•l
NEGRO CONFESSES
AND IMPLICATES
><THREEATCUNTOti
,• Hopkiw Admit* Killing Lewis
E. Rimay, But Had
Haip
TWO OTHERS ARRESTED '
ONE MAKES ESCAPE
Coodanmad Man Mak*i State*
■aant Involving Ed- Oliver,
Matt* and Duncan in Crime
—Matt* Wat Released Dur.
** Trial And Cannot, Be
Found Now.
Clinton Newt Dispatch.
Tfcros wocks of confinement be
lted prison bars made *o ncy great
tap session on tbe nsbd of WWtera
liopkina to cause him to diedoee tht
truth ae to the murder of Lewi* E.
Ramey. During all the trie) hs onlj
showed occasional evidences of ner
voaaneaa. and even when he heard the
12 Jurors render a verdict of guilty,
bo was not sufficiently moved as to
assume an attitude profoundly im
pruned by a form of procedure that
took place when Judge Bond read
■toad to the court and to him in par
' -.tteutar his death warrant. This be
»ad In open court nrjd Im Hopkins'
morning, after Hop
the verdict of the
.day evening, Hopkins
-- - —aim to talk with hie
lawyers. The sheriff accorded him
this privilege and he was uhared
into the* priest* sanctum of Major
Georg* K. Batter's office. The affair
woe mad* extremely private by the
officers guarding him from beyond
dosed doora- vad even in this eecie
alon be prad^eted bis Innocence to
the mates in SamticUkable terms, de
nying that be bad ever seen Ed. Oli
ver'* pistol and mat hs had sever
haen to Ramey's stave. Mt. Butler
gave the court the benefit of Hop
kJa't private statement to him and
created mors or teas sympathy for
Hopkins. The feeling eras every
where current that Hop kins was net
atea* in the crime and some even
wished the jury had found a verdict
of naaidsT to tM second degree. .
•hi th'ii Mmfi reality of an MeoAte
•lone with Ms thoughts for
just 24 hours, after n night of wake
ful sleep and periods of serious re
flection, be arrives at a decision to
accent his lot and satisfy the people
of Sampson county ns to the fncls
In the murder of Lewie E. Ramey on
the night of January IB, 1921.
While breakfast was being served
(Continued on page 4.)
High Money U Likely
To Prevail Long Time
Nn York lulu. S.yi That Retail
an Will Ys« Laara A
Painful Uap
There vu enough short covering
In certain tame* that have been over
sold lately to give an appearance of
firmness In a market otherwise ex
tremely dull. Atlantic, Calf and West
Indies, Marias prsfsrrsd, Msxicsn
Petroleum and same of the oils made
fair recoveries, sad in Uin case of At
lantic Golf the gain was marksd,
American Woolen also showed evi
dence of retreat by soma of the over
sealoua hears that hava been ao ac
tive in that stock lately.
Bearish operations, however, were
merely transferred to other issues,
aad pressure was apparent In Ota fer
tiliser stocks and some of the special
ties. such as Coca-Cola, Kelly Bpr.n*
field and 8can Roebuck. Rumors
wars in circulation to the effect that
the annua] reports Of soma of the te
beeeo companies, including retail
atoras sad tobacco products, would
he out later tn the week, would make
a rather dimppointing showing.
In the late trading the steels and
soma of the coppers moved up rather
. Utah advanced shout 2 1-2
from tta low pedtlon foe tb*
Transactions la rorsirn excnonge
war* light, although the tone wss
•firmer, especially In starling. Dealers
art evidently holding off in view of
the approaching conference on rep
arations at London.
The weekly review of the Iron Age
Indicated the advent of readjturtmeit
in the steel industry. Nsw buying Is
reported sin*11. end mo«t advice* tell
• story of lessened activity and re
duced output.
Call money ruled at 7 per rest
throughout the doy.
MONEY CKOT SEN*SK
More soy beans, potatoes aad core,
more boor aad pork and more of
corns other food tad feed staffs will
bo grown in tba lowsr part of the
sector* tobacco belt next year than
over before, it the advice of emert
agriculturists, including federal dem
onstration agents. Is followed by the
farmers who this foil boos soea their
tobacco crop (oil. for leas than 40
pee east of loot year’s overage and
the cotton market gradually tumble
to an profitable level*
Planters after years af unpreced
ented pro spot ity will not bo raised
bjr the fall's setbacks. If they imblb#
tba limn of diversification with ex
perience ns a teacher. The scientific
'agile lilt prints ora urging larger crops
of the things needed it homo next
year. Many tobacco planters buy an
tba markets everything needed for
beano consumption rather than keep
apart a few acres from the moaey
crops for the production of grain,
moot, ate.—Oerter’i Weekly.
