■Ackirt -muairw is; state
wide PBUUKY^
SiiilAlli HAS Sput ABOUT PUB- j MURDER DUE TO UNHOLT LOVE.
LICITY.
Swciy *s the Saii a»eB North_C*ro-
lina win H»t« a St«tc-WWe 'Pri
mary Law, Before Lonj^.
Washington, July 14.—Former Con-
BMSsmsa R. N. Hackett, of 'WilkeE,
gave out an interview tonight in which
he stated that he was in favor of a
state-wide legalized primaries for all
parties on the same day, providing a
corrupt practices act can be enacted
which will properly safeguard the pri
mary law. Ml. Hackett says he
would suggest a corrupt praiitices law
which would make it a crime to buy.
or attempt to buy, sell or offer to sell
votes, or to coerce or in any way seek
to j-vevent a fair and impartial ex
pression of the electorate. He would
have the present corrupt practice, acts
change so as to make the penalty for
violation diefranchisement and dis-
qualificatioil for holding office.
If the legislature will pass sucii
laws Mr. Hackett says his own coun
ty cf Wilkes, which is largely Repub
lieaii, will in a few years be strongly
L'ei ‘oeratic. He has great respect for
some of the gentlemen living in tht
western counties who say that a pri-
niaiy would lose certain counties to
the Kepublicans, but he is sure they
:re i:ii&taken and when the law is fiu-
n!ly cnacted, and he is sure it is com
ing in the hear future these gentle-
ir.en will 'find that they will havo a
stronger De.iiocratic foothold than
‘hey now have.
.■‘I am in favor of a legalized slate-
-A'.Cli. primary for all parties on the
sanie day,” said Hr. Hackett, “pro-
'■idea, it i: accompanied Ijy a corrupt
practicc;.. act which will enable ths-
people to carry it out in such a way
that it will record a corrupt expression
cf 'heir will. To my mind the on.':,-
kina of con-upt practice law which
wouid properly supplement a slate-
wide primary would be one making^
it a crime to buy, nr attempt to buy,
sel; 01 offer to sell, votes; or to coerce
or in .tny way seek to prevent a fuir
expres.‘iion of the electorate, both at
the primary and regular election. Theii
change the penalty of the past and
present corrupt practices acts, wl'ich
has been fine and imprisonment, and
hnve pcralty for violaiiuo of the
law disfr.inchiseFnent and disqualifica
tion for holding ofBce. Then make
either party that is, the purchaser
or the seller of votes, or any one seek
ing in any way to corrupt tha elsctor-
ate a witness against others, provid
ing immunity for the one used as such
witness. In this way each and evsry
one whom the prosecution desired to
use as a witness could be competed
to testify against others and the ini-
munity provision would deprive him of
the constitutional right to rciuse tc
answer for fear of incriminating him-
.self.
“With this kind of a corrupi prac
tice law and a legalized primary I
feel ijuits .sure that in a few yr^.^s
our elections would he purified ai^l
the party responsible for this lecisla-
tlon, which vvi.uld result in honfesty in
politics, would he so strongly upheld
fDy the honest people regardless of
pa:!} ihat instead of injuring the de-
nuwracy its success would be mar?
iimily fixed than ever.
“Livir.fr 111 a strong Repuislican coun
ty, as I do, I believe that a state
wide primary safeguarded by a cor
rupt practice law as above stated
would result in Wilkes county goini;
Democratic withiu six years at least.
“'1 have the highest respect for the
gentlemen in counties , surrounding
mine who thir.k a primary would re
sult otherwise, but I believe theii-
fears ere groundless.”
Mr. Hackett believes the state-wide
pi ir.iary is as certain to become a la*
in North Carolina as th’ -m is due
to shine. It is coming, be
cause the people have become con
vinced that in this way they can (lav,?
honest elections.”
After Much Talk, Action is Deferred
Until Minority Committfe Re
port is Received- 1
Washintgon, July 14.—The Senate
in executive session here today fought
for five hours over the issue of mat
ing public testimony of Thomas D.
Jones, of Chicago, nominee for mem
ber a the Federal Reserve Board be
fore the Banking and Currency Coni^
mittee, which last week voted not to
ri&conmiend his. confirmation.
