for Congress from this (Fourth) district. This will perhaps cause no surprise. The gentleman seems to be a sort of perennial candidate, and if no party will run him he will run himself. He had an ambition to be solicitor for this district and has several times been a candidate. Time before the last he was perhaps more talked about in that connection than he had ever been before but failed of the nomination. The last time he was even more prominently in the lime light it seemed, but when the time for making the nomination came Mr. Cooley’s name was not put before the convention. He was beaten again and apparently he took his medicine like a man as he had done before. He was not satisfied, however, and takes this method of showing his disgruntlement. Mr. Cooley has made a mistake in pursuing the course he has. He will be beaten and his sore toe will be bigger and tenderer after the election in November than it is now.

Mr. Cooley’s claims have been recognized. The Republicans of Nash have endorsed him for Congress. This may help to swell his bosom with pride in the years to come when he looks back upon the time when he “also ran.”

From the Durham Sun: “The Democratic party cannot be held responsible for the near-beer industry yet it is a fact that it is a matter that is being winked at in many towns.

The Democratic party is responsible for the condition that brought about near-beer. But you can’t make some people believe the substitute is worse—more injurious to health—than the real article. Those who know anything about the matter have a different opinion, though.