Denby’s Appoihtment
As Head Of Tbs Navy
Cohies As A Surprise
! Hldpl Heevar, One Of Tim Stare
| Ciatar*. Named Secretary
Of Ceaamerce
St. Augustine. fix., Feb* 22.—
President-elect Harding hai reached
• Unlativ* decision OB every piece Is
bU cabihet, and unless Chare are lad
minute changes tbs official circle ol
the next administration will be com
posed of those mom
Secretary of state—Charles Evaaa
Hugh**, of New York, former gov
oraor, Jjjstlcs of the supreme court
and Republican Boats** for th* ptf*
' tbs treasury — Ja
n, of Pennsylvania, ffi
ncior, member of j
. _ bo saeeg the well
thldst in the cfiUtry. *
Secretary of wkr—John W. Weeks
of Massachusetts. former United
State* senator sad In ISIS a candP
date for the presidential nomination.
Attorney, general—Harry ML Dao
ffhartS',. ef Ohio, ph*l manage^ the
pre-cqnvantion campaign rvrultlfc In
Ur. HagSingVftomlnaUea, V
Padtmaater gee ml—Will H. Hhys,
of Indian*, ahauntaa of the Bapoftl
*»n aafiAhal cemnf.ite*. «
Secretary of Us nary—M«in
Dcnby, a Mi chi gars, a former mom
her of Congress who ha* eervOd as *n
enlisted man In both-the nary, and
marine corps.
Secretary of the inUtJ^r—Albert
B. FaU, of Now Mexico, tv^r a United
States aenator. jy... »
Secretary of agriculture —s'H.nry
Wolsre, of Iowa, editor of l-pub
lication*. ) | t
8ac rotary of commix
Hoover, of California,
sdminiatrater and com
is various movements or European
-elief.
Secretary of labor — Jamas. J. Da
vis of Pennsylvania and Illinois, a
former union steel worker, who has
become highest official of the Moos*
ftpternity.
£lffiVffitttk Hour 5sIb2tiffin
If (bangs* art made they are most
likely to affect the appointments .for
navy, commerce and labor, all of
which aye understood to have come
to the point of decision within the last
24 hours.
In regard to none of thttp baa
there bees an axebang* of formal
invitation and acceptance, but in ev
ery ease the saiactieu* mads by Har
ding are expected by his cloaaat asso
ciates to stand.
of th* navr do rtf alia
It' isltlMM tftal from the first
ha has been under consideration how
ever. %nd was bald is reserve for Just
such a contingency a* Mr. Harding
faced last wuek pita former Gover
nor Freak 0. Lowden. ef Illinois, de
clined to be considered for the navy
secretaryship.
t. r ._,L.1 I..*_it. . tk_
idcnt-dcrt make* a formal tender to
Mr. Danby ha will call him Into con
sultation and jro over with him the
naval problem* of the coming admin
istration. Today Mr. Harding was in
communication with some of tba Mi
chigan member* of Congraa* regard
ing the appointment and it if under
atood to nave accured their approval.
Ever ainca tha early day* of thr
campaign Mr. Hoover*! name has
baan on* of the storm center* of the
cabinet list, many Republican* ary
ing hi* appointment a* eeeretary of
■tata, Interior, commerce or labor and
many opposing It becauae of hie deci
ded ataad in favor of tha league of
nations Whether he will accept the
commerce portfolio la not definitely
known hare, but the general expect*^
tion 1* that be will. A formal lnvlta
tion ia expected to go forward within
a few boars.
Coast To Coast Flight
Is Made in 33 Hours
1 Airplane With Several Pawahaa *4
Mall Free* Sea Freaelaee Aide**
i At Hesalhaeet, N. V.
Haselhurst, N. Y., F*h. 23.—Pilot
E. X. Allison descended at Head
hunt Field at 4:30 o'clock this of tor
noon frith.several poaches of mail
from San Francisco. .
