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w VOL XXXIX. NO. 15 S POLITICAL EVENTS r OF THE PAST WEEK E Highlights of Politic*! Activity of Both Major Parties Summarized From Recent News Dispatches From Over the Country Standing of the Candidates 11 A total of 979, or about lib of the C 1,089 delegates to the Republican | IS convention have been selected. with n a majority of 515 required t;> nomi-: b nate. 1 Of these Hoover claims o23V?. of t which 203 ar;e io dispute; Jjewden. 1 261 Vi with 90 hi dispute. Curtis g claims i" with 22 in dispute and Xorris 33. of which 16 are claimed d by other aspirants. Of the 1.100 delegates to ih- t Democratic convention. S70 had t selected up t<? Sunday, leaving 230 b - .. be named. But sir.ee then 1. Oregon. New Mexico and Colorado d have held either primaries or con- 3 vera ions. s Governor Smith's friends' are 'aiming 6 IS for their Candidate, a exclusive of Colorado, where most of v the 12 delegates are pledged to the New York governor. Only Td of : he delegates claimed by Smith are * . n dispute. Should he hold the 61S ? now claimed and get the votes of r Ohio, are pledged to Pomerene, \ and Indiana's 30. he will be in stvik- 1 :ng distance of the T-i lequired ^ to nominate. s I Will Simmons Bolt? Washington, May 19.---Senatoi Hcfjin. after making another long and vigorous attack on the caridi- ^ lacy <*i" AX Smith for the presidential nomination in the senate today, 4 "old a (Iretensboro News representative that if Smith is nominated 1 the south "will walk out of the convcnfcion, and reorganise the Denu 41 erat-ic party.** Heflin said that antiSmith leaders, headed by Senator 1 Simmons, had not made definite " plan* for any such eventuality, as it is inconceivable to them that Smith can be nominated, but "if that calamity should befall the party and . country," the Alabama senator said, he had heard enough to know what J would he done by the anti-Smith . wing of the party. x Senator Heflin went on to say that Senator Simmons had some Very definite information not hi&dej ^ public about the possible number off votes Smith would receive at Hous- j ton, and the persistence and staying j power of the opposition. He declar- t ed this information was correct, and. according to it. Smith would never gel a "majority" of the convention. < wbich the Smith people already and ] eoni'identlv claim. ^ I c New Mexico and Oregon for Smith The- Ni-v Mexico Democratic con- ( ver.tion Sftturriny instructed its six ; "delegates to the Houston convention yiiie /or Alfred E.- Smith for. president unci' in their jurymen: ; Slither should tie otherwise. In the Oeiuooi.. ic Plv.-I'racial pri .-r.ie.rj in. Oregon Friday. UoOvrnor ; Srilitli piled up a commanding lead j o.-ei Senators Walsh and Ree.-i. I:.- ; fe complete-reiurnr- from the primarjftjp jtuvc Smith 15,550, Walsh U,55e and i lie, i! 5,JOS. Fred K. Kiddle, ho >v-j ; el's campaign manager i:i Oregon, : son a place among the seven dele- 1 cares at large to the Republican no cion:d convention. Hoover was un- , Opposed for the Republican nomina- j tion, however, in the agricultural t districts, Frank O. Lowden's name < was written on a number of ballots. : No Preferential Primary in N. C. ' By a von of 70 to 30 the Demo-1 1 c to tic state executive committee.' ? which met in Raleigh Saturday nigh'. ] Co decide a presidential primary in j opposition to Governor Smith, voted 1 ; against the proposal of Zc!> Vance , orlir.gion, manager of Cprrieli lull's campaign in North Carolina. VT ?- - ' ? '* " <* ivcvcr alter cne ursr incnc.or. or Governor Smith's name was there a doubt ot the outcome. FecKe applause of lobbies and nor.-vc.ters in ' the hijar hall at times indicated there : was a flickering iianie among: tr.e : die-harders. but the Sinitli folks < were too powerful. They carried! ! the committee without apparent ef-: ' fort. ! ) Hot as the speaking was there ' was no fury among the orators. 