The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 3, NO. 1
| Wash Schools To
* Postpone Opening
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' Announcement Is Made From Inscoe
i f ' —Local Ana Edgecombe Plans
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K wile all Nash county school doors
mli remain closed until next Mon-
K day, Edgecombe Negro students will
return to their work Wednesday,
Edgecombe county white pupils next
* | Monday, aid Rocky Mount school
children Thursday, aooording to an
nouncements made late Monday af
ternoon.
- (, Nash County Superintendent L. 8.
Inscoe, reached at Nashville yester
day afternoon, said that Nash stud
ents, irrespective of race, will have
until Monday, January 6, for their
Ohristmas vacation. Some schools
were expected to begin yesterday,
othors today and still more Thurs
j," day, but none did open, he said.
In Edgecombe county, the schools
•' -will re-commence their work Wed
gfip nesdayWfor the Negro children, it
i•; was indicated at Edgecombe Buperin-
T tendent N. E. Gresliam's Tarboro of
*'flee. The white students in Edge
combe were r.ot to begin again un
~ f til next Monday anyway, and no
change in schedule is anticipated,
p.ijr In Rocky Mount, Superintendent
K B. M. Wilson stated the Schedule pre-
Ift viously announced will hold. Schools
W % are slated to of>en here Thursday,
W January 9.
T
lold Services
For Mrs. Womble
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r t Mrs. Mary Anna Womble, 52, died
at her home near Natahville late yes
terday afternoon following an illness
of several months. Funeral services
were held from the home at two
o'clock this afternoon with Elder A.
B. Denson, pastor of the Primitive
p . Baptist church, presiding. Burial fol
* lowed in the family plot at Nashville
f cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, L. N.
Wobible; three daughters, Mrs.
Sanf Vanbrook, Nashville; Eula
Womble and Mary Womble; George
j Womble of near Nashville, a son;
Mrs. T. R. Cooper of Nashville, a
| sister; and W. J. Cobb of this city,
f. a brother.
W. H. Batts Child
Is Laid To Rest
Lettie Adelle Batts, three, daugh
' '' ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Batts,
Rocky Mount, route was buried
at Barnes church in N*sh county this
afternoon after rite? were conducted
$ from the home.
Little Lettie fJccumbed Tuesday
afternoon to at a local
r hospital.
Besides th( parents another child
*!■ survives. / .
Lettie's third birthday was only
a short time away.
Jesse E Dunn
(• Die? At His Home
Well K'own Local Man Succumbs
following Long Illness
F. Dunn, 52, of 421 South
Q ra J street, died early this after-
BUU J at his home. He had been in
P"/ 'faith for a long period and
guferjM a stroke last night.
Hr.punn had operated a store on
(/estl street.
/Fu/ral services will be held from
A lo /ome tomorrow afternoon at 3
Zo'vlA with Dr. J. W. Kincheloe,
/ of the First Baptist church
j p r iding. Burial will follow in Pine-
I I ' v if cemetery.
t (j• /esides his widow, Mrs. Mary
T Dunn, he leaves three chil
(3ii, Jesse Frederick Dunn, Jr.,
| ichard Wright Dunn, and Mary
Itherine Dunn, all of this city,
liree brothers, F. P. Dunn, Rocky
fount, Will Dunn, Wilson, and W. C.
lunn, Williamston; and three sis-
Jars, Mrs. Lillian Dunn, Rocky Mount
Mrs. J. C. Holbrook, Rocky Mount,
find Mrs. L. W. Barden, Black Creek
also survive.
1 / A "PERFECT BREAK"
/ Bingham, Utah.—Joe Timothy, 45,
- / had a "perfect' break" recently
/ when he fell and broke his leg in
/ the same place it was broken two
it years ago. Doctors called it a "per-
K feet break" for resetting to over
ff; come a limp he had had since the
jr. first accident.
CONVICT
Marinette, Wis. —Charged with vio
lating game laws—specifically pos
session of three skunks, O. J. Mc-
I'. Millan and Edward Matson, of Chi*
l cago, pleaded not guilty before Po-
I lice Justice Loren Tait. The judge
' gave a couple of sniffs and fined
j6_| them SSO and costs.