Nothing was accomplished in the
long debate, at times heated and
further consideration was deferred un
til n'ajoiLty and minority reports of
th^ Banking Committee are submit
ted piiohably tomorrow.
Opponents of ‘Jlr. Jones* confirma
tion, v/ho base their opposition on the
fact that he is a director of the In
ternational Harvester Company, un-
dei indictment by ihe Government,
-iavly in the day, sought to have the
record of the committee hearing in
the case made a matter of public rec
ord. Senator . Stone iinrnediately in-
on an executive session and the
doers were closed.
Arch JoKnfioc AdmUs he Bought Pis
tol fui Mr& J^n60n to Kill
Her Hm.ban4.
Williamston, July 14.—am wiL-
ing to take all the blame for the
death of my brother if thai wiU help
her any^ and if either of have to fragist activities, was arrested. Thi;
Vomaii Ib Arrested Because of
Bomb.
Loiidon, July 12.-~A bomb with •
lighted candle near it:; fuse was dis
covered to]iight ift the famous Md
church cf St. John, the Evangelist,
Westminster, Annie a woman
who several times h«s figured in suf-
die for the crime, I want to be the.
MOVED PUBLICITY.
Then Senator Hitchcock, acting jis
ciAairri^an of the Banking and Cuvven-
cy ^^5mmittee, made the suggestiun in
ibe form of a motion, urging necessity
Ccr pubUcity in view of the conti'o-
\cl'i^y that has arisen with several
I.'e-.nocratic Senators openly fighting:
r:-(?sident Wilson's candidate for the
When Senator Hitchcock tronciuded
hc' v-r.3 vigorously -Atxacked by Sen
ator Blair Lee, of :Maryland. a Dem-
orr.ntic menilier of the Banking Com-
ni-.tee, for making public Fcme of the
verbatim testimony in the Jones* hea:
ing several dayf ago. Thi.-; evidence
wivA prirtcd in several newspaper:
and the Maryland Senator charged
S^:iiator Hitchcock with responsibility
for making public testimony held
executive wouldout the consent of
ether members of the committee or
ll‘.e Senate. Senator Lee was mildly
uppca*ted by Senators Hollis and Sha-
froth also majority memliers of ihe
commiUee.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, the oth
er Democratic member of the commit
tee, who opposes Mr. Jones confirma-
tioit, defended Senator Hitchcock and
pieaded for publication of the entire
vi^w^^vd. Othev Democrats urgert that
the occasion did not call for shatter
the rules of the Senate concern
ing executive nominations. Senator
Rrtstow, Republican, championed the
Hitirhcock kmotion, and Senator Bo
rah also f'poke for publicity.
ACTlOy DELAY
Finally, it was agreed to delay ac
ticM on Senator Hitchcock’s motion
I.cijdiiig submission of majority and
niitArity reports.
Towurd the clo.-e of th« deiuite,
Son: tor Lewis, of Illinois, who is load
iv.o- iicht for Mr. Jones’ confir
« '
jr.ation, announced that he v;ould vote
for the fullest publicity.
Today’s debate indicated thai the
fight against confirmation of Mr. Jones
would be the bitterest that has oc-
curifcd over any nomination in the
Wilson Administration, but Adminis-
ti'cition leaders expressed confidence
Itjnight that ihey have the votes to
assure the confirmation.
N'O action was taken today concern
ing the nomination of Paul M. War
burg of New York who still refuses to
ajjpear before the eommitee.
TUe foregoing statement was made
late- yesterday by Arch Johri.«?on, i.i
j^l in Williamston on a v;arra::t
charging him with being an ac:oir.-
plice before the fact, in the case of
^\h:ch Mrs. Elizabeth Early JohnS;on
stands charge with the murder of
her husband, Joe Johnson, near Oak
City, in Martin county,, on the'even
ing of Saturday, July 4. Johnson
iher stated that he would not deny
any statement made by Mrs. Johnson
relative to the killing and the pan
he played in it.