1 Frank Hobgood of Greensboro, most,' pleased the die-havders who appar-; j ently have no plan to stave off Smith. Mr. Hobgood branded the' \ Turlington proposal as a_fight on Smith ana an effort to beat him 1 when he has won. i Governor Smith'* Record ' A few of the- outstanding achieve- 1 ments of Governor Alfred E. Smith i ! as chief executive of New York are I submitted to ?he Hickory Daily Re-j 1 cord by a subscriber at Newton. | The Newton man has the world beat! for "boiling down" a subject and his| ; concise synopsis of the high spots o? \ Governor* Al's gubernatorial career follows: ' "While he was increasing appro (Continued on Page Eight) rATA\ A Non-Partisan Ne BOOM ^fews of Week in and About Blowing Rock light Motor Tours "JHrough Western Carolina Wili Visit Resort Town During Summer; Fire Department Gives Delightful Dance By RUPERT GILLETT Blowing Rook, May 24?The eight totor tours through western K >rth "aroiiiia, being arranged by the Iotor Tours of Greens--oio. will hake stops in Blowing Rock, it has een anmninccc by those in charge, "he tour- will leave Greensboro or. he following dates: June X June T. -July 1. July 2. August 5, Au:ust 19 and 26. and September 16. As the touts ate to be of eight ays each, and as Blowing Rock is he last stop on the itinerary, the ours will reach here c.ne week after he date of starting;. The route will v through Chimney Rock. Lake aire. Elk Mountain. Asheyilie. Vanerhi'.t estates. Mount Miteheil. fount Pisgah, Cherokee Indian reervation. and Blowing Rock. Preparations are being made in .11 of these resorts to receive the isitors. Principal A.( E. .Merest of the Slowing Rock school asks that mails who borrowed looks front he library an,, have not returned hem. ieave the volume; with Mr. 'r.-vette at the postotfice. Some of hpse hooks were borrowed by the chooi from the Normal library at Joone and must be returned. The Blowing Rock tic departnent entertained a large number of uest- on Friday evening in the ilayview M a nor annex. The affair ens planned as a picnic hut when he" inclement weathei forced a har.go of program !he evening was pent in dancing, with lively music md a big supply of sandwiches, ake and punch, while an enormous pen fire made the attractive room till mu: ? i series of events in which the fire lepnrtment has acted as hosts, show ng the organization to he one of the nost active in Blowing Rock. O. S. H-exette. president: 0. O. Undcrlown, chief: George Robbins, c?pain. and other officers and mem>ers (it the organization helped to nnke the evening a success. Miss Dorothy Hayes assume 1 the iosition of bookkeeper at the Bank >f Blowing Rock last Monday, having returned the day before from taleigh where she has been in school luring the past term. Mrs. Stewart. L. Gannon and little .011, Stewart L., Jr., have gone to vnoxvilie, Tenr... where they will ipencl two weeks with Mrs. Canion's sister, Mrs. R. V. Norman. GOVERNMENT WILE OPERATE t'USCLE SHOALS POWER PLANT "Federal ,<v.;r ration of the govevnr.ent's vast r.itvni'.' arid pov.-<u- prdjj rtits at Muscle ShiSaaJin r.."thorn \ ;v ::o c was voted Wednesday ww, vuc ffivisiur; lq comiir.i. hp gorerpmer.t to this undeSiskintc nine -a itri aassaire < \ '.hp revised < i is-JIorton bill to create a Muscle Shoals corporation -:o be hSSeS "with operation of the propirties'fov fixed nitrate- production ird the Ya'e dug disposition of sue; ilus potter needed in such worl:. The house adopted an amendment >y Kt-preie";itive D. Carrol Reese. >% the first Tennessee- district to 51'oviic S2 yuO.l'Oti io start censtrucion of the proj^ois&il Cos e Creek tam o!i the upper water of the_Te:iless'-e v'ver. As passed, the Xr-rris-atovin bill, a addition ta procidn? for the cor.itriietirn , Cove Creek dam, alsli vr.uid assure t or.pietiori of lism N'o. . It also would, trauster to the imposed corporation's jurisdictior. it of the federal properties, inclining the Waco lime quarry lohuccted vith the shoals project. TIME