MOTHER AND BABY BURN
East Liverpool, Ohio.—Trapped in
a secand-floor bedroom, Mrs. Ver
na Mullen, 28, and her 9-day old
baby were burned to death when
i fire destroyed thoir home. Her
| grandmother and little daughter, Pa,-
| tricia, S, were seriously burned.
Expensive Blaze ,
Breaks Ont Here
j. R. Cooper Residence Catches Ear
ly This Morning—Damage Into
Thousands 1
A fire which resulted in several i
thousand dollars damage burst out 1
today in the J. R. Cooper house at 1
No. 302 South Church street, and '
nbout 40 firemen were out on the call 
about two hours and a half. 
The blaze, Chief J. R. Sorsby re- i
vealed, apparently started in the 1
boiler room, and spread throughout i
the first floor walls. His estimate 1
placed the damage roughly between
$7,500 and SIO,OOO. It was done to i
the walls, furniture, curtains and
flooring.
Mrs. J. R. Cooper, whose husband,
Mr. Cooper, was in Washington, D. i
C., today, indicated the house was i
covered by insurance, and probably i
the furniture also. She was not pos- :
itive about the latter. I
About 8:55 o'clock this morning
the firefighters were called to the
scene of the blaze, and they work- i
ed until their return in stations One
and Two about 11:30 o'clock. They
managed to keep the flames to the
first floor, it was understood.
No one was injured, it seems, al- '
though Mrs. Cooper was asleep when
a servant discovered the fire.
Thirty-eight firemen went to help
extinguish the blaze, the first since
Saturday afternoon when a minor
fire occurred.
Noted Whi takers
Citizen Interred
Whitakers, Dec. 28.—Funeral ser
vices were conducted at 3 o'clock this
afternoon for Mrs. Mamie Cutchin
• Braswell, beloved Whitakers resident
who succumbed at the home of her
son, Harold Archelaus Braswell last
night at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Braswell's
death terminated a period of ill
health which had been serious for
the past two months.
Mrs. Braswell, who was .69 years
1 of age, was the widow of Archelaus
Braswell, 11, of Edgecombe county,
' and was a member of two of Edge
' combo's oldest and best known fami
lies.
Funeral rites were conducted from
the home in Whitakers and later
from Speight's chapel, with the Rev.
SI. W Una,.hull, puutoi ■»* the
dist Protestant church" of Burling
ton, and former pastor of the de
ceased, being assisted by the Rev.
'■ E. O. Peeler, pastor of the Whit
akers church. Interment followed in
the burial ground at Speight's chap
el, where several generations of the
i Cutchin and Braswell families have
been laid to rest,
i Mrs. Braswell is survived by one
son, Harold Archelaun Braswell, and
two daughters, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Braswell and Mrs. W. Paul Thomp
l son, all of Whitakers. There are six
sisters and two brothers living, H.
• W. Cutchin, a brother, Mrs. J. 8.
Gorham, Mrs. Tom C. Gorham and
Mrs. W. H. Killibrew, sisters being
residents of Rocky Mount. Other sis
ters include Mrs. J. S. Cutchin, Mrs.
W. T. Braswell and Mrs. R. R.
Bradley of Whitakers. Mrs. Andrew
Joyner of this city is a sister-in-law.
Pallbearers for the service today
were nephews of the deceased and
included: Elmer Cutchin, Raymond
i Bradley, J. MacKinney Cutchin, 111,
Richard Cutchin, Jr., and W. T. Bras
well, Jr., of Whitakers, and Sam Gor
ham, Jr., Tom Gorham and Charles
Killibrew of Rocky Mount. A group
of old family servants who have till
ed the soil on the large holdings of
the deceased for many years also
had a part in the ritual.
Mrs. Padgett
Is Buried Here
Mrs. Bettie Jane Padgett, 77, died
at the home of her son, H. G. Pad
gett, 1612 Boone street, after hav
ing suffered from heart trouble for
the last seven weeks. Funeral servi
ces were hold from the home with
Rev. E. C. Sexton, pastor of the Cal
vary Baptist church presiding. Burial
followed in the family plot at Pine
view cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, J. P. Pad
gett, H. C. Padgett, and J. H. Pad
gett, all of this city; three daugh
ters, Mrs. E. J. Costin and Mrs. M.