Piicr to this occasion Arch John
son had refused to make any stat*-
merit other tha.n that he knew noiar
ing of the matter and that he had
nothing to do with it. But today h»':
: “I loved my brother, but I loved
hi.N wife more and it was because oi
his fact that I allowed myself to get
in>o this scrape. I bought the pis'col
with which the killing v;as done and
gave it to 3Irs. Johnson on Saturday
moViVlng' before the killing that night.
I Knew what she was goiiig to do -.vith
it.”
:\Irs. Johnson says that she and
Arcr. Johnson had planned the crini
and that Arch told her to throw the
pistol to the side of the road so that
he could get it the ne.vt morning. She
says that he told her he would stick
to her througli it all and when told
of his confession yesterday afternoon,
statei.* that she was satistied with it
ano2 that he doing as he said he
v.'oi Id.
“There is no use in our tellinji: atiy
mole storiey,” ^Vie said, “for God
knows the truth anyhow, and that's
\vh«t counts. AU that T can ^ay is
tha;: it was love that brought us to
this, for I loved Arch Johnson.”
J^'hison broke down and wept bit
terly as he told the story of how he
wa« implicated and said he did not
war.t his folks to know about it. Ho
is only about 21 years old. Mrs. John
son IS 22, and her husband was 24.
Neither of the principals have as yet
retained attorneys. Mrs. Johnson con
fessed some days ago that she :*hot
her husband, though at that time she
ni^ not impli?ntc any one. Arch John-
Mm wa.*^ firrosted at iiis home ne-:r
Oak City by Sheriff Cra^vforJ arid
brought here and placed in jail.
It w;uld appear from recent de-
\ek«pments that there was some f«»un-
dat'on for the statement that Joe
Jrhnson was jcaiou.s of his brother,
and that he had some reason for his
MisTiicions. Arch Johnson lived al.
Joe':; hom.e for a \vhile, an.i Mrs.
JohKAfon in her confes^sion sever.* i days
age charged that her husband was
jralous of his brother and re
proached her about it several ti.iiej,
tiiongh she declared she had been a
trne wife.
church was damaged last March by
a suffragette bomb.
Suffragettes have been active dur-
ii;g the week-end, burning a railwi?V
Aiation ;iear Leicester. They are t'US-
pecied of being responsible. for an
explosion last night one of several
mail bags being con'.’eyed from Black-
J.001 to Manchester. The explosion
set nre to other mail bags.
Despite the facc .thax.her licerrse of
r;lease from Holloway jail had ex-
pii^ed,. Sylvia Pankhurst today took
part in a .*uffragist procession tM*ough
1.*re Ea.«t Erd of LondH.i. 'iany mem
bers. of the East Lon^;on Federation
afsembled outside Miss Pankhurst’s
residence and as a band played "The.
Red Flag,'- £he entered a vfagon^tte,
unmolested, by ihe police. She quick
ly was surrounded. by a body guard
The milttant leader spoke in a pub-
liL* holl when the procession enued.
r..efen*ing lo the dep aation Premie
A.^quith re:-eived June 20, ihe said th:
[••eniier netded to be (.nl*'^htened re
garding conditions under which wo
ii'.en lived in the East End.
. Mis? Pankhurst advf»isted a “no
vr»te, no rent" crusale, which would
terrify the Governnicnt.
Make Ufe Net Of Sands.
Stveral tenants in an apartment
house at So Grand street, Williams
burg, were in the rear yard the other
afternoon when they heard a child’s
screams. Glancing up, they saw Al
bert Fritz, 1 year old, fall from the
fbui'th' iloor fii'e 6.iscape«
Instinctively the women threw up
Iheii hands. They caught the child
and saved its life. Mis.^ Fritz was
hysterical, and fell down a flight of
.t^tairs in her efforts to reach the yard.
Tne infant had only a few bruises.
Ban on Dope,
Ail druggists-.in the country stand
svith ;he. association of wholesale
jruggists of the Mississippi .valley
.vhich at its annual meeting in St.
Louis, Urged the passage of the bill J Sold everywhcr
pending i:i Congress, restricting ihe Quy substitute. For JfiiF.
While we may not favor all of the
amendments, we would like to see a
Vetter system of assessing taxes.
However, if they want to stid: to the
c:d plan we believe that we can get
around it as easily as anybody else.
—Durham Herald.