FOR REGTSERING FOR UUNE PRIMARY ENDED SAT. Books for the registration, of hose who wish to vote in the Demo rrsrejo primary in tBe cowrfty or Saturday. Juno 2. closed Inst Saturday iveuirig- No new registration wa-: -equired.itlio.se -.vho voted in. the gen veal election of two years airs aud ,vho had not moved since that time >eing eligible to vote without having heir names placed 0:1 the books itrain. So far as is known there vere but few names added to the 1st at the 14 precincts in. the coun sy. There were five name# added n Boone, which is probably a larger number than at any other precinct. Voters in the primary will select me of three candidates for lieuter.uit governor and one of three considers for the position of eommisiionev of labor and printing. _ CLEMENT SUCCEEDS JUDGE DEAL IN 11TH DISTRICT Governor McLean Thursday appointed John H. Clement of Winston-Salem. as judge of superioi :ourt in the 11th district, effective May 26. to succeed Judge Roy I . Deal, resigned. Judge Clement, who is the Democratic nominee t'oi the judgeship, will bold his t'irsl term 01 court Ir. Jackson county. JGA iwspaper. Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH O I Farm Relief Is FRANK O Frank Oiien Lowden has a distinguished public record. He i> an advocate of the MeNaryHaugen bill. He is himself a farmer's son, and he worked on the farm until he was nearly of age. Toda\ he is the owner of a 5,000-acre ? a r m scientifically managed at Oregon, Illinois,.. nod he "owifS* and operated extensive cotton plantations in Arkansas | and Texas. Few individuals have ! a greater personal stake in a wise solution of the agricultural problem. He was horn in Sunrise City, Minn., ir. 180 i. After studying at the University of Iowa and a law Passage of Muscle Shoa] Great Benefit t< By RUPERT (ilLLETl : The paaKge Fast Weihuoiay by : congress oi The MuaeU Shoal-* bUJ. containing ah amendment I \ K. ' sc-r.iarive Kt - of Ti-nuossfe ' op rtropiyallng $?,00^,000 to: hui.aina Gcvp Cn-ek t'.aai has cans eh-' n>uch --peony.tioi: berk, as the hn;y Cove I (jsKeek dam known of hi ve. S> the one that ha? been surveyed oh that stream in .VYalang-a county. A Washington special;to''the ?N>o . Ymk Time.-,, saying that C ove Creek was 40.1V ntiies above Mutcio Shoals, on the upper waters of the Tennessee 1 river, save strength to this t;.-st:ntp: tion. as it s about 400 utiles from here to -Muscle Shoals. Moreover, Cove,Greek flows into the Watauga, which in tuvr. flows into the Ter. itfiSfrO. Su-veymg of the project here has hsen cciur.leteo. Two separate plans have heei! provided "Tor in the surveys. nil.'! it is' r.ot known here which v.-iil he adopted. One is ft i a single dttvnl 350 feet high, at the mouth of ! Beech Creek. The uth-> .plan calls for. three dams, trie one a: Beech Creek, another at l.aure! Creek. and . the third several miles above the MINE BLAST TAKES TOLL OF 197 HUMAN LIVES | ilathev, Pa.. May 21?Mather was a "village of lost hope" tonight as the possibility that any of the 138 miners entombed in the blast-wreck. tsn "\TnrVjr?v mirto irouu ofl'.l olir/v .vroVi - Vfc : more and more remote. Two hundred and eleven men were in the mine when the explosion oecured late Saturday, IS es: caped and tonight the known death .toll stood at 125. While nearly everyone in the lit j tie mining settlement believed the imprisoned miners were dead, rescue j workers hoj>ed that some might have I bratticeri themselves beyond4 the 1 reach of the death-dealing gases gen erated hy the explosion. Fresh ait I was being pumped into the workings ' and air c6cks were constructed by ! the rescue squads as they advanced ' to the inr.er depths of the under ! ground-tunnels. j He: "You a.-e the breath of :1ft I to me." :j She: "Weli, suppose you hold ycvm j breath for awhile." ' V" '^CTOTV'-y^'rV--- M DEM< Best Interests of Northw Kl'LlNA. TJ:*. ? SX>AY, -WAV '11. V. ; His Platform - > /?