N. Stephens, both of Rocky Mount,
and Mrs. C. L. McNeal of Morehdad
City; one brother, Frank Blanton
of Burgaw; and one sister Mrs. Ellen
Rivenback of Burgaw. Nineteen
granchildren and four great grand
children also survive.
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SERVICES HELD FOR
TARBORO RESIDENT
Tarboro, Dec. 31.—Funeral services
for Marcus M. Bridgers, 63, well
known local resident, were held from
Calvary Episcopal church here at
11.30 o'clock this morning with Rev,
Bertram E. Brown, rector, in charge.
Mr. Bridgers died suddenly Sun ;
day night at the Southern Cotton
Oil eompany plant here, where he
was employed. Death was attributed
to a heart attack.
Surviving are two sisters, Misses
Mary and Loulie Bridgers.
Theo Empie of Bladen County has
started 170 hogs on feed for the
'March and April market. e
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 3, 1936
Sees Great Cause
For Many Tears
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From The Statesville Landmark
The Columbia State declares that
the saddest sight seen at a recent
football game in that section, was
not the crippled lad with bent and
twisted limbs; nor yet the old gen
tleman, legs bowed with weakness,
who had to be led to his waiting
car; nor the big guard who crumpl
ed on the field with a shattered leg;
nor the pathetic little lads with tat
tered sweaters, pale, dirty faces and
chill bare feet, who managed some
how to see the game.
This, to The State, was the saddest
sight seen that day:
"Staggering, giggling, maudlin,
with reddened Jace and tousled hair,
with half-glazed dyes, a girl straggl
ed down the steps on the arm of a
male escort, himself as unsteady as
she, here were ripples of unthink
ing laughter at their uncertain pro
gross. There were jeering calls when
the pair fell down. No one seemed to
know her, certainly no one would
admit that he did. But she was to
all appearances not a disreputable
woman in the accepted sense of the
term.
"Somebody's daughter, somebody's
'little girl,' somebody's sister, maybe
somebody's young wife. So drugged
in sense and senses as to be lost to
all ordinary decency. A hideous
mockery of all that one looks for in
young womanhood.
"A drunken woman, especially a
young woman, is a sight to start the
tears."
Trouble is that was not an isolat
ed case. Statesville fans returning
from the Durham battle, with hearty
chuckles, told the story of an attrac
tive, well-clad young girl, overly in
spired by fire-water. Rushing for
the gates at the close of the game,
she embarrassed a handsome young
ministerial student by draping her
self on his shoulders while the told
the cockeyed world that "I'm plum
pifficated, and so is pa and ma."
Sure enough, outside the play park
the family limousine, with its liv
eried chauffeur was waiting, and in
side the bus were pa and ma —bleary
eyed.
Time was when that sweet young
thing would have been ostracised
from the social level of men and
women alike, carrying on like that.
But now it brings only a "chuckle."
Time was, too, when if pa and ma
had felt the urge to take a dram or
two, they would have. 4one it pri
vutmlj*, "and daughter won 171 have
been taken across the knee had she
asked to join 'em.
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W. L. Edwards
Dies At Home
W. L. Edarwds, Norfolk, Native
Buried Monday
W. L. Edwards, 59, died at his
Hammond street extension home. He
had been ill several months, and had
heart trouble.
Mr. Edwards, a native of Norfolk,
Va., and member of the Methodist
church there, had been making his
hime in Rocky Mount for the past
22 years. He belonged to the Junior
Order of United American Mechan
ics.
Service were conducted .Monday
afternoon at three o'clock from the
home with Rev. J. A. Satterfield, for
mer pastor of the Second Presbyter
ian church, and Rev. O. N. Marshall,
pastor of the Arlington Street Bap
tist church, officiating. Burial took
place at Pineview cemetery.