USE ALLEN’S FQOT-EASE,
"ilie a;jti»&ptic j^owder to be shaker, in
to the shoes. If you want rest and
Comfort for tired, aching, sv'ollen.
It relieves corns and bun’oys of all
sweating feet, use Allen*:? Foot-*^5se.
rain and prevents. Mis*vr^ sora an.i
callous spots. Just the thin^ for
Dancing Parties, Putenc L« aiher
Shoes, and for Ereskin.;? in Xew
Shoes: Jt is the greatest comfort dis^
CQvery , of the age. I’ry it to day.
2.^c. ■ Don't accept
trial pack-'
‘hipping of habit forming drugs in age, address . Alien S. O nsted, Lt
THRE'A iiUBBKR BALL,
Edinburj’-h. .Scotland, Juiy 12.—Kir‘,T
fieo'ge and Queen Mary, who inaih
ttieir last pi;bUc appearance* today *'i
Iheir Scotti?h tour, \\vre subjected 1.:
a fresh insult by a suii'rajrist as they
y/ove to St. John’s Cathedral to a\-
io?:d morning servicps. .lust outside
the Cathedral, a Dundee tuffragettj,
Olive Walker., I'roke throur;h the lint
of spectaiois and police and ran to
ward the royul carriage. She hur’eJ
rubber l»ali to which \va? attached ^
label insci’ibed:
‘•'Stop forcible feeding."
The ball landed on the lap ;!: •
queen, who laughingly brushed it
»side. The woman was jemuved i y
.he police from a ^hveate-ing crowd
l ilt later was released.
It isn’t a nice thing to say, bat i:
is true. Tf a man was as perfect as
his wife expects him to be, it would
not be long until the monotony would
drive her to desperation.
Only fatalties refulting from fire
works on the Fourth are reported. We
iia\t: not seen the reports on the joy
ride casualties of that glorious oc-
ca.'^ion.—Greensboro Xew.'?.
i!:tCi‘state commerce to licensed deal
ers and physicians.
The use of habit forming druj^s in
this co.i’ntry has became loo prevalent*
Xroin two to three times 2= nrjch co
caine as is used in dentistry and in
j-urj^-ei-y is now hor:.:: consumed. And j
the ccnsumpticn of opium a::d its iii;-
livatives exceeds their legitimate use
?o r much greater degree. The •••jr-
plys is sending men and women to fi- '■
nrncial and physical ruin, helping to'
till the insane asylums and making
graves in potter’s fields.
Still, while there are drug victims
fvery community, the evil has not
^ont beyond the limits wherein ccr.-
;rol is possible. But the difficulty in
obtainhig that control will become
gicater and not less the longer it
v'elayed. And ir is cenaiii that ti:e
bill introduced bj' the Mississippi v?.l-
!oy druggij^ts is a move in the right
direction.
Xc law was ever coniniei:de«i more
highly than the Webb act tnr.t pro
hibits interstate commerce in liquors.
BlI the use of such bevoi^ges. !)ad
it is cannot be compared with co-
ca:::e and other so-called dopes. These
“dope fiends’* are not only killing
themselves but they get in such a
crazed condition as to endanger the
lives of others in the community.
I’hcre is really more cause for the biil
lo prevent traffic in “dope” than in
lj'5»«r.
Roy, N. y.
Professional Cards
Dr. L H. AllcD
Eye Specialist
Office Over C. F. Kei?e’s Store
Burlington, - - N. C.
J. P
4.1*.
.-ijrHiij. iK V. S.
’.V. It. y. .M.
Spcoii ic Hcrncday
Veterinarians
etnid ilcj.~i ital -uttitv Phtine St!
iiaiii Her^itiptre f’b'joe
C. A. Anderson M. D.
Office hoars 1 to 2 p. m. 7 to 8 p.
First National Bank Buildir."
Leave day ealis at Bradleys Dnjs
Store.
Kepresentalive Cary^ of Wiscoi.sin,
must have an idea that the ?tlar»n
White Slave Law protects nothin^ but
corn iVd.^. He has introdu^red t. hill
prohibiting the interstate tran'^pi.r-
tation of calves.