-_ $k > 8Il / wm. J-"'' i j'Vlp-* / -,i^sSsfSD / ,-s /* _// UOWDRN he niacin*. -d. lav? in Chioa<o fro-*.*. ioST r I'-iti. Hi was a professor* i f lay at Northwestern Uaivorsity i:t 1 ss:<. Hi- served as a iele^-ate to Republican convertlions, later v.inning a set; in congress. 1 In 1017 ha was elected governor of Illinois, serving until 1021. and his administration is . considered | brilliant In U>2>5 at was alerted presi de'r.t of '.he Internationa! Press Foundation. He i- an easy and finer.*, speak ev. ana has u cptJ^Sui per.-.-naiity | He is on record as vigorously ojv nosir.r America's ffitry into the Leeg':.. of Nations. . ......arris Bill May Prove of a Western North Carolim ?^:;;iiS# Bfiggvrator v ihi'ii 1 e fev.-vt"! by n H&sht-fpei low :||P|; a 'F-y-f : -ii'-mt i-.; i.t. \\8<&>r.. Tgr 5J#t- /?:!:& i'eidw i:\e, iitich Cg4o fp* # ?? ' pte . '..? : ,\ .- . .. . .. 0: Yiieyiid hew? rif-.T? *&ui , iad ?r. : us fz: as V;'.., Ciuci and iwssiliiy as tar as ShaHat r>i:" six miles fco\sy.- ?" ..'.fi- G- l!:, lie ; ir:uch or would I:>c- ddveloj ed car.tiii h<? said a. all ei sinew? Isft hers, as - cn - ihi sii; i Vsy was <: ' >-n:c;sd and refused t make- sc.- SHSiir-est Wiove thejji ifif i- authority is U-iz hM. Thy s'jrv.-y was. i'.et'uii here- nearl six r.-.ri'ntfcs agj|$ hut thr.i'.ighai ; their . . the ensriiietrs i charee revise;' : y:*x ih- siiithie; j hint as xr. v:V v. a? : ebini .the pti j ieit; It v,a; -nrtiaiy, iol>':ed unt : inn passaeo :* :-? Musc.V Shoa j hi:";, thn; the At-.scar 'V.uinrrui) , Company was tieVelnt tag tht pri ? jficf. . .' : " tAKLT VtIO EXPECTED FOR FARM RELIEF BIL Washington, May 22.?Aji earl '! veto of the McNary -Haugen farm r< lief bill by President Cooiidge \vs indicated today atpev the preside/ had conferred with Senator MeXar j of Oregon. ar.d Represent a tiv ; Haugen of Iowa, authors of th measure. MOVIES AID SALE OF POPPIE: During the remainder of the wee) a "poppy picture" will be shown ; " the Pastime Theater in eonnectio ! with the regular program at no a< ' ditional charge. This is done i>\ a I effort to facilitate the sale of po| 1 pies by the Women's Auxiliary c the American Legion Saturday, an , shows what the poppy represen I and how the money derived froi 1; the sale of the little paper fiowers i spenL One of Two Things HetjjS The modern girl is eith? I one t-f two things. ' | She: Is that sc! -He: Yes, hungry or thirsty. OCRA est North Carolina J2>: War Veterans Hold Interesting Meetins Addresses Deliverid By Albert L Cos., State Commander, Wan Tnreatt, Editor Harris and F. A Hutchison, State Service Officer A *argc number of ex-service me: together wifji other citizen? of tb ' . arid county gathered at th courthouse Friday night when sev , crai prominent speakers parties pate? in ;i program put on by the Watausr; Post, American Legion. Albert L. Cox, department com mandir of Xorth Carolina; Wad Threat of. the postoffice departmen at Charlotte: and Cob Wade H. Har lis. editor ?>f the Charlotte Oostrvei addressed the Legionnaires, whili The main speaker on the program yvk F. A. Hutchison, state service off cev, and himself an ex-service mu:: who grave some information lelatiy t*> adjusted compensation. or wha the boys commonly refer to as th "bonus." Mi*. Hutchison point : ? out that th 1 state of Xorth Carolina loaned S2. 000,000 to North Carolina veteran before Match 01. raft, and that th next legislative would b? asked double the amount. This money i ava : f building homes on I and is not to be c.ori fused with 1< an I maue under the compensation plai: I He discouraged the rrowing money oil iitstirance certificates. : view of tin fact that a niajcrity < the soldiers borrow the ailowariot Tie-Vi"- Hflv the inmsst Jirn :i* rmi turity their certificat 's at'soioec Mr. Hutchison is the head tli regional of fit.: of the Leg: propose- to defend the rights every ox-serice man in all instances Ho called attention to the fact tha the hest hospital 111 the United .State is located at Oteetb