A wife, formerly Miss Rosa Simp
son, survives as do two daughters,
son and three brothers. They are
respectively, Mrs. D. R. Goodwin,
city; Mrs. S. E. Strickland, Baltimore
Md.; E. J. Edwards, Washington, D.
C.; W. M. Edwards, Norfolk, Va.;
and Z. V. Edwards, Portsmouth, Va.
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GUN GOES OFF; KILLS SISTER
Franklin, W. Va. —Nellie Arbegast,
7, was playing with marbles at a
table in her home while her broth
er, 4, was playing nearby with a
shotgun. The gun was accidentally
discharged, the load striking the lit
tle girl in the neck, instantly kill
ing her.
DOG LICKS STAMPS
Corpus Christi, Tex. —While his
mouth went dry after licking 20 of
a lot of 500 stamps he had to mail,
Geo. Salyers, constable's employe,
didu't know what to do until his
glance fell on his dog. Salyers us
ed the animals tongue for the re
maining 480 stamps.
BIBLE "BEST SELLER""
London. —Nearly 11,000,000 copies
In the whole or in part, of the Bi
ble were sold during 1934, accord
ing to the British and Foreign Bi
ble society. It was printed in 692
languages or dialects and continues
to be the "world's best seller.'
PUPPY IN POUCH
Spokane, Wash.—When a mail
pouch was opened here recently, a
puppy, only a few weeks old, tum
bled out. It is thought the puppy
(•rawled into the ponch in Seattle
for a warm snooze and was sealed
up by a clerk unaware of its pres
ence.
New Streamlined Train's Power Car
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View of the power car of the new "City of Denver," one of the two
streamlined trains bfeljig built for operation between Chicago and Denver
over the Union.RacJflo and the Chicago and North Western railroads on a
16-hour dally schedule which will save the passenger a full business day.
Two 1,200-horse-power Diesel electric units will propel each train at an
average speed of 65tf miles per hoar for the 1,048 miles between the
cities.
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A A A Has Helped North Carolina
It is admitted by everyone that North Carolina has been
benefitted by the new deal legislation, which is now pend
ing in the Supreme Court of the United States probably
more than any other state in the union.
The average price of all types of tobacco in 1932 was 10.5
cents per pound. It is estimated by AAA that the present
crop will average 18.5 cents per pound which is the average
annual price over the five period 1925-1929. These figures
were taken from a press report of the Greensboro News,
December 24th and are understood to be authentic.
It is hoped that the Supreme Court will find this act to
be constitutional as it has meant so much for welfare of
the farmers and When the farmer is prosperous, everybody
else is prosperous as prospirity gravitates upward and
never downward.
The difference*in Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hoover. Mr.
Hoover granted loans to the great financial institutions of
the country and the great special interests which never
reached the needy and suffering individual. Mr. Roosevelt
extended help and loans to the farmer who had lost his
farm, to the city dweller who had lost his home and to
those who were in danger of losing their homes.
The great surpluses of the country which were holding
prices down and stagnating business as claimed by coordi
nated special interests of the country were fed to the hungry
and poor which was far better than destroying food and
raiment to get rid of the surplus.
What comfort can those Senators and Representatives
receive if the Act is declared unconstitutional. Many of them
claim to be constitutional lawyers and gave as their reason
for not supporting the new deal legislation that they were
afraid that it was unconstitutional and therefore fought
it or did nothing.
They deserve to be treated like the man with one talent.
BOOKS OPEN FOR BOND ELECTION
The books are being opened by the city for the voters
and tax payers to register their approval or disapproval of
two bond issues. One for the school gymnasium $30,000
and one for the cement stadium $30,000. The Herald feels
that the gymnasium is needed and that the city is able to
have this building.
As to the cement stadium, we feel that this expendi
ture is extravagance being placed upon the tax payers of
the City of Rocky Mount when there are so many more
vital things that Rocky Mount needs. We need play-ground
to take our children off of the streets.
On the Edgecombe side of Rocky Mount there is an es
timated population of 11,000 people with only public play
ground space of about one acre, yet we are asked to vote
a $30,000 bond issue on our people to supplement appro
priated by the Government which would probably make the
stadium cost between $75,000 and SIOO,OOO.