We are hoping that Mi% Bicket
wouid become a candidate for Govern
or, but it seems that the nnochine ha^
given him little enviouragment.^Dur-
ham Herald-
John H. Vernon,
A.tt«mey ana Uounsellor at
Burlington, N. C.
Office room 7 and S Second
fioir First Nat’i Bank Buildin?
office ’phone 8 3 7 - J I^sideiit
'phone 337^L
If -Vo!*:h Carolina is to have an ex
hibit at the San Francisco exposition
buppose we collect a ixew one and not
use the old one that has been varnish
ed over and sent to exposition.s of this
kiiid for the last twenty-five ye*rs.
—Du "ham Herald.
But Mr. Collie’s opinion of the tax
ation amendment is as yet unrecorded.
—Greensboro News.
DR. J. R BROOKS
Surgeon Dentist
FTst«r Building
bURHS(>TOS. S. C.
Dr. Walter E. Walker
Seilars Building
(Up Store)
Phones
80-J
I
80-G
8-10 a. nr.
HocRS
7-8 p. r.u
There are too many loafers in the
wcrld who rely upon the Lord’s prom
ise to provide.
After a woman has put in 15
v-c'.-king IS hours a day for a
ind raising hi.j; family the mon usu
ally wonders why she doesn’t look as
neat and pretty as some of the other
wauieii he sees on the street.
While the people preferred a Dem’'
c-v-ratic congress to a Republican body,
it does not follow that it has a whole
kt of confidence it it.—Durham Her
ald.
it has jUs«t about gotten to a po^'-^t
where a well-behaved child is one wno
permits its parents to do as they wahi
lo without rebuking them i>i public.
Presumably the senate is convinc
ed that, unless he is watched, the
es’dent is apt to deliver the fedcr-
iXi reserve board system bound hand
and foot
[vev,'s.
:o \ValI Street.—Greensboro
It is now narrated around that the
sting of bees will destroy the crav
ing for liquor but the average Mor-
\ stunted does not hate his thirst
er.ough to kill it in such a cruel man-
I’er.—Greensboro Xews.
If the Senate forces a show-down
it will at least lind just where it
stands with the people.—Dtirham Her
ald.
As wc were willing to vote for Mr*
Wilson to be president ws are willing
t.> leave it to him to make hi.s own
appointments to fill the offices.—Dur
ham Herald.
That Senate Committee is simply
playing politics with the president and
t!iai is where: it is going to lose.—
Durham Herald.
James ,H. Cash Killi> HimselL
t reedmoor, July 14.—Jas. H. Cai^h,
prominent and well-to-do eitizcn of
th,i Knap of Keers socticn, committed
suic:dc Monday afternoon by sh.iot-
ing himself in the liead with a V.'in-
:iile, IMr. C:'«pi' ^ y-lio waa »i;b0ui
o‘0 years of^age ar. . nia»ried, Jived
■dloiic-, lut had be. . hospital
iMuham f'4* sonu .e undcvgoi^ ^
treatment for peilag , wjiich disea
was thought to^1^|kye jjj|^ermi:;t:ti bK
as he had bel^pcting t'trange-i
ly for .some time an^ had askt^i a
niecc in l^urham for ^melhing wii.i
whiciJ to end his life. Ho was a m^n
i-.novvn in the comm.u*uty in w.hich
he livod, and was a man of weat.h Tor
a farmer. It is con=e-vatively esti
mated that his property will amount
to t-lO.OOO.
c.V/ioner Bryan, of Oxford, was s,um-
moiied and after veiwing the body and
leavii-r.g the circumstances suvrc*ui.d-
!.:g 'hj uase, decided that an inquest
was u:i:;eeess.ary, as it was apparen:
to etv-i-y or.e that it wns a plain case
of su.-cidc. A young n’.un in the neigh-
borhuod hat? just left the bou.k-, and
hen.ii.'i the report of the gunshot
vusbed v.aek aknd found Mr. Cash sit
ting i'j a large rocking chair u’iT.h his
«run Ins left ht.nd and a sti^'k in
his hand with which he puIkJ
or pi'.'hOil the trigger cf the gun. Tht*
ball oMcred the left temple and c,m'.i.^
out cj\ the n'ght side of the h^ad.
DeLitii was instantaneous.
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