X. C . and i open to all veterans of the Worl War who receive free treatment. Mr. Hutchison closed his addres with the statement that every lav affecting the veterans has bee sponsored by the Legion and urge all ex-service men to enlist in who he described as the largest organ ration on earth. INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND IS RULED BY DOG I t ape town?Few stranger uarv; I I fives of the sea have reached p?r ! than that of the island of Juan c Nova ?the kingdom of dogs?an a ' count of which has been brotigi here by the captain of a From schooner. "We wore sailing north," said tt captain, "up the Mozambique glial | neb between Portuguese East Afric and Madagascar, and passed withi sight of Ju5.ii de Xova one dawn, picked it up through my glasses, an happened ' ? see ? battered ship - boat fast on a r( of. 4iSr. ??8jb<l my ova boat. lowere $i"and put off: ih^estigate. Th $ } snip's boat tfwp<5f oat. however, t sr . ?-&?*& At f? ?!{= ( ,in rh.iv;- 35 <;ke as not-?an : vj& jjMgflB i% |ffijB8?3lh ?>'; ' ski < when 1 .-avSffiK tioarJ"lii had appeared siidiftr.ly on ',?>[ reek a'-.i i.t av.'cyg ''It !'i ? nti tided if St jra>?ra'^aSs ffl l?rer< m win's' itiiferi out gtei'9 seemed to k is.;, traces oi a ribbon other breeds in il . - iilieu'p. ar.il something . taliogethv dainfamihar in iti attitude. I mc-a s. that the dog did not flatter me at a if,'! i y oven a pretence of respect, e sat he rod thai i; regarded me as ii >r inferior. ' It stood there watching me, an l'- a moment later, was joined by for o others. Ail were perfectly siSH, an t. :ili watched me unblir.kinglly. Th man \\ ith me. Dufojfe. laughed rati y: evuneasily. Then he picked tap If pebble and tr.-ew ar them. His ail n was bad. The pebble struck tl it rook. The dog's never moved. > 'The terrier lifted his head andil bowled !t was the wierdest no:, if I have ever heard, and in the daw n' there and on this deserted isiam >- which is nothing move than a horsi shoe of rfrai, and coming from dog. which I had expected to bark, sent a shiver down niy back. "The howl had a staggering effee Mote dogs appeared at on nd the roc anil on the skyline. I should sn y there were 2b at least. They bega to move towards us. 'Come on.' sai is Dufour, 'let's go.' And we went. it '*Tho it rnrc p a m o m r'n.a be. v y edge and watched us pull out. Son'e> squatted, some walked slowly abou ie ore scratched himself. The iarj white terrier never took his eyes o: - us. and we reached the ship con ; : pletely beaten men. . "Many ships in the days of ss sailed there for fresh water, fru n and turtles, and that is how tl : dog's kingdom came into being. Do: n; escaped from the ships from time 1 time, of ail kinds and from all com ,f 1 tries^ "They have bred into the mo curious and savage species on t! mj face of the earth." j. i Naturalists have noted that the dogs all droop their tails like wove and that they have lost their bar i In other words, they hiwe "gone n >r tire." and, in their howls under tl moon, is an echo of all that a d( ' was before?willy-nilly?he becar the friend of mar.. FIVE F. . t OJ>Y WILL REBUILD NO. : 60 TO WILKESBORO i Currier is Authority For Siatfemeat tbAt Bocne Trail *.s To Be R-e~ located Lni that 5urvey Will Be1 ?:r. ;n Ncir Future ? Sg e Thi- fro in f.hip vViikea ; Patriot : !* * Thursday v/ili lie 5 read " th a x at ?*ai of interest by 1 the ;; V.'atauca county. The I i has ?i-i. unable f far t? siify the correctness cf the infor? !;ia*i':r tcn'-h there:.-!. but >t 1 w'ounl seem that at 'a.-t tre state " highway t> . mi has awoke to ' the fact that this great artery cf e travel shoes be co-ipr. v.-'i from -v Forth Wi'.ke-b : Boore art! out " thvou?'r. the e tthe Tennessee line: - - up:. ' . S. w-.-s the city Friday c:r.:- :: .- with V'. ?f. ? Foster, bounty upcrrnterideht of rotee- ar.d he r:.rf, ( :*. the infenrnae t-o: "hut tin- sfat? rirrrnvay coiamis" - ha- - e.e mat the s X* .tie \Vii":.