Rocky Mount is further in need of rest rooms for both
white and colored which have not been provided.
This is a matter put up to the voters of the city of Roc
ky Mount. It is a question for them to decide. If the peo
ple desire to take this burden on them it is their privilege.
If they do not, it is this burden that they have the privilege
of rejecting.
We do feel that it has not be6n good to hitch these two
bond issues up together.
The air port has already cost more than SIOO,OOO and
at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen plans were
made to spend large sums on the air port, money supposed
to come from the government. Where is the money coming
from to match the government funds? Would the Supreme
Court hold these advancements necessary expenditures ? The
air port according to press reports took in around SIOO.OO
more than the running expenses last month.
Stanford Finally Wins
Rose Bowl
A hard fought game throughout which might have been
won or lost in the last few minutes of play, it was one of
those games that fill bowls with enthusiastic fans—9o,ooo
approximately, saw this one.
Results of the other "Bowl" games were as follows: Sugar
Bowl, New Orleans, Texas Christian 3; Louisiana State 2.
Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla., Catholic University 20; Missis
sippi 19.
Pasadena, California, January I—Leland-Stanford Uni
vesity closed a series of three Rose Bowl losses with a final
win on New Years Day when her eleven defeated the hard
fighting Texas Mustangs of Southern Methodist University,
by a score of 7-0.
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
Bailey Speaks
On Constitution
Says 18th Amendment Only Funda
mental. Change Ever Made in
Document
Charleston S. C., Dec. 21.—Declar
ing the United States Constitution
never had been changed fundamen
tally, except once, United States Sen
ator Josiah W. Bailey, of North Car
olina, addressed the New England
society of Charleston tonight at its
116 th annual banquet.
"That one amendment," said the
Senator "was the Eighteenth Amend
ment —and it has been repealed.
Few people have ever heard of 'No
vum Orderem Seculares.' It means 'A
New Order of the Ages' and is on
the reverse side of the seal of the
United States. 'E Pluribus Unum' is
on the reverse side and it is well
known. Our forefathers didn't put
those words on the reverse side for
nothing.
"There are people in this country
who propose a new order over, and
against the old order of the ages.
They propose an extension of the
federal power that would destroy
our dual form of government—the
state—and therefore a great bul
wark of inalienable rights. These
proposals amount to a total devalu
ation of liberties guaranteed by the
Constitution."
Dr. Sheldon Phelps, president of
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C.,
spoke on "The Link Between South
Carolina and New England."
Negro Forum
Is To Observe
Emancipaticn
Celebration of the 73rd, anniver
sary of the freedom of their group
will be held tomorrow by the Ne
gro City Wide forum at a special
service called for 10:30 A. M. at the
Booker T. Washington theatre.
Prof. C. T. Harris. uf Shaw .uni- 1
versity will deliver the special ad
dress at the Emancipation day ser
vices which will also feature music 1
by the junior choir of the Mt. Zion
Baptist church and other local musi
cians. Rev. J. H. Clan to n is the pres
ident of the organization.
PERRY'S CLOTHES SHOP
CHANGES ARE ANNOUNCED
A change in management in Per
ry Clothes Shop and in its personnel
was announced hero today.
John W. Worsley and Henry S.
Brooks have taken over the man
agement of the clothing shop, estab
lished at No. 113 South Main street,
and will operate it from now on, it
was announced.
Messrs. Worsley and Brooks said
they will have Frank B. Collins,
well-known local man, to help them
in their business at the clothing
shop.
The establishment will continue
under its old firm name with new
management and personnel.
STATE'S HIGHWAY DEBT
RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING
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Raleigh, Dec. 31.—1n sixteen more
years North Carolina's highway in
debtedness,- once regarded by many
as of staggering proportions, wlil be
wiped out if the rate of retirement
in effect for the last few years is
maintained.
Capus Waynick, chairman of the
state highway and public works com
mission, said today the net debt
was approximately $87,290,000, as
compare,} with the original debt of
$115,000,000.
The last borrowing for road pur
poses was in 1927 when $30,000,000
in bonds were sold.