Tho plan* loft tha Pacific coast
with another plane later wracked its
Nevada at the some time that two
pleats started west from Haselhurst
In n test ordered by the poetofflcc
department in the hope of eetablish
Ing a new record for mnfl carrying
m AfhillC 9*
virtory on tlit siitmlUneom tront
continental flights therefore goes to
'.be eastward bound team, as one of
the planee leaving Haselhurst was
foread to alight yesterday near Du
Hois. Pa., and the other stopped at
Chicago.
Pilot Allison wad tha type plan*
that left Ban Francisco at 4:*0' o'
clock ye««sr<U> morning.
The time consumed In crossing the
continent was 18 hours 80 minntes
heeling by mere than heart the goal
set for the coast to coast dash.
Planting of black walnut sa me
morials to soldiers is recommended
by the United Matts Department of
Agriculture. It is pointed out that tha
blaek walnut played n valiant part In
'.he World War. The weed was need
far penstocks and nlrpktna propellers
and the nutshehs contributed carbon
for sis masks, while the kernels worn
need In many degrade* far tha boys
In tho trenches. Demend for the weed
for war purposes depleted the num
ber of old trees, and this method la
•eggsated for fmlng their places
- •
The United Me toe produces more
copper then nil ether nations eemhln
The permanent anew flsMa of Ah
sake are lose than one per tint of
Alaska's total area.
MJKECHURCH FOLK
D£N3f DOCTRINE IS
, At Ml HARMFUl
Morobor'Qf Church Of Cm
• * Uj* Story I*
PiIh
nobo6y sat on red -
HOT STOVE, Hk SAYS
Arc Locpffulrwl French'
, ^ Eccptoycd — *Jtl Mar
'DUlEubnm £t Hunter
f AM Cum 4adl« Glowing
> Coal* Ac* ,%r»ccl» Withoul
* Harm.
. It^waui't because *t any fault will
tto flask or tha Ckurth at God thal
eauaad William A. Erwin to tall lev
anly-flva members of tba ekurvh U
move, ace o, drug to W. E. Tffrntgv
for many years a reap*clod rts.de,I
of tba mill town, who was ons of tha
men told by Mr. Erwin to mors.
Mr. Erwin, according to Mr. Tnr
bag<s story, objected to the church
bteapse of the late hoars into which
iu icrvire* sometime* ware held, and
not 1-Tf gar of thr fnem'otn con
djetod dh*jmselve;"?i|toJlwway object
ttoriablc to him. It wTsT^lto +0
na*e said, that taomias of the church
had carried lona unwholesome talm
to U* mill managomant, but non* 3
.ihdbe was trsa, hr declared.
* story recently printed in The
Dfipatah drew Mr. Torngga if, tods
Cr°m FayattorUla, shithgsTs ami
ohaa discharged from "service, U
Duka 'The story i* a pack of lieC5
hs said.
“What are the lien.” he was asked.
'Nearly every statement,” he re
plied.
“Point them out and w* will cor
rect them.” ho waa told.
“Well" ha mid, “in tha first place
nobody mt an a rod hot stove, nor
kisaad a hot sto«* pipe; but one bro
ther did embrace a hot stove and waa
unharmed. Followers of the Church
of Cod ema pick up serpents hod han
dle hot aoails Just a* tha Scriplat*
ays In Mask 18:1®, but w* da not
often do it.”
“And again,” ha said, “our praach
arn- aro not longhaired. Wa do not
“Than,” he declared with beat,
“there has bean no daughter of a
farmer in a swoon on tba floor of
our chorch. That ia an out and out
misstatement."
Mr. Turnag* was a*cured that hi
would be given lustlea by Thg Dis
patch. and he left somewhat mollif
ed.»
PROHIBITION BILL
DIES IN COMMITTEE
Cook* Me*aura Cot Only One
Vote On Houae Judiciary;
Local Hearing*
Called upon to do Solomonic judg
ment between two anti-liquor meas
ure!, the Houae Judiciary Committee
No. 1 killed the flrat ef the pair and
upon petition of thf fnthea-ad»*ke
second' all*rwivUt,JW.. Jilday
Anal conalderaubn ia extended. The
Cooks bill la dead, and tha Templeton
bill atm pending.
Tha Cooke bill appeared in substi
tute form before the committee yea
lerday afternoon .radically changed
from the original measure which had
in contemplation the co-ordination o!
National and State prohibition bwa.
Originally it waa In the hands of tb
Prepositions and Grievances Commit
tee where action waa declined.