-i?" fi :.v lir.k of the ? i c 7 i itiirbveay. Nr.. C.C, be re' ate. ;. i ' r the e ting ~ c - ar once. ' N '"The 1 ui? iiny ! an entirely new * s road from Millet's Creek t- the ' "at .'.ye ,-t ' - v :ii bt a sreat ' asset tci rite people >if \V:(r:es and. ".Vafaugra o nunties. i'i itttr the - V. r:iat'-1. . * . ar to tfc" oufc' s. ie world and otferintr Vviikes the ;* a-: ' . of having .. . ..vel:it . ' t t lr. Bi witu Bock * and t-::v summer resorts ir, the ; - increase lour1 :st traffic i r North Y\Vke-' boro." t - .V. 4 s INVESTIGATION SHOWS SMITH FUND IN N. C. REACHED $3-390 3 Raleigh. Kc.y -?A! Smith's v slush fund was fixed at S'l.SSO today n when ihc s mute committee probed j North Carolina presidential affairs, i ,t and George G n Battle, Tar Heel j_ latvrer in Nr.. York. P'Jt un Si.eOil ..f that. Citizens who gathered in the hall of the house of : it;-,tivcs heart! S a story of organization which made ;i_ the Tar Heel hair stand on end. rt Taught to believe that r.o campaign le ran acquire the moment, lit of the e- Smith itrengtit without barec-ls of it niont; . * it 0 natives hat) before their h verc eye a demonstration or* a v.i movies.- achievement the like of i? which thy. never heard. For the senate committee received no eviewhatever of heuv expendi>1 turas in this campaign, an a every ! proof of the fact that Governor ,i Smith sweeps the country without 's money. the inquiry brought t s yi'eiv tpid day the existence of a superb Smith. riySH ic ovaan:ration of which iliy -.ppofitioR :i> has no dependable knowledge. The 11: senate committee her-rd how s'iw- f .d 1 .vaniaat:. r. of f:v- rner. lias di.? faciei! u eamaoigt. through ten conh-rc;i?:o nap^istr;ct, i core sen taf Tea. a It H&fafe OV.- tuiU why gSgii r-ank A. =.- Hr.rnpt :. de-i.fhcatev the Smith cam- . f e. iiaiffii aiiii learne: the sc .irre.stjf the | e ure ndiuw .fight upon him. Oloseli'S^^? iTam:r.tiSn?stRl thinks the firriirh r.omi- >. i V r-r-tior. spell major disaster; The n color,el c..'l ': to testify. ffecre- 'i ,11; rary disn Hart.&iss missed this sum- %:s| :? I niojg Onf the commCTea iCon:! ?Q Jit-, ts ' >? i'naf it couldn't have -'avid'' to pUrshe tnis ihoUiry Vvvy i':o. (| Ha nan interest today tv: i: varied ? iv turns,. Mr. Battle, :' instance, pat d u? *1,00:1 in cue check aim ft.500. ie Former Sheriff Boh Edwards of i- Wayne, is an old friend of Sheriff, a Smith, both men holding the shrievm alty at the same time. ' SheriiT Edie wards has b'egr. doing the f&rfcigjt ; missionary work. The rtunilut-s of _ the heathen concerted is appalling. ;e <Shevi:f Edwards is ore- of the Big ivj 'hes in the Smith camvvci. The big five ir. North Carolina directing the Smith cause are W. B.. a -lor.es, John W- Hinsdale and S. it Griffin of Raleigh: Jesse K. Davis and T.arry Moore, New Bern. The t. ten district Smith managers are the k following: First district, Ford S. iy Worthy. Washington; second. W. A. n Finch. Wilmington; third. Rivers C. id Johnson, Warsaw: fourth. John W. Hinsdale. Raleigh: fifth. Colonel F. s B. Hobgood. Greensboro; sixth, D. is M. Stringfield. Forsyth: Seyeuth, t, Clinton James, Lanrir.burg; eighth, ;e W. B. Austin, Jefferson; ninth. T. ft W. Alexander, Charlotte; tenth, J. n- Q. Kiikey, Marion. Speaking for the Hull campaign, ill Z. V. Turlington listed total receipts it of $845 for use in North Carolina, CArtA r\V n-h-r/'h ho ooif^ time i*Ai*finh_ jr. V'Juv ?i uu-u iiv .hhvi m ao wiiuiu *s uted by Judge Hull himself. Senator to Simmons is said to have contributed rv- $150. Approximately $700 has been : spent. si Among the contributors to the re Smith fund in addition to that of ! Mr. Battle, were given as follows: se R. A. Doughton $10. Jesse Davis and s,' Larry Moore SI50. W. B. Drake, k. $50. Ban Alien, S25, J. W. Hinsdale a- $25. -J. S. Tjpehurc'n $10. Solicitor S. le Brassfield, $50. jg The t-er.ate committee, with Senalej (Continued on Page Eight)
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