A check for $5,011,947.50 was drawn
by the commission yesterday to reim
burse the state treasurer for pay
ment of $2,875,000 principal and $2,-
136,947.50 interest due January 1.
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Kansas City—Three swans on Ira
Drymon's farm "must have had ears
as big as their wings," Drymon said.
He planned to capture the swans
which had adopted a lake on the
farm as their home. Next day the
big birds flew away.
Railroad earnings rise 52.9 per
cent in October.
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BORAH IN THE OPEN
FIGHTS FOR LIBERALISM
BITTER PARTY BATTLE
PLANS AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
OLD GUARD FIGHTING
PROGRESSIVE RANKS BROKEN
REGULARS AGAINST HIM
ROOSEVELT'S PROSPECTS
BIG BUSINESS WORRIED
WANT CAMPS
NINTH TRADE TREATY
HULL PUSHES PROGRAM
By Hugo Sims, Special Washington
Correspondent
The clear cut fight between big
business interests and the Adminis
tration, which seemed to be certain,
has been complicated. The announce
ment by Senator William E. Borah
that he is willing to lead the mobili
zation of "liberals" in the Republi
can party and that his name could
be entered in any presidential pri
mary, where his friends thought he
could win, has done much to shatter
the lineup. The Idahoan is well
known for his blasts against mono
polies and is constantly waging an
oratorical war against the threat of
big business to control the nation.
Borah, it is generally understood
will never go as far as some of the
other capital Progressives. Within
the ranks of his party, however,
and against its conservative ele
ments he is adamant, never hes
itating to lambast promises or per*
sons with whom he disagrees. More
over, the present situation is inten
sified by strong personal antipathy
toward former President Hoover,
the speaking, if not actual, leader
of conservative Republicanism today.
The clash between these two men
bodes no easy road for the Repub
lican party. Their political ideals
are in hopeless conflict. Both may
be expected to wage a hard hitting
campaign to control the convention
which meets at Cleveland. Undoubt
edly, the line of cleavage will be
sharp and the wounds deep. The suc
cess of either will be at heavy cost
to the prospects of party success
next fall.
The Borah idea is that the Repub
lican party must be liberalized or
face the danger of being complete
ly dominated and controlled by re
actionaries, which, in his view, would
be absolutely fatal. The Senator ex
plains his position by offering to
support the liberal movement and to
become a candidate when such ac
tion on his part would promote the
success of the effort to frame the
party platform, command its machin
ery, and direct it csourst'. Conceiv
ably, the Idahoan, who has never
boltetj his party, acts through a
sense of loyalty to Republicanism as
he sees it, and hopes to avoid what
he thinks would be inevitable dis
aster.
Senator Borah will wage an aggres
sive campaign to be directed by an
advisory board of Senators and
Progressive leaders. Next month the
candidacy wiL} be openly announced
and while the principal effort will
lie put forth in the West where his
prestige is strongest, supporters in
the East will be encouraged to pick
up stray delegates in districts that
are favorable. The objective is to
secure such strength as to have the
balance of power in the Convention,,
thus forcing the party to adopt a
liberal platform and accept Borah
as the standard-bearer or else some
one with his approval.
The Senator will oppose restora
tion of the gold standard and sup
port of a bi-metallic system after
international agreements, continue
his opposition to American member
ship in the League of Nations and
World Court, advocate strict enforce
ment of anti-trust laws to destroy
monopolies and favor the repeal of
the AAA in favor of a substitute now
being studied out.
The Borah declaration, accepting
the support of Wisconsin liberals
has caused a great stir on the part
of both wings of the party, reminis
cent of the 1912 activity and with
tho prospect of becoming almost as
bitter as the battle between Taft
and Roosevelt. The Old Guard will
continue to fight through uninstruct
ed and "stalking-horse" favorite son
delegates, belioving that they can
control the Convention with the sup- «.
port of former President Hoover.
They believe that Senator Borah will
need the almost solid support of the
West, and a fighting faction from
the East, to be effective. Already
three outstanding Senate Progressiv
es are not expected to aid him. Sen
ators Norris, Johnson and LaFollette
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