Revamped, the Cooke measure pro
vided that the Attorney Genera)
should have the supervision ef the
prohibition bwa In North Carolina
i with power to appoint each epec.el
Xita, attorneys, constables ar other
srs as were necessary to the en
t forcemant of tha bum. The state
i ’awn were amended to conform rigid
ly to the Federal itatutaa.
TM Trip pie ton mraiuri, which is
•till pending, authorised the forme
Uon of a special law anlorecment
commission, with a chief appointed
by the Governor, and curb deputies,
agsats and attorney* aa were aeon
•ary to the proper enforcement of
the state end Federal laws. The bin*
are vary similar, esrept in tb.- mat
ter of administration.
Mr. Cooke made a vigorous pita
for hi* mnaaure, bot when the vole
waa taken wae able to want or but one
voice la its favor. Mr. Templeton vot
ed affirmatively. Although not a mem
bar of the committee. Mr. Cooks, in
hi* entkailasm. ande two motion* to
report favorably. Be waa of tbo opia
tes that very drastic legislation won
necesaary to pat down tbo present
lawlaaanem la the stats.
Bepreaentathre Townsend was the
chief antagonist af the measure. lie
believed In the enforcement of the
law, and was a rapporter af prohibi
tion, but bo thought that such drastic
regulations would nerve to defeat ra
ther than farther tho alms nf the
rappracalon of tho liquor traffic In
North Carolina.
"While I am o sober man, and not
in aD my tifa hava I drunk a* much
aa a pint of liquor all told," ha said
to tho committee, ”1 have whiskey In
my house that ! hove had them It
years. You would make me r» heme
sad pour It out. I can’t *ul) It. I
can't give it away, and I see nothing
criminal la poseeaatag what I acquir
Julia Howard Roams _ .rg dawn
the haute with "Sweet nit' And
MU:. Jenle Jackson wi'. be remember
ed fur month! after r rendering of
“Nubody." All of theme coined ;ennea
a t equipped with n Mg array of lo
cal Joan that will briog • mile of
m *cr n- A the big m'.nitrcl It ret port,
•csYfh vcill run fully an boar will bo
ih.t real joy d virion of the produc
tion. Thurc will also be an bout of
vaudeville specialties, each one a fea
ture in iuclf. Vhc acata will be placed
sale Viondry at the WUaon and
1-ee store and ai there arc only actrcn
hundred* »eat» in the Opera Hoom-,
it would be a aafe plan for tbooo eon
tcmnlatl.’g witnetdag the biggest and
Miappicst shew Dunn ha* ocen in
mauy moons to gat them early.
Carolina Birth Rate
Highest In The Union
Birth* la State Lag Yaar Totalled
Raleigh, Feb. tl—North Carolina
tow leads U13 entire United State*
irith the high** big* rate la the
Union according toAtmiatie* for 19*0
iust compiled by the State Board of
Health. At the same time this etate
Mu one of the lowest death rates.
Reports daring the past paar show
t tout of 83.CM births la tho sUU.
s rate of SEA per thousand. The
deaths totaled for ths same, period1
113,228. a rate of ItA per thousand.
These figures do not include the *11-!
birihn. nhieh imountjd to 4,171 fori
the year.
Daring 1924 every six minutes a
ness life was bom Sato the srerld;
wary Ofteasi minutes another life
was snapped off. That the birth* are
e far in ucex ot the deaths ac
counts far the laigHtusrooa* In the
population of the stab* during the last
deStd. an shown bf “ --
figures, for the
increase by reuse
A comparison
years shows tho
tal biflh 74,174 u.
tout deaths 4*,41
10)9 total blit
29.3, and total
of 12 4. The
for 1914 waa
m!c of laflna
also account*
Of both biitha --
following year of-' the
birth rate went f( -/«>>*
while Uo deads dlffer
scc of ai.ly fleajMM. thou
**North Carohaa.'Bjfhll* «M*odsd
In birth rate horatMo qfclr by Utah,
which in 19U hhd a UjU of 81A. The
rate for tho oatHra t lUrtratloa aroa
of the country tho mu* fear Wat
14.4. Far the aamu fear the deal):
rate far tho seme am 1 skua 18A.
I •
cd legally, and what I hue* poaaswsj
.for yearn without hi it t% anybody.’
"If Ton’ll just edtc 9* report Y
i favo ably 111 offer d> amendment U
' let you Veep your fbuer,** broke. It
1 Mr. Cooks with great' earnestness, be
■ M*. Town wad would net relent, am
I Iff#* hla motion the Ml waa kilUd
t The Templeton hill srlil he up fo
• consideration Frida? afternoon.
DUNN DEBATERS
OPPOSESANFORD
AND SMITHFIELD
Apex, Jooesboro Amd Lilling
too Pitted Against Each
Other
DUKE AND ANGIER
TO BE CONTESTANTS
Total Of 225 Schools Will Em
face la Spaakiag Coo test To
Hava Final Diacasalen At
Chapel Hill I n April
Ninety Counties I a The
Contest.
Chapel Iiin, Feb. 24.—Sanford sad
8n.thfield are tba tare school* in tkc
triangle with Doan in the anneal
high school triangular dehats eoa
d acted by the literary societies and
Bawi of Extension of tba Uahrer
elty. Mr. E. R. Rankin, Secretary af
tba Bureau, has jost given out the
qsery far tbc debate. ^Xosolvod the
pellev of tba closed shop sb*"M pro
▼aO In American iadostr.
Apex, Jonesboro,
•».» >tte towns
s dual eamblSaft^Xyattadfia
debate with Wilmington end Lam
berton. A total af 126 schools Bm
coanUas have enrolled In the onion
and will debate in the first formed
t tangles 1 hr winning team af web
triangle will come bore in tba latte.'
part of April to contest far Anal ta
rn mney.
. ’rP* f«hool that win* out finally
in the debate is entitled to have Its
came with tba name af tbc waning
debater* Inscribed on the Ay cock
•.emorial cap. If a school wins out
twice in succession tba cap becemes
it* nrontriv
This is tec eighth year of the tri
sragulsr debate. Bo far no school has
wan out twice in meecsdon. and
tbs bone's ia the gist hare nee te
Pleasant Garden high school in 1911.
Whwtoa.Belem high school la 1*14,
WUsen high school la 1814. Grahaai
- 1916, Waywmvfll.
Wilson high
I sehaol
Daring ths wash that Urn Univer
sity entertains ths high school visi
tors a high school tennis tarnaaent
sr.d track meet is also held here, un
der the superrisioB of the Extension
Bureau. Mr. Rankin states that the
enrollment ia these contacts is expect
ed to be larger than ever before.
STAMPEDE TO LAND
ROAD COMMISSION
Army of Candidates Seeking
Appointmeat on Adminis
trative Unit
(Keun sad Observer.)
Political thought among the read
bailding enthusiasts in the state, has
turned with calm assurance that thi
D^ghton^onnor-B^arte road bill Is
feverish intent upo^a^^MflSKI
tec HlRhWHy Commission provided
for In the bUl. A half do sen slates
have been worked out. each claiming
the cloak of gubernatorial approval,
which Is tee source af appointment
Actually none of them has the ap
proval. ear the consideration of Gov
ernor Morrison. lie has thought but
111 tie about tec personnel of the eem
mlsatea, and has nothing eh his mind
except that it will be tee biggest com
rhwio-. ever appointed ia tee State,
and with the biggest men he can find
te serve on it Te none has he given
.issararee that be will appoint teem,
bat te one or two, he Has given e»
raranre that they will net be named
nan* at* r»»w nmim
8‘x new n'.nbcn will ba appointed
within a few day* after the final rati- j
flcation of tho bill, which may come I
tha first of next week Tho foa- ’
■aamben which aow comprise the ■
cnramiwion will bo retained until the
expiration of their tenon. Two re ■
out In Apr!) leaving a total of tint ,
rarn to be naaed by Governor Mor. (
rieon tbli year Oao additional mem
ber will retire two years hence.
Two of tin aow memben will V
chosen from the minority aad tho re
maining four from the majority par
ty. Those district* already hsrint a
member on tho rommissies at at pro*
|e*t constituted, will not he affected
I by the forthcoming appointments
from Ooeernor Mor rieon. Comm is
sinner Cnmeroi*. who Ueoo In what
will ba tho Second district, a minority
member, will net bo disturbed for two
years to come.
A legion of candidates U besieging
the capitol and tha capitol seeking
preference at the hand* of the Gov
ernor. and almost anywhere, except
In tho Governor’* older. It may be
heard that Camarea Morrison s ha*
promised a place tt this and that *►
ptreat. Mr. Morrison declared yes
| tenter that he had appointed nobody,
had promised nobody, and wauld not
Ipraariae anything, except that whoa
>1 the rnnustnelen Is named. It wHt he
1 l mt of »*u hie enough to handle
i Ihe job af spending l&O.OOO.OOO for
■ lb* people.
i Cohoea Wash jah
Waiter Oboon, of Wlanbeth City,
r i* one of tho most rigorous applicants
far tho job of representing the fire*
Woman At Trial Of
Varner Cue Targets
For Candor's Tongas
Iwwi "New" Warn, "Half Naked
Wrapped la Embrace Of Half
Oraakaa Mam"
Mrs. Varner aat throughont tha dm
without showing any outward dga<
of oa usual concern aver tha addm
•a af her husband's sttomsyw to di«
j«ry, in which her
to mnameiably. .Mr. Caoaiar branch)
leara ta a.a client's eyas whea ha do
ctored next vo tha "tragedy" lunli
waa wacn Mr. Varner, upon being us
iormad at urwrasbors August 11
lojto, by Knf o. bias af u>e
oi Mnsr Jtchary, wealthy auuesoo
uadai his heat oa the eight al Aug
use v-lo, miw. declared: "Weald u
God that you had brought news el
her death."
Weeds Wish hey
Mr. Caaeter pioadad eloqaaatly U
tha jurors to place taaaecJves in Mr,
Varner's potmen before arriving al
a verdict, declaring that any mar
with oaa spat* ef seif rmpact weald
have acton aa Mr. Varner did afiei
aranng «*t tac alleged association af
UK was wits a negro. "Altar bear
ing «hst be dii are yen aat saupriaod
at tav gentle coucuct af Mr. Var
uer)" declared Use spsaber.
Aftesriig tSa critics of Mr. Var
ner lor bis tail arc te give bis wife
s searing be lore bar departure fat
®eii Uto liny, sar. (Master heatedly
Mtt&4e
"now coaid he have stood op and
se!-V«d into the face of tha womaa
■n «4 -hours Jsnrionaly considered
[*• be on a pedestal of vtnaa "
Mr. CaaMar aaaeited that Mr. Goth
ric had signed tha ease an the aa
eumpuos et bar innocence. Ha said
*J> tr this, that if tea cam is to
•a considered in tact light then It
ueisid he urn-ess te pmceed. Ho then
^atoren a vigoreaa plea to the jury
to oueidc the eam^UieUy aa the evi
uence arougbl out at the trial.
Abe sponsor declared that tf Mrs.
varne, gad occu tha wife af a poo,
man she would ha lowed gouty, bat
oecaasa aha 1* the wife ef a riaa man,
soma behave that she cannot ho con
victod. “Human experience.’' stated
Mr. Caaaler, "has taught
that virtue is not eaciaaivsly the poe
samiaa ef tha nch. Virtue mate just
as deep in the heart af the pew peas
^ wao perforate bar chores as it
does is the heart ef the rich."
Mr. untili is in tha moruiag ted
declared that the st££r tea aa nn
uatorsi, ted to this Mr. Canaier raid:
rw# ate* that it is u-tetetaral
tery. Wahdmit that it is
At this point Mr. _,]
that throughout the trial hated boon
particularly careful to giro Mrs. Var
ner every point of doubt, realising
that aha is of tha tarn* sex as his mo
ther, wife and daughters. That ha
was wholly unable to understand tew
women, who had as particular busi
ness in the courtroom, could hove
stood by "feasting their eyas upon so
terrible n tragedy of a white woman
wallowing is slime with a negro
Speaking of the "new" woman,
Mr. Candor declared that "if yon go
to some of the country elute you
win find half of the women naked,
wrapped in tte embrace i of hall
drunken men." Be deaeuaced those {
who are elamorlag for a single stand
ard of morality, declaring that they
are trying to bring the women down
on tha level with the opposite sax
and not trying to lift man ap on tte
plane with woman. Hs assarted that
a good wonts Is the fairest of God’s
creatures, but that a bad woman it
the >awest oa earth.
Again speaking of tte' snnatural
ness of the charge against Mrs. Var
ner, he declared that there are hun
dreds of eases on record similar to It.
Contis aing Mr. Canal sr add,
was bleeding at every pore the demi
monde were living In sensuality with
American negro soldiers."
"It was aa unnatural thing," said
ike speaker, "for a buxom aad attrae
Jn woman Ilka Mrs. Varner to re
fuse to go with ter husband to an at
.raetWe summer resect." This state
m.nt was in reference to Mr. Vai
.let’s trip to Asheville in July, IStO
-o attend the Nerth Carolina Prem
association, to which he (Mr. Var
ner) testified his wife declined to at
tend.
Continuing Hr. ctucnr gH,
‘How lot mm tugged • reason why
the desired to tmih: Wat H the
boat, the ride In a Tollman ear. at
wti It a desire la remain and on tar -
.sin Baxter McRary whila Varnar
was away?"
district. He has been la the city far
met weeks past, aad bat sought rap
port wiser ■ oner thoio was a sbaaea
*f support being found. HU chaser,
are regarded as slim ground tbe capi
tal. H* is nnderrtoad to haeo earrt
. d bis appeal ta tbs Govsmor, and it
is commonly reported that Mr. Mor
rison had promised Mm, hot this ths
Governor dismisses as utterly without
foundation.
Wilmii’ffton and vicinity hat devel
oped four possible candidate* thus
far, with Urn Hold still open far any
I contender. W. A. McOut, president
of tbe deed Roads Association. U
being promoted for .tbe job. Repre
sentative Smith, ef Braasarlek wants
it, aad claim* the suppert of many
Democrat* for the place. He Is a Re
publican. but nnamity U net the key
sets among the minority down that
way. Iredell Meant has been ta town
far two daya looking far support far
the job Rettcbln Oouaefl, ; a wall
known oiUsoa of that section, la men
tioned by bis friends far the place,
but be baa not coma ta town la pram
M* eiahan Me U set thinking much
about It
Chariot to Mao CsoAdotos
The central section of the state h
i net o* yet uprat over appointments
i but marking Charlotte toward tbl
ORGANIZED LABOR
CONDEMNS USE OF
THE INJUNCTION
Wot Uw Dmlwk, uw
OnuinUa.ANNMCa
Partambipi la Uw
»
declaration issued
OUTLINING
I —lari af
tioa of Labor (MU PUt
f*ra> After AO Day Cute
ployara Waraal That Steal*
•Ha Mate Ba MaiataM.
WuHington, Fob. 2*.—Enactment
by Coagnaa of a law dadariag that
itear argon laaHona an art co-part
aonbipa and "abail ate te n troatad
to law or hi aqaity" i, dcwandad*by
orgaakod later la a liflarrllna of
prlaciplea adapted tooight by rapm
aantatiro* of National and iatarna
Uoaal naioaa aBUatcd bk tte Ameri
ca* Fadarattea ad Later.
Tte dadamttea white war m
prorod after aa aii day aoafonaea
ten at Mill Hawaii Oinpii, praa
Federation, j-trifi^ *J.
tin af ateaaptten tram or tte'nplll '
•f lU tati-coabintUsAft md4 ^ M
rail*4
C^^^tog tte BOO of tte iajane
t**a an dor pratent lawa, tte dodara- ••
tiaa aaaortod tent tte *,n*y 1
coaid dad I. TSS JSJ '
•» tte part af later te neogaiaa'w
•hid# by tte teiwi ad ‘JniHia
teeh aaah te pnkteit tte dtehif’ '
acta white tte wotean k^TSSE .
M and louigMd right te 45 * -
"Later nalkao fall, thTSten v
an?^rmocf»t*c >ACttWn will tame
AT# QOt UklDkiBK ||^i» th If U££ |# |(IV
■ i *, . B j
M<Bm u4 Hn« CnmU
Both or* among the beet tarn
Xrpiblinni hi the potty, ut both
hove strong ondaroaaaeate from De
mocrats aM RepohHaoat alike hi
their home territory end throoghoot
tho State. Both rome from the mme
district, ood the Gorrrner wonid
have • right difflentt Job choosing
bctorcca the two. Blthor wonid see opt
the Job If II wot* offered him, end
neither to entirely wUUog to aoertfleo
himeolf for tho other.
Up la the iieelhne*, argument
teem* to demand the ewpelotm eat of
Rerreientetive Rofot A. Do ugh ten,
father of tho hill, and one of the
mod powerful lhadert In the elate.
Mr.' Dooghten ho* roods eery near
to hit heart, and kit appointment
wonid he wermly opbeid by not only
hi* owe people, hot throoghoot the
State. Hm dtotrirt come* down oe
for a* WlaMon-Sol toe, and there I*
O wall developed HoWwint among
Twin CNy people In the totf that Mr.
Dooghten coold nyreeent the dtotrirt
better them aay mao th H.